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[katewalker]

Trying to find a game I played in the 00s on my Xbox (I don't know if it was the first one or the 360) where I played some kind of cop/spy (I think you're a cia agent??) in a futuristic setting much like cyberpunk... dont remember if I had to protect or kill an ambassador but it was a mix of infiltration and action game I guess.... and I kept getting lost in the sewers trying to go from one apartment complex to another and also I never had enough ammunition...

Anyway... randomly thought about this.

[allstartrekgames]

Star Trek: Resurgence

Original Release: 2023

Developer: Dramatic Labs

Publisher: Burner House

Platform: Xbox One/Series, PS4/PS5, PC

Star Trek: Resurgence is a story-based “choose your own adventure” type game from Dramatic Labs, a developer made out of some ex-Telltale staff, who have been doing this kind of game for a while.

While a few known characters do show up, this game is focused on a unique cast of characters on the science ship, the USS Resolute. You play as two members of the crew: Jara Rydek, the ships new first officer, and Carter Diaz, a lower decks engineering crewman. They’re both very likable, and the dialogue options let you have some sway over their personalities – for example, Jara can choose to fully trust her captain, or can fight to do what she thinks is right.

The rest of the crew range from likable to immediate dislike but grows on you (or you end up feeling sorry for them). Most of them are well written (the only exception is the the tactical officer, who goes psycho later on), with their characters flaws serving the story and your choices in some manner. the ship suffered a disaster before Jara was brought back on board, so you have to deal with the comradery that came out of that experience.

Due to an intense ion storm, the Resolute was picked to transport an Ambassador to the Hotari system, where previously peaceful races, the brutish Hotari and the militaristic Alydians, both species with great designs that look like something that could still be achieved in live action. The Alydians have provided technology to the Hotari, while also using them as a labour face to mine the dilithium rich moon of Hotari Prime. However, this is interrupted by the emergence of an ancient and powerful civilization. I’ll leave it there for details of the story, but it was one that I loved the entire way through the game, with lots of stunning locations that you get to visit.

As for the gameplay, it changes a lot throughout the course of the game to meet the scene’s requirements. Most of it is spent on foot, walking around then pressing dialogue options and quick time events when prompted. Sometimes you’ll have to use your tricorder to scan, swapping between different modes to further analyse components, or a phaser, which is used for non-combat reasons during the walking sections.

There are some shooting sections, but in those you’re behind cover (and can occasionally swap cover), popping out to take shots. Other action sequences include piloting a shuttle and stealth sections. Some parts I absolutely loved was interacting with consoles, including a brilliant segment where you get to use the transporter, having to counter interference. It’s a really great depiction of what a transporter chief actually does during difficult transports.

While the gameplay itself is simple, it all helps the game feel immersive and works really well with the world. I’ve always disliked Telltale’s story games due to a “stiffness” about them that Resurgence manages to avoid. It’s a joy to experience the Star Trek Universe in this way and there are some meaningful references to a few episodes – even using a very disliked episode of The Next Generation in a great way.

I absolutely loved my first playthrough of Resurgence. The characters and story are extremely enjoyable, with lots of great different moments. The characters definitely make the game and I think it helps that this isn’t the “best” ship in the fleet – it gives a wonderful insight into Starfleet. You’ll also be given insight into how each character reacts to your choices, showing approval, disapproval or indifference, and I do like that it mentions that the character is a bit confused if you do flip-flop.

I did play again immediately after and the flaws of the game do show up – although it’s more the flaws of the genre. As the main story beats have to be consistent, some of the choices don’t matter. Plenty of them make smaller changes, including which characters you interact with, some character deaths or injuries and how some of them treat the main two. If you did your second playthrough after a break, it would be a better experience. Although I do think that the game should be better at punishing you – some of the actions you take can be pretty bad, but the consequences are very mild.

Resurgence is a brilliant game that captures Star Trek extremely well. It has engaging story and characters, and the gameplay, while simple, helps to compliment it all. It’s a wonderful way to experience a slice of the Star Trek universe.

[callmecastiel]

Finally touched traditional art (my drawing tablet pen is fucked up so I need to order a new one) and wow okay this shit kinda eats.

Rattus (Left) and Keselyu (Right) are both Dydil: an alien species I made for the 2003 XBOX game Brute Force. They're a hybrid of Opossum and Shrike (alien species found in game).

Rattus is my Sona for this game and acts as the Ithonian ambassador in F.O.R.C.E. (Ithos being their honeplanet), and Keselyu is a bounty hunter character that belongs to my friend @worrmgutssss !

[kieuecaprie]

KieueCaprie's Games Finished List of 2023: Entry 6

While Twitter is going to pot, I'm going to be playing catch-up with the list, it'll take a while to catalogue all of these so please bare with me if I take a while to update it.

#6: Hi-Fi RUSH

What's done? Main Story

Started? 26/1/23

Finished? 27/1/23

What platform? PC

If PC, where? Xbox Game Pass

No screenshots for this one and considering that I'm playing catch-up, I may not come back to this to add any but I will say that initially, I didn't expect much from this game.

But that went out the window real fast when I actually got my hands on it. It was absolutely a great game to play, it felt like I was playing a PS2/Gamecube-era game with the visuals, the gameplay, the music, everything.

I also played through the entire game with Streamer Mode on even though I'm basically a retired streamer at this point because I wanted to know what songs they made to replace the licensed ones, and they were also really great.

It is one of the few Game Pass games so far that has met my "I feel like I'm robbing the developers by playing it on Game pass" goal, something that is only shared with the likes of Psychonauts 2 and Slayers X.

#7: Pizza Tower

What's done? The game

Started? 27/1/23

Finished? 28/1/23

What platform? PC... 'cause it's only on PC at this time in writing

If PC, where? Steam, of course.

Seems I only had this screenshot of the funny pizza man game but I can say that Pizza Tower was a very good game. The controls are tight (well, after the superjump button binding update because THAT was killer...), the gameplay loop is almost addicting, and the difficulty is just right (...in some cases...). It really makes you feel like you're playing a balding italian man who is perpetually anxious and is one bad day away from snapping and ending someone.

#8: Wario Land 4

What's done? The game

Started? 16/2/23

Finished? 18/2/23

Platform? Wario Land 4 on the Game Boy Advance (HA HA HA!)

I actually stopped and started this a few times and I don't really know why... and it took until completing Pizza Tower 101% before I could finally find the drive to playthrough and finish Wario Land 4 on the Game Boy Advance.

How the heck did I not play this sooner? How on earth did young me miss out on this? AND I WAS A 3DS AMBASSADOR WHICH HAD WARIO LAND 4. AAAAAAAA-

#9: Theatrhythm Final Bar Line

What's done? Story mode

Started? 20/2/23

Finished? 22/2/23

Platform? Nintendo Switch

Initially, I wasn't too impressed with the changes to the gameplay coming from 3DS to Switch but I got used to it overtime. It still tripped me up from time to time.

Also A Long Fall was in it, so of course.

#10: Barony

What's done? Full story

Finished? 15/3/23

Platform? PC, on Steam

Multiplayer? Yes, with @armoreddragon99

Barony is one of those games where it's fun but is complete CBT-inducing when it comes to playing solo. One day, Armored and I decided to do a run of Barony together (We eventually started playing with ZaktheDragon and Kaelyn later on but I dunno if we've finished those runs or not, maybe I could check).

The game stops being so CBT when even ANOTHER player joins, meaning that if I die in solo play, it's a massive skill issue.

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Chanel Iman Robinson (formerly Shepard) (December 1, 1989) is a model who has worked as a Victoria's Secret Angel. Vogue Paris declared her as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.

She was born in Atlanta and grew up in Los Angeles.

Early in 2010, she opened a clothing boutique in Culver City, California called The Red Bag with the help of her mother. She appeared in Beyoncé's music video for "Yonce". She appeared in singer Usher's music video for "Dive" and The Weeknd's music video for "Can't Feel My Face". In 2012, she attended the Met Ball.

Intel released a Kinect video game on Xbox Live Arcade starring her, Chris Evans, and Redfoo of LMFAO. She signed a contract with Utah-based electronics company Skullcandy. She was Sunglass Hut's summer ambassador. She was a model for Amazon Fashion's 2012 holiday campaign. In 2015, she appeared in Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope.

She married New York Giants wide receiver Sterling Shepard (2018-22). The couple have two daughters. She is engaged to Davon Godchaux, a football defensive tackle for the New England Patriots. She gave birth to a girl. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Xbox Ambassador Legacy Badge 💚

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Microsoft chiuderà il programma Xbox Ambassadors il 15 ottobre

Oltre 13 anni fa, Microsoft ha lanciato per la prima volta il suo programma Xbox Ambassadors. L’obiettivo era quello di dare ai giocatori e ai fan Xbox esperti un modo per aiutare gli altri rispondendo alle domande di supporto nei forum o ospitando sessioni di gioco in modo che altri fan Xbox potessero entrare in contatto tra loro. Microsoft ha premiato questi Xbox Ambassador con premi speciali,…

[katharinelly]

EA Sports FC 25: Pre-Order Bonuses and Early Access Details

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Untradeable FC 25 Heroes Player Item: Players will receive an upgraded 'Prime' version of this item in November.

Early Access: Enjoy a full 7 days of early access beginning September 20.

FC Points: Receive 4,600 FC Points on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, and 3,850 FC Points on Nintendo Switch.

Bonus Points for Rush Mode: Players will earn double bonus points when playing the new Rush mode with friends during Early Access.

Ultimate Team Evolution Slot: This comes with a Power Shot Plus upgrade.

Untradeable FC 24 Greats of the Game Icon or Hero Item: Start with a notable advantage in Ultimate Team.

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While the bonuses offered for pre-ordering an EA Sports FC game are expected, the introduction of the new Rush mode has piqued the interest of the gaming community. This 5-vs-5 Rush mode will be integrated into Ultimate Team, Clubs, and Kick-Off, although it remains uncertain whether it will function purely as a friendly option or feature its own ranking system and reward path. If the latter is the case, Rush could significantly refresh the Ultimate Team experience, which has seen limited new modes in recent years.

Release and Early Access Details EA Sports FC 25 is scheduled to launch on September 27, 2024, across PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Switch platforms. Players who pre-order the Ultimate Edition will gain early access to the full game starting September 20, offering an excellent chance to explore new features and modes before the official release.

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[cobaltfox]

It might be time I actually start using tumblr

I am a freelance/content creator with a background in video/audio editing. I still drawing sometimes, plus I stream on Twitch and upload videos on YouTube (who doesn't).

I have my comic project I'm working on that works with several characters in a cafe shop.

If there is anymore to know, I'm on CobaltFoxPlays

[thereasonsimbroke]

Global Accessibility Awareness Day is a reminder to honor players with disabilities and emphasize the importance of accessibility in gaming.

#Xbox is committed to inclusivity and partners with the disability community to refine accessibility products and services. They empower game developers, unveil new features, and support events to make gaming more accessible and inclusive. Xbox introduces new updates, features, community support, and resources, including the Xbox Ambassador Accessibility Ally Badge and advancements in hardware like the Proteus Controller.

Xbox remains committed to enabling play and connection for millions of players with disabilities and aims to make gaming a place where everyone can have fun.

[risingphoenixtv]

Twitter has been a mess

So with the way Twitter has been going should I start posting over here more often? I haven't been on here in while, but if twitter gonna keep messing up would tumblr be a good option for Twitch Streamers?

[capsulecomputers]

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Gameplay

We return to the world of Pandora as we take the role of a young Na'vi who was taught by the human ambassadors for years before everything went wrong. Years later we find ourselves fighting against the RDA and venturing out into the world of Pandora as we start to explore, get a bit lost, and reconnect with our roots in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.

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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a first-person, action-adventure game set in the open world of the never before-seen Western Frontier of Pandora. Abducted by the human militaristic corporation known as the RDA, you, a Na’vi, were trained and molded to serve their purpose. Fifteen years later, you are free, but find yourself a stranger in your birthplace. Reconnect with your lost heritage, discover what it truly means to be Na'vi, and join other clans to protect Pandora from the RDA.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Developer: Massive Entertainment Publisher: Ubisoft Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC Release Date: 7th December, 2023

Available here - https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/avatar/frontiers-of-pandora

[aajjks]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??????? XBOX???

https://x.com/Xbox/status/1721580812980601338?s=20

I bet my ass he is the ambassador for Xbox

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[adaist]

Before we begin, this is a game series that never took off. I'm covering the original game; because the prequels (Perfect Dark for the Gameboy Color and Perfect Dark Zero for the Xbox 360) never really took off. However, there is a title in the works that many speculate the success of.

The year is 2023 in an alternate universe. You are agent Joanna Dark. You've spent your days training, and now you have to show your stones.

You're armed with the Falcon 2. Your adoptive father, Daniel Carrington, has finally sent you on an assignment to investigate an arms company named DataDyne. This level is quite nice, actually. The placement of the guards and objectives makes it easy, and a nice way to preview the game. (By the way, levels are in groups of 2-3, and these are what the game calls "missions". This was on the N64; they can't fit all of the cutscenes and levels onto the memory simultaneously. There, too, it would be too long; typically, a level takes 3-10 minutes if you are familiar with the game.)

You rescue a sapient named Doctor Carol; he is an AI program designed to conduct research (though in Perfect Dark Zero it's highly implied he was at one point a human whose morals and knowledge have been converted to an AI, I believe he was originally supposed to be a "designed" sapient rather than a converted mind.) In the cutscene, Joanna is initially surprised at his body (resembling a hovering netbook with simple fins), though Doctor Carol reminds her that there are more important things to worry about- escaping, for example.

Joanna gets taken up by a dropship after a long fight and her basically killing everyone in the building (pay it no mind). She is then required to rescue Carrington from his villa after a disaster. He's been captured, and DataDyne has stolen Doctor Carol back. After a bunch of things, including turning the power back on, killing some hackers and rooftop snipers and saving an ambassador, she finally is able to open the door to the wine cellar he's kept in. (If you choose to play it, it's available as an unofficial port for PC or as a digital $10 Xbox game. In this part if you shoot every wine bottle Carrington will go, "Act your age, Joanna.") There, he tells Joanna he overheard an enemy guard talking about where DataDyne is keeping Doctor Carol.

The G5 building in Chicago (also one of my LEAST FAVORITE MISSIONS i mean WHY ARE THERE SO MANY GUARDS EVERYWHERE) is being heavily guarded (im making fun of myself: "the shape presser presses the shape into a pressed shape"). Just allowing one guard to see you in this mission can lead to a total mission failure. In my case, I have a Nintendo 64 with a very loose analog stick- I can't aim as well as I'd like to. I do own the Xbox 360 version though, so the higher framerate and the modern controller layout and design makes it far easier. (I had no trouble with doing Chicago: Stealth on the highest difficulty on my Xbox One. I did have trouble with Area 51: Infiltration, but that's another story.) Anyway, once you get into the G5 building you're greeted with a whole bunch of guards who will periodically appear then disappear. As much as I like the G5 levels, I disdain these parts.

Normally I do the G5 mission in a backwards way- where I use the cutscene as a tool to avoid fending off guards- but that's not how it's supposed to go, so I'll be honest and tell you about the cutscene now.

After some things, you use a little drone called a camspy to listen in on a conversation between the antagonists. The human researchers have removed Doctor Carol's conscience- much to the displeasure of a large guy in a trench coat cleverly named Mr. Blonde, who admonishes them because it will mean that Doctor Carol will need to be delivered to a "core" (unspecified until later) by a capable research team; that is dangerous and defeats the purpose of Doctor Carol's body. Another character comes in, and tells Blonde he hasn't quite swayed the President of the United States on lending a vessel to DataDyne. Blonde admonishes him too.

Upon extracting Doctor Carol for the second time, Joanna is told by Carrington that a close friend of the Carrington Institute has been captured by Area 51 (difficult on the Xbox version, like I said earlier). The vessel was shot down in Nevada and brought in.

Joanna goes in and infiltrates Area 51. After being quite stealthy (not really, but you couldn't do any better on the N64 in such a format anyway) she finds her colleague Jonathan, another agent of the Carrington Institute, and snaps at him for having all of the facility on him. (Let us remember she was quite stealthy herself.) Joanna then enters a separate part of the facility through a weak point in the wall. (you're supposed to bring a box to the location, but it's very easy to lose control of the box or get it destroyed, so most people instead use an assault rifle called the Dragon for its land mine functionality- hey did I mention each gun has two unique modes which are really helpful for making various tasks easier? My favorite are the CMP150's lock on function and the Mauler's charge up shot. I digress. People also use an explosive pistol called the Phoenix to enter this wall.) Upon entering the section, Joanna steals a scientist's lab clothing and locates the friend in a facility. His name is Elvis, he looks like ET with blue swede shoes and he's absolutely awesome. One of the scientists yells after her, "Director Easton will hear about this!"

Extraction involves resuscitating him with a small device called an Alien Medpack. This is one of my favorite cutscenes: Elvis wakes up to Joanna's surprise. She says, "You can talk??" and Jonathan goes "Careful, she's smart." Joanna opens the hangar doors and escapes via a hoverbike; Elvis flies Jonathan out with the spaceship Area 51 was storing.

Joanna then must infiltrate Air Force One to inform the President of the conspirators in what is a conventionally boring and annoying exchange that isn't a cutscene but rather you just being in his office for a total of ten seconds. She goes into the Alaskan air base and obtains a disguise then through some work of God finds the shuttle (the facility is very, very large) and boards Air Force One.

In this opening cutscene we see the character from earlier who was trying to sway the President, Trent Easton (one of the conspirators), trying to convince him one last time. This does not work. So to start this level, Joanna walks through the plane disguised as a stewardess and finds her little bag of tricks (a Laptop Gun and some evidence). She walks up to the President's office and goes through the conventionally boring annoying exchange that isn't a cutscene but rather you just being in his office for ten seconds. Then half the guards turn and there's an alien ship from a race called the Skedar attached to the side of the plane. Joanna cuts this off and fights the guard; also there's an appearance from Trent Easton, who mocks Joanna then leaves, leaving her two Skedar soldiers who have morphed into human form- and they look exactly like Mr. Blonde. Coincidence? I think not! Anyway, Joanna gets the President to an escape pod and prepares for a crash landing.

This level, appropriately called Crash Landing, yields nothing much in the story and is sort of an easy, long interlude between CQB-style combat. Joanna activates a distress signal and kills a clone of the President that Easton made. She finds the President and some files and takes him to Elvis, where she learns what Easton really wanted- a vessel titled the Pelagic 2.

"Can I see it?" is one of the most common ways of a child to ask to play with something. Joanna basically did this and captured the ship for another purpose. This also has nothing important about the overall story aside from now the dream duo Joanna and Elvis have a nice and advanced ship to go diving with.

So Joanna and Elvis go down to an awfully green underwater base by an ancient race called the Cetan. This base has a superweapon inside that is being primed as they speak, so they're quick to kill the invisible guards (and boy do I love when Joanna has a shotgun and an IR visor- it feels like I'm playing a biblically accurate DOOM). Joanna and Elvis make their way through some facilities and end up tinkering with a lot of it. It is here that they find that Doctor Carol was behind it all. Joanna resets him so that his conscience is back. Carol "wakes up" and tells the two that he cannot be saved and the weapon is already primed and about to detonate- however he'll go down with it and try to mitigate the damage. Joanna and Elvis haul ass out of there and surface.

Joanna is taken back to the CI. All of her missions are done, and Doctor Daniel Carrington will get to meet with the President.

No, actually, scratch that. Skedar infiltrate the base and capture everyone. They put a bomb down. Captured Carrington. And Joanna is left to fix it. She saves the researchers of the CI (actually, you can shoot half of them in game. Only a couple need to survive in order for you to complete the mission successfully.) Joanna turns on some turrets and defuses the Skedar bomb. However, she sacrifices herself to let Carrington escape. She is taken to a Skedar attack ship and imprisoned.

Normally the protagonist and antagonist don't generally get along, but a major character from the first mission, Cassandra De Vries, sacrifices herself for Joanna for the simple fact that the Skedar quite clearly used her and threw her away. So she tosses herself at the Skedar and they kill her onsight. Joanna takes a knife she got and kills the two Skedar soldiers. Elvis communicates to her that she needs to open the bridge; so she destroys the shields with the Skedar soldiers' Mauler pistols (on the charge up mode, so you know it's all good). Elvis captures the ship and gifts Joanna an AR34 rifle. They take over the ship with no major hitches. Then Elvis spots it.

Elvis is a Maian alien. The Maian are locked in a war with the Skedar. They have been for thousands of years, with no end, just occasional ceasefires. The planet Elvis spots is one of the holiest planets to ever exist- with the Skedar king and several shrines. Joanna destroys the holy spires and kills the king through a long, Zelda-style fight (It goes like this: you shoot the Skedar king, he ducks and you shoot the spires above him. He sends explosives and soldiers back, and you dodge them. Quick tip: shoot the Skedar king with Maian or explosive weapons, ideally the Phoenix. You get this through destroying all the shrines with the Devastator.) The game is done, and you got a whip-ass alternative title screen. The original is gameplay clips, but the alternative one is a long piece of visual art with better music.

The multiplayer is amazing too. In addition to using any weapon you could realistically want from Perfect Dark including the Skedar king's Slayer, you also get many of the Goldeneye 007 guns (Perfect Dark is, after all, Goldeneye 007 but with more features and better graphics and a more fleshed out story). There are several Goldeneye maps moved to Perfect Dark, but my favorite of them all is Felicity. Perfect Dark also has several Quake-inspired maps that take textures from their respective missions (one of the default-unlock maps is Area 51, which takes the spiky design and runs off with it into a massive 3-layer map that could feasibly be a part of Call Of Duty: Ghosts). There are over 20 challenges in the Combat Simulator mode (which would be known by everyone else as multiplayer) that get increasingly difficult and there are something like 15 maps, 16 game modes and a LARGE variety of different style bots to play against (Call Of Duty typically goes like this: you have Recruit, Regular, Hardened and Veteran bots. Perfect Dark has Meatsim, Easysim, Normalsim, Hardsim, Perfectsim and then several individual playstyles- for example Turtlesim will hide and shoot when it sees an enemy, Vengesim will kill the player who last killed it and Kamikazesim will use explosives almost exclusively. These are just the most notable ones.)

You can also do co-op or "counter-op" (the latter of which is simply co-op but the second player is against the first player- as in, they are a guard. They have less health, but in exchange if they take a "suicide pill", they will switch to another guard. If they die, they merely respawn to another guard. They can do what they please with this- including help the first player.)

The cheats range from being funny to useful to overpowered to making the game harder. Just watch someone play with Unlimited Ammo- No Reloads and the RC-P45 on. All they have to do is hold down the trigger and walk around and if they even look at you you're dead.

The PC port is quite fun with this too, actually. The latest build has a cheat for "two hands" meaning you can akimbo anything- from snipers to shotguns to crossbows. Rare specifically took akimbo out for everything except pistols and the CMP150, but it's hilarious how many guns feel like that. The Crossbow is absolutely horrible with this- do you know how fast two crossbows shoot? With the Unlimited Ammo- No Reloads on, it gets even worse because you might as well be a full army of Roman men. Or the Combat Knife in the throwing mode.

Sorry this took me so long- I left for Arizona the day after I asked that. I'm back. Writing this took me three hours and a thing of Townhouse crackers. <3

want to hear a rant about a 2000 n64 video game that is ultimately mostly obscure aside from some medium-small content creators and three semi-successful attempts at rebooting

sure :D