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Movies & TV / Re: All Things Netflix! Coming Soon: The Netflix Experience, Live and In Person!??

« Last post by broodwars on October 09, 2025, 08:36:46 PM »

Had a lot of family stuff going on lately so haven't had the energy to play much since finishing Xenoblade 2 earlier this week. Figured i might as well go on and continue with Stranger Things: Season 3.

...Really? THIS is the season of the show that's universally hated? THIS one, the one where **** actually happens; everyone actually contributes to the story; there are actual consequences to the things the characters do; and Eleven isn't just an instant win button for once? Really? 

Yeah, I thought this season was pretty alright. Granted, it had a bit of a slow start with teenage love bullshit and you have to accept some really stupid plot contrivances (i.e. everything about the Russians, *redacted* not getting dissolved into meat several times throughout the season when so many others were; etc.), but in general i thought it was well-paced. Refreshingly, while characters would act recklessly, they weren't generally weren't acting STUPIDLY like they were in Season 2. Yeah, the nostalgia key jangling was a bit excessive both at the start of the season and the end, but in general I thought that was a decent watch. I'm not sure why people hate this season so much.

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General Gaming / Re: Shocktober VI: Curse of NWR

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on October 09, 2025, 04:47:38 PM »

A couple of days ago I kicked off Shocktober by beating the story mode in The House of the Dead: Overkill on Wii. It had been a while since I got to use the Wii zapper and honestly it was not as accurate as I remember. I think it works better with a smaller TV and with non-rechargeable batteries, both things that have changed since I last fired one of these off.
The game itself is quite short, with the story mode only having about 7 chapters and lasting less than 4 hours. The game is gratuitous in more ways than one and reminded me of the Robert Rodriguez film Planet Terror. I am now seeing that according to the the Wikipedia article for the game, the film was an inspiration for the developers. There is a nice upgrade system and during the campaign I was able to fully upgrade the default weapon as well as acquire one more. The Director's Cut is now unlocked and there are some in-game achievements/unlockables that will make this one I can revisit for a long time.

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General Gaming / Re: Shocktober VI: Curse of NWR

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on October 09, 2025, 04:33:59 PM »

Oh wait, while I'm typing this and checking things I have ZombiU on my Wii U backlog, so I'll go with that.

I feel like that was a past Shocktober game for me...yep, last game of the month in Shocktober 4 back when I was still able to export proper screenshot from Wii U. Definitely a fun game and perfect for this forum topic.

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General Gaming / Re: Shocktober VI: Curse of NWR

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on October 09, 2025, 04:29:58 PM »

Probably not much from me this month.I am picking up Tormented Souls 2 later this month, but that comes out on the 23rd so it's possible I might not be done with that game by the end of the month.

Might be a good time to play that port of Fear Effect that came out a month or so ago, or to do a proper replay of RE6.

I am also not going to finish many games this month so I might do a lot of first impressions instead.

One on my list is RE7!

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General Gaming / Re: Shocktober VI: Curse of NWR

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on October 09, 2025, 04:28:02 PM »

Mina the Hollower releases on actual Halloween so if there are any arbitrary prizes, anyone who beats that game in October should win by default.

Agreed, anyone who beats Mina in Shocktober will lift the curse of NWR!

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TalkBack / Re: Yooka-Replaylee (Switch 2) Review

« Last post by broodwars on October 08, 2025, 10:32:50 PM »

I'm surprised to read that someone actually used that World Expansion system in the original game for its intended purpose. In my original playthrough of Yooka-Laylee, I always expanded the worlds before I went in for the first time, so for me they were ALWAYS way too big for what little there was to do in them. I was hoping this remake would have fixed that problem.

My biggest concern with this remake from everything I've read and what I saw in the demo was where the sense of progression was going to be when all of your moves (minus Flight) were unlocked from the beginning. Kinda removes the mystique of a puzzle if you know going into every single one of them that you already have the solution.

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General Gaming / Re: Shocktober VI: Curse of NWR

« Last post by jarodea on October 04, 2025, 09:12:22 PM »

The only horror related game I have on my backlog is Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles.  It's not really a "backlog" game since I beat it on the Wii, but I have it on the Wii U and haven't really touched it.  My current Wii U backlog game is Axiom Verge but I think I'm done with it so there is a free slot.  Oh wait, while I'm typing this and checking things I have ZombiU on my Wii U backlog, so I'll go with that.

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Movies & TV / Re: All Things Netflix! Coming Soon: The Netflix Experience, Live and In Person!??

« Last post by Stratos on October 04, 2025, 12:02:06 AM »

Honestly I don't remember S1 having the issues you described at all. I do agree that S4 was great, but yeah, S3 has its issues and those issues were there to a degree in S2 but mostly contained to some small portions. But I forget a lot of it so it could just be a blended and faded memory. I'll probably re-watch it all one last time leading up to S5, but I don't see myself going back to the show a whole lot after it is all said and done.

Both how long it has taken and the show sagging under the weight of the stakes which have abruptly become very real and very high have taken away the possibility of the classic S1 charm from coming back. The best we can hope for is a great follow up and conclusion to S4, but that depends on a lot of things.

I agree taking a break would be good, then you can get S3-5 all out of the way and make a fine conclusion on everything.

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General Gaming / Re: Shocktober VI: Curse of NWR

« Last post by broodwars on October 03, 2025, 06:34:07 PM »

OK, change of plans: Yooka-Re-Playlee got delayed to December, and I won the local Silent Hill f GameStop preorder 2nd round lottery and got a steelbook. Also, my copy of the Gex Remaster Trilogy arrives tomorrow, though that most likely wouldn't qualify for this despite the obligatory Horror levels.

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General Chat / Re: The Major League Baseball Thread: Did SI Swipe The 2025 Sports Almanac?

« Last post by Khushrenada on October 03, 2025, 03:10:39 AM »

Even if your team goes out in the first round it creates some hope for next year and gives the season some purpose.  With baseball the season is a waste of time for like at least half of the teams that day one the fans know are NOT going to make it.  The Expos only had one playoff appearance in their entire time in Montreal.  Well no wonder they moved.  Who wants to watch a team that's so irrelevent?

The people of the great state of Texas, that's who!  Our perennial also-rans are well loved in spite of their nearly nonexistent playoff record, thank you very much.

Man, things sure changed in the past 15 years after this post. 7 Championship appearances by both Texas teams with 3 wins (2 for Astros, 1 for Rangers).