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But you talk about Erdogan flip-flopping, 2 days ago he was saying he first wanted EU entry talks revived and then he agrees to Sweden joining But either way its good news, well done @Azdeus and @Pidesco. You guys dont have to worry about a Russian invasion now Another win for Putin and stopping NATO enlargement

Thats interesting, I suppose they could be used like that?

Nah, we good with cluster bombs being sent to Ukraine. As mentioned the Russians are using them so " when in Rome " and all that If you or anyone else had made a single post on this thread about how concerned you were with the Ruskies using cluster bombs in Ukraine then my opinion would be different

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russians-died-ukraine-data-shows-moscow-hides-100997994 Here is a sobering story about the number of Russians killed in Ukraine, 50k and the Ruskies are reporting 6k dead. And this is deaths, not people wounded I always wonder how many Russians believe the constant propaganda, lies and half-truths?

I looked up this game on Steam and the summary is "Age of Barbarian Ex is an action hack 'n 'slash game inspired to 80s, fantasy and sword-and-sorcery genre. Muscular barbarians, scantily clad girls, hordes of bloodthirsty monsters, a lot of gore, a pretty epic story and an addictive soundtrack! What's best in life? " "Scantily clad girls "

Im going to wait 3-4 months before I play BG3, I never play games on release because I prefer to wait for the first official fixes and updates. That way I never get a bad first impression like many gamers did over Cyb2077

Wormie I posted it to alleviate your concerns and others, its a very convincing video and includes loads of mechanics we weren't sure of

Guys I just watched this video and I cant stress enough how brilliant BG3 is going to be. I strongly recommend for anyone who has doubts about BG3 to watch this. In summary 600 spells real and logical differences on difficulty level very deep character customization the vastness of the city of BG and all the activities real C&C and its impact small but noticeable features like talking to animals and a displacer beast many of the NPCS you can interact with the starting region has 30% more content than what you experienced in early access

I never heard of her but I looked her up, thats some serious chainmail bikini armor....no doubt But I wont sacrifice gameplay for that type of aesthetic, gameplay takes preference always

I hope that doesnt impact chainmail bikini armour I get so upset when I hear people criticizing a liberated women's choice of clothes. People mustn't be sexist and we must accept that a womens body is her own and if a women wants to wear revealing clothes, because she is confidant, we need to support this choice

Great choice, I love all the political intrigue of W2. And another thing I love about East European gaming studios is they not really concerned with wokeness so you find attractive women and interesting themes in the game Go Sorceresses

I remember you use to share with us your stories of your Skyrim kids, it was interesting and entertaining

But you dont care about innocent civilians who get killed, why would this bother you now?

I completed DFU last night, it was an excellent RPG experience with the mods I used and the game scores an 80/100 on the globally respected " BruceVC game rating system". I will summarize some of the shortfalls around the game at the end. I spent about 260-280 hours to complete it Its the largest RPG I have ever played, I must have completed about 25-30 dungeons outside the main quest dungeons. I joined various guilds that included the fighters, mages, knights of the dragon, dark brotherhood and temple of Kynareth. But I spend most my time doing quests of the Mages Guild and I got to rank 7 and even summoned a Daedra DFU is the quintessential open world and sandbox RPG, I have never played a game quite like it and I doubt I ever will. I also enjoyed learning about the various factions and history of the Iliac Bay and I ended up deciding to align with the Empire and the Emperor and gave the totem to him (King of Worms actually wanted it, imagine giving such a powerful artifact to a stinking, foul undead ). The Empire has the best overall approach to maintaining peace and stability in Tamriel so I decided to support them This game requires an understanding of the dungeon design and dungeon clearing strategy, I included my tips for this is a previous post but the 3D map also helps when you tracking where you have been and where you need to still go. Using the 3D map is essential actually And then some negatives about the game which dont detract from the overall positive experience but they include it has some bugs like invisible walls in main mission dungeons like the Direnni Tower and your quest to find Medora. There is a lever puzzle with 4 x levers and you need to only lower the Direnni levers and then a wall opens and you can proceed but in my game there was still an invisible wall. So I just used Console and the teleport command when this happened. I had to do this maybe 6-7 times in total so its not a big problem but its real even with mods there are limited monsters that spawn so you end up facing the same enemies in most dungeons the combat becomes very easy, I got to level 11 and I had an enchanted weapon and I was able to kill most enemies in 2-3 swings or kill them with 1-3 fireball or lighting based spells. There are some mods that address this but I dont think they change the fundamental combat design But in closing, a fantastic RPG and well worth playing. Now I have played ES 2,3 and 4 its time to play Skyrim AE. I have never played Skyrim

Come on Wormie, lets be fair. That bear sex scene is a tiny, optional part of the overall game with the gay Vampire as far as I remember. It really shouldn't be seen as a reflection of the other features like the monk class and other 2 new races and the character customization looks very impressive?

https://www.pcgamesn.com/baldurs-gate-3/dark-urge The Dark Urge option for BG3 has got huge potential and some exciting components like " You’ll be guided by Sceleritas Fel, your loyal but depraved servant who wants you to fulfil your darkest desires – but will you listen?" I am seriously considering this

But there are much less mods for Consoles and the mods dont have the same complexity or support and updates from the modding community. And its for obvious reasons like the whole SKSE

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-07-05-zuma-to-represent-belarus-at-zimbabwe-conference-on-trade-in-african-carbon-credits/ I cant think of a more pointless and bizarre decision than this, Jacob Zuma our former disgraced corrupt president is representing Belarus in some sort of carbon credit conference in Zimbabwe. This was the president who was deeply complicate in State Capture from 2010-2017 that cost us hundreds of billions of rands and shattered most of our SOE due to corruption and general accountability and governance within the public sector Clearly Belarus is not taking this conference seriously

Its the huge casual gamer console market mostly, they have huge buying power. They not hardcore gamers like us but they make up a significant and important part of the customer base

Yes Wormie I understand but why you overlooking the most important and influential 3rd party evaluation that the Internet has confirmed, through numerous metrics, has the most credibility and influence ? Didnt you know the " BruceVC this game is going to be excellent " analysis has been made several times. Its science and we all respect science and believe in science

Melkie as long as you continue to stand by me in our crusade against socialism I dont mind if you dont read my links

Okay but did you read the link I posted, they specifically mention working with Xbox to address console problems and optimization so this is another advantage with being part of Microsoft

, geez you guys are cynical. " Bethesda bashing " is so.....last decade They have addressed the problems with the older versions of this graphics engine. I think its best we just accept that Starfield is going to be real contender for RPG of the year. But it will lose to BG3

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/92159/starfields-new-creation-engine-took-so-long-to-do-bethesdas-todd-howard-happy-with-results/index.html Interesting update around Starfields new graphics engine, Creation Engine 2 Its going to be epic

Sounds absolutely fantastic, we have a braai culture in SA and thats similar to what you described as US barbeque culture. I love chicken hearts, vastly underrated