u/DramaticErraticism

I'm a brand new player, everything was going quite smooth up until this point. Missions required some level of care and strategy, but nothing that stressed me out much.

Then they throw this mission at you out of nowhere. The huge difficulty spike wasn't something I expected so early! I think this is only your 4th or 5th mission in the game.

Suddenly it is your baby tank vs God Almighty's tank. The mission was manageable at first, focus on taking out the turrets and mow down the small support squad.

They add a twist with blowing down materials to pop out the radiators, things are still not bad, make sure you resupply ammo for rockets and take things out.

Then holy hell breaks out when you break the second generator.

Suddenly Jesus comes down to earth with a laser rifle and unlimited HP with a squad of assholes. I manage to take out the squad with only a few deaths (most of them are focused on destroying your lancers and the last remaining assault soldier mowed down almost everyone as they ran past), but laser mommy is walking back and forth, killing everyone behind cover or outside of cover that she can find.

Suddenly most of my squad is entirely destroyed. I managed to spawn 2 more lancers (my last 2 on my entire squad). I had to wait until the 3rd turn for the generators to appear again, all while this lady walks around murdering everyone in sight.

By some goddam lucky stroke I manage to take out the last radiator. I figure the mission is over and I barely made it...but no, now you have to blow up the damn tank! Crazy jesus laser lady mows down my last two lancers and I somehow manage to blow up the God Tank with my tank, holding on by a thread.

The entire map is littered with bodies, the only one left alive was my tank. I had him tucked up in the corner most of the time and thank god jesus laser cannot hurt your armored tank and THANK GOD she isn't smart enough to run behind you and shoot her lasers up your weak ass lol

I went to the barracks figuring half my squad was gone, but somehow only one person permanently died, which seems like a miracle.

This map felt so intense and unforgiving, I had to save scum half about a dozen times before I was able to make things work out ok. I guess the reason they let you save anywhere you want is that they know some maps are going to be bullshit?

I just cannot imagine being a younger kid playing this map. At 44 years old it tested me to the limit, a kid who just wants a fun tactical JRPG may never make it past this whole thing lol

Anyway, is the rest of the game like this? Are most of the maps more tactical and less insanity? Just wondering what I am getting myself into. I don't mind a good challenge, but this felt like overkill.

I also want to note, even with this complaint I am still having a lot of fun. Gives me my favorite feeling of 'just one more turn', like all the good tactical games.

The irony of this whole situation is that I got my best rank ever, a B rank, when I got my whole injured plus one died plus extra deployments got injured as well.

I remember when this game was out on the PS3, but I had given up on consoles and was purely a PC player and I wasn't really playing many games.

I've always enjoyed strategy games, real time, turn based, huge Heroes of Might & Magic II/III fan, really any strategy game hits the right spots in my brain.

I had honestly forgot about this series for a long time. I got a PS5 and played through a ton of games. It wasn't until I was scrolling through the RPG section that I saw the first game on sale for 4.99, the preview video looked really good!

A lot of remasters do things the wrong way. They use AI upscaling and the game often looks worse than the original version. I love the engine they used here, everything looks like a wonderful watercolor painting.

When first starting the game, it really surprised me that you straight up kill people. I've played a billion JRPG games over the years and killing people is not really a thing that happens. You defeat monsters or people that are part monster, you rarely see on screen death. For a game to have you shooting people in the face and having your comrades die, was quite a surprise.

I like the storyboard telling of the plot. The various leveling and upgrade mechanics are easy to understand and very functional.

The battles themselves are fun and quite varied. You have your main tank unit, but it is a precious prize that can be quite easily destroyed if you just try plowing forward. You have to use cover, maximize firing from multiple units and manage your action points, do you use them all or save them to overpower the enemy the next turn?

I read that a lot of people just abuse Scout units to beat missions quickly and get the A grade, but that didn't sound very fun, so I'm just trying to play the game in the way they seem to have intended it. Most of my battles use a mix of units with cover strategy, pushing my way through the map a bit at a time. I also like the reinforcement mechanic, they force you to get a bit aggressive because if you are too careful, the entire enemy barracks will be refilled and you will never capture your objective. I also like that you can retreat units and swap out mid-mission, if you made a mistake by bringing too many units or you are suddenly dealing with heavy armor, you have the ability to fix the problem.

One funny thing about the game, I feel like they are trolling you at the intro to each stage. The lady comes on the screen and says things like 'This is a good stage to use a few snipers' Then you follow her advice, putting the snipers in the spot they hint at, then the first turn both of them get killed by enemy snipers. I found it much better to just look at the map and make my own decisions of what makes the most sense.

I'm only about 30% through the game, lots to go yet, just wanted to post my experience so far and the fun Im having. I can see there are many areas to improve and Im sure later games do improve on mechanics and gameplay in a variety of ways, looking forward to playing those games as I get around to them.

Such an boundary pushing game for the time though, especially on console systems. It reminds me a lot of a live action Shining Force or anything in that style. I keep getting that 'one more turn' feeling, even though I know it is time to go to bed. That is the thing that tells me this series is something special.

I woke up today just feeling so down. Nothing in particular is wrong, I feel like I generally feel pretty good, all things considered...but something was just IN me today and I could not shake it.

I try to take a gratitude checklist, which often helps. I look at what I have and my health, but I just cant shake the feeling that I want to cry and just give up.

I went to the kitchen and got the biggest glass I have. I filled it up with water and drank down the whole thing. Twenty minutes later, I feel much much better.

I notice this over and over again, if I am feeling off or feeling down, a big glass of water almost always changes my mood for the better.

You see young people walking around everywhere in their life with a big container of water and I can't help but think that they are onto something. If you are feeling down, you may not need a big solution, just a big glass of water.

I am not a comic book person or graphic novel person really. The only collection I own is the Sandman omnibus. I never really cared for super heroes and the like, in comic or film form.

I guess I was never really in a group of friends who consumed such things, I never really had any recommendation of great things to read.

I watched Scavengers Reign on HBO and then watched it a second time, right away, it blew my small little pea brain.

On the Reddit sub, a handful of people mentioned Prophet as something similar. I bought the first issue and bought the next 4 issues right after that.

Never have I been so entranced with a visual medium. From the general story of John Prophet to the history of humanity, the bastardization of humanity and the endless war machine.

There are so many frames that I would sit and analyze after reading. There was so much insanity happening in each frame, there is a certain type of grotesque horror that is awful and beautiful at the same time. I absolutely love HP Lovecraft and the bizarre mixed with the grotesque, it just tickles my brain in the most specific way.

I absolutely loved the ending as well, the split between time in the past and time in the future, what humanity was, what it became and what it could still be, someday in the far future. The final line of the novel just hit me like a ton of bricks ""We shape our tools and, thereafter, our tools shape us,"

Something from an educated priest, no less. It perfectly fits the theme of the comic and everything that happens within it. It is also a reflection of our own lives and how the tools we create end up being the tools we eventually serve (i.e. look at cell phones who are more the masters of us than we are the masters of them.)

As humanity continues to grow and change and eventually master genetic change, we truly will be changed by our tools, into something else that isn't quite human anymore.

As a fun ending, I guess I can choose my favorite grotesque creation. I'd probably have to choose the Prophet Birth Mother, a mutated human women with dozens of breasts mixed with an alien centipede like creature that is capable of birthing up to 100 John Prophets per day, if given enough biological matter.

My only big complaint is that it is not that popular, so I don't have a place where I can talk over the details with anyone!

I was diagnosed at 41. I got connected with a psychologist who was an expert in autism in adults and they just happened to live in my large metro area.

It really answered a lot of questions about my habits, behaviours and how I see the world compared to others.

I certainly struggled like a lot of people do, relationships always blew up, I never wanted the same things 'normal' people wanted, very niche interests and odd behaviour quirks that lovers and friends would point out (rocking my heels, walking, how I eat, on and on).

But looking back, I just went about life as if nothing was wrong with me. I was never able to really have an excuse for anything. I went to college and survived, got into IT and worked my way up in my career. I traveled the world and did a lot of crazy and interesting things.

It makes me wonder what I would have done if I had been diagnosed earlier. I feel like I would have been more likely to use it as a crutch, a reason why I am not capable of achieving, why I can't make friends, why I don't belong.

Besides, it was the 80s/90s, whatever they had to offer in those days, I probably didn't want.

Curious how other late in life diagnosed folks feel. The one area that it might have really helped is in my romantic relationships. I was trying to be 'normal' instead of myself and it caused a lot of problems and a lot of partners pushing me to be more like a 'normal' man. I've been seeing a woman for the past 2 years and it has been nice to tell her I have autism and I don't like to be kissed on my body and I don't like to be softly touched. I always felt so weird for this, but now I know there is a reason that people will accept.

Vast majority of games toss you into NG+ with no additional content or bosses. It is just an opportunity to play through the game with all your gear and more powerful enemies. It is an ok feature, but only good for a game you really love (like Elden Ring).

AC6 is already a significant single player experience, but going into NG+ and finding unique missions is so cool.

Then you jump into NG++, figuring that is the end of the unique content and they add even more new missions and a new storyline.

Not only that, the final storyline feels like the most interesting of all of them. By the time you are at NG++, you are an expert pilot and can complete missions with a blindfold on, but they still toss you new and significant challenges.

I nearly got my ass kicked in one mission because it played out as normal, I had no reason to think anything was up. Then I get to the boss and suddenly 6 MTs with sniper rifles start shooting at me from every direction, made me smile, crafty bastards.

This is a series I don't often see people talking about. I only happened upon it because I watched Scavenger's Reign. After wondering about the art design, I found a threat that mentioned this old graphic novel as possible inspiration.

For those that haven't read it, a super powered super soldier has been in stasis, stuck in the ground in some pod, long forgotten. He wakes up generations later to a world he doesn't recognize, looking for answers and revenge.

The worlds are WEIRD and the art is exceptional. The writing is also excellent, you find out who he was, what happened to humanity and what we turned into, with crazy interesting future tech.

Edit: Downvotes? People must really hate this graphic novel lol

Yes, the first movie did very well for the budget, the second made money back, but it wasn't a hit, the third was partly funded by fans.

We have a fourth movie coming and I'm not sure what to expect.

I love the idea of a generally hostile universe filled with planets where nothing but evolution exists. No resources worth mining, too dire to settle, just pure evolution with creatures at the top of the food chain.

On top of that, I absolutely miss out on the Dune-esque world they built for the second movie. A rare race of Air Elemental humans, creepy ass half real truth seekers, weird ass guys with a helmet on that sniff out danger, traveling to the netherverse and coming back with dark power.

There is so much loer to pick from here to build a really interesting limited series. With so many streaming services shelling out 150m for a single season of garbage, Im surprised they haven't mined this world for something.

I like that they don't try to explain much, as it would probably come off as stupid...but I just want to live in this weird world for a while.

Totally happy to not have Vin Diesel involved at all, just want to explore the world.

Does anyone else remember this semi-recent episode? This is about a woman who marries a pharmacist who owns a racetrack. The pharmacist dies with his wife Cindy being the only one who is at home.

Cindy's sister is on the episode and she appears to be a complete lunatic, I am literally laughing my ass off at half the things she says, she is wild!

Her: KEN FINALLY STOOD UP TO THE KIDS, THEY WERE NO LONGER GOING TO RULE HIM! (speaking to the convenient will that Cindy found that leaves all assets to her).

Her: Ken loved those dancing clubs, naked ladies all over him. Let me tell you that all stopped when he met my sister Cindy!

Her: If you dont believe what Im saying, check the baggy! Turns out it is a pubic hair in the baggy, I don't know why it was in there! That is what the detectives told me! (in relation to a hair placed in a baggy in a fake confession letter sent to her from the 'killer')

I don't mean to laugh at the misfortune of others, but the small town nature of Dateline brings along some of the most unusual characters you have ever seen. Anyone who grew up with family in rural America recognizes many of the characters. A whole slice of the country that is lost to those of us who grew up around larger cities.

I've been divorced 4 years and feel like I am at a really good place in life. There was a time I wanted to die and I could not stand to be inside my own body.

I stopped sleeping in my bed at night and I would turn on the dateline channel and fall asleep.

I spent many days playing video games the minute I got out of work and for many of my weekends. They distracted me from what was going on inside my body and gave me time to heal.

After about 2 years, I finally started sleeping in my bed more. I stopped playing video games all the time. I started getting back into hobbies, started dating again, started investing with my friends and community.

Sometimes you just need to do whatever you need to do to get over the most painful part of a divorce and not judge yourself for it, however that looks for you.

Edit: So people don't get confused, I still went to therapy, kept going to the gym and worked toward getting better, these things did not happen on their own.

Apologies for the tricky title, as I actually did love it.

Any FromSoft fan will understand the style of this game. You are a sole mech warrior and you're going to face off against a ton of enemies and some very challenging bosses.

You start off as a nobody with nothing to your backstory, you find yourself with Walter, your mech handler and he starts you right off with missions to help pay the bills and upgrade your mech.

One of your very first missions is to steal a license and callsign from a ruined mech. From there, you start on an adventure full of mystery and intrigue, corporations are battling to control a powerful material that is too dangerous for anyone to control. The same material burned the galaxy 100+ years in the past and now people are trying to get control of it and all the power it provides.

Gameplay: All of the gameplay focuses on your mech and the associated parts and weapons you assign to it. The vast majority of weapons are useful to a skilled pilot but the game also offers a handful of weapons that will help an unskilled pilot win on the battlefield.

You are given a set of missions to complete with a few branching paths that open up unique missions to that path and unique endings (the game has 3 total endings which require 3 play throughs). Each mission focuses on fighting or helping a corporation gain a foothold in the environment. Other missions have you focusing on doing what you want and how you which way you want to push the fight for Coral.

Outside of that, you are given an Arena area where you fight mechs 1v1 for bonus points that allow for unique customizations. You start unranked and move all the way up to S tier, facing tougher and tougher opponents as you go along. The game unlocks each rank as you get further in the story, giving you new challenges and extra skills.

Most missions are pretty similar but the settings change quite a bit. You land in a location and you must fight enemies and explore the area for unique logs that give you extra weapons and gear. At the end of the mission, you are almost always faced with a unique boss.

Bosses: This is an important point of conversation in any FromSoft game and Armored Core 6 does not let you down. Your first mission has you facing off against a combat helicopter. They don't take it easy on you, some players click right away and some people are stuck replaying this same battle 20 times before they gain victory.

One huge improvement to other FromSoft games is your ability to restart at checkpoints and the boss area. If you die to the boss, you can fight the boss again with no boss run or any other bullshit, which is extremely friendly to the player. About 1/4th through the game, you are faced with a very challenging boss that acts as a big skill check.

The bosses are often amazing sights to behold, anything from a huge armored garbage machine to flying fortresses to other AC units like yourself.

Story: I absolutely loved the story, it was told in true FromSoft fashion, they give you just enough to make a player extremely curious about what is happening. Between the story, the combat logs and the voice interactions during missions, you are able to put together the amazingly complex world they created. Like every other FromSoft game, you really need to pay attention to details to really understand what is going on.

The story also has some truly amazing 'show don't tell' moments. Fans talk about the lore a lot, just like any Souls or Elden Ring game.

The gist is that Coral was discovered, a unique fuel source that also interacts with humans and machines to create uniquely powerful and complex pieces of equipment, unique in the universe. Humanity thought they tamed it but the Coral expanded and then burned the galaxy with untold destruction.

You are on the last planet where Coral can be found and you decide what you are going to do about it, help save it or help destroy it for good.

Combat: The combat is highly satisfying, each mech has two hand weapons and two shoulder weapons they can take into each mission. This varies anywhere from a hand lance for melee, shotguns, laser guns, gattling guns, missile launchers, 10x missile launchers, grenade launchers, stun grenade launchers, plasma grenade launchers and everything else you can think of.

As the game goes on, you unlock new equipment. You can also unlock new equipment via collecting optional logs in each mission. Most players spend a good amount of time testing out new mech builds (arms, legs, head and torso) and mixing that together with various weapon loadouts.

The game has an excellent testing area that you can quickly test out new weapons and builds without having to take the time to bring them into a mission to find out you don't really like them very much.

Combat feels good, you can feel the impact of shots, slashing someone with a melee weapon, rockets have huge explosions all while you're trying to dodge attacks and gain air superiority to fire downward upon the enemy.

The combat feels very smooth and reactive. Right in the first mission the game felt truly natural to me and I didn't really have a problem with most of the bosses. Your mech feels good and responds to your controls as it should, any mistakes are due to the player action or mistake.

Overall, this is a fantastic game. From what I understand, the older games are very different and have their own way of doing things with very mixed reviews. My only regret is that I can't go back to AC5 and have a similar experience, like I did going to DS3 from Elden Ring.

I'd give this game a 9/10, I wish the game had a bit more variety of exploration during missions and things to do other than fighting. One of the things I love about DS and Elden Ring is the exploration and slower pace, this game is a lot faster and has a lot going on, but not much exploration at the end of the day. Still, I'd recommend it to just about anyone. Just be warned that this game is as challenging as other FromSoft games, if you don't like that type of challenge, you probably wont like this game.

The late 70s and 80s were filled with karate, popular culture turned culture into some sort of invincible type of fighting.

Once MMA came around, it was pretty clear that karate was one of the least useful styles of defensive or offensive fighting, no karate master has ever gotten anywhere really (I am open to being educated if people have some names I don't know of, happy to edit this part later).

I never took karate myself, but I am curious for all those folks that did, was it ever useful in a significant way in your life? I grew up with a brother and our constant wrestling gave me a really good foundation for defending myself or just playing around with my friends and seeing who could get who to cry uncle.

Karate masters, please share your tales!

Edit: Some people seem genuinely offended by my disregard of karate. I do understand that people practice hard and learn discipline, I am not trying to disparage karate in general. I am more just pushing against the image of karate in the 70s/80s into the early 90s as a way to defeat a dozen bullies with no greater fighting style known to man.

I just have to ask, what is going on with some of the casting choices, mainly Azula?

The princess in the cartoon is tough, harsh and shows no remorse. Going into the cartoon, I just assumed that Azula was similar to what I saw in the live action, someone who is powerful but seems very soft and is constantly underestimated.

I just don't understand how this choice was even made, wouldn't you want to pick some martial arts expert with strong features, perhaps someone who even looks somewhat masculine?

I rather enjoyed the live action but I am starting to understand and see some of the problems. So much of the cartoon is about changing locations constantly, most episodes bring you to a new location with a new story, something that is too expensive to do in a live action series. Most of our time is spent at one or two locations to keep budget under control somewhat, you really lose that 'adventure of the week' aspect of the cartoon.

I'm only on season 2 of the cartoon, but I notice how much sweeter and kind Ang is in the cartoon, he is a child who loves fun but also has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders, I don't quite read that the same in the live action series, Ang is a bit more brooding and a lot more serious. They are missing a lot of the fun and goofiness of the cartoon, which I feel is really important for a story that is so serious in so many ways.

The Uncle is another character I don't really understand, the actor they chose is great, but where is his humor and goofiness? He has plenty of serious moments, but he is mostly a fun loving and jokey guy, someone you underestimate but then he comes and destroys you out of nowhere.

Anyway, sorry this is all over the place. I still like the live action series for what it is, but it does feel like a different show. I hate to compare Avatar to One Piece, the best live action adaptation of all time, but they really understood that humor is the central focus of the story, you can be funny and serious at the same time, they know how to make things fun.

I always see a lot of talk about Songbirds and Needle but I rarely ever see anyone talking about Earshot for some reason?

Im a pretty new player to the game and I like to test out most weapons in the arena. I am able to get a pretty good idea of how effective a weapon is by how quickly I can destroy test units and my general AP loss.

Through all my testing, Earshot provides me the quickest kills. Is there a reason that people don't like this weapon as much? The only real negative I see is the 16 rounds of ammunition. It makes it hard to take these out on a mission compared to the 30 rounds for the Needle and the 40 rounds for the SongBird (I think it is 40 rounds)?

When going up against a boss or a 1v1 AC fight, I find nothing does better than a few of these things on the shoulder.

Not to mention they are just really fun, I literally laughed out loud when I first used them at the sheer destructional force these things have, combined with their wide blast radius. They almost work like a melee weapon, just get as close as you can and unleash them to devastating effect.

Any other fans? Anyone explain why they are not very popular, comparitively?

Never read an issue of One Piece, always seemed too high a hill to climb. Never watched the Anime, even though I consider myself a fan of quite a few shows.

Jumped into this show completely blind. I know I don't need to go into how great the show is in nearly all aspects, everyone has done that a million times.

I just want to talk about how much I appreciate the speed of the show and the condensed storytelling. With nearly every other show, you have a single central plot and arc. You have a goal to achieve, things happen, you achieve the goal by beating the bad guy etc.

S2, especially, felt like we had 3 seasons in a single season. They land, they investigate, they fight huge battles with big stakes, then they go off and land somewhere else and repeat the same process, then they land somewhere else and do it all over again.

So many shows are focused on people 'second screening' while watching, repeating the same things over and over again, reinforcing plots, but this show doesn't care about any of that, you need to sit and watch and pay attention to every detail if you want to really get the most out of what is happening around you.

Zoro's swordfight at the bar felt like a season finale moment but it was barely 2 episodes into the season. I know they have a ton of content which allows them to condense like this, just cannot say enough how much I enjoy them taking multiple arcs and putting them in a single season, instead of really dragging things out to maximize content and keep production costs lower. I am a huge fan of The Explorers podcast, all of these adventurers were hoping to find magical stuff like this, land of dinosaurs, magical fountains, mystical creatures. It is a feeling we can all relate to.

Even better, I cannot believe the clown was quoting Mr Lahey from trailer park boys with his 'shit moth to a shit flame', talk about out of left field. Wonder if that means TPB and One Piece exist in the same world.

I kinda feel bad for Avatar live action, as they are getting compared to this series. It isn't fun when the best live action adaptation that has ever been done, is running side by side with your show, that has gotta sting.

A++++++

Like a lot of people, I love FromSoft but I am burned out on Dark Souls and Elden Ring (probably my favorite game of all time). I tried DS1 but I just wasn't having fun after 10 hours or so, DS2 is a mess and I didn't feel like playing Bloodbourne.

I've heard of Armored Core, never played it. My only mech games are from way back in the day (Mech Warrior on PC etc), more strategy games than action focused mech action.

The reviews are great for this game, I was a little worried about the difficulty but I watched the videos on PS5 and it looked so goddam cool I just had to play.

Right when I jumped into the mech and learned the basics, I felt like a kid again, I'm literally making zooming noises in my head 'neeerrroooowww, pew pew pew', everything is so goddam smooth! I thought all these weapons and actions would be confusing compared to Souls combat, but it is actually pretty intuitive. Just use all your strong weapons and use your blaster while your sword/missiles recharge and stay off the ground, not too complicated.

I managed to beat the first boss on my second try, which felt good. I think I would have had him on my first try but I used up all my missiles already...well, because it was fun to shoot missiles and I had no idea there was a limited amount.

I can see some similarities in Souls design, stick close to the boss, trying to build distance is only going to get you killed, get right up in their face (or even under their face) and never leave. That is Souls 101 stuff.

Really love the world and world building, ultra curious to see where the story goes. I already spent a good 20 minutes changing up the colors of my mech. I'm sure things only get harder from here, but I feel like I am off to a decent enough start where I just may be able to do ok.

Edit: UNCE UNCE UNCE EDM PARTY MUSIC fist pump yeah yeah!!!! It took me 8 tries but I beat Ballatro! I only died a few times up to this point, felt I was doing pretty well then this dirty dog came out of nowhere. What's funny is I didn't get frustrated like I do with some Souls bosses, the idea of being able to change your load out and strategy makes any challenge in this game like a fun puzzle.

Thank the f'ing Mech Lords that I had that grenade launcher, I don't think I could have done it without it. I just kept my distance from his melee attacks, didn't panic boost away from rockets until they were close, then I would just pound him with missiles and a powerful laser cannon and wait until he stopped and then unloaded a grenade right in his face. Near the end of the fight the laser and rockets stunned him and I got to crit grenade launch him right up his cylindrical asshole, sending his filthy hula hoop using ass to hell. I do kinda feel bad for casual gamers though, I could easily see getting stuck on this guy forever and not being able to play the game you paid 60 bucks for. Would be nice if they had some sort of summon helper system like other Souls games.

I am having an absolute blast at this point. I usually suck at games starting out, but I feel like this is actually clicking for me more than a lot of people I have seen speak about their new player experience, feels good! I do feel bad for the Test Mech pilot tho, I think I've gone back and killed him at least 25 times to farm for cash, crushing his dreams every time.

I like having something on in the background when I'm working from home. Some of my work requires complete focus, but a lot of it ebbs and flows. I'm not able to sit and watch any episode intently, but I pay a fair amount of attention and pause the show when I have meetings or focus work that needs to get done.

If I had to pick favorites, I would put the shows in this order

Original L&O

Criminal Intent

SVU

All shows have a lot of good episodes, I didn't feel like I was wasting time watching any of the series. That being said, Criminal Intent S7-9 are some of the worst television I have watched. Boring plots, Jeff Goldblum was basically a mind reader, just a lot of trash.

SVU kept me semi-interested up to about S19, I had to quit after that point. For one, there are only so many sexual crimes that exist to tell stories about. They mix up the actors and parts a bit, but they have to recycle over and over again. Once Elliot leaves the show, it really starts to tank. I cannot believe the show is made it another 10 seasons after that. Liv becomes a super hero at some point and she has had every possible thing happen to her, it's just too much. Once her baby enters the picture, it gets even worse. Anytime I see that dumb baby show up, I know the episode was going to suck. I wish someone just took the baby to the football field and kicked him through the goal post lol

The original L&O was entertaining for the entire run, in my opinion. Sure, earlier seasons were stronger, but the cases were always pretty good, which is the heart of any L&O show. As long as the crimes are interesting, the show can be good, regardless of the supporting cast.

If Criminal Intent had more seasons with the two main leads, I think I would move it up to #1, I never really get sick of the two lead detectives and how they work off of each other. I thought S10 was a nice send off for both of them.

Now I just don't know what to watch. This provided me a good year of WFH television and I'm a bit lost!

These are always fun threads to read, haven't seen one around here in a very long time.

Im posting so I guess I'll go first. I moved to Florida in my early 20s with a friend, just for fun. I had a hard time finding good work down there.

I took an interview with Alienware (big custom computer company), job was to build custom PCs, seemed like a really fun gig. The pay was pretty good as well. They told me they had 30 people they interviewed and the competition was tough. They said they would call me within a week if I was chosen.

I decide Im moving back home if I don't get the job. I wait a week, hear nothing and I pack on up and drive back up north.

I get home and meet a friend for lunch the next day. I get a call from them saying that they picked me out of all the candidates and they hope I'm excited to start ASAP. I tell them I waited a week and then moved home, since they told me they would let me know within a week!

Who knows where life would have gone, I could still be living down there if I took that job, for all I know.