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Gamersgate had problems getting keys for Capcom Fighting Collection for some reason, so after a full day and still no key I asked for a refund so I could buy it somewhere else and they gave me a 50% off code as an apology. I was gonna get Days Gone too but the code turned out to only be applicable to a single game so I went for this instead since it's still fairly expensive even at a discount. On top of the base discount, the coupon brought it down to ~17$. I know it sort of came out and disappeared without leaving much of a mark but I've been really curious to try it. I loved both Evil Within games so I'm willing to give Tango the benefit of doubt. The only reason I hadn't bought it yet is the same reason I still haven't touched Deathloop and Doom Eternal: ray-tracing. I knew I was getting an RTX card this year so I figured I'd just wait and now I'll have a few games to put my 3080 through its paces.

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix+ I mean, I guess? It's not really the kind of game you beat. I didn't see the credits or anything but I have finally finishing clearing all 250 songs on normal difficulty. Which, as far as I'm concerned, means the tutorial is over and the real game begins now. The hardest songs on normal were usually pretty easy and the easy ones are almost always dull as hell because of how slow they are (which ironically enough makes me perform worse in them because I have a harder time keeping up with the rhythm). Hard difficulty (and Extreme/Extra Extreme after) should provide a more consistently fun experience across the playlist. Overall, it's pretty much what I expected. At first I felt like the gameplay was simplified from Project Diva F because now you only get face button prompts and the arrow presses just register as their corresponding face button. IIRC in F you had both button and arrow prompts, which made things a little more interesting visually. But this one has some mechanics where you sometimes need to use the arrows for double presses because your right thumb can only do so much by itself so it made sense to change the prompts. The vocaloid music is something you just have to tolerate for that sweet gameplay but a lot of the songs are admittedly pretty catchy. Some are straight bangers but the vocaloid vocals really stick out badly in those. Like, there was one track that was a cabaret style jazz song that I thought was amazing until the robot voice came on and ruined it lol. But yeah, if you like rhythm games and aren't picky about the music in them then you really can't go wrong with this series. It's just so much fun.

Yeah, I wish I could invest in a proper surround setup but I don't really have the space for that right now. Yeah, I think comfort is a big priority for gaming headsets. The Corsair Void Pro is by far the most comfortable pair I own. They have these big cushions on the ears but the sound quality just isn't good enough to use all the time. It's serviceable when I play a co-op game with friends and need to be in a discord call but that's about it. Their being wireless makes them really handy for when I wanna listen to a podcast or audiobook while doing the dishes, though!

Plus, you have an RTX card so you can use DLDSR (and DLSS for that extra fps boost).

Yeah, it's definitely a budget card but the 30 series was a huge improvement on the 20 so it should perform really well as long as you don't ask it to do 4K.

Just realized that I forgot to post two big purchases I made in the last few weeks. Finally decided to upgrade to some proper speakers + headphones for my setup. In both cases, they're models that I've been wanting for years but that I couldn't afford until now. I needed smaller speakers that would fit on my desk without compromising on sound quality and decent headphones that won't give me a headache when I wear them for an extended period of time. The ones I already have sound good but they're so tight that they become uncomfortable really quickly whereas these basically feel like I'm not wearing anything. They're not as good at blocking out ambient noise but I'm only planning on using them in my room at night so that shouldn't be a problem. And even if it does come up, then I can just use my old ones. Oh and I got a magnetized PUCK™ so that I can hang them on the side of my case! It's hollow so it's useful for cable management, too. The cable on these is super long so I just wrap it around most of the time and only take it out when I wanna go lie down in bed with them. Not the worst twenty bucks I ever spent!

Oh right, it's technically unknown when they'll be announced. I'm assuming the rumors of a fall release are accurate but they might not be. Which would make me really glad I decided not to wait. But yeah in your case you'll probably be good until the 50 series. Or at the very least until something like the 4080Ti comes out so that you can get a more meaningful upgrade. Then I'll be the one with graphics cards envy.

You're gonna replace your brand new 3060 after not even 6 months? lol You do have a problem.

So at this point I'm starting to understand that when I tell myself "I'm gonna wait", what I really mean is "I will not, in fact, wait. I will buy it on a complete whim in the near future." I wanted to wait for the RTX 40 series but as the 30 cards have been slowly coming back in stock and dropping in price, the temptation to just get one while I can has been steadily increasing. This one was basically the exact amount of money I have saved up and then Amazon randomly dropped its price by like 100$ while it was sitting in my cart. So I took it as a sign that I should just pull the trigger. Then there's the white theme I've been going for on this build. There's no guarantee that ASUS will do another run of white editions for the 40 series, so this might actually be my last and only chance to get a white GPU. The only one I had been seeing in stock up to this point was the 3090 and lmao. I'm not paying 2.5K$ for a GPU.That this one came back in stock at all was a pleasant surprise. I'm also kinda nervous about the rumored power draw of the 40 series. I just bought this PSU so I really don't wanna have to replace it already and 850W was the best one I could find that fit my white theme anyway. So that could've been another component that breaks the white theme. I'm only doing 1440p up to 144hz anyway, so getting a stronger card would be for future proofing rather than because I need the extra GPU power. So yeah, this one should be fine for the foreseeable future.

Kept telling myself I'd wait but I decided I wanna get in on Pocket Fighters and Puzzle Fighter before the online becomes a barren wasteland.

Preliminary overview of the Zero PC port by Durante. Wonder if this means the release might be soon...

After 2 years it's finally on PC! Between the Steam release, the reveal of Part 2 and the announcement of Crisis Core Reunion, I couldn't resist. Thank GOD for GMG, though, because Square Enix are fucking insane with that 93$ CAD price. With the base discount + the gold XP bonus it brought it down to a more palatable 60 bucks. Still kinda ridiculous for a 2 year old game but this is Square-Enix on PC we're talking about so I knew full well to expect something equal parts insane, stupid and incompetent.

WIth international shipping, this ended up costing me exactly 80$ CAD lmao. I basically never pay that much for AAA games but Zachtronics is an instabuy any day. Shenzhen I/O and Exapunks just wouldn't have been the same without the physical books to leaf through. And while this one doesn't seem like the physical items will be key to the experience like those, this is the final Zachtronics game and I know I'd regret skipping it. I still wish I had secured a copy of that Zach-Like book they kickstarted while I still had the chance...

You're* And I will fucking riot if they cut it!

My friend's been bugging me to buy it ever since they announced it was getting cross-play, so I've been waiting for it to drop back down to its historical low price. Which is still almost 50 bucks since the game is only a year old but now that I'm nearing 200 hours of playtime on Street Fighter V, I think it's fair to say that fighting games have finally clicked for me. So while I don't see myself buying many of them day one (unless they're called Street Fighter 6, that is), I don't really balk at paying close to full price anymore if I know there's going to be a decent player base online.

The continuation will be overseen by Kouji Mori, Miura's lifelong friend who he apparently told the entire story and ending years ago. On the surface, this seems like the best possible outcome short of Miura rising from the grave to finish it himself. I'm optimistic.

OH THANK GOD! It won't be the same but it's better than no continuation as far as I'm concerned!

What prompted this? l thought you said PC gaming wasn't for you anymore. Was it the tweaking? Did you miss it?

I still feel like RE4 doesn't need a remake, especially after RE2 and RE3 made it clear Capcom isn't really interested in going all-out and make these the definitive editions of the games. But hey, if it's good, I'll play it.

Wait so it's not even airing on TV in Japan? Any idea how the Japanese fans feel about this? O_o

That's Golden Wind done. That sure was a JoJo part! Ended up having mixed feelings on this one. Diamond is Unbreakable is still the GOAT. My non-spoilery impressions are that it starts out really good then keeps getting better but at some point it sorts of plateau and just kinda stays at the same level, which doesn't make for great pacing. That turning point in the middle was the high point and I started losing interest a little afterwards. Things picked up again once the pieces started moving towards the final showdown and there were definitely some nice surprises there but I never became as invested as I was in the first half. As for my spoilery thoughts... Overall I'm left feeling like this was a weird rehash of Stardust Crusaders and Diamond is Unbreakable that never really managed to reach the heights of either of them. Oh and having the last two episodes basically be filler sure was a choice. I mean, I think I get what he was doing but it still kinda felt superfluous to me. Oh and I'd be remiss not to mention that I just love it when companies force themselves onto a property that was doing just fine without them and then proceed to do a worse job with it across the board than whoever was handling it before. It was great when NISA stole Falcom's games from Xseed and it was great here how Netflix just couldn't be bothered to do the bare minimum of anime localization. No karaoke subs for the OPs and EDs and no translation for the ad-break Stand cards. And speaking of Netflix doing a great job, there's still only 12 episodes of Stone Ocean out?!? Is it available by uh... alternative means? Surely it must be airing normally in Japan?

Got a Steam release out of nowhere today. Been wanting a Miku game on Steam for years now, so it was an instabuy. The one I played on Vita in anticipation of Persona 4 Dancing is still to this day the most fun rhythm game I've ever played (and P4D was so fucking boring lmao). Hopefully this one is just as good!

The price finally dropped low enough for me to bite, which as it turns out was around 15 bucks. I'm still playing Street Fighter V obsessively though so I don't know when I'll get to it but there's something about fighting games that makes me wanna buy them all whenever I really get into one of them.... At this point I think Guilty Gear Strive is the only big one I'm missing. And it's also the one my friend keeps bugging me to buy so we can play it together once the crossplay update drops. It's still so expensive though...

A little over halfway through Golden Wind and holy fuck does this part goes overboard with