Reality vs Adventure

I watched the very first season of this series and missed the second. The third series just started and gonna watch it tonight. Got it recorded. But I am actually more curious about the books. Has anyone read the books? How is it? Do you recommend the read? I think the story itself is great, but from what I remember in the first series it confused me. I think something like this would be expressed well through a book.

I have felt that way in the Assassin’s Creed games. When I get overwhelmed by a bunch of soldiers, and not just take the hits and fight them off right then and there, but to utilize every skill I know how and fight my way out; hack/slash; escape for a few seconds and hide in a bush; creep up to one and assassinate them; then a running charge at another from behind and assassinate; climb up a wall and jump from rooftops shooting arrows and land onto another to assassinate; then brawl some more and smash brains all over the ground after I switch my weapon to use a freakin sledgehammer. Bash some more; slice with a sword; set em on fire. It’s when many surround you everywhere and you have to run, climb, fight, hide, shoot arrows, think fast or die. Then if a bounty hunter was trailing you and they join the fray, or you got three or more bounty hunters all gathered at the same time, my soul get’s taken to a time when my ancestors fought with iron and bone and I no longer exist on this plane of existence. I live a past memory, as in AC, and unleash the fury of an ancient warrior fighting to protect their land. With strength of my own will, speed of my own making, and awareness of my own refusal to surrender; till my last breath; till my body still holds blood; till my muscles still can contract; I will hold your dying spirit here as long as your blood wets my skin. I will swing with fist once my hatchet breaks; I will kick and head bunt till my skull cracks. I can smell the metal mist in the air from exploding blood. The memory of pain is gone and I can’t feel anything except for the watery hot blood splayed across my face and chest. My blood soaked weapon I yanked from a caved face won’t slip this death grip. The iron broke before my grip did. Now I stab with its jagged broken edges and slap flesh with metal. I scream and can feel the veins pulsating on the surface of my head. I don’t need weapons anymore. It’s my fist against your shield. You can’t be protected against this special attack. This is what I was born for. This is an honor to die for. Now I find myself back in Abstergo in present day. WTF happened? Oh Kassandra; you did it again didn’t you?

Parler was dropped from Amazon. I'm referring to the sites they are now currently using after they have been dropped from all the platforms. So yeah, many have fallen underground just like ISIS. Trump threatened to destroy Iran's heritage sites, which is against international law. And that was when republicans were claiming you can't destroy history or you will repeat it, which was when protestors were destroying confederate monuments across the country. Another hypocrisy by the fascist republicans. And as far as China, we have a failed trade war and we have wasted multiple bailouts for farmers. They are literally surviving off of the government which is socialism. But socialism is ok if you are the one getting aid right? That's what they believe anyways. We can debate economic issues between the two parties, but the last republican president we had this country fell into the great recession; the worse economic crisis since the great depression. And now with trump, he botched a pandemic response which screwed the economy along with the trade war. This economic fallout is always at the hands of republicans. Biden has to clean up the mess like Obama did. And yes, it's gonna get worse. I have no doubts. And when it does, it will be due to this failed pandemic response. But we have to go through it just like a bad divorce when you lose everything. But we cannot get the economy back unless we get the pandemic under control. And republicans have repeatedly shown that they are against trying to help the pandemic crisis.

Now there is investigation about republican congressmen giving tours to groups of people in the capital bldg the day before the attack. The capital didn't allow tours since the beginning of 2020 because of Covid, so that would mean they gave reconnaissance to those groups to scope out the bldg if found to be true. Now trump has a historical second impeachment and republicans are back to bickering. If they don't have a spine now, they absolutely never will. And if trump was kicked out in the first impeachment, all this never would have happened. All due to republican failure to uphold the constitution and break their oaths. Because of the social media ban, these people are now using encrypted sites just like ISIS does. So in this country, imagine ISIS with freedom to gather, protest, and to have freedom of speech. Trumps supporters confuse those rights that it should protect their sedition, treason, and racist violent rhetoric. 6 days to freedom from the failed republican fascist state and coup.

Maybe try a new game or play one you haven't played in a long while. Something I've been thinking about doing is have a day of the week for certain games. Like Friday horror, Tuesday binge a series. That's what I did yesterday, nothing but Assassin's Creed games. Was fun too comparing them and adventuring in different atmospheres. Play a little, then put in another so you don't spend too much time on one in the series. I wouldn't mind having a classic game day in the week and play nothing but old stuff. I just might do that.

Movement of the character in Witcher 3 is very strange. If you turn, he would take a couple steps, pivot, then couple steps and slide when you stop moving him. I've gotten too close to the edge of a mountain and oops! Forgot he slides a few steps after you make him stop moving. Down I go! All the way down. Splatter! Crunch! Well dang, when was the last recent save? Oh you got to be kidding me. I just wanted to see the sunset and valley below. God damn selfie. Such a great game though. Just don't expect to jump on the horse one try. You may have to run in a circle first.

Rum and raisin; now that sounds amazing!

I recently got the FFX remaster on ps4 and trying to give it a go again. I got to somewhere around the final boss on ps2, and the world must have bounced or something, cause I put it down for a long while. Wouldn't mind trying FF8 too. Tis the season for new beginnings!

As investigations are under way, it looks more and more like an inside job from this administration. Nobody would approve of the National Guard to be deployed during the attack; they had plenty of time to prepare since it was shown on social media this was going to take place; panic buttons were torn out from someone inside the capital before the attack even happened; capital police literally opened the barricades for them to enter; capital police had to have escorted attackers to offices that were completely out of plain site, but the crowd took a beeline directly to it? This is pure treason. Now there are metal detectors at the capital bldg and republicans complain about it. If I worked around those republican traitors I wouldn't want them bringing in guns either. More insurrections to come around inauguration. National Guard may get their social media investigated before being deployed to protect Biden in case there are traitors among them too. America is under attack from the inside. 7 days to democratic freedom and the end of the republican coup as we will have a new commander in chief. Just have to make it till then.

I have a 60". I know God isn't a materialistic entity, but when you die and go to heaven SHE will tell you that's the best thing you ever did in life. The gates will open based on you having common sense while on Earth, where material things exist. Even God's creators will nod in agreement that mankind has fulfilled their sole purpose in existence by having a big tv. Cause only then will you be so close to God while you immerse in the lives and actions of the video game world on full display. SHE welcomes your achievement in being mini Gods. You now have experience to walk through the gates and meet your own maker.

I know there have been many different discussions about the different Assassin's Creed titles, but I want to have a general discussion about any and all AC games from the first to Valhalla and future plans you wish they would do. Anything at all that comes to your mind whether love or hate, pics and videos, and an overall tribute to the series. I personally haven't played anything before Brotherhood, but thinking about getting the Ezio Collection that has AC2, Brotherhood, and Revelations remastered; I also want the AC3 remastered. I have the rest on up including Valhalla, but haven't started that one yet and I'm getting really excited about it. I want to finish Odyssey first. I'm just taking my time with it cause I like it so much. I don't know what future plans they have, but I would really like Japan, China, or Mongol environments. I wouldn't have to travel anywhere if I had all the AC games! I don't know what really makes me like the series so much, but I do love exploration and different cultures. AC gives me a good dose. Origins:

Just went on an Assassin's Creed binge. Today I played: Odyssey Origins Black Flag Brotherhood

New game should be called Mike Tyson's Bite Out!

So is that why two old guys were boxing a month ago? Trying to put some juice in the can? That rusty can needs to go in the bin. Professional athletes shouldn't be honored after biting an ear off. I don't care who he is.

I would think the Kingdom Hearts series since it's Disney.

The fear factor isn't gonna stand up to some in the horror genre, but its surprising element that makes it unique is its plain craziness. It's a constant progression of a psychological breakdown. The game really is a treasure. And so far Inheritance has a wow factor too. I got the digital bundle for cheap a couple months ago. Not sure where the price is at now, but getting a disc is expensive from what I've seen. And there is an Oculus virtual reality version of Layers of Fear if you got one. I'm gonna have to watch it!

I have to say the number of games people have, which is hard to play them all. But I understand because I have a collection of items I've easily gotten carried away getting and I find myself evolving more into games. They sure do start stacking up. But I actually have more joy in games than I do with things in a display case. Not to say I don't love and respect the other items I've collected. Games I actually use. And it's interesting being in a new environment where people respect, are eager to learn, and collect what they love as I have. And you may not see all your games as a collection, but it is!

Have you played Inheritance? The child goes back to the house. I just started playing it tonight. It is freakin awesome so far! Got that excitement back! What is Rose Red? I see a movie, but not a game.

A Plague Tale is really good. Think you would enjoy that game. TLOU is kind of a stand alone. Gameplay wise, I actually found many similarities with Days Gone, with the difference of open world and use of a motorcycle. A Plague Tale; I've got many gory pics, but this one holds all the curiosity.

I don't know what game to play. Gamer's block

What exactly is pressuring the publishers to rush things? Is it all greed or the investors? If it is the investors pressuring the publishers, then it goes back to blaming investors. So who exactly is responsible??? Publishers? Investors? Developers? Consumers?

Maybe the petition should be against pre orders. Then it will be the investors responsibility to make sure the game is released complete, and if there is backlash for a broken game, then the investors hold the developers responsible. There should be a 'finished product' contract between the two parties that prevents the impatience and greed of investors or developers alike. Wouldn't taking away pre orders also help fight against scalpers? It would have helped in the console release, maybe not necessarily the games.

Interesting point. Seems like an endless cycle where investors want their returns and buyers keep buying. Consumers ultimately hold all the power. I think you are right that if buyers don't buy a game, then it can hurt the genre. A petition can be helpful to not confuse that point between unfinished vs a finished low demand game. Eventually investors will get the idea that consumers have a voice and power with that voice. So a petition is that voice before we have a consumer/investor war. They don't run the business; we do. We run all businesses. The people are the CEO's. We decide what products to keep on the shelf. There will always be people buying those unfinished games which make it hard to have our voices heard. That is always the problem where consumers that hold all the power in the world, can't unite. But we own the world, factionalized for their gain as the main force of control and the element of war. There is a real consumer war out there. They know it; they fear us; they will always try to divide what we buy. Cause they fear our power. Cough cough; oh yeah, games. We just need to let our voices heard and not wait on the market to fail and embarrass themselves again. And not just them, but also us at Christmas so we don't give a gift and later hear it on the news it has problems.

RE7 threw me off; not really the ending, but resources you get that leads to the end. The game starts off with very limited resources, then were a couple scenes where you gain abundant resources that you lose. And I was upset cause I could have used a bunch of it, but instead fought it out with a knife and running, limited shots. In one instance I actually did waste a bunch of ammo when I didn’t even need to fire a shot. Was deceived. Then the end comes and you need ammo again. Why they want to toy like that? Still great game though.

LOL, it's OCD man!