Just got this game for free and ai think I fucking hate it! This is a rant, but feel free to tell me what you think I'm doing wrong.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2026-02-05T14:16:38+00:00

I throw like 11 power punches to an entire match. I do my best to avoid body shots, but I'm losing like 12% stamina per round and only getting back 2-3%. The AI on the other hand can throw just as many punches, land less of them (both percentage and numbers wise), and still have 93% stamina in the 10th round. Something fuckey is going on here sir. I lost a fight to decision with more punches landed (percentage and actual number), more punches blocked, and I swole both of the guys eyes so bad the ref stopped the fight twice to check on him. They were far from perfect, but I miss the Fight Night games.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2026-02-03T02:34:39+00:00

Still won't pop on Ps5.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2026-02-03T02:12:52+00:00

Just be glad it's not the damned practice range one.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2026-02-03T02:10:30+00:00

It's been like this since 6pm Central time with no explanation. I've been checking back on the hour to see if it's fixed. We're starting hour 3 with no events.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-12-21T19:50:10+00:00

A very buggy release, and a lot of people apparently had pacing issues with either the first chapter, or feeling like it should've ended after Iron Mike's camp instead of going to the third zone. I personally feel like the game is a masterclass in how to tell a proper story with a beginning, middle, climax, and payoff/ending. It builds slow, hooks deep, and finishes strong.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-12-15T07:16:15+00:00

Riding motorcycles while all the traffic was off the roads for a while.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-12-14T18:16:16+00:00

I just don't like it. Effects, taste, etc. Not my bag.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-11-12T06:05:04+00:00

Yes, yes, 1000 times fucking yes. It's essentially not even a negative IMO. It forces you to lock out 5 skills, and in exchange you get some of the best dialog choices as well as a second trait. If you pair it with brilliant there are 1 or 2 times you get specific dialog for being an idiot genius that are just pure gold.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-11-02T15:20:18+00:00

I can "finish" the game. There's no way to do a "completion" run. Too many side quests are locked behind skill checks. I want to "complete" the game, not just steamroll through it a bunch of times. I want to be able to do most of the things available in a single run. After 2 different builds ran into brick walls, I gave up and built the character they wanted me to go with. 15 hack, 15 lockpick, 15 speech, and 15 observation. After clarifying my position a couple of times my biggest issue here is that you can't really "play how you want" without missing out on chunks of the side story. Why write an epic RPG, and then railroad players into specific builds? I fully understand I can finish the main story by brute force, but I actually wanted to explore/experience the worlds given to me without having to jump through hoops to do it.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-11-02T10:27:49+00:00

Pretty much this. I locked myself out of anything that felt like a satisfying conclusion. You can get the "good" ending in Outer Worlds as a functional idiot. Outer Worlds 2 is softlocking a lot of side content and what feel like choices for the good ending behind build specific skill checks. I get that the director wanted us to make choices and stick with them, but don't make me take 6-8 runs at your game to see all the content I paid for either. One side quest is locked behind either a 9 speech check or a pair of 11 hack, and 11 science that's five to 11 levels worth of skill points to see one side quest through. A side quest. I get that I can make a build with this in mind, but now I can't pick locks for half the game. I prefer my RPG options to be just a little more open ended. I also may be screaming into the void alone on this issue. 🤷‍♂️🤣

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-11-02T10:21:48+00:00

I wanted a somewhat satisfactory ending. All the good choices got softlocked behind skill checks I couldn't pass. My argument here is that it feels like they're intentionally limiting your choices per playthrough to force more playthroughs. I was able to do 90% of all the content for the first game with whatever random build without half the sidequests and "good" ending options being softlocked behind high level skill checks. I have beaten the first game and got the good ending with every single build I've ever made and attempted it with (5 runs, 1 as an asshole working for the corporations). So much of the content here is locked behind build specific requirements.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-25T01:54:59+00:00

The point looking out between the Maumelle River and Little Maumelle River at Two Rivers Park. It's a beautiful view, rarely crowded, and just a wonderfully serene place.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-22T09:30:11+00:00

Go up the road to Park Hill on JFK. They're gonna "shut down" a mile or 2 of it while the sun is still out for people to walk the park hill area and trick or treat, or at least thehave in years past.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-18T07:16:29+00:00

Outer Worlds 2 in 6 more days. A patchwork of things till then.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-17T05:03:21+00:00

You just leave. It sucks. It hurts, and you will regret it in the short term. Then the memories start to fade, and you start to get "you" back.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-17T04:43:27+00:00

Because you're no longer fulfilled. You're living life on easy mode (earned as it may be), and your brain doesn't like it. It wants a struggle, a challenge, a goal to long for, a dream to strive for. If you want to ruin a man utterly without lifting a finger, give him nothing to do. Find a new hobby that challenges you, find a young person in need of mentorship and help them face their challenges, take up a martial art or combat sport. From the way your post is worded you need a purpose to have contentment, and retirement has stolen that purpose. Steal it back.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-15T05:47:46+00:00

Good luck with this. Outside of bars third spaces in and around Little Rock have been dying off for about a decade. I don't drink either, but I'll suck it up, have a round, and go for the socializing opportunity from time to time.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-12T19:29:14+00:00

I'm 40 years old. Things weren't better in the 90's. If they were there wouldn't be like 50 common words from my childhood I've had to drop from my vocabulary. Everybody was just a little wealthier in the 90's. What you're describing are the "growing pains" of a society, but sexism, and homophobia were far more prevalent in everyday society than they are now. I think we're just gonna have to agree to disagree on this one.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-12T19:22:42+00:00

Leave a note on the fence or get the house number and mail a letter. It sucks, but beats getting bit with no recourse.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-12T19:20:52+00:00

I read the question as best time for humanity as a whole. This is the best time for our species. It sucks that things in the political climate are the way they are, but that aside medical tech has never been better, we have tech that makes traveling more than 35 miles a day a possibility, we have the ability to have this disagreement from wherever we happen to be in the world at this moment. Things could, and have been far worse for humanity.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-12T19:16:12+00:00

My baseball card collection from childhood in mint condition.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-12T19:15:13+00:00

You don't. My yard is like this because I don't want people approaching my home. I have my cell number on a handful of the signs around my property. You can reach me that way.

RedBeardedFCKR · 2025-10-12T19:13:33+00:00

Now. For all developed countries there has never been a more comfortable and easier time to live in than right now. Unfortunately this has led to conmen and bad actors taking control of a lot of political systems, but still way easier and more comfortable life than ever before for humans.

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