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Thanks for the reply, Aberzombie! Cheers.

Is the Dark Tower series (of eight books) worth a read?

I watched the film recently, and while it was ok, thought that the book(s) are probably way better.

Recently discovered this show (which is on Disney+), and have been binge-watching it.

Series one and two were great, three was ok, and after watching some of four, have given up on it (unless someone tells me it's worth finishing).

Overall, the first three series are definitely worth a watch. (Four) is just not the same without Abi. I understand that the original showrunners/writers left after the second series.

Question for anyone who has Netflix or the Amazon equivalent (Prime?). Is it possible, as with Disney+, to just get it for a month to watch say Stranger Things.

Hey all.
I discovered the first game when it was on sale at Steam recently for £ 13.99 (apparently $ 16 in the US) for the PC. Finished it today. Well worth it, but has somethings I don't like, eg the platform/climbing aspects and the training areas (for those with teenage reflexes). Overall, loved the game.

I understand that the second game in the series (Horizon Forbidden West) was released on the Playstation early last year and a third game will be released in 2027, so it's quite likely that these two games will be available on PC in 2025 and 2030 respectively, perhaps.

Looking at a review of the second game, they said that they found the climbing in that game even worse!? If anyone has played it, can they offer an opinion (on all of it, not just the climbing).

Just thought I'd mention this band. It's a US band that does heavy metal covers of Star Wars movie music...

If the idea of that thrills you, check them out on Youtube!

Thanks for the other replies!

Oh, just this:
Eternals Pitch Meeting

Thanks for sharing this, QB. Certainly provided some laughs!

Ok. Thanks for the replies!

I'm interested to know if anyone from Paizo is planning to attend the UK Games Expo in Birmingham this June (3-5th).

I was just looking at the (UK) Games Expo website for this year, and one of the bits of news is that Ian Livingstone (of Games Workshop and Lara Croft fame) was knighted this year for services to gaming. Good for him!

Thanks Thomas!

Looking forward to seeing What If and Shang-Chi (and The Eternals later in the month).

Hi all! Yesterday I renewed my Disney+ subscription for the month, so that I can catch up with things.
I've seen all of this series now and liked it. :)

Seen about half of it now (2 of 4 episodes). Lots of familiar faces!

Thanks for the replies!

Was the series any good? I noticed it was due to be shown, but missed the first 8 minutes. Recorded the rest. Is it worth a watch?

Hi DQ, I'm glad I could help!

(I sent you a PM the other day, in case you haven't seen it.)

MC, I hope you manage to find your game fun again, and sooner rather than later!

On the other hand, it's ok to take a break from the game for a while and do something else.

I know the above are old news to many of you, but I only recently bought and played through them.

I very much enjoyed 2. It was like playing a new Fallout 1 and 2 type game. After finishing it I purchased 3.

I do *not* like 3, in a number of ways. It is much grimmer than 2. If I was to make a comparison using UK film classifications, 3 is like an 18 (or R film in the USA), whereas 2 goes up to 15 (not sure of the US version). The gore and nastiness is excessive to me.

While 2 has a few moral choices, 3 has a load of them, and they pretty much all have crappy consequences in some form or another. The real world has too much evil as it is, and I don't want that in my games. I want to be the good guy.

Another aspect I don't like is the graphics engine. Yes, the graphics is better than for 2. BUT, like comparing Final Fantasy 10+ versus FF 7-9, the latter ones had much better graphics and music, but overall the storyline/game play is much more tedious and unfun. Please use the 2 engine/graphics (but with fewer number of skill).

Also, in 2 there were difficulties for safes, doors etc, and if your skill levels weren't quite good enough to get through, you might still have a chance to get through them (and could annoyingly grind through random encounters to increase levels to get the required skill levels). In 3, this is not the case; the difficulties are "you must be this high to progress", or you are stuffed. Random encounters are so few that you can't really grind.

One good thing about 3 is the unlimited carry wait for the group. Also, I like the use of the vehicle. Another good thing is that there are no NCR or Legion factions.

If there are to be additional Wasteland games, I'd much prefer them to be like 2 than 3!

Sorry to hear that, AZ! I hope you are remembering to save more now!

(Also that you can change difficulty levels when you wish, if you need it.)

Also hope that you are enjoying it more since your post. :)

Just finished the game! :)

I did the ending where you forgive the BBEG first, then backtracked an hour and did the ending where you ally with the BBEG, allowing you to do The Cursed King part.

Overall, I estimate that I played it for about 200 hours. Of those, 16 hours were wasted when I realised that I had to redo Varnhold's Lot with extra healing (a paladin main character), and 24 hours when I didn't get on with defeating Pitax and also wandered into the Thousand Screams area, thus also triggering The Fog problem, with no way to resolve it. The 24 hours part was the last save I had that allowed me to correct that track.

It's a great game, although with a few bugs. Sometimes the game crashed when I used AoE spells in areas with too many monsters, most especially the two zombie areas in you-know-where (for those who've played through it).

I appreciate the extra effort the Owlcat people went to to really bring the BBEG's story into the game, so that they are not some random villain at the end.

Gosh, it has a steep learning curve! I think perhaps that I should make some notes about the best approach to take if or when I replay it. Certainly, it makes sense to follow the main quest as soon as possible, to reduce the effect of repeat problems. Well done all round!

I wish that the superstition rage power was an available choice for barbarians! ;)

Thanks!

I did a Youtube search for the relevant sections.

To redo the Varnhold DLC, I created three new PCs (melee paladin, archer ranger and healer/fire cleric), and brought along the existing melee ranger, rogue and wizard. I also made much better decisions for the characters. It's gone much more smoothly for me in the DLC. :)

Hi. Is it possible to rest somewhere in the Lostlarn dungeon? If not, I'll have to restart the Varnhold DLC... :(

Thanks, AZ!

Thanks for your reply, AZ.

I have a paladin as my PC. Haven't worked out how to increase the number of advisors or how to change a location from a village to a town (yet), and only worked out how to establish other villages yesterday.

I like Ekun too. Great damage dealer, especially with the Destroyer of Metal bow (which I think I picked up from Hargulka).

Currently in the other world part of the Lamashtu area.

I purchased this game last weekend, with the three add-ons.

Really enjoying it, but it does have a steep learning curve with the kingdom stuff.

I noticed yesterday that (on Disney+), just as there was for Wandavision, there are more "making of" programmes for Loki and The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. Just search for "assembled" on Disney+.
Note that there are spoilers in the documentaries for those who haven't seen the full series.

All definitely worth a watch! They are about an hour long each.

Thanks for the replies!

Thanks for the replies!

I wonder if anyone knows what the rules are for visiting the USA from the UK, regarding the pandemic?
I'd like to visit in October, however flights are vastly more expensive right now, but I'm not sure if it's allowed or what other rules there are currently.

At the start of the pandemic, it was recommended that people wash (chilled) food in hot water after bringing it home from shops. I still do it, but I wonder what the general advice is now? Should we still do it?

I've been replaying this game quite a bit recently.

Started a new game, went through one playthrough doing lots of stuff before deciding to reinstall the mods Fusion City and Outcasts and Remnants. Sadly at that point the file corrupted after adding those new mods.

Started another new game, managing to play through FC and OaR*. I'd forgotten just how good those fan-made mods are, so decided to download Project Valkyrie for the first time. Thought it would be fun to go for the "all friends together"-type ending, BUT I'd done the Wag the Dog mission before "Mass Fusion". Mistake! Went back to an earlier save, did MF, then WtD, now the Brotherhood and Institute are friends. Also reformed the Institute, and got the Railroad and Minutemen to get along as well. Good fun.

Also, using Liberty Prime as a companion is a bit silly! :O On the whole, there are a lot of fun companions with these extra mods.

* Didn't want to do the Outcast missions though. I'm not doing bad guy missions. (For a similar reason, I wouldn't download Depravity by the same people.)

Interesting episode.

Thanks for looking at the link, QB!

My dad sent me this link earlier. Kind of touches on the topic, and thought it was interesting!

link

This episode was fun. This is turning out to be my favourite of the three Disney+ tv series!

Thanks Aberzombie!

Episode 1 was fun!

I never read the comics, so don't know how much it takes from them, but I am intrigued to see how it plays out...

Thanks for your reply and thoughts there, DQ!

DQ, are you still enjoying your playthough?

I did a search for this film, and couldn't find one, so here we are!

I watched it over the weekend. Part 2 is released in July, apparently.

Very interesting premise. It's a horror/thriller, where the characters have to stay quiet, or they will be hunted. I like it. Very tense in parts. Worth a watch.

Anyone excited about the second one? I don't know the full story, but it will explain some of the background to the original film.

Has anyone read the above book? Did you find it helpful?

Thanks Bjorn.

So, episode 3. Some questions.

For about a week, Fallout 4 has had the infinite loading screen problem for me. :-/
I don't have dozens of mods active.

Thanks, ericthecleric, I just watched that yesterday. I highly recommend it. You get some interesting insights into the series and characters as well as see all the fun behind the scenes stuff with the period pieces and the SFX.

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

On Disney+, there is a new thing called ASSEMBLED, by Marvel Studios. The first episode is about the making of WandaVision. (There are spoilers for those who haven't watched the series.) It's about an hour long.

Starts this Friday the 19th!

Thought I'd create a thread so that people can discuss it!

Hi all!

I'm selling 11 lots on ebay.

Four recent APs.
Four mini-boxes.
Two pawn boxes (Bestiary 3, Inner Sea)
Pawn collection (Pathfinder Society).

Note that I am UK based, but will post elsewhere.

That was awesome.

In yesterday's episode,