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Modern Video Games / Re: Free to play games!

« on: September 17, 2025, 09:30:32 pm »

skate. is out now (in Early Access) on PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series!

I always found the Skate games to have a hard to learn control scheme but the new control scheme makes a lot more sense, the original controls are still available though.

So far the game is pretty enjoyable, feels like Tony Hawk's Project 8 or Proving Ground with the vibe of it but without any appearances from pro skaters. From what I've played so far it's kind of like single player with the mission structure but you'll see other players around.

You can earn basic cosmetics just from playing the missions but of course being a free to play game they really want to let you know that there's premium items available in the shop such as a Grim Reaper costume for ~$27 and some Vans branded stuff for ~$16.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Direct - 09/12/2025 Discussion, Predictions, Hopes, Hype, Fears Thread

« on: September 14, 2025, 12:53:36 am »

Looking forward to the new Mario movie.
Wish we got Mario baseball instead of tennis.
New Yoshi game seems like a baby game and the title doesn't help.
Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 are $40 separately or $70 for both. Many Switch owners likely already own Galaxy though.
Metroid Prime 4 adds the DLC motorcycle from Breath of the Wild.
Pokopia is odd.
Emerald Rush seems like free DLC. Hopefully exploring DK Island is worth $20.
Announcing paid DLC before release for Z-A is funny.
Virtual Boy stuff is interesting.
POPUCOM looks somewhat fun.
 

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Modern Video Games / Re: gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 thoughts?

« on: August 20, 2025, 12:42:09 pm »

So, how about Kirby Air Riders, right?

I generally like Kirby games and had high hopes for the first one on the Gamecube. I remember not liking it and thinking it was a pretty mediocre racing game overall. Because of that, I have nearly no excitement for the new one. Hopefully it ends up being way better than I think it will be.

It seems like the same game with just enough new things to separate it from being a 1:1 HD remake.

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Modern Video Games / Re: gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 thoughts?

« on: August 19, 2025, 08:16:39 pm »

So, how about Kirby Air Riders, right?

The $70 price point is pretty funny. I guess since Nintendo is selling multiple games for $80 that $70 is their version of a discount.

Mafia: The Old Country just released for $50, what a value.

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Modern Video Games / Re: gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 thoughts?

« on: August 19, 2025, 07:56:54 pm »

It's interesting that Bubsy 4D is releasing for PS4 but the collection isn't. I wish it was a different developer because Demon Turf is one of the ugliest 3D platformers I can think of and this Bubsy game looks ugly. Bubsy 3D's art style is genuinely more appealing to me than this. It almost looks like a Demon Turf mod in some parts, like when the screen is entirely red or purple. Bubsy's character model looks bad so I guess that's why they included the Bubsy 3D character model as an option since it looks way better. Voice acting and writing is more Gex than Bubsy.

Neverness to Everness still looks good.

Time Takers having a chimpanzee with a banana grenade seemed interesting.

Fate Trigger didn't show gameplay here but it's a battle royale with a decent amount of polish.

LEGO Batman and Black Ops 7 seem good.

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Modern Video Games / gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 thoughts?

« on: August 18, 2025, 10:15:11 pm »

Live from Cologne, Germany join Geoff Keighley and Sjokz for gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, featuring the worldwide reveal of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, a new reveal from Resident Evil Requiem, news on Fallout Season 2 and more.

Streaming live Tuesday, August 19 at 8p CEST / 7p BST / 2p ET / 11a PT.

This show is typically about two hours long so it should have something for everyone. 

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Modern Video Games / Re: Summer Game Fest 2025

« on: August 11, 2025, 01:38:35 pm »

gamescom Opening Night Live 2025 is next Tuesday.

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Modern Video Games / Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase 7.31.2025 thoughts?

« on: July 31, 2025, 07:35:09 am »

Join us for a Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase on July 31 at 6am PT! Tune in for roughly 25 minutes of information on upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch games from our publishing partners.

A brand new Katamari game! I would've expected the Apple Arcade game but this is apparently all new.

Plants vs. Zombies original game getting a remake, trailer was a fun watch and hopefully Garden Warfare 3 is on the way..

Pac-Man World 2 remake looks better than the first game.

I think Chillin' by the Fire is only here because it's utilizing GameChat.

Mouse game Hela looks great. Now imagine if it was using the Stuart Little license.. wow.

Baby game Goodnight Universe looked interesting.

NBA Bounce is probably more fun than NBA 2K.

Philabieldia would've been a way cooler game title than The Adventures of Elliot.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Steam and itch.io gaming censorship and content removal

« on: July 24, 2025, 10:55:58 am »

Valve giving in and not fighting this is so cowardly and damaging. GTA V has a full strip club but of course that wasn't targeted because no one would put up with that for a second so they just sacrifice a bunch of indie games instead.

Steam's revenue was estimated to be $10.8 billion for 2024. You really think payment processors are going to listen to some small outcry over several billion dollars?

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Off Topic / Re: What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?

« on: July 24, 2025, 04:08:09 am »

Superman is excellent. Looks amazing, the cast is great, Mr. Terrific (who I never heard of before) kinda steals the movie from how cool he is, Superman saves a squirrel. A great movie I would watch again.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a boring slog. Pretty much nothing happens until Galactus shows up for the only fight scene at the end. The majority of superpower usage in the movie was shown in trailers. The Thing pretty much does nothing the whole time. Human Torch is distractingly similar to Robert Downey Jr. The set design is alright I guess?

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Modern Video Games / Re: Why I think Perfect Dark has the potential to be Microsoft's God Of War

« on: July 09, 2025, 03:27:45 pm »

I think the fake gameplay trailer they showed for the now cancelled Perfect Dark looked decent but they should've kept her design from Perfect Dark Zero.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Why I think Perfect Dark has the potential to be Microsoft's God Of War

« on: July 02, 2025, 01:41:05 pm »

Game is cancelled and studio is shut down.

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: June 30, 2025, 02:36:33 pm »

Fortnite (always), Splitgate 2 and Overwatch 2. I returned to Overwatch 2 in season 15 after quite a while, skipped 16, playing season 17 because the battle pass is actually good for once. I might check out Warzone again because of the upcoming Beavis and Butt-Head collab.

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News / Re: Top 10 Edits all time (as of June 2025)

« on: June 11, 2025, 08:06:35 pm »

wow!

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Modern Video Games / Re: Summer Game Fest 2025

« on: June 08, 2025, 12:58:41 pm »

I would like to see Spyro 4 at this Xbox show.

Lots of cool stuff at this show but I gotta say how cool that Tony Hawk trailer was with Bam, CKY and Mikey from Mutant Mayhem. Feels targeted directly at me.