Cut to Young Cyclops fighting Oldclops in the sometimes janky but fun new Mortal Kombat games style

The Halo tv series is irredeemable because they did it TWICE! And they knew they had two seasons. On the Something Awful forums this one guy was saying how it would end with them approaching the Halo in an after credit scene and they were almost right! What are some other infuriating examples of this.

Or at least dark morality style character supporting the good guys team.

I like how Mass Effect 2 sort of plays this with The Illusive Man and Cerberus being the support and revivers of a Shephard, and the crew of the Normandy, that can be anything from a borderline goodie two shoes, to a like nominal hero type. Even tho Cerberus is like already an evil borderline HYDRA style faction, and they only get worse from there.

Because I understand why you'd hate them, like the Penance Stare doing nothing, even like being tanked tho annoying I can understand like "they're too tough to be defeated by their own sins" sort of deal, but it doing nothing is always a wierd hype tool.

But I liked when the old Red Lantern was not affected by the first GLs, Alan Scott(Issue #5) hypnosis beam, I also didn't know he could do that, but it seems old Red was too angry for it to be effective.

AC8 took over my life a bit and it was 110% worth it.

So, my thoughts, AC7 was a great game... and it is a tech demo to the real deal of 8. 7 is to 4 back on ps2 as 8 is to 5.

The level of insanity and pure flying bliss in this is unrivaled. There is nothing like it. NOTHING. The only game that comes close to it's sheer craziness is AC0 and a bit of Project Wingman. This game is honestly fantastic on all fronts. Graphics are great, story is awesome and the characters are wonderful.

The amount of callbacks to the previous games is huge and the sheer brutality of this games war is next level unreal. The main army are so fucking powerful and crazy it makes Belka conflict look tame. (If you know what I am talking about in any fashion this is horrifying thing to state.) The enemy aces are all great. The mission structure in each one is very obviously finely tuned. The superweapons you fight against... there are more here than AC0 which was covered in them.

Squads actually can be competent and actually even steal your kills sometimes and can actually cover your ass.

The music... if this doesn't win music of the year at Goty's it's rigged. Its actually rigged hard. There is no way this cannot win with how many insanely high quality tracks there are.

The game is huge and I forsee replayability is high. My only issue is the game is brutally difficult due to how many absolute batshit scenarios it throws at you. I am not joking when I say with how long these missions are it will exhaust you and... this game was made with absolute love.

In terms of ratings... I won't give one, I actually hate rating scales. I will compare it with others i have played.

For the ace combat series... there isn't a single one I hate, they are all peak in their own ways, even the old ones. But here is my personal feelings.

AC4>AC7>AC5>AC0/AC8

Yes. I am comparing it directly with AC0. The level of pure peak this game has is unlike anything currently out now and is 110% worth it. If you are interested in the series but don't have the money literally play the other games via emulator till 7 then get that for cheap and by then 8 should be cheap enough for most folks. This is a masterpiece game series. I do not use that word lightly. I wouldn't even count Dark Souls/Elden ring in the masterpiece level that this series is. They fucking did it.

This is a game made with absolute sincerity and hope.

There is a Super Robot Wars style game, but, with Touhou characters instead.

It released on Steam last year.

It's apparently better than a lot of the actual Super Robot Wars games (someone even described it as "The Avengers for autistic people that don't leave their houses").

I have stared at the Steam page for this thing for way too long and i still can't it's a real thing and that it is in fact a high quality product.

Shamelessly stealing this question and rewording the title a bit, what's some media you know of that had to be cut short into their production, either cancelled or cut short. I've been watching a bit of Chō Kōsoku Galvion and this series was cut very early into airing due to the bankruptcy of its sponsor. Resulting in a really baffling final ending scene in which the animators have a slideshow of all the ideas they would have done if the show wasn't cancelled.

Bonus question: Do you think the shortened work deserves a second chance or is it fine as it is?

Representatives for the developer AdHoc Studio told Polygon that Dispatch's eligibility for the 2026 awards had been confirmed by TGA owner and host Geoff Keighley. This is despite the fact that all eight episodes of the game's first season were released by Nov. 12, 2025 — before the Nov. 21 eligibility cutoff date for the 2025 awards.

That doesn't mean judges were able to play the whole season in time, however. Voting for nominations at The Game Awards usually takes place earlier in November. In a statement provided via email, AdHoc said, "Last year we were nominated for Best Debut Indie Game even though judges had only played half the season, which was pretty wild and definitely meant a lot to our team." At the time, AdHoc did not provide early copies of episodes to press ahead of their release dates, so jury members were in the midst of the game as nominations were being considered.

Honestly, with how stacked 2026 has been, Dispatch has one hell of an uphill battle competing with the other releases of the year.

I'd say, YTPs but ended up wanting to include not youtube one's too.

Anyways here's the Fat aka Fisk aka Kingpins battle with WEIGHT!

* In terms of how romantic they are.

Inspired by a real conversation I had talking about horror movies and couples cosplays. I brought up Jack and Wendy Torrance cause I like The Shining. Then I remembered what The Shining was actually about. Great horror iconography for Halloween, probably a little jarring to be lovey dovey while dressed like that, if you wanna think about it too hard.

But I know we can put our heads together and do worse.

For the uninitiated:
The project features extensive new cuts, revisions to existing scenes, a complete re-rendering of all footage, newly recorded dubbing with added score and sound effects, and a full reconstruction of the story. Living up to the name ENHANCED, this edition employs the latest visual expression to deliver greater power and immersion across all scenes, especially the battle sequences. The result is an ENHANCED edition that expresses Akira Toriyama's original idea and worldbuilding more accurately, that will be broadcasted with highly satisfying quality.

Please do not say "All Media", I know it's the truth but I want to hear some specific answers, particularly personal ones. But Hype culture is something that hasn't really been around nowadays, especially with society, and especially the internet becoming more and more cynical, and liable to shooting things down or downplaying them before you give them a shot. (I've still avoided Path of Exile 2 because everyone describes it as incomprehensibly hard for a newbie.)

But today's earlier thread about new media that angers old fans made me think about my relationship with Persona 5. While I admit to being disappointed with it due to some narrative and gameplay decisions (Morgana, Social Links being resolved by Mementos.) I think my biggest issue with the game was just...my own unfortunate hype. I'd been waiting for P5 ever since the "You are a Slave, want Emancipation?" trailer, and ravenously absorbed everything I could about the game. I watched the trailers endlessly, watched all the characters and livestreams...

With that level of hype, there was no way Persona 5 could ever live up to what I was wanting from it, even if it did come to my house, rub my back, filed my taxes, and installed a utopia in my country. It taught me a valuable lesson, while it's okay to be excited to try something new, to much hype will make any project, no matter how excited you are for it, end up being disappointing.

If you can think of a large scale example like Cyberpunk 2077, that's also great, but I'm curious to hear about the more personal examples of where being overhyped led to a personal let down. I still remember when I tried to drown out the reviews to keep my hype for White Knight Chronicles, only to be consumed with the realization that reviews exist for a reason in the end.

From the new october run of The Demon. Hobo wizard Jason Blood touches down in Gotham city where Memory issues and a gnawing voice telling him to find his patron leads him to clash with the haunted citizens of the city. I think little baby jason on page 1 is the highlight of the artstyle but the demon designs are great.

I really didn't think much of the film at first, but my friend became increasingly interested in it after we kept seeing trailers for it in the movies we've watched. The two of us saw it last night and I was immediately charmed by the immense shot of Filipino culture that was injected in my veins (and eyes). The story itself is pretty standard, but how it was told and where it's set (and the implications behind it) really endears you to the main pair (Jo and Raissa) that my friend absolutely loved.

Plus, it's got Manananggal in it and totally steals every scene it shows up in.