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They seem fine to me. It's just a stylistic choice and one that's pretty popular in Japan

at least on 3DS I think it made sense given the screen size

Probably no longer necessary in the HD age, but I think you'll still see this with games designed with the Japanese market first in mind

If it was going to happen, it was going to happen at launch. But it didn't, so it won't

Sony as a company doesn't believe much in BC these days and will do the bare minimum they think they need to do to be competitive. I personally think they're wrong to believe it doesn't sell consoles or games. I know I've moved most of my gaming business and time away from Sony because my purchases aren't important to them. I pretty much only buy exclusives there now. Just one person of course, but I suspect a lot of enthusiasts who spend way more than your average customer probably come to the same conclusion I did.

I think it's more likely that BC with PS4 gets stripped out of future revisions of PS5 than any additional BC or improvements to existing.

@bigsocrates: ah ok, that makes sense. Thought it might be the case, but figured I'd throw that out there in case that was actually how you hold it.

In any event, I hope your pain goes away. That's the worst man

These days I often try to rotate between RPGs and more mashy games to give my thumbs a break. If I really wanna mash like I used (In a quicktime event etc) I pretty take my whole hand off the controller and click on it more like a mouse

So I get what you're running into

@bigsocrates: totally fair

Guess a better way to put it, is that it's more 2D mario than 3D mario, even though obviously it's somewhere between the 2.

fwiw I don't recall any performance issues whatsoever on WiiU

very glad it's clicking with you now :) And yes World 2 is also where I felt it started to accelerate.
Some of the level design in the game is really quite clever, even by Mario standards.

@bigsocrates: Love the game, played it on WiiU 4-5 years ago

I think it's best to view it as a 2D mario and approach like how you'd play one of those, because to me with the fixed camera angle/level design/sensibilities and overworld it really is more like a true sequel to Super Mario World than part of Mario 64's lineage (which Odyssey definitely is)

fwiw anecdotal polling among friends of mine, those who prefer 2D Marios love 3D World, those that are 3D mario fans are lukewarm on it

@bigsocrates: oh for sure man

Units don't tell the whole story at all
beyond what you mentioned, season passes only complicate the matter even further

Street Fighter V really did a ton better than I ever could have imagined

Gonna second everything @cptbedlam said

Just finished the game, the back 40% of the game really sings when it all comes together

The first half I thought was pretty run of the mill

Always spend decent money on your mattress, your shoes and your most used office chair and that should all go a long way in keeping your back healthy.

Lift with your legs for anything heavy, and do core exercises of course too.

Also as gamers, take regular breaks from sitting to get and move around.

I know a handful of people who really got screwed due to the Cyberpunk delay

I've never done this tho