Brute Force Competition 2022

[DarthMol]

Content for 17 - 23 October

Phantom Abyss

Have you ever refunded a game and why?

Most digital game stores have decent refund processes. I think GOG was one of the first to offer and probably still has one of the most generous considering you get a DRM free copy of the game: The updated policy lets you refund a product up to 30 days after purchase, even if it was downloaded, launched, and played. Yes, you read that correctly. Steam has an automatic refund process for games that have been bought within 14 days and have under 2 hours play time. Outside of tha…

And with over 30 posts for the week I finally have a full house for once!

[Wyvern]

https://community.mostepic.win/t/mew-secret-santa-2022/

[GregRedd]

Week of 17 - 23 October

Topic

The Sims 4 is now FTP

Anyone keen on The Sims 4 but just not comfortable with paying money for it now has no more excuses - The Sims 4 is officially Free-to-Play!* [image] For those who’ve never had the pleasure of seeing your blurred out Sim taking a shower, here’s CNet’s easy to follow guide to getting started in the Sim World. [image] And if you’re feeling bad about no longer having to pay for an Electronic Arts title, you can always fall back on any of the collection of 59 DLC packs currently available. M…

[czc]

17 - 23 October

Topic:

Have you boosted your phone's storage?

With all this load shedding and downloading things to watch my phone has started complaining about free space. I remember there is a slot for a micro SD card. Would this help with the space issue? Or is it for another purpose?

[GregRedd]

Week 24 - 30 October

Topic

The Witcher Remake

[Ff_9kxoXwAUTN7N] We’re thrilled to reveal that, together with Fools Theory, we’re working on remaking The Witcher using Unreal Engine 5 (codename: Canis Majoris)! We want to do this right, so please be patient — it’s gonna be a while until we can share more details. “The Witcher is where it all started for us, for CD PROJEKT RED. It was the first game we made, ever, and it was a big moment for us then. Going back to this place and remaking the game for the next generation of gamers to ex…

[Beo]

Topic

The Dead Game game

I came across this and thought it would be fun, give it a bash! https://deadgame.coney.gg/ Simply guess which game dead and which is alive, I think it’s based on viewer counts.

[DarthMol]

24 - 30 Oct

Slow Roads

I discovered this amazing project today: Slow Roads is a casual, procedurally-generated driving game which lets you disconnect from life for a while and run endlessly toward the distant horizon. Set the scenery to suit your mood, throw on some music, and just drive. The procedural generation is impressive, the roads and scenery are very believable and are interesting to drive. There are also a host of variables that you can adjust from time time of day to different seasons (Forza Horizon 4…

[Solitude]

I started with this yesterday. Will catch up hopefully before the end of the day.

[Solitude]

Not up to date yet but closer.

26 September - 2 October
@GregRedd - 2
@czc - 2
@DarthMol - 3
@Beo - 1
@Wyvern - 1
@DieGrootHammer - 0

3 - 9 October
@GregRedd - 2
@czc - 2
@DarthMol - 0
@Beo - 1
@Wyvern - 1
@DieGrootHammer - 0

10 - 16 October
@GregRedd - 2
@czc - 2
@DarthMol - 1
@Beo - 1
@Wyvern - 2
@DieGrootHammer - 0

17 - 23 October
@GregRedd - 2
@czc - 2
@DarthMol - 3
@Beo - 1
@Wyvern - 2
@DieGrootHammer - 0

Standings
@GregRedd - 107
@czc - 79
@DarthMol - 59
@Wyvern - 47
@Beo - 41
@DieGrootHammer - 10

[Wyvern]

We all might as well just pay the master now!
I wont catch up now

[GregRedd]

31 October - 6 November

Topic

WRC Generations

[KEYART_TOYOTA] Kylotonn’s annual Official WRC game has been a staple release for 6 editions now. The French developers took over the series with WRC 5 released in 2015. They were the 3rd development team to hold the official World Rally Championship game rights having taken over the franchise from Milestone and Evolution Studios before them. [WRC Generations | Announcement Trailer] Now Kylotonn’s tenure as stewards of the franchise is also coming to an end: WRC 11 Generations wi…

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7 - 13 November

Topic

EA is Dropping Project CARS (and maybe DiRT too)

Games Industry Biz is reporting that EA has decided to drop any further development on the Project CARS franchise. The Slightly Mad Studios project was acquired by Codemasters in 2019, and subsequently absorbed into EA through their acquisition of Codemasters a couple of years later. In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz, an EA spokesperson said: "Today we announced internally an update to our racing portfolio. Following an evaluation of the next Project CARS title and its longer-term growth pot…

[Solitude]

This is the last week! I’ll see if I can get it updated.

Sorry people but I won’t be running the competition again next year. Life is just too busy. Too much work, too many hobbies and too little electricity. Even my gaming suffered this year. I completed far fewer games than previous years.

[DarthMol]

Post for 14-20 Nov

Forever Skies

During a recent Next Fest on Steam I played the demo for upcoming first-person post-apocalyptic survival game Forever Skies and was really impressed by it. I loved the concept of building an airship and floating through islands in the sky. The game also had some interesting concepts, such as the disease/cure system. In many ways the game reminds me of Subnautica (despite being the opposite of underwater). It turns out, a great deal of others were also suitably impressed with the ga…

[DarthMol]

I can understand, you’ve been a champ to run this for so many years @Solitude

[GregRedd]

Your efforts at managing Brute Force are hugely appreciated Soli. But I get the hesitation to do it anymore. It must be a huge time sink. I struggle to find the time to keep up with the Dirt Rally league stuff, and most of that is done for me by the system.

I have had a lot of thoughts about the competition going forward and will pitch them to the collective in a while. Once we’ve finished up this years event and I have a moment to get my scattered thoughts a little more organised.

[Beo]

Just use Notion AI to do it all for you

[Solitude]

Haha I doubt the AI can do that. Ideally I should just write a program to do the stuff but ain’t nobody got time for that.

[Wyvern]

Just remember I am also willing to help sort it out

[Solitude]

24 October - 30 October
@GregRedd - 2
@czc - 1
@DarthMol - 2
@Beo - 2
@Wyvern - 1
@DieGrootHammer -

31 October - 6 November
@GregRedd - 2
@czc - 1
@DarthMol - 1
@Beo - 1
@Wyvern - 1
@DieGrootHammer -

7 November - 13 November
@GregRedd - 2
@czc - 1
@DarthMol - 1
@Beo - 1
@Wyvern - 1
@DieGrootHammer -

14 November - 20 November
@GregRedd - 1
@czc - 1
@DarthMol - 2
@Beo - 1
@Wyvern - 1
@DieGrootHammer - 1

Standings
@GregRedd - 114
@czc - 83
@DarthMol - 65
@Wyvern - 51
@Beo - 46
@DieGrootHammer - 11

So just this last week to go.

[GregRedd]

Week of 21 - 27 November

Topic Post

MEW Side Hustles

* Been racking my brain all week for a final topic to post for this years’ Brute Force comp - ideally one with a community focus to it. The (humble) realisation that I will be getting some cash at the end of the competition triggered this post. I worked hard to get all those articles and posts done to earn that prize. I’m going to give a fair portion of those winnings back via my Secret Santa gift, and the rest will help cover some of my other gifts this year. [Side-Hustle_Invest-Blue-1280x67…

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And BFC22 is…