So, not sure if you use the Tracker or not, but it's great for a UI and tracking your deck list. Tracking wins/losses with decks, and many little features (yogg or Cthun counters).
It can keep your matches AND it's not the normal game you'd view, it's a digital recreation. BUT IT LETS YOU SEE YOUR OPP!!!!
So, not sure if you use the Tracker or not, but it's great for a UI and tracking your deck list. Tracking wins/losses with decks, and many little features (yogg or Cthun counters).
Wow, this is really cool and the rewatching matches is incredible. I found that match a bit hard to follow at times but I figured it out as it went along.
When people bring out Lord Jaraxxus that's usually pretty hard to come back from but you tempo'd well.
Yeah, I need to look at my capabilities a little more, I could have saved that polymorph boar for my guy for an extra 4 damage... but then, I wanted that 6 butt to turn into 2 so it would absorb less from the flamewalker, so I think maybe I was still right. That equated to 4 dmg.
I was pretty happy when I finally opened my second shield slam and pyromancer in my latest brawl open I recently crafted my first Rag, which is awesome I Rag so much. But i've been on a Legendary drought recently.
I dusted the normals, those are 2 I'm REALLY happy to have in gold. I need Sylvannas gold next. I had about 6k dust after and could have got her... but crafting golds is ugggg. I've done Ysera and Confessor... so spendy.
I've got just about enough to do either golden N'Zoth or 2 golden Cabilist's Tomes. Hard decision... or use to make a golden leggie that you can't open (like the new one that summons a 1/1 of a guy from your deck)
PS, I just survived 3 Yogg's being used against me. I dropped to 1 health and he had a couple mage secrets up, but one wasn't ice block.... insane game
Oh, I used Anyfin pretty successfully a while back, was brutal One hit kill type thing. (just using the haste and buff murlocs) But now that "standard" is a thing, it banned out some of the needed ones.
Yeah, it has but one or two Anyfin's are really powerful. I had a crazy match with simply playing 2 blugills and 2 warleaders. Still refining the deck though but it's either won or only lost by a handful of HP on the opponents side.
Yeah Yogg is a heavy RNG card. One of the reasons I want to and don't want to craft it. Focusing more on the other legendary staples before I get Yogg. Not sure what to do next. Tyrion or maybe Cairne? I am leaning heavily to Tyrion as I like Paladin and Tyrion is OP as hell.
That's what they've said. Which is why I am now crafting all the neutral legendaries. I have nearly all the WoTG one's I really wanted and I am now crafting neutral ones because i'll be able to use them longer.
Ya I finally crafted Cairne myself. Frustrating tho, because I made a new account so I could get the shaman hero and I happened to get a Cairne on that account =\
I just went through and decrafted a ton of Wild cards. I kept ones I'd use if I ever played Wild, but I decrafted a bunch of legends, epics and gold epics, gold rares. There's a golden iron juggernaut I'm debating on, but I liked that card... 1600 dust tho gives me 2 gold rares or a gold epic, so tempting... My mage deck is almost all gold, just need 6 more golden epics =o
I am keeping all the wild cards. I think it's going to be a more compelling format as the game advances and might be really interesting someday. At least I think so. That said, pretty sure Maxxena won't ever be something I put in a deck but since it was one of the first legendaries I had and used a lot because of that, I have a hard time letting it go
Still finishing up watching a handful of SGDQ 2016 run and I wanted to share this extremely interesting Donkey Kong Country run. Eazinn shows off some really crazy ability as he continuously uses extended barrel rolls to make jumps I didn't know were possible. I also didn't know from playing it originally but there are quite a few level warps in Donkey Kong Country that allow you to skip entire level sections.
Still finishing up watching a handful of SGDQ 2016 run and I wanted to share this extremely interesting Donkey Kong Country run. Eazinn shows off some really crazy ability as he continuously uses extended barrel rolls to make jumps I didn't know were possible. I also didn't know from playing it originally but there are quite a few level warps in Donkey Kong Country that allow you to skip entire level sections.
Ubisoft has already released Prince of Persia Sands of Time & the original Spinter Cell in celebration of their 30th anniversary. Seems fitting that one of the 7 games they release would be one of their more iconic franchises Rayman. Make sure to head over to the link below to secure your PC copy on UPlay on August 17th!
They have 4 more games to go and my money is on a FarCry game as well as an Assassins Creed game. What games do you think they will hand out later this year?
Ubisoft has already released Prince of Persia Sands of Time & the original Spinter Cell in celebration of their 30th anniversary. Seems fitting that one of the 7 games they release would be one of their more iconic franchises Rayman. Make sure to head over to the link below to secure your PC copy on UPlay on August 17th!
They have 4 more games to go and my money is on a FarCry game as well as an Assassins Creed game. What games do you think they will hand out later this year?
jdodson gives this an astounding "Must Play" on the Ghost Scale
This achieves something special, and it would be a shame to miss it.
jdodson gives this a "Must Play" on the Ghost Scale
This achieves something special, and it would be a shame to miss it.
It's pretty obvious I am big fan of Blizzard games. I grew up playing Warcraft and StarCraft and I am currently nearly obsessed with Hearthstone. So when Blizzard adds new campaigns to StarCraft, one of my most favorite games, it's an instabuy. Before Legacy of the Void launched Blizzard let us know we were getting some new missions in the form of DLC. I was of mixed emotion as Legacy of the Void hadn't dropped yet and they were already talking DLC, something i'd wait to discuss after the formal expansion had dropped. That said I've really enjoyed Nova Covert Ops and recently completed playing the second set of missions.
How Is Nova Covert Ops Pack 2?
After completing... Read All
It's pretty obvious I am big fan of Blizzard games. I grew up playing Warcraft and StarCraft and I am currently nearly obsessed with Hearthstone. So when Blizzard adds new campaigns to StarCraft, one of my most favorite games, it's an instabuy. Before Legacy of the Void launched Blizzard let us know we were getting some new missions in the form of DLC. I was of mixed emotion as Legacy of the Void hadn't dropped yet and they were already talking DLC, something i'd wait to discuss after the formal expansion had dropped. That said I've really enjoyed Nova Covert Ops and recently completed playing the second set of missions.
How Is Nova Covert Ops Pack 2?
After completing the second 3 missions I can say that Blizzard is quickly building up the fun and story of Covert Ops to something really great. I don't want to give anything away but the ending of the latest 3 missions leaves you on a cliffhanger I can't wait to see resolved. I was wondering if they would keep the same high quality story telling that we've come to expect from StarCraft and minus a couple of odd moments, I found it to be pretty engaging. I enjoyed the cinematography and the in game engine cut scenes between each mission look incredible on my new nvidia graphics card.
Needless to say if you love StarCraft getting Nova Covert Ops is a must.
What is the Long Term Future of StarCraft II?
I might break this topic out into a larger post because I have the same question for other Blizzard games like Diablo III but.. where is the long term roadmap for StarCraft II? Originally they wanted to tell an epic story that spanned the Terran, Zerg and Protoss and it was wrapped up neatly in Legacy of the Void. They left some stuff on the table for future games and we are working some of that out now with Nova CovertOps but I'm not all sure when the StarCraft II train will come to an end? Don't get me wrong, I want more content and if they decided to do a bunch more DLC missions or another full expansion I'd totally get it. I'm just not sure what to expect or if StarCraft III is around the corner?
I also have the same question for Diablo III and I've heard rumors they scrapped a full expansion and released it piecemeal as patch updates as we've seen with certain zones such as Greyhallow Island and the Ruins of Sescheron. Again I might break this topic out into it's own post but it's just something I've been thinking about.
I Just Realized Nova's Suit Design Is Ridiculous
I really like Nova's character and personality, I just find her suit design to be kind of laughable. Here is an image to look at for reference.
When I see her all I can think is "hubcab boobs." Now I'm not offended by this or that and her suit isn't rage inducing I just find it ridiculous. Like that's a suit that grants Nova invisibility right? So what d actually do? It's like someone asked the question "what if we put the bra on the outside, would that make invisibility work better?" If it's some kind of armor then it's really out of place at it leaves her mid section entirely unprotected. Again, i'm not saying we should censor anything or that I want to destroy games or whatever, I just think the outside space bra is odd.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/17/2016 at 04:07am
I still haven't played the first mission pack. I might wait until the last one comes out and then play them.
I'm not sure about the future of StarCraft II either, it seems pretty wrapped up to me.
As for Diablo III, I haven't played in a while, so there's quite a bit of new content in patch releases I've missed out on. I'd love to see more though, I've really enjoyed playing it.
I see your point about Nova's suit, still she's hot. She not as hot as Zero Suit Samus though. LOL
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Bethesda shared the full trailer for Nuka World today! The pieces are definitely there for a fun romp in a destroyed theme park, and it looks like there are new mechanics that allow you to turn settlements over to the raiders, giving people an evil option for settlement building.
If it's anything like Far Harbor in terms of size, scope, and fun, I'll be in love!
Pay attention to the lyrics in the theme song, especially toward the end. It's at least mildly amusing :)
Bethesda shared the full trailer for Nuka World today! The pieces are definitely there for a fun romp in a destroyed theme park, and it looks like there are new mechanics that allow you to turn settlements over to the raiders, giving people an evil option for settlement building.
If it's anything like Far Harbor in terms of size, scope, and fun, I'll be in love!
Pay attention to the lyrics in the theme song, especially toward the end. It's at least mildly amusing :)
That looks really fun. Are all these areas level capped or can you head in at any level?
Travis Admin Post Author
wrote on 08/16/2016 at 12:17am
I don't know! That's a good question. Usually they have recommended levels but don't lock you out.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/16/2016 at 01:56am
Wow that looks cooler than I expected! There's a lot of it that I liked. I thought the dark roller coaster ride looked cool. I liked seeing the ghouls running in place in the circle thing. I liked seeing them get hit by roller coaster carts, too. There was also the Deathclaw, the Termors looking underground monster that pops out of the ground, the disappearing person, oh and the aliens!!!!
At this year's Comic Con International: San Diego, we gave over 500 fans the chance to #WearTheCowl - they are among the first people in the world to play Batman:Arkham VR.
If you haven’t witnessed first-hand what it’s like to become Batman, then the newest trailer for Batman: Arkham VR will give you a glimpse of what players are calling the closest you’ll ever get to stepping into the role of the World's Greatest Detective.
Batman: Arkham VR is the winner of the first ever E3 Game Critics Award for Best VR Game. Developed by Rocksteady Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham trilogy, Batman: Arkham VR is based on DC’s core Batman license and will... Read AllAt this year's Comic Con International: San Diego, we gave over 500 fans the chance to #WearTheCowl - they are among the first people in the world to play Batman:Arkham VR.
If you haven’t witnessed first-hand what it’s like to become Batman, then the newest trailer for Batman: Arkham VR will give you a glimpse of what players are calling the closest you’ll ever get to stepping into the role of the World's Greatest Detective.
Batman: Arkham VR is the winner of the first ever E3 Game Critics Award for Best VR Game. Developed by Rocksteady Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham trilogy, Batman: Arkham VR is based on DC’s core Batman license and will be available exclusively for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system with PlayStation®VR in October 2016 for MSRP of $19.99.
I still don't think VR is something I'm going to invest money in, but I love that developers are taking it further and further along. Now that I'm thinking about it, it seems like No Man's Sky would be a good candidate for VR... oh dude, I just remembered that my tv can take a 2D image and make it 3D. I'm going to experiment with that this week!
Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member
wrote on 08/16/2016 at 03:57pm
Yeah, No Man's Sky would be a good candidate. I love my Vive purchase. VR is really cool. Two things that I would love to see in the future is wireless headsets and better screens.
Some people have dug into the No Man's Sky game files and have found indications that they've tinkered with VR. It may have been an abandoned idea and may never come to pass, but it may indicate future VR support.
Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member
wrote on 08/16/2016 at 07:13pm
Blizzard released the latest adventure for Hearthstone this week on the heels of a pretty large community mishap. There are nine playable classes in Hearthstone and the Priest class has been suffering for quite some time in terms of it being competitive. There are no high ranking Priest decks being played and the general community feeling is the class is very underpowered compared to the others. As blizzard was releasing the information on the new adventure cards the community reacted very strongly to a new Priest card many felt was the worst card in Hearthstone, Purify. I'll link to the card below with a video Kripparian made that discusses the card.... Read AllThe Purify Effect
Blizzard released the latest adventure for Hearthstone this week on the heels of a pretty large community mishap. There are nine playable classes in Hearthstone and the Priest class has been suffering for quite some time in terms of it being competitive. There are no high ranking Priest decks being played and the general community feeling is the class is very underpowered compared to the others. As blizzard was releasing the information on the new adventure cards the community reacted very strongly to a new Priest card many felt was the worst card in Hearthstone, Purify. I'll link to the card below with a video Kripparian made that discusses the card.
After Blizzard saw the absolutely intense community backlash they apologized and removed the card from Arena play. Ben Brode, lead Hearthstone designer promised Priest would get more attention in upcoming expansions and now that the Adventure has finally released the community backlash seems to have died down. The Purify card is still being released in the adventure and will show up in constructed play, but Blizzard has removed it from showing up in Arena.
I think it's important to note the community run up to the Adventure launch because I don't I've seen the community rally around something quite like this. It's also nice to see Blizzard let us know Priest is getting some attention. As with previous adventures Blizzard is releasing One Night in Karazhan one tier at a time and this week we all got to play the latest wing this week.
The Prologue Price Is Right
One Night in Karazhan differs from other Adventures in that Blizzard is making the prologue available to everyone for free. The prologue mission is an introduction mission that introduces the story and characters. It's a fun mission where you play as young Medivh preparing for a party as he is visited by a demon prince that wants to attend. Medivh comes with his own deck, which is an overpowered Mage masterpiece that is well balanced to the overpowered Demon deck you are playing against. If you can combo out the right cards you can destroy your opponent with some insane damage combos making for a really epic battle.
The Parlor Kicks Off The Adventure
The Parlor is a fun first wing to Karazhan but by the time I completed it I wanted more. The first wing cards you unlock have already changed the Hearthstone meta game but I expect many more changes to come with the rest of the cards unlocked. The Legendary you get for completing the first wing is Moroes which is a 1/1 for 3 that has permanent stealth and at the end of your turn summons a 1/1 steward. It's a fun effect that can combo well with Paladin and I am trying to work it into some of my existing decks.
More Nights in Karazhan Plz Blizz
So far I really like the adventure and hopefully the rest turns out to just as good story and gameplay wise as the first tier. Blizzard is saving some of the better cards for later so when those tiers drop it will be interesting to see the new decks that use them.
Many of you may not know about a new "living board" card game on Steam called Faeria. Faeria enters a market dominated by Hearthstone and Magic and seems to effortlessly drop itself in the middle to make a very rich and unique experience. Faeria improves on the formula that Magic The Gathering started and Hearthstone enhanced digitally while weaving in a unique game board. In Faeria you start out with mana and a handful of cards and can make choices to play land, gain mana or draw a card. You start the game with a deck of 30 cards and 20 life and the goal is to defeat the opponent by reducing their life to 0. You need to summon minions, use spells and other tricks to... Read All
Many of you may not know about a new "living board" card game on Steam called Faeria. Faeria enters a market dominated by Hearthstone and Magic and seems to effortlessly drop itself in the middle to make a very rich and unique experience. Faeria improves on the formula that Magic The Gathering started and Hearthstone enhanced digitally while weaving in a unique game board. In Faeria you start out with mana and a handful of cards and can make choices to play land, gain mana or draw a card. You start the game with a deck of 30 cards and 20 life and the goal is to defeat the opponent by reducing their life to 0. You need to summon minions, use spells and other tricks to gain board control and defeating your opponent requires you to use strategic land and minion placement.
Faeria Is For Players Frustrated With The Hearthstone Grind
Faeria improves on Hearthstone's free to play grind by doing two things. Firstly it's easier to grind your daily quests for gold. Many of the quests are play to win, which means regardless of if you win or lose you can get usually get your daily gold. Also, you can skip the grind entirely and pay $50 to unlock the entire card set. So either play the game for free to win gold to open packs OR simply pay $50 to unlock all the current set of all cards. I really like this model as I don't honestly mind grinding to open packs and so far, haven't found that to be a bad way to go. Sure lots of people have better decks but I am winning a bit less than half the time and sometimes I have the enemy down to a couple health before they eek out a win. I'm OK with these odds as I've only played about 5 hours and I still haven't unlocked all the basic cards in story mode yet. I imagine i'll get better over time as I unlock more so the free to play grind seems to work for me.
Faeria Ditches RNG In Favor of Mostly Pure Strategy
With any card game you have the random element of drawing the right cards at first but if you play Hearthstone you know it's much more random than getting the right cards. Faeria drops all the random elements from individual card mechanics and features a very strategic experience. The game seems more like a refined game of chess than the often frantic and hilariously frenzied Hearthstone matches I've played. I really like both styles of games but if you want to play a game that's more strategic Faeria is for you.
How Do I Play Faeria?
Currently you have to buy into Faeria early access for $25 but if you wait till August 24th the game will go free to play for everyone. Currently Faeria is on Windows and Mac but the developers have plans to bring the game to Linux, XBOne, iOS, PS4 and Android.
If you are looking for a new digital card game and find the typical grind to be no fun at all Faeria might be something you should try .
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/14/2016 at 01:46am
Does it have a single player mode? If so, is it bigger than Hearthstone's? My disappointment with Heartstone was that it's almost strictly PVP. The video (in your post) looks good, I like the animations and card designs (which I think look a lot like Hearthstone cards). I'm not too sure about the actual game play, it may be something I'd have to try out that I might perhaps enjoy.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 08/14/2016 at 05:34am
> Does it have a single player mode?
Yes. It has 5 prologue missions that get you acclimated to the game and grant you the basic cards. Then you have the 3 different color mission sets in Red, Green and Yellow. Each mission set grants you the basic cards for that color and is pretty fun/challenging on their own. As you play them you learn the game more and it's all pretty cool.
They are going to add more single player content when the game goes Free to Play in August.
"With every big version release comes important features, and v0.8 will be no exception. Brand new single player content will be added to the game for the first time since Early Access launched. "Solo" mode will grow from being an important but small part of the game to becoming a full blown single player experience. It will not only help new players learn how to play Faeria, but offer a variety of challenging scenarios to complete. We aim to have around 20 hours of solid single player content to begin with, and plan to steadily increase that amount over the coming months and years."
Looks like the game might have some kind of story campaign or something, which should be really cool.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/24/2016 at 12:10am
Now Free-to-Play!
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 08/24/2016 at 01:32am
Awesome. Love to hear your thoughts on the game!
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/24/2016 at 02:35pm
I like it. It's definitely a lot like Hearthstone and Magic: The Gathering, but a different game on it's own. I think if someone likes one or both of those games, they should definitely give this one a try, especially since it's now Free-to-Play, there's nothing to lose.
I can't quite decide if I like it better than those other two games. One thing I like about it more than Hearthstone is it seems to have a much bigger and easier to access "Solo" mode. This is something I really wish Hearthstone would expand upon. A lot of Hearthstone's single player mode is locked and you have to pay for it either with real money or in-game currency, which you can get by doing dailies. The problem I have with dailies is that they often require you to win a few matches and Hearthstone's PVP style is pretty much the majority of the game, which is seriously brutal on my self-esteem or self-confidence.
I have an old '92 version of Magic: The Gathering that I really love. Unfortunately, it crashes a lot in Windows 10, but performs nearly flawlessly in a virtual machine that runs Windows XP. I have the 2012 MtG version for the PS3 and enjoyed it. There are many more versions available on Steam. So far, I've only downloaded their demos and played some of them. They're enjoyable and it's tempting to buy at least one of them.
Back to Faeria, I've definitely run into some bugs, so I need to remember to take screenshots so I can report them. The game does crash often. Still, it's fun. It's somewhat difficult to explain how it works, or how you play it, but it's not that difficult to play. Actually, so far it's been pretty easy, at least easier than Hearthstone. It does have it's challenges like Puzzle mode, although those haven't been extremely challenging yet. I think I also ran into an "Epic" quest, which I haven't been able to win yet.
Deck building seems somewhat different than I'm used to. it seems that you choose from categories instead of individual cards. Maybe you can choose them and I just haven't messed with it enough to figure that out yet.
I've pretty much stated my thoughts on it right now already. Although, I may still write a post about it, especially since we should let everyone know that it's now Free-to-Play and an enjoyable game.
I saw on the Steam forums that someone posted a topic that says something like, "stop trying to be Hearthstone." I think the developers should ignore that kind of thinking and continue with what their doing. I think it's different enough from Hearthstone to stand as it's own game. Again, I really wish Hearthstone would get influenced by this game and expand their single player game, at least by making it easier to access at least. Perhaps Heathstone could do that by including wins in it's "Practice" mode more often as dailies, that would make me happier and play it more often.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 08/24/2016 at 03:05pm
It does have much more single player content, which is really fun. It's difficult too, which is nice. They are going to release more so it will be interesting to see what that will be.
You can choose to select individual cards OR select by category/type if you don't want to pick individual cards.
The game really doesn't seem like Hearthstone to me but there are some card similarities which is pretty unavoidable I think.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/24/2016 at 04:07pm
I'm really enjoying it so far! I just hate the bugs, especially when it crashes. I've started taking screenshots and reporting them. I have one already, but I'm sure I'll collect more.
Thanks for the deck tip, I'll see if I can figure that out. I thought I got some card or cards that give health, I think I need those for the Epic Quest. I started using those Mountain cards like he (Seifer, the AI) is using. His creatures keep killing me because they deal damage to me when they do any combat, it's difficult. Also, I don't know what the numbers below the decks mean. I have a 3.0 deck and some 3.5 decks. I've tried tinkering around with some decks, using the categories so far.
Yeah there are card similarities. If this game gets to be more like Hearthstone that's cool with me as long as it adds to Solo Mode, I don't care about the PVP stuff.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/25/2016 at 03:36am
Steam says I've played Faeria for 8 hours. Some of that time is minutes where I ran into issues. Immediately, I couldn't get in, it gave me some error like, "could not find steamid." Then I read on the forums that was due to the fact that they were doing maintenance. It was resolved quickly.
I'm enjoying it, but the frequent crashes suck. I've read others are getting the same error I've seen when they try to click "retry" on a puzzle match. The last one I did, I swore I won, but somehow it said no and therefore restarted, but gave me this error when it did that.
Anyway, I hope it gets resolved soon, so far I think it's a good game.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 08/25/2016 at 03:46am
Greg that sucks you are running into errors. I haven't seen one. I must be pretty lucky.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/25/2016 at 04:44am
Wow, considering you've played an earlier version of the game than I have.
I think I'm going to see about looking up some deck building stuff. Most recently I pretty much went with all the red (mountain) stuff and included "Blessings" or one other codex. I think that number at the bottom of the deck is how strong it is, I'm not quite sure yet.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/26/2016 at 10:57pm
Ugh, now the game is kicking my ass lol.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 08/27/2016 at 11:06pm
> Ugh, now the game is kicking my ass lol.
Yeah, it took me a bit to get enough cards and do well against the AI. I still lose but it's not as bad anymore but I had to cross a threshold for sure.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/27/2016 at 11:52pm
I have had a couple of Epic Quests and one Puzzle Quest on my Solo list. I'm not high enough in levels to do the Puzzle Quest and the Epic Quests were kicking my ass. However, I was finally able to defeat Aurora after the game gave me a new Daily, which was to play x number of yellow cards. So, I crafted a yellow deck and managed to beat her. Now I'm trying to beat the forest guy, I can't recall his name at the moment.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 08/28/2016 at 01:15am
Yellow is my most played deck color right now. Apparently I love Aggro decks
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/28/2016 at 02:38am
:) I played it cool and patient at first and it worked out, but then the game stepped up its game, so I had to do the same.
I recently noticed an issue I've seen that others are having, too. One of my Dailies says something pretty much like "lure him out. Fight in Solo Mode until Seifer returns." I've done that, but the daily still shows. I thought I read that a recent patch fixed that though.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/28/2016 at 03:07am
:) I played it cool and patient at first and it worked out, but then the game stepped up its game, so I had to do the same.
I recently noticed an issue I've seen that others are having, too. One of my Dailies says "draw him out. Fight in Solo Mode until Seifer returns." I've done that, but the daily still shows. I thought I read that a recent patch fixed that though.
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After 9 years of development the fan game Pokemon Uranium has finally launched with an amazing trailer. It's awesome to see these fan projects finally ship and this one looks exceptionally good. If you're a huge Pokemon fan that loved the GBA era Pokemon games this looks to be made just for you.
The site is getting crushed do to popularity of the game, so there are a couple download options below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4HusEKrIZiQbUlvd0kySHZKSXM/view
After 9 years of development the fan game Pokemon Uranium has finally launched with an amazing trailer. It's awesome to see these fan projects finally ship and this one looks exceptionally good. If you're a huge Pokemon fan that loved the GBA era Pokemon games this looks to be made just for you.
The site is getting crushed do to popularity of the game, so there are a couple download options below.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/12/2016 at 12:39pm
Interesting. None of those links are working, either. The first gives a 505 server error, the second says it can't be found or was deleted, and the third says too many people have tried to download it.
Yep, the Mega link could have been a cease and desist, Mega is pretty good about honoring those. Kim Dotcom doesn't want to go through that whole mess again!
With as quickly as Nintendo shut down the Metroid remake, I'm surprised they haven't (at least publicly) gone after this harder.
Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member
wrote on 08/12/2016 at 04:40pm
This is why all my pokemon fan fic is called pokamon. :)
I just watched the latest Rogue One trailer and I wasn't sure it was possible but i'm even more interested in seeing this film in December than I was before. The new trailer features a better look at the movies tone, characters and even drops a few more story beats. The end of the trailer also shows the back of Darth Vader's helmet and his signature respirator.
What did you think of the new trailer? Still interested in checking this out in December or are you going to pass on this one?
I just watched the latest Rogue One trailer and I wasn't sure it was possible but i'm even more interested in seeing this film in December than I was before. The new trailer features a better look at the movies tone, characters and even drops a few more story beats. The end of the trailer also shows the back of Darth Vader's helmet and his signature respirator.
What did you think of the new trailer? Still interested in checking this out in December or are you going to pass on this one?
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/12/2016 at 12:34pm
I might go see it. Is this supposed to take place during the time the first Death Star was constructed? Isn't that the pilot and main lady in the last Star Wars movie?
Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member
wrote on 08/12/2016 at 04:25pm
I think that was dark helmet. This takes place in the space balls universe.
I hope this movie is good. All the bad press about the reshoots have me worried.
"Isn't that the pilot and main lady in the last Star Wars movie?"
You mean Rey? Nah she wasn't even born when this movie takes place. This one takes place right before Episode IV.
As for reshoots, don't worry. A ton of movies have reshoots.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/12/2016 at 06:31pm
Yeah, I thought that was Rey. I thought the pilot was BB-8's pilot. I guess I'm too lazy to look up character names. LOL Anyway, thanks for the clarification, Travis.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 08/13/2016 at 02:40am
> I think that was dark helmet. This takes place in the space balls universe.
HA! I've heard Spaceballs IS getting a sequel. Mel Brooks involved even.
> I hope this movie is good. All the bad press about the reshoots have me worried.
It's pretty uncommon to do reshoots for films where budget is an issue. One thing I've heard is that Disney is spending money keeping the films of rather high quality. The reason they are doing this is to keep the films top notch so they can milk the brand for infinite money. It seems to have worked with The Force Awakens and frankly I don't mind if the end result is good. Reshoots mean they are rework stuff that didn't work as well before. Sounds good to me!
All that said let's consider a world where it's maybe not as good as the Force Awakens or not even really on the same level. Not sure that will be the case, but let's assume it might not be.
Let's say the film is no better than Garth Edwards two previous films Monsters and Godzilla. I'd say Monsters was the better of the two and so let's say Rogue One is only going to be as good as Monsters. Well a film that's just as good as Monsters set with the rebels at war and with this sort of more gritty feel would be FUCKING INCREDIBLE. Seriously that shot with Ben Mendelsohn in the trailer makes me believe we might be surpassing Monsters in terms of how good this will be. But even if it's simply just as good as Monsters or maybe even Godzilla, that's still something i'd watch again and again.
A couple more pro Gareth musings:
* Monsters and Godzilla dig BIG and scale really well and from all the shots in the trailer it seems Gareth's style is on full tilt here. I've never seen scarier or bigger shots of Star Destroyers, AT Walkers or get more of an impression of the absolutely crushing power of the Empire. When those Rebels are being led through the streets in cuffs and then we see the absolute monster power of the Empire I was scared for the Rebels. I've never seem the Empire this strong before and I believe that is due to Gareth's visual style.
* Monsters is essentially a movie about two people trying to get to the US from Mexico during an alien invasion. It's not really about the Aliens as much as it's about those people and them being very human on a road trip. The monsters are used sparingly and to very good effect. The world is dangerous and mysterious and Gareth's use of Mexico as a backdrop really highlight his focus on a different culture and their loss due to the aliens. He doesn't really even explain the aliens very much which adds to the films overall mystery and rewatchability.
Monsters is on Netflix so if you haven't seen it, queue it up and remember Gareth did all that on a 4.2 million dollar budget! It's not perfect and at times I think the actors could have been a bit more serious with the material(maybe just Whitney Able, I don't think she is entirely on point here).
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/13/2016 at 12:19pm
I'll have to check out this Monsters movie you mentioned. I assume you're talking about the latest Godzilla movie, which I enjoyed, but I'm not sure I've seen a Godzilla movie I didn't enjoy and I've seen a lot of them (including the one from the '98 or so).
So one minor correction: Gareth did all that on a $500k budget. $4.2 million was the gross at the box office. So the movie wasn't a commercial hit but it's an indie darling.
And for good reason, we watched it tonight and were hooked throughout. Seriously, this is how you do a monster movie that's not about the monster. You get the feeling that the BIG world-defining stories are going on somewhere else in the world, but we're focused on these two very human people with very human motivations.
There are some problems with it. The effects are used sparingly but they aren't incredible (but with $500k they're still very impressive). There were a few very "convenient" plot devices to push the characters into situations.
I thought Scoot McNairy did a fantastic job, but I love him in everything I've seen him in. He wasn't pitched as the star of Halt and Catch Fire but in the first season, but I kinda thought he filled the male lead role with his wife and Cameron on equal footing. Fantastic show, btw. But you're right, Whitney Able wasn't stellar.
We watched the trailer first and weren't really into the idea of watching it, but we wanted to see what Gareth could do. Wow, that trailer did a terrible job of explaining what the movie was about. But then I guess it's hard to sell a monster movie that isn't about the monster.
Seriously, masterfully done, and more to the point it really makes me look forward to Rogue One even more. As I said earlier, it's a story going on while the big story is happening somewhere else, and I think Rogue One really fits that narrative in many ways, based on the trailer. This is the story that took place in Episode IV's opening crawl.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 08/14/2016 at 05:47am
> So one minor correction: Gareth did all that on a $500k budget. $4.2 million was the gross at the box office. So the movie wasn't a commercial hit but it's an indie darling.
Oops, well even better
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 08/14/2016 at 05:48am
Also glad you liked it!
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 08/15/2016 at 02:15pm
I watched it the same night Travis did apparently, just hours later. I also liked it. I'm going to try to explain my thoughts on it without giving away spoilers (or too much). Unfortunately, it triggered my....let's call it "romantic frustration." It didn't end as I expected (or even as my dark side hoped). Still, it was good. I thought it was dramatically relevant right now as we have a Presidential candidate who wants to build a wall to keep Mexicans out of the USA. Even in the movie we see just how well this might actually work.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 08/15/2016 at 10:23pm
I think the concept of Aliens is used quite a few ways in that movie too.
Also, just noticed, you can rewatch games that you spectated.
Wow, this is really cool and the rewatching matches is incredible. I found that match a bit hard to follow at times but I figured it out as it went along.
When people bring out Lord Jaraxxus that's usually pretty hard to come back from but you tempo'd well.
Yeah, I need to look at my capabilities a little more, I could have saved that polymorph boar for my guy for an extra 4 damage... but then, I wanted that 6 butt to turn into 2 so it would absorb less from the flamewalker, so I think maybe I was still right. That equated to 4 dmg.
Also, if you go here: https://hsreplay.net/
You can then search for people. So like, Search Nardraug#1711
Shows all the matches that are recorded and how long they took and what turn they went to... pretty sweet stuff!
Today was a good day for packs!
http://imgur.com/a/0BdLe
I had a regular Rag and Alex prior to opening 50 packs...
So yeah, I opened 6 leggies out of 54 packs, Rag, golden Rag, Alex, golden Alex, Lord Jarax, and Prophet Velen... just wow
DAMN, that's quite the haul. Are you going to keep the goldens or dust them for whatever two Legendaries you want?
I was pretty happy when I finally opened my second shield slam and pyromancer in my latest brawl open I recently crafted my first Rag, which is awesome I Rag so much. But i've been on a Legendary drought recently.
I dusted the normals, those are 2 I'm REALLY happy to have in gold. I need Sylvannas gold next. I had about 6k dust after and could have got her... but crafting golds is ugggg. I've done Ysera and Confessor... so spendy.
I've got just about enough to do either golden N'Zoth or 2 golden Cabilist's Tomes. Hard decision... or use to make a golden leggie that you can't open (like the new one that summons a 1/1 of a guy from your deck)
Barnes? I really like that card but since I just got it today haven't played much with it.
It seems really cool in a Deathrattle deck. Pretty sure NZoth Pally will run it standard now.
Ya, exactly, any deathrattle deck loves Barnes (and yeah him). Recasting with Rogue tricks is fun, too. (either shadowcaster or pulling him back).
Trying the new Arcane Giant in my tempo mage deck and it's working pretty well so far
PS, I just survived 3 Yogg's being used against me. I dropped to 1 health and he had a couple mage secrets up, but one wasn't ice block.... insane game
https://hsreplay.net/replay/J7x4Tp7DQYmFeqkF4XEfiJ
Oh, and I HAD ice block, but he Flared off the Yogg LOL, so wow
I've been really enjoying a new Paladin deck that features the new Ivory Night and finally uses Anyfin(to date i've never found it working in a deck).
Oh, I used Anyfin pretty successfully a while back, was brutal One hit kill type thing. (just using the haste and buff murlocs) But now that "standard" is a thing, it banned out some of the needed ones.
Yeah, it has but one or two Anyfin's are really powerful. I had a crazy match with simply playing 2 blugills and 2 warleaders. Still refining the deck though but it's either won or only lost by a handful of HP on the opponents side.
https://hsreplay.net/replay/D37JSrrHvxsauzPzhTJrzA
Yogg-Saron!!! holy cow that RNG
Yeah Yogg is a heavy RNG card. One of the reasons I want to and don't want to craft it. Focusing more on the other legendary staples before I get Yogg. Not sure what to do next. Tyrion or maybe Cairne? I am leaning heavily to Tyrion as I like Paladin and Tyrion is OP as hell.
Tyrion is so good and not leaving standard as far as I know (assuming that core basis set always stays).
That's what they've said. Which is why I am now crafting all the neutral legendaries. I have nearly all the WoTG one's I really wanted and I am now crafting neutral ones because i'll be able to use them longer.
Ya I finally crafted Cairne myself. Frustrating tho, because I made a new account so I could get the shaman hero and I happened to get a Cairne on that account =\
I just went through and decrafted a ton of Wild cards. I kept ones I'd use if I ever played Wild, but I decrafted a bunch of legends, epics and gold epics, gold rares. There's a golden iron juggernaut I'm debating on, but I liked that card... 1600 dust tho gives me 2 gold rares or a gold epic, so tempting... My mage deck is almost all gold, just need 6 more golden epics =o
I am keeping all the wild cards. I think it's going to be a more compelling format as the game advances and might be really interesting someday. At least I think so. That said, pretty sure Maxxena won't ever be something I put in a deck but since it was one of the first legendaries I had and used a lot because of that, I have a hard time letting it go
So battle.net added streaming... guess I'll try that. my laptop has it built in, but for some reason it stopped connecting with nvidia.
Yeah I just saw that. It's Windows only right now AND it seems to stream direct to Facebook but it's interesting and something I want to try at least.