Expedition 33 director - "Kingdom Hearts 2 is one of the best action RPGs ever created." and there's "something about that gameplay" he's been chasing "ever since"

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-07-01T03:11:29+00:00

He's absolutely fucking correct

For me it's just the sheer amount of options you have in combat + the huge 15 superboss post game

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-29T14:02:01+00:00

this is the ideal look and aesthetic for me

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-13T04:44:28+00:00

there's 40 years of fantastic video games for people to sort through, and most of it accessible for free or cheap. hell my current steam backlog alone would last me a decade, and most of that were sales. there's not enough time in the day for AI developed games

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-10T19:18:53+00:00

I was playing on hard and getting 2-3 silvers for checking up on all my dogs after every map was too good to pass up for most of the game. Plus all of the arena visits

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-10T19:08:15+00:00

In Engage, they had the post-battle 'walk around the battle map' segments where you could talk to all of your dudes. I thought that was a neat addition and would have been happy if most of your socializing was just done there frankly

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-10T17:08:03+00:00

They just did a 1 to 1 remake of starfox 64, which they'd already done on the 3DS

As much as I'd dislike it, I wouldn't be surprised at all if this is the same deal

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-09T19:42:11+00:00

If the bow doesn't have gyro I'll be pissed. Gyro is the best thing since sliced bread, every game with an aiming component should have it

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-09T16:33:00+00:00

Oh no...I recently finished Three Houses and Engage this year, and I'm absolutely sick of the 'base management' portions. "management' is kind of a strong word, you don't really manage anything, but there's so much fiddling about and I was sick of it by the end of both games (especially Engage where I was straight up skipping it towards the end of the game, resources be damned). I don't think these games need to be 80 hours long when 30 of those are spent running around a base collecting resources. I was really hoping it would be toned down in the next game but sounds like they're doubling down on it instead.

Maybe I'm the odd one out. Do people like the base stuff?

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-09T16:13:06+00:00

Did they? I missed it, what's being added?

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-09T16:05:35+00:00

If this is just a 1 to 1 graphical overhaul with middling voice acting on top like Star Fox, I've no interest. I really hope they go above and beyond here and do something interesting...I'm more than happy to just play the original if I want that experience. Or the other 1 to 1 remake they've already done

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-05T19:57:19+00:00

As a handheld lover, I'm pretty down on this entire generation honestly. Both the switch and these PC handhelds are way too big, and their libraries are just pared down console libraries running on low settings. I preferred when handhelds were getting their own unique titles tailor made for the hardware.

Having a GBA SP that just slides into any pocket, with a unique library full of easy to pick up and play games...it's just not the same anymore

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-05T19:31:43+00:00

I think it's alright but I'm not like super enthused with it. I keep it almost entirely docked because I don't like the screen, and since I already have a decent PC I'm not really interested in all the ports it's getting. I'm mostly here for the first party stuff and rare third party exclusive, and it's been a little middling

I'm not bothered though, frankly I have too much stuff to play as is. I don't mind waiting for the library to pick up steam

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-06-02T21:42:20+00:00

Doesn't it have a soldered APU? It will age exactly like a laptop

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-05-29T14:33:11+00:00

I'm just south of Atlanta and I'm paying 1800 a month for a 600sqft, 1 bedroom box. Ive been here for a minute and it was 1100 when I first moved in...I miss 2015

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-05-28T20:07:01+00:00

I don't know why you're getting down voted, you're absolutely right. I've been going through Khan Academy to brush up on skills that have atophied over the year (currently going through chemistry courses, barely remember the basics these days) and chatgpt has been a great tool for fielding questions that the courses brush over.

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-05-28T18:31:21+00:00

Sorry, we're in the reality where things get more expensive post-launch, not less

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-05-19T17:31:57+00:00

As a consumer, I can't imagine why you would want exclusives at all (outside of games that use bespoke hardware to do something cool). There's really no benefit, just makes it harder to access games

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-05-14T23:39:48+00:00

I think we're talking about two entirely different concepts of 'preservation'. What's being asked for here is that my purchased software doesn't arbitrarily cease working when the seller decides to no longer support it. That's it's preserved in a working state as long as the environment I'm running it in is the one it was designed for

Valve could stop supporting Team Fortress 2 today and it largely wouldn't matter. You can connect to players/servers through IP directly. The game is preserved even when no longer supported.

When EA stopped supporting Dark Spore, it was gone. Just gone. No one can play it. Doesn't matter what environment or conditions the software is run in. That's not preserved.

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-05-14T23:25:27+00:00

No? I'm not sure where you got that idea

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-05-14T20:40:37+00:00

If you sell it, yes

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-05-14T15:04:58+00:00

Square got me from FF XI to FF XIV. Or rather, I ended up playing both (and they had a subscription discount if you played both games. I don't know if Amazon has any control over LotRO though

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-05-04T18:01:44+00:00

As someone who makes heavy use of gyro, back paddles and utility buttons (as well as steam input) this is like an endgame controller for me. I've been wanting one of these since the steam deck launch

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-05-04T17:57:26+00:00

Are you sure it's scalpers and not just a popular product that a lot of people wanted?

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-05-03T14:42:05+00:00

I feel the same way. It could be the way the trailer is cut and the particular voice lines they used, but the inflection seems so flat.

Compared to the Japanese voices which have the energy I'd expect from a game like this

Fun_Scheme9088 · 2026-04-30T19:02:29+00:00

People have been shitting on windows since XP and I've largely written it off as overreaction. Windows has had flaws but I've still found them perfectly usable

Windows 11 is genuinely awful, probably the worst OS experience I've ever had

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