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Stay safe out there

Snort Cannon — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 21:03:40 +0000

Hey guys,

With the current situation, I just wanted to say that I hope all of you are safe out there with the virus going on. Wash your hands frequently and try to stay indoors if possible.

Again stay safe,

The entire CTB team.

New Game-Along has started

Snort Cannon — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 01:08:07 +0000

Hey Guys,

Long time no update, but since I found some free time to update you with what's going on.

First of all, I promised that a new Game Along would go live this week (on Monday specifically), but sadly I had some urgent matters to attend to, but I'm glad to announce that it finally went live and it's a bit different.

I felt alienating people from a certain genre they don't like, made the discussion really one sided, so I opened up multiple genre threads where people can freely discuss about the games they are playing currently, have recently finished or other games that are stealing their time. I will see how this goes and decide if this is how we continue forward.

As for the backlog bit, I have a few nice ideas in the works and will share more in the future (when my Exams are over, so somewhere around the start of April).

That's about it for now, as always Game On

Snort Cannon

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts. Any Good?

robilar5500 — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 06:16:28 +0000

In my opinion, yes.

I finished Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts on the PS4 tonight, wrapping up all the missions after about 35 hours or so of experimenting with different loadouts and generally exploring the maps. Pretty fun game.

I liked Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 better, but what Contracts really does is (mostly) focuses on the actual gameplay mechanics, namely that sweet sweet sniping mechanic CI Games has built, that is hands down the best in gaming…and stealth. You can definitely run and gun if you so choose, but given the focus of the game, stealth factors in more prominently. It’s inevitable that you’ll have to fend off some close up baddies with your machine gun or pistol, but with proper planning, you can also go with sniping almost exclusively, and can actually even keep your runs bloodless (outside of your bounty targets and mission targets of course) should you desire.

This game really takes a page from Killzone Mercenaries, a title you might have played if you own a Vita, inasmuch as each mission is more a self contained set of contracts and goals, despite being part of the overarching story such as it is. Speaking of which, the story is more a side note to the gameplay. There is enough there to keep things interesting, and the setting itself is pretty cool, but mostly, it is an enhancement rather than the main flavor.

Graphics are top tier, or close enough to it. Kill animations aren’t as insane as in the Sniper Elite series, but they are still pretty cool nonetheless, and where the Sniper Elite series focuses on the kills themselves, Sniper Ghost Warrior pays more attention to the bullet itself. The actual maps are very screenshot worthy. When you're looking out over the mountains from the side of a cliff, you'll definitely appreciate the attention to detail here.

A few other notes: I did experience a couple hard crashes, but fortunately the save system is mostly very forgiving. The upgrade system is simple but effective in improving and adding to your skillset, and the weapon selection is decent, with 10 sniper rifles and an assortment of pistols, machine guns, and accessories (such as grenades lol).

There is a lot of replay value trying to hit all your optional goals and exploring new ways to travel the maps, etc…

I'd actually recommend this game at its asking price if you are a fan of the more Hitman style introspection and exploration and especially if you love the sniping mechanics presented in Sniper Ghost Warrior 3.

HAPPY NEW YEAR + Update

Snort Cannon — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 13:56:01 +0000

Hey guys,

I wanted to wish everyone a part of this group a Happy New Year, I hope 2020 is the year of success for all of you and I hope all of you have an amazing new year.

Now for an update. I'm currently on a holiday, but I have a plan for CTB going forward. There's a lot of new fresh ideas that I want to implement, but it will take some time.

What can you expect ? Well this year, I want backlog counts to make a comeback, with rewards at the end of the year for the people that finish the most games. Giveaways for group members only and much more.

For now, the current game along will stay for one more month, until the changes are ready to be implemented.

But until then, I hope all of you have a nice holiday.

Snort Cannon and the entire CTB team

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Snort Cannon — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 00:02:03 +0000

I wanted to greet everyone a part of this group and wish them Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas on the behalf of the CTB Crew.

Hope all of you and your loved ones had a great holiday.

Free for all game along and an update

Snort Cannon — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:19:04 +0000

Hey guys

The final game along of the year has now went live and it's a free for all, so any games you play count and you can talk about them and discuss them in the game a long thread.

Also a slight update about the group, I've been currently working on a complete rework of the group and if everything goes right it will slowly take effect after 2020.

There also might be group giveaways that are for members only through steamgifts and also there might be awards for people who participate in the backlogs and game alongs more often, but as I said the group is still being reworked and I will talk about it more when I'm ready to share more details.

So until then, jump in on the new game along and talk about the games you're currently playing.

Snort Cannon

Horror Game Along begins

Snort Cannon — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 19:55:56 +0000

Hey everyone,

The previous quarter theme of shooting games wasn't that popular, but hopefully this one will be, the current theme is Horror and the discussion thread is up right now, so go discuss horror games.

Also this quarters theme will run for slightly longer, (it will wrap up on Halloween night so October 31st).

Snort Cannon

Please Find Me giveaway

robilar5500 — Sat, 22 Jun 2019 19:28:00 +0000

Hello all,

The developers for the game

Please Find Me

have offered some keys to be given away to members of CtB along with my personal curation group. There are five copies available to those who would like to enter. The giveaway can be found here:

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/a9ufQ/please-find-me

For more information about the game itself, you can check out its product page. Should be available to play on the 28th.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1045070/Please_Find_Me/

Good luck and enjoy!

Giveaway: PS4 copy of Lovecraft's Untold Stories (Ended)

robilar5500 — Thu, 09 May 2019 14:18:01 +0000

Hello all. One of the PR companies that promotes this game has offered a PS4 copy for a giveaway to be hosted by this group. I want to keep this pretty simple. I'd just like to see comments either about why you would be interested in playing this OR some impromptu Lovecraftian fan fiction. Whichever my favorite comment is will be arbitrarily awarded the game. If you do win, let me know what region your Playstation account is in so I can get the appropriate key.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/871420/Lovecrafts_Untold_Stories/

New Game-Along quarter has started

Snort Cannon — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:06:19 +0000

Hey backlogers,

The new quarters genre has been chosen and it was picked to be FPS. Currently we have created a new hub for this called Game-Along and you can find it in the discussion page and the thread has been posted so go along and talk about your favorite Shooter games.

Snort