Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika The expert I went to for my learning problems said I could have ADHD because my disabilities are "somewhat" common for people that have ADHD. If I do have ADHD I've got the Predominantly Inattentive type.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika idk, probably not pills I've heard too many horror stories with them. Right now I'll cross that bridge when I get there, I first gotta talk to my parents about it and then go from there.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I mean I'm shockingly open with my parents so this won't be too long of a talk.

I'm not shocked I have it, my brother has a very mild case of it and one of my older cousins has it.

The only thing I'm worried about is the thing I had to get an MRI and Colonoscopy for, because cancer does run in my family.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I'm never gonna drink I hate the burning feeling in my throat. Smoking/Vaping is just gross imo.

One reason I think I have ADHD is because I go days without water.

I just realized even Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town PS4 physical version still didn't included with the DLC in disc.
The Season Pass from PSN was $14.99 when I checked just now.
Dang... 😑
But fortunately my physical copy is USA version, matched with my USA PS4 account so I can add some funds and purchase the DLC whenever I'm ready.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I know I didn't catch it, I've always kinda known I'm not "normal".

I had water today that's a plus.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika what about sparkling water, mother lol.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I got some root beer sparkling water I'll start drinking instead of soda.

@NeonPizza Looks great, I've not played Blazing Chrome yet but that looks good as well. #16bits

@Kermit1Pineapple Saw your post asking for a TV-14 anime although I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that rating system so I can't really help.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Maybe, maybe not, it depends.

I had to go back ten pages to find your post @Tyranexx this is what happens when I wait one day to reply back!

Some fair criticisms there. Story does seem like an afterthought in some of the open world titles I've played, though IMHO part of the fun is finding some of the well-written nuggets (if the game has anything well written anyway). Some great examples of this are XC3 like you mentioned, XCX, and Breath of the Wild to a lesser extent. Admittedly, I would've liked more story beats with the latter - Zelda fans like yours truly have been spoiled lol - but what was there was pretty decent. Seems like we're on similar wavelengths when it comes to gameplay; thank Arceus that some of these games incorporate fast travel lol. There were some neat genuine discoveries in BotW, though some of it did admittedly become same-y after a bit. I went all over the map (darn Koroks) and put ~165 hours into that game. And I didn't 100% it. XD You can also genuinely do some crazy things with that game's overworld and physics engine.

I do agree with your criticisms of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed formula based on my limited experiences with the series. The most recent entry I've played is 4/Black Flag, which did have some entertaining story bits and side content (Drunken Sailor, anyone? ). Though nothing too in-depth. I haven't played any of their more recent offerings that some have said are truly open world. I do have the Switch version of Rogue (via Rebel Collection) backlogged though. Not sure if I'll bother with the Ezio Collection due to the download size even with a physical cart....And I played more than my fill of the middling ACIII on the Wii U.

(Edit: @TheJGG summarizes my thoughts fairly well now that I come upon their post. Though I unfortunately haven't played some of the cited examples, like Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon Zero Dawn due to the platforms they're on.)

You just need to experience the awesome power of a real console! I CAN FEEL THE POWER! I CAN FEEL THE STRENGTH! Open world design in Switch games always has somewhat of an asterisk next to it for that reason; there's always technical issues, awful loading times, bad framerates, whenever we get a massive open world Switch game. BotW has this issue a little, it holds 30fps 900p competently until you start messing with physics or go into Kakariko Village . Only major 1-2nd party open world game I can think of on a Ninty console without much issue is Xenoblade X and don't get me started on how much I'm still in disbelief that that game even works properly.

Other open world games also have tons of flavour text and whatnot, to spice the world up. HZD has this to some extent with archives, little stories, audio files, etc, to expand the world in that way. Even XCX had a massive database full of enemies with descriptions and whatnot. FFXV does this too, though it's a PS4 game.

Ultimately I believe that BotW and Death Stranding are similar in design because of their attitude to the world. It's not about the destination but rather the journey, because the world is a such a sandbox.

Someone lend me a fiddle so I can play as Rome burns to the ground!

(fun fact, fiddles didn't even exist during his time. It was probably a lyre)

Yes, probably (It doesn't even sound that nice.)

@Rambler Oh good, someone beat me to it (I always find it awkward correcting people.)

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Yeah, I know there's nothing wrong with correcting people, it's just my parents keep telling me and my siblings to stop being pedantic.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I'm drinking a Coke... oops...

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika

One of my sisters is definitely exploiting the fact everything is on YouTube (she's watching a show called Taskmaster (no relation to the Marvel one) in Danish.)

why did you do it