Fierce_LiNk

I was waiting for someone to pull out the Majora's Mask card. Yeah, the sidequests were great, all 15 years ago. Even then, the style of the game is different and it's built differently to other Zeldas. It should be used as the template to create new Zelda games, but it isn't or hasn't been.

A lot of it will be, since part of a Witcher's job is to be a tracker. That's what the follow the trail bits are. He's tracking down an enemy or following the scent of a missing person or looking at tracks of a cart. Although, I do think they used those tracker bits absolutely right in the game, since it's used as a mechanic to advance the story and discover new pieces of information along the way. As for open world games: Yes, the Witcher 3 has definitely changed what should now be expected from open world games. It's redefined the whole concept of world building. The Witcher 3's world wouldn't work in a Zelda game (based on the last Zelda) because the Witcher often features complex or intertwining story arcs with multiple characters and dialogue that is dependent on actions and choices within the game. Zelda's storyline is far more linear, shallow and doesn't allow for any of this. In order to make the open world of Wild Hunt work in a Zelda, you'd have to ask Nintendo to focus heavily on multiple story arcs and Nintendo simply won't do that and I doubt that they could do something like that. They're not known for making story-driven or character driven games. I was a fan of Twilight Princess and I'd probably buy a HD-remake eventually. But, right now, I'd much rather take a newer and fresher Zelda.

My Hearts of Stone Gwent Edition box thing came yesterday. Hnnnngggg, the cards are glorious. Can't wait to get moaaaar. Hope they release the other two decks with the other expansion. Hnnnngggg. Gwent. <3

I'm on 52.5kg at the moment, although that's a real fucking struggle. It's a hard lift, imo. I do enjoy it, particularly when it all goes well!

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune I've never played an Uncharted game in my liiiife and think I might have spoiled this experience ever so slightly by playing the fantastic-fuckingawesome-Tomb Raider Definitive Edition. However, I did really enjoy this game still. There were only a few bits that annoyed me or that I felt slightly meh about, which I've talked about in the Uncharted thread. Aside from that, I liked the humour in this, the gunplay, the puzzle solving (best bit) and the environment/s. Great game. Worth the wait. Games of 2015 Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor - Finished and Platinumed Transistor - Finished The Walking Dead Season One - Finished and Platinumed inFAMOUS Second Son - good ending completed Watchdogs - started in 2014, finally finished main story The Walking Dead Season Two - Finished The Order 1886 - Finished BLOODBORNE - Finished Never Alone - Finished Hohokum - Finished The Witcher 3 - Story (and many other quests!) completed Journey - Finished FlOw - Finished Batman: Arkham Knight - Main story completed. Can't be arsed collecting all of the Riddler trophies Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - Finished Entwined - Finished Uncharted - Finish

I'm eager to try the second and third games now. I've finished the first game. On the whole, I enjoyed it. However, there were a few bits which wound me up a little:

Cover her car in glitter and give her a stern telling off (along with a snotty letter) about the dangers of pixie dust to our natural environment. Cover her bin with stickers with really bad puns. "You've bin naughty!" etc. Add more stickers to her car, including the windshield, until it is deemed not road worthy and she has to scrap the car because no fucker will buy it.

I hate difficulty spikes in games, especially if they're really taking the piss. I'll remember this!

At the risk of spoilers, is it the plot of the third that made you enjoy it the least? I'm quite enjoying the characters and story in the first game. I'm interested to see how it improves mechanically in the second and third games.

My advice would be to forget what every previous game has taught you about death in videogames. In this game, you almost HAVE to die in order to figure out the right way to approach things. You'll die in this. A lot. All you can do is learn from it and go again. Also, this game doesn't include a world map or any kind of map system. So, you're going to need to look around a lot and familiarise yourself with the entrances and exits. Every time you're in a new area, look around immediately. Spot the dangers, find the ways out and the quickest way to get through without necessarily fighting. Some areas I completely ran through the first time in order to get to the next lamp and then I'd go back later and feel my way around and learn it all inside out.

You must be in the 1% of gamers who didn't like Gwent. It's phenomenal. Such a brilliant game. I fucking loooove how you can collect cards in the game's world and how it's actually an important part of that world. It's how they gamble. That quest where you had to steal the Gwent cards illustrates just how important it is to that world.

I'm about 2/3rds into the first game. Hoping to finish that today so that I can start the second. I take it that the first is the weakest in the series?

I think it's a decent price for a decent selection of games. What they could do to make it better is bring it down to an even £10 or £9.99 a month. I'd go for it at that price. Netflix is around that mark, as is Spotify and they're both the leading streaming services in their field. The only thing that annoys me is that every game on the service isn't necessarily part of the subscription package. They should all be part of it. The good thing about the service is that it's a decent starting point and it'll only get better and improve from here on out. So, the catalogue should get better, the pricing system should be improved on, the streaming speeds should improve, so it should see a bright future.

I came home yesterday after a long day to find this waiting on the table for me. Fuck yeeeeah! Woke up pretty early by my standards for a Saturday (e.g. before noon) and have been playing this for around 3 hours. It's excellent. I'm really enjoying it. It's definitely inspired by ye olde Tomb Raider games and New Tomb Raider is inspired by this! IT'S THE CIIIIIIRRRRCLE OF LIIIIIIIIFE. I'm having a great year of gaming.

Interstellar I saw this at the IMAX in Southampton on release and thought it was good/great. Wasn't convinced by the ending and did feel at the time that it was a cop-out. However, I've changed my opinion on it now and think that the film is genius, a classic and that the ending is both thought provoking and intelligent. The film is stunning. The set pieces in this are incredible and I love the story that's being told. If this film isn't a 10, then it's close. Favourite scene is still Miller's Planet and the soundtrack that accompanies it (Mountains) is hnnnnngggg. I listen to the Soundtrack to this on the way to work. Fruitvale Station This film is grim. The start of it is a disturbing prelude of what is to come, yet it does keep you in suspense as you're eager to find out what actually happened in both the build-up to and the actual "event". I watched it with Ine and two other good friends and we were all pretty angry by the end of the film. There are some moments that you could argue are biased, yet I actually think the portrayal of the main character is good. He's flawed.

There were some parts to England's game that were good. I love Ross Barkley and thought that he was the best player on the pitch. Smalling's been great for United all season and think he'd be comfortable at this level. Imo, the problems came with the final ball, which just wasn't good enough. Crosses getting underhit, overhit, through balls not making it through and too many touches in the box. England just aren't clinical enough to worry the better teams. Saying that, 26 shots in that match with 9 on target. So, that's something. But, the shots need to be converted into goals.

Mine is on the way. Hoping to be able to start it on the weekend or maybe next weekend. Not sure what to expect. Hoping that Tomb Raider isn't going to ruin this game for me.

You can get the physical edition from GAME.

My football team took part in a tournament last week against other schools with a far larger pool of players to choose from. We didn't do that well, but didn't play too badly either. We were 2-0 down in the last game and brought the game back to 2-2 before losing it 3-2, so it was a close game. We gave a good account of ourselves. We had another match today against another school. On the way there, we discussed tactics and how we were going to start off quickly. Between their manager and me, we decided to organise the two halves into four quarters, so give the players more of a breather and give us an opportunity to bring on our subs. Within 30 seconds, we were 1-0 down thanks to so some sloppy play. Our team really kicked on from there. They listened to everything that I said and did all that I asked for. We ended up winning 9-2, which is my biggest ever scoreline as manager. My class captain ended up scoring four goals today, despite never scoring in any other match before. I drove the bus down to the ground and, as the team nominated him man of the match, he sat up top with me. I honestly thought he was going to cry when we were singing on the way back to school. Insane football. Completely dominated them.

I don't think it feels arcadey at all. It feels less pacey and slick than 15. I was a massive fan of 15 and I have to say that 16 has been a bit of a disappointment so far. The game seems much, much harder than 15 was on the same settings. I've already had to drop it down a difficulty and it still seems too hard. I've seen the same complaint online so I know I'm not alone there. The game doesn't seem as fun or intelligent as 15. There's quite a few back-steps, in my opinion. The commentary being less fluid or interesting as before. I quite liked how cinematic 15 felt at times. The only change I'm a fan of so far is how you can train your players in Manager Mode. Awesome edition. In all other departments, 15 is the better game. Edit: Fucking hell. I now know why handballs is usually set to off in the default settings. Fucking annoying to give away a freekick every few minutes thanks to a handball. Really, really irritating. It wasn't this bad on 15.

I had a lovely weekend with some friends who came down from Brighton to see our place in Bournemouth for the first time. Think they really enjoyed it! We spent today chilling out, playing some FIFA/PES, visiting the beach and eating naughty food. I had some delicious salmon on top of scrambled eggs on toast, with some afternoon cream tea on the side for my second breakfast. Hurrah! It's been a busy week. I'm exhausted now.

What about re-living the glory years and inviting Roy Hodgson back to the club?

Fuaaark, Rodgers sacked as Liverpool manager!

I'm looking forward to this. Half term is approaching, so I'll be playing this shit out of this during that! Will just play them back to back. Roll from one to the next. Cmaaaaan.

Arsenal have played really well, deserve the victory and have made the most of their chances. So, well done to them. But, we should record this performance and store it in a library or archive somewhere and file it under "How not to play away from home" or "How not to stage a comeback in the Premier League." Utterly awful stuff from United. We're three-nil down, why aren't we at least trying to go for it. Hardly any shots or chances of note, no penetration down the wings and players aren't closing down or moving the ball quickly. There was this hilariously turgid moment in the second half where we were stroking the ball around the backline and Arsenal closed us down before De Gea walloped it out of play...why?! Why are we playing like that? Get the fucking ball in the opponent's box or around it and shoot on fucking sight. If Rooney was foreign, he wouldn't be at this club anymore. He should have been dropped before this game based on previous performances and should be subbed off by now anyway. The only reason he's at the club is because he's English and somehow is Captain of Club and Country. He's had one good performance all season. Not looking for a scapegoat, but we're already slow as shit and playing away from home against difficult opposition in good form, so we can't afford to be carrying passengers and Rooney is the dictionary definition of a passenger. I'm disappointed that Van Gaal hasn't dropped him because I thought he would have the balls to do that. I don't care if Rooney throws a paddy and strops and throws his toys out; if you don't play well, you shouldn't be picked.