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    1 hour ago, MindFreak said:

    Yeah, in the Raid group I'm using on Facebook, a lot of the active players are actually women. Funny how that goes - even though the average gamer is actually a middle-aged woman playing something on her phone.

    I have a problem with one player and one gym. She has three accounts and takes that gym back within minutes every time someone else takes it - we're talking all times a day, and the gym is not even in a place where you can get it from any apartment. So I tried addressing the issue on the raid group on Facebook and was surprised that others had the same problem with her at other gyms. However, the post was deleted within an hour by an admin - only raid relevant posts are allowed. I really wish I could do something about it. :/

    Only one solution is to report them to Niantic, probably find they are spoofing to the location.

    On the last community day, went around with a number of people in the Newport group.  Was pretty good, kept doing loops around from the river to the castle via the Salvation Army building.

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    Smaller forums are dying off slowly.  N-E is one such forum, and it's down to a few things which include (and not limited to)

    • Social Media
    • Lifestyle

    They are the big two i think.  With lifestyle, that can fall with the fact that we've all grown older and life changes for many of us.  More responsibilities meaning less time for the hobbies we love.  bob pointed that out himself.  When we all joined up, most of us probably still lived at home with parents and didn't have a lot of responsibilites outside of making sure you got up, went to school/work etc.  Now many of us have moved into our own places and have responsibilities.  With that comes being more social with work colleagues, meeting new people and getting on with life.  That is unfortunatly the way things are going for many.

    Many members don't come on often anymore for the above reason, and a few other reasons which are personal to them.  You can't pursuade them to return, but many do when there is a direct or a big gaming event like E3 or a console reveal for a short while.

    Social Media (which includes YouTube here) is much easier to run a discussion about games.  The likes of facebook have thousands, if not millions of gaming-related pages for people to be able to discuss what games to play and all that.  Social media is also partially to blame for many gaming print medias being discontinued.  Outside of some of the big forums about, which are thriving still, a lot of others are dying off.  Many have moved onto social media platforms and members have followed, it is again how life is changing.

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    Opened up most of the 1st island, only have 1 question mark left to uncover.  Reached level 5, so can now use the bow and sword i got from UPlay.  Still need to clear out the hideouts on the 1st island, and get the treasures dotted around.  Did notice Evie on the list in Uplay, so of course she's ready for when i get to the ship.

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    Tried getting the Friday off to have a long weekend on this, but have had no luck.  Can't wait for next week.

    Having some missions locked on the "Special Edition" is annoying.  Rockstar will make a killing on the multiplayer, so i don't see a need for this to happen.

    Edit: Confirmed info that no-one should be getting this game early, Shopto sent out an email stating that Rockstar have imposed a restriction on early releases.

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    Made a start last night.  Went down the Kassandra route to play, feels like i'm playing a version of Xena in terms of her tough physique.  Havn't done too much, only about an hour or so (first mission and a few of the ? on the 1st island).

  9. Posted

    Finished last night.  Was enjoyable, but nothing special about it.  I got worried when the game went Gold in July, considering it wasn't meant to be out until September.  I enjoyed the stealth aspects, and the combat when it came about.  However the story wasn't anywhere near as good as the 1st, not the 2nd.  The world felt more alive, but that's about it.  For what the story was about, the number of collectables and side missions felt tacked on, like they needed to pad out the campaign.  Some of the side-stuff was good, and some of the main missions were decent. 1 or 2 of the missions felt Uncharted 1 in places.

    The final boss felt weak in comparision to Rise's, but the camera made the battle frustrating at times.  Once i saw the credits, i don't feel the need to mop up the collectables or finish the remaining few Tombs.  I might do if i get bored, but i'm not in a rush.

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    Started to pick back up my gaming time since the move from my parents to my own place.  So far since the summer, only managed to finish Spider-Man.  Took me near a month to get done, because i kept getting distracted by the side missions and the random events that popped up.  Was not a bad game overall, loved the city and the story was pretty decent to go along with it.

    Moved onto Shadow of the Tomb Raider afterwards.  It's not as bad as some people and reviewers have said, but it's certainly not as good as the first.

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    8 hours ago, Ronnie said:

    Anyone else turned off at just how much content there seems to be in this game (as well as apparently in Origins). I’d love to play another AC but the thought of spending 50+ hours at least is a bit scary. I wish Ubisoft would stop going bigger with each release. 

    I’ll probably still get it as reviews are really positive but I’m more daunted than excited!

    Not at all, it's games like this that normally last me through winter

  17. Posted

    2 hours ago, bob said:
    2 hours ago, Jimbob said:
    Double post (sorry)
    The Odyssey box art (well, on the Gold edition anyway) is double sided.  Can have either Kassandra or Alexios on the cover, depending on taste.

    What does each one taste like?

    Mousakka and Souvlaki

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    Saw this in CEX the other day, so traded in one or two games and picked it up for around £35.  Made a start yesterday after finishing Spider-Man on Tuesday.

    Spoiler

    Can't say i'm too far.  Just explored Mexico, survived the Tsunami and the plane crash in Peru.

    It's early, but i'm agreeing with the views of this feels the same as before, which can't be a bad thing at times.  Graphically it looks great, and the stealth mechanics are better.

  22. Posted

    Finished the main story last night.  What a game to be had, a great story and some interesting side missions.  Finished up with 95% completed, planning on taking a break to play something else before tackling the rest (maybe when the DLC hits i'll return).  The 3rd act did sort of take the flow away from the game a little, but none the less it was a good experience.

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