The number I've seen is 800,000 dying due to the shitty Covid response compared to other countries. If even a fraction of that is accurate, it's a staggering number.
Watching the 1954 movie, White Christmas, at the moment. This movie would get BLASTED by the right wing if it came out today. A bunch of theatrical-minded, chatty soldiers. At one point they even imitate a girl's routine.
It's extremely pro-vet, and they'd HATE it if it wasn't already a classic.
I played through the Final Fantasy VIII Remaster on Switch recently. And there are some major slowdowns. Especially when there is FMV spliced into a play area. There's a section of Ultimecia's Castle which is particularly bad.
Consoles are just a consistent standard. Developers know what they're developing for, they know their constraints, customers know all the games will play on it, it will look good on a standard TV, they know the games will play well with their controller, they know the digital store, etc, etc, etc.
Everything is standardized, everything works.
That's ignoring the console support for exclusives, which Xbox has severely fallen behind on compared to the others.
For real, that doesn't sound any different than the first time. I'm certain there's somewhere that you can point to where he's more open about it. But he was already pretty open about funneling money to him and his kin.
From the sound of it, it will just use PS5 OS. So probably not. But every system after PS1 other than the PS4 has had some sort of backwards compatibility.
Considering the controversial mechanics and the protagonist with trust issues, that opinion is pretty opposite of what I expect to hear generally speaking.
I love the mechanics too. But I found the cast to be pretty relatable either for myself or for people I deal with. I thought the story, particularly Squall's evolution and internal conflict, to be fascinating and cause for self reflection.
In 7, Tifa and Aerith and interesting. Both anesthetics that are polar opposites of their personalities, and story appropriate too. Aerith in particular giving off major "preacher's daughter" vibes. But outside of those two, I can't imagine being able to identify with a single other cast member. I didn't particularly like the story either after Cosmo Canyon.
I live in a maroon state. I'm definitely overweight, I literally just checked a BMI calculator and apparently I'm a hair away from obese (that doesn't feel accurate, but that's what the numbers say).
I've been told so many times that I'm a healthy weight and I don't need to lose weight.
Probably 80%-90% of 13-2 is its own story. One of the main characters was a side character and largely uninvolved in the original. The other main character is an original character. The enemy is original. The very ending is relevant, but summed up with a little bit extra.
The biggest thing you're missing out on is the context of random characters from the first game showing up in the second.
Which way did he write it?
In case anyone doesn't know, "can't eat your cake and have it too" is the correct order because once you eat it it's gone and you can't have it.