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There are some unhappy people over on Reddit listing issues with the game. I'm not sure if these are just a vocal minority though, with the game currently sitting on 75% on Metacritic...

This is another one for my Christmas list, so I probably won't be playing until the new year.

I genuinely never even noticed any performance issues on JC3. People always go on about the framerate dropping below 50 or 40, but I don't really think I would notice unless it was at single figures. I'm not sure how they know without having a FPS counter tbh. Yeah, the load times and the dodgy motorcycle handling were the only crappy things I noticed in JC3.

There we go.

So this is out today, and it's been getting mixed reviews. Some poor looking graphics glitches doing the rounds too. I won't be getting my copy until Xmas, so I can't comment on it until then. Has anyone else got it? Impressions?

So i've just reached the sixth gym, and I'm having mixed feelings about this game. As nostalgia, it's great - i'm really enjoying bombing through Kanto again, seeing all the old places in vibrant 2.5D. I also love the Pokemon wandering around in the overworld. It makes the world seem alive, and I love it when a rare pokemon appears on screen - makes it much more like a virtual safari than random encounters. However - while I quite like the Pokemon Go style catching mechanic, I'm not sure I like the way in which the XP now works. I have a hugely over-levelled team now (mostly between lvl 45-55), and i don't feel like i've used any of them that much? When you used to have to grind up Pokemon by battling trainers, and random wild Pokemon, you really developed a bond with each one. It was a grind, but at the end of it, you really felt like you'd been through something with your 'mon. I've got a level 50 Chansey that I've literally never used. I couldn't tell you what moves it has. The way you can level your whole team relatively easily through catching wild pokemon removes having to actually use any of them. Another knock-on effect to this, is that you can easily switch between different pokemon - it doesn't take very long to grind a new pokemon up to the same levels as your team. This is good in a way, but it's meant that I've had a hard time deciding on what my team will be. It's so easy to switch in and out new Pokemon, that I've tended to pull in a monster to help beat the next gym leader (Bulbasaur to beat Misty, Charizard to beat Erika, Haunter to beat Sabrina etc), and then just box them. When i first played Pokemon red, i remember having such an affinity with my main team, that I felt genuinely sad when I wanted to bring in a new one, and having to say goodbye to the old one. Now, I don't really give a shit. This might be because of different circumstances, i'm older, replaying a game i've played before etc, but I think it's because it's too easy to do the ol' dump and switch. Anywho, we'll see how it goes. Looking forward to crushing that Koga wanker and surfing away.

Captain Marvel looks great, can't wait for that! The Asian superhero film looks interesting too. I wonder if they'll end up with mostly Asian-american cast and crew, or if it will actually have Asian born people in it. Will be interesting to see how it turns out either way, even if I've never actually heard of the hero.

The largest muscles on a bird are the pectoral muscles, as they're the ones that power the wings. So it makes sense that Charizard would have large pecs, otherwise it wouldn't be able to use those wings at all.

Urgh. Locked myself out of my house. Have to wait for a locksmith - who knows how much this will cost! Edit: £250! :angryfaceblowingsteamthroughnose:

Ha! I was playing Pokémon, and couldn't remember what poison Pokémon were weak to, so I asked my Google mini. There was a long pause, and then the woman just says: "......psychic and ground" with such contempt! As if she she couldn't believe she was being used to give such trivial information.

The fact that DD has now been cancelled all but confirms the real reason all the others did.

Depends, do you get made fun of by air stewardesses when boarding a plane?

Oh...er..happy birthday!

What a strange name...

Ok that is pretty noticeable, fair enough. Weird that they ended up at 50hz if most of the rest of the world was at 60hz originally then.

Interesting. But can one really discern the difference between the speed of a 50hz game compared to a 60hz? Presumably if you played one after the other, but compared to a game you played 20 years ago?

I don't know, I haven't played the game yet.

What even is the difference these days, assuming you have a TV made during the last 15 years that can display either?

This truly is the worst thing that has ever happened.

Oh that's a relief. Thought I'd somehow managed to miss the announcement of a huge franchise mainline title.

Did I miss something? What is Mario Kart Tour? When did that get announced?

Wow, with all the praise this game is getting, and for that price, only a moron would choose not to buy it!

I can't even remember how far I got in Skyward Sword. Don't think it was very far at all, I think it was the fire level? I might actually be getting it confused with a different one though. I only really remember the fact that there were these birds in it. And a huge hole in the ground?

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