If Sony committed to backwards compatibility the way that Microsoft has, and I don't think they will, I would probably ditch my PC and go back to Playstations. My wife and I are having our first child soon and I've been feeling really sad about the thought trying to teach a kid to use Steam family sharing versus presenting them with a bookcase of games. I have an extremely nice 5.1 sound system and plan on picking up one of those fancy OLED TV's once we buy a house soon but I'm dreading the nightmare of making 5.1 and HDR work with Windows. I think I could trade the 60fps that I've become accustomed to for these things as I'm sure I'd readjust to 30fps sooner or later if I wasn't still seeing 60fps games for comparison. And lately I've been more and more aware of how much time I spend reading about game optimizations, building out and testing front-ends [Launchbox, Playnite, Retroarch, etc.], and modding - it's often felt since moving to PC gaming years ago that I spend more time on these sorts of things than I have actually playing video games. The rare occasions when I dust off the PS4 or Switch feel blissful in a way I didn't appreciate before.
That said, emulation is invaluable to me. Emulation makes me a single-issue voter. My PS1 is [hopefully] somewhere in my dad's attic and the PS4 in my house won't play PS1 games but I'm currently in the middle of a Xenogears playthrough thanks to my PC. I never got around to Xenosaga III back in the day and copies now go for $150+ but I can emulate it. I made a pizza last night and, during the 15 minutes that it spent in the oven, I played 15 minutes of Pro Skater 4. I play far more old games than new [I don't think I've enjoyed a AAA release since...DOOM 2016? And that itself was the first in a long time.] and my PS4 simply can't compete in that area. If I could throw this physical copy of Xenogears I have on my desk into a PS5, though, I'd be listening.
Not sure why I read the comments on this one. How long until people finally stop throwing tantrums over the Epic Store and PC game discussions become bearable again?
Wait wait wait wait... did he just say Dr. Mengele.
They spell it as "Mengel" in the subtitles, but yep that immediately jumped out at me, too. Of all the combinations of letters that you could use to name your doctor character...
Damn, has anything ever won by nearly as large of a margin as God of War has here? It has 50% more points in the weighted list than the runner-up. That's absolutely nuts.
This looks incredible but I'll probably never play it solely due to its being a team fighter. I love fighting games but I'm only even semi-competitive in Street Fighter because I can focus on one character for months, years, etc. I simply cannot juggle three characters together, let alone with bonkers anime fighter combo lengths. I could never get into MvC games for the same reason.
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