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Topic	Mass Effect Legendary Edition release date May 14
RyoCaliente 02/02/21 4:13:12 PM #36	Actually Andromeda is the best gameplay-wise. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	NFUN Ranks 1000 VGM. Yes. For Real. I Promise. When Have I Ever Let You Down?
RyoCaliente 02/01/21 10:42:03 AM #485	I have never played DKC2 or have even watched someone play it, yet that track is the very definition of nostalgia as far as I'm concerned. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	So I'm going to start Dragon Age: Origins on the PC for the first time.
RyoCaliente 01/31/21 3:20:39 PM #104	Yeah, all the Landsmeet/king stuff is pretty buggy. All things considered it's a good thing Inquisition uses the Keep as opposed to saves. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	The Great 2021 Video Game Challenge
RyoCaliente 01/31/21 12:38:37 PM #84	30. Beat a game with a female lead Perfect Dark (XBLA) --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2021 Edition
RyoCaliente 01/31/21 12:36:11 PM #83	Perfect Dark (XBLA) This is a fun game. It was just kinda nice to go back to a game that still had enough big areas and mazy corridors but wasn't overwhelming in its hugeness. Pretty much all the weapons felt useful and had different modes to just make that even better. There were some annoyances with the game where it felt it was very harsh. In one of the missions, you're supposed to blow up a gunship with an RPG. Except you only get one rocket and if you don't put on tracking mode, chances are you will not hit it. Except to put on tracking mode, you have to stand still for a bit and let it lock-on. This is after the gunship has been following you throughout pretty much the entire level together with enemies shooting you. And after this, you still have to take out about five enemies with shotguns who surround you. And if you do miss that rocket, objective failed, game over. Another mission later on asks you to put a communications tracker on a satellite dish. You have to throw this tracker, and you have to lower the satellite dish to do so. If you throw it before the dish is fully down, tough luck, the device will fly through and mission failed. I also think the game has a rough difficulty curve in the final levels with some really obscure stuff it wants to you to do (blow up a rockface to reveal a ladder, except the ladder is really difficult to see especially if you don't really know to look for it). The overall gameplay is just so fun though, and Joanna is confident and sassy without it becoming too much. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	So I'm going to start Dragon Age: Origins on the PC for the first time.
RyoCaliente 01/29/21 3:01:50 AM #100	In the final battle, you can "summon" elves/werewolves, mages, dwarves, and human soldiers. Allied Supply Crates boost their numbers and/or strength iirc. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	The first major Cyberpunk 2077 patch for consoles adds game breaking bug
RyoCaliente 01/23/21 7:45:36 PM #7	I think what I actually dislike most about all the problems is that they completely overshadow the game itself, which has some faults but in a normal video game world, this game is very good, but a sequel could actually be a best game of all time. But will it ever have a sequel after the fallout of all the issues? I mean, I'm playing on a standard Xbox One and I'm having a great time. I haven't had too many technical issues I feel, and there are some flaws, but yeah, it's just a good time imo. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	NFUN Ranks 1000 VGM. Yes. For Real. I Promise. When Have I Ever Let You Down?
RyoCaliente 01/22/21 3:43:15 PM #426	I completely forgot about this topic and my nominations and am beyond flabbergasted I made VGM nominations without The Synapse. Anyway, none of my real favourites are out yet, so I'm good for now. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	So I'm going to start Dragon Age: Origins on the PC for the first time.
RyoCaliente 01/20/21 3:16:59 AM #85	TheRock1525 posted... So am I mistaken, or isn't Wynne ~~possessed by a spirit?~~ I could have sworn there was a scene triggering that revelation but I haven't gotten it yet and I'm finishing up the last few sidequests. I think that quest only unlocks in a random encounter, so you need to travel with her. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	WandaVision starts streaming tomorrow on Disney+
RyoCaliente 01/15/21 5:12:14 PM #24	I watched the first episode. Having recently finished The Dick Van Dyke Show, the similarities were really quite strong. It was fine, but very stand-alone, as there were really only a few bits and pieces to figure out any bigger narrative. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	GTA 6 is rumored to have a female protagonist, do you think it would be a
RyoCaliente 01/15/21 1:01:32 PM #15	ExThaNemesis posted... GTA V as story DLC HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Best joke of 2021 goes to ExTha. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	So I'm going to start Dragon Age: Origins on the PC for the first time.
RyoCaliente 01/14/21 6:49:04 PM #74	I found pretty much all the Origins "random" encounters to be way harder than anything the story throws at you, it was kinda silly. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	I'm late on this but I didn't realize just HOW objectively terrible new Mulan is
RyoCaliente 01/13/21 8:11:08 AM #112	I suddenly realized Disney's push for live-action movies is because they're going to make a live-action Kingdom Hearts! --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	One Piece celebrates 1000th chapter with a global character popularity vote
RyoCaliente 01/11/21 12:00:43 PM #8	All in on the man Spandam! --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Where do you want the next GTA game to be set?
RyoCaliente 01/10/21 6:56:59 PM #8	I would go for something like Vice City, but I feel like Trump has ruined GTA and you can't parody the US anymore. Some other country could be a wild ride. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Favorite song about: Sun
RyoCaliente 01/10/21 5:12:02 PM #39	Sun Kil Moon - You Are My Sun Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down I do love Island in the Sun though --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	So I'm going to start Dragon Age: Origins on the PC for the first time.
RyoCaliente 01/09/21 5:38:44 PM #61	I like the Awakening cast much better than the Origins cast and it's got some neat decisions and writing. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	So I'm going to start Dragon Age: Origins on the PC for the first time.
RyoCaliente 01/07/21 2:57:49 AM #51	azuarc posted... I was looking at DA:I during the Steam sales and someone in the comments was mumbling otherwise, complaining about the integration of Steam into EAplay or some shit, so I dunno. I'm not trusting that comment 100% since I'm not sure I understood it correctly in the first place, but I wouldn't assume. I know that my ancient saves from when DA:O came out were still around when I installed the game via Steam in 2019. (Or at the very least, I had all the subclasses unlocked already.) As for length, I think it's generally billed as like 40 hours? Honestly, I spent enough time in menus and stuff, and carefully managing the battles, that it was probably slower than that for me. Inquisition uses the Keep anyway, so saves don't really matter. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	The Great 2021 Video Game Challenge
RyoCaliente 01/04/21 2:00:23 PM #27	3. Beat a game released between 2001-2010 Army of Two (XBO) My first trope page was https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HexSign which I was excited for because I thought it was just require any fantasy game, but apparently this is not the case. Second random page was https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RageBreakingPoint which seems to have enough options though! --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2021 Edition
RyoCaliente 01/04/21 1:54:26 PM #12	Army of Two (XBO) Serviceable shooter. I assume it's more fun with a friend as opposed to an AI which doesn't always listen well to your (limited) commands, but it didn't take too long at least. It was prettier than I expected it to be for an '08 shooter as well. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Favorite song about: a telephone
RyoCaliente 01/02/21 8:28:08 PM #53	Tyler, the Creator - 911 / Mr. Lonely --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Which system(s) had your favorite main menu interface(s)?
RyoCaliente 01/02/21 5:30:12 AM #7	360 and GameCube for sure. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Is there a specific name for the subgenre of rock/pop that is more slow/mellow?
RyoCaliente 01/01/21 8:47:53 PM #13	When you say sad/mellow rock I think of something like Fade Into You by Mazzy Star or maybe Beach House or Kyte, but I would never think of Linkin Park or Nirvana or Oasis, so I don't really get what you're looking for. I guess maybe the National? --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Cyberpunk 2077 discussion topic
RyoCaliente 01/01/21 8:41:36 PM #125	So, thoughts on the game so far: Technical level, relatively happy. I'm playing on a classic Xbox One and I've only had one crash and about two T-poses. There have been some almost crashes, but I'll take those over an actual crash. Game still looks weird but not necessarily bad. I like the clothes. It's fun to make your character look cool and there's plenty of stuff there to pull that off however you please. I like the gunplay and I like how different the cars feel. I've enjoyed the writing and the different characters quite a bit, although sometimes I wish the game would give you more options to go in-depth with them. My problems with the game don't bother me that much, but if this game gets a sequel (and who knows with the release drama) these are things that definitely need to get fixed: Loot. Good fucking lord, it's insane. You can't take two steps without something flashing at you to pick it up, especially in quest/combat areas. A lot of stuff you can ignore (junk) but what if always draws you in. I have no idea why there are weapon shops in this game when every combat encounter will give you at least 10 guns that are good enough for wherever you are in the game. I'm not that far in Act 2 and purely by doing story missions in Act 1 and 2, I've already picked up 3 Iconic Pistols that do their job amazingly well. In that sense, I don't know why there are junk items, when every combat encounter will also give you at least 10 guns that are useless beyond selling/decrafting. Combat, although this is a problem imo with every game that wants to give you the option of going in guns blazing or stealthily. The modern Deus Ex games for instance give you this "choice", but it's not really a choice; stealth gives way more exp and the levels are designed way more for sneaking and taking out enemies and dumping them somewhere (or avoiding them altogether) and Jensen isn't exactly a death machine. In Cyberpunk, I feel the game definitely pushes you to a guns blazing approach. A lot of the combat areas are very open, with a lot of enemies looking right at each other. I don't really enjoy the stealth system where it gives you the opportunity to be seen as long as you head into cover; I don't need instant sight, but if there's a guy looking down a corridor and I'm going from one side to the other, he should see me (depending on distance and wideness of the corridor I guess, but you know what I mean). Stealth in this game seems to imply more that you avoid enemies, but most of the quest goals are in a suitcase that the big enemy is using as a stool, so it's kinda irrelevant. There are also a billion cameras everywhere, which leads into my next point of criticism. Even with a tutorial, the hacking mechanic is kinda weird and confusing imo. The basic hacking to get goodies is easy enough to understand (although the buffer mechanic is not totally clear) but the hacking of enemies and machinery in combat I find very confusing. There are times when you can shut off cameras permanently, and there are times when you shut them down for a few seconds/minutes. There's no real indication when it's going to be one way or the other. I don't know if this happened because of the difficulty level or because of my level, but it's been pretty confusing in combat encounters. In that sense, your "mana" does not regenerate in combat unless you get a perk, but I've found it very unclear where exactly it is indicated how much I have. I've also not levelled them that much, but a lot of the hacking spells seem weak to me. Screen calibration. I don't have a wide monitor; I know the game wasn't made for me, but it's kinda silly that I can't adjust the screen corners like in every game in existence since the XBO/PS4 days and now some things get cut off. How is this something that isn't in the game when going into the Gamma Correction gives you a tutorial that lasts you a day? As fun as the world is, there's not quite enough to do. In the Witcher, you can get away with a pub and a card game. In something like Cyberpunk, it should probably lean a bit more to being able to play basketball or something. Nobody would really do it I guess, but it still feels weird that there's so little to live in a world that is this well built. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	So I'm going to start Dragon Age: Origins on the PC for the first time.
RyoCaliente 01/01/21 3:48:00 PM #13	pjbasis posted... All these warrior haters. You can definitely make a good tank build, just watch out for magic! Yeah, this BlackMageJawa posted... DA warriors are awful. If you try to make them big hitters they drop as soon as an enemy looks at them funny, and if you try to make them a tank, they.... still go down immediately. is just a bad build. Tanks are boring af to play in DA, but if you specc them correctly they do not die. In Origins you pump 'em full of Dexterity to make them dodge machines and in Inquisition you should really always have full Guard up and be nigh untouchable. You just can't do anything else other than distract enemies from you. azuarc posted... I never felt like I could do very much with warrior or rogue, This is also wrong though, as Rogue gives you constant ability to open any chest or door and again, spec them right and you kill stuff way quicker than anything else (aside from aforementioned broken af Crushing Prison). --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	How many video games did you beat in 2020?
RyoCaliente 01/01/21 1:11:55 PM #13	11, just shy of one a month: Jade Empire (XBO) Kentucky Route Zero (GOG) The Last of Us (PS3) - The Last of Us: Left Behind (PS3) Forza Motorsport 6 (XBO) Space Harrier (360) Braid (PSN) Oxenfree (GOG) Crusader: No Remorse (Origin) Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - Final Mix (PS3) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (360) Pool Nation FX (XBO) --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Favorite song about: a year
RyoCaliente 01/01/21 6:58:10 AM #26	Johnbobb posted... HM: The Jonas Brothers - Year 3000 (which isn't a great song but it feels necessary to mention) At least nom the original, dear lord. You SICKEN me. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	So I'm going to start Dragon Age: Origins on the PC for the first time.
RyoCaliente 01/01/21 5:28:43 AM #7	I actually think no DA game does Warrior well, but you do you. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	I think i'm going to end this year without seeing a single new movie.
RyoCaliente 12/31/20 2:58:13 PM #38	UltimaterializerX posted... D+ is the best deal in streaming bro. I highly recommend. Unless you don't care about Marvel or Star Wars (or rewatching Disney movies). --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	So I'm going to start Dragon Age: Origins on the PC for the first time.
RyoCaliente 12/31/20 3:02:44 AM #5	TheRock1525 posted... Can't lie, mage feels kinda unfun so far (I generally never play as magic based classes in RPGs). That's most mages though. It starts off like that because you're squishy and don't have a lot you can do. Further in you get all the cool stuff and can throw a fireball, a stone fist, a cone of cold or crush your enemies in a prison. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Well my mom got fucking Covid
RyoCaliente 12/30/20 12:39:52 PM #28	I feel like it would be safer to take her to the hospital. I mean, I know health care and hospitals in the US are no joke money-wise, but if her breathing regresses again you'll just wonder if that could have been avoided. At the end of the day, the doctors there can still tell you that quarantining at home would be fine. I also don't know how old your mother is or if there are any risk-factors with her but... --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	One Piece's 1000 chapter was just leaked. (spoilers)
RyoCaliente 12/27/20 5:42:47 AM #9	JackMan posted... My prediction is Luffy fighting Big Mom and winning, but being exhausted/wounded whilst Zoro fights Kaido and loses, but Kaido is also exhausted/wounded and then Luffy and Kaido fight with Luffy/Momonosuke delivering the final blow. The big question is, does Luffy 'awaken' this arc or are they saving that for the next one? Momonosuke? Gross. That'd just be a cliche, like Nami delivering the final blow to Arlong or something. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Do you think movie theaters can ever recover to their pre covid , state?
RyoCaliente 12/25/20 7:07:30 PM #11	I think so. Once people are able to freely go outside again without restrictions, people will want to go to movie theaters to see people again and experience that bustle of opening night or that raucous reaction for a great movie/great scenes. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	how do you pronounce knut
RyoCaliente 12/25/20 8:02:34 AM #11	game fah-kwas --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Which of these video games will turn a decade old in 2021? Test your memory
RyoCaliente 12/25/20 7:58:27 AM #9	1) Skyrim Y 2) Assassin's Creed 3 Y 3) Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Y 4) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D N 5) Pokmon Black 2 & White 2 N 6) Portal 2 Y 7) Uncharted 3 N 8) Limbo Y 9) Resident Evil 6 Y 10) Ghost Trick N 11) Borderlands 2 N 12) Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance N 13) Duke Nukem Forever N 14) Dead Island N 15) Skullgirls N 16) Gears of War 3 N 17) Fire Emblem Awakening N 18) Persona 4 Golden N 19) Batman: Arkham City Y 20) VVVVVV Y I'm bad at dates, it seems. I was very sure of Skyrim and Fire Emblem, and I was pretty sure about DDD. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Favorite song about: Summer
RyoCaliente 12/24/20 7:05:15 AM #36	kateee posted... Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes And Queens of the Stone Age - Feel Good Hit of the Summer --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	does anyone here use backloggery still
RyoCaliente 12/23/20 7:37:40 AM #9	I use it a ton. I wish there was a visual option because that could be neat, but I don't mind all that much and I don't want to get invested in another site because then I have to port over my entire library. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Favorite song about: Driving
RyoCaliente 12/22/20 4:13:40 PM #33	Red Hot Chili Peppers - Road Trippin' Honorable mention to Tracy Chapman - Fast Car --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Anybody ENJOYING Cyberpunk?
RyoCaliente 12/21/20 2:31:25 PM #12	I play it on Xbox One and I've had it crash on me one time. It looks off, but it doesn't look badd. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	How many languages are you fluent in?
RyoCaliente 12/21/20 1:50:27 PM #8	Dutch, French, English, and Spanish. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Cyberpunk 2077 discussion topic
RyoCaliente 12/17/20 4:03:50 PM #90	Aecioo posted... This has been around since like Halo 2 >.> Yes, I know flanking has existed, but I seem to read that for a lot of people the AI doesn't do it. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Cyberpunk 2077 discussion topic
RyoCaliente 12/17/20 8:32:06 AM #88	Those guys nearly kicked my ass because they alternated each other really well and so I wasn't able to quickly take out one guy and then focus on the other. They also constantly tried to circle me so I would constantly get hit from at least one side. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Cyberpunk 2077 discussion topic
RyoCaliente 12/17/20 7:08:46 AM #86	What do people find bad about the AI? I was actually surprised when I got flanked by a thug (some pachinko machine sidequest) when I was fighting some other thug and taking cover in the alleyway nearby. I guess the other guy didn't really come for me, but he didn't have to as the flanker nearly killed me. Ironically, the most FPS issues I've had happen when I'm just in the world. My character feels like they're constantly stumbling everywhere, but I don't really notice stuff like that in combat. I'm pretty overwhelmed with stuff to do as I really don't enjoy looking at that map and I'm mostly going from quest to quest and grabbing other quests if they're on the way. As faulty as it is, I do believe that they if a CP 2078 would come out, it could be really great with things that they learn from this game. I will also agree with the person saying that the Talk options with NPCs is really disappointing. I don't need to have huge, fleshed-out conversations with everyone, but none of those people have any interaction and at that point, why even give me the option to talk to them? --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	What's your game of the year?
RyoCaliente 12/17/20 7:02:24 AM #8	Half-Lif: Alyx, for finally taking VR to the next level and hopefully inspiring other video game companies to really take the leap as opposed to shelving out tech demos. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Your First Thought 172: "Ice-themed character."
RyoCaliente 12/16/20 6:33:31 AM #76	Aokiji (One Piece) --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Polygon's Top 50 games of 2020 [GotY]
RyoCaliente 12/15/20 2:49:44 PM #48	KRZ is worth it just for Act III alone. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Thoughts about the new Mass Effect trailer?
RyoCaliente 12/14/20 5:38:54 AM #2	Apparently the new game will continue Andromeda in some way, which was hinted by one of the people working on it. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Cyberpunk 2077 Review Zone
RyoCaliente 12/12/20 9:29:59 AM #478	How does Stadia work though? Do you need Chromecast? Can you use it on an okay/shitty laptop because it runs off of Google servers? --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	Cyberpunk 2077 Review Zone
RyoCaliente 12/12/20 5:14:40 AM #476	One look at the channel tells me it's your typical YT bullshit of "hey, I'm gonna make an entire channel filled with negativity", and at that point, any and all credibility you have is lost. Also, I once saw a video explaining the "Too much water". It was poorly written, in the sense that the reviewer found that due to there being many water routes, there were also way too many Water-Pokemon in the game, especially compared to something like Fire-types iirc. The blurb at the end undid the point she made in the review I think was the end statement. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
Topic	What do you think is the most iconic video game music in history?
RyoCaliente 12/11/20 7:41:46 PM #18	SMB and Tetris go beyond the gaming scope so it makes them easy winners. Something like One Winged Angel is known among gamers (even if you haven't played FF7) but is limited to gamers only. Something like the Poke Center theme would probably come closest to number three, because that track also got used in the anime iirc. One of the Minecraft tracks could also be up there, something like Sweden or something. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious!
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