Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Sunsy Please tell us what you thought about Ecnanto after you have seen it wont you?

So… We’re going to talk about Bruno…?

I bought these games yesterday.

Well, once I bought Overcooked All You Can Eat on PS4, I immediately retired my Overcooked 1 and 2 on Switch as the Remastered version have All DLC inside and with better performance on PlayStation machine.

@Eel "Yeah, there's a lot to say about Bruno"

@Snatcher Will do, should be fun to watch as I've surprisingly seen no trailers for it. Mostly just know Mirabel from Disney's social media posts and such. Hoping to get to it this week. Last time I went into movies without knowing anything was Frozen and Trolls, saw their characters while shopping, didn't see anything on the movie until seeing the movie itself.

Going to be fun looking at the catalog Disney+ has. Getting Disney+ is way overdue for this Disney fan.

Finally finished Leonardo I loved working on him!

I hope you guys like him as well

Looks great, @Zuljaras .... What did you say you were doing with him again now he's done?

@Tyranexx I loved seeing the Tanooki Suit in 3D Land as well, even though you can't fly with it in that game. Love that Tanooki Mario's playable in Mario Kart 8 as well, he's one of my mains - solely because of my love for SMB3. One of his trick animations is when he turns into a statue for a brief moment! I even like the horn sound, it's the tail sound effect from SMAS. It took a good while for the Cape Mario flight controls to click with me too.

@Sunsy Yeah Delfino Square's a good track for sure. I liked seeing Shroom Ridge come back as well, I played that track quite a lot in Mario Kart DS. It's actually the first time it's playable online too! I'd like to see Peach Gardens make a comeback as well. That's awesome you got Disney+. Still wanna watch the couple of movies I've mentioned before...but I've been way too busy!

@Zuljaras Looks awesome, great job!

@BruceCM I will varnish him and I will put him next to my Cowabunga collection when that comes!

@MarioLover92 Thank you!

Sounds like a plan, @Zuljaras .... Going to do the others as well, then?

@BruceCM I am thinking about it

@Zuljaras Looks great, was not expecting the pizza slice to be on the sword. Nice touch there.

@MarioLover92 Oh yeah, I forgot, not all tracks were playable online via WFC on DS. I was thinking Peach Gardens when I was thinking of tracks to make a comeback. Yeah, recently Hulu made Disney+ and add-on by itself for $3, so took the offer. So far watched some of Alice's Wonderland Bakery and Turning Red, planning to get around to Encanto and Elena of Avalor.

Originally, I was just going to get the DVD to Encanto and Turning Red (if it pulled a Luca and came out with a home release), but get to watch them sooner. Still will buy DVDs of them since I do still buy them. Actually, that's how I saw Elena of Avalor, I have the few DVDs Disney released, now I can watch the whole series.

@Sunsy I'm pretty sure you will Enjoy it, lots of great music!

@Zuljaras He looks so good! I love that you gave him the white eyes! If for some reason you ever do make another turtle, you should make them black and white.

@Snatcher I do not know what you mean by black and white to have eyes with pupils? That would be hard on that scale

@Sunsy hearing so much good things about my crafts feels so damn good! Thank you!

@Zuljaras Like the original turtle comics I mean, they had this black and white pencil shade going with it.

My face when I learned that there IS actually a game/card shop near where I am:

There used to be a different one, but it closed several years ago. I didn't know there was a new one until I started poking around online a bit.

@Anti-Matter Yep, if it's been that long, you'll likely have to build up your body strength again. Which might include playing on slightly lower difficulties or practicing somehow and working your way up. Regarding your age, in my humble opinion we're only as old as we feel; I agree you shouldn't overdo it, but that also doesn't mean you should let up on what you love doing just because of an arbitrary age number.

Interesting history on those In The Groove machines, and why I haven't heard of them. Though arcades large enough to run large and expensive setups like DDR aren't common where I live. I think the last time I saw a machine was at a huge ticket arcade when traveling several years ago. I actually work for a company that collects income from and maintains arcade machines among other things (though that isn't my personal job), but none of the machines they own are DDR or any sort of rhythm dance setups.

@Sunsy Yep lol. I'd be less reluctant - though still nervous - if the cart didn't even function. I'll be uncomfortable when building my own PC too, but at least in those cases I'll have receipts and warranties should something go south. And I do have some computer know-how. XD

@Eel I do believe we're allowed to talk about Bruno in this thread?

@Zuljaras Love love LOVE that Leonardo figure! My favorite part is the speared pizza slice. That's one way to cut a pizza....

@MarioLover92 Tanooki Mario is so iconic IMO that I'm surprised they stopped using that power-up for a bit. I'm fine with Nintendo experimenting with other power-ups (See: Super Mario Galaxy 1&2), but they gotta keep a few classics besides Fireball Mario around.

@Tyranexx Thank you! Fortunately the guys from the Artists thread reminded me about the pizza. I would have just made the manhole cover and call it a day

@Sunsy I plan on giving Encanto a watch sometime soon, hopefully within the next couple of days. That's what I'm shooting for. I also got Kiki's Delivery Service on blu-ray/DVD, I wanna see that soon too. I'll also try to remember to post what I thought of those movies right here. That's cool you still get DVDs. Just curious, do you get blu-rays at all, or you don't have a blu-ray player?

@Tyranexx Yeah I agree, I'd be happy to see Tanooki Mario stick around throughout the series. At least with the more classic-styled Mario platformers. Mario's such a huge icon to begin with, pretty much everyone knows the more famous power-ups throughout the whole series, especially the NES/SNES eras.

Adding to what you said to Anti, there were more recent occasions where I feel like I've gotten worse at games as I get older. Sometimes, I'd make costly mistakes like losing lives by accident when I could've avoided those instances myself. Which did happen a couple times when I was playing Super Mario Bros. 3 just a couple nights ago (just felt like playing it), but I still beat the whole game - all levels finished - which was great. A couple of my recent Mario Kart online races even saw me get hit by my own green shell, and that REALLY bothers me! I guess I'm bad at using green shells after all, besides using them defensively. I swear, I was better at games when I was younger! I'm likely exaggerating and being too hard on myself here, but I just can't help but think that at times. Perhaps, it's just me being too overly confident.

@Tyranexx Jeez that sounds rough, I'm sorry to hear that. Come to think of it I've been getting less sleep than usual too, but it only kicks me awake around five in the morning. I'd consider that to be an acceptable time, and it's definitely not insomnia, but I tend to get around eight hours exactly nowadays. I'd advise not holding out too long to see a doctor, but first see if resolving all your problems fixes your sleep. Take care in the meantime. As for my essay-to-be, I'm gonna give it my all. I'll give an update when the time is right, but for now, appreciate the encouragement! It'll help out loads. (this was written before I already responded to it but it’s a good starting point)

That’s the issue with playing a new game in my opinion, especially one that’s new or highly anticipated. With a game so hyped up as, say, Elden Ring, or Cyberpunk, most times they’re bound to give into the hype and hurt the game’s reception based on false promises. The best thing Nintendo does in this department is have very specific marketing and a crystal focus as to what they want to tell us. Their team is clever in that they know what fans like to see, and have the capacity to see an idea through, since 99/100 times it’s in the game. Being specific is key when it comes to explaining stuff and that’s one thing games like Death Stranding and XC2 fail at horribly. You can guess which one goes overboard with being specific and which one misses the mark. The affinity system in 2 is a joke though. I didn’t even notice it was there until I finished a few quests, and it has no in-game benefits other than lowered prices. And even then you start out well up for cash.

Gacha sucks too, and that’s why I was surprised to get KOS-MOS. I’m probably never gonna get her again, which is a shame because of how powerful she is. The reason the gacha mechanics in 2 are so bad is because of the overwhelming possibility of getting a Common Blade. There is no one core crystal that you can get that guarantees a Rare Blade other than the ones that have specific ones, like Wulfric, Sheba, et cetera. In other games collecting items is done so that you’d always get a new type of item instead of getting the same tired thing over and over again. I wonder if 3 has systems like this. Seems we’ll have to wait a week or six to find out whether it does or not, since Nintendo’s definitely gonna do a Direct around what would be E3 time.

It’s a far-out stance but the main reason I love it is because of the voice acting. They absolutely nailed it; down to the last syllable. I don’t think I could come up with better VAs to do the jobs they did in the game. I’m particularly talking about the main four but Ardyn (Darin De Paul, who was Luxaar from Xenoblade X), Prompto (Robbie Daymond, who would play Akechi in Persona 5), and Ignis (Adam Croasdell) in particular stand out as absolute beacons of good voice acting. Ardyn’s voice is like a lotion, silky smooth and hopelessly good. Now I’ve made it to the controversial Chapter 13 I can definitely point out flaws in the very thing I was complementing. The game becomes so linear after chapter 9, and there’s a mechanic to get back to the open world, sort of begrudgingly.

As for Octopath Traveler, that’s kinda in line with what I imagined you would say. After doing a few semi-playthroughs I realised the stories were all the same in terms of pacing, structure and content. Have a backstory, do a few bosses, defeat the final boss, job done. I also hate how much the game forces you to grind, it takes hours to get to the recommended level. A problem like this is easily fixed, by multiplying EXP enemies give by 4x. But ah well… that was a blotch on what was otherwise a fine game. Can’t wait fr other games like it; because the style has so much appeal and potential to tap into.

Yeah, I’m definitely not the best at skill-based games, so Celeste had me using Assist Mode a lot. I saw some screens where I found I could do them normally, but if I die twenty times I’ll just put it on. It’s a good way to play God but purists’ll have my head. The levels are so well designed though. The music similarly, it’s so good that I’ve already covered four songs. So much fun to match the sound design.

On The Batman agreed on everything. I’m happy I went to see it in the best way I could; cinema, IMAX, no crowd. The film has a very strong auteur feel to it with all the camera angles, focus shots, and lighting choices, though it was done by the same guy that did Dune, and he took home an Oscar. Next year I won’t be surprised if he took it for Batman too.

I’m going to be at elden ring for a real good wile, haven’t played it in three days tho.