Recent content by Mayo Master

Yeah, that's pretty good advice. A lot of my wins were based on 'controlling the board', maximizing the spots you take and trying to cut your opponent from advancing. Then you can take your time to backfill with more potent cards.

Just chiming in on the subject: my personal preference was heavily impacted by the TV I had. I recently switched to a good 4K OLED, and that converted me from the 'Performance' camp into the 'Graphics' camp (having HDR support makes a big difference, too). Once detail to add though: I think the...

Really looking forward to playing this, guys! I'm even getting a bit nervous about it. Will be wrapping up a replay of Intermission tonight. I'm taking the rest of the week off to play :awesome:

*Phew* Just saying, since State of Play it's been extremely hard to maintain some semblance of a media blackout. I'm being absolutely carpet-bombed with Rebirth news. Hey, I didn't need convincing, I wanted to buy that game since the PS3 tech demo in 2005!

... and now, for something completely different EA Sports WRC. Being a racing nerd with a particular soft spot for rallying. It's actually brilliant. Sadly the release was marred with a few performance issues (screen tearing) and a big blunder with one of the patches (which essentially corrupted...

*Phew* Finally finished Baldur's Gate 3 yesterday. I had been painfully slogging through Act 3, which was a real glitch-riddled bug-fest. Honestly, by the end of it I stopped caring for the story or the characters, and was only motivated by the notion of "finishing what you started". I...

I personally enjoyed the mountain-hiking-simulator side of this game (well, I like mountain hiking). The concept of pooled online contributions that affect the world structure was really well executed, in my opinion. I was not a fan of the narrative, which seemed to have plot twists just for the...

Indeed. When those annoyances pile up, they become immersion-breaking. For instance, when your party members regularly get lost because of pathfinding issues, decide to load on the rooftop of the building when you enter the ground floor, or needlessly expose themselves to opportunity attacks...

Ok, I need to talk more about Baldur's Gate 3. On my end, playing the PS5 version, it's been far from a stellar experience. I'm not saying the game is bad, I'm saying that it's quite far from the 9.6 Metacritic rating it got - it is literally over-rated. In more details: While the game has a...

I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 on the PS5 (about 30 hrs) and unfortunately my own experience with this game has been far from stellar, while all the PC gaming community had been raving about this game since its release. My spouse and I were particularly appealed by the opportunity to do...

Pretty much the same as everyone here: I was initially thinking of waiting for reviews before deciding to get the game, but playing the demo was very convincing and now I got it pre-ordered. This is really good stuff, looking forward to the full game. As a side-note, I find it strangely...

Well, that's pretty much how FFXII is structured. Each 'runup' can be fairly branched within itself but it ultimately connects 2-3 areas in general, 4 maximum. To be fair, you could even argue that the original game is structured this way, till the point you get the airship.

Oh Mummy!! on ZX Spectrum computer. Oh, how far we've come.

Yeah, if you've ever had to spend some time in a cast, you know what muscle loss is about! Still, recovery journeys are interesting. To take on a tangent, I often feel like recovery processes are special because they're one of the few experiences where your body stats can improve measurably at...

^ I got my own copy last week and I've read up to roughly the same point. It's a very enjoyable read. I agree with pretty much all the points you've mentioned. I really liked seeing her journey to rebuild herself (physically, mentally, material possessions, social groups) starting from rock...