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Post by Ex on Apr 26, 2024 20:07:49 GMT -5
Glad you got that. >I still prefer STALKER to the Metro series I've only beaten the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, and that was on PC back when it originally released. Nowadays I'll get around to Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat on PS4, once they're discounted. This new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl looks cool, but I lack a PC capable of playing it. Maybe someday. I do own all the Metro games on console, not played any of them yet. Post-apocalyptic is always a welcome theme, though.
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Post by Xeogred on May 1, 2024 23:13:48 GMT -5
Korea to focus on fostering console game industry over next 5 years: culture ministry
It's happening. Consider this a blanket huge looking forward to ALL big Korean games down the pipeline in the coming years.
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Post by Ex on May 7, 2024 8:42:13 GMT -5
Earth Defense Force 6 will launch for PlayStation 4/5 and Steam/Epic Games Store on July 25 in the west for $59.99.
EDF has its fans, but this series has scarcely evolved over all its iterations. My only interest with EDF6 is the split-screen local co-op mode, it's not something I'd play solo. Back in 2016 my wife and I beat Earth Defense Force 2025 on Xbox 360, had a good time with it.
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Post by Xeogred on May 7, 2024 8:45:22 GMT -5
Still looks like a late PS2/early PS3 game. lol, yeah they got lucky having a built in diehard fanbase. Hilarious that this series is still going.
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Post by toei on May 7, 2024 9:42:56 GMT -5
It looks a lot better than the EDF games on the actual PS2, but those were budget games. I'd maybe play them if the level design was much elaborate and interesting than just 100 missions of "kill a thousand bugs". I tried the first two and I just could see myself playing very long.
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Post by Ex on May 7, 2024 9:59:28 GMT -5
I tried the first two and I just could see myself playing very long. Yeah Monster Attack and Global Defence Force (their European localized names) were extraordinarily repetitive. I never played Earth Defense Force 2017 or Insect Armageddon. But 2025 was legitimately good: There are other non-numerically named entries in this series as well, like Iron Rain and World Brothers, even a strategy version. But I'm not advocating these are "amazing games" or anything hyperbolic, certainly not for solo. As co-op games they are much more interesting. I still think Sandlot's best game is not an EDF, but rather Chou Soujuu Mecha MG.
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Post by toei on May 7, 2024 10:03:01 GMT -5
Yeah that looks much better. Large-scale sci-fi shooter chaos.
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Post by Ex on May 8, 2024 10:37:11 GMT -5
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Post by Ex on May 9, 2024 9:24:43 GMT -5
"WitchSpring R will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Switch on August 29 worldwide, developer KIWI WALKS announced."
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Post by Xeogred on May 9, 2024 22:11:06 GMT -5
The NEW dungeon in SMT5 2.0.Daaaang that looks slick. My one fear on SMT5 is the somewhat open/above ground overworld stuff that looks like a lot of boring desert. But I've played enough SMT's now to see how varied they can be and can exceed in their own unique areas. So who knows. Either way I'm excited for SMT5. But I'll probably still play some of the older 3DS ones before I get to it.
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