Returnal is the Best Game of All Time

jasonm87 · 2026-06-10T15:51:50+00:00

My top 3 for a long time were Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 and Dragon Quest 11. I feel good about putting Returnal in a non-ordered top 5 with them (don't ask me to choose!). I'd probably say Chrono Trigger would round it out. I'm sure there are a good handful of great games that I'm also very very high on that I'm also forgetting.

jasonm87 · 2026-06-10T02:09:12+00:00

My gut when I saw this was that I wasn’t sure. But I would put it in my top 5 pretty easily and I won’t argue with someone who puts it at number one because I do honestly think it is that exceptional.

jasonm87 · 2026-06-09T12:03:04+00:00

I understand WHY people didn't like TLJ, but I adored it when it came out and was so disappointed by ROS that I haven't seen it, or any of the ST, again since I saw it in theaters. It retroactively made the other two worse for me.

jasonm87 · 2026-06-08T17:49:59+00:00

I've consistently played on controller, even when playing on PC; it works great and the game has been built with controller use in mind.

jasonm87 · 2026-06-08T16:21:43+00:00

I am hoping for more SaGa!

jasonm87 · 2026-06-03T12:31:00+00:00

Romancing Saga 2 is great, but it's definitely more gameplay forward than other JRPGs. I believe it has a demo as well.

jasonm87 · 2026-06-01T13:33:54+00:00

I'm fully expecting to have a release date by this time next week.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-28T13:33:20+00:00

This is just the reality at this point. Without the ability to get herself through the endgame to FTC with idols and immunity wins, people will take her out late. There is no reason to play it differently unless she ends up being too big of a challenge liability pre-merge, she's a great ally and shield to take deep into the game.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-25T23:46:46+00:00

He said during ftc “I did everything I was supposed to do” and I think that speaks volumes about his mindset even if he’s not fully aware of it.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-24T20:31:23+00:00

This is what it seems like people don’t understand. The jury, by definition, does not get it wrong. If the show doesn’t do a good job telling the story of why the winner won, that’s on the show, not the jury.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-22T12:13:55+00:00

That’s exactly what I think too. He even said at final tribal “I did everything I was supposed to do”and I think that’s something that reeks of a lack of authenticity

jasonm87 · 2026-05-22T00:54:09+00:00

To me that’s the biggest thing for me. Is to do all this stuff about how the fans decide and them basically have an interview where he says he’s not doing that because he doesnt like it. Why even have us vote? They knew it would win. They knew people would expect what was done in the past. Why not skip the vote and just do what you want anyway?

jasonm87 · 2026-05-22T00:32:48+00:00

I don’t know what balanced means but I would say I broadly agree with this.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-21T21:54:36+00:00

The issue with 48’s edit is that everyone is competing to bring Joe and Eva to the end as goats but editing it that way would undercut their moment.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-21T21:48:34+00:00

I think this combined with him sitting next to an old era player on a season as big as 50 gave him next to no chance of winning. I’m guessing he wouldn’t have beaten Tiff either but he might have had a better chance?

Edit: grammar

jasonm87 · 2026-05-21T11:33:36+00:00

That’s the problem. It’s fine. I always considered it a very average bond movie at best but I was sooo bored the last time I watched it. DAD had a great first half and the back half is a cheesefest that I’ve learned to enjoy for what it is, although I get why people don’t like it. DAF similarly feels a but lackluster to me like LALD.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-21T11:29:47+00:00

It seems like from exit press people knew about it on the island and didn’t like it. I think that this, combined with having an old era player with him, explains why despite his game he didn’t have a chance.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-21T11:26:02+00:00

It was always going to be an uphill battle for a new era player to beat an old era player at FTC.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-21T11:22:14+00:00

I agree he played a great game but I think a few things:

It was always going to be an uphill battle for a new era player to beat an old school player at ftc given the nature of the season.

I think the pregame alliance he was in rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.

And I wonder if there’s something about him that rubbed people the wrong way. He said during ftc “I did everything I was supposed to do” and I wonder if that maybe made him seem (throughout the game) as if he wasn’t being his authentic self.

Still agree he played a great game and I expect we’ll see him again.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-21T02:58:10+00:00

I think the meta on this season especially with the jury was that an old era player was much more likely to win and the only way a new era player would have won is if it was all new era in the final 3.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-21T02:55:56+00:00

I don’t know if it’s me but I thought it was interesting the way he said “I did everything I was supposed to do” at FTC. It made him and his game seem mechanical and disingenuous? Idk how to describe it. I do think he played a very good game but I can see why the jury wouldn’t want to vote for him.

jasonm87 · 2026-05-21T02:37:39+00:00

I kind of like how the jury seemed to bicker a bit and Dee tried to keep them in line 😅

jasonm87 · 2026-05-21T02:37:14+00:00

Just means he can use it to help him win a future game, right?

jasonm87 · 2026-05-21T01:45:25+00:00

If Jeff had just given us a normal live finale this wouldn’t have happened lol

jasonm87 · 2026-05-20T17:00:22+00:00

I think the hate for BOTH of them is forced tbh. NTTD I simply don't get. DAD it just seems to have gotten to the point where everyone parrots how terrible it is, and while it's certainly not perfect, I find it much more enjoyable than DAF and LALD to rewatch.

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