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Post by Delthazar » Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:12 am

Oh. Well. Huh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XvglTk9VyU

That was fast, and will be fast, with an Episode 1 date in September. I was kinda expecting to get a "coming soon" splash after the credits roll on Captain Spirit, but here we are with the first teaser and a date a little early.

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Post by Delthazar » Mon Jun 25, 2018 9:23 am

Captain Spirit is up, as is the Steam page for Life is Strange 2. The 5-part season is a $40 USD preorder with bonuses. For now the Steam page is totally devoid of story or character details, but I'm pretty sure we can expect all that to be added when DONTNOD starts actually showing the game in August.

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Post by True Perception » Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:47 am

Oh, apparently the sequel to To The Moon is out? One of my YT LPers is playing it.

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Post by Falcon Critical » Tue Jun 26, 2018 4:29 am

Played through Captain Spirit. I went with the best boy options, but man it seems you could play it dark.

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Post by Delthazar » Tue Jun 26, 2018 2:40 pm

I've definitely seen heds on some sites along the lines of "Captain Spirit is a 2-hour gut punch." I wonder how dark it really gets, being a one-shot/lead-in...

I'm gonna jump in cold on-stream around my usual bad time tonight/tomorrow morning so look forward to that maybe! Assuming I manage to sleep first. Ffff.

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Post by Falcon Critical » Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:47 pm

Having now gone dark, best boy mode definitely fits the narrative better. Highly Recommended.
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A lot of stuff that I thought would anger the father or that did anger him didn't actually result in any dressing down or shouting beyond just saying "hey stop that!" from his chair. Things like shooting him with the nerf gun were actually a nice moment rather than getting him angry, which actually makes him more likeable rather than less. Also walking in front of the TV during the game seemed an obvious thing to avoid, but it didn't matter at all.

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Post by True Perception » Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:21 pm

Should I play Before the Storm first? I've got both downloading to my PS4 right now.

Edit: Decided to play BtS. Loving the Trash-talking stuff.

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Post by Falcon Critical » Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:48 pm

I would play BtS first, mostly because it closes out the Chloe/Max/Rachel content and keeps that all together. Captain Spirit is a prequel to the second season so playing that afterwards makes more sense because it leaves you hungry for more and helps you shift to thinking about who the new characters will be.

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Post by DHerder222 » Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:33 pm

That's about as random a cameo as you can get.

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Post by Falcon Critical » Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:24 pm

That took a twist I didn't expect, yeah.

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Post by Delthazar » Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:59 am

Yesterday's leak of Shenmue 1 & 2's release date is now confirmed. August 21st, $30, all platforms sans Switch.

https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/3/175306 ... 4-xbox-one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE_xPfHP0dY

New features include Japanese audio in all regions, new "modern" control schemes, HD resolution stuff with added postprocessing effects, save anywhere, new UI, cheevos, etc.

Maybe I'll get it on sale someday. That $30 will much more likely go towards Yakuza Kiwami's PC port whenever that hits.

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Post by John Layfield » Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:14 pm

Yeah. 30 is a little steep for me too. I'd pay that (and above) for a Kiwami-style remake but (as discussed on the previous Yakuza 0 stream), Shenmue I especially has problems.

(also I don't think anything in Shenmue I & II's actual plot is terribly compelling.)

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Post by Delthazar » Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:10 pm

Monster Hunter World will get its Steam version on August 9th for $60 USD which is more than I feel like spending.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/0 ... ease-date/

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Post by Delthazar » Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:05 pm

Liking the cut of Phantom Doctrine's jib.

https://youtu.be/1W6vC3Z6DfI

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5591 ... _Doctrine/

Kind of an espionage-y XCOM, or Cold War Shadow Tactics.

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Post by Falcon Critical » Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:41 pm

Interesting, I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks Del!

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Post by Delthazar » Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:19 pm

Nathan Fillion made an Uncharted fan film.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/ ... ial-video/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5CZQpqF_74

Naughty Dog and Sony were not involved so this shouldn't be taken as any kind of teaser-y indication of an official film.

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Post by Flarecake » Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:56 pm

I heard that an official film is being made, too.

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Post by DHerder222 » Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:50 am

To me it's still amazing that today's technology can make an amateur/fan film look so good.

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Post by Falcon Critical » Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:30 pm

Nathan Fillion is great, and the camera work on that shooting sequence was very well done, felt like gameplay.

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Post by True Perception » Tue Jul 17, 2018 6:45 pm

I'm sorry. I just see Nathan Fillion. He doesn't sell the role for me.

Always good to see Ernie Reyes Jr, though.

Edit: Actually, Fillion is the most accurately cast of the three. That shooting section was pretty cool, but the whole video was rather "paint by numbers". Still, if it gets Sony off their butts...

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Post by Delthazar » Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:36 pm

Falcon Critical wrote:
Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:30 pm
Nathan Fillion is great, and the camera work on that shooting sequence was very well done, felt like gameplay.
They nailed the cutscene-to-gameplay camera transition in particular.

Oh, the Sonic Mania Plus DLC came out, and with it a physical edition for retail, which has a really sweet Genesis/Mega Drive reversible cover.

https://twitter.com/JohnnyZaccari/statu ... 9849016322

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Post by Delthazar » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:32 pm

https://twitter.com/gematsucom/status/1 ... 0323557376

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Putting aside the smartphone part for a second (ugh, whatever) that's totes Myau in the logo, which is maybe just as meaningless as the PSO logo having three planets in it, but... hey, cool, they remembered my main man Myau, that's neat.

Part of my brain sees the dude (?) in the horned helmet and wants to make a Lassic connection but nah that's probably more of a stretch.

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Post by Thunderhead » Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:56 pm

Looks like a Final Fantasy judge. Hopefully the game doesn't suck.

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Post by Delthazar » Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:09 pm

A full mask instead of a half mask is totally a Judge look, especially with that style of horns, yeah. But if he's wearing a cape and holding a staff in his left hand...

Basically what I'm thinkin' is I'd be totally down with a mobile remake of PS1, it'd probably be easier to adapt to that format than the others, and Lassic's look is so stock 1980s he could totally use a makeover anyway. :pac So it'll suck when this game turns out to be something totally different and unrelated.

e: ...that emblem on his chest is kinda in the shape of his staff, keep watching the skies, follow the meseta