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I will say that I was pleasantly surprised by the Fez perspective puzzle & secret elements to it. Combat sure is something. I'll admit that I had two boss fights (Siege Engine and The Librarian) that worked me pretty well when I first encountered them but I had that thing where when I picked it back up the next morning, I was able to clear them first try. Tough fights but I was also more comfortable with using things like my bombs (especially after I discovered that every 10 you use, you get +1 "free" per bonfire reset and I had TONS of firecrackers).

That said, I did honestly hit my limit for two other sequences and I felt I had no qualms turning No Fail mode back on. They were the enemy rush at the bottom of the cathedral and The Heir, who I did manage to get to phase 2 on my own a couple times but it's just too much for me.

I will say that I peaked at the achievements before hand and from the top level descriptions I could tell would be missable. One was pretty easy (saving 10+ money banks) and even gave me time to realize what one of the manual notes meant. The other from just the description (get "something" before you get the sword but without specifying what) did get me to go through a lot of the game with reduced combat effectiveness but it actually got me good at running around stuff hoping I'd eventually stumble upon whatever mystery item would trigger the achievement. I did manage to get the orb on my own but then I was pretty stuck and eventually saw that what I needed was to go to the quarry and get the gun before getting the sword. And even then I was still just taking peeks at "what's the immediate next step and lets see if I can figure it from there" and did manage to push pretty far into the area but then I just needed the final bit. It was also the only other time I turned on No Fail just so I could actually open the chest even though I could get to the location w/o No Fail.

So yeah, I kinda cheated myself of that bit of discovery but I also discovered various upgrades and mechanics on my own.

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It’s probably kind of cheating since I build my own cosplay that has included a few video game characters. At the top of my creations is Foxy the Pirate with animated ears, eye patch, and eye lights.

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But also in more mundane areas, yes as an adult I have still mimicked vg moves. Easiest example that comes to mind is trying to do a shoryuken when bouncing a ball around in the pool.

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I do not own a PS5/PS5 controllers, but a shot in the dark question I have is if PS4 could have some sort of IR receiver for power on purposes? Maybe the PS5 controller sends an IR pulse and your PS4 is picking it up.

The reason I ask this is because I still have my Xbox One X hooked up because I was using the video pass-thru for my cable box and watching blu-rays and didn't want to try to rework my various Harmony remote settings after I got a Series-X. What I found is both the Series-X and Xbox One X accept the same IR remote commands. It totally makes sense, but it meant I had to put something in front of the Series X IR sensor (its through the sync controller button FYI) so trying to do my regular TV stuff through the One X doesn't turn my Series-X on at the same time and have it trying to accept the same IR remote commands.

I'll admit it's a shot in the dark. I know from setting up my Harmony remote that the PS4 only lets you use Bluetooth commands, so you can't get full control via IR. But at the same time, the regular remote that came with my smart TV also uses a Bluetooth connection and the only IR it sends is the TV power on. So that experience makes me question if the PS4 has an IR sensor that can be used to power it on even when Bluetooth is powered down.

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@superslidetail: It's out on Steam now. Released Feb 24th. Yeah, it kinda just was released and at least my limited view where I'm not really seeking out too much media, I didn't see much on it as leadup to this. But at least it's got Mostly Positive user reviews on Steam.

GRID Legends on Steam (steampowered.com)

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@wulfbane: I can see my version of the most played games each year from 2017-2021 (like in your picture), but how did you see the other years?

To get ALL your years and the achievement points for those years, click/tap on the timeline bar at the bottom of the view. That will give sort of some relative timelines of Xbox in general (I noticed it points out the "Red Ring of Death" date), a Halo specific branch below when that started, and a timeline branch of your activity above when that starts.

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It's certainly some interesting results looking back on my history. Ebbs & flows between Xbox, PS, PC, & Nintendo platforms over the years. And hey, lets see if you can spot when I went in hard on Gamepass and it's quest system!

  • 2006 - Dead Rising - 1100 achievement points (?)
  • 2007 - Viva Piñata - 8495
  • 2008 - GTA IV - 3280
  • 2009 - Fallout 3 - 8890
  • 2010 - Deadly Premonition - 8325
  • 2011 - Mass Effect 2 - 2080
  • 2012 - Mass Effect 3 - 2080 (yes, really)
  • 2013 - Grand Theft Auto V - 2360
  • 2014 - Titanfall - 745
  • 2015 - Disney Fantasia Music Evolved - 825
  • 2016 - Titanfall 2 - 2650
  • 2017 - Slime Rancher - 150
  • 2018 - Red Dead Redemption 2 - 195
  • 2019 - The Outer Worlds - 2070 (10 points from my third 2080 year)
  • 2020 - Sea of Thieves - 19,978
  • 2021 - Crosscode - 23,450

91,903 total achievement points. I do kind of wonder what the #2 & #3 games were for some of those years.

Also some funny things it highlighted in the gallery.

"One of the multiplayer games you played" - Accurate I guess. I picked it up at a used bookstore and it still had the Sam Flynn skin code in there. It was some fun times playing for a weekend or two a few years after it's release and hearing families unaware that their Kinect mic was on. I even went easy and silently helped them out when I heard the kids complain that they were getting ganged up on at times.

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#7  Edited By WulfBane

To close out my submission to this thread:

  • I finished out Pony Island on Monday. I was already about 75% and wanted to finish it before I started up Inscryption
  • Played what I felt like was a good amount of Inscryption for myself. Managed to solve all the puzzles within the cabin (well, only did the repeatable one once for its first unlock) but can’t really get myself to stay with the card game itself. Only got to the angler once and wasn’t really able to formulate another good run since. I admire the game, but was kind of hoping it was more the puzzle stuff and the card game was a vehicle for the puzzles. Sorry, I guess I’m bouncing off this one.
  • I just finished Metroid Dread. Fun stuff. Enjoy that the boss fights are really about the pattern recognition and execution. You can’t tank your way through and energy tanks are really just a buffer for your mistakes. Heck, after the final boss, all my tanks were full again from only a few mistakes and being able to trigger events that heal you.
  • And the bonus entry, finished the Lego Mario 64 ? Block set on wednesday. Pretty coo assortment of details in there. Yes, even the hidden Yoshi at the back of the castle.
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#8  Edited By WulfBane
@warpr said:

Is this the perfect shopping channel product? Does QVC still exist? :)

I was literally just going to say that having seen this and the Tank Battle videos have the feel of a QVC pitch video, extra simplifying and hyping every little thing up.

And hey, they do have some interesting ideas and such. I wish no ill will, but not quite a product for me.

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#9  Edited By WulfBane

I’m a few days into a 10 day staycation for the holiday. I actually just went through and completed The Forgotten City over the past few days when I saw that on Gamepass and heard Nextlander talking some about it.

But yeah, I got a few other titles that I have been meaning to get through over the break between other things.

* Metroid Dread - I actually picked it up on launch day but initially held off because I wanted to finally take the time to get through the 3DS Samus Returns remake (I played through the original GB version multiple times as a kid). So that’s done and I did start Dread. Just haven’t carved out time to dedicate to Dread.

* Pony Island - Kind of a silly entry but related to the next entry. I did get through probably 60% of it. Just need to actually sit at my PC some more and just get it done before I feel properly prepared to start…

* Inscryption - Yeah, why else would I be playing Pony Island in 2021? I know it’s not required but I want to see how that swerved before I play some card games with a sassy stoat and a pair of glowing eyeballs peering from the void.

- bonus entry -

Another project for myself that I’m working through is the Lego Super Mario 64 ? Block set. I’m pacing this out, doing 1-2 bags a day (out of 13) and started it today.

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I do wonder which data source it pulled from when it defaulted to my real name MICHAEL. I first noticed during voice selection and figured "oh it must be the name of the male voice" when I saw the subtitle but then the other voice also was titled "MICHAEL" (also, only 2 voice options?)

But yeah, I'm a damned furry so once I got my house I switched to WOLF. And yes, I'm eyeballing the wolf howl horn.