Picked up a copy and loaded it up on our original Xbox. Haven't had a chance to sit down and actually play it yet (on a glorious 80" projector screen).

Oh! It's using the short video Kara as a launch point. This almost makes me wish I had a PS4.

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From what I've read elsewhere, the creators have said it's technically a prequel to BG&E. Remember how in the first game, all the hybrid animal people were common and an accepted part of society? BG&E2 is supposedly going to detail how that actually came to be (along with its dynamic solar system modeling to make "realtime" day/night cycles), so your custom character can supposedly be human or hybrid and work their way up to social revolution.

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>I DESPERATELY want to know what BGE2 has to do with the original
>besides the name Montpelier and pig people. Also why the constant
>swearing. It didn't enhance anything, it was just THERE. Really,
>really jarring since the original was T, and even that was just for
>mature themes and not constant swearing.

Well, the swearing I can agree didn't really do much for the thing. Still and all. It's supposed to run in connection with the first, and there were shots shown of a younger Pey'j last year. So, the suspicion is a prequel, even though it IS named "2". Oh, and you know, the video...I mean, what better than a "chavpanzee" as I saw it described? Just hilarious.
(Edit:)Oh, and did anyone else notice what the pig says when Knox hands over the swiss chocolate? "Pey'J"...

>My compy died before I could get and play Far Cry 4, but I finished
>Far Cry 3 and it's ending was some grade-A bullshit. I don't trust FC5
>to be anything but more bullshit.

FC 4 was no better. You have the choice of shit ending 1 or shit ending 2, depending on what you've chosen earlier in the game. Well, and the hidden "completely different ending 0".
FC5 at least looks like it has the potential to have an ending that doesn't shout "All life is shit, get to know this!" Hell, you're apparently supposed to be able to just cut loose and go fishing for a couple hours. Which, you know...if the game is to the level that testers literally DO that...I might actually feel some interest.

>I care exactly zero about WW2 Call of Duty, so that's a wash.

Well, I've entirely and utterly lost interest in either BF or CoD since about 10 games ago. Though I MIGHT pick up BF1 in about a year, in order to see what, if any, single-player campaign they have, what with the WW1 setting.

>I actually DID play Crimson Skies! I bought an old Xbox and slapped
>some games onto it via shenanigans. Panzer Dragoon Orta, Crimson
>Skies, and Metal Wolf Chaos are the three I actively remember. I take
>it from things Ive heard that the One X is compatible with original
>Xbox games? I didn't watch the Microsoft or most of Sony's either. I
>don't have a PS3, 4, VR, Vita, or ecksbawxone, so most of that was
>just white noise for me. And saddening that Spiderman Arkham York
>City is an *actual* exclusive. .....at least until Valve starts making
>noises about steam sales and their massive market and can make it
>worth their while a year or two down the line.

Now, if they could just remake the FIRST Crimson Skies for modern machines...because that was one of the best damn games ever.

>I really, really hope Moss gets a PC version sooner rather than later
>though. Especially one that doesn't require VR. Dear god it looks
>adorable.

OH, yes. Absolutely. Soon please?

>I actually give a negative amount of craps about Assassins Creed.

Well, I used to like them. Then I said that, you know, enough. Not doing this any more, not worth it. And then came Syndicate. Which, you know, Victorian London...yeah. But, that was it. Now, the latest LOOKS good and all, and, well...moving in the other direction, as it was, AWAY from newer and cooler tools...yeah, ok, good idea. But no.

>The only racing game I want is another, proper, Burnout. Burnout 3:
>Takedown hit that precise sweet spot for me between arcadey racer and
>depth of gameplay that I want in a racing game. Which is to say
>'laughably shallow, but deeper than Mario Kart'.

While I want a reasonable racing game with a story. Which precludes most any "circuit racing game" because the story just isn't there. A nice "car-based heist game" though...yeah, sure. Hey, look at how the "Furiously Fast" movies hit a note with people. But, to each his own.

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Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths
"Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!"

I missed that part~ also, the chavpanzee seems....well, remember the guff people gave Sing for having a gorilla gang? Maybe they should've saved that for this.

>>My compy died before I could get and play Far Cry 4, but I finished
>>Far Cry 3 and it's ending was some grade-A bullshit. I don't trust FC5
>>to be anything but more bullshit.
>
>FC 4 was no better. You have the choice of shit ending 1 or shit
>ending 2, depending on what you've chosen earlier in the game. Well,
>and the hidden "completely different ending 0".
>FC5 at least looks like it has the potential to have an ending that
>doesn't shout "All life is shit, get to know this!" Hell, you're
>apparently supposed to be able to just cut loose and go fishing for a
>couple hours. Which, you know...if the game is to the level that
>testers literally DO that...I might actually feel some interest.

It makes me wonder if I ever want to actually finish Far Cry 2 when compy is running again. ..I really hope my saves still exist actually.

>>I care exactly zero about WW2 Call of Duty, so that's a wash.
>
>Well, I've entirely and utterly lost interest in either BF or CoD
>since about 10 games ago. Though I MIGHT pick up BF1 in about a year,
>in order to see what, if any, single-player campaign they have, what
>with the WW1 setting.

Modern Warfare is when I a tally started caring about Drab Brown Modern Realistic FPSes. Bad Company 2 was a nice surprise, too. Modern Warfare 2 was pretty good. Never got to play MW3. It never went on sale for less than like thirty bucks, that I can recall.

>>I actually DID play Crimson Skies! I bought an old Xbox and slapped
>>some games onto it via shenanigans. Panzer Dragoon Orta, Crimson
>>Skies, and Metal Wolf Chaos are the three I actively remember. I take
>>it from things Ive heard that the One X is compatible with original
>>Xbox games? I didn't watch the Microsoft or most of Sony's either. I
>>don't have a PS3, 4, VR, Vita, or ecksbawxone, so most of that was
>>just white noise for me. And saddening that Spiderman Arkham York
>>City is an *actual* exclusive. .....at least until Valve starts making
>>noises about steam sales and their massive market and can make it
>>worth their while a year or two down the line.
>
>Now, if they could just remake the FIRST Crimson Skies for modern
>machines...because that was one of the best damn games ever.

Be careful what you wish for with remakes. I wanted a remake of Final Fantasy 3 (the NES one) for ages, but they gave me the DS one which had...ugh...CHARACTERS and stuff. They changed the story so much. And introduced like two second load times on every screen transition, of which there are *many*.

>>I actually give a negative amount of craps about Assassins Creed.
>
>Well, I used to like them. Then I said that, you know, enough. Not
>doing this any more, not worth it. And then came Syndicate. Which, you
>know, Victorian London...yeah. But, that was it. Now, the latest LOOKS
>good and all, and, well...moving in the other direction, as it was,
>AWAY from newer and cooler tools...yeah, ok, good idea. But no.

I've never cared about Assassins Creed, and each new nearly annual game has just dunked my enthusiasm ever lower, especially as reports of all the bugs inevitably come out.

>>The only racing game I want is another, proper, Burnout. Burnout 3:
>>Takedown hit that precise sweet spot for me between arcadey racer and
>>depth of gameplay that I want in a racing game. Which is to say
>>'laughably shallow, but deeper than Mario Kart'.
>
>While I want a reasonable racing game with a story. Which precludes
>most any "circuit racing game" because the story just isn't there. A
>nice "car-based heist game" though...yeah, sure. Hey, look at how the
>"Furiously Fast" movies hit a note with people. But, to each his own.

Well, a driving game with a story isn't a bad thing, by any means. It's just not what I personally would *prefer* from a racing game. :) I enjoyed what I played of Driver: San Franciso, for instance~

Also at old, old PS2 Spy Hunter. The one where you never leave the car. That was a friggin' BLAST.

>I missed that part~ also, the chavpanzee seems....well, remember the
>guff people gave Sing for having a gorilla gang? Maybe they should've
>saved that for this.

*G* Well, yeah...

>It makes me wonder if I ever want to actually finish Far Cry 2 when
>compy is running again. ..I really hope my saves still exist actually.

Well, FC2 is a good game, as such. But 2, 3, 4 all had really shit endings. "Life is a vale of tears, get to know this." Sorry, I get enough of that on the telly, as it were. Don't need it in my games. But as noted, FC5 looks like it could be reasonable.

>Modern Warfare is when I a tally started caring about Drab Brown
>Modern Realistic FPSes. Bad Company 2 was a nice surprise, too. Modern
>Warfare 2 was pretty good. Never got to play MW3. It never went on
>sale for less than like thirty bucks, that I can recall.

I could get it for less than that, now, but then, that's online, and in Sweden, so...

>>Now, if they could just remake the FIRST Crimson Skies for modern
>>machines...because that was one of the best damn games ever.
>
>Be careful what you wish for with remakes. I wanted a remake of Final
>Fantasy 3 (the NES one) for ages, but they gave me the DS one which
>had...ugh...CHARACTERS and stuff. They changed the story so much. And
>introduced like two second load times on every screen transition, of
>which there are *many*.

Which is why I just want them to upgrade it until it can run on a modern comp. Nothing more, nothing less. Hey, look at the remastered Lucasarts games. They ROCK.

>I've never cared about Assassins Creed, and each new nearly annual
>game has just dunked my enthusiasm ever lower, especially as reports
>of all the bugs inevitably come out.

Well, the various versions of AC2 was REAL good. I liked Ezio Auditore da Firenze. The first game was spectacular, in a way, but could've been so much more, and they managed that in AC2. And then it went downhill with "much make more, cooler, more gadgets, this that the other". And honestly, the story did falter after 3, too. But, I had to have the Victorian London one. But that's it for me.

>Well, a driving game with a story isn't a bad thing, by any means.
>It's just not what I personally would *prefer* from a racing game. :)
>I enjoyed what I played of Driver: San Franciso, for instance~
>Also at old, old PS2 Spy Hunter. The one where you never leave the
>car. That was a friggin' BLAST.

Oh, yes. *plays Peter Gunne*

Oh, right, forgot! New expansion coming for X-Com 2. Note, expansion, not DLC. New classes, new enemies, new allies, new everything apperently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI1n9HKIfG0 for more info.

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Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The Victorian Ballsmiths
"Nobody Want Verdigris-Covered Balls!"