Long-time game critic and editor for @PressStartAU. Condiment enthusiast. Survival horror obsessive.
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First session of Ocarina of Time and I'm enjoying it. Most of the changes are decent, some feel needless and/or pointless and others are just...well...bizarre. Love the little extra visual flourishes that add to the story, and the world feels a lot more reactive.
I actually really enjoyed the Street Fighter movie 🤷🏼♂️ Has absolutely no pretense about what it is and was just entertaining from beginning to end. One or two characters were average, Guile is incredible but underused and Bison is doomed to just try and imitate Raul Julia forever.
Footage of Microsoft's now-dead Perfect Dark revival has appeared online.
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Also re: Silent Hill Townfall - I really fucked with the puzzles. These are some pretty tough ones that help play into the story of the game in a cool way. But often I'd come up with a convoluted solution assuming it wouldn't be the answer but .... it was. Super satisfying.
Townfall is great! I was a down on the stealth (which is awful in a specific section) but everything else is great and classic Silent Hill / survival horror. This really feels like a RE7 moment for the franchise and, besides the stealth, a blast to play. Heaps to love despite obvious shortcomings.
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Look, I'm a defender of those six Resi films, but The Academy acknowledging them is like the Nobel Prize in Physics acknowledging the old Will it Blend channel on YouTube.
Control Resonant is equal parts beautiful and baffling. It's easy to be seduced by how artistically brilliant it is but also annoyed at how it doesn't reach the full potential of the concept. My most complicated relationship with a Remedy game so far - though still a recommend at the end of the day.
Does anyone know where 7 News Adelaide got the scoop that there was a Pokemon 30th Anniversary Branded Xbox released today??
Absolutely bizarre case of mass psychosis that everyone is taking their Pitchforks to Cregger for this. Resident Evil fans in recent years are truly the most embarrassing.
Zach Cregger says he was “naive” to think Resident Evil fans would be thrilled that someone was doing a survival horror movie with the franchise.
“I did not really appreciate the sentiment that we've been waiting forever for Leon's story. I [now] appreciate that and I'm sorry that's not the story I'm bringing here.”
(Source: @IGN)
REALLY don't love the art direction of Ocarina of Time remake. It looks like they've turned Link into a PopMart Molly character AND it's all over the place. It's unusually inconsistent for Nintendo.
I also love how much this game calls back to the old Onimusha without being blatant or obvious about it. There's so many little nods to the original PS2 games that as a fan I really appreciate from enemy designs to cutscenes. Meeting Guildenstern in Warlords vs. meeting Dokyo in Way of the Sword...for example.
Finishing up with (I assume) the first act of Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Musashi is far and away my favourite lead - way ahead of Samunosuke, Jubei and Soki. He's a great balance of goofy and serious and a surprise standout for me. Game is good, tho some side content tedious.
Adored Blood of Dawnwalker more than I ever thought I would. It's got some technical issues, but the way it handles decisions and questing reminded me of all my favourite RPGs like Mass Effect / Deus Ex. Combat is fun as both human and vampire room. Excited to see where RW takes Coen next 🧛🏼♂️🦇
Lots to catch up on - I loved Resonance as its own thing but the links to the Plague Tale games are very fleeting. Instead the take that they present on a classic Greek mythological tale is unique and interesting. Great for those who like modern Tomb Raiders. Strong characters and moody locale too. 🐂
