|
Post by Patriot on May 18, 2023 21:17:15 GMT -6
Remember when Tony Khan used to boast on Twitter about the viewers Dynamite got, or when NXT would beat them in viewership, the almighty demo?
LMAO, what a clown.
Meanwhile, viewership down from last week again, 814,000 viewers. Demo down as well, 0.28.
But the guy who booked it thought it was great, and so did Cagematch voters.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on May 15, 2023 14:37:57 GMT -6
Definitely no Switch 2 this year. They've already confirmed no new hardware through April of 2024.
I went ahead and bought it. Realistically, probably not going to jump on a follow up day one anyway. Even if it isn't backwards compatible, there's plenty of games I'd like to play or play on the Switch that I already have.
Mario Odyssey (which I'm getting free with the system) New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Animal Crossing Switch Sports Xenoblade Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Games like Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life and also Pioneers of Olive Town are both games I'd actually prefer to play on Switch over PS5 just because they're perfect for a portable system. Dragon's Dogma another game that I already own on PS3 and PS4, but would buy again to be able to play wherever.
If the next one is backwards compatible, great, but if not I still think I'd get more enjoyment out of it now than I have the Xbox Series S over the year I've had it. Mainly because the Microsoft exclusives haven't been that good, and the multiplatform games I'd definitely rather play on PlayStation. At least I know Nintendo's first party games are going to be excellent. Plus the rumor is Nintendo will be releasing a brand new 2D Mario platformer this year, and I will always be a sucker for them.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on May 14, 2023 13:08:23 GMT -6
So I'm strongly considering getting a Switch finally, mainly because I miss Nintendo games.
I've owned every Nintendo system except for GameCub and Switch. Switch I didn't get because of how poorly supported the Wii U was.I enjoyed the Wii a ton and purchased the Wii U day one, so was a little ticked off at how poor it ended up being.
The thing is though, Switch came out in 2017. So it's very likely that a follow up launches next year sometime, probably around the holidays. So about a year and a half.
I would buy one with no qualms if Nintendo would just say whether or not the Switch 2 or whatever they're next system is will play Switch games. I'm not keen on building up a library of games if they're not going to be playable on the next system.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on May 10, 2023 18:19:09 GMT -6
As much as I was enjoying Rune Factory, and AC Syndicate again, I've put them on the back burner for the time being.
I just discovered My Time At Portia, which is a few years old and has a sequel coming out this year. Considering the kind if game it is, I have no idea how I never heard of it.
Best part, it's free on PS Plus Extra.
It's a Crafting/Farming/Life Sim ARPG. Basically a little bit Harvest Moon/Rune Factory, Stardew Valley, Minecraft, and Animal Crossing. Also reminds me of Dreamlight Valley.
Absolutely packed with content and a grind. Instantly hooked. The sequel, My Time at Sandrock, releases this Summer and looks great.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on May 7, 2023 10:15:36 GMT -6
After almost a year with this thing...
I kinda wish I hadn't bought it. I barely play it. I usually turn it on every day, do the Microsoft Rewards stuff, then turn it off. Tried Redfall, it sucked.
My GPU ends on June 22nd, and I don't see me resubscribing to it anytime soon. PS Plus is, IMO, much better than Game Pass. Don't even care about Day One releases when they end up sucking.
Also, I've only bought two games for Xbox; Red Dead Redemption and the original Assassin's Creed, both 360 games. Most everything else I can play on PlayStation where I actually like the controller.
Will be buying a Switch soon, and between PS Plus Extra and Nintendo Online, I think I'll be good on the gaming subscription front.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on May 5, 2023 12:13:23 GMT -6
I need to give Legion a try sometime. I loved the first one, but could never get into the second one.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on May 3, 2023 14:00:50 GMT -6
Found out yesterday that Ubisoft finally got around to patching Syndicate on PS4 to stop the flickering issue when playing on PS5, so of course downloaded it.
A few hours into a new playthrough. I hadn't touched the old save file since sometime in 2016. I had forgotten how good this game was and just how fluid the parkour and combat was.
So good.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Apr 29, 2023 16:42:27 GMT -6
RAW
Cody Rhodes Becky Lynch Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, Giovanni Vinci (Imperium) Matt Riddle Drew McIntyre The Miz Shinsuke Nakamura Indi Hartwell Erik, Ivar, Valhalla (Viking Raiders) Dexter Lumis Candice LeRae ma.çé and mån.sôör & Maxxine Dupri (Maximum Male Models) Zoey Stark JD McDonagh Apollo Crews Natalya Sonya Deville Chelsea Green
Smackdown
Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa, Paul Heyman (The Bloodline) Bianca Belair Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins (The Street Profits) Edge Bobby Lashley AJ Stlyes, Michin, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson (The OC) Bayley, Dakota Kai, IYO SKY (Damage CTRL) Alba Fyre, Isla Dawn Top Dolla, Ashante Adonis, B-Fab (Hit Row) Lacy Evans
So far, free agents are Omos, Mustafa Ali and Dolph Ziggler
I'm liking the brands right now. We'll see how it continues to shape up after Monday. Bloodline/OC will be a great feud.
I don't see the point of not having Omos, Ali and Ziggler get drafted though. That's just dumb.
Like the NXT call ups. Hopefully Ilja Dragunov gets brought up to RAW purely because I want to see another Gunther/Dragunov match.
Now if they just get back to doing brand specific PLE's, that'd be great. You could do six co-branded events (Rumble, Mania, Saudi Show, MITB, Summer Slam, Survivor Series) and then each brand gets three exclusive PLE's. Technically, since it's all Peacock now anyway and you're not trying to sell a PPV, they could give each show six exclusive events. Just the months with no co-branded event would have two PLE's.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Apr 27, 2023 18:25:40 GMT -6
At this point they're doing good to hit 900K viewers. At least Tony no longer tweets about the ratings.
How many weeks can they start the show with a random Orange Cassidy match?
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Apr 26, 2023 20:41:57 GMT -6
Rune Factory 4 finally went on sale on PSN, so I grabbed it.
Needless to say, I'm enjoying it a lot.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Apr 26, 2023 20:39:50 GMT -6
Haven't done a raid in over a year.
Also haven't even played enough this season to get rank 100 yet.
|
|
|
XFL
Apr 25, 2023 11:29:39 GMT -6
Post by Patriot on Apr 25, 2023 11:29:39 GMT -6
So the XFL Playoffs are set:
Arlington Renegades @ Houston Roughnecks Seattle Sea Dragons @ DC Defenders
Been a pretty good season. I was hoping St. Louis would get in, but wasn't to be this year. I like the Battlehawks mainly because I like AJ McCarron. He had a great final game; 28 of 35, 420 yards, 6 touchdowns... an XFL record.
Think the championship game will be Houston and DC. I think DC takes it all, but we'll see.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Apr 25, 2023 11:12:19 GMT -6
Anyone else picking this up?
Have the Deluxe edition pre-ordered. I hate the trend of making these more expensive versions but they come with "early access." Granted I'm a sucker for it, as I bought the early access versions of this, Hogwarts and WWE 2K23, but still.
I don't care one bit about battle passes and especially tier skips, so didn't see any reason to spend an extra $10 to get the Ultimate Edition.
Enjoyed the beta, looking forward to the games release in early June. Will be rolling a Rogue to start with.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Apr 25, 2023 11:07:15 GMT -6
Never even heard of it, but looks pretty intriguing.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Apr 25, 2023 11:02:54 GMT -6
When Tony Khan does it, it's a great idea and revolutionary didn't ya know?
He kicked open the "forbidden door" remember? Made it possible for an American promotion to co-promote a show with NJPW. You just have to forget that WCW, TNA/Impact and ROH all did it as well, or that WWE worked with AJPW in the early 90s or ECW and CMLL in the mid 90s.
I joke of course, but the man really does annoy me. And he's getting to Dixie Carter levels of having a "major announcement" every week that ends up being nothing major at all.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Apr 21, 2023 10:02:30 GMT -6
So AEW is rumored to doing a brand split soon when they launch their new two-hour Saturday night show.
That will make three brands if you count ROH. WWE doesn't do brand splits correctly, long term. They did them right for awhile.
I have no faith whatsoever that Tony Khan can do a brand split properly. Mainly because he seems to think he has to the booker for everything, and his booking just isn't good enough for that.
I won't watch the Saturday show anyway. There's too much wrestling on TV right now. WWE is pretty hot right now, but AEW's ratings are down on average quite a bit from a year ago. They have a bloated roster that needs to be trimmed, not split. Even with a brand split, they won't have enough time for everyone and they won't have separate PPV events (which IMO a brand split needs to really be effective).
Saturday show is going to get killed in the Fall anyway when up against college football, so what top star is going to want to stay on it when the ratings will be much worse than Dynamite's? They say CM Punk will be the star of the show, but let's be real, this is the guy who complained WWE didn't use him right and WWE had him their champion for over a year on the A show. He's not going to long term be happy leading the B show to a ratings slaughter.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Apr 19, 2023 11:00:26 GMT -6
They dropped a patch yesterday that makes me enjoy MyGM even more.
You can now defend titles in a Triple Threat or Fatal 4-Way match. Opens up so many more possibilities. Should've been in the game from the start, but at least they didn't wait to next year to make it a feature.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Apr 13, 2023 11:46:20 GMT -6
Have returned to Borderlands 3 with a fresh character. Been enjoying it, so picked up the season pass bundle when it was on sale.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Apr 4, 2023 10:51:39 GMT -6
Just gotta say, fuck Vince McMahon.
WrestleMania Night 1 was fantastic, felt like a giant TakeOver.
WrestleMania Night 2 felt different, was merely decent.
RAW After WrestleMania was the drizzling shits. All because this old bastard can't stay away and continue to make money.
The talent and backstage workers should just refuse to work if he's going to be in charge and having any say in it. Since they won't do that, FOX and NBC really ought just tell WWE to pound sand later this year when the media rights deals need to be worked out.
|
|
|
Post by Patriot on Mar 20, 2023 22:58:01 GMT -6
Best wrestling game I've played in a very long time. Certainly better than any of 2K's previous offerings.
MyGM is fantastic. MyFaction is more of the same, but still fun for a bit at a time.
From what I've played of MyRise, it seems more enjoyable than last year's did.
Gameplay wise, it's very smooth. Some of the animations are quite impressive. It looks fantastic too. By far the best a wrestling game has ever looked. And that's not just the scanned wrestlers, but also created stars too. CAW's this year look great, without textures or adding face images.
Universe has some good improvements as well, the big one for being that stars not on a brand will no longer appear when editing the card for a show or when editing a brands roster. So no more having to try and remember which show someone was on.
|
|