GazzaGarratt

Have you looked into Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter at all? Its a JRPG remake it seems, but has been receiving high praise and does look simple yet detailed enough to warrant a look. Thinking about it myself but I do know Clair 33 Expedition is likely on the way from Santa.

Holy fuck @phil bottle!! Those 2 new tracks are a fantastic addition! Got to have some night races on Yas Marina. To have Montreal too is superb, what an iconic track. Its been desperate for new tracks to keep it fresh. The new cars look nice too, maybe a full race with the Panda's would be hilarious with all of us. A collector level limit change is great, this game really needs that extra feeling of chasing objectives. A real plus for the more casual hoarders like us 😄 Data Logger looks like one for the ultras. Price - As the video above didn't know at the time of recording I've just checked...£24.99. Not sure on that. Seems abit much for me for just 50 challenges and £5 mil credits. Feel like they had to add teh credits to justify it in my opinion. For a game nearly 4 years old though, I've absolutely got my money's worth out of this, so it could be worth a punt because once you get going on this, its hard to stop.

Got the lad this for Xmas and I've asked for it too. Really looking forward to giving this a go as I've missed ATB styled systems.

Looks like an incredible trip Gaz! How did you cope with the 24 hours in darkness?? Were you tired alot more than normal? Something about seeing snow in December, must've got you right in the mood for a great break over Xmas.

This was one hell of a round, crazy amount of huge robots went down and really good to see so many working together. I think there's a few more 'big ones' that defo need more than 3 tbh, we just haven't engaged in them yet! Well done mate! I do feel a little bit of the @J4MES OX4D completed it mate vibe. Its extremely good value for money and then December update (that really should be this week) is welcomed at a nice time. @Luseth, yes defo seeing more PvP now in trios but I feel it could be way worse. Apparently there is a free loadout matchmaking element to it which may mean making friends abit could still happen. @phil bottle, whats your thoughts on end game for an extraction shooter, given the pinnacle right now is supposed to be Tarkov?

Hi @Ulf , welcome to FG! Its not something I've been into tbh, I feel like my twitch days are well past me (probably never had them either!). Is it free on console?

Liverpool lose AGAIN last night. Never expected a freefall this badly.

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?

Like Matt says, timing is everything. I think its done well, far better than CoD has served up this time round, but Arc Raiders launch has killed it somewhat currently - very similar when all other games got put to one side when helldivers 2 came out. Things will settle down and I don't see another FPS that beats this right now. BO7 just doesn't interest me unless we had loads of interest of squadding up with FGers. I've seen more people buy this, says its decent enough, that means we'll pick it back up again in the Winter months to get our FPS fix. What I would say though it the new map that is a section off Redsec, works pretty well for the few games we played on it. I wouldn't mind a few more like that, where you don't feel so exposed across the entire map.

Ironically, that seems the best way to make friends and not get killed by other teams. Console trios seems to be the opposite as they don't spend time to say 'Don't Shoot' and have a chat to a randomer.

Plus, crossplay is better now on most games because Discord is integrated into PS5. However, I'd say its actually really good to be in the game voice chat on this one. You can toggle quickly to even speak to randoms and its when the really funny interactions happen.

It'll always be my go to Dave! Everyone loves a shiny! 🤣

Just another point on this. Its totally fair to have a usual playstyle and I like we all have a certain way naturally to play this game. Again, just like Destiny, the main winner of this lasting is for us all to have the ability to be flexible in a moments notice and play different ways. I can definitely do that. If we need to be serious and make sure we nail a few objectives next round or do nothing other than the one objective, as long as its clear at the start, I'd be more than happy to get behind the cause 🔥

I love how raged you were 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I get it, and in fairness I like to play in a group together in the main. It reminds me of Destiny and these little things is where it just shows people play in different ways. I've always been a person that has objectives, but will always be happy to help others first. The way the game is made is if I have no objectives, opening a few boxes, which essentially is the playloop, shouldn't be any issue. In some ways it can be funny why i'm such a magpie over little things. That game was hilarious but also reminded me that i'm extremely new to the game and still played far less than others. I'm going where I'm told - this one was the tower you told me to go for. I pressed a button downstairs and asked a few times what to do up top but no one answered or knew. There was no interactional buttons either. By then the big Bombardier was agro'd and then somehow blows 2 massive missiles at me for no reason! 🤣 I get downed once, and then fall down again. In the meantime, Tom goes and does the real dirty on the players next to us, sends them raging, only for one left to nail his ass reviving me 🤣 I mean, I had a free loadout and no way I was gonna take down that Bombardier with no guns or stuff....unless I looted! 🤣 I love the way @Diddums plays this tbh. You want to go after everyones objectives, but sometimes random shit happens and that makes the memories and experiences to remember. Plus he's not concerned about dying and once you let go of that risk/reward part, knowing you can get straight back in to the game in 1 minute, it actually becomes more enjoyable. Plus we get to have this ridiculous car crash memory now, mainly cos Tom agro'd some nice 'Don't Shoot' guys and they rinsed us back! 🤣🤣🤣

Cheers @Diddums. Last night was first full night on it and I'm finally getting it all. The playloop is great, just the UI doesn't initially help you in that fact. I'd say one of the biggest things it doesn't tell you to do but to help you on your journey is to 'Track Resources' for all bench installs and level up upgrades. Its like extra mini objectives alongside the main quests the game gives you. Helps you then focus on specific loot rather than it all because there is absolutely shed loads the game gives you and you can feel like you are full within a minute of spawning in. Its good to be in a group and share what things that people may need so we're all looking for 5-6 things on each run and we can share and help each other with whatever we all find. I love that bit about it all, way more objectives then and definitely better feeling than the 'I'm helping' meme in your head.