I completely steal Kane Knight's punchline, giving him nothing to work with, and you set him right back up again.

Are we even on the same side anymore?

We aren't sharing a playbook, are we?

*sips tea*

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I was on about the rain and the wet structure...

IT'S A DISGUISE!

There was a punchline?

Fignuts, I think you need to take a break. In attempting to pre-empt me, you're being more Kane Knight than I am.

Burnout did it first. :shifty:

Square-Enix announces a huge 22-disc anniversary set will be released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Final Fantasy series although there is a small catch.

Every game from the main series (FF 1 to 13) will be included along with a special video disc, visual art collection, 2-disc soundtrack, and a few other things.

The set also celebrates the series history on the Playstation platform with a retail price of about $446 although it will only be released in Japan baring a future worldwide release announcement.

Now for the actual catch to the collection, Square-Enix is releasing the games (except 1) on the actual format they were originally released on for the PlayStation brand. The PS1-only era games are multiple disc games while the PSP remake can only be played on a PSP handheld.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...%20Box%202.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/squa...ersary-box-set
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...box-announced/
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Daily Recap:
1) Warner Bros Interactive announces the PC version of Gotham City Imposters will become a free-to-play game starting today on Steam along with 20% discount for all the DLC in the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/pc-v...goes-free-play
http://www.destructoid.com/gotham-ci...m-234103.phtml

2) The developers of the City of Heroes MMO game, Paragon Studios, announces the game will go offline by the end of the year due to the company itself is shutting down.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/city-o...ing-down/4347/

3) According to Japanese magazine Famitsu, Capcom will be making an "amazing" announcement next week and its not related to Resident Evil 6, Devil May Cry reboot, Lost Planet, or anything recently announced by the company.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/fami...coop-next-week
http://andriasang.com/con2fj/capcom_scoopies/

Pretty much put all other anniversary packs to shame.

Unless you got all 4 systems, or the original ps3 with backwards compatibility, this is pretty much pointless.

They couldn't just stick all those on a couple Blu Rays?

Yeah, what bullshit.

I guess this makes my original FF7 worth selling now? I don't see myself buying this.. but if I get a good score on FF7, why not? I'll just download it digitally.

How many times are we going to see rereleases of every Final Fantasy game, jesus

As long as people keep buying them, they will keep rereleasing them.

They could, they just chose not to. Odds are, this financially benefits them.

Why not sell it before now? With the existence of this set, you will probably get less money, not more.

And FFVII has been available digitally for ages. It's one of the only games I played on my PSP

lol here is the new Final Fantasy XIII game: Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/...xiii-announced

That doesn't even sound remotely like a Final Fantasy game. All elements tying it to the series must be DLC.

They should make a game called OssMan Returns Final Fantasy XIII to the store because it sucks

But you... purchased it in the first place?

Anyway it's too late for me to experience this end of a trilogy. FF13 didn't keep me long enough. Looks pretty, though.

I actually preferred XIII to XII, but neither is in the top half of Final Fantasy games. I found Lightning to be the least interesting member of XIII/2's cast though, even when you consider Snow has absolutely no character development over two games.

Awww yeah, perpetual countdown timer!

Weekend News Edition
 

Kojima says Metal Gear Solid Ground Zero will act as a prequel to Metal Gear Solid 5. He also showed off the debut trailer today at PAX.

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http://www.screwattack.com/news/koji...ts-trailer-pax

Ah yes, one of those prologue things. Okay.

STOP MAKING ME MAKE MORE GAMES!

Damn. Fox Engine is sexy.

So has it been stated that the engine is ranking on current gen hardware?

It will be used for current gen, and probably next gen.

The video shown however, was on a PC. Kojima claims however that it reflects the final quality on the PS3 as well, but that remains to be seen.

Need to play peace walker now, since this seems to be a direct sequel.

ugh. *running.

Stupid smart phone.

Well, guess we will see how it looks on the PS3. Cant help but feel its a PS4 launch title though.

With Kojima's fetish for shiny things? I bet it is.

Ah, I see what you mean from the other thread now.

After debuting Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes during Konami's 25th anniversary party for the series last week, Hideo Kojima reveals at PAX 2012 he would love to make a Metal Gear Solid game in the future where The Boss is the main character.

While he doesn't favor making spin-off games for the series itself, he wouldn't have a problem making one if it involves The Boss as the main character. The Boss herself is referenced as the mentor of Naked Snake's (Big Boss) in Metal Gear Solid 3.

He also mentioned the future of the series itself could eventually move away from the Solid storyline with hints of the possibility to a sequel for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance being made and as a potential new starting point.

http://images.vg247.com/current//201...d_the_boss.jpg
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ring-the-boss/
http://www.vg247.com/2012/09/03/meta...rising-sequel/
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Daily Recap:
1) According to recent job postings by Valve, the company is planning to become a PC hardware manufacturer in the future with the goal to provide new innovations for PC hardware.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/job-...ece-hardware-0
http://www.destructoid.com/valve-is-...e-234294.phtml

2) The long awaited fan-made Black Mesa mod, which is basically a remake of Half-Life 1 running on the Source engine, was finally given a release date of September 14 for PC.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/blac...le-later-month
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-september-14/

Would love a game with The Boss as the main character. One of my favorite antagonists in gaming.

During a developer panel at PAX 2012, Gearbox announces they have separated the Brother in Arms series from the Furious 4 installment and instead will now treat the game as a standalone new IP project.

The decision was due to the game no longer fitting into the Brother in Arms series universe after the constant development changes had been done.

While Gearbox didn't reveal any new details regarding some of the recent changes to the game, they do have plans to "reintroduce" the game during a Gearbox Community Day which will occur later this year at Dallas, Texas.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...er_2671651.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/gear...mes-its-own-ip
http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/...s-in-arms-game
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Daily Recap:
1) A potential new Skies of Arcadia game or at least an HD remake of an existing Skies game could be planned in the future after it was discovered Sega recently renewed the trademark for the series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ake-trademark/
http://www.destructoid.com/hnnnngh-s...a-234343.phtml

2) The next game in the Legend of Zelda series could potentially arrive in late 2014 with some rumored details including the art style being influenced by Skyward Sword, mixture of tablet and regular gamepad controls, and the largest in-game world in series history comparable to recent GTA games and RPGs. The unnamed source is the same source located in Japan who previously leaked several Wii U details that were confirmed later on by Nintendo.
http://wiiudaily.com/2012/09/wii-u-z...e-coming-2014/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...oming-out-2014

Meh, I don't know about the rest of ya, but I'd rather Zelda go back to Twilight Princess graphics and controls. Jury's out on the map size.

Twilight Princess graphics didn't age as well as... say Wind Waker. I don't mind an expressive style or a happy middle ground. Very interested in the game world and how open the gameplay may be for it. Skyward seemed episode and linear, though it experimented with things I hope to see return (weapon maintenance and potion mixing).

I think that graphically the more 'real' a game tries to aim towards the less it ages well. I see games like MvC (or other cartoonish sprite games), Wind Waker, and tend to frown less on their looks than popping in something even semi-current like Mass Effect 1

That's the double edge sword of realistic visuals, it can only be enjoyed that console cycle (sometimes less than that). They can never be timeless to your eyes. That's not a bad thing, I just don't find realistic visuals interesting at all.

Holy shit, I had no idea Curt Schilling of Red Sox fame was the guy behind Kingdoms of Amalur.

Mind is blown right now.

where have you been

Might wanna google "Curt Schilling KOA Scandal" while you're at it