Open Forum Radio - Episode 422

OFR Season 9 (Episode 43) - Blackout Horizon

Tuesday, Sept 20th  2018 9:58 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, Jason

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Forza Horizon 4 - Demo

Quality Mode (4K) and Performance Mode (1080 60 fps)

Changing Seasons, Extremely detailed environments (houses that have furniture and are decorated)

Characters you can choose and Names and nicknames you can pick.

Is there an anti-microsoft bias on gaming sites? Let me just throw this out there. Forza Horizon 4 demo drops and as of Sunday morning there is no mention on GameIndustry.biz, Gamespot, Verge, Destructoid, Eurogamer, etc.

There was a tiny mention of the demo on IGN with a clip of Halo Experience Showcase mission  - They also mention that you’ll have a James Bond Showcase mission dlc day one.

But the best, one of the only other articles on the game demo was on vg247.com Forza Horizon 4 full car list, Halo event, soundtrack and more

Since this awesome base game will be included with Games Pass, go get your pass!!!

Call of Duty Blackout Open Beta

Isn’t an ‘Open’ Beta for a game open to everyone? I would call this a closed beta since it is only open for people that pre-ordered or with a cable company’s promo that Slasher told us about, or watch a Twitch stream they sponsor.

Thanks to Slasher for hooking his OFR buddies up with beta codes

Black Ops 4 Blackout beta – start dates and times, how to get a code for the Call of Duty battle royale

 

Remedy Entertainment is adapting Alan Wake into a television series

 

Captain Marvel  Marvel Studios' Captain Marvel - Official Trailer

cast

 

Best & Worst of the week (Try to stick to 1  thing and 1 Worst thing)

Best: My new best friend - 8 foot leather couch for my man-cave Worst: Still have to put the flooring down

Best: Spider-Man Worstish: Cutting the Cord

Best:   another vacation Worst: don’t wanna work anymore wanna retire

Best: finished a project at the lake Best: relaxing at the lake

 

Our World (Top 3 Things you saw, heard or played)      

COD WWII, Forza Horizon 4 Beta, Football (HS, College and NFL) Iron Fist, Slender Man, Forza Horizon 4 Beta, Nephew’s 1st birthday party Jonah     cod ww2 , new weapons , nashville and kentucky that’s all i got this week guys

Still waiting on Comcast, Another Chiefs win (Mahomes looks really good), Bad start to the OFL Fantasy league (sheesh) Lucky You - Eminem ft. Joyner Lucas

 

Open Forum Radio - Episode 421

OFR Season 9 (Episode 42) - OFR Listen Bud

Tuesday, Sept 13th  2018 9:52 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, Jason

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TMO - Tell us what it is like to BE Spiderman - Can you do whatever a spider can?

I wish could play Spiderman - these guys did GameSpot staff chat about their experiences with the classic web-swinger they had fun, but listening to ‘what’ they are really saying…. Hmmm… I don’t know. ----- Exclusives aren’t enough to get me to buy other hardware - I just don’t understand them anymore. - Also wouldn’t it have been a perfect week for Xbox to bust out backward compatibility for Spider-man, Spider-man 2 and Spider-man 3?!!

They really need to do timed exclusives, cause this game on the X would be the bomb.  It’s not a console seller, but this & God of War together & a great deal on a PS4 this Black Friday, might have people dive in. Latest suit Spider-Armor MK II Suit

Reviewers gush on this game and Digital Foundry compares E3 demo vs the Final game and seems pretty awesome even though there are fewer puddles.

 

Battlefield V Open Beta

EA Access App, Graphics & Gameplay

For all of its exciting innovations, Battlefield 5 borrows Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s worst feature Battlefield 5 is learning from the success of PUBG, trading cinematic lustre for the more satisfying player-driven moments

The stench of Star Wars: Battlefront 2 somehow ended up emanating from the Battlefield 5 beta, because the more you examine this upgrade system the more it’ll become clear which game it was inspired by.

In Battlefield 5, you spawn with two magazines for your main weapon. Anyone who played a multiplayer shooter before will tell you that this is not a lot of bullets. This changes the moment-to-moment gameplay so drastically I am unsure how DICE managed to get it past the higher-ups at the studio. Having less ammo from the off forces you to conserve it. With the help of the increased weapon recoil and more aggressive bullet drop, you’re much more incentivised to stick to your main weapon  intended range.

The same concept of attrition carries over to player health, which no longer fully regenerates. When you take damage, your health will regenerate back up to the closest mark. I couldn’t tell how many segments the health bar has in total, but I estimate about four or five.

Like with ammo, you’ll have to rely on help from other players to return to full health. When that’s not an option, retreating to the closest supply station is your best bet. When DICE first unveiled this change, I feared it would encourage camping the same way it does today in hardcore modes.

Vladz’s rant: I hate dying and I do it quite a bit. The little animation for me to choose to cling to life and beg other players to revive me and have them completely ignore me most of the time sucks after a bit. And when I do bleed out, I’m brought to a squad spawn watching other players I...

Open Forum Radio - Episode 420

OFR Season 9 (Episode 41) - OFR Up in Smoke

Tuesday, Sept 4th  2018 9:52 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, Jason

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Ep 420 question: Does Being Stoned Improve Your Gaming Abilities?

Play Video Games with The Game

I know I can do much better in bowling after my first pitcher, but then by near the end of the 2nd pitcher my score starts to go the other way. I can't really say it helps or hurts, but I've had some of my very best matches stoned outta my mind.

For me the game got more immersive like adventure games

Sorry, I dozed off there a bit…. Gamestop employees claim new Red Dead Redemption 2 demo put them to sleep

"Beautiful game, but mostly just saw horse riding simulator. Very difficult to stay awake..." said one commenter on Reddit, while another said: "There was a shoot out after a bank heist but before the heist we saw 15 minutes of meandering through some woods and some plucky guitar playing."

When asked if the game looked fun, they replied: "Shootout looked decent, the bank heist was slowly paced. The game will be great and sell like mad but the demo they showed was really dry."

"Don't get me wrong, I still think the game will be fantastic, just the demo was kinda boring to watch," added another

 

Dude, where’s my game? Dice pushing Battlefield V out of the October chaos and has a new release of Nov 20th. in order to make "final adjustments to the core gameplay".

EA also adjusted its financial forecasts, reducing expectations for net bookings in the current fiscal year from $5.55 billion to $5.2 billion. In the wake of Battlefield V's delay, EA's shares have dropped over 9% as of early afternoon in the US.

EA donates $1m to victims of Jacksonville shooting Publisher sets up Jacksonville Tribute fund in support of those affected

 

Setting itself up maybe? Anthem makers thread the needle of a cooperative shooter with solo storytelling Beautiful footage, real-time storytelling, co-op gameplay,

Anthem’s creators say it can be the cake-and-eat-it too ideal of embracing the kind of loot-shooter design that has made Bungie’s Destiny so appealing, while still giving users more personal investment in the narrative.

Not a HUGE Mass Effect type story crammed into the game but players stories that can expand or live on through DLC.

Game director Jon Warner discusses the terror and excitement of leading BioWare's new flagship IP

Launches Feb. 21, 2019 launch for PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One.

 

Rainway should let xbox one owners stream existing pc games their consoles 2019

Open Forum Radio - Episode 420

OFR Season 9 (Episode 41) - OFR Up in Smoke

Tuesday, Sept 4th  2018 9:52 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, Jason

(Feedback at [email protected])

Ep 420 question: Does Being Stoned Improve Your Gaming Abilities?

Play Video Games with The Game

I know I can do much better in bowling after my first pitcher, but then by near the end of the 2nd pitcher my score starts to go the other way. I can't really say it helps or hurts, but I've had some of my very best matches stoned outta my mind.

For me the game got more immersive like adventure games

Sorry, I dozed off there a bit…. Gamestop employees claim new Red Dead Redemption 2 demo put them to sleep

"Beautiful game, but mostly just saw horse riding simulator. Very difficult to stay awake..." said one commenter on Reddit, while another said: "There was a shoot out after a bank heist but before the heist we saw 15 minutes of meandering through some woods and some plucky guitar playing."

When asked if the game looked fun, they replied: "Shootout looked decent, the bank heist was slowly paced. The game will be great and sell like mad but the demo they showed was really dry."

"Don't get me wrong, I still think the game will be fantastic, just the demo was kinda boring to watch," added another

 

Dude, where’s my game? Dice pushing Battlefield V out of the October chaos and has a new release of Nov 20th. in order to make "final adjustments to the core gameplay".

EA also adjusted its financial forecasts, reducing expectations for net bookings in the current fiscal year from $5.55 billion to $5.2 billion. In the wake of Battlefield V's delay, EA's shares have dropped over 9% as of early afternoon in the US.

EA donates $1m to victims of Jacksonville shooting Publisher sets up Jacksonville Tribute fund in support of those affected

 

Setting itself up maybe? Anthem makers thread the needle of a cooperative shooter with solo storytelling Beautiful footage, real-time storytelling, co-op gameplay,

Anthem’s creators say it can be the cake-and-eat-it too ideal of embracing the kind of loot-shooter design that has made Bungie’s Destiny so appealing, while still giving users more personal investment in the narrative.

Not a HUGE Mass Effect type story crammed into the game but players stories that can expand or live on through DLC.

Game director Jon Warner discusses the terror and excitement of leading BioWare's new flagship IP

Launches Feb. 21, 2019 launch for PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One.

 

Rainway should let xbox one owners stream existing pc games their consoles 2019

Open Forum Radio - Episode 419

OFR Season 9 (Episode 40) - OFR ALL ACCESS

Tuesday, Aug 28st  2018 10:00 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, Jason

(Feedback at [email protected])

Bundle it! Xbox All Access

Microsoft reportedly bundling console, Gold and Game Pass into Xbox All Access service Not a lease! - You’ll own that console Affordable monthly gaming and build your credit

Microsoft explains why mid-sized studios are important to its Game Pass subscription service

 

Keep playing those games / new life

Master Chief Collection added to Game Pass with HUGE download

Modern Warfare 2 backwards compatible

Far Cry 5 New Game mode

 

Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Walkthrough 50 Minutes Demo (Open-World Gameplay) customizable, fluid class system, backstory unlocks different content later, bullettimeish koresnafoff mode, revival of these bots show credit card debit and levels of revival importance - harvesting for parts, lots of nipples, trauma team medics pick up, side boob, big crowds

 

Google adds Xbox One controller support to Android Pie Fortnite on Android will soon support controllers

Best & Worst of the week (Try to stick to 1  thing and 1 Worst thing)

Best: Seeing my boy off to college      Worst: Exhaustion / just can’t hang

Best: Fantasy football weekend Worst: Jax Madden shooting

Best: arts beats and eats this weekend Worst: summer winding down kids going back to school and getting back to routine still sweating tho

Best: In North Carolina for work. Worst: Sometimes things aren't as fun as they should be

 

Our World (Top 3 Things you saw, heard or played)

COD WWII, HOSTILES, Xbox Game Pass  Just Cause 3, Big 3 Bball Champ, Deadpool 2 PubG, Working long hours, For Honor  cod ww2 , nba playground , the package netflix, omg nsfw , preacher and fear twd ,  song of the week cause we have all seen better days one of my favs texas hippie coalition turn it up baby great video

I’m still diggin SKINDRED - That's My Jam  i know i love them too lol i have an eclectic taste im an intense mfer

 

Sports

NFL

Football is back!!

OFR FF

The Green Zone

ODB got PAID!

 

Shout-outs:  Family, friends, friends of the show OFR Crew,  ofr crew , my girl roseanne workin hard , rocketchip for getting his x back and adding a candy crane game to his already awesome basement, extreme shaft for some cod games  and workin hard to get me in my next ride, the ofr draft guys good luck and have fun ,tmo for running it again,

Open Forum Radio - Episode 419

OFR Season 9 (Episode 40) - OFR ALL ACCESS

Tuesday, Aug 28st  2018 10:00 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, Jason

(Feedback at [email protected])

Bundle it! Xbox All Access

Microsoft reportedly bundling console, Gold and Game Pass into Xbox All Access service Not a lease! - You’ll own that console Affordable monthly gaming and build your credit

Microsoft explains why mid-sized studios are important to its Game Pass subscription service

 

Keep playing those games / new life

Master Chief Collection added to Game Pass with HUGE download

Modern Warfare 2 backwards compatible

Far Cry 5 New Game mode

 

Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Walkthrough 50 Minutes Demo (Open-World Gameplay) customizable, fluid class system, backstory unlocks different content later, bullettimeish koresnafoff mode, revival of these bots show credit card debit and levels of revival importance - harvesting for parts, lots of nipples, trauma team medics pick up, side boob, big crowds

 

Google adds Xbox One controller support to Android Pie Fortnite on Android will soon support controllers

Best & Worst of the week (Try to stick to 1  thing and 1 Worst thing)

Best: Seeing my boy off to college      Worst: Exhaustion / just can’t hang

Best: Fantasy football weekend Worst: Jax Madden shooting

Best: arts beats and eats this weekend Worst: summer winding down kids going back to school and getting back to routine still sweating tho

Best: In North Carolina for work. Worst: Sometimes things aren't as fun as they should be

 

Our World (Top 3 Things you saw, heard or played)

COD WWII, HOSTILES, Xbox Game Pass  Just Cause 3, Big 3 Bball Champ, Deadpool 2 PubG, Working long hours, For Honor  cod ww2 , nba playground , the package netflix, omg nsfw , preacher and fear twd ,  song of the week cause we have all seen better days one of my favs texas hippie coalition turn it up baby great video

I’m still diggin SKINDRED - That's My Jam  i know i love them too lol i have an eclectic taste im an intense mfer

 

Sports

NFL

Football is back!!

OFR FF

The Green Zone

ODB got PAID!

 

Shout-outs:  Family, friends, friends of the show OFR Crew,  ofr crew , my girl roseanne workin hard , rocketchip for getting his x back and adding a candy crane game to his already awesome basement, extreme shaft for some cod games  and workin hard to get me in my next ride, the ofr draft guys good luck and have fun ,tmo for running it again,

Open Forum Radio - Episode 418

OFR Season 9 (Episode 39) - Back to School

Tuesday, Aug 21st  2018 9:54 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, Jason

(Feedback at [email protected])

When you played Super Seducer they may have said you have ‘No Class’ but it is time to go Back to School with Super Seducer 2 ! SUPER SEDUCER 2 REVEAL TRAILER (Coming Sept 12th to Steam)

 

Battlefield V – Official Gamescom Trailer – Devastation of Rotterdam Release Oct 19th

Wait for it, wait for it…. The last few seconds of the clip, Battle Royal Mode

October Crush: AWESOME as this new trailer is, will it be enough to save this game from the 1st trailer backlash/impressions, coming out so close to Forza 4 Oct 2nd, RDR2 Oct 26th, COD BOPS4 Oct 12th, Assassin's Creed Odyssey Oct 5th. Pre-order sales lagging 85%

 

Take what you love about binge watching on Netflix and add that old friend of ours…. The commercial - Noooooooo!!!! Netflix’s latest test feature is a video promo that plays in between episodes of a series you’re watching. Sounds like that is just the beginning of adding or being commercials for other Netflix shows, then eventually…. Products. Then I foresee just like how they add commercials in the middle of YouTube clips.. You’ll have commercials and ‘video promos’ in your shows, just like network tv. But maybe I’m just being paranoid.  (Hope it's better than crackle) D

 

Gamescon: Xbox Game Pass app for Android, iOS

Master Chief Collection coming to Games Pass with 4k, matchmaking updates, etc.

Forza Horizon 4 is getting a Halo driving experience with Master Chief, Warthogs, and Cortana Cortana narrates the whole thing (Games Pass!)

Man of Medan Reveal Trailer - Gamescom 2018

DayZ through Microsoft’s Xbox Game Preview program on Aug. 29, the developer announced at Gamescom today.

Games Pass now through Aug. 31, new Xbox Game Pass subscribers can pick up a full two months of membership for essentially $1 a month at the Microsoft Store. That’s just about the lowest this subscription service can get.

 

Get your Star Wars fix on TV Star Wars Resistance - The animated series premieres on October 7th

Star Wars spin off about tatooine was in pre-production

 

Best & Worst of the week (Try to stick to 1  thing and 1 Worst thing)

Open Forum Radio - Episode 418

OFR Season 9 (Episode 39) - Back to School

Tuesday, Aug 21st  2018 9:54 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, Jason

(Feedback at [email protected])

When you played Super Seducer they may have said you have ‘No Class’ but it is time to go Back to School with Super Seducer 2 ! SUPER SEDUCER 2 REVEAL TRAILER (Coming Sept 12th to Steam)

 

Battlefield V – Official Gamescom Trailer – Devastation of Rotterdam Release Oct 19th

Wait for it, wait for it…. The last few seconds of the clip, Battle Royal Mode

October Crush: AWESOME as this new trailer is, will it be enough to save this game from the 1st trailer backlash/impressions, coming out so close to Forza 4 Oct 2nd, RDR2 Oct 26th, COD BOPS4 Oct 12th, Assassin's Creed Odyssey Oct 5th. Pre-order sales lagging 85%

 

Take what you love about binge watching on Netflix and add that old friend of ours…. The commercial - Noooooooo!!!! Netflix’s latest test feature is a video promo that plays in between episodes of a series you’re watching. Sounds like that is just the beginning of adding or being commercials for other Netflix shows, then eventually…. Products. Then I foresee just like how they add commercials in the middle of YouTube clips.. You’ll have commercials and ‘video promos’ in your shows, just like network tv. But maybe I’m just being paranoid.  (Hope it's better than crackle) D

 

Gamescon: Xbox Game Pass app for Android, iOS

Master Chief Collection coming to Games Pass with 4k, matchmaking updates, etc.

Forza Horizon 4 is getting a Halo driving experience with Master Chief, Warthogs, and Cortana Cortana narrates the whole thing (Games Pass!)

Man of Medan Reveal Trailer - Gamescom 2018

DayZ through Microsoft’s Xbox Game Preview program on Aug. 29, the developer announced at Gamescom today.

Games Pass now through Aug. 31, new Xbox Game Pass subscribers can pick up a full two months of membership for essentially $1 a month at the Microsoft Store. That’s just about the lowest this subscription service can get.

 

Get your Star Wars fix on TV Star Wars Resistance - The animated series premieres on October 7th

Star Wars spin off about tatooine was in pre-production

 

Best & Worst of the week (Try to stick to 1  thing and 1 Worst thing)

Open Forum Radio - Episode 417

OFR Season 9 (Episode 38) - Special Collector's Edition

Tuesday, Aug 14th  2018 9:54 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, Jason

(Feedback at [email protected])

The gameplay that was dropped on us last week Red Dead Redemption 2: Official Gameplay

What did you think of the gameplay trailer?

Your relationship with your horse is important, but if it dies it dies

How many Editions? Don’t do this to me… RDR2 Special Editions And Pre-Order Bonuses Revealed and yes another game edition without the actual game. WTF?  Anyone who wants everything that releases with Red Dead Redemption 2 will have to buy the Ultimate Edition of the game twice (both physically and digitally) and then also grab the Collector's Box.

 

You Beta, you Beta, you bet. = COD Black Ops Beta / Do we need Betas anymore?

Is it just a marketing tool?

I think that they are shortening delivery schedules by offloading the actual feel of the game to users and try and tweak last minute and even post release. Armor, Balance, and Framerate Issues Addressed by Treyarch

 

Do you think the Beta is maxing out some (Xbox, PS4 and PS4 Pro) hardware limits? Check out: @iSkyKido’s Tweet:

Black Ops 4 Min vs Recommended PC Beta specs:

There are too many factors in either a PC build or Console build and how programer and console makers take advantage of their hardware or make up for their hardware so let’s just take a limited look at video card computing speeds. So, that said this is not the only metric that goes into how a game looks but we are using this as an example TFLOPS.  What is a Teraflop anyway

PC Video: card specs:

Xbox One = 1.3 teraflops, PS4 = 1.8 teraflops, PS4 Pro = 4.2 teraflops, Xbox One X = 6 teraflops

Black Ops 4 PC Min:

Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2 GB / GTX 1050 2GB (1.8 TFLOPS) or AMD Radeon HD 7850 (1.75 TFLOPS)

PC Recommended:

Video: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1060 6GB (4.4 TFLOPS) or AMD Radeon R9 390 (5.6 TFLOPS) / AMD RX 580 (6.17 TFLOPS)

COD WWII (2017) had the same min and recommended requirements as BLOPS 4 on PC

COD Infinite Warfare (2016) same min recommended but recommended was: GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Radeon R9 280X (4.3 TFLOPS)

COD BLOPS3 (2015) had min GeForce GTX 470 (1.089 TFLOPS) / Radeon HD 6970 (1.3 TFLOPS)

 

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Open Forum Radio - Episode 417

OFR Season 9 (Episode 38) - Special Collector's Edition

Tuesday, Aug 14th  2018 9:54 EST.

Introduction & Roll Call: TMO, Derek, Vladz, Jason

(Feedback at [email protected])

The gameplay that was dropped on us last week Red Dead Redemption 2: Official Gameplay

What did you think of the gameplay trailer?

Your relationship with your horse is important, but if it dies it dies

How many Editions? Don’t do this to me… RDR2 Special Editions And Pre-Order Bonuses Revealed and yes another game edition without the actual game. WTF?  Anyone who wants everything that releases with Red Dead Redemption 2 will have to buy the Ultimate Edition of the game twice (both physically and digitally) and then also grab the Collector's Box.

 

You Beta, you Beta, you bet. = COD Black Ops Beta / Do we need Betas anymore?

Is it just a marketing tool?

I think that they are shortening delivery schedules by offloading the actual feel of the game to users and try and tweak last minute and even post release. Armor, Balance, and Framerate Issues Addressed by Treyarch

 

Do you think the Beta is maxing out some (Xbox, PS4 and PS4 Pro) hardware limits? Check out: @iSkyKido’s Tweet:

Black Ops 4 Min vs Recommended PC Beta specs:

There are too many factors in either a PC build or Console build and how programer and console makers take advantage of their hardware or make up for their hardware so let’s just take a limited look at video card computing speeds. So, that said this is not the only metric that goes into how a game looks but we are using this as an example TFLOPS.  What is a Teraflop anyway

PC Video: card specs:

Xbox One = 1.3 teraflops, PS4 = 1.8 teraflops, PS4 Pro = 4.2 teraflops, Xbox One X = 6 teraflops

Black Ops 4 PC Min:

Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2 GB / GTX 1050 2GB (1.8 TFLOPS) or AMD Radeon HD 7850 (1.75 TFLOPS)

PC Recommended:

Video: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1060 6GB (4.4 TFLOPS) or AMD Radeon R9 390 (5.6 TFLOPS) / AMD RX 580 (6.17 TFLOPS)

COD WWII (2017) had the same min and recommended requirements as BLOPS 4 on PC

COD Infinite Warfare (2016) same min recommended but recommended was: GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Radeon R9 280X (4.3 TFLOPS)

COD BLOPS3 (2015) had min GeForce GTX 470 (1.089 TFLOPS) / Radeon HD 6970 (1.3 TFLOPS)

 

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