@DruSM157 I feel like I can hear the motherland calling whenever I open the hider.

Cue that fucking banger national anthem

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Put on job armor and you're straight-up trailer derplander

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Put on job armor and you're straight-up trailer derplander

When Shadowbringers dropped, most of my friends were shocked that I was rocking the SB Derplander look. My argument is I've been a scruffy human dude since the start; they can't hold that against me!

Random things I've played or am playing instead of FF14. Mostly to delay the eventual return.

Ori's Sequel was okay. But a lot of its concepts (regarding story, approach to exploration, progression, combat etc) felt pretty half-baked.

Late Shift (an interactive b movie) was an okay time sink, I guess. But I got a pretty poor anti-climax for an ending. And it's one of those games that really pushes the "your choices matter" shtick, which was hilarious, because the first two choices that I selected proved to be pointless right away. Since it was clear that the opposite choice was what it wanted out of the player. Not sure if I'd recommend, even to people that like this kind of schlock like I do.

Now, I'm playing Blacksad. But I don't know how much I care for it, on first impressions. Since it's basically a Telltale game. But as a general mystery fan, the "investigation" elements are really not engaging. (Though unsurprisingly, there's a lot of references to the comics its based off of. So maybe I'd appreciate it more, if I just hadn't looked at them after the fact. And yeah, art work in the comic is great.)

Though whether or not it holds my interest to reach its conclusion, I'll probably play Hades next. (Unless friends get me roped into another game first.)

Late Shift (an interactive b movie) was an okay time sink, I guess. But I got a pretty poor anti-climax for an ending. And it's one of those games that really pushes the "your choices matter" shtick, which was hilarious, because the first two choices that I selected proved to be pointless right away. Since it was clear that the opposite choice was what it wanted out of the player. Not sure if I'd recommend, even to people that like this kind of schlock like I do.

Not the worst interactive movie, but yeah the beginning is very on the rails.

Five Dates is better than Late Shift in pretty much every way unless romcoms aren't your thing. The Complex was...fine too.

I'm biting the bullet and installing Genshin Impact for PS4. I doubt I'll spend any money on it, primarily because I don't really bother with gachas, but the game has had my attention for awhile so I figured to see what all the hype was about. Plus I dig the character designs; feels really Exalted-like mixed in with other outfits from series like Granblue.

@Kuro I mean you can try to grind?

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Free game, the deal expires tomorrow so get it while you still can if you want a freebie to keep.

I hope whoever designed the cairn stone activity in Assassin's Creed Valhalla never has a good night's sleep for the rest of their fucking life

why is it that every time I think of Yggdra Union I want to replay that game

Goddamn why is it so ridiculously good but also ridiculously overlooked

update: didn't start re-playing yggdra union.

started playing Riviera: The Promised Land instead for the first time.

I love Dept. Heaven games. They're unique, have horrible item management, damn near demand you have a guide for all the missable shit, the continuity is a vague suggestion at best and overall perfect just the way they are.

The dev team behind them have such a unique handprint with how they make games from art style to sound and UI choices, even when those games individually turn out very different across the board. Just look at the clusterfuck that is Knights in the Nightmare and then try to remember they intended to make a PC MMO canon to the series at one point.

It sucks that Blaze Union never got a translation.

Hmm. Does anyone know if Sega actually announced that they were making a Sonic Forces 2, or is that just a rumor created by fans? If Sonic Forces was received so poorly, why would they create a sequel?! Is Sega trying to ruin everyone's favorite blue hedgehog?

Have been replaying Dark Souls 2 lately and it's not as hard as I remember it being. And it's not just that I can remember where some of the traps and ambushes are either. Like I just beat the warf area at a relatively low level (80-something) and yet I am yet to permanently loose any souls. Maybe I am just getting more skilled at the game with age. Or more patient.

Have been replaying Dark Souls 2 lately and it's not as hard as I remember it being. And it's not just that I can remember where some of the traps and ambushes are either. Like I just beat the warf area at a relatively low level (80-something) and yet I am yet to permanently loose any souls. Maybe I am just getting more skilled at the game with age. Or more patient.

It was never hard.

I think Dark Souls was hard for most people because of impatience as well as the push to "Git Gud", but I always just shrugged every time I died all up until the fight with Manus.

Then I gave up.

Scholars of the First Sin

Scholars of the First Sin

Like taking candy from a hollow.

Nice. I beat DS 1 and 2. Both kinda became playgrounds, but SotFS and DS3 messed me up. I should really try 3 again but between that swamp area and that like Ice Dancing Lady, I had had enough.

I really enjoyed the chapel type area with the priests and those little buttholes who always drop from ceilings. Maybe I'll try it out again one day