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Wordle 261 4/6






Azure
Carry
Shard
Hoard

Wordle 260 4/6






Azure
Point
Tomes
Cloth

Happy with that after a less than ideal start (and third choice).

Perfect Dark Zero (360)

One thing I can say about myself is that I'm someone who is pretty susceptible to hype...in a negative way. If you tell me something is amazing, the best thing of all time, a must-play/watch/listen, I'll probably walk away from it disappointed. Contrariwise, tell me to avoid something like the plague because it's bad, I'll probably walk away from it feeling pretty happy, having had a good time.

Unfortunately for this game, that wasn't the case this time.

Where do I even begin? Perfect Dark Zero is the prequel to Perfect Dark, a N64 game. This immediately creates a somewhat puzzling paradox, as a lot of Perfect Dark Zero actually feels more advanced than Perfect Dark (the locales maybe being the sole exception) yet the gameplay feels more dated than the original's. Joanna in this game is treated more like an actual secret agent; the game wants you to be somewhat stealthy, take out cameras, and gives you objectives that follow in this trend, like killing a guard to take his radio to signal the enemies to turn off their communication.

While this sounds like a neat enough idea, there are zero gameplay systems that support stealth. Like in the previous example, if you kill said enemy, once his corpse is spotted by another enemy, they omnisciently target you, even if you are nowhere in sight. Hide the body you say? That's just not possible. You essentially need to know exactly what you're doing to get anything done. There's also no help from the HUD either; in the first mission you're supposed to not engage any of the enemies and just take pictures of two specific guards; these guards are not marked on a map or in-game, and the second of these guards in a different area from where you find the first one, but it makes that you aren't exactly sure if you can or should go that way because of enemy placements and the lack of direction given. In the original Perfect Dark, all the weapons also had a pretty clear indication of having a secondary-fire feature, and swapping to it generally gave the name and thus an indication of what it actually did. No such thing exists in PDZ; if you remember weapons having two modes of fire, enjoy some trial-and-error to figure it out.

This makes the gameplay in general very frustrating, because aside from 'stealth' missions, there's also some escort and timed missions sprinkled in to really annoy you. And the worst part? There's two missions in the game where you are unshackled and allowed to play it like an actual FPS, and they're far and away the most fun you'll have in this game. That's actually saying a lot, considering some of the gun controls are less than ideal (honestly, zooming into the scope is generally more of a nightmare than anything else).

On a technical level, the game is a mixed bag; the graphics are pretty good for a 2005 game, but they're marred by some shocking character design; Joanna and Mai Hem especially are your typical early noughties sexpots. I wasn't too impressed by the soundtrack, but the main (menu) theme did get stuck in my head easily, and not in annoying way.

The less said about the story, the better. Honestly, it jumps all over the places and characters take decisions to drive the plot forward, rather than things happening because it fits the characters and the world.

30. Beat a game with a female lead
Perfect Dark Zero

47. Play a technically unbeatable game for at least six hours
FIFA 22

Wordle 259 5/6







Azure
Probe
Bride
Bribe
Brine

Fuck you Wordle.

Wordle 258 4/6






Azure
Abled
Means
Ahead

I genuinely had no clue. Dumbest I've ever felt.

Even though I've never used one and its design is relatively simple, I've always had a big soft spot for Dewgong.

Wordle 257 5/6







Azure
Blurt
Gourd
Pours
Mourn

Silly from me again.

I like pretty much all of these, but I voted Wooper. Love Seel's little mlep though.

Wordle 256 6/6








Azure
Mails
Savvy
Pasty
Hasty
Nasty

Of course it's the last one.

He says as a professional though, which to me implies the difference between working for a company and working for himself.

Wordle 255 3/6





Azure
Ruble
Rupee

What are the odds?

Wordle 254 6/6








Azure
These
Phone
Whole
Chode
Choke

Seems about right.

XIII_rocks posted...

Actually Spain specifically makes sense

The large building appears to be Pokemon's take on the Sagrada Familia and the starter names are using Spanish

Also because there's a desert, and I don't think Portugal or Italy has deserts.

Grass kitty, fire hippo, water duck?

Also, man, I know it's early footage, but good lord does SV look rough.

Wordle 253 5/6







Azure
Lamps
Goats
Thank
Chant

I used Ambipom in HG and it was quite good, but its design just has too much going on. Snorlax is an easy, solid vote.

Wordle 252 3/6





Azure
Point
Spill

Happy with that one.

Wordle 251 5/6







Azure
Point
Milds
Divvy
Vivid

Nasty one that.
ChichiriMuyo posted...

Your choice of first word really doesn't help you. Unless you're trying to play on hard mode you may want to change it.

Absolutely, but one day the word will be Azure and I'll be real happy.

Sheep007 posted...

In case invading one of the biggest European countries

The biggest country that's fully in Europe, even!

Wordle 250 5/6







Azure
Stope
Clove
Glode
Bloke

What a shit word.

Wordle 249 5/6







Azure
Crate
Write
Trope
Trove

I always get tunnel vision and don't see that I'm putting the yellow in the same place.

I love that banana tree but these are all great.

Wordle 245 5/6







Azure
Loins
Plims
Still
Swill

Bad third guess (and first one I guess).

Wordle 244 5/6







Azure
Shame
Bride
Drone
Dodge

I need to do a different starting word, I hate getting the final letter right as the only thing to go on.

BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

I suspect that all the people saying "Bawwww they should just leave the store up!" Have never worked in a technology field, and have no idea how resource intensive it is to keep legacy systems online, and secure. Particularly those that have credit card payments. Especially those that not a single soul interacts with

The 360, PS3, and Vita stores are still up, all older than the Wii U and 3DS.

ChichiriMuyo posted...

"She's scared of the blacks and she's scared of the Jews"

It took me multiple listens to pick up on that and WTF?

I was liking this music, but wtf are those lyrics?

Lyrics websites confirm those are the words, too. WTF?

I dunno if maybe there is something I'm missing, but what the fuck?

I really liked the tone of the album, I was ready to listen to it on repeat, really. It's some fine enough sounding music...but is it?

Song is about paranoid schizophrenic friend of frontman Kele Okereke. Don't really see the big deal?

Wordle 243 4/6






Azure
Maize
Thane
Shake

I had never seen Poipole before but I like it.

Wordle 242 4/6






Azure
Tauts
Baulk
Caulk

Ah, non-natived again.

Tyranitar and Dragapult are amazing, and I don't hate Kommo-o so I'm sad to see it at 0 votes, but I have to give it to my Smiley Goodra.

Wordle 241 3/6





Azure
Armor
Aroma

Finally a good one again.

Dragonair is great, but I actually really love Pupitar.

1. This Modern Love
I started every workday last year listening to this song. I think it's really sweet and musically, I love the explosion at the end before the final questions when it slows down again.

2. So Here We Are
"I figured it out" is a pure goosebumps moment.

3. Banquet
This is such a great, fun song to listen to.

4. Like Eating Glass
This one definitely grew on me, but I love the sounds at the beginning, the imagery in the lyrics,... a great intro to the album, which Bloc Party usually does well.

5. Helicopter
My love for Helicopter has waned over the years. It was definitely my favourite ten+ years ago, and it's still a great, fun, rockin' song, but I definitely prefer others over it.

6. Plans
I love this one for the Tower imagery and because the song is kinda about me (unfortunately?).

7. Pioneers
Has a great, frenetic energy, and the final verse is so good.

8. She's Hearing Voices
This is one a lot of people are generally down on, but I think it's very interesting musically and nothing beats shouting RED PILL BLUE PILL MILK OF AMNESIA

9. Price of Gasoline
Love the march/stamp energy this one has.

10. Blue Light
It truly pains me to rank Blue Light so low, because I LOVE IT and it's such a lovely, tender track. It might have been my first favorite when I listened to Silent Alarm for the first time.

11. Little Thoughts
Had to dig through my own files to grab this one as this one doesn't exist on my Spotify. I do like Little Thoughts, but I don't feel it does anything extraordinary.

12. Luno
Kinda the same sentiment as Little Thoughts. It's a great rocking song, but it doesn't stand out too much to me.

13. Compliments
Probably the weakest BP album ender (or We Are Not Good People), I do still enjoy this song a lot. The lethargic energy really fits the subject matter, but the song doesn't get boring to me. The hidden track is a bit unnecessary though imo.

14. Positive Tension
A surprise to me! I like this song, and I used to like it way more, but this song is really just building up to "fuckin' useless" and the parts before it aren't that interesting. Bloc Party do this thing better with Uniform and Better Than Heaven.

Anyways, I love this album. It's just a good time, as there isn't really a dull/weak track on here. Although as mentioned with the nomination, I am blinded by nostalgia for it!

Wordle 240 6/6








Azure
Toils
Milds
Nihil
Kings
Cynic

Ugh.

I was distracted because the trailer said "This summer" and then it ended with "May 6th" and May isn't summer, y'know?

Gonna go for the OG on this one, even though Larvitar, Gible and Goomy are all pretty great.

Wordle 239 4/6






Azure
Roids
Ronin
Robin

Ugh.

Voted Pangoro, but these are all pretty great.

Wordle 238 5/6







Azure
Under
Opera
Lists
Ultra

I don't think I'll play anymore, this game makes me feel dumb.

Wordle 237 4/6






Azure
Ruled
Urges
Ulcer

Wordle 236 4/6






Azure
Gauge
Taupe
Pause

Disappointing as usual.

Wordle 235 4/6






Azure
Rumps
Tumor
Humor

Wordle 234 6/6








Azure
Raise
Orate
Brake
Drape
Frame

Wordle been treating me poorly recently...

Wordle 233 6/6








Azure
Roles
Tried
Loads
Dryly
Elder

I hate dual vowel ones, holy fuck.

Wordle 232 4/6






Azure
Polis
Stilt
Skill

I hate the double-letter ones.

Wordle 231 4/6






Azure
Aging
Atoll
Aloft

Wordle 230 5/6







Azure
Tales
Palet
Plate
Pleat

Cursed by being a non native speaker again.