EA NHL fans out there (regardless of how weak the game play can be ), here's the update for NHL 20's GM Mode features. It actually looks quite impressive as a big player of the mode:
No Man's Sky NEXT update dropped today. Added VR and a bunch of new features. Increased the ship size and now you can ride the fauna (as well as milk them). Excuse me while I go milk a flying cow snake
No Man's Sky Beyond: everything to know about the game changing update
Here is just a brief summary of what you can find in BEYOND:
– Virtual Reality support
– VR user Interface
– VR user interactions
– VR controller support
– 16-32 multiplayer
– Multiplayer missions
– Ambient multiplayer
– A new social hub
– New traveller NPCs
– Dynamic NPCs
– Alien Languages
– New alien encounters
– Technology trees
– Gameplay Balance
– Discovery Page overhaul
– Planetary Charts
– Creature taming/riding/milking
– Multiplayer missions
– Cooking & Recipes
– Cooler Aliens
– Improved base building
– Power & Logic & Industrial Bases
– Optimisation
– Starship enhancements
– First person exocraft driving
– Vulkan
– PC graphics options
– Expanded controller support
– Sitting
– Version 2.0
A lot of good games out there (and existing ones getting major updates), yet I havent found one lately that I could stick with. I have a rift s, xbox, PC and Switch- any recommendations? I'll give anything a shot at this point. I usually lean toward multiplayer over strictly single player games.
I've been playing World War Z. It's pretty fun. I'll be the first to admit it's not likely a game you'll be playing a year from now unless there is some DLC coming in at some point. But it is fun and increasing the difficulty as you get used to the game play makes things more interesting.
People are calling it the new L4D and I tend to agree. It's a lot like that but a bit more polish? It's fun, relatively cheap and can take as little or as much time as you like.
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I am taking a break from AC after playing those two games back to back but does anyone recommend the DLC for Origins? I imagine I'll jump into it after I finish playing Darksiders 3.
The Hidden Ones is skippable (nothing wrong with it, just more of the same as Origins), but Curse of the Pharaohs was awesome. Just replayed all of Origins and its two DLCs and I forgot how good Pharaohs was.
Extra level of nerdy immersion if you're familiar with the pharaohs they did an afterlife on, specifically Akhenaten. AC definitely does their history homework..
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I've put about 10 hours into No Man's SKy, and I am not loving it. I've been stuck on a frozen hellscape of a world running around scanning stuff and mining resources, the bulk of those O2 and sodium to replenish my suit. Found a suit upgrade pod, can't locate antimatter; can't buy it at the trade outpost, so... I guess I'll fly to another planet?
Is this a game better played multiplayer? Am I missing something?
(incidentally, I loved Subnautica, which I hoped No Mans Sky would be like. I don't know how that's is relevant, but I feel it is somehow)
Yeah the way to play NMS is to work towards the quest line at first, treating it as a tutorial. Once you meet Nada, you can continue, postpone or ignore the quests
I love Dunkey and he reviews No man's sky pretty damn well I think. For anyone interested:
To be fair to NMS this review is from launch. The game has changed a lot since then.
I get that it won't be a game for everyone. Heck, I think I like it more because it's so different to most games. But then I'm weird.
To me, this is a game where you are dropped into a sandbox and then decide what you want to do beyond the initial quests. There is a lot of repetition in the core mechanics, as the variety is determined by your goals.
Are you trying to journey to the centre?
Are you trying to finish the quests?
Are you trying to build an epic base?
Are you trying to get cool stuff and play with friends?
Where most games give you an end goal, usually through story, NMS gives you options, where advancement is based around mining, trading, crafting and exploring. I like the freedom, as I can play just to play, and I use that to relax.
My review on it is that this game could be 10/10 to one person and 1/10 to another. It is polarizing by nature. I see it as a sandbox in which you can make fun. As someone who will go off the track in Red dead and hunt, who prefers exploring the fallout world over completing the main story quests, it works. I have poured in hundreds of hours over 2+ years and will likely do more post update. It's a 9/10 to me.
The developers made claims they couldn't back up at launch, whether that is lying or talking up features that couldn't make it into version 1.0 is a whole other debate. The fact is that the game has been updated post launch and is a more diverse experience now, but it's still not for everyone.
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NMS is fun. I really enjoyed it despite having shelved it for a bit. This update will probably bring me back in this winter. I enjoyed building bases. Exploring and finding new ships was cool too.
Is there still a limit on the number of ships you can have? Seem to recall a weird bug with ship ownership. You can acquire them but not get rid of them I think?
Also hate the damn sentries. They are everywhere. Just minding your own business mining away and suddenly they are all up in your business. Could do with less of those.
Microsoft Contractors Listened to Xbox Owners in Their Homes
Contractors working for Microsoft have listened to audio of Xbox users speaking in their homes in order to improve the console’s voice command features, Motherboard has learned. The audio was supposed to be captured following a voice command like “Xbox” or “Hey Cortana,” but contractors said that recordings were sometimes triggered and recorded by mistake.
The news is the latest in a string of revelations that show contractors working on behalf of Microsoft listen to audio captured by several of its products. Motherboard previously reported that human contractors were listening to some Skype calls as well as audio recorded by Cortana, Microsoft’s Siri-like virtual assistant.
The former contractor said most of the voices they heard were of children.
Apple, Google, and Facebook suspended their own use of contractors after swelling media coverage around the widespread practice; Amazon said it will let users opt-out. In response to Motherboard's reporting, Microsoft updated its privacy documents to more explicitly say that humans may listen to obtained recordings, but continues to have humans review captured audio.
Remnant From the Ashes is really good so far. I've only played a couple hours, but am having a blast with it. We'll see how the difficulty is as I keep going.
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Remnant From the Ashes is really good so far. I've only played a couple hours, but am having a blast with it. We'll see how the difficulty is as I keep going.
Yeah I am enjoying this as well. It's somewhat like Dark Souls with guns and a bit of a Serious Sam vibe in that you get outnumbered by enemies.
EA NHL fans out there (regardless of how weak the game play can be ), here's the update for NHL 20's GM Mode features. It actually looks quite impressive as a big player of the mode:
Until they overhaul the ridiculously bad A.I any other additions are just polishing a turd.
Absolutely. Tired of trying to cycle the puck back the the point only the find both dmen hovering around centre ice for some reason. And turning up the difficulty just makes the other team puck magnets that intercept everything and get magical speed boosts to get back in position
Is there any use for an original Xbox? Dug mine out of the basement. I assume not, but I know they were big for modders/home theater boxes for a while but I assume that's long gone.
Trying to decide if they should go to goodwill or just to recycle.
Come to think of it I've got two SNES to recycle too.
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Is there any use for an original Xbox? Dug mine out of the basement. I assume not, but I know they were big for modders/home theater boxes for a while but I assume that's long gone.
Trying to decide if they should go to goodwill or just to recycle.
Come to think of it I've got two SNES to recycle too.
A $50 Android box can do more than the OG Xbox could ever for media purposes. But if it's in good condition you could get a few bucks for it from retro collectors, since Xbox emulation still isn't very good. Same with the SNES's, if they're in good working condition they'll be worth a bit