Shagger

I'm sorry to disappoint you or anybody else, but I don't care enough to argue with him. I don't even care enough to even read whatever he had to say. However, he has already proven on numerous occasions that when it come to the subjects of social politics and prejudice he is 100% convinced that his perspective, as dark, archaic and twisted as it is, is somehow righteous. It doesn't make sense and, quite frankly, it's probably bad for one's metal health to even try to make sense of it anyway. It's like trying to understand why Adolf Hitler referred to his flagship The Bismarck as a "He" instead on the more traditional "She", it's just easer to take the reality as it is rather than suffer the effort to figure it out. So fuck it. Any form of moderation required on this thread, I'll leave in the very capable hands of @The Blackangel and @DC. It's better for both myself and VGR if I just ignored it.

You know what, I'm gonna stop you right there. Whatever it is you were about to say it needs stated that you are the LAST person on this forum who's opinion on this subject matter needs heeded. Your sexisum, racism, misogyny and even a kind homophobia that even you yourself isn't fully aware of makes anything you say on this topic pure poison.

WHO. FUCKING. FUNDS. THESE. STUDIES! Video games are a hobby, a pastime. You may as well study how fishing has a positive affect on depression and come the very predictable conclusion that INDULGING HOBBIES HELPS! This pisses me off because I actually do suffer from depression and I can tell you that, if anything, video games are not the best solution. You are better going out, being physically active. Even today I bought a flash drive, but instead of having it delivered I went out to pick it up because that was better for my mental health. Yes, playing video games is better for your mental health and helps in combating depression, but compared to what? Doing nothing? Trust me, if you reading this feels depressed and in dark place, get the fuck off whatever device you're reading this on and go for a god damn walk. Don't play a fucking video game.

I've never actually been to one, and likely never will and LAN parties don't really make sense anymore. 15-20 years ago my friends and family all gamed on consoles, so LAN parties were never really a "thing" for me. I do remember getting really annoyed by people claiming that LAN parties were "local multiplayer" for PC like what was available on consoles and no, it just isn't. It's network play between separate systems all running and separately purchased copy of a game, it was not the same thing as as for people with thier own controller playing Goldeneye on N64 on the same console. Just because that network is not a WAN (Wide Area Network, like the world wide web) an instead an LAN (Local Area Network, literally what LAN stands for) doesn't make it the same as local multiplayer that existed on consoles at the time. I know it's pointless to bring that up now and everything is different these days, but that really irked me when people claimed "Local Multiplayer does exist on PC because of LAN", it was so stupid.

Im with @m76, @The Blackangel, @DC and @Crazycrab on this. It doesn't seem necessary as we have similar, but more subtle, systems in place already and this would, if anything, incite bad posting habits.

Stat's ultimately matter more to me, but I would consider something of a flaw if you have sacrifice aesthetics in exchange for better stats. There's no reason anyone should have to comprise, especially since so many games offer options to wear armor and weapons as "skins" to sit on other items. Tales of Arise come to mind as an example of such a system. The there's the Assassins Creed Origins approach where you can upgrade old armours to a higher level so they can still be gameplay effective. That's a great way to keep old "epic" alive in the game.

@StaceyPowers I really don't think we needed two entirely new topics to cover the additional questions you had about owning a gaming laptop and looking for recommend games, not to mention there is surely a ton of topics about game recommendation, both on PC and otherwise, on the site already. That's why I've decided to just merge these three topics together, it's just a waste of forum space to keep them separate. A reminder for everyone. Whenever you post a new thread that could easily be part of an already existing one, you bump someone else's topic down the board. It's short-sighted, selfish and leads to a large number of threads with very few replies clogging up the forum. If a thread already exists and it's very old, by all means start another one. In other words, don't post topics that don't need to be there, but apply common sense. Thank you for your time.

Being made by From Software is enough to personally put me off. They have for years pushed the illusion if they make a hard game, like that automatically makes it a good game, when in reality thier games don't challenge strategy nor skill at all. I'm sad I'm the only one who sees that. Thier philosophy towards combat is fine, It's thier philosophy towards difficulty (and not letting you fucking pause!) that's flawed. Translated from a From Software game. This game you're playing is the most important thing and, in fact, the ONLY thing in your life. how dare you ignore me! Even for your own real life convivence! Fuck any phone calls, ignore anyone at the door and you don't need food because I've got plenty of BULLSHIT for you to eat. You like that? You like a boring story that doesn't matter because you'll never remember between checkpoints buy non-consistently dying all the time? Well FUCK YOU for not remembering something that was uninteresting to begin with. you'll like it because it's ME telling it! You don't get basic quality of life gameplay mechanics no matter how much sense they make and how little they take from the challenge of combat. You wanna pause to take a shit? Fuck you! How dare you ignore me! You have to deal with AI that prays on you're natural instincts (like changing attack direction when you hit the dodge button), unfair hitboxes that make hit's count even though the attract clearly missed and even a level select that's a beginners trap. Because I said so. You don't play me, I play you. And you're a fucking idiot, the perfect person to control. Now I command to you bully anyone who struggles with my games, that will feed me..." "Because I'm a "Souls Game "Fucking bow!".

I use my gaming laptop for PC gaming and everything else that's... laptoppy, and computerity for that matter. One of the great things about is that fact I can use it without a dedicated desk. Lap, armchair, coffee table, even in bed, it can go where a regular PC can't. I can use it wherever it's convenient at that moment. I will recommend one of the first purchases you make with regard to it being cooling lapboard. On certain surfaces and fabrics gaming laptops (at least in case of mine) can heat up very easily and just makes a laptop more comfortable on you lap. If you don't mind me asking, what model is it and what specs does it boast?

First off, I've pinned this thread. It was about time. To be honest, I thought it was pinned already, but was surprised to find that it wasn't. Sorry if I overstepped @DC, but it needed to happen. Next just heard the new Sabaton single "Soldier of Heaven" and it is awesome! Sadly, I''ll edit this and post the actual music video is released, but for now...

You speak like you, for some reason, think this is a good thing? That this is a sustainable, practical idea? That this what gamers want in thier games? I can't help but feel you're a little confused.

Now that the question is phrased correctly, Kifer Sutherland. And as soon as he's done with my game, he'll play Snake (MGS) again and will record more than 15 fucking lines, so maybe he get it right this time! (Seriously, when Kifer played Snake, he barley said anything! Was he payed per word or something?) And in MY game, he will have flawless Fifeshire accent, everyone will laugh at his jokes and every strategy he wants to do will be the perfect one, like back when he was Jack Bauer. And most importantly of all, in the game he'll look like Dacre Montgomery because he's my man-crush.

You've got a lot to learn about the world if you don't think that being poked with something sharp can be associated with a fetish.

To rule the world through the power I will yield my my hoard of giant, killer Dung Beetles. Don't tell me your feel wouldn't compel you to obey because you totally would.

What's an NFT? Oh, hello sirs, madam's... idiots, I'm not choosy, have I got a deal for you! I have, for you, a clock! A very nice clock. This clock! And I offer you this clock, that will totally be yours. You'll even have a receipt to prove it, see; Now, I will confess, this isn't the most practical of clocks so you won't be able to take it with you, bring it home, charge people to look at it or do... pretty much anything with it. Hell, I myself don't even own it, but what's important is that it will be YOUR clock for the bargain price of $3000. Hell, for an extra $2000, I'll throw if this delightful celling! Form an orderly cue, I can sell you all the clock. Seriously, buy this clock from me.

I have a theory. The vast majority of these game companies deserved it. Let's be honest, pretty much all of these game companies will have been shitting out the kind of FTP, mobile-like, greedy nonsense that necessitated the 3 hour ban in the first place because of how manipulative and predatory they are. Maybe if these companies had developed games that don't rely on timers, paywalls and lootboxes, people may have supported them instead of "playing" for a couple of hours, hit an in-game block on progress then decided, "Fuck it. I can only play for another hour at the most until tomorrow anyway, I'll just not bother.". So you know what I say? Well done China, it's working.

Racing games... in general. More specially using an open world hub to select games modes instead of menus. I don't know what racing game did this first, but it was Burnout Paradise that made it popular and there is a place reserved in hell for whoever it was at EA and Criterion Games that though that was a good idea. All it does is make selecting the game modes, tracks and cars you want slower and more awkward and you end up racing around the same areas over and over with limited variety.

11 pages in and I don't think I've commented on this... OK, do I think it's unfair that early buyers get early access, no. However, do I think that those offers are used as a form of manipulation and that that is in fact the main goal, yes. That means I HATE them. Getting early access, epically with the kind of progress = benefits systems that dominate multiplayer these days, is just another form of pay-to-win in my opinion. There is a difference between games that reward people for opting in early and games that punish people for not opting in early, and sadly most "AAA" games follow the latter.

Yes indeed. Happy new year everyone!

On a serious note, the amount of free games Epic offers does feel like a necessity rather than something they don't need to do, and I feel that way because the service itself just doesn't offer what Steam offers right now. They need to improve the service itself if the intend on being taken seriously as an alternative to Steam. Despite that, I do feel that there is at least some fanboy bullshit at work with people rejecting EGS over Steam. There are people deliberately rejecting the undeniable benefits that EGS offers not just to customers but developers as well just through some nonsensical loyalty to Steam, and I don't get it. Even GOG (operated by CD Project Red) can't seen to pry people away from Steam. This is a fact, EVERYONE should buy thier single player games from GOG and not Steam if the option is there because of GOG's DRM policy. Why people do by games from Steam and not GOG, especially considering the prices are pretty much the same will forever baffle me. Yes, there may be times that games are discounted on Steam and not GOG so they're cheaper, OK, I'll go with that that, but the opposite is often the case as well and people will STILL buy the game on Steam and it makes no sense to me. I've said this before elsewhere and one of the most common things that people say is "Look at Steam's controller support!" Well, and I not kidding, I have had WAY more trouble with controller support on Steam than any other game launcher on PC. Just recently, for example, Steam convicted itself that the third party controller I was using was an Nintendo Switch Pro controller and wouldn't work with some of my games, and on others, displayed the wrong icons, and steam would not let me change it. Two days of hell, then I think my toenails grew to within one millionth on an inch to what size Valve wanted them to be and it suddenly started working properly with no explanation. That's only one of the issues I have had with Valve's controller support over the years. Getting back to buying games on PC, and It's same deal with Epic and it is on GOG. If a game is cheaper on EGS than it is on Steam, I'll buy it from Epic without any guilt at all, but I can't help but get the feeling from the wider gaming community that I'm supposed to feel guilty by doing so and I don't know why. But really, I don't care. I owe Steam nothing. Not my loyalty, not my praise. It's just an option to buy PC games. Nothing more and nothing less.

Well, the next Yellowstone eruption is kinda due, so it's hard to dispute that.

That's the first thing that comes to mind? That's your chief concern? Seriously?

I'm going to link a let's play of Wing Commander Prophesy as an example of FMV. The gameplay is a space shooter, but it's cut scenes are all in FMV. This series has some notable stars like Mark Hamill, so it was a big deal at the time.

That's not an FMV game. The cut scene's and gameplay are rendered in engine, they aren't film in real life. When you think of FMV in a video game, it's more like Wing Commander and Night Trap with actual, real life filmed sequences.

I don't have a great interest in the games offered here, but would like to join @DC in thanking the VGR community for making 2021 such a good year for the VGR forum.