@peteskerritt.com Holy cow. Indy… running the football? Amazing.
Also— what a dumb, dumb personal foul leading to the short field.
@peteskerritt.com Holy cow. Indy… running the football? Amazing.
Also— what a dumb, dumb personal foul leading to the short field.
@peteskerritt.com The original Air Combat is interesting from a “This is how it started?” standpoint, so early in the original PlayStation’s lifespan.
Ace Combat 3 is… divisive. Not helpful that the US version had its storyline completely fubared, but I just don’t like the game at all, gameplay included.
@peteskerritt.com Ace Combat 7 is also good fun, and checks all of the modern-day boxes. Looks good, sounds good, varying difficulty for varying skill levels, DLC if you want it.
Ace Combat 6 is… fine. Some ideas work, some don’t. The story (if you care about it) is LOL-worthy. Very “of its time” visually.
@peteskerritt.com I think others have said it, but the PlayStation 2 trilogy of Ace Combat games is really the best place to start for those looking to get into the series, playing them in release order (4, 5, Zero).
Ace Combat 2 is also a fun playthrough— though many will think it looks ugly by today’s standards.
@peteskerritt.com One would think, because of my line of work, that I’d be into (or even understand) emulation or console modifications… but once I’m not working, I really don’t want to think about work or work-adjacent things.
My experience with trying to set emulation up & getting it to work right has been awful.
@peteskerritt.com I’ve having fun when I’m in the air. There’s been some surprises, which is nice. Theatres of battle feel wider. Missiles are a little less accurate– even on the easiest difficulty– than in past games. This isn’t a bad thing, but it takes getting used to. Aircraft handling feels bulkier, too.
@peteskerritt.com I still have a ways to go, I think. Maybe the story picks up after character development has been established. I want to know more about the why than the what. There’s plenty left to unlock, and the initial roster of planes in the Aircraft Tree is… underwhelming.
I’m still very much in.
@peteskerritt.com Well, shoot. I’m not completely senile. Yet. :)
Thanks for sharing that.
@peteskerritt.com By the 21st century, the concept of “blue laws” and restricted Sunday hours for retail was in the rear view mirror– so Sunday launches make a bit more sense. I have this (probably incorrect) recollection of Super Mario Galaxy 2 bowing on a Sunday.
Not sure about the mid-90s. So long ago. :(
@peteskerritt.com It’s not impossible that launch day fell on a Sunday. By 1996, “blue laws” in some areas that restricted retail store openings had been relaxed at least somewhat. Where I lived at the time, stores could be open 12p-5p on Sundays.
But it seems pretty narrow for a hardware launch. I dunno.
@peteskerritt.com Ace Combat 8 and Dynasty Warriors 3 Remastered are preordered and will download when ready. Funny how it’s the old franchises that somehow keep me playing modern consoles, rather than anything new. Once those go away (or when this console generation ends, whichever comes first), I’m done, too.
@peteskerritt.com Can’t forget weirdness like Shadow Madness having variants with and without a demo disc for Jade Cocoon included.
I have both; the demo disc variant is my open copy and my no-demo variant is sealed for now.
My 1,200+ game library has plenty of variants in it, but isn’t close to “a full set”.
@peteskerritt.com Longbox releases.
Jewel case re-releases.
Special cover initial releases.
Greatest Hits re-releases.
Collectors’ Edition box set releases.
Crash 3 has four of these variants (no longbox).
@peteskerritt.com New PS6 feature:
— All PSN accounts require credit checks. If a user’s FICO score drops below 750, the console will freeze licenses until the score improves and a “Get another job!” message will be splashed on-screen.
@peteskerritt.com “Retro”, “vintage”, “classic”… it’s the same general idea, and yet nobody can (or wants to) agree on classifications and standards. You’re always gonna have contrarians with objections to why something isn’t (insert term here).
But you can’t argue “old”. If a console could legally vote? It’s old.
@peteskerritt.com I just call it all “old” now. It pisses some people off, because they associate some weird, negative connotation to the word— but that’s what it is. Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, Xbox, GCN… it’s all old tech. You can’t argue that term. Are they “retro”? Who the hell knows? But they’re definitely old.
@peteskerritt.com It’s the cheat code for presidencies. We’re finding out that, if presidents and their people decide to refuse to observe court orders, nothing significant happens. More hearings. A strong word or two. “You’d better, or else.”
Or else what?
That’s the thing. The rest of us go to jail. Not them.
@peteskerritt.com We could still have a thriving console video game world without internet connectivity. Demo discs could have stuck around to get the word out. There could’ve still been ample game releases. Midnight releases could still be a thing.
Too many people accepted the online thing, and that was that.
@peteskerritt.com “Bu-bu-but what about playing with friends across long distances?” I get that not having that option would suck for those who use it, but think of how much money you would’ve saved not paying for online play over the last, what, 10+ years? There’s a silver lining there, too.
@peteskerritt.com “Bu-bu-but we’d have fewer games without internet connectivity! Digital distribution is cheaper for smaller projects.” Again, compared to where we are now? I would’ve taken that outcome 50 times out of 10. I get that some important games might not have had come out, but there’s a trade-off.
@peteskerritt.com “Bu-bu-bu-but patches!” Yeah, and? If enough games shipped broken (as they do today) and there was no patching, maybe there would have to be refunds and recalls– which maybe gets publishers to shore up QA a bit. Delays could’ve resulted, but that’s a small inconvenience.
@peteskerritt.com At first (as with any fledgling new platform), it starts out positive enough. Good energy, organic posts & sharing…
But the transition to shitshow— as we’ve seen here and over on Threads— is inevitable. The only variable is when.
@peteskerritt.com The trust detector (VERA) was gone after the first outage, which was a step in the right direction. But shitposting (a la 2010s Twitter) quickly proliferated and kinda spoiled things. Just a lot of noise. Very short honeymoon period.
I didn’t mind the $20. I’ve dropped that on far worse. :P
@peteskerritt.com Some garbage inevitably gets through, but it’s good to mostly cleanse my feed of things I think are garbage while understanding that some accounts I enjoy following may be obligated to talk about/cover it.