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Awesome, dude. Thanks. I'm going to keep checking that site out. As for what I have, I don't, but maybe I'll post something later. This is just a cool thing to try out though.

Only multiplayer... Yaaaaaay. I could tell by the trailer that it was showing 'this is what multiplayer will be like!' It was doing the crazy things you could see players doing in previous ones, like jumping out of a jet and getting back in it. I don't care about it.

I hate to make this about myself, but there was that one forum about how Covid has hit people, and for me in March of 2020, I had lost my job. I was initially laid off, but then I got an email from a board member five months later saying they won't be having me back. Last month though, I was told no one had known that the one board person had let me go, and everyone was angry, so they just recently gave me back my job and gave me a raise to go with it and a letter saying sorry. I had originally said no to coming back, but ultimately I decided to return. I am relieved to be back.

I didn't finish it because I didn't really care for it (got about 75 to 80 percent through I'd say), but compared to other Souls-like games, I found it kind of 'easy'. I played it like the first game. I just use heavy weapons, like an Axe, then heavy stance and heavy attack and that seems to work on everything. Just make sure you keep equipping the better-level gear unless there are stats that clearly don't go with what you want. Make use of the yokai shift, which to me was just a way to make sure I get free hits in without losing actual health and make sure you use the yokai counter (or whatever it's called). It's like all other Souls-like games, just time your attacks right and you'll get through. I wish I liked it more, the first game was one of my favorite games in 2017.

I finished the trilogy yesterday morning. Ultimately, I felt nostalgia, maybe more than ever for any game, but at the same time was not as enthralled with the trio as I once was. It made me ask myself "why did I go through this trilogy four times?" There's still a lot of good moments, but the character interactions didn't hold up as well as it used to for me, and since I had finished all these games multiple times, I was just going through the motions. The bad parts of the trilogy were worse than ever to me, and the good parts, while still good, just didn't hold up as well. I hope the new Mass Effect does something to grab me like ME once did.

One thing I liked about RE7 was that it, initially, had me going "okay, so how does this connect to RE as a whole though?" It did have newspapers, articles, and a painting that you can look at that indicate it's connected, but there had to be more I thought. And so at the end, when Chris came in, it felt like you were in the middle of yet another Resident Evil outbreak, but from the perspective of some random dude caught in the middle and not one of the RE mainstays. I thought that was interesting.

I've beaten that game multiple times so while that initial thought has somewhat changed, my feeling of Ethan as a rather uninteresting part of the whole had never changed, and they kind of made him less bearable in Village. The question of him being infected telling by his hand being cut off, then leg in seven was the only interesting part but turns out he was molded. I do find it interesting I suppose, but I still didn't care. I get the feeling Ethan is dead because of the way his arm crumbled as you've seen all the molded do when they die.

Ethan's dialogue mainly consists of 'what the hell?' It puts Solid Snake (and I'll even add Commander Shepard) to shame when it comes to incessant questioning. I will say, however, that I am not someone that hates him and goes "He is the absolute worst! GUH!" He's just a bore. As for RE9, although I agree with most that assume we'll probably play as Rose, I'd actually like to see Mia back as playable, and even protagonist. She has some history with The Connections. I'm also under the assumption that the end with Rose is not as far ahead as some may suspect since it hints that Rose has some form of accelerated growth.

I'm not going to act like the 60fps boosts and faster loading times aren't nice, I really do appreciate it, but I will say, especially if you have an Xbox One X and a PS4 Pro, and want a PS5 and/or XSX, perhaps try to dial down excitement for now because it really doesn't feel like you're getting a huge jump. Luckily, I (or, more accurately, my brother) was able to find both the PS5 and XSX on the same day a few months ago, and while I do enjoy them, they're not as exciting as one might hope just because, for right now, the most you'll get out of the console is playing older games that got patches rather than any newer titles. While I've really enjoyed that, would I say that it's something one should spend the money it takes to spend on these consoles to get that? No. If you're only gaming on base Xbox One and/or base PS4, and have the money to spend on either of the new consoles, then I say yes, it's a good time to be looking for and be excited for them, otherwise waiting until the start of next year is fine.

Hmm, well okay, I've only seen the news of them saying that it is political.

Our story is political.

But if anyone is seeking a simplified, binary political statement specifically on the current political climate in Cuba, they won’t find it.

The trailer didn't really pique my interest. It does a great job at making me think it's yet another derivative title. Not that it won't be good, but the trailer was bad at making me care. I really liked Far Cry 5, mainly because Hope County was a great setting, and I liked the soundtrack. I wish the story went a bit further with the cult stuff, either in a more horrific way or a more realistic way, but not so crazy in the end with the world ending.

I watch some of the videos of the actors playing the game, like Nicole Thompkins who voiced Jill Valentine in the remake of 3 as well as two characters in Village; she streams herself going through some of the RE games and having other actors come on when they come into the game. I am happy that it seems most of them are enthusiastic about the roles they play in the Resident Evil series, and personally, I think they all did a great job, but on the other hand, I was pretty disappointed because I felt in Village, all the villains were underutilized. They come and go so quickly. Lady Dimitrescu's design stands out more than her personality, and no, I am not talking strictly about the sexuality part. I wish Capcom had done a better job at marketing the game too, maybe going so far as to show even less than they did.

I don't really count because to my surprise, a few months ago my brother luckily got both PS5 and Xbox Series X in one day from a Sears (of all places) sale online. We originally thought 'well, it'd be nice to get at least one of the systems before the end of the year.' So far, and to my surprise, I'm still playing the Xbox more. The third-party games, for the most part, I've wanted on the XSX, and the back compat, enhanced games makes me keep coming back, but I also still use the Xbox for streaming apps like Disney Plus, HBO Max, etc. I've only played Demon's Souls as a new new-gen title on PS5, but the enhanced games on there are also great. The recent The Last of Us Part II patch has gotten me back into that game. Although it's nice to have these new consoles, I will say that my excitement level of finally getting them wasn't that high, but I partially chalk that up to other things going on in life.