Reality vs Adventure

Bend Studios may not make a Days Gone 2 because Sony wouldn't approve of it due to less than expected sales of the first game. A petition has been created to get Sony to approve a Days Gone 2 and has 164,000 signatures. https://www.change.org/p/sony-get-sony-playstation-to-approve-days-gone-2

I have finished Days Gone! Overall, it's a pretty great game. I do have some mixed feelings though, but I'll state what I loved first. The gameplay was very impressive; the scenery was beautiful and comparable to The Last of Us. I though the story was really good, but the presentation of the story was many times corny because of the lines they spoke. For some reason though, this game continued to get better and better as the game progressed as if the developer management was changed or something. Or maybe it just grew on me. Even the story itself got really intense. I thought they didn't have a good sense of time, because you can talk to someone and finish a mission, wait a couple seconds and talk to the same person and they act as if they haven't seen you in days. It took a while in the story to upgrade the bike to the good stuff including a gas tank that holds more gas. But in all, I actually loved it, with a few eye rolls here and there lol. It's still a good one. Not one I'll forget anytime soon. Was fun riding that bike around through an apocalypse.

Here is what I believe is the source of violent crime. The legalization of alcohol. You can look up many sources online about the statistics of violent crime, and alcohol is associated with almost half of all cases. So if you want to talk about the source of violent crime, that’s what it is.

It IS possible to explain things w/o the need to degrade a person’s education. Your approach to discussions by trying to cast yourself as a right wing ‘shadow’ doesn’t work when it’s your own shadow. Meaning, you own what you say.

Let me clear this up for you, Putin invaded another country. They have attacked nuclear sites and are under investigation of war crimes. It’s only been a week. You keep trying to justify Russia’s attack. Let’s be honest with ourselves. Do you support Russia in this?

Like you just did by saying ‘low educated?’ You are reiterating things the far right says and supports to make your points. That makes you no different.

What are you talking about? 1st off, Facebook is not the government, it is a corporation which has its own policies. And you ask why should Putin be afraid of free speech when he just blocked Facebook and Twitter access to citizens and now is enforcing imprisonment to anyone that speaks out about anything their government doesn’t approve of. Are you a Putin sympathizer?

I played in normal difficulty up to a certain point and then @Shagger showed me the game has a photo mode so I started all over on easy mode where you can kill a machine with one hit. Easy mode was fun giving me emphasis to enjoy doing what I want w/o worries. But once I reached the point I left off I continued in normal mode with that save. And I'm glad I went back exploring photo mode. I can't game w/o it now. Normal mode is difficult enough for me.

Hate to bring up a topic like this, but I feel it's important to discuss a new bill republicans are trying to pass, House Bill 1072, that would allow any politician at any given time to access schools and all student documents. Any faculty member that doesn't comply will get penalized as a misdemeanor. What does that have to do with this topic? This bill goes against the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act that is supposed to protect student privacy and only parents are allowed access. Republicans are arguing that they need to see how students are being counseled and if funding helps 'special' students. Let's say there was another school shooting, and another lawsuit. Republicans would be able to politicize it and gain access to student victim records and demonize them. And it could be any type of court case where a student is involved and could have gained media attention, and politicians could go in there to muddy everything. Politicians should never have access to student records. What next? They gonna collect all student homework to see if they said anything about race in it? Or to make polarizing surveys to divide students/schools if they have access to their records? This kind of thing will get exploited. Looks like the republican fascist school police is getting desperate to get into your business.

I gotcha; Hannah Hoekstra is a model for Aloy then? Because there are some clear similarities in appearance. Ashley Burch is voice actress, model is Hannah Hoekstra? At least in the face it looks like.

I love Mad Max; a fun gem of a game.

Can someone tell me what is going on in this video? It's kinda funny and awkward. She's the actress for Aloy; I think. Definitely looks like Aloy. I can't tell if it's a joke or if the guy is trying to flirt. LOL

Russia has blocked Facebook (Meta) and Twitter. Anyone who spreads unapproved information will go to prison. China is spreading pro Putin news.

YES!!!!!!!! I been there!!!!!! I need to post some pics I have of that under Days Gone topic. I really have enjoyed all the thrills. I learned to build up stamina early. 😆

Days Gone; trying to finish. Good game.

Most people don't want to research specs and buy different components, that's why console is the easiest choice, especially for newbies that can start playing games right away.

Electronics should have a fail safe to give us a two week warning before it goes bonkers. Can you imagine flying a jet and the computer system crashes? Have you been 'Windows' shopping and find the 'Apple' of your eye yet?

If you never heard the game then how can you tell me not to compare? That makes no sense.

I remember watching that movie. I could never remember the name of it. Too many things can happen when hikers go out alone. Self determination becomes blinding at times.

I hope the game doesn’t allow you to collect a bunch of garbage that adds weight. They should have a simpler approach to just buy what you need with fake money. I can’t play games like Skyrim for example, because I pick up everything I come across. Count me out if they stick to gamer’s hoarding.

Actually, I’ve seen the remastered game for $20 for a year now. Maybe not at PlayStation store, but on eBay for sure. I’ve never seen it go less than that brand new.

I think better gameplay mechanics makes games seem easier in newer games. Then again, trying to add too much into the buttons makes it more difficult. It's a never-ending loop. Some things get better, then other games try to add too much to it. Batman Arkham Knight for example, I just deleted it for the second time now after giving it another try and it's because I don't want to bother remembering all the crap. Too much there for my aging brain. It breaks my motivation. So we will see game controllers in the future get all whacked out with a hundred buttons. That is going to make gameplay extra hard.

I can see it being a turn based fighting game with each having different skills. But walking around with a baseball bat and whooping bad guys just doesn't fit most of the characters.

What is the goal of Belarus to invade? We know they are in an authoritarian regime too like Russia.

I just saved a monster truck to my garage in Saints Row 2. It is fun!!