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iPhone_7 posted...

I heard its being made on a new game engine and its supposed to be like Skyrim but in space. So Im a little more excited for it than a new elder scrolls.

Wasnt this supposed to be The Outer Worlds? Havent played that either yet, but I remember the premise being New Vegas in Space or something like that

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The game thats in the way of Elder Scrolls VI?

I really wish they didnt frame this game like that; but theres a chance that wouldve happened on its own regardless

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PS5 has no games

*owns a PS5*

Its been a Genshin Impact/60 FPS PS4 game machine, go figure

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yusiko posted...

They revealed it was a stealth sequel instead of a remake in the main game already
Did you think the rest of it was going to ignore that major plot twist in the main story?

It was less about it being a reveal and more what they outright confirmed, which is Zack being alive and well

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I have this sinking feeling Midgar could potentially be the only part of the remake, they could always cancel the others saying ooh we decided its best to focus our resources elsewhere and people will defend it as hurr was Midgar not enough, even though you could start the original FF7 one morning, have a bowl of cereal, and get out of Midgar by lunchtime

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Choco posted...

i dunno, if a 1080p phone looks much better than a 720p one (and it does) then i feel like 1080p vs 1440p isn't negligible on a laptop

At a certain viewing distance however, itll all start to look the same.

Thats why Apple wasnt bothered to update their screen resolutions for several years; their Retina display standard also assumed you were holding a phone 10-12 inches away from your eyes; at that distance, both a 1080P screen and a 720P screen would look indistinguishable. But as screens got bigger, so did the pixel count.

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Nebula went from oh her in GoTG to one of my favorites in Endgame. Shes what happens when you give a character enough space to develop.

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KeeperOfShadows posted...

SE confirmed that the remake wouldn't be a 1:1 retelling years before it released. Nobody who actually followed it's development was surprised by that.

Resident Evil 2 and 3s remakes didnt have the exact same pacing as the original games, but that doesnt mean that they didnt ultimately tell the same story as the originals, which FF7 cant say with confidence.

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Prismsblade posted...

I dont see the point in complaining. The original game, timeline, and material still exist so you play/watch them at anytime.

It's not ruining the original series, let alone your childhood.

People who were asking for and bought the remake were likely expecting to relive the game with a graphical face lift; otherwise they wouldve as you said, likely just played the original games. If SE stated outright that they wanted to make a reimagining instead of a remake, Id imagine the amount of people buying mightve been swayed by that.

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JoelMiller95 posted...

I guarantee the incels will never complain about John Wick being too badass, now imagine if he was a woman.

So The Bride from Kill Bill? Cause she has a higher body count in a single movie IIRC

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On a smaller screen, the difference is negligible, especially if youre trying to save your eyes and play at a reasonable distance.

And yeah, more pixels mean more strain on the hardware, so most people opt for a sweet spot.

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Shuri snarking Bruce Banner in Infinity War was probably meant to endear her to some fans, but Im sure its not a coincidence that it just made her seem annoying.

Her encouragement of Ross as a pilot in the proper BP movie was a better endearing moment for me

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My issue with Zack being alive is because as much as Id like to see it happen, it not only retcons his memorable last stand at the end of Crisis Core, but it also means that Cloud had to have gotten all of his SOLDIER mannerisms that neatly explains Tifas lack of suspicion early on from somewhere else, unless like mentioned, this Zack is from another timeline.

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ROOTFayth posted...

alternate timelines are great if done well, we don't know yet, people complaining wanted a 1:1 remake

This

Endgame already confirmed that this Loki wouldnt be the one we were familiar with in the first place, so nobody got bamboozled

That being said, there is PLENTY that FF7 Remake can do with their timeline if they want to pull the same outcome, different time/place trope

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Simp posted...

Ooh, maybe Zack's gonna finally catch up to them in the City of the Ancients. Sephirova just kinda stays up on the ceiling or w/e, but Cloud will be unable to stop himself from attacking. Zack jumps between Cloud and Aerith so Cloud fatally stabs him. Gimme that drama, way better than the original!

*chefs kiss* Id love that as well

but this is SE so Im not expecting them to be that clever

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Makeveli_lives posted...

If you want the old shit, buy the old shit. God forbid some of us want something to be different this time around.

If the fanbase wanted something different, fans wouldve bought other games in the compilation.

But no, they wanted a game they knew and love, and naturally SE took advantage of that to turn it into their new Kingdom Hearts series in terms of lore and inconsistent release schedule

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Id like to think its how more people nowadays are familiar with Joe Rogan than anything else

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Graycap posted...

Remake = game remade from scratch

Remaster = original game touched up

Remakes won't be the same as the original lol.

Resident Evil 2/3 being remakes didnt stop it from retaining the same story, more or less. Same with the remakes of earlier Final Fantasy games.

Because some of yall might think Im a hating-ass hater, I do appreciate the risks theyre taking here; admittedly a timeline where Zack and Aerith live is very tempting. However, that would take away from what made the first game and Crisis Core that much more meaningful while also completely destroying Clouds original motivation for much of the early game, and the fact that we hit so many major story beats in the Midgar alone (fighting Sephiroth, most of Shinra, seeing nearly all the party members), it makes me wonder if they might have done it just to raise the stakes a little more. However, if theyre going for a same fate, different time/place theme, then Id love to see it.

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JoelMiller95 posted...

It must be so sad being an entitled whiny nerd, I can't imagine living life like that.

who hurt you

If SE is smart this will be some sort of bait and switch alternate timeline

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I haven't taken it yet because my doctor said not to touch any other medications until I see him next month to make sure that they play nice with each other, including the vax. Got my flu shot last year though, go figure.

What I find fascinating is this obligation to bully other people into taking it. I didn't take my flu shot for anyone else, same would be for the vaccine. Is this about secular humanism (fucking DOUBT) or is this about feeling safety in numbers?

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CyricZ posted...

"All I wanted was the same thing as before only the same."

Anyway I don't know why we're having this argument now after FF7R has been out for over a year. Did TC hold out some odd hope that maybe it was going to be the exact same story after all we saw?

The Intergrade apparently adds some extra scenes that confirm the wild bullshit that FF7R was teasing.

At any rate, there's no way they can do that aforementioned wild ass plot twist without completely destroying Cloud's character...which they might just do, let's be real.

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skermac posted...

you have to take what they make, remember a remake is never identical to the original game and doesnt need to be, thats why its called a remake

You're thinking of a reboot

FFIV on the DS for instance was a proper remake, same game but better graphics and QOL improvements

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Lairen posted...

Barret: "Just come home and see your daughter."
Dyne: "Well alright! Cheers!"

Lmao, basically

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Oh yeah, apparently hes still trying to find Aerith like in Crisis Core

BOY this will be interesting

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Apparently the Yuffie DLC confirms that Zach is indeed alive somehow

Leave it to SE to ruin Clouds ENTIRE character in FFVII

Still excited to play it to see how it all plays out actually

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As an Uber Eats driver for most of the past year

That is a fucked delivery and it can definitely be demoralizing

That being said, like someone said above UberEats is the ONLY Uber service that tells you how much youre being paid beforehand, so he shouldve known better

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Personally I highly doubt most people are gonna be willing to drop $18 to see Teenage Bottlerocket, MakeWar and Rutterkin, let alone a stack. This is a publicity stunt

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If you can get 6 in one go and be fine, any particular reason why are they separating them into two separate shots

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The suspect had told friends that "he intended to kill someone," and DNA from the victim was on the suspect's clothes, according to the prosecutor.
"He didn't say who that was, but he indicated to witnesses that he was going to kill someone by taking them in the woods and stabbing them, which are certainly the facts of this case," Larizza said.

If this isn't the most open and shut case ever

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Damn_Underscore posted...

Sonic Adventure 3

That was SUPPOSED to be Sonic 2006, go figure

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Blue_Inigo posted...

but not 60 for a built from the ground up reimagining of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl?

Probably because it's not built from the ground up

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Sonic Heroes is a good template for a modern Sonic game. That game had a few snags but I had a sense of speed while playing it usually

Games like Sonic Mania are great but I don't think Sonic deserves to be stuck in a 16-bit landscape when 3D Sonics can and have proven they can work....in between all of the bad ones at least

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Capcom is just pissed they're gonna have to deal with endless questioning about their hypothetical CV remake now lol

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Idk The Last of Us 1 on Grounded made me count every bullet I had lol

In comparison once you have something that isn't the starting pistol in RE you're pretty safe, especially since there's escape weapons like the dagger or taser

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Personally, the only people obligated to know anything about my health are me, my doctor, my job (ICE) and my insurance.

But if regular passports can be frequently faked, I'm sure vaccine passports will be no exception. Maybe faked even harder, actually.

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refmon posted...

she looks fine aside from a few scars

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Revnir posted...

Who was the one who called them Branch Covidians?

Eric July, but specifically for people who were acting like hypochondriacs over this

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Wut

I've been going to the movies since I saw Nobody

Theaters would probably be more suitable for a game like A Quiet Place anyway

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If people will pay to listen to YouTube videos in the background, they'll pay for dumb shit like editing Tweets

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I'm still interested in how else they present it, but end of the day I'm not gonna like Abby and this isn't some "give it a chance" thing. Even her own VA was disgusted at her when she finally played the game lol

g0ldie posted...

oh yea, here's a gameplay tip - you can go into the accessibility menu and click on the option to automatically pick up stuff while you're close to them so you're not constantly tapping a button.

Not sure if that's a QOL feature or part of Journalist Mode

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g0ldie posted...

the first The Last of Us, tbh.

This or Metal Gear Rising

MGS4 still gives me chills to this day too

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g0ldie posted...

sorry, the empathy part comes in later (since you're aware of the spoilers, you know what I mean).

at that point, you're supposed to hate Abby, and all you're supposed to know is that Abby wants to get revenge against Joel for his past misdeeds.

whether your position on her changes as the game goes on, or not, doesn't matter as much as you at least understanding why she did what she did. justification, quality of character, etc. are all secondary.

If Druck wrote anything coherent in his life, hed know that when you designate a character as a hate sink the reader is expecting either some sort of comeuppance or getting away with it. Anything else is gonna make the reader wonder why you even bothered to begin with.

Nobody would care that Umbridge in Harry Potter had a rough childhood, because she already did a LOT of stuff that would put her on the readers shit list. I already know what Abbys motive is and even if I didnt, I still wouldnt understand. Its like in Spec Ops The Line: just because Im horrified by the events that occur doesnt mean that I personally feel responsible (like Spec Ops makes you try to feel) because there was no other way to progress the game in both Spec Ops and TLOU1; I was just along for the ride. Hell, in TLOU1 you can choose to spare the other people and get bonus dialogue indicating that you did.

Anywho, raiding the hotel tomorrow. I know this shotgun can have a stock on it once I find a workbench

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Are they gonna resolve the story in an expansion pack like with FC5, good grief

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Darmik posted...

They knew what settlement they were looking for.

Based on what lol, Abbys word? Even her friends were rightfully skeptical they were in the right place. For all we know shes been eliminating any Joel she can swing a 9-iron at.

Darmik posted...

He wants you to hate her while playing as Ellie.

He also expects you to understand to an extent, which is never gonna happen because you mostly play as Abby AFTER she does the deed, good job Druck.

Joel did nothing wrong is a commonly shared sentiment in comparison, with good reason.

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g0ldie posted...

no, he wants you to empathize with Abby (of course, sympathizing with her would be a bonus).

the point is that you're supposed to understand her actions, whether you agree with them or not.

That worked at the end of TLOU1 because we had a whole game to understand Joel and Ellie. Thats not gonna work here because Abbys a horrible person and I want Ellie to win. Honestly, it would have been a much, much better game if they had rightly painted Abby as wrong for betraying Joel after he helped her. That scene was great, some selfless-ass shit that shows just how much Joel had changed since the last game.

Its like I heard somewhere I cant remember, if Stalin gives me a hand up when I'm about to fall off a cliff and I kill him immediately after, I'm a betrayer of a benefactor and some of the worst scum to exist even if I've done an objective good for the world. And Joel didn't do anything half as bad as Stalin.

The funny thing is, all Druck had to do is reveal her past earlier (even before she killed Joel) and maybe more people wouldve swayed to her side. And to think that people are comparing playing as her like playing as Raiden from MGS2 (which I actually enjoyed)

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AlisLandale posted...

I remember hearing the released version of Sonic 06 wasnt even the most recent build of the game, lol.

But yeah, I remember almost having fun in Crisis City and Kingdom Valley. Almost. >_>

The demo ended up having more polish than the final game because they ended up using the older PS3 build instead of the polished 360 demo build lmao what a mess

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_MorningStar posted...

Other than "that scene", the part I hate the most is the inclusion of Levi. Not because I hate the character. I don't, probably my favorite in the game. I hate that he is used as a way to be like, "you can't hate Abby, look at what she is doing for Levi!"

He seems to be a ot device to get people to feel sympathetic to Abby.

Im willing to reserve judgement on that since apparently Abbys own people call her out on that too. Apparently.

If so then gj Druckmann, you knew that wouldnt be sympathetic from the get-go.

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Darmik posted...

Tommy says Joel is his brother.

Joel would be known as Tommy's brother since it was Tommy's community they were looking for.

Still that's not exactly iron-clad proof. There could other brothers in the town named Tommy and Joel, since those are very common names. Thats why I thought the last names wouldve been a bigger deal here. You'd think they'd at dig at least a little bit further just to be sure they are the right ones, but Abbys a brute who thought oh well just torture it out of someone and then what lol, Joel and Tommy themselves were gonna go investigate personally?

Plus Jackson is a BEEG, armed community with multiple patrol groups. Abbys lottery-ticket-lucky she ran into Joel and Tommy out of ALL the patrols.

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

I'll admit, I wasn't really that attached to him. And it being a big "fuck you" to people who were was part of why I laughed. I usually don't take pleasure in stuff like that, but it's just a video game to me and I wouldn't mind if the shoe was on the other foot. Plus I like when stuff like that happens because it makes you more unsure of the safety of anybody in any form art. Which in turn, makes you appreciate when it doesn't happen to characters you like even more. There were a lot of levels to why I liked it and laughed. The intensity of the entire scene definitely played into it too.

As a writer whos publishing his first work this year, Im willing to appreciate the idea that a happy ending only depends on where you stop your story and I also think that the MST 3K Mantra (its just fiction, relax) is always good to keep in mind when getting invested into anything.

That being said, you also cant have your cake and eat it too; theres no telling what part of a story that your reader will enjoy or even see the same way as someone else so youre not obligated to do anything but tell it. Druck wants his emotional story beats (like the Joel In One scene) but also wants you to sympathize with Abby even though itll never fucking happen lol

All I can hope is that her friends get cathartically rest by Tommy or Ellie herself throughout the game

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