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Post by Sarge on Dec 7, 2023 22:54:36 GMT -5
I'm not sure having Western devs on those properties is quite the death knell it used to be. In fact... it might actually give me more confidence, given how Sega doesn't really do much good anymore outside of the Yakuza stuff. I'm open to these being better than I'd think.
Y'all know what I think about Streets of Rage - first game is great, second game even better, third is... fine in the US, better in Japan (but the terrible soundtrack hurts), and SoR4 was a return to form. I just hope this new one has better music, because most of the SoR4 stuff was decent but forgettable. Not anything like the ear candy of the first two games.
I do like Crazy Taxi in short bursts. It's not meant to be a long-form experience, so for what is is, it's fun. I also like Jet Set, even if I've never beaten either game. I suspect stuff like Hi-Fi Rush lit a fire under Sega to bring it back.
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Post by Ex on Dec 7, 2023 23:00:21 GMT -5
Golden Axe is going to SUCK like the last time they had a shitty developer try to revive it It's true that Beast Rider sucked (I played it), but that was 15 years ago. Maybe this time around whoever the developer is will get it right. Ryu Ga Gotoku is a good studio, but 95% of their effort is to crank out exactly one IP and its gaidens. Sega needs more studios of that caliber that produce a greater variety of IPs/genres.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 7, 2023 23:01:25 GMT -5
For the lurkers and AI's out there, know that I love SoR3. The best combat feel in the genre!!!
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Post by Sarge on Dec 7, 2023 23:12:24 GMT -5
Personally, I like the impact feel of SoR2 better. Ideally, mixing movesets from SoR3 with that would make for a fantastic game... which is probably why Streets of Rage Remake was so cool.
Oh, and new Mana game! Think that might actually turn out well, looks like they're building off the Trials of Mana foundation.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 8, 2023 0:14:07 GMT -5
*Not available on other formats at least until 5/29/24* (formats?... lol)
So maybe I won't have to wait too long for the PC release this time.
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Post by toei on Dec 8, 2023 0:48:53 GMT -5
Looks like Zack is a major character now (I guess bc of Crisis Core)? It's so weird to see him in all of the trailer when he barely existed beyond a weird plot device in the original.
Rise of the Ronin coming out in March. Looks really good. I would have loved to see a Bushido Blade RPG mode back in the day and this looks pretty close to that.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Dec 8, 2023 8:19:10 GMT -5
Maybe the Steam version won't suffer any censorship! I'd be interested in an uncensored release. It's possible. It's already listed as an 18+ release, have to be logged in to see it. As for the Sega reboots..... I'm moderately interested in a new Golden Axe, Shinobi, and SoR. Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio and their related games (so far) are terrible; no interest there. New Mana looks dope.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 8, 2023 10:13:45 GMT -5
toei: People are rightfully a bit worried in seeing a lot of Zack in this new trailer. For spoilery reasons and all, but yeah. This remake saga is kind of a pseudo sequel/redux so it's playing with fans of the original in some ways. I'm real curious where they'll go with some key things. Rise of the Ronin is another I'm hoping comes to PC. It's clear that the Nioh A team has been working on that, when another team did WoLong Fallen that didn't sound all that great after all. I do think it's funny how this looks more Nioh than expected. If there's one niptick on the Nioh games for me in ways, the level design is pretty subpar. Maybe this will be better in that department. I actually thought when they initially revealed this it was going to be open world, but that new trailer doesn't give that off much.
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Post by Ex on Dec 8, 2023 14:22:16 GMT -5
Rise of the Ronin has potential given the developer. Looks likes it's 9th gen only for now tho, off my radar.
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Post by Ex on Dec 11, 2023 11:12:53 GMT -5
Worth watching for Japanese Danny Trejo.
Another quarter another Yakuza (gaiden) game, this one releases January 26, 2024 for Steam, PS4/5, and Xbox diggledoo.
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