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Yeah i think it was mainly the comic that people were upset about because Patrick over stepped his critique of the comic by saying it had the same problems as the show without fully reading the comics. So that part Patrick deserved being call out. Harassing the man on his personal channels is childish and those people need to cut it out.

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@extomar said:

I think there is something to the idea that Square-Enix missed the boat on the trends that lead to the rise of CoD on consoles and MOBA on PC. To suggest they dropped the ball on FF13 seems to suggest people wanted a team based RPG that behaves like this. I hate to admit it but when I look around I don't find much evidence anyone but a fringe group wants these games any more. I'm not even sure the Japanese want this style of game very much any more.

FF13 along with FF13-2 where the most successful genre to come out of Japan this gen. There are hundreds of other JRPGs that came out this gen which most were never seen or heard outside the hardcore circles and sold a pittance. I'm not sure that is a failure where it seems more like a success in spite of everything stacked against it.

I would have to disagree because the mindset that every jrpg has to be ff13 or westernized has made some really average jrpgs that still don't sell. You don't have to sacrifice the core elements to make a game sell or good. Many people were going to buy ff13 no matter what and in the end a big chuck of players were disappointed. Granted people talk in broad brushes because it not a bad game at all but it lacked so many elements that made a final fantasy game great to most people. Square needs to take lessons from Persona 4 Golden , Fire Emblem Awakening and NI no Kuni for games that can be modern without being watered down.

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The problem with consoles right now is that doing "B-Tier" is way to expensive on consoles where the price production costs are too high and the pricing is too rigid where every step on the way to the consumer various middle guys are extracting their pound of flesh/fee leaving the company with pocket change unless they do 5 million in sales over an ever decreasing release window.

Square-Enix need to be more careful about how and what they produce but the problem is also in the consoles and their market places. Unless the console vendors change their procedures on how games are released it only gets more grim from.

That is a valid point and i just wish companies would be a little smarter and not always go for a make or break plan for a game. Atlus, Level 5 and other companies of their type have done pretty well for themselves when making games that have a lower budget and lower expected sale figures. Not all games need to follow this plan but as you say the B-Tier games could benefit from not being expected to sell five million on release. Square could pull a company together that only make unique lower budget games, maybe even tap into the well and brings some franchises back on a smaller scale.

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Square's not doing great this generation but they're still one of the best companies especially with the acquisition of Eidos. Tomb Raider/Arkham are both excellent IPs and Just Cause 3 is bound to be superb. That said I would like another Vagrant Story/actual FFT sequel/what have you. The timing isn't such that it's clear he was in dire straits; maybe he just wants to do something else and/or become a respected old guy that occasionally tosses protips at the young'ins and accumulates wealth as is Japan's wont.

Calling them one of the best companies is a bit of a stretch at least right now. The acquisition of Eidos was a very smart play for them but other then that it was all Eidos on making those games cool. Square has lost its way of sorts and slipping up on final fantasy 13 overload and final fantasy 14 being a train wreck at launch is not good for them right now.

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I'm pretty open to go where the wind takes me. But i often have these on more of a weekly rotation.

Ign , Gametrailers, Shacknews, joystiq, angryjoeshow, kotaku, neogaf

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yeah but i will need to see more to judge because it seems there is even less story to tie any of this together while seeming more of the same.

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can't say i care for the voice or the outfit.

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@lind_l_taylor said:

I might pay $30. Looks on par with Deadly Premonition. Something I still need to S-rank.

That is a massive insult to Deadly Premonition. DP is a game with heart made by a passionate team whose bizarre singular vision I found very funny. The Walking Dead just looks like it was thrown together and that no one cared about it.

yeah i would back you up on that, what turned DP around was how wacky and on the nose the story was for what it was trying to do. The game play was the weakest part of that game. Walking dead seems below average on all fronts. Wait a few months it will be in the bargain bins in time.

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I really hope Volition won't come off as "trying too hard". I don't want SR4 to dilute SR3's uniqueness and awesomeness.

I kinda feel it will turn into this but we will see.

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You also have to look at our community as a whole, sure we may take the time to take a look at lesser known games but I'm sure a large amount don''t care and want that halo 4 review for example. So i think it depends heavily on demand and what the "whole" want to see. But i do think there are sites out there that hit some of the lesser known stuff along with podcast where shout outs of these games happen too.

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#10  Edited By phantomzxro

Well i believe that comment is no longer top comment and the comment that was said before on here is. There will always be a group who hate this DmC and those who love/like it.