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by Tbone254
March 6th, 2024, 7:03 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Replies: 4
Views: 18508

Re: Our next podcast recording (9.3.24) - 610: Yakuza: Like a Dragon

I had just finished a play through of Chrono Cross and was looking at something else to dive into. I usually like to switch the genres up with each new game and since I had just finished a pretty epic journey with a JRPG, I figured I would try my hand at a brawler. I had heard of the Yakuza series b...
by Tbone254
September 23rd, 2022, 9:20 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Resident Evil Village
Replies: 13
Views: 5599

Re: Our next podcast recording (24.9.22) - 538: Resident Evil Village

The change to first person in Resident Evil VII was a pretty welcome change, but it was hampered by some rather boring combat, uninteresting characters, middling level design, and downright abysmal enemy variety. It made VII feel more like a proof of concept rather than a fully funded game from one ...
by Tbone254
October 18th, 2021, 7:31 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Final Fantasy VII Remake / Intergrade
Replies: 25
Views: 19052

Re: 494 - Final Fantasy VII Remake / Intergrade

Making Shinra responsible for the bombings of reactor number 1 does not make any sense from story perspective. I'm a bit fuzzy on all the details, but I believe it's said they wanted to blame avalanche and restart the war w/ the (wutai?). You're still right in that they could've killed them and don...
by Tbone254
September 30th, 2021, 8:45 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Final Fantasy VII Remake / Intergrade
Replies: 25
Views: 19052

Re: 494 - Final Fantasy VII Remake / Intergrade

I have very mixed feelings about the Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Since the original is my favorite game of all time, the announcement of a remake filled me with equal parts excitement and dread. For years, the internet has been filled with rumors and requests for a remake of the original. This only made...
by Tbone254
April 9th, 2021, 7:57 pm
Forum: Videogame Music (VGM)
Topic: The videogame music thread
Replies: 1260
Views: 1576157

Re: The Sound of Play submission thread

qOUmYK3BH4Q This comes from OverClocked Remix. It’s Kefka’s theme as if composed by Danny Elfman for a Tim Burton movie. The remix is included on the remix album, Final Fantasy VI: Balance and Ruin, and is arranged by Steffan Andrews. I had never heard of him before, so I performed a quick Google s...
by Tbone254
March 25th, 2021, 7:15 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: The Last of Us Part II
Replies: 93
Views: 114387

Re: 476 - The Last of Us Part II

I’m probably in the minority here, but I absolutely despised the first game in the series. Save for the ending, I did not enjoy a single moment of The Last of Us, and had it not been for my girlfriend that wanted to see the story, I would have turned it off after a few hours. I know a lot of people ...
by Tbone254
January 14th, 2021, 9:54 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Monster Hunter: World / Iceborne
Replies: 5
Views: 4623

Re: Our next podcast recording (16.1.21): 452 - Monster Hunter: World

This game has an impressive amount of content. I mean the campaign is practically a tutorial. There are so many systems in this game. For me, the monster hunts were at their best when all these systems come together, and everything goes wrong. Like setting up a pitfall trap only have the wrong monst...
by Tbone254
December 13th, 2020, 7:39 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Wandersong
Replies: 6
Views: 8666

Re: 450: Wandersong

I played Wandersong on a whim at the beginning of the year and I am so glad I did because, of all the games I played this year, this one is my favorite. The art style is fun, if a bit simple, and the overall gameplay isn’t very complex. But the music is great, and it has the most wonderful group of ...
by Tbone254
August 24th, 2020, 7:31 am
Forum: Videogame Music (VGM)
Topic: The videogame music thread
Replies: 1260
Views: 1576157

Re: The videogame music thread (also Sound of Play submissions)

For whatever reason, I had the hardest time finding this track. Patric Catani’s contributions to the game are readily available on streaming services, but the other artists that contributed material to the game are harder to find. The only thing that I know about the track I have selected is it’s ca...
by Tbone254
August 24th, 2020, 5:33 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: P.T.
Replies: 17
Views: 17797

Re: 441: P.T.

P.T. was one of the first games that I downloaded when I finally purchased my PS4. While I had heard about the demo and knew that it was some sort of advertisement for a Kojima directed Silent Hill game, I was fortunate enough to avoid seeing any gameplay footage so I got to play the game blind. And...
by Tbone254
March 18th, 2020, 4:07 am
Forum: Videogame Music (VGM)
Topic: The videogame music thread
Replies: 1260
Views: 1576157

Re: The videogame music thread (also Sound of Play submissions)

I found out about Wandersong earlier this year when I saw that it was available on Xbox GamePass, and I can’t understand why it took me so long to hear about it. It’s a wonderful gem of a game that I had a blast playing through. The piece I have selected, called “Sailing With the Coffee Pirates”, is...
by Tbone254
February 20th, 2020, 4:50 am
Forum: Videogame Music (VGM)
Topic: The videogame music thread
Replies: 1260
Views: 1576157

Re: The videogame music thread (also Sound of Play submissions)

Of all the music in Final Fantasy 7, this is the one that really hits me in the nostalgia feels. It’s heard several times throughout the game. It sets up the heavy atmosphere of some of the early Midgar areas and is used in some of the more subtle and reflective scenes later on. Cloud’s flashback of...
by Tbone254
January 6th, 2020, 7:25 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Replies: 12
Views: 14486

Re: 411: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

The SoulsBorne games have been my favorite games of the past couple of generations of consoles. I have played and seen everything that each game has had to offer, so I consider myself a bit of a SoulsBorne veteran. Unfortunately, there was a problem. I was a fraud. FromSoftware knew this and they ca...
by Tbone254
July 13th, 2019, 6:05 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: INSIDE
Replies: 12
Views: 11803

Re: Our next podcast recording (14.7.19) - 378: INSIDE

Limbo is one of my favorite games so my expectations for Inside were through the roof. I completed Inside in a single sitting the day I bought it, and I thought it was fantastic. It retains the intense atmosphere that was present in Limbo, but presents it in a different way. Everything in Inside has...
by Tbone254
June 13th, 2019, 4:13 am
Forum: Videogame Music (VGM)
Topic: The videogame music thread
Replies: 1260
Views: 1576157

Re: The videogame music thread (also Sound of Play submissions)

So much good stuff in Chrono Cross! If you’re interested in a little curio, have a listen to the music from the Japan only midquel Radical Dreamers. It’s a visual novel that would later form the basis of the first act of Chrono Cross. heres a playlist Thanks for the playlist link! I think I may lik...
by Tbone254
June 12th, 2019, 3:41 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Furi
Replies: 17
Views: 11187

Re: 374: Furi

The only real criticism I can think of is that the game doesn’t do a very good job of explaining all the details of the combats. I recently watched a Let’s Play of the tutorial fight, and I didn’t notice any prompts stating that you could deflect projectiles back at enemies, charge your sword for e...
by Tbone254
May 22nd, 2019, 9:08 pm
Forum: Videogame Music (VGM)
Topic: The videogame music thread
Replies: 1260
Views: 1576157

Re: The videogame music thread (also Sound of Play submissions)

Chrono Cross has my all time favorite soundtrack. I think all of us have that one game that we put on and let sit idle so we can listen to the music. This one is mine. All of the music in this game is amazing. If I could request the entire soundtrack, I would. Since I can’t, I had the impossibly har...
by Tbone254
May 20th, 2019, 12:33 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Furi
Replies: 17
Views: 11187

Re: 374: Furi

Prior to receiving Furi for free through Playstation Plus, I had never heard of it. It turned into my surprise favorite game of 2016. I gave it a shot after seeing the artwork’s resemblance to Afro Samurai. I’m glad I did. Furi’s frenetic combat was just the kick in the pants I needed to get me out ...
by Tbone254
April 26th, 2019, 2:37 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Final Fantasy X
Replies: 23
Views: 14516

Re: Our next Final Fantasy podcast recording (8.6.19) - 373: Final Fantasy X

I wasn’t able to pick up Final Fantasy X at launch, as I didn’t have a Playstation 2 when it released, but when I finally got one, it was the second game I bought.. Metal Gear Solid 2 was the first. Once I got my hands on a copy, I blew through it in no time. I remember being impressed with how gorg...
by Tbone254
April 13th, 2019, 10:05 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: All things DOOM
Replies: 183
Views: 123251

Re: 367: DOOM (2016)

I’m not really sure I can contribute much else to this discussion as everyone else has pretty much covered my feelings about the game, but I’ll give it a shot. DOOM brings all that was good about old school shooters and smashes it into a modern day shooter. It’s gorgeous to watch, the levels are mas...