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I always get so depressed around the time that he's diagnosed that I can never finish the game, need to keep my boy alive
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I dont play games but this stray game wants me to buy in
so simple. And for kids its alot better game then running around shooting people...
so simple. And for kids its alot better game then running around shooting people...
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Try their other series Life is Strange. It was really enjoyable, really sad at times though.
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2022 ROG Zephyrus Duo 16
The 2022 Zephyrus Duo 16 boasts spectacular Mini LED HDR visuals, a built-in secondary display, AMD Ryzen™ processors, and NVIDIA® RTX™ graphics.
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@usiel ….was looking over a top gaming laptop of 2022 list…..this secondary screen thing looks badass…game developers start supporting that….could add some amazing things.
Haha that looks very cool. Would see envious looks rolling into a lan party with you buddies.
2022 ROG Zephyrus Duo 16
The 2022 Zephyrus Duo 16 boasts spectacular Mini LED HDR visuals, a built-in secondary display, AMD Ryzen™ processors, and NVIDIA® RTX™ graphics.
@usiel ….was looking over a top gaming laptop of 2022 list…..this secondary screen thing looks badass…game developers start supporting that….could add some amazing things.
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Just finished Jedi: Fallen Order. It was okay. The combat was a bit frustrating and no fast travel was incredibly annoying. The story was solid enough and it was still Star Wars, but the game felt like more of a missed opportunity than anything. Hopefully the upcoming sequel will fix a lot of the issues I had.
Up next is Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Can’t get enough of the Xeno games, ever since the original Xenogears on PS1.
Up next is Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Can’t get enough of the Xeno games, ever since the original Xenogears on PS1.
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I really enjoyed Fallen Order, personally, and I'm not a huge fan of Soulsborne games. Great characters, good enough story, good combat that didn't feel totally repetitive unlike some Soulsborne games, and decent enough platforming.
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I don’t know, the swordplay and force combat just never felt great to me. It never really felt as tight as recent Soulsborne games either. Different strokes I suppose.
Also on the PS5 I had weird cutscene glitches where the sound was way out of sync with the video. Like 2 whole seconds out of sync. It ruined the immersion at times.
As I mentioned I’m going to play the sequel when it comes out and I imagine I’ll enjoy it more.
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Some games I'd say to just keep playing and it'll be worth it, but honestly I don't think you missed too much. If you're interested in the story you can always just pull up a recap on YouTube.
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I just went back and looked at my comments on it from Sept 2021 and my complaints were similar esp wrt the combat. I'd just finished HZD and had FarCry 6 arriving in a week so FO was on a short leash anyway.
I may have already traded in FO for a bonanza of other games including Outer Worlds which might be next after I finish HFW.
Sticking with HFW? Thought you weren’t enjoying it.
Awaiting a review on Outer Worlds. Have heard mostly good things.
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I decided to put my head down and soldier on past the embassy section because I remembered how it took me a while to warm up to the first one, which I ended up loving. These just start out very slloooowwwwly.
I've completed one of the 3 main fetch quest prongs and have f***ed around with a lot of side quests. Haven't played in a week so not sure what my level is, maybe 30.
It seems like they've addressed a lot of the annoyances of HZD with the way the weapons are upgraded and modified, and how you deal with selling "shard only" types of valuables. There are some other nice improvements to the overall handling in this regard.
The skill tree is better and after while I got used to the new valor and other augmentation systems, though I don't use them that much yet. There are clearly many combinations of attacks you can string together though I've not used the Resonator Blast at all so far. Other attacks such as those that involve jumping off your opponent are useful for melee enthusiasts but I prefer lighting up beasts with arrows and avoiding lashing tails and smashing claws.
I've also yet to really experiment with some of the newer weapons like the spike thrower, but I do like the shredder. I've never been able to make much use of Warrior bows and find the Hunter bow more suited for mid-range attacks, though I've read some people like to use Warrior bows to saturate an enemy with elemental status close-range. I'm not sure about that. Would rather keep distance or hit them with something else close range. The expanded mod options are also interesting though not sure some are that useful, at least to me. Hard to tell how much better or worse some of them make your abilities.
I still take issue with the seemingly random relevance of hundred-plus data points, which means you'd have to read every one of them to make sure you aren't missing anything, or else just blow it off until you're sure it's important. Seems like there could be a lot of info about side quests or hidden caches or something rather than just random communications that have no meaning.
Cycling through the components on the machine bodies is a neat little added feature but the purple highlight is hard for me to see, and the components are difficult to pick out when viewed in the creature files via the menu. I'd like to be able to rotate the images 360* so I can get a sense if something is exposed or below plating.
I'm also a bit disoriented sometimes when spotted, at least as it applies to who can see me and who can't. I miss the eye icon from HZD at the top of the screen, and some kind of directional indicator showing whether the machine/person is behind me or to the side. It's also hard to see the yellow arrow indicating which one is alert at that moment. But that's all minor, I suppose.
There's a LOT to do in this game and I want to complete as many side quests as possible. I'm not interested in the melee pits but I'm not sure if I'm missing out on anything good there. Same goes for the hunting areas. Not sure if these are just for leveling or actual unique gear.
The dialogue is still too long and tedious at times, though. I find myself reading and hitting the skip button whenever possible. I've gotten like 5-6 encounters in a row with huge decision wheels and like an hour of that stuff and then that's all I got to do for the night. Not a single shot fired. Bleh. Aloy also seems fairly pissy much of the time and the "don't call me savior" attitude gets a little old. Roll with it, hon!
The resource system seems improved and I really appreciate the ability to tag "jobs" for various resources while having those noted in various places including during loot screens. The only issue there for me is when you go to a potion seller those icons remain there even if you have enough resources to complete a job. And there's no indication if you have enough for BOTH jobs when the same item is included in two different ones. So you might think you have enough and then f*** off to the workbench only to find you need to go back out and buy or hunt something.
But I've yet to really take any advantage of the buffs from food and I'm not sure I ever will unless I hit an unwinnable boss battle, maybe.
Climbing is superior to HZD and I adjusted the sliders to show me handholds when I pulse the focus, which seems like a good compromise vs always-on or nothing at all. I like the pullcaster and other similar additions, too. The shield glider is badass and reminds me a bit of some abilities in FarCry.
The world itself is incredibly well done and the new fast travel system is fair. So getting around is generally immersive and interesting wherever you go. I still prefer on-foot rather than riding because there's so much to see and you're really not that far from a campfire if you really need to port somewhere.
At the rate I'm going I'll finish by Xmas, but overall very solid and worth the buy.
It seems like they've addressed a lot of the annoyances of HZD with the way the weapons are upgraded and modified, and how you deal with selling "shard only" types of valuables. There are some other nice improvements to the overall handling in this regard.
The skill tree is better and after while I got used to the new valor and other augmentation systems, though I don't use them that much yet. There are clearly many combinations of attacks you can string together though I've not used the Resonator Blast at all so far. Other attacks such as those that involve jumping off your opponent are useful for melee enthusiasts but I prefer lighting up beasts with arrows and avoiding lashing tails and smashing claws.
I've also yet to really experiment with some of the newer weapons like the spike thrower, but I do like the shredder. I've never been able to make much use of Warrior bows and find the Hunter bow more suited for mid-range attacks, though I've read some people like to use Warrior bows to saturate an enemy with elemental status close-range. I'm not sure about that. Would rather keep distance or hit them with something else close range. The expanded mod options are also interesting though not sure some are that useful, at least to me. Hard to tell how much better or worse some of them make your abilities.
I still take issue with the seemingly random relevance of hundred-plus data points, which means you'd have to read every one of them to make sure you aren't missing anything, or else just blow it off until you're sure it's important. Seems like there could be a lot of info about side quests or hidden caches or something rather than just random communications that have no meaning.
Cycling through the components on the machine bodies is a neat little added feature but the purple highlight is hard for me to see, and the components are difficult to pick out when viewed in the creature files via the menu. I'd like to be able to rotate the images 360* so I can get a sense if something is exposed or below plating.
I'm also a bit disoriented sometimes when spotted, at least as it applies to who can see me and who can't. I miss the eye icon from HZD at the top of the screen, and some kind of directional indicator showing whether the machine/person is behind me or to the side. It's also hard to see the yellow arrow indicating which one is alert at that moment. But that's all minor, I suppose.
There's a LOT to do in this game and I want to complete as many side quests as possible. I'm not interested in the melee pits but I'm not sure if I'm missing out on anything good there. Same goes for the hunting areas. Not sure if these are just for leveling or actual unique gear.
The dialogue is still too long and tedious at times, though. I find myself reading and hitting the skip button whenever possible. I've gotten like 5-6 encounters in a row with huge decision wheels and like an hour of that stuff and then that's all I got to do for the night. Not a single shot fired. Bleh. Aloy also seems fairly pissy much of the time and the "don't call me savior" attitude gets a little old. Roll with it, hon!
The resource system seems improved and I really appreciate the ability to tag "jobs" for various resources while having those noted in various places including during loot screens. The only issue there for me is when you go to a potion seller those icons remain there even if you have enough resources to complete a job. And there's no indication if you have enough for BOTH jobs when the same item is included in two different ones. So you might think you have enough and then f*** off to the workbench only to find you need to go back out and buy or hunt something.
But I've yet to really take any advantage of the buffs from food and I'm not sure I ever will unless I hit an unwinnable boss battle, maybe.
Climbing is superior to HZD and I adjusted the sliders to show me handholds when I pulse the focus, which seems like a good compromise vs always-on or nothing at all. I like the pullcaster and other similar additions, too. The shield glider is badass and reminds me a bit of some abilities in FarCry.
The world itself is incredibly well done and the new fast travel system is fair. So getting around is generally immersive and interesting wherever you go. I still prefer on-foot rather than riding because there's so much to see and you're really not that far from a campfire if you really need to port somewhere.
At the rate I'm going I'll finish by Xmas, but overall very solid and worth the buy.
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anyone done a similar upgrade yet?
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Samsung's humongous Odyssey Ark monitor is here, but it'll cost you — Mashable
55 inches of pure gaming pleasure.
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Saw that this morning looks interesting. Funny timing having just put in an order for that Alienware AW3423DW.
Samsung's humongous Odyssey Ark monitor is here, but it'll cost you — Mashable
55 inches of pure gaming pleasure.
Primarily gaming on the 55" lg oled is mosdef glorious but that vertical configuration looks pretty cool
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congrats!
can you imagine….
If you pivot the monitor vertically into Cockpit Mode (as Samsung calls it), it can display three virtual displays on top of each other. In horizontal mode, you get up to four virtual displays.
If anything, it's grown on me since I started using it about six weeks ago. Real solid for productivity, better than I thought it would be, and tremendous for gaming. Very nice blacks and color representation. Still haven't picked up a desk replacement or VESA mount or anything, though.
Had a hankering to update my ultrawide. Still not sure I would have gotten it if I didn't already have a 4k tv/monitor is using but the extra space for gaming is nice. Came into some extra money so went ahead and spurged even though it is not a required need or anything. Will move my asus UW to my home office side. The room where my setup is in is always very dark and from the reviews that sounded like where it really shines. I'll use the existing UW's ergotan monitor arm mount for it and will have the alienware m15 2070 run it for now.
Need to excavate my older intel 1070 desktop to what the cooling issue is and see if it can be salvaged. More for the eve online multiboxing to use instead of the acer predator laptop...which i think is running a 1060.
Finally ordered a bigger desk for my work setup couldn't even use a regular keyboard with the space I had and using a laptop for a keyboard sucks especially this f'ing Dell work laptop where the mouse pad is not centered and is wide left so constantly having the palm jump the cursor away when it brushes the mouse pad.
hb13xchamps
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Found a box with my old PS2 and games that went with it. They need to remake some of these games:
NHL Hitz - was a fun alternative to the regular NHL games
Need For Speed Underground and Underground 2 - Being able to “pimp out” and race an Escalade or Navigator will never not be fun
NHL Hitz - was a fun alternative to the regular NHL games
Need For Speed Underground and Underground 2 - Being able to “pimp out” and race an Escalade or Navigator will never not be fun
NHL Hitz was the best hockey video game franchise. They really need to make new gen versions of that, NBA Street, NFL Blitz, etc. They try to do something similar with Volta in FIFA and World of Chel in NHL but it’s not the same. I want gravity and physics defining sports entertainment back.
World of Chel is a lot of fun though. For me it’s the only reason to play the NHL franchise since the rest of it is garbage. Not sure if they’ve fixed the normal gameplay but getting a tripping penalty every time you pokecheck or seeing who is the best at making cross crease passes isn’t fun to me.
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Finally found a normal priced PS5….arrives in a few days….can’t wait!
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