I really don't think people should be mentioning the lack of games until E3 is finished. You can fault the reveal for lacking games, but you can't fault the console for lacking games, at least not yet. Entertainment, Sports, CoD. It's obvious the conference wasn't aimed at us. It was aimed at the other half of consumers who bought a 360. They know us hardcore follows E3 and gaming blogs. That's why more technical details were revealed after the conference and the games will be shown in a few weeks. I hope they learnt from past E3 mistakes and not try and cram all audiences into one conference. It seems they are splitting it between the 2, the mainstream (today) the hardcore (E3).
It's no surprise this was a entertainment focused reveal. With E3 so close behind all the games will be shown then. Still it would have been nice to see how these new features works with the games and not just TV and social media. With the rise of Smart TV's Microsoft really need to prove that the Xbox One should be THE entertainment hub. A direction I fear may come back to haunt them in a few years if they don't do it right. P
Yeah, from years of experience, turning up to forums drunk 9 times out of 10 is a bad idea.
Doubtful. Unless they announce that Versus XIII is dead, or put on the back burner. Nothing for KH3 will be shown. Then again Square-Enix love announcing products. So it wouldn't surprise me if they show a teaser even if the game is years off. I think a Kingdom Hearts 2.5 will be made and then as that is released, 3 will be announced.
University went well thanks. If only I can still stay there. ;)
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Life's alright. It's had it's ups and downs the past few years. You?
Oh it's you Cherry. HEYYY. Yeah, I appear every now and then.
These aren't the main adverts for the public. The sort of ads you are thinking of will come around the release of the console. The big marketing push will come later. These are ads aimed at us, the hardcore gamer who follows the latest news. They don't need to be weird or rememberable, nor do conventional gaming adverts work on us, we are far to savy for it and tend to listen to the facts not the glamour. It's just simply a teaser to get the press and us consumers to talk about the PS4 before the NextBox announcement tomorrow. Since we are talking about it now, it's working. This week will be bombarded with Xbox news, so Sony are teasing something now so that the press/shows/podcasts are talking about both consoles and not just the Xbox and try and steal some of it's spotlight no matter how small.
An easily exploitable Junction system seems to be a main reason. People aren't a big fan of it. Enemies level up with you. So you can have a low level and great junctions and make the rest of the game a breeze. Also some people don't like how you may have to grind drawing magic from enemies to boost your magic and junctions. Squall can arguably be an annoying angsty character early on. I personally have no issues with the junction system and it's characters. 8 is my favourite after 9.
Name changes always confuse me if I haven't posted in a while. People are so indecisive. ;)
Nahhh. Romania were the ones who were robbed.
Also Alcohol is FREE!!!
The Paddington Frisk - Enter Shikari
Got to agree with that. 9 times out of 10 the boss battles in those games are better than they are in the anime.
I just got a notification that someone had liked a post I made here almost 7 years ago. 7 YEARS! I'VE BEEN A MEMBER HERE FOR THAT LONG. Now I feel old.
Misty has shown both sides of it pretty well. A lot of what she said I agree with. The fact it hasn't change since 2009 means that it should go up, just simply because of inflation. Every year it stays the same, the less that salary is worth compared to the cost of living. Really making huge jumps like this is a bad idea. It should be done yearly like it is here in the UK. It means the burden of increased salaries for businesses is less. Like Misty said a 20% increase will make a huge impact. But if it was done gradually over 4 years then it won't seem as drastic and is something businesses will always plan for because they expect it. Oddly enough this week our government announced an increase in minimum wage from £6.19 to £6.31. An increase that is once again below the rate of inflation, something that they have been doing for the past few years. So in comparison an increase to $9 is really generous. (In 2009 our minimum wage was £5.80. So in 4 years it has only gone up by 51p, which in kind of pathetic.) I assume they have picked that $9 figure so that it can still be considered decent in a few years time.
Thanks. While most people here could be considered a stranger, I decided to vent here for a reason. Whenever I like it or not, KH-vids has had a impact on my life one way or another. Also sometimes the kindness of strangers is oddly soothing. To be honest, it is all a big wake up call. When I told me dad what had happened with work he came to the same conclusion that it was all connected. To say an old phrase, knowing is half the battle. Now I know what it is I can do something about it. Even with all the negative I said above some good has come out of it. I quit smoking and have lost weight the past 5 months. Still the current struggles can't help but add a downer to things. I'm sure this time next year things will be fine. But I'm at a crossroads where I can see the future but I can't quite grasp it and sometimes that gets to me.
I don't know where else to put this, it seems like the most appropriate place. But I need to get some things off my chest for my own sanity. For the past 2 year my life has been a ****ing roller-coaster. About 2 years ago I graduated from University. Things were looking up. until as soon as I got back home my mum was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. I kept a positive outlook and tried to find a job. Not only so I felt more secure but so my Mum knows I'm doing well. After a few months of struggling I found the near-perfect job. It was in my hometown, the right industry and I could use my degree to full effect. Things were going well. But in early 2012 I found out my mum had not years but weeks left to live. Despite this I did what I did best and be as positive as I possibly could, not just for my family but for myself Then on the 16th March 2012 while at work I received a phone call from my step-dad telling me that my mum had passed away. It was such a weird moment, it was like everything froze. The call ended I just stood there looking gormless just telling my boss and colleagues that she had died. Everything after that was a blur, I was allowed to go home and I just walked from my office to my car with just the same gormless stare. I distinctly remember just shouting at the car in front of me for being too slow on the drive home, I really shouldn't have been driving, I was in such a state. The full effect of the whole ordeal didn't really hit me until much later. I went back to work 6 days later and for the most part seemed ok. Though I was having a personal crisis. I could only really show emotions when drunk. It wasn't something uncommon for me. I remember being told I didn't really show much emotions to begin with. Outside of happiness and sarcasm I don't really show how I feel. I see showing my softer side as a weakness and hate showing it to people. Though when drunk you are more likely to let it out. After a month I got to the conclusion that I could only show emotion when drunk. I could only get upset and cry when drunk, I didn't even cry during the funeral. So I got myself depressed and worked up over the fact I couldn't feel anything sober. After a while I got over that. But things were still effecting me. It didn't notice it, but it was affecting my work. I was making mistakes and starting getting sloppy. While they were understanding of what I've been through there was only so much they could take. I didn't realise that things were affecting my work until it was too late, the damage was done. Since the beginning of the year I've gone part time at my current workplace due to financial difficulty and I was the weakest link. I ****ed up my perfect job because of my personal life. Since then I've been trying to find a new job and in the past few months have only had one interview (which I'm still waiting to hear about) Despite the qualifications and work experiences I have I'm struggling to find a new job. I'm on the verge of being able to move out of a house that I'm starting to feel alien in, since I live here with my half sister and step-dad. I'm 24 and should be making a living on my own and I can't. I have the funds but not the financial stability to move on with my life and make something for myself. I tried to move out last year but my friends were far too happy to be a home and not move out themselves and in this area it's very hard to live on your own as house/flat prices are so high. I can see my future ahead of me but I can't quite reach it. I try as hard as I can to keep a positive outlook on life. My mum dies, but I'm grateful for the job I have. My job goes sour but I keep the pretence that something out there is waiting for me. Yet somehow things don't seem to be going my way, not even a little bit. My friends are really surprised in how I handled my mum death. But in retrospect I don't think did. I let it bleed into my work life and in turn ****ed up a fantastic job. I hold my emotions in too a point that I get stressed out easily and I'm starting to feel I may have a form of depression. Which I believe filtered into my work as I was more stressed out in general so I was more likely to make mistakes. Despite all this my friends think I'm fine because I don't like showing my feelings and I seem ok to them. So they believe I'm ok, but really for the first time in the first time of my life I'm not looking on the bright side, and I don't know how to handle it.
How did you lose all your music? Anyway give 65daysofstatic a try. A cool instrumental post-rock band.
