[Nicky91]

i'm on course for the eredivisie title, still in the cup too, as well as R16 of champions league

in my PSV Career Mode, as Miguel Angel Russo


my transfers had been

In:

Noa Lang (from Club Brugge)
Hirving Lozano (from Napoli)
Jerdy Schouten (from Bologna)
Armel Bella-Kotchap (from Southampton)
Cesar Montes (from Espanyol)
Adam Maher (from Damac)
Jan Bednarek (from Southampton)
Jeremiah St Juste (from Sporting CP)
Manfred Ugalde (some lower ranked german team)

couple of loan deals
- Yayo (from Real Oviedo)
- Dario Essugo (from Sporting CP)
- Soril Serban (from FCSB)



Out

Andre Ramalho (to Girona)
Ibrahim Sangaré (to Manchester City)
Philipp Mwene (to Everton)
Yorbe Vertessen (on loan to Villarreal)

top goalscorer in eredivisie = Jason van Duiven so far 33 goals in 23 games!!!

top goalscorer in champions league = Luuk de Jong 8 goals


my mainly used 11


Benitez

Van Aanholt, Bednarek, Bella-Kotchap, Teze

Schouten
Veerman, Simons

Lang, Van Duiven, Lozano


reserves

Waterman (GK)
Yayo
Essugo
Maher
De Jong
Ugalde


+ having plenty of Jong PSV talent too at my disposal like Tygo Land, Mohamed Nassoh, Fode Fofana, Shurandy Sambo

[Nicky91]

am playing tomorrow R16 CL vs Inter Milan

first match is away in Milan

[Mystic Mock]

Cyberpunk 2077 - My opinion like with the Anime is very mixed.

I feel like this is my pros and cons with the Game.

Pros:
1. Unlike the Anime, I can detect an actual story in the Game, even if it can be a bit long winded, I can at least see what the story is, so that is a good thing.

2. I like V as the lead, he isn't too try hard with his dialogue imo (not compared to other characters anyway) and just stands out more than the lead in Edgerunners.

3. Takemura is probably the most standout character for the Game imo, I really like his character.

4. The Heist was a very standout mission for the Game, it balanced the gameplay and story elements the best that I have seen from the Game (which I will delve more into later) but a very good mission.

5. Oda was one hell of a boss fight, definitely iconic for the Game, well done to the developers on creating one of the more memorable boss fights out of the Games that have been released over the last 5 years.

Cons:
1. Probably the biggest issue that the Game has, and that's compared to other City based Open World/Sandbox Games where you get mission givers who give you your quest, and then you go to the destination to complete your quest. Well I find that 80% of the time on Cyberpunk, you're "missions" are basically blocks of dialogue with no real action, stealth, or really anything for the player to do other than to have pointless dialogue to pad the Game out, and sometimes the Game can be guilty for sending you to one mission giver who chats your ears off just to then send you to another mission giver who also proceeds to chat your ears off. Compare this to GTA, Sleeping Dogs, the Batman: Arkham Games, the Mafia Games, and every Yakuza/Like A Dragon Games (even including the horrible Ichiban Game) you wouldn't see them give out a "mission" where you're just chatting and that's it, and Yakuza: Like A Dragon is a fair comparison here because it's the one Yakuza Game that is an RPG like Cyberpunk, and is also annoyingly OTT chatty, but it still understands the core element of having gameplay and actual mission structures within a City based Game, even if the Gameplay is vile on that Game, at least they still give it to the players, rather than Cyberpunk's mostly lazy main missions (with The Heist being one of the exceptions) hopefully something that a Cyberpunk sequel will fix.

2. Okay this is going to be controversial but it has to be said. Nearly (not all) but nearly every female character in Cyberpunk has to be practically the same archetype "angry female who's really masculine" now I actually don't mind that type of character in certain stories as they can bring a different perspective to the work, but when nearly every female character is the same it's bad writing at that point imo, and we are missing out on all sorts of female character personality types that love them or hate them, are classic character archetypes that can give character interactions more depth if most of the characters have different personalities to each other.

3. Johnny's character is an interesting idea, but ultimately I do feel that it's a bit too try hard for me in execution, it feels like a 14 year old's attempt at an edgelord, basically like the entire existence of Chainsaw Man.

Overall I'd score the Game between a 5.5-6/10, maybe I'll soften towards the Game after finishing it (like I did towards Hi-Fi Rush) but I doubt it.

[Nicky91]

we won 2-3



goals from

0-1 Lang
0-2 Simons
0-3 Yayo
1-3 Lukaku
2-3 Lukaku


good position for the return at home

[Soldier Boy]

Sort of agree on the Cyberpunk main missions Mock... I'd say the best of the game is just the random emergent gameplay (especially fun when you're a killing machine at high levels) rather than the main quests... Although, the same is true of games like Fallout 3/4/NV and Skyrim etc. so I don't necessarily judge too harshly. I also really enjoyed the whole Panam "wasteland" arc.

Apparently the expansion DLC is great too.

One thing that baffled me is Wtf did they do to fix it in the last two years? I played on PC... It really struggled tech wise, I was getting maybe 40-50fps on low settings with some mods to try to speed it up a bit on my slightly-ageing gtx 1080...

Got it installed again last week planning to get the expansion - it now runs flawlessly at 60+fps on high/ultra settings. It's the same computer . That's some impressive optimisation .

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Sort of agree on the Cyberpunk main missions Mock... I'd say the best of the game is just the random emergent gameplay (especially fun when you're a killing machine at high levels) rather than the main quests... Although, the same is true of games like Fallout 3/4/NV and Skyrim etc. so I don't necessarily judge too harshly. I also really enjoyed the whole Panam "wasteland" arc.

Apparently the expansion DLC is great too.

One thing that baffled me is Wtf did they do to fix it in the last two years? I played on PC... It really struggled tech wise, I was getting maybe 40-50fps on low settings with some mods to try to speed it up a bit on my slightly-ageing gtx 1080...

Got it installed again last week planning to get the expansion - it now runs flawlessly at 60+fps on high/ultra settings. It's the same computer . That's some impressive optimisation .

I get that Cyberpunk is probably putting more of it's effort into the side stuff, but sometimes even some of those quests could be overly chatty imo.

And I don't know what to say about the FPS stuff as I'm not an expert in that area, but I'll take your word for it.

[Scarlett.]

A mix of the new FFXIV patch and Starfield

[Swan]

Played the new Robocop Rouge City Demo last night, i enjoyed it.

[Lewis.]

On a gaming break before Cities Skylines 2 comes out on the 24th.

[OnTheRight]

MK1

[Nicky91]

new season started now (FIFA 23)


so last season i won the triple (Eredivisie, Oranje Cup, Champions League)


got off on a tough start now, 2 losses 1 draw, 1 win in the league

i won the UEFA Super Cup vs Manchester City (the europa league winners last season)


i sold Noa Lang, for like 66.4 million



my signings were

DF: Rodrigo Guth (5 million from Fortuna Sittard)
MF: James Milner (free transfer)
FW: Heung Min Son (100 million + Anwar El Ghazi from Spurs)
DF: Prince Aning (3 million from Borussia Dortmund II)
MF: Guillermo Balzi (7 million from Newell's Old Boys)
FW: Kasper Dolberg (23 million from Nice)

.

[The Slim Reaper]

Been playing a bit of Spider-Man 2. Only played a couple of hours so far, but loving it.

[Nicky91]

Star Trek Resurgence


alright interesting game, anyone who is a fan of TNG will deffo love this



quite a cool storyline indeed

Spoiler:

so federation initially being sent to the Hotari homeworld to try and bring peace between Hotari and the Alydians, however you find out the Hotari are the aggressor against the more powerful Alydians (whom are too scared to fight back for some reason)

so after doing further investigation, with one hotari woman as your ally (Tylas) we find out the Hotari

Spoiler:

have got ancient Tkonian technology, which are Tkonian crystals, containing actual tkonian lifeforms, whom the Hotari use to take over several bodies of Alydians, and also quite some federation personnel, -tbh this is why Galvan was so interested in getting to know more about starfleet's arsenal of warships-

all in all, very nice and also cool you

Spoiler:

play as two different characters, Commander Jara Rydek and also Petty Officer Carter Diaz

Piotr Michael's performance as

Spoiler:

Spock

truly out of this world amazing, really captures the likeness of Leonard Nimoy very well



i love it even more than Elite Force some parts are quite difficult but they are like sort of ''puzzles'' where you have to pay close attention how to act in fight scenes or stealth scenes



dialogue wise

Spoiler:

you can gain someone's trust among your crew, or you can vilify someone from you depending on what answers you give

[Nicky91]

also it's following up after the TNG episode ''The Last Outpost''

where the

Spoiler:

USS Enterprise D and a Ferengi Marauder are trapped in some weird ion storm which prevents warp travel, near the planet Delphi Ardu IV

also has the character

Spoiler:

Portal 63

reprising his role from that episode

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Been playing a bit of Spider-Man 2. Only played a couple of hours so far, but loving it.

T'was excellent. Not a huge step up in terms of graphics or gameplay from SM1 Remastered/Miles Morales (though the wing suit is amazing) and -- I'm just going to say it -- MJ being able to take out Hunters so easily was just silly however overall the game is a prime example of what Sony gaming and Insomniac do best. Story, pacing and combat all spot on. Just a very well-polished, refined experience.


Also playing Starfield which is... err... a very unpolished, unrefined experience. I suspect that, as with Elder Scrolls and Fallout, it'll be a great game in a few years once modders have had some time with it. It feels a touch empty at launch TBH.

[Nicky91]

F1 2023

my first race ended in disastah LMAO

i was in 1st place, i could've won it if not for stupid 3 second time penalties, 2 of those, it got me ending in 11th (outside the points) and my teammate Vips finished in 21st (last place, since Tsunoda DNF'd)




now Saudi first practice

Juri finishing in 21st, 6 seconds ahead of me in 22nd and last place, what, well i did kinda like the track, very fast, although some bits where i went too far off the track again, and whenever i brake earlier i lose precious time but i make cleaner laps


so hopeful for the race maybe that i could gain some places but now i know how Minardi felt like being back of the grid cannon fodder (although we're newcomers so)

[Nicky91]

i am playing as Andretti-Lamborghini, with a renault engine, with a french sponsor deal


my driver name is Johnny Herbert, and i kinda picked Juri Vips as my teammate because i know him from the Red Bull academy, but there are also interesting free agents up for grabs so i might swap him when i have more money for a legend like Hakkinen or a F2 title contender like Pourchaire

[Nicky91]

saudi quali for my andretti-lamborghini

we narrowly survived Q1 (14th)

but got eliminated in Q2

my team mate Juri in P11 and me in P12 (so stuck in the middle of the pack)



but how stupid am i, go for more speed rather than more downforce no wonder i went roughly through every corner, and with downforce it went smoothly, although too late without much prep in that setting going into quali


we'll see tomorrow in terms of the race, if i can drive more clean laps and move up slowly each lap, maybe some points for us, if i could give Juri some DRS behind me in the slipstream should also try that

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

T'was excellent. Not a huge step up in terms of graphics or gameplay from SM1 Remastered/Miles Morales (though the wing suit is amazing) and -- I'm just going to say it -- MJ being able to take out Hunters so easily was just silly however overall the game is a prime example of what Sony gaming and Insomniac do best. Story, pacing and combat all spot on. Just a very well-polished, refined experience.


Also playing Starfield which is... err... a very unpolished, unrefined experience. I suspect that, as with Elder Scrolls and Fallout, it'll be a great game in a few years once modders have had some time with it. It feels a touch empty at launch TBH.

I really enjoyed it too.

Agree with the MJ stuff. This was me playing as Miles or Peter



Then MJ comes along and is able to one shot everyone. I played on the hardest difficulty and whilst it was hardly a souls game in terms of challenge, it was still way more challenging playing as the dudes with superpowers

Wasn't a fan of the ending and them completely swapping out spider-men for future games, but I loved using the venom powers and made for a nice change to repetitive combat (at times). and I think they'll prob bring peter back as the sidekick for some main missions in SM3

A perfect single player game. Could have done with it being a bit longer considering the wait between games, but I'm only picking round the edges to find faults at this point.

[Nicky91]

tomorrow the saudi race


and once that is done, me finally getting my floor upgrade for my car just in time before the Australian GP



am sure that Australia, Spain, Netherlands, UK are more my cup of tea tracks, wider turns, bigger tracks rather than the smaller Saudi, Azerbaijan, Monaco ones (i really hate azeri's track, those turns are a literal like HOW?)



am loving the enhanced graphics, and how much easier it is on controller compared to F1 2021


loving the selection of music too in the menu

[arista]

GTA5 on PS5

Loving my new Axe
weapon

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by arista

GTA5 on PS5

Loving my new Axe
weapon

Come on, brother. We need to play online together. I'd die a happy man if I could be in a PS party with my main homie.

[Zizu]

Sooooo

I just fired up Steam for old times sake


Had a 15 minute blast on Counter Strike and got the feeling I was playing BOTS ??!?

I asked a few questions and nobody replied

Any thoughts


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[bitontheslide]

i can assure you it wasn't me

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i can assure you it wasn't me

I did wonder


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