![]() ![]() But the encounter design still feels uninspired. Quake 4's shotgun is excellent, as is the nail-gun, complete with rotating bore and twin clips. And the shooting improves as both the weaponry and enemy roster expands. There are a couple of nice moments, such as when the massive USS Hannibal descends from orbit onto a nearby plain, a sequence that impresses in its scale even today. The shooting is flatter than a stingray that's been through a pasta roller, and many combat sequences take place with your avatar standing still. Level design is deeply uninspired: simple corridors and trenches that contain no verticality and no surprise. Movement feels painfully slow compared to the breakneck pace of the first game. And there's no question that Quake 4 is at its weakest when it is most like Call of Duty. If anything separates Quake 4 from the other three games, it is following trends rather than setting them. The action stops every few minutes for dialogue between characters, or for a charming scripted sequence like a Strogg dragging away a screaming marine. The opening hour is not one of circle-strafing your foes while blasting them with a double-barrelled shotgun, but skulking slowly through flat gunmetal corridors, peppering Strogg with assault rifle fire while your squadmates back you up. The game begins not by plonking you unceremoniously at the start of a map, shotgun already in-hand, but with an elaborate cutscene that sees Kane scrambling to his feet after his dropship crashes, surveying the horror of the wreckage. This is why Quake 4 initially plays like Call of Duty in space. But Quake 4 emerged in the wake of games like Half-Life, Halo, and Call of Duty, which placed greater emphasis on scripted spectacle and telling coherent stories, drawing influence more from Hollywood than pen-and-paper RPGs. Id's early shooters had been primarily inspired by the team's own Dungeons and Dragons games, which explains their mazey maps and ad-hoc storytelling. Quake 4 was developed at a time when the FPS was changing. ![]()
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![]() SpellForce 3 - SF3-Steam Achivment fix - They fit just right SpellForce 3 - SF3 Extended Loading-Screen BG Mod You need to do this because the basic behind this mod is still skirimish. ![]() Player Slot 5 must ALWAYS be the CPU with a different team. Player Slot 1-4 is for you and your friends(must be in the same team). The gameplay time of this map is around 1,25h (75 min). You win if you manage to beat the last wave. You fail the map if all your heroes die at the same time without any respawn options. You won’t take all 3 min for every wave, in that time you should visit the merchant in the base or explore the map/town to find chests where you can find extra gold for better gear at the merchant (very required for the last waves). So there is no way to cheese the enemy waves and get them cornered somewhere. Every wave gets triggered after 2-3 min and they will spawn even if you didn’t clear the one before. The Horde-Mode has 30 waves of enemy’s (next to the little mobs all over the map). New weapons/equipment has to be bought from the merchant or has to be looted from the enemy. With this you can buy from the merchant in your “base” some potions and low level weapons. After you have spawned, everyone has a chest next to each other where you can find your start-gold. You only get 1 Hero! Nothing more! So talk to your friends and set up an party where you can help each other (1 DPS, 1 healer, 1 range and one tank or so). You start in your “base” with 3 other players (human friends -> group of 4 total) and have to select at your God-Stone the Hero you want to play. We messed it up, but we must stop what we did here! Just imagine what would happen if these creatures get out to the surface. We can't get out until we get rid of all these creatures. I screwed up! I didn't believe that such a little summoning spell could go so wrong. ![]() ![]() ![]() So, a deep rectangular plastic box of 22.5 in3 would be adequate. ![]() So the total volume is 3+3+1+2 or 9 volumes x 2.5 (for 10 ga) for a total volume of 22.5 in3. I'm not sure if the single 240 volt outlet should count as one or two volumes, but let's assume it counts as 2 volumes. For "fill" calculations there are 3 wires entering, 3 wires leaving, a ground wire, and the receptacle. I'm just wondering if you recommend larger boxes for 240 volt outlets than those based on NEC minimum "fill" requirements? Note, there will be only a single 240 volt outlet in any box on the 240 volt "ring" circuit.įor example, say I decide to use 10-3 with ground wire to an 240 volt outlet box which will have an outlet but also pass through to other outlet boxes on the "ring" circuit. I'm familiar with the box "fill" requirements of the NEC. What shape and size electrical boxes do you guys recommend for 240 volt outlets? The boxes will be located within the walls. With the possible exception of the cyclone all of the 240 volt machines will have plugs going into 240 volt outlets. Also, what types of 120 volt auxiliary services have you guys seen on 240 volt machines, besides task lighting? But, if there are separate 240 volt cord and plug and 120 volt cord and plug on the machine then there is no need for using 10-3 with ground wire on this circuit since I will have plenty of dedicated 120 volt outlets around the shop that can be used for the separate 120 volt plug of the machine. It seems to me that if there are machines that require an integrated 240/120 volt service then this design makes sense. Does this design makes any sense? How often have you guys seen machines that require both 240 and 120 volt power, coming in on a single cable? In other words, the 240 volt and 120 volt services are integrated, as opposed to the situation where there is a 240 volt cord and plug and a separate 120 volt cord and plug for auxiliary service on a single machine. The electrical inspector in town recommended using 10-3 with ground wire for the "ring" circuit so that I would have the option of having 120 volt at the 240 volt machines for auxiliary 120 volt services such as a spot light, etc. Plus, I'm installing a 240 volt "ring" circuit which will power the jointer, bandsaw and any other future 240 volt machines. I'm installing dedicated 240 volt circuits for the cyclone and for the table saw. So, I have a few questions on what to use for boxes and outlets (receptacles) for 20 amp and 30 amp 240 volt circuits. While I have some experience wiring 120 volt circuits, my experience with 240 volt circuits is limited to clothes dryers and electric stoves which use 50 amp surface-mounted fittings which are a combined box and outlet. ![]() ![]() ![]() So it will be the first time that an entire pack will be available in our language, which I can’t wait to find out. Indeed, if this pack will only be available in English when it is released, it will later receive an update adding translations in Italian, German, Spanish and French. These descriptions come directly from the site de Jackbox Games, translated into French for the occasion. But don’t worry, even after your elimination, you won’t miss a beat of these crisp stories! WARNING: If you have epilepsy or have had seizures or other unusual reactions to flashing lights or patterns, consult a doctor before playing video games. Roomerang (4-9 players) – Channel your inner reality TV star to rise to the top! Answer questions, be competitive and play comedy to prevent your elimination.Nonsensory (3-8 players) – Professor Nanners comes to test your non-sensory perception with this drawing, writing and guessing game! Can you correctly guess the ranking of another player’s sentence on the most absurd scale?.The player with the most valuable items will be able to become human again! ![]() Junktopia (3-8 players) – A strange wizard has turned you into a frog! Give a hilarious backstory to various weird objects and get them appraised.Quixort (1-10 players) – Work as a team in this general knowledge sorting factory: sort the answers that fall into the correct order before they hit the ground! You can also play single player to see how many answers you can sort before you hit the cap.Fibbage 4 (2-8 players) – This hilarious bluffing game is back with all-new Final Fibbage questions, video and fan-submitted questions, and Fibbage Enough About You mode! This game is so popular that we decided to stick a 4 on it.After going out The Jackbox Party Starter last June, the independent American developer gives us an appointment on October 20 for the ninth installment of its compilation of mini-games. ![]() ![]() ![]() That is not to say that this is a simple, mindless game. It’s amusing and actually feels perfectly suited to the style of gameplay present here.Īnd on that note, the style of gameplay here is one that has all the trappings and outward appearances of a more serious Action-RPG, but streamlines every part of the game so much that playing through this adventure is far more breezy and user-friendly than even some of the more simple RPGs. You’re a cat/dog hero team in a world of anthropomorphic cats and dogs, place names and dialogue are filled with terrible puns like “Purrsecutor” and “Purrotector”, and dialogue in general is lighthearted and doesn’t take itself seriously at all. ![]() These visuals are backed by a very good orchestral soundtrack befitting an epic adventure.Īnd of course the amusing thing here is that while the tone and story here shout “epic adventure!”, everything else very deliberately does not. I’ll add that the second game looks more polished than the first, with some nice-looking water and a few other nice effects. In any case, the visuals here are distinct, colorful, and memorable, even though they don’t do anything impressive, they still set this game apart. I could compare this game to something like Paper Mario, except the two definitely feel distinctly different. I say “-ish” because the details on this 3D world are also 2D sprites. Just like the first game, the presentation for this game is quite good, using a combination of 2D character sprites on a 3D-ish world. If you’re curious to see what’s new in this installment, skip ahead to where I detail the 2-character mechanics. This game was released on multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch in 2019.īefore I go on, I should note that much of what I said in my review of the first Cat Quest still applies here, and as such I have copied over much of my review of the first game. This game builds on the foundations its predecessor laid out by adding a 2-character mechanic and 2-player co-op play. Note: This game is included in Cat Quest + Cat Quest II: Pawsome Pack, along with the original Cat Quest.Ĭat Quest II, like its predecessor, is a family-friendly Action-RPG that takes the typical quests and adventures of the genre and streamlines them and makes them user-friendly and easy for anyone to play. ![]() ![]() MOBA games include so many extra elements, so much variety crammed onto a single stage, that they arguably require more strategy than the classic real-time strategy games (at least at higher levels of play). …and Hard to MasterĮxcept they aren’t simple at all, at least once you get past the tutorial stage. The core objective is to destroy the enemy’s base structure, but that’s easier said than done: before reaching it they’ll have to get through the “hero” units controlled by the enemy team, a large network of defensive structures, and AI-controlled units generally referred to as “minions” or “creeps.”Ĭoordinate with your teammates, outmaneuver you opponents, and destroy the other team’s base before they destroy yours. ![]() On two teams of five players each, every player controls just one unit, moving across the map and attacking enemies and objectives with point-and-click controls. More contemporary MOBAs, especially Riot’s League of Legends, Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm, and Defense of the Ancients 2 ( DOTA 2, developed by Valve after the company bought the IP rights to the original game mod), expand on this formula while keeping the basic gameplay pattern the same. The mode proved incredibly popular, as its fast-paced fights enabled a more dynamic and competitive game, while still keeping the large scale and basic mechanics of the top-down formula. A user-made mod of Blizzard’s popular RTS called Defense of the Ancients, or DOTA, focused on multiple players with teams controlling single, powerful units instead of vast, complex armies. In fact, they emerged from one game in particular: Warcraft III. MOBAs got started as an offshoot of real-time strategy games. We predict that the ideal number of players ensures the game does not compromise its difficulty and fairness to ensure that it stays competitive.They’re Easy to Learn… MOBA battlefields are top-down and mouse driven, like strategy games, but players control only one unit at a time. This can help to answer why five players are the optimal setting for MOBA games. To analyze the difficulty of the game, we will be evaluating the games using motion in mind measures and implementing weightage to the measures in order to understand the motives of the players. In this paper, we would like to study various MOBA games to see how different numbers of players on each side can affect the game’s competitiveness and difficulty. MOBA games are often played with two teams of five players. Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games are one of the most popular and competitive e-sports available today, with multi-million dollar tournaments being held annually. ![]() ![]() The responsibility towards the outcome of the game will be divided among all the players in the team, where having more players might make the game easier as the responsibility of each player towards the outcome of the game is lower. ![]() Team games add an extra aspect to games: teamwork, which may increase the skill ceiling to master the game. 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![]() ![]() Precocious composers, they gathered around themselves a changing cast of accompanists, adding by the end of 1957 Harrison, a lead guitarist, and then, in 1960 for several formative months, Sutcliffe, a promising young painter who brought into the band a brooding sense of bohemian style. Like most early rock-and-roll figures, Lennon, a guitarist and singer, and McCartney, a bassist and singer, were largely self-taught as musicians. November 24, 1941, Madras, India).įormed around the nucleus of Lennon and McCartney, who first performed together in Liverpool in 1957, the group grew out of a shared enthusiasm for American rock and roll. April 10, 1962, Hamburg, West Germany) and Pete Best (b. Other early members included Stuart Sutcliffe (b. ![]() November 29, 2001, Los Angeles, California, U.S.), and Ringo Starr (byname of Richard Starkey b. ![]() June 18, 1942, Liverpool), George Harrison (b. December 8, 1980, New York, New York, U.S.), Paul McCartney (in full Sir James Paul McCartney b. October 9, 1940, Liverpool, Merseyside, England-d. The principal members were John Lennon (b. The Beatles, formerly called the Quarrymen or the Silver Beatles, byname Fab Four, British musical quartet and a global cynosure for the hopes and dreams of a generation that came of age in the 1960s. ![]() SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! 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There’s so many things like that from when you’re a kid that you look back on and you’re, ‘Did we do that?’ But it was good harmless fun. Yeah, it’s quite raunchy when you think about it. “It wasn’t a big thing,” he continued. “But, you know, it was just the kind of thing you didn’t think much of. “We were just, ‘Brigitte Bardot!’ ‘Whoo!’ and then everyone would thrash a bit more,” said McCartney. “I think it was John sort of said, ‘Winston Churchill!'” he added. McCartney then went into further detail, saying that the five boys encouraged each other to shout various names of celebrities during the group masturbation session. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like, I could sneeze and my phone will somehow eject itself from my pocket to smash on concrete. 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