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I think I got roughly the same as you, but went for laser sights on both the SMG and Pistol. It made the game ridiculously easy haha.

Yeah it felt like I was exploring everywhere but I didn't have enough resin for everything. Must have missed some. Tbh I used the pistol most of the game.. I didn't really find the combat particularly challenging. That's probably the one downside of this game, the combat was cool but never very taxing. I kinda wish they'd made it really tough towards the end.

DO NOT READ THIS - HUGE SPOILERS FOR THE END OF THE GAME!

+1 to a lot of Oli's issues. I don't get all of those things myself, but the comfort with glasses definitely needs improving.

For me, it's one of the most immersive games I've ever played. Just got to:

Exciting! Escape from Tarkov scratches some STALKER vibes, but sometimes I wish it had a singleplayer aspect to it. Can't wait for this.

Fucking hell this is such an awesome experience. The art is INCREDIBLE and such high fidelity too. This is setting a new bar for visuals in VR. The game itself is relatively simple, but so engrossing in VR. If you played this without VR, you'd be like.. whats the big fuss? But it just translates a first person shooter to VR so well. It's a bit clunky in places. Also, the narrative stuff is really cool. Bram, what did you work on in this game? Did you by any chance make the old school looking computer cases, keyboards and monitors? They seem like they were made by you haha, they have your style to em. Also, it's so cool to see some of the same elements I re-made in my City 17 UE4 test come back for this. I was obviously going off HL2 for reference as you guys were, but it's cool to see those same models again. I really studied some of those combine door locks lol.

I am so excited. To be honest, I haven't been that hyped, but now... I can't fucking wait. 30 mins!

The game definitely gets better after the snowy level. I turned the difficulty down a bit and I'm enjoying it more. On one of the harder difficulties, it's absolutely punishing and you're constantly on the edge of death. That would be cool but I'm old now and my reflexes aint what they used to be.

This is a really disappointing sequel to 2016. It feels like they added in ALL of the stuff Doom 2016 did away with, for some reason? Because 'sequel'? I really loved Doom 2016 but this one is just a mess, in my opinion. I do love the combat and glory kill stuff, but the sheer amount of upgrades, weapon mods, buttons to learn (I remap my keys in every game to use arrow keys.. Don't ask), things to juggle.. Plus they show every damn encounter on the map, so all sense of suspense is lost, and you know exactly when an arena battle is coming up. It's really weird. I think games are great when they try to mask the gaminess of what you're playing, but this one feels like a designer just splurged all over it and didn't tidy it up afterwards. Like, the bar in the top right. I think that shows you how many encounters you've done? Jesus, talk about removing any sense of suspense. Am I near the end of the level? Oh I'll just check my magic meter in the top right. Maybe I'm wrong there? Seems weird. Also, the story, holy shit. Who gives a fuck? It's Doom. I know I'm gonna absolutely kick ass and destory everything I come across, so why are these demon masterminds acting like they've got the one up on me? They should be absolutely shit scared of me, not making speeches like they have the upper hand. Also, the cutscenes suck. Doomguy looks about 3 foot tall, he looks like an action figure lol. Put all the cutscenes completely in first person - put me in the action at all times. I think I just beat the 4th level, the snowy one? But I'm putting the game down now, I have no interest in continuing. I played Doom 2016 continuously and beat it in like 2 days. So I'm not just shitting on the series - something just isn't quite right with this sequel.

I really enjoyed being back in Black Mesa, and I loved Xen.. At first. It soon got very tedious, unfortunately. Still, it's better than what Half-life did with Xen.

I loved Halo, played it soooo much at uni. Got together with the same bunch of mates to play Reach the other night and... Damn, it doesn't feel the same. I guess older games will never feel exactly the same, but we were actually pretty bored. Dunno why!

Looks amazing. So good to see a modern take on Half life. Won't be buying a VR headset just to play this one game though.

Mandalorian is surprisingly awesome.

Fuckin VR? Get out. Before anyone jumps in to defend VR, I just wanna say that I worked on VR games for just over a year and I couldn't stand it. Made me feel sick and gave me huge headaches. It was always awkward with my glasses on underneath too... I'm interested to see what Valve have done with VR though. Hopefully it's more of a success than Artifact

Good luck mate!

Glad you're enjoying it HP! I'm very tempted to try it but I'm turned off by some reviews saying it feels very fetch questy... Might wait for it to drop in price a bit and get hold of it. Also, have you encountered this? A friend of mine said that due to the coop stuff in the game, half of the shit you're meant to build has already been built on his playthrough. He said he's really disappointed because he was looking forward to doing that, but that the world feels really populated with roads and outposts or whatever. He was taking out ladders, getting ready to explore this huge barren landscape, and he didn't have to place many at all because there were shitloads already in the world.

Oh man, totally agree. His music was incredible. I can't even remember one track from D3. Have you ever listened to the Burning Crusade soundtrack? It's as memorable as the D2 soundtrack to me, definitely has that Uelmen feel.

Love the fact that D4 is going back to the roots a bit more. That looked great, if maybe slightly tooooo desaturated? Still way more up my street than D3 Nice work all. New Overwatch patch looks good

#freehongkong. Excited to see what Blizz are up to Can't wait to see them get trolled though lol.

I'm currently playing Squad with my mates, which is a really interesting game to me due to the nature of working in squads, coordinating attacks and cooperating with others - its a type of game I've not played before and feels fresh and unique. Sure, its like Arma, but I never really played that. I was a huge fan of PUBG but we've moved on from that now... Tried Apex but couldnt really get into it, it felt really frantic. I think as time goes on, I much prefer slower paced games, which is probably why I didn't enjoy the CoD beta. I'm sure this CoD is a good game, but I just have no interest in playing the same game again. I know exactly how it's going to play out. I'm not hating on it, I'm glad some people are enjoying it. It's just not for me. Maybe I'll try it when it's 20 quid or something, but I'm quite time limited these days too. Maybe that plays a part in it as well.

Agreed with Dux. I tried the multiplayer beta, its the same stuff we've seen before. Not exciting at all to me. I have literally played that game before. I enjoyed it when it was fresh years ago, but I've moved on from the franchise now. I don't even expect it to innovate, it is a very good formula. But no way I'm spending £50 to play the same game I've played before.

Congrats on the release guys. Looks cool and different to the 20,000 Italy based maps everyone seems to make for this game. Ignore these miserable, pedantic fuckers. This is why I don't check Mapcore very often any more lol

Wow, I know Blizzard is just a company, but I thought they might have more balls than this. Im letting my wow classic subscription run out to show a bit of support.

Great rendering! Nice work.