Nintendo choosing the option that is actively worse for everyone including themselves goes well with my theory that Nintendo is actually just evil and making decisions based on spite and disdain for their customers and fans.
"Modern retro" games are such a vibe. All the charm of retro games but without the clunk. I played Skald: Against the Black Priory earlier this year and loved it and this looks amazing too.
This type of gore and body horror doesn't really get to me, but the gunplay looks very satisfying and this seems like it could be a fun zombie horde shooter.
I had no idea it was today so I'm not looking forward to anything in particular. Having just finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 it would be amazing news if they had an announcement that they're intending to release a DLC.
Would also love to see something from Remedy about Control 2 as I love those guys and the Remedy Connected Universe. Well, what I'm really desperate about is Alan Wake 3, but that's surely not even in pre-production yet (sadly).
Would not mind seeing something from Bloodlines 2 either out of morbid curiosity, but I have no hopes it will actually be good.
Yeah same, I am a patient gamer for the most part, but with both Blue Prince and Clair Obscur I was happy to support the devs and buy them at launch. Much like with Elden Ring and BG3 previously it has also been nice to participate in the zeitgeist while it's ongoing.
Enjoy yourself with it, for me this is an easy Game of the Year, and without a doubt within my Top 10 of all time. Probably somewhere in the top half of it, too.
Love Summit, and idunnolulz is a fantastic dev. It's already my preferred app, but when the whole roadmap is implemented it will be the best by a margin I think.
If you want the SNES emulation flavour I am a big fan of the Woolsey Uncensored romhack. So much of the 90s Final Fantasy charm (in the west) came from Woolsey's uniquely creative translations, and it's a shame to miss out on it in my opinion.
If you prefer the Pixel Remaster version there is a mod to use the Woolsey Uncensored script instead for that one too. I haven't tested that one personally but it could potentially be the best of both worlds if it works.
It's a damn shame because Sync is absolutely excellent, but it's already had several quite severe bugs gone unfixed for over a year now, and it will stop working altogether with Lemmy 1.0.
If you're looking for an alternative Summit has been great, and the developer is super active and responsive. It's without a doubt the best alternative, in my opinion.
So my impatient gaming is over for the moment. I'm finally finished with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Well, I say finished but that is a bit of a lie. It still lives rent free in my head and I'm still watching people play it to relive those first playthrough moments. But I'm done playing for now. I was actually tempted to go straight back and do NG+ immediately after seeing the credits, and that is a very rare feeling for me. Last time I had that feeling was Alan Wake 2. Anyway, the game is great: play it, wishlist it, whatever - just don't miss it. I think it will be a shoe-in for Game of the Year, and it's one of the best games I've ever played.
As my repentance for being super impatient two months in a row with Blue Prince and Expedition 33 back-to-back, I've gone back to an old classic for my next game: F.E.A.R.. I never actually played it back in the day, I remember trying the demo but my PC at the time couldn't handle it and it fell to the wayside later as I played other games. I've installed a couple of mods: upscaled textures (didn't get the actual Rivarez Mod, just the textures) and the Echo Patch for stuff like HUD scaling and FPS fix. I'm also playing on DLDSR 1.78x and with RTX HDR.
With all that said, the game holds up incredibly well. The lighting and atmosphere is phenomenal, but what is really striking is the gunplay and enemy AI. This really doesn't feel like a 20-year-old game. Even if you completely ignore the horror elements, the game is just an incredibly enjoyable shooter, with every engagement feeling thrilling as enemies flank you, hide, flee, sneak and flush you out with grenades. The bullet time is cinematic, but a little overpowered. Though you can just elect to not use it.
If you haven't already, pick it up on GOG and play it. You can probably get it for like a dollar on sale and that's an absolute steal. Now if only I could get EAX emulation working...
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Nintendo choosing the option that is actively worse for everyone including themselves goes well with my theory that Nintendo is actually just evil and making decisions based on spite and disdain for their customers and fans.