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[BrawlMan]

"For better or worse, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is going to be whatever it wants to be, and what it wants to be is anything it damn well pleases. Against all common sense, that audacity absolutely works, and I can’t wait to see how the next game gloriously screws things up." 9/10

I admit I haven't seen all her videos on the games, but the written review of Rebirth was glowing.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - A Saucer Gold (Review)

Final Fantasy VII RebirthReleased: February 29th, 2024Developer: Square EnixPublisher: Square EnixSystems: PS5Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is operating on another level.If Final Fantasy VII Remake made anything clear, it’s that it was very specifically not a remake of Final Fantasy VII. Its title...

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That's really odd for her. Considering how she was ripping on the remake's story and how much Square fucked it up in the first game. Gameplay was not her problem, though with either game. I wonder what made Sterling change her tune.

 

[Ezekiel]

See? This is why playing Japanese games with Japanese dubs is pointless almost every time. You're still reading dub-titles. Cool that some fans scripted in the correct translations.

 

[BrawlMan]

See? This is why playing Japanese games with Japanese dubs is pointless almost every time. You're still reading dub-titles. Cool that some fans scripted in the correct translations.

Not really. That's mostly from the old days. Most games have proper translation now. Though you're always gonna have a company that skimps out or don't even bother.

 

[BrawlMan]

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[Drathnoxis]

Repost: Silent Hill — Ronan's Internet Content Venue

More than ten years ago, on my previous blog, I made a series of incredibly long posts reviewing and discussing the entire Silent Hill franchise. In honour of the release of the Silent Hill 2 remake, I’ve decided to port them over here. I’ll be reposting them throughout the rest of the month, with b

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Repost: Silent Hill 2 — Ronan's Internet Content Venue

Warning: If you intend to play the 2024 remake and haven’t played this original version, I recommend skipping this post for now During the 2001 Tokyo Game Show audiences were treated to the first ever trailer for Silent Hill 2, the eagerly awaited sequel to the original Playstation game. As the fr

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Repost: Silent Hill 3 — Ronan's Internet Content Venue

There’s not a whole lot to say about the unveiling of Silent Hill 3. After the success of the first two games, both Konami and horror game fans were more than ready for a third jaunt into the by-now famous town. Shortly after Silent Hill 2 came out they got their wish when the third instalment in th

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[BrawlMan]

Repost: Silent Hill — Ronan's Internet Content Venue

More than ten years ago, on my previous blog, I made a series of incredibly long posts reviewing and discussing the entire Silent Hill franchise. In honour of the release of the Silent Hill 2 remake, I’ve decided to port them over here. I’ll be reposting them throughout the rest of the month, with b

www.ronanwills.com

Repost: Silent Hill 2 — Ronan's Internet Content Venue

Warning: If you intend to play the 2024 remake and haven’t played this original version, I recommend skipping this post for now During the 2001 Tokyo Game Show audiences were treated to the first ever trailer for Silent Hill 2, the eagerly awaited sequel to the original Playstation game. As the fr

www.ronanwills.com

Repost: Silent Hill 3 — Ronan's Internet Content Venue

There’s not a whole lot to say about the unveiling of Silent Hill 3. After the success of the first two games, both Konami and horror game fans were more than ready for a third jaunt into the by-now famous town. Shortly after Silent Hill 2 came out they got their wish when the third instalment in th

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Thanks for those retrospective and reviews you linked. Ronan is spot on with each of them. SH3 is still my favorite of the original trilogy and I consider the best.

 

[Chimpzy]

Can't believe I'm saying this, but I much prefer the American Sonic dub. The Japanese dialogue is so bland, so generic anime. Sure, the American versions of the characters can be annoying. Very annoying. But annoying ... is not boring.

Except Eggman of course. Can't hate on Mike Pollock. Been acing his role for two decade running now.

 

[BrawlMan]

Can't believe I'm saying this, but I much prefer the American Sonic dub. The Japanese dialogue is so bland, so generic anime. Sure, the American versions of the characters can be annoying. Very annoying. But annoying

The dub voices are really annoying Sonic Heroes (Tails had a different new voice actor at the time, and Cream was way too high pitched) and some parts of Sonic 06. Otherwise, the series always had and will grave great dubbing. Some awkward lines or delivery every now and then (even this is become rarer now), but not bad

 

[Xprimentyl]

The video below is about loneliness in video games, and it taught me about "The Noble 14," the last 14 people to play the original Halo 2's multiplayer. The servers were officially shut down, except the Noble 14 who somehow managed to stay online together for nearly a month after the shutdown. One by one, they were dropped or booted until it came down to the last person, Apache N4SIR, who managed to stay online for the final 22 hours by himself, literally the last person to play Halo 2 online.

The video below is timestamped to the part of the video where I learned about this. I guess the creator did a good job of dramatizing this, because it actually made me a little sentimental. Halo 2 was the first and last multiplayer game I actually played regularly for a long stretch of time, so I have a lot of good memories in that space. Thinking that the singular moment was identified where there was literally one man standing where once stood millions for YEARS.

 

[BrawlMan]

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[hanselthecaretaker2]

 

[BrawlMan]

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[BrawlMan]

I got a bunch of surprises for ya. OG Claire and OG RE3 Jill play Resident Evil 2, and an interview from beforehand! Also, most of the original RE1 live-action actors play RE1. Now with Rebecca.

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[BrawlMan]

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[BrawlMan]

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[hanselthecaretaker2]

People can say what they will but this industry - at least the AAA(A) portion - is in dire need of a downsizing and/or restructuring. Starting with the usual suspects (EA, Ubi, ABK, etc.). The fallout can be dispersed among smaller studios with better ideas that aren’t governed by suits.

 

[Chimpzy]

People can say what they will but this industry - at least the AAA(A) portion - is in dire need of a downsizing and/or restructuring. Starting with the usual suspects (EA, Ubi, ABK, etc.). The fallout can be dispersed among smaller studios with better ideas that aren’t governed by suits.

Ok, what's going to happens then is if those smaller studios end up successful, they'll become bigger. At a certain point they'll decide that if they want to continue growing they need to go public.

And that's when the transformation is complete, into a corp run by suits, existing solely to earn other suits money.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

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Yet another game that just looks awful. I do believe the way forward for game graphics is strong art styles rather than cooler tech, but what the fuck. It just straight up offends my eyes. We've seen so many bizarre choices this year, things that you really can't understand getting past a bunch of decision makers. That the game is a boring, poorly written slog is pretty on point for a new Bioware game, but they really thought the uncanny valley Pixar look was a good idea?

 

[BrawlMan]

Yet another game that just looks awful. I do believe the way forward for game graphics is strong art styles rather than cooler tech, but what the fuck. It just straight up offends my eyes. We've seen so many bizarre choices this year, things that you really can't understand getting past a bunch of decision makers. That the game is a boring, poorly written slog is pretty on point for a new Bioware game, but they really thought the uncanny valley Pixar look was a good idea?

Exactly why I prefer smaller games with either unique art styles and character designs, than super heavy "gritty and realism". Even games like Dynasty Warriors Origins, while having realistic looking characters, are still stylized in certain aspects.

 

[Casual Shinji]

That the game is a boring, poorly written slog is pretty on point for a new Bioware game, but they really thought the uncanny valley Pixar look was a good idea?

It's like someone ran an A.I. uprez filter over a Fable game. Something fucking screwy happened here, because I can't imagine an experienced AAA studio signed off on this Small Soldiers-looking weirdness. I was somewhat joking about the A.I, but...