Robenicks Gaming

02/07/2024

Blue seas, clear skies, and boundless possibilities. The official launch of Dawntrail: FINAL FANTASY XIV is here.

I've had a few days of early access to get settled in the new lands of Tural, and so far the early goings of this "summer vacation" has been a fun trip. I'm looking forward to see what's in store.

14/07/2022

It's been really amazing following the lead-up and launch of Arcaea's ver4.0 update and its related content. Seeing the community come together to unravel its mysteries really was a sight to behold.

After playing the game for just over seven months now, my impressions have been near universally positive. Arcaea has a very strong visual aesthetic, innovative gameplay (especially so when it comes to the higher difficulties), an expansive tracklist with both original songs, popular rhythm game entries and collaborations with other games, and is-- for the most part-- skill-friendly.

I've unfortunately had to take in most of this from the sidelines, though, since one difficulty spike that's essentially required to unlock the final story pack is proving a bit tough for me to overcome.

Even though the "main game" is over, I'm looking forward to seeing what lowiro has in store for the game's future!

18/04/2022

I've heard FFXIV's new PvP is eggs-celent... or was that the seasonal event? Going to be trying both out in this late night stream! https://twitch.tv/robenicks

Hobbyist streamer with a superhero mascot! Tries to look like he knows what he's doing with this Twitch thing. Casual gamer with a focus on Square Enix RPGs and randomly found titles.

13/04/2022

And thus does the page turn to a new chapter in the tale of the star, or something like that. Kroemgarr's newfound adventure awaits! (SPOILER WARNING FOR FFXIV 6.1 CONTENT) https://twitch.tv/robenicks

Hobbyist streamer with a superhero mascot! Tries to look like he knows what he's doing with this Twitch thing. Casual gamer with a focus on Square Enix RPGs and randomly found titles.

07/04/2022

Starting my playthrough of FFIV Pixel Remaster, let's goooo! https://twitch.tv/robenicks

Hobbyist streamer with a superhero mascot! Tries to look like he knows what he's doing with this Twitch thing. Casual gamer with a focus on Square Enix RPGs and randomly found titles.

03/03/2022

It's a game of Divide and Conquer-- well, the point is to win before the enemies start splitting! The FFIIIpr playthrough retreads through the Cave of Shadows... https://twitch.tv/robenicks

Hobbyist streamer with a superhero mascot! Tries to look like he knows what he's doing with this Twitch thing. Casual gamer with a focus on Square Enix RPGs and randomly found titles.

16/02/2022

PSA: Nintendo eShop for WiiU and 3DS will be ending service in March 2023.

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/57847

26/01/2022

To help celebrate the opening of the new Materia data center for Final Fantasy XIV, I ended up making a fresh character to check things out. Meet "K'rinjh Tia", located on Bismarck server!

As if I wasn't already spreading myself thin... but I kinda want to check out the other regions (JP and EU) at some point. While we will be getting the ability to visit other datacenters soon-ish, actually taking our characters to other regions of the world is still a long way off.

Something to think about.

26/01/2022

I'm back at the usual(?) stream time with more FFXIV! Sound seems to be back properly, so it's time to catch up on things. And Halloween, for some reason. http://www.twitch.tv/robenicks

Hobbyist streamer with a superhero mascot! Tries to look like he knows what he's doing with this Twitch thing. Casual gamer with a focus on Square Enix RPGs and randomly found titles.

25/01/2022

I don't usually go live this late/early but we got a FFXIV grand opening to celebrate! Let's welcome the Oceania datacenter with a fresh character (and hope the ping and sound is good) http://www.twitch.tv/robenicks

Hobbyist streamer with a superhero mascot! Tries to look like he knows what he's doing with this Twitch thing. Casual gamer with a focus on Square Enix RPGs and randomly found titles.

13/01/2022

Final Fantasy III pixel remaster time, from where I left off last week. Time to go past the edge. http://www.twitch.tv/robenicks

Hobbyist streamer with a superhero mascot! Tries to look like he knows what he's doing with this Twitch thing. Casual gamer with a focus on Square Enix RPGs and randomly found titles.

05/01/2022

The FFIII party, as inspired by a certain other "critically acclaimed" Final Fantasy game...

05/01/2022

First stream of 2022 is go-- and with it, I'm starting my FFIII pixel remaster adventure! http://www.twitch.tv/robenicks

Hobbyist streamer with a superhero mascot! Tries to look like he knows what he's doing with this Twitch thing. Casual gamer with a focus on Square Enix RPGs and randomly found titles.

01/01/2022

A new year, a new adventure. Continuing the Final Fantasy pixel remaster series next week on stream!

There *may* also be an after-work FFXIV stream to participate in Heavensturn, but this-- as well as future FFXIV streams-- will be dependent on whether or not patch 6.05 will further address the sounds issues seemingly brought on by the implementation of the spatial audio tech.

29/12/2021

TLDR Endwalker was great, but sound lag issues dragged down an otherwise good experience. I feel like this issue hasn't been talked about much amidst all the queue and error memes. Hoping that the team can pull through with a fix.

https://twitter.com/Robenix/status/1476160175111217156

“(Thread) As much as I enjoyed as a whole, and as much as I respect all the hard work of the dev team, my experience was hampered by persistent audio issues since EW's early access launch. And it seems like I was not alone... https://t.co/ICUZkJ5yeE”

28/12/2021

Will be taking a break from the Twitch channel until the new year.

See you in January for FFIII pixel remaster!

10/12/2021

So, I got into playing ARCAEA.

I'm somewhat a closet rhythm game/otoge fan but it's been a really long time since I've actually played one. Years ago my computer was drowning in osu! files and back when I had the room to do it, the mat was out for DDR on the PS2. These days, anyone who knows me knows I like to shill the heck out of the BMS of Fighters competition (and more specifically, the yearly GroundbreakinG compilation album that gets put out afterwards-- because it's *free music*).

I'd say it was partially because BOFXVII is currently ongoing that I decided to find an otoge that would break up my usual RPG fare on mobile and, with surprisingly a lot of choices out there, I settled on ARCAEA.

My first impressions of ARCAEA so far are mostly positive. I love the visual style of the game overall and there's a great selection of songs, both available for free and for purchase (yes, I have bought all the non-collaboration song packs already, why do you ask? >.>). Normal gameplay is thankfully unrestricted but the mode in which you can unlock new things is stamina gated, but it's more of an incentive to take my time with the game rather than rush to grind everything out.

Don't expect me to start tearing up expert level charts anytime soon, though. My co-ordination isn't *that* good.