Shagger

There is a big difference between someone who is solitary and somebody who is lonely.

As far as I can tell, the same accessibility options (plus more, apparently) from The Last of Us Part II will be available in The Last of Us Part I on PS5 and PC, so I think it's a safe bet that the "8-Bit" more be included. Like you said, in TLOU Part II the mode had to be unlocked first unfortunately. Still, I'll try and find out for sure, but I'm virtually certain it will be there.

Epic Games do a very similar thing around Christmas each year, including this year. I've been updating on this as its been happening on the Free Games with Epic Update Thread right here on VGR. Read more about this event in this article form Gamespot. At the time of typing this, the game on offer is Metro Last Light Redux. There will be a another new game for free each day until December 29nth. So yeah, such things do actually happen.

Can I ask that you discuss politics only within the designated sub-forum please.

Full credit to my better half for brining me this. In an article published by BBC News discussing the recent winder storms affecting much of America and Canada, the BBC did work in the best line I've ever seen in a news report. Hell has frozen over, for real. From the article: I'm not trying to downplay the seriousness of this, if you are affect please stay safe, but that doesn't change the fact this is epic and whoever it was wrote this knew exactly what they were doing. It's the BBC making fun out of this, not me. Still, safe and enjoy you Christmas everyone.

I've seen this now, it is really good, a nice blend of action, comedy and drama. As one can see in the trailer, the animation is superb. It reminds me of Avatar, The Legend of Korra and The Dragon Prince, a colourful and rich blend of both eastern and western styles. The social commentary is interesting as is the story, you can definitely feel the love of the source material. The characters are done pretty well. They do ride close to clichéd at times, but that's more to make them more quickly relatable and each character still feels unique and like they belong in this world, they develop well as the story goes on. Some great voice talent, too. The only real issue I have is that it is far too short, so short that this just as easily could have been a movie. Whilst the story does honour and respect the source material, it does little to nothing to explore and expand the Dragonage world and lore either. This is genuinely annoying, first because of the aforementioned sequel bait and also because it really feels like there was so much further to go in this story, it feels like it ends halfway. It's almost tempting to say wait until season 2 comes out, but knowing Netflix that might not happen.

It appears @Kane99 has just jumped in there before me. It may be redundant now, but I'll post it anyway. The Raspberry Pi's are a line of single board computers that were first developed around 2012 to be an educational tools to aid in the education of computing and electronics in developing countries. The model shown here is the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B The idea is that teachers would used this small, but fully functional computer to tutor kids in basic programming. The design would also allow the kids to learn about the components such as the CPU and the RAM. Whilst it has served it's intended purpose and been very successful, the Raspberry Pi's low cost and versatility has also made it popular for robotics, weather monitoring and amongst technology hobbyist for loads of different applications. So to me, it makes perfect sense to have this drive a retro arcade cabinmate of some sort.

Sorry I was a little late on updating this today, but it's a good one. Fallout 1, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics are all free on EGS until tomorrow.

I do agree that harvesting personal information on minors is unacceptable, but I don't think the intentions were that dark. Like I've said before, I feel that Fortnite's microtransactions are phytologically manipulative, so at worst I'd say they were analysing thier players game stats compared to thier in-game social interactions and spending habits to adjust and employ that phycological manipulation to encourage spending. Don't get me wrong, that's still terrible, but it doesn't help anyone to assume that intentions are beyond extreme.

It actually depends a lot on what character is suppose to know. If you're exploring an area that you character doesn't know thier way around, the it makes sense for the interface to not "hold you hand" so to speak and direct you whare to go. If in the game your character does know the area of if the have been given instructions I don't think a quest marker is much to ask for. In the contrary, I think it can can help immersion by clueing you in on what the character knows.

Mobile games shutting down is nothing to cry about. These games are so heavily dependant on microtransactions being built into thier gameplay, that a lot of them become unplayable with out them. I remember watching a video from James Stephanie Sterling on a mobile game that became playable offline, but couldn't be beaten because you would really need purchase some bullshit item to get through it (I tried to find the video, but couldn't, sorry). On PC and console, especially if the game is not FTP, it is more of an issue. I remember them shutting down Gravity Rush's 2 online component after only about a year, but that only disabled parts of that component, the rest of the game is still perfectly playable. It's when games get shut down and become unplayable that this really becomes an issue.

Amazing to know that FF XI is still going. Is it only on private servers or is the game still officially supported?

Remember, Epic's "15 days of Christmass" is still going on, so be sure to check either this thread or your Epic Store launcher to claim the daily freebies.

I nominate @ImmersionGaming22. May not be the most frequent poster, but put a lot of detail and kindness into what he posts. The fact only complain I have, if you can call it that, is that "you post enough" is actually a testament to much I like him being here.

Yes, the 2021 game is (currently) on Game Pass and the 2017 game is not (currently) on Game Pass. It is very fortunate that's true, otherwise it would be impossible to tell what game this was in reference to. Either way, @Smokey mentioning Game Pass was not a deliberate attempt to make it clear what game this was in refence to, and why would @Smokey do that to clarify this? Anyone blessed with both the knowledge there was at least one other GOTG game and even a modicum of common sense would not have relied on that to make it clear. They would art covert art, year of release, link to a store page (For the record, that's what I would do), post a trailer, mention what developer/publisher was behind it, not say "I played it on Game Pass". The only reason that helped was dumb luck. So no, @Smokey, you nor anyone else can use the research I did for you as retroactive excuse for piss poor effort you in making your own thread clear. As the thread author, I shouldn't have to do that for you. Mentioning Game Pass made it possible to figure it out what game it, but not only was it complete fluke because the other game just happens to not be on Game Pass right now, it also doesn't serve the purpose in the long term. What if we get a situation in the future that both games end up on Game Pass. Or if the 2021 game leaves Game Pass? Both of you read the OP again and tell me honestly that you would be able to tell what game @Smokey was talking about if either of those things were to happed. Exactly, you can't. Hell, you can't tell what this was in refence to right now just by reading OP, no without doing your own research into what GOTG games are on Game Pass. Much like I did and spared everybody else the trouble. For that, you are welcome @Smokey, but be honest because the truth is plain to see. You failed to clarify what game you were referring to because either; You didn't know about another Major GOTG game. Couldn't care if there was and was happy to lazily put up a very vague topic up. Or both Like I said, in the future I expect you to start new threads with same care and effort put into them. I'm not saying it needs to be like one of my infamous reviews with video clips and screenshots that take a day to write, just something clear and concise. And @Shortie, I know you've got some sort of issue with me, but believe it or not I have no issue with you. I massaged you one time over a very minor thing and now you're on a bloodhunt for some reason. Following my posts around to then pounce on them and take the opposite stance just to provoke me is pathetic. Just like here, you will inevitably get tripped up and say something that makes no sense and just makes you look foolish because when one writes a forum post in anger, one never thinks it through. I've been in you position myself and it never ends well. So for your own sake, not mine, drop this vendetta and just enjoy the forum. Either way, discussion on this issue is closed. It's clear what game this was about, it was clear before @Shortie's spiteful and completely unnecessary provocation, we can all move on.

Given what I have seen on censorship on other threads and videos, there isn't much that surprises me there. I did find the Doki Doki Literature Club a bit odd, just by changing the colour of blood people aren't going to assume the character is bleeding cola (If anything, that's more disturbing). I am happy to learn that Valve fought for Left 4 Dead 2, good on them.

In future, could I ask that you include store page links, trailers, cover art, publisher/developer details or something so we can identify what game specifically you're talking about? I know of at least two GOTG video games in recent years. One from Telltale in 2017; And another from Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix 2021: I'm going to assume you're talking about the 2021 game because that's the one I found on GamePass, but I make no apologies if I've got it wrong. While I'm at it, would it be fair to ask people when they start a new topic to put a little more effort into it than this? Two vague sentences with no artwork, videos or anything is hardly likely to inspire a deep, busy conversation. Take a little pride in what your doing as the author of a thread, please. I haven't played it, nor did I feel very encouraged to given how the same publisher made such a mess of that Avengers game, but the game have a very positive rating on Steam and generally favourable reviews. At the time of typing this, it's also discounted, so this could be the time to give it a try. So here I go, 85GB to download. Yes, this going to take a while, but I'm optimistic that it will be worth it.

I must confess, I did actually laugh when I first read that because here in the UK, DFS is a furniture store: I think I can safely assume that DFS in America is an acronym for some kind of social work service, but something about "the sofa experts" adopting at risk kids children from unfit parents I just found really funny.

Whilst I don't completely understand what Epic allegedly did in relation to darkening icons to make people buy skins by accident, it all sounds (Quite literally) very shady indeed. Banning accounts for disputing these purchases and collecting data from minors is still enough to justify this lawsuit. What does really annoy me about this is that you just know that other publishers have employing the same tactics for other free-to-play games because of how lucrative and successful Fortnite has become. I have never and likely will never play the game because I don't agree with the phycological manipulation they employ (They pretty much encourage class-based bullying.), so this news makes little difference to me, but companies like Epic need to be made an example of when they do this kind of thing to discourage others copying thier predatory monetisation tactics.

I think she deserves a little credit. Despite her wholly ignorant point of view, she did at least find a creative way to express it. Most transphobes, homophobes and racists are pathetically predicable, but this is at least something different. She's still very much wrong and for obvious reasons. Identifying as a cat just to make a point misses the point. Being transgender, genderfluid or non-binary isn't about claiming you're something you're not for an audience, it's about finding out how to feel comfortable in your own skin.

It's interesting how rare it actually is for game companies to do this officially. I know of the Sega Nomad that was basically a portable version of the Megadrive/Genesis; And of course we have the Switch which serves as both a portable and home console in one, but other than that I can't actually think of any official portable game console that was a version of a home console. Why haven't more game companies done this?

How can you not love AVGN. But yeah, some weird shit was made for Game Boy.

Fun fact, this planet, Earth, can't sustain the current human population naturally, not even close. We really should number half of what we do at the most. It's only thanks to the work of a German chemist named Fritz Haber that our population could grow to the point that it is today thanks to him basically inventing fertilizer, something that earned him a Nobel Prize. It could be true that nobody else in history has the lives of more people owed to them than Frits Harber. Unfortunatly, Fritz is also something of a controversial figure as he is also known as "The Father of Chemical Warfare" as the inventor of Chlorine Gas and other chemical weapons during WW1. But onto the topic, and aside form the implementation of, let's say, somewhat "facist" ideas, there really isn't much that we could do. China's "one child" law didn't really work it not like genocide is very palatable.

Like @Shortie said and confirmed by my research, you can download additional songs for Clone Hero, but even the application on its own contains some music as part of the package, not to mention the user interface is ripped straight from Guitar Hero. So I would have to conclude the game even on it's own is still a bit naughty.

Why is it when it comes to you I can't simply moderate the forum without you taking it like a personal attack? I could have said nothing then pounced on someone for including a link to download Clone Hero, or just locked and/or deleted this this thread completely. but no. For showing you some courtesy I get nothing but your venom. If you want to stop being, and I quote, "treated like a child", stop behaving like one. Don't worry, through, lesson learned. Since you're clearly not happy with me giving you benefit of the doubt, I won't do that anymore. Next time and every time I see a post from that sits on the borderline of the rules, I'll just delete it. Is that more to your preference? And by the way, I'm not a fool. I did do a little research before I made my original post and there is no doubt that Clone Hero does infringe on copyright. So keep making a fuss about this and I will lock this thread.