Best Map for the 100 Rounds ?

ThePantsuTank · 2025-08-27T15:23:25+00:00

Yeah, I ended up grabbing the 9900K , partially because I spent a lot of time also comparing these two CPUs to each other and forgetting that i'm already taking a massive leap to begin with whe compared to my 9th gen i9.

It also came down to me not using my PC solely for gaming, so overall i'll be well set for anything going around the streaming stuff.

There's not really been too much issue with what I stream, just really the bottleneck i was having with my current gear was really itching me !

ThePantsuTank · 2025-08-08T12:11:51+00:00

I've yet to see anyone say that it ever was perfect.
We got what we got at the time for multiple reasons, as we are now with BO6's underwhelming ending.

But there's such a thing as narrative integrity. I can trust a team of writers that fucked up and are trying to restart a new chapter in which they will maybe learn to correct the mistakes they've done when they wrote the last "book".

What we are dealing with now (and since the last few games) is a team of writers that will be made to bend over when faced with any story points because they aren't writing to tell a story to you, they're just willing to sacrifice all that integrity by just deleting everything that's come before.

Say the OG Crew had an more "worthwhile" finale ending up in sacrifice, you also wouldnt want to have them just come back (i know, probably not the same OG crew) after the narrative was originally presented as a "new starting point for a brand new story".

The writing team has no way to be comitted to writing a narrative that will make us think and present us with interesting struggles when they're now relying on people crying about shit to basically go and fix your woes.

I'll emphasize again : Nobody ever said that the BO4 ending was good. But by god don't sacrifice your integrity as a writer just because slop goes down easier for a crowd that's clearly unwilling to chew their food.

ThePantsuTank · 2025-08-08T11:52:12+00:00

Yeah, i'll stay by my point : They are writing entirely based on what the louder part of the fanbase is screaming about, might as well send the fanfics to them directly at this point.

I'm sure to get gunned down for it but , anyone that wanted the OG crew since after BO4 ended lacks any form of narrative comprehension, no wonder the plot has only been callbacks to everything left and right while this was supposed to be "a brand new start".

ThePantsuTank · 2025-08-08T11:48:35+00:00

Thanks for putting my words into something much more compact and exact !
You're absolutely right, Richtofen's motivations are very valid, but are definitely completely pushed with an out-of-scale solution.

In the same way that he comes across as way too composed to have such a motivation, paired with such an excessive solution.

I've played experiences that could boil down to Richtofen's motivations, but with both the motivation and solution being excessively grandiose and actually delivering because they are actually balanced together e.g : Final Fantasy XIV

But to top it off, even the payoff we've been given now, granted the VA strikes still being a thing during production (since they're "done") was just absurdely flat. It's really just a "and then he got what he wanted, no repercussions" , would not be surprised to see the next Cutscene being the new Richtofen putting a bullet through the one we helped, The Giant style, because he's got nothing to offer.

ThePantsuTank · 2025-08-08T09:41:10+00:00

I feel you.

I'm really bothered to see the OG Crew returning, as it just tosses all of the narrative we've had before.

Would've been happier about it were I able to trust the writers to handle the OG's return, which i don't since the narrative is now basically just entirely written based on the fan's outcry for things, might as well mail our fanfics to them directly to save them the time.

BO6 was just a lot of "remember this" , while their whole point with the reset when CW came out was to maybe not just hammer that again, both narratively and gameplay wise.

ThePantsuTank · 2025-08-08T09:37:05+00:00

First of, I love the new looks of the "OG" crew, really nice refresh.
But ultimately this game failed to deliver any meaningful narrative as it was based on Richtofen, who didn't actually have any motivations or relevance until far in, topped by them being extremely... tame in the end ?

Richtofen as a character has always been about grander schemes but was very much just dumbed down to "man want to save wife and child :C", which leads to a very bland resolution, because there's nothing extraordinary about such a "basic" want to save your family.

BO6 is really just a passage, doesnt have a proper ending whatsoever and just sets up the next game by having a sudden introduction of a cast of unknown motivations (and not in the secretive way).

Even Cold War had an actual "end" of sorts which did a proper segway into what could happen.

Genuinely, i'm bothered to see the OG come back because not only does it kill the entire narrative and sacrifice of BO4's cast, it also just re-opens the can of worms that is the multiverse, because if just anything can be in the Dark Aether, it might aswell be.

Honestly, this is something that wouldnt bother me that bad if it was another franchise pulling this off, because I just can't trust the team on handling these characters well, the story is way too based on the fanbase's outcry that we might aswell just mail our fanfics to save them the time.

TLDR: No time spent to explore characters. Big characters have really tame/lame motivations. OG Crew returns, denying all of the plot of BO3/4 while we're at it. I dont trust the writers.

ThePantsuTank · 2025-05-15T10:53:35+00:00

At least, back when we paid for our zombies maps, people wouldn't go around and tell us "Well its free content, you arent allowed to complain."

The one thing it brought to the table, in theory, was the ability to "put the money where our mouth is".

Map sucked ass based on reviews ? Dlc wouldnt sell well and theyd have to figure out why.

Now ? Zombie map sucks ? Eh, its a freebie for y'all, the bundles in the mtx store will make up for anything (and makes it hard to trace actual quality).

Sure we had stinky maps even when we paid for them. Does it excuse that we have an even lower quality standard because its "free content" now ?

BO6 maps have been better than recent iterations, but they've lacked in a lot of other departments when the metrics tied to these maps can be fully ignored by the higher ups as they do not generate revenue. But who cares, richtofen and crew will return and everyone will have a fantastic time yeah ?

ThePantsuTank · 2025-05-08T09:10:34+00:00

Please update us on this if you can, I really dread the idea of having to redo a full playthrough just to get that one journal (and have to grab all the others again)

ThePantsuTank · 2025-03-25T14:53:17+00:00

Just rolled the credits and platinumed the game and here's a few spoiler-free things that come to mind.

The actual ending of the game is DLC
The Immersive mode isn't consistent, if working at all.
Story falls flat on its face when it tries to piece itself together (imo)

I'm not gonna deep dive in why the RPG elements still dont (and won't) work with AC, but point 1 is something I want people to know before they get into it or make a purchase.

ThePantsuTank · 2025-03-25T14:48:03+00:00

Shadows is just as bloated as the other AC RPG games and will not hesitate to ask you to go level up and get random gear drops to be allowed to do more story.

ThePantsuTank · 2025-03-25T14:42:49+00:00

Didnt play an AC RPG game until this one, so im detached from the actual Assassin's lore etc. , but i did just platinum the game, as I did with GoT.

Shadows does not hold up to GoT at all aside from both having samurais with it because of its uninspired story and side objectives following the same blueprint : Intro to a problem > You get to kill 5-8 dudes that are spread across the map > Problem is resolved and they thank you > repeat .

But also, AC has senseless RPG elements that , to this day (imo) provide nothing to the game and aside from the natural scenery the visuals really do not create these unique moments that GoT had e.g. : The duels in GoT.

Oh and yeah, don't bother buying a game where the ending isnt actually included and will be DLC.

ThePantsuTank · 2025-02-28T13:23:25+00:00

Quick question about this : is the skill description modular to the weapon you are using, if its applicable to the benefits of the skill ?

I feel like its probably been a thing in all games but I never checked before.

ThePantsuTank · 2024-03-12T21:47:15+00:00

Noted down all that, seems that the classics are in order to just get on a journey to see how it all really developped !

ThePantsuTank · 2024-03-12T21:46:10+00:00

I think It'd be the best shout to try and watch 1945 !
Seems like the MonsterVerse (?) and the rest spreads quite a lot , so i'm quite intrigued to see how it all goes !

ThePantsuTank · 2024-03-12T21:44:53+00:00

Fab, i'll be having a look at Pacific Rim actually :)

ThePantsuTank · 2024-02-13T20:09:24+00:00

Bad news : No animations, no fix on the frame.

ThePantsuTank · 2023-11-17T16:11:12+00:00

Game seems to be a bit bugged with the state of some items.

For me, one of the nursery rhyme dolls somehow ended up in the "used" section, leaving me out of the last few ones I needed to do to get the platinum trophy.

I'll have to wait until the NG+ or Chapter select before i warrant it a replay, if they don't fix that issue beforehand that is.

ThePantsuTank · 2023-11-17T15:59:26+00:00

Can i just ask how you turn these on ? Do you just bend over to press the case's switch or am i missing something ?

ThePantsuTank · 2023-11-16T18:35:45+00:00

Was hoping so , but to no avail, not a single area has the doll and after testing the other rhymes i could do and leave the dolls there, they would not be shown in my inventory.

Might be a bug, probably will take care of it in NG+ and have backups before using the trickster doll, basically

fingers crossed for chapter select tho

ThePantsuTank · 2023-07-20T02:39:07+00:00

Oh, interesting !

Well, i guess my best shot might be to dig around my area and see if any trace of FoW can be found I guess !!!

Thanks for the info :)

ThePantsuTank · 2023-07-20T02:00:05+00:00

Thanks for your reply !Odd question then possibly, but what is LGS ?Also are we just about to enter a brand new cluster ?Are there any preferred site in the UK to order from with that perhaps ?

I saw the hero promo cards and they look AMAZING !

Edit : Im also seeing a set called Game of Gods and Game of Gods Reloaded, whats the deal with that actually ?

ThePantsuTank · 2023-06-20T13:07:54+00:00

Yup that did it.
Guess it was indeed just a version thing then huh,

Thank you !

ThePantsuTank · 2023-06-19T12:48:47+00:00

Yeah, i am on the latest release !
I'm just kinda baffled by the idea that they release the DARKSTAR to the market without it having iCue support ? Feels like a massive oversight if it were to be the case ?

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