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I already have the game, I'm just waiting for my pre order Switch to be ready

Maybe for once I'll actually talk about the cases in depth~

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SSBM_Guy posted...

holy shit, I actually really love this idea lol

they won't have the balls to do it though. you basically gotta bring back Iris and somehow excuse the fact that phoenix basically went an entire decade without mentioning her once

Speaking of people that shouldn't have completely vanished...

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LeonhartFour posted...

Nah, I wouldn't expect any sort of time skip for AA7. Phoenix is the series' bread and butter, so I don't think he's going away quite yet. I think he'll get a proper sendoff because we all saw what happened when they botched that the first time.

plus we still need that Gumshoe cameo

Where was he in AA5 and AA6

Why did Scruffy get snubbed

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I may purchase this and play it over the weekend.

I mean if it's not like, AJ overall bad then it should still be pretty good~

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All I've heard from actual people so far is crapping all over this movie as better than the previous but still garbage.

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Cuomo's primary defense of "It's cool because here's a bunch of pictures that show you I sexually harass everyone, not just women!"..

That might be the worst defense of a sexual predator yet?

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The Governor of New York is going to either resign or be removed after significant sexual violations of his own, yet his PR spin somehow managed to be even worse.

The bulk of his defense was to show a montage that clearly depicts the message of.. "I sexually harass everyone, not just women. I've been doing it for years! We're cool now, right?"

Like he somehow screwed the pooch so much worse than Blizzard did.

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This probably explains why the BD2 price has already tanked from secondhand sellers.

The first game wields a good but too roundabout narrative that has holes but it works. It's engaging enough, and extra places like the Vampire Castle give the world more flesh. It gets to be a bit too much stalling by the end of it. Many of the bosses are far too formulaic, wasting the interesting battle system, and scaling creeps in as an issue right at the end. The second to last boss is significantly stronger than anything you've faced up to that point, and the final boss is significantly stronger than that, so you can get hard walled at the last second. It's still worth the play because the story nd background are enough to keep you pulled and the gameplay is interesting, but it's undeniably flawed. I figured out who the villain was very early, though.

Bravely Second isn't bad, but it's a pale shadow of the first. I don't hate Yew, but it feels like they gave him a lot of Tiz's qualities all pushed to the wrong direction. Yew and Magnolia are weaker characters overall, and the story just doesn't have the intrigue or the life of the first. The first game built as you went spot A to spot B, but this one remains pretty stagnant for a lot of it. Yoko doesn't adequately replace characters like Yulyana or DeRosso in the background to really add to it, and it notably hurts. Many of the villains do not have properly explained motives for their actions, and you get a weak plot twist with a hint of foreshadowing that makes you see it coming. Chapter 5 was an interesting concept, but they barely even tried and it just felt like adding artificial length. At least the first game added to the story when it added this length. This game simply wasn't created with the same effort as the first, was made to ride on the effort put into the first, and it shows because I got it secondhand for like $14. I can't say it was a terrible investment at such a low amount though. The game is still "ok". It just won't pull you like the first one does. Some of the sidequests aren't bad, and some are "why are you putting me through this nonsense". Looking st you, sidequest 5.

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LeonhartFour posted...

I mean I eventually outgrew it

This still leaves questions

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Grand Kirby posted...

Well, don't forget the massive nosedive that was Loonatics Unleashed



That put a bunch of nails in the coffin they had to claw they way out of with the newer cartoons that are supposed to be good.

I should be glad I have no memory of this, right?

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The only bad cucumber is one that's been turned into a "Bread and Butter" pickle.

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redrocket posted...

In large organizations, dating a higher up from a different department can be ok, but dating someone in your direct chain of command generally is a hard no.

Where I currently work, a regular employee dating anyone in a supervisory role is grounds for immediate termination.

Though I've found companies in general tend to lean a little more lax than that.

I get the impression that "pressured" is a far more fitting word than "dated" would be in this situation though.

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Inviso posted...

LGBTQ rights are supported by the majority of our population. Corporations, seeing this as a chance to appeal to that majority as potential consumers, go all-out during pride month with flashy displays of support (rainbow flags on social media and whatnot) to let consumers know that they're the "good guys". I don't know exactly how effective it is, but Americans are pretty fucking gullible and naive with regards to marketing. But that's how you can have a dissonance between a corporation supporting LGBTQ rights while simultaneously being extreme assholes on multiple other levels.

I think a lot of it depends on how public facing the corporation is. When I worked at Macy's, it was openly LGBTQ friendly in the stores. Dealing with tens of millions of people a day will do that.

I couldn't tell you anything about how corporate may have been, though.

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Just gotta say, this name does absolutely nothing for me and I don't know how they got to it.

The name change itself was overdue but it feels like such a bland and uninspired result.

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Don't worry, half of these people will be back with the next content patch, and the rest with the next expansion

Sad but true.

Except it's probably more than half.

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Over 3 months ago.

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Shonen_Bat posted...

It'll be a left field character with no hype surrounding them

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charmander6000 posted...

Based on the men's football highlights, Brazil and Mexico have come to play, while Europe obviously doesn't care about the Olympics.

European Football doesn't need the Olympics or need to risk it's 200 million superstars on it.

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The "`smart" people have been jumping ship out of there for months. They knew this was coming. Hostile dismissal of any accusations probably feels like their only play because the case against them is likely very strong to have come out this openly. Really though, they harassed an employee into committing suicide on a company trip. Good luck cleaning that up.

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SpikeSetsFire posted...

They just announced that Brisbane, Australia will host the 2032 Olympics.
They were the only country to bid for it.
The other 194 countries didn't want a bar of it. And why would they...

Somehow, there's always one.

And half the time the country ends up bankrupt or close for doing it.

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Olympics canceled forever

I honestly feel like 95% of the world actually wouldn't seriously care if that happened.

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Japan's own people are against it because they've failed so badly with vaccines compared to other major countries, Covid is already rampant in the Olympic village, and four sponsors have dropped out over the past 48 hours.

This will probably be the first Olympics of my lifetime I just don't watch any of. It feels so wildly uncomfortable. I suspect though that ratings will be abysmal. The ratings for most sports have gone down in the past year and the public perception of this Olympics is awful.

I'm still legitimately surprised North Korea is the only country so far to withdraw.

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Dragonair posted...

what would be worse for DQ

getting rid of turn-based combat or getting rid of all slimes

Getting rid of slimes!?

You've gone mad!

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Dragon Quest without a turn based battle system... Is that really Dragon Quest?

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Steiner posted...

i never have and will never understand doing so

I'm in the same boat, but I did it with the Switch OLED because I never picked up a normal one after waiting for the inevitable upgrade, and not preordering it now probably meant not getting it for an entire year or more.

So like, extreme circumstances are the only reason that could compel me to consider a pre-order. I've been buying up a Switch library at $30-$40 a game as opposed to the $60 they used to be. I did the exact same thing with the 3ds... Waited for the 3DS XL and then bought up a bunch of games at $15-25. The difference was it wasn't going to be an immediate, permanent sellout like this one.

Pre-ordering just seems like a way to burn money to get a product a little bit faster, but the Switch itself never goes on sale anyway. Like, everyone's Black Friday "doorbuster" every year.. Is just a Switch at it's full, everyday price.

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MrSmartGuy posted...

I was just made aware of the existence of this scene.

https://twitter.com/SuperFoxcade/status/1416161427027501060

Contrary to what common sense would tell you, this is in fact unedited. This is how the scene appears in the movie. This is not a bunch of scenes shoved together by a fan, this is how the movie editors decided this movie should play in real time.

I have no idea how to describe with words what I just saw.

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Wouldn't calling it out explicitly would ruin the point?

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Maybe that's just the sick, twisted joke of it all?

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ZenOfThunder posted...

an absolute trainwreck, my mouth was slightly agape the whole time at how shamelessly it presented itself as marketing nonsense curated by a board of directors that will all someday roast in the bottom layers of hell. an achievement in filmmaking if I have ever seen one

I am now trying to imagine this.

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Switch OLED is the only pre-order I've ever done and that was... An intense 20 minute battle.

I don't actually have a regular Switch, I'd been waiting for the inevitable upgrade to show up.

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Jakyl25 posted...

The original was about selling Looney Tunes to a new audience. This one is about selling HBO Max by reminding people of everything they own that resides there.

I'd argue this worked to a degree.

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

What? lol comparable devices with worse specs go for $1000, why are you comparing this to like a Retroid in price?

Because it has no set purpose to me outside of being a novelty.. It just lets me combine my PC backlog with my not PC backlog. The pricetag for that feels asininely high to the point where I can't even seriously consider a purchase.

My bet is that this is the kind of thing a small hardcore base will buy early, and then the sales will crash down hard and never recover.

I agree that, for the level of tech, it's probably worth $399. I just highly suspect most people won't consider it worth $399 to them. I gave the pricepoint I'd personally consider buying it at, and it's around 1/4-1/3 of the base asking price.

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Kenri posted...

Do we know this for sure or is this just your assumption based on its specs? (Legitimately asking, not trying to be accusatory)

PC technology moves very fast. In 2-3 years there will very likely be Steam games this cannot play without a legitimate upgrade.

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The original Space Jam wasn't a great movie, but it certainly wasn't a bad movie.

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ninkendo posted...

From my perspective I'm not really considering it as a Switch replacement

This is precisely why I think it's going to fail. It's directly competing with a system that's both cheaper and actually grants users access to unique things they otherwise wouldn't have.

I gave it some thought earlier and came to the conclusion that I might buy something like this in the $99-149 range - but at $399 as a base price, when you also need to add additional components? Not a chance. That's an incredible price for something that is ultimately closer to a "nice novelty to have" than anything truly remarkable, that will probably be going obsolete within 2 years when there are already an entire plethora of games it can't handle.

The only real selling point this could've had was as a cheaper Switch alternative, and it's... Not. It's a more expensive product that brings less to the table and is made by a company with a shaky history of physical products. What's worse is, I don't think it's even possible for them to sell it for low enough to actually get the interest of most gamers. I like the concept, but unfortunately I think this is going to bomb disastrously.

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skullbone posted...

I like the idea but I think it's going to be a massive failure.

This is the way I lean. $399 is such a big price tag just to make games you already own portable.

Like I just pre ordered a Switch OLED for less than this and with it I get access to Xenoblade, Smash Ultimate, and etc.

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An interesting product, but there's two things that hold it back for me.

I already have a 3ds and a Switch backlog to go through when I'm not on PC. This is $399 just to take my Steam backlog off my laptop when Steam is the primary thing I do when gaming on my laptop. As a concept it's interesting, but it feels especially needless at that pricetag.

The second thing is the technology. PC Gaming ramps up very fast. Can I actually trust this device to be able to play games made 2-3 years from now? Can I trust it to play intensive games without overheating to oblivion now?

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RikkuAlmighty posted...

What's the scummy move here?

I always think some of the scalpers are actually just working for these companies.

And this is a perfect move for it. Frenzy up the demand and saturate the non-US market first. Now demand in the US is through the roof and people are already paying $600-800 to buy from other country's scalpers. That's just going to explode when it opens up here.

Anything to make more of a buck.

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Having played FFTA I would say it fits.

Not that it should get any votes~

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In an unsurprisingly scummy move, it's been up for preorders in multiple countries for 4 days, but not in the US at all.

And impatient US people are already buying pre-orders from overseas scalpers for $600-$800.

It's all an inside job~

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Guess I'll pick it up, I'd been waiting for the inevitable Switch upgrade before committing to one.

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Have it now and I am curious how people view this.

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I decided to look at "Switch Pro" just now.. First article I see?

"May come a little later than expected, probably after E3"

I hadn't been paying attention to any gaming news lately but really clickbait. The internet will be spammed with more rumors soon enough and it's already starting.

I can't say I'm surprised that it's all obvious clickbait, but the moral of the story is: If it's not directly from Nintendo itself, just ignore it.

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I came in wondering how you could make a tv show out of Twisted Metal

Then learned someone actually is?

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The Islanders have given up a goal within the first 10 minutes 8 times in their 9 playoff games, and within the first 4 minutes 5 times.

This is.. Not a formula for winning in the playoffs against competent teams.

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Nintendo marketing strategy!

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Quercus Alba pulls off the stalwart general in sheep's clothing extremely well and definitely belongs in S Tier.

Ga'ran's change in SoJ was over the top and you already know what she really is anyway. With Alba, you don't just see the change, you feel the change. Both of his designs fit both of his personas perfectly.

He's the hardest person to break in the entire series, because of the sheer power that he initially wields, and it does a great job of displaying that power.

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Xiahou Shake posted...

E3 definitely doesn't make sense from a cost standpoint and industry insiders will generally tell you it's a massive pain in the ass. With how the news cycle works these days, it doesn't make any sense to spend all that time, effort and money to share the limelight when they could dominate the community's attention for a full day or longer with a single tweet.

I feel like at this point it's more a thing for tradition than an actual meaningful showcase. E3 is one of those things that's only relevant because it already has a name for itself.

I'll probably just look at a 2 minute recap of Nintendo's activities after the fact.

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Nope. I'm actually surprised his cartoons haven't all been banned already.

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ChichiriMuyo posted...

If this is true then the timing would make a lot more sense.

It's kind of what I figured. They can produce it cheaper and charge more for it. Mid-generation "upgrades" seem to be the new normal though. They'll leverage plenty of existing Switch owners into buying the new one. Modern gaming is kind of a sham.

I expect a $400 pricetag since it is an upgrade. The only 3ds I've ever owned was New 3DS XL. I can make this the only Switch.

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