Quoting: ShmerlWhy not Ryzen + Vega?

Because of the cost, obviously.

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I'll be keeping my eye on this.

BTW, those Japanese-style bouncy idle animations are always fun. The part in the trailer where a lady is being freed from a cage (0:27 or so) looks like a silly little dance. :D

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Quoting: Mountain ManIs this a real RPG, or is it just an adventure game with stats?

And by "real RPG", I mean does it have actual choices and consequences that affect individual quests and the overall story? Or does it offer typical JRPG "choices", as in no choice at all?

"Do you want to rescue my uncle?"

>No

"Ha ha! You're a such a joker. Of course you want to rescue him. Let's go!"

...The line between RPG and adventure has always been vague.

Not really. I think Warren Spector put it best: An RPG is any game where you can change if not the outcome of the story then at least the way it is told.

So, if an adventure game has lots of choices and different endings, it's suddently an RPG? Personally I'm fine with vague genre definitions, because otherwise we end up with nothing but clones and slight variations, and a gazillion niche genres consisting of three games or so.

Quoting: Mountain ManOr as someone from BioWare once said, "Just because you put a 'J' in front of it doesn't make it an RPG."

Yes, he stated the obvious. Well done him.

Quoting: Mountain ManThe only JRPG I can think of off the top of my head that I would classify as a real RPG is ChronoTrigger.

It's a great game, but not the only JRPG with choices and consequences.

BTW, is this déjà vu or did we already have this conversation a few months ago?

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Thanks for the review. Made me push the game much closer to the top of my wishlist.

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Quoting: Mountain ManIs this a real RPG, or is it just an adventure game with stats?

And by "real RPG", I mean does it have actual choices and consequences that affect individual quests and the overall story? Or does it offer typical JRPG "choices", as in no choice at all?

"Do you want to rescue my uncle?"

>No

"Ha ha! You're a such a joker. Of course you want to rescue him. Let's go!"

This I don't actually care about. I'm fine with a fairly linear story as long as it's interesting. And yes, it can still be a "real" RPG in the computer game sense even if you can't do absolutely anything you want and in any order you please. The line between RPG and adventure has always been vague.

Quoting: someg33zerWhat is a "JRPG"?

Japanese-style RPG, as in Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, the Tales series etc. It's a commonly used term.

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Are randomly-generated dungeons really such a great feature that they deserve double entries in the feature list? The game looks beautiful, but I can't think of a "console RPG great" that's based on random dungeons instead of a properly designed game world. I guess the inspiration is limited to style of art and some details of gameplay, leaving out the best bits like proper story progression and world building.

I hope a full review disproves my first impressions.

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As always: yay for free content.

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Quoting: DissCentI gotta say that I'm really fed up with this game since they decided to "equalize" all maps so it's always the same size and the same shape. I was a great fan of the Neo Tokyo map when it was still different from most of the standard maps. But as always, "pro league" is way too important for the publisher and so they decided that all maps need to be of the same shape. This makes the game incredibly boring for me.

What about playing Rumble mode?

There's also Rocket Labs in casual for the properly weird arenas. But I do agree that the change was unnecessary. I still quite enjoy the game though. With friends and in small doses.

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How different are these rules compared to other storefronts? Is Valve being focused on because they've got the largest platform on PC? I do know GOG's vetting process is quite strict (and cryptic), but I see they've got HuniePop at least. And while itch.io allows you to upload pretty much anything, I'm sure they would respond to reports of outright criminal content like child porn.

Quoting: TiedemannMaybe they end up like Netflix that has it's own censored versions crap. Soon we'll have to buy from somewhere else to get the "real" thing, like the uncut version.

I think I've already bumped into a discussion of games on Steam for which you can download official "uncensor" patches from the developer's website directly. If I remember correctly, this list included HuniePop. Don't know if other stores sell "uncut" versions of these games.

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Quoting: wheresthetux(I'm going to go dig though my box of junk to find Myst. I would bet it runs fine under wine as is.)

For the original Myst or Riven you'll be better off with ScummVM.

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Quoting: DarthJarjarSo, are we entering the silver age of videogames?
I can't wait to see what the "videogame code authority" will look like.

What do you mean? First of all, this isn't anything new, and we're talking about a single storefront making changes to their rules. This comment thread is full of hyperbole and overreaction. There's no indication that all sexual content and nudity in games is under threat. In fact the trend has been in the opposite direction.

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