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ClickOnyxDC Always on PlayStation®5, Always Rambling
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Yesterday was a perfect mirror match of real-world raw power and wealthy testing. Unleashing a vehicle with no speed limit or cops on a runway track with a professional co-driver is brilliant.
It took a while to actually ignore the rules of the road which are just ingrained into my driving habits. It has been a few years since I experienced the raw Porsche power off road and I found myself quickly becoming super comfortable in the seat of the awesome Ferrari.
Keep your dreams in Front of You
Vienna, renowned for Opera and Fine Arts, hosted the 11th Vienna Games Conference in the Vienna City Hall which is more accustomed to Banquets and Balls than Game tech.
I was actually hopeful, especially in the backdrop of just finishing the StarWars Battlefront II Open Beta. Sadly, this was probably the worst hybrid attempt at bringing Gaming Academia and Players together I have ever had the misfortune to spend time on.
I actually whizzed through the entire venue on a Sunday morning in under 90 mins. Considering PS4 and Xbox were heavily represented, the actual gaming content lacked anything new.
Titles that are already available for pre-order were presented to visitors to test drive and I had a great 10 mins on FarCry 5. The only other title I hadn’t seen before was Quantum Break (released April 2016) for Xbox and PC but this stands to reason as PS4 Player.
There were plenty of refreshing upsides to the event.
A brilliant absence of mandatory visitor data collection. A Beautiful Neo-Gothic palace-like structure built from 1872. Wonderful noise control (conversation level) No overcrowding and marketing hassle Excellent compliance to the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system, basically all 16-18+ had to prove it.
Very limited new gaming news No Star Wars Battlefront II presence or demos Small demo screen, most players today enjoy 37+ inch screens at home while we had to endure tired small screen old PS4 demos. Heavily restricted eSports access.
Vienna should stick to Opera and stay out of the Entertainment Software Industry. Shame on you Microsoft and Sony for allowing this travesty to actually happen in the Global Gaming arena.
After getting a High-end M60 Light machine gun, I was able to level up to the maximum 30 on Tom Clancy’s The Division™.
Of course, that is just the beginning for this title as it’s a bit of never-ending story with tons of side missions and collectables. Here’s a schedule for one of my favourite streamers who plays at the Elite levels.
"Most days from 3am - 9am, take a break till noon, then stream from noon to 3pm or 4pm. All times are subject to change due to real life.”
For me, this is far as I want to go with this title for now but still, have a would like to complete the UN mission just for the sheer irony of it.
Gaming terms are always colourful and ever-changing. Watch any committed streamer on Twitch.TV and you will soon be looking up the terms or simply wondering “what did he just say?”.
Language always brings people together and makes it very easy to spot an outsider or faker.
The level of game analysis you can see on The Division™ is truly educational. Maths, logical thinking and creativity to doctorate levels. Gaming PhDs (FROG – Future and Reality of Gaming) will be hosting their 11th Vienna Games Conference in Austria this week and chances are that I’ll show up just to lurk for an hour or so even if it’s all in German.
There is still not much middle ground between Players and Academia. Normal folk simply view Computer games as toys for school kids.
I’ve jumped back into Tom Clancy’s The Division™ [now patched to version 1.7] after adding some more streamers to my follow list and watching some deep game analysis. I still haven’t finished the main story or reached the max rank but slightly more educated on what guns to go for.
My 2017 Division shopping list PP-19 - Sub machine Gun SASG 12 - ShotGun semi auto G36 - Assault rifle Scar-H - Rifle M60 - Light machine Gun - Hungry Hog
Weighed in at 118kg today…feeling great
Amazingly EA extended the Beta by 2 days……classic bait.
This is easily the best Beta of the year, I think I’ve seen enough though.
The Open Beta will be over in 4 hours, it revealed the actual gameplay this weekend.
Here’s my humble opinion.
This game is aweeeesommme, beautiful and set to become one of the best shooters ever.
Ok, now I can calming look at the facts.
EA are masters are drip feeding the player with rewards and achievement hunting. This feeds the brain, builds and sustains a global gaming community that will be here for at least 3 years.
Being able to home in on your play style or class is a brilliant move and should harvest the best of COD or Division players. I’m leaning towards the Officer class as I probably won’t get enough game time for the other classes.
Seems that the key to success is to work with a squad with dedicated roles and voice chat. Otherwise, you run around with randoms hoping they play the objective rather trying to rank up.
Biggest complain I see so far is the lack of teamwork in a team orientated game.
Helldivers succeeded because of serious close-knit teamwork gameplay.
My problem will be how to play without life interruptions as well as finding a good crew to join regularly. It is a brilliant ‘do not disturb, I’m gaming’ title because once you get over the beauty of the game you must focus to achieve anything.
Typically, this means at least 30-50 min of undisturbed gameplay per session.
Only a few of the streamers I follow even bother to join the Beta and these were the hardcore StarWars types. I think the thoughts are that this would be more like Battlefront One but bigger.
The gameplay is better, the scale is bigger and the audio is epic Movie scale. I got so distracted with running through leaves and watching birds fly away.
I can sense there are lots of surprises in store for the full release. Makes me want to return to PC gaming.
90 Days without any Myasthenia gravis (MG) symptoms