BigBossBalrog Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 1 minute ago, The Good Doctor said: I imagine the two series are destined to leapfrog each other in sales every time a new game (besides 76) comes out for either. They’re both juggernauts. Those numbers don’t really make me happy, though. Just means they’ll want to make more games like Fallout 4, the least Fallouty of all the Fallouts. It's pretty crazy that a single, divisive game is half it's sales numbers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 Also, that says "Fallout 5 Performance" I swear, even Bethesda’s accountants suck at writing. 1 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 1 minute ago, The Good Doctor said: Also, that says "Fallout 5 Performance" I swear, even Bethesda’s accountants suck at writing. Maybe there counting Brotherhood of Steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Or more likely, maybe NV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 Just now, BigBossBalrog said: Or more likely, maybe NV Yeah, but 4 is literally in the title. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 8 hours ago, The Good Doctor said: What did they say in court? Phil Spencer CEO of Microsoft said that TES 6 was 5+ years away during the Sony court case over Activision 1 Fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 19, 2023 Author Share Posted September 19, 2023 27 minutes ago, Centurion said: Phil Spencer CEO of Microsoft said that TES 6 was 5+ years away during the Sony court case over Activision I wonder if that’s definitive. Presumably if they somehow finished it sooner, they’d be within their rights to release it. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Get the fuck away from FROM Microsoft There's so much crazy shit; there's a letter of Microsoft insulting Baldur's Gate 3 "as bargain bin, STADIA trash" https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-dismissed-baldurs-gate-3-as-a-second-run-stadia-pc-rpg-before-it-releasedlarian-doesnt-blame-them/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 1 minute ago, BigBossBalrog said: Get the fuck away from FROM Microsoft Starting to think Phil Spencer is a high stakes troll. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 1 minute ago, The Good Doctor said: Starting to think Phil Spencer is a high stakes troll. Now that's he's tried to take over two beloved Japanese studios, if he ever lands in Japan again, he's going to be arrested and forced to commit Hari-Kari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 Just now, BigBossBalrog said: Now that's he's tried to take over two beloved Japanese studios, if he ever lands in Japan again, he's going to be arrested and forced to commit Hari-Kari They’d have to be careful. Microsoft can probably afford to wage war on Japan. 1 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: They’d have to be careful. Microsoft can probably afford to wage war on Japan. People like this would be showing up in droves to reinforce the JDF like Gandalf at the Battle of Helm's Deep. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: People like this would be showing up in droves to reinforce the JDF like Gandalf at the Battle of Helm's Deep. Microsoft brings literal Spartans, but the weebs spam dodge roll and somehow evade all their bullets. 2 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 12 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Microsoft brings literal Spartans, but the weebs spam dodge roll and somehow evade all their bullets. Even further, due to a shitty glitch put in by their new servant Bethesda, the Spartans are rocking on Legendary difficulty, so all it takes to bring them down is a literal peashooter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: Even further, due to a shitty glitch put in by their new servant Bethesda, the Spartans are rocking on Legendary difficulty, so all it takes to bring them down is a literally peashooter This is getting too meta, we should dial it back a- Bethesda: "HORSE ARMOR!" 1 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 1 minute ago, The Good Doctor said: This is getting too meta, we should dial it back a- Bethesda: "HORSE ARMOR!" And then to their utter horror, it turns out there riding on pre Patch 1.5 Skyrim, meaning they can't attack on their horses and the armor does nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarsHussar Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 44 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: "HORSE ARMOR!" You know what makes that scene even more poignant? Had the Orcs the resolve and courage of men, they could have checked the Rohirrim's charge. There is no greater counter to cavalry than a wall of pikes, billhooks and halberds. But only if everyone is disciplined and doesn't falter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Some more stuff; Gamepass, while overall profitable, is very expensive to keep running. Apparently company's are asking for more and more money to put there stuff on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 37 minutes ago, TheCzarsHussar said: You know what makes that scene even more poignant? Had the Orcs the resolve and courage of men, they could have checked the Rohirrim's charge. There is no greater counter to cavalry than a wall of pikes, billhooks and halberds. But only if everyone is disciplined and doesn't falter. I like how both cavalry charges in the trilogy account for that. The first one is against Uruk-hai pikemen, who do have strong resolves, but they are facing an unstoppable downhill charge while getting blinded by Gandalf amplifying the sunlight. Second one is as you say, terrified, poorly disciplined, probably not even very experienced orcs who cower when their advantage is no longer overwhelming. But I think it’s at least as important to note that this is not a direct charge into a well-prepared line. The orcs are getting flanked hard, and Theoden even splits his forces in three while commanding Eomer to provide an additional flank on the pikemen. You can see in one of the panning shots that the ranks Gothmog cobbles together to protect his army’s side are very thin, as he wasn’t ready for this at all. Once the Eorlingas break that first unimpressive line, they’re basically just wrecking havoc on a confused army’s flanks, something cavalries thrive at. 2 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: I like how both cavalry charges in the trilogy account for that. The first one is against Uruk-hai pikemen, who do have strong resolves, but they are facing an unstoppable downhill charge while getting blinded by Gandalf amplifying the sunlight. Second one is as you say, terrified, poorly disciplined, probably not even very experienced orcs who cower when their advantage is no longer overwhelming. But I think it’s at least as important to note that this is not a direct charge into a well-prepared line. The orcs are getting flanked hard, and Theoden even splits his forces in three while commanding Eomer to provide an additional flank on the pikemen. You can see in one of the panning shots that the ranks Gothmog cobbles together to protect his army’s side are very thin, as he wasn’t ready for this at all. Once the Eorlingas break that first unimpressive line, they’re basically just wrecking havoc on a confused army’s flanks, something cavalries thrive at. And there torn apart by Godzilla sized Elephants Whoops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: And there torn apart by Godzilla sized Elephants Whoops We’ve all been there. 2 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 Though the Mûmakil charge does provide Theoden with another of top tier badass moment. Man’s got a line of gigantic monsters moving toward his cavalry. He sees it, gives his best "are you kidding me?" look, then immediately pulls himself together and barks "reform the lines!" to prepare another charge. What a legend. By the way, if you ever wanted a sign that I’ve written a lot of RP posts, my phone tries to autocorrect Mûmakil into "Mila kill". 1 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 22 minutes ago, BigBossBalrog said: Some more stuff; Gamepass, while overall profitable, is very expensive to keep running. Apparently company's are asking for more and more money to put there stuff on it Interesting. Sounds like how things were for Netflix before everyone and their mother entered that scene to compete with them. The high demands for more money make sense with all the loss in sales Gamepass causes. Wonder how it works for Microsoft-owned devs like Bethesda. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBossBalrog Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Interesting. Sounds like how things were for Netflix before everyone and their mother entered that scene to compete with them. The high demands for more money make sense with all the loss in sales Gamepass causes. Wonder how it works for Microsoft-owned devs like Bethesda. Right now the "gamepass at home" Sony offers is legit pathetic, so I don't see that becoming a problem...yet. If some of the bigger independent's like EA and Ubisoft smell blood, I can see that quickly changing. Though I think the combination of Bethesda, ID, Activsion, and Microsoft themselves with a ton of indies will always have quite a bit of value as a library. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Doctor Posted September 20, 2023 Author Share Posted September 20, 2023 32 minutes ago, The Good Doctor said: Theoden even splits his forces in three Also, a cool "blink and you miss it" detail of this scene. Theoden commands Grimbold to take his company right after getting past the wall. It’s hard to see in the very brief and chaotic panning shot over the Rohirim cutting through the orcs, but you can distinctly make out a large force splitting off and looping right just past the wall. Wasn’t necessary to show it, but they did anyway. These movies are awesome for that kind of stuff. 2 * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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