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@Khane @Zindan The first game took about 15 hours to beat in a sprawling world with dozens of characters. I imagine the sequel will be in the same ballpark and we are talking (if I understand it, since I did not check the spoilers) about the design choice of a single character. Also, even if the...

So I played The Silver Case as a remastered version is available o PS4 (also Steam etc) ! It's a PS1 adventure game initially released in 1999 in Japan. It was the first game of Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio created after Suda 51 (of Killer 7 and No More Heroes fame) left Human. Since I am...

I am not sure what is more silly : people instantly deciding to pass on the sequel of one of the best AAA game ever made over some leaked plot and visual elements of an unreleased game or somehow trying to tie this decision with the management practice at the dev studio.

@Tuco The Tenchu serie comes to mind. I guess an argument could be made that there is a lack of recent ninja games that are more infiltration than action, but I think one might want to have more of that without that being an Assassin's Creed game.

Back when David Reeves was one of the key people at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe he did several very interesting presentations at press events about the economic side of things. It was like 15 years ago so I might not remember clearly or things might have changed, but he noted that, just...

I don't understand why anyone would want a Japan based Assassin's Creed. There have been dozens of games over the years based on different flavors of assassins in medieval Japan, so isn't it more interesting to have the series explore eras and territories that are less covered ? If at some point...

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@Mao I have a secret for you : the vast majority of stories written for any sort of large scale performance medium evolves in contact with the execution. In part because things that worked on the page end up not working on the screen/scene/game/whatever, in part because the time it takes for...

I am not sure it's very healthy for the ego of the artist to be turned into some sort of intergalatic god, but it sure is pretty crazy stuff. It reminds me of the Sharon Apple concert in Macross Plus (this fictional concert set in 2040 as imagined in 1994 used holograms though).

Not being quit sane and being a great actor are certainly not mutually exclusive, I mean... Klaus Kinski. As for height, it's pretty much meaningless because of movie magic.

For comparison, the intro of the theater version : It cuts a lot of the background, but it's less of a mess as it focuses on what will be important in the story that follows. Also that punchline leading to the title is simple but it just works !

I can't answer your question, but I found this and it's surprising the number of small editing differences there are between the theater release and the TV release. Having the same scenes but not using the same takes is pretty crazy. I never saw the TV version (well... I only saw the film on TV...

The norm in movies is to eschew "realism" in favor of being able to clearly see who is who. There are exceptions though, but I would say most of these exceptions are not due to a willingness to be "reaslistic", but as a way to create confusion.

2000 IQ design : They were thinking that by the time of the PS5 release people will be used to wash their hands well and often ? :D

More of the same works for me. If it ain't broke....

I had it on my shelf for months and finally watched Denis Villeneuve's Enemy. Did not work for me. It's well crafted and acted, but the tension at the core of the story is 100% artificial so it was impossible for me to care. There are hints here or there that could lead to something vaguely akin...

There is a pretty big reason : the video game industry is an ecosystem that includes distributors and stores. If you release through digital distribution a huge AAA game weeks or even months before you do so in retail, you are basically backstabbing your business partners. To add a cherry on...

Parasite Eve is another one I stopped mid way through back in the days. I simply ran out of bullets. A bit of shame considering I still had access to the police station. Damn budget cuts I guess... Vagrant Story I stopped when it felt like I had to craft and level a specific weapon for each...

Since Nintendo put Breath of Fire II on its SNES emulator, you can guess what happened next... I am pretty sure I had not played this one back in the days, but I was curious to see the evolution from one game to the next. Well... many design elements are still miserable. Item management is just...

You can blame people like me who will never buy dematerialized games if there is a physical option. Sorry !

I feel it's a bit too easy to find weird things if we list indie games, rom hacks or RPG makers games. For me the real WTF moment is when some super strange stuff ends up on established consoles. Things like... Kuma Uta... (literally Bear Song) a game about writing songs that are then sung by a...

I feel the problem is one of branding. Labeling GeoForce Now as a game streaming service where you can play any game you own or get was just asking publishers to put the proverbial kibosh on it. The whole idea for publishers is that they get new and duplicate sales on new platforms and get paid...

@Seananigans there is a social component to tabletop gaming. You don't always play your personal favorite game (I am not sure I even have one... Space Alert ? Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective ? Doom ? Tales of the Arabian Nights ?). Also, an overrated game can still be enjoyable.

I have been playing this game regularly for while now. We beat the the original campaign doing as much side quests as we could and are now in the process of playing the extension. For me there are two main issues with the game that are making me look forward to the day we are done with it. 1)...

Not really, but that sounds pretty much in the wheelhouse of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival where I usually go during the summer. If they show it I'll maybe go see it !

Considering that memory / flash back explains why Pitt's character can't get work with that particular stunt director and establishes his character's badassness that is later on display in the story, I don't see why it would be a fantasy and what purpose it would have then. Brando must be...

@Lithose The way you read the ending makes sense. If you take it as an exorcism through ridicule, it's rational, out of respect, to not have the actual victim involved. Also, if you read it as something clever, I can see how that can be satisfying as a spectator. I must say it's difficult for...

@Lithose The problem is not the gory over the top violence of the conclusion, which is expected - anticipated even - during the movie. The problem is that the build up, some of the foreshadowing, the place where you know the action will take place and Tarantino's brand of cinephilia conjures...

There are two main problems with this movie. The first is that the "performer becoming increasingly irrelevant" line is not very original and has been done way better before (The Wrestler, Crazy Heart, etc). The second is that he builds this tension with the Manson Family through the movie and...

I have one thing to say: SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS

In the Shadow of the Moon : it was in a "the films you missed in 2019" list that had some films I really liked (One Cut of the Dead !). The zero spoiler review is that it starts pretty well and has potential but then it gets increasingly dumber by the minute. Just to elaborate :

By the way the two movies mentioned in that article to help identify the actors are very different but very good. 1987 : When The Day Comes is a political historical thriller of sorts that shows the event leading to a popular uprising against the autocratic governance of the time (spoiler alert...

In the Supermodel turned actress category, it's a bit of a shame we never get to see more parts given to Gemma Ward. She had a leading part in an aussie coming of age / dramedy called Black Balloon (2008) and she was really good in it (not to mention impossibly cute). After that Hollwood cast...

What is the world coming to ? Wasn't that Detective Pikachu thing also ok ?

Go home @Fucker , you're drunk.

My feeling is that it's all well and good to have a zany side character that is very popular, but that does not mean people want to see that character become a main character for a whole movie. I mean it's always cool to have Ol' Dirty Bastard drop some verses for a Wu-Tang Clan song, but...

I never put much thoughts into it but, wouldn't there be a lot of buddhists in Japan that do not eat animal products ? Or is that only a small sub-set of buddhists that do not kill animals ?

@Kuro The old Dune game was redone and rebalanced in the Twlight Imperium universe a few years back. Is this new Dune game the same rules at the original or a reskin of the updated Twilight Imperium version of the game. Because no so long ago we played the original Dune game and it's pretty...