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I think this game has been delayed because the developers have made such an atrocious attempts at conveying the concept despite heavy exposure from IGN and Sony. Either they are dramatically underselling the concept or the developers are struggling to communicate the game because there is simply nothing much there at all. After watching all the promotional features in the last couple of months; I've digested it's just another survival game with no story where you hop between generated planets, scavenging, looting, exploring barren lands, befriending the population or fighting them whilst discovering lore in dribs and drabs. It certainly presents itself as ambitious but most of this is down to the scale and is further helped by the procedural generation characteristics where no planet will ever be the same as one you've explored but actually; this is still a fairly limited feature as only minor aspects actually vary to make each planet 'unique' - one may have one type of rock and another one may look identical but have a 'different type of rock'. I'd rather they just had a scaling universe and one that had a fixed amount of planets that were the same for everyone - this would also make sense as one of the features you can share with your friends is planetary data but this is useless if the chances of you friend arriving on the same planet based on its characteristics is something like a trillion to one. I'm still very intrigued but the blanks have to be filled in and there are many questions still unanswered. Survival games of this nature are known for dodging important queries and failing to match the ambition they are presenting so I hope it doesn't fall into the same trap that the other shedload have done.

I'm well and truly done with Ubisoft games now. It's a strictly bargain bin purchase consideration for me now as their games never deliver to the standard they present and are nothing more than soulless, simple sandboxes for me.

Instead, they will sponsor Titanfall 2 and the typical promo has started already I don't drink this - not even sure if it's in the UK anyway and it has been an hilarious concept of memes and general swipes at the Call of Duty brand but I think this move is another massive blow for Activision but this time commercially and in terms of confidence in the seemingly dwindling brand. The fact they've chosen to promote a game that belongs to a rival publisher along with willingly departing a once trusted and powerful relationship is yet another negative element for CoD and the publishers in which they will remain silent about. Inevitably; another sponsor will come along and possibly bigger to fill the void but at this time; it has to be seen as another embarrassing scenario to add to the catalogue of woe that surrounds Infinite Warfare.

As long as you are farming enough energy credits from mining outposts in galaxies or through colonised planets; you can go overboard even though your upkeep costs will be increased by 20% but certain research can whittle that down. I was operating at 126/143 and still needed to build a load of Destroyers and Cruisers to keep up with rival nations. I just had to ignore the limitations and as long as I had enough energy credits and minerals flowing; it wasn't actually a massive problem in the long run thankfully. I can't understand why the ship limit is always so low in capacity though.

I've given up with the elections as they cost too much influence and you need to save this for later on in the game by building higher value buildings and Frontier Outposts which is crucial for expanding your borders and gaining systems whereby you haven't colonised any planets on them but can claim the resources. There isn't many ways to earn influence and you have to spend it to hire leaders such as generals, scientists and governors which can soon add up the more you expand and taking their age into consideration. The elections seem rather pointless as the candidates are quite limited and only have two mandates so it doesn't really matter if the person hired is a orbital researcher or a glorified miner in terms of focus and it costs 50 influence to support them.

Yep, I've got about 26 hours on record so far and it's a great game. The tutorial is magnificent in helping you get started and learning the general mechanics along with features and I'll be trying Ironman mode soon when the latest patch has arrived. The game starts off amazing but occasionally staggers particularly in the midgame. Certainly more victory conditions are required and a little bit more depth with things like diplomacy along with AI tweaks but when Paradox get this right; it'll be a fine grand strategy title.

This game had a 40% discount globally the other weekend to drive sales and player populations but it's really struggling. Player counts are nosediving to almost an Evolve standard!

Some gameplay but I'm not entirely sold on the graphics - looks a bit like a mobile game and too cartoony.

Ah good stuff! Can't wait to get started but I may need a tutorial to refresh my memory. I dunno what race I'll start with as they all seem really interesting and varied which is excellent - I may go for the Empire as a more traditional experience but then again; I may go for the Greenskins to really shit things up in the world

I think so especially the mainstream media. It's generated so much negativity from the moment Clarkson was sacked and even before the new lineup was announced. A few incidents since it started filming has fueled the fire and now the latest reports are just further denting the show. Even if it turns out good; it will still be surrounded by negative publicity and I can't see it lasting.

My copy has finally arrived after being a huge 24 hours late That's saved me some phone calls and rage at least! Just downloading now. Have you also downloaded the free Chaos Warriors pack Phil? My 'pre-order' copy didn't include a separate key or one identifiable as a pre-order but you can download the DLC for free in the Store page of the game that way if you haven't already.

I usually get offered a few high profile phone calls - mostly from the Nigerian Royal Family I'll try and get the CEO of Game tomorrow just so I can go apeshit even though their help page suggests giving it 5 working days but fuck that; if I'm like this after one day; what am I gonna be like come friday if it hasn't arrived

Glad you got yours and it looks like tomorrow I'll be having another angry phone call with Game customer 'service'. I may even go metal at Royal Mail for the fun of it

What a complete mess http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/672784/Top-Gear-Audience-WALK-OUT-first-episode-filming-Chris-Evans-Matt-LeBlanc I do actually feel sorry for Matt Le Blanc having to work alongside Chris Evans and the other 'presenters' will just enjoy a bumper salary for this year before the show is canned I reckon. Anyway; tune in Sunday to see how bad it is likely to be

Yeah, seems mine was prepped Friday and dispatched on Saturday first class. Usually when I've bought games from GAME previous; I always get it on release day bang on and was expecting the same today. So bloody annoying! Let me know if you've got it when you get home Phil - if you have yours; I'll have to assume mine is lost and I will have to contact their shitty customer service for the next step.

My copy from GAME hasn't arrived today Saw the postman this morning after finishing work and all he had was an expensive bill Royal Mail + GAME = Tossers.

I thought about this when MW:R was announced and after seeing a few rumours floating around which echoed what I was thinking; I'd thought I'd share my theory on how MW:R will be playable in the Legacy Edition:- I reckon that despite MW:R being a separate download and a 'standalone' product; users will be forced to use the physical copy of Infinite Warfare as a key to launch the game. I think this will happen for two reasons:- a ) Acitivision will count the people using the Infinite Warfare disc to launch MW:R as playing IW to avoid any red faces about the remastered game outshining the new Call of Duty. Activision and Infinite Ward were already humiliated with Ghosts when at lauch weekend at peak; 145,000 were playing Ghosts on the 360 but 260,000 were still playing Black Ops 2 at the same time. This incident also most likely was the reason why Advanced Warfare and Black Ops 3's playlist/global player counts were removed to avoid any further embarrassments. There is absolutely no logical reason to remove them other than censorship. Activision have also neglected to release the unit sales figures of the games in the last two years after the woeful performance of Ghosts. They do release the monetary takings but this is heavily mitigated by supply drop income and microtransactions. I think the publishers will once again do their utmost best to protect the lasted Call of Duty and if they have to count the people playing MW:R to avoid uncomfortable questions from the media; I think they'll be crafty enough to do it. b ) Enforcing people to hold onto Infinite Warfare can entice them to play it if they get burned on MW:R and even possibly spend money in-game instead of trading it in or flogging it right off the bat. It would also prevent shops from becoming overstocked on Legacy Edition pre-owned copies that only hold half a product and one that many people don't want. If they can just keep people on board who may at some stage play it in the next 12 months after release and they purchase a map pack or supply drops; it'll give extra income on a product that people have already spent £70 on. I hope this isn't the case and in all honesty; I may wait to see if MW:R eventually comes out as a standalone purchase many months after IW's release once their primary revenue streams have been peaked and/or exhausted but for those that are purchasing the Legacy/Deluxe versions with MW:R included; I fear they will be enforced to retain Infinite Warfare even if they don't wish to play it just to access the remaster and having no chance of clawing back money through a trade in or sale. I'd like this to be added to the official FAQ and people are asking about it but as usual and unsurprisingly; Activision are dodging this burning issue.

5) Stacking killstreaks 4 kills w/hardline = AC130 pretty much guaranteed. I had to stop using the high end ones just to make the game interesting in the end as it was too easy. At least in Black Ops 1 you had to work to get up the ladder. If you saw someone with Harriers who didn't have a Pred missile; they were on a nuke streak essentially that they'd just camp out and if someone gained a predator missile; it was a chopper/AC130 incoming.

Best moment of the FA Cup Final

Yeah, the maps were pretty amazing on BO - you had the likes of Summit, WMD, Grid, Firing Range, Array, Radiation and even Nuketown and then the DLC maps like Drive In, Hotel, Kowloon, Stadium, Hanger 18 off the top of my head. Not only were the maps nice and varied but they worked incredibly well in all the modes on offer. Even utter crap like Crisis was pretty good for Domination, CTF and SnD. Pity we don't see that consistent quality now and Treyarch seem to be too focused on this 3 lane shite and making maps the sizes of shoeboxes. Even the larger ones from BO were great as they enticed players into key areas and you could be more tactically creative with flanking. Now it's just a nade spam fest and matches being done and dusted in minutes with mindless shooting. You had to work for your kills and the win in BO.

It's a great game still and they now have the Steam Workshop in full flow so mods aplenty! Also the free Arizona state DLC is being released soon which should expand the map further. Game should be in the summer sale next month too so keep you're eyes open for that

I remember the locale only option being a godsend but I only selected this after christmas when I realised it existed The 360 version ran pretty well in the end but I remember the PS3 one had massive issues throughout and when Teryarch did finally release a performance patch; the PSN outage happened

I bought Total War Warhammer instead. May look at Overwatch in the future to see how it pans in the long run.

Yep, I actually think it's one of the best in the series and corrected the countless flaws MW2 had. I did love the latter but OMA, quickscoping, glitches, commando, deathstreaks and other issues were a problem throughout. It was also an easy game - 4 kills = AC130 pretty much. Black Ops was a welcome change after months of hell on MW2 as it came to a close. Shame the hit detection and general connection was shite as it always is on Treyarch games but the maps of BO1, guns and everything else was fantastic.

Stems from this thread here http://forevergaming.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic/3610-oxium-farming/#entry81334