JowlesMcGee

As a bisexual man, the 90s were much different for LGBT folks than today. But yes, for most people, the 90s wouldn’t be too much worse than today, aside from economics.

Was better in some regards. I think most minorities in the US would agree that they at least feel safe and more free to exist in 2024 than they would in the 1980s or earlier.

That’s not-

Wait a minute. Ha, you almost had me, you sly dog.

Your first clue that you were old is that you were still listening to FM radio.

I’d say more Tuca and Bertie, they way they’re drawn looks really similar to the show’s style

I find it interesting, especially for games from smaller teams. But I suppose that don’t really add anything to the larger conversation. I just find it interesting to hear how some of these games are doing.

I hope they continue to release AA titles though, like Star Ocean and Harvestella. They actually released a ton of games over 2022/2023, but at some point I think they were competing with themselves.

It doesn’t, but most game sales are front loaded at release. Having 8 months on the shelf still makes a difference, for sure, but it’s still notable that it was number 1.

Correct. When I found out it wasn’t going to be on steam, I figured I’d get a physical copy for the PS5 instead. Found out that wasn’t all option either…

The development time on that game was also super rushed, compared to what the game needed. That’s why you don’t recruit any of the ME2 companions to be in your squad (since they could all die) and why so many decisions from earlier games didn’t really pan out if you had a save where the decisions didn’t match what Bioware was able to plan for/had time to develop. I absolutely wouldn’t be surprised if they barely even got the ending they had finished in time to ship.

I thought Amy Hennig worked on Legacy of Kain, which did come out on PC.

It’s kind of odd, because it feels like they do sell promotion at the very least. For instance, Immortals of Aveum (the new EA game) is constantly shown on my store homepage, despite it being more or less a commercial flop. I know that page is customized, but I would have figured that game would be replaced by others now if the selection was fully organic. I had just assumed EA paid for some agreement that would promote the game on the main page for a set amount of time.

I’m sure it’s just coincidence, but their statement just surprised me since the store feels like it promotes specific games already.

Gonner and Gonner 2 have similar color palettes, if that counts

Oh, that’s incredibly disappointing. I was worried it was something like that. I also hate gacha mechanics, so I guess I’ll give this one a pass. Maybe they’ll release this as a standalone title without the gacha mechanics.

I’m not sure what this is, is this a new game or a remake of one? Also, I don’t speak Japanese, but it looks like you’re playing a young Sephiroth?

You’re right, they should be held accountable. Unfortunately, the easiest and most effective way to hold them accountable for the average person is to not blindly trust them. There just isn’t good forms of recourse for us to challenge things like this when it happens, so the best bet is to not preorder things so that they have to prove it is what they say it will be.

Not to mention family sharing. I’m not sure of another PC store front that does the same, but it’s been a bit help with my friends in being able to show games to each other and letting us try things before buying, similar to sharing discs back in the day.