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rich,

Fucking awesome

This is great, thanks

rich,

I ran a gaming store at the time, with rentals. I remember when brink came out and I had the exact same experience when I took it home to try. At least I had no anticipation and didn’t pay anything for it.

rich, (edited )

I miss the days of N64 Magazine and C&VG in the 90s. Those were reviews you could trust.

If a game was shit, they literally called it shit and gave it a review and score to match.

For example: gaminghell.co.uk/…/n64tribute-carmageddon64b.jpg

Review summary: “If you see Carmageddon 64 in the shops, take it off the shelves, rip up the box and throw the cart repeatedly against the wall until it breaks”.

Classic

Edit: fuck me, fourty fucking quid for that game back then. That’s £70 with inflation!!!

Edit edit: I’m looking at the prices of the games I got in the 90s…fucking hell, we have it good nowadays. Of course literally everything else is more expensive but eh

rich,

Never heard of Yahtzee but that sounds great.

A lot like Digitiser here back in the day…might write up a good post about Digi when I get the time.

rich,

Yeah, after Reddit died (as far as I’m concerned) I set up a tracker for a load of RSS feeds. A lot of them are, as you say, updates concerning walkthroughs and guides. Predominantly Baldurs Gate 3 at the moment.

Which is fine I guess, but it is very obvious what they’re pushing…I’d rather just have news.

rich,

He’s utterly wrong.

rich,

Yep. It’s Dark Souls 4 as far as I’m concerned

rich,

Less. I got a Crucial 2tb for £70 a couple of weeks ago. 5000mb/s too

Edit: Samsung Evo 970 is actually £73 on Amazon right now for 2TB

rich,

No, the Wii U’s issue is the name is nonsensical. What the fuck does the U mean? It sounds like an add-on or health title.

No one had an issue with identifying the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as a successor to the Nintendo Entertainment System, or the Super Famicom as the successor to the Famicom.

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I don’t play my switch anymore, I exclusively use Yuzu on my PC.

I can play games like Xenoblade 3 in native 4k 60fps with HDR on my TV using a pro controller. No way am I going back to using the switch docked. Ever.

Edit: also 4k mario kart deluxe with mods. Shrek, Peter Griffin and homer are perfect additions to any race

rich,

Yep. And the console itself looked like a Wii, out of focus in all promotions to begin with too.

When the console was announced at that E3 back then, I was on a live chat somewhere I think, thousands of active users, most obviously well versed in games and consoles and tech in general. Everyone was fucking confused. That was when it was obvious it would not go well.

What's wrong with the Saints Row reboot again?

I got it expecting to hate it, but as I kept playing, I found myself legitimately enjoying it. Not begrudgingly enjoying it, not enjoying it outside of one or two small details, but actually being engaged in the story and gameplay. Which leads me to wondering why people had a problem with this game in the first place again?

rich,

Sanitized crap compared to the originals. The fun and excess were part of the joke, and all of that was removed.

rich, (edited )

These are still being released for many games. Xenoblade 3 was released as a full 100+ hour RPG with basically zero bugs and no microtransactions at all - the DLC included a full new story expansion worth 40+ hours, new characters, battle system changes, an entirely new world to explore, etc. They could sell the fucking thing separately and it would be fine as a standalone if it weren’t for it bookending the series in plot.

Releasing a good, finished game, with a good, finished DLC campaign that respects the player should be standard and expected. It’s not something that should be considered unique to Larian - but we need more like these and I’d love them to bring a Xenoblade 3:Future Redeemed size expansion, like the ones you mentioned, to BG3.

Edit: the old fallout 3 expansions were great too iirc

rich,

Yep we did a massive battle yesterday, went to long rest. Got stuck in the camp with us lying down on the floor twitching with our heads in the campfire itself. Couldn’t quit, couldn’t save, couldn’t leave the fucked camp sleep animation. Tried everything.

Had to reload and redo. Fucking bullshit.

Edit: photo I took. See. What the fuck are they doing. i.postimg.cc/bYxvsZvj/IMG20230828203550.jpg

rich,

I used to run a rpi2 but then the MiSTer replaced it and then some. Absolute zero latency or input delay, hardware FPGA emulation. Running SNES or PSX perfectly replicated on a 1440p display natively is just woah

Been playing FF7 for the first time myself on it, it’s fantastic. Never played it in the 90s, had more Nintendo then.

rich,

Ok where the fuck is the super mario world cartoon?

Mama Luigi is a classic

rich, (edited )

Xenoblade X remaster/definitive edition.

Main trilogy is complete and wrapped up. X is still stuck on the Wii U and the online needs bringing back in a big way

Edit: 2015 may make more sense. 10 years, like X1DE was ten years after the original. Then XB2 DE then 4.yep.

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It’s great, just very very different.

No links to the other games in story, other than nopon appearing and one type of unique monster. No real main character (create your own), missions and exploration over story. Very minimal story. Huge mechs, soundtrack by Hiroyuki Sawano (attack on titan) complete with rap during battles.

It’s a very frustrating game, but it is gigantic, has some awesome worlds to explore and is worth playing

I was disappointed in it at launch as it was not what I expected from Xenoblade after getting that one at launch here in the UK in 2011 - that was incredible.

rich,

I mean, I hope you used protection.

rich,

But…aren’t they all already backed up by the preservation community? Redump, etc. I haven’t checked admittedly

rich,

Glad they went the WB route of preserving the content with a disclaimer rather than removing or editing it. Well done konami, somehow. For once.

rich,

Even that seems mad to me, I remember the hype when GTAIV came out and buying it that evening after work. That doesn’t seem long ago, so the gap between them two feels comparitavely short

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