Recent content by Mayo Master

I thought that was okay. The execution :awesome: could have been better - The emotion I felt the most during the ending on my first playthrough was... confusion. Still, it wasn't that bad, and I'm hoping P3 will make it better in hindsight and clear some of the nebulousness. Somehow I'm hanging...

Well, it was actually around my birthday in this case :mon: Tickets aren't cheap but as a fan of both OG and remake trilogy, I thought it was well worth it. The performance is about 2 hrs. Besides, to me there was the 'support what you like' aspect weighing in.

Well, that was a treat. Some tracks really hit me hard - in a good way. Reminiscing on the MIDI music associated with the enjoyment of the OG and having them remade for Rebirth and performed with a full blown orchestra, live, like this, it was pretty amazing and quite emotional.

IMO What the devs did for Remake/Rebirth is nothing short of astounding, and they deserve a lot of praise for it. It was going to be a very fine line to walk between 'what they want to keep from the original' and 'what they would want to alter/expand', and the balance they've managed to strike...

If I recall correctly, you can only add photos/images once you're past a certain (pretty low, like 5?) post count. Spam prevention and all that.

Yeah, that's pretty good advice. A lot of my wins were based on 'controlling the board', maximizing the spots you take and trying to cut your opponent from advancing. Then you can take your time to backfill with more potent cards.

Just chiming in on the subject: my personal preference was heavily impacted by the TV I had. I recently switched to a good 4K OLED, and that converted me from the 'Performance' camp into the 'Graphics' camp (having HDR support makes a big difference, too). Once detail to add though: I think the...

Really looking forward to playing this, guys! I'm even getting a bit nervous about it. Will be wrapping up a replay of Intermission tonight. I'm taking the rest of the week off to play :awesome:

*Phew* Just saying, since State of Play it's been extremely hard to maintain some semblance of a media blackout. I'm being absolutely carpet-bombed with Rebirth news. Hey, I didn't need convincing, I wanted to buy that game since the PS3 tech demo in 2005!

... and now, for something completely different EA Sports WRC. Being a racing nerd with a particular soft spot for rallying. It's actually brilliant. Sadly the release was marred with a few performance issues (screen tearing) and a big blunder with one of the patches (which essentially corrupted...

*Phew* Finally finished Baldur's Gate 3 yesterday. I had been painfully slogging through Act 3, which was a real glitch-riddled bug-fest. Honestly, by the end of it I stopped caring for the story or the characters, and was only motivated by the notion of "finishing what you started". I...

I personally enjoyed the mountain-hiking-simulator side of this game (well, I like mountain hiking). The concept of pooled online contributions that affect the world structure was really well executed, in my opinion. I was not a fan of the narrative, which seemed to have plot twists just for the...

Indeed. When those annoyances pile up, they become immersion-breaking. For instance, when your party members regularly get lost because of pathfinding issues, decide to load on the rooftop of the building when you enter the ground floor, or needlessly expose themselves to opportunity attacks...

Ok, I need to talk more about Baldur's Gate 3. On my end, playing the PS5 version, it's been far from a stellar experience. I'm not saying the game is bad, I'm saying that it's quite far from the 9.6 Metacritic rating it got - it is literally over-rated. In more details: While the game has a...

I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 on the PS5 (about 30 hrs) and unfortunately my own experience with this game has been far from stellar, while all the PC gaming community had been raving about this game since its release. My spouse and I were particularly appealed by the opportunity to do...