Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@roy130390 Spider-Man PS4 is easily my favorite adaptation of anything comic book related in recent memory. Like Arkham City it's the kind of game that makes me feel legitimately proud of having invested my time into reading comics and learning about these characters. It's almost rewarding in a sense, while having the incredible narrative quality that's to be expected of any first party PS4 game.

@Blooper987 Cool cool.

@Anti-Matter Neat.

@HotGoomba___Rebrand Fun times.

I imagined you saying that like a classic tv show dad, reading the papers, not actually paying attention.

@Eel Kinda like that dad from "That 70's Show"?
That would be some kind of non-interested, "sorry I even asked" kinda reply...

@Tyranexx Did you grab the games I posted here? For a total of 5 bucks and a couple of cents, they're definitely more than worth it. Especially Abzu: it's like the Switch version of Endless Ocean, but even more otherworldly and mysterious. It's an absolute joy to play and experience.

As for @NEStalgia: from what I've experienced, he's always been into the details of things. I can honestly say, hand on heart, that I have NEVER heard of anyone that played an open world racing game to stop and do a close up stare at the underbrush on the side of the road to see how detailed it is, but I guess I do know someone like that now.

I'm still undecided on whether that's an enrichment of my life or a detriment, but I guess time will tell...

@Heavyarms55 Well after finishing A Link Between Worlds, I've been playing Ocarina of Time on my 3DS. Been in a Zelda mood recently, lol. And a little bit of New Horizons for good measure.

@MarioLover92 November always gets me in the zelda mood. OOT especially.

@ThanosReXXX yeah kinda like that. And then the wife comes asking if she can buy something expensive and he just says "yeah yeah" and the laugh track begins.

@Eel You know, that was actually one of my favorite comedy shows, because in some ways, it hit close to home, seeing as I was indeed a 70's child.

@MarioLover92 Nice and classic. You ever get Streetpasses anymore? I don't take my 3DS out anymore.

@Heavyarms55
I have two 3DS XL machines with same region (USA) so i can do Streetpass whenever i want. 😁

Is streetpass even region locked?

@Eel
I haven't tried yet with my other 3DS XL (Japan, PAL).
So far, i have tried with same region 3DS.

If I remember correctly, the main thing about it was getting hits from people from all over the world and stuff like that.

I don’t think it’s restricted by area.

@Heavyarms55 I'd also like to build or buy a fairly decent gaming PC at some point, but I'm in no hurry to do that either. XD Same reasoning as above, plus I know really beefy graphics cards can cost quite a bit.

On games: I just finished up Super Mario Odyssey to my satisfaction; I'm sitting at 670 moons and decided to put the game down for awhile. I was excited about exploring the Dark and Darker Sides of the Moon until I learned the hard way that those are challenging gauntlets with few Moons to spare.

Currently working my way through Secret of Mana via Collection of Mana on the Switch. Then I downloaded Abzu yesterday and still need to give it a proper spin this weekend. I also picked up Pushmo on 3DS and hope to try it later as well. Shorter games for the most part, but I'm trying to clear out a bit of backlog before Christmas.

@ThanosReXXX I grabbed Abzu. It caught my eye back when it was reviewed here, and for $1.99 how can I NOT play it? I think after this past work week (and now some of tomorrow), a relaxing game is in order.

Heh, I certainly understand stopping to smell the roses and admire some video game landscapes on occasion. Though I doubt I'd normally do that in a racing game of all things. I'm more likely to do that in a lot of open world action/adventure games and RPGs.

@Heavyarms55 Not really. It's been a few years since I took my 3DS out for StreetPasses. I don't recall getting that much in recent years, which is understandable because we now have the Switch.

Phew...!
Finally, i finished Super Mario 3D World Wii U just now. 😄
It was really damn hard on World Bowser-7, i was upset last time and stopped playing for long time after kept falling into lava when i have to survive by jumping on the spinning cube. 😤
I unlocked World Star in the space, well....
still a lot of things to do.

And i think i will consider the Switch version next year as i don't want to play 3D World again in very near time.

@Anti-Matter Congrats on beating it! Yeah, that level is pretty dang tough and there's more levels after beating the Bowser world. It's only gonna get tougher from there, lol.

Easily one of my favorite Mario games. I could see myself getting it for Switch, especially since it has Bowser's Fury.

@MarioLover92
But, honestly.
It wasn't really fun to play 3D Mario games like that. 😑
I oftenly yelling for falling into bottomless pit / lava / toxic pool or lost multiple characters in a row. The games punish you for being perfect in timing / quick react in limited time given, i couldn't play hardcore like that since i still play the games casually (except DDR). It was really frustrating and easily to make me angry.
Only Super Mario Odyssey was quite easy for me as no Game Over screen so i can keep trying for infinite times.

As i grew up on my 36 years old, my impression with 3D Mario games slowly changed as i found other 3D platformer / adventure offers better experiences.
In fact, i quickly finished most of Ratchet & Clank games on PS3 and PS2 than 3D Mario games (Super Mario Odyssey was the fastest i could finish, just 2 weeks)
I still like Mario games but my hype was not strong as several years ago.

@Tyranexx Well my PC isn't just for Gaming, it's just more than capable of it. I bought it to last me a long time. My previous PC was still decent after 8 years and was only just beginning to really struggle, and since I had to move overseas anyway I figures it was time to replace it. I figure 2000 dollars on something that's going to get thousands of hours of use over years and years is a decent deal.

The Mana games have always been on my radar but I've never played any of them. I know they have some very loyal fans, so there must be something there.

@Heavyarms55 My PC can barely run f**king Roblox.