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Fury had only a moment to be irritated that Skallagrim had caught him off guard with the almost the exact same ability twice, before he decided to survive would be the greatest indicator of his new strength. He launched the disc he still held into the incoming plasma and detonated it while diving backwards through the air with a sudden burst of energy propulsion. The resulting waves emanating from the detonation gave him the burst of speed required to escape the radius of the somewhat stunted plasma blast, coupled with his already credible height above the surface of the water. He sailed clear as his shield began to burn and tear in front of him under the intense heat, a mute reminder of what may have been should have failed to react in time.

There was something good to come from the tower of plasma however, as it increased the background energy the World Machine was able to garner. It was almost like a small star had appeared within its draining radius, which boosted the gathered energy for Fury almost ten-fold. With this in mind he skirted downwards, dropping in height towards the surface where Skallagrim likely lay, probably in an empty lake full of dead aquatic creatures.

As he dropped down his right hand trailed only a few meters from the edge of the receding tower of plasma, as if he were a climber creating friction to slow his descent. However, the proximity was simply a means by which he could snatch the energy for himself in its raw plasma form. He packaged it carefully with telekinetic power, creating a dense parcel of high intensity plasma only a foot wide in the shape of a ball. He dragged it through the tower, almost like a child rolling a snowball across the surface of the snow to increase its size. His teeth gritted all the way, he descended towards Skallagrim, his anger rising.
Hmm, trying to decide what to do, been wrestling with this for awhile. Fury isn't really equipped to deal with an instantaneous tower of plasma.
Motherfucker, I would be the one to get sick the last 5 days before I move.


Pre-Christmas illness, plus side is your chances of being ill at Christmas just nose dived.
Posting on the morrow, first Christmas for the kiddo, the wifey wants to everything at once.


No problem, not busy but not in a hurry either.
Although it's a weird and potentially terrible film, depending on your opinion of unnecessarily fantastical films set in feudal Japan, the final scene in Goemon (2009) was interesting to me. I can't post it because it would be a pretty bad spoiler, but the film is probably worth a watch if only for the conclusion, though the rest of it is perfectly enjoyable, even if its not particularly amazing.
Innovative as in new or advanced? The quick save feature is new, and the auto save feature tracking numerous past saves is leagues above what I've seen in the Witcher 3 for example, where up to 40-60 minutes of gameplay can be lost when a bug is experienced. The Witcher 3's saving isn't even bad either, which really drives home why Bethesda's saving features are effective.

There's been one patch by the way, at least on Xbox, considering the player testers increased by a factor of many many times at launch the chances for new bugs to be discovered is not only higher, but almost a certainty.

I'm aware my experience is anecdotal, which is why I said it was, though from what reviews I've seen Fallout 4 is still immensely unbuggy for an RPG of its scope, as I've explained. Need I post the hilarious Witcher 3 launch bugs to drive home this point? I don't really feel the need.

GTA V is pretty much the definition of a surreal universe, the entire thing is a satire of modern day life. It's not trying to be dead or lifeless, it's the exact opposite, I'm not really sure how you're comparing the setting of Fallout 4 to GTA, but you are, so congratulations, very 'hilarious'.

I've never actually claimed Fallout 4 was a huge departure from Fallout 3, I could list a number of changes if I wanted to, but all I wanted to do was point out that knocking Fallout 4 for bugs in comparison to Witcher 3 was probably the worst possible comparison to make. Though I'm not a Witcher player, the reviews suggest you had much easier material to run with, though once again I would argue Fallout loses out because it's a more niche environment.

Anyway, I don't want a heated debate in a gaming discussion thread, though after having professed to playing Fallout 4 a lot recently having someone immediately jump in with the depreciating and in my mind erroneous and misleading assertion that it is buggy and boring I couldn't help but rebut. For nothing else, I wouldn't want fans waiting for it for Christmas becoming dissapointed from unfair criticisms, when better ones exist.

Funny, pretty sure the Witcher 3 is renowned for having far more game breaking bugs than even Skyrim, still, despite being out for months. It definitely has more than Fallout. Fallout 4 is probably one of the most polished RPG's of its scope, ever, at least in my experience of the more innovative RPG's in the last eight years or so.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, the wasteland particularly isn't for everyone as it reflects a dead world rather than something surreal and magical, but based solely on technical merit, Fallout 4 is exceptionally well done.

Anecdotal, but in 80 hours, two playthroughs, not a single game breaking glitch (particularly because of the innovative and immensely useful auto save and quick save features.)
Burned through the three big titles recently, Halo 5, Battlefront and Fallout 4, Fallout 4 is the only one that stuck though. Excellent game, lot of replay value, and for people who like killing time making awesome forts the building feature is excellent.

Needs to be played on Hard difficulty though at least, as the gun-play is easier than it's ever been before, and I've been forced to play on Xbox, so for the gunplay to be that easy is telling.

Blood pact time I think, should be a good way of removing people who have quit for whatever reason and to get the story going.
Peter utilized one of the underestimated skills in a detective’s repertoire and listened, very carefully. There was a lot going on here, plenty of it dangerous, much of it far too fast. The thrall was a bit of a dick, but he’d been prepared with some clever responses, he was right, the standing of all assembled here was such that final death awaited them nearly every day at the whim of those better than them. So what did they have to lose? Not a huge amount, though a slim chance of life would always be better than certain death, which is what their mysterious benefactor had really been offering until…

His sight intensified beyond his own control, the lights growing unbearably bright and every minute detail around him making themselves known before his gaze. It was discombobulating, and more than that his head felt heady and thick, and somehow he knew that with a commanding word he’d have even the strongest willed human falling to their knees, and then, the feeling was gone. The connection between what the thrall had been saying and the sudden boost in power was evident, obvious, though its limitations were as of yet unknown. The quick glance he had taken across the room had revealed much to him, the others strained with their own blood-abilities, two of them unconsciously divulging some aspect of their power, mutation. He had discerned more, but for right then it was unimportant to dwell upon all he had learned in that single heightened period of observation.

What was important was finding out if their benefactor could maintain his strange ability, which had incidentally given Peter a clue as to their identity. First he wanted to go for the obvious though, to see if he could illicit a response. He was beaten to the punch by another question that seemed to be covering old ground.

“Because we’re untied, expendable and exploitable, more importantly, such a power is nice but it doesn’t hold a candle to even three of the barons combined, let alone the Prince. If X made his move now he’d lose, which is why we’re here. He’s gambling on us raising enough hell to give himself an advantage.” Peter shrugged. “Thing is, I know of a Baron with the ability to manipulate blood-powers, has our mysterious benefactor just made himself far less mysterious?” Peter kept a cool head as he observed both thralls reactions, he was certain that if he had hit a nerve they’d react, regardless of their manipulation, though it was something of a blind guess and he didn’t hold out much hope. From what he knew of Marreck Osei his ability worked on touch, but the similarities in his power and X’s were too great for there to be no connection what-so-ever. Unless of course this was something disconnected from Blood-Power entirely, which was even more interesting.

“Anyway, I think we’ve reached a critical juncture here, so far as I understand none of us can talk about what we’ve heard this far thanks to that blood pact we all signed to open the letter. Now, I think we’re now on unbroken ground, I think if someone were to answer yes to this little rebellion your boss is planning someone would let it slip, honestly I’m not sure how bound any of us are. So, if you can’t take the heat it’s time to get out of the kitchen, because I’m saying we need to sign a blood pact, secrecy or death, as I’m sure I’m not the only one of the opinion that none of you can be trusted.” He looked at Michael as he said this, as the only other here he could actually name, and one who he already had reason to distrust.
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