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  What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-01 17:03 +0000
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-01 17:20 +0000
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-01 15:40 -0700
      Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-02 18:47 +0000
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-07-01 18:21 -0700
      Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-02 14:50 +0000
        Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-07-02 18:28 -0700
          Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-03 14:30 +0000
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge) - 2024-07-02 18:09 +0000
      EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-02 18:58 +0000
        Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-07-03 11:00 -0400
          Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-03 16:38 +0000
            Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-07-03 17:43 -0400
              Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-03 22:18 +0000
                Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-18 14:02 +0000
          Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-07-04 11:25 -0400
        Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-15 18:30 +0000
          Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-15 15:17 -0500
          Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-07-16 08:58 -0400
            Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-16 18:01 +0000
              Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-07-16 20:14 -0400
                Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-07-17 08:58 -0400
                  Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-17 16:10 +0000
                    Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-07-17 13:33 -0400
                      Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-07-18 14:01 +0000
            Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-24 08:17 -0700
              Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024) Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-07-25 07:38 -0400
      Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> - 2024-07-03 10:56 -0400
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> - 2024-07-02 17:16 -0600
      Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-03 07:54 -0700
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Zersterer <nochsfentor@yahoo.com> - 2024-07-06 06:32 -0500
    Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> - 2024-07-09 09:01 +0200
      Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-07-09 06:56 -0700
        Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-07-10 09:54 +0100
      Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-10 13:50 +0000
        Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> - 2024-07-11 13:36 +0200
          Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-13 16:30 +0000
            Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> - 2024-07-13 20:10 -0600
            Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> - 2024-07-15 09:39 +0200
              Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024 candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-16 15:10 +0000

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#46728 — Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024)

ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:30:19 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>
>> >I think I am going to stop and uninstall it soon. :(
>
>> Based on what I think I know of your gaming preferences, I personally
>> never would have recommended this game to you. It requires too much of
>> your time and it is a slow paced game.
>
>> If you want to try another MMO in the future, give City of Heroes a
>> try on the Homecoming server. You *may* find that one more to your
>> liking.
>
>I played City of Villains' free beta something. It was cool.

Well City of heroes/Villains/Rogues is still going strong on private
servers - much lower population so if grouping is your thing you might
be out of luck, but as a soloist, suits me just fine.

I'm not anti-team - in fact there used to be a csipgr team on live back
in the day, but I've always preferred soloing.

Xocyll

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#46734 — Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024)

On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:14:20 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

>I'm not anti-team - in fact there used to be a csipgr team on live back
>in the day, but I've always preferred soloing.
>
>Xocyll

I prefer soloing as well but I did have a good time grouping up the
few times I did it in City of Heroes.

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#46745 — Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024)

Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:14:20 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

> >I'm not anti-team - in fact there used to be a csipgr team on live back
> >in the day, but I've always preferred soloing.
> >
> >Xocyll

> I prefer soloing as well but I did have a good time grouping up the
> few times I did it in City of Heroes.

Ditto. I do like playing with people once in a while, but most of the 
time I am solo at my own pace.

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#46746 — Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024)

ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:14:20 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> >I'm not anti-team - in fact there used to be a csipgr team on live back
>> >in the day, but I've always preferred soloing.
>> >
>> >Xocyll
>
>> I prefer soloing as well but I did have a good time grouping up the
>> few times I did it in City of Heroes.
>
>Ditto. I do like playing with people once in a while, but most of the 
>time I am solo at my own pace.

That's exactly it, I like to move at my pace, often that's quite slow
and exacting since I play many different types of chars including
controllers.   I don't care if it's powerful, I care about the concept
of the char, and sometimes that makes em week.

My second char to 50 on live was a Mind/Rad Controller, at least 99.9%
soloed.

I hate being rushed and I hate speed runners;

"What's your rush buddy, this is supposed to be fun?   
If you've got ADHD, I suggest you find a game tuned for that, City ain't
it."

Xocyll

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#46751 — Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024)

Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
> ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
> spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

> >Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:14:20 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
> >
> >> >I'm not anti-team - in fact there used to be a csipgr team on live back
> >> >in the day, but I've always preferred soloing.
> >> >
> >> >Xocyll
> >
> >> I prefer soloing as well but I did have a good time grouping up the
> >> few times I did it in City of Heroes.
> >
> >Ditto. I do like playing with people once in a while, but most of the 
> >time I am solo at my own pace.

> That's exactly it, I like to move at my pace, often that's quite slow
> and exacting since I play many different types of chars including
> controllers.   I don't care if it's powerful, I care about the concept
> of the char, and sometimes that makes em week.

> My second char to 50 on live was a Mind/Rad Controller, at least 99.9%
> soloed.

> I hate being rushed and I hate speed runners;

> "What's your rush buddy, this is supposed to be fun?   
> If you've got ADHD, I suggest you find a game tuned for that, City ain't
> it."

> Xocyll

Yeah, I want to enjoy gaming at my own pace. I don't get paid so why? ALso, I hate subscriptions for gaming if I don't play much. Hence, why I quit WoW.
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#46842 — Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024)

On 7/16/2024 5:58 AM, Mike S. wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:30:19 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> 
>> I think I am going to stop and uninstall it soon. :(
> 
> Based on what I think I know of your gaming preferences, I personally
> never would have recommended this game to you. It requires too much of
> your time and it is a slow paced game.
> 
> If you want to try another MMO in the future, give City of Heroes a
> try on the Homecoming server. You *may* find that one more to your
> liking.

Homecoming is now licensed by NCsoft, and it's FREE.  Advancement is 
much quicker than the game was with NCSoft, perhaps too quick.  But it's 
still good fun for a few months or longer depending how into you get. 
It includes City of Villains and the neutral city, which I don't 
remember the name of and couldn't find on a quick search and don't care 
enough to look up.

Soloing is quite doable if you prefer not to group.

Here's the link to the instructions of how to get it downloaded, create 
an account etc:

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/getting-started/

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#46879 — Re: EVE Online (was Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2024)

Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>On 7/16/2024 5:58 AM, Mike S. wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:30:19 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>> 
>>> I think I am going to stop and uninstall it soon. :(
>> 
>> Based on what I think I know of your gaming preferences, I personally
>> never would have recommended this game to you. It requires too much of
>> your time and it is a slow paced game.
>> 
>> If you want to try another MMO in the future, give City of Heroes a
>> try on the Homecoming server. You *may* find that one more to your
>> liking.
>
>Homecoming is now licensed by NCsoft, and it's FREE.  Advancement is 
>much quicker than the game was with NCSoft, perhaps too quick.  But it's 
>still good fun for a few months or longer depending how into you get. 
>It includes City of Villains and the neutral city, which I don't 
>remember the name of and couldn't find on a quick search and don't care 
>enough to look up.

Praetoria, from the Going Rogue expansion.

For those who haven't played since live, Homecoming has continued to
expand the game class and powersetwise anyway.

Sentinel class (think short ranged blaster (60 vs 80) with scrapper
secondaries.

Water attack set, symphonic control, marine controller
secondary/defender primary - just came out, many others.

>Soloing is quite doable if you prefer not to group.

Almost a necessity depending on server, since the population is very low
compared to the old live subscription game.

>Here's the link to the instructions of how to get it downloaded, create 
>an account etc:
>
>https://forums.homecomingservers.com/getting-started/

So if you have fond memories of City of Heroes/Villains, it's still
here, it's got stuff you haven't played, and it's free.

Still never been matched, how sad is that, 20 years on, and still best
in class.

Xocyll

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#46477

On Tue, 2 Jul 2024 18:09:02 -0000 (UTC), rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
(Ross Ridge) wrote:

>If you have any problems with EVE Onlines steep difficulty curve feel
>to ask questions here and I can probably answer them.

I might be able to help as well but only with mission running.
Unfortunately though, I have not played the game in at least a few
years so my help may be limited.

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#46458

>I guess I'll start!

   Ant officially beat Spalls to the punch!  Spalls is down but not out!

Doom Eternal
   Like many, I bounced off this hard at release, from the combat mechanics 
being unfamiliar and a little complex, but for whatever reason came back a 
couple weeks back and finished it on Easy, finding nearly all the 
collectibles -- I replayed missions for early levels to find any missing 
ones, but later on just wanted to finish and still have 4 or so to find. 
This time around I'd say I had an enjoyable experience, but emphasize that 
the learning curve was very long, and new guns and powerups spaced out over 
the levels, and in retrospect, I'd say the designers did a good job of 
making each new level a tutorial and practice for each new mechanic (like 
double-jumping, say).

But, was it *really* enjoyable as a whole, or does the emphasis on the 
frantic combat and constant bunny-hopping demand so much attention from the 
player that you can't breathe and appreciate other aspects?  The story 
particulars were dribbled out in text blobs, but it is possible to entirely 
ignore those and get the gist.  Graphics though lovely don't get due 
attention with the constant need to push forward while fighting.  I guess 
what I'm trying to express is feeling kind of out of breath, and that levels 
felt more like successive arenas than part of a story progression.  Doom 3 
and Doom 2016 were fairly story heavy and in comparison slow-paced, and the 
transition is jarring.  I have to say though, that it will be tough to 
return to the style of the previous games once accommodated to this more 
complex combat mechanic.

rms

(I'll likely be trying to get to Still Wakes the Deep, Hellblade 2, Callisto 
Protocol, Fort Solis this month.) 

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#46476

On 7/2/2024 4:16 PM, rms wrote:
>> I guess I'll start!
> 
>    Ant officially beat Spalls to the punch!  Spalls is down but not out!
> 
> Doom Eternal
>    Like many, I bounced off this hard at release, from the combat 
> mechanics being unfamiliar and a little complex, but for whatever reason 
> came back a couple weeks back and finished it on Easy, finding nearly 
> all the collectibles -- I replayed missions for early levels to find any 
> missing ones, but later on just wanted to finish and still have 4 or so 
> to find. This time around I'd say I had an enjoyable experience, but 
> emphasize that the learning curve was very long, and new guns and 
> powerups spaced out over the levels, and in retrospect, I'd say the 
> designers did a good job of making each new level a tutorial and 
> practice for each new mechanic (like double-jumping, say).
> 
> But, was it *really* enjoyable as a whole, or does the emphasis on the 
> frantic combat and constant bunny-hopping demand so much attention from 
> the player that you can't breathe and appreciate other aspects?  The 
> story particulars were dribbled out in text blobs, but it is possible to 
> entirely ignore those and get the gist.  Graphics though lovely don't 
> get due attention with the constant need to push forward while 
> fighting.  I guess what I'm trying to express is feeling kind of out of 
> breath, and that levels felt more like successive arenas than part of a 
> story progression.  Doom 3 and Doom 2016 were fairly story heavy and in 
> comparison slow-paced, and the transition is jarring.  I have to say 
> though, that it will be tough to return to the style of the previous 
> games once accommodated to this more complex combat mechanic.
> 

My son bought a PS5 and he got doom eternal on it since it was on sale 
for $9.  I was a bit worried about playing it on a console since it 
seems to me FPSs should be played with mouse and keyboard.  I haven't 
tried it myself yet, so don't know.

I tried to talk him into a PC upgrade instead, but he still wanted the 
PS5, He thought it would be good for playing Roblox as well as PS games. 
I had looked up before hand if you could play Roblox, but not deep 
enough, as it's really bad for Roblox looking like it's using a really 
old client he says, and it's still almost as laggy as his (older) 
computer, and some games on it only work with mouse & kb.

Some of my decision to cave and let him get the PS5 was that I could 
play Demon Souls and Bloodborne with the DLCs.

He spent a little time playing Demon Souls, probably a couple hours 
making his character's face, and it was a deliberate mess of a purple 
guy who looked like he came from "The Hills Have Eyes." :)  After he 
died right after the tutorial area he said he doesn't like loosing, and 
quit playing.  *shrug*

I was impressed how good the game looked, it wasn't quite on par with 
Elden ring, but it was better than DS3.  I know it's remastered, but DS1 
remaster just looked different, not any better (arguably worse in my 
opinion.)

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#46524

Ant wrote:
> I guess I'll start!
> 
> I finished Diablo 4's main campaign. I started playing EVE Online. :P

I played USENET and Facebook and have been cumming in-people.

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#46593

Ant wrote:
> I guess I'll start!
> 
> I finished Diablo 4's main campaign. I started playing EVE Online.
> :P
> 

We have a duplicate thread... I do hope this won't turn  into a Hatfield
vs McCoys war (why the heck to I always refer to american culture rather
than my own, I will never know).

All right, let me get the log. It's a bit bigger than usual:

- Owlboy (PC):
I had this game in my backlog for some time, and I refused to let it go.
Unfortunately, I ended hateplaying it. Beautiful presentation and the
kind of "hd" pixel art that makes you impulse purchase, but the gameplay
and story are not up with the rest, to the point it ended reminding me
of those 16 bit disney games.

- Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers (NES, PS4 Disney Afternoon Collection):
One of those games that I had been wanting to beat for some time.
Biggest difficulty comes from the lack of an instruction booklet. I was
struggling with the final stages until I downloaded a scan and fount
there's a mechanic I did not know about.

- Quake Remastered (PC, Base game)
The freebie you would receive if you already owned Quake on Steam. It's
KEX engine rather than ID tech, but it plays nicely and you don't need
to have the CD inside to hear the music. I spend 2 days playing non stop
untill In finished the 4 episodes of the original retail release.
Scourge of Armaggon in July

- Kirby and The Forgotten Land (Switch)
You know you got things right on the first time when the game is still
1.0, there never was a day one patch and you don't find a single bug in
the entire playthrough. First Kirby with 3d movement that is not some
weird arena fighting game. Better than expected, although the new
controls and pseudo autoaim may show its shortcomings on the hardest
challenge levels


Other games that I played a bit, but dropped or postponed:
- God of War Ragnarok (PS5)
Something is weird with that game. After a few minutes I started getting
extreme discomfort, my eyes start itching, headaches and I need to stop,
feeling in a state of irritability for some time. It's like sensorial
overload or something, like straining to see the 4K downscaled to a 40"
1080p. Has to be something with the detail level, because this has only
happened to me with native PS5 games like Ragnarok and Stellar Blade.
FFVII Rebirth is ok for me.

- Clannad:
Not a lot to say. It's a japanese visual novel, and the point where the
developer decided that porn was innecesary to sell it, so it's just a
normal, all ages interactive book.

-Classics:
I got one of those fake Nintendo NES consoles, the horrible nes on a
chip type that is missing the triangle sound channel. Sitll had a blast
with it playing Blue Shadow (Shadow of the Ninja, but at that time there
was a problem with the brits and the word "ninja"), Darkwing Duck,
Adventure Island 3... I need to play a few of those in the Mesen core.

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#46598

On 7/9/2024 12:01 AM, H1M3M wrote:
> Ant wrote:
>> I guess I'll start!
>>
>> I finished Diablo 4's main campaign. I started playing EVE Online.
>> :P
>>
> 
> We have a duplicate thread... I do hope this won't turn  into a Hatfield
> vs McCoys war (why the heck to I always refer to american culture rather
> than my own, I will never know).
> 
Because America has spent most of the last century imprinting its 
culture on anyone it can!  :)

-- 
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.

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#46607

On 09/07/2024 14:56, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> We have a duplicate thread... I do hope this won't turn  into a Hatfield
>> vs McCoys war (why the heck to I always refer to american culture rather
>> than my own, I will never know).
>>
> Because America has spent most of the last century imprinting its 
> culture on anyone it can!  🙂

Tell me about it. In the UK TV has been mostly spared*, film and TV not 
so much. Music I find one of the worst offenders as it just feels like 
it's dominated by artists (what happened to actual bands) who've been 
packaged up and then marketed to make them a success.

*Not that you'd know it sometimes with Friends being a prime example. 
You'd think it was one of the most popular shows with the media exposure 
it got but as someone once pointed out Rab C. Nesbitt a comedy on BBC2 
(the more niche channel) about an alcoholic Glaswegian aired later in 
the evening used to get higher viewer figures.

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#46621

H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> wrote at 07:01 this Tuesday (GMT):
> Ant wrote:
>> I guess I'll start!
>> 
>> I finished Diablo 4's main campaign. I started playing EVE Online.
>> :P
>> 
>
> We have a duplicate thread... I do hope this won't turn  into a Hatfield
> vs McCoys war (why the heck to I always refer to american culture rather
> than my own, I will never know).
>
> All right, let me get the log. It's a bit bigger than usual:
>
> - Owlboy (PC):
> I had this game in my backlog for some time, and I refused to let it go.
> Unfortunately, I ended hateplaying it. Beautiful presentation and the
> kind of "hd" pixel art that makes you impulse purchase, but the gameplay
> and story are not up with the rest, to the point it ended reminding me
> of those 16 bit disney games.

Dang. The only "hd pixel art" game I can think of would be like Octopath
Traveller.

> - Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers (NES, PS4 Disney Afternoon Collection):
> One of those games that I had been wanting to beat for some time.
> Biggest difficulty comes from the lack of an instruction booklet. I was
> struggling with the final stages until I downloaded a scan and fount
> there's a mechanic I did not know about.

Huh, why did you want to beat it?

> - Quake Remastered (PC, Base game)
> The freebie you would receive if you already owned Quake on Steam. It's
> KEX engine rather than ID tech, but it plays nicely and you don't need
> to have the CD inside to hear the music. I spend 2 days playing non stop
> untill In finished the 4 episodes of the original retail release.
> Scourge of Armaggon in July

Neat! I've never beaten Quake.

> - Kirby and The Forgotten Land (Switch)
> You know you got things right on the first time when the game is still
> 1.0, there never was a day one patch and you don't find a single bug in
> the entire playthrough. First Kirby with 3d movement that is not some
> weird arena fighting game. Better than expected, although the new
> controls and pseudo autoaim may show its shortcomings on the hardest
> challenge levels

Wait, really? Even Star Allies had a day one patch, I think..

> Other games that I played a bit, but dropped or postponed:
> - God of War Ragnarok (PS5)
> Something is weird with that game. After a few minutes I started getting
> extreme discomfort, my eyes start itching, headaches and I need to stop,
> feeling in a state of irritability for some time. It's like sensorial
> overload or something, like straining to see the 4K downscaled to a 40"
> 1080p. Has to be something with the detail level, because this has only
> happened to me with native PS5 games like Ragnarok and Stellar Blade.
> FFVII Rebirth is ok for me.

Maybe the game is cuurrrsseseedddd

> - Clannad:
> Not a lot to say. It's a japanese visual novel, and the point where the
> developer decided that porn was innecesary to sell it, so it's just a
> normal, all ages interactive book.

Interesting. I'm not one for visual novels (besides phoenix wright) so
yea

> -Classics:
> I got one of those fake Nintendo NES consoles, the horrible nes on a
> chip type that is missing the triangle sound channel. Sitll had a blast
> with it playing Blue Shadow (Shadow of the Ninja, but at that time there
> was a problem with the brits and the word "ninja"), Darkwing Duck,
> Adventure Island 3... I need to play a few of those in the Mesen core.


Why?
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#46636

candycanearter07 wrote:

> Dang. The only "hd pixel art" game I can think of would be like
> Octopath Traveller.

I mean HD Pixel in a way similar to The Iconoclasts. It's more detailed
that the usual low res pixel, scales perfectly and looks good at 1080p,
and the level of detail can't be appreciated in a small screen like the
Deck's 7 inches.


>> - Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers (NES, PS4 Disney Afternoon
>> Collection): One of those games that I had been wanting to beat for
>> some time. Biggest difficulty comes from the lack of an instruction
>> booklet. I was struggling with the final stages until I downloaded
>> a scan and fount there's a mechanic I did not know about.
> 
> Huh, why did you want to beat it?

It's one of the Capcom Disney licensed classic games and the one I never
had. I played Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Snes Aladdin... This
is the one that got away. I just never found the time to sit and play.

>> - Quake Remastered (PC, Base game) The freebie you would receive if
>> you already owned Quake on Steam. It's KEX engine rather than ID
>> tech, but it plays nicely and you don't need to have the CD inside
>> to hear the music. I spend 2 days playing non stop untill In
>> finished the 4 episodes of the original retail release. Scourge of
>> Armaggon in July
> 
> Neat! I've never beaten Quake.

Playing vanilla Quake may be a bit painful, specially with the enemies
moving as if it was a slideshow (animation interpolation came with GL
Quake). Although there are great source ports, the remaster is a great
version if you want to play it without complications, go online fast or
need accesibility options.
BTW, Quake in normal difficulty could be considered easy with modern
controls. It's like they toned it down a bit for cursor controls. Except
for the dreaded tar babies in the later episodes, it's  a well balanced
game.

>> - Kirby and The Forgotten Land (Switch)

> Wait, really? Even Star Allies had a day one patch, I think..
Yep. This game only has local play, though. I guess with Star Allies it
would make more sense.


>> Other games that I played a bit, but dropped or postponed: - God of
>> War Ragnarok (PS5)
> 
> Maybe the game is cuurrrsseseedddd
Either that, or Sony hates me for all those pirated PSX games in the
nineties


>> -Classics: I got one of those fake Nintendo NES consoles, the
>> horrible nes on a chip type that is missing the triangle sound
>> channel. Sitll had a blast with it playing Blue Shadow (Shadow of
>> the Ninja, but at that time there was a problem with the brits and
>> the word "ninja"), Darkwing Duck, Adventure Island 3... I need to
>> play a few of those in the Mesen core.
> 
> 
> Why?

Why what? Using a famiclone is way of reliving the real experience many
people had as kids with very cheap parents (I'm a sucker for era
accurate gameplay but some times I take it too far), and I never had the
experience of multicarts with very weird unexpected hacks to dodge the
copyright. Still laughting at that version of Super Mario Bros with
Alice Cooper instead of Mario.

If you mean why I am using Mesen to emulate, it's the most accurate Nes
core at the moment.

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#46660

H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> wrote at 11:36 this Thursday (GMT):
> candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> Dang. The only "hd pixel art" game I can think of would be like
>> Octopath Traveller.
>
> I mean HD Pixel in a way similar to The Iconoclasts. It's more detailed
> that the usual low res pixel, scales perfectly and looks good at 1080p,
> and the level of detail can't be appreciated in a small screen like the
> Deck's 7 inches.

Oh. Never heard of it..

>>> - Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers (NES, PS4 Disney Afternoon
>>> Collection): One of those games that I had been wanting to beat for
>>> some time. Biggest difficulty comes from the lack of an instruction
>>> booklet. I was struggling with the final stages until I downloaded
>>> a scan and fount there's a mechanic I did not know about.
>> 
>> Huh, why did you want to beat it?
>
> It's one of the Capcom Disney licensed classic games and the one I never
> had. I played Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Snes Aladdin... This
> is the one that got away. I just never found the time to sit and play.

Neat.

>>> - Quake Remastered (PC, Base game) The freebie you would receive if
>>> you already owned Quake on Steam. It's KEX engine rather than ID
>>> tech, but it plays nicely and you don't need to have the CD inside
>>> to hear the music. I spend 2 days playing non stop untill In
>>> finished the 4 episodes of the original retail release. Scourge of
>>> Armaggon in July
>> 
>> Neat! I've never beaten Quake.
>
> Playing vanilla Quake may be a bit painful, specially with the enemies
> moving as if it was a slideshow (animation interpolation came with GL
> Quake). Although there are great source ports, the remaster is a great
> version if you want to play it without complications, go online fast or
> need accesibility options.
> BTW, Quake in normal difficulty could be considered easy with modern
> controls. It's like they toned it down a bit for cursor controls. Except
> for the dreaded tar babies in the later episodes, it's  a well balanced
> game.

Alright, is Quakespasm any good? I might as well not pay for it if
there's a free remaster.

>>> - Kirby and The Forgotten Land (Switch)
>
>> Wait, really? Even Star Allies had a day one patch, I think..
> Yep. This game only has local play, though. I guess with Star Allies it
> would make more sense.

Oh, that kinda explains it.

>>> Other games that I played a bit, but dropped or postponed: - God of
>>> War Ragnarok (PS5)
>> 
>> Maybe the game is cuurrrsseseedddd
> Either that, or Sony hates me for all those pirated PSX games in the
> nineties

I don't think Sony would be /that/ petty. Nintendo, on the other hand..

>>> -Classics: I got one of those fake Nintendo NES consoles, the
>>> horrible nes on a chip type that is missing the triangle sound
>>> channel. Sitll had a blast with it playing Blue Shadow (Shadow of
>>> the Ninja, but at that time there was a problem with the brits and
>>> the word "ninja"), Darkwing Duck, Adventure Island 3... I need to
>>> play a few of those in the Mesen core.
>> 
>> 
>> Why?
>
> Why what? Using a famiclone is way of reliving the real experience many
> people had as kids with very cheap parents (I'm a sucker for era
> accurate gameplay but some times I take it too far), and I never had the
> experience of multicarts with very weird unexpected hacks to dodge the
> copyright. Still laughting at that version of Super Mario Bros with
> Alice Cooper instead of Mario.
>
> If you mean why I am using Mesen to emulate, it's the most accurate Nes
> core at the moment.


Why are you using like a knockoff NES on a chip if you have an emulator?
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#46666

>I don't think Sony would be /that/ petty. Nintendo, on the other hand..

   https://imgur.com/gallery/samson-iryHv6y

rms

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#46682

candycanearter07 wrote:
> 
> Why are you using like a knockoff NES on a chip if you have an
> emulator?
> 

It's fun, it's bizarre, there are a lot unlicensed oddities that still
have not been dumped, and it's definitely cheaper than finding a
functioning Top Loader redesigned famicom with an AV out instead of just
RF. I have a few 60 pin carts that I can't use on the PAL nes, so this
was a cheap solution for minor testing, specially now that there's no
stock of the Analogue NT or the AVS.

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#46717

H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> wrote at 07:39 this Monday (GMT):
> candycanearter07 wrote:
>> 
>> Why are you using like a knockoff NES on a chip if you have an
>> emulator?
>> 
>
> It's fun, it's bizarre, there are a lot unlicensed oddities that still
> have not been dumped, and it's definitely cheaper than finding a
> functioning Top Loader redesigned famicom with an AV out instead of just
> RF. I have a few 60 pin carts that I can't use on the PAL nes, so this
> was a cheap solution for minor testing, specially now that there's no
> stock of the Analogue NT or the AVS.


Fair, I just emulate most old games I play tho
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