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    Strider Hiryu reacted to Sledgstone in Fruits Basket Final Season   
    I finished up Fruits Basket a couple days ago. Overall it was a great reboot. Season 1 was pretty spot on with the original season except it went a bit faster and felt like it lost some of the humor the original show had because the characters didn't seem to transform as often, but maybe I'm remembering the original wrong since its been over 10 years since I've seen it. The two eps that focused on Hana & Uo-chan were really good since they didn't go into any real backstory for those 2 characters in the original series. Season 2 went a bit slow and the student council/Yuki school president episodes felt like filler to me, but by the end of the series it was all character development for Yuki and how things ended with his relationships. Season 3 was so emotional and I love that the series got an ending after all these years.
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    Strider Hiryu reacted to DeathscytheX in Favorite Anime Intros/Outros   
    Props to who ever coordinated the Fruits Basket OPs, they were all good. The art direction of this one was my absolute favorite.
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from DeathscytheX in Lost Ark   
    Forum necromancer here to resurrect an old topic again.
    So I got lucky and was able to play in the Closed Technical Alpha for this this past weekend. Gotta say I originally had no interest in this since I figured it was going to be another one of those Korean games that's all flash and no substance (and quite frankly that's all I really saw from watching streams of it back when it originally launched) kind of how Blade and Soul was (don't get me wrong B&S was good but it didn't have staying power for me). I'm happy to say I've reversed my opinion on it after getting my hands on it. Can't entirely say much since I believe I'm still under NDA (not sure but I'm not taking chances here) but I was extremely impressed by Lost Ark (almost so to say this is what Diablo 3 should of been). Combat is visceral and fun (chaining abilities together is fun as hell, takes a bit of getting used to do to how they're mapped on the keyboard), story is rather interesting (I love how every class has it's own Prologue story and that leads into the over-arching plot of the game, though not all of those are extremely well done or good (standouts for me were the Martial Artist and Warrior, Mage was okay but nowhere near as good as the other two), the game is beyond gorgeous (I don't normally gush about his stuff but god damn is it pretty), I like all the systems they have in place for various things (getting around the world, the rapport system, the little secrets you can find, etc), I love how you don't have to log out to the character selection screen to change characters (you can do it from the in-game menu) and I like the MMO aspect of the game even if it's not an overly important to actually enjoying or doing anything (seeing other players in the world makes it feel more alive while you're playing and it's nice when someone drops in to help kill a powerful monster).
    About my only gripe is the loading process into the game. From boot-up to character select was anywhere between 5-10 minutes which royally sucks (part of that is due to the anti-cheat that boots up prior to game launch). Now it could be just my computer taking it's sweet ass time but I highly doubt that. In-game load times are amazing, you spend very little time in loading screens and it's refreshing as hell when compared to other games like it.
    Quite frankly I'm really looking forward to this now after playing it (hell I'm considering purchasing the Platinum Founders pack for all the goodies and guaranteed access to the closed beta) and is probably the only real thing I'm hyped about this year besides Endwalker. I'm worried that this will come out at or around the same time as the D2 remaster and put me in a bind but all things considered I think Lost Ark will win that battle (as much as I love D2 I've never been hyped about an ARPG like this before (well at least not since D3 shattered all my hype with poor design decisions)). If you get a chance to get into the beta when it comes around take it because the game is fun as hell. Now to sit here and not think about my gnawing need to play my Soul Fist (Martial Artist advance class).
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Sledgstone in Playstation 5   
    While nice it still falls way short of what they should of done to begin with, give us a bigger internal drive. Sadly they could easily make them run on external drives if they just take the internal one and sell them as external add-ons (not like the option is great, they'd probably cost more then they're worth). My major concern here is what USB drives are actually compatible? All it says in their faq is USB 3.0 or higher and not all will be compatible. Are we talking Passports, external HDD's, or USB sticks? We talking certain brands or every brand? Sigh, I own so much external storage and the thought that I'd need to buy a new one just for this depresses me if the current one I'm using on my PS4 won't work.
    Sigh, Sony really out here this generation just pissing people off (though I don't know how many people are pissed about storage capacity like I am). Man, really starting to think it's not worth buying a PS5 anymore (even if I do want one).
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from DeathscytheX in Favorite Anime Intros/Outros   
    Fruits Basket openings have all been winners as have the endings. Whoever has been choosing the songs needs a raise because they're doing a damn good job.
    Hmmm, it'd be hard to me to even pick between all the good openings over the last couple years (and even from this past winter season, there a few damn good ones) but I'll see your five with five of my own
    I'm starting out with the best of my five and that goes to Sincerely from Violet Evergarden (you name dropped it so I'm here to drop the opening). From the minute I heard it I fell in love with the song and I can't hear it without tears streaming out of my eyes (yes I'm an emotional wreck when it comes to VE).
    Next on the list goes to Chaos Drifters from No Guns No Life Season 2, While I love Motor City from Season 1 I'm obsessed with this song and it's actually one of my most played songs on Spotify (god damn banger it is).
    Third on this list goes to Rise from Shield Hero, fucking banger of an opening (as is Faith, the second opening but I personally prefer Rise). Surprisingly enough this opening is what actually sold me on watching the show since it does a pretty good job of encapsulating what the show is about (and lets face it, Naofumi is probably one of the most relatable protagonists in any isekai show to date).
    We all knew this was going to happen since I absolutely adore the show and three of its four openings, it's Mayday from Fire Force. As DX can attest this show is freaking awesome and I feel Mayday does the best job of encapsulating that no only in the animation but the song as well. I adore Inferno (opening 1) and Spark-Again (opening 3) but Mayday is just fucking amazing.
    And last but certainly not least my fifth pick. This song was literally an obsession of mine from the moment I heard it (and we discussed this much earlier in this topic I believe) and that would be Shadowgraph from Boogiepop Phantom. MYTH & ROID have quite a few amazing songs (Jingo Jungle from Saga of Tanya the Evil, Voracity, Hydra and L.L.L. from Overlord) Shadowgraph has resonated with me and completely sucked me in. The ending from Boogiepop Phantom (Whiteout) is also amazing but I'm sticking to openings here.
    While not part of the top five thing I also wanted to post one of my favorites from the 2021 winter season. While not my absolute favorite (that belongs to The Promised Neverland's S2 opening (even if S2 is a dumpster fire but I won't get into that here)) it's from one of my favorite Japanese Rock bands (in fact this is there first ever anime opening) and I feel they don't get anywhere near the attention they absolutely deserve. Different by Band-Maid, these girls absolutely kill everything they do and this is no exception and I'm so glad they were chosen to do this for Season 3 of Log Horizon.
     
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    Strider Hiryu reacted to DeathscytheX in Favorite Anime Intros/Outros   
    Gonna be a redundant post sorta... but with my anime watching getting more active now that dubs are more fequent even if they're a few weeks behind. Here are my top openings of the past few years.... maybe more distant since its a blur since COVID started.

    Cop Craft - Man this show was so much fun. Just a good ole buddy cop anime... kinda like Bright on Netflix.... but better? Def worth a watch.

    Fruits Basket - So many fucking feels man... so many good openings and outros. At the end of the day I gotta stick with the one that started it all... such a beautiful melody. Violet Evergarden will always be a king of animation quality.. but man FB is really good in that department too.

    ZOMBIE LAND SAGA - The only pop idol anime I really got into because of its interesting premise. I love this OP so much.

    Fairy Tail has so many banger openings... say what you want about the series and its power of friendship. Its not perfect... but man I love all the characters and most of the arcs. It is what it is... but this OP toppled the Grand Magic Games one, which I never thought would happen. It's so fucking good.

    And the winner of it all is Attack of Titan's final season... There aren't many OPs that can encompass the theme of what is currently going on in a series... its fucking eerie, its dark, its uncomfortable... plus the imagery used fits so well as per usual with AoT openings. And without really spoiling anything at that.
     
     
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Sledgstone in YongYea   
    This has been one of the major reasons why I've been gravitating more and more towards PC gaming and only buying the occasional PS game (either due to exclusivity or I'd rather play in on console). Sony loves to alienate their player base and while I love the Playstation and Sony it's getting to the point where I really do want to see them take a huge L and learn just how to take care of the players that support them. I mean Microsoft learned that the hard way with the One and only really started recovering once the One X came out. They've really set themselves up great with Game Pass (but we'll see how long that lasts, not really sustainable to give out free games (even brand new one) for free for a low monthly fee) and their acquisition of Bethesda gives them a huge library of games, both future and past, to really sell Game Pass and the Series X (though with Bethesda's recent flops I'm not entirely sure it's a good thing).
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Myk JL in YongYea   
    This has been one of the major reasons why I've been gravitating more and more towards PC gaming and only buying the occasional PS game (either due to exclusivity or I'd rather play in on console). Sony loves to alienate their player base and while I love the Playstation and Sony it's getting to the point where I really do want to see them take a huge L and learn just how to take care of the players that support them. I mean Microsoft learned that the hard way with the One and only really started recovering once the One X came out. They've really set themselves up great with Game Pass (but we'll see how long that lasts, not really sustainable to give out free games (even brand new one) for free for a low monthly fee) and their acquisition of Bethesda gives them a huge library of games, both future and past, to really sell Game Pass and the Series X (though with Bethesda's recent flops I'm not entirely sure it's a good thing).
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Myk JL in YouTube Influencers   
    Anime:
    Besides also watching Geoff (Mother's Basement) and Tristan/Arkada (Glass Reflection) I also follow
    AniNews https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCchUOUW-eNmDfDqMS_AiZew (mostly for Overlord and Shield Hero content)
    CDawgVA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPsZ_0SkFdi551iYTG04R2g (mostly for his stupid antics, he's mostly just a JVlogger now)
    Gaming News/Videos:
    JackFrags https://www.youtube.com/user/jackfrags
    Matimi0 https://www.youtube.com/user/Matimi0 (occasionally, I watch his stream more then his youtube channel)
    LevelCap https://www.youtube.com/user/LevelCapGaming (don't watch him as much as I used to since he became more news centric)
    TheRussianBadger https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRussianBadger
    The Escapist https://www.youtube.com/user/TheEscapistMagazine (mostly for Zero Punctuation)
    Also follow YongYea as well
    FFXIV Related:
    MrHappy1227 https://www.youtube.com/user/Xehanort1227 (mostly for guides and news)
    Ethys Asher https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs2UQ_EJkAAlzXkcTfDj-2g (FFXIV Lore Daddy, follow for all that juicy FFXIV lore)
    MTQCapture https://www.youtube.com/user/MTQcapture (guides)
    Final Fantasy XIV https://www.youtube.com/user/FINALFANTASYXIV
    News:
    Internet Today https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyZVCV9xhrCyz4hPehvb4Wg
    Philip DeFranco https://www.youtube.com/user/sxephil
    Building Stupid Shit (not sure how to classify these):
    michaelcthulu https://www.youtube.com/user/michaelcthulhu (builds ridiculously huge weapons, rather entertaining)
    Hacksmith Industries https://www.youtube.com/user/MstrJames (the makers for that lightsaber vid I posted)
    Music Oriented:
    Chillhop Music https://www.youtube.com/user/Chillhopdotcom (I've really gotten into lofi lately)
    Vincent Moretto https://www.youtube.com/user/HaarasNC (man does some killer metal covers of Ace Combat music as well as others)
    Frog Leap Studios https://www.youtube.com/user/leolego (does some killer covers)
    As well as multiple other ones mostly centered around piano covers of anime openings and endings (I'll provide links if anyone is interested).
    Science/History:
    Biographics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ
    SciShow https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow
    Forgotten Weapons https://www.youtube.com/user/ForgottenWeapons
    VLog Oriented:
    Abroad in Japan https://www.youtube.com/user/cmbroad44  (just because I find Japan interesting and I like Chris's personality)
    Random Nerd Shit:
    FilmComicsExplained https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCisWUR5UCMcxz_4zT6mI3kA
    Certifiably Ingame https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJutYkYphYcGo-xbqyQJeYA (mostly for his Star Trek and Star Wars lore video's)
    EckhartsLadder https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp6F1mQGuaXiDj5otWBmIjg (mostly for Star Wars content)
    40K Theories https://www.youtube.com/user/remleiz (even though I don't play Warhammer I find the lore fascinating)
    Streamer Related:
    Streamers Reloaded https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDT1meaKQ_D1HjhTGULNbew (I spend way to much time watching streamers and for some reason streamer drama just amazes me hence why I watch it)
    I also watch a lot of other youtubers this is just a small snippet of what I watch (plus some of the others I really don't know how to classify into a category as they cover more then just one thing). Not to mention the recent rabbit hole I fell down and wish I never did (I've gotten into vtubers and I don't know whether to be disgusted in myself or just resign myself to this weird fad).
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Sledgstone in YouTube Influencers   
    Anime:
    Besides also watching Geoff (Mother's Basement) and Tristan/Arkada (Glass Reflection) I also follow
    AniNews https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCchUOUW-eNmDfDqMS_AiZew (mostly for Overlord and Shield Hero content)
    CDawgVA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPsZ_0SkFdi551iYTG04R2g (mostly for his stupid antics, he's mostly just a JVlogger now)
    Gaming News/Videos:
    JackFrags https://www.youtube.com/user/jackfrags
    Matimi0 https://www.youtube.com/user/Matimi0 (occasionally, I watch his stream more then his youtube channel)
    LevelCap https://www.youtube.com/user/LevelCapGaming (don't watch him as much as I used to since he became more news centric)
    TheRussianBadger https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRussianBadger
    The Escapist https://www.youtube.com/user/TheEscapistMagazine (mostly for Zero Punctuation)
    Also follow YongYea as well
    FFXIV Related:
    MrHappy1227 https://www.youtube.com/user/Xehanort1227 (mostly for guides and news)
    Ethys Asher https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs2UQ_EJkAAlzXkcTfDj-2g (FFXIV Lore Daddy, follow for all that juicy FFXIV lore)
    MTQCapture https://www.youtube.com/user/MTQcapture (guides)
    Final Fantasy XIV https://www.youtube.com/user/FINALFANTASYXIV
    News:
    Internet Today https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyZVCV9xhrCyz4hPehvb4Wg
    Philip DeFranco https://www.youtube.com/user/sxephil
    Building Stupid Shit (not sure how to classify these):
    michaelcthulu https://www.youtube.com/user/michaelcthulhu (builds ridiculously huge weapons, rather entertaining)
    Hacksmith Industries https://www.youtube.com/user/MstrJames (the makers for that lightsaber vid I posted)
    Music Oriented:
    Chillhop Music https://www.youtube.com/user/Chillhopdotcom (I've really gotten into lofi lately)
    Vincent Moretto https://www.youtube.com/user/HaarasNC (man does some killer metal covers of Ace Combat music as well as others)
    Frog Leap Studios https://www.youtube.com/user/leolego (does some killer covers)
    As well as multiple other ones mostly centered around piano covers of anime openings and endings (I'll provide links if anyone is interested).
    Science/History:
    Biographics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ
    SciShow https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow
    Forgotten Weapons https://www.youtube.com/user/ForgottenWeapons
    VLog Oriented:
    Abroad in Japan https://www.youtube.com/user/cmbroad44  (just because I find Japan interesting and I like Chris's personality)
    Random Nerd Shit:
    FilmComicsExplained https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCisWUR5UCMcxz_4zT6mI3kA
    Certifiably Ingame https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJutYkYphYcGo-xbqyQJeYA (mostly for his Star Trek and Star Wars lore video's)
    EckhartsLadder https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp6F1mQGuaXiDj5otWBmIjg (mostly for Star Wars content)
    40K Theories https://www.youtube.com/user/remleiz (even though I don't play Warhammer I find the lore fascinating)
    Streamer Related:
    Streamers Reloaded https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDT1meaKQ_D1HjhTGULNbew (I spend way to much time watching streamers and for some reason streamer drama just amazes me hence why I watch it)
    I also watch a lot of other youtubers this is just a small snippet of what I watch (plus some of the others I really don't know how to classify into a category as they cover more then just one thing). Not to mention the recent rabbit hole I fell down and wish I never did (I've gotten into vtubers and I don't know whether to be disgusted in myself or just resign myself to this weird fad).
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from DeathscytheX in YouTube Influencers   
    Anime:
    Besides also watching Geoff (Mother's Basement) and Tristan/Arkada (Glass Reflection) I also follow
    AniNews https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCchUOUW-eNmDfDqMS_AiZew (mostly for Overlord and Shield Hero content)
    CDawgVA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPsZ_0SkFdi551iYTG04R2g (mostly for his stupid antics, he's mostly just a JVlogger now)
    Gaming News/Videos:
    JackFrags https://www.youtube.com/user/jackfrags
    Matimi0 https://www.youtube.com/user/Matimi0 (occasionally, I watch his stream more then his youtube channel)
    LevelCap https://www.youtube.com/user/LevelCapGaming (don't watch him as much as I used to since he became more news centric)
    TheRussianBadger https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRussianBadger
    The Escapist https://www.youtube.com/user/TheEscapistMagazine (mostly for Zero Punctuation)
    Also follow YongYea as well
    FFXIV Related:
    MrHappy1227 https://www.youtube.com/user/Xehanort1227 (mostly for guides and news)
    Ethys Asher https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs2UQ_EJkAAlzXkcTfDj-2g (FFXIV Lore Daddy, follow for all that juicy FFXIV lore)
    MTQCapture https://www.youtube.com/user/MTQcapture (guides)
    Final Fantasy XIV https://www.youtube.com/user/FINALFANTASYXIV
    News:
    Internet Today https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyZVCV9xhrCyz4hPehvb4Wg
    Philip DeFranco https://www.youtube.com/user/sxephil
    Building Stupid Shit (not sure how to classify these):
    michaelcthulu https://www.youtube.com/user/michaelcthulhu (builds ridiculously huge weapons, rather entertaining)
    Hacksmith Industries https://www.youtube.com/user/MstrJames (the makers for that lightsaber vid I posted)
    Music Oriented:
    Chillhop Music https://www.youtube.com/user/Chillhopdotcom (I've really gotten into lofi lately)
    Vincent Moretto https://www.youtube.com/user/HaarasNC (man does some killer metal covers of Ace Combat music as well as others)
    Frog Leap Studios https://www.youtube.com/user/leolego (does some killer covers)
    As well as multiple other ones mostly centered around piano covers of anime openings and endings (I'll provide links if anyone is interested).
    Science/History:
    Biographics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ
    SciShow https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow
    Forgotten Weapons https://www.youtube.com/user/ForgottenWeapons
    VLog Oriented:
    Abroad in Japan https://www.youtube.com/user/cmbroad44  (just because I find Japan interesting and I like Chris's personality)
    Random Nerd Shit:
    FilmComicsExplained https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCisWUR5UCMcxz_4zT6mI3kA
    Certifiably Ingame https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJutYkYphYcGo-xbqyQJeYA (mostly for his Star Trek and Star Wars lore video's)
    EckhartsLadder https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp6F1mQGuaXiDj5otWBmIjg (mostly for Star Wars content)
    40K Theories https://www.youtube.com/user/remleiz (even though I don't play Warhammer I find the lore fascinating)
    Streamer Related:
    Streamers Reloaded https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDT1meaKQ_D1HjhTGULNbew (I spend way to much time watching streamers and for some reason streamer drama just amazes me hence why I watch it)
    I also watch a lot of other youtubers this is just a small snippet of what I watch (plus some of the others I really don't know how to classify into a category as they cover more then just one thing). Not to mention the recent rabbit hole I fell down and wish I never did (I've gotten into vtubers and I don't know whether to be disgusted in myself or just resign myself to this weird fad).
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from DeathscytheX in Fruits Basket Final Season   
    God damnit I'm tearing up just watching the trailer, fucking christ what has this anime done to me (that or I'm just over emotional from starting my 4th rewatch of VE (don't judge me, I need to watch the BD's and make sure they're up to snuff))? Can it be April already?
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    Strider Hiryu reacted to DeathscytheX in Fruits Basket Final Season   
    Oof, my heart...
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Sledgstone in Star Trek Discovery   
    I hear you there. It's always perplexed me since the Kelvin Timeline was introduced (JJ's Star Trek movies) that tech seems more advanced back in the 23rd century then it does in the 24th. It also perplexes me where they put all those damn phaser banks (the Enterprise-E, a Sovereign class starship and most advanced ship in the Federation as of Nemesis has 12-phaser banks and yet you see ships from newer series set earlier in canon sporting arrays like a laser light show).
    Sadly though tension and introspection don't get viewers anymore so it's the flashier the better. Good choice in battles as well, two of my favorites as well from the movies.
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from DeathscytheX in Star Trek Discovery   
    I hear you there. It's always perplexed me since the Kelvin Timeline was introduced (JJ's Star Trek movies) that tech seems more advanced back in the 23rd century then it does in the 24th. It also perplexes me where they put all those damn phaser banks (the Enterprise-E, a Sovereign class starship and most advanced ship in the Federation as of Nemesis has 12-phaser banks and yet you see ships from newer series set earlier in canon sporting arrays like a laser light show).
    Sadly though tension and introspection don't get viewers anymore so it's the flashier the better. Good choice in battles as well, two of my favorites as well from the movies.
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    Strider Hiryu reacted to DeathscytheX in Star Trek Discovery   
    Kinda unrelated... but I miss the days when technology kinda forced the tone of Star Trek battles.... unlike Star Wars, they were more like lumbering slow paced naval battles with big payoffs. While its cool to see 36 phazer beams and 50 photons flying out of star ships... eh. I kinda miss the tension.
    These two will always be my favorite.
     
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Myk JL in PS Plus Games   
    I was going to say maybe it was because you don't have a PS5 linked to your account (why that would matter I don't know but I'm not overly familiar with the Playstation website/store, I mostly buy through my console if I'm going to buy games digitally and have only visited the site a handful of times) but I just logged into my account on my PC (using Firefox none-the-less, works fine for me with everything showing up properly (even shows the remake as free for me)) and it'll allow me to pre-order both versions for the PS5. Starting to think something is up with your account or maybe the site just doesn't like you.
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Sledgstone in PS Plus Games   
    I was going to say maybe it was because you don't have a PS5 linked to your account (why that would matter I don't know but I'm not overly familiar with the Playstation website/store, I mostly buy through my console if I'm going to buy games digitally and have only visited the site a handful of times) but I just logged into my account on my PC (using Firefox none-the-less, works fine for me with everything showing up properly (even shows the remake as free for me)) and it'll allow me to pre-order both versions for the PS5. Starting to think something is up with your account or maybe the site just doesn't like you.
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Sledgstone in PS Plus Games   
    Yes and no. I mean it kinda fucks over Square-Enix since they get no actual money from the free version since Sony is literally comping the cost due to our PS+ memberships and allowing a free upgrade to the PS5 version with no actual sale having taken place would be Sony saying fuck you to it's biggest money making publisher/developer. I mean I'm pretty sure there's going to be a ton of people who download it without knowing this who are going to be up in arms but not much you can do about it unless Square gives the go ahead for it (which is surprising they don't but my eyes are clouded due to my love for the FFXIV dev team and how much they do for their players).
    The other work around is to buy the physical version of the PS4 copy but that will still require you to have a disc version of the PS5 to even play the upgraded version.
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Sledgstone in Final Fantasy VII   
    https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-PPSA01903_00-5827003902180177
    Pretty much confirms it's PS5 only but who knows how accurate the PS store actually is but since Intergrade is literally the PS5 version of the game and the DLC is tied to it I wouldn't be surprised.
     
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from DeathscytheX in Diablo II: Resurrected   
    Welp, I can kiss any free time I might have away once this comes out. Time to resurrect the Lightning Sorc and Bone Nec for some infinite Baal runs. Didn't actually think Blizzard would remaster this but god am I happy they did.
    Hopefully they pick a good release time for this and not, lets say, fall of this year (which, knowing Blizz, is when they'll release it) otherwise they'll be losing out to Endwalker (sorry, FFXIV will always take priority over any game even games I adore).
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    Strider Hiryu reacted to DeathscytheX in Diablo II: Resurrected   
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from DeathscytheX in TheQuartering   
    As someone who spends a lot of time watching Star Wars Theory (hey just cause I hate what Disney is doing doesn't mean I still don't want to keep up on lore) this is just bull shit. I didn't watch the Quartering video (in fact didn't even know he made on until you posted this, might have to watch it later even if I don't like Jeremy (his opinions are spot on sometimes though, usually with stuff like this)) but I watched SWT's response to Pablo's tweets (well his first one, seems he has another one up now that I didn't get to watching today) and it's just sad. Disney needs to nip this shit in the but and keep crap like this from happening. Fans should be able to react how they want (especially passionate fans like SWT) and not fear being ridiculed by those with creative power and power in franchises like this. Utterly bonkers this shit was allowed to happen (then again I'm sure now that it's blowing up Disney will swoop in and try to save face on this one).
    This reminds me of that incident with that female Guild Wars 2 dev a few years back. You'd think companies would be setting some pretty firm social media engagements rules after that fiasco.
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Sledgstone in Cyberpunk 2077   
    So after only playing an hour today I decided I'm going to put he game on hold until CDPR gets those patches out they talked about in their statement on twitter the other day (the one in Jan and Feb). I didn't run into anything game breaking but the game really does not feel good at all game play wise and it skipped an entire section of a mission by completely freezing then skipping ahead causing some minor NPC issues (if you watched the gameplay trailer they did last year where they were having that car chase with the van that's what I'm talking about, right after finishing rescuing the lady from the trailer that sequence takes place and my game just completely skipped it and loaded to right before the end of the mission). I didn't want to tempt going any further for fear of it doing something like that again or just completely screwing itself over by freezing completely/corrupting my save/frying my PS4. As for the game play issues I doubt they'll be fixed (it's a fundamental problem with the combat system, gun play is clunky at best and not satisfying at all. Guns are extremely inaccurate (even pistols) and it's extremely obvious CDPR had no experience with shooting mechanics) but with the stuttering problems they're just multiplied exponentially making fights hard to navigate.
    This is extremely frustrating as I was looking forward to this game so god damn much. What's even more frustrating is that if these upcoming patches don't put the game in a playable state I'm literally out $250 and sitting on a brick until I can get my hands on a PS5 (only redeemable aspect of this is I get an upgrade to the digital PS5 version when it comes out) which won't be financially viable for quite awhile. CPDR really screwed the pooch on this one. I guess no company is free from corporate greed at this point in the gaming industry (I feel extremely bad for the dev team having to put up with all this shit talk about their game because of the actions of upper management, they really don't deserve it. There's a good game in there somewhere it's just buried under a ton of shit).
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    Strider Hiryu got a reaction from Sledgstone in Cyberpunk 2077   
    Granted this is only with an hour of gameplay currently (it took roughly an hour to install and two hours to dl and install the day0/1/and 1.04 patches) but I've only run into 1 graphical bug so far (a car not fully loading in a cutscene). I've also noticed some stuttering here and there in the beginning area (I've only done the prologue, it took roughly 20 minutes to design my character so I got maybe 40 minutes of actual game play in) but I don't know if that's due to first time loading of the area or actual optimization issues. This is with a year one base PS4 so I don't know if my luck has anything to do with the 1.04 patch or not. I will note my poor PS4 does sound like it wants to kill itself while running the game (the fans were going full blast for most of the time I was playing).
    I'll post more of my initial impressions once I get more game time in tomorrow and actually start doing missions and fighting (all I've done is the combat tutorial so I haven't done any real combat yet), you know actual game play stuff. Hopefully I'll get lucky and not run into all those graphical issues (I'm fully expecting this game to crash multiple times while I'm playing it) because even on the base PS4 this game is beautiful (I will note that I did use some graphical settings someone posted on twitter to help the game run a lot more smoothly so that might also be helping keep the graphical issues at bay).
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