Shagger
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3 hours ago, Kyng said:
[i]FTL: Faster than Light[/i] as an RPG might be quite fun... trying to get by with limited resources, whilst facing onslaughts from hostile enemy ships, it'd be pretty tense!
I just want to point out that you don't need to use BB code on this forum. The UI for posts include word processing tools, including an italics tool. You can find these tools at the top of the space whare you type your posts and messages.
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It's been a long time since I played these games, but I feel you can just jump right into Second Son and be fine.
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Important Announcement
It has been announced that on September 1st 2023 Xbox Games with Gold is coming to an end and will be dissolved into Xbox Gamepass as a new, starter tier called Xbox Gamepass Core. Current Xbox Live Gold members will be added to this new tier of Gamepass automatically. Full story from Gamespot.
When this change occurs, this thread meant to keep VGR members up to date with the latest offerings through Games with Gold will become obsolete. There is really two options to choose from when it comes to moving forward.
- Reorganise this thread into a Gamepass Update thread.
- Retire and lock the thread.
Having considered these options and consulted with my fellow staff members, I have decided to retire and lock this thread once this new service goes live. Trying maintain this thread as a Gamepass thread in such a way that is is useful would be laborious and time consuming. Xbox Gamepass user's receive updates on what is happening with the service that I don't think that a Gamepass Update thread would be worth the considerable effort that it would take to keep it up to date.
If there is enough support from VGR members to have a Gamepass thread, I will of course make it so. Please share your thoughts on this in the replies.
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And @LeoGrun, I need you to stop poking fun at @CawayGeway. Yes, even I and my fellow moderator @The Blackangel had a little fun with this at first and your posts have made me chuckle, but this has evolved from something comically odd to something more concerning, so please stop.
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First, @CawayGeway, it is very important that you do NOT like this post. I will explain why further down, but do NOT like this post.
For me, it's becoming evident that @CawayGeway doesn't understand what people are saying on this thread, so I'm locking this. If @CawayGeway cannot communicate, there is no point in keeping this thread open.
And @CawayGeway, you need to convince me that you are able to understand what people are saying. I know that English is not a first language for you, but if can't understand the posts from other members and if they cannot understand you, there is no point in you being a member of VGR. Please help me to help you and tell me what languages you do understand and tell me how I can help. Please send this information to me via private message as soon as possible. You can send private messages to me by clicking on my avatar...
Then click on this icon on my profile. From there, you can type a message to me.
As a test to see if you do understand, I am instructing you to NOT "like" this post. If you do "like" this post, I will assume you cannot understand and will have to recommend you be banned from the forum for your own sake.
I tell you again, do NOT like this post. I do not know how I can make that any clearer, so please follow my instructions.
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4 hours ago, CawayGeway said:
The bird facts:
1. No diplacusis, No tinnitus, No hearing loss
2. No alzheimer's disease, Brain cell generation
3. No eye vision color blind, No vision loss, Self-generate eye vision cone cells
4. No retirement, High metabolic rate
5. Bird recommend to learn alphabet and number to before learn english.
Human don't recommend music because the human suddenly hearing loss. Birds only hearing music
Human don't recommend drawing because the human suddenly eye vision loss. Birds only drawing images
If the bird use laptop, Please use device for the bird sensors.
OK, I know that me and others have had a little fun here, but it's time to get serious. I think I speak for all of us when I say we have no idea what it is you're talking about. Birds using laptops? Are we supposed to be taking this seriously?
There must be something getting lost in translation here. There is no way you're trying make a serious point about birds using laptops. I understand that English is not a language you speak day to day and we want he help as best we can, but if we cannot understand you and you don't ask for help, then I may have no choice but to lock this thread.
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I actually think you have an understanding of your priorities when it come to your options pretty nailed down. Exclusives are the most important thing. It's a shame we don't have foresight over what the XBox Series S/X and PS5 will offer in 5-10 years time, so all you can really do is make your judgement based on what being offered now and in the neer future. If Starfield is too important too ignore, than going the Xbox is totally understandable, but if you buy into a platform for the sake of one game, you might regret it, especially if that game will have a long shelf live witch seems likely for Starfield given how Bethesda's single player games tend to go.
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Well, that was interesting...
(Sorry about the lack of an embed, this is from F1's official YouTube Channel, it is what it is)
This new rule they're trailing has certainly shaken things up a bit. I'm still unsure how I feel about it, but I'm not ready to dismiss it quite yet either. I feel for George Russel, he's clearly out of place in 18nth, but delighted for Lewis Hamilton for pulling that one out the bag. Given that the even numbers start on the inside of the track, the dirty side, I think Max Verstappen has more to worry about from Lando Norris in third than Lewis Hamilton has to Worry about Max Verstappen in second. If max does have a weakness as a driver, I'd say it is his starts, so the start of tomorrow's race is going to interesting.
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Wow, it looks if we'd just get "Murder by Numbers" this week, but Epic has squeezed in The Elder Scrolls Online at the last minute. Well, If any of you here at VGR want to clan up, let me know.
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I didn't play on a PlayStation until the PS2 came out. As for the first game I played on it, I'm not exactly sure. I think it was Final Fantasy X, but it might have been something else.
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I just came back to this thread to find that video I embedded in the opening post, witch was the official trailer for "The Last Hope" from the developer's YouTube channel, has been nuked via copyright claim by Sony Interactive Entertainment!
Well done, Sony, Right on!
I'm editing the original post so the video displayed will now be the review of the game from Digital Foundry instead, I just wanted to have this post here as a record that this glorious moment actually happened.
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2 minutes ago, Anders said:
I'm not entirely clear on the rules, but are Red Bull and Alpha Tauri not allowed to share any research? Clearly they basically share drivers, the only reason I can think of for why the Red Bull car is god tier and the Alpha Tauri car is a shitbox is that it would be against the rules.
There is no way red Bull would be allowed to share designs, parts or staff with AlphaTauri. Like you said, it wouldn't make sense to see these two teams "book-end" the grid if they were allowed that. The two teams are both owned by the same conglomerate, that being Red Bull GmbH, but make no mistake about it they are separate teams in competition with each other, just like the rest of the grid. The, let's say, business politics between the two would make moving Daniel Riccardo from the Red Bull reserve driver position into the AlphaTauri car a little simpler, but such trades of drivers are perfectly possible between all the teams.
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On 7/18/2023 at 10:18 PM, Kyng said:
Of course, it's great to see the Honey Badger back on the grid... ideally, I'd like to see him at a more competitive team, but I'm just glad he's there 🙂 .
On 7/19/2023 at 4:15 PM, Anders said:If he does good at AT the rest of the season, I honestly think Checo should be worried next season...
Don't get me wrong, I'm so happy to see Daniel back, but I think people are expecting too much of him. Even by thier own standards the Alpha Tauri has not been a quick car this year, in fact the team has only scraped together 2 points in total so far this season. Slow cars are slow for a reason and it's rarely a sign that the car is easy to drive, so I actually think he'll struggle to match Yuki Tsunoda for the first couple racing until he gets to grip with the car.
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32 minutes ago, Hainced said:
I totally agree with you! Cyberpunk 2077 has its fair share of issues, but I also loved the game overall. The world, lore, characters, and gameplay are all fantastic. And you're right, the love interest storyline felt so genuine and emotionally engaging. Playing it on a well-equipped PS5 definitely enhanced the experience. It's a remarkable game that left a lasting impression on me too! 🎮💙
19 minutes ago, The Blackangel said:I'm on the fence about CP2077. I see so many ranting about the game, then almost as many raving about the game. I would say it's not my kind of game, but I also said that about westerns prior to playing RDR2. It's a well known fact around here that I'm obsessed with the game and at this point have an encyclopedic knowledge on RDR2.
That said, from the videos I've watched on YouTube, it does look like a fun game, and could possibly expand my interests even further than they already are, the same way RDR2 did. I have yet to buy any games of that genre, but I no longer say a game isn't for me without playing it. With the exception of online gaming, but that's for another discussion.
By the way, welcome to the forum! Hope to see you around!
Like @The Blackangel said welcome to the forum.
CP2077 is a good game now that it has been patched, but I'm personally slow to forgive CDPR for how it launched. And no, it's not because the game launched in such a horrible state after being delayed serval times (Although that certainly doesn't help), it's more about how dishonest CDPR were throughout the whole fiasco. They announced the release date at E3 almost a year before that original release date to rake in those pre-orders long before they could have had any idea when the game would actually be finished, and even when they did release it, they knew it was still far from finished. Thier solution? Try and cover it up, of course! No review codes for console (whare the game was barely even playable), a ridiculously restrictive review embargo that, amongst other things, forbade anyone from using thier own captured game footage. THAT is what is really bothered me about CP2077.
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I don't really feel the need to preface this with anything to be frank. The video says it all...
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36 minutes ago, The Blackangel said:
Here’s the video. It’s somewhere in the middle of the video. I honestly don’t remember what number it was.
I found the clip. It's number 6, "Convoy of Death" starting at arond 8:35.
It turns out it wasn't a car he was sitting on, it was a lawnmower. Having viewed the clip, I'm led to believe that he "sat on the bonnet", the bonnet being the front of the lawnmower. I can't say I know much about those sit in, drivable lawnmowers (Outside of spefic businessness and the landscaping profession, they're not very common here), so I can't say for sure if I was right or not about it being the engine cover or if it's actually an American term used to label the front of such a lawnmower spesifically. May there is a connection as the front of a car is usually whare the engine is found, but I don't know.
Either way, the "bonnent" in this context is the front of a lawnmower. So... yeah...
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I'd like to see the clip you're refering to so I can certain, but if I understand the context in this a "bonnet" is the British word for "hood", as in the lid for the engine compartment of a car.
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These types of games have thier place and I do thing people have a tendency to thing rather selfishly when they generate thier opinions on them. They can give a younger generation of gamers as well as nostalgic fans a chance to experience these games without having deal with the headaches of relying on older hardware. If you don't feel like you need to play the new game because you have the original, nobody is forcing you to.
Having said that, I do think game developers and publisher's are developing an unwelcome habit of re-relecing games to cash in. It's far easier to make modern consoles backwards compatible now than it has been in the past because the cast couple of generation of consoles (And modern gaming PC's) use pretty much the same technology, but upgraded versions of it, so it's hardy to justify this on games from the PS3/XBox 360 era and younger. I will accept even those if the new version does something to justify it, Like adding new content or modernising/improving the gameplay, but if it's nothing than the same package with some spit shine, that is not cool. And it really isn't cool to charge for DLC on a remaster, that should always be included for. Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning may have been a horrible remaster, but at least they tried to do the right thing with it with a massive new expantion as well as all the original DLC at no extra cost.
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41 minutes ago, Anders said:
I'm over two months late with this reply, but hey.
I absolutely agree about Max. There's no denying he's an excellent driver. Obviously the Red Bull car is excellent, but Max can still run circles around Checo in the same machinery. That being said, he really is kind of an asshole. The fact that he refused to let Checo though in Brazil last year, when Max was already named champion and Checo still needed the points really says everything you need to know about him.
I started following the sport early last year and have mainy been a Leclerc fan, but since he joined Aston Martin I've really become a big fan of Alonso. He just seems like such a genuinely nice guy, always grateful to his team. I was also really impressed with McLaren during sundays race at Silverstone. Really hope they can keep this kind of performance up.
True things said about Alonso. I like drivers who are kind and respectful people out of the car, but become ruthless monsters in the car. Senna, Schumacher, Vettel, Hamilton and Alonso are all like that. Max Verstappen is not like that. He's got the ruthless part down, but he treats victory like it's something he's entitled too. Lewis always thanks his team and his fans just for being in the car, but I feel Max has this attitude that translates as "Yeah, I won, but that's how it should be". Put him in a slower car, like a Haas or an Alfa Romeo, and he'd be impossible to work with. In my opinion, he won his world championships too early. It was good for his career, but it harmed him as a person. Lewis found success right from the start of his career too, but that humbled him rather than inflate his ego, whereas Max has handled his success all wrong. You said it best, he's an asshole, and success only made him a bigger asshole.
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Can't believe that I forgot about this one, it's the new one fro Amaranthe. Enjoy!
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37 minutes ago, Knight Plug said:
My mum had a seizure today. She's in the hospital for observation. 🏥
My sister called me today, to say she was with her when this happened. 😧
Unfortunately, my mother has an aortic aneurysm. She has, I believe, suffered three strokes in the last 16 months...
Been on weekly dialysis since March of last year.
Vey sorry to hear that. I wish nothing but the best for her.
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4 hours ago, LeoGrun said:
Birds need a beak sensor and brain chip because their feet are not dexterous enough to type. Also, they are not great with human languages. Most devices have a very heavy bias towards human users. It's a huge gate that other species can't cross well. Even very dexterous animals struggle. Octopuses are considered to be one of the best animals at creative problem solving and yet not one can even send a gibberish text message, let alone learn English! Android needs to push native support for bird song voice input if they really want to talk about "accessibility" to the bird community. Samsung should invest in deep-sea devices for the octopus community. Apple will be pressured to follow, I think. Microsoft could use this opportunity to make their tablet-focused OSes fill at least an additional niche and become relevant more in the way they seem to want to.
I can totally picture tech companies creating a touch screen interface for octopuses', but then not waterproof the device. That would be just typical, right?
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12 minutes ago, The Blackangel said:
Before I can really post much about this, I have to know: Is this a video I can watch, or do I need to steer clear?
The zombies in this I'm fairly certain are just the same shitty looking, stock Unity Store assets we've all seen in assets flips and shovelware a hundred times and they look nothing like the infected from the real TLOU game. I think you're OK for this.
Does the focus on multiplayer online take away from story telling?
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I'm in the same boat as @Reality vs Adventure and am pretty much a solo gamer these days, so would obviously want that to be more of a focus to game publisher/developers. However, trying to think outwardly rather of just myself and online multiplayer obviously has mass appeal, and there is nothing with that. However, I don't think the situation now is as bad as it was a few years ago when companies like EA were trying to claim single player games were dead in a pitiful effort to make them dead to the public when that clearly wasn't the case. A lot of great single player games are still being made and a lot of them, like Hogwarts Legacy The Last of Us and just recently Baldur's Gate 3 have been massively successful.
I would like to see games offer quality in both multiplayer and single player as well, and it's in THAT area we're in a bit of a slump. For some reason game dev's/publishers can deliver good games dedicated to one or the other, but not both in the same package recently. This could be for a number of reasons;
It's not there aren't games that have had both done well, like Titanfall 2, COD MW, Halo, Gears of War and Bioshock 2. Even The Last of Us and The Last of Us Remastered when they first came out had Factions, a fantastic multiplayer mode, but Naughty Dog and Sony have long since abandoned it. However, it feels like its been ages since we had a really good game like that and they are sadly missed.