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Saw it at E3 last year. The guys from Sony Bend were super nice and down to earth. Hoping to see it again at E3 this year.

Ye olde tymers around here (going back to 2003 era) know the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has a special place in my heart despite all the challenges the developers had in getting the first game out the door. Back then we at THQ did our best to try to support GSC and ultimately they made a great game which is still on my top 10 all time games list despite its flaws. Anyway, sounds like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 may not be dead after all? https://www.stalker2.com/ https://www.pcgamer.com/stalker-2-is-in-development-again/ So...in world where we need hope now more than ever, I hope this becomes a reality even though the current "date" is 2021. ? PS... Oh? You give zero f.u.c.k.s.? Listen to this and get in the mood: ?

Latest: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/god-of-war-gameplay-on-ps4-shows-huge-differences-/1100-6457492/ I'm starting to feel the hype, else just coughing from the dust collecting on my Xbone.

Meanwhile... Horizon Zero Dawn has been recognised with the Writers Guild Award for best video game writing, fending off competition from Dishonoured: Death of the Outsider, Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow, and Madden NFL 18: Longshot. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-02-13-horizon-zero-dawn-wins-writers-guild-award-for-best-video-game-writing So yes, even with robot dinosaurs you can have a good story and writing. Congrats to the team at Guerilla Games!

I've read multiple stories on this topic: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/cape-town-running-out-of-water-drought-taps-shutoff-other-cities/ tl;dr: South Africa plans to shut taps off in Cape Town in April. Read the link for why, though it's basically because of record drought. Anyone here from South Africa? Scary shit!

So far Switch is exceeding my expectations. I am not a Zelda fan but BoTW is great but I'm getting distracted by Super Mario Odyssey which is now my favorite Switch game. Other small things: - It works great as a portable though it does not fit into my pocket. It's a great rode trip/travel console. On an airplane it is the shit. Sorry, PS VIta, you could have been so awesome but it just didn't work out that way. - I got a free copy Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2...never would have bought it but damn it was way funnier than I expected. Not entirely the same LEGO formula. - pro controller is the way to go...not entirely required to enjoy the console but it definitely is a plus.

If you read Puddy's comment only once, read it again. Rinse/repeat.

Meanwhile, regarding my 10/10...

10/10

Played more HZD:TFW last night and now am really loving it. So at this point if you liked HZD I strongly recommend TFW. There are new enemies and new "things" that make gameplay not simply more of the same.

I see you playing the new Wolfenstein game on PS4 while I'm playing HZD. Seems W:NC has a pretty kick ass campaign from what I hear.

So today the $20 DLC single player expansion The Frozen Wilds released. I preordered the DLC for $15 on PSN. This might be the first DLC I have purchased in ...years? I bought this DLC because Horizon Zero Dawn is one of my personal GOTY for 2017, minor flaws and all. I'm only 1 hour in but given the size of the new zone in the game and estimated hours of story to play through, I felt fine with spending some money. Plus, because this is not a cheap ass loot box system I have no problem spending money on quality content that developers worked hard to create. Anyway, bravo, Guerrilla games. I hope some of my $15 makes it into your pockets.

I think this is the stupidest shit ever. I'm all for video games and esports (not a fan myself but pls enjoy and hopefully esports will make profits not just revenues and excessive costs and I hope participants can have long, fulfilling careers and all that) but i have no desire to watch a fucking esport in the olympics (or ever, btw).

The visuals in the new trailer look excellent. I'm sure it will play well and have a well done story per typical of Rockstar and in line with RDR (which I loved, btw). My only issue with this new trailer is I don't like the voice acting of the main character. Perhaps I'm simply not used to it (it's first time we heard it right?) and I just need time, but something isn't sitting well with me. It's not that the writing or quality of the voice acting itself is necessarily bad, it's just I don't really find that I like the voice all that much as say compared to the voice of John Marston (voiced by Rob Wietoff). I hate to nitpick but that's just my initial reaction. Otherwise, I fully I expect I will get over it, buy it, play it, nitpick it some more, but (hopefully) will ultimately love the game.

Yeah that's pretty much bullshit but nonetheless what a load of a model.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-7-541-piece-millennium-falcon-is-the-largest-most-1798426562 OH MY GAWWWDDDD!!!

I'm playing on a 27" samsung monitor...not 4k. Cheap $200 monitor. Game still looks great. More importantly it's fun! Cut scenes are a bit over acted and long...but you can skip them or speed through the dialog moments if you enable and read subtitles and still get the info. Very glad for that. Otherwise I'm getting very into this.

First game was a gem for the 10 hours I was able to play it before getting too busy. That trailer was impressive even if still movie trope laden. I think the game could <hopefully> be better than the trailer.

I got to play some Zelda on Wii U at E3 last year and it was perfectly fine, except I still am not in love with the tablet controller. I guess I'll get used to it because I don't expect to get a Switch at launch just for Zelda. (Unless I can convince Nintendo Analyst Relations dept to send me one. HA!) I'm a little worried too about the Mario but having not played it I can't say for sure. Does feel like "whaaaaa???" That said, my first reaction to seeing Super Mario Galaxy was "whaaa?" and then I played it and thought "ohhhhhhhhh now I get it." Anyone else think ARMS might actually not be terrible?

I might this year. Have a big client meeting in SF right before so wtf why not?

This is still a thread?

Finally saw it tonight....just been so busy. Agree with Dux above. I can barely remember any characters' names.

As I told Mo, That audio!!! And the level design!!! Not that I am surprised knowing you guys :-) Sorry that EA shipped it between BF1 and CoD:IW releases. TF2 is definitely my favorite shooter this season so I hope it builds more momentum. Spread the word! SIDEBAR: the collective of all 3 of these games has exceeded my expectations thus far.