Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Anti-Matter I have played Team Sonic Racing on PC/Steam and it's actually pretty good. I didn't think I would like it that much given how it's team-focused, but I took a chance on it and I enjoyed it. Obviously it's quite different from your typical kart racer - you're gonna want to make sure that you and both your teammates place well if you want to taste victory. You can help out your teammates by sending them items, too. There's an adventure mode that has normal races and challenges, as well. There's also online multiplayer, but I don't think many people are playing it online, sadly. (I did play a fair amount of people back when it was new.) For that, you probably want to stick with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. I'd say if you can get Team Sonic Racing on sale, I'd recommend it. Not my favorite kart racer, but it's an underrated one. Plus it has awesome music - it's a Sonic game, after all.

@ThanosReXXX I ended up getting the Game & Watch as well. It's quite a cute novelty - my only issue is that the G&W version of SMB isn't on here, there's just the NES original. Always liked that retro charm of the old Game & Watch games too.

I don't know what you guys are talking about, bull terriers look kinda cute. It is sad to see dogs so completely transformed via hundreds to thousands of years of breeding. An x-ray of a Pugs skull makes you understanding that they get sick all of the time. I prefer bigger dogs though, labradors and that neck of the woods are my speed. Although Corgis are awesome, if there is one breed I would like to get, it would be a Corgi.

Wow, a one-day break, and my notifications are going crazy! XD Though I didn't properly get around to checking the site after that last post thanks to a full New Years Eve. I technically could have browsed the web while watching a movie, but it's often hard for me to do that and concentrate on what's happening on-screen. It was The Green Mile, if I haven't mentioned that already. I think I'll be splitting this into two posts since I have a lot of responses to work through lol.

I'm also still playing way too much BotW lol. 50 hours in, 45 shrines, 69 Korok seeds, and hoping to work on my second Divine Beast before long.

@theJGG Hey, no prob! Happy New Year to you and your family as well!

@BruceCM That's what I'm betting on: that Three Houses will enjoy more sales down the line. I definitely want it, but I have more than enough to play right now.

The main reason I don't have a Steam account is because I've heard the sales are notorious. XD

@SM3DASislit Yep, particularly those who have a ton of digital games piled up. XD I've heard Steam is especially terrible when it comes to sales. My current count is just under 30 games, but a little over 1/3 of that number meet or exceed roughly 50 hours of gameplay, according to HowLongToBeat. I'm back to my "one game a month" rule for awhile, though I do allow grabbing something on sale if it's short and significantly discounted. I also stick to a budget.

@Anti-Matter Some of what you listed is also part of my backlog lol. I still need to play Final Fantasy X/X-2 on the Switch (or at least X, we'll see how X-2 goes; I've read some like it, while others don't), as well as Final Fantasy IV on DS as well. Then I need to pick up the older FF entries off the eshop. I'm VERY behind on Final Fantasy, needless to say!

I've played Ever Oasis; it's a fun little action/adventure game by Grezzo, the studio responsible for the Ocarina of Time 3D and Majora's Mask 3D remakes on 3DS. There are a few small flaws, but I do think further games in the franchise have potential if any are released. I consider it an underrated 3DS gem.

I can also recommend Golden Sun: Dark Dawn; it isn't as strong as the two GBA Golden Sun titles, but it's still a decent JRPG in its own right. Parts of its soundtrack are decent too.

Here's one of my favorites from the game:

@MarioLover92 I doubt I'll completely work my way through my backlog, but I would like to make a huge dent. My goal is to not necessarily wipe it clean, but to drill down to where I only have a small handful of games (3-5) waiting in the wings. That way I can also comfortably replay something in my collection should the mood hit me.

On Three Houses: I suspect I'll fully experience the school/tutoring portion of the game my first time through, then let the game automatically do the legwork on subsequent playthroughs. XD From what I understand, there are actually four paths to work through? I intentionally don't know the specifics, but I've had that much disclosed to me lol.

@ThanosReXXX Happy New Year to you as well! Hopefully even Mad Titans take a load off and partake in some quiet NYE festivities? :

Child's play, huh? I'm curious at what your backlog looks like....

I did read a brief synopsis of Surviving Christmas after you mentioned it. On paper it does look decent, but in execution....Well, apparently the box office results and critic reviews speak volumes. XD I'll probably watch it at some point when there's absolutely nothing else to do.

@Sunsy Good call. Besides its original characters, it mainly incorporates characters from Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword.

@MarioLover92 Amen to that. That was the main reason for me to get one: not the whole "oh, Mario is 35 years celebration" thing, but just personal youthful sentiment. I used to own several of these LCD handhelds, but stupid as young people can be, I never realized the value back then, so I haven't got any of them anymore.

So, for me, this is both kind of a trip down memory lane, as well as a bit of a "trying to get back part of what I lost" kinda thing. Not the same as being smart enough to keep the original LCD handhelds, but close enough...

@Tyranexx New Year's Eve festivities? Well, depending on what you mean by that, and considering the restrictions that we're currently under, there's only so much that even a Mad Titan can do...

EDIT:
Concerning my back log: just as mentioned in my previous comment to our new illustrious Chit-Chat member SM3DASislit, it's literally hundreds of titles across all the home consoles and handhelds that I own. Blame it on my principle of wanting/needing to buy titles that (in my opinion) belong to a certain platform. Simplest example: you just can't have a Nintendo console without a Zelda or a Mario game. To me, that's more or less like going to Paris and NOT seeing the Eiffel tower....

So, I just keep buying titles, most of the time only sampling them and then putting them in the collection, sometimes never to be seen again...

But I still feel the need to own them, and get them at an affordable price, so I buy them at the right time price-wise, but not necessarily "I've actually got the time to play them extensively"-wise.

Oh, well. At least I actually DO own them, so I can play them whenever I want, instead of having to hunt them down many years later, and for astronomical prices.

Concerning "Surviving Christmas": nail on the head right there. It absolutely is one of those in the category of "well, I've watched all the other Christmas movies and I've got nothing else to do for the next 90 minutes, so I might as well watch it" kinda movies. And definitely don't pay for it. Watch it if it's broadcasted on any of the channels that you already have, otherwise, it isn't worth the money. Christina Applegate or not...

@Tyranexx
I already have Golden Sun Dark Dawn since August 2015.
But still not finished yet. 😅

@MarioLover92
I will pick Team Sonic Racing PS4 version as PS4 version is running in 60 fps while Switch version = 30 fps.

@ThanosReXXX By "festivities", I was hinting at maybe a quiet little celebration with at least you, or with some close family. Though I don't know how strict the Netherlands is with their lockdown criteria right now. I hope you at least had a good drink to ring in the new year.

I get feeling the need to own certain heavy hitters on a system! Though I typically pick up games from franchises I'm familiar with and enjoy, or grab a game that reviewed decently and has other favorable online impressions. I do occasionally take a chance. Sometimes these pay off, like with A Short Hike and Ghost Trick.

I do occasionally share the "At least I have it" mentality. That's why I nearly picked up FE3H last month. But I decided it could wait a bit longer; I doubt its print run will be discontinued anytime soon.

@Anti-Matter I played it about a year ago IIRC; in terms of how long I'd owned it, it was my oldest backlogged game at the time. I picked it up for cheap from a clearance rack at a local store several years ago.

I was thinking I should rewatch Dr. Stone before the new second season starts this month last night.

I just finished it today. I binge watched the entire season in less than 24 hours. XD

I might be just a little excited for this.

@WoomyNNYes I run too, but I can never imagine running in the winter. Every time I run when its too cold out I get a headache and this general unpleasant sensation.

I wonder how much of a difference those "thermal leggings" make compared to my long running pants. Maybe the long pants I have are thermal leggings, but I still feel like I can't run in anything below 45°F.

May I should start anyway, though. I'm against paying for something as expensive as a fitness club if I can manage to take fitness into my own hands, so i generally having nothing to do in the winter besides basic anaerobic stuff at home.

@Nicolai I don't want to over sell the leggings calling them "thermal", they're wind resistant leggings that have a mole-skin, fleece-like feel inside, which does help with warmth, but they don't feel thick like long johns, or look like fleece. They worked fine for 45+ degrees. As I said earlier, I put long johns under them for 20s-30s. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NJP8GXM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_...

I don't go to gyms either. I only went while it was super convenient at college.

Oh, mine definitely don't feel like fleece on the inside. I should try putting some of my long underwear underneath, though.

@Tyranexx Yeah, I'm pretty much the same way, I tend to play games depending on what I'm up for. I don't like feeling obligated to finish, say, a 100-hour long RPG - I like RPGs for sure, though I've always been more of a platformer kind of guy. If I'm in the mood for an RPG I'll play one, lol. I got to the schooling part in like a few sessions.

@ThanosReXXX Yeah absolutely - and I'm a huge Mario and Nintendo fan anyway so it's a win-win situation, lol. I kind of want the other Game & Watches but last I knew, they were crazy expensive. I remember seeing a G&W version of Mario Bros. at my local game store for like $100. (Fun fact: Luigi made his debut in the G&W Mario Bros., not the arcade version!) But that's fine - I have a couple of the Game & Watch Gallery games downloaded on my 3DS, should I be in the mood for them.

@Anti-Matter All righty, have fun with it. Yeah the game runs at 60 FPS on the other platforms (including the PC version). Still looks nice on Switch though, despite the lower frame rate.

@Tyranexx Well, I did have a decent amount of beers, but nothing out of the ordinary. Just good food and drinks, and good company, within the confines of the regulations, largely. We had two people too much in the house (regulations are you can have three visitors in your home, but with me included, they had invited 5 in total), but we kept our social distance and did all the other mandatory stuff, so we've more or less stuck to what we were told.

As for the mandatory/self-imposed game purchases: for me too, it is indeed mostly the known titles, which was exactly what I meant. I mean, some people buy a PS5 just to be able to play the last iteration of Fifa soccer, and that to me is just completely insane. You could play that on PC or Xbox as well, so you shouldn't buy a specific platform for that. I'd buy/need to own the console exclusives, sometimes even regardless of whether I'd actually play them or not. (as per my Paris/Eiffel tower metaphor).

@MarioLover92 I only had a couple of simple, one-screen LCD games, the official Pac-Man game being one of them, but some kids in my class back in the day had the much coveted dual screen Donkey Kong LCD's. Try getting your hands on these nowadays, especially in mint condition: absolutely ridiculous prices.

I have been playing among us on the switch since it showed up and there is still one big problem for me, The skins and pets, for some reason there not on the switch yet and I really want to have my henry stickmin pet and dr. outfit. I wonder when they are planning to add and why they couldn't day one, Idk what do you guys think about this, and on that note buy risk of rain 2 bc its really good.

Definitely worth trying FFX-2 for yourself, after X, at least, @Tyranexx .... As for Steam, there's always some games discounted & then there's publisher/ developer sales, theme sales, winter sales, spring sales, summer sales & others, too!

Been over a year since I last commented on this site. In October it'll have been 10 years since I made an account here. God damn...

I don't think the human eye is meant to look at Morshu with such high framerate.