the last 2 Anno games have been underwhelming and crap so I'm champing at the but for this to be good, its looking it so far.
Oh no they made it Woke! (Someone, somewhere, probably) Apparently the second angriest person in the Imperium is a Sister of Battle.
I'll be honest, I'm so sick of this woke bull5h1t that I'm usually the first to call it out or show disdain, but in this instance, I'm all for it. The Sororiroritoras have been around as long as I can remember and were due some development and expansion and this fits in with the wider universe of things and their sort-of-recent GW product line push. I will however draw the line at female space marines, but that's just because that doesn't seem to work or gel with my childhood memories of 40K (although I'm sure I heard during one of these online fanboy rows that they do exist in some aspect, not that I have to agree with that) and they don't need to have female EVERYTHING just for appeasement's sake. There are female Guard, Dark Eldar, normal Eldar, Necromundan gangers (in fact, one whole gang of young ladies if memory serves), I've yet to see a lady Necron or Tyranid (although who can be sure with the latter - has anyone got close enough to check? Saying that, I do see the Hive Mind as a mother figure), there are categorically no Princess Orks (again from memory, unless it's changed - I thought they were all born from spores) and I've not seen a Khornate Berserkerbabe as at time of writing. Time and a place and each to their own, I say. Pointless trying to force a view on everyone. But I do like warrior women with white hair, facial tattoos, undying loyalty and two weapons (the military kind).
Hugely looking forward to this, gives off Alien Isolation, immersive sim vibes. Routine - Official Release Window Trailer | gamescom 2025
That does look good. Graphics have come a loooong way since Doom (apart from on that guy's handheld).
Still no meaningful news about the upcoming release (allegedly) of Elder Scrolls 6. Based on my family history, I have about 16 years left, so which will come first, ES6 or my expiry?
Not an FPS, it's Mass Effect-a-like. I imagine there will be similar weapon and skill tree progression, and hopefully the zero g mechanics are handled well. Another video with more detail:
Oh, and another game from the original Mass Effect creators: This will hopefully combine the excellent story crafting of the original Mass Effect Trilogy with the gameplay of of Andromeda.
The book for Exodus, by Peter F Hamilton is really good. Looking forward to the hand, and the second book of course
Mixed emotions: no doubt it'll be excellent, but absolutely bloody terrifying. I tried to play the first game on hard - I gave up and played on the easiest mode because I kept having to go and put on clean underwear. 11/10 no notes.
Right. I need to dig the first one out and have another crack at it, especially if it's as jangly as you say. My desktop started having issues that I have still not gotten around to fixing and this stand-in laptop ain't never gonna cut it. Everything I hear about it says "Game is good" (perhaps the only "AI" with a good review base). Although the other night I did manage to freak myself out a bit. I'm currently in the middle of the Second Garage Mouse War and they're leading 0-13 (I'm obviously the home team here). They get a point for a successful raid on a trap and I get a point for a fatality on their side. I'm thinking that's a bit unbalanced, because there might only be one of the rodentious swine and I could effectively win the war 1-13, thus technically losing on points. Maybe I should be awarded five or ten points for a casualty...? I'm at a loss as to how they're managing it. I set three traps and after three night raids they've only ever set one off, but without injury, meaning nine points to the bstrds. So I added another trap, but all that happened was they scored an additional point that night. Nothing even got set off. Since this is now a pride thing (not in the "let's drive to the traps on a float with rainbow flags" sense, more of the "I will not be beaten by four-inch scavengers" sense) I'm determined not to resort to box traps or poison, but I will up my game with the use of cotton wool. I shall not be beaten. But that all said, the other night it got me thinking. What if there's a super mouse or a ghost mouse in the garage? Maybe the soul of one (or more) of the victims of the First Garage Mouse War? That would explain why nothing is being set off. Or a super mouse might be holding the trap arms down and eating at leisure. Or using the sprung one as a bench press. But there were a few days where I had ceebs and didn't reload the traps and one night I thought "Maybe they're going to get cross that I haven't left them dinner out". Then I thought "What if I wake up in the night and there's a two or three foot muscle-bound rodent standing next to my bed, tugging at the duvet, growling in a throaty voice "Oi, bruv. Where's me dinner? There's nuffin bin left aat". I'm not ashamed to say I had a minor case of the willies as I went to bed that night and everything was dark. So Alien Isolation might also induce a bit of pant-cacking. But I digress. So I guess the next game on my horizon is the next mission of the SGMW. BUT! If we're talking video games, then...HOLYMOTHERDIDYOUSEETHEXBOXSHOWCASE?!?!?! E-Day. 6th Oct. I'm in (even though it's bizarrely a Tues launch day?). Means I have four months to finish 4 and 5 to get up to speed. So after the next phase of the SGMW, it'll be Gears 4 for me, then 5, which should segue nicely into a Game Pass launch of E-Day (fingers crossed). I think that's covered it from my side. Cheers .
