Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Tyranexx Shame illness ruined that. Not that I'm a stranger to that kind of feeling, I got my second COVID shot during E3 after all. It's just one trailer though, so it shouldn't reveal too muc.... nah forget it. I'm very excited to play this game. It looks... just incredible. I didn't really have many words then, and don't now. It feels like yesterday I first played 2, and even the original. And seeing how closely it ties in, having familiar characters and new ones alike, makes playing all the games all the more rewarding.

I've gotten back into DE, picking up an older save file. And I swear, grinding from the Lv70 to Lv90 range has never been easier thanks to Casual Mode. It doesn't affect the "inability to hit enemies 6 levels above you" mechanic, meaning I can kill enemies 20 levels above my party with relative ease. Although you get a lot less EXP from enemies over 21 levels stronger than your party. It means "post-game" quests can be done quicker, meaning more EXP. A cycle of destruction and rebirth if I've ever seen one.

Speaking of long games... Persona 5. It's so long. When it takes me 80 hours to beat a game it's definitely long. My free time's sunk into that game. What a treasure.

To anyone who likes Final Fantasy VI (specifically the theme Dancing Mad), have I got a surprise. I'm covering that song.

@Vortexeo @tekoii @Tyranexx Take a look. Or listen, the visuals aren't that interesting.

@blindsquarel There’s a really good arlo video on how talking about paper Mario isn’t fun anymore, and I agree.

@MarioLover92
Nah gamefacs, which to be fair, I was walking into a toxic conversation with that site.

@Snatcher
Yeah I’ve seen that one, and it is quite the good video. That’s one thing I can appreciate about Arlo. While his biases do show through occasionally, I feel he does a good job at staying neutral on most topics, or at the very least, understanding why someone might have a different opinion.

Possibly mostly because of unintended jankiness originally that they managed to improve, @Tyranexx .... Have a look into them if you want to see reviews of the remakes to help work out if you'd like them! That's pretty good, @TheJGG

I Got a physical edition of bug fables as a gift, and oh boy, have I been wanting to play this game for a wile know, when I will is another story lol.

@MarioLover92 Yeah, I think I ventured into Linux because of a family friend who was into computers, recommended me a Live CD to try it (a Live CD is basically an OS that runs off a CD-R or a DVD-R, and boots by telling the BIOS to make your CD drive the first bootable disk). Having good anti-virus is always a good thing to have.

The most EA I've played back then was the SimCity games. Later on I did play Medal of Honor Allied Assault (played it awhile back, crazy how people still play it online 20 years later) and Need for Speed (I had on GameCube, Wii, and on PC). More recently, it's Apex, Titanfall 2 (underrated FPS game with a great story), some racing games, and their back catalog on GOG.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who did this. I remember treating Time Trial as a way to just drive around the tracks, or in Mario Kart 64's case, drive to the castle so my ghost won't save, lol. It was a good way to learn the tracks too.

I think I've done that when I first got iTunes. Before that, I think I did the same with Windows Media Player. Nowadays, I buy music I love via iTunes, and listen on Spotify. Even though streaming is convenient, I still like that offline copy of an album or song I like. I find it amusing I have all the Trolls soundtracks digitally, and never bought a physical copy of any of them. Actually, I saw the Trolls World Tour and Frozen II soundtracks as a vinyl record in a store once.

I thought of a dumb joke, this might be art but here it is.

@TheJGG You know I actually haven't played Final Fantasy VI before. I really want to get to it at some point though as I hear so many people say it's the best entry in the series alongside VII. I really dig the cover though!

@Kermit1 This...is truly the epitome of ART

@Kermit1 Haha. To be honest I would've loved it even more if the rope was around the neck of the guy and as he is ascending he was saying "I will become an angel!".

Dark humor is my favorite

@Zuljaras lol, I could have but I fear I might get muted/banned?..

@Kermit1 You can use the spoiler tag on the image and give a heads up what is inside for the "sensitive" users. That is what I did with a drawing of Lucario that had torn Pikachu apart.

@Zuljaras Tis but a scratch said: Pikachu

@Kermit1 Actually this is what Lucario said

@Zuljaras ... "Breathes in"

"breathes out"

@Zuljaras Sorry, if you didn't get my sense of humor, But that was my one thought looking at that...

@Kermit1 on the contrary to many people I never liked that song. It is punishment to my ears.

@Zuljaras Same... It just hit me there though.

I'm surprised NLife hasn't reported on it yet, but today is Kirby's 30th Anniversary (at least in Japan)!

Kirby was something I always had an outsider perspective on: I liked the character (he was my main in Smash 3DS) but never really had the chance to play any of his games. That all changed when I got Triple Deluxe back in 2017 and instantly fell in love with the levels, characters, abilities and so much more. As of now, I've played almost all of his retro catalogue such as Super Star, Dream Land 3 and Adventure and am waiting patiently for Crystal Shards to come to NSO (along with potentially his GB and GBA outings). Needless to say, I do love the pink puff.