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I was pretty close but my record now stands at; AR's - All done except the M16. I've only really used the M16 in HC as core it seems meh, so might have to do some more HC to finish it off. SMG's - All done except the BAS-P, another gun pretty rubbish in core so again think I need to do some HC Shotguns - All done except Bryson890 which I only need 2x 3 kills without dying which is relatively easy. Marksman rifles - All done except LM-S, I didn't get on with when I tried it and never gone back but will have to give it another go. I've managed to unlock my first platinum too on the ISO Hemlock, hearing some comments I expected it to be harder than it was. Though I imagine some guns will be a massive ball ache to get long shots with. Next for me will be finishing off the missing guns above and snipers. I've levelled up most snipers but mostly missing crouched or prone kills with them so shouldn't be too hard to get them done. Though I know MCPR requires hipfire kills which is bullshit so hoping Shipment 24/7 can get that out the way.

What's kind of ironic about the gamers and the gaming industry is that no one wants a power player to take advantage of the others (effectively become niche) and we all want crossplay but in reality what keeps the excitement going about games over the years has mainly been exclusive games that you can't get on other consoles or platforms. I don't have a preference either way on the matter, and I don't talk much on here about backing exclusive games because I fear people here will just think thats me being naive, but in actual fact its looking at the bigger picture on games across the board. The more diluted and available games become, especially in a cloud environment, the connection and draw into top games will soon fade away. When that happens, effectively means we all accept lower standards in games (lower graphics, functions, gamemodes, etc) which effectively dominate the F2P market right now. If the block keeps multiple console markets going in the long run, then I'd be happy with that. Crossplay should still be a thing btw, I just don't like the cloud rental game space.

From the games we played that night, my overall lasting impression was that it was fun to trying it out and a refreshing change, without setting the world alight. The actual map and world looks extremely impressive on PS5 but i'd have to agree with @phil bottle that my I'd take crossplay with PS4 players over a slight graphical change now that map sizes have been made smaller anyway. I did feel I was running in a few games like forever, only to be shot - I think most FPS games though there is abit of map awareness you have to learn before immediately dismissing the frustrating marathon parts of it. Guns felt pretty good to use, even it felt like I didn't get one properly working for me. Class wise, I didn't notice anything specific which I would love to find out more on. I used to enjoy just going around and fixing stuff on BF4, 5 & 1 so more to help the user feel like they can do that more would be beneficial. Breakthrough was a decent mode, although naturally I wanted to have the ability to 'win' rather than just defend so Conquest was still good to play. I think if some spawns were better it wouldn't feel like you had to run miles to get some action. I know they won't want to see a huge group take on lots of randoms but I still think the Squad size of 4 holds it back for me somewhat. I need more time to understand what guns are available too so I can feel like I can properly contribute. You wouldn't be shocked to hear though that on one game I ended up Top of the Captures Leaderboard 😅. Still can't take that objective play away from me.

I need to not run around as much as the Hemlock does feel like its the easiest to do out of all of the ARs. Difficult though when there is a Flag needing to be capped 😅 I think for Polyatomic, you don't have to do every gun, 51 Platinums are required I believe. I was hoping to miss most snipers out if thats possible to do. Kenny would know best, @IRaMPaGe?

Talked about this in the Deathloop thread but it doesn't have its own one so I thought I'd create one even though interest seems non-existent or that people don't even know it exists. Out tomorrow, heavily review embargoed and already soaking up negative press thanks to it releasing on console at 30fps. Available on Game Pass but is £60 on its own which is absolutely insane for a non-licensed co-op driven game. Mitigating lost revenue through game pass players against full price purchasers is always a disastrous move as it's seen as punishing players who want to own the product against temporary free-riders. This is also an online-only game despite having single player and is also expected to have underlying DRM on PC which just adds further woes. It's another game that has been poorly marketed from Arkane and Bethesda and I feel it's another very poor effort from a company that has brought us titles like Dishonored and Prey. This looks even more dismal that Back 4 Blood and I think it's yet another mistake from the developers to produce such games. Redfall will only do 30 fps on Xbox consoles, and people are starting to worry | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Arkane says a "performance mode" option enabling 60 fps will be released later, but that won't help on launch day.

@Middle Class Caveman, a few deals on Game currently: PS5 with Hogwarts and free extra game - £515 - This bundle saves about £15 quid on Hogwarts as its £48 on Amazon separately right now. https://www.game.co.uk/en/playstation-5-console-hogwarts-legacy-free-human-fall-flat-2908755 MW2 is £40 separately so even though there is another deal on Game with MW2 and a free headset thrown in, i'm not sure how good it actually is and saves around £5 if you forget the headset in the deal. If you wanted the console on its own, looks like BT are selling the physical version for £10 less than most places at £469 right now Queue | BT SHOP.BT.COM I'll keep a look out for other deals...you may be able to haggle a way to swap God of War in a deal for one of the games too perhaps?

Personally I'm not unhappy about the CMA decision, it does seem like a monopoly move. From what I've read the CMA are just trying to prevent a superpower in cloud gaming.

If Activision's appeal is unsuccessful against the CMA UK, they will have to wait 10 years to reapply! 🙂 UK's Activision Buyout Block Forbids Microsoft from Trying Again for 10 Years WWW.PUSHSQUARE.COM Time-out - Microsoft's effort to acquire Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard was already...

@slamminbones I'm always down for a few games if you're around. I like how it breaks up playing MW all the time.

I played for an hour on the Xbox, I'm intrigued enough that I've now started downloading on my PC too. Want to see how it feels with kb & mouse.

Indeed, it's a few years ago now that Bethesda stopped allowing people to review their games in advance of launch. Not suspect at all 😅 But I'll give it a go and see how it plays!

Hey gang, in May I am going to pick up a PS5 (once the exams are out the way) so I would love for you to post any deals you see online etc in this thread. I'm after a disc version please as I want to use it as a dvd/blueray player also as the wife and I own a large collection. Oh, i'm after COD and Hogwarts too! Also, do normal headsets work on the PS5? I have a USB Turtle beach set i've had for a long time, is that going to be ok? Thanks Elliott

Hopefully get it on download tonight but after tomorrow night I'm not around for 2 weeks but yeah definitely need another game out side of Cod.

It's understandable tho, Microsoft already have 60-70% of the market. With the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard it will enhance their chances of having more in the future. Now cloud gaming may or may not be the future. It could be 5, 10 years or more. But..... If it does go that way in the future. Do we really want one company 80+ or 90% of the ownership. There maybe no malice in it, but who knows future intentions. Having all that control gives them the chance to have complete monopoly. Also to dictate and choose what we play, how we play, where and when. And at what price? Even if they aren't evil, having the power gives them the chance to. I say nah fuck that.....

The 2 in the screenshot are both 2023 Super Formula cars, just one is Honda and the other Toyota so depends whether you want to count them as 1 or 2 cars. But there's the older Super Formula car (the one used in the S7 licence test at Laguna Seca) and the old 80's F1 car, the F1500T. So 3, or 4, Formula cars unless I've missed some. Maybe cars to try if we can ever get people together for another nice on GT.

Yeah it's 51 Platinums to unlock access to Polyatomic. Polyatomic is all headshots to then get Orion. The Platinums/Longshots are a slog because most people do all golds then moving onto Platinums. It's boring getting 25 Longshots multiply by 51 guns. Over 1000. All in 1 go if it's all you have left to do and unlock the next challenges. I skipped the Sniper Longshots and missed out 1 of them gold on the way. As long as you reach 51 guns. There are that many DLC guns now you can pick and choose. You could even miss out melee or shield or launchers depending on your tolerance to certain guns. You will have to do plenty still.

I didn’t change my play style to get the Hemlock Platinum, I just happened to look at my challenges and realised I was only a few off. But I’m not chasing Platinums and especially not Polyatomic. I just thought I’d Gold the guns as it’s a relativey simple challenge on each gun. But some are painful so can’t see me sticking with them to get the required longshots for Platinum. And that’s in classes of guns I use nevermind ones I don’t like LMG’s, Battle Rifles, pistols etc. As for Polyatomic, a quick google says there’s; 11 AR’s 5 BR’s 9 SMG’s 6 LMG’s 5 Shotguns 8 Marksman Rifles 6 Sniper Rifles 5 Pistols 4 Launchers 3 Melee So 62 if my maths is correct so if you only need 51 you could miss the snipers entirely.

Skimmed through a few reviews and there's a couple of things that have only just come to light - this game has no online matchmaking so it is strictly co-op and doesn't even have public P2P. Then the ultimate kick in the teeth is that people joining the host don't have their stats or progress saved so the only way get anywhere in this game is by playing with bots or trying to convince your friends to replay swathes of the game they've already done so you can rank and progress the story yourself. This is utterly ridiculous!

Does this mean we now have 2 Formula 1 cars in the game? I'd love to see more released, its one of those modes we very rarely touch in GT games.

The IGN review explained most of it and looks decent enough for a try. Mental that Gamepass as it on launch, makes me feel like it will have a 2 week stint in most peoples gaming diary but may drop off quickly after that.

I’ve seen some really good deals in game etc so push comes to shove I’ll grab one from there

Not sure about the deals to be honest mate. The old headset should work fine imo. The input is just the same as standard. If it works on a PS4 it will work for PS5. Hopefully you grab COD. Maybe a bundle deal will have it. As far as I know the prices of PS5s are dropping or have dropped. The supply is better than the last couple of years.

Its always good to have it downloaded. Really easy to pick up and play a few games quickly.

This is the only Vinyl I own too! What a tune this is 😎

PC port is a joke too - 4090 running the game at 1440p low settings and getting 52fps🤣 Shameful and very surprising from Respawn especially when using Unreal 4 which is one of the most well-known and highly optimised engines out there. Developers are clearly spread too thin having to bail out BF2042, whilst working on Apex and other titles.

This game should have been delayed again. Digitalfoundry did a PS5 analysis and found that the performance mode not only doesn't get to 60fps most of the time but the resolution drops BELOW 720p at some points.

But other than that, it played well. Should probably switch off matching with kb&m players and I found I was getting wrecked in mid to long distance exchanges while getting used to the recoil control. If we plan to play any more I'll need to get some practice in with a controller. It's a massive shame there's no crossplay with PS4.

I was struggling a little bit, I'm not used to playing BF with a controller so much and I find it difficult to concentrate in a group chat. Nothing to do with the pair of wankers @Diddums and @Macca89 constantly reminding me of the football team I support, all fucking night 😅😭🙈

Sorry to disappear last night, Felicity would not go back to sleep (no idea why as she is fine this morning) but yeah how did the battlefield session go? Was it enjoyable? My limited go I thought it looked prettier and there seemed to be a little more cover within each point. That said still big expanses to run across with no cover between points. I remember that being one of the worst maps on launch so hopefully some of the other maps were better? Gunplay felt fine though I was hitting targets like a mile away with an SMG which did not feel right and the UI is not particularly friendly, probably less so now as they have tried to put in all the class stuff and that (which I am not sure even works?). The change of controls from launch threw me as well at the start but that's just something to get used to if I get to playing it again.

The deal has to be approved by the US, UK and Europe for it to work. It's like a jury or trial/investigation so to speak. If it's not unanimously decided the deal is off. Just because it's 2 American companies. Their products and services are consumed globally. It's like a fair trade kinda scenario. Unlawful monopoly of the market. It's the biggest gaming merge ever. To be honest I'm not the one deciding. I couldn't give 2 shits if it's a yay or nay. It's a huge deal and the future could be murky for many others if it goes ahead. Maybe in Europe and America you can throw wads of cash about to make things happen. The UK has concerns it said no. Note that Europe and US haven't put their conclusion forward. UK goes first and then will be made to look like backward thinking neanderthals. Not seeking any "progression" in technology. Plus who is this deal good for? The 2 companies in question. Not the average Joe or consumer. Just 2 big companies getting fatter and richer. The future is uncertain on their intentions after the merger went ahead. Who knows what they have planned for the next 5 years or beyond?

I've not checked the full ins and outs but the UK regulator the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said: "Activision is intertwined through different markets - it can't be separated for the UK. So this decision blocks the deal from happening globally."