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Try holding a pad in your hands while watching his streams and pretend you're the one playing.

Turns out that's only in the DLC, as I just found out the hard way.

You know what's really weird? Playing Forza on a PlayStation pad. Moreso than any other cross-plat title, a formerly Xbox X-clusive on Sony's console is such a strange experience. It has that amazing comfortable feeling that the FH games have, but then you notice your grip is different, or your thumb aches in a slightly different way, or the rumble feels subtly better and it pulls you out again. Anyway, I played this on GP when it first came out, and I'm playing it again because it was one of Rosie's freebies. Never played the Rally expansion when that launched, so I jumped straight into that, and the gameplay loop is still TONS of fun. Improvements over last time I played? Like I said, the rumble feels better in a lot of ways, more responsive. Also, the trees aren't made of titanium anymore, so if you're barrelling through a packed forest at 160mph+, you're more likely to get a wreckage bonus than you are to actually wreck. Like Nag said, any PS place that hasn't given this at least 8 out of 10 needs shuttering. Hell, bring Forza Motorsport to PS5 next and show the world that Forza as a franchise is better than GT (although GT7 in VR is absolutely king of console racing). Yeah, I said it.

It's this month's cover game in Edge. Really like the subscriber cover of this one.

Started this last night now that I've cleared Yakuza: Black Flag. When Rosie asked me how it is, my answer was "it feels like Valhalla in Japan". That's not an insult either. I've enjoyed the immersive RPG-style AC titles since they pivoted into that genre. The introduction seems nice and slow, giving me info about painting a furry thing in a SMB3 suit. Even if and when the things to do become overwhelming, I reckon I'm gonna enjoy this. It might bump me back into finishing the run through of the series I started a while ago, too. I've done them all (including the shitty 2.5D titles) from 2 onwards and I'm half way through Unity now.

Ahh I just spammed the heat refuelling from booze, and used the summons whenever they were available. His specials were a pain to figure out, especially while Took me three attempts to beat him on his own, but it was the last tournament battle in Madlantis that caused me the most trouble before I actually unlocked them. For whatever reason it just took me about 15 attempts to beat. After that, the ship battle with the Amon crew was plain sailing (sorry) in comparison.

And done, along with the platinum. Getting to the Amon pirates was ridiculously tough, but everything else felt a bit easy, at least in Standard difficulty. What a fun game. Just really, really enjoyable all the way through. Even acquired seven golden balls for a guy called Shen, who granted me a wish. That was nice of him. Thought I was Kakarot, not Majima for a few minutes there. I honestly loved that Samoa Joe was a big part in it too. He was apparently really good as the clown in Twisted Metal, and I've liked him since I saw him wrestling in TNA like 20 years ago. Such a big presence, and he suited the theme really well.

I fucking LOVED that entire side-story. Rosie was watching while I played it and was just absolutely baffled to what was going on. I'm about half way through the main story now, and I've done all the trophies except three - defeating the Amon pirates, and completing the last couple of chapters - so it seems like I'll hit a rare plat for this. Honestly, I struggled to get into these games in the past. I wanted to like them, and I've tried 0 multiple times, but they always seemed to lose my attention relatively quickly. I'm hopeful this one has turned that around. It's great fun, and the contrast between the more serious beats of the story and things like taking pictures of sickos is just so silly in the best way. Is this a full-length Yakuza title? I've logged around 30-ish hours on it, and I'm curious if the other titles are longer or if it's about right for this series. Playing around 10 other titles that are 70-ish hours each sounds a little overwhelming. Playing 10, 30-ish hour titles feels much more manageable.

Sounds like a good date if gobbling is involved.

The logic I saw used was that the character in the Demon Realm who was helping them is what unlocked the ability to use it, and it's impossible to access that outside of there. It could have been that simple. No more transformations after 3 because it's not possible. Or even the smaller bodies held a concentrated amount of power and that's what unlocked it. Now they're adult again it's not possible to do. The most tenuous thing could have sorted it out and kept it canon. I still need to watch Daima. I've seen the first 5 episodes or so, but I'm lazy when it comes to subtitled shows.

He's not been kidnapped so far, but once the game lets you free roam he's a lot less annoying and just follows you about on your Segways.

Kinda surprised there's no thread on this yet, but anyway. I've tried to get into the Yakuza series over and over again. I love the juxtaposition of serious gangster shit and nutty stuff like collecting softcore porn and helping a Michael Jackson ripoff remake Thriller. For whatever reason, though, it's just never quite managed to get its claws into me. After 15 hours, I think this might have changed that mindset. It's like Black Flag through the lens of a JP developer, and I'm having a blast with it. Collecting crewmates, making friends, just being a pirate in general, it's just fun. I'll post more a bit later, but I wanted to open the conversation, because this is dumb in all the best ways.

Pretty sure that amazing one in Southport has closed. The one with like 3 or 4 floors, including new stuff and all the ancient tomes. A little more on topic though, that sucks for users, but I've read you'll still be able to send books direct to your Kindle using your kindle email address (which every account has). How that will work in practice, I'm not sure, but that might be the way to circumvent Amazon's bullshit. Personally I read e-books every day. Usually on Kindle, but the last couple of weeks it's been through my phone just for convenience. I adore real books, there's nothing like them, and when part 3 of The Book of Dust comes out, I'll be there, day one on hardback. Kindle has introduced me to so many books I never would have tried in the past though, so I can never see me fully leaving the digital book space again. If the other e-readers have a way to access Kindle libraries, then I might look towards one of those. Otherwise, I'm stuck in the Amazon ecospace, because I'm not starting to find and buy the books I already own again.

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time had cosmetic unlocks when you linked GBA and GC, I remember that specifically. Same with Metroid Prime and (I think) Zero Mission. And LoZ: Wind Waker was the Zelda that had a GBA link up option. It was for maps, I think. How the fuck can I remember 20 year-old console link-up bullshit but I can't remember to put the bins out on a Friday night half the time?