@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I'm kind of the opposite RE: handheld vs consoles. I really dig being able to play wherever and whenever I get the time as opposed to having to stay in one spot for an extended period of time to play my games. It IS cool being able to play games on a big screen, but they just don't feel as accessible, so I inevitably end up spending a lot less time with my home consoles than I'd like.
I confess that, despite owning a Switch and not being a terribly monied person, I'm still eyeing the Switch Lite. The original system feels a bit large for a handheld, which is perfect when you're playing around the house, but on trips/work breaks/etc. it feels a bit overly large. I'm tentatively planning on preordering the Pokemon Switch Lite (I actually already have, but it obviously doesn't charge until Amazon ships it out).
But yes, the versatility of the Switch is one of the things that makes it appeal to so many people. I only use it in the dock when I'm playing with someone else or when a game just doesn't look good in handheld mode (looking at you, Xenoblade Chronicles 2!)
Oh, I'm back at DDS full-time. I spent three hours this morning... grinding Girimehkalas for macca and HP noises in the basement of Ajna Mansion.
Currently Playing: Resident Evil Village: Gold Edition
I was never that keen on Pokemon Black/White. It was great that they were at least trying to do something different with the story, but it just never really clicked with me. It was also the point of the series where everything started feeling far too linear, and the rivals became too friendly and popping up everywhere.
On the other hand, I loved Pokemon Black 2/White 2. The story is arguably not as well written as in B1W1. In B2W2 it's just a generic bad guys trying to take over the world story. Even so, I really enjoyed the story in B2W2. The bad guys are more of a threat than usual, with them managing to freeze an entire town, and the big bad attempting to freeze or perhaps even kill the main character.
Plus, to me B2W2 feels like the last pokemon games where the developers went all in and tried to make the games as great as possible. There's some great side activities, such as the Pokestar Studios which involves filming movies while controlling the pokemon actors, the PWT which is a battle tournament that includes gym leaders and champions from all the past regions, and the Black Tower/White Treehollow which is other battle facilities where you have to battle trainers while trying to figure out how to ascend/descend. There's also various new areas to explore, and plenty of pokemon and legendaries in the world to capture.
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Somewhat. 60 hours into my first playthrough, Three Houses is getting moved to secondary game status.
HP Noise sources are hard to come by, so I'm leaping at the opportunity to farm some. Also using this as an opportunity to work on some of my skills. MC is balanced physical/magic (slightly higher stats for strength, though), Gale is primarily magic, and Cielo handles healing, buffing, and debuffing (primarily; MC also has access to some decent debuffs). Right now I'm working to get Cielo to learn Lightning Resist, after which I'll be (grudgingly) dropping the coin for him to learn debilitate.
I don't NEED to do this to progress (DDS has actually been one of the easiest SMT games I've played so far), but it is fun to exploit a prime opportunity like this.
Currently Playing: Resident Evil Village: Gold Edition
@Kidfried I'm the same with buying a house, all my family have and hassle me to get on the property ladder. But all they do is complain on how much money they have to spend on repairs and how long until they pay off their mortgage.
@Kidfried I use HLTB all the time because time is a big deal and I want to know what type of game I am letting myself in for. I typically spend longer on games than the average but it does help give me an idea of scope. I'm not bothered so much about length as value as some of my fave games have only been an hour or so.
Now I may be an idiot, but there's one thing I am not sir, and that sir, is an idiot
@Tasuki i have just bought my first house and it needs a little work too;
Full rewire
Upstairs back end windows replacements
Downstairs back bay window changing to french doors
Minor roof repairs
Then we can move in. After that, replacement Kitchen & Bathroom.
Personally, even though I am going to spend a little bit on these improvements, it is far better than renting. Mortgage is half that of rent and it is mine!
Hey everyone, sorry I haven’t been around lately!
As some of you may recall, I recently got engaged.
We’re planning to hold the wedding sometime mid-next year.
I’m still very much alive, but I’ve had to pick up a second job, as I’m also planning to move to London by year-end.
I’ve recently freed up some time & managed to actually play some games, so expect to see me around .
Lives, Lived, Will Live.
Dies, Died, Will Die.
If we could perceive time for what it really was,
What reason would Grammar Professors have to get out of bed?- Robert & Rosalind Lutece
@kyleforrester87 Thanks mate! I’d never really leave anyways, even if I stopped playing games entirely.
Lives, Lived, Will Live.
Dies, Died, Will Die.
If we could perceive time for what it really was,
What reason would Grammar Professors have to get out of bed?- Robert & Rosalind Lutece
So odd topic so thought I would lob it in here. On the subject of backlogs. So anyway, I was prepping for an idea for a podcast episodes about an imaginary backlog related mental health disorder whereby people can't stop themselves in sales and amass huge backlog. It was looking to be a mockumentary style approach. Anyway, when I thought about it, I thought I would assess my own gaming backlog. Ended going up with Backloggery.com to go through my list.
Now I am very very luckly that I have multiple platforms and have had things like Gold on XB gifted to me. So i thought that I would go through my backlog and add up all the games that I could play. My ground rules were as follows:
1) Wouldn't include my retro collection of games or previous (ish) gen. There are some exceptions or borderline cases which I will come on ti.
2) If I paid for the game, it was included, be it physical or digital.
3) Subscriptions - If it was a gold game or PS Plus I have included it IF it is something I feel I would actually like to play. I have lots of random PS Vita and PS4 games which may be great but I have zero interest. Now whether I will play them over anything else is debatable but the aim is to say, what games could be considered a backlog.
4) Services like gamepass or the NES online sub thing for Switch were excluded at time of writing.
5) Under no circumstances would I tell my wife of the backlog size.
So anyway, I spent some time cataloguing and also listing all the games I have beaten overall for context.
The result? I have over 176 games I could possibly play across the following platforms: PS4, PS Vita, Switch, Wii U, 3DS, XB1 (inc backwards compat titles via gold). I also added GBA just because I had started 1 game.
In context, I think I have 'beaten' something like 100 odd games in the last 4 years and played another 30 odd.
Now I know this isn't necessarily important or indicative of how to play games or anything (or that beating a game means much really) but I was surprised just how much I had in my backlog. In fairness, I think I had bought or owned about 50 of that list, and many were from sales etc. But wow - what a list!
Now I may be an idiot, but there's one thing I am not sir, and that sir, is an idiot
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