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Post by Ex on May 10, 2024 10:38:35 GMT -5
Fucking Atlus man. kings of release a game, then two years later released a deluxe version of it. Instantly making previous owners feel their copies are now inferior, while also making them feel like chumps for having supported the original release in the first place, knowing damn well Atlus would pull their typical shenanigans. In this case I am once again that chump, and although I own SMT5 on Switch, I'll be buying this updated/upgraded edition, of course. Then I'll sell my original SMT5 copy, or give it to my daughter perhaps. One thing I'm looking forward to with quitting buying games passed the 8th gen, is I don't have to deal with Atlus toying with my wallet's emotions anymore.
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Post by Xeogred on May 10, 2024 11:43:06 GMT -5
Yeah, since I was never big on Persona and got into SMT real late, I'm catching up on Atlus' antics here. I waited on SMT5 because the Switch performance didn't sound great. But then seeing the trend in Persona/Atlus' re-releases, I started having a hunch it would be packed with a lot of new content... One of my colleagues at work the other day was telling me about the Persona 3 situation too. There are two versions on Steam now. But the newest remaster is an updated port of the original P3 on PS2 and doesn't contain anything from P3 Portable on the PSP which had a lot of new stuff from what I've heard. They seriously couldn't have combined two releases into the third one? So... could see another re-re-release of P3 down the road that combines three versions into the fourth? WTF.
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Post by Ex on May 10, 2024 12:01:13 GMT -5
The P3P version, and the Reload version both lack The Answer epilogue from the PS3 special version (Persona 3 FES). Reload also lacks the female protagonist route of the P3P version. It's a mess. There is no definitive edition of P3 that contains everything across its various permutations. And Atlus likes it that way, because it encourages fans to buy all the different iterations of the game. I've chosen to just stick with my PS2 copy of FES.
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Post by Sarge on May 10, 2024 20:50:50 GMT -5
It's so annoying. It's why I passed on Persona 5 for so long, until Royal, and even then I waited forever to actually buy it. Atlus has become absolutely awful about milking releases.
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Post by Xeogred on May 20, 2024 0:01:55 GMT -5
Still like what I'm seeing thematically with this one. Hard to tell with the "gameplay" though. We'll see if this is a good Chinese Souls-like.
Italian Souls is coming soon.
The recent trailers weren't that great to me but I guess a demo is out and I was watching some streamer tonight, looks cooler than expected. Could be alright.
Never forget... DEMON'S SOULS!!!!!!!
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Post by Ex on May 21, 2024 10:46:11 GMT -5
"Publisher Plug in Digital and developer Caracal Games have announced post-apocalyptic first-person parkour platformer Downward Enhanced for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC (Steam). It will launch on June 4."
Looks fun to me. Wonder how gimped the Switch version will be.
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Post by Xeogred on May 21, 2024 15:10:55 GMT -5
I watched this muted, for the "beautiful" CGI. Looking forward to Dark Souls 7. (base game was Dark Souls 4-6) I don't know how they will top some of the vistas/environments and bosses of the base game, but knowing their invincible DLC track record, they will do it.
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Post by Ex on May 21, 2024 15:41:35 GMT -5
"Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Expansion: All About
Release Date: June 21st, 2024 Platforms: PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X|S / Steam (Physical retail versions only available for PlayStation5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam) Type: Paid Expansion. (Base Elden Ring required in order to play Shadow of the Erdtree) Pricing: Standard Edition - 39.99 USD. Premium Bundle Edition - 49.99 USD. Physical Collector's Edition - 249.99 USD. Content: Speculated new areas, mechanics, equipment, weapons, NPCs, etc."
Well we know how Xeogred is spending his summer vacation.
Personally I have this tentatively scheduled to play in 2035.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on May 25, 2024 13:36:03 GMT -5
That Crow Country game just brought a GameFAQs dude out of retirement.
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Post by Ex on May 25, 2024 22:17:48 GMT -5
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