Shagger

When one gets hyped up and exited about something, it's setting yourself up to either meet your hopes or a letdown. It's physiologically very difficult to be overly impressed by something you were exited for. So, to be honest, I can't of a game that really did that. Before the Internet, there was very little to go on to build expectations at all, so I could use games like Zelda: OOT, Mario 64 or something like that because they really did make my draw drop and say "WOW", but that would honestly be cheating because I wasn't really in a place to have any real expectations at all. I think modern games journalism and social media has spoiled us, we just learn too much about upcoming titles to be that surprised any more. Still, there is a game that does fit the pattern for me. This gem form Ninja Theory turned into an exception to the afore stated "spoiled by media" rule because there is no trailer or review that could really prepare you for this game. It's the most psychologically uncomfortable experience I have ever had in media, and that is it's brilliance. You play as Senua, a Celtic warrior suffering from severe psychosis and schizophrenia who delves literally into the Viking Hel in search of the soul of her dead lover... or is it all in her head? And yes, she carries HIS head with her. First note, play the game. Second note, wear a decent headset or set of headphones when you do. The game uses an advance form of stereo audio that, when you wear headphones, you literally feel the voices in her head. It's terrifying, but appropriate to make you understand what people in these situations go through. They actually partnered with and supported a number of mental health charities and mental health experts to make this experience as real, but respectful and informative as possible. This clearly meant a lot to the developers as seen about a year after the game out. A lot of games celebrate their acclaim with an "Accolades" trailer to show some of the awards the game has received. Well, despite winning a lot of awards, let's just say the normal "Accolades" trailer wasn't what they had decided on... Back to the game, It's beautiful. One of the best looking games over the last few years. Very dark, very grim in style, but also incredibly detailed. When you consider this was made on a very limited budget, that means something. Speaking of low budget, the starring voice over role, and voice over award winner that year for this role, was Melina Juergens (Also nominated was Ashley Burch for her role as Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn and Kiefer Sutherland for his role as Snake in MGS5... think about that for a moment.) and holy shit she deserves it. But who is she? A voice actress starting out, a drama student they could hire inexpensively, a non-union actor? No. She is in fact, the video editor for Ninja Theory's (Developer) public relations department. I'm not kidding, she was an in-house screen test they decided to keep, and why not, she was fantastic. They even went to the lengths to redesign the character model to suit her motion capture and physique. The story is compelling, I've never felt for a character more. She's a desperate, tortured, yet fiercely determined and intelligent soul. Her goal is simple, but not simple to achieve and you're right there with her. It's almost as if you're not role-playing as her, but one of those voices in her head, encouraging her and willing her own instead of some the others that are, well, more doubtful. In terms of gameplay, her mental ill health actually serves the mechanics. Between combat sections, that are simple, but satisfying and daunting whilst offering a fair challenge, the game is mostly broken up by puzzle sections where Senua see's patters, shapes and solutions that most people wouldn't see. It's unique, clever and very well researched. It may only be 8 hours of gameplay with little replay value, but that was reflected in the price. Even new it was half the cost of a brand-new AAA game. Still, it's 8 hours you'll never forget and everyone becomes better for it. There is another thing that piles on the pressure in combat and very brave choice the developers made. A permadeath. Die to many times and/or to quick in succession, and you have to start all over again. I'll just let that dangle there... If you haven't yet, play this game. If you don't want to? Play it anyway. You need it even more than you know.

On topic. I really enjoyed MITB. The ladder match had a great balance of stunts and humour. I was wondering why Becky Lynch Didn't defend the RAW Woman's Title at MITB, but I guess on RAW we got our answer. Huge congratulations to her and Seth Rollins on the pregnancy. It'll be a shame to not see her on WWE broadcasts for a while, but at least it's for such a wonderful reason as opposed to injury or something. RAW itself was really good. The basketball thing was a lot of fun as was watching Zelina Vega's cronies get on each other's nerves, but DAMB Seth! That was savage! NXT was mostly a build up, but after two championship matches last week that's not surprising. Decent't matches still and the storyline are looking promising, so it was worth watching. Charlotte Flair is being talked about too much (on all brands) without doing very much, and that's starting to get annoying.

It took years for me to get over that wave of dread that I felt ever time I hear that stupid tune whenever you encounter him in OOT. You're wrong, though,, he's not useful on the top of Death Mountain. If that fucknugget had any intention of helping instead toying with like you're a Dragonfly and he's a cruel kid taking delight in tearing your wings off, he would have carried you top to the top of Death Mountain instead of letting you go through all that bullshit in the first place. I fucking hate him.

Honestly, this ain't news. I've got my hands on this game bundled in for free with something at least twice over years.

PlayStation Plus is a kind of subscription that grants access to online play, exclusive discounts and access to 2 PS4 games per month selected by the powers that be at Sony as part of the package for around $60 per year (it can be cheaper at some outlets through renewal cards). They can also be purchased as shorter terms subscriptions, but these will be a little more expensive per month than the annual cost. The idea was originally pioneered by Microsoft during the XBox 360 era (XBox Live Gold) then Sony created their own version (PS+) and more recently, Nintendo as well (Nintendo Switch Online). Basically, it's way for these companies to subsidize the running costs of their online services and earn additional revenue at the same time. The "free" games and discounts are basically there to sweeten the deal and make it worth buying. What Sucks About These Services? The fact you have to pay to play online. Some games are exempt from this (For example, subscription based MMO's like FFXIV), but most games you have to be subscribed to these services to play games online. Also, the choice is not yours in what games in included in the package. Sometimes they're superb, sometimes not so much or you may already own them. Like @kingpotatosaid, you don't get to keep playing them if you end your subscription. What Doesn't Suck About These Services? The overall cost of the games offered if you were to buy them is significantly higher than the cost of the subscription. Frequently, one month's offering would cost more to buy from said digital store front than the annual subscription, so there is a lot of value to be found in these services. The discounts also can be very significant and can be applied to not just games, but other digital purchases like movies and Digital TV Box sets. For example, PS+ subscribers right now can buy the entire Fast and the Furious movie collection for half price. Hope that clears things up. I personally do think it's worth it, but others are well within their right to disagree and I completely understand that point of view. Really, it comes down to the individual to decide if this is worth it to them or not.

The two shows have different approaches towards humour. South Park is shock humour and social/political satire, whereas The Simpsons takes a family friendly, character driven comedy approach more about mirroring pop culture. There's nothing wrong with either approach, but the problem The Simpsons have is kids don't stay kids and pop culture is constantly changing and moving on, so it really doesn't age well compared to the likes of South Park. Part of me really hates to say it because I like The Simpsons, but I think @Crazycrabis right. Peel away the dated jokes and Simpsons theme from Hit and Run and what you end up with is a mediocre, kid friendly GTA clone. Sorry, but it just won't work.

Turns out I was wrong. The Mystery game is indeed GTA 5, but it's the premium version that includes GTA Online, the expansions, the lot. They even include that $1,000,000 GTA Online Starter Pack. It's nice to wrong sometimes about things, but I still don't trust Rockstar these days. Also, let me say it was nice when Epic Games just simply told you what games were being offered as their free games instead of this "Mystery Game" bullshit they're peddling now. The next game on offer goes live in a week and that's also a "Mystery" now

There is a new "mystery" free game coming in little over a day from this post; ... and I wouldn't be surprised nor delighted to see it being GTA 5. I've been convinced for years that Rockstar register in-game purchases and freebie downloads as game sales to feign the games popularity and keep it in the charts. Why else would this fossil still be charted like it is? If it is GTA5, don't expect even a fraction more the bare bones minimum with at least $50-$60 of DLC needing bought for it be even remotely close to full package.

I remember this trailer from the recent Inside XBox presentation. Looks simple, but good fun this. I would to see a co-op campaign with a good story.

I like followers giving combat support, such as healing, enhancing the party r debilitating the enemy, lets me focus and get stuck in.

Anyway, Just got done watching the latest Smackdown and things are being set up nicely for MITB , well, on that side of the brand at least. It was a good episode as well with great in ring action. The card for MITB still feels a little empty. Correct me if I'm wrong but there's no grudge matches of any kind, only championships, and the RAW Woman's, RAW Tag's, United States and Intercontinental championships are not confirmed. Having said that, a RAW Tag Champ' match between the Viking Raiders and The Street Prophets is surely going to be announced. Assuming the Raw Tag's do get announced, the card looks like this; The MITB Ladder Match (Both men and woman simultaneously, not two separate matches this time) Universal Championship: Braun Strowman (c) vs. Bray Wyatt WWE Championship: Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Seth Rollins SmackDown Women's Championship: Bayley (c) vs. Tamina SmackDown Tag Team Championship: New Day (c) vs. Forgotten Sons vs. The Miz & John Morrison vs. Lucha House Party: Raw Tag Team Championship: The Street Profits (c) vs. The Viking Raiders (This is strongly assumed, but not confirmed) If you include the Pre-Show, that isn't very many matches to fill the time, even if one assumes the MITB Ladder Match would take about and hour. Am I missing something here?

I think the problem is that non-fans of pro-wrestling and it's sceptics are under some sort of delusion that we fans don't understand truth of it, when in actual fact we understand the truth better than they do. It is not a sport, it's entertainment. A showcase of athleticism and drama with the sprit of completion at the heart of that drama, but we know it's a story, not an athletic completion. I've already stated why calling it "fake" is the wrong terminology, and that explanation stands, so I see no point in repeating myself. You can like, dislike and feel what you feel exactly the way you want to feel about, but can I polity request you stay off this thread unless you have something positive to contribute? This blasting of it with the same "It's fake" cliché, even if your right, is something that's been said and heard a million times and it just has no worth to anyone. So please, just let the rest of us discuss this without the pointless aggravation.

Alot of the time, especially before the COVID-19 crisis, that 2-3 times a week could easily be 5-6. In between time, there's constant training. Wrestling matches also typically last alot longer than a bout in the octagon. I admit that's less true of fights in boxing, those can go quite long, but they get breaks between rounds and, like @Crazycrab said, these fights are separated by months at a time. So once again, fake is the wrong word.

Fake is the wrong word. Scripted, pre-planned, a show, stunting, yes, but nobody goes through the kind of risk, injuries, pain and wear and tear on their bodies that pro-wrestlers do by doing something "fake".

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I've gotten back into this the last couple of years. The MITB PPV looks a little lame so far with the exception the MITB ladder match itself. I like how WWE has tried to make the best out a bad thing and let their people get creative, but also truly hate the way they've treated their wrestlers and staff though this.

Yes, when this game comes out, the world will change forever as the Testgina will become a thing. On a more serious note, and not surprisingly, the games rating across the various agencies, regions and countries has been mature, 18+ or what ever the equivalent is everywhere, but NOT banned or censored. Even Australia is allowing it to be sold with that 18+ rating. This good though because CD Project Red aren't being forced change or water down in any way. Of course, strong Langridge, bloody violence, sexual content, drugs, alcohol and scenes of torture all contribute to this as well, so is a very mature. How long before some idiot parent or grandparent buy this for an 8-year-old then tried to blame the game for exposing their precious baby to such horribleness. But yeah, testginas. You know somebody's gonna do it.

I just need to point out GOG isn't a third party store. It's owned and operated by CD Project Red, just like how Stream is owned and operated by Valve. Humble Bundle is a good one though. Unlike key resellers such as G2A (Avoid them like they're COVID-19), they actually do well for developers, especially indie's. I don't really tend go for third party stuff even it is legit, it just feels safer and more appropriate buying from proper store fronts like Steam, Epic Game Store and the aforementioned GOG.

Yeah, that definitely sounds like a bug, and the PS3 version of the game in particular is notorious for them. The Switch port is the definitive version with the DLC, graphical updates and,most of all a lot of patching, so should be much better.

You can go off on your own right away if you want, or you can follow the guy as far as Riverwood (getting a brief tutorial on The Standing Stones along the way) and meet his family in Riverwood who can give you supplies and direct you toward Whiterun for the next quest on the main story. Which family you meet of course depends on whether you follow Hadvar or Ralof into the keep during the Helgen attack. Each family will talk to you and give you equally interesting, but opposing views on the political situation happing in Skyrim. Ralof and his family support the Stormcloaks, whereas Hadvar and his family support the Empire. This doesn't impact on the rest on the game, It's just an interesting insight into the views of these people with regard to the war.

I find it unlikely that a hardware problem (if there is one) would cause problems signing in to your Xbox Account. You XBL account is also your account to sign in to other Microsoft services, such as Windows, Outlook, Hotmail, ect. Try logging into your Microsoft account from another device (a PC would be best) and, if necessary, do a password recovery on that device. other that, all I can suggest is get geared up to dive into the depths of hell that is Microsoft Customer Service. Sorry to do that to you, but it might be necessary. The problems with you 360 reading games sadly is most likely the console. It could also be the condition of the games discs, so have a look at those, but it's happening across multiple games it might to a problem with the 360's disk drive. Finding a replacement console in good condition sounds possible, but the XB1 and upcoming Series X have backwards compatibility, so it may be time to consider an upgrade. You can find a list of all the XBox 360 games that are backwards compatible with the XB1 here. Compare this list to the games you own to consider whether this would be worth it.

No point denying it, this one of the biggest dud months for PS Plus in a long time. Game like Cities Skylines are always better played on PC and the other offering is a game simulating a profession with one of the highest suicide rates. I don't wanna sound entitled, especially since like @digitalsaid PS Plus has been really strong in recent months and with amazing titles like THOU2 and Ghost of Tsushima right around the corner, but what were they thinking?

It's fairly easy to find your way around in Skyrim, the map and user interface can tell you where to go. Once you have selected a quest (or quests) from the "Quests" tab in the main menu, such as below; Markers to indicate where to go appear on the map (here's how it looks with the marked location(s) are in view); (...and if the marked location(s) are off-screen) Markers also appear on the horizontal compass at the top of the gameplay screen to show you which direction to go to reach the maker from where your character currently is. I hope that helps.

A good game come late is a precious memory in the end. A bad game pushed out too early gains a reputation as a band game that's difficult to shake. So yes, it's far better to delay a game than to release it half cooked, but this dilemma can be avoided by having the common sense to not announce release dates to take in those precious pre-orders well before you can possibly know for sure if the game will actually be ready by then, and that is the problem. Game publishers these days are too keen on cashing on pre-orders to realize that announcing a game release a months and months before they can be sure when it'll be finished by said date is a stupid idea. So no, I don't have problem with game delays, but I do take issue with why the usually happen.

Everyone serious enough about PC gaming to own a VR headset will have an actual PC and not a Mac, so this affects literally nobody.