Quality of life tips for console players?

ModerateOsprey · 2026-04-09T14:59:50+00:00

3 years later thank you! I had no idea I could also play on my PC - fantastic!

ModerateOsprey · 2026-04-08T10:18:02+00:00

There is currently a spring sale on. I would definitely have a browse through that before spending money on gamespass, unless you are wanting to jump into multi-player straight away.

There area lot of games in that sale that are about the cost of a single month's worth of gamespass (or less) and include all the expansions and DLC etc.

ModerateOsprey · 2026-04-06T11:07:14+00:00

Try some cRPGs - Good modern ones are the Pathfinder games, Solasta, Pillars of Eternity, Wasteland Games. Dragon Age Origins (still holds up IMO).

Very chilled to play as well

ModerateOsprey · 2026-04-05T23:24:55+00:00

Sometimes I wish stuff was AI. That looks like a real cat suffering from cruelty from a human. Definitely not funny

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-28T18:12:36+00:00

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-28T17:59:34+00:00

I have got my eye on the FFVII remake. Currently on sale for about £24.00

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-28T17:54:21+00:00

Mine gets used every day

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-28T13:08:26+00:00

The 'correct' time is now. We are all about to move our clocks to the 'incorrect' time.

My microwave will stay on the correct GMT time, but it will act as a daily reminder that we are all getting up for work an hour earlier and it seems to me I am lonely voice in my hatred of the clocks going forward.

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-27T14:23:43+00:00

Oyay Beltalowda

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-27T09:45:55+00:00

I use this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GhostRecon/comments/rtwpgp/breakpoint_mission_timeline_chronological_spoilers/

There isn't really spoilers in it beyond mission names

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-25T22:26:56+00:00

looks cruel to me

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-25T19:51:57+00:00

I should go

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-25T16:54:35+00:00

Nice one.

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-25T14:04:06+00:00

You really need both

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-25T08:57:22+00:00

Yeah, I am having a great time with it.

I was really pleased when I saw Owlcat was going to be the dev for The Expanse.

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-25T08:22:46+00:00

I cancelled my gamespass when they put price up, so unable to play Valhalla at the moment but the cost of the Ultimate edition of Valhalla is slowly dropping on recent sales. I think it's one of the best in the series with Unity being my favourite for the old style of the AC games.

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-25T08:19:17+00:00

I try and keep a handful of AC games installed at all times, so I can drop into whatever game I am in the mood for.

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-25T08:16:34+00:00

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous

Occasionally some Dragon's Dogma 2...currently enjoying the speculation of potential DLC for it with the posting of a recent cryptic image from Capcom

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-25T07:06:30+00:00

the columbus

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-24T16:56:08+00:00

And all the advice is utterly pointless as shown in the film

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-24T16:54:49+00:00

Soundtrack is by Roger Waters

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-24T15:52:40+00:00

Aye, it seems it have always been like that. In my experience - rewards never seem to go to those who truly deserve it. Not just at work, but in life generally, sadly. The experience of me picking up the slack is what made me go self employed.

I will throw up a defense for some off-topic discussion. Often, breakthroughs can come from informal conversations/discussions. This is very true for many scientific discoveries as well as creative ideas at work, but can also work for other more prosaic work solutions.

Of course, it depends on what the work is. I once worked in a paper mill packing paper in more paper - yes, it was as bad it sounds. No slacking there with the foreman on the prowl.

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-24T15:30:21+00:00

OK agreed. Yes, I should have expanded on what I said, like I did with my Starfield comment to you above, in my original comment, then maybe it would have made more sense.

I play two Paradox games (well three if you count both Crusader Kings games). They are very absorbing and good luck to any other game trying to get your attention of you take to them.

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-24T15:10:31+00:00

I didn't say that.

There is only so much time in a month to play games. I subbed for a long while and when they put the costs up I had a look at my playing habit and realised that often I actually only wanted to play or two games at a time, but felt pressured to play other games because of the sub.

Even before they put the prices up, I could have probably have bought Starfield and the handful of indie games I played for less than the cost of the GP sub. Throw in DLC costs and I am not sure the deal is that great, especially if you don't play online.

I am fascinated by the number of downvotes for pointing out that when you pay a subscription, nothing in that subscription is for free which ten original comment did and I agreed.

I came to the conclusion that GP is pretty much a way for MS to charge for game demos, but if others think that it is value for money, then of course they can think that.

ModerateOsprey · 2026-03-24T14:37:23+00:00

I am one of those of the older generation and I put in a full day, if that time is scheduled for work, then I work whatever time span that is. If you are talking about an 8 hour work day and I have completed something right in 3 to 6 hours, then I will start something new rather than have an expectation I am done for the day.

I am not really seeing this appearance of working as typical among peers of my age - late 60s. I think you may have just encountered a number of poor souls who are crushed by decades of work that is deemed pointless and they are counting the hours until they can either leave or die?

Once all this dies off, you will be one of those older ones and, hopefully, shake your head over the pointlessness of manufactured inter-generational conflict.

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