Quote from: DJ Saint-Hubert on June 06, 2024, 11:38:28 am

Also got a cheap Chinese PS2 controller because my official one broke and also a replacement ps1 memory card and was playing Tail of the Sun, which is a pretty funky game.

My PS2 controllers were malfunctioning so I bought an 8bitdo Bluetooth Retro Receiver and it works pretty great with most of the bluetooth controllers I've tried of it so far.

I actually bought an official PS2 controller off EBay but it had an error where PS1 games would keep pausing because it didn't recognize the controller, and I think maybe also PS2 games keep hitting left or right constantly so even navigating menus was impossible. The only issue with the Chinese controller is that there are no pressure sensitive buttons so MGS2 you can't ease off the trigger when holding up an enemy for example

Any great finds on the Steam Summer Sale?

I finally got around to playing Papers Please and so far it's pretty solid. Can definitely see why it's critically acclaimed.

Beyond that I've got a significant backlog of indies to play through, and next on the list there is Before the Green Moon.

oh yeah, I got that! The style reminds me of the canceled Earthbound 64 for some reason, and I am probably not doing that well in it but it's a nice little ambient game. I think to maximize your funds you're supposed to get chickens and feed them apples every day, but they lay eggs every day too which is a much larger profit ratio than if you farmed

I bought Adventures of Cookie and Cream for PS2 from EBay and am very slowly progressing through that. I got to the point where it branches out to the music world and the desert world, I tried the desert world because the music world was just too tough. I got through one level so far of the desert world.

I also realized I had a copy of Okami and played a little bit of that. Seems like for something Japanesey I'd rather just play Goemon though since it's a lot goofier while Okami seems very srs (well maybe a little humor but it sort of falls flat). Also there's Okami HD available on Steam so I would kind of want to get that but then again not sure how far I'll get in the PS2 Okami to begin with. I think in HD it kind of reveals the sketchiness of the style so maybe I'll just stick with PS2

Note: I only own PS2 and PC and an Anbernic emulation system at this point (which plays up to PS1 but can't seem to load everything (it requires very specific PSP-converted ROMs))


Also thinking of getting the first Pandemonium! game from EBay (it's one of the games the Anbernic won't emulate), is it any good?

but yeah I might think of more PS2 games to get but I was going through a list of all American PS2 games and Cookie and Cream was very early in the list (Adventures of Cookie and Cream), might find more I'm interested in but there's a lot of games I absolutely won't get, like Disney games and sports games. Also I can't stand RPGs anymore (ain't got no time for grinding) which is good anyway because those tend to be the super-expensive ones


How is Shadow of Destiny?

Been casually back into playing my OG toon in Retail WoW that I rolled in 2006
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That's a really awesome looking mount. I just started up playing WOW, don't have my old account any longer so rolling a fresh character on WOW Classic. Just managed to get to level 23 today.

It really is, but it's an absolute pain to get. It's one of those secret finding mounts like the Lucid Nightmare, The Hivemind, and The Fathom Dweller. Though there's a red version you can get through a Mt. Dew promotion, and a purple one they data mined that people are guessing will probably be on the Trading Post down the line. I'm sorry to hear you lost your old account. You might try seeing if a GM can help restore it for you.

As for Classic, I don't really dabble much in it. I usually play Retail cause I just have this weird feeling that even though WoW Retail hasn't been what it was in a very long time, since about WoTLK, I still nonetheless want to play the game for where it's going, not where it's been. That and the storyline of the current World Soul trilogy of expansions actually has me quite intrigued.

Edit: My Wrathguard's name is Kill Gore Wrath, how is it even possible that a name could be this cool?