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(Arkham Origins) So I'm playing the game, thinking to myself "I've only just started, but yeah, I definitely love and prefer the Xmas theme over City's dirty Garbage Bag one, and I'm sorry I didn't appreciate it the first time through."

But then game froze on me. AGAIN.

I am so ready for The Last Ronin's R-rated release.

McDonalds or Burger King

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Type this emoji for Burger King - 👑 

I look forward to tomorrow when I re-read the event and see all the typos and worry that everyone thinks I'm an idiot for not spell checking enough. Goodnight everyone, hope y'all have a good weekend.

I really thought people were exaggerating the rngness of the crafting trophy in Star Ocean 6, but honestly it is way more annoying than the other ones, and those required 100% vs 90% in this one. 

Are there any specific pre-release thoughts on the three PS Classics this month you want to share?

With any luck, both the PSNP users with the BtG initials will be down £100 by October  

But seriously thanks for threatening the site with your income. Hopefully you've encouraged more folks to join in  

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Wow Im bad with typos

The weird thing when you care more for the lore than the gameplay 😉. It arrived today and is more beautiful than i expected.

Honkai Star Rail Update #2 :

Honkai Star Rail is an amazing game i would recommend a hundred pourcent

It's cross progression between phone, computer and playstation 5.

currently around 90h into, which i played approx 50h on playstation.

Graphic : 8/10

Story : 9.5/10

Gameplay 9/10

Overall it's a good 9/10.

I still need alot of grind for the platinum, playing the DLC actually !

Preordered the upcoming Alan Wake II physical for $53, courtesy of Target's prorated discounts on its b2g1 sales!

(Batman Arkham) been playing through all of them at the same time.

Asylum) I loved both the story and gameplay. Already up to the penitentiary my third time through.

City) I liked what they added gameplay wise, but didn't care for the story. Too much villian bloat, dumb plot twists, and the seeping in of the BatJoke wank.

Knight) I play off and on, cant go for long sessions because of the stupid bat-tank. Also, the batjoke homoeroticism is at its peak here.

Origins) just now restarting. Gonna see if I'm like alot of people and find something worthwhile I didn't notice before.

looks like i'm able to keep my apartment after next month. though food help will probably be cut because the rent is that low. i was prepared to go to a assisted living home if it means to stay out of the street.

Health Update: The stitch is out! I have a nasty scab that must wash away by itself but (thankfully) no infection. I still need wraps that require 2 days to remain on my left foot (not as cumbersome as my old ones at least) so it will be some time before I resume "regular" activities... whatever that means. I'm still plenty sore (no surprise there) but happy to be talking with everyone here and not be in an ER with complications (these things do happen with vein stitches after all).

Link's Awakening Castaway is coming to PlayStation in August.

Just started playing Spiderman 2 (Miles Morales) and didn't realise it was set during Christmas, now I have an urge to stop playing and pick it up in December, platinum it by the 25th so it's my Christmas game. Only started it (Currently at the apartment where he gets everything ready including putting on the Christmas tree).

I also don't want to forget how to play by then haha. Maybe I'll wait anyways, (I like to play games that are set during Christmas when it's the same in real life too). Well, I got plenty of other games til then. Then I can have Christmas treats while playing during then too. (The whole game is set during Christmas right?)

My mother and I could really use some prayers right now if anyone's the type. 💖

Sweet! Hall Effect sticks for the PS Portal!!

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807126997945.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.9.116f62a1bEhWcH&algo_pvid=756a7986-a282-4641-8bc5-0d857dfe0453&algo_exp_id=756a7986-a282-4641-8bc5-0d857dfe0453-4&pdp_npi=4%40dis!USD!12.93!6.72!!!93.55!48.65!%402101f01817208083705596345ee689!12000040221683429!sea!US!0!AB&curPageLogUid=3uXauvoNdd4C&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A

Hopefully they don't take months to arrive.
 

86: Ripto's Remorse (Spyro 2: Ripto's Revenge)

i put this game on the backburner as I got back into Destiny 2 for the final expansion after I started playing it so it took me a long while to get the platinum for it but I liked it as much as the first remake, it improves on the original in almost every aspect from level design to boss fights so I look forward to seeing what the third game has to offer 

Why I'm not surprised?

😂

Happy Friday, PSNP! What's everyone doing this weekend? Seems like almost every time I've said what I'm going to do lately, it doesn't work out, so I'm going to try and not say for once to see if it does.  

So Microsoft increased the price of every GamePass tier and messed around with them to extract even more money to cover their acquisitions. Goes into effect right before the next CoD drops. Gee, who would have expected that to happen…

Ahhh.....

the sweet, sweet madness of only having one joker left to gold stake, but the fucker just WILL NOT appear in your runs 😂

#181 - Ultra Street Fighter IV; #182 - Street Fighter V; #183 - Street Fighter 6

I finally did it!!!!

Ultra Street Fighter IV

The best of the bunch! Since it took me forever to get the platinum in Vanilla Street Fighter 4 I thought I was done with with that franchise or better said, with anything that comes close to the difficulty of SFIV. But I am also a stupid man who goes for trophies and is looking for annoying challenges . So, I just had to come back to this title and it was a huge blast. Crazy trophy list but mad fun, even (or especially?) the trials. Besides C. Viper's trial #22 everything was alright. I am not saying that it was easy but the knowledge of SFIV helped a lot. It took me 20 hours online, 60 hours for the trials and like 20 hours for everything else. The game itself is amazing! It still looks great plays awesome and you have a ton to see and play.

Street Fighter IV

The worst of the bunch. I've played this game a lot for PC when it came out but never really touched it for the PS4. After a couple years I gave it a try and it improved a lot! Way more characters, way more stages, different mechanics and a new graphics style. However, the game still feels like an unfinished mobile port with endless loading times and weird menu structures. The fighting itself feels good but it's not even close compared to Ultra IV. The platinum is super annoying too. Getting to the golden league can be really tough but with a little help from other players it s kinda alright. What makes this platinum so annoying is the endless grind for fight money. You have to play the survival mode so many times that you actually question why you do that. Trials are not really needed and they are so much easier compared to its predecessor. I think it took me like 90 hours to get every trophy. Overall an okay fighting game.

Street Fighter 6 (why did they change the Roman numerals?)

The latest entry of Street Fighter and definitely a good one! This game feels so much better than Street Fighter V and makes many things better. The new mechanics are great and are a lot of fun! The trophies however kinda suck. Yes, in general they are way easier compared to the other entries but they are so bland, boring and in one case, unfair. The majority is just navigating through stuff and the biggest hurdle for me were the tournaments where you had to win 10 rounds. The game almost never gives you tournaments within your league but rather completely random ones with weird mechanics or requirements. So, you end up with Jamie in a match against a Master player (highest rank online) where you are just destined to lose. The key for me where league tournaments which only popped up once a month or so. Before that I just ate dust all the time! This gave the game a worse reputation for me, even though the trophies alone do not decide if a game is great or not. And in the case of part 6, the core gameplay (the fighting itself) is amazing! It's just the trophies which I don't appreciate. Great game overall and I am excited what Capcom will do in the future.

Btw. I never really saw myself as a good fighting game player. A huge fan, since my childhood yes but actually good? I don't know. Anyway, this is my biggest achievement in trophy hunting since I started this hobby in 2009...

I have begun my final Star Ocean 4 platinum run. Once I finish the EU stack I will have 3 SO6 stacks to complete and then I will own every last Star Ocean trophy. It's been a long time coming, but the finish line is now in sight.