With GB doing more multimedia comment (written review, video and podcast discussion), I'm still hopeful that a future site redesign can allow all the comments to live in one connected place.
That'd be something. Or incorporate the audio review together on the same page as the written one.
So I (and a few friends) actually wrote to the Bombcast a week or so ago, pointing out that only 4 reviews had been made this year and HO-LY-SHIT do you guys ramp it up by introducing this feature. As someone who thoroughly enjoys reading the reviews and find them to be pretty much the best on the net when it comes to the depth and really go through what is good and what is less so in a game in text form, this is nothing short of a fantastic expansion on that. Sure, there's still only been 5 reviews this year, but considering Jeff and the duders have been considering different approaches, I can fully understand why there only has been a several until now. - More of this. <>
I have always hated Goku. He is so damn stupid and egocentric and only wants to fight even if it means that a fuckload of people die. Seriously, Goku can go fuck himself in the eyeballs with a pair of rusty scissors that's been drenched in onion liquid, wasabi and tabasco. Asshole.
1. It started out as a joke, but was then actually started to be worked at for real when ARIKA noticed interest.
2. ARIKA has close to no budged, so the team took money out of their own pocket to make this simply out of passion.
3. The team is only 5 people. That's localization, graphics, sounds... everything. As such, and due to a minimal budget, the starting product is bare-boned. They simply cannot afford to make more content if it doesn't sell well. - So, put shortly. If this fails, ARIKA highly likely dies.
4. For this reason, a few Gougi decks are locked off together with one character. - Pay-to-win? No. Absolutely not. The different gougis do not settle how a match ends at all. There also are multiple decks which have gougis from those locked out, so you still have access to them even through the $40 version.
Speaking of:
5. The reason why there are two versions is so that those who want to support ARIKA more, can do so by getting the $60 version which includes more Gougi decks and Hokuto (character) instead of the $40 version, and if you want to help more, you can buy color palettes for the characters in the DLC store.
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Gameplay wise I can say that it is the most fun fighter I have ever played. And I have played A LOT of fighters in my life. Sure, it is a bare-boned product, but what matters is the gameplay, and the gameplay and online netcode is stellar. Even on 2 bars of 5, the game feels totally playable. ARIKA put their money where they knew we'd want it. - If it goes well, they will add a lot more content to the game, including at least 2 more characters and highly likely an Arcade Mode. - So, it isn't a matter of "we won't make more content", it is "we can't afford to make more content, because we'll be closed down."
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