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Rogue every time. They usually combine melee with ranged weapons, so actually offer great attack options without the vurnerbilty of a mage and tend to be more fun to control than warriors. Not to mention stealth has a tendency to be overpowered in RPG's.

The quick answer is no. They are not even remotely similar. If fixing mental health problems and trauma was as easy as planting one's ass in front of TV and handing the patient a controller mental health issues and social problems wouldn't exist. Video games are entertainment made to help you relax, test you reflexes and strategies, stimulate your imagination with stories and characters and all manner of things generally good for one's mental health, but it's not therapy. Therapy is to the mind is what surgury is to the body, by it's very nature is not entertaning or relaxing. It's invasive and uncomfortable because that's how it works. Quite frankly, people need to stop looking at arbertry entrainment as some sort of substitute for real help.

This topic is just spam from 5 years ago that didn't need dug back up. I've removed the other link as it's not genuine anyway and locking the thread.

I feel you. Magic is probably the worst part about Skyrim. It's so badly balanced against the player that it's crap both to use and fight against. Melee by contradiction is, if anything, overpowered, mostly because of how smithing works.

The platform makes all the difference here. Games consoles are designed to pair well with televisions, but PC's and normal televisions don't actually get along very well. Without the right optimatarions, PC signals tend to tear up and be unstable on normal TV's.

Just be glad you're not burdened with Cricket. That sport makes baseball look like a rock concert. Not only is it pompous and formal compared to baseball, it's way more tedious and slow paced. Cautious, defencive play is a huge part of the game, making an already boring game even more boring. In test cricket, it takes 5 days to play one game and it usually ends in a fucking draw! Motorsport is pretty much the only sport that holds my interest. I enjoy the technical and tactical side to it as much as I do action on-track, that's I can watch things like Formula 1 even when it does get tedious without getting bored. However, NASCAR is whare I draw the line. I admire the drivers as I know those cars are not easy to drive and they are being driven at incredible speeds, way faster than F1 cars, but there is a lack of sophistication and variety to the spectacle that just does not appeal to me. At least Indicar hold races on both ovals and racetracks, so there's some varaity.

Moving this to the Movies and TV sub-forum as this topic has nothing to do with gaming.

This is a gaming forum, not a gambling forum. Leaving this topic open is troublesome as it invites spam, so please don't discuss this on the gaming forum. If you much, you can open a discussion under the General Chat.

I'm locking this topic because this invites links to and the promotion of illigimate and, shall we say, "less than legal" activity. Legitimate stores such as Steam, EGS and GOG do have offers that include free games on occasion that can be discussed on the designated area if the forum here.

You will find few people who are a bigger fan of these games than me, but even I have to agree. It would be nice to see the dialoge scenes in the original redone to be more like HFW and possibly some of the gameplay changes as well, like the mele combat, but overall I just don't think it's necessary. It's too soon and the world does not need this.

The historical settings in these games, especially WWII, have really gotten tired. Largely because they keep relying the same, overused set pieces. Give COD some credit as they tried to expand on settings and themes of WWII with Vanguard. Battlefield would never do that. We would just get D-Day and the liberation of France as if that's the only place anyone fought in that war for 100th time. That is literally the extent of EA and Dice's imagination with WWII and I for one am sick off it. So yes, it's a good thing they're not going down that root for this new Battlefield, but that doesn't mean for one second that they will come up with a good game.

PC gaming can offer more than consoles, but it means putting more into it. PC gaming offers alot of choice and value, but is expensive and complicated. If you're not ready to invest into PC gaming in terms of money, time and dealing with the technical hang ups, then it won't be worth it. For a straightforward, hassle free experience with a lower install cost, but also with limitations in terms of games and buying options, there is nothing wrong with choosing a console. In fact, for the majority of people, that's probably the wiser choice.

@Cpvr I have merged your thread with this already existing and recently active thread on the same topic. In future, please check to see if a thread you want to post already has an active thread on the same topic.

This topic is more geared towards politics, so it has been moved to the appropriate sub-forum. EDIT: I've also merged this thread with the other thread on Trump critising Taylor Swift as they are two parts of the same story. Personally, I feel it takes a special kind of stupid to have your political inclination shaped by some celebrity. The last time I checked, Taylor Swift was not an expert in economics, law, international relations, military engagment or anything related to politics, so why listen to her? I'm not saying I disagree with her or think she's wrong in her judgment, but it's this obsession with celebrities and holding them to a standerd that does not apply to them is what brought America to a elec a maniac like Trump in the first place. It may sound obvious, but don't vote for someone because some singer said so.

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For a kickoff, I need to make it clear that I see a game's difficulty or challenge as an entirely separate thing from how easy or hard a game is to actually play. I would not describe the Dragon Age games as being especially hard, but they are not easy games to play. I think it's that combination of action RPG and turn based strategy elements similar to Xcom or Balders Gate that, honestly, I don't think actually mix that well. Turing the difficulty down allows the player to play the game more like a regular action RPG, so I wouldn't blame anyone for doing so. I don't see that as a flaw in Dragon Age, just another way of doing things that doesn't "click" with me personally. I've played plenty of other games, mostly JRPG's like Final Fantasy XII, Tales of Arise and Tales of Berseria that do incorporate a lot of stategy elements into a live action RPG serting. Those games handle the stategy elements in such a way that makes the two much easier to handle. More specifically, the stategy elements are mostly about preparation. Equipping the right gear, setting the right behaviours for partner AI and so on. This lets the player just simply focus on the battle when it comes, and that makes the game more immersive and fun to play.

Some games need to offer that level of precise information, some don't. For action games and shooters I'd call it unnessery. Like @StaceyPowers said, it's just pointless visual clutter. For strategic RPS's like a Final Fantasy game, it can be necessary. Still, it has been an unwelcome trend in recent years for games to flood UI's with damage points, health points, hit points, shit points, power point presentaions and all sorts of garbage. Make UI's detailed if you must, but be smart about it and keep them clean.

The first thing I do every day, awake in a daze with a dry mouth.

Why are so many people saying chess? Chess is a strategy game, it's the exact opposite of a test of skill. There's is no timing, reflexes, coordination, acrobatics nor any skill centered trait at work here. Strategy games test you ability to understand and implement tactics. Let me put it this way, you will not impress anyone at a chess tournament with your talents at pawn juggling.

The Hunger Games. There are two kinds of people on this planet, fans of The Hunger Games and everyone who has seen The Running Man and/or Battle Royale and thus know how such a concept is supposed to be handled. If you want to take on a dark premise such as innocent people, more specifically children, being forced to kill each other in a blood sport, then fine. More power to you, that kind of courage should be respected. However, do it as a FUCKING ADULT!!! You don't make it the background, the fucking background, in a nonsensical, obsessive and overtly stylish, teenie-bopping, embarrassingly forced romomace that the Twilight movies would cringe at with any sense of logic completely ignored. They have these kids get dressed up fancy and do interviews on TV for fuck sake! A lot of people have called The Hunger Games a Battle Royale rip-off. Well, I don't. I wish were, then the film/book might have focused of what was actually important in it's own story and potentially fascinating world. The Hunger Games is so poorly conceived has no understanding of it's own potential. It sucks.

Some well established communication apps like Discord, WhatsApp and social media might be useful for this. DialMyCalks looks pretty good as well, but people might be less inclined to use a more obscure app.

With that out of the way... I did pirate Hogwarts Legacy simply because I could not stomach the idea of any of my money, even the tiniest amount of it, ending up in the pocket of that vile bigot J.K Rowling. Another interesting one I downloaded was C&C Red Alert 2. I own the game, have for years, but struggled to get it to work on more modern PCs. I tried the official ports from EA and they have issues. I even tried a couple of abbandonware versions that I downloaded completely legally, but they version had issues as well. So, I turned to piracy, and incredibly that worked! I downloaded a version of the game with a strange Russian splash logo added to the intro sequence that I have to assume are the people who hacked and/or modded this version of the game. For the reasons stated in my previous post, I'm not going to name this splash logo. I didn't actually download the game from this Russian site, I honestly can't even remember where I got it from, but this is the only version of the game that run stable on modern hardware. The game didn't crash like the other versions did, there were no incompatibily problems and the game's menus, cut scenes and dialogue were all in the original English. It was, well, perfect. In conclusion, there are moral and technical ways pirating software and games can be justified. That matters little to publishers of course, but it's not just greed and poverty that drive people to pirate games and software. These publishers need to understand that.

Whilst discussing piracy as a subject matter is perfectly welcome on VGR, linking/naming host websites and sources or offering detailed descriptions/instructions on how to download pirated software or compromise anti-piracy measures is not. Because of this @killamch89, I have edited your opening post and thread title so it does not encourage replies that violate this policy.

There has to be a line drawn between realism and cumbersome, inconvenient game design. There's a reason no FPS has accurately simulated thumbling bullets as you load them into a revolver. The gory nature of the task is not why RPG's do not have you actually butcher and skin a wolf every time you claim materials or resources, like a pelt or meat. Games don't have stuff like that because it's an awkward and dull waste of time.

What about the people who loved the original on Playstation? This is ridiculous and it's a slap in the face to gamers. Exclusive IP's and exclusive games on a platform are fine with me, but not like this. And frankly, I find it amazing that anyone could sit down and typed that post out and not wince if the believe in a fair deal for people who buy video games.