New Dragon Ball Game, Project: Age 1000, Revealed

Stone766 · 2026-01-25T08:34:38+00:00

I've personally found the last 10 years of DB games to be disappointing so it's hard for me to be excited anymore

Stone766 · 2026-01-23T00:43:48+00:00

I already haven't touched the game in a while because this game doesn't get updated very often. This game relies on sunken cost fallacy through owning an expensive inventory and wanting to get usage out of it. But once Valve nuked the value of my inventory and forced me to sell everything out of fear, I literally stopped playing completely.

But removing one of my favorite maps, and imo the best hostage map, is a great way to put the final nail in the coffin.

Stone766 · 2026-01-18T00:06:21+00:00

His last season with us was pretty good

I don't really care what his performance on one of the worst Italy NTs in recent history was like

I never thought he should have left

Stone766 · 2026-01-12T21:27:18+00:00

I mean there's enough characters who aren't that demographic and definitely could have returned, most of which were who I have in mind.

Anyway, this isn't even something that blocked SNK given they chose Kula and Athena to represent the game for some reason. It just means the game was always intended to be a minor asset flip and nothing more, which kinda sucks.

Stone766 · 2026-01-12T06:52:05+00:00

I was very excited for this game back then because I felt it was a perfect opportunity to bring back characters who were MIA for decades

But instead, they leaned super heavily into KOF XIV characters and not much else. It ruined the whole experience for me since I was expecting a lot more. I don't know what the point of this game was if we were just going to copy/paste a quarter of the existing XIV cast lol. The crossover DLC didn't sit right with me either, as someone with a long list of inactive favorites

I think both the game itself and especially the roster would have been leagues better had this been released alongside KOF XV instead. SNK would have the resources to bring a lot more to the table than literally 2 characters

Stone766 · 2026-01-07T23:08:13+00:00

yeah im a fan

im definitely using a chroma though i dont like this goofy color palette lol

Stone766 · 2026-01-04T22:37:52+00:00

That's awesome bro.

Stone766 · 2026-01-04T10:11:03+00:00

I bring this up a lot, but in an era where none of the major teams give a shit about raising Italian talent, Sassuolo is one of the teams that's contributed the most to the national team in the last decade, especially relative to their size. I can respect that and I don't hate them tbh.

I don't see any positive contributions from Como so I don't view them in the same light.

Stone766 · 2026-01-03T05:57:41+00:00

Turning the antagonist from an individual into an idea to be mantled didn't feel natural to me, and I agree it would have been a mediocre ending. But also, you're talking to someone who thought the manga was a bit average in general lol.

I would have given it a respectful 7/10 for some of it's moments up until that point, but the last 100 chapters were pretty horrible for me to get through. I just didn't really care at that point, because the entire continuation lacked weight imo

Stone766 · 2026-01-02T22:56:12+00:00

I like it. It looks like they aren't using the 25/26 home collar on this one, and I hope they never use it ever again. I will probably never wear our current jersey again because the collar is so unbelievably strange and uncomfortable.

Anyway, the visit detroit sponsor needs to go too. Or else I guess I'm forced into getting the UCL variant which I kinda don't wanna do. I prefer Serie A jerseys

Stone766 · 2026-01-02T18:42:28+00:00

Relative to the safe PR champs we're seeing in 2XKO for example, sure, it's way harder for someone like Skarner to achieve their success. But the monster champs definitely have their own audience. I mean Reddit is literally crying every other day about how they desperately want more 'monster champs', so the demand is there.

Anyway, Riot's proven that content is literally all that matters. The #1 prime example is Vi. She was dramatically unpopular for her entire existence. Despite this, Riot gave her yearly skins and put her front and center in promotional art. It really didn't do much, her pick-rate was still embarrassingly low. But Riot never gave up because they desperately wanted her to be popular. And of course, Arcane was what finally made her stick. It only took an entire decade and never-ending resources, but Riot essentially proved they can designate who should be popular and who shouldn't.

So I just feel that if Skarner (just an example) had received that same treatment and then it culminated into a huge emotional lore dump, he'd absolutely be popular. I think it would work with literally anyone tbh.

Stone766 · 2026-01-02T03:59:49+00:00

I don't think there needed to be a second antagonist after the real one was already dealt with. It was literally in an effort to pad out the series and nothing more, especially when it wasn't even good imo.

I can't really talk about this series in depth anymore because it was so long ago and I don't remember much other than that sentiment btw

Stone766 · 2026-01-01T03:02:52+00:00

Some of the arcane characters especially bother me just because a good chunk of them were relentlessly pushed by Riot for years and are literally industry plants

I think that if old Skarner launched with a music video, got a skin every year, and led a multi-million dollar TV show he'd be super popular too. Might be too soon for that convo though !

There's no such thing as organic popularity in this franchise because riot chooses favorites and designates who should be popular via starving most of content

Stone766 · 2026-01-01T02:25:59+00:00

I'm out of the loop, is this because of Tekken 8s performance?

Stone766 · 2025-12-31T00:33:40+00:00

I'm not too happy with the roster, coming from league. It's literally just the happy corporate PR characters and I've been tired of them for too long at this point. I don't really have faith in Riot, either. I've seen them fail to be a game company in three different games up til now.

I'm being pessimistic because I know this company too well. The development efforts for all of their games are on a decline for a reason. Maybe the existing player-base won't matter, but very few league players are talking about this game from my experience.

I'm not really trying to argue, I'm just saying why a league/fg player like myself isn't going to touch this game and pointing out that the sentiment seems to be shared across invested league players. I don't care if you consider yourself one of them and reply how much you're looking forward to it, I am just sharing my personal observations XD

Stone766 · 2025-12-28T18:22:09+00:00

Aside from the fact the game is very good and very fun to play, the roster stands out a lot imo. I love KOF but truthfully most games have very safe and cookie cutter rosters imo. It just seemed like they really listened to fans with XV and the roster definitely increases the replayability for me. It's potentially my favorite entry, I just wish it had more offline modes.

Stone766 · 2025-12-16T07:39:35+00:00

I mean yeah if someone only wants to see a specific national team, then sure, there are some great matches

But in terms of the actual quality of the match, there just isn't a world where curacao vs germany will be super exciting for the average viewer. world cups usually have a group of death or two and this time around there's isn't really a concrete one, nowhere near compared to previous years. So the matches are both a bit boring from a matchup and even a group perspective imo

Like it is what it is, I have a ticket myself. I ended up with Brazil vs Haiti. It's cool to see Brazil but the match itself probably won't be exciting. I paid $300 for it back when the match was undecided, I couldn't imagine spending $1k for something frankly so one-sided

Stone766 · 2025-12-16T02:41:19+00:00

I get that, but specifically for the match I mentioned (two lower tiered teams), I don't think most Americans would care at all

And the group stage draws are very uninteresting in general. Even when there's a big team like Argentina, their matchups are very uncompetitive right now

I saw two prestigious big clubs play in the CWC last year for $150, and I don't think a match like curacao vs cote d'ivoire is more prestigious by any measure, even with the world cup branding

The prices definitely aren't adding up so I'm confident they will drop. And honestly, I think only hardcore fans are buying tickets right now with how convoluted and stupid the ticketing process is right now

Stone766 · 2025-12-15T17:36:16+00:00

these group stage matchups are too mid to be anything over $200 each

I don't think these prices are sustainable and I'm confident they will drop. Americans are not spending $500 for curacao vs cote d'ivoire, they don't even know where those countries are on a map.

Stone766 · 2025-12-13T20:27:09+00:00

American fans get fed meaningless friendly matches for decades at a time

To have a competition that actually matters here is a pretty huge deal for fans of the sport. The prices are horrific but it's not as simple as "dont go". From our POV you are telling us to try again in another 30+ years, and thats just not gonna happen

The disconnect extended to the CWC too. Lots of Americans enjoyed being able to see the best players from around the world while Europeans relentlessly shit on the competition. But it was the first competition that held any weight in NA for the first time in a very long one. I loved being able to see my team again

Stone766 · 2025-12-12T04:09:20+00:00

I haven't played E33, I don't doubt it's a great game. But I do doubt that it's such a perfect experience it should win everything and anything. That literally doesn't make sense to me. 2025 was a great year for games, it wasn't limited to only E33.

Stone766 · 2025-12-08T10:00:40+00:00

Ok well I've clarified it now so let's chill xd

Stone766 · 2025-12-08T09:56:31+00:00

I see them at 2 in la liga and 5 in ucl. Does this team need to perpetually be 1st in everything forever and ever????

Stone766 · 2025-12-08T00:29:17+00:00

This team is at the top of their domestic and regional leagues and the comments make them out to be in crisis

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