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It is certainly one of Pixar's best. It was legitimately great

Will purchase on launch:

Resi 3
Last of Us
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk

Will purchase when I have nothing else to play:

Doom Eternal

SoundNetwork posted...

Because wiping your ass isn't the most important consideration.

"Among things"

tigerslashII posted...

I have a bidet so I guess I'm covered long term.

Hopefully people dont start buying all the wet wipes. I'd have to start spitting on my toilet paper again before I use it

muchdran posted...

Can anybody explain the toilet paper hoarding?

How is this so confounding to people? People are worried that they will be confined to their homes if the virus hits their area. So among things you dont want to lack in that situation, toilet paper is one of them.

And yes, I am posting this from atop my makeshift toilet paper throne

Army of Two: The 40th Day
Army of Two: The Devils Cartel
Sleeping Dogs
Time Shift
Inversion
Brothers in Arms Hells Highway
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Vanquish
Ghost Recon Future Soldier
Binary Domain
CoD Advanced Warfare
Mafia 2
Singularity

I also really dig Medal of Honor 2010 and Warfighter

I liked RE4 and RE5 but will never play 6 again.i played through it just to get through the campaigns but just wanted them to be done before too long.

It is very action heavy, which wasnt an issue and I didnt care how far removed it was from what RE is "supposed" to be, it just wasnt that fun.

Reading the article, the fingerprints done on the mobile device arent stored in a database and are only used to check against existing fingerprints when other ID isnt available. Them being teens, it is likely they didnt have any other ID.

And getting fingerprinted, even for committing such a minor crime, is not a big deal, especially if it isnt stored. It's to ID, check against any possible warrants (not saying in the case of the teens, just generally) etc. And so far there is no proof of any pictures being taken other than a single guy saying so. And we are relying on him not seeing any other people cited on his single street as evidence that they arent cited anywhere in his city at any point.

This could have happened to 3 white teens walking the wrong way on the street and no one would have heard about it.

As silly as laws like that may seem, 7 serious cases of pedestrian injury/death resulting from getting hit by a car in the last couple months definitely warrant cracking down more, even on the minor stuff.

If they were issued a ticket, sure, fire up the diesel-powered outrage machine. But they weren't. This is a literal non story

darkprince45 posted...

Two different things and databases. Completely unrelated

I know, I'm just saying. That wait was fucking brutal. Had my phone died I would have just stood up and killed myself in front of everyone

I waited 5 and a half hours at a DPS office today to renew my license, which was essentially getting fingerprinted and having my picture taken by a government official.

I would have much rather an office done it in a fraction of the time

People had an adverse reaction to it because every episode was highly anticipated as a weekly installment. So having a week where an episode seemingly didnt go anywhere frustrated people. It made them wait a whole extra week before getting back on the momentum.

Watching it in a binge, how I did, it doesn't even stand out

hockeybub89 posted...

Still think people are overreacting just a tad. Media does that kind of thing.

I agree. But that's par for the course. It is still an ongoing thing so establishing accurate death rate, transmission rate, all that won't really be possible until it hits its peak and trends back down.

Would be far, far worse if it was also taking out otherwise healthy young people, kids, etc but it seems to only be really affecting people who would be similarly endangered by more common viruses. Just read that the median age of dead patients in Italy is 81.

Obviously measures need to be taken to prevent even those deaths, but let's not act like we are in the Contagion movie just yet.

Buzz Killjoy posted...

From what I'm reading in local news, it seems like the city probably made the call under pressure but having the city cancel it officially allows a lot of vendors and corporations to collect on their cancellation insurance.

Several big companies already pulled out and there was a petition to cancel with tens of thousands of signatures. It was inevitable. No one wants to be the Mayor in Jaws

E32005 posted...

yeah its still gonna be tough to deal with and i bet some still do go instead of wasting the money spent.

god, imagine how much of a cluster this will be for the Olympics in Japan this summer if this doesnt die off.

I imagine things will be much tamer by the end of the month and this will prove in retrospect to just be a quick speed bump in respects to all of 2020.

Awesome posted...

where are the clowns that are still not taking this virus seriously?

I think everyone is still taking the normal "don't get sick" precautions. The media is overblowing it a bit, but no one seems to being outright negligent.

E32005 posted...

sucks but you cant risk it

No doubt. Austinites are generally pretty pleased when it means fewer people are packing into the city though. So that plus safeguarding against the virus are good.

Economic hit is less good.

But even if SXSW refunds tickets, you have to assume people will still take advantage of their long-purchased plane tickets and hotels/AirBnBs and there will still be a ton of unofficial SX events going on probably.

Good move probably. Huge hit to local economy though

https://www.kxan.com/news/coronavirus/city-county-leaders-to-give-updates-on-sxsw-other-spring-events-amid-covid-19-concerns/

Can't say I'm sad for the town to not be overrun with outsiders congesting the roads though

southcoast09 posted...

most people today have no plans on having a family, either, because they can barely afford to keep the rent paid.

everyone talks a big game, but what we really need are caps on rent prices and medical insurance prices. People cant save to do anything because the monthly cost of living is designed to keep you paycheck to paycheck. This makes it impossible to save to buy a house. One injury and, even with medical insurance, you can get charged five or six figures to go to the doctor.

Rent control is a good way to cause housing shortage

Avery killed that woman. Whether or not the kid was as involved as suggested or not, Avery is guilty. He and his whole trash family are stupid as shit so it isnt a big surprise he would take his payout and still fuck up his life.

There is so much the show left out to create a narrative that point to Avery being a sadist. Zellner posted a list of 100 or so questions for anyone trying to suggest his guilt and someone posted answers for every single one a while back.

I have held off on watching season 2 because I have a feeling it will be more narrative framing in his favor

Pitlord_Special posted...

I sold everything. Pretty obvious the Trump admin has no serious response to the Coronavirus at this point and intends to let it run rampant

The only people who are gonna lose anything are people that freak out and sell before an inevitable rebound or ones that MUST cash out now due to extenuating circumstances

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Far Cry Primal

Got through this one pretty quick too, or so I thought. Beat Dah, Ull, and the main chick but the game still goes on because I hardly did any side quests. Anyway, the setting was beautiful and I dug using only primitive weapons, riding mammoths, sicking tigers on people. All very fun. That battle with Dah's camp was an incredibly satisfying experience after dying several times and finally being more patient and stalking dudes as they separated from the search party. Dug the game, won't play again though and don't care to officially finish the campaign.

Rage 2

I didn't hate the first Rage game other than the complete anticlimax of an ending, but it did have satisfying combat. Rage 2 takes shit to another level. Combat is brutal as hell, the mobility is insane, and you feel like an all powerful bad ass. I'll talk about Doom more in a sec, but I'd much rather play Rage 2 than Doom if I had to choose. The story is whatever but the game at least finished with a boss fight. Whatever the shortcomings are, the combat and mechanics are just so fun, fast, and satisfying I could look past it all

Doom

I had a lot of fun early on in the game, the violence, the soundtrack, the overall badassery of the game was thrilling. But the game is too long for what it is and I found myself wanting it to just be over. It got real repetitive running and gunning the whole time and I got to the second to last mission when the game crashed and my fucking file was corrupted. No desire to start over and see it through

Titan Fall 2

Other game with super fun combat mechanics. Everyone likes to praise this game and for good reason. The campaign is fun and no two levels are really the same. The mission in the combat testing manufacturing area, the time travel mission, etc all insanely cool and fun to play. BT was also great

Resident Evil 2

The original was my first RE game and I was obsessed with it when I got it for N64. The remake is a fucking powerhouse and does pretty much everything right. The combat is brutal, the atmosphere is amazing, the scares are still effective, Mr. X was a fucking stressful menace. I may be in the minority on this, but playing as sherry was one of my favorite segments in either play through. One improvement would to have made the scenarios fit together and affect each other more seamlessly, but other than that I loved it and can't wait for 3.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Sucker for the new trilogy and think I like them more than uncharted. The visuals are better, the set pieces are great, the combat and traversal are both much more satisfying. The story and characters aren't quite as good, but the other things put the series over the top for me. For Shadow, it looks stunning and the tsunami and earthquake sequences were absolutely incredible. Not as combat heavy as the previous two titles, but what combat there was I absolutely loved. Lara goes all out on her takedowns.

Outlast 1 and 2

I dug Outlast 1 and am glad I played it, but I have what may be the unpopular opinion that 2 is a way better and way scarier game. Holy shit my dudes. Everything about it worked for me. It's a great looking game and the religious angle of the story just worked for me. The imagery was striking and the game oozes atmosphere and almost begs you to stop and take a screenshot every few minutes. The writings were cool and disturbing, and I loved the school flashback sections. I was on edge AF playing through the second. Also, SPOILERS: seeing the child corpses in coffins with the lady holding and singing to a child corpse got under my skin in a bad way

Days Gone

Played it for a little over 2 weeks straight and fucking loved every minute of it. Couldn't get enough of the story, the combat, clearing out camps, exploring, the mystery, all of it. Incredible experience and taking down the first horde was so insanely satisfying and tense. I 100%ed all storylines outside of the nests (just some bird nests remaining) and played after the main game for an additional week to take out all the hordes and camps. Beautiful game as well. The trees during the storms were incredible looking.

Uncharted 4

My favorite of the series for sure. Loved the more grounded story, the visuals were incredible, and the combat and traversal were a lot more fun. Couldn't get enough of it and am excited to play Lost Legacy next. The chase scene in Chapter 11 is one of the most exhilarating gaming experiences I've had.

Mafia 3

Honestly, as repetitive as the gameplay loop is and as ugly as some of the visuals are, I really dug this game. I loved the story and I liked Lincoln Clay a lot. It was also great seeing Vito again and getting his ending was satisfying. Also John Donovan was an incredibly entertaining character. The combat was also incredibly brutal and satisfying. With more polish and a little less repetition, this would be an all-timer for me.

Resident Evil 7

Just finished this one this week and really enjoyed the experience. I liked the story, loved the more scaled back gameplay and story compared to 6, and had a good time playing it. While tense, I found Outlast 2 far scarier. By a great deal. That said, I really liked RE7 and have played through End of Zoe (amazing), No More Heroes (also good) and Daughters, which I honestly think is creepier than even the main game because it is horrifying to think of your family going crazy and you are stuck in the storm with them with no escape. Much more grounded compared to goop monsters.

Games I started but didn't complete:

Terminator Resistance

I really wanted to like this one and may still try to grind through it, but god damn was the 2 or 3 hours I played the most boring FPS experience I've ever had. So incredibly dull and looks like a last gen game. Anyone who has played it, when do you actually fight terminators?

Black Ops 3

Really dug the first 2 games but this one just wasn't clicking for me. Gave it a few missions and put it down. May try again during a gaming drought. Should I bother?

Ghost Recon Wildlands

I dig the game in small doses but god damn is it a huge undertaking and very repetitive. The world looks great and the combat is nice, although I hate how the bodies disappear almost immediately. This one was too much of a grind for me to play uninterrupted, so I'm hoping to knock it out in increments when I have nothing else to play

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Man I REALLY wanted to get into this because the story intrigues me and it looks amazing but it was so god damn boring and the puzzles every

Quick recap since the last topic was archived, but I've played a few more titles that are now on the list. I am a pretty casual gamer but when I start picking up the controller again I go nuts deep so when my PS4 got delivered late November, I quickly picked up about 50-70 titles and have been working through them. A two week break from work around Christmas helped me make a pretty good dent in my line up. Here are some thoughts on the ones I've played then a list of my back log. I prefer more violent action oriented games and am a sucker for a good gore/damage system. I also am not a completionist by any stretch and just enjoy leisurely getting through the main story on most titles. Also I like strictly single player campaigns. Anyway, here are some extremely basic mini write ups about those games I've checked off the playlist. Feel free to discuss any title more in depth.

The Last of Us

Plenty has already been said about this one. I loved it. I was engaged with the story and characters from start to finish, everything felt authentic and nothing really stood out to me as "video gamey". Combat was brutal and had a desperation and rawness to it which I dug and I loved the stealth components. Can't wait for part 2.

Modern Warfare

Loved this one as well and found the gunplay to be so satisfying. It's a beautiful game to look at, some of the campaign beats were amazing (Farrah's story in particular) and the violence felt very real. The "Clean House" mission was way too short and I wish more similar missions had been included although there were a few similar sequences, but that mission in particular is just so engaging. They tease you with some dismemberment with your 50 cal, but having the shotgun deal some more brutal damage would have been great. Excited to replay the campaign soon

Infinite Warfare

I had read a lot of negative things about this COD entry, but I really fucking dug it. The setting was cool, I liked the story, I loved the side missions, and the one mission on the asteroid fighting the robots through rapid day and night cycles was a standout. Also obliterating dudes was fun

Control

Very fun game with some badass mechanics but could get pretty frustrating having to recover 5 minutes worth of ground sometimes if you're killed. Not a super forgiving checkpoint system. Also, I thought the story was cool but I played Alan Wake not too long ago and was waaaaay more invested in the story and diving deeper into the lore. Control just didn't quite get there for me on the narrative front. Standout though was the Ashtray mission. One of the coolest fucking levels ever.

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts

Admission time. I think I prefer the Ghost Warrior series (at least 3 and Contracts) to Sniper Elite. Seeing heads burst apart is just way more satisfying to me than the X-Ray cam. Anyway, I started playing Contracts but did not pay attention at all to the tutorial. So I got pretty fed up initially with not being able to hit shit. I put this one back on the shelf for a month or so before deciding to give it another shot and actually learn how to play and god damn I'm glad I did. Ended up absolutely loving it and have played all the contracts twice. Ended up being a very satisfying experience lining up the perfect shot without the indicator dot of the previous games and the combat could be pretty gnarly. Loved the wide open levels and hundreds of ways to play.

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3

Just finished this yesterday and have another admission. The story is obviously dog shit, but outside of that I think I enjoyed this one just as much as I did Far Cry 3 and 4. Same satisfying headsets as Contracts (though no other dismemberment), some brutal melee takedowns, and fun stealth. The fully open world was both good and bad. There wasn't much life at all so traveling could get redundant, but stumbling on some hostages in need of rescuing and taking down outposts was fun every single time.

Call of Duty WW2

Honestly, I played this a few weeks ago and don't really remember much about it. It's a perfectly good time waster and casual play if you wanna just play 30 mins of something before you leave the house. I dig a good WW2 game though so will likely replay once I clear my backlog. Standout was the visuals in cutscenes.

Wolfenstein Old Blood

A fun fast Wolfenstein fix. Brutal as always and I love the word the new Wolfenstein games inhabit. The pipe was a cool melee weapon and I dug having to disconnect the big dudes form their power source. I thought it was a cool use of the prequel status seeing the early versions of the enemies you face later in the timeline.

Wolfenstein II The New Colossus

Loved every minute of it. It was hilarious at times, very brutal and sadistic at others, and definitely had a through line of genuine heart that a game like this doesn't really require. The backstory on BJ and his father was great and I loved the payoff (a line of his about being a better father than his own made me decide to play Youngblood after initially choosing not to get it) and all the story beats just hit with me. Combat was brutal and fun. Can't fucking wait for the 3rd main entry.

Wolfenstein Youngblood

Certainly a change of pace for the series. I didn't really care for the open world nature of the game because the story took a backseat to it. Game play was still very satisfying, I liked a lot of the banter and I liked seeing BJ's legacy alive in the girls, but I don't think I'll replay it start to finish like I will the others in the new canon. Just too much of a grind to get through. That said, I'm still excited to where it leads the narrative for the series.

Uncharted 1, 2, and 3

Uncharted 3 was my favorite of the original trilogy. The melee is better, the set pieces and traversal are fun, and I vibe with the characters and pace way more. But to backtrack, I dug 1 but honestly kinds grinded through it to get to 2. Visually it was cool for a 2007 game and gameplay was alright, but I was happy to finish and move onto 2 which was.... more of the same really. The set pieces were a lot more fun though which made me enjoy the game a lot more. Fun characters, cool visuals, bad ass set pieces, just very enjoyable games.

The Order 1886

This is an odd one for me. Visually amazing, the gameplay was fun, the setting and lore was cool, and the combat was brutal, gory, and satisfying but holy shit it took control out of my hands every few minutes. It never gave you a chance to breathe and enjoy the gameplay or even to strategize during combat. It was way too linear and QTE heavy for what could have been bad ass segments. Huge mis

It would be far worse if it was a virus that killed otherwise healthy people and children. But it isn't. It seems to be only killing people who would also be greatly compromised by a lot of different viruses.

Everyone expects Trump to lie. SO him being caught in a lie doesn't move the needle much.

I think Warren's numerous lies and intentional misrepresentations for political points made her into an extremely unlikeable asshole.

NeoShadowhen posted...

Trump didnt cut the budget of the CDC.

The best angle going forward is to point out how he wanted to, but wasnt able to.

That won't stop a single person from parroting that he did

DuranOfForcena posted...

i think we're in the minority on this, but i completely agree

did you see the movie before you read the graphic novel? cuz i did, and i still dunno exactly how much influence that might or might not have had on my opinion on the matter.

I hadn't read the novel going into the movie but knew how it ended and the squid shit is corny af and Dr Manhattan seemed to make way more sense as a scapegoat.

The show of course went with the squid and is still pretty interesting

Saw it Friday night. Dug it well enough but nothing was as funny as their best episode moments. My two favorite parts were Joe's interview with the basketball team and Sal's Eulogy.

Joey Dumps Humps Chump Umps in their Rumps

dolomedes posted...

tbf meeting new people is a really efficient way to... meet people.

That turns out to be the case

I met my current gf on tinder and tomorrow is our 4 year anniversary. I didn't get on tinder for a long term exclusive relationship, but after 5 months of going hard on tinder's intended purpose, it just kind of happened.

sktgamer_13dude posted...

Only played Asylum and City, because one of my ex-roommates sold my copy of Origins before I could play it and Ive never played Knight.

But City is my pick. So good.

So how long have you been in prison for multiple homicide?

DevsBro posted...

In AO they're all in bed pretending to be asleep so Santa will leave presents. Except the naughty people, that is.

This checks out

TheDarkCircle posted...

the frequency is the problem. I got the game at launch and I remember reading the reviews and I remember the first few bat tank sections I was like ooo this is fun, whats the problem? By the 20th time and just seemingly endless waves it just dragged for me.

AK definitely captures Gotham overall tho the best Ive ever seen in a Batman game

Darmik posted...

Honestly the main Batmobile issue was the whole 'defend this area against the other vehicle' sections. They went for too long.

Driving in the Batmobile was fun. Summoning it for a landing was also fun.

Nice, I guess I'll suffer through the more tedious parts to enjoy the rest of what looks like an incredible game. Does Gotham actually feel alive in AK? In the others, there was no one walking around and nothing going on besides criminal activity. I get that for AA and AC, but not AO unless there was a narrative reason for it.

What is so bad about the batmobile besides its frequency? Ad it pertains to the main story missions, I'm not concerned with riddler racing or whatever

AA is probably the "worst" of the first 3 but I still loved it. City was great, and AO definitely gets unfair treatment. I played on 360 not too long ago and I loved it. The setting, the boss fights, it was great. Haven't played AK yet but it is like 3 or 4 games away in my PS4 backlog and I'm pretty excited for it.

I don't play multiplayer at all, but I loved the campaign. It was pretty gritty (even though there is no single instance like No Russian, there are several throughout that set a similarly dark tone), it looks amazing, and missions like Wolf Den and Cleaning House are a fucking blast to play and replay. I wish there were many more sections like those and would have loved if those missions were 3 times the length they are.

I plan on replaying the campaign this weekend in fact after first finishing it back in November/December

TheBlueMonk_ posted...

Ah, good point. I always had the idea that weight training won't do anything if you're not eating enough. So that's not true?

No, that's not true at all. While it will be hard to gain any serious muscle with a calorie deficit, there are a ton of beneficial adaptations brought on by lifting. Strength (of muscle, ligaments, connective tissue, bones, etc) neurological efficiency, coordination, better efficiency with natural patterns of movement (squatting, pushing, pulling, hip hinging, rotating, etc) and many others.

It also makes body recomposition a lot easier. Even if you don't build much muscle on a but, you want to give your boy a reason to at least maintain the muscle it has. You do that through frequent use and lifting is the most direct way to do that.

Feline_Heart posted...

Cut and then bulk

I think his issue is conflating "diet and cardio" with cut and "weight training" with bulk, when in reality he should be weight training in either phase. It makes both processes way more efficient.

It will mainly come down to diet but you should be lifting. It will make you more efficient at burning fat and will expedite body recomposition. Eat well, move as much as possible, and lift.

Tired-Insomniac posted...

Pretty much. That's also when most of them are getting out of college with a shitload of debt and struggling to find a job that pays enough to cover living and a fat student loan payment, causing unnecessary financial stress.

Do you think as bunch of recent college grads are the ones committing a statistically significant portion of crimes?