Don’t think I saw it posted here yet.
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All that’s missing is SEGA at home.
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Anyone ready to welcome a new family member tomorrow (big assumption)?
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I am ready to welcome them, let’s hope it finally happens.
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Alright I finally played through Hi-Fi Rush! It’s definitely going to rank high in my top 10 games of the year.
I like playing rhythm games such as Nintendo’s Rhythm Heaven, Sega’s Hatsune Miku games, Taiko no Tatsujin, so being able to apply my rhythm skills to a “stylish” action game, it clicked very quick lol. I was able to keep up with and utilize the additional combat mechanics like parrying with ease. I did my first playthrough on Hard difficulty which I found to be perfect for me, and only a few times. I think I also mostly A ranked every level with a few S ranks on the short levels too.
To use an example I enjoyed this game more than Bayonetta 3, very impressive of Tango to make a better Platinum game than they have in a while.
Story was very fun and I loved all the characters. I’ve seen other people say it but Chai reminds me of Fry from Futurama lol. I also find it jarringly hilarious that Chai is just killing all the bosses and nobody really comments on that. Also the Xenogears bit where they do the entire “sitting in a chair to explain” but and cut out “the most awesome battle ever” was very funny lol.
Graphically it’s got some of the best “animated” graphics ever. I will put this above Scarlet Nexus which also wowed me.
Biggest con I would say are that after defeating Rekka the game does “slump” a bit, there is no more boss fights again until all the way near the end of the game at Mimosa. The environments during this “slump” are also kind of repetitive. I wish there was more outdoor sections. IMO it’s this section that answers why the game is not higher priced. Thankfully the fantastic gameplay and short length of the game doesn’t make this a major deal.
I’m not sure if I’d say “this needs to become a franchise!” or anything though, I’m fine with it being a one off idea, but I wouldn’t mind seeing more someday. Overall it’s a 9/10 game.
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This is the first time I ever heard the Fry and Chai comparison, but yeah it’s definitely feels like it to me.
Single player action-RPG ?
If they bring back Arx Fatalis or Dark Messiahs, I will go crazy.
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Great news. Harvey implied about this earlier that the next game would be a single player game. I see from LinkedIn that they hired some Cloud Chamber people earlier.
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Cloud Chamber is the new Bioshock team right?
Correct. Cloud Chamber’s LinkedIn page shows 10% drop on employee count, so somethings going on there. At least it’s a good chance for Arkane to hire some of those guys.
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Thanks, yeah I recall reading a rumour that the new Bioshock was going through some dev troubles.
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Dark Messiah is owned by Ubisoft so it’s not going to happen. Arx is possible but I still think this will be either a sequel to Prey or more likely a new IP.
They describe Dishonored, Deathloop and Prey as RPGs meet FPS/action games so I don’t think this job listing suggests it’ll be Arx. Also, Arx doesn’t have the IP recognition,
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Gimme that next gen Prey 2
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I’ll play anything they make but I would freak out if they do make a sequel to Prey (I think they will one day).
Prey was way, way too good to never get a sequel
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