Heroic Shrimp
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Nik the Trik said:
Yes, I expect I will at some point, too. Regardless, the load time is noticeably faster with the new hard drive. And you were right, the new hard drive installation is dead easy.
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Yes, I expect I will at some point, too. Regardless, the load time is noticeably faster with the new hard drive. And you were right, the new hard drive installation is dead easy.
Holy crap: Netflix is making a show based off the Witcher: https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/17/the-witcher-saga-netflix-original/
This has the potential to be absolutely amazing.
This has the potential to be absolutely amazing.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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CarltonTheBear said:
Could be GoT levels of awesome if done properly.
Kin
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CarltonTheBear said:
I'm not familiar with the books the games are based on and am only somewhat familiar with the games(played a little of 2, most of 3) but it'll be interesting to see what approach they take. I thought the plot in the third game wasn't terribly interesting(which may account for why I didn't finish it) but the smaller scale monster hunts were terrific. So while I'd be cautious about trying to tell a grand overarching story like they do in GoT a sort of X-Files like Monster-of-the-Week thing with some serialized elements sounds like a lot of fun.
L K
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Nik the Trik said:
The books themselves have little to do with the games outside of the characters and the world itself. The books (two short story anthologies and 5 actual books...well 6 but one hasn't been translated into English yet) all take place before the events of the games and focus more on the time period before Ciri and when Ciri is a child with Geralt and Yennifer.
Frank E
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Need some help from those of you that know about this stuff.
As most of you know, I'm a big car guy, and a motorsports fan in general...so I'm thinking about getting Forza Motorsport 7.
But I want a steering wheel/pedals system...do any of you use them, and could recommend a good one. I'm willing to pay good money for a superior experience.
Thanks in advance.
As most of you know, I'm a big car guy, and a motorsports fan in general...so I'm thinking about getting Forza Motorsport 7.
But I want a steering wheel/pedals system...do any of you use them, and could recommend a good one. I'm willing to pay good money for a superior experience.
Thanks in advance.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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I have a buddy that has this one.
http://a.co/8zyyTAM
He loves it, I'm not into those games so can't really offer you my take, it seems to be well reviewed on Amazon though.
Did anyone pick up NHL 18?
Still some bugs online, but the 3 on 3 mode is fantastic and ideal if you wanna pick up and play with some friends while having a couple of pops.
http://a.co/8zyyTAM
He loves it, I'm not into those games so can't really offer you my take, it seems to be well reviewed on Amazon though.
Did anyone pick up NHL 18?
Still some bugs online, but the 3 on 3 mode is fantastic and ideal if you wanna pick up and play with some friends while having a couple of pops.
If anyone is thinking of picking up Battlefront 2 but doesn't play online, DON'T. The offline modes are terrible. The campaign is decent but not enough to justify the $79.99 CAD.
It took me 5 minutes to regret buying it, and I bought the deluxe so I could play early so it was even more expensive.
It took me 5 minutes to regret buying it, and I bought the deluxe so I could play early so it was even more expensive.
TML fan said:
The played the online beta a couple months ago or whenever it was and was very disappointed with it. Just super bland.
L K
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Nik the Trik said:
The big issue with them as a developer was they overstretched. They just put out the same game over and over again with a different story. They promoted branching story lines and decision trees that matter but the games didn't deliver that.
I thin it's a developer that could have survived if they had competent managers but they got too big and reliant on an outdated model. I'm also pretty ticked off at how they treated their employees. No severance and there was at least one report that they hired someone a week ago who was among those laid off.
Kin
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L K said:
I agree entirely with the second paragraph. It really sounds like they didn't do right by their employees and that's a real bummer.
As to the first, while I agree that the similarity of their games in terms of actual gameplay might have narrowed their audience, I always saw their games as interactive animated movies that had the capacity for some really good stories to be told so the idea that it was more on the rails than it might have seemed never bothered me when the writing could reach the heights it did.
L K
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Nik the Trik said:
I think it's fair, but I think it also struggled when coming up against games like Detroit:Become Human. Granted from a developer that had a significantly larger budget who were able to make those same interactive story based games that actually have significant replayability. The decent lag between chapter releases and delays between story seasons I think drew a lot of people away from the games. Their model also unfortunately fell prey to the "let's play" era of gaming where the lack of branching story let people watch others play the game and took away the need to buy it for themselves.
Kin
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L K said:
Well, the proof is certainly in the pudding that their business model wasn't working. I didn't help, I tended to wait until all the chapters were released and then buy the whole thing on sale.
So, yeah, clearly a commercial failure. I just still think an artistic success.
Yeah. What they said. You can still make roster changes manually though from one of the menus if you wanted to say make Tavares a Maple Leaf.