Console exclusives are great. I'm not exactly sure how else you expect these giant corps to differentiate themselves? Nintendo realized this more than a decade ago, which is why they've gone off the beaten path of competing with a similar box, and money-hatting devs. It just results in a war of attrition where the victor is the one with the most capital, or can position themselves as being "for the gamer" even though they're all just heartless corps anyway lol
At least PC still gets Dark Souls 3.
I actually like that the consoles are low end PC's since it means more games will wind up on Steam or w/e than not. I have a PS4, but am perpetually salty about the fact that I only own it for Bloodborne right now (and maybe The Last Guardian someday? >_>).
Yeah, Sony totally dropped the ball on exclusives so far. I've had a PS4 since launch and hardly anything intrigues me at all. I've only sunk hours into Bloodborne, Arkham Knight and Life is Strange. Everything else I've tried feels really by the numbers and I don't think it's cause I'm developing some sort of blasé attitude towards gaming or anything. The E3 conference was really well executed, but again, no games. None that are on the immediate horizon anyway, as most of the big titles shown were at least 3-4 years away. Eh well, least I got MGS V and Persona V to look forward to this year
Enjoyed the heck of Bloodborne myself, though I still haven't beaten it. I'm fairly far in, I think, clocking some... I dunno, 30-ish hours at least, and 6 bosses or so, I'm sure. I just got bogged down by the super lengthy load times, which are none too fun in a game where a simple slip up has you dying at the hands of some dumb grunt or a crazed mob of enemies.
Also really enjoying Life is Strange, which is like some crazily calculated ode to the hipster, what with its Oregon setting, Sparklehorse/Alt-J OST, copious use of chromatic aberration, hell, even the protag's journal's got Hobonichi Techo aesthetics. The plot started off simple and mundane enough, but has since escalated to your typical butterfly effect induced levels of madness. I think it's a really well crafted experience, with a dorky, yet winsome charm that really does genuinely capture (in subtle, and more overt ways) the painfully awkward, and sometimes just plain painful swells of love and friendship. Well, it works for me at least, as some people can't seem to look past the "cringe worthy" dialogue (and let's face it, who among us wasn't just a cringe worthy individual back in HS?) I can't wait to see how it ends.
Most currently playing Dangan Ronpa though, which I picked up from the PSN summer sale. I'm a pretty big fan of stuff like Persona, the VLR series and stuff like Ace Attorney and this does strike me as being an amalgam of those series. The plot is basically Battle Royale mashed into Clue, and the court room cases play out like a dizzying free for all, incorporating crazy **** like slo-mo mechanics, and rhythm mini games, cause seriously, why the hell not? I must admit, it does seriously blow when you've found yourself invested in one of the game's many characters, only to see them murdered several days later.
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As for gear, I really haven't been too invested in it since early last year or thereabouts. Most of it was unloaded by that point.
Not really interested in IEMs these days. The Shures as K10s honestly nail the sound I want.
Well that explains that, lol. I still talk gear with James, SGS and Muzak. I think my current fave trio is the Angie, R2Pro and LAB I. I'd say that the LAB I has occupied role of "fave earphone" far longer than anything I've encountered to date. Every so often, I'll encounter some phone that is perhaps more resolving, such as the Angie, or has more correct timbre, such as the R2Pro, but then I get to listening to the LAB I, and I find myself very impressed and seduced by it all over again. There's something to its extreme note weight, depth, sheer power and airiness that just does it for me. If absolutely forced to, it would probably be the solitary phone I'd keep. With that said, I'm probably gonna have to unload some stuff myself. So much of it is highly redundant at the moment.
