J4MES OX4D
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20 minutes ago, cyberninja2601 said:
I tried it during the free weekend. I got to level 26 or 27. I think I played 8 matches or so and benefited from double XP.
Can't get into it. I think the free weekend was on for 4 days. After 3 matches I had enough each of the days that I played.
Was doing Ok. Not great but OK. Nothing about it calls out the me.
I saw the game had a free trial and was discounted but I just couldn't be bothered to go through the download just to try it. Even free and in the sale, the player count on PC dropped between 48,000 and 56k which is insane and this also includes the Warzone numbers. The next game will have to be something special because I have never seen it so unappealing or players so demoralised with it all.
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Gears of War: Reloaded
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FREE £10/$10 in store credit which you can claim in your in-game messages section. Should be enough to buy a new outfit!
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Some more Dark Souls 2
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6 hours ago, Luseth said:
I thought it a bit strange to announce this to be honest, it didn't really tell you anything about the game other than it's set in the same Divinity world we have seen up to now presumably. It didn't tell us the style of game, is it a Witcher / Elder Scrolls style game or in the same vain of Divinity original sin or Baldurs Gate.
It was just a cinematic which could have come from anything really.
Most of these big announcements at the game awards are typically premature but I trust Larian as they have a track record of doing the business. The new Fate of the Republic Star Wars game on the other hand likely wont arrive until 2029-30 and we are still waiting for the first update to Elder Scrolls 6 which was shamefully announced and never mentioned again way back in 2018. I pretty much just ignore CGI trailers and just leave these games on the backburner though.
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PUBG has really gone to shit in recent years. The only players left are pretty much all cheaters and the vast majority are from China. Was a really promising game about 7-8 years ago but as soon as they went to China and flogged the IP before it even launched out of early access, it was a total mess. This game wont improve things that's for sure. The whole brand is totally unrecognisable and it'll eventually die just like H1Z1 did with a dreadful reputation.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes home an absurd 9 wins at The Game Awards, more than Baldur's Gate 3 in 2023 | PC Gamer
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This year's Game Awards GOTY (and almost everything else) is the popular French RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. -
Dark Souls II
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Dark Souls all the way!
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3 hours ago, Luseth said:
So I realise I have not posted on this since completing it. I just wanted to say this is a brilliant game and a real gem so I advise not sleeping on it.
I must admit I did not get the platinum, whether I will one day or not I don't know, I find myself not enjoying the trophy grind at the moment and just want to enjoy the games how I play them.
On the game though, it is incredibly atmospheric, the audio and visuals are great and especially as you come to the end the story comes together really well.
Just to echo James' point above the game is streamlined and well made, the story flows nicely and there isn't a load of filler, when you compare this to the Final Fantasy VII remake for example you sit there and wonder why they put half the crap in the remakes, why not lower the price, put less crap in and draw a bigger audience.
Glad you enjoyed it! Really hope it cleans up at the GOTY awards as it is deserving of so many categories. Also with the FFVII Remake point - maybe if they cut half the crap in those games, they would've been able to make the whole thing in one package or whereby it doesn't take 9 years to finish the 'whole' game. I was engaged from start to finish and never got bored or felt needlessly side-tracked but some of these padding-filled open world games today are just exhausting to think about let alone play!
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I haven't played this much recently and I'm kinda at the stage where I know what is required to essentially complete the workbenches and then that's the game pretty much 'completed' in its current state. It's been one hell of a game and incredible value for money but there doesn't seem to be much of an endgame. I'm not sure how much legs this game has in its current form and I kinda wish the live event was longer and there was a bit more meat to it. I'm overloaded with gear to the extent, looting has lost a lot of meaning but the stuff I need is almost out of touch with the way PvP is right now and I can't be bothered taking in lots of gear, killing a major ARC and then getting shotted by a free loadout user. It's basically high risk, huge reward but at the same time potential infuriation. If successful, I then have less reason to play the game so I'm damned either way. The skill tree is just pure bloat and whilst the Raider Deck is good to sift through, it is essentially built off the back of doing generic daily feats.
Another annoying thing is spawning in late when trying to do a task. Free loadout users should be the ones being dropped in late to lobbies and not someone geared up only to have 16 minutes. Better off just heading to the exit and even that's a risk in itself. Longevity is definitely an issue and although I didn't feel this way at 40 hours, once you progress so much and do so many runs, you can really see where this game is at.
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6 hours ago, MrBiron said:
100% agreed. Add to that the fact that newly promoted teams can only spend a limited amount due to PSR whereas the bigger teams can just go and spend £600m plus. Declan Rice going to Arsenal cost nearly as much as our entire summer spendings. Newly promoted teams just can't compete. Seems that Sunderland may be the exception to the rule. Fair play to them if they do stay up.
Sunderland still ended up spending close to £160m I think. They spent really well but if they were to get relegated, they'd be in a whole world of trouble for years to come and they wont want to go back to League One or end up doing a Reading. Leicester are due to be deducted an estimated 9pts this month for PSR violations too and their situation could turn extremely dire if they have to sell players in January to stop it happening in the summer. There's just not enough windows or time for teams who are going down to adjust their situation - I can understand why teams going up may be scared to spend because it means they don't have to try and balance the books to fit the stupid PSR rules in no time at all. Maybe getting promoted, planning for relegation and then trying to get promoted again isn't such a bad idea especially if you can pocket a huge sum. Spending it seems to have a double-whammy knock-on effect.
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24 minutes ago, Plumbers Crack said:
Don't lie! 🤣
I think our league position doesn't reflect our play. I think you could call it "generous". If we get promoted again, I think we would get wrecked most games and be straight back down again.
My preferred result would be narrowly miss playoffs, strengthen the squad and finish strongly for two more seasons before possible promotion.
Actually I would be happy with top 8 finishes every season playing entertaining football. Premier League is the dream but can be a nightmare as well
The gulf between the Championship and Premier League is ridiculous and it's getting wider all the time. I think Ipswich have a good squad but I don't think any team in the league this year would be good enough for the Premier League, not even Coventry. Ipswich last night created some decent chances and looked dangerous but just lacked anything clinical in the final third - partly down to our keeper having a great game and perhaps being burned out after Hull away on the Tuesday and some crazy away fixtures in succession. I can definitely see you lot challenging for promotion and securing a playoff place but the days teams can do a Bournemouth or Brentford and maintain a Prem place are long gone.
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Sorry Dave!
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3 hours ago, GazzaGarratt said:
Liverpool lose AGAIN last night. Never expected a freefall this badly.
If it wasn't for all those last minute goals at the start of the season, they'd be sitting in 19th right now. Slot has to go as nothing is working. Pretty amusing situation as the consensus at the start of the season was that they'd with everything with all the signings they made yet they are lucky not to be in the relegation zone🤣
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8 hours ago, GazzaGarratt said:
I kind of get this is as I hoped for possibly a few more maps, but at the same time this just feels another example of our gaming expectations changing. I hope to god we can find a way to buck the trend of trying to play a game so much so quickly that it takes away all the fun out of it. I suppose a FPS multiplayer game can only offer so much in the end. Not sure if theres a roadmap for this anywhere?
This is all they have and it is honestly a pathetic effort in this climate for a live service title
So basically all we have left until season 2 next year is a winter version of a map, a timed event of crap and an axe.
In comparison, Black Ops 7 has 9 new maps, several new previously established modes returning plus zombies content and the new Warzone
No matter how terrible BO7 is and how it's been received, Treyarch have clearly planned ahead and they are probably making endgame content as we speak. The offering from Battlefield is beyond embarrassing.
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5 hours ago, Sennex said:
On PC
I tried a few games last night. Always killed at the elevator. Solo isn't the way to play this
I have over 100 extractions solo and only been killed twice in and around the elevator. Best thing to do is choose an exit that isn't hot i.e has more than 10 minutes left on the clock. Also approach carefully and use the built-in social chat saying 'don't shoot' and 'thank you'. Also holstering your weapon can put others at ease. When en route, observe the sky to see if there are any ARC floating around the exit because that can be a sign someone is close by. I also don't push the button blind and also don't leg it to the exit as soon as the doors open as that can encourage opportunists.
There's definitely more combat in PvP but solo is pretty relaxed most of the time I find.
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The post-launch support is just not good enough. Black Ops 7 has a content-laden season one offering and this game is living off its Battle Royale scraps for maps. The washed-up COD devs that made this game clearly didn't consider the enormity of what is needed to keep people engaged in games of this nature and one map every two months isn't going to wash and nor is a winter version of one of them either. They are also releasing gimmick weapons now so this entire game and franchise is soon to be a joke. All they've done is remake MW2 from 2022 and coincidentally, that's exactly when this game began its development.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Suffers 'Terrible' Launch in Europe, With 63% Fewer Copies Sold Than Battlefield 6 — but There's Important Context to Consider - IGN
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The performance of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is starting to come into focus, with sales data suggesting it’s struggling not just against rival shooter Battlefield 6, but also last year’s Black Ops 6.Activision's 'too big to fail' statement ain't looking too good right now🤣
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Today I reached level 30 with 100 successful extractions in 40 hours and I got all my workbenches to level 2. It's going to be a big and rather dangerous effort trying to get them to level 3 and some of the quests I have left are quite challenging with their multi-step approach that have to be done in one round. I've got about 68% of the Raider Deck unlocked and earned 750 coins without paying a penny. I've been aiming to complete at least 5 feats a day as these pay cred and with good bonuses. Wish the customisation was better though.
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This definitely has to be nipped in the bud. Why not hire a professional artist for the calling cards and have them work on them for 3 years exclusively and pay them $25,000 a year.
US Congressman calls for regulations to 'prevent companies from using AI to eliminate jobs to extract greater profit' following Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's calling card fiasco | PC Gamer
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"Artists at these companies need to have a say in how AI is deployed."Ubisoft were also caught today on the new Anno game.
Vince Zampella Killed in Car Crash
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The designer of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, co-creator of Call of Duty, founder of Respawn Entertainment and Titanfall plus the man who salvaged Battlefield 2042 which enabled BF6 to exist, was killed over the weekend in a car crash. Tragic news and his name will go down in industry folklore forever.