Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@HotGoomba___Rebrand @Mr-Fuggles777 so far so good. I was a little lightheaded at first but that passed. Thanks! Tomorrow is my day off so I'll probably be in horrible pain now 😝

@theJGG
When I heard about that, I was like, "Well that was real mature of him to do" (not). It definitely was a waste of a good PS4. Honestly, I feel like Immortals Fenyx Rising is more "inspired" by BOTW than Genshin Impact ever thought of being. What's interesting is that even though Genshin Impact had more of a negative reception when it was initially announced, it seems to have more of a positive reception now. (Like the Mario + Rabbids reception situation). I'm also wondering how the Switch will fare as well. I'm hoping that since the Switch version got delayed, that'll mean that's it's more optimized for Switch, unlike Immortals Fenyx Rising was at launch.

@SM3DASislit I’m still debating as to whether I should go for performance or portability. I mean none of us are going anywhere this year, so I might as well start with PS5. Depends if you can transfer progress across platforms with an account.. I’ll have to look into that.
Are there any non-Nintendo games you are into? I feel like PS has the best games overall of the three, and that Nintendo has the best first party games. Blessed, truly, to have these two, to have a great experience!

@theJGG
That's a hard decision to make. That true's with not being able to go anywhere this year. I'm not sure if cross-progression is allowed with Genshin Impact on PS4/5 either, I know Sony is becoming less strict about that kind of stuff, but it's good to just double-check though.
That depends on what you mean. Are you asking if I'm interested in third party games on Switch, or if I'm interested in games on other platforms, like PS4/5 or Xbox One/Series X?
I mainly have Nintendo systems, I don't if that helps answer your question.

@SM3DASislit Nah mate, I was curious as to what systems you owned. I used to be a complete Nintendo die-hard, and while I rank them first among the three console makers, I still like going out there and seeing games on a powerful system! Gunpei Yokoi’s philosophy was Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology, but I don’t think it holds up as much as it used to in the eighties. Nonetheless I’m still amazed as to how great some of Nintendo’s games have been despite having a fraction of the power of their competition.

Some of my favourite non Nintendo games simply aren’t possible on Switch, like the F1 games, Horizon Zero Dawn, and even stuff like FF7 Remake. But I still play Switch the most, unless there’s a massive game drought like there was around mid-2020 and around September-November too.

@Eel thanks for rejoining. I am shocked at how easily we destroyed Genesect with only 4 people. I guess we could do it with 3. Maybe even 2! Which is nuts for a 5 star raid!

Did you get a shiny? Please invite me if you do more genesect raids too!

@Tyranexx If you do any Genesect raids, please invite me!

@TheJGG
Okay, thanks for clarifying that up.
I have mostly Nintendo systems (have every home console from N64 to Switch). I originally had that in my previous post, but then I got rid of it (for some reason). Nintendo certainly works wonders as a dev.
For those games, they could just do a Cloud version of them, so that they can still be on Switch.

@Heavyarms55 I know you are a big fan of Sword and Shield and I was quite the opposite. But I have played the game just a little bit and it is quite colorful. (Pokemon Sword + Exp pass) Still no big battles or badges.

I picked Sobble as my starter and my other 2 Pokemon are Chewtle and Yamper. Those are the only ones I liked still no rock types as they are one of my favorites.

With all that said if it wasn't for the Complete cartridge with the expansion pass it was a hard pass. I did not care that much for missing Pokemon but I cared about the "missing" zones from the base cartridge

PS: That "rival" Hop is extremely annoying and I already hate him.

@Zuljaras Oh, I was talking about Pokemon Go with Eel and Tyranexx earlier.

But as for SWSH the vast majority of what I love about it are all the QoL changes and the multiplayer experience. I love raids and the newer raid adventure. I love how easy it now is to build competitive Pokemon and how old Pokemon, expecially shinys, can be made competitive. Things like natures, IVs and abilities are now things we have nearly complete control over. I love being able to access the PC everywhere.

The story and world is very linear and there really is no traditional villainous team. And the final climax of the game just seems silly. But the gym battles were real highlights for me. The experience of walking into a gym like you do in this game, to hordes of cheering fans and that awesome theme starts playing... I utterly love that! It's almost exactly how I pictured it as a kid. The DLC however shows they are building more off of the groundwork laid by SWSH. I fully expect that the next games in the series are gonna be fully explorable with an improved "wild area like camera". If the abundant rumors are true and we get a return to the Sinnoh region of the 4th gen games - games that had tons of exploration in them, I think we'll be in for a treat. Add to the fact that 2021 is the 25th anniversary of the franchise and I just can't imagine them not going all out.

It wouldn't even surprise me if they saw SWSH and the DLCs as a stop gap side project while they were working on whatever we're gonna get this year. I know a lot of people have no respect left for Game Freak. But I'm still willing to give them a chance to outdo themselves this year.

But I will say, if for such a major milestone, they don't deliver something really impressive, then I'll be joining the ranks of people who think the Pokemon Company International should put an end to their partnership with GF and look to new developers. My first choice being Monolith Software - the people who do the Xenoblade games and have helped with other big titles from Nintendo in recent years.

DISCLAIMER:
Sorry about this next bit, folks, but I just HAVE to get this off my chest. I'll try to leave specifics out of it, so as not to overstep the site rules (too much)...

God, I've just come away from watching the 8pm news, and I truly feel like finger-snapping away at least a fifth of the entire population of the States. What a bunch of idiots. I'm glad I'm living over here, because I wouldn't even want to be remotely close to the current completely baseless and unfounded indignation and mass hysteria among the single-brain celled part of the American populace.

But even at this distance, I still feel embarrassed, especially since living over here, I have a far better feel for how people over here think about these things and how they look at this what has degraded to a third rate real life soap about one of the sorest losers in the history of losers, and it makes me somewhat uncomfortable that people look upon me as being "one of them", since to them, it's all yanks anyway, so to them it's all the same, generally speaking.

I also think that these "fine individuals" are responsible for unilaterally dumbing down the entire country by a considerable amount, with all their conspiratorial idiosyncrasies. Never thought I'd actually see this day, yet here we are: inbred numbskulls storming the Capitol, even to the point of getting innocent people hurt. Long live democracy. Oh, the irony...

/end rant

Once again, folks, sorry. I feel a bit better now. I think...

@Tyranexx

So... that either means that you're a distant cousin of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, or you simply tend to forget to discharge your static electricity before touching any electrical and/or computer components. That's basically computer building rule #1...

@SM3DASislit Unfortunately, or at least: far as I know, there isn't a permanent solution to this strange site quirk. Over the years that I've been a member, it has happened to me quite a few times, but ultimately, it always goes away by itself, eventually, so I just shrug it off and bide my time...

@Zuljaras If by that you mean to ask if I'm a fan of connecting handhelds to the TV (technically, that's also what the Switch is, but I still see that as a different beast, so that will be my only exception), then the answer is a resounding no.

Thanks for the link, though. Don't know if I'll bite yet, but at least I now don't have to wonder if I can only buy this device from Alibaba....

@ThanosReXXX at this point I have no faith in anyone on any side to ever get anything done peacefully. No one seems to understand peaceful protests get stuff done, violence does the opposite. We saw it with the left during the BLM protests last year, and we’re seeing the right doing it now. Ugh here’s hoping Trump tells them to stop, instead of encouraging it.😔

Luckily it hardly affects me. I’ll just go back to watching anime now😂

@Heavyarms55 Genesect is completely destroyed by fire, so it's one of the easiest raids to do! Mine was not shiny unfortunately.

@ThanosReXXX There was actually time when I watched lots and lots of videos of mostly American groups that think the earth is Flat and we are lied that it is a sphere

But then I realized that those people want to believe that because they repeat the same thing. The heliocentric system is telling us that we are "lucky" to be at this distance from the Sun and that is why we exist. But they want to give some meaning to their lives.

This it is crazy and so funny to see them foam over conspiracy theories like lizard people, 5G and Flat Earth.

I write this to brighten up the situation

@Heavyarms55 GF need to step up their game. They need to innovate and deliver some miracle.

@Zuljaras I wouldn't necessarily say 5G is "safe" just like with any type of wireless signal it does produce noise pollution even moreso than 4G, but it's nothing to be overly concerned about unlike what some conspiracy theorists claim. This whole insurrection though is quite worrisome, however...

@ThanosReXXX God I really am thinking about moving to Canada soon lmao

@Blooper987 The irony is that all of it completely flies in the face of ACTUAL democracy, something these "supporters" will probably never understand. The people have spoken. I don't know who these disagreeing aliens are...

@Zuljaras Thanks for the attempt, but until things will truly settle down, and in some ways, I'm afraid it never will, I'll probably still feel like denying my American heritage. That's how it feels to me right now.

@TowaHerschel7 Compared to the Earth's own magnetic field and its influence on nature and all living things, 5G is literally child's play. I've been hearing (and laughing at) these "bad for your brain, causing air bubbles in your head" conspiracy theories ever since the first mobile phones became mainstream, and none of it has ever been conclusively proven.

@HotGoomba___Rebrand I think you meant to say "thinking aboot". Then again: maybe I've been watching too many episodes of South Park...

@theJGG I like having Sharla on my party, since she has healing arts. Melia seems to be a good party member, I'll be sure to get more hands-on time with her!

@Sunsy Yeah I like the clock quite a bit too. Would've been cool to see the actual G&W version of Super Mario Bros. on there too, but it's still a nice little device.

@ThanosReXXX the other thing is; these people who are being violent paint the rest of the protesters in a similar light. When there are thousands upon thousands of people in every protest who are only doing it for actual change in a legal and peaceful manner. The people who only go to these protests to incite violence and destroy property are sick and should be arrested no matter who they are. All they do is destroy the reputations of the people who are actually searching for change in a legal and safe way.

That’s how everything is though. The couple bad people out there ruin everything for the rest of us.

I will now refrain from commenting on this any further. Don’t wanna cause an argument.✌️

@Eel Good to know. And yeah bummer on the shiny lack. I want to do more raids because I really like shiny Genesect.