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#1 pook99
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This is an area where microsoft wins hands down. I just recently took my 360 out of the closet and found that it was broken, so I bought a new 360 and proceeded to re-download over 150 games, the vast majority of which are indie games and are currently delisted. The fact that I was able to still download these things 15 years later completely shocked and impressed me.

I am by no means a microsoft guy, but you gotta call a spade a spade, and in this regard microsoft is far superior to its competitors, and I definitely agree that sony and nintendo fans should be more outspoken about it.

Of course, you can also just game on a PC and play games from forever ago with no hassle as well.

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Lots of games but the one that stands out in my mind as the first game to truly impress me was Mega Man 2 (nes), the level design and huge detailed mid bosses were truly a sight to behold for the 8 year old version of myself and very few games cause the same level of graphical nostalgia as that one does.

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Just bought Muramasa and the conduit 2 for the wii, will likely buy doom eternal this week

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My job is very dynamic and no 2 days are the same so boredom never sets in, I also have a lot of people who count on me so that motivates me to constantly be on my game, even on days when I am a bit out of it.

In my personal life I just fill it with people and things that I love, so I am happy most of the time.

A lot of life is perspective, I am an optimist and see the best in everybody and everything, my life is not perfect, but I have learned to weather the bad and appreciate the good.

If you feel like you are spiraling or going insane ask yourself why, what would you need to change that, and begin by setting small goals to work towards. Life has a lot of great things to offer but they are not just going to magically show up at your door, you have to figure out what you want and then take steps top achieve that.

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I still have to go to work but I only work half days so I get to leave between 12-2 which is nice.

My job has a gym that is closed currently but I still get to use it which is great because I can't go weeks without lifting.

Other than that I just spend time with my wife, watch tv/movies, and take it easy a bit while I can. I usually have a very active social life but all of my friends are quarantining so I do miss that.

I also plan on playing resident evil 4 this weekend, all the constant virus talk kind of puts me in the mood for a resident evil marathon and I just bought the wii version, which I heard was great, but never actually played.

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#6 pook99
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I loved the first one and I have no idea what political agenda they are pushing for the second one, from reading through this thread, I don't think the OP knows either.

Can you spell out what offends you about this game and what you are boycotting?

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#7 pook99
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I don't feel gaming causes loneliness at all, lonely people will have hobbies that they can do by themselves, gaming is one such hobby but I'm also sure there are plenty of lonely people who just sit and read/binge watch tv and movies all day as well.

Meeting people can be difficult and yes, some people can suck, but the key word there is some. Clearly some people on this thread have been burned before and have taken the negative things some have done and applied it to the entire human race. That is silly and won't get you anywhere. Relationships, be it friendships or love interests, are hard to find and maintain, but there are plenty of people out there, giving up while hiding in your house playing video games won't get you anywhere.

It may also help to be introspective. While it is easy to look at relationships and blame the other person for its failure what are you doing? Are there ways to improve yourself to make meeting and maintaning relationships easier? Surely, your actions have contributed to your loneliness in some way and working on your flaws is important to grow as a person and to foster healthy relationships.

I moved to take a job a few years ago and it was very difficult, I was 5 hours away from my family and friends and I was extremely lonely, and tbh I did wallow in self-pity for a while, eventually I knew that something had to change so I took steps to change it and I am now in a much happier place with a very active social life and a great job, I also still find time to game because that is very important to me.

Bottom line is don't get jaded and hate everyone, you just have to find your people, when you do it will be worth it. That won't be easy and along the way you may get burned a few more times but don't let that defeat you and force you into hiding.

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Weird graphical style, I love 8-bit looking games but it just seems odd that a game that is emulating the X series would go for an 8-bit asthetic. It looks fun, I'll probably pick it up on sale, but I do not like rogue-lites in general. I did finish 20XX, it was fun, but there are so many good mega man fan games out there that games like this don't seem worth it.

I just finished playing through Mega Man Rock and Roll, an absolutely brilliant game, that lets you play as both Roll and Mega Man, and is at least as good, if not better, then any commercial Mega Man release, with free games like that floating around I get much less excited about games like this.

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#9 pook99
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Devil May Cry 2 is always the first game that springs to mind when this topic comes up, I don't know how they dropped the ball so hard with that game, given how absolutely amazing the original and the third one both were.

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#10 pook99
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My favorite pre-arkham batman will always be the original NES game, I do agree that the adv of batman and robin captures the spirit of the show alot more, it is just not as much fun as the NES game. Batman returns on the SNES is a solid beat em up as well, if you are collecting for that era it is definitely worth a look.