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  2. Posted

    4 minutes ago, darksnowman said:

    I made it up to you, with interest! ...you just need to have a snoop around your island to find the things I left. :cool:

    :o Just did. And yes, I have been reset. You're joking me!

    Dude... pretty please? I said earlier that after 4pm would be great and I should have stuck to that instead of making a mad dash for it earlier and causing this reset for everyone involved. My turnips reset for me, can I come over? I will leave (slowly) via the airport this time, promise! :blush:

    Only if you behave yourself this time! 😉

    Dodo code is 3SCSC

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    I'll have everyone don't worry! 

    I'll set up a code within the hour and @ everyone who has expressed an interest, and anyone else can come along too; if you've got people that want to come but don't use the forum I'm happy for the code to be given out! 

    My island is a dump so excuse the mess, and as for donations just some bells would be nice!

    Come and go as many times as you need to as well, I'll likely not be at my console but I'll stand next to the shop and keep an eye if any communication problems!

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  14. Posted

    Since Quantum Break I've dipped in and out of a few games, mainly Rocket League which I'm playing on my Xbox instead of Switch due to having more TV time and mates who play on it too (having said that, the few times I've used my Switch and the Rocket ID way to link up with them has been seamless, just a shame I can't have the same profile over both consoles but beggars can't be choosers) 

    Another mate bought me a copy of Anthem for us to play together and I've made a tentative start into that and enjoyed what I've played so far, however I've been hankering to dive back into the murky depths of Sea of Thieves for awhile so I've properly dedicated some time into that these last few days, including four hours straight yesterday morning when my dogs woke me up at 2:30 and I couldn't get back to sleep 🤦‍♂️

    Even when it was released I was sold on the game play and the world they had created, I was just one of the many voices disappointed at the lack of content and, ultimately, the lack of single player action too; not only was it slow going on your own, but if a bigger crew stumbled upon you hours of work would be lost in a flash.

    However, in the two years since launch the game has changed quite abit and now does have a story mode called "Tall Tales" which I embarked on over the last few days. 

    In many ways it's still frustrating as it doesn't carry your story progression mid mission, if you don't get it done you go straight back to the start at your next play through, and the missions are about 2 hours long if not more due to the clues being riddles and sometimes very vague, countless times I found myself on the wrong island. Which sounds annoying but, ultimately, if you invest in it and take it for what it is, the whole ethos of "creating your own story" becomes true and I guarantee my experience on the first mission was probably very different to any one else's.

    After a few attempts at the first mission (including one where I dropped the shroud breaker (the macguffin) in the sea and lost it 🤦‍♂️) I finally readied myself, finished the puzzles, claimed the shroud breaker and headed back to my ship to take it back to the stranger at an outpost and finally complete the quest. As I sailed back the music quickly changed and I had an enemy Skelton boat by my side. Before I had a chance to react my ship had four cannon ball holes in its side and was sinking fast, a good 5 minutes sailing away from the outpost. As I was sinking and thinking I was never going to get this thing done, I quickly grabbed the shroud breaker and leapt off the deck into the ocean. I was a decent swim away from land, and this land was a Skelton fort as well, brimming with enemies. Still, shark infested waters meant if I tried to swim the distance (and with no map to properly navigate)  I wouldn't have lasted long. So I swam to the fort, and saw there was a row boat on the beach! I quickly hopped in and started rowing, and managed to fumble my way to a few wrong islands before reaching the outpost, all the while being accompanied by a lovely Megaldoon shark that just circled my tiny row boat in a threatening manner...

    The second mission was less less puzzles and more battles; the fighting system still isn't amazing but does a job, for the end I tried a few times to go toe to toe with the Skelton lord and her minions, but kept getting annihilated, so I basically beached my ship, drew them towards it and then jumped back on it, picked out my sniper rifle and took them out slow and steady using my ship for cover! 

    So many ways to skin the proverbial on the game and, if you're restarting the mission , although the puzzle of mechanic elements are the same, the game moves the locations around of where things are, so you have to pay attention and you explore my islands because of it too.

    It's really become a fantastic game, feels vibrant and full of things to do now, and it all still feels very Rare as well!

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  15. Posted

    26 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    Honestly, the whole thing is disgusting. I see people are also requesting real cash paid into their paypal accounts before they allow entry to their island. It's an absolute joke. The series has always been about making friends and helping each other out but people have started to twist it into what we are seeing here. Like you, I just need 1 more week to get the milestone and then I can relax on trying to play the turnip market.

    Yeah I saw the PayPal thing earlier, absolute madness.

    My rules are only go if they ask for tips, then I drop a bag of 99k or two of those if a big haul.

    I quite enjoy seeing new islands, getting to meet new people and making friends, if only for a few seconds of reactions! My girlfriend was at one earlier and the island owner was waiting Infront of nook stop with an axe, until she saw 99k upfront, some guy only came with 50 😂🙈

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    10 minutes ago, bob said:
    19 minutes ago, punio75 said:
    That’s pretty good. I’ll come over please 

    I just tried to open my island up, but apparently both visitor and visitee need an online subscription, and i don't have one, so apologies but my cheap turnips are for me only...

    I know a great website selling one year online subscriptions for £13.99 at the moment...😎

  18. Posted

    11 minutes ago, darksnowman said:

    Is this local only?

    My gates are open! There are Bunny Day recipes to be had if anyone wants to come for an afternoon of fishing.

    No idea, we played local and when I got back to my village and spoke to CJ I had 50 odd points from four rounds or so, obviously depending on how well you get on!

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  24. Posted

    1 hour ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    Haha. I thought the same thing. :D 

    To be honest, I'm getting quite tired of all this spec talk. I don't care how the console is running or how many bits and bobs are inside of it. It means nothing to the majority of gamers and imagine most people just want to see the games at this point. 

    There wasn't really anything that caught my eye in the show. Grounded looks decent but I hate the whole early access/game preview thing that developers do. Just finish the game and then release the thing! Everything else was pretty meh.

    I did enjoy how they presented the show though. One of my biggest gripes of Inside Xbox is how cringe worthy they are, with all the fans shouting and the presenters being loud and obnoxious. This show was far more down to earth, for obvious reasons, and I think it was far better for it.

    Yeah the talk of specs does little for me and frankly the Series X footage they had (of Gears 5 etc) just looked like a minor improvement from memory.

    Yeah I remember We Happy Few had massive buzz around it but by the time the game preview had finished that buzz had very much stopped. Get it on game pass when it's ready or even better hold out for the Series X launch (which they might do but putting it on game preview negates that for me) to be more impactful, obviously at a consoles launch even the smaller games tend to get played more as there's less choice! 

    Yeah, it actually worked much better, just got on with it instead of all the razz ma tazz they usually try on.

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