In a Gangnam study room filled with five ordinary Korean high school students, a spirited conversation on the Korean game industry is taking place. One of the more passionate gamers, Baek Dong-gil, starts the discussion with a crucial question: “Is the Wii U ever going to be released in Korea?”
To that, Shin Yong-joon answers: “The last time I played a console game was when I was in my elementary years, so I don’t really know current trends.”
Shin’s viewpoint seems to be the norm for many Koreans nowadays: not many seem to be aware of the latest game systems.
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered players are ticked off by the game’s most recent patch, which censors in-game pin-up posters of Lara Croft.
This is why gaming is screwed. When people change things to fit someone’s agenda, it’s a slippery slope downhill.
tbh I dont see something like this as censorship. Does anyone else not find it strange for someone to stick pin ups of themsleves in a locker room?
Now of it was a pin up of some half naked firefighters it might make sense as Lara might like that, and if they removed that I would cry censorship. But removing pin ups of the main character, yeah I get it.
By the year 2030, this remaster collection will totally be changed and censored. Probably will remove Lara as a playable character. It's ridiculous. Glad that my family didn't buy this.
I still have Tomb Raider 2 PS1 as a memory.
It’s mentioned in the article, and it’s a point i 100% agree with, it’s the fact that they can censor a game after you buy it. That’s total bullshit.
Whilst it's an overreaction to say this has "ruined" the game, it's still problematic that this has happened post launch and for many, post-purchase.
I don't want someone to change a product for the worse after I've bought it. The same goes for implementing micro transactions after reviews.
I wonder why they did this? Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.
Gary Green said: In a time where an enhanced, 3D remake of Final Fantasy III already exists, it’s hard to argue that Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster is the definitive version we were expecting. With Final Fantasy III already being the last in the series to be translated and make its way west, this is something of a slap in the face for the fans. Still, let’s not be disheartened. There may be many shortfalls in this edition of Final Fantasy III, however there’s no denying that this classic JRPG still holds some nostalgic value, even if it struggles to break away from its original hardware limitations.
It’s funny I’m seeing these articles about pixel remaster, and I just platinumed 1-4 within 8 days lol. I’ve been on FF5 for about a week now. Let’s just say 5 was the start of FF having content like crazy. I should have the plat within 2-3 days.
"Digital Extremes are today very happy and proud to announce that Warframe’s next highlightly anticipated Prime form launches soon with Protea Prime Access arriving on all platforms on May 1st, 2024." - Digital Extremes.
korea is the land of mmorpg
Koreans lived without major gaming consoles for a long time that they just don't care that much.
majority of the Koreans never even touched a ps3/360 and probably wont even care.
but this probably applies to other places like Taiwan or Singapore.
the marketable clientale isn't big, and there just isn't much support either. blizzard moving to consoles is only the first step in the right direction. but it probably ends there for now.
80-90% of them just play MMO's really. Or some form of online competitive games that they stick to forever. It;s really no surprise.
I hope that things change over there.
It has the same feel of a huge untapped market, oddly, that would greatly benefit the gaming industry as a whole if their leaders would lighten up on the restrictions and let people just PLAY a bit...
SOUTH KOREA people play a lot of video games at PC cafes . And they have the best internet infrastructure in the world . Just watched a documentary on HBO about the video game culture in SOUTH KOREA called "LOVE CHILD" .