In terms of gameplay it's far more dynamic than the original and improves on it in pretty much every way Thanks, that's good to hear. Only issue is that the definition of "good gameplay" can vary rather drastically depending on who you ask, so I'll have to see for myself at some point! Ca...

Hm... Shall I? :| No! :lol: Cinematic AAA release, prioritises set pieces and stories over gameplay mechanics, sounds like everything you hate in games haha. Well, I'm perfectly capable of enjoying well-made games that are outside of my preferred niche. I like the first TLoU for what it does well a...

Hm... Shall I?

I might be interested in a cheaper 1080p Xbox Series S model, but no disc drive would be a complete deal-breaker for me.

Curious to see how that develops.

That was a short, quick-fire period for Tomb Raider wasn't it - Legend (2006), Anniversary (2007), Underworld (2008). Indeed. I bought the 360 collection with all three of those recently, curious to see how I get on with them. Never was much of a fan of either the PS1-era originals or the reboot tr...

Gotta say, those are pretty well-made. A shame about the low resolution.

Mikami darling, what is this?!

I'm still content with my 2006 1080 Hitachi plasma! Oh, really? I thought for sure you had upgraded to a nice 4K screen by now. Maybe it was Leon in one of last year's monthly podcasts? :?: Anyway, my 2008 Toshiba still doesn't have a single wrinkle (or dead pixel, as far a I can tell). Long may it...

Suits wrote: ↑June 1st, 2020, 10:04 am it's only my own shortcomings that fail my face.

I laughed a lot harder at this than I should have.

On topic, nothing will ever beat the precision and comfort of a double-edge safety razor for me. No half-measures. If I'm shaving, I'm shaving.

That's an excellent strat and I seem to recall having done exactly that at least once in the past. Only problem is that it's a bit rare for me to find mint condition games in the wild where I live, and certainly not at those prices when I do. So this was the next best solution. It kinda worked out i...

We don't really have a "Freshly purchased" thread, do we? Oh well, this'll do. So, a few days ago I bought "5 X Original Sony Playstation 2 Empty Box Cases" on ebay because I noticed how some of my games weren't looking their best and I wanted to freshen up my collection a bit, w...

I'll second the Into the Breach recommendation. Great, unique gameplay structure at a discount price. The game is also exceptionally fair, from what I understand.

I've only recently discovered this genre after playing Mario and Rabbids which I also loved and so I'm looking for recommendations please. This might not be exactly what you're looking for, but have you played any of the Fire Emblem games? They're turn-based tactical RPGs. Generally speaking, the o...

Yeah, I thought the DLC might be worth looking into if I ever were to revisit the game. The thing is, this specific type of "floaty" arcade racer isn't reaaaaally my thing, so the WOC is probably all I'll ever need for at least a few more years since I have only finished a tiny percentage ...

I played roughly a third of Redout a few years ago and found it a lot of fun, despite being more of a F-Zero fan at heart. Unfortunately, the shoestring production values and perceived repetitiveness of a lot of the campaign events kinda discouraged me from completing it. Hard to compete with the Wi...

JTAG your 360? Nope. Dumber than that. I'll be back to SDOJ but really knackered at the moment, pretty big swings in energy levels. Work is quite bad, sleep is bad, quite bad mood, not myself at all, unfortunately. Sorry to be a bit flighty recently, just not in the mood to post much but nothing pe...

I may have made a huge, irresponsible, devastating, wonderful mistake.

One of my guilty pleasures at the moment is to lurk on the (official?) CAVE forum and read the thread from when SDOJ was just arriving in the arcades in 2012 and catch up on all those hardcore fans' impressions along the way. Great stuff. :lol: Meanwhile, I can't even 1CC Novice - Shame on my ancest...

I'm more of a Jasmine Tea person, to be fair.



It has the little flowers in it and everything:


BONUS: Smells like dried heaven.

I'm gonna have to look into this valerian business.