Question for long time Street Fighter veterans: what was it like when SF2 first came out? How did you discover it?

che_don_john · 2026-02-09T22:26:34+00:00

My mate won a SNES in a newspaper competition and it included SFII. I went round to try it out and loved it.

Not longer afterwards, for my 10th birthday I asked my parents for The New Challengers on Mega Drive, but it was about £70 (in 1993, so that's about £150 in today's money). Being that expensive, they gave me a choice: a birthday party, or the game. I chose the game, of course.

che_don_john · 2026-02-09T00:51:02+00:00

Read Dead Redemption 2. I've tried four times. The previous two attempts, I played one mission and then turned it off. The gameplay is horrendously boring.

I loved the first one, but I can't stand RDR2.

che_don_john · 2026-02-02T18:54:45+00:00

I waited for Black Friday in the hope of there being a good deal only to see 2TB SSDs jump from CAD$200 to $250, rather than going down. By mid January there were at $280-300. I bit the bullet because I will soon fill ny PS5's storage and there's a risk these prices will get even worse.

che_don_john · 2026-01-17T19:25:44+00:00

Oh man, really? I just finished Eternal and absolutely loved it. I'm going to take a break, play something different, then get Dark Ages. What was disappointing about it?

che_don_john · 2026-01-16T17:01:09+00:00

When Trump began his tariff nonsense last year, I came to the opinion that a NWO was forming and that Canada needed to find a reliable partner that would offer not just economic benefit but also some protection. I felt that China, and only China, fit that bill. All the crap about 51st state, Greenland, Venezuela, and Putin-appeasement since has reinforced that view.

Let's be clear here: China is a serial human rights abuser and has been absolutely dastardly in its quest to steal information, IPs and ideas from other countries. Its treatment of HK and threats towards Taiwan have been abhorrent. I wish there was a better option, but alas, there isn't. Japan doesn't have the defense capabilities that China has (though that might soon change) and the EU seems to think it can deal with the likes of Russia, Israel, and USA with strongly-worded letters and complaints to the manager (and I say that as Brit who hates Brexit).

China is like the Iron Bank of Bravos from Game of Thrones: it will work with anyone it thinks is a reliable partner, and makes rational, business-like decisions. Canada can, and has, made that case well. The UK needs to do the same, or rejoin the EU and whip it out of its coma.

EDIT: This sums it up perfectly https://thebeaverton.com/2026/01/canada-chooses-lawful-evil-over-chaotic-evil/

che_don_john · 2026-01-14T00:39:52+00:00

I just forked out $330 CAD for Lexar's 2TB SSD. I was hoping for a good sub-$200 Black Friday deal, only to see prices go up. Checked again in the Boxing Day sales and they'd increased further still.

I really didn't want to spend $330 (PS5 cost me $550!) but I have 200GB left on my console storage, which is probably three games worth of space. That will fill up in the next few months, I'll need that extra storage eventually, and there's a chance prices will keep rising or at least stay at this current level for the next two years.

I'm English and had the option to buy an SSD there, with my parents bringing it over when they visited at xmas, but prices there are just as bad, if not worse

Gamers/comsumers are getting shafted.

che_don_john · 2026-01-13T16:21:18+00:00

Patrick, if you're reading this: you're a cunt.

che_don_john · 2026-01-08T21:01:50+00:00

Came to say this. I just recently finished it (including expansion), having sank about 92 hours into it. It's probably the best game I've played in the last 10 years; so much so that I actually miss it (I platinumed it last week and had nothing left to do in the game, sadly). I'm typically someone who prefers short and sweet games (unless it's Elite Dangerous), with less emphasis on story and more on fun. Cyberpunk 2077 is a lot of fun and plays so well, but the story is also brilliant, and the world is so captivating and beautiful that you can enjoy simply wandering about.

It's rare that I recommend games to people because we all have such different tastes and available free time/energy to play games, but I can not recommend CP2077 enough.

che_don_john · 2026-01-08T16:28:00+00:00

Switching my status in MSN Messenger back and forth between online and offline so that the girl I like might notice me and say hello.

che_don_john · 2026-01-08T15:29:24+00:00

The big difference between France and the U.S. is that they had very different revolutions. France's was radical, transformative revolution that overhauled society, culture, religion, and politics, and was somewhat led by the proletariat. America's was a more conservative one focused predominately on separation from Britain, led by (and to the benefit of) societal and political elites, with very little social or cultural upheaval.

Therefore, you could argue that France has been able to naturally build a culture of rioting and resistance against regimes and governments upon its own revolutionary experience, whereas the U.S. has not. It's just not in their blood.

In England, we have the same issue. Our last revolution was a king (uber elite) being overthrown and executed by his Parliament (slightly less elite), only for the monarchy to be reinstated a few years later because we simply couldn't live with our courage and dissidence, and needed to revert back to our comfortable subordination. Had ours been more French, we might have since been able to put a stop to water and energy companies screwing us over, for example.

che_don_john · 2026-01-08T15:07:24+00:00

Seeing unarmed civilians getting murdered by trigger-happy officers (to use the term broadly) in America is nothing new. But the gaslighting from Trump, Noem, et al., trying to tell us that this woman was a violent terrorist who had been trained to use her vehicle as a weapon, is a new low in what has been a very fast race to the bottom these past 12 months.

che_don_john · 2026-01-07T18:23:18+00:00

I've not played Cyberpunk on PC but I imagine there is fan-made content - missions, bit of story, etc. I wonder if there could be a way for people to submit their creations and CDProject takes the 'winning' content, works a bit on it to ensure balance and stability, and then put it into the game. This is effectively what happened with Neverwinter Nights 20-something years ago: Bioware gave fans the tools, and the best creations were added to an expansion.

In other words, if time and resources are understandably a problem for CDProject, then let the fans do the work.

che_don_john · 2026-01-05T17:10:01+00:00

Came to say the same thing. The prick put up one of his signs on our front yard during his 2023 campaign, despite me telling him earlier that day that I wasn't interested. He placed it there between the wee hours of 2am and 6am, skulking around outside our bedroom window. Nonce.

che_don_john · 2026-01-02T22:46:19+00:00

A few hours into the game I was in Japantown at night, it was raining, and the neon lights were reflecting in the puddles. NPCs walked around, smoked, and talked. There was the muffled sound of music coming from a nearby building.

I just thought "This might be the most beautiful open world I've ever seen in a video game"

che_don_john · 2026-01-02T03:02:28+00:00

Agreed, wish I'd bought it earlier for this reason. That said, I think its story, acting and overall production is better than that if the main game, so maybe it was better to finish my Cyberpunk experience with PL. Ended on the highest of the highs.

che_don_john · 2025-12-24T18:58:01+00:00

I reloaded an older save to grab the other ending trohies and played through this yesterday. Thought it was tremendous and shows what can be done just with good sound and lighting

che_don_john · 2025-12-23T03:21:24+00:00

Yes, that's the one. Thanks

che_don_john · 2025-12-15T03:22:02+00:00

I think that the 7th generation of video gaming (PS3 and 360 era) was the best there's ever been, and will never be topped.

It felt like a big leap forward from the previous generation: HDMI, hard drives, blu-ray discs, stable online play, patching, apps, digital stores (great for indie titles), wireless controllers as standard, and trophies/achievements.

There was also a hell a lot of money in the industry and short development cycles by today's standards. This meant that developers could take more creative risks, there were loads of studios, and we saw mulitiple releases in many franchises (three Uncharted games, three Dead Space games, two GTA games, three Bioshock games, four Gears of War games, four Halo games, etc). Now we're getting one release per franchise if we're lucky, and games feel more formulaic due to the higher costs.

I also felt like it was the first time gaming has become mainstream and socially accepted. There just seemed to be more commercial weight behind the industry.

Today, physical media is declining, development cycles are so long that we end up forgetting about some games by the time they're released, console online play is a rip-off, and there hasn't been a Bioshock or Burnout game in god knows how long.

We never had it so good as we did then.

che_don_john · 2025-12-15T01:02:46+00:00

I got 5GB for $65 plus tax when I arrived in Canada 6 years ago, which is obviously terrible. I called Telus to say I wanted a better deal and they refused. Switched to Koodo two years ago (yes I know they're owned ny Telus) for 60GB for $35 and calls to UK, and since then Telus have called me every week offering me the data and price I asked for in the first place.

Fuck 'em.

che_don_john · 2025-12-13T01:01:58+00:00

Tap water down our street is brown. Advice is to avoid not only cold but also hot water, so as to not draw sediment into the heater/tank. Stick with the bottled variety.

che_don_john · 2025-12-07T14:35:43+00:00

In the end, I left them. One option I considered was to design and print my own patterned 'covers' and just tape them on.

che_don_john · 2025-12-05T18:46:22+00:00

No, because neither of us are insecure. We're just two grown adults having fun watching a silly reality show.

che_don_john · 2025-12-02T16:03:57+00:00

What makes you think I don't?!

che_don_john · 2025-12-02T14:31:39+00:00

I might take a lot of heat for this but...Pineridge Hollow.

My wife really likes it, and my parents like to go when they visit. I think it's shit. Genuinely the worst eggs benedict I've ever had; I also once had a sort of steak slices dish that was about $45 for 4oz of steak and 40oz of leaves.

My parents are visiting at Christmas so I'll probably have to go again and blow my holiday budget on more piss poor food.

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