System Wars Lounge V.67: The Bias Against Xbox One Is Real Edition

I'm thinking that packing Bayonetta 2 with the first game was a mistake. Both games are very similar, but the sequel is just light years ahead of the first game in terms of combat, pacing, presentation, etc. However, because they are both similar games, I'm suffering from Bayonetta burn out. I want to keep playing Bayo 2, but I feel like I just played this game, even if it was a much weaker version. I think I might put if off for a bit and come back to it later. That sucks, I really do wanna play some Bayo 2...just not at the moment. I should have just skipped to the sequel and enjoyed that. The first Bayonetta is...average, it's fine for what it is, but you can poke several holes in its design. I would have preferred a different Platinum pack in honestly.

It's that damn Banned glitch again. I was affected by the banned glitch almost 2 years ago, and I was unbanned and one of the mods came to the rescue so yeah, if you get this glitch, most of your post and threads will disappeared. Don't worry, I too had a heart attack by this outrage. GS, you don fck it up.

@Desmonic: There I go giving the game away. Like FireEmblem says, let's just blame Chaz lol.

I think we have just created a new Lounge name! Let's Blame Chaz Edition!

Yes, I feel relieved! Good thing I keep tabs with some of the mods here outside of GS.

If I end up the topic of a lounge I will cry. I am not that special.

I think I'm starting to develop a real addiction problem with SFV. It's like Capcom found out how to deliver black tar heroin in gameplay form.

Bought a new 55-inch for the new place, and set it up for now, and it's way too big lol. Funny how they look smaller in stores.

Good to see fellow hardcore gamer

I know that feeling. I barely play fighting games, but I was addicted to Rising Thunder for at least 2 weeks. It was the first fighting game that I actually understood, and it wrecked my free time for an insane amount of hours.

I'm thinking of picking up Street Fighter V. The command inputs have always made me hate the genre, but I heard SFV isn't as demanding. It's probably not a good thing, but I want that Rising Thunderish addiction again, it was a lot of fun.

It's never too big.

Got a 60 inch 2 years ago and I find it small now :(

Man I've been gone so long I cant tell what's sarcasm or not, or what's a real point being trojaned in by sarcasm. lol.

I don't know.... Welcome back old friend!

@FireEmblem_Man: Thanks! :D

lol

Humored the idea of buying the G2A copy of that game for 34 bucks, but figured nah, my buddy philip would give too much shit for walking the Aljosa path.

I've been away from the fighting games scene for like six years ( played that Persona fighting game lately but dropped it ) and yesterday I tried Ryu in training mode and even an online match. I got my ass handed to me. I'm really confused as to how I can at least get back some of my old self there. My reflexes are just terrible.

Maybe I was terrible all along lol. I'll resume my training and see if I make any progress.

@a-new-guardian: Gettin' old brah. As we age, our dexterity and reflexes get worse. Sad fact of life. :(

Got Bravely Second :D

Will see you all again in 2 weeks

Alright, all seems well right now. Maybe. Who knows.

Gotta say, I thought you finally pulled the trigger and struck me down when I went to post the Sig Request thread and I couldn't do anything because I was banned. The first words out of my mouth just might have been, "Damnit, Desmonic!"

Just a glitch. I knew you didn't have the guts. ^_^

@Zassimick: Are you suuuuuuure? :3

@jg4xchamp If / when you get around to Fates, do not get Revelation. I hate it more than I do Valkyria Chronicles' unskippable cutscenes and XCOM's crappy animations combined. As in these maps insist on taking 30+ turns (!!) without anything to show for it, having many of the older games' more passive AI and counting on you making amateur mistakes to make you repeat all that again, challenging your patience rather than your understanding of every last element in play.

Seriously, my run so far (At Ch. 10 currently) has actually been reset-less on Lunatic. It's -that- unchallenging.

I was under the impression it was a much harder game than Birthright D:

Holy shit, Conquest's Chapter 15. What the serious

Right. Said I was gonna do Birthright too. I'll get to that after I'm done Revelation Ch. 10. Want to compare all three routes by Ch. 10, namely because that's when Conquest took the gloves off, not that Conquest was very forgiving from the very start on Lunatic.

I mean, Birthright on Normal + Classic wasn't exactly the most difficult game ever, but it was pretty challenging. It seems less challenging now in retrospect, now that I'm more than halfway through Conquest, but still, it never felt like the game was talking down to me or anything.

Maybe it was a bad idea to go down in difficulty? :P

That's exactly how I like to describe Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

I really want Street Fighter V.

@ConanTheStoner, sell me on it pls. @jg4xchamp, talk me out of this madness.

@charizard1605: You have no money. Any money you do have could also be spent on far more deserving games. Or Mario maker.

I really had no urge to buy it, I was standing strong, but then I played it for an hour at my friends place. No going back from there man. I needed more... in my veins.

I could never talk someone into buying such a flimsy release of a game. I wouldn't want to.

But if you want to be sold on it, just do what I did. Play it. There is no escape after that. GATEWAY DRUGS.

Also, dirty confession here, but I actually enjoy the survival mode more than any arcade ladder they could come up with. Set survival mode to hell, or dick around in the training mode. That's all the offline shit I need. As soon as they add the challenge mode in, the game will be "complete" enough for me.

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Seriously though bros. 25 hours in 3 days. Only scratching the surface. Only paid 34 bucks. I really can't complain.

...It's funny. I keep falling in love with games that meet the pinnacle of playability, while dropping the ball on almost everything else. Favorite game of last year = MGSV. Favorite game of this year so far = SFV.

It's like NG2 all over again.

@ConanTheStoner: Yeah, I'm afraid if I get to play it, I won't be able to resist it. I am trying to hold out till June, when the Cinematic Story Mode hits, for now, but damn, it just looks so great...

But SF5 looks great.

@charizard1605:

Well, I'll put it like this. If you like playing fighters online, or you have some buddies around for some local mp, I can't recommend this game enough. There are still some improvements to be made on the online front, but the core is there and it's stellar.

If the sp stuff is more your thing, avoid this game like it's weaponized Aids.

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And if I'm understanding DSS correctly here, and you don't own Mario Maker, I can no longer think of you as a sheep in good conscience.

Personally I'd take SFV without question, but I have a feeling that Mario Maker would give you a raging boner for about two weeks straight at least.

Honestly, except for maybe Smash, which my friends all like, I like fighters mostly for single player, and some random online play, which is why I am holding off on this so far- or have tried to anyway.

So yeah. Weaponized AIDS. lol

And hey, I didn't win Sheep king this year, breh. I can no longer be held to those standards.

@charizard1605:

Just to make sure that we're clear though, you don't own Mario Maker?

@ConanTheStoner: I do not. I have not bought any Wii U game since Splatoon launched, so I am missing Mario Maker, Yoshi, Xenoblade X. I need to get on that, actually, but Nintendo games are so expensive...

@charizard1605: Do you have the hard drive space for Mario Maker?

1404mb btw.

The thing is like 1.5GB, plus I have an external attached, so I could easily install it lol, yeah.

@charizard1605:

I know GS can be funny about PM notifications, just check yours when you get the chance.

This gameplay video has become a major hit as it made it one of the most trending videos on Bungie.com :D

I simply love and hate destiny so much! lol

Thank you, sir. You are a true scholar and a gentleman.

Absolutely sir, go forth and revel in your sheephood. :)

You called?

To be honest Chaz I can't really stop you, stopping myself is easy, I'm a high and mighty asshole. But when I think Chaz, I think awful person, someone who would purchase an unfinished early access game before the game is actually finished.

I think I'll just rent it for a day or two, and if I like how it plays, I get it, Early Access be f*cked.

Been wondering where you were broner.

Missed ya.

Call me.

It took some mental gymnastics for me to rationalize it.

"You only need online mode Conan."

"Gameplay trumps all, Conan"

"34 bucks, it's not wholesale ripoff Conan."

"You don't pay for Live or PSN, you only buy big expansion DLC, you never paid for a microtransaction, nor do you pre-order, or buy broken games... treat yourself to some scummy business, Conan."

Yeah. It feels dirty. But I've already gotten my monies worth, so whatevs.

My logic was "you're going to buy it anyway, what difference is a month going to make lol"

Either way I wasn't going to play a lot of it, on that Grim Fandango run right now.

http://www.twitch.tv/endlessbacklog

Aljosa choked the match before, it was SO FUCKING GREAT