A full night of Street Fighter 6's World Tour Mode

Hi everyone,

We finished tonight's stream about an hour ago as I'm writing this, and we focused fully on the World Tour mode of Street Fighter 6, meeting various legendary fighters (Ken, Ryu, Guile, Zangief, Jamie and others) and progressed the story in a big way, doing everything we can as it relates to side quests. The story does seem to be split between a data card and the mystery of Bosch's whereabouts. 

One thing I did notice is that there is a need to have various attires to progress the story, such as a full judo gi outfit is needed to go to France to meet Lady Gaga I mean Maron, plus a need for a construction hat to get into the construction site to meet Ken, but thankfully the game goes out of it way to make sure you have the items... but there does seem to be a bit of a glitch if you have items as appearance only. I'm going to assume Capcom wasn't considering people figuring out the display only for options in regards to cut scenes.

Also there is some real bullshit when it comes to some of the optional fights, such as the jack ass with the sword... I ended up using quite a few healing items.

I do feel like we'll be able to get the Side Quests achievement the next time we play the World Tour Mode on stream, because the next set are behind the progression of the story, which I want to do on stream.

I did consider jumping into the Battle Hub, but with how much there is to do in World Tour mode, we didn't get a chance to do any head to head matches last night.

For the raid we dropped in on annietalksshow who was playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe over at twitch.tv/annietalksshow

Work was okay, if rather mundane and made more difficulty because of an bug where the font shrank to where I could barely read it. Does amaze me how so many folks don't want to get compensated for doing a very straight forward study.

Also found out there will be no work on Monday in celebration of Juneteenth, which means we'll be able to start early that day in make sure we knock out a lot of Persona 3 Portable

So the plan for Friday night's stream will be Heavy Rain, with the goal to finish our first play through of it. I'll have to turn on the PS4 early to make sure the wireless controller is fully charged. I will not be shocked if the stream ends up going long.

The stream will start at 9:30 PM Eastern, so on that note we'll see you over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Resident Evil 6's First Campaign Is Finished

Hi everyone,

Work was alright yesterday, getting one interview completed along with being able to pace out the script so I wasn't tripping over words.

Got some writing done on the Mass Effect short story commission and I'm looking to finish it this afternoon before work. I could've finished it yesterday but I got distracted with stuff.

Last night's stream saw Iceman and I finish Leon's campaign in Resident Evil 6, and boy did things get very silly as it relates to the villain known as Simmons. Chapters 4 and 5 were a real fun romp in my opinion just getting from point A to point B. Now technically I was in the sidekick role as Helena, so with the next campaign for Chris, I'll play the lead character. Apparently that campaign is a lot like Resident Evil 5.

Now having finished the first campaign, I'm really  curious how much Michael Bay films inspired the creative direction and set pieces I saw so far in the game remind me of stuff that would be seen in his films when it comes to big leaps and explosions.

We also played some Fall Guys in our quest for getting 20 first places finishes in races, picking up two via squad shows. The new Season Pass has some nice cosmetics

Resident Evil 6 Achievements

• Big Trouble in China: Complete Chapter 4 in Leon's campaign.
• The Trouble with Women: Complete Chapter 5 in Leon's campaign

For the raid we dropped in on misscammi316 who was playing Conan Exiles over at twitch.tv/misscammi316

You know what's weird? When I switched to Fall Guys, Twitch didn't update the category. Also had a weird moment where we lost partial connection on the upstream.

The new season of Overwatch has some interesting rewards, but the feature of unlocking a D&D campaign that is being played by Tracer, Orisa and others.

Tonight's stream will start at 9:30 PM Eastern with Street Fighter 6, with a big focus on the World Tour mode. we might do some Battle Hub stuff as well.

So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

The Offical Push To Finishing Persona 3 Portable Begins

Hi everyone,

Well let's talk about Stream Elements and the fact I created new merchandise, and my order for my own shirts was not delivered to my home, but instead UPS & USPS somehow delivered it to somewhere in Barrington, NJ which is no where near my mailing address! So to say I'm livid is an understatement!

Work was alright, we didn't have the good assignment that I was on the last few shifts, but what I was on only required that we try to get interviews done... and I got one done, so that was good.

We passed December 31 in Persona 3 Portable, which opened up the last block of Tartarus and the final push towards finishing the game. Now the guide I'm using says to wait until January 15th to grind out all the new floors and bosses, but I learned my lesson from last week, instead alternating what nights we go into Tartarus. This helps in regards to level grinding, but it's becoming really clear that I'm going to end up using Aigis and Yukari to finish, with the last spot on the team probably being Akihiko.

We also tackled several of the optional boss fights related to Margaret wanting to challenge the P3-Protagonist, and while the ones I've done so far are just harder versions of the full moon shadow fights involving the use of specific party members, which in some ways puts me at a disadvantage. These are the first fights that saw me the use of the 'retry' mechanic. Most certainly these are going to get tougher and more tedious, but we're making a go for it.

No achievements were earned, as the last story related ones are tied to defeating Nyx, and the others are related to doing specific things that we're doing to accomplish during this playthrough that we're not ready for yet.

That said, by my match we should finish Persona 3 Portable on Tuesday's stream since there's not many side things out side of Tartaturs to do beyond the Empress, Aeon and hopefully Strength social links.

For the raid we dropped in on maximilian_dood who was playing the demo for Final Fantasy XIV over on twitch.tv/maximilian_dood

As announced in my Discord, we're bringing back the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy starting on Saturday. Last time we played the games in that collection was back in December of 2019. We will be using a guide for it, because... why not?

Plan for Wednesday's stream is that it'll start at 9:30 PM Eastern with Iceman and I continuing our adventures in Resident Evil 6, then in the second half, it'll be Fall Guys as I work towards that final achievements.

So on that note we'll see you over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

The Different Work Hours Has Me All Screwed Up

Hi everyone,

Picked up a few extra hours at work, which lead to the stream started at 8:30 PM, and it was good, got a few interviews done, but let me tell ya, everything is all screwy with the later start times on everything, which has thrown off my sleep schedule, since the stream start later. Sure Saturdays and Sundays aren't effected as much as Weekdays, but it has lead to me being a bit confused on timing various things I need to do.

Did make some pasta for dinner and will use the left overs with some vegetables I got with the last order of groceries I purchased.

Pre-paid the PSE&G bill, because I have a fixed rate with them. Sure it's a bit more expensive than paying based on usage, however I don't want to be caught not being able to pay the bill in the winter time! Plus if I can get ahead of the PSE&G bill, it'll be like my Xfinity bill to where I'm paying for months in advance in case things really get bad.

The stream of Persona 3 Portable saw me cover quite a lot of things in regards to Elizabeth's requests (completed all of her Date requests and her fusion requests, along with requests for items inside of Tartarus) and I am amused by the fact that the P3-Protagists basically bangs her in his room at her request. In fact, the P3-Protag does that with just about every female social link character in their rooms, which is hilarious and reminds me of the fact that in Persona 5 Royal, Joker can and will get his ass beat by every female character if he was dating more than one of them come Valentine's Day.

We did see the big plot point of Aigis knowing who and what Ryoji (being and Shadow the 13th Arcana 'Death'), which set forth the build towards the final boss fight against Nyx. Now the question is when is the final set of floors for Tartatus opening up, because with the multiple trips I took into it during the stream, I'm only at floor 214... and knowing their are like 264 floors, last thing I want to do is another 50 floor romp through it! So I might actually take the approach I did tonight once the next block opens up and alternate the nights of going into Tartarus by jumping into it and knocking out the various floors along the way.

At this point I also have three Social Links left to do (Empress, Strength and Sun), and yes Strength I should've had done already, but I screwed up on some things following the guide so trying to get that done is pain, and I know I'm one 'turn' behind as it relates to Empress as well..

Anyway, we left off on December 25th, so tonight stream will open with a quick trip into Tartarus to rescue a random person, then the grind to December 31st to make the big decision on going for the True or Bad Endings.

For the raid we dropped in on Flint_locke during their VRChat stream over at twitch.tv/flint_locke

I did watch all of Hellsing Ultimate Abridged and I was reminded that I never found volume 9 & 10 of the manga series, but I believe there are a hardcover variants of them for sale. Anyway, it was funny as hell, and I know I have to share the playlist with my Cousin Francis.

That's basically all I have going on at this point, so we'll see you at 9:30 PM Eastern for Tursday's stream (late start because of work)

Have a great night, and a great day, and we'll see you over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

 

Overwatch tonight was weird...

 Hi everyone,

Sunday was pretty smooth overall, got in some writing as well as did the dishes which I meant to do on Saturday, so my objectives for the day was done.

The stream of Overwatch 2 was weird, for one while we won 11 matches, I often felt the random teammates I was stuck with had no clue on how to play, leading to a lot of frustration. Still we got 11 wins and picked up one more 'title' for the Season which ends tomorrow. We were joined by PandaSweet for a few matches late in the stream and it's always great to team up with them!

While we didn't have any plays of the game, we did play a variety of characters including Brigitte, Ana, Moira, Mercy, Roadhog, Sombra, Tracer, Reinhardt, Orisa, Junker Queen and Wrecking Ball. Didn't really get to play damage roles until very late as I queued up for All Roles and spent a lot of time as a Support and Tank.

For the raid we dropped in on x9abenonymous9x over at twitch.tv/x9abenonymous9x who was playing Valheim!

I did watch the Xbox Showcase yesterday, and while there were plenty of cool games featured, none really grabbed my attention to be a 'must play' experience beyond Metaphor: ReFantazio which I sweat could've been called Persona 6 and I would not have thought any thing of it.  I already knew of Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica, so I don't count them towards.

Also read that Persona 3 Reload is going to feature an all new voice cast, which is probably not going to go down well with the P3 Fandom, because those people were whinging about the new UI for P3R. 

Now a reminder, due to work we're going to have late starts to all streams this week, with an 8:30 PM Eastern start tonight, and then 9:30 PM starts for Tuesday through Friday.

With that said, tonight we're back to Persona 3 Portable, we might advance several days in the plot and may jump to Tartatus for the excuse of just leveling up.

So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

 

A real fun night of Street Fighter 6

Hi everyone,

Well Saturday was kind of weird to some degree, as we got the laundry done good and early, did some writing and because I took a nap... and didn't felt like dealing with dinner, so I order some Chinese food for the first time in years. It was quite delicious!

The stream itself of Street Fighter saw a big focus on three objectives, the first being to get to 100 matches played in Fight Ground mode, which was a mixed of ranked and casual matches. It took about an hour and forty five minutes to get the 40+ matches done for that, because we had to wait for opponents. Also proved that I can hold my own as Chun Li, Juri and Dee Jay... while I forever suck as Zangief.

Then we jumped into World Tour, with the goal being to max out the bond with Chun Li, which we were able to do pretty smoothly since I was working on it off stream, finding gifts to give her. Thankfully we don't have to do that with every legendary character. We also encountered the likes of Lily, Juri, Blanka, Cammy & Dee. This mode did expose my inability to do charge motions. The next big achievement in this mode is to do over 20 sub missions, which I will try to knock out off-stream so we can focus on the main story on stream.

Now, I did jump into the Battle Hub to mess around with Avatar Battles, and with more luck  than skill, we managed to hit 20 wins to get a third achievement. Finding 'even' battles was pretty hard, so it required a lot of waiting around and rematches. This also helped in regards to getting the 'nice' points to grind towards another achievement, which I can try and knock out off stream as well.

So with that said, the next time we're going to play Street Fighter 6 will be on Thursday, since it'll be more story and grinding focus in the World Tour mode... which frees up Saturday to do something else! What that will be, I don't know, maybe something older perhaps?

Street Fighter 6 Achievements

• The Grand Jeté of 100 Battles: Fight 100 FG online battles. Too difficult? If you're taking on the world, there is no other path.
•  Mastery's Bond: If you would call someone master, it is best to know them well. Raise the bond with a master to 100.
• The Struggle Over Self: A new form of combat, with a different path to victory. Win 20 Avatar Battles. Fight and grow.

For the raid we dropped in on thatsoalykat who was also playing Street Fighter 6 over on twitch.tv/thatsoalykat

So on the agenda for Sunday is do the dishes which I forgo doing yesterday, and then the stream will feature Overwatch 2, which might get one last title on the Season Battle pass. Also I intend to get some more writing done.

So on that note we'll see you about 7 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

So Heavy Rain's Plot Only Happens Because A Kid Is An Idiot...

 Hi everyone,

We had another great day of work, granted it got a bit tough with no real breaks between interview attempts, but hey, I was felt super productive. However, my work schedule will lead to Monday's stream starting at 8:30 PM Eastern, while Tuesday to Friday's stream next week will be still starting at 9:30 PM Eastern

Also got in some groceries, some bananas, some goodies, a few frozen food items... if I'm learning to cook on the fly, got to make sure I have some things that are edible just in case things go wrong. Rather like the Bowl & Basket branded stuff from Shop Rite, they are cheap and often I don't have to worry about expiration dates.

So we started Heavy Rain, and right off the bat I have to say the entire plot is based on the face that Ethan's son Jason being a complete fucking idiot and wandering off for no real apparent reason. So the kid wanders off, Ethan chases after him and a tragic accident happens which leads to the actually story moving forward. I do like the various changes in perspective but this game has a big problem.

That problem is that the CONTROLS ARE FUCKING AWFUL... Heavy Rain is a game whose controls depend fully on the gimmick of features of the PlayStation 4's controller, such as shaking , turning and making various motions with it. Not to mention some of the most awkward button presses that make some things impossible. 

Still by my math, we covered about half of the game so far, and looking at the achievement list, this game will require a guide to try and get various other achievements unlocked in future play throughs down the road.

We'll continue and problem finish Heavy Rain next Friday

Heavy Rain Trophies

• Happy Birthday: Prologue - Complete the drawing + Set the table + Play with kids
• Interactive Drama: Thank you for supporting Interactive Drama
• Private Eye: Sleazy Place - Lead Lauren to talk about her son
• White Knight: Sleazy Place - Beat Troy
• Negotiator: Hassan's Shop - Persuade the Robber to leave
• Lucky Locker: Lexington Station - Find the correct locker on first try
• Blunder: Nathaniel - Shoot Nathaniel
• Good Driver: The Bear - Complete the Bear Trial successfully
• Cat & Mouse: Covered Market - Beat Korda in the cold storage
• Tough Guy: Kramer's Party - Defeat Gordi's bodyguards
• Coward!: The Butterfly - Give up or fail the Butterfly Trial
• Good Cop: Shrink and Punches - Stop Blake from hitting Dupré

For the raid we dropped in on watchshouttv while Highlander was airing over on twitch.tv/watchshouttv

Thing on the agenda for Saturday include doing the dishes and laundry (though that can wait until Sunday). Also will try and get some writing done on a Mass Effect commission request that I started writing a few day ago.

The plan for tonight's stream is Street Fighter 6, we're going to do a lot of stuff in the World Tour to progress it story and work towards achievements. We might do some Fighting Ground matches as well.

So on that note we'll see you at about 7 PM Eastern over on twitch.tv/fredcasden