Holy cow... this is one of the most heartless things I've heard in the video game industry for... sadly, now that I realize it, not that long of a while :(
One of my favorite games of all time, definitely my favorite FF, and definitely the most surprising ending in a video game because it lets characters die in beautiful, heart-wrenching ways. Final Fantasy (I have only played 7 and on, please don't hate me for it) to me has always been in a fight with itself. It seems that some writers want to think more, and be more, for the player, while others want to continue on with standards and cliches like there's nothing they can do.
XII, XIII, and XV did the same thing: they had paths, moments, twists, and scenes that tested the typical story tropes you'd expect, but never to the commitment of FFX. I love that game warts and all, and thanks ZombiePie for reminding me why.
I really liked the first two episodes, haven't watched the third yet. Despite my distaste for all the skewed camera angles, I felt it was very well executed production-wise. I'm one of those people that is perfectly accepting of change in art, so this timeline is something I'm way into already.
Plus, I actually like the new Klingons a lot - costumes, ship designs. I don't like the way they talk, as it literally sounds like the actors are forcing words through a pile of makeup, and has less appeal than previous timeline Klingon.
I was hoping this was good, and expecting it to be bad. It was a wonderful surprise to find that I enjoyed it as much as I did. I just hope there are more "typical" episodes for this series coming, though, heavier on the talking and sci-fi weirdness with less action and more humor. Q hurting his back is one of my favorite moments in Star Trek (along with anything Quark ever did ever), and while I doubt I'll get that with Discovery, I don't mind what I'm seeing so far. The age of the gritty reboot continues.
I have almost zero Disney nostalgia, and avoided KH1 because of it for several months. I ended up borrowing it from someone and fell in love with how JRPG-brand heartwarming it was. It was just pure joy, and fun to play. KH2 to me (even though the apparently I might be quite wrong about this) felt like an advertisement for a DVD box set or something. The original aspects of the plot were so good, and the Disney stuff so pointless / extraneous, it's as if the company all of a sudden realized it made the right bet and doubled down. The combat is great, though, better and more varied than the first, and the characters have some real heart to them.
I recommend those games without reservation. Ignore my keyblade tattoos...
I played about 40 hours of Warframe, but there are waaaaaay too many great games in my backlog for me to go back to it. I'd like to try Paragon soon, though, just to see what it's all about.
Came here to read a little hate about Kinda Funny, because when I like something I also like to see people try to tear it apart as if it has no right to exist. I am disappointed that, outside of a few lovely ounces of Haterade, this is almost entirely sensible. Ugh.
Oh man, what a great piece of editing. Reminds me of when I catch myself making the same dumbass comment about something or another and immediately recoil at my own bad jokes.
When my dad bought the first computer my family ever had, he got a flight sim alongside it, but I have no idea what the name is ("F-18 something or other" is all that's in my head). It was an insanely complicated, pure sim that made me feel like an absolute badass the first time I finally landed a jet on an aircraft carrier. This game is the reason I invert controls, that's how integral it was to my gaming development.
There was also a similarly-complicated naval sim featuring the Pacific theater. Thinking about it now, that might be one of the most fun games I've ever played because I had nothing but time, and therefore went ultra-Drew on it despite it being a thousand times too hard for a ten-year-old.
Edit: HOLY SH*T! Because of this thread I had no choice but to try and find that naval game, and finally got it: Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-1943. Looking through Google images for it put a gigantic smile on my face. The hours upon hours I spent with that game were some of my most satisfying gaming moments.
I'm one of those people that likes when a musical artist / band experiments, changes, or evolves, because my taste-range is so wide that I can judge something on its own. That basically means I've never stopped being a fan of NIN. Pretty glad I have something new some my car rides this week :)
Edit: Hah, it's only like 21 minutes long. Oh well, it's a good couple days worth of listens in my too-long car rides :)
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