GazzaGarratt

The death animations look incredible I must say. Not sure I have the stomach for this game but certainly would watch some playthroughs instead.

And after last night us trying the multiplayer story mode, that was pretty spot on! And why we loved it so much. No overthinking, just some good old, in the moment gaming fun. The music is absolutely superb and the revive system has been implemented fantastically. Something you would never expect to see in a revamped game like this.

Going this way will I think work, for a while. The industry as a whole is entering the digital/cloud space so I expect a huge boom before the next gaming crash. It kind of saturates the field and then I feel gaming development could become lazy as things will be limited in a way to meet the capacity of what these TVs can deliver. I do want to be more positive about it all, just trying to see what the benefit is. We must evolve the times rather than reject change, but it does start to feel like we already on the course to a huge saturation of DDD rental gaming.

Fancy bringing the Demo with you in November @crispymorgan ? 😎Great concept, even if you don't like Metal.

Great thread @Luseth . A lot of FGers may have put some of what they do in their PPRs over the years but I think things always change for some people. Not me though, lol. I work in Projects/Change. Yep, vague as hell and the most transferable thing you could probably do. I'm a Change Lead at a UK Building Society. Been here for 18 years come 27th September. I'd say my job feels very much like what you might ask like a consultant to do to come and help problem solving and get decisions on certain technology, processes and organisation structure/people. It has been varied for the past 10 years, and I always feel really lucky that I've had chance to work on the biggest projects/programmes we've done in all that time. I'm currently on the biggest one at the moment which is delivering software for mortgage brokers and staff to use with customers on mortgages. On the subject of our current jobs, thought i'd also mention that Covid has changed my mindset even further - Working from Home pretty much permanently although you never know how long that may last. Its done wonders for me mentally. Seeing the kids and wife so much more than I did. I don't feel as guilty as i did and I really am a big believer in living your life to the fullest - which means getting the best work/life balance you can find. Very rarely we find a job to live for as we mostly work to live. I'm definitely in the camp of work hard but don't allow anything to get in the way of real important shizzle things happening in life...which could even be what we're gaming on tonight! 🤣😎

Maaaaaaaateee @Riff Machine , it really IS AWESOME!! I absolutely love that the game plays and feels so much like the old classic side scroller, but it also feels refreshed, extra moves and details. Actual content to replay and the fact it is 6 Player co-op online is incredible. Also, I really love the extra detail on the Story mode that it has a World Map, very similar to how Super Mario World would have, which i'm really impressed by. For £18 it is an absolute steal of a buy. Couldn't agree more Chad.

Went to come here and mention Hustle so I'm glad someone else has had really positive feelings from this film. I absolutely loved it. Sports films with a drama and uplifting theme will always be an easy and good watch for me but I think it was just how Adam Sandler played such a real role. Not his usual funny self but still had that natural sarcasm in it that was enough to just really love it. I don't follow Basketball closely but if anyone does, it is a MUST watch because of how many famous IRL players are in the film.

Great info post @Lurch . I think these two updates feel like they should have the most impact out of all the changes imo. It really changes the combat depending on how much you can either walk on walls, jet packs, or boots on the ground. I think adding verticality is a good thing, providing they have enough options to combat camping at high places. The ledge-hanging definitely sounds interesting and makes you feel like you can hide on a ledge for a short while.

On the England front, I think its perfectly acceptable to say that the performance against was unacceptable and deservedly lost badly and at the same time say that the Nations League was clearly used to bleed players in for the next 2,4,6 years as thats how Southgate has been. Yes, he hasn't won anything only one manager ever has for us. If you look at his past record, because thats all you can do, his Win % is higher than Sir Alf Ramsay right at this minute. I think a lot of younger folk too say this is the best squad we've had in years too which I don't think is accurate either. When they say best, usually thats through stats and stuff on paper. If thats the case then the late 90's and for 15 years onwards, was probably the best but we all know it takes a good team to get you over the line, not individuals. I've said it before and I'll say it again. You don't know what you've got 'til its gone 👊

How much does it come up in the rotation? Worthwhile enough to give it a few tries?

All good @Riff Machine , I now get to experience a bigger co-op experience on Shredder's Revenge while we wait!!

Here you go John @Tar-Eruntalion , if you just copy and paste the youtube link in the text box here, it should automatically embed. Yeah, looks decent tbh. Not something i would naturally pick up but would be interested to hear more from others.

Hi all! As luck would have it, to go along our many increasing server list for PC games, it was about time to go and set one up for a PS4 game so many of you FGers have somewhere to share on console too! 😄 You'll find a current Vanilla DayZ server on the console version available if you search 'Forever Gaming DayZ PS4'. Its initially set up for 3 months and we'll keep it going if everyone is enjoying it. Obviously be good to get some interest below and if you want any requests put them here now so we can work out what would be good for everyone to have in the server. No password for now, completely open to all. We'll work out a few basic guidelines so at least no one takes the pee out of it all! Let us know if you fancy getting on as i'm sure there's a few resident DayZ console players itching to get in those woods! 👀

3D modelling eh? @Greboth would i'm sure very much like some of your best efforts to be shared with his here 😎 its in the Hobbies section I think, or could be Cars as he's pretty good at that too. Job wise, happiness is the ultimate goal. Need to get the balance of not just always chasing the money so totally understand staying put if its great...and clearly nice chill days like today. FO76 is a game I wanted to get into but struggled. The idea that we could have a server was more interesting as I couldn't keep my self interest there on Single Player. Assuming you played the previous Fallouts then, which one would you say ranks highly?

Sounds like a great day tbh already! Ah, I wouldn't be too concerned about not much work. When it has been busy, i'm sure you've bust a nut to help them whenever needed so it all swings in roundabout ways. I now keep all my actions or stuff to do for work AND life on the same list. We sometimes focus too much time on work and get that balance wrong when really important stuff happens to yourself that you need that time to do those things. I feel far better about work/life balance. You've still had a busy day getting those bits done in the garage....time for more games I think!

Sounds like bliss if you ask me @Luseth ! 😅 On a sunny day you'd pick gaming? Of course! 😄 How are you with setting yourself some lists to do stuff or certain goals you wanna do? I'm not talking aspirational huge long term goals. More so mini simplistic ones to start with. Could just be completing on the latest game you bought (MW Camos perhaps? 😄) or could be stuff to share on FG too...do your worst!! 😎 Some good TV binge also doesn't go a miss. Stranger Things being a good one lately.

Ahhhh, its says not until end of the year @Riff Machine 😞 Unless its available on digital way earlier?

This WEEK?!!?! Man, i'm so off seeing this completely. I'm going to check stores to see if i can get it sent to me. Important question - is it crossplay/crossgen? I'm thinking about picking up the PS4 version because i'd be worried you can't play with people on a PS5. Can't find much online at all about it.

How the hell did I miss this thread?!!! I still have my copy too! What a game that was and this MUST have co-op online for those games in this collection. I can seriously see loads of us grouping up to play 4 player co-op on this! Reminds me of the time too we all went to the Arcade Club in Bury some years ago and we all button bashed the hell out of the arcade real life version that had unlimited play 🤣 Never really played many of the others. Have other people played them? What the hell?!! This is class!! Gonna have to find one that maybe people make these days with that on 😍

Here's the date reveal trailer for anyone that's interested. Not long to wait then and I think its great news thats in October this year and not next year. I agree @J4MES OX4D , I think they would struggle to charge anything more than 20-25 but I do worry now for the PvE side of this as I would really hope there's enough content in the game to keep the playerbase active. It'll be a bit weird for sure moving from 6 to 5 player teams. One less place to fill for an FGer 😞 Anyways, I'm still hopeful for this and you still get some nice hype feelings from watching the trailer above. A few new characters will help the mix, just need to lock a few characters down in each type of role to feel that you can help the team. Btw, here's the YouTube link below for the reveal event on Thursday. You can set a notification to watch it when this link goes live.

I've tried to get back into Clash of Clans which has had a huge update to support teams of people towards a large goal. If you have the time its worth it but I think I struggle to keep opening it and forget when stuff has to take days to build. Outside of that....Among Us? 😄 I know @NCA-Paendrag Brede used to play a huge RPG game that has quite a lot of people on it. Might be in his PPR.

Nice addition to the PC library, cheers James!

So strange. Sometimes there are things that are so obvious that if you can release at a certain time, the social media side of life would lap it up. I suppose with a game release like this, regaredless of when it gets confirmed, people will positively react to it by the bucket loads.

Oh man, I used to watch and get excited way before E3 was coming out. We used to talk on here about what to expect and what people were excited about, etc. Clearly, 2 huge things have happened and probably why I don't keep the same level of hype or interest in them currently: Covid - clearly made everyone rethink how they could do game releases. Now that people rely on social media more than ever, its allowed people to create their own game release shows at far less of a cost to go and show off at the old Expo events. The demand on current games. We want games far quicker than the usual 6-7 years to develop a AAA game, but unfortunately the only games that take less, are Indie, current games that are live and receive updates/patches, and game sequels/prequels from existing code so aren't true AAA games. The general average gamer's needs have changed so now they don't wanna wait too long and are also happy to get smaller games as long as they are good value for money. Their attention spans just fade so quickly these days that even live service games struggle to cope because people gorge content like watching a TikTok and swipe off their game faster than you can say anything positive towards it. On a more positive note, now Covid restrictions are being lifted gradually through the world, lets hope that we can have an E3 at some point again, as all things in life are cyclical anyway 🙂