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  1. sjsharp2010

    The Game Thread!

    Anyway mine's already almost halfway downloaded but yeah I agree @Hughesy it is a bit ridiculous fortunately in my case I haven't spent that much money of late on stuff so I could afford it. I've not bough that many games lately in fact the only things I've bought recently are the DLC's for DAI
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    The Game Thread!

    Anyone who has bought Fifa 16 on PC it's available for preload now on Origin
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    The Game Thread!

    no neither am I yet I'm at lvl 16 atm so haven't touched them yet. Just finished the Halamshiral mission in fact so I don't think it'll be too much longer before I sink my teeth into them. I have played JOH though as I said as I did it in my last run of the game. I know JoH is a minimum lvl 20 and tricky to start off with too. Caught me off guard with how tough the enemies were to begin with on my first run through that because compared to the main areas they are a little tougher. Descent I heard scales to whatever level you're at apparently so I've heard so based on that you can do it anytime after you reach Skyhold. I haven't tested that though but I'm holding off until I hit lvl 20 same as JoH.  JOH is basically a Hinterlands style area. It's mostly an area with more fade rifts to close and moer loot for you to collect plus some new and higher spec armour as the DLC's have tier 4 armours whereas the main game only went up to tier 3. It does have an interesting story about the last Inquisitor though.  You're right about Descent though that's the dungeon crawler as that one takes place in the Deep roads with everyone's favourite DA enemy the darkspawn. Trespasser as well as wrapping up the main story, has you going up against Iron Bull's people the Qunari apparently though you may need to be careful about how you handle Bull  in this because he can betray you in Trespasser if you haven't made certain decisions that's one thing I have learnt about the DLC. Yeah I've tried to stay away from the forums too at least until I've been through them at least once. But I've seen a couple of vids online as just a curious look to basically give myself an idea what they were about. After all I didn't want  to end up buying something I don't like but tbf I've mostly found Bioware's DLC's worthy of purchasing. Especially as my favourite level from ME2 was a DLC one and that was Lair of the Shadow Broker where you help Liara take the Shadow Broker down That's the next thing for me to do. Favourite quest in the game, always look forward to that one. I'll probably give Descent a go when I'm next on it then to see if it scales down then. Break up doing them all at once a bit. Yeah I heard JoH was a bit like that. To be honest I don't mind that since it'll be the first time playing it. Though Hinterlands has got a bit dull for me now having done it several times on different characters. Will have to use the golden nug after doing the DLC's just to make sure I get all the stuff for future playthroughs. Probably the best thing they've added since release. Great, I do like stuff like that though, at least some choices will actually result in something happening one or another. Was my one gripe with the whole game was a lot of choices didn't really have any consequences. True, the ones from ME2 and 3 were all great, can't think of a bad one from either of those games. Yeah I'm level 18 now and just unlocked Emprise de Lion so I'm not too far away from getting to starting the DLC's slayed the Gamordan Stormrider almost solo earlier was quite pleased with that, as it had knocked all my team out. So for a large part of the fight I had to take him on my own. Wasn't originally planning to take him on as I didn't have my usual dragon slaying team with me. I went into the area mainly for Viv's snowy Wyvern that she wants. Decided to give the dragon a go to get myself more dragon materials really as I'd just used a lot to build a new armour and staff for my character. Yeah the golden Nug and wardrobe in Skyhold is a nice touch so we don't have to wear the beige uniform anymore either. The golden nug especially as I found a useful ring that allows my character to use stealth quite early in my current playthrough in the Hinterlands. Which combined with my spirit blade and KE abilities has really turned my mage into a real killing machine. Edit BTW forgot to mention this earlier but you do get a new power from your mark in the JoH DLC which is quite handy called Aegis of the rift. It's basically a shield that you can put around yourself for a few seconds which deflects all incoming fire. Useful as I said but it only lasts a few seconds and it does have a longer cooldown period than most of your other powers so you will need to be careful as to when you employ it if you decide to get and use it. You'll find it on the island but it is part of the main quest in that region so shouldn't be too hard to find. The power is  added to the Inquisitor tree. I only tend to use it to protect me while I revive any fallen teammates. Just thought I'd let you know as it is a useful power especially for when you have to deal with the tougher enemies like the dragons as it deflects all their firepower back at them if they aim at you while in it.
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    The Game Thread!

    I will say though that in that Trespasser DLC trailer though Alix does some really good VA work as the Inquisitor. If I had been through what the Inquisitor had been I'd have probably felt the same way.
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    The Game Thread!

    Yeah I'm going with Fifa 16. Bring on the girls :p
  6. sjsharp2010

    The Game Thread!

    From the two demos PES is much better than FIFA. Problem is the modes will be crap. Not having licenses isn't the end of the world, but they should add as many leagues as FIFA just without official names. That's why I'm probably still going to get Fifa over it, but I might get PES when it's cheap. yeah what PES does it does really well but it does somewhat fall short on content and that's what let's  it down unfortunately. I do like what I've seen from both though. But for me atm I'd still give my vote to Fifa.
  7. sjsharp2010

    The Game Thread!

    no neither am I yet I'm at lvl 16 atm so haven't touched them yet. Just finished the Halamshiral mission in fact so I don't think it'll be too much longer before I sink my teeth into them. I have played JOH though as I said as I did it in my last run of the game. I know JoH is a minimum lvl 20 and tricky to start off with too. Caught me off guard with how tough the enemies were to begin with on my first run through that because compared to the main areas they are a little tougher. Descent I heard scales to whatever level you're at apparently so I've heard so based on that you can do it anytime after you reach Skyhold. I haven't tested that though but I'm holding off until I hit lvl 20 same as JoH.  JOH is basically a Hinterlands style area. It's mostly an area with more fade rifts to close and moer loot for you to collect plus some new and higher spec armour as the DLC's have tier 4 armours whereas the main game only went up to tier 3. It does have an interesting story about the last Inquisitor though.  You're right about Descent though that's the dungeon crawler as that one takes place in the Deep roads with everyone's favourite DA enemy the darkspawn. Trespasser as well as wrapping up the main story, has you going up against Iron Bull's people the Qunari apparently though you may need to be careful about how you handle Bull  in this because he can betray you in Trespasser if you haven't made certain decisions that's one thing I have learnt about the DLC. Yeah I've tried to stay away from the forums too at least until I've been through them at least once. But I've seen a couple of vids online as just a curious look to basically give myself an idea what they were about. After all I didn't want  to end up buying something I don't like but tbf I've mostly found Bioware's DLC's worthy of purchasing. Especially as my favourite level from ME2 was a DLC one and that was Lair of the Shadow Broker where you help Liara take the Shadow Broker down
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    The Game Thread!

    And that's after they heavily nerfed it in the last few patches as well. It used to be even more powerful! Still one of the classes that's most fun to play though. yeah it's the only mage specialization I'd not used until now. I think I still prefer the rift mage spec though but I have to admit I've been making pretty short work of the High dragons with KE. Only ended up needing about 3 or 4 health potions per fight against them so far at least that's against the lowest 3 dragons. Usually I end up needing to use the lot and pray my warriors stay standing or use a revival spell. Not sure I could solo a dragon though doing it like a lot of others have but then I'm not that good. I've enjoyed using all the various different powers and abilities though. Have you played any of DAI's DLC's yet @Wynterdust? I've played the Jaws of Hakkon one as I did that on my last run but I've not played the Descent or Trespasser ones yet. I do have them and am going to go through them on this run. I know Descent is about the darkspawn and going down into the Deep roads again but really that's all I know about that one. Trespasser concludes the main story got some nice scenes in there. Apparently based on what I've seen you can get to marry your Love interest in it. Was thinking that's going  to be sweet for my next run as I was going to give Cullen a nice sweet elf mage to love.
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    The Game Thread!

    Have to say playing DAI as a knight enchanter is good fun anyone who attempts to get in my face has been getting my spirit blade in theirs. Damn that's one powerful ability.
  10. sjsharp2010

    The Game Thread!

    You know you've played too much Dragon Age when someone calls you and you end up thinking "Maker's breath! What have I done now. :p
  11. sjsharp2010

    Official Football Thread

    yeah but like Sunderland we've njot been playing great lately either just got lucky today. I'll takeit while I can though as I don't think this'll be a particularly good season for us either this year. At least based on the way things are looking atm. We've only got 1 out and out striker in our entire qsuad and he hasn't even scored yet this season. Domn't know what Poccfheino is thinking but I think that doesn't show good management. At least not to me.
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    FIFA/PES thread

    Agreed had it not been for the women's teams I'd be skipping it I think. As I've still got a long way to go on my Fifa 15 career tbh especially as I've only done about 3 seasons so far on eacfh of my careers that I have on the go. It's not that I haven't enjoyed it I've just had other things to do as well. Based on what I'vge seen of the womens teams though it looks well done.
  13. sjsharp2010

    FIFA/PES thread

    Still got a long way to go in my Fifa 15 careers but I'm looking forward to the new one had a little go of the demo on the XB1 earlier on. Found it quite enjoyable. Looking forward to seeing how the ladies play on it too.
  14. sjsharp2010

    The Game Thread!

    Just got the last piece of DLC for DAI time to enjoy another playthrough of the game me thinks so I can enjoy the Descent and the Trespasser DLC's
  15. sjsharp2010

    FIFA/PES thread

    Just hada cracking match in the Copa America between Peru and Argentina 2-0 down at half time but came back to draw 3-3 in the end plenty of exciting action
  16. wel given that @hatta no longer works for CM and we've had the release of F1 2015 since then I think that's a certainty
  17. sjsharp2010

    The Game Thread!

    yeah that's why when I start a game I usually try to play it al the way through before moving on to something else as a rule anyway. Definitely makes figuring out a game a fair bit easier too. That was impossible with Batman though as it was completly broken, which is why it's not even on sale at the moment. yeah I didn't get it but I did hear that it's had a few problems. I do have Arkham Asylum but I've never been able to beat it. So haven't bothered with the others since then.
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    The Game Thread!

    yeah that's why when I start a game I usually try to play it al the way through before moving on to something else as a rule anyway. Definitely makes figuring out a game a fair bit easier too.
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    The Game Thread!

    Apparently we won't have to wear those Skyhold pyjamas anymore in DAI if we don't want to apparently Bioware have added a wardrobe to your quarters and you can use it to choose an outfit from a variety of options. |So that's a cool addition to the game as well.
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    The Game Thread!

    Have to say I love Alix's voice acting in that DAI DLC trailer
  21. sjsharp2010

    The Game Thread!

    Have to say I'm really looking forward to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUQKGFMfXx0
  22. sjsharp2010

    The Game Thread!

    Been playing DA2 as a rogue for the first time today it's kind of fun being fast and deadly. Managed to disable a few traps but still struggling with the chests atm. I think it's only because I'm noit levelled up enough yet though.
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    The Game Thread!

    Boy oh boy just got Alistair really pissed at me for bringing Loghain into the Grey wardens in DAO. Normally I'd play allowing Loghain to die for his crimes but felt I wanted a different result this time.
  24. sjsharp2010

    The Game Thread!

    Have to say the more I see of the new TR game the more I'm looking forward to it saw another vid last night of Lara in Syria and it looked an interesting level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl50zZGYJOg
  25. sjsharp2010

    The Game Thread!

    neat little crossbow
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