LadyCrimson

I guess it's music Sunday for me. Can't stop watching/listening to music vids. Of course, every time I watch ones from the 80's I still always laugh at the arm-swinging "dance" everyone does in every video - even as I still dance that way in my living room.

I heard the recent 2014 version of this song ... I still much prefer the original. Edit: I've always found Sting's eye expression when he has to duet briefly with Simon LeBon hilarious (even tho it was probably just coincidental timing)

LOL... I wish Square would add hard mode to XV already, for goodness sake. Just don't understand it....

That's a nice looking game, melkathi. --------------- Now that you can swap characters, I can kill the turtle with Iggy! It's so much fun. Shortest time so far, 9 minutes. Fastest I saw someone do it with Noct. was around 4.5 minutes? Would have to get lucky to get below 7 minutes w/Iggy I think but dang, I didn't expect him to do even this well. Crazy.

They've become obsessed with brown tones and soft focus lately. Enough already. Wait now, just wait...that's too much color. Spell/weapon effects are great, but can't see a bloody thing. That's why you just hold R1 and circle....

It's interesting how I used to think I liked crpg's. Maybe not as much/as deeply as many here, I think, but the ones I found to enjoy, I loved a lot. I think however, what I liked was less the "rpg" aspect (major choices/consequences, factions, whatever) and more that I enjoyed the action/combats in a setting with more character interest than, say, Diablo's (which these days I don't find very interesting for very long). If that makes sense. FO:NV, guns and snipers, Boone, Arcade, deathclaws, yehaw! BG1, magic missile and stealthing around everywhere, Xan the droopy elf, micro-managing party movements. KOTOR2, lightsabers! Atton! Disciple! More lightsabers! FFXV, link strikes, Noct, warp striking, Ignis, air-dancing combat! Might and Magic 7, flying, invisible, alchemy, those dungeons! (ok that one had little chr. depth...) etc. You'd think I'd like "action/fps" games more, but that isn't the type of combat I like at all, even tho I also like fast-paced, real-time action. So hard to find stuff I like, nowadays. Either has way too much RPG or not enough RPG. *runs off the play more FFXV so I can kick Ardyn's butt again*

I used to have a hard time killing any sentient being in ANY game whenever good/bad was a choice somewhere. Then I guess I got bored of myself always going that way and will now kill anything if it gets me something I want. I won't out of only gleeful randomness or if the reward is "5gp and some pocket lint". But otherwise...I'm an old mercenary witch now. Gimme, I say. ...and I'm still mucking about with the Ignis DLC, trying to get higher than an "A" in all battle/chapt. tallies.

The S. Korea, one-man (well, originally) developed action-y game that garned a lot of attention for being FFXV-inspired has a new combat demo. It looks pretty sweet. No clue if the game entire is any good, ofc. Oh and while inspired by, it probably won't play much like FFXV. I think ppl mostly went "looks like Noct." and went to town over that somewhat irrationally. Now ppl are saying it's closer to Devil May Cry? Whatever, combat looks fun anyway.

Stupid question, but does anyone know if you accidentally "Share to Community" on Imgur, is that a copy that remains "shared" even if you delete the album in your index itself? You can't edit the community version anymore, not even title or tags. It's no big deal (just game screens) if delete doesn't work but just wondering before I trouble myself reuploading etc. ...stupid fingers/mouse.

Best: Native speaking English: Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, John Cleese types. Can't help it, I'm a sucker for such ever since I was little. Also certain southern drawls are fun - more the Texas drawl type. Non-native: Not sure. I like the way a lot of S. Korean actors pronounce/speak English but I doubt that's typical, they're probably well coached on lines and interview answers. Worst: Well, there's both some native and non-native that can all be "worst" depending on how heavy/prominent the accent is, how rapidly they're speaking, shouting or calm, whether there's other noise (music, traffic, general white noise type stuff), how much time I have to get "used" to it, etc. Trying to understand over the phone can be torturous at times but watching films I'm more flexible. ...and I also thought The Guard was hilarious. I love Brendan Gleeson.

Because the "serious/uptight" chr. in a game always needs to lighten up a bit. (Warning: Ignis-dlc ending visual spoilers) Why is this so hot?

Ok, took me 2.5 hours to finish, and then I tried alternate ending. And failed right at the last second. I'd give the dlc a B+, mostly because I wish it had been longer but the nature of its tale is short anyway. Minor quibble: Ignis' vocal contortions became a little ... cheesey ... towards the end. Difficultly overall is pretty easy, outside of the alternate ending. Because Ignis is OPd, mostly. I'll revise that if you rushed you could finish the original ending version in 60-75 minutes, alternate ending and other misc. adds more time. Story aspect that was filled-in re: the main game, excellent. I came close to sniffling but not quite over the line. Rewards/things added to the main game when complete, quite decent. Had a great time, will replay and will be doing the bonus Noct. fight. I expect my butt to be fully kicked by AI-Noctus.

Episode Ignis is soooo good. 1000% better than the first two. Batman-wiring roof to roof to explore and for combats, mechanics are smooth with some better QoL things the other two dlc lacked. Dialogue/interaction bits and cutscenes are nicely done. Doesn't feel as linear (even if it is, really). I think if you rush it you could finish it in 90 minutes or a bit less but I'm 2 hours in and still mid-Chapt. 2, mostly from exploring the nooks and crannies of the city (there's 3 chapts and an alternate ending). And my emotions are already teetering a tiny bit. If you didn't get any of the other DLC's, this is the one to get.

Well, I was about to go to bed. I'm not now.

Most of Depp's best work (imo) was his pre-Pirates stuff. After Pirates, while he's done other drama roles (that were good to great), most of the "bigger budget" roles were in the oddball white-painted face mold. Hence his rep. with later generations. I mean he's always often played quirky, but later it becomes somewhat extreme. It's similar with Helena Bonham Carter. Chocolate Factory, Sweeny Todd, Alice in Wonderland 1 & 2, Dark Shadows, Lone Ranger, Into the Woods, even some of his voice roles etc. Anyway, like many actors, they get rather typecast by Hollywood, so it's just become less frequent that one sees a Depp outside of that typecasting. I'm sure he's kinda sick of it by now too. I would skip Tusk, however. Not that he was the main star in that. But ... what a weird movie. lol.

I have been utterly hyper-brained the past few weeks or so. Restless, bouncy (bounce-skipping around in public stores like a kid even, which hubby remarked on), can't sit still, can't focus, machine-gun chatter in my hubby's ear for 30 minutes, sit down, get up, sit down, go outside, go back inside 2 minutes later, repeat. Short phases of being like this is fairly routine for me but usually that means a day or so, not weeks. It's becoming a little ... annoying, actually.

Yes he does well in some drama roles. Not saying "Will Smith" sucks or anything. I just meant his comic persona, for me, has become routine/no surprise, thus I don't find it that funny anymore. It's like how I love/respect Robert DeNiro but after decades, at this point all I see/hear is "Robert DeNiro" on-screen and it kind of takes me out of the movie somewhat. Comedy in particular, at least for me, can get stale pretty fast and comedic actors need to either always have awesome new material or switch it up a little bit somehow so it doesn't feel like they're always on auto-pilot.

There's a story? I don't play for story. It's a visceral combat, chocobo riding, bro bickering and bonding, driving and fishing simulator. (edit: oh and great music) Ignis' and what happens to him during the main questline is about the only "story" that meant anything to me since it fits in with sacrifice and smart-guy tropes that I like. Which is why I've been waiting for his DLC for so long, since it will show what he was doing/what/how that happened to him. The rest is just typical chosen-one/save the world claptrap with side chrs. you never really get to know or care about (Luna, who?...pfft...haha). 2nd Edit: Aussies have the DLC already and are reporting it's the best DLC thus far, story wise. Can't wait can't wait. I wonder if it'll make me cry.

WHEE YEAH BABY. SO FUN.

FFXV update patch 1.20 is out now! 32 minutes left to download! Party switching time! ...is it sad that I'm this excited? When Episode Ignis actually drops Wed. I might explode.

Oh and I guess the Netflix-original film Bright with Will Smith is finally going to debut soon (the 22nd). The trailer makes me pretty dubious - looks like a fantasy-themed cross between Alien Nation and MIB - but since I have Netflix guess I'll check it out. Will Smith's Fresh Prince/MIB/ID4 comedic acting persona is a bit stale by now tho, always feels like the same chr. I wish he'd change the mannerisms up a bit or something.

"Everybody" didn't die in the film version of The Mist, but that sure was a depressing ending and I felt like they may as well have.

("Mochi-mochi" = elastic or springy or chewy or something) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DyCK8bpTmo