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Extra Punctuation: What if We Leveled Backwards?!

Yahtzee's crazy idea for RPGs that might actually work.

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RIPSKATEDESTROY5597d ago

i first heard about this 'idea' when i was watching a xbox live video. they interviewed some dude about a game and asked him if that was a good idea. so hurry up dude if you wanna copyright that one.

Chubear5596d ago (Edited 5596d ago )

Needless to say it would have to be implemented properly and with quality and it's got make sense how attributes are "delocated" but yeah, this would be a very welcome gameplay innovation for certain genres.

Action RPGs spring straight to mind.

It's refreshing to read something like this in the gaming community that feels like gamers are looking for progression of gaming mechanics rather than "top 10 reasons everything sucks and is broken or not"

Iroquois_Pliskin5597d ago (Edited 5597d ago )

hahaha thats a crazy concept I honestly dont know if it actually would work. I hated that in every GoW you lose your powers you got from previous games

frjoethesecond5596d ago

I like it. It would make the game difficult and you would need to increase skill instead of levels. It wouldnt be for the feint of heart though.

blackburn55596d ago

It is an intresting idea. It's kind of like Kratos being a god and then falling from grace and becoming human again. (Hey, that could be the name of the game, Fall from Grace or Downwards Spiral). The character can start off as a powerful being then slowly lose strength and have to rely on other things to get him/her through e.g. you start off with unbreakable, invincible armor but you lose it later on and have to fight more carefully to avoid death. Only problem is most developers are too unimaginative or lazy to make it work right.

grailly5596d ago

I love the idea! but starting with every ability and then losing the, would feel wring i think, and you'll never master the abilities. I think you should be trading your stats(hp,mp, etc...) for new abilities, so you could refine your gameplay while being obliged to play better

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio51d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing51d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9251d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit51d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing51d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9251d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."