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@pants_ghidorah: The rationale is that, with our ever decreasing attention spans, you typically have 10 seconds (if so much) to get people interested enough before they click on to the next video. Youtube's bottomless supply of personality-driven content means competition is super fierce, and sadly the ones who aren't outlandish get the least attention.

I know this is kind of a recurring conversation but hey, it's always good to revisit.

I don't play very many games anymore but I remember looking at the trailers for Titanfall, Watch Dogs, The Division, No Man's Sky, and Evolve in the lead up to the launch of the PS4 and Xbone, and thinking that next-gen gaming was going to be amazing, not just in the graphical upgrades, but in the innovations of interactivity, gameplay mechanics/styles, and the sheer level of detail it promised that was shaping up to be unlike anything we'd seen before.

Now? For some reason The Division has lost a lot of its appeal to me (somehow I don't think those RPG-style damage numbers registered with me until recently? ). By all accounts, Watch Dogs turned out to be very underwhelming. I do think Evolve delivered on its concept well but also that it suffered from being too available before launch. On top of all that, a lot of the games that seem the coolest to me over the past couple years are smaller/indie titles like Ori and the Blind Forest, Crypt of the NecroDancer, Helldivers, Hyper Light Drifter, etc. that could surely run on an older console. Heck, they even ported Titanfall to the 360.

So, what games have really delivered that next-gen experience? Anything you expect that will? Something that couldn't feasibly be realized on previous platforms without sacrificing the essence of the game... MGSV, maybe? Quantum Break? Nidhogg?!?

Really cool to come across something interesting like this, good job. About to check out the Patrick Klepek episode now.

Ahhh okay, thanks. Good for him.

Is he dropping the shtick? Is it a new one?

I never wanted one, but since it's being made, I'll definitely give it a go.

@lawgamer: @sinusoidal: It's funny to me how many people just assume putting a shiny new coat of paint on FF7 will equal a new classic. I can't help but see the flaws it has in terms of graphics and translation as an integral part of its charm... it gave you room to suspend your disbelief. Indisputably, that will be the most difficult factor for SE to reproduce - charm. How they'll do that in ultra HD 5k 3d super IMAX fidelity dolby 7.1 is anyone's guess. I'm sure they wouldn't commit to the remake unless they were sure they could stand up to the nostalgia, but the odds are stacked heavy against them (can you imagine Barret and all his "yo yo yo %$#@*" dialogue, voiced?). This could easily turn into big-budget, overhyped, 3 star mediocrity and that might be even more heartbreaking than an outright bomb.

I hope I'm wrong and it turns out to be the game to end all games.