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I mean here's the thing, these kind of stuff are self fulfilling. So long as there are idiot out there to buy worthless NFT, the NFT aren't worthless. And, as we've seen in the last few weeks, there are a lot of idiots out there with money to burn. So the idiot who brough those 40 000 000 might just re sell them for 80 000 000 next week and he'll be the smart guy and the buyer will be the new idiot... until he sell them for 100 000 000 to some new idiots, and so on.
NFTs remind me of the first attempt at creating the Panema Canal by the French.
 

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I enjoyed HZD and it was my favorite game of 2017. I do believe the sequel will be done much better then the first game.
 

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Oh wow, an MMO has to temporarily shut down due to server capacity caused by how popular the game is, which is caused by dev's clear love and care for the game they had made.

Unlike that OTHER mmo
 

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Hope no-one was getting too excited over Stalker 2 😕

...God fucking dammit. Well, that was the one bright spot I had. Anyone else wanna go sit on the train tracks with me? :rolleyes:
 

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They claim to be backing off from it

Hopefully it's legit
It makes sense in terms of sales. Steam is probably the biggest platform currently, and they'd be idiots on not having their games there because of the NFT.

Sure, they can put it on EGS where they get bigger cut and NFTs are allowed, but I doubt EGS will catch up to Steam anytime soon
 

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They claim to be backing off from it

Hopefully it's legit
As someone who doesn't particularly care for STALKER(nothing against it, I tried it and it didn't appeal to me much)......Hooray? I don't really have a dog in the STALKER fight so it feels awkward to comment on a game I don't have an interest in regardless , but Hooray on Principle, I guess.
 
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Square Enix raising prices again, this time for Babylon's Fall, across a wide range of regions including but not limited to Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Russia and pretty much all of Latin America.

Argentina and Russia are worst off, having to stomach a price increase of respectively 71.5% and a whopping 100%. You can use the link below to check if your country/region got affected.

Some countries were spared the Forspoken price hike, but not anymore


Inb4 Squenix complaining about games not reaching their sales target
 

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Square Enix raising prices again, this time for Babylon's Fall, across a wide range of regions including but not limited to Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Russia and pretty much all of Latin America.
What's even worse is that BF looks like shit, and uses a ton of old assets from FFXIV. And it's got focus on "F2P" bullshit! Squeenix is expecting people pay 10 or more the amount as the base price?! Get fucked Square Enix! Get fucked! This is the bullshit I was talking about! Anyone that defends greed like this are either blind fans, boot lickers, sycophants, or pathetic assholes who don't care unless something happens to them or the few people they care about. Though I highly doubt anyone is going to buy Babylon's Fall considering the horrible reception of the beta, and the game playing like shit. Platinum Games, break off with Square, now! Now goddammit, now!
 

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What's even worse is that BF looks like shit, and uses a ton of old assets from FFXIV. And it's got focus on "F2P" bullshit! Squeenix is expecting people pay 10 or more the amount as the base price?! Get fucked Square Enix! Get fucked! This is the bullshit I was talking about! Anyone that defends greed like this are either blind fans, boot lickers, sycophants, or pathetic assholes who don't care unless something happens to them or the few people they care about. Though I highly doubt anyone is going to buy Babylon's Fall considering the horrible reception of the beta, and the game playing like shit. Platinum Games, break off with Square, now! Now goddammit, now!
They’re pretty much the most sleaziest developer/publisher in Japan.
 

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Because of this, I'm still in no rush to get a PS5. They don't even have a lot of the features and folders the PS4 eventually got updates. I'll just play the waiting game again.



While better than Bubsy, I don't think that many people are dying for Gex to come back. I play two of his games in my entire life, and I never touched a series again. Some things are just remain dead. Can we bring back Vectorman or Klanoa please? I'll take another Ristar or Dynamite Heady. Any of those are way more interesting. Hell, give me another Wild 9.


 
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Because of this, I'm still in no rush to get a PS5. They don't even have a lot of the features and folders the PS4 eventually got updates. I'll just play the waiting game again.


Demon souls is the only PS5 game I want to play and I can wait. Especially since I'll be deep into Eldin Ring in a few months, so not in a hurry.
 

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"Slip of the tongue!" "Slip of the tongue!" "Slip of the tongue!" "Oh my tongue!" "Slip of the tongue!"...

There's a special place in hell for the level designers of Gex 2. Especially the one who thought tall steps (or multiple series in the same room with collectables above each one) was a good idea, knowing Gex quips every time he pulls himself up a ledge. Every. Single. Time.

At least Blasto (RIP Phil Hartman) had a setting to tone down how often the title character talked, hell the default wasn't even nearly as chatty as Gex.
 

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"Slip of the tongue!" "Slip of the tongue!" "Slip of the tongue!" "Oh my tongue!" "Slip of the tongue!"...

There's a special place in hell for the level designers of Gex 2. Especially the one who thought tall steps (or multiple series in the same room with collectables above each one) was a good idea, knowing Gex quips every time he pulls himself up a ledge. Every. Single. Time.
It's been so long, that I don't even remember much anymore. I just know I played the second and third game once. After that, I dropped the series hard.


At least Blasto (RIP Phil Hartman) had a setting to tone down how often the title character talked, hell the default wasn't even nearly as chatty as Gex.
I admit that I have never played Blasto. By the time it did come out, my interest was starting to change and I just wanted to see so many other types of games. With that said, rest in peace Phil Hartman.
 
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