The King Of Swing

5 hours ago, Merzbow said:

I'm replaying Yakuza 6 before I get Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, and I've found that it's actually cheaper to buy a physical Asian or Japanese copy which both come with English language subtitles. We don't get a physical version at all here.

Oh Y6. Really fun game to play but the story absolutely sucked, imo. I thought that the big conspiracy in particular was a massive wet fart.

Some of my favourite side stories in the entire series, though.

I'm into Chapter 3 of Like a Dragon Gaiden and oh boy that first chapter is a bore, even compared to previous games in the series. Story elements are fine but it's really bare bones when it comes to gameplay for the duration of chapter 1.

Thankfully once you unlock a certain area in chapter 2, the game finally starts to open up, proper. 

It's clear early on that it's a smaller scale experience than most of the series but that doesn't bother me. Still loads to do.

And of course Kiryu now being a gadget wielding secret agent, is the kind of silly bollocks I live for. 

Oh and @Keith Houchen if you ever decide to give it a go, make sure you are alone when you unlock the hostess, mini game. 

9 hours ago, CAREBEAR LUVVA said:

I've got the day off work today, and I was quite looking forward to spending most of it playing Like A Dragon Gaiden. The sodding thing crashes at the start of the first chapter, a full-on console shutdown as soon as the title of the chapter appears on screen. I changed the HDR setting, which seems to fix similar problems with other games (basically just don't use it), but it's still not having it. Hope anyone else playing the Game Pass version on Series X is having more joy!

 

Edit: leaving the Xbox unplugged for half an hour before having another try seems to have fixed it (in combination with leaving the HDR setting turned off).

Currently playing on PS5 with HDR on. Zero problems, so far. 

Vampyr is definitely rough around the edges but well worth sticking with, imo. 

Table spots in regular matches.

Lower than vermin, indeed. 

They should give Eddie 10 minutes on every go-home show, just to hype the fuck out of their upcoming PPV's. 

Honestly I've given trying to work out just what the fuck is going on with House of Black. 

48 minutes ago, TheScarlettChad said:

Can't wait for Hogan to show up next.  Sex fiends are allowed in Khan's company so why not racists too?!

Hogan probably wasn't "work rate" enough for Sniff. 

Just ordered the Tomie Complete Delux Edition by Jinjo Ito

Still have my Masters of Terror paperbacks but will be nice to have series in hardback, sitting alongside Uzumaki. 

Overall another 'okay' show, I thought.

All that build just for MJF to team with The Acclaimed was a let down, match was fun though. 

Shit announcement from Sniff but I'd already set my expectations low.

OC/Claudio was fun. Hoping we are seeing the beginning of the end for the BCC.

Shida/Willow. Didn't give a shit and I hope Shida wrecks, Storm.

Kyle Fletcher looked pretty bloody good in a suit. Shame his first job with The Don Callis Family, was just getting lamped by a barely mobile, Paul White.

Bucks heel turn tease? Works for me.

Other stuff I've already forgotten which is a problem I have with all weekly wrestling, to be honest. 

7 hours ago, Infinity Land said:

Ric Flair "I'm going to be there every week until the end of the road."

Week 2: ...

A 👍 for AEW's inconsistent booking.

Maybe Sniff got a look at Flair's DM's and didn't like what he saw. 

Edit. 

Bollocks. That'll teach me not to post before catching up on the thread. 

I'd be well up for a sequel to, Fist of The North Star Lost Paradise.

Yeah, Ishin just doesn't click like other games in the series.

The upcoming games look tremendous though, lord knows how much time I'm going to sink into Infinite Wealth's, Island mode.

1 hour ago, DavidB6937 said:

 

 

The main event of Worlds End will be a four ring, battle royal......no, a four ring rumble. 

Max Caster needs shooting into the sun. 

As much as I'm looking forward to MJF/Omega, it definitely feels like Sniff is hotshoting for a boost for Collision.

They did a decent job setting it up, though. 

Watch it turn out to be Strong and The Kingdom.

There was three of them, right? 

Good point about Cole's surgery. Forget sometimes that Britt and Cole are in a relationship.

Home invasion angles are dumb by default so I don't put too much thought into then.

I have zero interest in a Pinnacle reunion. 

Though the masked men being his former Pinnacle stable mates, trying to fuck with him could have some legs.

I'm gonna have to start making my way through Daily's Place/pandemic era AEW.

As strange as this may seem to some, it's still my favourite period of AEW. Helped get me through those shitty times. 

As for Dynamite this week. Gross old cunt aside, it was alright.

Ruby Soho looks like someone who is bolting for the door, as soon as her contract runs out. Match was rubbish. 

Almost Zero crowd reaction to Toni Storm, post match. Think we might actually see some fan backlash if she beats Shida (who is still really popular) for the belt.

Oh the Shida/Baker tension is another story line that seems to have been completely dropped.

Cracking opener. 

Decent main event. 

The Swerve segment played out better than I expected it to. Prince Nana being uncomfortable was a nice touch.

Just completed Dragon Age 2 . 

I'd forgotten how hilariously stupid almost every character is. Seriously, find me a game with bigger collection of idiots.

It's actually endearing. 

Anders nuking The Chantry still gets a good laugh out of me, as does Sabastian trying to give it the big one while running away with his tail between his legs, because of course I totally approve of Anders starting the DA equivalent of WWIII.

Naturally I sided with the Mages, as dumb and weak willed as they in DA2. Seriously fart on a Mage in the game and they'll either drop dead, surrender of resort to blood magic. 

Fenris switching sides TWICE in the final act, depending on how you play it. Fickle, boring bastard.

Some decent DLC. Probably a good challenge if I didn't shit out and drop the difficulty. 

8 magical nukes out of 10.

2 hours ago, Keith Houchen said:

Opens with a scene from a Japanese schoolgirl’s toilet. Nice. 

Though you was talking about Yakuza, for a second. 

2 hours ago, CAREBEAR LUVVA said:

As if Yakuza games aren't great enough already, they've announced an island building mode for Infinite Wealth.

Me between now and release.