Valhalla Journal Day 9: Top 3 worst male name “Grant(bridgescire)” has been 100%, I smashed the other witches to get that Thor drip and got absolutely fucking obliterated fighting some wacky ass dog. Next up East Anglia … also started counting down the days I can deny that fuck Dag Valhalla, nobody heckles me during story time!

Yeah, I finished it.

Looks like I should play DoA3 first since DoA2 came out after it (and includes a character that is only unlocked if you have DoA3 save file).

I dont use headsets/earphones that much for music when I'm at home because I'm mostly using my Echo devices or a computer/tv.

But when I go out for walks/exercise - I use the Soundcore Anker Lifetune XR headset.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/soundcore-by-anker-life-tune-xr-wireless-active-noise-cancelling-over-the-ear-headphones-black/6453193.p?skuId=6453193

I'm really not bothered by it. It's not anything uniquely intrusive that we don't already deal with on the daily. You're upset over semantics.  Accepting 1 type of UI advertising vs the other for the same exact product in a slightly different way. Advertising is advertising. 

It's a review for the Campaign only so the overall review will likely be higher but I'm expecting a lot of 6's and 7's for this CoD. Doesn't really matter though, CoD is review proof, Lol. The Campaign is like 4 hours long and reusing older content. I'm fully convinced that there was never meant to be a COD released in 2023 but they changed their mind either because they wanted to get out of the Sony marketing agreement so they turned MWII DLC into a full game or they wanted a full game because skipping a year would tank their stock, or it's a combination of both factors.

Under Microsoft they won't have to worry about skipping a year tanking their "valuation" though as they aren't on the stock exchange now and Xbox isn't even a blip on Microsoft's valuation, Lol. They'd have to worry about competition eating their lunch though by growing thanks to there not being a mainline COD release, COD drowns out the competition by releasing every single year and financially MS Gaming will take a hit which isn't really something people want to see, investors want constant growth. So I'm honestly not sure if MS will skip a year or not.

I do think Sledgehammer should be taken off mainline COD though, expand Infinity Ward and Treyarch and go back to just alternating between those two because they are easily the best COD developers. Sledgehammer can assist and work on something else if they want to. Think Infinity Ward and Treyarch would need like two fully staffed teams each though to alternate on a yearly basis, may need like 800 employees each.

Which Setting Do You Prefer?

Science Fiction vs Fantasy.

• Examples of Sci-Fi = Halo, Mass Effect, Star Wars, Fallout, Dead Space, BioShock, Deus Ex, Half-Life, Starfield, etc.
• Examples of Fantasy = Fable, The Witcher, The Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate, Diablo, The Lord of the Rings etc.

So, I have currently played Forza Motorsport for about 40hours. If you want to play this game for the online racing, please wait another 6 months before trying. The game crashes every 2-3 races if you aren't already hit with an infinite loading screen during the first race. The offline campaign seems to be working fine, even though it is a bit boring. I really don't understand the long development time behind this game... it is the worst and most disappointing Forza Motorsport to date.

I'm now looking for a new game to play. Alan Wake 2 seems to be great? Or maybe I'll play some Mario Wonder first :)

offtopic: I recently replayed some Dragon Age Origins. Man, what an amazing game. Will I enjoy Baldurs Gate 3 as much as Dragon Age Origins? Baldurs Gate 3 seems a bit more hardcore.... maybe too much.