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by Raxivace
Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:44 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Take anything I have to say about Prime trilogy with grain of salt though because I haven't played any of those games since like, early 2008.
by Raxivace
Sat Jan 08, 2022 11:16 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I've played whole Prime trilogy and had fairly mixed feelings on all of them. For the first game in particular I remember despite how beautiful looking the game was for 2002, the environments themselves weren't actually that fun to explore (At least to me). Having to constantly pull out the Scan Vis...
by Raxivace
Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:12 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Some last thoughts on Sekiro and a few other games I played recently. https://i.imgur.com/hzb5gN2l.png Metroid: Other M (2010) - People really, really hate this game I don't really get why. Especially because the complaints online I've seen have mostly been about the story, which is fine. I guess Sa...
by Raxivace
Sat Jan 08, 2022 2:00 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Maz I think you should download and play Lost: Via Domus.
by Raxivace
Fri Jan 07, 2022 8:42 am
Forum: Meta Discussion
Topic: We're back!
Replies: 2
Views: 392

Re: We're back!

Are we going to lose recent posts or anything like that once the site moves?
by Raxivace
Fri Jan 07, 2022 8:39 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I mean you do still have a dodge in Sekiro too, but you don't have any i-frames so you're likely to still take some hard hits if you're not dodging at a smart time (Or get locked into an enemy grab animation, which the giant gorilla you fight just loves to do (You fight a giant gorilla in Sekiro)). ...
by Raxivace
Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:55 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)
Replies: 91
Views: 8900

Re: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)

Image

He was probably thinking up White Lotus during this scene.
by Raxivace
Tue Jan 04, 2022 3:45 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)
Replies: 91
Views: 8900

Re: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)

Loved White Lotus, an HBO series created by Mike White that came out last year (that is, mid-2021). I thoroughly enjoyed his earlier underrated Enlightened, and I'm so glad he brought his dark humor to this story about upper class guests vacationing at a hotel in Hawaii and broaching themes of clas...
by Raxivace
Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:46 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

You musings on Sekiro remind me of something similar in Ghosts of Tsushima (which is growing on me, again, even if my criticisms still stand). There's boss fights in which you are robbed of any tools and trinkets (so no throwables or bows), and all you have is your sword and block/dodge maneuver. T...
by Raxivace
Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:05 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Yessss I finally beat Isshin. That boss is ridiculous!

Sekiro is a good game again.
by Raxivace
Mon Jan 03, 2022 5:31 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Honestly the more I think about it the more I think the problem with Sekiro is that it doesn't seem to know if it wants to be a shinobi game or a samurai game. Like so much of the regular game is about ninja shit like stealth and Spider-Manning around the map with a grappling hook thing and using di...
by Raxivace
Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:57 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I beat one Owl (Father) finally, and hopefully the extra Attack Point I got from him will help make a difference for Isshin. Now endgame is more 4-5/10. People say Sekiro isn't an RPG and more of a pure action game but I don't really agree with that. You can level grind for goodness' sake, and getti...
by Raxivace
Sun Jan 02, 2022 10:05 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Here is my Sekiro review: Sekiro before endgame: 8/10 pretty fun time. There's some bullshit here but nothing that feels totally unreasonable to overcome. Sekiro at endgame: 2-3/10 holy shit wtf were they thinking with these endgame fights? I mean jesus christ I have probably died more times trying ...
by Raxivace
Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:21 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Yeah the fact witchers are a product of essentially mad science experiments I remembered feeling was glossed over when its kind of key part of Witcher setting to me- that all of the fantastical elements and magical institutions and such have some kind of dark undercurrent to them (Even the one our o...
by Raxivace
Tue Dec 28, 2021 11:17 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I didn't think the graphics were too bad for the time in Witcher 1. The combat OTOH was pretty abysmal even by standards of 2007 lol. I still need to get back to it at some point though, and eventually Witcher 2 as well. One thing I do wonder about the show is how well it actually introduces people ...
by Raxivace
Tue Dec 28, 2021 8:45 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I saw the first season and mostly liked it (Not entirely sure I liked the way it was structured, even if they put sincere effort to make like, actual thematic parallels and such between the different timelines). Haven't had a chance to watch season 2 yet. Yeah some of that stuff they could likely in...
by Raxivace
Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:27 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Sekiro looks cool though. I thought it was more recent than 2019. Will keep an eye out next time there's a sale. Yeah honestly I thought the same thing until I looked it up the other day. I figured it was late 2019 or early 2020 release, not early 2019. I clearly missed out by not installing any mo...
by Raxivace
Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:25 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I dunno. I think the biggest thing was that there just wasn't really a hook for me into the world or characters of Skyrim. Like the whole Dragonborn/return of dragons/blah blah blah thing that the main story revolves around really just hasn't been as interesting as a driving force for the story as l...
by Raxivace
Mon Dec 20, 2021 3:18 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Also maz, I actually bought Skyrim a while back and have tried playing it on and off, but I'm sad to report that despite how cool the whole modding community and such for it seems, the main game itself isn't really clicking for me even after like 45 hours of playtime. I think Fallout New Vegas might...
by Raxivace
Mon Dec 20, 2021 3:13 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I've had this post sitting mostly finished for a few weeks now, so I decided to just power through and complete it. https://i.imgur.com/jadyD3Yl.png Everyday Today's Menu for Emiya Family (2021) - So when I played Fate/stay night a few years ago, I noted how a large amount of that game revolved arou...
by Raxivace
Mon Dec 20, 2021 2:54 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

Just give me more Gwent tbh.
by Raxivace
Fri Dec 17, 2021 2:59 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I've pretty much stopped using my PS5. Got bored of Ghosts of Tsushima. Started playing FC6 but it lacked... something. I don't know if there's anything particularly remarkable about it. I still need to go back and finish Ratchet & Clank. I guess I just have to wait for 2022 for the AAA games t...
by Raxivace
Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:11 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2021
Replies: 74
Views: 7428

Re: Lyndon in 2021

Lord_Lyndon wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 7:11 pm 178. The Exterminating Angel (1962; Luis Buñuel)
Not a big fan of Bunuel, but this film had some very interesting ideas.
Did the repeated part get you? I watched the film in a stream and thought a bad internet connection had caused it to glitch out or something lol.
by Raxivace
Thu Dec 16, 2021 10:54 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Running out of thread titles - Gendo's 2021 movie list
Replies: 99
Views: 9773

Re: Running out of thread titles - Gendo's 2021 movie list

I found The Big Short to be pretty muddled tbh, not really doing a good job at all of explaining what the hell went down with the financial crash. The fourth wall breaking bits not only didn't help clarify things either, I think they actually hinder the film by making the cameos more memorable than ...
by Raxivace
Thu Dec 16, 2021 10:23 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I generally really liked the game's visual presentation and OST, the interlocking between the dungeon crawling and social sim management etc., the streamlined menu design and so on. The whole "phantom thief" theming was fun too. Really only big problem I had with the game was that they bro...
by Raxivace
Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:37 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread

I played Persona 5 back in 2017 and posted about it here several times, not really sure why search wasn't picking anything up for you. Never got around to writing any kind of big review for it though IIRC.
by Raxivace
Fri Dec 10, 2021 9:44 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread
Replies: 201
Views: 14703

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2021 Games Thread



Seems Cuphead's DLC is finally coming June 30th, 2022.
by Raxivace
Thu Nov 25, 2021 11:15 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2021
Replies: 74
Views: 7428

Re: Lyndon in 2021

I remember enjoying Rise quite a bit but still need to see the sequels at some point. I have pretty mixed feelings about the faux-long take in 1917, because I'm not sure how much it really adds even before you talk about the hidden cuts and such. Its not bad movie but Idk. David Bordwell, Kristin Th...
by Raxivace
Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:16 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)
Replies: 91
Views: 8900

Re: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)

Faustus man I love ya but I think we have polar opposite tastes.
by Raxivace
Thu Nov 25, 2021 7:03 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)
Replies: 91
Views: 8900

Re: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)

Every Man for Himself is probably the most accessible movie on that list and feels like pretty natural extension of some of his 60's films. I'd probably start there.
by Raxivace
Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:11 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

I think the problem is that most of Kurosawa's period movies deal with small but significant encounters which really doesn't translate into how most AAA video games are, where you need waves of dudes to mow down at some point. Like even in Seven Samurai, there's still only like 30 antagonists in tha...
by Raxivace
Tue Nov 23, 2021 10:47 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)
Replies: 91
Views: 8900

Re: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)

His post-Maoism films vary in quality but some of them are still really good tbh. Everyman for Himself, Histoire(s) du Cinema, Hail Mary, Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company (My favorite Leaud performance tbh), Helas Pour Moi, Image Book etc. I think he's actually more ambitious here than in his c...
by Raxivace
Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:10 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

I heard about that Kurosawa Mode thing back when that game was new, but that game doesn't sound much like any of Kurosawa's actual movies tbh. Like its probably a good game on its own but it sounded like a weird way to try and give it prestige or something. I might try and post about some recent stu...
by Raxivace
Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:52 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)
Replies: 91
Views: 8900

Re: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)

Also I wonder if the Cowboy Bebop (The anime version, not the shitty live action Netflix series) episode called "Pierrot le Fou" was named after the Godard movie? They have absolutely nothing in common otherwise from what I can tell, but I've not heard that title anywhere else before.
by Raxivace
Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:31 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)
Replies: 91
Views: 8900

Re: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)

I also watched Pierrot le Fou a couple of weeks ago (thank you, Criterion Collection), and it was every bit as good as I remembered. Colorful, freewheeling, relentless. It shifts genres in the blink of an eye. It slows time down to a screeching halt (those hypnotic tangents in with the queen of Leb...
by Raxivace
Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:26 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)
Replies: 91
Views: 8900

Re: Raxivace's 2021 Movies or: (Neo General-Chat V for Vendetta)

I just saw Rules of the Game! Last week. The last time I saw it was 10 years ago. It didn't leave a huge impression on me back then. All I remembered of it was it was very talky, "well-made", and featured a tragic love story. But it struck a chord this time. The satire just clicked. I rec...
by Raxivace
Thu Nov 18, 2021 8:47 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

maz89 wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 8:06 pmI get that, interesting failures can trump blandness.
Indeed. Not that it would have ever happened, but it really makes me wonder what Telltale would have done with Lost too.
by Raxivace
Thu Nov 18, 2021 8:41 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

It was definitely a struggle to get a PS5. I followed a Twitter account that posted when different sites had them in stock, and got lucky with a link to a GameStop page one day, on the way home from getting my second Covid shot. Even knowing about GameStop having them in stock, it was still a 20ish ...
by Raxivace
Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:21 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

I did not play Cyberpunk yet. I probably will at some point since I also have a PS5 now. I actually played Cyberpunk on Stadia. Have you heard of it? It's pretty cool in that it lets you play AAA games on any computer or TV (with a chromecast + controller) via the internet. No $800 console required...
by Raxivace
Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:17 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

Judging by its critical reception, I will presume that you are kidding... err, are you kidding? Then again, I won't be surprised. You've never been one to enjoy the mainstream stuff. ;) Lol. Its not a very good game but its still an interesting one because its clear the devs of that we're going for...
by Raxivace
Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:32 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

If you dig around either the 2020 or 2021 thread though, you will find that I played Lost: Via Domus which is maybe the most powerful, strongest video game ever made. A game so great Jimbo has sworn never to play it just because of how bad it would make all other video games look in comparison.
by Raxivace
Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:27 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

I did not play Cyberpunk yet. I probably will at some point since I also have a PS5 now.
by Raxivace
Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:20 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

Jimbo loved Last of Us 1 lol. I think even played it at least twice.

He even played Witcher 3 a second time recently too!
by Raxivace
Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:18 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2021
Replies: 74
Views: 7428

Re: Lyndon in 2021

I think we talked about this before, but the mix of naturalistic acting and the artificiality of the sets and such was awkward to me IIRC.
by Raxivace
Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:15 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

Honestly I wasn't planning on playing it any time soon, especially because it doesn't seem to have been on sale any of the last few times I happened to be on PSN.

Plus I had mixed feelings on LoU1 to begin with, so I never really had much motivation to jump back into that world.
by Raxivace
Wed Nov 17, 2021 12:56 am
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Lyndon in 2021
Replies: 74
Views: 7428

Re: Lyndon in 2021

141. Ford v Ferrari (2019; James Mangold) It was very good. I liked Mangold's direction and I was impressed by Christian Bale's performance. I remember liking this but it hasn't really stuck with me. 143. Whiplash (2014; Damien Chazelle) It was very good. I loved the editing and I loved J.K. Simmon...
by Raxivace
Mon Nov 15, 2021 7:10 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

I haven't played Last of Us 2 btw.
by Raxivace
Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:45 pm
Forum: Movies & Television
Topic: Oscars 2021
Replies: 10
Views: 1402

Re: Oscars 2021

Eternals is out theaters already, and while I don't have any real interest in seeing it it has had a pretty mixed reception so far.
by Raxivace
Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:42 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular
Replies: 340
Views: 68196

Re: Rax/Maz/Jimbo 2019 Video Game Thread Specatular Spectacular

Maz! It's great to see you here again!

You've missed a lot lol.
by Raxivace
Thu Nov 04, 2021 3:34 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Hollow Knight
Replies: 2
Views: 418

Re: Hollow Knight

It seems like you play a lot of these indie games.