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I think Golden Axe has potential, at least from the version of SEGA that has a clue, and not the SEGA that made this unholy abomination;

It was an Atari. Fairly certain it was the 2600 Junior, but it could have been the 7800. I remember the housers in our area were going through renovations, so we were temporally re-located into a kind of caravan or portable home until the work was complete. I remember played a multi game cartridge with 30 games on it including Combat, Golf a number of sports games and a load of others. Even by the standard of the late 80's/early 90's this was pretty old school, but me and my brothers loved it nonetheless. I have no idea where that machine is now, it's probably long gone, but the memories remain. The next console I remember playing was the SNES, so I kind of skipped the 8-bit era.

Pre-ordering makes sense if you want to secure a physical copy of a came of special edition that you know will be in high demand and limited in availability and/or of your salary payments or availability of funds dictates that pre-ordering at a certain time is better in consideration of controlling your finances (God, I sound like such a grown up dork!). Other than that, pre-odering is something that should be avoided. Companies want you to do it so they can have your money before they're actually due it to please their investors. Still, if you want the bells and whistles from a pro-order, but begrudge that developer/publisher the satisfaction, here's a tip. Pre-order just a few minutes before the game is released. That company doesn't get to boast about that pre-sale to it's never rich enough board and investors and you get the perks. Everyone wins.

Still think #Alllivesmatter is something justified? Time for a wake up call. In many ways you are, in fact, correct. All lives matter, all lives are precious and nobody in the #Blacklivesmatter movement is saying otherwise, but you're missing point that they're trying to get across. Imagine there's ten people sitting at a table in a restaurant. All of them have been served food except for one, who we'll call BLM. BLM's saying "I earned a seat at this table, so I deserve food." One of the other guests, we'll call him ALM, fires back saying "We all earned a place at this table, so we all deserve food." as he continues to eat off his plate. Now, ALM isn't wrong. They all did indeed earn a place at this table and so they all deserve food, but that doesn't change the fact ALM is sitting there with food and doesn't really know what it's like to be BLM sitting there with an empty plate watching everyone else eat. BLM isn't asking for MORE food than ALM, he doesn't value himself above ALM, he just wants what's fair. Now, if you were one of the other guests at that table, would you help BLM get the food he deserves or just sit there because this is the norm? Of course, you would help, right? You would call over the waiter or restaurant manager to point out the problem so that they can correct it, but by saying #Alllivesmatter, is that really what you're doing? #Blacklivesmatter isn't about denying your rights and privileges, nor is it about bolstering someone else's rights that are equal to your own onto a pedestal, it's about a shining light on injustice. An injustice not created by fault of law, but by a failing of society. So to all you people pretending #Alllivesmatter is something worth believing in, stop being mad that don't have a real movement to get behind, be relived you didn't need a movement to begin with. And while you're at, stop being so selfish and actually start believing in justice instead of your own privilege.

I had heard horror stories about the quality of this port from several sources, and this review from TheSixthAxis pretty much sums it up. We're already at a point where the Switch is lacking the guts to keep up with modern games development, so this does not bode well when developers are focused on next get gen' games.

The problem with the Wii is that it's not 4rth best-selling home console of all time, it's the worlds best-selling dust collector. Parents bought it for family to enjoy at parties, then it spends the rest of life in a cupboard somewhere. It's a level of casual only appeal that makes mobile gaming look like Dungeons and Dragons. Everyone bought the console, but nobody played it, and if need to I can even prove it. You see, I've doing some maths, and based on sales totals of every game that sold 1 millions units or more for the Wii, the average Wii owner owned less than four games for the system, and that includes Wii Sports, a game that bundled with every console outside of Japan. People call it a success, but just wasn't.

I beg to differ, in fact haven't liked the GTA series since Vice City. San Andreas was to into its own style for me to me feel involved, so I just didn't enjoy it as much, but it's still a good game. GTA IV, however, was rubbish. Everything related to the story, from the characters to the plot was far too serious, they dumped the more arcade style gameplay for something trying to more like Gran Turismo while driving and Call of Duty while in combat and it just didn't work and the annoying way the game constantly harassed you to do it's pointless side activities was enough to drive a perfectly sane person bug shagging mad! I will say GTA V was a massive improvement of GTA IV, but not by nearly enough for me to call it a masterpiece. The gameplay still lacks the more fun, arcade-like feel of older GTA games and it's online multiplayer is an insatiable, money munching monster. GTA Online is the reason why we're still years away from another GTA game. Rockstar are just not the same company any more and I don't trust THIS Rockstar to get it right.

Again, I haven't seen the spoilers or leeks because I've been avoiding them, but I have seen some the reactions of people to those leaks and people being unjustly upset over some pro LGBTQ themes in the game is a common thread. I find these homophobic complaints as baffling as they are disgusting as it's been clear (Bit of a spoiler) ever since the first games DLC "Left Behind" that Ellie (one of main protagonists and THE main protagonist in TLOU2) was gay. Even the gameplay trailer for TLOU2 from over a year ago shows her kissing her girlfriend at a party, so it's not like this was something newly revealed by the leaks, yet it's only been since then that people have really flipped their lids about it, at least to this extent. It does make me think there's more to that and maybe it'll become clear after I've played the game, but that's the common thread as far as I can tell. The complaints are coming from load of immature, insecure, homophobic man babies intimidated by the fact that they'll be playing as a strong female lead and a 19-year-old lesbian in a video game instead Sargent-White-Big-Man-Penis. They're pathetic.

Want this. This is such an underrated RPG.

Vampires are sentient and in full control of their impulses in this game as far as I can tell. Because of that, you can't fully blame their actions on instinct or a beastly nature alone, there is a conscience making their act's of violence a choice. The Vigilants of Stendarr and the Dawngaurd, whilst justified in their level of hatred for Vampires, I don't think are justified in their reasons why. Yes, Vampires murder, but it seems the Vigilants reasons are more religious than moral and that makes me think that's what's really getting in the way and forcing vampires to live as hunters and vagrants. No, a Vampires actions in this game cannot be justified, but can they be explained by the fact that this society has left them with no choice? There're humans in the game just as, if not more brutal, merciless and senseless in their violent actions. The Dawnguard are doing the right thing by trying to eradicate the threat, but I can't help but feel there's an even better option that neither side would be willing to accept For the game, I feel the path in support of the Vampire is more interesting, but that's just me.

The problem is that they were allowed in the first place.

I'm in another country and pre-ordered the game digitally, so all I can suggest is try Amazon or another on-line store? I have been avoiding the spoilers, but those leeks came from a source trying to ruin the game from, what I can tell, is a blatantly homophobic perspective, so fuck those leaks and fuck the ass holes who did it. EDIT: I know you won't, but please don't spoil the game.

One that stands out for me immediately is the soundtrack to Carmageddon, mostly because it's an instrumental version of Fear Factory's "Demanufacture" album... A few other stand out's, starting with; This is an overused example, but there is a very good reason for that; One of the best video game intro's ever, and the song "Invasion Confirmed" that plays is great. OK, this one is a little bit of cheating given this was originally a movie theme, but this is one of the best re-mixes/covers of this theme that I've ever heard, Considering this was made for the cartridge based N64, it's pretty impressive;

During normal use it's stays cool. It's only when playing games that really poke it with a stick it'll heat up a bit. Even then it's not hot enough to worry me, it's just a bit uncomfortable to have on your lap. Using a cooling pad is just an extra step I took to help it run more efficiently and increase its lifespan.

It's not quite the same model, but it is similar. Mine is the ASUS TUF Gaming FX505DV with a 6GB version of Nvidia's 2060 GPU and the same Ryzen 7 3750H CPU that's in the laptop @skyfireis looking at. I don't know enough about programming to make that call, but I have been play AC Odyssey on this machine at 1080p (maximum resolution for this screen) at max settings with a frame rate hovering around 50fps. So games run well on this thing, but I would recommend a cooling pad to rest the laptop on when you play as it can get a little hot.

Is the slingshot powered by batteries or does it use batteries as ammo? Either way it's kinda weird.

The games you download on XB1 will all be different sizes depending on the games. 1TB of storage will allow you to have several games installed at once, but how many depends on what games they are. The games will also install updates that need space, so games can take up more space over time. The cloud storage option, as far as I know, cannot to used to store games, but even if you could I wouldn't recommend it would potentially affect game performance. It's mostly for save files, screen captures and other smaller files.

Got it on PS4. It's and party based RPG similar to Dragon Age. It's good, if a bit repetitive and takes patience to play. You play as your own created character sent to politicize and help govern settlers and nativizes in a new, mysterious land all in search for the cure for a deadly illness. The story is OK and offers a lot of choice for your own characters path, but it is a bit slow. Here's the railer if that's any help. I have no idea what it's currently going for on the localized Xbox shopfronts, but the game is currently on sale from the Microsoft store at about 2/3rds off, so I'd check now before the price goes up if you're interested.

I get what you're saying, and having a sprint control mapped to a control stick can be very annoying when it's done badly, but It's hard to tell if a similar system to GRFS would work on Ghosts of Tsushima would because it's a very different kind of game. Open world action adventures can use this kind of control more precisely than a cover based shooter because it's more about melee and duck and doge. Horizon Zero Dawn, for example, also used a sprint toggle mapped to the movement stick, but because it was a toggle instead of a hold, there was no stamina bar so you press it once and just go and relied on more of dodging, melee and precision aiming when fighting at range, it worked fine, and left valuable room to map other controls. HZD I think is more similar to GOT than GRFS is. You're not wrong in what you're saying, but it all depends on the game and, honestly, a control scheme more designed for a cover based shooter I don't think would work that well here.

Around 10:42, but not completely sure.

@Crazycrab Well, I gave you the chance to admit you got this wrong... To alternate between the default download location of a EGS game and another folder, you can literally choose any other folder through the services immediate download options menu though the "Browse", and trust me it works regardless of where your previous installations are; Just hit "browse" and you could put the files literally anywhere. You can't do that on Steam without going through a certifiable nightmare. Whareas with Epic you can choose... wharever below on my SECONDLY hard drive. You can also change the cache file local from the setting's menu. Just saying. But wait, can you transfer files from one disk drive to another even if you have already loaded them and still expect them to work? Well you can't, through Steam, not without an ass load of hassle, but you can more easily expect to do so on Epic. Just copy and paste... This is literally me moving my entire stock of "Epic" games from one drive to over through copy and paste, and they work. You @Crazycrabquite literally had to talk me through the eqivilant process on stream because it's so paranoid and had to use. I will admit I want more out of EGS, and that Steam in many was has more to offer, but denying what EGS does have to the more "simple" PC user can't be denied.

You are right about the third parties, but that's third parties. I mean Ubisoft was a nightmare to sign in to though Epic, but that's Ubisoft being the nightmare they are. You own an EGS games as much as you own them on Steam, Epic and other digital PC platforms. And even though you don't really own a game on steam, people lose their shit about it on Epic despite the same stipulations. The world wants to hate EGS because it's not the same as steam. But that doesn't mean it can't be better.

@Crazycrab I acutely found the installation folder easy to find. You can easily select a new location through the download options. I have been able to select an alternate file location for the cache files very easily. Steam's system is fine, but worse when it comes to changing download location options, but most people have got used to working with Steam and it's bullshit. EGS is actually fine and easier to use.

I know that there's a lot (and I admit, somewhat justifiable) controversies over exclusivity for games and the store's lack of social and user review features, but I would say for simply buying games, It's done well by me so far. Lots of games offered for free, and good games at that, and sales are fantastic. That's especially true of the current sale. I had a £10 coupon available, so I decided to check it out. Got AC Odyssey and it's DLC at 67% off, they then through AC 3 Remastered into the deal post purchase and gave ANOTHER £10 coupon. So that over £100 worth of games and in game content for less that £18 and still have a discount to use.

I respect you too much to lie to you, so I'll give it to you straight. You're haven't been an easy person to interact with on these forums. It does take a very deliberate amount of patience to do so. However, you are, with all due respect to our other members, the most inspiring and enjoyable person to interact with here. You're unique, amazing and witty beyond compare. You have spoken of your "demons" before, and it was my previous experience of playing Hellbade that helped teach me to interact with people who face these challenges and regard them with a new level of respect. Still, we all carry a certain amount of ignorance and if that brought me to a point where I said something to hurt you then please accept my apology. Your amazing and wonderful, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I don't feel right knowing you plan to pawn something to buy this game, so please DM me about that and I would be honoured to help. That's not out of sympathy, it's just what feels right for me. Consider it a “Thank You”.