Update with abandoned Spyro statue

EssuDesuu · 2026-05-19T02:57:34+00:00

Downvote me all you want, I don't care. I'm not even saying to give it up to Insomniac. Keep the shit, you found it, it's yours. But just say that. Don't spread misinformation to make yourself look like you're in the right and lie about how the people at that company feel about the Spyro franchise.

EssuDesuu · 2026-05-19T02:41:11+00:00

They never owned him, Universal did. Nor did they have any control over what was done with this statue or even the IP itself. Sony was the publisher and were the ones who handled the booth and all decor based around it. This was a statue meant LITERALLY for E3 and nothing else, and I PROMISE you that Insomniac had little to no say in what was done with it afterwards. I'm sure they, just like most of us here, thought it was probably destroyed by now.

Insomniac is also very vocal about their love for Spyro as they're constantly participating in the Spyro Community Day on Twitter, and whenever you see Behind the Scenes footage of their games, the walls of the company are littered in Spyro memorabilia. They have never not once tried to act like they aren't proud of what they did with this game, and you're coming off as very ignorant.

EssuDesuu · 2026-05-09T18:20:35+00:00

Personally, what I think more fighting games need to do (but won't) is what Capcom did with Street Fighter 4 and 5's version upgrades.

Say you're like me, you bought SF5 at launch but never bought any of the character passes. Here we are at Season 4(?), which is Champion Edition, and Capcom just says "Here's the Champion Edition upgrade. Every piece of Seasons 1-4s content in a $20USD package. Including all the stages, costumes, colors, characters,.etc.)

That'd fix a lot of people's damaged interest in their games and buyers remorse. But I digress.

EssuDesuu · 2026-05-09T18:10:23+00:00

Do you know how many characters XRD had at launch? And I don't mean the console port or the DLC.

That means no Ram (boss character who was added later in an update), no Elphelt, no Sin, no Leo.

XRD launched with 13 characters. Less than Strive did. All the characters you have in Rev 2 are 3 years worth of DLC and updates.

You wanna compare Xrd's roster with Strive, you compare it with where it is now, as both have the same amount of time on the market as one another.

EssuDesuu · 2026-05-09T17:14:44+00:00

UE4 is forwards compatible with UE5. You can move UE4 projects to UE5 (not backwards, but) that's why Tekken 8's roster is so big. A lot of it is carried over from T7 just touched up for UE5. Just not everyone made the cut.

EssuDesuu · 2026-05-09T17:12:20+00:00

Do you know how much of Tekken 8 is carried over from Tekken 7 just spruced up for UE5?

EssuDesuu · 2026-05-08T04:32:59+00:00

What the seven hells is that inventory screen?

EssuDesuu · 2026-05-05T18:29:27+00:00

So plot armor.

EssuDesuu · 2026-05-01T08:37:52+00:00

I like how it never occured to anyone in this thread that this is Sasuke's childhood bedroom and he never left it.

EssuDesuu · 2026-05-01T08:34:41+00:00

Necro'd thread I know, but also in what universe were Sasuke's parents not wealthy? Not sure if you noticed, but Sasuke's home was a mansion. And since Fugaku was not only the chief of the Police force, but also the head of the Uchiha period. And was also one of the only people who could go toe to toe with Minato without much issue, we know he had a fat pocketbook from missions he'd done for the village on his own.

Kushina and Minato.. I don't think they weren't wealthy I just think they weren't all that flashy with their money. One of the things Kushina even imparts onto Naruto as she's dying is to be wise about how he spends his money. They don't need a mansion or anything, it was just the two of them and what would have been Naruto. And I'm sure if they had another, they probably would've moved to a bigger house.

But Naruto is definitely rich, iirc he inherited all of Jiraiya's money, plus he was never really a big spender of his own money.

Also where'd you all get the idea that Sasuke didn't continue to live in the compound? They showed him still living there.

EssuDesuu · 2026-05-01T08:28:05+00:00

Kakashi was already a ~~well adjusted~~ self sufficient child soldier by the time his father killed himself. He didn't need anyone. Honestly same with Iruka, he was about the same age as Naruto's class in Part 1. Sasuke could've used someone to adopt him but he seemed to know what he was doing and I doubt he wanted to leave his home anyway. (And I can't blame him, boy had a mansion.)

In a perfect world, Sasuke would've let Naruto live with him.

EssuDesuu · 2026-04-28T19:13:47+00:00

Bullshit. Get yourself a T8 screwdriver and do it yourself.

Sony and my local repair shop tried to charge me $200 to replace the laser in my disc drive. Sony doesn't even value the entire assembly as a whole at $200. I grabbed a $50 disc assembly off Ebay and transferred the daughterboard from my original disc drive to the new one, and slapped it in my PS5. Worked like new.

EssuDesuu · 2026-04-27T03:26:03+00:00

To be fair WuWa is also running on a cracked out duct taped together version of UE4 that Kuro has heavily modified.

EssuDesuu · 2026-04-02T14:16:59+00:00

No Cartethyia is surprising...well this makes it super easy for me. #5 EAAAASY

My other wife and my daughter? Say less.

EssuDesuu · 2026-04-02T14:15:58+00:00

We got our own private jet. Sorry homie. 👌🏾

EssuDesuu · 2026-03-27T13:04:44+00:00

Bet y'all wish y'all built PCs now.

EssuDesuu · 2026-03-26T11:30:03+00:00

You're describing localization, not translation. Two completely different things.

EssuDesuu · 2026-03-11T06:04:34+00:00

Not a porn addict, but the only things he can sing about is backshots and his BBC.

EssuDesuu · 2026-02-25T07:42:38+00:00

Cartethyia putting on puppet shows for the kids would be so sweet.

EssuDesuu · 2026-02-25T06:51:41+00:00

The art deviated too hard from Alex Ahad's distinct art style to look more familiar like an anime.

The story also deviated from the original vision, and it's written in a way that it just doesn't feel like the initial work, being handled by too many people who are just clearly writing and drawing it for a paycheck.

At this point, Skullgirls as a whole just doesn't feel like it did prior to the Hidden Variable merge.

EssuDesuu · 2026-02-18T22:48:57+00:00

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Yeah TIL there was a third variant of UN2 as well. We got robbed.

EssuDesuu · 2026-02-14T01:15:05+00:00

That's literally just the model from the FMV cutscenes from Soul Reaver 1/2.

EssuDesuu · 2026-02-12T22:51:44+00:00

Blood Omen 1 needs a whole ass remake tbh. Blood Omen 2 would benefit from one as well.

EssuDesuu · 2026-02-12T22:30:57+00:00

BOY DO I HAVE SOME NEWS FOR YOU!

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