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I didn't play all the way through 4 or 5 and phonecalls were one of the reasons in both tbh. I get enough annoying side missions from my phone in real life, so I want GTA to just let me drive around exploring and fucking shit up. In terms of a diegetic way to deliver missions pagers aren't so intrusive, or if they really broke the mould they could go in to the future and have the main character wear some sort of cyber-goggles where missions get dropped, again in a non-obtrusive way. I never felt like it was difficult to find side-missions in the 2D GTA's or 3/VC/SA.

I hope they set it somewhere other than America for a change. It would also be nice if it predates the ubiquity of mobile phones so that gameplay isn't constantly interrupted by incoming phone calls.

John Wick as played by Jake Gyllenhaal? Not sure about this whole "survival horror" thing. I hope they still have a few balls-to-the-wall action sequences with cheesy heavy metal. I feel like Alan Wake should be 80/90's "dark", not 2021 "dark".

I feel like this is representative of the age of the average CSGO player. We all wear our trousers a little higher and spend a little longer in the bathroom now, right?

Oh yeah, this game exists. Does it have a level editor yet?

I just generally miss the days when a new game release meant loads of new mods. It seems these days like companies (including Valve sadly) will only enthusiastically support the modding community if it produces something they can monetise like weapon skins etc. SourceForts was my personal favourite of the 00's.

Presumably someone at Valve once said something not racist, and now all the MAGA's think Steam is a communist state, which is important to point out when talking about a mod that they had no involvement in whatsoever.

I guess it's a Marmite issue! I feel like the original SS already had very busy visuals with its repetitive tiled textures and cramped environments. Looking at screenshots of the original I can see why the lighting could be causing you readability issues. Maybe Nightdive should allow users to toggle some sort of readability mode that makes the environments full-bright (or at least more simplistic lighting) and gives items and monsters a very slight shadow around their edges to make them pop.

I really like what they've done with the aesthetics so far. I want it to feel like a game space rather than a real place. I feel like the Bioshock games over-relied on visually impressive set-pieces which is fine because it's a different IP, but I wouldn't like to see SystemShock's design focus move in that direction.

Without clicking the link, I'm going to guess Boomer, Sprinter, Fire Breather, Charger/Tank, Stealth/Hunter, Spitter.

I personally still prefer to read games journalism than watch/listen. I've come across very few streamers who aren't annoying a/f. Most of them seem completely unwilling to actually script their content in advance or edit down their resulting jibberish before uploading. It's also easier to read discreetly during work hours.

I hope that's not locked down. My usual 4-player coop group would eat this up.

Oooh this is exciting. Good luck all, I can't wait to try out the results. I wish I could enter but I've got a baby due any day, so it's probably not even worth my time making and subsequently abandoning the usual WIP post. ?

Looks pretty neat. It was kind of cringey when they called it an "unofficial 6th episode" though. That's the sort of thing the community has to decide, not the makers.

Dux I'm not sure we're in a good position to judge sadly!