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General / Re: Games/Series you love, but also don't...

« on: February 26, 2024, 08:49:08 am »

Both Resident Evil and Final Fantasy are two series I have a love hate relationship with.

Echoing this a bit and realizing I'm late to the thread party.

Resident Evil was my favorite series from 1996 to 2009 when Uncharted took over the top spot. Unlike Astralsoul, however, I loved RE5. For me, it was RE6 that was the start of the downhill and it was a cliff. RE6 still had moments of fun but didn't know what it wanted to be and ignored Jill's recovery story alltogether, instead opting for Jake and Sherry. I mean... why Capcom? It was also around this time that I started to just not care anymore about horror games in general. When they decided to give a middle finger to the third person action oriented crowd and go first person horror, the series was officially done for me. Of course, I believe the main arc of the series was completed at the end of RE5. So... I'm fine with the series officially being over if it ever comes to that.

For Final Fantasy... there were so few that really captured my attention. While I started gaming on the NES, the FF series was never on my radar until FF7. That was my first and it was incredible. I tried 8 and didn't care. Tried 10 and enjoyed it for the most part. I even tried 13 and didn't like it all. That was kind of it for me until the Remake of FF7 which was incredible, but it ends at the same damn spot that my glitchy PS1 copy stopped working. So since 1997, I've been stuck at the same spot in the story. Of course, I know all the major plot twists as it's been more than 25 years, but still. Glad to finally be able to continue the story in a few days.

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: February 23, 2024, 12:15:11 pm »

Finally got a few rounds of Helldivers 2 (PS5) in. Took about 20 min to connect to their servers though. Kind of crazy. The game is pretty fun when you get used to it and only if you have buds to play with. This probably wouldn't be near as fun if played solo. Seems the dev is addressing connection issues so that should get better.

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General / Re: February 2024 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: February 21, 2024, 08:14:32 pm »

I unexpectedly picked up Helldivers 2 (PS5) on a whim to co-op with a buddy. Haven't been able to connect to their servers successfully.

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General / Re: February 2024 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: February 17, 2024, 08:29:12 am »

With Tomb Raider Trilogy not getting a physical release, I'm not going to bother with it. I really hate the digital only trend when it comes to many of these releases.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Xbox going third party

« on: February 16, 2024, 11:51:10 am »

I have no interest in the four rumored titles.

I'd buy Indiana Jones, Gears of War, Killer Instinct, and Recore (looked interesting). I might be convinced to buy Halo but I would have to have a buddy buy it to play co-op with.

Anything else is a polite pass.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Xbox going third party

« on: February 08, 2024, 07:15:28 pm »

To be fair, if it was reversed and Playstation was putting their games on Xbox instead, the backlash would be just as severe if not more so. Same for Nintendo. Imagine them putting Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong Country on Playstation and Xbox. The blowback from fans would be swift.

My original thought process is such... if a company decides to release its exclusive titles on other platforms, then it takes away a major reason to buy that hardware. This has always been the case.

My current thought process is such... the gaming industry as a whole has faultered in delivering software I give a damn about on a regular release basis as they used too. Even Playstation for the PS5 generation have been very lackluster in what they're churning out, and that's coming from someone that has been a Playstation enthusiest since 1996. For all intents and purposes, gaming as we once knew it, is dead. Sure, there is the occasional release that's a diamond in the rough, but the industry as a whole is a shadow of its former self. The industry is consolidating because they can't keep up with release schedules anymore to justify owning multiple systems. We've entered an era of SaaS and where AAA games are few and far between. System Sellers are going the way of the dodo.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Xbox going third party

« on: February 06, 2024, 02:36:56 pm »

If the rumors are true, why do you think that it implies Microsoft is dropping out of the race, so to speak? Their sights are on cloud gaming across all sorts of devices, and this is the first step in that direction. Microsoft may be out of the console market, but they're definitely invested in software still.

I was primarily speaking of the hardware market. Them pulling a Sega is not what I had envisioned.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Xbox going third party

« on: February 06, 2024, 01:08:00 pm »

I've got to be honest. If Xbox goes third party, I'll have never seen that coming. I expected them to stay in the race till the bitter end after the crazy amount of money they dropped on acquisitions over the last few years. Maybe it's all that money spent that had investors and shareholders holding them over a fire to earn that money back.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Xbox going third party

« on: February 05, 2024, 03:09:47 pm »

I'm now seeing rumors that even Gears of War is potentially being considered for a PS5 port. I'd actually pick that one up as it was fun back in the day. (God I feel old).

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Modern Video Games / Re: Xbox going third party

« on: February 05, 2024, 09:26:37 am »

I'm interested in the rumor of getting Indiana Jones on PS5, but I'm also hoping they put a 3rd person perspective in the game. As a first person game, it doesn't look like it's matching its potential and will be mediocre. Granted, this is all rumor based so we probably won't see it on PS5 anyway.

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General / Re: February 2024 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased New

« on: February 03, 2024, 05:27:07 pm »

Two on my list for this month. Tomb Raider Trilogy Remaster and FF7 Rebirth. Only FF7 is preordered. We'll see if TR waits or not.

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Modern Video Games / Re: State of Play | January 31, 2024 thoughts?

« on: January 31, 2024, 07:33:23 pm »

Nothing new of interest. Both Dragon's Dogma 2 and Stellar Blade have some interest but they will wait for a price drop.

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Modern Video Games / Re: State of Play | January 31, 2024 thoughts?

« on: January 30, 2024, 08:07:46 am »

Given the last three years of these types of trailer dumps (not even shows anymore), I have zero expectations for this one. Sure, there will be a couple interesting looking titles, but it will be either stuff we already know or there will be nothing that genuinely gets my interested.

To keep the RE discussing, I expect nothing from Capcom at tomorrow's event, but I would prefer to see Code Veronica get the Remake treatment than RE5. I don't think RE5 needs it. Honestly, I didn't think RE4 needs it either, though I'll be tempted to get it after a significant price drop. I really enjoyed RE5. The move to action was great, but I understand why the Survival Horror enthusiasts didn't enjoy the transformation.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2024!!!!!

« on: January 29, 2024, 07:56:59 am »

I think the third game will take place 5+ years after the events of Survivor, and will revolve around Cal, but place more of an emphasis on Kata (Bode's daughter). I think she will even be a playable character throughout most of the game. I think they will start you off with only a few basic force techniques much like Cal at the beginning of Fallen Order, but then give her a variety of new techniques that even Cal didn't have. At the very least, I feel like half the game will have you play as Kata while the other half will be with Cal. I could even see a situation where you play a third of the game a Cal, a third as Kata, and a third as either Marin (sp?) or some other new character, possibly another apprentice. While Disney has been no stranger to retconning the aspects of Star Wars they still consider canon, considering Cal is nowhere in the original trilogy or any of the canon afterwards, I'm 90% certain they will kill him off by the end of the game. Assuming the game isn't a complete flop or heavily rejected by fans, I can see them handing the torch over to Kata for further sequels. Just my theory, but it seemed like the end of the game was setting the next game up for this potentially.

That's definitely a possibility. Cal is almost too powerful at this point. It would make sense for the torch to be passed down.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2024!!!!!

« on: January 27, 2024, 08:25:27 am »

I won't be doing a blurb for every game completed, but I just finished Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (PS5). Great game. I had been interested in the first for a while, hearing it played like Uncharted and finally it released on PS Plus. Played it and enjoyed it. Then the sequel had a half off during Black Friday that I couldn't pass up.

Game in general starts you with the powers you gained in the first game. Something I'm thankful of as most games just have you start from scratch and it sucks. Without going into too much detail, by the end of the game, Cal is basically a God. I expect with a rumored third game in developement, that they could have him take on Vader and win, but somehow Vader lives for his cannon death in the movies.

Quite a few plot twists in the game that I won't be detailing, but it felt right when the game was about to end, the team decided to extend it a few hours just because. Still good. Looking forward to a third game. If one is made, I expect we won't see it until the end of the PS5 generation.

Starting God of War Ragnarok (PS5).