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A potentially good game ruined with some of the most amateur, inappropriate and laughable writing ever witnessed. It will join Concord, Dustborn and Unknown 9 as catastrophic failures. The characters look like partial cartoons with shocking lip-sync and animations. The tone is just hideous for a game of this nature and I wish writers wouldn't insert their personal problems and squabbles from Twitter into the story as they think they are the star of the show. Reviews from the mainstream media are also suspicious as hell with several word-for-word sentences strategically inserted into their body of context.

Currently revisiting Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Some more Red Dead

Studio permanently shut down and there will be no relaunch Sony shuts down Concord developer Firewalk Studios, game will remain permanently offline WWW.EUROGAMER.NET Firewalk Studios, the Sony-owned developer behind ill-fated PlayStation shooter Concord, has been shut down... The most costliest fuck up in gaming history.

Yep, it's been a culmination of the board signing inappropriate players, wasting big money and not giving managers a chance. It all started with Moyes and over a decade later and it's the same old story. Some of these managers probably haven't even heard of half the signings made by the club and I think it was Ole that had to play players even if he didn't want them in his starting line-up. Jose once even had to ask a player what his name was at the training ground or something ridiculous.

Red Dead Redemption (PC)

A year on and Fntastic are back and up to their usual shit The Day Before studio is up to its old tricks, asking people to design maps for free in a contest whose lucky winner will get their work in a game, a free copy, and no money whatsoever | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM What an offer. Sadly a load of dumbasses will fall for it.

Still won more than Arteta😎

I just stick with the official pad received with the console. Some of these 'pro/elite' iterations which cost 2-3x the price of the already expensive standard ones actually have vastly inferior build quality too. The current DS5 is also probably the poorest official standard one to date. Not sure about the existing XBSX one but the previous standard Xbox Controllers have been remarkably reliable although the Elites have been iffy at best. There are some decent third party feature-laden pads but those cost about half the price of the consoles themselves. Most of that is down to the hefty licencing fees but peripherals tend to be an absolute goldmine. I still use an Xbox One pad on PC which I've had for 8 years now and it still functions flawlessly. The stick is so robust whereas Sony's feel far more fragile and also end up busting through minimal wear. Maybe if Sony put more effort into into that than their shitty touchpad then maybe they wouldn't have a graveyard of returns and warranties coming out of their ass.

Everyone should be getting the same audio output for the same product. If Activision want to embed enhanced audio from a third party then they should licence it themselves and absorb the cost for a game they are already charging £70 for and offer it to all. People are angry because it's another internal charge that can provide an advantage and Activision could further utilise this down the line by artificially degrading the standard output and forcing people to buy into this. Peripherals should be the only thing to dictate the end-quality of audio and as Activision have yet to get their house in order with the basic environmental sounds in any of these COD games with so many inconsistencies, so it just looks a ludicrous inclusion. If they want to offer this then it should be open to all advanced audio providers in the market and shouldn't be integrated exclusively, because all it looks like is an easy money grab for two money-grabbing companies. That would be like Activision saying you can only perform certain in-game movements if you have a SCUF controller.

The beginning of pay2win audio? Black Ops 6 Has An Option To Pay For Better Audio - GameSpot WWW.GAMESPOT.COM For $20 you can unlock a personalized audio profile to use with Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6. Total gimmick waste of money but I can see Activision taking advantage of this down the line.

Resident Evil 3 (1999)

I'm pleased with the Tuchel appointment. It is rare you have a manager of this calibre at international level because most of the top ones are forever tied to clubs and that's where they usually want to be. This is definitely a huge name for a big role. Southgate did a fantastic job in his tenure and restored faith and belief in English football for the first time in well over a decade and this time we actually got close to achieving things. Sadly he just couldn't get us over the line and I think bad game management in both finals will forever haunt his opinion for many frustrated fans. I do think we had some fortunate routes through and were certainly lucky to get to the final this year but it's a results business and we did come incredibly close. Tuchel is proven and I think he will bring even more out of the players and be able to manage games far better.

Looking decent

Anyone got any good retro recommendations they are currently playing, looking to play or have played recently? Anything that is easily accessible i.e available on PC or on the current consoles, would be ideal. I've recently finished Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars for the first time since the late 90's and also the Smoking Mirror sequel which I never got around to playing back in the day. Two excellent games and they've recently released a remaster of sorts called Broken Sword Reforged which preserves the original game but upscales everything. It's £24.99 but as I had the original in my Steam library, I opted to just play that. I have also just started the OG Resident Evil trilogy from GOG and playing the second one first as it's practically 25 years since I last played it way back on the PS1 and it's my personal favourite of those games. Actually played the original, RE2, RE3 and Code Veronica all in 1999 and the difference from the 1996 original to CV on the Dreamcast at the time was absolutely insane! After those, I am tempted to finally get around to playing the Tomb Raider Remastered titles as they are incredibly faithful versions and currently 50% off on Steam. Had the original on PC around 1997 time and picked up Tomb Raider II for the PS1. They seem to be really solid ports so I'll have to definitely check them out. After all them, I will likely be gagging for an FPS title so instead of wasting £70 on Black Ops 6, I need to complete the Half Life trilogy by finishing Opposing Force for the first time in 25 years. I did Blue Shift last year but didn't have a chance to to this one.

Modernised N64 console with pre-orders going live this month with a cost of $250. Uses the OG cartridges but can play games in up to 4K with lots of display customisation available. Kinda makes me wish Nintendo released a mini N64 instead as that would've been a monumental success. This does look good though but I can't see me dusting off my collection and spending that sort of money. Analogue Fully Unveils Its Modernized N64 - Preorders Go Live October 21 - GameSpot WWW.GAMESPOT.COM The Analogue 3D is 100% compatible with the entire N64 library of games and is designed to replicate the look of CRT TVs in 4K resolution.

I'm not really hyped for anything and I'll just take each half-decent release as it comes. Only GTA 6 truly stands out as a potential generation-defining title and whilst there is a few other ones that should be received well, there's nothing really ground-breaking. We are 4 years into this generation and there's not been much at all worth talking about - most of it has been negatives surrounding pricing, unfinished games, disappointing releases and a lack of any ambition. I really hope we see some top releases like we did towards the end of the PS4 era but right now, I am more happy about playing classics. Right now, Japan are the only ones delivering.

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

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I had The Last Revelation on Dreamcast but don't remember too much about it. That was my last one until the second reboot.

Remake seems pretty solid surprisingly! Probably will pick it up down the line. I've actually installed the OG Silent Hill 2 with the Enhanced Edition patch and want to go through that instead.

Rockstar will probably flog this for £49.99🤣

Coming to PC at the end of the month Red Dead Redemption on Steam STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead...

It was a horrifying experience! I would literally spend 10 minutes hiding in a locker just waiting for the right time to leave. The alien AI was so good and unpredictable that you had to be on your toes at all times and even the slightest of sounds could get you into trouble.