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Spain 6-0 Germany. Meanwhile here's Southgate thinking we can win the Euros with 7 centre backs on the left wing😎

Seems Bungie forgot to test their content for basic bugs🤣

Looks impressive. Praying for no further delays

I haven't tried the Gallo yet as I just can't let the Hauer go but I did have a go with it during the beta and it was incredibly OP. Even if one shot doesn't get the kill, the fire rate is so rapid that you're practically guaranteed it on the next! I don't think I've been killed by it very much though. I've really been struggling to get going with an SMG class today - tried the MP5, Bullfrog and Milano yet I really struggled particularly with them being barebones. Thankfully the AK74u feels really good and I've unlocked some good early attachments so it's already handling well.

This is my go to class currently My shotgun level is worryingly high which means I'm using it too much😎

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I love the Cruise Missle😎

I started with the XM4 then moved onto the Krig 6 and am now trying out the QBZ-83 - all very poweful and enjoyable primaries. I've been using the Hauer 77 shotgun as a secondary which is now my highest leveled weapon - it's brutal and great fun to use. Not quite as filthy as the 725 from MW but it's fair. I use the danger close wildcard for two stuns and semtex. Perks seem slow to unlock so I've largely been rolling Flak Jacket, Gear Head and Gung-Ho although I can't wait to unlock Ninja. I think the Krig 6 is probably my go-to weapon though but despite the lack of weapons, the class system is pretty good.

More fucking friendlies dressed up as competitive games Phil! I couldn't care that we didn't progress - I just hope Southgate doesn't experiment when it matters as the last thing we need is Pickford left midfield!

EA Play is coming to Xbox Game Pass next month too. The game pass is also available for PC with even more games available like Flight Simulator 2020 and every future Xbox exclusive will be available here to play if you aren't intending getting a Series X/S. If you have a gaming PC and then get a PS5 on the side, you have all bases covered pretty much. Ubisoft also has it's uPlay+ on PC which works the same along with EA Play as mentioned. I'm afraid not. You merely use the pass which enables you to access the licence(s) of the available game library whilst the pass is active. If you wish to own the game (licence) outright, you will have to purchase the game. As with all these subscriptions though, you will have to put up a payment method for a direct debit which is automatically deducted until cancelled. Prices and content can change without notice.

I've played on all the maps a few times now and whilst none will probably go down in COD folklore, they are all pretty decent fun minus Miami but even that's not as bad as Piccadilly. I don't think there is any that are truly awful and unplayable. Even the ones that don't look that great actually play pretty well I've found. Tough to put them in order but here's mine ranked so far:- 1. Satellite - Surprisingly a really good map which some interesting choke points and open areas that is fair for both sides. 2. Checkmate - A rare indoors map which is nicely sized and has a really good layout. So much action and plenty of ways to play this. 3. Garrison - A tank hanger which has quite a few flanking routes and a really chaotic central area. Great design. 4. Crossroads Strike - Scaled down from the awful ground war map but so much better. It's a small but incredibly frantic map. 5. Armada Strike - Another scaled down map comprising of the main ship in the ground war map. Nicely balanced although the upper levels can be very advantageous. 6. Moscow - Pretty dreary to look at but some good sight-lines. Lots of action despite its fairly large size. Plays better than it looks. 7. Cartel - Decent enough map despite the no-clip grass. Despite being low down in my rankings, I still think it's a decent enough map. 9. Miami - Visually pretty but way too big for most modes and poor visibility in a lot of places. Does not play well in many modes and is largely dependent on the team.

I'm on PC but playing with cross-platform. Only playing KC and TDM right now - played the objective modes in the beta which was a nice mix but I don't fancy sweating many objective modes in the full game. I'm happy with brainless deathmatch modes and to be honest, even KC can be stressful and too hard to fathom for some team mates.

Check them realm and see if there is a successor their respective army within those bounds.

I had a match earlier of KC on Satellite and I hoovered up 33 tags and 25 eliminations and my team finished with 37 tags in total! Second best player had 19 eliminations and 2 tags. I literally only have TDM and KC selected in my quick match filter and I'm honestly considering reducing that to TDM because of idiotic team mates.

You basically have to press a claim on the land - even though a ruler may be defeated, the land may still belong to a full dynasty of successors who have their own powerful armies. Sadly this isn't like Civ where you defeat an army and then just claim their land - the real strategy surrounds the dynasties, succession laws and scheming to be able to expand borders in different ways other than obliterating a whole family.

Finally had Armada Strike come around on the rotation and it's basically the Ground War map using the central ship only. No boats. It's pretty decent - a symmetrical sort of map with decent visibility. Some of the upper areas reached by ladders can provide a big advantage though.

Sounds like you need to obtain a Casus Belli through the courts to declare war. Rather than be able to attack anyone at will, CK uses certain political processes to carry out such actions. There's people who play hundreds of hours of these games and still they are discovering new things or don't entirely know how certain aspects work. Thankfully CK3 has simplified and explained a lot of things but 2 is massively complex.

Played a handful of matches so far including three of the 4 new maps. Checkmate seems a pretty decent map - it's indoors in a large hangar with a plane in the middle and it's got a really neat layout. Garrison is actually quite similar in terms of size and the layout except the spawn areas are outside. Bit early to judge this one but it seems perfectly acceptable. Crossroads Strike this the other one and this is basically a scaled down version of the ground war map which I absolutely loathed. This one however is really good and I think it will prove popular. Apparently the one I haven't played a shrunken version of Armada but if it's as good as Crossroads then it'll be highly welcome. Haven't even had this one show in the rotation yet. No Miami so far which is a plus though! This is definitely a good game but it's success over the next few weeks will be dependent on the content. Gameplay is definitely a lot of fun and it's nice to have a more casual experience than what we got with MW which was door/claymore heavy. I'll probably start the campaign in the next couple of days also.

I'm not really sure what they'll do with this game going forward but their biggest mistake was going down the live service route - had they done a movie-like full campaign similar to the Spiderman or Batman games, it would have been a huge hit and they wouldn't have had to make the gameplay format so generic. Seems Square Enix bit off more than they could chew and tried to recoup the expensive licencing with the live service element but it just doesn't work in a game like this. A costly lesson for all involved.

I had a look around the Beyond Light content which seemed pretty good but I haven't bought the full campaign expansion yet. I'm gonna wait a couple of weeks to see how it shapes up first.

I've disgraced myself - I have pre-ordered and pre-loaded. I didn't have any intentions in getting the game up until this evening but the money is there, discount on top plus I don't really have anything else to play right now through lockdown. I just hope the stuff I do like about the game is enough to keep me engaged and that it doesn't get stale. If it keeps me going until Cyberpunk then I'll be happy. Great post! This bit I think is a significant factor - Activision are chasing the battle royale money and the traditional COD experience has suffered tremendously with neglect. IW did try and salvage the core COD experience but only after Warzone was fully established. Too late in the day for many people. Treyarch neglected the hell out of Black Ops 4 MP and zombies - people even paid for a blind season pass and got barely any worthwhile content in return as David Vonderhaar was solely focused on Blackout. I am worried that Treyarch will once again turn all their attentions to milking the battle royale and the multiplayer will be left to rot along with zombies. Not sure if Warzone will retain its own dedicated team or if there is some sort of handover to 3arc where some of their staff will join the BR team but either way, they have to support everything in the package properly this time. In Activision's eyes, free content doesn't make them money and people playing MP means they aren't spending cash in Warzone.

You've just highlighted my exact concern - Modern Warfare had a pretty limited map pool at launch hence why the same maps kept popping up. It's gonna be even more limited in Cold War plus the maps we've seen already (half of the final count) weren't exactly great either. Other COD's definitely weren't as bad as this - MW2 and BO1 both had way more off the bat which were all 6v6 appropriate and were designed to accommodate all the other modes on offer. It was a fine and varied selection. Nowadays the devs are not only giving us less content at launch, the maps that are there are split based on the playlist type so there may only be six 6v6 maps in Cold War. We should really be getting at least 12-15 original 6v6 maps for starters and if the playlist modes do split the maps then there should be 6 or so ground war on top - 2 is just lame really. Off the top of my head:- MW2 had Afghan, Terminal, Highrise, Karachi, Underpass, Estate, Derail, Quarry, Favela, Skidrow, Sub Base, Invasion, Rust, Rundown, Scrapyard, Wasteland - that's 16 off the top of my head in the base game and I've probably missed a couple. Black Ops had Jungle, Summit, Firing Range, Nukertown, Array, Crisis, Cracked, Hanoi, Havana, Radiation, Villa, Grid, WMD and Launch. I've probably missed one there too but that's about 14. A poxy 8 maps for a premium multiplayer FPS game in 2020 is pretty disgraceful really and we already know recycled content is coming once again.

I read a YouTube comment last night that said something along the lines of 'the second beta releases Friday'. To be honest, that's not too far from the truth. The final game has 4 more maps, 5 more guns and 6 less scorestreaks and that's it. I still haven't bought the game and this could be the first Call of Duty I don't ever ever get. It certainly will be the first one I don't have at launch. If I don't pick it up today I probably never will. I really enjoyed the beta but the lack of content off the bat is disgraceful really. Surely you want to keep people engaged right off the bat rather than dangling one extra map in the next 5 weeks that may or may not be a remake. Treyarch also really piss me off these days - I still regard the original Black Ops one of the best games I have ever played and BO2 was an exceptional package. They are lazy as fuck now and completely out of ideas - all their new maps are shite and in such few quantity, they then have to relentlessly recycle old content. People will probably blame the pandemic and in some cases it has impacted development but let's not forget they had 3 clear years with BO4 and we didn't even get a campaign, only got 12 maps for MP in which 4 were recycled and the zombies community were shafted up the ass for Blackout. If Nuketown is finished already, why the hell don't they give it to us now? Holding out paid content to ransom is a joke! Infinity Ward were churning out MP, gunfight, FFA and GW maps all year and Treyarch seem to be toying with when to release Jungle for the 39th time in the last decade. COD YouTubers are at it again too - one minute they are conveying their concerns about the lack of content and how disappointing the game will likely be on release and then 8 hours later they publish a brand new video saying 'OMG NEW PATCH NOETS IN AND TREEARCH R LISTENING TO US' and '2 WEOPANS BUFFED AND DORK MATTER CAMO IS BACK - THIS GAME IS AMAZzzING YO' and then everything is forgiven even though that doesn't change anything about the lack of maps. I will have to make a choice by this evening - either pay £45, get about 40 hours out of it until Cyberpunk drops and just take what's there or save the money and vote with my wallet. I'll probably have nothing much to play but it'll be a principled move.

Not even this will be here tomorrow