Mister Jack

I've been playing on ultraviolence and sweet Jesus, they really took off the kid gloves with this expansion. It's like they don't even care if you are able to finish it or not. I just fought through a wave with four mancubi, four cyber mancubi, at least three arachnotrons, two titans, three prowlers, three hell knights, two barons of hell, three pinkies, more carcasses than I could count, and an endless horde of imps and soldiers with shields. And this was all with no checkpoints and an electrified floor. God damn. It must have taken me 20 tries.

Being able to look up hints right there on the screen is my favorite feature too. Whenever I play games with collectibles or a bunch of secrets I've just gotten into the habit of keeping my tablet by my side to occasionally stop and look things up. Not having to do that anymore would be great.

I'm glad you said it because I have the same feeling. I loved Witcher 3 and I really want to be excited for Cyberpunk but every time I hear about it lately it's some new story about how a planned feature had to be cut or scaled down. It just gives me this nervous feeling that CDPR might have bitten off more than they can chew.

After the success of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, I don't really buy that excuse anymore. If anything, the feedback they got was to put in more game stuff in the sequel. But Paul Anderson is most definitely a hack. No doubt about it. This soldier bullshit is something he just loves to keep falling back on like a crutch.

What the fuck is this shit? Why would you do this stupid soldier angle? God damn I am so tired of the US military being shoehorned into movies where they're not needed or wanted. The worst part is that the monsters actually look pretty accurate so clearly someone cared about trying to do it justice, but they were drowned out by the Hollywood machine. Oh and I didn't see a single palico in that trailer. Fucking trash.

I think they're also doing it for historical reasons. The Democrats surely knew that impeaching Trump would not successfully remove him from office, but he'll still be known for all time as one of only three US presidents so far to be impeached.

1) Go to Youtube 2) Search for "Tobey Maguire in the MCU" You're welcome

Trials of Mana I'm not really sure how to judge this one. By modern standards it's not very impressive, but as a remake of a game from the 90s I can tell they tried to update what they could without completely losing the spirit of the original. The new graphics, while not mind blowing, are still appreciated because it's a lot more work than just slapping on some higher resolution sprites. The gameplay is still stuck in the 90s with a few added bells and whistles but it's a remake of a 90s game so what do you expect? Unlike the FF7 remake, which is trying to capture a new, modern audience, this game is just trying to please people who were already fans of the original. Does it succeed? I can't really say since I'm not especially nostalgic for the original. The story has no more depth than it did on the Super Famicom and the voice acting is really, really bad, but I just can't bring myself to be too harsh on Trials of Mana because I feel like people who buy it should know what they're getting into. It succeeds at being what it wants to be and doesn't aim for anything higher than being the original game with better presentation and a few QoL adjustments. It's fine, probably worth getting if there's a good sale on it or something, but it's more of a casual time killer kind of game than something you should expect to get sucked into for long periods of time.

I don't care about any of those games but I do wonder why it's those specific 11 that won't work.

So far I'm up to 49 plats but that one FF7 trophy is just too much for me. Kudos for powering through that.

Now I hardly claim to have played every JRPG ever made, but at least in this console generation I've found grinding to be much less of a problem in JRPGs than it used to be, at least in the ones I've seen. I won't say it never becomes an issue because I'm sure there are still examples I'm not aware of, but by and large I only find myself having to resort to grinding if I'm doing endgame content or one particularly poorly designed boss. It's nothing like it was back in the 8 and 16 bit days when grinding was pretty much mandatory and it damn sure isn't like these western games that try to sell you XP boosters. For the most part it feels like they've figured out how much they need to guide you along the main path when it comes to exp gains. Of course, if you're the type to run away from every battle then that's another story.

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I got just enough stars to beat it and then immediately moved on to Sunshine rather than going for all 120. I agree with pretty much everything you said. I used to love Mario 64 and I wanted to still love it today but I just don't.

I'm sure he'll be tested again soon to be sure. Still, a negative test is better than a positive one.

Biden has officially tested negative. I was worried with all that yelling Trump was doing at the debate. We don't need BOTH candidates getting sick.

Honestly I don't even like the wing cap. It feels like you're trying to just barely keep a lead weight aloft with some balloons on strings. I get what they were going for with the swooping and diving, but it doesn't always work and doesn't feel nearly as smooth as the cape from Super Mario World. The cap powerup is already timed so I don't know why you have to be constantly sinking on top of that. The camera still manages to be a problem too. I think a big part of it is that the N64 controller's stick was not actually an analog stick despite what everyone says. It was a digital stick with much more restricted movement options. Now that I'm trying to play it with a true analog stick all that extra feedback is either getting ignored or overcorrected by a game that was programmed around a much simpler stick.

I'm glad you said it. I've also been playing Mario 64 and while it's still enjoyable for the most part, I could not divorce myself from the thought the controls were just plain bad by today's standards. Not only are the controls bad, but so is the camera. Just switch from 64 to Sunshine and the difference in feel is impossible not to notice. In fact, I'd go one further and say that people saying it's the best Mario game of all time must be wearing nostalgia goggles. Mario games both older and newer hold up much better today than Mario 64 does. I do acknowledge that it was a landmark accomplishment for the time and it is still a good game, but it sure isn't a timeless one.

Trump officially has covid-19. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. I hope he dies.

Damn he looks way too young now.

You made the right call, man. What I just witnessed was downright horrifying. I'm sorry I watched it.

Jesus Christ, this is the most unpleasant debate I've ever watched in my life.

Well I say that's bullshit and there's no reason the same judge should be in such a high position for potentially 50+ years. The fact they're trying to hastily push through a conservative majority when the writing on the wall says there is a good chance of a liberal shift in a few months shows that it's a busted system prone to being exploited. If Biden/Pelosi/Schumer et al. don't want to expand the court for admittedly understandable reasons then term limits are the answer. Republicans have appointed 15 justices since 1960 and Democrats have only appointed 8 and a lot of it just comes down to dumb luck. It feels like the future of our legal system is just based on RNG and it's a bad way to run things.

If they could at least push through term limits that would be something. Lifetime appointments are way too long nowadays because people are living to be older and older than they were back in 1789.

Yeah, a Supreme Court that increasingly looks like it's gonna have a 6-3 conservative majority for who fucking knows how long. I can't say I have any faith whatsoever in that institution anymore. Hell, even if Biden does win I don't think he has the balls to rebalance the Supreme Court so it'll probably be another four years of nothing getting done. I would love to be wrong but I don't think I am.