Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Blooper987 Have a great first day at school! (Kinda felt like a parent saying that)

@Anti-Matter You are quite popular Anti, but you are also kinda infamous. Either way, I think there's people here that really appreciate you. Keep in mind what @dmcc0 said.

@Eel Oh Hey, you are in Mexico too right? Have you been affected by the hurricanes? I hope that you are doing fine.

In fact, how's everyone doing in general? I've been absent for a few days. I haven't played much these days either, but I think that I'll give some time to Blasphemous or Miles Morales.

@roy130390 That good for nothing lying hurricane that was coming towards the Baja just brought us humid hot weather.

Not a single drop of rain here...

@Blooper987 Best of luck on your college journey. You got this.

What does ‘backlog’ mean in the video game community? I can never tell if it means games you haven’t finished or just haven’t played at all.

Games they own but haven't played/aren't done playing/haven't finished yet.

So it means different things for different people... okay I kind of assumed that but I’ve been wanting to ask. I’ve always thought the idea of buying games and never even booting them up was unfortunate. But I’ve only beaten a couple of games, so I can understand that.

@BabyYoda71 It means just what @Eel said, Its like a bunch of toys in a box that you never played with, or haven't finished played with.

@MarioLover92 Right? I can't wait to see what's next, even if I don't buy it anytime soon. I've yet to play Super Mario 3D World, I want the game, but can't justify with a backlog. But for 3D collect-a-thons though, I sure would pop at an Odyssey 2 or Galaxy 3!

@TheJGG Nice, grats at the 40k mark! I understand the time and dedication it takes to follow through with projects! Ahhh, gotta have tricks when producing things.. trust me I feel. I have bunch of editing tricks that I use in my free video editor: Shotcut. Generally, I want to start a Tips, Tricks, Tutorials series soon on my channel I would detail some of that.

Oh man, but for music, it sounds like I could learn a thing or three (yea, I know XC2 fans.. i know). Garageband and Logic.. sounds like you need a fairly powerful MAC. I'm mostly a PC user, but am getting a tablet soon. With that tablet, I plan on really improving my drawing skill, hopefully it complements my editing skills well! Actually, makes me feel like posting some of my artwork on NL on the artist thread, deviant art, and Facebook. But yea, sounds like you have blast making music man! Keep it up, and try to diversify!

For Nintendo Announcements, I wonder...

I'm pretty happy with the Switch Library as is. There are plenty of games I WANT but I tend to wait for prices to go down, or my backlog to get diminished a little.

Would be nice to see:
3d Mario, 3d Kirby or Air Ride, 3d Donkey Kong, Kid Icarus Uprising HD (not buying the 3ds version, give us switch version ), something Starfox and the next Xenoblade or port X.

I mentioned other things I really want which are improved server / netcode, folders and themes, and a chat to message friends. Oh, can one wish...

Whatever happens, we have an awesome console that is the Switch with it's amazing library. :3

@roy130390 I'm doing all right overall. I am just insanely overwhelmed by the amount of RPGs in my backlog though, as I discussed with Tyranexx, lol. I hope you're doing well.

@tekoii Super Mario 3D World is an excellent game, I recommend playing it sometime. I do understand that backlog thing though. Sometimes I wonder what game I wanna get to first...I can be pretty indecisive at times. lol

@BabyYoda71
I have some games being neglected for certain reasons.
I stopped playing BOTW, Xenoblade 2 as I lost my interest to zero level with those games as years goes by.
My Mario + Rabbids is still unfinished for 4 years due to not ready yet to continue the gameplay.
My FF 4 NDS is still not finished yet for 7 years due to its difficulty level.
I barely touch my Ever Oasis 3DS, Poochy & Yoshi Woolly World 3DS for not in the mood to play with them until today.
I didn't continue the progress of Overcooked 1 & 2 Switch version as i want to get Overcooked All You Can Eat PS4 & Switch version for having Assist Mode and all DLC contents.

@MarioLover92 Totally looks like it, looks like tons of fun multiplayer! One day... one day I will own it </3. I hear ya on the ginormous jRPG backlog lmao...yea.. when you only want to spend so much, the indecisiveness can be a killa.

BOTW? XC2? NOOOO! Play them @Anti-Matter, BOTW is cool, XC2 has niggling annoyances but the emotional journey and mid to late game is amazing, making this one of my favorite games <3

Well one of the endings to Twelve Minutes is certainly something!!! A twist that I never saw coming that hits you over the head like a brick.

It's been getting a large amount of hate for being disgusting (can't really argue), but I think it isn't all fully deserved. It may be one of the most depressing games I've ever seen, but I believe the game has been made to elicit disgust in people and it does it amazingly.

If you are even slightly sensitive to disturbing content, DO NOT PLAY IT! But, if you are somewhat open to a game that explores these kind of things, I definitely would recommend trying it with no spoilers cause the twist is at the level of those in DDLC and Higurashi.

@tekoii
I dunno but my body and brain said otherwise toward BOTW and Xenoblade 2.
There are some reasons I completely lost interest with them.

One, I didn't grew up by Zelda games.
My childhood games was NES & SNES games such as Super Mario Bros 2 (Doki Doki Panic), Super Mario World, Tiny Toon Wacky Sports Challenge, Bucky O'Hare, Whomp 'Em, Chip n Dale 2, B-Wings, etc.
My teenhood games was from PS1 & PS2 games such as DDR, DrumMania, Para Para Paradise, Bomberman PS2 games,
K-1, Monster Rancher 2 & 4, Bishi Bashi, Punky Skunk, Pepsiman, Chocobo Racing, FF VIII, FF IX, FF X/X-2, FF XII, Pocket Fighter, Street Fighter Alpha series, etc.
So, to see Zelda games from my POV, I saw something uninteresting from every Zelda games as I'm not fan of Elf looking characters (except Elf Sisters from Miitopia), not interested with the gameplay, storyline, the appeal by majority peoples. Everything from Zelda games from head to toe, from color patterns and geometric shapes, from their storyline and gameplay will never make me interested.
Only once I got distracted by BOTW when it got announced on Nintendo Switch but as soon I tried the game, I felt disappointed by the gameplay and circumstances over there. My body and brain said it wasn't the game for me, so many incompatibility with my genuine interest.

Two, for Xenoblade 2, I thought I purchased a wrong game as soon I played the game, I felt very uncomfortable to continue the game as the more I saw sexy girls with big boobs like Pyra / Mythra / Dahlia, the more I felt disgusted by them as I have no interest at all with sensual looking female characters especially with big boobs. So I thought I bought Xenoblade 2 just for curiosity and after I tried the game for a while, my body and brain said otherwise too. I regret with my decision to buy those games due to my curiosity and now I know they are not the games for me.

And as I build my both modern and retro games, my gaming taste slowly changed to like something unpopular, something quirky, something undiscovered, something decent, more open with some cartoonish Western games so I enjoy some unpopular / unique games such as Hannah Montana PS3, Hakuna Matata PS3, Boogie Wii, Barbie games, Rabbids games on Wii, Skylanders games, Robots Gamecube, Mii games on Wii, Go Vacation Wii & Switch, Keyboardmania PS2, We Cheer 2 Wii, Portal Knights, Yonder the Cloud Cather Chronicles, Pocoyo Party, Pretty Princess Party, My Sims games, etc because for me they are hidden gems and felt way more interesting to play than too popular games played by majority peoples here.
I have completely different interest in gaming, in music, in drawing, etc because I know my brain is different, I have different life experience situation, different cultures in my place, different personality, different reaction toward something, different imagination, different thought, etc.

Tomorrow is September 2021.
Do you Wiimember with this song ?

@tekoii Yeah absolutely, it gets me every time. I played SM3DW with my family members and more recently, with an online friend of mine I met here on the NL boards. (Via the Switch version, of course.) Easily the best multiplayer in terms of Mario platformers, it's so much better than how the NSMB games handled it.

I still need to finish BotW and XC2. I love those games and I spent a lot of time in them, though I have yet to beat them. Perhaps I could focus on those before getting to those massive RPGs I keep talking about. XD

@Anti-Matter Ahhh, right.. I can't say I'm a big Zelda fan but I have played OOT, WW, and BOTW. I had a great time with each one. It sounds like it just isn't your type of game which is absolutely fine. Your criticisms make sense, and they are your own. Same goes for XC2, I hear ya, the designs sometimes are really overly sexualized. But in the case of XC2, it's combat system evolves greatly over the games playtime, and so does the story and character moments. Everyone is into something different which is fine, it helps keep the world diverse, right? I do though, encourage ya to give those two games a second chance they are awesome games loved by many! Oh and no, I don't wii-member that song... but lmao!!

Hmmm.. games a little on the obscure side.. I had fun with these random fan games and indies:

Super Smash Flash 2 (love playing as Sora, Goku-san, Naru-boy, Lloyd Irving), Super Smash Crusade, AM2R, Psycho Waluigi, Stepmania (which you know already xD), Super Mario War, Super Mario Bros X2, Valdis Story Abyssal City (annoying jumping puzzles, but solid underrated game), Powder Toy, Hyper Princess Pitch, etc.

@MarioLover92 Oh yea, see that's definitely one of the reasons I really want to play SM3DW, the multiplayer is a literal first time for the Mario series, in terms of the isometric 3D style. Hey, maybe one day when I do get it, I can hyu xD!

Dude heck yea, my bias is pushing me to tell you: Play XC2 it really gets intense as it goes. Had you played the Xenoblade Chronicles?

@Eel Haha it has been quite similar here on Yucatan, it's just a never ending cicle of heat with little to no rain and humid, sofocating weather. Glad to know that you are fine, they did hit some places harder, like Veracruz.

@MarioLover92 Yeah, my backlog is just increasing constantly haha. I just can't seem to play fast enough to actually reduce it as there's normally another game on it before I finish one. I'm happy to see that you are fine, mate.

@Tyranexx "Also, mayonnaise doesn't belong on anything. Ever. "

Ah, someone else knows the truth.

Also, that weather that you describe is pretty much my state almost 24/7. I hate it, it's probably my only significant con here, but it's a major one!

@Anti-Matter I do, it's a classic. Quite a fun, chilling song too, enjoyable although it's not my type of music.

@roy130390 glad to hear you’re doing ok too! Yeah the heat has been really annoying. It’s usually dry in here, so it’s starting to feel more like Culiacán with all the humidity…

And yeah, Veracruz got hit hard 😕 our hurricane ended up in Sinaloa instead, but it seems nothing much happened over there.

@tekoii
The only exception for sexy girls in RPG game was FF X-2.
It was my teenhood game during year 2003.
Yuna, Rikku and Paine (also LeBlanc), even they wore sexy outfits for certain jobs (as for me the sexy outfits in FF X-2 was still acceptable than the girls looking in Xenoblade 2), the storyline itself and the vibes was hilarious. 😆

I have no idea why did LeBlanc have to disguise as fake Yuna, singing along in public with back up dancers (also with the Goons during first battle), got some arguments with Rikku and Paine about hunting the garment grid, the real Yuna as Yuna Croft jumping high and shooting aimlessly just for show off then paired up with Rikku and Paine and suddenly if felt like Charlie's Angels ?
That was so odd and hilarious to watch. 😆

I saw FF X-2 was tried to imitate Charlie's Angels, some Slumber party, some J-Pop sensation, girly girly outfits, like playing FF X-2 at the beginning part was like have a slumber party in hunting the spheres.
The beginning part was like a fun fun party (I still chuckled for playing mini game giving massage to LeBlanc and made her fallen into sleep) but the end of the chapter was really dark serious matter (Shuyin, Veganagun). Let's not forget the OST at Bevelle Underground FF X-2 version, so intense and really creepy for Via Infinity levels. I could get panic attack for grinding level at Via Infinito floor 80 and above since the Boss enemies over there are everywhere, appeared as Normal Battle.

Back to games with girl characters on it, I don't like the games with over sexualized looking girls. Just because I am an adult male gamer it doesn't mean I will get attracted by sensual looking girls that mostly developers put them as eye candy and to lure male gamers with sexual appealing as strategy to sell their games. Yikes. 😫
By opposite, I prefer handsome looking six pack dudes as I know my sexuality was different since I was very young so I will only got attracted with muscular dudes (by both cartoonish and realistic looking characters) with handsome face, nice personality, nice haircut, sporty outfits, like I wish I have looking like that and I wish I can interact with them. Bishounen / skinny looking dudes from Visual novel games are not my type as they looks more feminine than masculine. I like Chibi looking characters and that's why I like to draw Male characters in Chibi looking with handsome looking and six packs.
And it also explained the reason I get into Yokai Watch 3 for having Merican Yokai Damajor Nine (Slugger in USA version), having two male instructors Alex and Bob + my male avatar from Gold Gym Cardio Workout Wii, the shirtless six pack skin from LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER, the muscular dudes I can create from The Sims 4 PS4, Chibi boxers both human and animals from Animal Boxing NDS, Chibi muscular Kickboxer from K-1 Pocket Grand Prix 1 & 2 GBA, some muscular Kickboxer from K-1 games on PS2.

But surprisingly, I also have interest with girly games, the games that being marketed toward female gamers such as Barbie, Cooking Mama games, Imagine series by Ubisoft, Pretty Princess Party, Fashion games like Style Savvy / Model Debut Nicola / JS Girls, Maho Cole: Maho Idol Collection 3DS, AKB48 + Me 3DS, Girly games by Nippon Columbia on 3DS and Switch, as the way of portraying female characters on those games are different.
For the games toward male gamers, the female characters oftenly got some sexual exploitation by made them very sexy with less fabrics, big boobs and some sensual body language.
But for the games toward female gamers, the female characters were like friends or girls next door, fashion and fantasy oriented, has no sexual exploitation. And thus I can getting along with girly games like that, the girls wear fashionable outfits yet still appropriate for young audiences.