Jake

I played WoW from launch til about 2019-2020 or so, and quit playing because every expansion was making the game feel more and more convoluted and needlessly complicated. The complexity itself wasn't the issue, it was the fact that the complexity just felt more like unnecessary bloat, as if blizz was making wow complex simply for complexity sake. For me, (and many others), the simplicity of the game is what drew me in. The lore was deep, and there were plenty of options from a gameplay standpoint in terms of classes and builds, and those options got pleasantly more fleshed out in the first few expansions. It got to the point around MoP era where things just started to feel like blizz was changing the game in a way that was just totally unnecessary. Having played both alliance and horde, and having at least tried all the races and classes, it all just started to feel less personal, less unique. That simple charm was being lost, combat mechanics were being made to be too complicated, and class mechanics/talent trees were being changed in ways that largely made little sense. Seems like blizz might finally be learning and taking a step back towards those simpler times. Enough to give me reason to come back? Hell no. Still nice to see, though, considering blizz's history of turning a deaf ear towards its player base.

The only time guard dog visage might be somewhat useful is if it was active during the first 1 or 2 turns of a match to buy yourself a turn to set up. Problem is, he's a stage 2. He won't be in play until at least turn 3 with a rare candy. Especially considering the meta, how fast decks like Tapu Koko, giratina ex, charizard ex, or manaphy engines can get energy up, stoutland is largely useless. Not a sleeper at all.

Ffx certainly should have been on this list, even more-so than vi. Ffvi was arguably a better game, but if we're talking over-the-top plot, x definitely takes the cake there. Also, xenoblade chronicles (all 4 of them) deserve a spot here, more-so than xenogears, if only for the simple fact that, as this article pointed out, half of xenogears didn't even reach full completion (but, contrary to what the article states, the scope and breadth of the plot and game overall was not the main reason. Look up Tetsuya Takahashi's statement from E3 2017 for reference).

It's a drawing. It's one person's artistic interpretation. That's exactly what this style of art is called, ironically enough. Interpretive. Accuracy to the source material is not the ultimate goal of interpretive art. Gamers and nerds just see the pixels they've jerked to countless times, but they see it in a way that is not meant to cater to their under-developed hormones, and they lose their minds. Sure, the pose is weird. I can do a quick Google search of anime girls and find at least 10,000 pics of weird and unrealistic poses. Sure, the art style isn't as refined as the cg that all these whiny little kids are used to these days. 10 years ago, cg did not like like it does now. Even the "good" cg was hard as hell to find. Entitled, spoiled little kids just need to take their hands out of their pants and appreciate art for what it is, and not what they want it to be. Or learn how to make their own fap material and stop complaining when other people don't cater to their fantasies.

How is this bad news? If anything, it's good they aren't saying much yet. The next ME game shouldn't be expected for at least the next 3-5 years. One of the problems with developers the last decade or so is announcing games way too early, then leaving gamers waiting for what seems like forever. We know there's another ME coming. Until it's actually close to launch, the less they promise the better.

You're definitely missing the point here... Let's keep in mind this dude spent literally thousands of hours across 4 years and multiple games for a single achievement. There is a level of dedication here that younger generations will simply never understand or appreciate. Yes, sure, Pokemon home makes filling a pokedex trivial, and if you (like almost every other kid gamer today) are simply after that instant gratification to fuel your impatient ego, that's totally fine. This is something else entirely though. To do something like this organically is absolutely impressive and showcases true dedication, patience, and focus. Of course, I don't expect you to fully understand this, just offering some perspective. The pokeball magearna isn't impressive here. The commitment to the old school grind really is.