@Anti-Matter well life isn’t always easy, so for sure we should all take what enjoyment we can, from where we can get it (as long as it isn’t hurting anyone of course 😉).
… I have traumatic experience in the past when I was kid by get exposed with rated M stuffs from video games and movies.
So I grew up in a pretty rough area, deep within a region rife with unemployment and little money. I say that as I’ve since mixed with people who were brought up in middle-class and wealthy families and the above comment reminded me of one of the glaring differences that we identified when discussing our childhoods. Us council-estate ruffians would ‘wear’ 18 rated movies like badges of honour on the primary school yard.
I distinctly remember a 10 year old me and my 8 year old mate ‘borrowing’ as many 18 rated movies as we could carry from his uncles house every Friday evening, to see us through the weekend. Then we would look forwards to Monday morning where we could lord our violent/scary/sexually explicit cinematic exploits around the school yard. It was something very common amongst kids my age in that area at that time.
Conversely, when I have discussed this with people from different backgrounds later in life, they’ve been quite horrified. Some of them still won’t watch a horror movie and they’re now in their 40’s (which does make me chuckle if I’m honest). It’s hard to say what impact all this exposure to adult-themed media had on us street-urchins when we were far too young according to the ratings board… but I’d imagine that there have obviously been some negatives… but also some positives that have resulted during the journey of our lives.
One thing for sure is that it had a total opposite effect on you than it did I. Where as you’ve turned your gaze away from the ‘hard’ media entertainment… I find that I’m always after something harder, or darker etc. no judgement on what is the better result… or the worse… it’s just interesting 🤔.
@colonelkilgore I remember seeing Sleepy Hollow when I was like 7 and being both horrified and thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I was lucky/unlucky enough to be in the catchment area of a very middle-class Catholic school despite also being a council estate kid and so I can totally understand what you mean. Could potentially be related to the fact us poorer kids definitely discovered girls/boys earlier on too. My personal theory is that our parents were too busy trying as best as they could to keep a roof over our heads to micro-manage exactly what media we were consuming. Whereas the richer kids often had their mums staying at home all day and scrutinising what they were watching. I’m a big wuss though and scared myself off horror movies early cause my mum’s always been of the mindset that if she lets us try stuff ourselves then we’ll soon learn. Never been much of a drinker, not really into drugs and I never really sought out 18 movies and games since they were never seen as something illicit that I was missing out on.
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@nessisonett it’s pretty much become cliche at this point but I’ve always found the nature vs nurture debate very interesting. My very ‘general’ observation has always been that there was probably a 50-50 impact on a mature person from the 2 N’tures… that doesn’t sync too well with our sharings here though, so gawd knows.
Slightly off topic, I was already in my 20’s by the time Sleepy Hollow released… and while I liked it, it seemed more like fairy tale to me by that point in my life but I’m sure like you if I had watched it at 7 it would have left an indelible imprint.
Massively off topic (but strangely en-thread) just picked up Observer Redux - don’t know much about it but whenever I hear people moan about Blooper team someone always counters with this and everyone suddenly backs up with “Fair comment!”, Ultra Age - interesting looking sci-fi character-action ‘em up & Black Paradox - again, know very little about it but the 80’s vibe of the trailer gave me a kick.
@ThereThere As far as I see, if you’re a PS+ Essential member, you can’t just upgrade to Extra level for one month. I think you have to commit to upgrade to the whole duration of your sub, or not at all.
But now that I think about it, you aren’t a base Essential sub, if I remember correctly. So you could definitely just subscribe to the whole business for one month only and try to knock out Stray in one month.
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Just picked up Owlboy, Godstrike, Hob and some arcade sim game that I’ve already forgotten the title of (I’ve had a few rum and cokes 😉… but I like the look of that Arcade Paradise game coming out in August and while looking through the sale, whatever this was called reminded me of it).
Just ordered Horizon Forbidden West for €20. Didn't realise that there's a PlayStation sale going on at retailers now and I saw that Forbidden West was only €20 so I just had to get it. What an absolute steal, especially when considering that the game only came out like six months ago. Can't wait to delve into it!
@colonelkilgore I remember Zero Dawn was like that as well and then it kept getting better and better. I've no doubt that Forbidden West will be great as well!
@RogerRoger Thanks mate! If it's anything like Zero Dawn but improved then I'll definitely be enjoying my time with Forbidden West.
Dragon Quest XI never played a Dragon Quest game before… and I don’t really click with turn-based combat but… it was cheap… and is very highly regarded.
@colonelkilgore I hope you will enjoy DQ11S. I also never was a big fan of turn based combat but since playing Yakuza Like a Dragon i don't really mind it anymore. DQ11s is a typical Old school JRPG, which i enjoyed very much. I can be a bit on the long side though, think i easily spend like 80 hours in it, But if you don't mind it, it is a very relaxing game in every form.
@Lavalera ahh that’s cool that you’ve come around to turn-based combat… maybe i should play Yakuza: Like a Dragon right sharpish to see if it’ll convert me too 😉
@colonelkilgore I don't know if you played the other ones, but if you like the style of the Yakuza games, I would highly recommend Like a Dragon. Funny thing is, Dragon Quest is mentioned a lot in Like a Dragon and the protagonist of LaD wants to be a hero like in the DQ series. So there even is a link between the games.
@Lavalera I’ve played Yakuza Kiwami (still have to go back and finish off the plat as it goes) and really liked it. And very serendipitous that about Dragon Quest being mentioned so much in Y: LaD.
I ordered XIII the other day, off of the back of the article about the impressive PS5 optimisation. Well, it was under a fiver on Amazon and I thought nothing about it since… well, great way to start a weekend, it just turned up and it’s a spanking-looking steelbook! Absolute result 🥳
Just ordered Little Nightmares II and The Outer Worlds. I've had these games on my PS4 wishlist for a long time now and I decided to finally buy them today when I saw that they were €15 each. I liked the first Little Nightmares even though it could feel absolutely frustrating to play sometimes, and Obsidian makes great WRPGs, so I think I can expect good things from Outer Worlds.
@LtSarge Outer Worlds is good fun. I found it had some limitations in weapon choices and enemy types but I enjoyed the story and particularly liked the companions and their stories.
Not an overly long game either which is sometimes a bonus!
@Thrillho Yeah it's nice that the game isn't too long. Definitely going to give it a go whenever I'm in the mood for a relatively short RPG experience.
Indeed! But I feel like I'd rather have too many games to choose from than too few. I constantly have trouble deciding what to play, not because there are too many options but because I never truly know what I'm in the mood to play until I give it a try. So it's nice to start up a bunch of games and see which ones stick. Like right now, I'm rotating between Team Sonic Racing, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance and Lego Batman. Basically more gameplay-centric titles, and it's a good mix of fun games.
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