Suikoden 1 and 2 hd remaster coming to all systems

Shame those games are so damn easy

4 of the characters from the leaked Street Fighter 6 roster will be dlc. Which leaves a starting roster of 18. Not a bad number. Not a great number.

Seems like there will also be a lot of content at launch, which was the bigger issue with street fighter 5.

I'm down for Suikoden remaster but only because I never got around to playing them back in the day even though I always heard they were good.

Theyre really cool but theyre pokemon level of easy

Google picks January 18, 2023 as the day the Stadia dies.

Theyre moving the tech into business. The tech will do really well.

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Crystal Dynamics Legacy of Kain Fan Survey

OK, I'm probably the only member of the forums that this would apply to but I'm kind of giddy about this. Crystal Dynamics is asking fans of the Legacy of Kain series to take this survey about the games. Now the franchise has been long dormant ever since 2003 and even though several rumors have been floated around over the years about what might come of it under its current owners, nothing has materialized.

This bit of reaching out in the form of this survey is the first indication in a long time that SquareEnix might be a bit serious about moving forward with something involving the IP, be it a remaster of the old games or a straight-up sequel. The survey asks several questions to fans of the games about what they would prefer from any future projects.

Speaking just for myself, I would say a remaster of the old games, Soul Reaver especially, would be the most desirable. The franchise began more than 25 years ago with Blood Omen so there are a lot of potential new players that just aren't familiar with the series and its story. Doing a new entry would be difficult as a good chunk of the main characters are dead or the voice actors like Tony Jay and Renee Auberjonois are dead and recasting some of these roles would be a pain.

That would also be a hurdle as far as remastering the original games goes. I would hate for it to turn out like the Silent Hill HD Collection where the original work just got completely shit on with new voices and a director who had no love for the games and had his own vision.

Overall, I'm just glad to see that there is still some degree of interest in the series. I'm sure you all noticed my gushing in the most recent Rate the Game thread. :o

Soul Reaver 2 is one of my favorite games ever.

Also I'm pretty sure this has nothing to do with SquareEnix. Think they sold Crystal Dynamics and Eidos to Embracer/THQ Nordic. THQ Nordic likes to resurrect old series so this is a good sign.

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Soul Reaver 2 probably has the best part of the story. I could listen to that dialogue over and over. Plus, it's just one twist after another as you head into the final parts of the game. The combat is a bit better, too.

I'd forgotten about the SquareEnix thing. Like I said, nobody was doing dick with the IP. There was that dumb attempt to inject multiplayer into the mix with Nosgoth and that abomination that was known as Dark Sun. Thankfully, they died the horrible deaths they deserved.

I honestly wouldn't mind if they tried to do another Blood Omen too, but with the original Diablo-clone style of the first.

Yeah. I took the survey. Had to. Want this franchise back so bad.

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I was on track to writing an essay for that final question. I was a bit insulted by it asking what kind of features should a new game include and one of the options being multiplayer.

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That presentation helps Blood Omen stand out from the other titles. It's just that after it was released, everyone and their mother was going the Tomb Raider/Super Mario 64/Gex route of being full 3D so it stood to reason that they would go the same way with Soul Reaver. If they ever do a remaster or remake, I'd appreciate them polishing up the combat of Blood Omen while keeping the same visual presentation, even though exploring those areas in 3D would be fucking sweet.

Not news, just a mashup of two things I enjoy and find pretty damn funny, especially the end.


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LOL 1499 for the new Meta Quest Pro VR headset.

That price tag is how you kill VR lol

yep - VR anything just isn't really "there" yet IMO. The Half Life 2 VR game is insanely good...... but that's about it for me, personally.


I've read that Meta employees haven't been using the Metaverse because most of them don't own a VR headset. Other reasons include:



it's a terrible fucking idea
it's already been done and it sucks
shit looks like roblox from a decade ago, lulz

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I mean, boycotts rarely amount to anything, but that's still pretty fucked up.

If the rate wasnt fair no one else wouldve taken the job. Sounds like she thought she *was* bayo and could demand more money. These games arent cheap to make. New VO sounds just fine.

Yeah but you have to admit that 4k for a full game is a trash rate considering the tens of millions they probably spent so far.

It's like they left a 0 off.

I dont know what VOs go for. I know her replacement, Jennifer fucking Hale, is on the short list for the best in the business so im certain she's not out here working for a rate that's not market competitive

One thing to keep perspective: this game is sold in dozens of languages. She isnt the voice of bayo. She's a voice of bayo. In the games 2nd most popular language.

Theres ALWAYS someone willing to do the job. That doesn't mean it isn't insulting to completely low ball someone like this. The games cost a lot of money to make, but they also make a lot of money. And good voice acting contributes to that success, especially in character action games like this where the charisma of the main character is a selling point and right in front in the marketing.

Voice actors in productions of this magnitude make anywhere between 20-80k. 4,000 is an extreme low ball.

I get betting on yourself and wanting better pay. Truly. Sounds like she overestimated her value. Thats happened me. No regrets. You gotta take that chance when youre negotiating. Turns out though whatever rate she thought she was worth she wasnt. And its pretty suspicious that she lists their offer and not her ask. Makes me think she was so high on market value that she knew people in the know would call her out. This shit is petty af.

Also read that her role was a cameo and the protag bayo in this game is an alternative bayo. So the role she was to play was just a few scenes. Dunno. Seems legit.

I make 4k in like a week. Gtfo.

Jennifer Hale is great. I really have a hard time believing Hale would take the job for that amount.

Maybe theres more going on. Original actress hard to work with so they forced her out?

But no way is Hale doing this for 4k

Just did some digging. VOs make around 80k/a. Seems about right. 4k for a week or 2s work.

Alls i know is if Hale said yes theyre paying their VOs right. Hale is top tier and can choose what roles to take

Probably low balled her to get Hale.

Are you sure? Cause everything I've read says they hired Hale after the pay dispute. Theres even side by side footage of early gameplay featuring Taylor's voice compared to the finished product with Hale.

Kamiya's tweet imply theres some bullshit going on but he cant talk about it.

well considering shes going to twitter to forge a boycot her being a pain in the ass seems pretty certain

Kinda what I'm thinking.

No im absolutely not sure. Thats the issue. She makes this post where she's an angel and immediately i raise an eyebrow. Its pretty rare where you're a blameless victim. There's clearly something going unsaid here.

This doesnt pass the smell test at all

I dont know what i dont know but i know i dont know what i need to know

Will be hilarious if she fabricated the story. She would be done 100% as a VA.

She could be blackballed regardless. Working with her has got to viewed as a risk

A game bayos size looks to be about 1 weeks worth of work btw. So at 4k were talking 200k a year if you stayed booked. Yeah im firmly not siding with her on this

Hellena Taylor isn't doing her any favors. She was paid 2k to 3k for voicing 3 characters in Breath of the Wild. Which was a above average pay rate due to voicing 3 characters at once

Does anyone know how much she got paid for Bayo 1 & 2?

Depending on the amount of lines/work, especially if pitched as a short cameo, 4k might have been spot on...... but no, this doesn't seem that way.




In any profession, this low of an offer, IMO, seems like an easy way to say "fuck off".


They extended an offer they already knew was silly, but did it to say "we offered, they rejected" - legal base covered.

Got some real numbers


Median for VO comes out to 20.56/hr. If this was a 5 day project like speculated based on how many lines are in the previous games thats $822 assuming 8 hour days. If its a 2 week project, which would be extremely lengthy based on previous games length, obviously we're st $1622. So her offer way way way above market standard.



Whats occurring here is people hear "actor" and think "they make bajillions!" VO work isnt a high paying field, its a middle class job.

They offered her between 50/hr to 100/hr depending on if this was a 1 or 2 week project

For a job you can do in your pajamas thats doing pretty ok id say

What if she had to wear business casual work attire?

Double the pay.

Also need to factor in that voice actors probably have to take breaks in between bigger jobs to give their vocal chords a rest due to some of the screaming and grunting required. They're not maki g that hourly rate all 52 weeks of the year.

Technically, you could do most jobs in your pajamas.

Its just frowned upon.

Honestly, even if she was right, who is really going to boycott a video game because someone unknown VA didn't get the offer she thought she deserved? I doubt 99% of the fans even knew who she was before this. Just seems insane.

Also need to consider that Hale is union, Taylor is not - so it most definitely is NOT a $$$ thing.




2x Also - working in my pajamas every god damn day until I have to leave the house.

G4 Network is dead again. Comcast has decided to pull the plug. Not bringing in the cash or the viewers.

https://www.ign.com/articles/g4-is-b...er-it-launched

Yeah...... I just learned it was a thing about a few weeks ago. I don't have cable, and don't watch a ton of TV anyway, but still..... no clue it was around again.

fuck that Esquire bullshit they pulled though. That shit was wank

Frosk's rant may have killed it

Theyre both union. SAG.



Preorders have spiked up since the story broke btw. Bayo 3 briefly passed madden on amazon

Now I'm curious how much Pratt is making for the Mario movie...

Film pays better (and objectively should.) Excluding interactive narratives like The Last of Us or thing The Quarry the VOs arent the game. Take this case i realized it was Hale in the trailer when i frist heard her but i didnt realize it hadnt always been Hale. You arent buying games for the VOs as good as they are.

Where wages need to rise in gaming is on the dev side. When this actress calls for boycotts shes calling to ruin the work of a few hundred people. People who dont get paid per hour near what she rejcted.

Obviously there's only so much they can pay when youre talking about an industry that has a credit scroll as long as modern games do but they have overtaken cinema and thats worth note.

But unless theyre willing to charge a fair market price for these games, which would be much closer to $120 or more, the higher pay will never come.

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There's been fuckery in the video game world for voice acting since it's been a thing. Just look at Konami's brilliant handling over the legal mess involving the Silent Hill HD Collection voice redo fiasco.

Silent Hill 2 remake.

I guess they forgot there was a part 1.

More interested in Silent Hill f.

Ryukishi is a horror genius.

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It's not that they forgot, it's that they don't care.

There's this really weird consensus in the development community, and even in a small section of the fanbase, that Silent Hill 2 and all its themes and ideas are the only thing that's important and all that the series is and should be about. Post-Silent Hill 4, virtually every team that has had a hand in making a new entry has taken large chunks, if not all, of the elements of the second game and tried to apply it to their creation. Devin Shatsky, one of the people behind Downpour, just flat out said that he wasn't interested in the stories presented in the first and third games and thought it was all confusing. That's all well and good if you're not a fan of what the series is about, but the bottom line is that is what the series is about.

The excuse people use is that Silent Hill 2 is somehow separate from the rest of the series. This is in no way true but even if it was, if you were going to continue making games that you claim are "true to the series" and "going back to the roots", why would you make them basically carbon copies of the one game you claim has nothing to do with the other games?

The answer is that they're lazy and/or stupid. The latter might be a bit harsh but it's fairly clear if you listen to what a lot of these developers say, they have absolutely NO IDEA what the series is about. The story of the second game, by comparison, is the easiest to copy. Why bother coming up new lore about the cult? Why bother with the history of the town? All we apparently have to do is get some schmuck with "inner demons", drop him in the middle of the town, and just reveal at the end that there was some tragedy that he forgot all about! BOOM! Done! Silent Hill, baby! Where's our check?

And don't even get me started on that shit that was Book of Memories.

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Without Hiroyuki Owaku or Keiichiro Toyama, or just someone who knows the series like those two, this is just another waste.

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As an addendum to my previous post addressing this:

This also screws over any potential new fans because they're not introduced to how it all began. The original game is on a console 4 generations old and copies of it cost a pretty penny nowadays so it's not easy getting started with the series at its roots. The second game is the one that gets the heaviest push and since it's so separated from the original and the follow-ups, a disconnect is created if that's the one people play first.

I mean, its a spin off so its not like its replacing a new main entry made by those guys.

A good horror game is a good horror game, and I have high hopes for this

Silent Hill relies heavily on psychological horror and you're talking about the guy who made Higurashi: When They Cry.

Pretty good fit, if you ask me.

Review embargo lifted on Gotham Knights. It is getting hammered.

Remember the furor over the locked 30fps on consoles? Shit, it can't even hold 30 stable on the Series X. Drops constantly.

Yeah, not surprising. From the very beginning, the game just looked cheap. Like a mobile game upscaled for consoles.

Apparently the only redeeming qualities in the game are that the design of the sandbox is nice and the cosmetics are cool lol

The different costumes do look cool, but the sandbox? From every account I've heard and video I've seen, it looks like a step down from the Arkham games in terms of detail and atmosphere.

Maybe that compliment is just people being nice then.

I grab it when its half prices. Or on ebay for $20.

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But it's psychological horror tackling certain themes with a lore and rules already set. If no one is going to make a game expanding on what the first four games did, I'm not interested. He can make his own separate horror thing like Kojima ended up doing. I'm just tired of the series being treated like the redheaded stepchild of the gaming world where anything goes when some new developer wants to take a crack at it but all other franchises are sacrosanct. It's not an anthology series and ignoring what's been established has led to diminishing returns, so much so that it left so many fans desperate for a savior that they were willing to gobble up Kojima's pile of nothing that was P.T.

The only game that might actually have a shot is that Townfall one, since a few Team Silent members are on board. Everything else? No thanks. I can't believe they're going to allow Christoph Gans another shot at shitting the bed with another fucking movie.

Well, look on the brightside. If it ends up being really good, it could generate renewed interest in the series as a whole, and you could end up getting the game you want.

Bayo deets are out there. Been confirmed that the offer was 4k per session for 5 sessions totalling roughly 20 hours all together. Unconfirmed but the scuttlebutt is she refused and wanted 6 figures plus residuals.



They offered her over 1k/hr though

The original voice actor stated when questioned about this "id just want to move on"

TL;DR my initial gut reaction was exactly on the money

No Regerts

Gotham Knights gets a 5 from ign.

I read reviews for information rather than an influence on my opinion, but if a game can't even get a 6 from sweet old grandmother of review sites, thats probably not a good sign.

The scores are going to be middling based on the 30fps if nothing else and it seems like theres a lot else

(I only ned 24fps but sub 60 and 90% of people will riot)

90% of people are dumb.

Im perfectly content with 30 frames stable. I care more about the pretty than needing a million fps like whiny people who only play first person shooters.

or Minecraft bro.

I bet they play Roblox too.

Lotsa Roblox games are first person.




Beyond excited for my son to get his new Xbox. he plays his One X so hard it overheats quite often. Never, not a single instance, ever had that problem with any of my consoles.


Definitely on it's last legs. Have him using his PCMR cooling pad under it for his Destiny 2 sessions. He finished up his season pass yesterday and was pretty stoked about it.

lol I'm pretty sure my sons PS4 Pro is in a similar state of impending doom. I keep expecting to come home to a hole in my roof where it blasted off into space.

In fairness, the graphical advancements between generations is nowhere what it used to be. The big difference between this generation and the last one is in performance.

So when people pay $500 for a new console and a game doesn't offer those performance upgrades, its understandable that it would get called out for it. Especially in a 3rd person action game, where that bump in framerate makes a difference.

Case-in-point - FO76.


The load times from One to Series X is...... incredible. The world loads < 10 seconds. Interiors are nearly instant.

Taylor now admits they offered 15k for bayo and that the role was only a cameo

4k for the cameo.
15k if she returned in the first place.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/or.../1100-6508548/

lol

Callisto Protocol cancelled in Japan. Apparently the game is just too gory for the Japanese rating board and they won't pass it unless the game is changed.

But you know, tentacled monsters sexually assaulting little girls, sorry I mean 3,000 year old fairies who look like little girls, is just perfectly fine.

This game is must play for me now. If Japan bans it its gotta be wild.

Well JPN can just use the US digital store like we do for JPN exclusives so its weirdly moot in 2022

Is the Japanese Ratings Board aware that Berserk exists?