lmfaooooo

it really isnt

Far Cry 6 apparently has the same instantly responding enemies that Far Cry 2 had, and it's ruining a lot of people's enjoyment of the game. I was looking forward to this, but I think I'll hold out for a patch, as I do not have fond memories of Far Cry 2's bullshit respawning.

i've not even seen enough of that to determine if id wanna get it. not hearing great things so far :(




Also, Battlefield 2042 is ruined with specialists, god damnit.

So apparently I pre-ordered far cry 6. Which is weird because I don't remember doing so, and I almost never preorder. Maybe I did it while I was still on painkillers. I dunno.

I wouldn't say ruined, but they are pointless and massively complicate what was a simple class system. Also the stupidity of having 128 players play one of a handful of characters leading to clone wars.

At least the nameless, nondescript soldiers before added to the all out war 'vibe', bunch of cogs in a machine. But going the slight character shooter route is stupid. Should have expanded on what BFV did and go full Create-A.

It fucks up team dynamic tho....


Can't tell who is carrying what. I tend to try to "fill the roles" rather than just play whatever and pew pew. Now I dunno who's carrying medic, ammo, etc. It fucking sucks.


I see this being something that Portal will most likely take care of. Seems to be the saving grace from my beta impressions. I think there will be plenty of skins available when the full game is out.

Something feels off about it to. Like, movement doesn't feel like it has "weight" to it. Almost feels cheap.

Yeah there is a 'lightness' to it compared to BFBC-BF4 which felt heavy. Things seem overall faster.

And a minor issue I had for years: choosing where or who to spawn on needs a mouse style cursor that 'sticks' to whichever icon you're hovering over. For some crazy reason BF never fine tuned directional control on that screen.

You wanna go to the point on the left? Nope. GO DOWN TO A POINT BELOW, THEN KINDA SORTA TILT UP-LEFTWARD AND MAYBE YOU'LL GET IT

Yeah.... and I'm trying to judge if this is just the beta or how it's gonna be. I find myself going back to V constantly. The movement in that game is just fluid man.


This makes it feel more "lone wolf" COD type FPS.

:wave:Alright, so I've only encountered the respawning thing at a random village, but outposts and checkpoints that you take over have been fine. So I'm not sure if it's more prevalent in tougher areas or what.

Secondly, the other reason so.e people aren't liking it is because in addition to carrying over new dawn's leveling system, there's also an ammo type/enemy type affinity that changes the flow of the game up quite a bit. So if you're using the wrong ammo type on an enemy that's a few levels higher than you, it could take several headshots to bring them down. But using the right ammo type will take down an enemy in one headset, even if it's a level or two higher.

Understandably, there's a lot of long time players of the series that aren't a fan of this, as it's not inherently bad, but it's certainly a devisive change. After playing for a good 5 hours I'm actually liking it. Adds a bit more strategy and prep to taking down outposts, and gets you to try out your whole arsenal. You can only have three primary weapons and a sidearm on your weapon wheel, but you can swap the guns on your wheel from anything in your arsenal at any given time, so there won't be a situation where you're screwed or anything.

The respawn thing is a legit concern, even if I haven't been affected, and they need to patch it. But I think a lot of the disappointment is from people who are upset at the direction of the combat, rather than it being genuinely bad.

Maybe I'll catch it on sale or game pass. Never played or owned a Farcry game.

They're not groundbreaking or anything, but they're good open world fun. Recent ones are completely co-op too.

I'm loving it so far. Haven't had any issues with respawning enemies. I don't even know what people are talking about unless they are confusing it for when enemies call for backup and they start swarming in by the truck/helicopter load from every direction.

Don't mind the levelling system still being there either. Kinda reminds me of Just Cause, and that's fine. Allows you to out level some of the earlier areas but keeps the harder places more in line with your progress so there is always somewhere challenging to go and the game doesn't get too easy.

Have heard some complaints that the game is too easy and I can only assume that's coming from people staying in the low level areas because as soon as you go out of the comfort zone you will get easily massacred, especially when multiple choppers enter the fray.

I also kinda like the whole rock/paper/scissors weapon dynamic of needing different ammo types and what not for different enemies. It makes sense and is an appropriate progression of shooter mechanics. An enemy with armor still feels like a bullet sponge if you try to hit him with standard rounds, but switch to armor piercing and he goes down much quicker. Sure you may have to switch off your favorite weapon but so what, there are plenty of choices and it's not hard to find another similar one and just equip it with a different ammo type.

The base building mechanic is a bit annoying imo though. You can only build 2 of the 6 additional facilities at each of the 3 subbases. Seems dumb and annoying and makes you travel between them unnecessarily. Wish I could just build all 6 at the main base....which you can't upgrade at all.

The sidekick/Amigo system feels like a step back though. You can only have 1 summoned at a time instead of multiple to call on and there are way fewer of them. Way less variety and usefulness. I'm still very early on and I'm pretty sure that I already have the best one and don't see myself switching any time soon.

All in all I like it and it feels fresh compared to the games since 4 at least. It feels nothing like FC4 and FC5. There are some minor similarities to New Dawn in the weapon upgrades and levelling. Feels much more like a well refined Just Cause.

The respawning thing is definitely a bug as opposed to a design choice, as it's only happened to me twice in all the time I've been playing.

Ok so I had the respawning enemies thing happen during a mission. Ended up getting a trophy during the whole mess i guess for killing so many people or something. Didnt even realize it was happening though as I thought it made sense for enemies to keep coming given the context of what I was doing. After awhile though, and disabling every alarm and camera, I realized what was going on and just did the objectives and bounces.

Wasnt really a big deal outside of me thinking I could just leisurely whack everyone and then do the objectives at my leisure. Was just a steady stream of 3 or 4 bad guys at a time and when I killed one another wouldnrun in to replace them. Meh.

Corporate Scalping!
 

That's right boils n ghouls.... for the price of $200, you can become a BestBuy TotalTech member to secure that hard-to-find PS5.



I dunno, I feel like we can call this corporate scalping, yeah?

If Best Buy was my exclusive place to buy everything tech. Video games, movies, appliances, computer stuff, etc. I can see shelling out the $200.

Then again, Gamestop this morning had pre-orders open up for the Halo X1S. BUT, Powerup members got first crack at 'em.

So, this is probably the direction most retailers will probably move toward. "Hey, pay for this membership, get exclusive access to this."

Well it's shite.




Got a BF2042 Beta survey that was 99% focused on Specialists vs Classes. Fuck specialists tbh.


Hopefully they do away with that garbage. As it stands, the only thing saving this game from flopping hard is portal.

I see 2042 eventually being the best Battlefield but after a good year of patches and reworks.

maybe. definitely has that potential. I still think 90-95% of total games will be in "portal" mode, none the less.

Good thing I scored a PS5 and 3080 from best buy before they joined #TeamAssholeScalpers

Nintendo Online + Expansion Pack Details and Pricing


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I am going to get that but not right away. Waiting for the second set of games to come out. Nothing in the first batch that I am craving to play.

The minute pokemon snap is added i am down though.

That's not bad for when I eventually grab my switch. And get some extra starter games.

That Mario Party Superstars for the Switch is making my pants tight. Oh, and I suppose I can get excited for that New Horizons update....https://i.imgur.com/YSTZM0d.gif

Was hoping the expansion would be like $40

Selling my N64 console I have because of this. Have authentic Diddy Kong Racing and two authentic N64 controlles (one of them is the see through ones).


Even have VGA --> HDMI adapter with the power and all.

No way! Oxenfree 2?!?! https://i.imgur.com/Uy5jjrG.gif

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I liked the first one. I even got a pin in the shape of one of the "NOPE" speech bubbles. Looks like I'm expanding my Switch horizons some more.

Heard it sucks, I will wait on selling anything.

People are bitching about the titles available right now, mainly.


Personally, I've not had any trouble with anything. Sold it for $130

Once Pokemon Snap is available I will be getting it.

Happy N7 Day Mass Effect fans.

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Draw your own conclusions.

Dragonball Breakers is fucking wild

Ball breakers, what?

Oh. Strange.

Yeah, not a genre I would have pegged for a dragonball game in a million years. Cool that they're willing to try something different though.