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Le Yawn!
Calling it for now,, hope everyone has a lovely night!!
Stay safe this weekend!
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An example of what the masses who are only casual gamers at heart think is great. Call of Duty. Grand Theft Auto V. Overwatch. Fortnite.
What I personally think is great from a hardcore, old school gamers standpoint. Yakuza Kiwami 2. Vanquish. Nex Machina. Most of the Broken Sword point and click games. Resogun.
It amuses me that the masses who cling to PewDiePie and Mr Beast of YouTube fame are likely the same people who think Grand Theft Auto V is the best. It's highly polished, has been the highest selling game of the past decade, and is a technical achievement. But I feel it's highly, highly overrated. Sleeping Dogs, an open world game that has now fallen more into obscurity, puts most Grand Theft Auto games to shame. Yakuza on its own goes and puts Sleeping Dogs to shame.
Time and time again I learn more and more that the most popular things in media are not necessarily the best. This especially applies to the music industry.
The Grand Theft Auto Definitive Trilogy is widely known by the masses, but few people know that Yakuza actually exists as a franchise apart from them knowing one or two games from the series. There are only 31 thousand game owners for Yakuza Kiwami 2, which is a very low number for what I think is a pretty solid game. Granted, it's technically the third game in the series chronologically if we are to look at it timewise, and Sly Ripper decided to stop tracking a lot of accounts from this website which has resulted in significantly lower number counts. Trophies site and PSNProfiles aside, Steam numbers for Yakuza games are pathetically low compared to Grand Theft Auto which definitely points to Yakuza being more niche.
In short, the mainstream in my opinion doesn't know what good games really are, whereas the more niche gamer such as us go out of their way to find new interesting games, even if they are pretty obscure. The subculture that was gaming has gone full blown mainstream, and it has become worse as a result.
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This is true for just about everything. Media made for the masses needs to be able to appeal to said masses, even if said masses aren't movie, game, music, or whatever else buffs.
With that said, I wouldn't say gaming is necessarily worse off. You can still find plenty of AA / indie games that still appeal to classic gaming sensibilities. It's just that the most popular products are the ones designed for mass appeal, so you might need to look for your games more instead of your boomer shooter being on the front page of a gaming magazing.
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@CelestialRequiem List says 2 unobtainable trophies. True or just that nobody has achieved them yet?
Not achieved as in beaten the requisites
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I'm down to a single trophy left in Mugen Souls. Let the real grind begin! 😛
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I hope everyone has a good Easter this year. As for me, I'm not sure what's going on. My sister works grocery every Sunday and my mother gets easily stressed out over holidays. I'm not even sure if we're doing anything for Easter this year. We've always been... different. One week we delayed Easter dinner for 3 weeks so we could have one. This year it likely won't happen at all. Family holidays are truly a dead art, aren't they?
Just another way this planet left me behind.
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Hello ~
I wanted to ask : is (HACK//G.U. LAST RECODE) worth buying? because the discount is really tempting
I know nothing about the game btw
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I enjoyed it fair enough during its day, and it certainly aged better than the original .hack quadrilogy. It has more faux-MMO qualities and visits higher "shounen anime" heights. If you're familiar with PS2-era RPGs, you'll likely wring a fair amount of fun out of it. ^^ That said, its protag & vibe stay angsty as hell for a good chunk of it. That did -not- appeal to me. If that sounds up your alley, then you might well enjoy it even more!
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My younger sister picked up Berserk earlier this year and is now at the point in the manga where the Eclipse is about to initiate.
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https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2022/04/15/no-more-heroes-3-ps4-ps5-release-date-window/
NMH3 coming to a better console this fall.
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I'd like it, as long as it isn't done through LRG. Nothing against them, but there is normally 4-6 months between order to delivery.
I'd like to go through all 3. I think 1 was on ps3(?) so then they only need to update it a bit and then move the 2nd over. Shouldn't be ruled out for sure.
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Plat 74: Devil May Cry 3 (PS4)
I can finally say after months of posting on here that I've finally mastered the HD collection. I was dreaming of this day for a long time, I've always wanted Devil May Cry 1 and 3 on my list but I was always doubtful I could ever accomplish it. To make it even better, I did it all by myself and these games are considered 9/10.
I can remember putting myself off this game for years simply because of how people perceived it. I've done exceptionally well and I enjoyed the life out of the HD collection. Great timing too, during the Easter holidays as I enjoy my annual leave.
All that matters is it's finally over! I'm kinda sad at the same time for some weird reason but then again I still have DMC4 & 5 to do which I will do around my 100th plat.
For now I'm going to enjoy my break, and celebrate.
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So, I’m hearing about a lot of crazy games being included in the top tier of ps+. If it’s just ps1 and ps2 classics (from the PS3 era), I’ll pass, since I own most of them in physical form…unless there are trophies.
A chance to earn sone trophies on a game like Xenosaga might get me to join up.
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picked up a new Harley Quinn statue and an S22 Ultra today. The simple things
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@StygianWolf4 yeah lol im waiting on my same day case from amazon. They have cases with screen protectors. Biggest gripe with new phones is muscle memory on a bigger screen = 100s of typos and errors. Logging into everything again, adding all web page shortcuts again, and then just getting used to it. 😂
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@MidnightDragon if i was to convert to USD it wouldn't seem so much lol. Canada sucks. but i think being single again helps... no woman to be on my ass about spending instead of saving for a wedding lol
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It's funny how it has been maybe 12 or 13 years since I last played a LEGO game yet I collect the little studs as compulsively in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga as I did all that time ago.!
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motivation has increased in finishing state of mind (ps4) got the best dad ever trophy (one of the missable trophy's). think there's 1 or 2 branches i'll need to make a save point for after i finish the game for the worse dad trophy.
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Yes! Yeeeeessssss! I got it! Legend of legend Aries III on Rapala Pro Series. I really thought this was going to be beyond me. This might be one of the hardest trophies I’ve earned. The first two legendary fish were straight forward but the third was properly hard. I got the pike in the end. It took me about half a dozen tries. It’ll be an easy coast to clean up and get the plat now!
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#608 - Twin Mirror
Imo, this game is not as bad as the reviews say it is. Sure, it may not have the same level of storytelling as The Walking Dead and Until Dawn but it holds up well as an Interactive Drama game.
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After seeing Gran Turismo 7 so good graphical, would be really awesome if Ridge Racer had a comeback. Going to the arcades all the time just to play it, then it was announced for PS, I remember so excited when the first one came to playstation as I always wanted the arcade racer at home. I havent gone to the arcades for over a decade now, curious how advance games are in arcades; if there is even any around. Home consoles had really came a long way. Can't wait to see what more the future brings for gaming.
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Played Ridge Racer Type 4 earlier this year and i enjoyed it. I've played lots of arcade racers growing up and Outrun 2 has to be my favorite. While I do enjoy racing sims like GT, arcade racers seriously need to make a come back. If not a new game then just a remaster of Ridge Racer 6 & 7, but sadly Bandai Namco rarely does remasters...
One of my favorite tracks from the Ridge Racer series:
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#211 Infamous Second Son
Fun 6/10
Diff 3/10
Time +20 hrs
I know I waited a long time for this but finally got around to it . Still got First Light to do at some point
It was okay game I guess .. good game but definitely not a good Infamous. I preferred the PS3 ones (Infamous 1&2) waaaay more, Cole McGrath is a better protagonist by miles and the story was actually much better.
Yes the gameplay was cool with all the new superpowers, but I only mainly used the Video and Smoke (early on) .. concrete was useless as you get it very late in the game and Neon was .. meh. Gotta admit the graphics were brilliant tho.
The story and characters mostly didn't make any sense (especially the evil karma ) and I couldn't care less about them tbf , the plus side was the decent voice actors (Troy Baker , Laura Bailey, and Travis Willingham) , despite the majority of the dialogue being .. edgy and albeit cringy idk
Overall I don't think it's a bad game, it's just not a good Infamous.. newcomers to the series will definitely enjoy more than I did, I just found it rather (overrated? )
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Getting back to work on Slayaway Camp.
Poozles at the grind house!...wish me luck! ❤
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