JPDunks4

I’m around occasionally.  When the site crashed it took me awhile to recover my account.  Also on different Discord servers a lot.

Yes Feb 1st

I love the gameplay. Can’t wair for launch. 

I’m sad to see how bad this game was received.  I bought it but haven’t even played any multi.  I’m still waiting for the Battle Royale mode.  

I hadnt played a CoD since MW2 but Blackout still has me enjoying it a lot. 

The destruction is really just a Multiplayer Arena PvP mode.  I dont think the single player has any really.

I mean it looks like more Crackdown, but in 2018, is that really enough, when you compare it to what Spiderman just showed off graphically and gameplay wise.

What made the original Crackdown so amazing to me was 1 - Co-op, and 2 - The feeling of progression and the ability to jump around and traverse the city like a Super Hero.  At the time, I dont really remember too many games that executed that well.  GTA was out, but it was a realistic game.  The feeling of getting more and more powerful and agile and collecting orbs was addictive and fun.  

With so many games that have done the Superhero thing so well, with so many games allowing you to do fun things in these open sandbox worlds, I'm not sure Crackdown will have the same appeal.  Customization is one thing that I think could help make it more fun, cause as your character progressed so did their appearance.

I'll still defintely check it out, and with 4 player co-op it still should offer a good time, but am I hyped for it.... meh.

I'd love a current gen version of a game like this.  Loved this game back in the day.

15 hours ago, Pent said:

Eh, I am still playing it when I can.  I don't like the load times, and the weight restriction on storage boxes is stupid, IMO.  The storage box that holds your "banked" items shows 400 (as of this writing), but that isn't 400 items, that is 400 pounds.  400 pounds should be enough, but not when you are playing a game that kinda encourages you to loot things and store those items or crafting materials.  Finding vendors that you can sell items to are few and far between, and I was easily at max carrying weight and storage weight before I found the first vendor that I could sell something like 15 items for about 50 caps.

 

I still think if you have enjoyed any Fallout from the third game to now, you should enjoy this one. 

Tomorrows update will make your base storage 600, and they will increase it more and more to possibly have no cap.

https://bethesda.net/en/article/yzCWHFufFm0iUEyc4UWgA/upcoming-fallout-76-patch-notes-december-4-2018?sf95656556=1&utm_content=Bethesda Game Studios&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=Community

I hit Level 62 recently, and yeah, I'm still enjoying it.

Level 50 is the "Level" Cap of sorts.  You stop getting "Special" Points once you hit 50, so deciding how to spec your points is critical.  With next weeks update, you will be able to move one "Special" Point around or collect a new Perk Card with each additional level up.  This will allow me to tweak things a little, as I wasn't totally aware of what I was doing as I played through it.  

I've never been a huge Fallout fanboy or anything, I enjoyed Fallout 3, found Fallout 4 to be kinda meh.  I didnt follow this game too much until its launch. 

Theres definitely its issues, the storage issues are a big one, the limitations to how big of a base you can build is a big one.  I personally dont care about no NPCs, theres robots that interact with you, and holotapes and what not that tell story.  While there are missions, none of them feel too important or anything.  

I think the main hook for me, is the shared world experience.  I just prefer multiplayer gaming, even if I have been doing this mostly solo.  I do have friends that play, so building houses to show eachother, sharing plans, recipes, items with eachother to help one another out is something I enjoy.  I poured a lot of points into Intelligence and crafting, so being able to craft high level fully kitted weapons and armors for my lower level friends is fun.  Just being able to share the world and play through the game with friends is enjoyable, and makes me enjoy it more than a Fallout 4.  

I'd get why some hate it.  I just personally really enjoy it, the character building forces tough choices, the builds are very unique and tailored to how you wanna play, and so far, theres been enough content to keep me busy.  It's also very very early in, and these types of games I feel always have rough launches, but improve and evolve into amazing experiences long term, so lets hope it just keeps getting better.

Never owned an og xbox

Initially I was kinda mixed on it, but I've been hooked.  

Can't stop playing it, just love progressing my character and exploring.  Enjoying it way more than I did Fallout 4.  Unlike RDR2 where I need to force myself to play, I just can't put this down.

It's definitely got its issues, but I feel like I'm always progressing and finding new useful things each and every play session, and I feel meaningful progress with my character.  Mostly been solo so far too, but had some fun encounters with randoms as well.

In regard to Crackdown 3 -

It looks okay.  This mode they are showcasing seems to basically be 5 v 5 Team Deathmatch with destruction.    Its not the Full City or even a portion of the city as a map, they have specific multiplayer maps, which seem to have even more dumbed down graphics.  It looks okay, but not really what I was expecting based off initial "teases"  It still a game looking forward too, but with so many games doing so many things so well, I hope it feels like it can compete with some of the more recent titles. 

Well they have said you can actually have Unique builds, so if they can get that right it’ll be way better then Destiny out the gate.  

Destinys cookie cutter character customization was so disappointing for a game like this.

I'm pumped for this, they've been saying a lot of the right things, so I'm hoping for the best.

7 hours ago, GeneticBlueprint said:

So Gamestop is actually doing a combined offer if you trade in an Xbox One for an Xbox One X. $200 trade in credit for your old machine, plus $100 off if you buy RDR2. So I just got an Xbox One X and RDR2 for $260. I was on the fence about an Xbone X but that pretty much made the decision for me.

Do you need to be a Powered Up member for the $100? And to they combine the offers, the $200 trade in claims not with any other offer.

Thanks for the heads up either way, just trying to give some friends the info.

30 minutes ago, legend said:

 

I can't speak for others, but I'm not yelling up at the clouds. I dislike the industry jumping over themselves to follow a trend rather than because they have a concept they want to develop. As soon as PUBG and then Fornite were raking in the money, we all knew this was going to happen. And here we are watching it happen. This is not new to the gaming industry and it's never been a facet I've enjoyed. BR is just the latest to inspire me too gaming.

What is you history of Battle Royales played? Do you play a lot of PvP shooters? What games? 

You keep talking about tacked on money grab.  That just sounds ignorant after CoD just implemented a rather deep, well thought out, and extremely fun Battle Royale that incorporates a lot of very uniquely CoD gameplay elements.  

Battlefield is a squad based game.  Their Battle Royale is Squads only, no solos or duos.  Having heals and revives be more dependent on a Medic Class, Ammo distribution based more on a Support Class, ect could already greatly change the way the mode plays and feels.  If its a cheaply implemented tacked on Battle Royale then it just reinforces my point that Dice did a terrible job following a current trend and getting the work in early.  They also mention having things like Conquest Capture points in during  a match that will grant good loot, another more unique Battlefield element that will greatly change the game. 

Dice is a large studio, that works on a game that already has 90% of a Battle Royale built into its engine.  CoD was a game that I wasn't sure could pull off a Battle Royale cause of its nature of small maps, arcade gameplay, no vehicles, but they did its beautifully and its been some of the most fun gaming I've had in awhile.  

To dismiss Battle Royales cause they are popular at the moment is quite frankly idiotic.  They are popular for a reason.  They offer an entirely unique gameplay experience to the typical respawn no consequence PvP shooters we've been playing for decades.  But yeah, lets hope some of the largest best developers out there ignore the really fun new game modes introduced because its become too popular?  If Dice can't fully implement a great Battle Royale experience without sacrificing other parts of their game, that's entirely poor management on them, as CoD has already just done that.  There is no excuse.

7 hours ago, atom631 said:

@JPDunks4 do you guys have a clan (or Platoon)? 

 

I need X1 players to roll with. Sucks playing solo or with randos all the time. 

 

Im ok: https://battlefieldtracker.com/bf1/profile/xbox/Atom631

 

Ya I had a core group of typically 3-6 guys that I always played with.  We currently have been on CoD, not sure what the plan is on BFV yet, especially since Firestorm isn't til March.

1 minute ago, skillzdadirecta said:

 

I wonder if BFV will see a surge in sales when they add the BR Mode in the spring. I'm also curious as to why Ghost Recon Wildlands hasn't added it's own BR mode yet as that game seems like a natural for it.

I'd guess it may get a surge, especially if they tie it in with a sale since it'll be months after launch.  Probably depends if the games not already half dead by then and how its received early on.  Most of my group was pretty let down with the beta, so I'm curious to see how well it does with sales.  This BF just feels so rushed to me in general.

Then you also have Anthem, Division 2, and other big titles coming out around then.

Ubisoft actually commented on this.  They said its physically impossible for them do it with their engine.  Disappointing cause that'd be a great world to have a BR in.

 

Ghost Recon

 

✔@GhostRecon

Adding a Battle Royale mode shouldn't be a tacked on money grab, CoD's isn't, and it makes that game infinitely times better because, variety, options, stuff all gamers should want.  

CoDs Battle Royale plays entirely different than PUBG, which plays entirely different to Fortnite, which plays differently to other BR's.  Each of these big franchises takes on BR is what is so cool about them, they are the same mode sure, but they all have their unique spin and iconic franchise feel that makes them all feel unique.  I am really looking forward to BFV's because I love the core Battlefield gameplay, and can't wait to see how it plays for BR.  It is squads only, 64 players, so its already not a typical BR, it will lean heavily on squad gameplay it seems.  That had me excited in some ways cause I love squadding up for BF.  There is plenty to play from now til March, but I already know me and my friends will all probably just be playing CoD until then, even though we are all huge BF players that haven't touched CoD in 8 years and all spent months non stop playing BF. 

My group of like 6 guys I played BF1 with religiously are also holding out on Day 1 purchases now.  I'm sure there are plenty of others that are either canceling pre-orders or waiting to see.

And ya we were pretty hardcore Battlefield players - 

https://battlefieldtracker.com/bf1/profile/xbox/JPDunks4

2 hours ago, Kleon333 said:

Actually the crowd was mostly booing them for even mentioning it. Most Battlefield Fans don't want the game to have a Battle Royale because that will take away from the main focus of what BF games have been for the last 16 years.

Highly doubt that.  Blackout has helped bring in tons of old CoD players that abandonded the franchise back to CoD. 

I played the hell out of BF4 and BF1, along with all my friends.  Lack of a Battle Royale at launch in a game that could easily cater itself for a Battle Royale at launch is pretty bad.  Most of us found the beta extremely disappointing, but were hopeful Firestorm would inject new life into the franchise. Guess now we may just wait.

Might even cancel my pre-order now.  

They didn't announce the Battle Royale during the initial reveal, then it was a throw away announcement at E3.  Seems they got a lot of flack for not having it, and were behind the ball on adding it.  

The Beta is from 7pm-11pm only? Isnt that basically a stress test?

3 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said:

Yeah I played a bit of the beta ( on P.C. no less) and while it looked amazing, it felt just like Battlefield.  Which isn't enough anymore.

I didnt put enough time in to really know, and played solo which isnt the best way to play BF, but it just felt too much like BF1 in some ways.  The Maps felt the same, guns looked the same, just too similar.  I mean its just WW2, so its not gonna be that different, but just felt too similar at first glance. 

Where as I havent played CoD in a long time, and Blackout feels fresh, and even the main multi is pretty good.

4 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

@JPDunks4

 

Which version did you get? Are you getting Battlefield this year?

I got the Deluxe.  

I am getting BFV, but after the beta not nearly as hyped for it.

4 hours ago, ALIEN-gunner said:

It can have all the RNG guns and perks scattered all over the map but since it has no decent progression system you're basically playing just to play. Other Battle Royale games have carrots to chase. While it does have characters to unlock it takes ages to get them. Maybe Treyarch will add them later but as it is now it's just a better version of PUBG in first person. 

Have you followed it at all?  It's been a week?  They obviously have all this planned.

And to be honest, a good Battle Royale doesnt need carrots to chase, the gameplay, intensity, and thrill of winning is enough.  Its good old school fun, not meaningless carrots to chase, finding ways for you to play the same 6 missions over hundreds of times like Destiny did. Its nice to have things to unlock, but the game is just pure fun to play right now.

1 hour ago, ALIEN-gunner said:

It's possible because making shitloads of money is more important to Treyarch then throwing a few dollars into better servers...that the beta strangely had. 

 

 

Killzone 2? Yeah they all pale in comparison. 

 

I like some of what's going on in Black Ops 4 multiplayer (though it's graphics are somewhat worse than Black Ops 3) where they ditched the wall running and jetpack jumping and added  in manual healing and longer TTK for more tactical play styles. But with a tacked on bare bones Battle Royale mode which replaced the scrapped story campaign and a really shitty DLC pack that unlocks content already on the disc sorry if I don't accompany the rest of the COD cock suckers out there pretending to say the game is great. It's just not. It's a $30 game at most. Not $60 and certainly not $110 which is the games' true price. Not for what we're getting. 

 

 

Werent you an adamant defender of Destiny? 

Barebones Battle Royale Mode?  I’ve played pretty much all the Battle Royales out to date and this is one of the best to be out out.  The reworked the guns, found a way to implement the perks and equipment from regular multiplayer, and even have mini objectives like the zombie spawns all within the game.  To define it as bare bones is rather dismissive and ignorant.