Shagger

I played the first one and thought it was pretty average. They defiantly tried with the story and writing, and it had it's moments, but the characters weren't very memorable or unique and the gameplay wasn't interesting. The release of the second one was marred by a poor launch and the now infamous GameStop Controversy leaving a wound the franchise would never recover from from.

I don't know why I try with you. You live in an alt-right bubble and just refuse to see the truth of the world around you. You haven't posted any evidence to back up what you believe like I challenged you to, you call out my sources with no evidence of their alleged bias and have not have posted any facts or evidence at all. You're not a stupid man, but you are a deluded one. You can have your social/political views and that's fine, but it becomes a problem when it effects how you view facts. You twist the facts about BLM to make them out as looters and terrorists, you completely blanked out Bioshock Infinite's blatant overtones on racism because you don't like them and now Ubisoft being proven to have a history of an abusive work culture is a lie because it's nothing more that people complaining about having to work? Here is the difference between you and me. I'll take some explaining, so I beg your patience. I work at a shipyard where at least 90% of the staff on the floor are men, and not just men, but some of the most crude, bloakish, outspoken, foul mouthed, red blooded, "old school" grunts you could ever meet. Without some seriously thick skin, you simply wouldn't survive there. It's not like the management are much different either, but we all know the line between "speaking the language" so to speak and being abusive, and it takes going to extremes to be considered abusive in this place, believe me. So I tell you I know the difference between harassment and abuse and jossing around and having a laugh. Obviously I haven't worked for Ubisoft, so I can't say where the lines were and how they were allegedly crossed, but what I do know is that the standard is not set by me, you or anyone specifically. I know that somebody from my work behaving the same way at another job could easily be considered abusive or offensive and it would be their fault, not the fault of the other people working there. So you see, you don't need the exact description of this alleged abuse because you don't set the standard. It's up to the person(s) being targeted what is too far, not the one doing the abuse. If I saw the details, it is possible I would not see the big deal either, but I'm self-aware without being self-centred, so I only need the victim to see it as wrong for me to feel the same. THAT is the difference between you and me. It is quite possible that you are smarter than me, I'm willing to admit that, but I'm not nearly as selfish or arrogant. I can stretch my imagination to understand where other people are coming from with what they say. Something is only wrong if it's wrong for you. Nothing hurts unless it hurts you. Nothing is real unless it's real to you. That's your problem. I know it's a cliché and I'm embarrassed to use it, but you really need to get woke.

I know this is an old topic, but I was looking to see if anyone had any new insights into headsets as I'm in the market for a new one. Console connectivity isn't a priority ,but I need it to be PC compatible and able to connect to a phone as a pair of headphones. I'm looking at these on Amazon, but does anyone have any other recommendations?

I'm a little more optimistic. This has hurt Ubisoft. Not so badly that it puts them under any major threat, but enough to make powers that can hurt them take notice. I don't see the press as being the bid issue either, they love to post dirt on big companies. I do see a problem when gamers just choose to either ignore, deny or not care about these things as they are the one most empowered to hurt Ubisoft whare it really matters, not that I'm talking about anyone in particular.

My sympathys over this. It sounds like someone determined to undermine your presence online for some reason. Sadly, unless this individual has threatened you, there isn't much that can be done. However, if you ever suspect that he has found his way onto this forum, you let me know immediately.

Reserve judgement until you see the facts my ass. You replied to the topic spewing your anti-woke nonsense a mere ten minutes after started the topic. You can't have watched the videos, read any detailed articles or accounts nor have done anything even remotely close to adaquate research before saying (and I am paraphrasing) "There wasn't abuse. This is just a bunch of snowflakes complaining about getting work to do.". Clearly the last thing you're interested in is looking at the evidence, and I know exactly why. It's because, deep down, you don't want to believe what you already know your going to find. So how about you actually look into this yourself. No links from me because you'll just fob anything I post off as part of the "cancel culture" conspiracy that you've already decided this is. Let's see how well your own theory holds up. Let's put the "reality" you live in where people can't be prejudiced, misogynistic, sexist, abuse their power, harass or mistreat others because any claim that they have is just the whine of a "snowflake" that's had their precious little feelings hurt. Go on, do it. I dare you. The history of abuse and the cover ups of said abuse at Ubisoft is a proven fact, you just don't want to acknowledge it because it doesn't fit you perception of the world.

On the subject of Ubisoft, the multiplayer ship battle simulator game Skull and Bones first announced in 2017 has had its troubled development started again from scratch. It's unclear if this has anything to do with Ubisoft's "other" troubles or not. More on that here.

If the misconduct wasn't real, they why has it been verified by so many people from within the company? Why have so many Ubisoft executives either resigned, been sacked or otherwise penalised over this issue? Why have Ubisoft themselves publicly apologized for it? There's literally proof of it to justify the heat Ubisoft is getting for this, what do you have to the contrary?

As some of you may be aware, Unisoft have found themselves in hot water over this past year with allegations of abuse (including sexual harassment) and mistreatment from management to lower staff within the company. This video from Jim Sterling has the jist of the original story; Even though it appears Ubisoft have taken appropriate steps to tackle the problem, a new article from Gamesindustry.biz cited internal sources at Ubisoft claiming that not nearly enough has been done. This has lead to "Hold Ubisoft Accountable" becoming a trend and calls from the public for more to be done. More on this specifically from YongYea. When companies are guilty of this sort of thing, does it make thier products any worse? In a word, no, but to me playing and Ubisoft game now is like playing a game that has Chlamydia. There's no symptoms, but just knowing it's there is enough to spoil things. That, however, is a good thing. People shouldn't ignore this stuff and feel comfortable enjoying products from companies with this kind of reputation. That's my take on it, anyway. EDIT: It's been 5 hours since I posted this and I've only NOW realised I post this to the wrong section. My bad. Moving to Gaming News.

That's another very good reason to not involve oneself in this sort of thing. I just checked and it's the same story with XBL, Steam, Epic, Nintendo... and then I just stopped looking any more of them up. It's pretty safe to say that whilst selling gamer accounts is NOT illegal, it violates the TOS of pretty much every online digital game's service that I can think of.

I'm just going to repeat something I said in this earlier thread, but suffice to say I would not recommend buying and selling accounts. Selling accounts is something different. That's not selling games, that's selling accounts and it is not something I'd recommend anyone do. As a Seller. It bars you from using the same details for any future accounts on that platform. You will need to give the buyer access to your e-mail, so that email account is also gone, so rather inconvenient if you use that e-mail for anything besides that game store account. it can also be dangerous as the person buying the account can use it for, let's say, "other purposes" than playing the games in your library. They could use the account to front money laundering or sell, let's say, "controversial" digital goods, all of which could get traced back to YOU in the end. They could possibly access you phone number, social media accounts and even bank details held on that account if you're not careful. As a Buyer You can't be sure how those games on that account were obtained. They could have been bought with stolen credit card information (fraud), the login info could be wrong or they could change it after you bought it, especially if they have things like 2-step verification enabled or even just use fake screenshots to con people into thinking they're buying an account that doesn't actually exist. Selling accounts is not illegal as far as I know, an even if it were it would be impossible to enforce, but it's not safe and It's certainly not a comparable substitute for selling used games on PC. I would beg anyone considering it not to do it.

There's little doubt that that the Civil War in Skyrim had the exact impact that Bethesda wanted. Divide opinions. The discussions and debate between games on this story have been going on since the game's launch and it still remains a hot topic with Skyrim to this day. For those who don't know, the Civil War is a co-main story element of Skyrim alongside the return of the Dragons. Some 20 years previously, the Cyrodiilic Empire that rules Skyrim signed a peace treaty with the Altmeri Dominion, the power of the High Elf homeland of the Summerset Isles, putting an end to a 30 year war between the two superpowers. One of the conditions of this treaty called The White Gold Concordat (that in reality was more like conditions of the Empire's surrender) was for the forbidding of worship of the man-god Talos, also known as Tiber Septim. Talos united a vast region to form the First Empire and ascended to Godhood upon his death and became the 9nth Divine. Because Talos was a man, the High Elves of the Altmeri Dominion see his worship as sacrilegious and a blasphemy, so demanded Talos worship be outlawed. If there is one thing the Stormcloaks and the Empire agree on, it's that the Altmeri Dominion and especially their governing body The Thalmor, are utter bastards, and they are right. But anyway, this would have been a very hard pill to swallow for all citizens of the Empire and it's provinces, but none more so than the Nords of Skyrim. Talos was a Nord and one of their most revered heroes even before he ascended to the throne of the first empire. This motivated the Jarl of Windhelm, Ulfric Stormclock, to defy the empire and seek to liberate Skyrim to become an independent nation. He killed Skyrim's High King Torygg to lay claim to the throne and in defiance of the Empire. He then leads a Rebellion that fights the forces of the empire with Skyrim to drive them out and secure the support of the other holds to become Skyrim's new High king and declare independence. That summery might make The Stormcloak's quest sound noble, and it is in a lot of ways, but it's not nearly that simple. Whilst the Stormcloaks may be inspired buy Nord pride, they are all to often vessels for Nord prejudice. Anyone who is not a Nord, especially Elves, are subject to squalor, hate and poverty under Ulfric's current rule in his city and hold and in other areas who support his cause throughout Skyrim. The Empire's is at least trying to create a lasting peace even paying that high price, whereas the Stormcloaks, even if they win, would make Skyrim an enemy of both the Empire and Altieri Dominion, so a victory can only result in more conflict in the end. It's a future of uncertainty and danger that would likely also leave Skyrim a poorer nation with less trade with the Empire and it's provinces. To say Skyrim's people would be safer and more prosperous by remain in the empire is hard to deny. Many of Skryim's Nords are also simply proud to be considered members of the empire and are just as passionate about defending it as the Stormcloaks. So yeah. With neither side being perfect, you can see why this is so open to debate. It is, of course, up to the Dragonborn (the protagonist) to break the stalemate between the two and ultimately decide the outcome of the war. This would have a long reaching effect to all provinces of Tramrail, not just Skyrim. If The Elder Scrolls VI continues the pattern, it will be set after The Elder Scrolls V. This would mean the end of the war almost certainly have to be canonized for The Elder Scrolls VI. This presents a unique challenge for Bethesda as it's the player that has to divide the wars outcome in The Elder Scrolls V. Obviously The Elder Scrolls VI won't be set in Skyrim nor Cyrodiil as those regions have been the setting in the previous two games, but it will still be almost impossible to structure and and set up the next game without a the end of this war established in the universe, so what will they do? Let's here your thoughts, Will they pick a side? If they do, who should they pick? Or will they just set the game somehare that would be largely unaffected buy the civil war so they only need vaguely refence it at most. Who did you (or would you) support in the Skyrim civil war and why? Thoughts below. Me personally, I see myself more in support of the empire. I understand and even admire the Stormcloaks passion to stand up against The White Gold Concordat, but I just don't see it being worth the lives it'll cost both during and inevitably after the civil war. Life under the empire in Skyrim is not perfect, but it's at least secure. With Skyrim and the Empire united, there's also a greater chance that they might take the fight back to the Altmeri Dominion one day and turn The White Gold Concordat into nothing more than a slither of fancy toilet roll.

A link to a PC Gamer article that has compiled some of the best mods for Skyrim. I've installed and used some of these, but there's a couple here I didn't know about that I definitely plan to download first chance I get.

I do hope the fact the nerfed thier cards capacity for crypomining helps with availability. Between that and limiting manufacturing due to the pandemic, building new PC's has become a certifiable nightmare the last year or so.

I've just seen a very interesting article from BBC Culture exploring the idea of photo modes in video games being used as a tool to create artwork. Not specifically a game's aesthetic design itself, but the use of Photo Mode to create works of art individually. I've said it before and, even though I'm sure it's not a popular opinion, I'll still stand by the idea that a video game cannot be a work of art itself. I say that because for something to be art it has to have no purpose other than itself, no function. A video game has a function. It's not just entertainment, it's a challenge. A test of reflexes, strategy, teamwork and so on. There's art to be found in a game's make up with writing, design art etc, but the game itself is not a form of art. However, I can totally get behind this notion of a game's photo made being a legitimate tool to create works of art. It makes sense to me in the same way art photography does and I feel it has a lot of potential. I think the infamously pretentious art world isn't ready to start displaying gaming screenshots in galleries and you just know (at least some) game companies will make it difficult for anyone who tries by means of copyright law (although I would describe a screenshot as a transformative work). Still it's nice to see at least some consideration of the idea coming through and taken seriously. What do you think?

There's a lot there that, frankly, made no sense at all. I'm not gonna lie, I was very tempted to just not say anything as I can't be bothered getting into another debate with you over prejudice. Your moral stance on the issue is obviously built on either prejudice itself or complete ignorance of it. Either way, your too stubborn and dug in to accept your own flawed outlook on the problem, so I won't be replying to anything you say as it's clearly a waste of effort on my part. Still, here's what was wrong with your statement. First, you accuse @Reality vs Adventureof not playing Jedi: Fallen Order based upon a reference that problem with the protagonist in that game is that he's a white male. The problem with that is that he made no such specific reference, so whare the hell did that come from? I know this topic was started in reference to something about that game, but to me is about discussion of the in general, and that's exactly how he was approaching it. You claim you're not prejudice I'm sure, but the are we supposed to believe that when you prejudge like that? Yes, you can choose to play a female protagonist in AC Valhalla, but what @Reality vs Adventure was referring to was how that character is an exception to his picture of the cliché white male that appears all to often in games. He would say the same thing is a femal protagonist wasn't an option in that game (I'm sure), so his point is totally relevant. Besides, he was offering an example to the point "Just because the character's a white male, doesn't mean it's a sexists or racist overtone", a point I'm sure you would endorse, so why are you trying to discredit the statement in the first place? That's not debate, that's just slamming his point for the sake of slamming his point. I'm not sure you fully understand what whitewashing us, but suffice to say it's totally possible to whitewash a new character. I haven't played Fallen Order myself so I can't say, but based on what I've seen I'd say that calling the protagonist in that game a whitewash is an overstatement, but I said I'm not gonna claim to know. And lastly, when he said "we" you damb well he wasn't talking about you specially, or even VGR. Once again, you're splitting hairs and digging for a undertone in the statement that just isn't there. Please stop it

Just sharing a few shots of my latest modded Skyrim. God, I love mods...

There's plenty of laptops, tablets etc that run Windows 10 with nothing like 8GB of ram, never mind 12GB. Obviously, a decent gaming computer will need more than that, but to run Windows and to use a device as a more day to day utility, 8GB would be more than sufficient.

I've seen game modding discussed on these forums mostly in an "in a reference" and specific kind of way. But, for us as a community, to discuss game modding in the aim to create a pool of advice in the effort to make game modding easier and more accessible, I feel is a noble task. I know game modding can be somewhat daunting to people who haven't tried it, and lets be honest, it can be a pain in the ass for those that have. As aforementioned, modding has been discussed before on VGR. I'm in an ongoing effort to merge older topics discussing game modding into one thread, that thread being the previous version of the Gaming Mod Thread, that will now serve a a refence for people to check on what has been discussed before. Any new information and discussion you wish to bring to VGR on the subject on Modding games, please post it on this thread. The purpose of this thread to discuss game modding in a more general way, rather than have it come up on occasion in a thread for a specific game. So regardless of game or platform, tell all of us what game(s) you modify, how to modify them and the benefits they bring. Tell us what software and websites you use to point people in the right direction and offer advice and instructions on how to do so. Likewise if you have a game you want to mod, ask here and the VGR community will help you as best we can. This is not a PC only thread, limited modding is available on console as well, so posts on that are just as welcome. A couple of ground rules: Don't post content that's designed to give an advantage in an online multiplayer. Single player cheats and enhancements are fine, but anything that could offer an unfair advantage or paid advantage for free is prohibited (don't get me wrong, I hate pay-to-win as much as anyone, but we can't host methods to circumvent them here.). Make clear the risks of download (if any) from the host website. Mods can cause crashes and slowdowns, so make sure you link the page that makes these risks clear and how to install the said mod correctly. Don't post links to content that would violate the regular rules on the VGR forms including, but not limited to Pornographic content, nudity and otherwise indecent content. If you find or download such content on the sites mentioned in any post on this thread keep it to yourself, but don't talk about it here. Hate fuelled content towards any race, religious belief, sexual orientation, political bias, background or social minority. Anything else considered worth review. In other words, if you think you might get in trouble for posting certain content in the gaming forums here, I'd suggest you not post post info on a similar mod here either. If in doubt, please ask either me @Shaggeror @DC. Ill start out immediacy with two words, Nexus Mods. This is THEE website to download mods. It has it's own brand of mod management service called Vortex (Free and Safe to Download), premium services and optional donations to support modder's and literally hundreds of thousands of mods over dozens of games. This is the first stop. I'll also suggest, especially if you want to mod Bethesda games, to look up Game Script Extenders. The benefits of those I'll let you explore for yourself using the link, but so many mods on PC depend on these apps being installed. In a nutshell, they are alternate game launch applications that allow access to Console Commands (Google Search) designed to support testers and developers, but we can use them as well, he he. Each game will have it's own script extender, so be sure to download the right one.

I think what you'll actually find is that people don't get mad at certain game companies because they make shitty games. A game developer and/or publisher that offers nothing but crap is like a storm on the horizon. You don't get angry at it, you just avoid it or shelter yourself from it. The reason why companies like Ubisoft, EA and Activision get so much hate is because them and their dreadful anti-consumer practices are difficult to avoid as they do make good games. It's frustrating for gamers to have to put up with these bastards to play the games they like. You wanna play Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft), Mass Effect (EA) or Call of Duty (Activision)? Well, you're gonna have to step outside into that same storm and get fucking soaked.

I'd say that's at least a reasonable price. Except reasonable for a scalper would be swimming in a pool of their own excrement with the only way out being a tunnel at the bottom of the pool, thus forcing them to swim head-to-toe submerged in the shit to escape.

I don't think anyone really has a right to decide whether or not video game VA's are paid enough or not unless they have actually done that sort of work themselves. I will say this, though. Do you think VA's in video games are paid enough to compare with their colleagues in Hollywood doing voice overs for animated movies even though video games typically require far more recorded dialogue? I can tell you that based on interviews and exposés published on the subject that they most definitely don't.

This sounds so cool. I know you'll do well at this and I'm sure your students will appreciate you. Once again, congratulations!

PC all the way. I'd even go so far to say that I don't want mobile games on PC. Mobile gaming is just a joke to me. That coming from the guy who just bought a brand new Xiaomi Mi 10T pro on contract, so I might have to reconsider just to make that worth it. I know of games like Genshin Impact that are cross play, so maybe, but I'm unlikely to catch the bug of mobile gaming anytime soon.