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cant be worse than the recent bethesda games

I dunno, 7 was definitely huge, 10 was pretty big. It's certainly the biggest JRPG series, especially in the West. It's extremely important and popular in core gaming circles and online. I doubt your average western gamer could name a main FF character outside of Cloud, maybe Tidus. There's a reason FF7 is being remade with a huge budget and 3 parts and the other ones get poor HD rereleases at best. Regardless, I don't really disagree with what you're saying. I do think Square put themselves in a difficult spot. Since FF7, mainline FF games have always represented the big budget,

I think you're overselling how big FF ever has been tbh. Yeah, FF7 was the biggest of the bunch but it's hardly a huge series and a lot of the sales of the big ones can be attributed to Japan who wouldn't be buying this regardless of the platform. Also wtf we mean by "Final Fantasy used to be a multiplatofrm series at launch". Literally two of the mainline games (specifically the worst two) were ever multiplat at launch. Rebirth probably would have benefited from being on PC day one, but Xbox wouldn't have moved the needle and the effort/$ used to\get it to run on Serie

finally grabbed this today. only a few hours in but so far really liking it. it's definitely rough around the edges but it's also doing a lot of interesting things and has a satisfying gameplay loop, some of the dynamic aspects of the game are clearly a bit prone to weird things/bugs happening but it also makes for a really enjoyable and unique experience. it's a gamey ass game and if it continues along this way ill take that over some overproduced homogenized trash like ragnarok.

the title says "game".

DD2 is the next big game for me but mostly just some pallet cleansing after finishing Rebirth. Also need to get around to IW and Unicorn Overlord... Circled back to Mario Wonder the last couple days. Just going back through levels where I missed a purple coin/exit/seed the first time through. It really is a fantastic game, my big complaint is still that it lacks the level of difficulty I like to see in a platformer - which is a shame since it would be a fantastic base for that....controls are perfect and I really enjoy the aesthetic. The only levels that really get challenging are

Good timing for me, though I certainly won't be getting a 5090. Planning a CPU upgrade here soon, 10600 is getting a little old and definitely bottlenecking me right now (3080ti 12gb). I'll probably get a 7800X3D, see where that puts me performance wise. I'm at 1440p and will be for a long time still, so if I do upgrade it'll probably be to a 5070 or 5080, depending how those turn out. I'd probably just go for whatever hits 16gb tbh.

lol 3d is one of the shittiest gimmicks of all time. waste of hardware cost implementing it.

had a man cold for like 2 weeks. finally back to the gym and i feel weak as shit, worst week of workouts in a while. i know it'll come back quick but it's annoying for sure.

This is what happens when you have communist education. Someone just take away this guys thread privileges.

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I played on controller, I'd probably lean towards that but it should work just fine on kbm.

Sea of Stars is AWESOME. Just took the pirate ship to the island, Definitely gunning for a spot in my top 10 of the year.

It was almost always considered the worst zelda.

I don't think they sell it anymore (probably for that reason).

yeah the pro looks amazing. i just won't take advantage of the extra stuff these days.

1129 for the base 15 in canada think ill grab a 14.

cool, thanks. usb-c would be nice but probably not necessary. see what the price difference is like I guess. I'm at the point where a phone lasts me 5 years so if it's marginal maybe just get the 15.

did anyone watch the presentation? any reason to get a 15 over a 14 if you just use a phone for a phone?

Tbh D4 was almost a given considering how bad Blizzard has been in the last 10 years. Bethesda was really in the same boat just with less output so we shouldn't be too surprised. Plus the Microsoft effect.

i wiped that one from my memory. But no, you’re right. that said I can kind of understand that one since the reviewers probably just played through the campaign which is serviceable and while the signs are there, it really doesn’t start to suck until about 10-15 hours into end game.

Bout an hour into Sea of Stars, alright way more cool than the Field of Stars. The music from the first dungeon area gives me big Celeste vibes.

wahhhhh how come all these shitty games are getting the rating they deserve. hell, starfield might be most overrated game of the year based on the meta.

I gotta upgrade this year. XR starting to show its age. My phone doesn't get nearly as much use as it did in the past now that I work from home. Mostly just for texting, music when im walking the dog/at the gym, taking pictures of the dog, or web browsing. I'll probably just get whatever the entry model is for the 15, or if it's not that big of an upgrade I'll jump on a discounted 14.

Yeah this is basically where I’m at after 15 hours or so. there’s some things about the game I like, I think it’s got a cool aesthetic, I really like the space punk style. The combat is honestly better than I thought it would be for a Bethesda game. Some of the main story quests are alright and the faction quests seem solid. my issues: -exploring is worthless. Anything that’s not on the critical (main quest or important side quest) just seems like a waste. Literally no reason to land on a random part of a planet, all you’ll find is a barren wasteland. Worse than