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Whilst some may not think its as challenging as the super hard games we expect, Hogwarts Legacy has one of the most satisfying gameplay controls to play with in an RPG. I've managed to find this small clip online that shows a small part into the spells and combos, including how you can flip to flying so easily mid-battle. There's so many combo spells to choose from, it really is a whole lot of fun. Smooth is the perfect word for it. No wonder it was the biggest selling game of 2023.

Dishonored is another one that is commonly overlooked probably because most people play in low chaos or just don't make the most of the powers on offer. I certainly am nowhere near good or creative enough to pull off half the stuff in this video but it just goes to show what can be done if you go beneath the surface and really utilise everything on offer.

Mentioned in another thread, Cloud gaming appears to me to be the way its all headed, so was interested to see this video comparing services as they currently exist.

I'm overall pretty happy with how things are, but I do agree with Luseth. Some areas are not being used as much. Maybe due to interest or general knowledge of existence. Maybe trim some fat, keep the majority of what we have tho. I think the "Your Picks" for cod maps and guns isn't really worthwhile. It was a good idea, but we can easily discuss such things in topics or vote on polls. I think that we could get shot of it. I do admire the work and effort of especially Lee, that he puts in here. If anyone has geniuene good ideas for things to add, I think we should look at what can we rid of first. But the current layout, features etc we have are really good. It's something that has improved on vastly over time.

As a newer member to the site, I would say the main thing I notice is that there seems to be a lot of underused features. I wonder if there could be an easier way to keep up to date with what’s going on in the community without having to go through all the different tabs and forums? Could we have a ‘features’ or ‘what’s on’ page, which highlights the main events going on. The page could show the next and upcoming FG events, a hot topic from the forums, latest videos being uploaded, new quiz posted etc etc. It wouldn’t even have to be the most recent posts and not everything posted needs to be featured, but if there is a forum post that you or any moderators here think is worthy of being ‘front page news’. Essentially a place that just makes it easier for members to see what is going on. I often forget to look at the events tab and don’t even know until this post that there was a quiz tab!! I quite like @Luseth idea of having certain members being responsible for certain areas too.

I somewhat agree with @Luseth, less is more sometimes. Which is probably why the WhatsApp and Discord chats do so well. Easy to use and takes no effort whatsoever. The forum is a good example of this on the website. I think unless it benefits people they’re not going to use it, a good example of this is the events… it takes so much effort to get people to click one button because it does nothing for them. I, as most others probably do, use FG as an archive and large discussions space. If you want to create more movement it needs to be a tool to either create discussion (competing with WhatsApp) or create/share content like videos or games/quizzes/competitions.

Every so often I stumble upon, or revisit a game which is just the equivalent of crack in terms of highly enjoyable and pulsating combat. These games just have that extra something which really stands out and where the combat shines mechanically and even visually. Off the top of my head, I'd say 3 games which really stand out are:- Metal Gear Rising - fast paced, responsive, smooth and incredibly satisfying melee-based combat. F.E.A.R - inspired by Max Payne's bullet time feature but with additional immersion thanks to the first person perspective. Max Payne 3 - bullet time never gets old plus the attention to detail and environmental effects look spectacular. There's probably loads more that I've forgotten about but what are your standout games that just have that little bit more in terms of the combat?

Episode 87 is LIVE!! We talk about Pacific Drive, Geometry Survivor, and some card/board games Adrian has been playing this week. Regarding the Spotify episodes, the rest should be uploaded but I have no ETA as to when. We've all got some things outside the podcast going on right now, but I'll keep you all informed. Thanks for watching/listening!

Bought on PC today, no clue what I'm doing.

Ashamed to say I haven’t played those 3 games! I believe I played a little bit of Fear 2 but don’t recall much of it! For me the first game that comes to mind is SIFU. I really fell in love with the combat in this game, learning to master the game was both challenging and rewarding, and beating it and earning the platinum was one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had in gaming! Some other games that come to mind are Control, and going back further I would say Splinter Cell Conviction (although I’m not sure if the gameplay still holds up today!)

That’s more like it. I will definitely be adding all of these to my library!

Looking for a bit of feedback everyone! Always want to keep everything as fresh as we can here, and I know we have an awful lot of stuff to get involved in - sometimes too much! At the same time, its ours and we can do loads of things together so why not! FG has lots of spaces so would be ace as I'm starting to look at how we can keep everything fresh here, what parts you'd like better, more of, confuse you, don't understand, want more on how to get involved, anything missing we should have....the list i'm sure goes on. To help if you are struggling what things to send me feedback on, here's a breakdown of areas we have now or had in the past: Forums Articles Blog Videos Quizzes Events Predictions Merch Achievements / Medals Memberships Game Hubs Guides and Tips History Ideas Leaderboard Polls Raffles Roadmap Search Servers Tournaments FG Team Themes Most of these you can find in the menus on FG - just click the burger 3 line menu on mobile or hover over 'More' on the menu bar on PC. I'm all good taking any feedback, good, bad or just comments. If we don't know, we can't improve. Cheers all!

I don't know if this will get any interest as most people are here for multiplayer gaming but thought I'd give it a try. I was thinking it might be a nice idea to try doing a game club similar to how a book club runs, we all vote on a relatively inexpensive single player story driven game to buy and play through over the course of a couple of months and then jump on chat one night a week or even discuss it in here and how we are getting on with it, what we are enjoying and not enjoying etc etc, talk about the writing, the story etc. Would that peak anyone's interest? With games such as Baldurs gate down the road where you can approach things so differently it could be good fun I thought. Anyway, yeah will see if there's any interest first 🙂

There's been so many big updates it's hard to keep up.

I think it’s a great idea! I have always wanted to be involved in something like that but have either never found the right group or never found the time or organise it myself. I think we would have to work out some logistics etc but definitely put me down as interested. I would suggest one way to do would be to try and pick games that are on a subscription service (Gamepass, ps plus, EA play etc), that way the majority of people can play the game for free using the service they are already paying for, therefore not spending money just for this. I know not everyone will subscribe to these services and if not we can still try to find a cheap game on the service? One potential idea is recording a review/discussion video. It will be difficult to arrange but if we could find a time where everyone (or the majority) could spare an hour or so to join up on discord and record a conversation reviewing and discussing the game. To upload to a Forever Gaming YouTube channel? Just a thought.

Honestly, there is probably too much? Maybe condense it a little and make some of the things more of a feature i.e. if you were to keep quizes, do them more regularly? Or alternatively see if we can get some FG members to take ownership of certain areas? I.e. Someone running prediction league or someone who might be keen enough to regularly add quizes? I haven't put anything next to everything but have put a little reply next to a lot of them 🙂 Forums - Fine as they are, generally I just read the new topics and see if there is anything new for me to respond to. Articles - Honestly, I'm not sure of the purpose of this area? Is it just an FG article or can it be an article on anything? I.e. review of a game etc? Blog - I did not know there was one? Might be good to do this whether it's the summary of upcoming events like your whatsapp posts you were doing or sessions that have been done the week before. Videos - I don't think anything need's to change here Quizzes - Just need's more of them, see note above maybe about ownership. Events - Trying my best to keep on top of adding them but need people to engage more sometimes 🙂 Once one or two reply to an event others then follow Predictions - Fine, I just found it difficult to find time to sit down and put them in sometimes. Merch - I don't suppose you could get a hoody sorted with a zip down the middle could you? I do like the white one's but I find general hoodies a little restrictive (I know it's a personal preference thing) Achievements / Medals - Good as they are. Memberships - I keep meaning to resub, will sort it out later this month. Game Hubs - Not sure what these were? Guides and Tips - This is one of those areas that unless people ask for a guide nothing will probably get posted. It's also maybe too restrictive in that it's got the 6 games and it's not obvious where to post guides related to other games? History - Apparently FG has no history since 2013 😛 Raffles - We need more of these, unnanounced so it encourages people to check the site more regularly.

Yep, awesome to finally get games in with you! More to come i'm sure this week onwards. Remember...if you're having you've already won 😎 We'll have to try some crossplay, it was encouraged at the start to turn it off whilst it sorted its matchmaking issues out. I'll have to search to see if all is good now but let us know when you get on next, i'm sure some FGers will be on! It is hard to make time for it for sure so I feel that pain a little. I may set some nights up where maybe we all know they'll be enough around for 1, 2 or 3 squads to be able to go out there and have a good laugh with each other.

Last of Max Payne 3

Started my replay of Hellblade: Seuna’s Sacrifice in anticipation of the sequel releasing in May! Here are my first batch of screenshots …

Seeing your screenshots and watching these clips has made me want to play this game! Always heard good things but never got around to it. Just looks like a lot of fun!

Even more Max Payne 3

This is also a great example of what can be achieved in Max Payne 3 - so incredibly satisfying to pull off and a nice explanation of the details

Correct. Still stuck.

It was quite good fun again! Bit cruel of @LordBaguette to start you off on extreme with us 🤣 I was still chuckling this morning about the number of chargers chasing me only for @GazzaGarratt to bring Tom back in right on top of them 😂 And watching Lee run around with all of the automatons chasing him while we all hid behind the building 😄

It was great to finally get to play with some of you guys last night! I tried my best to keep up with you! This game is a blast and I’m now motivated to reach the higher levels to get some of the better stratagems that you lot were using! Looking forward to what they do with future updates too!

Some more Max Payne 3

SIFU was my second favourite game from 2022, behind only God of War Ragnarok! I adored SIFU and it remains one of my proudest platinum trophies! Highly recommend people try it if you haven’t yet, now is the perfect time!!

Not my sort of games so don't think I will get much out of this month, note that Witch Queen is not a new offering either and was on PS Plus previously, this is obviously just to try and draw players in before the new expansion I suppose.

Best offering in ages tbf 👏