[Mongoose]

Just found out there's an app version of Nanaca Crash.  I may never get any work done ever again.

[Mammothtank]

Just found out there's an app version of Nanaca Crash.  I may never get any work done ever again.

Shamefrull

[Dark Hunter]

Nanaca Crash.

What is this and why is it so addicting?

[Det. Bullock]

I've finished a few days ago Shining in The Darkness for Sega mega Drive
Now, I've seen this game being defined as "shallow", but sincerely I don't find it any more shallow than Phantasy Star 2 only with much less bull****.
Yeah, the plot and setting are much more conventional but it's used much better, apart from the main character there are only two party members but they fill their role in combat and communicate much more personality with their design alone.
The art style is sort of a middle ground between 80s anime and 80s Disney, and it' sprobably one of the best things about the game.
I played both SiTD and PS2 with the assistance of maps and walkthroughs but even then PS2 made me ragequit more than once, probably because random encounters feel much longer there even if they last just one turn and in general combat is much snappier in SiTD which makes grinding less of an issue. Grinding however that isn't as heavy anyway, since usually just exploring the dungeon you find yourself getting back to town to rest and save often enough that you "grind" without even noticing after the very first level.
I sincerely cannot fathom why this isn't as appreciated as other early 16 bit JRPGs.



Ace Combat: Assault Horizons (PC)
The helicopter sucks, I had to mess with the controls a lot to map them decently.
Strangely enough it has full multiple peripheral support so no need too set up profiles and such to use both joystick and throttle, it's only necessary to be very patient and redo all the control mappings from scratch in the options because apart from button 1 and 2 everything is all over the place.
The guns and rotation of the helo were assigned to the joystick hat switch by default, is it because it's like that in real life or it was just a quirk of the game?
Anyway I had to remap that function to the throttle ministick since it made impossible to orient the guns and use any button that wasn't the trigger while on the main hat switch.
However dogfights on fighter jets are a lot of unbridled dumb fun, even the criticized dogfight mode is not as guided as reviews made it seem to be and it's quite spectacular to boot.

[0rph3u5]

Dark Souls 3

Finally beat the boss of the first DLC, a feat I had not managed with any of characters before (mostly because they were all out of Embers at that point) ... However I gave up my plan to use paired daggers as the ones I was looking to use have become a rather unlikely drop as it appears (on top of dropping from only a few enemies in the entire game). Currently looking at the Dancer's Swords and how they are going to scale with my low Faith-stat...

Now onwards to the Ringed City DLC!

[Kobrar44]

Dragon's Dogma.
It released on GoG and I heard it had a pretty cool magick system so I decided to give it a go despite it being an open world rpg. It starts pretty strong, throwing boss after boss at you with a very compelling grab mechanic, but now it's testing me with a lengthy escort mission. Never put escort missions in your rpg, please.

[0rph3u5]

Dragon's Dogma.
It released on GoG and I heard it had a pretty cool magick system so I decided to give it a go despite it being an open world rpg. It starts pretty strong, throwing boss after boss at you with a very compelling grab mechanic, but now it's testing me with a lengthy escort mission. Never put escort missions in your rpg, please.

I hope you get better Pawns in GoG servers than on Steam...

And get used to walking - there is a fast travel option but it very restircted.


Playing Gwent ... lots and lots of Gwent

[Colonol Dekker]

The grind of Elite Dangerous.  I've achieved an FDL and basic outfitting.  I'm too attached to my dbx to sell it in all its rated glory.

[Grizzly]

Dirt 4! It's really good, improving upon Dirt Rally in many ways.

[Det. Bullock]

Finished Ace Combat: Assault Horizons (PC)
The last mission is horribly scripted but I had fun overall.

Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (Sega Mega Drive)
I wonder why this is considered worse than the second, everything apart the graphics (the art style is a bit uninspired) is much better, the dungeons can be actually explored without a map, for starters and the random encounters do not take ages.

Descent (PC)
Boy, the level before Io was something stupidly difficult, I had to save and reload a buttload of times to get the red key.
And when finally I got the area around it cleared I returned to the central HUB of the level only to discover that I forgot to get it and meanwhile missile robots started respawning AGAIN.
The lack of shields powerups is irritating to say the least, they never drop and who the hell needs weapon energy when the level is full of energy weapon refill areas? 

[Blue Lion]

Tomorrow I'm heading down to pick up my half of the new WH40k set I went half on with someone. Never played before but we'll take a look.

[Det. Bullock]

Descent
I went from the old D1X build I had to DXX-rebirth, fortunately the old config files and saves are compatible.
Now I can assign weapons to separate button on the HOTAS, yay!  Much better than having to scroll  through them every time for sure.
Sincerely though, even on Rookie I'm employing a lot of save scumming since there aren't enough shield powerups around, I'm almost tempted to restart the game on trainee.

[Dark Hunter]

Avoid the projectiles and you won't get hit, pilot. 

[Mongoose]

Honestly the original Descent's singleplayer swiftly becomes something akin to a horror game.  Case in point: Class 1 Drillers.  The only good way to deal with those mother****ers is a homing missile while peeking out from around a corner.

[Kobrar44]

I'm playing more Dragon's Dogma and I am seriously rethinking starting over. The game has a terrible habit of cancelling quests without proper warning, and so I have missed an awful lot of stuff. I wish I had looked at wiki earlier.  The one big thing that makes me hestitate is the fact that you only have 1 save slot, which is super ****ty and nothing justifies that.

[HLD_Prophecy]

Honestly the original Descent's singleplayer swiftly becomes something akin to a horror game.  Case in point: Class 1 Drillers.  The only good way to deal with those mother****ers is a homing missile while peeking out from around a corner.

Agreed man. Descent 1 was far and away harder than Descent II.

Crazy thing was, I only had the Mac version of Descent 1, which meant that I had to play on an old G3 CRT Mac display (is it just me, or do those CRT displays start giving you nausea when they get old?). In my room. Cramped. And I would do this late at night. What with the soundtrack and all...

Yeah. 

[Det. Bullock]

Avoid the projectiles and you won't get hit, pilot. 

In a corridor that isn't that much bigger than my ship it's kinda difficult, also concussion missiles have quite a blast radius that's impossible to avoid and the game LOVES to pit you against them in small rooms.

Also, the goddamn drillers, **** them, you can only stagger them with the Vulcan or pray you get out of dodge before they start firing.

Also the robots with seeker missiles, the main reason I switched sourceport is that with the new version the missiles now always behave like the game is running at 30fps, I got to Io with undodgeable missiles and lots of save scumming. 

[CP5670]

Descent (PC)
Boy, the level before Io was something stupidly difficult, I had to save and reload a buttload of times to get the red key.
And when finally I got the area around it cleared I returned to the central HUB of the level only to discover that I forgot to get it and meanwhile missile robots started respawning AGAIN.
The lack of shields powerups is irritating to say the least, they never drop and who the hell needs weapon energy when the level is full of energy weapon refill areas? 

Is that level 10, with the big open areas? It's harder than the other Mars levels but I think it's not as hard as the Mercury levels (6 and 7), which are a big step up in difficulty mainly due to the Class 1 Drillers in tight spots. As Mongoose said, that is by far the toughest and scariest enemy in the game. They jump out at you from behind a corner when you least expect it, make that screaming sound and drop your shields by 100. There is also a cloaked variant you encounter later on, but they rarely move much and less likely to jump at you.

[Firesteel]

I still have nightmares of the drillers screaming at me as they come out of a door and murder my face. The homing rocket drones are high up there on the terrifying chart. I agree with Mongoose's sentiment, the  game quickly becomes a haunted house hoping the drillers don't show up and panicking immediately when they do.

[Mongoose]

Also the robots with seeker missiles, the main reason I switched sourceport is that with the new version the missiles now always behave like the game is running at 30fps, I got to Io with undodgeable missiles and lots of save scumming. 

Oh jeez, yeah, the Heavy Hulks were just about unbeatable with the old D1X's uncapped framerate.  Ah, the days when devs assumed you'd never have anything more powerful than a P 166.

(Confession: I've actually never beaten the original game legitimately.  )