shaggydude

Here are some Portal "Experiences" I've made so far. You can make your server 128 on PC but if you set your overall player count higher than 64 you can't add bots.

TL;DR I think 2042 has the potential to be better than 4 but its going to take some time. As much hate as 2042 is getting in reviews, I'm enjoying it. I like Portal because I can set up a bot match with BF3 guns and classes on the new 2042 maps or run an old Rush map from BC2 with the new 2042 weapons/classes. I've already seen some cool shit people have made in Portal and look forward to more! I've seen several posts on reddit from people saying things like "I'm a day 1 portal player" and I am sitting there nodding and going to Portal first before trying to run a 2042 match at all- for all the things that they did not put into 2042, just the fact they put Portal in at all is a big deal because these games have been so un-moddable for so long.

I will also say that as frustrating as it is to NOT have a traditional scoreboard when you hit TAB, I think it actually has good knock-on effects of teams generally being balanced numerically- maybe not matchmade correctly- but noone can tell because they can't look at a scoreboard and dip out because they don't like how many high level people they see on the board. Also, I feel people are less shitty in chat when they aren't checking a scoreboard that either shows how sick your K/D ratio is or how much you're getting pummelled by a bunch of no-lifers. This new board just shows how good your squad is doing compared to all other squads and that's fine by me!

Some people have decided that 2042 doesnt have a server browser. This is true for proper 2042 matchmade ranked play (aka you get xp towards unlocking the progression in 2042) but theres still a browser in Portal where anyone can host up whatever maps/rulesets they can dream up and I would argue that this is what I would go to the server browser to find in the older games anyway. If I wanted a ranked game with XP gains I want it all standardized and everyone playing by the same rules, not some server where 1 team has literal advantages baked into how the server was set up.

I think they successfully pulled off the 128 player count which could just as easily have fallen flat on its face. Memba MAG? The maps so far feel big and even with 100+ characters running around I still feel like I can get kills and not just getting jumped all the time. I feel like Conquest Large actually does the Large part correctly again.

I think a lot of the negative reviews on Steam are coming from 2 groups. Group 1: People still in love with BF4. 4 still has a ton of maps including remastered ones from 3 and '42, so they see less maps and less features because the scoreboard isnt like BF4, no commander, no this no that, plus if you're on an older PC the performance isn't as good as 4. Cherry on the top is a fresh progression system where they have to get 100 kills to unlock all the scopes and shit they already grinded for in 4.
And group 2 are the people who pre-ordered with unrealistic expectations that this Battlefield game was going to be better than 4 and 5 right out of the gate.

DA:I is still a banger! Have fun and don't forget the multiplayer- people still get in there and play a round or 2 but I have way better luck finding matches on PSN over PC

Depending on your TV, playing with your TV color presets AFTER it switches over to HDR can have different results. I have a Vivid preset that I tweaked just for HDR that I mostly use with HDR games, but depending on the content I will switch it to the "Computer" preset for movies and TV- especially if they are upscaling to 4K since they dont have an expanded color pallete. I have 2 presets on my TV called "Calibrated" and "Calibrated Dark", both look too dark to me, even in a dark room so I don't use them. For my particular TV in the room its in, I can use a vivid preset and switch to "Computer" whenever blacks and dark blues look blown out.

Seeing games like Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear and Quake 3 on PC played over LAN was definitely something where I felt I was seeing the future- no lag, quicker loading times, just had to get everyone and their PCs under the same roof. The first LAN party I attended I came away feeling like I had to raise some money to get something called a video acceleration card at Staples like yesterday.

GTA 3 was the console game that made me take consoles seriously at the time- an open world at that scale was just insane. I still remember the night it came out because my friend bought it at wal mart at midnight and brought it over like he was video game Jesus. For sure the first midnight release I remember. We were up all night stealing different cars, going on crime sprees and passing the sticks when we died.

When my friend with an Xbox figured out how to tunnel Halo through the internet I'd like to say we were all talking about how this was going to be the future but with the lag and nothing resembling matchmaking, none of us could really imagine something like Xbox Live.

When Morrowind hit, I'll agree with someone else in this thread, that game truly had to be seen to be believed. My guy with the Xbox would tell us about the game, but only after playing it could I understand the depth. I saw it played on his Xbox before I ever gave the game a chance- I'd never heard of Elder Scrolls and I honestly did not believe the kind of stories he was telling about what he was doing in there. I don't think it was 24 hours after seeing it played I had it installed on my PC to spend hours and hours in there. It was a running joke that I was just missing from social life- didnt matter who you were, boss, girlfriend, best friend, I was more interested in Morrowind.

Tombstone (1993) 5/5 hands down

I love Tombstone. I was feeling really shitty after getting in a car accident and after watching Tombstone I'm back on top of the world.

Its a really good Western with some good atmosphere and drips with memorable lines of dialogue. Even if you don't like Westerns you can still enjoy Tombstone. It also has some of the best performances you will ever see from a really good cast of dudes like Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn.

I thought the Sekiro Shadows Die Twice trailer looked closer to new Tenchu, plus From Software made the original Tenchu.

Someone randomly mentioned Worlds Adrift to me while I was playing Sea of Thieves. I'm loving it!

Its got:

• Airships
• User Generated/Dev Curated islands to explore
• Assembling Vehicles and piloting them a la Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts
• Functional grappling hooks
• The art style from Journey

Right now there are 4 different tiers of zones with different rarities of metals to build with and a lot of unique loot- cosmetic and essential to build bigger and better ships. The tiers are separated by wind walls and to get into T4 you have to navigate through a sand wall that just tears the hell out of your ship so you need your boys on board to help repair everything. I really hope to find more people down to group up in Worlds Adrift because in the highest tier areas resources are scarce and it's all about how many people you can team up with to build together and fight other crews.

@oursin_360: Ed Boon?

I can't help but agree with a lot of people in this thread, it's sad to see happen but it was always a possibility this would all crash and burn. It's weird if you came up during Unreal Tournament and Gears because Cliffy was the poster boy for a modder becoming a big time game developer. If anything I wonder if Brendan Greene is watching BossKey go boom and writing some Norm Macdonald-styled notes to self.

Note to self: Don't step to Overwatch!