Weekly "What games are you playing?" #91: Final Fantasy Should've Been :marseycatgirl:

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2024

I'm aware the dates aren't exactly right but I like to keep things refered to their planned date. They are still weekly after all.

#1 --- 043 - [07 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #43 -- mayflyalt :marseyblowkiss:

#2 --- 044 - [14 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #44 -- lc

#3 --- 045 - [21 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #45 -- lc

#4 --- 046 - [28 Jan 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #46 -- lc

#5 --- 047 - [04 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #47 -- lc

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#8 --- 050 - [25 Feb 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #50 -- lc

#9 --- 051 - [03 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #51 -- lc

#10 --- 052 - [10 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #52 -- lc

#11 --- 053 - [17 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #53 -- Ninjjer :marseyloveyou:

#12 --- 054 - [25 Mar 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #54 -- lc

#13 --- 055 - [7 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #55 -- Ninjjer

#14 --- 056 - [14 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #56 -- Ninjjer

#15 --- 057 - [21 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #57 -- Ninjjer

#16 --- 058 - [28 Apr 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #58 -- Ninjjer

#17 --- 059 - [5 May 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #59 -- RWBY

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#21 --- 063 - [2 June 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #63 -- RWBY

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#43 --- 085 - [03 Nov 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #85 - - Ninjjer

#44 --- 086 - [10 Nov 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #86 - - RWBY

#43 --- 087 - [17 Nov 2024] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #87 - - Ninjjer

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2023

I'm aware there are previous weekly or so megathreads and I'll eventually add them ( green = official, red = fake, yellow = misc, blue = losercel)

#0 - [22 Jan 2023] - some1 should make weekly vidya threads marseytf2spy

#1 - [28 Jan 2023] - Weekly "Whatcha Been Playing" Thread #1

#2 - [4 Feb 2023] - Weekly "Whatcha Been Playing" thread #2

#3 - [11 Feb 2023] - Weekly Gaming Thread #3

#3.5 - [13 Feb 2023] - [Weekly Gaming Thread 2] You will own no NFTs of video game microtransactions and you will be happy edition-- dramamine

#4 - [18 Feb 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing?' thread #4

#4.5 - [20 Feb 2023] - Welcome to the new weekly vidya thread! Week 1 - 2/20/23 -- robotron2084

#5 - [25 Feb 2023] - Weekly "What're You Playing" Community Thread #5

#5.5 - [2 Mar 2023] - So, what do you dipshits play all day? -- horned waifu shill

#6 - [4 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing' Thread #6

#7 - [11 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' thread #7

#8 - [18 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' Thread #8

#9 - [25 Mar 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing?' thread #9

#10 - [1 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What are you playing?' Thread: #10: Whooaaaa Those are some HILARIOUS patch notes edition

#11 - [8 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What are you playing' Thread #11

#12 - [15 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What are you playing' thread #12

#13 - [23 Apr 2023] - What're you playing thread #idk

#14 - [29 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What Are You Playing' thread #14

#15(1) - [6 May 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' thread #15

#15(1).5 - [10 May 2023] - marseyg*mer Gaming Thread - What are you playing this week? -- cynic

#15(2) - [13 May 2023] - Weekend 'What've you been playing?' Thread #15 -- he fricked up the ordering here I'll just go with it

#16 - [20 May 2023] - Weekly "What Are You Playing?" Thread #16

#16.5 - [28 May 2023] - Weekly "What are you playing" thread -- carp

#17 - [3 Jun 2023] - Weekly "What have you been playing?" Thread #new one

#18 - [10 Jun 2023] - Weekly "What are you playing" thread #18

#19 - [17 Jun 2023] - Weekly 'What're You Playing' thread #19!

#20(1) - [24 Jun 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are you Playing?' Thread #20: Modern Warfare III

#20(2) - [1 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' Thread #20: Summer Salestice -- same reason as above

#21 - [10 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What're you playing?' Thread #21: loli_esports forgot got chudded edition -- basad

#23 - [15 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing?' thread #I think it's actually 23 -- should be 22 but I'll go with his ordering

#24 - [22 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing?' thread #24: Lot of stuff coming out all of a sudden, feels like

#25 - [29 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What games have you been playing' thread #25

#26 - [5 Aug 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #26

#27 - [12 Aug 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing' thread #27

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#35 - [7 Oct 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #35

#36 - [27 Oct 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #36 -- tulpa

#37 - [26 Nov 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #37 -- losercel

#38 - [03 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #38 -- losercel

#39 - [10 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #39 -- losercel

#40 - [17 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #40 -- losercel

#41 - [24 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #41 -- losercel

#42 - [31 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #42 -- losercel


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Cyberpunk 2077

This is my third playthrough, second phantom liberty. Now that game works better then ever. I actually have more issues with game itself then before. I was never fan of writing in act 2. I didnt like johnny. Everything you do is undercut by guy apearing and pooping on you and everything. Yet game except you to blow him. I hated ticking clock part. I didnt like panam. How she is just massive frick up and her murderhobo bf just bails her out. Yet everyone except saul acts like she is greateat thing ever. Game itself tries to force you to love her. I hate that stuff.

I like world and other side characters. But pacing is horrible in main game. I just wish plot would be. Become someone with jackie. With finnal gig going wrong badly. Rather then what we got.

But on my second playthrough of phantom liberty. Writing is way better on main game then phantom liberty. V is writen one way and one way only. They take so much of control away from you. There is times when V just talks and acts without giving option to you. Gig are good. But they follow same pattern. You do gig until certain point. Then you get moral choice you have to make. It would be better if they cut down that stuff. Give some stright forward. Kill this guy. Steal that. Save this person. Then ocasionally gigs that have something else going on.

As for main quest. Songbird sucks. She is just butthole that fricked everyone over and put everyone in danger. And game acts like she is wonderful. If you dont agree with that. Game hammers you with how horribe you are. Ability to just kill her becouse she is danger to everyone and be done with whole thing. Would have gone long way.

As for rest of main cast. All they do is cry about past. Scenes after scenes of them Crying stuff from 7 years ago. Reed would have been way more intresting if they focused on his life like its now. Most intresting he was when he talked to his boss at bouncer job. Not as idiot who follow orders till end of world and cry about what happened 7 years ago. Instead.

Maybe he has family now. And now he is called back in action. He has to balance his loyalty to NUSA, his family and his guilt and desire to save songbird. Alex could still be one stuck on past. That works for her best in game. Shitty backround. Total disillusionment toward NUSA. Stuck in diner in dogtown. It makes sense for her to be one stuck in past. Not everyone. It becomes so annoying when a they do is talk 7 years ago this and that.

Both main quest paths for phantom liberty are well done. But rely entirely on fact that you give two shits about songbird. But you must hand it to them. It was genius to make her asian foid. Yellow fever has done most heavy lifting for them. But i wish they tried to make songbird less of butthole and backstabbing b-word. Maybe she dosent promise cure outright. Just she is working on something that might work for them. Instead what she gives is slows down relic. Gives V longer to live. But thats entirely dependant on songbird living. Becouse if she goes. Clock starts to tic again. Now V has reason to see for her safty and maybe there is permanent solution for V at end. So when songbird says cure is just one time deal. And she needs it. Its not outright betrayal. Or maybe she puts out to V. So simps could have something else then she was nice to us.

Strange thing about dlc is audio quality and mixing. When dlc started. I got holo call from base game. Followed by call from songbird. Quality was compleatly diffeent. And sound mixing was different. It was much louder and harder. There was time when dialogue was incredibly loud during dlc. Sometimes it might be just for one character. It was very strange.

Another strange thing is how unsexy phantom liberty is. Basegame dose bait and switch with tutorial mission throwing tits at your face from get go. Then pulling back. But you still hang with prostitutes and there is sexual stuff at backround. Phantom liberty has nothing. No romance. No whores. No sexual content. No sexual art. It has been scrubbed clean.

Overall phantom liberty dosent bode well for next cyberpunk game. Becouse it was done by team that suposed to do next cyberpunk. Its US team based in boston. Next game is probably rated for teens rather then mature. And is probably woke enough to cause massive drama

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Yeah I had some issues with base game's writing, a lot rides on you the player liking Johnny β€” if you think he's a dumb butthole the game doesn't let you play that out (Arasaka :marseydevil: ending is just misery porn tbh). Also the Judy romance is a lot better than big dumptruck bpd Panam but you have to be a lesbo so rip (the male romance options, River and Kerry, are laughable).

But WOW Phantom Liberty is a massive downgrade for sure. The presentation is cleaner and sleeker but the writing is pure slop. I don't even mean like V being immediately Songbird's #1 fan for no reason, but shit like having the old woman President manhandle you after just killing 50 militia goons to save her :marseyxd:. The Idris Elba character is just boring :marseysleep: , and the new Johnny content doesn't sound like him at all. Expect more slop to come

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I think phantom liberty manages to trick you pretty efficently becouse its so slick and quests are better done then main quests in base game.

In maingame. You go place. You wait around. You drive around. You talk. Then you shoot someone. Only whole foods quest is what stands out. In dlc its slick action movie. There is little downtime or those in transit moments. Encouters are well executed and highly detailed. It feels more engaging then basegame. That makes writing feel better. When in reality its step down. Inclusion of president is stupid. It could have been songbird that crashes on plane. His handler is there who dies. Before he dies. He gives you coin and number and where to call for help. Section you go through with president. You go throguh songbird. She loses control. You get seperated. You call help. That puts you in touch with reed.

That way you have more time to make connection to songbird. You cut off annoying girlboss thats total butthole.

As for johnny. Issue is. He is one dimenional and booring. He is just shock value. You have chracter thats crude and calls everything shit. Everyone sucks. And he talks highly improper ways. He dosent offer anyhing other then shock value. Any radical anti corpo companion would have worked as well or better.

Maybe writers should have read writings of real terrorists when writing him. Interview Sinwar gave years ago shows much more intresting character then johnny is.

Then in effort to give depth to johnny. He suddendly flips and starts to talk how he will try to save V. Personally i would have preferred if he wouldnt mind second chanse. That he would use it to bomb arasakks again. May chips fall where they fall. If i take over i have plan what i will do. But thats not happening probably becouse keanu. They didnt want to make him that selfish. Rather they give him unearned fake redemption

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