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General / Re: What are some of the worst games you've ever played?

« on: Today at 03:23:16 am »

A lot of people are replying with games I don't think are that bad at all lol Which I guess makes sense if you only play select games (like you watch reviews before playing anything so you naturally only play good games). That's more or less how it is for me these days too. I rarely play a game I would consider below a 4. All of those games I played as a kid of teenager.

All the pretty bad games I bought were either on whims or I got for free somehow. Boom Boom Rocket for example I got for free with my Xbox 360. It's basically just something you would find on Newgrounds but in "HD". A simple rhythm game that uses "remixes" of public domain songs like "Ode to Joy" and whatnot. Everything is derivative from the gameplay to the music.

A game I bought on a whim and didn't like was Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds Decade Duels. Yu-Gi-Oh games are rarely good. For some reason they give all the opponents incredibly bad decks that you can beat by just playing the biggest monster and attacking. No strategy at all. But at least you can collect lots of cards and try new deck strategies, even if the AI are pushovers. But this game takes even that away. You have to grind for hours to get just a few cards. They clearly wanted you to buy the "DLC" which were just decks you could buy for money. Just the pinnacle of greedy design made to make playing the game miserable in the hopes you would spend some money to make things go faster.

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General / Re: March 2026 - Recently added to collection/recently purchased

« on: Today at 03:03:10 am »

Finally catching up to the rest of the world now...I finally got a PS5!

I downloaded Astro's Playroom then later bought Tekken 8 and Elden Ring: Nightrein.

Nice! So many great games to play. If you like Astro's Playroom, you should check out Astro Bot. If you're a Fromsoft fan the Demon Souls remake is also incredible.

As for my own collection I've been more focused on playing through my collection than picking up new stuff so far this year. But s far in March I did pick up Marathon on PS5. Super fun so far, been really enjoying hopping on for a couple of hours to wind down in the evenings.

I'll probably pick up Slay the Spire 2 at some point soon. StS is in my top 10 games of all time, so it's really a no brainer for me to pick it up. I was initially thinking I would wait for the full release (it's in early access) but a friend of mine wants me to buy it in order to play co-op lol

Probably won't be buying anything else for the month as I am saving for my trip to Tokyo at the end of the month. But once there, I'll be sure to hit up Akiba for some harder to find games I've been looking for. I always want to spend way more than I can when I go so I'm making sure to save up as much as possible before I go lol.

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Classic Video Games / Re: So what are our thoughts on Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen coming bacc?

« on: Today at 02:53:01 am »

I'm confused about the outrage I've been seeing online. It's like people forgot game companies have been releasing old games on digital store front fro the past 20-years or something. I remember seeing games like Pokemon Snap and Ocarina of Time on the Virtual Console back in 2007 for like $12, which is practically $20 adjusted for inflation. I have no idea what Fire Red and Leaf Green go for these days physically, but unless they're over $100 loose, I'd say you might as well just get the physical cart and skip the digital copy. On top of that, I can't imagine it's very hard to find the roms for either of these, which seems to be a more and more common route people are taking with older games.

Me too. Maybe it's because I played a lot of Wii in my elementary/junior high days, but I remember paying 1000 Wii Points for Ocarina of Time lol I don't know why suddenly now people are super upset about it. Though tbf I feel $10 would have been way more reasonable. That's what Sony charges for PS classics I think.

As to why you would want these over emulating, its really for people who just don't know about emulating (such as 12 year old me who bought Ocarina of Time for like $10) or hardcore fans who want to use Pokemon home features (which are coming). It's kinda a waste of money for anyone else tbh. If you are a collector you probably have the game already, and if not just emulate it (or buy one of those retro handheds for like $50 that let you emulate like all the retro consoles. They are pretty sweet)

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General / Re: Intro thread

« on: Today at 02:33:29 am »

Still use Reddit generally, but I still come back here as I just like forums too much, there's something more direct and enjoyable about them, as long as its one with a decent community, but then again I'm also an "old' at this point and I grew up on participating in forums in the early 2000's, so it just makes more sense to use lol

I use Reddit too but I've just been coming to the realization over the past few months that you really aren't interacting with people at all. At least not in the way you do on forums. In a forum you can get to know the person and kinda get to know them. On Reddit you will likely never interact with a person you reply to again outside of that post. Also, you don't even know if the person you are talking to is even human. Like 90% of the accounts I get into a discussion with are new accounts with randomly assigned usernames. It just feels so off when I also grew up on forums lol I much prefer seeing a username someone crafted, with their personal avatar. On some forums people also put a lot of effort into their signature too, and I just like the vibe way more I guess lol.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Report: Sony single player games exclusive again

« on: Today at 02:21:27 am »

I lost interest in Horizon after they made Aloy canonically lesbian in the Burning Shores DLC for Forbidden West, a baffling move that had no relevance to the plot and served no purpose other than to push an agenda.

Why does being a lesbian need to be plot relevant? Why can't she just be a lesbian.... cause she's a lesbian? There are tons of characters who we know are straight that serve no purpose to the plot. In the first Uncharted we know that Drake is straight, but it doesn't matter to the story at all. It does help develop his character though, as we get to see him develop a crush on Elena Fisher by the end of the game. Likewise, seeing Alloy become closer to Seyka doesn't really matter to the overall plot (yet, more developments could happen in Horizon 3 that make the relationship relevant), but it matters for her character development as we see them getting close.

Anyways, back on topic, it really doesn't matter to me because of the way I collect. I buy Sony published games on PlayStation and Microsoft Studios published games on Xbox. So no change in how I was playing their games. But for people who just play on Xbox or PC yeah it stinks. Sony might not be what they once were, but they do still release solid games overall, and every now and then a real gem comes out. Astro Bot comes to mind for example. When I think about their output recently though they don't really release that many games, so overall its a small loss (a loss all the same though, and I much prefer more consumer friendly practices than less).

I think a big reason for them though is the fact that Xbox is moving towards a more "PC" like architecture, as well as the new Steam console. If I was looking for a new console, and saw that all of PlayStations games were on these other consoles plus games that only release "on PC", I wouldn't be buying a PlayStation (assuming I could get 1 console). Steam takes 30% of game sales, so even though they might be selling the same or more games in such a situation, they might end up making less money because people are not buying them from Sony.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Stage Tour revealed | Guitar Hero spiritual successor from original publisher

« on: Today at 01:50:06 am »

Guitar Hero / Rock Band was such a huge part of my teens. It's crazy how popular it got and then disappeared overnight lol

Never heard of the Fortnite thing, but I'll probably check it out tbh. It's been a while since I played this kind of "instrument based" rhythm game, but I've been weirdly nostalgic for Guitar Hero lately so it sounds interesting. Probably will just end up playing Guitar Hero 3 or Rock Band 2/3 again though tbh lol

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General / Re: Intro thread

« on: Today at 01:44:20 am »

Heyo, names Niko. Have been coming to the realization that I actively hate Reddit and what it has done to fandoms/hobby communities, and trying to branch off from using it so much. I already have a few other sites I've been using since forever, but it never hurts to join more. Especially since most forums are pretty slow moving these days, so just having more people to talk with never hurts.

I've been collecting games (as in actively building a collection, not just getting games as a kid) since 2012 or thereabouts. I mostly collect Japanese GBC and GBA right now, but I'm a modern gamer too and play new games on Switch 2 and PS5 mostly.

Anyways nice to meet you all. Even if its a pretty small community at least I know you're all (likely) human and not some bot lol