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Long rant ahead... *WARNING* I basically decided to stop caring about the franchise due to online trolls, and overall, Capcom's mismanagement of certain games and characters. And, well, personal issues has made me just not care any longer, since life is short. For a number of years, I feel like Capcom hasn't been fully honest with their fans. For instance, they stole art work for the games, and were legally threatened. And by the way, they ripped off a bunch of movies and games, for RE7 especially, which didn't really feel like a RE game anyway. The Molded look so basic, because Capcom just wanted a new creature design that was plain easy to make on the screen. They just wanted to copy Outlast type games as well, and probably due to the fact that Silent Hills was cancelled into the bargain, they wanted to change over to the first person perspective. Yet everybody praised it. Although personally, it was strictly okay to me, but nothing like the classic games. Even RE6 (which I know many fans dislike) is more of a RE game than 7 is, because it had zombies, and many returning characters were featured. Perhaps a critical failure, but more in line with what RE used to provide than with 7, and especially 8. Plus, the C-Virus makes you think of the T and G-Viruses, because of the name. But yep. It could also remind you of COVID-19, so oops. RE8 (aka Village) is not necessarily so crap, I would not recommend it. But it's very underwhelming as a RE game. Feels mostly like an action game with Chris at least looking like Chris (instead of that lame new actor they got for the ending scene and DLC in RE7), but now he is making dumb, headstrong decisions and concealing info from Ethan Winters (the faceless new "face" of RE) just to pad out the story, and the bosses are laughable, even for RE standards. Like, a mutant baby, vampires, a robot, and a living doll are your antagonists this time around. Like, yeah, okay. RE4 had ogres and a pirate midget, and there was also a statue based on the pirate that somehow activates, and you have to run away, and the two games are similar, because of a village, a castle and a merchant being present. Now in my opinion, new RE Games are simply not terrifying. RE entries 1, 2, 3, 0, CV and the early spin offs had atmosphere and a good story. The new games hardly have any music or that same feeling of dread and eeriness. The game practically has a shopping system in it so you can go all Rambo on everything. So that's not even scary. If you have enough cash at hand, it's a breeze to survive, when all you need to do is find the Duke or the Merchant, and flog them treasures. And nostalgia often hurts this series; I honestly don't know how many times Capcom has revisited Raccoon City and the year 1998. Even that upcoming movie is going back to that year, as if Capcom does not have the balls to move to another era. Like, come on. Move things ahead, and stop doing remakes that suck, because you leave out enemies like the spiders and the crows, half bake it, and rush them out. And I cannot say a RE4 remake even interests me, because that game wrecked the survival horror genre to a degree, and if they remake it, people will soon notice all the missing stuff, because I know Capcom will change up the whole game, potentially ruining it. But I'm not really a guy who can proclaim to loving RE4, but it's still an impressive enough game. It's just nothing like the older ones. But Candy Stick has failed to persuade people otherwise... Now for the RE2 and 3 remakes, the story should have been identical to the older games, and the 2002 remake was way more faithful. Why leave out Barry, for example? Wasn't he supposed to save Jill and Carlos!? 😞 Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is a noted rip off of The Last of Us, because of the first Bloater fight. You even leave via a window after it ends. Except that huge hulking thing is called a Vulcanblubber, that launches fire rather than fungal spores. But it's just the same boss battle, really. And they also copied the father-daughter theme, and there's a winter section where you shoot rabbits. So um, yeah. Nobody can deny that Capcom did not copy Naughty Dog's ideas. That's just stupid, and suggests they lack any originality anymore. However, this kind of rant normally falls on deaf eyes on places like GameFAQs, and they'll come at people all guns blazing if you say s*** about games they appreciate. My mouse is wonky.

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Your only half right here. The gaming industry is highly active on social media for promotional purposes. So individuals are encouraged and sometimes even required to create social media accounts that reflect or represent the companies they are working for. That does NOT mean they have to bear the full responsibility of that companies action on their shoulders. Especially since the sequence of events that lead to the kind of issues that we are seeing right now with the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition are never down to the fault of one individual. So you see, even if someone bears the Rockstar badge on their profile, even if they are the head of the company... It... Is... Not... Their... Fault. It is always a series of failures and decisions from a multitude of people which may seem completely inconsequential to each other. No individual deserves to be publicly crucified for this, and the fact you seem to think it's acceptable or at least "what they should expect" as along as they publicly announce on a social media profile that they work for then that is very disturbing Indeed.

I think given the OP's content and because this was posted to general gaming, we can take this thread as a thread about video games based off cue sports and the thread you mentioned, as part of general chat, as a thread dedicated to real life cue sports. Thanks for pointing that out though as I feel it was important to make that distinction.

When life was simpler and I literally had summers where my friends and I would take turns for hours at the computer designing homes and completing achievements. I remember when my childhood friend came over with the original Sims game and I was absolutely blown away by the concept. It was like having a pet but it was a simulation of a person... wow typing that out sounds weird hahahaha I remember we would take pictures and create stories using the Sims characters we developed. It was so much fun but I can't imagine sinking that much time into a game now.

What do you mean? It's an offline game, or it was "back in the day". In all seriousness I was never that big a fan but I could see it's appeal. Now though, mutch like FIFA and Madden, it's just an increasing experiment on how much EA can push their greed.

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Most of these game companies are always in the habit of copying other game's companies and even movies as well. Most of them are out of ideas and originality. Look at Bethesda with Skyrim, they copied a lot of other brands like Merlin, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones and so much more. So, I'm not surprised with how Capcom have been degenerative with the RE franchise.

I have learnt how to play so much games with someone directly and it never disappoints. Don't fret it, you will soon master how to use the bow and arrows while playing Ghost of Tsushima.

To be very honest with you, 146 inches Samsung television is too much for me. Although, I know some people would like it in the person of @Heatmanwho said he never saw 100 inches TV.

Resident Evil is one of those franchises that I tried getting into numerous times because the games attained such a cult status. I felt like I was obliged to like them if I want to call myself a gamer, but each time I was rebuffed. I just did not enjoy them very much. The first game I tried was RE2, and the only thing that offered me was tedium. I remember my friends raving about it, and we always played it when they were over, but I loathed it. When the RE2 remake came out I gave it another shot and got much further than I ever did in the original. I was at the point where I thought I finally will get out of the dreaded police station, only for the game to make me go back in through a back door. And the whole tedious wandering around looking for something to do started again. That was the point where I quit the game for good this time. I even tried RE3 remake, but it was just more of the same, and somehow even worse. So I didn't waste much time on it. The only thing that kept me going for a while was the ability o mod the character's appearance, that is the reason I bought the game in the first place. I thought if the character looked like someone I identified with better that would be enough to keep me playing the game, but alas the tedium was unbearable especially so soon after playing RE2. As for RE4,5,6 I only played one of them, I don't even remember which, maybe the fifth. It was a mediocre action game, so not something that would redeem the franchise in my eyes. Recently everyone was raving about how good RE8 Village is, but I was skeptical. I did not want to pay full price for a game that I'd probably end up hating. So I asked around among the fans, how different is RE7 from RE8. They said the two games are very similar conceptually. So I got RE7 to test the waters. I had low expectations, but not low enough. The game blew me away with how awful it was. It is a golden sample of everything I don't want in videogames. So without further ado, here is the original short rant I posted after first playing RE7: Biohazard This might be the worst "game" I ever had the misfortune of playing. Undercutting Sniper GW3, maybe even outriders. Yeah, game in quotes, because this hardly qualifies as a game. It's just a string of scripted events with boring walking in between. Occasionally interrupted by tedious cat and mouse games with invulnerable, unkillable enemies. Oh and of course the cheapest kind of jump scares, that only make me angry with their predictability. I abandoned RE2/RE3 remakes because they were quite tedious, but compared to this, they are master artworks of gaming, as this cranks tedium to over 9000. Not to mention the ludicrous, outlandish "story" that no amount of suspension of disbelief can make even remotely immersive. The premise of zombies is one thing, as long as the law of physics still applies. But I can't stomach total nonsense like gluing your leg back, or invincible zombies. Also the fact that you have to play out the video recordings, is like kryptonite to immersion. I'm glad I only paid $5 for this. Man, if Village is anything like RE7, count me the f out.

At this point I don't think there is any I'd pre-order from.

From the source Gamesrader, with their chart 📊 of top 25 best open world games, Red Dead Redemption 2 is on the 3rd spot. https://www.gamesradar.com/best-open-world-games/

Wow, that looks awesome. The jump and spin driving trick my Mario in the trailer in slow motion is unbelievably incredible.

We are in an era where technology is the best at its apex now and as such video games companies should be at their very best when it comes to their graphics upgrades.

The Lighthouse - 7.5/10

Syberia are great games. I think you'll love them.

I have tried it out through the Xbox Game Pass and it's quite a fun game. And that was by myself as well. I'm sure the game would be even better with some friends and other people there to help you out with the game. I love the games aesthetic as well.

Crusader Kings 2. Your king could be a pious, kind, and just man who is very merciful to his subjects and enemies, or he could be a tyrant that beheads somebody for looking at him wrong and worship Satan.