Posts made by MiserablePerson

@demonpirate I haven't either, just a little strange imo.

That reminds me, why does a ~50 year old voice Peter Parker?

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Inside
3. Resident Evil 2
4. Return of the Obra Dinn
5. The Witness
6. XCOM 2
7. Ori and the Blind Forest
8. Resident Evil VII: Biohazard
9. The Evil Within 2
10. Forza Horizon 4
11. Gears 5
12. Outer Wilds
13. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
14. Limbo
15. Gears of War 3
    HM. Cuphead
    HM. DOOM
    HM. What Remains of Edith Finch
    HM. Dead Space 2
    HM. Donkey Cong Country: Tropical Freeze

@dipset

Its crazy that both XCOM games are going to land in the Top 6...

@yoshi Dang that was fast... its tempting to go DE when it becomes available here in the States but I also kind of want a non-garish looking PS5 that could hopefully come in the first six months of launch... tough decisions.

@e_zed_eh_intern That's what it seemed like to me as well - though as someone who skipped PS4 and plans to get a PS5 at some point, it would make me get PS Plus for awhile so I can plow through everything I missed. Assuming its a program that won't go away after a few months anyways. Surprised we didn't get more details on whats at launch, a lot of stuff from both sides looking pushed due to COVID imo.

Edit: Apparently they just decided to not include them in the video? Very odd, lot of interesting details left out.

@happygaming I've found it difficult to get too attached to new teams and sports as I've grown older as so much of my sports identity was formed from an early age. You're certainly not alone though as people undoubtedly pull this off on a regular basis, I'd imagine its simply a matter of getting their perspective. Despite being a massive sports fan its hard to communicate how to become passionate about them. I've played soccer since I could walk practically but have been unable to care too much about any club; I never grew up cheering for an MLS or Intl club outside of the US National Team and even with an MLS team coming to Charlotte I don't feel the passion for it all that much. The last time I really was able to attach myself to a new team was when I actually went to college, and the college I ended up attending was different than the one I grew up rooting for. And even then a lot of the schools were familiar so it wasn't some big culture shock of having to learn to appreciate something new.

At the end of the day I care because I have connections to the teams and sports I like to watch and from playing I connect to the cruel/rewarding nature of actually playing the game. There's nothing quite like the reality and drama of live competition, especially when its paired with a team you're invested in on some level.

Its tough to nail down bands they like, and that link @bam541 shared gives you a good idea of what each likes.
Ben definitely seems to list metal artists the most often, specifically Metallica, but I think he enjoys most genres. They talk about music sometimes on Frame Trap, here's an early one where he talks about Courtney Barnett.
The only thing I think they all agree on is that they don't care much for country, modern pop country anyways. Also, they mostly all seem to care alot about and listen to video game soundtracks pretty often... which isn't too surprising I suppose.
Don is the only one whose music taste I don't think I know anything about.

@Sentinel-Beach, we got you covered! Didn't play it in 2018 since I don't really use my laptop for games, but got it on Xbox One X last year and loved it. @ffff0, the first time you use the pocketwatch serves as essentially the only tutorial that I recall and explains every mechanic for how to progress - I thought it was a very good opening. It is not just an art gallery, more like a carefully crafted collection of stop motion shots that let you see how scenes unfolded. Also the art style and that soundtrack though!

@bam541 I believe initially they said the original Xbox One too, but I would guess that the Xbox One release gets removed and its pushed to the Series X only. The same thing happened with Everwild, announced as Xbox One but when we saw it in July, Series X was the only thing mentioned. I'd guess this was because they hadn't revealed the name of the next generation yet, so they just attached it to the current known consoles.

@phbz When it was announced at E3 2019, they said it would come to consoles though they didn't give an exact timeline other than they were focused on PC to start. I'd imagine we'd see it by the end of next year, especially given how well its been reviewed.

@phbz Your screenshots are making me envious about MSFS, my laptop just can't cut it, need them to announce that Xbox release date.

Played half of the new Battletoads tonight, and I have to say I'm pretty impressed. It's been predominantly beat em' up with a lot of different mini games serving as the genre variety. There have been bike and sled levels so far, but the focus is no doubt on pure beat em' up combat from a gameplay percentage standpoint. While they've added diversity between the toads and made the flow of combat solid, it feels a little samey and lacks some of the urgency that was present in the original. What I didn't expect was to actually be ok with the art during the gameplay, it isn't distracting and looks good in motion. Additionally its funny, I rarely laugh at games and while its not high level humor there's something about it that just works. Its truly like a cartoon, but not necessarily a Saturday morning one, more in line with some late night stuff. Its goofy but it takes its jokes further than you expect in addition to just having funny commentary. Hoping the second half keeps it up, so far so good.

@e_zed_eh_intern said in Sports?:

Is anybody else beyond done with baseball's unwritten rules?

I understand them on some level but hitting a grand slam in a 7 run game isn't one of them. There's a time to take your foot off the gas, that isn't it.

@hanabi said in Sports?:

I got really angry about the reffing in game 2 but honestly I think I'm far, far more upset about that complete and utter collapse in the third period on game 4. They can't blame that on anybody but themselves.

Super deflating, especially when it was 2-2 and after a timeout Staal got rocked and nobody seemed to care. There's still a chance they can win three straight, just sucks that is what its going to take after looking so strong against the Rangers. Sports are pain and I hate Boston.

Will be interesting to see their next show since we know more projects were already going to be shown off; its hard to imagine greenlighting this move without having something exciting to mitigate the fallout of the console's biggest launch game. Ultimately it sucks, this would've been the first Halo game I actually completely played through but it doesn't dissuade me from what Xbox is doing and I'm still going to get a Series X at launch. 2020 has been quite the nightmare.

Braid Anniversary Edition! Not really sure I dig the updated visuals, but you can switch them back and forth as you please - mostly excited for the commentary.

Also I was shocked Ian didn't pick up on what that was almost immediately, I'd recognize that first puzzle picture anywhere, though I wasn't sure what it was leading up to.

@scotty To be clear - you think there are zero people on PC or Xbox who are genuinely upset about the situation enough to affect their purchasing decision?

Battletoads is releasing August 20th. I'm pretty pleased with the trailer, I was concerned they were going to make it a pure beat em' up, but there is plenty of different styles of gameplay displayed which is key to making this work. Obviously there are critics of the art style and that wasn't going to change amid the silence since last year, and while I understand wanting it to look different, I do too at least a little, it looks ok in motion. At the end of the day it's always been a cartoony game about frogs in the same vein of TMNT and the style is generally appropriate. Excited to try it out and soon! Its the 4th XGS game releasing in August alongside Tell Me Why, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and Wasteland 3.

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@iboshow Apparently the DLC part might be fake? Who knows, we'll be in for a surprise maybe I guess. Studio MDHR definitely has control of the IP and self published as you mentioned, but during the Switch announcement they mentioned Microsoft having a role in allowing it to happen which would lead one to believe the same would have to happen for the game to come to PlayStation. Things are getting so confusing now a days, hard to say anything for certain though.