Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

Preach! Yakuza’s consistency is an unsung hero in this age of gaming! When an era agent unreliability is to be expected, it sure is refreshing that one series wouldn’t let us down.

The RPG trilogy being Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla? Honestly, I can't even recall the UI in game. Or do you mean in the menu? I have a vague recollection of it being like a mouse cursor which was rubbish.

Yes! And yeah the menus are not so great. But I’m optimistic about Shadow.

Agreed, it does get tiresome. It is like everyone is a developer and understands how difficult it is to make a game.

@Malaise @Yousef- oh, no no no. My problem, if you can call it that, is that i'm not going to be playing AC Shadows in February if KCDII releases then (and isn't moved because everything else in the known universe is coming out in Feb 😅) because I'll be devoting all of my gaming time to KCDII and none other. And it usually takes about 2/3 months to finish a game like that. But I was really looking forward to AC Shadows in November and it would have filled a nice gaming gap.

So, even though I'm looking forward to AC Shadows, and I think that all the hoo har that has ended up getting it delayed is f***ing stupid, it has kind of fallen off being a priority if there's a clash.

Ubisoft has caved to the internet a few times this year, and they are acting so weak minded as an entity now, which is a shame. No developers should ever have to justify why they are making a game that they want to make. The exact opposite wave of anger tried to hurt the first KCD. Looking back, they were targetted because they didn't have black characters because, erm... it is a medieval, a*se end of nowhere village setting in the middle of Bohemia in the Holy Roman Empire in 1403. The shame. But in AC they have taken a universally accepted as existing in that time period black person and made him a cool playable character that will probably be fun to play in their GAME, and bring a unique perspective to the events of that era. But that isn't allowed either, apparently, because he didn't actually do the things that he will do in the game, like collect shards of shiny sh**e and magic apples...

It's funny, as I imagine AC Shadows was set to be the most interesting in terms of a story. You would have Yasuke, an outsider who has become one with the local traditions, who will bleed for them, and Naoe (but wait, a female? uh oh, an especially hateful decision by the devs there too... 🙄) born of the land but breaking away because of the tyranny that can follow those traditions. With her trying to make Yasuke see that his honor may have been misplaced, and the true enemy is those who hold power without question, and true honor is defending the powerless. Something along those lines, anyway.

Oh well 😂 the world is a sh** show, so it is to be expected that no one is allowed to make the games they want to any more

@JohnnyShoulder toxic negativity makes it absolutely harder to discuss stuff in general. Especially if I wanna say I’m pro-pro, which I’m not but even if I hypothetically was, I can’t hypothetically complain and be anti-pro, itll make you want to be anti-pro-pro out of pure sprite; but see that’s the problem; if pro-pros and anti-pros are immediate anti-pro-pros and anti-anti-pros, it creates an ad homiom driven environment where people are tackled rather than statements. Personally, I am both anti-anti-pro-pro and anti-anti-anti-pro, so I’m not playing either side really.

@Yousef- My main take from that is that you are unsure if you are poo-poo are anti-poo.

Or you are subliminally trying to get me to buy a PS5 Pro.

@Malaise yeah. I think the problem is most people actually don't care that Yasuke is in a game, they just want to enjoy that game, same as most people don't care that there wasn't a black character in KCD. But in both cases there are differing sides that are both of the extreme in nature, and they are simply the loudest voices at that time and they make it seem like no one will ever play or buy these games and that the devs should have to cater to whoever shouts loudest in each case. And that is just WRONG.

A lot of the time recently it comes down to people shouting woke or any of the latest phrases as much as possible, but it still happens on the opposite side too, which is why I used KCD as an example. People demanding things to be included for some weird perverted view of equality when it is both totally illogical and up to the damn creators to write what they are comfortable writing.

Hogwarts Legacy is another example where J.K Rowling may or may not be an idiot, I don't know or care, and I haven't researched it that much, but in the lead up to the game it was almost a crime to want to buy or play the game because one side of the argument was shouting loudest. Even if the game itself had nothing to do with any of that.

Buying a game shouldn't ever lock you in to some socio-political argument, either. And enjoying something or not enjoying something doesn't mean you feel that way BECAUSE of the things people are arguing about on the internet.

Most people can see the difference between art it's and the creators. And most people don't care enough to be part of any shouting matches. But still, devs are starting to be affected by these loudest voices.

People that like Hogwarts Legacy aren't anti trans, they just like f***ing wizardry and witchcraft.

People that like KCD dont like it because there isnt a black character in it. They like it because it's a lovely and charming super-historical historical fiction.

People that like the idea of playing AC Shadows or Star Wars Outlaws aren't WOKE.

It really does drain all the fun out of games and media when every release is assigned some form of extreme viewpoint for or against it based on what people shouting on the internet.

Can't we just like games 😂 I may be a pretty liberal person myself, but I don't see how that should affect the entertainment that I enjoy. And others may be less liberal but that shouldn't affect the games they enjoy. It's when it gets to the extremes that these people think it has to affect everything that they live and breathe for, and thus they have to attack and defend their stance at every chance they get, even if it is about a bit of mild entertainment on a plastic box 🙄

@JohnnyShoulder don’t worry, not in a million years

It’s 5:27 am. Gonna recap Kojima TGS stream for those interested. Yes that it more important than sleep. It’s our superhero, Kojima-man!

• photo mode looks cool (yes that’s important)
• Sugita Tomokazu, voice of Gintoki, my favorite anime character, is doing voices in the game (that is also important)
• Dual Audio, some actors natively speak Japanese, making it a super valid choice for a first time experience (at least o might do it because of my very important Sugita bias, yes you can tell I’m the wrongest person to do this recap. Don’t worry though, nothing made me this way , I was always this bad. )
• pregnancy, you take a guess who’s pregnant
• dollman is a character with a stop motion effect. No I’m not mentioning him purely because of my Sugita bias…. For the most part
• new actors look cool but they’re not sugita (further proof I’m the wrong person to review this)
• lots of collabs or something
• release date might be somewhere around late 2025, maybe. At least they’ll clarify it that tear. Basically announcing the announcement of an announcement.

That’s it I’ll go to sleep now. Do feel free to Call me weird in replies and I’ll respond tomorrow which is likely two hours from now.

@Jimmer-jammer How's family, sleep and prep work for shooting going? My main reason for reaching out, though, was to ask you to include me in your posts about the SH2 Remake when it comes out in a few days, if you're still planning to play at launch during your downtime, as I'd be interested in reading your impressions before I get around to it, after I am done getting that plat for Elden Ring in approx 20 yrs time! .🤣

@Yousef- There was no mention of hash browns in Death Stranding 2? Colour me disappointed.

@Yousef- How are you sis? Having a good weekend? I saw you mention on here that you are on Ps4 atm, I was just wondering if you are at all interested in investing in a Ps5 at some point? Or just happy sticking with your Ps4 at this point?

I am thoroughly enjoying reading through Dr. Cornel West's works @Th3solution , I understand that he is making waves in the States at the moment, are you familiar with him at all?

I am perpetually reading his stuff when I'm not volunteering, listening to hip hop or farming in Elden Ring. (Before I am op and can actually enjoy PLAYING the game, if you get me). Also got a jazz gig (watching/listening/not playing at) coming up soon. The guy doing the gig is one of my favourite jazz musicians and I used to play along to his music. Not gonna say who it is as that would give away my location at that time, but he's great.

Back to you now, Sol, how are those real life quests that are keeping you away from DSII going? Also, seen any good sports games lately? Australia just beat us in the ODI Cricket. But we were close! 😢

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN I am embarrassed to say that no, I was not familiar with Dr West, not his works, politics, or philosophy. I didn’t even see the Matrix Reloaded or Matrix Revolutions. 😅 But I did a quick internet search and scanned the info on him and he seems an interesting individual. As for his candidacy, the success of third party and independent candidates in the U.S. is disturbingly small. The two party system dominates, unfortunately. But there’s plenty of influence that people of his stature can promote to enforce change, even without actually winning the election.

Hope you enjoy the jazz concert. Sounds like fun. As for me, I’ve had some nice trips, some business and some pleasure, but I see things starting to slow down… maybe. The holidays are around the corner and things start getting busy around that time of year. Once we hit Halloween, it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years within a blink of an eye. Honestly, I don’t really like it as much as I used to. Bah, humbug!

As for sports, we’re knee deep in the NFL season and I try to catch a game here and there. Baseball playoffs are starting and the Hockey and NBA seasons are about to get going. October is actually the busiest time of the sports year for Americans.

Can anyone help me ketchup on the “day before” saga? Feels like an entire storyline gone by right under my nose.

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN Things are going well. We’re in the final push before shooting, you know, the part where it’s like, “This is never going to come together.” Then everything falls into place, everyone steps up and pushes through and solves the problems as they come and you end up making something cool.

I’ll absolutely let you know. Might not get to it before the 13th but I’ll be sure to let you know when I do!

Hey, i could think of worse games to spend 20 years with! 😂

Do you want fries with your sauce Madame?

Does this help fill in the blanks?

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/12/the-day-before-dev-dr...

@JohnnyShoulder oh thank you very much
Can’t believe they steaked their entire game on this

@Th3solution @Jimmer-jammer And anyone else interested in the topic. Does anyone else feel like, at some point in the 20-40s age bracket it is pointless to put any effort into discovering new music? When you already have up to 1000 albums saved in your streaming catalogue, is it pointless to acquire any new favourites? You'd clearly/ideally have to jettison a few of your old favourites/stuff that you've listened to too much, but when there's so much variety in your collection already, and if you are rotating correctly, surely the number of albums you're "bored" of will be at a minimum level.

This is how I currently feel. Jon Connor, the rapper, was the last artist I added to my Spotify library and I don't feel like I have any internal emotive/intellectual/artistic capacity to consume/store any more!

Edit: I felt like I was searching for new music for the last 20 years or so, steadily building up a collection, moving from genre to genre for two main reasons:

1)To become a better musician/guitarist
2)And this one is more complex, to socialise and build a sort of community with like-minded people who like the same sort of music and may share the same music-adjacent activities/interests as me.

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN not at all. I’ve been discovering lot more J-pop, j-rock and hiphop than I used to, all instantly being added to my line of favorites!

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN It’s an interesting question, and one that could be applied to all recreation and media I suppose, including video games, movies, and books.

But it’s most apparent with music, in the sense that we tend to acquire a library of music and artists we like and then stick with them. I do have new music that I experiment with, but I’d say the vast majority (70-80%…?) of my music listening is restricted to artists and songs that I like from the past. But I don’t listen to music as often as most people. Sometimes several days go by that I don’t use my music account.

Still, whenever I hear a song I like on TV or in a game, or if a friend recommends a song, then I’ll check it out and sometimes that makes it onto my playlists and it sometimes opens up interest into a new genre.

But yeah, most of my playlists as older songs or at least bands and artists that I know. And there’s certain genre’s of music that I’m just close-minded about. Can’t tolerate Bluegrass, for example, and most country-western.