Fair enough. I love the 80s vibe otherwise, but the brands have the awkward blocking and lingering-too-long-shot quality of bad product placement. Maybe in the final product it will make more sense if it’s supposed to be thematic and not just paid sponsorship.
Really impressed with how distinct a direction they went for this, it looks really promising.
I’m not tapped into the conversation over the show last night but I assume I’m not the only one who thinks the advertisements in this 4-minute video were fucking horrendous though.
Best month I can remember in a long time.
Forspoken: never planned on paying for it but I’m excited to play it for free.
Sonic Frontiers: I actually already own this on Switch but we’ve been saving it to give as a Xmas present. Solid addition to the catalog though.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch: never heard of it but I’ve been devouring metroidvanias this year, and apparently this scored well so I’m pumped.
A Space for the Unbound: looks great, love the art style.
PHOGS & Biped: two coop puzzle games that sound great to play with the family.
Agreed, and I’m really impressed by how much more appears to have been built on it for the sequel.
I never played them myself and I’m doubtful I have it in me to enjoy ps1-era gameplay at this point, but I’ll try to keep an open mind. I’ve always liked the idea of the series at least.
Absently curious who this is for. I haven’t felt like Legacy of Kain’s relevance persisted long past the PS2 era (where it was already waning) and it’s not exactly like Crystal Dynamics’ reputation is gleaming right now.
Been looking forward to this myself. There’s a demo on the PS Store that I had forgotten failed to download from the app when I tried a bit back. Gonna get that going now.
It also appears to be on sale with PS plus for those who are ready to go all in.
RPS’s quote on the game’s Wikipedia: “A fantastic FPS ruined by a rubbish MMO”, referencing loot and crafting systems.
Red flag for me.
I’m new to this too, but the slide deck they have posted seems a good starting place.
The NGI is an initiative of the European Commission to fund “researchers, developers, startups, and SMEs” who are aligned with the “aim to shape the development and evolution of the Internet” according to the principles of:
protecting personal data
ensuring privacy and security
combating disinformation
guaranteeing access and freedom of choice
respecting fundamental rights
enforcing ethics and sustainability by design.
I’m a little less clear on what the 16 projects are (which are listed on slides 6 and 7), but I gather they might be specific objectives, defined by the NGI, within which their funding is categorized, e.g., if you’re doing research on democratizing search capabilities, that research would serve the NGI’s “Search” project and would qualify for funding.
I’m making a lot of assumptions but I’m reasonably confident in them.
Some teams put a little more effort into these than others lol (looking at you Polyphony). Housemarque’s is delightfully twisted in context. ZA/UM’s is really cool but spoiled by…that whole thing. My favorite just on pure aesthetics might be Sucker Punch.