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At least we will always have the intro to Six Crazy Frights.

Is GB part of CNET media group?

EDIT: Gamespot seems to have been part of CNET from before Jeff was fired, so when CBS bought CNET it also bought Gamespot. But GB was acquired separately by CBSi, so may well not be part of the sale.

I loved the first Curse of the Moon, the second one just released on everything. By some accounts I've read it's an advancement from the first, like going from Castlevania 1 to 3. Anyone tried it? Would be a nice VinnyVania since I imagine the length is quite manageable.

I've been enjoying this so far, the shorter mission length is refreshing and I like being able to add a strategy layer to the turn order. The story stuff and characters, not so much. Also the news reports coming in over the top when you're doing the base stuff annoys me quite a lot. So far the missions themselves have been fun which is the main thing.

Daddy Daddy Daddy Dan finally ascending to his final form huh.

You'll be missed, hopefully will be able to guest on some podcasts and streams in the future. Nobody ever truly leaves GB after all.

Yeah I'd give the Rise of Skywalker it 2 stars. Predictable and dumb, pretty incoherent with some moments that stand out as really cringeworthy. Some fun stuff but overall, nah.

@nutter: Do yourself a favour and don't read or look at anything more about it. It is on sale on Steam at the moment if you can, until tomorrow at least.

I finished this today, I only got it yesterday. I couldn't stop playing it, honestly it's come out of nowhere to be one of my favourite games of the year. I had no expectations at all, which is always a treat.

The environments were so well crafted, and the characters felt very lifelike. One thing that stood out to me was the way it managed to balance the pace of the game so well. Nothing outstayed its welcome, and it earned those adrenaline pumping moments in the chase sequences. It was put together with the sort of competence and care I'd expect for Uncharted or something, the quality was up there.

If you enjoy story driven narrative games I'd give this a shot. It's mostly a stealth and puzzle game, and it does well with both.

Just finished it, watching the credits now.

I really enjoyed it. The characters, story, world design, level layout, puzzles and art were all excellent. I wish they had introduced one character a lot earlier, and Cal is a little wet and generic, but everything else I liked a lot. The combination of gameplay types worked nicely and I thought that it gave enough space to all of them. Would have liked a few more shortcuts within the worlds but otherwise they were well put together (apart from the sliding sections). The set pieces were excellent - I especially liked the final sequences, the final flashback and the end of the Kashyyk ones. Great spectacle and well directed too - hard to take your eyes off for a lot of it.

The lag on the parry made the combat feel more messy than it should, which is a shame. And there wasn't much interesting to do with the force powers, plus they don't give you quite enough force to do that much cool stuff. I played it on hard and found the challenge just about right - I enjoyed the boss fights a lot although they weren't too difficult.

No bugs really, there's some animation and texture jank but it didn't get in the way of my enjoyment at all. For me it's just below Control in my GOTY ranking, because it's less original and distinctive mostly.

@oursin_360: Well the chromecast purchase is only necessary to get into this part of the launch. Purely a way for them to limit takeup and maximise income at the first part I suppose, although it's obviously creating confusion.

After that it's just a streaming service you can run from any chrome browser, no subscription required, you just need to buy the game to play it.

At which point the appeal is obvious, if it works. Think of Alex's friend who bought consoles just to play Kingdom Hearts games. All the people who play second life or the Sims or Fifa only.