Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@Kidfried
Some of physical games are very hard to find or nearly impossible due to its rarity or the price.
But once i get them, it will be very worthy treasure.
The games i'm looking for mostly in physical and have no digital version.

25 years today since the PSone released in the UK!

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@RogerRoger It’s longer than it ought to be.

However, it is pretty on point for my experience as I had a “modded” console that would frequently freeze between the two screens or after the PlayStation logo so I always had to wait to see if it was going to work or not.

@RogerRoger I seem to remember there was a way to play “alternately-sourced” games without modding by swapping discs in and out as the spin speed changed while you held the little button inside the console down.

I don’t know if anyone ever did so successfully though.

Yeah, I take back what I said about studying from home being great. They’ve squished my classes into one semester so I do 3 this semester and 3 after Christmas. This means I’m currently doing an assessment worth 30% of my final mark in week 2. Poor Ezio’s not getting the love he deserves but I’m trying to at least polish off Hollow Knight in my self-designated breaks from bashing my head against a wall thanks to the wonder that is Haskell. Why couldn’t I have picked an easy degree like history or nuclear physics 😜

@Kidfried Writing a text editor in Haskell feels like using an oar to pick your nose.

Does anyone else feel like gaming is truly a double-edged sword? Sometimes I feel quite frustrated and stressed and just quit, some people call it rage-quitting, I don't really feel rage so much as frustration though. But anyway, I do pick up the game again the next morning and have another go, rinse and repeat until I break through the barrier. Do you think that is something we have in common as gamers? The hardcore 'players' who just won't let it go? It's all worth it for that feeling of satisfaction once we have finally triumphed over an obstacle.

@nessisonett Hey I did History at Uni thank you very much and I'm only half stupid.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic @RogerRoger I know you feel. I get frustrated with games if I don't feel I'm making progress towards something. I think that because I only 1 or 2 hours a day (and not every day) to game, I want it to feel like I have accomplished something and with such a large backlog I get frustrated. Also because I'm not a great player, it means I have to be really dedicated to some things to continue.

Gaming is weird as a hobby - you can literally spend 2 hours and not progress a game one bit (except for perhaps getting marginally better). It's not the same as a movie and book. You can't say, well I watched a 2 hour film last night and now I need to watch it again because I didn't get anywhere with it.

I felt hugely down playing Sekiro which is why I quit. I was spending literally evenings of gaming time getting my bottom kicked and being so bad at the game that I had to hit a brick wall everytime until I learnt all the boss moves. It just wasn't doing my mental health much good. That said, for others this process of getting better and self improvement is WHY They game and that's good as well.

It is why i am in favour of accessibility options in games. I know a lot of Gamers (tm) don't like it but it does mean that games can't gate content. I'm playing Hades at the moment and it has an option to subtly reduce difficulty as you progress through runs. I haven't used it yet but I think it is great because I like the story and character but if I hit a brick wall I can push through. At the same time, there is a crazy difficulty level for those that want it and fair play to those that do.

@Rudy_Manchego Are the SoulsBorne games off-limits to you then?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Intereseting one - I have played Bloodborne to death and sunk countless hours into it but I think the reason that worked for me was firstly, I gelled with the combat and ultimately, I felt that with most bosses I could grind a little and focus my build. I could also choose a little my playstyle in terms of weapons and tactics. With Sekiro I felt that I had to play it their way and grinding didn't really help -ultimately, to do the best against many bosses, you need to have their moves and parrying down pretty well.

That said, I've not made much headway with the other Souls games. Part of me is put off by the time it wll take me to get up to speed to be honest but I do want to play them if that makes sense. I'm getting Demon Souls for pS5 for example. I am trying to get my wife to allow me to take some time off when she and the kids are out to go through it or Dark Souls

@Rudy_Manchego I'll be there to hold your hand through Demon Souls. Or tell you to stop crying into your hankey and git gud.

@RogerRoger With most games I agree. Now Bloodborne and the like don’t have harder difficulties, but one they’ve focused on and doing anything would just be changing numbers to unbalance the game they’ve crafted. Which would also mess up the multiplayer they’ve made as well.
For other games that have difficulty options, they should have some sort of easier mode even if it’s not the most comprehensive thing.
And given how many games only put damage numbers up or down for difficulty options, I'm not surprised we don’t have more adaptive difficulties. We’re still just slowly getting better at that.

@RogerRoger Yeah, they called the PC version of DS2 the “Prepare to Die” Edition.
You know, I'm trying to think of games that haven’t had an easy mode as of late. What are some examples? I’m trying to think of non small games that might have the problem.

After being blocked for ‘being too negative about Sony’, it made me realise that these types of people are using the internet wrong. Seeing different opinions and responding to them, even if you don’t like them, is surely the entire point of discourse? If you just shut out negativity then you’d be in an echo chamber full of people praising Sony non-stop, which is exactly not what being a fan is.

Ehhh I can understand people being a bit fed up with the negativity @nessisonett... Especially surrounding gaming in general lately.

Sony being tight lipped beyond belief is not doing them any favours at the moment I most certainly agree with.

Doesn't make it any less boring to me though looking at an article and seeing the same few comments written about 50 different ways every single time something comes along.

I mean for me it helps I'm not getting a PS5 for two years most likely so I'm not all that invested in the news coming my way (I'd no doubt be frustrated alongside everyone if I was getting it come next month).

There's nothing that can really be done about it (Especially in a comment section on a gaming website) barring Sony actually opening their damn mouth so... it just feels a bit pointless I guess baring one or two rather well written bits of snark

Sorry ya got ignored/blocked though!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I feel there’s a difference between clear trolling and genuine discourse though. If everybody just blocked people for not agreeing with them then it would entirely undermine the point of public forums.

Well of course there's difference... But what can I say @nessisonett other then humans are terribly flawed individuals who sometimes want to see and hear nothing more then someone else agreeing with them?

Let's just hope we all get the information blowout we all need soon and find out the PS5 can dispense jaffa cakes whilst beaming the games directly into your brain... Or maybe if you unscrew the bolt at the top of a ps5 it just falls apart into a heap of expensive junk

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I’m telling you, that one bolt is all that holds it together! It’s like a deck of cards held together through sheer force of will 😂

@nessisonett
I think that's just the age of social media for you, its easier than ever to create an echo chamber. It is disheartening to see people behave in that manner, going into overdrive with confirmation bias and dismissing anyone or anything that might bring another point of view. But I think all we can do is be careful not not make those same mistakes ourselves.