(not talking here about big deal real-world matters like racism/xenophobia/transphobia - obviously that stuff is toxic hate that's gotta be shut down)

Dorrie's so rad! Glad Odyssey stuck the landing on water levels :)

Come on, give a bit of grace - the OP posted something to discuss, he isn't being a jerk. Let's just try to be a little cooler to each other.

It's tough. On the one hand, my kneejerk inclination is "keep GenAI out of game development." But I'm sympathetic to small teams with limited resources using it for prototyping, because it may lead to us getting games that otherwise wouldn't be made. I'm feeling out my approach to the issue.

Holy guacamole, man - I won that McDonald's giveaway too! It was the only way I'd get Sonic 3 near release, haha.

It's hard to express just how much SE and Artdink improved this game - DQ1 and DQ3 were already classics, but they genuinely saved DQ2.

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I liked this one a lot! It's not as good as 2 or 3, but it's still a quality horror game.

Dang, thanks for making me aware of this - it's even Steam Deck Verified! I bought it and am looking forward to playing it soon.

Dang, I love local game shops - I'll be stopping through when I visit the area!

This stuff really scares me - I can't imagine all of the emotional harm it'll do. And that's aside from the potential for crass commercialization. It's all so sad.

Geez, that interview is bleak - I had no idea that kind of harassment happened.

Same - TOTK's storytelling was lovely. Like you, I just can't imagine wanting minutes of cutscenes between stages in a beat-'em-up spinoff.

On the one hand, I know people keep praising these games for their plots. On the other hand, I've been a (casual) Dynasty Warriors fan since the PS2 and I never, never want to see a cutscene longer than 10 seconds in a Musou/Warriors game, lol.

I was so tickled when we were talking on the phone to my MIL and my wife asked her if she'd played Anteater, and she recited the design of it to us perfectly despite not having tried it since it was new, lol. And yeah, Mappy lived up to its reputation.

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Gotta take the good with the bad, eh?

Awww, the normal cover is so much better!