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@snaketelegraph:

Thanks for reading.

Yeah it's definitely up there - though I'm not sure, as I said, I'd classify it as just 'a game.' It's more an experience, if you follow me. Looking forward to 25th Ward, certainly.

Please do check out Soulslayer - it's on steam and very cheap. Root Double can be found very cheap on CDKeys, I think. I'd also check out 'The Letter' if you haven't. I've only played the demo but it wasn't bad. If you can find a copy, Ever 17 is well worth playing as well.

@liquiddragon:

Thanks for reading.

I do like Suda - in fact I intend to play through NMH 1 and 2 some time this year - tbh I prefer his work on the Silver Case to most stuff. Until you reminded me I had completely forgotten Suda had anything to do with this. There's nothing to indicate that he did - bar perhaps the shift away from the the weirder themes in the first three games.

Do take a look at the game, but keep in mind that there's a game breaking bug relatively early on. You can work your way around it but you'd need to look up how to online.

I play and watch almost everything with subtitles on - so yes. I hate not being able to read in games.

I also like playing games with a variety of different spoken languages - AssCreed 2 is the key example of this.

That being said - I don't think I've ever been 'immersed' while playing a video game - I'm always conscious of the fact I'm playing a game. Hence game systems intruding on the 'world' don't bother me in the slightest.

I too am worried about Rice cakes...I also need to buy Furi on my Xbone.

@mitchuation: You think Fallout 3/NV apocalyptic wasteland #34544 is more interesting than the first game of the modern era set in Hong Kong? Fair enough I'll see you out with some cookies.

@ohagan: Something old, something new, something borrowed from Run the Jewels and something very Korean.

@aetos:

You should, it's a fun game though the plot is so thin I can barely remember it beyond cultists or something.

@tbk: Add Odin Sphere, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Gundam Breaker 3 and World of Final Fantasy to the 'haven't played enough but should have' pile.

Freespace is there, you just need to read the subtext.

@sloppydetective: Thanks Hawkguy...let's say that I did play the PS4 version...probably.

@cav829: *nods sagely*

I don't think it's actually supposed to be realistic but evocative of the teen movies from the 80s - hence the weird speech patterns. I can understand how that could throw people off though.