Srg

2 minutes ago, Daveo said:

Yeah I was surprised it took me so long to come across one with stats being pretty much meaningless and no real ranking up system that a loss could effect. 

I kinda like Rocket League for that reason, it's more laid back than say a Call of Duty full of anger for the W/L and K/D ratio, but saying that I wish it did have something to aim for be it going through prestiges where all cars relock and the antenna items were perks and that as I sit there playing with no real end goal. I bought all the DLC just to go for all the trophies to give me that reason to play. Only need the drive 50km now and they are all complete. Didn't realise it had to be on one set of wheels tho, another 20km to go now.

There is a ranked mode?

6 minutes ago, Daveo said:

We went on a 3v3 where it's pretty much a circle, some dick decided to help the other team, just kept smashing into us and sending the ball back to our own goal, first time I've ran into someone like that so hopefully a one off fool

I'm yet to find an actual griever on there, which is a huge surprise.

Just now, AmericanRam said:

Gears 4 Beta available April 18th for early access which I have and open to everyone 25th.Can't wait.

 

 

 

Love Gears.

Hitman update: Played one playthrough of the Paris level. The level is extremely impressive. It's very big for a hitman game from what I gather, and there's hundreds of NPCs milling around which makes things very tough.

See below for how I completed first play through, put it in spoilers just in case...

Need to play around with some of the more inventive killings, like explosions or poisons etc. But it does at least have a lot of incentive to keep playing. I sort of get the episodic idea now. It does mean you keep playing the level they give you to the full extent. If there were other full levels, you'd do it once, consider it 'done' and move on.

9 minutes ago, YouRams said:

Typical I went back to the pages around release date but not the one before ha. When are they releasing the episodes is it monthly? In two minds whether to go for the Division until they have released a few.

I bought them both, not had a great deal of chance play either - particularly Hitman. But both seem decent. Luckily, it doesn't actually cost more to buy the complete Hitman now - I'm a stickler for having download copies rather than disks and it was like £41 off cdkeys.

I've only played through the first training mission once on Hitman, but put maybe 2 to 3 hours into the Division.

5 minutes ago, SaintRam said:

There you go then @Srg - have at 'er - unlikely to be a game I get into, simply don't have the time for it. 

Time is a problem for me too... I haven't even unwrapped Tomb Raider, and I got that at Christmas.

1 minute ago, SaintRam said:

Huh, weird. Well I hardly played the first one, played all of the second. Really enjoyed it. Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands are two of my favorite ever story-based games and I didn't know anything about the setting they were based in (I'd played very little Borderlands and hadn't even heard of the Fables comics). 

Yeah, I followed plenty of guides and stuff to try and figure if I'd done something wrong or was missing something and I wasn't.

28 minutes ago, SaintRam said:

Which one? The first one?

it was that bit where you were in the school, and you were searching for tapes for the medical room. Wouldn't let me back into the room.

18 minutes ago, SaintRam said:

Yeah, most games do that by going into Early Access. Guess that's trickier to do on consoles. I like Jim Sterling but most of my exposure to him is via TotalBiscuit, I have about 20 Youtube channels I watch and both he and TB have lengthy videos I don't really have time for lol

On the telltale note I'm waiting for them to do another TellTale game I'm interested in. Not interested in the Game of Thrones, Minecraft or the more TV canonised Walking Dead.

I liked Walking Dead but fell out with it when it wouldn't let me progress into a room I had to go into so I couldn't finish the game

10 minutes ago, SaintRam said:

I'd play the older ones personally. But if the reviews from places you trust are favorable then go for it, each to their own. Just don't understand why it's episodic, they aren't planning to dynamically alter any of the future game. That's the whole point of being episodic. I feel like they have an angle. 

I do, but it's a cynical one. Pay for the rest of the game by selling what they've done. That's watching Jim Sterling for you. 

14 minutes ago, SaintRam said:

I have played many episodic games, all telltale ones previously and I like them. Allows them to bring them out sooner while developing other sections and even change the story (at least add in extra options) based on what most people do. This is why they do it.

Why Hitman is episodic though, I've no idea. Doing the same mission over and over again to kill a target in different ways sounds like something I might do (to the extent of doing a mission at maximum 5 times) if I had a choice to and loved the game, but being forced to in order to get value is tedious. 

The game itself is far too hand-holdy. All that "eagle vision" style crap from assassins creed and stuff telling you what to do at all times. 

Just doesn't feel like a Hitman game. Seems a very weird time to change the entire dynamic of the franchise and in my opinion it's a move in the wrong direction.

I've never really played any of them, despite it being relevant to my interests. From what I can see, you can buy the whole thing with all the future episodes for £40 already... so at least it isn't over priced for the privilege. I will look into reviews, because as I say, I'd think it would be something I'd like.

What do you make of the new Hitman? Both as a game and the whole episodic idea?

Still a ground-breaking agreement though. I can definitely see a lot of pc/xbox cross platform given the windows integration, but to get more onto ps4 would be fantastic. I think the developers will play a huge role if this is to become more common place.

That is absolutely massive, great news. Mainly because the player count at times is really low for ranked at the moment, sometimes only like just over 1000 between standard 3v3 and solo 3v3 combined.

Think the ones we are posting are ranked only?

1 minute ago, RicME85 said:

51 played, 49 goals, 14 assists, 2 saves and a win percentage of 60.8%

only 2 saves in 51 games?!?!

4 minutes ago, SaintRam said:

I find it varying in challenge, we do all the missions on hard but only really struggle when we have someone random in the group - especially if one of them is underlevelled because the mission scales based on two things - the highest level in the group and the number of people in the group. So someone who is underlevelled really throws off the difficulty.

 "Cleaner" missions are generally in my opinion far harder than "Rioter" missions - but generally it's similar to Destiny I think in that all the missions on hard will be challenging, but you'll do them first time - then when you hit max level you can do them all on 'challenge mode' or 'nightmare mode' or whatever this game turns them into and that's the real bread and butter of the PvE game.

I've found the Dark Zone very easy, most players seem pretty poor at the game so far. But as they improve I'm sure group numbers will start to really matter. 

I've not seen how to even get onto the dark zone yet, do you need to hit a certain PvE level before they introduce you to it?

19 minutes ago, SaintRam said:

I'm level 13 in the normal world and level 10 in the Dark Zone (they're separate ranks) and I'm enjoying it. Not playing it excessively because I'm sticking to playing it with one of my friends - the fact that the PvE and PvP zones have separated levelling really helps with that though, can play with other friends without getting ahead of one.

I definitely have my issues with it, but generally I think it's a good game. I don't like rating a game or recommending it until the new game smell has worn off, but right now my experience is far more positive than negative. 

I've found it quite difficult in spots too, which I like. That said, not sure if the matchmade missions I've joined have higher difficulties set up, but even then, died a few times to the guy with that damn flamethrower for example.

How's everyone finding the Division?

I bought it on a whim (well, I was planning on eventually, but not so quickly) on Friday night and stuck it on to download. Probably about level 7 or 8 now, and quite enjoying it - even though I'm only playing with randomers via matchmaking.

5 hours ago, SaintRam said:

Alright @Srg and @BurtonRam7 ive added you and bought the game for x box lol

I added you back. Should be on tonight. Might be playing the division though

love March Madness... love Rocket League

23 hours ago, SaintRam said:

Alright I'll add you's tonight, I forget my name on XBL but it'll have Clown in it somewhere. When do you guys generally play?

I'm sporadic, but tends to be mornings on weekends and then late night other than that, unless the missus is out.

Think I will get the Division, just awaiting server stability and see if price drops a bit after first few weeks

17 minutes ago, SaintRam said:

Alright I will, what's your XBL name? I know you said it somewhere else but I forget where

Srg11

13 minutes ago, SaintRam said:

These are the most popular camera settings, known as Lachinio settings (originally done by a player called Lachinio):

Camera Shake: Off
Camera FOV: 110
Camera Height: 100.00
Camera Angle: -3.00
Camera Distance: 230.00
Camera Stiffness: 0.70
Camera Swivel Speed: 3.20

I might buy it on Xbox to play with you, I'll eventually buy it on PS4 too but I can't get to use my PS4 atm, too many people in the house.

Do it, I have played a few games with@BurtonRam7so far

Just now, SaintRam said:

What do you play it on Srg? Xbox? 

Yes, I do.

Just now, Daveo said:

Playing offline v bots yesterday I was under the impression smashing into team mates is part of the game....at least the bots realise one needs to stay back from the kick off to defend, 

Smashing into opponents can be a good tactic - especially if someone takes out the goalkeeper - but yeah, unless you're desperately chasing a goal, you should really have at least 1 person behind the half way line.

8 minutes ago, Daveo said:

I switch between the 2 cameras quite a bit, maybe that's where I'm going wrong!

Its a fun game, probably better playing with people you know and being able to communicate, went online today and got pretty frustrated, smashed in my first game  

I tend to only use the off-ball cam when chasing back to my own goal, as it's easier to do the double jumps forwards and keep your direction. Only other time is when chasing for boosts at the start, really.

Online is a bit better when you play with better people... like when you are low ranks you end up with a load of people ball chasing, rather than rotating round and not smashing into each other.

Nothing more annoying than all 3 people on a team chasing for the kick off either.