Very fun write-up! I love seeing comparisons between ports of older games. There was so much variation back then.

I for one am shocked that this game was a disaster of a production. I don’t think anyone could have seen this coming to light.

Yeah that’s a pretty huge statement. I can’t wait to see if it holds true for me and other FromSoft fans.

I feel that. I had 1Mb/s DSL internet until I left for college in 2011. My download speeds were usually around 100KB/s, it was torture.

Yep! I believe console preload started yesterday or the day before. Steam just went live. So stoked we can all have it ready to go right at the release time.

Didn’t the Wii-U mostly fail because most people didn’t know what it was? The marketing and name were terrible and plenty of people thought it was just a Wii add-on or something.

The console itself was actually pretty cool, playing Wind Waker on it was great.

Early word from reviewers and people that participated in some of the early access events is that the game is crazy well optimized. I think it was Fighting Cowboy who said all of his gameplay on PC was at 4k 120fps. He also said it runs at around 50fps with high settings on the Steamdeck.

Looks kind of like a mix of Dead Space and Death Stranding. I’m interested.

Nice, it’s got a PC release. I enjoyed the anime but couldn’t get into the mobile game so I’m looking forward to this.

I’m so hyped for this. 3pm on Thursday can’t come soon enough.

Luckily Starfield is on Gamepass, so I don’t have to spend another $60 so soon after Armored Core.

Thanks!

It’s called Crayon.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jndapp.cartoon.crayon.iconpack.

Iirc the widgets are from KWGT or Comic KWGT.

It’s a little repetitive with the time and battery on the top banner, but I don’t like having that hidden.

I wasn’t too excited about this game until seeing this video. Now I’m pretty into it, the gameplay looks really entertaining. I’m also a sucker for customizable mechs.

Are you interested in books that are based on game series rather than being strictly about gaming? If so you should absolutely read the Halo books, they’re fantastic. Start with The Fall of Reach.

Another game series with a great set of books is Battletech/MechWarrior. The lore behind Battletech is crazy deep, I’ve watched so many YouTube videos about it and have only scratched the surface. I’ve only read one of the books but I want to get more of them.

Custom Robo on the GameCube. It’s an arena combat game with little digital robots that you fit different parts to. The story and characters were super cheesy, but it was such a great game.

We definitely need a new one on the switch. With all the characters in the latest Smash Bros I was hoping we’d get a Ray model, but nope, just a trophy.