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Looks decent, do I need to watch #1 first?

I think my most anticipated game of the year is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, if it comes out this year. I wouldn't be too surprised if it slips to 2026 though. Very curious to see how Avowed reviews, and considering Monster Hunter Wild to be my first foray into the series. Otherwise, JRPG Remasters always excite me, we've got Suikoden I and II plus Lunar this year. I should give KCD another go. I backed it on Kickstarter back in the day, but never actually finished it.

No replays in the FA Cup from the 1st round anymore.

Omega / Kidd was pretty awesome. Tana shedding tears post-match is the new wrestling meme we all needed for 2025. I was also pleased to see ZSJ retain, I just couldn't buy into a Shota title reign...maybe they're hoping for something similar to happen as it did with Naito as the Starlight Kid before he became Tranquilo. Chris Charlton, who has been doing a great job on the English comms over the last few years (pretty much ever since NJPW decided to do regular English comms in what, 2018?) has been suspended due to some rather disparaging comments about AEW which I thought just added a bit of flavour to the build of the match, which Gabe did. It could be a work, maybe he just needed some time off or something.

Mrs Browns Boys being cited as funnier than anything is truly a new low for VT.

Thou - Umbilical Pharmakon - Maggot Mass Chat Pile - Cool World February - Febuary Blind Girls - An Exit Exists Your Arms Are My Cocoon - Death of a Rabbit Seeyouspacecowboy - Coup De Grace Uboa - Impossible Light Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk Not sure about number 10 to round it out, maybe Xiu Xiu, High Vis, Kim Gordon, Chelsea Wolfe, Drug Church or Bootlicker

I didn't play that game (was Shadow of Mordor I think?) so had only heard about the nemesis system and how it worked in game. This is my first time experiencing something like it first hand, and seems pretty cool. Despite the basic game and map being massive, and apparently the DLC is good too, it seems you can play the game basically forever because of adhoc quests and special enemies. Now, I'm not suggesting for a moment that things like that are actually a selling point as such for me, but what it does do is make me feel like there is a lot going on in what is a very well crafted game world, and that can't be a bad thing. The main point I suppose is that I bought the game for £10. What can you do for a tenner, I'd spend that in a coffee shop without a second thought, and here is a game you can squeeze literally hundreds of hours of content out of, should you wish to.

I've posted on here in the past about how I've only played about 30 mins in total of the entire Assassin's Creed series, being AC2, I think, way back around the time of it's release when my brother was in to them. I had been tempted by one of Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla, having learnt that the series is now effectively two fold - some games are the more traditional AC type, the rest are more of an open world RPG. The former doesn't really appeal to me, but the latter did, despite the Ubisoftitis which is famously part of the their games, as I've also avoided many similar type games so that isn't really a turn off for me. In recent sales I ended up giving Odyssey a go, as the idea of a playable version of (close to) the whole of Greece just fascinated me, a game right on the verge of being too big seems kind of cool tbh. It was a great decision, as I'm really enjoying it. There are so many little gameplay mechanics which I'm enjoying, it's really taken me by surprise. Combat is decent, the three build types being archer, warrior and assassin is pretty much perfect, the ship is cool, the smaller bandit camps, The thought of something similar with AC Red (a slightly smaller map I believe) sounds awesome. I can totally understand why you'd get burnt out on these games, but I'm loving Odyssey as a starting point in the series.

So cool, the highlight of the Game Awards for me. Old woman Ciri, the Witcher. Great direction to take the narrative from the games. It does invite the issue of canon endings though, as of course this trailer does present some issues for people who had a rather different Ciri at the end of their Witcher 3 playthrough. As an aside, I note that the next Assassin's Creed game will have a 'canon choices' mode where the player agency is taken away, and the story instead follows what is considered the 'canon' story. Interesting concept, I appreciate the idea of player choice is desirable to a lot of gamers, but it can present an issue from a thematic point of view.

Some rumours that there will be an OMG moment reveal at the Game Awards. Further rumours suggest it might be Half Life 3...

Coffee Talk and Space for the Unbound are kinda great if you like that sort of thing

They've extended the amount of time FM24 is on sale for, due to the delay to 25. Not all of the licences could be extended.

The history of Hangul is pretty fascinating, and you can get a decent grasp of it in about 30 mins. Being able to read a language is useless without knowing what the words mean of course. But still, pretty cool flex.

What a year for JRPG fans Like a Dragon - Infinite Wealth Unicorn Overlord Persona 3 Reload Eiyuden Chronicle Dragon Quest 3 HD2D Remake SMT V - Vengeance Super Paper Mario remake Trails Through Daybreak Ys X Nordics Metaphor Refantazio Granblue Fantasy Relink Romancing Saga 2 remake Visions of Mana Fantasian getting a bigger release on console soon too.. My personal GOTY is unsurprisingly FF7 Rebirth Special (non-JRPG) mention goes to Banishers Ghosts of New Eden which seems to have flown well under the radar

Had a dream about being banned from VT Made a thread in the same vein as Big Knobs called Big Tits with pictures of birds in it. Got a warning @limpidsaid I can see the funny side BUT Accepted the warning Made a new thread called Big Deeks with pictures of massive human male penis's in it. This time he said, NO Sat at my PC laughing / crying Woke up in a cold sweat.