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[google.com] Octopath Traveler, first review is up "It is a work that can fully express imagination stimulating expression, thrilling battle, and freedom of adventure" google.com impressions gamingeek
[gamesindustry.biz] Super Mario Run tops $60m revenue gamesindustry.biz gamingeek
[gamesindustry.biz] Resident Evil 2 Remake wins Best of Show at the E3 2018 Game Critic Awards​ - but the faces voted worst of all time - after XCX gamesindustry.biz gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Digital Foundry Wolfenstein 2 Switch "On a three-year-old Tegra, using a GPU running at a max clock of 384MHz, sipping around seven watts of power, the visual return is staggering" eurogamer.net gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Google reportedly working on streaming games platform called Yeti​ It will track your cousins, grandmothers activity and spam her with ads videogamer.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] ​Shenmue I & II release date announced Yu won't believe it videogamer.com news gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion shows Nintendo is finally getting it Incredibly, it’s basically an entirely new single player campaign, and with 80 levels it’s arguably longer than the story from the game’s original adventure. videogamer.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] Panic Button Video Interview: Gyro Controls  in Doom & Wolfenstein II on Switch​ youtube.com gamingeek
Retro Studios to shut down? Negative Retro Studios job review from former employee says staffers are expecting the studio to be shut down resetera.com impressions gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] ​Thunderful Acquires Rising Star Games The Thunderful Group, which encompasses development studios Image & Form and Zoink Games gonintendo.com gamingeek
[techspot.com] Fornite player sabotages a temporary truce during in-game event Player now holds record for most kills in a single game techspot.com news robio
BioWare dev blames BOTW for Mass Effect: Andromeda  not getting a "fair shake"​ Discussion comes up at the 2:52 mark youtu.be gamingeek
[gamesindustry.biz] ​Roblox bans players who 'gang raped' a 7 year old's avatar gamesindustry.biz gamingeek
[gamasutra.com] Shenmue director shares his approach to game design Dead eyes, leather jacket. Done gamasutra.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] Starfield still a long way off Bethesda 'building something that will handle next-gen hardware' ​ videogamer.com gamingeek
[videogamer.com] SNK 40th Anniversary Collection coming to Switch this November​ videogamer.com gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Switch Online FAQ updated with new questions/answers  Use your account on multiple Switch consoles and more​ gonintendo.com news gamingeek
Night Trap - Regular and Classic Edition preorders  go live Friday, vinyl albums on the way as well​ limitedrungames.com gamingeek
[dualshockers.com] Nintendo has more titles for Switch releasing this Fall will reveal them at a later date​ dualshockers.com gamingeek
[youtube.com] Panic Button talks about working with Switch  and squeezing more power out of the system youtube.com gamingeek
Octopath Traveler (Switch) – 9/9/9/9  Famitsu review gematsu.com impressions gamingeek
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze dev talks  about the passion Retro had for the title, and some of the development challenges​ nintendonews.ru gamingeek
[gonintendo.com] Nintendo stock continues to drop Nikkei says slow Switch sales and little info on upcoming games are to blame​ gonintendo.com gamingeek
[eurogamer.net] Bethesda says Skyrim on Switch has a big community  that wants mods, but nothing is in the works, "surprised" how well Fallout Shelter did on Switch​ eurogamer.net gamingeek
Switch indies talk about their success on the platform long-tail sales, and more​ kotaku.com.au gamingeek
[gamereactor.eu] Capcom on RE2 Remake combat: "It's not RE4" It's RE6 gamereactor.eu gamingeek
[nintendolife.com] Hands On Octopath Traveler "Yes, it's just as good as you've hoped" nintendolife.com impressions gamingeek
[gamesindustry.biz] "Millions of people" are still playing Skyrim Yet Belrand is still single gamesindustry.biz gamingeek
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Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:12:05

I cared enough to click on the link, read the post and the following replies, and conclude that the story had very little weight to it and was probably not as dramatic as the title implied.

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Thu, 05 Jul 2018 17:12:57

Gg, where did your avi with the girl farting green gas go?

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Thu, 05 Jul 2018 19:53:53
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Gg, where did your avi with the girl farting green gas go?

She was destroyed by the Salmon Run horde.

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Thu, 05 Jul 2018 20:55:51

Can someone show me how to access Gaming Discussion again?

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Thu, 05 Jul 2018 22:29:00
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travo said:

Can someone show me how to access Gaming Discussion again?

Click on "Forum" at the top of the page. Then click "Gaming Discussion"

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Thu, 05 Jul 2018 23:20:39
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Click on "Forum" at the top of the page. Then click "Gaming Discussion"

Hrm I can’t get it to go to the page once I click it.

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Thu, 05 Jul 2018 23:29:50

If you right click it and open it in a new tab, that works. If you’re using an iPhone, holding down on the Gaming Discussion link is like right clicking on it.

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Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:02:50
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That does the trick!  Thanks!

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Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:20:46
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How sad it is that this story was posted and no one cared.

Retro Studios to shut down? Negative Retro Studios job review from former employee says staffers are expecting the studio to be shut down resetera.com

Shows how low our opinion/expectation about Retro Studios has fallen

I didn't even notice the story....makes me sad, but not surprised at all with how they weren't selected for the new Metroid.

"1. Poor leadership and management / peter principle. Most of the reviews "Disapprove of CEO"

2. Major talent has left since Metroid series and were replaced with people who were not adequate for the job"

Shit, this is exactly what I was expecting since all those original top guys left. They had a really strong group in the Metroid era, then too many of them bolted and didn't get replaced by people who were as good. Sounds an awful lot like fucking Rareware, actually.

So Nintendo gave them the Donkey Kong series where they could supervise the thing and Retro could just copy the old Rare template. Those games are cool don't get me wrong, but it always felt a little weak to have such a studio who were capable of ridiculous, cutting edge modern 3d worlds, working on old school side scrollers.

Ehh...I just feel like it's such a waste of what seemed to be a studio destined to be one of the all time greats. When Metroid Prime and Metroid Echoes came out in the early to mid 00's, these guys seemed to be just getting started. I just expected a ton more from them and they kind of fizzled out.

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Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:25:47
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Bioware over the past few years have sadly really started to annoy me.

Should have made more Jade Empire. Did it sell badly or something? I liked that game.

I honestly don't know what happened with Jade Empire. I remember reading interviews before that game came out, and they were super excited about it, saying they had been brainstorming JE for years and had so much passion for it. Sounded like they wanted to turn it into a franchise, but then Mass Effect I guess took over. Plus, they got bought by EA in between Mass Effect 1 & 2, so I'm sure smaller scale stuff like a possible JE sequel got killed off quick.

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Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:55:18
travo said:

Hrm I can’t get it to go to the page once I click it.

Heh. It works fine for me.

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Fri, 06 Jul 2018 01:08:21

Shenmue 3 on PC has a minimum graphics card requirement of GTX Geforce 650 ti.

That's like a step below my 680 I believe, which is a 6 year old card now. So it's not that demanding at this point.

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Fri, 06 Jul 2018 08:49:25
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travo said:

Hrm I can’t get it to go to the page once I click it.

Heh. It works fine for me.

Are you using IE 3.0? Nyaa

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Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:01:25
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Are you using IE 3.0? Nyaa

Are you asking me or Travo? I use evil Chrome. Happy

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Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:43:55
"Octopath Traveler has been developed as a spiritual successor of FFVI" Takahashi-san:

- When Takahashi entered Square-Enix, he wanted to do these kind of games but he was told that it was easier to develop more modern-looking games. After years of hard and successful work, he was finally able to do the kind of projects he initially wanted to work on.
- In terms of game mechanics, if Bravely was a spiritual successor of FFV, Octopath has been developped as a spiritual successor of FFVI- He wanted to work on a new IP with a strong visual style that players would enjoy.
- When the development of Octopath began, they made a demo exclusively in pixel-art. They then realized that it was prettier in their memories and that's why they decided to include modern effects with the Unreal Engine, especially lightning effects. They feel that it is a good mix between both generations.

- Nishiki-san grew up with games like Final Fantasy and the SaGa series. Both franchises have influenced his work on Octopath

- He initially wondered whether he should try to adapt to the global audience or keep his own style. He asked himself what Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy) would do in the same situation and therefore he finally decided to keep his own style.

- Octopath's OST is influenced by his love of clasical music, he mentionned Bach, and movie musics.

The first demo has been downloaded 1,5 millions times.
- People's reactions to the demo were overwhelmingly positive, even more so in Europe than in Japan.
- their demo target was gamers in their 30s,40s who were seeking the same great sensations they had during the Golden Era of JRPGs.
- They felt that the Switch was the perfect platform for that with its ability to play 1h in bed before sleeping.

That last line is perfect. Love to play this game in bed.

Octopath Traveler isn’t just shaping up to be the game that you hoped it would be, it’s quickly proving itself to be even more. Even in its first few hours, this game has proven that it’s more than capable of carrying on the dream of the '90s JRPG, while still doing enough new things with it to keep the experience fresh. This is a game that’s all killer, no filler, and proves that Square Enix still has the talent to remain the highest authority on RPG production. Although the official Final Fantasy XVI may still be quite a few years off, we firmly believe that it’s already arrived under a different name.

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Fri, 06 Jul 2018 20:06:45
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Octopath Traveller has definitely given me that whole Final Fantasy VI vibe so this doesn’t surprise me at all. Only one week left until it hits store shelves, I can’t wait. Happy

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Fri, 06 Jul 2018 21:35:29
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All this time I thought Octopath Traveller was a new mode in Splatoon 2 that GG was playing. Uneasy

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Sat, 07 Jul 2018 01:13:05
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All this time I thought Octopath Traveller was a new mode in Splatoon 2 that GG was playing. Uneasy

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Sat, 07 Jul 2018 10:40:26

I've read a few previews of Octopath, and they seem to agree that it's really not THAT similar to FF6, other than the art style maybe. I think it was some Kotaku guy who said it's more like the Saga series than anything else. People all like it, but they also say it has some issues. It'll probably be a fun but flawed old school RPG.

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Sat, 07 Jul 2018 15:25:40

Octopath is sounding pretty great but I'll never get around to playing it.

The retro story does suck but who knows what you can take from those job review sites. The real retro is mostly gone anyway and if all they are making is a Star Fox Racing game well who cares. It's a damn shame. They could have been making incredible third person action adventure games.

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