Riff Machine

My biggest disappointment with this is that it feels like something from 2006.  My biggest complaint so far, aside from all the damn bugs and glitches, is when enemies just spawn directly in front of you at any given time!!!  I cannot believe that the people at Volition still think this kind of game system is good.  For example, There's a line of missions where you have to kill a bunch of drug runners around a food truck, steal said truck and transport it back to your business venture.  I get that if enemies are patrolling around and see me, fine.  I'm busted and have to deal with it.  But every 2 seconds, an enemy vans spawn right in front of you!  And not just one, at least three minimum!  It's ridiculous,  and even when you deal with that group, several more spawn along the way.  
 
There's a lot that I'm enjoying about the game, but calling this a reboot or remake of the franchise was a total lie. 
 
No wonder they're giving credit to discord and reddit mods.  They have to deal with all the complaints about this fucking game.

Yea, Youtube would be the better choice @phil bottle

I've watched quite a bit of gameplay footage over the last couple of days and some of the writing has to be the worst I have ever seen in any type of entertainment media ever. Many have described the script as written by a typical Twitter user and others have said it's been seemingly written by an AI. I think both are quite accurate descriptions and from what I've seen, I think the majority of non-writers of all ages and backgrounds could do a better job. A far cry from the source material which was hilarious, offensive and really made the characters memorable. 
 
I don't know where the hell they get these so called 'writers' from but the most hilariously tragic thing of all is they have Reddit and Discord mods named in the end credits which sums it up perfectly😂

A couple of these have apparently made some very nawty statements and have deleted stacks of community contributions because they personally didn't like it.  The developers also seem to be getting very angry at the community for pointing out bad things of the game such as gamebreaking bugs. 

Where do you prefer comments? On here? Or YT? I suppose YT would be better for the algorithm?
I will furnish you with top-drawer commentary 🙈😁
My group uses a virtual table top, as we live in different parts of the country... but yeah I'd have no problem without a tabletop, I prefer picturing everything in my head. 

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Happy Birthday to @Horrible_Hector and @evatom1
 
Cheers folks!  I hope you all had and have great days!

Some nutty deals appearing in their store - Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy on PS5 is $3 and $6 on Steam - literally a £50$60 product. Sadly demand has caused a wait list but get in there for a deal of the decade
 
 

Episode 8 is LIVE on Youtube and Spotify!  This episode, we talk about the newly announced One D&D, as well as some Gamescom 2022 annoucements, and a nice little gem called Pocket City.
 
 

An update this Thursday adds some new layouts of Catalunya, including the 'no chicane' Moto GP version. Great, I hate that chicane 😁

It better. That's the point to getting those, selling them lol. 

I couldn't see what specifically they are doing to this? Hopefully it will add something like Qualifying though as I missed that the other night with us.
 
Other than that, looks like welcomed changes all round. It says from beginning 1st April but we had a patch didn't we already for GT this past week? I wonder if selling cars will be for all cars, gifted and bought too.

Truth. Buying tires, changing the lobby at will for type and location etc.

Let's hope they also work on the lobby system and make it as functional as GT Sport...

Damn! Increasing rewards for circuit experience after I’ve done most of them 😞
 
Still positive changes over all and I look forward to earning all that extra moolah.

For the tl;dr
 
Selling cars will be happening.
New tracks.
New cars.
New events.
1m credits.
 
 
 
Dear Gran Turismo Community,
Thank you for your continued support and feedback on Gran Turismo 7, your voices have not gone unheard. I would like to apologize for the frustration and confusion caused last week with our patch updates which resulted in, not only a server outage but also adjustments to the in-game economy which were made without a clear explanation to our community.
We know that this is not the Gran Turismo experience you expect and we will be making a goodwill gesture in the form of a non-paid credit pack of 1 million Cr. available to those players who may have been affected*. You will see this hit your accounts shortly. Make sure you log into the game before April 25 to claim the credits.
The patch update previously deployed was intended to rectify an issue with inconsistent reward payouts within a part of the World Circuit Events.  But, to re-establish the intended equilibrium and provide more accurate rewards based on time investment and completion, it was necessary to recalculate the rewards system as a whole.
To improve the player experience, we will be rolling out a considerable patch in the beginning of April.  The number of events will be increased, and we will reestablish the reward system with greater balance throughout the game to benefit all players.
Updates which will come into effect beginning of April:
Increase rewards in the events in the latter half of the World Circuits by approximately 100% on average. Addition of high rewards for clearing the Circuit Experience in all Gold/All Bronze results. Increase of rewards in Online Races. Include a total of eight new one-hour Endurance Race events to Missions. These will also have higher reward settings. Increase the upper limit of non-paid credits in player wallets from 20M Cr. to 100M Cr. Increase the quantity of Used and Legend cars on offer at any given time. Beyond this there will be a few additional patches deployed between now and the end of April which will add new cars and tracks and make some other fixes.
Finally, we also want to take the opportunity to lay out some of the near-term updates we are working on. We can’t confirm an exact date or specifics yet, but will give advance notice via www.gran-turismo.com.
Increase the payout value of limited time rewards as we develop as a live service. Further World Circuit event additions. Addition of Endurance Races to Missions including 24-hour races. Addition of Online Time Trials and awarding of rewards according to the player’s difference with the top ranked time. Make it so cars can be sold. We want to thank you for your continued patience and valuable feedback as we grow and evolve GT7 to make it as enjoyable and rewarding for as many players as possible.  We always want to keep communication lines open with our community so that we can work together to build the best racing experience possible.

Probably quite a lot of sexual favours if your after @phil bottles
One,  I heard he is awfully fond of it. 😁

I so want a Steam Deck.  I wonder how many sexual favours I'll need to perform in order to get one?
 
Man, the first time playing Halo on xbox was one of those sweet gaming memories of mine.  The music, look, and feel of the game was so awesome at the time.  I really dug CoD 2 but man, I hated 3.  

We talked a bit about it today for the next Dice to Pixels episode.  I've got my eyes on quite a few games that were shown there, but I'm also annoyed with cinematic trailers that show NO GAMEPLAY!!  Looking at you Atlas Fallen.  🤬

I so want a Steam Deck.  I wonder how many sexual favours I'll need to perform in order to get one?
 
Man, the first time playing Halo on xbox was one of those sweet gaming memories of mine.  The music, look, and feel of the game was so awesome at the time.  I really dug CoD 2 but man, I hated 3.  

The latest episode of Dice to Pixels is LIVE on Youtube and Spotify!  Check it out, Please subscribe and drop a comment or review!  Tell 4-6 Friends too and ask them to sub as well.  😄
 
 
 

Howdy folks!  
 
@Rumelylady and I are pleased to announce our new podcast with our good friend Adrian called Dice to Pixels!  Episode 1 is live on our youtube channel with audio versions coming to spotify and apple podcasts hopefully today.  Give a watch, like, and all that fun stuff!  🤘
 
 

I so want a Steam Deck.  I wonder how many sexual favours I'll need to perform in order to get one?
 
Man, the first time playing Halo on xbox was one of those sweet gaming memories of mine.  The music, look, and feel of the game was so awesome at the time.  I really dug CoD 2 but man, I hated 3.  

I play Halo Combat Evolved (not the MCC edition), Halo Custom Edition and Call of Duty 2 Multiplayer on PC.  I'm playing through Call of Duty 3 on my X360 and just started Championship Jockey on X360 today.
 
I remember CoD3 being shown at E3 and I was very impressed with what was being shown.  I never did get around to getting the game though until I bought it not long ago cheaply.

Steam deck has surprised me, I'm really enjoying the array of different games I can play on it. It's not for shooters without kb&m as peripherals, but it has made me playing games I haven't touched. For example, I'd never gotten around to playing Call of Cthulhu but I'm loving it on the deck, particularly late at night before bed. The sound is amazing too btw.

How is the steam deck Phil? I have looked at them but not sure how much use it will get, I already neglect the xbox series S as I have a switch and PS5...
 
As far as retro games go, it is something I have been leaning into more, the games tend to be more varied, with older retro they are also shorter which means I do also get to complete them. The 360 / PS3 era is some of the best as far as games go, the PS4 will feel quite stagnant when we look back at it I think as we haven't seen many jumps forward (the VR being the obvious exception). But as far as game content goes we seem to have plateaued a little bit.

I'm playing GTA4 on the Steam Deck. Pretty awesome.
 
Also Bit Blaster XL which is a retro style game going back in time to the Asteroids era.