MultiVersus is shutting down... again

Season 5 - which begins on Feb 4 will be its last

When the season ends (May 30) the online serves will be shut down. People will still be able to play it offline but considering its a multiplayer fighting game.... yeah...

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Guess blue sky doesn't work on android either. 

Finally finished main story in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Onto the post credits stuff. Happy to report (spoilers) no science fiction.

Edited February 3, 20251 yr by odessasteps

Progress on Dynasty Warriors: Origins continues.

I'm into Chapter 3 and it looks like I'm about two battles away from the point of no return where you have to pick which of the three dynasties you end up fighting for.

I know that at some point I can go back to an old save and play as all of the dynasties, but it will still probably take me a stupid amount of time to make a decision.

10 hours ago, Gonzo said:

Progress on Dynasty Warriors: Origins continues.

I'm into Chapter 3 and it looks like I'm about two battles away from the point of no return where you have to pick which of the three dynasties you end up fighting for.

I know that at some point I can go back to an old save and play as all of the dynasties, but it will still probably take me a stupid amount of time to make a decision.

I also just started chapter 3. I said to myself as soon as I met him that I'd probably by Sun Jian ride or die for life, but I'm not liking everything I'm hearing during these council meetings.

Also no one told me how steamy this game was...

 

Cell Max and the other Cells in Sparking Zero

https://youtu.be/ZGvFDcWhPpQ?si=UBq3EYvsnKboTQa5

 

8 hours ago, jaedmc said:

I also just started chapter 3. I said to myself as soon as I met him that I'd probably by Sun Jian ride or die for life, but I'm not liking everything I'm hearing during these council meetings.

Also no one told me how steamy this game was...

 

I was sort of the same way. I thought I was just gonna jump into Cao Cao's camp, largely because Dian Wei has always been my favorite character to play in the other DW games. But now. . .yeah, I might be leaning more toward Liu Bei's camp, too.

I might still be able to be swayed, though.

I bought the Horizon Zero Dawn remaster back in November because it was only ten dollars. I beat it once at launch, then again (along with the Frozen Wilds DLC for the first time) during the pandemic.

Now, I'm playing it again, and I can honestly say that this is probably one of my ten or fifteen favorite games ever.

One thing that's certain is that the quality of writing veers wildly from "pretty good for a video game" to "complete garbage," though. I'm not sure I've ever played a game with writing this uneven.

Also, it's clear why everyone who crosses paths with Aloy catches a crush on her. She has Samus "kinda stoic badass" vibes. I guess I like "kinda stoic badass" vibes in my video game ladies because I really love this character. The voice actor kills it, though. She's fantastic. I am off-and-on playing Lego Horizon Adventures, and I dig that the same voice actor nails a goofy, cartoonish vibe for Lego Horizon Aloy and an awkward, somewhat-standoffish-through-isolation, but also caring and determined vibe for regular Horizon Aloy, and they both "feel" authentic to those versions of that character. 

Edited February 7, 20251 yr by SirSmUgly

My favorite part about the "Lots of dudes got it for Aloy" side of the Horizon storyline, is that Aloy has zero time for it and either shoots it down or ignores it completly.

Civ VII review: Great game, held back by UI issues. Firaxis promises to fix them.

 

28 minutes ago, Raziel said:

My favorite part about the "Lots of dudes got it for Aloy" side of the Horizon storyline, is that Aloy has zero time for it and either shoots it down or ignores it completly.

Yeah, she's into the ladies, as it turns out, which I think is a common story for most guys. 

"Hey, she's cool and kinda cute. Should I ask her out?" Then a week later, you see her holding hands and smooching with another lady and think, "Ah, it figures."

3 hours ago, SirSmUgly said:

Yeah, she's into the ladies, as it turns out, which I think is a common story for most guys. 

"Hey, she's cool and kinda cute. Should I ask her out?" Then a week later, you see her holding hands and smooching with another lady and think, "Ah, it figures."

I never got that vibe.  The vibe I always got from Aloy is "No time for love, Dr. Jones."  She's about as laser focused as one can get, to the detriment of almost every relationship she has with another person.  She gives no fucks for romance, just saving the world.

53 minutes ago, Raziel said:

I never got that vibe.  The vibe I always got from Aloy is "No time for love, Dr. Jones."  She's about as laser focused as one can get, to the detriment of almost every relationship she has with another person.  She gives no fucks for romance, just saving the world.

So did I, until the Burning Shores DLC came out.

22 minutes ago, SirSmUgly said:

So did I, until the Burning Shores DLC came out.

I haven't gotten to the Burning Shores DLC yet, so that might be it,

I dug my Dreamcast out of storage for the first time in at least 15 years and it still had my Fire Pro D cd-r in it.  Always remember the old ways.

I still do the occasional DC stream with giant gram. 

1 hour ago, Zimbra said:

I dug my Dreamcast out of storage for the first time in at least 15 years and it still had my Fire Pro D cd-r in it.  Always remember the old ways.

I, too, have a burned copy of Fire Pro D. Probably, that's my favorite Fire Pro game just because it's the one I put the most time into. 

Apparently PlayStation Network has been down since yesterday evening. Gamers are getting restless.

My local ISP has been down since last night too. 

Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo Switch)
This is the first Zelda game where you actually play as Princess Zelda! Built using the same style as the Link's Awakening remake a few years ago, this is also a top-down, puzzle solving, action exploration game. This one mixes up the dynamic a bit, as instead of Zelda engaging in the combat directly, she mostly relies on "echoes" of enemies. It's a cool feeling to defeat a difficult enemy, knowing that you'll be able to have a copy of said enemy fighting on your side as a reward.
This game felt very comfortable. The map is clearly heavily inspired by A Link to the Past, with some areas feeling like an almost one-to-one design. But it's more than just an homage, as lots of areas are either brand new or completely redesigned. 
I really liked this a lot. My biggest complaint would be that the final boss battle didn't strike me as dangerous or put me in peril. I felt like a passenger more than a participant in the battle. But everything else about this game was top notch. I loved the exploring and the puzzles especially!

She was basically a druid type in that game. 

16 hours ago, SirSmUgly said:

I, too, have a burned copy of Fire Pro D. Probably, that's my favorite Fire Pro game just because it's the one I put the most time into. 

I never owned it (borrowed and returned it, never had a burner til my DC was mothballed) but I think Fire Pro D is my favorite too, simply because it has the promotion by promotion ladder mode (meaning it was a very good zombie game for the year after college when i was unemployed and zombie gaming was an even worse habit for me) and a roster that hits most of my favorites from the era when my fandom was peaking.

Memories brought back, Googled FPD and found the Maniac Challenge doc by Bill Wood on GameFAQs, from when I used chris.murder as a screen name 😅

Fire Pro Returns will always be my favorite for what they added. Fire Pro World, while awesome, just felt wrong without the huge roster of fake-named wrestlers. 

10 hours ago, twiztor said:

Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo Switch)
This is the first Zelda game where you actually play as Princess Zelda!

Yes, yes, do not acknowledge the CD-i games. This is a smart decision.

On 2/8/2025 at 1:03 AM, SirSmUgly said:

I, too, have a burned copy of Fire Pro D. Probably, that's my favorite Fire Pro game just because it's the one I put the most time into. 

FPD was my first, but I spent more time with R because it was the first one where I figured out how to download edits off the internet, and it came out at a time when I had a lot of time to play video games.

I went to my local video game store to sell a couple of things and apparently Def Jam Fight for New York is stupid expensive?  Like over $150.  I think I sold it to gamestop for $3 back in the day.

2 hours ago, Zimbra said:

I went to my local video game store to sell a couple of things and apparently Def Jam Fight for New York is stupid expensive?  Like over $150.  I think I sold it to gamestop for $3 back in the day.

I shall never part with my OG Xbox copy. 

My somewhat fiery video game take of the day is that I think it's AKI's second-best pro wrestling or pro wrestling-like game, right behind No Mercy and right in front of Revenge.