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Ok, it's actually just Rainbow 6 with brand new visuals etc
 
 

Hitman 1 (2016)






 

Looks like Sony started issuing no questions asked refunds. Also Cohh's sponsored stream was cancelled at the last minute to avoid further humiliation for the publishers. 
System-wide refunds may be on the cards and this could be another write-off. 

I ventured into the forum and saw a few suspects who pre-ordered The Day Before previous, who were literally bumming the game. Don't know why people have a fetish in buying into shit games and defending products they literally have no idea about.  Leslie Benzies is pretty washed in the industry now and was blinded by NFT's and Crypto so the GTA and Blockchain bollocks probably got a few deluded people on board but any proper gamer with a brain could see this was absolute slop nonsense with no substance. 

Yeah it looks so basic it comes across like a scam, deary me, and also you'd have had to be a bit of an idiot to buy it without checking reviews. Then again the GTA connection probably blinded some...

As expected, this game is shite. The fact that the publisher tried to convince everyone that the bad reception prior to launch was Rockstar bots causing disarray becomes even more hilarious. 40% positive on Steam, about 1200 reviews and no more than 3.5k players and falling massively. It's also emerged that this was once-part of a NFT platform which would explain a lot as the game does remember part-asset flip and part ulterior motive. 

So I picked this game up about a year ago, and it's somewhat usurped Minecraft as my go to game when bored at work.
 
The basic premise is you are a convicted criminal thats exiled to a planet and you need to terraform it in order to survive.
 
You have to gather ore's in order to build drills, shelters, generators, food growers, etc...
 
Starting off you need to increase pressure, heat, and oxygen. This will in turn melt the ice that is everywhere and start the water cycle, from there you gather materials to start getting moss and grass to grow and spread. From there Tree's, eventually you hit insects and then animals.
 
The thing that I love about the game is that it runs in the background, and based on how many of each type of machine you have, you get a real time countdown to when the next planetary phase unlocks. The more machines the faster it is, the less machines, the slower. So I can fire it up, sit in my shelter, and work, but the game just runs along happily, and as long as I have food, water, and oxygen in my pack my convict jsut hangs out.
 
It was made by a small indie dev team, and it shows with some weird clipping when you get close to map edges, but other than that, its one of the best games I have played in the last year.
 
Latest update Trailer
 
 
Release Trailer
 
 
 
Its 23.99$ right now on steam, and honestly if any of you need a fun PC game, and like to build things, this will be your jam.

Yea, it seems to have really positive reviews, Its going to be a few weeks before I grab it though. I will let you know when I do.

Looks like Microsoft are entering the handheld market with a ROG Ally-branded device in partnership with ASUS. 
Xbox is no longer a console, it's a platform, and it's already entered a battle for control over your handheld gaming PC | PC Gamer
WWW.PCGAMER.COM Xbox is becoming more like PC and Windows is becoming more like Xbox... is Microsoft looking to muscle SteamOS out of the way?  
Could be another interesting option especially as Valve's Steam Deck is restricted at retail-level but price will be a huge factor here.
Hands-On With the Xbox Ally X, the New Gaming Handheld from Asus and Microsoft - IGN
WWW.IGN.COM The Xbox handhelds are coming Holiday 2025 and they're impressive, but many questions still remain.  

~Looks at my Switch~
 
~Looks at my Steam Deck~
 
~Looks at my Tablet~
 
~Looks at my Laptop~
 
Yep, I am happy for this LOL
 
Now if PS would bring back the Vita, I would be set

I keep changing my mind over this game. If it was winter I might have time to play it but not right now...will keep my eye on it though if I see anyone else go for it 🙂
 
 
 

So many first person shooters on PC these days doing interesting things I never think of COD any more

Love to see this, you're such a star @GazzaGarratt
 
No financial reward, just giving back to the community. You're the role model our youth need, not these internet scumbags 🖤❤️

Mental mate. I suppose the new one can say it can't be any worse in the league! 😅
 
 
Ahh thanks Macca. I need to share this on my PPR lol. It means a lot to help a large community and especially see it happen in front of your eyes. ❤️🖤

A huge congratulations to @GazzaGarratt and Coundon Court this week!
 
"Not only Club Development Club of the Year....but we're ALSO BCFA GRASSROOTS CLUB OF THE FUCKING YEAR!!!!!!!!!!❤️🖤" (Lee's words not mine 🤣) 
 
This man works his arse off day in and day out on all fronts and deserves every bit of good that comes his way! 
 
Congratulations Lee! You deserve it! 
 
Also a big shout out to @Findmartin who ran his first kids training sessions for comets last night, Comets is set up associated with Coundon Court that helps teach kids with disabilities how to play football, both lee and martin have had a huge role in helping comets get where it is today, however Martin ran his first session last night and it went incredibly well! Congratulations dude 💪❤️
 

Bye bye Ange 😔🙈
 
Onwards and upwards Spurs 🤪

Bye bye Ange 😔🙈
 
Onwards and upwards Spurs 🤪

So I had not planned to with selling the house currently but I generally can't resist a console launch. Got up launch day morning and thought I would have a look at the Argos near me, lo and behold they had some in stock so now I am a happy owner of a new console and the new mario kart.
 
I have only briefly played it thus far and will give it some more time the weekend but initial thoughts. So the biggest thing I have noticed so far really is the quality of life improvements, this console is very much an improvement on the original Switch which in itself was a great console. The larger screen, the HDR, the joycons feel better build quality and the device itself feels more premium. Then the eshop works immensely better than it does on the OG, it was always my biggest gripe with the OG console and the lending of virtual games, I intend to package up my OLED and give it to the kids for Christmas this year. Setting up the family and being able to lend them games will be great, it suddenly gives them quite a large library of games to play straight off without faffing about so much with primary and secondary consoles and such.
 
Mario Kart seemed fun as it always does, the open world aspect seems a bit of a bolt on rather than a key feature of the game which is surprising. I was expecting a more Forza type experience if I'm being honest. 
 
I have also continued my Pokemon playthrough on this and it is noticeably better in terms of performance and visuals. I think the big test for me is I am yet to play tears of the kingdom, I think I will pay the 7.99 upgrade and give that a go and see how it looks and how that performs over the weekend.

Game is coming along nicely, I'll jumping on this evening to test the latest patch.
 
 

Might pick this up later in the year, looks quite interesting!
 
 
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

😅
 
 

It was a pretty one sided game from the off. I thought Inter would give then a good game but no...and they wasted the few chances they had.
 
Should also say i think defenders who hold their hands behind their back get what they deserve 🙈