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[1bigfan13]

@1bigfan13 @Smitty @Cowboysrock55

NERD ALERT

I don't know what passing setting you guys are using, but Revamped Passing is where it's at.

If you work though the early struggles and take the time to learn it, there's no throw you can't make.

Check out my highlights in 4K:

I've been using revamped passing since day 1.

 

[Texas Ace]

I've been using revamped passing since day 1.

A man of class, you are.

 

[Bill Shatner]

This game does an awful job with ranking teams based on strength of schedule. I had a two star team in a lower tier conference, go beat by only two good teams on my schedule, and still got a bye in playoffs

 

[Smitty]

We need a new Elder Scrolls game. Sadly it’s still years away.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

We need a new Elder Scrolls game. Sadly it’s still years away.

Agreed, I almost want to go back and play Skyrim.

 

[Genghis Khan]

We need a new Elder Scrolls game. Sadly it’s still years away.

I just pray they resist the urge to go full woke like some of these other games have been doing. Hopefully since the tide seems to be turning they can reel it in.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Agreed, I almost want to go back and play Skyrim.

I still do every once in a while. There just aren't enough games holding my attention nowadays.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Anybody play Stalker 2? I just downloaded it but I've only given it about 10 minutes of gameplay so far. Seems decent but the reviews don't seem great.

 

[Smitty]

Anybody play Stalker 2? I just downloaded it but I've only given it about 10 minutes of gameplay so far. Seems decent but the reviews don't seem great.

I want to try it but I’m a big baby and I think I might be too creeped out. It’s a little too much on the horror side for me.

I think the reviews are not great because it’s rough around the edges and doesn’t have the production quality of some big AAA games but I think in terms of gameplay and open world, it nailed it.

 

[Smitty]

Agreed, I almost want to go back and play Skyrim.

My son is 8 and he’s “playing” it. Which means I’m playing it and he’s making the decisions while he watches me.

 

[Smitty]

WITCHER 4 BITCHES

 

[Texas Ace]

WITCHER 4 BITCHES

Yeah, it's gonna be amazing.

Onimusha coming back is another amazing announcement.

 

[Smitty]

Yeah, it's gonna be amazing.

Onimusha coming back is another amazing announcement.

Not Geralt kinda sucks. And pivoting to a chick also is not as good since Witchers were males. But at least it’s Ciri.

 

[Texas Ace]

Not Geralt kinda sucks. And pivoting to a chick also is not as good since Witchers were males. But at least it’s Ciri.

I'm ok with it.

Going to Ciri was the natural progression.

 

[Genghis Khan]

WITCHER 4 BITCHES

Interesting.

I have to say though, given how badly the TV show got screwed up, the woke state of gaming, and the fact that this is centered on Ciri, I'm hopeful but skeptical for this one.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Not Geralt kinda sucks. And pivoting to a chick also is not as good since Witchers were males. But at least it’s Ciri.

I mean I'm sure it will be good. But the whole dynamic of being a male character in a love triangle with two girls was sort of a big part of the last game. Sex scenes as well based on your choices with the girls... But Geralt's whole character was built on this side of a man who loves the women.

You kind of lose that fun with Ciri being the main character. Anyway, still I'm sure its going to be a fun fighting game. The plot just worries me. Especially since it has no books as source material.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Especially since it has no books as source material.

I didn't know this. I'm even more concerned now.

And yeah, Geralt was THE witcher. Both in the books and through 3 games.

 

[Texas Ace]

I didn't know this. I'm even more concerned now.

And yeah, Geralt was THE witcher. Both in the books and through 3 games.

I think it'll be ok.

Hopefully CDPR has good writers as most of the big AAA studios do.

I'm sure they'll consult with Sapkowski as well on the material even if there isn't a direct book they can take material from.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I didn't know this. I'm even more concerned now.

And yeah, Geralt was THE witcher. Both in the books and through 3 games.

Yeah I listened to the audio books of them, it was great.

So here is part of my concern. I haven't played Cyber Punk but I know at one point a lot of people said the plot just sucked. And so I never played it. And I remember thinking at the time that the big difference between that and Witcher was that Witcher had great source material to pull from. Now, I actually plan to play CyberPunk soon. Just kind of working on redoing a lot of my theater room right now. So maybe that was just a misguided opinion by others.

All of this to say, I don't know if they have the story telling skills all on their own. CyberPunk was such a mess at the start. But now you hear good things about it.

 

[Smitty]

Interesting.

I have to say though, given how badly the TV show got screwed up, the woke state of gaming, and the fact that this is centered on Ciri, I'm hopeful but skeptical for this one.

If the industry as a whole wasn’t force feeding us woke crap at every turn at the expense of good story, writing and gameplay, I’d be more open to it, but we’ve been burned too many times with games being hijacked and turned into vehicles for Social Justice at the expense of quality in any other aspect.

Plus… the best and canon ending of the Witcher 3 should have been the one where Ciri becomes empress and is permanently separated from Geralt. She lives, he lives, the world is saved from Armageddon and the wild hunt stopped, but she has to assume a new life and he can’t follow her, it’s one he can’t be a part of. It’s your classic save the world but the hero still loses it trope which makes Lord of the Rings so epic and sad.

The “Ciri becomes a Witcher and spends the rest of her days running around her with adoptive father figure,” ending is too happy for the dark world of the Witcher.

In the video game world of the Witcher, Geralt, after having essentially raised her, should have lost Ciri that way, it’s bittersweet, and therefore, she shouldn’t be available for further Witchering adventures. His ultimate victory is seeing her grow to womanhood and become something more, she’s a queen, he did his job to perfection, but he can’t reap the benefits of a relationship with his child as a result.