LB log - 2016 Week 02
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, 10 Jan 2016 at 12:59 AM (1563 Views)
In light of my dour mood last weekend and seeing it mentioned so much recently, my wife took it upon herself to spontaneously buy Bloodborne for me that Saturday. After letting the install and patches go through, I sat down to play it and lasted a few hours until I reached the point where I stopped moving, stared at the screen, asked "Why am I doing this?" out lout to myself, found no answer to the question, and shut the game down. The disc is on its way to a new owner now. I've had a lot of time through the week to think about the impression the game had on me, and I finally settled on the main underlying point of contention I have against it, and that point could be summarized in a single word:
Wait.
The way I see it, I play video games to do things, and I don't play video games to not do things. For example, the main aspect to many FPS which I think is behind my distaste of them is that, by nature of the genre and in most cases by actually seeing the end of a gun on screen at all times, I expect there to be nonstop shooting and become very annoyed when that doesn't happen. The character death frequency of Bloodborne is hardly at issue for me; what I found is that I spent so much of my time waiting to do things that I was driven away. It felt to me that you have to wait for enemies to approach you, wait to separate groups of enemies from each other, wait for the enemies to attack, and wait for specific times to roll away. Here, and only here, you are finally allowed to make two attacks of your own until this cycle repeats again. If you become too hasty or otherwise commit an error, you have to wait for everything to reload to try again. I guess the lack of handholding is enough for people to tolerate this kind of pace, but I quickly found it unbearable. I shudder to think of what the tempo of the other Dark Souls games are like if Bloodborne is indeed the "offense oriented" twist of the series. Meanwhile, what I find most interesting about this period of interaction with the game is that it seems to have invigorated some kind of train of thought for rationalization and justification for opinion which I hadn't bothered or needed to make in some time, and it seems to have had some kind of rejuvenation effect of sorts. There's a lot to like about the game in certain respects and I didn't play it with the mentality that I want to find fault with it to the extent that I would drop it. I see the kind of praise and joy people have with the game and wanted to see if I could experience something similar myself. If my own reputation would be used against me, it could be argued that I am deliberately holding this contrary stance for the sake of aggrandizement (ignoring the required assumption that anyone else gives a shit about anything I think in the first place). It's not, though. I gave an honest chance and now, yet again, I will stand on the outside looking in.
All work days were heavy this week. The weather has still been basically warmer than usual in this time, but the quantities of orders reflect a more typical winter season and the frequency of repairs to be expected therein. I had no shortage of material returns to handle as well, though hopefully that's just attributable to this being the first full week after the end of the year and the trend to not continue into next week.
I was able to spend a lot of time at the arcade last Sunday and was able to get enough plays of Copula in that I should be roughly twenty credits away from completing the current cycle of post-game content. If I have enough time this weekend, I should be able to finish it, but I might have an actual social event to attend to which would get in the way. Home sessions meanwhile were pretty good yesterday and today at least. It's never a totally bad day if I get new records over plays from 2012 and 2013, even if it's just a scrape.
Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
First line, by column; song title, EX score percentage and letter grade rank, EX score value and pass/fail, judgment readout (just great, great, good, bad poor), highest combo reached, note count of chart under Extra Mode, original note count of chart, percentage increase of Extra Mode notes over original note count, timestamp.
Second line, by column; pass count / play count, EX score percentage difference from record, EX score value difference from record, judgment readout difference from record (if current play is new record), highest combo reached difference from record (if current play is new record), timestamp of old record (if current play is new record).
Code:EX% & Rank EX.p/f pg.gr.gd.bd.pr combo nc onc %+nc date lolita queen sunrise 46.93 C 1530.F 488.554.417.79.237 0162 1630 2016-01-05T19:34:40:450Z 0/4 13.55- 0442- emotional 37.29 D 1339.F 463.413.507.210.645 0117 1795 2016-01-05T19:35:17:673Z 0/6 04.26- 0153- milly barll 24.14 E 1768F 542.684.1104.502.1918 0020 3661 2016-01-05T19:38:06:040Z 0/3 00.28- 0021- 暮夏 29.56 E 1419.F 433.553.804.269.924 0026 2400 1376 074.41 2016-01-05T19:41:00:304Z 0/2 01.88+ 0090+ 7+76+28+26+23+ 0006+ 2014-07-10T05:29:20:452Z i was the one 80s 76.06 A 1103.P 447.209.67.1.5 0335 0725 0725 0 2016-01-05T19:43:52:057Z 11/11 00.45+ 0002+ 13+24-10+0·4- 0063+ 2012-03-30T03:22:13:806Z stick around 74.60 A 0658.P 260.138.42.0.5 0388 0441 2016-01-05T19:46:47:640Z 7/7 07.59- 0067- neogenesis B14 45.18 C 1643.F 534.575.493.76.312 0099 1818 2016-01-05T19:51:11:301Z 0/10 06.90- 0251- believe in me 46.70 C 1631.F 588.455.398.133.473 0131 1746 2016-01-05T19:54:49:816Z 0/12 04.29- 0150- autumn leaf 37.83 D 1779.F 603.573.568.305.888 0085 2351 1323 077.70 2016-01-05T19:59:44:972Z 0/2 03.36+ 0158+ 32+94+52-45+59- 0008+ 2014-10-18T20:03:17:597Z anima 31.40 E 1154.F 390.374.589.235.755 0057 1837 2016-01-06T19:29:48:978Z 11.15- 0410- praludium 52.77 C 1567.F 557.453.341.54.239 0095 1493 2016-01-06T19:32:42:459Z 05.99- 0179- still in my heart 62.67 B 1612.P 608.396.239.6.101 0123 1286 2016-01-06T19:36:01:643Z 01.28- 0033- turii panta rhei 64.65 B 2012.F 748.516.247.19.115 0146 1556 2016-01-06T19:40:22:651Z 00.93- 0029- UK道中HARDCORE万丈 51.33 C 1887.F 691.505.363.114.463 0064 1838 2016-01-06T19:53:03:258Z 0/3 04.05- 0149- extreme mach collider 36.70 D 1386.F 457.472.543.194.711 0038 1888 2016-01-06T19:55:55:650Z 0/4 03.04- 0115- going to the future 38.25 D 1518.F 516.486.576.176.621 0038 1984 2016-01-06T20:00:40:147Z 0/3 04.23- 0168- alien artifact 28.84 E 1617.F 505.607.919.370.1133 0043 2803 2016-01-07T19:05:54:004Z 0/2 01.42- 0080- deep clear eyes 79.95 AA 0395.P 160.75.9.0.4 0082 0247 2016-01-07T19:07:50:716Z 3/3 01.01- 0005- 飛燕草 36.66 D 1814.F 609.596.742.196.782 0068 2474 2016-01-07T19:11:09:388Z 0/3 01.33- 0066- omega ix 41.56 D 1242.F 437.368.376.131.524 0161 1494 1087 037.44 2016-01-07T19:14:07:708Z 0/1 shes an esper 34.78 D 1450.F 504.442.530.264.903 0293 2084 1559 033.67 2016-01-07T19:17:41:196Z 0/8 00.67+ 0028+ 19+10-24-39-166+ 0008+ 2013-10-16T01:01:49:058Z airman stage 64.64 B 1545.F 565.415.138.26.160 0124 1195 2016-01-07T19:20:14:716Z 0/10 07.36- 0176- 青春 44.96 C 2249.F 748.753.581.260.753 0085 2501 1610 055.34 2016-01-07T19:27:25:868Z 0/1 thank you for playing A 41.42 D 1474.F 495.484.416.212.617 0095 1779 2016-01-07T19:41:14:869Z 0/7 04.15- 0148- asakage 28.95 E 1729.F 650.609.959.397.1496 0026 2986 2016-01-07T19:45:58:229Z 0/4 01.74- 0104- really love 76.22 A 1304.P 518.268.70.1.40 0095 0879 2016-01-07T19:50:03:325Z 9/12 00.39- 0007- vg 33.49 D 1899.F 651.597.767.402.1181 0134 2835 2016-01-07T19:53:56:372Z 0/4 00.12- 0007- merry go round 42.44 D 1910.F 691.528.446.226.991 0110 2250 1405 060.14 2016-01-07T19:59:40:692Z 0/1 like a wind 27.59 E 1384.F 425.534.840.357.994 0031 2508 2016-01-08T18:48:24:476Z 0/10 03.40- 0171- reunion 46.85 C 2070.F 748.574.487.129.711 0090 2209 1893 016.69 2016-01-08T18:51:21:572Z 0/12 02.97+ 0131+ 73+15-15+12-18- 0028+ 2012-04-24T01:19:32:728Z dancer 77.66 A 1502.P 606.290.55.4.40 0337 0967 0845 016.80 2016-01-08T18:54:03:612Z 18/18 00.88+ 0017+ 24+31-5+2-11+ 0003- 2015-11-20T18:18:04:208Z vanessa 35.15 D 1338.F 456.426.579.179.757 0043 1903 1297 046.72 2016-01-08T18:56:41:780Z 0/12 01.79+ 0068+ 36+4-31+26-13- 0002+ 2014-04-03T00:54:10:350Z howling 39.57 D 1697.F 571.555.553.183.782 0040 2144 1060 102.26 2016-01-08T18:59:38:508Z 0/9 03.05+ 0131+ 40+51+18+27-24- 0002- 2013-10-08T01:28:36:396Z nstepmixtube 62.44 B 0522.P 181.160.63.3.18 0120 0418 2016-01-08T19:12:53:892Z 4/4 05.86- 0049- shining world 45.73 C 2133.F 765.603.473.175.724 0079 2332 2016-01-08T19:15:43:116Z 0/10 01.43- 0067- hundred a o 43.13 D 2135.F 716.703.574.212.845 0132 2475 1587 055.95 2016-01-08T19:19:27:236Z 0/6 02.27+ 0112+ 15+82+8-13-61+ 0051+ 2014-06-20T23:12:59:674Z turning the motor over 83.98 AA 0640.P 266.108.7.0.0 0381 0381 2016-01-08T19:21:41:716Z 8/8 00.39- 0003- bag 63.25 B 1513.F 536.441.186.9.110 0240 1196 2016-01-08T19:24:01:316Z 0/12 04.47- 0107- 22dunk A 69.90 A 0460.P 170.120.33.1.11 0085 0329 2016-01-08T19:27:21:259Z 12/12 04.55- 0030- now and forever 55.10 C 1706.F 586.534.325.32.185 0278 1548 2016-01-09T22:32:49:597Z 0/11 04.13- 0128- ladymade corestar 36.47 D 2007.F 637.733.840.193.891 0047 2751 2016-01-09T22:37:05:420Z 0/4 01.69- 0093- greensleeves 73.36 A 1725.P 660.405.88.8.45 0276 1175 0602 095.18 2016-01-09T22:41:05:517Z 4/4 00.43+ 0011+ 4+3+10+4-4- 0041- 2014-07-17T18:41:44:350Z 金糸雀コンプレックス 40.60 D 1267.F 455.357.357.118.572 0108 1560 1139 036.96 2016-01-09T22:45:57:852Z 0/2 02.40+ 0075+ 35+5+12+26+29- 0061- 2015-11-23T17:52:59:810Z anisakis B14 41.98 D 1937.F 662.613.560.186.823 0116 2307 2016-01-09T22:50:24:941Z 0/7 03.61- 0167- babylon 3092 37.07 D 2293.F 794.705.769.410.1332 0126 3092 1973 056.71 2016-01-09T22:54:32:916Z 0/5 01.11+ 0069+ 54+39-25-96+174+ 0016+ 2015-07-24T19:39:25:290Z happy puppy 53.17 C 0771.F 271.229.163.14.123 0065 0725 0725 0 2016-01-09T22:57:55:109Z 0/5 01.04+ 0015+ 8-31+3-4+14+ 0005+ 2014-08-14T19:36:44:499Z final countdown 76.19 A 1277.P 487.303.43.0.15 0349 0838 0838 0 2016-01-09T23:01:04:877Z 9/9 00.12+ 0002+ 15-32+11-1-5- 0127+ 2013-09-25T03:32:27:553Z それは花火のような恋 40.64 D 2155.F 727.701.640.241.980 0035 2651 1930 037.35 2016-01-09T23:05:33:629Z 0/2 05.47+ 0290+ 111+68+87-22-89- 0009+ 2015-12-03T18:43:24:919Z stampede 34.19 D 1298.F 454.390.446.145.933 0036 1898 1322 043.57 2016-01-09T23:07:55:508Z 0/4 03.66+ 0139+ 53+33+11-31+40+ 0007+ 2014-03-23T00:48:56:548Z spin the disc 76.68 A 1388.P 542.304.54.1.20 0398 0905 0900 0 2016-01-09T23:11:19:469Z 10/10 01.88+ 0010+ 4+2+17-0·5- 0166+ 2012-03-23T00:26:19:774Z 真夏の花・真夏の夢 55.38 C 1584.F 581.422.258.70.269 0084 1430 0771 085.47 2016-01-09T23:14:15:908Z 0/11 02.55+ 0073+ 33+7+3-2-19- 0001+ 2012-06-29T00:49:33:527Z colorful cookie 37.32 D 1834.F 615.604.673.247.930 0087 2457 2016-01-09T23:18:49:924Z 0/12 03.84- 0189-