#saga might get a remake so i will wait a year maybe and see

[xenogearsjoe]

And I'm watching a playthrough of xenogears, since I haven't had the time to commit to playing it properly the way that I would want (and someone reading is easier than reading a lot of text which isn't always doable for me - and I can rewind if I am confused about something). I knew disk 2 is different, I knew it was mostly 2 characters talking at us while events that would take more than 3 minutes take place, I knew we wouldn't run around much, but I guess I wasn't prepared for just how much that changes from disk 1. I'm at the first moving around place since that forest, looking for anima relics, and it felt like we skipped 2 or 3 dungeons, that would have been hours, but instead it was 20-30 minutes. It's a shame, I understand why it happened, it was so sudden.

[dumbfinntales]

Yesterday night I finally beat Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga. What a hell of a ride. Not super long either, took me like 18 hours to beat. What a proper way to start off this year with game reviews, right?

Superstar Saga is such a joyful, funny and charming game filled with entertaining characters. The sense of humor was on point and I could immediately see where Brothership got its style. I very much enjoyed the more "open world" exploration than island exploration. You have a map that you can traverse freely and you can enter new places as you gain new abilities.

This game being the first in the series the battle system is a bit more simple, but the basics were there. You got your jumps, hammers and bros moves. I like that the bros moves are literally you and Luigi working together to attack enemies. Oh, and you got the hand moves as well, which was a neat surprise. I felt that dodging was a bit iffy at times, some enemy attacks felt impossible to avoid. I still have no idea how to avoid that Fawful attack where he flies at you. I managed to knock him away once when I hit immediately after I heard the sound cue, but I tried it again and nothing, still got hit. Doesn't help that he fucking kills you if you don't manage to interrupt him.

Much like Brothership the game was so charming. Every character was unique and fun, plus I was so surprised to see E. Gadd in this game, accompanied by the Luigis Mansion theme. I honestly didn't care much for Cackletta, she was alright, but didn't feel like there were many stand out moments with her. She felt like a very typical bad guy. Fawful was fun for his strange speech pattern and how chaotic he was. Why did he have to wear a skin tight suit in our final battle? He sure has fury. Can't wait to see him as the main villain in Bowsers Inside Story.

I do adore this game, but I always find things to complain about. Number one, I would have appreciated a real map. The in game one doesn't show you anything. Some dungeons have maps, but they're plastered on walls and you can't view them when you want. And I HATED the mini games. Oh how I loathed them, starting with that infernal border jump at the beginning of the game. The only mini games I tolerated were the minecart one and the arcade game. I also kinda hated platforming with Luigi. This might be controversial, but I'm glad he became automatic in Brothership. No more one of the bros falling down a platform so now you can't move and have to go back to the start of the platforming.

This isn't a negative per se, but made me really scratch my head. But the end of the game is really bloody difficult, right? I had no trouble with the game until the final dungeon where the difficulty skyrockets. I didn't have too much trouble with the koopalings (their mini games too sucked ass), but holy hell Fawful and Cackletta kicked my ass. Fawful took me like 4 tries to beat, and Cackletta 9 tries at least. She has SO much HP and two phases where at the start of phase 2 you can die immediately, which I did, thanks spinny arms move. It felt like the opposite of Brothership where the final boss was a bit of a pushover. Didn't help that apparently I was underpowered? I watched videos on how people beat Cackletta and they were doing 100+ damage per attack, while my strongest bros moves did a maximum of 60 damage. I also found out that I missed some sidequests and gear!

I didn't brew all the coffees at E. Gadds cafe place, mostly because I hated getting the rare beans from the mini games, but I did brew most of them. But either way, it was a fun experience. Maybe one day if I'll replay the game I could give the 3DS remake a try.

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

so since the atlus divorce arc has begun, what other games are ya hyped for, if any, this year? (like the games you'll get day 1 and the like)

Well I got Another Code I gotta get through so that's hype. Hayseed Knight was fully released so I need to get through that too!

But I dunno anything else coming out this year I'm excited for that was not Atlus related...........Maybe My Time At Sandrock (my collectors edition)?

Is what I would've said but turns out LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW REMAKE IS COMING OUT THIS SUMMER????????? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I decided to look up what was coming up.......

Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 (need to finish the first one first tho)

SPYXANYA OPERATION MEMORIES (have to see more of it first tho)

Rise of the Rōnin (oh didn't realize that's almost out, will keep an eye on it)

Monster Hunter Stories PS4 ports

Revue Starlight is getting game??? (wait is that the same anime I'm thinking of.....probs not.....)

Black Myth: Wukong

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time (no idea what this is, but the title caught my eye)

Clock Tower (Oh right!!!! This one I'm keeping an eye out for I really want this)

Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (maybe)

Skate Story (maybe, I have a soft spot for skateboarding games)

The Wolf Among Us 2 (wait is that finally happening this year??? 030 030 030 if it is well......030 030 030)

Until Dawn port (might play for the platinum)

Still Wake the Deep (might check out, looks terrifying)

Zenless Zone Zero (Z3? Just saw this on the upcoming list.....hmmmmm might look into this)

So like.......2-3 games (besides the other two that already came out that I got) I'm excited for if they release this year! (if they release this year that is, and two of them don't have a release date so....so far just LPC remake orz)

[servinglemonade]

My first reaction to Disney +

Hello... It’s been a while since I have posted here. I had exams, then summer vacation and then I finally started college! So now that I’ve settled in I thought it would be fun to give you my thoughts on Disney+! Yes, you read that right! Disney+ is here... in the Netherlands. Exclusively. Disney is having a free trial here which started on September 12th and goes on until launch day on November 12th!

So let’s dive into Disney+ 

Interface & Features

The interface is pretty standard. It looks like Netflix, but obviously with a nice Disney touch! The home page looks really great in my opinion. On top, there is a header that showcases one movie per category (Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic). You can browse per category as well. When you hover over the brand you get a little animation. Disney has a castle with fireworks, Pixar has the clouds, Marvel has their intro, Star Wars has stars and National Geographic a scenic mountain view. On the search page, you also have several collections like the Princess Collection (all princess movies and series) or Disneynature (all Disneynature movies). Hopefully, they’ll add some more soon. It’s a handy feature in my opinion. You can also create a watchlist. 

I find the movie-watching experience great as well. It’s simple and sleek. You can choose from multiple languages for both audio and subtitles. It’s also really nice to have all the movies in HD. Some of them are even in 4K/HDR! These are mostly Marvel, Star Wars, Disney Live-Action movies and 2 animations (Ralph Breaks The Internet and Aladdin!). 

There is an awesome feature that I stumbled upon while I was doing my research for this post. You can change the way the subtitles, from the color to the font. Even the opacity of the background and the font size! I did see some people complaining about subtitles. I didn’t mind them, however, the fact that Disney is truly listening to the users and trying to fix all these issues is great! Two thumbs up for ya Disney! The last thing I want to touch on here is the extras for the movies. These extras mostly include deleted scenes and trailers. However, some of them have some really cool behind the scenes stuff. The making of Beauty and The Beast, Staging The Ball from the Cinderella Live-action and the making of Sleeping Beauty just to name a few! Really great that all of those are on Disney+ as well.

Profiles

Just a quick little thing I wanted to touch on before I go to the content. You can choose from a significant number of Disney characters for your profile picture. Ranging from Disney Classics to Marvel & Star Wars to villains and princesses and even Disney Channel!

There are so many to choose from! It’s overwhelming. Here are just a few

Now it’s time for the most fun part: the content. All of the originals are not on the service yet, those will come out when Disney+ officially launches on November 12th.

Disney

What isn’t on this page?! The amount of content is so incredible. And not even everything is on it yet! Here you can find your classic Disney animations from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Ralph Breaks The Internet. All in glorious HD or even 4K sometimes. They also have some true Mickey Mouse classics like Steamboat Willie. All the Live-action movies are included here as well. From the more recent remakes (even Dumbo is on here already! If you haven’t seen it yet, please do) to absolute classics like The Princess Diaries, Mary Poppins and all the Pirates of The Caribbean movies. If you grew up with Disney Channel, all your favorite movies and shows can be found on Disney+ now! Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, Camp Rock, The Cheetah Girls, That’s so Raven, Halloweentown, Descendants and so many more (all the seasons and sequels for everything). For the little ones, there’s some Disney Junior content, like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Pixar

All the Pixar animated classics are here. From Toy Story to The Incredibles 2. Hopefully Toy Story will be streaming soon too. If you love the Pixar shorts, you’ll be happy to hear that these are all on Disney+! Like Piper, Bao, Knick Knack, For The Birds and more. There are even shorts with characters from some of your favorite Pixar movies like Monsters Inc, Ratatouille, Cars and Toy Story.

Marvel

I just want to thank Disney and Marvel for basically having all the MCU movies here on Disney+! From Iron Man to Captain Marvel. Most of them in 4K as well. And a surprise… Avengers Endgame will hit the service tomorrow!! I’m already preparing to cry my eyes out again. The only movies that are not on the service yet are The Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man Homecoming. I really hope Spidey will be on Disney+ as well. I need Far From Home in 4K. Besides MCU related content, you can also watch multiple Marvel animation shows. Like a lot of Spider-Man shows, Rocket and Groot, X-Men, Fantastic Four and many more. Some of the newer live-action Marvel shows are also on the service, like Agent Carter and Agents of SHIELD.

Star Wars

Now for Star Wars. I started watching the movies back in the summer. Disney+ was not being tested yet. So I was excited that all of the entire Star Wars saga can be found here! From Episode I The Phantom Menace all the way to Episode VIII The Last Jedi. It’s been really great to have 1 place to watch these movies.  You can find the spin-off movies Rogue One and Solo here too! You can also watch some animated shows like Star Wars The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels and lots of Lego Star Wars shorts.

National Geographic

To be honest, I haven’t anything from Nat Geo yet. However, they do have a very exciting original coming tomorrow! However, they have Brain Games! I used to love that show, so I’ll definitely watch that. They have some amazing documentaries. Drain The Ocean, Titanic 20 years later and Free Solo just to name a few.

Disney+ originals at launch

Here is a list + some thoughts:

Star Wars: The Mandalorian (series) (trailers looked very good, so I’m excited for this) Lady and The Tramp (movie) (again trailers looked amazing, great cast as well! Really excited for this!) High School Musical The Musical The Series (series) (yes, that is the actual title, not sure about this one as a massive HSM fan, however, I will check it out) Encore! (series) (not really interested in this one, might watch it one day) The World According to Jeff Goldblum (series) (this is the nat geo original I was telling you about. Such a great idea, who doesn’t love Jeff?! Will watch this 100%) Noelle (movie) (a Christmas movie?! Yes please, I’m in full Christmas mode already so bring it on) Marvel Hero Project (series) (might watch at some point after I have watched all the other things I want to see first) The Imagineering Story (series) (as a huge Disney Parks fan, I might be most excited about this, so that will be the first thing I will watch tomorrow) Pixar In Real Life (series) (I didn’t even know about this until a week ago, looks like a lot of fun, so I will watch this for sure)

The Disney+ app

The app has been pretty solid. It basically works the same as the web version, it’s just on your phone or tablet. The app also has a download feature. Which means you can download anything on the service and watch it offline. How handy is that!  If you have a chrome cast, the app is a must. You can cast all of the movies and shows on your TV, which is great because you won’t have to look on your small screen.

Some issues

This was obviously a test version of the final product so it wasn’t perfect from the get-go. The app struggled in the beginning with the continue watching feature. When you were watching a show, it didn’t let you watch the next episode from your continue watching. However, this has been fixed and now works like you would expect.  The other big issue was the chrome cast compatibility. When I had just subscribed for the trial it would start normal, however, after a while, it would freeze and the image would get all distorted. So that was pretty annoying. Lots of people were having this issue and by magic, it was fixed a couple weeks later and now works as expected!

Is it worth it?

Now if you either love Disney, Pixar, Marvel or Star Wars or you love everything, yes it is worth it. Even if you just love Marvel and/or Star Wars, I feel like it’s worth it. You have The Mandalorian coming at launch and so many more in the years to come. Like Falcon and The Winter Soldier, WandaVision, Loki, an Obi-Wan show, and so much more. So maybe if you’re waiting for that, you can get it when those shows will be on Disney+. Plus for the price, it’s a pretty sweet deal. Just €6.99 per month or €69.99 per year (which if you calculate it, can save you €13.89 per year). I love everything so for me it can’t get any better than this. Lots of the movies I watched on Netflix were mostly Disney or Marvel movies, so for me, this service is perfect.

Wow, this was a long one. If you have read it all the way through, thank you so much! I hope it was informative.

So how excited are you for Disney+? Will you be getting it at launch or will you wait? Plus if you are getting it, what will you watch first?

Have a magical day!

XO 

Yenai

[britesparc]

Weekend Top Ten #483

Top Ten Non-Predictions About Not-Quite E3

So E3 is upon is at last! Nearly. Almost. Sort of. A bit. But after a year in which the world-famous videogame trailer convention and Keanu Reeves meme factory was sidelined by this virus thing (Google it), it’s nice to have a major entertainment landmark back in the calendar.

Last year was a bit frustrating, but also interesting. For a long time I’ve wondered about the need – as a consumer – for huge conventions such as E3. It makes sense for the industry, sure, the same way Sundance or something does for film: it’s a way for creators to showcase their wares and hopefully secure deals or employment. But as a way of showing to the public games that are in development, or announcing new things, it’s seemed old-fashioned for quite a while. It requires developers and executives to turn into PT Barnum or something, hawking their wares on elaborate stages, titivating their offerings with dances and celebrity appearances. Sure, sometimes it’s genuinely excellent and entertaining, but most often it’s memorable for all the wrong reasons. With many companies now engaging directly with fans by releasing curated videos that announce their games in their own way, in their own time, would that not have been better? If last year is anything to go by, then no, not really. What we got – and this may have been in large part due to 2020’s unique circumstances – was a long, long summer and autumn filled with rumour and conjecture, and occasional, uninspiring videos, often featuring CG trailers, often for games that were literally years away. On the one hand, lots was announced; on the other, it all felt vague and woolly, and the slow drip-feed did nothing but build anticipation to unrealistic proportions. Without E3 serving as some kind of anchor point – in time, if nothing else – then the spray-gun smattering of videos, trailers, and announcements felt disparate and a little disappointing.

And so it’s back! But not quite. Because, understandably, the huge convention aspect is gone, replaced by a wholly online event. And whilst this may be detrimental to people who want to secure a distribution deal for their game, it might actually make for better showcases for us, the unwashed masses. Instead of a ninety-minute stagebound light entertainment extravaganza that ends up feeling like a ten million dollar school play, we’ll (hopefully) get tightly edited videos that highlight the games, alongside trimmed-down and relevant talking head interviews from developers explaining what we can expect and just how many bumps they’ve managed to map this year. At least, that’s what I hope will happen.

Of course, exactly what E3 is nowadays is a bit weird anyway, and this year exacerbates that. Loads of companies seem to shun the show itself but schedule their presentations for the same week or thereabouts, giving us, what, a fortnight (with a “gh”) or so of things to look forward to. I mean, it feels a bit weird putting this list out a full week before E3 formally kicks off, but I wanted to try to pre-empt any interesting amusing reveals that might occur in the days preceding (at the time of writing, Nintendo haven’t announced a new Switch, despite everyone on Twitter saying it was due any minute now). To be honest, I always like to look for the random stuff anyway, as the huge games tend to be known about or heavily rumoured well in advance (it felt like an open secret for at least a year that Playground Games were developing a new Fable, for instance, and we were just waiting to see when Microsoft would announce that). So I’ve tried to make these predictions daft, wish-fulfilment, or at least offer some kind of personal spin on the sort of thing we might expect. And, of course, as someone who tends to prefer to play on Xbox or Nintendo, there will be a skew towards those companies (anyway, Sony don’t really have a presence at E3 nowadays). And like I’ve said before, the really personal wish-fulfilment stuff I always used to “predict” in these things have started to come true – we’ve got Fable and Perfect Dark on the way, and we had Crackdown 3 a couple of years ago. If it goes on like this I’m just going to have to start wishing for loads of old Amiga games to get rebooted.

You heard it here first: E3 2022 is when we get the third-person open world Ruff ‘n’ Tumble reboot we’ve all asked for.

Anyway, here are ten predictions for E3 that probably won’t happen.

Halo Infinite multiplayer beta: we know Halo will be there, because it’s front and centre of Microsoft’s little announcement picture thing (along with what appears to be a bit of the Starfield logo). As the image also seems to show multiplayer Spartans, I imagine this will be the focus rather than more campaign gameplay. I actually think this is a big risk, as the main criticism of Halo last year was that its graphics weren’t good enough; typically, I’d say, the campaign visuals are stronger than the multiplayer portion, which tends to focus on elegantly designed levels and fast-moving gameplay. I wonder if there’ll be another, longer look at the campaign sometime later in the summer, in a dedicated Halo presentation. Anyway, one thing I think MS will do to curry favour is announce an imminent multiplayer beta. Maybe there’ll be a sign-up, but I think it would be cool if it was available for anyone in Game Pass Ultimate. It’s a way to get people to sign up for the service, and that seems to be Microsoft’s main goal right now.

Games ready to play RIGHT NOW: Psychonauts 2, Age of Empire IV, and the Xbox version of Flight Simulator have all been given age ratings recently, something that only happens relatively close to a game’s release. I think that at least one of these – maybe all three! – will be shown at the Xbox presentation, and then declared to be available immediately on Game Pass. Again, it bigs up Microsoft’s service, and would also be a cool mic drop moment for games that might be anticipated but aren’t quite the triple-A behemoths of Halo, Fallout, or Gears.

All the rays, nicely traced: one thing that’s been a bit frustrating as an Xbox Series X owner is the lack of genuine next-gen feeling experiences. I’ve really enjoyed the upgrade from a base Xbox One, and playing a game like Gears 5 feels like a huge improvement (and it’s gorgeous too). But I want to see crazy stuff that the old box couldn’t do, and not just in higher resomolutions. One of the things that I’d love to see is more ray-tracing; this is a next-gen graphical treat that, to me, feels like when I first saw games with dynamic coloured lighting twenty-five years ago. So I hope we get a proper reveal/release date for the ray-traced Minecraft expansion, but I’d also love it – now that Xbox owns everything – if the ray-traced version of Quake 2 was announced for the console. Give me them rays, Microsoft!

Quaking: speaking of the Quake series, it’s the first game’s twenty-fifth anniversary this year, and I think it needs some love. Now, id are working on their Doom reboot trilogy thing, so I don’t expect to see a fully-fledged reimagining for a few years yet, but how about re-releasing the original game on modern consoles? Doesn’t need anything fancy, just like the ports of the first Doom that are ten a penny. Quake is a bit more complex to port, it’s true, but I still think it’d be amazing to see it on consoles before the end of its anniversary year.

Nothing but Star Wars: outside of the Xbox-Bethesda conference, I hope we see some lovely, lovely Star Wars goodies. There are a few projects in development, but I’m gonna stick my neck out and say that we’ll get a fairly long look at the Knights of the Old Republic remake/reboot, a very vague teaser trailer for Fallen Order 2 (maybe even just a title reveal), and a teaser for the open-world game from Ubisoft. I don’t, unfortunately, think we’ll see anything of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga until the Lego livestream later this summer, but for what it’s worth I’m not expecting that game till Christmas now.

Old games on Switch: I think one of the things Nintendo is going to announce is a bunch of older games coming to the Switch. We already have Skyward Sword coming, but I think we’ll hear about other classic Zelda games coming in the anniversary year. Maybe remastered Metroid Prime games too? And I think they’ll do another one of those battle royale-style versions of their classics, maybe the first Donkey Kong?

New games on a new Switch: the sheer weight of “New Switch” rumours seems to suggest it is real, but when are they announcing it if their E3-ish Direct is all about software? I wonder if we’ll see some new games for Christmas ’21 going into ’22 that are then revealed to be enhanced by this mythical Super Switch. We’ll probably see a bit more of Breath of the Wild 2 (although I think there’ll be a bigger Zelda-focused Nintendo Direct later this year). I’m gonna predict Pikmin 4. And vague teasers for both a brand new Metroid Prime game, and also for Mario Kart 9. And all of these will be designed to run better on Switchy McSwitchface. Whenever that comes out.

Microsoft buys more companies: I just think this is inevitable, and I reckon we’ll get another announcement next week. Which companies? God knows. The Flight Sim guys maybe, or The Medium developers. Or, I dunno, Team 17. Probably not Sega, as funny as that would be. Maybe a medium-sized Japanese developer. So, yeah; Microsoft’s spending spree isn’t quite over.

Sony’s not-E3 announcements: Sony appears to be skipping E3 altogether, again. So when will they have their next big video presentation? I don’t think we’ll have to wait too long personally. So what will they talk about? I’d have thought we’d see the next Spider-Man revealed this year, but the big chitter-chatter at the moment is the whole “cross-gen” conversation (my opinion is: who cares?), and also when their games will come out. well, call me pessimistic, but I think Horizon: Forbidden West will end up being early 2022, with the new God of War and Gran Turismo ending up as late 2022 releases.

Crazy talk: I think this has ended up being a relatively straight and rational list, which just won’t do. So let’s get some wild ones out of the way here at the end. Sony announces remastered versions of Lemmings and Lemmings 2 for PC! Microsoft is making new games starring their Avatars! Double Fine release a PC version of Scurvy Scallywags for Game Pass! A brand new Duke Nukem! Lucasfilm bring Ron Gilbert back to oversee a reboot of Monkey Island! Nintendo announces Switch Sports! Gabe Newell announces VR support for Xbox Series X with an exclusive port of Half-Life: Alyx! Peggle 3! Phew, glad to get that out of my system.

[williamsjoan]

Locking Kingdom Hearts III’s Epilogue Behind a Presumed Day One Patch is the Best Move Square Enix Could’ve Made

This past weekend, it was reported that early copies of Kingdom Hearts III had been unleashed upon the world which meant one thing: potential spoilers were now at play. Now if you’re like me, this idea likely sent shivers down your spine. Does Kingdom Hearts have a pretty ridiculous and goofy (pun intended) overall narrative? Absolutely. But at the same time, it’s one that I don’t want spoiled for me in any way shape or form — especially after waiting more than a decade for Kingdom Hearts III.

So while I sat curled up in the fetal position all weekend long ignoring social media and praying that no one would bust through my apartment’s front door to tell me about Donald Duck’s fate at the end of Kingdom Hearts III, I ended up seeing that the game’s director Tetsuya Nomura announced that the epilogue of the game was now able to be locked behind a presumed day one patch. Nomura said that the epilogue and the game’s final scene were the two most significant spoilers in the entirety of Kingdom Hearts III so learning that no one would be able to see these until that update for the game was pushed out comforted me greatly.

In fact, I want to greatly commend both Nomura and the entirety of Square Enix for taking such quick action to prevent this. I appreciate that Square Enix knows how much Kingdom Hearts III means to fans like myself that have been with this series from the beginning. It will have legitimately been almost two decades and over a dozen various installments, remakes, remasters, mobile games, and other assorted media that has finally gotten us to the end of the Dark Seeker Saga. While it might seem like overkill to go to this length to prevent spoilers from getting out in the open, the fact that Square is willing to make this decision says volumes about their understanding of their fans.

Of course, it is kind of weird at the same time though that you’ll basically now need an Internet connection to see the ending of Kingdom Hearts III. Having a stable Internet connection isn’t as hit-or-miss as it was maybe 10-15 years ago, but it’s still a bummer any time a portion of a game is locked behind an update rather than shipping solely on the disc. Just look at how annoyed fans got earlier in the year when a portion of Spyro Reignited Trilogy was locked behind an update.

As someone who didn’t have great Internet that would allow me to download updates or patches for my games growing up, I do sympathize with those who may now have to go to more extreme lengths to download this update. I’ve been there and done that. While I’d like to imagine that more people than ever before have solid Internet than ever before, I know what it’s like living out in the middle of nowhere and having no dependable Internet providers in your area.

At the same time though, I can’t commend Square enough for taking the needed action in this case. We’re in an age where if you’re trying to keep yourself free of spoilers for any piece of popular media, you essentially have to abstain from using the Internet altogether. Heck, even earlier this year, story spoilers for Marvel’s Spider-Man were being painted all over YouTube before the game had ever even been out for 24 hours. We’re in a very spoiler-sensitive time right now, but that’s mainly because things are being spoiled more than ever before.

And because of this, I think more developers and publishers should look to take a page out of Square’s playbook and do this in the future for themselves if their games were to leak ahead of time. While not every game may have the narrative build-up that there has been with Kingdom Hearts III though, I still think locking the ending behind a patch is an idea that allows Square to continue controlling their own game until they’re ready to give it to the world.

It is worth noting though that the ending of Kingdom Hearts III seems pretty obvious. Sora is going to die which will then lead to Donald becoming the true Keyblade-wielder and destroying Xehanort once and for all. Then Roxas will come back (because he’s better than Sora) and Kairi will probably kiss Donald on the beak for saving the universe. They’ve kind of been choreographing this ending to the series since the first game, to be honest. Square Enix needs to get better at not giving everything away ahead of time.

Kingdom Hearts III is due out next month on January 29 for PS4 and Xbox One. If you’re like me, you’re undoubtedly already counting down the days until it releases. To hold yourself over until launch, you can check out today’s newly released trailer for what’s surely the umpteenth time.

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