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  1. It's a little hard to explain spoiler free, but in short, Rebirth feels like it wears it's influences on it's sleeve - FFXV, Horizon, Witcher, AC/Ubisoft open world games, Ghost of Tsushima, MGS V...which is a statement that would have struck fear in to fans before release, probably. The game is all the better for taking all that inspiration though, as it's absolutely still a Final Fantasy game, seeing as the series has tried to reinvent itself umpteen times in the last couple of decades to degrees of success ranging from fine to failure. The comparison with 16 is a good example, the level design in that game was just fine for an FF, but Rebirth is on another level. The difference between areas like the Grasslands and Gongaga is absolutely staggering and as far from a copy and paste texture swap of areas that you can get. The towns are awesome, the dungeons are great...it's not quite a 10 out of 10 game though, as some of the lighting issues are annoying. The low quality textures and issues in performance mode don't bother me, but you'd have to acknowledge them when considering how good it is objectively. Some of the mini games, as I've mentioned before, are annoying, but they're mostly optional and even if you do try them all once as most players do I imagine, you can score a 'pass' score with relative ease, but getting the top score for the best prize can be difficult, and it shouldn't be right?
  2. Yeah, only really Witcher 3 is on the same level I think. The devs took a lot of inspiration from Horizon, and it blows that open world out of the water.
  3. So the route to the platinum trophy has now been, uh, revealed and it was something I had every intention of getting as I really enjoyed getting it for Remake. But OH **** it is going to be so tough. So so tough. Light spoilers below for chapter 8 related to the completion of a side quest in Costa Del Sol If I do go for it, I can see my play time going 200 hours+
  4. Is this the best FF game ever...? I think it has to be top 5 for me at the moment. Granted I'm not finished with it yet, but good lord. It's an excellent game.
  5. Chrono Trigger the other biggy I guess Was impressed by the time given to his death on the news this evening. Why didn't they do the same for Miura? Oh, wait...
  6. Short answer, yes there is an open world map to explore. Longer answer is there are 8 maps in total spread across the world, covering the regions of Grasslands, Junon, Corel, Gongaga, Cosmo Canyon, Nibel, Meridian Ocean and Northwood. On top of that you have places which are independent to those regions, for example Golden Saucer. That's where I am at the moment, so anything after the Corel region I can't comment on, but they are big. Doing everything in the Grasslands region for example, the first area you have access to, took me about 10 hours. In terms of the original game, that's the period of time from where you leave Midgar until you enter the Mythril Mines. Rebirth still follows that general route - Kalm, flashback, Chocobo Ranch, acquire a Chocobo, cross the marsh, enter the mine, but of course there are collectibles, optional mid boss encounters, side quests and so on. Saying much more than that would be venturing in to spoiler territory I feel, as there are umpteen little bits dotted around to find and be surprised by. The game does feel massive, and really fleshed out, with things having meaning behind them rather than being a mere tick box exercise towards completing a region. Dared I say it feels too big, daunting almost, especially as a gamer whose gaming time is now limited. At the same time though, I'm loving it, and don't want it to end. Considering the vertical slice of the game as a whole, there are few other games I've played which come close to troubling the content available, the amount of systems, side activities, mini games...it's almost unbelievable. The obvious comparison would the Yakuza/LaD, I guess.
  7. Hope you're enjoying it my dude. I've just left Junon. The game is everything I had hoped for, and more. And how's about this for a nifty little QoL feature (well I think it is) - the clock on your playtime pauses if you idle on the menu. Amazing. Oh, and Queen's Blood is really growing on me! A big advantage it has over Gwent being that with that game, once you got to a certain point, you just couldn't lose if you knew what you were doing. This game really requires a lot of strategy and deck building skill, depending on who you're playing. The story to the game, as much as I've seen so fa anyway, is curious too.
  8. Nope - BT don't carry exclusivity anymore, Amazon have some stuff, as do Disney, but there's currently no official carrier of the series for the UK. Ratings wise it's done really well (relatively speaking) so hopefully it'll pop up somewhere soon officially. It would be the high seas unofficially, I'm personally loving Stremio and Torrentio plus Real Debrid for my streaming needs at the moment.
  9. So, The Ones Who Live is the first worthwhile viewing in the Walking Dead universe for years. Genuinely good TV, although I do wonder if some of the context will be lost on those who haven't watched the post Rick stuff, specifically World Beyond.
  10. It was only a matter of time before someone made a decent, high budget, Earth Defence Force clone I guess. EDF! EDF! EDF!
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    Eurovision 2024

    I'm not sure. Even if the committee (or sometimes the public via vote) responsible for choosing the act chose a massively popular one, would they do it? I don't think so. They'd have nothing to gain and everything to lose. Why expose yourself to potential humiliation when you already have adoring fans across the globe?
  12. 10 hours in, not gone through the mythril mines yet They've done a good job with the side content, there's a lot of world building done in stuff that is completely optional, clearly taking a lot of inspiration from Witcher 3 in that regard.
  13. @Chindie hasn't been online for a week. Don't suppose anyone has a route to contacting him outside of VT?
  14. I managed to put about 3 hours into Rebirth last night, having been able to finally sit down with it at 9pm. I skipped the flashback bit you can. The opening 5 mins had me grinning like a baffoon, whilst also being kind of shocked that they went there so early. Fascinated to see where that goes. The opening Grasslands area just feels huge, and alive, and lived in. Oh, and Queens Blood is not better than Gwent. Should also mention I'm finding the game unplayable on performance mode. It just looks way too rough. Graphics mode is fine though.
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