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I've been on a 'retro' kick recently, and big-mech time has rolled in.

There's a game that I cannot remember the name of, but played at a friend's house like one time and I still remember how insane it was (at the time). The premise that I can remember is either 'big mechs fighting kaiju' or 'big mechs fighting other mechs in a war,' but the twist was that it wasn't from the perspective of the cockpit or third person over the shoulder. I remember you had to run around the city (I remember something like an elevated train platform) with your human character to get a visual of the fight, and then you controlled your mech while looking at it from your little human perspective. The mech fighting felt slower paced, almost like controlling a really giant construction wrecking machine. I think it was mid 00s, and maybe the xbox?

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Are you a tired Musou player? Or would you like to get into the Dynasty Warriors series, and want a simple and fun game to try out? If you don’t mind the presence of these handsome samurai who need to save Japanese history from paradoxes, then this is the game for you!

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As updated on the PSN Store (and shared to ResetEra), the game will release on 28th August this year.

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Me and my friend have finally finished our off and on again project of Halo 2 Legendary. Let me tell you, it was hell. The forced Iron Skull for Co-Op on Legendary made it so painful and we got locked in place so many times. I feel like by that point we should have just gone and done LASO lol. I took this screenshot right before the main boss fight. This was literally such a cathartic moment for me and my friend as Halo 2 has been a project since at least last may.

For the boss fight, It was late, and we both wanted it to be over, so what we did was fly a Banshee into the boss arena and just laid into him with it. It was actually a lot of fun fighting the boss with a banshee, and it was definitely a lot easier then the section before.

Throughout the final level, you have to escort this big ass thing called a Scarab. What me and my friend ended up doing was parking our Banshees on the Scarab and riding thing, using it as cover so we didn't have to fight anything. The thing was bouncing around like crazy, but it stayed.

There was also an earlier level we had to play, and we found this bit of flood growth(?) that kind of looks like a face.

I also noticed that the game puts a lot of trust in the player not to shoot their teammates and be a dick. Like this elevator ride up where you're in prime position to inconvenience any Co-Op partners you have.

After this, me and my friend plan to move onto Halo 3 Legendary and then circle back to reach before moving onto 4. I'm sadly still not done with Halo 2 Legendary though. For whatever reason I didn't get the achievement for completing the level Oracle on legendary, and my compulsion to try and get perfection for the achievements won't let me rest until i do. I think i'll try and open a ticket with Halo MCC support first, because i'm extremely sure i was under all the right conditions for my completion to be considered valid. If not, i guess i'll have to do it again. It's a shame because the boss fight on Oracle was the worst on Legendary. Once im finished with Halo 3 though, i get the privilege of saying i beat Halo on legendary (with Co-Op of course)

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Excellent feature. One of the first things I check anyways when buying early access games is when the last news post was.

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Live service taking its toll on yet another studio.

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I started Alan Wake 2's Night Spring DLC today (after realizing i walked right past the first episode during my playthrough). The entire episode i loved. It was a short, but i loved every second of it. It was fun to have something that doesn't take it's self seriously and just run amok as Rose with basically infinite shotgun ammo.

For this one i had a lot of fun using the Post Card option instead of my usual preference for 5:4. I took this photo of Rose pointing her shotgun at the Bad Boy (with what looks to be horrific trigger discipline)

I also took this one of a romantic looking boat, which i think turned out pretty well. I should look into a career as a Postcard designer lol

At one point i came across this book on a stump with a romantic setup, and i sat reading this excerpt of what i assume was an Alex Casey novel. It was a fun thing to read, especially after playing Max Payne 2 so recently.

There's a segment with a talking fish, and it starts talking to you in Alan's voice. The whole thing was funny to me, as just moments before i was thinking to myself "it'd be funny if it started singing in Alan's Voice". all i can say now though is that i want one of those damn talking fish but with Alan voicing it.

and finally i got this screenshot of Rose standing over the bad boy. idk what it is but this image makes me laugh, so i'd like to share it too out of hopes that someone else finds it humorous.

Overall, i really enjoyed the first DLC episode. it was a really fun change from the usual pace of Alan Wake with how campy and relaxed it is. I got a laugh out of the bit where the Bad Boy's motorcycle is revealed to be a Werewolf too. I really recommend the DLC to anyone who played the base game and hasn't played it yet

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EA has done it again. They just released Sims 1 and 2 Legacy Collection on Steam, and it's nothing but a Shameless IP flip. Many players who are really passionate about old games have played Sims 1 and 2 and even Sims 3 on PC on Windows 11, even up to this day. It's a little bit more challenging because they are all on discs and you have to install them and use compatibility settings and all that stuff. But at least they run. The Legacy Collection that they released on Steam Just a Week Ago, it doesn't work. It doesn't launch, crashes constantly, there is no user interface scaling so on Modern computers, nothing gets any larger. I have an ultrawide 34401440 monitor and it is absolutely microscopic....

So you have to ask yourself, why would they release this game again, if they didn't do anything to it? They literally didn't develop anything. They didn't make it work on Windows 11, they didn't up the interface, they didn't provide new graphics. So what is it? It's a Shameless asset flip. EA flexing their intellectual property in hopes that passionate fans will bite and purchase a game that doesn't work

Sad these scams are legal

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Not holding my breath here for either.

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A NYTimes piece on Will Wright, as well as talking about some of the themes in the Sims that got overlooked or lost in its massive success.

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After completing the first two chapters of Alan Wake 2, i decided to take a quick break before starting the DLC (i believe they start in the story, but i'm not 100% sure). I decided to take a break by playing Assassin's Creed Rogue. This isn't the best well crafted AC game in my opinion, but i have a soft spot for it because it was the first AC game i bought myself. I was really wanting Unity, but didn't have a PS4. So instead younger me went to my local walmart to buy a PS3 copy of the Sims 3, and got talked down by my parents because they weren't sure exactly how raunchy the sims could be and wanted to do their research first. So they ended up letting me buy this instead because they knew that i could "responsibly consume Assassin's Creed".

This game uses the same engine as Black Flag, and shares a lot of assets. It also ties the Kenway Saga too Unity in a fun way that i won't spoil. It does have an air of being hastily put together though, which is especially evident on 4K resolution. I keep having an issue with an enemy type called Stalkers, and some of them are in dresses. and i've been having an issue where they all die legs up in the air, and concerningly their entire body is plainly missing under the dress. I also feel like the collision is a bit jankier than Black Flags. I keep feeling like i get caught on things.

Despite these bugs though, the world is really pretty. Unity's will probably be one of my favorites for a while, but this one takes place in the northern Atlantic (a setting i wish was explored more because i love the cold more than tropics) with ice and snow in some places:

It makes for a really pretty setting that is fun to explore. I don't feel like i've ever seen a game with a setting like this. Maybe Assassin's Creed 3, but i feel like i remember that staying far warmer for the most part and staying out of the arctic.

The game also sees a return of one of my favorite features in Black Flag: The fish pond. This pond is so pretty, i really like just standing and looking at it whenever i pass by.

The game has a few fun moments too it as well. There's a moment where you're at a party and there's fireworks going off. all the guests there are commenting on it. I've seen fire works in real life, but even i stood around admiring them lol.

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