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Modern Video Games / Re: TMNT: The Last Ronin game in development inspired by latest God of War games

« on: March 28, 2023, 02:12:11 pm »

Just finished reading the comic. It'll be interesting to see where they go with it. Without spoilers, I'm wondering if we'll be playing as the different turtles during flashback scenes.

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General / Re: How Many Stopped Playing Your Consoles Due To Crashes

« on: March 28, 2023, 02:10:40 pm »

I haven't had any experiences to what was originally posted. To help steer this thread in a more positive direction though, I've had the following problems with consoles:

NES - Red blinky light / not reading cartridges after a few years.
Game Gear - Faulty capacitors killed audio before eating through the mother board. Got it completely repaired.
PS1 [launch model] - Had to turn the system upside down after a few years to allow it to read discs.
Jaguar - Red blinky light / not reading cartridges
Gamecube [launch model] - Disc drive went out in the middle of playing Twilight Princess for the first time.
PS2 [launch model] - DVD movie read errors followed by random disc read errors a couple years later.
PS3 [60GB launch model] - Disc drive died.
Wii - Disc drive died

As far as I know, my Sega Genesis [model 2] is the only system I've owned that's never had a problem and I've had it now for about 30 years.

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Modern Video Games / Re: TMNT: The Last Ronin game in development inspired by latest God of War games

« on: March 24, 2023, 10:58:49 am »

EDIT: Added the image above to give this thread some visual flare.

I have been waiting for a mature Ninja Turtles game for about two decades now. My hopes originally included...
 - Playing all four turtles looking like they had in the 1990 original movie.
 - Each turtle had their own point of view in the story with different sections.

So, while this isn't exactly what I had hoped for, it's more than a step in the right direction. Given what little I know about The Last Ronin (yes, it was spoiled for me), we know only a single turtle remains. Everything else I had hoped for in the darker game, is easily attainable for the new game. I'm very curious to see...
 - Who is the developer?
 - What is the art direction looking like?
 - What is the gameplay style going to be? (outside of being inspired by GoW)
 - How dark will this go? T rating? M rating? I want to see anger, vengeance, and blood in this game.
 - Modern systems confirmed -- I don't want this to skip PS5.

The above aside, I'll look into picking up a physical copy of the complete graphic novel. Fingers crossed my wife picks it up for me for my birthday.

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General / Re: What video game has the smartest playerbase? Requiring most intelligence to play

« on: March 16, 2023, 08:59:37 pm »

Fortnite.

Come at me bro.

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General / Re: The gamer you were when you joined VGcollect vs. the gamer you are now in 2023

« on: March 07, 2023, 08:51:40 am »

I joined only back in December 2019 but holy hell has my viewpoint on gaming shifted. Back in 2019 I was full steam ahead looking forward to what the next generation of consoles would bring. It's always an exciting time wondering what the next gen will offer that's different or at least what kind of graphical enhancements we'll get. I could imagine a hundred different possible games that would have me hyped beyond measure. Then what happened?

The world shut down in a draconian fashion and stayed shut down for far too long due to greed, a lust for power from government officials and the gas-lit fear the media set ablaze across the globe. People did die and it was horrible but it wasn't what we were told and they stopped the world economy for years.

On the gaming front, developers scrambled to try and figure out how to properly do work from home delaying nearly every game in development. It quickly came to light how lazy and entitled the general population of the work force became as we now have boycotts and walkouts coupled with full on protests because companies have started requiring people to come back into the office. It makes sense when you realize that many employees aren't motivated to work their hardest when a boss can't come around the corner at a moment's notice.

Equally on the gaming front, my console of choice... Playstation... released its new iteration... the PS5. What generally happens when a new system releases? Most here are old enough to remember the swaths of game announcements, trailers, screenshots, gameplay, etc. of past generations. What did Sony do with the PS5? They shut the f**k up stopping most communication to the public about any upcoming projects save for a small handful that are now all released. They focused on small titles with their State of Plays that for the most part, have been abysmal showcasing titles that could be played on cell phones let alone other consoles. It took a staggering TWO YEARS for a PS5 gen only title to release I was interested in (A Plague Tale: Requiem) with everything else I was interested in also releasing on the previous generation.

Then the push for games as a service skyrocketed. And I mean skyrocketed. This was primarily as a way for companies to squeeze every penny they could from people stuck in their homes connected to each other ONLY through online communities. What better way to bring people together than making online only community games that you'll never own and never get the full experience of for less than $200? How noble of them.

I get it. I really do. You have a massive shut down of the global economy and your market has shifted drastically as we play out the book "1984", but seriously? Modern gaming as it is now in comparison to what it once was... is a joke. The industry as a whole has an insane amount of work to do if I'm ever going to consider another system. Don't get me wrong, there are games years off that I'm looking forward too such as Instinction, a rumored new Tomb Raider, Mass Effect 5, Witcher 4, etc... but as it stands, PS5 will be my last foray of being up to date with gaming.

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General / Re: Which games would you be willing to pay $100 to own?

« on: March 06, 2023, 09:05:49 pm »

A single game? Probably none. Not anymore. Maybe if there was a great collectors edition for an Uncharted 5 or the next Mass Effect, but not a game by itself.

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General / Re: March 2023 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: March 02, 2023, 08:16:37 am »

I wasn't expecting to buy anything but my brother just upgraded to a PS5 and is a huge Destiny player. So I found myself once again pulled into Destiny buying the newest expansion to celebrate his new gen upgrade.

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Modern Video Games / Re: State of Play | February 23, 2023 thoughts?

« on: February 25, 2023, 08:56:59 am »

I got the bullet points after the fact. Wasn't impressed but it's become exceptionally difficult for modern gaming to impress me since PS5 launched. I keep finding myself going back to games I enjoyed from previous generations and replaying those. Currently replaying Witcher 3... granted... it's the PS5 upgrade.

In fact, the only new gen game exclusive I've really enjoyed so far is A Plague's Tale Requiem.

The gaming industry has a lot to prove if I'm going to bother with a PS6 or whatever they call it.

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General / Re: Rarest Items in Game Collection?

« on: February 25, 2023, 08:51:05 am »

My rarest video-game-related item is likely the vinyl in-store advertising banner I have for Jurassic Park on Sega Genesis/CD and Game Gear.

I'm honestly a bit jealous of that. Love each of those games.

My rarest game is probably Lost World Jurassic Park on the Sega Game Gear. It released in 1997 and was the last game released on the system. Considering the sales gap between Game Gear and Game Boy, I'm betting many overlooked the game.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Looking for help with SNES Chrono Trigger game/box

« on: February 18, 2023, 06:47:03 pm »

Honestly... leave it sealed. If it's sealed, the assumption can be made that everything's there.

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: February 18, 2023, 08:05:47 am »

Still working my way through Novigrad in Witcher 3. Trying to get all the side missions done. I should be done some time in 2024. Just killed a cereal killer that was going around brutally massacring townsfolk.

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General / Re: The Top 10 Most Wanted Items on Your Wishlist

« on: February 15, 2023, 08:54:23 am »

It's been a few months. At the very least, it's a new year. Here's the updated list:

 - Instinction (PS5)
- A Plague Tale: Requiem (PS5) (obtained)
 - Mass Effect 5 (PS5)
 - New Tomb Raider (PS5)
 - New Witcher (PS5?)
 - Zelda Tears of the Kingdom (Switch)
 - Sega CDX or CD model 2 hardware <-- probably not happening
 - Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunter Edition (PS3) <-- not happening

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Direct 2.8.2023 thoughts?

« on: February 08, 2023, 06:58:59 pm »

It wasn't good, IMO. I understand a lot of people wanting the remaster of Metroid Prime, but I've just never been a Metroid fan. I was really hoping we'd see the Zelda TP and WW HD port announcements today but alas... still waiting. At this point, I'm going to go on a limb and say that it won't happen. All the rumors over the last two years have been nothing but farts in the wind.

I'm looking forward to Tears of the Kingdom but I agree, it really looks more like an expansion. Oh well.

It's confirmed to be $70 for Tears of the Kingdom. Pretty funny.

Yeah, saw that. Pretty disappointed with Nintendo for gouging their fans but I suppose it's nothing all that new from them.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Direct 2.8.2023 thoughts?

« on: February 08, 2023, 06:14:28 pm »

It wasn't good, IMO. I understand a lot of people wanting the remaster of Metroid Prime, but I've just never been a Metroid fan. I was really hoping we'd see the Zelda TP and WW HD port announcements today but alas... still waiting. At this point, I'm going to go on a limb and say that it won't happen. All the rumors over the last two years have been nothing but farts in the wind.

I'm looking forward to Tears of the Kingdom but I agree, it really looks more like an expansion. Oh well.

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Classic Video Games / Re: The mClassic -- Pulled the Trigger

« on: February 02, 2023, 10:31:04 pm »

Happy to say that switching the Hyperkin from 4x3 to 16x9 fixed the mClassic's Retro Mode (Blue Light). It's now the best option making the games essentially as good as they did when I played it on an old SDTV.

Apparently the mClassic forces the picture (when in retro mode) into the 4x3 ratio to look right.