Korrd wrote on May 10, 2022, 18:13:
I can't recommend this series enough. It's such great asymmetrical co-op fun. The first game is free, albeit brief, if you want to try it out.

Also, you can get a better price on Forever with the We Were Here Series Bundle if you already own the other games. Or just buy them all if you haven't yet, because they're worth it.

Yeah, these are great. Played through them steadily with a friend, and looking forward to trying this one out when I have the cash.

Also free on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/571310/SteamWorld_Dig_2/

I happened to play this from my Steam backlog a month or two ago and thought it was just a standard 'vania platform game. I was astonished when the pinball mechanics kicked in, and loved it!

They're removing references to real-world people named in the lawsuit:

https://www.wowhead.com/news/references-to-alex-afrasiabi-removed-in-world-of-warcraft-323588

It's still coming out on PC on the same day as PS5 though:

https://bethesda.net/en/article/3SwTPXPaSA47II2A8VWzuY/arkane-outsiders-free-deathloop-items

A lot of World of Warcraft players will be happy they've finally fixed the flickering shadows bug.. it's only taken them seven months.

Krapalicious wrote on Jun 9, 2021, 19:35:
At least there will be a season 3. At the end of season 2 there was some doubt whether Pedro Pascal would return as Din. Also, not surprised as The Book of Fett premieres in December.

Yeah, the ending of S2 felt very final to me - especially with the plug for The Book Of Fett too. I'm actually (mildly) surprised S3 is happening at all.

Rhett wrote on Nov 24, 2020, 01:48:
...and barely any contention over quest objectives (either shared or made lootable by everyone).

I'm pleased to hear this. I feared for the launch week since the questing is linear this time, with everyone going through the zones in order - I too well remember the launch of The Burning Crusade, where everyone fought over mobs in Hellfire Peninsula so quests would take several times longer than if you were solo. They did say they'd be sharding zones once player levels reached a certain amount - sounds like that's working.

Hopefully tonight I can make a start and enjoy it, in this case.

NKD wrote on Oct 1, 2020, 21:24:
I don't think they've delayed an expansion this close to release before. I'm clean from WoW for a couple expansions now so Im a bit out of touch but a little more time can go a long way. Hope they aren't crunching their dudes.

The only other expansion that was delayed was the first one (Burning Crusade). It was announced at the end of October 2006 that it would now be released January 2007 - so that must have been pretty close to whatever the original release date was (which I can't find right now).

The general feeling from devs and related staff on Twitter seems to be relief that the info is out and that they have the time - and bear in mind they haven't even given a specific release date now other than "this year." I would throw my hat in the ring with "Early December," a few weeks ahead of Christmas to get all the initial server and game issues either sorted or put on hold until the new year.

Slick wrote on Jul 7, 2020, 07:00:
(looks like WD: Legion will be a lot more serious)

You saw Granny Helen, right?

If you're looking at playing the whole shebang, then the Season Pass is £6.80 on the UPlay store until Friday (£5.44 if you trade in 100 Club Units). And yes, you can buy the season pass without already owning the full game first. Not sure what the price is in other countries.

https://store.ubi.com/uk/watch_dogs-2---season-pass/5836a1894e0165af278b4567.html

Huh. I wonder if they'll re-release the original games back on Steam at some point.. you can get them in this bundle, but still not if you want them piecemeal. Which is a shame, as I don't have any VR kit so the bulk of the cost of that bundle (the new VR game) doesn't apply to me :/

Blue wrote on Feb 5, 2020, 08:14:

residual wrote on Feb 4, 2020, 22:22:

saying players will be able to transfer their game and items (but not items) from Battle.net to Steam

Not battle.net but the Bethesda launcher.

Dang. Fixed. Thanks for catching that, them referring to it as B.net addled me.

See? SEE?? It's misleading!

Google Translate will soon offer real-time transcription.

..because we've all seen how accurate the auto-subtitles on YouTube videos are?

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 7, 2020, 18:16:
DCH driver installs the control panel via desktop-bridge, making it a trusted microsoft app. It's even in the driver FAQ In fact you can download the control panel from the app store and it gets updates from there too.

Ah.. I don't use the DCH driver, just the standard one, which explains why mine isn't an app.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 6, 2020, 15:57:
Yeah, I think I will happily just do a full driver re-install every time anyway, especially as the control panel is now a W10 app....

Um. The Control Panel isn't a W10 app. Not sure where you got that from? I even just checked with the latest driver installed, in case they'd changed it in this one. Nope, still a regular application.

RIP Constable Odo

I just started playing this a few days ago after someone gifted it me for my birthday, and I'm loving it too. Just.. well, it's not exactly an uplifting story so far (Chapter 8 of 15), so don't play it if you're depressed already..

[VG]Reagle wrote on Dec 5, 2019, 21:51:
We have officially reached rock bottom as a species.

May I introduce you to Rock Simulator?

I remember playing the original Halo when it was finally released on PC all those years back, and I could never understand what the fuss was about. The PC shooters of the time seemed so very much further advanced. As such it's kinda hard for me to get excited about these being on PC now.

Had a similar experience with Gears. Played Gears 5 recently as my first Gears game after hearing the hype for so many years and.. well, underwhelmed is about right. So many things could have been improved in it, but after putting a few hours in and reaching the second Act, I just gave up.. kinda walked away shaking my head at it.