Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Well... it happened! One of my covers got demonetised (I don't even monetise them anyway)!

@Anti-Matter There's some tracks you can't avoid because there's only 1 path on the world map. You can also unlock tracks by playing Grand Prix mode but both outcomes involve having to play Graveyard Gig (I don't know whether there's other tracks you hate but earlier in this thread made it obvious you hate that one).

@MarioLover92 Cool, didn't know they did similar books for video games. I knew they did some for animated works. Don't know if I ever seen a Disney one. I also got a sample of the now unreleased The Art of Trolls World Tour that came with my Blu-Ray/DVD copy of the movie. Sad they never released it since the book did show some concepts and early art from the movie.

Ooh, I think I might have seen this before, maybe I'll rewatch later. Similar to the animation books, it's nice to see stuff scrapped from game or hidden away. Cut content is always interesting. Yeah, it was kind of cool finding a stray 1-up brick in the spiral tower.

Yeah, also, I wonder if there would be a Sonic re-release on it given Origins is coming out. It would be nice to see if they preserve the original Sonic CD from Sega CD. IIRC, the Gems Collection version is the Windows 95 port. Alrighty, seriously the Game Gear mini is kind of cute though, even if it's an interesting collector's piece. Yeah, I played VMU quite a bit because of the Chao from the Sonic games.

@tekoii Definitely, fanbases can be something at times. BTW, I tried searching on both Switch and PC, and this is the only "tekoii" I can find. I don't think this icon is Maeve.

If this is you, I'll send you a request, I'll also remove this image afterwards. Just want confirmation before I send a request.

@Anti-Matter As @Grumblevolcano mentions, you have to play the track in single player career mode, there's no way around it. Assuming the same, it's the Graveyard Gig track.

Alternatively, you can unlock tracks by playing online (I did this on the Steam version), again, the track can still get voted in (online races will let players pick between two randomly chosen tracks), and you may have to race it.

@Sunsy
Oh, gosh....
Like do I really have to do that?
I found the game (Sonic Racing Transformed) PS3 version from my local online shopping website and I really have mixed feeling to consider the game.
Basically, I want to consider that game since there are a lot of SEGA characters I still neutral with them but the only things that made me really felt uncomfortable were the two tracks from other SEGA games that you know I will never like them. If I have to drive through those two places, it will really pushing my anxiety and my comfort zone and possibly will trigger my anger. But, if I decided to being stoic for a moment and pretend they don't affect my emotional feelings, I might able to pass through that two tracks but I will never ever want to play on those two tracks anymore after clearing those tracks.

Something similar case when I have LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER after I approved that game by one condition, I will not do the car theft in the game mission as I knew LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER was based on the adult game I really hate most after hearing from some peoples opinion. I remembered I was upset to hear that like how could Nintendo approved that idea for Tt Fusion in making timed exclusive LEGO game on Wii U but after some though deliberation, I ultimately approved LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER with one condition I have mentioned above.

What do you think?
Should I build my confidence and stoic to able pass through those two tracks ?

Btw, have you ever feeling really uncomfortable to play certain games that you want to play but still on the fence due to find really uncomfortable contents inside?

@Grumblevolcano
I'm glad that you know my likeness and dislikeness in video games.
I need more deliberation and some discussion with other user who have some experiences with Sonic Racing games.

Damn looking back at the track list, it's a painful reminder of games I'll likely never get to play because the only SEGA hardware era SEGA seems to care about is Mega Drive (Mega Drive Mini 2 is further evidence of this). Back when the game first came out I especially wanted to check out Skies of Arcadia but the prices were extremely expensive, I'd imagine prices are even more expensive now.

@Anti-Matter Well in the story mode Graveyard Gig appears 3 times, 1 is compulsory for progress, 1 is a side route where you can unlock a character and 1 is post-credits in such a way you'd only play if you wanted to 100% complete the game. It would help knowing what the other track is given Graveyard Gig is the only track based on a M rated franchise.

@Grumblevolcano
Umm.... The other one was from golden axe.
Two tracks that really bothering me.

@Anti-Matter Adder's Lair (the Golden Axe track) appears 4 times in the story mode, 2 are compulsory for progress, 1 is a side route where you can unlock a character and 1 is compulsory to progress in post-credits (the first level after the credits).

@Anti-Matter Yup, it's been years since I've done the single player career mode, but @Grumblevolcano is covering the tracks better than I could. Usually with this, as well as any racing game, I just like to pop it in and play some tracks or time trial.

That is understandable, I get it, you usually don't like M-rated games (I'm use to calling it M-rated, I'm from the US).

That is entirely up to you if you can build up the courage to overcome it. Two tracks, but it's not the only thing in the game. Remember, it's rated E10+, which means it's going to be watered down from the M-rated original. Personally, I just see it like a haunted house themed track. Again, it's up to you 100%, if you don't feel comfortable trying, then that's up to you too.

As for me, honestly, I really don't like scary things. Not just with games, but with live action movies. Honestly, my idea of Halloween is just specials and stories involving my favorite characters. Then (again, M-rated game, I know you don't like them, but bare with me with this story) I tried House of the Dead 2 in the arcade, and I liked it enough to get it on Dreamcast. It reminded me of a badly acted horror movie. I enjoyed it and it didn't scare me. If I never tried it, I wouldn't have known I like it or be ok with its content. Sometimes, it's just worth trying something.

Similarly, if I had the mindset of "I'm too mature to enjoy childish things," I don't think I would like stuff like Trolls and My Little Pony. I've seen some who have this mindset, and think to myself "they're missing out on something good." Sometimes, the best thing to do is try and see for yourself if you like or tolerate something.

Also, this is where rental stores could come in handy if they still existed. Rent the game and if you like it and are ok with its content, then buy it.

Apologies if this is a long post, really wanted to get my thoughts down.

@Anti-Matter Everyone has a limit on what content they find ok, Some don't care, some do.

You mentioned how people compared Lego city to another M rated game I will not name for you, and how I see it, its if that said M rated game, wasn't M rated, and didn't have all said content, if that makes you feel any better about it.

About the tracks in sonic racing, I also think its something your ok with or not, but how I see it, its not as if your playing the game, even tho the stage is from a M rated game, and luckily its a racing game and you will have stages you like or dislike for reasons, so if you really want too, you can just get through the stages really quick and never touch them again, because you wont have too.

Thats what I do with stages I don't like, though I understand its different for you. Even with all I said I think @Sunsy says it best, and you should listen too there advice over mine.

sorry if this whole thing I wrote is hard to understand, I just hope I helped in anyway to your guys convo.

You also bring up a good point, liking something and how people can handle said content will be different for everyone. Me personally, realistic horror stuff makes me uneasy and may give me nightmares (which I do get from time to time, I still will sleep with a plushie, even as an adult), so I don't watch it. When Halloween comes around, I stick to Halloween episodes of cartoons, and more family friendly movies like Hocus Pocus.

Also, I don't even play the single player career mode anymore, I just go to quick race and race tracks I like. Same with Team Sonic Racing, I just play tracks I like without bothering with the story mode.

@Sunsy Definitely, I like scary stuff but I can only handle so much before I mess myself up, plus I can’t be thinking about it all the time, I love it, and can handle it as long as I’m careful.

But I notice how other people just ooze is scary stuff, and I love it and admire them for that, there limit is way higher then mine. It’s cool you can still Enjoy Scary stuff in your own way.

I haven’t played sonic team racing in a bit though, I don’t enjoy the story mode and just doing one big race is enough for me.

Dang it sega just remaster remake or make a sequel to sonic racing transformed, come on there was literally no reason to change the formula.

@Snatcher @Sunsy
Thanks, guys.
I will think carefully about Sonic Racing Transformed. Need some deliberation again and observation from YouTube.
It was one game that made me freak out for the trivial things.

@Snatcher Indeed. Yeah, while it's not scary to the point of nightmares scary, I do like some of the character themed Halloween stuff I like. I have a friend who loves horror stuff, cool for him. While I don't, I did show him the My Little Pony episode 28 Pranks Later, he loved it as it was really well written and captured horror tropes.

Also, I do like playing Left 4 Dead. Zombies yes, but it's not as scary for me. I also enjoyed the movie Shaun of the Dead when I saw it a long time ago, it was more comedy than horror for me. Those would be some of the few horror things I do enjoy.

Yeah, I didn't care for story mode in Team Sonic Racing, that drifting around the posts race. I do love how the day one patch unlocked every track for quick race mode, and I play it that way as well as with friends online. Because of that patch, every track was unlocked in quick race mode when I bought the PC version on sale.

@Anti-Matter You're welcome, when in doubt, research it out. Woo! That rhymed!

Crazy weekend. Responses only for now. More info when it isn't late and I'm (hopefully) somewhat caught up on sleep.

@MarioLover92 The problem with me drawing from memory is everything looks MUCH better in my head. I sometimes struggle with getting a dersilvrifut (if I care enough). It would've been neat to see the jug project results.

On my weekend: thanks! Good day for the most part, with a nuance I'll go into next time I post...

@tekoii X is very hard IMO...until you earn more upgrades. Then it becomes relatively easy until the difficulty spike in the final boss stage. X.X I'd love to see a new Battle Network game, in fact I think there was a fan project for a seventh game. Not sure if that's still in the works though.

@Tasuki Good on you for having a summary if the breaks become long. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of industry do you work in? Hopefully the schedule shift is a temporary one.

@Sunsy Ah OK. I tried looking for a Disney art book on Amazon earlier and I couldn't really find what I wanted. Hopefully, next time I shop and when I look it up again, I'll have better results. A lot of Disney movies have some really nice artwork, painted backgrounds and all that, and the animation looks silky-smooth - really impressive stuff. Ah...just a sample huh? So it's not the full version of that unreleased Trolls book? It is cool that you have that, at least!

Yeah I agree for sure, it's interesting to see all this cut content, so we could see what the game might have been like had certain objects made the final cut.

I think it is gonna be the Sega CD original, the trailer that Sega had showed Sonic CD with the Japanese soundtrack. IIRC, the Windows 95 version had the US soundtrack across all regions. Yeah totally, the Game Gear Micro is indeed pretty cute. They had like 4 games for each variant of it, didn't they? I had something similar, which was the Game Boy Micro - not to be confused with the GGM. Kinda wish I had the Famicom variant though.

@Tyranexx I think we can relate when it comes to that...the vision in my head would look a heck of a lot better than my attempt if I draw by memory, lol. You're very welcome! Sounds like it was a pretty good day overall.

@Tyranexx I work in retail so my schedule is never the same which makes scheduling D&D games difficult at times.

Made a new logo this morning, since I can't find any good fonts that fit into a circle. What do you think?

Logo for....? If those are meant to be letters, I can't work out which but it doesn't particularly look like anything else to me, sorry

@Snatcher Looking back, Team Sonic Racing honestly feels like a way to rescue tracks from Sonic & SEGA All Stars Racing (the one before Transformed) without having to deal with Jet Set Radio Future licensing issues. Transformed got Egg Hangar and Team Sonic Racing got all the other Sonic tracks except Ocean Ruin.