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[God's Strongest Dragoon]

good bad character was already bad

Also I'm 90% sure reeds punches already headshot jankman 4 the win.

I'm mostly skipping my mode myself not interesting enough to keep me interested.

Nope, Reed's punches didn't punch before and it is an entirely new mechanic for this mode. A lot of shit is headshotting and making this a complete clusterfuck. Iron Man's unibeam headshots in this mode. Magik's dash and projectile headshots you. Thor's awakened lightning arcs headshot you. You die VERY fast in this game mode because you can get 2-tapped by most of the people in the roster.

This is an interesting and dumb game mode but it's quickly ruined by the whole leaderboard shit, resulting in people queueing with stacks and making this shit retarded to play as they're desperate to be the top 10 rated players for their specific hero by the end of the weekend. I have seen more Lord proficiency Star-Lords in the brief two hours I've played this mode than I have ever seen in the several hundred hours I've played this game.

 

[CalciumAnimal]

Nope, Reed's punches didn't punch before and it is an entirely new mechanic for this mode. A lot of shit is headshotting and making this a complete clusterfuck. Iron Man's unibeam headshots in this mode. Magik's dash and projectile headshots you. Thor's awakened lightning arcs headshot you. You die VERY fast in this game mode because you can get 2-tapped by most of the people in the roster.

This is an interesting and dumb game mode but it's quickly ruined by the whole leaderboard shit, resulting in people queueing with stacks and making this shit retarded to play as they're desperate to be the top 10 rated players for their specific hero by the end of the weekend. I have seen more Lord proficiency Star-Lords in the brief two hours I've played this mode than I have ever seen in the several hundred hours I've played this game.

Must have been dreaming then.

but yeah I agree those chasing the worthless titles are making the game mode worse i can see people dropping it because of the tryhards.

 

[Smelliest007]

As of a few minutes ago, Breath of Fire IV has been preserved on GOG using their Dreamlist program - $9.99:



While Capcom might never make a non-gacha Breath of Fire again, if this does well, it could spell success for other Dreamlist entries, such as Freelancer! (copium)

Please Dreamlist, make Zoo Tycoon 1 fucking happen. Fuck you, Microsoft.

 

[CalciumAnimal]

So glad GoG exists and while it's not perfect even a tiny change for the better is a good change.

 

[Smelliest007]

Nothing ever happens, but anything that can potentially shit on Ubisoft can't be bad.

Based in Austria, the non-profit NOYB - European Center for Digital Rights has taken on the case of a Far Cry fan who contacted Ubisoft to find out what data it had collected. The firm alleges that Ubisoft has flouted GDPR rules, and now risks a potential fine of up to €92m (£78m) - four percent of Ubisoft's €2.3bn turnover last year. Eurogamer has contacted Ubisoft for comment.


NOYB (which stands for None Of Your Business) was set up by privacy activist Max Schrems, who previously helped surface allegations of personal data being passed from Europe to the USA for use in the NSA's PRISM mass surveillance programme.

While playing prehistoric adventure Far Cry Primal, Ubisoft told the user it had obtained the kind of data you'd expect - information on when the game was launched, how long it was played for, and when it was shut down.


Still, examination of the data Ubisoft had obtained showed a connection to external servers 150 times in 10 minutes, NOYB claims, referring to this as a "secret data collection".


As for the need to connect online, Ubisoft told the user this was required to verify ownership of the game upon its launch. NOYB argues that because the user's copy of Far Cry Primal was bought through Steam, the game could be verified through that without additionally logging into a Ubisoft account.


GDPR laws state that data collection should only take place if "necessary", otherwise it is "unlawful", NOYB's complaint continues. An option that Ubisoft advertises to play PC games via Ubisoft Connect while offline still requires an initial connection, meanwhile.

Privacy firm files Ubisoft legal complaint over data collection, forced online in single-player games | Eurogamer.net | Ghostarchive

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