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Modern Video Games / Monster Hunter

« on: September 19, 2020, 04:14:15 am »

I don't know if anyone else plays Monster Hunter, I'm a newer fan who just got into the series with World when it launched, as it finally felt like I could enjoy the series for the first time.  Figure we could have a thread for anyone who is playing the series, talk about whatever we want, and of the upcoming games as a World 2 is guaranteed and my guess will release early 2022, but until then I'm actually very hopeful for Monster Hunter Rise on Switch. 

I tried to play Generations Ultimate on Switch, but it's a port of a 3DS game and I thought it just looked and played poorly and that old Monster Hunter style is real rough.  This looks like an inbetween of what World and classic Monster Hunter, so I'm hoping it runs well and the bug whip thing for mobility and climbing is pretty awesome and unique compared to the Clutch Claw in World.

And for more to talk about, there is Monster Hunter Stories 2, but I've never played the first.  I guess it's turn based action with a cartoony aesthetic?  Nothing wrong with that.

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Modern Video Games / Playstation 5 September Event

« on: September 16, 2020, 04:34:28 pm »

So this turned out to be a way bigger deal than I was expecting, so I'll post the info here to talk about.  Price should be announced soon.

- Final Fantasy XVI - Console exclusive and on PC, and it looks incredible.  Super classic fantasy setting which they haven't done in a long time I believe.  Visually very familiar to Final Fantasy XIV in particular as apparently it has at least the FF14 producer working on it.

- Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Actual gameplay, the new powers look incredible.  Confirmed to be a launch title.  Will be available on PS4.  There will be an ultimate edition that comes with a voucher for the first game remastered with all the DLC.

- Hogwarts Legacy - Third person, set in the 1800's, create a character, it's been known for a long time but finally revealed.

- Resident Evil 8 - They showed a little more, but not much, hopefully more at TGS next year.

- Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition - Launch day digital release, looks to have all new Virgil stuff and they super ramped up the amount of enemies.

- Demon's Souls - Fully gameplay and god damn it looks incredible. Confirmed to be a launch title and available on PC.

And there it is....November 12th, 500 dollars for the main console, 400 for the disc-less version.

- God of War 2 - Teased for a 2021 release.

That was a pretty great showing, good exclusives announced, that Playstation Plus Collection will be basically their version of a game pass for their PS4 exclusives for people to play them on the PS5, and the PS5 price is right what it should be.

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User Feedback / dakooldood

« on: August 05, 2020, 02:39:12 pm »

Opening up his thread, he bought a game from me, paid promptly, and was easy to deal with.

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Marketplace / -For Sale- DB: Kakarot, Nioh 2, Last of Us 1 & 2 PS4

« on: July 28, 2020, 02:08:40 am »

Selling off a few PS4 games.  Everything priced is with shipping, nothing to add.  The Last of Us: Remastered case is cracked near the spine, happened in shipping when I ordered it on Amazon years ago (I only just unsealed it), but it didn't damage the disc at all, it opens perfectly fine, and it's easy to replace with a spare case if it bothers you at all.  Paypal only.  USA shipping only.  Send me a private message if you are interested.

Death Stranding - $30
DBZ: Kakarot - $45
Last of Us: Remastered/Last of Us 2 Combo - $50
Ghost of Tsushima (Code is still good for the DLC, never used it) - $50

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Hardware and Tech / PC Monitor Recommendations

« on: June 22, 2020, 02:55:21 pm »

Anyone got any monitors they'd recommend? I'm not looking for some 500 dollar, high end, 4k setup, but I've been using a rather large older TV for awhile now, of which this TV has to be like 10 years old now and I'm just noticing more often that it's not keeping up with games on PC and console like it use to, the clarity just isn't there, so I figure it's time for an upgrade since I got a few extra bucks.

Price range is around 200 bucks, I need HDMI in for it so I can hook up my consoles to it with a splitter box I got, and size wise I'd probably say 27".  Been using this 31" TV for so long, even though I know it's too big for the setup, but it actually has a pretty good picture, so I went with it over a 27" spare one I got because of that.  Oh and if it helps, I'm running a GTX 1060 on my PC, so it can handle outs for DVI, HDMI, and Display.

I'm planning to browse a few youtube videos on monitors since it's pretty easy to find stuff like that now when shopping for things, but personal recommendations are always helpful.

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Modern Video Games / Recent survival/crafting game recommendations...

« on: May 24, 2020, 10:15:55 pm »

While I do enjoy a well designed narrative, or crazy action rides, I also really love more casual survival/crafting oriented experiences.   This ranges from everything like Terraria, Animal Crossing, Minecraft, and Stardew Valley, to more intense stuff like The Forest, Subnautica, DayZ, and so on.  Not that these are the same types of games, they just fill that certain need I have to dump a bajillion hours into what comes across as more of a time waster experience than having something I play from a beginning to an end with a plot and characters, while also letting me play them while running a podcast.

Anyone know of anything that's come out in the past year or two that they'd recommend?  Preferably on PC, but I could play it on PS4 also as long as it's not a first person game on there.  I've heard of like Green Hell, which reminds me a lot of The Forest, but wasn't sure if it was any good.  I know there's Raft, but I'm not super into that world setting and gameplay loop.  I saw that Deadside was kinda DayZ-like, but more basic with AI enemies.  One I'm eagerly waiting for is the Subnautica standalone expansion.

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Off Topic / May the 4th Be With You! (Random Star Wars Talk)

« on: May 04, 2020, 08:10:59 am »

Figured it might be fun to just have some casual Star Wars talk about whatever with the date as it is.  I know the Clone Wars show just finished it's last season this past week (I still need to watch it), there's some good toys coming out, and Battlefront 2 just released it's last big update. 

Let's not turn this into arguing about stuff with the recent trilogy, it won't be useful for anyone, this is here just to talk about anything we enjoy with Star Wars and about stuff coming up like The Mandalorian new seasons, there's the Rogue One prequel series happening, we can talk about games, or toys, or even the books as I know they were starting a new series with the "High Republic" time period which is set only a few centuries before The Phantom Menace compared to the "Old Republic", which was a few thousand years before the current story stuff.

I'm planning to start back into the Rebels cartoon, finishing that up as I was coming up on the last season I believe, and then I'll get into Clone Wars.  Sorta watching it backwards I guess since Rebels is after Clone and it has characters from Clone showing up in Rebels lol

And with one more thing to add, here's my current batch of Black Series 6" figures.  I'm waiting on my Baby Yoda, and Sith Jet Trooper at the moment which are supposed to release this month, and then I have the Carbonized Stormtrooper and Boba Fett on pre-order.  Honestly too many stormtroopers coming out right now with two more Force Unleashed ones happening, and then they just announced a "Mandalorian/Rogue One" Stormtrooper, but it's mostly just an update of the classic figure which should have some slightly better articulation and it has some slight mold tweaks, but I'll probably pass on it since it is just a plain Stormtrooper lol

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Modern Video Games / Final Fantasy 7 Remake *SPOILERS*

« on: April 23, 2020, 12:06:31 am »

So with the game out, a lot of folks having beaten it or are still going through it, and because it is a pretty important game for gaming in particular, figured we could have a thread to just talk about whatever.  What we liked, what we didn't, the controversial ending, what we hope to see in the future, etc...

I already wrote about my view in the challenge thread, but the short version is that I absolutely adored the game, it's fantastic, best Final Fantasy game I've played in many years (Since at least FFX), and as a JRPG, probably one of the better ones I've played in awhile alongside Xenoblade Chronicles 2 back in 2017.  Visually great even with some of the minor texture issues, they greatly expanded the dialogue and character interaction, making them better than they ever were, the gameplay is probably the best Square has done when looking at Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts, and I think the story is very faithful, even with the new additions and changes that show up by the end.

For me, in terms of my status with FF7 in general, I consider myself a fan, just not a serious one, I've not played the spin off games and I haven't replayed the original game much since the PS1 days, but I still remember a lot about the story and characters and watched Advent Children, so I'm not hardcore "FF7 is the best game ever!", but I have a reasonable grasp on the game and I love the setting and characters, even more so now than then.

And to get to right to the point, I loved the games ending.  I'm not someone that could probably ever be called a "purist" about anything (Game wise that is, I think it's abhorrent what Disney is doing with their remakes lol), I love seeing new takes on old things.  It doesn't always work, but to me they took something that could have just been a standard beat for beat remake, and are seemingly turning it into something that is both remake and sequel at the same time.  I think the point of what they did was so they had the freedom to bring in more of the expanded canon they've built up for FF7 and to do brand new stuff with the world.  It's a lot of the original creators getting a second chance to do something far bigger than what they originally made and to me that is absolutely exciting.  Like now rather than just waiting for the next part I know every turn and twist for or the story already being done in just the one game, things could be so different now that we are dealing with stuff like alternate timelines.

I still feel like the next part will still hit all the base notes the story is supposed to hit, it'll just possibly have different paths and maybe some different endings.  Heck, the stuff with Zack makes me feel like in one timeline we'll do stuff with the regular cast, and then at points we'll get time playing Zack in his new scenario and we see how that goes and how it possibly leads up to the timelines interconnecting towards the end perhaps.  Not knowing what is gonna happen is again very exciting.  It could certainly fail, it could lean far too hard into crazy Kingdom Hearts level nonsense (I don't think this ending is on that level, it makes way more sense than most of KH does, and it's honestly not that crazily far-fetched with what happens in FF7 normally in regards to like the connection of characters, all the magical life stream stuff, etc...)

So what are your folks takes on it? What were your favorite moments? I'll just say, the Honey Bee Inn scene, my jaw was on the floor, it was so ridiculously wondrous and crazy that it was actually happening lol

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Modern Video Games / 2020 Games

« on: March 06, 2020, 03:44:00 am »

Just about time to dive into a particularly heavy season of games and I'd like to see what everyone is excited for at this point as we've had a number of delays and date confirmations over the past few months.

Top Hype - Definitely my most anticipated games.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Resident Evil 3 Remake
Final Fantasy 7
Cyberpunk 2077

Mid Hype - Still pretty excited for these ones.
Doom Eternal
Dying Light 2
The Last of Us 2
Ghosts of Tsushima

Low Hype - Ones I will definitely play this year, but might not be at release.
Animal Crossing
Nioh 2
Maneater
Marvel Avengers

Hype - Can't go full on with these till I see more and have actual confirmed dates.
Halo Infinite
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Elden Ring
Tales of Arise
Godfall

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Modern Video Games / What are the good PC VR experiences?

« on: February 03, 2020, 11:51:07 pm »

I've long been very middle ground with VR as I never found it to be all that engaging as someone that enjoys long playtime experiences, but after getting to play Beat Saber on PSVR awhile ago, it's made me super want to get VR mostly for that, but I also want to look for other stuff beyond just the single game to justify its cost.  I'm planning to get an Oculus Rift S over a PSVR definitely for custom songs in Beat Saber and hopefully more game variety.

Anyone know whats good or interesting? Like I'm curious about shooters in this setup, not so much stuff like Superhot, but more involved shooters if possible.  I'm also super curious about casual "experience" stuff, like I have family I want to show it to, but need it very chill and maybe more interesting like traveling through a real world location.

I'm open for other types of games, but I just really don't know whats good other than a few of the bigger hit ones or stuff that has come out recently like that kinda goofy looking Walking Dead experience or the upcoming Half-Life game.

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Marketplace / Selling DBZ: Kakarot (PS4) and Death Stranding (PS4)

« on: January 30, 2020, 11:59:44 am »

Selling Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot for PS4, Death Stranding for PS4, and Astral Chain for Nintendo Switch.  They are all in good condition, only taken out a few times to beat the games.  None of them come with anything extra, because that's just what new games do now lol

$40 dollars each, which includes the shipping.
Paypal only
USA shipping only

Send me a message if you are interested in any of them.

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General / Favorite Games of the Decade

« on: December 30, 2019, 08:46:16 am »

Since this is all the big game talk right now, figured it couldn't hurt to do the same here, talking about our favorite games of the past decade.  Mine will be mostly in order as I am looking for lists to remember all the games of the past decade lol

- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (2010) - Much like Brutal Legend, this is a game that felt made for me specifically.  I've long been a Guitar Hero fan since the very beginning and while it had its ups and downs, I always enjoyed it, but Warriors of Rock as the swansong of the series (Guitar Hero Live is trash), it just had kinda everything I loved with all these great metal songs (the final song is a great Megadeth song written for it) and the style is the big craziness the series was known for compared to Rock Band, but it was all extra metal in feel.  I still have my 360 primarily so I can go back and replay Warriors of Rock and Rock Band 3.

- Metro 2033 (2010) - I'm a huge fan of the STALKER game series, they had an atmosphere and tone that you just don't really see anymore and the Metro series feels very much like a spiritual successor to those games.  Dark, gritty, creepy, with good gunplay and an interesting story and setting, I've enjoyed all of the games in the series so far.

- Shovel Knight (2014) - It seems fitting that this game hit completion right at the end of this decade, because of all the indie platformers that came up in the decade, Shovel Knight did everything so well.  It's a throwback game, with it's own gameplay style and steadily released great new content for many years.  It was also one of the very first games I helped Kickstart.

- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) - This is probably my most complicated favorite ever.  I consider it one of the best Zelda games, it did so much of what I always wanted the series to do, even though I have a lot of problems with it still, but it also has some real significant emotional attachment for me that I won't go into, so it's this oddly amazing, yet flawed, but still beloved game of mine.  This one would likely be considered my main game of the decade

- Monster Hunter World (2018) - Monster Hunter was always a series I wanted to get into as I loved the premise, but I always found the controls and general experience very clunky and it stayed that way for many years, until World showed up and cleaned up almost everything.  I've dumped nearly 400 hours into the game with Iceborne and I'm gonna keep playing it till the next one releases as I just really enjoy the experience and while it has a lot of depth, it's also very casual, where I kinda just pop back in during events, do as much as I can, and then after that I pop on a few times a week to maybe kill a monster or two and feel satisfied with just that.

There are probably a few other games I could put here, but my memory is the worst sometimes and I'll have to dig abit.  There's certainly  tons of games I really liked, but for me, a "Game of the Decade" is something I invested a ton of time into or have a real notable connection with and have gone back multiple times to play or want to play again.  Bloodborne was a notable one that I deleted from my list, but I haven't gone back to replay it and I'm not sure if I like it or Dark Souls 3 more, but we'll see as I want to replay it.

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Off Topic / Star Wars Talk *EXPECT MANDALORIAN SPOILERS*

« on: December 24, 2019, 03:41:39 am »

With the big Star Wars push this year, it's super invigorated my love for the series and I thought it would be fun to just have a general discussion thread for Stars Wars, talk up some fun nerdy stuff and so on.  That said, I would really like it if we kept the more argumentative talk sorta out of the thread as much as possible.  Everyone is gonna disagree on Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker and even other movies like the Prequels, so lets just all be on our best behavior for that kind of stuff.  We can bring up that we don't like something, but lets not rag on folks for having different opinions.  It serves no purpose and isn't fun.

Also keep the spoilers on the down low, or at least heavily marked when it comes to Rise of Skywalker or Mandalorian at least for abit, because they are still very new and some folks I'm sure haven't gotten to them yet and if this thread sticks around, this will be something to keep in mind for any future games, movies, series, etc...Fallen Order has been out long enough for that, but there isn't a real ton of stuff to spoil in that other than maybe one or two parts.

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To start it off, what are some of you folks favorite aspects of Star Wars?  For me, even since the beginning as a kid, some of my favorite aspects, were not the obvious stuff like Jedi/Sith, which are still cool, but I was always a bigger fan of the regular people.  Like I thought the Smugglers and Bounty Hunters were so cool (Big Boba Fett fan for his look), and I'm a huge fan of the Imperial side of things for their style and they get most of the badass vehicles.  Storm Troopers have such cool armor, as completely useless as they are (I mean really, they literally stop nothing, there might not be a more pointless, yet awesome looking, set of armor in the entire world lol), and I also love the armors that have come out after the original movies (I love the look of the Death Troopers and the First Order armor and Sith Armor variants are quality stuff. 

I like them so much, I've started a Black Series collection focused on all of them and the Mandalorians.  I even plan to cosplay an armor set someday when I'm able to. Clone Trooper armor I'm less big on, I find the helmet design feels wonky compared to Storm Troopers, but there are some variations that work better and Commando's are badass.

So what about you folks? You all about the force and those sick lightsabers? Big fan of the rebels? Are you in it for the cool spaceships? Maybe the weird aliens and worlds?

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Off Topic / Favorite Movies of 2019

« on: December 19, 2019, 04:31:05 pm »

The end of the year is here, the last big one is about to release with Star Wars, so figure its a good enough time to figure out our favorite flicks of the year.  No numbers, just the stuff you enjoyed the most.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters - My absolute favorite of the year, no contest.  It's what I wanted from the 2014 film.  It's kinda crazy that I got both my favorite Godzilla and what is one of my least favorite Godzilla movies (Godzilla: The Planet Eater) in the same year lol The fights are great, Mothra, Roda, Godzilla, and Mothra all look so good, and I'm so excited for Godzilla vs Kong next year.

Dragon Ball Super: Broly - I think this is easily the best Dragon Ball movie they've done.  Dragon Ball Z had a mixed history of movies, with some great stuff to not so great stuff, and while the previous two films of Gods and Z were good, this one has the best story.  They made Broly actually likable beyond just a super strong crazy guy and the animation is incredible.  I still don't like the multiple styles of animation in the fight, it was a bad decision, but it all looks good, so it doesn't bother me.

Avengers: Endgame - A great finale to the end of that era of Marvel films.  It's a great time and I really enjoyed it.

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Hardware and Tech / Having PC issues...

« on: November 25, 2019, 11:41:25 pm »

So this started this past week, but I've had some general issues for awhile now.  Previously I would get these weird freeze ups, not often, but once in a blue moon, my computer would just freeze and then recover.  Sometimes I'd get what felt like my PC crawling, and I thought I noticed in the task manager that maybe my hard drive performance was maxing out.  In the past week though, I've twice had a blue screen with the whole "" face on it and then get the restart and it would come back fine.  It's never when I'm doing a lot, like I can game totally fine, but these issues sprung up with just general computer use, watching stuff online and doing other normal things.

I run a SDD setup for windows and regular program stuff and then most of my game installs and files are on a bigger HDD, so is it possible something like that is having issues?  Like I wouldn't mind switching to a full SDD setup, honestly something I should've done the first time I built this PC, but I wanted to save a few bucks and maybe that's biting me in the ass.  I just don't know what exactly is wrong.  Speccy isn't showing anything overheating and like I said, I can game just fine.  Just not sure how to start troubleshooting this.