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  1. Rajaah

    Terminator (2019)

    I've been reading the T2 sequel trilogy by S.M. Stirling on and off for a few years. It took a while but I finally got to the last book and have about 150 pages left. This trilogy functions as a sequel to T2 but it doesn't actually mess with the canon much, aside from Judgment Day happening...
  2. Rajaah

    Fast X (2023)

    Fast Five, Fast and Furious 6, Furious 7, and if you want to see more of it, Hobbs & Shaw (Spinoff). Those four in particular are way superior to everything before them. The trilogy of 5/6/7 is pretty much a thrill a minute. I think 7 ended on the perfect note so everything since then has been...
  3. Rajaah

    Babylon (2022)

    Sounds like a movie written for the Epstein crowd of uber-elites. No wonder it's called Babylon
  4. Rajaah

    Europa Universalis IV

    I might well take a swing at this. Armored Core has run into a few roadblocks, like all of the games costing exorbitant amounts and emulation being iffy. Good chance I'll end up just playing the PS1 ACs.
  5. Rajaah

    Playstation 5

    Yeah, that pack-in game punches way above its weight. It's one of the best 3D Mario games I've played and it isn't even a Mario game. Does some really cool stuff with the DualSense controller too, so I tell people to give it a go to see what the controller is capable of. The only full game on...
  6. Rajaah

    Skyrim

    What is Flower Girls? *googles it* Oh, it turns all the NPCs into hot women? Well, that's a thought. OpenMW looks good. I've got the Morrowind copy that includes the Morrowind Construction Set on another disc. Never fooled with it, I guess that's a mod-creating tool of some sort? I figured...
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    Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware)

    The prices on all these games I'm looking at are ludicrous. Yeah, I really made a mistake selling all my games in 2010. Looks like the PS2 gen is now reaching pricey retro levels and the PS3 gen is starting to climb up too.
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    Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware)

    Yeah Front Mission is nowhere near as fun as Armored Core. Both have similar vibes and settings though so I've been thinking about both of them. Front Mission usually devolves into "equip every mech with two of the strongest available weapon so they can fire twice at once, then the game...
  9. Rajaah

    Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware)

    Looked into it and there's a translated ROM of Front Mission 2 on PS1. So there's pretty much nothing stopping me from getting ROMs of all the AC and FM games on PS1 and PS2, provided PS2 emulation is stable (PS1 certainly is). Might have my game project for 2023 now: The whole AC series, mixed...
  10. Rajaah

    What are you playing?

    The only Weeb Dark Souls I played was Code Vein and it turned out to be really good. Not big on Weeby stuff, but I'd probably try this if it was on console. "If I could redo the last 21 years of my gaming life" would be an interesting thread to post in. Or just an "If I could redo the last...
  11. Rajaah

    What are you playing?

    Not really playing anything lately. Maybe the odd Mega Man Legacy Collection challenge if I need something to do. I platted both X collections long ago, but I gotta say, the two Classic collections have me stumped with their much higher difficulties. The challenges just send you to a boss room...
  12. Rajaah

    Underrated/Overrated Video Games

    Overrated: Destiny, especially the first one. MMO busywork, generally uninspired everything, and they named all the bad guys (robots) after fantasy creatures which just irritated me after a while. One hour I'm defeating a bunch of nondescript robots called Goblins, the next I defeat a...
  13. Rajaah

    Playstation 5

    Not enough. There's one more empty wine rack, and I see a little bit of space at the edge of the shelf that can fit another 3 bottles, maybe 4! Do Better.
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    Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware)

    There's a part of me that wants to play through the entire Armored Core series, Front Mission series, and King's Field series at this point. I missed out on most of them (first AC. first FM, and the two action FMs are all I got to). I guess a full Fromsoft binge + Front Mission. I don't even...
  15. Rajaah

    Nintendo Switch (previously NX)

    What we really need is a Switch Pro with a graphics upgrade that does better than 720/30.
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    Underrated/Overrated Video Games

    Phantasy Star 2 gets completely overshadowed by Phantasy Star 4. Like fully eclipsed. They're similar enough but PS4 is a superior game, maybe the best RPG on the Genesis. I'd give 2nd place to PS2 though. It's pretty fantastic for its era, and definitely underrated. Phantasy Star 1 was pretty...
  17. Rajaah

    Playstation 5

    How so? The first one was great, so I was a bit excited to check out the second one.
  18. Rajaah

    Underrated/Overrated Video Games

    I forgot about Twilight Princess. Such an overrated game. Played it in 2014, well after it was out. Maybe it was better in-era. Was the last 3D Zelda I played, actually (still haven't played Skyward Sword or BOTW). I'll get to those two some time for sure, but it's notable that Twilight...
  19. Rajaah

    Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware)

    Wait, you can carry weapons from one game to another? That's pretty cool. I thought AC2 was PS2, didn't realize AC1 had two PS1 sequels. Looks like there are way more games than just "AC 2 to 5". There's also something called Nexus. I never played any of the Front Missions after the first one...
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    Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware)

    What's the best way to get caught up on playing this series? I've only played Armored Core 1. I'd love to replay it if it got remastered, but early PS1 3D would be tough to go back to at this point. Tremendous game though. I'd like to play AC2, 3, 4, and 5 before 6 comes out. Figure I've got...
  21. Rajaah

    Underrated/Overrated Video Games

    Myst is definitely overrated. There was a time in 1996 when it was all over the gaming magazines. I've got another underrated: Ghost in the Shell for Playstation 1. Freaking fantastic game where you pilot a weird bug mech and can zip around fully 3D maps at high speed, scale buildings and leap...
  22. Rajaah

    Europa Universalis IV

    What's going on with Congo and northeast Siberia in all these shots? Is it just unexplored territory? This game looks incredible, I would have really gotten into it 20 years ago with more free time and motivation.
  23. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Yeah I remember the Caelid arena being the last thing I discovered in the game when I 100%'d it. That place is so out of the way and hard to reach that I was shocked when it was just a dead end at the time. I couldn't even tell someone how to get back to it., but now that you mention it I...
  24. Rajaah

    The Paranormal, UFO's, and Mysteries of the Unknown

    I used to watch Dark5 all the time. Really good channel with a lot of spooky-ass videos about a variety of subjects.
  25. Rajaah

    Underrated/Overrated Video Games

    It's hard for me to cite any overrated games, because it's like...who is overrating it, and do they matter? I used to think FF7 was pretty overrated. It caught on with me a lot more in the late 2000's. Elden Ring is my favorite game, but it might be a little overrated I guess, IDK. What comes...
  26. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    No one's chimed in on this yet. Anyone know off the top of their head? I'll probably just take a day and plow the game regardless, want to get a second Hand of Malenia. I guess I didn't fight her again on NG+, the second fight with her I was thinking of (that went a lot better) was on the PS4...
  27. Rajaah

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    I've noticed that a ton of other people (including me) sold a lot/most/all of their games in 2010. I wonder what it was about that particular year. For whatever reason it seemed like a good time to offload everything. I was mostly playing PS2/3 and emulators at that point, so everything pre-PS2...
  28. Rajaah

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    I don't have any sealed games, except the Elden Ring Collector's Edition box which I'm hanging onto until some future point. The only old game I have in-box at this point is Kirby's Dream Land which was the first game I ever got. Problem is, I sold my entire old game collection in the early...
  29. Rajaah

    Underrated/Overrated Video Games

    Underrated: World of Final Fantasy. This game is tremendous. The battles are pretty simplistic and it is never particularly challenging, but I love the way it re-creates so many classic Final Fantasy locations with a diorama-esque look and dream-like aesthetic. The soundtrack is also suitably...
  30. Rajaah

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Wow, that's nuts. These guys were bidding up their own items to inflate their value. My favorite part in the first video is when he talks about how no Game Journalists thought to question any of it and all just dutifully reported things that didn't make sense. So...they're as incompetent and...
  31. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I agree completely, but I do want to note that Samurai stands out a bit because of their great starting weapon and ability to wield two Uchis very early. Any other class would have to wait until NG+ I think (and by then it wouldn't matter because there are better katanas).
  32. Rajaah

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Loaded up my level 260 character in NG++ and ran over to the first arena. Did a 4 player brawl and won, was a blast. KSing other people when their opponents were near death took me back to my ultra-cheap tactics in PVP MMOs of old. What's the shortest route to unlocking the other two arenas...
  33. Rajaah

    JRPGs

  34. Rajaah

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    So I was watching some of this video, and in the last minute or so he talks about how he's in massive debt from buying a 9.8 graded Mario 64, before throwing it in the trash. What's the story here? I googled it and all I get are a zillion articles about how a 9.8 copy of Mario 64 sold for $1.3...
  35. Rajaah

    JRPGs

    Wait, are you saying there are FFT mods that add cut Lucavi/maps back in? Where can I find these mods? I assume you're talking about the PSP War of the Lions version. I need to start getting into the mod community in general. I've modded literally nothing over the years, except Elder Scrolls...
  36. Rajaah

    JRPGs

    Did you play FF7R? The ending of it shows something new happening at the end of Crisis Core. It's idiotic and they should have left Crisis Core alone, but I'm still surprised that this new version of Crisis Core doesn't even have the slightest whiff of referencing FF7R's ending. I'm actually...
  37. Rajaah

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    I'll see your 1997 and raise you that 2000 is objectively better. -Final Fantasy IX -Grandia 2 -Wild Arms 2 -Chrono Cross -Vagrant Story -Valkyrie Profile -Skies of Arcadia -Deus Ex -Diablo 2 -Counter-Strike -The Sims -Majora's Mask -Paper Mario -Perfect Dark -Pokemon Gold and Silver -Pokemon...
  38. Rajaah

    JRPGs

    Dreams about FF Tactics are pretty far down the list of reasons I need professional help. And yeah, I've been realizing lately that Square-Enix is lazier than I thought. Not just the Tactics Reborn laziness, but also Crisis Core. The remaster seems really well-done, but they didn't add anything...
  39. Rajaah

    JRPGs

    Not sure what thread to put this in: I think this is where we were discussing FF Tactics so I guess this one. I keep having this recurring dream about playing an FF Tactics with the cut content / maps restored and multiple new Lucavi demons. I mean they only gave us five out of the twelve...
  40. Rajaah

    Playstation 5

    I don't know, I only have 55'' and 65'' LGs. IMO 55'' is the sweet spot for PS5 visuals. I'm on a 65'' right now and it's a bit excessive considering I tend to not sit too far from the TV, but it'll probably be perfect for a PS5 Pro and onward if we get anything more advanced console-wise any...