Recent reviews by puddleclouds

With over 44 years of the title "Gamer" in my life, I have seen many games and their relevant machines come and go. It,s hard now to impress me : ) For the last 13 years or so my "career" I have been with Steam buying mainly games in the sales. Amazing those sales : ) 95% off. Really? I'm in. This January, having a bit more time to game, I decided to increase my collection through buying on sale games only. Sometime in February the war-gaming franchise popped up. Premium tank, plane and ship plus goodies 95% off. ( next to the free play option). Hold on.... 95% off you say? I'm in. It's now in the queue waiting to be downloaded due to monthly broadband constraints.
Fast Forward to Feb 26th. I log on to steam and see I have a gift. Wow, I like gifts. Who sent it? W.o.W. "Captain your ship awaits and here's some free stuff " I like free stuff. Let's move that up the list for downloading : )

Downloaded all 3 titles by early March but with a lot of good games to play, I wasn't expecting it to get much of a look in. How wrong I was. Eight weeks later and I'm playing nothing else. I have a few games i really want to play so to play 1, that's a big ask. I tried Warplanes and Tanks but they fell by the wayside. I'll have a look again at Tanks sometime but for me Warships is where it's at. What do you mean, I have to work? I have a Tier X ship to acquire. What can be more important than that?
Eight weeks on I,m days away from the Hindenburg arriving and the current Captain of the Roon is waiting to transfer ship. An important step for me as the arrival of Tier X is my stepping stone out of "The Pond". A term I use to describe Co-Op to a friend who plays here on my account. He plays the British boats for me. He's not allowed out of the pond yet. If in Co op you see puddleclouds in a British boat, please type the following msg "Hi friend of puddleclouds... I hear your pants!!" As two friends gaming who ridicule each other at mistakes that would be an Ace card you'd give me. I'd have a lot of fun with that. So stepping out of the pond and into Ranked, Random and Division play. Ready I am, for Human vs Human.
Still with me? Let's assume you are : ) As you can probably tell, I love the game. Eight weeks every day I turn up for duty. I don't miss it. I find the time. Completing the Battle Pass daily challenge is a must : ) Hunting subs with my Cruisers and sinking Battleships with the Destroyers just fills me with joy after a days work. Then a problem occurs, please allow me to explain.
At Tier VII I join a Clan KDBB, a non obligatory setting clan. I msg the Commander. Player replies and says not much going on. Nobody replies to msg or takes part in activities. Sounded disillusioned to me. I thought well at least I get bonus for being here.A later msg said " Happy to make me Commander" I declined. I wasn't ready. I logged on one Friday to see a Naval Battle going on. I didn't know what to do and only scored a point. I proudly announced it on the clan msg but no one else took part. We suffered a huge defeat. The following Monday the clan Commander was gone. Nowhere to be seen. But what's this. Your %&£"$% joking? Who made puddleclouds Commander of KDBB. A clan with 13 scurvy sea dogs who cannot assist the clan in even Naval Battles.
I pause for a while. thought for a while, then decided to play the role. Leading KDBB is Commander puddleclouds.
I set about msg to the eight regular Captains requesting they take part in the Naval battle in two days and to send me their thoughts on where they are with division and clan battles. Only two replies. 1 casual non obligatory gamer and 1 might play division. But none of them took part in the weekends Naval battle. We lost 9-29 with me yet again the only player to take part.
As today is Friday, I will take part in this weekends battle in the hope I will not be alone. Ahh sad i hear you say... I still have fun, it's why I play. 9 points, personal best to beat. If I alone take part that's o.k . The other members of the clan do contribute even if slowly. As new Commander it's clear to me KDBB needs a command structure. Division players urgently required. Officer and Recruiter posts need filling. People who speak would really help. How can you do an organised , planned clan battle without voice. What you want me to lean over to the keyboard and tap you a msg? !!"£$%^"£$ : )

To sum up.. there I am in my boats enjoying myself. Then some idiot ( tell it like it is) makes me Commander puddleclouds. Now I,m surrounded by paperwork and this review is one of those paperwork jobs ticked off. Now if you don't mind I,m off out in my boats. I got a Naval Battle to win : )

Good winds and Fair seas Captains.

MSVCP120.dll and MSVCR120.dll fix.

As a 56yrs old gamer, I bought this game in xmas 22 sale on Steam. Bargain as was about £11 with B1 and and B.V.
Upon installing 4 I got the msg couldnt locate files above. Tried a fix or two, nothing worked. Ended up on some forum where it was suggested that the files were from a Microsoft package 2013 and needed to be reinstalled.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784

1) Use address above straight to Microsoft page.
2) Agree T & Cs.
3) Download.
4}Open and or Install.
5) Reboot Laptop or P.C
6) Relax and play Battlefield 4.
After 45 years of gaming (you young pups) you can teach an old dog new tricks.
Now if you'll excuse me, i'm off to play Battlefield V.