OT: HFPens Community Lounge: Or Ogrezilla and LOGiK's Nerd Thread ;)

[Sidney the Kidney]

That sucks....hate when stuff breaks like that.

Knock on wood, my 2011 plasma is still kicking. IT's got some dead lights, but still functions really well.

Mine will randomly have a big blue strip vertically down one side, about an inch thick. But it isn't always there.

As long as it doesn't get worse I'll keep this thing around for as long as possible.

 

[LOGiK]

Any of you lads play Metaphor and if so, how is it?
Also, if yes: Have you also played P4G (persona 4 golden)?
If yes to both:
How is it compared to P4G? as it is the only persona.... well no scratch.... the furthest I've ever gone in a persona game and thus most familiar.

 

[LOGiK]

I won't even call it by its full name, but speaking of Romulus,
what an absolute nothing waste of time of a mess.
Worst part is me being stuck having to watch something I'd have turned off after 20 minutes or not watched at all.
1 hour of teenagers mouthing off in a efff **** ef ef efffff this and that tedium of nonsense painful dialog between people I couldn't have literally cared less to listen to.
20 minutes of an alien, and guess what... for all the talk how 'complete' and 'unstoppable' they get wiped out pretty quickly, and pathetically.
20 minutes (or less) of the coolest baddy, guess what... wiped out by the unstoppable main two characters in the most ridiculous and just plain laugh out loud absurd way possible.
end.

I mean.... wow.... that is what I get for putting myself into a situation where people watch a hollywood produced, bin worthy product.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I'm one of the last people to use words like "woke" or whatever, but what BioWare is doing to the Dragon Age franchise is exactly what's wrong with the world today. They (the developers/writers) care more about pronouns and making sure every character looks as ugly as possible than they are about making sure the story is great and the game is fun.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

OG The Office is the goat. But the US version is right there with it.

Other versions are just...

The Australian one is awful. I think if you're going to do a version, change it up and not try to make the same type of characters the same. Carrell and his Scott and Gervais and his Brent worked for that time and era but it needed to change up, maybe make that type of character someone else. I tried to give it 4 episodes but it was just so cringey. Even 3 episodes was giving it too much time. It is really that awful.

I'm one of the last people to use words like "woke" or whatever, but what BioWare is doing to the Dragon Age franchise is exactly what's wrong with the world today. They (the developers/writers) care more about pronouns and making sure every character looks as ugly as possible than they are about making sure the story is great and the game is fun.

There are times when being diverse makes sense and when it really doesn't matter. In a fantasy game, you should probably focus more on the game play, story, and graphics and then if the stuff you want to add like that, organically fits that world, I don't give a shit. But when it's forced, never a fan.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

There are times when being diverse makes sense and when it really doesn't matter. In a fantasy game, you should probably focus more on the game play, story, and graphics and then if the stuff you want to add like that, organically fits that world, I don't give a shit. But when it's forced, never a fan.

That's my issue. It's forced. And it detracts from the actual quality of the rest of the game.

It's one thing to be "inclusive" if it makes sense within the story or if it doesn't hurt the quality of every other feature. It's another when the entire game's story and characters seem to be built around it.

Apparently one of the companions literally introduces themselves to you upon your first meeting as "I identify as non-binary". Because that's such a natural first thing to say to someone you literally just met.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

That's my issue. It's forced. And it detracts from the actual quality of the rest of the game.

It's one thing to be "inclusive" if it makes sense within the story or if it doesn't hurt the quality of every other feature. It's another when the entire game's story and characters seem to be built around it.

Apparently one of the companions literally introduces themselves to you upon your first meeting as "I identify as non-binary". Because that's such a natural first thing to say to someone you literally just met.

Yeah that's just really weird game dialogue to have. And in a fantasy world no less where first off is usually always set in some fantasy version of medieval times. In that time no one was going around saying I'm straight or anything. So the need to even go there is someone at the company trying to force their narrative when it's entirely not needed.

It's like when someone tells you they're vegan or celiac and no one asked.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Any of you lads play Metaphor and if so, how is it?
Also, if yes: Have you also played P4G (persona 4 golden)?
If yes to both:
How is it compared to P4G? as it is the only persona.... well no scratch.... the furthest I've ever gone in a persona game and thus most familiar.

I haven't played any of their games but I want to. I will say the Metaphor setting seems more my style. I may look into it after I beat the new Zelda.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I haven't played any of their games but I want to. I will say the Metaphor setting seems more my style. I may look into it after I beat the new Zelda.

Echoes of Wisdom or Tears of the Kingdom?

 

[Ogrezilla]

Echoes of Wisdom or Tears of the Kingdom?

Echoes . I’m really liking it so far.

 

[LOGiK]

Echoes of Wisdom or Tears of the Kingdom?

Having two zelda titles in the span of under a year (without looking up release dates) is a bit unique.
I guess maybe one game you play link helping zelda and the other you play zelda helping link, so...

 

[Deport Ogie]

Easiest game of all time.

It's interesting that they went chibi but like you said, it got turned around in about a year. Given the overwhelmingly positive response insofar as I've seen I don't think it'd be surprising if they decided to sink effort into a full Zelda-led game in that BOTW/TOTK style.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Easiest game of all time.

It's interesting that they went chibi but like you said, it got turned around in about a year. Given the overwhelmingly positive response insofar as I've seen I don't think it'd be surprising if they decided to sink effort into a full Zelda-led game in that BOTW/TOTK style.

It’s certainly not hard, but I don’t think it hurts it. It actually even has a hard mode option that I haven’t touched. I am happy to have occasional games where I can explore and adventure but not have to really try that hard. I feel like it’s just punishing enough that I can’t just ignore boss mechanics, but never needs 100% effort in combat either.

I love BotW but I’ll be honest, I strongly prefer top down Zelda.

 

[Fogel]

We are thinking of getting a Switch for the 6 yr old. Are there any recommendations for that age range or is it too young?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

It’s certainly not hard, but I don’t think it hurts it. It actually even has a hard mode option that I haven’t touched. I am happy to have occasional games where I can explore and adventure but not have to really try that hard. I feel like it’s just punishing enough that I can’t just ignore boss mechanics, but never needs 100% effort in combat either.

I love BotW but I’ll be honest, I strongly prefer top down Zelda.

I honestly prefer the OOT/MM/WW/TP/SS style over the open-world and top-down.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

We are thinking of getting a Switch for the 6 yr old. Are there any recommendations for that age range or is it too young?

I believe the answer is "yes there are games for kids that age" but I don't recall what they are. This question, I'm assuming, has been asked on Reddit. Heck, maybe even in the Switch thread:

Nintendo Switch #5

Some good Black Friday deals on the eShop. Might get the Ninja Turtles collection plus Castlevania one too.

forums.hfboards.com

 

[Ogrezilla]

I honestly prefer the OOT/MM/WW/TP/SS style over the open-world and top-down.

I like those more than open world too in general. I loved BOTW but it still doesn’t hit the same as the classic dungeons. Botw doesn’t have much replayability for me once I saw the world.

 

[Deport Ogie]

I honestly prefer the OOT/MM/WW/TP/SS style over the open-world and top-down.

No doubt tinged by nostalgia but OOT remains probably my favorite game of all time. I'm late to the Switch, the fam got me one for Father's Day this year and BOTW to go with and I have played the shit out of it. Mostly because I haven't yet got TOTK. But it's given me plenty of hours of enjoyment but I'd agree with your sentiment here.

Speaking of OOT, have you ever looked at the list of games that came out in '98? Right off the back you have OOT, Half Life, MGS 1. Baldur's Gate. What a year.