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This demo reminds of the FFXV one that was bundled with FF0 (I think it may be the same team even) In that the ui doesn't seem great and everything feels kind of clunky. The traversal, the combat, It all feels unpolished. That game was improved dramatically when it released in my opinion so hopefully this game will be too, It does look pretty though.

I don't see the writing getting any better though. I get the sense that midway through developement they did a Borderlands or a reverse Fuse, however you'd like characterize it, in that they felt the game was kind of bland and decided to spruce it up so it appeals to the kids.

Death Stranding 2. I'm not sure it will be a good game but I can't see a scenario where it isn't at least interesting.

Space Marine 2. We need more fun dumb games. (we did get Gungrave Gore & Evil West recently but i'm greedy)

The idea of a great mech game made by modern Fromsoft is exciting but I didn't like the other Armored Core games at all. That being said Sekiro supposedly started as a Tenchu sequel (another series that isn't for me) and I loved it. So maybe this one will be different enough that I can get into it. (Although I wonder if that will piss off OG AC fans) To be honest i'd be more excited for a Metal Wolf Chaos 2.

I got to the part where you get your first real gun and combat becomes a thing and yeah... It was a somewhat passable puzzley horror but the survival horror aspects are really undercooked and the checkpoints are terrible. I did enjoy the visuals and the atomsphere though. I feel like they probably should have just made a gross walking simulator. The game kind of reminded me of Agony but I actually finished that garbage.

@jasonr86: She said the previous games were 4 sessions that lasted 4 hours each, presumably 3 would have been the same but i'm not sure.

I haven't watched all the trailers to Bayonetta 3 but I know it stars multiple Bayonettas which are probably all voiced by the same person so maybe she would have had to do more here.

While this is all speculation maybe that's part of the reason they went with Jennifer Hale. She's demonstrated she a lot of range which i'm not sure about with Hellena Taylor. (She may do, i'm not familiar with her work outside of Bayonetta)

This whole thing is a shitty situation, but I don't think it's worth killing a franchise over which is what a successful boycott (however mythical that is) would do.

While I think 4 grand is quite pathetic compared to what movie stars make it isnt bad by any other metric, it's just that movie stars are grossly overpaid. Chris Pratt is probably going to make millions on the Mario movie for what seems like far less work. (and a questionable performance)

Ultimately the thing that bothers me about this the most is when she said that Jennifer Hale has no right to call herself Bayonetta. Which is garbage. Actors don't own the characters they portray. She didn't design Bayonetta or animate her, write her dialog etc. I think it's cool that's shes as attached as she is and Platinum lying about the situation sucks but yeah you lost my sympathy after that comment.

The anime was great but no. I think we would have ended up with something like Scarlet Nexus if it went in that direction and for all it's flaws Cyberpunk 2077 was/is a much more interesting game than that.

The Metal Gear series in general, it's easy to dismiss it as nonsense by an overly self-indulgent auteur but there are so many ideas thrown at the wall both in terms of story and gameplay innovations. Not all of them hit but enough do and sometimes the ones that fail can be entertaining in different ways.

I also enjoy the Yakuza series, even if the destination of said story generally ends up being two shirtless dudes on top of a tower fighting for reasons, it's a hell of a journey getting there.

It was a twist, they didn't want people to know. I think they thought it would be a nice surprise. (it was for me!)

I agree about the "Part One" bit though. I would be quite pissed if the RE4 remake was only the first third of the game without being advertised as such.

People will never "stop getting angry" at anything sadly.

Personally I loved FF7 remake and am on board for whatever comes next. Which is weird because I kind of hate time-travel and alternate realities since it robs things of any consequence and feels lazy but I think messing with a game as revered as FF7 is kind of great and I love that they've gone as far as they have and I hope they deviate further.

I feel the same way about RE4. Which is a game that doesnt need to be remade but if you're going to do it go crazy.

@renegade1973: It's definitely a preference thing. I too preferred GBE. As i've found i'm getting more cynical as I get older and would rather have optimistic and enthusiastic people bring me up than have fellow cynics confirm my pessimism. But as i've said I don't blame him and hope that maybe doing things his own way reinvigorates him somehow. Not a big fan of solo streams in general so I don't think i'll be checking out his videos but I hope he does well. He deserved a better send off than this.