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By the same margin, couldn't others be left alone to enjoy exploring a game's world and story by having easier difficulty modes? I mean, this game was written by George R.R. Martin right? Likewise, could people be allowed to answer the door, make a phone call or take a shit without a game arrogantly refusing to let you utilise the basic connivence of pausing? Is it so much to ask that people with disabilities, so far as reasonably practical, be accommodated for with accessibility options? People aren't trying to deny people the challenge of these games if they want them, all that's being pondered is the possibility of opening them up a little. Adding these thing takes literally nothing away, so I don't understand why the Souls fanbase has a tantrum every time somebody so much as thinks of the idea. I heard recently that gamers lost thier shit at the upcoming Dragonage game for having an "no die" option for people who just wanted to breeze through and enjoy the story. Soulslikes can continue these ridiculous, archaic tropes if they want, but this gatekeeping bullshit has got to stop. Dragonage isn't even a Soulslike.

I did got from dawn 'till dusk with Uncharted 4, a game I wasn't even that cray about, so why I felt compelled to play that one huge session I really don't know. It's not a common thing for me to game in huge spurts like that. Another game that can draw longer sessions from me is Tales of Berseria. I have stopped played and been stunned by how long I was playing it.

The same reason I stop playing games to eat, your just begging for a mess. Sandwiches are OK, though. Easy to swap with a controller or mouse-keyboard with being messy. I actually think energy juice and caffeinated soft drinks aren't actually the ideal. Regular juice and the occasional soothing hot drink is actually my preferred go to's. I don't want to be tense and jittery while I play.

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Can you be specific and show examples?

Yep, more Japanese games 😆 Anyway, that crossover thing isn't anything new. The "Tales of..." series from Bandai Namco does a similar thing with some sort of half baked, alternate universe bullshit just so they can have characters from other Tales games appear in cameo roles, usually as high level optional bosses to fight. I also heard read somewhere the Jecht was meant to be a recurring character in Final Fantasy, but was only ever canonised in the world of FFX. I have NO idea how they were going to make that work.

Since nobody has though to post an actual article on this; From Global News (Canada) The law in the UK (I am from the UK) is very clear to anyone who lives here. A stealth knife, flip knife or solid knife with an edge longer than 3 inches is illegal to have on your person in public unless you have a reason for it (That basically means you have to justify having it as a required tool). And no, "self-defence" doesn't fly. Expectations are made for antiques and props, but it's obviously still going to be an offensive weapon charge if you actually use them. Here's an image of the actual Master Sword replica in question: Looking at the ruler, the top of the guard starts at around 5cm and goes as far as 21.5cm. I suppose the sheath would have to be at least slightly longer than the blade, so let's say 15cm length for the blade. That's 6in, clearly way longer than the law allows. I would bet my left testicle that the police knew perfectly well, like the rest of us, he was never intent of hurting anyone with it, but the law is the law. However, I do hope some common sense follows this as this guy does not deserve to have his life ruined over this.

I try to recall what the hell was happening in Final Fantasy XV and all that comes to me is... um... nice car? It's been a while, but I know that I would remember that at some point I knew what was going on in that game if I ever had it figured out. The thing is though, a story doesn't have to be complicated to become, as you put it, a "confusing mess". Take Dragon's Dogma, for example. The premise and motivation for the player was actually very simple. A "Chosen One" hero to slay big bad Dragon, but it was the villain's motivations that had me lost. The Dragon eats your heart then just waits for you to come and kill it because, why? It's was a sentient, intelligent character, but with no clear motivation for anything it was doing. With no clear motivation for the villain, there could be no clear objective to the story itself, Nowhere for it to go, nothing to resolve. By the time I beat the game, I was beyond caring, especially since everything seemed to go straight down the shitter after you win anyway. Nier, both the original game and Nier Automata, were minds fucks as well Again, there was clear motivation for the player in the immediate scenarios, but to take in thier surreal, cryptic stories as a whole is begging for headache. I stared playing Scarlet Nexus quite recently as well. I'm not nearly far enough into it to say for sure, but this is already looking like another game to leave my brain dribbling out of my ears. And I just realised that between myself and @Kane99 Japanese games are really taking a pounding in this thread, a trend I see continuing for some reason 🤔.

The only reason one should get pains and crimps in your hands after playing a video game, even after an extended period of time, is if there something wrong with your posture, grip or the way you handle or manipulate the UI device, whether it's a mouse, keyboard and especially a controller. Modern controllers are the product of decades of research, testing and and improvements on the pervious model to make them as ergonomic and easy to use as possible. They are designed to use used by relaxed hands. If using them is causing pain, there's something you're doing wrong.

Good for you, but what has this got to do with the topic?

Yeah, because having a long gaming session is the same thing as being forced to work long hours to the point of being physically and mentally damaging because a game publisher failed to schedule and estimate development time correctly. Seriously, do you even know what it is you're saying?

@Ajay25 I've merged your topic with an already existing thread.

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Knowing 2k, they wouldn't do this for any game unless it's a safe bet, in other words something that's already made some money. The sports games don't really make sense as they're a yearly thing anyway, so it doesn't leave much on the table. Bioshock and Mafia for me are out because, according to the article, they're already working on new Bioshock and Mafia games. Civilisation seems unlikely as well as those types of games just don't need remakes. The Borderlands Series sounds like a likely suspect for me and that would be nice. A remake of Spec Ops: The Line would be fantastic, especially since the game has been pulled from sale, but the idea of 2K actually listening to people when they say they want that game back is too strange.

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I waited a day because a couple of seats took time to declare, and for for me the results couldn't have been much better. In short Labour did indeed win in a landslide with the biggest losses suffered by the Tories and the SNP (Yes!). Source Sky News. My personal interest in these results mostly revolves around how the SNP have been decimated, bodes well for the Scottish Parliament elections in a couple of years time, but there are some interesting things to look at hear. For example, the controversial far right Reform UK party gaining an impressive 14.3% of the vote, but to only win 5 seats. Say what you want about Reform UK, I personally can't stand them, yet they only win 5 seats? The Liberal Democrats with a vote share 2.1% less won a staggering 67 more seats. The reason for this is the "First Past the Post" system that is operated in the UK election system. First past the post is a plurality voting system wherein voters cast a vote for a single candidate, and the candidate with the most votes wins that particular seat. Reform votes were high many seats, finishing second or third on many occasions very close to wining, but not quite. The Green party could share similar complaints winning just 2 sets with a bigger share of the vote than the SNP who won 9. This has caused many people to question how fair this system is and how well it actually represents the UK voters. Regardless of what one thinks of Reform, I think that is a fair question. This does also question the validity of the winning party as well. Is it really right that Labour win well over half the seats with barely over a third of the actual votes? It's a point worth talking about I think. The other thing to talk about is the turnout, which I think was pretty low at just under 60%. I think this represents something I said in my previous post: It feels like the UK population doesn't really have much faith nor hope in our government regardless of who's in charge, which is why a lot of them didn't care enough to vote at all. I don't want to agree with that, but I kind of do. I have felt like that for quite some time because of the SNP clearly not being interested in actually governing` Scotland, so this result does give me hope, but only time will tell if that is the case.

We in the UK went to the ballot boxes today (July 4th) for a General Election. I understand than many of you aren't going to b e very interested, but it is at least amusing that we in the Motherland decide our future on the same day you colonials celebrate the anniversary of giving the big flip of form the other side of the Atlantic. Besides, sure American want to know who's neck thier President is going to tie thier doggy chain around. Anyway, the polls closed at 10pm local time (5pm eastern) and the results are going to being counted through the night. Now for those not in the know, the UK does not operate on a two party system like the US. There a several Political parties as well as independent candidates for each seat. A single seat represents a specific region and the citizens in those regions vote for thier perspective candidates, similar to how US voters vote for thier state representatives. A rundown of the main Political Parties: The Conservative Party aka "Tories": Mid/Right leaning party. Value right wing policy and traditional values, but not to the extremes that we see for Republicans in America. Always a strong power in British politics. Currently in Power lead by current Prime Minster Rishi Sunak. The Labour Party: Mid/Left leaning Party. Lead by opposition leader Keir Starmer. Labour and The Conservatives are always the two largest Parties. As long as I know, one of those two have been in power and Labour are the main opposition to the Conservatives in this Election The Liberal Democrats: Left Leaning Party led by one of British politics more eccentric characters in Ed Davey. Not much to say. An ever present power in UK politics and always attain plenty of seats, but never enough to be in charge. Reform UK: Far Right Party. A fairly new player in British politics that heavily pushed for the UK's exit of the EU led by Nigel Farage. They have struck a cord with some voters because of thier tough proposals on immigration, but also controversial with the party accused of bigotry and racism during thier campaign. Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP): The party currently in power in Scotland. I suppose I have to call them Left/Far Left on the spectrum, but that's irrelevant. All they care about is Scotland gaining independence from the UK and will appear to lean whatever direction they believe is most likely to make that happen. They lean left now, but this same party one sympathised with the Nazi's. Why? Because they believed that in Nazi Germany won WWII, Scotland could become independent. Regardless, they never do well in the UK Election as nobody outside of Scotland has any reason to vote for them. The votes in each seat will be counted through the night and we should have a confirmed result tomorrow, but we have other polls and survey information including and "Exit Poll" that gives us a fairly reliable estimate on how this is going to go. Here is the exit poll, and it's looking like it's going to be a Labour landslide (Source; The Sun) Honestly, its who I voted for and the result is what I was hoping for, but this for me wasn't about who the best choice, it was about least bad. Amounts the candidates with a realistic chance, that being Labour, Conservative or SNP for my seat, I don't think any of them are a particularity "good" choice. No major party has got though thier campaign without saying or doing something deeply stupid. So congratulations Labour, it'll be refreshing to see somebody else screw it up in a new and original way at least.

If anything, I think the opposite is true. The controllers for the Xbox 360 and especially the PS3 felt light, flimsy and were not reliable. The quality stepped up big time with the PS4 and Xbox One and I feel the standard has remained high. Even 3rd party controllers have improved a lot in recent years. I reviewed a third party controller last year on this forum and I was very happy with it. Better yet, it's still going strong. So overall, I'm quite happy with they things are going when it comes to controllers, but that's only little old me.

Welcome to the Transfers Thread! This is the spot to discuss the latest rumours of players, managers, owners, racers, anyone in the world of sports is switching teams or clubs. This is thread is here to consolidate such discussions into a single thread, so please do not start new threads on this subject, simply post about it here. A few simple rules: You may discuses both rumours and confirmations of transfers on this thread as well as directly related subjects (Fan reactions, controversies, etc). Whilst I expect the conversations here will mostly focus on Football/Soccer, discussion on any applicable sport is welcome. Link to credible sources to inform your fellow members of rumours and confirmations in the transfer market. Any posts without a credible source may be removed. Other threads that pop up on this subject matter are subject to deletion without warning, so only discuss transfers here, not elsewhere on the sports sub-forum. An amnesty will run on this thread for the fist week it is open Ending July 10nth 2024) whare new threads on transfers will be merged, but after that threads will start being removed. If there are any threads you want merged into this, please let me know I'll take care of it. All other rules for the forum as stated in our Forum Rules and Guidelines obviously apply here as well. Be respectful of others and thier opinions. Have fun and let's get into the good gossip!

Enough is enough. Sorry @Heatman, this isn't your fault, you are merely the straw that broke the camel's back. I've said it before in PM's, but rumours and confirmations of transfers are going to happen literally hundreds of times throughout the year, especially now that it's the summer. We can't keep having a new topic every time there's a new rumour or confirmation of a transfer of players or managers between football/soccer clubs, it just isn't practical. And because everyone discussing this subject feels compelled to make a new topic every time, I'll generate the thread myself and stick it to the top of the sports sub forum. I'll hold an amnesty for a week after I post the topic whare I'll merge any threads on this subject into the aforementioned thread, but after that any new threads on this subject will be deleted. This thread will now be locked, but I'll leave a link to the pinned thread when it is ready. EDIT: The pinned thread has been created. Find it here.

A mistake that's very possible to make when you post in a rush. Calm down, this isn't a race. Take your time, read others comments, watch the embedded clips if there are any, think about the information and taking the time to formulate an opining instead of posting like you'll stop breathing if you stop posting.

I was just about to delete this post as it looked liked a double-post, as in that you posted the same reply twice by accident. It's not a big deal, it happens, but then I realised that this was in fact two different threads about the same game. I didn't notice this until now, otherwise I would have merged these threads together already (doing that now). You obviously noticed this and decided to make the exact same reply on both threads. Why would you do that instead of pointing this out and/or reporting it? Anyway, I've merged the threads together with @Kane99's thread given priority as it was posted first and deleted one of @Lens' replies. Can I ask @Cpvr and others to please check if threads you're about to post are already up and report these errors if you come across them? Thank you.

I've done intense overtime before on more physically demanding and hazardous roles than working in from t of a computer. So yeah, I could handle it, but that doesn't mean people being effectively forced to do so is any way right.

@Knight Plug I edited your post to embed the video you linked to, I hope you don't mind. This all looks interesting. An open world Resident Evil is intriguing and the Dead Rising Remake looks like a lot of fun.