Donniewahlberg
Banned
Hahaha dude. So many memories. I guess we got ours though. To have the magnificence of age of apocalypse, we had to take heroes reborn to balance the scale. That Thor suit lol..
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COMICS! |OT| November 2016. Wilde for comics, 2 Hickman books this month.
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BKatastrophe
Member
Vitti's art is AVERAGE you say? Sit your ass down, son. That art is perfect for that book. Soule's Red Lanterns is pretty fun
Tragicomedy
Member
Tomb Raider in 4K mode is sexy as hell. I'm liberally using the screenshot tool, something I've never really done on PS4. The game's solid, too, a very immersive experience. My only hesitation so far is I unwrapped a ton of fake cards that came with the game and have no clue WTF they are. If they're for additional game modes, I doubt I'll care enough to mess with them. Early reviews points to a Tragic 8, or a Birdie 10.
I also ordered Uncharted goodness, but my wife will likely intercept it and giftwrap for the holidays.
I also ordered Uncharted goodness, but my wife will likely intercept it and giftwrap for the holidays.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Arrival is a real good movie. Fully endorsed.
And then I saw Doctor Strange because I rather liked it, too.
And then I saw Doctor Strange because I rather liked it, too.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Yea, the cards are modifiers for the bonus mode, where you do things like play back certain linear part of a chapter and have to get through in a certain time or get x amount of points etc. I didn't bother with it but nice that it's there. Glad you're enjoying it though man, it's a really cool game. Where you at?
Schweinehund
Member
Yeah I came to the comics game late, pretty much everything DC I've wanted has been reprinted or collected or will be in the near future.
I like Marvels ultimate collections but they don't keep them in print. Most of my shopping has been off amazon marketplace or ebay. Thankfully many of the books are super cheap because of overstock (I've gotten omni's 50% off+). Still annoying that stuff like Annihilation book one is out of stock/low numbers while the other two are easily available.
Tragicomedy
Member
Early, game says 11% complete. I beat the prologue, set up my base camp, killed me a bear, completed the next zone and the optional shipwreck stage, and just reached the outskirts of the Trump, errrr, I mean Russian, base.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Hahaha :L awesome, you have so much good stuff to go!
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Paused on Dragon Quest Builders (I'm in chapter 4!) and started putting time into Titanfall 2. I have a 1080p TV and the game looks so lovely on the PS4 Pro. The downsampling Ian creating a super clean image.
Working through the campaign and digging it. It's no Doom but it's cool how they incorporated the mobility into the levels. Which is something I was hoping they did when I tried out the first game. Easily the best campaign these guys have done since COD4
Working through the campaign and digging it. It's no Doom but it's cool how they incorporated the mobility into the levels. Which is something I was hoping they did when I tried out the first game. Easily the best campaign these guys have done since COD4
Donniewahlberg
Banned
All you guys with your pros. Pro bros. Nah, that's awesome, glad you're all having a blast. I decided I'm just leave it. Switch then Scorpio next year for me. Ill truck on with my regular xbox and ps4 for now. I'm finally allowing the kiddo to have a tv in his room this Christmas so maybe a xbox one s to go with that.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Hah. Next year I'm looking at the Switch and a 4K TV. I'm still not sure if I go Scorpio or stick with the OG Xbox one I have now. I don't play anything on it besides exclusives and now those are play anywhere so I've started to move to tv. If they revamp their game installs and get a decent bump for games I own I'll probably do it. I usually end up with all the various toys
I still need to check out the pro improvements with the pro. I've heard good things
Freezasaurus
Member
I haven't hooked mine up yet. Too lazy. I'll probably do it after I finish Dishonored 2 and Watch Dogs 2.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Haha I'm the same but vice versa, my ps4 only really goes on for exclusives. I was thinking about the pro to get me on there more but I'm trying to get out of that trap of buying everything. As long as I have a Sony machine that lets me play their games, I should be able to resist. Probably. Switch though, woo woo! That will be something. If the 17th is true, it's right before my birthday too
I'm going to go gangbusters for thatTheDarkKnight774
Member
Until Nintendo underships it to create their shortages news stories (again!) and you can't find one anywhere.Haha I'm the same but vice versa, my ps4 only really goes on for exclusives. I was thinking about the pro to get me on there more but I'm trying to get out of that trap of buying everything. As long as I have a Sony machine that lets me play their games, I should be able to resist. Probably. Switch though, woo woo! That will be something. If the 17th is true, it's right before my birthday too
Freezasaurus
Member
lol
I didn't even remember the NES Classic was coming out yesterday, but if I wanted it that much I'd be pissed. Nintendo needs to stop pulling this shit.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
They even undership their amiibo cards I preordered those new animal crossing cards weeks ago for release yest and Amazon contacted me to say they undershipped them and it would be a few weeks. ugh.
I preordered those new animal crossing cards weeks ago for release yest and Amazon contacted me to say they undershipped them and it would be a few weeks. ugh.Not going to lie I bought a pro and I'm not even sure why, Ratchet and Clank sure does look nice though. I mainly want it for Final Fantasy and Horizon.
I totally forgot that Marvel Unlimited has all the old Dark Horse Star Wars comics on it. Always wanted to finish reading Knights of the Old Republic and start Legacy.
Freezasaurus
Member
Because you need the best iteration of everything, obviously.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Is legacy the one that Bechko and Hardman did? I always wanted to read that one. Their image book, invisible republic, is real cool.
I have a valid reason for my purchase: VR.
My launch PS4 could not handle VR. It would start to run incredibly hot and then it would make the processing unit run hot. Both consoles would then shut down.
I think I'm just compelled to buy things.
That's the second Legacy series, the first is written by John Ostrander.
MHWilliams
Member
The X-Line is currently the worst it's ever been. Even the Austen run was interesting if only because of the horrible characterizations and bad story ideas.
The current run is just boring and aimless.
Freezasaurus
Member
I wish Bendis was still handling X-men. As much shit as he gets from people, he's a very competent writer. Loved his UXM run with Bachalo. All-New as well, but it felt like the latter went on a bit too long. It was at its best when it was crossing over directly with UXM.
At least it sounds like they have a plan for the upcoming books lol.
It is...but I can't get over how great it used to be. I miss when X-men used to be on top.
I was discussing with a member earlier that I feel as if Marvel is focusing on lame character books across the board instead of bringing their franchises back to square one. We don't need Blue, Gold, Ice Man, etc. We need Uncanny X-Men, X-Force, and New X-Men/Excalibur. We don't need Bullseye, we need Daredevil to be good again. I'm kind of distraught over how Marvel is fishing for hits/movie & tv plots instead of cultivating talent and letting the brands speak for themselves.
I really enjoyed his UXM and was hopeful for the future of the X-Men with his final issue when everyone rallied together but then nope Marvel went scorched earth in like 5 seconds flat.
Now they have me clinging on to new the ressurextion books for dear life like a mark and they haven't even shown the creative teams yet.
Listening to this now. Some interesting stuff in there. On the positive side Arcudi talks about them doing a Rumble hardcover collecting the same material as the first three paperbacks. Hopefully nice and oversized.
On the negative, he mentions it's doing okay sales-wise but they're going to have sit down at some point to talk about the feasibility of continuing the series, take a look at the numbers on the trades etc. He did say he was committed to doing more but also realizes they have to be realistic.
I like you. Maybe we can be friends?
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Oh man. Austin was so bad. But you still had other books that were good so you could avoid it
MHWilliams
Member
Bendis' real problem is he can't stick the landing. Good ideas, decent starts, but then the story wanders away and ends with 2-3 issues of hasty wrap up.
This is true of his X-Men and Avengers runs.
Poodlestrike
Banned
That's a fault of his, but he's got other problems (personally, your description fits Scott Snyder better, imo). He struggles with larger casts and higher power levels, and then there's his... odd dialogue choices. Solo street books he's great, not so much otherwise.
All this X talk made me want to properly re-experience one of the first ever Comics I can remember reading which would be Generation X and man oh man is it great. I still have bunch of issues along with some Jim Lee X-men in a folder under my bed. Still have those cool as hell trading cards they came with as well. Really looking forward to reading through all of this.
Bachalo was drawing the best Emma way back in 1994! God he's such an amazing artist.
Bachalo was drawing the best Emma way back in 1994! God he's such an amazing artist.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
And he's just a stupid idea factory.
Primethius
Banned
The Pro's great. Finally the level of IQ that I've spoiled myself playing PC games is in my PS4 titles. Also, regarding PC: Reinhardt finally clicked for me. I'm now a god.
Meanwhile, my comics backlog...
Meanwhile, my comics backlog...
TetraxShards
Member
Maybe a Pro next year for me. I do want to play The Last of Us and Until Dawn at some point. I need a new TV first. It ain't gonna be 4K though. Not worth it for how little I use a TV. I turned mine on for the first time in about six months for the Nintendo Classic Mini (AFAIK, I can't get sound from my PC monitors). I was astonished it still worked tbh.
A Switch is tempting. Need to know price and games list first though.
Still happy with my PC. Perfectly happy to wait for 1100 series cards as I only have two 1080p 60hz monitors and am in no rush to upgrade either. I only got my second one in April. I am going to upgrade my streaming audio setup next more than likely.
A Switch is tempting. Need to know price and games list first though.
Still happy with my PC. Perfectly happy to wait for 1100 series cards as I only have two 1080p 60hz monitors and am in no rush to upgrade either. I only got my second one in April. I am going to upgrade my streaming audio setup next more than likely.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Looking ahead to next week and Kill or be Killed seems to be doing pretty well......
Kill or be Killed #1 4th printing
Kill or be Killed #2 3rd printing
Kill or be Killed #3 2nd printing
Kill or be Killed #1 4th printing
Kill or be Killed #2 3rd printing
Kill or be Killed #3 2nd printing
BKatastrophe
Member
I've liked a decent amount of his ideas, but as it's been said, he has a rough time sticking the landing. His X-books are the epitome of that
Tragicomedy
Member
That's sound to skip the Pro if you're happy with your current setup. I'm very impressed with games getting retroactive patches, which leaves me excited to see how developers will tap into it in the future. But there's not some must-have upgrade yet.
Scorpio is the only console that doesn't interest me. I'm sure it will destroy the Pro in terms of specs (with a shockingly high price), but every exclusive will also appear on PC. I'm seeing it as more redundant than any console I can remember. I have a suspicion it's going to be in that mid-range PC price, but we'll see.
The Switch would have my interest, but it needs to be more than a Nintendo machine. I'm not a Nintendo fanboy, even though the concept of the console appeals to me. I think it will be catnip for Nintendo fans.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I know you guys play B1. When your selecting the difficulty and/or number of players in MP is the highlighted or the button prompt next to it?
Manmademan
Member
i would disagree on extraordinary Xmen. that title is actually pretty good, lots of interesting things going on.
everything else? yes. agree completely. aimless nonsense, you could have skipped the last half year and missed nothing.
HOWEVER
it's worth mentioning that the Xbooks are ramping up towards Inhumans v Xmen. It's pretty clear that writers are going to want to steer clear of building up anything because that crossover is going to wreck whatever work is put in, much like secret wars did.
echoshifting
Banned
Daredevil #13: This arc is....I'm just gonna say it. It's damn good. I even like Blindspot now.
This book still has 99 problems but a bitch sidekick ain't one. At least not anymore.
Have you forgotten the horrors of Chuck Austen MHW. Have you
ANXM is actually pretty darn good right now. Maybe a little dull but I don't feel bad about buying it anymore Something I never got with, ahem, Chucklefuck Austen.
Oh yay! I'm so glad you liked it. I adored this issue.
This book still has 99 problems but a bitch sidekick ain't one. At least not anymore.
Have you forgotten the horrors of Chuck Austen MHW. Have you
ANXM is actually pretty darn good right now. Maybe a little dull but I don't feel bad about buying it anymore
Something I never got with, ahem, Chucklefuck Austen.Oh yay! I'm so glad you liked it. I adored this issue.
Manmademan
Member
picked this one up on a whim- yeah, last 2 or 3 issues have been crazy good. you're not reading this, you're fucking up.
ANXM is actually pretty darn good right now. Maybe a little dull but I don't feel bad about buying it anymore
honestly this is the worst of the Xbooks for me.
but if we count Old Man Logan there are two Xbooks that aren't garbage- Extraordinary and OML
Tyrant Rave
Banned
The X-Books usually have at least one standout book going on with some sort of great creative team. I mean, since the 2000s there were classic runs across the line by Morrison, (good) Milligan, Remender, Whedon, etc. and now we have... Whatever they're releasing.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
For Until Dawn, I invited a few of my friends over and we passed the controller around and took turns. It was a ton of fun. I'd like more games like that.
the one time I don't mind fucking up lol
Your loss. The book has been really good and fucked up this arc. Great idea for a case.
I will wait for the relaunch