Spirited Away was probably the first anime I ever knowingly watched (stuff like Speed Racer was snuck into my life as a kid, I had no idea they were anime at the time).
And yeah it's brilliant. Not my favourite Ghibli, but I love how ALL Ghibli films turn their back on the usual anime tropes. If I'm looking for anime to watch, I spend most of my time trying to avoid chibi(?) faces, melodrama and sexism. Which is bloody hard.
Aside from slice of life stuff, and anything aimed at women (I forget the name of the genre), the disaster trilogy (Your Name etc) are the only things I've found that come close.
It's been ages since I watched any anime, but I'm enjoying Natsume's Book of Friends. Seems to be quite low on anime tropes, and I've always found Japanese ghosts/spirits/whatever Yokai are fascinating. They're so different from anything in Western culture.
Now that Game Pass Ultimate costs an eye-watering £275 a year, is PS Plus Extra the new 'best deal in gaming'?
I just bought a year for £80 and downloaded Granblue, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Epic Mickey, Skate Story, the Red Dead Remaster, and Blue Prince. And that was just from the first screen. I'm sure they're all on Game Pass too, and PS Plus Extra doesn't have the big day-one releases, but how many of those does Xbox actually have any more?
Even when I've bought Fable and Horizon 6 for PS5 (instead of renting on Game Pass), I'll still be £100 up. And I'll own more games.
Am I being a MASSIVE grump, or did the new Fable actually look a bit meh?
Don't get me wrong, it's visually stunning, but it all looked a bit clinical. The UI didn't have any character, the visuals weren't chunky and colourful enough. It looked like someone had modded a Fable game into Flight Simulator.
The framerate looked rough. The combat looked naff.
It's Fable, and it's Playground, so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. But I've gone from a 10 to a 5 on the excite-o-meter.
https://www.eurogamer.net/hitman-3-world-of-assassination-all-time-classic
New fawning article from eurogamer.
As Hitman 3 turns five years old, we surely have enough hindsight to declare: this is one of the greatest of all time, right?
I'm still loving this (obvs), but one thing I've never been able to decide is whether to have the quest direction on. Do you guys play it without any prompts and map markers? I've tried that, it just takes bloody ages to find a screwdriver sometimes.
Mr Party Hat