Czar_Khastik

Plain and simple: it's classic let's do some expert challenges in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 time

Here is a novice question since I'm a bit out of the know regarding this one: is this Kyoto sequel tied directly to Tokyo Xanadu and is Tokyo Xanadu Ex+ (I assume that's the first game) a game worth playing story/gameplay wise?

@Stepan THE CREAKING CONTROLLER! For some time I thought I was the only one having that since it never happened with my PS4 and PS5 controllers. And also what's weird is that a friend of mine gave me an original sixaxis controller and that old thing doesn't creak, but my barely used dualshock 3 creaks.

@Shepherd_Tallon Absolutely, glad we're in the same Sony OLED club! I mean, I expected the games to look better as you said, but when I booted up Tony Hawk 3+4 and kickfliped around Canada, I was blown away with how good it looks and sounds.

The PS3 was a also pleasant surprise: I knew Sony has some great image processing chips in their TVs but this I did not expect. Ridge racer always looked good, but the color contrasts and the audio are sick on the Bravia 8 II.

@Scottyy PS2 for me is a landmark and can't be beaten (maybe by the PS1 due to nostalgia) but I had to unplug it since the new TV is a bit larger than my old one, so the new OLED and the old CRT Trinitron could not fit on the TV stand. I will think of something, but I must confess that I was playing only the PS5 recently due to it having a rest mode which really comes in handy when you're a dad having an hour for playing games before bedtime.

A bit offtopic but it's always nice to give a little praise for the good old PS3: I bought a new Sony OLED due to some circumstances so I hooked up the PS3 just to see how it holds up. There was a Ridge Racer 7 disc inside which past me forgot to take out. After booting up the game I was blown away by the vivid colors, clean graphics, banging soundtrack and the classic addictive gameplay. Yes, half of this is due to Sony manufacturing great TVs, but still, that is one sick console packed with amazing games.

"Head to head" podcast with your host Mimir.

I would like to have a Pro, but I can't part with my PS1-themed Slim console. Silly, I know, but I'll wait for the PS6 since I'm fine with how my rig works.

I will unsubscribe from Netflix since they didn't give us a warning with a reasonable amount of time to adjust.

@PerpetualBoredom I don't like to admit this, but I didn't play the game and I've been telling myself to do it for the past 20 years. To be fair, I purchased a physical edition of Okami HD for the PS4 and it's on the upper part of my backlog so I'll definitely get into it soon enough.

Even though I didn't play it yet, you can smell from a mile away that this is a cult classic and I'm really glad it's getting a sequel it deserves. I'm guessing you're a big fan?

@REALAIS Yeah, I agree. If the rumors turn out to be true, I'll dish out my money for the PS6 and the accompanying PS Portable. Which is why, for now at least, I'm skipping the PS Portal OLED upgrade and the PS5 Pro.

@Max_the_German
I would settle for local play of PS1, PS2 and PSP games, those retro titles shine on smaller screen sizes when there is no CRT TV alternative.

@REALAIS
Well, you're making sense which makes it difficult for me to respond. I personally would pay double the price of a standard PS Portal, but not triple the price. Even then I would explain to my family why we need to buy cheaper food for at least a month.

@StrickenBiged
Thanks for the heads up, I'll send him my kidney for that piece of tech.

The colors on the PS Portal look great as is even without an OLED. On the other hand it would benefit greatly with at least being able to run a set of PS4 games natively (effectively being a digital only PS Vita). Now that would be a mid-gen upgrade I would be willing to pay for.

Split Fiction with Sidney Sweeney: The story of two boobs cooperating.

@Oram77 I agree and would also like to review your review of the reviewer with a perfect 5/7.

In order to speed up the development process, I suggest the team to do some crunching.

@Mostik Now that would be actually useful, especially for the future handheld which could play your digital library locally on the device.

Looks like it runs in power saving mode.

@Fluberuper Haha right? We'll let the good folks running this site review it and tell us how the story holds up. Otherwise I would have some explaining to do if I boot the game in my living room.

Sony is doing their best to give users value for money.

When it comes to Ubisoft, we all need to set our differences aside, be as one and trust the process.

My uncle did some work on that game and the plot is actually that the streamer and blackmailer are the same person which describes the inner struggle of the streamer who tries to evolve her career and move away from Twitch towards Only Fans.

I will wait for the remake remasters in Unreal Engine 5.

GTA 6 transcends the physical medium.

I've always wanted to immerse myself in a story which I handcrafted to my liking where I stroll around the town being recognized as the greatest hero wielding a legendary sword and then I kick a chicken in the air.

Since Valentine's day is closer and closer, one of the remaining games must be Panty Party Perfect.

Final Fantasy VII: Refund

@zidane4028 Well that explains why they were available at a decent price so many years after ps2 being discontinued, thanks for clarifying

Preorder canceled and erased all my save files from the entire franchise.

(No joke) 2 years ago I bought new PS2 games from the Canadian retailer VGP. Those were Digital Devil Saga, Katamari Damacy, Yakuza 1, Yakuza 2 and GTA Trilogy (3, VC and SA in individual cases packaged together in a outer box).

The GTA Trilogy is something I'll probably never unbox because I consider it a relic.

Hard skip for me due to it not being a AAAA game.

I believe them.

It should have been Tom Cruise.

@Oram77 "Shadow dropkicked"

Ubisoft is cooking and I like it.

Let Ubisoft cook, they know what they are doing.

Sidney Sweeney was made for this role.

Day 1 blind buy.

I'm way behind all installments since I've only started with the Trails in the sky 1st chapter remake, but this is great news nonetheless.

And since I know there are people like me out there who find it difficult to get into this franchise knowing there are more than 10 installments to play in order to grasp the entire story, my advice to you all is: just start playing to enjoy these games and ignore that feeling of being overwhelmed since this is a great modern but old school JRPG which any fan of the genre appreciates.

I've purchased the new Trails game which means I've bought a massive amount of 33% of games which will release next week.

When I'm not unlocking skater movies in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, I'm on the path to become the best junior bracer in Trails in the sky: 1st chapter remake.

@Jammer Yeah, I lost so much time with my pictos loadouts. BUT, in the new patch you can apparently save your pictos loadout which is a quite helpful feature but I didn't come around to try the verso update.

It's not lazy using an optimise option, believe me. Stranger of paradise has sooo much loot that it would become unmaganable without it. But it's just that kind of a game (something like Diablo 3).

@Jammer Sorry for the late reply, I was away for some time.

Stranger of paradise, for me at least, is a 7/10 type of game which means it's really fun but not a standout masterpiece. Some of the cutscenes have hilarious moments and Jack is a unique but meme-able character.

The gameplay is stylish, not Devil May Cry stylish, but you can feel the hits. Especially, the finishers which are really satisfying. I was actually overwhelmed with the amount of jobs which you can unlock early on where each job plays very differently so I didn't know what to choose. The key here is not to get anxiety from the amount of choice, but just to choose a job that you would like to try and you'll get through the game with it since it's not that hard.

There are also some other gameplay mechanics that get thrown at you, like the soul shield and parry but the gist of it is that you need to land normal attacks and soul shields to accumulate MP which are needed for special skills.

I also felt the need to unlock the most advanced jobs as soon as possible, but I would not recommend to do that, but instead choose a job and then naturally progress through its skill tree. To unlock an advanced job you need to fill the skill tree for a couple of basic jobs (to get Knight, you need to do unlock Knight skill orb in Greatsword and Mage job skill trees. That's actually not correct, but I'm just putting an example here).

Also, what I found to work the best for me when unlocking jobs is just to unlock the job orbs directly, meaning, instead unlocking all the orbs which lead to the job orb, you can unlock the job orb directly. It costs 8 AP but then you get that orb and all before it (which I found really weird).

You'll also get a lot of loot from each enemy encounter. My tip here is to just go to the battle settings and press "optimize". It will really save you a lot of time.

What I also found as a con is that there are no towns and NPCs in a traditional RPG way: you have a list of missions and a single town which you can't explore but you select the people you want to talk to from the list menu.

I would just urge you not to google anything like I did, because somehow google spoiled the entire plot in one sentence when it suggested a different search for me, a search unrelated to mine. So if you need anything, just go to the game's wiki, gamefaqs or youtube directly.

So the point here is that it is not a must play game, but it's a game that will keep you occupied for 25-30 hours (even longer if you want to go the Diablo route of higher difficulty and loot) and it is fun to play. I'm actually half way through it and got a bit fed up with it, but I will finish it soon.

I'll try to spend an absurd amount of money on gaming and then justify it in front of my family by being loud and incoherent.

I tried a couple of games but nothing has stuck.

The list is:

• Uncharted Drake's Fortune
• Shadows of the damned
• Marvel's Midnight suns
• Death Stranding
• Forspoken
• FF Origins: Stranger of paradise
• Metaphor ReFantazio

As you can see the list is diverse and full of 7/10 games as well as some masterpieces. So the problem is in me apparently.

I'm looking for a cosy game to play before bedtime on my PS Portal so later tonight I'll pop the last sucker in: Trails in the sky 1st chapter remake.

I wish you all the very best for this new year and I hope you'll wish my weird brain good luck so that Trails stick since everything else failed.

Leave behind your woes,
Stay ahead of your foes,
Keep true to your bros,
Put them before any ...

... microtransations and live service games because single player experiences will keep you on your toes.

@ShogunRok Exactly, maybe if we send them a memory card with old save data they'll remember.

@danzoEX I'm just being Czar Khastik.

I just hope there will be no news regarding Persona 1 and 2 remasters or remakes

"Sandfall interactive is overrated" in 3, 2, 1...

One time I got so drunk i tried streaming LOTR: Gollum but it went so bad that the one single viewer demanded I stream MindsEye. It was me talking to the mirror near my desk.

Persona 4 needs a remake much more than Persona 1 and 2 since those two entries stood the test of time and are available on a majority of platforms.