m76 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 And I hope I'll fit in. Why struggle? Because I registered two weeks ago and my account was only now activated. I was actually ready to move on and call this place a bust. But it was worked out by the admin, thanks for that. First off, why am I here? Because the original forum I was frequenting since 2001 has shut down permanently in 2018. I've been struggling ever since to find a proper gaming related forum. I'll not bore you with the details of my endeavours on other sites, but if anyone wants to ask I have plenty of stories. I've been a member of at least 5 gaming related forum since my OG home started struggling long before it's inevitable closure. Of course all have been failures in some sense. But enough about that. How do I wish to contribute? First off I hope I can take part in some lively conversations about videogames, and perhaps other topics? What I drag with myself is a 15 year old history of reviewing games. In that time I've written reviews for more than 80 games, with admittedly varying depth and quality. But I hope my unique and brutally honest takes can at least be entertaining even if you don't agree with some of them. They are all collected on my personal website: MadBlog Of course I'll be adding more reviews of games as I play them. m76 DC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagger Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Welcome to VGR. I'll be sure to check out those reviews when I get a chance. m76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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m76 Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 I posted a bunch of reviews new on my site since. MadBlog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Welcome to VGR, better late then never and end of the day post when you are ready 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality vs Adventure Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 hour ago, m76 said: I posted a bunch of reviews new on my site since. MadBlog Aww man! I was hoping you would like Dying Light. Like many games, it does start out weird. I put the game down myself for a bit and started back into it. But as far as the ammo and weapons, I've explored a bunch to get tons of money which I was able to buy anything I wanted. And the stronger weapons don't break down as fast. And every pack of cigs you loot from zombies adds up to sell for a bunch. And crafting stronger weapons by finding blueprints helped too. Did you at least make it to Old Town? Because the map isn't that small when you add everything in. Give it another shot and explore more. I beg of you! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality vs Adventure Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Reality vs Adventure said: Aww man! I was hoping you would like Dying Light. Like many games, it does start out weird. I put the game down myself for a bit and started back into it. But as far as the ammo and weapons, I've explored a bunch to get tons of money which I was able to buy anything I wanted. And the stronger weapons don't break down as fast. And every pack of cigs you loot from zombies adds up to sell for a bunch. And crafting stronger weapons by finding blueprints helped too. Did you at least make it to Old Town? Because the map isn't that small when you add everything in. Give it another shot and explore more. I beg of you! 😉 Plus the different repeatable missions like the prison one; you didn't get to the prison right? Freakin crazy. It's at least a 2 hour play to make it through. And that's if you survive. Don't even attempt without lots of ammo and explosives. But there really is a lot to do in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality vs Adventure Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 I have the game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands and haven't played it. You seem to really like this game. Is it a must for me to bust it out and play? It does have one of the largest open worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m76 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 10 hours ago, Reality vs Adventure said: Aww man! I was hoping you would like Dying Light. Like many games, it does start out weird. I put the game down myself for a bit and started back into it. But as far as the ammo and weapons, I've explored a bunch to get tons of money which I was able to buy anything I wanted. And the stronger weapons don't break down as fast. And every pack of cigs you loot from zombies adds up to sell for a bunch. And crafting stronger weapons by finding blueprints helped too. Did you at least make it to Old Town? Because the map isn't that small when you add everything in. Give it another shot and explore more. I beg of you! 😉 In six hours of gameplay I collected maybe $2000 credits. That's enough to buy F'all in shops. And I found exactly three lockpicks. I didn't mention lockpicking but that1s really weak as well. You have no chance to open anything but the easy locks without breaking at least one pick. There was this one story mission where the only way to progress is to pick open a door, but i only realized after clearing the entire area of zombies that i had no picks left. That's when i said F this game. it is no fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m76 Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 Unfortunately my site has crashed, so all of my reviews are gone for the moment. The good side is that it is re-started with a better platform, that includes the ability to subscribe to an email newsletter. I'll eventually re-publish most old content as well. http://madblog.shacknet.us/ DC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 You're welcome @m76, no matter what occured with your site 'crashing, the dream and passion of reviewing video games remains. I simply visited your website, you're doing a good job over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m76 Posted November 19, 2021 Author Share Posted November 19, 2021 I managed to restore all the content on my homepage, everything is up and running now. I didn't even loose the few comments I've had on the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
