General Gaming News.

[BrawlMan]

Phantom Blade 0 in September, next year!

 

[FakeSympathy]

Phantom Blade 0 this game keeps looking better

Expedition 33 can't stop winning lol. Some of the live-chat comments are saying it's rigged.

Megaman Dual Override!!!!!!!!!

And the last reveal is for....highguard. A co-op hero shooter from Respawn Entertainment. I mean I guess it's not too surprising, but goddamnn another hero-shooter?

Flute guy, once again, went nuts during the performance. But I am seeing more people in the orchestra putting as much energy as the flute guy each year. Sick performance, as always!

And GOTY goes to..... Expedition 33!!!!!! Vive la baguette!!!!!

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Ace Combat 8! Time to attempt all those moves from Top Gun again.

I thought it'd never happen. I'm happy to be wrong.

 

[BrawlMan]

I love it!

Stupid Never Dies
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The studio behind this, GPTRACK50, is helmed by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, producer of: - the Sengoku Basara series - Resident Evil 4 - Devil May Cry 1 and 4 - Killer 7 - Dragon's Dogma honestly they should've opened up with that and not that music video because i would've been on board from minute one

marcy! (@bigsealmode.bsky.social)

The studio behind this, GPTRACK50, is helmed by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, producer of: - the Sengoku Basara series - Resident Evil 4 - Devil May Cry 1 and 4 - Killer 7 - Dragon's Dogma honestly they should've opened up with that and not that music video because i would've been on board from minute...

bsky.app

 

[Worgen]

I thought it'd never happen. I'm happy to be wrong.

I just hope its story isn't as stupid as 7s. The setup for that one was bad enough I couldn't bother beating it.

 

[Worgen]

Total War.....Warhammer 40k? Well, that's gonna be a mouthful to say it out-loud! Not only you are managing ground combat, but orbital and galactic warfare as well!

Sounds like it might be competing with Dawn of War 4.

 

[Casual Shinji]

My girl's complaining "They made Leon ugly!".

It's the hair. Because that's really all Leon is from a visual design perspective. He needs to get somewhat older obviously, but he needs to keep the hair otherwise nobody would know it was him. And so you get an old man with emo hair.

Capcom has really not done a good job making the Resi characters age proof.

 

[Casual Shinji]

So Control 2 actually looks very interesting. I really didn't think it would go into the direction it would appear to be going in; hack-'n-slash instead of shooter, and Dylan replaces Jessi as protagonist.

 

[Elvis Starburst]

Audio Mech: This game is top-down view bullet hell game, but has an interesting concept, where the player gets to input their choice of music, and based on the beat/rhythm, it changes the weapon pattern, and projectile paths from the enemies. It is such an neat idea. Kinda crazy concept, too! It's gotta have a limit to how mcuh music in can take in, right?

I really wish I could remember which game it was, I'm sure it was on Steam, but it was basically exactly this kind of setup. I didn't play it, but it looked interesting. Glad to see more stuff like this exists

 

[meiam]

No big surprise on 40K total war, still nice to hear.

Awesome a new control. And we don't play as boring Jesse!... Oh fuck, we play as a her even more boring brother...

AC 8, took 6 year to announce, even thought 7 did well!

 

[Ezekiel]

Watching Galactic Racer again, I was concerned about the ruins of the Empire being so heavily featured, and now I'm thinking of the aquatic city, the jungle and lava levels, the sky levels, and the ice city in the original game. I don't have a problem with them abandoning the cabled pods, but I'm hoping for stranger, more artistic locations. At least good racer destruction is now possible.

 

[BrawlMan]

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[Brokencontroller]

I found TGA disappointing this year. All the cool shit they showed we already knew was coming, Phantom Blade, Nioh 3, RE9, Sonos....there was no real "oh shit" surprise for me. Oh well.

 

[gorfias]

A VR game set in The Boys universe, just in time for the final season.

I have no words

I have one.

"Yikes"

I dunno, I can't wipe the grin off my face! I loved the comics. I thought S1-3 Great, 4 almost a disaster. I like Gen V S1. Stopped watching S2 before the end of the 1st episode. But the opening of this trailer is beyond nuts! My hopes are up.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Total War.....Warhammer 40k? Well, that's gonna be a mouthful to say it out-loud! Not only you are managing ground combat, but orbital and galactic warfare as well!

Fucking hell, stop making games I want to play you bastards!

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

It's the hair. Because that's really all Leon is from a visual design perspective. He needs to get somewhat older obviously, but he needs to keep the hair otherwise nobody would know it was him. And so you get an old man with emo hair.

Capcom has really not done a good job making the Resi characters age proof.

When that thumbnail leaked I was kinda hoping that'd turn out to be Steve or otherwise some kind of we-have-Leon-at-home expy. Yeah, the boy band do only makes him look older, but Leon's just a haircut and a roundhouse kick at this point.

She's just into Leon if he's a boy band twink that bottoms for Krauser (RIP Jim Ward), I'm into him so long as he's got the OG RE4 personality. Which was only kinda there in the remake. Here he looks RE6 level of grim about the mouth, damp drizzly November in his soul.

 

[Ezekiel]

I liked this years old post about the loss of subtlety in the first remake, part of a much longer post.

Remember the T-Rex encounter in Tomb Raider?

You enter a strange valley where you're attacked by little raptors. Then, suddenly, a t-rex appears in the distance and attacks you. You pull out your guns, jump backwards, and try to kill it before it gets you in its jaws.

An effective moment because of how sudden and unannounced it is:




In the remake, they turned it into a lengthy cutscene that robs it of all surprise. Even worse, it has QTEs, and after that it turns into a gimmicky boss fight rather than just a beefy enemy you have to shoot until it dies (ignore the bikini Lara, this is the best video I could find on YT).




Even the buildup to that moment has been made worse. In the original, you drop down into the lost valley and encounter one raptor, the first dinosaur encounter in the game. Then you encounter a second one as you go further in.

And then, immediately as you walk past the collapsed bridge, t-rex appears from behind the hills and charges at you.

Short buildup followed by a sudden surprise. Simple and effective.

From Lara's expression in the trailer before the T-rex is shown, it seems like they've made it a cutscene again. History repeats, mistakes are repeated, because badly imitating movies is all they know.

 

[FakeSympathy]

I found TGA disappointing this year. All the cool shit they showed we already knew was coming, Phantom Blade, Nioh 3, RE9, Sonos....there was no real "oh shit" surprise for me. Oh well.

IDK, I had my "oh shit" moments with Divinity, two Tomb Raider games, two Star Wars games, Megaman, and TW: WH40k, none of which I saw coming

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

IDK, I had my "oh shit" moments with Divinity, two Tomb Raider games, two Star Wars games, Megaman, and TW: WH40k, none of which I saw coming

Mine were Megaman, Control 2 and Jonathan Blow having a new game.

I think it was pretty weak ending it on "here's another online shooter btw".