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[愛]

Haha, no. But it is a great deal better, and I'm personally having a lot of fun.

[Cure]

I copped that Everybody loves Rayman joint on Wii U, homies! It's pretty great. I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

Live also has a crazy back to school sale going on, so I bought the Dead Space DLC. Excited to play that with my homie dawg.

[Duke]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I've been attempting to get my 360 back on Live, but Microsoft isn't helping me in the least. It's been a total sh*t show for the past few days and it's really irritating.

My fiance and I have a credit card we use for all of subscription services, Netflix, Live, whatever. This credit card was randomly marked as "compromised" sometime last month, so we cancelled it and got a new one. We changed the billing information where it needed to be changed, iTunes and Netflix etc, but I never changed it on Live, because I haven't turned on my 360 in quite awhile.

My Live expired a couple months ago and reverted to the monthly charge, which I probably would have changed up for a 1-year as I usually do, but I just haven't used it at all. So, I've gone in the last few days trying to get Gold back with our new card and it's a nightmare. According to MS, they attempted to charge the card for a new month of Live, except the card was killed, so it couldn't. They won't just let me sign up for Gold again with a new card and pay off that $8 balance or whatever the f*ck for the month it charged me for but couldn't use. I don't know why this is such a god damn issue, but after repeated calls to clueless assholes, attempts both on the 360 itself and on the computer, and even their sh*tty online chat helpers, I've got absolutely no solution. I'm thinking about just doing pre-paid cards for my Live transactions, but those are such a hassle when it's 10 at night and I feel like putting some money on my account to buy an XBLA game.

Frustrated by the stupid situation immensely.

I had a similar experience with an expired card using live on the original xbox. I don't recall all the details but it was a complete pain in the ass. I do remember that since I was barely using it at the time anyways, I ended up cancelling my live and got a new tag months later. Although with achievements and silver / gold accounts I'm sure it's not that terrible anymore.

[Peanut]

Yeah, the same thing happened to me on the original Xbox, which made me create a new tag for 360. I ended up getting it all sorta out, mostly via b*tching, but whatever.

I played some Rayman Legends on Wii U tonight with my fiance and it was pretty fun. I like playing the game myself but it's really neat to have someone helping out as Murfy, especially in the levels designed entirely around that gameplay. Playing them alone is a total drag. Playing the game with a Wiimote is a nightmare, though. Having run set to the B button makes it so you've got to cramp your hand into a claw to use it constantly. After about two levels while she used the pad, I really wished I had a pro controller.

[snake]

I'm currently playing Pokemon Yellow on my Gameboy Color. It's pretty fun.

[Storm Eagle]

I recently revisited Star Fox Adventures. I forgot how annoying the two racing parts are. There's one where you have to rescue Tricky at Ice Mountain, and to get the second SpellStone at the CloudRunner's fortress. Even more annoying was the third test, the test of fear. It took every bit of my self-control not to slam the controller down on the floor.

All that aside though, it's not so bad of a game.

[Peanut]

I think it's still alright. The voice acting, especially the fake voices, are almost unbearable. The game still looks and runs really well. So much collecting bullsh*t, though.

[Leo656]

I picked that up a while ago and haven't gotten around to playing it, but I really should, I guess. I hear it's pretty good?

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I picked that up a while ago and haven't gotten around to playing it, but I really should, I guess. I hear it's pretty good?

Like I said, it's not so bad overall. In the Star Fox series, I'd rank it second to Star Fox 64 which is my top favorite, and in between the SNES Star Fox.

[Zulithe]

Still on that FFXIV. Got my chocobo (or should I say... chocobro) up to rank 3. Love how it has its own skill tree

[愛]

I just got level 30 as a marauder and I realized that I don't want to be a tank, so I guess I gotta start over with another job.

[Cure]

I finally beat Mario and Luigi. Really overstayed its welcome and good Lord, f*ck motion controlled brother attacks.

[Turo602]

Finished off Assassin's Creed III right before the power brick for my 360 started to fail me. It keeps shutting off after an hour or so. It's really annoying. With that said, I dusted off the ole PS3 and passed Uncharted 3 and finally started up the Devil May Cry trilogy. I was a bit reluctant to play it, but the first one is really reminding me of Resident Evil, so I think I'm getting extra enjoyment out of that. It's good to see some of those forgotten elements back.

[Brodie]

How long did you have your 360, Turo? I feel like less than a year ago you popped up trying to do every damn thing in every game you got.

[Turo602]

Originally Posted by Brodie

How long did you have your 360, Turo? I feel like less than a year ago you popped up trying to do every damn thing in every game you got.

Hmm... This model, probably 2010-11ish. I actually haven't been playing as much I used to, since the beginning of this year. I also stopped for a few months when I broke my hand. I was starting up the Ballad of Gay Tony DLC for GTA but it just shut off on me and I didn't want to put up with it anymore.

[Zulithe]

Originally Posted by 愛

I just got level 30 as a marauder and I realized that I don't want to be a tank, so I guess I gotta start over with another job.

I had to level it to 15 so I could become a dragoon. Doubt I'll revisit it. I'd rather max out as a dragoon then switch to something a lot different. I still haven't messed around much with any of the magic using classes, but I'm also looking into archer. Having a lot of fun as a dragoon but there's a lot of lancer/dragoons running around as it is.

[愛]

I'm going to end up going White Mage, probably. It's just hard because the way zones are laid out, the level progression doesn't flow very well once you've done like, half of the story quests and the quests in each hub along the way.

[AT-Man]

Been playing Xenogears for over 30 hours. It's alright. Hopefully the story will become more interesting by the end.

[Peanut]

I sunk hours into Ni No Kuni in the last week. Finished it this afternoon at about 43 hours. Probably my favourite JRPG of this gen. Really incredible.

[愛]

Originally Posted by AT-Man

Been playing Xenogears for over 30 hours. It's alright. Hopefully the story will become more interesting by the end.

The story does get much better later, but if you've been playing for 30 hours, then you're probably on disc 2 by now. Well...then I have some bad news for you.