Lurker > SpiritSephiroth

deoxxys posted...

So did you ride a bike In Japan when you were eight or you just haven't read a bike since you're eight and you're currently biking in Japan? If you're currently biking in Japan I'm jealous

Haven't ridden a bike since I was eight (In London) but now I'm living in Japan biking.

That's weird since I'm British and live in Japan.

Ngl I had a lot of fun with it. Scary as hell at first. The guy at the shop, his name was Ikeda, was really nice and showed me everything. Pretty patient lol.

Took an hour to ride around empty streets before riding home with it. I still swivel and turns are kinda hard to do. Almost crashed into two women lol.

https://imgur.com/a/jY5382r

luigi33 posted...

Just get a Steam Deck

Actually I don't know why I didn't recommend this.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f7313ed9.jpg

Even the colouring is off. Everything is disjointed and feels wrong. You can't even focus on the video without the icons at the bottom distracting you. Total information overload to shove more content into your face.

The UI team need to go screw themselves.

DKBananaSlamma posted...

Nah, Japan only has like a 4% obesity rate still. When I was there, I only saw like 2 fat people out of 1000's

Its funny you say that. I was at the Konbini the other day and saw two super fat women. Other than that, I haven't seen another fat person really.

Arcanine2009 posted...

@SpiritSephiroth can you confirm?

A lot of the women I've met so far, I haven't really been focusing on their boobs lol. But I can agree, even some idols have started being more busty.

DKBananaSlamma posted...

@SpiritSephiroth

>_>

I instantly recognized most of the women here, especially Saki Yanase and Riho Okumura >_>

domranguay posted...

I've not seen any in circulation yet but the new designs dont combine...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/86861abe.jpg

The shield ones have been the main design since 2008 but the 2 and 50p coins have a bunch of different designs. Quite a few of the recent 50p were only released as collectors sets but are still usable if you want.
https://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/coin-design-and-specifications/two-pound-coin/
https://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/coin-design-and-specifications/fifty-pence-coin/

There was also a set of 10p with the a-z of Britain. Not actually seen many of them because collectors got them as soon as they released...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/35eb0cfa.jpg

I remember seeing these (a-z)! I just can't put my finger on it.

Fenriswolf posted...

LMAO can you open up PS5 with Dev Mode to use as an emulation machine? Or use Game Pass which saves people thousands in game purchases?

LOL you think Sony has good hardware? The early PS2s were prone to disc read errors. And that's not mentioning PS3's infamous YLOD that they charge you to fix.

Chill. TC wanted advice, no need to turn this into another mindless console war topic.

The Coat of Arms. Pretty cool. What does your currency look like? Does it do anything like this?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/7976dff1.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/703a5408.jpg

TheSavageDragon posted...

That's my experience with recent African immigrants as well. They're always on the phone at night, always on speaker and I don't think they even need the phone as they speak loud enough to hear them several countries over.

I've had that back in North London. The only difference was there were other loud neighbours. We had a bunch of Polish people on the street with their kids constantly in the front garden.

sfcalimari posted...

The Japanese categorize everyone as either Japanese or foreigner. Koreans do the same thing in South Korea. They do this because they are homogenous cultures that intentionally have very low levels of permanent immigration, but it means they have a real us versus them mentality. And a LOT of economic immigrants buy into it, and after a few weeks start categorizing people as "foreigners," whereas back home they'd refer to them as Chinese, African, French, whatever.

I usually classed many people as foreigners and immigrants back in London >_>

And the us versus them mentality is with every culture. I don't know why people single out Japan or Koreans for this. Go to a majority of any country and their families will see the foreigner as an outsider, no matter what you do. It happens in other Asian countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, even African families do the same for white people.

Yeah you may see the occasional "White foreigner in country" video where they bend over backwards for them, but thats to keep to their values of treating guests like King. Get deeper into the levels of family and community, and they will definitely be treated differently. Trust me, I'm Asian and I know this on a fundamental level.

Its not just a Japanese or Korean thing and its kinda annoying people just keep pointing those two cultures out as if they're the only ones that do it. Hell, the only reason why its not seen more in the publics eyes in places like America or Britain is because those countries are more multicultural now due to their more relaxed borders and people's desire to live in a first world western country. But I guarantee you, put a black family into a gentrified neighbourhood or vice versa in the west, and see how they're looked at differently.

Humble_Novice posted...

Have you spoken with your neighbors about this?

I don't know my neighbours well enough yet unfortunately.

Loved it all.

sfcalimari posted...

You do yourself no favors if you buy into the concept of Japanese vs foreigner, they'll lump you in with every annoying person or criminal who isn't Japanese, because you're all "foreigners" instead of Americans or Chinese or Korean or whatever.

I've read this three times and still kinda stumped on what you're trying to say lol.

Are you trying to say that I shouldn't buy into the Japanese vs foreigner concept, or that there IS a concept of Japanese vs foreigners?

Aside from me being a foreigner as well, theres another guy who, every few days, talks loud as fuck on his phone in the evening on the sidewalk outside his apartment. Its also on loud speaker and its another woman speaking Nigerian (I think?) really loudly. This is in the middle of the road right near other residential houses.

He also randomly plays church music full blast for like 30 mins to an hour. I don't want to get involved, but I live I think two houses down from the guy so if I hear it, the whole street definitely hears it.

No it doesn't

Drunk_Cobra posted...

Literally I have heard nothing about this game except that the main character is sexy and that people are mad that there exists hypothetical people who are mad that the main character is sexy.

Except those people weren't hypothetical. Spend a few minutes on Twitter or mainstream websites like IGN and you'll see the stupid outright.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

you also have to consider that maybe these women are designing female characters this way because it will sell more, not because they like it.

Girls like sexy girls too.

Nope. Been there done that.

_____Cait posted...

You really shouldnt be getting stuff from that area, its kind of gross and taboo. You made her uncomfortable.

Goddamn I really should respect women more

It just looks like a fucking mess.

You can't even find the channel name whenever there is a live chat. You have to actively exit the chat to see it, and sometimes it bugs out so theres just a blank space.

https://imgur.com/a/xA5FwS4

I've spoken to a few people here and they have said bentos in Konbini's have gotten a bit pricier.

Arcanine2009 posted...

did you fap to the magazine later or cute girl?

I havent even read it properly yet, been busy >_>

Probably by the same people who force it on the website, to pretend they're actually doing something useful at their job >_>

Linze posted...

Do you like the mangas incluided in the magazine?

Yup I enjoy reading them as much as I can with my limited Japanese

CADE_FOSTER posted...

why you buying a mag porn is free bro

It's mostly a manga with also Enako photoshoots and posters.

Irony posted...

Did your dakimakura tip its fedora?

It actually was warming my bed up for me.

Daremo posted...

"There's a really interesting article I wanted to read. It's about boobs."

Not gonna lie, I bought it for Enako. Nothing else >_>

I was buying a magazine featuring Enako (Famous cosplayer, streamer ect.) and she was in really revealing lingerie, actually I'll just show you the magazine:

https://i.imgur.com/Ysl1kea.jpg

And usually the cashier in the Lawsons near where I live is a guy or middle aged man. Low and behold, as I'm walking up to the cash register, some cute girl is behind the till smiling and beckoning me. She scanned my bento then saw the magazine, scanned it, and quickly turned it over facing down as she continued to scan the rest. I saw her eyes kinda shift down. The silence was so awkward >_>

I tried to spark up conversation regarding the Lawson raffle and she just smiled and we spoke a bit, trying to ignore the magazine in front of us with a half naked chick on it.

Arcanine2009 posted...

1200 pounds in London for a 1 bedroom or studio? here in California a one bedroom apartment is $2000 easily.

I would say studio but thats being generous. A good flat in a good area is a room and a "kitchen stall" in the corner, with a small bathroom with a toilet.

Glob posted...

In fairness, these were all people who had been there. I feel like their information may just have been out of date.

Also, youre comparing to London, which is expensive as fuck.

True.

Glob posted...

Yeah, I was told it was really expensive by a lot of people but having been there twice in the last two years, that wasnt my experience.

I think that comes from people who have no idea what they're talking about. Been to Tokyo twice, and living in Osaka now. My rent is barely 450 with a kitchen area, toilet, shower and tub, with a pretty good sized room. Something like this would have set me back 1200 in London.

Food is cheap as fuck, even convenience stores. Travel is cheap, although Osaka's trains are more expensive than Tokyo's for some reason. The only thing more expensive than London is fruit.

Edit: And yes salary would obviously be lower. But the gap between the salary and cost of living standard in Japan is much MUCH smaller in my experience than London.

I'm living here and yeah its quite cheap.

Didn't she steal gameplay from others?

streamofthesky posted...

Yeah, they've been attacking each other since the 1970's.
But Israel "struck first" apparently.

Kind of a crazy 180 there compared to your previous post lol

cjsdowg posted...

I wonder if the people who hated Sweet Baby would go after these people.

Asmongold would, yes.

mario2000 posted...

idk about most famous but he's probably the most influential to late 20th century/21st century art and entertainment

Judging purely by the reaction to his death I'm gonna have to agree here.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/89TyGOt5zH8

I hear the kpop industry is only owned by a handful of companies? Like 3 or 4?

Baha05 posted...

I kinda fin the whole K-pop explosion weird considered it kinda pushed Jpop from being more mainstream in Western Media (least from what I observed like there are sections dedicated to selling K-pop in retail)

I'm seeing from the media apparently Kpop is losing steam. I don't know at all from that side, but from the Jpop side, a lot of shit has absolutely exploded. So many more artists and genres in Jpop, even idol groups have become varied.

I wouldn't be surprised if there is a resurgence of Jpop in the west. The only thing holding it back is Japan themselves. They have their own economy for music and entertainment and most companies/labels don't give a shit about foreign sales, since they're one of the biggest music industries in the world.

Probably because I follow a lot of Jpop artists. I think It all started with Kohaku 2023 (A huge Japanese show where the biggest artists perform at the end of the year) and they had really popular Kpop groups dance around Yoasobi (The girl who sang the "idol" song).

A lot of kpop fans were pissed that they were dancing for a Japanese artist, saying that it was degrading. Forgetting the fact that they were literally IN FRONT of Nogizaka46 and Sakurazaka46, the two biggest Japanese idol groups in the world, and you could barely see their members behind the Korean groups.

I think from there, a lot of my feed has been infected with Kpop stans doxing people, going after other accounts, badmouthing new groups or other Japanese artist. Its actually kinda sickening. I swear some of these people are angry teenagers or just bots, itching to start arguments and division everywhere.

Baron_Ox posted...

yea, I played the demo and fought the first boss/mini-boss thing you come across.

it just has the same old attack, strong attack, block/parry mechanic we've seen in tons of other action games, but it doesn't feel very interesting in that regard, IMO.

it feels like the mechanics of a Souls-like, but the weightlessness/lack of impact of an action title, which hurts its impact.

I felt totally different. It felt like there was impact and weight to Eve's attacks. Every hit I felt, especially the strong attacks. I could say they could work on the animations in-fight to make it more fluid, but other than that, the actual gameplay felt solid.

But theres always room for improvement. The implementation of the shield and stagger mechanic related to how you can parry them off-guard was kinda cool to me. Actually rewards you when you learn how to parry better. The downside to the fights were that when there were too many enemies off-screen, you'd get hit by a cheap shot.

Baron_Ox posted...

I think the character visuals look good, but that's about it, for me.

the gameplay is pretty basic, and not very fun, and outside of combat, I'm not sure if it'll have anything else going on.

if people say its story is great/crazy, then I might give it a try.

Wait did you play it? >_>

The gameplay did look basic in the trailers, but when you actually play it, its pretty good imo. Its much more than just a hack and slash. I felt that each enemy could really catch you off guard if you're not ready to deflect or dodge at the right times.

Played the demo. Ost is amazing, gameplay is fun asf and animation/graphics are top notch.

If the game keeps that momentum throughout its easily GOTY contender.

And yes it really does have Nier Automata vibes.

Their DNA was still there I was told so its 20 people I'm sorry.

Rika_Furude posted...

Ill circle back to Bozja and Eureka one day then, probably after Dawntrail

currently watching credits. Bye bye Shadowbringers, what a damn good story that was

seems like the stakes going into Endwalker are quite low? When I watched the trailer I was promised yshtola arguing with sharlayan, invasions of horrors and everyone looking to the moon with MC on it. Yet MC was on the ground looking at the moon with everyone else
and its just some sundered ascian flying around summoning some towers and primals

the lead up the Shadowbringers in comparison was far more grim

Trust me, just play Endwalker and don't ask too many questions. Hopefully you won't get spoiled for the ride >_>

Again this just seems like an extremely colonialist mindset to me.

A western company has an ideology, and is requiring all game companies to abide by it. Doesn't that mean they think their own ideology trumps everyone else's? Who gave them the right?