Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@Yousef- Thanks! I'll give it a shot next.

@BlAcK_SwOrDsMaN I have a real soft spot for the Resident Evil series and 2 remake is a blast. Glad to hear you’re enjoying it! They’re all very different, but the recent Remake run of 2, 3 and 4 are top notch. Do you plan on playing all of them?

@Jimmer-jammer Having a blast playing it myself!. No, as I've heard 2 & 4 are the best and 3 has some issues, so, yeah just 2 & 4.

Edit: You seem to have played just about everything out there man! If I mention something I've played or am interested in playing, I can bet that you will have at least some familiarity with it, Idk how you find the time, considering your commitments and artistic pursuits.

Edit II: Then again you did say lack of sleep was a factor, but, hey, even so, you must have been playing games since an early age to have covered that much ground.

Edit III: The good thing about this medium, though, is that considering the vast quantity of games out there, and coming out all the time, is that you can never really run out of stuff to play - I'm interested, though, have you ever found yourself without an option of a game that interests you at any time?

All the best!

@BlAcK_SwOrDsMaN if you want a more “technical” explanation behind RE3 remake’s quality as opposed to a “meta” one, I’m going to provide it for you with zero spoilers and zero intentions to influence your expectations. So here goes.

On a “raw” and more “technical” perspective. REmakw3 does not “suck” as a video game. If experience in isolation, it’s a fine game as is. Possibly a lot of fun and can be quite atmospheric.

The reason it might fail on a “meta” context has everything to do with some more in-depth knowledge of RE. not only did the game cut so much OG-RE3, but it can be argued it did very little to deviate from REmake2 in particular as well.

@Yousef- Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that knowledge. Also, I heard that the gore/scare factors were dialled down from 2 to 3 so less satisfying combat overall, even though I get that the combat is not really the point of these games RE4 etc. excepted.

On a sidenote, I recently read an article where they said that FromSoftware had reached a "threshold" of difficulty with SOTE and couldn't make the bosses any harder, so for the next game ,on a "meta" level, the people were saying they wanted them to do something different, like they did with Sekiro or Bloodborne. Thoughts on that?

What happened to everyone? It looks like we're only getting a few dozen forum posts a day. I remember when Push Square got well over a thousand posts a day.

@WiiWareWave I've been spending my free time reading rather than gaming. I have plenty to play but the lure of a good book is far more exciting to me these days than gaming.

I still post in the "what are you reading?" forum. I still browse the site everyday for news and updates but not posting so much about games, will have to give some serious thought to whether I upgrade to Nintendo and Sony's next gen hardware. As I have a backlog not handy on Switch & PS5, but not really motivated to play anything. Hopefully that will change!

@BlAcK_SwOrDsMaN Oh, there’s plenty I haven’t played. I think it’s just a matter of our personal interests overlapping quite a bit, though I have been playing video games my entire life. It’s a medium I’ve always been extremely fond of and have often found myself defending its artistic merit. I even remember packing my PlayStation to school to showcase cutscenes from Metal Gear Solid for a school project. I’m pretty intentional with my playtime and find a half hour here and an hour there really add up! Glad to hear you’re enjoying Resident Evil!

I have noticed that on Nintendolife as well. Use to be I couldn't keep up with how many posts there was now I see a new post in the forums like every few hours. I think nowadays there is so many more ways to connect now, Facebook, Twitter, Discord, Instagram etc. That people don't need forums anymore. Alos alot of people are older now more responsibilities, work, family they just don't have time to sit and post on a forum board anymore. I maybe check it 2 to 3 times a day now compared to when I first joined where I would be on it constantly, but that's due to my work mainly.

I’m honestly a super low maintenance kinda person. So a low activity forum is essentially heaven to me. I have really bad social anxiety that’s probably incompatible with my extroverted personality, but due to the latter I still demand a stream of interactions. Just ones that aren’t super constant. I feel so much more relaxed about the current state of the four Hookshot sister websites because of the small, tight knit community where it feels like everyone knows each other and everyone is friendly to each other. To repeat a comment I mentioned a few weeks ago, I’ve lurked around here since 2015. I’ve discovered this website because of Robert’s Dynasty Warriors articles and felt really happy to see a website report on a game franchise I hold dearly and been playing for over two decades now. Not sure what else to say. I think I’m content with the way things are currently so long as the community remains alive and kicking.

• Note: Not to ping BlAcK_SwOrDsMaN because I don’t wanna bother him but if you’re reading this, I’m going to respond to your comment very soon. I could not be very active today because I’ve had a nasty migraine, sleep deprivation and I also need to take my grandmother to the airport tomorrow. But at least I’ll be having a jolly good time with my old man. So everything is great and today I’ve also spent time visiting and rekindling my bonds with my mother and younger brother, so life been really great for me, in spite of the physical health and mental health issues I’ve been having, I can’t really complain.

@Yousef- I did see your post, and hope everything is ok. There is a Mental Health Awareness/Support Chat Thread on Push Square which you may or may not already be aware of. Hope you find it helpful if you do decide to post in there,

https://www.pushsquare.com/forums/ps_general_discussion/menta...

@Yousef- How are you? Haven't heard from you recently. Hope your physical and mental health are ok?

Hello friend, sorry to worry you. My silence is merely a coincidence and I was planning to give a reply eventually but I wasn’t finding the right words so I’m giving a shorter reply as a sign of reassurance. My life been busy. Busy but ok. Undeniably stressful but manageable nonetheless. I still cannot deny that I’m still having a hard time catching some shut-eye but I don’t feel bad physically. Mentally I feel ok, just the usual anxiety stuff. It doesn’t feel like a huge hindrance, not at the moment at least, I feel time management is everything for me. I took a day off today so I’ve had time for myself while still doing minor errands since I don’t like sitting at home all day. At least on thd gaming side I’ve been doing good. Finished Ape Escape 3 and it’s likely my favorite 3D platformer now. I think I’m moving onto god of war on ps2. Have a massive ps2 backlog that’s likely keeping me content. Once again, sorry to worry you and seeing that thread link gave me a lot of relief. I really do feel a lot of relief and calmness knowing there’s a support network out there. Gives me a sense of calmness I can’t convey so it’s quite nice.

@Yousef- I love your new avatar! What anime series is she from?

@Yousef- Excellent to hear that you're doing well. I loved the og God of War games back on Ps3 - I played the entire original trilogy, including the third game on Ps4, had a great time with those games but they can be a bit button-mashy in my opinion, preferred the rebooted 2018 game with Cory Barlog once again at the helm of the ship.

Surprisingly, the “button mashy” aspect won’t bother me since I’m a musou fan so I’m used to pushing a lot of square… bad joke. Anyways, while musous are fun (dynasty warriors 4 is my favorite so far), I’ve realized they’re… too fun, so before going on a full replay binge I feel it’s better to get some stuff out of my backlog.

If you want a few other examples of ps2 games I no longer have to worry about playing since they’re already out of my backlog, Ratchet & Clank and Yakuza come to mind.

I’m really happy I’m slowly having less and less high profile ps2 games left in me. Ever since I became a proper Sony nerd 15 something years ago, and I mean a proper proper Sony nerd as in the company not the consoles, I’ve made it my mission to go back and revisit many of their outings and their extensive backlog of PlayStation classics. The PS1 games were quite easy to experience, including things like Parappa the Rapper, Jak & Daxter also got re-released to death so that one was quite easy to play back in 2019.

But there’s other stuff that’s still buried deep within Sony’s library that’s not on modern systems as of the time typing this. I want to see what those are like.

So my dad randomly decided he wants go bowling with me. There’s a few bowling alleys in Kuwait, they’re a 20-30 minute drive but it’s worth it. In the meantime, I will leave this seemingly unrelated image of Roman Bellic right here.

I decided to give recording music another go, as I've said before I no longer have any ambitions with regard to becoming a professional musician, but it would be nice to document the jazz guitar solos that I improvise in some small fashion. Planning to upload the results to Spotify as I go!

Edit: I am planning to be a semi-professional, or novice musician rather than a professional guitar player now, with a full view on counselling psychology for the primary career.

@Yousef- Nice! Hope you enjoy bowling with your dad.

We had fun! Halfway through though informed my dad that I’ve never played pool before as we switched to that and had fun. He was surprised how good I was at it, even jokingly asked “didn’t you say you never played pool before?” I guess all my skills from playing Yakuza carried into real life. xd