TheMightyEthan

That Starcom Nexus looks really cool. I'd never heard of it, but now it's on my wishlist. ?

I got $50 in PSN credit for Christmas and was trying to decide what to do with it, and I was kicking around the idea of getting Nier: Automata even though I already own it on PC, because the PC version crashes whenever it tries to load an actual level due to my TV supporting HDR (even if I disable HDR). I had tried everything last year when I wanted to play the game, I installed FAR, disabled HDR, any crash fix I could find, and nothing worked. Well today I thought before I buy a second copy I'm going to try one last time, so I uninstalled the old version of FAR, installed the new one, booted it up, and it ran without issue. So now Nier: Automata is back on my backlog...

Thank you Mr. GOH! for the bonus gift of Disco Elysium! I had kind of forgotten about this game, but it looks amazing. I hear there's no combat, which sounds incredibly refreshing, and I look forward to playing it!

Holy shit, Ace Combat 6 was 12 years ago? AC7 is great though. It's the first game I've owned that actually makes me want a VR headset.

Shadows of the Empire is the greatest game of all time, you take that back!

@FLD See, I thought TLJ was better than TFA, so as soon as they announced they were bringing JJ back my interest did a nosedive. And wasn't Rian Johnson originally going to do the last one too, and they just fired him after the internet backlash to TLJ? Because if that's the case then he would have been the one having to "pick up the pieces", so it doesn't make sense to say he didn't care.

@Pojodin Jesus, that's an impressive list. And a clear backlog is amazing. I seem to bottom out at 3, I've gotten it that low repeatedly, but never less.

I also have been playing Ace Combat 7, and man I got frustrated Mission 6. It seemed completely impossible until I finally googled it and learned that at the very beginning you can kill a few fighters and several bombers while they're still on the ground, and that provides a few thousand points right off the bat. Even with that though I still barely won, I only had like 1000 points to spare. I only mention all that because Metal brought up Mission 6. Aside from that mission so far the game is fantastic and I've been absolutely loving it. And even Mission 6 was fun to actually play, it was just frustrating to lose repeatedly because I didn't have enough points, but it hasn't affected my overall view of the game at all.

That sounds like an amazing idea. Instead of rolling shit at the end and going "well that was pointless" you've actually made progress toward what you actually want.

Holy shit, the eyes make all the difference.

We cancelled our Netflix sub recently, we were caught up with all our shows and are waiting for more stuff to build back up before we re-subscribe.

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (Switch) I'm super late to the party, but I'm glad I joined. I think I'm finally becoming a person who likes JRPGs. I don't have a lot to elaborate on, it was just an all-around pleasant experience.

I did try the FAR mod and PCGW, and neither helped. I'm an idiot for it not occurring to me to get a PS4 copy...

I keep going around and around in my head about getting a new, bigger monitor, and it's all because of Nier: Automata. That game crashes when I try to play it on my TV because my TV supports HDR (which makes the game crash even if you have HDR disabled), so to play it I'll have to do it on my monitor, but my monitor (20") feels so small compared to my TV that I don't want to do that, so then I go "maybe I should get a bigger monitor", but then I think that's stupid to get a bigger monitor just for one game when I have my 4k TV hooked to the computer that works for every other game, then I come back around to but I really want to play Nier: Automata...

@MetalCaveman You use the word "fun" a lot, so I'm wondering if I've completely misapprehended that game. Based on the aesthetic and what I'd seen of it I assumed it was another slow slog type zombie game, like The Last of Us or whatever. Am I wrong? Is it more of a joy-to-play type game?

Drum roll please... Fire Emblem: Three Houses I mean, honestly, how could it have been anything else? I played this game three times! In like 2 months! And each time is like 60 hours! It clearly got its hooks into me hard. I rarely replay games anymore, and never back-to-back like that. But every time I'd finish and think about playing something else I'd go "Nah, I really need to do Golden Deer still..." I love all the interlocking parts that go into how the various stories interact, and I love the Hogwarts lifesim nonsense, and the TBS battles, and really everything about it. And it's got the best characters. Probably my favorite part is how the different characters all interact with each other and develop relationships independent of their relationship with the protagonist. Everything about it just draws me in so much. I think I might be talking myself into a 4th playthrough, gotta do the non-secret Black Eagles route...

Sexbox?

Bacon has gone insane with generosity, and I am the benefactor. First is Civ VI: Gathering Storm, which means my Civ VI empire is finally complete! Then, as if that weren't enough, he adds ACE COMBAT 7! Finally, Ace of Seafood, which I've never even heard of but from what I can glean it involves fighting giant sea life, including fish that shoot lasers from their mouths and crabs that wield lightsabers, so I dig it. ? Thank you bacon!

Yeah, I've surprised myself by discovering that I have no desire to see ROS in theaters. First time for a main line Star Wars during my life. I really liked TLJ, but as soon as they gave it back to Abrams and it became clear they were going to "fix" the "problems" from TLJ I completely lost interest.

That's not looking good. Although I will say that the current administration has so heavily politicized basic government functions that I don't really believe anything they say about anything anymore. It's almost to the point where the National Weather Service says it's going to be cloudy and I'm like "or is that just what Trump wants them to say...?"

That article is full of double-speak. "It's just Xbox going forward, just this one is the Series X". So, it is an Xbox Series X then. I mean it sounds like if Toyota was like "It's just Toyota going forward, but this specific one is a Corolla" and then saying I'm missing the point when I call it a Toyota Corolla.

That monitor looks awesome. I forgot to post it in here but we also got an air purified for our bedroom. My wife has been really stuffed up for a while, and even switching her allergy medicine didn't really help, so we thought it might be dust in the air. It's made a huge difference. We got a Winix 5500-2: They're definitely not small, this one's about 2.5 feet tall.

Ooh, this is gonna be hard. I'm going to have to put some thought into this... I don't think naming an expansion is cheating if it's the size of a full game.

One bit of advice an art teacher once gave me, that sounds ridiculous but turns out it's true, is that your eyes are halfway between the bottom of your chin and the top of your head. I definitely feel like you're improving, that one is a lot better than the one from October.

@FLD That actually makes a lot of sense.