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'Stall' probably not the best choice of word in this situation.

'Stall' probably not the best choice of word in this situation.

Started the download last night... 93.7GB on PS.
Red Dead day is probably a week on Tuesday.

The problem is full AAA releases carving up games, withholding content, inbalancing the game just to get money from microtransactions. EA are the biggest scumbags of the lot. Absolutely destroying that Star Wars game to the point where they had to patch the progression system once they disabled the microtransactions after the huge backlash - just proving the point that they were completely game altering to a fault. Yet they don't care, because they still make billions because they invented ultimate team game modes on every sports franchise they own the monopoly on.
Other games have had microtransactions bolted onto the game after the fact due to greedy producers, again, ruining the entire game. Biggest example of this would be the newest Deus Ex, which Square Enix ruined by doing this. But they're not the only ones.
If you pay for a full price game, you should get the full game. This is just the latest iteration of the games industry finding another way to get all of the money, rather than just a boat load of it. They have tried before with online passes required to try and kill the preowned market, massive pre-order bonus culture to entice presales to pay for the game before it's even made and alike.
I don't have any issue with free games, like League of Legends, or cheap games like Rocket League making their money through skins and other cosmetics - which have no effect on the balance of the game. Where Rocket League and League of Legends does it right, is that there's a very limited number of items you can possibly get in any given Rocket League box, of which you can trade afterwards anyway, and League of Legends lets you buy the actual item you want. Even then, it's not ideal, but at least these games don't charge you £45 to play it to begin with, before letting you know you've only got a small portion of the game, and you have to grind an ungodly amount of time to do the cool stuff with shelling out yet more money.
The Asian market has at least taken the step of making games disclose the odds on each item in loot boxes, it's a small step, but it's showing how it is being now thought of as gambling.
Games like Overwatch are always given an easy ride on this, but they shouldn't be. Mainly because it's Activision, and they tried to patent a matchmaking system which would literally put people without any DLC items against people with them, to make them want to buy them. They have loot boxes with a huge number of items in them, with such tiny odds, and it very much preys on the haves and have nots, and specifically a younger audience.

Download the option files and you have a fully licenced Pes anyway. 
Which is better than fifa. Well, offline gameplay anyway.

Well I certainly wont be buying FIFA, or any EA game going forwards unless this practice changes (which it wont). Looks like I will be a PES man once again.

Enjoying the ridiculous amount of pay to win, microtransactions they've added in? Absolute joke.

imessage via wifi, using an apple ID

If anyone's getting offended of being facepalmed then:
a) stop saying stupid things to warrant a facepalm
b) ban them for being so sensitive.

not sure to be honest.

Rockstar just announced Red Dead Redemption 2... will have some online element like GTA, trailer is coming this Thursday and will be out Fall 2017.

They treated Kojima really well...

I'm erring on getting PES rather than FIFA.

Grabbed Rocket League for XB1 this week so now have it on that and PS4.
Will have FIFA 17 on both consoles too so can play with as many people as possible.

it's the directional system, a d-pad on touch screens can be a bit unresponsive. Fine for any game which isn't critical on quick responses.

Unfortunately that's not possible. They need to figure a way to do that. All you can do is play v each other through matchmaking - either way, at work anyway

That's similar to them always saying "so-called Islamic State". If that's what they call themselves, that's what they are. Or do we all support "so-called Derby County"?

That's similar to them always saying "so-called Islamic State". If that's what they call themselves, that's what they are. Or do we all support "so-called Derby County"?

Just never replay Goldeneye

all over this when it's out. fantastic, underrated game series.

Maybe, but that's probably because you know what you're doing a bit more. I found getting to like level 8 or whatever so easy, you were there before you knew anything.

Finally found the song from the Quantum Break advert... not fussed about the game, but the cover of Come as You Are is as brilliant as it is haunting...
 

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.

love March Madness... love Rocket League
 

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