Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@TheJGG Thanks a lot man, I hope your holiday went splendid as well I was sick during the holidays but thanks for the best wishes! Ahh love the track man I still like especially how ambient it is on how it opens up. Dope stuff man, dropped a like! Keep it up dude, and I'm sure you're excited to get back on Logic. I take it your gonna buy it for your birthday? Ohhh and Happy Early Birthday XD Hmmm interesting that stuff you said about the Zelda games music. Also, I'll give that video a peep sometime about the "invisible" sound design in BOTW.

@Tyranexx Thanks I'm just glad to feel better now. And ohh, I see you're playing XC2. I'm glad you're enjoying the game so far, yea chapter 2 end was pretty cool. There are some cool moments approaching soon so that's exciting. Keep us xenoblade fans updated on your playthrough

@Sunsy Thanks I tried to just slow things down, chill out, and relax for once despite feeling bad. Oh nice pick ups specially Colors and SMT. I'm playing it rn, and its starting to pick up a little, but then again i'm still super early. Have fun with it, I know I am! Oh man, I really need to watch this Sonic movie already sheesh.

@MarioLover92 Thanks kind sir! We still gotta play some MCC sometime ^^!!

@WoomyNNYes OMG I love Futurama <3 and LOL at that bike dude. Man Futurama is such a funny and creative show. It just appeals directly to my techie self, how can I not love it. And come on man do you even gotta ask, you know I'm all kinds of sick That's good that you didn't get sick as well though..

@JaxonH I just wanted to pay my respects and give my deepest condolences to you and your family. I'm sorry for your loss.

Well something cool was announced this morning, @BruceCM, namely Death Stranding: Director's Cut for PC. If that's your kinda thing then I advise going for it, because it's a much more complete experience now, with extra content sprinkled through the core story loop. Comes out on Steam this year.

Unless my eyes are actively tricking me, FF7-R's already out on PC, as you likely know. I've seen so many videos of modders hacking the game, to make Cloud and Tifa wear their dresses from the very start of the game. It definitely won't be out on Steam, though, thanks to the satanic rituals Epic did to somehow make Square put that game on their store.

@Snatcher The collection stuff made going back through the levels worth it. Plus interacting with all the items to find cool callbacks or Easter eggs was such a blast. Which level's your favourite? Mine's got to be the SSD level.

As for NMS, if you have a physical OR digital copy, you can upgrade to get a PS5 digital version for free. I took it immediately and the performance is rock-solid, plus haptics.

@Losermagnet I remember reading a few months ago that Japan Studio was essentially dismantled and all the staff were put into ASOBI to work on future Astro games. I may be misremembering but they're definitely working on something. The whole Playroom game was a strange meta-take of the inside of the PS5, so there's lots of ways to go forward with the concept.

We don't have anything planned for my birthday just yet, thank you for the wishes! I'm content seeing a movie or going to the beach at this point, since COVID's making any large gatherings all but impossible...

@tekoii Whoops, I took so long resolving this post I all but missed yours. I'll put pay to that.

Yeah, our holiday was nuts. We had some border troubles, but all said and done it was pretty magical. Drove over three thousand miles in ten days, so there's that. Somehow didn't get "sick", despite all the travel. Hope you're feeling better at this point. Here's some pictures from our trip. I tried making a DUNE mockup cover from one of the many sand pictures.

Knew you'd love that song. It's a little different from the usual covers I do, so I'm glad it just about stuck the landing. As for Logic, that's my plan, yes. I got myself a solid state drive, that I've just transferred all the music on my computer to (some 13GB), so I've saved a chunk of space for Logic. It literally took one minute to transfer all that data, and the drive itself (SanDisk) feels like a one-dollar piece of plastic. Man, tech's evolved.

Hopefully you enjoy that BotW video. It made me see the whole game in a new light after hearing about some of the stuff devs employed there.

@tekoii
Thank you, it's very much appreciated.

And thank you to everyone else for your kind words. I know I didn't reply to everyone individually but, you know who you are. Thank you.

@TheJGG My favorite level was the cpu, it singing in the back is just, wow!

And it does happen I do have a No man sky physical copy, have to do that at some point, thanks!

@Losermagnet I love it too, its wild! I just love the pull, or how it might feel clunky at times!

@Sunsy No one is! Oh my god KK is amazing! I love that show to bits, I read some reviews saying it was cheesy, which it might be, but thats kinda the point.

@Sunsy Shifting gears just a bit, I didn't play that much strategy games myself, the closest I ever got in regards to Sega's catalog was Shining Force, which I did get decently far in. I only played the first one, I did hear the other ones are good too. Getting to play Shining Force III will probably be a bit tricky, since Sega doesn't really re-release their Saturn and Dreamcast games that much. I did a quick search on eBay and SFIII goes for insane prices, like around $400 for a US copy. Can't say I'm surprised...lol.

@Blackrosewaifu9000 I sure do, that really took me back. Still an awesome scene to watch.

@tekoii Yeah no problem! My new mouse arrived and I'll try to set it up tomorrow, since it is kinda late over here.

@TheJGG Just wanted to wish you a happy early birthday! My birthday is coming this month as well.

@Losermagnet I got to the second boss, and I'm still trying to make my way over towards it so I can beat it. There's sadly no checkpoint for it..

@Snatcher Catchy as heck, that song. Have fun with the console, again. On NMS, no problem! You'd obviously have to put the disc in every time you want to play it but otherwise, that's another PS5 game!

@MarioLover92 Which day specifically? My thanks for the early wishes nonetheless, I hope yours goes well!

@TheJGG No problem and thank you. My birthday's on the 24th.

Dunno, not having any PS console, @Losermagnet .... I don't think that dlc makes any real difference, without it, she'll just join your party without that part covering it, lol Death Stranding is already on Steam & been on great sales, @TheJGG! I'll skip that one, thanks. FFVII R is on Epic, yes. I'm waiting for it to come to Steam, which will happen soon enough

@BruceCM Eh, I feel like there's a possibility of the other remake parts being as long as this one. I believe the one here is just the beginning of the original game, with a bit of fluff to fill it out. The two parts will probably be similar, but I imagine probably more open, given that you'll have access to the overworld this time around, and not just be confined to one city. It could be even longer possibly.

Yeah, it was about how much of the 'story' gets covered, @VoidofLight ...... Proportionately, the 1st part may have extended the original more than the other parts, from what they did say about it themselves in promotional materials & so on! Or perhaps you're looking forward to another 4 parts over the next 12-15 years?

@BruceCM Eh, I just hope that if the other parts aren't as long, they end up being more akin to DLC that you can upgrade the game with, than just them making a new game itself. That way I don't have to pay 70 more dollars just to experience 10 more hours of the story.

My dinner today with some assorted dishes. 😛

I made deep fried sweet potato and potato wedges with crispy tofu, cream soup from my Mom, some basil leaves and mixed chili paste with sesame seed salad dressing.

Bon appetit !

@Anti-Matter
I'm trying to make it through work today with no dinner! You are evil! What a lovely meal, enjoy

@Sunsy i'm trying to enjoy the holidays a little longer too by sitting by my Christmas tree when I can. There's something peaceful about that kinda stuff I think. And thats great about the SMT V steelbook 😁 I think it looks gorgeous. Will this be your first SMT game?

@TheJGG ah, I hope your b-day plans come together. If anything the pandemic has made me appreciate when I get to do those types of things more, and live a little more "in the moment". You're in the UK, right? COVID in the States has been bad too. Nothing in my area has shut down, I don't think it has anywhere but I could be wrong about that, regardless the numbers are unnerving.

I'm not very tech-savvy, so while I understood Astro was a controller tech demo a lot of the other references probably went over my head lol. It took until a second or third play through for me to get 'SSD Super Highway' 😅

@VoidofLight that is one area where I will say Dark Souls is challenging - going through areas and not being sure where the next bonfire is. It plays like a survival game then. If you're heading towards the second boss that would put you at the Undead Burg I take it?

@BruceCM ah my bad. Is that content a PS exclusive? Yeah they'll definitely add her in regardless lol. I'm wondering how they'll structure the subsequent Remake games. 3 games kinda makes sense: 3 acts, the original game had 3 discs.

I have tried trading Pokemons from Pokemon X and Pokemon Y since i have two 3DS USA machines and the games so i exchanged the weak Pokemons i got from Pokemon Y as i played from beginning with some level 20 - 30 Pokemons from my Pokemon X. 😁
I was "cheating" a little bit.

@TheJGG Sorry for the late reply bro! I only got the chance to listen to it just now and I swear I could listen to this all day lol! Quite literally the perfect song from Xenoblade 2 to cover during winter Also happy early birthday man! Are you going to be doing anything fancy?

@Losermagnet Yep, Undead Burg. I think things are more challenging in the beginning, since stamina and health are generally low at this point, but eventually it should end up getting better.

Nah, none of FFVII R is on Steam yet, @Losermagnet ..... I'm sure it will come there soon enough, EGS like paying for temporary 'exclusives' All we know for sure at the moment is they're still working on part 2 & it'd have to be at least 1 more after that but whether it's more than that .....