SquareGo writes:
"It was just the other day, as I finished Liberty City Stories, that I had an epiphany. Since GTA was released in 1997, narratively speaking, we've pretty much been playing exactly the same game time and time again."
Available right now on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC is the latest from a prolific KEMCO team - Horrific Xanatorium; a horror Visual Novel
Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.
Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.
That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.
Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.
I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.
"The Singapore-based indie games publisher Spiral Up Games and Qingdao/Shandong-based (China) indie games developer Aluba Studio, today announced with great happiness and excitement that their hacking adventure "Cyber Manhunt 2: New World" is coming to PC via Steam EA on May 10th, 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.
Of course its still relevant, however nowadays it has a lot more competition than it did back in the PS2 days, mainly being Saints Row, Just Cause, etc. who've both showed that non GTA open world games can be hella fun too.
You fuckin kiddin me? GTA is a juggernaut franchise.
WTF? GTA is VIDEOGAMES, you don't feel it because there are no announcements, wait 'til it's coming and the whole world will be turned under its feet, GTA is the most important franchise, that important, that even in dormant state it has the media talking and wishing about it.
"Is Grand Theft Auto even relevant anymore?"
Are you joking? Have you no idea of what GTA has done to mainstream gaming?
I've never beat a single one. In fact, I think they kind of suck.