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Post by Xeogred on Apr 12, 2024 18:06:28 GMT -5
Yeah haha. I'm not sure what else Nikke/Shift Up has done but it must always involve big butts. This must also be proof of how lucrative mobile/gacha can be over there or something, helping them fund something AAA level with Stellar Blade. I'm sure the Sony check helped. But everything we've seen and heard so far on Stellar Blade looks rather stellar for a first shot into bigger budget single player gaming. It was a similar deal with Neowiz and Lies of P. Lots of simpler looking games up until Lies of P dropped. Whatever South Korea is doing with their money, they must be managing it pretty well. I'll be eating good if more of them keep getting into gaming like this, which seems inevitable now.
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Post by Ex on Apr 12, 2024 20:11:29 GMT -5
It's so sad what mobile gaming became, a wasteland of hyper-monetization, pay-to-win, and micro-transactions galore. About a decade ago I was beating legitimately good, self-contained single purchase mobile games. So my point is even with the sexy waifus, I wouldn't play this particular mobile game, because I know how the milk-the-player formula works.
Edit: Anyway back on point
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Post by Xeogred on Apr 12, 2024 21:29:45 GMT -5
I still can't get a read on FF7Rebirth in Japan. Globally I think it's doing great though but perhaps not as good as REmake with the PS4's install base then.
That Stellar Blade demo stat may have been defeated if Rebrith was on PC day one... But then would the Stellar Blade demo still win if it was on PC day one too?...
Realistically I think it could just be excitement for a new IP coming into play here. Maybe some players still feel lost or confused about FF and where they can jump in. Who knows.
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Post by Sarge on Apr 12, 2024 21:43:06 GMT -5
It's definitely the PS5 install base - I'd have it if I had that system. And probably FFXVI as well, despite my sometimes-disparaging remarks that it's not really a Final Fantasy.
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Post by Xeogred on Apr 12, 2024 22:30:15 GMT -5
And probably FFXVI as well, despite my sometimes-disparaging remarks that it's not really a Final Fantasy. Have you played any of the DLC's yet?
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Post by toei on Apr 13, 2024 1:29:09 GMT -5
Rebirth is the second part in a trilogy of remakes of a single game from 27 years ago. Of course it's not going to sell as much as an exciting new IP, the appeal is inherently more limited / hermetic.
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Post by Xeogred on Apr 13, 2024 8:36:42 GMT -5
That makes sense too. Even though FF7 is one of the most popular FF's, they may have alienated some legacy fans with its new real time ARPG style.
I do find it cute they're aiming to release the third one by 2027, the 30th anniversary.
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Post by Sarge on Apr 13, 2024 9:52:49 GMT -5
And probably FFXVI as well, despite my sometimes-disparaging remarks that it's not really a Final Fantasy. Have you played any of the DLC's yet? Nope.
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Post by Ex on Apr 15, 2024 9:15:21 GMT -5
Above average trailer. Looks like SQEX knows their demographic for Visions of Mana... older existing series' fans. Don't forget YouTube videos can be set to automatically translate Japanese audio into English captions. SQEX says this game is releasing "summer of 2024" worldwide, for PS4/5, XSX/S, and Steam.
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New trailer released for Sand Land. I'm down for this one. Releases the 26th of this month in the west.
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Post by Xeogred on Apr 15, 2024 22:54:44 GMT -5
This huge article on Hyung-Tae Kim and Yoko Taro feels like such an apology tour on this guy, after IGN France was trying to bury him. Not sure if you guys caught more updates with Shift Up posting a huge congratulatory post of the game going gold, with dozens of female staffers. Then Hyung-Tae Kim hanging out in a photo with his wife. The guy who's "Never seen a woman" ...
This is a pretty candid funny interview between these two. I assume this means we'll be seeing a 2B costume for Eve!!
Also thought this quote was interesting...
So I have to thank NGE again for inspiring something I love. But just like Xenogears, Nier Automate did the NGE thing 100x better.
They can't help but mention the Soulsborne genre briefly then there's some Japan/South Korea gaming history talk. Cool stuff... tl;dr, it sounds like Korea loves Japanese games. But Korean developers have been faster to learn Western technologies, engines like Unreal, etc. With Japan I usually hear they tend to stick with their own stuff for a real long time and don't always adapt with others in ways.
So... modern South Korean gaming development right now is like Japanese games on steroids. Yes please.
Some game name drops here: So Vanessa Z. Schneider is Eve's mommy.
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