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Been touching up the living room, making it better with cleaning and new furniture and such. This is the fun part: getting a new tv. My old one was 32 inches because I was using an old pre-HD cabinet and that was all it could fit. Now that I have more room, I bumped it up to a 55 inch. Also went for an OLED because I wanted to get more out of an upgrade than just a bigger viewing space.

I'm an adult and I spend my money in a responsible and mature way. I've also got a decent collection of figma figures at this point but they're all still in their boxes because I currently have no space to display them. With the ones I received yesterday, I now have the entire God Hand from Berserk!

Played the demo, got really into it, went to CDkeys and got the full game for over half off. I love CDkeys so much.

Yakuza 5 Remastered Finished it two weeks ago but I immediately jumped into Rebirth and that first week I couldn't be bothered writing my thoughts because that was time I could spend playing Rebirth instead. Then I kinda forgot about it. I'm not joking, either. I literally finished Yakuza 5 like 15mins before Rebirth finished downloading. Anyway, it was pretty good. It was also very long but it never overstayed its welcome. Mostly because every time you switched protagonist it was like playing a completely different game. You start out with Kiryu and he's a taxi driver now, so naturally you end up getting sucked into the street racing world with drifting and eurobeat music. Then the next character fights like 78 dudes at once while breaking out of prison only to immediately get into a high-speed snowmobile chase followed by a fist fight with a giant bear. Then you spend the next 5 hours in a little mountain village playing a survival/hunting roguelike minigame. Then it's time to play as Haruka, Kiryu's adopted daughter, and she's training to be a pop idol so now the combat has been replaced by a rhythm game. Did I mention that this game is fucking bonkers? I can easily see how someone might just bail when they get to the Haruka chapters but it just made me love the game even more. This is the most unapologetically schizophrenic game I've ever played and I loved it for it. Overall, it did the multiple protagonist thing much better than Yakuza 4 but the story ended up feeling a lot less cohesive as a whole. Yakuza 4 kept me on the edge of my seat for the most part and it was only the finale that was a bit underwhelming (I still can't get over how our heroes' big plan was "We don't understand what's going on or know what to do, so let's just put that big pile of money on top of Millenium Tower and beat up whoever comes to get it"). Yakuza 5 was kind of the opposite. The story was so meandering and full of distractions that by the time I was on the last protagonist I had basically forgotten how things had started out with Kiryu at the beginning. The finale itself was much more exciting, although it did end rather abruptly. Anyway, that's now all the PS3 games done. That took me way longer than I expected but I can finally play Yakuza 6 and then move on to the Ichiban games. I'm almost caught up!

27" 360hz 1440p OLED monitor, because my 19" 60hz 1080p LCD from 15 years ago just looks too much like shit to me now. I was actually gonna buy the 240hz version from Newegg cause it was on sale, but then I did a quick Google check and found that Walmart had the 360hz version for the same as Newegg's 240hz sale price. So that's sweet. *Edit - Though I actually plan just to use it in 120hz mode cause I don't want to make my 120hz LG TV start looking juddery to my eyes the way that TV made 60hz look juddery... XD

Honorable Mentions: Shadow of the Erdtree. I'm not skipping it because it's DLC. Like, the amount of content in it puts a lot of "full" games to shame. If it hadn't been for Elden Ring itself being absolutely huge, FROM could've released Shadow as a full price standalone game and no one would've complained lol. But it was "just" more Elden Ring. Which, don't get me wrong, it was great and I loved it. But it didn't exactly blow my mind or anything. It was just really, really good. Same goes for Metaphor: ReFantazio. I'm honestly a little surprised by all the GOTY love this one got. Not because I don't think it deserves it but rather because Atlus games typically don't seem to get any. I guess Persona 5 might have? Much like Shadow of the Erdtree, Metaphor was excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed it but at the end of the day it was "just" another ATLUS JRPG. It really didn't break the mold as much as I expected it to. Which is fine. It's just not my game of the year. Speaking of which... Game(s) of the Year 2024: That's right, I'm calling it a tie! They were definitely my two favorite games this year. Hard to say which one gets the edge, honestly. The answer could change depending on which day you asked me. Silent Hill 2 wasn't just a fantastic remake, it was possibly the best horror game I've ever played. And Indy came out of nowhere with a surprise immersive sim based on one of my favorite movie franchises. I was actually nervous about how both of these. Both games had me thinking "Please don't suck!" ahead of launch, so it was a very pleasant surprise that they both turned out so freaking good.

PSN sale: Steam and GOG: CDkeys is an amazing site and don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

Game of the Year Yeah it might be DLC but this expansion is bigger than most full priced games so sorry not sorry, I easily spent more time this year playing Elden Ring again than anything else. With this much content, including the new weapon classes, it's more than worth the $40 asking price. Runner-up Admittedly, this game went through a rough patch and a few controversies, but it eventually landed in a pretty good state. This is one of the most fun multiplayer games I've played with friends in years, to the point where sometimes even dying can be fun when everything is so over the top and covered in explosions. This is one of those multiplayer games where you make your own stories by taking part in some truly insane battles full of setpiece moments that you yourself orchestrate. Throw in the fact that the monetization is usually pretty reasonable and it's hard to go wrong with Helldivers 2.

Shokz OpenMove bone conduction headphones. About a year ago I bought some really cheap ($10) bone conduction headphones to test out for riding my bike and stuff, so I can still hear what's going on around me, especially traffic. I wasn't sure how I'd like bone conduction so I didn't want to spend a bunch of money. Well, I did really like it, but because they were so cheap the sound quality wasn't great, and the battery is already kind of starting to crap out, so I decided to get some actually good ones to replace them. So far they're great, would definitely recommend.

Alan Wake 2: The Lake House This DLC is great. You're playing an FBC agent investigating an FBC facility that they've lost contact with, so it's basically a little mini-episode of Control, but with the Alan Wake 2 mechanics, just a flashlight and guns, no super powers or anything. The narrative is spot-on, as is the encounter design and everything, except for the final boss (which I feel like is a problem Remedy often has). I can't say much more without spoiling stuff, but if you like Control and Alan Wake then this is definitely for you. Grade: A

Silent Hill 2 Remake As someone who did play the original, I can say this is about as good of a remake as you could hope for of that game. The interface has been streamlined so you spend as little time in menus as possible. Swapping weapons is done on the fly now and James can dodge in combat, which makes encounters much more intense since monsters can also dodge and counter you, meaning you need to always be on your toes and you can't just mash your way through every encounter. Looking at the map is also done in real time now, which means you can be attacked while reading it if you are careless. Sadly, they did remove a couple of unlockable weapons (no Pyramid Head knife this time) but they make up for that by greatly improving the boss fights. In the original game you usually just had to run around the boss room with tank controls and turn around to take potshots whenever you had enough distance, but now they're much faster and more aggressive with their attacks, meaning you need to learn to dodge. One remade boss in particular doesn't really do anything more than charge you and try to grab you, but the new fight with it still has so much atmosphere and intensity that it's become one of my favorite survival horror boss fights ever. I bet anyone who has played this game will know which one I'm talking about. I really can't think of much to criticize about this game that didn't already apply to the original one. Not that many enemy types, limited weapon selection, easy to get lost if you aren't paying close attention. All that is just baked into the series, so if you already liked the original Silent Hill 2 then I see no reason you wouldn't like the remake. If you never played it, now's a great time to see what all the fuss is about.

Silent Hill 2 Remake I never played the original, so I went into this one completely blind. Well, almost completely. I had the big thing spoiled years ago but knew nothing about the game beyond that. Well, holy fuck, this game is incredible! It might actually be the scariest game I've ever played. This isn't Resident Evil fun time. The atmosphere in this game is so goddamned oppressive and tense that I couldn't take it for more than a couple hours at a time. Which is quite a feat for a game with only about half a dozen enemy types that aren't particularly difficult to deal with. The sound design and soundtrack in particular are god-tier. I was constantly dreading what would be around the next corner. I obviously can't compare it to the original but I have to assume it's up there with RE2 and RE4 as one of the best video game remakes ever. It modernizes the original game and expands on it where it makes sense to but also preserves what made it work in the first place. The voice acting still feel off and adds this eerie vibe to all the cutscenes. The combat works really well without making James feel like John Wick. The puzzles weren't particularly difficult but they were satisfying enough to solve and didn't involve bullshit leaps of logic. The original is one of those games that I had been meaning to play for years but never got around to. And now I'm kinda glad I never did because this was a hell of a way to experience it for the first time. I remember playing the first game on my PS3 years ago and it just didn't compare to this. I know there are some brand new games in development but I really hope Konami aren't done with the older ones. I'd love to see remakes of the first game, at least. Ideally, SH3 and 4 as well. Or at least some kind of proper collection like they did with Metal Gear Solid. So yeah, if you're in the mood for a spooky October game, this is the one to get.

No, we were only getting a car at all because we wanted electric. I had been looking into it and there are enough chargers around that even in Kansas it's very feasible now. It has a ~250 mile range, so like driving to visit my wife's family in South Dakota would take more planning than it would with a gas car to make sure we're recharging where we need to, but other than that it's far enough to easily go anywhere we might want to without risking being caught somewhere without a charger. We also have a whole home solar power system, so we'll be able to charge it off 100% clean power when we're at home, so I am very much looking forward to having a car that I don't have to feel guilty about driving.

It's the Spooky Month!

2023 Chevy Bolt. The picture isn't the exact one I bought, but the same year and color. Get to pick it up next weekend.

I was holding off until reviews hit, and so far they're glowing so let's fucking go! Now I just need the pre-load to go live so I can start playing as soon as it unlocks tomorrow night!

Don't know if I'll have time to start either of them this week but I definitely want to play them in the near future and I just got a pretty nice bonus from my job, so fuck it. Nothing wrong with a little frivolous spending every now and then.

I have been on quite the adventure the last few days. It all started off, as you may recall, with me getting a Core i9 14900k in May. That led to me being dissatisfied with my GPU performance, which ultimately resulted in me breaking down and buying this: RTX 4090 ftw! I had carefully measured to make sure it would fit in my case, so I was very excited when it arrived and ready to install it immediately and start gaming. It did not fit in my case. So! One 2.5 hour round trip to Wichita later and I have this baby: Corsair 5000D RGB mid tower. Plenty of space, has the nice panel in the back to hide all the power cables, really a nice upgrade that was a long time coming, my old case was like 15+ years old. Anyway the new case can let you control the front fan colors with the temperatures of your system components. Neat! So I started setting that up and uh oh, turns out my CPU is regularly getting up to 100C during regular gameplay. Guess my CPU fan isn't cutting it. No problem, I can solve that! Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360mm water cooler! Hooray! That'll keep my CPU nice and chilled out. The water cooler arrived this morning, I installed it before work (didn't have to be in until 10:45 today), went to check how my CPU temps were doing and... it won't post. Go to work pissed, because by that time was out of time. Came home, did extensive testing, and determined that the entire B memory channel on my mobo was dead. Slots A1 & A2 both work, but putting anything in either B1 or B2 causes it to fail to post. As you are no doubt aware, the PC can only access one RAM stick per channel at any given time, so while putting sticks in A1 & A2 gives you the same total capacity as A1 & B1, it effectively cuts the speed in half. This is unacceptable. Which brings us to my most recent purchase, made only minutes ago: New motherboard and 32GB of DDR5 RAM, set to arrive Sunday. So anyway, basically I wanted a new CPU and have ended up replacing every single part in my PC except for the power supply and one fan (the rear exhaust). To close, I'll leave you with a comic:

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Also these huge spending sprees you guys have been going on got me feeling like

Eventually I'll get to all these games... Eventually...

I knew my patience would be rewarded one day. And that launch discount is actually pretty decent.

Have the platinum on PS5, thought I'd go for it again on PC lol, also, doing the math, it was cheaper to get this edition on PC than buying the DLC + PS Plus for PS5.

and, related I'm tired of being so CPU limited (currently have a 12600k) and even though in Homeworld specifically I will still be CPU limited, it'll be significantly less, and also this is the fastest CPU I can get without a mobo upgrade (the 15 series ones are expected later this year, but they'll be on a different socket). Sadly the CPU won't get here till Monday so I'm gonna have to make myself play something else while I wait.

Unicorn Overlord Another gem from Vanillaware. In fact, this might be one of their best games to date. This is a spiritual successor to Ogre Battle 64. If you never played it, imagine Fire Emblem except instead of turn based it's real time with pause and instead of moving one soldier at a time you have units made of up to five soldiers all moving as group. There is a rock paper scissors system of sorts in here like in Fire Emblem, but since each unit has multiple soldiers you can arrange them to compensate for each other's weaknesses and also edit their AI to determine when and how they use their various skills. Skirmishes play out automatically and the winner is predetermined based on how well you've set up your unit beforehand, but you can skip the battle scenes if you don't feel like watching them play out. I beat it on hard mode, which offered a reasonable challenge, but by the end of the game my main protagonist was such a beast that his unit could solo 90% of the enemy army, at least until he ran out of stamina and had to rest. I hardly need to tell you that Vanillaware games look good, but this might be the best looking one they've made yet. The story falls back on cliched fantasy tropes with an unambiguously good rebellion against a cartoonishly evil empire, but the characters are still pretty likable and fun to follow anyway. This game also has a pretty impressive localization. Not a difficult platinum trophy either, though this is a long game and it took me roughly 50 hours to finish the campaign.

Vanillaware is allergic to PC ports so I got this for PS5 after playing the demo for five hours. It's basically Ogre Battle, and it's been a loooong time since Ogre Battle 64, which I loved the hell out of back in the day.

The outfit they put you in was so iridescent and ostentatious it was really distracting and it was only four unnecessary one minute cut scenes that spent longer getting to/loading than the scenes themselves.

Final Fantasy VI I've started this game many times but never completed it until now. Looks and plays great on the Steam Deck with the Pixel Remaster. It's a classic for a reason, just a really great 2D JRPG. I can only imagine how great it would have felt in 1994, but it holds up in 2024. Fun fact: coincidentally, I learned earlier today that today, April 2, is the 30th anniversary of the game! I saved last night right before the Kefka boss fight and saw something today about it being the 30th anniversary. Clearly, it was meant to be. One other thing: this game needs the HD-2D treatment. Expand the script a bit, make some areas bigger, but keep the ~vibes~ Rating: A+

cool if it goes the other way too so on easy mode they stand around taking anti-emetics.

Batman: Arkham Shadow Hot damn, this game rocks. Before I go any further I will address the elephant in the room. A lot of people are upset that this game is VR exclusive but I have two things to say to that: 1) This game, while still huge for a VR title, is smaller in scope than a mainline Arkham game. If this were a flatscreen title it'd be nothing special, but as a VR experience it's amazing. 2) Meta funded this game. If not for that, it wouldn't exist. That's just how it is. This has all the staples of the Arkham series you would want, that being combat, predator sequences, and clever puzzles to solve for collectibles. I don't really like to use the cliche "it makes you FEEL like Batman" but they implemented the controls in such an immersive and engaging way that it's hard to think of a more appropriate phrase. Knocking out guards from behind is done by yanking them back with your arms and then wrestling with them from side to side until they pass out. Gliding with your cape is done by grabbing the cape at both sides and spreading your arms. Knife slashes are dodged by ducking and weaving. It all just feels so natural and right. The real star, however, has got to be the hand-to-hand combat. If you wondered how Arkham's iconic combat system could be translated into VR, I'm here to tell you that they passed the test with flying colors. Batman will lunge toward whatever enemy you're facing when you punch forward, and then combos are performed by a blend of jabbing at targets and swinging either your left or right fist, depending on which direction the arrow is pointing. You can also grab people when prompted to perform finishers or jump on them while they're on the ground and punch the crap out of them to knock them out. In a way it's kind of like a rhythm game, except you're being attacked on all sides the whole time. Even when you're being attacked offscreen, I never felt like I was taking cheap hits because the game very clearly warns you which direction you're being attacked from and gives you the means to do a side counter to stop them. Enemies can and will attack you in huge groups and taking them down is a balance of getting in your hits where you can while also defending yourself from the sucker punches other goons will try to get in while you're focusing on the guy directly in front of you. You can, of course, also use your gadgets during fights like any other Arkham game and they also throw special enemies at you like shield or stun baton users that require specific maneuvers to take down. It doesn't feel dumbed down at all and I dare say it might be the most fun I've ever had with the Arkham combat system. Just be forewarned that it's extremely strenuous and unless you're already jacked you will probably end up sore as hell after punching criminals for several hours. The story takes place after Origins and took me a little over 15 hours to beat without getting all the collectibles, and I have to say it kept me invested to the end. Unlike Arkham Knight, where it was insultingly obvious who the Arkham Knight was from the beginning, I really had no idea who the Rat King was until the climax. There are some big reveals here, as well as appearances from villains who have never been in an Arkham game before. This was far from a throwaway plot or "good for a VR game." I don't really have much to criticize. I did run into a few game breaking bugs but it worked fine after I reloaded the checkpoint. The game is fairly generous with them too so I never lost more than a minute or two of progress. It looks really good inside the headset as well. $49.99 might feel steep for a VR title to some people, but I absolutely feel like I got my money's worth, especially considering I haven't even done the challenge maps yet and the devs already promised to add more for free. This is the Quest 3's killer app, full stop.

Didn't think to post it at the time but a friend gifted it to me on Steam for my birthday a couple weeks ago. Looking forward to blasting some heretics! I even reinstalled the first game to replay it first. Just not sure when I'll get to it yet. I'm still not done with Metaphor and Ys X comes out on friday, so that's probably my next game.

Bought myself this little beauty (except with a rubber strap instead of leather, don't need animals to die for a watch). Ordered it November last year, but it only turned up a few weeks ago:

The Evil Within Several years late to the party, but I finally beat this one. A real rollercoaster, where the highest highs are excellent but the lowest lows made me question why would anyone play this. The atmosphere, music, and monster designs are top tier, super creepy and scary with a nice mix of combat and horror. The story was cool, it really puts the psychological in psychological horror. Can't wait to start 2, see where this goes. Starting around chapter 9 however, there's some serious issues, it really likes to throw insta-death stuff at you, one of the more annoying ones being capable of teleporting and appearing right in front of you, combine this with enemies and traps around the area and it ended up being a really frustrating encounter, specially since the best way I found to deal with that was to just run around in circles until it went away lol, that kinda kills the atmosphere. There's also this room in one of the later chapters that was a nightmare to deal with, all the traps in the universe gathered in a single room. Overall, it was a really good survival horror, though I don't know if I'd recommend it, it does require some patience, both to deal with some technical issues and to make it through some of the more annoying sections. If you do have that kind of patience, then yeah, definitively worth it. Also if you link your Bethesda account, you get access to a bunch of extra stuff including infinite ammo mode. Might be a fun way to do a NG+ run, specially with some of the stuff you get for beating the game once. Grade: B+

God of War: Ragnarök Finished it last night. I enjoyed the original enough and wanted to play this one but I wasn't really anticipating it all that much. But for some reason, as soon as I started playing I was really happy to be back in that world. Overall, there isn't a lot to say about it that wasn't already said about the original. It's very much a "more of the same" kinda sequel. It doesn't really improve over the original in any significant way, it mostly just continues the story. Fortunately, the story is pretty good! Playing it 2 years late makes it feel kinda pointless to write a long post with my detailed thoughts since everyone has played it already lol. I guess I'll just say I really enjoyed it. I still need to beat the Valkyrie Queen and the Berzerker King and haven't touched the Valhalla DLC yet so I still have a few hours to go but I'm kinda hitting a wall on those two fights and Silent Hill 2 is coming out tonight, so I probably won't go for the 100% right away. I'm not sure what's next for the series but if this was the last game then it definitely went out on a high note. Now I kinda want Sony to rerelease the old games so that I can have the whole series on PC, though. Also, where the hell is The Last of Us Part II PC release???? Goddamn, don't make me wait until season 2 of the show comes out. I wanna play the game first! I swear to God, if they release fucking Spider-Man 2 next, I'm gonna scream...

Mmm...monke.

New mobo and ram arrived this morning, I got them installed and after it initially failing to post (because of course) it's working now! And I'm getting the performance I would expect.

Only two weeks until Marvel's back!

It's not technically an achievement in the "achievement unlocked" sense but holy fuck, this has to be the hardest thing I've ever accomplished in any game ever. I've been getting pretty close with different characters for months and it's easy to assume it's just a matter of time but I was honestly starting to doubt I could do it...

Marvels Midnight Suns Completed this on my Steamdeck where it plays quite well (as long as you make a minor tweak to tell the 2K launcher to eff off). Very enjoyable game. Cool mix of marvel characters, fun designs for them too, and the day-mission night-social pattern is easy enough to get into (especially if you've done a Persona title or similar). Neat playing about with the decks to suit your play style. The hub map was actually quite a bit larger than it initially seemed. Only issues would be some of the story tries to create drama for the sake of it that can make some characters seem obnoxious (or tease a reveal that never comes). It's also a bit lopsided in progression - I kind of had to drag the end out so I could level up the few remaining characters friendship stats to unlock their "Midnight Sun" armour and special moves. It also wasn't super clear instructions on the card upgrades and I found out I'd basically ended up with a bunch of "waste" cards that should just be junked (it changes the 'frame' around the cards and you're meant to have inferred that meant it was at max upgrade. But it also had a + on some and a star on others so...yeah) I also wish I'd got the deluxe/season pass version as it does seem it adds quite a bit to the game (especially expanded on Blades mechanic given it adds vampire enemies and Morbius). So yeah if you're looking at it I think the deluxe version would be well worth it - I want to try them out but not worth going through the full game. I'm also unsure that given the base amount of characters it took some dragging out to level up friendship I'm not sure if it'll be even more grinding at the end with more characters to befriend)

Alan Wake 2: Night Springs This is the first DLC for Alan Wake 2. The premise is it's 3 episodes of the in-universe TV show Night Springs, and each one represents a separate failed attempt by Alan to write himself out of the Dark Place. There's one with Rose, the diner waitress, one with Jesse from Control, and one with the dude from Quantum Break. Each one is about an hour long, they all have very different tones, and are very cool. I definitely recommend it if you like Alan Wake. Grade: A

Baldur's Gate 3 This game was really cool. It has more player agency than any other RPG I've ever played, it's like immersive sim levels of "if it seems like you should be able to do this, then you can." I did think the plot at the end was a little weak, with a couple characters making decisions that just seem weird, but it wasn't enough to really detract much from the game as a whole. It's the closest you can get to playing D&D in a video game. Grade: A

Blasphemous The first one. I beat it once before after it launched, but later on they added DLC that included a true ending, so I figured before I play 2 I should go back and get that. Ho-ly fuck is it cryptic. If you don't use a guide like I did I don't know how you'd ever be expected to figure it out on your own. In fact, even with a guide I ended up having to play the game twice because I accidentally fought a boss too early and locked myself out of the true ending. Yeah, I was pissed. It's still a good game but while playing it I was reminded of some very aggravating things about it, such as the instant death spikes, flask upgrades decreasing how many you can carry, and needing to spend 20,000 tears at the donation box in order to be able to teleport between shrines. Does it ruin the game? No, I wouldn't say so, but it did make it less fun. I'm done now, though, so I can finally play Blasphemous II and see what the devs learned from the first game. I'm excited.

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Took me a while to find time to finish this one. I don't have much to say that hasn't already been said. It's fantastic DLC. My only real gripes are that some enemies seem to have infinite poise and some bosses are designed in such a way that if you don't like using summons, you're gonna have a bad time. Is it possible to win solo? Sure, but you are given very little room for error.

I also bought a bunch of stuff in the Steam sale... Assassin's Creed and Mirror's Edge Catalyst I just got cause I wanted to have them on Steam, the rest were cheap and I just thought looked cool. I'd previously tried TMNT when it was on Game Pass and it didn't click, but when I tried it again it really hooked me and I beat the whole game in one sitting.

Hey forum's finally back! I'm sure you've all been eagerly waiting to find out what I grabbed during the Steam sale. My big purchases were: I also grabbed a bunch of smaller cheap games that aren't really worth posting individually. And at one point I was pruning my wishlist to remove all the "if I haven't bought it by now, I never will" games, and that actually led to me grabbing some more dirt cheap games... Anyway, most of it should be here (just ignore Trails, can't be bothered to edit it out even though I already posted it):

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Switch version, obviously. I never actually played the original Gamecube version, so I'm actually kind of glad that I got to go into this remake completely fresh. Since I have nothing to compare it to I don't know how exactly they improved the quality of life for this version, but I know they did add new features meant to reduce some of the tedium of the original, or so I have read. Putting that aside and just judging this game on its own merits, I can see why people are so fond of this one. The turn-based combat with no stupid gimmicks like later on in the series is just so much better. I suppose you could maybe consider the audience during battles a gimmick, but it's a very unobtrusive one that doesn't demand the whole battle system be reworked around it. I like the characters, I like the story, I like the music and the graphics and the exploration. This one really should have been remade a long time ago but better late than never. I do think that some of the chapters drag on for too long, particularly near the end, but that doesn't bring it down much for me. I'm just happy that I got to finally experience this game everyone loves so much.

The good news: NEW BEAST IN BLACK! \m/ \m/ The bad news: It's just a standalone single, no new album, for now.

I bought Baldur's Gate 3 last weekend and completely forgot to post it in here. Absolutely loving it so far.

IT'S HAPPENING!!

Final Fantasy VII Well, that was good but I have questions: Who did Red XIII bang? In all seriousness I think Remake/Rebirth kind of spoiled me, I would have enjoyed this more if I played it first. But it did make me even more excited for Part 3, things just kind of happen in VII with no weight given to it, I'm excited to see everything expanded. I also used a bunch of texture packs via 7th Heaven, they looked really good, Square needs to do something official and do a faithful remake/remaster. Grade: A-