Games
- The swelling music and cut after the first few trailers was…very odd. This conference is off to a weird vibe.
- Like the potty mouth slightly edgier tone to this. Title card cut before and after really made me laugh.
- I feel these games have had a better atmosphere than they’ve actually played, so it’ll be interesting to see how this one goes.
- the stop motion style to this trailer is great
- Love some blues 🎸
- Ace atmosphere and an interesting world. Excited to know more.
- This CG has had a lot of Money thrown at it
- Massive games? Is it Division like? Or a true open world game?
- It’s not 1313 tho is it 😔
- Great animation
- This sort of game is just not for me
- I had some good times with Payday 2 for a small period of time.
- Think this game does suffer from its audience a bit, like some other co-op games. The other players always expect you to know as much as they do. Not a great player base.
- Who wouldn’t give HEAT the video game a try? 🤷♂️
- Persona games continue to have the best music ever.
- These games have styyyyyyle
- Also….though…. Just not for me.
- Great this is all in-game footage from the off
- Looks incredible and varied as well when it comes to landscape and enemies
- All in on this 💯
- Sucks they didn’t involve Ron Gilbert…WTF?!
- Good they got Threeps voice actor at least
- And the other actors as well!
- This makes it even more odd they didn’t involve Gilbert… Again. WTF?
- As always it looks incredible and I could look at it for hours
- I don’t have time to learn how to play this
- Rescue and career mode is amazing feature.
- That plane ate a plane 🫢
- Yo Hot air balloons! 🎈
- DUNE ORNITHOPTERS?!?!?! OK I guess I am playing this then…. That is AMAZING
- I need to play the first one of these. I know it’s a classic, and I’ve loved Ninja theories previous content.
- Man, Ninja Theory is such a great company. I’m so glad they’re out there doin’ work.
- The Audio is so well done.
- I really need to play the first one of these.
- The Yakuza games are some of my favourite things ever made.
- Interesting start to a trailer 🤣
- Is this 8 or something else?
- I need to finish 7. I got my head in a mess with the RPG mechanics. I guess I’m more of a Judgement guy nowadays when it comes to Ryu Ga Gotoku content.
- Hard pass. Next.
- Don’t get me wrong, I love Fallout. But I’m a 1&2 guy. Maaaaaaaybe 3. Not this.
- Onimusha is crying
- That character animation and the PoV is great
- Excited to hear more!
- I’m ready to play this. GT7 was a sliiiight return to what I liked about that series, but I think Forza could bring it home for me this year.
- That ray traced paint is very very sweet.
- God I hope it has auto tuning/downloadable tunes. I couldn’t care less about faffing with car configuration. I think this and GT7 get this wrong about racing…. How many drivers are actually playing with suspension values and wings? Or are the experts doing it? If I’m the driver just let me drive the damn car….
- Why do supercars insist on having the most uncomfortable looking steering wheels (steering squares?) ever.
- Same as Fallout 76. Call me when the ‘real’ game comes out.
- One of the worst managed games of all time
- Not my cup of tea
- Neat if you like tactic games. I’m sure it’ll be well put together
- I do like the art style of this game a lot.
- The engine looks nice. I’m excited to see the extended 30 minute watch.
- Even the space combat looks good
- September 6th! Goddamn!
- Zelda esque climbing vibes
- Oh snap! it’s a Don’t Nod game? You had my curiosity, now you have my attention!
- I trust in Don’t Nod. I love a climbing game as well. Assassins Creed, Zelda. The Climb in VR. All in.
- The only The Chinese Room game I’ve played is Little Orpheus on Apple Arcade. I hope this is better than that game.
- Nothing interested me about that. But I’ll try it on gamepass.
- This game has styyyyyyyyle
- I thought it was lo-fi girl at first at the start of the trailer 🤣
- That perspective change from 3rd person to a Diablo style isometric was interesting. Wonder what the mix/options in game will be.
- Very interested in this.
- Keanu! Idris!
- I still like this game in spite of itself. It could have been so much more than it was.
- Keanu was having fun cutting this promo 🤣
- So this is how they’ll ‘cure’ V?
- Oh finally actually using the swimming mechanic that wasn’t used in the entire game huh?
- Sure. Why not.
- Trucks? Now we’re talking
- Damn, lot of Atlas joints in this presentation.
- I didn’t need to be told this is from the creators of Persona….don’t worry, you can tell 🤣
- This has a whole lot of style. Wow.
- Even that title has styyyyyyyle
- It absolutely showed a modern city with cars at the end. Just a flash.
- Transition to 3D for this studio. Good looking 3d as well.
- Looks like an action game? I’d be interested in that
- Wow, this is extremely bio shock infinite
- I loved Arcanum and I absolutely get steampunk vibes from this game as well.
- Time Travel?!
- The art style of this is really really good
- Yeh, This is my jam
And for those of you wondering from this post “Hey, does that guy really own a copy of Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai e…?”
You’re god damn right I do 🐙🤣🎮
sadly not a boxed one though 😢
Ok, this is proper cool 😎🎮
My second bit of Waffle House related content in about a week, but the fact the company is so known for late night violence due to it’s 24/7 opening has lead to people constantly harassing the director of the Tekken fighting game series to put a Waffle House Stage in the game makes me chuckle. 🎮
Mars After Midnight is out of the playdate. Downloading it now! 🎮
Watching my son (15) play Goldeneye. A game I myself played when I was myself 17 years old.
A game that came out 27(😳!) years ago! 🎮
Still an all time banger that holds up great!
The Playdate sale has really recharged my interest in the machine (Although it is a lovely desk clock when not in use).
I picked up
I already own but can recommend from the sale
Be happy to hear what anyone else has picked up! 🎮
Like a Dragon Gaiden The Man Who Erased His Name ★★★★★
Played on Xbox
Gaiden is used in Japanese media to indicate a product is a side story or spin off from a main series, and this game follows Ryu Ga Gotoku/Yakuza [^1] protagonist Kazuma Kiryu filling in some gaps between the 6th and 7th title in the series which also moved the gameplay style from being a fighting/action game into a full blown turn based RPG.
Robocop Rogue City - Xbox Series X ★★★★☆
You can’t help but root for Teyon after their terrible Rambo game and middling but surprisingly fun Terminator game, they’ve swung for the fences with the Robocop licence and made a really fun game. They hit the vibes of the source material well and I had a blast playing this.
I’ve been saving my Nintendo points trying to reach 600 to get this Super Mario Bag and I finally scraped together enough to order it! 😊 🍄 🎮
Game Nerd stuff! 🎮 🤓
I got a 512GB SD Card and finally installed EmuDeck on my SteamDeck. 🤯
It’s really slick. Integrates well. Performs great! Playing PS1 & Dreamcast titles on it and revisiting old classics is extremely fun.
Stuff this week #9
I’ve had a little break from blogging as It’s been a busy time of the year at work and at home, then I got a cold 🤒 and have generally been feeling a bit crappy and not like wriiting.
I’m now making an effort to put a bit more pep in my step! 💪
Very interested to see what it’s announced at the Apple press conference tonight as it’s supposed to have a large gaming related announcement.
I feel like we’ve been here numerous times before though… and Apple Arcade bar a rare few titles has been continuously disappointing…
🤔 🎮
Stuff this week #7
A week off work this week, so some travelling, some relaxing and unfortunately... way too much procrastination.
Trying to resist the urge to buy Red Dead Redemption on the Switch… don’t think I’ll be successful 😂 🎮
Xbox 2023 Showcase Thoughts
E3 doesn’t exist anymore, but game still don’t stop, so lets get stuck in! 🎮
The Intro
Fable
South Of Midnight
Star Wars Outlaws
33 Immortals
Payday 3
Persona 3
Avowed
Sea Of Thieves Monkey Island
Flight Sim 2024
Hellblade 2
Yakuza
Fallout 76
Path of the Goddess
Forza
Elder Scrolls Online
Overwatch 2
Persona Tactica
Starfield
Jusant
Still Wakes The Deep
Dungeons of Hinterberg
Cyberpunk Phantom Livery
City Skylines 2
Metaphor Re Fantazio
Towerborne
Clockwork Revolution
Summary
The highlights for me are Fable, South Of Midnight, Avowed, Yakuza, Forza, Starfield, Jusant, Clockwork Revolution. That’s a good pike of games to be interested in, as well as the ability to give many others a try thanks to Gamepass. There’s a lot riding on Starfield however, and some of those games on my list are not going to be first party exclusive.
The start and the finish to the weird patriotic swelling music was absolutely a very weird tone. Were they trying to pull in Starfield vibes? It did not work…
Also, Phil. You can’t say “One more thing” in a Steve Jobs style way and not have an ace up your sleeve. You cannot just say that for an extended look at Starfield. That is unforgivable. 🤣
Catching up on the Xbox Showcase via @jeffgerstmann@mastodon.social stream. Haven’t had time to see what they’ve announced. Excited to see what’s what! 🎮
A nice morning coffee in the sun room along with a bit of Golden Sun on my newly arrived Mayoo Mini+
For £70 this thing is incredibly cool. Might have to do a longer form post about it. 🎮
Watching footage of @llamasoft_ox@toot.wales new game on Twitch and it’s hilarious how much the video codecs just can’t handle the action 🤣 Several times I’ve seen footage basically give up and turn into confetti when the action gets too hot! 👏👏👏 🎮
The Pizza Tower soundtrack is amazing in a way I didn’t quite expect. 🤩 🎮
Great weekend for gaming, catching up on old releases I haven’t played (The Last Of Us Part 2) and old releases that have had an amazing refurbishment (Metroid Prime). 🎮