It's funny to think that I was nuts about PlayStation back during the 1-3rd gens, like -crazy- about them. So much so I bought the ps3 at launch after preordering it. I've even owned dozens of psps over the years. but the 4th and now 5th have left a real bad taste in my mouth. Call me petty but stuff like replacing the select button with a "share" button made me not want to buy a ps4. Xbox was the system for social normalfags who played with friends and did online crap. Playstation was for the single player nerds who played in their dark rooms alone every night, like me. Their move to more online and social interactions have been alienating to say the least. I'd rather just stick with PC gaming and probably wont pick up a ps5 until years from now when they're being sold at half the price second hand, maybe by then the system will have a few appealing games. As it is, it doesn't have any, not for me anyway.

>>14221
I don't quite have the same brand loyalty as you do but I'm quite similar. I grew up with both the PS1 and 2 and still emulate both from time to time. For a long time the idea of owning a different console was just never a possibility. The direction they are going now feels like a "betrayal" for a lack of better word. I still like and prefer consoles but frankly nothing in the market appeals to me. I never really think too much over it but it's funny how important a brand's image is in relation to its consumers, as you've said xbox always has this sporty, extroverted personality to it for example.

Is there still a PS5 shortage?

>>14259
There's a shortage of ps5 gamz

Nioh 2 was fun & a good sequel gameplay-wise.

2017 was a good year

>>14242
Funny how things just keep getting worse and worse, so people take a step forward as a good sign, even after taking 20 steps back.

>>14242
All this tells me is that either people are making poorer choices with their money, or people have more money to blow on stupid shit. Hell, it's probably not an exclusive-or situation.

I worry about not having enough time and life to play all the good videogames out there, I don't see how you can end in the opposite. I discover interesting retro games every week, there's always something being translated or just unknown. And I replay a lot.
Today most games are really long, they take 100+ hours and I can't even keep the interest for that long. I end playing few games per year, something like Yakuza, The Witcher, Disgaea, can take me a whole summer easily.
I don't touch on-line games. Last on-line games I played intensively were Diablo 2 and Neverwinter Nights, I don't feel any motivation to play on-line anymore.
Thinking about it, for one reason or another I haven't even properly played games I really wished to play in late 90's. 20 years ago.
I will surely die without playing some of them. It's kinda depressing.

>>13878
Oh god I'm in the same situation literally. Rarely good games with a lore, often I get bored (without solution) playing the same three games (the old battlefields for example and everytime the same rts I've been nerding since I was born) which every two years change

>>13129
Sorry for necrobumping. Do you have a source on Alan Watts saying that? I looked it up and couldn't find anything relevant. People seem to have contradictory opinions on how Americans perceives death. Some say we hide it too much and pretend it's not part of life.
>a comic adaptation
Which everybody who read the vn universally agrees is generic shit that misses the point.

>>13129
The difference between this and Hatoful Kareshi is that the author of Hatoful wasn't completely clueless about what they were doing and thus could make something that was good in its own right, beyond just being a joke. DDLC isn't really any different than the millions of Western Speed Racer parodies or any other attempt at deconstruction by people only just slightly more informed about whatever it is they're trying to "deconstruct" or "parody" than your average suburban mother might be.

>>13486
I don’t know why it’s always speed racer, considering gatchaman, Tetsuwan Atom and a localization of Macross aired quite a bit decades ago. I don’t think Speed Racer is even that popular in that time period! I also think those parodies are more focused about the low budget dubbing, poor animation seen in TV anime at the time and sometimes strange localization decisions.

Polite sage although I do have to say that the game itself was fine for what it is. The creator being pretentious has nothing to do with a fun little distraction although I will say that it seems odd to make a VN parody in this day and age considering most otaku play mobage more these days.

>>13487
>I don’t know why it’s always speed racer,
While that's for some reason the majority, I've seen sailor moon get parodied and made fun of a lot. Probably because it was strange and unusual at the time, and the people who make fun of that stuff never learned how to move on. I suspect there's a lot of ignorance mixed in with these people who are likely out of touch and think outdated trops from 40-50 years ago still apply. Which is why the same people who make fun of speed racer and sailor moon are likely going to claim all anime is tentical rape filled harem shit. Dragonball was far more popular and culturally relevant to the west, but you wont see people make fun of that half as much because it's been deemed socially acceptable to be a fan of that. I'd guess comedians and writers likely don't want to piss people off by taking shots at something people love, so they go for easy targets.

As for the topic, fuck DDLC.

>>14013
I take back my attempt to reason with you. Please refund me my time.

>>14017
Ur an idiot.

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>>14018
I suppose that was a bit rude of me. Not sure if you're the same anon or not, but if you're going to break down my posts like that to argue each and every word, it really makes me not even want to respond. It only tells me you're that much of an argumentative person and I don't want to get dragged into an argument, especially not that type. I've seen it enough times to tell that sort of debate goes back and forth until one person gets frustrated or tired and stops responding.

>>13496
PC Master-race

>>14053
When I saw all the awards Hades had gotten, I too felt disgusted by it. It was weird because I never even knew I would react like that just because something was critically acclaimed. In hindsight, what makes it even weirder is the fact that I actively seek to watch films that are critically acclaimed.
Ultimately, I refuse to give in to what seems to be an inner-hipster and stop myself from enjoying something just because it's popular. A game's a game. Whether or not I play it will be decided by its graphics and gameplay.

>>14053
It's certainly off-putting but I played the game while it was still in early access and it's definitely a great game.

Gameplay is great but the cartoony skulls kind of ruin suspension of disbelief for me.

>>14053
Most awards are completely meaningless.
10/10s however seem like an indication of bribery more often than not. There's not a single game that I can think of that is so flawless that it'd deserve a 10/10.

2020 Demon Souls is lit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kFZdtMQV3Y

>>14147
i don‘t like how they butchered and generified the design of the game

>>14151
I feel the same.

>>14151
I despise what they've done to it. It makes my blood boil.

>>14131
>>14132
Even after paying full price and getting literally sick after playing I can say I've been laughing a lot with the game, sometimes it's so silly you can't help but taking it like that.

>>14131
Remember kids: Don't pre-order or buy at launch.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/kccabx/hey_cd_projekt_red_i_think_you_shipped_the_wrong/

They apparently shipped out pc version with console limitations.

https://www.twitch.tv/lirik/clip/HandsomeHelpfulKittenBabyRage
The PC version might be the best version, but it still seems buggy as all hell.

>>13838
I think 8.1 was technically 9.

>Xbox Series S
>Xbox Series X
No Xbox Series E... *sigh* You had one job...

>>14104
That's the next one, like Tesla.

>>14108
Tesla Model 3 isn't the same as Xbox Series E.. Hehe.

You're walking along and you come across some healing items, then some ammo, and maybe a save spot. Pretty safe to assume you're about to walk into a wide open room for a boss fight.

Playing as some strongest guy or whatever who drowns if he falls in water if he doesn't just fall through it like the water wasn't even there.

>>14088
I dislike how every sandbox uses the same exact mechanics. There's going to be automatic parkour, following footsteps, lots of unsubstantial collectibles and some light stealth system. Most of those mechanics aren't even fun, but they just get repeated in every game, doesn't matter the setting.

I've noticed that whatever gimmick or special tool a particular game has, they'll take it away from you and make you play without it for a short time, usually around 3/4ths of the way into the game.

I more enjoy the customization aspect and storytelling of gaming.

I sometimes get stuck at the character creation part of the game for waaay too long.

>>14073
Same, I also restarted NIoh 2 several times because the character was not the perfect way I wanted it, it's even more ridiculous as you can change the character afterwards but I felt that was fake and like plastic surgery so I would just restart the game again.

>>14073
Sometimes I feel character creation is the actual game and what I play later is just some accessory to complement the photo mode.

>>14078
That's the kind of autistic behavior I can easily identify with.