Shin Megami Tensei IV Director says series is the antithesis of JRPGs -- Source: Siliconera

Famitsu asked, "What kind of game did you have in mind for the finished product?"

Kazuyuki Yamai (Shin Megami Tensei IV Director) replied: "Definitely something simple, yet distinct. I wanted to make something with a 'punk production'. 20 years ago, fantasy-style RPGs were the standard of the genre. Shin Megami Tensei on the Super Famicom was something like an antithesis when you compared it. That's what I call 'punk-minded'. There are many games these days that focus on being enjoyable while relaxing. We'd like to have people enjoy the game and maybe even a shocking feeling towards their views on life and values."

And Metal Gear Solid 4 too now that I remember...

Alright, 2008 was okay. Are you happy now guys?

It was better than 2008.

That was poor management from their part. Wishing for them to go away is not going to fix anything either.


I see you missed Sony conference at E3 2009.

Shocking Final Fantasy XIV Announcement: LIVE Reaction to Trailer

This image shows an analogy of Square Enix fans.

I'll leave this here.

EA nixes Online Pass program -- Source: Gematsu

"Electronic Arts is discontinuing its Online Pass program for future games based on negative player response, it has announced."

Shin Megami Tensei IV (9/9/10/9, 37 points): The hardcore RPG folks at Famitsu couldn't get enough of the new SMT, by far their favorite portable title of the week. "The game does a great job of guiding you in through the tutorial," Ebihara wrote, "and I'm impressed how open it is to even beginners to the series. Despite that, the difficulty's set so that you're always toeing the line between life and death, and the Shin Megami Tensei-style tension is present in every battle."

"The battle system, where you strike at enemies' weak points in order to increase your number of turns, is as simple as it is thrilling," Yoshida added. "It's easy as always to get enthralled in demon fusions, and the 'recommendation' feature for fusions is also convenient."

Source: Polygon

Member of the Japanese Band 'Language' doing music for Lightning Returns -- Source: Nova Crystallis

It does.

Of the 26 episodes of the TV series 24 of those show a narrative and after that the last two episodes are a recopilation of previous episodes with the last minutes of the last episode being like redemption for Shinji (and the audience which mainly were depressed people which is ironic) to free themselves from Evangelion and start to live a new life enjoying something else.

Though old habits never die and people wanted more Evangelion because of that "religious experience" that many had with the TV series, then Gainax did The End of Evangelion film giving closure to the TV series in the most definite way possible.

After that people wanted more... even with the manga still in production in those years.

The Rebuild films are suppose to be like that "religious experience" offered in the 90's but in a more positive manner in comparison of how negative the entire experience of the TV series was (or is depending who you ask).

If none of this makes any sense to you then is not my fault.

The ending of the TV series and the Death & Rebirth film were a recopilation from previous episodes. All the "weird shit" is just there for narrative reasons and to play around with the audience, I also remember reading that Gainax run out of money in the last two episodes of the TV series and that's why those two episodes are the way they are (ignoring the whole thing of Hideaki Anno suffering depression directing the series at the time).

The End of Evangelion film is the ending of the TV series, the manga is pretty much its own thing and the Rebuild films are just a more positive take on what Evangelion is about (haven't been in the mood to see Eva 3.33 yet though).

That guy is so stuck in the past and so full of shit it almost hurts.


What remake of FFV? The one for iOS or the one that was supposed to be in development for 3DS along with FFVI?


Keep dreaming.

Pokemon X/Y boxart revealed. Is best boxart yet by far. -- NeoGAF

The logo is still as ugly as ever though...

#TeamY

Driving Off the Map: A Formal Analysis of Metal Gear Solid 2 by James Clinton Howell, July 2007

"MGS2 asserted that we must not let cultural memories inform how we act in situations that seem similar to those that first created our cultural memories."

Modern Games get Demakes -- Source: Pxlbyte

^I'm only here for the GIFs.