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Sony Announces Tokyo Game Show Livestream Schedule: Death Stranding, Final Fantasy VII Remake & More

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan and Asia finally revealed its livestream schedule for Tokyo Game Show 2019, and there is plenty of the menu.

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Kurisu1707d ago

Final Fantasy VII Remake come at me.

indysurfn1707d ago

Yakuza and Death Stranding come at me too.

Kurisu1706d ago

I've only played a small portion of Yakuza 0 and none of the others.

jbull1707d ago

Looking forward to seeing more of Death Stranding and Nioh. Capcom could possibly steal the show with Project Resistance (rumored to be RE Outbreak) especially if they have a single player offline with AI teammates or split screen.

Kurisu1707d ago

I literally can't wait. Final Fantasy VII was the first game that I ever played in the FF franchise and I'm so excited to see it remade. I'm intrigued to see how faithful it remains to the story, I mean Midgar is only a small fraction of the original and this is a full game.

What I would love is the possibility to explore the upper city of Midgar. I mean, did you see the still images of the Shin-Ra video that Jesse hacks in to, that shows off the city? It looks glorious, such a contrast to the slums. It could also be a nice playground for AVALANCHE to further there anti-shinra campaign.

elliselijah921707d ago

That was a Shinra propaganda video. Nonetheless, it looks amazing. I hope this is the return of Square.

S2Killinit1707d ago (Edited 1707d ago )

Yakuza: like a dragon FTW

And... what is “project resistance” ??

Moe-Gunz1707d ago

Rumored to be a new Resident Evil Outbreak

King_Noctis1706d ago (Edited 1706d ago )

They should stick with the mainline RE series IMO. When they finally get to the 4th, that would be where the magic is at.

Moe-Gunz1706d ago

I actually been waiting for something like Outbreak. That multiplayer was every different from other games we usually get. As long as they keep up their recent trend of quality I’ll be okay.

zodiac9091707d ago

I just wish they would hurry up and announce a psx or live event sometime soon...

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Understands That A Tonberry Is The Scariest Thing In The World

The tiny green slasher villain returns in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and is as frightening as ever.

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MeteorPanda4d ago

The way it was handled was so dumb. One shots in melee...your teammates are to ostupid to get away from its attack. So you most often end up alone in a certain fight.

Hofstaderman4d ago

Two words, one accessory....Safety Bit

MeteorPanda4d ago

Needing an accessory to keep a.i from dying and only one of them isnt great.

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Yakuza's Turn-Based Brawl Still Feels "Like A Disappointment" After All This Time

Fahad from eXputer: "Yakuza combat trades the series' classic brawling for menus and strategy, leaving some fans missing the beat-'em-up thrill."

isarai11d ago

It completely murdered the series for me. I love beatem ups, it's my favorite genre, always has been. The Yakuza series has always been the golden standard of that in my opinion and the annoying part is that they only went turn-based because of the reaction to a April fool's joke. Turn-based was something that I could never really get into despite trying. I wish I could get into it but it just does nothing for me and so when this game decided to go turn-based it just completely killed my favorite series which just really sucks.

Amplitude10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

I finished LaD and LaD:IW and still am of the opinion that the combat is absolute trash. Just the same couple animations over and over and over and over and SO much grind to unlock each new animation for each job. Really absolutely despise the combat and the systems built around the combat - still played through them though and would definitely put IW up there as a GOTY contender. Theres soooooo much more to do outside of the combat and the storytelling has just gotten phenomenal - but god damn i wish it had the classic combat.

The_Hooligan10d ago

You don't like any turn-based games or just the turn-based gameplay in the Yakuza games? I ask because I haven't started any Yakuza games and I was going start with either 0 or Kiwami 1 because I also like beatem ups more than turn-based. Although I don't mind turn-based games such as Persona, FF series or a good JRPG.

isarai10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

I don't like turn based, i tried over the years especially cause a lot of turn based JRPGs look rad af. But it's like nails on a chalkboard for me. Rare acceptions wete like pokemon and World of Final Fantasy. I actually own a copy of Persona 5 royal to try and tackle some day, but im honestly kinda afraid it's not gonna click for me either.

TheEroica9d ago

Playing yakuza 0 for the first time now. My first yakuza game ever.... Really enjoying it. Love all the little random beat em up battles and learning the systems.

CantThinkOfAUsername9d ago

Any game I'm interested in that uses a turn-based combat system gets the YouTube treatment. I tried playing turn-based many times before and I hate it with every atom of my being.

One example: regular mobs that you could have one-punched and moved on already take ages as everyone reaches their place, uses their attacks one-by-one then you get your turn and still miss with 99% so-called accuracy, yeah, I ain't sitting through all that shiz.

gold_drake9d ago

lets not pretend that yakuzas beat 'em up "battle system" was anything but basic.

thats not why ppl love the series.

isarai9d ago

That's a huge part of why the og fans loved the series, not the only reason, but certainly a big part.

neutralgamer19929d ago (Edited 9d ago )

As someone who owns yakuza like a dragon series games and have played almost all of them but ever since the went to turn base, I tried it just wasn’t for me

It really sucks because we are the fans who had been sporting the series since day one and then we are the ones left behind. And we have new fans coming in telling us how we are wrong For disliking this new change in the gameplay

isarai9d ago

This, so much this! I've completely abandoned the fanbase/community because of this. Every time i express how this killed the series for me, all the new fans start lecturing ME on how im "wrong" and how the beatem up combat was somehow terrible. So i rarely even attempt to engage anymore.

shinoff21839d ago

I've been one of those old school ps2 fans. I've yet to play the new ones. I'm getting there though. I think I'll like them but just don't know yet. Ironic though is cause I wonder how many yakuza fans who hate the turn based combat are the same ones that love ff16.

Si-Fly9d ago

So Pokemon’s combat worked for you but Like a Dragon didn’t? Is it the extra depth to the combat do you think?

isarai9d ago

Maybe? 🤷‍♂️ I always give them a shot, but if it doesn't do anything for me im not going to force myself to play a game where i don't enjoy the gameplay.

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-Foxtrot11d ago

I love the turn based battle system but I do wish they would have split the series into two franchises, the ones with Kiryu follow the classic battle system while the new ones with Ichiban do turn based combat

Least then both fans could have been happy and they could have cycled between each of them to keep things fresh.

Vits11d ago

I think that was the plan. The Yakuza series has finished ditching the old combat system with Gaiden and moving forward would go with turn-based combat. Whereas the Judgment series would keep the beat 'em up style and bring it to newer heights. But there were all those rumors about the actor from the Judgment series and his agency were not willing to renew the contract, so we might never get any new games there.

isarai10d ago

Funny thing is i think the turn based would have fit the Judgement series more as the protagonist is more of a thinking man.

shinoff218310d ago

Could always just start another one.

shinoff218310d ago

I just finished getting all the yakuzas for ps4 and ps5. I've played up till 4 on ps3 and ps2 but then there was the whole not bringing 5 to the west bs back then. Anyway since then I haven't really played so I started all the way at 0 playing/streaming and plan on working my way up. I look forward to the new ones but I'm not sure how they'll turn out yet. I do love turn based though.

Amplitude10d ago

You're in for the single greatest series of all time my man. If you've already played 3 4 and 5, maybe skip them and watch a plot synopsis. They've aged really poorly - 3 in particular

shinoff218310d ago

@amplitude

I've played it since yakuza 1 on ps2 lol. Just back during ps3 they weren't going to bring yakuza 5 west due to sales of the series(if I remember right, or maybe no physical) so I stopped. Hadn't played in years. Yea yakuza is one of my favorite series. Top notch stuff right here.

notachance10d ago

nah man let Kiryu retire in peace already, dude just can’t catch a break..

Aphrodia10d ago

I used to love using an arcade stick for these games. It's really really fun this way.

Miacosa10d ago

Pure turn-based games seem like a thing from the past when devs were trying to do something more cinematic but could not.

shinoff218310d ago

I 100 percent disagree. There's nothing wrong with turn based. I feel action games most of the time are way to over the top. Give me a turn based game any day of the week. Aside from a handful of action jrpgs like star ocean and such.

Friendlygamer9d ago

That makes no sense. There's an entire audience for strategic games, they're not worse or better

CrimsonWing6910d ago

Not for me and I’m glad they made this shift. It’s been an incredibly fun game to play and honestly one of the highlights this year for me.

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Why MW 2019 is still the best looking Call of Duty to date

MW 2019 is five years old at this point and on previous gen hardware, but it is still the best looking Call of Duty game to date.

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EazyC21d ago

MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.

That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.

I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.