u/MTRomance

There were several moments that made me go "Wow, now that's cool" when playing for the first time that I don't get as often these days...

1. Super Robot Wars Alpha had mechas actually moving during the attacks - In the previous SRWs, you usually get one image of the mecha just standing still, then when you attack, they just add the visual effect to the still image (For an example, in SRW F, if you never watched Getter Robo before, you might think that Getter Beam actually shot out from Getter-1's finger, since that's where the beam appeared to be coming out from since the image of Getter 1 wasn't moving). However, SRW Alpha actually had the sprite moving quite a bit during the attacks that just surprised me the first time I played it back in 2000.
2. Super Robot Wars W pushed the graphics of NDS SRW to the next level - The first time I played SRW W after playing SRW J and OG1/2, I was shocked. Yes, there were many things that were just a slight improvement from SRW J (Full Metal Panic and Tekkaman Blade mainly). But Valhawk, the first OG mecha of the game, had finishing visuals to most of its attacks (Usually you only see one for the strongest attack in the previous games). Genesic Gaogaigar's Goldion Crusher was even better than the one from SRW Alpha 3. Valzacard's final attack EXA Nova Shoot Over is just a masterpiece I hope we can see one day in the future OG title (If there is one).
3. The Bad Endings - Not talking about getting a special game over when you blow up Ideon or God Mars. When I first played SRW Alpha 3 and ended up in the bad ending where Alpha Numbers pretty much reenact the ending of Ideon movie, I thought that was really cool. Then they followed up with Baldios ending in Z. Back then when I was playing SRW games without any guides, I had to make sure that I was making saves between the stages whenever I make a decision on my routes just in case I need to go back to avoid them.
4. Super Robot Wars Z2 Hakai/Saisei does what SRW W did for PSP - Yes, we had pretty decent SRW game on PSP before Z2 in A Portable. However, most of the stuff from A Portable were pretty much directly imported from Alpha 2, 3, MX, and OGs (Though there were some good original stuff). SRW Z2 shocked me when I played it because it felt like a first true console SRW game that was fully original on a handheld device. It's a common place now since most SRW console games lately had a handheld port, but back then that was quite a treat.
5. Lastly, Super Robot Wars Z had attacks change depending on whether the enemy was in the sky or on the land - It seems pretty minor, but it just shocked me when I saw the difference between the visuals based on where the enemy was in Z when I first played it. Probably the most evident change is with Big-O, since it's a ground unit, he should not be able to attack the enemies in the air with an attack like Sudden Impact. But the attack changes, so if the enemy is in the air, Big O launches its anchors to pull itself up and deliver the attack. When I first saw it, my jaw dropped.

Was there ever a moment when you went "Wow" when playing SRW?

I got a few calls yesterday and today from the number saying that it is the CITI Costco Credit Card and that there was a potentially fraudulent charges to a credit card which was under my name and my ex-wife's. Also got a text (Not from the same phone number but just a five digit code) with the same message, mentioning the last four digits of the credit card. I remembered I did have a CITI card but haven't used it for a few years.

I called the number back today which first got to the automated response that said it was the CITI Costco Credit Card Fraud Service, then was forwarded to speak with a live person who explained that there were two charges to the credit card for Audible UK while the first charge went through the second was blocked. She then asked me if the charges were valid and I said no. She informed me that I'd receive a text with 6 digit code which she needs, and when I gave it to her she said there was a safety word which I answered. Then told me that the charges were now under investigation. She did ask me to confirm my current address at some point.

After the phone call I had a strange feeling and realized the phone number was 1-844 not 1-800. I looked CITI website and called their fraud service number who told me that I do not have any credit card with them at this time that they can find.

It feels more and more like I just got scammed to give some info but not sure exactly what the damage is and what I need to do from this point on. Anyone have idea?