The King Of Swing

Hopefully we get at least one more game based in Kamurocho. 

Agree on the side stories being a let down. There was some decent ones in there but overall the weakest collection in the series.

Haven't even touched the arcade games, which is a first for me. 

Could be really good.

Wonder how deep it will actually go into how things were in AJW. Apparently it was a really toxic environment.

On 2/7/2024 at 7:59 PM, poetofthedeed said:

Really? 

 

No one?

Fine I'll do it.......

LoLTNA.

 

 

Dead in six months. 

I remember her coming out of retirement in the early 2000's. 

On 2/5/2024 at 7:12 AM, Daddymagic said:

He's off on one again tonight / this morning with meme after meme about Stardom parting ways with Rossy /poss WWE scouting. 
 

 

Credit to Reddit. 

Tony is mad because Rossy wouldn't let him play with his action figures. 

He really is a petty little cunt.

Nick Wayne has been blessed with the most punchable face in wrestling. He's perfect in his current role.

Mama Wayne is also a good addition.

I swear that Nigel is responsible for %65 of my love of Collision. To think I actually groaned when he first showed up. 

He's a riot on commentary. Needs to bring back his Save the Clams, T-shirt. 

3 hours ago, Loki said:

The Rock's daughter has had to delete her Twitter account because she's been receiving hate and death threats.

Wrestling fans are utter scum, aren't they?  What is wrong with people.

Lets be honest that kind of shit has infested most fandoms online, these days.

Just look at the abuse pretty much anyone (especially women) in the video game industry, receive. 

Absolutely rotten. 

So another BIG ANNOUNCEMENT from Sniff, this week. 

Tournament? Title? Signing? 

Would laugh my arse off, if he announced some sort of deal with Stardom, only for most of the roster to fuck off with Rossy Ogawa. 

Finished Infinite Wealth . Took around 60 hours. 

Gameplay is great and it starts off strong but other than a few highlights, I thought the story fell off a cliff, after a while.

I couldn't wait to get it over with.

Still a lot of fun to be had with the side content and the combat is incredibly fun, so no a complete write off.

Thats probably a good idea, I tend to leave the bigger side content for post game myself. 

14 hours ago, Keith Houchen said:

Saw it lands (I hope it doesn’t get, erm, something or other) on GamePass in a few days. Checked the trailer and it seems you play as a Japanese schoolgirl. Think I’ll pass. 

The original P3 is the game that actually got me into turn based RPG's, in a big way. It's a classic. 

No need to worry about them, other than some expected cultural quirks, the Persona games are nowhere near as 'awkward' as the Yakuza/Like a Dragon games. I'm going to play the hell out of P3R. 

Anyway, I've been using a much needed break to play Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth (PS5) and it has taken the previous game (which I believe I described as a solid foundation) and improved on it, in pretty much every way.

Combat has been improved in almost every aspect, haven't run into any obnoxious difficulty/grind spikes, even the dungeons have been improved.

Story is solid as expected with overall better pacing, it does still take a little while to pick up steam but the intro is interesting enough to cover for that. 

Love the new characters and the returning characters are as strong as ever. 

Game is fucking massive. Those wanting something tighter/smaller might want to stay away. Saying that though, I'm on chapter 11 with 30 odd hours invested, so the main story can probably be done within a decent enough time, especially if you are familiar with turn based RPG's. 

New setting is nice but doesn't hit quite the same as the Japanese locations, imo. 

Edit. 

Oh and you play as a boy in P3R. P3 Portable is the only version that allowed you to pick the MC's gender. 

Read/heard horror stories about the clinic rhythm game in Fist of The North Star Lost Paradise, but pretty much smashed through most of them getting their S rank. 

Then I got to Turkish March. 

Fuck that. Whoever designed that should be taken out behind a SEGA arcade, and beaten with a lead pipe. 

17 minutes ago, LaGoosh said:

What I want to know is what even is a clam digger?

Bryan Danielson. 

Started a fresh game of Fist of The North Star Lost Paradise and making thugs explode into chunk of meat, never gets boring.

Hometown boys Daddy Magic and Cool Hand getting jobbed out, followed by the most obvious audio muting ever, was pretty funny. 

A the wife should stay in the kitchen storyline in 2023? Fuck off and get Miro and CJ in the bin. 

22 hours ago, Lorne Malvo said:

I think not reading reports/backstage scuttlebutt etc is an absolute blessing.

Unsubbing from almost every wrestling account I followed on YouTube, was the best thing I ever did.

1 hour ago, Just Some Guy said:

It's a shame I don't have time to watch anymore. That sounds amazing!

Dammit. 

Really enjoyed that, for the most part. 

Yeah the finish was a bit naff but everything else about Copeland Vs. Christian was just two pros doing what they do best. A great, heated match with nothing too bonkers. 

Happy to see Riho back, honestly started to think that she was done with wrestling. Should also give Cornette plenty of material, to feed his simps.

Mox/Rush and Swerve/Briscoe were both great fun. But yeah Rush twatting Mox with a bear was pretty shit. 

Jay/Jay was a pretty dull affair saved by the crowd amusing themselves with Jay shenanigans. 

The Masked Men bait and switch sucked. Rest of the show covered for it, though. 

Mariah May is totally going after Storm, isn't she? May quietly leaving ringside, before Riho's return might mean something. Or not. 

SAVE THE CLAMS. 

Really solid episode of wrestling. A couple of fun sprints, decent promo work (even Storm and Blue, were decent) and three strong tournament matches.

House of Black Vs. Daniels and Sydal was also a pleasant surprise. 

Nice video package for Mercedes and Willow. More of that please, Sniff.

Venom Shank, is an awesome name. 

Swerve really needs to ditch those Embassy scrubs. It's the only thing holding him back, imo.

Good show.

I know the tournament isn't everyone's cup of tea but I think it's given the weekly shows a solid direction and is a big improvement over the worn out, single elimination tournaments.

Loved the Copeland/Christian segment. 

Hope Rush isn't actually hurt. 

Those meetings eventually became a source of entertainment, when managers would start bickering over things. 

Reminds me about an old job, where we had to do daily meetings to explain our numbers, for the previous day. 

I'm pretty introverted so I used to be super nervous but eventually I settled into a routine of keeping my arms folded until my turn, and just pointed at the numbers while simply stating the facts. 

While talking I was just thinking these are the numbers and these are the reasons for them, don't like them, not my fucking problem.

Funnily enough, I was eventually pulled aside by one of team leaders and praised for how articulate I was. Which made me more uncomfortable than the actual meetings, lol.

1 hour ago, TibBo said:

Bizarre how many Americans are in it considering it was filmed in Bedford?

I'm assuming that it's largely going to be marketed to an American audience , so I'm not surprised by the amount of Americans on the show. Guessing that filming it in the UK was cost related. 

Caught up. 

Edit wanker. 

Just finished episode 7 and yeah, I have to admit that it's much more entertaining than I expected it to be.

Reading/hearing comments online (which seem more mixed than negative, imo) about how insert number here, is totally a plant or the rigged winner, only for that person to be eliminated, has been pretty funny. 

Episode 1 was a bit of a struggle and the most over produced, imo. By episode 3 though, it got it's hooks in me.