Star at the Bar #4: Anything Interesting Happen Today For You?

[DJjazzyGETH]

StarOcean said:

DJjazzyGETH said:
This is a bit complicated but found out today that the decision for my request to have my visa extended here in Canada (which I had to request when my company's next project got put on temporary hiatus, delaying the renewal of my contract and work permit) has been made, and I should hear soon. Basically in the midst of a storm of ordeals right now haha.

Otherwise accompanied my GF for some shopping, ate a burger, did some freelance work, will probably play a bit of Nioh later, stuck on the Giant Toad boss >:(

I wanna play NiOh! Is the Asian aesthetic well done? Im a big fan of Japanese architecture, main reason I want the game XD  

Nioh is stunning. I lived in Japan for a while and studied quite a bit of Japanese folklore and history, and it fuses them together in really interesting ways. It's quite fun to recognize creatures and historical figures around every corner and see how Team Ninja reimagined them visually. I will say the environments aren't quite as grand and beautiful as they could be, it's all very dark and diffiult to see, but the architecture is very period-acurrate. some levels definitely remind me of shrines I found in the middle of forests and such.

If you're interested in the period and the historical figures involved, I recommend watching the mini-series Shogun, which is a semi-fictionalized retelling of the period involing the same British guy that nioh's protagonist is based on. Helps contextualise what's happening.