Posts by Beck

Haha I'm not working on Sniper Elite right now ?

But yeah, it was a busy announcement!

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12 hours ago, [HP] said: Fucking microtransactions man... Started out innocuous, then they became "optional", now they're everywhere and the very foundation/core of video games are designed around these things, that's the topic at hand here, not exactly "Anthem sucks", I'm sure it's a really fun game.

In a slightly related note:

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14 hours ago, Radu said: It seems all major triple A companies are obsessed with what they like to call "never ending experiences" or games that compel the player to spend at least 80 to 100 hours in their environment. This is also why most triple A games feature coop or pvp, because they generate more short term engagement and are easier to monetise. To me it seems like a hit or miss mentality. There are just too many games with the same purpose of retaining the players for the longest duration. And it wouldn't be that much of an issue if what they were aiming for was true, a "never ending experience", but few companies actually support the game with content for more than one or two years before releasing a new entry in the series.

What's your take on this @[HP] ?

I'm not a big fan of this personally. Most recently for me is probably with Battlefield 5 where they have those weekly challenges you need to complete in order to unlock a new skin, or more annoyingly, a new weapon or vehicle. I don't want to have to play week after week to ensure I can unlock everything - Or at least not game changing things like weapons or vehicles - Those should always be unlockable through gameplay (Maybe I'm wrong and they are?).

If it's a grind for cosmetics then that's fine. Put all the time limited stuff you want in. But please don't try to force me to play every day.

I guess a similar game to Destiny and Anthem would be Borderlands. Borderlands nailed the want to chase loot and wasn't a "live service" that forced you to play all the time and sold like hot cakes.

Didn't want to make a new topic just for this but ActiBlizz are firing almost 800 staff after a record year financially

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Quote In today's fourth-quarter 2018 earnings report, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick wrote that while the company's financial results for 2018 "were the best in our history, we didn't realise our full potential".

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/1999-…ercent-of-staff

They say it's from under-performing areas but what a kick in the teeth Hope everyone lands on their feet ok.

I don't think this is the game for you, Mitch.

I actually think the inventory is great in this game. I can easily pickup and replace attachments rather than jumping into the inventory and manually dragging them onto my guns. I can also easily tell what ammo types I need and just keep an eye out for those. If I try to pick up an inferior attachment the game doesn't let me unless I hold the button. It's pretty intuitive I feel. Most of the time I'm playing is in combat or scanning for enemies. I don't look at the floor nearly as much as I do in other games like PUBG.

Got my first win last night. Really enjoying Pathfinder as his ability to get your team mates around quickly is super helpful!

Honestly not had too many problems with Origin. The odd download has taken a long time to install but the download speeds are always fast.

Been playing Apex a bit and it's quite enjoyable. Movement, gunplay and teamwork features are all great - Just need some better team mates

I don't think the game will destroy Fortnite or anything but it'll probably get a decent following once the hype has died down and the player numbers settle. I doubt I'll play it as long as I played PUBG for as I'm pretty burnt out on the whole battle royale game mode fad. But I hope it does well - Kinda makes me wanna pick up Titanfall 2.

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On 2/2/2019 at 3:03 PM, Radu said: Now he regrets his decision and, I'd like to believe what Metro 2033 author said, "his wife nags him about it in the evening".

You nearly made me blow milk through my nose whilst eating my cereal. That's fucking hilarious ?

Epic must have given them a bag full of Fortnite dollars to make it an exclusive.

Lot of angry people in that Steam thread and I can see their point. It is annoying being forced to have multiple stores and clients installed on your PC. I think I have them all except for UPlay.

But competition is good so maybe this might make Valve reconsider their practices - Then again exclusivity does suck.

Oh nice didn't know there was DLC. Sounds interesting!

Convinced the girlfriend to watch me play the game and I think she's enjoying watching me play. Lickers freak her out and she's not a fan of Mr.X Started playing the campaign with Claire on normal difficulty and am about 4 hours in. Loving solving the puzzles and I really love how they got the , quite frankly weird building, to work in a realistic looking game.

They've really nailed it. It feels like Resident Evil 2 but dayum bro you seen these graphics? Runs nice and smooth at 1440p, high settings, on my 980ti too.

We're both busy all week so will have to pick it up again the weekend. Can't wait!

Games dong well over at Metacritic - between 88-93 across the platforms.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/resident-evil-2

IGN have been great as usual ?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ign-re…the-game.95152/

You can use the original soundtrack too.

We've come a long was in 20 years!

What even is that sentence? ?

Honestly, I have a lot of fun in the game with my friends. It's a great BF game. Just waiting on dem maps now @Puddy! Work faster!

April 14th for those that don't want to watch the teaser. I don't think anything gets spoilt but I know some people who avoid everything.

Can't wait!

Was a shame to hear DB was going this way but hopefully they do allow players to host their own server at least. If not it'll just be lost to history which is sad for any game.

Enjoyed DB a lot during my shortish (40+ hours) play time. Just stopped playing since all my friends were playing other games.

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11 minutes ago, Pampers said: volunteering Holidaying in Crimea

FTFY

Interesting that Erik Wolpaw has gone back to Valve!