The All Purpose Video Game Thread Part Iv

[GoAwayPanarin]

I will pray to whatever gods exist that the Witcher 4 will be good. I’m beyond hyped for that shit.

I have zero doubt that it will be good.

How good I have no idea. Nearly impossible to top W3

 

[Overcast]

Super, super excited for this. I can't wait for mods to fix this stupid f***ing mobile game UI and font though.

 

[nyr2k2]

I have been trying to get a Switch 2 for my daughter who is 10 this weekend. I thought I had it through Costco this morning but then I got a delay email. Usually I assume that will lead to a cancellation but "Bill L" in customer support was adamant that they'd still ship Monday. We'll see.

I'll still be hunting for one in the interim, I can always cancel the Costco one if needed. Shades of the PS5 all over again, although that took me like a f***ing month and was an absolute nightmare. Problem is my job, I'm in downtown DC 3 days per week and with my commute included it's like a 5am-7pm day, so I don't have much time those days to be stalking around outside of stores. Even my work from home days I have too much going on to beat the crowds.

 

[Gardner McKay]

I am beyond excited for this game...

 

[Kupo]

Super, super excited for this. I can't wait for mods to fix this stupid f***ing mobile game UI and font though.

I am beyond excited for this game...

 

[nyr2k2]

I have been trying to get a Switch 2 for my daughter who is 10 this weekend. I thought I had it through Costco this morning but then I got a delay email. Usually I assume that will lead to a cancellation but "Bill L" in customer support was adamant that they'd still ship Monday. We'll see.

I'll still be hunting for one in the interim, I can always cancel the Costco one if needed. Shades of the PS5 all over again, although that took me like a f***ing month and was an absolute nightmare. Problem is my job, I'm in downtown DC 3 days per week and with my commute included it's like a 5am-7pm day, so I don't have much time those days to be stalking around outside of stores. Even my work from home days I have too much going on to beat the crowds.

Now my Costco one appears to be actually getting ready to ship tonight (there's a label created so it just needs to be put on a truck) and of course I also woke up at 3:35 this morning and ordered a second one from Target. And it's too late to cancel either.

Fortunately both places allow you to take an online order and return it to the store.

 

[nyr2k2]

Now my Costco one appears to be actually getting ready to ship tonight (there's a label created so it just needs to be put on a truck) and of course I also woke up at 3:35 this morning and ordered a second one from Target. And it's too late to cancel either.

Fortunately both places allow you to take an online order and return it to the store.

My saga continues. The Target order was randomly placed on backorder, which allowed we to cancel it. I did so because the Costco order actually left their facility and is in the possession of UPS. Unfortunately the projected arrival date is Jan 9th, and my daughter's birthday is the 8th, but I can turn it into a fun surprise.

Amusing thing is that it was dispatched from a Costco distribution center in Maryland that's literally 20 minutes from my house and sent to...a UPS warehouse in Philadelphia. They could have been like yo 2k2 you want to pick this bitch up? And if be like yeah let me take a piss and I'll be there in 30.

 

[LokiDog]

My saga continues. The Target order was randomly placed on backorder, which allowed we to cancel it. I did so because the Costco order actually left their facility and is in the possession of UPS. Unfortunately the projected arrival date is Jan 9th, and my daughter's birthday is the 8th, but I can turn it into a fun surprise.

Amusing thing is that it was dispatched from a Costco distribution center in Maryland that's literally 20 minutes from my house and sent to...a UPS warehouse in Philadelphia. They could have been like yo 2k2 you want to pick this bitch up? And if be like yeah let me take a piss and I'll be there in 30.

Shipping logistics like this often drive me up a while. I live in a really small town on the TX/OK border. Sometimes a product will ship from a a
Walmart or Target down the road from me down to Dallas and then back up to me and take 3 days instead of 30 minutes.

 

[haohmaru]

I am beyond excited for this game...

Man, I'd love to see this but I think I'd like to see a re-worked Vagrant Story even more.

 

[Overcast]

Man, I'd love to see this but I think I'd like to see a re-worked Vagrant Story even more.

That was an interesting game. I don't know if it ever sees the light of day again though. I think maybe you, me, and like 8 other people still remember that game existed.

I'll say it until the day I die: Re-make/re-master Xenogears. I don't have a clue what the whole Xenosaga/Xenoblade series is like now or how the games play, but it seems like it's become an pretty popular series. They just released some definitive edition for the Switch a few months ago. I feel like the interest is there.

They could do so much with the combo system, especially with FF7Remake-esque combat. 1st person mech parts. It's so ripe for the picking. My only hope is that they would lean more into the 2D-HD style of Octopath Traveler rather than making everything pretty and smooth in full 3D graphics.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Man, I'd love to see this but I think I'd like to see a re-worked Vagrant Story even more.

I would goon so hard