Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

Ah yes, I am reminded of Max's rant about the "Best Fighting" category.

This seems neat

This design was so good, so demonic!

Dvergrs actually do look pretty unsettling to me. A lot of their TP move animations too. *shudders*

And so lazy…


Due cant even bother leaving his chair to fight..

Yeah. Definitely one of those monsters that can't even be bothered to actually fight you. It just sits there and commands its weird little skull thingies to do its bidding. Its skinny build visually implies that it wouldn't be that effective in hand-to-hand combat anyway.

Though, this is Final Fantasy XI. Where even worms and rabbits can absolutely demolish you if you fight the wrong ones.

Genres are one of those constructs we use because the human brain just loves categorizing things, even when there is no obvious boundary for it. They're very fickle, and blend together more and more as time goes on.

If I heard a game coming out was a "fighting game", the first thing my brain would think of is a game with a variety of characters to choose from, each with different moves that I'd have to master on both mine and all the other characters to know what my opponent is capable of, maybe learn some combos or something.

And because that description is just so unbelievably vague, it doesn't really describe anything anyway. I've realized that even my favourite genres don't excite me anymore because there are so many different ways to make them. I almost think we'd be better off describing games as the games they're most inspired by. Like, OK you've got a "tactical RPG". But does it more closely resemble the gameplay of XCOM or Tactics Ogre? You've got a "2D platformer", but is it more like Castlevania, Mario, Sonic...? Even games like Final Fantasy XI and XIV are so different that it's harmful to give them the exact same genre label.

God I love this game

Game awards in like 15 minutes.

Elden Ring wins every category, even the ones it's not in. Saved you a watch.

I dunno who's going to win "Best Fighting Game" between Elden Ring and Sifu :P

HADES 2 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

That Hozier performance was pretty elite.

Minsc in BG3 HYPE

Ah crap I missed that one. That's the only reason why I was tuning in at all: space hamsters.

There are a lot of tall girls in Street Fighter now it seems.

THERE'S A NEW ARMORED CORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





EDIT: It's a goofy title, but the cinematics looked exactly like they should. I'm so happy right now <3

miyazaki broke the dark souls curse

also that XVI trailer was *** sick

June 23rd, wow

And it's coming to PC! \('~')/

It looks so good! @_@
Curious if it's actually releasing December 31st on non-PS5 platforms, or if that's just technically the earliest it can release but not actually a set date.

\(^.^)/

Elden Ring goty wooo

Even that Mario movie is looking pretty charming. I hope it does well. It's great that we've gotten a few animated video game movies of quality in recent years.

little did we know, bill clinton won goty

I can’t put off getting a PS5 anymore. :(

The asterisk did indicate “other platforms” Dec 31st 2023, but I’m doubting it’s a PS4 at this point, nor would I want it on there.

They need to leave previous gen in the past already. Make my pa5s worth it, seems everything is ps4 too. They around 700 now in the aftermarket. Cant believe how much ppl have made scalping this thing for two years already.

Sigh, i prefer the short ones

https://ce.baldursgate3.game/summary/

Tempting