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@frustratedlnc: when they bring up Bowen, it's because it highlights the hypocrisy of Popovich. Pop was more than happy to defend Bowen when he had Vince Carter roll his ankle on multiple occasions, but when it happens to his players, it's indefensible. And LMA did take an extra step to get under Durant, who thankfully didn't roll it. Curry had a similar situation in game 1, but he falls to avoid rolling it. It happens all the time, on most teams and should be penalized, but it's ridiculous to hear it from Pop.

I really like VII, and definitely think it's the best PS1 Final Fantasy game. It handles it's spectacle well and has compelling characters, unlike VIII (definitely) and IX (for the most part). I just wish it had a better translation...

That being said, I feel that FFX is probably a better game overall. I also have a real soft spot for the first game, which is a great NES game. I might as well keep stating the obvious, and say VI is really good as well.

At 1920x1080, absolutely not. You might get more steady frame rates at higher settings, but I doubt it's very noticeable. 980ti should get 80+ on very demanding games at that resolution.

However, at higher resolution, you'll likely see a big change. The GTX 1070 is pretty much dead even with the 980ti in all benchmarks I've seen, being 2-3 frames higher on 1080, but both comfortably in 100+ FPS on most games. However, the 1080ti is a different beast entirely, getting up to 30 FPS more than a 980ti at 4K resolutions. With a 980ti you should be happy with a semi-steady 40 FPS at 4K on most modern games, while a 1080ti will get you to 60. When your 980ti manages 72 FPS on 1440p, the 1080ti on the same settings will get you 120 FPS.

Again, for 1080p your 980ti is great and I don't think you need an upgrade. At 1440p, your 980ti should still be competent, still able to hit 60, even if it's not a steady 60. At 4K, it's not really powerful enough to get to 60 and while the average is above 30, it will drop below it.

I guess that's generally the problem with most sports games, there's usually only that one game that has slowly grown more complicated over 20+ iterations and if you don't like it, tough. I suppose there is the newish NBA Jam, but that's a seven year old game at this point. If NBA 2K isn't doing it, I don't think the basketball angle is going to help.

As for hip hop, I just don't know. Rhythm games are few and far between, not to mention one devoted to hip hop specifically. The Def Jam games are violent fighting games, featuring rappers, but the last game is ten years old at this point, probably not on Xbox live due to licensing. There are certainly racing games with hip hop tracks, but I'm clutching at straws here.

While it's by no means my favorite, I enjoy the movie. It's a good, if flawed action film.

As for it's fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a lot of critics thought it was the best action film of the summer, but just as many gave it a passable 2.5/4 or 3/5 rating, which translates to fresh. If all critics gave a movie 2.5/4 stars, then the movie would be a 100% on the tomato meter, but it would hardly be representative of the general sentiment towards the film.

Eh, the price difference between the i5-7500 and i5-7600K is not big enough for me to say you're getting a good deal. It's $30 more for 0,4 gHz plus overclocking, if you change your mind. I will say that the i5-x500 are usually better values than i5-x600 (without the K), but CPU is one component besides the GPU that can adversely affect your gaming. It's generally thought to make up 10% of overall performance in games, but this varies a lot from game to game. I'd probably spring the extra $30 just for peace of mind.

@zombiepie: You keep saying 1999, but FFX came out in 2001. Also, your argument that you stick with the original controls make no sense at all. The only way to play this prior to the HD remaster was with a PS2 controller.

Other than that, great job.

We borrowed my cousin's C64 from time to time, but one Christmas there was a big box with my name on it under the tree. Lo and behold, the mighty NES. I spent a lot of time with Mario at first. I didn't get a SNES, but neither did any of my friends (I had relatives with a SNES, so I did play), so we played NES well into the 90s and between us we accrued quite the collection and I would often borrow and lend games. We played SMB2 and 3, Punch-Out, Mega Man 3 through 5, Rescue Rangers, Little Samson, Ducktales, and many others that weren't quite as good. Then, about seven years later, another big box was under the tree and it said PlayStation, and everything sort of changed.

Anyway, there are plenty of good games to be had on PS4, and it looks like there are more exclusives this year as well.

I've stopped expecting split-screen from games, since they became so infrequent last generation. Even racing games are getting rid of it. Surprisingly, I think Battlefront had split-screen, but that's the last game I can remember.

Yes, VIII is great if you don't want to bother with all that tiresome strategy or magic or varying what you do in combat in any way. It's also great if you want to see square trying to rip off everything they did in VII, without all that connective tissue that inconvenience your mind with actual thoughts.

In other words, VIII is really loud, really dumb.

VI is really good though, or at least the SNES version is.