Ethan Gach's discussions

So the slider may be gone, but you can still purchase items to stop enemies from chasing you around the map. This essentially lets you ignore all the enemies in a dungeon, even if it’s a less elegant solution that simply turning the slider down to zero.

At the same time, the dungeons themselves get to be fairly long,… Read more

You can definitely break the game, and finding those “aha!” moments are actually necessary for some of the boss battles, I’ve found, rather than just being a fun added bonus.

But a lot of those synergies come really late in the game (like dozens of hours late, in my experience) and so it can be rough going until you’ve… Read more

Yea I was somewhat skeptical the first day of Season of the Chosen but between the exotic missions, lost sector grinds, and battlegrounds playlist I’m having a really good time at the moment. I think it’s shaping up to be my favorite season since the rebooted model.  Read more

I would be shocked if this is intentional on anyone’s part, but seeing the reference, and they way that re-contextualizes all of these other bits, has not sit right with me.  Read more

Yea, I got enough shit to worry about in my life without needing to experience the anxiety of running between treasure chests worried I’m about to get hit any moment by a fight I don’t have the items to recover from.  Read more

I legit can’t think of what else would satisfy both the “new place” and “new way” to play conditions. It’s already streaming through xCloud and already on PC/Steam. Maybe it’s coming to Tesla Cybertruck touch screens. Read more

This is why we’re not letting him  Read more

This is very understandable because that sucks. I don’t think I ran into the issue, maybe because my PSN and Uplay accounts are already linked somehow? Read more

Alternative headlines that did not make the cut because none of them were mine:

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Somehow the most shocking thing this week is what a contentious debate this still is! The people have spoken and I am ordering my rechargeable AA batteries right now.  Read more

I never interacted with András personally, but years later still continually discover and am delighted by his old work at Kotaku. Wishing his loved ones the best.  Read more

I’m sorry to hear that but also totally understandable. It’s terrifying to think what further violence will follow by people who now feel even more emboldened.  Read more

Yea, it’s nice they were able to sneak it back in before the end of the year.  Read more

They really need repackage like, half a dozen of these games into two separate anthologies and put them on Switch now. Read more

Thracia 776 is the fifth game in the Fire Emblem series and the final one released on the Super Famicom. Read more

I had just come off 6-8 hours of playing yesterday and then more time this morning and actually just needed to turn my brain off (but wanted to still be accomplishing something--a couple season pass levels and enhancement prisms wasn’t bad for the mindless chill sesh).  Read more

much nicer than the icon imo Read more

That could be a good part of it. Not sure how the gaming at your desk vs living room varies between country but I’m sure there are differences between the core Xbox and Sony markets.  Read more

Yea, it was a nice surprise and I think they definitely learned from the first event re: setting expectations and also how long and drawn out to make it.  Read more