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Post by Ex on Nov 27, 2023 16:49:10 GMT -5
South Korean developers seem to have the most potential to me.
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Post by Xeogred on Nov 27, 2023 19:43:25 GMT -5
This even came up with another friend the other day, South Korea's Sims.
I bet you 10 Mario coins EA/Sims has been resting on their laurels for the last decade and a half innovating nothing and not caring about awful dorky graphics.
I welcome South Korea getting into global gaming. Lies of P has been a slam dunk so far and did so well that Neowiz bought up another small studio and a sequel is in the works.
Stella Blade looks like another homerun for my tastes. While Nier Automata turns 7 years old making Final Fantasy level money, Square's too dumb to produce a sequel I guess, so I'll take a South Korean hot babe in sci-fi kicking ass character action game instead!
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Post by Ex on Nov 27, 2023 21:20:29 GMT -5
Yeah Stellar Blade looks truly amazing. The only thing I hold against it, is originally the developers said it would get a PS4 port. But they later dropped 8th gen support. Oh well, I've got a billion other games to play.
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Post by Ex on Nov 29, 2023 9:39:01 GMT -5
“Social slow-life RPG” FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time will launch for Switch in summer 2024 worldwide, publisher LEVEL-5 and developer LEVEL5comcept announced. The trailer makes me think this is a remake of the original Fantasy Life for 3DS, with additional content. - www.decapolice.jp/en/LEVEL-5 has delayed "crime suspense RPG" DECAPOLICE from its previously planned 2023 release window to 2024. It will be available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch. - Professor Layton and the New World of Steam will launch for Switch in 2025, LEVEL-5 recently announced.
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Post by Ex on Nov 29, 2023 9:46:35 GMT -5
This apparent metroidvania has a lot of style and pizazz, but I ( Simple Man™ man as I am) would be more interested in playing it if the female protagonist were sexy instead of weirdly deformed with brontosaurus legs. Still the gameplay may be legit. Cookie Cutter will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox diggledoo, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on December 14th, publisher Rogue Games and developer Subcult Joint announced.
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Post by toei on Nov 29, 2023 13:51:03 GMT -5
I love the idea of a "crime suspense RPG", but that game looks too goofy/corny for me.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Nov 29, 2023 18:32:56 GMT -5
Yeah that DECAPOLICE game looks like ass. If I'm playing a crime game I want hard-boiled chain-smoking detectives and hot babes. Not 5 year old kids and teddy bears.
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Post by Ex on Dec 1, 2023 11:10:36 GMT -5
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is due out for Xbox diggledoo and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in Q1 2024.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox diggledoo, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG in fall 2024.
I loved both of the predecessors to these games, I'll likely play these sequels on PC some decade.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 1, 2023 12:56:58 GMT -5
Very excited for STALKER 2. But this trailer was so lame haha. Guess it's hard to make an interesting trailer for a visceral exploration/atmospheric lonely game though, that's what the first STALKER is and this sequel better be. Very Souls-ish with guns, maximum focus on gameplay.
For Bloodlines 2 it makes more sense to showoff some story beats here. I still haven't sat down with the original much, the vampire aesthetic doesn't really pull me in haha. But I know it's a very Deus Ex game, so I'll give it a real shot someday.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Dec 7, 2023 20:04:08 GMT -5
Well this is interesting, the first Dungeon Travelers is being localized and coming to (at the very least) Steam............ Some of you may have played Dungeon Travelers 2, which had a Vita port localized in 2015. Funny to see that the Steam variant of Dungeon Travelers is retaining the confusing subtitle title, To Heart 2 in Another World. This subtitle is derived from the fact that the game stars the heroines of the visual novel To Heart 2, plopped into a fantasy RPG world. To Heart 2 was obviously preceded by To Heart...... To Heart is one of the most important VNs of all time by the way. It popularized the "route structure" seen in most every VN today, and drifted the medium away from more complex "adventure" mechanics.
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