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Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 2 (XBO)

I enjoyed it more than Combat Evolved, I think. I think I came into Combat Evolved with high expectations which it couldn't fulfill, and I started this one kind of dreading it because I feel like it's the least talked about Halo. I felt the switching between characters was neat (although the story did get convoluted at some point because of it) and I enjoyed that I was pushed to use a wider variety of weapons, rather than just keeping the same gun(s) like I did in CE. I've also mastered the "oh it's a vehicle/Flood level I guess I'll just skip through the entirety of it" trick, which is pretty necessary to have fun in those levels.

All in all, from the Halo I've played so far:

Reach > 2 > CE
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17. Beat a first-person shooter

Halo: The Master Chief Collection - Halo 2
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I can't believe Can You Feel the Sunshine hasn't been posted yet but I'm quite happy about it.

This comment also made me angry again for forgetting to nom Daytona Let's Go Away.
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Talos clearly indicated he fucked up. I'm pretty sure the other people either weren't aware of the swap and thus trusted Fury implicitly or were Skrull themselves with no real idea what to do.

But yes, it's something that bothered me a lot as well before the reveal.
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DeathChicken posted...

Was that Yelena Belova in the Peter bathroom scene? If not, I'm just going to keep pretending it was because that would be awesome

Agent Carter'ed: https://ultimate-marvel-cinematic-universe.fandom.com/wiki/Yelena_Belova

Mega Mana posted...

Speaking of the real Sam Jackson Nick Fury, anyone else get Agents of SHIELD nostalgia when he popped up? First it looked like he was enjoying a relaxing time in Tahiti, and then the cell he was in reminded me of the rooms on the Quinjet, and then the space reveal felt like the Season 4 ending and... ahhh, I wish we could see Quake in the MCU proper.

QUAKE?! More like shotgun axe.
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Look I don't wanna be a genwunner "everything was better in the olden days" but Alcremie is literally just Slurpuff, they're running out of ideas.
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It looks and sounds a lot like a Dragon Ball opening...Sanji Raid suit, Komurasaki,...so much stuff to hype for!

And yes, an insane amount of spoilers. I feel like generally spoilers in OP openings have been contained to one (big one), like Robin in Hikari E, Luffy vs Usopp in Kokoro no Chizu, Impel Down and Ace in Share the World,... this is just massive spoilers all the way.

I'm not sure if I like it though, I feel like the pacing of the song+animation feels kinda off, especially the end felt very unsynced at abrupt.
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hombad46 posted...

RyoCaliente posted...

Can anyone fill me in again on why anybody cares about this? Haven't all the Pokemon games had a restricted dex for the mainline with a Nat Dex only unlockable in the post-game (aka who cares time)?

You dont seem to understand the issue. The problem is that some Pokmon just plain wont be available to use in Sword and Shield. Period. No until post game. No other caveats.

No, I get it, but again, is that really such a big deal? As far as I can see, it'll shake things up a bit, rather than seeing the same Pokemon for the umpteenth time.

I mean, I can understand this might get abused (can't wait for Pokemon lootboxes!), but as of right now, I don't really see the issue.
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Can anyone fill me in again on why anybody cares about this? Haven't all the Pokemon games had a restricted dex for the mainline with a Nat Dex only unlockable in the post-game (aka who cares time)?
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ZenOfThunder posted...

my vote is for XIII because somehow people still defend it and any love at all is too much love for that game

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I haven't thought about 1,000 Words in aeons and now it's stuck in my head again.

SUSPENDED ON SILVER WINGS
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Xiahou Shake posted...

Haha, I'm actually playing the first one!

Good luck!

I'm currently playing through Halo 2 on the MCC (which I'm enjoying less than Reach but more than CE?). I think with CE I was probably too hyped about playing it, having heard what a good game it is, and I was left underwhelmed. I still enjoyed my time with it, but I definitely remember thinking "I don't get the hype."

I'm gonna get started on Star Wars: Battlefront II soon (the Xbox one, not modern) as well.

I'm also playing through Pokmon HeartGold as well, on my way to Ecruteak with a party of Quilava, Togetic, Poliwag, Aipom, and Sunkern. It's been a lot of fun to go back to playing Pokemon. It's odd but I just enjoy these games way more physically than when I'm using an emulator.

Finally, I'm hunting for achievements in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. On my last one, but it is the "Play through the game on the hardest difficulty" achievement...and I have to snag some DLC ones, including Factory Zero, so that'll probably be tough as well, but it's always nice to come back to this game.
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Depends on the game, I'm always a native first time around.
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I hate the Iron Fist theme but quite like the visuals. I hate the Punisher visuals but love the theme.

I like DD, JJ, LC, and Defenders a good amount, but I think I mostly lean JJ in the end.
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Watched the first episode of Jessica Jones S3...hope they wrap it up well, considering I like this show a lot.
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Just finished Cloak & Dagger season 2. It's such a...weird show. Beyond being actually kinda...weird, it always feels like a person running over to you saying "Look at all this cool stuff I got!" then stumbling and just throwing all the stuff your way, rather than just handing it out piece by piece.
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Hey, that Iwobi goal was pretty...eh, yeah, I can't really pretend to have anything.

It is pretty gutting to look at Arsenal these days. Wenger had to leave, but I feel like too many people felt that changing the manager would put us back on top. There are too many average players or players who I feel don't really fit the style that Emery wants to go for. Doesn't help that Kroenke barely knows he has a football team in England either, but it's not like Arsenal has a reputation for spending (except when Laca and Auba were brought in in one season for 120m, lol).

Anyway, sorry to say, but I'm all for Liverpool winning the CL. Klopp deserves something for all he has brought to Liverpool.
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I thought ExTha was an Arsenal fan. Spurs winning a CL final would be like Arsenal fan genocide.
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Nanis23 posted...

Another thing that people complain about and it bothers me - Bran being king

Yes it might not make sense from a royality view, he is not a rightful heir or know how to rule or whatever, but he has a fucking scary power
He can predict wars before they happen
He can stop coups and the likes

Well if anything he might become a dictator and a conquerer, but this is not what people complain about

Yes, he totally predicted Dany going crazy and killing every-oh, oops.
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46. Beat a game that features historical events or people
Battlestations: Pacific
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Battlestations: Pacific (360)

I can totally see what they were going for, but it never really hit it for me. I think the tactical parts of the game were not really delved into enough, especially in-game. I guess I'm used to ingame tutorials now rather than going into the game (or the manual lol) to learn how to play the game. Planes were fun, but boats and especially subs were painful to control and aim with. The Sub on Patrol mission is one of the least amounts of fun I've had in a video game in a long time.
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Simoun posted...

it had fast travel unlike say GTA V.

I mean, there are cabs where you can skip the drive and just arrive at your destination.
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Also shout out to the Reeds for being no part of this final season whatsoever and for having just bitched Meera, one of the more competent and loyal people on this show, out to the swamp she came from! Whoo!
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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

There are a bunch of dothraki shown milling about in KL when Jon goes to say goodbye so I guess at least some decided to remain. Since the Unsullied opted not to settle The Reach I suppose there's plenty of room for them.

I'm sure Bronn would happily give part of the Reach to the Dothraki.

Anyway, as a stand-alone episode, it was easily the best episode of the season for me. As a season finale, let alone a series finale though, it fell flat, ineffective, rushed, and easy. I was glad they went where I thought they would go and destroyed the Iron Throne. I don't understand however, why they then felt the need to still have one king for all Seven Kingdoms. Oh wait, Six, because the North doesn't give a fuck, even though they get a Stark king and all the other houses had to deal with all that shit as well yet happily kneel once more? (as a plot hole, I thought it was pretty funny how both Arryn and Royce got a vote, even though we all know they're just there to represent the Vale, meaning they get two votes).

I actually thought the episode was really good until Dany's death (which I didn't hate or anything), but every scene after that just felt so much like a bowtie ribbon around the plot. I genuinely want to hit the dude who wrote "A Song of Ice and Fire, y'know, book reference teeeheeee" as well.

Also every Arya scene post episode 3 was a tremendous waste of time and actually, considering how her story ends, her entire character "arc" might've been a waste of time. Her entire story leads to her killing the Night King. That's it.

I do wish there'd been a shot of Drogon and Dany's corpse near Asshai, but I guess nobody would've understood it anyway, although they could've had Sam finish his sentence and all the book readers could've gone "Oooooooh".
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Minuses are made up, they shouldn't be in the poll.
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Spec Ops: The Line (PS3)

I can understand that people say the gameplay is nothing amazing, but considering how long it has been since I've played a (cover-based) third-person shooter, I enjoyed it quite a bit. I played it on Normal, and was pretty surprised with how tough it was. Can't imagine what it's like on the hardest difficulty level.

Story-wise...I don't know. I can understand what they were going for, but it never really hit home to me. Maybe it was because the gaps between play sessions were too big, but most of the story notes kinda went over my head and I didn't really have a clue what I was doing. Maybe that was the point? In that case, I feel like the point probably could have been made a bit better. I liked the choice aspect of it though; more games should do this. You don't need a huge dialog wheel or something; just the occasional choice to give you a feeling of interactivity with your character.
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18. Beat a third-person shooter

Spec Ops: The Line
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Fight Like A Brave tops everything Foo has ever done!

I consider Foo to be a good band, but Peppers are great for me, so this was an easy pick for me.
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https://docdro.id/iCzcdBJ

I made a document that showcased the episode contents if they would strictly follow the books. I was pretty surprised to see how neatly it fitted for those early seasons, when I always felt only season 1 was truly faithful to the book.
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Good lord this season is absolute poop. VERY clear at this point that Benioff and Weiss needed to be done with this, rather than just wanted it. So many weird choices throughout. I'm going to assume that "Euron and Cersei forgot you could launch multiple bolts at a flying dragon" will be one of the reasons they give for Drogon's annihilation of the scorpions, followed by "Dany forgot that she could have just scorched the Red Keep", followed by "We forgot we could have had Dany destroy the Red Keep, destroying many buildings and killing innocents nearby while setting off a chain reaction of wildfire, so we could keep the Mad Queen a possibility rather than a total fact."

I guess next week we'll get Arya killing Dany (and hopefully Jon destroying the Iron Throne, allowing all the nations to rule themselves) and then I can finally be done wasting an hour and a half of my monday nights on this crap.

The absolute nothing end to Jaime and Cersei (and Bleuhron)'s story is also just...why?
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Blonde Daisy is just aghdjkvnigjvndsinsdjisdnivsnisvnisniuusrgnvjksodscp. That guy getting leglocked is the luckiest dude in the universe. I mean, sure, it was probably a stunt person doing the leglock but in that universe, you know?!

Aside from that, I really enjoyed the first episode. It hooked me much more than the start of season five. I'm a bit sad that there's no snap, because I think it would be such a great setting for a TV-show, but I can also understand why they don't do it, because it would probably also be quite dark. Also a bit annoyed with another 'Fitz off to the sidelines' plot, but well, we'll see how it develops.

Waluigi1 posted...

Yeah, Daisy looks awesome. But on the other side, Simmons looks pretty bad. Those bangs are ugly and do not work for her.

I think this is just a mirror to where they are as people. Daisy is living her best life; she's an Avengers-level character who has mastered her powers and is a known threat in the universe. Simmons is disheveled, because she's desperate to find Fitz and can't be bothered to do anything other than completely focus every bit of her energy into finding him.
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scarletspeed7 posted...

Michael in season 1-3 is a really underrated anchor character.

Everyone is great in this scene but Michael's face just sells it so well:


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Recently watched all the Scream movies. I was very pleasantly surprised by the first one. I was totally expecting it to be a typical Friday the 13th horror borefest, but it was quite good.

Also watched Rambo for the first time yesterday. I wasn't as action-packed as I thought it would be, which I didn't mind. I do enjoy that Stallone basically doesn't say a thing for the entire movie but then the final five minutes of the movie are just him talking. Pretty well done.
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I quite liked George Sr. in the original run, but he was mostly annoying in the revival seasons. I think it might just be Michael for me.
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I think being a security guard and working at like a power plant pays pretty well.

One is of course potentially dangerous, the other is pretty boring.
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I actually never really thought about before Endgame and if I did, I just kinda felt like I didn't have a favourite. But having watched Endgame...it's totally Cap.
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I always keep the boxes for console games, because I don't have anywhere to put the CDs and I feel like the box provides more protection than a sleeve would.

I used to keep the boxes for cartridge games as well, but because I can put all of them in a several box, these ones mostly do get tossed out whenever I moved.
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Happy and hyped to have AoS back!
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The best MCU theme is definitely confined to the TV world though:


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NBIceman posted...

War Machine still technically works under the military (I believe) and would thus still be under the restrictions of the Sokovia Accords.

Tony signed the Sokovia Accords as well though.
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redrocket posted...

RyoCaliente posted...

I do think it's kinda funny how GoT has always struggled and fought against people calling it misogynistic, but pretty much all the remaining women (in power) are scheming, unlikeable bitches, except for maybe Arya and Brienne, but Arya schemes, is a bitch, and both are more manly than they are feminine, probably.

So is scheming one of those character traits that is only unlikeable when its a woman? Just checking.

Not for me, but I put it there because it is a trait that can be...problematic? I don't know, I feel like the women in GoT have always schemed more backstabby than for instance Tyrion was, but that might be me.

Nrrr posted...

I don't agree all the women are unlikable or "bitches", but uh yeah all the people with power in the game of thrones have some capacity for scheming, hence currently being alive and still having their power.

I think neither Dany or Asha are real schemers. Dany had a play with Gendry this episode but generally follows what her advisors tell her to do (on a scheming level).

scarletspeed7 posted...

Most of the people alive are good at scheming.

The people who will live through the finale will include 1 person good at scheming and a bunch who aren't.

Gendry, the Hound, Sam, Pod, showJaime, Brienne, Grey Worm, Tormund, Missa-oops.
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I do think it's kinda funny how GoT has always struggled and fought against people calling it misogynistic, but pretty much all the remaining women (in power) are scheming, unlikeable bitches, except for maybe Arya and Brienne, but Arya schemes, is a bitch, and both are more manly than they are feminine, probably.
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I'm pretty convinced at this point that Dany will die and Jon will destroy the Iron Throne and tell everyone to do as they fucking well please (maybe limited by region, but no more Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, only seven lords of seven kingdoms).

Euron better die in the next episode though. It's one thing to completely butcher book Euron, but it's another one to make him super lame AND hyper competent.
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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

best female character

Gamora has left the chat.
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Obellisk posted...

So Black Widow is supposed to be getting her own movie. Is anyone going to care about a Black Widow origin story movie?

I mean how do you give her an interesting movie now that you've already killed her

I was just about to post this: does anybody think this movie was just a hoax to get people to think "Oh well, she's getting another movie, so she definitely won't die in Endgame"? I don't hate Black Widow or anything, and I think she could have her own movie, I just don't know if people will care (or that it's worth caring about) now that she's no longer...active.
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

RyoCaliente posted...

The Avengers
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Black Panther
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain Marvel
Captain America: The First Avenger
Iron Man
Iron Man 3
Iron Man 2
Thor: The Dark World
Thor: Ragnarok
Captain America: Civil War
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Incredible Hulk
Thor
Ant-Man
Doctor Strange
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Infinity War

I'm sorry but what on earth is this ranking

What's your problem with it?

Agent Carter is worth a watch, yes. Peggy is great and Jarvis is totally GOAT, even though it kinda gets ruined because they 'erase' him for Vision.

AoS is best.

Inhumans is worst.

Daredevil and Jessica Jones are great, Luke Cage is good, Iron Fist is eh, Defenders is eh, Punisher is good.

Runaways is fun.

Cloak & Dagger is good.
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Just came back from watching the movie. Reeeeaaally enjoyed it a lot. It was a shame that certain characters didn't really get a chance to show off, but I can also understand and accept that this movie was mainly about Cap and IM, and Hulk, Thor, BW and Hawkeye.

Movie rankings seems right, character rankings did have me somewhat surprised:

The Avengers
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Black Panther
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Captain Marvel
Captain America: The First Avenger
Iron Man
Iron Man 3
Iron Man 2
Thor: The Dark World
Thor: Ragnarok
Captain America: Civil War
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Incredible Hulk
Thor
Ant-Man
Doctor Strange
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Infinity War

Captain America
Gamora
Thor
Rocket Raccoon
Scarlet Witch
Captain Marvel
Iron Man
Wasp
Spider-Man
Hulk
Hawkeye
Okoye
Shuri
Nick Fury
Ant-Man
Black Panther
Doctor Strange
Black Widow
Winter Soldier
Drax the Destroyer
Falcon
Vision
Star-Lord
Nebula
War Machine
Groot
Mantis
Wong
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41. Beat a game with a Metascore below 70

Doki-Doki Universe
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Doki-Doki Universe (PSN)

Such a sweet and joyful game. Very simple, stupidly obtuse when it wanted to be, but overall such a happy-go-lucky and innocently joyful charm to this game. People should find time to give things like this a shot and just have a quick shot of joy in their lives. I'm very fond of it.
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Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen (NDS)

Beat the final boss with a pretty lucky crit, but I'm not complaining! Kind of hard to go back to these games...it's hard to fathom there was a time that I loved playing jRPGs like these but nowadays...the random encounters, coupled with the sense of "yeah you find out where you need to be going bruh" just made it a chore at times. It also didn't help that I didn't really feel the combat system was very interesting, neither in combat system or the build of characters.

Props to their attempt to give all the NPCs characters and accents. Props to the idea of giving all the party members their own chapter to develop their own character (although this is kinda made undone by none of the characters really doing anything at all once you get the Hero). Props to the technical aspects of this game. But I don't think I'd ever replay it, or do post-game content.
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