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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).

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Classic Video Games / Re: Old video game ads.

« on: January 23, 2024, 04:42:23 pm »

My favorite Sega Game Gear ad:

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Modern Video Games / Re: What are your plans when everything goes digital only?

« on: January 21, 2024, 11:34:06 pm »

Assuming I'm still alive in five years, I'm planning to walk away from modern gaming when it goes digital only. I'm already not impressed with a majority of what the industry is pumping out anyway. I expect it's quite possible the digital only future will happen with the next generation. Luckily, I have 40 years of gaming that I know I've enjoyed and can revisit.

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Classic Video Games / Re: how would you rank your collecting experience per console

« on: January 19, 2024, 07:45:36 pm »

PS5: I struggle to even call myself a PS5 collector since I know full well its physical games are more or less glorified CD keys. I don't think there is any future in collecting for the PS5 since I know these games will have no longevity in a decade or so from now when Sony pulls the plug on its servers. Nearly every PS5 game I've played requires at least half the game be downloaded, if not way, way more than that. And I've never been able to have more than a dozen or so games downloaded onto my PS5 at a time given how much space they take up and also there being no way to update the HDD in them. If not for the games being petty fun, this would be a straight up F Tier console in terms of collecting for me.

Wait a sec. I've actually updated the SSD in my PS5, adding 1TB of storage to the system. I think it supports up to 4TB or more now after firmware updates. So you can upgrade the amount of internal space. Then you can also use external HDDs to hold install data for your games. You can transfer those files from the HDD to the internal SSD for use when you want to play them again, and then transfer the install data back to the HDD for long term storage when you want to free up space to play something else. While not convienent, it's surely do-able if you're wanting to play games on the PS5 20 years from now.

So, say your PS5 blows up into a fire ball. You have to go get another one, can you then move your stored games back to your new PS5's internal SSD?

Ah, you're going with worst case scenario. Well, there's a possibility that the expanded storage survived the blast. That can be removed and put into another PS5. Or, I believe you can make backup installs on external HDDs. There are ways around the catastrophe. But yeah... I get what you're saying. In a worst case scenario, it's a good possibility you're hosed if you weren't prepared for it.

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Classic Video Games / Re: how would you rank your collecting experience per console

« on: January 19, 2024, 06:37:13 pm »

PS5: I struggle to even call myself a PS5 collector since I know full well its physical games are more or less glorified CD keys. I don't think there is any future in collecting for the PS5 since I know these games will have no longevity in a decade or so from now when Sony pulls the plug on its servers. Nearly every PS5 game I've played requires at least half the game be downloaded, if not way, way more than that. And I've never been able to have more than a dozen or so games downloaded onto my PS5 at a time given how much space they take up and also there being no way to update the HDD in them. If not for the games being petty fun, this would be a straight up F Tier console in terms of collecting for me.

Wait a sec. I've actually updated the SSD in my PS5, adding 1TB of storage to the system. I think it supports up to 4TB or more now after firmware updates. So you can upgrade the amount of internal space. Then you can also use external HDDs to hold install data for your games. You can transfer those files from the HDD to the internal SSD for use when you want to play them again, and then transfer the install data back to the HDD for long term storage when you want to free up space to play something else. While not convienent, it's surely do-able if you're wanting to play games on the PS5 20 years from now.

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Classic Video Games / Re: how would you rank your collecting experience per console

« on: January 19, 2024, 08:44:00 am »

Interesting thread. I won't be going into too much detail or making a graph, but here's a quick breakdown:

S Tier: Focused collecting for specific platform.
 - Game Gear (Regular Dark Grey with mods)
 - PS1 (OG)

A Tier: Consolidated previous systems purposefully onto one platform.
 - PS4 / PSVR (Launch)

B Tier: Collected a lot during its lifespan and some after.
 - PS2 (OG, Slim)

C Tier: Collected marginally and still have the system.
 - Switch (Launch Grey)
 - Genesis (Model 2)
 - Vita (Launch 3G)
 - PS5 (Launch)

D Tier: Collected marginally during my ownership of the console but no longer have it.
 - NES
 - SNES
 - Virtual Boy
 - Gamecube
 - Wii
 - GBC
 - GBA / GBA SP
 - Sega CD (Model 2)
 - Sega 32X
 - Saturn
 - Dreamcast (Launch)
 - Xbox (OG)
 - PS3 (20GB Launch, 60GB, Slim 120GB)
 - PSP (Launch)
 - Goldstar 3DO
 - Jaguar
 - Game.com


My more fun system to collect were obviously Game Gear and PS1, but Game Gear takes the top spot. I've had it since 1992 and took it everywhere with me. When it broke after the turn of the century due to the faulty capacitors, I even had it fixed up. Looks and plays like new now. As for the games, I wasn't too worried about them being in perfect complete condition. I just wanted a copy of the games that looked interesting to me so that I could play them. Collecting for it became insanely expensive about ten years ago making me consider and eventually get the EverDrive X7 for it so I have a full collection to play, even if it's not a true collection.

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

« on: December 25, 2023, 09:12:13 pm »

I hit the half mark for 2023. We'll see how I do in 2024. My starting lineup:

Completed: 03
Sonic Superstars (Switch)
Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (PS5)
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (PS5)

Currently Playing:
Resident Evil 5 (PS4)
Helldivers 2 (PS5)
Fallout 4 (PS4)
God of War Ragnarok (PS5)

Planning to Play:
Immortals of Aveum (PS5)
Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Collection (PS5)
 - Jurassic Park Rampage Edition (Genesis)
 - Jurassic Park (SNES)
 - Jurassic Park 2 Chaos Continues (SNES)
ICO (PS2)
Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection (PS4)
 - Uncharted 2 (PS3)

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General / Re: 2024 Gaming/Collecting Goals

« on: December 23, 2023, 02:17:05 pm »

I'm afraid my days of actually collecting are at minimum on hold, if not over. Sure, there are a couple of things I would love to own, but I'm not willing to fork out $1000+ for them. For now, I'll be looking forward to any retro collections from the 90's. Anticipating the first three Tomb Raider games releasing in Feb with a slight graphical overhaul.

Anyone know why Capcom hasn't made a Resident Evil collection of the PS1 games? Sure, they remade them, but the originals could be released and I think, well received.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: December 20, 2023, 08:32:14 am »

With so little time left in the year, I was lucky to have finished Final Fantasy 7 Remake (PS5). I really enjoyed the replay, reminding me of the smaller details of the story in time for the sequel to release. The lion's share of my completions were definitely retro collections. I expect that trend to continue as I expand out in the Jurassic Park collection and the Tomb Raider Trilogy remaster collection next year. First off, the list of 27 completed games:

Completed: 27
Sonic Origins Plus (PS5)
 - Sonic 1 (Genesis)
 - Sonic 2 (Genesis)
 - Sonic CD (Sega CD)
 - Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Genesis) [Counting as 2 games]
 - Sonic 1 (Game Gear)
 - Sonic 2 (Game Gear)
 - Sonic Chaos (Game Gear)
 - Sonic Triple Trouble (Game Gear)
 - Sonic Spinball (Game Gear)
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate (PS5)
TMNT Cowabunga Collection (PS4)
 - TMNT 2 (NES)
 - TMNT 3 (NES)
 - TMNT 4 (SNES)
 - TMNT HH (Genesis)
 - TMNT (Arcade)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PS5) -- [Counting as 2]
 - Main Game
 - Hearts of Stone
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (PS5)
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch)
Texas ChainSaw Massacre (PS5)
Tomb Raider 2013 DE (PS4)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (PS4)
Jurassic Park (Game Gear)
Carrion (PS5)
Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Collection (PS5)
 - Jurassic Park (Genesis) - Completed both Grant & Raptor scenarios
Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS5)


Next up is what I'm planning to play in 2024. It will be a much lighter year.

Planning to Play in 2024:
God of War Ragnarok (PS5)
Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (PS5)
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (PS5)
Tomb Raider Trilogy Remaster (PS5)
Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Collection (PS5)
 - Jurassic Park Rampage Edition (Genesis)
 - Jurassic Park (SNES)
 - Jurassic Park 2 Chaos Continues (SNES)
Resident Evil 5 (PS4)
ICO (PS2)
Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection (PS4)
 - Uncharted 2 (PS3)

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

« on: December 20, 2023, 08:16:05 am »

Yeah, I guess it's about time to update this as we head into 2024. God I feel old.

 - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (PS5) [Preordered]
 - Tomb Raider Trilogy Remastered (PS5)
 - Tomb Raider Underworld (PS2)
 - Instinction (PS5)
 - Mass Effect 5 (PS5)
 - New Tomb Raider (PS5)
 - New Witcher (PS5)
 - Ecco the Dolphin DotF (PS2)
- Zelda Tears of the Kingdom (Switch) Obtained
 - Sega CDX or CD model 2 hardware <-- probably not happening
 - Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunter Edition (PS3) <-- not happening

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General / Re: Amiibos - your experience

« on: December 19, 2023, 01:45:44 pm »

I only bought favorite characters, having Smash Link, Wolf Link, Fox and Sonic. I guess the Mario cereal counts. I cut it out and have it in the Mario Odyssey case. The other four sit on my nerd shelf collecting dust.

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General / Re: A Year in Review - 2023

« on: December 10, 2023, 05:19:15 pm »

This wasn't an abysmal year with the new Zelda saving it, but it wasn't great either.

So favorite overall and played for a 2023 release is Zelda TotK.

My least favorite part of gaming is coming to terms that I'm no longer the demographic, and the new demographic loves shallow online only experiences. The games worth playing are so few and far between that it's essentially useless to own a modern system.

Sleeper hit would probably be the LRG Jurassic Park Collection. It's also the biggest surprise too.

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Modern Video Games / Re: The Game Awards 2023

« on: December 07, 2023, 11:18:03 pm »

Best showing for me was the Sega revival. Hoping Shenmue 4 and a new Ecco join the lineup.

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Modern Video Games / Re: The Game Awards 2023

« on: December 07, 2023, 10:15:08 pm »

JP had my attention. I was a bit disappointed that it's an FPS vs a 3rd person action adventure but I decided to check out that trailer and let it convince me. I was disheartened to see the main character is the hackneyed modern era POC female. That in itself isn't bad, just boring as it's nothing more than virtue signaling getting lost in a torrent of virtue signaling. What really killed it for me was watching this woman do nearly shot for shot scenes from the first movie (improbable), scream and run from a Dilophosaurus, completely gassing herself by the end, only to stand up defiantly against the might of the TRex like she's Riddick with a flare she pulled from her ass.

I'll hope that when more gameplay is shown, it can turn around the weak first impression.