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I'm going to bring this up again because the past few weeks i've been experiencing the dark side of gaming aka fortnite first hand and no i diden't play it myself. I was going to post this in @kingpotato is it wise to spend on free to play thread but you locked it and probably for good reason because it was a cesspool. Why i'm bringing this up again because i have to change my oppinion and i'm man enough to admit that i've been wrong.I've been blinded by just bargain hunting and sales for mostly single player games and how long they take to complete vs how long a game from 25 years ago last as argument. So yeah @Shagger you're right and you know the past few weeks have opened my eyes completly if you care to read a little longer i'll explain below : The past two saturday afternoons i sat down with my girlfriend her 10 year old son. Who needless to say is addicted to fortnite, i'll admit i know nothing about fortnite other then that it's free to play and that it's pretty much everywhere. The game looks fine and all, it's not something i would play personally but taste differ, i just wanted to know more about how far this whole free to play thing goes, what better way to watch a kid play and ask some stuff along the way. Now i don't know if this is the case with every kid but having these rare skins is like a sign of wealth aka feeling better then a kid who doesen't play as a rare paid skin and that disgusts me. The fact that my gf her son was called out by his "friends" for having a socalled louzy skin that he has been using for months made me pissed. It's like these skins are more important then the game itself. You know kids can be really harsh for eachother, we have all been there. I obviously tried to cheer him up but you know the kid has been trough some harsh times, lost his dad when he was 4 and is pretty much raised alone by my girlfriend for the past 6 years. I felt bad for him and In all my stupidity i said fuck let's one up on your friends and tell me what skin do you want the most, fucking 20 bucks in v-bucks or whatever it's called for a cosmetic skin. The little dude was chuffed to bits and i want to be on his good side if i want this relationship to succeed. Obviously it only costed me 20 bucks the be the socalled most awesome person ever in his oppinion but to me it felt like selling my soul to the devil. And that is why i changed my oppinion, could have been phrased a little shorter but you know can't leave the details out.

My vote is for one of our newer members @Grungie. Not gonna lie, it's unlikely that you'll agree with everything he has to say, but with the amount of thought for quality and foresight and the amount of himself he puts into what he posts, that warrants respect. So despite a couple of rough moments in these early stages, I'm glad to see him here. It's hard to explain, but I felt like this forum needed you @Grungie, so welcome.

Very sorry for your loss. Know that we are here for you if you want.

Anybody else had this problem where even if you have the time to sit down and play games for a couple of hours you just don't feel like doing? I'm going trough such a phase right now i think, played watch dogs 2 and legion back to back probably shoulden't have done that, i started playing trough the story of the "next gen" version of gta 5 and play a mission or two i just shut the game off and do something else, while it's still one of the best games ever made i'm not really feeling it right now. I don't know what the problem is with this kind of weather i much rather go out hiking whenever i possible can which is my other main hobby. I got burned out on collecting video games a few times where i take a break from buying anything for a few months but with gaming i never really had this problem. I'm currently installing civilization vi as i haven't played an rts in ages, in hopes it gets me stoked again on gaming.

I prefer working and living in quieter environments. I am introvert and do my best work alone. What about you guys?

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I hear you. At least with something like Gamepass there's a console or PC with games to play on them left to fall back on. With stadia, the collapse of it's service leaves you with nothing left that's useful after your investment.

Hey! So you choose one at last!

...Gulp...

I hate Stadia and other streaming platforms like it because of what they'll do to the industry and data ownership if they ever succeed. They need to be crushed out of existence.

Yeah, it's been discussed severally here. As for those who keeps on investing ridiculously around Fortnite, that's their choice but I'll simply say, the choice isn't normal. Because, it is just like throwing away money when it should be utilized in solving other gaming needs.

I do make sure to sit through the entire movie the first time I watch it, but every time after that I'm cooking/cleaning/browsing the internet for about half the film.

Favorite Videogame : Elden Ring Best Story: Far Cry 3 Favorite Art Style: Sword & Sworcery "I'll finish it someday": Bioshock Infinite It Made you Cry: Red Dead Redemption 2 Best Combat: Dark Souls III Favorite Protagonist: Ezio Auditore You Like it but everyone hates it: Fortnite You Hate it but everyone likes it: Call of Duty Warzone Favorite Horror game: Alien Isolation Favorite Fighting game: Super Smash Bros :Ultimate Biggest Letdown: Fallout 76 "Back in the day Game": Castlevania : Symphony of the Night Indie recomendation: Stardew Valley

All the time, it's why I frequently critique games for being too long. Especially in today's market, too many games go for too long without helping realise the developers' artistic vision, be it publisher pressure to monetise and market it, or the lack of an editor/compromise with an editor who will make the necessary calls to trim it down to its best parts. That's usually single-player games though. Multiplayer games like World of Warcraft have me take huge breaks because I have the time to do the content, but it's 'gated', meaning the game will not let me progress even though I'm available to do it. For all this "always online" business, games sure want me to be online less and less. I wish I could tell you when gameplay took a backseat for retention, but I fear that goes back further than I'd like it to (see arcade machines).

Bulletstorm.

Favorite Videogame : Phantasy Star IV Best Story: Yakuza zero Favorite Art Style: Child of light "I'll finish it someday": Persona 5 It Made you Cry: Walking dead season one Best Combat: Kingdom Come: Deliverance Favorite Protagonist: Kiryu Kazuma You Like it but everyone hates it: Deadly premonition You Hate it but everyone likes it: Put any multiplayer based shooter here Favorite Horror game: Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Favorite Fighting game: Super Street fighter 2 Biggest Letdown: Project cars 3 and gran turismo sport "Back in the day Game": Road rash Indie recomendation: My time at portia

Favorite Videogame : Legend of Zelda : BOTW Best Story: Skyrim Favorite Art Style: Hollow Knight "I'll finish it someday": Call of Duty Vanguard It Made you Cry: Red Dead Redemption 2 Best Combat: Elden Ring Favorite Protagonist: Noctis You Like it but everyone hates it: Resident Evil Village You Hate it but everyone likes it: Monster Hunter 2 Favorite Horror game: Until Dawn Favorite Fighting game: Street Fighter 6 Biggest Letdown: Cyberpunk 2077 "Back in the day Game": Street of Rage 2 Indie recomendation: Rocket League

Last I checked, XBox Series X/S was outselling the PS5. I think that's how things are going to play out this time around, especially if the chip shortage lasts until the mid-2020s. XBox will have slightly higher sales, but sales of both consoles will be low compared to last gen. I don't think either will crack 60 million.

I think what @Justin11 is referring to is motoGP 7 the fifth game off the motoGP series for Xbox, Microsoft Windows and mobile phones.

That's true mate, I only spent about $10 or less on fortnite and the price got to this value because I got interested in the Fortnite X Marvel zero war comic book and it comes with a digital to unlock the spider Man zero outfit with it as well and I bought the comic for $5.99.

Usually I skip gaming 3-4 days out of the week. That's not counting the 15-30 minutes I spend playing retro games on a handheld during my lunch break at work.

I only uninstall a game only if and when the Flying Spaghetti Monster tells me too. Praise Be! It just so happens that he only commands me to do so when I'm done with a game or if I need the space, but that's just because he is wise.

I had to order for the Oraimo 27,000 mAh power bank as well after you talked about it. It was just delivered for me this morning. It's very heavy and big..

It's just like the dancing dragon glitch and floating skeleton dragon in Skyrim. At first I thought it was a joke or something but in the end, I found it very hilarious.

Favorite Videogame : Ghost of Tsushima Best Story: Silent Hill 2 Favorite Art Style: Ori and the Will of the Wisps "I'll finish it someday": Dark Souls 3 It Made you Cry: Spec Ops : The Line Best Combat: Kingdom Come : Deliverance Favorite Protagonist: Joel The Last of Us You Like it but everyone hates it: Nil You Hate it but everyone likes it: FIFA 21 Favorite Horror game: The Evil Within Favorite Fighting game: Mortal Kombat 11 Biggest Letdown: Burnout Paradise "Back in the day Game": The Punisher Indie recommendation: Proteus

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This is why I do not play games on my mobile phone too often because I don't usually get exactly the experience I desire from the game.

One single game or in my case the flight simulator can be very costly. Base pack is like £60 then you have payware addons from aircrafts and airports scenery can cost. this month I have paid around over $150 just in payware aircrafts. Fenix A320 Flightsim B146 PMDG 737 Video games are only getting more complex and require more skill to produce so it makes sense that the prices are going up. I don't like how expensive games have become but I don't see full releases going up much higher in price. It would be really hard to justify the purchase of a 100 game for a lot of consumers even after you account for inflation.

You could try this one: Or try one of your favorite animals. I have a few other antique emojis (or as they were called back then: emoticons/smilies) that I can upload if you're interested.

For the what I promise will be the only time I take this thread seriously (Sorry @DC, but I don't think I'd be doing this right if I didn't least try to take the piss a little bit) posting suggested images could be little awkward here given the file size limit of avatar images on VGR, and that limit is around 500kb. For example, a direct upload of an avatar the correct size onto VGR would look like this; But it is possible for it to look like this on thread; This just make the image look better on the thread, but it's obviously the first image that's the one that will be used in the end. GIF's will also look smaller, here's my avatar uploaded directly to the forum page. So it's all worth bearing in mind.

I just want to use this opportunity to tell you all that I lost my grandma this morning around 5:00 AM EST after battling stroke for a while. She gave life a good run and left it at 92. We are sad for losing her. May her soul rest in peace. Amen.