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| Topic | Finally got an Xbox Series X today. |
| RyoCaliente 01/07/22 6:54:29 PM #6 | I actually stumbled upon one as well. It's been a pretty frustrating ordeal however, as I cannot seem to get it to connect to the Wi-Fi. All the advice it offers is pretty much over my head as well. I can get it to connect to the internet via a network bridge on my laptop that I use for my 360, but I can't get the network bridge to work on my PC. I also had to use a network bridge on my One for a while, but that one eventually managed to connect via Wifi, but I don't remember if that was random or if I just activated some setting... My gamertag is Ryo Caliente, although I don't play too many multiplayer games in general. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | MCU General 5.5: LokiMantisSpider-Man Edition |
| RyoCaliente 01/04/22 3:58:10 AM #461 | ChichiriMuyo posted... IF1, as you likely know, is the worst of it, but other than DD3 the rest of the shows never fully deliver on the level of those first 3 seasons. You could also watch the two Punisher seasons without seeing anything past DD2 since he no longer crosses over with the rest story-wise after that. I actually think Luke Cage S2 is better than LC S1, all the JJ seasons are good and Daredevil isn't that good in general but definitely not after S1. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | So I started One PieceI quite like it |
| RyoCaliente 12/28/21 1:18:11 PM #34 | INCEPTlON posted... Oh my god, the pup defending the shop :( Its bork is still a funny sound effect imo. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | MCU General 5.5: LokiMantisSpider-Man Edition |
| RyoCaliente 12/23/21 8:08:59 AM #352 | --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | MCU General 5.5: LokiMantisSpider-Man Edition |
| RyoCaliente 12/23/21 3:51:39 AM #349 | BetrayedTangy posted... It was literally posted in this topic -_- That quote says "If Daredevil were to appear, it'd be Charlie Cox". --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | MCU General 5.5: LokiMantisSpider-Man Edition |
| RyoCaliente 12/22/21 7:15:19 PM #346 | Then it still sucks, not everyone follows up every interview. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | MCU General 5.5: LokiMantisSpider-Man Edition |
| RyoCaliente 12/22/21 6:39:42 PM #344 | BetrayedTangy posted... Wasn't really feeling Hawkeye that much, but the finale really saved it for me. This is a bad fucking spoiler and you should feel bad. Anyway, Hawkeye easily my favourite of the D+ series, just very fun throughout. Would be incredibly ballsy to Bit of a shame that Agents of SHIELD is now officially decanonized though, but I guess it was to be expected. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | MCU General 5.5: LokiMantisSpider-Man Edition |
| RyoCaliente 12/16/21 6:57:48 PM #285 | Who the fuck wrote that episode and didn't decide to have a Yelena and PizzaDog scene? Waste! --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2021 Edition Part II |
| RyoCaliente 12/14/21 6:36:34 PM #87 | Shoot Many Robots (XBLA) I dropped this game ages ago and came back to beat it. I definitely got frustrated with it back then; I'm generally not a fan of games that require x amount of points to unlock further levels. I was surprised how easy it was to get back into the gameplay and how little I struggled, given that I remember really raging at it way back. The game itself is okay. You go through levels (or have to survive in an arena) shooting robots, picking up the occasional power-up, maybe an equipment drop, drinking beers to heal and after beating the level you use the nuts you got from killing robots to purchase said equipment. This constitutes the grind of the game; it's balanced enough that you can play whatever way you want, but you'll always need upgrades on the guns and armor you're using. This can get frustrating if you have a really nice assault rifle you like, but you can't find the better version of it and the one you have doesn't deal enough damage to progress in the later levels. This game also has microtransactions which you can use to quickly unlock equipment. I'm not sure if it bypasses level/nuts requirements or having to find them, but it's always there in the equipment screen. It's not super in your face but it still feels kinda gross. Technically the game is fine. The soundtrack isn't particularly amazing, but I do enjoy the graphics. It's got this style to it that sets it apart from other games, even if the character and monster design isn't really anything impressive. The game is okay, probably more enjoyable as a riot with friends. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | This board is still alive |
| RyoCaliente 12/14/21 6:24:50 PM #36 | Ewww. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | The Game Awards 2021 - 12/9 @8PM ET #keighleys |
| RyoCaliente 12/09/21 8:34:42 PM #70 | VA should've gone to Cherami Leigh imo (V from Cyberpunk) GANON1025 posted... Geoff Keighley: "WE don't tolerate abuse" "now here's the new quantic dream game" Same energy as "WE don't tolerate abuse" "now here's the star from the most recent ubisoft game to hand out an award!" --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | What are some names that have become synonymous with a popular character? |
| RyoCaliente 12/06/21 8:53:10 AM #76 | I would associate Leon with Squall or Kennedy before associating it with a person. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | MCU General 5.5: LokiMantisSpider-Man Edition |
| RyoCaliente 12/01/21 4:19:08 PM #178 | GuessMyUserName posted... MoogleKupo141 posted... Guys it's obviously --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | What is your favorite "saved at the last second" scene of all time? |
| RyoCaliente 11/30/21 6:56:36 PM #19 | One Piece, Enies Lobby, you know the one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk4-ETTiWSA --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | There's no Doctor Who topic? |
| RyoCaliente 11/23/21 4:36:15 PM #13 | Series 11 was boring, which is pretty much the worst thing for Doctor Who to be, and then it made it even worse with an episode like Kerblam with it's pro-Amazon message. Series 12 was good, but the finale really pushed it to the dumps. Series 13 hasn't been looking good so far. The first and third episode were a disaster, and the second one was at least entertaining, if not anything extraordinary. Haven't watched the fourth one yet. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Others have inspired me to continue playing Kingdom Hearts (spoilers) |
| RyoCaliente 11/23/21 3:36:32 PM #80 | So what do you think? If anyone was interested in playing CoM, would you recommend them the GBA or the PlayStation one? --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Post Each Time You Beat a Game: 2021 Edition Part II |
| RyoCaliente 11/21/21 11:30:28 AM #63 | Kenri posted... I agree that Riku wasn't a terribly difficult fight, tbh I was surprised that so many people had issues with it. On the other hand Maleficent Dragon just destroyed me over and over. I think Riku is at this really weird section where he's really difficult as a kid, but as an adult you breeze through him. I always struggled at that fight when I was younger, but when I replayed KHI a couple of years ago I got him first try without too much effort either. Metro 2033 (PC) A solid enough game that doesn't really excel at anything but doesn't do anything too badly either. The plot and the world-building are solid. The setting is interesting and unique while still being recognizable. The plot mostly suffers from pacing issues, as it really only exists at the start and at the end of the game, and in the middle you're mostly just travelling from place to place, meeting some people and fighting enemies. The 'good' ending is probably overshadowed by the fact that the game doesn't really do enough with it; you get one character who hints at the plot concerning the Dark Ones and a general gaming sense that killing them is bad, but the game doesn't really build up to it, highlighted by the confession of the protagonist in the ending that he "didn't know why he spared them". Gameplay-wise, this game is hit or miss. I don't know how the Redux version does it, but this game gives you very little help on how the systems work. It took me until the end of the game to realize gas mask filters got replaced automatically or how charging guns or the battery worked. There's a bunch of guns available, but you don't really get any info on the difference between any of them. The opening area gives you a firing range to test out your first gun; it would be nice if any of the other hubs had had something like this, especially because ammo = bullets in this game. The stealth was also very unclear in this game, although that might also be because I only figured out at the end that your wrist shows you how hidden you are (but even then, I would consider the stealth subpar at best). Don't ask me how to deal with librarians, because even though I stood still they always aggro'd anyway. There's a lot of systems to make it stealthy, like lanterns and lights you dim or shoot out, glass and doors you need to avoid walking over, but the problem is that once you're spotted essentially all the enemies are on alert, so you can't really make any mistake which feels somewhat punishing, especially in large areas. The early guns also feel really bad and you get very little indication of whether or not you're hitting an enemy. Grenades never felt that useful to me either. The other gameplay, like managing the gas mask, are neat and immersive but not really fun to manage and play. Graphically, this game looked a lot better than I expected a 2010 game to look. The character models aren't too impressive, but the levels and the monsters are neatly designed. Again, the Metro feels claustrophobic and intense, and the outside areas feel cold and desolate like they should. There are some technical shortcomings though. It is very cool and immersive that you can play this game with Russian voice-actors, however their audio only gets translated in cutscenes, which means that if you are not a native speaker, you cannot understand what they are saying in ambient dialogue, which is a big part of the world-building. There's also some very annoying bugs where you can crouch under something but the game just doesn't let you and you have to struggle with the camera and equipping different weapons or maybe getting hit by an enemy to force yourself through. All in all, the game was solid enough that I'm interested in playing the other games in the series, but I would expect that the recommendation would be to play the Redux version, as it is probably a version that received the fine-tuning that the original does need. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Others have inspired me to continue playing Kingdom Hearts (spoilers) |
| RyoCaliente 11/19/21 12:21:58 PM #32 | I definitely wouldn't worry about it on a personal level; Larxene is a pain in the ass no matter how good/bad you are at games. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Anagram ranks anything Final Fantasy-related (spoilers) |
| RyoCaliente 11/18/21 2:32:25 PM #47 | This cutscene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrYsAKMkXjU --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | MCU General 5.5: LokiMantisSpider-Man Edition |
| RyoCaliente 11/17/21 5:57:17 AM #58 | Exclusively in theaters? kekbye --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | 76 games added to Xbox backward compatibility |
| RyoCaliente 11/15/21 3:15:16 PM #8 | RIP Castlevania: Curse of Darkness --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Cast announced for Netflix' live action One Piece. |
| RyoCaliente 11/09/21 6:36:31 PM #11 | JackMan posted... I think Usopps casting is pretty solid. He looks like a spit for Yasopp currently, so give him the big nose and hair and he should look spot on. I think he looks too cool, like more like post-timeskip Usopp than pre-timeskip Usopp. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Cast announced for Netflix' live action One Piece. |
| RyoCaliente 11/09/21 6:26:11 PM #7 | I'm pleasantly surprised by the guy playing Luffy. Obviously don't know how he'll be acting-wise but his general energy seems solid enough (and Luffy being cast well is really the most important thing to make this work). The guy playing Zoro will need to bulk up a bit but I don't think it's a bad choice and Nami seems good too. Not fully convinced by Usopp and Sanji, but I guess we'll see. I love One Piece and I can't really see this succeeding just because of how cartoonish and outlandish One Piece is (and how crucial those elements are to its qualities and charm), but I definitely HOPE they succeed. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Mass effect 2 on Insanity is so much harder than ME1 on insanity wtf |
| RyoCaliente 11/09/21 5:00:15 PM #10 | banananor posted... I cheesed me2 by going soldier/sniper. The slow motion ability turned it into a point and click adventure game. Tactical Cloak gives a slowdown if you go into scope while it's active iirc. masterplum posted... I reset some of the rooms in the ArcAngel fight so many times. Some of those blast doors was like learning speed running routes, hitting invisible at just the right time. Also, fair play, I do remember this section also being a major pain in the ass. The timing, flamethrowers, armor, krogan, and varren make this section a huge clusterfuck. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Dexter: New Blood *spoilers* |
| RyoCaliente 11/09/21 11:59:53 AM #14 | ChainLTTP posted... 1. 1. Good job on only watching the best shows on television. I'm not going to call the script amazing, but if it's one of the worst scripts you've ever seen, you haven't seen many. 2. I think there were some decent bits in there. The police call and Dexter and the asshole in the bar come to mind. The humor in Dexter also often leaned a bit too much into cheese (Masuda), so I'm willing to give it time putting the humor in given there was no narration until the end and this episode was clearly setting up a show after years of inactivity. 3. Again, it's the pilot. The lack of drama is exactly the point, given that the drama starts because of what Dexter does at the end. 4. Just don't agree. MCH not caring would be a good Dexter, because he is pretty emotionless most of the time. 5. This is just a dumb remark, even if I agree with the general nature of it, I definitely wasn't affected negatively or positively by the music. 6. Blood in the snow is also contrast. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Mass effect 2 on Insanity is so much harder than ME1 on insanity wtf |
| RyoCaliente 11/09/21 8:51:26 AM #3 | Depends on what you're struggling with. The spike isn't really there until you head to Horizon imo, and then the game just defecates in your face. It's also a thing of knowing what the good weapons are and knowing your abilities and those of your squad. Infiltrator is also a pretty hard class, just because you're generally sniping, so you have to keep distance or you have a problem. Soldier and Sentinel are probably the best classes for Insanity with Vanguard coming after. Infiltrator, Adept, and Engineer are the tougher ones. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Dexter: New Blood *spoilers* |
| RyoCaliente 11/09/21 7:51:49 AM #9 | I thought that first episode was pretty good. There's some stretches --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | So has anyone seen this Eternals review thing? |
| RyoCaliente 10/30/21 3:23:08 PM #11 | SaveEstelle posted... Some people have limited time. Now more than ever, it's impossible to keep up with everything that's being produced. Those folks are going to spare themselves the headache on what to watch by following particular reviewers and/or websites whose writers seem to echo their tastes. This is the kind of thinking that creates the Metacritic scale though, because people only watch the very best things and all of a sudden a 7/10 feels like a 5/10 because you've only seen 10/10s. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Who are the most universally-liked Pokemon? |
| RyoCaliente 10/28/21 4:17:00 PM #9 | Who doesn't like doggos? Growlithe/Arcanine would be up there for sure! Meowth as well probably. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | So...Eternals, eh? |
| RyoCaliente 10/25/21 6:35:53 PM #27 | Aecioo posted... It's The Last Jedi of Marvel films So the best movie of Phase 4? Anyways, I would assume this is a test-run for X-Men. I think they stacked the cast this much so they could afford it failing; there'll probably be enough there for a follow-up, either directly via a sequel or in-universe. But it will intrigue them much more to see if they can pull off an X-Men, or if they'd be better off starting with a Professor X movie, for example, and building the X-Men out of that. Introducing a huge cast like that will always create problems, because you're always gonna short-sell some people and maybe the person you do pay a lot of attention to just doesn't work out. It makes writing and character development messy. It'll be fascinating to see if they would try to separate the Fantastic Four, but I can't imagine that working out, given how interwoven those characters are (while it should be possible to do an independent movie of several mutants, independent of their X-Men role). --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | So at what point did you realize that PS2/GC-era games are retro now? |
| RyoCaliente 10/13/21 3:14:01 AM #20 | Retro to me indicates a certain style/time that people associate with and are nostalgic for. NES/SNES/Genesis/... have this going for it, but I would associate PS2 and GameCube more with the 00's, and I don't think that time is retro yet. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | BABE BRAWL: Lucia Lachkovic Javorcekova (c) vs. Daria Zaritskaya - TIEBREAKER |
| RyoCaliente 10/12/21 12:10:07 PM #14 | Lucia --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Yo Doctor Who folks, what should I check out? |
| RyoCaliente 10/10/21 5:04:51 PM #15 | Classic Who does have missing episodes, but because there's no real story arcs there's not really a whole lot that you miss by not having them. Some of those episodes have been animated/edited with production stills and you have the books if you really want to get into them. Starting with Rose is the go-to point. Some people would recommend The Eleventh Hour, but given that the showrunner for the first four series will be coming back to Who, I think it's a wiser idea to get a real feel of his storytelling. That run is also pretty phenomenal tbh. If you really like Doctor Who after watching the modern series, you can go back to watch Classic Who, but I would recommend going on a subreddit or forum to asking for a "must-see Classic Who episodes" rather than watching the entire series; the pace can get properly grating at times. All those Doctors have their charms, especially the Second and Seventh which are probably the high points of Classic Who for me. And if you're really invested, there's also the spin-offs Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Class. Torchwood is a pretty generic action show for the first two season, then the third season is a phenomenal piece of television, and the fourth series I haven't seen yet. SJA is a children's show but 100 % worth watching, no matter your age. Class I haven't seen yet either but it's there. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | MCU General 4: What If I Had Absolutely Nothing For a Topic Title? |
| RyoCaliente 10/09/21 4:31:21 PM #368 | UltimaterializerX posted... Good episode but not great. Well, no, that's the entire point. In every universe where Iron Man doesn't have an impact, they're completely fucked. If anything, it just highlights how incredibly important he is. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Smash inspired me to replay Kingdom Hearts |
| RyoCaliente 10/09/21 5:31:31 AM #87 | Waluigi1 posted... Did you play on Critical mode for 2? I've only played KH II on PS2, so no. Critical Mode just seems like some Dark Souls bullshit anyway. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Smash inspired me to replay Kingdom Hearts |
| RyoCaliente 10/07/21 4:51:52 PM #78 | Count me in the camp that prefers 1 to 2. I just love exploring the worlds. KH II felt a lot more linear, and while the combat is cool, it doesn't feel quite as satisfying to me. It feels like bosses either have annoying gimmicks or are just button-mashy. I haven't played CoM in ages but I did really like the graphics and Reverse Rebirth. I recently played Birth by Sleep and the melding system is really cool, and the different feel between all the characters is real nice. It might be the worst written game in the series though, and the Disney worlds feel like real shells (and Ven and Aqua's Never Land is awful with Hook pirate's ship). --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | This is your last chance to put down your prediction for the final SSBU fighter |
| RyoCaliente 10/05/21 10:12:09 AM #185 | Sakurai having the time of his life tbh --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Which one 3DS Pokémon game should I play? |
| RyoCaliente 10/04/21 3:16:54 AM #12 | XY is easy because people use the Exp Share nonstop, and also because they all use the most overpowered Pokemon, completely balanced and trained to perfection. If you use your favorites (and especially if you use more than 6 and rotate through them), XY is probably challenging enough. It's got a great spread of Pokemon, but the villainous team is probably down there with Galactic for silliness. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | MCU General 4: What If I Had Absolutely Nothing For a Topic Title? |
| RyoCaliente 10/02/21 6:42:16 AM #345 | --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Anyone hear about these Pokemon oreos? |
| RyoCaliente 10/01/21 5:03:11 PM #8 | Another example of the sickness that is capitalism. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Do you like to chew gum? |
| RyoCaliente 09/30/21 6:44:17 PM #10 | I used to chew gum at work because I'd always crash in the afternoon and it'd keep me awake, but now that I work from home (and get enough sleep) I no longer really feel the need. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | BABE BRAWL: Lucia Lachkovic Javorcekova (c) vs. Addison Rae - TIEBREAKER |
| RyoCaliente 09/29/21 5:30:11 AM #20 | Lucia --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Give me musical songs to listen and rank |
| RyoCaliente 09/27/21 1:28:17 PM #11 | Buffy - Going Through the Motions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmLSjwam26E --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Netflix live action Cowboy Bebop opening |
| RyoCaliente 09/25/21 4:56:41 PM #10 | pjbasis posted... It's like a really good fan made opening. This. I totally get what they were going for, but it looks so cheap. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Russell T. Davies is BACK, Baby [Doctor Who] |
| RyoCaliente 09/24/21 6:55:01 PM #20 | Smith is great and is mostly hampered by Amy Pond's only upside being that she brings Rory along. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Russell T. Davies is BACK, Baby [Doctor Who] |
| RyoCaliente 09/24/21 3:05:49 PM #7 | I like Davies, but Doctor Who is essentially about constantly evolving, so going back to an old showrunner just seems to be completely opposed to the entire show. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | David Cage Presents Star Wars |
| RyoCaliente 09/21/21 2:47:38 AM #5 | swordz9 posted... Cant be any worse than Episode 8 or 8. Press X to Anakin is gonna be great No idea why people single out TLJ when it's 10x the movie Rise of is. --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Give me some music to rank. (Please and thank you!) |
| RyoCaliente 09/16/21 4:28:09 PM #61 | Cocteau Twins - Squeeze-Wax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQUXnHwAMdE --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | PlayStation Showcase 9/9 1:00PM Pacific |
| RyoCaliente 09/09/21 4:36:48 PM #50 | Wow, Spider-Man really let himself go --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
| Topic | Just found out Purugly isn't dark type... |
| RyoCaliente 09/06/21 3:53:46 AM #31 | GTM posted... This has come up in my mind before, and Bisharp has been a thought of this for a decade now.How is Bisharp anything other than Dark/Steel? GTM posted... And I wish there were less afraid of doing retcon overhauls. Weaken them if you have to but make single stage mega evolutions and (shrunken) gigantamaxes (Mawile, Sableye, Kangaskhan, Lapras) into regular evolutions. They obviously want Gyarados to be Dark and Charizard to be Dragon, just do it. Onix has less physical attack than a Joltik, Ledian is supposed to punch things but is weaker than an that! Rearrange some stats. No one's stopping them but themselves (and the false idea that they "cant"). The problem with doing is that you essentially make a hard cut with past gens. What happens if I trade a Gyarados from the previous gen over to the next gen? --- How paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious! |
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