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Can't remember when I finally said fuck it where's the clippers but I've been fine with it for 2 reasons. 1) zero looking after other than getting our lass to re-shave it ever 3-4 weeks as leaving it too long and I go all worzel Gummidge. 2) it costs fuck all for a hair cut...win😁

This looks incredible, saw our friendly Aussie Jawoodle playing it. I believe it came out last week. A game I can get behind, I believe it's 4player coop. @RenFengge and @Tar-Eruntalion!!

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Got til probably October until EA FC mate, do it now pal, plenty of time 💪💪💪

So I am going to try and get into the habit of doing little write ups when I complete a game, I really enjoy my single player games, particularly RPG's and though my gaming time has diminished in recent years and then a lot of that is absorbed by FG I am still trying to play a few games they just may take longer to complete. So I will start with the reason I play these games, the story - I really enjoyed the story, as I reached the end I could see that there are obviously options for different endings but I felt that the route I went down was more heroic, the sort of story to go down in legend (in game). There is betrayal, there is friendship, there is romance. It felt very old school Final Fantasy if I am being honest! Visually it is lovely, if you are into this style of game it looks great and the art style has a charm to it. The game really excelled with it's combat, battles could be challenging and you really had to think about how you approached some of them. If anyone grew up playing Final Fantasy Tactics on the GBA like I did, this will bring back those fond memories, it's not quite as slow as FF but it did have a steady pace to it. Turn based combat with a grid system but you were not punished in the way that Fire Emblem tends to where you lose characters when they die in a battle. Anyway definately one of the more charming games I have played recently and it definately left me wanting more. If anything I felt like it all came to a bit of an abrupt end and there was still some story left to be told which was a bit of a shame (maybe they had planned dlc?) But yeah out of 10, I would give it an 8 🙂

Great review @Luseth. What did you play it on? Just wondered if it was out for all platforms.

Ciri

I really need to get a 3DS at some point, I miss out on a few games that they only made for that and not the DS. Also need a GBC too, just to feel how it plays and looks as opposed to the OG GameBoy. Great collection so far @Luseth!

I feel this a hell of a lot. Its like with most things, we can joke and a laugh but actually there's probably someone down the line that feels really crap about it. I can relate with that feeling John, I've actually started to wash my hair with less shampoo and other things like conditioners. Sometimes we forget there is so many things in those bottles that actually work against you, even if it makes your hair smell nice!

Undecided whether I want to start a new career mode or not on FIFA 23. I've always wanted to record one of my career modes on here as I enjoy playing them so much. But should I wait for EA FC to start one or do one anyway on FIFA 23?

This chap is on a time machine from a different dimension 😍

Don't know. Never tried it but it sound like a darn good idea. Will try to team up with some of my friends and try it. Even finding the first Bars is touch and go. Then we can kill a Boss and get the needed skulls. Thanks for the tip

Can you still keep extracting the same skulls and bars with a secure backpack? That’s what I did for this mission last Season, I haven’t touched DMZ in several weeks. I’ve been enjoying my return to dead by daylight instead.

So recently I have had a bit of a focus on psp and ps vita games, the vita games I have 3 new additions and I am finding the games already pricey to collect so be mindful of that if you ever want to collect vita stuff. That said if you want to begin a collection and keep it wuite affordable, psp is a nice place to start, the last couple of months I have picked up a fair few games (most of them being under a tenner) and they are all fun exciting games in my eyes, many of which I have not played to date -

Then you would not have prestige. I agree with what you are saying, however I remember every person in this group prestiging so it don't that would be a big deal. A lot of people were upset at not being able to do that anymore as they didn't have anything to work towards and there were a number of challenges that were available only after prestiging

because entering prestige mode was an optional choice. You had the option to keep all of your weapons at max level if you didn't want to grind for them again.

I don't know, remember when you use to be able to prestige in COD? Kind of the same thing. However I do agree that some of those missions can be a pain in the ass

I had Revenge of Shinobi, at the age I was owning a mega drive I never got very far! I do still have the game at home somewhere though (unfortunately unboxed). Sonic was one of my go to games when I was younger, it was bright and colourful and happy (despite the fact some meglamaniac was stealing all the little animals!)

I grew up playing and adoring the MD,I really have good memories of these games : Gaiares, Vampire Killer,Gunstar Heroes, Shinobi and Sonic series.

Excuse the mess, having a bit of a sort out at home :D Anyway, I grew up being a big gameboy fan in my young years i.e. 5-10, used to love being able to play pokemon everywhere and the og games were quite long due to the amount of grinding required etc. Unfortunately none of these are my original gameboys as they got broken when I was younger (I did not appreciate the hardware like I do today), so back right is the og gameboy, that one is a bit yellowed these days and it was actually my wife's from when she was younger. The only game that one has ever really seen was tetris which I think came with it? Middle left is one of my jewels in the collection, these go for a tidy sum as it is but what makes this one a little bit special is I bought it for about £30 on ebay around 6 years ago, the value has shot up since then but it was probably my first real gaming bargain. I put a bid on ebay, it did not detail that it was boxed or anything so when it turned up complete (the box has seen better days) it was a bit of a score, the handheld itself is immaculate. Back right is GBA SP - Pearl Blue, I have no idea if it is a reshell but it's a lurvley looking handheld. At the front are the og DS which I bought recently for about £30 as I wanted something a bit more comfortable to hold when playing gba games, the white psp is also a recent purchase and I have gone a little mad on buying games for that with about 13-14 games for it already I think (probably part of the reason I am going to be broke for the next couple of months ^_^ ) The red console in the middle is a Vita, the coloured versions were only released in Japan, I have no idea why, I had a black OLED one originally and like a numpty I sold it. Then when I came to wanting one again the price was near enough the same for this as it was black UK equivalent so I picked this tidy thing up. Then I have my 3ds's, the DS is a brilliant console in itself, there are a huge number of games and such a variety. The right one is the pikachu version, again because it's pokemon related it's a nice little collectible and then the right one is a new 3ds, this is meant to sit in another box which I imagine would add some extra value to it but these are becoming quite sought after, you had to be some club nintendo member in order to be able to pick one up, you only became a member of this if you bought a 3ds before the original price drop in it's early days, so Nintendo's little way of saying sorry I imagine. Anyway the faceplates are a little scuffed but other than that it's a lurvly little thing ^_^

Ah lovely little collection @GazzaGarratt, 2 of those 4 are consoles I have never even played ^_^ I will post again in a moment with a photo and what each is ^_^