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Old 08-24-2023, 10:44 PM   #7081
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Shoppers Online Deals are live.

PS5 Console on sale down to $600 (-$50) and they give you $89 back in their program points (more if you save them for bonus redemption).

Airtags for $130 and they give you back $42 back in their program points (more if you save them for bonus redemption).

Zelda Switch console gives back $50 in points. Don't see it online, you would have to go into a store for it.
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Old 08-26-2023, 12:08 PM   #7082
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i know it has negative commentary online but i am digging playing fifa 23 seasons
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Old 08-31-2023, 06:06 PM   #7083
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Gimmie!

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Old 09-01-2023, 03:04 PM   #7084
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I've had the urge to play Driver - San Francisco again, but Ubisoft delisted it from the online stores a while ago and only the disc version is backward compatible... so I bought it for $12 from a book store in the UK.

I could have just pirated the thing and played it on PC but I really want the 85" TV experience.
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Old 09-02-2023, 03:57 PM   #7085
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Lots of great games out there right now but don't sleep on Sea of Stars. It's available on Game Pass and PS Plus extra. Similar to Chrono Trigger. It's not nostalgia talking because I never played those types of games in the past. It's a charming turned based(with some action) 16 bit style jrpg.
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Old 09-02-2023, 08:36 PM   #7086
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Yeah I've got that one on a list to try, looked really neat.
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Old 09-06-2023, 09:58 AM   #7087
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There are too many good games right now and not enough time to play them. Baldur's Gate, Armored Core, Starfield, FFXVI, Sea of Stars etc. Geez louise, I need more free time.
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Old 09-06-2023, 12:36 PM   #7088
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Baldur's gate -- Only just started Act 3
Armored Core -- haven't bought it yet but am tempted
Starfield -- Not going to get, not all that interested from what I've seen
FFXVI -- Started and put maybe 10 hours in before being interrupted by BG3
Sea of Stars -- Bought but haven't started
Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty -- coming in 3 weeks, shiiiii

I'm with you man... way too many games and not enough time to play them all.
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Old 09-06-2023, 12:54 PM   #7089
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Hey, on the bright side at least stuff will be on sale by the time we get to it
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Old 09-06-2023, 01:00 PM   #7090
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There's Forza Motorsport and the new Cities Skyline coming out soon as well. It's a good problem to have I guess.
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Old 09-06-2023, 03:06 PM   #7091
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Baldur's gate -- Only just started Act 3
Armored Core -- haven't bought it yet but am tempted
Starfield -- Not going to get, not all that interested from what I've seen
FFXVI -- Started and put maybe 10 hours in before being interrupted by BG3
Sea of Stars -- Bought but haven't started
Cyberpunk: Phantom Liberty -- coming in 3 weeks, shiiiii

I'm with you man... way too many games and not enough time to play them all.
It's (always) a great time to enjoy video games.
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Old 09-06-2023, 06:36 PM   #7092
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I have finally been able to satisfy my Vampire Survivors itch with Army of Ruin. If you liked VS, be prepared for the addiction to start all over again. The games are almost identical in nature, but this one doesn't look like a 40 year old Atari game. It actually has great graphics. As with VS it starts out slow and you'll die a lot. But 8ish hours in and I'm starting to build my profile up.

I'm not joking when I say Army of Ruin is pretty much a clone of Vampire Survivors. The items, the experience gems, the treasure boxes. It's like 99% the same. Don't care. Same fun factor.
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Old 09-06-2023, 06:38 PM   #7093
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i know it has negative commentary online but i am digging playing fifa 23 seasons
My roommate has put in something like 100 hours into '23, after putting in more than 300 the last iteration. Played it a bunch and it's actually pretty fun.
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Old 09-06-2023, 08:36 PM   #7094
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I have finished my first playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3.

It's probably the most faithful, accurate 'tabletop-to-video game' D&D game ever. The sheer amount of ways to do things is fantastic.
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Old 09-07-2023, 06:26 AM   #7095
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I have finished my first playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3.

It's probably the most faithful, accurate 'tabletop-to-video game' D&D game ever. The sheer amount of ways to do things is fantastic.
How long did it take you? I have a feeling I'm going to be locked into Starfield for months so I may not even bother with this one until next year.
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Old 09-07-2023, 09:48 AM   #7096
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How long did it take you? I have a feeling I'm going to be locked into Starfield for months so I may not even bother with this one until next year.
I did as much as I could find to do (but still missed some things) and ended up with about 120 hours in to complete the story vs. 145 hours PLAYED.

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Old 09-07-2023, 10:52 AM   #7097
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I'm currently finishing up Spider-Man Remastered for PC and then going to move onto Miles Morales. After that I have Cyberpunk and Starfield both downloaded and ready to go.

Can't speak to Miles Morales, but SMR is kind of a janky port. Has a weird memory-leak issue and is very CPU heavy. Are all of the PS to PC ports like this?
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Old 09-07-2023, 11:39 AM   #7098
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I never had a memory leak with the PC version of Remastered, but it was pretty resource intensive to get decent performance, I was pretty glad I had a high end PC.

Last of Us and God of War felt similar.
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Old 09-07-2023, 11:18 PM   #7099
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Now that Larian finally has the exemption to bypass the xbox s parity BS, hopefully can see it release on xbox. Maybe the 2023 Game of the Year might actually release before 2024.

Or maybe it can win Game of the Year in 2023 AND 2024 as a result?



The breakout hit of the year, Baldur's Gate 3 has arrived on PlayStation 5 and... it's pretty great actually! In the Digital Foundry tech review, we stack up the PS5 against the PC version, finding that the console version is effectively running at PC's ultra settings.
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Old 09-08-2023, 09:04 AM   #7100
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I don't think a lot of Xbox owners will be put off having to wait seeing how long Starfield will keep them occupied.
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