Random Gaming Thoughts

[fastbilly1]

I don't recognize the game on the left.

Left to right:
Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo/Mystery of the Emblem
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

All excellent choices

[Erik_Twice]

Yeah, like fastbilly1 says, they are two of the Super Famicom Fire Emblem games, plus Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, a great rhythmn video game (If you have played Elite Beat Agents, it's the Japanese original).

The screen is actually a professional monitor and not a consumer television, which is why I am so happy.

[marlowe221]

Yeah, like fastbilly1 says, they are two of the Super Famicom Fire Emblem games, plus Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, a great rhythmn video game (If you have played Elite Beat Agents, it's the Japanese original).

The screen is actually a professional monitor and not a consumer television, which is why I am so happy.

I don't recognize the game on the left.

Left to right:
Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo/Mystery of the Emblem
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

All excellent choices

Thanks for filling me in. I'm not a big Fire Emblem fan myself but different strokes, right? Congrats on the games!

And I figured that was a professional monitor - do those normally have built in speakers or do you have to get sound out some other way?

[Erik_Twice]

Thanks for filling me in. I'm not a big Fire Emblem fan myself but different strokes, right? Congrats on the games!

And I figured that was a professional monitor - do those normally have built in speakers or do you have to get sound out some other way?

Thanks! This is the first time I buy directly from Japan and it's totally worth it. Games are in great shape and the price is very competitive even after you take shipping into account.

Most professional monitors have no speakers. Apparently this one does, but I bet it's pretty bad.

[fastbilly1]

Thanks for filling me in. I'm not a big Fire Emblem fan myself but different strokes, right?

Neither was I, it is just something you learn when you buy grab bag lots of SFC games.

Thanks! This is the first time I buy directly from Japan and it's totally worth it. Games are in great shape and the price is very competitive even after you take shipping into account.

If we ever get another knowledgeable member based in Japan with access to cheap shipping, everything changes.

Most professional monitors have no speakers. Apparently this one does, but I bet it's pretty bad.

What model is it? I have never seen a PVM with a speaker.

[noiseredux]

While several previous games in the Call of Duty series referenced the Alien franchise, Ghosts is notable in that it featured the Predator as a playable character as part of its second DLC, titled Devastation, released in April 2014.

[ElkinFencer10]

While several previous games in the Call of Duty series referenced the Alien franchise, Ghosts is notable in that it featured the Predator as a playable character as part of its second DLC, titled Devastation, released in April 2014.

If only they'd let me fight aliens in space with lasers instead of brown people in unnamed sandbox countries with zero context (still butthurt about the piss-poor writing in the Modern Warfare sub-series).

[noiseredux]

If only they'd let me fight aliens in space with lasers instead of brown people in unnamed sandbox countries with zero context (still butthurt about the piss-poor writing in the Modern Warfare sub-series).[/quote]

Advanced Warfare was the only recent one I've played. But Ghosts had been on my list as one I wanted to check out since it came out. This Predator bit moves it up that list.

[ElkinFencer10]

If only they'd let me fight aliens in space with lasers instead of brown people in unnamed sandbox countries with zero context (still butthurt about the piss-poor writing in the Modern Warfare sub-series).

Advanced Warfare was the only recent one I've played. But Ghosts had been on my list as one I wanted to check out since it came out. This Predator bit moves it up that list.

I've played all of the main series releases. Ghosts was okay. It gets shit on more than it deserves IMO. It's certainly not amazing, and it blatantly copies previous entries in the series with some almost carbon copied cutscenes and action sequences, but it's not a bad story. Advanced Warfare, IMO, was good - still not amazing, but definitely good. Black Ops III, on the other hand....man, I've been recommending that game to people for the single player alone. It's the best game in the series since 2005's Call of Duty 2 IMO.

[noiseredux]

hmm, I don't know what I've ever heard much praise for Black Ops 3. Honestly, if memory serves, I think the only COD's I've played were the first and Advanced Warfare. When we do COD for TR in a few months I'm planning to play the first two games for sure - as I own those and never finished the first. But if I have time may delve further into the series. Maybe randomly based on what I can find cheap. Don't know.