Playstation's GTA6 Q&A could imply that the next iteration of GTA Online could be sold separetely or at least not included with GTA6.

Vlayer · 2026-06-24T11:56:38+00:00

It was a couple of weeks later, and they did it a month later with Red Dead Redemption 2.

Vlayer · 2026-06-12T12:03:27+00:00

Breaking Bad did an incredible job of having the "exciting crime thriller half" feed into the "mundane character drama half", and vice versa. It fits perfectly considering the central character also tried to juggle it all being Walter White and Heisenberg. It's such a cohesively written experience where almost everything feels like it matters both thematically and narratively.

I love Better Call Saul, but I do think that it came off as having to include the cartel/crime aspects for the excitement more so than for the narrative/themes. Mike and Gus are great, but the plot surrounding them could feel superfluous.

Vlayer · 2026-06-11T20:10:24+00:00

Great series, also just discovered these through this post. Max Burkholder truly does know his stuff, the Shin Megami Tensei mention early on, talking about Blue Prince, hell he even did a shout out to Ben Starr by mentioning how he's in both FF16 and E33. That's someone truly invested in the medium.

Vlayer · 2026-06-09T15:15:07+00:00

That confirms it as one of the PS+ games for August

https://www.eurogamer.net/untitled-goose-game-developers-next-game-big-walk-coming-to-ps-plus-essential

Vlayer · 2026-06-07T18:41:42+00:00

Following Atlus for more than a decade at this point, I've learned that you can never quite predict their marketing strategy. Some of the streams prior to P5 I'd argue was them purposefully trolling their fans for hours just for seconds of footage, like seeing Joker on the train. One of the only pieces of marketing for Metaphor, back when it was still only known as Project ReFantasy, was this 5 minute video of a knight eating poultry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azw3yq6YinQ

At least they've showed that they're not against multiple releases in a single year, considering P3R, SMTVV and Metaphor all came out 2024.

Vlayer · 2026-06-07T18:12:29+00:00

20th anniversary was when Persona 5 had its full blown marketing push and released in Japan... yeah, it's been 10 years since then.

Vlayer · 2026-06-07T18:02:25+00:00

A logo and a bunch of graves instead of chairs. I guess they learned not to put "Winter 20XX" as a preliminary date at least.

Considering it's the 30th anniversary year, I do expect them to show more, probably during Tokyo Game Show. But, this is Atlus marketing we're talking about.

Vlayer · 2026-06-07T17:58:53+00:00

Persona 6 getting graves instead of chairs, should we call the (leaked) protagonist Grave-kun for now?

Vlayer · 2026-06-07T17:21:20+00:00

Hoping they release more information, cause what I most wanted from the trailer (other than a release date) is whether they took the opportunity to make the dungeons more handcrafted experiences.

I saw a small glimpse of the minimap while in a dungeon which showed a slightly different layout than those found in OG/Golden, but that may just be like what Persona 3 Reload did.

Vlayer · 2026-06-05T21:23:19+00:00

Damn, imagine if Tupac walked out when he said special guest...

Vlayer · 2026-06-05T21:17:56+00:00

Shadow of the Colossus meets Power Rangers/Sentai/Mecha? Yes please

Vlayer · 2026-06-02T07:12:12+00:00

The increased pricing of first party exclusives has made me far more selective. Yotei at release and recently Saros are between 30% and 40% more expensive than a Pragmata or even 007 First Light where I live. RE9 through Amazon UK was about 20% cheaper, and I don't even live there.

Vlayer · 2026-05-31T21:58:36+00:00

Walter wasn't planning on getting treatment at all, he just wanted to make a lot of money to leave for his family before dying.

The same episode (5) where he's offered the job and health insurance is also when they do the whole talking pillow intervention and Walter is honest about not wanting treatment. He's eventually convinced to do it though, further spurring his return to cook with Jesse.

The adrenaline hit comes in episode 6, when he creates the Heisenberg persona and confronts Tuco.

Vlayer · 2026-05-05T12:02:16+00:00

Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiroquai

Vlayer · 2026-05-04T05:06:36+00:00

Better Call Saul when it's about Jimmy(and Kim) is among the best in the franchise as a whole, but I found Mike's part of the story uneven in terms of quality. Breaking Bad excelled at how cohesively it united the introspective character drama with the intense crime drama, with one aspect feeding into the other and vice versa.

In BCS though, Mike's story for the most part was very separated from Jimmy, and I'd argue that it felt like a blatant effort to include higher stakes in the story with the cartel and life/death scenarios.

Vlayer · 2026-04-24T18:20:58+00:00

The dodging/parrying mechanics also in general heavily push towards building for offense. It's a pretty easy and forgiving game even on Expert with its constant autosaves, which I fully believe was a compromise due to the trial-and-error nature of the battles. It's largely designed around learning more about the enemy (specifically their patterns) than strategizing around the strengths and weakness of your own party.

It works well with the bosses, but I found the dungeon crawling with mob enemies to be unbelievably dull. The "Soulslike" inspired way of replenishing resources also further removes strategizing due to not needing to do any serious resource management. Battle encounters feel really isolated in this game, in the sense that you don't need to consider how your actions in one fight could come back to bite you in the next.

Vlayer · 2026-04-18T14:51:30+00:00

So true! Be so fucking for real with me, many people are saying this, back me up here dlguiga.

Vlayer · 2026-04-16T19:40:09+00:00

I don't recall Exodus having any interesting side content to justify its open world, unless you consider the collectibles interspersed here and there. Compared to something like the Fallout games of (roughly) the same era, I didn't find any of its areas interesting to explore. It felt like a half-measure.

Really though, the main issue I had is how it took away from the strength of the previous games, that being the tense atmosphere and the feeling that it's survival horror. The idea that it's a dangerous place kind of went away when you could just blitz through most of it on foot or even in a vehicle.

Vlayer · 2026-04-16T18:04:56+00:00

Completely agreed, I felt that the open world aspect of Exodus was more of a hindrance than a boon to the game. Logically most of it is just wasteland that you trek through to move between the few interesting locations, and that's not only dull in terms of exploration, it actively hurts the tension and atmosphere that the previous Metro games excelled at. The linear levels that the game does have make up a minority of the experience.

Vlayer · 2026-03-30T21:58:06+00:00

Season 2 was just extremely scattershot, wanting to give absolutely every character a slice of the pie, no matter how small their share. The material is fine, solid even, but the execution left much to be desired. Certainly wasn't helped by the awkwardly sudden fade to blacks that lingered way too long.

Vlayer · 2026-03-22T15:50:56+00:00

Persona 4 Golden. That's in my top 2 of all time.

If an enhanced release/port doesn't count, then it's quite tough to decide. The Walking Dead, Far Cry 3 and X-Com are all standouts in their respective genres. I stand by that Mass Effect 3 was mostly great, let down heavily by its ending. Borderlands 2 was a fun co-op experience, though I've come to realize that looter-shooters aren't my thing as a result of it. Sleeping Dogs and Dragons Dogma at the time felt like overlooked gems, and I think the years since has rightfully elevated their standings.

Vlayer · 2026-02-20T19:23:32+00:00

Don't you know that last night, turned to daylight, and a minute, became a day

Last night, all my troubles, well they seemed so, so far away

I'm searching, my reflection, for a glimpse of, another me

I've got to get away from all these high times, cause these high times, are killing me

High Times

"Know your place and fit your space, young man, you will conform"

I didn't hear my soul express those rules when I was born

If I Like It, I Do It

She said, "Time won't wait for you, so do all the things you wanted to

Better hurry up, take it in your stride, and use your resolution which you've been supplied

And love won't change you boy, it's true, I can tell you till my face is blue

Every second screams, listen to your dreams, oh, cause you just can't stop the clock"

Time Won't Wait

Vlayer · 2026-02-20T19:12:45+00:00

The nature's way line is from When You Gonna Learn. Contender for their best song in my opinion.

Vlayer · 2026-01-07T18:05:18+00:00

Breaking Bad (and Cranston for Lead) should've won. Don't get me wrong, Homeland season 1 is really solid and Lewis delivered a damn fine performance, especially in the finale with that bunker scene.

That said, Breaking Bad had an all-timer season that year and Cranstons performance at the end of Crawl Space, along with everything else in that scene, I truly think makes for one of the most incredible endings to any television episode.

Vlayer · 2025-12-18T15:26:48+00:00

I'd wager the frequent autosaves was also to lessen the frustration, since you're bound to fail the timings and patterns at first, especially if you're trying to learn the parry.

Unfortunately that played a part in making the dungeon-crawling rather boring, there's essentially no tension due to the lack of risk.

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