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The Colonel posted:that article was also funny because the square enix they were talking about was square enix london. regional branches of big companies like this tend to be funny and operate pretty separately from the home japanese ones. and also square enix literally just published a lesbian romance indie game that they gave access to an official se twitter pr account as part of their indie publishing initiative and i don't think little goody two shoes made a secret about what it was so it's not like their western side has a wider aversion to the idea
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ImpAtom posted:Honestly I'm not entirely sure it is the script so much as the voice acting. Say what you want but Maddie Blaustein voiced the fuuuuuuck out of Lezard/Arngrim. It
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Star Ocean 2R gave Tri-Ace a bit of a lifeline. It reportedly didn’t do too badly and it even got post-launch support and I can’t even remember the last time that happened for one of these smaller SE games. Yeah we’re probably not getting something like Divine Force or Elysium, but I agree with Endorph that a 2.5HD Valkyrie Profile is something that is a lot more possible now
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MechaX posted:I wouldn’t be surprised if Star Ocean 2R gave Tri-Ace a bit of a lifeline. It reportedly didn’t do too badly and it even got post-launch support and I can’t even remember the last time that happened for one of these smaller SE games. Tri-Ace actually didn't work much on Star Ocean 2R from what I can find. It was mostly Gemdrops, Inc. Almost everything I can find of Tri-Ace is tied to the original version of the game. It looks like Gemdrops is made up of some former Tri-Ace staffers but also people from Tokyo RPG Factory (a lot of the same people worked on I Am Setsuna and FFXV Pocket Edition.)
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Schwarzwald posted:I know I'm out of the loop so this isn't saying much coming from me, but I have never heard of Foamstars before now. it was an attempt at a splatoon-like that was apparently not like, awful, but. they tried charging 40 dollars for costumes. seems like it fell into the same bottomless pit as exoprimal, unfortunate year for poorly judged attempts at live service shooters with extremely pricey mtx
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Schwarzwald posted:I know I'm out of the loop so this isn't saying much coming from me, but I have never heard of Foamstars before now.
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on the whole i mostly wonder if we're in for a few years of the big companies trying to grapple with the fact that no, suicide squad is not popular and it never will be. stop trying to make suicide squad. no matter what pick of aesthetics and themes you go with people will still recognize it as another suicide squad.
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The Colonel posted:on the whole i mostly wonder if we're in for a few years of the big companies trying to grapple with the fact that no, suicide squad is not popular and it never will be. stop trying to make suicide squad. suicide squad, the ip, specifically, tbh. its insane that dc has spent nearly a decade trying to make it happen and been unable to reach the heights of a single episode of the 2000s justice league cartoon.
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there's also that one clip of the dramatic zoom out when you fail to disarm the foam nuke
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If Foamstars was on PC I'd probably play it but I didn't feel like subbing to PS+ to play it lol. Their loss.
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Endorph posted:suicide squad, the ip, specifically, tbh. its insane that dc has spent nearly a decade trying to make it happen and been unable to reach the heights of a single episode of the 2000s justice league cartoon. they literally need to just make a harley quinn video game that plays like a b-tier gamecube beat em up and maybe has some bits where you meet captain boomerang or something and that will be the best suicide squad game you'll ever see
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Ibram Gaunt posted:Althought I think having defined characters you play as kind of misses a big part of the appeal of Splatoon with people dressing up their OCs. they were probably trying to go for overwatch type appeal and the char designs werent awful but they didnt really stand out
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Endorph posted:suicide squad, the ip, specifically, tbh. its insane that dc has spent nearly a decade trying to make it happen and been unable to reach the heights of a single episode of the 2000s justice league cartoon. Didn’t one of those movies sort of take off for like a month? I think that’s what primed them to go unreasonably all in. Especially after the first movie was reviled.
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ImpAtom posted:Tri-Ace actually didn't work much on Star Ocean 2R from what I can find. It was mostly Gemdrops, Inc. Almost everything I can find of Tri-Ace is tied to the original version of the game. Well poo poo, then if Tri-Ace’s last titles were Divine Force and Elysium (wait, I honestly don’t know if they even involved with this one, which is interesting given they created this series)… well… yeah the next few years are probably going to be rough For Gemdrops, I was quite pleased with SO2R and hope they get more work and opportunities Edit: Thank you Colonel and ImpAtom for the confirmation on Elysium MechaX fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Apr 30, 2024 |
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The Colonel posted:they literally need to just make a harley quinn video game that plays like a b-tier gamecube beat em up and maybe has some bits where you meet captain boomerang or something and that will be the best suicide squad game you'll ever see
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TheMightyBoops posted:Didn’t one of those movies sort of take off for like a month? I think that’s what primed them to go unreasonably all in. Especially after the first movie was reviled. the second movie did okay but suicide squad as a video game is something wb literally spent a decade trying to get made, the movies are only vaguely related to the trajectory it took MechaX posted:Well poo poo, then if Tri-Ace’s last titles were Divine Force and Elysium… well… yeah the next few years are probably going to be rough valkyrie elysium wasn't made by tri-ace, it was made by soleil, the wanted dead devs. i like them but they're pretty clearly a studio that hasn't really found their footing, wanted dead is a bit more developed but clearly still a game where they only had the budget and time for half a video game
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TheMightyBoops posted:Didn’t one of those movies sort of take off for like a month? I think that’s what primed them to go unreasonably all in. Especially after the first movie was reviled.
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Because nobody played "Splatoon for Straight People", this happened: https://twitter.com/Yur1_P/status/1754935177304752391
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MechaX posted:Well poo poo, then if Tri-Ace’s last titles were Divine Force and Elysium (wait, were they even involved with this one)… well… yeah the next few years are probably going to be rough Yeaaaah, about that. Valkyrie Elysium was Soleil whose last big game was... Wanted: Dead. The Divine Force was the last game Tri-Ace worked on that wasn't mobile stuff I think.
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i recommend wanted dead to anyone who wanted an answer to the question of, what if the people who made devil's third booted itagaki out of the studio and tried to make a version of devil's third that's kind of fun. the answer is a game that's still like kinda rough but you can see what they're going for and sometimes it actually works wellInspector Gesicht posted:"Splatoon for Straight People" my man your words are making less sense with every sentence
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Because nobody played "Splatoon for Straight People", this happened: lol
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Endorph posted:they were probably trying to go for overwatch type appeal and the char designs werent awful but they didnt really stand out They were also definitely trying to chase Fortnite, as well. The whole thing reeked of cynical trend-chasing, which is one of the key reasons it completely failed to accomplish anything. It turns out, when you try to copy already successful games, most people would rather just play those games instead. This is doubly true for online games, where the game with the established userbase is phenomenally difficult to dethrone (SEE: Warcraft, World of). There are, of course, rare exceptions, like Fortnite completely supplanting PUBG, but that's usually because the new guy did things radically differently despite operating in the same space (the cartoony aesthetic, structure-building, deeply cynical cross-promotions with every IP under the sun to attract small children who don't yet understand the evils of late capitalism, etc.).
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Holy gently caress Itagaki Has that guy even done anything of note after Devil’s Third
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The Colonel posted:i recommend wanted dead to anyone who wanted an answer to the question of, what if the people who made devil's third booted itagaki out of the studio and tried to make a version of devil's third that's kind of fun. the answer is a game that's still like kinda rough but you can see what they're going for and sometimes it actually works well Wanted: Dead is a game I desperately wanted to like but it is so close to being a good game that it's almost frustrating. I'm glad it exists though, it is weird as poo poo.
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MechaX posted:Holy gently caress Itagaki
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idk ff14 hasn't like booted wow out of its position but i'd say in terms of general relevancy and how popular it is with newcomers ff14 is on an equal level if not kinda growing bigger. ff14 is also a game with actual ideas though while foamstars is very much se's exoprimal in terms of being something that would maybe be decent if it didn't have the specific aim it obviously doesMechaX posted:Holy gently caress Itagaki he was uh. an advisor on samurai jack battle through time.
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MechaX posted:Holy gently caress Itagaki He apparently advised on the Samurai Jack game that Soliel made. (Spoiler: It was an insanely forgettable game.)
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TheMightyBoops posted:I would simply not green-light a game called Foamstars. Now a movie on the other hand, that would make bank. I can already see the poster, Ryan Reynolds, fully clothed in a bathtub blasting off from a foam explosion. Audiences would love this poo poo.
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ImpAtom posted:Wanted: Dead is a game I desperately wanted to like but it is so close to being a good game that it's almost frustrating. I'm glad it exists though, it is weird as poo poo. have you played it post-combat patch? that's the only version i'm familiar with and i had fun with it. i can imagine the late game being much more maddening if the combat balance was more brutal before, it's forgiving enough to just squeeze through some of the more annoying bullshit now
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The Colonel posted:have you played it post-combat patch? that's the only version i'm familiar with and i had fun with it. i can imagine the late game being much more maddening if the combat balance was more brutal before, it's forgiving enough to just squeeze through some of the more annoying bullshit now Yeah, I played at launch. I should give it another go sometime when I can actually make spare time, if just because them actually giving it support makes me want to give it a fair second shot.
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