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Post by Sly Boots » Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:58 am

Richard Garriott has become the first human in history to travel to both Poles, space and the lowest point on Earth:

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/richard-garr ... ned-ocean/

Not a bad achievement.

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Post by Wrathbone » Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:02 am

I expect when we finally send people to Mars, he'll already be sat there waving as they land.

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Post by Sly Boots » Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:05 am

Wrathbone wrote:
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I expect when we finally send people to Mars, he'll already be sat there waving as they land.
As long as he's not there with fucking Chuckles :lol:

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Post by Raid » Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:41 pm

Holy crap, there's a new Jet Set Radio game (in all but name) coming out next year. Same visual style, same soundtrack composer, very similar looking gameplay. How did I not know about this? I absolutely adored Jet Set Radio, and while Future didn't quite hit the same highs, I loved that too. Colour (preferably cell shade) me very excited indeed.



And "Bomb Rush Cyberfunk" is an amazing name. It's almost as good as Jet Set Radio.

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Post by Animalmother » Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:54 am

https://www.pcgamer.com/bethesda-xbox-game-pass-pc/

Nothing very exciting but you can play all the Doom games now:
Dishonored
Doom (1993)
Doom 64
Doom 2
Doom 3
Fallout 4
Prey
The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition
The Evil Within
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

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Post by Wrathbone » Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:04 am

I imagine that playing vanilla, un-modded Morrowind on a 50" TV with a controller in 2021 would be like a fever dream.

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Post by Alan » Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:05 am

Final Doom forgotten again!
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Post by Animalmother » Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:46 am

Doom 2 has a mods section that includes TNT and Plutonia plus a few others.

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Post by Alan » Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:17 am



Baldurs Gates are like busses it seems.
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Post by Wrathbone » Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:35 am

Filled with swathes of hellspawn?

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Post by Animalmother » Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:46 pm

Maybe I'm just getting old and jaded but that was a big pile of nope for me. Outriders doesn't look too bad though, what Anthem probably wanted to be.

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Post by Snowy » Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:53 am

Animalmother wrote:
Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:46 pm
Maybe I'm just getting old and jaded but that was a big pile of nope for me. Outriders doesn't look too bad though, what Anthem probably wanted to be.
The beta was supremely average. Not bad, just another waist-high wall cover shooter loot grind. Felt like The Division for the most part, but the gunplay was quite enjoyable. I wouldn't pay to play it, but if you wanted a vehicle to carry a co-op conversation with some mates, it would be an innocuous one.
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Post by DjchunKfunK » Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:04 am

Snowy wrote:
Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:53 am
Animalmother wrote:
Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:46 pm
Maybe I'm just getting old and jaded but that was a big pile of nope for me. Outriders doesn't look too bad though, what Anthem probably wanted to be.
The beta was supremely average. Not bad, just another waist-high wall cover shooter loot grind. Felt like The Division for the most part, but the gunplay was quite enjoyable. I wouldn't pay to play it, but if you wanted a vehicle to carry a co-op conversation with some mates, it would be an innocuous one.
I said it in another thread but Outriders isn't really a cover shooter, it's designed in such a way that you need to be getting much more up close and personal with the enemies both in how the various skills work and the way you heal. The demo does a bad job of showcasing this as the first section you play is without your powers and as soon as you see cover your brain automatically thinks you should be using it. People Can Fly have been highlighting this fact a lot more recently in their promotional material which I think is a good idea.

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