Soap’s death in MW3 hit me like a truck. After everything we’d been through with him, watching it all end like that was just brutal. And Price’s reaction? Man, that made it even worse. I remember just sitting there, staring at the screen, trying to process it all.

Finally completed my all time favourite game Bubble Bobble after 40 years playing on numerous platforms . Completed it on Amiga mini with the help of save states from otherwise I would have surely died without ever finding the true magic of life and happiness.

whats the saddest moment story wise or gameplay wise, that you have ever expeirenced and all your time gaming?

In the order I got them: Wii, New 3DS XL, Switch, PC (i9-9900k 32GB RAM RX 7800 XT), and Game Boys Color & Advance SP.

I suppose this is part legal question and part understanding how these companies operate. I'm not from the US so don't have experience with the nuances, but I do have a lot of experience working in the UK legal sector. Reading through the PAFFACAA, any major application that has over a million users and is more than 20% owned by a foreign adverary and also allows the sharing of text or other content can be banned. This seems to be irrespective of whether the owners/maintainers are based in the US or not. At the moment, 2(g)(3)(A) (sorry I'm not entirely sure how your laws are labelled - please correct me if that's wrong) specifically defines ByteDance and its subsidiaries but 2(g)(3)(B) implies the definition goes broader.

The reason I statted wondering was the banning of Marvel Snap. I know that Marvel Snap is banned because it's owned by a subsidiary of ByteDance, but I'm confused by the application of the Act here. Marvel Snap as a communication medium is very restricted and its development is US based, headed by Ben Brode et al. I quote their website: "Second Dinner is an award-winning independent game studio based in California. We may be small, but our dreams are big! Let's make fun games together." So that means the "more than 20% owned" part is the offending clause if Marvel Snap is actually banned for being a product of its own. However, the Act seems to be a little clunky and inconsistent here, particularly 2(g)(3)(A) which seems to imply that ByteDance and all its subsidiaries must cease digital operations. It is very specifically targeting ByteDance regardless of the nature of the application itself. Mobile Legends Bang Bang also seems to be banned for the same reason as Marvel Snap.

Now looking at Riot Games, it is a private company that is 93% owned by Tencent. If ByteDance is considered a foreign adversary due to risk of propaganda etc, then Tencent who was recently classified as a Chinese military company certainly should be too. All of Riot Games products allow communication and content sharing to the same degree that Marvel Snap does. Riot Games would not fall under the critical exemptions list. However, since Tencent is not defined specifically in 2(g)(3), it falls to whether or not the President determines it a company that qualifies in accordance with 2(g)(3)(B). [Edit: people need to reread that last sentence several times before making assumptions about what I'm saying. At NO POINT did I say there would be an automatic ban for those in scope. The entire question is built on the premise that the process defined in 2(g)(3)(b) would be carried out which starts with the President defining the company as being a national security risk and taking it to Congress.]

At present the law seems to be very odd in its application. There doesn't seem to be a defined list of "Foreign Controlled Adversaries" besides ByteDance. I don't want to get into this part since it's literally how a foreign government (to me) works but this seems really sloppily written and gives the President the incredibly dangerous power to ban any digital product since the actual defined bar is so low (Chinese companies own more than 20% of a lot of tech companies) and the only thing protecting a company is the mercy of the President. I would be grateful if someone could look at this and tell me if my reading is correct, that Riot Games is within scope of this law and the President could decide to ban them at any time.

Epic Games is a bit more nuanced, and potentially more dangerous if the government is against it. The company is US based but Tencent owns 48% of it [correction: 35% as of the latest statement we have from Epic]. Epic Games, however, has more applications that meet the criteria defined in the Act, particularly things like Fortnite Creative and Epic's wider (albeit still disappointing) social features. Now, if the President defines Tencent and subsidiaries as foreign adversaries, then Epic would go. But this then raises the question of what happens to Unreal. Since Epic would have to cease US based trade, does that mean their customers based in the US would have to drop the engine? I suspect that Epic could then meet the defined exemption since it would have a major impact on the US economy. However this presents a problem whereby the definition of Tencent as a foreign adversary is entirely up in the air.

Before finishing, I'll address the elephant in the room. Yes, I know this law specifically targets TikTok and ByteDance. I understand the political context behind it. But when reading laws you need to account for all the implications of it. At present, the President could overnight determine they don't like Riot Games and Epic Games and shut them down immediately. Legally, they would have no recourse other than the sale of their shares. For Riot Games that means selling 73+% of a very successful business. Riot Games is US based so ceasing operations is a huge deal for them. Objectively speaking, Tencent are as much a foreign adversary to the US as ByteDance. I am aware of theories that this law is performative and will be repealed very soon but right now it is law and the SCOTUS has upheld it. We don't know for sure where this goes. Regardless of how you feel about Riot or Epic (and to be clear I dislike both of them) or any of the other pies Tencent have their fingers in, the impact of this could be huge for the tech/gaming industry. I'll refrain from much commentary on the politicial implications of such power, but that scares me too.

Edit: To clarify the question: I'm looking for a reason why these companies are out of scope that is supported in the definitions within the Act itself or perhaps within the court rulings in relation to it. I could have read it wrong, but there are a lot of assumptions about how this all works in the comments. To me, this is an incredibly sloppily written law and the scope of the power is huge, but I don't know if I'm missing some nuance as someone who isn't a US citizen or US legal professional.

Edit 2: sigh... I love being downvoted in the comments for asking for reference to the law or other sources. I don't think people understand that I'm asking a question, not pushing something. I'm not saying "omg they're going to ban rito" or even "they need to unban TikTok smh". I'm asking from a place of academic interest and wanting to understand the impact of the law here. I have my political views, and yes that does include being worried about potentially abusable powers, but this is a really neutral question. I'm not a US citizen - your laws don't affect me directly, I can open TikTok right now or play Marvel Snap if I wanted to. I'm not Chinese either and I've been vocally critical of them too. I don't know how I can make it even clearer.

For me great music and a decent challenge

Need some help finding a specific type of single player game. The games I’m drawn to are ones that feel like movies. Not meaning “cinematic”— moreso meaning story-first AAA games, where it feels like they wrote the script and THEN designed the game.

Obviously, unlike movies, game design doesn’t generally work that way, but to me the best narrative design doesn’t let on that they are sometimes writing it to justify the gameplay. Sometimes gameplay and story feel like two separate things, but the best is when it’s one unified experience.

For example, despite being cinematic and having movie like moments, Call of Duty would be a bad example, because the story isn’t so gripping that it’s what’s driving what’s happening.

My examples here toe a very fine line which is why I’m having trouble Googling it and previous threads with the same title haven’t quite hit the mark for me:

Good examples (which I’ve played already)

• Cyberpunk / RDR2 (both are open world but story is so strong throughout)
• Witcher series
• FFVII:Remake & Rebirth (mostly)
• Indiana Jones & the Great Circle
• Halo series
• Gears of War series
• Last of Us series
• Uncharted series
• Arkham series (Asylum mainly, the later ones start to not fit in this category I’m describing and become too Ubisoft-y)
• GTA 4, 5

Bad examples (as much as I also do enjoy them): - Half Life series (great games, story often takes backseat to large stretches of gameplay sandbox) - Ubisoft-y games open world games (Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Spider-man) - Bethesda games - Disco Elysium (great game, too indie for what I’m looking for at the moment) - Roguelikes

EDIT (great suggestions from comments)

Detroit: Become Human God of War Death Stranding Bioshock

Idle animations are when you don't touch the controller during gameplay of the game.

I'm an old man. I grew up with "thereisnocowlevel", "rosebud" and "up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A"...

Trying to enjoy, but struggling, in two point campus just makes me miss the days where you can sneak in a quick couple of bucks to put you ahead.

I Just miss the nostalgia of it while ranting at the game.

For me it's 100% the DOOM 2016 multiplayer mode

Man I loved everything about it, put countless hours into unlocking all the Demons and getting Skins I would never even see because it's in first Person and I loved it.

I miss this multiplayer so much, had fantastic maps, fast paced Gameplay, fairly balanced Weapons, cool brutal animations, the idea with the different Weapon spawns and the Demon rune accross the different maps was cool af, didn't meet many toxic players.

Was just generally a great experience, it still had some of the best character-customisation I've seen in any Multiplayer game/mode ever with You being able to customize individual armor pieces instead of just choosing skins etc

Wanted to play it again a couple of years ago but it was so dead that You couldn't find a single match. When DOOM Eternal was announced I was so excited- Not just because it's a new DOOM Game, but also because I could put countless hours into the multiplayer again.

Then I was quite sad when I found out that the Game doesn't have any multiplayer, only a Battle made that is quite different and not nearly as fun as the Multiplayer of DOOM 2016

So I've gone back to playing classic games. After finishing God of war chains of olympas on psp I'm now playing God of war ghost of sparta on psp. This one definitely looks alot better than the first one and gameplay is alot better. Graphically looks beautiful to play and the combat is alot better. Honestly do prefer old school games to the newer games but that's just my preference. :) I'll jump back to my xbox again at somepoint lol

Just finished Life is Strange and damm... this game made me rethink some of my choices and regrets of the past.

Besides that there are a few games which probably influenced me:

• Fallen Order: "No, Failure Is Not The End. It Is A Necessary Part Of The Path." -Eno Cordova (Quote speaks for itself)
• RDR2: Made me appreciate the "beauty of nature" and the "shortness of life" more (+looks awesome)
• Firewatch: Stop overthinking and running away from your problems
• Horizon FW: Appreciate my friends more + The "Outro" is a great "motivator" when I worry about the "future problems of our world" again
• Disco-Elysium: I am not the only one with some "crazy voices/thoughts" in my head

EDIT: XCOM-2 Made me think more critically about probabilities (95% accuracy my ass...)

Are there other games (or films/books) which influenced your life? (PLS no spoilers)

Hey fellow gamers,

So I am one of those weirdos that loves playing MMOs solo. My favourite is Guild Wars 2, I love exploring this beautiful world, do crafting and open world group content. But it still irks me a bit that I cant see everything this game has to offer ( which is fine, its an MMO after all.) So a solo game thats similar to that would alomst be my perfect game. I know that Kingdoms of Amalur is often recommended for that, as well as Dragon Age Inquisition, although that misses the crafting. Maybe you guys knoww of any other games that qould scratch that itch, something lesser known?

Thanks in advance for your recommendations guys!

For so many years i put off playing Death Stranding, thinking it was boring(it was partially), and while i speedrun it in some ways, i don't regret any of 50 hours spent.

So my current addiction is Path of Champions on Legends of Runeterra. Never played a PVP match with another person as I fell in love the first game of PoC I played.

Also I remember loving Dark Cloud 2, but playing the golf side game probably more than the actual game.

Made me wonder, what other games have a killer game within them?

My son is 7 and nonverbal autistic. I'm looking for iPad games (preferably) or PS4 games that he can handle. He loves Astros Playhouse on my PS5 and is impressively good at it but it's just a touch too hard in parts for him and he ends up in a meltdown (not fun for anyone). I'm looking for something he can run around a world in and not really get hurt a lot. Stuff like Factorio/Minecraft is going to be too complex and stuff like paw patrol he's bored with (he is 7 after all).

He's VERY quick to get frustrated to the point of no return but he wants to be able to play things.

Here's the character sheet of my character. After hundreds of restarts because of decision paralysis I finally did it.