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I got a 360 in spring 2006 in no small part because I wanted to play Oblivion so bad (I was in high school at the time). It did not disappoint. The more polished (hah) systems in skyrim make it hard to go back to now though, for me at least.

I just don't understand how shit like this happens at a work place, ESPECIALLY such a large company! How does no one stop this shit!

Two words: wage slavery. People need wages to survive.That gives those offering jobs (employers/management) power and puts them in a position to abuse people, because they know some employees will put up with the abuse to keep the job.

@bybeach said:

To be fair to the makers of this game, this is 100% in line with the previous game in the series, which was also about expensive clothes, cars, beautiful people, beach parties, etc. The first 10-15 minutes of the quick look of TDU2 on this site gives you more than enough of a taste of this lol. Thankfully, after the intro, the game was mostly just concerned with driving and less about characters and story. It's just a B-game version of the Forza Horizon festival concept.

I think this is more complicated than "the government in this place is acting badly so we shouldn't set games there." By that logic, we shouldn't have had games set in the US during the Trump presidency. As you mentioned @bigsocrates, Mexico has had its fair share of political problems, some very recently. But Mexico is also a very underutilized setting in games and I have a feeling there are a fair amount of people excited to have a game that will presumably celebrate Mexican culture in some way, and (probably) won't even include drug cartels when doing so.

You can celebrate a place and a culture without praising its government. Is that a fine line? Yes. Do I trust the developers of TDU: Solar Crown to stay on the right side of it? Not really. But I think I'm going to wait and see on this one (especially since I'm a huge fan of TDU1 and 2, lol).

I was happy when Beyond Light got a shot out for its soundtrack in this year's GOTY discussion. Even for a franchise (and a studio) that has historically had great soundtracks, the music in this expansion stood out to me. They hadn't run the raid when they did the GOTY discussions so I understand why this track wasn't played, but I think a lot of people who have done Deep Stone Crypt will agree that the moment where this track kicks in is one of the standout moments of the entire expansion:

I will always have a soft spot for GameFAQs as it was my gateway into video game websites (including Jeff and crew at GameSpot) in the early 2000s, but I rarely use it now. Maybe a couple of times a year I'll look up a FAQ.

They say it resembles that track, but it's definitely not that track. The packaging also says "Forza Horizon" when that track was only in Forza Motorsport.

Mexico makes a lot of sense, so OP might be on to something here. Wherever it's set, I'm looking forward to FH5 a lot. 4 was a blast.

@chango said:

We have a couple open spots in Lincoln Force! If you're still primarily playing on xbox, you can join the clan here: https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=1723693

We primarily use the Giant Bomb Destiny discord server for chatting, grouping up, etc. (I'm Harpua418 on Bungie.net and the discord).

I don't agree with this. I don't read music reviews often, but when I do, it's not to make a decision as to whether or not I want to spend 5 minutes listening to a song. It's to learn more about the music from someone who probably has a more trained listening ear than I do and who can provide some context that I wouldn't get from the music alone. Criticism has a purpose beyond making purchasing decisions. It's a way to interact with and understand art. I think the same probably goes for game reviews.

Mass Effect is still good. The strength of the world building and characters alone makes it still worth experiencing, even if the overall plot arc is a little hit or miss (more hits than misses though, IMO).