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Off Topic / Favorite Movies of 2016

« on: December 19, 2016, 09:55:04 pm »

Just like with everything else, what was the best or maybe the worst you watched this year?

Favorite Movies
- Star Wars: Rogue One - While not a perfect movie, suffering from some lack of characterization, I had a ton of fun with the movie and the ending is great.

- Deadpool - I expected this movie to be not too great, but it turned out to be completely hilarious and a really goofy time.  Reynolds finally got to portray Deadpool how he wanted.

- Dr. Strange - Yet another solid Marvel movie, giving us a great new character for the series.  I love the visuals in this one, which really make it stand out from all the rest.

- Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them - I really enjoy the Harry Potter world, even if I'm not a reader of the books. I love the movies though, so to know we'll be getting more and more movies for awhile is a good time.

- Ku Fu Panda 3 - This has been a series I've enjoyed since the first and I'm so glad it wasn't something run into the ground like Shrek or Ice Age, we get one every few years with a good story and it's so far been just a great time.

- Zootopia - On the other hand, I'd love to have Zootopia movies every two years.  I think with this world they've created, there's a lot of different stuff they could do in it.

- Avengers: Civil War - While it's not the REAL Civil War that the comics brought, I still enjoyed the rivalry going on, the introduction of what seems like a finally good Spiderman, we got some great action scenes, it was just a solid time.

Honorable Mentions
Finding Dory
Warcraft
Kingsglaive
10 Cloverfield Lane

Worst Movie
Ghostbusters - I went to this movie for free and still regretted it.  I'm usually pretty good about picking movies, whether I'll like them or not, and while I had heard this was mostly bad, I had weirdly heard some people say it wasn't so, that there were some funny moments, so I thought I'd give it a try.  I actually watched it after Suicide Squad, which wasn't a bad movie I thought, but not too great.  I have never walked out of the movie, but I was so close.  This is not just a terrible reboot, it's a terrible comedy.  It's some of the most unfunny jokes.  I only laughed twice, almost back to back, at the very end of the movie, at two mostly nothing jokes.  This was garbage and probably one of the worst movies I've seen in years.  Not that I watch too many bad movies, I avoid as much as I can, but this one I let slip through and it'll forever haunt me.

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Marketplace / Selling Dragon Quest Builders on PS4

« on: December 12, 2016, 10:52:04 pm »

With a bit of a backlog and losing interest, I've decide to just let Dragon Quest Builders go.  Played it a few hours (and consequently lost that few hours without realizing how the saved system worked) and it's a fine game, I just don't see myself getting back in any time soon.  Looking to sell it for $30, which covers shipping.

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Modern Video Games / 2017 In Gaming

« on: December 06, 2016, 11:20:38 pm »

With most of the big games finally released for 2016 and only a couple weeks till 2017, what games are you looking forward to next year?

Yakuza 0 & Yakuza Kiwami - I've always wanted to try out this series, especially with my Japanese culture draw lately, so I'm very glad we are getting 0 and the remake of Yakuza one in the same year.

Resident Evil 7 - I'm both excited and reserved for this one.  I am glad they are moving back to a more true survival horror experience, but I feel a lot of it is too familiar to games that are nothing but jump scares, hiding, and running.  That's not a fun game to me, but RE7 has actual combat in it, so I'm curious if that'll work better for me.  I have played the demo and they are suitably creepy, which is a good start.

Berserk: Band of the Hawk - I've never liked too many of the Musou games, but with Hyrule Warriors and then Attack on Titan, and now Berserk which looks bloody and crazy as a Berserk game should be, I'm stoked to play this. I find it funny that the video game looks way better than the anime lol

Horizon: Zero Dawn - Open World? Check.  Scifi? Check.  Post-Apocalyptic? Check.  Kinda everything I love lol

Mass Effect: Andromeda - I've liked the series with ME2&3, so it'll be nice to return and its looks like a pretty nice overhaul with more exploration and a whole new galaxy to explore.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole - It's dumb, it's fun, so I'll definitely grab this.

Yooka-Laylee & A Hat in Time - One is a game made by fans of the original N64 platformers, like Banjo-Kazooie.  The other is a game that is a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie made by people who also made Banjo-Kazooie.  I love everything about both.

Red Dead Redemption 2 - I'm not someone that particularly loves the western setting, nothing wrong with it, but I had a great time with the first game and this is one I've been wanting them to make since GTA5 came out, because if this game is nearly as good as that, or better, I will be amazed.  That's a great open world.

Games I'm interested in, but not sure of yet.
-Nioh
-For Honor
-Nier: Automata
-Prey

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Modern Video Games / PSX 2016

« on: December 03, 2016, 12:52:28 pm »

Interesting possibilities showing up at the Playstation Experience today in 10 minutes.  Rumors of everything from Marvel vs Capcom 4/Reboot, Last of Us 2, possible FF7 Remake related stuff, Dissidia console announcement, it could be a fun time.  I'll do my usual live post of things.

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.  Stars a woman from the series that I forget who she is lol  Almost thought they were already announcing another Tomb Raider lol

Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite.  Looks to be a return to older MvC style which is 2v2.  2017 release

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 available on PS4 today.

Wipeout: Omega Collection.

Crash Bandicoot gameplay shown.  Looks great. "Crash Bandicoot: N'Sane Trilogy"

This isn't from the event, but I just saw that Yakuza 1 is being completely remade for PS4 and will be out, in the west, Summer 2017. Renamed Yakuza Kiwami.  I get to go back to play these games like I wanted to.  This is out 2017, Yakuza 6 is out in the west 2018.

The Last RE7 demo is up tonight.

I believe Ace Combat 7 was already announced, but they showed kinda the story.  Visually it looks nice.

Street Fighter 5 is getting Akuma and an all new season of characters next year.

Pa Rappa The Rapper, Loco Roco, Patapon are being remastered for the PS4.  Demo for Pa Rappa available today.

So...Knack 2 lol Kinda surprised.  That game wasn't exactly beloved lol It does have co-op now, so maybe they are looking at making this a real series.

Something for Gravity Rush 2.  Raven DLC for the game for free.

GT Sport out 2017.

Ni No Kuni 2.  I'm actually abit more interested in this game seeing the gameplay.  I fell out of the first one, but this one seems like a more regular action RPG.  Out 2017.

Nier: Automata.  March 3rd. Ys Origin, February, out on both PS4 and Vita.

Dreadnought is a console exclusive for PS4.

From Grasshopper Studios and Gung Ho.  Let It Die.  I have no fucking clue what this is lol  Free to PS+ users today apparently.  Garou: Mark of the Wolves and Surgeon Simulator VR out today.  Lara Craft Go available today.

Wind Jammers coming to PS4 and PS Vita.  I think it's a new game? It's old school pixel style, but has online vs and such, so I'm assuming it's a new game.

Starblood Arena for PSVR.  Scifi ship combat arena battle game.  Psychobilly Freakout is the song for it.  Old Guitar Hero memories lol

Oh thank god, Baseball stuff.  Never been a better bathroom break time, though there was almost some whiplash going from Nioh to MLB lol

The Last of Us 2 confirmed.

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Modern Video Games / The Game Awards 2016

« on: December 01, 2016, 09:06:13 pm »

While the awards aren't a big deal, they do reveal new stuff.

We are getting new Zelda footage, where they already teasing stuff in the pre-show.  Villages, airships, bird people, and likely Zelda.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCVdYopGBN8

They finally confirmed the Bullet Storm Remaster, a dumb fun game from the last generation which apparently have a Duke Nukem bonus mission or something.

More proper Zelda stuff to come and there will be Shovel Knight footage.

Brand new Death Stranding trailer, introducing some new actors to the world, more of the setting, and just as much weirdness as always lol

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Off Topic / Favorite Albums Of 2016

« on: November 29, 2016, 11:10:38 pm »

Coming up on the end of the year, usually not a lot of big stuff comes out in December, compared to say movies, where there's at least 2 or 3 good looking movies coming up in the theater, so lets post like our avorite albums of the year that you enjoyed.

Anthrax - For All Kings
Anthrax definitely came back pretty well with Belladonna, who I always liked more Bush, even if there are a few songs I like during Bush's era.  Worship Music was a real good return to form (Not the first time I'll say that in here), but as a whole, it wasn't all great.  For All Kings to me is a much more consistent album all the way through.  Just some solid heavy metal.  I actually was fortunate to see them live for the first time this year and they killed it live.  All such good musicians.


Megadeth - Dystopia
I've been a big Megadeth fan since basically the turn of the century now and I think this one is definitely up there as one of their best in awhile.  Super Collider wasn't completely awful, but a lot of it was the wrong direction, which Mustaine has done before, and it felt lacking to me.  Even if there's some good stuff in there, it personally ranks fairly low.  Thirteen I like a bit more, but that's a weird album, filled with re-recordings, stuff from other projects, and a couple new songs and I like it, but it's not great.  United Abominations was personally their last one that was fantastic to me as Endgame was fine.  The new one definitely is their best in many years, with lots of solid tunes.  At the same show for Anthrax, I also got to watch Megadeth for the first time, which is something I've been wanting for going on 16 years now.  Very satsified with that.


Babymetal - Metal Resistance
I've never shy'd away from my enjoyment of Babymetal, they are something that's missing in metal at times, which is just kinda real fun and upbeat stuff.  You get that more in like Power Metal and such, which is fitting for this album that brought in Dragonforce guitarists to work on a song.  While this album is kinda the whole band maturing a little more in theme, I personally feel it loses some of the goofiness of their first album, but this is still a good album and I'm curious to see how long they'll keep going or if they'll hit a point and just like reboot the band or keep it rolling.


Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
This album was a bit of a surprise for me, not because it was released with no promotion, but more because of how much I liked it compared to everything they've done since City of Evil, the only most full album of theirs I like.  Everything was very hit or miss, with only a couple songs I liked, the last album being fairly boring, but with a new drummer, they definitely wanted to focus on musicianship and it shows.  Lots more guitar work, drum focus, and some real long songs that don't bore you like in Metallica's last album "Death Magnetic".  It's nothing amazing, but I've listened to the album from beginning to end a few times already as there isn't much I want to skip.

Honorable Mentions

-Metallica - Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - It's a great return to form for Metallica, definitely their best since the Black album, but it's still not very exciting.  A couple good songs here and there, but some kinda boring stuff too.  It has great production, but I wish Hammet wasn't in the band any longer.  He was not only basically cut from the writing, but he still has very little in way of guitar skills anymore.  You look at like the first 10 years of Metallica and then you look at the last two albums and see him live and are just disappointed.  I will keep listening to the album, it's good, but you can see other members of the Big Four like Anthrax and Megadeth who feel far more comfortable doing good metal stuff compared to Metallica, who seem like they are trying to return to the old stuff.

-Devin Townsend - Trascendence - Since getting to know Townsend and his large library of albums, he can kinda do anything and I'll always listen, he has a very unique style and great voice, but lately some of his stuff doesn't quite pull me in.  Less heavy stuff, more melodic, and I feel he utilizes too much chorus singing and he gets kinda buried, which isn't surprising when you know abit about him and how he deals with everything.  Still some enjoyable melodic stuff on here and more Townsend is always good.

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General / The Final Fantasy Thread

« on: November 20, 2016, 08:39:51 pm »

I figured with Final Fantasy XV coming up in less than two weeks, we could just kinda start up a thread to talk about what we enjoy in the series, what you are wanting from Final Fantasy XV, and just kinda everything Final Fantasy for the fun of it.  No getting upset over what someone likes or getting feisty, there's a lot of different Final Fantasy fans.

For me personally, I'm not someone who's played anything before Final Fantasy 7.  It's a tad hard for me to get invested in some of the older turn based stuff nowadays, though I do plan to get into Final Fantasy 6 someday. 

FF7 - I beat this game at a friends house as I didn't own a PS1.  Was a tun of fun and still a favorite of mine, though I haven't replayed it in many years.  Lost my copy to a so-so friend in high school that borrowed it and moved lol I'm pretty stoked for the remake.

FF8 - I only played about half the game.  I didn't like it as much as FF7.  The draw system was kinda annoying and it felt less...interesting, I don't know, it just wasn't working with its style, even though I kinda like the modern/fantasy mix usually.

I need to go and play FF9 sometime.  Never gave it a fair go at the time and barely touched it.

FF10 - This is the only other one I basically beat and at the time it blew me away as a PS2 game.  The story and writing is kinda garbage, with poor voice acting for some characters, but the summons were great and I liked the sphere system.

Barely touched FF10-2, but it seemed silly.

FF11 - I played abit of this, up till around level 25, which sounds low, but that game is brutal and takes forever to level lol I kinda liked it, but it was a game that required teammates every time you played, so I kinda fell out of it.

FF12 - I only put like 10 hours into it and while there was stuff I like, it didn't pull me in as much.  I might try the remaster out sometime.

FF13 - And screw this garbage...It's pretty, but garbage.  I heard 13-2 is slightly better, but nah.  And didn't touch 13-3.

FF14 - Only played the intro stuff and while it seems cool, just not into MMO's much anymore unless they have something really unique and interesting going on.

Haven't played any of the other Final Fantasy off shoot games.

I'm pretty stoked for Final Fantasy XV.  It's got a lot I'm into design wise, with open world stuff, the setting, an action RPG oriented combat system, and after watching Kingsglaive and seeing some of the action shown off in trailers for the game, I hope for a true spectacle in terms of battle and cinematics.  I'm also wary of the game not reaching it's supposed hype, but as I've seen brought up, this is Squenix's go at rebuilding the FF franchise after FF13, which was financially successful for them I believe, but outside of Japan, a lot of people did not like the trilogy.  They then had that Final Fantasy 14 screw up, though they turned that around and I think that is what needs to happen with FF15, which is what I am thinking with them going all in on FF15.

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Marketplace / Couple Zelda items, Army Men toy, Akiba's Trip PS4

« on: November 14, 2016, 04:16:41 pm »

Just send a message if you are interested in anything.  Prices are pretty cheap and money is saved if you get more than one thing.  The Ocarina of Time collection is new (Mild scuff on one side from shipping) and the Link to the Past collection is pretty untouched.  Just clearing out a few extra things I really don't need as I continue to focus down my collection more.  I might have a Phantom Hourglass Gel Art piece to put up also if someone else I know doesn't want it.

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Off Topic / Power Rangers [Megazord Reveal]

« on: November 06, 2016, 03:01:53 am »

Now I'm not gonna pretend that Power Rangers is untouchable and was amazing, it's aged terribly and it's so goofy, but I still have a soft spot for it and at the time as a kid, that stuff was great.  I grabbed these nice newer action figures they released a little bit ago of the Green and White Rangers which are just great to me.  Would love to find a Dragonzord someday, but man they are pricy. 

I don't hate the new suits, they are a little busy, but they have the shape and feel of the original, so I give them a pass.  Better than what we got with Ninja Turtles for sure in keeping true to the material.

The Megazord? Fuck no, they threw everything from the original out and gave us just...This wouldn't look cool if it was completely separate from the movie.

Maybe it translates better in the movie, but damn that looks like ass.  The original Megazord hasn't aged well, it's goofy and boxy, but we live in a time of freaking Pacific Rim.  You can make sick looking giant robots.  All this looks like is a large guy who strapped random crap onto him and then had to pull his feet out of hardened concrete.  Why make him incredibly agile if he has big square block feet?

With Ninja Turtles and this, I just have to wonder who the hell is designing this stuff?  I wasn't really super interested in seeing this movie, but that makes me even less interested.

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Modern Video Games / The Nintendo Switch (Formerly NX) - March 2017

« on: October 19, 2016, 08:51:41 pm »

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Marketplace / Looking for PC games.

« on: October 17, 2016, 06:43:42 pm »

Anyone got boxed PC stuff they are looking to get rid of? I know a lot of PC stuff within the past 10 years doesn't actually work due to digital only codes and such, but I figured it's a pretty cheap system to collect for and there's more than a few games I'd like to get collection wise.  I'm open to whatever people might have, but in specific, there are a couple I'm looking for.  I'm really not looking to pay much for these and if they have an option for one of the thicker boxes, rather than normal DVD size, I want those, but this could be a good way to get rid of stuff you don't want.

Battlefield Vietnam
Battlefield 1942 along with the expansions
Battlefield 3
Battlefield 4
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Fallout 3

If you got other stuff that might be cool, feel free to list them, it's just depends on what seems like it might be cool for myself.

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Marketplace / Looking for Soldier 76 Funko Pop Figure.

« on: October 06, 2016, 07:40:52 pm »

Normally I'm not into the Funko Pop figures, the only one I got being the Brotherhood of Steel figure from Fallout, but I decided I'm going to grab a few of my favorite figures from Overwatch that are available (Because Blizzard doesn't want to take my money by giving me full quality NECA action figures yet), currently being Reaper, Pharah, and Soldier 76.  Sadly it seems like 76 is Gamestop Exclusive and completely out of stock.  Anyone got one they'd part with?

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Modern Video Games / Games with a lot of modern Japanese culture in them...

« on: September 30, 2016, 04:57:29 pm »

Basically I've been on a bigger Japan kick lately, watching someones videos from Japan of their daily life and stuff, and playing "Learn Japanese To Survive: Hiragana Battle" and it's got me wanting to play stuff that has more of the modern culture of Japan in the game.  Like I understand Yakuza has a lot of side stuff related to Japanese life with games and shows and other side questy type stuff, so I plan to make Yakuza 0 my first go at the series.  Tokyo Mirage Sessions has elements for that, dealing with more of the pop idol scene.

There any other games for PS4 or PC that are worth checking out for that kind of stuff? I'm open to kinda whatever, even if it's got sexy girl stuff in it, doesn't bother me as long as it's a fun game.

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Marketplace / No Man's Sky for PS4

« on: August 12, 2016, 01:56:08 pm »

Just not the game for me, so I'm looking to get rid of it for $45, which includes shipping.  I did offer it to one other person who I don't know if they were serious or not, but haven't heard back, so just looking to line someone else up for it that would like it.  Should know later today sometime I hope.

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Off Topic / A movie franchise you can always watch?

« on: August 09, 2016, 06:55:05 am »

This is slightly similar to a previous topic I made a while back of what's a movie you can always put in and enjoy, but after diving headlong into the Godzilla franchise after being away for so long, no matter if I have some issues with the movie or it gets goofy, I'm basically pretty happy watching a Godzilla movie (Except for the Roland Emmerich one), so what are other franchises that you can pretty easily just watch most of them?

To specify, it must be a series that has at least like...5 or 6 movies minimum.  Friday the 13th, James Bond, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, etc.  And you gotta enjoy a good portion of them.  Like there could be a couple overall you hate, depending on the amount of movies involved, but generally even if it's poor, or goofy, you still have fun in the grand scheme of releases.

Godzilla is definitely mine.  I haven't watched Godzilla in forever outside of the recent American one, but after a recent uptick in Godzilla hype from Shin Godzilla and a marathon of Godzilla goodness from Matt at the Super Best Friends I watched, I basically went out and bought 9 Godzilla movies from the last 2004 one to the 1993 Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla 2.  It gets goofy and sometimes doesn't look the best, and there are audio balance issues here and there, but I really rekindled my love of Godzilla I use to have as a kid, renting Godzilla classics on VHS from my local video store.  Gonna keep grabbing more too since thankfully all the Blu-Rays are stupid cheap on Amazon.