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I did really enjoy our time on this game when we played it last time. Anywhere else that explains how much they've expanded on the story at all @phil bottle? This may be a decent one to start some multiplayer story progression together again if people wanted to try this out now? Guessing the survival PC lot may fancy some group up sessions on weekend maybe.... @TurboR56Mini @RenFengge @Tar-Eruntalion @tronic44 @Diddums @crispymorgan @Greboth and anyone else fancying PC survival group ups, what do you all think?

What a birthday present for me, now what am I going to play when they close their services as I open my present?! In all fairness - good concept, bad timing. Launching just before Covid, with rising prices and rare availability of technology they needed really didn't help its survivability.

I'm surprised it didn't boom after Black Flag was released. Strike while the iron is hot and all that shit. We could've had Skull & Bones 4: Treasure Galore by now. With shit tons of micro transactions for $3 dollar sails and a bundle of wood grains for your ships.

That's disgusting. I hope someone loses/lost their job because of this shit.

Cloud gaming in general is really hit or miss. While the idea behind stadia was good, the implementation of it was an utter mess. At least the controller is fucking awesome. I still use that for PC gaming when I'm not using my Elite controller.

I'm always up for a new game.

Love that film. This past week I watched the gray man and Lou both definitely worth a watch especially if youre into seeing an old woman kick ass. 👍

Yep, there was no real key benefit in choosing that over owning a traditional physical copy or licence on an established device. Not only do you burden your internet as well as requiring a constant connection, you also had to pay for the service and then a hefty price just to access the game. No platform-transferable cloud saves either so you were locked in. Instead of paying £100 for the console, £100 a year for the sub and then £50 on most older games, you may as well own a game on an existing system for £15 with the only stress being disk space. Other key games were also ruined by latency. The writing was on the wall early as Google stopped marketing it plus they didn't explore or capitalise on any unique opportunities like being able to offer game trials to prospective customers as a purchase enticement. They let it rot and it just became a system that sat awkwardly behind the Xbox and Playstation. They could've really pushed it especially with YouTube and its partners seeing that Google owns that also but instead all the marketing mostly came from negative publicity from owners or the media.

GameMax F15M MESH AMD RYZEN 5 5600X - 3.7/4.6Ghz Turbo - 6 Core - 12 Threads HEATSINK/FAN For CPU Included ASUS Prime B550M-A B550 Chipset - USB3.2 - DUAL M.2 - GEN4 PCIe 16GB DDR4 3000Mhz - CORSAIR - Vengeance LPX 1TB Samsung Nvme nVIDIA | GeForce RTX 3070 8GB - HDMI-DP - VR Ready 750W PSU - Corsair Gold - 90% Efficiency (High Gaming) It's pretty sweet, had a quick go on Day Z. Obviously with the ultra wide monitor its got more pixels to chuck about, but it handles it nicely. Alex has inherited my old rig, but I'd like to bump the GPU up a bit, the 7600K is a nice enough CPU for what he plays so no drama there.

Watched The Hunt for the Read October last night. Classic film with a very strong cast. Some excellent external scenes for 1990 also.

Now fully released, shame its on 4 player max but I still recommend, it's a wonderful game 🙂

https://www.gamebyte.com/google-set-to-announce-its-first-console-very-soon/?fbclid=IwAR1asFBnGEBt3uh88-m9LyihBb1JfjqY76PFGHOyMBBiu1R9CnBKejPL-us Interesting. Will it be PC AAA games streamed? I think for a casual gamer, there won't be an issue, but having played remote play, I can tell you there is lag. I can't see hardcore gamers going for it.

Pretty epic collaboration.

I was excited for Crisis Core until I learned it's basically a graphical upgrade and nothing more. I'm gonna pick VE up eventually. I may have to sweet talk @Rumelylady in order to grab it. I think I'll start with baked goods. That usually works.

Google Stadia closing down in January with mass hardware and software refunds being issued🤣 Stadia is closing down in January, hardware and software purchases to be refunded | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Google's game streaming platform "hasn't gained the traction with users that we expected."

it's mind boggling how such a cool and interesting setting like pirates, freeroaming, naval battles, treasure hunting etc has only be done once

😉 Yeah, its falling into significance this game unfortunately. However, every time I see it, I get the urge to go back to Black Flag... 😅

One last throw of the dice EXCLUSIVE: Google is trying to salvage its failing Stadia game service with a new focus on striking deals with Peloton, Bungie, and others under the brand 'Google Stream' WWW.BUSINESSINSIDER.COM Insiders say Google has shifted its gaming ambitions to focus on deals with names such as Peloton in an effort to save Stadia's underlying technology.

I think I shat myself rather quickly when i jumped on for my first few hours on Sunday, seeing those massive spiders and one that went to start coming my way! The looks are fantastic and as opposed to all other survival games that we're playing right now, it does give something different through those cartoon-esque graphics, crafting system and story mode within the co-op game. Very Green Hell but not as gruesome. For an early access game it has a lot to offer straight off the bat. The only things that have been a little annoying is the UI as you can get stuck working out what to press as there doesn't seem to be many shortkeys for things like crafting, etc. I'm interested to see if the story grips us all and also if there will be some form of skill points, etc in the future.

@phil bottle, myself and my mate George started a new world on Tuesday. This one started smoothly, we let George figure stuff out on his own until we’d hit the point Phil and myself got up to. Then the spiders came! we got trapped inside a building, with a spider on the outside. That spider then managed to squeeze itself into the building and attempted to royally fuck us. Luckily we got out...but whilst standing outside the building we heard a noise behind us. Yep, another bloody spider. We ran and ran quick, only turning back to see if it was still following...it was. Once we’d retreated enough, we regrouped and started to make a base. I can’t tell you all enough how good this game is, still lots to explore and do. We haven’t even ventured into the pond or about 70% of the garden. I’m massively looking forward to the next session!

Looks like there's some form of a campaign/onjective in this one to discover what someone has left around the place which makes it even more inviting for me. Damn Rachel, you're killing me with these survival games 😁 Its £24.99 atm so I see whats occuring as its getting close to Crimbo. Great idea, lets hope it has lots of crafting items to make and do different stuff.

Sweet, Phil's in 😄 Not sure when i'll pick it up but might not be for a couple of weeks

I can't believe I've not bought it yet tbh😁

Don't hold back now[emoji28] Sadly it maybe that Stadia or some form of it is here to stay. Not only are they getting YouTubers like Jack Frags to shill for them, I've noticed a lot of the comments on Stadia-related videos are full of people clearly paid to put across Google's point of view. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I heard about a pile of dogshit which sounds a better proposition for this kind of thing.

More disastrous news for the 48 people that still use the Stadia Cyberpunk 2077 Will Not Be Available on Stadia at Launch - IGN WWW.IGN.COM Cyberpunk 2077 will release later on Stadia than other platforms.

What? Have I missed something?

You have to buy the games at full price and you don't get to keep them. Yeah lol Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

They throwing in the amazing ergonomic controller for free too?!

Grounded will be available Spring 2020 for Xbox One digitally through Xbox Game Preview and with Xbox Game Pass, the Microsoft Store, and on Steam. Grounded will be the first Xbox Game Preview title available with Xbox Game Pass. On Steam, well that's music to my ears. It will also be 4 player co-op 🙂

I'm a sucker for survival games, so i'll defintiely be picking this up. Really like the look of it!

I'm glad I'm not rich or gullible enough to get sucked into this shite. Shame on Google for the blatant disregard for customers. I hope a competitor beats them to it and does this kind of thing properly. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Sorry, but anyone who fell for this is an idiot. Gaming history is littered with failed hardware launches. Google's history is littered with failed hardware launches. Internet infrastructure is littered with failed projects. This whole project was covered in flags from day one, there was literally not a single reason to get excited about it, and yet here we are. Anyone surprised by Google's fuckup is delusional tbh.

No games or a single update in 40 days now and people are pissed. Serves them right for buying into such shite.

Some of Stadia's Biggest Supporters Are Beginning to Turn Against It - IGN UK.IGN.COM With wide-spread reports of delayed Stadia pre-order access codes, some of the streaming service's biggest supporters are already starting...

Great news😎

It’s basically spend more for good internet and pay more a month, over spending a one off price to play on a console. 👍 This! How is it the same price if they don’t have to make a physically copy. They’ve missed a trick here.

You have to pay full price for every game you want to play. On that point alone it's a fail. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Mediocre selection of games at launch If it flops, it'll be yet another failed or abandoned venture to add to their massive list https://killedbygoogle.com/

So I read the BBC report which said it connected directly to the servers via WIFI. Er, nice one BBC, but I'm not sure that is gonna fly. Honestly the best way to implement this would be a 5G connection to the data centre.

Absolutely. 5 times over in case I get preorder bonuses galore. But if it is good, make sure you dont get it. You cant buy stuff that is good you know, cos like, that would be just mad wouldn't it. Srsly though, I cant see this being any good imo. What details were released about the games available and how they'll be available?

It's called the 'Stadia'

The whole thing about cloud gaming, which is being touted a lot lately, is that the infrastructure (in the UK) cannot support it. Don't really care about the physical copies, though I'd say less plastic is always good, but what gamers won't tolerate, is lag. And in this, the lag is strong. For the foreseeable future. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Meh I love having physical copies of everything, I like having a bit of a collection. Will be interesting to see how this goes and to see how many pick it up. It might be a bit of a flop.

Seems it will likely be a streaming-only unit. It'll probably be a subscription service as well. Don't like the idea of streaming games - I know it's fashionable to steam everything these days, TV, music and probably soon to be food but games are a no from moi. I'd rather have a physical disk or a full digital download than some expensive data-chugging platform. The big 3 companies and even Soulja Boy have this market cornered.