One of the positives over Origin Access is that UPLAY+ does allow access to all content of a title, including DLC and expansions.

No DLC has ever been this good before, ever...

Cutter wrote on Jul 6, 2020, 20:36:
I'm done supporting companies that are pro-witch hunt..

Based upon your posting, you actually don't support any company, so I'm sure the loss they feel from your lack of patronage is very minimal.

Cutter wrote on Jul 6, 2020, 14:07:

“You can love or hate the game and share your thoughts about it. Unfortunately too many of the messages I’ve been getting are vile, hateful, & violent,” the director said.

You just said you can hate it. Threats aren't acceptable, but vile? Vile is a matter of perspective. Obviously some people find your game vile and reacting accordingly.

We could just talk about Laura Bailey's events where people wish death by cancer on her parents, the desire to kill her kid, or even the basic death threats simply because people don't like the character she voiced.

Yea, if you don't find any of this vile, then mayhap you're part of the problem.

The Half Elf wrote on Jul 3, 2020, 20:50:

necrosis wrote on Jul 3, 2020, 20:01:

Kxmode wrote on Jul 3, 2020, 19:33:

necrosis wrote on Jul 3, 2020, 19:09:
$20 on PS4 but $50$ on PC. For a 3+ year old game.

Then go play it on a PS4. Your entitlement to assume that all the time and expense it took the developers to port it over to PC to then sell it on Steam for $20 minus Valve's 30% is foolish. I own it on PS4 but as far as I see it, this is a new game for PC gamers.

Its the same assets. Same story. 99.99% of the game is already done! Why do we have to pay an extra $20 for a old game? PC users getting screwed over just like when PC games jumped to $60 for no damned reason other than "well we milked the console users for an extra $10 why not the PC users too!".

Actually you're getting 20 bucks cheaper then when it was released for PS4. There are enough PC features that if money wasn't an issue I'd double dip for the PC version. This was the game that made me buy a PS4, and again is worth the money if the port isn't screwed up.

Even cheaper than that, since it includes all the DLC.

jdreyer wrote on Jun 22, 2020, 21:46:
The reason Mixer failed is because everyone hates paid exclusives. If they had just let Ninja and Shroud stream on both platforms so viewers could choose which platform they wanted to watch streams on, it would have been fine.

For partners, Twitch has the same clause in their contracts about exclusivity of streaming. If pushed, Twitch reserves the right (and it has been done before) to revoke the contract if they find any of their partners have been actively streaming on 'competitor services'.

I do believe that each of the platforms have similar clauses in regards to contractual obligations.

Cutter wrote on Jun 22, 2020, 22:01:
30 million dollars to play a kid's video game. Jesus Christ, it's no wonder this world is going up in flames. WWIII can't come soon enough.

It's pretty on-character for you to denigrate people on their line of work because you feel it's beneath you...so good job.

The only PS-exclusive game that I am even looking forward to is Horizon's sequel (and honestly, I doubt it'll stay exclusive forever), but no release date given makes me think its release will be closer to 2022, so I have no reason to purchase the PS5 anywhere near launch...

The lack of PS5 launch date and price have me thinking the rumors of it being 3DO-levels of pricing ($700US) are going to be true and that also keeps me from wanting to even think about getting it anywhere near launch and to just wait until the first revision is made.

Like the past few generations, I've purchased both an Xbox and a PS, so I'll probably get the PS5 somewhere down the road, but I'll stick with the Series X as the first purchase. I actually like that MS took the more minimalist look, and maybe the PS5 will have other options than white cause damn if I wouldn't expect that to get dirty in any non-clean room situation pretty damn quick. That also doesn't even mention the superfluous wings at the top just begging for them to be broken the first time a pet or child knocks things around accidentally.

Drath71 wrote on May 29, 2020, 16:53:
Do I need to reread the article?
Trump tries to end violence, and it's glorifying violence, but allowing the violence to continue is not?

The action he stated, about sending the National Guard, is fine...what he stated after that, which trumpets a very well known historical event regarding race, is definitely the problematic part.

jdreyer wrote on May 15, 2020, 16:38:
So what are the best deals here? Redeye mentioned FC5 for $5 after coupon, but I'm not really interested in that. I still have a bunch of unplayed FC games in my queue.
Also, you get a coupon after every purchase. Does that mean you can get every game that's priced under $10, since you'll get a new coupon with each purchase?

After getting the coupon from claiming GTAV, I see:
Metro Exodus is $10.
AC: Odyssey is $10
AC: Origins is $5
Ghost Recon Breakpoint is $10
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is $10
Control is $20
Journey is $5
Subnautica Below Zero is $10
FC New Dawn is $6
Vampyr is $5
FC 4 is $2.
FC Primal, FC3, Blood Dragon are "free" ($6 - $10 coupon = free?)

To keep the coupon train going, the game/addon needs to be >$14.99 and part of the eligible list....that's the only stipulations.

NKD wrote on May 15, 2020, 14:25:

TorTorden wrote on May 15, 2020, 11:21:

Alamar wrote on May 15, 2020, 11:17:
And speaking of GTA V... Anyone know if it's any good? : )

It's ok if you enjoy meandering guys in a midlife crisis whinging about life.

If we didn't enjoy that, would we be in the Blue's News comment section?

Considering most of us are in said midlife crisis, I think the outlet that GTAV gives is a good thing...saves me from having to buy that convertable with real money

El Pit wrote on May 12, 2020, 01:40:
Get 0.01% off per game you own on Steam.

And suddenly, Prez will get send everyone every game on Steam FOR FREE.

Fixed that one

Cutter wrote on May 6, 2020, 15:32:

jdreyer wrote on May 6, 2020, 15:14:

Cutter wrote on May 6, 2020, 13:48:
If they want something from you it's not really "free" is it? Pass.

Read Greentiger's comment.

Better still, read Marvin's comment.

They more than likely did it for the survey more than any information that could be gleaned from linking to Steam....

Quinn wrote on May 1, 2020, 18:32:
Played the first one right before the release, while I wasn't aware I was playing EA. That was a pain, because Subnautica is all about exploring and a lot of shock and awe. Replayability is low because of that. This is a game that can only have one, perfect experience: the first.

I am holding my breath on this one. I think I have seen a maximum of one minute of gameplay and a lot of it was on the surface. If I have to name one bad thing about the original, it were the surface moments.

Depending on when you saw that 1 minute, it could be fairly safe to say that it no longer looks the same.

bigspender wrote on May 1, 2020, 16:15:
Looks great, but they need to make this shit coop. They say it's too hard to do, but a mod team is doing it without the source code for the original Subnautica, so....

I think you're misconstruing the reasoning behind the lack of co-op.

A lot of people would love co-op in the original (and maybe even this one), but one of the biggest factors the Devs had stated why there wasn't any planned was because the atmosphere and story just didn't support it.

I really don't remember them saying it was too hard to actually implement, only that in doing so it would compromise the original's atmosphere.

They recently just started to implement a completely different story from when they first entered EA after the writer had parted way with the studio.

I'm pretty sure it won't impact the release window all that much, but they are still quite some ways off from leaving EA.

Grokk wrote on Apr 29, 2020, 00:30:

jacobvandy wrote on Apr 28, 2020, 23:09:
If you have an Epic account, obviously they have your email address already... So just use that or an auth app of your choice to get a 6 digit code verification whenever a new device is detected at login. It should be on by default, IMO, especially with how big of a target Fortnite paints on you.

You shouldn't ever use SMS verification for anything, that is by far the worst option because all the attacker needs is your phone number to intercept that code. Meanwhile you have a false sense of security and never see it coming until it's too late.

Yeah. Just this. ^^
I just added 2fa through an existing auth service I had on my phone.

Never use SMS if another option is available.

My email is apparently set as the 2FA...not sure how that works out that way, but hey...whatever.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Apr 28, 2020, 11:13:
Anybody familiar with the original setting? Was it a mature setting to begin with? I know, at that time they didn't market/classify games like that, but you know what I mean.

I will be getting the game for sure, not sure if I'll wait for the all in one GotY version though.

Cyberpunk 2020 could get pretty graphic, but considering the nature of it being tabletop you're looking at mileage may vary depending on who and where the game was running.

I was in a game once where a friend played as a Nomad and she wore the skin of her 'fallen friends' (see: pets) and that was pretty tame. Another game has a Netrunner that did nothing but plaster pretty graphic porn directly into the brains of people for fun.

So the world allows for it, but it was always left mostly up to the players/GM.

I'm expecting it to be a badly worded statement, but the image on Steam says "To keep until 10am PDT May 1st"...hopefully they fix that confusion.

The Half Elf wrote on Apr 24, 2020, 11:05:
Wasn't the last game an abomination?

They've all been pretty consistent with quality...which has been a mishmash of model clipping, animation breaking, and otherwise serious cases of everything just up and disappearing for no reason.

I picture the ones saying that working from home just cannot be exhausting are the same as those telling depressed people to just "cheer up"...

I'm diagnosed with a generalized anxiety disorder, which means going out is more exhausting for me than staying in, but my wife has been working from home for almost 2 weeks now after being in an office job....

For me, I'm perfectly fine with this stay at home setup because of my feelings to being out and about, but my wife is very much stressed over this. Like Beamer and Blue stated, it's all about the routine being so out-of-whack and how mentally exhausting it can be waking up, walking to the table, sitting down for 8 hours, then walking a whole 2 feet to be "off work" without the ability to have the cooling-off period of, say, a commute.

She's found ways to manage this by basically making the dining room table her 'office' and treating it as such, but it's still difficult to keep the mind from wandering so much when you're in the same place 24/7.