Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@JohnnyShoulder I genuinely love the northern chick meme 😂 and this one, too

@Ravix You know you are a serious collector when you can look at that picture and know what those PS3 games are just from the spines, that's one of the reasons I love the PS3 library because the art trails from the front, to the spine, to the back. At the same time I like how clean the PS2 spines are, but yes I can tell what the majority of those PS3 games are. The fonts are recognizable too, you probably can too.

@Ravix Pesky Sony trying to make me think I've not played very many physical games and therefore won't miss them.

Jokes aside, it's odd that is about half of my physical games that has disappeared while the other half is fine. There must be some other characteristic that is defining why some are gone. It's been mentioned that having got some sort of DLC for said disc game may be a factor but I'm not seeing that from my list.

It all happened when some people were getting weird games on their lists they hadn't played. I never had that issue but when it all disappeared for about a day to fix that it was when it came back the problem arose. Whatever they did to amend that clearly changed other things as well. I'm not even sure if it's being looked at anymore.

EDIT: I've decided to make a separate thread for this to try and get more eyes on it and try and see if it affects everyone the same or not.

@GirlVersusGame I literally can't. But I can test you, if you want, as I do have the source image in a resolution that isn't lacking all the pixels, muhahaha. Since you said it I tried to guess one, and it wasn't what I thought. So heads up, the red one on the left isn't read dead (although that was a PS2, not PS3 case anyway)

@Ravix Top right Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 (those are really obvious) I see Saints Row 2, Demon's Souls, Mirror's Edge is the only half tone PS3 box I know in the EU catalogue, The Saboteur, Brink (obvious and awful, I saw no other case with that shade of blue) there's a bunch of Guitar Hero games, Home (something) Homeland? it was a game where Communists invade America (very Red Dawn) I played the story and just when I thought I'd finished the tutorial the credits rolled, it was ridiculously short, Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, that looks like Dead Space above both Fallouts. I think recognize so many because of all the collections PS3 is the one I spent real effort sorting in the correct order and playing too. Those top left with the white spine and the red and black would possibly be Just Cause, the one above that could be Red River (I forget the full name, military simulator) I want to grab them all and sort them from A to Z and colour code the spines, the OCD is strong with arrangement. I see Dead Island too, A Call of Duty one which could be 4, the one in the middle near the bottom looks an awful lot like the Dead Pool font, I think I see Band Hero too.

What game is the red one on the right and number six if you count from the bottom upwards? the tone of red I don't think I recognize but I want it for my collection. It could be the picture but I don't think I have any cases with with that tone. Are there PS4 games mixed in? I think I see Battlefield too, the one with the dark blue and orange box and the soldier etc. I think I see Bioshock on the left too, the logo is the right size and colour.

@GirlVersusGame fun game, but quite a few confidently wrong or in the wrong place 😛 You definitely got some in the right place though, so that itself is pretty impressive.

The Red to the right is actually RDR. The red on the left which I guessed was RDR was PS2 Ratchet and Clank up your arsenal or Ratchet Deadlocked? Which I've never even heard of. But it was PS2 so I wasn't even in the right console gen.

It actually is in alphabetical order, and it is a mix of ps3 and ps4 in those two rows. Left is ps2 only though.

Maybe this knowledge will help you in the next round to work out the final positions and tweak some answers.

@Ravix I have 20/20 vision so I better have gotten some right or I'll need to get a new set, it's mostly my memory that struggles, the chronic jet-lag is trying to creep up again but I'm being careful, lots of air, hydration and my bedtime was reduced too so no more gaming at night. But I'm not really gaming during the day either, still though it's the Summer, I'm sure lots of people aren't. Christmas your time seemed the most busy, it was the first time I started talking to people on here like normal people do but there wasn't much else to do because mine was January so that could be it too.

I'm happy with some of those guesses because I really do think PS3 (that generation) had some of the nicest spines and covers, they weren't afraid to use colour which is kind of ironic considering the games themselves used a lot of brown filters and tones. Perhaps it was a trend? or a limit of the console? like colour took up more memory and the colourful games were made by Sony themselves? and so they knew some secret tricks to really make their colours pop.

I've never played a Ratchet and Crank which is probably why that one got passed me by, but I'm sure it's colourful. I did try Spyro and Crash Bandicoot (died a lot) I never tried that little Astro guy either, considering he replaced Sackboy? the chances are even less that I will. Actually that's something that should be in that collection, Littlebigplanet. Is the Orange Box there too? That's the only bright orange spine I can think off. I think it was PS2 but I think I have it on PS3 too, I just remember Half Life and Portal being on the box. That's something PS3 did well, collections. I shared some on here before, how they bundled a franchise all on one disc, PS5 games are probably too big. They called those sets the HD Collection.

Red Faction Guerrilla had a similar colour I think but it feels like I have it twice so it must have been remastered. Brink is definitely one I'll never forget, I'm sure they knew the game was awful and used blu cepheus hoping it might catch someones eye. Lamborghini use the same blue on their Huracan and Murcialago. It could be a coincidence, but it was awful and when you know you have a bad product on your hands the next best thing is to try to make it pop visually to increase retail visibility, even borrowing well known tones associated with something that absolutely doesn't fail, except that the infotainment system in the Huracan is buggier than The Elder Scrolls.

I'm not kidding, it's all interlinked so when it glitches even the adaptive headlights go and the backup camera. Which is great if you can reverse without one, or even park manually but the camera is there for a reason in all cars. They had to recall that model multiple times over the onboard system, I broke one of my rules, to not talk about cars. The real question is are those games yours? or is it a popular meme? Was Saints Row 2 right? I can't think of any other game with that colour spine and a tiny logo, it was really small. I have the first one on Xbox and like most Xbox games I couldn't even tell you what colour it is or what the box looks like. I've mostly only collected up licensed Xbox games tied up into movies and they all went straight to storage.

Is Dante's Inferno there too? with the cardboard slip? If so it must have been squished in? was the red and black Just Cause? I can't remember how many they made but I did play the first one on PS2, I'm sure of that, there's a poster included. It's going to be weird and awful when things go digital, I don't find the PS5 generation/cases that interesting and really how many people are collecting retro? I see some people on here playing them but sometimes saying they are emulations so no disc? and then others saying how they only buy digital/etc so does that mean they don't hold onto their physical games from previous generations? probably not, I'm glad I put so much effort into collecting up all of those Sony demo CDs too, it really is an end of an era. People will forget what a new disc smells like, and don't pretend you don't sniff the discs because I'm sure everyone does. Is that yellow and black one Dying Light? The one above the red case looks like Warriors of Rock. When someone asks me 'so kat what did you do while your Partner was in meetings all day?' play what game do my eyes see through the pixelation, and honestly it was fun.

Animal time is always time well-spent, I'm glad you've been able to make time for 'em all. Makes me wish I could have a pet for myself. Perhaps some day!

Same. I fall back on inconsequential stuff (no offence to anything I'm currently playing, of course) or chip away at replays for trophies, if I manage to play anything at all. There's no way I'll be wearing my headset and immersing myself in a photo-realistic AAA blockbuster anytime soon, but as you say, it's nice to plan ahead for the autumn and winter months.

I'll have to look up those indie games you mentioned, especially Bear and Breakfast considering it's your third purchase! Never heard of it before, but that's high praise!

Yeah, aside from sharing the odd snapshot on here, my collection is very much for myself, so I know what you mean about feeling that connection. I live alone, so surrounding myself with games, movies, books and shelf clutter, all of which makes me smile, is important to me. Just walking into my lounge and looking around for a minute can help brighten a bad day.

No, I'm afraid Grand Theft Auto isn't my thing. I did have GTA: San Andreas on PS2 when I was at university, but I never finished it, and instead would just explore the map whilst listening to my own music. I also saw a friend play a little bit of GTA 4 on his Xbox360, but it didn't hold much interest. Still, having owned one of the games once means that I technically do contribute to the "I thought every gamer did" perception, so I applaud @Th3solution for managing to keep his hands clean all these years!

What about you? I'd imagine the new game lacking a physical copy might give you pause?

@Werehog Bear and Breakfast is fun but I buy multiple of many Indies, PS5, Steam, Switch. I see it like this, if a new game is perhaps sixty pounds and an Indie is twenty then if I buy multiples that studio receives the same amount for their work. It's the same for most Indies I've played so while it's a good game I need to clear-up why I use that method. It doesn't mean the game is highly brilliant, that's just how I go about supporting the genre. I didn't know you lived alone I thought you had a girlfriend or a boyfriend because you are generally very pleasant and there's definitely someone out there for everyone especially when you have all of those hobbies.

I've had some time to think about the no disc situation. It's really odd not wanting to play a new title like Grand Theft Auto but Rockstar have made it so easy for me to not want to play it, even if it were physical. I think the demographic for the series shifted once they realized the profits they could milk from GT Online and so much of it seems aimed at children. I'm sure the story won't be but the company itself doesn't have that kind of spark for me anymore. I'd change my tune if they announced a new Red Dead game. It's like Ubisoft, they have such great game IPs but they are doing nothing with them. I stopped buying Ubisoft games a couple of years ago, it doesn't help that they treat their employees so poorly either, greed like that isn't needed in the gaming industry and when it happens it makes boycotting that company very easy. I'm catching up on the last weeks news of gaming, none of it looks too pleasant but I'm glad people are giving Sony a piece of their minds. The rest I'm avoiding.

@Ravix I can't remember how long ago you asked about Grand Theft Auto 4. I forget what I was going to say and if I wrote it down I lost it but off the top of my head I think I didn't like it as much because mechanically it felt more wooden than the previous games, the vehicles felt heavier and didn't control well, the missions never stuck out to me (I remember only one) the friendship feature was just annoying (intended perhaps) the music was okay and like I said extra points for Vladivostok FM, it also suffered from the PS3 generation of brown saturated games but with that game it added a layer of depression to the overall feel and look of the game, the textures were quite wonky too. Things changed with the DLC, the stories were more memorable, characters less flat. I played the base game first then the DLCs, I definitely preferred the DLCs, Rockstar usually get that right. Undead Nightmare especially, though I was waiting forever for a specific horse to spawn, I never want to do that again. Imagine of Red Dead Redemption 2 had an similar DLC, with zombies etc, but with PS5 performance and visuals. Did you ever try the Bitterblack DLC for Dragon's Dogma after?

@BearsEatBeets I checked tonight and my missing games never returned, it looks like they are permanently gone. I still can't figure out what they were, I thought perhaps if I view my trophies on panaxgames and then scroll my games on a console at the same time, I can't think of any other way to do it. Thirty-five is a lot to vanish, I would have said ten, not three times that.

Edit: I tried and saw some of these missing: Tokyo Jungle, Way of The Hunter, Far Cry 6, Far Cry 5, Valhalla, Breakpoint, Wildlands, Demon's Souls (Remake) Sekiro, Death Stranding, Sega MegaDrive Collection, Hitman, Hitman 2, Stardew Valley (oh no) Hotline Miami, The Division, Dark Souls 2, Dark Souls 3, Sleeping Doggos, Both Metro games, Tomb Raider Definitive, Infamous Second Son, Thief. None of the PS3 ones are showing.

@GirlVersusGame I'm still leaning towards it will eventually get sorted than not but that does diminish the longer it goes on. I am starting to think that if they do start showing again the time stat might be wiped though. Some sort of acknowledgement from Sony that they are working on it would be nice though.

@GirlVersusGame I don't remember GTA 4 being brown/sepia, but maybe grey? I might just not pay attention to that stuff in my memories, however. I thought it was your second favourite, but you seem quite down on it now, so maybe GTA has fallen out of favour with you, for now. That poketpal pokemon thing with the base looks cool though, so enjoy 😄 you have a knack for the architecture so i'll check in to see how your base grows, for sure!

Oh, and here was the original image of those games. They aren't mine, no, hence me not being good at guessing what they were 😛 but you can see where you got some right and some... less so 😄

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F5l...

And @Th3Solution how is Saros going? I know we had a Ragnarok or DS2 date all planned, but the UK heatwave did come back with a vengeance, so you can probably finish Saros by the time i'm properly getting into any serious gaming again, anyway. I did finish most of 007, at least. I feel like I have one final mission/chapter to clear up (I thought I was already done but the story continued) but then I was met with a gunfight that seemed a bit overwhelming out of nowhere so I'll give it a rest for a while and take it on with a fresh approach (it might not have to be an all-out gunfight) some time, preferably when it isn't Miami temperatures without Miami infrastructure or mandated air-con. And yeah, the roads are literally melting here, for pity's sake 🤷‍♂️😭😂 so, yeah... you get the idea of what we have to deal with 😬

@Ravix That's nice of you to say and you are absolutely right building is one of my favorite things about survival games, they aren't just aesthetically challenging they have to function too. Most people don't know it but Palworld does have a raiding system meaning being able to defend your base is really important. Of al survival games I've played across console and PC this one is the most forgiving and really does respect your time. I'm definitely in the minority of people who've never played or watched Pokemon and I think that really does help to find the game so unique, most people playing it will frequently be seeing Pals and thinking 'that looks like such a Mon'. I tried also Starwars Outlaws recently, it was really good but I had motion sickness and had to stop, my friend looked and found a lot of threads about the same thing. For The King 2 was also fun but good or not very few games can pull me away from this game/update. It's doing really well on Steam, lots of people who were waiting finally went for it. I've put about five-hours into this new playthrough, mainly to build the basic frame and layout of my little ranch-house. It's been fun starting with nothing again, what have you been playing? Black Flag?

Here's a small preview of my starter-base so far, it's a lot smaller than my usual builds but it will handle food/wood/stone production easily. If it looks like a Japanese kabuto? That's intentional. It's in the middle plateau between two waterfalls so my Pals can play in the lagoon and it's good for defenses too. Though soon I'll put down sandbags and sheep with light machineguns. I haven't even unlocked stone yet, I literally just started chopping trees and started building. It's such a beautiful game, hopefully more people will give it a try now that it's more complete and packed with new content.

It looks like they increased render distance on bases too, I can see the roof of my home off in the distance. That fox guy is a Foxparks. I have a harness that let's me carry him like a flamethrower, he's my travel buddy tonight.

That was quick, we randomly bumped into our first boss in the wild.