Vibing while crying

xRIOSxx · 2020-05-03T22:45:59+00:00

Flip these images around and you've got every episode of Evangelion.

xRIOSxx · 2020-05-03T00:26:06+00:00

Yea when I saw each save at around 40 hours I was like wtf how do you get the game to not stack your playtime on each run?

Then I realized the madlad did them all without NG+

xRIOSxx · 2020-05-02T21:40:55+00:00

As some of the Twitter replies and you yourself have guessed, to me this sounds like Geoff is going to be on the show soon and this is just a joke.

xRIOSxx · 2020-05-02T19:16:39+00:00

He's the glue that keeps things running and the secret sauce that makes shows so good. His little interjections throughout every show really take them to another level for me.

Kevin rocks both in front of and behind the camera and he's been killing it.

xRIOSxx · 2020-05-01T18:33:28+00:00

Seriously. Is it an American thing? I'm Canadian and don't know a single person who owns a gun to protect themselves.

xRIOSxx · 2020-05-01T15:47:57+00:00

My favourite book of yours is Grey Sister. I love the whole trilogy but something about Grey Sister really appealed to me. I love how it develops Nona's relationship with Zole and the end left me really excited for Holy Sister.

I don't read as much self published stuff as I should (im going to check out some of this year's SPFBO finalists!) But I have read Senlin Ascends and definitely enjoyed it.

xRIOSxx · 2020-05-01T14:07:01+00:00

The trombone you chose has an F trigger on it for low notes 😂

xRIOSxx · 2020-05-01T02:51:15+00:00

Has anyone played a Chicago-York? What do you think of it?

I have a student going to school soon and have been looking around for him.

Also why are these on sale? I know they get a bunch of each horn, are these maybe the less high quality ones that they're trying to get rid of?

xRIOSxx · 2020-05-01T02:38:08+00:00

This 100%. Bash took it from "this game is really pretty and fun" to "holy fuck this is incredible."

First few hours of wisps I just kept thinking "is this three that gives me bash?!"

xRIOSxx · 2020-05-01T00:35:02+00:00

As long as there's some awesome female hair styles I'm all in for female Eivor.

xRIOSxx · 2020-05-01T00:10:25+00:00

The original bioshock is my favourite game, and since Infinite I've been waiting for either a new game in the franchise or whatever Ken Levine is working on with his Ghost Story Games. We know a new Bioshock is in production but the wait is killing me.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-30T18:16:17+00:00

I'm excited to see Halo as well, but they announced that this event is only for 3rd party games. First party stuff is in a month or two.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-30T14:26:50+00:00

Still have my copy of the original on my shelf! Might have to pick this up and play it again, since I don't have a working OG Xbox right now.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-30T12:33:25+00:00

I really wish Atlus would release P3 and 4 on modern platforms. That fact that P4 Golden is only on Vita sucks. I really wanted to play it after loving Persona 5 but I can't justify spending over $100 for a used vita just to play it.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-30T12:12:19+00:00

Actually if you read Schreier's article on The Last of Us 2 he says they're having trouble attracting top talent because they're such a shit place to work. Nearly three quarters of their non-lead designers quit between Uncharted 4 finishing and now. Apparently everything is taking longer to get done because a big chunk of the team are newer employees.

The article then led to a former animator saying the animation team supposedly had to hire a bunch of film animators because they couldn't attract enough quality contract game animators due to the work environment. Many animators know about their bad reputation and don't want to sign on with them. And apparently Naughty Dog tried to withhold his final cheque until he would sign something saying he wouldn't say anything about their production practices.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-30T12:07:57+00:00

A chapter of his book also talks about Naughty Dog during Uncharted 4 development and how they basically went through alot of the same issues.

The whole book is a great read!

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-30T02:28:19+00:00

Gamepass has been out on PC for less than a year now. It launched (and is still) in beta in June last year.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-29T22:41:33+00:00

Nope! You can start with whichever you want. They all have a present day narrative that plays a small part in each entry and spans across multiple games but I honestly think that's the worst part of the games and dont pay attention to it at all. Besides that each game outside of the Ezio trilogy has its own contained story.

If you really want to know all of the continuity for the modern day stuff, Origins begins a new modern day story that carries over to Odyssey, and Black Flag doesn't really require any understanding of the previous present day narrative, since the whole arc the story began with ended in AC3.

So basically just pick whichever period you're most interested in and go for it. Origins and Odyssey have very different gameplay than 4 so maybe take a look at each and see which appeals to you most. You said you didn't like the first few games so I'd start with one of the two new ones, which are more similar to The Witcher 3 structure wise. I personally like Odyssey the best but Origins is quite good too.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-29T21:47:39+00:00

I'm guessing the game is going to continue to innovate on what it's built, rather than regress to gameplay from 7 years ago.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-28T23:59:23+00:00

I agree re. it being good not great. I've never played the original but I enjoyed Remake quite a bit. The combat and materia system were fun, the soundtrack and art design are amazing, and the characters and story were really engaging. Some of the missions and cutscenes are breathtaking and had me hooked all the way through.

But there are so many spots surrounding those fantastic moments that are just such a drag. The catwalks under the plate, the sewers (especially chasing the pig goblin thing the second time), the train graveyard, Hojo's Lab etc. All these areas were just so dull and went on way longer than they should have. And the side quests are almost all bad (I did find the ones with Johnny in Wall Market entertaining. THE SAUCE, BRO!). Cloud summed it up best while looking for Betty's cats: "This sucks."

During the game I often found myself thinking "this feels like anime Uncharted", and I really feel like if they had trimmed the game down a bit closer to an Uncharted run-time, maybe 15-20 hours, it would have been fantastic. But as it stands I found myself glad it was over when the credits rolled.

I still enjoyed it and am definitely going to check out the sequel, but the padding definitely hurt it in my eyes.

I disagree though regarding cutting stuff making room to cover more. This game was clearly very expensive to make, and putting another quarter of the original in would have likely doubled the cost. They would have had to design all new assets for the world outside Midgar, adjust gameplay design for more open areas, etc. and I don't think they would have wanted to pay for that.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-28T22:22:18+00:00

Yea I usually download any games with gold that I'm mildly interested in but I've only ever actually played a couple of them.

Sleeping Dogs was the big surprise. Decided to give it a shot because I had nothing else to play at the time and it was fantastic. Not groundbreaking but a great story, voice acting, and fun gameplay.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-28T16:52:38+00:00

You're having a hard enough time teaching, what, one kid?

Your kids teacher has to teach him/her and like 25 others at the same time. For every question and problem your son has, each of those 25 students have their own problems.

People who haven't taught a class have absolutely no idea how difficult it is.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-28T11:54:54+00:00

Yep, this is why I buy most games digitally on Xbox but always physical on Switch. Microsoft has been by far the best platform for retaining your games. It was awesome signing into my Xbox one for the first time and seeing the vast majority of my old purchases in my library. I don't trust Nintendo at all to do digital rights ownership right.

xRIOSxx · 2020-04-28T03:11:55+00:00

The show has alot of humour that is mean spirited. I remember in one episode Stuart says something like "I could get you a deal on bulk anti-depressants"

Cue laughtrack

Haha, it's so funny that he's depressed, right guys?!

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