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I absolutely adored Persona 4 and Persona 5 but it took me months and months to complete those games. I loved it while I was playing it but working 5 days a week makes me tired and all of the reading and dungeon crawling wasn't as stimulating as it should be and I just kept feeling more and more tired. I recently bought FF7 for Switch and got suuuuuuper into it for a hot weekend, then once I had to capture a Chocobo, I realize that I don't want to do any of that bullshit. Time and place man. Every game fits into your life in different ways and JRPGs just aren't doing it right now for you nor me. I could be projecting my personal experience onto you, but I think the personal life progression element might partly be why its tough to enjoy these types of games as much.

Yeah, I always say to myself "carpe diem"; this also applies for my hobbies too. Sometimes I am in that zeitgeist and it sucks usually.

@phbz I'm in so much agreement. When you make smaller levels you have to deliver more of them, which means you have to be more creative. And the best part is none of them are too small.

Hitman 2 - only a year old but still needs to be on my list. Such a treat. I will head back in soon I think so I can try out the DLC. Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - so good. I'm not sure why I didn't pick this up closer to release but I'm glad I finally got around to it. A little easy towards the end but I guess it's not as easy for them to create challenge in 2D games? Red Dead Redemption - As a lover of GTA, I am not sure why I had near-zero interest in this one at launch. While I did tire by the end of the story, I really enjoyed this world. And it still looks incredible. Time to finally start the copy of RDR2 I have had since June!

Just wondering, does anybody have a list of awesome split screen ones? Beyond Goldeneye and Perfect Dark. I'm looking to get back to basics.

I've never bought an emulation device before but I will buy this and the dock. It seems like such a convenient way to play all these old handheld games.

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@e_zed_eh_intern I have a B.A. in Music Theory. =P So if your next venture is about Schenkerian analysis........!

@naltmank This is some grade A anime bullshit. I've never been so excited for a game.

@tokyoslim @bard91 I'm not gonna die on the hill saying The Witcher 1 has good combat but tap tap tap on the mouse in a rhythm was pretty simple and straight forward for me. I also don't think any of those three games are the best story in a game ever but at least three of my game playing coworkers say The Witcher 3 has the best story they've ever played. Even Bloodworth said so recently too. A LOT of people think that, but I would say it has the least compelling story of the series. My whole point is that if you LOVE The Witcher 3, there is so much you're missing by not playing TW1 & TW2. I think the series is a full package.

I have never actually imported games from Japan, however I did import some special editions from the US. Like Infamous 2 and so on. Other than that I did buy Life is Strange both digitally and on disk because I absolutely loved that game and wanted to support the developers. I was considdering it with Titanfall 2 as well as I wanted to give that particallar game more sales, that said, in the big whole one extra copy wont really make a difference. But its still a great game and Respawn really earned all my love with it.

Ok I got it! The memories. Ryu Hyabusa, dead or alive. Up against the wall, taking an absolute beating, counter that last attack, swap those positions, and go for the epic throw, izuna drop. Slams them into the sky, over the edge of the rail, we’re in transition territory already. Connects with a teleport up to your enemy, wraps his arms around them and hurls himself and his opponent like a spinning comet of sweet inevitable revenge into the ground of the next stage for massive damage. I’m ok to drop the controller and walk away at this very moment. You’ve just filled the bottom of the screen with half circle / quarter circle commands and pulled it off, your brother’s face a scrounged up mess of angry ad you walk away. For your own good do not play the next round. Youtube Video

It depends on the game I think. The games that have lasted me the longest this generation (on a single play-through) have been the From Software games and Metal Gear Solid V, and I really enjoyed my time with those. The only times where length became an issue for me this gen was with "Minit" and "Little Nightmares", both of which I wanted to last longer than they did. Both of those games had interesting worlds to explore and I wanted more things to do in those worlds.

I have no rights to play it, nor am I entitled to, so yes, loosing out on it is the correct option over piracy. I'm not saying that there aren't ways we can look at in oder to help preserve older games, but just nabbing free stuff "just because" isn't it.

I'd want a traditional platforming Banjo Kazooie sequel, a sequel to Conker's Bad Fur Day, an HD remaster / sequel to Criterion's Black, and Beyond Good and Evil 2... wait. That dream came true. :-)

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Despite your neglecting to preface your question with, "pop quiz, hotshot:", I will oblige. You calmly pull your N7 liter and pack of Lucky Strikes from your breast pocket, all the while keeping your eyes locked on your assailant. You pull a drag from the cigarette, line up the shot and cooly exhale a cloud of smoke while uttering, "double negative, bro" .....(snap)

@theotherjohnp Ha! kids' brains are so cool. One more for me: when my niece was maybe 3, she came over to visit while I was playing Fallout 3 - mid gunfight. She says "what are those guys doing?," so I go with the obvious "playing tag," at which point I land a critical headshot. And anybody familiar with modern Fallout knows that that comes with slow motion kill cam - complete with exploding skulls. That was the end of that play session.