Fierce_LiNk

I'm literally sat here getting all of my resources ready for the year. So, I hope I won't have to come home and do an awful lot over the next few months...Maybe that'll hopefully free up some NMS time. I do still want it, quite badly now, ahaha.

The notable or most striking feature of this game is the scale. Due to the way that the game works, there are countless numbers of planets in the game. Different star systems and the planets are all planet sized. So, if you were to walk in one direction, it would take you a very long time to walk around the entirety of the planet. This game is a "choose your own adventure" type of game. You might want to be an explorer. So, you'd be the type of person who wants to go out there and catalogue all of the different planets, alien species, etc that you find. You might want to be a trader, so you'd gather resources and trade them in for credits. You can be a fighter and just want to create anarchy. That's what the core of the game is. You have to be fairly open minded in order to get the most from this, imo. I think having a love for space and classic science-fiction would help. The one thing to remember is that the team behind this is small. Tiny, even. Even for an indie. So, what they've created (what we've seen this far) is nothing short of incredible. There are questions that will exist about the depth of the game. In truth, it's not going to have the tremendous amount of depth that something like a Zelda game or another RPG series will have. It won't have the gun mechanics of something like Halo. It won't have the fighter pilot options of something like Rogue Leader. But, it's not trying to be any of those. It's the vision of a small team who want to give you the feeling of what it's like to land on a random planet, catalogue what could be there, run from the dangerous wildlife and gather as many resources as you can before you die. In that respect, I think it'll succeed. I'm still waiting for reviews or at least a few more impressions. The timing of the release is terrible for me personally. I would have kept my preorder had they not shifted the date. I know @drahkon is in the same boat as me.

Just started up Season 2 and have made it past episode 3 already. Episode 3 was incredible.

Awful, awful news. R.I.P. Condolences to his friends and family.

Oh god, Pod Racer in VR would be orgasmic. If that doesn't give you motion sickness, nothing will. NOTHING! I'm quite excited now to see where VR goes. It's getting pretty serious now and I think the technology will just get better and better. Imagine playing a whole Metroid Prime game in VR. Hnnnnnggggg.

Maybe there are some surprises/mechanics/stuff that they want people to experience for themselves, or at least when it's hit the street date. I can understand it.

Is that on Netflix? May give it a go. Tempted to start Mr. Robot.

I dunno, X2 reminds me of the second X-Men film, which was awesome. The Last Stand was a bit shitty. So, this could be a good omen. NX-men.

Castlepoint, brah. Hope you took her to Cafe Thornton's.

I can only imagine how crazy this looks in VR. Love DriveClub.

Wow. Love those little cartridges. Mind was blown when he showed us FireRed.

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That's the first one that sprung to mind. It's probably the most memorable one for me. There was a pretty decent Mario Strikers Wii advert with Ian Wright that I quite enjoyed!

My initial reaction to that is that it looks more like the old Playstation/Sony brand rather than something Nintendo. Not a fan of the build of that model. Maybe it's just the colour scheme.

RedCafe are absolutely certain that Pogba is coming. I thought the Higuain transfer would have set things in motion, but part of me is still expecting Madrid to come in and swoop for him.

I've got severe cravings for this and am super fucking tempted to put my preorder back on. Gah. Whyyyyyy didn't they release it in June? It should have been my summer game! Eagerly waiting for the impressions and reviews to come in. If it lives up to it, then it's back ON.

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I imagine that Splatoon could gather an audience in the same way that Overwatch and Rocket League have. The thing about having a larger userbase is that you have lots of little sub-groups and crowds. It's not a single hive mentality of COD or GTFO. There's also going to be a section of fans who play on everything, e.g. they own a PS4 and another system. If there's a PS4 version of a game and a WiiU version and it's online focused, you'd imagine that many would go for the PS4 version. Especially if the crowd is larger there, since it'll make it easier to find a game.

I think there's a bit more to it than it selling poorly purely because it's multiplatform. The first game had a cult following (I loved it) but the sequel came out much later into the generation in 2011. By then, it had too much competition and the fans who loved the first game simply moved onto something else. I definitely had my fill from the original and only picked up the game second hand years later. The first game was unique, was released at the right time when the Wii was providing new experiences and was early into a generation without too much worry from competition.

I think developers would benefit more from having one bigger screen rather than two. Maybe the time of dual screens has passed? Is it really a neccessity now for handheld gaming? I can see the benefit of having a larger touchscreen. (I'm assuming this is touchscreen?) Especially if we're talking about the idea of having developers create their own "on screen controls", so using those buttons in addition to the controls alongside the controller.

The real thing will look very similar to that, imo. I'm still at the "I dunno..." stage. Desperately want more information from Nintendo. Whilst speculating is fun, I think the time for that has gone and we just need the facts now.

I've not been sleeping well for the last month and it's pissing me off. I'm finding it difficult to switch off and I'm currently getting certain days in each week where I only get about 3 or so hours sleep. Just not finding it very comfortable. Still have a minor issue with my shoulder, but I'm hoping that it's clearing up soon. I've stopped doing any push exercises which may aggravate it, so no overhead pressing and no benching. I've narrowed down the issue to my right rear delt, possibly with a bit of lateral ache thrown in there, too. I think that along with the lack of sleep is making me not enjoy this as much as I should be, even though I want to.

So...we might get Pogba for silly money, Arsenal are interested in Lacazette and Higuain went to Juve for 75million. Football, eh?

Haha! I struggled big time with that water puzzle and @Eenuh kept saying that I was making a mess of it. I'm glad to see that somebody else shared my pain. There's a few odd puzzles here and there, but the good far, far outweighs the bad, thankfully. I notice you've played Adr1ft and Firewatch. Both are games I'm interested in. I saw that you compared Adr1ft to Everybody's Gone To The Rapture, which is another game that I enjoyed. How long is it, roughly? Not sure whether to wait for a deal later on in the year.