Quick update, I decided to try out FFXV, and it was far more approachable then the other entries to the series that I’ve tried. A few hours in and I think I’ll stick with it, thanks for the rec!

turn off your brain

This has not been my experience with practically any Japanese RPG, haha. Each time I’ve tried to play a Final Fantasy game, I’ve gotten immediately turned off by the complex menus/rules, and needlessly long “click through” tutorials showing me every menu page with an accompanying small novel of instructions. Its not that I’m afraid of having to learn a game (I’m a big fan of Paradox games if that’s any indicator), I just find the presentation of it all such a slog.

I started playing this game that popped up in the PSN game library called Arcade Paradise a few days ago. I downloaded it thinking it would be just another “arcade collection” type game, but it ended up being much more in depth than that.

Rather, its a somewhat simple management game where you grow a small arcade in the back of your fathers laundromat, but you can play each of the games you purchase. Further, you have to play the games and complete challenges in them to increase their fame/revenue.

All in all I’ve really enjoyed it so far. The decision to wrap the arcade games into a broader narrative and attach challenges to them was a really great decision i think. When I’ve checked out other arcade collection games, i’ve had a tendency to breeze through the catalog without spending much time in it before I’m bored. In this, you have to take your time with each game, and having challenges to complete does a good job of holding my interest and motivating me to get better at each one.

The games are all reskinned versions of classic games that most fans of the genre would be familiar with. Pong, Galaga, missile command, etc. I will say that the physics based games like Pool (infuriating) and Foosball (basically jmpossible) suck, but they’re easily ignored.

Overall, I’d give it a 8/10. It reminds me a lot of something that Devolved Digital would put out, if you like them.

Wtf are people even buying? Different board pieces or something?

Yesssss. I also loved the pistol in that game. It was one of the first games i came across where the pistol was just as deadly (in the right hands) as most anything else you could get.

Side note, why the fuck don’t we have games with destructible environments anymore? I know BF4 has it, but the only other FPS I can think of that did it as well as red faction was ‘Black’ in 2006.

Guess they’ve never heard of Cult of the Lamb

I’ve been jamming on poe2, and (to me) it feels like D2 resurrected, but with a bunch of extra content. Act biomes are identical, storyline is conceptually very close (chasing a corrupting force across the continent), look and feel, etc…

Also, it’s too bad the VGAs don’t have a “Stable Release” award, because, even being early access, the level of polish on POE2 is pretty amazing.

Humankind for me lately, but same vibe

I gotta say I’m pretty stoked for this. The first one is seared in my brain and I’ve been craving a worthwhile sequel.

Homeworld and Hotline Miami are my two favorites!

Not as far as I am aware, but yeah, something like how Trillian worked back in the day for IM would be great

Cult of the Lamb with my SO, and Moonlighter on my own.

Hell ya, shes awesome. I loved her role in Sandman

These games kicked my ass, and i dont think i have the courage to try again 😄

Niagra is also where ive landed. Took considerable time before i felt used to it, but its been solid so far.

Borderlands 3! Admittedly its not the best of the series, but the couch co-op experience was great. I tried BL2 in couch co-op, but I found the compacted menus unbearable.

Now if they can just spread that to the rest of Nintendo…

Mainly Fallout New Vegas, heavily modded. First play through and having a great time so far. Also playing Skul: Hero Slayer and Valheim. Skul is kicking my ass, but I’m getting there!

Defnitely worth it, some awesome nuggets of dialogue in there. Im so glad that Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky (the original creators of Fallout who also made this game) decided to bring that mechanic into Outer Worlds.

This is one of the few games out there where a low intelligence opens up new “stupid” dialogue. Highly recommend trying it out!

My wife and brother in law and I have been jamming on Valheim. I’m not usually one for survival crafting games, but it’s great with other people.

Yeah, I have to agree that the ‘send as’ can be a pain, would be nice if it sent as the recipient email by default. As far as people spamming looking for a legit address, I’ve fortunately not run into that, but I could see how that could happen.

I went with Pro for the custom domains and catch-all inbox. Now I can give out [email protected] and it will get back to me. It’s nice for easily identifying phishing, plus you can set up filters to trash emails to a particular address automatically, so if one of your addresses gets compromised you can just filter them out. Also, it’s nice to see who’s selling your info!