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Re: Saints Row Gets Another Huge Update Ahead of Third and Final Expansion

Ryne-Gaia

This was the last game my mother ever gave me as a gift alongside Mario Strikers Battle League and Gran Turismo 7. Oh and cult of the lamb I guess. So unfortunately while I can’t control anyone else’s feelings on the game I can’t personally bring myself to speak ill of it. One day I’ll hopefully pick up all the DLC and then also hopefully get back to the game proper. Sorry y’all.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 487

Ryne-Gaia

Well I made it through that week of early shifts. YIPPEE. 🎉 And I have lots of games played to show for it. Like Pikmin and more progress made in Trails To Azure. I did however drop a game and that’s Advance Wars. Mission 23 is just impossible even with a step by step guide and I’m just done making myself miserable. Anyways onto this week. For once I have a Saturday off so I’m finally gonna start Rain Code to celebrate and then late night finally get back to my darling FFXVI. The week ahead has mixed days of early and late so on early days I think I’ll finally start Ghost Trick and Xenoblade 3 Future Redeemed and on late days well that will be FFXVI nights. Also with the announcement of FFXIV Dawntrail I’m planning on finally getting back to and Conquering my fear of FFXIV: Endwalker in early August. Very hype for EVO next weekend and loving the FFXIV fan fest this weekend. Anime for the weekend is simple y’all already know we going Atelier Ryza, My Tiny Senpai, ZOM 100, Liar Liar and Ayaka. Music of the weekend is SF6 OST, RWBY V9 OST, Summer anime OPs and podcasts are Castle Superbeast and Into The Aether. Happy gaming and have a great weekend everyone,

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 486

Ryne-Gaia

Right so this weekend is a interesting one. The game I chose to main as the article said this weekend is Advance Wars, HOWEVER THERES A TWIST. That’s most likely for tomorrow Sunday. That’s because today I’ll most likely have no gaming as I embark on the weekend event of Barbenheimer. That’s right I’m seeing the two movies like probably half of America at this point. Technically I’ve participated in Barminheimer by picking up Pikmin 4 as well but I won’t be playing that. For Advance Wars I’m actually having slight fun by following a IGN Video Guide to the T so I’m almost done with it instead of struggling and getting really upset. I’m on Mission 19. Over on the PS5 I’ll most likely be playing some FFXVI tonight and due to special circumstances this week honestly probably some RE5, Fortnite, SF6 and other assorted fighting games but I’ll get to that in a bit. I actually beat RE5 this week so I just gotta wrap up the other DLC and then I can move onto RE6 for my marathon. As for anime this weekend it’s simple. Some Atelier Ryza, My Tiny Senpai, Zom 100, Liar Liar, Ayaka, and one of my new all time favorites Bungou Stray Dogs. As for those special circumstances this week I have basically nothing but morning shifts whereas normally I have nothing but night shifts. Now this is slightly bad for me as I stay up late hahahaha. But you know what it isn’t bad for? SWITCH GAMESSSSSSSSSSS. I’ve plans to go on a game starting Smorgasbord. Plans currently are sessions for Trails To Azure and Advance Wars to make progress in them. But also to start loads of games like Paranormasight, We ❤️ Katamari, Ghost Trick, Rain Code and of course Pikmin 4. Granted there won’t be much PS5 gaming but that’s why I labeled games that are easy to jump in and do a couple rounds in like fighting games, Fortnite and the minimal wrapping I gotta do in RE5. Very very excited about all this. Happy Gaming to everyone and have a excellent weekend everyone.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 485

Ryne-Gaia

Right this weekend is a kinda simple one. Having beaten Bayonetta Origins earlier this week I’m putting a pause on my work through Nintendo 1st Party backlog and swapping over to my 3rd Party Backlog hence my choice this week of Trails To Azure. I’m on chapter 2 and am really looking to speed through this game so I can get to Reverie. Honestly I’m almost tempted to just start Reverie for a little today just to get a taste of the game I’ve been waiting for 3 years for. I already got in some participation of the Splatfest in Splatoon this weekend. Team Mint Chip so as to be able to play with friends. Might get some Mario Kart in this weekend too so as to try the new tracks out too. Over on PS5 it’s a random time consisting of playing FFXVI, buying Witch on the Holy Night and reinstalling DNF Duel and buying its first DLC character Spectre. In other areas my sweatshirt of one of my favorite VTUBERS Sinder finally came in so I’m fairly happy with that. The Limited Edition copies of Rain Code are finally out so hopefully my copy arrives soon of that. And I’m getting ready to start my Summer Anime finally with the inaugural first two of the season, Atelier Ryza and My Tiny Senpai. I did finish up all my spring anime this week with the finishing one being Gundam Witch and seeing as it took Second in my overall ranking only beaten out by the immeasurable Oshi No Ko I imagine y’all can guess my feelings on it hahahaha. Wishing everyone a awesome weekend and Happy Gaming y’all.

Re: Another Six-Month Apple TV+ Free Trial Available Now on PS5, PS4

Ryne-Gaia

Don’t think I’ve ever redeemed Apple TV+ or whatever on the PS5 like ever. So I’ll gladly take advantage of this and I’ll use it to watch Ted Lasso and Tetris. The former because it genuinely seems interesting and the latter also because it seems interesting but also so I can get more movies from this year under my belt for a “best movies of 2023” list at the end of the year hahaha.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 484

Ryne-Gaia

Well this weekend is kinda simple. On the switch side of things I’m just gonna keep going at Bayonetta Origins. Still a absolutely amazing game and again honestly kinda my Nintendo GOTY so far. I’m catching up on those Nintendo 1st Parties as I think all I got after this is the Fire Emblem Fell Xenologue, Advance Wars, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Future Redeemed and Tears of the Kingdom. So I’m thinking on how/when to swap over to third party catch ups as over on that front I got a whole lot like Octopath Traveler 2, Paranormasight, Trails to Azure, Atelier Ryza 3, WE ❤️ KATAMARI, Ghost Trick and soon to be Rain Code and Trails into Reverie. Honestly if anyone has any thoughts and ideas lemme know I would appreciate it. Speaking of Rain Code I wanna play it so bad but I still gotta wait until at least the 18th. Stinking customs…… Tho Amazon ain’t just screwing me on that but Reverie too that’s coming in like 4 days too. Over on the PS front it’s pretty simple not sure if I’ll play some more XVI later as I’m really enjoying it and don’t wanna just blast through it. Maybe I’ll get back into SF6 as I’m really excited for Rashid and would definitely love to earn some trophies for like World Tour mode or Battle Hub. This week I was able to buy Resident Evil Village's Winters Expansion and Lost Judgment’s The Kaito Files so I reinstalled Lost Judgment as well as RE5, 6, and 7. I’m now all set to finish up my Yakuza and Resident Evil marathons. The Resident Evil one has definitely taught me some interesting things about that series that I wanna elaborate on when I’m done with it. Over on the anime front I’m impressed at the fact I now only have two animes left to wrap up after finishing Demon Slayer last night and that is Mobile Suit Gundam Witch From Mercury and Birdie Wing. That and catching up on this new show I love now called Bungo Stray Dogs. Once I finish Witch and Birdie I’ll be able to put together my top spring list and I’m really excited to see how that comes together. As for my early Summer picks currently I’m looking at Atelier Ryza, Jujutsu Kaisen, Liar Liar and Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Season 2. Overall big excited feelings heading into less then two weeks until Pikmin 4. Have a good weekend y’all and Happy Gaming as always.

Re: Kuro no Kiseki Localisation News Coming 'As Soon as Possible', Falcom Hopes

Ryne-Gaia

I would love if we got a Kuro localization announcement this year that would be great I would genuinely love that as that is my most anticipated RPG ever right now I think. But now I’m sorry I gotta call out this article for a little BS if you ask me. Now I’m no localizer so I don’t know how hard a game like say reverie is to localize but the line and I quote “ That's because NIS America — Falcom's publisher here in the West — has been extremely busy in its quest to localise the latest Trails games, making sure that audiences outside of Japan are caught up on the franchise as quickly as possible.” Is just complete BS. If that was true when they announced these games coming over about 2 years ago they would have been like “Zero is available today and azure by the end of the year.” And so on and so forth at a more decent pace. At that time the latest release was Cold Steel IV for PS in late 2020 and Switch in April of 2021. The concert announcements were like July of 2021 and they wanted you to wait at least for the localization of the PSP game with no English VAs and with assistance from the fan translation a year and a half and for reverie a full 3 years since it’s release. Kuro 1 alone will also be most likely 3 full years since it’s release too. So I would say they took what was a decent pace with Cold Steel 3 and 4 and shot themselves in the foot. I do apologize for ranting like this but honestly with big games like FFXVI and VII Rebirth, SMTV and presumably P3RE and Metaphor and all sorts of RPGs from all sorts of company’s getting Worldwide launches Falcon really needs to step up and join the crew in that regard. And to make it seem otherwise to me is just making excuses for failures. Again sorry for the rant I’ve honestly been pissed about this topic for years since the concert.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 483

Ryne-Gaia

Right this weekends kinda simple. Had a early shift of work and now a later shift of work so gamings kinda all over the place hahaha. Beat Metroid Prime last week. Thought it was pretty great. That makes this weekends game Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe. I beat the main story on it and I think all I have to do is just one more boss in Magolors Epilogue. Excellent game and excited to move on to the next game in my chronological Nintendo backlog: my GOTY Bayonetta Origins. Simply loving it. Over on the PS5 I do have one specific game I’m hoping to beat the story of soon. Doing that and getting to delete it would free up so much storage for me hahaha. I also got Tunic on there this week so I wanna check that out. Tho who am I kidding I’m glued to FFXVI that game is absolutely amazing in every form I know I’m still at the beginning but I’ve loved every character they’ve put in front of me it’s great. As for the anime front I’m still working on finishing up my spring animes. So far I’ve finished Yuri is my Job, Rokudos Bad Girls, The Marginal Service and Hells Paradise. Why just today alone I wanna do a hat trick and finish My Home Hero, Yamada Kun, and Mashle. Then I’ll only have my continuing Spring anime like Gundam Witch and some other new ones like Cafè Terrace to finish up before starting some excellent Summer ones like Atelier Ryza. Man that one makes me wanna get back into Ryza 3. Otherwise I’m looking to pick up a copy of Ghost Trick for me and a friend and impatiently wait for my special edition or Rain Code to come July 18th because of the Customs delay 😤. Hope everyone has a great weekend and Happy Gaming to all.

Re: PS5, PS4 Versions of Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Coming Shortly After Switch Launch

Ryne-Gaia

I’ll admit my only issue with what that guy says is regardless of reception we’re gonna make more. Now I think this game could stand to be pretty good and I hope it’s good but imagine a push square review that comes out and is like “besides all the bugs and performance issues this game has its biggest issue is it feeling like a shadow of what it’s trying to emulate.” Or something like that and it gets like a 3 or 4 out of 10. This guys basically saying welp don’t care double down even harder then before.

Re: Feature: Summer Game Fest - What's It Like to Attend?

Ryne-Gaia

Two things. One I’m really excited for that surprise new game exclusively revealed to just SGF attendees. Embargoed game is a strange name but I imagine must be extremely exciting. And I just wanna say this was a excellent article Liam. Not to badmouth the Nintendo Life article about SGF but that was mostly TEE HEE VIDYA GAMES. Where as I really enjoy the personal touch Liam puts here with his thoughts on the homeless and the Pride Parade. I’m being 💯 serious I genuinely liked the small touch I felt was given there.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 482

Ryne-Gaia

Well this weekend is a pretty simple one. Just gonna focus tonight on a nice long opening session of Final Fantasy XVI. Then the rest of the weekend is gonna be trying to finish Metroid Prime Remastered. According to the guide I’m following I’m pretty close to the end of the game? I’m in the Phazon Mines. Might play some Dead Island 2 or Street Fighter 6 as well. As for the anime it’s Hells Paradise and Mashle primarily and honestly for the rest of the weekend and most of next week the focus is on catching up on and finishing off my Spring anime as a lot of them are wrapping up as the Summer Anime season premieres soon. Hope everyone has a excellent weekend and happy gaming.

Re: Full Final Fantasy 16 Takeover on PS Store for PS5 Launch

Ryne-Gaia

@awaltzforvenus I mean I’m not disagreeing with you but honestly the last couple BIG games on either just PS5 or PS5 and Xbox have had these takeovers. Like I’m pretty sure Diablo IV had it on both? But I know the night SF6 came out I was beating Like A Dragon Ishin and I beat it slightly early so I decided to check the PS Store just for laughs and was like WHOA ITS ALL SF. Just like XVI here.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 481

Ryne-Gaia

This weekend will be kinda simple when it comes to games. Some Metroid Prime on the Switch. I beat Fire Emblem Engage so Metroid is next up. I made it to the Phendrana Drifts and it’s incredibly pretty and honestly has made me fall in love with the game. As for the PlayStation it’s the new season of Fortnite with some pals and maybe some SF6? Otherwise probably some SpongeBob Cosmic Shake. Genuinely that gsmr is a sleeper hit of this year. I mean it all falls by the wayside when FFXVI comes out this week right hahahah. As for the anime you know it’s the usual Hell’s Paradise, Mashle, My Home Hero and Cafè Terrace. Have a good weekend everyone and happy gaming.

Re: Sorry Physical Fans! The New Like a Dragon May Be Digital Only on PS5, PS4

Ryne-Gaia

So here’s the thing. I’m not ready to jump down their throats just yet over this because from the beginning they’ve made this game out to be a small intermission for both the story between Yakuza 6 and Like a Dragon 8 but I think they’re also using it as a way to hold over fans until 8 comes out. It’ll have been 4 long years by the time 8 officially comes out since 7. It’s the longest dev time I think the RGG guys have had like ever. So not only do I think LAD8 is gonna be the biggest one ever. But I think they might be using the profits from this for some of the developing. So yeah opting digital probably makes them more money. But weird conspiracy rambling aside the flip side of the coin where I give them crap is this is the same company who when they sold you a collection of 3 4 and 5 physically on PS4 included a Physical case of Yakuza 5 to complete the collection since that was digital only over here so they know how much physical matters to people. Unless that was a Nagoshi decision in which case well we’re all screwed now that’s he’s gone.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 480

Ryne-Gaia

So for this week it’s business as usual. Gonna chip away at more Fire Emblem Engage tho shocker I’m almost at the end of it. Chapter 24 of 26 I think. Depending on how I beat it and other things I might just go ahead and wrap the rest of the DLC emblems and the Fell Xenologue in so I can say I’m 100% done with Engage. After that I’ll either dip into a new birthday gift or Metroid Prime Remastered as that’s the next release after Engage. Otherwise I’ll be playing some Street Fighter 6 both World Tour mode and battles with the friends. For my birthday not only did I get some really nice pairs of Timberlands and these beautiful replica Aegis necklaces I also did get a copy of Dead Island 2 and a friend surprised me with eshop money for a copy of We Love Katamari. One of my other friends gave me 25$ in PSN money so I’ll be browsing the store looking for a fun game on sale that I’ve been waiting on. What that is? I dunno. Either way I’ve got lots of fun to have with new stuff until FFXVI and Ghost Trick and Rain Code come out. As for the anime front you already know it’s Hells Paradise, Mashle, My Home Hero, and Cafè Terrace. Looking forward to the Capcom, Ubisoft and RGG showcases on Monday. Excited for more showcases this month in general. Happy gaming and have a awesome weekend everyone.

Re: After Attracting One Million Players, Street Fighter 6's Sales Have Now Passed a Milestone

Ryne-Gaia

@Green-Bandit I would personally recommend SF6 if you’re going for one fighter. Granted I won’t deny I’m not biased but personally speaking having followed the FGC for what feels like a decade now Street Fighter would be the wiser investment year over year. Mortal Kombat most likely will come out have a year if that of fun and DLC here and there and then NRS will just kinda say alright we’re done and then start teasing Injustice 3 or something and with the Devs goes the fans. All of a sudden MK isn’t “cool” anymore or something. With SF tho if V is anything to go by we could get support for VI for like 5 or 6 years with loads of patches, buffs/nerfs, characters, all of it. So personally I think down the line you’ll have more fun with VI. Sorry if that was too much I’m really passionate about fighting games.

Re: Square Enix Allegedly 'Slightly Panicking' About Final Fantasy 16 PS5 Pre-Orders

Ryne-Gaia

Interesting section about reviews at the bottom there. Personally I’m really hoping XVI reviews well and either sits in between SF6 with its 92 and TOTK with it’s 95 or surpasses TOTK and lands with like a 96 or something. That would be super awesome and alongside titles like RE4 would really solidify this first half of the year as like one of the greatest years of gaming ever.

Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Will Offer a 'High Degree of Freedom' on PS5

Ryne-Gaia

So I saw someone who said “if they make these updates daily then update 7 will end up on June 8th.” Besides being my birthday that’s also Summer Game Fest. So honestly if we do keep getting these updates daily it wouldn’t shock me if Update 7 relates to Summer Game Fest and it’s something like, Question: When will Final Fantasy VII Rebirth release? Answer: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will release December 9th, 2023. And that’s the part that’s like in the green text they’ve been doing.

Re: Alan Wake 2 Introduces Its New Co-Protagonist Saga Anderson in Latest Video

Ryne-Gaia

Still really excited to pick up this game. Still thinking of getting it Day 1. Funny tho that this game reminds me of Deadly Premonition 2. Sequel to cult classic game announced years later. One of the playable characters is a black detective lady while the other is the previous protagonist. Only difference is DP2 has a majority of its plot set before DP1. Not spoilers by the way that’s like publicly advertirsed. Whereas Alan Wake 2 I have to imagine largely is gonna take place after AW1.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 479

Ryne-Gaia

Well for me this weekend is a interesting one. Probably gonna skip a session of TOTK tonight and just dedicate a whole 5 hour session to the newly launched Street Fighter 6. I’ve been waiting for this game since the State of Play that showed it off for real last year and I’m just so happy it’s here. I can’t personally wait to play as my new favorite character the French model Manon. Tho I do wanna make some time for TOTK obviously but I think after this weekend it’s gonna go on the back burner. I think starting Monday I wanna tackle Fire Emblem Engage full time. I know some of these later chapters are long, annoying and difficult so I’m not exactly looking forward to it but I am looking forward to the story and the DLC. Otherwise it’s my birthday this week on the day of Summer Game Fest so I’m looking for two things. 1. Some really great and cool announcements there. And 2. Hopefully snagging a copy of Dead Island 2 from a family member for my birthday. Last year it was Horizon Forbidden West. On the anime front this week it’s some Hells Paradise, Mashle, Demon Slayer, My Home Hero and Café Terrace as usual. Happy Gaming y’all and have a great weekend.

Re: Expect Utter Carnage As Devolver Digital Schedules Livestream

Ryne-Gaia

Honestly I think devolver kinda needs to cut the bit. They publish some excellent games but honestly the format of their showcase does more harm then good like I almost skipped cult of the lamb because the showcase turned me off from watching it but then it took this small indie streamer I watch looking at it that made me go wow this is nice. Because she wasn’t just engaging in blood and poop and gore jokes like Devolver relishes in like a class clown.