I just arived in Mercia and just as you I'm loving Valhalla, nice little review you gave there by the way.
I've played all AC titles and Black Flag was one of my favorites, I'm only starting in Valhalla but this might take Black Flag's place.
I like the gameplay a lot better then Origins or Odyssey and the protagonist is a very nice character imho unlike Conner ugh!.
Ezio is still unbeaten though.
Group: Let's play Viticulture!
Ralph: Oh, no....
Group, playing game: Isn't this wonderfully fiddly! We love lecturing people on strategy from our podiums! Enough to miss out that it's our turn!
Ralph: Yes, I noticed.
Group: The game crashed twice for each of us, one of us had to go to bed, because it ran so long, but we loved it!
Ralph: Can I get some sleep, now?
I just arived in Mercia and just as you I'm loving Valhalla, nice little review you gave there by the way.
I've played all AC titles and Black Flag was one of my favorites, I'm only starting in Valhalla but this might take Black Flag's place.
I like the gameplay a lot better then Origins or Odyssey and the protagonist is a very nice character imho unlike Conner ugh!.
Ezio is still unbeaten though.
Aye, even Odyssey didn't shift Black Flag from the top of my AC favourites...as good as it was. Valhalla rekindles the same type of gameplay with added new stuff and is definitely top of my play list of all things Assassin's Creed
I've been losing quite a lot of time to a strategy game called ICBM on steam. Basically Cold War strategy which results in a Nuclear war. One of those subjects that's fascinating only because of how terrifying it is.
I've been losing quite a lot of time to a strategy game called ICBM on steam. Basically Cold War strategy which results in a Nuclear war. One of those subjects that's fascinating only because of how terrifying it is.
at 0:23 in the latest CP 2077 video you can apparently SWIM & go SCUBA DIVING UNDERWATER!
and at 1:20 is it going to be possible to attend those holographic 3D cyber movies as sandbox/side activity as V? Similar to the way your PC can attend movie theater in GTAV?
Oh Wow. Next to all these immersive features, being able to do random, world interactive, non mission based activities like attending a cyber 3D movie theater would be AWESOME. Hope they're going to release a list of sandbox/RPG activities V can do in night city soon.
potentially fly aerial vehicles/cars as shown in this latest video (but this seems to be limited to missions so far)
go swimming and scuba dive underwater
Exactly WTH is going on with the PC at 4:42???
have favorite hobbies/pastimes like moonlighting in 1st POV while playing in a band at 4:25!
visit a movie theater?
AT 4:30 actually go on GTAV style AMUSEMENT RIDES!!!??!
choosing your companions when you want them to be around
visit & go dancing in clubs and strip clubs. And perform interactions/socialize with NPCs in these in San Andreas style
simple, small details like groom themselves by brushing their teeth, combing their hair etc
RP eating/dining out (or eat for health reasons)
mod weapons & clothing gear
mod their cyber transplants for cosmetic look or functionality
mod their cars and bikes
modify & customize their bodies with cyber implants
go shopping for clothing/gear/weapons/food
pickup random missions/jobs from NPCs around the street
pickup street walkers/visit sex clubs
potentially burglarize high end homes in the rich district where the neo Kitsch NPCs live
have platonic relationships with NPCs and/or have them as companions
do drag races in city & bad lands for fun and profit
get involved with crime either supporting (e.g. selling drugs/helping gangs & random NPC/NPC factions sell) or hinder (support Corpos and the law)
freelance as a street fighter for fun and/or profit
get into gang fights as part of non MQ activities by helping/hindering different gang factions
optionally engage random events happening all across night city and in the desert
participate in non mission related braindances (unique feature that lets the PC relive last memories of another NPC's life)
use the brain dance feature to possibly help the law and/or other PCs fight crime and solve murders etc.
hijack cars in GTA style
use net runner skills to assassinate or mentally hijack NPC integrated circuitry. Which can let V control their behavior or steal info stored in their memory banks
hang out with Johnny Silverhand and possibly get that mission to earn Johnny's vintage model Porsche
hangout with a unique nomad NPC who's a potential companion? in the wasteland area of the map. Apparently this NPC gets created by the game only if V starts the game as a nomad
watch TV/infomercials/advertisements from various locations where they are in the game world
Anything else I may have missed?
This game is definitely in the top 5 for GOTY 2021. If it doesn't win GOTY, then there's definitely some rotten bum nuggetry afoot going down in the gaming industry
at 0:23 in the latest CP 2077 video you can apparently SWIM & go SCUBA DIVING UNDERWATER!
and at 1:20 is it going to be possible to attend those holographic 3D cyber movies as sandbox/side activity as V? Similar to the way your PC can attend movie theater in GTAV?
Oh Wow. Next to all these immersive features, being able to do random, world interactive, non mission based activities like attending a cyber 3D movie theater would be AWESOME. Hope they're going to release a list of sandbox/RPG activities V can do in night city soon.
potentially fly aerial vehicles/cars as shown in this latest video (but this seems to be limited to missions so far)
go swimming and scuba dive underwater
visit a movie theater?
RP eating/dining out (or eat for health reasons)
mod weapons & clothing gear
mod their cyber transplants for cosmetic look or functionality
mod their cars and bikes
modify & customize their bodies with cyber implants
go shopping for clothing/gear/weapons/food
pickup random missions/jobs from NPCs around the street
pickup street walkers/visit sex clubs
potentially burglarize high end homes in the rich district where the neo Kitsch NPCs live
have platonic relationships with NPCs and/or have them as companions
do drag races in city & bad lands for fun and profit
get involved with crime either supporting (e.g. selling drugs/helping gangs & random NPC/NPC factions sell) or hinder (support Corpos and the law)
freelance as a street fighter for fun and/or profit
get into gang fights as part of non MQ activities by helping/hindering different gang factions
optionally engage random events happening all across night city and in the desert
participate in non mission related braindances (unique feature that lets the PC relive last memories of another NPC's life)
use the brain dance feature to possibly help the law and/or other PCs fight crime and solve murders etc.
hijack cars in GTA style
use net runner skills to assassinate or mentally hijack NPC integrated circuitry. Which can let V control their behavior or steal info stored in their memory banks
hang out with Johnny Silverhand and possibly get that mission to earn Johnny's vintage model Porsche
hangout with a unique nomad NPC who's a potential companion? in the wasteland area of the map. Apparently this NPC gets created by the game only if V starts the game as a nomad
watch TV/infomercials/advertisements from various locations where they are in the game world
Anything else I may have missed?
This game is definitely in the top 5 for GOTY 2021. If it doesn't win GOTY, then there's definitely some rotten bum nuggetry afoot going down in the gaming industry
I’m one of those “have to play all the sequels in order” people, so in order to give myself permission to play Witcher 3, I HAVE TO play the other two. I’m near the end of Witcher 1, and it’s honestly pretty great, but good god is the game unstable. I’ve had crashes, corrupted saves, broken questlines forcing restart; everything you can imagine.
I had to download a 3rd party save file for chapter 5 because a critical questline was irretrievably broken and I didn’t have any autosaves going back far enough. Course I replayed the entirety of chapter 4 at least 3 times first; hoping to troubleshoot the issue. Sadly, no.
Still, for all the grief it’s given me, I do genuinely love the setting, the story, the characters, and the way different events are interwoven. Looking forward to being done with it soon, though.
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Nah. That schedule delay was a godsend IMO. While 2020 turned out not to be the snooze fest I feared (thanks to Covid), it's far better that it debuts on the GOTY list for next year.
Puts it on a list of strong competitors and will prove it can hold it's own with the best of the AAA market. Which in turn, will boost CDPR's rep into the stratosphere because said superiority to other AAA gaming titles is uncontested.
It's also quite possible that Rockstar is finally facing some real competiton in the action genre at long last. Finally a AA dev who proves you can release a AAA scale GOTY title. Which DOES NOT kowtow to the cancerous macro transaction/loot box infested business model.
And if the game code is mod friendly, I also suspect we're on the verge of the next cyber punk Skyrim. All poised to dominate gamer obsession across the industry for the next decade.
I’m one of those “have to play all the sequels in order” people, so in order to give myself permission to play Witcher 3, I HAVE TO play the other two. I’m near the end of Witcher 1, and it’s honestly pretty great, but good god is the game unstable. I’ve had crashes, corrupted saves, broken questlines forcing restart; everything you can imagine.
I had to download a 3rd party save file for chapter 5 because a critical questline was irretrievably broken and I didn’t have any autosaves going back far enough. Course I replayed the entirety of chapter 4 at least 3 times first; hoping to troubleshoot the issue. Sadly, no.
Still, for all the grief it’s given me, I do genuinely love the setting, the story, the characters, and the way different events are interwoven. Looking forward to being done with it soon, though.
Are you a purist who refuses to play with no mods as well? Because if not, make sure you download and install some of the top W3 mods over at Nexus (assuming you're on PC platform that is).
Speaking of game changing, open world DLC level mods
Skywind is nearing completion and soon to be coming to Nexus. Several high profile YT vloggers have played through the amazing rendition of Morrowind, using the assets and mechanics of the Skyrim game engine:
Today, we’re excited to announce that Skywind, the project that is re-imagining The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind in the Skyrim Creation Engine, is coming to the Nexus!In the past, Nexus discussion o...
www.nexusmods.com
And the Fallout - New California NCR DLC (formerly Project Brazil) has been out for a while now. It's mind blowing the extent of creative genius and AAA dev professionalism the fan base posses. Returns PLAYER CHOICE back to the PLAYER. Your choices throughout this DLC have CONSEQUENCES. A once standard dev practice which sadly the likes of Bethesda/overall the gaming industry have completely abandoned to date.
I'd have personally been wiling to shell out $20+ for a retail dlc like this because it's so incredibly well made.
A massive mod that adds an all new story with hours of voiced dialogue, a new world, and multiple branching narrative paths. An Unofficial Prequel to New Vegas, launched from your Main Menu.
Speaking of game changing, open world DLC level mods
Skywind is nearing completion and soon to be coming to Nexus. Several high profile YT vloggers have played through the amazing rendition of Morrowind, using the assets and mechanics of the Skyrim game engine:
Today, we’re excited to announce that Skywind, the project that is re-imagining The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind in the Skyrim Creation Engine, is coming to the Nexus!In the past, Nexus discussion o...
www.nexusmods.com
And the Fallout - New California NCR DLC (formerly Project Brazil) has been out for a while now. It's mind blowing the extent of creative genius and AAA dev professionalism the fan base posses. Returns PLAYER CHOICE back to the PLAYER. Your choices throughout this DLC have CONSEQUENCES. A once standard dev practice which sadly the likes of Bethesda/overall the gaming industry have completely abandoned to date.
I'd have personally been wiling to shell out $20+ for a retail dlc like this because it's so incredibly well made.
A massive mod that adds an all new story with hours of voiced dialogue, a new world, and multiple branching narrative paths. An Unofficial Prequel to New Vegas, launched from your Main Menu.
Are you a purist who refuses to play with no mods as well? Because if not, make sure you download and install some of the top W3 mods over at Nexus (assuming you're on PC platform that is).
Quite the opposite. Mods are the entire reason I don’t play console games anymore, and I’m fussy enough about the things I like/dislike in game design that I’ll usually do some research beforehand and try to mod out/in the aspects I care most about. So, your suggestions are appreciated, if a bit premature: I still have to get through W2 first.
I'm not sure if it's "nearing completion" - they posted on their FB page a couple of days ago the first set of armour that has been recreated (took the artist about 7 months apparently). I think it's being worked on, and they're making good progress, but they seem a long way away from release at this point. Happy if I'm proven wrong though.
For myself, I've been laid low with Covid for the past couple of weeks, so not really done any gaming. Also not going to be paid for the time off, so money is tight - however Humble did offer me FM 2021 at a nice discount and I couldn't resist. I'm feeling a bit better now, and I already have next week booked off (supposedly for CP2077 ) so I'm going to be playing this quite a bit I think.
So far (in the beta) it doesn't look or feel vastly different from FM 2020. The press conferences have changed, and seem more involved. In this save, I figure I'll just try and get Hearts back up to the SPFL Premiership where they belong, and then see. Maybe start again or continue.
That has been my main poison for the last week, IMO it's the best iteration of FM in many years. UI got quite improved and streamlined all around, the match engine is much improved over previous versions, some big flaws that lingered for years (like strikers keep failing to score on one-on-ones, or the guided-missile perfect crosses) finally got sorted. It looks quite a lot more like real football.
Love the new little things like being able to ask aplayer's agent about likely transfer chances and values. Also, my biggest pet peeve, the infamous hardcoded mid-season slump, now seems to be gone.
It's now also much easier to get rid of your unused players, in the last iterations of FM it's like all your unused players had the plague or something, nobody would want them.
All in all, the best FM yet, feels like a really decent improvement, not just a full-priced content patch like some previous iterations. Still think it's too much to ask over 50 quid every year, like if it was a brand new game.
I’m one of those “have to play all the sequels in order” people, so in order to give myself permission to play Witcher 3, I HAVE TO play the other two. I’m near the end of Witcher 1, and it’s honestly pretty great, but good god is the game unstable. I’ve had crashes, corrupted saves, broken questlines forcing restart; everything you can imagine.
I didn't finish Witcher 1, but I think it was definitely worth playing Witcher 2. Witcher 3 imports your saved game so it remembers the decisions you made (not sure if this feature goes back to W1 or not)
I thought it was cool when I character I could have killed in Witcher 2 but decided to let live turned up and gave me a side quest in Witcher 3
I didn't finish Witcher 1, but I think it was definitely worth playing Witcher 2. Witcher 3 imports your saved game so it remembers the decisions you made (not sure if this feature goes back to W1 or not)
I thought it was cool when I character I could have killed in Witcher 2 but decided to let live turned up and gave me a side quest in Witcher 3
Yeah well I know that Witcher 2 imports your W1 save game as well, so theoretically this would mean some of the decisions from W1 might propogate all the way to W3. Moot point for me since I had to abandon my own save file and diwnload someone else’s for the last chapter of W1 due to a quest line bug.
That has been my main poison for the last week, IMO it's the best iteration of FM in many years. UI got quite improved and streamlined all around, the match engine is much improved over previous versions, some big flaws that lingered for years (like strikers keep failing to score on one-on-ones, or the guided-missile perfect crosses) finally got sorted. It looks quite a lot more like real football.
I've not played very many matches yet (since the Championship starts in mid October in 2020, and my game began in June) but I have noticed marked improvements in the player AI. You're right that one-on-ones yields a more realistic result now. The interface changes take a lot of getting used to though - haven't yet found all the in-game stuff I use in previous versions.
All in all, the best FM yet, feels like a really decent improvement, not just a full-priced content patch like some previous iterations. Still think it's too much to ask over 50 quid every year, like if it was a brand new game.
It seems very nice so far - a few minor bugs (clicking on things sometimes has no effect, assistant advice doesn't always show, etc), but it's beta. Full version out next week and we'll see then.
I never pay full price for it. I either skip a year, or pick the latest one up in a sale. But I needed a pick-me-up, and £28 from Humble with beta access included seemed like a decent deal to me.