VenomousAlbino

@FraserG @lokozar I've said everything I'm going to say, plus you've brought up "society", which means you're probably only a couple of posts away from comparing warnings to a police state or Nazism or some other bull; disagreeing with whatever society deems necessary or appropriate just because it maintains the illusion you have of yourself that you're a "free thinker".

Honestly, between your bullsh*t, the constant vitriol from people like phoenix1 and stuff like the transphobic sh*t that came out of so many people on here a few months back, I'm done with this community and this website. Post whatever you like from now on because I won't see it. You'll literally be talking to yourself.

@Otis_Z_Firefly As we've both repeated countless times, the issue isn't that there should be warnings for everything. The issue is that it would be nice to be warned about media containing obviously sensitive topics. lokozar's arguement remains the same:

"You can't warn against everything, etc, plus why should I have to do anything?"

lokozar seems steadfast in the belief that everyone could be deemed offensive or upsetting to someone, but fails to grasp that it's only issues that are obviously and widely recognised as taboo/offensive/upsetting should have warnings.

My advice would be to leave it; let the artist "win" the argument and come away in the knowledge that you're not the a-hole in this situation.

@PhhhCough no one asked that the No Russian mission be taken out or complained? Were you in a coma circa 2009?

@Otis_Z_Firefly I wouldn't bother.

@lokozar Yes, ideally people could/should work on their issues, but it's not always as easy as that. And surely, SURELY, you can see the harm that could be done to someone who's not strong enough or had the help or opportunities to face their fears or their pain or their past trauma? You shouldn't need to be pressured. It's just looking out for your common man and showing empathy, in the same way that I assume you're not racist, sexist, ageist, homophobic, transphobic.

@lokozar No, I can't honestly think of everything that someone may be offended or upset by, but I'm also pretty sure I could come up with a comprehensive list of subjects that could be highly upsetting for people who have witnessed and/or been victims of, because I'm not a f*cking monster. AGAIN, I'm not saying you should be trying to warn everybody of every little thing:

Just. The. Obviously. Sensitive. Topics.

Like I said before, we're obviously not going to see eye to eye on this because I'm obviously not artistically minded like yourself. But I will ask this: have I once said that you should censor your art? Have I once said that it's not your right to create fiction or anything else centered around and/or containing themes that some people may find upsetting? No, because you have the right to do so. Putting a warning before your art doesn't diminish your right to create it.

@lokozar @zupertramp I can see that I'm not going to see eye to eye with either of you on this. I'll just say that the onus isn't on you as a creator to prepare for or intercept every eventuality, but rather be mindful of specific things that may be upsetting. Of course nobody's asking you to censor or warn people about everything; that's an utterly ridiculous argument. Yes, ideally, people should be dealing with their issues, but is you thrusting their issue on them without warning a good way for them to do that?

Nice to see Hades charting.

@phoenix1 it's being rolled out to insiders first in the same way every system update is. They're literally testing it out before it's made available to everyone else. That way any issues get ironed out before release and people like yourself have nothing to (legitimately) complain about.

@lokozar that's a fairly narrow minded viewpoint. Let's say for example that you created a work of fiction that contained scenes of and/or allusions to child abuse. Should somebody who was abused as a child not be entitled to be warned about said content?

@jrt87 I half agree with you. Yes, people do seem to be more susceptible to being offended or upset by things these days. You could close your eyes, pick a forum at random and find somebody bitching about being offended by something.

However, this is why content warnings beyond age ratings should be implemented. For example, two films could be rated 18 in the UK. One could be fairly harmless and only hold an 18 rating for language, the other could deal with things that of course many people would find unsettling or disturbing, such as rape, or child abuse. I think that in cases such as these, people have a right to know what's covered before they watch/read/play.

Implementing more in-depth warnings gives people protesting unsettling or controversial themes and/or content in media less of a leg to stand on. If a film studio or game publisher warned them beforehand, they shouldn't have interacted with it.

I hope they just stop at the new warning, to be honest. Should people be warned of any potentially upsetting or controversial themes included within literature, films, games, etc? Absolutely, and at that point it's up to the consumer if they want to subject themselves to that.

When idiots don't heed warnings and get upset by content, that's on them. The vision of the creator shouldn't be censored because people aren't smart enough to not look at, read or play things that they were warned might upset or offend them.

@Liam_Doolan the tweet you've got embedded above says "The game will release on Steam and Switch simultaneously, the rest of the consoles will follow up a little later."

It makes no mention of a week, or am I missing something?

@FraserG I'm not angry. I'm just disappointed.

@FraserG did you mow a penis on any lawns? I'd have mowed (mowed? mown?) a penis on a lawn.

I like how even 9 months after the Series X|S launch you still get these announcements. Go online and "Surprise! Optimized! Have some raytracing!"

Anything is better than Saladin; guy sounds like he should be on some sort of register.

@Turnip_Knight they'll count from 1am onwards. I've had the same issue trying to do anything Rewards-related on the Bing app or website. New activities show up at midnight but you can't actually do them until 1am.

@gravelmonkey doesn't matter how good the game is for the people unable to play it.

Guess there's no point in me starting this for a while then...

How much longer until people just admit that the game isn't good? No other company would've had seven months' worth of the benefit of the doubt, and rightly so. If they'd cared truly about the quality of the product, they would have delayed it indefinitely until it was actually ready to go, instead of taking everyone's money and maybe fixing it later. Anyone who clings onto hope that Cyberpunk 2077 will somehow become the game it was promised needs their head examined.

@Royalblues On Switch, Dragon Quest XI took me 70-75 hours to finish. Don't cram that one into a weekend, ok? 😂

I gave up on the game without experiencing that glitch. Someone needs to give the developers a nudge and clue them in on, 1. save systems have come on quite a bit since 1997, and 2. If I've seen a tutorial three times already, you should probably let me skip it.

I'm not being tricked into watching another one of these. The last one was 4 hours long and was filled to the brim with the kind of fake-as-f*ck, overly loud, barely knowledgeable, 20-something Twitch streamers with sh*t-eating grins that I absolutely loathe. I'll just read through the announcements the next day.

"working effortlessly"? I certainly hope not.

Hopefully the team gets this sorted soon. It'd be a shame if the game didn't find a large audience because of it.

If he doesn't say "now... finish this fight" when you reach your destination, I call bullsh*t.

@phoenix1 clairvoyant, I see.

Boom, GRID all the way.

@Harvy75 yeah, it's dirt (ha!) cheap in the Ultimate Sale, so I too nearly bought it.

@Beermonkey Well they're not getting any more of my money. I've already bought the game twice.

@Beermonkey Don't hold your breath.

Ooooh... Portal 2 is a great choice; played through that one once solo and the co-op twice with Mrs VenomousAlbino. But there's so many good ones; Arkham City, Uncharted 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Wolfenstein II all instantly spring to mind as sequels I particularly enjoyed.

How long until someone beats Dark Souls on one of these?

@Ocat plus it's free. Can't argue with free. 👍

I definitely had more fun playing last night with the ODST bots. I actually had to try. Looking forward to checking out the Spartans.

Did I mention how banging Bloodroots is? Also I'll finally be wrapping up Immortals tonight.

@Clankylad Last Stop was my second choice as well. It's got a lot of problems; terrible lip sync, some iffy acting, wonky as f*ck animation, some REALLY bad audio mixing... but I loved playing it.

Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots. Bloodroots.

Did I mention Bloodroots? Maybe I'll change my tune when I start The Ascent, but for now?

BLOODROOTS.

I love the feel, it looks nice and the Skewer is the best thing since the chainsaw bayonet... but I'd like to try fighting against human players now. The bots included in the test are a cakewalk even for me, and I'm no Halo pro.

@antstephenson sounds like Horizon is more for you. Motorsport is as sim as they come; no flashiness or bombast, just track racing and tuning.

@carlos82 Same. If you have even the smallest bit of knowledge about where you live it's easy.

My wife and I did it minutes after booting up the game. Started at Cardiff Airport, found the coast of the Bristol Channel, followed it east until we hit Cardiff city centre, then north until we hit the outskirts of the city and there was our house.

That copy for Mark of the Wolves is tickling me.

This game is bloody insane! My wife just took off from Cardiff Airport. We found Llandough Hospital then using our knowledge just found Cardiff Castle and then our house. This is the best game ever made.

It's not a loss leader if subscribers are literally giving you billions of dollars a year, SOME of which is invested back into securing games for the service.

I'd love to see a co-pilot mode. I can see my wife and I really getting into this if we can hop into the cockpit of the same passenger jet and fly it together.

I will again take the opportunity to recommend Donut County.

@SplooshDmg Bulletstorm is short, stupid and immature... but it's bloody brilliant.

The Aquatic Games Starring James Pond and the Aquabats.

Well the plan WAS to play Cris Tales all weekend. However, the enemy telegraphing is abysmal, the save system is archaic and I can't skip a tutorial I've already seen three bloody times. So basically, Cris Tales: do one.

@FraserG Shadow of the Tomb Raider literally just now updated itself to a Series X game.

I think the further optimization done is in relation to the game streaming from the SSD; I have the Definitive Edition and it's halved in size, from around 45GB to 22.6GB.