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One of my friends the other day mentioned taking a break from ESO subscription and thus not playing at all for now. I asked her about this, as I thought ESO is free after the initial payment. She explained that it is, but due to paid crafting (I think?) features, so many things break without the optional sub she’s paid for that her existing character would be borderline unplayable. I wondered how common situations like these are with freemium games. Have you ever ended up relying so much on optional paid features in a game that you didn’t feel you could play without them?

Who are some of the most all-out evil/unsympathetic characters in video games? While replaying Dragon Age: Origins last night, I was thinking Branka falls into this category.

Thanks Boblee, I need some chassis repair for my GT40, then I'll save up for another NASCAR Chevy.

Due to my personal taste in games, I would obviously prefer to see an RDR3 release. But realistically speaking, it's been 12 years since GTA5 was released and only 4 since RDR2 was released. So they're way overdue for another GTA game. So no matter what your preference is, they're going to give the GTA franchise priority. They have already said that GTA6 is underway. They have made no mention of any work for another RDR game. The series may end with RDR2, or it may take them 12 years to say anything about it. Sometimes a studio will start working on the next in a series on the date of release for a game. Sometimes they choose to go out on top with a series. AAA games are tricky for devs in that sense. GTA5 dropped on September 17, 2013. They could have started working on GTA6 on that day. Rockstar is a big company, so I'm sure they have a team that is always working on the next in a series. All we can realistically do, is wait and see.

That's a hell of a car. Toyota doesn't make mistakes, and everything they put out is pure quality. I'm a Chevrolet girl, but if GM went under, I would definitely be Toyota all the way. I would love to have a Tundra, but unless I find one used for the right price, there's no way I could afford one. Toyota just doesn't quit on you, so unless someone just wants a new one, or some asshole slams into you and totals it, people don't get rid of them. Obviously if you treat it like shit, and don't maintain it, you're going to destroy it. But that's not common with people who appreciate quality.

Yeeeah, I remember Driver)) My brother was a fan of this game and I always watched him playing. Recently I was cleaning my flat and found our collection of PS1 games. I wanted to throw away our old TV set but then I thought what if I want to play PS1 for fun and nostalgia? Where would I find another TV set?😂 so I left it at home only because of old games, Driver among them and CTR... going to keep all that outdated old stuff, it's priceless

You must be very good at multitasking or otherwise one of them wouldn't get good attention. In fact, you will be slacking in one. If you ask me, I'd say you for for one the NASCAR Chevys first before any other one and yes, Colorado Springs track is in the new GT7.

Which one amongst them would be your number one priority when it comes to buying them back? I'm thinking of playing Colorado Springs - Lake track in GT 7 this night.

It depends on the location where you are that's going to determine what shipping it to you would look like. A friend of mine in Singapore contacted their support to get details on shipping to his location and he got the following response... "Hi, Thank you for your message. We got the following information from DHL: As a result of the airspace bans currently in place over Russia, Ukraine, and other countries, various flight connections have been interrupted, and a number of other connections are being forced to fly a longer route than previously. This increases the amount of fuel required and reduces available transport capacity on these flights. In light of this, longer transit times should currently be expected for shipments to Singapore. Please understand that we are not in a position to reliably predict the effects that the rapidly changing situation may have at this time Please note that a weight-based international crisis surcharge will be applied to each parcel. Best Regards, Laura".

That is great! Did you order it? I so hear you on that. Though with my back and neck problems, the couch actually is better for me than a chair at the computer. I think @URGAMERTAGSUCKS probably wanted feedback on real life shipping times, but I'm not sure. I just hope everyone gets theirs soon so we can get more feedback about the product!

Kid Chameleon; what kid wouldn't want to play a game with this cover? Kingdom Hearts is just cool looking. The Suffering has a catchy title and who wouldn't look twice seeing a guy get burned in a chair?

Lol, yeah yeah i got owned a couple of times this week so one more isn't going to hurt my feelings. Yep that's correct those are the 3 official languages (however since we're becoming more and more multicultural people speak whatever they want. Well we speak flamish, which is the same as duch but more of regional dialect then anything, kind of a bastard version of what they speak in holland. Nice eems like we're posting from all over the world! I wouldn't call myself fluent in english but i try my best. Most of my english was self taught over the years i did get some in school in later years but a whole lot, you would be suprised how watching movies/ playing games with subtitles can benefit you in getting better at a language.

A grown man playing videogames is not looked down upon. That is a standard part of society now. People are now shocked if you do not play videogames. Maybe its different in South Asia, but in Europe the general stance towards Videogames is changing. Big papers are writing about games in their arts section, there are several famous people playing games and many of the 90s kids that grew up with games, still play. I think this is changing at the moment and in 10 or 20 years from now, it will be a hobby like watching movies.

I can't thank you guys enough for all the inputs on this racing game Burnout. With the flaws explained in the Paradise edition of the game, I know very well not to waste my dime on the game. The crash impacts in Takedown looks so real from the trailer and I imagine it's going to be a lot more real when you're playing it.

I wholeheartedly agree with the statements towards EA. F them. "It's in the game"... not anymore! Now it might be in the fifteenth DLC!

From the very first entry Burnout was always an intense, edge of your seat type of racing experience. I always remembered watching this first trailer. I'll be honest, the original Burnout wasn't that great a game especially when compared to the titles that would come from the franchise later on. What it do a brilliant job at was selling it's concept. The tension and intensity of racing through traffic was friggin awesome! The crashing along with all the realistic physics and deformation was super cool, but the problem was that they kinda put those aspects left, right and centre and didn't focus enough on the actual racing. They no doubt realized this and put way more focus on the racing in the sequel, Burnout 2: Point of Impact This was fucking spectacular! They absolutely nailed it this time with much better presentation, track design, new modes like crash party, improved mechanics and the time to recover from crashing was significantly reduced making a much smoother racing experience. I actually remember thinking at the time "they cannot possibly make this any better".... .... Thankfully, I could not have been more wrong!!!! Burnout 3: Takedown! This in my opinion is hands down the greatest arcade racer of all time! It takes all the intensity and excitement of Point of Impact and ramps it all the way up to Spinal Tap! Every new element that it introduces was gold. Crash radio, a fantastic soundtrack (an actual legit benefit to having EA at your back, credit where it's due), a reworked crash party where the result was less dependent on luck and visuals so fucking good it could easily be mistaken for a XBox 360/PS3 game. But none of these had as big an impact as the stroke of genius that was Takedowns. If you drove a rival off the road your boost bar would expand and fill completely, but if you were taken out your boost bar would empty and reduce. It encouraged ruthlessly aggressive driving even more so than its predecessors. The perfect arcade racer. Then came Burnout: Revenue This was another fantastic game, very similar to but not quite as good as Takedown. There actually a handful of improvements here. The crash party was reworked with a cleaner less distracting visuals and the new crashbreaker explosion. It introduced network play, some new racing modes like elimination and the great new revenge mechanic which highlighted the last competitor to take you out making your piss boil and you become lazer focused on them for a revenge takedown. There were some downgrades though. The soundtrack and crash radio presentation weren't as good. It indroduced shortcuts, a cool feature in other racers but here in my opinion works against what Burnout is about. The worst thing, however was the new traffic checking mechanic which allowed you to just drive straight through traffic going same direction as long as it wasn't a bus or a truck. This was a really stupid idea because it took a way so much of the tension. Still a great game, but it doesn't hold up to the masterpiece that is Takedown. Then came Burnout Paradise, which I refuse to dignify with a flashy video so instead here is a picture of something that more accurately represents it... Burnout Paradise is a near perfect execution..... OF SOME OF THE WORST FUCKING IDEAS IN THE HISTORY OF GAME DESIGN!!!! I've seen so many people that defend that abomination and it makes me sick. If the earlier games where sitting in the driver's seat with you butt clenched desperately trying to survive, this one was slouching back with one hand on the wheel and the other grabbing a bottle of cheap whisky looking for a place to die. @Shagger already discussed the flawed concepts with the open world and the bullshit removal of local play so I won't rant about them to much but there is more I would like to add. The intense edge of your seat concept we had with the other games is only delivered in short bursts at best. You spend most of your time driving across what is essentially and open world menu selecting your vehicle, event and so on. Then when done with the even you go back to the open world menu to select you next event your next event and vehicle rinse and repeat. The main concept that EA and Criterion sold this game on's main purpose is there to literally waste your fucking time. Even if you are one of those people that do genuinely like Paradise you have to a least acknowledge this. It is NOT a Burnout experience. After this Burnout was essentially folded into the Need For Speed franchise never to be seen again, but considering their idea of "Paradise", that's probably for the best.

I'm a huge history need, if it smells like history I'll end up digging though all the little bits of it.

Good question to see who is a nymph. 🤣