Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@ZeroE Yeah I've put a load of hours into the first 2 with my brother (and he has done hundreds more on his own) so I'm pretty excited for it too. I'd like to think it won't have too much of an impact as I'm fairly sure all, or most, of the creative leads and staff of the series are still on it.
I haven't played it in a long time though but my brother plays the survival mode for the original frequently so he's also eager for the survival mode coming for 2.

@ZeroE I'm the last person who would be bothered my mansplaining, I don't find it condescending if a person genuinely knows little to nothing about a subject like football. I'm very traditional and rather blunt, I've never kicked a ball and I have no desire to do so. Or if you mean rugby no desire to throw one, more power to anyone else who wants to though, girl power etc. I'm too old fashioned to want to try. I know rugby from Pierce Brosnan, he played it school and before he went into acting. That's why he missed playing James Bond the first time, he had to have his teeth fixed from so many injuries, his role in Remington Steele paid for a lot of that dental work. It's funny you mention New York because that's why I lived and I probably heard of the Jets. I had a penpal in Alabama who would have followed football, but we never talked about it, mainly music. I think she was a cheerleader at one point, I visited and saw nothing football related. Or did and wasn't paying attention to it.

I've heard of the Superbowl, but didn't know it was one hundred and fifty years old. I first heard of it from a cartoon I watched in America called Aqua Teen Hunger Force. One of the characters won tickets to the Superbowl and the rest of them spent the entire episode trying to be invited as his plus one. I think he ended up going to a fire station in the end, he didn't know what the Superbowl even was. He was a talking meatball, the others were a talking soda cup, and a talking packet of French fries. Still the best show I saw over there and now one of my favorites. I'm guessing they play in a bowl shaped arena and the reward isn't an actual bowl? it might be, if there are cups for other sports.

I didn't know they were still supporting Snowrunner, I thought they finished up with the launch of Roadcraft. Snowrunner I know very well. I played Spintyres first on Steam, it was janky but brilliant. I think it's gone now, there were problems with the IP but I'd assume it's still on my account. I played Mudrunner after that, both were really big in the Russian gaming community and I never thought I'd see Mudrunner on consoles. Then Snowrunner came along and showed people the way, like Jesus if he had a MAZ-537.

It's probably one of my favorite games of all time. There's so much DLC to catch up on too, I didn't know they were still supporting it. I'd been telling people for years to try it, eventually came to Plus+ and they did. It was one of my favorite platinums too, I liked that it made me really work for it. Mudrunner too, I see it at 0.3%. I was happy with that one. It looks like a lot of people struggled with hardcore mode. Snowrunner looks to be sitting at 0.5%, that's unexpected seeing as it's newer. I haven't played much of Roadcraft or Expeditions, in time probably. I think Roadcraft could do with a lot more expansions before it really shines.

There's my only Final Fantasy game too. That was an enjoyable game too, but I couldn't follow the story. I imagine Seven's must be very good if you keep playing it. I need to get back to Satisfactory too, I gave someone my account at Christmas to quickly collect some of the gifts in the event, I think the event ends either this weekend or next week. I managed to get everything but the star for the tree. It's a great game, you just have to be in the right mood for it and I know one hundred things I'd need to do in the game if I did start playing sooner than later.

It's one of those forever games, people on PC have thousands of hours on the game. It was frustrating to learn the basics but once you get it down the rest flows easily enough, it's another game that I didn't think I'd see on console. Quite a few people on here play it, someone else told me a couple of days ago that they are also on there. It's one of those rare productive games that are also relaxing. I think it's down to how automated things become once you build them, you don't have to worry about things breaking like similar games. The only concern is power, but that's easy enough too seeing as factories and machinery stop consuming power if they get backed up or if your storage caps out. I left my game on for three days then returned to find everything had capped out and none of my power was being consumed. It was a good problem to have. It's the kind of game that burns through audiobooks too. I've listened to maybe six hundred hours worth while working on those builds. I can't with Paw Patrol because Ryder won't stop.

Aww, that game looks cute! I could be wrong, but if I'm not, I have no idea how I know this, it looks like Paw Patrol!

• That's Paw Patrol, I had no idea what else to try. I just wanted something simple and straight forward. That Ryder child is annoying though, every couple of minutes he's trying to explain something when all I want to do is play the game. It doesn't seem to be that bad, but having no right stick is a bit odd. You control the character and the camera with the left stick. I figured if I also grabbed a platinum it would make me want to play something else. I haven't seen the show, and if Ryder is in it then I'm glad I haven't.

@GirlVersusGame Jesus in a MAZ-537 had me properly laughing. Ahhh, my thanks to you. Yeah, it's a fantastic game. I have platinum on both PS4 and 5. No trophies in the DLC, but even now as we approach the 1st season of the 5th (!!!) year, season 17, I still look forward to it as much as ever and put all other games on hold.

I suppose it's clear that I think very highly of Final Fantasy VII. In the modern day, it's very much a product of its time and as such is very aged. It's challenging for me to view it objectively given my love for the title, but one part of it that I do feel is ageless, is indeed, the story. If I continue to play videogames later into life, continuing to play this particular game is a guarantee.

Satisfactory sounds absolutely like my kind of thing. I have a very real problem with never ending games so I can add Satisfactory to it!

Yeah, I'm not sure why the Superbowl is so called. Probably the same reason they call the winner "world" champions despite only featuring teams from the United States.

No idea who Ryder is as I haven't played it, but annoying characters that are inescapable for whatever reason really grind my gears. As a result I've never completed either of the modern God of War games. And won't ever.

@@BearsEatBeets Yeah, it's such a great game because it's so unique. Even after all this time, there's still really nothing quite like it, and there's so much content! Closest is the current flavour of the month, Arc Raiders. Which is basically just a giant Dark Zone!

@ZeroE I've seen a lot of those trucks offline but never driven one. They knew better than to allow me behind the wheel of one of those monsters. The biggest truck I've seen would be a RT-2PM. They carry the Topol system, they are huge. I see them at parades and things now and then. They weren't designed for the best intentions but I'm fascinated by the engineering and the massive size. You can feel the ground tremble as they drive past, truly powerful. The big E-7310 in Mudrunner is based of a MAZ-7310. They carry the BM-30 Smerch system, again not built for the best intentions but it's the engineering and size I'm interested in. I saw the Chinese PHL-03 model at a show once too. Each time I see these trucks I think 'put this in Snowrunner', I want to drive them minus the payload. I'm not sure what they'd even carry. perhaps a radio mast would work. I had one in Space Engineers, someone sent it to me one day.

It looks small there, it was huge. I drove it everywhere.

It's a fantastic game but everyone I knew who played it were actual engineers. It's took me so long to even make my first flight, then I crashed into a million little pieces. I've seen ships and vehicles on there that people spent months on. Of all the building games I'd say that's the most impressive, it takes a lot of smarts to build and work each system and mechanic needed for a build to function. My most advanced one was a ship that could take of vertically then drop two big drills and lower itself into the ground to mine minerals. I had maybe fifty pages of notes, all based on that one build.

It doesn't look like much but just trying to get that thing to stay in the air took days. It worked out great in the end. Those bits sticking out are thrusters. Each one had to work off a computer I built so that it could go forwards/backwards/left/right/up/down and so the drills could rotate, the minerals could travel up the drills into a storage unit. It was fast too I put it right through the wall of my home. Then there are power requirements too, it's a great game but you need a PhD in rocket science to reach anything even resembling end game. Fun fact both of Jack Blacks parents were rocket scientists. They worked on both Apollo 13 and the ground systems for the Hubble Space Telescope.

If Paw Patrol was Charlies Angels I imagine Ryder would be Charlie, that's a terrible comparison but I don't know what else he's supposed to be doing in the game. He hasn't lifted a finger to help.

As a result I've never completed either of the modern God of War games. And won't ever.

• That's a series I've been meaning to try for years. I don't know if you know Dante's Inferno? It's similar, I've played that one and would again if it came to Premium, the store, or if they remade it.

I've looked at that Space Engineers game, but it sounds way, way, way, way, waaaaaaaaay beyond anything I have the aptitude or time for. It sounds amazing though! Your invention looks super cool and really complicated! Thanks for the pictures and descriptions.

Yes, the God of War games are clearly incredible games, it's really more just development design choices that prevent me from enjoying them despite them being very much the type of game I would enjoy. I was never a GoW fan back when they were hack'n'slash games with angsty Kratos. I hope you enjoy them if/when you get around to them.

@KidRyan Have a very happy birthday. I hope it's fun 🎂 🎉 🎈🎁 🥳 🧸

@ZeroE It's impressive to see what the community build but they are on another level of understanding. I think console has a community hub now too so people can download and share builds. I never stuck with the game that long, I kept thinking of other things I should have been doing outside of the game. Which is also why I didn't game for so long until tonight, Paw Patrol helped to bridge the gap. Which isn't something I thought I'd ever be saying but it's not the bad. I better go to bed though, and thank you for the conversation, glad to hear you are doing better. I was worried when I saw your words last week, everyone deserves to be happy. I hope talking helped.

That's awesome that Paw Patrol offered a little something when you needed it. Very cool.
Mmhm, I certainly didn't want to cause alarm or anything, I wasn't really feeling that bad, just a little raw. And I wanted to be completely candid with you as you come across extremely sincere and interested. Kind of unapologetically yourself, it's refreshing. Especially so as I feel so guarded all the the time. I've worked hard over many years to reach a point of self control of stability and mental balance, but it really just means the lid is fastened on tighter. The misery is never far away, but I function every bit as well as everyone else. If probably not better and more focused than many. Anyway, thank you for reaching out. It means something. And I know you know that talking does help. Sleep well.

@ZeroE I wasn't really feeling that bad, just a little raw. And I wanted to be completely candid with you as you come across extremely sincere and interested. Kind of unapologetically yourself, it's refreshing. I've worked hard over years and years to reach a point of self control of stability and me tal balance, but it really just means the lid is fastened on tighter.

• That's part of turning emotional blindness into a super power. Being raw is sort of my default setting, but not in a bad way. Something I often hear in the organizations I support is 'I would have told someone sooner but I felt guilty, and ashamed and it felt like they'd judge me'. That's with men, women, children, and it's always those same emotions. Men especially, they go years without approaching anyone for help, I know you did seek help but some never do. They remain in a really bad situation, fully accept their circumstance and it breaks them down as a person then they wake up one day and think they deserve no better. Waking up in the morning is surviving, not thriving.

What you said about that past relationship matched word for word what someone said just before Christmas and it made my ears go up, I recognized where that could have gone. His wife was arrested, she hit him with a toaster. Knocked him out, and that was normal because of allowing dangerous escalation. It happens so often, I can't help but see those emotions as barriers, they delay much needed help and support. I didn't always have that super power either so I can recognize when it activates and then do something about it. I can recognize those feelings and emotions in that other person, just not in myself. It allows me to be honest and candid like you said. I have all of the help and support that I need, but I know others don't and that bothers me. That same super power allowed me to talk to you that first night like I'd known you for years. I saw something there, and didn't second guess talking to you. The downside is having no filter, not recognizing taboo or inappropriate-cy, but I think the good outweighs the bad. I'd rather be free flowing and blunt than stagnant and inaccessible. Ninety nine percent of my life is insulted, being able to talk to normal people like you is the exception. I once had a lid of my own then I took it and flung it away like a Frisbee. I don't need nor want that lid to come back like a boomerang.

I've worked hard over years and years to reach a point of self control of stability and me tal balance, but it really just means the lid is fastened on tighter.

• It's possible to have all of the above and loosen that lid a little, like everything it takes time. You have it in you, everyone does and it sounds like you are trying to do something about it.

That's awesome that Paw Patrol offered a little something when you needed it. Very cool.

• I had a dream about it too, I'm playing it without the sound today. I can't listen to that Ryder child again he entered my dreams. I'm going to play a wine making simulator or something after this.

I've heard good things about this one, so maybe. Once I hundred percent Paw Patrol.

@GirlVersusGame Yeah, it's all a process. An extremely long process as inevitable ups and downs from every day life happen. I've also consistently refused the assistance of drugs as I just have a mistrust of substances. Also, what bothers me is the idea that I'm concerned I couldn't trust myself in terms of, who is making decisions, the drugs or me? And I don't like the idea of feeling better because of drugs, too. Not necessarily because of the work I'm putting in. It's kind of complicated, but I just feel like they serve to further muddy already murky waters. As painful as it can be, has been, and occasionally continues to be, I prefer to feel what's real. It's a desire for the authentic and that extends to everything in life.

Eventually I'll learn to loosen the lid. And trust myself and others enough to do so.

I remember looking at that wine making game before. Those curious little management games are really fun for me. Things like Transport Fever, Planet Zoo, Anno, Theme Hospital, and so many others. I'll be sure to check it out more closely now I have the reminder.