Hiking Boots/Shoes Recommendations?

Hiking boot recommendations?

Any recommendations for women's hiking shoes?

[Request] Hiking/outdoorsy style shoes that can handle lots of walking on concrete

Cold and wet weather hiking boots recommendations?

I am in need of a new pair of trail/hiking boots.

Hiking Boots for heavy use during the summer

Good pair of hiking shoes?

[Request] waterproof hiking shoes

[request] - Good quality walking shoes.

Hello Redditors. I'm in search of a classy yet extremely durable pair of hiking boots to take backpacking around the world for 12+ months with.

Hiking boots recommendations

Men's three season "urban hiker" (like Merrell MOAB but longer lasting)

BIFL Hiking boots for women

Hiking boots with good traction and can stand up to abuse.

Looking for a good pair of shoes for my weird feet

Request - Hiking Sandals

Request: Hiking Boots

Comfortable and cushiony shoes for walking on pavement 10KM/couple hours a day (UK)

Hiking sandals that last?

[Request] Powerful dishwasher with sanitize function?

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[Request] Best countertop dishwasher for reasonable price?

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Countertop/Portable Dishwasher

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Dishwasher for Second Home

My friend bought a house with this KichenAid dishwasher from 1974. He says it works better than any of the other ones he has owned. He just has to convince his wife not to replace it.

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BIFL: Mastercraft ratchet set with lifetime warranty. Got it at 14, im 31. Went thru more abuse than you think!

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Deep long rpgs?

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Fantasy games with an detailed and immersive world?

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Open world game with huge map, lots of things to do, and great graphics

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A NEW WORLD CREATED BY HIDETAKA MIYAZAKI AND GEORGE R. R. MARTIN 

ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki—creator of the influential DARK SOULS video game series; and George R.R. Martin—author of The New York Times best-selling fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware’s largest game to-date. 

HIDETAKA MIYAZAKI 
President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core and Dark Souls. 

GEORGE R. R. MARTIN 
George R.R. Martin is the #1 The New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made.

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 Use a Sword and shield and chip away at your foes. Use a long reaching spear and great shield to avoid the enemies attacks , pick up a massive war hammer and swing it wildly to crush your enemies, or why not use two scimitars and dance around the battlefield and cut them to shreds. Don't like melee? Become a sorcerer and cast spells at them. Or use a bow or crossbow

This will be GOTY

 fun new tools, but for the most part, From Software has certainly adopted a if it ain't broke, don't fix an approach. What really makes the combat and elbow ring so good though, is its enemy design and variety. Not only are a fair number of them horrifying, but some of these baddies are absolutely vicious, coming at you with wild swings and combos that seemingly go on forever and can hit from 10 feet away. Yeah, like that

 You also have more freedom in how you approach combat than any previous Fromsoft game, thanks to a bunch of familiar new systems that are used in interesting ways. Here you can crouch, walk, and use stealth to avoid detection, or more easily sneak up for a backstab. You can fight on horseback, you can craft items on the fly, you can summon a huge variety of creatures to fight for you, and most substantially, you can equip ashes of War to your weapons and completely change their affinity and skill. The most important element of Elder Ring's philosophy, though, is the freedom to just walk away and do something else when you hit a wall

 The two big new additions are the ability to use a guard counter by blocking an attack with your shield and then immediately pressing the strong attack button to follow up with the crushing strike that can leave weaker enemies in a crumpled state and a jump attack that gives melee wielders a new type of heavy attack that can also be used to stun enemies and leave them open for a critical hit. They're both great additions that offer melee classes. fun new tools, but for the most part, From Software has certainly adopted a if it ain't broke, don't fix an approach. What really makes the combat and elbow ring so good though, is its enemy design and variety

 Not only are a fair number of them horrifying, but some of these baddies are absolutely vicious, coming at you with wild swings and combos that seemingly go on forever and can hit from 10 feet away. Yeah, like that. and he he's still going. Others are more methodical and hide behind their shields to wait for the right opportunity to either parry you or catch you while you're winding up

Elden Ring Review

This game is challenging you will die a lot but if you have patience, take time to farm xp from weaker enemies and buy & upgrade weapons and magic when possible and learn enemy's strategies and attack patterns you will be able to beat them.

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 You want to make sure you are ready and blocking their attack or not in the path of their weapon at all.&nbsp;

 Come back stronger. Find ways around the challenge. You can argue this has been true in FromSoftware&rsquo;s older games, but that was with one or two alternate paths. This is a whole world to explore

 Numerous NPC questlines exist (including some of the best FromSoftware has created), and you'll almost definitely miss several entirely on a first playthrough. The two significant additions to the formula, the open world and mounted combat, seem unexciting on paper, but they're woven into the fabric in clever ways in execution.&nbsp;

Right now, FromSoftware hasn&rsquo;t detailed any plans about post-launch support, but some players have noticed that Elden Ring&rsquo;s map has been secretly changing between updates. If you&rsquo;ve begun your journey to The Lands Between already and need some help, check out our Elden Ring bosses guide for some fight breakdowns. You can always brush up on more basic Elden Ring tips, Elden Ring weapons, Elden Ring co-op, and Elden Ring classes too.&nbsp;

An imaginative fantasy epic writ on a scale never before seen

 7. Boss areas: There are several boss areas that share the commonality that once you enter, you cannot leave until you defeat the boss or perish yourself, after which you lose all of your runes. I believe this detracts from immersion in that it would be more realistic to be able to assess the situation and retreat if death appears imminent.  In conclusion, the game generally entails running around killing everything in sight

 I find it disheartening to clear an area of enemy only to find them return over and over. I find myself farming areas in order to level up, which gets tedious. 3. Character level and attribute advancement: Because the leveling system is solely based upon gathering enough runes (the monetary unit) to pay for level advancement and not upon experience, you can quite literally advance your character’s level and attributes (e

 3. Character level and attribute advancement: Because the leveling system is solely based upon gathering enough runes (the monetary unit) to pay for level advancement and not upon experience, you can quite literally advance your character’s level and attributes (e.g., strength, intelligence, endurance, etc

Elden Ring is an Arcade Game

 The first few times, this dynamic feels hardcore and "cool." Yes, I think it does feel gratifying, especially if you're young, to take down that really tough boss after trying dozens of times. But you haven't learned any useful skills. All you've done is learned to roll toward the enemy at just the right time

 No matter how big or intimidating the attack, the only safe place is right under the enemy. No matter your build, there's no way to customize around this dynamic; even with 40 Vigor, the soft cap, you'll still need to dodge at just the right time. The first few times, this dynamic feels hardcore and "cool." Yes, I think it does feel gratifying, especially if you're young, to take down that really tough boss after trying dozens of times

 But then, which direction do you dodge? Often, the enemies have obscenely long reach. Which brings us to another classic FromSoftware gimmick: Rolling toward the enemy. It's the same thing with every single boss. No matter what the particular boss or the attack is, the solution is virtually always the same: Roll toward it, at just the right time

" Because they can hit you while on the ground, being hit by one of these combos is often effectively a one-shot kill. The only way to avoid this is by rolling or dodging at the right time. But what's the right time to dodge? One of FromSoftware's favorite gimmicks is to make the attack animations jerky and unpredictable. Thus, the only way to know the right time to dodge is either to know from prior experience playing Souls games, or to fight the boss until you learn the combo patterns

It's really just not that good of a game…

 - Many mobs will chain cast spells, constantly interrupting anything you do, while you watch them kill you. - Mobs have extreme reach with their weapons, while you have very little. Often, I find myself standing right next to large mob and unable to hit it with my sword at all. The swings just don't connect

 This is another Dark Souls-type game, except it's more poorly balanced than ever, making it an exercise in frustration that is more similar to Sekiro than Dark Souls (though still better than Sekiro). It's now also open world, and makes many of the same mistakes of other open world games.  Combat - Bosses and many regular mobs do constant chain attacks, with little to no opening in between that would allow you to attack. This renders slower weapons useless

 - Mobs are programmed to perfect dodge spells. You have very little "mana" to cast spells to begin with, making mage combat pointless in many situations. - Similar to spell dodging, many mobs will perfect dodge your weapon swings too, and constantly hop around over large distances, forcing you to chase after them constantly. - You can summon spirits to help you on most bosses, but the balance is completely off

 Often, I find myself standing right next to large mob and unable to hit it with my sword at all. The swings just don't connect. - Mobs are programmed to perfect dodge spells. You have very little "mana" to cast spells to begin with, making mage combat pointless in many situations

More Frustrating than Fun

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 The highly anticipated sequel to 2007's Game of the Year, Portal 2 is a hilariously mind-bending adventure that challenges you to use wits over weaponry in a funhouse of diabolical science. Using a highly experimental portal device, you’ll once again face off against a lethally inventive, power-mad A.I. named GLaDOS. And this time you won’t be alone. Meet an expanded cast of characters as you think your way through dangerous, never-before-seen areas of Aperture Laboratories. Break the laws of spatial physics in ways you never thought possible, with a wider variety of portal puzzles and an expansive story that spans a single player and co-operative game mode. 

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Portal 2 is a unique first-person Action-Puzzle-Platforming game that tests player's ability to think and act creatively as they use the game's ingenious wormhole creating portal gun to produce their own paths through otherwise sealed surfaces and across the open spaces of the game. Sequel to the original Portal game -- the surprise add-on hit included in Valve Corporation's 2007 release The Orange Box -- Portal 2 continues the storyline from the first game, featuring both new and returning characters, and poses a range of new challenges making for a much deeper game. Additional features include a new two player co-op mode and an original soundtrack. 





Enjoy an expanded storyline as you return to Aperture Laboratories to match wits with GLaDOS.
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Win/Mac software that is playable on both PC and Macs.
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WELCOME BACK TO APERTURE LABORATORIES
 In Portal 2 players awake in the Aperture Science Labs as Chell, the heroine of the original game. A great expanse of time has passed since the conclusion of the first game and the gameworld has fallen into visible disrepair, but placed in suspended animation, Chell has survived intact and is revived. With the help of a robotic entity the concluding events of the past game are revealed and you escape your initial confinement, but in doing so GLaDOS, the the AI computer antagonist from the previous game is also reawakened. Just as fickle as ever, GLaDOS' motives are unknown. Insisting on testing you, it may assist you but may also be planning something more sinister. 

GAMEPLAY
 Like the original game, Portal 2 is a first-person Platform-Puzzle game. In the single player campaign players assume the role of Chell, a former test subject trying to gain her freedom from the Aperture Science facility and GLaDOS, the AI controller of the facility. Set in the test chambers of the facility your goal is to make your way through the game levels using your portal gun (the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device). The portal gun creates temporary passages through solid surfaces, allowing for creative platforming and multiple possible means of clearing a level. The game also requires the player to solve puzzles at times to clear sections of levels. In addition to point-to-point movement through portals, players can also utilize other means of movement of themselves and various objects. These include: using the momentum of portal movement to make jumps to open positions like ledges; tractor beams; and special propulsion/repulsion gels that can be carried or stored. 

NEW COOPERATIVE MODE
Portal 2 contains a multiplayer option in the form of a two-player co-op mode. This is playable both locally and online, with split-screen functionality available in local play and in select places during online play. Players assume the role of one of two robotic characters, Atlas or P-body, both new to the franchise. These two have separated from the control of GLaDOS and so must survive its anger, divvied out in the form puzzles, obstacles and misdirection. Each player has control of their own portal gun, which they use to platform through the game levels, avoiding its dangers and relying on each other. 

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
PC
 * OS - Windows 7, Vista, XP
 * Processor - Dual Core 2.0 )or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
 * RAM - 1 GB of RAM on Windows XP, 2 GB on Windows Vista or Windows 7
 * Hard Drive Space - 7.6 GB hard disk space
 * Video Card - DirectX 9 graphics card with 128 MB RAM Sound card DirectX 9.0c compatible

MAC
 * OS - Mac OS X v10.6.6 or later
 * Processor - Intel Core Duo processor (2.0 GHz or better)
 * RAM - 2 GB (or more)
 * Hard Drive Space - 7.6 GB hard disk space (or more)
 * Video Card - GeForce 8600M or ATI Radeon HD 2400 or higher

KEY GAME FEATURES
 * Extensive single player game featuring next generation gameplay and a wildly-engrossing story
 * Complete two-person cooperative multiplayer game featuring its own dedicated story, characters, and gameplay
 * Advanced use of physics allow for the creation of a whole new range of interesting challenges, producing a much larger but not harder game
 * Original soundtrack
 * A massive sequel to the title named 2007's Game of the Year by over 30 publications worldwide.
 * Win/Mac software is PC and Macintosh compatible

ADDITIONAL SCREENSHOTS

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  Update - The program has stopped working altogether and I am getting a cryptic error from Steam. I will not by another product from Steam again and Amazon should require this company to actually allow you to install the software from the disc. Otherwise, there is no point in buying it from Amazon .

 None of these errors helped me determine what the problem was. For example, one error was "out of disc space" despite having plenty of free disk space. Another error was "don't have administrator rights" when I had administrator rights. Finally, I gave up and downloaded Steam from the main website

Good game, but installation was a nightmare.

 Instead I feel like I just got more Portal, one test chamber and then another, despite some clever attempts to make it seem otherwise. Hopefully Portal 3 will change things up.  On the graphics front Portal 2 uses Valve's Source Engine again and looks about as good as Half-Life 2: Episode 2 or Left 4 Dead. Some of the later sections really show off some large environments and cool design, but for the most part the game sticks close to the test chamber look of Portal

 From what I can tell your time with the campaign will vary greatly based on how easy you find the puzzles and for me personally I found them rather easy. That's not necessarily a bad thing though, overly hard puzzles may have annoyed me or made the game feel even more dragged out, which would have been a shame. In any event even at 6 hours I felt like the game pushed its concept a little long, so 6 hours is nothing to be mad about. Just judge the price you want to pay accordingly

  On the graphics front Portal 2 uses Valve's Source Engine again and looks about as good as Half-Life 2: Episode 2 or Left 4 Dead. Some of the later sections really show off some large environments and cool design, but for the most part the game sticks close to the test chamber look of Portal. The PC version is perfectly done as one would expect of Valve, my only gripe with it being the very frequent and immersion-breaking loading screens. It's a really annoying blunder from an otherwise near-perfect development team to have a loading screen break up the action in a really jarring way repeatedly over the life of the game

Portal 2 Singleplayer is... More Portal

The game is amazing, it is actually one of my favorite games to date and even high rated custom maps from the steam workshop are amazing. Co-op is actually pretty good when you are partnered with someone who actually wants to complete the levels and it sometimes takes a while to find a partner and either sometimes the servers fail to connect or the person from the other end disconnects or something but it is all about trial and error but it is preferred to play with an actual friend. And even better the game supports co-op on a single PC using a controller which not many games do now days.  The main reason why I gave it 3 stars is because of the hideous box design that EA try to implement in the "EA classics" line

Amazing game but hideous box

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For those who have played Portal 1, you will not be surprised by a lot of Portal 2. This isn't bad considering the first game had a lot of great stuff to offer.  Portal 2 does have enough new content to be worth your while none the less. New maps, additional tools for solving portal puzzles (such as various types of goo), and best of all a multi-player component!  The multi-player option places tons of emphasis on teamwork, making it one of the best multi-players ever

 It's still a unique game in the scheme of the gaming world.  I only removed 1 star because of a seemingly useless option revolving around props you can decorate your characters with. I'm not against such features, but Valve has these items priced in real $$, encouraging spending on virtual nik-naks that don't benefit the user in any way.  I don't enjoy seeing companies try to profit so blatantly, and I have higher standards for this particular developer

  Portal 2 does have enough new content to be worth your while none the less. New maps, additional tools for solving portal puzzles (such as various types of goo), and best of all a multi-player component!  The multi-player option places tons of emphasis on teamwork, making it one of the best multi-players ever. It's rare to find a game where teamwork is an absolute necessity for any kind of success.

A little bit of new and a lot of fun!

 The level design is great and the later levels have a more "open" feel since you're not just stuck in a white room the entire time. The addition of the various "gels" gives a whole new aspect to the puzzle solving. I don't want to give any spoilers so I cannot be much more specific, but all I can say is I highly recommend this game. If you loved the first Portal you will like this one even more

Great sequal

 His cockney accent dialogues, "Hello? Can you see the portal gun? Also, are you alive? That's important, should have asked that first. I'm - do you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to work on the assumption that you're still alive and I'm just going to wait for you up ahead. I'll wait - I'll wait one hour. Then I'll come back and, assuming I can locate your dead body, I'll bury you

 I'll wait - I'll wait one hour. Then I'll come back and, assuming I can locate your dead body, I'll bury you. Alright? Brilliant! Go team! See you in an hour! Hopefully! If you're not.

Aborable, Puzzling, Playful, etc...

.and when I finally did I quickly realized why everyone said it was such a great game. Portal 2 did not disappoint as it really built upon the elements that made the original great, but there are a few things keeping it away from a "5-star" rating.  Graphics ----------------------- This game utilizes Valve's Source 3D engine, which is a solid choice for making a first-person game such as Portal 2

  That being said, I feel that the game would have become tedious if it were any longer, and to extend the gameplay time to something more reasonable like 20-30 hours, they would need to add more elements to it than simply solving puzzles. Perhaps Portal 3 will add some RPG-like elements that let you "gear up" your character and thus extend the playable game-time without making the extended time feel dull.  Final Thoughts ----------------------- Just about everybody can enjoy this game. The characters are great and the game itself is engaging so you feel motivated to keep solving the puzzles and making it to the next level

but you don't need to be a mathlete to succeed. If you're uneducated or simple-minded then this game is probably going to frustrate you and cause you to give up; but for those of you who outpace inanimate objects when it comes to intellect - you are going to have a blast with Portal 2! On average I would say the puzzles are deceptively simple and sometimes tricky - so they are well designed to provide a level of enjoyment to both smart people and morons alike. I had to think a little to solve a few of them, I admit.

 In addition to the portal gun and cubes, Portal 2 introduces three types of gels that add a new twist to some of the later levels. They also added a laser-refracting cube, light bridges and energy transport tubes. These additions definitely make the puzzles more interesting and the game does well to introduce you to these elements without overwhelming you, so you know how to use them right.  The biggest thing keeping me from giving it 5-stars is the short play time of 5 hours

Almost perfect, but didn't quite take the cake

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