FC5 Can.$26.40 'til the 28th @ Ubi - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42265.0&return_msg=42265.65"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.1">1–10</a>…<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.41">41–50</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.51">51–60</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.61">61–70</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.71">71–80</a>…<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.151">151–159</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42265.65">FC5 Can.$26.40 'til the 28th @ Ubi</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42265_65_159_10"> <a name="a42265_65"></a><div class="message" id="message_42265_65"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">21 Mar 2019 08:56</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Manthorp <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 21 Mar 2019 09:49"></span></span> <span class="message_count">65 of 159</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.65">42265.65</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.64">42265.64</a></div> <div class="message_body"> 50% off at ubi store ATM.<br /><br /> Why were you cross with 5?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42265.65&return_msg=42265.65" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42265.65"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42265_66"></a><div class="message" id="message_42265_66"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">21 Mar 2019 09:49</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 21 Mar 2019 12:05"></span></span> <span class="message_count">66 of 159</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.66">42265.66</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.65#a42265_65" target="_self">42265.65</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The ending. We'll discuss it when you get there. Thanks for the heads-up about the reduction btw. I'll probably pick it up.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 21 Mar 2019 09:58 by MANTHORP</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42265.66&return_msg=42265.65" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42265.66"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42265_67"></a><div class="message" id="message_42265_67"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">21 Mar 2019 12:10</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Manthorp <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 21 Mar 2019 12:33"></span></span> <span class="message_count">67 of 159</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.67">42265.67</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.65#a42265_66" target="_self">42265.66</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I have an inkling about that, based on the premise of "New Dawn". I was put off by the marketing, with the crazy Fortnite -ish neon color scheme (which already blights some of the guns in 5), but the trailer makes it look like more of a 3/4/5 re-skin, complete with tedious villains*.<br /><br /> I'm eyeing the 'Nam DLC for 5.<br /><br /><br /> *the characters are actually pretty interesting, it's all the cut scenes and phony fights in lala land that makes 'em tiresome.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 21 Mar 2019 12:27 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42265.67&return_msg=42265.65" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42265.67"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42265_68"></a><div class="message" id="message_42265_68"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">21 Mar 2019 12:37</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 21 Mar 2019 12:45"></span></span> <span class="message_count">68 of 159</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.68">42265.68</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.65#a42265_67" target="_self">42265.67</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The Vietnam DLC is fun. Short, but fun and with good reasons to replay.<br /><br /> I always like the fantastic bits of FC, whether it's hallucinatory quests or alternative worlds, and I think New Dawn may have some of that vibe throughout, so I'm looking forward to it. I'm just a bit too mean to pay full-game price for what is, in essence, a DLC itself.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42265.68&return_msg=42265.65" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42265.68"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42265_69"></a><div class="message" id="message_42265_69"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">21 Mar 2019 12:56</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Manthorp <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 21 Mar 2019 14:46"></span></span> <span class="message_count">69 of 159</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.69">42265.69</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.65#a42265_68" target="_self">42265.68</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I find the fantastic bits in FC (notably 4, and to a far lesser extent 5) are kind of interesting, but waaay overdone as central story elements. Having used aplenty from the supermarket of pharma, the virtual experience doesn't really cut it for me.<br /><br /> What I like about 5 moreso than 3 and 4, and I think this is also why you like 4 (as you mentioned), is that it is grounded in a reality I can directly relate to, having grown up and substantially lived in rural (both Northern and Southern) Usian communities. 5 quite accurately models rural Americana, the mix of down-to-earth charm with firearms-and-religion psychosis. And the landscape is spot on, it's like a hike in the wilderness without the fresh air and exercise.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 21 Mar 2019 12:58 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42265.69&return_msg=42265.65" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42265.69"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42265_70"></a><div class="message" id="message_42265_70"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">21 Mar 2019 15:01</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 21 Mar 2019 15:07"></span></span> <span class="message_count">70 of 159</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.70">42265.70</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.65#a42265_69" target="_self">42265.69</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yes, the druggy bits are a bit like what people who hadn't done hallucinogens would do if they were imagining what trips were like, which may well be the case. (side note: VR is much more like hallucination or dream than flat games. Somebody should be designing VR digital trip simulations at the moment - I'm sure there would be huge market for it). I still enjoy them (the FC levels), though, for their randomness.<br /><br /> Interesting point about engaging with FC5 more strongly through familiarity. I designed a couple of games for heritage trusts based around their properties - Belsay Hall in Northumberland and Knaresborough Castle - and before that I commissioned my Art Gallery, Cartwright Hall , to be made into an Unreal Tournament map. It was always very odd, playing these places in-game and then walking through the actual architecture - some kind of uncanny valley thing going on.<br /><br /> I attended the Yorkshire Games Conference a few weeks ago and a level designer from Hitman 2 was showing how meticulously they were designing levels on real locations.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42265.70&return_msg=42265.65" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42265.70"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42265_71"></a><div class="message" id="message_42265_71"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">21 Mar 2019 15:26</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Manthorp <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 21 Mar 2019 15:28"></span></span> <span class="message_count">71 of 159</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.71">42265.71</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.65#a42265_70" target="_self">42265.70</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I'm not sure which drug(s) 5 models, though I suspect opioids -- 4 is deffo shrooms/acid/mescaline type stuff. It simulates some of the visual effects pretty good. What a virtual simulation can't do is superimpose your own memories, imaginings, fears &ct. on the observed world, which to me is how hallucinations and dreams work. So it very quickly degrades from 'gee, this is neat' to 'meh, another stupid computer trick'. Maybe it's more vivid in VR, I dunno. Straight up open world games definitely influence how I look at the real world with the uncanny valley thing. Best recent (2019) movie I've seen about that is <span class="spoiler"><span>Serenity</span></span> -- just naming it is actually a spoiler!<br /><br /> Edit: Nam's aboard.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 21 Mar 2019 18:35 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42265.71&return_msg=42265.65" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42265.71"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42265_72"></a><div class="message" id="message_42265_72"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">25 Mar 2019 09:38</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 Mar 2019 12:24"></span></span> <span class="message_count">72 of 159</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.72">42265.72</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.65#a42265_65" target="_self">42265.65</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Thanks for the heads up about the discount on FC5: New Dawn. I supplemented that with an additional 20% discount claimed with some Ubi-point things I didn't know existed until Pere Ubi told me in very timely fashion that they were about to expire. I ended up paying 13 and a bit quid for it, which seemed fair.<br /><br /> Life then promptly changed in turbo gear in a deliberate conspiracy to prevent me from getting so much as a sniff at the credits, so first impressions will have to wait until this evening.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42265.72&return_msg=42265.65" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42265.72"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42265_73"></a><div class="message" id="message_42265_73"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">25 Mar 2019 12:30</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">73 of 159</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.73">42265.73</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I started up the 'Nam DLC and thus finding the world underpopulated with, you know enemies as I stumble around in the jungle, which kind of resembles a golf course that hasn't been mowed in a couple of weeks, with some trees and big-ass rocks. Anyhoo there are a bunch of 'side-missions' available in a menu, so I suppose the onus is on me to go find the action. On the bright side, returning to FC5 I find the gun locker has been restocked with some nice 'Nam-era toys, including a pretty decent M16. I did my time in the Jacob shooting gallery (BOORING!!!) and now happily back open-worlding in the White Mountains, where the terrain is breathtaking.<br /> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42265.73&return_msg=42265.65" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42265.73"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42265_74"></a><div class="message" id="message_42265_74"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">27 Mar 2019 15:43</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">74 of 159</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42265.74">42265.74</a></div> <div class="message_body"> [wrong thread]<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 27 Mar 2019 16:01 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42265.74&return_msg=42265.65" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42265.74"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="42265.75" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>