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by Mantis
Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:58 pm
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: General Gaming News
Replies: 817
Views: 138112

Re: General Gaming News

My two biggest concerns with it are that it's going to be seriously hampered by a huge focus on the online element from the start at the expense of the solo experience and the fact that Vice City (outside of the 80s aesthetic in the original) is the weakest geographical setting in the series. Oh and...
by Mantis
Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:54 pm
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: Starfield has a release date
Replies: 246
Views: 6672

Re: Starfield has a release date

Fairplay, I was not aware of that background. The majority of my experience of him is seeing him constantly shilling Skyrim on every new platform for the last decade.
by Mantis
Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:06 pm
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: Starfield has a release date
Replies: 246
Views: 6672

Re: Starfield has a release date

Todd Howard absolutely had a thematic vision for Starfield which he's talked about quite a lot, that of "beautiful desolation", and that's what he's tried to get Bethesda to deliver. Whilst I'm sure there is a chance that is true, by and large I think Todd Howard is full of shit. It would not surpr...
by Mantis
Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:57 am
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: Starfield has a release date
Replies: 246
Views: 6672

Re: Starfield has a release date

I personally think it's an absolutely pathetic kind of "No, actually..." from them. Fair play if a review gets things wrong and a developer wants to comment to explain that someone has made a mistake. But all of the quotes I saw for this were more along the lines of them making excuses or outright s...
by Mantis
Sat Dec 02, 2023 6:12 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder
Replies: 773
Views: 80495

Re: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder

Would everyone be available on Tuesday next week for a session? I've got quite a bit on later on the week and don't think I'll be able to make Thursday.
by Mantis
Thu Nov 30, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder
Replies: 773
Views: 80495

Re: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder

Should be alright. Out with work so I may be 10-15 mins late at worst depending on traffic home.
by Mantis
Wed Nov 22, 2023 1:33 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder
Replies: 773
Views: 80495

Re: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder

I'll be away at a gig this Thursday unfortunately.
by Mantis
Tue Nov 21, 2023 3:32 pm
Forum: Music & Literature
Topic: \m/ Metal \m/
Replies: 179
Views: 66545

Re: \m/ Metal \m/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtju8pwSGMA I didn't make it to Bloodstock but I saw this exact setlist at a show earlier in the year and it absolutely blew me away. This mix is one of the best live recordings I've heard in a very long time, it sounds utterly massive. What an absolutely next level b...
by Mantis
Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:53 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: Happy birthday Mantis!
Replies: 8
Views: 280

Re: Happy birthday Mantis!

Thanks guys. Sadly rushed off my feet with work today and tomorrow so I've not made many plans, but received some nice gifts and I'm off to make a racket with band practice later.

Frankly I'm still slightly hungover from a wedding I went to on Saturday. :lol:
by Mantis
Mon Nov 13, 2023 10:04 am
Forum: Music & Literature
Topic: \m/ Metal \m/
Replies: 179
Views: 66545

Re: \m/ Metal \m/

Interested to see what he does to improve it given the original album was all accidentally summed to mono when it was mastered and he's since lost all of the source material for it.
by Mantis
Fri Nov 10, 2023 10:14 am
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: Steam News & Updates
Replies: 281
Views: 100225

Re: Steam News & Updates

As far as I can see it's only currently available in the US and Canada. The older models are reduced whilst stocks last though, so hopefully that's indicative that they're phasing them out ready to roll out the new model as the standard one worldwide.
by Mantis
Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: Steam News & Updates
Replies: 281
Views: 100225

Re: Steam News & Update

Nice. That might be what makes me take the plunge.
by Mantis
Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:53 pm
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: The Random Gaming Videos Thread
Replies: 128
Views: 33260

Re: The Random Gaming Videos Thread

Had a good time with it when the PC version came out, I can't believe it's still got such poor performance given how much money it consistently makes them, though I guess there's not much incentive to fix it if people are buying shark cards regardless. The heist missions that they added are good fun...
by Mantis
Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:01 am
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder
Replies: 773
Views: 80495

Re: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder

The cast of absolute misfits on this is going to be brilliant. :lol:
by Mantis
Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:41 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder
Replies: 773
Views: 80495

Re: D&D Campaign 2: D&D Harder

I went to look up which domains were part of which books, and the one I wanted actually is part of the PHB. I thought D&DB gave you access to everything in that, but I guess not. This might be something I end up doing, not sure yet, but is everyone ok with, well, prolific swearing? I figure it come...