Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

The SE show wasn't too bad, either, @Tyranexx .... I'm assuming FFXVI & Forspoken will be in the next Sony State of Play or whatever! Along with more on some of the others, like SoPC: FFO, etc

Probably the earliest I've managed to deliver this one; just a few seconds after 10am here. Good to see you, @Tyranexx! No worries, life tends to do that to all of us! Ironically it’s better that you waited, especially so you were able to process the absolute joy that was the Nintendo E3 Direct. Conversely I’ve been very free, more on that later of course.

Funnily I feel the opposite about keeping your save when implementing the Breath of the Wild DLC, after beating The Champion’s Ballad from my original save I wiped it, to start a “complete edition” playthrough of the game with all the DLC available from the start. When I exited the Great Plateau, did a shrine, and emerged back into the world the next two minutes was just all the DLC sidequests being accepted in the background. I also had relatively early access to the Travel Medallion, and got access to some very powerful (8 defence) armour very quickly. On one hand it could feel like the DLC content breaks the balance of the game, but it also offers a smoother difficulty curve.

That’s where Master Mode comes in though, and I really appreciate the increased difficulty. The Great Plateau is markedly harder than in the original, especially with the White Lynel in the middle of the field area. The floating platforms are fun to raid but the weapons they offer are so hilariously unbalanced that it breaks the game. No joke, mere minutes after leaving the Great Plateau I found a Five Shot Burst Mighty Lynel Bow But the challenge is great, especially with the harder enemies. Now normal mode feels way too easy!

I didn’t miss too much from the Square presentation, even if I was a little irked I managed to sleep through the entire thing. I didn’t realise at the time but the Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin trailer would become one of the most infamous game trailers in history. Even a week on from that horror-show I still find ways to laugh whenever I see that trailer. My thoughts haven’t changed much on it, especially after seeing battle and cinematic gameplay, though I’ll concede the UI graphics are neat. The characters feel as stereotypical as ever, and I’ve played enough Warriors games for a lifetime (three). It’s definitely just me but I’m not terribly excited for Guardians of the Galaxy, so that pretty much was the make or break feature in that show.

It’s gone smoothly, I’ve put down three pages already, I’ve spent maybe… forty minutes total working on it? I put that in my forum signature as well for convenience sake. I have the whole summer to work on that, and some new songs…

Yeah, Clash of Clans was bad, though not quite as popular as Fortnite is now. I haven’t met many gamers who don’t play it currently, so it’s always nice when I meet someone who hasn’t. All the stories of children abusing the V-bucks system are mainly born from parents being too ignorant of what their kids are doing, so getting parents aware of the dangers of micro-transactions is important. It’s happening now though, as more people play video games, and by extension more people who play video games become parents. I’m glad my parents never gave in, it made me a much better person when it comes to saving money. The games that offer a good experience without money can be great, I’d like to think Genshin Impact is one such game. Looks amazing, has a boatload of story and side content, and some great music and combat.

Ironically I’ve said a lot of good stuff about Stardew Valley after getting severely burnt out from Animal Crossing. Games with time and date systems synced to the real world will bring their own fair share of problems, like permanently missing festivals and having to wait another year, not being able to find a specific fish unless you get up at 2am or whatever… yeah it’s not good. @ThanosReXXX put it best; only person that gets to decide what time it is and when, is you, the player. I’m not gonna try and sell it to you though, since you’re at least a bit aware of how good the game’s been received!

Considering your schedule you probably may want to get Disney+, I don’t remember how expensive it is (edit: I checked and it’s $7.99 a month) but from what I’ve heard it offers amazing value. From what you wrote you aren’t able to record shows or films, so that’s an option. Again it’s your choice, but considering everything’s important. As for me… I watched the second part of Christie’s “And Then There Were None”, and the plot thickens with some dramatic plot twists and some truly unsettling camerawork and lighting.

I was actually asked about games last night by a friend of mine who was getting a Switch. They asked me for three recommended games, and when they combined my choices with others, they decided to get Breath of the Wild, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury… for BotW it was between that and Super Mario Odyssey and honestly… while Odyssey’s good it’s not in the same league as BotW. All three have insane amounts of content, so money-wise 3D World’s very much earned its $60 price tag. I agree that Pikmin 3 Deluxe and DKC: Tropical Freeze should have been priced less though, I’d have both now if they were.

Speaking of, not only did I get The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt but also both Spider-Man Remastered, and Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Five games in the space of about eight days. That’s more than enough for the whole summer… I’ve played all of them except for Miles Morales and here’s some basic thoughts, who knows, they may help in future;

• Spider-Man with ray tracing is absolutely insane. The controls feel very awkward at times but it’s easy enough to get used to. The enemy AI’s no slouch, so assuming you can just walk in and punch the bad guys over and over until you defeat them, is going to get you killed.
• NieR:Automata’s a wonderfully weird game, so something I already know I’m going to love. I like the dynamic between 2B and 9S, so I hope their relationship develops realistically over the course of the game. The combat’s really smooth and the game looks and runs like butter on PS5. The music’s amazing.
• Final Fantasy VII Remake’s markedly improved. The lighting’s much better, the game runs so much better, and some of the haptic feedback’s just so good… Plus a photo mode. And the loading times… you can go from your console home screen to playing the game in, I’m not joking, three seconds.
• The Witcher 3… probably the disappointment of the bunch in terms of performance. It looks so… choppy now, so I hope CDPR are working on that PS5 version they promised. Half of me still doesn’t believe I sucked myself into their vortex, but this game is really good for a reason.

Well… it took me two full days to recover from the vaccine! I got it at around 8:30am without any waiting or lines… and I began feeling quite sleepy on my way home. I felt fine for the whole day, maybe a bit of fatigue… until after I finished watching the Nintendo Direct, at which point I went to sleep. Cold shivers, fever, headache, nausea, and one of the weirdest dreams I’ve ever had in my life, and I’m pretty sure it was a mix of Breath of the Wild 2… and Final Fantasy Origin. It was that bad. The next day I was still feeling very cold and I ended up taking four showers. I went out in the middle of the day to collect some stuff; and it was tough getting up and standing in the hot sun for ten minutes. Sorry for all that but it was a right journey. Nothing medicine couldn’t fix, and I was right as Reyn the next day.

More or less agree with your consensus on E3, it was neither here nor there. Metroid’s given me a lot to think about, I know you’re super excited for that one! I’m a bit disappointed about the Game & Watch, apart from collection it has little to no value for me. I’m absolutely gonna give Advance Wars a go, probably not for WarioWare but I’m happy for others who will enjoy that game.

@Anti-Matter I have only a working ps3 and ps4, a 3ds and switch,.

@TheJGG Speaking of transfer saves, People keep talking about if there file from BOTW will be in 2, and I really don't want it to be that way, sure its probably going to pick up were it left off, but why would you want to like, idk like, Not feel like your starting a new game, Its starts feeling like dlc, Which is a little annoying, As long as it a choice, but I still don't get it.

I also have a lot on my gaming plate this week, Its going to be great, I'm going to be really light on spending before sep, bc all the games start coming around that time, DBZ, Sonic colors. But what i'm going to do is that I have three no four five games to hold me over, this new rhythm game I got on sale, Luigi's M 3, DBZX 2, Super metroid, and Last and not least, since i'm not getting MH stories 2 sadly, I'm going to replay one, I ended up losing the OG save file even tho I beat the game, plus I'm was kinda getting back into nintendo as the 3ds was my first nintendo system in years, Happy to jump back in and see what I can do different.

@Snatcher
That's very tough since the best rhythm games are on PS1, PS2 , XBOX and XBOX 360 machines.
You can consider Taiko no Tatsujin for both PS4 and Switch.
For 3DS, if you are fan of Vocaloid, pick Project Mirai DX.
For PS3..... if you prefer Konami Original songs than the Western licensed songs, you can pick DDR (2010) but you might need the DLC songs as DDR 2010 without DLC = Blah.
I will show you the full songlist of DDR 2010 PS3.

well I already got Taiko no Tatsujin, I actually love the songs, didn't think I would hear Disney song in the anime pile.

Well that sucks, I might not be able to play DDR but man I love to hear it, I heard there was a pretty good rhythm game on the switch that was on mobile.

@Snatcher I don't think they should do that... the games are connected through story and world but that should be it. If there were multiple endings, which there aren't, there'd be some fun to be had from it but I can't think of any examples where this is used in a meaningful way...

@TheJGG I agree with everything you said.

@Snatcher
Rhythm games with Disney songs are on PS1 (DDR Disney Mix, All Disney songs in Eurobeat style + a few Konami Original songs from DDR 4th Mix),
PS2 (DDR Disney Channel with licensed songs from Disney TV show + Konami Original songs from other DDR mixes)
and Wii (DDR Disney Groove, All Disney cover licensed songs remixed by BEMANI team)

Also, Disney High School Musical 3 with DDR play style for PS2 version, Samba de Amigo style for Wii version.

@Anti-Matter Wow the world of rhythm games are great, it just sucks that you know, were kinda the only two people here.

Also When playing Drum N fun, I noticed that They added a yo kai watch anime song, but for some reason they used the ending song and not the opening, The opening sounds way better in my opinion.

@Tyranexx I have a ton of nostalgia for the music I've been listening to for, well, pretty much my entire life lol. I grew up hearing tunes from The Beatles, Tom Petty, and even Ween - those are a few examples of what music my old man's been into. As for my cat, yeah as I mentioned earlier, he's a huge fan of me. He likes nudging his head against me.

Nice. I once did a no-damage run of SMB1, albeit with getting the Fire Flower and taking the warp zones. I did a no-power-up run with warps too, which was quite challenging. Lost a few lives but I persevered.

FWIW, I have Samba de Amigo for Wii, and you shake the Wii remote and nun-chuk to the beat like maracas.

@MarioLover92 I considered using the warp zones, but since it was my first serious playthrough of the game, I decided to play all the levels.

I'm very very bad at retro platformers. So it took a bit.

Can't wait for the Zelda G&W, Zelda 1 and Link's Awakening are already games I like a lot and can play over and over, so having them in their own little handheld will be special. Zelda 2, I might play that too I guess.

@Sunsy
Too bad, Samba de Amigo Wii version doesn't have Al Compas Del Mambo song.
Only Dreamcast version.
That was my favorite licensed song which coincidentally sounds very identical with Mambo-A-Gogo version by Konami.

Also, I did same thing too for Disney High School Musical 3 Wii version (Samba de Amigo play style)

@Sunsy @Anti-Matter You'd think that disney would have more rhythm games saying as songs is a pretty big thing there known for.

@Snatcher
As I have mentioned on previous reply, Disney rhythm games on consoles were quite mediocre in term of stepchart quality.
The best version you can consider is DDR Disney Mix with All Disney songs in Eurobeat style + a few Konami original songs from DDR 4th Mix.

@Anti-Matter Never did get the opportunity to play the Dreamcast version, would have loved to try the arcade version with the actual maracas controller. Sadly, never found an arcade machine. I use to enjoy arcade games on the boardwalk a long time ago.

@Snatcher I think Disney had a Just Dance game IIRC. The closest I have is Smurfs Dance Party because I like the Smurfs, it's literally Just Dance with Smurfs in it. I will also say, I wish there was a Trolls Just Dance game. Seriously, DreamWorks and Ubisoft, you totally missed an opportunity there.

@Sunsy
Actually, the Dreamcast version is replicate the same experience as Arcade version. The games has been released 20 years ago with Maracas controller. And it has height adjustment before playing.

Also, I would rather choose playing Dance Evolution by Konami on XBOX 360 and Arcade than playing Just Dance. The difference between both of them is Konami have their BEMANI team who created DDR and other BEMANI songs with superb quality while Ubisoft just only depend on licensed songs without their Ubisoft original songs. I can say the Konami Original songs on Dance Evolution sounds better than licensed songs choices from Just Dance.

@Anti-Matter Yeah, that did happen, also it's a really rare accessory for the Dreamcast AFAIK.

@Eel Yeah, I've played all the levels in SMB1 too. I normally play through all the levels in Mario games - I've 100%'d pretty much all the Mario games already! Though I'm obviously more into Mario, I'd love to get my hands on that Zelda Game & Watch as well. It's kinda neat that they put in the original Link's Awakening, considering that they have the DX version on the 3DS Virtual Console.