This really needs its own thread because of how right STUPID this shit is. This is like banning RPGs on the Sega Saturn levels of stupid, all because of retarded twitter/reddit/discord politics. These people can't see outside their little Californian bubble, and it pisses me the fuck off. The console game market is run by people who hate games, that's the only excuse I can think of when explaining this malicious ignorance. It's been proven time and time again that these games sell as long as there's a good gameplay structure. Even with an above average gameplay structure, Stellar Blade selling over a million copies in the past year alone PROVES that now is the best time to release Senran Kagura IN SPITE of gaming journalists and the reddit/twitter/discord grooming audience. Not only that, but the entire mobile market with games like Blue Archive and NIKKE is making millions of dollars in capital. You could make the market that "Oh it's just whales", but I would argue that's not a legitimate excuse when Stellar Blade sells over a million copies and other games like fucking Capes don't even sell close to that. That's not to mention Flintlock that has its numbers inflated by Gamepass only sold half the amount of Stellar Blade with a much bigger marketing campaign. There's no excuse for this level of stupidity, but what can we do about it? Maybe we can contact shareholders and have them communicate our issues through them? There's no excuse for this level of incompetence, although I'd personally argue that it's maliciousness considering everything I've talked about. sauce: https://noisypixel.net/xseed-games-ken-berry-interview/ https://archive.ph/N2zJb

Why is there no such thing as a plot-driven open world game? Why do all developers seem to have this brain parasite that only allows them to make great, compelling and memorable narratives *OR* huge, exciting and completely seamless world to explore, but *NEVER* the two things together? No, excuses such as "open world and plot-driven are inherently incompatible" are 100% bullshit because there is no conceivable reason why that should be the case. As a thought experiment, take Xenoblade Chronicles X, probably the best open-world ever made, but practically devoid of story; now imagine it having the story of Xenogears; or, better yet, imagine if Xenogears got remade with an open world in the same exact style as Xenoblade Chronicles X. Would that somehow magically make the world or exploration any less compelling? No, it wouldn't, in the slightest. Would the story somehow magically lose its power? Again, no. No reason why it should. So, why?

Can someone please make a list of all jRPGs that match the description in pic related? Right now the only ones I know are Tales of the Abyss and Tales of Vesperia. Does anybody know other ones?

>What is this? This is exactly how it sounds: A game is chosen each month (which will be relatively or totally obscure on purpose) with hopes of bringing new avenues of playing potential to anons with narrow video game perspectives. The goal isn't necessarily to pick bad games, but obscure ones nobody, or as few people as possible, have played. You can play the game and then use that fact as bragging rights to others! You can use it to broaden your backlog horizons! or you can forget about it. It's up to you. THIS MONTH: Lobotomy Corporation (PC) >Where do I get this? aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWdhLm56LyMhc1JOSFNJYUIhbGh1QVRaQWptbUFmQVNTWnZMaUdHeVBWNVZvWUJrZkx3dF9OeGd2UHljSQ== aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWdhLm56LyMhaFZ0Z2pDQlEhN0xRS1ozN2kxdWZKdFlBUENST19lWE9GTE90NFdfdUFmdFUweU5QMnNqZw== >Next Month For January, the theme will be One Coin January! Poll: https://poal.me/4vqyi4 In honor of the long defunct /1cc/ board, next month's games will be all about Arcade titles. More specifically, the entries must pertain to one or more of the following categories: - The game is a pure Arcade game that can be emulated with MAME or similar emulators (i.e. Sunset Riders for Arcade cabinets); - The game is a remake of an Arcade cabinet (i.e. THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake); - The game is a port of an Arcade game (i.e. Virtua Striker 3 (Ver. 2002)); - The game is a collection of Arcade titles (i.e. Namco Museum Vol. 1).

So new AI has had some time to mature. Are there any games that make good use of it as tactical and strategic opponents in any genre aside from chess and such? Any smart RTS game? An adventure game where others in the world have their own agendas? An RPG with opponents that are smart with their weapons and the territory or a companion with unique lines and an ability to use tactics?

With pic related, I think he could've been much better if he had been programmed to be a more cerebral boss fight where you have to flexibilize your strategies in order to beat him, possibly based on your class and those of your party members. Snipe your big guns, suppress your sniper, maybe some weird supertech that lets him cuck your biotics, and so on. If you rely on one playstyle for most of the game and get complacent he'll wreck your shit and force you out of your comfort zone. His tactics evolve across his multiple boss fights and you have to keep up and avoid stagnating or relying too much on one thing, as well as beat him to the punch. Personality is a more complicated subject. I think he could've benefited from being more no-nonsense, crib off some traits off Shepard to add to his status as an arch-enemy, either bringing his own party members with distinct personalities and skillsets to counter yours or leaning more on his one-man-army hype and make him a cold and detached warrior type. Maybe if you feel adventurous you could have him pick up traits that depends on how you played your Shepard's personality for added contrast. TL;DR: Make him someone you have to struggle to beat, and you WANT to beat to prove yourself superior. What about you? Any characters you could mention that had wasted potential but could've been good?

This thread is dedicated to the most prolific and wholesome videogame pairing ever, Zelda and Link! Discussion about the Zelda series itself and other girls is completely welcome here, as are other pairings and stuff. Share your cute art, doujins, and other things! The Zelink MEGA (3000+ images of Zelink organized by game) https://mega.nz/file/UUAiVILT#qrE4vrrk8iGRv-JjkTBF4tgyXCUJMFXOglD3g_jMnnA The mega will be updated once per month Rules: 1. Keep it civil. 2. No NTR/cuckold/demoralization culture.

I haven't seen a thread discussing stylish action for a while, let's change that. Honestly I was kinda disappointed with Bayonetta 3, it wasn't nearly as good as the previous two games and I feel basically killed the series seeing as Kamiya left Platinum in order to work at Hamster probably. Still, it's kinda sad that Bayonetta was destined to die a mediocre death. That said as for Bayonetta's twin IP Astral Chain, apparently Nintendo completely owns the rights to that IP now, so hopefully we can see them develop the sequel in house since I would love to see how Nintendo tackles these kinds of games. Other than a few indie games, there's not really much going on with the genre. The Genokids demo was top notch and I highly recommend everyone here give it a chance, but other than that I'm waiting to hear about some surprise hits like Hi-Fi Rush since that was an extremely pleasant surprise and was actually did better than both Microsoft and Bethesda expected it to be. So hopefully we'll see a new Hi-Fi Rush in the future. Other than that, I'm sure Capcom is gonna remake DMC1 or DMC3 at some point in the near future, and like I said before Hi-Fi Rush did surprisingly well. So I strongly doubt the genre is dead, but that it usually takes a bit to get one of these games off the ground since Souls is the hot sauce these days. Still, what cuhrayzee games are you playing right now /v/? I'm going through Ninja Gaiden and God Hand myself, enjoying them as always.

I am going to start with my 2 favourite homos. Takatoshi Hijiyama and Tsukasa Okino. I find their relationship really cute. How Hijiyama will spend a good chunk of his story wondering if he is gay while Okino teases him. Editing the OP because I fucked up the merge

Xbox will no longer have permanent console exclusives going forward, according to Jez Corden. https://x.com/JezCorden/status/1867407921199362372 >the era of Xbox having permanent console exclusives is over Jez Corden is a generally reliable source.

This thread isn't specifically about sadness, it can be a wide range of things. Wherever you felt surprise at how good or shit a game was, anger due to something that happened in game or external factors, excitement at an unexpected announcement or at an extremely cool set piece or moment, as long as the game elicited a strong emotion out of you while playing. You can go with something that you played recently or one of your favorite games. I'll give one of my favorites, Nier Automata. It's a basic choice, but it's the first time I remember a game being able to make me react to something strongly. I had already thoroughly enjoyed the game but by the time I had gotten to Ending E and the credits sequence the game really got to me. It was amazing, the way the music was synced to the scene and how hopeful it felt after seeing so many characters die shitty deaths just really hit hard. It's the second time a game has gotten me teary eyed. Looking forward to hearing what you anons have to say!

Does anyone here play shoot em ups? Let's have a shmup thread! space dad shmups and anime bullet hells alike are welcome. just go for the clear my nigga! >How can i play retro shmups on pc? With shmupmame. it's a fork of mame optimized to reduce input lag as much as possible alongside some other benefits like gadgets and replays. Here's a link to a preconfigured install with the some of the more popular shmups (mostly cave) https://archive.org/details/mature-dot-dodging-games-gaiden-v-1.0.7z of course you dont have to use shmupmame, you could use mame, fbneo, retroarch, or even support the official ports on steam/switch. What matters is actually playing the games! >What about touhou? Here's a collection of all the games with the english patch preinstalled. https://nyaa.si/view/1743411 What games in the genre are you favorite? What games are you trying to 1cc currently? I'm a total shitter trying to get my skills up, but I'm closing in on a Deathsmiles clear.

Just an SMT General thread since the previous one's now gone and I wanted to post some news in regards to SMT V. There's a trailer for the new SMT V: Vengeance and there's been some new content reveals so far for both the English & Japanese versions of Both Trailers. >Protags friends can be used as extra party members as previously revealed but they take up a slot in your combat party. >Introduction of teleporters that function similarly to leylines without loading transitions within the overworld. >Azazel and Mastema are confirmed with the former revealed as an obtainable demon fusion. >You fight all four of the Qadištu at some point and the fight has up to five press turn actions. >They have an AOE Alimighty magatsuhi skill called Qadištu's Entropy that fully heals all of the Qadištu and deals damage on all targets with heavy damage. >Lilith's Skill Earth Mother can nullify physical attacks and remove Debuffs. >Naamah's Capitulate to pleasure removes all stat buffs. >Could be a scripted boss fight considering the cutscene that follows it up has Nahobino Acquiring a new ninja-esque form. > A New Area known as the Shakan that relates to the transformation and the form has a 4x hit Hama skill called Paraselene Blur. >More scenes involving Khonsu implying greater plot relevance this time. >You can play as Nahoheeho in the overworld after encountering him at some point. >Confirmed New demons in the trailer are Amabie, Gurr/Gurulu, Azazel, Mastema, and Kinmamon.

>What's this? A SMW romhack filled with player-made levels. >This is a cuckchan ROMhack, isn't it? Yes, but it's fun. SOURCE: >Sites with fan arts and game files https://longc.at/vhacks.html >SNES Emulator [Use to play .smc games] https://www.emulator-zone.com/snes/ >Super Mario World - Short4Sure.sfc [Ayamari's short game] https://files.catbox.moe/clsq99.smc

Merry Christmas, anon. You are invited to this year's >>>/christmas/ event. This project aims to gather anons from different board from inside and outside 8chan and hang out together and have fun. The planned date is December 14 and 15, so I hope I'll see you there. If you have any questions about the event, please make me know here or in the organization thread >>>/christmas/3691

IT'S OVER IT'S TIME FOR THE BIGGEST VIDEO GAME EVEN OF THE YEAR™..... ARE YOU EXCITED TO VOTE FOR YOUR TOTALLY UNBIASED SELECTION OF THE BEST VIDEO GAMES OF THE YEAR? READY OR NOT, IT'S COMING..... Who do you wish to win? Who do you think will win? What funny shenanigans will occur this time? Will Geoff Keighley drop the facade that he isn't just a paid industry shill who should fuck off and realize he will never be taken seriously no matter how many big events he plans like this?