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I'm about to play Witcher 3 is this like a 300 hour game or something? I started it a long time ago when it first came out but kind of got bored with it so I'm going to try one more time if it fails I'll move on but if not, I probably won't be posting here for a while.

Not enough information is known at least I couldn't find any. An episodic game is basically a game thats part of a series of games tied together by a story, kind of like a television show season. Individually fully functional games all with an “ending”, usually a cliffhanger, split up into parts with the whole series coming to an end with the final episode (or part) Doing it this way they can monetize each episode which basically means charge you a lot more for each episode rather than wait until the end and getting the whole thing in one package usually a lot cheaper. It's out the reviews are generally really good, for me though it's not worth the money even if you have 30 hours of game time. I just didn't care for the changes then again I'm old school, I'm also old pushing 50, prefer remakes that don’t gut the entire system to make it “modern” (whatever that means) so it's definitely not geared for me so whatever I say…take it with that in mind. What I think probably won't apply to the majority of (young?) people today.

A word of warning to anyone who tries stadia with a trial or a buddy pass: they don't do a very good job of telling you that you will be charged at an auto renewal rate every month, so make sure you go in there and cancel the subscription.

Anybody remember funcoland…or other video game stores in the past? All of them I hold with a certain amount of derision. Sometime in the 90's I was at one of these stores and I made the decision to never buy games from there if I can help it, so when GameStop ‘took over’…mainly because they had a web presence….I wasn't a fan from the beginning, avoided them at all costs. EBay was my main tool for collecting in the 90’s/early 00’s until that went to crap. So glad i got a lot of that done during those years.

I've had this in my library for a long while, need to get around to it sometimes. Sucks about the story though....

Awesome thanks , I've seen that game before Monument Valley, it looks like an old Colecovision game called Illusions

It's basically Star Wars heroes but a fantasy setting…from all the free games I've played this one and maybe empires and puzzles are probably ‘worth’ it. All of those types of games are grinds unless you pay up but it just seems that in Raid you're always getting something, they're always giving you crap so you're not totally ‘stuck’ if you know what I mean. After a while it does get a little boring I have it on auto battle half the time and lately I've just been logging in to make sure my characters auto level. If you don't play much you can always put them in this thing called an Arena in your town and they automatically level up for you so you don't actually have to play the game every day it's kind of cool. They allow crossplay with every device along with their PC version unlike Marvel puzzle quest. The thing that got me hooked on it was the variety of characters you get and the equipment you can customize on each of them. Gameplay is just like Star Wars heroes, turn based with autobattle as an option for grinding etc. there's also a bunch of Raid clans that you can join that don't require you to play constantly every day I'm in one that at the very least asks you log in once a day. You can always try it out and then just stop after a while, which I do for a lot of free games lol. Although as I mentioned earlier i still log into this one every day and a few others on my list. Overall I have to recommend at least trying it cause it's worth experiencing at the very least, there' lots of garbage out there and this one isn't one of them IMO although the ads they pepper you with when you first load up is annoying. Again a lot of games like this do the same thing.

Exactly this. Its OK, never felt the need to spend money but got lost in the see of games out there, I can only focus on 3-4 'free' games like this not much more.

Empires & Puzzles Raid Marvel Puzzle Quest ...and occasionally the D&D Warriors of Waterdeep game. Games I was playing and stopped: Elder Scrolls Blades Etherium Star Wars Heroes Warlords of Aternum Whiteout\Lifeline series Pixa (Adventure look-alike) Captain Cowboy (Boulderdash clone)

I finished the demo when it came out on PS4, I try to keep in mind it's a demo but: honestly the only parts I enjoyed was the quiet time when you talk to the characters and just walking around, the action is just chaotic, I had no idea what was going on, the scorpion boss was ridiculous, most of it I didn't even bother looking at the screen I was just looking at the options i had, at one point I looked up and tried to figure out what was happening.... Classic mode was kind of a joke I mean it's basically playing the game for you (instead of just making it turn based). The animation is quite jerky during the action sequences making it even worse to try and follow what's going on. The cut scenes looked unbelievable lifelike, but the game was dark and rather blurred/grainy didn't think the graphics were all that great in-game. Truthfully and honestly it's a severe disappointment for me, there's no way I'd pay $60.00 for this, I'll probably get it on sale at some point on steam....I can't imagine walking around the world just hacking things with that sort of combat. In terms of combat mechanics, it's basically a low budget Devil May Cry or a horrifically bad version of Dragons Dogma…whose combat is superb over this in every way. The music was the same it really sucks hearing that music and watching this mixed bag. I love the way the demo ends, just a screen for you to purchase the game or the soundtrack. ? Another thing that turns me off (of part 1) of this remake....is the fact that it only goes to the Escape from Midgar section Which means no Yuffie/Cid/Vincent/Cait Sith... No Nibelheim flashback... No Cosmo Canyon with Seto... No Gold Saucer... No Mt. Corel... No City of the Ancients... A better end would have been the end of disc 1 with Aerith's death. Everyone escaping Midgar is kind of a silly endpoint. I'm guessing 3-4 more episodes at probably $60 a pop. 1 - Leaving Midgar 2 - City of the Ancients (maybe) 3 - Mideel and the Lifestream (maybe) 4 - North Crater (maybe) Those would be my guesses beyond the first installment, but that could be years out and that is all the time in the world to screw things up. Do we get to keep our saves? Can we migrate to PS5 (for free)? Do we start at a specific level in Part 2? Again, I wish I was excited, but after playing the demo - battle system feels like I’m playing some cheap imitation in a beautiful package. It’s disappointing because I wanted a remake with enhanced graphics & expanded content, but this means the one I dreamed of will never happen. It wasn’t hard to get right either - all they had to do was combine classic FF7 battle system with DQ11 modernizations (enemies show on field/no random battles, speed up & automated options for grinding/trash mobs) which would have negated a need for changes to materia & Summon.

I'm hoping epic gets achievement someday because at this rate I'll have a crap ton of games the way there giving them out

Konami sale, Castlevania collection, Silent Hill, Contra etc https://www.indiegala.com/store/konami-games?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=The_Golf_Club_2019_featuring_the_PGA_TOUR__Crackerjack_NEWS__20200310&utm_medium=email the arcade collection is 5 bucks contains these arcade games: Scramble TwinBee Nemesis (Gradius) Salamander (Life Force) Typhoon (A-Jax) Haunted Castle Vulcan Venture (Gradius II) Thunder Cross

Just beat Dragon Age Origins on Xbox 360\Xbox One, about a year or two ago I figured I'd play a few 360 games on Xbox One just to see the visual improvements.

Yeah he was just a network engineer who came out to help on some projects, I remember him telling me that. It was sort of a 'revelation' for me...seems they were always planning on it, I think Satya was there in those days, I actually kind of like him, much better than that douchebag Ballmer.

I remember around 1997 the late 90s we had a Microsoft guy come over to our company a big international bank I used to work for (I was doing their network stuff)…He says to me and I quote 'cause I'll never forget it “everything is going to be cloud based, everything, that's the future”. I think I was 27 years old and at that point I understood what that meant but was surprised he said that. I think he was pretty much right.

100% agree.

Just beat the FF7 remake demo on PS4...if that counts It was pretty disappointing for me. ?

Wongo!!! I think Austin has a souls thread here somewhere which has more info but for me it's just been the draw of a dark D&D type RPG with somewhat ‘realistic’ combat mechanics along with some horrific Monsters\bosses, also the discovery and exploratory nature of them…story definitely takes a backseat. Sadly I can't get far in these games without giving up but there's always a way as Austin mentioned. I'm not totally into them cause I have trouble beating them (Bloodborne kicked my ass and I think Dark Souls III may be the best of the series per reviews)....so I can't recommend them for everybody, these games are definitely not for everyone. I just have a sweet spot for the original 'cause it's the first I played and probably the only one I played a lot.

Yep

I'll have to keep that in mind someday whenever I play it again, I'm hoping they remake it. You're right that's the part of the game that is cool, really liked that it had a hub, a sort of depressing limbo of despair. And for me personally the world was funner to explore, Boletaria Castle then the mine, it was consistent it felt like you were trapped in this dark medieval place. Sometimes in a Dark Souls game you're just kind of like OK I'm playing a video game…whereas demon souls kind of sucked you into its own world, I guess what I'm trying to say is it seemed more immersive and more of a joy to explore and discover, but it's just my opinion.

I actually imported this game and played the crap out of it before it was even released here, it was brutally hard, I think I made it as far as the spider or the flame demon and then gave up. If there is a remake or remaster I hope it comes out on steam I'll buy it for sure it's actually a favorite of mine. I remember discovering the arrow trick to kill the dragon early on, there are definitely a bunch of cheese opportunities in this game lol

Just beat Dragon Quest XI....this game is insanely long. Played for 160 hours. The 'post game' is actually probably bigger and longer than the main game. I was very surprised at enjoying the story which normally takes a back seat for me in a lot of JRPG's. The voice acting was superb.

I tend to enjoy RPG Maker games that are well done, I'm also a horror game fan... so have to post this because these games are pretty sweet and pretty messed up lol $2.99 Misao, bundle includes Mad Father: https://store.steampowered.com/app/691450/Misao_Definitive_Edition/

I consider PS2 and Xbox modern but in reality someone born then is 20 years old now, it's like watching a TV show or listening to music from the 60's and calling it modern in the 80's. I know people look at us like we're nuts, but that's fine.