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Finished the game last night. I liked its stories both big and small, but the most impressive thing was the game design.

I love doing all quests in RPG, so I love quest and map markers so much that games without them (like Breath of the Wild) feels hollow and lacking of content for me. But in The Outer Worlds the map was just the right size to simultaneously give you space for exploration and guide you to your next quest. Also the writing is so good that you really want to talk to non-questgivers, only to discover that they actually have a quest for you.

I was a bit surprised by its short length (I did almost everything in 25 hours), but I will definitely play it again soon, so it’s not a huge problem. Also getting such great game for free with Game Pass rules!

And the final episode of the series is now added.

I believe this question is asked periodically and each time Jones says "No", because they don't have time to manage someone's work, especially if they don't know the person. But this doesn't mean you can't contribute at all - I'm doing English & Russian subtitles for reviews. I think, my contribution was accepted because subtitles were created before and I just followed already existing workflow.

So your best bet (probably) is to find something that already involves community and join the effort.

@scotty said in How to build your own Gaming PC!:

How can I learn this information? Is there a way?
Generally if your power supply has at least 600W you'll be fine with single GPU. If it's lower, look at peak power consumption for your CPU & GPU (it should be published by AMD). Add another 100W-150W (for Motherboard, HDDs, etc) and you'll get power requirements.
As for compatibility, it should not be a problem even if your GPU and Montherboard have different versions of PCI-E port.

@scotty Look for the length of each graphic card. If new card is shorter, it will definitely fit. If it's longer, just open you case and make measurements.

@scotty I can't recommend specific AMD GPU (I always used Nvidia), but I can give you one advice. GPU makes huge difference when you go for 4K Ultra settings. But for 1080p Mid/Hi CPU & Motherboard are also important, since they are responsible for loading data into GPU. I'm not saying that upgrading GPU is pointless, but if you upgrade just GPU you will get less performance than it could potentially deliver.

P.S. Personally, I did big update this August and I feel very confident for next-gen (I have both SSD and Ray-Tracing). My PC will certainly be cheaper next year, but I really wanted to play Control the best possible way.

@axel Friendly reminder: Community Showcase submission post is up.

$175M limit is a dumb move. Significant amount of that money goes to salaries and travels. This will incentivize top teams to use cheaper hotels and maybe even pay less to the staff.

Thanks for the news, so glad I've stumbled on this thread!

Better version for half price is always welcome. And since I'll be playing other games in November anyway, waiting another six months is more than acceptable. Also Sony canceled release of Call of Duty, so not giving my money to censors is also good.

Super Mario Bros. 3
Halo 2
Street Fighter II
Portal
Half-Life
Halo: Combat Evolved
Minecraft
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Bioshock
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
Metroid Prime
Bloodborne
Final Fantasy VI
Fallout: New Vegas
Resident Evil REmake
Left 4 Dead 2
Counter-Strike (1.6)
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Deus Ex
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Batman: Arkham City
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Mass Effect
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Silent Hill 2
RockBand
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Battlefield 1942
X-COM: UFO Defense
Fable II
System Shock 2
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Monster Hunter World
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
SimCity 2000
SoulCalibur
Mega Man 3
Fallout 2
Burnout 3: Takedown
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Divinity Original Sin 2

Games are technology-based art and technology evolves quickly. Old games are essentially using another language to talk to you and therefore they don't fit into today's understanding of video games. Also Mario has too much inertia for a platformer.

To Mods: maybe it's time to move this topic to the Hall of Fame.

@brannox said in The EZA Community Top 25 Best of 2012!:

Death Stranding may have the strongest case

I'm looking forward to play Death Stranding on my Game Pass... oops, Sony charge full price for their exclusives. So I'll be waiting for sale and playing The Outer Worlds and Afterparty instead.

OK @Axel, I'll let you do the honors.

P.S. Just for reference: 2018 GotY in February 2019 Q&A

Youtube Video – [06:18..]

@hazz3r said in The EZA Community Top 25 Best of 2012!:

It rubs me the wrong way that you’re submitting something to the Allies that someone else has worked hard to organise and put together. I appreciate it’s likely good intentioned, but it comes off a bit like you’re trying to take the credit / attention, and I think @Axel might be too polite to ask you not to. You should let him submit it to what he wants.

That's an interesting perspective. Sure, I always presented them with the phrase "EZA forum community have collectively picked..." and never credited @Axel personally but I never talked about myself either. I personally see my submissions as a news report on a story that deserves promotion. I also got the impression that @Axel don't have access to Q&A tier. And I can assure you that I don't need attention - I'm not a social person.

As I said previously I let @Axel to decide whether I should submit to Q&A or not.

P.S. I'm not sure how my post sounds, but I wrote is as a neutral explanation of my actions. No hard feelings or anything.

@bam541 Thank you!

@axel I planned to submit results to October's Q&A to inform most of the allies. But I think that doing both is a good idea since YouTube & Twitch has slightly different audience. Besides Q&A allows only 200 words while Community Showcase has 500 limit, so I will sadly have to omit this wonderful analysis.

What do you think?

P.S. I've considered Hitman: Absolution for my #8. It has problems, but I liked it.

@thedemonpirate Thanks!

@scotty Thanks!

Added "Easy Ally: Brandon Jones" episode.

I've build new PC this August to play Control, so it's hard for me to get excited about next-gen hardware since I already have one. Also this series of tiny announcements is weird. But I enjoy deep dive in game development like having to copy assets multiple times to speed up loading from disks.