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Title: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 19, 2012, 02:48:13 pm
We have plenty of threads in here for discussing individual games, but what we don't have is a catch-all thread for short blurbs about our current addictions.  So in the tradition of our favorite GenDisc threadnauts, have at it!

I'm currently working on the first-person survival horror title Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth.  It's a game that languished in development hell for a few years, which shows in some general clunkiness and mediocre graphics for its time, but damn does it present a fantastically creepy atmosphere.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on November 19, 2012, 02:54:50 pm
I've been stuck in a Natural Selection 2 and Nethack rut most recently myself. I want to stop playing NS2 before I burn myself out of it so I can play more when they make more maps but it's too much fun. Nethack is a good time filler kind of game IMHO, but it's too hard to just sit through and play.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 19, 2012, 03:01:03 pm
I'm splitting time between MWO and Defender's Quest, with a few minutes a day spent extracting myself from FFXI.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 19, 2012, 03:06:22 pm
My computer can't handle MWO, so I'm stuck with World of Tanks for all my grindy goodness.  Playing Halo 4 on the side, and Left 4 Dead 2 whenever I've got enough friends on Steam to make it hilarious.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 19, 2012, 03:54:46 pm
WoT, Civ V a little, going to go back to European Escalation instead of Civ V if there's any multi left, other things on occasion.

And MWO.
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Post by: FireSpawn on November 19, 2012, 04:37:17 pm
AirMech has recently made me it's *****, as the nostalgia value it carries from Herzog Zwei prevents me from leaving it alone.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 19, 2012, 05:42:05 pm
i've been on a kick of the default windows games.  free cell, minesweeper, backgammon, pinball, etc.  i even have Hover!  someone really needs to make a modern version of that.

also, just about to complete a playthrough of RA2 and yuri's revenge.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Shivan Hunter on November 19, 2012, 05:49:57 pm
Transcendence (http://neurohack.com/transcendence/index.html), a pretty awesome roguelike-like in spaaaace, and some extremely heavily modded Skyrim!

also Blue Planet :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 19, 2012, 05:53:09 pm
i've been on a kick of the default windows games.  free cell, minesweeper, backgammon, pinball, etc.  i even have Hover!  someone really needs to make a modern version of that.
Hover is so much fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on November 19, 2012, 07:04:43 pm
Some mods for Company of Heroes and Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion.  Killing Nazis never gets boring, especially in the final mission of the Brit campaign where you wipe out something like 32 Waffen-SS tanks as a secondary objective. :P

As for Rebellion, I'm mainly playing Sins of the Fallen right now until the rest of the mods get updated.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on November 19, 2012, 07:16:45 pm
I loved that mission in CoH. Finally getting around to finishing ME2, playing some World of Tanks and some Just Cause 2 silliness on the side. (got it for $6 lol) Been giving Minecraft a break.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on November 19, 2012, 07:54:19 pm
Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on November 19, 2012, 09:38:39 pm
Ys Origin (I swear, Toal's run is insanity with frequent hit-and-run tactic abuse), and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (seriously, 10 hours and I'm still on Chapter 1 thanks to all the sidequests and going to places I shouldn't have gone through without seeing if a board request had something relevant there).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Droid803 on November 19, 2012, 10:10:47 pm
Madoka Magica Online (http://mm.my-gg.com) because a browser game I can hide behind my LaTeX window is the only thing I can get away with at work. :P
If you can even call that a game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on November 19, 2012, 10:29:39 pm
Iji (http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php), a neat indie freebie with a graphic style that reminds me of Another World and Flashback.

It's a nice time sink if ya got nothing to do.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Davros on November 22, 2012, 01:56:40 am
Easy to answer since i copy my latest games into a folder called current games, makes finding them easier
most of these have been completed but i keep them there to remind me to add them to windows game explorer which is a total pain and after about 300 games it stops working completely and wont add a game automatically (not that it always did in the first place)
(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4223/gamesdt.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/194/gamesdt.jpg/)
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Post by: Wobble73 on November 22, 2012, 09:08:38 am
Xbox 360 = Halo Reach
PS3 = Assassins Creed : Brotherhood
Android phone games = Galaxy on Fire 2, The Dark Knight Rises, Splinter Cell:Conviction.

I do not have access to a gaming PC or Laptop at the moment, otherwise I would be playing Diaspora: Shattered Armistice!  :cool: :yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on November 22, 2012, 11:16:15 am
ME3 Multiplayer and Borderlands 2 are occupying what little gaming time I have at the moment.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LHN91 on November 22, 2012, 11:24:38 am
Just finished (FINALLY!) Deus Ex: HR. Playing a bit of Katamari Damacy when I have 5 minutes here and there. Not really starting on anything else just yet, finishing off the last couple weeks of University and somewhere in there doing a re-arrangement of my computer parts based on new parts I've found. After that, not sure.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: starbug on November 22, 2012, 03:58:39 pm
At the mo, i am playing;
Brutal Doom: This is a sheer brillant mod for the original Dooms, it is just makes it so much more fun.
Star Wars Old Republic: This took me by suprise, i hate MMO's yet i like it as it can be played as a singleplayer game and has a good story.
Also Skyrim and Starcraft 2 every now and again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: wistler on November 22, 2012, 04:58:59 pm
I just finished playing Mass Effect 3. I enjoyed it, and whilst comprehend what all the shouting was about regarding the ending, have no strong feelings either way.

Went to play Skyrim, and not being able to find the disc, started to replay Metro 2033. Now THAT game is a failed masterpiece!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Starman01 on November 22, 2012, 05:42:34 pm
Played XCOM for a while, then went to GuildWars 2 for about 10 days. At Level 42 now, starts to get boring. Will switch back to XCOM, and next vacation at Christmas I will play SW TOR once it's F2P  :nod:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on November 22, 2012, 07:58:44 pm
It is already free to play.  Free players get access to pretty much zero features though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 26, 2012, 03:13:35 pm
In case anybody missed it in the "Steam Autumn Sale" thread, I'd like to point out To The Moon, the most beautiful, moving, and thoroughly incredible thing I've ever played.

And it's still on sale on Steam! Trailer here! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_116766&feature=iv&src_vid=y9Vo4m2yiIo&v=sqkJuSV-23U)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 26, 2012, 03:15:49 pm
Been playing LA Noire after borrowing the XBox version from a friend.  Definitely loving the way the music brings the whole thing together and the general film noire (imagine that) feel of it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on November 26, 2012, 03:19:32 pm
Finally located all my old Gamecube games, so I've picked up F-Zero GX again.

I just have that one Master-class grand prix to finish and I unlock the final cup, dammit! :mad:

It's been driving me insane, just having that one grand prix I haven't beaten.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on November 26, 2012, 09:33:16 pm
RIFT, Torchlight 2 and Borderlands 2 with friends, still fire up Skyrim every now and then, playing through Dragon Age: Origins again...also FFXII, since I finally have a CPU capable of running the PS2 emulator at good framerates (relax, I own the game and a PS2, it's just broken).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on December 10, 2012, 02:02:22 pm
My RL friends got me into an MMO strategy game called Astro Empires, so I've been playing that since the new server opened last Saturday.

Cut-throat PVP while you're sleeping or away seems to be the only game mode, and taking a day's (or more) break could result in your bases getting farmed for credits. I'm probably quitting soon, after I curbstomp the guy who's been brutalizing the galaxy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: watsisname on December 10, 2012, 02:46:34 pm
Oh hey, I remember Astro Empires.  It's pretty fun starting out and I liked the game mechanics, but yeah, persistent world PvP of that sort is pretty terrible.  Oops, power went out, or I got home late, or I forgot what time it was, or my internet connection derped, etc, now all my hard work is gone in an instant so that someone else can increase the size of his fleet slightly.  Urgh.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on December 10, 2012, 04:33:27 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/kdFOa.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 10, 2012, 05:34:38 pm
Zone 66, thanks dosbox

Also suffering slowly through what's probably the last mission of the first attempt at HLPX-COM3, trying to keep SpardaSon and Firespawn alive.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BengalTiger on December 10, 2012, 05:53:56 pm
Planetside 2 cured me from WoT lately, but with only 2 gigs of RAM it seems to crash every couple hours. Slowly getting to the point of building a PC...

Crashing is totally not a game breaker though, I could easily blast 100+ rounds from my tank's main gun without paying a thing (just driving up to a reload tower or transport gets ammo to full at no cost), no repair costs (only a cost of spawning a tank, but playing carefully the resources regenerate before needing the next one), no feel of grind (competitive equipment from the start, no more firing at an enemy and damaging it for 30 seconds only to see it drive away)...

Lots of time (and space, it's possible to flank a mile wide front in this game) to use real world tactics (anything from ambushes to fire and movement to combined arms assaults) instead of going for a close range meatgrinder, realistic ballistics and no rangefinders which make it an art to shoot something a kilometer away.
The only thing I miss from WoT is the very realistic armor simulation they have there, in Planetside 2 it's only damage reduction depending on where the round hits to simulate varying armor thickness.

Other than that, slowly playing through Wing Commander Saga, with the Ancient-Shivan War next on the list. Working on TotT a few hours per week.

Sometimes an Open General campaign or two, modding that as well.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dragon on December 10, 2012, 06:17:31 pm
Alternating between Tropico 4 and Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. Neither for very long though. I have so little time that I'm playing like a casual gamer these days (yes, I hate that). No time for anything serious, like FS-related stuff (just some small tweaks here and there) or ArmA.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on December 10, 2012, 08:48:09 pm
Just bought Deus Ex: Human Revolution for 5 during the Steam sale. Been enjoying it immensely, funny thing is I'm still not far from the beginning and FEMA is getting mentioned a lot. Of course I live in NJ so FEMA has been very active around hereabouts lately... :nervous:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on December 11, 2012, 01:44:13 am
Well, without spoiling, the role of FEMA in DXHR is very much intended to be faithful to the role of FEMA in DX1. DXHR can very much be played without having played DX1 but it is actually very consistent on many points.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on December 11, 2012, 02:33:44 am
Currently playing a lot of Saints Row The Third, for some reason. Also Endless Space.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on December 11, 2012, 07:44:18 am
Well, without spoiling, the role of FEMA in DXHR is very much intended to be faithful to the role of FEMA in DX1. DXHR can very much be played without having played DX1 but it is actually very consistent on many points.
I haven't played DX1... perhaps I should.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on December 11, 2012, 07:49:45 am
Can't say you shouldn't, definitely :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Davros on December 11, 2012, 08:57:54 am
Not playing deus ex 1 is like not playing half life - you will anger the gaming gods

ps:
dx10 renderer
http://kentie.net/article/d3d10drv/

 High Definition Texture Package
http://www.offtopicproductions.com/hdtp/

 New Vision
http://www.moddb.com/mods/deus-ex-new-vision

 Ultra High Quality Mod (scroll Down)
http://www.helderpinto.com/blog/
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on December 11, 2012, 11:16:22 am
Ass Effect 3 (Good Guy Shepard playthrough), The Longest Journey, the occasional round of FTL.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on December 11, 2012, 10:38:21 pm
Not playing deus ex 1 is like not playing half life - you will anger the gaming gods

ps:
dx10 renderer
http://kentie.net/article/d3d10drv/

 High Definition Texture Package
http://www.offtopicproductions.com/hdtp/

 New Vision
http://www.moddb.com/mods/deus-ex-new-vision

 Ultra High Quality Mod (scroll Down)
http://www.helderpinto.com/blog/
I haven't played Half Life 1 yet...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on December 11, 2012, 10:45:25 pm
Smiting incoming in 3... 2... 1...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 12, 2012, 06:35:30 am
If you haven't done so yet, playing Half Life is not really worth the time.

Deus Ex, on the other hand, is.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Enzo03 on December 12, 2012, 10:13:27 am
I have currently gone back to playing Wing Commander and StarLancer.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on December 12, 2012, 10:46:33 am
... someone's getting ready for Star Citizen by playing old Chris Roberts classics ? :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on December 12, 2012, 12:35:44 pm
Gotten back into World of Tanks for the most part recently, though it's splitting most of my free time with FTL.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on December 12, 2012, 12:58:30 pm
Finished Mass Effect 2 by the way...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BengalTiger on December 14, 2012, 07:29:51 pm
If you haven't done so yet, playing Half Life is not really worth the time.

Deus Ex, on the other hand, is.
Black Mesa: Source is worth playing.

Deus Ex is a must more/less.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on December 15, 2012, 11:23:10 am
Waking Mars
A steam game that is a iOS conversion and while the graphics are as you would expect the game is actually really good :wtf:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Enzo03 on December 15, 2012, 01:45:11 pm
... someone's getting ready for Star Citizen by playing old Chris Roberts classics ? :p
:nervous:
Maybe...

Though I have no hardware capable of playably running even most currently released games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 01, 2013, 09:27:23 pm
just started far cry 2.  a little better than i feared, not as good as i hoped.
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Post by: Lorric on January 01, 2013, 09:43:01 pm
Populous 2, courtesy of GOG.com.

That game is AWESOME.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on January 01, 2013, 10:32:45 pm
PS2, grinding certs for my A2G rockets.
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Post by: General Battuta on January 02, 2013, 12:37:39 am
i'm playing the **** out of some FREE SPACE OPEN (http://fi.somethingawful.com/safs/smilies/f/0/getin.001.gif)
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Post by: deathfun on January 02, 2013, 02:20:33 am
just started far cry 2.  a little better than i feared, not as good as i hoped.

Farcry 3 here
It's purdy
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Post by: watsisname on January 02, 2013, 04:39:52 am
Just discovered there's a Thaumcraft 3.  Considering how much I enjoyed Thaumcraft 2, I downloaded it and created a world right away. ۞
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JCDNWarrior on January 02, 2013, 05:08:07 am
I'm playing GTA4 multiplayer with a few friends, the usual FREDing, and about to play through WiH1 again for the obvious reason of Act 3 coming really soon as well as to try to lend more ideas from it.
Skyrim on PC (modded) as usual too, though not a whole lot (when I do play I find myself in the tavern all day or doing NPC-like jobs like cutting wood and walking it back to wherever it needs delivered.
Aside from those, a few other games, just finished Halo 4 (that game was way more impressive than I thought it'd become) and started Assassin's Creed 3, both on the 360, though progress is quite slow because of above and RL tasks (website building for instance). All in all a lot to keep me busy.

On the subject of Half Life, I suppose the old HL1 might not be worth your time these days as others said because of it's slow pacing and taking quite a while to finish, but HL2 certainly is even with that lack of EP3. the Black Mesa mod for HL1 is also neat in my opinion.
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Post by: Luis Dias on January 02, 2013, 06:51:58 am
Finished The Antagonist and MJN's Between the Ashes's demo. Also some SchmupSPACE!. Now I'm playing ArchiCAD 16. Oh well...
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Post by: Sarafan on January 02, 2013, 01:07:52 pm
Playing what I won on christmas, Ace Combat Zero, Stella Deus, Gungrave.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 02, 2013, 01:51:58 pm
Right now, mostly Borderlands. Just a few more pieces of DLC to get through, then I can call it done. And then decide if I want to play any multi or take a second character through, or not. I've got a lot of stuff to do.

Also playing my free copy of The Bard's Tale.
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Post by: Venicius on January 02, 2013, 02:12:48 pm
Working my way through DOS Xwing and Tie Fighter
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Post by: Pred the Penguin on January 02, 2013, 02:17:56 pm
Playing Shogun 2 and replaying Assassin's Creed 2. Still an amazing game AC2, after I finish it I'm going to jump in straight into Brotherhood.
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Post by: StarSlayer on January 02, 2013, 03:45:27 pm
Hawken Beta:  Was able to unlock an infiltrator chassis.  Boy is it a hoot flanking a gaggle of enemies, giving them a helping of grenades and assault rifle fire then cloaking and jetting off when they finally turn around.
 
Kerbal Space Program:  Pushing towards docking some Sats and a lander probe to my Carabinier 1.8 Drone mothership and visiting the Mun.
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Post by: jg18 on January 02, 2013, 05:57:39 pm
Just spent the afternoon playing FTL. Fun, but man that game is hard. Haven't won yet. Maybe I need to work on my strategy.

Also recently started DX1. I'll have to try again to get the New Vision mod working (ran into problems earlier), but I don't really mind the year 2000 look.

Need to look over the GOG big sale again to see if there's anything else I want. Thinking about getting Stacking (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/stacking), for one. Reminds me that I still need to finish Grim Fandango...

EDIT: Forgot that I got Thirty Flights of Loving (http://store.steampowered.com/app/214700/) when it was on a Steam flash sale. Need to play through it another time or two.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dragon on January 02, 2013, 06:13:12 pm
I just managed to install and run TES: Dagerfall under DOSBOX. I love it, it's amazing such things were possible in 1996. Also, did you realize how lax the censorship was back then? :) It'd most likely end up with NR rating if it was made today.
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Post by: FireSpawn on January 02, 2013, 08:02:43 pm
I just managed to install and run TES: Dagerfall under DOSBOX. I love it, it's amazing such things were possible in 1996. Also, did you realize how lax the censorship was back then? :) It'd most likely end up with NR rating if it was made today.

For the few of us who have never played any of the elderscrolls series from before Oblivion, can you elaborate your point? I only need one more reason to pesuade me to muster up the energy to see if GOG.com sell them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on January 03, 2013, 02:46:57 pm
Got Dark Souls on sale a couple days after Christmas. Rocked The Depths last night, on to Blighttown next!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on January 03, 2013, 03:13:06 pm
Got Dark Souls on sale a couple days after Christmas. Rocked The Depths last night, on to Blighttown next!

Man, and after a couple of months I only JUST manage to ring the first bell.

It's official.

I suck.  :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dragon on January 03, 2013, 03:31:54 pm
For the few of us who have never played any of the elderscrolls series from before Oblivion, can you elaborate your point? I only need one more reason to pesuade me to muster up the energy to see if GOG.com sell them.
If you want one more reason to get them, Bethseda released both Arena and Daggerfall for free at their website. :) As for the censorship, remember that book in Oblivion (The Real Berenziah or something like that), in which there's, at one point, "This passage was censored by the order of the Temple"? Daggerfall has this passage uncensored and I'd say that the temple had a good reason to censor it. :) Another thing you won't see in later games are certain fairly humanoid monsters that don't seem to have invented clothing. Not that there's much to see in the resolution Daggerfall runs on, but it's pretty much rendered. Also, underwear in general was apparently invented between Daggerfall and Morrowind. :) Again, there's not that much to see in that resolution, but what you can see would give most likely be enough to give it NR these days.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on January 03, 2013, 03:43:11 pm
Got Dark Souls on sale a couple days after Christmas. Rocked The Depths last night, on to Blighttown next!

Man, and after a couple of months I only JUST manage to ring the first bell.

It's official.

I suck.  :(

That, or I'm just ridiculously good.  :pimp:

(More likely, all the time I spent playing Mount & Blade has prepared me well for this style of combat).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on January 03, 2013, 07:32:46 pm
If you want one more reason to get them, Bethseda released both Arena and Daggerfall for free at their website. :)

SOLD! Now, could I get a link to them? It's just that I can't seem to find them on the website. (Never mind, Google just became my best friend.)

That, or I'm just ridiculously good.  :pimp:

(More likely, all the time I spent playing Mount & Blade has prepared me well for this style of combat).

No, trust me. I suck at Dark Souls. The longest I've not been a hollow is 10 minutes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Davros on January 04, 2013, 12:02:14 am
Ive just started ds , whats the point of being a hollow ?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on January 04, 2013, 01:03:20 am
Human form allows you to summon other players for coop... but it also allows you to be invaded. It's also required to kindle a bonfire, which makes it give you more flasks when you rest there. Other than that, no real difference that I can tell so far (maybe some of the NPC dialogue gets adjusted a bit?)

Also, I just got through Blighttown, without dying once. :) I guess I can't count that quite yet, though, since I still need to face the boss... I made it all the way to the fog wall for Quelaag, then decided to backtrack, refill my flasks, and call it a night.

Still, I'm feeling pretty cocky right now.  :D
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Post by: IronBeer on January 04, 2013, 01:12:54 am
Still, I'm feeling pretty cocky right now.  :D
Heheh. We'll see if that feeling survives Sen's Fortress. Then Anor Londo. Then eventually the Tomb of the Giants.... you get the idea. Tomb of the Giants is sure to make even the hardiest of men risk ruining their pants.

All told, dangerous thoughts for Dark Souls, and perhaps famous last words.

No, trust me. I suck at Dark Souls. The longest I've not been a hollow is 10 minutes.
BTW, being a Hollow isn't really a bad thing. In fact, for your first playthrough it may be preferable to dealing with an endless stream of Dickwraiths at inconvenient times in the most hostile areas. Also there's a difference between having humanity and being human.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on January 04, 2013, 02:21:06 am
All told, dangerous thoughts for Dark Souls, and perhaps famous last words.

Almost certainly. :)
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on January 04, 2013, 03:20:01 am
Trying to finish the painful Old World Blues DLC so I can get the hell out of the think tank and back to New Vegas
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on January 04, 2013, 04:09:44 am
Currently have games in progress on Waking Mars and Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on January 04, 2013, 06:20:28 am
Lunar Flight http://www.shovsoft.com/lunarflight/  (also available on Steam)

A realistic flight sim with an Apollo-style lander, it's very pretty and a lot of fun.

(http://www.shovsoft.com/lunarflight/wp-content/gallery/beta/ss_02.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on January 04, 2013, 07:02:31 am
BTW, being a Hollow isn't really a bad thing. In fact, for your first playthrough it may be preferable to dealing with an endless stream of Dickwraiths at inconvenient times in the most hostile areas. Also there's a difference between having humanity and being human.

Well you do get a slight stat buff from being human. And getting invaded isn't an issue (I don't have a Gold account....yet), plus I can't usually stay alive long enough after getting humanity to reach a bonfire and kindle it. Then I die trying to get it back.
I think I might turn to the second hand copy of Dishonoured that I got for xmas from Dekker, and the used bonus content card he left in the box as he tried to pass it off as new.
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Post by: Davros on January 04, 2013, 07:15:40 am
What!!!
skulduggery from dekker :D
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on January 04, 2013, 07:29:39 am
Playing the **** out of Black Mesa, with a few DotA 2 games every now and then.
BM is incredible, definitively worth the wait. A bit difficult compared to the original Half-Life, but I don't mind the challenge, nor the more advanced AI.
Other than that, my DotA-fu is a bit rusty for now.
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Post by: Gloriano on January 04, 2013, 11:45:16 am
playing Dark soul's such a awesome game even trough i want throw my keyboard to wall at times but it's well worth it.
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Post by: deathfun on January 04, 2013, 04:59:55 pm
I was considering playing Fallout Tactics and naming people in my squad after HLP folk
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Post by: jg18 on January 04, 2013, 09:10:57 pm
Just finished To the Moon, following Scourge's enthusiastic endorsement (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=83115.msg1659793#msg1659793). Didn't quite bring me to tears, but it was really good nonetheless. A nice change of pace from most other games.
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Post by: FireSpawn on January 05, 2013, 01:38:37 pm
I take it all back. Dark Souls is a piece of piss, Daggerfall is the real challenge!
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Post by: Jeff Vader on January 05, 2013, 02:18:33 pm
Finished L.A. Noire. Now doing some Endless Space.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on January 06, 2013, 07:13:31 pm
I take it all back. Dark Souls is a piece of piss, Daggerfall is the real challenge!

From some youtube videos I watched, it would seem that it's important to have some sort of teleportation spell. The dungeons are all randomnly generated (pre-generated, not procedural), so apparently it's possible to have a dungeon from which you cannot escape. Though it's possible the player in question simply couldn't find the secret exit, but the player has been playing the game for years and years so I would assume they know what they're talking about.


The LP series in question (part of "JimPlaysGames"):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0NACVQ1pCA
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Post by: FireSpawn on January 06, 2013, 07:46:11 pm
You were right about the 'Real Barenziah'. Considering the most profane term I've heard in elderscrolls to date is "Milk Drinker", reading such a...'descriptive' text honestly caught me by surprise. Moreso because it was in my starting inventory.

It sort of tells a story regarding the decline in maturity of gamers over the years.

Also, finished Dishonoured tonight. Much fun was had.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 10, 2013, 11:13:39 pm
i thought i was a good musician.  and then i tried to play something with strings. :/

rocksmith arrived yesterday.  finally starting my journey into learning bass.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 10, 2013, 11:45:05 pm
rocksmith arrived yesterday.  finally starting my journey into learning bass.

Oooh, I've been thinking about getting that. Do let us know if it's actually effective. And if it teaches to actually read music notation.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on January 11, 2013, 12:33:11 am
Well, new Gundam Vs DLC, so back to playing that for a while.

Arios + GN Archer. So we now have all four Gundam Meisters playable. Arios itself is kind of meh, but a FANTASTIC harassment suit.

Other new suit is the Strike Noir. Now THIS one is badass. Very mobile, versatile, and can string together some amazing combos. I'll be using this one a lot.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 11, 2013, 12:39:37 am
rocksmith arrived yesterday.  finally starting my journey into learning bass.

Oooh, I've been thinking about getting that. Do let us know if it's actually effective. And if it teaches to actually read music notation.

reading music, no.  the notes work just like guitar hero/rock band, scrolling "noteway" color coded for the strings.  very similar to tabs.  reading music isn't hard at all though, and you should easily be able to teach yourself that part just by buying a music theory workbook from your local music store. 

i'd recommend demoing it if you can find a way to do so.  i have it on PC because i don't have a console and didn't want to buy one for pretty much just this.  i've noticed a little bit of input lag on the PC version.  hopefully i'll be able to work it out eventually, because you can imagine the problems this might cause.  but being as how the original development was for the consoles and the PC port was released a year later, i'd say there's reason to believe the console ones may be better optimized and less likely to lag. 
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Post by: Patriot on January 11, 2013, 09:49:37 am
I been playing Men of War with the Dynamic Campaign Generator mod, thinking of doing sort of a LP with people volunteering to drive a tank or artillery piece into battle.

Yes, i do play with mostly tanks, rarely any infantry.

If there's interest in a LP, i'll put up a topic and see if i can find Fraps again :)
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Post by: Mikes on January 11, 2013, 10:16:19 am
Recently finished: Spec Ops the Line (Thanks Battuta for the tip) ... one of the few retail games to have a story that compares to Transcend as far as mind bending goes. ;)
Also: Dishonored... just all around gameplay awesomeness from beginning to end.

Right now... I'm digging into the the last two episodes of Telltales The Walking Dead ... incredible little game.
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on January 13, 2013, 08:01:23 pm
Playing the **** out of Black Mesa, with a few DotA 2 games every now and then.
BM is incredible, definitively worth the wait. A bit difficult compared to the original Half-Life, but I don't mind the challenge, nor the more advanced AI.

I'm playing classic Half-Life right now (well, as much as I would like to play the original Sierra disc version, the only thing I have on hand is a copy with the HD Pack [you know, hi-res people, Glock replaced with Beretta, MP5 replaced with M4, yadda yadda yadda], came with Blue Shift and Opposing Force). I was a bit pissed with the "laser tripmine staircase deathtrap" in On a Rail being gone in Black Mesa, but I let it slide.

Ahh... reminds me of the day I was playing OpFor multiplayer with my friends during down time. (Now I just have to wait for the remakes of the Gearbox expansions, last I heard the two groups banded together a few months ago, and they post periodic progress.)

On a less serious note, I tried to play Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, I apparently am too much of an idiot to get a Concorde off the ground (it was for a transatlantic flight training mission, London to New York).
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Post by: Venicius on January 15, 2013, 07:11:15 pm
I've been messing with System Shock 2...gave me nightmares when I watched my brother and his friend play it.  It's just as creepy now!
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Post by: headdie on January 16, 2013, 01:27:10 am
Now moved onto Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War - Winter Assault
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Post by: deathfun on January 16, 2013, 01:51:07 am
I've been playing Cave Story+
It's something of a trip really. A Metroid Castlevania hybrid if you will
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Post by: Jeff Vader on January 16, 2013, 02:27:09 am
Endless Space. And replaying AssCreed 2, now that I managed to buy an ex bocks controller.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on January 16, 2013, 01:54:49 pm
I've been playing Cave Story+
It's something of a trip really. A Metroid Castlevania hybrid if you will

Cave Story is :yes:
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 16, 2013, 03:30:06 pm
AssCreed 2

 :wtf:
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Post by: General Battuta on January 16, 2013, 03:48:21 pm
AssCreed 2

 :wtf:

AssCreed Bro is even better
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Post by: MP-Ryan on January 16, 2013, 04:33:43 pm
What have I been playing?  ME3 multiplayer, and finally finished the Omega DLC.

What is on my computer that I should be finishing?
-Blue Planet WiH 2
-Bastion
-Assassin's Creed Director's Cut
-Thief Gold... OK, I've started this finally.
-Thief 2
-Thief 3
-Kotor 2

Nevermind the games I gave up on (Dead Space, SW: The Force Unleashed, Red Faction).
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Post by: Pred the Penguin on January 16, 2013, 05:45:31 pm
AssCreed 2

 :wtf:

AssCreed Bro is even better
Been replaying AssCreed II in preparation to play AssCreed Bro. :D

Also been playing Starsector, awesome little game previously known as Starfarer. I never imagined that captaining a ship and controlling a fleet in 2D SPAAACE[i/] could be so addictive.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 17, 2013, 10:49:46 pm
I just finished Thomas Was Alone, and was very impressed with it. If you like platformers, atmospheric indie games, great stories, or any combination of the three, you should check it out.
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Post by: headdie on January 18, 2013, 01:07:40 am
I just finished Thomas Was Alone, and was very impressed with it. If you like platformers, atmospheric indie games, great stories, or any combination of the three, you should check it out.
I've been hearing good things about that one
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Post by: Mongoose on January 18, 2013, 01:59:15 am
Picking up Spiral Knights more regularly again, doing the usual TF2 and Minecraft derping, and trying to work through some of my copious Steam backlog.  The last completion was Shadowgrounds: Survivor, and I think up next is whichever episode of Sam & Max I left off on.

Oh, and there's F-Zero GX.  We don't talk about that.
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Post by: ssmit132 on January 18, 2013, 07:49:56 am
I've been playing a heck of a lot of Recettear lately, lovely little game that. :) I should really set aside some time for BP2 Tenebra.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 18, 2013, 09:07:43 am
MapleStory :warp:
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Post by: deathfun on January 18, 2013, 02:32:03 pm
Picking up Spiral Knights more regularly again, doing the usual TF2 and Minecraft derping, and trying to work through some of my copious Steam backlog.  The last completion was Shadowgrounds: Survivor, and I think up next is whichever episode of Sam & Max I left off on.

Oh, and there's F-Zero GX.  We don't talk about that.

What's your Spiral Knights alias?
We've gotta get some danger mission runs going and ****
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Post by: Mongoose on January 18, 2013, 03:06:44 pm
Pdtopgun.  I'm nominally in the OCReMix guild, but it's essentially dead, so there's not much action through there. :p
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Post by: deathfun on January 18, 2013, 03:16:41 pm
Well consider yourself added
Personally, I don't do guilds. Most I've come across get too serious about it all
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Post by: Dark Hunter on January 18, 2013, 08:49:56 pm
Considering playing System Shock series, because apparently System Shock 2 is pure awesome.

However, I've also heard that System Shock 1 is kinda lackluster. Anyone with experience in this series want to weigh in?
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Post by: Suongadon on January 18, 2013, 09:53:30 pm
Definitely play System Shock 2.

The first one is pretty lackluster by comparison though, not to mention a lot more dated. The Shock was awesome when I was first guilted into playing it, but every time since its like 'oh, the sequel is so much betterer' and then I quit and go play that instead. (And then froth at the mouth about how modern gaming sucks, etc, etc)
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Post by: Dark Hunter on January 18, 2013, 11:41:20 pm
Hmm... would I be missing out on terribly much storywise if I skipped the first one?

I don't mind dated gameplay... hell, Descent and Marathon remain some of my favorites.
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Post by: Suongadon on January 19, 2013, 12:12:26 am
No, you'll just miss out on lots of quality SHODAN time.

...****. Now I want need to play it.  :lol:
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Post by: FireSpawn on January 19, 2013, 06:29:18 am
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/SHODAN_hires.jpg/250px-SHODAN_hires.jpg)

^Dekker's first game-crush^
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Post by: deathfun on January 19, 2013, 02:22:24 pm
Mine was Samus
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Post by: Venicius on January 19, 2013, 02:49:50 pm
PLAY THEM BOTH!!!  That's what I'm doing right now.  And I'm giving myself nightmares.
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Post by: Firstdragon34 on January 22, 2013, 11:55:38 pm
Mass Effect Trilogy. (At last!)

Planetside 2
Blacklight Retribution

and a little of Hawken
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 23, 2013, 12:24:10 am
finished far cry 2.  i guess it was worth the $2.50, but i doubt it'll ever get played again.  i guess i can play wih act 3 now.
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Post by: lostllama on January 23, 2013, 05:08:08 am
Finished what I think was my second play-through of Interstate '76, this time patched up to Gold Edition. Had to disable audio hardware playback acceleration to get it working, well, mostly working - it's still slightly crash prone and has some graphical glitches, and I couldn't get the resolution to increase to something sharper.

Spoiler:
I had no idea I could fly a helicopter in the final stage! I just clicked on it in the background of the "choose your vehicle" screen thinking "Yeah, right", and then I find myself in a UH-1 armed with a 7.62mm gun and Dr. Radar missiles. I couldn't handle it very well though. It felt a bit like controlling a helo in a Bohemia Interactive military sim, only more difficult. Targeting is also quite hard.

Still, the T.R.I.P, despite its shortness, has some fantastic voice acting, likeable characters, and the cutscenes are very well done despite their simplicity of detail and animation. I'd almost forgotten how much I liked the way this game is presented. Even the manual is presented in the style of a car manual, IIRC.

As much as I think that the idea of automobile combat is just plain ridiculous, I still think this game is rather good, and probably even more fun in multiplayer. Next I'll dig out the Nitro Riders expansion pack.

I never played Interstate '82; I heard it wasn't great. But now I'm interested in having a look at it, if I can find a demo and get it working.
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Post by: Suongadon on January 23, 2013, 10:30:58 am
Sacrifice. :D

I can't even think of something positive to say other than 'every-****ing-thing-about-it'
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Post by: Mikes on January 23, 2013, 11:58:21 am
I ll be playing Strike Suit Zero as soon as Steam lets me. /stares at unlock timer :)
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Post by: FireSpawn on January 23, 2013, 01:38:48 pm
Sacrifice. :D

I can't even think of something positive to say other than 'every-****ing-thing-about-it'

^This^  :yes:
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on January 23, 2013, 02:59:50 pm
Just finished Fallout New Vegas. Then played through and finished Binary Domain (better than people say it is).

Now playing Borderlands 1 GOTY though not sure how much fun it is SP. Art style is cool anyway.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on January 23, 2013, 06:40:18 pm
Warframe.

Co-op MMO shooter where you're a cyborg space ninja.
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Post by: Apollo on January 25, 2013, 03:31:12 pm
A bunch of freeware stuff and cheap iOS games.
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Post by: deathfun on January 25, 2013, 04:35:59 pm
Back to playing Skyrim after a solid year of not playing it
Literally, when I saved the game, it was exactly one year since my last save
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Post by: FireSpawn on January 25, 2013, 06:53:03 pm
Playing Dwarf Fortress and some good ol' fashion XCOM, laughing all the while at the Floaters for being named after turds.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 28, 2013, 04:41:56 am
I just finished Metro 2033 which was very good. Lots of atmosphere (much of it poisonous), interesting enemies, real fear as you run out of ammo while facing really really strong monsters, great story, amazing graphics...

I also played a bit of Firefall Beta during the open weekend. It feels a little empty right now, but it's still beta so hopefully gets much better.

Also playing Company of Heroes when I get bored. And playing through Star Control 2 in HD. And I need to finish off Skyward Sword sometime. I have some difficulty finishing games.
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Post by: crizza on January 28, 2013, 07:47:41 am
Grinding World of Tanks and playing Shogun2 when bored...
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Post by: StarSlayer on January 28, 2013, 08:29:09 am
After a hiatus I dabbled in WarGame European Escalation again.
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Post by: jg18 on January 28, 2013, 01:59:25 pm
Just finished BP: AoA. Need to pick up Deus Ex again, currently at

Spoiler:
Hell's Kitchen to meet with Paul before he dies.

Also played another round of FTL yesterday. It was going well for a long time until I got blown up by I-don't-remember-what-anymore. :sigh:
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Post by: An4ximandros on January 28, 2013, 02:08:31 pm
You are not going to save him? You just have to stay in there with him.

I got sucked back into STO. I have to give the mappers credit, the new worlds look much better.
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Post by: jg18 on January 28, 2013, 04:02:24 pm
Spoiler:
You are not going to save him? You just have to stay in there with him.

Spoiler:
I haven't gone to his room yet. I thought I'd look around first, since I figured there might be goodies that'd be inaccessible once I go see him and move the plot forward.
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Post by: Suongadon on January 30, 2013, 11:46:09 am
Reading through the GoG wishlist (http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games). All of the memory of playing awesome games, none of the hassle of getting them to work.  And more than a few 'oh **** other people remember that game!' moments :yes:
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Post by: StarSlayer on January 31, 2013, 11:56:27 pm
WarGame: European Escalation

I just wrapped up Fulda Gap at the beginning of the Able Archer Campaign.  For the loss of a single M1 Abrams, a Dragoon ATGM team and a Cav Brad I managed to link up with the disparate NATO forces trapped behind enemy lines and pretty much wipe a goodly portion of the Pact forces off the map.

It was my first time playing US in WG:EE and I really liked the Brads.  The M3 recon variants worked really well screening my tanks and TOW sniping Pact vehicles.  They are probably a little pricey for multi but the three i had for this mission really carried the day.

(http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/920127547785313207/3CBFA1C141471E8DB0ED409AAF403E733E56EEFA/)
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Post by: General Battuta on February 01, 2013, 12:23:28 am
Brads are indeed overpriced (and suffer the curse of the generalist), but they're pretty sexy.
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Post by: StarSlayer on February 01, 2013, 09:00:09 am
Well it seems like ATGMs got a buff since the last time I played, I remember before they pretty much had the same range as a Reinmetall 120mm, now they clearly outdistance tank guns.  Twelve TOWs, good optics in an armored package seems like the Brad deserves some serious consideration for my decks. 
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Post by: Dark Hunter on February 01, 2013, 07:20:43 pm
Made an attempt at playing LoL again after a several month hiatus. And what's the first thing that happens in the game I'm in?

"You suck."
"Completely useless."

Granted, I wasn't playing my best since, y'know, several month hiatus, but even so... hell, we even won that game by a landslide.
Maybe it was because I was playing with a couple of friends who are much more advanced than I am, so I got placed in a more skilled game than I would normally. Perhaps if I played at my own level, things wouldn't be as bad.
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Post by: FireSpawn on February 01, 2013, 08:46:55 pm
Burnt a couple of hours with Dark Souls. here is a run down of how it played out:
Beat the Gaping Dragon.
Almost got to the bonfire in Blight Town.
Got killed.
Got within spiting distance of the bloodstain.
Got stun-locked by firebreathing dog-things.
Died a second time.
Lost the 285,050 souls and 3 Humanity that I had built up in those two hours.
Took a deep breath to stop from raging.
RAGE ANYWAY
Turned off xbox.
Cried a little.
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Post by: Mongoose on February 01, 2013, 08:49:19 pm
Made an attempt at playing LoL again after a several month hiatus. And what's the first thing that happens in the game I'm in?

"You suck."
"Completely useless."

Granted, I wasn't playing my best since, y'know, several month hiatus, but even so... hell, we even won that game by a landslide.
Maybe it was because I was playing with a couple of friends who are much more advanced than I am, so I got placed in a more skilled game than I would normally. Perhaps if I played at my own level, things wouldn't be as bad.

Man I just don't get the appeal of MOBA/whatever games to begin with, and that's even before you get to how vile their communities seem to be.  It's a weird thing.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 01, 2013, 10:02:54 pm
Well it seems like ATGMs got a buff since the last time I played, I remember before they pretty much had the same range as a Reinmetall 120mm, now they clearly outdistance tank guns.  Twelve TOWs, good optics in an armored package seems like the Brad deserves some serious consideration for my decks.

They fixed their horrible inaccuracy issues at some point as well, for which I'm glad.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on February 04, 2013, 04:42:42 am
Finally started playing Dark Souls,

Why don't games today have a fricken manual? Seriously? Would it kill to have half a page explaining what the character and weapon stats mean? This is basic **** man. Oblivon on 360 had the same problem, and if I bothered to look at Skyrim's manual when I try it again I might find it there too.

Games create a bunch of inventory icons, and then don't tell you what the icons are. And yeah, there's some help thing in Dark Souls but I'm pretty sure I had to choose my character class before that was even an option, so was looking at stats with no clear definition and a few hours later I still don't know what attunement does or what half the stuff I have in my inventory does.

For example I have some talisman. Says it prevents undead from healing. Like hell does, undead heal the **** out of themselves all day long 2 feet away from me. Or is the talisman, which is by nature an artifact and should be carried around indefinitely actually a one use item? Who knows, doesn't say.

Also I love how people have insisted through the ages that the game is fair, and then . . . my character gets attacked from the same direction by two opponents on a single-file stairwell. Because yeah, enemies attacking through other enemies is fair right?

But yes, how a company can make a 100 hour long RPG and not put basic information into a friggin little booklet is beyond me. Spend the extra 30 cents and give me a clue what the hell your game is about.
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Post by: FireSpawn on February 04, 2013, 09:12:40 am
*snip*

Yeah, the lack of a decent book drove me up the wall as well. And as for the Lloyd's Talisman, you have to actually Use it to prevent healing. Your character will throw it on the ground in front of them.

Also, who the hell told you the game was "fair"!? It's quite possible one of the most evil and insidious games to date.

Attunement/ Attunement Slots are the number of spell slots you can equip spells to (the number of them increases as you raise the stat) and what spells you have set to the slots. Spells are separated into three categories; Sorceries, Pyromancy and Miracles. Each one needs a particular weapon equipped to be used. Sorceries need a wand, pyromancies need a 'Flame' and miracles have talismans (different from the Lloyd's Talisman useable).

Most of the descriptions are self explanatory, and you will pick up everything fairly quickly.

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Post by: deathfun on February 04, 2013, 02:20:19 pm
I'm starting back at the very beginning of my PS3 collection and writing reviews for each of them for a friend's website
Rainbow Six Vegas looks so... so... brown and... jaggedy
And the font. The font makes me think I need glasses
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on February 04, 2013, 02:58:42 pm
*snip*

Yeah, the lack of a decent book drove me up the wall as well. And as for the Lloyd's Talisman, you have to actually Use it to prevent healing. Your character will throw it on the ground in front of them.

Also, who the hell told you the game was "fair"!? It's quite possible one of the most evil and insidious games to date.

That's like the common defense on the escapist.com "The game is hard, but it's fair. If you die it's because you screwed up" la dee da. Heard it about 150 times.

So the Talisman is a 1 use item for 500 souls? what the heck. Lame. Maybe if I'm fighting the black knight or something.
Though, I suppose it doesn't make sense that I'm carrying it as a hollow and able to heal myself so . . whatever. After I finish being mad at the game I'll try it again.
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Post by: FireSpawn on February 04, 2013, 06:59:33 pm
After you progress a little more, souls will add up very quickly so it's not too big an impact on your wallet(?)* as long as you live long enough to get to a shop. It's also not really worth using them at the moment and save them for using on mimc chests, as it will open them without needing to fight them.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on February 04, 2013, 08:29:53 pm

Man I just don't get the appeal of MOBA/whatever games to begin with, and that's even before you get to how vile their communities seem to be.  It's a weird thing.

Well, the gameplay itself is pretty fun, and when you're with a team of Pretty Cool Guys it is an absolute blast.

You just have to slog through the occasional douchebags to get there, which, I won't lie, can get very tiresome.

My main problem is I don't know the metagame like the back of my hand, so I'll sometimes be doing something other than what my team expects me to be doing. Not usually a big deal if they're communicative, but when they just expect you to know **** like a pro who plays eight hours a day...
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Post by: Droid803 on February 05, 2013, 01:18:53 am
*snip*

Yeah, the lack of a decent book drove me up the wall as well. And as for the Lloyd's Talisman, you have to actually Use it to prevent healing. Your character will throw it on the ground in front of them.

Also, who the hell told you the game was "fair"!? It's quite possible one of the most evil and insidious games to date.

That's like the common defense on the escapist.com "The game is hard, but it's fair. If you die it's because you screwed up" la dee da. Heard it about 150 times.

So the Talisman is a 1 use item for 500 souls? what the heck. Lame. Maybe if I'm fighting the black knight or something.
Though, I suppose it doesn't make sense that I'm carrying it as a hollow and able to heal myself so . . whatever. After I finish being mad at the game I'll try it again.

That rage at Dark Souls makes me smile inside. Because I raged at it too, but in the end, the overcoming all of that is what makes it rewarding; wouldn't have it any other way.

And the game's combat system is fair, once you figure it out. You only die because you did something dumb like trying to get in too many swings, rolling in the wrong direction, messing up parry timings, forgetting to block, trying to heal in front of an enemy, trying to block instead of dodging a grapple (which can't be blocked), walking into traps, etc. If you're patient and careful you can literally just not take any damage whatsoever. The mobs are fairly predictable, pretty much tell you exactly what they're about to do, and can be coaxed into doing rather stupid things if you know what you're doing (mostly luring them into walking off cliffs).

The process of figuring it out, though, is pretty brutal. Downright evil at times, by intentionally omitting information (such as the talisman's use - it's written effect prevents enemies from drinking Estus Flasks, only useful in PvP when invading really, but the mimic-calming effect is what you really want to use it for most of the time). I find that part of the appeal - your character is literally learning how to fight better without being tied to arbitrary numbers/levels/stats/skills.

/me after playing 80 hours of Dark Souls the past two months.
Now? I guess I'll be playing TERA:Rising (F2P). I got SpardaSon21 playing too. (oh boy what have I gotten myself into...but those fluffy tails...)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Flak on February 05, 2013, 02:40:20 am
I am currently playing Skyrim and Jagged Alliance 2 with 1.13 patch and some mods on PC. I am also currently playing Tales of The Abyss on 3ds. I may go to my old collections if I get bored.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on February 05, 2013, 12:48:12 pm
For the record, my character in Tera is not a little girl with a fluffy tail. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Droid803 on February 05, 2013, 03:29:19 pm
For the record, my character in Tera is not a little girl with a fluffy tail. :P
Well, it should have been. I don't know what possessed you to go after half pants.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on February 05, 2013, 03:35:24 pm
SotS II, Orcs Must Die 2
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on February 05, 2013, 04:07:41 pm
For the record, my character in Tera is not a little girl with a fluffy tail. :P
Well, it should have been. I don't know what possessed you to go after half pants.

o_O

GTA IV for computer. It runs so smoothly! Using my PS3 controller to boot.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on February 05, 2013, 06:30:53 pm
For the record, my character in Tera is not a little girl with a fluffy tail. :P
Well, it should have been. I don't know what possessed you to go after half pants.
I'd rather have half pants on a demoness in the middle of my screen than a loli kitsune with an outfit and behavior that says "I'm an adorable little girl, please molest me." ;)

But anyways too late now to change characters since I'm already level 20.  I also do not want to do that eleven level starting area all over again so soon, at least not with someone to share my misery with.  If I had someone to complain to and with while doing all that stuff all over again I'd probably go for it *hint hint*. ;)

Also, help me little-girl Kenobi, you're my only hope against basilisks. :P

Deathfun, yeah, that was sort of my response too.  Now I just deal with it since half-pants appear to be the new video game fanservice legwear of choice.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on February 05, 2013, 06:31:53 pm
Moved on to Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. Wow it actually looks a lot better than II with neglible decrease in performance. O_O
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rodo on February 05, 2013, 08:32:04 pm
Star Conflict, quite addictive must say.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on February 05, 2013, 08:50:47 pm
Star Conflict, quite addictive must say.

A quick look-up of it gives me the impression of EVE....Only it's fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rodo on February 05, 2013, 09:03:10 pm
Never played EVE, in this one you just buy ships, equip them with what you want and start battle sessions with other players.
Can be capture the flag, kill the other team as far as I've been able to see.

On the first few hours it's kind of unfair, you're tossed in a hostile battleground where you don't stand a change against other more advanced players, but I must say that despite of that it's a really fun game, simple but fun nevertheless.

Oh and it seems it's P2W kind of game, downloaded the beta for free and I'm not sure if this is gonna be unlocked forever or just for a limited amount of time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on February 05, 2013, 10:43:06 pm
I hate those style games
Play2Win is just distasteful to how games were meant to be played. Everyone on a fair ground, advantages only in skill and tactics... not by buying something with real money
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on February 06, 2013, 12:06:41 am
Been playing the hell out of SW:TOR. Got a friend into it too.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 06, 2013, 12:21:52 am
Been playing the hell out of SW:TOR. Got a friend into it too.

Word of advice: if you ever need to use their customer support service, instead make a new account. It's far cheaper and less sanity destroying.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Flak on February 06, 2013, 12:54:49 am
I hate those style games
Play2Win is just distasteful to how games were meant to be played. Everyone on a fair ground, advantages only in skill and tactics... not by buying something with real money
Agreed there, at least there are a few games that make more sense which I can show everyone that I can show everyone that my over 15 years of FPS experience can still pwn pay 2 win people.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Gray113 on February 06, 2013, 01:41:18 pm
Playing far too much crusader kings at the moment (4 hours yesterday) building a dynasty that is well placed to seize control of the kingdom when the current king drops dead. Don't know whether to get republic when it comes out or wait for the pagan expansion.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on February 06, 2013, 03:05:02 pm
Took a break from Xbox and playing Minecraft again on the HLP server.
Working on my entirely too large base.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on February 07, 2013, 12:58:12 am
Created a Mihile in MapleStory. They've toned down the level grinding by so much ... 1st job advancement to 2nd job advancement is almost essentially a playable cutscene comprising many quests. I remember when it took weeks just to gain a few levels.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 07, 2013, 10:00:04 am
Had a fun WG:EE game last night.  I played my "Grande Armée" Deck and managed to win it despite my ally being a rook and getting demolished.  Smart use of infantry, ATGM carriers and Rollies really worked out.  The opponents spent their points on really expensive units and didn't micro them well at all.  I managed to destroy a few CPs, Leos, a Chally and a few Apaches with very cheap units.  One thing that did irritate me was when I sent a platoon of AMX-30B2s to take out a Chally and despite ordering the lot of them to focus fire on the Chally they decided to shoot at everything but the bloody Chally and get toasted instead.  I rolled up a Mephisto and burned down the Chally after that but still that was a waste of tanks.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on February 07, 2013, 10:02:01 am
What I love so much about WEE is that you win by playing smart, rather than executing a build order or an opening. Much as I love games like Brood War, they don't have much depth to the actual tactical play.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 07, 2013, 10:33:10 am
Don't roll up your grouped up mass of expensive tanks into my forest of Chassuers and and Milan F2s.  :nono:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 07, 2013, 08:49:16 pm
Ugh just wrapped up a game, my teammates stunk and bailed halfway through even though I had us ahead on points despite their shortcomings.  I was still ahead when the OpFor managed to sneak some infantry past my front lines and snipe my CV. 

I started beautifully to, took my motor rifle force across the river and seized one of the OpFor reinforcement points just ahead of their forces and wiped it off the map, then I decimated pretty much everything they had been sending to dislodge me even though I was on a shoestring budget.  If I had been playing a NATO deck I probably could have still pulled it off but my Pact Deck is still a bit weak.

Balls.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 20, 2013, 10:28:43 pm
Just had a game of W:EE pulled out a minor victory despite being on the back foot most of the game, my partner bailing and having a shoe string logistics budget to boot.  Actually even though they successfully grabbed much of the map, disrupted our plan and kept us on the defense we stayed ahead on points most of the game.  I do laugh one of my opponents decided to say I sucked after I crushed his or her last rush to win the game.  Logically if I sucked and you to lost me doesn't that indicate you reside in some level of failure beneath even sucking?


Also

Zhalos

BTR-70 Zhalos for the win

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQAyTisYY6UQdb9k0p8qHp3fTrz4q0ie0GOcwQMulsrUVhwZn84hQ)

You held the line and made em pay for every centimeter until I could roll in a  T-80U and 64s to seal the deal.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on February 21, 2013, 03:05:07 am
Been getting back into Guild Wars 2. It's surprisingly more fun if you play it properly and with friends.

(Also, MST3King your way through the personal story quests of each character is glorious entertainment)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on February 23, 2013, 09:58:30 pm
Got back into Deus Ex. Currently
Spoiler:
escaping from the Majestic facility. I helped Paul kill all the troops in the hotel and was confused as to how he ended up dead anyway. Then I found out from a walkthrough that for Paul to live, you have to escape out the front door of the 'Ton rather than sneak out the back.
Also, how about this thread gets stickied? It's effectively become the gaming equivalent of WHIYL.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on February 23, 2013, 11:17:47 pm
Apparently my random idea caught on. :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 23, 2013, 11:40:14 pm
I'm trying to find a way to locate, acquire, and play the old Heavy Gear games, because when I realized that the Heavy Gear Assault project is effectively a scam and their reveal trailer has exactly 8 seconds of content in a 45 second video (with even the Stompy Bot Productions logo animation at the end being 4 seconds longer than that, and most of the video being begging for money) I had a sudden collapsing realization about how everything Dream Pod 9 now touches has become clownshoes bull**** and I got extremely depressed.

There was a time they could do no wrong.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on February 24, 2013, 01:32:13 am
Army of Two
Was playing it with a friend not too long ago. Still a fun game by my standards, specially with a partner that ISN'T artificial
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BlueFlames on February 24, 2013, 04:45:45 am
Civilization IV - Beyond the Sword

...just one more turn...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on February 25, 2013, 05:13:45 am
I once thought I'm a good player of strategic games, but turned out I'm kind of a "Def as long as possible and then steamroll them", which is not working in WG:EE.
I realy love the game, but I'm to dumb...
As for Orcs must Die...I cannot get past the guy with his dozens of dogs...is it possible to...skill the wrong things?

As of now, I'm into STO again, but some missions are buggy "CHeck three systems in blablub sector" I fly over, check a dozen of systems and nothing happens...great^^
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 25, 2013, 10:51:28 am
I once thought I'm a good player of strategic games, but turned out I'm kind of a "Def as long as possible and then steamroll them", which is not working in WG:EE.
I realy love the game, but I'm to dumb...

I think some of the primary takeaways I have are as follows:

Recon is paramount.  That column of APCs driving around the outside of the map to show up at your spawn?  Without Recon you won't stop it.  Even just a MUTT and a pair of TOW Jeeps can stall an enemy advance long enough for you to react.  Plus if you want to make an advance knowing what you are going to run into makes all the difference between a successful thrust and losing your force.

Armored CVs, you need them.  A Sultan, VAB or BRDM can stick it out if there is some arty and can book it when you need to give ground.  A mouse farts at a Jeep and it will blow up, plus it can't run away from molasses.  Funny enough I've seen people who really should know better still using Jeeps.

Don't send expensive **** into infantry occupied forests.  I had two Fuchs with Jagers in a forest with a logistics truck my opponent sent in three Hinds and two platoons of T-64s and the Jagers smoked the lot of them.  At knife fighting range in a forest a T-80U or M1A2 will lose to the cheapest infantry unit.

Get the most out of the cheapest stuff and husband the expensive equipment.  Sure the Havoc or Leo 2A4 has stats to die for but they need to kill quite a few things to make back their points.  In the meantime if it gets killed first then your in the hole a hundred plus points.  A TOW Jeep and Milan F2 squad costs peanuts if they kill a T80U and they've earned their cost three time over.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on February 25, 2013, 11:35:05 am
I'm getting back into EVE again, what with having joined an alliance with my small corporation and all.

Managed to get podded twice over the weekend trying to get to the home system, then decided to check my route's sovereignty BEFORE clicking on the nice jump button so i don't find out i'm in the wrong system too late xD

Turned a 20 jump journey into 55 after avoiding only 2 systems xD
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 25, 2013, 01:23:00 pm
I'm kind of between PC games right now. Playing Planetside 2 and MWO when I feel like it, but I have the urge for a good MMO or RPG. I don't feel like dropping the money for Guild Wars 2, Fable 3, or Skyrim atm though.

Also, Fire Emblem: Awakening
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 25, 2013, 07:55:47 pm
bioshock 2.  not a whole lot of change from 1.  i like the mele option (with guns, the drill sucks), but having both that and plasmids has made it such that i still haven't made a control scheme i'm comfortable with.  if using sights was actually all that important, i'd be in real trouble.

also, **** big sisters.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on February 25, 2013, 08:31:58 pm
Fatal Frame 1... again.

Never quite finished it because I got stuck on a hard boss. Welp, just passed that boss and only have the final one to go.

Then I can say I've beaten it and I'm never playing it again... the guy who programmed the controls was an idiot, makes the game a lot harder to play than it should be.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on February 25, 2013, 11:00:02 pm
metal gear rising revengeance (http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-ese.gif)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on February 26, 2013, 01:00:50 am
Playing Carmageddon II and Overkill (http://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Overkill.html). Again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on February 26, 2013, 09:39:20 am
Finished FSport last night - I have owned Freespace since 1999 yet have never finished a campaign before!  Doing Operation Templar and Silent Threat: Reborn next, then on to the Freespace 2 main campaign and beyond.  I still play a lot of C&C3: Kane's Wrath skirmishes when I just want a quick fix.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 26, 2013, 03:58:45 pm
you  can skip operation templar.  it's about as good as retail silent threat.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on February 27, 2013, 04:57:24 am
Because of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN25hbDMWUA&feature=player_embedded#! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN25hbDMWUA&feature=player_embedded#!), I'm think about buying ME3...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on February 27, 2013, 03:50:32 pm
Saints Row the Third from that Humble Bundle THQ put out before it closed. Damn what a silly game...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on February 27, 2013, 04:59:52 pm
Glorious silly !
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on February 27, 2013, 05:21:46 pm
  I am replaying Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. Noah ships are as inspiring as ever, I most make Cruiser/Destroyer.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on February 27, 2013, 05:35:23 pm
I'm totally addicted to STO again -.-
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 27, 2013, 08:46:09 pm
  I am replaying Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. Noah ships are as inspiring as ever, I most make Cruiser/Destroyer.

i should really try to finally figure out how to play that damn game.  it all went to hell when i had to start controlling multiple ships.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on February 27, 2013, 11:48:04 pm
  I am replaying Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. Noah ships are as inspiring as ever, I most make Cruiser/Destroyer.

i should really try to finally figure out how to play that damn game.  it all went to hell when i had to start controlling multiple ships.

Pause a lot
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Aardwolf on February 28, 2013, 12:02:10 am
I am playing Windows Solitaire (Win7 version) for some reason (possibly because I can't play "real" games due to my S and D keys popping out all the time). I can feel my brain atrophying...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on February 28, 2013, 12:07:20 am
metal gear rising revengeance (http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-ese.gif)

metal gear rising revengeance (http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-black101.gif)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on February 28, 2013, 01:08:23 am
Heard that game was unfortunately short
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BritishShivans on February 28, 2013, 11:03:17 am
http://i.imgur.com/31Im4yM.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/31Im4yM.jpg)

This is what happens when I play too much Spore.  :wakka:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 28, 2013, 12:54:50 pm
  I am replaying Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. Noah ships are as inspiring as ever, I most make Cruiser/Destroyer.

i should really try to finally figure out how to play that damn game.  it all went to hell when i had to start controlling multiple ships.

Pause a lot

yeah.  i probably will when i do restart, but that makes it considerably less enjoyable to me.  and pacing was only one of the things i was failing at.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on February 28, 2013, 02:26:52 pm
http://i.imgur.com/31Im4yM.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/31Im4yM.jpg)

This is what happens when I play too much Spore.  :wakka:

You know, it's been ages since I've played that. I gotta install that on my new computer
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BritishShivans on March 01, 2013, 03:43:54 am
If you can get the Steam version grab that, it doesn't have the stupid version of SecuROM that the disk version has
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on March 02, 2013, 12:07:55 am
Whilst I am waiting for a time agreed on for people to play NetMech (for MechWarrior 2) on another site, I decided to play the Mech2 expansion pack Ghost Bear's Legacy, but in a Nova of all things (doesn't have torso twist, so at least I'm doing something at least as challenging as a Firemoth).

Well, that, and the original Modern Warfare. Shame, I actually believed that installment was good of all things.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 02, 2013, 02:04:23 am
Whilst I am waiting for a time agreed on for people to play NetMech (for MechWarrior 2) on another site, I decided to play the Mech2 expansion pack Ghost Bear's Legacy, but in a Nova of all things (doesn't have torso twist, so at least I'm doing something at least as challenging as a Firemoth).

Well, that, and the original Modern Warfare. Shame, I actually believed that installment was good of all things.

I take it that belief is no longer truth? Will you write that down and sign it please? I require it to make people get off my ass about it
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on March 02, 2013, 09:19:16 am
Continuing Deus Ex. Currently
Spoiler:
in the Brooklyn Naval Shipyards. Haven't gotten onto the ship yet.

EDIT:
Spoiler:
If the blade of the Dragon's Tooth Sword is formed only when the sword is in your hand, why does it take up as many inventory slots as a regular sword? :wtf:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 02, 2013, 09:14:29 pm
i finally beat the gauntlet and unlocked the tie advanced in rouge squadron II. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sarafan on March 03, 2013, 11:23:34 am
Whilst I am waiting for a time agreed on for people to play NetMech (for MechWarrior 2) on another site, I decided to play the Mech2 expansion pack Ghost Bear's Legacy, but in a Nova of all things (doesn't have torso twist, so at least I'm doing something at least as challenging as a Firemoth).

Well, that, and the original Modern Warfare. Shame, I actually believed that installment was good of all things.

Are you running MW2 on a modern pc? If so, how did you manage to run it? I have mechwarrior 2 right here but never managed to play it.

As for what I'm playing, its Ace Combat Zero, trying to shoot down all the 100 something aces.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Thaeris on March 03, 2013, 11:59:02 am
I just got Hornet 2.0 to run again... it fills me with rediculous nerd nostalgia. That said, if anyone runs Basilisk II and wants to see if they can get netplay to work... I'd love to get a few sorties in over the desert. :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on March 03, 2013, 12:47:00 pm
PlanetSide 2, mostly.  I've got an NC on Waterson that's part of an outfit.  He used to be on Jaeger, but then the server merge happened so now my Waterson TR won't see much use.

Still trying to get people to at least respond to my HLP Outfit thread...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 03, 2013, 06:57:06 pm
completed bioshock 2.  not sure what i'll move onto now.  maybe planetside or borderlands 2.  other possibility is the X series that i bought more than a year ago and haven't even installed yet.  or STALKER COP.  oh, decisions.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on March 03, 2013, 07:35:05 pm
Whilst I am waiting for a time agreed on for people to play NetMech (for MechWarrior 2) on another site, I decided to play the Mech2 expansion pack Ghost Bear's Legacy, but in a Nova of all things (doesn't have torso twist, so at least I'm doing something at least as challenging as a Firemoth).


Are you running MW2 on a modern pc? If so, how did you manage to run it? I have mechwarrior 2 right here but never managed to play it.


Not to be a blatant advertiser, but start here first and determine your best option. (http://www.mech2.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=806) For Solution 6, if you have a disc that has the DOS version, almost anything made past the Pentium 4 days will run Mech2 on DOSBOX at 640x480.

Well, that, and the original Modern Warfare. Shame, I actually believed that installment was good of all things.

I take it that belief is no longer truth? Will you write that down and sign it please? I require it to make people get off my ass about it

*signed* I believe it's good (well, the story mode at any rate) compared to the other two.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 04, 2013, 12:02:05 am
Started in on Retrovirus.  Man it feels good to be buzzing about in 6DOF again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wobble73 on March 04, 2013, 06:59:27 am
Mt wife just bought me Crysis 3 for the PS3 for my fortieth birthday!   :D :yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scooby_Doo on March 09, 2013, 12:05:03 am
LOL if anyone says Simcity 5   :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 09, 2013, 02:13:54 pm
trying to play some crysis 2 multi for a bit again.  unfortunately all that remain are hackers and unbelievable morons.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 09, 2013, 02:24:11 pm
Trying to finish Call of Pripyat. Maybe then I can get into the Thief series.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 09, 2013, 03:23:02 pm
Mucking about with Twitch and XSplit because I'm bored
And a whole lot of N64

EDIT: HA!
http://www.twitch.tv/deathfun/b/375836741
Still working out kinks such as bitrate, but it's working! Shame the quality won't get much better than that. Go go magic ****ty internet!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 09, 2013, 05:12:03 pm
Trying to finish Call of Pripyat. Maybe then I can get into the Thief series.

i think i'm gonna make that my next game.  i really enjoyed the previous two, once appropriate bug fixing and head bobble removing mods were applied.  are you aware of any such must-haves for CoP before i start?  (not complete)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on March 10, 2013, 05:04:58 am
Decided to try Rift; just Rift Lite for now (free-to-play "trial" version). I've never played an MMO before, so it's taken some getting used to. It's been interesting, though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 10, 2013, 06:48:17 am
Trying to finish Call of Pripyat. Maybe then I can get into the Thief series.

i think i'm gonna make that my next game.  i really enjoyed the previous two, once appropriate bug fixing and head bobble removing mods were applied.  are you aware of any such must-haves for CoP before i start?  (not complete)
No, just using Complete. I do wish there was something that could optimize the **** out of the game. I mean come on. The slowdowns do not follow any logical pattern.

Other than that, I have a strong love/hate thing going on with the game. On one hand, I love how they carefully craft the oppressive, scary atmosphere and really make you feel like you're walking around a weirdass, hostile Pripyat. On the other hand, I hate that kind of atmosphere (I'm not fond of scary stuff).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 10, 2013, 03:49:58 pm
i used complete on SoC, but honestly wasn't terribly fond of it.  certainly not to the degree of praise it gets.  it took too many liberties.  they made DRASTIC art changes, and not always good ones.  the game became unplayable at night.  i pretty much only used it for the bug fixes, which i couldn't/didn't want to figure out how to get alone.  some of the upgraded sounds were nice too though.  i played CS vanilla with a few minor bugfix mods i could find.  and honestly, i didn't miss the art.  it looked quite good on its own.

add to that, the brief searching i did suggested complete for CoP is a broken mess.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 11, 2013, 05:58:19 am
Oh. I just installed Complete because there was so much talk about the SoC version of it and I just assumed that it'll be as great for CoP too. Oh well, just finished and uninstalled the game. Maybe I'll try it without Complete (and maybe with something else) in future.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rodo on March 11, 2013, 04:28:22 pm
TERA and Star Conflict.

Got myself attached to mmo's finally...now that they are free :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 11, 2013, 07:58:56 pm
I've been purposely staying far away from LOTR Online, because I know for a fact I could become horrifically sucked into that.  Hell, I originally played Spiral Knights just for a TF2 hat, and now I have who knows how many hours there.  And that's a game with a built-in daily limiter! :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 12, 2013, 04:30:21 am
I've been purposely staying far away from LOTR Online, because I know for a fact I could become horrifically sucked into that.  Hell, I originally played Spiral Knights just for a TF2 hat, and now I have who knows how many hours there.  And that's a game with a built-in daily limiter! :p

Yeah, same here. Only Spiral Knights wasn't for the hat, it was for the winter bonanza they had in 2011. Got myself a free copy of Half Life from it!
Been streaming this stuff for no apparent reason either. Gotta reduce the bit rate though on OBS. Lag less perhaps

http://www.twitch.tv/deathfun/b/376797804
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 12, 2013, 07:17:39 am
Oh boy, got my Heart of the swarm today, but hell, I can't remember my battlenet password and the name combo I used...this will be an interesting day :banghead:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 12, 2013, 12:47:27 pm
I spent roughly 4 hours last night in FFXI just crafting. I'm trying to use up all the materials I've collected through my campaign, sell everything that's not bolted down for gil, and distribute it to my linkshell. THEN I can finally retire.

Sure, I could just sell everything to the NPCs, but I'd get a lot less for it. And if something's worth doing, it's worth doing right.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on March 14, 2013, 09:48:43 am
Currently Homeworld: Cataclysm. It has some of the best music and atmosphere I ever encountered in any game, but story, while not horrible, could be a bit better at times. The end of the campaign just feels underdeveloped.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on March 16, 2013, 04:50:31 pm
Finished up the main story line of Saints Row the Third. I honestly didn't think I'd enjoy playing this game, I got in the THQ bundle, but I have to admit I'm having an a lot of fun with it. It has completely changed my mind about the idea of abandoning caution to the wind. It's so ridiculous that I can't help having fun. It also helps that the gameplay is pretty solid IMO.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Enzo03 on March 16, 2013, 05:21:53 pm
Octodad.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 20, 2013, 08:06:57 am
Civilization V
I just spent five days (not straight) on a single session of it. I'm quite impressed just how much time I put into just one session
Let's go again shall we! This time, perhaps less nuking and more peace
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 20, 2013, 09:36:07 pm
But nuking is fun! Despite the fact I've only dropped one twice for whatever reason.

I'm currently attempting to run that old Star Wars: Rebellion game because I have a mad desire to play something like it and it's better...ish, than Empire at War. It's not going well.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 21, 2013, 12:07:04 am
Quote
But nuking is fun! Despite the fact I've only dropped one twice for whatever reason.

It's annoying though as the workers don't automatically clean up the ensuing Fallout. Honestly, that's what really bugs me
I don't want you to build improvements WHEN THEY AREN'T GOING TO BE USEFUL
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 21, 2013, 01:40:35 am
Just Cause 2.

... just 'cause.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Flak on March 21, 2013, 02:52:31 am
Fire Emblem Awakening for now
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Suongadon on March 23, 2013, 03:24:33 pm
I just played The Void (http://www.tension-game.com/index_en.php). Starting around midnight, ending around twenty minutes ago. I don't even what the dsafgajlkhg;dfgoijdsgasetlksdtearsgdfsdgaklds

But I think it was good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 23, 2013, 03:27:29 pm
Planescape: Torment, because people talked about it on IRC and I remembered how awesome it is.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on March 23, 2013, 04:19:44 pm
DoomRL (http://doom.chaosforge.org/)

Top down Roguelike based on doom, using sprites rather than ascii (thank you sanity) all with doom music and SF :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on March 23, 2013, 07:59:21 pm
Moved on to Assassin's Creed Revelations.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on March 23, 2013, 08:29:19 pm
Finished up the new Tomb Raider. To me it seemed to be far too easy for anyone with shooter experience. It mixed it up nicely with puzzles and stealthy bits though, which I quite enjoyed. Once I started caring about the story it got a lot better. Wasn't mindblowing, but it was definitely decent.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on March 23, 2013, 10:38:05 pm
Back to Deus Ex. Currently
Spoiler:
just arrived in Paris.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 23, 2013, 11:18:18 pm
DoomRL (http://doom.chaosforge.org/)

Top down Roguelike based on doom, using sprites rather than ascii (thank you sanity) all with doom music and SF :D
Those screenshots look hilarious. :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 23, 2013, 11:38:10 pm
Mechwarrior Online pretty much rolling a trio of HBK-4 variants.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on March 24, 2013, 02:40:33 pm
AudioSurf. I'm getting a bit frustrated trying to beat my own damned Casual record for Xepher by Tatsh (it's really pissing me off to the point where I would end up getting a nightmare of that song manifesting itself as a vinyl disc or an audio cassette*).

Spoiler:
* Yes, it was my jam. Then it stopped when it got a bit into my head and when I remembered beating someone in DDR with that song.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 25, 2013, 05:43:36 pm
AudioSurf. I'm getting a bit frustrated trying to beat my own damned Casual record for Xepher by Tatsh

I'm listening to that now, and imagining it as an AudioSurf track, and it's giving me a small bit of epilepsy. But I still really want to load it up in Beat Hazard and have at it.
(song! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS7StcykQF4))
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 25, 2013, 05:53:49 pm
Got a few games lined up
Bastion, XCOM and The Cave
Although the mention of audiosurf makes me want to get in on that...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on March 25, 2013, 08:11:32 pm
 Replaying Crysis 1, this time with MAXIMUM GRAPHICS.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Aardwolf on March 26, 2013, 12:47:18 am
Everyone on Youtube is playing SimCity. Well I'm one step ahead of them... I'm playing SimCity 2000.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on March 26, 2013, 07:47:31 am
I can't believe how much time I used to put into SimCity, building these massive cities, and then destroying them with disasters. :drevil:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on March 26, 2013, 11:08:18 am
playing War Thunder, much better than World o Warplanes AND they're going to be direct competition to said game and World of Tanks and World of Warships.

Currently in Open Beta at www.warthunder.com
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scooby_Doo on March 26, 2013, 02:46:10 pm
Everyone on Youtube is playing SimCity. Well I'm one step ahead of them... I'm playing SimCity 2000.
Now where is my Simcity 3000 disc?  :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on March 26, 2013, 06:47:55 pm
Would people recommend the SC series for someone who's never been very good at RTSs? I've been thinking of trying it out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scooby_Doo on March 26, 2013, 07:11:24 pm
Would people recommend the SC series for someone who's never been very good at RTSs? I've been thinking of trying it out.
Go for one of the earlier versions (2000,3000, 4) instead. Far less buggy at this point in time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 26, 2013, 07:18:10 pm
Would people recommend the SC series for someone who's never been very good at RTSs? I've been thinking of trying it out.
Go for one of the earlier versions (2000,3000, 4) instead. Far less buggy at this point in time.
Wait...did he mean Sim City, or StarCraft?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 26, 2013, 07:18:48 pm
Would people recommend the SC series for someone who's never been very good at RTSs? I've been thinking of trying it out.

It's not really an RTS in the same sense as most other RTSs
So yes

(I'm presuming Sim City as that's what we're talking about)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on March 26, 2013, 07:37:15 pm
Oops, my bad, I should have clarified: by SC I meant StarCraft, not SimCity. :P
Sorry!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 26, 2013, 08:16:22 pm
Oops, my bad, I should have clarified: by SC I meant StarCraft, not SimCity. :P
Sorry!

Now are we talking SCI and BW, or SCII WoL and HoTS?

Either way, they're not dissimilar. Custom matches such as turret defenses can be fun for you if you decide not to take part in the matches most go for. I'd say yes, go for it. Campaign is fun, and all the custom map setting stuff will keep you busy otherwise
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on March 26, 2013, 08:44:29 pm
Well I was going to start with SCI and then move on to II so I can get into the story properly, as I'm expecting that (as with most games) to be what keeps me playing. And yes, I know about the shenanigans with the later parts of the story. I don't mind, I'm going to try it out anyway.

But yeah, thanks for the recommendation; I'll look at picking up SCI sometime soon.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Thaeris on March 26, 2013, 09:04:04 pm
One could always download Tiberian Sun. I have yet to finish playing that one, actually, but in all honesty I think it's an easier game to play. Starcraft and Warcraft were always high-stress games where failure to do something at just the right second could lead to horrible death. C&C moves at a much more reasonable pace in my opinion.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scooby_Doo on March 26, 2013, 10:13:04 pm
One could always download Tiberian Sun. I have yet to finish playing that one, actually, but in all honesty I think it's an easier game to play. Starcraft and Warcraft were always high-stress games where failure to do something at just the right second could lead to horrible death. C&C moves at a much more reasonable pace in my opinion.

Stay away from Company of Heroes... that game is horrible when it comes to that   :ick:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 26, 2013, 11:12:25 pm
One could always download Tiberian Sun. I have yet to finish playing that one, actually, but in all honesty I think it's an easier game to play. Starcraft and Warcraft were always high-stress games where failure to do something at just the right second could lead to horrible death. C&C moves at a much more reasonable pace in my opinion.

Oh boy are you wrong. C&C was rife with blink-and-you-lose tactics.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 26, 2013, 11:18:22 pm
Age of Empires II (or its Star Wars reskin, Galactic Battlegrounds) seemed to provide a nice entry into the genre for me back in the day.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on March 26, 2013, 11:39:08 pm
Probably the friendlist RTS' to newcomers would be Command and Conquer Gold, Red Alert, Warcraft II.  All three have customizeable difficulty settings.

Homeworld and 2, C&C2/3/RA2, Company of Heroes, Starcraft, and a variety of the other big RTS games are really not friendly to people new to the genre.  Especially Starcraft.  The lack of a difficulty modifier in that game is brutal if you don't catch on quickly.

I learned how to effectively play RTS games by playing the absolute crap out of Warcraft 2 and Red Alert.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 27, 2013, 12:30:41 am
MWO

Had a great series of games tonight and closed out the basic tree for my HBK-4SP.  After the last configuration round I went with it is proving a truly nasty machine.  Next up is grinding out the XP for the HBK-4G(F), it has a brand new load out I'm stoked to try and once it's vetted I can start the elite tree for my trio of Hunchies.  After that I'll take a look at what I want to play with next.  Possibly the Centurions, but if the Highlanders are out I might opt to try the assault chassis.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on March 27, 2013, 01:09:56 am
One could always download Tiberian Sun. I have yet to finish playing that one, actually, but in all honesty I think it's an easier game to play. Starcraft and Warcraft were always high-stress games where failure to do something at just the right second could lead to horrible death. C&C moves at a much more reasonable pace in my opinion.

Stay away from Company of Heroes... that game is horrible when it comes to that   :ick:
Even though it could be frustrating at times, I had fun. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on March 27, 2013, 01:24:11 am
Just finished Bioshock Infinite.

Great game, good writing, very pretty.

Spoiler:
But what the **** is with that ending, Irrational?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 27, 2013, 01:58:23 am
Just finished Bioshock Infinite.

Great game, good writing, very pretty.

Spoiler:
But what the **** is with that ending, Irrational?

That didn't take you long
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on March 27, 2013, 10:10:19 am
Sorta blazed through it--still took me 12 hours or so, but school's on break, so I had time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Thaeris on March 27, 2013, 12:29:10 pm
One could always download Tiberian Sun. I have yet to finish playing that one, actually, but in all honesty I think it's an easier game to play. Starcraft and Warcraft were always high-stress games where failure to do something at just the right second could lead to horrible death. C&C moves at a much more reasonable pace in my opinion.

Oh boy are you wrong. C&C was rife with blink-and-you-lose tactics.

Hmmm. I think that's an over-extension of my statement. When I think of SC, I think of having to micromanage every single aspect (especially when playing as Terrans). My views are also skewed from playing comp-stomp missions via multi-player BroodWar, in which anything less than fever-pitched timing would lead to great disaster.

In retrospect, I found that C&C didn't require as much micromanagement and felt much better pace-wise than the Blizzard games.

But then, I've not bothered to play either of those for a while now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 27, 2013, 03:23:11 pm
I've only played through tiberean sun once, and that was a good while ago, but my impressions on C&C in general are that it's usually a fairly relaxed pace that allows the player to use his preferred general tactic and complete the mission in his own time, but there is often a critical segment (most commonly at the beginning but not always) that can get you steamrolled if you're not prepared for it or react quickly and precisely.


as for myself, i just finished STALKER Call of Pripyat.  once again i find myself disagreeing with what seems to be the general consensus of the gaming community.  i thought that this was the weakest of the series.  it was enjoyable, sure, and the game mechanics were ironed out pretty well, but there just wasn't much there.  the story was the least interesting of all of them.  it felt more like a cluster of side missions that were kinda shoehorned into a main plot.  only three areas with not a whole lot of interesting in them, especially pripyat.  i thought this is where the game would finally take off and get out of what felt like the intro/gather equipment phase and actually develop the plot, discovery, and throw in an actual well-defined adversary.  but when i got there it was just a few more "side mission" plot missions, some hints at major reveals that were never explored, and..... wait, we're leaving?  that's the ending?  :wtf:

 according to steam i put 58 hours into it, but i don't think i believe that.  i must have spent WAY more time trolling around for artifacts than i realized.  or chasing down phantom leads that seemed to indicate there was much to be explored/discovered but ended up going nowhere.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on March 28, 2013, 04:22:54 am
Finished Deus Ex. Good times.

Spoiler:
Naturally, I had to try all three endings.

I really should've shut down the UCs on the ground floor rather than let the floor be run over with greasels and mega-karkians, but well I guess it made things more interesting. EDIT: Certainly made Speed Enhancement that much more useful! ;)

Overall, the AI wasn't quite as smart as I'd hoped. For example, coming across the bodies of their dead comrades didn't seem to make them the least bit suspicious that something might be amiss. Compare with, say, Thief, where you actually do have to hide your victims' bodies, should you stoop so low as to use force. Reminds me that I need to finish playing Thief.

Next up: probably BioShock Infinite, when I get around to it. Strange that no one's started a thread on it yet.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 28, 2013, 08:04:52 am
I actually started BioShock Infinite last night.  I haven't really gotten into the meat of it but so far the environment and art has been top notch.  I do need to fiddle with my mouse settings though, its so sensitive my view point moves around like I'm having fits.  In addition I'm still chipping away at leveling my HBK-4G(F).

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on March 28, 2013, 08:19:12 am
Also playing Bioshock Infinite. I have seldom seen a game that is as good as that one at building a consistent and engaging world.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on March 28, 2013, 08:36:30 am
Next up: probably BioShock Infinite, when I get around to it. Strange that no one's started a thread on it yet.
Everyone is posting here nowadays.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on March 28, 2013, 10:16:47 am
Next up: probably BioShock Infinite, when I get around to it. Strange that no one's started a thread on it yet.
Everyone is posting here nowadays.
There are tons of recent threads in Gaming Discussion about individual games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on March 29, 2013, 12:21:44 am
Well, I finally obtained a copy of Bioshock Infinite... but now I don't have a system to play it on. By the weekend I'll be able to play it.

In the meantime: Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon. Yep, sequel to Luigi's Mansion. On the 3DS. Should be fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 29, 2013, 12:47:34 am
I've been thinking about getting a 3ds, but I'm very frugal and having a hard time convincing myself to buy one for all of about 2 games (make that three now) that I know I'd want for it.

I need ya'lls help deciding what to play now.  Untouched from my steam library:
ARMA II (not completely untouched, I just ragequit after about 5 minutes because of how horrendous a first impression it made)
Borderlands 2
FEAR 3
Fallout: New Vegas
 - oh yeah, I have the original fallout from the free GOG offer.  I didn't make it very far.  It's not really quite my cup of tea to begin with, and I also didn't know any better and started with the default character.
Nexus (another essentially ragequit)
SW:KOTOR
the X series

I also installed planetside 2, but have yet to actually play it.  When I tried to right after installing, the servers were down or my account hadn't activated or something and I couldn't log in.

Or I suppose I could go through the ever growing list of FSO campaigns I haven't played yet.  I've also been kinda thinking about seeing if there's any top quality mods for Crysis (one).  I've never really ventured into the modding scene outside of here other than the occasional user-made stability patches or texture upgrades for older games.  I'm kinda curious.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 29, 2013, 01:24:09 am
Sidenote about Bioshock Infinite... I apparently knew of a plot twist without having to play the game, more than a year before it's release
Ruined it for a few people unintentionally... thought it common knowledge

Spoiler:
We were talking about the game when I asked "Isn't he supposed to be the father or something?" as a while back, I recall an instance where the reason the character was there was because he was looking for his daughter. I naturally assumed that the Elizabeth character, was the daughter he was looking for. They got all up in arms against me as they didn't know. I forgot the precise instance I heard about this, but it was well over a year ago
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 29, 2013, 09:41:22 pm
MWO
Double XP weekend, time to lvl up my HBK-4s.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 30, 2013, 10:49:20 am
MWO because I need to learn my Commando all over again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on March 30, 2013, 11:15:19 am
There's a Skype group set up for MWO chat with Esarai, Aesaar, Hades, and I.  Either of you interested in playing with us?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 30, 2013, 11:27:18 am
Maybe. Hades knows my skype name if you want me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Gray113 on March 30, 2013, 03:05:07 pm
All this talk of MWO has led me to dig out my old copy of MC2 and download a load of old mods. Right now playing Rebirth of white company and getting my ass kicked by Steiner  :sigh: good times
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 30, 2013, 03:12:58 pm
All this talk of MWO has led me to dig out my old copy of MC2 and download a load of old mods. Right now playing Rebirth of white company and getting my ass kicked by Steiner  :sigh: good times

Why not check out the Omnitech project right here on HLP?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Gray113 on March 30, 2013, 03:26:15 pm
I have had a glance and when I have more time (I'm swamped with coursework at the moment and just looking for quick few mins of blowing **** up) I will be giving them a go. Its the same reason I haven't started MWO yet either though once I have the time I will probably get right in to it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on March 30, 2013, 04:00:20 pm
Had some kickass games of MWO with Esarai, Aesaar, and NGTM-1R.  Our final match before I quit for lunch had the party of Esarai, Aesaar, and I taking the top three slots on the scoreboard at the end.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on March 30, 2013, 04:15:09 pm
 Finished Crysis & Crysis Warhead. Goddamn, I forgot how much better these were when compared to Crysis 2. I've considered installing Wars and checking online but from what I heard Power Struggle is a hollow shadow of it's former self nowadays.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 31, 2013, 11:00:48 pm
MWO managed to elite my barbershop quartet of HBK-4s.

(http://mwowiki.org/images/thumb/6/67/HBK-4G.png/160px-HBK-4G.png)(http://mwowiki.org/images/thumb/0/0a/HBK-4H.png/160px-HBK-4H.png)(http://mwowiki.org/images/thumb/7/7b/HBK-4P.png/160px-HBK-4P.png)(http://mwowiki.org/images/thumb/c/c5/HBK-4SP.png/160px-HBK-4SP.png)
Put together and vetted a new HBK-4H just today.  AC-20 backed by 5 SLas and a Standard 260 engine, with the speed tweak it makes 92.7 kph.  AC-20 at 92.7kph is a hoot.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on April 07, 2013, 07:49:54 pm
Just finished Saint's Row The Third and MechWarrior 3. Man, that was intense. Trying to do Pirate's Moon (the MW3 expansion), that is presenting a bit of a problem.

Yaargh, those punks and their AC 20s...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 07, 2013, 08:14:07 pm
Just finished Saint's Row The Third and MechWarrior 3. Man, that was intense. Trying to do Pirate's Moon (the MW3 expansion), that is presenting a bit of a problem.

Yaargh, those punks and their AC 20s...

You made MW3 work on Win7?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LHN91 on April 08, 2013, 01:03:21 pm
I actually had fewer issues playing Mech3 on Windows 7 than on XP. The trick is to use an nVidia or Intel graphics chip, as they seem best equipped to handle the steaming pile of compatibility issues that is DirectX 6.1.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on April 08, 2013, 03:44:18 pm
Mechwarrior Online for me as well.

Since I just started and am reluctant to pay real money right now, the only 'Mech I actually own is a Spider-5D.

2 Med. Lasers (1 in the arm and 1 in the torso) and a Guardian ECM. Works excellently for a harassment/scout role.


The other day one of my matches had half our team in Light mechs vs an entire team of Heavies and Assaults. Enemy team was pretty confident that with that much firepower on their side, they couldn't lose (though they were smart enough to devote a mech or two to base guarding duty to prevent capture).

Result: win by annihilation of enemy team. Only mechs left standing were the Lights.

Lesson learned: do not underestimate Light mechs, especially with ECM. They can run circles around Assaults (like Char of Gundam fame said: "It doesn't matter how powerful you are if you can't hit me") and flank the bejeesus out of Heavies.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on April 08, 2013, 05:27:38 pm
Why the hell would you use a Spider and not the Raven? :wtf:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on April 08, 2013, 05:43:31 pm
Because I like the Spider.

Seriously, though, mainly speed. True that the Raven is a bit heavier and has more hardpoints, but it's also 30-50 kph slower (depending on variant).

Also Ravens are ugly.  :P
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Post by: headdie on April 08, 2013, 05:48:57 pm
random D&D based games thanks to a recent GoG sale
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Post by: Mongoose on April 08, 2013, 06:04:22 pm
Just pre-ordered Poker Night 2, so I should be working on that before too long.
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on April 08, 2013, 08:14:38 pm
You made MW3 work on Win7?

I ran it on an XP box (my craptop had serious GFX issues, hardware mode had trash, software mode had inconsistent high-speed problems as in I would pause for a second then move a large gap forward while at full throttle, despite me trying to hog the processors with CPUGrab).

Boy, I gave one of my team mates an Annihilator with dual Clan ER PPCs and dual AC-10s (had 80 rounds of ammo total), he scored a lot of kill shots. (It helps that the MFBs start the campaign with almost 1000 rounds of AC-10 ammo.)

In Ops Zone 4, I only had a few Mechs left and said screw it, ER PPC bumrush (I kinda wasted a lot of my LRM and MG ammo by boating it, and hell, I had about 150 Clan Double Heat Sinks to waste on my team mates by the time I reached that area) and I gave myself LB-10X ACs (to core CTs) or AC-10s (if legging for salvage is a priority) with three or four standard MLs. Surprisingly, that worked.

Lesson learned: do not underestimate Light mechs, especially with ECM.

I just had to post this, I could not pass it up. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAdGhMRBbzY)
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Post by: StarSlayer on April 08, 2013, 10:46:57 pm
Why the hell would you use a Spider and not the Raven? :wtf:

Granted the 3L is the best light atm and SDRs are never going to be high damage dealers, but I'll admit they always look like they are having fun...

(http://i.imgur.com/5VXAc0a.jpg)

Plus if the AS7s are firing skyward in impotent rage and not at me sneaking around the buildings popping off AC-20 rounds then all the better.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on April 08, 2013, 11:22:40 pm
And that image is a keeper!  :lol:
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Post by: An4ximandros on April 08, 2013, 11:37:30 pm
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Unreal_Coverart.png)
Finished this and the expansion pack again and I want MOAR!
*Sob* Stupid Tournament hijacking the series.
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Post by: desertstorm on April 08, 2013, 11:43:26 pm
well star wars the old republic and freespace2 ( any mod) are what i play the most now
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on April 09, 2013, 06:45:24 pm
160 hours into Skyrim finally.

Though not playing it right this moment as crazy deadline approaching.
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Post by: Sharkfinn on April 09, 2013, 07:45:30 pm
I've been playing Freespace 2 and Homeworld 2: Tactical Fleet simulator.  Infinitely better than the original, in my opinion.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on April 10, 2013, 12:13:38 am
Warframe.  Being a cyborg space ninja is fun.
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Post by: Sarafan on April 10, 2013, 12:23:46 pm
Playing a game called Hard Truck Apocalypse and its expansion, seems to be a pretty unknow game, its also know as Ex Machina. The game has its faults but fighting in a heavily armed/armored truck with a good soundtrack is loads of fun. Anybody knows of a game with vehicular action as the main gameplay?
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Post by: Lorric on April 10, 2013, 12:27:56 pm
Playing a game called Hard Truck Apocalypse and its expansion, seems to be a pretty unknow game, its also know as Ex Machina. The game has its faults but fighting in a heavily armed/armored truck with a good soundtrack is loads of fun. Anybody knows of a game with vehicular action as the main gameplay?

http://twistedmetal.wikia.com/wiki/Twisted_Metal_(Series)
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Post by: Sarafan on April 10, 2013, 12:31:14 pm
Thanks, Lorric.
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Post by: StarSlayer on April 10, 2013, 12:31:30 pm
Interstate 76
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Post by: Lorric on April 10, 2013, 12:33:30 pm
Thanks, Lorric.

You're welcome. There's also something called Vigilante 8 and a sequel, Vigilante 8 Second Offense on PS1.

Would you be interested in demolition derby type games as well? I have several of those, also on Playstation.
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Post by: Sarafan on April 10, 2013, 01:01:34 pm
Thanks, Lorric.

You're welcome. There's also something called Vigilante 8 and a sequel, Vigilante 8 Second Offense on PS1.

Would you be interested in demolition derby type games as well? I have several of those, also on Playstation.

Do things go boom? If so, yes.
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Post by: Lorric on April 10, 2013, 01:24:51 pm
Thanks, Lorric.

You're welcome. There's also something called Vigilante 8 and a sequel, Vigilante 8 Second Offense on PS1.

Would you be interested in demolition derby type games as well? I have several of those, also on Playstation.

Do things go boom? If so, yes.

No weapons, but cars blow their engines, leaving their dead hulks lying around.

On PS1, there's Destruction Derby, Destruction Derby 2 and Destruction Derby Raw. There's also Demolition Racer. Those are all very fun, and there's Driven to Destruction on PS2, that's a great game. If you're in the US, it's called Eve of Destruction. There's a Destruction Derby on PS2, but I haven't played it, and it's supposed to be a poor game from what I've heard. It doesn't look like much on Youtube.
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Post by: Venicius on April 10, 2013, 01:41:22 pm
Playing Klingon Academy for the first time in a while...too bad the source code for that hasn't been released!
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Post by: An4ximandros on April 10, 2013, 01:44:37 pm
Oh man, knowing how they did the ship damage would be so awesome.
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Post by: StarSlayer on April 10, 2013, 10:10:36 pm
Since it was already sitting in the hangar from before all the hate I started using the RVN-3L.  Have mine rigged up as a dual PPC designated marksman.  It doesn't do well against other lights but you can sure harass heavies and assaults.  I have them set to chain fire so you can keep up a steady rhythm of PPC blasts that really seem to irk enemy mechs.


(http://mwowiki.org/images/thumb/4/4f/RVN-3L.png/160px-RVN-3L.png)
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Post by: Dark Hunter on April 10, 2013, 10:12:11 pm
Started playing the original System Shock.

First impressions are "Holy crap, this is a detailed world for a 16-bit era game!" and "What were they smoking when they designed these controls?"

Figure out if possible to remap controls later... because this game looks amazing so far, and I'd love to play it with workable controls!
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Post by: Sarafan on April 11, 2013, 09:05:38 pm
Can we get a recomendation list going on this thread? Simple recomending games or avoid them. I got two you should avoid, SunAge and Alpha Prime.

Now if you know SunAge's fame, you're right, I had it coming the moment I decided to play, I read the reviews, the articles and made the mistake of thinking "it might not be so bad". It turns out that yes, it is that bad. For those that dont know, SunAge is the most bug infested game that has been seen, even patched this game is still going to crash on each and every mission due to more than one bug. I only managed to finish it because there some kind souls left on the official forums who had painstakingly run into every bug and found the solution for them.

Was it worth it? No, the story of the game is simply never explained to you, you never know exactly whats going because it is never show to you whats happening. In short, NEVER pick up this game.

Alpha Prime on the other hand is simply boring. It runs on the Doom 3 engine which makes it pretty enough but the story is just boring and convoluted (you're going after something called Glomar. Yes, Glomar.). I get the feeling no one played the game before launch because the AI is set to a ridiculous level where they can hit anything at any distance with any weapon with extreme accuracy. Can you at least do the same? Of course not. Get this game if you're really that bored but otherwise pretty much anything out there is better.
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Post by: AndrewofDoom on April 11, 2013, 11:49:11 pm
Playing Warframe at this moment. Killing bad dudes as a space ninja is great.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on April 12, 2013, 01:03:06 am
Can we get a recomendation list going on this thread? Simple recomending games or avoid them. I got two you should avoid, SunAge and Alpha Prime.

Now if you know SunAge's fame, you're right, I had it coming the moment I decided to play, I read the reviews, the articles and made the mistake of thinking "it might not be so bad". It turns out that yes, it is that bad. For those that dont know, SunAge is the most bug infested game that has been seen, even patched this game is still going to crash on each and every mission due to more than one bug. I only managed to finish it because there some kind souls left on the official forums who had painstakingly run into every bug and found the solution for them.

Was it worth it? No, the story of the game is simply never explained to you, you never know exactly whats going because it is never show to you whats happening. In short, NEVER pick up this game.

Alpha Prime on the other hand is simply boring. It runs on the Doom 3 engine which makes it pretty enough but the story is just boring and convoluted (you're going after something called Glomar. Yes, Glomar.). I get the feeling no one played the game before launch because the AI is set to a ridiculous level where they can hit anything at any distance with any weapon with extreme accuracy. Can you at least do the same? Of course not. Get this game if you're really that bored but otherwise pretty much anything out there is better.

my preferred strategy for buying games is "it's probably not even that good" instead of "it might not be THAT bad."  results in a small game library, but really high quality and a LOT of replay. 
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Post by: MatthTheGeek on April 12, 2013, 01:18:42 am
I usually arr, then buy. I just did that for XCOM. Made sure I wouldn't regret my 40€ beforehand, and hell I didn't.
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Post by: Mongoose on April 12, 2013, 02:43:26 am
My strategy is to wait for Steam sales and then buy ALL the things that I've heard decent fluff about.  It results in something of an esoteric catalog (not to mention a huge backlog), but it's a great way to find some hidden gems.
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Post by: Jeff Vader on April 12, 2013, 01:48:55 pm
Grabbed a copy of Dishonored since it is on weekend sale. Gotta give it a spin soon.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on April 12, 2013, 01:54:24 pm
I've had to temporarily stop buying games in Steam sales, because it seems I keep buying games that take longer and longer, and my time to play them is getting shorter and shorter.
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Post by: Satellight on April 12, 2013, 06:09:48 pm
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Unreal_Coverart.png)
Finished this and the expansion pack again and I want MOAR!
*Sob* Stupid Tournament hijacking the series.

 :yes: :yes: :yes:

Did you use the community patch you can find here (http://www.oldunreal.com/) ?

And also, the wonderful new hi-rez textures here (http://www.unrealtexture.com/Unreal/Website/Downloads/Textures/Textures.htm) ?

It's somewhat FSO for Unreal.

I think it's really amazing that the first PC games I ever bought are two of the most modded after 15 years  ;7
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Post by: Cyker on April 12, 2013, 06:59:53 pm
Nali Warcow! :D

I was just playing Shadow Genesis (So awesome but so hard!  :()

Now playing Avadon (It's a bit like Baldur's Gate but with less polish)

Recently completed Jolly Rover (If you like Monkey Island and don't hate dogs, buy this game)
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Post by: Suongadon on April 12, 2013, 08:48:00 pm
Playing Pathologic (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/04/10/butchering-pathologic-part-1-the-body/) and trolling redditrash.

Not sure which is rotting my soul more.
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Post by: General Battuta on April 12, 2013, 11:28:15 pm
Playing Pathologic (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/04/10/butchering-pathologic-part-1-the-body/) and trolling redditrash.

Not sure which is rotting my soul more.

links, links, links
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on April 12, 2013, 11:45:20 pm
Since I'm gonna be showing up doing NetMech for MechWarrior 2 tomorrow next Saturday, due to postponement (and to ease my misery in MWO for some parts until the next patch cycle), I've been playing the expansion pack Ghost Bear's Legacy, in a Nova (that one medium Clan Mech that doesn't have torso twist).

During my break hours in college, I've done my hand in Strike Suit Zero (and yes, I did it with a pad), and hopefully before Celceta comes out, The Dawn of Ys.
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Post by: StarSlayer on April 13, 2013, 12:59:03 am
Bioshock Infinite and MWO.  Got tired of trying to grind the RVNs and took the 4SP out of the garage and had some fun.  I had forgotten how damn hard it hits, 5MLs and a double shot of SRM 4s ruins a lot of folks' day.

So difficult to tell which HBK I love the best, they're all so much fun.  I should try a J at some point.
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Post by: Flipside on April 13, 2013, 01:04:06 am
Just picked up Bully: Scholarship Edition from Steam for 9.99. Seems quite fun, though feels a bit like GTA gameplay-wise.
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Post by: deathfun on April 13, 2013, 02:53:35 am
Lining a whole bunch of horror games up

SCP, Amnesia, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Alone in the Dark, Scratches and The Path since a whole bunch of people want me to play them on stream


Already started with SCP
It's a broken ****fest. In the ten minutes I played it, I broke it four times. Twice due to falling through the floor, once by making it so I couldn't go through a door I was supposed to go through, and the fourth was loading the game in pitch black.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on April 13, 2013, 11:50:47 am
Flipside, Bully was made by Rockstar, so you really shouldn't be surprised by GTA-ish gameplay. :P
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Post by: deathfun on April 14, 2013, 02:30:32 am
Holy **** I play SCP-087... THE STAIRCASE

http://www.twitch.tv/nukedpixels/c/2152997

Tell me what you think etc
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Post by: Dark Hunter on April 14, 2013, 03:07:39 am
Already started with SCP
It's a broken ****fest. In the ten minutes I played it, I broke it four times. Twice due to falling through the floor, once by making it so I couldn't go through a door I was supposed to go through, and the fourth was loading the game in pitch black.

Well, it is a beta build, last I checked. Not exactly a fully functioning game.

Still making my way through System Shock. It's actually gotten legitimately hard now. I am running really low on batteries... and that means no way to keep shields up for long. Against high level cyborgs and MK-II security robots, that's not good. :(
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Post by: Thaeris on April 16, 2013, 12:13:20 am
Got some time in to fly around in X-Plane:

(https://zpsyrg.bn1.livefilestore.com/y1pp7EEcja29wDvxmi09pAvwCAgjDdx41REJogWKL96Cv9YYiZTYtj4EUPz4nKfp4USXfQSj2T-YomwCBRsrVs_agByZ2jZ2wNL/P.1216-1.png?psid=1)

(https://zpsyrg.bn1.livefilestore.com/y1piL40IG5bkKkQH2HEc3wca6y7Kir6BMliC6xvZXV9MXCh9ZfmIIBRb7Q1oAaoVpKv2W7okZG7So1qfZ-rwZ3FDU6RZDbkx_Iy/P.1216-2.png?psid=1)

(https://zpsyrg.bn1.livefilestore.com/y1pOtgpcwl33TjnF82YKlFKd6DKS2VdejNCISbS2ZXZiCwtsTs5U8Q354D3TKzfS_NqN430bxQiyeGUsfSlxSJZyZrHFU9ASjGK/P.1216-3.png?psid=1)

The mighty, albeit tricky, Hawker P.1216. The flights were well worth it.

:D
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Post by: Dark Hunter on April 16, 2013, 02:04:12 am
Beat SS, although I had to mess around with DosBox's CPU settings at the end there. For some reason, the final battle runs at something like 10x the speed it's supposed to, while everything else in the game runs fine. Limiting CPU cycles helps with that.

On to System Shock 2. Already I hate weapon degradation.
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Post by: Venicius on April 16, 2013, 10:15:54 am
Weapon degradation only gets more fun the farther along you get!
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Post by: antsa on April 16, 2013, 10:45:56 am
Playing Battlezone at the moment  :yes:

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Post by: StarSlayer on April 16, 2013, 11:57:51 pm
Picked up HGNs going to work on vetting the 732.

(http://mwowiki.org/images/thumb/a/a7/HGN-732.png/160px-HGN-732.png)

Also since BT traces its roots to the 80s I've been putting together an 80s style playlist for matches.  Some 80s action movie osts, a bit of Jan Hammer, the 80s style ME1 tracks.  Man stomping across the battlefield to the Terminator Theme is awesome.
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Post by: Suongadon on April 17, 2013, 12:21:31 am
Also since BT traces its roots to the 80s I've been putting together an 80s style playlist for matches.  Some 80s action movie osts, a bit of Jan Hammer, the 80s style ME1 tracks.  Man stomping across the battlefield to the Terminator Theme is awesome.

Play... list? Is that some sort of automatic-cassette-changing device for your boom box?


Still playing Pathologic. This game is like. Amazing. cuz' Moo.
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Post by: Sarafan on April 17, 2013, 01:28:46 am
Finished Red Faction 2. The first one was awful, the second was thankfully better but stil has many flaws. The difficulty is absurd, you get swarmed by an army on later levels, the story could have been better and the ending is just bad.
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Post by: Mongoose on April 17, 2013, 01:53:07 am
Finished Red Faction 2. The first one was awful, the second was thankfully better but stil has many flaws. The difficulty is absurd, you get swarmed by an army on later levels, the story could have been better and the ending is just bad.
Heh, I pretty much have the exact opposite opinion.  I found the first entertaining, albeit rather straightforward, but the second felt like kind of a goofy mess.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on April 17, 2013, 02:02:48 am
SPIDERS!  :shaking:

My impression so far is that System Shock 2 is pretty much Bioshock if it were actually challenging (and had lesser graphics). I've heard of scarce resources but this is unbelievable. Every ammo pack is precious, nanites seem plentiful but are gone in seconds whenever really useful, and Cybernetic Modules are the Holy ****ing Grail!

I am loving this! It's so rare a game manages to make me play so conservatively at all times. It really makes you feel like you have to be making the full use of all your abilities to survive, rather than always having some easy out to fall back on in an emergency. Fantastic!
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Post by: newman on April 17, 2013, 07:19:17 am
Finished Red Faction 2. The first one was awful, the second was thankfully better but stil has many flaws. The difficulty is absurd, you get swarmed by an army on later levels, the story could have been better and the ending is just bad.
Heh, I pretty much have the exact opposite opinion.  I found the first entertaining, albeit rather straightforward, but the second felt like kind of a goofy mess.

Seconded.
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Post by: StarSlayer on April 17, 2013, 08:41:49 am
Also since BT traces its roots to the 80s I've been putting together an 80s style playlist for matches.  Some 80s action movie osts, a bit of Jan Hammer, the 80s style ME1 tracks.  Man stomping across the battlefield to the Terminator Theme is awesome.

Play... list? Is that some sort of automatic-cassette-changing device for your boom box?

Sure let me explain, my unit was part of an Op that secured an old Star Leaque cache and one of the interesting pieces of recovered LosTech was a device that allows me to stream music off the HPG network and play it in my mech.  Pretty crazy right?  Beats having to make mix tapes hollow.
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Post by: Sarafan on April 17, 2013, 09:48:48 am
Heh, I pretty much have the exact opposite opinion.  I found the first entertaining, albeit rather straightforward, but the second felt like kind of a goofy mess.

Yeah, the second has a goofy feeling to it, just look at Sopov. As for the first, I'll never forgive the stealth mission with the suit.


SPIDERS!  :shaking:

My impression so far is that System Shock 2 is pretty much Bioshock if it were actually challenging (and had lesser graphics). I've heard of scarce resources but this is unbelievable. Every ammo pack is precious, nanites seem plentiful but are gone in seconds whenever really useful, and Cybernetic Modules are the Holy ****ing Grail!

I am loving this! It's so rare a game manages to make me play so conservatively at all times. It really makes you feel like you have to be making the full use of all your abilities to survive, rather than always having some easy out to fall back on in an emergency. Fantastic!

Are you using the mods that enhance it? SS2 pretty much has its own FSO.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on April 17, 2013, 10:56:57 am
StarSlayer, you should probably try and add some Blood Dragon music to your list when it releases.
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Post by: StarSlayer on April 17, 2013, 01:16:16 pm
StarSlayer, you should probably try and add some Blood Dragon music to your list when it releases.

Yep that's going to be in the queue soon as I can get it. :D
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Post by: MP-Ryan on April 17, 2013, 01:47:00 pm
SPIDERS!  :shaking:

My impression so far is that System Shock 2 is pretty much Bioshock if it were actually challenging (and had lesser graphics). I've heard of scarce resources but this is unbelievable. Every ammo pack is precious, nanites seem plentiful but are gone in seconds whenever really useful, and Cybernetic Modules are the Holy ****ing Grail!

I am loving this! It's so rare a game manages to make me play so conservatively at all times. It really makes you feel like you have to be making the full use of all your abilities to survive, rather than always having some easy out to fall back on in an emergency. Fantastic!

IMHO, System Shock 2 is quite easily among the, if not THE, best game(s) ever made.

Try it on Impossible sometime.  I say "try" because it's unlikely you'll make it very far at all, particularly if PsyOps.  The first playtrhough I ever attempted (Normal difficulty) was so bloody difficult I had to go into the INI files and turn off weapon degradation and turn down the monster respawns (they cannot be completely disabled) because I barely managed 10 minutes of gameplay.  I have since finished the untweaked game on Hard, but only after learning the core mechanics in 3 earlier playthroughs.

That said, wonderful, wonderful game.  It and Deus Ex revolutionized first-person gameplay.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on April 17, 2013, 07:01:52 pm
My only real problem with System Shock 2 so far is that hacking is chance-based. I hate chance-based game mechanics.

Hacking in the first game was far superior: either some logic puzzles or flying around in Cyberspace, which was a lot of fun. The point though was that if you failed, it was your own damn fault, not just the RNG being a dick.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on April 18, 2013, 04:55:07 pm
I'm playing Ace Combat 5. I never finished it the first time, and I accidentally wiped my save game the other day so I have to do it all again!

It's either that or Hawken, GalCiv2 or Battlefield 2.
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Post by: The E on April 20, 2013, 10:04:37 am
I'm playing Ace Combat 5. I never finished it the first time, and I accidentally wiped my save game the other day so I have to do it all again!

I so hope that the PCSX2 team can get that game running properly. Ever since my PS2 died, I've been missing my AC.
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Post by: Scotty on April 20, 2013, 03:14:27 pm
Currently brainstorming with another guy in my training company over a tabletop implementation of some kind of Halo game.  Good times to be had making the game, hopefully good times to be had playing the game in subsequent weekends.
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Post by: headdie on April 20, 2013, 04:44:17 pm
Currently brainstorming with another guy in my training company over a tabletop implementation of some kind of Halo game.  Good times to be had making the game, hopefully good times to be had playing the game in subsequent weekends.

strategy or rpg?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on April 21, 2013, 12:14:18 am
I'm playing Ace Combat 5. I never finished it the first time, and I accidentally wiped my save game the other day so I have to do it all again!

I got the 3DS Ace Combat (Assault Horizon Legacy) and I've really enjoyed playing it. That series is one of the reasons I'm deliberating getting a pre-owned PS2 so I can try some older games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on April 21, 2013, 01:46:10 am
Currently brainstorming with another guy in my training company over a tabletop implementation of some kind of Halo game.  Good times to be had making the game, hopefully good times to be had playing the game in subsequent weekends.

See this (http://www.sjgames.com/frag/). Less Halo and more Quake, but insanely fun nonetheless.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on April 21, 2013, 02:35:46 am
The craigslist rental housing game (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=53623.msg1685703#msg1685703), where posters try to find the best tenant for their apartment/home, viewers try to find the best housing arrangement, scammers try to scam, and weirdos try to do unpredictable weird stuff. If you're using craigslist to look for rental housing and you don't realize it's a game, then arguably you're already losing. :p


SPIDERS!  :shaking:
The spiders in SS2 are terrifying, and I'm not in the least bit arachnophobic IRL.

There are a bunch of good mods to upgrade the graphics. Also a good spoiler-free guide (http://www.shtupmod.net/newbies_guide.html) if you haven't seen it yet.


EDIT:
My only real problem with System Shock 2 so far is that hacking is chance-based. I hate chance-based game mechanics.

Hacking in the first game was far superior: either some logic puzzles or flying around in Cyberspace, which was a lot of fun. The point though was that if you failed, it was your own damn fault, not just the RNG being a dick.
I liked the chance-based hacking etc., although I was generally risk averse. If things looked iffy, I usually reattempted the hack rather than continue.

It's probably less of an issue if the RNG is something high-quality like the Mersenne twister (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_twister), but I have no idea what SS2 uses. It might just be something from the C standard library.


EDIT 2: That SS2 and Deus Ex still blow people away today just shows how the high system requirements of many recent games are not strictly necessary to have a superb game. The fundamentals -- story, gameplay, writing, sound, VA, level design, etc. -- still matter above all else. (Granted, SS2/DX might well have been demanding when they were released.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on April 21, 2013, 09:44:31 am
Currently brainstorming with another guy in my training company over a tabletop implementation of some kind of Halo game.  Good times to be had making the game, hopefully good times to be had playing the game in subsequent weekends.

strategy or rpg?

RPG.  It's sort of ended up fairly generic in implementation, so we might end up using it for anything from Halo to Starship Troopers to I-don't-know-what.

It's really just a project to mess around and have fun on the weekends.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on April 21, 2013, 10:52:35 am
cool, bet you could do some fast paced stuff with a Halo game
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Post by: StarSlayer on April 21, 2013, 05:03:41 pm
I think I managed a Highland Burial in my 732.  I was in a scrap with a Stalker and a Jenner using my JJs to throw off the Stalker's aim.  Eventually I landed on the Stalker and suddenly found myself fighting only the JR7 who decided to book it.  I couldn't figure out were the Stalker went since I didn't recall killing him with a barrage and there was no way he was fast enough to run away. 
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Post by: NGTM-1R on April 21, 2013, 11:02:31 pm
IIRC collisions/collision damage are currently disabled, so if you did, it was a glitch.

But considering it was a Stalker and a Stalker ain't running, I'd be inclined to agree.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on April 22, 2013, 05:25:30 pm
Someone mentioned an HLP MWO group at one point?  How does that work?  I've only played pugs so far.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on April 22, 2013, 06:55:30 pm
We're all on Skype right now until Community Warfare gets added.  Contact Aesaar for more details.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on April 22, 2013, 07:07:24 pm
Thanks for the info, I sent him a PM.
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Post by: jg18 on April 23, 2013, 05:28:21 am
Day of the Tentacle. I needed a good laugh.

Despite having played through it not that long ago, there are a fair number of puzzles that I don't remember offhand how to solve, so it's also at least a bit challenging.

Still need to play Maniac Mansion.
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Post by: headdie on April 23, 2013, 06:21:20 am
manic mansion is awesome
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Post by: Gray113 on April 23, 2013, 02:35:22 pm
OK still got loads of work to do but gave in and downloaded MWO. Had about 8 games lasted till the end twice and was killed in first battle about 3 times... I'm not going to get much work done tonight :doubt:
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 24, 2013, 11:24:53 am
Race The Sun - Alpha (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-LvThHHpSI)

And a bit of MWO.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on April 25, 2013, 10:03:57 am
Metroid Prime Trilogy - with a keyboard and mouse.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on April 25, 2013, 03:29:45 pm
Metroid Prime Trilogy - with a keyboard and mouse.

I just binded everything to my PS3 controller
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on April 25, 2013, 10:37:04 pm
Metroid Prime Trilogy actually handled like a dream with the Wiimote.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on April 25, 2013, 10:54:00 pm
i've never played a single metroid game.  i think i've missed out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on April 25, 2013, 11:45:22 pm
Just a bit.  I haven't played it yet myself, but Super Metroid frequently makes GOAT lists, and what Retro did with the Metroid Prime series was fantastic.
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Post by: deathfun on April 26, 2013, 01:45:13 am
Just a bit.  I haven't played it yet myself, but Super Metroid frequently makes GOAT lists, and what Retro did with the Metroid Prime series was fantastic.

I agree with Mongoose here.
Also, ZSNES calls for you myte. Emulate Super Metroid, worth your time
(Since obtaining an actual copy would probably be very pricy and I'm a cheap bastard)
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Post by: jg18 on April 26, 2013, 05:10:14 am
Started Maniac Mansion. Strange how unforgiving it is compared to Day of the Tentacle and other LucasArts/Lucasfilm games. Also, I thought DoTT's 9 verbs could be a bit much, but Maniac Mansion has 15. :eek2:

I do miss the "Look At" verb and the descriptions it gives. Maybe there wasn't enough space to store descriptions?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on April 26, 2013, 09:00:13 am
its been a long while since i played manic mansion but i could have sworn there is a function to get a description of items on the screen
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on April 26, 2013, 04:06:39 pm
The "What Is" verb allows you to identify which objects you can potentially interact with by displaying their name when you hover the mouse pointer over them, although there doesn't seem to be a way to get descriptions beyond just a name.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on April 26, 2013, 04:29:46 pm
Also, ZSNES calls for you myte. Emulate Super Metroid, worth your time
(Since obtaining an actual copy would probably be very pricy and I'm a cheap bastard)
Not at all, thanks to the Virtual Console.  I've just never gotten around to grabbing it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on April 26, 2013, 05:16:00 pm
Also, ZSNES calls for you myte. Emulate Super Metroid, worth your time
(Since obtaining an actual copy would probably be very pricy and I'm a cheap bastard)
Not at all, thanks to the Virtual Console.  I've just never gotten around to grabbing it.

Well alright, there's that too
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on April 26, 2013, 11:53:24 pm
The HGNs just remind me of a cab over engine tractor trailer.

(http://i42.tinypic.com/20m4h5.png)

I get the urge to add a Peterbuilt logo and some trucker lady mud flaps.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on April 27, 2013, 01:01:30 am
Silent Hill 2.

Just spent the last hour running all over the damned apartment complex looking for a coin. :sigh:

So far it's not that scary, surprisingly. It's got nothing on Fatal Frame, that's for sure.
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Post by: Suongadon on April 27, 2013, 10:07:03 am
I get the urge to add a Peterbuilt logo and some trucker lady mud flaps.

I'd totally go back to the game if they added that.


Playing Witcher 2 for the 257th time. Iorveth (http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-swoon.gif)
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Post by: FlamingCobra on April 27, 2013, 01:41:05 pm
Metroid Prime 2.
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Post by: Aardwolf on April 27, 2013, 03:35:55 pm
In celebration of now having both a working mouse and a full set of keys, I was going to play some more PlanetSide 2 (apparently the last time I played was valentine's day), but I've gotta download 7,692 MB of updates :(
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Post by: An4ximandros on April 27, 2013, 03:56:55 pm
You can always play FreeSpace...
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Post by: Mongoose on April 27, 2013, 04:57:39 pm
Going through the agony that is DreamCatcher's Frank Herbert's Dune, which has to be one of the worst third-person action games ever published.  I first played it long before I read the novel, but I was completely stuck at one point, so I decided to try it again and see if I can finally beat the damn thing, and see how else it manages to muck up the source material.
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Post by: An4ximandros on April 27, 2013, 05:02:27 pm
 Save thine self form that torture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTOCjpEO50Y (Those lightning SFXs have to be some of the most unimpressive ones I've ever seen.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on April 27, 2013, 05:28:55 pm
Haa...just in the thirty seconds, they bring up the Exit button not even working. :lol:

But seriously, besides being a horrible game in its own right, it's also an abysmal port of the PS2 version.  You know things are starting off on the right foot when you can't even use the keyboard to type in your profile name.  There's a note in the game booklet saying that the controls aren't customizable because "the engine doesn't support it."  So...yeah.
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Post by: CommanderDJ on April 27, 2013, 07:02:45 pm
Just started playing Dragon Age: Origins.
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Post by: Sarafan on April 27, 2013, 10:59:23 pm
Save thine self form that torture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTOCjpEO50Y (Those lightning SFXs have to be some of the most unimpressive ones I've ever seen.)

Wow, I had heard that it was bad but damn...
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Post by: An4ximandros on April 27, 2013, 11:07:30 pm
 Bloody Harks stealing our carrioles. :blah:
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Post by: Mongoose on April 28, 2013, 01:58:58 am
Oh, just keep watching.  It gets worse.  Though on the plus side, at least my copy spelled "Frank" properly, and the cutscene audio actually plays through correctly.

In any case, I finally beat the accursed thing.  I eked past the mission I was stuck on, got through the immensely irritating beginning to the next one, and flew through the final, which was just about laughable compared to the previous two.  Now I never have to touch that CD again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Flak on April 28, 2013, 03:33:36 am
I just dig up what game I haven't played for some time in my PC. So I recently played Fallout New Vegas. Though I play Fire Emblem Awakening on 3DS if I am not on my computer.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on April 28, 2013, 03:57:39 am
I ****ing got Cho Ren Sha working on my main machine!  :D

That's been an issue ever since I upgraded to Windows 7.

NOW fun times are going to be had! ;7
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on April 28, 2013, 04:41:09 am
Witcher...at 1 to 0 fps when more than the sky is visable. THen after ragequitting, Arcanum. I would have gone for fallout, but the lack of "X does Y amount of damage" for weapons, bugs me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on April 28, 2013, 06:34:03 am
Witcher...at 1 to 0 fps when more than the sky is visable.
Yeah, there's something deeply wrong with the engine, but I recommend tinkering with the video settings. It is a really good game once you get into it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on April 28, 2013, 09:58:06 pm
Finished grinding my Highlanders through elite.  The 732 and 733C where a snap and are fun to run but the 733P was a bit of a pain.  I want to like it but it just seems to be an unlucky steed. 

HGN-732 (http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=70&l=1c25bd055a9d7e4a01fe4cbdb3e0cb285c8e20ce)

HGN-733C (http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=72&l=6a0007cf030ce465ab8b61a762c0cc6f0027371b)

HGN-733P (http://mwo.smurfy-net.de/mechlab#i=73&l=17f8576d4d604a4ff3bca73947839316357e0f57)

But now that that's done I can pilot for fun for a bit rather than XP profit :D
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Post by: jg18 on April 28, 2013, 10:10:31 pm
Finished Maniac Mansion. My life is ever so much closer to complete now.

Amusing article (http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/maniac.html) from Douglas Crockford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford) about how the game was sanitized when it was ported to NES.
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Post by: General Battuta on April 28, 2013, 10:16:08 pm
wargame: a large battle
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on April 29, 2013, 02:19:45 pm
Witcher...at 1 to 0 fps when more than the sky is visable.
Yeah, there's something deeply wrong with the engine, but I recommend tinkering with the video settings. It is a really good game once you get into it.

Everything was set to the minimum. My rig is just far too outdated for the game.
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Post by: An4ximandros on April 30, 2013, 09:53:31 pm
Running through Minerva: Metastasis - Pretty awful level design! :nod: Taking notes from this...
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Post by: deathfun on April 30, 2013, 11:54:01 pm
I was playing Donkey Kong Country...
...on an actual, physical, SNES

I forgot how satisfying blowing the cartridge was to make it work
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on May 01, 2013, 12:01:54 am
Running through Minerva: Metastasis - Pretty awful level design! :nod: Taking notes from this...

I'm not sure I believe you
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Post by: NGTM-1R on May 01, 2013, 12:08:13 am
Was winning a game of ALB, until the computer decided that since it was having problems with one person on their team it would kick someone from both sides.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on May 01, 2013, 12:21:43 am
Poker Night 2 has already managed to kick my ass a few times.  **** the river.
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Post by: CommanderDJ on May 01, 2013, 02:11:15 am
Loving DA:O so far, even though my studies keep me from playing it for more than an hour a day.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 01, 2013, 02:12:14 am
Silent Hill 2 didn't scratch my horror game itch (excellent game, but not really all that scary, just mildly creepy), so I picked up Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

...

Holy crap, this is more like it! Took it a while to get going but once the monsters actually show up this is actually scaring me some.

Also: so that's where the Blue Planet team got (some of) their freaky ambiance for Universal Truth II!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on May 01, 2013, 03:43:46 am
Silent Hill 2 didn't scratch my horror game itch (excellent game, but not really all that scary, just mildly creepy), so I picked up Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

Holy crap, this is more like it! Took it a while to get going but once the monsters actually show up this is actually scaring me some.

Don't you love the developer notes at the beginning of the game?
"Don't play this to win, play it to be immersed in the story and the atmosphere!"
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Davros on May 01, 2013, 08:34:52 am
I'm Playing that absolute classic
"Sorting out Windows game explorer"
currently up to the letter T
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Post by: General Battuta on May 01, 2013, 11:46:55 am
Also: so that's where the Blue Planet team got (some of) their freaky ambiance for Universal Truth II!

Is it? Unless there are specific assets that came from Amnesia I would call it a case of parallel evolution.

(I bet there are some assets from there though)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: aeon48m on May 01, 2013, 11:52:30 am
Playing Game Dev Tycoon. Smugdog Inc, with the CEO being Sir Smugdog has just released its first game, Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing to reviewers worldwide getting nightmares over how bad it is.

Yep, naming your game "Big Rigs Over The Ro" instantly makes your game get rated a 0.
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Post by: Mobius on May 01, 2013, 12:05:48 pm
Worms: Total Warfare 2 [PSP]
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on May 01, 2013, 01:41:58 pm
Also: so that's where the Blue Planet team got (some of) their freaky ambiance for Universal Truth II!

Is it? Unless there are specific assets that came from Amnesia I would call it a case of parallel evolution.

(I bet there are some assets from there though)

The specific asset I was referring to was
Spoiler:
the sound of the little kid crying. BP plays it when Laporte enters the Dante at the beginning of the dream sequence.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 01, 2013, 02:13:44 pm
that's a pretty generic sound i've heard hundreds of places.
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Post by: Sarafan on May 01, 2013, 09:13:41 pm
Finished Bandits - Phoenix Rising, good game, very good soundtrack. Now trying to get into X Beyond the Frontier, never got around to playing it.
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Post by: An4ximandros on May 01, 2013, 09:48:12 pm
Checking out Papers, Please. (http://dukope.com/) The beta looks like something I'd love buying so far. Glory to Arstotzka.
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Post by: Mongoose on May 02, 2013, 02:34:01 am
Okay, Brock Samson just quoted Dune at me in Poker Night 2.  I can now die happy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 02, 2013, 05:07:02 pm
I just got murdered by Hind-deployed VDV troops when I waltzed into an objective not scouting it because I figured it would safe at match start.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on May 02, 2013, 05:37:21 pm
I just got murdered by Hind-deployed VDV troops when I waltzed into an objective not scouting it because I figured it would safe at match start.

wats your name punke
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on May 02, 2013, 06:26:34 pm
http://littlealchemy.com/

an infuriating chrome game which only makes loose sense at the best of times, unfurtunatly it has me hooked  :mad:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on May 03, 2013, 04:38:18 pm
Recently obtained Terraria

I've learned that it's immensely more fun than Minecraft
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on May 03, 2013, 04:57:33 pm
http://littlealchemy.com/

an infuriating chrome game which only makes loose sense at the best of times, unfurtunatly it has me hooked  :mad:
Stone + Life = Egg. Wat.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on May 03, 2013, 05:15:54 pm
http://littlealchemy.com/

an infuriating chrome game which only makes loose sense at the best of times, unfurtunatly it has me hooked  :mad:
Stone + Life = Egg. Wat.

yer as I say only makes sense at the best of times lol
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Suongadon on May 03, 2013, 06:03:10 pm
http://littlealchemy.com/

an infuriating chrome game which only makes loose sense at the best of times, unfurtunatly it has me hooked  :mad:
Stone + Life = Egg. Wat.

It makes perfect sense next to 'hard roe + human = caviar.' 

This game ruined my lunch, and its going to ruin my dinner too. BUT! 281/360 :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on May 03, 2013, 11:52:36 pm
Recently obtained Terraria

I've learned that it's immensely more fun than Minecraft
Well...I wouldn't really say that, I think.  Terraria's very focused on killing baddies and upgrading your gear, and it does pretty well at those, but it can't really hold a candle to Minecraft in terms of mining and building.  Putting the limitations of 2D aside, the most frustrating thing for me is that there's no real way to stop monsters from spawning when you're away from your NPCs...so every time you're trying to collect even something like stone, you constantly have to pause to whack things with a sword, which gets old very fast.

Also, if you love yourself, don't play above the lowest difficulty setting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on May 04, 2013, 12:02:29 am
I'm going on one more run in Realm of the Mad God. I just want to L20 my Ninja, then stop. (Not really in the mood to make fame for any characters.)

Also started playing Ys: The Oath in Felghana on Steam. (I kinda feel a bit too spoiled sweet of the extra goodies the stateside PSP version had, so I'm trying to do something about that, such as voice acting and the internal gallery. Voice acting for bosses made my job feel a LOT easier, because basically I knew what attack they would pull based on audio cues. Now I don't.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 04, 2013, 02:29:31 am
I just got murdered by Hind-deployed VDV troops when I waltzed into an objective not scouting it because I figured it would safe at match start.

wats your name punke

If you stumble across a Level 2 (I'm playing like one match a day) NGTM-1R, at least be kind enough to tell him HOW he ****ed up so badly.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on May 04, 2013, 04:19:10 pm
Playing blood dragon atm. It's fun but tbh I wouldn't have bought it if I knew it used uplay. Also I bought airland battle since that seems to be getting lots of good talk, though I haven't had the time to download it yet.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 04, 2013, 08:04:45 pm
just started a replay of FEAR 2 prior to playing 3, that i've had on steam for probably 2 years now and pretty much forgot about.  i started the FEAR replay many months ago, but aborted it for some reason i don't recall.  original plan was to go through all of them, including the expansions, and i was somewhere in extraction point when i quit.  i decided i'd probably better skip ahead or i'd burn out and quit again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on May 04, 2013, 09:45:34 pm
AMBER: Journeys Beyond. Horror adventure game of the paranormal/ghost story variety. Quite a pain to get working (it's from 1996). Fairly Questionably stable in Linux using Wine.

EDIT: I give up on AMBER. :sigh:

Maybe it's time to pick up Grim Fandango again. At least that has good compatibility (http://residualvm.org/).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on May 04, 2013, 10:20:12 pm
I just started HAWX 2; I picked it up on sale at gamersgate a couple of weeks ago.  The controls are a little laggy, and uplay is a *****, but it's been a fun game so far!  Blood Dragon looks like fun, also, but i'll wait a while to pick it up.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on May 05, 2013, 01:19:34 am
Deus Ex with BioMod, Company of Heroes, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, and Blood Dragon.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on May 05, 2013, 02:27:54 am
just started a replay of FEAR 2 prior to playing 3, that i've had on steam for probably 2 years now and pretty much forgot about.  i started the FEAR replay many months ago, but aborted it for some reason i don't recall.  original plan was to go through all of them, including the expansions, and i was somewhere in extraction point when i quit.  i decided i'd probably better skip ahead or i'd burn out and quit again.

Eh, you made the right choice. The first game's expansions sucked.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 05, 2013, 03:03:27 pm
i've played them all already.  storywise not that great, but i still think they are better than 2.  they maintained the original FEAR atmosphere.  Holladay's (sp?) death is one of the best scare sequences in the series.  the reasons i didn't play through again is i was worried it would end up being too much "more of the same" and get me bored with it, and they aren't canon.  the main point of the playthrough was to refresh the story, so it would be kinda pointless from that angle to play the expansions.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on May 05, 2013, 04:03:55 pm
Still playing Warthunder, haven't seen any of you lot there yet.

My Fw190 requires sustenance!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 05, 2013, 08:11:30 pm
Still playing Warthunder, haven't seen any of you lot there yet.

My Fw190 requires sustenance!

Playing planes instead because it doesn't make me rage as much.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on May 05, 2013, 11:08:11 pm
Below scan line shrouded skies I stalk across the terrain, an apex predator.  Faster, stronger and quieter then any mere human could achieve.   I cull the cyber legions and claim their weak hearts.

Mark IV style mutha ****er.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on May 07, 2013, 09:12:21 am
Still playing Warthunder, haven't seen any of you lot there yet.

My Fw190 requires sustenance!

Playing planes instead because it doesn't make me rage as much.

aww, why's that? :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 07, 2013, 05:17:17 pm
30 seconds in and i'm already on the verge of raging at FEAR 3.  i spent 20 minutes trying to set up a workable control scheme before saying **** it, i'll just start with default and tweak as i go.  seriously, how hard is it to get something as basic as key mapping working properly? well at least this one recognizes extra mouse buttons, even if using them isn't going to be easy.  might not end up being a big deal, but i'm discouraged by the presence of an "aim assist" option.

and then i started and got to the point of walking around.  that's where i stopped.  head bob.  no No NO!!!!  there should never, ever, EVER be a game without at least the option to turn head bob off.  welp, off to google to see if i can make this thing playable.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on May 07, 2013, 05:42:46 pm
Playing Shadow of the Colossus again.

I will max out the Stamina gauge and climb to the Secret Garden, no matter how many stupid lizards I have to hunt down!  :mad:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on May 08, 2013, 12:45:46 am
I got Terraria five days ago...
...and I've spent two whole ones playing it

Seriously, not kidding
58 hours on Terraria total
I need like... a life or something
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on May 08, 2013, 01:00:39 am
What would you need it for. A life won't net you more video game time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on May 08, 2013, 01:22:16 am
I got Terraria five days ago...
...and I've spent two whole ones playing it

Seriously, not kidding
58 hours on Terraria total
I need like... a life or something
Maybe not a life, but a bit of variety wouldn't hurt. :p

(Also I should probably start by friending you on Steam if I ever want to hop on for a bit.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Gray113 on May 08, 2013, 04:37:58 am
Hotline Miami  :) got it yesterday and cant stop killing Russian gangsters. :cool: Plus the soundtrack is brilliant
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Post by: deathfun on May 08, 2013, 09:08:26 am
Maybe not a life, but a bit of variety wouldn't hurt. :p

(Also I should probably start by friending you on Steam if I ever want to hop on for a bit.)

Heh, Variety... I still pop on SK every night
Although the nukedcrew has all obtained Eve Online. They're dragging me into it, but I'm willing to set aside my biased thoughts on it for fourteen days

As for the steam name, usual culprit: deathfun
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Post by: FireSpawn on May 08, 2013, 03:27:40 pm
Started playing League of Legends on and off. I can't see how people can rage and rant at the game and other players lack of "Common Sense", considering no one communicates outside of pings and the odd acronym.
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Post by: headdie on May 08, 2013, 04:25:39 pm
started on Mech Hero again and dipped my toe back into online poker in the free rooms
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Post by: An4ximandros on May 08, 2013, 04:59:26 pm
 After more than a year since buying it, I managed to get Skyrim to run on my PC, playing it now. (Obligatory (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cutting_edge.png))
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Post by: deathspeed on May 08, 2013, 06:36:59 pm
Started playing League of Legends on and off. I can't see how people can rage and rant at the game and other players lack of "Common Sense", considering no one communicates outside of pings and the odd acronym.

there is a lot of stuff I don't get about that LoL.  :)  I've never played it, but it pretty much split my clan apart, with all the raging LoL players had against each other and against non-LoL players in the clan.  they finally got their own TeamSpeak server and a separate application process, even though the clan was supposed to be for all games.  I've just never even wanted to try it out since then.  But there must be SOMETHING to it! 
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Post by: FireSpawn on May 08, 2013, 08:04:29 pm
Started playing League of Legends on and off. I can't see how people can rage and rant at the game and other players lack of "Common Sense", considering no one communicates outside of pings and the odd acronym.

there is a lot of stuff I don't get about that LoL.  :)  I've never played it, but it pretty much split my clan apart, with all the raging LoL players had against each other and against non-LoL players in the clan.  they finally got their own TeamSpeak server and a separate application process, even though the clan was supposed to be for all games.  I've just never even wanted to try it out since then.  But there must be SOMETHING to it!


Tbh, the only reason I actually have fun playing it is because of my friend. We just see it as a laugh.

I feel as if it's one of those games where as long as people don't take it seriously, it's an enjoyable way to waste the better part of an hour.
Get a friend who's played it a little, but not completely taken by the game, make an account and then get ready to laugh at ALL THE THINGS!

At least that's what I do.

I mean if a game will "Borrow"*coughStealcough* things from other games and media (I.E. Youmuu's Ghostblade and Marisa's Final Spark, both from Touhou), then to take it seriously is to add to the rising tide of idiocy.

Long story short: I think it's only really worth getting if you have friends that play it, and no other multiplayer games to burn time with.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 08, 2013, 08:07:03 pm
It's really fun when you have a decent group playing together. My friends will often form a voice chat with each other and jump in, four or five of us together. Then it's awesome. You can communicate efficiently, plan things out before hand... it's a major help.

The griefers are the ones who ruin it. And, I mean, you have griefers in every online game, but LoL, being so team-based, gets it particularly heavily. If one person on your team is being an idiot it is entirely possible they will cost you the game. That I can understand is frustrating, but, especially on low levels where the newbies come in, you can't go in expecting everyone to play well.

It isn't fair though that the LoL "fans" expect everyone to have the metagame memorized down to the tiniest detail (my friends like to troll these players by deliberately picking odd but effective builds, watch them complain about "that is not how to you play that champion", and then do well in the game regardless). And even then, some people will give what they think is an "obvious" signal and then get angry when another player doesn't recognize it. I get this sometimes even with my group of friends, as they are all far more experienced than I am.

Funny thing about always playing with a team who is better than me means my skill level is in a strange place. Anytime I play with them, I'm not at their level. But if I try playing at my own level, in just a random game, I'm usually slightly better than the rest of them. Getting beaten all the time by superior players has imparted some extra experience to me, it seems.

tl;dr: FireSpawn is correct: it's most fun when players don't take winning and losing so seriously.
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Post by: Sarafan on May 10, 2013, 11:46:19 am
Can anyone recomend a game where you play a nation against other nations that doesnt involve a mass load of information/things to manage?
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Post by: FireSpawn on May 10, 2013, 01:02:06 pm
Can anyone recomend a game where you play a nation against other nations that doesnt involve a mass load of information/things to manage?

DEFCON maybe?
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Post by: deathfun on May 10, 2013, 06:20:40 pm
Can anyone recomend a game where you play a nation against other nations that doesnt involve a mass load of information/things to manage?

Risk
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 11, 2013, 01:38:30 am
one level complete in FEAR 3.  no joy on head bob removal.  a decent amount of searching the internet turned up a SINGLE hit, which was a post in some obscure forum also lamenting it and asking for help turning it off.  plenty of complaints and an easy fix for what most thought was a too-narrow FOV though.  but as it turns out i don't notice it nearly as much as i was afraid of. 

on the plus side, the controls are slightly less asinine than FEAR 2.  it still smacks of poor console port though.  after realizing that you don't switch back and forth between PM and Fettel, i was able to get a workable keybinding scheme by not worrying about fettel's controls clearing.  the graphics so far are MILES better than 2, having backpedaled from film grain, soft focus, and making fking everything glow - cartoon mode graphics as i have come to think of it.  still not as hard or atmospheric as 1 though.  unless it doesn't pick up at all, the scare/atmosphere factor doesn't seem as bad as it's made out to be on the internet at large.  however, the audio cues/scare music i've experienced so far IS well and truly terrible. 

that's really about the extent of the good things i can say about it right now.  as for the bad, i get the feeling this game is a collection of every cliche of "bad modern game design" there is.  it's almost like the devs were trolling.  absurd achievement/leveling system with corresponding annoying popups every 10 seconds.  absolutely useless "cover system" that functions EXACTLY the same way as crouching behind **** yourself.  regen health.  pointless and distracting in-game tutorial popups that don't go away.  with associated pictures.  on EVERY INTERACTIVE PIECE IN THE GAME.  oh, i have to press the "use" key to use this thing?  you don't say!  :banghead:
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Post by: deathfun on May 11, 2013, 06:35:49 am
Really getting into Planetside 2 as of late
So close to getting my A2A missiles for the Scythe. Stoked to finally be able to have a secondary
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 11, 2013, 01:37:39 pm
still not as hard or atmospheric as 1 though.  unless it doesn't pick up at all, the scare/atmosphere factor doesn't seem as bad as it's made out to be on the internet at large.  however, the audio cues/scare music i've experienced so far IS well and truly terrible. 

It will never reach the atmosphere level of 1, unfortunately.

I can, however, say that it picks up the scare factor around level 3. Never does as well with it as the previous two, IMO, but at least it's there.

And I do recommend playing as Paxton Fettel at some point. Trust me, his style of play is a blast.
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Post by: Mongoose on May 11, 2013, 01:37:53 pm
Working my way through Star Wars: Dark Forces, which I remember renting for the PS1 probably like 15 years ago.  Nothing like old-school shoot-everything-that-moves goodness.
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Post by: headdie on May 12, 2013, 06:44:29 pm
nice mongoose

recently gotten very addicted to Bayonetta
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Post by: Scotty on May 12, 2013, 07:22:29 pm
Found an ancient install of Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge on this computer (version 1.0.00, install date sometime in 2006).

Still works.
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Post by: Gloriano on May 13, 2013, 05:10:39 am
playing red dead:redemption once again such a awesome game, and re-subbed to WoW after a year to play casually with some friends but my god at the farming sigh
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Post by: Suongadon on May 13, 2013, 10:11:11 am
Playing Metro 2033 to gear up for the midnight massacre of nazis and communists and libertopians.   :D
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on May 13, 2013, 10:57:01 pm
Playing Daytona USA 2 Power Edition. I somehow managed to get 2nd on the Advanced and Expert courses using the J.C. Eagle with Automatic Transmission. Maybe setting the difficulty to Easy has something to do with it.
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Post by: jg18 on May 14, 2013, 02:20:15 am
Back to BioShock Infinite, since I didn't finish it before. Switched to Medium difficulty to speed things up a bit.
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Post by: Pred the Penguin on May 14, 2013, 12:04:25 pm
Metro 2033. Not the best shooter, I'll admit, but what an atmosphere!
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Post by: General Battuta on May 14, 2013, 12:05:44 pm
Metro 2033. Not the best shooter, I'll admit, but what an atmosphere!

Ranger Mode really improves the game.
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Post by: FireSpawn on May 14, 2013, 12:11:30 pm
Back to playing Dark Souls, because I seem to be a masochist.

Edit: Also, **** THE FOUR KINGS AND THEIR REPLICATING SKULLDUGGERY!!!
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on May 14, 2013, 01:41:07 pm
MapleStory. I helped someone figure out how to utilise the skills of a character class he's trying out, sending PMs like an Instructor from the Training Simulator Module series.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on May 14, 2013, 02:46:41 pm
MapleStory. I helped someone figure out how to utilise the skills of a character class he's trying out, sending PMs like an Instructor from the Training Simulator Module series.

That...

You know what I'm going to say it. That'd be ****ing genius. That's totally going into the next Deathwatch game I'm part of, whether I'm running it or playing it. TSM-IV: Heretics and How To Kill Them.
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Post by: An4ximandros on May 14, 2013, 09:56:03 pm
 Playing Half-Life 2. I had forgotten how much I liked the Combine architecture. Freeeeemaaaaan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yXrSID07MM&list=PL7FADDA74E08A8AEE)

 Also being playing Skyrim. FFS, why is it so hard to find armor mods that don't make female companions look like prostitutes?
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Post by: Suongadon on May 14, 2013, 10:03:29 pm
Wish I was playing Last Light, but it is just so **** optimized that it's really dragging the experience down.  :anger and the sads:
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Post by: Mebber on May 18, 2013, 03:11:18 pm
Thief 2 - The Metal Age (just love to replay this series)
Ancient-Shivan War part 1 (replaying before finally attempting part 2, it's great since there is a huuuge FPS improvement since i've played it the last time with 3.6.12 or so)
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 18, 2013, 06:24:05 pm
finished FEAR 3.  it ended up being a relatively decent shooter, if not a relatively decent FEAR game.  kinda short.  all in all, markedly better than 2 and worse than 1.
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Post by: Pred the Penguin on May 22, 2013, 04:51:35 pm
Mass Effect 3! Really churning through these games. Damn summertime...
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Post by: An4ximandros on May 22, 2013, 05:08:08 pm
 Star Trek Online's new expansion thingy: Legacy of Romulus.
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Post by: Rodo on May 22, 2013, 05:43:28 pm
battlefield 1942, on a modded server.
have a blast, when I don't cross some vet's road :P
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Post by: crizza on May 23, 2013, 10:47:38 am
Battlefield 1942...these memories, every map with a plane was my favorite... I so enjoyed killing stragglers with the wings  :lol:

Right now I'm fixed on Reus, neat little game which was on sale on Steam yesterday.
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Post by: Patriot on May 23, 2013, 11:41:11 am
Just got MWO again

Apparently received C-Bills so i could buy my own mechs.

Bought the Hunchback 4G and 4J models, tricked the 4J out with DHS, Endo Steel, 2 Med Pulse Lasers instead of the 3 med lasers in the torso mount, and gave it AMS and a bit of extra armor, while removing the small laser
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 23, 2013, 05:50:56 pm
so now that the soul-sucking exams are done (at least until the scores come back and i find out if i have to retake it) i really need something new to play.  i'm thinking it's time to crack open the X series that's been sitting in my steam library since whatever sale that was i got them in.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 23, 2013, 05:54:24 pm
What MWO needs to do is add some options to their matchmaking system.

No, game, I DO NOT want to play ****ing Conquest for 7/10 games! :mad:
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 23, 2013, 06:27:08 pm
What MWO needs to do is add some options to their matchmaking system.

No, game, I DO NOT want to play ****ing Conquest for 7/10 games! :mad:

I haven't played a game of Conquest since it was released. You don't have to if you don't want to...
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 23, 2013, 07:31:05 pm
It's frustrating because my Spider-5D is near-enough the perfect 'Mech for playing Conquest. It seems though, that whenever I decide to take the Spider for a ride, I get Assault.  And when I load up my Hunchback, I seem to get Conquest.

I think the game hates me.
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Post by: StarSlayer on May 23, 2013, 08:10:45 pm
Um...

you can select assault or conquest only.

/me Roma Surrectum II
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 23, 2013, 08:23:48 pm
Yeah, the little gear button next to "Launch" lets you pick which mode (or training grounds) you'd like to play.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 23, 2013, 10:38:49 pm
Well.... that's facepalm-worthy, I think.

Why do I never learn these things from the start, I wonder?
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Post by: Patriot on May 24, 2013, 11:49:54 am
your innate curiosity isn't that high?

I saw a gear, i thought, Hey graphics/audio options!, was disappoint when it was game-mode selection.

Though i do hate Conquest, and the new map, though the new map isn't because of unfamiliarity(most maps are new again to me xD)
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 24, 2013, 12:02:05 pm
Eh, I like the new map actually, though it does seem to give quite an advantage to snipers, at least on the higher ground.

On the other hand, sneaking through the canyons and shooting Jagermechs in the back is a lot of fun, as they're rarely expecting it.

Now if they could just adjust the map selection so that the Tourmaline Desert doesn't pop up 40% more often than anything else, that would be great.
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Post by: StarSlayer on May 24, 2013, 01:05:55 pm
I enjoy conquest most times.  It tends to attract a more balanced team composition as opposed to an Heavy and Assault PPC gun line.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 24, 2013, 10:24:22 pm
i was going to start fallout NV as my next game, but after doing all the setup crap and then reading the manual, i don't think this is what i want for my melted-brain recovery game.  i thought it was going to be more along the lines of STALKER in terms of FPS-ness, instead of first person RPG with real-time combat.

i don't currently own any other new FPS games, and don't think replaying anything will meet my current gaming needs.  so it's either switch genres or find something to buy. 
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Post by: Polpolion on May 24, 2013, 11:41:37 pm
i was going to start fallout NV as my next game, but after doing all the setup crap and then reading the manual, i don't think this is what i want for my melted-brain recovery game.  i thought it was going to be more along the lines of STALKER in terms of FPS-ness, instead of first person RPG with real-time combat.

i don't currently own any other new FPS games, and don't think replaying anything will meet my current gaming needs.  so it's either switch genres or find something to buy.

Have you played Metro 2033? It's not at all open like STALKER but it has a lot of common elements story-wise.
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Post by: BritishShivans on May 25, 2013, 12:09:11 am
It's also really interesting storywise! Ignore the stupid **** some people say about it; most of it is just regurgitated gobbledygook, it's a lot more interesting than it looks. 
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Post by: deathfun on May 25, 2013, 12:51:19 pm
KILLING FLOOR
Because why not. This game is awesome
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Post by: jg18 on May 27, 2013, 03:47:11 pm
Continuing to drag myself through BioShock Infinite. I paid $60 for it, so might as well finish it. Currently at
Spoiler:
The Bank of the Prophet. I thought this was near the end but then I checked a walkthrough on GameFAQs and found it wasn't even close. :(
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 27, 2013, 04:48:28 pm
i've been seeing almost entirely positive reviews everywhere else on the internet about bioshock infinite, but everyone here seems to hate it...
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 27, 2013, 06:06:36 pm
That's just the hype/anti-hype circlejerk that happens every time a AAA title comes out.

It has its flaws, but for the most part, I'd say Bioshock Infinite is a solid game and worth the time to play. The same kind of gunplay + superpowers combo that made the original Bioshocks fun is still there, with an element of high-speed action with the rail systems that is honestly pretty awesome.

The biggest complaints I have with it are some wasted potential here and there. In other words, the game was good (no REAL flaws), but I saw many parts where some changes could have made it better.
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Post by: jg18 on May 27, 2013, 06:44:07 pm
It's not really a bad game; it just didn't live anywhere near up to the hype, not an uncommon problem I suppose.

It has a lot going for it -- story, atmosphere, artwork, graphics, music, VA, probably other things I'm forgetting -- but it isn't all that fun to play. The weapons and vigors (replacement for BS1's plasmids) are nothing special, and as the BSI thread here mentioned (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=84188.msg1682739#msg1682739), the shooter theme doesn't even fit the game all that well. There have been times when I really wished I could interact with NPCs in ways other than shooting them.

This article (http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EricSchwarz/20130415/190441/BioShock_Infinites_Combat_Mechanics_Regression.php) (warning: long post) covers the problems I have with the gameplay, and Battman summarizes my view nicely (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=84188.msg1682758#msg1682758).

All in all, I wish I'd gotten it on sale 6-12 months from release instead of pre-ordering it.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 27, 2013, 06:55:50 pm
yeah, pre-ordering is pretty much never a good idea.  unless you just can't live without that alternate skin or whatever the asinine 'bonus' is.
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Post by: An4ximandros on May 27, 2013, 10:28:45 pm
 Moar STO. The new Romulan campaign is pretty good (for Cryptic anyway.) "Mind Games" was well done. :nod:
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Post by: Hobbie on May 27, 2013, 11:54:38 pm
Hurrah Star Trek Online! Got my hands on a Vesta-class for my Science Officer this weekend. The versatility! So amazing!

Plus having six Tetryon beams firing at will with nary a drop in weapon power is pretty impressive on a Science ship.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 28, 2013, 12:36:26 am
Just started playing World of Tanks today. After I finished Girls und Panzer, it left a tank-sized hole in my life. I miss Panzer Commander...
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Post by: Mongoose on May 28, 2013, 12:58:50 am
Working through Doom 3 at the moment.  It fees kind of like a poor man's Half-Life, but it's been fun enough so far.  And while I haven't succumbed to it yet, man, it is blatantly obvious why the duct tape mod is the first thing that people did with it. :p
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Post by: Patriot on May 28, 2013, 12:53:46 pm
what server Scourge, NA?

also, i wouldn't advise going down the chinese tankline until you've played the other nations first, so you're prepared for a toned-down version those tech trees combined(the T-34 for example) though after tier 6(7 in the case of the heavy line) will you see the chinese adaptations of russian tanks

Else i would recommend the turreted Tank Destroyer line of the USA, on it myself, having a blast in what most my clanmates/friends call the most useless TD ever. I prove them wrong by winning Clan Wars matches for them in it xD
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 28, 2013, 01:47:20 pm
what server Scourge, NA?

I don't recall choosing a server, so I'm going to assume it's North America.

I'm working my way up (down?) the Russian light tree, saving up for the tier III.

And speaking of tank destroyers, there is one Tier II or III that I keep seeing, that always completely messes me up. From the front it just looks like a box, and rounds just bounce off it while it pegs me in one or two hits.
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Post by: StarSlayer on May 28, 2013, 02:59:10 pm
It's not really a bad game; it just didn't live anywhere near up to the hype, not an uncommon problem I suppose.

It has a lot going for it -- story, atmosphere, artwork, graphics, music, VA, probably other things I'm forgetting -- but it isn't all that fun to play. The weapons and vigors (replacement for BS1's plasmids) are nothing special, and as the BSI thread here mentioned (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=84188.msg1682739#msg1682739), the shooter theme doesn't even fit the game all that well. There have been times when I really wished I could interact with NPCs in ways other than shooting them.

This article (http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EricSchwarz/20130415/190441/BioShock_Infinites_Combat_Mechanics_Regression.php) (warning: long post) covers the problems I have with the gameplay, and Battman summarizes my view nicely (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=84188.msg1682758#msg1682758).

All in all, I wish I'd gotten it on sale 6-12 months from release instead of pre-ordering it.

If ever there was a game that deserved some type of non lethal take down, I'd vote Infinite.  I found there really were not many enemies in that game that I had any real motivation to want to kill.  I think the temple with the Wilkes Booth Worshipers was the only time I had no issue going in guns a blazing.  It really would have been better served with a more stealthy approach of sneaking round Colombia with limited gunplay than being a cravat wearing murder machine.
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Post by: Nakura on May 29, 2013, 01:35:30 pm
Right now I'm playing Final Fantasy X and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.

I was playing Persona 3, but after putting in 40 hours of gameplay, I realized that I would need to grind for at least another ~5 hours and so I'm taking a rather lengthy break from it.
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Post by: Suongadon on May 29, 2013, 02:10:46 pm
Played more than the first fifteen minutes of Tomb Raider, finally. Its so glorious and purdy and awesomeful.

Y U FALSE AVERTIZE SQUARE!
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Post by: Patriot on May 29, 2013, 02:20:27 pm
And speaking of tank destroyers, there is one Tier II or III that I keep seeing, that always completely messes me up. From the front it just looks like a box, and rounds just bounce off it while it pegs me in one or two hits.

Ah, that would most likely be an American T18, which is the last turretless TD if you so choose it to be, of course you can still go down the other line, but eh.

It raeps, first time i played it at my buddies house to show him how it's done i nailed an 8 kill TG in it xD
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Post by: Kobrar44 on May 29, 2013, 02:33:16 pm
Gave SW:FC a try today. It was boring as hell. I don't know what's going on, but that may be the first RTS, which didn't turn on my inner builder.
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Post by: deathfun on May 29, 2013, 08:40:03 pm
Am I playing Amnesia correctly? I think I am
http://www.twitch.tv/nukedpixels/c/2350850
Because clearly the entire point of the game is to make totem poles out of skulls

Right now I'm playing Final Fantasy X and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.

I was playing Persona 3, but after putting in 40 hours of gameplay, I realized that I would need to grind for at least another ~5 hours and so I'm taking a rather lengthy break from it.

Two people I know have been doing nothing but Persona 3, 4, Arena for the past month now
Gotta love that grind
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Post by: NGTM-1R on May 29, 2013, 09:10:07 pm
And speaking of tank destroyers, there is one Tier II or III that I keep seeing, that always completely messes me up. From the front it just looks like a box, and rounds just bounce off it while it pegs me in one or two hits.

T18. 51mm of frontal armor and 75mm derpgun mean it would not be out of place at Tier 4.
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Post by: ssmit132 on May 30, 2013, 12:36:31 am
Two people I know have been doing nothing but Persona 3, 4, Arena for the past month now
Gotta love that grind

I've started playing Devil Survivor Overclocked (the 3DS re-release, and also my first Shin Megami Tensei game) and I think I may have to do quite a bit of grinding too, especially since I barely won my last battle. I mean, I can put some music or a DVD on while I do it, but it's still a bit tedious. I am interested in the story though, as dark as it is going to get (and I know it's going to get quite, quite dark).
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Post by: General Battuta on May 30, 2013, 12:46:24 am
(http://i.imgur.com/ESM863J.gif)

(http://i.imgur.com/e8fOcX7.gif)

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Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 30, 2013, 12:59:18 am
Just waitin' for a good sale, General...
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Post by: Fury on May 30, 2013, 01:35:06 am
What game are those gifs from?
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Post by: deathfun on May 30, 2013, 01:40:35 am
What game are those gifs from?

I believe Wargame: Airland Battle
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Post by: General Battuta on May 30, 2013, 01:47:07 am
What game are those gifs from?

WALB: What A Large Battuta
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Post by: NGTM-1R on May 30, 2013, 01:50:10 am
I'm finding the campaign mode to be...odd, but okay so far.

It does strike me that the preset battle times vs. the starting points/points to win are often highly unrealistic.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on May 30, 2013, 04:15:32 am
Despite the game being called AirLand Battle, US airborne and armor units in campaign seem oddly devoid of helicopters for scouting.

This is pretty painful to someone who knows where that name came from.
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Post by: General Battuta on May 30, 2013, 11:11:06 am
I've barely touched the campaign, and not at all vs. the AI. My understanding is that the TOEs for the units are actually pretty realistic for the period and place, but I don't really know.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on May 30, 2013, 12:21:13 pm
They might be, but on the other hand there's a US armored brigade in here for the Fortress Oslo campaign and it would have organic or at least attached from the Aviation Brigade helicopters, both attack and scout. Similarly, I can deploy elements of the 82nd Airborne early in the campaign, yet they have no helicopters.
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Post by: General Battuta on May 30, 2013, 12:38:02 pm
Scout choppers are fortunately fairly do-withoutable as they're more for wide area overwatch behind the lines than pushing the lines up. Recon infantry are the best!
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Post by: FireSpawn on May 30, 2013, 01:59:46 pm
A bit of Brood War here and there. Also Soul Caliber something or other. It's the one with Yoda.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on May 30, 2013, 03:06:58 pm
Scout choppers are fortunately fairly do-withoutable as they're more for wide area overwatch behind the lines than pushing the lines up. Recon infantry are the best!

There's really no substitute for keeping tabs on leading elements or deployment areas though, because they get out of the way when chased so well. (Until somebody buys a fighter to chase them down but I've usually had a couple minutes to call airstrikes before then.)
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Post by: General Battuta on May 30, 2013, 03:19:18 pm
They can't get out of the way fast enough, generally. Keep them behind your lines, use them as security for your perimeter and rear areas. Don't send 'em up.
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Post by: General Battuta on May 31, 2013, 10:07:11 am
Looks like a nice day for a command vehicle picnic!

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TEN THOUSAND YEARS
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Post by: StarSlayer on May 31, 2013, 10:44:29 am
Looks like a nice day for a command vehicle picnic!

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TEN THOUSAND YEARS

And it cost less than doing it with a TLAM :D
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Post by: NGTM-1R on May 31, 2013, 10:57:39 am
Let me tell you about the Aardvark that crashed into my T-80s and killed them all.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on May 31, 2013, 12:01:18 pm
Somebody buffed iron bombs somewhere because the A-6 became AMAZING when I wasn't looking.
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Post by: jg18 on May 31, 2013, 11:46:43 pm
I was intrigued by all the talk about The Swapper, so I went ahead and got it, swapping out BioShock Infinite for now. I've just started, but I'm wowed already. :eek2:

EDIT: Played for a while and still wowed. If you have any interest in puzzle games, get this game.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on June 01, 2013, 10:34:40 pm
Decided to crank the difficulty of Daytona USA 2 Power Edition to Hardest and try racing on Expert with the J.C. Eagle on Automatic Transmission. The slowest car in the game on the hardest course. What could possibly go right?

"Your place: 1st"

...

Wat. :wtf:
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Post by: ssmit132 on June 02, 2013, 12:10:45 am
Slowly making my way through Devil Survivor. I'm starting to find out how my dialogue choices might be affecting other characters.

Namely, the fact that letting Midori run around with a spare COMP might not have been a good idea, considering that it reduced the number of days on her death clock. :nervous:

The death clock itself is a pretty interesting game and plot mechanic, by the way. It adds a nice display of possible consequences to your actions.
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Post by: crizza on June 02, 2013, 06:05:26 am
Totally fixed on Crusader Kings 2.
As long as I'm emperor, the HRE will endure^^
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Post by: deathfun on June 02, 2013, 07:01:50 am
Warframe

So far, it's been pretty badass. Haven't put it down since I started playing it
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on June 02, 2013, 03:54:14 pm
What's your name?  AndrewofDoom has already started a Clan named the 81st Screaming Weasels in honor of one of the GTD Bastion's squadrons.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on June 02, 2013, 07:22:53 pm
TheCloven since deathfun was apparently already taken
...that sonuvawhore
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on June 02, 2013, 08:38:19 pm
Still working on Doom 3, and besides the ever-present flashlight thing, there are a few other elements that I'd personally qualify as poor game design, or at the very least as annoying.  I think Id was trying to go for a straight-up survival horror feel, but they translated that to having new waves of enemies spawn almost every time you walk into a new room, or grab a conspicuous health pack or ammo dump, or have to backtrack to a previous area.  The scare effect doesn't work when you know it's coming around every corner, and I just wind up mashing quick-save every minute in case the next one spawns right in my face and shreds most of my health.  On top of that, while the demons randomly spawning in via portals make a decent amount of in-universe sense, what doesn't are the human zombies hanging around behind all sorts of panels that seem designed solely as hiding places for them.  Nothing kills immersion faster than really game-y elements like that.

Also, like 98% of the game has taken place in the same exact future-industrial-tech environment.  I mean it's a cool look, but dear lord, I want to be able to stare at something other than a bunch of pipes and gauges.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on June 03, 2013, 04:34:08 pm
I am going to mash the AI in campaign flat in WALB, because I freaking can.

Some of the units available lack useful units with which to push an offensive though. Cheap tanks (or any tanks) and/or IFVs are really the best way to move into position and shove into someone's backside and some groups just don't have them.
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Post by: An4ximandros on June 06, 2013, 01:22:18 am
 I just had the pleasure of playing the legendary mod turned standalone FPS game of my favorite childhood game: TS Reborn (https://www.bluehellproductions.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=26670)

 To enhance the awesome: bombing Nod with a Bomber Fleet is ****in' awesome. And some basterd hijacked my Disruptor once, too bad for him as a Mammoth MK II was following my lead. :P
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Post by: MP-Ryan on June 07, 2013, 02:10:53 pm
I am now finally playing Bioshock Infinite.  It's excellent, but the checkpoint-based save system is ****ing awful.
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Post by: Scotty on June 09, 2013, 01:00:32 pm
Starting up a BattleTech LP as soon as I get home from training.  Should get the ball rolling in just under a week.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 09, 2013, 04:41:34 pm
Mechwarrior Online again. Right now I'm focusing on mastering the Spider, which takes an irritatingly long time. I'm also trying to save up enough to fully customize my Misery.

Though one piece of awesomeness did happen today: managed to one-shot a mostly undamaged Atlas with a Hunchback. I think I scored a lucky cockpit shot with the autocannon. That was amazing.
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Post by: General Battuta on June 10, 2013, 01:20:08 pm
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Post by: NGTM-1R on June 10, 2013, 05:39:29 pm
Aircraft and helos can collide, something I discovered why one of my GR1s clotheslined a Lynx.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on June 10, 2013, 08:16:38 pm
Also rocket pods on airplanes are the most useless things ever.
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Post by: General Battuta on June 10, 2013, 08:21:04 pm
Also rocket pods on airplanes are the most useless things ever.

INCORRECT as the draken and lim are the best planes in the game!

I am now ranked 65th in the world at this dumb game and I do not want to work hard enough to be ranked any higher.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on June 10, 2013, 08:26:02 pm
INCORRECT as the draken and lim are the best planes in the game!

Zunis then, multiple passes are an invitation to get blown apart.
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Post by: General Battuta on June 10, 2013, 08:38:13 pm
You are not wrong and honestly most of the plane mounted rocket pods are only 'not bad' because they happen to come on planes that also have multiple autocannons.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on June 10, 2013, 09:33:26 pm
Getting closer to the end of Doom 3, and I've also installed Far Cry to continue the trend of "shooters I should have played years ago."  A few minutes in, and...I'm having difficulties.
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Post by: deathfun on June 10, 2013, 09:36:48 pm
I've noticed you kept popping on and off of that game :P

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Post by: Mongoose on June 10, 2013, 11:24:05 pm
Well the first difficulty was that the game flat-out refuses to load with the lighting bumped above a certain level, which is apparently a processor affinity thing.  And then there's something with shadow settings possibly murdering framerate...and then there's the game itself. :p
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Post by: FireSpawn on June 11, 2013, 02:25:53 am
Played a bit of TS Reborn the other day. I was a fun hour.
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Post by: CommanderDJ on June 11, 2013, 04:56:52 am
Super late to the party, but I started playing KSP yesterday. Good fun so far!
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Post by: NGTM-1R on June 11, 2013, 05:16:36 am
Man are you trying to step to me with VDV and Hind-As because I have M113s in that treeline.

And it worked. It ****ing worked. For the second time I have managed to ambush attack helicopters with APCs.
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Post by: General Battuta on June 11, 2013, 09:53:24 am
Man are you trying to step to me with VDV and Hind-As because I have M113s in that treeline.

And it worked. It ****ing worked. For the second time I have managed to ambush attack helicopters with APCs.

Wait, what, how did the Hinds not eat them alive  :confused:
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Post by: StarSlayer on June 11, 2013, 10:27:43 am
Man are you trying to step to me with VDV and Hind-As because I have M113s in that treeline.

And it worked. It ****ing worked. For the second time I have managed to ambush attack helicopters with APCs.

Wait, what, how did the Hinds not eat them alive  :confused:

Unless WAB plays it different than EE, helos always sucked against troops and vehicles in a forest, Ma Deuces could make short work of expensive Gunships when they are right above.  I assume NGTM lured them over the forest thinking they had easy kills? 
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Post by: General Battuta on June 11, 2013, 10:43:54 am
Hinds are armored and unless they get stunned can withstand pretty arbitrary amounts of machine gun fire. You're thinking of the majority of helos that are unarmored. But .50 cals in mass could definitely be a threat if the guy driving the Hinds around is dumb.
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Post by: StarSlayer on June 11, 2013, 11:09:09 am
Hinds are armored and unless they get stunned can withstand pretty arbitrary amounts of machine gun fire. You're thinking of the majority of helos that are unarmored. But .50 cals in mass could definitely be a threat if the guy driving the Hinds around is dumb.

I admit WAB could be much different but I've eaten a swarm of Hinds with two units of Jager and Fuchs with a supply truck in a forest.  That was back in EE though, I haven't had time to play anything for the past month.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on June 11, 2013, 01:09:57 pm
Wait, what, how did the Hinds not eat them alive  :confused:

I assume they were out of rockets, but really all I know is nobody appeared to notice the charge of the crappy things over the fifty meters they had to go and it was sixteen on four. They were rookies and panic-locked before they got off much gunfire.
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Post by: StarSlayer on June 11, 2013, 01:30:35 pm
You rushed across open ground with M113s and nabbed them?  That's pretty sweet. 

Reminds me of when I was playing a 1/285th WWII Tabletop wargame and I mounted up a platoon of Panzer grenadiers in Opels, drove up to this Polish tank platoon that both my Panzer IIIs and Stukas had failed to dislodge, dismounted them close assaulted the tanks.  They managed to pop two of the three, survive the return fire with no casualties, my next turn I mounted them back up and drove them to the back of our lines with the intention of sending them all back to Berlin for Iron Crosses.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 11, 2013, 06:29:15 pm
Well the first difficulty was that the game flat-out refuses to load with the lighting bumped above a certain level, which is apparently a processor affinity thing.  And then there's something with shadow settings possibly murdering framerate...and then there's the game itself. :p

if you're playing retail far cry, patch to 1.33 and no further.  last time i played it, i had a wee problem in that i was getting sub-par performance (like, 30 fps and plenty of loading hitches) with modern hardware that should have made the game cry and not the other way around.  i'm STILL not sure how i ended up fixing it, but fiddling around with settings eventually got it to max out with a constant 60 FPS like it should.  other people on the ubi forum reported similar occurrences. 

you could also try installing the Far Cry Addon Mod (FCAM, it's on moddb) to get it working.  bonus to doing this is you get proper widescreen without the headache of hacking a mostly working sort of widescreen via the console/ini's. 
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Post by: deathfun on June 11, 2013, 06:55:15 pm
Got myself back into Civilization V after the 12.49 deal on Steam this past weekend
Decided to try out an "Epic" game as Germany

I just found out about the mechanic where when you have too many units, your production decreases by 10% each unit
Dammit Barbarians, stop joining me when I crush you!

On the plus side, I've never had to physically create a unit. So many archers, so many Brutes... so little I can do with them anymore (All the city states and cities are a defense level that I can't call acceptable losses)
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Post by: Mongoose on June 11, 2013, 07:52:24 pm
Well the first difficulty was that the game flat-out refuses to load with the lighting bumped above a certain level, which is apparently a processor affinity thing.  And then there's something with shadow settings possibly murdering framerate...and then there's the game itself. :p

if you're playing retail far cry, patch to 1.33 and no further.  last time i played it, i had a wee problem in that i was getting sub-par performance (like, 30 fps and plenty of loading hitches) with modern hardware that should have made the game cry and not the other way around.  i'm STILL not sure how i ended up fixing it, but fiddling around with settings eventually got it to max out with a constant 60 FPS like it should.  other people on the ubi forum reported similar occurrences. 

you could also try installing the Far Cry Addon Mod (FCAM, it's on moddb) to get it working.  bonus to doing this is you get proper widescreen without the headache of hacking a mostly working sort of widescreen via the console/ini's. 
Unfortunately the Steam version looks like it's at 1.4, so I can't do much about that.  Even when fiddling around with the processor affinity, moving the Lighting setting to anything above "High" seems to lock things up, so I guess that's staying there.  (I only have a single-core processor, but the hyper-threading creates the same issue.)  Oddly enough, I haven't seen the FPS hits that some people have reported when setting the Shadow detail too high.  I did experience something rather disconcerting that I think was caused by choosing hardware sound...after a few seconds of sound playing, my speakers started screeching like some sort of godawful feedback loop, and it continued any time I tried to play audio in any other applications until a restart.  For all I know that's a hardware issue on my end, but lord knows I'm sticking to the software setting from now on.

You know, I don't know what Crytek did with this game, but I've run games significantly older than this on modern-ish hardware without a hitch, and this is already giving me trouble. :p
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Post by: headdie on June 11, 2013, 08:05:23 pm
Well the first difficulty was that the game flat-out refuses to load with the lighting bumped above a certain level, which is apparently a processor affinity thing.  And then there's something with shadow settings possibly murdering framerate...and then there's the game itself. :p

if you're playing retail far cry, patch to 1.33 and no further.  last time i played it, i had a wee problem in that i was getting sub-par performance (like, 30 fps and plenty of loading hitches) with modern hardware that should have made the game cry and not the other way around.  i'm STILL not sure how i ended up fixing it, but fiddling around with settings eventually got it to max out with a constant 60 FPS like it should.  other people on the ubi forum reported similar occurrences. 

you could also try installing the Far Cry Addon Mod (FCAM, it's on moddb) to get it working.  bonus to doing this is you get proper widescreen without the headache of hacking a mostly working sort of widescreen via the console/ini's. 
Unfortunately the Steam version looks like it's at 1.4, so I can't do much about that.  Even when fiddling around with the processor affinity, moving the Lighting setting to anything above "High" seems to lock things up, so I guess that's staying there.  (I only have a single-core processor, but the hyper-threading creates the same issue.)  Oddly enough, I haven't seen the FPS hits that some people have reported when setting the Shadow detail too high.  I did experience something rather disconcerting that I think was caused by choosing hardware sound...after a few seconds of sound playing, my speakers started screeching like some sort of godawful feedback loop, and it continued any time I tried to play audio in any other applications until a restart.  For all I know that's a hardware issue on my end, but lord knows I'm sticking to the software setting from now on.

You know, I don't know what Crytek did with this game, but I've run games significantly older than this on modern-ish hardware without a hitch, and this is already giving me trouble. :p

first game to use the Crytec engine and it was the "Crysis" of its time, IE a PC melter, though at least then a good gaming rig could run it reasonably well unlike Crysis
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 11, 2013, 08:20:05 pm
crysis ran reasonably well also so long as you didn't try to max it on hardware that couldn't handle it.  just like with any game really.  in fact, for whatever reason, it was always surprisingly smooth even at only 25-30 FPS.  i'm still baffled by this, because in any other game i can easily detect framerates around 40 and it is often an annoyance.

also, i'm not sure how steam handles these things, but you could try downloading the 1.33 patch anyway (or at the very least find one of the unofficial 1.4x patches released by modders).  unless it was fixed for the steam release, 1.4 essentially broke single player.  the AI can see and shoot through some walls, and i think there was also an issue with a couple of the guns.
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Post by: Mongoose on June 11, 2013, 08:41:56 pm
Oh, so that's why something was magically perforating me through a quonset hut? :D
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Post by: Dark Hunter on June 12, 2013, 12:29:01 am
I have come to the conclusion that the Spider-5K is the suckiest 'Mech I've ever seen.

4 ballistic hardpoints... on a 'Mech that can mount MAYBE one autocannon due to weight restrictions. Currently I have it running quadruple machine guns (with a Med. Pulse as backup), but that doesn't really do much. (I have heard of people putting an AC 10 on this thing for lulz, but I don't have the C-Bills to spend on lulz).

Selling this one the instant I master the Spider. Pretty much the only reason to run it is XP gathering.


In other 'Mech news, trying to decide what to do with the torso ballistic and energy hardpoints on the Misery. By default they mount a Large laser and an AC 10, but I'm wondering if I can improve on either one of them significantly. I'd like a long range weapon... either an ER-PPC or Gauss. Probably the PPC, given I have this thing loaded down with heat sinks and Gauss cannons also need ammo.
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Post by: Mongoose on June 14, 2013, 12:20:56 am
Powered through the end of Doom 3 the other day.  While the major flaws I mentioned earlier wound up persisting throughout the whole thing, I'd rate it an enjoyable experience overall.  The environments did wind up getting some variation by the end, with Hell being creepy-cool, and the lowest base areas reminding me a lot of the vitrified testing chambers from Portal 2.  The story presentation was an interesting attempt to take the classic bare-bones "kill all the demons!"  premise and re-cast it in a more plausible, grounded light...I wouldn't give it any awards, but it got the job done.  One little element that stood out in a positive way was the environment interaction: instead of the usual "press E to do everything" command, your crosshair turned into a cursor when interacting with a touchscreen in-game, and it felt really seamless and immersive.

Now I'm working on the expansion, and oh jeez...they've managed to take the Gravity Gun and eliminate just about everything that was so intuitive and graceful about it.
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Post by: FireSpawn on June 14, 2013, 01:20:38 am
I was sent a copy of NGE: Girlfriend of Steel by a friend of mine.  Reaction after playing/listening/watching it for 15 minutes last night?
...
..."Wat?"   :wtf:
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Post by: Mongoose on June 18, 2013, 09:29:41 pm
The local branch of a smaller game store chain is unfortunately going out of business, so I hit them up for some discounts.  Kind of a Nintendo coup, since I wound up with Super Mario Galaxy, The Conduit, and...Super Mario 64.  Which I have somehow never played.  I'm a terrible person.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on June 18, 2013, 10:18:04 pm
That's not too bad. Did you get the original or Super Mario 64 DS?
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Post by: Mongoose on June 18, 2013, 10:32:35 pm
The original, for old-school cred.  Gotta love big chunky cartridges.
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Post by: crizza on June 19, 2013, 04:47:26 pm
Super Mario 64.  Which I have somehow never played.  I'm a terrible person.
Dude, nothing ruins a friendship like playing this and loads of beer^^
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Post by: Lorric on June 19, 2013, 05:18:56 pm
Dude, nothing ruins a friendship like playing this and loads of beer^^

I am curious. Would you mind elaborating?
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Post by: crizza on June 19, 2013, 07:35:15 pm
Dude, nothing ruins a friendship like playing this and loads of beer^^

I am curious. Would you mind elaborating?
Ah, crap, I confused it with Mario Cart on the Nintendo64, my bad.
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Post by: Lorric on June 19, 2013, 07:39:37 pm
Dude, nothing ruins a friendship like playing this and loads of beer^^

I am curious. Would you mind elaborating?
Ah, crap, I confused it with Mario Cart on the Nintendo64, my bad.

Ah, now things make sense!  :D
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Post by: Mongoose on June 19, 2013, 08:32:51 pm
Drunk Mario Kart 64 was pretty much a nightly event for some people in my freshman-year dorm. :D
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Post by: LHN91 on June 19, 2013, 09:01:24 pm
Same here. Lots of drunk Mario Kart 64 played in the next room over first year.
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Post by: deathfun on June 19, 2013, 09:33:50 pm
Mario Kart is the only game my sister can beat me at these days (Wii version)
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on June 20, 2013, 11:23:37 am
I still hold Mario Kart DS as one of my favourite games on the DS. :D
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Post by: Deepstar on June 20, 2013, 12:08:45 pm
Yesterday i started the Hard Mode of "Shadow of the Colossus" on good old Playstation 2 (quite apart from the fact i do not own a PS3, maybe it will change after the PS4 release :)) for first time for a video LP.

And because i am somewhat of unofficial Co-Developer or at least translator for the Augmented Mod i also play Archimedean Dynasty :-)
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Post by: Sarafan on June 20, 2013, 04:12:05 pm
And because i am somewhat of unofficial Co-Developer or at least translator for the Augmented Mod i also play Archimedean Dynasty :-)

Do you know where I can get Archimedean Dinasty? I finished Aquanox 1 and 2 and want to play the first.
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Post by: Deepstar on June 21, 2013, 12:12:42 pm
And because i am somewhat of unofficial Co-Developer or at least translator for the Augmented Mod i also play Archimedean Dynasty :-)

Do you know where I can get Archimedean Dinasty? I finished Aquanox 1 and 2 and want to play the first.

No idea, sorry. I bought my german version back in 1998 and the english one... after AquaNox2 in 2003 afaik. Maybe you have luck on eBay or Amazon.

Or you buy the german version (Schleichfahrt) and someone could send you the english exe and textfiles, even the ship computer as well the cutscenes are still german.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on June 21, 2013, 12:15:29 pm
I gather it's abandonware and if you poke around a bit you can find it.
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Post by: The E on June 21, 2013, 12:48:07 pm
Got myself Crysis 3.

It's actually pretty damn good, and those face animations are godly.
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Post by: FlamingCobra on June 21, 2013, 01:06:56 pm
I'm playing Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Golf Toadstool Tour
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Post by: deathfun on June 22, 2013, 06:58:06 am
Dead Space 3
Loving it
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Post by: Sarafan on June 22, 2013, 03:33:27 pm

No idea, sorry. I bought my german version back in 1998 and the english one... after AquaNox2 in 2003 afaik. Maybe you have luck on eBay or Amazon.

Or you buy the german version (Schleichfahrt) and someone could send you the english exe and textfiles, even the ship computer as well the cutscenes are still german.

I gather it's abandonware and if you poke around a bit you can find it.

Is it as good as Aquanox 1 and 2?

Does it have the ""amazing"" voice acting of the two? :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Deepstar on June 22, 2013, 04:14:26 pm

No idea, sorry. I bought my german version back in 1998 and the english one... after AquaNox2 in 2003 afaik. Maybe you have luck on eBay or Amazon.

Or you buy the german version (Schleichfahrt) and someone could send you the english exe and textfiles, even the ship computer as well the cutscenes are still german.

I gather it's abandonware and if you poke around a bit you can find it.

Is it as good as Aquanox 1 and 2?

Does it have the ""amazing"" voice acting of the two? :lol:

Archimedean Dynasty is a complete different game. It is more like FreeSpace with underwater effects like currents and it is not a First-Person Shooter :).

And the game do not have any voice-acting except in cutscenes as well the ship computer. But you have Multiple-Choice dialogues on stations instead :).
But i read, that the english text translation is very confusing sometimes, this bad translation originally leads to the Augmented mod. Even it is also fixing bugs in missions, now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 22, 2013, 08:19:52 pm
Is it as good as Aquanox 1 and 2?

Certainly as 1. It shares more in common with Wing Commander/Privateer, however.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on June 23, 2013, 11:13:25 pm
Starting The Book of Unwritten Tales. Wrapping up The Swapper (stuck on two puzzles :banghead:) and BioShock Infinite (stuck on the ever-so-enjoyable endgame :banghead:). Also playing some Rift, of course.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 23, 2013, 11:28:51 pm
Been playing The Last of Us.

Pretty good. The environments are amazing, and the variety of options in gameplay is very nice. It is also always fun to have AI partners who don't suck, which this game pulled off pretty well.

"Clickers" can go die in a fire though (literally true now I have a flamethrower, mwahahaha!). Instant kill attacks are not fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on June 24, 2013, 01:06:25 am
Got back to playing Perfect Dark and GoldenEye (the N64 ones).

Cripes, I need to get rid of my auto-aim dependency. Anyone have any reliable tips?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on June 24, 2013, 01:52:51 am
Don't get shot
Use more bullets
Cheats

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on June 24, 2013, 08:50:28 am
Don't get shot
Use more bullets
Cheats



This makes me want to say: "Avoid the beams and you won't get hit."
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 24, 2013, 10:13:24 pm
oh the good old days of n64 when auto aim was necessary and accepted.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 25, 2013, 04:58:19 pm
Convince Yourself The Company Of Heros 2 Beta Was Good Enough To Justify Preorder
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on June 30, 2013, 04:06:55 am

Warframe Contest that they're doing
Figured I'd submit something

I can't believe I'm still playing this game. Have yet to really put it down despite 160+ hours later

EDIT: Totally forgot to give the embed a go
EDIT2: Doesn't like it
EDIT3: Nevermind, got it to work
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on June 30, 2013, 05:25:11 pm
XCOM.

SO ADDICTIVE.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on July 05, 2013, 04:18:33 am
CortexCommand with ALL THE MODS!

And a little MC-Technic.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on July 05, 2013, 06:29:47 am
Is Cortex Command properly playable now, i checked it out a few months ago but wasn't too impressed with the available functionality.

Haven't decided on whether or not to abandon it outright
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on July 05, 2013, 11:12:15 am
Is Cortex Command properly playable now, i checked it out a few months ago but wasn't too impressed with the available functionality.

Haven't decided on whether or not to abandon it outright

It still doesn't have a proper campaign mode and the ai for player units is still borked, but the mods make up for it in my opinion.  All I can do is recommend that you check it again, try a couple of good mods (they are quite easy to spot and install) and make a decision based on that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 05, 2013, 02:48:23 pm
i've been re-addicted to playing skirmishes in kane's wrath.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on July 05, 2013, 04:31:13 pm
 Got sucked into STO again thanks to Legacy of Romulus (Hurr) and that stupid, sexy Scimitar model. The ability to use Thalaron weapons did remind me of something (http://caffeine-fueled.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/civilization-nukes.jpg) though, so I made this: http://imageshack.us/a/img827/1926/rz27.png
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on July 06, 2013, 05:10:23 am
Played a little SS2. Felt the need to relive the magic for a bit. Also recently played some more Book of Unwritten Tales.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on July 07, 2013, 09:05:31 am
I managed to buy Witcher 1&2 and DAO for <20$ total. DAO was more expensive than both Witchers together Oo. Now starting with The Witcher and judging the number of sex opportunities in this game, no wonder it succeeded worldwide.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on July 08, 2013, 09:53:05 pm
I reinstalled both TrackMania Nations Forever and Descent 3. At last, I've reinstalled every single game I want on this PC. I also played the former and finally got around to making a paint scheme based on the Singapore flag. :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on July 09, 2013, 02:23:02 am
I have gotten sucked back into RIFT now that its free, and thankfully the F2P model doesn't suck hilariously (looking at you, SWTOR).

Also been playing a lot of Firefall. It's reasonably fun for a beta.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on July 09, 2013, 02:58:50 am
Picked up a secondhand copy of Witcher 2: Extended Edition yesterday for Ecks-Bawcks, so I'm gonna give it a go.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mikes on July 09, 2013, 10:23:05 am
I reinstalled both TrackMania Nations Forever and Descent 3. At last, I've reinstalled every single game I want on this PC. I also played the former and finally got around to making a paint scheme based on the Singapore flag. :D

It's kinda sad that most times when the Witcher series is mentioned all people talk about is the "sex" and not that it is one of the best (yet flawed) dark fantasy RPGs/RPG series ever made, not that it has an incredible storyline and even more incredible characters and not that it is one of the few games that treats consequences for player actions seriously. (And not just in that simple bioware black and white manner either.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on July 09, 2013, 02:12:16 pm
To be honest, when I picked up the game I didn't even think about the naughty bits. I just wanted something to take the space of "Dark Messiah of Might & Magic" on my shelf and saw a game that I've heard loads of good things about, based on a book series that I've also heard loads of good things about, going for a price that I have nothing but good things to say about.

Gameplay has been fun so far and the story is interesting, but I'll admit that I've only just reached Flotsam.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on July 10, 2013, 06:00:23 am
I played TrackMania Nations Forever until I'm within the top 700 000 players in the world! :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on July 10, 2013, 06:35:06 am
I'm waiting for Terraria 1.2 to be implemented so I can go back to playing that

I WANT MY NEW SHOTGUN DAMMIT
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 10, 2013, 02:48:38 pm
got the half-life complete pack from steam yesterday.  i've never played any of them.  someone who is familiar help me out here - should i even bother with the original?  from what i understand "source" is supposed to be the exact game ported to the HL2 engine.  and therefore presumably better performing/looking.  and then there's that mod that remade HL1 right?  i think i even downloaded it when it came out.  i think i saw something about an HD upgrade with blue shift too.

someone tell me which one to play. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on July 10, 2013, 05:51:17 pm
Black Mesa
Just play that if you're having thoughts about HL1 being "meh"

I'd still play HL1 regardless. It may not look totally fantastic, but I'm not one to let graphics bother me. Afterall, I enjoy my old games too much to let that happen
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 10, 2013, 07:41:15 pm
graphics won't bother me so much as clunky gameplay.  the main reason i ask is that i want to know if i'd be missing anything about the original, or getting a different experience (apart from graphics of course) by playing one of the remakes.  is it like playing the FS2 retail campaign with the MVPs, or is it like playing FSPort.  the "same" game, but little things like missile effectiveness actually change the game in a non-trivial way.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 10, 2013, 07:43:51 pm
From what I've heard, the Valve-released Half-Life: Source is a pretty half-assed port.  I don't know if it affects anything mechanically, but if you have the original game as well, I don't see any reason not to play it instead.  Obviously Black Mesa: Source, being a full-fledged fan remake, plays quite a bit differently to the original.

Speaking personally, I generally like to play the original versions of stuff the first time through if at all possible, just to get the same experience that people had when it was brand-new.  It also helps you gain a better perspective on just how much fan-made projects like the SCP and FSU have managed to accomplish.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 10, 2013, 09:38:11 pm
usually i do too, but every once in a while there's a remake/upgrade/whatever that makes the original totally irrelevant because the new one is a pure upgrade with no drawbacks or loss of..... feeling? from the original.  with a game this old, i wouldn't mind skipping the original if the remake was like this.  i've found very early generation FPS's kindof taxing in the gameplay department when playing them now. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on July 11, 2013, 10:18:38 pm
From what I've heard, the Valve-released Half-Life: Source is a pretty half-assed port.  I don't know if it affects anything mechanically, but if you have the original game as well, I don't see any reason not to play it instead.  Obviously Black Mesa: Source, being a full-fledged fan remake, plays quite a bit differently to the original.

The aspects somewhat changed are that you get transparent, Source-esque water and supposedly more realistic physics. From some of the videos I've seen, it looks like it's just unnaturally saturated.

I still play the original Half-Life every now and then with its expansions Blue Shift and Opposing Force (every other time, I play with the HD Pack). Blue Shift is meh (but at least that game's Xen segment didn't suck!), and Opposing Force is awesome (I used to play multiplayer with my buddies on LAN two years ago, and we had a laugh *****ing at each other for when we went "Don't Cross The Streams" or "Kill the camper with the M40)."

Welp, I've been finally given some breathing time for some RPGs, and while I'm waiting for the next Ys installment to come out, I've been playing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on July 11, 2013, 10:27:55 pm
 The Nostalgia Trip; Star Trek: DS9 - The Fallen.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 11, 2013, 10:52:12 pm
From what I've heard, the Valve-released Half-Life: Source is a pretty half-assed port.  I don't know if it affects anything mechanically, but if you have the original game as well, I don't see any reason not to play it instead.  Obviously Black Mesa: Source, being a full-fledged fan remake, plays quite a bit differently to the original.

The aspects somewhat changed are that you get transparent, Source-esque water and supposedly more realistic physics. From some of the videos I've seen, it looks like it's just unnaturally saturated.

I still play the original Half-Life every now and then with its expansions Blue Shift and Opposing Force (every other time, I play with the HD Pack). Blue Shift is meh (but at least that game's Xen segment didn't suck!), and Opposing Force is awesome (I used to play multiplayer with my buddies on LAN two years ago, and we had a laugh *****ing at each other for when we went "Don't Cross The Streams" or "Kill the camper with the M40)."
Heh, sounds fun.  If you still have anyone around to play it with, someone out there ported the PS2-exclusive "Decay" co-op campaign to the PC version.  You can technically get through it by yourself, in that you can hit a key to switch back and forth between the two characters as needed, but I'd imagine it'd be much more enjoyable playing it as intended.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on July 12, 2013, 12:28:52 am
Seeing as I'm without internet for the foreseeable future I've started playing Mechwarrior 4 Mercs again. With the MekPak of course. A pair of CUAC20s on a Talos is an extraordinary sight to behold.

I'm still having trouble building a quad-PPC Awesome of any variant without it promptly melting after two shots though. That isn't so good because the NPC allies don't know about this strange thing called "heat management" and I'd rather be brawling with the ballistic weapons.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on July 12, 2013, 01:20:06 am
Tenuously playing Resident Evil (remake) with my friend. I say "tenuously," because we are playing it together and only manage to advance the plot about once a week.

Also playing Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. I beat the first one recently, they're such fantastic games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on July 12, 2013, 03:14:04 am
Almost through Tsukihime. One route left.


And in the meantime I'm continuing with Mechwarrior Online.

Bought a couple of Catapults, and I've been fine-tuning my Misery's loadout. I kind of want to master it, but to do so I need at least two other Stalkers, and those are expensive.
I also bought a Dragon Slayer, but I'm feeling kind of underwhelmed by it. It's decently fast thanks to that XL engine, but its firepower seems weak for an Assault. Maybe it's just my loadout, but I'm really not sure how to improve it.

I'll finish mastering the Spider for now. Once I've done that I can sell the other two Spiders and free up some Mech Bays.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on July 12, 2013, 01:52:58 pm
Seeing as I'm without internet for the foreseeable future I've started playing Mechwarrior 4 Mercs again. With the MekPak of course. A pair of CUAC20s on a Talos is an extraordinary sight to behold.

I'm still having trouble building a quad-PPC Awesome of any variant without it promptly melting after two shots though. That isn't so good because the NPC allies don't know about this strange thing called "heat management" and I'd rather be brawling with the ballistic weapons.
Do you still have an installer of the MekTek version of MW4 somewhere?  I'd love to get back in it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 12, 2013, 02:48:16 pm
I think we're all currently playing the annual classic "oh God how much should I spend on today's deals."
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on July 12, 2013, 04:24:58 pm
I think we're all currently playing the annual classic "oh God how much should I spend on today's deals."

Hehe.  QFT.

I actually pruned my wishlist in anticipation of this sale.  In light of the fact that I currently have a backlog of about 8 lengthy games (40+ hours each), I have my wishlist down to just three titles:  Skyrim, XCOM, and The Witcher 2, and I'm not even contemplating a purchase at discounts less than 75%.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on July 12, 2013, 05:30:21 pm
Civ5 - Brave New World
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on July 12, 2013, 06:29:52 pm
Seeing as I'm without internet for the foreseeable future I've started playing Mechwarrior 4 Mercs again. With the MekPak of course. A pair of CUAC20s on a Talos is an extraordinary sight to behold.

I'm still having trouble building a quad-PPC Awesome of any variant without it promptly melting after two shots though. That isn't so good because the NPC allies don't know about this strange thing called "heat management" and I'd rather be brawling with the ballistic weapons.
Do you still have an installer of the MekTek version of MW4 somewhere?  I'd love to get back in it.
I don't know about Hobbie, but I think I might still have my Mercs downloads somewhere. Not sure where, though; I definitely had them as of a year ago, because it's been installed since I reinstalled my operating system (specifically, looks like the folder was created last July; almost exactly a year ago).

If I ever find the actual downloads, I'll let you know.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on July 12, 2013, 07:25:02 pm
Thanks.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on July 14, 2013, 01:17:20 pm
Having a blast playing Uncharted and Gran Turismo 5 and Red Dead Redemption.

omg you guys RDR is so ****ing good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on July 14, 2013, 02:47:27 pm
Having a blast playing Uncharted and Gran Turismo 5 and Red Dead Redemption.

omg you guys RDR is so ****ing good.

Yeah its funny sometimes it's plain satisfying just walking around on your horse and marveling at the scenery.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on July 14, 2013, 03:36:21 pm
Rocking hard with C&C 3 and Battlezone II, because I was playing them before they became "Classic" and "Retro" respectively.
[/Hipster]
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on July 14, 2013, 04:58:17 pm
Having a blast playing Uncharted and Gran Turismo 5 and Red Dead Redemption.

omg you guys RDR is so ****ing good.

If you're not on Expert aiming I'll have to smack you


Been playing quite a bit of Arma III as of late with folks
Sa-Matra Wasteland is too much fun

However, you can really tell the game is Beta. Hilarious glitches everywhere
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on July 14, 2013, 07:12:09 pm
Minecraft has ensnared me once again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 14, 2013, 07:18:56 pm
extreme G 2 on the old N64 emulator.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on July 14, 2013, 09:28:54 pm
MapleStory: Mercedes has hit Lv. 103. Crash-levelled Priest from Lv. 63 to 7983.
TrackMania Nations Forever: Re-made custom Singapore skin and played online until I'm within the top 600 000 players in the world.
Descent 3: Created a pilot. :warp:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 15, 2013, 03:57:57 am
So, me, on Steam, talking about my experience with Assault Horizon. (Which, having come into the series here with no preconceptions...I actually find fairly enjoyable. But so short I can't really convince myself it was worth any more than the 9 bucks I spent.)

Quote
Night - The Angriest AMX: So, I and my wingman recieve a distress call from a friendly air base.
Night - The Angriest AMX: ...we go over and clear the fighters off them, but we're short of fuel and spending about five minutes dogfighting is kinda trouble and then TANKS and they don't have any handy so it's guns and mavericks time and I'm now down to five minutes flight time and this airbase is the only one in range.
Night - The Angriest AMX: ...so we land, and it doesn't end the mission, and I notice I can look to my left and see, not 100 meters from where my aircraft is fueling, the wrecks of tanks I killed.
Night - The Angriest AMX: And here comes a friendly Tunguska to set up next to my plane while I fuel, since, you know, the area is hot.
Night - The Angriest AMX: And I'm admiring the detail modeling work when all of sudden his guns go active and he launches a missile a moment later and the flaming wreck of an Su-25 goes flying over my head.
Night - The Angriest AMX: And now I'm taxiing and powering up the runway and hoping to god the tanks I can see about 750 meters off the end of the runway don't kill me before I'm airborne and I make it and JESUS ****ING CHRIST FLANKERS EVERYWHERE
Night - The Angriest AMX: The achievement for this mission is called "Hot Pit Stop"
Night - The Angriest AMX: I now understand why.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on July 15, 2013, 04:26:26 am
It does have its moments, certainly.

It's just that for us AC vets, those moments lack a certain je ne sais quoi.

By which I mean utter insanity.

Like flying into a mine, taking out weapons and other fighters inside, and coming out the other end.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 15, 2013, 04:35:12 am
If I'd paid full price for this I'm pretty sure I'd have been ready to murder people about this game anyways, honestly. The length would have a lot to do with it (sure did with my hatred for Halo 4), but so would the noticeable flaws. And the fact I only got to fly the B-1 once.

Because I don't think they realized how dangerous it was to give me something with enough bombs for every house in the ZIP code.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on July 15, 2013, 05:34:02 am
Still playing Xcom on easy, 'cause it's my first game of this genre.
While the game is certainly entertaining and addictive, it punishes mistakes, such as thinking a downed UFO-transport cannot certainly have anything left after killing several advanced floaters, Mutons, berserkers...and then your colonel sniper runs straight into a trio of crysalids. While I managed to get him out, I attacked the Crysalids with two missiles, the second unfortunately explodes too close to him and bang...bleeds to death 'case I thought my colonel class support wasn't needed and I brougfht another assault...and none carried a medikit -.-
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on July 15, 2013, 05:42:27 am
I saved scum through my first playthrough on XCOM
Because why not
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 15, 2013, 07:21:23 pm
about to start bioshock infinite.


something that has been bugging me recently:  why does every game assume it's the first one you've ever installed, and automatically re-install direct X?  it doesn't ever ask if you have it installed, it doesn't check to see, it just installs it.  presumably overwriting the install already there.  and i get to stare at the screen for 5-10 minutes while it thinks.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 15, 2013, 07:41:45 pm
I'm pretty sure that the DirectX installer doesn't actually go through the whole installation process if it sees your existing copy is up-to-date, and that it's just confirming as much when that window pops up.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 15, 2013, 08:16:10 pm
well it takes a really damn long time to do it then. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on July 16, 2013, 12:29:29 am
Never takes longer than 10 seconds for me, oddly enough.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on July 16, 2013, 01:29:30 am
about to start bioshock infinite.


something that has been bugging me recently:  why does every game assume it's the first one you've ever installed, and automatically re-install direct X?  it doesn't ever ask if you have it installed, it doesn't check to see, it just installs it.  presumably overwriting the install already there.  and i get to stare at the screen for 5-10 minutes while it thinks.

The reason for this is MS' licensing, and their refusal to treat DirectX as part of the OS for updating purposes.

That means that every DX game has to ship the version of DirectX it's built to run on (There are several versions of DX9c, all slightly different), and run the installer to make sure that everything is in place. The installer itself does several things, it checks all DX files for integrity as well as copying and registering the new dlls (if any). This will take time (Less when using SSDs).

It's just part of the price you have to pay to be part of the PC GAMING MASTER RACE. If you want to just play games, come on over to the console side.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on July 16, 2013, 01:34:27 am
Been playing Ys I (the Steam Chronicles version)... grrr... the freaking Final Boss pisses me off. (I get more salt rubbed in because even the PSP Chronicles version made me its ***** on that part. And it took me about fifteen times to get it right, all out of blind luck.)

Also, FTL: Faster Than Light. I learned something today: never make me a captain/controlling essence of a starship. (Frequently, my Flight Officer gets killed first, which means I'm doing it wrong. The longest run I managed had the Shield Operator dead before the jump that blew up my ship.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sarafan on July 17, 2013, 01:35:47 pm
Playing Panzer Corps Grand Campaign DLCs, stukas and artillery for everyone!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 18, 2013, 01:12:12 am
T-80U.

At least until the Super Etenard headshot descends upon them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on July 18, 2013, 01:02:48 pm
Monster Life was introduced in MapleSEA earlier this week, and I've been playing it to bits. Time sink in a time sink indeed.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 19, 2013, 01:18:51 am
My X-COM install has been screwed up. I am currently scared out of my wits I'm going to lose the LP game or possibly need to reformat my hard drive entirely.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on July 19, 2013, 01:26:21 am
Surely that's overkill, yeah? Shouldn't using Steam's "check integrity" function un-screw the install?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 19, 2013, 01:47:47 am
Surely that's overkill, yeah? Shouldn't using Steam's "check integrity" function un-screw the install?

That's a good theory, what concerns me is A: that function often deletes local content and B: reasons the install could be screwed up encompass a complete failure of my AV program and malicious code having snuck in.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on July 19, 2013, 01:59:37 am
I've never seen it delete savefiles and such though. Also, isn't that something steam cloud is supposed to take care of? Unless you've done some .ini modding (in which case you'd just have to save that thing somewhere), everything should be fine.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on July 19, 2013, 02:17:48 am
Find your savefiles and copy paste them somewhere

That'd solve that
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on July 22, 2013, 07:01:01 am
having a serious ball in level 4 german planes in Historical Battle with WarThunder :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 22, 2013, 04:54:52 pm
just finished bioshock infinite. 


...... eh.  the story really wasn't that good.  it tried way too hard at being all trippy and inception-y.  didn't execute particularly well.  overall, less fun to play than the previous two. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on July 23, 2013, 12:32:21 pm
just finished bioshock infinite. 


...... eh.  the story really wasn't that good.  it tried way too hard at being all trippy and inception-y.  didn't execute particularly well.  overall, less fun to play than the previous two.

I think you need to play it again.  There are a lot of layers to the narrative that are easily missed in the first playthrough, and it seems that you missed some.

And generally-speaking, I found the gameplay quite a bit more interesting than the first two games.  The addition of a third dimension of movement, a helpful companion, and the variety of the vigor combinations - not to mention the challenge added by making do with the weapons you find and find ammo for - made it definitely more challenging.  I think there were some missed opportunities with the 'tear' mechanic, but the gameplay as pretty strong (although perhaps not the best genre to tell this particular story).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on July 23, 2013, 12:34:19 pm
I am currently alternating between Bastion and Thief 2, both of which are excellent and engaging.

Except - Bastion, why the **** do you ALSO have the terrible autosave mechanic?  FFS, DEVELOPERS, SOME OF US HAVE LIVES OUTSIDE OF GAMING AND WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO QUIT WITHOUT LOSING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS BETWEEN SESSIONS!  The reason we've always had hard saves is because it made sense.  Quit trying to reinvent the goddamned wheel.

Here's a thought:  a few games now have a system where you can freely quicksave outside of combat.  That works - no save-scumming within combat, but you don't have to replay 20 minutes of no-combat choices (these are RPGs, after all) because you screwed up a combat section.

Aspiring HLP game developers, take note.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on July 23, 2013, 01:10:49 pm
Quit trying to reinvent the goddamned wheel.
You've obviously never tried to code a game. It's muuuch harder to code a save system when the conditions of the save are not known.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 24, 2013, 10:52:28 am
That feel in the new Tomb Raider when you, while collecting stuff from the map he's met on, realize that Roth is a goner.

Because he's got dual 1911s.

You know.

Laura's signature weapons. That he's using. Because he's clearly gonna get got and Laura will take them up.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 24, 2013, 03:32:00 pm
Quit trying to reinvent the goddamned wheel.
You've obviously never tried to code a game. It's muuuch harder to code a save system when the conditions of the save are not known.

hardER, but clearly not impossible, or even hard enough to prevent its general use, given the vast number of games that have used it.  even open-world games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on July 24, 2013, 09:18:32 pm
Because I'm somewhere else at the time of this post, I brought my laptop over...

... and I'm playing Star Fox 64 on emu. And I admit it: The Bolse Defense Platform is full of bollocked bulls__t. Either that or I'm too used to Area 6.

Spoiler:
God DAMN it Slippy, stop asking me to save you!

Also, Deus Ex Human Revolution. Damn, that game is fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on July 24, 2013, 09:32:10 pm
Because I'm somewhere else at the time of this post, I brought my laptop over...

... and I'm playing Star Fox 64 on emu. And I admit it: The Bolse Defense Platform is full of bollocked bulls__t. Either that or I'm too used to Area 6.

Spoiler:
God DAMN it Slippy, stop asking me to save you!

Also, Deus Ex Human Revolution. Damn, that game is fun.

I'm surprised by that, if you can clear Area 6, you should be breezing the Bolse Platform.

Spoiler:
However, if saving Slippy is the problem, I'm sure there's some scripting on that level, because what you said brought back memories, he sucks all the enemies in like a magnet. It's cheap trickery to make him out to be weaker than he actually is.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on July 24, 2013, 10:01:24 pm
just finished bioshock infinite. 


...... eh.  the story really wasn't that good.  it tried way too hard at being all trippy and inception-y.  didn't execute particularly well.  overall, less fun to play than the previous two.
Spoiler:
To boot, the ending can't even happen; if the first Comstock didn't happen, the Brooker that killed him didn't. So... PARADOX!

 I finished DS9 The Fallen... with all three characters in about 8 hours. Awesome music.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on July 25, 2013, 09:37:09 am
yay, used twitch to record a game just now in WarThunder, **** works!

look up HerrFlex on YouTube for the video(it's a little low quality and oddly shaped due to twitch's settings in WarThunder supporting only widescreen reso's)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on July 25, 2013, 11:20:02 am
Ooh, you play War Thunder?  Esarai, Hades, Aesaar and I also do, or at least try to do depending on matchmaking finding a game for us. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 25, 2013, 11:35:02 am
Poor War Thunder.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 25, 2013, 11:44:26 am
Been playing World of Tanks still, not as much as before since I lost my company to the server split, and World of Warplanes. Also Dust: An Elysian Tale, a pretty fun and very nice-looking brawler in the vein of Odin Sphere and Muramasa: The Demon Blade.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on July 25, 2013, 11:46:55 am
Been playing World of Tanks still, not as much as before since I lost my company to the server split

Clans can still function across multiple servers, they just can't play together unless they're on the same one.  Chat works cross server.  Switching servers is pretty easy, too, and only takes a minute or so, at the longest.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 25, 2013, 11:52:07 am
I don't know what it was, but I haven't seen more than a few of them on at the same time since then.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on July 25, 2013, 03:31:25 pm
Shadowrun Returns.  Its pretty good, actually.  Currently debating about how much augmentation to equip my elven street samurai with.  Augmented vision is actually a maybe, believe it or not.  The eyes just give +3% hit chance and he's already nastily accurate with shotguns and SMG's.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on July 25, 2013, 07:54:44 pm
I'm playing Soldier Blade. I love it. I wish you guys could play it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on July 26, 2013, 04:51:19 am
Ooh, you play War Thunder?  Esarai, Hades, Aesaar and I also do, or at least try to do depending on matchmaking finding a game for us. :P

aahh, good, i also run a squadron, in case you guys are interested in joining one, trying to get our teamspeak password as i forgot what it is xD
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on July 26, 2013, 01:00:01 pm
I might be depending on what they say.  I know them but I don't know you. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on July 26, 2013, 01:25:36 pm
Started up Shadow Run returns but didn't get very far.
Loading time on one mission I noticed was a little looong. Beyond that seems okay.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 27, 2013, 01:04:57 am
Because I'm somewhere else at the time of this post, I brought my laptop over...

... and I'm playing Star Fox 64 on emu. And I admit it: The Bolse Defense Platform is full of bollocked bulls__t. Either that or I'm too used to Area 6.


played this after reading your post.  starfox is ****ing HARD using arrow keys.  i think i might get an xbox controller or some other sort of gamepad to use for emulators.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on July 27, 2013, 01:41:19 am
Because I'm somewhere else at the time of this post, I brought my laptop over...

... and I'm playing Star Fox 64 on emu. And I admit it: The Bolse Defense Platform is full of bollocked bulls__t. Either that or I'm too used to Area 6.


played this after reading your post.  starfox is ****ing HARD using arrow keys.  i think i might get an xbox controller or some other sort of gamepad to use for emulators.

Pretty much anything that was designed for a controller pretty much sucks without one, unless it's a genre that was always better on PCs anyway (ahem, FPS). I found out my cheap aftermarket PS3 controller is plug-n-play with Windows 8. It was like Christmas come early.

Starfox 64 is freaking awesome. First game I played on the 64. I remember (oddly enough) that Corneria was one of the harder planets to medal on.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on July 27, 2013, 02:32:45 am
Starfox 64 is freaking awesome. First game I played on the 64. I remember (oddly enough) that Corneria was one of the harder planets to medal on.

Early level, low difficulty, means fewer enemies, means to get a medal you need to kill everything.

That and Sector Z drove me crazy when medal-hunting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on July 27, 2013, 04:32:29 pm
Starfox 64 is freaking awesome. First game I played on the 64. I remember (oddly enough) that Corneria was one of the harder planets to medal on.

Early level, low difficulty, means fewer enemies, means to get a medal you need to kill everything.

Don't forget charge-torpedo bonuses! (Such as if you torp two baddies, you get a Hit +1 bonus.)

played this after reading your post.  starfox is ****ing HARD using arrow keys.  i think i might get an xbox controller or some other sort of gamepad to use for emulators.

The original SNES Star Fox (and the unreleased second one) on emu, yes, it was manageable for me to use keys (as you had to fly with a d-pad), but 64... hell no. I played it with a pad (it's a Gigaware one, unfortunately my Logitech Dual Action is starting to show some wear after playing Perfect Dark on emu, Ys and the Strike Suits so intensely). I should up the ante and play with my old MS Sidewinder.

Also, was playing Phantasy Star Zero (I'm still pissed about how I lost my Phantasy Star Online GC files two years ago), cripes, I need to find some Level 80 equipment (and I'm doing the Super Eternal Tower right now, I forgot that took at least six hours to do).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on July 27, 2013, 10:43:06 pm
Quote
Don't forget charge-torpedo bonuses! (Such as if you torp two baddies, you get a Hit +1 bonus.)

This
It makes every medal so easy to obtain when you remember this

Honestly, the hardest medal one for me was Aquas.



I personally have got my PS3 controller perpetually attached to my computer for the exact reason for emulators and games in general. I would never touch a K/M on Project 64.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 28, 2013, 01:20:29 am
Wrapped up in the world of GTA 3.  Ashamedly, this is the first time I've even touched the series.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 29, 2013, 12:08:06 pm
So I offer my official recommendation on Tomb Raider 2013, way late.

Though there is one thing. Specifically, WHERE THE **** DID THE FUSO/ISE-CLASS BATTLESHIP COME FROM.

(http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/1117175976604206376/F6C05AE5DE9FCDB6D9431D3014C3F728BE8D3539/)

After that point if I'd found the remains of a Space Shuttle or Cherno Alpha, I don't think you could have gotten much more of a reaction out of me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on July 29, 2013, 12:21:37 pm
For the past two days I've been playing 0 A.D., which is basically a reimplementation of Age of Empires II.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on July 30, 2013, 10:16:54 pm
Went back to playing Tyrian 2000 and I'm loving it! :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on July 31, 2013, 01:08:27 am
Went back to playing Tyrian 2000 and I'm loving it! :D

legend
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 01, 2013, 07:46:07 pm
I'm playing so many games off and on right now, it's ridiculous. My main focus right now is on Persona 3 though, which I finally picked back up after putting down for a couple of months. I reached an extremely difficult boss and realized that I needed to grind for a few hours to even have a chance at beating it. I finally did the grinding, and it did indeed take a few hours, but I did beat the boss and have moved on. Unfortunately, I maxed out the Fuuka social link and ended that story :( Now unto dating Yukari.

I'm also playing Resident Evil (GC) with my friend, Resident Evil 2 by myself, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Final Fantasy X and Zelda: A Link to the Past. And as always, Super Smash Brothers with numerous friends!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 01, 2013, 09:19:15 pm
i'm back to playing kane's wrath skirmishes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 02, 2013, 04:35:34 pm
i'm back to playing kane's wrath skirmishes.

Are the new C&C games any good? I haven't heard much praise for the series since Westwood closed down.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on August 02, 2013, 04:39:09 pm
Went back to playing Tyrian 2000 and I'm loving it! :D

Thanks, now I had to dig up my installer and play it. >.>
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on August 02, 2013, 05:15:32 pm
Are the new C&C games any good? I haven't heard much praise for the series since Westwood closed down.

3's pretty decent, Tiberian Twilight is kinda bad, RA3 is intentionally going for that "this is awesome because it's a B-movie and they know it" feel and it succeeds.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 02, 2013, 05:47:05 pm
Are the new C&C games any good? I haven't heard much praise for the series since Westwood closed down.

3's pretty decent, Tiberian Twilight is kinda bad, RA3 is intentionally going for that "this is awesome because it's a B-movie and they know it" feel and it succeeds.

Did they really remove base-building and resource collecting from Tiberian Twilight? What could EA have been thinking?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 02, 2013, 05:55:04 pm
i enjoy 3 and its expansion a lot.  generals also, but most people would disagree with me there.  4 is outright terrible.  i pirated it, played the tutorial and one and a half missions, then deleted it.  it's so bad it's not even worth it for free.  i couldn't ever get into RA 3.  i got the demo and never even finished that.  i understand it was intentional, but it's just too goddamn cheesy.  i didn't like the cartoon graphics either.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on August 02, 2013, 06:40:24 pm
Did they really remove base-building and resource collecting from Tiberian Twilight? What could EA have been thinking?

I honestly cannot remember.

Seriously I've got no memory of the game beyond "wow what the **** happened here, 3 was fun". It's very like I've intentionally forgotten how bad it was.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on August 02, 2013, 06:43:44 pm
Twilight: Horrible Story; Incredibly late attempt at "innovating" by taking away EVERYTHING that made the franchise fun; You have to unlock your units with XP, ONLINE be it for On or Off-line play. Yeah, It's horrible. Not even Joseph D. Kucan could save that piece of cyberjunk.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 02, 2013, 08:54:19 pm
in a nutshell, 4 was you pick a type of "base,"  offensive, defensive, or special teams.  you have a certain amount of "points" based on XP.  you "buy" units with those points, and can never have more than a certain amount at any time.  and when your units die, those points are freed up and you just "buy" the unit again.  the same applies for the enemy.  and if you manage to take out their MCV type thing?  they just get a new one. 

but at least they learned from this and generals 2 is back to the standard CnC gameplay.

.... oh wait.  browser game and micro transactions.  yeah, that's going to be fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 02, 2013, 10:56:43 pm
It's almost as if big game publishers don't think PC games are profitable anymore. Or even niche console games for that matter.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 02, 2013, 11:48:30 pm
it's not so much PC games aren't profitable as casual/"social" games are just that much MORE profitable.  and consumers are generally ****wits and will dump insane amounts of money, sometimes hundreds or even thousands of dollars, into micro transactions, especially in "pay to win" style games.

no seriously.  back when i played combat arms and sometimes went by the forum to leave "feedback" for (read: ***** at) the devs, i saw at least one person brag about having spent over $1000 on the game.  there was a ranking system that i believe gave you "gold" status for having spent i think $100, and an exclusive server to play in.  it was always full.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on August 03, 2013, 06:35:49 am
There's a Lost Planet 3.

what in the everloving frak
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on August 03, 2013, 11:26:41 am
1. Get a RF:Guerrilla.
2. Be happy because it is off steam.
3. Discover it's on LIVE.
4. Outrage.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 03, 2013, 03:25:08 pm
i don't recall having to use windows live for that.  but maybe that's just because i set it to auto login on whatever the last game that used it was that i played.

finally starting X: Beyond the Frontier.  bought it like 2 years ago along with the rest of the series in a steam sale.  however, it seems adjusting any of the settings in an effort to make it somewhat acceptable in the modern era results in a crash.  yay old games!  anyone have experience playing it on modern systems?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 03, 2013, 06:59:26 pm
 :hopping: Why Retro? Why?! Why did you only put one save station in the entire Hydrodynamo Chamber?! Why did you make me go through dozens and dozens of puzzles in unknown territory, then make me fight an incredibly difficult boss without giving me a chance to save?

I lost about 45 minutes of gameplay, simply because the game wouldn't let me go back up to the only save station in the entire region. I did manage to make a lot of progress though in the other two hours I played. That's it, I'm going back to Persona 3.  :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on August 04, 2013, 04:18:11 am
I'm not quite playing it yet, but I saw Creatures: Exodus on GoG.com and had a rather strong flashback to when I was a kid and just starting out with playing PC games. I...I can't decide if I should buy it or not!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on August 05, 2013, 09:20:56 pm
So I installed SupCom today. Well, before midnight. Having failed a mission once and a crash after 2 hours of second approach, I don't know If I'm willing to play it again. Huge unit limit if very nice of course, but they seem to have a little issue with creating an engaging gameplay. It's fun, but gets boring.
EDIT: Also, the polish localization. Half of the game is in english :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 05, 2013, 09:57:11 pm
X is driving me up the wall.  it does not play well with my X45.  throttle wont work, and mapping buttons is hellacious because it detects the toggle switches as a constant button press.  also none of the hats work as buttons.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on August 06, 2013, 12:22:54 am
Had a problem with Tyrian 2000 detecting my XBox 360 Controller for Windows as perpetually listing in one direction, so I made the necessary changes in dosbox.conf and disabled joystick/controller detection altogether. I'm good with my mouse-keyboard controls.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on August 06, 2013, 01:27:36 am
:hopping: Why Retro? Why?! Why did you only put one save station in the entire Hydrodynamo Chamber?! Why did you make me go through dozens and dozens of puzzles in unknown territory, then make me fight an incredibly difficult boss without giving me a chance to save?

I lost about 45 minutes of gameplay, simply because the game wouldn't let me go back up to the only save station in the entire region. I did manage to make a lot of progress though in the other two hours I played. That's it, I'm going back to Persona 3.  :lol:

That's just one of the hardest segments right there (it gets better when you get to Sanctuary, no sarcasm included). Wait, you're in the part of Torvus that's right underneath the temple, right? (P.S. you already have 4 or 5 Energy Tanks, right?)

Got back into StarCraft 1. I'm too deluded into thinking I'm a half-competent Protoss player, when the reality is Terran fits me the most.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on August 06, 2013, 05:04:23 am
Finally found a patch that lets PCSX2 play Ace Combat 5.

So that's happening right now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 07, 2013, 01:18:15 pm
:hopping: Why Retro? Why?! Why did you only put one save station in the entire Hydrodynamo Chamber?! Why did you make me go through dozens and dozens of puzzles in unknown territory, then make me fight an incredibly difficult boss without giving me a chance to save?

I lost about 45 minutes of gameplay, simply because the game wouldn't let me go back up to the only save station in the entire region. I did manage to make a lot of progress though in the other two hours I played. That's it, I'm going back to Persona 3.  :lol:

That's just one of the hardest segments right there (it gets better when you get to Sanctuary, no sarcasm included). Wait, you're in the part of Torvus that's right underneath the temple, right? (P.S. you already have 4 or 5 Energy Tanks, right?)

Got back into StarCraft 1. I'm too deluded into thinking I'm a half-competent Protoss player, when the reality is Terran fits me the most.

Yep, just got past there though this morning (took me four tries total). I just retrieved the grapple hook and have no idea where to go from here. I only have two energy tanks, probably why the Alpha Blogg was so difficult. I hear the game really picks up about halfway through (Sanctuary, I presume).

StarCraft 1? Probably my favorite game of all time. I'm not very good at melee either, so don't feel bad; I've always been a UMS player. This computer is ancient, but I've got my StarCraft Battlechest kit with me, maybe we can play sometime (provided my Brood War disk still works)? You play on US East, I presume?

I've decided to try out a few text adventure games for the Commodore 64 (via an emulator). I'm starting out with Zork, as I hear it's one of the best. I'm actually shocked at how much freedom of choice these old text games give you, given that they run on a 64k system.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: docfu on August 07, 2013, 01:36:38 pm
If you want an oldie but goodie for the C64 check out "Below the Root".

I'm playing through Torchlight 1 right now, mainly so I know what my students are going through when I have them play the game and write down the English in order to get a Japanese translation. Pretty good game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on August 07, 2013, 01:46:12 pm
I'm absolutely crap, but I'm game for the odd match of Broodwar.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on August 07, 2013, 01:50:18 pm
Due to a sudden money surge, I got myself Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Final Fantasy 9 for the PS3, and Shadowrun Returns for PC. I don't know what to play first, they're all so good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 07, 2013, 02:05:00 pm
I'm absolutely crap, but I'm game for the odd match of Broodwar.
Well, sounds like we're all terrible, but that's fine. Anyone else care to join us (provided we ever actually do this)?

If you want an oldie but goodie for the C64 check out "Below the Root".

I'm playing through Torchlight 1 right now, mainly so I know what my students are going through when I have them play the game and write down the English in order to get a Japanese translation. Pretty good game.

Thanks for the suggestion, I just added it to my list of ROMs.

I've only played the demo of Torchlight 1, but I absolutely loved it. It feels just like Diablo, I'm glad Runic stayed true to their roots. I hope to pick up both games once I get a real computer.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on August 07, 2013, 02:31:09 pm
Due to a sudden money surge, I got myself Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Final Fantasy 9 for the PS3, and Shadowrun Returns for PC. I don't know what to play first, they're all so good.

Whoa, what happend to your troubles? Well, I wished you luck, and I guess you got some!  :D

Well, the only one I've played is FF IX, and it's very good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on August 07, 2013, 02:38:58 pm
I'm playing through Torchlight 1 right now, mainly so I know what my students are going through when I have them play the game and write down the English in order to get a Japanese translation. Pretty good game.

What do you teach?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on August 07, 2013, 05:18:42 pm
I couldn't keep into Torchlight after a while.  The weapons tended to get out-levelled quickly, and the enchant system made me rage something fierce.  It got to the point where the main quest was trivially-easy, but the sidequests (which I completed as they became available) were so outrageously difficult that it made me lose interest.  I found it became an obnoxious grindfest rather quickly.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 07, 2013, 07:13:02 pm
Zork grew boring rather quickly, though that may have something to do with how I kept getting lost and had to use a walkthrough, which just sucked all of the fun out of it.

Trying out The Lurking Horror now. Only been playing this for about 45 minutes, but I like it a LOT more. I still don't know exactly where I'm supposed to go, though I think what I'm supposed to do. One thing I do know for certain is that the maintenance man gets rather upset if you break into the emergency cabinet on the wall and cut the cord to his floor waxer with the fire axe. I don't even know what I was thinking, I was just like "hmm... I wonder if the game will let me do this."
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on August 07, 2013, 08:07:27 pm
Yep, just got past there though this morning (took me four tries total). I just retrieved the grapple hook and have no idea where to go from here. I only have two energy tanks, probably why the Alpha Blogg was so difficult. I hear the game really picks up about halfway through (Sanctuary, I presume).

StarCraft 1? Probably my favorite game of all time. I'm not very good at melee either, so don't feel bad; I've always been a UMS player. This computer is ancient, but I've got my StarCraft Battlechest kit with me, maybe we can play sometime (provided my Brood War disk still works)? You play on US East, I presume?

1. After Grapple... well, do you have the Boost Ball already?
Spoiler:
If you already have the Boost Ball, your next upgrade is the Seeker Missile System in the Temple Grounds. If you already have the Seekers, look for the Torvus Temple Keys.

You can get at least four E-Tanks (you get one from in Grounds when you destroy your first Missile Door, one sometime before fighting Dark Samus 1, one in Agon Wastes in a Morph Ball tunnel near the Temple, and one in the Hydrodynamo Tunnels, which requires the use of the turbine jets and well timed Bombs). Those are off the top of my head, 2 and 3 may be the same one.

2. I have to figure out how to fix the discoloration on SC1 before I can play it on my Win7 laptop (the other computer... well, network access is bust.) There was a patch driver or something somewhere on the internet, but I don't remember the link. I would be on US West.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: docfu on August 07, 2013, 08:18:40 pm
I couldn't keep into Torchlight after a while.  The weapons tended to get out-levelled quickly, and the enchant system made me rage something fierce.  It got to the point where the main quest was trivially-easy, but the sidequests (which I completed as they became available) were so outrageously difficult that it made me lose interest.  I found it became an obnoxious grindfest rather quickly.

Good god, have you ever played Diablo 3? I played that first and was just completely bored out of my mind. Torchlight at least let me choose hard difficulty to start and didn't ruin the game by spamming achievements all over the place.

"Dye all of your armor pink and beat the following bosses:?"

Honestly, it's easy to see why the Torchlight peeps quit Blizzard and started their own company with that kind of mentality ruining the game.

Maybe we should add achievements to FSO while we are at it:

257. Genius:               Switch between primary weapons.
258. Common Sense: Destroy beam cannon on Shivan cruiser with a Maverick in Exodus.
259. Foolhardly:          Beat campaign on insane without using targeting keys.
260. Bad Diarrhea:      Use 10 countermeasures in less than 10 seconds.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: docfu on August 07, 2013, 08:48:20 pm
What do you teach?

I'm an English Teacher in Japan and I run my own company. Torchlight falls under the experimental projects category which is "What is cheap and will get kids to take an interested in learning the English language on their own?"

My 4th grade elementary students can read about half the words in a dialog. I think it's awesome to have a learning opportunity like this where the language you learn directly affects how well you do in the game. Understanding things like quests and item properties give kids a much better chance to use language, even if it's in a fantasy setting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on August 07, 2013, 08:50:27 pm
260. Bad Diarrhea:      Use 10 countermeasures in less than 10 seconds.

Oh my...  :lol:

You got me laughing with that one!

We had a thread sometime not too long ago about thinking of achievements for Freespace.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 07, 2013, 09:19:46 pm
Yep, just got past there though this morning (took me four tries total). I just retrieved the grapple hook and have no idea where to go from here. I only have two energy tanks, probably why the Alpha Blogg was so difficult. I hear the game really picks up about halfway through (Sanctuary, I presume).

StarCraft 1? Probably my favorite game of all time. I'm not very good at melee either, so don't feel bad; I've always been a UMS player. This computer is ancient, but I've got my StarCraft Battlechest kit with me, maybe we can play sometime (provided my Brood War disk still works)? You play on US East, I presume?

1. After Grapple... well, do you have the Boost Ball already?
Spoiler:
If you already have the Boost Ball, your next upgrade is the Seeker Missile System in the Temple Grounds. If you already have the Seekers, look for the Torvus Temple Keys.

You can get at least four E-Tanks (you get one from in Grounds when you destroy your first Missile Door, one sometime before fighting Dark Samus 1, one in Agon Wastes in a Morph Ball tunnel near the Temple, and one in the Hydrodynamo Tunnels, which requires the use of the turbine jets and well timed Bombs). Those are off the top of my head, 2 and 3 may be the same one.

2. I have to figure out how to fix the discoloration on SC1 before I can play it on my Win7 laptop (the other computer... well, network access is bust.) There was a patch driver or something somewhere on the internet, but I don't remember the link. I would be on US West.

Thanks for the help with MP2, I'll return to the temple grounds the next time I play. I do indeed have the boost ball. I'll probably end up skipping on a few of the health tanks though, as I do seem to be doing fine with the two at the moment (only had trouble with Alpha Bloggling and Boost Ball Guardian). To be honest though, I don't think I'd be able to find the ones you mentioned. I'm sure I'll find a few more along the way though.

As for StarCraft, do you use Xfire? I hear that the newer versions of Xfire can mess up StarCraft. I know first hand that it messes up Diablo 1. Also, does the discoloration appear in game or only at the menus?

p.s.
U.S. West isn't very active anymore. Don't get me wrong, you can still find a number of UMS games, but melee/TvB are almost completely dead. I used to be a U.S. West player, but switch to U.S. East due to the higher population.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on August 07, 2013, 10:23:37 pm
Ohhh, now I think I remember where E-Tanks 2 and 3 are!

2. Near the Light Agon Temple: I believe it's the West Access Tunnel to the Temple. If it's outdoors and there are bats flying out of it, that's where it is.

3. The Pirate Outpost in Agon (I know it's one of the puzzle rooms before the Dark Samus 1 fight): you have to arrange the stacks in such a staircased way such that you can jump up and get it.

And no, unfortunately, I have a craptop.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on August 08, 2013, 06:09:01 am
What do you teach?

I'm an English Teacher in Japan and I run my own company. Torchlight falls under the experimental projects category which is "What is cheap and will get kids to take an interested in learning the English language on their own?"

My 4th grade elementary students can read about half the words in a dialog. I think it's awesome to have a learning opportunity like this where the language you learn directly affects how well you do in the game. Understanding things like quests and item properties give kids a much better chance to use language, even if it's in a fantasy setting.

I think i'm nominating you for best teacher of 2013 :D
About the same way i learned english for the most part :3
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 08, 2013, 08:21:32 am
Ohhh, now I think I remember where E-Tanks 2 and 3 are!

2. Near the Light Agon Temple: I believe it's the West Access Tunnel to the Temple. If it's outdoors and there are bats flying out of it, that's where it is.

3. The Pirate Outpost in Agon (I know it's one of the puzzle rooms before the Dark Samus 1 fight): you have to arrange the stacks in such a staircased way such that you can jump up and get it.

And no, unfortunately, I have a craptop.

Ah yes, I remember retrieving three. Two I'll have to look into, I'm not sure if that's the other one I got or not. Thanks again!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on August 08, 2013, 09:00:57 pm
Currently re-playing Golden Sun: The Lost Age. In spite of a few Guide Dang It moments involving blink-and-you'll-miss-it, irretrievable opportunities to grab one of the vital Djinn needed to access the Anemos Sanctum (which has (one of) the game's hardest boss(es) and unlocks the ultimate summon), it really is one of my favourite JRPGs. Mostly for the battle system, which I still find highly impressive (in both a visual and technical sense) despite the dated technology, but the puzzle-solving in the "area maps" is also pretty fun and interesting.

I wonder if someone's made an open-source engine to re-create that kind of gameplay...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on August 08, 2013, 09:07:58 pm
Now that I has internets, and I can play online, I've picked up Guild Wars 2 again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on August 08, 2013, 10:12:40 pm
Started to go through Fallout: New Vegas again, now that I got all the expansions in the summer sale. Got it modded up, and having fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: docfu on August 09, 2013, 03:17:56 am
I think i'm nominating you for best teacher of 2013 :D
About the same way i learned english for the most part :3

I've learned the hard way, time and time again, that true student success comes from their knowledge, ability and motivation...not yours.

So find something that motivates them and then build their knowledge and ability around it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 09, 2013, 02:27:34 pm
Picked up another energy tank, now I'm at 3 + default.

The seeker missiles come before the gravity boost; you need the seekers to unlock the door to eventually get the gravity boost.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on August 10, 2013, 11:38:15 pm
Finally finished BSI and The Swapper. Not sure where to go next. So many options...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on August 11, 2013, 04:58:06 am
Finished Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.

On Easy.

Because this game is properly hard.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on August 11, 2013, 07:14:17 am
Leviathan: Warships...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LordMelvin on August 11, 2013, 02:36:11 pm
I read that Paradox are putting a Crusader Kings 2 savegame importer together for Europa Universalis IV when it comes out this week, so I'm mainlining CK2, in the hopes of building up juuuuuuust the right worldmap to start from.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 11, 2013, 09:30:46 pm
I've been playing StarCraft on Battle.net. I'm "Saigon" on U.S. East, if anyone wants to play and/or chat.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on August 11, 2013, 09:45:33 pm
Played a bit of Torchlight.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on August 11, 2013, 10:44:14 pm
Mechwarrior Online has just changed it up to 12 v 12 rather than 8 v 8, which has thrown the metagame into chaos.

I love it when that happens.  :D

On the other hand, they nerfed the C-bill gain rate, which I do not enjoy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on August 12, 2013, 01:57:56 am
Leviathan: Warships...

:yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: That Man on August 12, 2013, 03:28:53 am
Playing Skyrim. Man, there is just something so touchingly human about shooting Bandit Chieftains in the crotch by the light spilling from the moon(s).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on August 12, 2013, 03:59:21 am
Leviathan: Warships...

:yes:
Well I got it, played it but I'm not sure if I want to get my ass kicked in multyplayer^^
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on August 12, 2013, 09:12:35 am
Playing Skyrim. Man, there is just something so touchingly human about shooting Bandit Chieftains in the crotch by the light spilling from the moon(s).

All my HNNGG

watching so many Skyrim livestreams on Twitch these days. Mostly sneaky chars, which i hate >.< but one guy i'm following actually does it with some balls and runs up to the big bads and smacks their faces in with a 1-hander :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on August 12, 2013, 10:59:22 am
Finally popped the Blue Ribbon Champ achievement in Bioshock Infinite Clash in the Clouds.  The last couple challenges I had left were an absolute ***** (kill two handymen distracted by Decoy tears before getting squished and/or shocked...ugh!)

Nevertheless, that was one of the more satisfyingly difficult game environments I've played lately.  Despite the fact that it was arena-style combat, I actually really enjoyed that DLC.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BritishShivans on August 12, 2013, 11:36:43 am
Ibrahim "Viking" Turk, general badass and alien-face-smasher extraordinaire, is a psyker! Huzzah! Got my first alien battleship, too. I'm going to have a lot on my hands when I come back. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on August 13, 2013, 11:57:16 pm
Testing out cheap napalm delivery decks for ALB. Verdict so far: promising.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on August 14, 2013, 01:00:49 am
Well, after a spattering of successful data thefts with nary a mention of access in the logs besides a connect and disconnect, I felt it was best that I went for some larger targets. Whaddya know, a few folks want me to change some education details in the International Academic Database. Not hard. Good pay. Enough to afford that new CPU I was eyeing. The security was lax. The trace gave me a good five minutes to play around in the records. I found the guy, one Jason Hail, and bumped his Computing Grade 1 down to a Computing Grade 3. Poor kid, but still, more money for me. The bosses weren't happy, and the underground community made sure my Neuromancer rating took a hit, but I didn't care. I'd take cash however I can get it.

And of course, I wiped the InterNIC, my first bounce point, after every job, good or bad.

This continued for a little while. Soon I was changing social security details. Hey look buddy, you're a dead man! Ha haaah! Actually, no, we just need the world to think you're dead. Tax reasons.

It turns out my success and meticulousness was rewarding. My benefactors wanted me for another job. Namely, to figure out who was depositing large sums of cash in the account of a random in the Athena Corporation Bank. This was new. The proxy programs on the Social Security Database weren't great and I could brute-force through them like I was sneezing. This shouldn't have been much harder, right? So I got my proxy breaker in place and running, my trace tracker ready to go, and started cracking the password.

The active trace came in immediately, the insistent beeping in my ear warning me that the admins were bearing down on my location. And it was fast. I checked it. Forty seconds? Crap. The password cracked and I was in while the proxy breaker kept its work. I pulled up the record, found hundreds of thousands of dollars, bookmarked it for future reference, and tried to view the statements. The proxy failed in the meantime, but I had more im...

Failed? Aw nuts.

With five seconds left on the clock I hit the disconnect and got the hell out of there. They had almost hit the InterNIC. That was close! I needed more tools. I needed something to get rid of that monitor. I needed a better proxy breaker.

Unfortunately, due to the stress of the fight and the fear of that excellent monitoring software, I forgot to wipe my bounce logs on the InterNIC. I was only in the Internal Services system for a minute, hunting for tools, before my screen went black and a message appeared.

Disavowed. I had been found. Athena Corporation had traced through the seven million proxy servers I went through to get to them, pinged the InterNIC, and found me. I got thrown to the wolves by my employers. Now I'm in prison, and there's no way out for me. Not anymore.

So ends the brief tale of Agent WTFbot of the Uplink Corporation.

(I'm playing Uplink. I'm starting again, THIS time I'm getting better monitor/proxy bypass software before I try breaking into a bank!)

(Also post 100. Woot!)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on August 14, 2013, 04:08:03 am
I almost thought you were playing the new Shadowrun there Hobbie :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on August 14, 2013, 07:14:52 pm
I'm thinking about buying Europa Universalis...Opinions?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on August 14, 2013, 07:28:06 pm
Been playing Star Trek Online, if only to get all the free C-Store crap we are getting for free this whole week. :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 16, 2013, 06:01:11 pm
Resident Evil (GCN) with my best friend!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 16, 2013, 06:59:01 pm
now that i have a 360 controller, goldeneye 64.  (and all of the other roms that can't really be played well with a keyboard)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on August 18, 2013, 10:14:07 am
Just started War Thunder...interesting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on August 18, 2013, 11:50:43 am
Mount & Blade: Warband (with a few mods)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on August 20, 2013, 11:35:23 am
Star Wolves 1 and 3.

Was playing the third installment before i found the first again. The first game is brutal in the beginning, because being poor sucks :(

The second game is weirdly enough not working for me at all, but it was a short game anyways, so no loss there.

Third game is awesome, nice bit of free-roaming to be had until you stumble upon a story mission, then the game takes linear story to 11 what with the insta-death that happens when you veer off course too much, or just try and avoid a fight further down the system you're in


Though i have to say the AI Pilots are derpy in that they seem to have no knowledge of how to handle being faster than their target, one of the things being that they have a tendency to just go straight at something and then veer off to gain distance. Odd behavior aside, they do seem pretty decent gunners.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on August 20, 2013, 02:53:43 pm
Working through an old favorite by the name of Total Overdose.  Picture a GTA clone with a fun Max Payne-esque bullet time mechanic added in, and crammed full of pretty much every Mexican film trope known to man, and you get the idea.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on August 21, 2013, 05:09:21 am
oh man, i remember that one, played it on ye olde xbox back in the day, awesome game :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 24, 2013, 01:38:46 pm
Was playing the original Metal Gear Solid on 'hard' earlier this morning. I only made it to the tank room before giving up after dying a couple of times. In the past I got all the way to the torture room on hard, but couldn't beat the torture scene. In fact, I can barely beat the torture scene on easy.

Spoiler:
If only you could get the Meryl ending without beating the torture scene!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on August 25, 2013, 11:37:47 pm
How did I miss Bastion for so long after release?  This game is seriously fantastic.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 25, 2013, 11:49:08 pm
second go round in far cry 2.  not sure why.  it's not that good.  i guess i just like wandering around a jungle looking for briefcases and sniping dudes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 27, 2013, 11:04:18 pm
I've almost beaten Resident Evil remake as Jill! I'm at the laboratory now!

I've also continued on with Metal Gear Solid.

And started another (much overdue) playthrough of Final Fantasy VIII. I'm hoping to go for a complete (or close to it) playthrough, but Triple Triad is killing me! Every time I start doing really good in Triple Triad, I encounter an overpowered opponent who takes all of my good cards and I have to start over. :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on August 28, 2013, 02:13:17 am
And started another (much overdue) playthrough of Final Fantasy VIII. I'm hoping to go for a complete (or close to it) playthrough, but Triple Triad is killing me! Every time I start doing really good in Triple Triad, I encounter an overpowered opponent who takes all of my good cards and I have to start over. :(
Oh man, Triple Triad! I remember back when my sister played Final Fantasy VIII, because she made me do all the Triple Triad. I won every time, too, even though I can't remember how the hell the game works anymore.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on August 28, 2013, 10:26:59 pm
Glory to Arstotzka!

Papers, Please
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 29, 2013, 12:09:09 am
And started another (much overdue) playthrough of Final Fantasy VIII. I'm hoping to go for a complete (or close to it) playthrough, but Triple Triad is killing me! Every time I start doing really good in Triple Triad, I encounter an overpowered opponent who takes all of my good cards and I have to start over. :(
Oh man, Triple Triad! I remember back when my sister played Final Fantasy VIII, because she made me do all the Triple Triad. I won every time, too, even though I can't remember how the hell the game works anymore.

You won every time? Did you build up a fairly competent deck before you started dueling?

I'm trying to beat all of Balamb Garden at the very start of the game, with just the basic cards and those you acquire by winning duels. It's proven to be a near impossible challenge thus far.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on August 30, 2013, 01:14:39 pm
Having played Kessen for awhile, Kessen II has now been getting plenty of attention these last few days.

More than 10 years old, but still hold up really well.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on August 30, 2013, 06:15:36 pm
Geist! It came in the mail yesterday!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Phantom Hoover on August 30, 2013, 06:50:21 pm
(I'm playing Uplink. I'm starting again, THIS time I'm getting better monitor/proxy bypass software before I try breaking into a bank!)

Uplink is fun but it's one of those games where once you get the hang of it and break it it really loses most of its appeal. It's a pity it's so niche, there's nothing else that really offers the same experience.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on August 30, 2013, 06:54:12 pm
Glory to Arstotzka!
The Order awaits.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on August 31, 2013, 01:53:14 am
Just started Braid and finished the first world. Every time I thought "I can't figure this out", something clicked that allowed me to get the next piece. Hope that continues.

Strangely, I feel kinda bad for the monsters. Doomed to be jumped on or shot out of cannons only to fall into lava/spikes... :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on August 31, 2013, 06:38:59 am
Finished Crysis 2... positively surprised.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on August 31, 2013, 10:10:03 am
Just started Braid and finished the first world. Every time I thought "I can't figure this out", something clicked that allowed me to get the next piece. Hope that continues.

Strangely, I feel kinda bad for the monsters. Doomed to be jumped on or shot out of cannons only to fall into lava/spikes... :(

Just wait, is all I can say.  I've been plinking my way through for 2 years now and still not done.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on August 31, 2013, 01:49:37 pm
Back in Tyrian 2000 for another round of abuse.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on August 31, 2013, 11:23:45 pm
Playing Civ5 as Bismark of Germany. I wiped out everyone on the map except Washington, and then I proceeded to attack America. I eventually took their capital and they had one city left. I decided to let them live and made peace. I kind of feel bad now.

Should I just finish them off?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on September 01, 2013, 12:12:54 am
Playing Civ5 as Bismark of Germany. I wiped out everyone on the map except Washington, and then I proceeded to attack America. I eventually took their capital and they had one city left. I decided to let them live and made peace. I kind of feel bad now.

Should I just finish them off?
You feel bad for being merciful?

Is that a victory in this game?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on September 01, 2013, 08:47:50 am
Playing Civ5 as Bismark of Germany. I wiped out everyone on the map except Washington, and then I proceeded to attack America. I eventually took their capital and they had one city left. I decided to let them live and made peace. I kind of feel bad now.

Should I just finish them off?
You feel bad for being merciful?

Is that a victory in this game?
Domination type victory to be precise, since he has every capital city in the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on September 01, 2013, 08:50:00 am
Thanks for the explanation.

Well, if he's won, take the win! :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on September 02, 2013, 02:20:48 am
(I'm playing Uplink. I'm starting again, THIS time I'm getting better monitor/proxy bypass software before I try breaking into a bank!)

Uplink is fun but it's one of those games where once you get the hang of it and break it it really loses most of its appeal. It's a pity it's so niche, there's nothing else that really offers the same experience.

That... is exactly what happened. I robbed a few banks and disguised my tracks so well that there was no record of ANY intrusion.

I connected through a trusted IP to a bank (Atlantic Internal Services to Atlantic Bank, take that suckers!) I had a legit account with. I did the transfer using an account I'd previously pulled on a mission. I like to note these down. Then I wiped the statement from his account. Then I wiped the ORIGINAL statement that showed the money had gone into it. Then I went into the person who had transferred the money to him in the first place and wiped out the record of him transferring it to my target. Talk about in-depth.

Secondly, I had prepared by grabbing a voice sample and broke into the Bank administration and wiped clean all trace of my connection besides the connect and disconnect. It was from a trusted source and I had an account. It was legit.

Then I got out and wiped out the bounce logs at both the trusted IP and the InterNIC.

After that... nothing was quite as entertaining. But god, getting it right, THAT was a thrill.

Oh, and two thirds of the missions on the list are "Trace a hacker" ones. I don't take those ones because I know exactly who did it.

Me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on September 02, 2013, 01:10:53 pm
played Cards Against Humanity with some friends last night.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nuke on September 03, 2013, 02:42:24 am
between mom's hourly psychotic episodes i managed to play mwll for nearly 15 minutes today.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on September 03, 2013, 03:20:13 am
Still playing Warframe
Finally got my Hornet Strike mod on that thing to max level

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1278879_10153155645950167_1985491984_o.jpg)

427 hours total on this thing. Seriously, I think I have an addiction
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on September 03, 2013, 11:59:16 am
427 hours total on this thing. Seriously, I think I have an addiction

Gee, ya think? all i ever see from you on Steam is Warframe, you need help man
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on September 03, 2013, 06:08:33 pm
No he doesn't.

He needs a partner.

Unfortunately, being in Australia, it's super-late in America-land when I get home from work.

God I wish I worked from home.

In other news, I've 100% completed Saints Row 4. And it's still fun!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on September 03, 2013, 07:47:37 pm
I'm awake at 4am Pacific Time. I'm fairly certain, when you get back from work, I'll still be awake and kicking viciously at the Grineer
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Revan227 on September 03, 2013, 07:57:47 pm
i am currently playing

Mount and Blade Warband: Napoleonic wars
Garrys mod
FreeSpace open (duh)
Battlefield 3
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on September 05, 2013, 10:01:40 pm
(http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple/v4/fd/ff/8a/fdff8ab5-8873-03a1-c7c4-555dda494872/screen480x480.jpeg)


and Minecraft
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on September 06, 2013, 09:21:58 am
Devil Survivor: Overclocked must be the game I've played most this year. I got it in late May, and I've already played over 100 hours (which is three playthroughs). I play portable games a lot more than I do PC or console games now, mainly because I go on the train to uni every weekday and so can fit almost an hour to and from - plus it's less obvious when I play late at night (i.e. past midnight).

But also, I've really, really enjoyed playing DS:O. At first I wasn't fond of the Tactical RPG gameplay, but as I got better at it, it grew on me a lot. It has a excellent storyline and is a pretty good deconstruction of people having control of Pokémon-style monsters. It's generally regarded as the darkest SMT game, which is why I chose it as my first, and it doesn't disappoint. Trust me, it can get really disturbing at times, and I'm not the type that usually feels that way when playing a video game. I find the sheer variety of demons impressive, too, as they come from all sorts of mythologies from all over the world - especially surprising (to me) was the inclusion of an Australian Aboriginal deity, Yurlungur (I had to look him up to find that out though). And of course, there's the replay value. There are seven different endings to the game, which gives you a huge incentive to play through it again (as well as having New Game+).

It's my first Shin Megami Tensei title, and I think I may well play more in the future - I just have to decide what to get. I was considering perhaps Persona 4, but I don't know how much I'd play that - and I've got so many games I haven't played yet that I should get around to doing so, too...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on September 06, 2013, 05:23:49 pm
Alright. I've started playing Warframe again and I need help doing Tower 3 missions (I want my Latron Prime!). Deathfun, what's your Steam ID?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on September 06, 2013, 05:46:20 pm
Alright. I've started playing Warframe again and I need help doing Tower 3 missions (I want my Latron Prime!). Deathfun, what's your Steam ID?

Deathfun

Ingame name is TheCloven because deathfun wasn't permitted (they say it was taken, but there are no records of a deathfun in the game)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on September 07, 2013, 02:42:02 am
Got suckered in for both Garry's Mod and the Sherlock Holmes bundle on Steam this week.  I've already played the majority of the latter, but I didn't own most of them, so now I'm working through the earliest one, Mystery of the Mummy.  It's not exactly that great, and often incredibly obtuse/pixel-huntey, but ah well, that's what GameFAQs is for.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on September 08, 2013, 03:47:49 am
Stumbled across a nice little gem called Machinarium. It's a point-and-click adventure game, and well worth the $10 it sells for. The atmosphere of the setting is really absorbing once you get into it, and it's got some really good music.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LordMelvin on September 08, 2013, 05:01:32 pm
I'm thinking about buying Europa Universalis...Opinions?

I preordered EU IV and apart from about twenty minutes (twenty fun minutes, I should say), I have yet to play it because it came with the Crusader Kings 2 exporter and I want to get my world set up juuuuuust right for EU IV to start from.

Right now in Crusader Kings 2, I'm about 125 years into my current dynasty, playing as an Orthodox christian Basque kingdom in the Eastern Iberian penninsula (and Northern Iberia, and Corsica and Sardinia, and the central Italian penninsula...) and as soon as a couple more duchies finish assimilating (another five or ten years, I expect) I'll be ready to press my claim (carefully set up via several generations of arranged marriages) to the Byzantine Empire, from which I shall quickly position myself to restore the Roman Empire (awww yissss). Meanwhile, I'm keeping myself busy by trying to get each of my younger siblings, uncles, aunts (Basque means Absolute Cognatic succession law. Awww yeah.) cousins, and otherwise distant relations in position with a strong claim on one of the Kingdom-level titles held by the various members of House Karling in Acquitaine, East and West Francia, Bavaria, and Frisia, so as to make the next few steps more efficient once I've an Empire to run things from, and so as to trigger the name-change events for East and West Francia to Germany and France (because seriously, f*ck those names, and f*ck house Karling for keeping those names).  Then it'll be a simple matter of a few quick wars to crush the cores of the various Caliphates and the Norse, who've been making some rather unsettling inroads in the British Isles and push the Orthodox religion into the northern and southern countries, and I'll be ready to START my game.

I'm thinking that assuming I get my save set up the way I intend, hard-mode for EU IV will consist of playing as the Kingdom of Ireland, last Catholic holdout in the known world...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on September 09, 2013, 01:38:39 am
I started a few of the games on my backlog over the weekend; Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (on the Wii) and Skullgirls (on the PC), and I think they're both pretty good, despite me not knowing much about Sega games and not being that good at fighting games respectively. I was up in the air about trying Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed since I saw it on Steam, but since I've had fun with Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing so far, I certainly want to try the former in the future.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on September 09, 2013, 02:10:55 am
Just started Braid and finished the first world. Every time I thought "I can't figure this out", something clicked that allowed me to get the next piece. Hope that continues.

Just wait, is all I can say.  I've been plinking my way through for 2 years now and still not done.

Well, here's my current status:

World 2: 12/12 pieces found
World 3: 12/12
World 4:  9/12
World 5: 10/12
World 6:  7/12

so another 10 pieces to go before I can unlock the next (final?) section.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on September 09, 2013, 05:15:49 pm
Crusader King 2 stuff
Yeah, I'm into it once more. I have reformed the Roman Empire, with everything around the black sea, the Holy land, Alexandria, Tunis and so on, the great shismn is healed and I'm currently conquering every little fool who rebels against his overlord via "reconquest". Once they realise they are in peril, they are already part of Rome^^
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on September 09, 2013, 06:07:06 pm
Trying to get back and finish up Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil.  I'd forgotten how it magnifies most of the flaws in the original game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on September 09, 2013, 06:15:49 pm
Mass Effect 3 multiplayer.  It's addicting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on September 10, 2013, 06:18:26 am
Picked myself up Saints Row 4 and Amnesia: Machine for Pigs
Already played the **** out of SR4 because it's awesome, and will start Amnesia soon enough

Never did beat the first game, but that was mainly because I was streaming it for a website and subsequently stopped streaming for a couple months because no one gave a ****
Still felt compelled not to continue unless I was streaming at the time

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on September 10, 2013, 03:21:20 pm
I was playing ME3 multi.  Apparently, however, downloading the free DLC cut my potential teammate pool to literally nothing, as I've gone four (unsuccessful) games without seeing a soul.  Even on Bronze, I'm not quite good enough to complete the whole mission solo.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 10, 2013, 03:31:33 pm
What are your gaming times ? We should get a game or three when I have more free time, if our timetables are compatible.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on September 10, 2013, 03:32:46 pm
Xbox, not PC.  Probably not compatible. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 10, 2013, 03:39:52 pm
Ughh. This is why we can't have nice things  :sigh:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on September 10, 2013, 09:00:07 pm
I might be playing the new COD in the future if it keeps surprising me with stuff like this:
(http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18zr1kgxkm48rgif/original.gif)
Epik doge teim.

Other than that, Brother just got Rome 2 TW. I might get it in the future, it looks good.

And let us never forget freespace, my kith.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on September 10, 2013, 09:15:35 pm
The best thing to come out of E3 was that "only jaw that dropped" CoDog meme. :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on September 10, 2013, 09:51:41 pm
FSO. 3 different campaigns. Shadow Genesis, The Procyon Insurgency, and Vassago's Dirge. On VD, I get to the last bit of crescendo, and it stops responding. Oh well.
Another game I've played is called FTL: Faster Than Light. For 10 bucks, it's worth it.
And finally, I'll try to finish WiH.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on September 10, 2013, 09:59:42 pm
This is your friendly neighborhood mod speaking.

Please remove any mention of actually pirating games from your posts.  We at Hard Light do not condone piracy, tacitly or otherwise.  Any links or enticing other members to pirate media will be met with immediate action, but take this as a good opportunity to learn and enforce good posting habits.

Thank you.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on September 10, 2013, 10:54:42 pm
Sorry, I wasn't trying to say I condone it, just saying. Like I said, I'm shelling out for the game, once I get the chance to. Life's kinda hard for those without driver's licenses y'know.
BTW, I'm 16, and working towards getting one.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on September 10, 2013, 11:49:06 pm
I don't have a driver's license and I get around just fine because big city and awesome transit which is totally irrelevant to the topic at hand OKAY


Saints Row IV is too bloody awesome. I mean sure, driving around is basically something I don't care to do at this point which is sad since well... what's a Saints Row game without hijacking and pointlessly murdering poor bastards which were just driving to work right?

Yeah, now I just barrel through them at speeds faster than any car on foot
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on September 11, 2013, 01:03:29 pm
DAmn, just lost my Alpha Team in the Xcom Slingshot mission where you have to put transponders into a train...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on September 12, 2013, 05:39:37 pm
PS1's Rage Racer has had some game time today. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on September 12, 2013, 08:40:26 pm
Got some time in with a FTP game called Tribes Ascend.  Man I need quicker reflexes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on September 12, 2013, 11:19:04 pm
Star Conflict
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on September 13, 2013, 02:30:48 pm
World of Tanks and Mechwarrior: Living Legends.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on September 13, 2013, 08:07:58 pm
World of Tanks and Mechwarrior: Living Legends.
What's your WoT name? I ask 'cause I play too.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 13, 2013, 09:26:30 pm
World of Tanks and Mechwarrior: Living Legends.
What's your WoT name? I ask 'cause I play too.
I second that! Scourge_of_Ages, mostly on NA East server. Let's platoon sometime.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Droid803 on September 13, 2013, 10:48:28 pm
Kantai Collection
World of Tanks (w/ GuP mods)

...dammit I've gone full /ak/

(WoT account is Droid_803 usu. on NA West because someone 'stole' the version without the underscore ._.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on September 14, 2013, 12:27:12 am
World of Tanks and Mechwarrior: Living Legends.
What's your WoT name? I ask 'cause I play too.
I second that! Scourge_of_Ages, mostly on NA East server. Let's platoon sometime.
Worf359! Nice to say hi.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on September 14, 2013, 03:27:18 am
I am very predictably, SpardaSon21.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on September 14, 2013, 04:03:20 am
Just got around to finishing NGE: Girlfriend of Steel with all three endings. It just reaffirmed to me that in Anno's universe, there is no such thing as a happy ending.

So now, I play Epic Battle Fantasy 3 to recover some of the good feels that got crushed.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on September 14, 2013, 11:27:59 am
Update 10 just rolled out for Warframe so I'm diving back into that rabbit hole which I took a break from for Saints Row 4
And THREE DAYS UNTIL GTA V
STOKED
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on September 14, 2013, 01:17:21 pm
My cousin and I just picked up FFXIV: A Realm Reborn for PS3. It's his game, but he's going to let me have a character or two for myself (until I get a new computer). We spent hours downloading the updates and we're finally all set, but we haven't had a chance to play yet.

Anyone from HLP play FFXIV? If so, what server do you use?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on September 14, 2013, 02:28:45 pm
My cousin and I just picked up FFXIV: A Realm Reborn for PS3. It's his game, but he's going to let me have a character or two for myself (until I get a new computer). We spent hours downloading the updates and we're finally all set, but we haven't had a chance to play yet.

Anyone from HLP play FFXIV? If so, what server do you use?

I'm planning to, once I get a PC that won't self-destruct if a game made any time after '09 (and that's pushing it) even enters the house. Hopefully it will be by the first weeks of October.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on September 14, 2013, 06:18:31 pm
There is fun to be had playing Advance Wars 2 on the 3 player vs. map Clover Keys in the 3p position. I did this yesterday and got so engrossed in it that the battery went dead on me without me having saved once! I'd been playing for an hour or so. I picked Jess and had Andy at P1 and Colin at P2.

So I played again today, switching to Drake to increase the challenge. It went nearly 50 days (turns) before I won. It was 1v1v1 but it was basically 2v1, they fought each other a bit, but they sent most of their stuff at me boxing me into that top corner while Colin took over the whole bottom left so was pumping out all kinds of units non-stop. I had a rule that I couldn't have any more than 5 infantry units out, but anything else was okay.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 14, 2013, 06:44:50 pm
SUPER. HOT.
SUPER. HOT.
SUPER. HOT.
http://superhotgame.com/
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on September 14, 2013, 11:29:53 pm
I just spent the last 10 hours or so playing tabletop games at a wonderful place I found in Overland Park called, rather simply, "The Tabletop".  Games included Infinity and Flames of War, after I spent the first few hours I was there painting a few 'Mechs.  Purchases included some more paints, as well as a Pz IV G and M4 Sherman for an upcoming FoW event I was invited to attend next week.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 15, 2013, 01:40:58 am
SUPER. HOT.
SUPER. HOT.
SUPER. HOT.
http://superhotgame.com/
Someone didn't think a split-second about non-qwerty layouts. Great job assholes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on September 15, 2013, 01:56:16 am
SUPER. HOT.
SUPER. HOT.
SUPER. HOT.
http://superhotgame.com/
I. KEEP. DYING.
I. KEEP. AUTO-STRAFING.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on September 15, 2013, 07:02:43 am
Played a day of Crusader Kings 2, as Duke of Leinster... Ended up King of Ireland and after carefull moneymaking I invaded France and now I'm Emperor of France, Italy, King of Ireland and I'm working on creating the Holy Roman Empire. Since three of my children are married into the house of makedon, we'll see what this will turn out :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on September 15, 2013, 11:05:19 pm
My cousin and I just picked up FFXIV: A Realm Reborn for PS3. It's his game, but he's going to let me have a character or two for myself (until I get a new computer). We spent hours downloading the updates and we're finally all set, but we haven't had a chance to play yet.

Anyone from HLP play FFXIV? If so, what server do you use?

I'm planning to, once I get a PC that won't self-destruct if a game made any time after '09 (and that's pushing it) even enters the house. Hopefully it will be by the first weeks of October.
I'm watching my cousin play now, first impressions are great, but my cousin is annoyed with the lack of voice acting for NPCs. Having grown up with the classic Final Fantasy games, I'm okay with that. I'm really disappointed with the lack of voice chat in game though, since it is absolutely essential for raids and guilds. PC players have Ventrilo and Skype to fall back on, but PS3 players are completely thrown under the bus. That's my only real complaint about the game so far.

Again though, I'm only watching my cousin play right now, I haven't picked it up for myself yet and we've only just started. As always with MMOs, you need to play for at least a year in order to truly judge the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on September 16, 2013, 09:26:34 pm
Replaying Chrono Trigger, because...well, it's ****ing Chrono Trigger.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on September 17, 2013, 08:27:27 pm
(http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/usgamer/GTA-V-big.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on September 19, 2013, 09:30:46 am
^ this
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on September 21, 2013, 08:14:32 am
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. I had considered getting this for a while now, and especially since I tried the previous game, but Steam putting it on sale sealed the deal for me. I've really enjoyed it so far, and even though I know hardly anything about Sega's franchises, I still can sense and admire the amount of work the creators put into it. :)

Now it's just a case of getting good enough to win every event in the World Tour on Expert so I can unlock AGES. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on September 21, 2013, 08:42:50 am
It's a nice game, from what I've seen so far.

This YouTuber's videos could help you out here and there, if you need it. (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXfWjR_ZNrVZpg4g4o9I67BaFv6jZxlpM)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on September 21, 2013, 07:17:20 pm
World of Tanks for a change^^
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on September 21, 2013, 07:45:39 pm
You're the fifth person I know on these forums playing WoT.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on September 21, 2013, 08:30:17 pm
Still playing BF3 and C&C3: Kane's Wrath.  I picked up Aquanox on Steam during the summer sale and was thinking about trying that tonight.

Speaking of Steam, has anyone tried Starlight Inception yet?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on September 22, 2013, 05:32:11 am
You're the fifth person I know on these forums playing WoT.
I know, there was a thread once, dunno what happened to it.
THe name's "Crizza" but I'm on the EU servers.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 22, 2013, 02:49:56 pm
Speaking of Steam, has anyone tried Starlight Inception yet?

I played a beta a couple of weeks ago, but it wasn't even close to being finished yet. What was there reminded me a lot of freelancer.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on September 23, 2013, 08:56:52 pm
You're the fifth person I know on these forums playing WoT.
I know, there was a thread once, dunno what happened to it.
THe name's "Crizza" but I'm on the EU servers.
Well nice to meet you here, we wouldn't have ingame. Worf359, NA servers. WNx clan.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on September 24, 2013, 07:13:07 am
It's a nice game, from what I've seen so far.

This YouTuber's videos could help you out here and there, if you need it. (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXfWjR_ZNrVZpg4g4o9I67BaFv6jZxlpM)

I'd actually seen one of his videos before, but thanks for the link. :)

But it turns out unlocking all the characters was easier than I thought, since I was assuming it would require every World Tour event completed on Expert. It doesn't, which let me get them all today. :D Also had an awesome night of multiplayer last night as well.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Revan227 on September 24, 2013, 06:24:41 pm
Wold of tanks
World of Warplanes
Civilization V
Flight Simulator X
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on September 25, 2013, 09:55:26 pm
Wold of tanks
World of Warplanes
Civilization V
Flight Simulator X
Whoa. WoWP? Name?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on September 28, 2013, 12:21:51 am
This isn't really the place to put this, but I found this on DeviantArt and had to share it with you all.

(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/083/b/6/super_metroid___depths_of_tourian_by_elemental79-d5z66m9.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on September 28, 2013, 06:42:21 am
I want to smack whoever came up with that deviantart picture

There were no Metroids going to the Motherbrain in any of the iterations of Metroid's Motherbrain


Been back to Warframe after that big update, but still mess around in GTA V for a few hours at a time. Stealing a 747 is so rewarding and I totally don't crash that into highrises
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on September 28, 2013, 06:47:23 am
Just played through Mirror's Edge (super late to the party, I know). Pretty good game, looking forward to the sequel.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on September 28, 2013, 06:04:52 pm
Gray Fox is proving somewhat difficult on 'extreme' in MGS1. I beat him before on extreme, I'm sure I can do it again, it's all about timing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on October 01, 2013, 06:53:29 am
GTA Online and Terraria 1.2
God damn it's good not to have a life
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on October 01, 2013, 12:28:43 pm
I just picked up the CS complete pack on steam. Everything from 1.6 through Global Operations. I haven't really been into CS since maybe 2007, and I was playing 1.6 then.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on October 02, 2013, 03:51:38 pm
Castle Story beta. Man, this is cool. I hope they do amazing stuff with this, because right now it will get old sooner than I'd like.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mito [PL] on October 03, 2013, 12:19:58 pm
Good, old NFS Underground 2,
Gothic 2 NotR with mods,
Warblade,
Chicken Invaders 4 Ultimate omlette :D

(Those 2 last rather when i have no time for longer gaming).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on October 03, 2013, 08:24:03 pm
Chicken Invaders 4 Ultimate omlette :D

Video Game Names Generator thread is over there, eh.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on October 03, 2013, 09:00:33 pm
Just for kicks, I've been trying to play the Gal Civ II campaign. I know it isn't supposed to be very good (and it isn't), but whatever. I'm bored.

I've rediscovered my intense hatred for the Dread Lords. Any mission they're present in just... yeesh. Talk about overpowered.

At least their planets are easy to conquer if you manage to sneak a troop transport past their practically invincible cruisers.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on October 04, 2013, 03:21:38 am
Welp, against one of the guys' advice here, I decided to be an idiot and played both currently released chapters of Starcraft 2 back-to-back.

Now it's back at Cave Story, starting on StarTropics, and deciding to get back on the original Phantasy Star Online (yay for the private server).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 04, 2013, 04:30:17 am
I just lost EVE.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on October 04, 2013, 05:16:31 am
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Hover.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on October 04, 2013, 06:36:11 am
I just lost EVE.

Lost as in stopped playing or lost as in you failed miserably and are now broke as hell?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on October 04, 2013, 07:31:35 am
I just bought FTL and KSP and still have like 21$ for games. What should I get? Wargame looks cool, but I don't think the fun I'd have with it could possibly beat 2 FTL-grade games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 04, 2013, 07:37:19 am
Lost as in stopped playing or lost as in you failed miserably and are now broke as hell?

The only winning move in EVE is not to play. Consider how one loses then.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Revan227 on October 04, 2013, 04:30:29 pm
minecraft
tropico 4
Flight Simulator X
World of WarPlanes
FreeSpace: Inferno
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Revan227 on October 04, 2013, 04:32:04 pm
i played EVE for 3 days then decided it was a terrible game.

(p.s. sorry for the double post)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on October 04, 2013, 07:11:04 pm
Yeah, no more playing Galactic Civ II's campaign.

Any mission where the Dread Lords are present on the map from the beginning is an exercise in pure frustration. They're so far ahead of you that it takes you half the game (hours of work) to get to the point you can even resist their attacks, and by that point they're too numerous to ever be defeated (the only way to beat them is through superior numbers).

Also, I think the missions are borked because of version upgrades. The game material states that Dread Lords do not conquer planets, and if that were true, the campaign might be doable. Except they conquer planets all the damned time, which I think was an ability they got in a later expansion pack which, of course, got retroactively applied to all previous missions.

I like the game because its sandbox missions are fun as hell, but their campaign designers were morons by the looks of it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on October 04, 2013, 07:15:56 pm
I played the GalCiv2 campaign years ago.

Maybe it won't work for you because it was years ago, but I always rushed the Dread Lords right at the start, because their ships might have ungodly attack stats, they don't upgrade their ability to take damage right away. It worked for me.

The Dread Lords I'm pretty sure took planets in my games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on October 04, 2013, 07:32:56 pm
Well, that is the usual strategy: kill them with large numbers of glass cannons, but usually when the Dread Lords show up in a normal game, you've already got a decent start on tech and can quickly research the Life Support systems necessary to get everywhere on the map, making it easy to rush them.

In these missions, your ships simply don't have the range to get to the Dread Lord home systems. That means I have to colonize planets on the way there, build starbases, or spend tons of time researching life support tech. Quickly colonizing planets means the Dread Lords capture them within a few turns, and I can't defend them because the planet doesn't have enough people or infrastructure to build defenses; quickly building starbases means the Dread Lords destroy them within a few turns (I've yet to see ANY starbase survive a Dread Lord attack, even ultra-late game fully-upgraded ones). And if I wait until I have sufficient military defenses for my planets or starbases, the Dread Lords have already set up shop and are too entrenched to be dislodged.

It's a Morton's Fork situation as far as I can see. If there's a happy medium that allows you to build fast enough to maintain a minor edge, I haven't found it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on October 04, 2013, 07:38:04 pm
Too much Minecraft.  The Nether is a ***** and can go straight to hell and die.
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Post by: An4ximandros on October 04, 2013, 07:48:08 pm
Fallout: New Vegas

Cazador (http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/609/601/176.jpg)
Seriously, **** these things. :hopping: Crippling their wings helps, though.

But the worst is when you are our of medical supplies, the camera turns back and you hear: "DEKAISERHASMARKEDUFORDETH!"

EDIT: Scotty: Done.
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Post by: Lorric on October 04, 2013, 08:02:01 pm
Well, that is the usual strategy: kill them with large numbers of glass cannons, but usually when the Dread Lords show up in a normal game, you've already got a decent start on tech and can quickly research the Life Support systems necessary to get everywhere on the map, making it easy to rush them.

In these missions, your ships simply don't have the range to get to the Dread Lord home systems. That means I have to colonize planets on the way there, build starbases, or spend tons of time researching life support tech. Quickly colonizing planets means the Dread Lords capture them within a few turns, and I can't defend them because the planet doesn't have enough people or infrastructure to build defenses; quickly building starbases means the Dread Lords destroy them within a few turns (I've yet to see ANY starbase survive a Dread Lord attack, even ultra-late game fully-upgraded ones). And if I wait until I have sufficient military defenses for my planets or starbases, the Dread Lords have already set up shop and are too entrenched to be dislodged.

It's a Morton's Fork situation as far as I can see. If there's a happy medium that allows you to build fast enough to maintain a minor edge, I haven't found it.
I remember the Dread Lords not acting rigidly the same play to play. So they could be beaten with enough attempts.

If there's another way, I don't know what it is, their advantage seems insurmountable, all I can think of doing is throwing numbers at them and hoping they die. As you say, glass cannons.

Of course, if you simply want to win, you could always stick it on the bottom difficulty. That should slow them down. I don't know what difficulty I beat it on, it wasn't bottom, but it wasn't anywhere near top either. It was the first thing I did, so it was probably normal or maybe a notch below.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on October 04, 2013, 08:18:52 pm
I played Galactic Civilizations once and decided it was a really crappy 4X compared to Space Empires IV. I didn't see anything about GalCiv II that made me want to play it.

Slightly more on-topic, I have been playing the Terraria 1.2 update virtually nonstop since it released. Wow.
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Post by: Scotty on October 04, 2013, 08:27:33 pm
An4ximandros:

For the consideration of those on this board who do not wish to see profanity, please place that image behind a link, rather than embedding it in the post.

Thanks,
Scotty
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Post by: Lorric on October 04, 2013, 08:37:45 pm
I have been playing the Terraria 1.2 update virtually nonstop since it released. Wow.
Hmmm...

http://www.destructoid.com/terraria-update-1-2-is-out-today-here-s-what-s-new-262788.phtml

Wow indeed. Is that free if you already have the game?
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Post by: NGTM-1R on October 04, 2013, 08:42:32 pm
Well, that is the usual strategy: kill them with large numbers of glass cannons,

Perhaps you're not glass cannon-y enough. I typically hunted them down with merchant hulls that had a lot of guns strapped on and relied on aggressor's first shot to kill them in one blow, rather than spending the time researching combat hulls sufficiently gutsy to carry enough guns.

This also alleviates the problem of sufficient life support, to some extent.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on October 04, 2013, 09:23:22 pm
Yep, that's what I was doing: strapping as many guns onto a Cargo hull as possible and producing them en masse.

The issue was my guns weren't powerful enough to one-shot them. I had to rely on attrition to fight them, sacrificing ten ships to blow up one. My industrial base simply couldn't sustain that long enough for me to research the real heavy hitters.
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Post by: deathfun on October 05, 2013, 12:36:22 am
Since GTA Online had the patch out, I've been hammering away at it

Nothing is better than chain robbing stores
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Post by: An4ximandros on October 05, 2013, 12:53:19 am
Have you been hit by a car that has been hit by a plane that has been hit by a train? It's not the endgame until that happens.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on October 05, 2013, 11:56:52 am
Have you been hit by a car that has been hit by a plane that has been hit by a train? It's not the endgame until that happens.

Throw in an earthquake and you get this:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dx0m6ZfltQQ/T0PgwYnYO_I/AAAAAAAAAfg/OQ2qEU0nvsA/s1600/calvin+and+hobbes+disaster.jpg
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 06, 2013, 10:10:52 am
just bought descent I and II from gog.  unaltered.  i distinctly remember sniping robots from distance before they saw me when i played this as a wee lad.  i have no idea how, because now i can't see them from far away at all.  i'm also very happy that it plays out of the box on a modern system.  tried playing from a non-gog source a while back, never made it work.

anyone know how to get a joystick to work with them though?
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Post by: Mongoose on October 06, 2013, 06:23:36 pm
I haven't checked out the GOG versions of the games myself (still have my beloved Definitive Collection CDs lying around), but in general, the best way to run D1 and D2 these days is the DXX Rebirth (http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/) source project.  The joystick config using them should be much easier than having to deal with DOSBox.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on October 06, 2013, 06:49:17 pm
Having just finished the Thief series, I now have a conundrum... KOTOR 2, Assassin's Creed, or The Witcher.... decisions, decisions.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on October 06, 2013, 09:32:14 pm
Having just finished the Thief series, I now have a conundrum... KOTOR 2, Assassin's Creed, or The Witcher.... decisions, decisions.
Since there was a bit of a stink kicked up about The Witcher on here not too long ago, I'd be interested in what you thought of The Witcher.

I haven't played it btw.
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Post by: Husker on October 06, 2013, 09:55:19 pm
Having just finished the Thief series, I now have a conundrum... KOTOR 2, Assassin's Creed, or The Witcher.... decisions, decisions.
I don't care 1 bit bout the other 2. I'm a Star Wars geek, KOTOR all the way!!!
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Post by: Scotty on October 07, 2013, 05:29:47 am
Assassin's Creed is gameplay excellent if you skip the first one, while the first one has (in my opinion) the better written story, or at least less of an "I can see this crashing and burning three games away" story.  Then again, if you like to like you protagonists, Al'tair (AC1) is kind of a gigantic dickwad, while Ezio (AC2/Brotherhood/Revelation) is fairly likable, if naïve.  They're pretty good games, though.  Unless you hate collection based side-quests.
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Post by: deathfun on October 07, 2013, 05:34:43 am
Just bought myself a nice little place in GTA Online
for 205k, it's pretty solid. Ten car garage? **** yeah!

EDIT:
(http://prod.cloud.rockstargames.com/ugc/gta5photo/7315/oDLTKtYkI0Gpp0LoGYpoMQ/0_0.jpg)

**** yeah stole a tank, had a friend winch it out of the airbase, and wrecked havoc upon Free Roam!
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Post by: jg18 on October 08, 2013, 01:11:57 am
Back to Book of Unwritten Tales.

Even played some FS2 retail only to find how rusty I am with the CH Flightstick Pro :blah: although it seems to handle a bit weird on my Windows machine.

Also played some DDR for PS2 with a friend this past weekend. :D The community is pretty much dead, but there are still a few who play. Waaaayy out of practice though. It's been a while.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on October 09, 2013, 06:25:01 pm
Well, will you look at that: an HD version of Star Control II (http://forum.uqm.stack.nl/index.php?topic=5541.0) was released a couple of weeks ago.


I think it may be high time to take another spin through that game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on October 11, 2013, 01:17:08 am
Decided on KOTOR 2 next.  Enjoying it so far (with Restored Content).

My only question is why the hell the rpg character mechanics are so obnoxiously dense.  Makes it really overwhelming during early character creation.  I don't remember KOTOR being as thick that way, but that may just be due to fond memories of the original.
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Post by: Patriot on October 11, 2013, 11:47:05 am
I'm not quite sure how to answer that Ryan, i think i need a better explanation of dense on this one
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 11, 2013, 02:02:21 pm
found the first secret level in descent I.  what a mother****er to clear.  i thought secret levels were supposed to reward you?  ended up with a net loss of about 5 lives, and i already had all the weapons except for a mega missile anyway. 
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Post by: deathfun on October 11, 2013, 03:19:44 pm
So I was in someone's apartment on GTA, and I took a look at the ground
(http://prod.cloud.rockstargames.com/ugc/gta5photo/8623/l5qGAfyVNkKCV-79FqnvuQ/0_0.jpg)

I was somewhat confused to see these outside of the bathroom where someone was showering, so I assumed there was female company
Nope
(http://prod.cloud.rockstargames.com/ugc/gta5photo/7897/IA8IjaS0GEqglT9altQeVQ/0_0.jpg)

Just someone singing in the shower with me taking a selfie


This game is too much fun
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Post by: Nakura on October 11, 2013, 09:09:14 pm
I tried out StarCraft roleplaying (RP Ticonderoga) for the first time the other day. It's something I'd really love to get into, but it requires a great deal of free time and has a steep learning curve. My RP partners were very friendly though and helped show me the ropes, even if our RP bordered on ridiculous.

It was a Resident Evil RP and I controlled Chris, Rebecca and Leon. Unfortunately Chris ended up dying fairly early on, but Leon and Rebecca managed to hold on until the US Air Force showed up and carpet bombed the Umbrella lab. Somewhere along the line we decided to merge our RP with that of a paranormal ghost RP that was going on at the same time. The paranormal ghosts then teamed up with humans and attack the US Air Force base.

An alien helicopter [sic] then appeared and appeared to have hostile intent towards the ghosts (and their human allies). Unfortunately for the US military and the RPD/STARS, the aliens joined the ghost alliance. However the aliens were quickly betrayed by their ghost allies and the alien helicopter was destroyed. Leon and Rebecca launched an offensive against the ghost base, but were tragically gunned down by the ghost alliance. The US Air Force tried to launch a counter-offensive, but alas, the ghost alliance proved too mighty.

Also, I just finished RE1 remake as Jill.
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Post by: crizza on October 12, 2013, 07:59:24 am
Giving Carrier Command: Gaea Mission another spin...at least the AI has improved a little bit.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on October 12, 2013, 09:38:14 am
Giving Carrier Command: Gaea Mission another spin...at least the AI has improved a little bit.

Is the game as big of a letdown as everyone says it is? I've also heard terrible things about the AI, as well as the FPS component of the game. Bohemia really is sort of a hit or miss company it seems...
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Post by: crizza on October 12, 2013, 09:54:02 am
Giving Carrier Command: Gaea Mission another spin...at least the AI has improved a little bit.

Is the game as big of a letdown as everyone says it is? I've also heard terrible things about the AI, as well as the FPS component of the game. Bohemia really is sort of a hit or miss company it seems...
Well...there are just three types of mission, which differ in terrain of the islands. The AI has improved a little bit since they introduced the patch, the ground units still manage to get themselves stuck, but not as often as after the game launched.
The first person missions...well...thankfully, there are only a handfull of them, but they are a pain in the ass. Something as basic as jumping is not possible, I had to restart several missions, where I became stuck. You're basicly running around large islands, shoting stuff with you basic SMG, nothing realy happens apart of sneaking around fortified positions and so on.
But then again...you have to like the game, I bought it because of the potential, which this game sadly did not reach.
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Post by: StarSlayer on October 13, 2013, 08:31:48 pm
Just made my first mwo drop in about six months.  HBK-4P still rocks out :D
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Post by: crizza on October 14, 2013, 10:13:12 am
Mymy...playing MWO as well...had one game with my light Trail Mech...think it was a Spider... last mech standing and managed to kill something bigger than me...last match my spider was shredded while I circled a heavier opponent...while the circling went well, I was ripped apart by missiles -.-
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Post by: Nakura on October 14, 2013, 10:28:35 pm
Spent about 3 hours grinding in Persona 3. And despite spending about 2 of those 3 hours searching for a single item in Tartarus for a quest, I still couldn't find it. I also still have a ton of combo moves I need to do for quests. Why? Why must you torment me so?

/perfectionist
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Post by: FlamingCobra on October 14, 2013, 10:56:43 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/yl06a2Y.jpg)
yes
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Post by: NGTM-1R on October 16, 2013, 07:04:19 pm
I'm playing "dig pictures out of the internet for a posting about the battle of Surigao Strait", otherwise known as nothing.

Or I was.

Now it's time to log in to MWO.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on October 16, 2013, 08:20:47 pm
Civilization II
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Post by: Hobbie on October 17, 2013, 07:37:29 am
found the first secret level in descent I.  what a mother****er to clear.  i thought secret levels were supposed to reward you?  ended up with a net loss of about 5 lives, and i already had all the weapons except for a mega missile anyway. 

Ah, Fusion Hulks. Be careful at that first door!

Wait until you get to Secret Level 3. If Secret Level 1 made you grumble, Secret Level 3 will make you cry.
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Post by: Mongoose on October 19, 2013, 05:05:58 am
Hopped into Batman: Arkham Asylum again, since it was just updated to remove the soon-to-be-killed GFWL.  Now the achievement whore in me has to recreate my 100% list in Steam.
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Post by: Deepstar on October 19, 2013, 08:05:29 am
Currently i try to complete my first JRPG ever. I tried Final Fantasy VII and Chrono Trigger in the past a few times, but i hate these random fights back then, after every step i had to fight another bunch of enemies. The only other game i was able to complete that share JRPGs elements was Kingdom Hearts...

The game for this try is Okage: Shadow King for the Playstation 2.

I am near at the end of Chapter 3 of this game and i have to say. I like it ^^, because there are no surprise attacks and you can always see and evade the enemies. Also i like the characters and the humor in this game. Even it has a translation that is worse than my english *g*.
Because i already spend much more time than in all CT and FF7's tries combined, i am sure, that i will actually able to beat this game :).
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Post by: Mongoose on October 19, 2013, 07:59:08 pm
Currently i try to complete my first JRPG ever. I tried Final Fantasy VII and Chrono Trigger in the past a few times, but i hate these random fights back then, after every step i had to fight another bunch of enemies.
Huh?  I completely understand that sentiment for FF VII, but Chrono Trigger doesn't have any random battles whatsoever.  That's one of the main reasons I hold it in such high regard.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on October 20, 2013, 01:16:46 am
The Stanley Parable remake. Totally worth the money.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on October 20, 2013, 02:26:42 am
Macross 30th: Voices Across the Galaxy

Frustrating as hell that I don't speak Japanese or read kanji, but I'm getting the gist of the story from what little I do know and a kanji dictionary.

Game itself is pretty fun, kind of a wide-open RPGish action game. I really want to find something other than a VF-0 though, those fighters are ancient history in-universe (50+ year old design) and it kind of shows. They handle like flying potatoes, their afterburner has almost no juice, and their cruising speed is very low.

On the other hand, the VF-0S has mini-nukes as a standard armament, so that evens things out a bit. Ammo's kind of scarce, though.
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Post by: SypheDMar on October 20, 2013, 10:32:30 pm
FTL Faster than Light. This game is frustratingly difficult but so addicting. It's good that every decision counts, but it's punishing when you make ONE wrong move. The way of the rogue-like, so it seems.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on October 21, 2013, 12:26:11 pm
Aaand now I've gotten hooked on the new Shadow Warrior. Loving these katana mechanics.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 21, 2013, 01:48:41 pm
just got a used wii and rogue leader III for gamecube.  it seemed like back in the day everyone was saying this was an incredible game.  it's actually kinda crappy.  inferior to II.  on to other things i guess.  i got metroid prime also, never played that.  and to my surprise, there are a fair few free games on the wii virtual console, and good ones at that.  i'm tempted to buy ocarina of time and majora's mask on there too.  has anyone played these via the virtual console?  if so, are they proper ports or just kinda crappy emulations?  i'm also kinda thinking about getting a 3ds, so maybe it's better to get OOT and eventually MM on there.  or try to find one of the gamecube OOT disks.  i'd like to play master quest, and i'm guessing it's not included in the virtual console version.
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Post by: FlamingCobra on October 21, 2013, 11:36:42 pm
virtual console is a rom bundeled with an emulator.

Zelda collector's edition for gamecube turned out to be a couple of ROMs bundled with emulators.

i dont know how good the VC emulations are but the ones on Zelda Collector's edition for gamecube is pretty damn good.

The OoT debug ROM floating around on the internet is based on or related to the European version of OoT Master Quest. All the dungeons and stuff are from MQ anyway.

nb4 Nintendo never makes an HD/3D version of Majora's Mask. It's my favorite one, too.


begins foaming at the mouth at the mention of Metroid Prime
TROIDZ
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 21, 2013, 11:53:40 pm
googling says it's been pretty much announced for 3ds already following the one that's about to release here in the next month or so.  i guess 10 bucks and i get to play it on a TV is better than waiting around for a couple years for maybe a bit better graphics on a handheld that i don't even own yet for probably $40.  but i'll probably get and play through all the old skool NES/SNES ones available first.  are any of the handheld ones super worth it?  i've only played the one with the wind fish.  lately my disposable income has been telling me it really wants to be spent.
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Post by: Mito [PL] on October 22, 2013, 07:39:31 am
Now i am playing Rainbow Six Vegas :). Time to stop/vaporise/shoot some Tango :).
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Post by: FlamingCobra on October 22, 2013, 08:10:07 am
The only handheld zelda I really enjoyed was Oracle of Ages for Gameboy Color.
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Post by: MatthTheGeek on October 22, 2013, 12:00:42 pm
FTL Faster than Light. This game is frustratingly difficult but so addicting. It's good that every decision counts, but it's punishing when you make ONE wrong move. The way of the rogue-like, so it seems.
I've recently googled "FTL mods" and got pleasantly surprised. There's a lot more fun to be had just when you thought that game was starting to get boring (like, when you've unlocked all the ships like me...)
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Post by: Mongoose on October 22, 2013, 12:47:57 pm
googling says it's been pretty much announced for 3ds already following the one that's about to release here in the next month or so.  i guess 10 bucks and i get to play it on a TV is better than waiting around for a couple years for maybe a bit better graphics on a handheld that i don't even own yet for probably $40.  but i'll probably get and play through all the old skool NES/SNES ones available first.  are any of the handheld ones super worth it?  i've only played the one with the wind fish.  lately my disposable income has been telling me it really wants to be spent.
Oracle of Ages/Seasons for the GB Color were quite enjoyable; they were actually the first two Zelda titles I ever played.  They can both be played separately, but you can also link the two using a passcode to get the "true" story experience.  Minish Cap for the GB Advance was decent enough, though nothing really memorable in my book.  The first DS game, Phantom Hourglass, suffered somewhat from a single central dungeon that you had to keep rerunning a few times during the game, and a travel feature that wasn't nearly as enjoyable (at least in my view) as Wind Waker's.  Its follow-up, Spirit Tracks, was a big improvement that I enjoyed a lot, and is notable for being about the only game in the series where Zelda herself plays a prominent gameplay role over the entire thing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kopachris on October 22, 2013, 01:28:27 pm
Playing through Assassin's Creed for the first time.  I don't usually do violent games, but the backstory had me intrigued for a while; I don't know what took me so long to play it.  I don't like the lengthy procedure for exiting the game (exit the animus, "quit", select your profile, then quit again), the repetitive background NPC dialog gets really tiresome after a while (especially beggars getting all up in my face "No you don't understand!  I have nothing!" Does it look like I have any coins to give you, *****?), and the gameplay gets a bit repetitive (all three cities are basically the same, just laid out slightly different).  Other than that, I like it, and I've been assured AC2 is a bit better.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on October 22, 2013, 01:34:21 pm
I don't like the lengthy procedure for exiting the game (exit the animus, "quit", select your profile, then quit again)

After you just exit the first part, to make sure your game saved, just hit alt-f4 to close. It works without causing damage, I resorted to that as soon as I figured out that I could. And the second one is much better in many respects. Less grindy, more story-y and varied.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kopachris on October 22, 2013, 01:46:41 pm
I don't like the lengthy procedure for exiting the game (exit the animus, "quit", select your profile, then quit again)

After you just exit the first part, to make sure your game saved, just hit alt-f4 to close. It works without causing damage, I resorted to that as soon as I figured out that I could. And the second one is much better in many respects. Less grindy, more story-y and varied.

That's what I've ended up doing the last few times.

Addendum:  Sadly, other than occasionally freezing for no apparent reason (should I disable Windows Aero?), my game appears to be glitch-free.  So no wall-humping soldiers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL18INzP2ps) or orgy of death (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ86b-2xpNk) for me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on October 26, 2013, 08:54:28 am
Since I had a free afternoon I decided to get the Nürburgring 24 hour race done in Gran Turismo 4, using B-Spec mode of course (there's no way I'd want to do a race for a full 24 hours myself even with breaks), so I could unlock the Formula Gran Turismo. I started at 3pm today and, since it only allows speeding up by 3 times, it only just finished (had to take breaks for dinner and stuff and auto pitting doesn't reset it to 3 times speed). I'm glad that's over with now!

Also, I've been playing more Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (I got all stars in World Tour about a month ago, but still have to unlock every character's mods) - trying my first few public online games today and winning a few - and Pokémon X after it came out two weekends ago (already! That flew by fast).

I have been really enjoying the latter so far, and keeping myself in the dark about most of the new features and Pokémon (as in, those that weren't revealed before hand) has made it an even better experience, I think. I actually am just before the Pokémon league, which I'm kind of surprised of getting to so quickly (about 30 hours or so, if I recall correctly) - the new Experience and Exp. Share mechanics probably helped with that!

Also I might do something I haven't done before and restart the game to do the story again if the Pokémon Bank, when it's released, allows you to download your Pokémon back to the game if you reset it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on October 27, 2013, 03:35:01 am
Still playing Book of Unwritten Tales on and off.

Thought about trying Realms of the Haunting, which seems appropriate for Halloween. The graphics are pretty pixelated even in a 1024x768 window on my 1920x1080 screen, and the controls are clunky, which actually makes the game a bit scarier in that it's harder to see what's coming and defend yourself. Eh.

Started Borderlands 2, played for a couple hours so far and I give it a solid OK. Fun, but I'm not blown away.

I'd be playing Pokémon X/Y if I had a 3DS, then again the thread isn't "What would you be playing/do you wish you were playing right now?"
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on October 27, 2013, 04:03:35 pm
Started Borderlands 2, played for a couple hours so far and I give it a solid OK. Fun, but I'm not blown away.

I found the 2nd is nowhere near as compelling as the first.  It retains the levelling problem - just as you get a good weapon, it gets out-classed due to the levelling mechanic, legendaries are stupidly difficult to get which results in grind-y farming for which there is no point until you reach max level due to the aforementioned levelling issue, it is poorly balanced for solo play, and it just isn't as much fun.

I spend well over 100 hours in the first game, much of it just collecting all of the various kinds of weapons.  The second game I finished one playthrough and went half-way through the second, then said to hell with it and uninstalled.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on October 27, 2013, 05:33:14 pm
Yeah, I'm thinking this game doesn't merit the prime real estate of my SSD and is gonna get bumped to the secondary HD rather than uninstalled entirely. Not sure when I'll pick it up next, though.
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Post by: StarSlayer on October 27, 2013, 05:45:55 pm
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Director's Cut
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Post by: jg18 on October 27, 2013, 06:38:28 pm
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Director's Cut

What's it like? Is it worth the $5 it would cost me to get it when I already have the original DXHR and DLC, neither of which I've played yet?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on October 27, 2013, 08:25:06 pm
Terraria because Halloween update
So many halloween events

Warframe has an event
Spiral Knights
Killing floor
More
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on October 27, 2013, 09:20:14 pm
Yeah, Spiral Knights has been sucking my time, and now I've jumped into Terraria again...and I know TF2's is just a couple of days away.  See you in three weeks!
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Post by: Scotty on October 27, 2013, 10:28:18 pm
Pokémon.

I got it two weeks ago.  I am entering hour 77 of play time.

I think that speaks for itself.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 28, 2013, 12:25:34 am
i got borderlands 2 free with my vid card.  still haven't played it.  kinda forgot about it.  right now i'm playing super metroid.  will play metroid prime after.  this one's kindof annoying though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on October 28, 2013, 08:14:52 am
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Director's Cut

What's it like? Is it worth the $5 it would cost me to get it when I already have the original DXHR and DLC, neither of which I've played yet?

I honestly don't know.  Even though its been burning a hole in my Steam library I didn't really get the chance to play the stock version and when this came I figured I dive straight in.  From what I read Eidos looked at all the user feedback and fixed a lot of the gripes with the original plus seamlessly integrated all the DLCs and extra content, the graphics, AI and boss fights were overhauled aw well.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on October 29, 2013, 03:27:51 am
What the hell, for $5 I'll take the chance, which presumably is exactly what they're counting on. DLing now.

EDIT: (cross-thread quoting ftw)

There's going to be a Director's Cut version that will integrate Missing Link and redo the boss battles. (http://www.gamespot.com//news/deus-ex-human-revolution-directors-cut-coming-to-360-ps3-and-pc-6409843?)

I can't read that link at work, but it had better be ****ing free to people who already own the game and hated the boss battles.
$5 isn't exactly free but it's kind of close. I guess.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on October 29, 2013, 08:29:00 am
Well I can see via Steam that Batts' been playing it on quite a bit so its apparently been worth his time :D  So far I've enjoyed it a lot, I'm trying to figure out if I want to stay a pacifist though.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on October 29, 2013, 10:30:29 am
X-COM
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Post by: Mito [PL] on October 29, 2013, 11:01:31 am
Now i abandoned R6 and started S.T.A.L.K.E.R - Shadow of chernobyl, also i get the S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Prypiat into my "collection". Haven't played it yet. Oh i just darn hate it that some stuff can be found only if you get info 'bout it...
I've bought all three parts with a very good Polish gaming mag - CD Action. For ~4-5$ you get a mag, and 2 - 3 full ver. games... many demos, some freeware. A good magazine it is :nod:.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on October 29, 2013, 11:55:48 am
I got myself ME trilogy. 7 hours in and I like it. And I love the stairs there :D Also "OH MY GOD", aka Magicka. I tried playing planetside 2 again, but it lags terribly. I have no idea why, it used to run acceptably well before.
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Post by: Nakura on October 29, 2013, 07:28:17 pm
StarCraft again! :D
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 29, 2013, 08:38:49 pm
Now i abandoned R6 and started S.T.A.L.K.E.R - Shadow of chernobyl, also i get the S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Prypiat into my "collection". Haven't played it yet. Oh i just darn hate it that some stuff can be found only if you get info 'bout it...
I've bought all three parts with a very good Polish gaming mag - CD Action. For ~4-5$ you get a mag, and 2 - 3 full ver. games... many demos, some freeware. A good magazine it is :nod:.

in call of pripyat you can find stashes without "learning" about them.  i think SoC is easily the best in the series though.  the only thing really holding it back is the terrible amount of bugs.  most of them can be fixed with mods/user patches though. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on October 30, 2013, 12:02:45 am
Freespace and/or mods. Started playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, it's pretty good, very well made, no obvious flaws, no gameplay issues. I like it a fair bit.

Now if only I could find the Homeworld trilogy.
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Post by: crizza on October 31, 2013, 08:27:01 am
Replaying Starcraft ", WoL...I want to play the zombie mission with as much tech as possible.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on November 02, 2013, 12:57:33 am
I've been getting back into Wargame: AirLand Battle. It's fun again, but I'm so bad at it. Been struggling to take back Copenhagen in the medium difficulty campaign.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on November 02, 2013, 02:24:53 am
Steam Halloween sale: Dead Space 1 and 2 for $10.00?

Yeah, sure, why not. I've heard the first game was decent, anyway.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on November 02, 2013, 03:17:48 pm
Steam Halloween sale: Dead Space 1 and 2 for $10.00?

Yeah, sure, why not. I've heard the first game was decent, anyway.

I've heard that you will have to have several pairs of clean underwear before you play those games.  And you will be desensitized to any scare attempts from then on.
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Post by: MatthTheGeek on November 02, 2013, 05:27:50 pm
I tried the first and found it lame. It's not scary, just stressing. And the monsters are not scary-inducing ugly, just plain ugly. Didn't get hooked by the story either.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on November 02, 2013, 06:13:55 pm
Steam Halloween sale: Dead Space 1 and 2 for $10.00?

Yeah, sure, why not. I've heard the first game was decent, anyway.

I've heard that you will have to have several pairs of clean underwear before you play those games.  And you will be desensitized to any scare attempts from then on.

I'm playing a guy with a suit of armor and a bunch of guns. This automatically makes the game not a horror game.

EDIT: A few chapters in, and yeah, this game is not scary in the slightest. Visceral and bloody, but not scary. Honestly the Necromorphs kind of make me laugh, with the awkward way most of them waddle around.

Doesn't mean it isn't fun though. This mechanic where you have to dismember enemies rather than aim for center of mass is interesting. Also not a half bad zero-g mechanic. So far I'm liking this all right.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on November 02, 2013, 11:26:01 pm
I tried the first and found it lame. It's not scary, just stressing. And the monsters are not scary-inducing ugly, just plain ugly. Didn't get hooked by the story either.

Ditto.  That and the clunky save mechanics turned me off.

It's not even stressful.  If you walk into a room and there are wall vents, there will be monsters that come running at you eventually.  SS2 was supposedly an influence on the developers, but if it was they took away everything that made SS2 such an amazing game.  Dead Space is jump-scare at its worst.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on November 03, 2013, 01:12:10 am
SS2 was supposedly an influence on the developers, but if it was they took away everything that made SS2 such an amazing game.

I can see that, actually. It really is like a massively dumbed-down version of System Shock 2. You have an inventory screen, you have an upgrade system, you have telekinesis and cryokinesis, you have an alien life form infesting the bodies of crew on a ruined space ship, you have weird alien biomass growing all over the place for no reason... hell, you even have the log-books scattered about that tell the backstory. All we're missing is one insane, megalomaniacal AI. Well, that and the depth of the plot, the atmosphere, and the difficulty.

But yeah, horror story this is not. Honestly I'm not even getting startled by jump scares. The "scare chords" come so fast and so often that they're just an audio cue that enemies are in the area. Which ruins the tension further: there's zero chance of enemies sneaking up on you. That at least would be a little bit scary if I just turned around and suddenly there was a necromorph in my face... but no.

Now, with all that said, the shooter gameplay is relatively solid and I'm having a decent time running around from crisis to crisis on the spaceship. So it's a decent FPS, if nothing else.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on November 03, 2013, 07:12:56 am
Just finished Book of Unwritten Tales. Next will likely be DXHR Director's Cut and/or Realms of the Haunting. Should finish Braid, though, one way or another. And even finish Portal, which I set aside a long time ago... :nervous:

Besides those, some RIFT, and even DDR when I get the chance and find someone who wants to play. :D
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 03, 2013, 01:50:33 pm
portal isn't terribly long.  if you don't get stuck for a while figuring out one of the puzzles, you can finish it in an afternoon.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on November 03, 2013, 02:36:57 pm
Once you've played it once, you can do it in 30min tops, without even rushing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 03, 2013, 05:33:25 pm
Mardering.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 03, 2013, 05:40:24 pm
VTSIs or the IFVs?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 03, 2013, 05:44:13 pm
Actually, the tank destroyers.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on November 03, 2013, 05:48:49 pm
Tank combat is better when paired with moe schoolgirls. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 03, 2013, 05:56:17 pm
You say that as though I'm not mod-packing the heck out of it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on November 03, 2013, 06:08:44 pm
Ah, cool, well, Droid803, Hartzaden, and I also play, in addition to Scourge of Ages.  We're NA-West though, and our highest tier is 7 with Droid's Tiger P and my T29.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 03, 2013, 06:29:55 pm
You can hop between servers at will now.

I've got a VK B (tier 9) for my highest, and a KV-4 on the Russian line.  Other than that, entirely too many Tier 7s.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 03, 2013, 07:18:14 pm
Ah, cool, well, Droid803, Hartzaden, and I also play, in addition to Scourge of Ages.  We're NA-West though, and our highest tier is 7 with Droid's Tiger P and my T29.

NA-West myself, with stuff from Tier 2 to Tier 9 in the garage. Though I don't like my Tier 9s. NGTM_1R here. (If you know an active clan I'd be interested, I'm the last guy left in my current.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hades on November 03, 2013, 07:23:01 pm
I play tanks too, I got tier 1 to 10 and primarily play NA East (but since it's easy to swap I can, you know, swap).

Though I'm taking a hiatus for now because of pubtatos making winning a damn match a massive chore, and also because Path of Exile is fun as hell and is basically what Diablo 3 should have been.
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Post by: StarSlayer on November 03, 2013, 09:56:31 pm
Still filling the shoes of Adam Jensen, patron saint of the hookers and downtrodden of Hengsha, international puncher of faces and hacker extraordinaire.  Of course despite avoiding casualties for most of the game, when those Belltower asshats massacred the pod tenement I went on a roaring rampage of revenge.  I seriously pulled out all the stops and went through them like an apex predator in a slow sheep farm.  It was fun really exercising all those upgraded weapons and combat augs I've been carting round most of the game.  I'm looking forward to the next legit case where I feel going lethal is reasonable.
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Post by: Patriot on November 04, 2013, 11:47:31 am
NA-West myself, with stuff from Tier 2 to Tier 9 in the garage. Though I don't like my Tier 9s. NGTM_1R here. (If you know an active clan I'd be interested, I'm the last guy left in my current.)

Try MechWarrior Vets, especially Crispin(could be ColCrispin). Tell him I(HerrFlex) sent ya, that ought to do you wonders for getting in :)
They're a cool bunch of guys, mostly older than 30. Usage of TeamSpeak is encouraged but not required for pubstomps, for clan wars however(if you're interested, there's drops on fridays, saturdays and sundays and i think on mondays too) it is a requirement to at least hear people.

I quit World of Tanks but am heading their WarThunder department with little recruitment success, so if you guys know anyone that plays WarThunder and wants to join a bunch of long-time gamers and some not so long-time gamers for some aerial and soon armored fun, we're the place to be :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 05, 2013, 08:02:32 am
more DXHR

...nobody shoots down my flygirl, and lives.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on November 05, 2013, 03:29:44 pm
Got Battalion Wars (GC), Eternal Darkness (GC), Front Mission 5 (PS2 - Eng Sub), Persona 4 (PS2) and Skies of Arcadia (DC) for my birthday. I'll probably start with Eternal Darkness today or tomorrow.
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Post by: Lorric on November 05, 2013, 03:40:15 pm
Got Battalion Wars (GC), Eternal Darkness (GC), Front Mission 5 (PS2 - Eng Sub), Persona 4 (PS2) and Skies of Arcadia (DC) for my birthday. I'll probably start with Eternal Darkness today or tomorrow.
Happy birthday Nakura. Enjoy. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 05, 2013, 04:09:00 pm
I need to grab myself Eternal Darkness too.  I've heard it's a complete mind-screw.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on November 05, 2013, 04:44:42 pm
You know what? I actually like Dead Space.

Is it original? No.
Is it scary? No.
Does it have a gripping story? No.

But the gameplay is solid, the visuals are legitimately impressive (not in terms of graphical quality, but in terms of presentation and detail), the zero-g mechanics are actually really clever, the occasional puzzles provide a nice break from the action every now and again, and when you get right down to it, it's fun to shoot limbs off of mutated space zombies.

Bottom line: flawed game? Yes. Fun game? Also yes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on November 07, 2013, 11:14:09 am
Got Battalion Wars (GC), Eternal Darkness (GC), Front Mission 5 (PS2 - Eng Sub), Persona 4 (PS2) and Skies of Arcadia (DC) for my birthday. I'll probably start with Eternal Darkness today or tomorrow.
Happy birthday Nakura. Enjoy. :)

Thanks, Lorric!

I need to grab myself Eternal Darkness too.  I've heard it's a complete mind-screw.

I'm about halfway through the game now and am somewhat disappointed. It's messed up, especially if you let your sanity hit zero, but it isn't really scary. I was expecting a terrifying experience, based on everything I've heard people say about the game, but it just isn't scary.

The story is pretty interesting and the idea is really unique. The gameplay is fairly average, but this isn't the kind of game you play for the gameplay. So far the game has been incredibly easy, as you can just use hit-and-run attacks to beat just about every enemy, maybe it gets harder later on though.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on November 07, 2013, 12:10:32 pm
Finally decided to play the full version of Valdis Story: Abyssal City (http://store.steampowered.com/app/252030/) (after playing an incomplete version as a kickstarter backer). I am having SO MUCH FUN. It scratches much more of the metroidvania itch than Dust: An Elysian Tail did (although Dust was definitely prettier, it was still rather linear). Throw in the variety of equipment (all functionally different, rather than just the usual metroidvania style of having 500 pieces of armor with slight stat changes), and the sheer variety of combos you can pull off, and I'm having the time of my life even when I'm completely lost (because I get to practice my combo skills on the hapless enemies in my path). Then there's the feeling you get when you finally pull off that tricky bit of platforming to get through a door before it closes so you can get that golden chest...

If you're a fan of metroidvania games at all, give Valdis Story: Abyssal City a look.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on November 07, 2013, 01:06:38 pm
Thanks, Lorric!
You're welcome. :)
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Post by: crizza on November 08, 2013, 10:19:28 am
Total War: Rome 2 is for sale 25% off.
Is it worth buying or still suffering game crashes like earlier Total War games?
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 08, 2013, 11:10:55 am
can't decide if i should do a replay of Twilight Princess or restart/finish Skyward Sword first. 
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Post by: Black-Devil on November 08, 2013, 12:29:36 pm
Only old Stuff atm like DaoC and Freespace 2 and the Dawn of War II series hoping to finish it this time
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 08, 2013, 01:59:14 pm
Total War: Rome 2 is for sale 25% off.
Is it worth buying or still suffering game crashes like earlier Total War games?

At least wait for a better sale. Winter sale is coming...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on November 08, 2013, 02:03:29 pm
And they say it's bugged like all the others are when they first arrive.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on November 09, 2013, 07:40:14 am
I played Two Worlds on xbox for a sum total of 3 minutes before unplugging the thing from the mains. I've been sodding about with the AoT game, and mulling over if I should install Mechwarrior 4 or not.
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Post by: headdie on November 09, 2013, 04:10:20 pm
finally got round to buying and installing ep1-2 for HL2.  now joining the legion frustrated at the lack of an ep3.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on November 10, 2013, 09:26:38 am
I played Two Worlds on xbox for a sum total of 3 minutes before unplugging the thing from the mains. I've been sodding about with the AoT game, and mulling over if I should install Mechwarrior 4 or not.

Yes yes yes yes yes.

It's unfortunate that MekTek lost their license, but it's still an incredible game. MechWarrior 3 is awesome too, but apparently you need to perform some serious computing gymnastics to get it to run properly on Windows 7 and 8.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on November 10, 2013, 11:54:13 am
I played Two Worlds on xbox for a sum total of 3 minutes before unplugging the thing from the mains. I've been sodding about with the AoT game, and mulling over if I should install Mechwarrior 4 or not.

Yes yes yes yes yes.

It's unfortunate that MekTek lost their license, but it's still an incredible game. MechWarrior 3 is awesome too, but apparently you need to perform some serious computing gymnastics to get it to run properly on Windows 7 and 8.
I don't know about "incredible" (in this day and age, when we have MW:LL for instance), but it is certainly fun. Unfortunately, I've been unable to find my installation downloads for the MW4:Mercs Free Release for some time... it's still installed on this compy, but if I ever want to reinstall, I'm SOL.
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Post by: LHN91 on November 10, 2013, 09:42:29 pm
I played Two Worlds on xbox for a sum total of 3 minutes before unplugging the thing from the mains. I've been sodding about with the AoT game, and mulling over if I should install Mechwarrior 4 or not.

Yes yes yes yes yes.

It's unfortunate that MekTek lost their license, but it's still an incredible game. MechWarrior 3 is awesome too, but apparently you need to perform some serious computing gymnastics to get it to run properly on Windows 7 and 8.

XP is a royal pain too for that matter. Mech 3 works best with older nVidia cards, they seem to support the terrible version of DirectX 6.1 that Mech 3 uses. Either way, expect to be switching compatibility modes and having missions crash half-way through every 2-4 missions.

...despite that I've played through the whole game on every computer I've owned, from a Pentium 233 with 95 and a 2MB graphics card, up to a quad-core Windows 7 machine where I had to use the on-board graphics as the Radeon I had installed refused to cooperate. Mech 3 was one of the first games I ever bought with my own money, and it's still one of my favourite games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 11, 2013, 02:52:42 pm
Finished the integrated Missing Link DLC in the Director's Cut of Human Revolution under "Factory Zero" conditions.  IE not upgrading Augs or using weapons.  Of course now that I got the "cheevo" I think I'll go back and play it again so I don't loose my inventory.  I didn't upgrade all my weapons just to leave them on some Bell Tower scow.  Plus I want to hack all those PCs.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on November 12, 2013, 12:14:16 pm
Finished the integrated Missing Link DLC in the Director's Cut of Human Revolution under "Factory Zero" conditions.  IE not upgrading Augs or using weapons.  Of course now that I got the "cheevo" I think I'll go back and play it again so I don't loose my inventory.  I didn't upgrade all my weapons just to leave them on some Bell Tower scow.  Plus I want to hack all those PCs.

I seem to recall the original version of it allowed you to pick up weapons (though not self-upgrades) as long as you didn't use them.  I thought.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 12, 2013, 01:19:01 pm
Without spending Piraxis points on upgrading my carry capacity I would have had to dump a good chunk of my items.  So I just played through without picking anything up but candy bars, protein jugs, software and booze.  It'll be easy going through again now that I'm using augs and have all my weapons, plus now I can read everyone's email and farm that extra XP :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 12, 2013, 03:36:33 pm
Just started in on Just Cause.  While it's apparently not quite as zany as its sequel, I've managed to have some fun shenanigans so far.  The sheer size of the game world is pretty damn impressive, too.
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Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on November 12, 2013, 04:37:32 pm
Just started in on Just Cause.  While it's apparently not quite as zany as its sequel, I've managed to have some fun shenanigans so far.  The sheer size of the game world is pretty damn impressive, too.

I love the Just Cause games. One of the franchises that realizes players mostly want to **** around and blow up ALL the things in a game with a huge world and lots of stuff to blow up. Something that GTAIV completely forgot. Nope, sorry, you can't blow things up right now, you have to go bowling with your annoying cousin.

So, I'm in the middle of building a racing sim cockpit because it's something I've always wanted to do. Been playing a lot of rFactor, albeit with a crappy wheel, to get used to driving cars again. rFactor is awesome.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on November 12, 2013, 05:04:13 pm
In the defense of GTA IV, it didn't forget it. You can afterall, blow up your cousin

Still playing GTA Online (stimulus package was nice, but I already had 1.7 million) with some breaks with Terraria and Spiral Knights

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1398967_10153424142740167_1286056971_o.jpg)

Terraria. Because why not
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on November 13, 2013, 02:55:20 pm
Been playing a cool Doom II wad called Equinox (http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=11412). Probably my favorite wad at the moment.
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Post by: Mobius on November 13, 2013, 06:05:43 pm
IL-2 Sturmovik UE. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on November 13, 2013, 10:23:47 pm
KOTOR 2 (yes, still) and Bioshock Infinite:  Burial at Sea.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on November 13, 2013, 11:09:58 pm
Well, my plans for getting Homeworld have been put on hold. The GOTY edition; $170-ish. So I've settled on just HW2 for now and getting the other two later. I've already seen the whole trilogy's LP by Renairen. So I kinda know the story, but HW2 has the best gameplay IMO.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 13, 2013, 11:50:36 pm
Well, my plans for getting Homeworld have been put on hold. The GOTY edition; $170-ish. So I've settled on just HW2 for now and getting the other two later. I've already seen the whole trilogy's LP by Renairen. So I kinda know the story, but HW2 has the best gameplay IMO.

!!!!
Hey, try this one instead: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Homeworld-Game-Year-PC/dp/B00008OE45
Or buy used. Or skip the GOTY edition (what does it even add?).
Or wait for Gearbox to release Homeworld HD (or whatever), hopefully soooon.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on November 14, 2013, 12:54:41 am
Or don't buy. You have interwebs, for unexistant god's sake.

Until gearbox goes around to re-release it (and we have no idea when that'll be), this is technically abandonware, especially when the only copies to you find are above 100 bucks  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 14, 2013, 01:43:46 am
Plotting my new Let's Play.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on November 14, 2013, 01:50:55 am
The new BattleTech Let's Play made me fire up the ol' MW4:Mercs install, and I've been fiddling around with loadouts and kicking butt at Solaris (as per usual). Also...

Seeing as I'm without internet for the foreseeable future I've started playing Mechwarrior 4 Mercs again. With the MekPak of course. A pair of CUAC20s on a Talos is an extraordinary sight to behold.

I'm still having trouble building a quad-PPC Awesome of any variant without it promptly melting after two shots though. That isn't so good because the NPC allies don't know about this strange thing called "heat management" and I'd rather be brawling with the ballistic weapons.
Do you still have an installer of the MekTek version of MW4 somewhere?  I'd love to get back in it.
I don't know about Hobbie, but I think I might still have my Mercs downloads somewhere. Not sure where, though; I definitely had them as of a year ago, because it's been installed since I reinstalled my operating system (specifically, looks like the folder was created last July; almost exactly a year ago).

If I ever find the actual downloads, I'll let you know.
A lot late, but I thought some people might like to know that I sucessfully located the most up-to-date MW4:Mercs free release archives (0028 full archive, 0028-to-0029 patch archive, 0029-to-0030 patch archive, the MTX Extractor to extract those archives, and the 0030c hotfix). I've stuck 'em all in a 7zip archive and uploaded them here (http://deviance.duckish.net/downloads/MW4Mercs.7z) (plus you can get the Mechstorm texture pack here (http://deviance.duckish.net/downloads/Mechstorm_MTX_v002.exe)). Have at it (sorry I missed you on IRC, SpardaSon21).

Slight word of warning: the MTX files compressed really efficiently. The MW4Mercs.7z archive is only 178 MB, but the files total 1.81 GB. By contrast, attempting to make a .7z of the Mechstorm installer resulted in an archive larger than the file it was supposed to compress (come to think of it, the installer is probably just a glorified self-extracting archive in the first place).
EDIT: Turns out the all-to-0028 archive was corrupted (hence the tiny size of the 7zip archive). I pulled MW4Mercs.7z for now, but I found that the all-to-0028 torrent still has seeds; if it pays off, I'll reupload.
EDIT2: Reuploaded.

Yes, my username is MageKing17 on IRC.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 14, 2013, 08:16:40 am
Cruised through Rifleman Bank Station with Augs.  Managed to get "Apex Predator" by disposing of the "Colonel Kilgore" wannabe without being seen.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on November 14, 2013, 01:07:23 pm
WARNING: IMMATURE CONTENT
(http://oi41.tinypic.com/2lavaeb.jpg) (http://oi41.tinypic.com/2lavaeb.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 14, 2013, 09:47:18 pm
found a "demo" of rocksmith 2014 and have been trying it out a bit.  thank GOD i didn't buy into the hype and buy it sight unseen.  it has some technical improvements and a neat new feature or two, but on the whole it blows compared to the original.  there were quite a few well-known and much talked about issues with RS1.  most of them were just kindof annoying, like a bad, unintuitive UI and it pulling up the tuner before every single song or set played.  the only truly horrible problem i saw was that the game could decide to throw you into 'master mode' without you telling it to, wherein you must play the song from memory.  all these little things that we told the developers about were CHANGED, but not fixed.  the UI is more condensed and navigation is a little quicker in 2014, but it's still an unintuitive cluster****.  the 'career mode' type function was removed entirely.  that was my main mode of playing and the best way to get exposure to all the songs, and just generally feel like there was some sort of progression.  in its place is an asinine achievements type system that sends you on horribly stupid 'missions' like "open the options menu" or "play five WHOLE notes correctly in this song" or "sort the list of songs."  those are all real.  and every time you do one of these tasks, you're greeted with a popup congratulating you on pressing the enter key or whatever the hell you just did.  oh my god i "looked at" the "learn a song" page (this is just the list of songs in the game) i feel so proud of myself!  i don't like the new cartoony and effects-based background (a lot like guitar hero/rockband) that replaced RS1's venue with audience or basement/practice studio backdrop, but i accept this is just personal taste and not a big deal at all.  however the changed note highway and a lot of the shiny effects and new notations are objectively worse in that they make it harder to actually see what the hell you're supposed to be playing.  as a complete beginner (and playing bass at that), i have no interest in session mode, which was really the biggest draw.  and finally the on-disc songs are pretty weak.  a few big titles in there, but filled in with utter crap.  not just unknowns like in RS1 that mostly turned out to be pretty good songs anyway, but truly bad songs.

in short, the only thing really worth having about the new game is the reduced input lag and support for more techniques and tunings.  almost everything else has regressed from RS1.  pretty much everyone else reviewing/commenting on it says it's much faster and way less loading time, but i honestly never noticed loading times at all in the first one.  2014 ends up being WAY slower for me due to generally bad UI design, all those annoying popups interrupting everything i'm trying to do, and specifically for startup, the fact that all the developer/publisher splashes are unskippable now.  the final nail in the coffin is uplay required in addition to steam.  two third party programs required to be running and two accounts signed in.  and beyond that, uplay actually goes and gets all up in the game, making stuff that should just be part of the base game "bonus" content that has to be unlocked with uplay points.  some of it doesn't matter, like different skins and virtual guitars and stuff, but some of it REALLY matters, like the damn lead or rhythm guitar arrangements for the songs.  or just entire songs outright.  i guess you get these points by doing the stupid missions or something.  i don't really know, my "demo" breaks that part.  everyone currently playing and discussing the game on various forums seems to be infatuated and blowing sunshine about it, but i've still got to imagine there would be MASSIVE outcry if these uplay unlocks had to be bought.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 17, 2013, 02:15:56 am
Punch Punch Panchaea!

Seriously I think I knocked out more people on that facility than Mike Tyson in his career.  Well thus ends my adventure into Deus Ex Human Revolution it was quite fun.  I'll probably take a break from games for a bit, though XCOM EW does beckon quite seductively.

Also Jason Namir doesn't care for taking fragmentation shells in the face from a Linebacker G-87  :snipe:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on November 17, 2013, 06:26:31 am
A bit of Dust 154.
It's a pretty solid shooter, but it just seems to be missing something....
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mito [PL] on November 17, 2013, 07:36:26 am
Finished Stalker: SHOC. Playing Priboi story mod now :).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on November 17, 2013, 05:47:24 pm
Gotten back into The Old Republic.

Save me.

(Also playing X Rebirth but not all that much, it needs a lot of patching)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 17, 2013, 06:19:06 pm
Started playing Risk of Rain, interesting mix of roguelike, platformer, sci-fi and just bloody die already
http://riskofraingame.com/
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 17, 2013, 09:43:28 pm
A bit of Warthunder

Like if IL-2 and World of Warplanes had a baby. It plays much like IL-2, but looks BETTER than WoWP.

If anybody wants to try, use this link and get 50 free gold/eagles/premium monies. http://warthunder.com/en/registration?r=userinvite_11348256
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on November 17, 2013, 11:15:37 pm
Metroid Prime 3
Difficulty - Veteran
98% complete
Total time 15:47


beat Metroid Prime 2 a few days ago.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 18, 2013, 12:41:25 am
i just got metroid prime.  i'm brand new to the series.  is there any value to playing through super metroid first?  got it for free, and played a little bit, but it feels REALLY tedious so far. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 18, 2013, 12:49:44 am
Metroid Prime is the best Metroid game ever made, and you don't need to play a single other game to enjoy it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on November 18, 2013, 01:58:22 am
I'd still play all of the series anyhow. They're great games overall (even Other M despite everyone hating it)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 18, 2013, 02:03:23 am
No!  BAD deathfun!  We do not recommend that game to people!

And yes, the Metroid Prime trilogy stands by itself, though by most accounts Super Metroid is an all-time classic of gaming that's definitely worth a play itself.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on November 18, 2013, 02:33:22 am
Oh boy, you guys reminded me...

... I've actually decided to touch the demo of the Met2 remake again. (http://metroid2remake.blogspot.com/) (And yeah, I've actually been following this project since 2008.) Oh, fond memories (the NP Super Metroid comic with Houston for one, and the manga that actually adds a layer to Zero Mission)...

Then I recently beat Wanderers from Ys again (have it on TG-16 emu). Some damn good music (personal opinion, but I think a good chunk of the PCE/TG-16 soundtrack sounds a bit better than The Oath in Felghana). Then I just found a stupidly easy way to kill Merland (Garland in all other versions)... put on Protect Ring, stand right under his chest, and just hold up+attack. Rapid-fire upward-stabbing (or whatever the technical term is)... gotta love it.

Damn it, I need to finish the Grand Palace in Zelda II. Or at least start over the whole game. I've spent so much time trying to get through it six years ago, and it's a bloody unresolved piece in my RPG catalogue. I need to prove these clowns wrong for once. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0DlcxyY5M)

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot! If anyone remembers Space Cadet (the Pinball game for WinXP 32)... yep, I got it on my Win7 craptop. Ohh man, I can't get my timing right again. I'd like to go back and try to reach the rank of Captain again (if any of you got to Fleet Admiral, I'd like to know how that experience was like).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 18, 2013, 03:13:41 pm
I need to prove these clowns wrong for once. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0DlcxyY5M)
...that is terrifying.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 18, 2013, 03:23:22 pm
i have space cadet on my comp also.  didn't it come with win7 though?  i don't remember installing it myself.  i've only ever managed to get the first promotion.  and only like twice at that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on November 19, 2013, 09:11:20 pm
No!  BAD deathfun!  We do not recommend that game to people!
quoting for emphasis.

Oh boy, you guys reminded me...

... I've actually decided to touch the demo of the Met2 remake again. (http://metroid2remake.blogspot.com/) (And yeah, I've actually been following this project since 2008.) Oh, fond memories (the NP Super Metroid comic with Houston for one, and the manga that actually adds a layer to Zero Mission)...

-snip-

why isn't it out yet T_T
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on November 19, 2013, 10:31:25 pm
No!  BAD deathfun!  We do not recommend that game to people!

D:


Just grabbed XCOM: Enemy Within because of the LP which resparked my desire to play that awesome game
Also, with the Beach Bum update on GTA V which just came out I hopped on that for a bit. Unsurprisingly, I can't seem to play the new missions with friends because of an error with the sessions. Ah well, wait until fixed and enjoy shanking people with a broken bottle

Also Defiance and Aion still (the time suckers that they are)

I ALSO FEEL LIKE PLAYING OTHER M
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on November 20, 2013, 02:41:47 am
~ insert what I said about the Metroid 2 remake here ~

why isn't it out yet T_T

Long story short (with rather bad annotation): real life problems stacked up (read the last year or two of his posts, it becomes quickly apparent).

i have space cadet on my comp also.  didn't it come with win7 though?  i don't remember installing it myself.  i've only ever managed to get the first promotion.  and only like twice at that.

Unfortunately, no. (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Explains-Why-It-Killed-Pinball-After-Windows-XP-315849.shtml) The kicker of that (from what I've read someplace else) was that there was no commentary in the source code (another company made it), hence, why they couldn't effectively find the collision detection problem.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on November 20, 2013, 07:26:35 am
I couldn't resist and bought Total War: Rome 2

So far the only bug I encountered was in the prologe campaign, but nothing else.
What I don't like ist that I cannot expand settlements/Cities like I want, but it is fun to play.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 20, 2013, 01:43:58 pm
I couldn't resist and bought Total War: Rome 2

So far the only bug I encountered was in the prologe campaign, but nothing else.
What I don't like ist that I cannot expand settlements/Cities like I want, but it is fun to play.

I didn't really find it particularly buggy but the Roma Surrectum II mod for the original RTW is superior in my opinion.  The odd color filter effect in Rome II makes everything look pants plus the speed of unit movement and combat in battles seems off to me.

Plus in RSII I can build specific legions.


THIRTEEN!!

(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/7444/attachment145c7d47.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 21, 2013, 10:28:05 pm
So the Enemy Within LPs have me itching to try out the new version.  Of course that means I need to pull the trigger and finish the original play through.  So after moppping up a few Interceptions and a Terror Mission I felt I was warmed up enough to go turn on the Gollop Chamber

(http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/720869426635196880/69C8A6B379E1734C3892FAC8EDF4C30E27E9F4A1/)

Time to send in the First Team
(http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/720869426635200446/35D1F2CB3BB7FCC69A54DD9544041E86D9877FC0/)

This feels eerily familiar...
(http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/720869898946128739/8873DF1624985E3E9BE35A7568F52E1E39A0C6D2/)


Well time to try out Mutant and MEC madness.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 23, 2013, 02:41:26 am
Its XCOM MEC Madness!

Unfortunately two of my operatives were so grievously injured during missions that traditional medical practices proved insufficient to restore them to full health.  Thus they volunteered for the experimental augmentation program.

One of whom was a young lady from Russia with a penchant for heavy weapons.

I wonder if I'll giver her a Tesla Fist and a fitting callsign...

(http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/720869898985090474/3932800A73C532F828F028D1C53C02B142D5C9EB/)

You'e damn ****ing right I will.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on November 26, 2013, 06:38:04 pm
Touhou 14 - Double Dealing Character

This game is a true return to form, as far as I'm concerned. After the overly-gimmicky 12 and 13, along with rather underwhelming characters and music from 13, this is a massive improvement. Excellent music, good bullet patterns that don't rely on gimmicks so much, and a much simplified power-up system.

And, seriously, I think Raiko Horikawa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdkOmQxvfcw) may be the best boss ZUN has ever designed. Challenging yet fun bullet patterns, an absolutely awesome percussion-based theme song (fitting, considering she's the spirit of a drum set), and her final spells are actually timed rather like a drummer's beats.

On the other hand, the stage 5 boss needs to die in a fire. Flipping my perspective and controls around when I'm trying to dodge bullets is not cool! :mad:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on November 27, 2013, 02:45:31 am
I picked up a shiny Zelda 3DS XL that'll be used for Pokémon Y for the foreseeable future. It's good to have a handheld console again after my Game Boy Advance from over 10 years ago.

I've just gotten my first badge and am having a great time, but I must have never noticed how disturbing the game is, morally speaking -- beating wild animals to within an inch of their life until you can shove them into a ball the size of your fist, then forcing them to engage in blood sports. :nono: It is just a game, though.

Then of course there are the usual peculiar lessons we learn from video games, like how entering strangers' houses uninvited invariably results in helpful advice and useful items. :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 27, 2013, 11:06:55 am
I must have never noticed how disturbing the game is, morally speaking -- beating wild animals to within an inch of their life until you can shove them into a ball the size of your fist, then forcing them to engage in blood sports

... taking them from their homes in the wild to spend the foreseeable future locked in your storage boxes or to be exchanged like currency with total strangers.
Spoiler:
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/
Or just running into them in the wild, blasting them with fire, and leaving their unconscious body behind for the elements and/or predators (what do you really think wild pokemon eat?)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on November 27, 2013, 11:36:21 am
(what do you really think wild pokemon eat?)
Berries(tm), obviously. Don't want to hurt the sensibilities of vegans.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on November 27, 2013, 11:39:22 am
(what do you really think wild pokemon eat?)
Berries(tm), obviously. Don't want to hurt the sensibilities of vegans.
Read some pokedex entries. Many pokemon prey upon each other.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on November 27, 2013, 07:06:57 pm
(what do you really think wild pokemon eat?)
Berries(tm), obviously. Don't want to hurt the sensibilities of vegans.
Read some pokedex entries. Many pokemon prey upon each other.

And here we see a pack of wild Zangoose, preparing to feast on the innards of their primary prey...
(http://www.pokemopolis.com/pics/eps/dimension/tears03.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on November 27, 2013, 07:16:21 pm
Ah yes, in the cartoon the poke'mon are often fed meat as well.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on November 27, 2013, 08:52:33 pm
And here we see a pack of wild Zangoose, preparing to feast on the innards of their primary prey...
*snip*
They actually implemented stuff like that into Pokémon X and Y during horde encounters - for example, you can get four Zangoose and one Seviper in a horde and the Zangoose will attack the Seviper instead of your Pokémon. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on November 28, 2013, 12:32:24 am
Bizarrely, none of these sorts of objections appear in Wikipedia's section on criticism of the Pokémon franchise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon#Morality_and_religious_beliefs).

EDIT: I even read the criticism of the movie from a Christian website (http://www.capalert.com/capreports/pokemonthemovie.htm) that was mentioned there. It briefly referred to some of those things in passing but nothing more than that.

Ah yes, in the cartoon the poke'mon are often fed meat as well.
Reminds me, is there anything in the official lore about Pokémon as meat for human consumption? A quick search of the Wikipedia article for "meat" and "food" didn't turn up anything. It'd kinda make sense that at least some types would get eaten, given that they're the local fauna. Maybe they're considered too sacred or something to be used as food, or maybe the idea was considered to be too disturbing to little kids, who knows.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on November 28, 2013, 12:48:00 am
At the very least (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Food#Humans_eating_Pok.C3.A9mon) Farfetch'd is supposedly rare because they were eaten, but that was only mentioned in the anime.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 28, 2013, 01:37:10 am
At the very least (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Food#Humans_eating_Pok.C3.A9mon) Farfetch'd is supposedly rare because they were eaten, but that was only mentioned in the anime.

Nope, the early Red/Blue games mentioned it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 28, 2013, 01:58:27 am
There was a Magikarp cooked up on a platter way back in the anime's past.  Me, I want some Tauros steaks.  Mmmmm.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 28, 2013, 04:23:43 am
There's also the incidence where Ash's first response after actually catching his first pokemon (you know, the Krabby that didn't just trip all over itself to get a trainer) he calls Professor Oak, who is eating tofu.  His response?  That Oak had better not be eating his Krabby.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on November 28, 2013, 11:23:20 am
There was a Magikarp cooked up on a platter way back in the anime's past.  Me, I want some Tauros steaks.  Mmmmm.
(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f4/Edible_Magikarp.png)

I wasn't even looking for it! :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on November 28, 2013, 06:27:17 pm
Started playing XCOM again. Didn't take long for me to remember why I stopped playing it last time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on November 28, 2013, 10:46:43 pm
Metroid Prime 3
Difficulty - Veteran
98% complete
Total time 15:47


beat Metroid Prime 2 a few days ago.
I am impressed. Congratulations, sir.

i just got metroid prime.  i'm brand new to the series.  is there any value to playing through super metroid first?  got it for free, and played a little bit, but it feels REALLY tedious so far.

Tedious? To each their own, I suppose, but I find Metroid Prime to be among the best single player games that I have ever played. It takes a lot for a single player game to keep my interest for long, but I found Prime to be a blast from start to finish. Prime 2 is a fantastic game too, but it's a lot less clear as to what you're supposed to do, and getting constantly lost isn't very fun or immersive.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on December 01, 2013, 12:35:39 am
i just got metroid prime.  i'm brand new to the series.  is there any value to playing through super metroid first?  got it for free, and played a little bit, but it feels REALLY tedious so far.

I would say Super can be a good starting point if you're stepping into the franchise (it's arguably the best 2D game of the lot, and a good gateway, as you're told the plot of the first two in the prologue).



Decided to play the Special Ops in Modern Warfare 2. God, Homeland Security was a pain in the ass.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on December 01, 2013, 04:35:49 am
I suppose technically not playing but I picked up RPG maker XP seeing as it works out at £12.21, reasonable powerful and fairly reasonable when it comes to needing how tos
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 01, 2013, 11:02:42 pm
"We cast aside our humanity in order to defeat monsters"

XCOM Enemy Within

All Field Operations Completed.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on December 02, 2013, 06:46:43 am
Playing Guacamelee on PS3. Very good Metroidvania-style game, comes highly recommended.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 02, 2013, 08:32:47 am
Somehow I'm imagining Chacarero employees getting in a rumble with a rival Chilean sandwich shop.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on December 05, 2013, 03:58:51 pm
Grabbed Skryim on the Autumn sale, and got sucked up into it pretty good. That is a drop-dead gorgeous game, makes Oblivion look like poo. Anyway, it seems to have largely broken my addiction to World of Tanks, though I still get on a few times a week.
Also still The Pokemans XY.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on December 05, 2013, 06:34:22 pm
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/856203_10153516991900167_250288612_o.jpg)

Starbound
This is what happens when you come up against something more powerful than you.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 05, 2013, 06:47:13 pm
Basically the same as Terraria, in other words.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on December 05, 2013, 09:21:32 pm
Minus the part where Terraria bosses phase through blocks!

Really enjoying this game though. It's ridiculously fun and the fact there are so many god damned worlds is also pretty great.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 06, 2013, 12:14:22 am
Still working on Just Cause.  The main story missions are pretty generic, and all the side stuff is very repetitive, but it's fun enough for what it is, and the act of mowing down government troops to liberate a village is satisfying in and of itself.  What does stand out is that the game is absolutely gorgeous for something released in 2006; the world is who knows how many square miles' worth of beautiful mountainous tropical islands.  It's one of those rare titles that brings to mind the philosophizing about gaming as a medium...just why are we almost always shooting the hell out of stuff?  I think I could spend hours just driving/flying/sailing around these islands and getting into assorted shenanigans.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 07, 2013, 04:39:04 am
While it was completely unnecessary in the current system for KSP, I'm really glad I added an abort stage when only one of the SRBs came off in career.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on December 07, 2013, 09:32:22 am
Sooo I just finished Mass Effect I. Having played BG2 I am surprised they did so bad with this one. In BG2 you end up in Amn, a place you don't know, where you don't know anyone and you have to find a way to deal with this whole Irenicus and stuff, so its logical that things will go quite slow. Plenty of room for exploration, side quests and stuff. But ME? You learn pretty fast about the real danger, and its really time-sensitive. I mean, if Saren finds the conduit and you are not there, everything is lost! You don't have any time for bull****. ANY. But the game bombards you with side quests anyway! Go here, go there, save my puppy, you have to! My playthrought took me only 15 hours because I coldn't accept this kind of crap. If I'm short on time I'm short on time, I don't bother about side crap. Bioware once knew how to set this stuff up. Knowing also DA, I'm surprised they lost this ability. Now on to MEII![because I doesn't allow me to freeplay apparently]

EDIT: what. ****ing. CERBERUS. NETWORK?!
ME II has just reminded me why I only play old or indie games recently.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on December 09, 2013, 02:08:24 pm
So... you're complaining that BioWare lets you set your own priorities?

Cerberus shows up in something like 20 percent of the side-quests, it feels like.  Just because you don't encounter them doesn't mean they're not there.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on December 09, 2013, 04:35:04 pm
I think "Cerberus Network" anger refers to EA's "We have to check your game every single damn time you turn it on to make sure it's legit." douchebaggery.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on December 09, 2013, 05:15:28 pm
I think "Cerberus Network" anger refers to EA's "We have to check your game every single damn time you turn it on to make sure it's legit." douchebaggery.
Yep, that's more or less what I meant. I haven't investigated it really.

So... you're complaining that BioWare lets you set your own priorities?
My own priority is when I can order the fleet to help save the council or go straight for Sovereign. When the choice is going on time sensitive mission which is the only thing that may still save the galaxy or going on other supposedly time sensitive mission which may be the only thing which may save like a houndred people, that's virtually no choice. Logically you just have to do the former. The game says you can do either and that's kinda dumb. I could understand when they throw five urgent side quests at you, but they really could do better with the main story arch. I mean, the moment you leave citadel after being grounded, the side quests just should stop coming or being available.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on December 09, 2013, 06:29:34 pm
Katawa Shoujo. My first visual novel and I really like it so far, it's very touching.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on December 09, 2013, 11:46:43 pm
So... you're complaining that BioWare lets you set your own priorities?

Cerberus shows up in something like 20 percent of the side-quests, it feels like.  Just because you don't encounter them doesn't mean they're not there.

Indeed, Cerberus is related to most of the major sidequests in Mass Effect (and part of the main story too) - but if Kobrar intentionally skipped sidequests pretty much entirely I can understand why he's lost.

Yes, Mass Effect (all three games) had pacing difficulties regarding urgency of main quest compared to ability to run sidequests, but if you don't do the sidequests you shortchange the experience immensely.  The Mass Effect games are quite well done in general, and that pacing incongruity is a minor nitpick - in short, don't be a nitpicky purist and do the bloody sidequests if you want to enjoy the games.  The consequences of sidequests also carry from game to game - and certain ones becoming increasingly more important in ME2 and ME3.
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Post by: Mongoose on December 10, 2013, 12:24:39 am
I think just about every sandboxey/RPG/non-linear game ever has suffered from this syndrome to some extent.  ("Put the world-saving on hold, I need to level up my baking skills!")  It's mostly unavoidable, too: if you give the main quest an actual timing precedence, that prevents the player from being able to explore or side-quest as they please, and being forced to miss content sucks.  I feel like you just have to take it as part of the whole suspension of disbelief, in the same way that you can't get around the fact that your hands are on a mouse or controller and not actually holding a gun.

(About the only game I can think of that did produce an external time pressure like this was Majora's Mask, but that only worked because Link kept repeating the same three days, so you were able to keep going back in time and working through all the side-quests.)
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Post by: deathfun on December 10, 2013, 01:41:40 am
External time pressure?

Fallout 1 comes to mind
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Post by: The E on December 10, 2013, 02:09:45 am
I think just about every sandboxey/RPG/non-linear game ever has suffered from this syndrome to some extent.  ("Put the world-saving on hold, I need to level up my baking skills!")  It's mostly unavoidable, too: if you give the main quest an actual timing precedence, that prevents the player from being able to explore or side-quest as they please, and being forced to miss content sucks.  I feel like you just have to take it as part of the whole suspension of disbelief, in the same way that you can't get around the fact that your hands are on a mouse or controller and not actually holding a gun.

(About the only game I can think of that did produce an external time pressure like this was Majora's Mask, but that only worked because Link kept repeating the same three days, so you were able to keep going back in time and working through all the side-quests.)

Lightning Returns (The next Final Fantasy) will have a hard time constraint as well, which by all accounts works pretty well for that game.
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Post by: Mongoose on December 10, 2013, 03:32:21 am
External time pressure?

Fallout 1 comes to mind
Heh, of course I forget the one legendary title that I haven't played.  :p To be honest though, knowing that in advance (among other things) has made me somewhat unwilling to do so.
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Post by: MatthTheGeek on December 10, 2013, 03:41:35 am
On different styles, you also have FTL with a pretty basic but effective "time limit" (keep going or the fleet catches you), and of course XCOM (difficulty just ramps up time goes).
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Post by: Scotty on December 10, 2013, 10:29:57 am
Speaking of XCOM:

**** Sectopods.  **** them.  Forever.  Two ten damage splash attacks per turn, and then automatic overwatch, on top of 30 health and a **** ton of damage resistance.  What the ****.
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Post by: MatthTheGeek on December 10, 2013, 11:30:15 am
Speaking of XCOM:

(http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/9108/6c4w.png)

(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/4852/70vd.png)

(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2787/vpn9.png)

I seem to always get into this kind of situations.
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Post by: BritishShivans on December 10, 2013, 12:13:06 pm
Aww, they just want to give you a hug  :drevil:

Also, I have been playing Starbound, and I am a Aztec bird that runs around shooting at people and loots their houses.  :pimp:
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Post by: NGTM-1R on December 10, 2013, 12:15:01 pm
Speaking of XCOM:

**** Sectopods.  **** them.  Forever.  Two ten damage splash attacks per turn, and then automatic overwatch, on top of 30 health and a **** ton of damage resistance.  What the ****.

They got Hardened Armor in Enemy Within, so you can't nuke them for more than 33% of their health. They also got one of the three special Kinetic Strike Module animations, and frankly I'm terrified of finding out what it is.
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Post by: deathfun on December 10, 2013, 12:25:40 pm
I'm impressed on the UFO screenshot, but the Council mission with the boat? Na, being surrounded in that is common practice. I had the unfortunate time of getting that council mission with a group of five soldiers and conventional weaponry

It was a sad day. I of course, played out that damned mission for hours just trying to ensure my people got out alive because god damn I wasn't about to lose an entire squad

I know better now

Speaking of XCOM:

**** Sectopods.  **** them.  Forever.  Two ten damage splash attacks per turn, and then automatic overwatch, on top of 30 health and a **** ton of damage resistance.  What the ****.

They're a ***** ain't they
I'm currently not liking the idea myself to come into contact against these things

Heh, of course I forget the one legendary title that I haven't played.  :p To be honest though, knowing that in advance (among other things) has made me somewhat unwilling to do so.

There was a patch which basically made the secondary time limit non-existent if I recall (water chip retrieval was never changed)

Aww, they just want to give you a hug  :drevil:

Also, I have been playing Starbound, and I am a Aztec bird that runs around shooting at people and loots their houses.  :pimp:

The new patch they came out which wiped the accounts is definitely an improvement. However, dat Cool Broadsword damage. 3750? Holy hell

I imagine a rework of the numbers coming soon
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Post by: StarSlayer on December 10, 2013, 12:52:11 pm
Speaking of XCOM:

**** Sectopods.  **** them.  Forever.  Two ten damage splash attacks per turn, and then automatic overwatch, on top of 30 health and a **** ton of damage resistance.  What the ****.

They got Hardened Armor in Enemy Within, so you can't nuke them for more than 33% of their health. They also got one of the three special Kinetic Strike Module animations, and frankly I'm terrified of finding out what it is.

I think the best way to deal with them is having an LR Assault to draw off the overwatch, a plasma sniper to draw down its health and two MECs to tank damage and deal the killing blow.
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Post by: MatthTheGeek on December 10, 2013, 01:36:47 pm
You need a MEC Paladin with EMP to disable them. Two if possible, but if you focus your fire on it you should be able to use the spare turn given by one EMP to take it down.

If you're lucky, EMP will take down the two drones or other enemies while you're at it.

And be sure to always pick HEAT on your heavies.
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Post by: Mito [PL] on December 10, 2013, 02:00:36 pm
Heh, of course I forget the one legendary title that I haven't played.  :p To be honest though, knowing that in advance (among other things) has made me somewhat unwilling to do so.

There was a patch which basically made the secondary time limit non-existent if I recall (water chip retrieval was never changed)
If i remember well, after returning the water chip none of the side quests changed or were made "untakeable".
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on December 10, 2013, 02:50:34 pm
I think just about every sandboxey/RPG/non-linear game ever has suffered from this syndrome to some extent.  ("Put the world-saving on hold, I need to level up my baking skills!")  It's mostly unavoidable, too: if you give the main quest an actual timing precedence, that prevents the player from being able to explore or side-quest as they please, and being forced to miss content sucks.  I feel like you just have to take it as part of the whole suspension of disbelief, in the same way that you can't get around the fact that your hands are on a mouse or controller and not actually holding a gun.

(About the only game I can think of that did produce an external time pressure like this was Majora's Mask, but that only worked because Link kept repeating the same three days, so you were able to keep going back in time and working through all the side-quests.)

Star Control 2 had a time limit and the freedom to approach the overall mission in whatever order you wanted to. There was of course also the ability to increase the time limit by triggering certain events.
Though arguably there weren't many "side quests" as most of the stuff tied into the overall story. Unless you consider resource gathering and rainbow world hunting to be side quests.
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Post by: FlamingCobra on December 10, 2013, 10:33:31 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/DEiyxii.jpg)
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Post by: Hobbie on December 12, 2013, 07:55:15 pm
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6710/0w24.png)

I'm competing with my dad for license times. We're both getting all golds, but he's quicker than I am. I'll catch him eventually!
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Post by: headdie on December 12, 2013, 08:45:18 pm
I'm trying to get into MWT but with my system being so slooooowwwww its hard
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Post by: StarSlayer on December 12, 2013, 10:43:07 pm
Looked at the queue of unplayed games and selected Arkham Asylum.  So yeah,  I'm the Batman.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on December 12, 2013, 10:49:47 pm
The goddamn Batman. It's an important distinction in this case, as you'll discover.
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Post by: Mongoose on December 13, 2013, 12:53:38 am
Arkham Asylum kicks ass, and Arkham City apparently even more so.
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Post by: Sarkoth on December 13, 2013, 02:51:19 am
2 months ago I completely refreshed my install of FSO. And got every single campaign out there I could get my hands on for both FS2, the FS port and all total conversion out there at this moment. Have started from scratch and have been playing since, leaving candy like blue planet or wing commander saga for last. ETA to be finished ... February.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on December 13, 2013, 10:44:20 pm
I have just finally finished KOTOR 2 with the Restored Content and M4-78 EP mods.

Spoiler:
And I must say, I actually found it better than the first one *except* for the final level.  Even with the TSRCM installed, the ending on Malachor is extremely rushed and generally unsatisfactory.  What the hell happened to Bao-Dur?  Where has T3 been since, well, Telos?  It be great if Kreia explained why  she was stripped of her Force connection in greater detail as well (even unlocking all her Revan-related dialogue failed to explain that adequately - it hints that she was stripped of her Force abilities because of Revan's fall, but that's about it).

The Restorec Content Mod has done an admirable job of making the majority of the game make sense (I can't imagine how ****ty Malachor would have been without it), but it is really unfortunate the final level and ending were so poorly done.

Ah well - the majority of the game was pretty enjoyable.  Glad I finished it off, finally.
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Post by: Scotty on December 15, 2013, 03:22:10 am
I have an unreasonable affection for the base security guys in XCOM, to the point of using them at every possible point during that mission.

Between the four of them, they had nine kills, including a pair of Mechtoids and four Chyrssalids.  One of those Mechtoids the squad took down entirely solo.
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Post by: Nakura on December 18, 2013, 02:18:28 pm
Persona 3 and Battlefield 2142.
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Post by: An4ximandros on December 18, 2013, 02:29:59 pm
Is 2142 alive these days? I remember playing the thing like it was crack... Nothing more fun than escaping an exploding Titan while fending off some PAC trying to get an extra kill before the end.
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Post by: Kopachris on December 18, 2013, 02:43:46 pm
Back to Skyrim.  Downloaded a bunch more mods and started a new character with the Live Another Life mod.  <shamelessselfpromotion>I'll be chronicling Talfina's adventures in Skyrim in-character at http://blog.kopachr.is</shamelessselfpromotion>
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Post by: NGTM-1R on December 18, 2013, 09:51:21 pm
HLPX-COM. I should probably post, I'm like six missions ahead. Tomorrow, then.
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Post by: crizza on December 19, 2013, 03:45:28 am
Warthunder...or I like to play it, bit since the last update, the game ist just crashing...
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Post by: Nakura on December 19, 2013, 08:11:40 am
Is 2142 alive these days? I remember playing the thing like it was crack... Nothing more fun than escaping an exploding Titan while fending off some PAC trying to get an extra kill before the end.

There are always two full or almost full servers, Deathklok and Last Refuge. One does titan mode, the other does conquest (usually 24/7 Camp Gibraltar).

In addition to the two big ones, there are a bunch of other servers that usually have less than 30 players.
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Post by: FireSpawn on December 19, 2013, 01:46:20 pm
Having "Fun" playing League of Legends. Actually having fun playing Planetside 2, Tera, Magicka and MechWarrior: Living Legends.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on December 19, 2013, 02:22:05 pm
Finished ME II, which shouldn't ever exist or be charged for, as well as ME III, which was a huge improvement over the former, and actually fun and pretty damn epic [ if you don't mind the plot.. ]. Now onto Vampire: The masquerade: Redemption. Need to finish SPAZ too.
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Post by: Hobbie on December 19, 2013, 05:51:55 pm
EVE Online.

Save me!
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Post by: FireSpawn on December 19, 2013, 05:57:46 pm
EVE Online.

Save me!

*Saves hobbie*
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Post by: An4ximandros on December 19, 2013, 06:03:39 pm
You should start (http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/08/26/eve-online-player-run-bank-1-2-trillion-isk-in-the-red-freezes/) a bank, mate. (http://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2006/08/7605/)
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Post by: deathfun on December 19, 2013, 07:42:58 pm
Got Just Cause 2 when it was 80% off
Apparently that's got multiplayer now so I'm totally excited to see what that all entails
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Post by: StarSlayer on December 19, 2013, 09:52:28 pm
More Goddamn Batman.
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Post by: Mongoose on December 19, 2013, 11:54:49 pm
Got Just Cause 2 when it was 80% off
Apparently that's got multiplayer now so I'm totally excited to see what that all entails

From the videos I've watched, sheer utter lunacy. :D
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Post by: Scotty on December 20, 2013, 01:20:07 am
Finished ME II, which shouldn't ever exist or be charged for, as well as ME III, which was a huge improvement over the former, and actually fun and pretty damn epic [ if you don't mind the plot.. ]. Now onto Vampire: The masquerade: Redemption. Need to finish SPAZ too.

ME2 had an excellent character writer and is probably my favorite for right around 90% of the game.  Then the giant terminator baby ruins the ending.  Kinda like how the amazing Technicolor dream ending ruins ME3's final sequence.  Bioware is not good at endings, but they're fantastic at just about everything else.
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Post by: Nakura on December 20, 2013, 01:57:49 pm
Act 2 of Katawa Shoujo. Looks like I'm on the path of dating Shizune, good.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on December 20, 2013, 03:41:51 pm
The thing that will always confuse me is that ME1 did not actually have a bad ending sequence.
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Post by: crizza on December 20, 2013, 04:15:14 pm
Just reinstalling C&C Kanes Wrath...
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 20, 2013, 04:37:52 pm
i'll have to remember to install that on the laptop before i go home for christmas.  might see how it holds up to crysis also.
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Post by: Ace on December 20, 2013, 05:34:37 pm
Finished ME II, which shouldn't ever exist or be charged for, as well as ME III, which was a huge improvement over the former, and actually fun and pretty damn epic [ if you don't mind the plot.. ]. Now onto Vampire: The masquerade: Redemption. Need to finish SPAZ too.

ME2 had an excellent character writer and is probably my favorite for right around 90% of the game.  Then the giant terminator baby ruins the ending.  Kinda like how the amazing Technicolor dream ending ruins ME3's final sequence.  Bioware is not good at endings, but they're fantastic at just about everything else.

That's what's a bit odd considering that: Throne of Bhaal had an excellent ending, KOTOR had a good conclusion, Dragon Age had a decent ending, and Mass Effect 1 had a spectacular finale... So something happened, much like the blandization of Blizzard.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on December 20, 2013, 06:03:23 pm
KOTOR had a good conclusion, Dragon Age had a decent ending

*nitpick*

I think this might be nostalgia talking.  Have you played KOTOR recently?  The ending was easily the weakest part of that game.  The entire sequence on the Star Forge is utter crap, culminating in an utterly crap and boring final battle.  Everything up to the Star Forge docking was fantastic, but the ending was pretty meh.  Even the most interesting part of KOTOR's ending - the disappearance of Revan - was left to the sequel.

As for DA:O, it wasn't bad but it wasn't great, either.  Awakenings improved the DA:O ending narrative considerably.

BioWare doesn't have a good track record with endings, unfortunately.  I think it's probably because the content of their games is so excellent that its tough to craft a fitting conclusion.  Think of other top-tier games - Valve got so chicken after HL2:Ep2 that they haven't continued the bloody series :P
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Post by: crizza on December 20, 2013, 07:03:47 pm
i'll have to remember to install that on the laptop before i go home for christmas.  might see how it holds up to crysis also.
Can you give me a quick note if you manage to install it?(Kane's Wrath)
I'm unable to do it, some file is corrupt and the cab archive is also ****ed up...and I have an original copy -.-
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 21, 2013, 12:29:40 am
i guess.  quick (http://i1.ifrm.com/10072/112/emo/doh.gif) check in the meantime though, you have the CnC 3 base installed right?  i'm pretty sure kane's wrath isn't standalone.
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Post by: FireSpawn on December 21, 2013, 03:54:07 am
Valve got so chicken after HL2:Ep2 that they haven't continued the bloody series :P
(http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000038587009-8s7jyj-crop.jpg?d53bf9f)
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Post by: jg18 on December 21, 2013, 03:57:01 am
Back to Pokémon Y. Only have two badges so far.
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Post by: crizza on December 21, 2013, 06:59:46 am
i guess.  quick (http://i1.ifrm.com/10072/112/emo/doh.gif) check in the meantime though, you have the CnC 3 base installed right?  i'm pretty sure kane's wrath isn't standalone.
Of course I have, I've grown up with expansion sets, which require the base game installed.
The game keeps freaking out that the archive is corrupt and I'm speaking about the bloody game disc -.-
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Post by: crizza on December 22, 2013, 07:15:06 pm
After updating Rome 2, the game is getting wierder.
Every single faction declares war on me... for the last 100 turns I'm in one bloody huge war, against the Averni, Sparta, Athen, Pontus and Egypt...
Smaller factions join and bug out when I give them money, but the big five don't want to make peace, so I'm forced to fight with just four legions and three fleets against dozens of enemy armys...challenging.
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Post by: General Battuta on December 22, 2013, 09:35:54 pm
battlestar galactica
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Post by: StarSlayer on December 22, 2013, 09:38:53 pm
Arkham City

Did some Challenge Mode while listening to Monster Magnet.  :pimp:
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 23, 2013, 11:12:05 am
i'll have to remember to install that on the laptop before i go home for christmas.  might see how it holds up to crysis also.
Can you give me a quick note if you manage to install it?(Kane's Wrath)
I'm unable to do it, some file is corrupt and the cab archive is also ****ed up...and I have an original copy -.-

sooooo... about that.  i forgot my new laptop doesn't have an optical drive, so i'm not going to be able to install CnC.  sorry.
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Post by: Nakura on December 23, 2013, 07:46:06 pm
Act 3 of Katawa Shoujo, following Shizune's story. I hope I get the good ending.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on December 23, 2013, 11:23:46 pm
Finished Tomb Raider, onto the original Assassin's Creed (which has been in my backlog for some time).
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Post by: Nakura on December 24, 2013, 05:27:29 am
Act 3 of Katawa Shoujo, following Shizune's story. I hope I get the good ending.

I think I'm on the good path, but the end of Act 3 for Shizune is so sad...
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Post by: Mito [PL] on December 24, 2013, 06:12:14 am
battlestar galactica
You mean, BSGO? Is there a HLP squadron yet?
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Post by: An4ximandros on December 24, 2013, 07:41:50 am
SWTOR. GSF is helluva fun. Gunships can go burn in the chaos though.
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Post by: Scotty on December 24, 2013, 10:26:30 pm
Finished Tomb Raider, onto the original Assassin's Creed (which has been in my backlog for some time).

I highly recommend you don't got for 100%.  It's not worth it.  AC1's only redeeming features are the origin of the concept and the story; the gameplay is awful if you've played any of the more recent ones.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on December 25, 2013, 05:12:57 pm
Finished Tomb Raider, onto the original Assassin's Creed (which has been in my backlog for some time).

I highly recommend you don't got for 100%.  It's not worth it.  AC1's only redeeming features are the origin of the concept and the story; the gameplay is awful if you've played any of the more recent ones.

Yeah, I've noticed there is a lot of grindy bull****, so I think I'm just going to stick to the bare minimum required for the story progression just to see it through.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on December 27, 2013, 05:34:50 pm
Finished Tomb Raider, onto the original Assassin's Creed (which has been in my backlog for some time).

I highly recommend you don't got for 100%.  It's not worth it.  AC1's only redeeming features are the origin of the concept and the story; the gameplay is awful if you've played any of the more recent ones.

Yeah, I've noticed there is a lot of grindy bull****, so I think I'm just going to stick to the bare minimum required for the story progression just to see it through.

....yeeeaaaahhh, not seeing this through.  I made it halfway through before the ****ty console port-ness and obtuse game mechanics pissed me off enough to simply look up the storyline and delete it from my hard disk.

Between the absolutely brutal autosave and the frustrating I'm-an-assassin-but-this-really-isn't-geared-toward-stealth-assassination (so many other games do this so much better) I'm done.  I've done my last Alt-F4 out of that piece of crap (because taking 5 minutes and 6 menus to quit a game is fun, Ubisoft!).  Ugh.  Not $7 well spent at all.
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Post by: crizza on December 27, 2013, 06:48:50 pm
Bought Darksouls today...
And was so pissed about the controlls, I plugged my 360 controller into the PC...
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Post by: The E on December 28, 2013, 02:39:46 am
Wipeout 2048 and Gravity Rush on the Vita.

Also FF9. Again.
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Post by: Lorric on December 28, 2013, 03:47:22 am
Ah, FFIX. I'm not playing it. I'm currently playing fan-made campaigns for a game called Freespace 2. You may have heard of it.

But someday, I hope to carry on with my second FFIX save. All I want to do is get to Cleyra. I want to have a save at that beautiful place.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on December 28, 2013, 12:12:38 pm
Started Skyrim Legendary Edition.

See you guys again in a few months =)
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Post by: Dark Hunter on December 28, 2013, 03:35:13 pm
Iggy's Reckin' Balls. N64 platformer-racer.

This game is seriously awesome, and I'm still kinda sad that no franchise or sequels ever came of it. It's pretty unique as far as I'm aware.
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Post by: FireSpawn on December 28, 2013, 06:18:47 pm
Started Skyrim Legendary Edition.

See you guys again in a few months =)


Same here. Dem boobie mods ENBs and Texture overhauls.  :nervous:
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Post by: An4ximandros on December 28, 2013, 06:37:13 pm
If your opinion of the game is anywhere near mine Ryan, you'll be back in about two weeks. :P
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Post by: MP-Ryan on December 28, 2013, 08:28:07 pm
If your opinion of the game is anywhere near mine Ryan, you'll be back in about two weeks. :P

Meaning you finished it quickly, or hated it?

Because you're talking to someone who spent 130+ hours in Morrowind and Oblivion (with their DLC/expansions). =)  And from the 2 hrs I've spent in Skyrim so far, I see much the same is going to happen here.
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Post by: Scotty on December 28, 2013, 10:54:40 pm
Very soon: MegaMek.  Lots and lots of MegaMek.

The reason: Recreating the invasion of Washburn in 3144 by the Wolf Empire.  The campaign pits six Clusters of Front-Line Clan troops against 17 battalions of Inner Sphere line units and militia.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on December 28, 2013, 11:55:06 pm
Played Oblivion and finished it (well the storylines.) Played Skyrim, never got farther than Hrothgar. It all just feels like I had already done the same before.
The reality of it is that it is just oblivion with Draco-Vikings to me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on December 29, 2013, 12:42:42 pm
whoever invented the Silent Realm trials in Skyward Sword is surely a troll.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 29, 2013, 03:40:16 pm
you sound like my mom :P

the last one is the only one i actually failed.  at least on the second playthrough.  i started the game once a year ago on my mom's and got as far as the sand ship before i had to go back home.  i think i might have failed the second one once that time.

the final boss is pretty absurd though

Spoiler:
take lots of guardian potions
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on December 29, 2013, 05:52:06 pm
if only Majora's Mask looked like this: http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/003/a/a/majora_s_mask__the_clockworks_by_uniquelegend-d5qc3hm.jpg

(Warning: 56k FORBIDDEN)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 29, 2013, 06:40:58 pm
"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"  :shaking:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mobius on December 29, 2013, 07:00:40 pm
Hogs of War. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on December 29, 2013, 07:07:37 pm
Hogs of War. :)
Ah, I still have that. Didn't get very far though, deck is stacked against you so much. Unless you're just playing multiplayer, good luck taking all of Saustralasia, you'll need it. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on December 29, 2013, 10:24:09 pm
"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"  :shaking:
**** dude, you don't know the half of it.
(http://i.imgur.com/v1Yao2A.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 29, 2013, 10:36:51 pm
if only Majora's Mask looked like this: http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/003/a/a/majora_s_mask__the_clockworks_by_uniquelegend-d5qc3hm.jpg

(Warning: 56k FORBIDDEN)

maybe one day it will.

edit: oh my god what is going on with that
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on December 29, 2013, 10:54:51 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/v1Yao2A.png)
So that's how it happened...
I was wondering why Link is female now. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on December 29, 2013, 11:16:17 pm
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/241/5/8/they_came____by_glitcher-d5cvf49.jpg)
whatever happened to those aliens, by the way?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NeonShivan on December 29, 2013, 11:25:22 pm
Recently got into GTA V for I got it for Christmas. The amount of cheaters in GTA Online is too damn high!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on December 30, 2013, 03:22:11 pm
"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"  :shaking:
**** dude, you don't know the half of it.

OK, that image actually made me LOL.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on December 31, 2013, 06:15:51 am
XCom: Enemy Within

The Site Recon Mission is terrific:
My Alpha Team has no advanced Weaponry apart of a MEC Trooper and I had to take in two Rookies...end of the line: The Chrissalids swarm me to death -.-
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on December 31, 2013, 12:02:24 pm
Ouch.  I got that mission near the end of the game, when my team consisted of two MEC-3s, Annette, and the Furies.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on December 31, 2013, 02:33:47 pm
You can just ignore that mission if it comes up at a bad time. It provides no real rewards beyond a slight terror reduction in Canada and XP, and there's no consequence for skipping it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on December 31, 2013, 02:44:54 pm
You can just ignore that mission if it comes up at a bad time. It provides no real rewards beyond a slight terror reduction in Canada and XP, and there's no consequence for skipping it.

Never! Most do all the missions as they come towards you!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 31, 2013, 03:41:47 pm
You can just ignore that mission if it comes up at a bad time. It provides no real rewards beyond a slight terror reduction in Canada and XP, and there's no consequence for skipping it.

Then you would miss probably one of the best and most unique Council Missions offered.    :blah:

I was able to squeak past it on Ironman without any loses but it was a close run thing my team made it to the Ranger on the last turn.  Having two MECs, one of which is Jump capable, was key. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on December 31, 2013, 03:52:27 pm
Sure, but if you know to skip it you've probably already played through it at least once. If it drops on month 1 ironman/impossible I'm gonna give some serious thought to skipping it (though at least it's not bomb defusal, thank ****).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 31, 2013, 04:12:12 pm
Keep in mind it's quite possible to KSM all the Sharks beforehand, reducing your level of threat significantly.

I completed with lasers and standard kevlar, so.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on December 31, 2013, 04:19:49 pm
You can Collateral Damage them too which is even faster (probably, it takes a lot of reloading) but if you don't have jumpy legs or a jetboots MEC you're still probably going to have to sac a rookie. It'd be more worth it early game if you got to keep all that chitin.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on December 31, 2013, 04:24:40 pm
Using a Jetboot and KSM MEC I managed to get back from the ship to the evac point in four turns; it's not difficult if you're able to drop Chryssalids enough to keep their numbers down until you reach the ship.  If you go slow and kill all the sharks and things before you activate the nuke, you can fight as few as one or two a turn, and even in the first couple months that's manageable.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on December 31, 2013, 04:37:11 pm
Yeah but the question is Why, Why Bother
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on December 31, 2013, 05:01:19 pm
Experience.  Your soldiers may only be promoted one rank at a time, but you can farm two or three ranks' worth on that mission alone, and then they'll jump straight from Sergeant or whatever straight to Captain or Major in as many missions as ranks in between.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 31, 2013, 05:25:00 pm
Yeah but the question is Why, Why Bother

Because you are X-COM.

And you can do it, and Chryssalids are too serious to be left alone.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Torchwood on December 31, 2013, 05:56:06 pm
Could you imagine how quickly a bunch of Chryssalids could wipe out a city if left unchecked? Those things have some serious terrorism potential.

Anyway, I recently discovered a nice item shop sim slash dungeon crawler called Recettear. Now I know why RPG stores keep overcharging for valuable items all the time - becuase it's fun and profitable!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AtomicClucker on December 31, 2013, 06:13:44 pm
Dug up Company of Heroes, replayed Black Mesa: Source, and built a giant lava pit in Minecraft for mass chicken roasting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 31, 2013, 07:11:33 pm
Looked into the deep dark recesses of my Steam Library queue for something new and cracked open Witcher. I'll need to figure out how the combat system works.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Vellos0x1 on December 31, 2013, 10:48:48 pm
Dota 2 nothing else

after my FSO broke  :( :( :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 31, 2013, 11:29:15 pm
We can un-break it!  Post in the support forum!

(unless you snapped a CD in half, in which case there's only so much we can do)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on January 01, 2014, 01:59:20 am
FSO is not shipped on CDs, what year is this.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Aardwolf on January 01, 2014, 02:51:45 am
Was going to boot up Planetside 2 again, but it wants to download 8,505 MB of updates. Bleh.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on January 01, 2014, 03:06:36 am
Played and beat DmC (which had a lot more interesting gameplay than I was expecting, although the plot was idiotic) and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (which was hilarious), and started playing Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.

DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 01, 2014, 04:27:38 pm
Please, call me Erinys.

(http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/452909420446534636/278D9CA5ADCB832666807C2C3EEAD6BA5936E4AC/)

And this? This is my weapon, Soul Eater. Sometimes, I just call it "Winstick":

(http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/452909420446829618/D1A1FCF1989F24731BFA00A7FCB66EB05E6FC8CE/)

Relevant mods:
Climates of Tamriel (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17802/?)
Skyrim Flora Overhaul (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/141/?)
A UNP body mod
Pretty Face (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/7887/?)
Improved Vanilla Hair (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/31568/?)
Eisen Platte Armor (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/11050/?) (plus texture upgrate (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/15594/?))
Leere Armor (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/11756/?)
Classic Scythe (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/18255/?) (it's only as powerful as a Dragonbone Greatsword, I just maxed smithing and enchanting, and got a bunch of 2-handed weapon buffs)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 01, 2014, 05:25:17 pm
Actually, that reminds me.

Can I get a list of recommended graphics mods for Skyrim? I can't stand the way the vanilla game looks for some reason.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on January 01, 2014, 06:00:09 pm
Still enemy Within... loaded a savegame, avoided the Site Recon mission, as the savegame was before the abdusction which would trigger it.
UK bugged out but I'm doing fine.
Knowing that the base defense will come sooner or later and me having just cracked heavy plasma, all soldiers are arme with light or standard plasma guns, exalt LAR and standard laser...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on January 01, 2014, 06:20:43 pm
Actually, that reminds me.

Can I get a list of recommended graphics mods for Skyrim? I can't stand the way the vanilla game looks for some reason.

You install the HD package in Steam?

Also, though not graphical, the Unofficial Patches are pretty much mandatory.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 01, 2014, 06:29:24 pm
You install the HD package in Steam?

Also, though not graphical, the Unofficial Patches are pretty much mandatory.

Yes.

And also, yes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on January 02, 2014, 11:47:04 am
What happens, if I assault Exalt Base before encountering Annette? Is the Story arc void then?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Aardwolf on January 02, 2014, 09:50:11 pm
Bought SC2:HotS and played it all in (roughly) one sitting. Yay for it being on sale!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on January 05, 2014, 02:49:32 pm
Still Xcom...
Gollop Chamber only needs to be activated, Exalt is long gone, ingame I'm fighting the Aliens for over a year...and neither Slingshor nor Operation Progeny have popped out...
Well, Friends in Low Places came rather early and I refused to play it, so I'm waiting.
My Alpha Tea consists of to MECs, one with KSM, the other with flamer as fire support, a mobility Sniper, a heavy and an assault. Not to mention that the site recon popped out while Canada was at lowest panic possible, but with my Alpha Team it was a piece of cake...
So, now I'm stuck assaulting landed or downed UFOs, Terror missions and so on...

Is there a way to check if I have the sidestorys activated?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 05, 2014, 03:04:54 pm
replaying strike suit zero to try out the DLC i got LAST christmas sale.  or maybe it was summer.  but it's been a long time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on January 05, 2014, 08:39:28 pm
Plugged in ye old Xbox yesterday and got me the new Tomb Raider. It's surprisingly good, though not the least bit challenging (and I'm playing on hard).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jg18 on January 06, 2014, 03:51:22 am
Given my little vision problem (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=53623.msg1727909#msg1727909), the only games I can play these days are ones whose visual acuity requirements are low, such as adventure games and Pokémon, which conveniently is turn-based. Also means no FS mods for me. :blah:

Just replayed Death Gate (highly recommended for adventure fans, which on HLP seems to consist of just me :nervous:) and then played Mission Critical. Ah, the '90s.

EDIT: Correction.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on January 07, 2014, 02:16:14 am
Of all things, I got back into military flight sim junkie mode. Nowhere close to the real thing with any of these, but what the hell.

F-19 Stealth Fighter: After dying in my last run, I got back into Major rank in the course of five missions. The one that got me to Major: North Cape, Air-to-Air Mission against Regular Opponents and Easy Landing.

My job was to destroy a TU-95 (Primary) and destroy the Mobile SAM at Carlsbad (secondary). Luckily the target was just 30 kilometers east of my start point: AMRAAM him, done. Sneak up on an IL-76, AMRAAM him, done. Blow up the SAM with a Maverick: done. Kill bad guys and get to my return point through a mountain trench: done.

Jane's USAF: I'm just grateful I managed to do The Battle of Salzburg with ZERO friendly casualties (seriously, I tend to lose a lot of wingmen, meaning pilots and F-15Es, on this one). Other times, it's freaking hilarious when I manage to use Mavericks to destroy planes. (Yes, the imaging system recognizes aircraft as valid targets, and no, they don't deploy countermeasures.)

Comanche Gold: Managed to do six campaigns for something like the 14th time. (Two missions in Desert Endeavor and two in Kingpin suck. The rest of Desert Endeavor, including the final mission, is actually easy. Kingpin likes to throw a load of traps requiring extensive use of surprise tactics and surgical precision.)

Gunship 2000: I-I just s-started, and I finally decided to let my WSO handle just the countermeasures. I-I got pissed off with his handling of weapons (seriously, bloody inaccurate handling of Hellfires), and the moment I decided to take the weapons, we got shot up less and I had a good kill streak going, but when I landed at the FARP to refuel, well, I got stuck on the pad and all my controls froze up (as in, no input would be accepted). Damn it.

And unfortunately, for most of these, I had to use my PSX-esque gamepad (my SideWinder's starting to die, and I need a recommendation or two to replace it before I utterly destroy it on my next go of FSO, Strike Suit, or Star Citizen).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on January 07, 2014, 02:21:32 pm
Skyrim has come and eaten my life
Doo-dah, doo-dah
And now I have a very disgruntled wife
Oh do do dah day.
Gonna shoot arrows all night, gonna fling magic all day
"No really, honey, I won't be long" "Get off the computer or you'll pay!"

/me whistles off into the distance, followed by a wife with a wooden broom handle.

But seriously, Skyrim is way too much fun.  And also hard early on - I keep getting my head split in half by bandit bosses in 2-3 hits.  Grrrrr.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on January 07, 2014, 02:53:26 pm
Those rare times when one is actually glad to be single. :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on January 07, 2014, 04:10:13 pm
Those rare times when one is actually glad to be single. :D

For the life of me, I can't understand why you'd get married in the game.  Seriously.  One actual wife is trouble enough - who wants a digital one, merchant benefits be damned? :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on January 07, 2014, 04:11:29 pm
Those rare times when one is actually glad to be single. :D

For the life of me, I can't understand why you'd get married in the game.  Seriously.  One actual wife is trouble enough - who wants a digital one, merchant benefits be damned? :P
I guess your wife does not see HLP... ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on January 07, 2014, 09:03:11 pm
Those rare times when one is actually glad to be single. :D

For the life of me, I can't understand why you'd get married in the game.  Seriously.  One actual wife is trouble enough - who wants a digital one, merchant benefits be damned? :P
I guess your wife does not see HLP... ;)

Well, no, but I've told her on more than one occasion that I don't understand polygamists either, because one wife is more than enough trouble =)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on January 07, 2014, 09:11:45 pm
Those rare times when one is actually glad to be single. :D

For the life of me, I can't understand why you'd get married in the game.  Seriously.  One actual wife is trouble enough - who wants a digital one, merchant benefits be damned? :P
I guess your wife does not see HLP... ;)

Well, no, but I've told her on more than one occasion that I don't understand polygamists either, because one wife is more than enough trouble =)
Heh. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 08, 2014, 11:57:12 am
Other times, it's freaking hilarious when I manage to use Mavericks to destroy planes. (Yes, the imaging system recognizes aircraft as valid targets, and no, they don't deploy countermeasures.)

Fun fact; this was actually done to a helicopter in Gulf One.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 09, 2014, 08:44:24 pm
Skyrim: spent a little time burning through my accumulated ingredients, and maxed alchemy and looped back around to 50. Now I have more potions that make me even more invulnerable than before, and can sell the weird ones for ALL THE MONEY. With my current equipment and enchanting/smithing skills, there's no reason to loot anything any more :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sarkoth on January 10, 2014, 05:04:27 am
If you want to break the game, try abusing potions of restoration, then smith better alchemy gear, brewing even more ridiculous potions. do that 5 times, brew some enchantment potions, take some more restoration potions and you'll be able to pull of things like +10000% enchantment to anything. Do that with stamina, life reg, magic res, feather, damage and stealth and you have effectively broken the game. Now the fun part: Give that godlike equiment to one of your most liked companions. And then just watch them obliterate anything that stands in your way. Also works with reverse pickpocketing into NPCs. ^^

Edit: It can get boring because you'll never see an alive enemy again. If you don't want to break the game, don't go over +600% of anything. And set the difficulty to master.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wobble73 on January 10, 2014, 05:36:02 am
Right now I be playing......

PS3 = Resident Evil 6, Batman Arkham Origins ( :yes: ), GTA V
Laptop = Half Life 2 (cos my Laptop is ****ty and won't let me play Diaspora  :( !) and various Facebook games :(
Smartphone = N.O.V.A. 3 ( :yes: ), The Dark Knight Rises (  :yes: ), Modern Combat 3 ( :yes: ), Gangstar 4: Las Vegas ( :yes: ) and dipping into a little GT Racing 2
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on January 11, 2014, 02:27:12 pm
If you want to break the game, try abusing potions of restoration, then smith better alchemy gear, brewing even more ridiculous potions. do that 5 times, brew some enchantment potions, take some more restoration potions and you'll be able to pull of things like +10000% enchantment to anything. Do that with stamina, life reg, magic res, feather, damage and stealth and you have effectively broken the game. Now the fun part: Give that godlike equiment to one of your most liked companions. And then just watch them obliterate anything that stands in your way. Also works with reverse pickpocketing into NPCs. ^^

Edit: It can get boring because you'll never see an alive enemy again. If you don't want to break the game, don't go over +600% of anything. And set the difficulty to master.

The unofficial patches prevent this.

I'm finding that - at level 27 - I have neglected my combat skills too much as even bears tend to give me some trouble at the moment.  I'm OK if I pull off sneak attacks with daggers, but otherwise I keep finding that I need to be much cleverer in combat than in previous TES games.

...then again, I haven't been able to abuse custom drain/absorb health and soul trap weapons as much, either.... Oblivion, you could throw a cheap Drain Health with Soultrap on anything and as long as the duration was about 5 seconds, you could stack successive hits.... meaning draining 500-600 health at a time from an enemy to kill them.

Smithing takes FOREVER to level.  Ugh.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sarkoth on January 12, 2014, 02:50:18 am
As for smithing, the easiest thing remains mass producing cheap items. Although I'd imagine the unofficial patches might have patched that out as well. All the more reasons for me to ignore them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on January 12, 2014, 09:37:22 am
Fallout: New Vegas for 360.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sarkoth on January 12, 2014, 09:41:20 am
Ok, still playing Freespace, done with Tides of Darkness, now going to give Macfie's rerelease of Incursion and Return to Sol a try.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 12, 2014, 04:31:50 pm
just started skyrim.  also just started the "i have no time for anything anymore" phase at work.  good planning.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on January 13, 2014, 03:15:55 pm
Antichamber
The hints in this game make me rethink life
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sarkoth on January 14, 2014, 01:32:24 pm
Antichamber
The hints in this game make me rethink life

Antichamber is great. I still haven't figured if I am done with the game or not though, because after getting the red gun, I was unable to get any further in the rooms that apparently weren't finished yet.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on January 14, 2014, 02:38:12 pm
I'm still trying to get the yellow one
I've literally been running around like a blind fool going "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM DOING"

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sarkoth on January 14, 2014, 03:03:18 pm
The map symbols are a huge help, showing you were there is still another route to be taken or puzzle to be solved. Also, don't expect physics to apply. Or logic. They don't. The only rule that always wins the day in Antichamber is: The rules you know from everyday life are all wrong. Try something ridiculous and completely random and there's a high chance you'll succeed. Walking backwards, walking sideways, going back around the corner you just came from and stuff like that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Husker on January 14, 2014, 11:25:01 pm
I'm guessing it was called antichamber for a reason.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on January 15, 2014, 09:18:52 pm
Path of Exile and Fallout: New Vegas.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on January 15, 2014, 09:52:56 pm
Other times, it's freaking hilarious when I manage to use Mavericks to destroy planes. (Yes, the imaging system recognizes aircraft as valid targets, and no, they don't deploy countermeasures.)

Fun fact; this was actually done to a helicopter in Gulf One.

Wasn't there a part when a Paveway launched from an F-15E managed to down a helo in a later operation? I have yet to pull that off.

Anywho, Kid Icarus Uprising and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 16, 2014, 03:07:54 pm
Witcher, I think I've gotten myself into a long haul experience.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sarkoth on January 17, 2014, 07:00:44 pm
Started to play Mount and Blade: Warband again. 30 hours later, Calradia is divided and still at war.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 17, 2014, 08:38:56 pm
Started to play Mount and Blade: Warband again. 30 hours later, Calradia is divided and still at war.

You have one option: take control of a side, and unify the land!
(Either start out on your own and capture stuff, or join a side and build up forces, find a claimant, start the revolution, dismiss the claimant, and go at it. When you eliminate the side you're rebelling against, you become the faction proper) But you'll have everybody gunning for you, and full armies taking your cities from you. So prepare well :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 19, 2014, 06:58:59 pm
Somebody introduced me to Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden.

I may never forgive them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on January 19, 2014, 10:11:24 pm
Finally decided to go ahead and try Kingdom Hearts, now that there's these new little bundle packs which means you don't have to buy eight games on five systems (numbers may be off a bit).

I believe I just finished the intro (yep, this is a Square Enix game alright, two hours to do the intro), and my main concern at this point is how long I'll be able to stomach having Donald and Goofy as partners.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 20, 2014, 12:46:36 pm
skyrim why u so buggy?  i've yet to play a session without a CTD.  also general NPC shenanigans.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on January 20, 2014, 02:08:04 pm
skyrim why u so buggy?  i've yet to play a session without a CTD.  also general NPC shenanigans.

Unofficial patches, my friend.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 20, 2014, 02:37:24 pm
have them.  i doubt they do anything for crashes though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on January 20, 2014, 06:25:21 pm
skyrim why u so buggy?  i've yet to play a session without a CTD.  also general NPC shenanigans.

That's odd. I only got issues with it when i (like a complete noob) installed a few G.E.M.S mods via NMM instead of the recommended way. Reinstall fixed the problem.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 20, 2014, 06:59:21 pm
RE: crashes. Are you using the SKSE? How are you running it? That's been the single biggest cause of crashes to me, until I installed it manually.

I just finished a playthrough of The Banner Sage. You guys, it's good. Imagine a cross between Oregon Trail, Fire Emblem, and Chess, and that's about where it is. Also amazing art style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3zmGw8kq2o <- TotalBiscuit video
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on January 20, 2014, 10:07:09 pm
have them.  i doubt they do anything for crashes though.
If installed properly, the unofficial patches remove a lot of crash problems. Using tools like BOSS to manage your load order (and find problematic mods) should take care of most of the remaining problems. Skyrim should crash only very rarely, unless you've done something weird to your install (or it just hates your system).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on January 21, 2014, 03:39:25 pm
STO. Dyson Sphere.

STO has not jumped the shark. They killed it. Bred a T-Rex, Cybernetically enhanced it with augmentations (for which it never asked), put a bunch of laser cannons on it and made it a group boss.

And its so gosh darn (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoshDangItToHeck) fun.

The entire Ground Zone feels so... organic. There is an element of randomness to it. The AI will actually try to take back lost territory. And there are neutral units that attack both you/your allies and the "Enemy" faction (which can work on the favor of either side.)

Did I mention that at the end of the ground sequence you fight not one, not two, but three Cyber-T-Rexes?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 23, 2014, 02:47:40 pm
Continuing the adventures of Geralt of Rivia, combat herbalist.

All I want to do it gather some white myrtle!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on January 23, 2014, 06:55:59 pm
Beat Fallout: New Vegas with the NCR ending.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on January 23, 2014, 07:25:41 pm
Back on Dawn of War: Soulstorm and kicking ass as the Adepta Sororitas
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kopachris on January 24, 2014, 02:38:12 am
Since the migration to my new SSD has royally screwed up any uPlay games to the point where I'll probably have to format and reinstall, I'm taking a break from Assassin's Creed II and am back on Shift 2.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 24, 2014, 08:43:53 am
Why: A Lovely Battuta!

(http://i.imgur.com/thCxGzC.jpg)

(play walb with me)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 24, 2014, 11:05:54 am
I've completely forgotten all my WALBattuta stuff. I'll have to work on it.

In other news, Aquanox and Aquanox 2 are on sale for a little over 2 bucks on GoG. Go get them so somebody is inspired to make Goober's SeaSick Mod a reality.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 24, 2014, 04:14:57 pm
WE: ALL LOVE BATTUTA

Hey I made a really ****ty impromptu video with my bad mic to show you how ****ING BADASS this game is so


transcript if you can't understand anything

Spoiler:
Hey you dumb nerds. My name's GENERAL BATTUTA. I am here to make a video for you about WARGAME AIR LAND BATTLE. *mic clips sexily*

Look at this ****LOAD OF PACT TANKS coming to **** ME UP. I'm playing West Germany. Best Germany. I'm with my friend. He's British. And in the game.

All right, we have to stop all these tanks from taking our command zone. I'm on the trial version of FRAPs so it's gonna cut every 30 seconds. This is what the game looks like from my omnipotent commander's eye view. Look at all that smoke. That's the Soviets. They're trying to confuse my elite tank crews.

We're bombing them. Look at all these bombs. That's our air power. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guG9cVs3ms4 But - it's not enough. There's just too many T-72s. How are we gonna stop them?

I'm probably gonna zoom in in a second here. Get to see the, uh, the tank's eye view as my Germans try to hold the line. Look at this ****. Look at all those ****ing tanks. We have the best tanks in the world - but they have the MOST!

And at this point in the game I'm just freaking the **** out. This zone I'm defending is the key. If we lose it, we lose everything. We lose our dignity. We lose our women. It's gonna be awful.

The Soviet tanks are just rolling in. They're coming in to these woods. These woods are gonna burn. There's smoke everywhere, there's fire, people are screaming. Look at this! The suffering! The humanity! All right, cut.

This, uh, this is one of my helicopter gunships. It got killed by a Tunguska. Helicopter gunships are supposed to take out large numbers of enemy tanks, but unfortunately for me our Communist adversary was just a little too clever. Now as you can see, most of these woods have burnt down and THERE - there is the KEY! Right there, where I just zoomed in, that's a T72 command vehicle. We have to kill it at all costs.

Now my British friend is gonna roll in some M1 Abrams. He's gonna try to help me out with his tanks. (That's where my tanks are hiding.) Here's his tanks. Oh, ****, what's that? An anti-tank missile? Boom! He's ****ed. That's the problem with expensive tanks...it only takes one good hit.

Okay, what are we gonna do about this. Look at this. It's a great game. You zoom in, it's beautiful. You zoom out, you have total control. You can see everything! Mortars dropping all over these guys. We gotta get through their front line and kill their command tank so we can get the zone back. It's a Hotel and they've checked in...but they won't check out.

So you see I've dropped a flare to indicate we've just got to kill that ****ing command tank. It's guarded by some Soviet infantry but I'm gonna kill it at any cost. How am I gonna do it? Well, I'm gonna get the best tank in the world, the Leopard 2A4, piloted by specimens of superior German perfection. I'm just gonna ****ing roll it up - there it is, there he goes! Is he gonna make it? He's not, this story has a sad ending, like Blue PlaAAHHHHH nope never mind he did it!

It's beautiful. Totally beautiful. He just got shot in the face but German armor is invincible. Why don't you just reverse out of there, bud? See, it's invincible, I told you.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on January 24, 2014, 04:23:43 pm
Hearing you speak was... interesting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on January 24, 2014, 04:26:51 pm
Battuta, you sound like a deranged psychopath. :nervous:

Ps: Cool voice. 7/10. Would record.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on January 24, 2014, 06:17:17 pm
Since I'm a total sucker in Wargame...Batutta, you need to do more commentaries like that  :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on January 24, 2014, 06:32:42 pm
WHAT IS HAPPENING WHY AM I DOWNLOADING LEAGUE
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 24, 2014, 08:09:59 pm
WALB, the battle your battle could smell like.

(http://www.socialstrategy1.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Old-Spice-Guy.jpg)

I'm on a Leo 2A4
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: VPR on January 25, 2014, 05:21:23 am
Just finished the Shadow Warrior remake which I picked up in the Steam sales over new year after seeing a few good reviews and it was surprisingly good. I expected it might become monotonous like Doom 3 did at first but Shadow Warrior seemed to do well avoiding this for the most part probably due to the level design which was pretty good throughout for a slash/shooter game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on January 26, 2014, 01:11:21 am
(http://i.imgur.com/NsB1gCT.jpg)
this happened in Civ5. I don't know what's going on. Someone help.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 26, 2014, 02:27:30 am
Yikes, Mamba, that looks bad. I haven't even installed my copy yet, so can't help you myself, but found a few threads that might:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1441239
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=479345
http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/125492/how-to-fix-civ-5-graphics
a youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XZ4gr-gRDM

Basically: Make sure your graphics card drivers are updated, poke the detail settings and stuff, see if anything gets you playing again, and try DX 9, 10, and 11 modes to see if any of them work better. Your graphics card may be overheating.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 26, 2014, 01:37:29 pm
2nd time i killed a dragon and didn't absorb its soul.   :banghead:

no, i don't have any mods other than the unofficial patches.  and high-res textures if that counts.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on January 26, 2014, 02:04:00 pm
That's happened to me in the 360 version as well...Though only once, and i wasn't the one to land the killing blow, and I had to go inside to reach the top of winterhold college (due to it being an inconsiderate asshole and dying out of arms reach)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on January 26, 2014, 02:59:31 pm
Yikes, Mamba, that looks bad. I haven't even installed my copy yet, so can't help you myself, but found a few threads that might:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1441239
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=479345
http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/125492/how-to-fix-civ-5-graphics
a youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XZ4gr-gRDM

Basically: Make sure your graphics card drivers are updated, poke the detail settings and stuff, see if anything gets you playing again, and try DX 9, 10, and 11 modes to see if any of them work better. Your graphics card may be overheating.
Turning off R.E.D. seemed to fix the problem. I've never had a problem with R.E.D. until now. I think it's because this is a huge archipilago map and I have like a MILLION ****ing battleships. And destroyers.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sarkoth on January 26, 2014, 04:27:08 pm
Have been playing the Rust Early Acces on Steam for the last couple of days. I love this game. If Don't Starve, Minecraft and DayZ would have married (that makes three, yes, what a marriage that would be!) into a Multiplayer only game, Rust would be the result. It is awesome. Alpha version, yes, but extremely awesome.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 26, 2014, 07:08:04 pm
Totes playin some vintage W:EE

edit>>while listening to sweet 80s tracks.


Who wants to rule the world?  My ****ing SHTURM-Ss that's who.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on January 27, 2014, 02:57:05 am
A bit of IL-1946 with the HSFX mod and the MTO dynamic campaign (First Maltese Blitz is MAD).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: EuclidianGeometry on January 27, 2014, 03:04:40 am
Just started on World of Tanks. 3 kills with Leichtraktor.

Aw yissss
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on January 27, 2014, 11:16:51 am
Any idea what tank line you're going to go down?  Also, we have a thread here for fellow HLP-ers who tank.

Protip: U.S. heavy line gets brutally trolly at tier 7 and 8 thanks to nigh-impenetrable front mantlets.  Not much else in the game is tough enough to stop a direct hit from a 152mm APCR round.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 28, 2014, 10:45:44 am
(http://i.imgur.com/D2552Aa.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 28, 2014, 10:54:40 am
that's a lot of iskies
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on January 28, 2014, 11:11:20 am
Wtf is that?^^
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 28, 2014, 11:52:27 am
Wtf is that?^^

B-R, EVE Online. Titans died everywhere. It was glorious.

The smallest visible ships in that are dreadnaught-class.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on January 29, 2014, 09:11:00 am
Bought my cousin StarCraft II for his birthday. We're going to be playing this bad boy soon enough.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 29, 2014, 09:28:23 am
Wtf is that?^^

B-R, EVE Online. Titans died everywhere. It was glorious.

The smallest visible ships in that are dreadnaught-class.

The good guys won
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 29, 2014, 10:09:36 am
There are always, and only, bad people. But some of them are good posters. The forces of goodposting won.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: EuclidianGeometry on January 29, 2014, 10:23:43 am
Any idea what tank line you're going to go down?  Also, we have a thread here for fellow HLP-ers who tank.

Protip: U.S. heavy line gets brutally trolly at tier 7 and 8 thanks to nigh-impenetrable front mantlets.  Not much else in the game is tough enough to stop a direct hit from a 152mm APCR round.

Germany i think, but that may change. Still trying to get the hang of it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 29, 2014, 01:01:23 pm
NPCs in skyrim are really starting to annoy me.  my follower keeps getting into fights with quest-releated NPCs.  and yesterday i ended up in a fight with one of them because he jumped in the way of a shout.  i would love to get rid of my follower, but i find her quite necessary to help deal with the insane difficulty spikes as well as carry things.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on January 30, 2014, 10:57:03 pm
Beat Kingdom Hearts, moving on to Chain of Memories.

Apparently there's a second story after you beat Sora's game, so that means I'm nearly at the halfway mark.

Whoever had the idea of card-based battle systems needs to be banned from ever working on video games ever again. This isn't too bad in that the randomness factor is almost not there, but limiting the actions I can take in a real-time battle to a fixed set that must be recharged is a STUPID design decision, IMO.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 30, 2014, 11:16:44 pm
Slowly poking my nose into W:ALB

I'm only Lvl 2 so my access to all the hardware at the moment is still locked but I've put together a preliminary decks for PACT and NATO.  I based it on my EE experience as well as some info I gleaned from a WALB specific guide.

(http://i59.tinypic.com/111s2du.png)

(http://i58.tinypic.com/ajt7kl.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on January 30, 2014, 11:41:33 pm
NPCs in skyrim are really starting to annoy me.  my follower keeps getting into fights with quest-releated NPCs.  and yesterday i ended up in a fight with one of them because he jumped in the way of a shout.  i would love to get rid of my follower, but i find her quite necessary to help deal with the insane difficulty spikes as well as carry things.

Followers are for the weak ;)

I know what you mean about the odd difficulty spikes, but I've avoided followers generally and managed to deal with everything that's come my way.  Mostly through stealth, which followers significantly impede.

The weight limit is generally overcome by hoarding only expensive items and regular fast-travel.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on January 30, 2014, 11:54:16 pm
Finally wrapping up the singleplayer of Retrovirus.  What sucks is that multi looks pretty dead. :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 31, 2014, 12:03:08 am
Slowly poking my nose into W:ALB

I'm only Lvl 2 so my access to all the hardware at the moment is still locked but I've put together a preliminary decks for PACT and NATO.  I based it on my EE experience as well as some info I gleaned from a WALB specific guide.

(http://i59.tinypic.com/111s2du.png)

(http://i58.tinypic.com/ajt7kl.png)

I believe in WALB all units are unlocked from the start, no unlocks like in W:EE. Those decks are actually legit solid, though I'd probably cut to get some cheaper recon, and you want to have more quality heliborne infantry for the opening land grab in both factions. It's probably also worth cutting your base Tunguskas for the high-end variants.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Phantom Hoover on January 31, 2014, 08:06:42 am
NPCs in skyrim are really starting to annoy me.  my follower keeps getting into fights with quest-releated NPCs.  and yesterday i ended up in a fight with one of them because he jumped in the way of a shout.  i would love to get rid of my follower, but i find her quite necessary to help deal with the insane difficulty spikes as well as carry things.

Followers are for the weak ;)

I know what you mean about the odd difficulty spikes, but I've avoided followers generally and managed to deal with everything that's come my way.  Mostly through stealth, which followers significantly impede.

The weight limit is generally overcome by hoarding only expensive items and regular fast-travel.

dremora butler, man

dremora butler
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 31, 2014, 08:43:14 am
Stuff

I believe in WALB all units are unlocked from the start, no unlocks like in W:EE. Those decks are actually legit solid, though I'd probably cut to get some cheaper recon, and you want to have more quality heliborne infantry for the opening land grab in both factions. It's probably also worth cutting your base Tunguskas for the high-end variants.

Okay, so I noticed all the missing hardware are "prototypes" so no Mig-29Ms, Kpz 70s, T-80Us, etc.  Sounds like I have a settings issue I need to change? 

No Recce Jeeps?  My thinking was moving around heliborne infantry becomes prohibitive once OpFor establishes their IADs, whereas some cheapo jeeps are a little more flexible?

(I noticed some of the recce infantry are essentially a sniper team, I don't suppose they could assassinate unarmored CVs from afar because that would be a hoot)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 31, 2014, 08:51:42 am
I don't think snipers will be able to take out unarmored CVs from afar, alas. I think you should always have access to cheap recon infantry so that you can throw out pickets in woods across the front line and down your MSR. Your recces in Kasatkas are great but the transports make them too expensive to call in in bulk.

To unlock the prototype units you need to select a deck restriction - USSR only, Sweden only, that kind of thing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 31, 2014, 10:40:18 am
Oh

woops

I didn't notice how expensive the little Kamovs are, just saw the option to ride my Spetnaz in contra rotor Helixs and went squee. I'll swap then into Hinds or Mi-17s. 

So only prototypes for nation specific?  So I need to say forgo MANPADS for KPZ-70s and Leo 1A5s...

Balls
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 01, 2014, 01:38:10 am
ancient dragons.  **** those bastards.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on February 01, 2014, 02:58:32 am
I should probably stop playing Dota 2. At the beginning I was quite a gentle guy, like "Could you not rush alone? You are pointlessly getting yourself killed". I am not this way anymore. Not at all.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on February 01, 2014, 03:24:28 am
I think that game--hell, the entire genre--winds up having a toxic effect on anything it touches.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Piemanlives on February 01, 2014, 05:23:14 am
I like playing DOTA style games, but I hate playing with randoms, so I avoid doing so when possible.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on February 01, 2014, 08:15:32 am
Oh

woops

I didn't notice how expensive the little Kamovs are, just saw the option to ride my Spetnaz in contra rotor Helixs and went squee. I'll swap then into Hinds or Mi-17s. 

So only prototypes for nation specific?  So I need to say forgo MANPADS for KPZ-70s and Leo 1A5s...

Balls

West Germany is actually a pretty solid nation-specific restriction. You lose access to USA's boondoggles and some of the superb French infantry, but you have the Marder Roland (which is superb AA), the Leopard 1A5, the Leopard 2A4 King of Tanks That Aren't T-80s, and quality infantry like Jagdkommandos and Jagers.

I think the only thing that REALLY hurts is that West Germany doesn't have any flame or napalm.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 01, 2014, 03:06:58 pm
Yep I put together a Bundeswehr Deck and they are pretty solid.  So far I've been cutting my teeth on the skirmish mode and it pretty fun.  Mouse navigation around the map is a little sloppy compared to EE and maintaining logistics quite a bit tougher but overall I'm really liking it so far.  The Urban Warfare mechanics and Air Power really add some great elements to the game.

Granted you don't really notice it as much during battle but the stuff going on on the ground is pretty amazing.  EE was very pretty but I happened to zoom in on a Huey zapping some BRDM with its door gun and the tracers were literally ricocheting all over the place just like in real life.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hades on February 01, 2014, 03:36:31 pm
I should probably stop playing Dota 2. At the beginning I was quite a gentle guy, like "Could you not rush alone? You are pointlessly getting yourself killed". I am not this way anymore. Not at all.
I've said before that DOTA 2 could turn the nicest person into a god damned demon.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on February 01, 2014, 10:03:05 pm
Yep I put together a Bundeswehr Deck and they are pretty solid.  So far I've been cutting my teeth on the skirmish mode and it pretty fun.  Mouse navigation around the map is a little sloppy compared to EE and maintaining logistics quite a bit tougher but overall I'm really liking it so far.  The Urban Warfare mechanics and Air Power really add some great elements to the game.

Granted you don't really notice it as much during battle but the stuff going on on the ground is pretty amazing.  EE was very pretty but I happened to zoom in on a Huey zapping some BRDM with its door gun and the tracers were literally ricocheting all over the place just like in real life.

They recently nerfed logistics drastically - each individual truck carries much less supply - in an effort to get people to use FOBs. Unfortunately FOBs remain too heavy an investment and the meta is now simply 'you have fewer supplies'.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 02, 2014, 11:19:19 pm
Yeah in EE four HEMTTs was enough to pretty much get my main battle force into position and through one major fracas.  Doesn't seam like its enough to keep a town full of Jagers and Milan F2s through one firefight now.  Not to mention the AI at least seems to prioritize killing off my logistics with rabid zeal.  The FOBs seem to stock allot more supplies though, but actually running a successful supply train from one is taxing, I might actually have to try control grouping logistics of all things.  I think I also need to up the number of infantry on my decks to keep the urban strong points garrisoned. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 05, 2014, 04:44:41 pm
Okay still fooling around in skirmish mode and building decks.  Just started figuring out how much better chaining commands and hot keys are much easier then the silly microing I used to do.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 05, 2014, 06:46:13 pm
ffs.  you get to the point in skyrim where you think you're invincible (even though i've done very little in the plotline - god DAMN i did not expect that much side-questing), and then you wander into a den of mages and three shocks later you're dead.  even though i'm at 94 destruction and MY shocks knock of maybe 5-10% of their health.  i suspect there are undisclosed game mechanics ****ing with me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mito [PL] on February 06, 2014, 04:24:41 am
Chrome. I have some fun playing old games :ick:.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on February 06, 2014, 03:01:33 pm
ffs.  you get to the point in skyrim where you think you're invincible (even though i've done very little in the plotline - god DAMN i did not expect that much side-questing), and then you wander into a den of mages and three shocks later you're dead.  even though i'm at 94 destruction and MY shocks knock of maybe 5-10% of their health.  i suspect there are undisclosed game mechanics ****ing with me.

Resist magic and spell absorption are your friend =)

I actually just had to up the difficulty for my Ryne character because I'm at level 51 and very little was posing much of a challenge any longer... though the enchanted dragonscale armour and dragonbone weapons had a little to do with that - and my resist magicka is now so high, coupled with the spell absorption from the atronach stone and Alteration of 100, that only physical attacks are really of any concern.  Once you reach 100 Smithing and 100 Enchanting, even without abusing alchemy much, you are very difficult to kill and have an unlimited source of income (take iron dagger, enchant with banish and paralyze on petty soul gem purchased from court mages, makes 1000s of gold in profit).

Though, like you, I've done very little of the main quest - I'm only on Diplomatic Immunity.  There is SO much to do in this game.

As for the game mechanics, spells do not level up with your skills - skill only reduces cost, not power of spells.  Destruction in particular requires perks and the highest level spells to be of any use.  I pretty much abandoned destruction magic by level 15 as a result.  Also, the dual wielding perk is mandatory for destruction in order to get the stunlock effect.  See here: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Destruction
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nakura on February 06, 2014, 09:45:29 pm
StarCraft 2 and Sub Command.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on February 06, 2014, 11:25:13 pm
BF4 and FS2

Started getting back into FS once I saw the 2014 mediavps were out. Been away too long. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on February 07, 2014, 04:51:20 am
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

Oh, how I missed nuking enemy planets... purging rebel scum will prove entertaining, I am certain.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on February 07, 2014, 06:40:22 pm
(http://imgur.com/GcGSkic.jpg)
**** dude I wish my hair could do that
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 07, 2014, 08:06:47 pm
HLPX-COM will resume this weekend.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mobius on February 08, 2014, 06:29:28 am
Crash Bandicoot 1. Good ol' games. :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 11, 2014, 04:08:18 pm
CV90s are pretty boss.  My Strv 103s were a little banged up and low on ammo from blunting a PACT offensive push and all I had to counter attack with were two fresh platoons of IFVs with riflemen.  So I let the CV90s off the leash and conducted some maneuver warfare.  Those 40mm Bofors rip **** up, anything lighter then an MBT is going to get turned into pulled pork.   

If they keep Sweden in the mix I hope they give us Strv 122s in Dragon Rising.  Swede Leos and CV90s would be epic.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on February 11, 2014, 05:30:59 pm
Currently playing a mix of flight simulators. Il2 1946 with the Dark Blue World mod (plus the "New TFM" mod on top of that, so I can have more campaigns), and the venerable Rowan's Battle for Britian 2: Wings of Victory. With the BDG patches, off-course.

BOB2 is suprisingly fun. It puts you in the seat of the commander of either side of the Battle of Britian, letting you plan missions, and then gives you the option to jump into the fighter seat whenever you want. Great fun that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on February 11, 2014, 06:00:05 pm
Dishonored. Haven't killed anyone yet.
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Post by: General Battuta on February 11, 2014, 10:08:20 pm
CV90s are pretty boss.  My Strv 103s were a little banged up and low on ammo from blunting a PACT offensive push and all I had to counter attack with were two fresh platoons of IFVs with riflemen.  So I let the CV90s off the leash and conducted some maneuver warfare.  Those 40mm Bofors rip **** up, anything lighter then an MBT is going to get turned into pulled pork.   

If they keep Sweden in the mix I hope they give us Strv 122s in Dragon Rising.  Swede Leos and CV90s would be epic.

Autocannon-armed IFVs are the ****. They had to nerf the LAV-25 because the Bushmaster was such a monster.
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Post by: StarSlayer on February 11, 2014, 11:28:53 pm
Yeah so long as they've got soft targets to shoot at they've been pretty boss. I do wish there was a way to lock multiple units into a nice spread formation.  Having to micro keeping the armored recon up front followed by my expensive MBTs and the AA hanging back can be a pain.   


Well, that and a Mehrzweckwaffe 1 for my Tornado IDS.
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Post by: Lorric on February 11, 2014, 11:58:49 pm
I very recently bought Gran Turismo 5 for just £5.

My B-Spec driver just won an exciting race by 81 hundredths of a second, making the pass right on the line. :)

These B-Spec drivers have been very much maligned from what I've read, but they've been doing great for me.

Loving the game. Might be one of my best ever value buys.

The B-Spec mode has been a very pleasant surprise, my drivers are competant, and I've been enjoying rooting for them rather than sitting there bored or frustrated by them.
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Post by: crizza on February 12, 2014, 02:15:02 pm
Finally managed to install Kane's Wrath...went just fine after I leaned the disc^^
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 12, 2014, 07:22:12 pm
Yeah so long as they've got soft targets to shoot at they've been pretty boss.

Do not underestimate the ability of autocannon to suppress, and even scratch-to-death, MBTs. There are hundreds of very unhappy T-55s out there who ran into my LAVs/Bradleys.
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Post by: StarSlayer on February 12, 2014, 07:30:59 pm
No kidding, I've been watching some playthroughs on the Tube today and witnessed a platoon of T80Us poke their noses over a hill into a mess of IFVs and AAA.

Holy ****.  That was the fastest 680 points I've every seen, close in KE is nothing to joke about.
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Post by: General Battuta on February 12, 2014, 10:18:18 pm
Yes, KE damage scales with range so up close autocannon vehicles will chew apart tanks.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on February 13, 2014, 09:38:11 am
Fellow Skyrim players, have you guys tried out the SkyUI interface upgrade?  If not, check it it out - it massively fixes the user interfaces for the inventory and magic menus, and adds grouping features to the Favorites (meaning one button can equip both hands, armour, spells, and shouts at once without fiddling around).
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on February 13, 2014, 11:49:06 am
People play Skyrim without SkyUI?
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Post by: MP-Ryan on February 13, 2014, 11:52:03 am
People play Skyrim without SkyUI?

Errrrr

/me slinks off shamefully

While I'm asking, any other essential mods other than the USEPs?
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 13, 2014, 01:38:52 pm
While I'm asking, any other essential mods other than the USEPs?
...USEPs? Do you mean the Unofficial Patches? I've never seen that acronym before (and I can't imagine what that "E" is supposed to stand for...).

But actually, aside from SkyUI and the Unofficial Patches, I wouldn't call any other mods "essential" for Skyrim, in a nice change of pace from Morrowind and Oblivion. There are plenty of interesting mods, but whether or not you want them depends entirely on your personal preferences.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on February 13, 2014, 02:01:38 pm
That should have been UESPs, which stand for Unofficial Elder Scrolls Patches, a leftover naming convention from Oblivion.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 13, 2014, 02:24:31 pm
That should have been UESPs, which stand for Unofficial Elder Scrolls Patches, a leftover naming convention from Oblivion.
UESP almost always refers to the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (http://uesp.net/wiki/Main_Page), a wiki for the series; making it also refer to Unofficial Patches is just confusing. The preferred acronym is "USKP" for Unofficial SKyrim Patch(es) (as used by the USKP team themselves).
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Post by: An4ximandros on February 13, 2014, 02:59:11 pm
Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion.

Yo dawg, I heard you like fighters, so we put fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with 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fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters so you can fend off hordes of fighters while the Advent spam more fighters. :mad: :banghead:
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Post by: Husker on February 13, 2014, 05:10:26 pm
Well, I've finally gotten around to buying a PS3 and I'm going to start playing Gran Turismo 5 soon. Hope to have the Mass Effect Trilogy soon as well.

Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion.

Yo dawg, I heard you like fighters, so we put fighters with fighters *massive snip* with fighters with fighters with fighters with fighters  so you can fend off hordes of fighters while the Advent spam more fighters. :mad: :banghead:
Annoyed much?
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Post by: Hobbie on February 13, 2014, 05:21:08 pm
Finished Dishonored. Still haven't killed anyone yet. Somehow managed to Ghost the final mission.
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Post by: Lorric on February 13, 2014, 05:26:00 pm
Well, I've finally gotten around to buying a PS3 and I'm going to start playing Gran Turismo 5 soon.
Right now I'm cleaning and tidying, and my B-Spec drivers are winning me cash and cars. :D
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Post by: Kolgena on February 13, 2014, 07:24:13 pm
Finished Dishonored. Still haven't killed anyone yet. Somehow managed to Ghost the final mission.

Now go through it again and play it like you're Neo from the Matrix. It's insane how overpowered you are with blink. Blink here, blink there, blink blink everywhere.


I've been enjoying hitman absolution. I'm actually finding it quite challenging, which is a good thing. Much harder than any of the splinter cells, but lots of that is how hard it is to learn a map when you can't afford to be discovered. Second playthrough will probably be breezy.
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Post by: Hobbie on February 13, 2014, 08:51:34 pm
Now go through it again and play it like you're Neo from the Matrix. It's insane how overpowered you are with blink. Blink here, blink there, blink blink everywhere.

I think next time will be my Corvo Attano, The Loudest Man In Dunwall playthrough.

Rules: Duel everyone you see with only swords, and always announce your presence in some flashy way, such as blowing up whale oil containers or firing your pistol into the air. No magic allowed except for Bend Time (to dispose of grenades and bullets more easily to keep the fight fair) or Blink (to separate guards from the pack or troll them).

Turning Dishonored into a swashbuckler game, one kill at a time.
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Post by: crizza on February 14, 2014, 07:56:59 am
World of tanks...
The new battle mode Confrontation is not that good.
Every battle against the french results in pairs of french tanks forming autoloader deathtraps. Once you're hit the first time you can as well quit the battle.
Other than that, I'm on the second german TD line. A tier 8 gun in a tier 5 TD?
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Post by: General Battuta on February 14, 2014, 08:46:10 am
We had a big HLP WALB session last night, including (mostly) great victories. If you want to join in then hang out on #bp.
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Post by: StarSlayer on February 14, 2014, 09:04:31 am
We had a big HLP WALB session last night, including (mostly) great victories. If you want to join in then hang out on #bp.

/me files that info away
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on February 14, 2014, 01:52:10 pm
I'd love to play with you guys but I'm absolutely abysmal at that game. :p
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Post by: General Battuta on February 14, 2014, 01:57:08 pm
It's okay, we've been doing makeshift tutorials (except, er, that one game). The big problem has been com discipline more than player performance  :nervous:
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Post by: Scotty on February 14, 2014, 02:25:15 pm
I'd hop in if I had WALB.  I've just got EE.  With the new one coming out so soon, I think I'll save my money.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 14, 2014, 02:41:47 pm
I'd love to play with you guys but I'm absolutely abysmal at that game. :p
It's a really great way to learn! I'd never even played WALB before, tried a couple of the tutorial missions while waiting for the next multiplayer game to start, and when it did, Battuta just dispensed constant, useful advice. When I went back and replayed the tutorial mission that was kicking my ass, I aced it. The game seems overwhelming at first, but it's really not that hard to learn.
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Post by: Mobius on February 14, 2014, 02:49:41 pm
Crash Bandicoot 2.  ;)
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Post by: General Battuta on February 14, 2014, 02:50:26 pm
I'd love to play with you guys but I'm absolutely abysmal at that game. :p
It's a really great way to learn! I'd never even played WALB before, tried a couple of the tutorial missions while waiting for the next multiplayer game to start, and when it did, Battuta just dispensed constant, useful advice. When I went back and replayed the tutorial mission that was kicking my ass, I aced it. The game seems overwhelming at first, but it's really not that hard to learn.

Constant, useful STARSHIPS
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 14, 2014, 03:03:06 pm
Constant, useful STARSHIPS
WERE MEANT TO FLYYYYYYYYYY (http://vimeo.com/46927209)
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Post by: MP-Ryan on February 14, 2014, 03:43:28 pm
Constant, useful STARSHIPS
WERE MEANT TO FLYYYYYYYYYY (http://vimeo.com/46927209)

Kill her him it RALWOOD FOR LINKING IT! with fire for linking Nicki Minaj.

Actually, that clip is pretty good.  Almost makes the song forgiveable.
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Post by: General Battuta on February 14, 2014, 03:44:32 pm
That video's legit really good though
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 14, 2014, 03:50:08 pm
I'd love to play with you guys but I'm absolutely abysmal at that game. :p

We can be bad together!
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Post by: MP-Ryan on February 14, 2014, 03:57:10 pm
That video's legit really good though

I know, I actually posted it on twitter right after I razzed Ralwood
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Post by: Mito [PL] on February 14, 2014, 04:24:23 pm
Constant, useful STARSHIPS
...
WERE MEANT TO FLYYYYYYYYYY (http://vimeo.com/46927209)
I think few shots of Stargate Universe would be a cherry on a cake thing in this movie.  And...

I can't see Freespace there :(. Why isn't Freespace there The Freespace should be there and if Freespace isn't there then where is Freespece it's not there i'm sure not there :banghead: *

*Movie about starship posted on FS themed forum NOT containing FS? wat
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 15, 2014, 12:26:32 am
WERE MEANT TO FLYYYYYYYYYY (http://vimeo.com/46927209)

You are a wonderful human being, as is the creator of that video.

Minaj is still an atrocity, but that's one song redeemed.
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Post by: headdie on February 15, 2014, 04:52:58 am
awesome vid

also playing too much hearthstone at the moment
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Post by: General Battuta on February 15, 2014, 08:03:21 am
Continued experimental observation confirms that the Starship is the greatest tank ever made, the Skyhawk with Zunis is the greatest CAS aircraft ever built, MageKing has a weird gift for driving Leopard blobs into the enemy spawn, and Aesaar is a saint about his tanks getting cluster bombed.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 15, 2014, 09:26:34 am
wat
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Post by: StarSlayer on February 15, 2014, 10:01:41 am
I want a Sky Raider!

(http://www.vg-photo.com/attack/a1/a1-2.jpg)
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Post by: Hades on February 15, 2014, 10:52:13 am
wat
Wargame: Airland Battle. The 'Starship' tank is the M60A2 armed with a 152mm main gun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 15, 2014, 11:22:48 am
I'm pretty sure he knows what a Starship is, I think its more to do with the fact that they typically are considered absolute pants.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 15, 2014, 11:32:01 am
I'm pretty sure he knows what a Starship is, I think its more to do with the fact that they typically are considered absolute pants.
The thing about WALB is that really ****ty units are still great if they're cheap and can be built in mass quantities (as the famous quote says, "quantity provides a quality all its own").

MageKing has a weird gift for driving Leopard blobs into the enemy spawn
It just kept happening on its own! I have to advance somewhere, and the best place to advance just kept being along the line of the enemy's advance towards my area, which inevitably resulted in driving right into their initial staging area. :nervous:

It worked pretty well, until the "enemy spawn" was that stupid tunnel right into Foxtrot...

/me tries to avoid having PTSD-like flashbacks to the killing field at Foxtrot

Every... single... tank... in my deck... all gone...

...but we still won 600 to 0!
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Post by: General Battuta on February 15, 2014, 12:55:29 pm
The Starship is a brilliant tank for all the reasons it's not a good Tank, and the Skyhawk with Zunis is brilliant because the game thinks it's really, really easy to put new rocket pods on its wings and send it back out (this may actually be true).
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 15, 2014, 02:14:50 pm
The Starship is a brilliant tank for all the reasons it's not a good Tank, and the Skyhawk with Zunis is brilliant because the game thinks it's really, really easy to put new rocket pods on its wings and send it back out (this may actually be true).

IIRC it is, but rocket pods were so bad I can't see that being adequate compensation.

As for the Starship, it's saving grace is it's a missile tank. On the other hand, it has awful awful missiles.
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Post by: General Battuta on February 15, 2014, 02:22:39 pm
I just turn the Shillelagh off. Really what I adore about it is that it has a main gun (bad, but it's there) and an autocannon (!) which it can fire at helicopters (!!) and on the move (!!!) which makes it an excellent, excellent cheap close-defense unit in forests, towns, and near ridgelines. For 45 points!

It's not for being a Leopard 2A4 but that's what we have Leopard 2A4s for.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 15, 2014, 02:57:07 pm
Having just subjected the Zuni to empirical test, I take back everything bad I ever said about.

Although once somebody realizes what you're doing and brings in interceptors or AA up front, you go down hard.
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Post by: General Battuta on February 15, 2014, 03:02:37 pm
That is 100% true, but the Skyhawk is so cheap, you can get so many of them, and it is so close to impossible to shoot it down before it fires that it actually works out as one of the best 'remove this area' CAS options in the game. It'll take out an anti-air unit in woods, macerate a column of APCs, clear out infantry in light cover, stun heavy armor, and (if, as a bonus, it gets out) be ready to do it again in ~10 seconds.

The SK-60 is also hilarious in this role, though more of an AoE option and less good at stunning armor.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 15, 2014, 03:19:04 pm
They also make hilarious traps. For thirty/forty points you can cause your opponent to reveal his AA for immediate destruction with mortars or other aircraft, or run his 130-point MiG directly into a concealed Hawk battery.
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Post by: Nakura on February 15, 2014, 05:40:46 pm
Tales of Vesperia and Catherine.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on February 15, 2014, 08:16:28 pm
Gundam Extreme Vs Full Boost


What is annoying is the damned time limit it seems that fighting games are required by law to have, which in some missions makes me feel like I'm just rushing, rushing, rushing, no time to actually enjoy the fight. Why do you only give me 3 minutes to kill 17 enemies, game?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 15, 2014, 09:54:32 pm
I just spent about ten minutes in an extended Bristol 146 dogfight with my wife in World of Warplanes.

I then officially lost my damn mind and proceeded to write a short story that uses a mock dogfight as an extended metaphor for a couple dancing and serves as the starting point for their relationship. This can't possibly end well.
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Post by: Scotty on February 15, 2014, 11:49:07 pm
Since I don't have WALB, playing WEE to get at least a vague idea of how to do things.  I imagine having at least a passing familiarity with interface and unit strengths/weaknesses would be a good idea.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 16, 2014, 10:33:07 am
They're very similar, so no, it's not bad idea.
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Post by: General Battuta on February 16, 2014, 11:59:45 am
(http://i.imgur.com/hEcy7DB.gif)
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 16, 2014, 09:19:34 pm
(http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/3298062395377932819/910E3762E9B4306C1BCF29DBB7CC1AAF49596CA1/)

Talk nice about Heinemann's Hotrod.
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Post by: General Battuta on February 16, 2014, 09:34:03 pm
(http://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/emot-911.gif) (http://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/emot-911.gif) (http://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/emot-911.gif) (http://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/emot-911.gif) (http://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/emot-911.gif)
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Post by: StarSlayer on February 16, 2014, 10:44:08 pm
Cat B US Marines are pretty hilarious. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8m5wvhkEGY)  You miss out some of the fancy late 80s tech but sooo much elite of everything.  Three Phantoms worth of Napalm!  Enough Prowlers to suppress every piece of AA! Zuni all the things!  Twenty two units of Heliborne Marines!

(http://i62.tinypic.com/zvdlkn.png)
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Post by: General Battuta on February 16, 2014, 10:52:55 pm
If you can get Chaps in there and drop something for another card of command vehicles you would have a really strong deck. Maybe trade one slot of Seacobras for Heavy Hogs? Also I'm not a big believer in Tomcats these days so MORE SKYHAWK.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 17, 2014, 12:05:23 am
it's hard to imagine what stock skyrim is like if what i'm playing now is the 'fixed' version.
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Post by: Dragon on February 17, 2014, 01:34:13 am
Finished Oblivion, will start Skyrim after the exams. Would you believe I actually went through the entire TES series in order, starting with Arena? :) It was a bit tedious, though, seeing there wasn't really that much to do. I found Dagerfall really awesome, kind of wishing they kept it's complexity in the later titles. Morrowind was fine, though smaller in scale, it made it up with originality. As for Oblivion, I found it fun, but a bit simplistic after Daggerfall and Morrowind.
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Post by: StarSlayer on February 17, 2014, 08:01:35 am
If you can get Chaps in there and drop something for another card of command vehicles you would have a really strong deck. Maybe trade one slot of Seacobras for Heavy Hogs? Also I'm not a big believer in Tomcats these days so MORE SKYHAWK.

Unfortunately no Chaps or Hogs only Hawks and Cobras are available.  With nothing but Hawks I need something that can tangle with OpFor jets so I'm hesitant to drop the Cat.  I'll look into the CV thing, though I think the only other option are Jeeps.  I hate Jeep CVs, even back in EE you hock a loogie in one's general direction and it blows to hell.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on February 17, 2014, 09:10:02 am
Finished Oblivion, will start Skyrim after the exams. Would you believe I actually went through the entire TES series in order, starting with Arena? :) It was a bit tedious, though, seeing there wasn't really that much to do. I found Dagerfall really awesome, kind of wishing they kept it's complexity in the later titles. Morrowind was fine, though smaller in scale, it made it up with originality. As for Oblivion, I found it fun, but a bit simplistic after Daggerfall and Morrowind.

Where did you find Daggerfall?  Arena was such a pain that I abandoned my attempts to run it, but I've always been interested in Daggerfall.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on February 17, 2014, 10:14:07 am
Daggerfall's been freeware for a few years now.

Here.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/daggerfall/ (http://www.elderscrolls.com/daggerfall/)
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Post by: Scotty on February 17, 2014, 01:51:31 pm
Broke down, got WALB.  Time to get curbstomped against a real player. :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on February 17, 2014, 09:38:55 pm
Daggerfall's been freeware for a few years now.

Here.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/daggerfall/ (http://www.elderscrolls.com/daggerfall/)

Guess I hadn't looked in a while.  Alas, DOSBox config required.  Not sure I'm ready for the exercise that is going to be.

edit:  http://theelderscrolls.wiwiland.net/?title=Daggerfall_:_DaggerfallSetup_EN  Pre-patched and pre-configured.  Download, install, play.  Someone bless the author of that installer.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on February 23, 2014, 09:03:59 am
Giving Hawken a spin...
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Post by: LHN91 on February 24, 2014, 10:11:07 am
Remember Me. I'm about halfway through.

It's... flawed. Gameplay is average, but the story is interesting enough to keep me engaged, and it looks bloody gorgeous.

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Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 24, 2014, 12:05:59 pm
after googling and console-commanding my way past game-breaking bugs, finally moving forward again in skyrim.  that'll teach me to explore around instead of sticking straight to the main quest again.  :banghead:

still one side-quest bug unresolved, and it still really bothers me because i'm the type that has to complete ALL the things.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 24, 2014, 01:54:21 pm
Ah, the console command, defeater of more bugs than the Dragonborn.

Let me tell you about one time an ice wraith got stuck under the ground while my two (quest required) followers waltzed around on the surface. Had to use Aura Whisper and then click around in console view to select it before sending a kill command. Fun times.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 24, 2014, 05:47:41 pm
More WALB

CQC MG3

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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: DireWolf on February 24, 2014, 08:48:08 pm
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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on February 24, 2014, 10:08:47 pm
RIP Digrat :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on February 26, 2014, 03:51:52 pm
No one playing Hawken?  :nervous:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 26, 2014, 04:13:12 pm
I played it for a while back some months ago.  Its fun and I really enjoyed the mobility of its meta.  The Bruiser and Infiltrator where my favorite platforms.  That said like most real multi only games I typically just play them till I hone my edge then take a break for a while.  I'll get back into it at some point but for now I'm focused on WALB.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 27, 2014, 03:48:38 am
No one playing Hawken?  :nervous:

I'm going to try it this weekend, but.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on February 27, 2014, 04:19:44 pm
I'm still bouncing between Starbound, GTA V, Warframe, L4D2, and now Terraria (1.2.3.1 is out)
Oh and Planetside 2 as well as Space Engineers
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on February 27, 2014, 05:10:15 pm
Got starbound, and I'm really liking it so far.  It's like Terraria, except (generally) streamlined and with better controls. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BritishShivans on February 27, 2014, 06:45:06 pm
Starbound is pretty awesome in regards to controls. Much easier to get used to again after not playing for a while.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on February 28, 2014, 05:48:02 am
Got starbound, and I'm really liking it so far.  It's like Terraria, except (generally) streamlined and with better controls. 

WRONG

It's like Terraria in spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

But yeah I clocked ridiculous amounts of time into Starbound. When I start playing it, I don't stop until at least another 100 hours gets clocked
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 28, 2014, 11:58:37 am
I have also been putting a ridiculous amount of time into Starbound. My current character just unlocked Tier 9 materials, which is the farthest I've ever bothered to progress before.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 01, 2014, 04:17:49 am
Really? I generally get to Tier 10 pretty quickly, within one to two days usually

With that said, most of my time is spent planet hopping and cruising with bubble boost looking for shinies
My gun collection is starting to get out of hand
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 01, 2014, 04:20:21 am
Fighting an extremely strong urge to pick up Pokemon Red/Blue.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on March 01, 2014, 11:15:55 am
Really? I generally get to Tier 10 pretty quickly, within one to two days usually
My current character just unlocked Tier 9 materials, which is the farthest I've ever bothered to progress before.
(Emphasis added.)

It's not that I had difficulty doing it, just that I lost interest after hitting Sector X. After you kill the jelly boss, there are no more bosses; everything else is just kinda samey-samey after that, and that's when my characters generally got abandoned; after this most recent wipe was the only time I felt the motivation to actually explore Sector X.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on March 02, 2014, 01:43:01 am
Gundam Extreme Vs Full Boost

Pretty much more of the same but with MORE MOBILE SUITS.

And they remixed the final boss theme. This is almost too epic for words:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 02, 2014, 09:34:33 am
Still playing Hawken.
It is funny, although I'm not being that good, I notice new player right away. Several of them have problems with the fast pacing compared to Mechwarrior, but hey, it is quit refreshing to burst into a group of heavy, turreted down mechs and blast them to pieces :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 02, 2014, 05:26:12 pm
Darkout is, indeed, dark out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on March 02, 2014, 06:50:23 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/L2iYWs4.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on March 02, 2014, 06:53:18 pm
I'll probably be banned for this, but I am currently playing FS2, as I have never finished the main campaign.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rodo on March 02, 2014, 07:03:13 pm
Again, you did. Didn't you?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on March 02, 2014, 07:59:40 pm
Again, you did. Didn't you?

No, no I didn't.  I am so ashamed.  But I have been putting off playing BP and other mods until I finish this.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on March 03, 2014, 03:52:46 am
Just finished Shadowrun Dragonfall.

Spoiler:
I freed ADEX. Then I conviently 'gave' the dragon back to its rightful owner.

I have a feeling I've made a very, very dangerous enemy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 03, 2014, 06:33:56 pm
Again, you did. Didn't you?

No, no I didn't.  I am so ashamed.  But I have been putting off playing BP and other mods until I finish this.

if it makes you feel any better, i never finished any of the descents.  i've played the everliving **** out of the first several levels of each though.  i almost made it through d1 not that long ago, but i got stuck in one of the levels, and in the meantime something shiny got my attention and i haven't been back yet.  also undecided if i should finish it out in true nostalgia style or use rebirth.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on March 05, 2014, 08:26:14 am
I haven't even played the Descents. Always when I think about buying it, I tend to gravitate towards FS2 instead for some reason :P.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on March 05, 2014, 09:11:10 am
I just streamed GTA V using a webcam pointed at a monitor for seven hours filled with nothing but glorious idiots playing GTA V

During which we went to the movies and I narrated the Loneliest Robot in Great Britain film
There was also a badass attack on the nudist colony, several failures at flying, golf, some missions and general GTA antics. Surprisingly enough, I never got in a tank once
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hades on March 05, 2014, 09:56:06 am
I haven't even played the Descents. Always when I think about buying it, I tend to gravitate towards FS2 instead for some reason :P.
I played Descent 3 only and it was... not fun, especially the ****ing train level. But I hear it's also not the better of the 3.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on March 05, 2014, 11:11:59 am
I haven't even played the Descents. Always when I think about buying it, I tend to gravitate towards FS2 instead for some reason :P.
I played Descent 3 only and it was... not fun, especially the ****ing train level. But I hear it's also not the better of the 3.
I remembered hating the train level, but when I picked the game up again more recently, it wasn't very hard to slip by the trains. I think it's mostly magnified bad memories making the level seem so awful (although I won't deny it's bad level design in the first place).

It could definitely be argued that Descent 2 is a better game overall, even with the less-advanced graphics (and if you've ever gotten a good D2X-XL config...).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 05, 2014, 12:19:19 pm
Multi's where the real fun's at.  Or was at.  Or...could be at?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 05, 2014, 06:43:08 pm

Protip don't listen to this while playing a game.  I was playing WALB, sweating bullets listening to this **** waiting for first contact with the enemy.  My infantry was garrisoning important towns, my Leos moving into ambush positions.  Everything was going well, but that choir sure as hell didn't think so.  Serious this can ratchet up the tension on tying a damn shoe.

On the other hand crank the SAAB theme for maximum awesome (http://forum.grinderscape.org/images/smilies/smiley-headbanging.gif)

(http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/3296938495457465607/0BBD63310A4551B2E11E4443DC7024535468B0C0/)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 05, 2014, 09:55:40 pm
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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sarkoth on March 06, 2014, 04:47:30 am
I have been playing Rust like a maniac in the last few weeks. Any HLP people playing too, so we could cause some major group mayhem?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on March 07, 2014, 09:17:03 pm
OpenRA. ahhhhh make the AI stop hoarding the Tiberium!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 08, 2014, 09:46:18 pm
Since I've been investigating Bundeswehr TO&Es for a possible micro armor force I decided to build a Panzergrenadier Battalion in Wargame. 

(http://i62.tinypic.com/33e5rtz.png)

This is pretty accurate to a mixed PzGrenBtl where the fourth infantry company gets dropped in favor of an armored company.  I would have preferred a company of 1A5s but I will need to make do with a mixed company of 2As.  Technically the PzGren Kompanies should be comprised of 4 Zugs of 3 Marders each plus a command Marder but 12 is what I can wing in WALB.  The only other major concession was including a company of heli-borne Jager, because I'll be damned if I don't have heli infantry to seize important strong points until the heavy infantry can arrive.

Its a pretty pricey Deck and I typically go for a majority of cheaper infantry and tanks, but I should be able to comfortably deploy a company and a half of grenadiers with decent AT and AA support and some heli-jagers with only 2000pts.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on March 09, 2014, 01:25:43 pm
been playing Openttd (http://www.openttd.org/en/) for a massive nostalgia trip.  we bought our first 2x CD drive just so we could play the origional
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 09, 2014, 08:49:47 pm
finished skyrim.  i finished all of the side quests i knew about and intended to do before the main.  maybe i'll go and do the thieves guild and dark brotherhood, and pick a civil war side anyway just for something to do until the DLC is cheap again.  i wish there was a way to actually choose to oppose them instead of just ignoring the 'evil' questlines. 

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on March 09, 2014, 09:14:09 pm
*Cough*You can destroy the DB*Cough*
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 09, 2014, 11:42:53 pm
well, i'm already in it (pretty much by accident), and trying to kill them just resulted in me having to pay them a fine if i want to take any contracts. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on March 10, 2014, 01:33:16 am
Jane's Longbow.

Spoiler:
I mucked up so much in the Ukraine campaign that basically I got nuked. Gotta love mission branching.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 10, 2014, 02:39:48 pm
So basically current events, then? :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 10, 2014, 02:47:01 pm
Been playing a lot of actual FreeSpace lately.  Streaming campaigns starting with FS1 and going clear through VD and BP, then going back and visiting the better ones (and some of the not so better ones, if I run out).  Going to take a long time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on March 10, 2014, 06:18:51 pm
I am fighting a war in heaven.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on March 10, 2014, 07:12:22 pm
Gotta pain' the Carthag' on your hull mate.

As for me, bit of Skyrim.

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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Zacam on March 10, 2014, 07:29:17 pm
Theif: Dark Project (aka Thief Gold) with requisite enhancements. Contemplated the The Dark Mod project which turned it into a Doom 3 engine based stand-alone.

(By way of which I then found the fan based Hexen project for teh same, but that one does require a Doom 3 install)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 10, 2014, 11:09:26 pm
Just picked up GTA: Vice City for the first time.  (Again, a decade behind the world.)  This game is so 80s that it burns.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 10, 2014, 11:55:23 pm
Just get Blood Dragon as well and you'll be so awash in '80s you'll spontaneously combust.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 11, 2014, 08:24:32 am
The apocalypse has had an apocalypse.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on March 11, 2014, 04:47:20 pm
Just picked up the controll for Bioshock Infinite. So far it has been a refreshing change from the dank, dark, broken world of rapture.  Though the item in the 3rd glass tube on Monument Island actually left me a little green around the gills.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 13, 2014, 01:47:28 am
If you own Wargame: Awesomely Large Battuta, you can preorder Red Dragon, get a discount, and get beta access to boot. Off Steam.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on March 13, 2014, 11:33:48 am
Yes! Let the WyRD goodness begin!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 13, 2014, 08:48:38 pm
Getting into Air Land Battle...tough...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on March 14, 2014, 04:52:40 pm
Currently playing NFS V: Porsche 2000/Unleashed, which is great fun.

Also, one of my opponents is named Steele.
No wonder he is so eager to reconquer Earth, it's those factories in Stuttgart he is after :P.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on March 15, 2014, 01:55:55 am
Contemplated the The Dark Mod project which turned it into a Doom 3 engine based stand-alone.

How did I not know this was a thing? Certainly more welcome that that new game they're pretending qualifies as a reboot of the series.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on March 15, 2014, 06:17:28 pm
Lots of SWTOR. Double XP weekend as well!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Flipside on March 15, 2014, 07:07:02 pm
Been playing Banished, nice little resource management/city builder game, it's fun and challenging, but personally I wouldn't say it's quite as awesome as a lot of people make it out to be. Given time, though, it does have the potential for it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 16, 2014, 05:01:29 am
I got XCOM, plus The Enemy Within. Been playing. It's fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 16, 2014, 07:20:07 am
I got XCOM, plus The Enemy Within. Been playing. It's fun.
Started it again, declied the Operation Portent and the second Slingshot mission, only to read in a 2k board that delining them effectivly ends the story arc -.-
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 16, 2014, 07:45:42 am
Hawken.

I'm not really in love with it, but it's not bad.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: bigchunk1 on March 16, 2014, 10:19:45 am
Lately, I have been getting into Planetside 2. I haven't played an fps in awhile and this one is more of the battlefield flavor which I like. It's a pretty fun game, but the f2p economy is quite expensive in either time or real cash. I think I am going to have my fun with it and move onto something else.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on March 16, 2014, 10:24:35 am
My biggest gripe with Planetside 2 is that if you were not part of an infiltrator group going behind the enemy or in the 'front' the game was pretty... barren.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 16, 2014, 12:57:34 pm
How does one learn to play Wargame: ALB?
I'm playing only against AI and while doeing not bad in games where the one who destroys the most wins, I'm utterly unable to compete if it's all out warfare.
I an hold my own but eemie aircraft always finish me off, ost of the time I'm playing a deck with MLRS, move a scout in position and blast away. But as soon as I take other zones...I'm getting buttraped -.-
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 16, 2014, 01:23:01 pm
You should get on Mumble so I can teach you (when I ever have a spare moment or my PC set up again). Use more recon, put men in houses, put AA everywhere, don't advance into areas you don't have recon on. Recon recon recon. Don't use MLRS, it sucks.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 16, 2014, 05:26:49 pm
Hm, ok, That would be great.
So, is it possible to play a support deck? With artillery, antiair and a backbone of tanks and infantry? So far I used the standard decks...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 16, 2014, 06:37:23 pm
"Support decks" are typically a terribad idea.


This is a pretty good comprehensive guide. (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=153388204)  As Batts mentioned, garrison important structures such as cross roads villages with infantry.  A platoon of riflemen, an ATGM team and some MANPADS can ruin OpFor's day trying to dig them out from a village.  A nice mix of SAMs and AAA spread across your territory (you need defense in depth against air) is paramount to creating and Integrated Air Defense System.  Recon needs to be spread across the front and any push needs to be accompanied by Recon.  Good recce is the difference between your first tier MBT having a kill list 20 plus lines long or it eating a Konkurs in the flank and blowing 145 points before it makes a single kill.  Also remember to maintain a good supply line, AFVs, SAMs and ATGMs especially need logistics support.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: bigchunk1 on March 16, 2014, 07:20:04 pm
My general strategy is to get the infantry into buildings and forests and let the enemy come to me.

Other than that tanks and AA seem to be the bread and butter combination of the game.

I would use planes more, but they fly right over the objective and (usually) into enemy AA.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 16, 2014, 07:28:22 pm
I would like to post my deck, but somehow, when trying to make a screenshot, I always take one of my browser, desktop etc although im ingame o.O

My current deck is an all out german deck, mechanized and before 1980.
Playing Fliegerfaust, two stacks of Panzergrenadiere, Jäger and Jagdkommandos.
2x4 sets of PzH M109G, 32 Gepards, 16 Roland 2,
Two stacks of Leopard 2, two stacks of Leopard 1A3.
Recons are Luchs, Bo, and SPZ 2 Kurz,
Vehicles...well, not that much to choose, I went for Raketenjadpanzer and Kanonenjagdpanzer(which look like JdPZ4 :D)
Helis, since I could only choose the Bo 105p, I took one tack of it, while I choose two stacks of Alpha Jets and a single stack of Starfighters...

When in a pinch, I forget to resupply my artillery, to call in my jets and to replace lost recons... but I think I'll get the hang on it...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 16, 2014, 07:35:55 pm
Try the default West Germany deck for a while.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 16, 2014, 07:46:07 pm
So, artillery is not needed for effecient gameplay?
Guess I'm reading the guide^^
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 16, 2014, 07:59:35 pm
If you're playing conquest (you should be) then no - the 'best' artillery is mortars used to provide smoke and stun, or (rarely) really huge 203mm pieces used to snipe vital targets.

But honestly playing against the AI isn't very good practice as it behaves quite strangely.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on March 16, 2014, 10:50:44 pm
Alternating between Dark Souls 2 and Titanfall.

So far, best achievement is soloing the Belfry Gargoyles with only a lightning spear, a shield, and a huge amount of patience.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on March 17, 2014, 12:15:18 am
Anyone remember Battleships Forever? The same guy is making a new game, and it's very reminiscent of BF in several ways, but instead of RTT, it's a "space roguelike" where you explore the galaxy, collecting Tech points before you die, and then spending them to make a better ship. Pre-alpha gameplay, but the core concepts are pretty interesting. Here's a little video of myself playing with the Mantis, the currently-most-expensive hull, which has a spinal-mount beam cannon.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on March 17, 2014, 12:45:14 am
So basically current events, then? :p

Yeah... but I'm doing the Flash Point: Korea campaign right now, and I'm doing a MUCH better job at it.

(I seriously need to learn how to operate the TADS and FCR Systems in Realistic Mode. Thankfully, operating those avionics are a LOT simpler than it seems, because it only uses the numpad or simple mouse clicking to manage. The one disadvantage is I have to manually get information on the fly.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 17, 2014, 09:02:48 am
Fiddling around with test decks, trying out stuff I typically don't use.  I think a combination of Starships and M728 CEVs might make for a pretty awesome urban renewal team.  The auto cannons do a good job suppressing and those 165mm demo guns annihilate anything that doesn't like HE.  Further testing necessary.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 17, 2014, 11:55:59 am
That's my current deck...
The lack of manpads is...well, nothing to be done about^^

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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 17, 2014, 01:09:24 pm
Personally, I would dump the unarmored CVs for M557Gs.  OpFor even looks funny at an unarmored CV and it will blow up.  In general I'd consider taking infantry and vehicles with higher veterancy.  Granted you take less units per card but I personally find the increased accuracy and the better morale more important.  Rate of fire and accuracy degrades as units take moral damage, and I'd rather have four steel nerved panzer elite then eight crews that soil their drawers because an ATGM flies by.  It might also be worth swapping a company of PzGrens for a company of Jager in Fuchs, you want some cheap infantry to throw around the map and helis start to lose their utility once both sides start getting their IADS setup.  I'd drop a card of the 109s, you're rarely going to need more the 4 tubes.  I'd take a look at adding a card of Kpz70s if possible, they have the same main weapon range as the Leo2s and have an Autocannon at a nice middle ground price point.  In the vehicles I'd switch out the Raketans for Jaguars.  Accuracy and AP are the name of the game with ATGMs and I-Tows are the ****.  With ATGM vehicles you want to snipe the really expensive enemy armor, the HOT 1s or whatever on the Raketens are either going to miss or bounce off. 

Otherwise it's looking pretty good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 17, 2014, 01:34:26 pm
I'll take a look later, but since it's a Bundeswehr only deck, till 1980 I think the Keiler is not available.
Ad holy cow, I just used mortar pieces...they saved my ass in the last miutes of a game, nice rate of fire...granted, no one is stupid enough to bring tube arty into their range, but the AI did just that :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 17, 2014, 04:00:12 pm
Stop playing Cat B West Germany then? Try unrestricted West Germany.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on March 17, 2014, 04:44:05 pm
The Keiler is bloody awesome.
Go get the Keiler.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 17, 2014, 06:51:41 pm
I guess this deck has some shortcomings too^^
Edit: WTF, Two stacks of Commadtanks guess one has to go in favor of another tankunit...
I was just thinking of dropping some antiair, but after watching a vid from VulcanHD and having run ito a deck which uses helooverkill...they stay. Nothing ruins your day than german anti air^^

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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 17, 2014, 08:39:28 pm
Except Russian anti-air.  Tunguska's are ****ing nasty.  You should ask Battuta, et al how many aircraft my Tunguskas shot down in a match. (hint: it was over 20)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 17, 2014, 09:12:32 pm
Yeah, but since I got no Tunguskas  :D
Is it true, that some people turn the radar off as log as they don't need it so radar guided missiles can't hit them?

Edit: Sorry about the bad spelling, my keyboard is sort of wasted...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 17, 2014, 09:24:17 pm
You can leave the Tunguska's radar off until it's out of missiles, since the missiles are SACLOS, not radar guided. It only needs radar for the gun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 18, 2014, 06:20:38 pm
I'm in love with the BKan :)
But what is heavy tube artillery?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 18, 2014, 06:51:49 pm
All artillery is either tube or rocket. Tubes are either mortars, mid-range, or heavy. The heavy stuff will be 155/203mm and do a ton of damage.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 19, 2014, 08:04:21 am
MLRS is actually pretty decent at infantry elimination now. DIE PACT ATGM SPAM
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on March 19, 2014, 10:23:15 pm
Don't mess with the Rauser! (http://store.steampowered.com/app/233150/)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 20, 2014, 02:12:48 pm
Saw this yesterday and thought about picking it up.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on March 24, 2014, 03:04:29 am
Jane's Longbow: FINALLY beat Flash Point: Korea. I'm kinda rather tired of it right now (I'd be willing to give the second installment a try), probably should move on to Gunship, Enemy Engaged, or something.

Also, Hover (that one really old Windows 95 game that was "bumper cars meets capture the flag"). Cripes, I need to play Chip's Challenge.

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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 24, 2014, 10:16:30 am
Finally Knights & Merchants :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 25, 2014, 09:25:33 am
Company of Heroes.  Never played it when it originally came out but I had the itch to play something WWII themed and it was cheap on the Steams.  It was a pain in the ass converting back to a non Wargame RTS.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wobble73 on March 25, 2014, 09:51:35 am
Just restarted to play X2, and attempting to get Tarr Chronicles going on Windows 7 64 bit (anyone know if this is possible?)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Luis Dias on March 25, 2014, 10:04:59 am
I found myself last night playing a bit of dune 2000. Can't really make myself play god emperor. Clunky interface, bad game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on March 26, 2014, 10:50:26 pm
Been refining my NATO deck in ALB, any thoughts?

(http://i.imgur.com/c3k2BXr.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on March 26, 2014, 11:15:44 pm
Taking a brief break from Skyrim to finish off the Bioshock Infinite experience as Burial at Sea Ep 2 released yesterday.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 27, 2014, 07:37:37 am
Been refining my NATO deck in ALB, any thoughts?

(http://i.imgur.com/c3k2BXr.png)
Being a noob, but I'll take a swedish Bkan as artillery anytime.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on March 27, 2014, 07:55:06 am
Artillery was one of those things I had trouble figuring out. For the longest time I'd take the intermediate size guns like the bkan, but after trying mortars I really stated liking their rate of fire. The big guns are really only in this deck because I'd always still find myself wanting to shoot at something the mortars couldn't reach. Another thing was the airplanes. I've always been a fan of cluster bombers and Tomcats but 3 airplanes never seemed like enough so I took two WW instead of one tomcat and one SEAD jet. Haven't actually played with that change though so I'm not sure how it's gonna turn out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 27, 2014, 09:08:29 am
Have you considered an armored CV?  They don't tend to blow up due to random artillery strikes, small arms fire or a stiff breeze.

As cheap as they are I dunno if Blowpipes are worth it, since they probably won't hit and even if they do its barely going to ding a PACT helo.  I would take some higher vet Leo1A4s, since they are the best armor on your deck the extra accuracy and morale would probably be worth the fewer tanks.  Personally I like Jager in Fuchs Milans since the APC will get them to their destination and provide a little ATGM support after.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 27, 2014, 10:06:08 am
Without Hellfires I'd be pretty scared of T80Us. Maybe put in some Seahawks or another tank-removal unit?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 27, 2014, 01:49:35 pm
I think we need to get you guys a dedicated Wargame thread...or maybe that's another dedicated Wargame thread. :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on April 01, 2014, 01:16:36 am
Just received a message from Stardock that informed me that Galactic Civilizations III is currently in alpha and is available on Steam. It's expensive (100USD), but if you participate now, you apparently get free access to any and all DLC or special features they decide to release down the line for free.

Debating whether to go for it. Though I am guessing that the full game + eventual DLC will not add up to $100, so not exactly a great deal on price...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Blue Lion on April 01, 2014, 11:00:55 am
I'm still slightly amazed that they've flipped it around to getting people to pay large sums of money to test the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on April 08, 2014, 03:07:14 pm
I have revisited C&C Generals. Many years ago, I was displeased at it being labelled a C&C game since it was so different from the standard formula. Now, after C&C4, I really enjoy its non-"MOBAness".

"The Napalm bomb is ready, heh heh heh..."
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on April 08, 2014, 06:00:44 pm
Vanila Generals China was my fav army

in ZH I loved
Nuke for the Nuke Migs
Laser for the well Lasers
Superweapon for the Aurora Alphas and EMP Patriots

Could never get on with *any* GLA army
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on April 08, 2014, 06:45:32 pm
i play with kassad occasionally.  a whole ****load of stealth quad cannons and/or rocket buggies can be good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on April 09, 2014, 12:36:41 am
Jane's Longbow 2 currently.

I got through the Azure Rune campaign by a breeze (it's like a Red Flag Tactical Exercise in Texas, however I have yet to try it when the OPFOR has US military equipment), but Fallen Crescent (the "real thing" happening in Azerbaijan)... well, making a lot of progress (ground forces have pushed deep into the northeastern sector and about a few days short of taking a major city, but the southern section is still contested), but I lost about 8 helos and their crews over the course of the campaign.

Oh, and no, I'm not going "easy-mode" with Radar Longbows + RF Hellfires. 80% of the flights I'm forced to take has a non-Radar Bow (because I set limitations to Radar Bows and the weapons, but fresh supplies come in every other day), so Laser all the way. I have about 700 HE FFARs a FARP and have no idea what the hell to do with all of that.

EDIT: Also, Sinistar. Ow ****, my hands. Freaking fifty thousand points.

YET ANOTHER EDIT: Alright, I did it! I beat Fallen Crescent! Damn, that took too long though. I should set the war length cap to four weeks...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 09, 2014, 12:45:36 am
FTL: Advanced Edition
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on April 09, 2014, 04:10:14 pm
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t31.0-8/1978341_10153955055505167_1265898924053596924_o.jpg)

Got back into Spiral Knights and managed to get my character to look like a badass
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on April 10, 2014, 01:54:59 am
Bravely Default.

Good game so far.  Characters are pretty typical JRPG fare, and the story is (so far) pretty cut and dried, but that combat system has me liking it a whole lot.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 10, 2014, 02:13:27 am
Replaying "I have no mouth yet I must scream" because AM is so darn chirpy at ten past eight this morning.


Also played Tenebra for the first time this week, JAD EA as well. :yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on April 10, 2014, 08:20:20 am
Replaying "I have no mouth yet I must scream" because AM is so darn chirpy at ten past eight this morning.


Also played Tenebra for the first time this week, JAD EA as well. :yes:

HAAAAAAAAAATE!!!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Luis Dias on April 10, 2014, 10:58:52 am
Super Planet Crash

Quicky internety game. I think you'll enjoy it.

http://www.stefanom.org/spc/#
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Torchwood on April 10, 2014, 03:30:22 pm
I am still hooked on Z-Type. Typing contests bring out the obsessive-compulsive in me.

Besides that, FTL recently got a major update and I am eager to explore all the new content. Not so eager about being forced to use some rather subpar ships to unlock it all, though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on April 10, 2014, 04:05:56 pm
Super Planet Crash

Quicky internety game. I think you'll enjoy it.

http://www.stefanom.org/spc/#

I'm trying so hard to make planets with moons. The closest I've gotten was 4 orbits of a larger planet before it was tossed out of the system.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on April 10, 2014, 04:24:54 pm
Got tired in a minute, **** (http://www.gamesforwork.com/games/play-14517-tetris_hd-flash_game) this noise.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on April 15, 2014, 03:06:52 am
Got back into Dragon Age, for some reason.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on April 15, 2014, 05:53:00 am
Halo: Spartan Assault...well...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wobble73 on April 15, 2014, 06:36:19 am
Just started playing Star Trek Online, Warframe and Six Guns. I am liking Warframe a lot (now I turned the level detail and switched motion blur off it runs okay), but unlocking/hacking consoles is really tricky. I fail at that the majority of the time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on April 15, 2014, 12:18:06 pm
Sanitarium.

But it's starting to annoy me. Don't think point and click adventures are my thing
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on April 15, 2014, 02:32:27 pm
Picked up Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition again, to finally finish off Ada's Separate Ways campaign.  I have a backlog of 4 or 5 Wii games I haven't even touched yet, so I figured it's time to get back on the thing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on April 15, 2014, 05:49:31 pm
Currently hitting Civ III and Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines, grief I forgot how hard that game is
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 15, 2014, 05:54:45 pm
Trying to make Civ II Test of Time work because I missed the scifi campaign. Curse you, Beyond Earth.

(The Willies are the best terrain type ever.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 16, 2014, 03:29:48 am
Smash Bros brawl later....
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Blue Lion on April 16, 2014, 08:57:59 pm
Sanitarium.

But it's starting to annoy me. Don't think point and click adventures are my thing

I don't think I ever finished this game. It was interesting enough that I remembered it all these years later though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 17, 2014, 01:01:45 am
Best game of hide and seek ever!!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on April 17, 2014, 06:18:40 am
Best game of hide and seek ever!!

Care to elaborate? Sounds interesting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 17, 2014, 10:40:53 am
Sanitarium.

 :pimp:  :yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 17, 2014, 05:11:53 pm
Currently in the Willies, being attacked by the Willies.

Because the Willies are still the best terrain type ever and I wish stuff like them appeared in more sci-fi.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on April 17, 2014, 08:59:52 pm
Gathering materials for a campaign I'm going to be running for BattleTech.  It's going to be the first real campaign I run as a Demo Agent, once I finish the application process.  It's going to encompass all levels of the BattleTech ruleset.

Beginning of the campaign, the PCs will be an infantry squad on Atreus in 3077, cut off from friendly and enemy alike and working together to link up with others that don't want to shoot them.  Will eventually progress to standard BattleTech scale, once the PCs have a large enough group to warrant it (i.e. a 'Mech, or more than a couple light vehicles, or more than a platoon of infantry [obviously into squads, first]).  By the end of the campaign, it'll be conducted in Alpha Strike scale, with a (hopefully) battalion on Level III (battalion equivalent) battle in the streets of Atreus.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on April 17, 2014, 09:19:56 pm
Perhaps you can conquer the pervasive Battletech problem of not actually being very much fun as a game. I am genuinely optimistic.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on April 17, 2014, 10:26:19 pm
Have you played Alpha Strike?  It's significantly more streamlined and fun to play than normal BattleTech rules when there's more than three or four units per side.

Then again, I'd also counter that the game is not intrinsically unfun.  Mechanically cumbersome in large games, absolutely.  Not very fun?  Entirely subjective.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Venicius on April 20, 2014, 09:40:50 pm
I've been playing through Earthsiege, still quite fun!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on April 20, 2014, 11:01:59 pm
Picked up the Gothic series. I remember playing the first one ages ago but never finished it, so I figured I'd remedy that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 21, 2014, 07:51:18 am
Picked up the Gothic series.

The first one is pretty awesome, though it may not have aged very well in terms of graphics and controls ... The second one is good but it doesn't come close to the first storywise ...

For the third entry you should be sure to pick up the community patches; the Devs and Publisher tried so hard to be beat Elder Scrolls at it's own game that came of it is a mess, the community did a good job at saving the whole endavour after the conflict between the Devs and Publisher killed further official patches...

As for Forsaken Gods and Arcania: both are a mess - partially due to the fact that they are nothing but attempts of publisher to cash in on the franchise as much as possible; don't bother with those
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on April 21, 2014, 09:10:46 am
Picked up the Gothic series.

The first one is pretty awesome, though it may not have aged very well in terms of graphics and controls ... The second one is good but it doesn't come close to the first storywise ...

For the third entry you should be sure to pick up the community patches; the Devs and Publisher tried so hard to be beat Elder Scrolls at it's own game that came of it is a mess, the community did a good job at saving the whole endavour after the conflict between the Devs and Publisher killed further official patches...

As for Forsaken Gods and Arcania: both are a mess - partially due to the fact that they are nothing but attempts of publisher to cash in on the franchise as much as possible; don't bother with those

I'll keep all that in mind, thanks! I'm in the last third of the first game I think, so far I quite like it in terms of atmosphere and story.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 21, 2014, 04:04:29 pm
I've been playing through Earthsiege, still quite fun!

Wait til you hit Starsiege, the **** rocks!!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mobius on April 21, 2014, 05:31:32 pm
Disney's Tarzan Action Game (PSX). Brings back memories. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dragon on April 21, 2014, 05:40:06 pm
As for Forsaken Gods and Arcania: both are a mess - partially due to the fact that they are nothing but attempts of publisher to cash in on the franchise as much as possible; don't bother with those
Well, I played Arcania. Not stellar, but if you forget it's supposed to be Gothic, and not think too hard about it, it can be fun. Graphics sure are nice, and while the story gets silly sometimes (the beginning, in particular), it's not terrible if you don't take it too seriously. It can be very cheap on Steam sometimes, it might be worth getting on 75% off sale or something like that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 21, 2014, 05:40:55 pm
I am really annoyed Starsiege still works, but MW3 does not.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Venicius on April 21, 2014, 11:04:12 pm
Having that jumping car/tank problem?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on April 22, 2014, 12:58:45 am
Yeah, from what I hear, Mech3 has a notorious problem from Win7 and beyond, where it's really, really picky about what video stuff it wants in hardware mode (mostly nVidia, with Intel GFX being a straight hit or miss). Software mode... ehh, you're probably gonna need somethings like CPUGrab and 2 Much Memory if all it does is run looking like it's on crack...

I haven't had the flying-stuff-out-of-control bit though (thankfully I still have a WinXP SP2 box functioning for my old-school games).

Meanwhile, I'm playing Hover, SkiFree and 3D Space Cadet: Pinball. Cripes, I still need to get Chip's Challenge.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on April 22, 2014, 05:43:44 am
OH MY ****ING GOD HOVER
THAT **** IS THE ****

Played the hell out of that game
Now I'm undergoing a nostalgia seizure. Thanks
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LHN91 on April 22, 2014, 08:36:41 am
Yeah, from what I hear, Mech3 has a notorious problem from Win7 and beyond, where it's really, really picky about what video stuff it wants in hardware mode (mostly nVidia, with Intel GFX being a straight hit or miss). Software mode... ehh, you're probably gonna need somethings like CPUGrab and 2 Much Memory if all it does is run looking like it's on crack...

I haven't had the flying-stuff-out-of-control bit though (thankfully I still have a WinXP SP2 box functioning for my old-school games).

Meanwhile, I'm playing Hover, SkiFree and 3D Space Cadet: Pinball. Cripes, I still need to get Chip's Challenge.

Mech 3 doesn't really like XP either, for that matter. But yeah, nVidia cards, old (Pre-HD series) Radeon cards, and some Intel are okay. IIRC there's an unofficial patch that corrects some of the issues.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Torchwood on April 22, 2014, 03:17:36 pm
I recently got Super Robot Wars A Portable (think Fire Emblen with giant robots) and I'm playing the hell out of it. It was, unfortunately, never translated into English, which leaves me with the effort to translate the moonspeak to the best of my abilities.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on April 22, 2014, 07:53:11 pm
Yeah, I've had that issue with some games. Most recently with Macross 30th.

On the plus side, reading comprehension of Japanese is slowly, slowly, slowly going up.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 22, 2014, 09:33:09 pm
OH MY ****ING GOD HOVER
THAT **** IS THE ****

Played the hell out of that game
Now I'm undergoing a nostalgia seizure. Thanks

Don't die now, but... http://hover.ie/#
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on April 23, 2014, 12:47:58 am
Don't die now, but... http://hover.ie/#

What... what have you donnnneeeee
HNNNNNGGGGGG
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Venicius on April 24, 2014, 11:40:03 pm
I got mech3 to work in ubuntu with WINE without any game play weirdness, but if I boot into Windows bad things happen.  Very fun game when the tanks stay on the ground!   
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on April 25, 2014, 12:33:01 am
Tanks are almost always improved when they have the ability to fly, what are you talking about?


EDIT: Taking a heavy nostalgia trip by replaying Descent. Which is now available on Steam. Which is awesome.

I may even give Descent 3 another try. I wasn't too enamored with it years ago, but maybe with a fresh look...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on May 05, 2014, 02:07:08 am
Welp, playing Neutopia and The Legend of Zelda (the original)... holy crap, I think I've done more in a day than the rest of the time I've been playing those games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on May 05, 2014, 02:32:21 am
Picked up Child of Light. It feels like a fairy tale turned into a game... and I mean that in a really good way. Loving it so far.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Boomer20 on May 05, 2014, 03:54:43 am
I recently acquired the old Janes Fighters Anthology, after solving some initial huge frame rates leading to super speed gameplay I got it working. As a kid Janes ATF was a big part of my childhood and why I love fight sims so much so to have Fighters Anthology is huge for me, juggling uni and FA is getting hard at the moment. Too much excitement.  :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 05, 2014, 04:18:47 am
The room.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.FireproofStudios.TheRoom&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dandroid+the+room


A perfect puzzle.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on May 07, 2014, 10:40:50 pm
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t31.0-8/1890457_10154057658295167_7699657580749279066_o.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Shivan Hunter on May 07, 2014, 11:55:11 pm
A bit of an unorthodox answer... I just downloaded the UE4 shooter game tech demo (a very, very basic FPS with two levels) to ogle at the pretty pixels and actually found myself playing a couple bot matches without getting bored. It's quite slow compared to Epic's usual fare, though. Looking forward to the next UT!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on May 08, 2014, 12:39:56 am
Just got through replaying Descent 3 + Mercenary.

It was okay, I suppose. I still don't like most of the new weapons, although the Mass Driver owns all sorts of awesome. The Napalm Cannon is also pretty sweet, as are Frag Missiles.

The puzzles still bug me. A lot of time it is NOT ****ING OBVIOUS what you are supposed to do. Like, at one point, I had to trigger a terminal, then place a virus sample in it. Okay, that's logical so far. But it turns out, to actually upload the virus, you have to then trigger the terminal AGAIN. At no point does it indicate that this is the case, and I flew around that level for twenty minutes looking for other ways to proceed before trying that on a whim.

Oh well. Descent I and II will always have their special place in my heart, and they continue to be the excellent games I remember.

Maybe I'll get back into Pokemon now. I have a Platinum playthrough in progress, and I'm intrigued by Gens V and VI.
Also Einhander. Need to play through that fully. Awesome game is awesome.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on May 11, 2014, 03:18:42 am
Paperboy: I suck.

Another Metroid 2 Remake (v1.3): Ow frack, my hands.

Comanche Gold (yet freaking again to my chagrin because I can't bother to get EECH): the Sakhalin Island missions can go die in a fire.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on May 11, 2014, 08:13:47 am
Space Engineer, quite funny :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 11, 2014, 08:58:08 am
Stand back, I'm firing up the XCOM Let's Play again sometime this week.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on May 11, 2014, 11:05:29 am
Somebody post good screens from that cat drugs crazy Total Destruction match.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 11, 2014, 11:23:23 am
Definitely.  I'll go combing through that replay.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on May 11, 2014, 11:54:38 am
Stand back, I'm firing up the XCOM Let's Play again sometime this week.

Hooray!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 11, 2014, 01:01:01 pm
Will post screenies after work, predominantly from the Redfor side.  Strongly encourage Blufor thoughts and screens.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on May 11, 2014, 03:57:00 pm
Stand back, I'm firing up the XCOM Let's Play again sometime this week.

Hooray!

 :yes: :yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 11, 2014, 09:49:41 pm
SCREENSHOT TIME

In which the game begins on an already hilarious note. (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419258172/8D7979B88874E15313FF050326ED4F77958CBBCC/)

Unleash the rockets (part 1) (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419260170/BDE5A4C80BE3C96447C8394117C67B2AD8F97BA2/) (part 2, in which the lead vehicle ****s its collective pants) (http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419262250/FC2F3A25ADFE7D84ECB07033EC9C6B3B1322ACE9/) (part 3) (http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419264036/E86875B2431E8C0A47D094E4ABBBBAD9514D1B94/) (part 4) (http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419265535/F229E82BB41A7851CC139B7B1582BE3771C4CF86/) (part 5, in which it becomes apparent that we really like rockets) (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419267513/AD904076770A48D649F8B58D8AE04FA38097084C/)

The tragic demise of the T-55mob (part 1) (http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419269227/47541838A7EF9B473FAF4BBE2E51A1F1C5157B78/) (part 2) (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419271149/A6D6B2A52A693FC1EEBCB3381708D4CF155C19C7/)

In which I ignore the stated design purpose of AA guns (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419275166/EB7FCB0182BA986E594C01AFB1C05A8D7CCFA681/)

More Rockets (part 6) (http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419277000/40EFEB099F1633FB2B2EAF70145D4BC16EC57946/)

MOAR ROCKETS (part 7) (http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419279772/14D31411FE78205A2B26397AC0403D09D26074AC/)

What part of MOAR was unclear? (part 8) (http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419281454/7C359C285E93D807959B6BDC3F10416BEBF23B3B/)

Jet plane train of bombs (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419283060/3BABEF1B17359145BFB6805BECE7A6EDF3DAAD32/) because those empty buildings looked mighty suspicious (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419285036/A1233C0648B35843BA911C2CC70FC8C32A0F9880/).

The poor bastards have us outnumbered! (http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419287235/EBA62A827FFE5A7718A55EE66B529E1DDD17ABDE/)

MOOOOOAAAAAAR! (part 9) (http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419289287/A639AC85E9B3C86AA2E97C40C0C4520E6455532B/)

The beginning of a long love affair between high quality Leopard 2s and their desperate NK suitors. (http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419291358/4A11621900D8A1E238DE6AEC1CA2A39F9BEE8D36/)  The Leopard rebuffed their affections. (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419293251/6B99B8F5A8D696BF0371F041F77F054A25D32EC2/)

No better rebound relationship than one involving MOAR ROCKETS (part 10) (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419296741/5AB6ED906493AE7EB6287AC3FEBD5C5849D4AF45/)

Desperate lovers try to reconnect. (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419298205/C745F9FF3888F03CDB21DF3E7F0B345A547E8557/)

How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways.  Five. (http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419300057/63685AA085C6A71DDB07425DE7A15A0A242B92BC/)  Eleven. (http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419301941/B9EA0C806BB35BCC1152A28484D70F86E4EB1F5F/)

Shifting gears but not numbers, rocket barrage number 11. (http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419304831/78BABB1DB7E023E3296F0305D80E474FDAC5F9CB/)  And 12. (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=258932840)

Not everyone likes to play with the rest of the group. (http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419306414/DACF780D31952B950EF6A935B269991626E31E88/)  But when they do, they play to win. (http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419311538/23E281325B8AB8EAD91951AA46B8CDEC7E9A88C2/)

North Korea's last stand, and what would prove to be the last major resistance from Redfor for the rest of the game. (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419309761/E7493722DC8F8EDDE53FD94F874DB35840D8462B/) 

Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert. (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419314255/CB55CBCCBD3769A64165145E806CBA04B56C5C68/)  Near them, on the sand (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419314255/CB55CBCCBD3769A64165145E806CBA04B56C5C68/) Half sunk a shattered visage lies (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419316279/FBF4581C97C02D30D6AFC8AC54098F78AB561DC9/).  Tell that its sculptor well those passions read which yet survive. (http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419316279/FBF4581C97C02D30D6AFC8AC54098F78AB561DC9/)  Nothing beside remains round the decay of that colossal wreck. (http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419321636/321110684DD4B232CF4CF7D6B84CE5C1CA94570D/)

In which an SU-76 (http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419328358/38F67B5D61191A0A5FBDDC5E98AA07B78D26EA0C/) pays homage to (http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419330257/71F19F92EA56D3F1C99A55D29CF450FA95ADD7AD/) the Three Stooges. (http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419334121/5F46CFF194242B619D1D1C2AF9A9984D6979EE3B/)  He was surrounded by infantry that had no rockets and couldn't hurt him.  He started shooting at them, but they were so close his HE shells hurt him.  Taking damage from his own gun made him panic, and he routed right into the line of sight of more infantry.  These ones had rockets.  It didn't end well.

The "real" final stand of NK.  This one was even less effective. (http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/794068689419336092/522DFC90B73A03076B33DD10EF7069EB6357A8EC/)
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Post by: General Battuta on May 12, 2014, 01:12:46 am
If you guys held your rocket spam to shut down BLUFOR pushes, or (better yet) used them to stun defenders you had recon on right before your own pushes, they would be really powerful assets. Mass rocket fire is one of the best ways to soften up a town or strongpoint before you storm it. It may even stun AA in the area so you can follow up with cluster/iron and napalm.
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Post by: Scotty on May 12, 2014, 01:19:32 am
TIL how to make my unhittable cheapass rocket planes even more unhittable.
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Post by: deathfun on May 12, 2014, 01:52:13 pm
Stand back, I'm firing up the XCOM Let's Play again sometime this week.

Awesome!
It's about time you finish that **** :P
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Post by: swashmebuckle on May 12, 2014, 04:05:21 pm
Got Jedi Academy for $3 on the May 4th sale. Campaign wasn't as fun as I remember Jedi Outcast being.
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Post by: Sarkoth on May 13, 2014, 02:55:46 am
Started playing Gothic 1 again. Good times. Awful playability and abysmal controls considered from today's viewpoint (Hold CTRL and press UP / W to pick up an item or use it...), but Piranha Bytes nevertheless made a perfect RPG masterpiece. Gritty, dark and very charismatic. You just have to love a game when an ever recurring applicable dialogue line just reads "In that case I will just have to beat the living **** out of you." And you can do that, without killing people. With practically anyone. You can (almost, like 3-4 exceptions in the whole game) kill anyone too. No immortal NPCS or Quest Givers. You can eradicate the complete game and void it of NPCs, if you want to. Roleplaying at it's finest. ^^

And then there's a branching storyline, which makes the game fun to be played 3 times. Not just simply a few different quests along the way. It's a completely different game, depending on what faction (out of 3) you choose in the first chapter. You're not joining the Old Camp, where the mages are? Then there's no way to ever learn magic in that playthrough. You're joining the Old Camp, but the Guards instead? You might have a few scrolls, but no magic for you either. You piss of the baron and he wants to kill you? You just broke the main quest, because acting like a dick gets you killed. And that's final. The game doesn't simply tell you you ****ed up, but a vital character doesn't talk to you any more. You then get a quest to try to join another camp. But if you pissed them off too, then you're going to have to reload or wander the world aimlessly until you accidentally stumble upon the final boss. You can still finish the game, but you're an outcast and nobody likes you and everyone's trying to kill you. ^^ Good old hardcore gameplay. And if you pick a fight with someone stronger than you, they usually don't kill you, they just knock you down and take some of your stuff and most of your money. You can get it back, if you can get them knocked down or killed before they start using up your inventory. No NPCS that just stand around, everyone has a day and night cycle. Regarding how old that game is, it has so many things implemented, that we are having started to miss out on again today. Because developers are getting too lazy and the games too big do give every single NPC a complex life cycle. It's far more convenient to just let them stand around or repeat 3 basic actions for eternity, say their 4 lines and be done with it. But not with the Gothic series. That series might be a bugfest catastrophe sometimes, but it is developed with heart. And by hand. (the 4th game, Arcania doesn't count, because it was developed by someone entirely different. That's the reason it has no '4' in it's title. And the third game got forcefully pushed out by the developer more than half a year too early and was horribly buggy, until community patches fixed it to a completely playable state.)

Second game is the best one. Can't wait. :)

If you have no clue what series I'm talking about, it's the same developer that made the Risen series. Either you love their games, or you hate them. Because they are different from mainstream games. Simply different. You revisit places. Things change, in the first two games you can't simply go locust-mode and farm everything and then go to the next area. The world is ever changing, with each new chapter. NPCs develop and comment on new things. You get feedback on the things you've done. And sometimes you just break into the wrong house and everybody will hunt you down until you're dead or you reload.

I'll stop waffling now.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 13, 2014, 03:05:37 am
Ah, Pokemon. I've been nostalgia-tripping pretty nicely playing this again.

Problem is I just hit the Pre-Elite 4 grindfest that always seems to happen. Fortunately, Platinum gives some actually really good training grounds right around the League, so there's that.
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Post by: General Battuta on May 14, 2014, 10:49:07 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/0pQpyrR.jpg)
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Post by: CommanderDJ on May 23, 2014, 08:50:40 am
Dammit I forgot how much I hate Mutons.

Also playing Iron Man mode for the first time is kicking my ass.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 23, 2014, 08:56:01 am
Now booting up Transistor... Soundtrack already blew me away, now let's see how it fits
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Post by: The E on May 23, 2014, 09:03:50 am
(http://i.imgur.com/0pQpyrR.jpg)

An Eagle, a Tornado and a Mirage walk into a bar...
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Post by: Turambar on May 23, 2014, 10:20:26 am
Started a Rome 2 Macedon campaign.  Poking the hell out of some barbarians, from 20 feet away!
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 23, 2014, 04:53:41 pm
Is Rome 2 patched to completeness yet? I've been waiting to pick it up until it's ready.

In the meantime, I've started Wargame: ALB. That tutorial is terrible, and the campaign is kicking my butt, and I know the best way to learn is to play with people, but I want to be at least competent before calling anybody up to bother them.
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Post by: Scotty on May 23, 2014, 05:10:38 pm
You should play with us anyway.  We can gasp for breath between the unfeeling iron treads of suicidal bot tanks together.
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Post by: General Battuta on May 23, 2014, 05:52:51 pm
The best way to learn is actually to play with people (specifically Battuta). You will frustrate us more by picking up ****ty habits from the ****ty tutorials than by showing up with no idea what to do.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 23, 2014, 06:51:14 pm
Okie dokey. Next time I'm available with a good bit of time, I'll see if anybody's free.
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Post by: deathspeed on May 23, 2014, 08:39:30 pm
Insaniqarium Deluxe!  Installed it for my kids and was up til midnight playing it.
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Post by: ssmit132 on May 23, 2014, 09:35:46 pm
For the past couple of weeks it's been World of Tanks for me. I'm probably not that good but I'm at least trying to do a proper job in whatever role I get put in... :nervous:
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Post by: Mongoose on May 23, 2014, 10:34:21 pm
Working through Kerbal Space Program's career mode, doing lots of SCIENCE!  I've had surprisingly few unintentional catastrophic failures so far.  But I'm slowly getting into the bigger stuff, so there's lots of potential!
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 24, 2014, 02:37:23 pm
Asteroids- first game I EVER PLAYED IN MY LIFE.

http://m.coolrom.com.au/roms/atari7800/a/
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on May 25, 2014, 02:33:16 am
Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs. Hokum: Honestly, I'm not convincing myself to commit to it. No offense, but really, I don't. Maybe it's me being saturated to Comanche Gold and Jane's Longbow so much, but yeah, I'm not feeling the EECH vibe. (I would be willing to do a point-by-point explanation on what I hate about it compared to CG and LB, but I'd rather not bother wasting anyone's time, given that I what, pissed off a fourth of this site already and haven't logged as many flight hours into EECH yet.)

MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat (DOS) - trying to rebuild all my good Mech builds all over again sucks. (For the record, yeah, I can do almost every mission with a Stormcrow, although granted, that's the second-easiest and second-best Mech in the game overall to use. Rifleman's more fun for me though, because the Timber Wolf has been played to death so much. Placing AI wingmen in Firemoths is very lol-worthy, but give them 5 MLs or LL+MP, they'll hold more than twice their weight.)
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 25, 2014, 02:58:56 am
time to reach into my backlog for a new game.  first response gets to decide for me.  (or popular vote if there are multiple before i come back)

Available options:
KOTOR
Metro 2033
Fallout: New Vegas (with the understanding I haven't played any of the other fallout games - see below)
Half Life (entire series - also specify where I should start because I have all the remakes and such as well)
FEAR 3 (replay as Fettel)
The entire X series (except the new one) - I attempted to start this a while ago but gave up when I couldn't get the joystick to work decently (no throttle control at all) and haven't yet returned.

Games left unfinished/ragequit for whatever reason that I might return to when I have the patience:
Descent 1/2/3 - just never made it to the end of any of them.  I don't stay in a descent-y mood for long enough to finish any of them.  I have a couple 1 playthroughs (one rebirth and one vanilla nostalgia game) sitting somewhere between half and 2/3.
Arma II - ragequit due to asinine controls.  Stupid to begin with, and then I randomly stopped being able to turn in the training level.  Or interact with anything.  And it seemed the training was based only on default mapping and wouldn't adjust to my less terrible custom set.
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident - I liked the first few missions, but couldn't get past the difficulty spike after you start fighting the aliens whose name I've forgotten.  Once I had to start micromanaging multiple ships it fell apart.  Also never got a solid grasp on all of the mechanics.  Much different from the CnC 'lasso units and click target/destination' that is pretty much my whole experience in RTS.
Fallout 1 (and 2, but never started that one) - Began briefly as the default character.  I now know that was a huge mistake and has a lot to do with why I didn't enjoy it, but haven't gone back to try again yet.  While exploring/feeling out the game and mechanics I got into a massive fight with a gang somehow and couldn't figure out why or how to stop it.  And I got beat the **** down.

And of course any number of FS campaigns that I haven't played yet.  Vassago's Dirge is still waiting, as well as many of the old classics like Sync, Homesick, Ancient/Shivan War, etc.  Pretty much the only major ones I've played are BP, Transcend, ST:R, Derelict, and Destiny of Peace.
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Post by: Lorric on May 25, 2014, 06:02:03 am
Play Frontlines! :D

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=87519.0
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 25, 2014, 10:48:36 am
Fallout 1...
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Post by: Mobius on May 25, 2014, 12:51:11 pm
War Thunder. A great many hours to download it only to get pissed off at the control settings.  :mad:
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Post by: Scotty on May 25, 2014, 01:13:48 pm
Play Half Life 2.  Half Life the first (and Black Mesa) are pretty good for the gameplay, but a good deal of the story is blink-and-you-miss-it, or can be accidentally ignored without much difficulty.  Half Life 2 still has great gameplay, but the story is also much easier to pick up (and the endings actually make sense).
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on May 25, 2014, 01:27:33 pm
Play Half Life 2.  Half Life the first (and Black Mesa) are pretty good for the gameplay, but a good deal of the story is blink-and-you-miss-it, or can be accidentally ignored without much difficulty.  Half Life 2 still has great gameplay, but the story is also much easier to pick up (and the endings actually make sense).

Well, that.

If you're going to do the complete Half-Life 1 saga (as in, if you care about the story-ish and want things to piece together),  my suggestion is take your time between Half-Life 1 and Blue Shift [this runs the length of the first half of Half-Life 1] then wrap it up with Opposing Force [start when you're about two-thirds in HL1].

As far as FS mods... it's a toss-up between Vassago's Dirge and Ancient-Shivan War.
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Post by: General Battuta on May 25, 2014, 01:41:32 pm
That's no tossup. Play Vassago's Dirge if you have to decide between those two.
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Post by: cahdoge on May 25, 2014, 03:41:35 pm
Titanfall

Ego-shooter with need for speed!
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Post by: Hobbie on May 25, 2014, 05:02:27 pm
Descent, of course.

Is there any other option?
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Post by: headdie on May 25, 2014, 05:14:35 pm
according to the save game, I am about 16 hours into Civ III PtW as the Ottomans, so far wiped out the Vikings (tiny), Persian (Big) and the Arabs (Big+reasonable tech).  Probably kill the French next as they are a pathetic size
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Post by: Rodo on May 26, 2014, 01:55:32 pm
Hammering it on WoT during weekends when I have an hour or so to spare.
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Post by: deathfun on May 27, 2014, 01:30:38 am
Watch Dogs
Because why would I not be playing this?
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Post by: Kolgena on May 27, 2014, 02:40:04 pm
Metro 2033 was very good, both gameplay and story.

HL2 is a classic that you should play, but I'm in the same boat too. Just started up HL2 but going very slowly through it because of insanely bad motion sickness. (**** you, source engine)
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Post by: Mongoose on May 27, 2014, 03:41:53 pm
I've heard some people say that fiddling with FOV settings helps ease motion sickness, so that might be worth a try.  (I've never really experienced it with games, Source or otherwise, so I can't say if it works personally.)
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Post by: JCDNWarrior on May 27, 2014, 04:33:13 pm
Been so bored lately, nothing like playing Unreal Tournament 3...with tons (128+) of bots. :D Much better now. I really play the game too little.
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Post by: Kolgena on May 27, 2014, 08:38:35 pm
I've heard some people say that fiddling with FOV settings helps ease motion sickness, so that might be worth a try.  (I've never really experienced it with games, Source or otherwise, so I can't say if it works personally.)

Thanks for the tip, but I've definitely tried this. It doesn't help for me.

It's very strange. I can't play CS:S or HL2 at all, since I'm puking about 45 minutes in. L4D2 is much better, and I can go a an hour or two before getting dizzy. CS:GO uses a newer engine, and I can play that for hours with no symptoms. However, Portal and Portal 2 cause problems and are somewhat worse than L4D2 but way better than HL2. No other FPSes give me motion sickness. (Frostbyte, cryengine, Unreal, etc)


I've heard good things about Watch Dogs, but also that it's nigh unplayable on PCs with AMD components. Anybody have experience with it so far?
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Post by: FIZ on May 28, 2014, 09:08:46 am
WD pretty cool.  Servers are suffering some though from initial rush (XBone version).  Mobile app is nice component  :D
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Post by: Sushi on May 28, 2014, 05:45:43 pm
Just got through replaying Descent 3 + Mercenary.

It was okay, I suppose.

I remember not even finishing Mercenary because I was getting thoroughly bored by then. Descent 3's multiplayer, however, was absolutely fantastic in its heyday. All of those weapons that were only marginally useful in single player became a brilliant toolbox for multi.

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Post by: Hobbie on May 29, 2014, 06:08:51 pm
Just got through replaying Descent 3 + Mercenary.

It was okay, I suppose.

I remember not even finishing Mercenary because I was getting thoroughly bored by then. Descent 3's multiplayer, however, was absolutely fantastic in its heyday. All of those weapons that were only marginally useful in single player became a brilliant toolbox for multi.

I'm sorry, did someone say Impact Mortar? :P
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 29, 2014, 08:02:56 pm
Just got through replaying Descent 3 + Mercenary.

It was okay, I suppose.

I remember not even finishing Mercenary because I was getting thoroughly bored by then. Descent 3's multiplayer, however, was absolutely fantastic in its heyday. All of those weapons that were only marginally useful in single player became a brilliant toolbox for multi.

If someone managed to find a use for the EMD Gun, I'd love to hear it. That thing was the biggest piece of crap in all the weapons.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on May 29, 2014, 10:05:47 pm
If someone managed to find a use for the EMD Gun, I'd love to hear it. That thing was the biggest piece of crap in all the weapons.
Isn't it the only primary weapon with homing capabilities?
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Post by: Aardwolf on May 29, 2014, 10:26:58 pm
Unless you count Omega, but the D3 version of that was practically a melee weapon.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 30, 2014, 02:54:50 am
If someone managed to find a use for the EMD Gun, I'd love to hear it. That thing was the biggest piece of crap in all the weapons.
Isn't it the only primary weapon with homing capabilities?

Right.

On the other hand, it's pathetically weak and the only enemies that its homing would actually be useful against are fast enough to dodge it regardless. For that reason, the homing capabilities fail to make up for its low damage and high energy consumption. In other words: Piece. Of. Crap.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 30, 2014, 08:36:13 am
i don't even remember that weapon TBH.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on May 30, 2014, 12:31:16 pm
If someone managed to find a use for the EMD Gun, I'd love to hear it. That thing was the biggest piece of crap in all the weapons.
Isn't it the only primary weapon with homing capabilities?

Right.

On the other hand, it's pathetically weak and the only enemies that its homing would actually be useful against are fast enough to dodge it regardless. For that reason, the homing capabilities fail to make up for its low damage and high energy consumption. In other words: Piece. Of. Crap.
/me remembers getting a half-dozen kills with the EMD Gun the last time he played Descent 3 multiplayer at a LAN party.
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Post by: Mongoose on May 30, 2014, 02:16:35 pm
I believe the EMD was nerfed by one of the game's patches, which substantially lessened its usefulness.
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Post by: Hobbie on May 30, 2014, 10:57:36 pm
It makes a really cool firing sound.
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Post by: InsaneBaron on May 31, 2014, 06:38:13 am
Getting near the end of Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun. I started it about a year ago, but I had just beaten Tiberian Dawn twice in a row and was getting sick of RTS's, so I quit a couple missions in. Just for fun I'm playing the GDI and Nod campaigns simultaneously.

Kane's really something, isn't he? Somehow he's acted so well that when playing as Nod I actually WANT to impress him.  :lol:
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Post by: deathspeed on May 31, 2014, 09:18:14 am
I know, right?  I felt the same way playing Tiberium Wars and the Kane's Wrath expansion.  Hmm, I might have to play through those again.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 31, 2014, 10:28:28 am
i thought he got a little hammy in 3/kane's wrath.
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Post by: Mobius on May 31, 2014, 10:52:55 am
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
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Post by: The E on May 31, 2014, 11:15:15 am
Playing an unhealthy amount of Ace Combat Infinity.
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Post by: deathspeed on May 31, 2014, 11:20:48 am
i thought he got a little hammy in 3/kane's wrath.

True, but I didn't notice at first with Michael Ironside's and Billy Dee Williams' over the top performances.  :)
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Post by: InsaneBaron on May 31, 2014, 05:58:54 pm
I know, right?  I felt the same way playing Tiberium Wars and the Kane's Wrath expansion.  Hmm, I might have to play through those again.

I'll have to get my hands on those sometime.

EDIT: I've heard Tiberium Wars was the best of the series. Did I hear right?
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Post by: General Battuta on May 31, 2014, 06:02:06 pm
wolfenstein the new order is a legit good game with legit good writing. that's why i can't quit playing it. it's two legit
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Post by: deathspeed on May 31, 2014, 06:48:37 pm
Coolness!  I've been wanting to try the new wolfenstein, but I'm concerned about the steep system requirements.  My video card can handle it I think (GTX480), but my Core 2 Duo is several generations older than the Core i7 that I saw was "required".   I'm afraid to plop down $60 for a game that will require $500 in upgrades to play it.  :)
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Post by: MP-Ryan on May 31, 2014, 06:59:32 pm
it's two legit

YOU! GO SIT IN THE CORNER AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE. </parentvoice>
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 31, 2014, 10:31:34 pm
Quote from: InsaneBaron link=topic=82910.msg1750498#msg1750498

I'll have to get my hands on those sometime.

EDIT: I've heard Tiberium Wars was the best of the series. Did I hear right?

pretty much.  especially if you are talking about the tiberium series only (as opposed to generals and red alert).

damn, i was all ready to start a new backlog game, but now this discussion has put me in the CnC mood.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on June 01, 2014, 12:48:53 am
Playing the 1996 release of Death Rally on my PC.

Playing the 2011 reboot of Death Rally on my Android.
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Post by: Hobbie on June 01, 2014, 02:37:13 am
Football Manager 2014.

Wanderers FC was doing a great job under my leadership, then we went up against Brisbane Roar and promptly re-enacted the Hyundai A-League Grand Final from a few weeks ago. Dangit.
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Post by: InsaneBaron on June 01, 2014, 07:57:56 am
Quote from: InsaneBaron link=topic=82910.msg1750498#msg1750498

I'll have to get my hands on those sometime.

EDIT: I've heard Tiberium Wars was the best of the series. Did I hear right?

pretty much.  especially if you are talking about the tiberium series only (as opposed to generals and red alert).

damn, i was all ready to start a new backlog game, but now this discussion has put me in the CnC mood.

Good to know. Having only played the earlier games I preferred the Tiberium line for it's story. Red alert was a little too silly (the humor sorta reduced the fun of saving the world/blowing stuff up) and Generals just didn't have much story to speak of.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on June 01, 2014, 11:08:47 pm
Another Metroid 2 Remake Demo 1.31. I helped DoctorM64 debug a crash that was occuring only on NVIDIA graphics cards.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 02, 2014, 02:34:55 am
instead of actually reaching into my backlog, i started playing infestation in red faction armageddon again.  brought on by my playing the DLC because it was on sale (don't bother)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on June 02, 2014, 07:03:47 am
I play nothing!

Srsly, I've been meaning to finish Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, play Dishonored again, go through my godamn backlog etc etc etc. Gotta get around to it at some point.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on June 02, 2014, 09:37:00 am
Also I've been playing Spore a lot lately.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 03, 2014, 02:29:59 pm
I play nothing!

Srsly, I've been meaning to finish Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, play Dishonored again, go through my godamn backlog etc etc etc. Gotta get around to it at some point.

I need to finish Dishonored.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on June 04, 2014, 12:59:03 pm
Finished Sanitarium last night and started playing:

(http://images03.olx.pt/ui/11/48/80/1305933070_205854880_4-Gamecube-Wii-Jogo-Judge-Dredd-VS-Death-Compra-Venda.jpg)

What the heck the other image was replaced by something else. Though this one seems to be working.
It's just Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 04, 2014, 02:24:18 pm
They can do no wrong !!!!!!!


I'm on a ps3 watchdogs binge :/ add me... I'm dobbsylondon and I will hack your interweb then run you over.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LordMelvin on June 04, 2014, 11:00:22 pm
FTL Advanced. Dammit, FTL advanced, why are you so addictivish?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on June 11, 2014, 10:09:28 am
Crusader Kings II

(http://jacobfoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tywin-lannister.jpg)
"It's the family name that lives on. It's all that lives on. Not your personal glory, not your honor... but family. You understand?"
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 11, 2014, 01:43:33 pm
History is written by the victor.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 11, 2014, 07:34:05 pm
I've picked up Dark Souls 2 again ... my worst enemy is gravity (seriously I die more from falling off things than from any non-boss enemy; cost me even 7k souls last night)

ps. also miss the days when there were good DoW2-pick up games to be had

EDIT: I've heard Tiberium Wars was the best of the series. Did I hear right?

Yes and no ... if you don't like the AI cheating (a lot) it is, if you do maybe not
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 11, 2014, 09:31:27 pm
Crusader Kings II

(http://jacobfoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tywin-lannister.jpg)
"It's the family name that lives on. It's all that lives on. Not your personal glory, not your honor... but family. You understand?"

Eugenics Programs II. Vassals-Make-You-Tear-Your-Hair-Out II.

etc.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on June 12, 2014, 08:33:30 am
Crusader Kings II

(http://jacobfoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/tywin-lannister.jpg)
"It's the family name that lives on. It's all that lives on. Not your personal glory, not your honor... but family. You understand?"

Eugenics Programs II. Vassals-Make-You-Tear-Your-Hair-Out II.

etc.

Now that I am King in the Ireland I think my personal demesne is large enough to squash most of my vassals, though I have not had a succession since creating the kingdom.

(http://media.tumblr.com/b05c4b426af711d0dd2302104eb8588d/tumblr_inline_mq9n8d9QJg1qz4rgp.png)

"The future of our family will be determined in these next few months. We could establish a dynasty that would last a thousand years... or we could collapse into nothing, as the Targaryens did."


CK II gives me an appreciation for why all the screwed up stuff in European history, like Spain ruling the Netherlands, happened.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 12, 2014, 09:39:44 am
Gotta keep the music playing, so on a Rocksmith crush.  Starting to progress to the point where it feels like I might eventually be able to play for real, i.e. other than along with the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 12, 2014, 12:03:29 pm
Just watched the Dreadnaught (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teH5Oowj-J8) trailer.

I feel comfortable in saying that while it's a bit of a reaction against the traditional space sim going on there...the age of the space sim has dawned again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on June 12, 2014, 03:45:48 pm
VVVVVV got a nice little update on Steam, so I'm having a bit of fun with that.  Also helped troubleshoot a saving issue while on XP, which made me feel almost-useful!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 12, 2014, 05:38:14 pm
Just watched the Dreadnaught (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teH5Oowj-J8) trailer.

I feel comfortable in saying that while it's a bit of a reaction against the traditional space sim going on there...the age of the space sim has dawned again.


I have never heard of this.


I like this.



I war meets space captain harlock? ?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 15, 2014, 05:58:24 pm
I've begun playing NetHack.

I suck at it. Only made it as far down as level 11 or so.

But I am learning.  I finally figured out what the hell altars do (or at least, part of what they do) and that has made the going easier. A bit.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 16, 2014, 01:31:00 am
dead space.  the controls kinda suck.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on June 16, 2014, 02:36:51 am
dead space.  the controls kinda suck.

I take it you're playing it on PC eh
It'd definitely be better with a controller setup
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 16, 2014, 01:15:45 pm
the worst, clunkiest keyboard/mouse input >> control pad.  that said, i'm getting REALLY tired of modern PC games not supporting extra mouse buttons.  how much effort could it POSSIBLY take to get that right?  3rd party programs are irritating, time consuming to set up and switch around, and kludgey.  and for the love of god, give me independent aiming sensitivity.  ESPECIALLY if it's the goddamn sole means of combat!  i can either jack up the sensitivity so high that the slightest twitch of the wrist points me in god knows what direction when walking about, or be able to aim and shoot at a reasonable speed in combat.  not both.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 16, 2014, 07:28:03 pm
Floating Eyes are bull****. Thought the level was empty, hit with  a sword, it didn't die, and then I was frozen, and a bunch of Uruk-hai show up out of nowhere.

I didn't even know you could encounter Uruk-hai so early.

Lesson learned: never ever enter melee combat with a floating eye you idiot!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on June 16, 2014, 10:09:23 pm
Ace Combat Infinity.

Nothing is more satisfying than chasing an F-22 between buildings in Dubai.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Shivan Hunter on June 17, 2014, 12:22:30 am
Floating Eyes are bull****. Thought the level was empty, hit with  a sword, it didn't die, and then I was frozen, and a bunch of Uruk-hai show up out of nowhere.

I didn't even know you could encounter Uruk-hai so early.

Lesson learned: never ever enter melee combat with a floating eye you idiot!

Lol yeah that's a mistake people only make once. And the level might have been empty - most dungeon level start empty except for special rooms, and the monsters you fight are generated as you play.

Re: Altars: Yeah, they can be tricky at times. DON'T sacrifice unicorns at cross-aligned altars. Also don't sacrifice your own race unless you're chaotic. Or former pets.

(And Uruk-hai are the source of many untimely deaths. They're often generated with poisoned arrows, which can weaken you and have a small chance to kill you outright if you don't have poison resistance.)

NetHack is the best game. Unless I just lost a promising character to a typo in Vlad's Tower after gettin gfully kitted out, in which case I'll say that NetHack is the worst game :7
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 17, 2014, 02:12:00 am
You can sacrifice former pets?

Why would you do that?  :wtf:

...actually, I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Nethack is one of those games where you can do pretty much anything, and where everything is useful for something.

Just today I found out that blindfolds are actually very useful, but only if you are telepathic (now there's something Floating Eyes are good for!)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nuke on June 17, 2014, 05:32:51 pm
waiting for clan invasion to start, but they are having some network trouble.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on June 18, 2014, 03:23:45 am
Ace Combat Infinity.

Nothing is more satisfying than chasing an F-22 between buildings in Dubai.

Right?

Also, outscoring everyone using nothing but a tricked out Phantom is pretty awesome.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on June 18, 2014, 06:43:01 pm
Right?

Also, outscoring everyone using nothing but a tricked out Phantom is pretty awesome.

I found that the Mirage 2000 was far more amazing than I ever expected.

But I have an F-15C now. And it is glorious.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on June 18, 2014, 06:44:42 pm
Jumped hard on the Kerbal Space Program bandwagon.  I recreated Skylab!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 19, 2014, 04:27:38 am
Complete with crash?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on June 19, 2014, 04:33:37 am
(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10495108_10154211008905167_4166671028531672941_o.jpg)
(https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/10275611_10154211009315167_8620649082197513644_o.jpg)

ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME
HAIRLINE BEFORE NEXT LEVEL AND I GET A TROLL MASK?
THIS GAME
THIS DAMNED GAME

Which is totally awesome, love it
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 19, 2014, 06:05:03 am
What platform you play on?

I'm level 40-something.  I yell at police and make them my *****es.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on June 19, 2014, 08:41:08 pm
I've recently been playing various indie adventure and other games from GoG and Humble Bundle:

Retrovirus: Excellent 6DOF game with a Tron-like story and art style. It's slower paced than the Descent games, but I would highly recommend it. Needs a powerful video card though, as its graphics engine is very poorly optimized.
Machinarium: Great steampunk artwork and atmosphere. Not much of an actual story though and the puzzles are often artifically hard and annoying due to the interface.
Primordia: Easily the best modern (although retro-style) adventure game I've seen, with a very interesting story and great writing. There are several endings, but it's a bit too short given how much potential this setting and universe had.
Resonance: Another modern, classic-style adventure game with 4 player characters. Good story with an unexpected twist, but the dialogue is a bit lacking.

the worst, clunkiest keyboard/mouse input >> control pad.  that said, i'm getting REALLY tired of modern PC games not supporting extra mouse buttons.  how much effort could it POSSIBLY take to get that right?  3rd party programs are irritating, time consuming to set up and switch around, and kludgey.

I just use the mouse drivers (Logitech) to map all the buttons to regular keys, and make that a profile for all games. I play a lot of old games and am used to them not recognizing the buttons.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on June 19, 2014, 10:51:31 pm
Yes, Retrovirus was very fun, though it's definitely in need of some updates: poor optimization aside, even some of the achievements are flat-out broken.  And unfortunately there isn't really anything in the way of a multiplayer or modding scene, even though the devs released a level editor.  They did provide some updates soon after the game launched, but I haven't seen any news from them in a while.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on June 19, 2014, 11:47:37 pm
Yeah, I could never find any multiplayer games running. Maybe we can coordinate one on HLP. The game seems pretty obscure in general. It's hard to find much information or discussion on it, and the developer's forums are basically dead.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 20, 2014, 08:29:15 am
Finished Dead Space, on to 2 I suppose.  Didn't really work as a horror game to me.  Never felt any level of scare/creepiness.  Not sure why, it's not like it was a bad attempt.  Maybe I was too distracted by the tedious combat and movement.  Never really did anything wrong.  Also, called the plot twists from the beginning.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on June 20, 2014, 12:33:42 pm
What platform you play on?

I'm level 40-something.  I yell at police and make them my *****es.

PC since my friend got me it on there
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 28, 2014, 09:21:59 am
trying to get through dead space 2.  but the insane difficulty spikes of hordes of fast, nearly unkillable (and in at least one case so far, ACTUALLY unkillable) enemies that must be fought with a slow character using slow weapons that must be aimed precisely with extremely limited ammo, along with the horribly numerous insta-fail occurrances are REALLY making it hard to not quit for good. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on June 28, 2014, 09:31:00 am
Play the game. Don't let the game play you. :yes:

If you're not enjoying the game, but want to see what comes next, consider letting someone else do the work for you and watch a let's play. :nod:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on June 28, 2014, 09:43:43 am
sometimes you just need to say "I played That"
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on June 28, 2014, 12:53:26 pm
Wolfenstein: The New Order. Interesting so far.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 28, 2014, 02:32:20 pm
trying to get through dead space 2.  but the insane difficulty spikes of hordes of fast, nearly unkillable (and in at least one case so far, ACTUALLY unkillable) enemies that must be fought with a slow character using slow weapons that must be aimed precisely with extremely limited ammo, along with the horribly numerous insta-fail occurrances are REALLY making it hard to not quit for good.

Ah, yes, those unkillable Necromorphs. So much fun. /s

But if you're fighting the unkillable one in 2, that means you're pretty much at the very end of the game.


I just finished a playthrough of Copy Kitty Turbo Edition. This game is a lot more fun than it has any right to be. And playing as Savant is an interesting experience.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on June 28, 2014, 05:11:19 pm
trying to get through dead space 2.  but the insane difficulty spikes of hordes of fast, nearly unkillable (and in at least one case so far, ACTUALLY unkillable) enemies that must be fought with a slow character using slow weapons that must be aimed precisely with extremely limited ammo, along with the horribly numerous insta-fail occurrances are REALLY making it hard to not quit for good. 

The hardest difficulty was my first playthrough. Hardcore, the three save only one, being my second (which I might add, no deaths, single sitting playthrough from start to finish)

I loved that game. Multiplayer was also ridiculously fun

Remember a very important thing though. Stasis recharges and has an area of effect. You don't actually have to hit people directly, just nearby. Aim where they're going to be
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on June 29, 2014, 10:53:29 pm
Downloading GoatSim, because GoatSiiiiimmmmm.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 30, 2014, 09:48:12 am
DL'ing the release version of Divinity: Original Sin ....

Meanwhile scratching my Star Wars-itch brought upon by the Release of the FFG's new X-Wing Minatures with the Empire at War-expansion in Galactic Conquest-mode; That is some ****ty balance right there - Consotrium-AI keeps breaking my economy and speed-teched to capital ships :|
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 30, 2014, 12:33:10 pm
finished dead space 2.  i guess it was worth playing.  glad i got it on sale though.  i'll probably replay it with all the extras i didn't know i got and disabled.  i suspect it will be better on the next playthrough with better equipment. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 30, 2014, 08:07:45 pm
Just use the plasma cutter alone.

There is no need for any other weapon.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 30, 2014, 08:58:10 pm
Meanwhile scratching my Star Wars-itch brought upon by the Release of the FFG's new X-Wing Minatures with the Empire at War-expansion in Galactic Conquest-mode; That is some ****ty balance right there - Consotrium-AI keeps breaking my economy and speed-teched to capital ships :|

There's a mod call Thrawn's Revenge (or Imperial Civil War) that I highly recommend for Empire At War's expansion; it's considerably better.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on June 30, 2014, 09:14:11 pm
I am shortly about to take a break from Skyrim - I am nowhere near done, my god, so much questing, so many dragons, so much to see and do, but I confess its starting to get tedious and I want to enjoy the Dragonborn DLC - and try out Dishonored.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on July 01, 2014, 01:35:28 am
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat - Someone tell me to stop playing the game with a Stormcrow. (The Timber Wolf's kinda over-rated/used, I don't have the nuts to pilot the Nova properly, and the Rifleman is a Mech I am very comfortable with. But dear god, I should use the RFL for those STUPID Falcon missions...)

Jane's Longbow Gold: going through the historical missions, I've been making some decent progress on Just Cause, but Desert Storm is kicking me in the nuts (I have no clue how I got through "Darkover," which was the Normandy flight mission).

Wrapped out of the box from my Steam purchases: Age of Empires II, Civilization V, and X-COM: Enemy Unknown.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on July 01, 2014, 05:02:16 am
Briefly gotten back into KSP, but my frustrations with making a rover that doesn't break with the slightest bump will likely mean it will be a short spell unless I find something else to do.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on July 01, 2014, 03:12:59 pm
Meanwhile scratching my Star Wars-itch brought upon by the Release of the FFG's new X-Wing Minatures with the Empire at War-expansion in Galactic Conquest-mode; That is some ****ty balance right there - Consotrium-AI keeps breaking my economy and speed-teched to capital ships :|

There's a mod call Thrawn's Revenge (or Imperial Civil War) that I highly recommend for Empire At War's expansion; it's considerably better.

Thanks, I'll give it a try...
Kinda got frustrated yesterday when out of the blue the Consortium AI blew up my Death Star (the Rebels at least have to win a space battle to do that); well at least I destroyed most of the Constorium holdings with my "Technological Terror"
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on July 01, 2014, 03:14:39 pm
Rome 2 and Borderlands 2.

If anyone wants to play some Borderlands 2 with me, I'm level 23 and my steam name is Turambar87
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on July 01, 2014, 03:43:10 pm
The Zann Consortium is unbelievably OP as just about every unit they have is better and cheaper than the Rebellion and Empire ones, plus they don't even need to conquer the galaxy to win, just corrupt it all.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AtomicClucker on July 01, 2014, 04:51:10 pm
Saints Row IV, Agarest: Generations of War, Senran Kagura Burst on my 2DS, and back into Minecraft with the Yogscast Complete Pack.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 01, 2014, 05:40:36 pm
Well apparently even at 1024x768 and everything turned down to minimum, I can barely get a playable framerate out of GoatSim on this old fossil. Welp. :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 01, 2014, 06:42:48 pm
Just use the plasma cutter alone.

There is no need for any other weapon.

i used it a lot in 1, but it seemed much weaker in 2.  also i kept running out of ammo.  the seeker rifle and line gun were my go-to weapons in 2.  seeker rifle moreso because it was hard to keep enough ammo for the line gun.  force gun in the 4th slot for crowd control.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 02, 2014, 04:02:09 am
Deadspace 3 is free on PS+

Will give that a go once/if I finish Deadspace 2.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on July 02, 2014, 06:56:13 am
Little tip about Deadspace ammo

The less guns you have, the less types of ammo spawn. Sure you'll get the occasional random one, but fewer guns equates to fewer ammo spawns in lockers

Line gun is also very handy to have in your inventory because the ammo sells for a lot
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 02, 2014, 07:54:14 am
in 1 i only ever got ammo for the guns i was carrying, but in 2 i got ammo for ones i never even bought, much less carried.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 03, 2014, 04:15:54 pm
Just fought the Ninja Turtles...as a goat.  And that was after doing cocaine and headbutting deadmau5...as a goat.  Also I built a Minecraft house...as a goat.  What is this I don't even.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: pecenipicek on July 04, 2014, 12:25:23 am
Just fought the Ninja Turtles...as a goat.  And that was after doing cocaine and headbutting deadmau5...as a goat.  Also I built a Minecraft house...as a goat.  What is this I don't even.
the music is :DDDD
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 04, 2014, 01:20:39 am
I've been playing: One Finger Death Punch and Risk of Rain.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 04, 2014, 03:56:15 am
Just fought the Ninja Turtles...as a goat.  And that was after doing cocaine and headbutting deadmau5...as a goat.  Also I built a Minecraft house...as a goat.  What is this I don't even.
the music is :DDDD

What are you lot talking about??


I'm not playing anything quite at the moment... But WHEN it comes out, I'll be all over "GODS WILL BE WATCHING" like white on rice.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on July 04, 2014, 07:14:51 am
Just fought the Ninja Turtles...as a goat.  And that was after doing cocaine and headbutting deadmau5...as a goat.  Also I built a Minecraft house...as a goat.  What is this I don't even.
the music is :DDDD

What are you lot talking about??


I'm not playing anything quite at the moment... But WHEN it comes out, I'll be all over "GODS WILL BE WATCHING" like white on rice.
They're talking about Goatsim.

You play as a goat, but I'm guessing by what's being described here it's actually a play on words for Greatest Of All Time Sim. There was a thread on it a bit ago. With a video and lots of goat puns.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on July 04, 2014, 09:27:11 am
Just fought the Ninja Turtles...as a goat.  And that was after doing cocaine and headbutting deadmau5...as a goat.  Also I built a Minecraft house...as a goat.  What is this I don't even.
the music is :DDDD

What are you lot talking about??


I'm not playing anything quite at the moment... But WHEN it comes out, I'll be all over "GODS WILL BE WATCHING" like white on rice.
They're talking about Goatsim.

You play as a goat, but I'm guessing by what's being described here it's actually a play on words for Greatest Of All Time Sim. There was a thread on it a bit ago. With a video and lots of goat puns.

Here are the ba-a-a-ad puns:

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on July 05, 2014, 09:22:16 am
Sunless Sea.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on July 05, 2014, 12:32:15 pm
Guns of Icarus. Because it's SO MUCH FUN
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 06, 2014, 05:46:39 am
The original gods will be watching short. http://www.deconstructeam.com/gods-will-be-watching/


Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on July 06, 2014, 09:07:28 pm
I spent several hours today with the original Red Alert, after finding out about PortableRA (which fixes all the crashes I normally get with my custom mod) and the Flame Dancers campaign (really good story, although most of it is chapters of text in a custom viewer app that needs Dosbox to work).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on July 07, 2014, 04:47:34 am
Giving "Of Orcs and Men" another spin...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on July 07, 2014, 04:50:46 am
Well, my KSP run evaporated just as I knew it would.

I need a new game to play. Any suggestions? I don't do RTSs or modern-day military stuff.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 07, 2014, 05:05:26 am
Well, my KSP run evaporated just as I knew it would.

I need a new game to play. Any suggestions? I don't do RTSs or modern-day military stuff.

Chzo mythos.

http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/games

Play them all. in order...NAO!!
Just don't expect to sleep well... :shaking:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on July 07, 2014, 08:57:17 am
i'm getting a 403 forbidden via that link Dekker :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 07, 2014, 09:15:15 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Croshaw

Read up on them first :nod:
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Post by: Sarkoth on July 07, 2014, 10:58:28 am
Oh those games are great. Ridiculous, but great.

I have been hooked up on Payday 2 and War Thunder for the last cpl of weeks.

Didn't play freespace for at least 7 weeks. But no more, I need to get back to my campaign list, there's still 29 campaigns to go until I make it to Blue Planet. Who knows, maybe the voice acting is finally done until I'm there. Or there's even a new chapter out. Who knows.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 07, 2014, 11:00:42 am
Payday 2 is awesome.

FYI, I've recently satarted ACE COMBAT INFINITY.
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Post by: Hobbie on July 07, 2014, 06:11:41 pm
FYI, I've recently satarted ACE COMBAT INFINITY.

Welcome to the skies. :P
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 08, 2014, 01:51:19 am
As an old ps2 vet ill take that and raise you a level 2 adfx-01 :nod:
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Post by: ssmit132 on July 08, 2014, 08:51:15 pm
I'm thinking of grabbing Ace Combat Zero myself for my PS2 - do you guys think that's a good choice?
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Post by: cahdoge on July 09, 2014, 05:09:13 am
Crisom Skies has to be somewhere around.
And i think i have a H.A.W.X. too.   :doubt:

I hope the bulk of dust hasn't powdered the discs.   :D
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 09, 2014, 09:56:22 am
I'm thinking of grabbing Ace Combat Zero myself for my PS2 - do you guys think that's a good choice?

Distant thunder is best . I think it's called shattered skies elsewhere.  But grab zero too if you can. It's not bad by any stretch.


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Post by: Hobbie on July 09, 2014, 08:05:30 pm
I'm thinking of grabbing Ace Combat Zero myself for my PS2 - do you guys think that's a good choice?

Yep. The entire PS2 Ace Combat collection is worth getting. You'll be looking for:
-- Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies/Distant Thunder
-- Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War/Squadron Leader
-- Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
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Post by: Mongoose on July 09, 2014, 10:08:31 pm
I think I own all of those yet haven't managed to play any of them.  My PS2 backlog is pretty absurd.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on July 11, 2014, 02:42:40 am
Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn.

This is a major step forward since DW:G 3. The gameplay is much faster-paced, the level design is back to the much superior 1 and 2 version, regenerating health is gone, pilots don't respawn (unless it's plot-dictated), and they actually made battleships relevant to the fight. They even added a non-UC official story mode (it's the Seed-verse, but still)! And finally... Playable. ****ing. Mobile Armors!

On the other hand, CPU Mobile Armors are a joke (I guess they had to rebalance them since they're playable now), the official story mode has the most bizarre pacing I've ever seen, and on the whole the game seems to lack challenge. Granted, I haven't worked my way up to the high-difficulty stages yet, but I remember the earlier titles being much harder. They dropped ZZ from the Official Story mode entirely, and rather than one big plotline that draws all the universes together like in 1 or 3, it has a bunch of unconnected mini-plots a la 2. That's a major disappointment.

So far it's a net positive. It is a Dynasty Warriors game, no question, but if you don't mind that style of gameplay, this is awesome.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on July 11, 2014, 10:09:05 am
I have been Lord Protector of the Empire for 5 minutes, and my Empress - who I also apparently had the hots for, and she had the hots for me - has already been assassinated and I'm in jail.  Oh yeah, and her cute kid that I played hide and seek with got picked up and vanished with the sword-carrying dude that impaled her mother.  This bodes well for my future career.

Either I REALLY wasn't qualified for this job and snuck through the interview on charm and good looks, or these bastards have stock in several large railroad corporations.

[Dishonored].
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Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on July 11, 2014, 11:00:29 am
Sucked back into EVE Online.

halp
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Post by: Lorric on July 11, 2014, 11:05:05 am
Sucked back into EVE Online.

halp
Take my hand. I'll pull you out. :)

As for me, I've been playing Crash Bash lately. On the PS3. This is significant because the game is bugged on PS3. It runs faster. So it's essentially like I'm playing it on a new, ultimate difficulty. I love that game.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on July 11, 2014, 11:43:19 pm
Sucked back into EVE Online.

halp

If you run into Node Crash, tell them you know me. It might buy you leniency.
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Post by: Hobbie on July 12, 2014, 02:44:18 am
Sucked back into EVE Online.

halp

Word of warning.

Avoid Delve right now. :P
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Post by: deathspeed on July 12, 2014, 04:30:28 pm
Just finished the FS2 main campaign, for the first time ever! The first time I played the last mission I got caught in the shockwave as I jumped out.  It looked like a flaming meteor going thru the jump, and I didn't have the presence of mind to grab a screenshot. 

Blue Planet, here I come!  (After I playtest a couple of Diaspora missions)
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Post by: InsaneBaron on July 13, 2014, 07:00:18 am
Just beat Q.U.B.E. Director's cut- an intriguing "philosophical/psychological thriller" take on a pretty good puzzle game.

Currently alternating between Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (easily the best C&C game of the series) and Portal 2, depending on what I'm in the mood for.

Yes, all of the above came from the Steam summer sale :P
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Post by: Scotty on July 13, 2014, 11:09:25 am
Just picked up the new Wolfenstein 30% off (at Target of all places).  Gonna be enjoying that tonight.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on July 14, 2014, 07:57:25 pm
Stronghold Crusader Extreme is so broken. Like, SO BROKEN. And its supposed to be a feature. There are veeeery few maps compared to original crusader, and some of them have those wonderful features, outposts, which spawn endless streams of units. At first it isn't that hard to fend off that, but spawning rate seems to accelerate, which causes two things: the game to slow down significantly, and the owner of said outposts to win. You cannot defend against endless slave/mounted archer/mean-at-arms combo.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 15, 2014, 04:35:42 am
Just watching dishonoured GOTY installing on my PS3.  Appears to have half a dozen or so DLC's included. Am thinking it's thief crossed with assassins creed?
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on July 15, 2014, 10:24:06 am
Just watching dishonoured GOTY installing on my PS3.  Appears to have half a dozen or so DLC's included. Am thinking it's thief crossed with assassins creed?

It's better than that (at least if you go by the most recent installment of Thief) ... Dishonoured's stealth has certainly less feedback than the Thief-series ever had but since stealth is entirely optional that's okay; also Blink-powered plattforming is not only way cooler but also way more playable than the plattforming in ACIV

Also what's the "half a dozen" of DLC? I only have two in my Steam libary (Knife of Dunwall & Brightmore Witches) which are the two story DLC

EDIT: Now returing to Dark Souls II with my NG+ character in preperation of DLC incoming on 22nd (from the previews I'm already stocked; this is going to be soo awesome)
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 15, 2014, 11:46:25 am
 Arcane Assassin, Shadow Rat, Backstreet Butcher, and Acrobatic Killer. All seem like bone packs and perk things. I got knife and witches, plus Dunwall city trials. All on disc :yes:
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Post by: crizza on July 15, 2014, 12:43:11 pm
Playing the Warzone mod for Freespace 2...I'm impressed :D
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Post by: ssmit132 on July 15, 2014, 08:48:58 pm
Distant thunder is best . I think it's called shattered skies elsewhere.  But grab zero too if you can. It's not bad by any stretch.

Yep. The entire PS2 Ace Combat collection is worth getting. You'll be looking for:
-- Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies/Distant Thunder
-- Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War/Squadron Leader
-- Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War

Thanks for your advice. I've heard good things about Ace Combat on here before, and I still play Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy (the 3DS one) a lot, so I thought I should get some of the others. PS2 is the only platform I have which has games from the series in its library - well, except for PC but I don't want to try Assault Horizon - hence why I was looking at PS2 ones (and I've seen some footage from Zero before).

There was a listing of all three on eBay at a decent price so I might consider getting that.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 16, 2014, 01:18:16 am
Get them.  :)  Skies of liberation is another semi recent classic but if you don't 360 it might not be worth forking out for one just for that game.........at the moment.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on July 24, 2014, 12:12:48 pm
I've spent the last couple of days trying to make Outpost 2 run on my computer. I've seen plenty of people claim on the internet it can run under win7, but nobody say how, and the search function of the only community is useless.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 24, 2014, 01:57:45 pm
G police

On my phone.

With a paired duals hock 3.
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Post by: InsaneBaron on July 24, 2014, 06:57:09 pm
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is great, but I'm completely stuck on the last GDI mission at Ground Zero. I don't want to use the "Big Boom" for story reasons, and I'm reluctant to lower the difficult (I'm playing on normal). Anyone here ever beaten that mission?
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Post by: headdie on July 24, 2014, 07:31:39 pm
playing hearthstone atm, trying to beat the first naxx wing, completed all but the heroics where the first math is thrashing me with 4/4 2 cost tokens
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Post by: ssmit132 on July 24, 2014, 07:41:29 pm
I've spent the last couple of days trying to make Outpost 2 run on my computer. I've seen plenty of people claim on the internet it can run under win7, but nobody say how, and the search function of the only community is useless.
What kind of problem are you having? I don't remember having problems with it on my desktop at home which has Windows 7, and I just tried it on my uni computer here - with Windows 7 as well - and it started and loaded a colony game fine.

Then again I'm using the version you can download from Outpost Universe, so if you're using an original disc that might be why we get different results.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on July 25, 2014, 11:48:27 am
What kind of problem are you having? I don't remember having problems with it on my desktop at home which has Windows 7, and I just tried it on my uni computer here - with Windows 7 as well - and it started and loaded a colony game fine.

Then again I'm using the version you can download from Outpost Universe, so if you're using an original disc that might be why we get different results.

Same version, I think. It simply doesn't start; the thing goes to whatever settings it decides it wants to run in and then goes back to desktop. I'm not even sure the process appears in the task manager. I'll redownload and try again.

EDIT: It appears I wasn't. Oh well, let's see if this works...

EDIT EDIT: Well that didn't work either; it appears in the task manager at around 1300 K memory used briefly, but the game never appears to actually start.

Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is great, but I'm completely stuck on the last GDI mission at Ground Zero. I don't want to use the "Big Boom" for story reasons, and I'm reluctant to lower the difficult (I'm playing on normal). Anyone here ever beaten that mission?

Few times. Once resulted in an epic saga of a few Pitbulls and my Ion Cannon uplink being the only thing left, desperately holding off the Scrin warships until I can just push the button one more time...

My primary suggestion is to remember that NOD's harvesting operation is separate from its main base and can be taken out by a relatively small force. Lean left as you head straight up from your base.  Get their missile silos if you can (I seem to remember it's possible), and remember to reserve money to replace your Refinery; it will get targeted by them.

You will probably have to blood and iron your way through NOD, but if you've killed their harvesting operations it shouldn't be awful. Play conservative; you have neither the time nor the cash to build gigantic death fleets of Mammoth tanks, and your units are individually valuable. Against the Scrin, establish a holding front; cheap and mobile anti-air like Pitbulls are your friends here. You'll have some time, since they generally don't press you as hard as NOD does or drop missiles on your base, so get your Ion Cannon uplink working and zap 'em good.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 25, 2014, 12:19:24 pm
Fully upgraded nod bots. Four of them : yes:
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Post by: deathspeed on July 25, 2014, 05:58:07 pm
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is great, but I'm completely stuck on the last GDI mission at Ground Zero. I don't want to use the "Big Boom" for story reasons, and I'm reluctant to lower the difficult (I'm playing on normal). Anyone here ever beaten that mission?

I beat it on Hard, but it was a long time ago and I don't remember specifics!  I think I used this walkthrough guide: http://www.ign.com/wikis/command-conquer-3-tiberium-wars/GDI_Campaign_part_17
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Post by: MP-Ryan on July 26, 2014, 01:26:08 am
Arcane Assassin, Shadow Rat, Backstreet Butcher, and Acrobatic Killer. All seem like bone packs and perk things. I got knife and witches, plus Dunwall city trials. All on disc :yes:

I've been thoroughly enjoying it on my PC (same, with all DLC) for the last week or so, and nowhere near done.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 26, 2014, 07:24:52 am
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is great, but I'm completely stuck on the last GDI mission at Ground Zero. I don't want to use the "Big Boom" for story reasons, and I'm reluctant to lower the difficult (I'm playing on normal). Anyone here ever beaten that mission?

defense, defense, defense at the start.  a commando in an APC to hold back the black hand hordes and some fixed defenses augmented by as many tanks as you can afford.  get firehawks expeditiously, and use them to redirect the scrin mothership to NOD's base.  make sure you have enough anti-air to kill the mothership after that.  the firehawks will go a long way if you keep them alive after attacking the stealth towers, but you'll need missile apcs and/or pitbulls also.  i use missile APCs because they are also useful ground defenders.   if you just harass NOD with the firehawks after that, they won't recover and you can turtle the rest of the mission. 
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Post by: InsaneBaron on July 26, 2014, 10:45:43 am
Thanks guys, will experiment with these strategies. It's hard to get the initiative on this mission- it seems like I'm fighting one crisis after another. The AI sure got better since Tiberian Sun, didn't it?
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 26, 2014, 11:27:47 am
Playing tibsun on hard. A few minutes in getting nod apcs tearing up my **** full of cyborg commandos :(
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Post by: An4ximandros on July 26, 2014, 01:06:49 pm
It helps if you imagine them yelling exterminate with a Dalek voice :P
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on July 26, 2014, 03:31:39 pm
Dance Dance Revolution... again. So icky-sweaty now.

Also tried my hand at Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs. Hokum, I'm sorry, but I utterly hate it compared to Comanche Gold (doesn't emulate the Comanche right, and I'm not in the mood to list every single thing about that) or Jane's Longbow (I'm not getting the immersion of flying three different helos or being in a live battlefield).
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Post by: InsaneBaron on July 27, 2014, 06:57:05 am
Playing tibsun on hard. A few minutes in getting nod apcs tearing up my **** full of cyborg commandos :(

Best counterstrategy is to pave every inch of your base and then add walls. Also, cyborgs are actually more vulnerable to anti-vehicle weapons than normal machine guns, so RPG turrets and Titans make a good defense.

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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 27, 2014, 09:29:45 am
I know tiberian sun backwards. I actually bunked off school to pick it up the day of release and got a t shirt from Westwood for being one of the first people in the UK to get it. :yes:


I just can't believe how quick the A I manages to produce both cyborgs AND apcs.
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Post by: Scotty on July 27, 2014, 12:16:45 pm
Cyborgs are available immediately from the Hand of Nod, and APCs are the cheapest thing to come out of their War Factory.  It's probably faster to actually build the APCs than it is to send them walking over to your base. :P

Besides which, you can build CONCRETE, GREATEST OF ALL STRUCTURES faster than that, even.
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Post by: InsaneBaron on July 27, 2014, 12:49:41 pm
I know tiberian sun backwards. I actually bunked off school to pick it up the day of release and got a t shirt from Westwood for being one of the first people in the UK to get it. :yes:


I just can't believe how quick the A I manages to produce both cyborgs AND apcs.

Ah, I see. That's pretty much my thoughts on Firestorm...
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Post by: swashmebuckle on August 01, 2014, 03:50:54 pm
Played through a few games recently while preparing to sell off some old console stuff on ebay.

Really enjoyed a quality Zelda clone on Playstation called Alundra. It was marred by bosses that took way too many hits to defeat and some ridiculous puzzles that demanded 15 pixel-perfect jumps in a row under time pressure, but overall a fun experience.

Starlancer on Dreamcast featured an unfortunate combination of a boring story that was impossible to get into and some pretty crappy game design decisions. The worst was the final mission where there's an instant death weapon that only targets the player and will sometimes not even warn you that it's going to kill you and it can only be avoided by dodging around large structures but sometimes even that doesn't work. The mission is pretty much impossible, but it becomes incredibly easy if you take the fighter that has the cloaking device (which there's no mention of anywhere). One nice thing about Starlancer was that the control scheme actually worked quite well on the dreamcast controller, which has significantly fewer buttons  than a modern gamepad.

Silver on dreamcast was just a really solid low budget action RPG. Sometimes I didn't know where I was supposed to be going, but it never made me want to hurl the controller through the wall, so that's good.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on August 01, 2014, 04:05:08 pm
Shadow Run Returns, the vanilla campaign. Nearing the end I think but not sure.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 01, 2014, 05:57:07 pm
I freaking love starlancer. The only thing missing was a pc mission editor.
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Post by: deathspeed on August 01, 2014, 06:56:57 pm
I kept getting a crash to desktop on the last mission of Starlancer, and never finished it.  Might have to install and try again!!
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Post by: Kobrar44 on August 02, 2014, 10:21:24 am
I freaking love starlancer. The only thing missing was a pc mission editor.
Also, mouse support  :nervous:
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Post by: InsaneBaron on August 02, 2014, 07:59:39 pm
Succeeded  in beating the GDI campaign of Tiberium Wars. Now for the Nod campaign. Just beat the Atlantic Coast mission (the one with three artillery emplacements). Another improvement Tiberium Wars made to the Tiberium series: the gameplay differences between the factions are a lot more prominent.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 05, 2014, 07:17:09 am
started metro 2033.  performance is SOOOOO inconsistent and stuttery. 
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 05, 2014, 09:34:31 am
On pc? Google optimisation.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on August 05, 2014, 12:31:18 pm
Finished vanilla Shadowrun Returns. Will start Dragonfall next.
Decent game but disappointing in some ways. Most disappointing are the weapons which are, pretty much a straight linear progression. SMG that does 7 damage, then 9, then 10, then 12 , etcetera. Only lateral choice is a datajack-powered smartgun. If your enemies are ranking up and your guns are ranking up then what's the relative difference?

Also:
Spoiler:
At the end of the game was supposed to get 1.5 million nyuen, divided three ways. Instead I only got 100K. What the **** game.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on August 09, 2014, 08:27:05 am
Factorio (https://www.factorio.com/), because it's already worth the money.
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Post by: deathfun on August 11, 2014, 09:38:13 am
Alan Wake
Okay sure, it's been out forever and I've owned it for three years but I've only *just* got around to actually playing it

It's got a certain eeriness to it that I rather like. While most survival horrors you have a general jist of what the **** is going on, but this? Nicely done quote from Stephen King in beginning of game. You've kept to it
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Post by: Wobble73 on August 11, 2014, 10:19:04 am
Recently picked up Wing Commander 3 for free at Origin, tried it out and was disappointed because it seems to forget my Gamepad Calibration during gameplay. So I had a look at their other games they have on there for free and came across Star Wars The Old Republic! downloaded and started to play, well I played almost all day yesterday (until midnight). I think I have found a new game to be addicted to!  :D :yes:
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Post by: Mobius on August 11, 2014, 11:26:36 am
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Damned Orkulus!  :mad:
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Post by: Mongoose on August 11, 2014, 02:18:26 pm
Alan Wake
Okay sure, it's been out forever and I've owned it for three years but I've only *just* got around to actually playing it

It's got a certain eeriness to it that I rather like. While most survival horrors you have a general jist of what the **** is going on, but this? Nicely done quote from Stephen King in beginning of game. You've kept to it
Heh, I'm replaying it right now on the PC myself, since I'd only played it on the 360 before.  Love the hell out of the game.
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Post by: deathfun on August 12, 2014, 06:06:29 am
It's a helluva awesome game. Got it all setup via laptop to TV so I've got the console couch experience with controller and smoother graphics!

The funny part is that the game said "Your specs are too low!" and I was all "Hell naw!" so I cranked to the max and started it up to see 60FPS 90% of the time goodness

Screw you auto check. Screw you
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Post by: Nyctaeus on August 12, 2014, 10:49:33 am
Minecraft. Some idiots blew up my Mayan Temple a few days ago :(.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 13, 2014, 12:52:27 am
finished Metro 2033.  I was expecting better based on hype/reviews.  Is last light better?
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Post by: Mongoose on August 13, 2014, 03:10:24 am
The funny part is that the game said "Your specs are too low!" and I was all "Hell naw!" so I cranked to the max and started it up to see 60FPS 90% of the time goodness

Screw you auto check. Screw you
My specs really are too low, and it told me as much, but it runs just fine on low detail, and it still manages to look just as good as the 360 version did.  Kudos to Remedy for a solid port.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on August 13, 2014, 11:33:09 pm
With all the hype Dark Souls II has been getting, I'm checking out the first game.

Initial troubles with controller set-up were frustrating, and whoever designed keyboard controls for this game was an idiot. But, looks like the PC version comes with the DLC included, so that's nice. Once I actually got things working the controls are for the most part solid.

Games for Windows Live still exists? That's a surprise. Haven't touched my account on there for years. Fortunately it seems it was still active.

Game itself is fun. I've slowly been getting the hang of melee combat. Can't really figure out ranged weapons. Aiming them anywhere other than straight forward, that is, which limits their effectiveness by a long shot. I also like that death doesn't have too much consequence in a game where you're dying every ten minutes.

My main problem is I am never sure if I'm underlevelled for an encounter or if I just suck at combat. I also don't like the invading player mechanic. The leaving messages and summoning friendly players for help is kind of cool (when it actually works), but invading seems to serve no purpose other than being a dick to other players.

Then again I don't like PvP I can't opt out of in general, so that's probably why. (I'm aware I could play the game offline, but then I couldn't read the messages or summon help either.)
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Post by: crizza on August 14, 2014, 04:53:15 am
Started Dark Souls last christmas...was killed by skeletons after you escape the asylum, time and time again...haven't played ever since -.-
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Post by: Dark Hunter on August 14, 2014, 05:09:42 am
Hah, you went the wrong way.

There are much easier enemies in the other direction, since that's where you're supposed to head first.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on August 14, 2014, 01:18:17 pm
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Damned Orkulus!  :mad:

COME AT ME STARBASE BRO. I had one sit in a standoff with my system defenses for thirty minutes once...
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 15, 2014, 09:06:22 am
Recently picked up Wing Commander 3 for free at Origin, tried it out and was disappointed because it seems to forget my Gamepad Calibration during gameplay. So I had a look at their other games they have on there for free and came across Star Wars The Old Republic! downloaded and started to play, well I played almost all day yesterday (until midnight). I think I have found a new game to be addicted to!  :D :yes:


On Origin?  How did you find the freebies, I only saw the one :/



I'm lost in the epic sprawl of Battlefield 3 as it's so effing cheap at the moment.  Love doing my engineer thing.
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Post by: Wobble73 on August 15, 2014, 03:35:40 pm
Recently picked up Wing Commander 3 for free at Origin, tried it out and was disappointed because it seems to forget my Gamepad Calibration during gameplay. So I had a look at their other games they have on there for free and came across Star Wars The Old Republic! downloaded and started to play, well I played almost all day yesterday (until midnight). I think I have found a new game to be addicted to!  :D :yes:


On Origin?  How did you find the freebies, I only saw the one :/



I'm lost in the epic sprawl of Battlefield 3 as it's so effing cheap at the moment.  Love doing my engineer thing.

There is only on that is "On the House" but there are others that are free to play, some browser based games and some that are "Free" to download and play, (but there are in game purchases).
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Post by: deathfun on August 18, 2014, 04:25:36 am
FTL
Was going great
Then for the past fifteen runs things kept going "HEY **** YOU PLAYER"
I'm lucky if I make it to Sector 3, usually clinging onto life
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Post by: cahdoge on August 18, 2014, 05:38:30 am
Planetary annihilation.

KaBOOOOOOOOOOOMM!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 18, 2014, 09:43:07 am
Planetary annihilation.

KaBOOOOOOOOOOOMM!!!!!!!!!!

It's out??
/me rushes to yootoob
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Post by: cahdoge on August 18, 2014, 11:53:58 am
Yes and no.
Its still under developement but you may buy a physical gamma version (Windows7 64 and 32, OSX 64,Linux 64 Ubuntu Mint).
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Post by: Dark Hunter on August 20, 2014, 09:25:28 pm
I'm beginning to see why Dark Souls gets so much acclaim. Now that I'm not fighting like a complete dumbass quite as much and have some half-decent equipment.

On the other hand, Sen's Fortress is my next challenge... and I have heard some really nasty things about it. Also those snake-head things seem to be a rather severe jump in armor-having, am I supposed to be doing so little damage?
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 21, 2014, 12:27:28 am
installed all the unofficial patches for the skyrim DLC.  not quite convinced myself to dive back in yet.  also undecided about continuing my current character or starting over.  kinda want to try out other things, but also don't want the tedium of getting through everything again.  because i will want to do a FULL playthrough. 
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on August 21, 2014, 01:30:49 am
Get Alternate Start: Live Another Life.  It basically gives you a ton of new starting choices, all of them very different from starting in Helgan and being attacked by a dragon.
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on August 21, 2014, 03:00:22 am
FTL
Was going great
Then for the past fifteen runs things kept going "HEY **** YOU PLAYER"
I'm lucky if I make it to Sector 3, usually clinging onto life

Eh, at least you weren't stuck in the Final Boss's face and ran out of Pegasus Missiles... cripes, even with 50% dodge at that point, I couldn't do jack. I'd say get the Long Range Scanner if you can... makes enemy avoidance far easier (though the scrap rewards...).

I'm re-playing Half-Life 1 again, oh god, the Vortigaunt factory (for the record, Interloper is my most hated chapter in the entire Half-Life 1 arc).
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Post by: Mongoose on August 21, 2014, 04:57:35 am
I'm re-playing Half-Life 1 again, oh god, the Vortigaunt factory (for the record, Interloper is my most hated chapter in the entire Half-Life 1 arc).
I just had to look up which part that was, and oh yeah, that was a *****.  I was thinking of starting a full HL replay one of these days, but I'm definitely not looking forward to Xen as a whole.
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Post by: deathfun on August 21, 2014, 05:34:21 am
I'm re-playing Half-Life 1 again, oh god, the Vortigaunt factory (for the record, Interloper is my most hated chapter in the entire Half-Life 1 arc).
I just had to look up which part that was, and oh yeah, that was a *****.  I was thinking of starting a full HL replay one of these days, but I'm definitely not looking forward to Xen as a whole.

Wait for Black Mesa to get their Xen figured out
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on August 21, 2014, 08:58:25 pm
Wait for Black Mesa to get their Xen figured out

Yeah, I do hope that there are more dead HEV team people/drop points in the Black Mesa version, because even in the original game, supply constraints and rationing started taking their toll (save for explosives and crossbow bolts).

I was thinking of starting a full HL replay one of these days, but I'm definitely not looking forward to Xen as a whole.

Thankfully, Focal Point (in Blue Shift) is FAR easier than the main game's Xen due to a straighter path, better landscaping and less frustrating enemies (you have no armor pickups, but all of your ammo won't be burned on that chapter). Opposing Force, well, you don't visit any parts of the Xen "mainlands."
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Post by: Sarkoth on August 24, 2014, 11:10:20 am
And another Marathon of War Thunder has passed its course.

I should probably get back to further testing for the campaign list now.
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Post by: deathspeed on August 24, 2014, 04:49:47 pm
I finally started Blue Planet today.
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Post by: Scotty on August 24, 2014, 08:14:12 pm
(http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-toot.gif)
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Post by: Jeff Vader on August 25, 2014, 02:30:31 am
Freelancer.
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Post by: Mongoose on August 25, 2014, 03:34:08 am
Though I'm not playing it, I want to be playing Screencheat (http://community.surpriseattackgames.com/screencheat).  Remember the days of Goldeneye 64, when you'd play split-screen and annoy the hell out of your siblings/friends by looking at their screens to figure out exactly where they are?  Someone took that concept and made a whole game out of it.  Everyone's invisible, and you see everyone's screens at once, so the only way to kill them is to screencheat!  The gameplay videos are what really do it justice; it looks like a total blast.
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Post by: InsaneBaron on August 25, 2014, 01:52:48 pm
Just finished Kairo and QUBE after a fun little puzzle game spree brought on by the Steam summer sale.

Kairo: Very fascinating abstract mystery/puzzle game, I had a blast trying to come up with a plausible explanation for the whole game and then finding out at the end that my speculation was off by a mile because I overlooked one piece of the puzzle that was pretty glaringly obvious in hindsight (warning, this game is extremely spoiler sensitive, avoid spoilers like the plague). Gameplay was just there for immersion; you walk around and trigger things, that's it. Overall: Great environmental narrative, superb atmosphere, a challenge for your imagination but not you reflexes. Worth a look if you're into that kinda thing.

QUBE: Harder than Kairo and a lot less abstract, has a much tighter narrative that centers around one main question: which of two voices to trust? The philosophical aspect of the plot is obvious without being preaching, and the puzzles are on par with Portal. (in fact the narrative actually seems to take advantage of the fact that most QUBE players know Portal... play it and you'll see what I mean.) Overall: Challenging puzzles, exciting, tense mood and skillful writing. Recommended if you like puzzle games.
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Post by: deathfun on August 26, 2014, 04:35:19 am

I was having fun with scripts
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Post by: CommanderDJ on August 26, 2014, 11:37:19 pm
Started playing Arkham City today. I'm a little put off by how heavily sexualised Catwoman is, but the game itself is quite fun.
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Post by: crizza on August 27, 2014, 04:49:00 am
AC Assault Horizon...and totally stuck on the mission the launch.
While the bombing run is easy as cake, as soon as the ICBM launches it's over, I close in, start DFM and poof, the rocke is away...buhu :banghead:
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Post by: Sarkoth on August 28, 2014, 03:11:00 pm
Dota 2.

And some more FS2. More. MORE.
Soon.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on August 28, 2014, 08:57:06 pm
AC Assault Horizon...and totally stuck on the mission the launch.
While the bombing run is easy as cake, as soon as the ICBM launches it's over, I close in, start DFM and poof, the rocke is away...buhu :banghead:

You have an accelerate button. Use it.
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Post by: crizza on August 29, 2014, 05:18:28 am
AC Assault Horizon...and totally stuck on the mission the launch.
While the bombing run is easy as cake, as soon as the ICBM launches it's over, I close in, start DFM and poof, the rocke is away...buhu :banghead:

You have an accelerate button. Use it.
Yeah, tried it out of sheer frustration and it worked, after accelerating when that thing was said to have escaped and I came leve with it^^
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on August 30, 2014, 06:53:37 pm
FTL.

Stupid Slug 2!

EDIT: Finally won with the Slug 2. The key strategy is "luck".
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Post by: CP5670 on August 31, 2014, 08:48:16 am
Replaying Psychonauts. The maps and environments in this game are amazing, probably unlike any other game out there.

Also some FS2 campaigns. I'm trying to play Ancient-Shivan War but can't get it to work, probably some build or media VP problem.
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Post by: Mongoose on August 31, 2014, 12:09:48 pm
The Milkman Conspiracy is easily one of the greatest levels in gaming history. :yes:
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Post by: CP5670 on August 31, 2014, 05:45:27 pm
My favorite is the Waterloo level. Seeing the wargame with Napoleon in Fred's mind was great, but climbing into the board and becoming part of the game blew my mind when I first played it. :yes:
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Post by: MP-Ryan on August 31, 2014, 08:57:31 pm
Playing the Dishonored DLC now.  Dunwall City Trials is an interesting change of pace, but some of these are bloody HARD.
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Post by: Dragon on August 31, 2014, 09:46:31 pm
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. Would probably be better to play the original first, but I couldn't get sound to work. Why can't Steam only sell working games, like it used to?
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Post by: Hades on August 31, 2014, 10:02:15 pm
just because it doesn't work on your PC doesn't mean it's broken, Supreme Commander's audio works completely fine on my end.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 01, 2014, 05:19:27 am
paladog (http://armorgames.com/play/13262/paladog)

between this and cookie clicker, i'm turning into a casual.  someone save me.
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Post by: Rheyah on September 01, 2014, 07:59:19 am
XCOM Enemy Within:  Long War

Divinity:  Original Sin

Starcraft 2

Endlessly testing my own bloody campaign.

Occasionally playing Vassago's Dirge and Blue Planet for inspiration.
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Post by: Luis Dias on September 01, 2014, 01:27:33 pm
Oppression Quest. It's hilarious.
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Post by: crizza on September 02, 2014, 02:35:11 pm
BF3 multyplayer every now and then.
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Post by: headdie on September 02, 2014, 03:50:51 pm
just finished red faction 1 & 2

nothing special but solid fun shooters
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 03, 2014, 09:14:38 am
Yesterday I finally managed to beat Elana, Squalid Queen (bloody hard due to her summons and the lack of Coop Phantoms) and Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon (comperatively easy for Dark Souls Dragon fight) in Dark Souls II's Crown of the Sunken King DLC with my NG+ Pyrmonacer/Sorcerer

Now grinding myself through Crown of the Iron King's Brume Tower; I've got 4 pieces of Nadalia's Soul already but yet have not encountered any boss or access to the challange route...

EDIT: I arrived at the base of the tower and at the Fume Knight boss ... however I ran out of Smelter Wedges and there is still the eleventh Ashen Idol to deal with; Anyone know where I can get more Wedges?
(Since this is Dark Souls I guess the 11th Wedge is behind the Fume Knight?)
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Post by: An4ximandros on September 04, 2014, 04:20:11 pm
Brutal Doom. Nothing else will quench the taste for this much mad fun...
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Post by: deathspeed on September 04, 2014, 05:09:30 pm
Just finished BP: AoA, and gonna start WiH tonight.
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on September 04, 2014, 11:03:02 pm
Jane's F/A-18. It's actually pretty fun. If only I could be able to rapidly switch HARM targets in TOO mode so I don't get swatted out so easily... maybe I should leave it in Self-Protect...

EDIT: Nah, never mind. Turns out if I want to switch HARM targets, I have to click the MFD containing it first. D'oh.
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Post by: Scotty on September 05, 2014, 12:40:14 am
World of Tanks.  My Clan did clan wars tonight.  I was the battle caller.

My clan now owns territory on the global map for the first time.

:D
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 07, 2014, 02:00:20 pm
After days of trying I finally vanquished the Fume Knight in Dark Souls 2 thanks to members of the Heirs of the Sun Covenant (don't worry I've been doing stuff in between), yet Nadalia's Soul is still incomplete (11 of 12 discovered pieces, still lacking the last Smelter Wedge) ... now grinding down Challange Route and the Memory of the Iron King, both Bosses encountered and it appears I've to raise my Faith stat for those

NG+ Bosses left undefeated:
- Ancient Dragon
- King Vendrick
- Sir Alonne
- (Blue) Smelter Demon
- Dual Persurers
- Cave of the Dead Trio
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Post by: headdie on September 07, 2014, 06:24:04 pm
World of Tanks.  My Clan did clan wars tonight.  I was the battle caller.

My clan now owns territory on the global map for the first time.

:D

awesome scotty

Just started the Hong Kong section in my most recent Deus Ex Run
Half way through a Chaos Marine run in Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
Occasionally dipping into D&D Temple of Evil
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Post by: Hobbie on September 07, 2014, 06:45:30 pm
After days of trying I finally vanquished the Fume Knight in Dark Souls 2 thanks to members of the Heirs of the Sun Covenant (don't worry I've been doing stuff in between), yet Nadalia's Soul is still incomplete (11 of 12 discovered pieces, still lacking the last Smelter Wedge) ... now grinding down Challange Route and the Memory of the Iron King, both Bosses encountered and it appears I've to raise my Faith stat for those

Praise the Sun, my child. :D

With all these X-COM threads, I finally started a game of Enemy Within. My first assault spent half the game wounded due to poorly timed blitzes, then promptly EARNED the callsign "Mad Dog".

Mmmm... alloy cannons...
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 09, 2014, 05:42:20 pm
Yes.
Alloy cannons :pimp:




I'm hooked on battlefield 3..... dear god halp.
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Post by: Hobbie on September 09, 2014, 06:27:06 pm
Yes.
Alloy cannons :pimp:

And the Heavy got the nickname "Papa Bear" for generally getting everyone's asses out of the fire. :D
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Post by: FireSpawn on September 09, 2014, 07:18:14 pm
Playing some 'Mount and Blade: Warband' with ' Floris Mod', Smite and a smattering of MWO.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 09, 2014, 09:33:23 pm
With all these X-COM threads, I finally started a game of Enemy Within.

Same! I started playing on "Classic" difficulty and Ironman mode. Party wiped and restarted the game a few times, then got going well enough to start "Portent" a few times. Wiped every time, had to restart the game each time. Gave up, turned off Ironman.
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Post by: deathfun on September 10, 2014, 08:25:29 am
The beauty of those options is the fact you can turn it off *mid playthrough*
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on September 10, 2014, 01:13:31 pm
Wanted some quick shooting action to unwind.

Originally started playing Blood One Whole Unit. Got frustrated when I was given **** weapons to go up against one-hit kill enemies ("Hey player, use your pitchfork to attack this guy carrying a machine gun and throwing dynamite (and yes, I found the dynamite secret. Didn't make it much more fun)).

Then tried to boot up Metro 2033 but instead apparently booted up a steam update despite choosing to play offline.
Then Steam asked me to restart the program, I responded by telling Steam to go **** itself and booted up Slave Zero from GOG.


Slave Zero is a great game so far. Exactly what I wanted though a bit easy (even on hard)
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Post by: Jeff Vader on September 10, 2014, 11:53:26 pm
Trying to replay Dishonored again if/when my cat allows it.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on September 11, 2014, 07:43:33 pm
Currently playing "let's flip the **** out on learning that PGI is trying to build a space MMO out of things they stole from other people and saying it's going to be the actual Wing Commander Online while they forum-ban people from the MWO forums over things said on facebook or twitter"
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on September 13, 2014, 02:46:39 pm
Slave Zero keeps crashing during some damn escort mission.
Tried to play Blood on a lower difficultly but the rats are stupidly annoying. Game has auto aim ala Doom but it doesn't autoaim at the rats for some reason.

So started playing the original Carmageddon instead. Doesn't seem quite as good as Carmageddon 2 but the sprites and the driver sounds are interesting.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 13, 2014, 05:37:01 pm
Old lady sound " I was in the war!" From carmageddon was my windows 3.1 error sound.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on September 13, 2014, 08:02:45 pm
Don't think I've run into her yet.

:P
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 13, 2014, 10:52:52 pm
it's a little late now, but tomorrow i'm going to venture into a new game from my backlog.  haven't decided which yet.  the front runners are metro last light and crysis 3.  KOTOR is also crying out to be played, but i think i'm going to be much more in a shooter mood.
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Post by: Hobbie on September 14, 2014, 06:08:55 pm
Strike Suit Infinity.

It took shenanigans with PPJoy, GlovePIE, and a program that stops the mouse moving to the second monitor in order to get it to play like Freespace. But I'm loving every minute of it.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on September 14, 2014, 09:25:29 pm
I have completed Dishonored's Dunwall City Trials, with 3 star ratings and all achievements for all challenges.

It was only marginally less frustrating (and ultimately satisfying) than the Clash in the Clouds Bioshock Infinite DLC.

Onto Knife of Dunwall and Brigmore Witches!
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 15, 2014, 01:01:19 am
Knife and Witches are fantastic albeit short by comparison.

I enjoyed them..


I've mostly been playing OTTTD.
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Post by: headdie on September 15, 2014, 07:11:23 pm
looks interesting
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Post by: Hobbie on September 15, 2014, 08:52:46 pm
I started playing Achron. It's an RTS with time travel in it. Time travel has always been a fascination of mine, so games like this, Chrono Trigger, and the tabletop game Continuum appeal to me.

The idea is that there is a seven minute mutable time period where you can basically time travel with impunity. Changes made in the past are propagated to the future by time-waves. So basically you can suicide scout in the future, then cancel the order in the past, and when the time-wave hits your scout hasn't moved, but you remember what was where the scout never went. Time does keep moving forward (somehow) and as it does the past gets locked off.

I've given myself a tremendous headache trying to think in four dimensions but it's a stupid amount of fun.
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Post by: Mongoose on September 15, 2014, 09:25:55 pm
I remember seeing a demo video of that a while back.  It pretty much made my brain leak out of my ears...in a good way.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 16, 2014, 11:25:55 am
I'm looking that shot up on youtube right now! :yes:
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Post by: ssmit132 on September 16, 2014, 11:59:11 pm
I've mostly been playing OTTTD.
I thought you had misspelled OTTD (as in, OpenTTD) until I looked that up. :p
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 17, 2014, 12:29:18 am
just completed crysis 2 replay in preps for crysis 3.  i've replayed it several times before, but for whatever reason, i was REALLY bored by it this time.  it hasn't aged well.  considering 3 is by all accounts i've heard a pretty lazy tack-on to 2, i don't hold out much hope of being greatly entertained.  but play it i shall.  hell, i was wrong about 2. 
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 17, 2014, 02:14:59 am
I stopped playing 3 after ten mi uses.  Removed it from my ps3 and continued to play something else.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 18, 2014, 11:24:42 pm
Playing a game of XCOM Long War. Ironman. Normal difficulty. No cinematic mode.
Let's just say that it's a good thing that soldiers are only 10 credits each instead of 15...
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Post by: deathfun on September 19, 2014, 02:09:32 am
Playing a game of XCOM Long War. Ironman. Normal difficulty. No cinematic mode.
Let's just say that it's a good thing that soldiers are only 10 credits each instead of 15...

I sense a trend here
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 19, 2014, 07:42:31 pm
I stopped playing 3 after ten mi uses.  Removed it from my ps3 and continued to play something else.

Ten... what?  But yeah, I played a lot today and it's not very good.  Expansion pack to 2 maybe.  Won't be purchasing this.  Might go back and replay 1/warhead though.  Remind myself how good it used to be.

Although if anyone else has played this, maybe you can tell me, what happened to Nomad?  The intro said the only survivors of raptor team were Psycho and Prophet.  However Nomad was absolutely alive at the end of 1, and never even mentioned in 2.  Also, what happened to Alcatraz?  Did he just magically turn into Prophet?  Did he get kicked out of his own body? 
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on September 19, 2014, 10:35:21 pm
Finished Slave Zero on hard.
It was fun until the final battle, which was unwinnable due to lack of ammunition and the battle itself was boring. Used cheats to win it and see the cutscene. This was an odd game where the later levels became less fun due to level design and enemy types.

Was a fun few hours but third act pretty weak.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 21, 2014, 11:57:18 am
I stopped playing 3 after ten mi uses.  Removed it from my ps3 and continued to play something else.

Ten... what?  But yeah, I played a lot today and it's not very good.  Expansion pack to 2 maybe.  Won't be purchasing this.  Might go back and replay 1/warhead though.  Remind myself how good it used to be.

Although if anyone else has played this, maybe you can tell me, what happened to Nomad?  The intro said the only survivors of raptor team were Psycho and Prophet.  However Nomad was absolutely alive at the end of 1, and never even mentioned in 2.  Also, what happened to Alcatraz?  Did he just magically turn into Prophet?  Did he get kicked out of his own body?

Meant ten minutes.

My understanding was the nanotechnology absorbs Alcatraz.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 21, 2014, 03:08:35 pm
finished crysis 3.  it got a LITTLE better by the end.  i found a little bit of info in the data files stuff on alcatraz, said his personality was "stored" by the suit because he was damaged in 2.  so basically, yeah prophet stole his body.  still nothing on nomad, other than repeated statements of him being dead.

i think i'll go to assassin's creed next.
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Post by: crizza on September 21, 2014, 03:46:03 pm
Xcom - Enemy Within...
Just when you think you got it handled, three nations drop out^^
And here I thought panic decreases after one month, not that I had three Satelitts being build to take care of that -.-
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Post by: headdie on September 21, 2014, 05:53:49 pm
finished the original Deus Ex with my fav ending

Been trying to get into original SotS but even with the expansions I am still struggling to find it engaging
Have Chaos, Tau and IG run throughs going in DoW:DC
Playing Civ III to keep my eye in for when I head over to my dad's on random sundays, same with OTTD and UT:GOTY

Still "playing" with Blender as well
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Post by: NGTM-1R on September 23, 2014, 11:13:17 am
I am in that awkward moment where I realize "I want to play a game like the original Bubblegum Crisis" and then "but no such game like this exists".
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 25, 2014, 12:32:40 am
Just finished Transistor... wow.
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Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on September 25, 2014, 07:11:41 am
Jane's F/A-18. It's actually pretty fun. If only I could be able to rapidly switch HARM targets in TOO mode so I don't get swatted out so easily... maybe I should leave it in Self-Protect...

EDIT: Nah, never mind. Turns out if I want to switch HARM targets, I have to click the MFD containing it first. D'oh.

Man, that reminds me of the hundreds and hundreds of hours spent playing Jane's F-15. What a game. Too bad it's (almost) impossible to get working on new OSes. Still have the original discs and the bible-sized manual, too.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on September 26, 2014, 10:42:42 am
I've started playing this old game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfpo2_Z3X04) again in recent weeks.
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on September 26, 2014, 09:10:55 pm
Jane's F/A-18. It's actually pretty fun. If only I could be able to rapidly switch HARM targets in TOO mode so I don't get swatted out so easily... maybe I should leave it in Self-Protect...

EDIT: Nah, never mind. Turns out if I want to switch HARM targets, I have to click the MFD containing it first. D'oh.

Man, that reminds me of the hundreds and hundreds of hours spent playing Jane's F-15. What a game. Too bad it's (almost) impossible to get working on new OSes. Still have the original discs and the bible-sized manual, too.

Yeah, right now visually on every other day I'm flying in a world of clown barf on F-15 unless I purposely over-G myself (not helping is that I have that one problem where I can't navigate the menu so it's unplayable on my crappy laptop, maybe I could run it on my box).

F/A-18, thanks to the TSH Crew, actually bloody works fully for once. But I'm at my most loathsome mission series in the campaign, which involves blowing up nuclear weapon stockpiles (yeah, it's the type of mission where you have to blow up a nuclear weapons stash surrounded by like, ten SAM sites).
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Post by: deathfun on September 27, 2014, 10:47:54 pm
Recently got back to killing it in PlanetSide 2
Game is just ridiculously fun. Beats the hell out of Battlefield any day
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Post by: deathspeed on September 27, 2014, 10:55:04 pm
I'm about to start Descent 3, from GoG. 

Addendum:  I was up til 2:00 a.m. trying to get the controls configured to work with my Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 and messing with different rendering devices, graphics settings, and command-line switches, so I haven't really played yet.  It seems like D3D doesn't work (screwed-up menu text, cursor artifacts), and using the included Glide wrapper is less hassle than using Open GL (it messes up my desktop size and re-orders my icons).  I finally got the joystick configured to let me at least finish the tutorial - I had to un-bind the joystick throttle to keep from moving forward all the time. 

I found a lot more resources online for Descent 1 and 2, I guess because the source code is now open source or something.  Any hints, tips, tricks, etc. are appreciated!  I hope to start playing the actual game in a few hours.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 28, 2014, 06:44:17 pm
it's been a long while, but i don't remember having any of that trouble.  mine is disks instead of GOG though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Edhotmetal on September 28, 2014, 09:03:47 pm
I've been playing a little of A Mind Forever Voyaging and TM United Forever.
I've also been having too much fun in the online races in watchdogs.
Maybe I should play my old NFS games again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 29, 2014, 07:07:20 am
I just got a 3DS and Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.  Splitting my time between that and Assassin's Creed.  I will be adding a whole lot of nintendo goodness to the playlist though. 

Also, I don't know if any of you have tried this, but DAMN is the 3d actually impressive!  I never expected it would actually work this well and intended to turn it off after a little novelty run, but I don't need to.  I haven't had a marathon session yet, but so far no reason to turn it off. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on September 29, 2014, 09:25:29 am

That is all
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Post by: SkycladGuardian on September 30, 2014, 04:15:46 pm
Started with Starpoint Gemini 2. I'm still learning the gameplay basics, but it's fun already. You could describe it as a mixture between Freelancer and X3 with RPG elements thrown in. A large universe which you can free-roam (no sectors like in the X games), tons of options to customize your ship, to upgrade it, or you can purchase a new one and chose out of dozens of different types and classes. However, you're "limited" to capital ships. You start with a gunship and you can own a carrier, so no fighter or bombers for the player.
It was made by a Croation Indie developer, an has been released couple of days ago on Steam. You should check it out: http://www.starpointgemini.com/
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on October 01, 2014, 05:12:50 am
Thanks for the heads up on the release there Guardian, had it bought on the 22nd and never checked when it was supposed to release xD

That first ship you get is awesome <3
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on October 02, 2014, 12:28:32 pm
Dishonored and all DLC complete.  That was an excellent game experience.

Back to finishing Skyrim and the Dragonborn DLC.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on October 04, 2014, 12:56:05 pm
So Starforge is the first of those alpha/beta games I own to actually release. Interesting. I need to get that new pc and try it out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on October 04, 2014, 11:54:20 pm
Just finished Ace Combat 04 today and really liked it; I've now started Ace Combat 5 and I'm hoping it's just as good! I'm not worried about it, I'm sure Namco didn't drop the ball.

Also, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS. I'm sure the Wii U version will be the better one but the 3DS version is really, really good on the handheld - it runs quite smoothly and it's not terribly difficult to see what's going on on the normal 3DS' small screen.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 05, 2014, 01:29:12 am
how is it for single player? 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on October 05, 2014, 11:07:59 pm
Galaga '90 on PCE Emu.

I'm surprised I broke the 200K mark. Couldn't do that on the PS2 Namco Museum Port (Galaga '88).

Triple Ship FTW.

[attachment kidnapped by pirates]
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Boomer20 on October 06, 2014, 12:32:13 am
As I only just got a PS3 for my birthday I am playing Tomb Raider and 2K9 MLB.
Tomb Raider is actually really fun and interesting.
As an Aussie, Im a cricket fan and cant stand watching Baseball, but Im enjoying 2K9 MLB....... swear there the slowest runners in the world though. And the moving fielders around is a bit buggy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on October 08, 2014, 08:50:35 pm
how is it for single player?

Hmm, well, I'm not an expert, but from what I've played so far... you have your Classic, All-Star and Stadium modes with the latter including Multi-man Melee, Home-Run Contest and a variant of Target Test* which has you beating up a bomb which you then launch at the targets to see how many you get (so a bit of a hybrid of HRC and TT).

Classic uses an intensity slider like that used in Kid Icarus: Uprising. The default is 2.0 and you can increase it up to 9.0 - but if you lose a match on a higher intensity, it will automatically be lowered, so you'll have to go through without fails if you want to clear a certain intensity.

All-Star mode can be played at any time but is only complete when you unlock all characters, which is actually fairly simple - if you just play a lot of normal matches against the computer, you'll face a new challenger every 10 battles, and they'll appear after every match until you unlock them.

As for the exclusive Smash Run mode... I've only played it once, but from what I've seen, it involves five minutes of exploring an area where you fight different Nintendo enemies and get stat increases when you defeat them. At the same time three other computer-controlled characters are going through as well (though you can't interact with them AFAIK). At the end you'll be put into a one minute match against the computer characters with all the stat boosts you collected and whoever wins that is the winner of the whole thing.

Probably not my favourite mode but I suppose some people might like it.

Also you can now customise any character - not just Mii fighters - depending on the equipment you've collected in any mode and that character's different choices for special moves (if I recall correctly - I haven't really done it myself yet).

Anyway, that's what I've experienced so far while playing  as I've mostly stuck with normal matches so I haven't explored the other modes thoroughly, but I hope that's helpful! :)

*Melee title - Break the Targets/Target Smash in 64 and Brawl respectively.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on October 12, 2014, 02:03:18 pm
Does having a dream playing this awesome game that doesn't exist count? That was one of the best dreams ever

But I digress: Borderlands - The Pre-Sequel is something I will be playing in two days. What can I say, it's Borderlands and I love these games

I mean, what isn't to love about their possibly over hyping trailers? Who cares! They're frigging awesome
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 13, 2014, 03:36:30 am
i still haven't played borderlands 2 that i got for free with my vid card.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on October 13, 2014, 05:21:18 am
I highly recommend you do, it's ridiculously funny.
Especially if you have the Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage and the Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep DLCs, i have yet to play the other two big DLCs but those two are pretty awesome.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on October 13, 2014, 11:14:23 am
Maybe I should get the BL2 DLC.  I got tired of the base game very quickly.  Though I also didn't play coop much, and it seems the second game focused way more on coop than the first.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on October 13, 2014, 12:36:25 pm
I wouldn't know about the focus on co-op, i haven't played the first game.
But i had a blast when i was playing with my friends, and eventually i started continuing the story with the same character. Turns out i hadn't started yet on my own savefile so had to actually start from the beginning with a level 12 character at the time, it was blissful ease for a time :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on October 13, 2014, 03:43:25 pm
Maybe I should get the BL2 DLC.  I got tired of the base game very quickly.  Though I also didn't play coop much, and it seems the second game focused way more on coop than the first.

Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage is worth it 100%.  It'd be worth it even if you didn't have BL2 to start with.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on October 13, 2014, 04:32:48 pm
Recently started Counter-Strike Nexon Zombies
its interesting but doesn't explain itself very well so i dont know if i am missing anything but the zombie modes are interesting including a human v zombie mode which is fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on October 13, 2014, 06:00:32 pm
Hexeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on October 14, 2014, 12:08:47 am
Maybe I should get the BL2 DLC.  I got tired of the base game very quickly.  Though I also didn't play coop much, and it seems the second game focused way more on coop than the first.

Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage is worth it 100%.  It'd be worth it even if you didn't have BL2 to start with.

So, if I pick it up in a Steam sale, you going to run coop with me? :)
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Post by: Scotty on October 14, 2014, 01:33:51 am
Maybe I should get the BL2 DLC.  I got tired of the base game very quickly.  Though I also didn't play coop much, and it seems the second game focused way more on coop than the first.

Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage is worth it 100%.  It'd be worth it even if you didn't have BL2 to start with.

So, if I pick it up in a Steam sale, you going to run coop with me? :)

If I can remember the password to my brother's steam account (the account that has it), yes. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on October 14, 2014, 02:25:39 am
I'd totally run coop with you in it

ALSO PRESEQUEL IS AWESOME
CLAPTRAP IS AWESOME
Totally worth it
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on October 14, 2014, 07:29:27 am
I've been playing around with Dawn of War's Ultimate Apocalypse mod, Orcs Must Die! (1) and a bit of Company of Heroes.

And by The Emperor's Shining Shinguards, has the AI in UA been revamped into a savage thing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on October 14, 2014, 06:08:56 pm
I once played a quick game of Warframe
And got hooked using skills and sure aim
Then I got me a Gorgon
And some Captain Morgan
And watched my skills come apart in deep shame
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on October 15, 2014, 11:58:09 am
Just finished C&C 3: Kane's Wrath last night. PEACE! THROUGH! POWER!  :mad2:

Trying to decide what to play next. Considering Blackwolf's Frontlines mod. Alternately the Dune series of RTS games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on October 15, 2014, 04:24:13 pm
Just finished C&C 3: Kane's Wrath last night. PEACE! THROUGH! POWER!  :mad2:

Trying to decide what to play next. Considering Blackwolf's Frontlines mod. Alternately the Dune series of RTS games.
Obviously I'd love you to play Frontlines, since I'd love you to review it, but also I think you should play Frontlines because it is a fairly short campaign. You'd get through it quickly, and then you wouldn't have to choose, you could do both, while the Dune games will take a very long time.

Oh, I think I might have posted it before sometime, but did you ever see this? :D

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 15, 2014, 04:33:12 pm
Since WB is denying my given right to play Shadows of Mordor on sub-specs equipment (I played the original Tomb Raider, Dungeon Keeper and Star Wars TIE Fighter on a PC that couldn't support more than 10 fps for these games at the best of times - I won't ***** if SoM won't give my smooth gameplay but just let me play FFS) I'm only minutes away from starting Ledgend of Grimrock II
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Post by: InsaneBaron on October 16, 2014, 08:53:28 am
Just finished C&C 3: Kane's Wrath last night. PEACE! THROUGH! POWER!  :mad2:

Trying to decide what to play next. Considering Blackwolf's Frontlines mod. Alternately the Dune series of RTS games.
Obviously I'd love you to play Frontlines, since I'd love you to review it, but also I think you should play Frontlines because it is a fairly short campaign. You'd get through it quickly, and then you wouldn't have to choose, you could do both, while the Dune games will take a very long time.

Oh, I think I might have posted it before sometime, but did you ever see this? :D


 :wakka:

That is pure, unrefined hilarity.

I like the look of Frontlines; I think I'll start it over the weekend. Which reminds me, sooner or later I gotta finish that Shadow Genesis review. My writing time keeps getting stolen by less important thinks like 10-page essays on Hektor and Achilles or lengthy pointless ramblings on historical characters I want to call idiots but can't without ticking off the history prof.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on October 16, 2014, 11:39:50 am
Just finished C&C 3: Kane's Wrath last night. PEACE! THROUGH! POWER!  :mad2:

Trying to decide what to play next. Considering Blackwolf's Frontlines mod. Alternately the Dune series of RTS games.
Obviously I'd love you to play Frontlines, since I'd love you to review it, but also I think you should play Frontlines because it is a fairly short campaign. You'd get through it quickly, and then you wouldn't have to choose, you could do both, while the Dune games will take a very long time.

Oh, I think I might have posted it before sometime, but did you ever see this? :D


 :wakka:

That is pure, unrefined hilarity.

I like the look of Frontlines; I think I'll start it over the weekend. Which reminds me, sooner or later I gotta finish that Shadow Genesis review. My writing time keeps getting stolen by less important thinks like 10-page essays on Hektor and Achilles or lengthy pointless ramblings on historical characters I want to call idiots but can't without ticking off the history prof.

 :)

I'm also looking forward to that Shadow Genesis review.

Some Grade A propaganda for North Korea there with that video. The US. The Evil Empire. :D
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 17, 2014, 03:07:12 pm
all i can ever think about when i see that phrase is rage against the machine.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: VPR on October 17, 2014, 04:01:48 pm
I've been playing the Elite Dangerous Beta since a few weeks ago from Beta 1. It's been fairly frustrating due to all the issues but that's what you get from buying into a Beta but so far it's been good fun despite the issues. Personally at the moment I think it's going capture the spirit well and if they can sort the server issues that have plagued Beta 2 so far it should be a blast to play. Beta 3 is out by the end of the month and it'll be exciting for me to see the next batch of new features.

Isinona has been putting up some good videos of the beta so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVx6cBTEu3o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVx6cBTEu3o)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZBKC56vhUo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZBKC56vhUo)
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Post by: ssmit132 on October 18, 2014, 07:04:36 am
I finished Ace Combat 5: Squadron Leader (The Unsung War to American players) today. Got a bit frustrated on a few missions but the ending was worth it. :)

I swear, most of my deaths were running into something, either a large plane or the ground. It's very strict compared to Assault Horizon Legacy - 5 makes any contact, regardless of how lightly you touch it, an insta-kill, whereas AHL will only cause damage if you hit something at a glancing angle (smashing face-first into something will kill you, of course). I think some of it was also caused by the fact that you have to aim better with your gun; AHL, with it's simplified flight model, was a bit less strict regarding accuracy.

Then again, on some occasions in 04 I scraped along the ground without taking any damage sometimes - I don't know whether that was because I was playing on easy or what.

Spoiler:
The second-last mission where the Osean and Yuktobanian forces all came to fight by your side after hearing the two heads-of-state make their speech, singing The Journey Home... I couldn't help but feel a warm, fuzzy feeling when that happened. :D Then that last mission with the SOLG... it was awe-inspiring to see that huge satellite just floating along, even though it was on its way to annihilate Oured. Though it was frustrating when my wingmen shot insta-kill debris right into my face... meaning I had another five minute wait to get another chance. :blah:

Oh yeah, and Chopper's death... :(
Moving on to Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War now.
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Post by: InsaneBaron on October 18, 2014, 07:35:53 am
I finished Ace Combat 5: Squadron Leader (The Unsung War to American players) today. Got a bit frustrated on a few missions but the ending was worth it. :)

I swear, most of my deaths were running into something, either a large plane or the ground. It's very strict compared to Assault Horizon Legacy - 5 makes any contact, regardless of how lightly you touch it, an insta-kill, whereas AHL will only cause damage if you hit something at a glancing angle (smashing face-first into something will kill you, of course). I think some of it was also caused by the fact that you have to aim better with your gun; AHL, with it's simplified flight model, was a bit less strict regarding accuracy.

Then again, on some occasions in 04 I scraped along the ground without taking any damage sometimes - I don't know whether that was because I was playing on easy or what.

Spoiler:
The second-last mission where the Osean and Yuktobanian forces all came to fight by your side after hearing the two heads-of-state make their speech, singing The Journey Home... I couldn't help but feel a warm, fuzzy feeling when that happened. :D Then that last mission with the SOLG... it was awe-inspiring to see that huge satellite just floating along, even though it was on its way to annihilate Oured. Though it was frustrating when my wingmen shot insta-kill debris right into my face... meaning I had another five minute wait to get another chance. :blah:

Oh yeah, and Chopper's death... :(
Moving on to Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War now.

Ace Combat for the win!  :yes:

I always preferred the classic AC games (4, 5, 0, and IMO 6) to Assault Horizon; both for the plotlines (AH was basically Call of Duty with planes) and the gameplay (simple, intuitive and fun- compared to AH's cross between rail-shooting and whakamole where the CPU did most of the work).

On my end I discovered a cool mod for Tiberium Wars called The Forgotten. Basically it upgrades the Forgotten to a full-fledged playable faction complete with their own campaign. I'm on the second mission and I like it so far. Gameplay is fairly difficult but not overwhelmingly so; as a faction they reward patience and combined-arms tactics. Regarding the plot, they actually made live-action FMV cutscenes (mainly your boss talking in from of greenscreened background, but the fact that they even made them is impressive); the plot's been minimalistic but appealing so far. I've encounters a few bugs, but they've been limited to cosmetic UI issues that the dev team acknowledged but couldn't fix due to engine limitations. Pretty good overall.
http://theforgotten.cnclabs.com/

Also planning to start Frontlines tonight.
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Post by: FireSpawn on October 18, 2014, 08:36:18 am
Just realised that I have yet to install FS2 on my PC. I'm going to have to get on that soon, so that I can play my favourite mods as they should have been played. in more than 15 fps and with ALL THE SHINY MODELZ!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on October 18, 2014, 12:44:49 pm
I'm playing/replaying all the Crysis games with a new video card (980) and texture packs. The first game is still excellent and I like how it feels like a real PC FPS and not a console port, although that's apparently not the case with 2 and 3.

I've also been playing PortableRA (http://forums.cncnz.com/topic/17482-portablera-beta/) with my Future Wars mod, and updating a few of my old maps for it. It adds many great features and fixes the instability in the original game.

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On my end I discovered a cool mod for Tiberium Wars called The Forgotten. Basically it upgrades the Forgotten to a full-fledged playable faction complete with their own campaign. I'm on the second mission and I like it so far. Gameplay is fairly difficult but not overwhelmingly so; as a faction they reward patience and combined-arms tactics. Regarding the plot, they actually made live-action FMV cutscenes (mainly your boss talking in from of greenscreened background, but the fact that they even made them is impressive); the plot's been minimalistic but appealing so far. I've encounters a few bugs, but they've been limited to cosmetic UI issues that the dev team acknowledged but couldn't fix due to engine limitations. Pretty good overall.

I checked this out a few years ago. It's very polished and has obviously had a lot of effort put into it, but I recall that the difficulty became absurd after a while. I got stuck at the fourth or fifth mission and just gave up eventually, which I rarely do. It doesn't help that the Forgotten side is inferior to the others in almost every way.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on October 18, 2014, 07:03:05 pm

I checked this out a few years ago. It's very polished and has obviously had a lot of effort put into it, but I recall that the difficulty became absurd after a while. I got stuck at the fourth or fifth mission and just gave up eventually, which I rarely do. It doesn't help that the Forgotten side is inferior to the others in almost every way.

Interesting, I wonder if I'll hit that difficulty wall as well. So far I've never found a C&C mission that couldn't be beaten with patience and a little save scumming. But the Forgotten are pretty underwhelming in the early game (deliberately so); Hordes, Disc Throwers, Jeeps and Ticktanks are weaker than their counterparts, and for the life of me I can't tell what those Fissure Tanks are for. Marauders are pretty good though (I had three squads of em wipe out a huge force of Zone Troopers), and the War Campers are okay, so I'm hoping they get some better stuff. I'm on mission three now, and I've finally got some air power.

But hey, I like a challenge!  :cool:
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Post by: ssmit132 on October 19, 2014, 08:08:58 am
And now, Ace Combat Zero is done too. I'm a bit surprised how quickly that took, then again it's not like it had quite the mission count that Squadron Leader/The Unsung War had.

Spoiler:
Gah, mission 17 was annoying - I found it a bit hard to get through that valley while avoiding those SAMs. Also had a bit of trouble with downing Pixy in the last mission - he didn't shoot me down, but it took me a while to whittle him down to the point where he launched the V2, and then I struggled a little bit with hitting him from head on. I'm glad Easy difficulty gives you more time to do it - I probably didn't need it but still.

I finished my first playthrough as a Knight. I'll probably try Mercenary next before having a go at getting the balance right for Soldier.

Also, I really like how they included an area for getting information on all the named aces you go up against (plus those interviews). Though it kinda makes me feel like a jerk at times seeing as not all the guys I shot down survived. I know shooting down everyone is par for the course in Ace Combat but still... :blah: I felt bad too when I shot down and killed both Yellow 4 and 13 in Distant Thunder/Shattered Skies...
I'm probably going to focus on unlocking extra planes in the three games over time - since I'll cut down on how much I play it, it'll probably take a while to do it but I'm sure I'll get there eventually.

How about the PS1 games? I know the American version of Electrosphere is butchered, but are the other PS1 games worth a look?

As I don't have an Xbox 360, I won't be able to play Ace Combat 6... but maybe one day I will. I'd just have to determine whether there are any other games on the system I'd want to try as I wouldn't want to get the console for just one game (plus I'm considering a PS3 sometime as well). Out of interest, though, is the DLC still available for 6? I've read that the whole lot is extremely expensive but I wouldn't mind picking up an IDOLMASTER plane or two if and when I get 6. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on October 20, 2014, 01:25:12 am
Trying out Another Metroid 2 Remake v1.34 demo. Holy carp those Gammas and their sidestepping.

Also, Metal Gear Solid 4. I'm thoroughly ashamed I got caught stepping into a dumpster, getting my only kill for that one chapter (shooting a guy in the face playing pop-up), only to get promptly ignored as there's a fight down the street. Hooray for armor/heli kills not being added to the kill board.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SypheDMar on October 23, 2014, 12:51:43 pm
Phoenix HD on my iPad. It's a high quality vertical SHMUP. Good for killing time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Myraseth on October 23, 2014, 01:14:58 pm
I've been drugged up in Freespace 2 and TF2 mostly. I turn to old Final Fantasy games every once in a while, and the occasional Dark Souls 2. But Freespace is just... my childhood come back. So good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 25, 2014, 11:27:48 pm
Completed A Link Between Worlds.  Next up is either the original Zelda or Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on October 26, 2014, 05:00:50 am
asscreed bro
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 26, 2014, 01:20:40 pm
that sounds like a terrible game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on October 27, 2014, 01:48:17 am
Well it could be better. I got it from Steam, but since it's a Ubisoft game, launching it from Steam launches Uplay. And UAC is concerned about Uplay and asks me every time if I'm really sure I want to run it. In most cases I'm not at all sure I want to run Uplay, but I do want to play the game so I end up running it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 27, 2014, 02:45:27 am
I was trying to make a joke about "Ass"creed.  I'm not sure which one you are talking about, but I got the first one from GOG and it has no uplay bull****.  Uplay can go **** itself.  In the asscreed.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on October 28, 2014, 02:31:57 am
I got the joke. And like I said, asscreed bro. That is, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. The uh, third asscreed game, and the second Ezio game.

Also I agree that Uplay should drown in a lake of fire. If they can then build a proper, working digital distribution platform, fine. I'll give them a chance.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Flipside on October 28, 2014, 01:01:59 pm
Bought Startopia from Steam for a few quid, used to love this game years ago :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on October 28, 2014, 02:11:11 pm
In my head I'm playing TIE Fighter until I get home from work and can play it for real.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Edhotmetal on October 28, 2014, 03:50:12 pm
I got flatout 1 and 2 for $3.18 on gog yesterday. Can't wait to get some mods :nod:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Luis Dias on October 29, 2014, 04:54:34 am
So I recently bought a midrange android phone, found a gameboy color emulator (pretty good!) and Link's Awakening ROM lurking in the internets. Omg, I haven't played this for 15 years, it's such a beautiful game :) :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on October 29, 2014, 06:52:15 am


I got stuck on the Forgotten mod due to it crashing repeatedly when those slicer tanks overloaded the game with their Macross Missile Massacre launchers. Problem is, I kinda needed them to win the mission, so now I'm just annoyed with the mod. The good news is I'm playing FreeSpace for the first time in a couple months- Frontlines to be specific.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on October 29, 2014, 08:26:28 am
So I recently bought a midrange android phone, found a gameboy color emulator (pretty good!) and Link's Awakening ROM lurking in the internets. Omg, I haven't played this for 15 years, it's such a beautiful game :) :)

How does it play on touchscreen? I recall that, for example, SNES emu is rather difficult due to touchscreens not being a particularly good replacement for a controller.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Luis Dias on October 29, 2014, 09:43:55 am
It's a very good emulator, image and sound are perfect, no lag whatsoever, good interface (it's GBC ad). But it's hard to control, I haven't mastered it yet tbh. I was really good with the physical GB keys but with these I keep going in directions that I really really didn't want to. It's getting better with practice though and I'm already finishing the first cave.

I do wonder how it will behave in more frenetic cases. I'll let you know if I quit in frustration!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 30, 2014, 12:17:30 am
I still have my original Link's Awakening cartridge and a GBA to play it on.  I've recently decided I need to go back and purchase/play all the games in the zelda series that I have missed.  I think all of them are pretty easily available now either through used game stores or virtual consoles/re-releases on newer systems.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on October 30, 2014, 01:36:10 am
It's a very good emulator, image and sound are perfect, no lag whatsoever, good interface (it's GBC ad). But it's hard to control, I haven't mastered it yet tbh. I was really good with the physical GB keys but with these I keep going in directions that I really really didn't want to. It's getting better with practice though and I'm already finishing the first cave.

I do wonder how it will behave in more frenetic cases. I'll let you know if I quit in frustration!

Can't it take Nintendo Wii controllers (or that one other phone-based controller too, I believe) via BlueTooth? I know Snes9X EX can do that...

...anywho, I'm trying Final Fantasy I (the GBA Dawn of Souls version) on emu. Somehow I now regret taking the Thief.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Luis Dias on October 30, 2014, 07:18:53 am
I still have my original Link's Awakening cartridge and a GBA to play it on.  I've recently decided I need to go back and purchase/play all the games in the zelda series that I have missed.  I think all of them are pretty easily available now either through used game stores or virtual consoles/re-releases on newer systems.

My old black n white GB is dead I'm afraid, and I can't find my Link's Awakening cartridge. That game is probably well within my top 5 games of all time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on October 30, 2014, 07:46:06 am
Alpha Centauri is quite good. Not really my beef, but I can see why people consider it one of the best 4xes
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 04, 2014, 12:33:05 am
I just lost XCOM Long War so hard, the game crashed.

Man, that game is STRESSFUL.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 04, 2014, 08:46:52 am
Finally downloaded WoT last Monday managed to unlock the M4 last night.  Leveraged my elite Tier Is to feed credits and free XP into accelerating my way through the Lee.  I love my Loltraktor :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 04, 2014, 11:08:47 am
The M4 is a Good Tank, and there's not a bad tank anywhere on that line of tanks.

The T1 Heavy is also a Good Tank, and there's not a bad tank anywhere on that line of tanks either (with the slightly possible exception of the M103).  It's worth going back through the Lee just to get this tank.

Also every tank is more fun to play if you train the crew to 75% first.  Also Tier Is don't make a lot of money; Tier 5s make a lot of money.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 04, 2014, 01:07:41 pm
I leveraged my sign up bonus gold to transfer my original medium crew up the subsequent tiers so I'm already rocking a 100% crew with about 50% on their first perk.  I just need to unlock the 76mm and I think I'll be a happy tanker for a while.

(http://www.themworkshop.com/mstudio/img_bp_m4a176_001.jpg)

If I'm not mistaken I can drop back into the Heavy class via the M4A3E2 --> T29?  I've already sold off the Lee and the thought of re-buying and grinding it more kind of turns my stomach.  Any map where there wasn't cover to hide my left side was painful.  Defilade? Lol Nope!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 04, 2014, 01:16:26 pm
You can get back through the Jumbo, yes, but then you have to grind through the T29 with the 76 mm, instead of getting the 90 mm from the absolutely sublime M6 Heavy.  If you go clear up to the T20 you can unlock the 90 mm there, though.  T1 and M6 heavies are just really good tanks in general, too.  Honestly, the Lee is the only tank in that entire tree that's not very good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on November 04, 2014, 07:44:53 pm
On the subject of World of Tanks... I finally got my first Top Gun award (6 or more kills in a battle) yesterday. I really like my Matlida sometimes... :)

Also Tier Is don't make a lot of money; Tier 5s make a lot of money.
QFT. My T-25 (which is a premium tank but still) is my most used tank because it's very good at getting credits when I need them, and I find it a fun tank to play with too. Very useful if I have a couple of bad matches in my Tiger (P).

Honestly, the Lee is the only tank in that entire tree that's not very good.
And while I'll agree that the Lee is an inferior tank, even it can do well if you can compensate for its flaws. True I don't play with it much (I mainly have it as part of my goal to have every tank that Oarai used in Girls und Panzer in my garage) but I've had some good games in it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on November 07, 2014, 03:05:35 am
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/1276033_10154740791670167_3500210662357408955_o.jpg)

ENGINEER USES KICK. IT'S SUPER EXPLOSIVE

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10708515_10154740791040167_7227869494793197162_o.jpg)

NURBURWURFURS! EXPLOSIONS! AWESOME! MAYHEM!

Company of Heroes everyone, Company of Heroes...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Luis Dias on November 07, 2014, 04:34:37 am
So I recently bought a midrange android phone, found a gameboy color emulator (pretty good!) and Link's Awakening ROM lurking in the internets. Omg, I haven't played this for 15 years, it's such a beautiful game :) :)

How does it play on touchscreen? I recall that, for example, SNES emu is rather difficult due to touchscreens not being a particularly good replacement for a controller.

Small update to this, yes, you are right, they are not good replacements, because it has difficulties understanding simultaneous button clicks, which you can assess is a big issue. I've solved it by mapping the A and B buttons to the UP and DOWN volume buttons in the phone, which translates to a weird hand held situation, but it's also weirdly not dysfunctional. It's weird, but also not unergonomic! Anyways, I've grown accustumed to it and am already finding the key to the 4th dungeon. Which means that at least, it works. And I have fun with it, so there's that...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 07, 2014, 09:51:20 am
Company of Heroes everyone, Company of Heroes...

There is a really great appearance mod for vanilla CoH kicking around.  Gives all the vehicles and infantry period camouflage and uniforms.  Its especially nice for the Germans who really invested in interesting schemes.  I'll dig up the link if you are interested.


Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TechnoD11 on November 07, 2014, 05:33:58 pm
The M4 is a Good Tank, and there's not a bad tank anywhere on that line of tanks.

The T1 Heavy is also a Good Tank, and there's not a bad tank anywhere on that line of tanks either (with the slightly possible exception of the M103).  It's worth going back through the Lee just to get this tank.

Also every tank is more fun to play if you train the crew to 75% first.  Also Tier Is don't make a lot of money; Tier 5s make a lot of money.

Didn't realize their were other WoT'ers on this forum. We should start a HLP WoT brigade!
Oh, and it wouldn't be WoT if we didn't talk stats...cause stats.

(http://wotlabs.net/sig/na/TechnoD11/signature.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 07, 2014, 06:26:51 pm
Here is a link to the HD Skin Mod (http://www.gamereplays.org/community/Close_to_historical_HD_skin_pack_for_Company_of_Heroes-t933510.html)

(http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/3278930970412636500/7FAB6A406CA00E799E9EB766F5B8E01143726E66/)

(http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/3278931605900727344/0B014C8CF9B1BFED2D0938FB71E52EC84DA20A9D/)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 07, 2014, 06:46:20 pm
Didn't realize their were other WoT'ers on this forum. We should start a HLP WoT brigade!
Oh, and it wouldn't be WoT if we didn't talk stats...cause stats.

Yep! In fact, we have an old thread here with user names, stats, tactics and junk like that: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=85988.0
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CommanderDJ on November 07, 2014, 08:52:54 pm
Shadow of Mordor. Liking it a lot.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TechnoD11 on November 07, 2014, 09:43:12 pm
Didn't realize their were other WoT'ers on this forum. We should start a HLP WoT brigade!
Oh, and it wouldn't be WoT if we didn't talk stats...cause stats.

Yep! In fact, we have an old thread here with user names, stats, tactics and junk like that: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=85988.0

Thanks, added my stuff.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on November 08, 2014, 01:25:27 am
Here is a link to the HD Skin Mod (http://www.gamereplays.org/community/Close_to_historical_HD_skin_pack_for_Company_of_Heroes-t933510.html)
*snip snip*

I was actually just about to ask if you had the link!
That's pretty frigging badass looking. Any ideas on the additional toll for the system?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on November 08, 2014, 04:05:40 am
You should totally get the Blitzkrieg mod

http://www.moddb.com/mods/blitzkrieg

Adds in a bunch of units and expands every doctrine tree with even more stuff to do. Actually paradrop Fallschirmjäger into the field of battle and having the ability to have both Tigers and a King Tiger on the field? YES PLEASE!
Also, Chaffees instead of puny Stuarts for the USA <3
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 11, 2014, 08:51:28 pm
I am by no means a good World of Tanks player.  I only have been playing a few weeks, I haven't got a good handle on many of the maps yet and I play too aggressively.   But Mother of God there are some really terrible World of Tanks players out there.  I mean just completely atrocious tactical decision making.

I cannot comprehend how other players look at the tac map at the beginning and think my medium tank and a TD is enough to hold, let alone push down, an entire flank.  But countless times I find myself trying to speed bump a horde of KV and IS Heavies with my 76mm gun and 63mm of frontal.  It would be one thing if the other side was ripping it up and my sacrifice bought them time to win, but nope they invariably find a way to stall half way and stick their thumbs up there nethers.  I know they have the numbers to overwhelm their opposition cause I had a good look at the murders row of OpFor Heavies that just swamped my Sherman.

I am starting to figure I should just follow the lemming train, at least I can have a chance to maneuver for attack angles rack up some damage.  Still the responsible part of me looks at that terrible dispersal and I consign myself to traveling down that lonely flank ready to get a bunch of bounces and a curb stomping...

ugh

Last match an IS-3 spent the entire match camped out on a hill in the farthest rear corner of the map with nothing to shoot at all game till things fell completely apart.  The heaviest most powerful tank on our team did absolutely nothing all game until he was obliged to roll down to our cap and die like a stuck pig in the final minute.  I cannot fathom how long it took him or her to grind all the way to that tank after that display of prowess.





Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TechnoD11 on November 11, 2014, 09:17:43 pm
I am by no means a good World of Tanks player.  I only have been playing a few weeks, I haven't got a good handle on many of the maps yet and I play too aggressively.   But Mother of God there are some really terrible World of Tanks players out there.  I mean just completely atrocious tactical decision making.

I cannot comprehend how other players look at the tac map at the beginning and think my medium tank and a TD is enough to hold, let alone push down, an entire flank.  But countless times I find myself trying to speed bump a horde of KV and IS Heavies with my 76mm gun and 63mm of frontal.  It would be one thing if the other side was ripping it up and my sacrifice bought them time to win, but nope they invariably find a way to stall half way and stick their thumbs up there nethers.  I know they have the numbers to overwhelm their opposition cause I had a good look at the murders row of OpFor Heavies that just swamped my Sherman.

I am starting to figure I should just follow the lemming train, at least I can have a chance to maneuver for attack angles rack up some damage.  Still the responsible part of me looks at that terrible dispersal and I consign myself to traveling down that lonely flank ready to get a bunch of bounces and a curb stomping...

ugh

Last match an IS-3 spent the entire match camped out on a hill in the farthest rear corner of the map with nothing to shoot at all game till things fell completely apart.  The heaviest most powerful tank on our team did absolutely nothing all game until he was obliged to roll down to our cap and die like a stuck pig in the final minute.  I cannot fathom how long it took him or her to grind all the way to that tank after that display of prowess.

Welcome to the world of online gaming! Where the needs of the few are outweighed by the stupidity of the many!

I would also be more than happy to platoon with you (and others here). I am afraid that right now I am quite busy and my games are between other tasks, aka whenever i have a free ten minutes.
I should be available this friday. Friend me on WoT (Username: TechnoD11), I should be online by about 9:00PM friday, EST

Cheers!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 12, 2014, 09:33:02 am
I am starting to figure I should just follow the lemming train, at least I can have a chance to maneuver for attack angles rack up some damage.  Still the responsible part of me looks at that terrible dispersal and I consign myself to traveling down that lonely flank ready to get a bunch of bounces and a curb stomping...

Welcome to my world. But cheer up; you're not driving a Chi-To as your primary vehicle like I am currently. Tier 6 and less useful than a Sherman(76).

We can be useless together in Tier Vs if you like, I've still got a Panzer IV H (from before the Panzer IV was different vehicles) and a Ram II somewhere...my other two Tier Vs get scount matchmaking.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on November 12, 2014, 11:32:17 am
I have an SU-85 and T-34-85 available if you'd like, just shoot HerrFlex in your steamlist a message when you play and i'll hand you some TS3 info we can use, my Clan is also recruiting in case you want to stay for the mostly 40+ yo guys that are in our clan.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 12, 2014, 06:25:21 pm
I am by no means a good World of Tanks player.  I only have been playing a few weeks, I haven't got a good handle on many of the maps yet and I play too aggressively.   But Mother of God there are some really terrible World of Tanks players out there.  I mean just completely atrocious tactical decision making.

I cannot comprehend how other players look at the tac map at the beginning and think my medium tank and a TD is enough to hold, let alone push down, an entire flank.  But countless times I find myself trying to speed bump a horde of KV and IS Heavies with my 76mm gun and 63mm of frontal.  It would be one thing if the other side was ripping it up and my sacrifice bought them time to win, but nope they invariably find a way to stall half way and stick their thumbs up there nethers.  I know they have the numbers to overwhelm their opposition cause I had a good look at the murders row of OpFor Heavies that just swamped my Sherman.

I am starting to figure I should just follow the lemming train, at least I can have a chance to maneuver for attack angles rack up some damage.  Still the responsible part of me looks at that terrible dispersal and I consign myself to traveling down that lonely flank ready to get a bunch of bounces and a curb stomping...

ugh

Last match an IS-3 spent the entire match camped out on a hill in the farthest rear corner of the map with nothing to shoot at all game till things fell completely apart.  The heaviest most powerful tank on our team did absolutely nothing all game until he was obliged to roll down to our cap and die like a stuck pig in the final minute.  I cannot fathom how long it took him or her to grind all the way to that tank after that display of prowess.

Buy premium ammo.  Spend your way to the top of the pubbie death pile.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 12, 2014, 06:39:41 pm
HVAP's 2,800 credits a shot  :ick:  I'd be lucky to break even if we win.  I keep a couple rounds in my Shermans just in case but even the few times I've used it I wasn't terribly impressed with its performance.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 12, 2014, 07:25:05 pm
Should be APCR, not HVAP. :P  If you're truly grinding through the tank for the next tank, shoot it.  You will make back your money if you both win and are able to do damage with the shots, plus the additional damage you would do from surviving the battle longer thanks to not dying to that tomato you just killed.

Also definitely be sure to aim for weakspots, and use the Sherman's excellent on the move accuracy (get a vertical stabilizer on the Easy 8 as soon as you can) and good turret bloom with great gun depression to pop out of cover just a bit, take a shot, and duck back.  Pubbies don't know how to react to things that don't sit there and shoot them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on November 13, 2014, 04:14:52 pm
Company of Heroes is addicting as hell. Though I'm sure that I'm playing it wrong, by doing my standard fair of... Scout:Capture:Fortify:WeatherTheStorm:TANKRUSH!!!!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on November 13, 2014, 04:50:57 pm
Company of Heroes is addicting as hell. Though I'm sure that I'm playing it wrong, by doing my standard fair of... Scout:Capture:Fortify:WeatherTheStorm:TANKRUSH!!!!

Na, you're not doing it wrong
The strategy we've been doing is: BLOCK THE BRIDGE CUT OFF THE ENEMY BUILD NURBURWURFURS AND START BOMBARDING ****ING EVERYTHIIIIIIIIIING THEN OPEN THE GATES OF HELL AND START DECIMATING THE FORCES WITH EVERYTHIIIIIIIIIIIIING

There was a map where we essentially build tank traps everywhere, barbed wire EVERYWHERE and then just stuck around while the computer had 87% of the map and us with 13%, but we ended up winning because I got a sniper in their base and used V1 rockets to make them flip the hell out
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 13, 2014, 08:55:19 pm
Been dabbling in WoT last couple of days.

up to tier II with a Vickers II and a UC 2 pound, though still roll out the Vic I plenty with the rapid fire light tank annihilator.  Still dying way too often without hitting anything but all the same having a ton of fun with it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 13, 2014, 09:11:41 pm
The part where you die a lot without hitting anyone is because the I and II are really ****ing awful tanks, and the UC is about as sturdy as a pre-shredded kleenex.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on November 14, 2014, 04:23:24 am
What you need is a PzI Ausf C, coupled with the Mauser 7.92mm gun, and hey presto, ALL THE DAKKA YOU NEED FOR LIFE!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on November 14, 2014, 07:06:12 am
You need an E-75 ;)

Getting into LoL recently.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 14, 2014, 10:20:34 am
The part where you die a lot without hitting anyone is because the I and II are really ****ing awful tanks, and the UC is about as sturdy as a pre-shredded kleenex.

lol the UC does like to go belly up.

Got the Vickers II and UC to elite, going to go Vickers III first out of the 2.  Im now getting to the point I can fairly reliably get a kill with a few games in a session hitting 3+ kills and up to 6 damaged, that 6pnd gun upgrade is essential to getting anywhere on the UC
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 14, 2014, 03:28:02 pm
Consider your line a bit and where you want to go in the end, too. Or what you want to see along the way; the Valentine is remarkably bouncy and well-armed at its tier and the Matilda with Littlejohn adapter is the tiny armored avatar of death at Tier 4. On the other hand a well-played Centurion is a thing of beauty for high tiers, where as the British heavies are somewhat lacking in survivability after Black Prince.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 14, 2014, 04:33:50 pm
I'm playing how much PORT can I drink while my pre-fiancé is out l. :yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 14, 2014, 07:21:55 pm
I'm playing how much PORT can I drink while my pre-fiancé is out l. :yes:

Ooohhhhhhh
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 15, 2014, 12:09:12 am
I bought Valkyria Chronicles for its steam release.

...the personnel files unlock after your first real combat op, so I'd already played several dozen skirmishes. Then I discovered some fun stuff.

I'd been sending in a twelve-year-old to clear trenches with an SMG, and I'm not sure the fact she actually did it makes it better.

My only Sniper was 15, and already had a kill count in the double digits.

I feel, at the moment, that I am a dick of such scale it can be seen from orbit, that everyone must stop and stare in wonder at the sheer phallic majesty of my behavior. Thanks game. Thanks.

Other selected highlights of my reactions to the game:

Quote
Night - Squad 7, move out!: You fools! You can't say nice things about the mill! Artillery units hear those sorts of things!
Night - Squad 7, move out!: Welkin wants to be a teacher. To "give back". Well, this will end well.
Night - Squad 7, move out!: Oh hey I know that whis-yup there goes the mill.

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Night - Squad 7, move out!: Note to the AI: do not withdraw under fire without cove-holy **** what is that.
Night - Squad 7, move out!: It's like the bastard child of a Char B1 and an M3 Grant.

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Night - Squad 7, move out!: Excuse me, I appear to have left my world-conquering supertank in my barn.
Night - Squad 7, move out!: The Edelweiss: Half Panzer IV, half Conqueror 120mm Gun Tank, all murder.

Quote
Night - Squad 7, move out!: Tank destroyed, baby delivered. The Edelweiss doesn't care how many people it has to kill, it can just make more of them!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 15, 2014, 08:04:58 pm
Last enemy tank sighted.  Only part of that VK 30.01H poking out from behind that rock is a couple inches of commander's cupola.  We're half way across Sand River their is no way an M1A1 76mm is going to hit that. 

Oh what the hell; Technical Sergeant Payne, Fire!

On the Way!

Boom Headshot!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on November 15, 2014, 09:31:32 pm
Finally beat that Forgotten mod for Tiberium Wars. Opinion: Well-done if somewhat sad story. Good creativity with the Forgotten units, Longhorns, Slicers, and Fiend Herds are particularly fun, but it's hard to say exactly what the faction is supposed to specialize in other than combined arms. Mission design is way harder than retail, to the point of absurdity on the fourth mission (the fifth is better only because you have A. heavy assault units and B. a superweapon). Overall, I'm impressed by the production quality, and it was a fun challenge, but it would have gotten maddening if it hadn't been so short.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 16, 2014, 12:04:11 am
Been playing Pokemon Y for a while.  Not really what I expected.  It seems... smaller than the older games (blue and gold being the only two I've played to completion, a little bit of emerald on an emulator).  Also, all the internet connected and mini game stuff is confusing.  All the layers that have been added over the generations have built up and made it quite complex now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: asyikarea51 on November 16, 2014, 04:24:13 am
Finished Saint's Row 4 main quest, to finish off the side quests when time permits. Saw Crusader for free on Origin; nothing beats the overpowered rocket launcher in that one...

(and :lol: at SR4 rift quest console code 'RELEASE FS3' invalid command)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 16, 2014, 04:35:42 am
Phoenix V is a car since ages ago too.


Currently maxed out on British army weaponry in battlefield 3 because fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: asyikarea51 on November 16, 2014, 06:59:40 am
Any Ace Combat fans took a look at Vector Thrust on Steam?

(And on that note, off I disappear till the upcoming weekend. :banghead:)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on November 16, 2014, 10:40:39 am
I'm playing the new Thief. I like it a lot so far, at about the halfway mark. Not sure why this game was panned. It does have its flaws (like all the previous games did), but the core gameplay is great and the levels are well designed. It even lets you save properly, which is almost unheard of in FPSs these days.

Quote
Finally beat that Forgotten mod for Tiberium Wars. Opinion: Well-done if somewhat sad story. Good creativity with the Forgotten units, Longhorns, Slicers, and Fiend Herds are particularly fun, but it's hard to say exactly what the faction is supposed to specialize in other than combined arms. Mission design is way harder than retail, to the point of absurdity on the fourth mission (the fifth is better only because you have A. heavy assault units and B. a superweapon). Overall, I'm impressed by the production quality, and it was a fun challenge, but it would have gotten maddening if it hadn't been so short.

That was probably the one I got stuck on. Maybe I should check it out again. I think I still have my old saves.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on November 16, 2014, 12:54:33 pm
Tropico 4. Right hand is not in good shape so these slow-pace games are the only things I can play without pain.

I'm playing how much PORT can I drink while my pre-fiancé is out l. :yes:
Always go for a highscore.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on November 16, 2014, 08:18:56 pm
I'm playing the new Thief. I like it a lot so far, at about the halfway mark. Not sure why this game was panned. It does have its flaws (like all the previous games did), but the core gameplay is great and the levels are well designed. It even lets you save properly, which is almost unheard of in FPSs these days.

Quote
Finally beat that Forgotten mod for Tiberium Wars. Opinion: Well-done if somewhat sad story. Good creativity with the Forgotten units, Longhorns, Slicers, and Fiend Herds are particularly fun, but it's hard to say exactly what the faction is supposed to specialize in other than combined arms. Mission design is way harder than retail, to the point of absurdity on the fourth mission (the fifth is better only because you have A. heavy assault units and B. a superweapon). Overall, I'm impressed by the production quality, and it was a fun challenge, but it would have gotten maddening if it hadn't been so short.

That was probably the one I got stuck on. Maybe I should check it out again. I think I still have my old saves.

The hardest part of the mission, as I recall, was establishing a forward base on the west side of the river after I'd secured the east side. There's a mid-sized island about midway along the west shore with bridges linking it to the west. GDI has some turrets and two Juggernauts gaurding it. If you sanitize the island with airstrikes, it's a great spot to set up shop. Oh, and whatever hoops you have to jump through, capture those two Juggernaut husks! The Forgotten are pretty weak in the artillery department; having some proper artillery will make killing those oversized bases a whole lot easier.




Anyway, I'm considering doing the Wing Commander series next. Is the whole series pretty good, or did it not get good until game X/stop being good after game Y?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 16, 2014, 10:11:35 pm
never played it myself but prophecy (the last wing comander) is supposed to be pretty weak by the standards of the series.  other than that it is a good series
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on November 16, 2014, 10:23:03 pm
Prophecy is the only one I enjoy playing. The thing is, that's just it, playing. The gameplay is weak in those that came before Prophecy. Imo. The story of Prophecy is weak compared to the story of the other games. I've only played III and IV, but watching the early ones, they do not look fun to play at all. They look worse than III and IV.

I didn't find III fun to play even many years ago. And even despite this genre of games being my favourite.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 16, 2014, 10:34:14 pm
Anyway, I'm considering doing the Wing Commander series next. Is the whole series pretty good, or did it not get good until game X/stop being good after game Y?

The first three games and their expansions are essential, the fourth has by far the strongest story but the gameplay starts to dip, Prophecy is kind of blah, Secret Ops was a return to form at the time, but the story part was website-hosted and may well have been lost to history since rendering it a man with only one leg.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on November 17, 2014, 12:42:34 am
The story stuff is here:

http://www.wcnews.com/articles/sofiction.shtml
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on November 17, 2014, 11:52:57 am
Arg! Got WC1 for free, did not realize how badly dated it was. My apologies to WC fans, but my brain just can't process 3D gameplay with 2D graphics. If the story is as good as they say, it really deserves a good remake.  :(

EDIT: looking at screenshots, WC2's graphics look a lot better. Trying to decide if I should go for it even though I'm skipping the first game.

EDIT: and then I realized that those screenshots were actually from WC3.  :sigh:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 17, 2014, 01:01:12 pm
WC2 plays a lot better and if you can set it up correctly is a blast to play
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on November 17, 2014, 01:27:48 pm
InsaneBaron, if you want to experience the story, these guys have let's plays:

https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveCaspermeyer/playlists
https://www.youtube.com/user/BCSBuster/playlists
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on November 17, 2014, 02:02:30 pm
Ooh, I didn't know about BSCBuster, thanks Lorric :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on November 17, 2014, 03:16:41 pm
Ooh, I didn't know about BSCBuster, thanks Lorric :)
That's BCS.

BTW, he's got a let's play of Freespace 1 as well:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9A479956CD085C9D

Retail Freespace 1.

You're welcome. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 17, 2014, 06:09:01 pm
Goat Simulator is releasing a free DLC that will add an MMO mode.

...shut up and take my very soul.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on November 17, 2014, 06:10:38 pm
I have "finished" Skyrim and its DLC.... I use quotes for the obvious reason that I don't know if the game can actually be finished, but I've done all the main quests, most of the side quests, and a ****load of exploration.

I am now doing something I was advised not to and....





Nothing to see here, move along, move along.
I'm playing Dragon Age 2


Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 18, 2014, 09:06:29 am
Last night was pretty terrible on WOT, I had a couple good matches but for the most part I played like crap.  This was compounded by the fact that my Shermans had pretty much nothing to fight but T29s and a variety of IS variants.  The crowning moment was 20 seconds in on Lakeville watching half the team screw up the middle road that has no cover to die like mayflies.  YGBSM.  Barely out of the deployment zone and already we were boned.  I seriously considered just finding a secluded bush to park behind.  Still I got stuck in and did what damage I could in town before eventually getting squished by a Tiger.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dovahkiin2132 on November 18, 2014, 10:11:09 am
WoT sucks just because it is so in-balanced.
I prefer WT.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on November 18, 2014, 03:10:31 pm
Have you pressed a button to make something awesome happen yet Ryan? :P

Got The Sekret World during Halloween and started playing. Cannot get sniper rifle. G'dang it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 18, 2014, 03:52:37 pm
WoT sucks just because it is so in-balanced.
I prefer WT.

Between the Magical Soviet Aircraft in WT, the UFOs without a meaningful flight model, and the disaster that Ground Forces turned out to be, I'm not sure how you can say this with a straight face.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on November 18, 2014, 04:27:21 pm
I like WT Ground Forces...since I like to drift...with tanks...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 18, 2014, 05:00:58 pm
WoT sucks just because it is so in-balanced.
I prefer WT.

WoT is not that bad, dealing with Heavys if you are in a med from the tier below is a pain but there are always ways to deal with things.  The problem with WoT is that is is very dependent on your team not being full of CoD rush newbs, get a few players running together in groups using level headed movement and cover with SPGs who can actually read the battlefield and your team is pretty much unstoppable regardless of exact composition.  Its all about the team and after tier 2-3 is about skill, learning to angle your tank to maximize the angle of incoming shots, and generally learning your tank's strengths and weaknesses, a tier 2 light which gets in behind my matilda, which is easily done and i'm screwed.  The balance is in the meta game and more importantly learning how to deal with tanks that hit harder or are faster or are better armoured than yourself.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 18, 2014, 05:03:27 pm
I like WT Ground Forces...since I like to drift...with tanks...

Oh, and the poor physics model. Forgot that. (You can drift in WoT, did you know that? You just have to meet the conditions to actually drift. You know, be going fast, have the right combination of inertia traits.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Thaeris on November 18, 2014, 08:01:36 pm
Drifting tanks is totally legit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ti7z807Dmk
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 18, 2014, 10:13:39 pm
Stridsvagnkhana

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on November 19, 2014, 07:05:06 am
I like WT Ground Forces...since I like to drift...with tanks...

Oh, and the poor physics model. Forgot that. (You can drift in WoT, did you know that? You just have to meet the conditions to actually drift. You know, be going fast, have the right combination of inertia traits.)
I Know ;)
But WT tank driving sucks. It's like pushing a baby on a frozen lake and watch what happens, if it tries to stand up...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 21, 2014, 08:45:33 pm
Finally picked up Burnout Paradise after having it sit in my backlog for ages.  Burnout 3 was probably the true masterpiece of the series, but this is still a ton of fun.  Honestly I'm spending much more time just cruising through the city smashing into **** than I am actually attempting the races.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 22, 2014, 02:54:04 am
That's what burnout is for. :yes:

That's what ALL racing games are for :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FlamingCobra on November 23, 2014, 12:18:18 pm
New Vegas

For the first time
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 23, 2014, 01:53:37 pm
That's what burnout is for. :yes:

That's what ALL racing games are for :)

Still love pissing the cops off in the original most wanted
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on November 23, 2014, 08:51:14 pm
Do not get back into Star Trek Online right now. Delta Rising really borged up the fun here.

Got Blood Dragoon after telling myself I would buy it someday for a lot-o'-days.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 24, 2014, 12:33:34 am
Do not get back into Star Trek Online right now. Delta Rising really borged up the fun here.

Got Blood Dragoon after telling myself I would buy it someday for a lot-o'-days.

The switch to a lot of missions being Level 60 at the top end?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 24, 2014, 11:40:07 am
Panzerjager Marder 38T. Ach mein Gott! You're a little murder machine.

(http://www.1999.co.jp/itbig09/10099772a.jpg)

From behind some cover you spread high DPM all over the place even take down mighty KVs post haste.  Achtung! you've been spotted it's time to displace otherwise you're about to take it in the face!  Also watch that ammo bin religiously at 18.75 rounds per minute its easy to spend those shells with too much profligacy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 24, 2014, 11:37:30 pm
New Vegas

For the first time

Almost started that a year ago or so.  But after going through all the initial character creation and whatnot and actually starting the game, I realized that the "all DLC included from the beginning" version REALLY ****s up the start of the game.  Haven't looked into disabling that and starting again yet.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 25, 2014, 12:50:18 am
Almost started that a year ago or so.  But after going through all the initial character creation and whatnot and actually starting the game, I realized that the "all DLC included from the beginning" version REALLY ****s up the start of the game.  Haven't looked into disabling that and starting again yet.

You should be able to do that right from the launcher. There's check boxes and things to turn off those kind of pesky starter packs. *should be*


EDIT TO NOT DOUBLE POST:
Steam sale has begun!
Wargame: Red Dragon is 75% off today!
Other stuff!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 27, 2014, 06:12:33 pm
This pretty much typifies most of my games today.


(http://i59.tinypic.com/24fze4h.jpg)

If I had any teams that could actually win, I'd have been making bank :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on November 28, 2014, 01:00:19 am
Still Secret of Mana and Star Fox 2 (well, on emu).

Oh, and classic StarCraft. I suck playing Protoss now (someone give me a playbook that does not consist of "mass Zealots, Dragoons and Archons").
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Luis Dias on November 28, 2014, 04:09:23 am
So I finished Link's awakening in my android phone with a GB color emulator, and it was awesome, just like I remembered. The soundtrack is so good.

I wanted more so I downloaded a gameboy advance emulator and the Link to the Past Zelda game, but it was such a disappointment. Soundtrack is terrible, the story hasn't persuaded me at all, the graphics are way more "advanced", but in such a terrible design direction. I haven't touched it for days now, so I sadly returned to play the usual Plants vs Zombies stuff... snif.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on November 28, 2014, 10:52:59 pm
Oh, and classic StarCraft. I suck playing Protoss now (someone give me a playbook that does not consist of "mass Zealots, Dragoons and Archons").

Carriers, Arbiters, and Observers?

I used to really piss off some friends of mine in alliance-based multiplayer that way.  My buddy would prevent us from the early-game rush, then we'd flatten them with air power afterward.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 29, 2014, 05:35:29 am
Pylons turrets and carrier spam.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 30, 2014, 03:13:35 am
Steel Panthers 3. Considering an LP.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on November 30, 2014, 02:47:01 pm
Decided to try Tiberium Twilight and Red Alert 1.

Tiberium Twilight is a miserable excuse for a C&C game. Someone looked at the basic game mechanics of the C&C series, which had worked great since Dune II, and decided to fix what wasn't broken by developing a completely new set of game mechanics that mainly served to make the game more complex on paper while making the strategy and tactics much simpler by limiting the player's available options. Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to include an Headcount limit in a franchise who's biggest attraction (aside from either bombastic or hilarious LA FMV plotlines) has always been the ability to make massive armies? Who are YOU to tell me I can only have a measly FOUR MASTODONS at once?!?

Aaaand while they were so busy remaking the gameplay, no one (except maybe Joe Kucan) bothered to make sure the story was any good. Look at it. It's a shoot the shaggy dog story for crying out loud! The choice between staying with GDI or defecting to Nod is an excessively bad plot point, both because no one in their right mind is actually going to think siding with KANE is a good idea, and because no matter what you do, the story turns out the same way. If you side with GDI, Chavra does everything you would have done for Nod, while if you side with Nod, Nash takes your place with GDI. That's right, no matter which side you join, the war goes the same way; nothing you do matters! Except maybe opening the portal, and the GDI ending even fails to explain why I did that. Arg.

Finally (and this particularly grates on me) are the characters. Kane is still, well, Kane, and that's good. But look at the GDI campaign. And Colonel Louis. Look, for I while I was actually like, "Hey, this is neat, Louis is a really well-done, intelligent, likeable character, someone I like working under; GDI finally has someone who's close to being as interesting as Kane!" And then it turns out that the smart character (Louis) was wrong, and the Chamberlain-esque moron (Rios) was right, NOT because Louis was stupid or Rios wasn't, BUT BECAUSE THE WRITERS WANTED IT TO BE THAT WAY! The GDI campaign gets you all hyped up about overthrowing the obstructive beauracrats and stopping Kane, only to make that whole struggle meaningless in end. Seriously, the whole game is blasted nihilistic. At least the Nod campaign is honest about that.

I'm just getting started with Red Alert, but, poorly-aged graphics aside, it at least looks like a proper C&C game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 30, 2014, 03:04:29 pm
I stopped playing the Tib line at C&C 3, Having Michael Ironside as the guy in charge comes about level with having Robert Loggia playing Petrarch

For RA, the first is good, 2 was awesome, one of the best soundtracks by Kelpacki, and the units in Yuri's Revenge are awesome, again not played 3

A cringe fest that is perhaps worth looking into is C&C Renegade which is the FPS set in C&C 1, nothing that stands out and in places quite bad but as an OTT power play it is awesome and again Kelpacki's work on the soundtrack is pretty good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on November 30, 2014, 05:29:32 pm
Steel Panthers 3. Considering an LP.

do it

I finally got around to finishing Dishonored. It's a really damn short game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on November 30, 2014, 06:22:47 pm
Almost started that a year ago or so.  But after going through all the initial character creation and whatnot and actually starting the game, I realized that the "all DLC included from the beginning" version REALLY ****s up the start of the game.  Haven't looked into disabling that and starting again yet.

You should be able to do that right from the launcher. There's check boxes and things to turn off those kind of pesky starter packs. *should be*


Alternatively, "Jsaywermod" (a mod made by the game's lead designer) places the packs troughout the wasteland, so you can still have contents, but you have to find them first.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on November 30, 2014, 07:20:16 pm
I stopped playing the Tib line at C&C 3, Having Michael Ironside as the guy in charge comes about level with having Robert Loggia playing Petrarch

For RA, the first is good, 2 was awesome, one of the best soundtracks by Kelpacki, and the units in Yuri's Revenge are awesome, again not played 3

A cringe fest that is perhaps worth looking into is C&C Renegade which is the FPS set in C&C 1, nothing that stands out and in places quite bad but as an OTT power play it is awesome and again Kelpacki's work on the soundtrack is pretty good.

Agree AFAIK. The Tiberium line is great for the first three games; Tiberium Wars/Kane's Wrath rocks. RA1 is pretty good so far. Tiberium Twilight is the letdown.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hellzed on November 30, 2014, 07:59:46 pm
"LUFTRAUSERS".

This shmup is brutal, and I already played it 5 hours.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 30, 2014, 08:02:26 pm
do it

I finally got around to finishing Dishonored. It's a really damn short game.

Eh, I'll finish the other one first if I do. Honestly the thing is I'm not sure how interesting Steel Panthers would be as an old DOS strategy game.

Though hey, we've had good results with Megamek...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on November 30, 2014, 08:14:56 pm
I stopped playing the Tib line at C&C 3, Having Michael Ironside as the guy in charge comes about level with having Robert Loggia playing Petrarch

For RA, the first is good, 2 was awesome, one of the best soundtracks by Kelpacki, and the units in Yuri's Revenge are awesome, again not played 3

A cringe fest that is perhaps worth looking into is C&C Renegade which is the FPS set in C&C 1, nothing that stands out and in places quite bad but as an OTT power play it is awesome and again Kelpacki's work on the soundtrack is pretty good.

Agree AFAIK. The Tiberium line is great for the first three games; Tiberium Wars/Kane's Wrath rocks. RA1 is pretty good so far. Tiberium Twilight is the letdown.

I was late to the C&C party; C&C3 was the first one (and the first RTS) I ever played and is on my short list of games that I have completed.  I still play the hell out of Kane's Wrath skirmishes.  I picked up RA3 free from Origin a while back, but the intentional campiness is so overboard that I just could not ever get into it at all.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on November 30, 2014, 10:23:18 pm
Weren't C&C95, Red Alert1 1 & Tiberian Sun released as freeware? You might wanna look it up. If you can look past the  graphics, they are pretty fun, if simple.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on December 01, 2014, 07:38:37 am
Weren't C&C95, Red Alert1 1 & Tiberian Sun released as freeware? You might wanna look it up. If you can look past the  graphics, they are pretty fun, if simple.

They were. Definitely worth trying if you like a good RTS, especially Tiberian Sun and Firestorm. The AI in the first game is kinda weak, and so it gets too many training wheels, but other than that no complaints.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on December 01, 2014, 11:18:39 am
I'm looking for recommendatoins, BTW. I'm limiting myself to two games from the Steam Fall sale. First is Fract OSC. I need a good action game to go with it- something with plenty of explosions AND a good plot. Any ideas?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 01, 2014, 11:31:35 am
"LUFTRAUSERS".

This shmup is brutal, and I already played it 5 hours.

And it MIGHT still be free on the playstation plus thing.

I too less than three this game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on December 02, 2014, 07:58:18 am
I finally got around to finishing Dishonored. It's a really damn short game.

While it's on the shortish side, if you play for No Kills / Ghost on every level and explore every nook and cranny it's not that short.  My low chaos run aiming for all those achievements took me over 30 hours.  The high chaos runs were much faster.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hades on December 02, 2014, 08:42:46 am
I've been playing Star Trek Online, which is a surprisingly (mostly) good game.

(http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/25097277562501184/A5BFA596C65E89074160313E901EB2A4BD923774/)

pic related
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TechnoD11 on December 02, 2014, 05:23:23 pm
I've never personally played STO, but I found "Execute for Incompetence" to be quite amusing  :lol:

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on December 02, 2014, 05:30:27 pm
KURLAND HERE; THIS IS KURLAND, COME IN.

The worst part about the Delta Rising expansion so far has been Delta Rising, in my opinion.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hades on December 03, 2014, 07:10:37 am
KURLAND HERE; THIS IS KURLAND, COME IN.

The worst part about the Delta Rising expansion so far has been Delta Rising, in my opinion.
I thought the Delta episode arc was actually really well done and they've also done well to iron out a lot of the release issues. They've still got a bit to go but they're definitely trying.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 04, 2014, 11:43:56 am
The worst part about the Delta Rising expansion so far has been Delta Rising, in my opinion.

Talk nice about my man Harry Kim. If this is the recompense he gets for being the buttmonkey on Voyager so long...well it's not enough, but it's pretty decent.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 05, 2014, 11:12:57 pm
US Medium Tank Bonus Weekend!

Jumbos it the hell up!
(http://i62.tinypic.com/nt8v5.jpg)


Unlocks T29!!
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/1784e3bbac6879eca3a383336f2cfc78/tumblr_inline_nen14mTjiQ1s2a6v1.gif)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on December 06, 2014, 12:26:00 am
Unless you already have the 90mm M3 unlocked, do not buy the T29.  A T29 with the 76mm M1A2 is a useless T29.  A T29 with the 90mm M3 is workable.  A T29 with the 105mm T5E2 is godlike.  Feel free to catch me on Steam as SpardaSon21 if you want a T29 buddy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 06, 2014, 02:57:32 pm
What Sparda said. A T29 with the 76mm makes baby kitten Jesus cry tears of blood.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 06, 2014, 05:03:09 pm
But it looks awesome with that giant gun mantlet and a M1A2 tooth pick sticking out.  :p


Don't worry already got the 90mm on the T20 so no comedy hour with the 76mm.  Given the rate US Mediums can accrue XP I'll see if I can free XP some other modules before taking her out.

I'd like to unlock the Jackson from the Easy 8.  Outfit my T29 and Hellcat then start ambling up the US lights for the Chaffee and Walker Bulldog.  Plus continue to poke away at the German TDs at least till the JagdPanther and Nashorn.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 06, 2014, 06:58:21 pm
Quote
Freelancer Alpha 1 Dash 1, this is Battleship Mississippi. Good luck out there.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 06, 2014, 07:45:16 pm
Stug Life

(http://i60.tinypic.com/e8mxzk.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TechnoD11 on December 07, 2014, 08:37:49 pm
Just unlocked the Chaffee.
Here was my third game in it:
http://wotreplays.com/site/1407473#lakeville-technod11-m24_chaffee

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on December 08, 2014, 01:34:41 am
Just spent the weekend on - The Legend of Heroes - Trails in the Sky - Fairly standard JRPG fare but very enjoyable because of that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on December 08, 2014, 02:15:22 am
Transistor. After playing Bastion finally, had to pick this one up and man, I really enjoy their games
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 08, 2014, 10:12:21 am
Still plugging along on Burnout Paradise.  I had the thing crash and set the in-game clock backwards several hours (two sunsets in a row!), but nothing else was affected, because I don't even.  Also playing through good ol' Half Life, because it's been way too long.  Some alien tentacles are about to get a faceful of rocket exhaust.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on December 08, 2014, 12:00:12 pm
Getting into Void Destroyer again...
Last time I tried the campaign was broken. Was odered to capture a base but the...lets call them boarding frigates simply flew insode the station, but nothing happened, after the 64th I rage quit the game...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on December 10, 2014, 05:41:39 pm
Getting into Armored Fist 2.

Damn the air support and artillery keys being locked to Print Screen and Scroll Lock. And even then calling them doesn't work as well as I want.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SypheDMar on December 11, 2014, 01:46:47 pm
I've been playing Super Smash Bros. Project M (http://projectmgame.com/en/) during my free time. Too bad it's finals week. :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on December 11, 2014, 03:04:40 pm
Been getting into Hearthstone: G&G and loving the new cards
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 11, 2014, 03:27:24 pm
I've been playing Super Smash Bros. Project M (http://projectmgame.com/en/) during my free time. Too bad it's finals week. :(


Ooooh.  I have brawl, a wii,  and an SD card... I also have an all in one card reader and a usb otg cable so can do it all via my galaxy note 3 on the toilet as I type this...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 11, 2014, 09:10:49 pm
So question.  I'm pretty much as far as I'm going to get for a while with the Tier VII US medium and heavy line.  My T20 is only halfway towards unlocking the Pershing and I still need to get the top engine and radio on the T29 before even think about the T32.  I have the US TD line up to the Hellcat and will be unlocking the Jackson from the E8 in the near future, but that's about as high as I want to go in the US TDs for now.  On the German front I have my beloved elited Marder 38(t) and the StugIIIG roughly halfway to the JagdPanzer IV. 

Now my quandary is to go Flak Bus into Nashorn(to unlock all the 88s) then push through the IV to the JagdPanther(one of my favorite looking AFVs of all time).  Or to jump into the US lights since I can pretty much start at the M5. The lights seem relatively cheap in terms of credits and xp, and I really would like to get a Chaffee and Walker Bulldog in the garage.

So any thoughts?  US Lights or German TDs?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CKid on December 11, 2014, 10:04:00 pm
US lights starting at the chaffee are extremely fun and leads to even greater tanks. Bulldog is probably the most OP light tank right now, hitting way above its weight in tier 8 battles. Got over 1100 battles in my chaffee before moving up to the bulldog. It doesn't even feel like a grind and prints credits.

JagdPanther is a beautiful TD. Mobile, quick, and very good guns (both the long 88 and 105) Got over 700 battles in it before moving to the JP2. Thats not a bad idea to get the 88 off the Nashorn if you want to avoid the earlier guns. The real problem is grinding through the Jagdpanzer IV. It has good camo but the short 88 is very lacking. You will have difficultly penning heavies of your own tier frontally at mid to long range. If you run into tier 8s, you're ****ed.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 11, 2014, 10:13:10 pm
Prepare for tier shock if you hit the Jadgpanther (or the German heavy line). They won't be what you expect them to be, and when you realize that, look around you at the kind of vehicles you're tiered with vs. what they dealt with historically.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 11, 2014, 10:50:22 pm
Yeah I've seen some reviews and I appreciate the JagdPanther needs to be treated more like my Marder 38(t) than an overgunned Panther bashing M4s but...

(http://blog.sina.com.tw/myimages/64/8256/images/20100923233825291.jpg)

Damn I love the JagdPanther.

I think I'll spring for the US Lights for now.  I love the Easy 8 and the Walker Bulldog kinda strikes me as a pretty much an all around better version of the things I like about my M4A3E8.  Not to mention the Chaffee being a classic.  It's straight up the line for the lights where as I'll be running parallel with the TDs.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 11, 2014, 11:03:21 pm
Mario Kart 7
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on December 12, 2014, 12:28:27 pm
I've been playing Super Smash Bros. Project M (http://projectmgame.com/en/) during my free time. Too bad it's finals week. :(


Ooooh.  I have brawl, a wii,  and an SD card... I also have an all in one card reader and a usb otg cable so can do it all via my galaxy note 3 on the toilet as I type this...

I LOOOVE playing Brawl on the Wii. I never bought it myself, but- even better- my next-door buddy did. The two of us plus our respective brothers playing the living daylights out of it. It's a party game, pure and simple, and a jolly good one at that.


Maenwhile, I'm playing a game that I shoulda played a long time ago: Knights of the Old Republic. Just started last night, cause I wanted to wait till after exams- for obvious regions. After FOUR HOURS of exploring Taris, beating up bullies and trying to prove to Carth that he could trust me, I'm finally at the "Okay, I sort know what I need to do next" stage. And this is just the first planet  :eek2:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 13, 2014, 02:14:01 pm
<3 Bastilla.

Jennifer hale fap.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 13, 2014, 02:25:17 pm
<3 Bastilla.

Jennifer hale fap.

Ironically, I only just learned that Jun'ko Zane is also played by Jennifer Hale. Welp, time for another Freelancer playthrough.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TechnoD11 on December 13, 2014, 08:31:55 pm
For StarSlayer:
Just got my Chaffee last week, played about 40 ish games as of now, and already have 5 ace tankers and numerous 1st and 2nd class as well. Very fun tank to drive, totally recommended
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: DireWolf on December 14, 2014, 02:35:33 pm
I've been playing Super Smash Bros. Project M (http://projectmgame.com/en/) during my free time. Too bad it's finals week. :(

<3 Project M. The pace is absolutely ludicrous.

Just bought the new BlazBlue CS port on steam, but my X360 adapter decided to die on me. Until my new one gets here I'm attempting to play with the keyboard (it's not going well).
Also playing Noel in BB without (just) button mashing is a great way to practice PM Lucario: Both characters are glass cannons with poor approaches but ridiculously flashy combos.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on December 14, 2014, 03:59:00 pm
World of Warships.

This game is fun as **** and I've never played a game where it's quite so satisfying to pull the trigger on absolutely nothing and just watch the shells splash into the empty ocean.  Everyone play this.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on December 15, 2014, 09:20:50 am
Got invite codes for that Scotty?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 15, 2014, 11:20:17 am
Probably not, but if they given the NA alpha testers invite codes I'll let you know.

(Yes, I can say I'm an alpha tester. They kind of gave it away with my blue "alpha" tag on the US forums.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 15, 2014, 11:46:43 am
OOOOOOOHH

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/My%C5%8Dk%C5%8D_trials_1941.jpg/300px-My%C5%8Dk%C5%8D_trials_1941.jpg)

Much 8 inch.
Many Long Lance.
Oops 25mm can't hit ****!
Underwater protection? Pffft!

I do wonder if you integrated modern fire control computing potential with the big gun warships of yore how accurate you could ramp up naval gun fire.  Even when Washington jumped Kirishima at point blank with radar directed salvos she only connected what 9 times out of 117 16-inch expended?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 15, 2014, 06:09:29 pm
Probably closer to 11-13; the Detailed Action Report mentions several torpedo hits while Kirishima was under fire from Washington that pretty much have to be Washington's "shorts" striking underwater. Still only a 10%ish hitrate.

There are of course various problems the fire-control system can't solve. A pre-reconstruction Japanese heavy cruiser or most of the Italian ones are just never going to fire a good salvo no matter how awesome your fire-control because of the problems with the design of the mounts and shell dispersion resulting from them.

By the same token, an interesting tidbit is that by about 1970 the major obstacle to further accuracy improvements in the Iowa-class was the powder, not the fire-control, guns, or mountings. Their eighties-era upgrades were contingent on the development of a new powder type that burned more even and clean, so that the shell was accelerated smoother and the barrel didn't get gummed up as much on successive shots.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 16, 2014, 01:19:09 am
As somebody who has spent serious hours cleaning rifle barrels etc.  The thought of cleaning naval deck guns as a concept,  both terrifies me and only just became manifest. Those poor sailor dudes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 16, 2014, 08:10:28 am
they had to have had guys who were basically just chimney sweeps for those things.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 16, 2014, 12:22:30 pm
My understanding is everybody works.  **** jobs are jobs that need doing.  Junior ranks do it. Don't be a junior rank.

Like painting coal or cutting the grass outside the commanding officers office with nail scissors.

:shaking:

Also don't get caught being naughty.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on December 16, 2014, 04:35:54 pm
Painting...Coal?

 :eek:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 17, 2014, 12:40:34 am
Painting coal white specifically.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on December 17, 2014, 03:02:50 am
That's fifty shades of ****ed up
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on December 17, 2014, 09:27:32 am
I just imagined someone with this massive rod and bore brush shoving it through a deck gun
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 17, 2014, 03:43:03 pm
I imagine pull-throughs. Being naval, attached to an anchor :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 17, 2014, 04:52:04 pm
I just imagined someone with this massive rod and bore brush shoving it through a deck gun

You have basically described the process of cleaning any breech-loading naval rifle since they were introduced. Hell, we still do it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on December 17, 2014, 05:18:13 pm
I've been playing some Dark Souls, Fighting that Nito dude.

Then I've been playing some Dragon Age Origins, MYST II: Riven and Gihren's Greed: Menace of Axis V.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on December 17, 2014, 05:23:56 pm
So I finally got myself my W:RD and the first thing I noticed is that no one wants to be red. No one. The game also doesn't seem to care about teaching tactics and I just failed to place my FOB. What?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 17, 2014, 10:30:01 pm
I've been playing some Dark Souls, Fighting that Nito dude.

Then I've been playing some Dragon Age Origins, MYST II: Riven and Gihren's Greed: Menace of Axis V.

Some day I must really track down a way to play Gihren's Greed and then play through an alternate universe where Amuro never left EF service and Revil never died.

Your Nightmare of Solomon is invalid! I have a Nu Gundam!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 19, 2014, 11:52:54 pm
T29 is best Scout!

(http://i57.tinypic.com/2yocr9x.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on December 20, 2014, 09:32:05 am
I am trying to finish Transistor, but it refuses to cooperate. I had 3 crashes within an hour. Overall, Supergiants need to be slapped for the number of bugs this game has. There is also one important thing to mention: a normal game not always crashes, but when it does it ctds. Transistor doesn't. It just suspends the entire damn os and the only cure is to reboot. Just great.

EDIT: It just crashed during the credits. Isn't that the best game ending ever.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on December 20, 2014, 03:09:21 pm
I just started Crimson Skies (PC) again.  With timeslip's patch (http://timeslip.users.sourceforge.net/index.html), I can play with modern Nvidia drivers and at my monitor's native resolution.  The gameplay has held up well, and the voice acting is still among the best I have heard.  The graphics are still 2000-era (no mediaVPs!  :) ) but while engaged in a dogfight with a polite Brit or focusing on threading a needle in a danger zone for a scrapbook pic, I certainly do not notice the lack of textures and details.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on December 20, 2014, 07:48:50 pm
I am trying to finish Transistor, but it refuses to cooperate. I had 3 crashes within an hour. Overall, Supergiants need to be slapped for the number of bugs this game has. There is also one important thing to mention: a normal game not always crashes, but when it does it ctds. Transistor doesn't. It just suspends the entire damn os and the only cure is to reboot. Just great.

EDIT: It just crashed during the credits. Isn't that the best game ending ever.

That's... interesting, but most definitely not the game itself
Otherwise I'd of encountered similar, or the two others I just asked about it
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on December 21, 2014, 10:53:48 am
I also experienced no crashing in Transistor.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on December 21, 2014, 12:36:47 pm
Giving Ruse a spin.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on December 22, 2014, 01:23:17 am
Witcher 2 - Geraldo Rivera Geralt of Rivia Rides Again
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on December 22, 2014, 06:23:21 pm
Just bought all the Borderlands 2 story/mission DLC. Scotty, I believe you owe me some assistance :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on December 22, 2014, 07:29:56 pm
 NGTM-1R I haven't played all of the campaigns yet. But, in my Titans campaign the AEUG lost and Jerrid has a Nu Gundam (No Funnels though  :( ).

(Quotes are giving me a hard time).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 22, 2014, 09:02:50 pm
NGTM-1R I haven't played all of the campaigns yet. But, in my Titans campaign the AEUG lost and Jerrid has a Nu Gundam (No Funnels though  :( ).

(Quotes are giving me a hard time).

This can only end in tears. Always bugged me you can't play out Stardust without Cima ending up Titans or dying.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on December 22, 2014, 11:31:13 pm
Well Paptimus and his lackeys (Sarah, Yazan etc) all defected to Neo Zeon because I didn't let Paptimus attend the Negotiations with Haman. Now I'm in ZZ with Nu Gundam's fighting both Glemmy and Haman but haven't got up to Char's Counterattack.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 23, 2014, 04:23:32 pm
Char's Counterattack.



Smells starcrafty
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on December 23, 2014, 05:28:29 pm
Now that I think about it. Yeah, it does.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on December 23, 2014, 05:33:55 pm
Dark Souls 2 again, this time on PC, and with the DLC.

I'm being a bit more cautious this time, and abusing the hell out of Rings of Life Protection. So far, I haven't lost a single soul besides those spent on repairing the rings.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 24, 2014, 06:10:06 pm
Smells starcrafty

You will never grasp the true form of CCA, not while your soul is weighted down by gravity!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 25, 2014, 05:19:45 am
Off on another Kyofu Run.

"Freelancer Alpha One Dash One, this is Battleship Matsumoto. Everything's a go for launch. Good luck out there."
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r059/Barracuda3_zps6203564e.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on December 25, 2014, 08:09:17 am
Some Ruse, some WG Red Dragon...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 26, 2014, 07:16:25 pm
Just finished wings of liberty.



Kerrigan is now with permanent dreadlocks.....  :eek2: :wtf:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on December 26, 2014, 08:15:56 pm
Her past came swarming back. Zerg-iously.

Seriously considering getting Planetary Annihilation.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on December 29, 2014, 03:04:07 am
I just got Planetary Annihilation, it is AWESOME.
I still have to try out the Delta-V engines and DeathStar modifications of planetary bodies, but i will soon enough.
The War mode is quite fun, feels Empire at War-like
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on December 29, 2014, 06:12:05 am
Spacebase DF-9.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on December 29, 2014, 12:11:50 pm
Got Shadowrun DirCut (1 min left to buy too); Tomb Raider (Reboot); Ancient Space & Dishonored (+all DLC). I guess I am in for a treat :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on December 29, 2014, 03:14:56 pm
Got Shadowrun DirCut (1 min left to buy too); Tomb Raider (Reboot); Ancient Space & Dishonored (+all DLC). I guess I am in for a treat :)

Dishonored and its DLC are fantastic.  The Dunwall City Trials is a challenge DLC, not story, but it's a lot of fun, if frustrating as hell sometimes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on December 29, 2014, 04:43:10 pm
Tomb Raider is also fantastic.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 29, 2014, 07:34:37 pm
I'm not quite sure why the JagdPanzer IV gets such a bad rap.  Granted I've only taken it out 4 times but every time its ripped stuff up.  The top gun looks like trash, but the Pak 42 L/70 that is a joy on the StuG just sings on this baby with 15.79 rpm.  Good mobility to get in a sneaky spot then chain gun action.  Also grinding up the Flak Bus towards the Nashorn, where I'll unlock all the good JagdPanther guns at Tier VI.  Tomorrow is the USA sale and I'll pick up the Chaffee and Jackson.  So that leaves the JagdPanther and Walker Bulldog as the long term goals.
 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 29, 2014, 09:57:15 pm
Worked through Half-Life, and I just finished up Opposing Force (kind of fun seeing Randy Pitchford's name appear in a Valve franchise's credits), so now on to Blue Shift.  There's also an unofficial PC port of the PS2-exclusive co-op campaign Decay that I might run through again, even though it's a bit of a pain doing it solo.  Then on to HL2, which is the thing I'm legitimately excited to revisit.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on December 29, 2014, 10:03:41 pm
I have a grenade mod in Borderlands 2.

Longbow MIRV homing sticky shock transfusion.

I wish it were 'faster' so it'd be more useful but goddamn if that's not a lot of mods for one grenade.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on December 31, 2014, 06:08:26 am
Smells starcrafty

You will never grasp the true form of CCA, not while your soul is weighted down by gravity!

Can't argue with that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 31, 2014, 06:35:09 pm
A kill from beyond the grave in Tanks is pretty rare.

A kill from beyond the grave when you're ammoracked usually means the turret fell on your buddy next to you, you teamkilling cretin.

...in this case I really wish I had replays set to save right now because I just killed a hostile Jagdpanzer IV from beyond the grave. He drove into the side of my Tiger P where I couldn't depress my gun enough to hit him. Then he ammoracked me.

Then my turret fell on top of him and he frantically drove around back and forth crashing into things trying to get it off while he burned down and died.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on December 31, 2014, 06:38:18 pm
Setting fire to them can work as well
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on December 31, 2014, 07:59:19 pm
Spelunky.  Though my current task in the game is frustratingly difficult, I keep coming back to it.

Correction, I was playing spelunky. The game has now outstayed its welcome. Will check out Xenonauts or Banner saga instead.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on December 31, 2014, 08:35:49 pm
A kill from beyond the grave in Tanks is pretty rare.

Heh, your story reminded me... Go check the roll of honors thread (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=88702.msg1772837#msg1772837) :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on January 01, 2015, 12:54:17 am
Nomed a bit more and got Space engineers. Now to begin my shenanigans of building a Fenris and a Karuna.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on January 01, 2015, 08:23:42 am
Purchased FFVII, Minimum, One Finger Death Punch and Planetary Annihilation on steam the other day, and Deadnaughts a few weeks ago.

OFDP is beyond insane, but it makes me feel sad that 5 years ago, that would have been free to play on newgrounds.

Minimum is like Smite and Team Fortress (the original) had a lovechild that grew up to be a fan of mecha anime, minimalist art and dress up.

I'm installing PA now, and have high hopes.

And Deadnaughts somehow makes a game with nothing but an MFD with little blue icons for your squad and red blips and sinister snarls for the enemy, scary as ****.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on January 01, 2015, 12:34:55 pm
Picked up Skyrim Legendary edition for $13.59 yesterday.  Gonna be getting some graphical mods for that today.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on January 01, 2015, 08:31:02 pm
Picked up Skyrim Legendary edition for $13.59 yesterday.  Gonna be getting some graphical mods for that today.
Make sure to get the Unofficial Patches and check out this list (http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3999-bug-fixes-recommended-in-addition-to-the-unofficial-patches/).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wobble73 on January 02, 2015, 08:28:39 am
Just got an Xbox One with Alian Isolation for Christmas! Great so far!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Luis Dias on January 02, 2015, 09:37:40 am
Candy Crush


(ducks)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 02, 2015, 08:32:17 pm
Well, at least you didn't call it Saga.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 03, 2015, 03:23:52 am
Does anyone else ps3 destiny on here?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on January 03, 2015, 12:54:39 pm
I've been playing a lot of Warcraft 2 the last couple of weeks.

Game still kicks a ton of ass. Every time I go back to it I'm always surprised by just how damn good it is. It never seems to lose any entertainment value to me at all.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on January 03, 2015, 09:23:48 pm
Gunpoint (http://www.pentadact.com/category/conwaysblog/?K=13&U=13&C0=3&E1=2&C1=6&E2=2&C2=4&C3=3&C4=1&C5=2)
Go get it. It's just great.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 04, 2015, 12:40:02 am
Tried to return to playing Assassin's Creed (one).  Now I remember what drove me away for so long.  I'm on the last mission.  I just played for HOURS, failing tasks over and ****ING over again because of the goddamn beggars and crazy people.  Does anyone know of a mod to get rid of them?  I searched for a good long while but it's next to impossible to find anything at all about the original instead of the new ones.  Moddb only had 5 mods total, all of which were texture related.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 04, 2015, 06:16:09 pm
Is Assassin's Creed 2 (and follow) combat as horrendously broken as 1?  Cuz there's no way I'd buy it if it's not miles better than this ****.  The last few battles in this POS are just plain stupid.  Fight 20 guys at once, who have attacks that take away a quarter of your health that can't be blocked or countered in any way.  Oh, "defense" mode?  Yeah, that doesn't stop them.  Counter attack?  No, only if the game doesn't feel like making you wave your sword like a jackass instead.  Hey, let's put the camera behind a wall.  You know what else would be super fun?  No ability to save at any point in the super long and hardest combat sequence in the game.  Even right before fighting the boss with a single health bar.  Nope, do it all again ****er.

For such a good concept, AC1 fails pretty much across the board in execution and actual gameplay.  This must be at least partly due to the console port.  If it plays just as badly on console, I can't see how the series would have succeeded with a lead game like this.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on January 04, 2015, 08:03:07 pm
It's pretty bad on console, too.

AC2 is, however, miles better.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 07, 2015, 07:22:43 am
I'm currently playing all of the following games at one point or another:

PC
- RollerCoaster Tycoon
- RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
- Need For Madness?

Android
- Godville
- Idle Oil Tycoon
- Mine Clicker
- MinuteQuest

Handheld
- Pokemon Alpha Sapphire Version
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on January 07, 2015, 07:26:48 am
Don't Starve Together
It's rather amusing to have to coordinate not dying with other people
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Luis Dias on January 07, 2015, 09:53:52 am
foosball.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on January 07, 2015, 04:28:22 pm
Shadowrun Returns.

Turns out for Dead Man's Switch, I was doing it wrong. Despite the fact that I beat it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 07, 2015, 04:42:42 pm
I'm playing hide my spending from the fiancé and winning.


But for how long. ... :shaking:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on January 07, 2015, 06:25:59 pm
Soon you will be like me, and just get an allowance from your paycheck.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 08, 2015, 10:13:11 am
Trying to find out where these "hidden files" are in the animus in Assassin's Creed that I saw mentioned in a wiki.  That I was looking at because I had to look up how to finish the fking game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 08, 2015, 10:27:45 am
Soon you will be like me, and just get an allowance from your paycheck.

This is already my life :shaking:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on January 09, 2015, 01:12:42 pm
Factorio again. Because bazzilion hours was enough only for so long. It was well worth the price for some time now. Go get it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on January 09, 2015, 01:47:04 pm
Elite: Dangerous.

Honestly, I had enough of a backlog on games and got more for christmas. Getting this one didn't help one bit.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 09, 2015, 08:14:27 pm
I bought Fallout 1 and it was the first game to be installed on my new laptop. The game is simply awesome.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 10, 2015, 07:17:29 am
Just starting on Borderlands 2 that I got for free with my vid card like... 3 years ago?  However, unsure if I'll be missing stuff not having played 1.  Should I play 1 first to get the full story/experience?  I'll play something else from my backlog and wait for a sale on the original if so.  Rage is also calling out to me. 

Just as a general thought, holy HELL the DLC/micro transaction integration!  Jesus, how much crap do they want me to buy?  Even trying to get me to buy **** before I start playing with the two other characters.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 10, 2015, 04:49:17 pm
I bought Fallout 1 and it was the first game to be installed on my new laptop. The game is simply awesome.

It's a perfect netbook game. As is the jagged alliance series.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhys on January 10, 2015, 08:49:02 pm
Elite Dangerous. While it can be very empty and boring at times, I keep coming back to it after closing the game. There's something addicting about running trade routes, bounty hunting, and exploring that never seems to get old. Also, the sound design is just outstanding. I love hearing the popping of your thrusters as you open the throttle, and how you can hear the cockpit rattle when you engage the afterburners. Awesome.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 11, 2015, 05:45:25 am
I bought Fallout 1 and it was the first game to be installed on my new laptop. The game is simply awesome.

It's a perfect netbook game. As is the jagged alliance series.

Yeah. It's frickin hard though.  :nod:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Blue Lion on January 11, 2015, 10:11:06 am
FF8 because I hate myself
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on January 11, 2015, 12:57:28 pm
Still having fun with Neverwinter.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on January 12, 2015, 01:39:31 pm
Beat KOTOR over Christmas break (light side). Official favorite single-player game I've ever beaten. One of the male soldier portraits looks suspiciously like me, so I got to take screenshots of Jedi Me in epic white robes cutting down baddies with two lightsabers. KOTOR is basically the fulfillment of every kid's Star Wars fantasies.

Also, my brother gave me FTL: Faster than Light for Christmas. Roughly two dozen runs so far, only one of which was a win. And that's on easy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 12, 2015, 05:58:12 pm
So grinding out the Pak 43 L71 on the Nashorn was like pulling teeth.  The Pak 42 L70 is great gun on the assault chassis TDs but a tall tinfoil Nash cant just stand to and DPM the crap out of things with it.  Now that it has this lovely 88?  This thing is gravy   ;)

Now all that's left is to brew up another 30000 XP on JagdPanzer IV and I'll have the JagdPanther with the Pk 43 ready to install right off the mark :D

Progress up the US lights is on track and I'll probably nab the T37 in the near future.  I'm also going to start hoarding the free xp so I can para drop into the Nippon Mediums as far up the food chain as possible.  Most of the line looks crap but from Tier VIII onward?

(http://www.thingsnerdslike.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jabba-the-hutt.png)

Those mediums look like my kind of scum.

Ho ho ho ho ho
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 12, 2015, 07:01:40 pm
WoT?

I'm playing that too...
Working on the German light line for the Ru 251 right now...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on January 12, 2015, 09:07:07 pm
So grinding out the Pak 43 L71 on the Nashorn was like pulling teeth.  The Pak 42 L70 is great gun on the assault chassis TDs but a tall tinfoil Nash cant just stand to and DPM the crap out of things with it.  Now that it has this lovely 88?  This thing is gravy   ;)

Now all that's left is to brew up another 30000 XP on JagdPanzer IV and I'll have the JagdPanther with the Pk 43 ready to install right off the mark :D

Progress up the US lights is on track and I'll probably nab the T37 in the near future.  I'm also going to start hoarding the free xp so I can para drop into the Nippon Mediums as far up the food chain as possible.  Most of the line looks crap but from Tier VIII onward?

(http://www.thingsnerdslike.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/jabba-the-hutt.png)

Those mediums look like my kind of scum.

Ho ho ho ho ho

The Japanese T:3 and T:4 mediums are pretty nice, guns handle similar to the Brit guns and the tanks are able to keep up with scouting tanks fairly well, the only down side is they don't take much of a beating so remember to stay behind the front line until your target is distracted.


My main issue atm is coin, 900,000+ for T:6 tanks is killing me, have most of the brit tanks researched for T:6 but just cant seem to build up the capital to buy them before something else takes my fancy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 12, 2015, 09:18:45 pm
My main issue atm is coin, 900,000+ for T:6 tanks is killing me, have most of the brit tanks researched for T:6 but just cant seem to build up the capital to buy them before something else takes my fancy.

I have a similar problem with credits.
Just keeping it above 1mil is hard enough. I don't know how I'm going to afford the Tier X that I'm working on unlocking.

That said, high tier matches are my favorite. Teammates are generally smarter up there...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 13, 2015, 01:11:29 pm
Remember that beyond Tier 6 it's deliberately very difficult to make money without a premium tank, and your credit earn rate is best probably at Tier 5.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on January 13, 2015, 09:07:35 pm

Gay men and I playing a homoerotic game which is still hilariously awesome
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 13, 2015, 09:27:54 pm
Remember that beyond Tier 6 it's deliberately very difficult to make money without a premium tank, and your credit earn rate is best probably at Tier 5.

Luckily, I have premiums from back in the days when I was willing to spend that kind of money...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on January 14, 2015, 06:58:00 pm
Just starting on Borderlands 2 that I got for free with my vid card like... 3 years ago?  However, unsure if I'll be missing stuff not having played 1.  Should I play 1 first to get the full story/experience?

Not really.  In fact, you may find yourself (like me) somewhat frustrated by the changes made to BL's pretty awesome loot system in BL2 (which is considerably less awesome in terms of its loot system functions).

Go ahead and dive into 2.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 15, 2015, 04:56:04 am
I got impatient, and did anyway :P.  I'm up to level 16, just rescued roland.  I sense a lot of the events and characters referred to happened in 1.  Even without comparison to 1, the loot system is a little aggravating in 2.  If one of the major elements of the game is looting, good GOD give us somewhere to put it.  And I feel like I'm awful far into the game without having all of my weapon slots yet.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 15, 2015, 10:02:40 am
I got impatient, and did anyway :P.  I'm up to level 16, just rescued roland.  I sense a lot of the events and characters referred to happened in 1.  Even without comparison to 1, the loot system is a little aggravating in 2.  If one of the major elements of the game is looting, good GOD give us somewhere to put it.  And I feel like I'm awful far into the game without having all of my weapon slots yet.

I never had enough bank slots in that game...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on January 15, 2015, 12:15:12 pm
I got impatient, and did anyway :P.  I'm up to level 16, just rescued roland.  I sense a lot of the events and characters referred to happened in 1.  Even without comparison to 1, the loot system is a little aggravating in 2.  If one of the major elements of the game is looting, good GOD give us somewhere to put it.  And I feel like I'm awful far into the game without having all of my weapon slots yet.

Sell anything you don't use.  Seriously, there's no point in keeping it with how fast you level up.  A gun you get now that's really great will be average at best in three levels, and totally useless in five.  And that's before you hit the higher difficulty modes, where guns go from good to barely useful in two levels.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 15, 2015, 05:10:52 pm
So I just parked my Chaffee in a bush on the West side of Prok, 4025 damage on my spots, 1048 base XP, 1st personal mission done. With the daily double factored in I made 3144XP, between the profit on the match and all the bonus for the Personal Mission I probably netted 115,000 credits :P

I almost I feel dirty for making that amount of haul for so little effort.  This must be what it feels like to arty :D

Seriously if your strapped for credits even if you don't want the reward tanks these missions are worth doing.  Unfortunately looks like you have to play an SPG in order to finish the campaign  :blah:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on January 15, 2015, 05:12:41 pm
I almost I feel dirty for making that amount of haul for so little effort.  This must be what it feels like to arty :D

Arty is an unfun, pathetic wasteland of huge effort for little gain.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on January 15, 2015, 05:17:12 pm
I almost I feel dirty for making that amount of haul for so little effort.  This must be what it feels like to arty :D

Arty is an unfun, pathetic wasteland of huge effort for little gain.

highest arty i have is T:3 its a pita to play

thanks to the personal missions though I have finally broken into tier 6 with the AT-8
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 15, 2015, 05:48:41 pm
I almost I feel dirty for making that amount of haul for so little effort.  This must be what it feels like to arty :D

Arty is an unfun, pathetic wasteland of huge effort for little gain.

highest arty i have is T:3 its a pita to play

thanks to the personal missions though I have finally broken into tier 6 with the AT-8

My only arty is the GWPanther at Tier VII.
I call it the party boat because of how effective it is.

The huge gun arc from having a turret allows me to have a chance at hitting scouts that are on the move, and anything I pen will be near wrecked, if not dead.
That said, I rarely play arty now because of how boring it can be compared to the rest of the tanks out there.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on January 15, 2015, 06:14:56 pm
It can still be effective, but it's not fun at all.

Edit: unless you have a LeBiff.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 15, 2015, 06:51:49 pm
Arty is about generating rage, not combat effectiveness.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 15, 2015, 07:23:54 pm
I actually really enjoy my arty. My SU-14-1, while you have to be very careful and a little lucky to score a hit, hits like nothing else, even with just the 152mm.
There's no other way to reach clear across a map to smack some heavy who missed the page about staying in cover at all times.
And the rage is delicious.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on January 15, 2015, 08:29:31 pm
Planetary Annihilation.

Blew up a planet while nuking it; I have yet smash a planet into a planet though. :(

Had no idea you could disable the death stars until today, just throw a planet at the controller slots or exhaust port.

Lastly: all glory to the mod launcher!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 16, 2015, 09:46:15 am
Arty is about generating rage, not combat effectiveness.

I would say that Arty is one of, if not the most, team-reliant weapon class.
You won't be terribly effective unless your team scouts well, and even then, some maps just hate arty.
... like himmelsdorf... or most maps with a lot of city in them.

Of course, you can always play it like a ridiculous TD.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CKid on January 16, 2015, 11:54:35 am
My Obj261 loves going TD mode.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on January 16, 2015, 12:58:07 pm
Isn't it annoying when something in a game completely changes without you knowing? In this case it's not really annoying because I think it's superior, but let me explain. I've been playing Advance Wars: Dark Conflict.

I've had it a while but only been seriously playing it recently. In the last I believe 3, 2 for sure Advance Wars games, your technique score is based on the % of your units lost. Therefore if you pump out more units, you can soften the blow to your technique score.

So naturally when in full control of a battle, I've been pumping out as many cheap units as possible to improve my technique score. But I've been getting low technique scores and after a particularly dominant victory and getting a low technique score I knew something was up, so took to the wonderful World of the internet to find out what.

So now doing this works against you instead of for you. Your technique is now based on getting the job done with as few units as possible. Each new unit is 1pt against you, and each unit lost is 1pt against you. It's probably superior since you can't exploit it to an extent like the previous system, and getting more done with less while minimising losses is probably a truer test of your technique.

The power rating has also changed, but not in such an opposite fashion, and is also probably superior, since the old power rating was based upon the most kills in a single turn and the less enemy units the enemy pumps out the better, now it's based roughly on killing things in one hit to raise it and killing things in 3 or more hits drops it, so it's now about your performance over the whole battle rather than setting up for one single turn where you can kill a lot of units.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 17, 2015, 12:07:07 am
Plugging away at the Personal Missions and its moving along pretty good, that said the final missions for the Heavy and TD lines look a little... um daunting.

The only Heavy in my stable is the trusty T29 and while I'll take her against pretty much anything from a defilade position, 8000HP in damage caused, taken or blocked?

I guess I'll have to hope for a arty-less match and just poke my mantlet over a ridge and hope everybody on the enemy team takes a shot while APCR spamming higher tier Heavies for all the HP they got?  I am only 20,000 away from the T32, that might have the DPM to nab the mission reqs.

On the TD side they want 4000 HP in damage.  While that's probably not a big deal for a Waffle but all my TDs are Tier VI and below besides an E25.  I've had some pretty great games with them but not 4000 damage great.  I'll be getting the JagdPanther soon, so hopefully I can get a super purple performance out of it :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 17, 2015, 01:15:16 am
Plugging away at the Personal Missions and its moving along pretty good, that said the final missions for the Heavy and TD lines look a little... um daunting.

The only Heavy in my stable is the trusty T29 and while I'll take her against pretty much anything from a defilade position, 8000HP in damage caused, taken or blocked?

I guess I'll have to hope for a arty-less match and just poke my mantlet over a ridge and hope everybody on the enemy team takes a shot while APCR spamming higher tier Heavies for all the HP they got?  I am only 20,000 away from the T32, that might have the DPM to nab the mission reqs.

On the TD side they want 4000 HP in damage.  While that's probably not a big deal for a Waffle but all my TDs are Tier VI and below besides an E25.  I've had some pretty great games with them but not 4000 damage great.  I'll be getting the JagdPanther soon, so hopefully I can get a super purple performance out of it :P

I'm more concerned with the final mission of the light tank line.
I don't have very many LT, despite having a fairly nice number of modules unlocked already for my run through the German light line to the Ru 251.

My JPanther basically blows away all the TD missions without too much trouble, and the SPGs aren't too hard with my GWPanther.

I am a little concerned with the medium missions. The missions themselves aren't too hard, but I don't have a lot of medium tanks to rely on above tier 5.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 17, 2015, 08:16:37 pm
I think an Easy 8 or Cromwell could plow through most of the medium missions no sweat.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on January 17, 2015, 09:01:12 pm
I've been playing World of Tanks just trying to get enough exp to unlock the KV-1 (so I can train the crew that came with my Churchill III before crew discounts end).

Unfortunately, since I've never played the T-28 before, I've had to try and slog through with it barely upgraded (KV-1 only requires upgrades to the engine, and I spent 500 on a better gun because the T-46's top howitzer wasn't cutting it), and so... I haven't done that well at all in it. And it's a pity, since I know that that T-28 can be a good tank, but my inexperience with it, coupled by the fact that at the moment I can't spend any experience on upgrading it, means that it's just been so frustrating for me. Fortunately I only need just under 300 experience then I'll have enough T-28 + free experience to unlock the KV-1.

I'll keep the T-28 (or at least the crew) around so I can try it again later, because I know it deserves better. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 17, 2015, 10:39:18 pm
I've been playing World of Tanks just trying to get enough exp to unlock the KV-1 (so I can train the crew that came with my Churchill III before crew discounts end).

Unfortunately, since I've never played the T-28 before, I've had to try and slog through with it barely upgraded (KV-1 only requires upgrades to the engine, and I spent 500 on a better gun because the T-46's top howitzer wasn't cutting it), and so... I haven't done that well at all in it. And it's a pity, since I know that that T-28 can be a good tank, but my inexperience with it, coupled by the fact that at the moment I can't spend any experience on upgrading it, means that it's just been so frustrating for me. Fortunately I only need just under 300 experience then I'll have enough T-28 + free experience to unlock the KV-1.

I'll keep the T-28 (or at least the crew) around so I can try it again later, because I know it deserves better. :)

I'm not sure I know what you mean by "train the crew that came with the Churchill III". You use premium tanks to train the crews of your regular tanks, not the other way around~

Some of the more well-known tank reviewers rate the T-28 as... one of the worst mediums in the game with a few exceptions. (its' armor is terrible)
On the plus side, I consider the KV-1 to be the best heavy tier for tier in the game. It's very well-rounded with a good gun and very good armor for its tier. It's a good heavy to introduce players to playing on heavy tanks because it isn't that fast, but it's not the slowest tank out there either.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on January 17, 2015, 11:01:19 pm
T-28 is an evil tank to grind.  and it does feel like grinding as well.
On the plus side JerichoDeath is right, that KV-1 while lacks a little in speed is massive fun to drive and learn how to heavy, also because the tank is excellent you rack up the XP really quickly.

As for Premiums
1) the crew transfer penalty only works taking a crew trained for another tank into the Premium, a crew specifically trained for the premium tank going into a regular tank still gets the penalty.
2) Not only do premium tanks start with elite status (thus you can throw all the xp into training) but there is a training bonus to the crew while they are operating it.

Typically what would happen is that the Prem tank is bought crewless and you shift the crew of a regular tank of that nation+weight class across to give them a little training boost, for example to push the last few percent on their skills
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on January 18, 2015, 03:24:43 am
I bought my Churchill III in the premium shop so it came with a crew in it. I trained them for the KV-1 once I unlocked it. That's what I mean when I said I trained my Churchill III crew (I've had other premiums for a while so I know how crew interact with them).

I hadn't started the line yet when I bought it, though, hence why I had to grind through the T-26, T-46 and T-28. But I've always known that the KV-1 was a pretty decent performer so it'll be interesting to get behind the wheel of it myself. Definitely looking forward to it if you can learn how to play a heavy tank well in it, since if I'm honest I'm not that brilliant yet at the other main heavy tank I own, the Tiger (P). :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 18, 2015, 12:16:12 pm
I hadn't started the line yet when I bought it, though, hence why I had to grind through the T-26, T-46 and T-28. But I've always known that the KV-1 was a pretty decent performer so it'll be interesting to get behind the wheel of it myself. Definitely looking forward to it if you can learn how to play a heavy tank well in it, since if I'm honest I'm not that brilliant yet at the other main heavy tank I own, the Tiger (P). :)

The Tiger P is quite a different beast, and one I know well (I have a 56% WR in it)
Although most good tankers know the weakpoints in the Tiger P's extremely thick frontal armor, they can't effectively aim for them at a distance, making the heavy a very good sniper tank when angled well. It's also unusually fast, given its weight, making it decent at ramming mediums and lights. (by "fast", I mean that it can reach its top speed relatively easily on a flat surface)

On the other hand, the tank that comes after it, the VK4502A, is considered by many to be the worst tier 8 heavy in the game. I disagree. It's my favorite tier 8 heavy tank. It moves extremely fast for a heavy, has very high DPM, and it's very accurate, even on the move. It's the only tank I have Brothers in Arms perk with. It's suggested to play it like a big medium tank with a decent health pool, or a Hunter Killer to murder mediums with since it can keep up with them on the battlefield.

(I also have the Tier 9 VK4502B, but I don't want to make my post too long... ^.^)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on January 18, 2015, 02:18:39 pm
I don't particularly like the VK 4502 A as a heavy tank.  It's not a very good tier 8 heavy, though to be fair tier 8 is a pretty fantastic tier for heavy tanks across the board, if it weren't for the ****ty matchmaker.  I can't think of one off the top of my head that's outright bad.  T32, IS-3, KV-4, VK A, Tiger II, AMX 50 100, 110.  The only two on that list I wouldn't consider outright good heavy tanks are the VK A and maybe the 110 because I don't have much experience with it.

The VK 4502 A is, however, one of the best tier 8 medium tanks in the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 18, 2015, 05:41:48 pm
I don't particularly like the VK 4502 A as a heavy tank.  It's not a very good tier 8 heavy, though to be fair tier 8 is a pretty fantastic tier for heavy tanks across the board, if it weren't for the ****ty matchmaker.  I can't think of one off the top of my head that's outright bad.  T32, IS-3, KV-4, VK A, Tiger II, AMX 50 100, 110.  The only two on that list I wouldn't consider outright good heavy tanks are the VK A and maybe the 110 because I don't have much experience with it.

The VK 4502 A is, however, one of the best tier 8 medium tanks in the game.

That's an interesting way to look at it.

On the subject of the 110, I'm looking forward to having it once I unlock it with my IS-2. It's top gun is very good, and the frontal armor is better than the IS-3. (especially the upgraded turret)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 18, 2015, 07:07:42 pm
I went through the T-28 when it still had an 85mm gun, and the combination of speed and that gun was somewhat broken. Now, well, you're a sport tank and add some DPM.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on January 18, 2015, 07:47:11 pm
I remember when the SU-85 got a 107 mm.  That was some fun times.  Not really.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wings of Merkava on January 18, 2015, 08:29:50 pm
I'm replaying the Mass Effect trilogy. Currently on Mass Effect 2.

Also Derelict.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 18, 2015, 08:46:48 pm
Borderlands 2.  So much looting.  So many achievements (done RIGHT - in-game with actual benefits and mostly fun to chase).

So addicted.  *checks steam*  56 hours already holy hell.  I just started playing like a week ago.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on January 18, 2015, 08:54:40 pm
I crashed two planets into another planet, the enemy survived. Did not compute. Turns out I shot the wrong planet.
Succeeded at making two worlds get into an orbital collision after fornicating with their orbits. Enemy lived.
Surrendered after playing that match for three hours. Enemy was hiding under my nose where all I had to do was drop a nuke. (ಠ ʖ̯ ಠ)

PS Planetary Annihilation has best soundtrack.

PPS When is the Star Wars mod happening ffs. :hopping:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 18, 2015, 10:54:31 pm
Okay JagdPanther is pretty sweet.  Grinding out the Pak 43 L/71 on the Nashorn first?  Best decision ever.  Even with everything else stock but the Long 88 this thing is such a beast.  Granted the extra traverse from the upgraded suspension will be a major bonus, but man the Pak 43 just sings on this rig.  Even though its not ironclad I had to go assault gun mode in Siegrfried and still bullied the crap out of two Tier 6 heavies at the same time.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 18, 2015, 11:46:08 pm
Okay JagdPanther is pretty sweet.  Grinding out the Pak 43 L/71 on the Nashorn first?  Best decision ever.  Even with everything else stock but the Long 88 this thing is such a beast.  Granted the extra traverse from the upgraded suspension will be a major bonus, but man the Pak 43 just sings on this rig.  Even though its not ironclad I had to go assault gun mode in Siegrfried and still bullied the crap out of two Tier 6 heavies at the same time.

Ah. I've got my JPanther elited, and I've been working on unlocking the JPanther II.
Here's hoping that it will be as fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on January 19, 2015, 12:51:54 am
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX. Was also playing Oracle of Ages (I just hate the Goron Dance part, where the timing window's not nice, and you have to do a particular one to get a Mermaid Key).

Also, Secret of Mana (made it to the last part, but bah, I have to grind the Dryad's Wall Magic).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 19, 2015, 02:59:15 am
Hunting vault symbols is going to make me insane.  Also I have no idea what I'm even looking for/what the hell they mean with some of the other badass achievements.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on January 20, 2015, 02:27:57 pm
[continuation on my ramblings about Knights of the Old Republic]

Like I said, I loved the first KOTOR game. So a couple days ago, I did the logical thing: buy the sequel. After -7hrs of gameplay, (enough to get me to Citadel Station and get out of the whole investigation fiasco), I was a little disappointed. The story was somewhat difficult to track, the whole Peragus sequence was confusing and repetitive (go to new section of mine, find nothing useful, solve a puzzle to get back to administration level, repeat til the game decides it's been long enough and send in the Harbinger). There were annoying bloopers that weren't in the first game- animation issues, missing voice files, and occasional non sequiturs in the dialogue (or maybe Kreia is supposed to act that way?). It wasn't terrible, it just wasn't as well polished as the first game. I found myself thinking, "What happened? Was this game rushed?"

Search internet. Discover that...
A.) That game was rushed. With a one-year dev cycle, Obsidian cut a huge amount of perfectly good stuff out just cause they didn't have enough time, and unfortunately left some bloopers behind.
B.) However, Obsidian was kind enough to leave the unused assets- most of em at least- on-disk (or download, or whatever). Seriously, KOTOR II is in the running for most cut content in gaming history, including huge amounts of dialogue (including voice files), numerous environments, numerous weapons, numerous NPCs, dozens of quests, a whole planet, and, get this, the ACTUAL ENDINGS (as opposed to what I've now been told is a somewhat unsatisfying abrupt ending in the existing version).
C.) To put the candle on the cake, two years ago a mod called The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod was released. Basically, it takes that huge volume of stuff that got cut, fixes it up, and puts it back in the game (except the missing planet, which is restored in a compatible mod made by some of the same modders- the two mods are often bundled together). According to it's overwhelmingly positive Moddb reviews, TSLRCM practically doubles the length of the game, fleshes out the story a lot more, fixes weird dialogue and animation problems, and generally makes KOTOR II into the game it was supposed to be.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-sith-lords-restored-content-mod-tslrcm

So I chalked up my current playthrough as a demo, and installed the mod. The moddb site includes an impressive 38 addons, about half of which I installed- the Extended Enclave Sequence, which seems like something that should be part of the parent mod, and a handful of little cosmetic improvements and make-unused-item-a-drop minimods that I liked the sound of (I threw in the Admiralty mod mainly cause the front before-and-after picture made me laugh- Carth likes his new uniform :P )

Started new playthrough, just finished the Prologue (which was just a drop more interesting with some extra dialogue thrown in). Anticipation is high.
:yes2::D:yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 20, 2015, 03:29:47 pm
I didn't know the KOTOR II's restoration mod was finished.
I'll have to look into that...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on January 20, 2015, 04:02:24 pm
I didn't know the KOTOR II's restoration mod was finished.
I'll have to look into that...

It's finished all right, and seems to be working fine so far, although I'm still in the early stages of Peragus so the restored content hasn't made that much difference so far. Moddb made it tenth in it's top ten mods this year.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on January 20, 2015, 05:19:44 pm
Missing audio and character animation glitches would certainly make Peragus less fun.  However, the appeal of Peragus isn't in the character animations or even in the gameplay of it.  It's a goddamn murder mystery in a Star Wars setting, which makes it automatically awesome.  However, if you want a brief synopsis of what happened at Peragus if you're confused:

Spoiler:
You were aboard the Harbinger as a passenger.  During the transit, the HK 'protocol' droid discovered there was a bounty on your head and drugged you into unconsciousness.  The ship responds to a distress signal from the Ebon Hawk, which claims it is under attack from a Sith warship.  The Harbinger arrives on scene to find no survivors on either vessel.  Darth Sion (and potentially Kreia, who could have quite honestly come from the Sith warship) is among the 'dead' recovered, but dozens of cloaked sith assassins also board the Harbinger undetected.  Hours or days later, Sion awakes and escapes the medbay, and the sith take control of the ship.  During the commotion, T3 and Kreia locate and rescue you and escape in the Ebon Hawk.  The sith now in control of the ship open fire as the Hawk jumps to hyperspace, and the ship is crippled, drifting outside of Peragus orbit when it exits.

Then the tutorial happens.  HK is revealed to have stowed away on the ship.  T3 manages to guide the ship to Peragus.

The miners on Peragus quickly discover that you used to be a jedi, and there is a bounty on your head (thanks to HK).  Coorta tries to stage a coup, while HK plays both sides against the middle to kill every living miner on the station (including some while you're actually awake and walking around).  You wake up, and run around putting the pieces together.  The Harbinger takes some time to track your course (or is just slower, or both), and arrives at Peragus.  You use the Harbinger to circumvent the isolated sections of the facility, confronting HK in the process.  Darth Sion, who is revealed to have some connection with Kreia, confronts her as you escape.

You fight your way to the Ebon Hawk, fighting off droids and sith as you go (the soldiers should probably have been assassins, but whatever).  You escape, and make for Telos with the Harbinger in hot pursuit.  Either you or the Harbinger target the asteroids and destroy Peragus.

Make sense now?

EDIT: Kreia is a lying ***** and yes she's supposed to act that way.  She actually lies to you to your face twice just on the trip to Telos.  I'll let you try to figure out where.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 20, 2015, 07:26:59 pm
Yeah the start of KOTOR 2 was pretty good. The atmosphere had me creeped out almost all the time on Peragus.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on January 20, 2015, 08:02:53 pm
Missing audio and character animation glitches would certainly make Peragus less fun.  However, the appeal of Peragus isn't in the character animations or even in the gameplay of it.  It's a goddamn murder mystery in a Star Wars setting, which makes it automatically awesome.  However, if you want a brief synopsis of what happened at Peragus if you're confused:



EDIT: Kreia is a lying ***** and yes she's supposed to act that way.  She actually lies to you to your face twice just on the trip to Telos.  I'll let you try to figure out where.

Oh, the Atmosphere at Peragus was well done, as was the mystery aspect- I actually created and discarded three different theories before figuring it out. It didn't help that I mistook the HK unit for his illustrious predecessor. What bothered me was the gameplay aspect of the level design; it felt a little too repetitive, I often wasn't sure why I was going to a new mine section (other than "maybe I'll find something that'll get us outa here", which I never actually did) and the time-spent to stuff-happening ratio was slow until the Harbinger arrived. Like I said, not not terrible by any means, but room for improvement.

Whatever Kreia is, I decided pretty quick that she isn't trustworthy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 21, 2015, 03:20:06 am

Oh, the Atmosphere at Peragus was well done, as was the mystery aspect- I actually created and discarded three different theories before figuring it out. It didn't help that I mistook the HK unit for his illustrious predecessor. What bothered me was the gameplay aspect of the level design; it felt a little too repetitive, I often wasn't sure why I was going to a new mine section (other than "maybe I'll find something that'll get us outa here", which I never actually did) and the time-spent to stuff-happening ratio was slow until the Harbinger arrived. Like I said, not not terrible by any means, but room for improvement.

Whatever Kreia is, I decided pretty quick that she isn't trustworthy.

Yeah, I also thought that HK was the original unit, really made me hesitant to fight him. "Don't make me fight you HK  :shaking:".

I have to agree with the repetitive nature of the starting area made it very boring, when you see one mine you see all of 'em.

I didn't really see her as untrustworthy until the (You do go to the academy on Korriban right?) Korriban academy, which although the memories are pretty hazy  on what tipped me off, but the indication that she wasnt any old lady or jedi was apparent from the start though, I just really wanted to know what was up with her.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 21, 2015, 05:43:15 am
In other news, Lucasarts Round Two is out on GoG.

Notable inclusions:
X-Wing Alliance, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter and expansion, Dark Forces, Galatic Battlegrounds Saga, Battlefront II, KOTOR II.

All with widescreen support and made to work on modern computers.

Have fun folks.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on January 21, 2015, 09:19:04 am
X-Wing vs TIE Fighter... Dark Forces...
So many memories...

(of course, I still have my original Dark Forces and Dark Forces 2 disks... might even still have the X-Wing vs TIE Fighter disks somewhere)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on January 21, 2015, 10:59:46 am

Oh, the Atmosphere at Peragus was well done, as was the mystery aspect- I actually created and discarded three different theories before figuring it out. It didn't help that I mistook the HK unit for his illustrious predecessor. What bothered me was the gameplay aspect of the level design; it felt a little too repetitive, I often wasn't sure why I was going to a new mine section (other than "maybe I'll find something that'll get us outa here", which I never actually did) and the time-spent to stuff-happening ratio was slow until the Harbinger arrived. Like I said, not not terrible by any means, but room for improvement.

Whatever Kreia is, I decided pretty quick that she isn't trustworthy.

Yeah, I also thought that HK was the original unit, really made me hesitant to fight him. "Don't make me fight you HK  :shaking:".

I have to agree with the repetitive nature of the starting area made it very boring, when you see one mine you see all of 'em.

I didn't really see her as untrustworthy until the (You do go to the academy on Korriban right?) Korriban academy, which although the memories are pretty hazy  on what tipped me off, but the indication that she wasnt any old lady or jedi was apparent from the start though, I just really wanted to know what was up with her.

I get the feeling the devs were encouraging that mistake on purpose- I mean, he acts a lot like HK-47, he starts out on the Ebon hawk, and droids getting new colored plating isn't exactly rare in Star Wars (it happens twice to 3PO in the movies alone).

I was suspicious of Kreia from the start (her corpse-scare first appearance and attitude that she had something to hide), but what solidified said suspicion was that fact that she and Sion are clearly familiar with eachother when they fight on the Harbinger. Whatever she is, she's got her own agenda, and I'm one of her tools.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hobbie on January 21, 2015, 07:49:10 pm
In other news, Lucasarts Round Two is out on GoG.

Notable inclusions:
X-Wing Alliance, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter and expansion, Dark Forces, Galatic Battlegrounds Saga, Battlefront II, KOTOR II.

All with widescreen support and made to work on modern computers.

Have fun folks.

Stop.

Back right the hell up.

X-Wing Alliance with WIDESCREEN SUPPORT?

I am every level of there.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on January 21, 2015, 08:05:22 pm
In other news, Lucasarts Round Two is out on GoG.

Notable inclusions:
X-Wing Alliance, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter and expansion, Dark Forces, Galatic Battlegrounds Saga, Battlefront II, KOTOR II.

All with widescreen support and made to work on modern computers.

Have fun folks.
MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYCHILDHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Still remember how I could never pull off swapping that ****ing box of old spice

"YOU MOST REGISTER"
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on January 21, 2015, 09:20:30 pm
In other news, Lucasarts Round Two is out on GoG.

Notable inclusions:
X-Wing Alliance, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter and expansion, Dark Forces, Galatic Battlegrounds Saga, Battlefront II, KOTOR II.

All with widescreen support and made to work on modern computers.

Have fun folks.

Stop.

Back right the hell up.

X-Wing Alliance with WIDESCREEN SUPPORT?

I am every level of there.
whoa wait what

/me checks the store page

Hmm. Screenshots don't look any different.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on January 21, 2015, 11:14:50 pm
I'm currently most of the way through Dark Forces on Steam, but man I played the absolute **** out of Galactic Battlegrounds many years ago.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 22, 2015, 07:58:03 am
Wing alliance and fighter for life yo...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on January 22, 2015, 10:00:11 pm
I already have Empire at War, but am thinking about picking up Galactic Battlegrounds.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 23, 2015, 04:06:57 am
Wing Commander Saga and Wing Commander 3 have taken over my life....  :shaking:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on January 23, 2015, 07:13:53 pm
Got SW Force Commander to work on W7-64bit. (http://www.play-old-pc-games.com/2014/08/12/wars-force-commander/) Those briefings remain as cool as ear-blasting Gundarks. And the music. :D PS: copying a disc as an iso and running it on a virtual drive is a neat way around noisy Disc Readers in olden games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on January 24, 2015, 01:49:46 pm
I'm dying to get my hands on a alpha key for Naval Action: Age of Sail, but no money at the moment :banghead:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on January 24, 2015, 10:44:54 pm
[another bit of commentary while I wait for the mod update I'm waiting for]

You know what were silly in the first KOTOR game? Quarterstaffs. (Quarterstaves?) Arguably the worst close-range weapon in the game. Lousy bludgeoning damage, no piercing/slicing damage, and on top of that, it's a double weapon, meaning it's clumsy and inaccurate until you invest in the Two-Weapon Fighting feat tree (and by the time you've made said investment, you should easily have found a weapon that will actually justify it.) In a case of reasonable irony, there are (AFAI could tell) no NPCs dumb enough to use them, making the Worst Melee Weapon a surprisingly rare item, although some vendors will sell them for warm spit. Seriously, it's a stick.

When does something silly become stupid?* When someone acts as if it should be taken seriously. KOTOR II, on the Harbinger, I find myself repeatedly attacked by Sith assassins, with the resources to have high-tier stealth field generators and the talents to use them, who were apparently trained to hunt Jedi and specifically sent after me... and every last one is swinging a quarterstaff. The being-hunted paranoia gradually faded into "Yay, cheap XP!" plus laughing at the assassins getting clobbered by an old woman with a Gamorrean battle-axe (which, in hindsight, was kind out-of-place on the Harbinger).

Yeah, still waiting for the mod. Playing FTL: Faster Than Light in the meantime.




*Not so much "stupid game design" as "stupid NPCs"

EDIT: Oh, and it gets even sillier in the Restored Content Mod. Apparently, in the game files is the Guide Beacon, which is supposed to be a terrain marker for the Peragus miners but can double as an improvised weapon. It is to the quarterstaff what the mining laser is to the blaster pistol. TSLRCM dutifully resurrects it on Peragus. It gets funnier because I found it in the same chest as "Norris Robes", giving a useful suggestion about who would use such a weapon... :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 28, 2015, 08:30:56 pm
Killing an M41 with the Chaffee is fun, doing it while performing a sick power slide is just sweet, sugary icing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on January 29, 2015, 12:39:17 am
Well, after having to try for a couple months last summer to get my Black Ice gauntlets for my main character in Neverwinter, my Ranger & Clerics got them within the last couple of weeks without even trying. ****in' MMO RNG dickin' around.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 30, 2015, 03:02:10 am
Rebellion. Because I had atrocious luck, Wedge and Ackbar both got captured early, preventing me from getting access to Mon Calamari cruisers.

Day 220: The Alliance to Restore the Republic launches its attempt to liberate the Corellian sector, spearheaded by twelve Dreadnaught-class warships.

Dreadnaught Squadron One engages Victory Star Destroyers Master and Corrupter, supported by four Carrack-class ships.

Despite Dreadnaught and Orion being hulked by the VSDs, Princess Royal, Tiger, Indefatigable, and Colossus close an englobement around VSD Master and destroy her. Heavy damage to Princess Royal does not prevent the other three ships from severely damaging Corrupter, and two of the Carrack-class ships sacrifice themselves to prevent Tiger and Colossus from destroying Corrupter before it escapes.

Dreadnaught Squadron Two confronts Imperial Star Destroyer Master, supported by a Strike-class cruiser and two Lancer-class frigates, over Tralus. The ISD's battlegroup refuses to engage, ceding orbital control to the DreadRon.

Okay game, you want to make me take Courscant with Dreadnaughts? I will do it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on January 30, 2015, 03:16:28 am
Rebellion. Because I had atrocious luck, Wedge and Ackbar both got captured early, preventing me from getting access to Mon Calamari cruisers.

Day 220: The Alliance to Restore the Republic launches its attempt to liberate the Corellian sector, spearheaded by twelve Dreadnaught-class warships.

Dreadnaught Squadron One engages Victory Star Destroyers Master and Corrupter, supported by four Carrack-class ships.

Despite Dreadnaught and Orion being hulked by the VSDs, Princess Royal, Tiger, Indefatigable, and Colossus close an englobement around VSD Master and destroy her. Heavy damage to Princess Royal does not prevent the other three ships from severely damaging Corrupter, and two of the Carrack-class ships sacrifice themselves to prevent Tiger and Colossus from destroying Corrupter before it escapes.

Dreadnaught Squadron Two confronts Imperial Star Destroyer Master, supported by a Strike-class cruiser and two Lancer-class frigates, over Tralus. The ISD's battlegroup refuses to engage, ceding orbital control to the DreadRon.

Okay game, you want to make me take Courscant with Dreadnaughts? I will do it.

I always had a soft spot for Rebellion's Dreadnaughts. Once, during a multiplayer match, we had a massive fleet engagement that was ultimately decided by a single dreadnaught running around destroying crippled ships, which was both sad and rather hilarious.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on January 30, 2015, 09:32:02 pm
Sounds like I should really get rebellion. :P

Re-installed old Force Commander. I really need to make a short story about how I stole an AT-AT and used it to destroy an enemy base. By itself.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: That Man on January 30, 2015, 11:06:30 pm
Playing Skyrim using a dark elf archer/ranger build. There's something so touchingly...human about shooting bandits in the crotch by moonlight.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 31, 2015, 02:45:12 am
Day 262: The Alliance's attempt to liberate the Corellian Sector has been largely successful. Over half the worlds are in Alliance hands, and the rest have either declared their neutrality or are in active rebellion against Imperial troops.

The Imperial Fleet stages a counterattack against the damaged DreadRon 1 in orbit of Corellia itself. ISD Master and ISD Oppressor, with a half-dozen mixed Strike and Carrack support ships, are confronted by the reinforcing ships of Corvette Squadron 1 and the newly arrived pair of Alliance Escort Carriers Flurry and Tornado. The Imperials, confident of the superiority of their Star Destroyers, approach behind a screen of TIE Interceptors.

X-Wing Groups Red (72 fighters) and Blue (48 fighters), outnumbered, struggle against the TIEs but the reinforcing corvettes give them the upper hand. The Imperial Carracks attempt to drive off the Corvettes, but in so doing are unable to protect the Star Destroyers when the 72 Y-Wings of Group Gold descend on the Master in a fury. Despite their damage sustained in the last action meaning they are effectively unable to retaliate, Dreadnaught and Orion bravely soak fire from the Star Destroyers so that their sisterships can lend their fire to the attack on the Master.

The Master withdraws under heavy fire and the ISD Oppressor attempts comes to its rescue even as the Imperials decisively lose the fighter battle and the surviving ships of Red and Blue attack the Carrack-class ships. Instead, Oppressor becomes the Alliance's substitute victim. Despite the loss of both Dreadnaught and Princess Royal, the Alliance's fighters will not be denied, and hulk the Oppressor in short order. The Strike-class escorts destroy the Tornado while attempting to help the Carracks, but this only drives Y-Wing Gold into a fury and they descend on the Master again, launching torpedoes as the Imperial ship desperately attempts to escape Corellia's gravity well.

Master does not escape. The Carracks and Strike-class ships, caught between a damaged but still operational Corvette group and its attendent fighters in front, and three operational Alliance Dreadnaughts with an angry wing of Y-wings behind, elect to sell themselves dearly, destroying three of the six Corvettes before succumbing to the fury of the Alliance fighter wings. The last Strike-class ship attempts to destroy the badly damaged Dreadnaught but is blocked and destroyed by Colossus, Tiger, and Indefatigable.

No Imperial ship escapes Corellia's gravity well.


I'm really surprised I was able to pull this off. The AI only commits to battles it thinks it can actually win, and if it loses that belief it will run. There's relatively little room for brilliant tactics in Rebellion, too. I had to lure them really deep into the battlespace to prevent that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 01, 2015, 03:45:46 am
Day 421: The Imperial Navy makes its last stand in the orbit of Courscant.

The Alliance has developed their DreadRon concept further and now deploys Dreadnaught Battlegroups, consisting of six Dreadnaughts, two Escort Carriers, and four Corellian Corvettes. For the attack on the Imperial capital the Alliance has deployed no less than three Dreadnaught battlegroups, their fighter wings replaced with newly developed A-Wing fighters.

The Imperial capital has no orbital defenses; no shields, no surface-to-orbit weaponry. If the Imperial fleet loses, an Alliance invasion is a certainty. Imperial forces, under the command of Darth Vader, are determined to hold the line. Opposing the Alliance fleet is ISD Judicator, ISD Imperator, two VSDs, four Carracks, a half-dozen Strike-class cruisers, and over six hundred TIEs of mixed Fighter and Interceptor types.

As the fighter groups clash, Alliance capital ships under the command of Admirals Solo and Calrissian smash into the Imperial line in a single tight, coordinated formation. The Strike-class ships, deployed ahead as a screen, are smashed aside with contemptuous ease by the Alliance's eighteen Dreadnaught-class ships, who split into two groups of nine to attack the Imperial-class Star Destroyers.

While the escort carriers hang back to offer support to their fighter groups, the corvette force masses itself into a single formation and englobes VSD Arrogance. Their massive opponent lashes out in all directions, destroying three of them before they hulk the enemy ship. As the Imperials decisively lose the fighter battle to the massed force of A-Wings, and the escort carriers exchange fire with the Carracks, the corvettes withdraw to assist the carriers. Their fighters, however, all nearly five hundred of them remaining, swarm over VSD Iron Fist and rapidly reduce it to a burning hulk, relieving pressure on the Dreadnaughts assaulting the Judicator.

Despite the loss of two Dreadnaughts and the hulking of four more, there is never any doubt the Alliance ships will carry the day against their much larger opponents. The last two remaining Imperial ships, Carracks, manage to hulk Escort Carrier Blizzard before being swarmed and destroyed by fighters and corvettes.

The Alliance ships immediately move into bombardment positions over Courscant, striking at Imperial military installations in a single rapid bombardment before they deploy troops under the command of Generals Madine and Rieekan to take the planet. Despite some sharp fights resulting the in the loss of three regiments of Alliance troops, the Alliance's ground forces cannot be stopped. The Imperial Palace is overrun and the Emperor captured, while in space Darth Vader's attempt to escape his crippled flagship is aborted by a swarm of A-Wings.

The Rebellion is over, and the Alliance to Restore the Republic has won. They have decisively crushed the last major concentration of Imperial Navy ships and captured or killed the leaders of the Empire.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on February 02, 2015, 10:37:58 pm
Valkyria Chronicles.  Sniper should be significantly more accurate than this.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Droid803 on February 04, 2015, 02:37:42 pm
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1
"Oversexualized young girls" ftw...? :nervous:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on February 05, 2015, 01:16:25 am
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1
"Oversexualized young girls" ftw...? :nervous:

All scandal aside, is it actually any good?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on February 05, 2015, 06:58:02 am
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1
"Oversexualized young girls" ftw...? :nervous:

Ah, I forgot that there was a PC version coming out. I might grab it since I've been wanting to try the Neptunia series, but didn't have any of the consoles it was on. ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on February 05, 2015, 07:06:04 pm
Valkyria Chronicles.  Sniper should be significantly more accurate than this.

Depends on the skill of the sniper and which sniper you have.
Marina Wulfstan is the best Sniper in the game. (Skill: Ultimate Accuracy for turning that aim circle into an aim dot permanently)

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on February 05, 2015, 07:23:41 pm
I'm still in the first five or six chapters, so I've got Catherine and Oscar.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 06, 2015, 12:44:58 am
I'm still in the first five or six chapters, so I've got Catherine and Oscar.

Your draw is actually randomized at the start. I've gotten Marina two out of three times as one of my starting lineup options.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on February 06, 2015, 04:56:40 pm
I'm still in the first five or six chapters, so I've got Catherine and Oscar.

I'm pretty sure that Oscar sucks, but Catherine's alright.
She gets decent skills, though isn't on Marina's level.

Kinda like how Vyse is okay, but Hannes is the best recruit for Assault, and Musaar, or whatever is name is, is the best recruit for scout.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on February 06, 2015, 09:53:24 pm
XCOM Enemy Within.  I read up, and, despite not having played the base game at all, it seems I'm better to start with all the expansions at once than do a run through base then Within.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on February 06, 2015, 09:58:57 pm
Yes that's a good idea.  Enemy Within is a genuine expansion, rather than a semi-sequel.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on February 06, 2015, 10:02:56 pm
Yes that's a good idea.  Enemy Within is a genuine expansion, rather than a semi-sequel.

More importantly, what's your BL2 status here? I finished DA2 a couple days ago, been looking for you :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on February 06, 2015, 10:19:06 pm
I have found myself distracted by the world around me.  Haven't played in a couple weeks, hope I didn't burn myself out with 36 hours over the course of nine days. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 07, 2015, 10:11:39 am
Link between world's :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 07, 2015, 12:37:39 pm
Finished Borderlands 2 at level 35.  Haven't decided if I'm going to keep at it with new character/harder mode/finishing out all the side missions, or move on to a new game.  Rage is kinda calling my name.  Or spend some real time in any of the 4 3DS games I've got open right now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 08, 2015, 04:58:34 am
Goddamnit I lost my BL2 save.  I was just going in to finish off some side missions, and it gave me the option to turn on true vault hunter mode when I hit continue.  I thought that would just turn up the difficulty, but it sent me all the way back to the beginning of the game. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on February 08, 2015, 06:18:38 am
Yes, turning up the difficulty does put you back into the beginning of the story, but hey, now you can get epic loots from those previously easy missions :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 08, 2015, 07:44:05 am
If I'm going to go through the entire story again, it's going to be with a different class.

But if I do it in true vault hunter, does that mean I'm totally ****ed for the start, or will the game scale back to level 1? 

(I kinda hate how insanely drastic the scaling is.  It makes revisiting earlier locations really lame.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on February 08, 2015, 08:43:38 am
If I'm going to go through the entire story again, it's going to be with a different class.

But if I do it in true vault hunter, does that mean I'm totally ****ed for the start, or will the game scale back to level 1? 

(I kinda hate how insanely drastic the scaling is.  It makes revisiting earlier locations really lame.)

You start over with everything, including levels, guns, and equipment.  There are new enemies, some bosses play differently, and enemies get significantly tougher.  It's not a boring replay.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 08, 2015, 10:00:39 am
Yeah, but I still want to use a different class.  I want to play both the siren and assassin as well, and don't want to take the time to go through the entire game again with the same character.  Most of what made this so fun for me was the exploration.  I don't want to suck all of the replay value out on the same character.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on February 08, 2015, 12:49:28 pm
Some current playthroughs:

Crysis 2: Fun game, especially with the quicksave mod, but feels like a generic FPS and is inferior to Crysis 1/warhead in most ways. Much worse graphics even with the DX11 update, and lame aliens that have nothing to do with the ones in the first game.

Terminal Velocity: Playing for the first time in Dosbox. I would have loved this if I played it when it came out. Very much the type of game I used to dream about. Today, it's repetitive and the graphics suck, but I'm still having a lot of fun. Like Descent in many ways, but mostly outdoors and not 6DOF.

Syberia 2: Excellent artwork and backgrounds, but the story and dialogue are quite sparse and there is very little interactivity in the world. I'm about 2/3 of the way through. I like adventure games but this series hasn't really engaged me. Still, it's worth a playthrough, especially for the $3 I paid on GoG for both games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on February 08, 2015, 02:43:23 pm
Empire at War + Forces of Corruption. Getting my AT-ATs mauled to death by rebels and zanns, I did not remember having this hard a time before. ಠ_ಠ
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 08, 2015, 09:21:54 pm
Valkyria Chronicles, since it seemed to be the in thing on the thread :D 

Seems pretty fun so far, aside from the tank controls, cuz those are rotten.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: That Man on February 08, 2015, 09:35:49 pm
Star Wars: The Old Republic. Currently a level 32 Sith Sorcerer on Taris, killing so many Jedi you would not believe.
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Post by: JerichoDeath on February 08, 2015, 09:56:13 pm
World of Tanks;
Finished 73 out of 75 missions for the Stug IV.

Only have my TD final and Light Final missions left, and they are... hard, but I want those girls for my tonks.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on February 09, 2015, 02:52:31 am
Yeah, but I still want to use a different class.  I want to play both the siren and assassin as well, and don't want to take the time to go through the entire game again with the same character.  Most of what made this so fun for me was the exploration.  I don't want to suck all of the replay value out on the same character.

Starting a new character starts you in Normal Mode again, basically the Vault Hunter and True Vault Hunter modes unlock as you complete the story for each previous difficulty.
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Post by: BirdofPrey on February 09, 2015, 05:04:33 am
Terminal Velocity: Playing for the first time in Dosbox. I would have loved this if I played it when it came out. Very much the type of game I used to dream about. Today, it's repetitive and the graphics suck, but I'm still having a lot of fun. Like Descent in many ways, but mostly outdoors and not 6DOF.
NOSTALGIA.

That was a decent enough game.  I actually ended up playing Fury3 first since I had a Win 95 computer at the time the the two games came out so close to the same time, but Terminal Velocity was a DOS game.

I still need to play the copy of Crusader: No Remorse that popped up on free special on Origin a couple months ago.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 09, 2015, 07:30:56 am
Yeah, but I still want to use a different class.  I want to play both the siren and assassin as well, and don't want to take the time to go through the entire game again with the same character.  Most of what made this so fun for me was the exploration.  I don't want to suck all of the replay value out on the same character.

Starting a new character starts you in Normal Mode again, basically the Vault Hunter and True Vault Hunter modes unlock as you complete the story for each previous difficulty.

Orly.  Well that's dumb.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on February 09, 2015, 09:34:00 am
You've clearly not tried starting TVHM if that's your response.
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Post by: JerichoDeath on February 10, 2015, 04:30:11 am
Orly.  Well that's dumb.

It's the same as the first game, I believe.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 10, 2015, 06:51:35 am
Derek Smart's Universal Combat is on Steam, for free, and it is every bit as bad as any member of the Battlecruiser Patch Series ever was.

Meanwhile he's actually running the Steam forums for it in a distinctly unchill fashion by deleting any criticism from anyone who has actually played this trainwreck where you literally cannot quit the game without a blackscreen.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on February 10, 2015, 02:52:36 pm
Derek Smart's Universal Combat is on Steam, for free, and it is every bit as bad as any member of the Battlecruiser Patch Series ever was.

Meanwhile he's actually running the Steam forums for it in a distinctly unchill fashion by deleting any criticism from anyone who has actually played this trainwreck where you literally cannot quit the game without a blackscreen.

Hes also turned up in the comments for Scott Manley's play of the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJXBn4TJb2g
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on February 10, 2015, 05:57:07 pm
Derek Smart's Universal Combat is on Steam, for free, and it is every bit as bad as any member of the Battlecruiser Patch Series ever was.

Meanwhile he's actually running the Steam forums for it in a distinctly unchill fashion by deleting any criticism from anyone who has actually played this trainwreck where you literally cannot quit the game without a blackscreen.

Hes also turned up in the comments for Scott Manley's play of the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJXBn4TJb2g
I see you and your brother in there too.

Are you sure you want to risk luring him back in here? :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on February 10, 2015, 06:37:39 pm
You'd think that twenty-five years might be enough for someone to see the error of their ways, but lolnope!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on February 10, 2015, 07:17:29 pm
He he. He's worked his way down, so he'll be reading yours now...

(http://i59.tinypic.com/2v84tab.jpg)

(He's actually being nice and helpful for the most part. It's quite refreshing to see actually a developer doing that.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 11, 2015, 12:56:22 am
He doesn't want to troll on Scotts vid  if he's got any sense.

The amount of bad publicity he'll incur (in addition).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 11, 2015, 08:32:31 am
I have the standalone expansion pack to Desktop Commander:

(http://i60.tinypic.com/33waav9.png)

Splitting my time between Valkyria Chronicles and Darkest Dungeon.  I am a little peeved that VC rewards gaming the scenario for the quickest result rather than applying a tactical combined arms approach.  Also is there any tips on the movement phase for tanks?  This combined mouse/keyboard getup leads to my tank having a connip **** mid movement and hemorrhaging all its action points.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on February 13, 2015, 12:26:57 am
I had some very bad luck. On Dks I'm stuck on Nito and my controller broke and on Gihrens Greed my current Titans save corrupted.  :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 13, 2015, 12:43:25 am
Donkey Kong Scuba?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on February 15, 2015, 02:41:52 pm
This is the story
All about how
My life got
Interesting because I didn't build any more satellites other than the first two until month 3 in XCOM Enemy Within.


Fortunately, I am playing on normal difficulty, and my researching the crap out of everything, plus top-notch mission performance, plus early Alien base assault rescued me. At one point I had 4 countries in total panic 6 days from the end of the month, with two more at lvl 4.

Much better now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on February 16, 2015, 01:26:30 am
Well because of my earlier conundrum. I have decided to replay my Titans campaign and now I'm also playing Wargame: Red Dragon.  (I suck badly btw)

I made a pretty sweet Scandinavian Motorized Deck, it only has one Tank unit though, the Leopard 1A5-DK. It does the job even though I have room for better tanks.

Scandinavia are pretty mobile, fast but pretty fragile. Thats how I'd describe their overall traits.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 16, 2015, 08:28:09 am
I hold Great Blots so that the All Father might grant the STRV 122 in Wargame.   The combination of the Swede Leo and CV9035 would probably be so OP as to usher in a new Viking Age. 

Hammer of the Gods.
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Post by: Wobble73 on February 16, 2015, 08:54:33 am
Just got "Evolve" for the Xbox ONE.  ;) :yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on February 16, 2015, 12:08:47 pm
Welp.
I missed the deadline for the World of Tanks challenge missions, unfortunately.

Still 73 out of 75 complete.
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Post by: crizza on February 16, 2015, 06:37:27 pm
Sunless Sea
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on February 17, 2015, 12:26:25 am
Playing Claire (http://www.hailstorm-games.com/?page_id=11).
This seems to be the type of game where I'm not really scared about 70% of the time, but that's because it's giving me a false sense of safety, since I'll walk into a room I was just in a few minutes ago, and now there's a monster right there.

Plus, there's a fear meter, and when Claire's panicking fully, her health will drop until she gets scared to death.
The game doesn't pause when you go into the inventory. So, you can be attacked when Claire's busy pulling out a soda to drink, or something, for more health.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 17, 2015, 02:28:09 am
DS nostalgia fix.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 17, 2015, 05:40:24 am
Started playing Antichamber courtesy of Mongoose (thanks!).

.... I don't get it.  This seems less like a puzzle game and more like "aimlessly wander until the hallway you're in changes color".  I'm not sure what the goal even is.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on February 17, 2015, 05:56:07 am
Antichamber is a game I found intriguing at first, then infuriating. I know that there's a logic to its puzzles, but it must be some kind of reverse moon logic from space. Ended up replaying Portal instead.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 17, 2015, 06:02:51 am
Ended up replaying Portal instead.
DS nostalgia fix.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on February 17, 2015, 01:38:59 pm
Antichamber took way longer than I was expecting, though I did beat it eventually.
That ending was really neat looking...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on February 17, 2015, 01:43:40 pm
Hyrule Warriors.

Did you know they made a Dynasty Warriors Zelda game?  Because they did.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 17, 2015, 02:22:37 pm
Hyrule Warriors.

Did you know they made a Dynasty Warriors Zelda game?  Because they did.
I prefer Dynasty Warriors Gundam, myself.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on February 17, 2015, 07:05:30 pm
Hyrule Warriors.

Did you know they made a Dynasty Warriors Zelda game?  Because they did.
Yep! I asked and got it for Christmas but I haven't tried it yet. It's actually the first Zelda game I've owned... which isn't saying much, I know. I should probably try one of the main Zelda games too. :nervous:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on February 17, 2015, 10:52:59 pm
Final Fantasy Adventure on emu. I've only played the first two hours, and it's really sad.

Also, the Zelda ROMHack "Legend of Link." It's only the fourth dungeon (well, okay, the one after getting the 3 Triforce pieces), and I'm getting my ass kicked from those godforsaken Wizzrobes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: That Man on February 18, 2015, 08:59:32 am
Now a level 42 Sith Sorcerer in The Old Republic.

Powah! Un-LIM-i-ted powah!

...oh, I still have 18 more levels to go before I hit the cap? Damn.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 18, 2015, 12:06:25 pm
Now a level 42 Sith Sorcerer in The Old Republic.

Powah! Un-LIM-i-ted powah!

...oh, I still have 18 more levels to go before I hit the cap? Damn.

If I see you I'll be sure to wave. Also possibly throw lightning at you.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: That Man on February 20, 2015, 02:38:44 am
If I see you I'll be sure to wave. Also possibly throw lightning at you.

It's not a proper Sith greeting unless lightning's been thrown, at least one innocent dies, and the political status quo of the Empire is thrown into upheaval for the third time that week.
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Post by: castor on February 21, 2015, 04:57:56 pm
I dusted my copy of Moo3 and downloaded the patches. It's been 12 years, not given up on it yet..
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on February 21, 2015, 05:40:38 pm
More Forces of Corruption. As the rebellion. F*** Tyber Zann and his Canderous tank hordes! :mad: The sad part is, the consortium is literally the only faction I fight consistently now, they are tearing the empire a new dead star. Rebel raid fleets are cool tho. :cool:

I need to write a short story about the liberation of Kessel. Underhandedly, by Solo and Chewbacca.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on February 21, 2015, 07:32:11 pm

I need to write a short story about the liberation of Kessel. Underhandedly, by Solo and Chewbacca.

I would love to read it (If you do write about it).  :)
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Post by: StarSlayer on February 21, 2015, 09:50:00 pm
Operation "Get My Grubby Mitts On A M41 Walker Bulldog" Successful.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 22, 2015, 05:36:14 am
Attempting to start KOTOR.  Apparently it is really broken from steam.  Doing a lot of research to get the ****ing thing working.  This is the last time I'm dealing with this.  Henceforth if a game is available from GOG, I'm getting it there even if it costs more.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on February 22, 2015, 07:11:02 am
Attempting to start KOTOR.  Apparently it is really broken from steam.  Doing a lot of research to get the ****ing thing working.  This is the last time I'm dealing with this.  Henceforth if a game is available from GOG, I'm getting it there even if it costs more.
Honestly I think it has w7 or 64-bit issues. I had to fight a bit with it.

Windowed mode. That was important.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 22, 2015, 09:23:36 am
Deleting the intro movies at least got me to the point of my mouse and keyboard working in the main menu, and it actually running at the set resolution.  Haven't tried to go further than that yet.  I keep seeing on forums that people have to disable movies altogether.  That's frankly an unacceptable solution, to cut out what I'm assuming is an important plot delivery device. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on February 22, 2015, 12:15:42 pm
Oh yeah... I remember the issues I had with KOTOR and getting to start it up.
I'm pretty sure that I didn't have to disable movies, though... (I do remember removing the intro movies)

--

In other news, I'm hoping this JPanther II will be enough to complete personal mission TD-15.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on February 22, 2015, 03:59:22 pm
You can try a virtual windows XP-32 emulation. (If you have the disk+key :P)

I have issues with Steam's Jedi Knight 1: no music, ever; and resolution screw ups. Gotta play in software render mode. :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 22, 2015, 04:32:20 pm
Finally beat the 9th Chapter of Valkyria Chronicles ... Destroying a Giant Tank was nothing compared to stopping a lone APC... Alas, progress at long last.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on February 22, 2015, 05:39:59 pm
In other news, I'm hoping this JPanther II will be enough to complete personal mission TD-15.

I've seen 5000 dmg done with just the 10.5 cm from the JP.


Walker Bulldog is pretty awesome, even stock its a dream.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on February 23, 2015, 01:18:31 pm
I've seen 5000 dmg done with just the 10.5 cm from the JP.

Oh, I know the JP itself was good enough for the damage, but my problems with using it to complete the mission were either that it didn't have the armor, or the enemies didn't have the health pools.

I'm glad for the JPII's higher fire rate, while seeing higher tiers with more armor.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 24, 2015, 12:43:16 am
Battlefield 4 with FireSpawn.

He snipes with bullets. I snipe with shoulder fired heat.

Also looking forward to making a c4 armoured quad bike.


(Just like my battlefield 3 veteran tricks)
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Post by: Dark Hunter on February 24, 2015, 09:16:06 pm
Been making serious progress in The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth: have just unlocked It Lives and beaten the bosses of the Cathedral and Sheol at least once each.

This also means that *SUPER SECRET CHARACTER* is the only one I have yet to unlock, but I'm not sure I even want to try.


Going to be getting back into Mechwarrior Online, too, I think. It's been a while since I've played and apparently Community Warfare actually got introduced (flying pigs!) so I'd like to see how that's doing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 27, 2015, 01:49:46 am
Was playing OOT 3D for quite a while yesterday.  Got most of the way through the forest temple, then accidentally turned off the machine.  I don't think I had saved since becoming adult link.  :(

Also bought Majora's Mask 3D.  I think I'm probably going to get a New 3DS (seriously, couldn't think of a better name nintendo?) so I'm gonna wait to play that one on the new system.  As long as I can sell my old one for a reasonable amount.  I'm hoping $100, but I'd still consider it at $75.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on February 27, 2015, 01:55:20 am
Been playing Darkest Dungeon, pretty awesome game so far
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 27, 2015, 10:28:47 am
So I can get $60 for my 3DS... hmm.  Is upgrading worth $140?  I demoed one at best buy.  The face tracking 3d really does work well.  I wonder how well in a dark room though? 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on February 27, 2015, 06:12:00 pm
I never got around to buying a regular 3DS, so now I get to jump straight to the upgraded version.  Woo procrastination!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 27, 2015, 08:34:47 pm
I only did a couple months ago.  I decided I needed a portable boredom killer.  And this is what happens.  I wish there had been rumors of the imminent new release. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on February 28, 2015, 12:08:33 am
Just finished Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius.
I thought it was rather good for a free SRPG/VN. The soundtrack might entice me, at any rate.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 28, 2015, 12:40:22 am
Just finished Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius.
I thought it was rather good for a free SRPG/VN. The soundtrack might entice me, at any rate.

Oh that! I'm still really close to the start, but enjoying it so far (when I'm not distracted by other games).
But that soundtrack sounds suspiciously... *investigates* OH! That explains why the battle music sounds familiar and reminds me of Two Steps From Hell - It's actually by Epic Soul Factory! (https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/366832/epic-soul-factory)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on February 28, 2015, 12:52:26 am
Just finished Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius.
I thought it was rather good for a free SRPG/VN. The soundtrack might entice me, at any rate.

Oh that! I'm still really close to the start, but enjoying it so far (when I'm not distracted by other games).
But that soundtrack sounds suspiciously... *investigates* OH! That explains why the battle music sounds familiar and reminds me of Two Steps From Hell - It's actually by Epic Soul Factory! (https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/366832/epic-soul-factory)

I like the battle SFX sounds for the game, especially once the Sunrider itself is a force to be reckoned with.
I also like that the "command decisions" actually have an impact in the game.

I didn't realize until later that Mask of Arcadius was actually Part 2, and the game is Part 1 + Part 2 put together. (Part 1 is called First Arrival)
Part 3 of the trilogy is in beta right now, I think. I got the impression that Part 3 might act as an expansion of what's available now.

By the way, did you know that there's a "decensor patch"? In case you're interested in a couple of scenes towards the end of what's currently out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 28, 2015, 02:04:54 am
I only did a couple months ago.  I decided I needed a portable boredom killer.  And this is what happens.  I wish there had been rumors of the imminent new release.

But you're much more likely to be compatible with an R4 card which will let you replay all those classic nintendo roms you legally own and hold as backups :nervous:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 28, 2015, 07:58:37 am
I've never heard of that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 01, 2015, 12:31:20 pm
Went ahead and bought it.  I should get $80 gift card for the trade in, which will go toward the laptop that I plan to buy now.  The deciding factor was that I just "worked" both nights this weekend wherein I had NOTHING to do.   I got paid 20 hours to sit in the office and dick about on the internet.  Checked in on things once per night just to make sure there was in fact nothing going on.   And I had the last 3 nights off for snow, so it didn't even really feel like weekend work.  It's almost going to cover the 3ds and laptop (before taxes).

Looked into that R4 thing, looks pretty cool.  Hopefully it will eventually work with the new 3ds.  I can't find anything that spells it out, but it seems to imply that you can use it to play videos and music.  That's what I would want it for more than roms.  The biggest and best of the old games I REALLY want to be able to play again are available as re-releases or virtual console already.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 06, 2015, 06:49:12 pm
Picked up M46 Patton, stock is worse than my M26 Pershing.  Tier VII gun, actually gave up and started shooting prem.  Even only playing for the doubles I'm hemorrhaging credits, oh well 10,653xp to go for tracks.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on March 06, 2015, 10:11:03 pm
Its **** now, but fully-upgraded you get the T29 105mm with a lot more pen and damage for your main cannon, all on a very nimble medium tank platform.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on March 07, 2015, 03:09:34 am
Been playing some Busan Pocket on WG:RD. I'm actually getting kind of good at the game.

The North Koreans though, all those god damn tanks. Just sheer numbers of tanks.  At least the South Korean K-1 (when I need quality) and the M48A5K (when I need numbers fast) arent that bad quality wise. Its just they bring so many of them paired with Naplam equipped bombers. Such a pain.

Maybe I should try out the infantry squad I have that is equipped with Rocket Launchers loaded with Naplam rounds?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 07, 2015, 04:35:26 pm
Halfway.
It's a decent turn-based tactical shooter with a sci-fi theme. Borrows the movement, cover conventions from Xcom Enemy Unknown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKXxA382xPs

Good music and graphics though, the weapon and enemy variety seems a bit lacking and the game is often too easy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on March 07, 2015, 10:01:30 pm
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
This game... is so addicting. Already rank 16. So, I can't use the newbie matches... though I get worse ping on those.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 07, 2015, 10:28:29 pm
Its **** now, but fully-upgraded you get the T29 105mm with a lot more pen and damage for your main cannon, all on a very nimble medium tank platform.

Yeah, everything I've read indicates it will be fun bruiser once its fully kitted out.  I managed to get the tracks on so I loaded up the intermediate modules.  Still going to be a long road to the top gun/turret/engine but now its a M26 with a slightly less troll turret but a faster firing Long 90mm, which is quiet a bit more workable.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on March 09, 2015, 08:47:26 am
I played Guild Wars 2 all weekend.  Anyone else playing Guild Wars 2?  we should be friends.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 09, 2015, 04:08:45 pm
Oh hey Too rum bar.
Sorry no guildwars in my house.

Firespawn maybe?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 09, 2015, 08:37:12 pm
I played Guild Wars 2 all weekend.  Anyone else playing Guild Wars 2?  we should be friends.

Why yes, I am. Ferguson's Crossing, here.
Scourge.6207 is my contact handle
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 10, 2015, 01:53:14 am
Finished OOT 3D.  I REALLY want to dive straight in to Majora's Mask, but I'm trying to make myself go play phantom hourglass (which I haven't played before) first.  Or at least finish off Luigi's Mansion (which has been really slow going since I don't think it's nearly as good as the original).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 10, 2015, 05:05:58 pm
Majoras mask  :yes:

The two NDS ones,  not too keen on.  Link between world's has LTTP  feels....  :yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 11, 2015, 01:16:58 pm
Link between worlds wasn't bad, but it was less than I was expecting.  I thought with the 3DS it would be much... bigger.  It sure looked nice but didn't quite get that... epic...ness(?) that is characteristic of zelda games to me.  I haven't played Link to the Past (yet).  I've only played Link's Awakening of the handhelds - and the original grey brick version at that, and it felt bigger and grander.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on March 11, 2015, 03:14:25 pm
Well, the Wings update for Elite: Dangerous yesterday pretty much assuaged the only really large complaint I had with that game, so uh...been playing a bit of that.

And by a bit I mean a lot.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 12, 2015, 12:06:54 pm
Play LTTP.
It's amaze balls.


What does this wings update do then?  :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on March 12, 2015, 01:45:56 pm
Watch the progress bar as World of Worships downloads  :pimp:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on March 12, 2015, 09:33:32 pm
I am currently trying for the Army of Four achievement in XCOM Enemy Within, Classic difficulty.

The second wave options are cool - hidden potential, not created equally, and training roulette especially have some very interesting effects that change the game.  Love them.  That said, Classic is ****ing hard and even more so with only four soldiers. Currently save-scumming my way through, mostly.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 12, 2015, 10:36:28 pm
Watch the progress bar as World of Worships downloads  :pimp:

This.  Thank God, finally.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 12, 2015, 11:45:05 pm
I look forward to sinking you all; since the Beta, I am off NDA and can now talk about how the game plays. Though not about Alpha.

And I just took down two Kawachii (Tier 3 BB), a Wickes (Tier 3 DD), and a Saint Louis (Tier 3 armored cruiser) in the same match with a Sampson (Tier 2 DD), and lived to tell. 2406 XP on a non-boosted match.

Quote
NGTM_1R: Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about your Lord and Savior the Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 Torpedo?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 13, 2015, 12:01:05 am
I look forward to sinking you all; since the Beta, I am off NDA and can now talk about how the game plays. Though not about Alpha.

And I just took down two Kawachii (Tier 3 BB), a Wickes (Tier 3 DD), and a Saint Louis (Tier 3 armored cruiser) in the same match with a Sampson (Tier 2 DD), and lived to tell. 2406 XP on a non-boosted match.

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NGTM_1R: Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about your Lord and Savior the Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 Torpedo?


You're welcome to sink me.  If you see me, it's a fairly foregone conclusion.

I prefer fighter-spec carriers nowadays.  It's fun clowning enemy air wings.  No easier way to wholly neutralize two or three ships with little effort.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on March 13, 2015, 01:36:46 am
Watch the progress bar as World of Worships downloads  :pimp:

This.  Thank God, finally.

I can only hope.

I don't have an invite code, or knowledge of where to get one.
So, all I can do is wait to see if I get picked.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on March 13, 2015, 01:48:30 am
Watch the progress bar as World of Worships downloads  :pimp:

This.  Thank God, finally.

I can only hope.

I don't have an invite code, or knowledge of where to get one.
So, all I can do is wait to see if I get picked.

go to the Warships page and apply for the Closed Beta, thats how I got in anyway.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on March 13, 2015, 01:56:27 am
go to the Warships page and apply for the Closed Beta, thats how I got in anyway.

Yeah, that's kinda what I did.
Hinted at it when I said that all I can do is wait.

The invite code is supposed to make you get chosen faster, or something.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 13, 2015, 02:33:51 am
God in his heaven, but all these new people. If you see a destroyer charge you and then suddenly swerve, he's launching torps and you had better dodge.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 13, 2015, 02:50:12 am
I'm going to enjoy this.  A lot.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on March 13, 2015, 09:16:03 am
go to the Warships page and apply for the Closed Beta, thats how I got in anyway.

Yeah, that's kinda what I did.
Hinted at it when I said that all I can do is wait.

The invite code is supposed to make you get chosen faster, or something.

got mine same day.

BTW anyone on the EU CBT Server?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 13, 2015, 09:36:26 am
Anybody on NA?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 13, 2015, 12:55:07 pm
Hoi.

Leaderoforcs (that's me!)
I know NGTM_1R is.
SpardaSon21 also.
Aesaar is going to try it out if he gets in.
The_E likewise.
Possibly Battuta.

Currently clowning air wings in my fighter spec Independence.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on March 13, 2015, 01:04:01 pm
Leaderoforcs (that's me!)
I know NGTM_1R is.
SpardaSon21 also.
Aesaar is going to try it out if he gets in.
The_E likewise.
Possibly Battuta.
I've also applied to the closed beta, although who knows if I'll actually find time for it even if I get in.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 13, 2015, 01:20:41 pm
Finally started to play Crysis after owning it for years. Annoyingly need to play on Delta difficulty in order to hear the enemies actually speak in their native language (korean), but despite that progressing pretty good.  I understand how having them speak a foreign language would make the game "harder" but disagree that it should be tied to a difficulty setting. Someone seeking immersion should be able to play on easy and still hear the korean
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 13, 2015, 02:58:48 pm
You can fart around in the .ini files or enter console commands to make them speak korean on any difficulty.  Google tweakguides crysis.  But honestly I found not much difference in the difficulty levels. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 13, 2015, 06:50:26 pm
Well I usually play on hard for any game, so trying delta wasn't too much of a bother but good to know, thanks.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on March 13, 2015, 07:17:10 pm
Play LTTP.
It's amaze balls.


What does this wings update do then?  :)

Basically allows players to group and the money rewards are shared. Sounds small, I guess, but the social interface was...well, basically non-existent at release.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 14, 2015, 12:07:37 am
-> Destroyer match.
-> No torp hits.
-> Kill a carrier and a cruiser with gunfire.

High-tier USN DDs are weird.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on March 14, 2015, 12:09:03 am
Currently playing There Came an Echo.

The voice recognition is really good with this game...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on March 14, 2015, 03:23:59 am
I'm also playing War of the Human Tanks. This game is an exercise Brinkmanship.
None of the units on the field can take more than one hit from an attack.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 14, 2015, 10:15:54 am
-> Destroyer match.
-> No torp hits.
-> Kill a carrier and a cruiser with gunfire.

High-tier USN DDs are weird.

I sure couldn't do that with my mid low tier IJN DDs, maybe once every a planetary alignment are my deck guns actually on target.  Otherwise they while away their time traversing at the speed of meh.  Good thing IJN DDs are good stealthy torpedo platforms cause I love the "Torps OP pleez nerf "QQ. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 14, 2015, 10:50:49 am
I played a couple games as the T2 Japanese destroyer last night.  First time I'd played the Japanese tree.

Four kills and 11 torpedo hits.  Yep.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 14, 2015, 02:26:11 pm
I can has Iowa?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 14, 2015, 02:33:15 pm
No.  US BBs aren't in yet.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 14, 2015, 02:47:19 pm
My best game last night was a Tier III-V match with my Isokaze.   Started out pretty good screening one of the flanks, had some good hits with my fish and put in an occasional salvo for good measure.  We cleaned up on the flank and I started moving to support the center when I notice the OpFor BBs had managed to corner our flattops.  I came about and rang up flank but even at 35kts knew I wasn't going to arrive in time to save them.  I sail around the island to find two Kongos, one of the IV BBs and a cruiser feasting on our bird farms.   The flight groups are putting up a fight but the flattops are on their last legs.   
The BBs are all tightly grouped, slowed for the easy kills and zoned in, absolutely beautiful.  I closed into just outiside optimal torpedo distance and launch a spread and since they are so busy I get another spread in for good measure.  They don't notice me until the first set of fish hit, most of the torps are strike but the spread is wide enough that they are all taking damage.  They open up on me, a take a salvo but I've already popped smoke and heading back around the island at flank.  I think the second spread managed to claim one of the Kongos, nevertheless, they are all ticked and give chase. They go around the other side of the island which allows me to prep one more spread of fish so that when they come around the other side the torps are right in their midst.   This spread takes out the second Kongo and leaves the IV BB in a real bad way just in time for the rest of our Task Group to come in guns blazing.

11 hits from my fish, bagged two BBs and a boat load of XP, I was pretty stoked.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on March 14, 2015, 03:25:07 pm
No.  US BBs aren't in yet.

What.
Maybe I'm biased, but those seem like one of the first things that should be added...

Also-
*opens email*
*sees message from World of Warships*
*excited*
*opens the message*
*sees this:*
"Wargaming is happy to announce that World of Warships has now entered Closed Beta!

Now is your chance to play the game and give invaluable feedback on how we can improve it as we sail closer to launch. Don't miss this amazing opportunity!

Click below to apply. Keep an eye out for an email in the next few weeks, which will arrive if you've been accepted as a Closed Beta tester."

I already applied, WG.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on March 14, 2015, 03:55:08 pm
just been watching QuickyBaby's stream and as an alpha player he has been rewarded with a prem cruiser with a camo texture
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 14, 2015, 03:59:17 pm
11 hits from my fish, bagged two BBs and a boat load of XP, I was pretty stoked.

*slow clap* That was awesomely written.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 14, 2015, 07:27:51 pm
No.  US BBs aren't in yet.

What.
Maybe I'm biased, but those seem like one of the first things that should be added...

Eh, why? I would think that the role that US Battleships played during WW2 was relatively minor, given the country's late entry into the war and the decimation of their pacfic BB fleet when they were forcibly brought into the conflict. Though given it's a game, who knows what they'll put in there. The british tanks were some of the last they added to world of tanks despite their involvement prior to both the russians and americans.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on March 14, 2015, 07:49:10 pm
Eh, why? I would think that the role that US Battleships played during WW2 was relatively minor, given the country's late entry into the war and the decimation of their pacfic BB fleet when they were forcibly brought into the conflict. Though given it's a game, who knows what they'll put in there. The british tanks were some of the last they added to world of tanks despite their involvement prior to both the russians and americans.

Because in all the ships in existence, American Battleships are the most well-known, second to the Japanese, aren't they?
Check the official poll; Battleships in general were the number one most anticipated ship platform that people wanted to sail.

(generally, only military history buffs even know that battleships aren't that effective in the real world...)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on March 14, 2015, 07:58:05 pm
So far for the heavies you have the Jap Battleships and the US Carriers with for the WWII era are the ships the nations were most famous for, Japan for ships like the Yamato and America for its carrier based victories like Midway

Also this is still Beta and it gives them chance to test the technologies without having to put full tech trees in
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 14, 2015, 11:58:12 pm
Made it to the first rung on the real IJN CAs, the Aoba class.  She's a trim little ship.

(http://i58.tinypic.com/1z523py.png)

No more pop gun CLs for me :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 15, 2015, 12:58:30 am
Nice!  I've got myself an Omaha I need to try out in earnest.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 15, 2015, 01:19:18 am
I sure couldn't do that with my mid low tier IJN DDs, maybe once every a planetary alignment are my deck guns actually on target.  Otherwise they while away their time traversing at the speed of meh.  Good thing IJN DDs are good stealthy torpedo platforms cause I love the "Torps OP pleez nerf "QQ.

It gets worse. Shimakaze has 40sec turret rotation. They tried to make the IJN line distinct from the USN one by nerfing their guns into the ground; the general consensus is this went very badly.

just been watching QuickyBaby's stream and as an alpha player he has been rewarded with a prem cruiser with a camo texture

Iwaki Alpha is hilarious. People lose their minds shooting at you, and it's the only cruiser that can pop smoke. It's the second-largest destroyer in the game. (First is the Phoenix, which can't pop smoke but is silly undergunned.)

Nice!  I've got myself an Omaha I need to try out in earnest.

Omaha and Cleveland are the reward you get for having to play Phoenix, kind of like how Saint Louis is your reward for having to play Chester.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 15, 2015, 01:32:23 am
The Omaha is made of orgasms and chocolate.

EDIT: 73k damage game.  Topped the charts on both sides in the last three games (two wins, one loss) in exp.  This thing is ****ing awesome.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 15, 2015, 04:20:25 am
Myogi game.

"Time to play Worst Battleship again!" The Myogi, previously known as Masamune (before we set Wargaming on fire for failing to follow proper battleship naming for Japan; then it was known as something else for awhile before we got the current name), combines high speed with poor rudder response for an experience that's sure to run you aground. Combine this with only three turrets of two guns and it's pretty easy to see why the B-40 and B-41 designs it's based on were rejected in favor of contracting Vickers to design the Kongo.

Still, they are 14" guns. You can outrange a fair number of things in low tiers with that, and play Yakety Sax at your unfortunate opponents while you lob 14" HE over the stern from two turrets and make with the classic naval maneuver at 31 knots.

This is not a low-tier match. Initial opposition on my flank consists of a Clevelands, two Nicholas (Destroyer Leader 1919 project), and a Kongo. To assist, I have a single Kuma. My initial salvos are direct at a Nicholas who's getting too frisky, and my initial maneuvers are to keep long-range torpedo salvos from killing me. The Kuma, with his more rapid-fire guns, is a godsend for holding the destroyers at bay. He kills one of the Nicholas before the Kongo emerges from behind an island and takes him by surprise; he gets off one of his torp launchers before eating a full salvo of 14" HE.

I have no idea where the second Nicholas has gotten to, and I'm reloading AP after firing a salvo at the Cleveland just to assure him he's not being ignored. Fortunately his salvos are very poorly aimed or I'm pretty sure he'd have buried me by that point. At this stage the friendly carriers choose to intervening, dispatching a suicidal wave of torpedo aircraft to go after the Cleveland.  Considering they're Tier IV T4Ms, they're mostly executed by the Cleveland's AA.

I target the Kongo, pretty sure I'm going to lose this fight as his turrets turn towards me, and let fly with six 14" AP rounds.

One round goes into the roof of each of his forward turrets at a nearly vertical angle.

The Kongo blows up.

I sit, staring in confusion, for a few moments, before it sinks in I just blasted his forward magazines. Then I retarget on the Cleveland and get a few good hits with an AP salvo, causing him to turn away and make with the classic naval maneuver. A hostile Fuso emerges from the smokescreen set by what I assume is that missing Nicholas. If the Kongo was better than a Myogi in every way, the Fuso is slower, but it's still more responsive to rudder commands than I am and he has six twin 14" to my three. A friendly Fuso has also appeared.

The friendly Fuso immediately blows apart when fired at, also magazine hit. My first salvo goes out, with four shells clustering around the base of the enemy Fuso's stack. His stack immediately starts emitting flames; he's engine-hit. His return salvo causes two different fires, knocks out my forward turret permanently and wrecks my steering gear, and takes off about half my health. Rapid application of damage-control extingushes the flames and gets the rudder working again as I desperately come about to reduce my target area by putting my stern to him.

Another four 14" AP go out. With laserlike precision, all four go into the Fuso's forward amidships turret; mount Q, in the Royal Navy parlance. Two strike the turret face that I can see; two others seem to go further back, though I'm not sure. The ribbons pop up, informing me what just happened: critical hit, four citadel hits; maximum damage each. The Fuso snaps in half as his amidships magazines detonate.

I am never calling the Myogi "Worst Battleship" again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 15, 2015, 04:33:40 am
Meanwhile, in the World of Warships Beta Test, Kantai Collection collides violently with the unknowing.

(http://i.imgur.com/RSDJFT0.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on March 15, 2015, 04:37:03 am
I must have went cross-eyed when I missed every single code released on WG's twitter a while ago.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 15, 2015, 11:06:09 am
It gets worse. Shimakaze has 40sec turret rotation. They tried to make the IJN line distinct from the USN one by nerfing their guns into the ground; the general consensus is this went very badly.

Yeah the way they are now I'd rather they just take them off and give me the weight savings in kts.  Looking at the gun handling I assume that's why the Akizuki class hasn't made an appearance, I was expecting to see them at Tier X.

Omaha and Cleveland are the reward you get for having to play Phoenix, kind of like how Saint Louis is your reward for having to play Chester.

It's kind of weird seeing the Cleveland come before Treaty Cruisers.  I know its a CL but its still funny seeing a New Orleans descendant two tiers before New Orleans herself.  I'm hoping the Brooklyn/St. Louis class to make an appearance in the future.  I want the whole Neptune's Inferno set.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 15, 2015, 02:43:10 pm
To be honest, they've actually nerfed Cleveland into the ground from her historical stats, mainly in gun rate of fire, or she'd be wrecking Pensacolas all day every day. WG was talking about putting her at Tier 7 and undoing some of the nerfs for a long time. Fully unnerfed and spewing 1200 rounds a match without much effort, she'd easily qualify for Tier 8.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 15, 2015, 04:30:08 pm
Yeah, from all accounts a Brooklyn with her five MK 16s going at full tilt was a sight and sound to behold, until you went blind and deaf fro the spectacle.  I took a look at the RoF of the Cleveland in the tech tree earlier and was unpleasantly surprised.

There seems to be a lot of crying from terribad BB drivers on the forums, I hope the devs don't screw with the torps to much.  They and the Tin Cans are probably one of the most demanding and satisfying weapons in game. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 16, 2015, 06:51:28 pm
Eh, why? I would think that the role that US Battleships played during WW2 was relatively minor, given the country's late entry into the war and the decimation of their pacfic BB fleet when they were forcibly brought into the conflict. Though given it's a game, who knows what they'll put in there. The british tanks were some of the last they added to world of tanks despite their involvement prior to both the russians and americans.

Because in all the ships in existence, American Battleships are the most well-known, second to the Japanese, aren't they?

Well known to who? In terms of pure warship action I would venture that Hood and Bismark are the most famous ships of the entire war.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 16, 2015, 07:43:24 pm
Enterprise.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on March 16, 2015, 07:51:19 pm
Granted nationality frames view, but Hood and Bismarck had a couple exchanges and it was battle over.  Bismarck only had her maiden sortie and that was it, Hood had Operation Catapult followed by Denmark Straight.  Tirpitz spent the war as 'Lone Queen of the North.'  Out of German BBs Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had much more interesting careers. The Battle of the North Cape between Scharners and the Duke of York was a more dynamic gun duel than Hood and Bismark. 

Simply put Kriegsmarine and Regia Marina never contested the RN in battles to the scale of the fleet actions between the IJN and the USN. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on March 16, 2015, 07:58:57 pm
Well known to who? In terms of pure warship action I would venture that Hood and Bismark are the most famous ships of the entire war.

I'd say that the first ship names I think of after Yamato and Enterprise are Iowa, Arizona, and Texas.

I don't think I'd ever even heard of the Hood until after Freespace, and I only remember the name Bismark from Final Fantasy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 16, 2015, 08:23:11 pm
Point is, matter of perspective.  From history's perspective Britain was the preeminent sea power for decades if not centuries, I would venture that all the major navies of WW2 drew lessons from British expertise both from WW1 and the subsequent years. Treaties laid down in interwar years conceded the greatest amount of tonnage to the Royal Fleet. Battle of the Atlantic was one of, if not the longest campaign of the war.  Hood, Queen Elizabeth Class, Warspite, ships that with fighters from the Ark Royal and other carriers destroyed the Italian fleet and kept German warships like the Tirpitz in harbour or sent ships like the Bismark to the bottom of the sea.

All three of their games, warships, tanks and warplanes have put British content 4th or 5th in the priority list.  And frankly as a result I couldn't give two ****s about their games.  I realize the games are hollow exercises to just faff about and shoot things but at least have the appropriate content ready when the game is released.  A game without the British is in my opinion an unfinished game and if the company treats that demographic as second class customers then don't see any reason to take an interest in what they're doing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Hades on March 17, 2015, 02:37:21 am
As far as I know, a lot of the RN around WWII was fairly outdated as were their tanks/tank doctrine,  so I can entirely understand why they're slow to add the Brits.

Hell, one of the more popular British tanks is the Firefly, which is just a modified Sherman.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on March 17, 2015, 02:44:36 am
Does it matter which nations/ships are represented in a closed beta? WG are clearly still working on this both feature and content wise, also the game is what 1 week out of closed ALPHA? give them chance lol
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 17, 2015, 02:32:59 pm
Hell, one of the more popular British tanks is the Firefly, which is just a modified Sherman.

A sherman modified with a british 17-pdr, arguably the best allied gun of the war.  Also found in the Archer tank destroyer and Challenger.
Their tank doctrine was outdated compared to the germans but their anti-tank guns and tanks at the outset of the war were fine, and in some cases superior (Matilda II).  But the loss of the expeditionary force and the need for new guns quickly delayed the introduction of the 6-pdr gun so they were forced to use the 2-pdr for a number of years in Africa and suffered greatly for it.

As for the RN, not sure. I know some of the RN's aircraft carrier practices were superior to the americans (storage of AV Gas), their planes were outdated biplanes like the swordfish but compared to some contemporaries like the US Devastator I'm not sure they were all that bad. At least the swordfish got the job done. And Japanese of course took great interest in their success at Taranto and applied some of the lessons learned later on against the US.

For games however most players I find tend to prefer the biggest and best of everything which means late war tech. In a tabletop game, Flames of War, it's the same thing. Germans are the most popular faction to play and Late War is the most popular period. People want to play Tigers and Panthers not Panzer IIs.  Similarly Japanese players of WoWS probably want the Yamato, even though cruisers like the Myoko and Takao class had far more historical success than the Yamato ever did (unless you count SBY / Starblazers).

In any case the company has said it's all money-driven decision making. US is the biggest market, Russia is the country's homeland and germans are the opponents. For World of Warships, likely again US is the biggest market and the Japanese are the opponents.

- - - - -

Back on topic still playing Crysis.  Playing it for the first time some years after release the graphics are certainly not as impressive in comparison to more recent games like Skyrim.  The gameplay is decent, but the nano-suit needs another 50% charge to really evolve the gameplay. Story and dialogue is unremarkable.  Hope the balance in Crysis leans a bit more towards the suit playing a more prominent role instead of a 2-second buff.




Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 17, 2015, 08:28:37 pm
As for the RN, not sure. I know some of the RN's aircraft carrier practices were superior to the americans (storage of AV Gas), their planes were outdated biplanes like the swordfish but compared to some contemporaries like the US Devastator I'm not sure they were all that bad. At least the swordfish got the job done. And Japanese of course took great interest in their success at Taranto and applied some of the lessons learned later on against the US.

To be blunt, there's a good reason why the RN didn't put in an appearance in the pacific until after the Americans won Leyte.

The Royal Navy had three problems during the Second World War. The first was structural: they had built up their numbers across decades, through a careful program of husbanding resources to build new ships constantly while keeping old ones, but this meant many of their ships were old and it also meant that in the event of war there was no practical way to make up major losses and they would have something of a struggle on their hands just keep what they had in service during wartime operations, particularly in the face of combat damage. (The fate of the Home Fleet's heavy units, of which many were paid off to reserve in late 1944 because they'd become decrepit, is instructive.)

The second was doctrinal. The Royal Navy missed the boat on the rise of the aircraft; modern antiair defenses were the exception rather than the rule among their ships, their investment into fighter-direction prewar was miniscule, and the armored carrier had become a technological dead-end by 1940. Only one armored-deck carrier during the war had a hope in hell of stopping a 1000lb AP bomb, and it was Japanese. (Taiho; and Taiho's success there is kind of iffy, but possible.) A lack of funds, and the fact that the Fleet Air Arm had been absorbed into the Royal Air Force and only returned to the Navy in the mid 1930s, retarded the development of shipboard aircraft such that the best of the British carrier aircraft during the war, the Firefly, was still no real match for American planes in most respects. And at the end of the war, of all bizarre possible things, the Brits were actually contemplating a jet biplane carrier torpedo bomber because if you're going to be backward you might as well go all the way. They never made the doctrinal leap to massed carrier striking forces until near the end of the war, and they could not sustain the operational tempo the Americans could.

The third was simple numbers. An IJN fleet carrier had 65 to 55 aircraft and if you had put together every carrier the IJN ever built or tried to build, all in the same place, they would have fielded 1500 aircraft roughly. A USN fleet carrier had 70-100 aircraft, and counting the CVEs if you put them all together then the USN could field well over 8000 aircraft. A British fleet carrier had 48 to 56 aircraft and put them all together and count the CVEs and you get about 1000 planes.

As an example, consider that despite active carrier cover at Anzio and Salerno, the Luftwaffe was able to use Fritz-X guided missiles against Allied warships covering the landings; something that required a multi-engine bomber to orbit at high altitude over the landing force for twenty minutes or so. This despite the fact they were frequently detected on radar while doing so. This simply could not have happened in the Pacific. Even the early-war pre-radar Japanese would have woken up and sent a flight of Zeros after them ten minutes in.

There were things the RN did well; I have much love for the Town-class light cruisers, for example, particularly Sheffield, and the effort they went to on every level from doctrine to training to produce an oceanic escort force is one of the models of how to attack a tactical and strategic problem. But in general they wandered off the path of innovation and success sometime shortly after 1918 and didn't come back to it until after WW2.
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Post by: Mongoose on March 18, 2015, 04:12:02 pm
Some of you guys know frightening amounts about the history of military hardware.  Massive nerd respeck.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 18, 2015, 04:54:20 pm
There were things the RN did well; I have much love for the Town-class light cruisers, for example, particularly Sheffield, and the effort they went to on every level from doctrine to training to produce an oceanic escort force is one of the models of how to attack a tactical and strategic problem. But in general they wandered off the path of innovation and success sometime shortly after 1918 and didn't come back to it until after WW2.

Well the British made too many concessions in the Washington treaty from my understanding. Basically threw away their advantage and the shipyards went somewhat idle for years resulting in a decline in know-how.
In WW1 they had the two-fleet model, where their fleet was as large as the next two largest nations combined. After the treaties they seemed to have only a small advantage in tonnage. Though they were probably broke and the world wanted to avoid another arms race like the one prior to WW1 where the Brits were building 4+ Battleships per year every year from about 1907 to the outbreak of the war.
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Post by: crizza on March 18, 2015, 08:09:39 pm
Heroes of the Storm
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Post by: BirdofPrey on March 19, 2015, 03:40:47 am
Cities: Skylines hates highways it seems.

Slope too steep
Space already occupied
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Post by: Darius on March 19, 2015, 05:53:58 am
Bulldoze everything around the highways. No mercy. Forced relocation.
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Post by: BirdofPrey on March 19, 2015, 06:36:37 am
Oh no, it autodozes zoned buildings.  My problem is when I go to make a slip road and it says something's in the way while highlighting the highway I am connecting it to.  The other fun one is the supports can't be on a road, and the game engine doesn't relocate them automatically, so you have to doze and rebuild a couple times till you have a clear path for the stuff under the overpass.

Naturally trial and error costs money.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on March 19, 2015, 11:46:13 am
I have a Kongo, so it's time to switch from "Poi!" to "BURNING LOVE~" in the chat, I suppose.
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Post by: StarSlayer on March 19, 2015, 12:59:24 pm
Yeah I made it to the Tier VI Matsuki and decided to take a break and concentrate on BBs till the Devs do the next balance adjustment on DDs.  Grinding the Kawachi constantly at bottom tier is proving an interesting experience, to say the least.  I'm really looking forward to the Kongo though.

It's funny seeing a few folks on the WoW forums clamoring for the RU line.  Really?  I can only imagine their thought patterns are arranged thusly: "I've got no idea what make believe paper ships they will have but hopefully "Russian Bias" will mean the Tier V CA slaps the **** out of an Iowa!" 
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Post by: NGTM-1R on March 19, 2015, 02:53:16 pm
The first-wave Alpha guys, of which I was one, had to get an RU forum account to get on the original Alpha server.

I remember once being told by DarkSkal_ID, who coordinated the early testing for NA (he talked to us during joint US/Russian sessions so we knew wtf we were supposed to bring to the battle) and sounded distinctly amused at the time, that my constant slapping people over the head with Imperatritsa Maria vs. Goeben when they asked about Russia even having built a dreadnaught battleship meant I was probably much more educated about and much more interested in the Russian line than the majority of the RU forums.

Apparently the Russians themselves, aside from a few specific ships like Aurora, really have no interest in their own line. They want to play USN carriers and IJN everything else.
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Post by: StarSlayer on March 19, 2015, 03:11:37 pm
Potemkin or bust!  The Gangut and her descendants were pretty interesting, thoroughly business looking dreads.  Of course I'd imagine RN fans might have a conip if Arkhangelsk appears in the RU tree before the RN itself.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 20, 2015, 01:46:41 pm
Having finished Crysis, started playing UnEpic.
Gameplay seems okay though most of the enemies are so far fairly easy to deal with despite the fact I'm playing on so-called "Hard+".  Humour often doesn't hit the mark and the main character is a dork. But seems decent.
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Post by: JerichoDeath on March 20, 2015, 09:17:17 pm
Just bought Inquisition.
I'll be playing that tonight.
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Post by: StarSlayer on March 20, 2015, 09:28:02 pm
I have a Kongo, so it's time to switch from "Poi!" to "BURNING LOVE~" in the chat, I suppose.

Slayer has also unlocked Achievement: Burning Love~
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Post by: Scotty on March 20, 2015, 09:36:01 pm
I'm having too much fun in an Omaha.  I almost don't want to get to the Cleveland.

That's because I haven't gotten to it yet.  I heard it's murder.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on March 20, 2015, 09:39:12 pm
Check the broadside: 12 six inch cannons.  That's 12x the firepower of a KV-2 every volley.
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Post by: Mammothtank on March 20, 2015, 11:00:09 pm
The Soviet Union has waaaaay too many goddamn tanks. Too many to choose from. Waaay too many.

But hell the way I saw a single T-80U eat up 4 Challenger's on even ground made my jaw drop. The Tunguska ~whistle~, you cannot go wrong with a Tunguska.
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Post by: StarSlayer on March 20, 2015, 11:09:50 pm
NGTM-1R is it Burning Enough?

(http://i58.tinypic.com/23qytya.png)

Well that earned me the the remaining XP I needed to unlock all her upgrades no late war config unfortunately, I wanted the scenic overlook on top of the conning tower.  Time to start hoarding credits for the Mogami, only 13,000 XP to go.
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Post by: Scotty on March 20, 2015, 11:10:44 pm
I have like three million credits what do I do with them all.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on March 20, 2015, 11:17:52 pm
Buy upgrade modules which are not that useful.
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Post by: Scotty on March 20, 2015, 11:27:10 pm
Just had the terrain auto-avoid navigation steer me into a torpedo.

Welp.
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Post by: BirdofPrey on March 21, 2015, 12:30:33 am
Having finished Crysis, started playing UnEpic.
Gameplay seems okay though most of the enemies are so far fairly easy to deal with despite the fact I'm playing on so-called "Hard+".  Humour often doesn't hit the mark and the main character is a dork. But seems decent.
I got that when it was on GoG sale for a dollar or two.
Didn't really care for it.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on March 21, 2015, 06:05:28 am
Just had the terrain auto-avoid navigation steer me into a torpedo.

Welp.

There's a reason I've got it turned off.
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Post by: Mammothtank on March 22, 2015, 05:03:06 am
Having finished Crysis, started playing UnEpic.
Gameplay seems okay though most of the enemies are so far fairly easy to deal with despite the fact I'm playing on so-called "Hard+".  Humour often doesn't hit the mark and the main character is a dork. But seems decent.
I got that when it was on GoG sale for a dollar or two.
Didn't really care for it.

Was it the NK or the Chinese who received Knockoff Nanosuits? Cause I laughed at them. (I realise the pun I made now).
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Post by: Scotty on March 22, 2015, 09:31:07 pm
Played me some more BattleTech today.  And some X-wing.  And some of the surprisingly fun Formula D board game.

I love game shops.
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Post by: TechnoD11 on March 22, 2015, 10:05:03 pm
...And just got my world of warships acceptance
Downloading now

If i find any of you in game (NA server), your going down first!
 :lol:
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Post by: Mammothtank on March 22, 2015, 11:57:14 pm
Played me some more BattleTech today. 


I want to get into that. There was a like single battletech mech in the shop I go to. It was an Atlas.
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Post by: Scotty on March 23, 2015, 12:08:07 am
What part of the country (and which country, for that matter)?
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Post by: Mammothtank on March 23, 2015, 04:16:17 am
Australia, NSW.

I want that Atlas tho. Just because its an Atlas.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 23, 2015, 01:37:59 pm
Having finished Crysis, started playing UnEpic.
Gameplay seems okay though most of the enemies are so far fairly easy to deal with despite the fact I'm playing on so-called "Hard+".  Humour often doesn't hit the mark and the main character is a dork. But seems decent.
I got that when it was on GoG sale for a dollar or two.
Didn't really care for it.

Yeah I'm not too familiar with so-called Metroidvania type games but, seems pretty enjoyable. Though allegedly I'm approaching an area now where some enemies can steal your gear and such so, it may very soon get very frustrating.
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Post by: StarSlayer on March 23, 2015, 08:46:51 pm
While I prefer the aesthetics of the Takao and Myoko classes, the Mogami is quite the capable piece of hardware.

(http://i62.tinypic.com/aky9w7.png)

They need to add the Chrysanthemum though.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 23, 2015, 10:34:56 pm
Is that an in-game screenshot?
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Post by: TechnoD11 on March 23, 2015, 10:52:40 pm
Welp, finished downloading WoWs and played for about 7 hours straight.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE

BTW Prior to writing this I unlocked my Omaha and Currently enjoying my Myugi.
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Post by: BirdofPrey on March 23, 2015, 11:54:24 pm
Played me some more BattleTech today.  And some X-wing.  And some of the surprisingly fun Formula D board game.

I love game shops.
I've been busy so many weekends this year, the people at my FLGS probably won't even recognize me anymore.
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Post by: StarSlayer on March 24, 2015, 07:03:42 am
Is that an in-game screenshot?

Took it at the start of a match, I just turned of the HUD elements.
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Post by: Rodo on March 24, 2015, 08:48:30 am
Ohh wows! I wuv jap destroyers :D
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 24, 2015, 11:16:25 am
AC: Rogue arrived today ... let's see if AC's take on 18th century naval combat can do it again for me

EDIT: and it doesn't work; even if Black Flag will - and they are the same engine
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 24, 2015, 02:28:17 pm
Still playing Unepic, ran into one of the cheapest bosses ever come across in a video game.  Boss forces you to fire AE spells to kill yourself, forces you to use your items to waste your time & resources during the battle or gets you to run away and there's no information about any of this until you come across each tactic in turn.   Basically needed to dump half my inventory in another spot so it couldn't be used against me in order to fight him. No guilt thsi time about consulting some online tips/walkthrough
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Post by: Dark Hunter on March 25, 2015, 02:48:54 am
I seem to finally have run out of steam in clearing Super Meat Boy at 90+ bandages and only warp zones remaining in Chapter 5, while the Dark Worlds of 6 and 7 are untouched. I'm not frustrated or stuck, just kinda bored. You need a certain determination to clear those endgame challenges and I seem to have lost it.

Eagerly anticipating the release of the new Wings of Dawn, though. ;7
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 25, 2015, 02:54:40 pm
Logged into the Heroes of the Storm Beta today to take a look at the new Hero and the new Battleground ... and got showered with goodies because Blizzard revamped the player progression with the latest patch - got me whooping 11k ingame Gold which combined with of remaining stuff got me two new/old Hereos to my roster (Abathur and Nova), which puts me at 9/10 Hereos need for ranked play :D
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Post by: Darius on March 25, 2015, 03:21:02 pm
Quote
[01:32] <@Darius> this game
[01:33] <baruttuta> how fares city
[01:33] <@Darius> funny story
[01:33] <@Darius> i put an emphasis on education early on and pretty soon I was managing a frighteningly educated populace
[01:34] <@Darius> as in 2/3rds had doctorate equivalents
[01:34] <@Darius> my population peaked at about 43K and I was wondering why no one was coming into my city anymore
[01:34] <@Darius> then i realised i had doctorates doing manual labour in my factories
[01:35] <@Darius> so i dumped all the industrial zones, built up some offices and people were happy doing jobs that they were qualified for
[01:35] <MatthTheGeek> why aren't your doctorates building robots to do manual labour in your factories
[01:35] <@Darius> and man...the appetite for offices D: entire districts and districts of offices
[01:36] <@Darius> they design their robots in offices
[01:36] <baruttuta> hahahahahaha
[01:37] <baruttuta> that's amazing
[01:37] <@Darius> so my city is now nothing but a service hub with offices everywhere
[01:37] <baruttuta> you've created...america

My Cities Skylines town is approaching 80K residents, with minimal congestion thanks to generous roads and railways with utilisation of the City Underground.

Still no industry. Offices everywhere.

Also many many graphical mods and custom building assets from the Workshop.

(http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37493047035893534/6EC56D03891B4FAF0E119D5CF91E4A444E4E7FC5/)

(http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37493047035894006/BF01FBDEA6AA8BC6E2DA9E771A93A26C1C29568D/)
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Post by: NGTM-1R on March 25, 2015, 05:34:19 pm
Ahahahahaha.

Warships, just got a first-salvo kill on an Amagi with my Kongo. All of the RNGesus. I'm never leaving this ship.
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Post by: JerichoDeath on March 25, 2015, 07:25:07 pm
WoWS.
Time to grind the Myogi for the Kongo.
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Post by: StarSlayer on March 25, 2015, 08:30:29 pm
Ahahahahaha.

Warships, just got a first-salvo kill on an Amagi with my Kongo. All of the RNGesus. I'm never leaving this ship.

Kongo is a keeper.  Just a lovely platform, cruiser speed, good punch and dependable armor.  I just had a monster game, murdered my way through the OpFor Kongo, an Iwaki Alpha, Kuma and mauled a bunch of other ships only to find myself and a carrier against two enemy flattops.  Plowed my way without fighter cover through multiple TB runs to kill one of the flattops before the remaining one finally managed to put together an anvil attack.  Our remaining flattop couldn't finish the deal, ended in a draw.  Still was raining credits and XP at the end, though.
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Post by: JerichoDeath on March 25, 2015, 08:33:29 pm
I was in that battle, StarSlayer~

I knew I recognized that username...
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Post by: StarSlayer on March 25, 2015, 08:46:24 pm
Awesome, what were you skippering? It was quite a fracas, its great having battles come down to the wire.
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Post by: JerichoDeath on March 25, 2015, 09:36:40 pm
I don't know what you mean, but I was in one of the ships on your side.
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Post by: TechnoD11 on March 26, 2015, 03:36:35 pm
That experience though - bit ominous, don't you think?
(http://i.imgur.com/Liyu24E.png)
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Post by: ssmit132 on March 26, 2015, 09:51:21 pm
Dang, seeing all of this WoWs stuff makes me really want to try it, but the Asia site says that they aren't accepting applications for the Closed Beta any more. Could I still do it for the North American one?
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Post by: Scotty on March 27, 2015, 12:51:16 am
Had some good BattleTech going today.  Played a Binary sized trial, Wolf versus Falcon.  Falcon triumphed, as they should, lifted on the wings of the combined four Eyries and Gyrfalcons I brought.  In addition to looking ****ing awesome, they're also hellishly hard to hit, consistently grabbing a +4 TMM whenever they feel like.  For a 'Mech with two Clan ER LLs, two LB-2Xs, and reflective armor, +4 generally means 12s or higher to hit, while engaging in return at 8s or 9s due to range.  Brutal.
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Post by: BirdofPrey on March 27, 2015, 12:59:10 am
dem partial wings
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Post by: Dark Hunter on March 27, 2015, 02:12:03 am
I just played an annoying Binding of Isaac Rebirth run.

Playing as Eve, need to beat ??? to unlock that item. Managed to obtain Dark Bum from the first Devil Room and lower my HP to 0. For those unaware of Isaac rules, this is pretty much golden when playing as Eve. It turns what would normally be a massive, but temporary, low-health damage upgrade into a permanent damage upgrade without sacrificing your entire life bar.

Rest of the upgrades were good as well: Miner's Helmet, Death's Touch, Spoon Bender, Mongo Baby, Little Steven, a few damage ups, Krampus's Head, Infamy. Things are going AMAZING. Only way I could lose this run was by doing something monumentally stupid.

The monumentally stupid thing I did was accidentally picking up Cursed Eye when I'm on the Chest. This means that I now have to charge my shots rather than auto-fire. Annoying, but with the damage I'm putting out and with over 10 soul/dark hearts, I figure I can make do. Except that Cursed Eye's secondary effect is to randomly teleport you every time you take damage. And bosses refill their entire health bar if you teleport out of the battle.

This meant I had to kill ??? without taking any damage at all. I'm not quite that good, even with Infamy. I kept teleporting out of the ??? fight until he finally whittled down my hearts and killed me! :mad:
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 27, 2015, 05:13:13 am
Started Pillar of Eternity yesterday .... more old-infinity vibe (the cursors, the CURSORS!!!!!) than my faint heart can handle ;)
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Post by: Patriot on March 27, 2015, 07:01:09 am
Don't forget the lootbags orpheus, Baldur's Gate comes to mind ;D
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Post by: Scotty on March 27, 2015, 12:21:54 pm
dem partial wings

Partial wings are some of the greatest things in BTech.   Anything that can help an assault 'Mech hit a +4 TMM is to be respected and feared. (100 ton 4/6/7 is actually possible.  And terrifying.)
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Post by: Mammothtank on March 27, 2015, 06:54:19 pm
Too bad Clan Mechs cost an arm and a leg last time I checked.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 27, 2015, 10:52:55 pm
Started Pillar of Eternity yesterday

I may have stopped reading kickstarter emails so I missed that it was released. But at least I know what my next few days will be like.
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on March 28, 2015, 12:33:56 am
MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy.

Seriously, I need to pick something that's not the Timber Wolf (the game's too easy with it). Maybe the Rifleman?

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Post by: Patriot on March 28, 2015, 07:59:09 am
If you want a real challenge, Mist Lynx it all the way
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Post by: NGTM-1R on March 28, 2015, 11:23:55 am
Nova, all alpha strikes, all the time.
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Post by: Mammothtank on March 28, 2015, 10:18:38 pm
Welp. I just saw the power of an airbourne deck in Wargame. Was building up our units when 20-30+ Hind's along with a bunch of infantry just Zerg rush us.
We won still, but holy **** at the end he just rushed us with transport choppers full of infantry ontop of our base as the game ended.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on March 30, 2015, 04:43:57 am
Finding it hard to get into Borderlands after having started with 2.  So far exactly like 2, just (much) less polished.  Something about it is giving me borderline motion sickness.  I am not prone to such things at all.  I think it's the head bob.  Why it is not able to be turned off in EVERY game it's used in is a mystery to me.  Even if it didn't make me dizzy, it just plain looks bad.
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Post by: BirdofPrey on March 30, 2015, 05:23:10 am
dem partial wings

Partial wings are some of the greatest things in BTech.   Anything that can help an assault 'Mech hit a +4 TMM is to be respected and feared. (100 ton 4/6/7 is actually possible.  And terrifying.)
And here I was thinking the two Pretas that one player always brought to the campaign we ran a couple years back were annoying.
Not that I wasn't annoying, my Owens, Ajax combo got my opponents to start trying wild things to try and break.  (Owens isn't the best omni, but damn can it move and my insane tactics had it voted MVP a couple times, and the Ajax has taken multiple turns of alphastrikes, so one opponent responded by starting to bring Inferno IVs to the table)

Anyways, had a moment in EvE today.  Was scanning wormholes using tripwire to keep track of them, when I entered one of the systems all of a sudden the chainmap exploded because I connected to a system off Thera
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Post by: Dark Hunter on March 31, 2015, 01:44:51 am
Replaying Dead Space.

Been under some stress lately and dismembering mutant space zombies seemed like a good way to relieve it. So far, it's working.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on March 31, 2015, 07:38:31 pm
So I got around to play Defenders Quest. The game threw me off wit everything I saw before I played it, but now I can't stop. Finished in 8 hours or so, and I soo will make newgame+ of this.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 31, 2015, 08:34:46 pm
Pokemon X. Just beat the champion, so I'm doing post-game stuff and collections.

Does anybody have a 3DS friend code they'd like to throw my way? More friends mean more diverse safaris, even if you don't have a pokegame yourself.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on April 01, 2015, 05:04:50 pm
I don't know what a friend code is, but I have a 3ds.  And pokemon Y.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 01, 2015, 08:44:49 pm
I don't know what a friend code is, but I have a 3ds.  And pokemon Y.

It's basically like your Steam Profile, but is the only way to add a contact to play against online. There are random games you can play against random people, but to see a specific person, they need to be on your contacts list, and to do that, you need the friend code.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/12670/nintendo-3ds-finding-your-3ds-friend-code/
Mine is 2793-1027-5865 (and any lurkers are also welcome to add me)

Annnnd, after you become the champion, you can do "friend safaris" which are the only place to get certain pokemon. Also, friends' pokemon can show up in battle maison battles.
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Post by: Mammothtank on April 02, 2015, 06:17:58 pm


Does anybody have a 3DS friend code they'd like to throw my way? More friends mean more diverse safaris, even if you don't have a pokegame yourself.

I would but I don't really use my Y...
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Post by: MP-Ryan on April 04, 2015, 10:09:16 pm
I have started The Witcher (yes, the first one), but am still playing XCOM as well working on the last four achievements (Shooting Stars, No Looking Back, Continental Fellow, Our Finest Hour). Doing a Classic+Ironman run.  I hate Ironman, so, so much. Maybe that makes me a wimp. Maybe that makes me a scummer. Frankly, I do not care - I don't mind irreversible decision making in games where losing part way through does not set you back dozens of hours of gameplay. I, however, have a life, wife, and small kids.

This'll be 3 XCOM:EW games in a row, so after this one I think I'll put it aside for a while, or maybe do my last two runs in Enemy Unknown just to see what the base game was like.
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Post by: General Battuta on April 04, 2015, 10:12:14 pm
Play Wings of Dawn. It'll take you four hours and it's doing a bunch of stuff you've never seen in FreeSpace before like a home ship you can walk around and talk to people.
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Post by: Jeff Vader on April 05, 2015, 02:38:26 am
Mass Effect 3.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on April 05, 2015, 02:51:00 am
Mass Effect 3.
Me too! Finally got around to installing this preordered Collector's Edition I've had sitting on my desk for three years; now I'm already most of the way through my second playthrough.
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Post by: Cyborg17 on April 05, 2015, 11:08:32 am
a home ship you can walk around and talk to people.

Whut?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on April 05, 2015, 11:24:04 am
You can walk around your base ship between missions and talk to people, listen to the news, play card games, **** like that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on April 05, 2015, 11:40:25 am
Drakengard 3

This is like playing a more action-based Nier with a more powerful version of Kainé as the main character...
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Post by: Deepstar on April 06, 2015, 06:31:29 am
Titanfall

Actually i am very bad at PVP FPS', but i underestimated this game completely until now. Because of the masses of AI enemies, even i can be the best player on my team or have some successful rounds :). Its fun and i like the concept :).


Crimson Sea

Also i am playing a XBox classic... it is a interesting third person shooter game, years before things like a cover system was established, but with some problems in the controls. I am nearly through it, but the hardest part of the Game seems to be the optional training sections... i am unable to beat Yangqin in Combat Drill... :/
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Post by: headdie on April 06, 2015, 07:26:21 am
Decided now that I have a computer that can run the game on its highest graphics and I have found the disks I would load up Crysis and see what I missed out on.... and I must say I am impressed :-)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on April 08, 2015, 05:33:27 am
Just got Ending A in Drakengard 3.
... welp. Like I've been thinking all along. The Nier vibes are strong with this one.

I wonder how I'll feel when I start up the Branch Path B for the next ending.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 08, 2015, 11:40:22 am
Finishing up four days of "Heroes of the Storm"-Team League Practice ... I am the Team's Support (well, I played Support in DotA2, only fitting that I go on playing Support)
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Post by: crizza on April 09, 2015, 04:55:28 am
A single well played support can shape a whole battle.
Last night a had a support, who thought he was a tank... horrible game...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on April 10, 2015, 03:28:58 pm
Jumped back into Destiny.  Good gameplay, if a bit repetitive.  It's very good at making the shooting aliens part fun. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on April 11, 2015, 02:54:03 am
Jumped back into Destiny.  Good gameplay, if a bit repetitive.  It's very good at making the shooting aliens part fun.

Seems like a fairly important part of that game...
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 11, 2015, 02:23:26 pm
The grimoire in that game is a bit......  :drevil:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FireSpawn on April 11, 2015, 08:58:54 pm
'Homeworld Remastered' and 'HW Classic - Freespace Mod'

I have found that no capital ship can withstand a Fenris swarm supported by a medusa wing or two. Sure it's expensive to build up again, but by god is it worth it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 12, 2015, 06:36:36 am
If only you could outfit a squadron of Erinyes with maxims and trees on that mod.

You'd change your tactics ;)
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Post by: Dark Hunter on April 12, 2015, 05:31:23 pm
If only you could outfit a squadron of Erinyes with maxims and trees on that mod.

 :wtf:

 :p
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on April 12, 2015, 07:03:50 pm
Trees are the most powerful secondary weapons of all.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on April 13, 2015, 07:15:35 am
I played some Spellforce 2. Finished the campaign, started expansion but got bored too fast. Gameplay is a little too uninspired to play too much of this. Shaikans are really op though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 13, 2015, 10:03:05 am
Trees are the most powerful secondary weapons of all.


It would appear my phone wanted that.   :lol:
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on April 13, 2015, 02:30:07 pm
That's it, I'm finding a tree model and replacing my trebs with it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 13, 2015, 02:58:56 pm
Stilettos are palm, trebs are pine/Xmas.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 13, 2015, 07:46:49 pm
I thought that was intentional??

trebuchets = tree buckets

I'm sure I've seen that somewhere before...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 14, 2015, 01:10:11 am
Now you've pointed it out, I'm amazed I never noticed that before.
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Post by: Cyker on April 14, 2015, 02:13:13 am
Currently alternating between Pillars of Eternity and Starpoint Gemini 2.

SG2 is a lot more playable now that they've patched out most of the CTD bugs, but I feel they've wasted a lot of potential with the game. The UI and controls really need revamping as they are sooo clunky. It feels like a cross between Freelancer and Star Wolves (Esp. Star Wolves for the voice acting and spelling/grammar XD)

PoE is massively addictive... really scratching an itch for Infinity Engine-style CRPGs that I've had for a while and that the Avadon games hadn't quite dealt with. I have to be careful not to go on an 11 hour bender on it like I used to do with the BG games! But I must admit I feel like I'm getting eye-strain from all the reading on the screen... !
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Post by: deathfun on April 15, 2015, 02:03:38 am
Elder Scrolls Online
This is actually an incredibly fun game. Plenty to do, and the best lore
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on April 15, 2015, 05:51:03 pm
The Witcher.

Being snarky and cutting up monsters
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Post by: CKid on April 15, 2015, 06:14:49 pm
Armored Warfare Alpha Test.

Just found out yesterday that I got in. So pumped right now, test begins in 45 minutes.
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Post by: JerichoDeath on April 15, 2015, 06:57:48 pm
WoWS;
Working on Nagato now. Nearly there, and I'll probably Free XP through part of that to the next one.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on April 16, 2015, 12:23:17 am
The Witcher.

Being snarky and cutting up monsters
Don't forget the wimmin.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on April 16, 2015, 12:43:43 am
Armored Warfare Alpha Test.

Just found out yesterday that I got in. So pumped right now, test begins in 45 minutes.

Awesome, Nice going, hope its going well
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: potterman28wxcv on April 16, 2015, 04:17:18 am
These days (these months), I've been playing extensively Awesomenauts.

That's a MOBA platformer : like a MOBA (LoL, DotA), you have 2 lanes, two turrets on each lane, it's a 3v3, and you have to fight to gain control and push / or defend.. But instead of being point & click, it's platformer, which means you can do anything !

Battle in the air (Smash Bros like), avoid bullets, use jumpers, or let yourself fall, it's incredibly dynamic, and I found very refreshing.

The community is not really awesome.. It's still better than LoL community, but it's as if the "MOBA" keyword was attracting idiots.

I also play a little bit of Grim Dawn. Or, should I say, Titan Quest Coming Back :P
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 16, 2015, 02:22:18 pm
The community is not really awesome.. It's still better than LoL community, but it's as if the "MOBA" keyword was attracting idiots.

It really does ... that MOBAs are very competetive makes a backseat driver out of everyone or worse...

I remember the days when HotS was a Gentleman's/-woman's Sport ... before the unwashed masses were allowed to buy into the Beta... *MOBAsnob*



Got back into X-Wing Alliance (had to drop it until I got to the box in which put it for the move) ...
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 17, 2015, 04:53:14 am
Those pesky booby adverts got to me and I am looking at game of war -  fire age on my phone quivering why...... Why oh why did I install this,  then I read my first sentence again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lorric on April 17, 2015, 10:34:22 am
Those pesky booby adverts got to me and I am looking at game of war -  fire age on my phone quivering why...... Why oh why did I install this,  then I read my first sentence again.
I watched this just yesterday, watch from here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwTjHXiN4qw#t=28m11s

Beware the insidious brainwashing power of Kate Upton's breasts on the male mind. You've been brainwashed. You poor, poor thing... (http://mindromp.org/forum/images/smilies/therethere.gif)

In all seriousness though, I'm naturally immune to this kind of thing, being effected by advertisements, but it does make me uncomfortable when I see it work on others and makes me feel thankful that I'll never have to worry about what happened to you happening to me. (Well, hopefully. All I know is it's worked for me so far.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on April 17, 2015, 06:46:27 pm
Stick to Clash of Clans.  It's (presumably) more fun, and it has Liam Neeson to boot!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on April 17, 2015, 10:12:13 pm
Stick to Clash of Clans.  It's (presumably) more fun, and it has Liam Neeson to boot!

So does Fallout 3!


Recently got myself into Wasteland 2. Initial impressions are that it's frigging awesome. Not only that, but given how I can customize (and name) characters, I was definitely thinking of making yet another HLP playthrough thing because reasons
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on April 25, 2015, 09:05:45 pm
Beat MechCommander 2 vanilla. Yay. I went "dammit" upon realizing once beating the game, it goes back to the menu. Reason being no medals for the two pilots who've played every mission (I don't think higher difficulties have pilot health modeled).

Also, it was on an easier difficulty, and I had 400 grand sitting in the bank. Should have splurged my dough more in customization.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on April 26, 2015, 12:35:00 pm
Played an absolutely massive game of BattleTech yesterday.  Two teams, made up of four full companies each.  One side had 38 'Mechs and 12 tanks, the other side had 43 'Mechs and 6 vehicles.  A total of 99 figures on the board.

**** yeah.
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on April 26, 2015, 12:52:11 pm
Holy ****. How long did the game last?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on April 26, 2015, 12:59:30 pm
We were going for about five hours.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on April 26, 2015, 08:05:05 pm
We were going for about five hours.

Well holy ****



This is what I picked up not long ago

They did very... very well on PC release
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on April 27, 2015, 10:09:08 am

They did very... very well on PC release

I agree, it's quite good
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Post by: BirdofPrey on April 30, 2015, 03:56:34 am
We were going for about five hours.
That quick?  Were you using Alpha Strike?

My group seems to take that long for 2-3 companies
====
So I've been splitting my time between Cities: Skylines and EvE Online

Fused grid neighborhoods are awesomesauce urban design.  traffic is great with most intersections being 3-way only and residential streets not being through-streets, and the mixed use areas at the perimeter can fit anything, highways, bus depots, train stations, etc.

In EvE, my corp [IKAME] has been poking Jove Observatories with the new Entosis links and seeing if they work on anything else (so far, no).  CEO hoarded a ton of Antikythera Elements beforehand, so we're cranking entosis links out.  Remember that come the sov warfare changes.
Regrettably, Drifters relieved me of a buzzard when I tried using one.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on April 30, 2015, 03:33:02 pm
Obtained an actual Earthbound cartridge.  ;7

Can I get a "HELL YES!"?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 01, 2015, 12:12:17 am
We were going for about five hours.
That quick?  Were you using Alpha Strike?

Yes.  Alpha Strike is the primary method for playing games in our group.  So much faster, so much simpler.

Earlier today I played a game at 600 points that ended up with eight Lances on the field.  We finished in less than two hours.
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Post by: JerichoDeath on May 03, 2015, 01:43:38 pm
Destiny.

Finally got most of my Legendary Equipment except for the helmet and weapons.
Then, I found two exotic items from random engrams. Got my Exotic "Hard Light" Auto Rifle, and Exotic "Don't Touch Me" Gauntlets.

The Auto Rifle is neat, but I was hoping for a Scout Rifle instead.
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Post by: Nohiki on May 03, 2015, 06:15:22 pm
Hidden dimensions: Xyth (http://nulll-void.com/games/gamepage.php?game=10). Fun (not so) little collectible cards strategy. Completely F2P. I could use some multiplayer buddies, hint hint :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on May 03, 2015, 10:01:46 pm
I'm still gaming away GTA V
Completed all the Heists (to much difficulty because the crew I was with were... less than good. That's okay though, we're all friends and had a hilarious time)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 05, 2015, 02:50:14 am
Heists is on now?

 :wakka:



Edit-

Supre Smesh Bras is now free. https://sites.google.com/site/comjacker/games/supresmeshbras
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 10, 2015, 03:28:32 am
Finished Borderlands sans DLC.  I already knew basically what it was going to be due to playing 2 first, but if I hadn't, I imagine that would have been a really ****ty ending.  Underwhelming final boss, then nothing happens.  No story closure at all. 
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Post by: InsaneBaron on May 16, 2015, 02:40:57 pm
Been playing FTL: Faster Than Light on and off since my bro gave it to me for Christmas. Finally unlocked the coveted Crystal Cruiser! Took it for a spin; it's a pretty good ship, but not as OP as a lot of people seem to think.
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Post by: BirdofPrey on May 16, 2015, 04:41:28 pm
Engi B or GTFO
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on May 16, 2015, 07:56:46 pm
Engi B or GTFO

 :P

My least-favorite of the 20-something ships I've unlocked. (To be fair, I did win one game in it while unlocking the more useful Engi C)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on May 16, 2015, 08:15:56 pm
Working on a Minecraft CTM map called Wayward Wonders after seeing one of my favorite LPers run through it.  Yay horrific inventory management!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 17, 2015, 02:07:10 am
My BattleTech group has decided the only answer is mass insanity again.

After working out the total number of our available models comes in at about two reinforced regimental combat teams and a Clan Galaxy, we've decided the obvious thing is to use them all.

Next weekend, 8AM. We're using at least half of someone's backyard to get the space we need.

This will be the second multi-regimental game I've played in, and the first one was smaller.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on May 17, 2015, 08:58:46 am
My BattleTech group has decided the only answer is mass insanity again.

After working out the total number of our available models comes in at about two reinforced regimental combat teams and a Clan Galaxy, we've decided the obvious thing is to use them all.

Next weekend, 8AM. We're using at least half of someone's backyard to get the space we need.

This will be the second multi-regimental game I've played in, and the first one was smaller.

Post game battle report with pictures?  maybe?  :nod:
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on May 17, 2015, 11:53:13 am
...

Post game battle report with pictures?  maybe?  :nod:
Second the picture idea.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on May 17, 2015, 02:04:48 pm
Tomb Raider. I like it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 19, 2015, 12:42:20 am
My BattleTech group has decided the only answer is mass insanity again.

After working out the total number of our available models comes in at about two reinforced regimental combat teams and a Clan Galaxy, we've decided the obvious thing is to use them all.

Next weekend, 8AM. We're using at least half of someone's backyard to get the space we need.

This will be the second multi-regimental game I've played in, and the first one was smaller.

Use Alpha Strike.  You'll take all weekend, but you'll play the game to completion.

Also, as someone who's personal collection rivals a light RCT while being the small collection in the group: Lightweights. :p
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Post by: BirdofPrey on May 19, 2015, 03:44:36 am
My minis are the contents of the Anniversary boxed set, some LRM carriers, a Manteuffel, an Ajax, an Owens, an Omega and one of each LAM (in each mode), so I'm not even in the running)
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Post by: NGTM-1R on May 19, 2015, 05:07:55 pm
Also, as someone who's personal collection rivals a light RCT while being the small collection in the group: Lightweights. :p

Honestly, I have over 1100 models representing a reinforced RCT with infantry/armor/aerospace assets on my own. Everybody else except a couple people is in the battalion range, usually with just 'Mechs.

But then, nobody else in my group has any Unseen models either.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 19, 2015, 05:25:30 pm
Vega conflict.
Android.

Hooked.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on May 19, 2015, 05:32:34 pm
Still on Witcher 1.  Just helped a bank robbery and killed a bunch of people

Also, vampire foursome
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Post by: BirdofPrey on May 19, 2015, 06:22:08 pm

But then, nobody else in my group has any Unseen models either.
Oh damn, thanks for reminding me.  I also have 2 unseen rifleman and a rifleman IIC

Also, not unseen, but I have a couple Argus
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Post by: Shivan Hunter on May 19, 2015, 06:29:00 pm
Checking out GalCiv III. Good experience so far. Accusations that it plays the same as GalCiv II seem to be falling flat IMO. The ideology system is an interesting addition and I like the switch to malevolent/pragmatic/benevolent rather than evil/neutral/good (which was really just evil/good/stupid most of the time).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 19, 2015, 06:40:57 pm
Also, as someone who's personal collection rivals a light RCT while being the small collection in the group: Lightweights. :p

Honestly, I have over 1100 models representing a reinforced RCT with infantry/armor/aerospace assets on my own. Everybody else except a couple people is in the battalion range, usually with just 'Mechs.

But then, nobody else in my group has any Unseen models either.

I'm sitting on a little over 150 'Mechs, almost a battalion in armor, the equivalent of nearly six regiments of infantry (with their smaller numbers per relative unit).

As stated before, I'm the small collection in the group.  The heavy hitter just last month brought in a collection of the stuff he'll never even open, and then calmly sat a little over 600 'Mech, tank, ASF, BA, protomech, and warship blisters on the table.

EDIT: Also I rediscovered Leviathans the board game.  Three years after my last post on the site, I still hold the crown for most time online by four days.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BirdofPrey on May 19, 2015, 06:53:02 pm
What ever happend with Leviathans?
It sounded so interesting, my game group played a couple games I couldn't attend, then it just seemed to dissapear.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on May 19, 2015, 07:40:19 pm
not playing it yer per say but bought my way into Armoured Warfare starting the 27th of may
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 19, 2015, 07:59:01 pm
What ever happend with Leviathans?
It sounded so interesting, my game group played a couple games I couldn't attend, then it just seemed to dissapear.

Catalyst had a spectacular problem with the miniatures manufacturer.  The (Chinese) manufacturer went bankrupt halfway through the first production run, and then sold Catalyst the completed sets at retail to recoup losses.  They also dodged giving back the masters and molds, on account of bankruptcy.

As of right this moment, Catalyst is pursuing miniatures for Shadowrun.  If those do well (and there's reason to expect they will), then Leviathans may see a second effort.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rodo on May 21, 2015, 04:22:18 pm
Anyone tried Galactic Civs III yet?, I'm having trouble deciding if it's worth getting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Phantom Hoover on May 21, 2015, 04:35:35 pm
Read the rest of this page.
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Post by: Rodo on May 21, 2015, 08:02:01 pm
Ah I see it now, completely missed the post.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on May 22, 2015, 08:58:02 pm
(http://oi57.tinypic.com/351bvih.jpg) (http://oi57.tinypic.com/351bvih.jpg)

Apparently having a legendary in PA isn't very good. This monster killed 14 people in prison already. Will keep him low threat for hilarity though.

EDIT: 5 mins later - make it 17.
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Post by: Jeff Vader on May 23, 2015, 09:03:30 am
Transistor.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 23, 2015, 05:06:54 pm
Leviathans.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 23, 2015, 05:33:04 pm
Tanks
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Shivan Hunter on May 23, 2015, 07:37:38 pm
Anyone tried Galactic Civs III yet?, I'm having trouble deciding if it's worth getting.

I'd say it's worth it. There is still a lot to be added - several diplomacy-related features, good AI, some interface usability improvement - but what's there is good, and GalCiv games tend to have very good post-release development/support because Stardock is awesome.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 24, 2015, 03:44:01 am
I really enjoyed prison architect.
Apart from toilet failures....
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 26, 2015, 05:27:44 pm
Finished Borderlands along with the DLC.  What next?  Maybe I should start in on The Witcher.  I'm feeling like I want a change of pace from anything the least bit RPG related though.  I've had enough of collecting and grinding and whatnot for a while.
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Post by: BirdofPrey on May 29, 2015, 02:05:49 am
What ever happend with Leviathans?
It sounded so interesting, my game group played a couple games I couldn't attend, then it just seemed to dissapear.

Catalyst had a spectacular problem with the miniatures manufacturer.  The (Chinese) manufacturer went bankrupt halfway through the first production run, and then sold Catalyst the completed sets at retail to recoup losses.  They also dodged giving back the masters and molds, on account of bankruptcy.

As of right this moment, Catalyst is pursuing miniatures for Shadowrun.  If those do well (and there's reason to expect they will), then Leviathans may see a second effort.
Well bollocks

Leviathans.
Now I am jelly


Speaking of miniatures.  I have been considering snagging up all the lance packs.  I got the Anniversary boxed set, and the minis in there are terrible, I am to understand that the new plastic minis are pretty good and the lance packs contain some of whats in the box set and some new ones, so i can replace my bad miniatures and fill up the empty foam in my BT minis bag.


Transistor.
Good choice.

I decided to play a bit of Invisible Inc.  I did that early access way back when before the name change, but hadn't played it in a couple months.
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Post by: headdie on May 29, 2015, 12:19:44 pm
Loving the scorpion in Armored Warfare
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/10a9/4rj2zrtm9pbxa2s6g.jpg) (https://www.mediafire.com/view/?4rj2zrtm9pbxa2s)

If anyone is interested in friend me I am Headdie on the EU server
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 29, 2015, 02:41:14 pm
Metroid Prime.  Taking a break from PC gaming for a bit.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on May 29, 2015, 09:57:30 pm
I've acquired the Pontifex Maximus of the Church of the Type 93, let the Torpmageddon begin!

(http://i59.tinypic.com/5zgcg.jpg)



I initially was going to pass on Tanz's Scharners skin but man the stock textures had so much rust I needed a tetanus shot just looking at her.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 31, 2015, 11:48:18 am
What ever happend with Leviathans?
It sounded so interesting, my game group played a couple games I couldn't attend, then it just seemed to dissapear.

Catalyst had a spectacular problem with the miniatures manufacturer.  The (Chinese) manufacturer went bankrupt halfway through the first production run, and then sold Catalyst the completed sets at retail to recoup losses.  They also dodged giving back the masters and molds, on account of bankruptcy.

As of right this moment, Catalyst is pursuing miniatures for Shadowrun.  If those do well (and there's reason to expect they will), then Leviathans may see a second effort.
Well bollocks

Leviathans.
Now I am jelly


Speaking of miniatures.  I have been considering snagging up all the lance packs.  I got the Anniversary boxed set, and the minis in there are terrible, I am to understand that the new plastic minis are pretty good and the lance packs contain some of whats in the box set and some new ones, so i can replace my bad miniatures and fill up the empty foam in my BT minis bag.


Transistor.
Good choice.

I decided to play a bit of Invisible Inc.  I did that early access way back when before the name change, but hadn't played it in a couple months.

The Lance packs and new box set (not the 25th anniversary) are really, really good plastic.  I swear by them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on May 31, 2015, 05:20:30 pm
My BattleTech group has decided the only answer is mass insanity again.

After working out the total number of our available models comes in at about two reinforced regimental combat teams and a Clan Galaxy, we've decided the obvious thing is to use them all.

Next weekend, 8AM. We're using at least half of someone's backyard to get the space we need.

This will be the second multi-regimental game I've played in, and the first one was smaller.

Post game battle report with pictures?  maybe?  :nod:

Soooo... 

how did the big backyard battle go?  Please share the awesome don't horde it :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 31, 2015, 06:41:29 pm
It's still going? We had to postpone due to weather.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 31, 2015, 10:09:04 pm
Dropships on the field. The Galaxy is attempting to retreat. We just had a Union-C get blown up by artillery fire though. Another couple of hours at most.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 01, 2015, 03:18:26 am
A brief Binder of Shame for this event.

Alpha Strike Trinary, 71st Provisional Garrison Cluster: dishonorable mention for getting curb-stomped in one turn by 3rd Company, 4th Battalion, 'Mech Regiment, Pesht Armored Cavalry despite outmassing them by over two hundred tons. Triple Engine TACs and headshots everywhere.

1st Battalion, Royal Skye Armored Regiment: dishonorable mention for being summarily wiped out by Supernova Binary Gamma, 3rd Bear Dragoons, without getting a single kill. Even an Elemental. The Demolisher 2s of First Company in particular should hang their head in shame.

Gamma Assault Binary, 71st Provisional Garrison Cluster, dishonorable mention for choosing to abandon zellbrigen despite the willingness of their opponents in 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 'Mech Regiment, Pesht Armored Cavalry, to challenge them in Clan fashion and engage in honorable combat. This precipitated the Inner Sphere forces to use their aerospace and artillery arms to maximum effect, and forced a WarShip combat in orbit (on the kitchen table).

Star Colonel Sven Kotare, 71st Provisional Garrison Cluster (our local THAT GUY), wins the grand prize, for his flagrant breaches of Clan doctrine and honor. This caused Galaxy Commander Jessica Kabrinski (or rather the person playing Clan Commander) to challenge him to an immediate Trial of Grievance while the battle (the game) was ongoing and kill him for his behavior.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on June 01, 2015, 05:48:54 am
A brief Binder of Shame for this event.

Alpha Strike Trinary, 71st Provisional Garrison Cluster: dishonorable mention for getting curb-stomped in one turn by 3rd Company, 4th Battalion, 'Mech Regiment, Pesht Armored Cavalry despite outmassing them by over two hundred tons. Triple Engine TACs and headshots everywhere.

1st Battalion, Royal Skye Armored Regiment: dishonorable mention for being summarily wiped out by Supernova Binary Gamma, 3rd Bear Dragoons, without getting a single kill. Even an Elemental. The Demolisher 2s of First Company in particular should hang their head in shame.

Gamma Assault Binary, 71st Provisional Garrison Cluster, dishonorable mention for choosing to abandon zellbrigen despite the willingness of their opponents in 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 'Mech Regiment, Pesht Armored Cavalry, to challenge them in Clan fashion and engage in honorable combat. This precipitated the Inner Sphere forces to use their aerospace and artillery arms to maximum effect, and forced a WarShip combat in orbit (on the kitchen table).

Star Colonel Sven Kotare, 71st Provisional Garrison Cluster (our local THAT GUY), wins the grand prize, for his flagrant breaches of Clan doctrine and honor. This caused Galaxy Commander Jessica Kabrinski (or rather the person playing Clan Commander) to challenge him to an immediate Trial of Grievance while the battle (the game) was ongoing and kill him for his behavior.
This battle sounds like it would make one hell of a story.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BirdofPrey on June 01, 2015, 06:06:17 am
The Lance packs and new box set (not the 25th anniversary) are really, really good plastic.  I swear by them.
So I hear.  That's why I was thinking of grabbing all the lance packs to replace the plastic minis I have now.  Probably not the boxed set, though, as I don't know if I need all the duplicate other stuff (my bag only holds 4 maps, and I also have 2 hex packs, and I don't need the rules and sheets again).  I've been hearing rumors about an Alpha Strike Box though.

A brief Binder of Shame for this event.

Alpha Strike Trinary, 71st Provisional Garrison Cluster: dishonorable mention for getting curb-stomped in one turn by 3rd Company, 4th Battalion, 'Mech Regiment, Pesht Armored Cavalry despite outmassing them by over two hundred tons. Triple Engine TACs and headshots everywhere.

1st Battalion, Royal Skye Armored Regiment: dishonorable mention for being summarily wiped out by Supernova Binary Gamma, 3rd Bear Dragoons, without getting a single kill. Even an Elemental. The Demolisher 2s of First Company in particular should hang their head in shame.

Gamma Assault Binary, 71st Provisional Garrison Cluster, dishonorable mention for choosing to abandon zellbrigen despite the willingness of their opponents in 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 'Mech Regiment, Pesht Armored Cavalry, to challenge them in Clan fashion and engage in honorable combat. This precipitated the Inner Sphere forces to use their aerospace and artillery arms to maximum effect, and forced a WarShip combat in orbit (on the kitchen table).

Star Colonel Sven Kotare, 71st Provisional Garrison Cluster (our local THAT GUY), wins the grand prize, for his flagrant breaches of Clan doctrine and honor. This caused Galaxy Commander Jessica Kabrinski (or rather the person playing Clan Commander) to challenge him to an immediate Trial of Grievance while the battle (the game) was ongoing and kill him for his behavior.
HOLY CRAP.  You also started a space battle?  I can't even get my group to do fighters using the abstract rules.

Do you post on the BT forums?  This would make an epic after action report.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 01, 2015, 06:58:57 am
I will try to have a battle report up sometime tonight. I wanted to take pictures, but, well, there's a few reasons I will consistently refer to one player as THAT GUY, and one of them is his insistence I couldn't photograph him or any of his models. Considering he contributed nearly a whole Cluster, it was hard to keep them both out of the shot, so I eventually gave up. I'll take pictures of the battlefield, though, we'll need them for a reference.

For now, background and the TO&E of the groundside battle; I'll ask Ally about the space stuff later if she remembers.

Quote
In the alternate universe of our FLGS, the FedCom Civil War never happened, and the Star League never disbanded. The trigger for Jihad has not yet occurred as such. The Word of Blake's control of the Chaos March is being actively contested by a more militant ComStar, however, and it's probably inevitable.

And the Free Rasalhague Republic, three months ago, invited Clan Ghost Bear to talks regarding the Ghost Bear Dominion. Talks broke down quickly, and the Free Rasalhague Republic unexpectedly made an appeal to the Grand Council of the Clans, attacking the Ghost Bears as perverters of the Warden philosophy; in deciding to stay and rule, they are Crusaders masquerading as Wardens. This appeal successfully isolated the Ghost Bears from many of the other Clans, Crusader and Warden.

That done, the Star League initiated War Plan 23: the annihilation of Clan Ghost Bear and the liberation of those Draconis Combine and Free Rasalhague Republic worlds it holds.

For ease of play we broke up things so that specific sub-units had their own player commanders, one of whom was also the nominal commander of either a regiment or cluster-sized unit, and each side also had an overall commander. We did not use the Alpha Strike rules, because we're beardy assholes who mostly predate them. Also completely insane. Movement and firing was done not by player but by side (so everybody on one side does their moving and shooting all together), and it was encouraged, though not made explicit, to focus on the player opposite you to prevent confusion. It was also encouraged that the player point out their command unit; we had plans to incorporate that somehow but they got dropped.

Artillery and Aerospace assets were the personal shotguns of regimental or side commanders, and under the rules in effect initially not used. The only flying units on the field to start were the rotary-winged aircraft, and the only ones that participated in combat from the start where the gunship/transporters of the one airmobile infantry regiment. When melee broke out, though, the attack helos and ASFs moved in.

Task Force Iron, representing the Star League and the Outworlds Alliance

Pesht Armored Cavalry Regimental Combat Team (split into variable-strength combat commands between four people for the purposes of the scenario; yours truly as the regimental commander, since they were my models)
'Mech Regiment, 4 Battalions
Heavy Armored Regiment, 4 Battalions
Three Mechanized Infantry Regiments (2 Battalions infantry, 1 Battalion Battle Armor each)
1 Battalion ASF

Royal Skye Armored Regiment (split into two combat commands for the scenario; brigaded with the Outworlds Foreign Legion as a "regiment")
1 Heavy Armored Regiment, 3 Battalions
1 Scout Armor Battalion

The Outworlds Foreign Legion (split into two combat commands for the scenario, donated their third armor battalion to the Com Guards; their artillery regiment was the side commander's personal shotgun)
2 'Mech Battalions
1 Light Armored Regiment, 3 Battalions
1 Reinforced Artillery Regiment, 5 Battalions
1 Battalion ASFs

The Flameseekers  (unitary command for the scenario; brigaded with the BLTs from the 1st Davion Guards and 3rd Saint Ives Lancers as a "regiment")
2 'Mech Companies (pretty much all heavy or assault class)
2 Battalions medium armor
2 Companies rotary-wing attack aircraft

Battalion Landing Team, 1st Davion Guards (unitary command for the scenario; by far the best-looking unit on the field in their Blue and Gold designs as seen in MechCommander)
1 'Mech Battalion
1 Reinforced Battle Armor Battalion (4 Companies)

Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Saint Ives Lancers (unitary command for the scenario)
1 'Mech Battalion
1 Battle Armor Battalion
1 VTOL Gunship/Transport Battalion

Carver Commandos (unitary for the scenario, though they donated a battalion of airmobile infantry to the Com Guards; brigaded with the Fighting Uruk-Hai and Focht's Own as a "regiment")
1 'Mech Company
1 Regiment airmobile infantry, 3 Battalions
1 Battalion fixed-wing attack aircraft (Mechbuster Fighters with XL engines and Arrow IV launchers rather than AC-20s; at the end of the game they were duking it out with the Clan evac DropShips and winning.)

First Battalion, Fighting Uruk-Hai (unitary for the scenario)
1 'Mech Battalion

Com Guards 181st Division VII Delta "Focht's Own" (with an attached armor and airmobile battalion; a unitary command)
2 'Mech Level 2s

Omega Galaxy, representing Clan Ghost Bear

A notation on nomenclature: Clan units are classified by weight and combat role. A "Strike" unit consists of faster medium and heavy 'Mechs intended to punch a hole in an enemy line; a "Combat" unit consists of medium and heavy 'Mechs and does what is says on the tin; a "Scout" unit is light and medium fast 'Mechs and also does what it says on the tin; an "Assault" unit is heavy and assault 'Mechs. "Supernova" indicates the unit is paired with an Elemental unit of equivalent size. You'll notice that some binaries and trinaries are not marked as any particular sort. This indicates they are not biased towards a particular role, but instead have internally a scout, combat, and assault star; a binary omits either the scout or assault star.

Omega Command Binary

71st Provisional Garrison Cluster (Was not split into combat commands at the insistence it could be handled by the one person, who quickly turned into the game's THAT GUY)
1 Strike Trinary (NOT Second-Line)
2 Combat Trinaries (Second-Line)
1 Assault Trinary (Second-Line)
1 Heavy Vehicle Trinary
2 Support Vehicle Trinaries (mostly Arrow-IV tanks, so attached to Omega Command)
2 Aerospace Trinaries (Second-Line)
4 Elemental Trinaries

3rd Bear Dragoons "The Immortals" (split into two combat commands)
1 Supernova Assault Binary
2 Supernova Trinaries
1 Supernova Scout Binary
2 Trinaries
1 Strike Trinary (See this? Iota Strike Trinary was all Mad Cat Ds. ****ing terrifying!)
1 Scout Trinary
1 Aerospace Trinary

5th Bear Guards "Avalanche"  (split into two combat commands)
1 Supernova Trinary
1 Supernova Scout Trinary
2 Supernova Strike Trinaries
1 Assault Trinary
1 Trinary
1 Combat Binary (Second-Line)
2 Scout Trinary (Second Line)
2 Aerospace Trinaries
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on June 01, 2015, 01:46:03 pm
Alpha Strike is great even for the old grognards in my group.  I suggest, at the very least, giving it a shot.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BirdofPrey on June 01, 2015, 01:48:56 pm
If only getting the grognards to try it were that easy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 01, 2015, 04:22:04 pm
Alpha Strike is great even for the old grognards in my group.  I suggest, at the very least, giving it a shot.

It's how most people normally play, but we almost never use it for big events things.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BirdofPrey on June 02, 2015, 08:55:02 pm
So just spent several hours trying to figure out one of the new Drifter sites/systems.
I think I'm going to go to sleep now.  Wake me up thursday
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on June 03, 2015, 09:27:31 am
I will try to have a battle report up sometime tonight. I wanted to take pictures, but, well, there's a few reasons I will consistently refer to one player as THAT GUY, and one of them is his insistence I couldn't photograph him or any of his models. Considering he contributed nearly a whole Cluster, it was hard to keep them both out of the shot, so I eventually gave up. I'll take pictures of the battlefield, though, we'll need them for a reference.

 :blah:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on June 03, 2015, 10:12:41 pm
Hey, folks who like BattleTech.  Please allow me to be likely the first to assure you that there are new BattleTech novels in the pipe, straight from the source (Randall).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BirdofPrey on June 03, 2015, 11:21:14 pm
Novels?  ya don't say.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on June 03, 2015, 11:29:14 pm
Huh.

Speaking of BattleTech, I'm doing MechCommander 2 again. I learned my lesson: Never think you can have Mediums take a Zeus head-on unless you have AC/20s or Swarm LRMs.

Also doing a bit of Left 4 Dead 2 (with my character models being the Futurama crew).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Vrets on June 04, 2015, 12:28:20 am
Nothing, but I'm taking a four day vacation when I graduate. This is my chance to catch up on all the games that I've missed! My list of games includes:


World of Warships looks cool, but all these college group projects have ruined me for cooperating with unmotivated strangers on the internet
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on June 04, 2015, 07:22:43 pm
Find a group of people and force them to play BattleTech until Stockholm Syndrome sets in they learn they like it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BirdofPrey on June 04, 2015, 08:58:23 pm
How big is your demo group anyways Scotty?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on June 04, 2015, 09:16:11 pm
Roughly a dozen people.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on June 05, 2015, 09:51:26 am
PvP balance in MMOs is always a finicky thing, due to the variety of available builds, people with a lot of dedication to math out the most optimal builds or find the newest exploits. Neverwinter is no exception to that rule, and each Module (basically big patches with new content) comes with it's own new set of problems, some of which get adressed after release, others only get fixed when a new module comes around (and others are never fixed).

So with every new Module, balance tend to be a bit fragile early on, then stabilize a bit which every new patch. Yesterday, they flat out broke it.
I mean it, it's gone, thrown out the window and scattered to the winds.

Basically, they made a few changes to resistance from player damage, which is now additive accross the board instead of multiplicative. This means that players with high-end PvP gear + high level flavour-of-the-month armor enchantement can get close to the 80% damage reduction cap (this includes squishy classes). Now you might think "that's OK, the game has a stat called Armor Penetration, which is meant to compensate for such insane values", except that players also now have a flat armor penetration resistance from other players, which requires stacking obscene amounts of armor penetration to overcome.

Also, with PvP crit damage reduction being added on top of the regular PvP damage reduction, landing a crit on a high-geared player means you will do less damage than landing a regular attack. Except for Rogues who have access to piercing damage that ignores all this, of course.


I haven't had the chance to test how bad it is in person yet, but even if only the best-in-slot or close to best-in-slot players are unkillable, that's gonna get old real quick...

EDIT - max DR is 80%, not 100%, silly me
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on June 08, 2015, 10:34:45 am
PvP crit damage reduction

This might be one of the dumbest protection stats I've ever heard of...

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Anyway, I'm playing VoidExpanse, and that guy who referred to it as the offspring of Eve Online and SPAZ was completely right... although, the Galaxy Map is considerably smaller.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on June 08, 2015, 04:01:51 pm
"One of the dumbest protection stats", you don't say. To be fair, there's kind of a contrived reason for that, most people in that game had been trying to crank up the crit severity as high as possible for a long, long time. Critical hits not going as high in PvP compared to PvE as been a thing for a little while apparently.

People on the forums are unsure whether this is due to simple, not-thinking-this-through stupidity, or a programming error, but the fact is that tenacity, the resist-effect-of-other-players stat, is applied twice in the case of critical strikes. Critical severity is naturally at a value of 75% increased damage from your normal attack, so, if I'm understanding all this correctly my mid-tier character with 42% damage reduction receives 100*0.58*1.75*0.58 = 58.87% of base damage vs crits and 58% of base damage from regular attacks (not taking standard damage reduction from armor class & defence into account). Yeah, really....

Overall, this patch is mind boggingly dumb. Tanks are basically unkillable kings of the battlefield right now: clerics & paladins can self heal and guardian fighters have high single target damage while already having mechanics that punish their attackers (in addition to the campaign passive everyone has access that procs after 20 attacks). I would need to almost triple my current armor penetration stat for it to have any kind of effect against other players.

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Anyway, I'm mostly playing Neverwinter these days, modding bits of Freespace whenever I feel like it, sometimes having a game of DotA, but without my usual teammates, it's kinda stale.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 10, 2015, 06:03:12 pm
Oh christ I still haven't posted that thing.

Friends. Making me help them move. Blah.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on June 10, 2015, 07:36:47 pm
Got to Witcher 2 Chapter 3, Henselt is dead, as the assassins planned, and Geralt pursues Letho to Loc Muinne.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on June 11, 2015, 05:32:40 pm
That annoying Steam Cookie Clicking Robot Game
STEAL SAAAALE
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on June 13, 2015, 08:15:10 pm
So I played some hammerwatch with friends and it was super-boring, maybe just because the survival moda and hero defense are so bad. Playing M.A.X.R over internet now and it's cool. I can't understand how can you remake the game but preserve the horrible UI tho.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on June 14, 2015, 01:09:40 am
Tried out the 1.4 Demo of Another Metroid 2 Remake. I'm gonna need another controller.

If you're not at the Tower, don't read it:
Spoiler:
HOLY **** THAT ESCAPE.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 14, 2015, 09:52:56 am
I just bought an assload of new songs for rocksmith ($100 worth) during the 40% sale.  Also got all the borderlands 2 dlc (by buying the whole game again because for some stupid reason that's always cheaper).  I was about to buy the pre-sequel also, but the reviews were pretty bad, and all had the theme of "just go play 2's DLC."
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 14, 2015, 10:12:31 am
Wings of Dawn.

Surprisingly, it's pretty much taking me out back to the woodshed and shooting me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: wardog300k on June 14, 2015, 12:00:08 pm
I'm currently playing FreeSpace Editor(FRED) and FreeSpace 2
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on June 14, 2015, 12:59:15 pm
Alien Isolation

This game knows tension...
(and wow, is the optimization amazing. I don't even meet min specs, and I can run the game on ultra for some settings)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on June 14, 2015, 01:47:45 pm
WoT and Valkyria Chronicles which I picked up off the steam sale
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on June 20, 2015, 07:27:15 pm
http://imgur.com/a/Wy9Lh#0 (http://imgur.com/a/Wy9Lh#0)

Someone bought me the Flaming Cliffs 3 pack for DCS World and I've been enjoying myself quite a bit.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 20, 2015, 07:48:04 pm
With pencil and paper, like some kind of goddamn barbarian, Rogue Trader.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on June 20, 2015, 09:05:24 pm
I picked up Just Cause 1 & 2, Goat Simulator, and Wolfentstein: The New Order from Steam, so probably one of those next.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on June 21, 2015, 02:25:57 am
I picked up Just Cause 1 & 2, Goat Simulator, and Wolfentstein: The New Order from Steam, so probably one of those next.
JC2 is fun.

I won Witcher 3 from some raffle and gave it test run. I may need new hardware before continuing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 21, 2015, 06:01:58 am
I hardly know where to begin with all the new games I have.  I don't even want to know what the grand total came to.  I had a large backlog already. >.<
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 21, 2015, 01:03:16 pm
Finally decided to try out Dark Souls II.

I'm a big fan of the first game, and the things I'd heard about the second made me averse to trying it, thinking that I would just be endlessly disappointed.

Well, I would guess I'm about halfway through the game at this point, and it's fun. Not as deep or engaging as the first game, but still fun.

It does seem to be a whole hell of a lot easier though. That might be because I've played the first game and therefore know how to play a Dark Souls game... but a large number of bosses seemed to go down in one try, and that doesn't seem very Dark Souls to me. The levels also seem smaller and more linear... which is ironic, considering how hard this game is trying to present an "open world" experience.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on June 21, 2015, 02:43:13 pm
Playing H1Z1 with some friends...While we search for hours for a car on a PVE server, the first time I spawned on a PvP I found one after five minutes and a second one shortly there after...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 21, 2015, 04:20:17 pm
In order to prevent any future confusion, I'd like to present the following abbreviations for games beginning with "World of" and other thing starting with"Wo":
WoW - World of Warcraft
WoT - World of Tanks
WoP - World of WarPlanes
WoS - World of WarShips
WoG - World of Goo
WoD - Wings of Dawn
WiH - War in Heaven

(because I was bored  :P)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on June 21, 2015, 06:40:40 pm
What the **** is World of Goo
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on June 21, 2015, 06:44:04 pm
A good and cute game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 21, 2015, 07:10:28 pm
What the **** is World of Goo

http://store.steampowered.com/app/22000/

It's great! It's a physics-based bridge and structure building puzzle game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on June 22, 2015, 01:59:14 am
In order to prevent any future confusion, I'd like to present the following abbreviations for games beginning with "World of" and other thing starting with"Wo":
WoW - World of Warcraft
WoT - World of Tanks
WoP - World of WarPlanes
WoS - World of WarShips
WoG - World of Goo
WoD - Wings of Dawn
WiH - War in Heaven

(because I was bored  :P)

I usually use WoWs for Warships
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 22, 2015, 02:17:47 am
Rocksmith 2014 for the past fortnight. Imported  my original Rocksmith songs and added the Bon Jovi pack and some select Queen ballads.


Much much better than the original.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on June 22, 2015, 04:34:03 am
So, I just finished off GTA 5.
Must better than I was originally expecting.
The heists were the best part of it.

Now, I'll be getting back to Alien Isolation and Hyper Dimension Neptunia Rebirth1 on the PC.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on June 22, 2015, 07:38:32 am
So, I just finished off GTA 5.
Must better than I was originally expecting.
The heists were the best part of it.

Now, I'll be getting back to Alien Isolation and Hyper Dimension Neptunia Rebirth1 on the PC.

Have you dabbled any in the online heists?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BirdofPrey on June 22, 2015, 07:58:57 am
In order to prevent any future confusion, I'd like to present the following abbreviations for games beginning with "World of" and other thing starting with"Wo":
WoW - World of Warcraft
WoT - World of Tanks
WoP - World of WarPlanes
WoS - World of WarShips
WoG - World of Goo
WoD - Wings of Dawn
WiH - War in Heaven

(because I was bored  :P)
And I submit that MW2 is and has always been MechWarrior 2.  not Modern Warfare 2
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wobble73 on June 22, 2015, 10:09:33 am
In order to prevent any future confusion, I'd like to present the following abbreviations for games beginning with "World of" and other thing starting with"Wo":
WoW - World of Warcraft
WoT - World of Tanks
WoP - World of WarPlanes
WoS - World of WarShips
WoG - World of Goo
WoD - Wings of Dawn
WiH - War in Heaven

(because I was bored  :P)
And I submit that MW2 is and has always been MechWarrior 2.  not Modern Warfare 2

Of course because Modern Warfare 2 would be COD:MW2
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 22, 2015, 11:33:07 am
And I submit that MW2 is and has always been MechWarrior 2.  not Modern Warfare 2

You. I like you.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on June 22, 2015, 10:57:36 pm
So, I just finished off GTA 5.
Must better than I was originally expecting.
The heists were the best part of it.

Now, I'll be getting back to Alien Isolation and Hyper Dimension Neptunia Rebirth1 on the PC.

Have you dabbled any in the online heists?

I haven't yet. While I did create a character, I was more focused on the story of the main game.
I'm not sure what to do now that I have this ridiculous amount of money, though.

The online game might be interesting if the heists are anything like the main story.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on June 23, 2015, 07:31:15 am
Well...
...they are
Cutscenes, setup missions, actual heist. You'll have plenty to spend the money online though
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 23, 2015, 08:14:14 pm
Tiberian Sun. I made my first and so far only Origin purchase and got the entire Command and Conquer set for myself. Tiberian Sun was probably my favorite of the series from a gameplay perspective. 3 is great, but there's a little too much modern RTS in it some days; Tiberian Dawn's age and minimalism occasionally frustrates; RA 1 is better in some ways but on balance not quite as amusing.

It was also, I think, the last game with good music. While the height of RTS music and Command and Conquer music was obviously Red Alert 1, with pretty much no bad tracks and several that are evocative like nothing else I've ever heard (to this day, one of my standards of comparison is Run), Tiberian Sun's music managed to be almost as good while being suitably different and atmospheric to its setting. And I doubt I'll ever hear Valves (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz4k6Z0ucSA) without wondering where the sidebar is because it's time to do basebuilding, or Deploy Machines (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXHDNvni0uo) without thinking "oh god CABAL core defender".

I do notice that they've tinkered with a number of the balance features for the is release. I remember the Orca bomber being a part of the game as early as the attack on Vega, and certainly by Hammerfest, but I haven't unlocked it yet. I also think I should have Orca Carryalls by now. I have some very fond of memories of going "lolstrategicmobility".

Conversely, Seeker drones are every bit as much bull**** as I remember them to be.
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Post by: StarSlayer on June 23, 2015, 09:05:09 pm
March of the Caterpillar War Machine
(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/cnc/images/0/0d/Titan_CC2_Cine1.jpg/revision/20101218024146)
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 24, 2015, 08:40:28 am
I had a hard time getting through the earlier CnC games.  I just couldn't handle the tedious outdated-ness.  I was introduced to the series at RA2, followed by Generals.  Going back to the first ones via The First Decade pack was like playing Doom after Crysis.  Tiberian Sun I enjoyed, but still not quite as much as the new ones.  Not enough to draw me back for multiple replays like the later ones.  It was like the bridge from the first generation to RA2 and beyond.

Anywho, I think I've decided my next game will be Assassin's Creed II.  Or maybe the Borderlands II DLC.  Or Far Cry 3 or Metro: Last Light.  Gaaaaaahh goddamnit too many exciting games in my backlog.  Of course I still need to finish Metroid Prime.  Close to the end but new project starting at work (= drastic reduction in free time) and the steam sale distracted me.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on June 24, 2015, 08:06:32 pm
I finally got into xenonauts more. I don't know whats up with those first missions, but despite knowing xcom kinda well, I would still easily lose rookies. I'm liking the art the longer I play and I get excited over laser weapons even if I probablly know the entire techtree already from xcom. Why? No idea. But it's cool.
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Post by: BirdofPrey on June 26, 2015, 08:37:00 pm
Awwww man, **** is going down in the EvE RP community,  and my corp is in the middle of it.
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Post by: headdie on June 27, 2015, 05:04:53 am
Just finished a high Chaos run on Dishonored and now moving onto the next game that interests me on my steam sale purchases, Unreal Tournament III
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Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on June 27, 2015, 09:45:26 am
Awwww man, **** is going down in the EvE RP community,  and my corp is in the middle of it.

Very interesting stuff! It makes me happy to see CCP actually getting involved, although I'm following mostly from a secondhand perspective as I'm very staunchly one account one character (as stupid as that is in EVE) and my character is very far removed from events at the moment.
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Post by: CP5670 on July 03, 2015, 01:33:46 pm
I just finished Broken Age and Red Faction Armageddon. The former is good, but not great. Excellent art style and humor, but the game tends to alternate between a good story (first act) and good puzzles (second act), and has a limited number of areas to explore. I thought the story could have been much better at the halfway point, when it wasn't clear if either character's world was real.

Armageddon was surprisingly good. It's a generic shooter but does that very well. The physics are fantastic and I like how you can rebuild anything you destroy, which gives an incentive to destroy more stuff. I haven't played the previous RF games but want to try them now, especially Guerrilla.
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Post by: General Battuta on July 03, 2015, 01:34:35 pm
Guerillowns.
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Post by: Mongoose on July 03, 2015, 01:58:27 pm
The original is decent enough if you view it as a product of its time, i.e. something trying very hard to be Half-Life.  The second is...well, "mediocre" might be giving it too much praise.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on July 03, 2015, 02:08:02 pm
While providing lots of open world geomod driven mayhem, Guerrilla has such goddamn depressing atmosphere, and for no reason, that I couldn't enjoy it as much as I'd like.
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on July 03, 2015, 04:28:52 pm
While providing lots of open world geomod driven mayhem, Guerrilla has such goddamn depressing atmosphere, and for no reason, that I couldn't enjoy it as much as I'd like.
Really? I didn't exactly get much emotional response for Guerilla's atmosphere, although that might have been due to the fact that the game was ****ing stuck on french (as in, both Steam and my system's language were set to english, but nooo, you shall get french crap-acting anyway!), kindly reminding me why I avoid french-translated media like the plague.


Aside from that, I though the game was quite well put together, and I shall forever nickname it "Moving Forward" or "Moving in a straight line" due to the algorithm you can follow when moving about the world:
1)- Move straight towards destination
2)- If encountering an obstacle
3)-   If the obstacle is a wall or building
4)-     Use hammer
5)-     Go to 1)
6)-   else if the obstacle is a cliff
7)-     Use jetpack
8)-     Go to 1)
9)-   else
10)-   walk in another direction for a while then go to 1)
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 04, 2015, 02:22:28 am
Despite it not living up to its name (stealthy guerrilla attacks just aren't possible, you WILL get swarmed), RF Guerrilla remains one of the absolute best games in my library.  It's going to get another playthrough here soon.
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Post by: InsaneBaron on July 04, 2015, 09:55:03 am
Playing H.A.W.X. while waiting for the latest AC7 rumor to sink or swim. Hawx is good, it's just not Ace Combat good.

Seriously, Hawx game mechanics are basically Ace Combat game mechanics with two additions: Enhanced Reality System (ERS) and Assistance Off (or OFF Mode), both of which actually contribute something fun. (Hawx mission design is somewhat less AC-ish, but that's another matter). A big part of me wishes that when Project Aces wanted "new mechanics" for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, they had been the ones to come up with ERS and OFF, while Ubisoft had come up with Dogfight Mode and Airstrike Mode for Hawx instead. Assault Horizon would only have been 50% of the failure it is, PA would be a lot richer, and we might be seeing a real AC7 instead of the series going free-to-play. Although that would mean Hawx would be crap.
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Post by: General Battuta on July 04, 2015, 11:48:46 am
Despite it not living up to its name (stealthy guerrilla attacks just aren't possible, you WILL get swarmed), RF Guerrilla remains one of the absolute best games in my library.  It's going to get another playthrough here soon.

You can pull off true gue guerillattacks by going all Iraq and driving truck bombs into barracks or rigging big **** to fall over. You've just got to bail really quick, because like you said the EDF responds pretty fast. It's kind of a cool dynamic, having to consider your escape route.

I also loved sniping the stabilizers off the EDF gunships.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 04, 2015, 01:10:46 pm
I always wanted to be able to sneak into a target, plant charges to bring something big down, and sneak back out before blowing it.  That was never possible.  At least not on any major targets.  I'd spend like an hour scouting and planning an attack, finding all the seemingly stealth cues (holes in the fence and whatnot), and it still never mattered.  10 feet inside, spotted.  10 seconds later, massive swarm.  Forget the planned escape route, it was find a vehicle or die instantly.
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Post by: General Battuta on July 04, 2015, 01:21:11 pm
Sneaking into hugely guarded installations without any kind of backup or chaos is, indeed, not a good plan. It's a good game for guerrilla **** but a bad game for sabotage.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 05, 2015, 04:34:50 pm
I prefer the score attack round myself.

Buuuuuuut mostly playing vega conflict on my phone.

Absolutely no plot,  but I somehow found myself addicted to 2D space Homeworld meets clash of clans.
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Post by: Mongoose on July 05, 2015, 05:10:38 pm
The second quest of the original Legend of Zelda, because I'm a masochist.

And then most likely Zelda II, because I'm a huge masochist.
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Post by: Sushi on July 06, 2015, 12:24:55 am
Stuff I've been playing lately:

FTL - Turns out this is every bit as good as everyone says. Much fun has been had, even if only one victory (so far). I love how long you can manage to stave off utter defeat. Even when things look hopeless, you can usually limp a sector or two further than you'd guess. It's a brilliant example of letting things get bad, and then worse, but still giving you a chance to hang on... and maybe, with the right luck, pull off a crazy comeback. My only victorious game so far was one where I ran out of fuel, and had to wait for the rebel fleet to catch me, shoot one down, steal it's fuel, and then run to the next sector. I pulled it off, found/bought enough gas to keep going after that, and went on to eventual victory.
The main frustration I have is how dependent I am on running into stores that sell items I can actually use. It's a real pain to be doing great in terms of making good decisions and winning battles, only to end up losing because there weren't any weapons worth buying in the first five sectors.

The Force Unleashed - Mostly had a lot of fun with this. Turning stormtroopers into lightning bombs and flinging them around is good times, and the story worked better than I thought it would. The boss fights were shockingly bad though.

Force Unleashed II - Pretty disappointing followup. Core game mechanics were somewhat better streamlined but what a stupid story.
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Post by: BirdofPrey on July 06, 2015, 12:39:47 am
Yeah, I hate that when I have a ship that is doing GREAT, but end up at a stalemate because I haven't managed to get any weaponry that can break or bypass 3-4 shield layers.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 06, 2015, 01:34:20 am
The second quest of the original Legend of Zelda, because I'm a masochist.

And then most likely Zelda II, because I'm a huge masochist.

I tried playing the original zelda on my 3DS not long ago.  It has not aged well.  I'm pretty sure I played and beat Zelda on the NES waaaaaaay back when I was a wee lad, but it's not like I remember.  I wonder if either the game I played wasn't the original Zelda (maybe II?), or if my memory is really that faulty. 
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Post by: Mongoose on July 06, 2015, 02:17:24 am
The main issue with it is that you pretty much need at least a map of the overworld to get through it, lest you want to bomb/burn every single tile in order to find certain NPCs and dungeons.  (Hey, they had to keep those issues of Nintendo Power selling somehow!)   The lack of a spin attack also makes certain enemies far more frustrating to fight than they would be otherwise; Darknuts in particular seem to love getting right up in your face whenever you try to sneak in and hit their sides or back.
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on July 06, 2015, 02:52:18 am
Darknuts in Zelda II were much more a pain in the arse until I got the downthrust. (Full disclosure: I made it as far as Death Valley and got my arse handily kicked. Not helping is that "saving" adds 1 to the death counter.) Made me forget why I had fun with Wanderers from Ys more.

Anyway, Flight Simulator X (I can't land in the Oakland Coliseum and even then, the diamond isn't even the floor), and Phantasy Star IV. Plus, Tecmo Super Bowl (the 2014-15 season hack, I can't beat the Seahawks as the Falcons in the Divisional Playoffs, gragh!).
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Post by: Mongoose on July 06, 2015, 02:32:52 pm
Put in Bo Jackson!
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Post by: Kobrar44 on July 06, 2015, 06:51:49 pm
Oh, Xenonauts. Its January 1st and I'm in a pretty dire position. I made an ill decision to build a new base a month which has proved itself impractical once I reached mere 3 bases. The third one has just received two old Condors since the other two managed to build themselves a corsair each just before I went -300.000$ and lost two continents. I have a full laser/wolf squad, but I doubt I can make it anymore, as hardened enemies seem to require plasma weapons to be handled safely.
So I think I will start over. I think I will change my approach a little. I have now knowledge of how to utilize the classes and all the equipment, so I will try to have a high tech, veteran squad in my main base. The rest of the bases would primarily serve as aircraft outposts, since I realised the difference between recovered equipment and bombing reward isn't all that great compared to the cost of proper equipment in a short run. A small squad equipped with leftovers should work well enough for defence, and if I will be able to shoot down a ship every couple days for every base, they should be able to pay for themselves. Can work. Will try.
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Post by: SypheDMar on July 10, 2015, 12:23:17 am
Lots of Super Smash Bros. Project M. Gearing up for an out-of-state tournament on Saturday.
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on July 10, 2015, 02:37:09 am
Chuck's Challenge. Kinda like Chip's Challenge, but it ain't the same.

Wait. Chip's Challenge is back on Steam? And the long-"lost"* sequel? (http://store.steampowered.com/app/346850/)

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-GHX8dvuFUQ/hqdefault.jpg)

* "lost" may not be the correct word to explain it.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on July 10, 2015, 03:55:36 am
Part of me likes that a lot, and part of me is saying "Ew, new graphics."

Hmmm...  :blah:
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Post by: FlamingCobra on July 14, 2015, 03:20:36 pm
Secret of Mana for SNES. On my PC. With my brand new Dualshock 4.

Also I finished Kingdom Hearts for the first time two weeks ago and began Chain of Memories (PS2).
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 14, 2015, 04:42:41 pm
Still vega conflict.

But waiting for fallout shelter on Android...... This week I hear through the grapevine.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 14, 2015, 09:11:14 pm
But waiting for fallout shelter on Android...... This week I hear through the grapevine.

Oooh! I hear that's supposed to be pretty fun.
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Post by: Scotty on July 18, 2015, 10:13:13 pm
D&D 5e, as GM.

Today, the party was enslaved by orc pirates, led by an 8th level warlock named Marloz the Witch.  The party is currently 1st level.  They wisely decided that escape was not the best course of action.  Now they're the vanguard of an orc pirate raiding party.

It's a good party.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on July 19, 2015, 02:51:58 am
Finally achieved 111% completion on The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The Real Platinum God achievement is mine!  :cool:
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Post by: Jeff Vader on July 19, 2015, 06:44:46 am
Witcher 3.
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Post by: Vrets on July 19, 2015, 08:47:24 pm
"Spec Ops: The Line" on the advice of my retarded hipster friends.

I played the first thirty minutes and then gave up. Just another generic military shooter with a generic plot in the middle east
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Post by: General Battuta on July 19, 2015, 09:04:11 pm
"Spec Ops: The Line" on the advice of my retarded hipster friends.

I played the first thirty minutes and then gave up. Just another generic military shooter with a generic plot in the middle east

This is such a strange wrong opinion I can't tell if I'm falling for bait, The Line has a lot of flaws but nothing about the plot turns out generic.
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Post by: Phantom Hoover on July 19, 2015, 09:09:55 pm
I guess it's a generic take on Heart of Darkness except when it totally isn't.
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Post by: General Battuta on July 19, 2015, 09:55:05 pm
It's like Heart of Darkness meets...Fight Club? The Machinist?

I think it's an easy game to criticize on fictional grounds, but it tried real hard, which I admire.

I love the metafictional puncture in the second helicopter sequence.
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Post by: deathfun on July 19, 2015, 10:18:51 pm
"Spec Ops: The Line" on the advice of my retarded hipster friends.

I played the first thirty minutes and then gave up. Just another generic military shooter with a generic plot in the middle east

Should probably let the plot develop a little further than just thirty minutes. As for generic military shooter, not a lot you can do mechanics wise in that setting
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on July 19, 2015, 11:35:28 pm
Yeah, uh, I think you start hitting the important stuff, like, right after the 30-minute mark. I played through it for the first time recently myself and it is absolutely a unique experience.

You should give it a little more time to pull the rug out from under you!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 20, 2015, 09:10:00 pm
Should probably let the plot develop a little further than just thirty minutes. As for generic military shooter, not a lot you can do mechanics wise in that setting

I... fourth(?) that suggestion. It's really a good game, give it more of a chance.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 21, 2015, 05:09:28 pm
That crispy bit......The non look they give you.....



I'm playing/reading an android game called lifeline.

Basically, you receive mayday transmissions / texts from someone stranded on a barren moon and offer advice on their situations. Fourth wall stuff.


It's short but very engaging.



No fallout shelter yet :nono:
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Post by: potterman28wxcv on July 21, 2015, 05:41:42 pm
I decided to try out the WipEout series ; started by the very first one (the DOS version). That's hardcore as **** (maybe the hardest arcade racing game I have ever played), but damn I love it  ;)
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 21, 2015, 11:52:00 pm
Speaking of Android games:
Final Fantasy Record Keeper. Build simple teams of characters from all the FF games and play just battles, all of the battles. The battle system is a bit simplified, but it's pretty fun. The pay system is actually really innocuous! "Stamina" recovers quickly, and real money currency is not needed, so far at least.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 22, 2015, 01:21:01 am
I was all over that a while back.
Nice to see all the modern characters in a snes style.
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Post by: Mammothtank on July 22, 2015, 07:40:04 am
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion or rather the mod Star Trek Armada III for it. God damn they went above and beyond with that mod.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on July 22, 2015, 09:19:06 pm
Getting ready for Operation Endgame in Xenonauts. It has some inconsistencies here and there, but bloody hell it's good. Fun fun fun.

Also, some Hostile Waters from a giveaway. Mission 8/10, 5 different units, 2 combatant, 3 weapons. Underwhelming. I'd kill for a dual weapon chopper but whatever. I'll need to find other, more developed game like that with multiplayer at some point.
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Post by: InsaneBaron on July 23, 2015, 11:33:55 am
Star Wars: Republic Commando. Excellent game; graphics are a little on the old side, but not painfully so; the AI is cutting-edge for its era and better than some modern games; the squad command mechanics are advanced, intuitive, and practical (how many FPSs make you wish you could tell your buddies "That's a good sniper spot, use it!" or just "STAY THERE until I tell you otherwise?"). And it's Star Wars, so bonus points for that.

Oh, and the MUSIC. Holy cow. 50% John Williams, 50% scary-awesome Mando'a war chants that I can't get out of my head.
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Post by: General Battuta on July 23, 2015, 11:46:45 am
Like FEAR, the AI is rudimentary but the synergy between AI, animation, audio, and level design is exquisite - which is the showmanship and performance that makes for good game AI.
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Post by: StarSlayer on July 23, 2015, 01:16:36 pm
Star Wars: Republic Commando. Excellent game; graphics are a little on the old side, but not painfully so; the AI is cutting-edge for its era and better than some modern games; the squad command mechanics are advanced, intuitive, and practical (how many FPSs make you wish you could tell your buddies "That's a good sniper spot, use it!" or just "STAY THERE until I tell you otherwise?"). And it's Star Wars, so bonus points for that.

Oh, and the MUSIC. Holy cow. 50% John Williams, 50% scary-awesome Mando'a war chants that I can't get out of my head.

Bonus points for portraying the Battledroids as credible OpFor instead of team slapstick. Super Battle Droids drop the Bass.
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Post by: Deepstar on July 23, 2015, 03:41:18 pm
Sometimes Titanfall and i nearly finished all regeneration challenges of Generation Two. At the moment i am at Level 30 in Gen2.

Also i started a new seven year long career in F1 2010 and finished the first four races. I play on Intermediate and 50% race lenght and won all four of them... even i had luck in Malaysia that it starts to rain during the race and i changed to Rain tyres instead of intermediates like the other pilots. So i was able to end this race without another pit stop. All others went to pits three laps before the end, because it gets too wet for intermedies ^^.
The next race is Catalunya, Spain, there i was never able to get a good position, because the AI is much faster there. I hope i am better this time :).

Also i am playing The World ends with you on the NDS right now and i am in the middle of the Third Day. A very strange game... and i have big problems to handle both Battles (top and bottom-screen) at the same time :/.
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Post by: An4ximandros on July 23, 2015, 07:02:22 pm
The Empire at War re(make) mod for Forces of Corruption. Even though it is just a beta right now, it blows all the other mods I have played so far out of the water (specially the finished new death animations, the ships drift off the play area while burning up for a while before exploding.)
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Post by: BirdofPrey on July 24, 2015, 12:36:26 am
Empire at War remake?
say what now?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on July 24, 2015, 02:22:58 am
Finishing up Batman: Arkham Origins .... will finally get to the good stuff with Asylum; too bad there is going to be City in the way before I can get to Knight

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Post by: TechnoD11 on July 25, 2015, 12:57:06 pm
Been playing a lot of world of tanks recently with my new clan, RELIC.

(http://wotlabs.net/sig_cust/3021FF//na/TechnoD11/signature.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on July 25, 2015, 04:01:16 pm
Empire at War remake?
say what now?
This thingy http://www.moddb.com/mods/empire-at-war-re
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BirdofPrey on July 25, 2015, 04:57:55 pm
As much as I do enjoy the Consortium, what I really would like is to be able to do a galactic conquest with the new Rebell and Empire units but without having to worry about the Consortium randomly blowing up my structures.

Also Space Skirmish mode in FoC is a bit unbalanced at the start since X-Wings get handily trounced by Tie Interceptors any mod that redoes that, should make standard Ties the starting unit again, and move Interceptors to the same tech level as A-Wings.


I've actually been playing the Republic at War mod for FoC, and it isn't too bad, though I am a bit disappointed that Acclamators don't seem to be all that effective.  It's kind of neat how they have restricted certain structures to certain planets, no longer can you mine everywhere, though you have farms and refineries for money now too, and heavy vehicles are now treated like capital ships where you can only build them on certain planets.

Not sure the balance is very good, but it's reasonably fun.
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on July 25, 2015, 11:44:37 pm
Part of me likes that a lot, and part of me is saying "Ew, new graphics."

Hmmm...  :blah:

Yeah, regarding the Chip's Challenge bit, apparently, the GFX is based off of the Atari Lynx set (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbheItMR2vg). It's the music I should be more worried about.

Anyway, Mass Effect 1. *bleep*, I forgot how awful the inventory system was. *mumble mumble sort function mumble...*
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Post by: An4ximandros on July 26, 2015, 11:51:46 am
As much as I do enjoy the Consortium, what I really would like is to be able to do a galactic conquest with the new Rebell and Empire units but without having to worry about the Consortium randomly blowing up my structures.

Also Space Skirmish mode in FoC is a bit unbalanced at the start since X-Wings get handily trounced by Tie Interceptors any mod that redoes that, should make standard Ties the starting unit again, and move Interceptors to the same tech level as A-Wings.


I've actually been playing the Republic at War mod for FoC, and it isn't too bad, though I am a bit disappointed that Acclamators don't seem to be all that effective.  It's kind of neat how they have restricted certain structures to certain planets, no longer can you mine everywhere, though you have farms and refineries for money now too, and heavy vehicles are now treated like capital ships where you can only build them on certain planets.

Not sure the balance is very good, but it's reasonably fun.
The mod disables the sabotage ability completely
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Post by: crizza on July 26, 2015, 02:34:36 pm
Star Wars: Republic Commando. Excellent game; graphics are a little on the old side, but not painfully so; the AI is cutting-edge for its era and better than some modern games; the squad command mechanics are advanced, intuitive, and practical (how many FPSs make you wish you could tell your buddies "That's a good sniper spot, use it!" or just "STAY THERE until I tell you otherwise?"). And it's Star Wars, so bonus points for that.

Oh, and the MUSIC. Holy cow. 50% John Williams, 50% scary-awesome Mando'a war chants that I can't get out of my head.

Bonus points for portraying the Battledroids as credible OpFor instead of team slapstick. Super Battle Droids drop the Bass.
Having reinstalled this half an hour ago^^
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Post by: Kobrar44 on July 27, 2015, 03:27:30 am
Finished Xenonauts. That last mission. Not long, but so damn crazy. I did not realize all the objectives so I left all behind. They carried out their task so well and they died because their commander couldn't figure out how to get them out.
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Post by: FlamingCobra on July 27, 2015, 10:26:50 am
Finished Riku's story in Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories last night. I'll be starting on 358/2 Days this week.
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Post by: deathspeed on August 01, 2015, 10:27:29 pm
After seeing it mentioned on a few threads on HLP, I decide to fire up Sins of a Solar Empire, and was shocked to find that I don't own it!  I think I had it mixed up with Sword of the Stars, which I played only once and did not enjoy.  So now Sins is on my Steam wishlist, waiting for a sale.
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Post by: Mammothtank on August 01, 2015, 10:48:37 pm
I personally enjoyed Sword of the Star's II more than the first one, even though the 2nd is tad harder than its predecessor.
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Post by: deathspeed on August 02, 2015, 12:16:34 am
The first one was too hard for me.  :)  I'm not generally a fan of turn-based games, anyway; I prefer to be able to respond to things as they happen, rather than be punished for guessing wrong.

Anyone who wants my copy of SOTS in the original box can have it for the cost of shipping.
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Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on August 04, 2015, 02:36:07 pm
Was watching a friend play some Elite: Dangerous...

Docked at Battuta Port.

>.>

<.<
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Post by: Mongoose on August 04, 2015, 02:46:00 pm
giggity
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Post by: Dark Hunter on August 04, 2015, 08:34:01 pm
Playing Galactic Civ II again.

Fantastic game going. I have more colonies and population than anyone else, my approval among the people is near-perfect, my economy neck-to-neck with the other two strongest in the galaxy, I have a greater industrial base than everyone else combined, and I'm on good diplomatic terms with all the most powerful civs. My military is pretty weak, but if anyone dares attack me I can sic the two military superpowers on them in my stead, and they know that. Things are going great...

"Woe to us all, the Dread Lords have returned."

Mother... ****er... :banghead:
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Post by: -Sara- on August 07, 2015, 07:15:39 am
I went to play Grand Theft Auto Online with the boyfriend, but he's horrible at it. He's more into things like Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Uncharted, Beyond Two Souls and so on, which I'm not. I think he mistook the third person gameplay and storyline of GTA for being a similar game, which it simply isn't.
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on August 07, 2015, 07:39:37 pm
I got sick of Mass Effect 3 (as far as my Insane Infiltrator run goes [which was just Mantis/Black Widow kills everything], I don't care that I stopped at the Marauder Shields cheap shot), so back going through the Metroid Prime Trilogy (just got the Space Jump Boots in 1).


EDIT: I just beat Prime 1, 91% in 07:34 on Veteran (GCN Normal). Would have been 6:45 had I not been futzing around looking for things.
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Post by: Vrets on August 08, 2015, 03:51:49 pm
Playing Alien Isolation on "AAAA AAA OH GOD" difficulty level.

Or whatever they named the new harder-than-hard difficulty that was introduced.
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Post by: Mammothtank on August 10, 2015, 02:28:45 am
I got sick of Mass Effect 3 (as far as my Insane Infiltrator run goes [which was just Mantis/Black Widow kills everything], I don't care that I stopped at the Marauder Shields cheap shot), so back going through the Metroid Prime Trilogy (just got the Space Jump Boots in 1).

I wish I had the Prime trilogy and/or Prime Hunter's (which is really good). My friend keeps telling me how great the first two are.
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Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on August 10, 2015, 08:56:53 pm
Rocket League, because who doesn't like rocket car soccer?
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Post by: Sololop on August 12, 2015, 03:57:56 pm
Not playing yet, and I don't know where else to talk about it so thought I'd blurb here. I'm making a pen-and-paper RPG (Think D&D) but based around space exploration and combat. The system is based on the World of Darkness (Because Dot systems are soo easy) and the campaign is being heavily based on Freespace 2. The gameplay will be a combination of Freespace 2 style Capital Ship Combat crossed with Star Trek influences, especially when it comes to away teams and such. However, it will also incorporate capture of vessels, (requiring breaching in some cases) CQB, Scientific Exploration, Policing, Medical Relief, and anything else you could think a non-wartime spaceship would be needed for.

I'm pretty excited.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 12, 2015, 04:10:44 pm
Less star trek away teams and more starship troopers ( first movie) drop ship squads please.....
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Post by: Sololop on August 12, 2015, 04:29:59 pm
Less star trek away teams and more starship troopers ( first movie) drop ship squads please.....

Basically this. The players will be armed with powerful laser weapons when in combat situations, complete with armour and in some cases, power armour, when available. There will be times when no weapons are necessary, or other times when you have to breach your way in. Mind you, these are players, so they could end up just blowing everything up anyway. Will still be fun, though.
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Post by: JerichoDeath on August 13, 2015, 02:05:40 pm
Fallout: New Vegas

I'm trying it out this time with mods on my computer.
I get a CTD about once every couple of hours, but I save so often that it doesn't matter too much.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on August 13, 2015, 02:48:42 pm
Fallout: New Vegas

I'm trying it out this time with mods on my computer.
I get a CTD about once every couple of hours, but I save so often that it doesn't matter too much.
Are you using New Vegas Anti-Crash (http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/53635/?) (and New Vegas Stutter Remover (http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/34832/?))?
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Post by: An4ximandros on August 13, 2015, 09:15:44 pm
New Vegas with all DLC. The world will burn again! Or at least the NCR and the Legion will. Now, where are my f***ing coffe cups...
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 17, 2015, 05:12:53 am
Fallout shelter.

On Android

My pre - wife has her I pad back and is content. .
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Post by: Blue Lion on August 19, 2015, 08:44:59 pm
Couldn't get that to play without constant crashes. Gave up.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 20, 2015, 07:14:38 am
Works ok on note 3 phone.
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Post by: headdie on August 20, 2015, 04:36:29 pm
WoT, Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 20, 2015, 08:24:04 pm
Every time I think AC II is about to end, it keeps going.  Most games this would be a good thing, but this one turned tedious a while ago.
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Post by: Jeff Vader on August 21, 2015, 12:32:02 am
KOTOR 2: ****lords.

Actually I like this game. I wonder why I didn't start playing it earlier.
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Post by: Mongoose on August 25, 2015, 04:37:46 pm
Finally picking up Mirror's Edge.  Plz moar hardcoar parkour.
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Post by: StarSlayer on August 25, 2015, 04:52:11 pm
Started playing WoT again.  Bit the bullet and power ground for the 105mm for my M46, that was not fun.  Only 50K XP for the top turret and engine, huzzah.  Everything I've read indicates the fully upgraded she should be a super fun beasty, hopefully I can start rebuilding my stats :P
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on August 25, 2015, 08:36:55 pm
Going through Final Fantasy 1 (just restored the Water Crystal) and 6 (f__king octopus cheap-shot tentacles) on emu. Picked up Jane's Longbow again, trying to do the six historical Desert Storm missions (I managed to do the Normandy op on my first try, now I just feel too close to tank formations along my route).
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Post by: Mongoose on August 25, 2015, 11:20:30 pm
and 6 (f__king octopus cheap-shot tentacles)
<3 Ultros (https://youtu.be/260oetpb9mM)
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Post by: Turambar on August 25, 2015, 11:34:03 pm
Beat my Rome campaign.  Playing some Borderlands Presequel and some Grim Dawn.  Intending to get back and finish Witcher 3 soon.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 26, 2015, 11:25:59 am
Been playing Shadowrun: Hong Kong between writing my BA-thesis ... Currently on the last run before a point of no return...

It is better than the original Shadowrun Returns, but still can't hold a candle to Dargonfall:
Spoiler:
I am currently at the point of the story before you go after the guy that "killed" your character's foster father (quotation marks because in Shadowrun it's always a "show me the body"-situation), but the main thrust in the background is pretty much revealed in strokes and strokes. Unlike Dragonfall, which did the same, there is hardly any mystery around the whole thing because the things slide together so neatly from get go - the Yama Kings are obviously bad news Tsang Mechanical Services obviously made them their point of entry etc etc, all that I am missing right now is the how, why and who is paying.
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Post by: JerichoDeath on August 26, 2015, 09:43:28 pm
Also playing Shadowrun: Hong Kong
Favorite weapon?
Spoiler:
The Prototype Laser Sniper
... and I like how much history you can get into with your character, though it does throw a firm wrench into my tendency to roleplay my character as being the same person throughout the games.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 27, 2015, 03:26:53 am
Also playing Shadowrun: Hong Kong
Favorite weapon?

No weapon, Rigger+Decker with Cyberdeck and 2 Drones (each drone has two AP for the cost of one to your PC, and you can spend almost all your character advancement in the Intelligence tree)

... and I like how much history you can get into with your character, though it does throw a firm wrench into my tendency to roleplay my character as being the same person throughout the games.

It's one of the strong points of the narrative :)
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Post by: StarSlayer on August 28, 2015, 11:26:46 am
Okay the 105mm makes the tank.  Have the top turret and I am closing in on the top engine, which will be great since the middle one is a little pokey.  Running BIA, Cola and Vents M46's DPM is amazing.

Plus it looks like they are fixing the turret bloat in 9.10:

(https://i2.wp.com/i.imgur.com/LCqXeTT.png)

Sexy Tonk!
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Post by: Mongoose on August 29, 2015, 04:37:14 pm
Finished Mirror's Edge.  It was a fun ride, albeit somewhat short.  It reminds me a great deal of the original Portal, in that both games serve as proofs-of-concept for an awesome central mechanic that could be expanded upon in many ways.  (Maybe it's no coincidence that both games also feature vocal credits tracks named "Still Alive.")  Hopefully the upcoming sequel will manage to do it justice.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 29, 2015, 05:15:03 pm
Finished Shadowrun Hong Kong ...

It is formualic but in a good way when it comes down to it; there is some cringeworthy stuff with the narrative (basically you are shown some of the major plotpoints too early, which in turn allows a good look at the formula underneath and in finale leaves you with "right I talked about an alternate solution for this with X at the beginning of Act 2") but its had a decent cast and it is suprisingly capable of allowing you to choose how much stake you have in the events unfolding WITHOUT a tropy pitfall.

What I am most disappointed about is, given the setting how little visually striking elements were to be seen; which is mostly the fault of the "descriptive text"-approach to narrating major points of the story. (Which in turn is a limitation of their engine, which works very well for the rest of the game).

Still can't hold a candle to Dragonfall, but not the worst HBS has turned out.


I think I am in the mood for another playthrough of Jade Empire now...
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Post by: An4ximandros on August 29, 2015, 10:42:19 pm
Planetary Annihilation: Titans

Hory shet, the entitlement oozing from the Early Access buyers who want Kickstarter backer rewards is brain melting and infurating.

Aside form that, the game is awesome. Everything is awesome. Especially the Ragnarok! :p
Loads of new stuff, loads of optimization, loads of units.

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Post by: Kobrar44 on September 01, 2015, 08:04:49 am
Assassins Creed. So death resets my mission progress, which is understandable, but also resets my mission intro, which forces me to listen to it again for no reason, but doesnt reset my throwing knives, so I have to restock every time. Most annoying. It is also very difficult to lose the guards once they lock onto you and any solution to this situation is more tedious than it needs to be.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 02, 2015, 11:28:25 am
It took me a while to figure out I could restock knives by pickpocketing the thugs instead of having to return to Masyaf every time.
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Post by: Mammothtank on September 04, 2015, 03:48:48 am
Completely forgot the AEUG hijack the Gryps Cannon in MSG: Zeta. My Neo Zeon force's just got a big face full of super laser. Dang hard Japanese strategy games.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 04, 2015, 10:23:44 am
Finally started Majora's Mask 3D.  So much nostalgia.  Occasionally rudely interrupted by the sprinkling of little things that were ever so slightly re-designed for no apparent reason.  Just that little 'SOMETHING IS WRONG!' feeling that sits in the pit of my stomach and makes my eye twitch.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 05, 2015, 12:48:03 am
Treated myself to a ps4 mgsv edition (metallic maroon with gold trim) and the phantom pain. 

Had it half a week and barely out of the box.

I'm not even married yet  :banghead:
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Post by: Wobble73 on September 07, 2015, 08:30:47 am
Treated myself to a ps4 mgsv edition (metallic maroon with gold trim) and the phantom pain. 

Had it half a week and barely out of the box.

I'm not even married yet  :banghead:

LOL I know that feeling being married.

I am currently trying to play The Amaxing Spiderman 2 on the Xbox One, I only get saturday mornings free to do so, so it's taking a while to get through it.
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Post by: InsaneBaron on September 08, 2015, 07:51:32 am
Procyon. It's funny, it look beautiful, and there's lots of explosions. Perfect for relaxing after work.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 11, 2015, 11:04:12 am
Restarting Pillars of Eternity for a run straight into the expansion
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Post by: Blue Lion on September 11, 2015, 10:00:57 pm
Just playing some Guild Wars 2 again. Don't want to shell out for a subscription but feel like playing some rpg
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Post by: StarSlayer on September 11, 2015, 10:28:42 pm
Fully upgraded M46 is a beast, the gun handling, DPM and vision of her 105mm coupled with top turret is fantastic and the top Continental engine has plenty of power to scoot around.  I'm plugging away at getting my first MOE and fixing the stats she acquired during the painful grind to top config.  As long as I don't frak up and let her down she just delivers the damage.

(http://i59.tinypic.com/2l9tcm1.jpg)
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 11, 2015, 11:44:16 pm
So I got sucked into Final Fantasy XIV. It's pretty good. I hope I can stay interested for long enough, no other MMO has managed to really hold my attention, since FFXI.
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Post by: Sushi on September 29, 2015, 11:25:27 am
The new CQC game mode for Elite: Dangerous is crazy good fun. Fast paced 6DOF dogfighting in and around structures is right up my "things that make me joyful" alley.

A decent winstreak from a week ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jCgkKBMuuk)
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on September 30, 2015, 01:05:27 am
F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0. Got it for 89 cents on Steam, how could I pass that up? Still has that F-19 vibe about it, but I miss those post-briefing scenes (your character in a bar with other guys, see the attachment).

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Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on October 01, 2015, 03:06:23 pm
F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0. Got it for 89 cents on Steam, how could I pass that up? Still has that F-19 vibe about it, but I miss those post-briefing scenes (your character in a bar with other guys, see the attachment).

Whew! I still play that from time to time. The 'graphics' are hilariously dated now but honestly, the gameplay itself still holds up pretty well. Planning a mission properly and getting in and out without getting detected is just as satisfying as ever. And getting out after getting detected and the **** hits the fan is just as tense.
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Post by: headdie on October 01, 2015, 09:17:45 pm
Armoured Warfare....... soooo much AW.......10 hours and now it is 03:17 and I need to go to bed
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Post by: InsaneBaron on October 02, 2015, 07:58:10 am
Just unlocked the final ship in FTL: Faster than Light (the Shrike, which is a pretty awesome one). Felt awesome for a couple days, then the "Now what?" started. The answer: a rockin' good mod called FTL: Captain's Edition.
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Post by: Jeff Vader on October 02, 2015, 08:18:06 am
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 06, 2015, 05:37:56 am
Been playing Soma on the weekend nights ... kinda tickels the same fancy as Amnesia: The Dark Decent did (well same devs so yeah), but not quite

They did a good job handcrafting their envoirments but the overall "functional" look of all the places I've been so far don't work for the atmosphere ... the closest comparisons I can make are Bioshock's Rapute (where you could sense the elegance and glamour that must have been in the designs, instilling you with a sense of melancholy) and Amnesia: The Dark Decent's Manor/Castle (which had the haunting feeling that you are not suposed to be alone to it)... there is no question as to why these envoirments are empty due to their functionality (from the get go you know something is broken, even before you encounter your first "patroler" or learn something about the world).

There seems to be some larger psychological game underneath it all .... but I haven't gotten very far so see it all and put it together (I kinda like hunkering down in a corner for a good long time before moving at times ... kinda shows that the games does its job :D )
Spoiler:
Let's just say that your humanity is question, both in the terms of morality ("un-plugging" seems to be a going theme to some of your actions) and ontologically (robots with personalities from human brain scans *hint*hint*)

I might open a threat about the game sooner or later (if I can stop looking into an in-game wall because ... reasons...)
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Post by: Veers on October 06, 2015, 05:54:57 am
7 Days to Die on a private server with some friends, can't believe I've already put nearly 200 hrs into it...

Squad Alpha, it's nice. Haven't played Project Reality before but on it's own, this handles rather well. No vehicles yet, so if your squad lead doesnt make FOBs or spawn points, you have to spend several minutes trying to cross the map. Combat is quick and dirty, a good squad and team work will help you survive. Graphics are nice, it's all well implemented so far in my opinion.
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Post by: The E on October 06, 2015, 06:04:47 am
Friend of mine gave me a copy of the Destiny base game. All I can say is that it's a good thing this thing looks, sounds and plays amazingly, because the storytelling in the early game is laughably bad. "I don't have time to explain why I don't have the time to explain", says a character in a cutscene while wasting time bickering with their mission control and stomping dead robot in the chest.

Seriously, if this wasn't hands down the best FPS I've played in years, I wouldn't be playing it.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 06, 2015, 02:27:19 pm
I wonder if by the time it comes to PC, the hype will be over and not even be worth it? 
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Post by: The E on October 08, 2015, 03:17:31 am
I think Destiny has enough going for it that if it comes to PC, it'll still be worth it. A lot of the reasons I decided not to buy into the game when it came out at first were fixed in the subsequent expansions, and Destiny 2.0 makes the experience of the base game much better.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 08, 2015, 03:27:24 am
Spend all day, yesterday, glued to the screen first-day-playing Heroes of Storm's Lt. Morales - finally a healer I can get.... also MEDEVAC Drophships :D (from the objective to the boss creep in 10 seconds with the entire team)
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Post by: Deepstar on October 12, 2015, 06:05:27 am
For a few weeks i am playing The World Ends with You on an DS Emulator for my YouTube channel.
Last week i get my first ever Android Smartphone... and i am started the Solo Remix Remake Android Version of this game yesterday ^^.

The differences in gameplay between this two versions are very interesting. But i have to say... i like the remade soundtrack MUCH more.

Also i started with Way of the Samurai 2 on my PS2 yesterday. WTF! This is much more like a Samurai Simulator... you do not get any tutorial, because you have to find the Dojo in this city. But on this way you could easily tap into fights you do not know to handle.
Even i played the first one some months ago, this game seems to have similar controls, but is a whole different experience. It feels much harder.
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Post by: JerichoDeath on October 13, 2015, 12:07:04 am
Just got off of the Star Wars Battlefront demo.
... I like it.

Still, there's plenty of content that wasn't playable. So, we'll see how that turns out.

In the meantime, I'm playing through Black Mesa.
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Post by: headdie on October 13, 2015, 01:21:25 am
Currently on a mix of Armoured Warfare and Warframe
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 15, 2015, 01:06:27 pm
I've ploughed through destiny. Hype wore off slowly once Maxxed out. All over MGO on ps4 and Vega conflict on android atm.

can't promote vega conflict enough. Alliance makes the game for me.
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Post by: Sushi on October 15, 2015, 01:21:48 pm
By now you may have heard of Undertale. If you haven't yet played it, go do so. It's excellent.
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Post by: FrikgFeek on October 17, 2015, 06:12:26 am
Managed to hunt down a AC5 disc so I can legally emulate it. I don't think I would be able to play it with the default controls, had to re-bind everything through emulation. This does have the side-effect of making menu navigation a bit awkward but it's definitely worth it.
The story was engaging but I couldn't shake off the feeling that I'd much rather be flying in Vector Thrust instead. Vector thrust's campaign might be crap but the actual flying felt like it addressed everything I thought was wrong with AC.
I also didn't like how difficulty levels are locked away until you beat the game, the highest default difficulty "Hard" is a complete cakewalk, I think I took damage like 3-5 times through the whole campaign and only failed a mission once due to timeout(was too busy trying to wipe everything off the map and didn't even notice the time).
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Post by: deathspeed on October 17, 2015, 12:14:08 pm
I'm trying out Grey Goo courtesy of a Steam free weekend.  It's on sale for $20 instead of $50, so I hope to play enough to decide if I want to give it a pass, buy it now, or wait for further sales/price drops.

I really appreciate these free weekends (and Origin Game Time trials).  Since the death of the playable demo, I have had to resort to other unsavory methods of "try before I buy".  Ironically, often those versions have a better user experience than their legit but DRM-laden versions (I'm looking at you, every Ubisoft game I own), so I continue to use them even after a physical or digital purchase. 
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Post by: Kobrar44 on October 18, 2015, 10:56:05 am
Sooo X-Blades was a freebie somewhere. Damn it's bad. You play as a character so dumb she brings apocalypse and has one of the worst skin materials ever. I've beat the first boss and then the game restarted the fight so whatever. Not good enough to even waste time on.
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Post by: Mammothtank on October 25, 2015, 12:40:13 am
Just finished Heart of the Swarm and preordered Legacy of the Void. By god the online of that game is tedious to get into. So I've decided to get into something else, I saw the   new footage of Star Citizen and I've been getting into X3 and now I can't decide between the existing games.
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Post by: asyikarea51 on October 25, 2015, 12:50:59 am
Mostly Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance losing to the AI again and again. :lol:

Something must have changed between 3599 and 3603 because some of my fave mod vehicles don't shoot right or "act" right anymore, but I have no LUA or tool experience to be able to fix them (not to mention there likely isn't any plugin for the latest 3DS Max versions now - have to use the really old ones like 9 or something older than that).

No FAF please, I have zero intention of jumping into that community.
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Post by: StarSlayer on October 27, 2015, 01:19:56 pm
So WoT NA is running a KV5 rental period if you meet such and such criteria.  I remember back in Tier VI running into these things occasionally with my M4A3E8 pretty much bouncing HVAP off every surface.  Suffice to say MM is currently full of KV5s and now that I run Pershings and Pattons most of the time? 

HP Pinatas. HP Pinatas everywhere.
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Post by: headdie on October 27, 2015, 01:33:49 pm
KV-5 is fun when you make it work, but like the TOG, games where you make it work are rare days

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Why is half the EU queue in Armoured Warfare arty?
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Post by: Scotty on October 27, 2015, 06:29:29 pm
So WoT NA is running a KV5 rental period if you meet such and such criteria.  I remember back in Tier VI running into these things occasionally with my M4A3E8 pretty much bouncing HVAP off every surface.  Suffice to say MM is currently full of KV5s and now that I run Pershings and Pattons most of the time? 

HP Pinatas. HP Pinatas everywhere.

Imagine it for someone who runs Tiger IIs and VK4502Bs.  The 4502 eats KV-5s for breakfast all day long.
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Post by: headdie on October 27, 2015, 06:39:42 pm
in the hands of a moderately competent player the VK4502B eats everything for breakfast lol
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Post by: AtomicClucker on October 28, 2015, 11:57:56 am
Undertale, Neputnia Rebirth 1/2/Fairy Fencer F.

RPG months starts soon!
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Post by: An4ximandros on October 29, 2015, 07:35:08 am
Knights of the Fallen Empire. Wow. Bioware made SWTOR feel like KOTOR...  :eek:

4.0 is the best thing to happen to the game in a long time...
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Post by: Sushi on October 29, 2015, 03:21:18 pm
Finished Undertale recently (twice). Excellent game.

If you've been living under a rock and haven't heard about this yet, go play it immediately. And don't spoil yourself, just go in blind.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on October 29, 2015, 08:42:22 pm
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Why is half the EU queue in Armoured Warfare arty?

They're imitating the Abbot who carried my last game on his ****ing shoulders. I had a Leo 1 down to its last 5% HP, and the Abbot dragged us across the finish line with his effective use of smoke and three kills while we dealt with the six players left on the other team.

The king of battle indeed.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on October 31, 2015, 11:20:25 pm
MGO on PS4, Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth 1, Mugen Souls, Pillars of Eternity... too many games.
Add to that, I've got Fallout 4 on preorder.

Recently, I played through Sound of Drop -Fall Into Poison-, and that was interesting. Its pacing is a little odd at times, but it was a nice little Corpse Party Lite, in my opinion.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 01, 2015, 05:07:12 am
MGO dude. Dobbsylondon.  Add me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Patriot on November 01, 2015, 06:15:38 am
Knights of the Fallen Empire. Wow. Bioware made SWTOR feel like KOTOR...  :eek:

4.0 is the best thing to happen to the game in a long time...

What server do you play on?!?!?!?!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on November 01, 2015, 10:20:16 am
Technobabylon: Great sci-fi retro adventure game. I think it's the best Wadjet Eye game yet and is much longer than the others, although not as original or profound as Primordia.
Blur: Fun racing game, like Burnout but with powerups that give it more depth than the typical "realistic" racing games. The PC port is not great, with no key remapping allowed, but it does run stably and has no framerate caps.
Various C&C missions with 1.06 patch: A guy made this by disassembling the exe, adding higher resolutions and several other features. It comes with a bunch of extra missions.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on November 01, 2015, 01:38:44 pm
Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is finally out.

Been playing the hell out of that one.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JerichoDeath on November 02, 2015, 04:15:21 am
MGO dude. Dobbsylondon.  Add me.

That's your PSN ID?
I'll send a friend invite, or whatever they call it, when I can.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on November 03, 2015, 01:14:06 pm
Tried out that Card Hunter last night for 5-6 hours. Pretty addicting free to play gameplay but I can see the single player getting played out pretty quickly.
http://www.cardhunter.com/
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on November 04, 2015, 04:10:19 pm
Star Ruler 2. Go get it. It's ****ing insane.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on November 06, 2015, 02:40:31 am
Sooo much Destiny.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on November 08, 2015, 08:16:49 am
I'm hooked on FTL Captain's Edition. Again. Somehow even after I get tired of it for a while I always come back for more.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Revan227 on November 08, 2015, 10:54:44 pm
Just finished Heart of the Swarm and preordered Legacy of the Void. By god the online of that game is tedious to get into. So I've decided to get into something else, I saw the   new footage of Star Citizen and I've been getting into X3 and now I can't decide between the existing games.


X3 is such a good game, especially X3: Albion Prelude. Mods make it even better and make the universe even more "alive" than normal.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on November 09, 2015, 01:49:39 am
CAVE has released Mushihimesama on Steam. They're looking at possibly releasing more of their games there too (starting with the XBox 360 titles, given the hardware similarities). Which is awesome, because CAVE games have generally been very hard to come by outside Japan.

They also altered their legal warning. Traditionally, it always said that "This game is for use in Japan only." That doesn't make sense on Steam, so it's been altered to say "This game is for use on Planet Earth only."  :lol:

They also left the badly-translated final line "Violater and subject to severe penalties and will be prosecutedt[sic] to the full extent of the jam!" unaltered... apparently as a joke, given the good English the rest of the port has.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on November 09, 2015, 08:08:03 am
Trine 2. Trine 1 was cute, so I got and played the other one too. Got very, very bored of it after the witch arc. Introducing new mechanics just wasn't enough when all the secrets are samey and/or tedious and the levels drag out to extend the completion time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 11, 2015, 10:29:58 pm
FV 721 Fox in Armored Warfare.

Not only is it adorable, it is amazing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 12, 2015, 01:05:50 am
FV 721 Fox in Armored Warfare.

Not only is it adorable, it is amazing.

Its pretty fun but I think the XM800T is better as a ****s and giggles tank
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 12, 2015, 06:32:51 pm
Its pretty fun but I think the XM800T is better as a ****s and giggles tank

I'd almost agree with that, but there's one problem: the Baby Bradley dies so much easier.

The Fox is hugely more survivable, mainly because it's much better at the GTFO. This is so far the only tank that can literally run around the block to shoot somebody in the rear armor before they turn around.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 15, 2015, 02:37:31 am
Soooooo much fallout 4.

Holotapes on my collectors edition pip boy.

As per facebook vid.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 16, 2015, 01:39:49 pm
Dipped my toe into Armored Warfare and ground out the Leo1.  Kinda fun derping around in PvE but for some reason it seems to run weird when I try PvP.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 16, 2015, 02:40:11 pm
Dipped my toe into Armored Warfare and ground out the Leo1.  Kinda fun derping around in PvE but for some reason it seems to run weird when I try PvP.

The leo line is perhaps not the most newbie friendly line to start with depending on your play style.  It is a hull down tank with adequate turret armour. but is immense fun once you have the game figured out.
If you can suffer having no gun depression the Russian line of MBTs is the most consistent line of MBTs, the American line is more flexible and progresses into the monstrously strong (X)M1 line but you have to suffer the Starship which is a little... Quirky.

away from the MBTs,
the Fire support AFVs,  AMX-10p is pretty good and leads into BMD-1 which is fast and has a potent gun, though again lacks gun depression
for the light tanks The scorpion is ok, the Sheridan is marmite, the Bglt Pz is awesome
BMP line are 50% bigger BMDs favoring capture over recon
Recon AFVs, XM800T is ungodly fun, Swingfire very meh and has a radically different play style, Fox XM800T on steroids + ATGM and I understand the rest of the line is like that
Wheeled TDs, Glass cannons

As for premium vehicles if you are interested my recommendation are the
 - AMX-10p Pac 90 which I find a much better balance than the Zhalo-s
 - MBT-70 which is mobile, thick armour, potent gun with a long reload
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 16, 2015, 03:28:30 pm
Thanks for the info, I might try one of the AFV lines for kicks, though actually by weird I meant the game performance not the tank.  Its a little odd since most vehicle multi games like MWO, WoT and WoWs run pretty smooth but AW seems consistently a little flaky.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 16, 2015, 04:35:48 pm
Thanks for the info, I might try one of the AFV lines for kicks, though actually by weird I meant the game performance not the tank.  Its a little odd since most vehicle multi games like MWO, WoT and WoWs run pretty smooth but AW seems consistently a little flaky.

WoT and WoWs is based on BigWorld which is hella old now despite the updates because WG insist on the game being playable on a potato in Russia where there biggest core of loyal players are.
AW is based on CryEngine which was designed as we know to break computers.
As for PvE vs PvP performance PvE is rarely run on the full map with smaller number of active tanks, 5 players +5-10 AI on a PvE vs 30 players on PvP + all the aerial crap flying around.  in addition maps like Narrows and I think Reactor (dont quote me on that last one) have known optimisation issues which OE are looking into
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 16, 2015, 06:52:02 pm
Thanks for the info, I might try one of the AFV lines for kicks, though actually by weird I meant the game performance not the tank.  Its a little odd since most vehicle multi games like MWO, WoT and WoWs run pretty smooth but AW seems consistently a little flaky.

The AFVs are fire-and-vanish kind of guys and require a very different playstyle from what most WoT people would be familiar with. The Baby Bradley is okay, but the Swingfire (more like a TD than a recon vehicle) and Fox (excuse me while I drive around at 90kph and spray 30mm autocannon fire at everything and oh god I upgrade to MISSILE SYSTEM I can use if I ever feel like stopping) are hilarious though in different ways. I know too little about the VBL and Wiesel to comment on their play.

The early BMD-/BMP-1 and 2 vehicles are also pretty amusing with their ability to appear, flank, pop off a gun round or five and a missile, and then hopefully duck away as the enemy fires. BMP-3 and BMD-4 are actually a little weaker on this because of their combo 30mm AC/100mm Gun-Missile System.

Bradley is a taste of actually having armor while doing all this and the Terminator gets to dual-autocannon things and then fire off four high-damage ATGMs and then autocannon them again while being swathed in enough ERA to make HEAT shells spontaneously explode inside the barrels of nearby vehicles.

Warrior on the other hand is blah, as it lacks a missile system.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: GhylTarvoke on November 16, 2015, 08:16:44 pm
I'm hooked on FTL Captain's Edition. Again. Somehow even after I get tired of it for a while I always come back for more.

Oh man. Why did you introduce me to this? As if FTL wasn't addictive enough already...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 17, 2015, 08:18:52 am
Thanks for the info, I might try one of the AFV lines for kicks, though actually by weird I meant the game performance not the tank.  Its a little odd since most vehicle multi games like MWO, WoT and WoWs run pretty smooth but AW seems consistently a little flaky.

The AFVs are fire-and-vanish kind of guys and require a very different playstyle from what most WoT people would be familiar with. The Baby Bradley is okay, but the Swingfire (more like a TD than a recon vehicle) and Fox (excuse me while I drive around at 90kph and spray 30mm autocannon fire at everything and oh god I upgrade to MISSILE SYSTEM I can use if I ever feel like stopping) are hilarious though in different ways. I know too little about the VBL and Wiesel to comment on their play.

The early BMD-/BMP-1 and 2 vehicles are also pretty amusing with their ability to appear, flank, pop off a gun round or five and a missile, and then hopefully duck away as the enemy fires. BMP-3 and BMD-4 are actually a little weaker on this because of their combo 30mm AC/100mm Gun-Missile System.

Bradley is a taste of actually having armor while doing all this and the Terminator gets to dual-autocannon things and then fire off four high-damage ATGMs and then autocannon them again while being swathed in enough ERA to make HEAT shells spontaneously explode inside the barrels of nearby vehicles.

Warrior on the other hand is blah, as it lacks a missile system.

I dialed back the settings and it seems to be running smoother in PVP.  I also bought a BMP 1, which was an absolute hoot until I took it out in PVP, got a hilly desert map and spent the entire match trying to get the +2 degrees of gun depression to work :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 17, 2015, 10:26:20 am
That's the cost of being a Russian AFV, yes.
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Post by: StarSlayer on November 17, 2015, 12:13:56 pm
Unfortunately, I've mained US tanks in WoT with a side of German TDs so this is the first time I've encountered something that can't abuse ridges or actually aim at things slightly below my vehicle :P  Since I am not familiar with the maps this will probably be extra painful to adjust to.

Little surprised that the T-64 is at a lower tier than the T-72, wasn't the 72 was basically a cheap mass producible alternative to the 64?  The T-64 line were overall better tanks than the 72s in Wargame EE and ALB.  I consider the T-64BV the best RU tank in game that are not named T-80U. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 17, 2015, 02:06:45 pm
I did a little on this last week, the T-72 is a replacement for the T-64 but the Ukraine upgraded the bejeezus out of theirs taking it to contemporary T-72 variant performance levels, then Iraq with Ukranian help developed the T-72Z which is a T-64 upgraded beyond anything done to the T-72 because the Russians were building T-80s

scrap that I seem to have misplaced some facts
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 20, 2015, 08:03:39 am
Unlocked and bought the BMP-1P.  Have Konkurs will travel.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on November 21, 2015, 07:16:28 am
I love the XM800T...
It is fast, has good spotting range and if the battle is as good as won, you can rak up some kills due to TDs or SPGs hanging back :D
But I want the Bradley O.O
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 21, 2015, 07:23:31 am
The Scorpion is a lot of fun.

But I'm really on this line to work towards the Bagelpanzer.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 21, 2015, 10:42:59 am
The Scorpion is a lot of fun.

But I'm really on this line to work towards the Bagelpanzer.

The bagel is a lot of fun and perhaps the lowest tier machine where using the ATGM is a viable tactic in aggressive play
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 21, 2015, 02:22:41 pm
The Scorpion is a lot of fun.

But I'm really on this line to work towards the Bagelpanzer.

The bagel is a lot of fun and perhaps the lowest tier machine where using the ATGM is a viable tactic in aggressive play

BMD? BMP-1P? I've done it with both.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 21, 2015, 02:36:41 pm
The Scorpion is a lot of fun.

But I'm really on this line to work towards the Bagelpanzer.

The bagel is a lot of fun and perhaps the lowest tier machine where using the ATGM is a viable tactic in aggressive play

BMD? BMP-1P? I've done it with both.

Missile play I find less intuitive with those to integrate, with the clip reload on the bagel you have a window which works well for switching to and firing the missile before switching back at which point the clip is almost if not already reloaded
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 22, 2015, 09:47:56 pm
Do you folks like Autocannon?  Real 30mm Autocannon from the hills of the Urals?

(http://i66.tinypic.com/15wct4z.jpg)

Need to be careful with it since a lot more vehicles it sees have the firepower to eat its HP pool quick, but man that autocannon just rips apart anything it can pen.  Plus occasionally smacking something with a Konkurs is always a hoot.

Once I get it fully kitted out I will need to figure out if I want to keep pushing up the Leos or try out the Sishkin lines.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 22, 2015, 10:16:29 pm
Some good stuff on the Sishkin tree

East Euro MBTs are solid performers
BMD line are BMP but smaller chassis and exchange the troop bay for the recon package
High cal Light armour is a bit sketchy until you hit the T:5 Bglt pz at which point the pain all becomes worth it

Atm Sishkin's West Euro MBT line is the weakest in the game, the Chief 5 is a Leo without the mobility and a marginal gun, The Challenger has more armour than god but has a hard time with its contemporaries due to weak spots and gun performance, both of which were buffed in 0.11, I have no idea on the Ariete but the word is the Chally 2 has similar issues as the Chally 1 so I would stear clear of that line at the moment unless you want a challenge or need the improved Intercom retrofits
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 22, 2015, 11:14:50 pm
Does Armored Warfare have more fun gameplay than World of Tanks?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 23, 2015, 02:24:49 am
Does Armored Warfare have more fun gameplay than World of Tanks?

I am certainly having more fun.  No premium ammo, no public stats so much less grief in chat, PvE and PvP game modes, better battlefield awareness tools without needing to grind them out, slowest of MBTs are mobile enough that you are not stuck in one place, arty does about as much damage as an MBT shell on a direct hit, arty does minimal track damage, it takes more than 1hp of damage to your ammo rack to increase reload times and even at its worse its only about 25% slowdown.

In general it tries to be a more fluid and skill based game, while RNG is a thing it is much more manageable element of the game

Just dont try to side scrape, modern armour has surprisingly little side armour.
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Post by: crizza on November 23, 2015, 05:18:21 pm
THe game is fun, just bought my first SPG and I like it... but not the fact that you end up with morons on PVE missions, which roam around the map, while the AI caps a point and when you can finally target them, they shred you...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 24, 2015, 02:57:04 pm
Does Armored Warfare have more fun gameplay than World of Tanks?

I'd personally describe it as World of Tanks cleansed of its flaws; better ingame UI, better situational awareness aides, gameplay allows more mobility so you're never committed to the wrong flank and dead.

The PVE mode is also miles ahead of anything Wargaming has ever suggested or trialed, and effectively doesn't cost you ingame-money except for consumables, so it's ideal for grinding. You'll never have to take a stock tank into a PVP battle if you don't want to. (Though it's rare you're overly weak with a stock vehicle either. Fox without MILAN is probably the only vehicle I've played that's completely changed by its later upgrades, and even then, it's still pretty fun to run around like you're the world's biggest and most deadly Panzer Ic.)

It's also significantly better-balanced than World of Tanks. Being unable to pen something from the front is not the kiss of death because it's easier to achieve side shots if you need to, or even rear shots. Arty is actually fun to play and while it's a danger it's not a massive one, rather than a torture device to both friends and enemies. The devs are more responsive to problems rather than taking Wargaming's wait-and-see approach of slow patching and communicate much better about what changes they've made and why they've made them.

Also, infinite garage slots are standard. They will never gouge you real money for wanting to keep a tank or play a new line.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 24, 2015, 03:46:12 pm
I installed it last night.  Got a few PvE games in, and it's pushing my "this is fun" button just fine.  Also saw the patch notes, and was pretty impressed with the responsiveness demonstrated.  Haven't tried PvP yet, but I'm probably going to get my **** pushed in while I learn maps.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on November 24, 2015, 04:37:16 pm
Currently playing Mark of the Ninja.

It's pretty good, although with some drawbacks:

- Like most stealth games, it gives me a raft of options and gadgets that I never use (usually I just ghost / nonlethal my way through everything).
- Random crashes once or twice an hour.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 24, 2015, 11:22:07 pm
FV721 Fox, PVE, Operation Red Opossum, Medium Difficulty.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/Everything%20not%20LP%20or%20Ships/ScreenShot0007_zpse2btrruc.jpg)
The best part? Nothing laid a finger on me. I got top damage over the Chieftains, ERC, and M60A3. (That last Chieftain and ERC should also hang their heads in shame.) And didn't take a single hit.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 25, 2015, 12:31:53 am
Nice going NGTM-1R.  the Fox is a terror in the right hands.

Sadly I have to steal your spotlight now though :(

ERC-90 F4, PvE, Operation Tsunami, Medium
(http://i.imgur.com/b50GTIx.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/jYhVIPd.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/vrBCo8p.jpg)

37 AI and they were still coming, We won because the Leo was able to cap out while the BMD-2 slowed them down
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 25, 2015, 08:21:04 pm
(http://director.io/tanquesyblindados/articulos/epocaactual/bmp/bmp2_www.aeronautics.ru.jpg) BMP-2 likes to PVE too, just no Terminators, those things can go die in a hole.
(http://i64.tinypic.com/2a4th0k.jpg)



So I'm close to finishing up with the T54 and move up the Shish Kebab Dealership.  Should I shoot for Stronk Soviet Tenks, BMDs or BagelPanzer?



...and I already unlocked all the crap on the 62 Vet, so all the upgrades ought to be already unlocked when I pickup the regular T-62 right? Right?

YGTBSM
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on November 26, 2015, 01:31:58 am
I opened a thread in the suggestions about the T-62 vet not sharing upgrade progress with the T-62 and was told by 75% of the active community that I was complaining about a gift and I should be all starry eyed that Obsidian-sempi gave me a gift
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 26, 2015, 11:24:16 am
The Soviet Stronk Tenks include the only Tier 4 vehicle able to bounce AMX-10P PAC 90 HEAT rounds, the T-64. T-62 and T-64 are pretty good, T-72 Ural and T-72A underperform a little (literally; their engine performance lacks, and so does their armor a bit), rest of the line's average.

High-Caliber Light Armor's pretty fun all the way through, with the Bagelpanzer being a definite high point; the Stingrays are still fun but an obvious low in comparison to that or other vehicles their tier (the preorder Expeditionary Tank is clearly superior), but the XM8/M8 are excellent.

BMD line is like playing BMPs, only low profile and SUDDENLY A BRADLEY, plus it caps out in Terminatorville, which is always a good place to be.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rodo on November 26, 2015, 12:34:51 pm
Waiting on Albion online to go public, meanwhile I'm just burning through xcom and pilars of eternity.
And some wows from time to time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on November 27, 2015, 09:49:48 pm
Doing a quick Metroid marathon again, through Super, Fusion and Zero Mission. (Can't do Prime Trilogy again until I get a free 30 hours in the offseason.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on December 01, 2015, 11:14:57 am
Total War: Attila, the last roman.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on December 01, 2015, 02:14:48 pm
Brother sends my a "present" that turns out to be a copy of C&C4: Tiberian Twilight. 99% sure it was a joke; I'm a big fan of the first three Tiberium games, and I've been scratching an RTS itch lately by trying to beat the first Red Alert, but he knows how much I loath Twilight.

Figured as a joke I'd install it and send him screenshots of how moronic the game was with "hey look at me, I have five mammoths!" comments. Installing the game requires making an Origin account. While setting that up I noticed that Origin was offering an "on the house" special sale of C&C: Red Alert 2, which I'd never got around to playing, for the marvelous price of $00.00. Promptly downloaded it.

Then I found out that C&C4 requires you to enter a registration code (found in the manual) before installation. Since my brother got the game used, the code in the manual had already been used, making the disk completely worthless.

At least we both got a good laugh out of it. And hey, RA2 and Yuri's Revenge alone are enough to justify the six bucks Bro spent on it. Especially with the Mental Omega mod getting their next update ready:
http://mentalomega.com/
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 01, 2015, 09:04:55 pm
At this point I own more than a dozen games on Origin, but I have not spent a single cent on any one of them.  Right now Peggle has its claws into me (don't judge!)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on December 03, 2015, 08:46:00 am
I was also given a copy of C&C4.  In link form.  If ya know what I mean. 


It still wasn't worth it.  Deleted it before I even made it out of the tutorial-type missions.

It had come up on some forum, and I said something to the effect of "it might not be good, but it CAN'T be as bad as all the rage."  The provider of the link said pretty much exactly the same as I am now, but invited me to see for myself.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on December 03, 2015, 01:31:37 pm
Axiom Verge.

Was playing the game and made it to one particular character, then my laptop screen starting fizzling over (and I thought given the nature of the game, that would have been natural), only to find out my screen was fizzling for real. Thankfully that got fixed in five minutes.

Should probably play it on my new tower. *groan*
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on December 04, 2015, 11:04:47 am
Dragon Age Inquisition and DLC.  I'm 2 hours in.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on December 05, 2015, 09:07:50 pm
Chronicles of Riddick. Now that's a run&gun stealth game I can like.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: That Man on December 05, 2015, 09:36:11 pm
Star Trek Online.

I'm not sure I should be able to casually blow the everloving snot out of a Borg Cube, but my ship is long, shiny, and very definitely not a phallic metaphor.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneBaron on December 07, 2015, 08:23:36 am
I was also given a copy of C&C4.  In link form.  If ya know what I mean. 


It still wasn't worth it.  Deleted it before I even made it out of the tutorial-type missions.

It had come up on some forum, and I said something to the effect of "it might not be good, but it CAN'T be as bad as all the rage."  The provider of the link said pretty much exactly the same as I am now, but invited me to see for myself.

Somewhere back in this thread I posted an angry rant about everything wrong with that game. Calm, two-sentence version:

The story is aweful because Kane's basically harmless plan is both lame and out of character for the great villian that the series spent four previous games building up, meanwhile Colonel James is portrayed as some kind of extremist for coming to the logical conclusion that Kane was up to no good, while Rios gets to give the victory speech at the end because her head-in-the-sand Neville Chamberlain insistence that Kane could be trusted turned out to right in roughly the way a stopped clock is right twice a day, with the end result that the ending comes off as completely arbitrary and cynical and robs the player of any sense of achievement.

The gameplay is aweful because EA thought it would be a good idea to completely rewrite the gameplay into an undesirable C&C/DOTA hybrid where concepts like bases and economy are abandoned in favor of a weird sort of stalemate-prone attrition warfare because crippling the opponent's infrastructure is impossible when the entire infrastructure is wrapped up in one vehicle that doesn't need to harvest resources because it builds units for free and said vehicle respawns for free if destroyed, meaning that there's no way to actually have the satisfaction of smashing your opponent, instead you have to get more arbitrary "victory points" which generally have little to do with actually dominating you opponent, meanwhile the battles are essentially squad-based because of a headcount limit that prevents you from having more than 16 units even with the cheapest infantry.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on December 18, 2015, 03:02:57 pm
This cracked me up
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 18, 2015, 08:45:05 pm
Both Ground Control games for $2.30 or so each on GOG.  Do eet.

(And yeah I know the first one was legally released for free several years ago, but why not?)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 18, 2015, 08:51:09 pm
Both Ground Control games for $2.30 or so each on GOG.  Do eet.

(And yeah I know the first one was legally released for free several years ago, but why not?)

Listen to the man.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 19, 2015, 12:54:04 pm
Hitman absolution and blood dragon.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on December 19, 2015, 01:18:02 pm
Both Ground Control games for $2.30 or so each on GOG.  Do eet.

(And yeah I know the first one was legally released for free several years ago, but why not?)

Listen to the man.
Guess I need to search my two discs^^
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 19, 2015, 08:21:40 pm
Just started playing the original Tomb Raider for the first time (yes I know) on GOG.  Dem triangular boobies.

(oh God it's a bear and it's mauling my face stop please)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MatthTheGeek on December 20, 2015, 06:37:15 am
TR1 is the first game I ever played. Honestly for a '96 DOS game it aged quite fine imo, but I might be biased by nostalgia.

I suggest playing TR Anniversary right afterwards if you can, comparing the original and the remake is a good exercise.

(bears are fun, just wait till you hit the T-Rex or the winged fireball-throwing mummy horrors)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on December 20, 2015, 11:20:48 pm
I've just finished Sang-Froid. What a neat little game it is. The endgame is pretty much giving you all the op **** out there, which is disappointing, but its satisfying nontheless.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on December 22, 2015, 05:46:50 pm
TR1 is the first game I ever played. Honestly for a '96 DOS game it aged quite fine imo, but I might be biased by nostalgia.

I remember when I first played it on a ca. 1992-make PC with not enought memory to run it ... the joys of single digit framerates :)

I am currently looking through Star Wars: The Old Republic ... It is nice but I will be the game that sells me on the MMO concept (progression without a group works, thankfully, unlike other MMOs I've tried but there is still waiting in lines on some quest bosses and interactions spots which is hardly funny)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on December 24, 2015, 07:04:24 am
Tropico 5
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on December 25, 2015, 02:01:16 am
Finally got a copy of Homeworld Remastered Collection. With my new surround sound head phones and the sick remastered versions its got my nostalgia flowing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on December 25, 2015, 06:40:49 am
Yesterday I managed to finally beat Xenoblade Chronicles on my Wii U ... Cool game, cool ending - now on Xenoblade Chronicles X aka even more grinding :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on December 26, 2015, 02:15:35 pm
Jade Empire is free today on Origin, and Star Wars Battlefront (the new one) is 40% off. Pew pew!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on December 26, 2015, 02:55:11 pm
The Wolf Among Us and Valkyria Chronicles.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 03, 2016, 04:00:05 am
I finally at least installed a new game out of my backlog (Far Cry 3).  Now I just need to muster up the will to play it, instead of looking for more money to waste on the steam sale.

****, you know what, I just remembered I haven't finished Assassin's Creed 2 yet.  I don't know what's up, but I haven't been able to make myself play anything new at all in the past several months.  I keep playing Kane's Wrath skirmishes and old n64 remakes on my 3DS.  I wonder if I'm slowly starting to lose interest in video games.....
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 03, 2016, 05:26:34 am
Funnily enough I just bought Kanes Wrath and have been playing the hell out of it. Balance issues ahoy. I got it because of the Steel Talons, Marked of Kane and the Black Hand factions due to me loving Tiberian Sun  ;). I kinda feel like installing the C&C Online client for it and playing some online matches.

I've also forgotten completely about Homeworld because I've been playing KW, Hotline Miami and Warframe.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on January 03, 2016, 02:27:27 pm
I probably have more hours in Kane's Wrath skirmishes than in any other single game over my 30+ years of playing (going back to Atari 2600 days).  I usually play as ZOCOM.  The Global Conquest mode sounded fun, but I never got the hang of it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 03, 2016, 03:14:28 pm
I play random factions.  Zocom is one of my favorites though.  I played global conquest through maybe twice.  Good concept, not well executed.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 03, 2016, 08:25:38 pm
While ZOCOM has the best MARV I don't really like how their faction plays, I would rather play plain GDI. I tryed to get into the Steel Talons but they just feel weird and have no high level infantry. I don't really play Scrin either. Overall I got to say I love the Black Hand out of all the subfactions.

If you have GameRanger or C&C Online I guess if you either of you wanted to we could play a game or two? It's up to you though and I don't know if the connection would be good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nyctaeus on January 03, 2016, 08:38:01 pm
Fallout 4

Oh God, I hate power armor in 4 -___-
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 03, 2016, 09:56:10 pm
I guess I could try it out, but I've never once played CnC online.  The only multiplayer I've ever done at all was RA2 in my high school programming class.  I don't know build orders and the perfect strategies and all that kind of carry on, I really just play casually for fun.  Rushing makes me rage.  I wish I could set the AI personality to random except NO ****ING RUSHERS.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 04, 2016, 12:07:27 am
Same. I don't really have any of that really good strategies or anything. I just play for fun as well and the only other person I know that plays it doesnt want to play it with me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 04, 2016, 07:17:13 am
Oh God, I hate power armor in 4 -___-

I actually find it kinda nice ... but then again I play as stealthy as the stealth system let's me and so the power spike when I enter my armour is huge (also he Nuclear Physiscist-Perks helps, requires Int 8 or 9)



Xenoblade Chronicles X shapes up to be really good but the criticsm if it's pace is justified (half may to my mech licence, so I can't comment on the power increase I will get once that)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on January 04, 2016, 10:23:57 am
Valkyria Chronicles.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on January 07, 2016, 04:31:47 am
I just discovered that an enhanced version of the original System Shock exists and is on Steam.

I've played through it before, but I kind of want to do so again. I've played a few easy modern games lately and I want some old-school challenge.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rodo on January 09, 2016, 09:28:07 am
Albion Online. Addictive.

Must. Get. Next. Proficiency.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Macielos on January 09, 2016, 09:46:52 am
I've recently returned to some old games of my childhood.

I bought Age of Empires II HD, with two unofficial expansions (African Kingdoms and Forgotten) and I play it for several weeks.

All in all, there is something in a statement that old games have some unique atmosphere most modern productions lack...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 09, 2016, 11:01:03 am
Finally started playing my bass in rocksmith again.  I picked up some killer music in the steam winter sale.  My fingers hurt.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on January 13, 2016, 06:26:09 pm
This game is better than saxophones.

Space engineers, aww yesss.

And the new Brutal Doom release (20b) with the new map pack. Hnnng.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on January 13, 2016, 07:14:41 pm
Wish I could see the appeal.  Space engineers has always been a game that sounds cool in concept but looks quite dull in execution with the amount of time constructing something disproportionately more than the amount of fun you'd have actually going into battle with that thing.  Even the battle, as impressive as the ships were doesn't look too dissimilar from a simple game like Gratuitous Space Battles with the three battleships only making a single pass. Still glad to see a game like that has an audience.


As for me, just playing Killzone 2.  Nothing too exciting but I enjoy playing linear games which will last only 10-14 hours.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 14, 2016, 06:21:07 am
Back to boring Fallout 4, so I can play Dragon's Dogma at the weekend (when I am not playing Xenoblade Chronicles X - Skell combat is loads of fun)

(yeah, I am not a fan of Bethesda's Fallout-1 re-runs)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 14, 2016, 08:57:43 am
Finally finished Assassin's Creed II.  Turns out I was only like 15 minutes from the end.  Although I remembered immediately why I had stopped for so long.  I was stuck on a "kill without being detected" mission that I eventually had to go to the internet for.  And the answer involved using the gun.  Go figure.

Now to finish Majora's Mask 3D and then I think I'll go for Far Cry 3.  Hopefully Uplay isn't going to be a pain in the dick.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 19, 2016, 10:19:49 pm
Picked up the Brad in AW.  Popping two ITOWs one after the other is pretty fun but a lot of things can just lol@ ATGMs at this tier.  More troubling is the Bushmaster seems kinda anemic, its troubling not being able to clip things out like the BMP-2 is aught to do.   
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Bryan See on January 20, 2016, 01:55:22 am
I'm playing Star Wars: Commander, Modern Combat 5, and OpenRA on Windows 10. On Android I'm playing Battle Alert.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 20, 2016, 03:29:04 am
I've played some Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen since it came out - nice enough but graphically a bit dated (not that it matters)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BirdofPrey on January 21, 2016, 06:38:56 am
I've been splitting my time between Diablo III and Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

All these paragon level whateverhundred people I keep running into make me sad.  I just got to 30 something and still have crap gear, but hey, at least Kanis cube decided to give me my first piece of the Tal Rasha set.  of course I was hoping for an Etched Sigil to drop meteors without stopping my channeling,
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 22, 2016, 08:51:58 pm
KanColle released a new ranking reward for the month.

(http://i.imgur.com/koYdr3i.png)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/happening2Blevel_zpsy0zycmne.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on January 27, 2016, 08:47:56 pm
So... you got a turret? :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 27, 2016, 08:52:10 pm
So... you got a turret? :p

An American turret.

In a game that has, until now, exclusively had Axis ships and equipment, and indeed, has at times hinted that your enemies are Americans or Allied.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ssmit132 on January 28, 2016, 01:42:07 am
Well, I thought it might be a turret for a non-introduced ship, but an American turret? That's huge.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on January 28, 2016, 08:38:09 pm
Made it past the Leo1A5 to the 2AV, one step closer to the 2A4.  I really like the 1A5 but in game its a real disappointment.  Model is all wrong and getting frontally penned by auto cannon just blows.

Fully upgraded the Brad is a lot of fun though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on January 30, 2016, 10:50:04 pm
Back to Deus Ex: Human Revolution and MechWarrior Online.

First one, just got to the Alice Garden Pods again, second one... hated the ShadowHawk 2D, so sold it for the JagerMech S (yay 3 AC/5s just tearing stuff up in Community Warfare).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on January 31, 2016, 02:50:48 am
Made it past the Leo1A5 to the 2AV, one step closer to the 2A4.  I really like the 1A5 but in game its a real disappointment.  Model is all wrong and getting frontally penned by auto cannon just blows.

Fully upgraded the Brad is a lot of fun though.

There is no way the 1A5 should be a T:5, the OF-40 with its thicker turret armour would make more sense
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on January 31, 2016, 03:09:55 am
Been playing MWO. I've also somehow managed to get MW3 running on my Win10 machine, hopefully it's enough to let me finish the campaign
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on January 31, 2016, 04:51:52 am
Been playing MWO. I've also somehow managed to get MW3 running on my Win10 machine, hopefully it's enough to let me finish the campaign

Pleasure share how you did this, I must know.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on January 31, 2016, 05:31:34 am
Been playing MWO. I've also somehow managed to get MW3 running on my Win10 machine, hopefully it's enough to let me finish the campaign

Pleasure share how you did this, I must know.

Long story short, using dgvoodoo dlls to emulate a dx7 card (use the MS DX dlls, not the Glide ones), then limiting FPS to 30 via Adaptive Vsync (Half refresh) in my Nvidia program settings. There should be an identical setting for AMD cards.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 31, 2016, 07:31:26 am
Just finished the Homeworld 1 Remastered Campaign. (Gearbox hurry up and implement HW1 ship behavior already gosh) Now I am just installing X3:TC and X3:AP.
I wonder which shall I play. They seem very similar and I can't decide, I dont want to play TC if AP is just the same thing but better.

P.S God that game makes me feel really small. Also listening to the music in game and just flying around makes me creeped out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on January 31, 2016, 10:30:22 am
I dont want to play TC if AP is just the same thing but better.
The engine is better (especially OOS combat and the turret scripts), but TC has a map that isn't consumed with constant warfare and a lot more questlines... which is why there are a number of decently-popular mods to let you play TC on the AP engine.

Alternatively, there's the Litcube's Universe mod, which I found moderately interesting compared to the newer iterations of the XTC mod, although you should probably not try either of those until after you've played TC (either normally or in the AP engine), since they both change everything completely and, simultaneously, expect you to be familiar with the core gameplay concepts.

EDIT: And apparently there's a new version of Litcube's Universe (1.6.0) that is currently unreleased but fixes a number of bugs, some of which are particularly annoying, so you might want to wait for that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on January 31, 2016, 11:59:10 am
Working my way through Bioshock for the first time evar, and goddamn it is good times.  Also getting into hilarious cluster****s in KSP.  Y'know, the usual.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 31, 2016, 07:06:44 pm
I dont want to play TC if AP is just the same thing but better.
The engine is better (especially OOS combat and the turret scripts), but TC has a map that isn't consumed with constant warfare and a lot more questlines... which is why there are a number of decently-popular mods to let you play TC on the AP engine.


I hope the autopilot and AI is better in AP too. I've almost died due to friendly ships ramming me or my autopilot having me constantly ramming into ships I am
following and doing really strange maneuvers in TC. And the controls... jeez.

Still, I love the ship design in this. Some of the stations and ships that I've seen so far are really cool and beautiful.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on January 31, 2016, 09:13:38 pm
I hope the autopilot and AI is better in AP too.
Stop hoping; low-level autopilot and AI functionality isn't moddable and Egosoft's solution was to move on to an entirely new game engine.

That being said, major mods (like Litcube's Universe) tend to work around the "autopilot always crashing into things" problem in other ways (LU uses a "make ships bounce off each other depending on circumstances" script; you can still ram things if you try, but it's much more difficult for it to happen by accident).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on February 01, 2016, 02:31:05 pm
Valkyria Chronicles.

Heard great things about this game but overall I'm finding it pretty disappointing.
-The story is pretty blase anime fare with little kids speaking like 65 year old philosophers, and a military hard-on for the Wehrmacht.
-The gameplay itself has a potential but is hindered by linear and repetitive missions, with core mechanics that are undermined by special abilities.  Scouts are the kings of the battlefield, with the most movement, nearly the best range, the longest overwatch firing and are superior tank killers when given special orders making all other classes pretty much second-rate. The only class not made largely redundant are not surprisingly the engineers, who have the same weapon and the second fastest movement.
-The game is bogged down with too many cutscenes and too much overhead. Every mission requires the player to go and train their guys and upgrade their guns. Each of which requires loading screens and the player skipping through repetitive, inane dialogue by the characters in those locales.  The upgrading itself doesn't so much make your troops better but is rather used to offset equal enemy scaling.
-The game rewards players with experience and money for finishing missions quickly, XP which can rank up their guys. But lower-ranked troops kill the enemy slower, resulting in less bonuses per mission and consequently even lower-ranked troops for the next mission, further reducing the player's chances of a good score with good rewards.  This lack of advancement in turn requires the players to play and replay skirmish maps, battles which are just re-used campaign maps with slightly varied forces or elements.

Like most games, there is some fun to be had and I plan to finish it but don't think I'll be sad to see it end.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 01, 2016, 07:53:13 pm
I watched the PC Gamer guys play the first mission of XCOM 2, so I subsequently got sucked into the Long War mod for XCOM 1 again. I set up some of the second wave options to give myself an easier time, and now the game is challenging but doable, instead of punishingly painful! It's good times!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on February 02, 2016, 12:58:52 am
I watched the PC Gamer guys play the first mission of XCOM 2, so I subsequently got sucked into the Long War mod for XCOM 1 again. I set up some of the second wave options to give myself an easier time, and now the game is challenging but doable, instead of punishingly painful! It's good times!

I've also seen some of the gameplay for XCOM 2. I was actually planning to install XCOM:Enemy Within today because of it that or installing OpenXCOM because the mods for that are friggin amazing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on February 03, 2016, 07:28:21 am
I've been playing Pokemon Alpha Sapphire quite heavily over the past few days. I've just completed the Delta Episode and am currently stuck SR'ing a Totodile.

I'd play Castle Clicker on my phone more often if it didn't overheat so much. :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NeonShivan on February 03, 2016, 08:59:15 am
I've been playing Pokemon Alpha Sapphire quite heavily over the past few days. I've just completed the Delta Episode and am currently stuck SR'ing a Totodile.

I remember when I first got Alpha Sapphire I binged played it and beat it in a day lol, I should really get around to playing that again.

My many pokemon are neglected and need my talented raising! /s
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 03, 2016, 11:39:22 am
Diablo III - the promise of a set lured me back in on Friday ... I'm now 9/10 in Chapter 4/4 of my Seaons Journey (would have gotten there sooner if I hadn't been clearing my podcast backlog at the same time, which kept me from playing in public games)

Now I only have to clear the Set Dungeon, which is rather difficult (one of the objectives requires me to be reduced 0 hp and not die over and over again) - more so since the Class Set (Firebird's Finery) I earned prevents me from carrying items of another set (Tal Rasha's Elements) with has a neat bonus I would rather use as well as the Set Boni from what I have
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on February 03, 2016, 08:44:35 pm
Quote
Would you kindly...
*shudder*

(I'd seen a few spoilers about the game, but not that bit.  Goddamn genius.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 05, 2016, 04:23:24 pm
Battlefield 4. And vega conflict.
Fallout 4 disappointed me...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 06, 2016, 01:48:54 pm
Mordheim: City of the Damned....

Nothing says Dark Fantasy like a warband of ratmen looting a human city :) (Now if my Assassin Adept would stop missing please)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on February 06, 2016, 08:48:05 pm
Just started Elite: Dangerous. Wow, do I hate this game. I'd return it but between the training missions, a couple in-game missions, and the game flipping out thinking I hadn't exited I've tallied 5 hours.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 06, 2016, 08:50:59 pm
Wing Commander 3
Boy I forgot how dull are most missions in this series, it's fun shooting stuff but sometimes when I have to destroy wave after wave of fighters without any significant variation I just want to fire up X-wing vs Tie fighter.

Also the joystick controls even after the in-game calibration act weirdly sometimes, the Y axis ha problems with fine movements for some reason ( I move it in one direction slightly and it steps in the opposite direction for a brief moment, usually enough to disrupt fine aim on far targets, no problems with sharper movements though), and after fiddling with the calibration in-game and the stick software without result I tried it with other games without any issue, hell, in XvT I was dropping Tie Fighters at 1.5 Km without problems, I imagine it was some weird DOS in-game calibration issue.
Just started Elite: Dangerous. Wow, do I hate this game. I'd return it but between the training missions, a couple in-game missions, and the game flipping out thinking I hadn't exited I've tallied 5 hours.

I'm really curious about this game, what is that you didn't like exactly?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on February 06, 2016, 09:06:22 pm
I felt like actually playing Bioshock thanks to this thread. It isn't very good. I enjoyed most of it until it strated draggin on, at which point I would just run by everything and rush to the end. Bur then, well.. Imagine my face during the little sister sequence. Little **** would run into me so I couldn't move. I'm trying to whack that splicer with a wrench, since bullets stopped doing any damage at some point in the game. I can't even get close. Why? You've guessed it. I am trying to back away from this huge angry daddy. I can't. Why? ****ing hell. The game should have ended when ****** died. It would only be for the better.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on February 06, 2016, 09:07:52 pm
Just started Elite: Dangerous. Wow, do I hate this game. I'd return it but between the training missions, a couple in-game missions, and the game flipping out thinking I hadn't exited I've tallied 5 hours.

I'm really curious about this game, what is that you didn't like exactly?


The flight model, the missions, the combat, the navigation, the sameness, you name it. The only thing it has going for it is that it's pretty. If you want to try it now is as good a time as any, though, it's 15USD in the steam lunar new year sale. Do as much research as you can before playing it, though. Two hours definitely isn't enough to judge the game properly. Arguably five isn't either, but I just don't enjoy it enough to put any more time into it right now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 06, 2016, 10:19:40 pm
I felt like actually playing Bioshock thanks to this thread. It isn't very good. I enjoyed most of it until it strated draggin on, at which point I would just run by everything and rush to the end. Bur then, well.. Imagine my face during the little sister sequence. Little **** would run into me so I couldn't move. I'm trying to whack that splicer with a wrench, since bullets stopped doing any damage at some point in the game. I can't even get close. Why? You've guessed it. I am trying to back away from this huge angry daddy. I can't. Why? ****ing hell. The game should have ended when ****** died. It would only be for the better.

I hated that escort sequence too, but don't worry, it's not as long as it seems.
Sincerely apart from the plot itself the game feels like a watered down version of System Shock 2, I can recognize some elements here and there but it has been essentially reduced to a good enough shooter with exploration elements.


The flight model, the missions, the combat, the navigation, the sameness, you name it. The only thing it has going for it is that it's pretty. If you want to try it now is as good a time as any, though, it's 15USD in the steam lunar new year sale. Do as much research as you can before playing it, though. Two hours definitely isn't enough to judge the game properly. Arguably five isn't either, but I just don't enjoy it enough to put any more time into it right now.

How is the flight model compared to the X series, X-wing vs Tie Fighter and Freespace 2?
The missions are very barebones like in Privateer I presume...?
And what aexactly about the navigation?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kszyhu on February 07, 2016, 10:01:06 am
How is the flight model compared to the X series, X-wing vs Tie Fighter and Freespace 2?
The missions are very barebones like in Privateer I presume...?
And what aexactly about the navigation?

I'll try answering some of the questions (disclaimer: I have E:D since launch, and in spite of its problems, I'm quite fond of it):

Ships are the most maneuverable when their speed sits at 50% of maximum, and yaw is almost unusable by design (therefore the focus is on pitch and roll). Besides, the smallest ship is 18 meters in the smallest dimension, with biggest ones measuring up to around 150 meters, so there's way more inertia than in Freespace series. In spite of these limitations the model is still Newtonian, with 6 degrees of freedom (though the rear thrusters are still the most powerful). There's also assist-off mode, which stops the automatic compensation of rotation or translational speed (i.e. "I'm sick, please make it stop spinning" mode).
As for the missions, you can say the entire game is a bit barebones. Missions are basically limited to transporting (or smuggling) cargo and messages between stations, elimination of a single, specific target (though it's spawned semi-randomly) or certain amount of ships belonging to a group (pirates, traders, et cetera) or salvaging (usually illegally) some cargo left in randomly spawned signal sources.
I can only guess what's the problem with navigation is, but if you overshoot in the supercruise, the most popular tip I've seen is to reduce throttle to 75% when the estimated arrival time reaches 7 seconds.

If you want to see the game at it's best (IMO), try watching some Isinona videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjgBlzLxsgbVuHfZPe0AeIg
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on February 07, 2016, 01:25:40 pm

The flight model, the missions, the combat, the navigation, the sameness, you name it. The only thing it has going for it is that it's pretty. If you want to try it now is as good a time as any, though, it's 15USD in the steam lunar new year sale. Do as much research as you can before playing it, though. Two hours definitely isn't enough to judge the game properly. Arguably five isn't either, but I just don't enjoy it enough to put any more time into it right now.

How is the flight model compared to the X series, X-wing vs Tie Fighter and Freespace 2?
The missions are very barebones like in Privateer I presume...?
And what aexactly about the navigation?

The flight model is more like an atmospheric flight sim. Your rudder is basically useless aside from small course corrections, and there's  a small range of velocities your craft is comparatively maneuverable in. But by and large you're flying a potato. To compensate, your weapons autoaim whenever you point your ship within 15-20 degrees of your target. The missions  themselves aren't any worse than I expected, but 80% of the places I've visited have no missions available for a player my rank. Of the missions I did take I had to abandon one, a fetch quest, because the time limit they gave me just didn't permit traveling to a station that sold the thing I was supposed to buy and deliver. Navigation isn't really bad, it's just really boring. If they added autopilot and time compression to the game you wouldn't be missing all that much and it would really cut down on the tedium.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 07, 2016, 01:55:17 pm

The flight model, the missions, the combat, the navigation, the sameness, you name it. The only thing it has going for it is that it's pretty. If you want to try it now is as good a time as any, though, it's 15USD in the steam lunar new year sale. Do as much research as you can before playing it, though. Two hours definitely isn't enough to judge the game properly. Arguably five isn't either, but I just don't enjoy it enough to put any more time into it right now.

How is the flight model compared to the X series, X-wing vs Tie Fighter and Freespace 2?
The missions are very barebones like in Privateer I presume...?
And what aexactly about the navigation?

The flight model is more like an atmospheric flight sim. Your rudder is basically useless aside from small course corrections, and there's  a small range of velocities your craft is comparatively maneuverable in. But by and large you're flying a potato. To compensate, your weapons autoaim whenever you point your ship within 15-20 degrees of your target. The missions  themselves aren't any worse than I expected, but 80% of the places I've visited have no missions available for a player my rank. Of the missions I did take I had to abandon one, a fetch quest, because the time limit they gave me just didn't permit traveling to a station that sold the thing I was supposed to buy and deliver. Navigation isn't really bad, it's just really boring. If they added autopilot and time compression to the game you wouldn't be missing all that much and it would really cut down on the tedium.

It's the "newtonian model" and useless yaw that frighten me, the "manouverability only on set speed values" was in X-wing vs Tie Fighter and X-wing Alliance too and it's one of the reasons why I'm thinking to buy a throttle for my stick (I didn't even know it was a thing until a year or so ago).

The rest sounds a lot like Privateer without the autopilot, I don't know how much I would like that.

Sigh, I wonder if they'll ever make a free weekend on steam.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on February 07, 2016, 02:24:10 pm
Semi-Newtonian, at best. And with flight assist turned on it won't seem Newtonian at all. The flight model is probably the least of my gripes; it's the sort of thing that I'd get used to and probably enjoy if I put enough time into it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 07, 2016, 02:40:50 pm
your weapons autoaim whenever you point your ship within 15-20 degrees of your target
Well, gimbal-mounted ones do. There are also fixed-forward and turret-mounted weapons (with fixed mount weapons dealing the most damage, and turreted ones the least). Additionally, ships can deploy chaff to screw up gimbal and turret targeting.

Also, different ships have different turning rates, and every ship turns faster if you pump more energy into your engines; a maneuverable ship can easily keep fixed-mount guns constantly pointed towards its target, even without strafing or turning off flight assistance.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on February 07, 2016, 05:17:45 pm
your weapons autoaim whenever you point your ship within 15-20 degrees of your target
Well, gimbal-mounted ones do. There are also fixed-forward and turret-mounted weapons (with fixed mount weapons dealing the most damage, and turreted ones the least). Additionally, ships can deploy chaff to screw up gimbal and turret targeting.

Also, different ships have different turning rates, and every ship turns faster if you pump more energy into your engines; a maneuverable ship can easily keep fixed-mount guns constantly pointed towards its target, even without strafing or turning off flight assistance.

Fair enough, in six hours I haven't been able to progress enough to afford a ship that isn't more or less worse than the one you start with.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 07, 2016, 06:10:00 pm
Meanwhile with some googling I've been able to find some sort of Demo (essentially it's the combat flight tutorial) and had quite some fun with it even if it's combat only, adjusting to the roll/pitch controls hasn't been the hurdle I thought it would be, and changing speed to gain maneuverability has always been second nature to me after years of XvT only this time there is also strafing (though I used it only in the final part because I couldn't find the keys) and afterburners.
It's also surprisingly simple, there aren't as many keys as I thought even without a throttle I didn't need to touch the keyboard that much.

I might give it a try at the next steam sale.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on February 07, 2016, 10:12:38 pm
So I bought X-COM:UFO Defence and have put in about 12 hours into it. I'm planning on getting XCOM2 soon, but I lost my copy of the old original game so I decided to buy it for five bucks. I am going to clear it at least once before playing OpenXCOM and using some of those sweet mods that are available for it.

That and without playing using OpenXCOM the original plays so bad on my computer, I don't know if its DOSboxes fault or what but the Geomap seems to love 10 fps.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on February 08, 2016, 01:22:40 pm
I might give it a try at the next steam sale.

Like the sale it's on right now (http://store.steampowered.com/app/359320/)?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on February 08, 2016, 07:06:00 pm
Finished up Bioshock.  The final boss was a bit of a pushover (as they so often are), and the ending was a bit short but still d'awww (no I'm not a murderous asshole why do you ask).  Just a really great experience overall though, minus a few hoops one has to jump through to get the PC version playing nice today.  (For instance, the physics engine is locked to a hideous 30 FPS, but thankfully there's an external patcher that can set it to whatever you desire.)  I will disagree with a few of the complaints raised earlier, though: I found that guns worked fairly well right until the end (dat crossbow), and the escort mission was fairly painless as escort missions go.  I know Ken Levine wasn't involved with the sequel, but I'm still looking forward to it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 09, 2016, 12:43:56 am
Meanwhile in Armored Warfare...
(https://i.gyazo.com/e18574c9d8f4b087a1d18322b4c82f1c.png)
...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH THE CAP BEFORE TIME.

The worst thing being this Chally couldn't shoot for ****; he'd go for cupola shots or fire HE or both for like 100 damage a shot, but he was in this one spot, the AI didn't try for a flank shot, so they stood there, thirty bots against the lone Chally, bouncing off his front, HEAT rounds exploding futily against him, unable to harm the world's worst Challenger 1 driver.

For eight minutes.

We tried to ask the guy how much damage he'd blocked but he didn't know how to read the detailed results screen and gave three answers that were far too low.

The evening got worse after that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on February 09, 2016, 02:45:05 am
Banshee is murder if you dont take it slow and steady
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 09, 2016, 10:01:18 am
I might give it a try at the next steam sale.

Like the sale it's on right now (http://store.steampowered.com/app/359320/)?

No spare cash at the moment, I'm trying to put together enough money to buy a CH Pro Throttle, here in Italy it's about 150 Euros with free delivery from Amazon.it and that's the lowest price I could find.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 09, 2016, 02:01:32 pm
RangerKarl's post earlier has allowed me to make MechWarrior 3 work again.

And Pirate's Moon.

The ear-piercing squeal you're hearing will stop at some time in the immediate future. Promise.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 14, 2016, 11:34:14 am
I love that opening cut scene. ..
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Cyker on February 14, 2016, 03:44:37 pm
Of MW3? That and the intro to WH40k Dawn of War are probably my two favourite intros :)

I have most recently been playing Pony Island! It's great. It is a game about Ponies! ^____^

I will say it's a bit buggy tho', I've had to manually patch the game as I go...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 17, 2016, 03:33:23 pm
Pony island is heavily underrated. The beam cannon power up is very freespacey.

I'm playing battlefield 4. So sue me :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on March 01, 2016, 05:16:43 am
I gave X-COM Interceptor a whirl around the bush a few minutes ago. My thoughts? On the tactical level at least, it's extremely twitchy for some reason, with the AI constantly pushing head-on attacks all the time and flying at breakneck speeds. Even at Beginner difficulty I can't keep up. I suspect I might need to slap the game with some sort of frame limiter, it may be going cuhrayzee from unbounded AI calculations or something. The flight model feels very wishy-washy too. Shame, I liked the idea of a dynamic space dogfight game with an X-COM strategy layer on top. Maybe another time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on March 01, 2016, 05:18:57 am
oh also I played superhot and it's the most amazing FPS experience ever

SUPER
HOT
SUPER
HOT
SUPER
HOT
SUPER
HOT
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on March 06, 2016, 12:27:53 pm
Deus Ex: The Fall: This is actually much better than I expected from the reviews (PC version). It's watered down a lot compared to HR and is very short, basically a single hub world, but still feels like a Deus Ex game and picks up from the end of the novel. Major kudos for letting you save as well.

Metro 2033: Great atmosphere, but the levels get repetitive after a while and the story is pretty weak and doesn't make much sense. I haven't read the books it's based on though. It often tries to be a stealth game but is poorly suited for that and is more fun as a straight FPS.

I've now started KOTOR for the first time. It feels like an early version of Mass Effect, which is good, but the combat and inventory system are clunky. It's hard to get working on modern PCs and I still can only run it properly in a window.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 06, 2016, 04:24:29 pm
KOTOR combat is the older Star Wars d20 RPG rules, based heavily on D&D 3.0.  It's turn based under the hood, which is probably what makes it seem clunky after a decade and change.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on March 06, 2016, 06:26:51 pm
Although even among "turn-based under the hood" combat systems, I still find KOTOR clunkier than e.g. Baldur's Gate.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on March 06, 2016, 11:28:02 pm
Marathon ran FreeSpace Port/2/Blue Planet and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 and 2.

For the latter, man, how much I hated "One Shot, One Kill," "No Fighting in the War Room," and "Takedown."
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 07, 2016, 04:05:12 am
Got sucked into Stardew Valley over the weekend, so much nostalgia

Metro 2033: Great atmosphere, but the levels get repetitive after a while and the story is pretty weak and doesn't make much sense. I haven't read the books it's based on though. It often tries to be a stealth game but is poorly suited for that and is more fun as a straight FPS.

That's because much is missing from the game that is in the book for the sake of the multiple endings (you might not have noticed is a thing there) .... the sequel is better because it is an original story taylored for the medium - but if you are fatigued of the level design you might not want to try it yet
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on March 07, 2016, 10:22:00 am
So I tried AvP 2000. Second alien in marine campaing killed me. That atmosphere tho. Also, VA  :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 07, 2016, 07:33:19 pm
So I tried AvP 2000. Second alien in marine campaing killed me. That atmosphere tho. Also, VA  :lol:

*ping* *ping* *ping* [throws flare, sees nothing] *ping-ping-ping* [starts to panic, shines flashlight everywhere] *pingpingping* [alien eats your butt]

EDIT: I'm also playing Superhot.exe. And I'm conflicted: I'm at the point in the game where
Spoiler:
the game tells you to stop playing the game, and you (the player character) agrees to not launch superhot.exe again.
Now I want to keep playing, and see what happens, but other games like Spec Ops: The Line and Save The Date (hope this link works right) (http://paperdino.com/save-the-date/) makes me want to go for the "shut it down forever" route.

Spoiler:
Also, when the game traps you in the prison and is all "ha ha, you can't escape, go ahead, try it!" I alt+f4'd and had a good laugh.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on March 07, 2016, 09:09:54 pm
That's because much is missing from the game that is in the book for the sake of the multiple endings (you might not have noticed is a thing there) .... the sequel is better because it is an original story taylored for the medium - but if you are fatigued of the level design you might not want to try it yet

I did get the alternate, "save the aliens" ending, but it seemed nonsensical given how the game presents them. They're just generic FPS baddies during the rest of the game. I actually had more fun with Deus Ex TF, but you do need to have read the book to understand the story (and that in turn is only worth reading if you've played HR and are a fan of the series).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 07, 2016, 09:20:04 pm
Although even among "turn-based under the hood" combat systems, I still find KOTOR clunkier than e.g. Baldur's Gate.
It needed to be controllable with a gamepad because it came out on Xbox too, so yes, the interface is clunkier than any infinity engine game, while I played through the Baldur's Gate at least twice I could never finish another playthrough of this game after the first one, only the sequel I played twice because of the restoration mod (which is a must, especially for the ending).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on March 09, 2016, 08:41:38 am
Tried out the Overload Playable Teaser a few moments ago. It's really fun despite being an early product - I love the Flak Cannon, especially - but it won't run beyond 30 FPS on anything higher than the lowest screen resolution (ie. 640x480). Although this may be due to the models not being optimised (as per Revival's disclaimer screen upon starting the teaser), I think it's more of my computer being closer to the bottom end of the performance scale in this day and age. :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 09, 2016, 03:03:41 pm
I did get the alternate, "save the aliens" ending, but it seemed nonsensical given how the game presents them. They're just generic FPS baddies during the rest of the game.

The game's finale is indeed very confusing, esspecially because it doesn't actually convey much of what the book can (more so since you cannot really flip back a page and check out some of the more obscure things that happen to Artjom, but which acutally contribute to the resolution)... but some parts are there:
The Dark Ones are at one point refered to as "homo novus" and there are some, way too understated IMO, allusions to their extra-sensory-powers. The strangeness of the encounter (with the shifts in persepctive and visuals etc etc etc) is actually supposed to be conveying that what is percieved to have been an attack is just communications gone wrong...

The novel's ending (also the canonical ending for the Last Light) is this:
Spoiler:
Artjom & Ulman relay the coordinates for the missile strike back but just as they are done Artjom is transfixed on the Dark Ones' City and realizes that they have been telephatically calling to him the entire trip, and now to the proximity he is contact on clear terms (which in turn explains some of the stranger encounters he had in the Metro tunnels and stations when no one else was around - most of those have been cut from the game). He then realizes that the Dark Ones are in fact a new form of sentient life born from to the devastated world, which have been reaching out to the humans in the Metro in order to ensure co-existence. But before he can do anything the missile strike hits and the Dark Ones are anihiliated. Artjom then flees back into the Metro.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on March 12, 2016, 06:35:05 am
I got a Thunderbolt shortly after starting a Challenge Mode run on Easy Difficulty in the Overload Playable Teaser, so I decided to practice using it.

My kill count when I eventually died from firing a Devastator at point-blank range was 695.

Armor drain rate of the Thunderbolt needs to be a lot faster to discourage overcharging.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 12, 2016, 04:22:14 pm
I've got all the trophies/collectibles/shinies in Tomb Raider Legend.
I don't know how the other two Crystal Dynamics titles are (and I probably won't know until the next sale) but it felt a lot like a less polished and more linear version of the 2013 reboot, the camera sometimes screws up making you fail easy jumps (and it usually means instant death) particularly when you are hanging off ledges (thing that doesn't happen as often in the reboot, probably because controls are less camera-dependant there), the QTE are there in all their infuriating glory (and they feel somewhat worse than the reboot, I don't quite know why), the bike sections can be extremely infuriating as well, the puzzles of the main story are even a bit easier than the reboot, with only the ones necessary for getting some of the collectables being really difficult and that only because you may pass them without noticing and this game being more linear to get them you often have to replay the entire level instead of simply backtracking.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 12, 2016, 05:00:00 pm
I've got all the trophies/collectibles/shinies in Tomb Raider Legend.
I don't know how the other two Crystal Dynamics titles are but it felt a lot like a less polished and more linear version of the 2013 reboot

It's a game from 2006 ... and there are little grounds of comparison between it and 2013 Tomb Raider: as for the 2013 "re-boot" they rebuild the gameplay where as Legend uses most of the mechanics (the bike is new) that were established in the series and even expanded on them. Not only that, the 2006-08 trilogy* kept the tone of the old franchise, where as the "re-boot" was going in a different direction in terms of tone and atmosphere. Even the protagonist of both games only share passing similiarities, such as the name and some general features of their appearance.

* TR Legend 2006, TR Anniversary 2007 & TR Underworld 2008

That said, Legend is the low point of the three; there are still some camera and control-response issues (esspecially in Anniversay); but it is essential for the three games to work out in terms of pay-off. Anniversary will be breeze if you know the original 1996 version (the level design has been updated substantially but almost all elements of puzzle structures, progression etc are the same despite the addition of the serveal completely new mechanics - nostalgia may blind. Underworld is worth checking out if you are invested in the hooks of Ledgend (both are a story unity, with some ties to Anniversary)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 12, 2016, 05:59:45 pm
I've got all the trophies/collectibles/shinies in Tomb Raider Legend.
I don't know how the other two Crystal Dynamics titles are but it felt a lot like a less polished and more linear version of the 2013 reboot

It's a game from 2006 ... and there are little grounds of comparison between it and 2013 Tomb Raider: as for the 2013 "re-boot" they rebuild the gameplay where as Legend uses most of the mechanics (the bike is new) that were established in the series and even expanded on them. Not only that, the 2006-08 trilogy* kept the tone of the old franchise, where as the "re-boot" was going in a different direction in terms of tone and atmosphere. Even the protagonist of both games only share passing similiarities, such as the name and some general features of their appearance.

* TR Legend 2006, TR Anniversary 2007 & TR Underworld 2008

That said, Legend is the low point of the three; there are still some camera and control-response issues (esspecially in Anniversay); but it is essential for the three games to work out in terms of pay-off. Anniversary will be breeze if you know the original 1996 version (the level design has been updated substantially but almost all elements of puzzle structures, progression etc are the same despite the addition of the serveal completely new mechanics - nostalgia may blind. Underworld is worth checking out if you are invested in the hooks of Ledgend (both are a story unity, with some ties to Anniversary)
In fact I mostly talked about gameplay similarities.
I replayed the reboot recently and the platforming felt almost the same if you exclude the control and camera issues in Legend, of course the shooting parts are completely different and the level design is much more linear but lowpoint or not it's still surprising that many talked about the reboot like it was something radically new for the series, yes the shooting mechanics don't rely anymore on a lock on system but that comes naturally with developers and players being used to dual analog sticks on consoles and the resurgence of the PC market.

Regarding the differences in story, I kinda took them for granted as the difference with the Sherlock-esque eccentric in Legend and the young woman who happens to just be very good at keeping her cool in dangerous situations is self-evident, though considering the similarities of the reboot with the Legend segment I mentioned it may be that they'll eventually end up similarly though I say that not having yet played ROTTR so that's only speculation on my part.

I'm not even sure if I'll ever buy the original entries, while I play videogames since the DOS era, most of my experience was with genres that were already very close to their modern version regarding controls and interface (for example PC RPGs, anything prior to Fallout and Baldur's Gate is almost unplayable to me), I've tried a demo of Tomb Raider IV and I wasn't able to get beyond the first room, they just fell very rough around the edges in terms of controls.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 20, 2016, 05:06:12 am
Stimulated by the Rock paper Shotgun top 15 spacesims I've tried the demos of Starlancer and Freelancer
Starlancer was enjoyable if a bit basic (at least at first glance), reminded me a lot of Wing Commander I (which is my way to say "surprisingly few buttons for a spacesim"), only with a game engine that doesn't get in the way and more limited afterburner fuel.
Freelancer left me disappointed, I'm all for giving options to the people who don't have a joystick (I still think that locking out people without a joystick was one of the worst mistakes of the later X-wing games) but being able to pilot the ship only with mouse and keyboard feels just wrong.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 22, 2016, 06:26:13 am
Started a new playthrough of The Banner Saga (because my GPU isn't working correctly; not just because the Sequel is due at the end of year)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 22, 2016, 08:05:23 pm
Started a new playthrough of The Banner Saga (because my GPU isn't working correctly; not just because the Sequel is due at the end of year)

Oh, if you're playing that again, make absolutely sure to not let
Spoiler:
just kidding, no spoilers here. Unless you know already
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on March 23, 2016, 11:25:34 pm
Started up Valkryria Chroniclestm and... it's okay. That difficulty curve hit me like a tank though. I've also been messing around with some mods for HomeworldRM.
That Macross mod is pretty neat... except for the fact you can build things without their prerequisite modules and research, cant salvage wreckage and your cap ships are made out of paper. Still waiting on that Blue Planet RM mod though... if it gets updated to work, that and the english version of the Gundam SEED mod which I've been looking to try-
when that comes out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on March 24, 2016, 01:19:25 am
Distorted Travesty 3... finally one of the patches made it compatible with my machine (either that or the game really doesn't like it when my joystick's unplugged, unsure which).

As expected of this game, it's Chapter 3 and I'm already stone-walled. Not a matter of my upgrades or equipment, I just suck at dodging the bosses's attacks.  :(

Also arrows are hard to aim. Especially when the targets are a third the size of the actual arrow and spewing magic bullets all over the place.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 24, 2016, 08:51:41 am
Oh, if you're playing that again, make absolutely sure to not let
Spoiler:
just kidding, no spoilers here. Unless you know already

Spoiler:
Was it not letting her killing or just fighting humans?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 24, 2016, 08:35:28 pm
Spoiler:
Was it not letting her killing or just fighting humans?

There's so much that can go wrong in that game, without even expecting it to, so I can't remember what I was or was not referencing.
Spoiler:
Probably the young, earnest shield guy dying hit me hardest, because I didn't expect it at all.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on March 26, 2016, 12:56:41 am
... (I still think that locking out people without a joystick was one of the worst mistakes of the later X-wing games) but being able to pilot the ship only with mouse and keyboard feels just wrong.

One thing that royally pisses me off about NovaLogic's F-22 Raptor is that it does not accept USB Joysticks, so it's keys only for me (whereas I can use mine in F-22 Lightning II as a generic 2-Button in DOSBox, Tachyon: The Fringe, Comanche Gold and 4 can take the Windows Primary Joystick).

On another note, I would say Star Fox Adventures (yes, the Zelda-like one), and 007 Nightfire (holy crap, have I missed out).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Bryan See on March 27, 2016, 12:47:02 am
I've been playing I-War 2 lately. Some 14 years ago, I-War 2 provided me the first opportunity to do modding. With the Geographical Tools SDK released some time after the release of the latest game patch, I've been adding star systems to the game, expanding the IW2 universe, and providing new ways to explore in the 16-year-old game.

It is there I've learned a taste of object-oriented programming, which played a role in my studies later on.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 27, 2016, 04:49:45 pm
... (I still think that locking out people without a joystick was one of the worst mistakes of the later X-wing games) but being able to pilot the ship only with mouse and keyboard feels just wrong.

One thing that royally pisses me off about NovaLogic's F-22 Raptor is that it does not accept USB Joysticks, so it's keys only for me (whereas I can use mine in F-22 Lightning II as a generic 2-Button in DOSBox, Tachyon: The Fringe, Comanche Gold and 4 can take the Windows Primary Joystick).

On another note, I would say Star Fox Adventures (yes, the Zelda-like one), and 007 Nightfire (holy crap, have I missed out).

Wait, what?
How is that even possible?
Doesn't it use DirectX?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on March 29, 2016, 02:34:28 am
F-22 Raptor only takes Joysticks that had the Gameport plug, such as the old Sidewinders. I have no damn clue what NovaLogic was thinking at the time. (My Sidewinder has a Gameport-to-USB adapter that came with it, so that's why I was able to use it for FSO until it started dying out on me.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 29, 2016, 06:34:29 am
Was that the one with nuclear ordnance that came out around the time voxel delta force did?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 29, 2016, 02:13:27 pm
My god, a game that came out in 1998 that doesn't support all directX compatible joysticks?
X-wing vs Tie Fighter came out in 1997 and essentially supports any windows controller with an analog stick in it, isn't at least a mod or something out there?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on March 29, 2016, 07:31:08 pm
Was that the one with nuclear ordnance that came out around the time voxel delta force did?

Yes.

My god, a game that came out in 1998 that doesn't support all directX compatible joysticks?
X-wing vs Tie Fighter came out in 1997 and essentially supports any windows controller with an analog stick in it, isn't at least a mod or something out there?

Barring some trickery from an EE, I doubt it. My Sidewinder's Gameport-to-USB adapter didn't work for F-22R (like I said, I got it to work for FS2 and Tachyon on Win7).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 01, 2016, 07:06:07 pm
I've been playing Wing Commander IV.
Is it me or the flying engine in WC3/4 is really coarse?
I often have troubles doing fine adjustments on my aim and sometimes it "jumps back" when I try to pitch up lightly.
At first with WC3 I thought it was the (then new) stick but other games don't have these problems, even WC4 although it's a windows game has the same problems, they added throttle support, which is really nice (going full forward to exit the hangar or pull back to stop on reentry never gets old), but other than that the controls have the same issues I've found in WC3.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 01, 2016, 11:59:37 pm
I've been playing Wing Commander IV.
Is it me or the flying engine in WC3/4 is really coarse?
I often have troubles doing fine adjustments on my aim and sometimes it "jumps back" when I try to pitch up lightly.

I remember having that problem at the time with WC3. My duel with Flash was significantly more difficult because of it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 02, 2016, 12:08:55 am
I've never used a joystick in my life so I can't comment. But I really suck at WC3. I find Flash really challenging does anyone have any tips or advice?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on April 02, 2016, 02:21:39 am
BFME2. I really enjoyed the first one, but apparently the 2 is pretty poor. AI is really incompetent at providing a fun experience. I tried playing helms deep, because why else would anyone want to play this game, which is a 3v1 map. If I didn't build units and tried going eco, AI would swarm me, which is fine, but when I prepared units in advance, it just never attacked. Never. After defeating one AI something started happening at last and my unit cap doubled somehow. Also, I tried placing some archers on the walls. Well. They would get into position, then run down the stairs and through the gate, then back up on the walls, then through the gate and down the ramp, then back on the walls... indefinitely. How am I supposed to play this game? It just doesn't seem very compelling at this point.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on April 02, 2016, 02:31:54 am
Gundam Breaker 3 just came in the mail.

Hell. Yes.  :cool:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 02, 2016, 06:38:13 am
I've been playing Wing Commander IV.
Is it me or the flying engine in WC3/4 is really coarse?
I often have troubles doing fine adjustments on my aim and sometimes it "jumps back" when I try to pitch up lightly.

I remember having that problem at the time with WC3. My duel with Flash was significantly more difficult because of it.

I think I didn't notice the first time I played them (a couple of years ago) only because I still had a cheap stick so I was used to fine aim problems, with the new one I got rapidly used to be able to aim at what I was shooting much more easily in other games and returning to WC3 and 4 has been a bit traumatic.
I've never used a joystick in my life so I can't comment. But I really suck at WC3. I find Flash really challenging does anyone have any tips or advice?

I solved at the time by slamming him with two full salvos of missiles immediately at the start of the duel, of course how repeatable it is is debatable, with my second playthrough I just said "screw it" and lowered the difficulty.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 04, 2016, 06:26:36 am
I've been playing Wing Commander Prophecy in the last few days, it feels a lot like a prototype for the Freespace series but it's still unmistakably Wing Commander for good or ill (want to manage energy systems during battles while being able to turn around? Of course not!).
The last mission is loooong, I've been killing aliens for I don't know how long then I had the bad idea to go after the towers when the fighters seemed to run out, I'll try again tonight.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 04, 2016, 05:02:09 pm
Leave the gate to my team. We won't let you down!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 04, 2016, 07:08:59 pm
Leave the gate to my team. We won't let you down!
Yep, I really should have taken the refuel when it was offered and trusted your team to hold the line instead of trying to do everything myself.  :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 05, 2016, 01:36:41 pm
What the hell am I doing wrong with this mission?
This time I went to the refuel, went then back to the portal with Blair, he docked and after a while of killing enemy fighters I've found myself close to the portal enough to kill a few of the towers at that point everyone eject and I just die, no boom, or anything, I even had all my shields but the game decided that I was dead.  :mad:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 05, 2016, 01:59:27 pm
Keep at it.
The game will break if you accidentally have infinite health by.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 05, 2016, 02:58:25 pm
Keep at it.
The game will break if you accidentally have infinite health by.

It seems that I got too close to the portal while knocking down one of the towers and so the game decided that I was dead regardless of the state of my ship, now I made it and I set Secret Ops to download.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Deepstar on April 05, 2016, 04:38:31 pm
The last days i started the Armies of Exigo prequel campaign.
Armies of Exigo: The Rage.
In whole 16:9 glory.

Damn, this is somewhat challenging. I get overrun very fast in a couple of minutes after the start of the mission. Maybe i need MUCH MUCH MORE Towers instead of soldiers, to even hold my position.


Also i play Crimson Sea 2 for a few weeks now... this game is very long for a 2004 mission-based third-person shooter with hack & slash elements... i have reached already the 25 hour mark.
But i think it is inferior than the predecessor. The gameplay is better and the overall story seems to be more unpredictable, but it is the only thing CS2 makes better than the first. You fight the same enemies like in the first one. Also you play always six missions on the same map. Because you have to do all the optional side-missions to be strong enough for the story missions, so the story have a very slow narrative pace. I liked the linear story from the first game much better, because the narrative pace was better and you have always a different location and it seems that the mission objectives were more different.
This game is already at least 10 hours too long...
Also i do not like, that you fight the same enemies without no explanation... or to say, nobody in the game matters about that, even that is a complete different race.
Maybe the developer were too lazy or it was too expensive to create something new.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on April 06, 2016, 09:42:49 am
Torchlight. Not the sequel, but the original. With mods.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on April 07, 2016, 10:29:46 pm
Naval Action

Rock the Cutter:
(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/457488019942948103/F666F808A065CA54DEC2EC1D60DE256D0C41F873/)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 09, 2016, 09:24:11 pm
XM800T rallies in AW.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on April 09, 2016, 11:46:12 pm
Tabletop Simulator, X-wing module.  Luke just ripped the **** out of a YV-666 and a JumpMaster 5000 pretty much by himself.  It was pretty sweet.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 10, 2016, 03:05:53 am
Still playing The Banner Saga ... the Varl are sooo boring to play
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 10, 2016, 04:50:34 am
Later on, a bit of battlefield 4. Ps4 style.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Ghostavo on April 10, 2016, 04:58:15 am
Dying Light - The Following, who knew running over zombies in a buggy could be so cathartic.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on April 10, 2016, 11:51:54 am
The cursed vampire that is War Thunder has captured me again. At least low level brittonks is fun enough and brainless
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 10, 2016, 04:03:25 pm
Finished Wing Commander Prophecy: Secret Ops
The same dull mission design of Wing Commander 3 only with almost no "story moments", and most dialogue is exposition that could have been easily used as comm chatter, and occur only every 8/10 missions, the rest is essentially devoid of any of the personality Wing Commader games (even the Prophecy base game) usually have.
The two new characters, Spyder and Amazon, don't have any dialogue (apart form the usual canned sentences) and Stiletto has no dialogues, the only ones talking in cutscenes other than the protagonist are Maestro and Zero.
I get it that they didn't have the money for cutscenes but at least having some more comm chatter during missions shouldn't have been that much of an expense as Mark Hamill was put on a bus in the main game and the cast had been restricted to the new generation anyway.
The few mission that aren't "search and destroy" or "patrol" (which are the same thing in the end: hit "a", destroy things until you get permission to hit "a" again, rinse and repeat) get really furustrating because of the overly simplified controls, the lack all those hotkeys you use for targeting in Tie Fighter or in Freespace in a game that came a few years after the former is simply unforgivable.
The game is at its best in the simple dogfighting but after countless waves of enemies tends to get extremely repetitive, and without the narrative focus of the base game, it gets old really fast.

In the end the best of the series remains Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom, 3 and 5 are good, Secret Ops sufficient and the first two while playable have aged very badly regarding gameplay.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on April 11, 2016, 12:05:16 am
Nearly to the end of Distorted Travesty 3.

Dark Souls III countdown: 18 hours.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 11, 2016, 12:52:27 am
Secret ops was primarily an online release in a transient time between big broadband speeds becoming prominent and games still having awesome boxes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 11, 2016, 01:19:51 am
Secret ops was primarily an online release in a transient time between big broadband speeds becoming prominent and games still having awesome boxes.
A few lines more couldn't have added that much to download size (which was already big for the time as it was I guess), everything is already in-engine so it's mostly mission scripts and voice overs that were added to the game, in general the long-winded exposition could have been given a bit at a time during the many padding missions without having to record that much more.
Or they could have designed more complex missions instead of just throwing enemy ships at you in endless waves, but then again that would have probably meant redesigning the controls and UI as they already struggle with the few missions that try to spice up the usual mission patterns.
Another thing that was a bit annoying was having to type your callsign every time you launched the game, in general Secret Ops felt like everything I don't like about the Wing Commander series and then some with only a few of the redeeming qualities.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on April 12, 2016, 06:20:07 pm
So I tried some metro redux. As much as I like some solid FPS, like the damn Shadow Warrior, Metro doesn't seem to be my thing. I am currently stuck at a nasty 1v8 encounter, which just doesn't go well for me. I think I'll give it a pass.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 13, 2016, 05:53:19 am
Okay, I've tried to continue the Balance of Power storyline of X-3: Terran Conflict.

After keeping SETA on for several hours in background to free enough marine to assault the base I thought I could finish the plot but of course then you have a boring and loooog reconaissance mission, I've read you could wait two hours instead of doing a long and boring search pattern but by that time my patience ran out again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 13, 2016, 06:29:50 am
Okay, I've tried to continue the Balance of Power storyline of X-3: Terran Conflict.

After keeping SETA on for several hours in background to free enough marine to assault the base I thought I could finish the plot but of course then you have a boring and loooog reconaissance mission, I've read you could wait two hours instead of doing a long and boring search pattern but by that time my patience ran out again.

Yeah that game really made my patience run into the ground.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on April 14, 2016, 08:28:36 pm
Dark Souls. Finally. I picked me a knight and now I am putting all the souls into endurance so that I can fastroll in full armor. I am good at this game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 14, 2016, 11:53:24 pm
Dark Souls. Finally. I picked me a knight and now I am putting all the souls into endurance so that I can fastroll in full armor. I am good at this game.

Been to Blightown yet? - Also, Full Armour please....
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on April 15, 2016, 10:47:28 am
My new GPU came with a free key of The Division.
Like it :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 15, 2016, 12:57:49 pm
I've reinstalled Wing Commander Saga.
I think I might have developed an addiction to throttling up at mission start.  :nervous:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on April 15, 2016, 07:44:46 pm
King Arthur is on sale at GoG so I thought I'd give it a try. It is so unbearably unpleasant to play that I found out GoG doesn't refund bad games ;(

EDIT: At first it seemed like a total war kind of game, so I thought it could be cool. I launched some quick scenario and the game immediately told me I had to capture those strategic points to gain advantage[duh..]. Then I charged my cavalry into a stray unit of enemy cavalry, they closed the distance, stopped and started repeating the same attack animation over and over. It took like a minute before anyone died there[which means I had to wait an extended period of time doing nothing waiting for the battle to progress, and as I didn't notice any sort of charge to take effect, I could not even cycle]. At this point I realised I was better off playing more Shogun 2.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on April 17, 2016, 12:29:18 am
Playing GT Racing 2 on a PC. Not the best port since it's never been updated, but my PC screen's bigger than my smartphone screen so... :nervous:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 17, 2016, 12:36:37 am
They finally made a Steam release of Sven coop. I can't wait to play through Afraid of Monsters with friends.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on April 18, 2016, 05:27:22 pm
Dark Souls III.

Man, I am LOVING playing at the time of release. The online component is more active than I've ever seen. Joined a wolfbro covenant and was getting summoned so often I barely had time to progress the level. And dropping a summon sign to help others with a boss invariably gets you summoned within ten seconds.

The other two Dark Souls I joined in fairly late, so this is a new experience for me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 18, 2016, 07:51:47 pm
Working on my next HLPX-COM post.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on April 18, 2016, 08:36:03 pm
Skippering my Traders Brig hauling Coal, Iron and Hemp back to Fort Royal to feed the shipyards plus running some commodities for fun and profit.

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/454110978796780170/577ACC8BEF71207B8ED4B22C22A82B6BF1099282/)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 20, 2016, 04:12:26 am
Wing Commander Saga
F**k skipper missiles, I HATE them.

EDIT

Got 'em, I had to use imrec missiles (heat seekers don't work even from behind for some reason) but I made it and got a silver star, how are medals awarded exactly?
Until now I got two bronze and this silver.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on April 21, 2016, 10:48:53 pm
Naval Action: Working on leveling up to Capitaine de Corvette so I can crew a Cerberus, the first available Frigate.  Also trying out the 24pd Carronades on the Merc, they hit like a hammer up close but are pretty ungainly at range.

(http://i65.tinypic.com/wvbvo5.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 22, 2016, 01:47:30 pm
Rule The Waves.

It's not going so great. Caught a light cruiser raider with one of my predreads. The result was a mutual kill. If you were to picture the light cruiser doing the Fury Road "WITNESS ME" schtick and charging with torpedoes, you'd not be far off.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on April 24, 2016, 07:49:18 am
(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/13041124_10156729373450167_8090810108078958698_o.jpg)

I killed Mongoose
Sorry Mongoose
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on April 24, 2016, 09:43:03 pm
Just got promoted to Capitaine de Corvette in Naval Action, giving me command of enough men to fully crew a Cerberus Sixth Rate Frigate of 28 guns:

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/449608343362753756/17F5359CB93CB481FEC8CE9F224719A08D12E7CF/)

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/449608343362754004/EB32BFD9E580C90F6289275F2E8A7DF48046E5EE/)
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on April 25, 2016, 03:21:51 am
(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/13041124_10156729373450167_8090810108078958698_o.jpg)

I killed Mongoose
Sorry Mongoose

I don't know what game this is, but GEE that cockpit looks familiar.....
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on April 25, 2016, 04:00:53 am
For the past week or so I've mostly played Starpoint Gemini 2. A bit simple and has zero interest in trying to be realistic, but great fun nonetheless.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 25, 2016, 07:21:49 am


(https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/13041124_10156729373450167_8090810108078958698_o.jpg)

I killed Mongoose
Sorry Mongoose

I don't know what game this is, but GEE that cockpit looks familiar.....


Elite dangerous taking inspiration from starlancer right?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on April 25, 2016, 07:20:55 pm
I killed Mongoose
Sorry Mongoose
D:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on April 25, 2016, 10:02:24 pm
It's 1904 in the Bay of Biscay as the US and French battle lines face off, the US having sailed across the Atlantic to try and settle things once and for all.

While the two battle lines exchange hits at about 5000 yards in darkness, with the French getting the worst of the deal but neither side really in danger, just out of sight, behind the battle line, a pair of USN destroyer squadrons maneuver and then charge between the gaps in their own battle line, preparing to deliver a single Kantai Kessen-style night torpedo attack and win the war.

Thirty seconds. Ten to reach launch position and twenty to impact. It's 1904 so you can sink even Bs with single torpedo hits. That's all I needed.

But the French turned away at just the right moment, and I got nothing. The action was inconclusive as they broke contact after the destroyers had to turn away. Dammit. Once in all of history chance down the drain.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on April 25, 2016, 10:38:53 pm
Okay I love Frigates, I really, really love Frigates.  I only have the starter 6th Rate and I can't wait to break into the real 5th Rates.  Surprise, Renommée, Belle Poule, Trincomalee, Essex, Constitution.

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/449608343366853683/EA7E548CC2C898DCB8C392513FEB8BA929FF99E8/)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on April 25, 2016, 11:32:44 pm

Elite dangerous taking inspiration from starlancer right?

I was thinking it looked like the FS cockpit heavily stylized and re-arranged slightly in a "we TOTALLY didn't copy this" kind of way.  not that i'm saying that's an awful thing, but most of the major elements of the FS2 hud are there in a strikingly similar layout.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 26, 2016, 03:42:41 am

Elite dangerous taking inspiration from starlancer right?

I was thinking it looked like the FS cockpit heavily stylized and re-arranged slightly in a "we TOTALLY didn't copy this" kind of way.  not that i'm saying that's an awful thing, but most of the major elements of the FS2 hud are there in a strikingly similar layout.

Which already was a variant of the Wing Commander IV cockpit layout, Freespace was essentially Wing Commander with better gameplay, mission design and controls and less "cinematic" storytelling.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on April 28, 2016, 08:17:41 pm
Today my first arcade stick arrived.
It's a Mad Catz Street Fighter X Tekken Arcade Fightstick Pro for xbox 360 (I use it on PC of course).
The thing is huge, I still have to get used to it (mostly using it on emulators right now until I can get Ultra Street Fighter 4, Skullgirls, Blazblue or Guilty Gear on a Steam sale) but I was lucky enough to pay it only 50 Euros plus shipping, being more or less the price of a Hori ministick 4 (my first choice, being new at fighting games and not wanting to spend much) I couldn't let it go to waste.

The funny thing is that while recent versions of MAME accept the controller without particular issues (even plowed through Golden Axe with it just for the hell of it), older versions don't, and the newer versions seem to not work very well with most fighting games I'm interested in for some reason, I had to use winkawaks with the help of joy2key.

EDIT

Speak of the devil... Blazblue is on sale on steam, fortunately I still have a couple of euros on my prepaid card.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 29, 2016, 01:50:11 am
Today my first arcade stick arrived.
It's a Mad Catz Street Fighter X Tekken Arcade Fightstick Pro for xbox 360 (I use it on PC of course).

Considering the quality of Mad Catz products, I'd rather have gotten one from another company. Mad Catz sticks break way too easy and have short life spans.


Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 29, 2016, 08:38:10 am
Today my first arcade stick arrived.
It's a Mad Catz Street Fighter X Tekken Arcade Fightstick Pro for xbox 360 (I use it on PC of course).

Considering the quality of Mad Catz products, I'd rather have gotten one from another company. Mad Catz sticks break way too easy and have short life spans.




In fact the stick itself is Sanwa, as are the buttons, Mad Catz only made the PCB and the chassis of the thing, otherwise I wouldn't have touched it with a ten meters pole no matter how little it costed.

That's essentially the main reason why among the fightstick community Mad Catz has a good reputation, but even then they know not to buy their arcade ministicks as their stick and buttons are done in-house by Mad Catz and so are made of tissue paper like their flightsticks and those things are still overpriced for what they should be (Hori does better when it comes to budget fighting game stuff).

Of course when it comes to proper joysticks for spacesims I am a proud CH Products user. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on April 30, 2016, 12:57:33 am
I killed Mongoose
Sorry Mongoose
D:

I did wonder if that really was our HLP Mongoose, to be honest.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on April 30, 2016, 06:09:18 am
I killed Mongoose
Sorry Mongoose
D:

I did wonder if that really was our HLP Mongoose, to be honest.

It was not in fact
Okay, seriously, the RNG naming conventions for Elite Dangerous are some hilarious things

I have a plethora of screenshots for just NPC names ranging from "Herscreamin Zoinks" to "Terrible Terry" to "Barrel Roll"... ****ING BARREL ROLL

Hell there was "Spaceman Spiff" and "Loaf of Paint" and "Inigo Montoya"

Scratching the surface

It's great
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on April 30, 2016, 11:34:17 am
I killed Mongoose
Sorry Mongoose
D:

I did wonder if that really was our HLP Mongoose, to be honest.

It was not in fact
Okay, seriously, the RNG naming conventions for Elite Dangerous are some hilarious things

I have a plethora of screenshots for just NPC names ranging from "Herscreamin Zoinks" to "Terrible Terry" to "Barrel Roll"... ****ING BARREL ROLL

Hell there was "Spaceman Spiff" and "Loaf of Paint" and "Inigo Montoya"

Scratching the surface

It's great
(http://deviance.duckish.net/pictures/cr_dead.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on April 30, 2016, 06:40:32 pm
So I have beaten the ribcage dragon and I guess I am now worthy of entering Blighttown. I tried some human phantoms, but mr. soulkeeper just died from the first hit. I ended up beating him with the Lautrec, or whatever the gold bastard knight is called. I forgot about the tail, but the weapon seems only viable in ng+ anyway. Also, the bloody basilisk den is just.. unnecessary.. but I guess it fits the general theme of keeping your focus at all times. I am pretty bad at this so I guess that's a useful thing to practice. DS makes me realise just how important is your attitude. I had huge problems with the beggining of the dragon fight, because he had just so much health, but after getting him down to 30% I could easily solo him to the end, because I just saw the end getting closer and felt motivated. Next, Blighttown.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 30, 2016, 07:33:01 pm
The basilisk aren't really a problem, I killed them in one or two shots, I think I got cursed only twice between normal and newgame++.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 30, 2016, 07:40:40 pm
Yesterday I beat Seath and killed Nito. Now its time to go down to the fiery evil place.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 02, 2016, 09:54:02 am
Decided to go back and replay the entire Crysis series.  For some reason the original is kindof studder-y while sprinting in speed mode on modern hardware.  I wonder if that's from loading new terrain on the fly.  There is an awful lot of vegetation and whatnot to render on the fly.  I would have thought that running it from the SSD would eliminate that though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 02, 2016, 11:25:48 am
It seems my laptop lags a bit with joy2key, I've finally been able to play emulated Super Street Fighter 2 on my desktop PC and didn't have the same problems in pulling off moves, I could even do Shoryukens about half the times I've tried instead of one time out of ten.

I also did some Blaz Blue Calamity Trigger story mode, I got a few fights that were more difficult towards the end of some charater's storylines but nothing unbeatable, from what I googled to unlock alternate endings I must do the arcade mode to unlock finishing moves and replay the ending with them or lose certain fights.

The lore is kinda interesting, the humor (when present, the story is mostly quite melodramatic) is typically shojo, that is infantile with a couple of unexpectedly crude elements like a cloudcuckoolander character calling another "booby lady" during a sort of lore-heavy comedic tutorial.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 02, 2016, 12:03:10 pm
Need to write up next HLPX-COM bit. Have finished it.

Also need to possibly consider I'm going to have to switch to imgur to post pictures.

Meanwhile Battlegroup Spire prepares to fight the Eternity of Pain.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 04, 2016, 04:12:32 pm
For the Star Wars Day I fired up X-wing vs Tie Fighter and did the assault on platform Ellirad.

The rebel side can be very difficult, you fly Y-wings and the primary targets are really close to the platform, that means that after running out of torpedoes closing in to use lasers is suicide on normal and hard.
Instead taking escort duty with the A-wings essentially gets you all the attention from the assault gunboats, while they are manageable they tend to last very long under fire so usually by the time you deal with them the Y-wings are already gone.

The imperial side is more manageable, as long as you get to the Y-wings first and you don't get killed too many times, which is kinda of a problem in an assault gunboat (which is sort of a slightly faster and more manouverable Y-wing) while being pelted with missiles by A-wings, the tractor beam helps to get rid of them but then again the risk is not being able to intercept the Y-wings in time.

Also there is a spoiler-ish aspect in the mission that is going to make the mission fail anyway for the imperials even if you force the rebels to retire if you don't pay attention, but after the first time (and having played the mission on the rebel side) it's not really a problem.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 05, 2016, 06:39:20 pm
Rule The Waves.

It is 1922, and by some fiendish miracle, Austria-Hungary and the United States are only nations in the world that has made the conceptual leap to All-or-Nothing Armor.

The KuK Kriegsmarine's new Maria Theresa-class fast battleships are busily reminding the Royal Navy why this was a very important step in the history of construction. The Mediterranean is my lake, dammit. Not Italy, not France, not the UK's, mine!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on May 06, 2016, 09:17:50 am
Naval Action

I've been busy leveling up my crafting capability so that I can build the ships I want and not be reliant on what is available in the shop.  After initially building Trade Cutters to grind out the early levels my shipyard churned out its very first Exceptional grade Brig.  As a byproduct of the build process we developed the blue prints for the Mercury, Navy Brig and Mortar Brig.   :yes:

There are six warships that automatically unlock at certain crafting levels, the rest you need to acquire blue prints in order to craft.  Blue Prints are randomly dropped during ship crafting(the quality of the build effects the chance) so getting the above three on our first ship was extremely lucky. 

Once I level up enough I will start work on building Mercuries so that I can unlock the BPs for the Renommée, Surprise and Niagara.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 06, 2016, 10:33:44 am
Wing Commander Saga
I just got the medal in the mission where you are escorting the Armageddon task force, one of the capships was at 1% hull when I got leave to return to the Hermes.
It was mostly the last part that screwed me, it took me two tries to finally notice the bombers while distracted by the planetary missiles.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: starwolf1991 on May 06, 2016, 02:18:13 pm
Long sessions of Heroes of the Storm. Been playing a lot of aggressive support with my favorite Heroes, Rehgar and Tyrande. Losing in the Quick Plays is painful business. On the off-hand, been having some good old fun and my playstyle often nets big dividends. Hopefully closing on earning Rehgar a sweet Level 10 and Master Skin soon.

Short breaks involve slowly crossing off a long list of campaigns to complete, including really old releases; Silent: Threat Reborn, Inferno: Alliance, Phantoms: Echo Gate........and that's just the start. Up to Crossing the Styx, I think. I really should create some kind of alphabetical or chronological order to do them in. Ah well, shouldn't break rhythm now!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on May 09, 2016, 01:42:19 am
Right now, just Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst.

Just got my RAmarl to Level 112. Still trying to get to the point where I can do the later halves of Ultimate without getting burned. (I have not touched Episode IV yet, because for Rangers, it is hell, as in some enemies block or avoid gunfire. I need a Lance.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 09, 2016, 11:10:32 am
Right now, just Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst.

:yes: My first MMO (or is that mMO?) Did you find a private server, or are you just playing offline somehow?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on May 09, 2016, 10:08:25 pm
I'm playing on a private server.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on May 10, 2016, 07:03:43 am
That name RNG once spat out the name of one of my RL friends.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on May 10, 2016, 08:44:36 am
Playing Napoleon: TW really shows how bad I am at being a strategist.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 13, 2016, 02:51:37 am
It is 1903, October, and France and the United States have been at war for twelve months. Combat has mostly consisted of cruiser clashes in the Caribbean and a few interceptions of French raiders off the Philippines; for what little has occurred, the United States is winning, but the phrase "war is boring" has never rung more true considering the inability of either side to force action in the home areas of the other.

The French, in the midst of transferring their battlefleet to the active theaters of war, have a convoy to North Africa under the escort of one of their predreadnaught battleships, a light cruiser, a pair of destroyers, and armed merchant cruiser pressed into service. It constitutes nearly all their remaining naval forces in the Mediterranean. They are thus wholly unprepared when five American protected cruisers of the Olympia class, based in Sardinia thanks to a secret agreement with Italy, emerge from the dawn glare.

Predreadnaught FS Charles Martel and protected cruiser FS Sfax turn to interpose themselves against the onrushing Americans. Cruiser Division 9 and Cruiser Division 6 split north and south, drawing off the heavy escorts on to Division 6, while Cruiser Division 9 runs riot through the convoy ships. USS Des Moines closes to 3000 yards against Charles Martel, exchanging a waterline 12" gun hit that floods her bow for a torpedo from her portside submerged tube that induces serious flooding on the battleship; the two ships break away from each other and limp to safety, managing to control their respective flooding problems. USS Denver duels the Sfax, forcing the lighter French protected cruiser to break away and run for safety after disabling most of its guns on the engaged side. USS Cinnicinati and USS Columbia pick a fight with AMC FS Ville de Paris and its two destroyer escorts to cover USS Minneapolis as it attacks the transports. The AMC is quickly reduced to a drifting hulk, and the FS Catapulte takes a shot in the boiler room when it turns to run and doesn't escape.

All five American ships take minor damage, but eight French ships, all six merchants, the AMC, and a destroyer, are sunk. It is the greatest victory of the war so far.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/Everything%20not%20LP%20or%20Ships/daringraid_zps7akviftp.png)

Welcome to Rule The Waves.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 13, 2016, 11:28:52 pm
Log, CC-6 USS Saratoga, the Second Battle of Corscia.

1123: TUCSON reports convoy sighted. All ahead flank to close enemy convoy.
1132: Enemy ships in sight. TUCSON engaging Galilee-class protected cruiser.
1136: All ahead two-thirds. Engaged Galilee-class protected cruiser with main battery. DesDiv 2 detached to attack convoy ships. CruDiv 5 falling behind due to 1 knot lower top speed.
1144: TUCSON shifts target, engaging enemy DDs. Reports additional enemy ships.
1150: TUCSON reports enemy battlecruiser, Dunkerque-class. Coming to heading 270 to close enemy CC.
1151: Major-caliber shell splashes observed near TUCSON. All ahead flank.
1154: Portside secondary battery engaging enemy merchantmen. Hits obtained. DesDiv 2 doing well.
1156: A and B turret shift target to enemy merchantman. Hits obtained.
1157: Y turret shift target enemy merchantman. Destroys bridge and stack. Secondary battery registering numerous hits on different target.
1159: Dunkerque-class CC in sight, range 12000 yards. A and B turrets shift target. Shell from first salvo strikes enemy CC's rear turret.
1205: B turret error in drill, only one gun fires. A turret obtains hit amidships on enemy CC. Course 310 to unmask Y turret.
1209: Enemy CC shell strikes after superstructure. 12 casualties, damage inconsequential. Y turret opens fire. Hit on enemy CC's conning tower. CruDiv 5 open fire on enemy CC.
1210: Enemy CruDiv of Coetlogon-class protected cruisers opens fire on us. No hits.
1212: A and B turrets straddle enemy CC. Multiple hits obtained. Secondary battery and CruDiv 5 engage enemy protected cruisers.
1213: Y turret obtains hit on enemy CC rear turret. Secondary explosion observed.
1214: Enemy armored CruDiv opens fire on us.
1215: Y Turret plants a full salvo on enemy CC forward turret. Appears to be jammed in train.
1216: Enemy light cruisers retreating. Secondary battery shifts target to enemy CC. B turret obtains hit at base of enemy forward stack. Enemy CC slowing.
1217: Enemy CA CruDiv shifts target to RENO. CruDiv 5 shifts target to enemy CA CruDiv.
1219: B turret obtains hit in enemy CC casemate guns. Secondary explosions observed. Secondary battery obtaining multiple hits in enemy CC superstructure. Enemy CC slowed to 15 knots, but forward turret back in action.
1220: All ahead two thirds.
1225: A and Y turrets hit enemy CC amidships. Large fire visible. Enemy X turret no longer firing. B turret jams.
1226: A turret obtains full salvo hit on enemy CC forward. Enemy A turret has ceased fire.
1228: B turret back to battery. Hit obtained on enemy CC's conning tower. Enemy CC turning to port. Changing course to 190 to close range.
1231: A turret jammed. Enemy DesDiv approaching. Secondary battery shifts target to enemy DesDiv. Obtains multiple hits on Etendard-class DD.
1232: Y turret hits enemy CC at base of aft stack.
1234: B turret hits enemy CC athwart aft stack with three shells. Secondary explosions observed. Enemy CC slows to 5 knots.
1237: CruDiv 5 shifts target to enemy CC. TUCSON engaging enemy protected cruiser to our starboard. Several enemy merchants have been sunk by DesDiv 2. Enemy destroyers engaging DesDiv 5. Portside secondary battery shifts target to enemy destroyer. Starboard secondary battery still engaging enemy CC.
1242: Enemy CC burning badly, drifting. Main battery shift target, Dupleix-class CA, 8000 yards.
1243: Enemy CA hit by A turret, amidships. Y turret engages enemy CC due to being masked, hits stern.
1245: Enemy protected cruiser engages us. No hits. Y turret puts three shells into enemy CC's waterline. Starboard secondary battery continues to register numerous hits on enemy CC. Secondary explosion in enemy CC's conning tower.
1249: Portside secondary battery shifts target to enemy protected cruiser, Coetlogon-class. Multiple hits registered.
1250: Hard to starboard. Evading torpedoes. Course 090.
1256: GRIDLEY torpedoes enemy CC amidships.
1301: Main battery shift target, Coetlogon-class protected cruiser 6000 yards. 1 hit from Y turret towards the bow. Enemy protected cruiser blows up.
1303: TUCSON engaging Galilee-class protected cruiser to starboard. We are being engaged by enemy armored cruisers coming back for second round. Starboard secondary battery shifts target to support TUCSON.
1305: Main battery shift target, Dupleix-class CA 10000 yards. 1 hit from B turret forward destroys enemy A turret. Secondary battery obtaining hits on Galilee-class. CruDiv 5 engaging enemy CA CruDiv, except RENO which is still engaging enemy CC.
1307: Enemy CAs turn away. Main battery shift target, enemy CL Galilee-class, range 7000 yards. 1 hit from B turret astern.
1309: 1 hit from Y turret on enemy CL astern. RENO torpedoes enemy CC wreck. Enemy CL turns away. B turret jams.
1317: GRIDLEY under fire from multiple enemy cruisers to north, sustains several hits. Come to course 350, all ahead flank. B turret back to battery.
1318: Main battery engages enemy CA, Dupleix-class, range 10000 yards. Come to course 290 to unmask Y turret.
1322: Enemy CA hit amidships from B turret.
1323: Enemy CA hit aft from B and Y turret. Main battery ammunition 50% remaining. Enemy CA CruDiv turns away, but our target is slowing.
1324: Medium-caliber shell splashes off the port side. Enemy CA CruDiv are engaging us.
1325: Multiple hits registered on enemy CA from A and B turrets near the waterline. Enemy CA stopped. Main battery shift target, Dupleix-class CA, 7000 yards.
1326: Hit on enemy CA's bridge from Y turret. B turret jams. DesDiv 5 detached to pick up survivors from enemy convoy. CruDiv 5 and TUCSON engaging enemy CL CruDiv to port.
1329: GRIDLEY on fire to port forward. Under fire from enemy CA, Conde-class.
1330: Main battery shift target, enemy CA, Conde-class, range 10000 yards.
1331: Multiple hits on enemy CA amidships.
1332: Y turret hits enemy CA aft.
1334: B turret hits enemy CA in superstructure.
1336: FLINT breaks formation from CruDiv 5 to move against Coetlogon-class CL closing our port side.
1338: Medium-caliber hit from enemy CA cuts bow jack. Enemy shells straddle.
1340: GRIDLEY hit by enemy CA secondary battery amidships multiple times, slows to a stop. Enemy CL CruDiv engages GRIDLEY. Enemy CA CruDiv turns away. Squall line moving into area.
1341: FLINT hit by enemy CL on forward turret. Shift target, Galilee-class CL, range 6000 yards. OAKLAND and RENO engaging enemy Coetlogon-class CL to our port in support of FLINT.
1345: Secondary battery engages enemy Dupleix-class CA to starboard. Enemy CL hit by A turret. Course 350 to pursue enemy ships.
1350: Main battery shift target, enemy Coetlogon-class CL, range 3000 yards. Course 040 to clear enemy torpedo water. Multiple hits obtained. Enemy ship is slowing.
1354: Enemy CL hit multiple times. Enemy CL blows up.
1357: GRIDLEY crew visible abandoning ship. Main battery shift target, Galilee-class CL, range 5000 yards. Course 350 to purse.
1404: Enemy CL hit forward by A turret. Raining. Sighting range down to 10000 yards.
1408: Enemy CL hit forward and aft.
1410: GRIDLEY has sunk. Enemy Dupleix-class CA we stopped has started moving again, engaging us. Main battery shift target, Dupleix-class CA, 8000 yards.
1414: Multiple hits obtained on Dupleix-class CA. Enemy ship has stopped and is on fire.
1418: Sight enemy Dupleix-class CA approaching range 9500 yards. Main battery shift target. Course 017. All ahead two-thirds. Starboard secondary battery engages stopped Dupleix-class CA. DesDiv 5 detached to pick up survivors from GRIDLEY, enemy CC and CLs.
1425: Lost target in rain. Enemy Etenard-class DD sighted, range 6000 yards. Main battery shift target. ROBINSON is closing enemy Dupleix-class CA that's stopped.
1427: Enemy Dupleix-class CA fires on ROBINSON.
1429: ROBINSON torpedoes enemy Dupleix-class CA multiple times.
1432: Enemy DD hit amidships by B turret. ROBINSON reverses course to unmask portside wing launcher, torpedoes enemy CA again.
1434: Enemy DD hit aft by B turret. Turning sharply to port. Course 275 to unmask Y turret. Enemy ships sighted ahead.
1436: Enemy DD hit amidships by Y turret. Slowing to a stop; TUCSON detached to finish it off. Main battery shift target, Conde-class CA, 9000 yards.
1444: Enemy CA hit amidships by A turret. Lookouts report navigation lights ahead, possibly Nice.
1446: Enemy CA hit multiple times.
1450: Medium-caliber hit from enemy CA on conning tower. No damage. Enemy CA locked in hard port turn. CruDiv 5 dispatched to finish it off. Main battery shift target, Conde-class CA, 6100 yards.
1455: Medium-caliber hit on forward mast by enemy CA. No casualties reported.
1460: A turret ammunition expended. City of Nice in sight. B turret down to 20% ammunition.
1462: B turret hits enemy CA forward.
1463: B turret hits enemy CA on stern. Enemy CA slowing.
1465: B turret hits enemy CA on aft turret. Secondary explosion.
1468: B turret hits enemy CA amidships twice. Enemy CA slowing.
1510: Y turret engages. All shots in both Y and B salvos hit enemy ship across his length. Starboard secondary battery engages. Enemy CA slowing to 5 knots.
1512: MCKEE engages enemy CA with torpedoes.
1517: Y turret hits enemy CA twice amidships.
1518: MCKEE torpedoes enemy CA. Submerged tube portside torpedoes enemy CA. Holding fire and returning to search for enemy cripples. Course 151.
1522: Unknown ship sighted to port. CruDiv 5 detaches to investigate but is unable to intercept before reaches suspected minefield around Nice.
1542: MCKEAN detached to pick up survivors from enemy Dupleix-class CA. All ahead one-third.
1612: Nautical twilight.
1622: Detach FAIRFAX and LUCE to Sardinia with damage.
1640: Sunset. Make last sweep for GRIDLEY survivors.
1720: All ships rejoined. Discharged all loaded guns through muzzle. Course for Sardinia.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/Everything%20not%20LP%20or%20Ships/secondbattleofcorsica_zpsn8e3gnzx.png)
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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 14, 2016, 07:43:58 am
Playing RTW as the US again. Got 3 centerline turrets when I could only build ships up to 16k tons.

The hell with it, the per-unit price on them is nothing compared to the 24k ton models I usually try to build as a baby's first dreadnaught. I poured all my money into the world's tiniest battlecruiser class, the Emancipators. When I got superfiring X turrets I poured even more money into the Emancipator Flight 2 with its R turret moved aft, and then with superfiring B turrets, the Emancipator Flight 3 with its X turret swapped to the B position. I have eighteen of these things under construction, and more battlecruiser tonnage than even the Royal Navy.

Let the world of 1906 drown in tiny battlecruisers.

EDIT: A Flight One.

(http://i.imgur.com/IeC0sqV.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on May 15, 2016, 10:02:17 am
I finished KOTOR. Great game overall with a lot of interesting dialogue and side quests, and HK-47 has to be the best companion ever. :D The RPG combat system sucks compared to more modern games though. It's a good thing the game is quite easy, so you can spend more time with the story and dialogue. Your party also moves very slowly (just like Mass Effect; the turbo cheat is a must) and gets stuck in places all the time. I'm going to start the sequel now, with some of the content restoring mods.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 15, 2016, 12:58:49 pm
As always..... I'm playing battlefield  4.

And trying to get my old gba games (legal room equivalent) working on my 3DS.




Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on May 15, 2016, 01:08:38 pm
I played PJ Shooter with my firend. We played until the game refused to let us play more levels because we haven't collected 35 diamonds. Don't do this, games. Ever.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Polpolion on May 15, 2016, 07:59:23 pm
Playing RTW as the US again. Got 3 centerline turrets when I could only build ships up to 16k tons.

The hell with it, the per-unit price on them is nothing compared to the 24k ton models I usually try to build as a baby's first dreadnaught. I poured all my money into the world's tiniest battlecruiser class, the Emancipators. When I got superfiring X turrets I poured even more money into the Emancipator Flight 2 with its R turret moved aft, and then with superfiring B turrets, the Emancipator Flight 3 with its X turret swapped to the B position. I have eighteen of these things under construction, and more battlecruiser tonnage than even the Royal Navy.

Let the world of 1906 drown in tiny battlecruisers.

This game looks pretty neat. Is this (http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/ruwaddo.html) kind of sketchy site the only way to get it?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 15, 2016, 08:41:30 pm
This game looks pretty neat. Is this (http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/ruwaddo.html) kind of sketchy site the only way to get it?

Sadly yes. You can't even pirate it; too niche.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 15, 2016, 09:16:25 pm
Did another single mission in X-wing vs Tie Fighter: Balance of Power, managing to get my third "excellent performance" patch with the imperials  on hard but only "fair performance" on medium in the rebel version of the mission and even then the only way I had to beat the mission with the rebels was switching the Y-wings loadout to heavy rockets to make sure that goddamn station went down before the heavy lifters came out of hyperspace to steal the imperial cargo.
I also did the mineclearing melee both with an A-wing and an imperial gunboat, I ended up with a bronze melee plaque with both ships on hard.
After weeks of Wing Commander Saga I had to readjust a bit, both because using the throttle is much more vital (especially while using a bulkier ship like the Y-wing) and because the last ten or so missions of WCS had the Excalibur so I lost most of my aiming abilities.   :nervous:
Also, I kept forgetting that button 2 is for rolling not for the missiles and the ministick was an additional hat, not the rudder.  :ick:

And I played a bit of Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow on my Gamecube with GBA adapter.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on May 15, 2016, 11:21:42 pm
An I played a bit of Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow on my Gamecube with GBA adapter.
Awwww yeah. Good ol' AoS.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rodo on May 16, 2016, 03:30:44 pm
Playing Stellaris.
My god... I want my life back!

Spoiler:
Not really, I don't. You can keep it  :P

(http://i.imgur.com/yLZ6lub.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 16, 2016, 05:04:25 pm
Stellaris makes me really wish I had a mouse, because the mousewheel is the only zoom button, and you can't remap keys.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on May 16, 2016, 06:07:55 pm
This game looks pretty neat. Is this (http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/ruwaddo.html) kind of sketchy site the only way to get it?

Sadly yes. You can't even pirate it; too niche.
This looks realy interesting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneOne on May 16, 2016, 08:20:03 pm
Playing Stellaris.
My god... I want my life back!

 Glad I'm not the only one

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/492394111302839608/19C596D40A92BB247309C825CAF5D86F10AD4424/)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 16, 2016, 09:47:24 pm
Playing Stellaris.
My god... I want my life back!

 Glad I'm not the only one

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/492394111302839608/19C596D40A92BB247309C825CAF5D86F10AD4424/)

My god, how do you have so many planets and so low fleet strength?  I see five different sectors, which means at least a dozen and change planets.  I've got eight planets, and three fleets of 800+ strength, and one with nearly 3300.

EDIT: 30 combat power per ship point.  I didn't know ships went that low.  My Corvettes are sitting at 60ish, and my Destroyers at 110-120.  I just commissioned my first three cruisers, and they're sporting nearly 300 each.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 17, 2016, 04:21:10 am
Fighting a war against the juggernaut of the British naval budget in RTW. (I was trying to fight Japan.)

They have 20 predreads, but they're behind me in dreadnaughts; between my ridiculously large fleet of 18k Lexington and Lexington Flight 2 ships and the new 22k-ton Essexs I could stomp their predreadnaught fleet flat without even breaking a sweat, but so far my only fleet action options have been with my own predreads.

Both our first dreadnaughts are at least 20 months out, and the only reason the British are keeping up is because their bull**** predread fleet lets them blockade me until I move my own predreads and BCs to that area. If it were down to who's winning battles, or if it came to a knock-down drag-out fleet fight, I'd stomp them.

EDIT: I've invaded and taken Bermuda from the Brits, along with something in Southeast Asia. They took the Bismarcks from me, but that was a capture from my previous war with Germany.

EDIT EDIT: Fulfilling the dream of Americans since we blew it during the Revolution, I have now invaded Canada. Nova Scotia is an American possession. The MVP of my fleet at this point is surprisingly not a battlecruiser or cruiser, but USS Wainright, one of my 700-ton DDs. Wainright saved the Lexington at the Defense of Colon, torpedoing HMS Invincible and forcing the British battlecruiser to turn and limp away, then went on a rampage through a Britsh DesDiv off Bermuda where she sank a Jed-class DD with a single 4" hit and mauled two others in close combat, and has finally topped it off with torpedoing a pair of Canada-class light cruisers when DesDiv 4 stumbled onto them at night in a storm, sinking both.

Now I have somebody who can be Bath Iron Works' answer to Shigure.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 17, 2016, 08:20:50 am
DOUBLEPOSTING LIKE A BOSS

The United States and Britain were at war for 62 months, from 1908 to 1913. The awesome might of the Royal Navy (35 predreads) failed to bring the Americans to heel, and in the end the war substantially reduced the breadth of the Empire. The Americans, too, suffered their losses, most notably the battlecruisers Lexington and United States, but wherever British ships went in the end they found America's steels walls waiting for them. Despite the loss of their name-ship the Lexington-class battlecruisers proved decisive in the slow, grinding attrition of the British cruiser fleet, reducing the number of hulls available for raiding. They also proved more than a match for the old-model British battleships, with Lexington herself accounting for HMS Albion, HMS Ramilies, and HMS Centurion on her death ride at the First Battle of Halifax. The American destroyer arm fought and won numerous actions in defense of convoys from the Philippines to the Eastern Seaboard, soundly defeating their counterparts. The old New York-class predreadnaughts faced off with their British opposite numbers twice, sinking HMS Howe and HMS Rodney in small battleship division actions, but served primarily in shore bombardment duties, covering the many invasions the Americans would ultimately launch.

The Royal Navy's final losses stood at 5 Bs, 6 CAs, 18 CLs, and 25 destroyers. But most grievous to the Empire by far were the activities of the American Marines and Army, not the USN. A successful British invasion of the Bismarcks in Southeast Asia provoked the Americans to reinforce fleet strength there, resulting in an American counter-invasion, and then the loss of Singapore when the USMC stormed ashore under cover of the guns of the New York-class. Bermuda was seized on the other side of the world in the same month. The Americans, not content to stop there, returned the New Yorks to the Eastern Seaboard and used them to batter down the defenses of Nova Scotia, then sent them south to cover an unsuccessful invasion of Grand Bahama, and a successful one of New Providence. The defense of Newfoundland collapsed as the American battlecruisers and newly built battleships of the Virginia and Colorado classes moved from Portland to Halifax and set to destroying every coastal village they could find, and the invasion when it came was blessed relief. With the remaining British ships in North America trapped in Saint John's, New Brunswick, the American army launched a grand offensive into eastern Canada; all of Canada east of Winnipeg fell inside two months. The return of the three British battlecruisers captured in Saint John's, bereft of fuel or ammunition, was slight compensation in the peace deal for the fact that the Americans annexed all their new possessions by right of conquest. Indeed, Quebec has already petitioned for US statehood. The Eastern Seaboard of North America is now truly an American lake, and many in the UK suspect only the end of the war prevented them from turning the Caribbean into another one.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 17, 2016, 08:47:45 am
Blazblue: Calamity Trigger
I've managed to beat Hakumen with Rachael in arcade mode after countless tries, with nu-13 I've decided to leave it paused instead of turning off the PC because I really had to interrupt but so far it seems to be a similar story to Hakumen:
I lock her in a long combo then at the exact split second I hit the wrong button (like hitting medium attack at the wrong moment) she shreds me with a couple of hits and possibly a super combo, bonus points if nu-13 has a single pixel health bar and mine is almost or completely full.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneOne on May 17, 2016, 02:44:56 pm
Playing Stellaris.
My god... I want my life back!

 Glad I'm not the only one

My god, how do you have so many planets and so low fleet strength?  I see five different sectors, which means at least a dozen and change planets.  I've got eight planets, and three fleets of 800+ strength, and one with nearly 3300.

EDIT: 30 combat power per ship point.  I didn't know ships went that low.  My Corvettes are sitting at 60ish, and my Destroyers at 110-120.  I just commissioned my first three cruisers, and they're sporting nearly 300 each.

I think I got lucky with the amount of continental planets. Also none of the bordering empires are overtly hostile (though the one to my bottom left is getting unhappy), and this is shortly after some rapid expansion and wildlife clearing. Though shortly after I finished a couple ship techs and bumped two of those fleets to 2k and was preparing to bump up the 3rd. This is also on normal difficulty as well.

Edit: I can't tell right from left
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on May 17, 2016, 09:54:43 pm
Naval Action:

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/449610456030242757/52F8432263A50CD777EC23A72CDB9E24751CE9EB/)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on May 18, 2016, 02:33:10 am
Just finished Saints Row: Enter the Dominatrix.

End spoilers!
Spoiler:
Really Pierce, a dinosaur with guns is your wish from the Raptor King?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on May 18, 2016, 03:19:17 am
Recording the Cutscenes from Gihrens Greed so people can see them in their glory!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 18, 2016, 08:01:22 am
A Starter Fleet Miscellany from RTW.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/Everything%20not%20LP%20or%20Ships/NoDak_zpsnuixnzey.png)
Your average predread, with 12" armor-crackers and 6" superstructure-eaters (plus 3" for anti-DD work in the early days). Sometimes I reduce Conning Tower and deck armor a bit (plunging fire doesn't really exist in the early game) and go for 7" secondaries instead to give it more punch against comparable ships. There's nothing particularly special about this design in comparison to what the AI would build.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/Everything%20not%20LP%20or%20Ships/Rocky_zpsyxhnkuvh.png)
Rochester-class CA. A 10k or 11k ton earlygame CA, it typically outweighs and outperforms enemy CAs, and has superior armor. The 10" gun turrets mean it can usually sink any other CA it can catch. The use of 5" secondaries gives it a punch still capable of wrecking protected cruiser armor and raising hell with enemy superstructures, but also allows the elimination of a weight-expensive tertiary battery for anti-DD work when compared to 6" secondaries. It will generally serve well as long as armored cruisers are useful, and can make for a good raider in the late game; more than powerful enough to dispatch enemy light cruisers no matter the era. It has a fighting chance against early dreadnought-era BCs (the "badnought" era, as it's known) since both ships will likely be able to penetrate the other, but will get easily killed by any such ship designed post-1910. There's a reason the AI just stops building CAs.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/Everything%20not%20LP%20or%20Ships/Zeus_zpsodgf22yr.png)
Olympia-class protected cruiser. In the 6000 to 6500-ton range, with a 3" belt plus belt extension and deck extension armor usually absent from protected cruisers, it usually has at least 2000 tons on most of its prospective opponents. Its primary battery of 6" guns is supplemented by an ultra-heavy secondary battery of 5" guns. This ship is 100% guaranteed to stomp flat the kind of protected cruisers the AI builds as well as be an unholy terror against destroyers (that don't torpedo it), and true challengers to your light cruiser dominance are likely to appear only in the 1920s. You can easily last out the 25 years of the normal game using no other type of CL, and I've actually done so. The one weakness of the design is that at 24 to 23 knots it will start to be outpaced by battlecruisers and even dreadnoughts fairly quickly.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/Everything%20not%20LP%20or%20Ships/ddddd_zpsl9w32tu3.png)
Chauncy-class DD. Your average 500-ton monstrosity, it uses 3" guns and wing torpedo tubes to prevent taking a RoF penalty. Early torpedoes are almost wasted weight, so it's not like you're losing much by not having centerline mounts. AI destroyers are likely to mount 3" guns fore and aft with a 2" secondary battery and centerline torpedoes (crowding penalty), so it actually hits a little harder most of the time and will remain relevant up to the 700-ton DD era in the 1910s. It will generally need replacement by that date, though; might be worth keeping mothballs and hauling out for ASW and coastal patrol every time a war breaks out, but it will be obsolete as a fighting unit in the face of a 4" broadside with a similar number of guns.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rodo on May 18, 2016, 05:15:08 pm
*sip
How come you have the same icon? you are watching me aren't ya?
No, pretty amazing we went for the same one, I was really undecisive about it but eventually went with it.

How are your ship classes called? I'd laugh hard if we had the same.

Got by class:
Fenris & Lev
Deimos & Aeolus
Orion
Hecate & Collosus

Currently resurrecting from a war with a fallen empire and looking to get stuck in with the unbidden, not without crushing a few skulls first because HYPERLANES AHHHHHH

edit: no, it was not enough.
HYPERLANES AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

edit 2: recommend the "control more planets" & "beautiful battles" mods.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: InsaneOne on May 18, 2016, 05:47:16 pm
-for added brevity-

Thanks for the mod suggestions, and I haven't had a chance to touch it since last post.

I left the auto names (though now I want to at least rename the science ship), and have used Fenris (Cv), Cerberus (DPlat), and Deimos (DD) so far as canon names, then for stations I've used Thermopyale (subspace snare) and Hel for stations and Vikingr for a cruiser (was kind of drawing blanks on names when I made it), and Phobos for another cruiser.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on May 18, 2016, 05:52:26 pm
Finished Impossible Creatures. What a neat little game. Also decided to get Witcher 3 since it is exactly at the price I was willing to pay for the thing at GoG right now. It's ok so far I guess.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 19, 2016, 12:13:03 am
I am a giant nerd, and named all of my ship classes for generals and admirals from BattleTech.  I haven't run out of names yet, one hundred and sixty four corvettes (plus other ships) in.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 19, 2016, 12:18:27 am
I am a giant nerd, and named all of my ship classes for generals and admirals from BattleTech.  I haven't run out of names yet, one hundred and sixty four corvettes (plus other ships) in.

Tell me you're saving McKenna for a battleship.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 19, 2016, 12:54:12 am
McKenna is going to be both a Battleship class and the first Battleship I build.

At that point I'm probably going to dip into Snow Raven Galaxy Commanders, though, because that's still a couple tech-ups away and I'm building a looooooot of ships.

EDIT: I christened a Cruiser squadron earlier today, made up of the fresh-built UNS Kufahl, DeChevalier, Hazen, and Tseng.  That should probably give you a good idea on how far through my books I am at the moment.

EDIT II: Obviously I'm saving the biggest names for the biggest ships.  Great Houses and iconic names like the Kerenskys and McKennas are getting saved for BBs.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 19, 2016, 01:24:23 am
More RTW!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/Everything%20not%20LP%20or%20Ships/Illmatic_zpsobaie9e9.png)
Illnois-class semidreadnought. The Illinois is unusually powerful for a semidread, with a massive battery of 10" secondaries (normally I have couple fewer turrets) and a 10" belt suited to an early dreadnought. I had a thousand more tons than normal to play with. You don't always do a semidread stage depending on when 3 Centerline Turrets becomes a thing; the production run of a predreadnought class is rarely long. This one capped out at three ships, with a fourth canceled on the ways to make room for the Lexington-class.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/Everything%20not%20LP%20or%20Ships/Juneau_zpst7n9utwz.png)
Oakland-class protected cruiser. The Oakland is a specialized raiding design, 2000 tons heavier than my average cruiser with long rather than medium range, 4" secondaries, slightly heavier 6" battery, and more deck extension and belt extension armor to prevent machinery damage from shell fragments better. I don't always build a specialized raider class, but this one is typical of when I do.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/Everything%20not%20LP%20or%20Ships/LadyLex_zpsz7nmguqy.png)
Lexington-class battlecruiser. Typical of my early Badnoughts, it's a battlecruiser rather than a BB, as a BB less than 22k tons is probably terrible in some way. I could have made it bigger, up to 21k tons, but I kept the size down to limit costs. Late in the game these ships can serve as CA-replacements with an engine refit for oil-firing and more speed, but in the 1905/1906 era they're actually reasonably powerful line combatants. They're cheap for what they do and can be built in large numbers, giving you an early numerical lead in dreadnought hulls and tonnage. I usually build several "flights" of Lexingtons with different turret arrangements as superfiring turrets become available. The Brits will eventually catch up, but it can make the difference. If you have to take on a battlecruiser from the 1910s or later, do it in a group of three. If you have to take on a BB from later than 1910 though, kiss your ass goodbye.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 19, 2016, 04:40:00 am
A 144-month naval treaty limiting new ships to 18k tons and 12" guns was abruptly signed in this game.

Fools. I have 12" +1 quality guns and a ready-made template in the Lexingtons. Now it's time for Lexington Flight 5! I will drown you all in my tiny battlecruiser fleets!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on May 19, 2016, 05:28:12 am
the Doom RogueLike Arsenal mod for ZDoom is pretty crazy once it really gets going D:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 19, 2016, 05:35:14 am
The drowning begins. The two CAs and the battleship blew themselves apart thanks to turret explosions. (The CAs on the first times they were hit, really.) The B and BC were disposed of by beating them into submission. Sucks to be the RN!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/Everything%20not%20LP%20or%20Ships/Bloodbath%20Off%20Charleston_zpsrpftjwqa.png)

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on May 19, 2016, 07:17:55 am
The kids are gone for a few days, so i am finally getting into Wolfenstein: The New Order.  After several false starts over the last year, I finally made it to the opening credits and the 1960s!

I don't understand why an i7 CPU is shown as a minimum requirement.  I'm playing just fine on my Core 2 Duo, with 4 Gb RAM and a GTX 480, running at 1920x1080, with some graphics details turned down. I haven't run FRAPS or anything, but the framerate is definitely playable.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on May 19, 2016, 07:53:41 am
Playing a lot more Destiny than is probably necessary.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on May 19, 2016, 09:59:08 am
the Doom RogueLike Arsenal mod for ZDoom is pretty crazy once it really gets going D:

Why ZDoom? I thought they stopped working on that ages ago. Why not use something more up to date? Like Zandronium or GZDoom? Then again that mod might not work with it. Although now you've got me intrigued on what this RogueLike Mod is, sounds fun!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 19, 2016, 06:24:43 pm
Star Wars: X-wing vs Tie Fighter: Balance of Power (see the TVtropes article on "colon cancer")
I did the assault on the rebel factory Koensayr 42 (they make Y-wings for those that know only the movies).
The rebel side was straightforward enough, just kill the three assault transports (easier said than done) in one of the flimsiest rebel ships while imperial gunboats pelt you with missiles and Bob's your uncle.
The imperial side instead is extremely painful, of the three transports only the first one can board the factory even though it's not specified in the objectives, so even if the mission is technically still open to success (you fail only if all three retreat or get destroyed) you cannot complete the mission as the other two transports just circle around the factory instead of docking with it. This makes playing this mission with the imperials more or less impossible on medium or hard as the first transport gets instakilled by the first wave of rebel fighters as you hyper in far from them while the transports hyper in very near to them.
I had to play it on easy and even then I had to try three or four times before finally completing it, and even then the transports and gunboats destroy the factory even though they aren't supposed to before a certain even happens making reaching a certain bonus objective impossible to reach.
I think I made almost two thirds of the "combat engagements" and this is the first one I meet that has such scripting problems, unless it was somewhat deliberate or I've already forgotten the briefing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on May 19, 2016, 10:26:08 pm
The Essex of 40 guns is the prettiest of Frigates

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/449610456034205931/D622B09126F29EDB6A1EE3229DBB5D3CE4E43DCA/)

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/449610456030242662/42F13B75DFD24EDA80F65819F7EC206AF309D059/)

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/449610456030242056/B54CDD7FC15C195AC4988C01A16A80459DC5FBA9/)

The lack of chasers is a hindrance in pursuits but aside from the Trincomalee she is the most heavily armed and best protected of the Fifth Rates.  I'm under crewing for now so crew managment is a must but I'm pretty close to making Post Captain and then I can skipper her at optimal performance.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on May 20, 2016, 12:38:01 am
the Doom RogueLike Arsenal mod for ZDoom is pretty crazy once it really gets going D:

Why ZDoom? I thought they stopped working on that ages ago. Why not use something more up to date? Like Zandronium or GZDoom? Then again that mod might not work with it. Although now you've got me intrigued on what this RogueLike Mod is, sounds fun!

ZDoom's just the most stable, seems it might not work on Zandronium but I'm not sure (and the mod doc just says to use zdoom).

http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=37044 if you're interested. Adds quite a few things, including weapon modding and a weird little armor system.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 20, 2016, 12:57:49 am
Got fallout 4 far harbour queued up to download.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on May 20, 2016, 03:46:01 pm
I heard sidequests in Witcher 3 affect the main plot. How much do I need to care about that? I do not feel like clearing the entire zone before even touching main quest.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on May 20, 2016, 04:09:54 pm
Do quests in the order that you become a high enough recommended level for them.  Some of the side quests you run into as early as the second region have recommended levels in the 30s; you will not be clearing regions before doing the main quest.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 20, 2016, 05:05:03 pm
I heard sidequests in Witcher 3 affect the main plot. How much do I need to care about that? I do not feel like clearing the entire zone before even touching main quest.

Not all of them do but when a questgiver is also a main story NPC that is a dead give away that your interactions with that character during the sidequest may shape the tone of how the main quests resolve... But in turn solving the main quest might also change the tone of the side quests (and may lead to some unexpected outcomes)

It is not that important to fret about because you are going to see every twist and turn in every playthough anyway
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on May 22, 2016, 12:04:06 pm
More W3

Spoiler:
I freed the forest spirit and baron's wife just died. And then obviously the baron. Well, I just hope the horse's breath doesn't resonate through the atmosphere and then cause a huge storm that kills Ciri half the game later.

I mean, I like that the decisions have impact, and main quest character's death probably matters later, but sometimes it seems like a stretch, just a little.
Unless they go all the way with it and the
Spoiler:
horse actually screws up half the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 22, 2016, 02:23:28 pm
[comments about Roach in Witcher 3 and the butterfly effect]

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 23, 2016, 04:40:56 am
In a hard-fought battle off New York, CAs USS San Diego and USS Huron sank HMS Diadem, another CA, and HMS Revenge, a predreadnaught.

Revenge was a legitimate gun kill. They closed to point blank and despite Huron losing a turret and taking severe damage from return 12" fire, beat the larger British ship into submission with their 10" guns and 5" secondaries over the course of two hours.

EDIT: In a heavy rainstorm off Boston, the US and British battle lines collide. The British unwittingly stumble into the American T, but the Admiral, worried about British torpedo craft, orders "Column Right to 150, Immediate Execute" and the Americans emulate Nelson, turning into the British line as it reforms to present broadsides. In the resulting confused melee the American heavies run wild through surprised British torpedo boats and light cruisers, sinking almost a dozen in return for the torpedoing of USS San Diego, a Rochester-class CA. The New Jersey-class semidreadnoughts the turn to confront their opposite numbers of the Royal Sovereign, Jupiter, and Revenge classes through a heavy rain at under ten thousand yards. Gunnery is sporadic as targets are lost and acquired between salvos of 10" and 12" gunfire. HMS Collingwood absorbs a torpedo from a lurking American destroyer and falls out of line line, losing way. The American light cruisers and USS Huron descend on her in a fury, battering the ship with their small guns and launching torpedoes.

The morale of the Royal Navy force, which has not engaged in a battle of this ferocity since the Age of Sail, snaps. They turn towards Saint John's to escape. BatDiv 1 and 2 pursue, their speeds one knot faster. HMS Victorious takes a hit that collapses her stacks and falls behind, her upper deck in flames. USS Montana and USS North Dakota shower her with gunfire until the rain extinguishes Victorious's burning hulk and they lose contact. BatDiv 1 slowly pulls even with the fleeing British battleships, USS New Jersey and USS Wyoming engaging a Royal Sovereign-class ship to port, USS Minnesota and USS Connecticut engaging a Jupiter-class ship to starboard, the range under 5000 yards. The Royal Sovereign-class HMS Howe blows apart when a shell penetrates her magazines, lighting the battlefield briefly. The American ships turn on Jupiter-class HMS Renown, seeking to rend and tear her too, but the worsening storm lets her escape with heavy damage. HMS Rodney of the Royal Sovereign-class, the last British battleship has done her navy no favors, firing her guns only nine times during the course of the battle and sustaining only light damage before the British line fled.

The American destroyers, unable to keep up with the battle line in the high seas, locate limping Victorious again and torpedo her twice, sending her to the bottom. USS San Diego sinks in the heavy seas of the storm as she tries to limp to Boston, the only American loss of the battle.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on May 23, 2016, 05:57:12 am
I finally beat Part 1 of the General Revil campaign. When Part 2 rolled around I was surprised to see that my captured spoils of war included the ability to manufacture Gelgoogs, Zaku 2 Kai, Z'Goks and Goufs. As well as one Char Custom Zaku 2, One Dozle Zabi Custom Zaku 2, One Black Tri-Star Zaku 1 and two M'Quve Custom Goufs and a Big Zam. Yep. Didnt know it was that easy to just get a hold of these.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 24, 2016, 12:17:42 pm
A snapshot of the USN, circa mid-1922 in my current Rule The Waves game.

EDIT: Now updated to December 1925.

BATTLESHIPS

North Carolina-class BB. 4 units in service 4 units retired in late 1924, entered service 1906-1907. Developed early and it shows, it has a superfiring X turret but no other real modern features compared to a predreadnought. The large 3" tertiary battery is due to be replaced in their next periodic refit, but there is also motion afoot to scrap these ships outright and build a 30k ton class to replace them. They were the USN's sword and shield at the Battle of Boston during the first war with the British, but their glory days are long behind them. Retired in 1924.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r077/NoCar_zpswrqiur2k.png)

Wyoming-class BB. 2 units in service, entered service 1908. Successors to the North Carolina-class, they're superior in some ways, having an expanded secondary battery and turret configuration ABY plus better armor. They saw no action during the war with the UK but served on Korea station with the Rhode Islands during the Second Northern Asian War and gave excellent service against the Japanese battle line, sinking several armored cruisers, light cruisers, and predreadnoughts.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r077/wyyyy_zpsfvbwd2as.png)

Rhode Island-class BB. 2 units in service, entered service 1910. A quantum leap in capability compared to the older battleships, the Rhode Islands were the terror of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second Northern Asian War; USS Rhode Island accounted for three CAs, a battleship, and a pair of battlecruisers, while USS Indiana sank three Japanese predreadnought battleships and a dreadnought.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r077/Rhiana_zpsobb3yuvf.png)

Texas Flight 1-class BB. 2 units in service, entered service in 1912-1913. The first USN ship to use the now-classic ABY triple turret layout and established the standard 22 knot speed of the modern USN battle line. The Texas class were, and in many ways still are, considered the ideal battleships by USN designers. They served on the bombardment line outside Formosa during the Second North Asian War and during the war with France, but were never directly engaged by enemy ships.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r077/tech1_zpsn2oiwpmc.png)

Texas Flight 2-class BB. 2 units in service, entered service in 1913-1914. With 15" guns, improved deck and turret armor, and a slightly reduced belt, their combat careers were slightly more active, as they saw action against the French battlecruiser force that tried to defend their Caribbean holdings, sinking a ship each.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r077/tech2_zps6bdcianw.png)

Montana-class BB. 2 units in service, 1 under construction. 3 units in service. Date of service 1920 (under construction 1922). Date of service 1920-1922. With 16" guns and 1 knot less speed than the Texas-class but the same ABY turret configuration, slightly reduced secondary battery and improved fire-control, the Montanas are the USN's best currently serving battleships. These were the first USN BBs laid down with an All-or-Nothing protection scheme, making them hugely more durable than previous classes. So far the British have declined to challenge them in combat. Transferred to the West Coast after the British attempted to invade the Aleutians, the Montana-class engaged a group of British battleships off Washington state in the decisive battle of the war, and tore them to shreds. Montana flying a captured White Ensign from sunken HMS Glory during the invasion of British Columbia was a calculated insult the Royal Navy is unlikely to soon forget, but their odds for taking vengeance appear slim.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r077/Fullmonty_zpsgbeik3bz.png)

Georgia-class BB. 4 units under construction. 4 units in service. Projected date of service 1923. Date of service 1923. The Georgias use their increased weight primarily to improve their armor protection over the Montana-class ships, and are the first USN ships to mount their secondary battery in turrets rather than casemates. They are projected to be better combat ships than any other battleship class contemporary to them, with their improved armor protection compensating for their broadside being one barrel lighter than some British ships. The Royal Navy sortied in force to oppose the New Brunswick landings, but the Georgia-class ships opposing them caused them to break contact before the action went on very long. Despite hits from 14" and 16" gunfire they sustained little damage.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r077/callthemgeorge_zpsf2dv0ehz.png)

Vermont-class BB. 4 units in service. Designed to replace the aged Colorado-class ships, the Vermonts are the first USN ships to use quad gun turrets, though their design is otherwise relatively conventional. They make use of a superior 14" gun developed in in 1921 to achieve better performance than older 14" gunned BBs such as Rhode Island.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/Vermont_zpsvus77avp.png)

Battleship 1927. (Virginia-class?) A projected 16"-gunned 40k-ton replacement for the Wyoming and Rhode Island classes of BB. Possibly to use quad turrets, the end-of-war cutbacks mean that design work has been delayed.

BATTLECRUISERS

Constellation-class CC. 3 units in service, 1 unit lost in action. 2 units retired in late 1923, 2 units lost in action. Date of service 1906. The first American dreadnought-type ships, the affectionately-nicknamed Connies are the most-decorated ships in the USN. They carried the brunt of the first war with the UK, soundly defeating their opposite numbers in the Royal Navy's Indefatigable-class battlecruisers on numerous occasions. Every ship finished the war with at least two kills of their opposite numbers and they served with distinction against Japan's Tsukaba-class battlecruisers during the First North Asian War as well. This made the loss of Saratoga to the brand-new HMS Lion near the end of the war particularly painful and the USN has long held a grudge. The loss of Connie herself during the invasion of Newfoundland drove the USN into a fury, and saw much of the Canadian coastline reduced to ashes under American guns.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/Connie_zpsjyka4kmz.png)

Ranger-class CC. 3 units in service, 1 unit lost in action. 2 units in service, 2 unit lost in action. Date of service 1909. A 14" gunned direct upgrade of the Constellation-class ships, the Ranger-class fought with distinction in the First and Second North Asian Wars, but largely had their thunder stolen by the Rhode Islands when it came to capital ship sinkings, themselves only being able to claim credit for Japanese armored cruisers. USS Ranger and USS Saratoga sank HMS Lion at the start of the current war with the UK, avenging the original Saratoga from the first war with Britain. They've proved effective hunting British raiding armored cruisers, but are outmassed significantly by more modern British battlecruisers, as demonstrated by the loss of USS Independence early in the current war with Britain. The loss of USS Ranger to HMS Queen Mary in the Caribbean was the last action in that theater, as Queen Mary was forced to abandon the area after the fall of Trinidad.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/SuperConnie_zpskkeperzu.png)

United States-class CC. 4 units under construction. 3 units in service, 1 lost in action, 1 under construction. Date of service 1923 (1926). Designed to restore some firepower to the USN battlecruiser arm, the United States-class ships are actually the most heavily armed USN ships currently projected or or in service, with 11 barrels of 16" guns. Indeed, they are believed to be the most heavily armed ships in the world at the moment. Their relatively light armor allows them their speed. In combat they proved more than a match for the British Queen Mary-class battlecruisers, despite the unfortunate loss of USS Essex to no less than eight torpedo strikes in quick succession during the Fifth Defense of Norfolk.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/USAUSA_zpsuyy3tlca.png)

Constitution-class CC. 2 units under construction. 2 units in service. Projected date of service 1925. Date of service 1924. Armed with the new 17" gun, the Constitution-class ships are 30-knot reduced-armor versions of a proposed battleship class from 1923 that was beyond the ability of the USN to build financially or in its existing dockyards. The existing design was stretched for better hydrodynamics and to make space for more powerful machinery and the design laid down using money raised by popular subscription at the start of the war. (No joke, that is a thing that can happen in this game, your battleships be crowdfunded.)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/Connie%202_zpszsa8dmyh.png)

Intrepid-class CC. 8 units under construction. Projected date of service 1926/1928. A 17"-gunned replacement for the now-retired Constellation-class CCs and the soon-to-be-retired Ranger-class CCs, the Intrepids will fill the USN's "light" battlecruiser ranks with newer, more powerful ships suited to the 1920s.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/Intrepid_zps2derulqn.png)

Battlecruiser 1927: A modified United States-class ship with three quad 16" gun turrets, using a new 16" gun acquired during the war from the Italians. Design work put on hold by the end-of-war budget cuts.

LANDING SUPPORT SHIPS (PREDREADNOUGHTS)

Michigan-class B. 9 units in service, 1 lost in action, 2 scrapped on ways. Date of service 1899. The oldest USN ships remaining in service, the Michigan-class served in the great fleet battles of the first war with Britain without much distinction. They have long since been relegated to amphibious support duties. Their relatively small size and light draft have proved useful for the role more than the New Jerseys, but they lack the raw firepower of the semidreadnaughts.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/TheMission_zpsrgg5lpbq.png)

New Jersey-class B. 4 units in service, 3 lost in action, 2 scrapped on ways. Date of service 1904. These ships bore the brunt of the Royal Navy's wrath during the first war with the UK, but returned more than equal measures of pain upon perfidious Albion, sinking 6 British predreadnaughts over the course of the war. A very powerful semidreadnaught design, they combine 12" guns fore an aft with casemated heavy 10" secondaries. Like the Michigans, they have been repurposed for amphibious and bombardment operations.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/NJShore_zpscwq6fdcd.png)

HEAVY CRUISERS

Memphis-class CA (Flight One). 2 units in service. Date of service 1917. Developed because it was obviously possible to build a better CA for guard duty around the newly acquired South Korean colonies than the now-retired San Diego-class and Rochester-class CAs, the Memphis-class ships are massively more powerful than the old armored cruisers, which had only four 10" guns, weaker armor, and were 5k tons lighter and 7 knots slower. Their heavy battery of twelve 10" guns makes them more powerful than some battlecruisers, as USS Charlotte proved when it sank the Japanese battlecruiser Tsukaba in the last action of the Second Northern Asian War.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/Memmie1_zpsyener8bx.png)

Memphis-class Flight Two CA. 8 units in service. Date of service 1919-1920. With the success of USS Memphis and USS Charlotte during the Second North Asian War, a full class of Memphises was approved to replace the Rochester and San Diego-class ships. The primary improvements between these ships and the Flight Ones were in fire control for both main and secondary batteries, but turret roof armor was also improved. The Memphis Flight Twos have yet to see action, as enemy cruisers make every effort to avoid them. USS Pueblo sank the Indefatigable-class battlecruiser Indignation at the Battle of Washington, and other members of the class saw action against raiding British CLs and CAs, winning all engagements easily.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/Memmie2_zpsinufzajk.png)

LIGHT CRUISERS

Chicago-class protected cruiser. 9 units in service, 2 lost in action. 6 units retired in 1924, 5 units lost in action. Date of service 1899-1901. The Chicago-class ships were the workhorses of the USN for fifteen years and remain exceptionally deadly examples of the type as demonstrated when crippled USS Raleigh turned the tables on and sunk a pair of modern British Latona-class light cruisers only a month ago, but their speed is too slow for modern light cruiser operations and they have mostly been relegated to duty as merchant raiders. Nonetheless their long careers and successful service to the USN command respect, and while they may be scrapped at the end of this war and replaced with Tacoma-class ships or a new design, the Navy will be sorry to see them go. The Chicago-class ships went out the only way they should or could: fighting. Despite losses to several new British light cruisers and battlecruisers, they served faithfully to the end, including sinking the HMS Latona and service at the Battle of New Brunswick. They were retired with honors at the end of the second war with Britain.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/piano_zps89ofg10h.png)

Columbia-class protected cruiser. 1 unit in service. 1 unit lost in action. Date of service 1908. Designed to replace the lost USS Columbia after the first war with Britain, the second Columbia has seen relatively little action due to her posting on the US East Coast during the North Asian Wars. Her design is relatively outdated in layout compared to the Tacomas but her oil-fired steam turbine engines are much more modern than the Chicagos, and her speed and weight of broadside command respect. She was lost during the Battle of New Brunswick, the only USN casualty.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/piano2_zpsotr55gwk.png)

Tacoma-class light cruiser. 9 units in service, 1 unit lost in action. Date of service 1916. Considered a replacement design for the old Chicago-class ships, the Tacomas instead have ended up supplementing them rather than replacing them. Not quite so well-armored as the old ships, they possess a heavier broadside and a modern armor arrangement, making them still somewhat more durable.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/Tacky_zpsc7gcbzat.png)

Light Cruiser 1925 (Chattanoga-class?). A projected Chicago-class replacement, on hold until the end of the current war with the UK. The use of superfiring turrets, twin guns, and above-water torpedo tubes are planned, with 8-gun 6" broadside and 6-gun 5" broadside. 8k tons and with superior armor to the Tacomas. Would easily be the most powerful CL in the world.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/CL1924_zpsi6rc1eoi.png)

Chattanoga-class CL. 10 units in service, date of service 1924-1925. Completing just in time to see action in the last days of the second war against the UK, the revised Chattanoga-class design served well during the Battle of Washington and the Battle of New Brunswick, and was able to handle British light cruisers with ease. Their only competitors worldwide are the German Undine-class ships; and Germany is now an ally of the United States after the second war against the UK.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/Chatty_zpsx1yju1mo.png)

DESTROYERS

O'Brien-class destroyer. 10 units in service, 2 lost in action. Date of service 1905-1906. A class of war emergency destroyers from the first war with the UK, the O'Briens emphasize gunpower for the fleet screening role. Their successes during that war as escort units sank six British destroyers, and during the First North Asian War they served well beating off Japanese destroyer attacks on the Rhode Islands; USS Wainright in particular was lost throwing herself on a Japanese torpedo to protect Rhode Island. Their replacement after the current war is likely, as their coal-fired engines are expensive to maintain and their single torpedo tube makes them of little use offensively. Their retirement is scheduled as soon as sufficient units of the Truxtun class are available.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/engineering_zpsm9wurecx.png)

Whipple-class destroyer. 29 units in service, 1 unit lost in action. 28 units in service, 2 lost in action. Date of service 1913-1914. Designed to replace the old 500-ton Bainbridge-class ships, the Whipples were star performers in the Second North Asian War and the war with France, and their effective torpedo armament and 3x 4" gun broadside make them effective combat units today. They proved unameniable to further refitting with improved fire-control after the second war with the UK, and will be phased out as soon as sufficient units of the Truxton class are available.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/whipitgood_zpsikmefefq.png)

Barry-class destroyer. 12 units in service. Date of service 1920. The Barry-class ships are the USN's most modern destroyers, but were viewed as an interim class prior to the outbreak of war with the UK for the second time. Their ten torpedo tubes and four 5" gun broadside make them the most powerful destroyers currently afloat, but work on superfiring guns and twin turrets mean that the postwar destroyer fleet is likely to look significantly different from these ships.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/MarionBarry_zps1nivt4j3.png)

DD 1925 (Truxtun-class?): A projected Whipple-class and O'Brien-class replacement, on hold until the end of the current war with the UK. The use of twin guns and superfiring turrets is a part of the design, giving it an 8-gun 5" broadside and eight torpedoes. 1.5k tons.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/DD1924_zpsctrlnzxn.png)

Truxtun-class DD. 12 units in service, 24 units under construction. Date of service 1925-1926. Completed too late to see combat in the second war with the UK, the Truxtun-class DDs represent a quantum leap in firepower, and in fact outgun by more than twice any other DD class currently in service or under construction in the world, cementing the USN as the premier power in the world for light forces.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/Truckin_zps7xgwdbbl.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on May 24, 2016, 02:33:50 pm
Realy interesting NGTM-1R, you should make an own thread about RTW  :nod:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on May 24, 2016, 11:03:43 pm
Le Essex sortied from Fort Royal under Admiralty Orders to search for and engage an enemy Fifth Rate operating west of Martinique.  At 19 bells the lookout reported strange sail off the larboard bow.  Upon identifying it as the Leda class frigate Trincomalee of 50 guns flying the Black Flag, had the Essex beat to quarters and cleared for action.  After retaining the winward position during the initial pass took the utmost advantage of the Essex's superior sailing profile to minimize exposure to the Trinc's heavier broadside and keep both of the Essex's batteries engaged.  After a roughly 45 minute running engagement the Trincomalee had suffered enough structural damage and leaks to overwhelm her pumps and she slipped neath the waves.  Le Essex suffered minor damage and 21 casualties, with the objectives fulfilled set a course eastward for Fort Royal to conduct repairs and reprovision.   

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/449611096774900797/791A8A273C00B910385B9AADCEF35332F5D14AC9/)

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/449611096774901488/3287393A7F1FD7C2DADBE6120E8B91BB83B6F811/)

I took quite a few screenies of this engagement, I'm going to try to put together a more detailed breakdown of the battle and tactics in my Naval Action Thread.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on May 25, 2016, 03:47:22 am
trying to replay Crysis 2 for the first time in a while, but it keeps crashing.  Crysis 1 and Warhead work just fine though, even being older and more system demanding.  Looks like another win for poorly optimized console ports.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 25, 2016, 09:33:44 am
Ramming is bad kids. But then, well, night battles. Sighting range is just over 3500 yards. It's a wonder it doesn't happen more often.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/ngtm1r/ngtm1r078/ramming_zpsp1ojt7xc.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 25, 2016, 09:29:20 pm
Bought an Ultra Street Fighter IV steam key off ebay for three Euros.
I've been playing a bit with training and versus modes, and I've tried the arcade mode with Ryu, won without difficulties on normal until Zangief steamrolled me as usual, it seems certain things never change. 
The graphics are fluid even with c16xQE Anti Aliasing (or whatever it was called) and soft shadows at maximum, the benchmark frame rate was insane, god bless the awful specs of the PS3 and Xbox360 consoles.  :D
I liked the "ink" default filter but I turned it off because it glitched a bit and wanted to see how the game looked "normally", I really like the cartoony style of the 3D also the game feels as fast as the sprite-based games rather than having the slightly floaty feel of the EX games I've tried in MAME.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 26, 2016, 10:22:37 am
Out of ammunition and with her torpedo tubes empty after an 8-hour chase, USS San Diego reverts to an older method of naval warfare to finish off the crippled but still-floating SMS Victoria Louise.

Quote
04 01:13  Collision! CA San Diego has rammed CA Hertha-class!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on May 26, 2016, 01:06:04 pm
I thought you were allied with ze Germans? Or did you pick a fight with the  Ostrich Hungry Empire?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 26, 2016, 01:48:12 pm
I thought you were allied with ze Germans? Or did you pick a fight with the  Ostrich Hungry Empire?

New game. I ended the old one at the soft stop date of 1926. You can keep going to 1950 if you want, mind, though the game may get increasingly twitchy.

It's currently not possible to have a game as the US with A-H in it. If you play Russia, Italy, France, or Austria-Hungary, Japan gets booted from the lineup to make room for A-H. Conversely if you play the UK, USA, or Japan, Austria-Hungary gets booted so there can be Japanese.

If you play Spain or the CSA (yes really there's an option for the Confederates) then you can either have the other one in your game, or Austria-Hungary.

Sidenote: I wish it informed you more clearly when foreign countries lay down ships in your country's yards. There are several times where I've gotten the option to seize ships France is building in my yards because a war started with someone else. There was also the time where I ended up owning five Japanese battlecruisers because they'd ordered them from Bethlehem Steel and then ten months later after a few colonial crisises and Japan blowing up one of my DDs during a port visit we were at war.

EDIT: History is now screwed. After forcing the government of Germany to collapse through a long war, I took East Prussia in the peace settlement. I'm now at war with Russia, and invading the Baltic States. Screw you Europe, it's time for some REVERSE COLONIALISM.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on May 26, 2016, 03:08:01 pm
You need to break this out into its own thread  :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 26, 2016, 06:03:54 pm
Ultra Street Fighter IV
I went through the arcade mode with Ryu on normal.
Not after forgetting to disable the online multiplayer, while I did manage to beat one fo the various "challengers" I was essentially stuck at the first encounter against the CPU for about ten minutes because people kept intruding, and I thought Dark Souls invasions were bad.
Nevertheless later I did some ranking matches with Chun Li just for the hell of it and managed to beat a few opponents (of course about two third of the matches ended with me getting steamrolled) even with all the lag and stuttering due to my connection.

X-wing vs Tie Fighter: Balance of Power
I'm starting to think that on hard the only solution with most capship strikes is discard the default loadout in favour of heavy rockets, dumbire them as quickly as possible with lasers and shields turned off for maximum speed and then try to hyper out or reenter the hangar to reload and repeat (if the enemy fighters don't get you first).
The 2v2 with strike cruisers and light calamari cruisers was almost a piece of cake on hard this way, almost.
Well, at least the imperial reinforcements were gunboats instead of Tie Advanced this time, much more manageable for a B-wing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on May 27, 2016, 04:26:50 am
Total War: Warhammer...
I have mixed feelings, battle are neat, heroes even more so, but playing as dwarfs...
The High King in melee is plain ass stupid :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 27, 2016, 03:15:41 pm
Total War: Warhammer...
I have mixed feelings, battle are neat, heroes even more so, but playing as dwarfs...
The High King in melee is plain ass stupid :D

Apparently dwarf arty is bad.

This is heresy, but yeah.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: asyikarea51 on May 28, 2016, 03:31:34 am
NFS 2015 losing PvP races left and right. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Game itself had potential, but the feature set doesn't hold up in the endgame, vehicle handling model is just :banghead: at times and some cars have really whack gear ratios that you can't adjust
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on May 28, 2016, 04:51:53 am
Total War: Warhammer...
I have mixed feelings, battle are neat, heroes even more so, but playing as dwarfs...
The High King in melee is plain ass stupid :D

Apparently dwarf arty is bad.

This is heresy, but yeah.

Dwarf are pretty neat I have to say.
The first arty you start with lost an duel with orc kamkiaze catapults or however they are named.
Currently I restarting the dwarven grand campaign, 'cause I ****ed up with the buildings.
Granted, I nearly beat Grimgor, if he wasn't supported by another fully stacked army.
All in all is is funny, started the empire campaign, Karl Franz is a beast on foot :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 28, 2016, 08:09:47 am
Star Wars: X-wing vs Tie Fighter: Balance of Power
It seems that I wasn't supposed to get to Super Ace just playing single player, maybe I got there because of that lagfest of a coop match I had with my brother a few months ago?
Well, I made sure a biological attack would reach some allies of the Rebels, huray for massmurder! Long Live The Empire!
Of course on the rebel side I destroyed the death-delivering shuttles and the asteroid station they launched from by parking myself in it's hangar bay once I cleared the fighters and shooting it undisturbed until it died and got a top performance for it.

Ultra Street Fighter IV
Is it me or most low ranks players like me usually play ryu-types?
I met a lot of Kens, Goukens, Ryus and even a Sakura and an Akuma, only once a Dudley and a Zangief.
While I tend to lose most of the times (mostly because I tend to screw up the stick movements under pressure, the extreme lag doesn't help at all too) I've managed not to get completely steamrolled most of the times, of course it's D-rank so it's full of scrubby scrubs of scrubbiness like me but still, it's less frustrating than when I tried QuakeLive.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on May 28, 2016, 01:50:47 pm
All in all is is funny, started the empire campaign, Karl Franz is a beast on foot :D

He's a beast on a beastly griffon too!

The north is SUPER ANNOYING to pacify.  Holy ****.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on May 29, 2016, 07:11:00 am
All in all is is funny, started the empire campaign, Karl Franz is a beast on foot :D

He's a beast on a beastly griffon too!

The north is SUPER ANNOYING to pacify.  Holy ****.
I have continued with the dwarves.
The greenskins are a mere nuisiance, consisting of a single army, which is looting the border princes and every time they attack a city, the boder princes put them down.
Apart from Karak Kadrin and Karak Hirn, I've gained everything, only two Orc cities remain deep in the wastes to the sout, but I cannot march there without suffering losses through the march...
Well, off to conquer the slayer keep. Had to break an alliance because they went to war against Zhufbar, which was on the verge of joining and they never forgave me... so they'll feel the wrath of the High King :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 29, 2016, 12:42:33 pm
At this very second I'm replaying Zero Mission on my CFW PSP 1003 model.

Love all my old 16 bit and 8 but games.  This way, I can take them with me all day every day!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on May 29, 2016, 02:53:28 pm
Fighting OG Wo-class in Kancolle.

(http://i.imgur.com/6udRP60.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on May 30, 2016, 06:11:25 am
Did one of the Destiny raids yesterday. It's sooo much fun, especially if you get a good Sherpa and an attentive team that wants to have a good time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on May 30, 2016, 06:37:48 am
And the Storm of Chaos is over.
My Dwarfs did not do much apart of intercepting the army of Sigvald and crushing him.
The Empire now lays in ruins and does not claim said ruins, but the dawi realm is stronger than ever and now ages war in the cold north against the norsca from the hold of Karak Draka.
Archaon and that dragon ogre were in fact the first to fall and I wasted most of the great war against chaos crushing the vampire counts.
Off to play this as the empire :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on May 30, 2016, 09:17:07 am
I just beat Lost Izalith and I can see how people say it was rushed. I had the most trouble with Mr Ceaseless Discharge funnily enough. Mister can do a giant AOE fire attack over a tiny area that goes through all cover. Now I just fought the Sanctuary Guardian and am now doing the Ooacile DLC.

The Centipede Demon was a joke. Although at that time I was tired of the Demon Ruins so I just looked up how to beat it and the Bed of Chaos took 7 tries to take down. My friend wanted me to beat his try, which I did by allot. I think the most punishing part of that boss is the long ass hike back to the boss even if you get the hidden bonfire.
I couldn't save Sigvard and he died to the Man Eater's... which reminds me I have to go put Solaire out of his misery.

Overall I'd say the Demon Ruins and Lost Izalith is one big twisting corridor with a bunch of large open areas for bosses, mini boss versions of earlier bosses and for Lost Izalith GHDC's aka Giant Headless Demon Chickens. That only really branches off near the end and has a giant shortcut that skips allot of bad stuff if you get into a certain Covenant. Which, also saves Solaire. But unfortunately its too late.



Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 30, 2016, 12:50:20 pm
There is a way to beat the Ceaseless Discharge without attacking him - there is a spot where he will just "fall off" and die - which is another thing why the area is the big "never doing that again"... Demon Ruins are great for farming Souls though

Too bad you failed to safe Solaire - he is a somewhat helpful summon to have later on

And if you are in Oocalie, did you beat the Four Kings of New Londo yet? (one condition you have to meet to beat them has a different meaning if you find a secret in the DLC content)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 30, 2016, 01:18:44 pm
Half-life
I've been following one of Yatzee's let's play/podcasts of the game and that gave me a bad case of nostalgia.
I haven't gone very far until now (I still have only the glock and the grenades) but still it's a nice change of pace from trying to muster the patience to beat Seth in Ultra Street Fighter IV.
I've been playing on normal but for some reason I remembered it more difficult even though I usually played it on easy at the time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col.Hornet on May 31, 2016, 02:33:06 pm
Just installed the Blood and Wine DLC for Witcher 3.

That's gonna be fun :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on June 01, 2016, 06:20:01 am
Currently of two minds. Thinking of playing War Thunder, but with all the crap the devs have been doing I don't really want to support them. But it's one of the few games that I can dunk on human-driven tanks while flying CAS...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col.Hornet on June 01, 2016, 07:33:48 am
"crap that devs are doing" You mean the introduction of vehicles equipped with guided anti-tank missiles :D? I'm curious how will this work. In my opinion people are bi****** too much about it. ATGMs are deadly weapons indeed, but add a long reload time and much lower velocity compared to any kind of round and things won't look that idyllic.


But anyway, I fly planes mostly, so I'm not complaining.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 01, 2016, 06:20:04 pm
It's the War Thunder devs, you know they'll **** it up rather than just copying Armored Warfare's ATGM gameplay.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on June 02, 2016, 06:39:19 am
It's the War Thunder devs, you know they'll **** it up rather than just copying Armored Warfare's ATGM gameplay.

The AW method of doing ATGMs works ok but there is certainly room for improvement
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on June 02, 2016, 09:54:46 am
No, I'm talking about their frankly dog crap implementation of economy, anticonsumerist habits ( admitting that they had plans to abuse the Youtube DMCA system to take down streamers who did things they didn't like) and general tone-deaf attitude.

But I like slinging shells into things so this is a conundrum.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on June 02, 2016, 05:34:34 pm
No, I'm talking about their frankly dog crap implementation of economy, anticonsumerist habits ( admitting that they had plans to abuse the Youtube DMCA system to take down streamers who did things they didn't like) and general tone-deaf attitude.

But I like slinging shells into things so this is a conundrum.

yer thats gaijin entertainment in a nutshell
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: GhylTarvoke on June 03, 2016, 02:57:05 am
Haven't seen Outer Wilds (https://www.reddit.com/r/outerwilds/comments/31onlh/download_mirrors_for_alpha_12_mediafire_mega_and/) (alpha build) mentioned in this thread yet. It's more fun the less you know about it beforehand, but its creator calls it "a game of curiosity-driven space exploration". The main annoyance is the default mouse/keyboard setup, which took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out:

Spoiler:
Mouse - Look
W - Forward
S - Backward
A - Left
D - Right
Left Shift - Up, Zoom In
Left Control - Down, Zoom Out
Space Bar - Jump, Match Velocity
E - Interact, Autopilot
Q - Cancel, Previous
F - Flashlight
Left Mouse Button - Target
Middle Mouse Button - Telescope
Right Mouse Button (hold) - Launch/Recall Probe
Right Mouse Button (click) - Front Probe Camera
R - Landing Mode, Rear Probe Camera
Enter - Map
Escape - Pause
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 03, 2016, 08:53:25 am
I've unlocked all Endings in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
I had to use a map to 100% the castle and get a couple of the most elusive souls, others instead required a massive amount of farming (to the point that by the time I've got all of them I was level 73), but the most bewildering thing is that the second to last souls I've got (peeping eye) would have let me dispense with the map and the last one that simply never dropped (even with the ring) was essentially useless by the time I've got it.
Harmony of Dissonance was better, it didn't require all that senseless farming and grinding to unlock all the endings.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Bryan See on June 03, 2016, 12:55:21 pm
I've just started playing Descent and Descent 2 recently, as I've reminisced playing back when I was a child in the late 1990s to the new millennium (with Descent 3). Also, I played Sol Contingency. SolC and the three Descent games are 6DOF.

It's interesting to note that SolC was originally planned to be a complete reboot of Descent, but it was redesigned completely after its development team received a ceast-and-desist lettter from the Descent IP owner Interplay. Although its gameplay of SolC: Proving Grounds, released last April, barely resembles that of Descent.

Also, while the first FreeSpace game uses Descent in America, it is unrelated to the Descent series of 6DOF games. Last I heard that one of the early story drafts about a pilot searching for "Material Defender MD1032"...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on June 04, 2016, 02:00:25 am
Shelved WT, liberating Solo Nobre now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on June 04, 2016, 03:43:59 am
I've unlocked all Endings in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
I had to use a map to 100% the castle and get a couple of the most elusive souls, others instead required a massive amount of farming (to the point that by the time I've got all of them I was level 73), but the most bewildering thing is that the second to last souls I've got (peeping eye) would have let me dispense with the map and the last one that simply never dropped (even with the ring) was essentially useless by the time I've got it.
Harmony of Dissonance was better, it didn't require all that senseless farming and grinding to unlock all the endings.
Isn't the "best" ending from 100%-ing your soul collection literally just one line of dialogue changed from the regular "good" ending? I mean, AoS is one of my favourites so I've 100%-ed it from scratch, like, three or four (or five or six or... possibly ten or more) times, but if grinding for souls isn't fun for you, the only thing you'd miss out on is the Chaos Ring, which is pretty pointless since there's nothing left to use it to help you unlock.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on June 04, 2016, 08:08:21 am
I just finished the Ancient-Shivan War, and am now playing Silent Threat Reborn.  I had started the original Silent Threat but never finished it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 04, 2016, 09:08:49 am
I just finished the Ancient-Shivan War, and am now playing Silent Threat Reborn.  I had started the original Silent Threat but never finished it.
Just remember, when something weird happens hit the burners.

I've unlocked all Endings in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
I had to use a map to 100% the castle and get a couple of the most elusive souls, others instead required a massive amount of farming (to the point that by the time I've got all of them I was level 73), but the most bewildering thing is that the second to last souls I've got (peeping eye) would have let me dispense with the map and the last one that simply never dropped (even with the ring) was essentially useless by the time I've got it.
Harmony of Dissonance was better, it didn't require all that senseless farming and grinding to unlock all the endings.
Isn't the "best" ending from 100%-ing your soul collection literally just one line of dialogue changed from the regular "good" ending? I mean, AoS is one of my favourites so I've 100%-ed it from scratch, like, three or four (or five or six or... possibly ten or more) times, but if grinding for souls isn't fun for you, the only thing you'd miss out on is the Chaos Ring, which is pretty pointless since there's nothing left to use it to help you unlock.

Yeah, but I tend to fixate on getting the best ending no matter what, and yes, by the time you get all souls you are so powerful the chaos ring doesn't really matter, the final boss with a few health potions was really easy without using the mp meter in any way.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on June 04, 2016, 07:57:25 pm
More Witcher 3
Spoiler:
Got to Kaer Morhen to fight the Hunt. The instant the battle begun, the quest "Berengars sword: step one: talk to Vesemir" failed. I wonder, why. Surely nothing bad would happen to Vesemir, right?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on June 04, 2016, 11:39:39 pm
So much badassery in the cutscenes in that sequence.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 05, 2016, 02:44:20 am
After way too long, three playthroughs, and several grinding sessions... I have unlocked the Dark Soul achievement in the first game. :cool:

Now as for the other two...  :blah:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 05, 2016, 08:38:56 am
Half-Life
Going through surface tension at the moment, boy, I remember this game like it was yesterday.


After way too long, three playthroughs, and several grinding sessions... I have unlocked the Dark Soul achievement in the first game. :cool:

Now as for the other two...  :blah:
That's the only game I ever did all the achievements for, it wasn't as difficult as I thought.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 05, 2016, 09:45:27 am
My steam achievements for Dark Souls are bugged out. Right now I'm in the Royal Garden fighting Artorias and apparently I've never been to Anor Londo or Rung the bells.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 05, 2016, 06:09:29 pm

After way too long, three playthroughs, and several grinding sessions... I have unlocked the Dark Soul achievement in the first game. :cool:

Now as for the other two...  :blah:
That's the only game I ever did all the achievements for, it wasn't as difficult as I thought.

Yeah, coming back from Dark Souls 3 the first game seems almost like a cakewalk. The only fight that gave me any trouble was Pikachu and Snorlax (because I'm not entirely sure it's even possible to not have some trouble with that fight).

Though that might also be due to having a +15 Great Scythe, aka the ultimate dexterity murder weapon.

My steam achievements for Dark Souls are bugged out. Right now I'm in the Royal Garden fighting Artorias and apparently I've never been to Anor Londo or Rung the bells.

Did you transfer your data over from a non-Steam install? Because that might be the issue.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 05, 2016, 08:38:28 pm
My steam achievements for Dark Souls are bugged out. Right now I'm in the Royal Garden fighting Artorias and apparently I've never been to Anor Londo or Rung the bells.

Did you transfer your data over from a non-Steam install? Because that might be the issue.

Wasn't Dark Souls was also connected to GfWL previously?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 05, 2016, 08:55:38 pm

After way too long, three playthroughs, and several grinding sessions... I have unlocked the Dark Soul achievement in the first game. :cool:

Now as for the other two...  :blah:
That's the only game I ever did all the achievements for, it wasn't as difficult as I thought.

Yeah, coming back from Dark Souls 3 the first game seems almost like a cakewalk. The only fight that gave me any trouble was Pikachu and Snorlax (because I'm not entirely sure it's even possible to not have some trouble with that fight).

Though that might also be due to having a +15 Great Scythe, aka the ultimate dexterity murder weapon.


In Italy they usually call them Gianni e Pinotto (Abbot and Costello), but they really gave me problems only on NG+.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 05, 2016, 11:00:57 pm
There's a huge number of nicknames (http://imgur.com/8ldeb) for the Super Londo Bros, people are always inventing new ones.


Wasn't Dark Souls was also connected to GfWL previously?

Yes it was. There was much rejoicing when it switched over to Steam.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 06, 2016, 09:23:22 am
Star Wars: X-wing vs Tie Fighter: Balance of Power
I did the last two combat engagements.
The attack on the imperial shipyard would be obscenely easy on the rebel side if done in coop with human players even without any escort (just make sure everyone turns off as many systems as possible and assign target accordingly, the capital ships in this mission are almost all without shields apart from the corvette inside the shipyard), in single on hard however the only hope is order your wingmen to attack the closest capital ship and go for the corvettes with shields and lasers turned off and fire flares untile you are (hopefully) out of reach of the imperial fighter, a full volley of advanced torpedoes each and then deal with the last one inside the shipyard with two volleys, spend the last one on the escort carrier and try to hyper out to get a fresh fighter once out of the shipyard so as not to lose points. All this while trying to direct your wingmen to one of the two frigates after they destroy the strike cruiser.
Now, if you are lucky and the wingmen destroyed the first frigate you can direct them at the second one once you return out of hyperspace and make your attack run to finish off the escort carrier hoping the Tie Advanced don't get you first which is purely a matter of luck at this point.
Now, if you are very lucky your wingmen will destroy the second frigate and with that gone toghether with the escort carrier is mission accomplished, if not hyper out (or more likely get killed) and make the attack run gainsta the last frigate yourself hoping that you haven't already run out of craft waves.

The imperial side would be a cakewalk in both single and multiplayer, after all Tie Advanced and modified Interceptors against unescorted B-wings should be a piece of cake, would you say?
Of course not!
When playing on the imperial side the B-wings have X-wings from Rogue Squadron escorting them, and they will specifically target the player if you intercept the B-wings too early by turning off your systems to boost your speed.
You won't die as much as the rebel version of the mission of course but keeping the B-wings from destroying everything when those X-wings harass you with their concussion missiles is extremely difficult, when I finally made it only one ship survived and this after three or four failed attempts.

Regarding the last combat engagement, which was a sort of "duel" between a rebel dreadnought and an imperial strike cruiser there is nothing particular to say: just dumbfire your rockets than hyper or return to the hangar and repeat until the enemy capital ship is dead.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 07, 2016, 02:15:52 pm
I've finished Half-Life
It took little more than 9 hours, I remembered it much longer.

Also considering my reflexes today seem to have taken a vacation I decided to create a HOTAS profile for X-wing Alliance, having a rudder axis in a X-wing game just feels weird.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 07, 2016, 02:42:58 pm
My steam achievements for Dark Souls are bugged out. Right now I'm in the Royal Garden fighting Artorias and apparently I've never been to Anor Londo or Rung the bells.

Did you transfer your data over from a non-Steam install? Because that might be the issue.

Wasn't Dark Souls was also connected to GfWL previously?

Yes and also Yes.

Btw, I'm up to Artorias and the only reason I keep dying is because I **** up and get hit by one of his 1 hitters like his downward smash or lunge attack. I'm basically wearing nothing since armour only seems to hinder me in this fight and wielding the DarkKnight ShortSword. I tried using a maxed Lighting Katanna on him but that didnt really work out. I guess the only reason I'm dying is cause of my nerves.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Firesteel on June 07, 2016, 04:23:03 pm
The 1-3 somersaults don't track you once you he jumps up so rolling to either side the minute he jumps works. Is the lunge you're talking about his jumping one or his slide? The jumping one can mess up rolls since he'll usually end up behind you when he does it and you can accidentally roll into him with the camera switch.

Also 2-handing can help you stop him from buffing himself if you didn't already know. If you're using a greatsword (the black knight sword is one) it takes 2 or 3 hits with it two handed to stop the buff. You'll have to immediately run up and start wailing on him otherwise you won't have enough time or you won't break his poise.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 07, 2016, 05:55:52 pm
Btw, I'm up to Artorias and the only reason I keep dying is because I **** up and get hit by one of his 1 hitters like his downward smash or lunge attack. I'm basically wearing nothing since armour only seems to hinder me in this fight and wielding the DarkKnight ShortSword. I tried using a maxed Lighting Katanna on him but that didnt really work out. I guess the only reason I'm dying is cause of my nerves.

He is resitant to all elemental damage as well as slash damage ... Thrusting dmg seems to get through pretty well though and lighter Spears tend to have quick enough animations for the fight
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 07, 2016, 07:03:35 pm
I saw giant swirling pool of abyss energy and thought "Walking in that stuff doesnt sound like a good idea so lets Lightning Spear his ass!". His charge up allows for two Lightning Spears that do jack all, that and he can dodge the second one as it just hits as he's fully on his feet.

Also the thing that gets me is the sliding one and the growling wind up leap downward slam attack (GWULDSA?Hehehehe). I always get him to about one more hit and he manages to get me with either of them. I always have plenty of Estus, I ussually only use like 2 or 3 during the fight. But I reckon I could've beaten him second try if I had known about the fact that you can stop him from charging up.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 07, 2016, 08:11:21 pm
Oh, by the way, the Dark Souls 1 community is planning a resurgence this Friday called "Global Restart Day", where everyone creates a brand-new character and replays the game from the start.

So, expect to see some more multiplayer action (both invasions and jolly cooperation) come the weekend.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on June 07, 2016, 08:40:16 pm
I finished KOTOR 2. Great game overall, with a much better story than the usual Star Wars fare or even the first game. I like how the Jedi are presented as arrogant and self-serving, and not so different from the Sith, although the game still forces you to choose between light and dark sides. It still has the crappy dice-rolling RPG gameplay, but fights become trivially easy later on and my character was doing 300+ damage per turn by the end (which is good, so you can spend more time with the story and dialogue). The content restoring mods are a must, as they include some of the best parts of the game like the HK factory despite having a few glitches.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Firesteel on June 07, 2016, 09:01:47 pm
I saw giant swirling pool of abyss energy and thought "Walking in that stuff doesnt sound like a good idea so lets Lightning Spear his ass!". His charge up allows for two Lightning Spears that do jack all, that and he can dodge the second one as it just hits as he's fully on his feet.

Also the thing that gets me is the sliding one and the growling wind up leap downward slam attack (GWULDSA?Hehehehe). I always get him to about one more hit and he manages to get me with either of them. I always have plenty of Estus, I ussually only use like 2 or 3 during the fight. But I reckon I could've beaten him second try if I had known about the fact that you can stop him from charging up.

Also a fun fact is he can stack his buffs. If you're playing a character who can't break his poise, he'll start doing this towards the end of the fight.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 07, 2016, 09:29:49 pm
Star Wars: X-wing Alliance
I've been playing the first couple of missions while fiddling with the HOTAS profiles (though I thought by then to have done all the fiddling necessary but I forgot to map the nav buoy key and had to shuffle a few things around in the profile because I didn't want to move it to mode 2 to facilitate quick getaways and didn't want to make a second profile for the flyable imperial crafts in the simulator) with the xwaupgrade craftpack installed (which is a blessing, I still remember when you had to download and install the single crafts one by one).
There are also some nice hi res skyboxes in the pack itself, although I still don't understand why the Tie Fighters cockpits need to have a specific resolution selected during installation (fortunately my screen is 1280x1024, so no dilemmas there) everything seems to run perfectly fine for now.
Is it me or the targeting system is a bit less precise than in XvT?
I noticed that sometimes it doesn't seem to account for laser drift as efficiently as the older games, perhaps to compensate for the newly introduced laser convergence?

I finished KOTOR 2. Great game overall, with a much better story than the usual Star Wars fare or even the first game. I like how the Jedi are presented as arrogant and self-serving, and not so different from the Sith, although the game still forces you to choose between light and dark sides. It still has the crappy dice-rolling RPG gameplay, but fights become trivially easy later on and my character was doing 300+ damage per turn by the end (which is good, so you can spend more time with the story and dialogue). The content restoring mods are a must, as they include some of the best parts of the game like the HK factory despite having a few glitches.
It's not exactly like that, remember that the one who says that of the Jedi is not exactly an uninterested party.
Also, light and dark are intrinsic to the force, many forget that the dark is supposed to be highly addictive and tends to mess with the emotional balance of a dark side user making more even more difficult to break the addiction.
It would be perhaps more realistic if the dark was sort of a one-way street and the light was more of a very narrow bridge that's easy to fall off from, which is also why you-know-who wanted to do what they wanted to do as whatever way a force user might choose they are not really free.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on June 07, 2016, 10:38:25 pm
It's not exactly like that, remember that the one who says that of the Jedi is not exactly an uninterested party.
Also, light and dark are intrinsic to the force, many forget that the dark is supposed to be highly addictive and tends to mess with the emotional balance of a dark side user making more even more difficult to break the addiction.
It would be perhaps more realistic if the dark was sort of a one-way street and the light was more of a very narrow bridge that's easy to fall off from, which is also why you-know-who wanted to do what they wanted to do as whatever way a force user might choose they are not really free.

They justify the things she says about them with their own actions though. They view themselves as flawless, refusing to admit to their past mistakes in the war, and essentially turn on you after you rescue them because they think they know better than you. I also liked the idea that the Jedi and Sith are both overly reliant on the Force, to the point that it controls them instead of the other way around. The game should have had a "gray side" path, in keeping with the story's themes, but is basically designed for you to be completely light or dark.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 07, 2016, 11:06:33 pm
It's not exactly like that, remember that the one who says that of the Jedi is not exactly an uninterested party.
Also, light and dark are intrinsic to the force, many forget that the dark is supposed to be highly addictive and tends to mess with the emotional balance of a dark side user making more even more difficult to break the addiction.
It would be perhaps more realistic if the dark was sort of a one-way street and the light was more of a very narrow bridge that's easy to fall off from, which is also why you-know-who wanted to do what they wanted to do as whatever way a force user might choose they are not really free.

They justify the things she says about them with their own actions though. They view themselves as flawless, refusing to admit to their past mistakes in the war, and essentially turn on you after you rescue them because they think they know better than you. I also liked the idea that the Jedi and Sith are both overly reliant on the Force, to the point that it controls them instead of the other way around. The game should have had a "gray side" path, in keeping with the story's themes, but is basically designed for you to be completely light or dark.
A gray path is impossible because of the addictive nature of the dark side, unless you count as gray the force users who just aren't officially affiliated with the Jedi order.
The implication that force users are controlled by the force was always there, technically speaking everyone in the SW is controleld by the force and the Jedi are the only ones who can sense is and somewhat use that control to their advantage in some way, or force it like the Sith do.
The Jedi may be arrogant and detatched but the Sith are ravenous beasts bent on destruction, no matter how controlled they may seem the dark side is always gnawing at their psyche.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on June 08, 2016, 03:37:43 pm
The Jedi may be arrogant and detatched but the Sith are ravenous beasts bent on destruction, no matter how controlled they may seem the dark side is always gnawing at their psyche.

In the context of speaking about KOTOR 2, this statement is hilarious (Chris Avellone wrote KOTOR 2 as a giant **** you to the simple light/dark duality from the original trilogy and KOTOR 1). The game is, in fact, a scathing critique of the mindset that believes things to be so rigid.

Interestingly, Lucas himself had one of the Jedi once say "Only the Sith deal in absolutes", which should tell you something.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 08, 2016, 04:39:57 pm
The Jedi may be arrogant and detatched but the Sith are ravenous beasts bent on destruction, no matter how controlled they may seem the dark side is always gnawing at their psyche.

In the context of speaking about KOTOR 2, this statement is hilarious (Chris Avellone wrote KOTOR 2 as a giant **** you to the simple light/dark duality from the original trilogy and KOTOR 1). The game is, in fact, a scathing critique of the mindset that believes things to be so rigid.

Interestingly, Lucas himself had one of the Jedi once say "Only the Sith deal in absolutes", which should tell you something.
I knew that, but that doesn't change how the Star Wars universe works in general, and even in the finished game the light side versions of the characters are still more stable than the dark side versions and all the characters that fall or are already part of the dark side are every kind of screwed up, Avellone just took the duality to the extreme consequences rather than contradicting it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 08, 2016, 07:32:38 pm
Yeah, for all the "scathing critique" it doesn't really hold up. The Jedi are rigid. Darth Nihilus and Darth Scion are monstrosities whose continued existence is a threat to anything that lives. I'm okay with rigid rules for the exceptionally powerful, I'd even say it's important that they have such rules because they are exceptionally powerful. Especially given the apparent alternative is the continual backstabbing and insanity of the majority of Sith.

If you told me that the message of KOTOR 2 was "The Force is a tool. It is an exceptionally powerful tool, and must be regulated carefully." then that would be at least an equally valid interpretation of the textual evidence, regardless of Avellone's original intent. His points about morality are subtle and well-made, but they do not equate to the reality of Force users presented in the game. That shows something markedly different.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on June 09, 2016, 11:49:31 pm
Playing Blood and Wine, the expansion for Witcher 3.

It doesn't really do anything new, there are a few new bells and whistles like the new mutation system. But **** it, Witcher 3 is the best RPG I've ever played. I'm happy to have days more of it to play.

 
More Witcher 3
Spoiler:
Got to Kaer Morhen to fight the Hunt. The instant the battle begun, the quest "Berengars sword: step one: talk to Vesemir" failed. I wonder, why. Surely nothing bad would happen to Vesemir, right?


Spoiler:
In Hearts of Stone there is a character who knows Vesemir and talks about his youth. I actually played through the game a second time to see if I could have a chat with Vesemir about her if I did her quest before The Battle of Kaer Morhen. The answer is yes, yes you can. They actually went to the trouble of adding new dialogue options in case you decided to do that even though there were actually plot based reasons they could use to justify Geralt not having that conversation.

That was the point I realised that not only is Witcher 3 one of the best RPGs I've ever played, but its going to become the standard I use for attention to detail in computer games
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 10, 2016, 08:52:24 am
Phantasy Star for Sega Master System on Mega Drive with adapter
After the incident with the corrupted saves a few months ago I did a few tests by erasing the corrupt save slots, clean the contacts again and try to save a few times. It seems the battery isn't the problem, it was probably a bad contact that corrupted the SRAM data. So, as I'm not currently playing anything else on the console, I've decided to not remove the cartridge when turning off the console until I've finished the game.
I've finally completed my party, the only annoying thing is that while my party was more ore less level 14/15 when I was finally able to get to Noah relatively unscathed, Noah was still level 1 (which translates to having an extremely weak mage with only one spell) so I'll have to grind leeches on Motavia for a bit before moving on.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 10, 2016, 11:40:13 am
Final fantasy 3
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on June 10, 2016, 12:30:14 pm
Playing a lot of
Card Hunter atm which is a tongue in cheek deck builder RPG, Armoured Warfare,  and some Hearthstone
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 10, 2016, 01:08:17 pm
Final fantasy 3
I played the DS version for some time, adding animations without toning down the grinding wasn't a wise decision on the part of Square-Enix.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on June 10, 2016, 01:39:35 pm
A mix of Overwatch, Naval Action and World of Warships.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on June 10, 2016, 03:20:27 pm
Witcher 2 and Fortnite

Gotta do my Witcher 2 Iorveth/Saskia playthrough so i can jump into my official non ****ty ending playthrough of witcher 3
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 11, 2016, 02:31:26 am
Final fantasy 3
I played the DS version for some time, adding animations without toning down the grinding wasn't a wise decision on the part of Square-Enix.

Original Snes.  Emulated on my psp but had the original. So eerie on the train playing stuff I remember playing way back when...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 11, 2016, 04:20:02 am
Thanks guys. I followed your advice about Artorias and I kicked his ass. Now I'm up to Manus.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 11, 2016, 05:50:02 am
Thanks guys. I followed your advice about Artorias and I kicked his ass. Now I'm up to Manus.

Magnus has a pretty wide moveset (if you count every of his spells as a single move) so you may have to run against him a lot until you have seen all the tells. His magic doesn't do magic damage and bypasses armour but there is an item that lets you block them anyway (Silver Amulet or something)

Did you find the trigger for the summon? (summon is located IN the boss room) - He is not all that helpful IMO (draws too little aggression from Magnus) but in a pinch he can tip the scales.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 11, 2016, 06:24:01 am
Yeah. I dont have the Silver Amulet (Is that a ring or something?) and I rescued Sif and got the Magic Blocking shield. Sif does literally no damage to Manus for me and It took a couple of deaths to find his summon sign.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 11, 2016, 08:10:55 am
Final fantasy 3
I played the DS version for some time, adding animations without toning down the grinding wasn't a wise decision on the part of Square-Enix.

Original Snes.  Emulated on my psp but had the original. So eerie on the train playing stuff I remember playing way back when...

I mean the original Final Fantasy III for NES, the one on the SNES was either IV, V or VI (I don't remember at the moment which one), because the original number III never came to the US until much later on other platforms.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 11, 2016, 09:44:10 am
Yeah. I dont have the Silver Amulet (Is that a ring or something?)

It's a consumable with infinite uses. I had to look it up, but the Silver Pendant is hidden in Oolacile Township behind an illusionary wall - from the first bonfire travel down until you get the major bend before the a round tower (before the small planket bridge with the sorcerer on the otherside) right hand side you should see buildings that are not easily accessible (I don't where the route begins exactly, there might also be a shorter round), one of these buildings is a ruined square tower which does not appear to have any doors.

If you are online the message you need to find might be obscured by all the scribles from the people but there is a message reads "let there be light", if you stand on top of it and use a light spell/miracle a wall will disappear and let you in. There are enemies and a chest inside, the chest has the Silver Pendant.
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Post by: Mammothtank on June 12, 2016, 12:35:56 am
I wish I put some more points into Intelligence.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on June 12, 2016, 07:41:23 am
Gotta do my Witcher 2 Iorveth/Saskia playthrough so i can jump into my official non ****ty ending playthrough of witcher 3

I'm planning to do the same thing but starting all the way back with Witcher 1.

Gotta finish Blood and Wine first of course.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: KnossosAD2367 on June 13, 2016, 12:16:25 am
I'm playing 3 FS2 Campaigns

Shadow Genesis v1.1, The Procyon Insurgency and Renegade Resurgence

Any opinion about the campaigns I'm playing are welcomed. ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on June 13, 2016, 12:19:13 am
Overwatch.  Been playing lots of Soldier: 76, with a smattering of Widowmaker.  Average damage with S76 is hovering near 9k.  I'm pretty happy with that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on June 13, 2016, 11:17:31 am
I really dig the class diversity in Overwatch.  I've been trying to spread myself out and there are still characters I haven't tried.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on June 13, 2016, 12:13:13 pm
I'm pretty terrible with offensive characters that aren't S76.  I'm generally okay with that, because I'm good enough with S76 to play terribly on another character for a few minutes and then switch to win the round.

That doesn't always happen, but it happens often enough.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 13, 2016, 09:35:18 pm
The Doom (216) demo on Steam, RIP AND TEAR!
Seriously though, it's short but I played it both on Hurt me plenty and Nightmare also fiddling with the settings.
At 1280x800 (my screen is 1280x1024 but the game is so blatantly framed for 16:9 and 16:10 that I had to lower the resolution) with everything on low it was very much playable on my Radeon HD 7770 1gb ghz edition, never going below 30 FPS and mostly staying around 40, quite surprising, it seems that those peopel saying it required at leat a 960 were either exagerating or talking about 1080p 60fps.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 15, 2016, 11:15:22 pm
Phantasy Star for Master System on Sega Mega Drive
At a certain point I just gave up and looked for maps and walkthroughs, I got lost even on the overworld because the goddamn casual encounters didn't let me get a good enough idea of my surroundings, and a few things are literal guide dang it moments, like where you can use the hovercraft on Motavia, the small tract of coast in which you can use it is no different from the rest but you have to go in that precise spot even though on Palma as long as you are near water you can use the damn thing.
Casual encounters are often infuriating, either you can go through entire dungeon floors without a single encounter of you get one for each step you make which is made more aggravating in the late game by the fact that they tend to have bazillions of HPs and some even long attack animations like the Zombies.
It's still much better than the DS version of Final Fantasy III, but not by much, at least you don't have to grind that much, I just had to farm some money and on Motavia there are enemies that drop them by the truckload and I don't remember the last time I had one of my characters die.
I should be more on less near the end, I should be able to finish it in a day or two.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 16, 2016, 10:37:32 am
That's on my list to go back to.

That and shining force. Need to re read the manual first though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on June 17, 2016, 11:06:44 am
BattleTech.  Twelve hours a day of BattleTech.  Woo conventions!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 17, 2016, 01:39:59 pm
Finished Phantasy Star for Master System on Sega Mega Drive
The finale is almost a case of "a winner is you", which is a bit jarring when the rest of the game is strangely verbose for such an old JRPG.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on June 17, 2016, 03:22:35 pm
Finally finished Witcher 3. It's such a mixed bag but I sooo love it. I think I missed some things, but I can't be arsed to go through all the ****ty filler to find it. I'll wikipedia it some day.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 21, 2016, 03:35:01 pm
I got back to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Gamecube
I ragequitted a few months ago at the room full of guillotines in the graveyard dungeon, boy I hate the camera in this game, but I managed to get to the boss which thoroughly kicked my arse because the camera tends to point downwards and so I couldn't notice that the thing was visible with the truth thingy, hell, if you could use the second analog stick on the Gamecube pad to steer the camera instead of using it to emulate the yellow buttons on the N64 controller many of the most rage-inducing parts would be laughably easy.
I'm also sick of Navi and her pop ups in some dungeons, most of the times they say really obvious stuff and leave out stuff that instead it's not as obvious as the developers thought.

I also bought an Everdrive MD v3, collecting original Sega Mega Drive carts was getting way too expensive even when limiting myself only to the games I was really interested to play, if this thing is really good as they say it makes the $ 95,00 I paid look like an investment.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on June 23, 2016, 07:52:34 pm
Playing Witcher 3, just got done dealing with all the Baron's ****.

THIS GAME IS SO BEAUTIFUL
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Blue Lion on June 24, 2016, 08:11:32 am
I'm probably going to buy a new computer in a few weeks so I can play some actual modern games. My PC is 10 years old :(

Yay for steam sales, they'll be there in my library when I'm done.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 24, 2016, 08:38:52 am
I've basically dropped everything and am now playing the Resident Evils 4. It's so good. Like god damn, I just can't stop playing it. I want to play Dark Souls (still stuck on Manus btw) and Dead by Daylight that my friend bought for me but I just want to play it.

I probably will just go back to Dark Souls if I manage to beat Manus though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 24, 2016, 11:10:00 am
I want to play Dark Souls (still stuck on Manus btw)

I probably will just go back to Dark Souls if I manage to beat Manus though.

There is a cheap trick to Magnus if you have enough Souls (and some non-essentials)... it is in same category as the Drake Sword in cheesiness but if you really, really want to be beat him without hourlong grinding (even in Demon Ruins or Painted World) send me a PM and I will fill you in
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col.Hornet on June 24, 2016, 02:43:35 pm
I'm having some fun with Il-28 bomber in War Thunder. I never used to fly anything which had more then one engine <unless it's called P-38 or a jet fighter> but this thing is an enjoyable exception :) Properly used 2x23mm tail turret can shred any attacking player.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 24, 2016, 04:50:54 pm
I've been playing another bit of the first Just Cause on PC
Unfortunately I got a bit OCD and started grinding cartel ranks when I finished the settlements to conquer, even though I'm at the last mission it might take a while.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on June 24, 2016, 06:05:56 pm
just done my first session in a pen and paper RPG via roll20.net running Dark Herasy, and I was neatly chopped in two by a random warp entity during transit... this is going to be a painful run.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on June 24, 2016, 08:51:10 pm
Finally started Dark Souls II after picking it up on sale.

Impressions so far:

* It's pretty! And I didn't have to install mods to get it to work correctly!
* I like that being a white phantom is always available as a way to get some humanity back. Really cool touch.
* I'm glad I didn't try to do a "no level up" run like I did for DS1, it's really hard to imagine how that could be as successful in DS2.
* Combat is still fun. Anything remotely requiring platforming still sucks.
* Screw the Pursuer. I'm going to be very smug when I finally skewer him.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on June 24, 2016, 09:15:59 pm
Baroque, Smoke and Oakum

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/443984131050309477/EF51797A527513E9263951D12B4DD87CA7401093/)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 24, 2016, 09:39:03 pm
I started Hyper Light Drifter today. It's very pretty, but also weirdly hard. But it's one of those games that makes my eyes defocus and water. I'll try it again when I'm better rested, and see if I can do better.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 24, 2016, 10:01:29 pm
Baroque, Smoke and Oakum

One of the better tracks on that OST...

Unless you're not refering to Master and Commander.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 26, 2016, 03:33:21 am
I'm probably going to buy a new computer in a few weeks so I can play some actual modern games. My PC is 10 years old :(

Yay for steam sales, they'll be there in my library when I'm done.

Mine is 9 and dead. Gog.com is your best friend for classics.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Blue Lion on June 26, 2016, 09:15:30 am
That's kind of what I've been trying to do but at some point I'd like to play games made after like 2012 or so (it's not that bad really)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 26, 2016, 10:18:27 am
I sold my 10 year old build to a guy who still plays modern games on it.  Probably can't max out the latest poor console ports or the Witcher, but these days you don't have to max details for the game to look good and be playable (ususally).

More on topic, OMG steam sale. Dropped about $50 on new songs for rocksmith, and my wish list is growing by the hour with "I shouldn't, but probably will buy these" games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 26, 2016, 10:45:56 am
I sold my 10 year old build to a guy who still plays modern games on it.  Probably can't max out the latest poor console ports or the Witcher, but these days you don't have to max details for the game to look good and be playable (ususally).

More on topic, OMG steam sale. Dropped about $50 on new songs for rocksmith, and my wish list is growing by the hour with "I shouldn't, but probably will buy these" games.

The first game that gave my computer some problems even at the lowest settings was the Doom demo, but this with a now almost 4 years old 100 Euros video card, I remember when a high end 600 Euros video card lasted two years if you were extremely lucky.

It's good to be a PC gamer today.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 27, 2016, 08:56:19 am
So I just discovered I can't sell or trade sale trading cards AT ALL anymore, because they decided to add yet another asinine 'security' measure by requiring the steam mobile app to avoid a FIFTEEN day waiting period on market sales or trades.  Which the cards expire and disappear well before.  Valve, not all of us have android or ios devices, and many of those who do have no desire to feed you even more personal info for you to expose.  I sent a message off to support, and the response was basically "screw you we're not fixing this".  :mad:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Blue Lion on June 27, 2016, 09:33:20 am
Wait, Steam requires a mobile app to do things?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 27, 2016, 10:31:31 am
Wait, Steam requires a mobile app to do things?
Yep, pretty much.

Fortunately my father and my brother decided to force a smartphone on me, but it's really horrible for people who have only windows devices or are content with their old mobile phone.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Blue Lion on June 27, 2016, 12:22:55 pm
I don't have an app and it hasn't caused me issues. What do you need it for?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 27, 2016, 02:15:26 pm
I don't have an app and it hasn't caused me issues. What do you need it for?
Since a lot of people had their accounts stolen the app is needed to confirm the steam market sales and login on new devices (it gives a temporary autentication code like those things they sometime use for on line banking).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 27, 2016, 03:19:15 pm
Since a lot of people had their accounts stolen the app is needed to confirm the steam market sales and login on new devices (it gives a temporary autentication code like those things they sometime use for on line banking).

Or an email account. Lets me do that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on June 27, 2016, 06:10:37 pm
Yeah, you don't absolutely need mobile authentication, but you'll be forced to undergo a mandatory trade delay otherwise, and I think there are one or two other things Steam locks you out of without it.  I don't have a smartphone myself, but I already had the Android emulator BlueStacks for a mobile game, so it wasn't a massive issue.  It is kind of a pain in the ass to have to alt-tab out of TF2 or the like just to get the current code, though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on June 28, 2016, 06:22:01 pm
I hate how these services are forcing two-step login schemes on you these days. Humble Bundle has been doing it too, with no way to disable it. Either they have an inflated view of their own importance and think your account with them is like a bank account, or more likely, they want to collect extra data on you from the phone app.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 28, 2016, 09:19:29 pm
I also suspect the second.  But for steam this is now THREE factor, they already had steam guard.  Although since I can't use it, I don't know if it replaces that for those who do.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on June 28, 2016, 10:17:44 pm
I also suspect the second.  But for steam this is now THREE factor, they already had steam guard.  Although since I can't use it, I don't know if it replaces that for those who do.
It replaces it; it's actually called "Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator". Instead of emailing you the code, your phone generates it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 28, 2016, 11:00:22 pm
House of The Dying Sun
I should really wait for when they fix the support for the CH Pro Throttle (at the moment it's either full speed or full stop for some reason, not game breaking but really annoying), but I can't resist.  :nervous:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on June 29, 2016, 12:23:07 am
Moar Overwatch.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on June 29, 2016, 07:56:52 am
Now I need to decide which of my recent (or hell, past 3 years) impulse sale buys to play.  Or do I go with my original plan of replaying the Crysis series if I can get 2 to stop freezing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 29, 2016, 10:01:49 am
 Dark Souls 3 - my birthday-presents finally arrived
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on June 29, 2016, 11:26:51 am
Witcher 3 - got to Kaer Morhen.

And took a short break and played a little Stellaris.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 29, 2016, 07:06:55 pm
Dark Souls 3 - my birthday-presents finally arrived

Yay! HB!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on June 29, 2016, 09:57:50 pm
I started Wings of Prey a few days ago.  Since I am more into action than sims & realism these days, I have been enjoying the arcade setting.  I really appreciate that even in this mode, you can still have full control of the plane, including loops and flying inverted.  They only issue I have really had is that I am confused by the process of binding buttons on my Sidewinder FF2.  Some appear to be bound twice, but in different columns and sections of the setup menu.  I'll get it figured out though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 29, 2016, 10:27:35 pm
House of The Dying Sun
Now I have three destroyers, ho ho ho!
I love directing capital ships, even when they don't do much damage they are excellent at keeping bigger ships busy.
I noticed you can slip inside an enemy capital ship shields completely bypassing them like in the Wing Commander Saga fangame, there is even an achievement for it.
I also like how the difficulty levels lead each to a different version of the mission rather than having different AI or damage settings.
With the radial menus my CH HOTAS is essentially overkill, even with the weird throttle, and you can bind everything the way you like, and I mean everything, it distinguishes between different menus so that you can use the stick both for the ship and for the various menus or just assign a hat if you prefer, each axis can be inverted, etc.
Of course this means that the game won't tell you of any conflicting bindings so it's better to pay attention at what you are doing.
Only I'm not sure if it's possible to use the POV hat for looking around in the cockpit, if there is the possibility of binding it among the humoungous list of possible bindings I haven't noticed thus far.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 29, 2016, 11:02:38 pm
"I gotta go to bed soon... Enough time to explore a little bit and see what we can see."

*dies*

"Ha ha, that was pretty lame. I'll just go slay that jerk and pick up my souls, and go to bed."

*grabs souls, then dies*

"All right, no problem. I'll go grab my souls, find that item I saw glowing, then go to bed."

*grabs souls, item*

"I'm doing really well! Might as well see if I can find a shortcut to open or even a bonfire a while ahead."

*dies immediately*

"I needed to go to bed half an hour ago, but I can't just leave that pile of souls there."

*repeats process for another hour. finds shortcut finally, flees*

-Dark Souls II
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 29, 2016, 11:53:28 pm
Just beat Bloodborne, including the hidden bosses.

I think after clearing the DLC and Chalice Dungeons, I was WAY overlevelled for the game's technical final bosses. They went down really fast.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 30, 2016, 12:40:13 am
Dark Souls 3 - my birthday-presents finally arrived

Yay! HB!

Thank you.

-Dark Souls II

hehe

Dark Souls III:
- Encounters Fire Demon roaming in an area of the Undead Settlement
- Tries to run past obviouly too powerful to fight Fire Demon
*dies*
- Retrieval, tries to use the Chamelon item to sneak past Fire Demon
- Demon doesn't give two cents about me looking like a box
*dies*
- Retrival, tries to let Siegwald do the fighting instead while running circles himself
*dies*
- Retrival, tries to fight with Siegwald
*dies*
- Retrival, doesn't go down to the Demon instead pulls out his Bow and cheeses the Demon from the point where Siegwald sits when the fight is not triggered yet
- Demon killed
- goes on through the level, gets shot by a Great Arrow from across the level
(it's a feature)
*dies*
- tries to retrieve Souls
*dies*
- tries to run through the area which is impacted by Great Arrows, gets blocked by enemies
*dies*
- runs in circles through the area with the Great Arrows, so they kill the enemies
*dies*
- runs through the area with the Great Arrows, serpentining to avoid Great Arrows and enemies
*falls off a ledge and dies*
- avoids the ledge, avoids the enemies, avoids the Great Arrows
- runs right into the next boss
*dies*
- does it all again
- realizes that the door opposite of the Fog Door is functional from this side
- tries to backtrack to a Bonefire
*dies*
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 30, 2016, 01:42:27 am
If you want to do something about those great arrows, I recommend going to the top of the tower where you met Siegward.

And just remember: violence is not always the answer. Unless there are dogs involved.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 30, 2016, 04:01:25 am


And just remember: violence is not always the answer. Unless there are dogs involved.

Wrong! The right answer is: Give everyone hugs and love! Unless your name is Dilbert.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 30, 2016, 04:14:43 am
This is what Dark Souls thinks of your hugs. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGu824lwPfU)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 30, 2016, 05:06:12 am
I think both Dark Souls and you are both Dilbert's. You hug hater!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on June 30, 2016, 08:30:10 am
With the radial menus my CH HOTAS is essentially overkill, even with the weird throttle, and you can bind everything the way you like, and I mean everything, it distinguishes between different menus so that you can use the stick both for the ship and for the various menus or just assign a hat if you prefer, each axis can be inverted, etc.
I've seen videos with that radial comms menu in action, and man I would kill to have that in FS2.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 30, 2016, 08:45:51 am
With the radial menus my CH HOTAS is essentially overkill, even with the weird throttle, and you can bind everything the way you like, and I mean everything, it distinguishes between different menus so that you can use the stick both for the ship and for the various menus or just assign a hat if you prefer, each axis can be inverted, etc.
I've seen videos with that radial comms menu in action, and man I would kill to have that in FS2.
The FS2 system was good for joy+keyboard or mouse and keyboard but it's a pain to bind it to a HOTAS, mode 2 is essentially mostly for comms on my throttle and even then is awkward enough I just reach for the keyboard, it wasn't that bad in Wing Commander Saga because you can give orders only in a couple of missions but on the Freespace campaigns this is going to be annoying.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 30, 2016, 08:55:04 am
If you want to do something about those great arrows, I recommend going to the top of the tower where you met Siegward.

He also resets every time you die ... got tiresome (and I am fastrolling everywhere since I found the Stamina Regen-boost ring so...)

Continuing on, because my afternoon seminar was moved to morning houres:
Spoiler:
- Killed the Crystal Sage; How do you recongnize a Wizard? By the ridiculous Hat of course...
- Arrived at Farron Keep; Poison, no thank you.
- Killed "The Master" at Firelink Shrine and claimed his Katana (finally)
- Drove off the Drake on the High Wall of Lothric and all I got was a Titantite Shard?!
- Found the Darkwraith and battled him for the Red Eye Orb, he fell down the elevator shaft while lunging at me after I came off the elevator which I had accidentally triggered while rolling away from him.

(killed the Curse-rotten Greatwood-boss yesterday already)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on June 30, 2016, 09:25:36 am
Nothing :D
MY rig decided all of the sudden that it didn't want to run any game...
CPU fan gets incredibly loud and the whole beast restarts, though using Furmark, Prime 95 and the likes sometimes it works on the highest setting only to crash again :D
Tough luck.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Luis Dias on June 30, 2016, 09:27:32 am
So I got this new game for my kids because they are at the right age, them all.

Then, of course, I had to play it a while to teach them the basics of it.

Bad mistake.

Bad bad bad mistake.

Now I'm totally hooked to minecraft. Damn. I should totally have predicted this ****. "But it's a kid's game" I said. "I won't ever be hooked to it", I said. What a ****ing retard.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on June 30, 2016, 09:34:43 am
One of the best things a parent can do is play games with their kids though :D
Has the LEGO nostalgia kicked in yet?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Luis Dias on June 30, 2016, 12:58:34 pm
That was quite a few years back. Now I'm just annoyed everytime I get home and I see thousands of blocks scattered through the living room's floor...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on June 30, 2016, 01:08:06 pm
If you want to do something about those great arrows, I recommend going to the top of the tower where you met Siegward.

He also resets every time you die ... got tiresome (and I am fastrolling everywhere since I found the Stamina Regen-boost ring so...)


That shouldn't be true. Talk to him once and he remains your friend for the rest of the game, I think, regardless of death.

Oh! You didn't use the branch he gave you did you? You have to keep that. If you get rid of his token of friendship, he'll become hostile again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on June 30, 2016, 02:49:55 pm
That was quite a few years back. Now I'm just annoyed everytime I get home and I see thousands of blocks scattered through the living room's floor...

Minecraft is the gift that keeps on giving in that regard ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 30, 2016, 07:01:34 pm
Oh! You didn't use the branch he gave you did you? You have to keep that. If you get rid of his token of friendship, he'll become hostile again.
That must be it... doesnt matter anymore because thanks to the Warriors of Sunlight I've left two more bosses in my wake
Spoiler:
Undead Legion &  Deacons of the Deep
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 01, 2016, 12:05:50 am
Finished House of The Dying Sun, since I'm lazy I'm copypasting my Steam review:

What can I say?
Single player mission-based spacesims (as opposed to the open world trade 'em ups like Elite or Privateer) are what made me a PC gamer in the first place, I think I've played every game in the genre except Starlancer and it's nice to finally see a new one released.
Nostalgia aside, while I can see the inspiration from Freespace 2 and Tie Fighter this game does its own thing and does it well.
You have only one fighter but there are plenty of upgrades and weapons to unlock as well as ships for your own fleet which have their own upgrades and weapons, weapons and ships are unlocked after completing certain missions while the upgrades must be purchased with favour points awarded after accomplishing bonus objectives during the missions.
The missions rather than Tie Fighter or Freespace 2 reminded me a lot of the first X-wing, most of the are hit & run missions in which you come out of hyperspace, hit your target(s) and then hyper out before the incoming enemy flagship warps in and starts pelting you with torpedoes.
The missions have three difficulty levels, each difficulty level has a slightly different design rather than "changing the rules" (like for example changing the AI or the damage rate of the weapons), either by changing the number and strength of the enemy (like having a frigate instead of a destroyer for example) or by making the objectives a bit more challenging like having two transports to kill instead of one. Also replaying each mission and completing the bonus objectives on each difficulty level is essential to obtain enough favour points to purchase the aforementioned upgrades.
While there is no energy management, there are plenty of tactical options once you get other fighters and some capital ships for your fleet, both from your fighter's cockpit and by using a tactical view and you maneuverability is influenced by your speed: you will have to slow down if you want to keep that pesky enemy interceptors in your sights.
There is also a glide function that allows you to rotate your ship while going on a fixed direction like in Tachyon: The Fringe and some Wing Commander games, or the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. However the flight model remains stylized like in the best games of the genre, many would say it's "arcade" and while it may be compared to Elite with flight assist off it's the typical way old school spacesims worked: enough complexity to be deep but not too much as to require a flying license like some fighter jet simulators.
The game is made to work primarily with a gamepad or keyboard and mouse but after a bit of fiddling in the options it works very well with a HOTAS as well, though at the moment the CH Pro Throttle acts a bit weird (the throttle axis is detected as centered for some reason). The gamepad-centric nature of the controls actually works very well with a HOTAS as the orders and some targeting and weapon functions are accessed through radial menus instead of the incredibly numerous keys of older titles in the genre, though there are optional hotkeys for targeting and weapons. To cut it short: no matter if you have a gamepad or the latest super expensive Thrustmaster army-approved metal replica of a fighter jet stick and throttle, you won't have to reach for the keyboard EVER.
The art style of the game is minimalistic yet striking, the music and other aspects are inspired by the Battlestar Galactica reimagining, with the sound of drums intensifying during battles and the muffled explosions, and I liked the minimalistic narrative choices as well and I won't say anything else because it's better to go in blind as I did.
The campaign is short but intense, while a veteran of the genere it took me something like 7 to 8 hours to complete the game, while some people said it's possible to beat it in two hours I guess they didn't unlock all the upgrades or played only one difficulty level for each mission, if you want to unlock everything you might need a good five hours if you are very good.

Now the tech-y stuff: the games runs very well on my Radeon HD 7770 1gb card on a i5-3470 with 8Gb of RAM (windows 7) with frame rate problems only in the last two missions at 1280x1024 (yes, my LCD monitor is old) with full bells and whistles as well as 4x anti aliasing but nothing gamebreaking.
The game feels very polished, rather different than the sort of things you hear about early access titles, no game breaking bugs, the achievements work and the meat of the single player is all there, there will be a "wave clearing mode" that will be added later if you want to just scratch that space dogfighting itch.

In conclusion: what are you waiting for? Buy it!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on July 02, 2016, 11:21:12 am
Getting a lot of mileage out of this WASTED game. It's like a love letter to the 3D Fallouts, especially New Vegas, but with a more roguelike action-oriented perspective. Characters drink weird glowing booze to get new attributes, everything's real 80s, there's a sequel to GORILLAS.BAS...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LaineyBugsDaddy on July 02, 2016, 03:39:25 pm
Weird glowing booze to get new attributes? Sounds like Bioshock Infinite.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on July 03, 2016, 05:10:48 am
Started Amnesia, stared a professional difficulty level run of RE4 and still waiting for that partch for Homeworld Remastered so I can play mods again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Blue Lion on July 03, 2016, 12:29:05 pm
Thinking about getting Stellaris. Is it a good game? Haven't seen too much hype about it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on July 03, 2016, 01:06:17 pm
I was considering picking up something from the Saints Row franchise, as it appears that everything except the original is on sale on Steam.  But then I remembered I don't get far in open world games before getting bored or frustrated.  I do better with mission-based campaigns.  I've spent hundreds of hours on games like FreeSpace, MechWarrior 3, Crimson Skies (PC), Command & Conquer 3, Burnout franchise, and Unreal Tournament 2004 (single player).  Games like GTA: San Andreas and Fallout 3, not so much.  I spent too much time grinding to buff up, rather than just playing the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 03, 2016, 01:35:48 pm
I was considering picking up something from the Saints Row franchise, as it appears that everything except the original is on sale on Steam.  But then I remembered I don't get far in open world games before getting bored or frustrated.  I do better with mission-based campaigns.  I've spent hundreds of hours on games like FreeSpace, MechWarrior 3, Crimson Skies (PC), Command & Conquer 3, Burnout franchise, and Unreal Tournament 2004 (single player).  Games like GTA: San Andreas and Fallout 3, not so much.  I spent too much time grinding to buff up, rather than just playing the game.
I don't either but the Saints Row games have undoubtedly their own charm, they are essentially self-aware GTA, in the sense that :v: doesn't pretend that their characters are anything but comedic sociopaths and runs with it, the second especially isn't shy about showing the protagonists being explicitly brutal.
The second however it's better on GOG.com, the game came out broken on PC and GOG.com fixed some of the worst problems it had, it's also a bit more serious than the rest of the series.
If you have to get them on Steam, start with the third like I did, it's a bit smaller than the second but the PC version is very polished.


The first game was only on consoles.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on July 03, 2016, 03:08:48 pm
Dark Souls III, after a weekend marathon to "Link the Fire", now proceeds into NG+ ... one ending down, two to go
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on July 03, 2016, 03:38:35 pm
I was considering picking up something from the Saints Row franchise, as it appears that everything except the original is on sale on Steam.  But then I remembered I don't get far in open world games before getting bored or frustrated.  I do better with mission-based campaigns.  I've spent hundreds of hours on games like FreeSpace, MechWarrior 3, Crimson Skies (PC), Command & Conquer 3, Burnout franchise, and Unreal Tournament 2004 (single player).  Games like GTA: San Andreas and Fallout 3, not so much.  I spent too much time grinding to buff up, rather than just playing the game.
I don't either but the Saints Row games have undoubtedly their own charm, they are essentially self-aware GTA, in the sense that :v: doesn't pretend that their characters are anything but comedic sociopaths and runs with it, the second especially isn't shy about showing the protagonists being explicitly brutal.
The second however it's better on GOG.com, the game came out broken on PC and GOG.com fixed some of the worst problems it had, it's also a bit more serious than the rest of the series.
If you have to get them on Steam, start with the third like I did, it's a bit smaller than the second but the PC version is very polished.


The first game was only on consoles.

Well, now you got me considering it again.  :)  Steam has the ultimate franchise pack (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/80341/) with 2, The Third, IV, and a ton of other stuff (48 items all together) for US $12.49.

There are a few other games I am considering as well, but I don't like to spend more than $12 for remakes of 18 year old games or for games still in early access.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on July 03, 2016, 03:54:36 pm
Steam has the ultimate franchise pack (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/80341/) with 2, The Third, IV, and a ton of other stuff (48 items all together) for US $12.49.
Now that is one hell of a deal. Anybody who doesn't have the entire series already should seriously consider that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rodo on July 03, 2016, 08:00:22 pm
Thinking about getting Stellaris. Is it a good game? Haven't seen too much hype about it.

It's good, quite good actually. IF you like strategy and diplomacy games... something like civ franchise but in space, with mean aliens, customizable ships and a TON of awesome scy-fy story-like mini quests.

That said, this game has unlimited potential for replays, but the content might get "old" once you play a few times. The good thing is that the studio producing it does really come forward to deliver awesome content, and it was promissed the game would get improvements (some of which have already been released, for free) that will make it a far superior experience.

I personally LOVE IT, but this is a game that might not entice all gamers out there.

I'd recommend watching some of the stream vids paradox has published on their youtube channel. Look it up as "the blorg".
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 04, 2016, 12:50:20 pm
X-wing vs Tie Fighter: Balance of Power
Boy, two missions in a row in the rebel campaing on medium instead of hard.
One was a reconaissance mission in which you had to destroy the occasional transport with warheads, on hard my wingmen got obliterated too quickly and the Tie fighters gang up on me, which wouldn't have been a problem if I didn't have to stop to destroy the aforementioned transports, once I was done with that I turned off the laser cannons and hurtled at the various capital ships I had to indentify at such speed that the squadron of Tie Advanced dispatched against me couldn't catch up.
The other mission was a trap for two Star Destroyers, the problem is the same on Hard the AI is unbalanced in favour of the enemy so the B-wings that should have torpedoed the crap out of the Star Destroyers often fired when the enemy interceptors were already in range which means that they were able to launch only half of their payload at best.
On medium the mission was already more fair, though having a squadron of Tie Advanced singling you out will always make you lose a wave or two most of the times.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on July 04, 2016, 05:22:37 pm
War for the Overworld. It is exactly what I thought it would be. Kind of Dungeon Keeper, but nowhere near as good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 04, 2016, 10:33:56 pm
Just played through Lifeless Planet, a really atmospheric little indie title about an astronaut crashed on an, er, lifeless planet.  A YouTuber I follow featured it a few years back, but I stopped watching his playthrough pretty early on because it looked intriguing and I didn't want to spoil myself.  It took longer to finally get around to than I wanted, but I'm glad I kept it a fresh experience.  Also Trackmania: United Forever, which I played around with aaaages ago when I had a GameTap subscription (remember them?) but never actually owned until the Steam sale.  Fun stuff.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on July 04, 2016, 11:07:13 pm
War for the Overworld. It is exactly what I thought it would be. Kind of Dungeon Keeper, but nowhere near as good.

I was wondering what that was like. See I've felt this itch to go back and play Dungeon Keeper Gold lately.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on July 05, 2016, 02:02:24 pm
Beat Witcher 3, happy ending! :-D

Continuing on to Witcher 3 DLCs
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on July 07, 2016, 11:11:19 pm
Doing the side-scroller Metroids (happy 30th Anniversary, franchise), First Encounter Assault Recon, and practicing Star Fox with a joystick.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 08, 2016, 06:43:27 pm
Tachyon: The Fringe
I had to partially mod it to make it work on win7 64 bits (I didn't install the glide wrapper, I played in direct3D then, I'll play it in Direct3D now, screw stupid monopolistic closed APIs) and rather than playing it I've been trying to map my HOTAS, but unfortunately having an Italian boxed copy means that whoever translated the refcard and manual didn't take into account the differences between the Italian and American layouts which means I'm having problems figuring out what does what which is only further complicated by the CH Control Manager reading italian keystrokes like Yank Keystrokes which only adds to the confusion.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LaineyBugsDaddy on July 09, 2016, 01:38:45 am
Halo CE, Bungie Classic Campaign, and the little bastard that Wheatley in Portal 2 is clearly designed to resemble just tried to trick me into wiping out all life in the galaxy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on July 09, 2016, 04:47:11 pm
So I think I've seen enough of War for the Overworld to have an informed opinion[I've just beat the campaign].
Mechanically, this is Dungeon Keeper. It has improvements, they are good, etc etc. However, it has some serious problems with presentation. I can see three/five problems. One is sound design. Two is lack of any creature collision. Three is the fact, that there simply are more creatures. In the final mission I think I had a houndred, with the ghouls etc. and I could have even more if the game didn't lag so bad. Four is bugs, but that is another topic. And then there is the visual design.
So yeah. DK2 didn't really have creature collision, but the game tried really hard to space them out so they don't overlap. WFT doesn't even try. The result of this is pretty significant. I think the game somehow solves the issue of everyone attacking the same target? not sure? but presentation wise, this is just a mess. In DK2 you could often see each individual creature and each individual attack happen, and you could easily tell creature types. Each creature type also had very distinguishable and memorable sound pattern too, you always know the warlaugther is skeletons, farts are bile demos, calm incantation are warlocks, scream incantation are wizards, warcry incantation are dark angels etc. In WFTO sound design is very unimpactful and poor. Creatures simply speak human in a slightly monstery voices[indistinguishable from each other] and that doesn't work too well. "Who the hell is BRIAN?" is not a way to make me like, care or remember creatures. The fact that the game seems to go more of the macro way, with dozens of beasts and minions, makes me care even less. Finally, the design. There are beasts, that are weak do not even require a portal, and then there are proper creatures. Beast are actually cool and I tried to beat every level with them. Regular creatures are just a bunch of boring dudes. They have some detail to them, but most of it is pretty generic and lacks any character. but the beasts? Skarg is a bug, but a cool one. There is the beholder and  mutalisk, and there is the shadow, a creature, that is literally covered in shadow, can and will blink behind you and murder you, and actually looks like a proper monster. Now shadows are cool. I want more shadows. I want them to be better. Then there are titans, that kind of are there? There is no time spent on developing them, so they die in the crowd. Then there are vampires. There is that building, sanctuary, you can use to perform rituals. One of the rituals consists of sacrificing three souls to summon a vampire. That is really smart, it creates buildup, it makes me care, at least until the vampire also dies in the crowd. So yeah. I also didn't notice any soundtrack of any description, so overall, mechanically pretty good, severely lacking in presentation.
Also, apparently, there are cutscenes. Well, they lag as ****. I wasn't sure if the campaign ended or the game simply bugged out.
I wish DK2 worked properly on modern systems :(
Next: Dungeons 2
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on July 10, 2016, 05:25:14 pm
So Evolve is free now. It is actually pretty well optimised and super fun. Go participate in the 25000% playerbase rise.
EDIT: I thought beaing a monster was only stressful and boring. Until I murdered them all.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 16, 2016, 08:52:51 pm
I dropped off my car at the auto shop yesterday, declined the shuttle service, and decided to walk about 11 km to get home. You can probably guess why.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Blue Lion on July 17, 2016, 02:43:05 pm
What did you get?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 17, 2016, 10:49:15 pm
What did you get?
Nothing too great, I'm still pretty low level. A venomoth, growlith, and a metric ton of rattattas and pidgeys.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on July 18, 2016, 03:21:05 am
Armored Warfare players (if any) here might be interested to know that as a Peacekeeper also in the MyCom Battallion I will be taking part in the Bounty Hunt event tonight on the EU server so killing me will net you the LAV 150 90 or if you already have one its equivalent in gold
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on July 18, 2016, 11:10:11 pm
The Force Unleashed: Great force effects and physics that make you feel like a real Jedi, and the maps and environments are quite memorable. It's extremely console-oriented though, with a 30fps lock (thankfully removable with mods), no savegames and long sequences of quicktime events and keyboard combo moves that are hard to remember. The story fills in some key details in the Star Wars universe, but is otherwise lousy. I liked it a lot initially but found it increasingly tedious later on.

Republic Commando: A fairly generic SW themed shooter, although the squad action and commands work well. The FPSs from this era feel like a breath of fresh air compared to modern ones. You actually have a health meter, are strong enough to not have to take cover all the time, and can save whenever you like.

Table Top Racing World Tour: A slick arcade racing game with weapons, similar to Re-volt but based on micro machines. The tracks are cleverly designed but there are only 5 and they get repetitive. It can be finished in a few hours, which is just the right length for this kind of game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on July 18, 2016, 11:32:58 pm
Finished the Witcher 3 and all the DLC.

I've gone from the books through the games to the end.  I kind of want to give it a hug and send it on it's way, but i'll be back later for New Game + on Death march with the enemy scaling turned on.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 19, 2016, 12:47:57 am
Going through a Half-Life 2 playthrough, because it's been at least a year since the last one and that's too long.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 19, 2016, 08:19:54 am
Armored Warfare players (if any) here might be interested to know that as a Peacekeeper also in the MyCom Battallion I will be taking part in the Bounty Hunt event tonight on the EU server so killing me will net you the LAV 150 90 or if you already have one its equivalent in gold

Hi.

Though I'm NA, so not much use.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: headdie on July 19, 2016, 08:22:54 am
Armored Warfare players (if any) here might be interested to know that as a Peacekeeper also in the MyCom Battallion I will be taking part in the Bounty Hunt event tonight on the EU server so killing me will net you the LAV 150 90 or if you already have one its equivalent in gold

Hi.

Though I'm NA, so not much use.
cool, put a few rounds into Billy Mays or Will this week for me ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 20, 2016, 11:27:05 am
X-wing vs Tie Fighter: Balance of Power
Another sadistic mission of the rebel campaign that wouldn't be that bad if played coop, the raid on a dreadnought awfully near a Star Destroyer.
Essentially at first you have to turn off everything to intercept an imperial shuttle before it docks with said dreadnought by emptying your missile launchers at it, which means that once you intercept it you are swarmed with enemy fighters and in range of the ISD.
Even if you survive (you have three waves), after having inspected the dreadnought and the b-wings disable it a friendly corvette pops in to dock with the DREAD it and now the tricky part starts.
You need to fend off gunboats trying to disable the corvette and when the corvette is done it has to pass directly under the Star Destroyer to get away into hyperspace and the only way to avoid it being disabled is driving away fire from it by attacking the Star Destroyer and unfortunately for this missions said ISD has improved accuracy which means if you lost your first and second wave before the corvettes has to pass under it the mission is over.
The main problem is that the B-wing after disabling the DREAD should try to drive off or destroy the ISD while the X-wings think to the fighters, but this is possible only by having human players man at least one B-wing to order them around after their main task (disabling the DREAD) is accomplished.

It's not impossible mind you, but seeing B-wings not launching their remaining torpedoes at the ISD is really annoying.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 21, 2016, 10:05:42 am
Phantasy Star II on the Sega Mega Drive
The passage to the 16-bit era has improved more or less everything from what I can see, the NPCs are less copypasted and more verbose and the combat is a bit more tactical when it's required, also I like the Tron style background during combat.

I'm using the Everdrive MD v3 for this (it took a month for the thing to finally arrive from the Ukraine), it works flawlessly with everything I threw at it, being able to play Monster World IV in english and Streets of Rage 3 in english without the mostly stupid western changes is priceless.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on July 21, 2016, 08:51:13 pm
Skippering the Bucentaure

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/447364144438292688/5B800657105956C2C4BE84F501ADDF394669F128/)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on July 22, 2016, 12:29:15 pm
Just beat the last ten chapters of the Fire Emblem-campaign I started last year while I was moving ... My plot sense was really of on that account as I though this game could not have more than 24 chapters (it has 31, not counting bonus missions). Like it a bunch, so on to the sequel!

I am also playing the Tales of Symphonia-PC port, previously I only knew that game from its so-and-so sequel on the Wii. It was pretty fond of the characters of the original, so was curious to check it out. (the pc port is as bad as they say, so I am glad to picked it up on the summer sale for only a few euros)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on July 23, 2016, 03:32:39 pm
Saints Row 3. Party Time is so ****ing glorious, but you can't replay it.
Also Empire Earth 2. It is essentially Rise of Nations, but it just lets me spam endless warplanes so it's better.

EDIT: I also bought Empire Earth 3. Hahahah, you steaming pile of ****!
No wonder golden age of RTS is long gone.
EDIT2: finished Saints Row. Party time was apparently a big chunk of what was good in the game, as well as actually the best moment.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 26, 2016, 09:27:28 pm
X-wing vs Tie Fighter: Balance of Power
Last mission! Bring down a Super Star Destroyer, but unfortunately I think that this mission would have been much easier if all the B-wings and X-wing would just run past the first wave of Tie Fighters at full speed and unload all their payload at once (both are armed with heavy rockets). It's also the only mission in the campaign that features reinforcements in the form of A-wings but when I noticed it was too late and lost a couple of waves to the Avenger squadron.
I'll probably try again tomorrow, if it wasn't for the tendency of the game to give reprimands on easy in the campaign I'd be tempted to switch the difficulty to easy.

The second to last mission was a bit tedious, but after getting that leaving the destruction of the warhead transports to my squadmates only distracted them from the protection of the shuttles capturing the transports bearing conscripts it got straightforward enough if a bit repetitive due to the large number of the goddamn things and the Tie Fighters shooting at you, at least this time there weren't Tie Advanced and the B-wing can make short work of the classic bulk freighters even when out of torpedoes thanks to the weapon switch trick that allows to use lasers and ions together.
Another annoying thing is that the bulk freighters have missile launchers for some reason, fortunately only a single shot and unless you are really close it's easy to shoot them down with ion cannons.
Both this and the earlier inspection mission with the A-wing are quite an exercise in endurance, lots of targets to inspect then destroy and disable and a relatively short time window in which to do so with plenty of enemy fighters, but this one would be rather easier with human players manning the B-wings as the inspect, disable/destroy sequence would be faster by having two or three B-wings on it instead of one and the other players concentrating on the Tie Fighters.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 28, 2016, 12:58:04 am
Crysis 2 is still being a bastard about crashing.  Reducing my CPU overclock I thought fixed it, but turns out it just reduced the frequency of crashing.  OC entirely disabled now and still happening.  GPU was never overclocked, and even tried increasing fan speed to no avail.  And now it's gone and deleted my profile.  Twice.  Attempting a fresh install.  The current install has been through a couple HDD clones, hopefully this will fix it.  But it really looked more hardware related.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 28, 2016, 11:03:46 am
Bare Knuckle III (japanese Streets of Rage 3) english fantranslation on Mega Drive
Thanks to the new gamepads finally arriving I got to finally beat it (last time my D-pad broke in stage 7), on easy it was an almost 1-credit run but the final boss is even worse that the goddamn jetpack guys.
I really like the tweaks to the gameplay compared to Streets of Rage 2, it uses the 6-button gamepad, your attacks get stronger if you stay alive enough time to rack up the points necessary, there is a dash move and I liked the special move bar a lot, I always hated having to spend health for specials, using power ups like in Golden Axe or having a timer like in this game is way better.
The enemies are also tougher, they can parry or hold you (the special can be used to free yourself), the story is a nice nonsensical action sci-fi romp about finding and disabling nuclear devices to prevent a war and fight the main baddy at the end.
In general the gameplay is faster and a bit more nuanced, there were point in which I thought that would have been nice to capture the footage because the better variety of moves made some fights seem almost coreographed.
I always heard complaints about the new music but there isn't that much of it and mostly it's appropriate, also the games concludes with the classic BK/SoR theme anyway so it's all good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on July 31, 2016, 09:44:16 pm
I cannot ****ing stop the Crysis 2 crashing.  Thought I had it isolated a couple times but nope.  I've ruled out everything I can think of except rolling back drivers. :banghead:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 01, 2016, 11:33:22 am
Elite: Dangerous Horizons
Did a few data courier missions, at the last one however I got interdicted by a pirate, fortunately I play solo so it was only another poor sap in a Sidewinder that lasted, uhm, twenty seconds, I guess?
But boy, getting thrown out of supercruise is SCARY.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: GhylTarvoke on August 01, 2016, 04:47:18 pm
I'm replaying the first FEAR game. It has bland visuals, but it's still fun because of its AI.

AI is the only technical aspect of games that doesn't seem to be improving. FEAR and Fury AI are my favorites. What are some other good ones?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on August 01, 2016, 08:22:06 pm
After getting absolutely sick of World of Warplanes (again), I got back into War Thunder.
It's a much, much better flight game.

I'm also playing the land battles in WT. I don't know if it's just the people who play low tiers, but it seems that 10% maximum people actually realize that capturing the capture point is what leads to victory. Also, from my spectating, it seems that also about 10% of people actually know how to attack tanks.

I regularly get a 3/1 k/d or better, and then lose my tanks, because I'm the only one of my team in the remote vicinity of the capture point. It's rather frustrating.

EDIT: 5 kills, 5 assists, 0 deaths in an A13 Mk1, ie. the starting British tank.
EDIT2: 12 kills, 4 assists, 0 deaths in the Crusader Mk2, a tier 1 British light tank.
EDIT3: 8 kills, 3 assists, 0 deaths in the T-50, a tier 1 Russian light tank.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on August 01, 2016, 09:20:06 pm
I'm also playing the land battles in WT. I don't know if it's just the people who play low tiers, but it seems that 10% maximum people actually realize that capturing the capture point is what leads to victory. Also, from my spectating, it seems that also about 10% of people actually know how to attack tanks.

I regularly get a 3/1 k/d or better, and then lose my tanks, because I'm the only one of my team in the remote vicinity of the capture point. It's rather frustrating.
Welcome to every objective-based shooter ever, e.g. every random TF2 pub match I've ever played in.  "Lessee, three Snipers, four Spies, no Medics, and no one remotely near the point/cart.  Yup."
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on August 01, 2016, 10:05:29 pm
Also roughly half of each team is made up of AI bots.  The kills you're getting, odds are, are not players.  At least, not most of them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on August 01, 2016, 10:09:08 pm
Also roughly half of each team is made up of AI bots.  The kills you're getting, odds are, are not players.  At least, not most of them.

Wait, really? That explains the terrible skills.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on August 02, 2016, 12:38:17 am
After getting absolutely sick of World of Warplanes (again), I got back into War Thunder.

Wait, you can even get a match? Last time I looked, there were like 50 people online. (Being in Beta was a sad experience, they had a pretty good game and strangled it.)

Ground Forces in War Thunder isn't quite so far gone, but I've never seen a full player team, usually not much more than half. That said, players tend to get killed a lot more than bots, because bots tend to hesitate. I've had a lot of first-on-team-around-10-kills games where they were majority players just because players are the ones who actually push forward into contact with the enemy, and a good position makes you God. The man who is sitting will do the hitting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 02, 2016, 02:16:07 am
X com 2.

I'm retrieving Spark.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: XeoXeniro on August 02, 2016, 04:03:57 am
Overwatch from time to time.
Ghost in the Shell: First Assault Beta.
Freespace Blue and doing gameplay recording for this generation to know how space sims have been over looked.
Battlefront (DICE/EA) when I want to go pew pew pew or play as a hero class, like Luke Jedi Knight or Vader Sith Lord
Spoiler:
or Laporte Nagari Knight (what? I get a Force Sensitive vibe)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 02, 2016, 09:19:34 am
Elite: Dangerous Horizons
So...

I finally found fixed guns, after a few data runs and a cargo run with a few scans here and there (still won't sell them, too close) I decide to go for a "harmless" rank combat mission aaaaand...

...all opponents are elite grade with very good armor, i got away with 27% hull and none of the objectives accomplished.

But at the next station I docked I finally found an Adder do buy (they told me it has more space than the Sidewinder and similar all around usefulness so...) and equip.

Only thing I don't know if it's better to maintain the extra cargo rack the Adder came with (main one has 8 of space, the extra one has 4) or buy a vehicle hangar, since I haven't tried yet going around with the rover (what can I say? I'm a spaceship guy, I hate driving cars) and at least once I might be tempted to go and try it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on August 02, 2016, 11:13:24 am
A Tale of Two Wastelands.  It's like FSPort, but with Fallouts.  I can play Fallout 3, then New Vegas, with the same character, all in New Vegas
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Post by: Scotty on August 02, 2016, 03:55:16 pm
Elite: Dangerous Horizons
So...

I finally found fixed guns, after a few data runs and a cargo run with a few scans here and there (still won't sell them, too close) I decide to go for a "harmless" rank combat mission aaaaand...

...all opponents are elite grade with very good armor, i got away with 27% hull and none of the objectives accomplished.

But at the next station I docked I finally found an Adder do buy (they told me it has more space than the Sidewinder and similar all around usefulness so...) and equip.

Only thing I don't know if it's better to maintain the extra cargo rack the Adder came with (main one has 8 of space, the extra one has 4) or buy a vehicle hangar, since I haven't tried yet going around with the rover (what can I say? I'm a spaceship guy, I hate driving cars) and at least once I might be tempted to go and try it.

Gimballed fo lyfe yo.  The Sidewinder is pretty terrible once you graduate to most anything else, and the Adder is a decent upgrade.  My personal ride is a Cobra Mk III outfitted for exploration.
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Post by: Luis Dias on August 02, 2016, 04:22:45 pm
The Beguinner's Guide is an excellent trolling on pseudo-intellectuals all over the internetcritiquespace. Love it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 02, 2016, 06:08:18 pm
Elite: Dangerous Horizons
So...

I finally found fixed guns, after a few data runs and a cargo run with a few scans here and there (still won't sell them, too close) I decide to go for a "harmless" rank combat mission aaaaand...

...all opponents are elite grade with very good armor, i got away with 27% hull and none of the objectives accomplished.

But at the next station I docked I finally found an Adder do buy (they told me it has more space than the Sidewinder and similar all around usefulness so...) and equip.

Only thing I don't know if it's better to maintain the extra cargo rack the Adder came with (main one has 8 of space, the extra one has 4) or buy a vehicle hangar, since I haven't tried yet going around with the rover (what can I say? I'm a spaceship guy, I hate driving cars) and at least once I might be tempted to go and try it.

Gimballed fo lyfe yo.  The Sidewinder is pretty terrible once you graduate to most anything else, and the Adder is a decent upgrade.  My personal ride is a Cobra Mk III outfitted for exploration.
I prefer having more damage, I don't have that much trouble aiming at least for now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on August 02, 2016, 06:45:38 pm
I have a lot of fun circle-strafing with lateral thrusters and holding down the trigger on four multi-cannons in my Cobra Mk III.

Funboat gunboat
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 03, 2016, 07:29:21 pm
Starbound and the infinite loop of die-respawn-get-my-gear-back
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on August 03, 2016, 10:51:18 pm
Finished Metroid Prime Trilogy (I don't know why, but Prime 2 ended up feeling like a chore due to having to sweep every place again to find the Final Nine Keys), doing a bit of Hyrule Warriors, and Another Metroid 2 Remake (the final-ish release... it's happening).
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Post by: Mammothtank on August 03, 2016, 11:27:25 pm
Finished Metroid Prime Trilogy (I don't know why, but Prime 2 ended up feeling like a chore due to having to sweep every place again to find the Final Nine Keys), doing a bit of Hyrule Warriors, and Another Metroid 2 Remake (the final-ish release... it's happening).

I can't wait to get my hands on the trilogy.... I just need to get a console and it... at and affordable price.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on August 04, 2016, 07:40:45 am
EDF!! EDF!! EDF!!!@#

Also eyeing the F-5 Tiger II module for DCS, alongside the Mirage. conflicted ;_;
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: XeoXeniro on August 05, 2016, 12:30:20 am
EDF!! EDF!! EDF!!!@#

Shivans are one thing....but those DAMN SPIDERS!!!!!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on August 05, 2016, 11:56:56 am
Cutthroats: Terror on the High Seas.

Amazingly, after 15 years, I still find it to be a very difficult game. :wtf:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on August 06, 2016, 12:30:35 am
Finished Metroid Prime Trilogy (I don't know why, but Prime 2 ended up feeling like a chore due to having to sweep every place again to find the Final Nine Keys), doing a bit of Hyrule Warriors, and Another Metroid 2 Remake (the final-ish release... it's happening).

I can't wait to get my hands on the trilogy.... I just need to get a console and it... at and affordable price.

Yeah, the disc's limited run means it's [probably] hideously expensive physically, but if you have a Wii U, it's only $20 on digital (http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/NI0L4GZFgly0lMBWZGpD30Si5pLEmEHd#).
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 06, 2016, 07:49:52 pm
Yeah, the disc's limited run means it's [probably] hideously expensive physically, but if you have a Wii U, it's only $20 on digital (http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/NI0L4GZFgly0lMBWZGpD30Si5pLEmEHd#).

Not counting the added cost of a Wii controller... but the port seems fairly okay, so you should go with that
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on August 06, 2016, 08:34:21 pm
freespace 2
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on August 06, 2016, 08:51:20 pm
Quake & STO.

The latter recently added JJ-Prise content with the new expansion. I laugh every time I see a JJ-Item, they have lens-flares on the icons and the special effects. \

Also Chekov.
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Post by: GhylTarvoke on August 06, 2016, 09:08:45 pm
Transmissions: Element 120. It's a very good Source engine mod, albeit short.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 07, 2016, 03:52:13 pm
I just yesterday realized I own Assasin Creed: Rogue and had forgotten about it.... well, I am playing it now...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on August 07, 2016, 07:42:11 pm
Just started South Park: Stick of Truth.  Huge fan of the show, but so far not as good.  Lot of predictable, low hanging fruit jokes.  Just barely into it though, hopefully it gets better.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on August 08, 2016, 04:50:58 pm
Going through my Witcher 3 New Game Plus run. Still love the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col.Hornet on August 08, 2016, 06:29:56 pm
I just yesterday realized I own Assasin Creed: Rogue and had forgotten about it.... well, I am playing it now...

I've just completed it. Must say that is one of the best games of the whole franchise. In terms of the story at least. Gameplay is fine but not brilliant. Side missions are very repetitive and are getting boring quickly. Main plot is also pretty short. But Shay's story gives us a completely different experience which I enjoyed very much :)
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Post by: General Battuta on August 08, 2016, 07:40:00 pm
Tachyon: The Fringe is a surprisingly excellent space sim from the golden age, I recommend it to all.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on August 08, 2016, 09:10:43 pm
Bruce Campbell!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on August 08, 2016, 10:31:59 pm
When back to DS1 and beat Manus! Yay me!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on August 09, 2016, 12:20:04 am
Going through my Witcher 3 New Game Plus run. Still love the game.

It's still the best game that's been made.  I'll let you guys know when something unseats it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on August 09, 2016, 04:36:33 am
I have discovered the X series.

Love the universe, but dear God, these are the slowest spaceships in the history of sci-fi!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on August 09, 2016, 05:08:25 am
I have discovered the X series.

Love the universe, but dear God, these are the slowest spaceships in the history of sci-fi!
And the absolute worst UI, up until Terran Conflict. If only I didn't enjoy driving those ships around so much, I wouldn't have to subject myself to that terrible engine.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 09, 2016, 11:33:30 am
I have discovered the X series.

Love the universe, but dear God, these are the slowest spaceships in the history of sci-fi!

In that game you stay in time compression mode 90% of the time, also the flying is just boring, in Terran Conflict they didn't even bother with multiple device support, it's there in theory but it's buggy/limited enough I had to make a profile like it was an early windows game.

It's essentially a 4x game from first person perspective, and while it's fun for a while it also perfectly represents what I find unappealing about the "trade 'em up" subgenre of spacesim, if I wanted a space trading 4x I'd have bought one I can play just by pointing and clicking.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on August 09, 2016, 02:15:15 pm
I played the Dungeons 2 for a while now. It is pretty good at obscuring the frankly low production quality and I find that adorable in a way. If only it had enough content so it didn't need to drag out everything as much as it does. I would like to finish it, but it just takes too long now to get anywhere.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 09, 2016, 03:59:51 pm
When back to DS1 and beat Manus! Yay me!

Praise the Sun, Brother/Sister!
What's left?

But Shay's story gives us a completely different experience which I enjoyed very much :)

Well, he seems to be grunting a lot louder than other protagonists (which is also in a distinctive lower register than his dialogue) .... I am getting a lot of flashbacks to ACIV just from the naval combat (leading me to overextend a lot) but naval was what I liked about IV
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on August 10, 2016, 09:59:56 pm
I finished Dreamfall Chapters. It's decent overall, occasionally amazing, occasionally terrible, and mostly just average. The story starts off great but then drags on with fairly minor events for most of the game, until the last book where a lot of key plot information suddenly gets dumped on you. Zoe and Kian are better developed as characters than in Dreamfall, and they nailed Crow perfectly, easily the best character in the game. Most of the other characters have motivations that don't make sense and are never well explained, although the ending wraps up most of the loose ends from Dreamfall (without really explaining anything in detail). The hub worlds and environments are very well designed and have a decent amount of interactivity, but there are very few actual puzzles and the last book is almost entirely cutscenes. The game still feels drawn out due to your sluggish movement speed and you spend too much time just running between places. The writing and dialogue are often laughably bad in the first few books (and full of F-bombs that sound out of place), but become much better later on.

Spoiler:
I like how the Azadi try to rid the world of magic in favor of steampunk science (just like the Thief Hammerites), but the main antagonist who leads them is a very cliched Darth Vader knockoff and feels like he was thrown in late in the game's development, as he isn't mentioned at all until the last book or two. A few parts of the game are absurd, e.g. at one point you have the option to kiss a suspicious woman who you barely know and may be an enemy. If you don't react in time, she turns away and the game decides you're gay later on, which people refer to. WTF? However, the very last part of the ending with Lady Alvane reminiscing 60 years later is fantastic, and much more thoughtful than I was expecting from the rest of the game.
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Post by: StarSlayer on August 10, 2016, 10:22:04 pm
Mix of Naval Action and a little WoT.

I had the hankering for some unrated ship action so I built an exceptional teak Baltimore Clipper the Lynx and mounted six 12 pounder carronades.  Being a fore and aft rigged topsail schooner, Lynx flies like the wind on nearly all points of sail and she works exceptionally well at hunting down small merchant ships.  Even with her meager 48 pound broadside a couple salvos of grape is typically enough to clear the decks on light trade vessels, coupled with her exceptional sailing profile you can quickly take a fair number of prizes in a night's gaming.

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/448492202381705368/CD709B99DC1D9ECAF3C5FC72A42A7C570B76995B/)

(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/448492202381705185/13D21AD5CDAB81083D23E56AB8CA9F6FBA75C5E3/)

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Post by: Scourge of Ages on August 10, 2016, 11:17:52 pm
War Thunder: You'd think in a game with a good flight model that's based heavily on the flying of airplanes, having a good HOTAS setup would confer some sort of meager advantage over the mouse + keyboard crowd.

You would be dead wrong.

Yes, flying with the stick is more fun, but if you want to win battles, mouse flight is unbelievably better for actually aiming and shooting stuff.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on August 10, 2016, 11:45:19 pm
War Thunder: You'd think in a game with a good flight model that's based heavily on the flying of airplanes, having a good HOTAS setup would confer some sort of meager advantage over the mouse + keyboard crowd.

You would be dead wrong.

Yes, flying with the stick is more fun, but if you want to win battles, mouse flight is unbelievably better for actually aiming and shooting stuff.

I've seen people say the same about Freespace.  They joystick is fun and adds to the immersion, but apparently M+K owns.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: XeoXeniro on August 11, 2016, 12:30:51 am
I've seen people say the same about Freespace.  They joystick is fun and adds to the immersion, but apparently, M+K owns.

I have been doing that once I got to play Blue Planet and such mods. M+K does now. I use to play the hell out of FS2 with my sidewinder force feedback stick and with X-Wing/TieFighter/XvT/XWA/StarLancer. Freelancer made me get into the M+K; however, I had dying laser Logitech mouse...before those 'gaming' clickers started to pop up.

Speaking of which, I was playing Ghost in the Shell 1st Assault Beta and was playing For Honor's Tech Beta. Sadly I am going to get For Honor for console...that's a M+K not worth doing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col.Hornet on August 12, 2016, 05:04:02 am
War Thunder: You'd think in a game with a good flight model that's based heavily on the flying of airplanes, having a good HOTAS setup would confer some sort of meager advantage over the mouse + keyboard crowd.

You would be dead wrong.

Yes, flying with the stick is more fun, but if you want to win battles, mouse flight is unbelievably better for actually aiming and shooting stuff.

I've flown on the simulator battles with mouse only  a few times and it was always a disaster. I fly with joystick and always try to shoot having as much speed as I can. Aiming is not a problem at all as the plane is stable. It's been a while since I played a simulator battle but I remember that Tempest mk.V was my favorite on SB. Fast, agile with devastating firepower.  ;)

As we speak about War Thunder

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 12, 2016, 06:27:23 am
Been Freespaceing dine the original FS1 demo.


Still a pure keyboardist.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on August 12, 2016, 08:09:47 am
I use keyboard only in FS, as did many of the best players in Squadwar days. Even the mouse is less suitable for games with limited turning speeds, unlike FPSs.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on August 12, 2016, 08:17:12 am
As we speak about War Thunder


Geez, I thought WoWs was a little overzealous with their weathering.  Gaijin just pushed it to eleven, I feel like I need a tetanus shot for all the rust.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on August 13, 2016, 12:05:22 am
OMG I want to drive all the PT boats!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on August 13, 2016, 02:05:26 am
The Four King's are driving me up the wall! These guy's suck. I hate their tracking attack that I can't seem to escape and their grab and AoE attacks such too. Otherwise I can dodge them just fine.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Firesteel on August 13, 2016, 02:30:27 am
The Four King's are driving me up the wall! These guy's suck. I hate their tracking attack that I can't seem to escape and their grab and AoE attacks such too. Otherwise I can dodge them just fine.

If it's their single shot projectile that's basically a big pulsing diamond, it's almost impossible to dodge. Their grab and AOE look really similar. If they spin around ever, just roll away to be safe. The spins are slightly different so if you can tell the difference, the AOE doesn't hit behind them with the same radius as in front of them. Their melee damage is also based on range, the closer you are to them, the less damage you take. Good luck!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 13, 2016, 02:58:06 am
I use keyboard only in FS, as did many of the best players in Squadwar days. Even the mouse is less suitable for games with limited turning speeds, unlike FPSs.

Legion of Apocalypse forever mate.



I'm dabbling with deserts of kharak. My laptop can handle it bloody well.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 13, 2016, 05:35:33 am
The Four King's are driving me up the wall! These guy's suck. I hate their tracking attack that I can't seem to escape and their grab and AoE attacks such too. Otherwise I can dodge them just fine.

The Four Kings are also vurnable to Fire, Lightning and Magic, so if you have Resins or an enhancement spell (even with low int and fth) it can make it easier. Also their attacks are heavily magic-based so increasing your defense in that direction eases the fight.

And as Firesteel pointed out, damage increases with distance.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on August 13, 2016, 08:54:04 am
I had already figured out allot of that. Didn't know if you were behind them I wouldn't get hit.

But now that you mention it I do have some Gold Pine Resin and Max Lightning Katana (forget what it's called(not the Washingpole)). I checked them out on the wiki and I don't think it said they were weak to Lightning so  I didn't use it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kszyhu on August 13, 2016, 11:21:15 am
Elite: Dangerous Arena. Got a match almost immediately, which is highly unusual. I love the flight model. Fun, but it would be better if some guy with 9 k/d ratio stopped seal clubbing.

Edit: Ok, it looks like there is one full match in the deathmatch mode.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on August 13, 2016, 11:58:21 pm
I just beat the Four King's. Now I gotta go fight Kalameet cause I forgot to fight him. Then perhaps I will fight Precillia and Gywndolion.

Goddamn Kalameet can deal the damage but can't take jack all.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 14, 2016, 09:29:10 pm
Now I gotta go fight Kalameet cause I forgot to fight him. Then perhaps I will fight Precillia and Gywndolion.

Don't let him TK you and keep your stamina high (for all that emergency dodging).

Also a spoilerific note to the other two bosses you mentioned:
Spoiler:
If you are going for the full canonical experience I recommend not fighting either.

Also, how dare you suggest violence against Priscilla :mad: (Please note that subcribe to the theory that the Painted World of Ariamis is at least percieved as a reflection of the longings of those who come there. Priscilla desired a peaceful place where she would be accepted and that is what she sees. As for the Chosen Undead, does your hollowing really show so little?)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on August 16, 2016, 02:27:05 am

Also, how dare you suggest violence against Priscilla :mad:

If he's going for the Dark Soul achievement he has no choice, unfortunately.  Usually I don't fight her, but I needed those weapons.



Finished X: Beyond the Frontier. Impressions: I imagine it was good for its time, but the ships all kind of look the same, and travel time takes FOREVER, even with a time-accelerator. Combat also seemed way too simplistic, either you're so weak you can't dent an enemy ship or you're so overpowered you're killing entire fleets single-handedly. And why would you ever use missiles other than Hornets?

However, I am aware that that was only the first game in the series and that many of these things have been addressed in later installments.

Skipping over X-Tension since as I understand it's just a slightly upgraded first game sandbox with no plot material, playing X2: The Threat now. Loving what I'm seeing so far. Multiple ships to fly, much more rich and detailed universe, a freaking galaxy map (seriously, why did the first game not have one!?), and travel times greatly reduced! Only problem is I have no idea where to start earning money. Too many options!  :nervous:

Although, the voice acting is kind of flat. Especially when they attempt to pronounce Japanese phrases. :nono:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on August 16, 2016, 02:48:26 am
Although, the voice acting is kind of flat. Especially when they attempt to pronounce Japanese phrases. :nono:
It never gets better.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on August 16, 2016, 03:54:31 am
'Bout Pricillia. Someone already gave me the puppy eyes to convince me not to kill her. Kalameet was darn easy when I remember to unlockon and run when he flys straight up, Gwyndiddydandy was also pretty easy I only died a few times when I got a bit too overconfident. Two Souls bosses done in one day is a good deal. Now to kill Gywndaddy.

EDIT: PARRYING IS SO GODLIKE, Gywndaddy never stood a chance. GG I beat Dark Souls! (I killed every boss par Pricellia)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on August 17, 2016, 12:22:29 pm
Although, the voice acting is kind of flat. Especially when they attempt to pronounce Japanese phrases. :nono:
It never gets better.

I'd say X3: Reunion does a decent job when it comes to both the plot itself and the presentation.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on August 17, 2016, 12:26:04 pm
I'd say X3: Reunion does a decent job when it comes to both the plot itself and the presentation.
And yet the voice acting remains terrible.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on August 17, 2016, 06:08:09 pm
I got King's Bounty Legend and Crossworlds because they were on sale and they were marketed with fantasy chicks. I only played Legends for a while and while it's cool, it seems to drag on for longer than it needs to. I'll look for something with less filler. I am not a fan of creating gameplay hours by dragging main game mode rather than creating compelling mechanics that would make me want to spend those hours on that game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 17, 2016, 06:16:01 pm
Deserts of Kharak.

I'll never look at that homeworld 1 intro cut scene in the same way. I loved the homeworld 1 literature back when manuals were hard copy and included more than a disclaimer. Currently playing keep away with a Gaalsien flagship as my assault cruiser flotilla somehow got flattened.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on August 18, 2016, 06:33:53 pm
I played the original Just Cause a while back, and it was a decently-enjoyable though fairly unremarkable third-person action game.  (Pretty scenery too.)  I just now got around to installing its sequel, and oh.  Ooooohhhh.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on August 20, 2016, 09:13:54 am
Playing FTL: Captain's Edition Infinity with my crew having various names from this community, while flying a Shivan cruiser called "The HLP Brigade" and using the awesome Wings of Dawn soundtrack for everything.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 20, 2016, 10:16:58 am
I volunteer to run your weapons station.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on August 20, 2016, 11:39:21 pm
Got a little bored with X (it seems like a great series, but I'm just not in the mood for it right now), and have decided to unlock the Dark Soul achievement on Dark Souls II.

Which means I have to farm Sunlight Medals... with my Soul Memory through the roof.  :banghead:

May whoever came up with the Soul Memory mechanic be thrown into the Abyss for eternity.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on August 21, 2016, 02:50:19 am
I volunteer to run your weapons station.

Thanks to your operation of the weapons station, we destroyed an elite cruiser. Not that big of a surprise for a Shivan cruiser called "The HLP Brigade".
(Pic is the Brigade messing up that cruiser.)

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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 21, 2016, 12:54:45 pm
Got a little bored with X (it seems like a great series, but I'm just not in the mood for it right now), and have decided to unlock the Dark Soul achievement on Dark Souls II.

Which means I have to farm Sunlight Medals... with my Soul Memory through the roof.  :banghead:

May whoever came up with the Soul Memory mechanic be thrown into the Abyss for eternity.
The X series does tend to get boring, TC was more bearable but only because they actually made the early game a bit faster (the missions pay better) but still devolves into a 4x game with a crappy interface and rudimentary space combat.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on August 22, 2016, 01:51:58 am
I finally beat FTL.

Took me long enough.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 23, 2016, 04:00:28 pm
Finished Assasin's Creed Rogue, like some the additions they made to Black Flag and the that they remembered that they have more gameplay modes built into their game then they did before; but at the end of the day it is an Assasin's Creed game and I got pretty much sick of it as the conclusion came along (the epilogue cleared missed all notes as far as I am concerned)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 23, 2016, 04:48:42 pm
Sins of the Prophets, for sins of a solar empire : rebellion - ultimate edition.


<3 UNSCDF
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 23, 2016, 09:25:12 pm
Finished the rebel campaign in X-wing vs Tie Fighter: Balance of Power
The last mission consisted in destroying the Super Star Destroyer Vengeance while protecting the rebel shipyard from an ordinary Star Destroyer.
In the end I switched to easy, on medium the other b-wings only laucnhed one or two of the 16 rockets they had before being distracted or destroyed and since you can't destroy the shield emitters on top of the bridge on that difficulty level it meant that I ran out of waves before knocking the shields down (at which point a corvette loaded with explosives pops up from hyperspaces and deals the coup de grace) rendering the mission probably impossible.

On easy it was enough to shoot 4 rockets for each shield emitter to knock the shields down so I could go after the other Star Destroyer to protect the base (also, the less smart imperial AI meant I didn't have to babysit my command ship), not really necessary but I wanted at least a fair performance ribbon, the campaign on easy gives only adequate ribbons or reprimands unless you really knock it out of the park.

A pity I don't have fraps or any other utility for taking screenshots installed as seeing that monster of a ship exploding was quite spectacular.
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Post by: Col. Fishguts on August 24, 2016, 12:20:58 pm
You do know that you can switch between ships of your wing by pressing "J"?
My strategy for that mission was to switch to every B-Wing of the first wave, fire all heavy rockets myself, and then start making strafe runs on the SSD with lasers/ions until the first wave is destroyed. Then repeat this with the next wave. That way it's doable on medium (takes a long time though). I never tried it on hard, where cap ships regenerate shield strength over time.
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Post by: Mongoose on August 24, 2016, 02:02:27 pm
Obduction is out.  Brb, see you in three weeks.
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Post by: Mammothtank on August 27, 2016, 09:57:12 am
Ah. I need to get that. But... I still haven't beaten Riven. And it's been years.... gah.
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Post by: Mongoose on August 27, 2016, 12:10:01 pm
It's soooooo goooood.  I've already stayed up until 6AM at least once because I don't want to tear myself away from it.  Even though this one puzzle is turning my brain to mush and sorely testing my "no you're not looking at any hints this time you cheating bastard" policy.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on August 27, 2016, 05:56:17 pm
Ah. I need to get that. But... I still haven't beaten Riven. And it's been years.... gah.
Oh man, Riven is still probably my favourite Myst game...
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on September 03, 2016, 01:12:33 am
Just finished Mass Effect 2 and 3 on Insanity. Doing a bit of "here-and-there" in Hyrule Warriors' Adventure Mode (just the original map though, I don't have the Majora or Twilight Maps).
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Post by: Mammothtank on September 03, 2016, 02:12:55 am
Ah. I need to get that. But... I still haven't beaten Riven. And it's been years.... gah.
Oh man, Riven is still probably my favourite Myst game...

Same. I love, the art, the world, aesthetic, some of the puzzles are a pain in the ass because it's so hard compared to the other Myst games.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on September 03, 2016, 02:44:13 pm
106%'ed Super Meat Boy.

My thumbs are made of soreness and pain.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on September 09, 2016, 11:34:41 am
I have finally finished Dragon Age: Inquisition and all of its DLC.

Trespasser was wonderful.  Even the base game was wonderful, although there was definitely more filler than it needed (I'm a bit of a completionist, so I've no doubt I could have skipped much more, but who does that in a BioWare RPG).

Now I'm debating between resuming the original Witcher - which I have yet to finish - or taking an RPG break for a blast through Crysis 2, which comes well recommended and I've never played.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on September 09, 2016, 04:51:51 pm
Now I'm debating between resuming the original Witcher - which I have yet to finish - or taking an RPG break for a blast through Crysis 2, which comes well recommended and I've never played.
Crysis 2! Make sure you try Battutamod (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=92260.0) (it makes a lot of cool AI changes).
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Post by: NGTM-1R on September 10, 2016, 04:20:59 pm
Confronting my fear of distant shipwrecks (they're the uncanny valley for boats) and being in open water I can't see the bottom of in Subnautica.

Swear to god the creepiest thing in gaming is to be at 100 meters from the surface floating and still unable to see the bottom.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on September 22, 2016, 02:40:06 pm
Tried a couple of Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis in yank-speak) games.

Fatal Fury on Sega Mega Drive
Nice little diversion, on easy I was able to beat it in a couple of credits (which are limited to 3 or 4 instead of being infinite like in Super Street Fighter II), and lost only to the final boss.
The gameplay compared to SSFII is simplistic (it only uses three buttons) but the plot is more present than in the average fighting game of the time with the villain looking on the tournament commenting on this newcomer that's beating the crap out of everyone and the other two fighters (again only two fighters other than the "protagonist" are playable in single player) show up as rivals during the playthrough.
It probably doesn't hold a candle to the Neo Geo version but it was still fun, I also like when fighting games have a plot.

Akumajo Dracula Vampire Killer AKA Castlevania Bloodlines AKA Castlevania New Generation on Sega Mega Drive
Played on normal and while difficult (I died *a lot*) the password system is much more permissive than I thought: it essentially takes you not just to the last stage but the last substage with all continues and lives giving you essentially infinite continues.
It doesn't however give you the password between levels but only when you either run out of continues or decide to end the game instead when you run out of lives, although I've read in most reviews that the passwords were given between levels.
I gave a quick try to the US and EU versions with an emulator, and it seems that both versions of the Mega Drive Castlevania have a much less forgiving password system than the original japanese Akumajo Dracula Vampire Killer and nobody on the 'net seems to have noticed.
So, since the japanese version is in english (same text as US and PAL version, so no "all you base are belong to us"-level engrish) if you play with an everdrive/emulator or you have a boatload of money (I once tried to search eBay for a copy and GOOD LORD the japanese version is often more expensive than the PAL version, and the PAL version is stupidly expensive) and you are rubbish at platformers like me the japanese version is the best.

The game looks gorgeous, almost at the level of the Metroidvania installments at times and since this is the game that first featured the composer of the later games there is a sense of familiarity even though it's a "classicvania" (linear action platformer).
The boss fights are always interesting, even the mini bosses, the Greece water level throws three minibosses one after the other at you, though once I figured them out they were easier than the ordinary enemies.


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Post by: Dark Hunter on September 22, 2016, 05:07:31 pm
Xenoblade Chronicles X

If there were any game that justified the Wii U's existence, it's this one. God damn did they nail the scenic exploration aspect.

Also giant robots, quasi-mystical stuff explained as advanced science, and pizza-obsessed aliens with squeaky voices. What's not to like here? (Well, aside from level-grinding.)
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 23, 2016, 04:38:42 am
Xenoblade Chronicles X

If there were any game that justified the Wii U's existence, it's this one. God damn did they nail the scenic exploration aspect.

Also giant robots, quasi-mystical stuff explained as advanced science, and pizza-obsessed aliens with squeaky voices. What's not to like here? (Well, aside from level-grinding.)

How far are you in? - Ive a 150+ houres and still can't beat a major storyline boss
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Post by: MP-Ryan on September 23, 2016, 05:48:38 pm
Just finished Crysis 2 for the first time, running through on Veteran.  Fun game, though the QTEs did get a little irritating.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on September 23, 2016, 07:36:59 pm

How far are you in? - Ive a 150+ houres and still can't beat a major storyline boss

70 or so hours in, just completed Chapter 9.

I'm a tad underlevelled for the story at this point though, so I'm going on a sidequest binge.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on September 24, 2016, 09:25:18 am
I tried Art of Fighting on Sega Mega Drive
Good grief, I swear the first encounter on normal is impossible and it has limited continues! What the hell were they thinking?
A pity, I was interested because I like the fact that the arcade mode is a sort of Story mode like in Fatal Fury.

I also continued with Akumajo Dracula Vampire Killer (the japanese Castlevania Bloodlines)
I died *a lot* in the first part of the leaning tower of Pisa because I forgot it was a Castlevania game and tried to go head on against the harpies, after that the level went smooth (the Frankenstein monster is one of the easiest minibosses, the big skeleton snake was irritating) and then exausted the three continues *twice* against the Gargoyle boss before beating him.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 24, 2016, 12:07:20 pm
Art of Fighting...

I'm unbeatable as big nose man.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 25, 2016, 07:24:25 am
70 or so hours in, just completed Chapter 9.

I'm a tad underlevelled for the story at this point though, so I'm going on a sidequest binge.

I am past Chapter 11 and have to pick-up my side-quest/affinity-grind (only for the less than a handful of characters I actually care about - the majority of the military-archetype {insert value here}-cast is terrible; while it makes thematics sense that they are the only people around it still makes most of them stupid*)...

The Boss I am stuck on is in Chapter 12 and seemingly requires your to have an all Skell, all optimized party (not helped by having the story cast along) as it is multi-stage and post a point of no return (so you have to restart the chapter as soon as you loose your mechs) and very, very brutal (it brought back memories of the fight in the Heart of Bionis in Xenoblade Chronicles, if you know what I mean, however without the option to just grind outside the boss-room for houres until you are fully powered up)

* Seriously, the cast of NPCs for your squad is my second biggest drawback of this game, which has a lot of good stuff going for it. Only outdone by the problems with narrative (you are supposed to be on the rush to get the main quest done -because there is a litteral timer- but the timer only advances during the story missions. All of which are narrated in a way to telegraph effectifly reaffrming the stakes and problems because you spend increasingly long peroids of time in between grinding. This would combine better with the gameplay if not for the damn timer setting up a sense of urgency)
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Post by: RangerKarl on September 26, 2016, 11:38:59 am
Mad Max, combined with some Falcon BMS dogfighting maybe leading up to a campaign run there. Trying to suss out what exactly I like in video games nowadays.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on September 26, 2016, 12:54:31 pm

The Boss I am stuck on is in Chapter 12 and seemingly requires your to have an all Skell, all optimized party (not helped by having the story cast along) as it is multi-stage and post a point of no return (so you have to restart the chapter as soon as you loose your mechs) and very, very brutal (it brought back memories of the fight in the Heart of Bionis in Xenoblade Chronicles, if you know what I mean, however without the option to just grind outside the boss-room for houres until you are fully powered up)


From what I've heard, sounds like you're on the final boss. Obviously haven't made it there myself so can't offer advice on that...

Yeah, the cast being made of archetypes is a bit annoying. You have the Earnest Young Officer, the Hardened Female Veteran, the Competent Drunk, the Racist, the Arrogant One, the Kind-Hearted Altruist, etc.

But then you also have L'cirufe, who almost makes up for it all on his own.

I find most of the neat characterization comes from the NPC's. They really did a good job, for the most part, of having a wide variety of viewpoints and attitudes without falling wholly within having each race be just a set of stereotypes. Except the Nopon, who can kind of get annoying (Tatsu, STFU!).
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 26, 2016, 05:51:41 pm
I find most of the neat characterization comes from the NPC's. They really did a good job, for the most part, of having a wide variety of viewpoints and attitudes without falling wholly within having each race be just a set of stereotypes. Except the Nopon, who can kind of get annoying (Tatsu, STFU!).

Not much a fan of L here ... more into having Celica around ;)

As for the Nopons, they are a returning element from Xenobalde Chronicles (why ever) except there they were nature-worshipping plant people with a huge permanent settlement and loads of mysticism associated with them - What's in Xenobalde Chronicles X is basically a cut-down version...

As for Lin and Tatsu, they become slightly less insufferable if you know that their interactions (and by extension most of Tatsu's dialogue) are based on comedic genre which is a staple of Japanese comedy but never made really translates when exported.... Also it doesn't help that Nopon Party Member, Riki, from Xenoblade Chronicles had some of the same features but Tatsu has none of Riki's redeeming qualities (Riki was best damn tank you could get as a party member, and his naive/false bravado/glory hog attitude bounced off better from party members in Xenobalde Chronicles)
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Post by: NGTM-1R on September 29, 2016, 02:25:11 am
The benevolent German Reich is sending four panzer divisions to defend the peaceful nation of Norway after the British invaded it in 1939. Meanwhile, the Panther is scheduled to begin deploying to operational units in March of 1940.

Hearts of Iron 4 is very much off the rails.
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Post by: Familiar on September 29, 2016, 05:27:30 am
XCOM Longwar 1.0 Ironman mode
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Post by: Deepstar on September 29, 2016, 06:29:49 am
Actually i am playing much "The Crew".
Nice racing game, but it is inferior to Test Drive Unlimited in my opinion.
It is a surprise, because this game is mostly from the same persons who created Test Drive Unlimited.

But this game is full of very strange design choices i can not understand.

Also i still play some "No Man's Sky" here and there. But not so much, because i am on a planet full of gold which i want to mine to sell it, for a much bigger ship. But this takes a while...
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Post by: Dark Hunter on October 01, 2016, 01:23:28 am

As for Lin and Tatsu, they become slightly less insufferable if you know that their interactions (and by extension most of Tatsu's dialogue) are based on comedic genre which is a staple of Japanese comedy but never made really translates when exported...

I'm familiar with Manzai routines, but the humor does generally fall flat. A bad Manzai routine is still bad comedy.

Lin I don't have a problem with. Tatsu is only mildly annoying.

Anyway, now I am about to embark on the final chapter. Levelled up my party to at least 50 and have purchased three fully outfitted Lv. 50 Skells, including one equipped with that absolutely gigantic beam cannon thing Lin helped make. Couldn't afford a fourth, but I'll fill that with a heavy Lv. 30 model. We'll see how this goes.
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Post by: starwolf1991 on October 01, 2016, 02:27:08 am
Power-cruising my way through the entire Starcraft II Trilogy; Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void. When you've been deprived of Wings of Liberty for many years, then get reunited with it and gain the other two in the process......you better believe those cravings are real. And I am challenging myself to strictly pick only Classic Starcraft units when unlocking, mutating or switching things up. 'Cause, you can't beat a classic.

Well I mean, you could but......that nostalgia, man.....
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Post by: MP-Ryan on October 03, 2016, 03:33:16 pm
Finally starting The Witcher series; first up, EE.
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Post by: deathspeed on October 03, 2016, 05:18:33 pm
I've rediscovered Battlefield 3.  Now that I have a CPU that can handle the multiplayer component, it's a lot more responsive and fun than it used to be.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 04, 2016, 07:07:11 am
Oooh.  If the servers are still running I might fire up the old playstation 3....
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Post by: karajorma on October 04, 2016, 09:54:40 am
Finally starting The Witcher series; first up, EE.

I'm just starting a replay of all 3 games (this time choosing paths I didn't take before).
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 04, 2016, 11:10:53 am
After a brief "oh, Star Trek TOS is on Netflix"-inspired binge into Star Trek Online, I finally got my hands on Total War: Warhammer - Go team Nagash! (I know Nagash isn't technically in TW:WH but I won't root for the von Carsteins. Period.)
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Post by: Turambar on October 04, 2016, 06:50:38 pm
Finally starting The Witcher series; first up, EE.

I'm just starting a replay of all 3 games (this time choosing paths I didn't take before).


Gotta get all buddy-buddy with the Knights of the Order of the Flaming Rose
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Post by: karajorma on October 04, 2016, 08:05:31 pm
Actually that's the route I took last time cause Siegfried of Denesle seemed like a decent enough bloke even if his friends were a shower of bastards. This time I've got to get friendly with racist elves.
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Post by: Mammothtank on October 04, 2016, 08:22:49 pm
I've been playing a bit of a whole bunch of different things. My friend bought me a copy of EDF 4.1: Shadow of New Despair. And we slogged through a large portion of it's campaign. It's great. Fighting-Kaiju as a riflemen is just jaw dropping with the scale of enemies in this game. The Erginius and Walking Fortress Balam are huge and can take down entire blocks with single attacks. Runs pretty well too if you don't mind having a bit of a fog.

Other than that: OpenX-Com which is basically X-Com but open, Megaman Legacy Collection which is basically Megaman but with bugs, Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour which is Generals but with less hours and more stuff and I've been trying to get C&C Kane's Wrath to work over the internet with my friends but Origin seems to hate 3rd Party software's interacting with it's games.



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Post by: MP-Ryan on October 05, 2016, 01:55:09 pm
Finally starting The Witcher series; first up, EE.

I'm just starting a replay of all 3 games (this time choosing paths I didn't take before).

Maybe you can answer this for me and save me Googling:

If I kill bandits with swords lying around in Chapter 1, how the hell do I pick them up and sell them without dropping my good sword?  Can I?
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 05, 2016, 05:23:49 pm
Planetary annihilation....

I love that ragnarok titan combined with a lifeboat contingency.
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Post by: Turambar on October 05, 2016, 05:59:08 pm
If I kill bandits with swords lying around in Chapter 1, how the hell do I pick them up and sell them without dropping my good sword?  Can I?

In Witcher 1 weapons can only go in weapon slots.  You generally don't pick up and sell old weapons.  Lots of the best armor and swords can be gained from quests, and you can turn some alchemy ingredients into good cash if you need it for books.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on October 06, 2016, 09:27:42 am
Carmageddon on my iPhone. Not my first time playing on Normal Everyday Carnage, but it's a little more challenging since the mobile ports are the latest version of the game, which makes AI racers more likely to try and ram you.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 06, 2016, 03:34:03 pm
Switched my faction in Total War: Warhammer - Beastmen are more my style as it turn out...
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Post by: Mammothtank on October 07, 2016, 02:45:09 am
Planetary annihilation....

I love that ragnarok titan combined with a lifeboat contingency.

That's actually on Sale. I wish I hadn't blew my budget before I remembered that game existed.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 07, 2016, 06:53:15 pm
The unlikely Battle of Altdorf: Khazrak vs. Acheron (http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/263849659127654575/BBDF1951F455547883AB9F5ABF62394A413E25A1/) - because the Everchosen is too fast in destroying the Empire...

... and a Pyrrhic Victory for the Beastmen (http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/263849659127699638/28EA951C8E4315D201CED8BF3E7FA98F29793306/) it is... let's see where the campaign goes from here...

ps. "Grut Bloodthrist" is the stand-in for Malagor, who in an ironic twist, was assasinated the turn before by an Empire hero...
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Post by: Scotty on October 07, 2016, 07:25:38 pm
Suddenly itching to play the Witcher III again. (http://9gag.com/tv/p/anjPg6/mongolian-band-hanggai?ref=fbl9)
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Post by: Bryan See on October 08, 2016, 11:11:41 am
I'm itching to play Descent 2 and its original Descent, both of which are 6DOF games, whose code is being reused in parts in the FreeSpace series of games.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on October 08, 2016, 02:06:08 pm
There are plenty of Descent fans on these forums, I think you'll find.

And, hey, all three games are on Steam, so there you go.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on October 08, 2016, 03:17:00 pm
There are plenty of Descent fans on these forums, I think you'll find.

And, hey, all three games are on Steam, so there you go.
You mean they were on Steam. You didn't hear about Parallax and Interplay (http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/30/10691278/descent-games-pulled-from-gog-parallax-interplay)?
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Post by: Dark Hunter on October 09, 2016, 02:52:18 am
That rings familiar, but I guess I forgot about it.

Interplay, please just go out of business already so you can stop mucking things up.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 09, 2016, 10:43:24 am
They're all on GOG.COM too.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on October 09, 2016, 11:51:29 am
They're all on GOG.COM too.
You mean they were. We literally just went over this (http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/30/10691278/descent-games-pulled-from-gog-parallax-interplay).
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 09, 2016, 12:28:33 pm
:3 well excuse me for not staying up to date ;)
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Post by: Mongoose on October 09, 2016, 02:47:20 pm
...it was literally posted two posts above your last one. :p
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 09, 2016, 03:21:46 pm
I thought that was referring to steam. I'll put my hands up to not reading any links but was only trying to help y'all out.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on October 09, 2016, 08:58:56 pm
Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who was in the dark about this, at least.  :lol:
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on October 09, 2016, 09:55:13 pm
Playing C&C Generals ZH.  Attempting the generals challenge on hard.  This **** is almost impossible, they don't give you ANY time to build defenses before steamroll level attacks.  Using the infantry general, as his mini gunners seem to be the ONLY thing that can repel the superweapon general's initial attack.  I'm pretty sure I remember beating it on hard a long time ago.  Maybe even with air force.  Currently stuck on tank challenge, can't keep my bunkers alive long enough to fully stock them with missile troops.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 10, 2016, 08:41:34 am
High speed low drag!
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Post by: Luis Dias on October 10, 2016, 09:29:24 am
Doin a lite mass effect 2 campaign again because I'm bored at current game choices I have now... boy did I forget how incredible Legion's soundtrack was. Holy ****ing ****, gave me shills again.
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Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on October 11, 2016, 12:42:53 am
Playing 'one' turn in Civ V. I totally wasn't playing it for several days or anything.

I mean, it's not like I love Civ V or anything. It's just, I...uh...had nothing else to do.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on October 12, 2016, 09:51:13 am
Akumajo Dracula Vampire Killer AKA Castlevania Bloodlines/New Generation on Sega Mega Drive
I finally finished Normal mode and unlocked Expert mode.
I liked the gimmick with Death, before fighting him you have to choose a card which will either heal you, hurt you or make you fight a boss from stages 2,3 and 4, then after finishing all the cards you fight death. Choosing the order wisely is needed to avoid starting the fight with Death missing a good chunk of health like I did the first time I managed to beat all the bosses.
Afterwards Elizabeth Bartley and Dracula have been rather easy, with the latter beaten at the second try, the most difficult has been Bartley and only because her second form has a tight damage window that's easy to miss as her attacks are easy to avoid, nothing compared to the Gargoyle in Stage 3.
I also did expert mode almost until the end of the third stage, the water section of the first level became stupidly difficult because of the added ghosts that keep screwing with your jumps, same deal with the rising water section of the second stage, I hate them already.
The third stage instead I think had only a couple more of harpies and those minigargoyles you meet before the boss.
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Post by: starwolf1991 on October 12, 2016, 10:49:46 am
Pretty much finished everything to do with Starcraft II on hard, minus the epilogue for 'Legacy of The Void' and Nova: Covert Ops (don't have it). Though there are times where I've scratched my head and gone.......what.....at the same time, it's been a fun, long journey from the beginning to the near end. Since whats left for me is to Co-Op and enjoy the 'StarCrafts' mod from CarbotAnimations, I've decided it was high time for me to return to Elite: Dangerous, dust off the cobwebs on my Python and prepare for the 2.2 'Guardians' update.

So far.......quite the interesting return....
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on October 12, 2016, 03:20:26 pm
Jane's F/A-18.

Finally beat the mission where I had to destroy the nuclear weapons dump. (I was a complete idiot back then and didn't know how to lock fixed targets with the FLIR, now I do and I don't have to kick and scream about using the MAP mode radar for stationary target bombing.)

Now it's just hammering SAM sites, and getting to destroy an airbase that housed Backfires.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 15, 2016, 04:21:10 am
Dark Souls III DLC prep-grind ... let's see if there is still something to do for a Blade of Darkmoon
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Post by: Det. Bullock on October 15, 2016, 08:47:44 am
Akumajo Dracula Vampire Killer AKA Castlevania Bloodlines/New Generation on Sega Mega Drive
Boy, stage 4 on expert is absurd.
How to make a game frustrating?
Add bats and floating ghost skeletons/zombies in the parts where you can either fall to your death or being crushed by machinery.
I've found myself using the subweapons much more often.
The beginning of stage 5 isn't worse unexpectedly (well, it was pretty bad on normal already) and I was able to get past it in a single life, the second section of the stage however is slightly more difficult because they added a couple more knights and a huge knight at the end.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on October 16, 2016, 12:23:42 am
(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/260472870309494066/58526DA99180F9C667058F48BC32D4B29B91115B/)

I guess any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, right?

And amazing that the ground crew can glue new wings, wheels, and a propeller on in only 30 seconds! And patch all those bullet holes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on October 16, 2016, 09:53:09 am
Playing 'one' turn in Civ V. I totally wasn't playing it for several days or anything.

I mean, it's not like I love Civ V or anything. It's just, I...uh...had nothing else to do.

I tried to do this, but civ needs UI scaling
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 16, 2016, 05:22:39 pm
Just played through the much-lauded opening of Mafia III ... and it's lauded for several very good reasons.

Although game protagonists really have to spot saying "WTF?" when recollecting what is supposed to be a traumatic experience. Takes all the weight out of it.

The overworld AI is hilarous as you might have heard. In New Bordeaux doing sudden 180°-270° turns seems to be regional sport...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on October 16, 2016, 05:32:56 pm
Reminds me of my experience replaying the original Just Cause.  At one point I was trying to liberate a military base, and there were tanks randomly exploding upward a few hundred feet into the air.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on October 17, 2016, 06:34:06 am
Rim World :D
But I have a slight energy problem...
Did not expect energy being unable to be transfered over a long distance, so I rebuild my base next to my thermic reactor and still I have four generator fueled by wood and three solar penals... still not enough.
But pirate raids are a cakewalk, especially if you catch them in the open, just in the middle of a herd of bommalopes :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on October 30, 2016, 01:26:52 pm
The original Crysis, since it properly released now. It is really good, but it performs like an absolute ****, and the game actually looks nowhere near good enough to justify it. Someone never heard of optimisation, it seems. And never cared to correct their mistakes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on October 30, 2016, 02:02:51 pm
The original Crysis, since it properly released now. It is really good, but it performs like an absolute ****, and the game actually looks nowhere near good enough to justify it. Someone never heard of optimisation, it seems. And never cared to correct their mistakes.

Yeah unfortunately Crysis is really tough to go back to these days. The movement and gameplay just aren't quite up to modern standards, even if the levels are pretty cool.

(play crysis 2 with battutamod!)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on October 30, 2016, 02:09:38 pm
Quote
since it properly released now.

What did I miss?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 30, 2016, 02:30:31 pm
I think he means since its old enough to run on an average ( by nowadays standards) computer
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on October 30, 2016, 03:34:57 pm
"Finished" Just Cause 3. That is, liberated everything and finished the story line. Also continuing Valkyria Chronicles, slow and steady.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 30, 2016, 05:06:49 pm
Was playing elite dangerous with some hlp bods.  Good times were had when it wasn't derping.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on October 30, 2016, 05:37:26 pm
Quote
since it properly released now.

What did I miss?
I think he means since its old enough to run on an average ( by nowadays standards) computer
More likely, this is a reference to its release on GOG.com (https://www.gog.com/game/crysis).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: JCDNWarrior on October 30, 2016, 07:41:10 pm
The original Crysis, since it properly released now. It is really good, but it performs like an absolute ****, and the game actually looks nowhere near good enough to justify it. Someone never heard of optimisation, it seems. And never cared to correct their mistakes.

What I always do when I return to play Crysis is to get two mods: Natural Mod and Ultra High Config Mod. The former improves the lighting, Time of Day settings and a bunch of other things, the latter improves performance a lot without visual quality loss. To me, these two together, on their own, can already make Crysis look good even for our spoiled 2016 eyes. I hope it helps for you.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on November 01, 2016, 01:16:21 am
Pokémon X, after my sister disowned her save file. So I erased it and started from scratch because there wasn't anything left in her party or boxes worth trading over and I can't be bothered to get her roaming Moltres.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: starwolf1991 on November 01, 2016, 08:33:08 am
The 13-gig sized update for Elite: Dangerous 2.2 has killed my playtime of that for now........until I can recharge the data allowance on my connection to do it (Curse Australian internet.) But lucky me, the release of Brutal Doom 64 (Never played the vanilla Doom 64 on Nintendo 64, so its a whole new ballgame for me) during Haloween has given me something new to sink teeth into. If you happen to see a very char-grilled Wolf lying around in Hell, you know what happened. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on November 01, 2016, 12:18:53 pm
More Kane's Wrath and I've been playing the new region locking free Mobile Suit Gundam Online: Taiwan. It's like headbutting your local brick wall, while gambling with ingame currency. Atleast it's not the Japan Server.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Deepstar on November 01, 2016, 07:17:37 pm
Started "The Suffering" a few days ago.
A 2004 horror shooter.

I do not like Horror at all. I am a real scaredy cat.

This is indeed a pure horror, especially because i play it with good old EAX. So even more sound effects.
My character is visited by visions all the time in this game, i fear that they will drive me crazy sometime during my playthrough/let's play  :nervous:

At least i managed to get to the fourth Level, somehow.
   
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 01, 2016, 07:35:50 pm
Next play F.E.A.R.!

(Don't do that)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on November 02, 2016, 05:28:16 am
Finally finished Kingdom: New Lands.
Spoiler:
It just.. ends. No epilogue, no secret level, no nothing to close this off. Just credits. That's a disappointment of the year for me. What a shame. I will try to unlock last bonus there is left, but I know it won't trigger anything.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on November 03, 2016, 08:42:20 pm
I finished Fallout 4. I generally love these games and the freedom they give you, and this one is no exception, but a lot of things have been dumbed down from New Vegas, with the entire skill and faction systems removed. There are too many generic kill/fetch quests and the player's dialogue is often bland, although quite a few are very good (like the Kellogg mind and USS Constitution ones). The main factions and their motives never make much sense, and I lost interest in the main quest halfway through but eventually finished it. Several mods are must haves, such as one to restore the old dialogue system. However, the combat feels better than in previous games and the numerous companions have good backstories and dialogue. Strong is hilarious. :D I also like how you can keep playing after the main quest ends, although I haven't gotten any of the DLC yet.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 03, 2016, 09:03:30 pm
The original Crysis, since it properly released now. It is really good, but it performs like an absolute ****, and the game actually looks nowhere near good enough to justify it. Someone never heard of optimisation, it seems. And never cared to correct their mistakes.

Yeah unfortunately Crysis is really tough to go back to these days. The movement and gameplay just aren't quite up to modern standards, even if the levels are pretty cool.

(play crysis 2 with battutamod!)

I disagree.  I still have tons of fun replaying Crysis.  I do have a little bit MORE fun by console-command modding the nanosuit to actually behave like a super-soldier suit though.  Extra health and energy so that you don't get killed by fewer bullets than the non-armored enemies and stealth/speed modes actually last long enough to be useful.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on November 03, 2016, 09:35:54 pm
Crysis gameplay feels a lot better to me than most modern shooters. The maps are big and open ended, most objects can be interacted with or destroyed and you can save at any time which encourages experimentation.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 04, 2016, 05:29:08 pm
Infinite Warfare is pretty fun so far.  At this point (two missions in) I've gunned down a short battalion of infantry and one squadron of aerospace fighters, and I don't give a single **** how unrealistic that is.

Guns that can switch between scopes and ironsights are cool and not present in the last entry in the series I played (Modern Warfare 2).  Space combat is really arcadey but also fun.  Seeker grenades make it really difficult to save grenade ammo.  Different crosshair color flashes to let you know whether you've scored a hit/debilitating hit/fatal hit are nice.  Characters are refreshingly not terrible (but not great either), military jargon sounds believable, and I've laughed a couple times already at some of the lines.

Not disappointed.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col.Hornet on November 04, 2016, 05:43:37 pm
So you say it is worth of giving it a shot?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 04, 2016, 05:56:39 pm
At $60?  Not unless you really want to, or know that you like the Call of Duty franchise and all the baggage that goes along with that.

In the sense that it is a game that is fun?  Yes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 04, 2016, 10:40:13 pm
Somebody stop me. I watched a Titanfall 2 commercial and now it actually looks good.

At first it was "meh it looks terrible and people have said it's crap" and then the commercial shows an SP campaign where it's you and your big ****off robot suit who's not going to lose another pilot goddammit and that sounds kind of awesome.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on November 05, 2016, 05:36:28 am
I'm currently alternating between soft-resetting for a Xerneas with good IVs in Pokémon X and playing Inferno Release 1.

My Rhydon is quite a tank thanks to the Evioite it's holding, and INFR1 mission scripting is quite broken when it's run on recent nightlies and difficulty is set to Very Easy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 05, 2016, 05:57:42 am
I went back to X-wing vs Tie Fighter
This time "seriously" instead of just doing a quick furball with Tie Fighters.
I started the imperial campaign (which I remember being easier than the Rebel's) but on hard the mission literally required to stay in two places at once because the AI inbalance on hard essentially made everyone but me suicidal, but got on fine on medium, or to be more precise, I'da have got on fine if it wasn't for the game randomly freezing for reasons I still have to ascertain. *sigh*
In this campaign you already start as an elite pilot of the Avenger squadron, so your Tie Interceptor is special issue with jamming beam and flimsy shields, you first mission consists in helping the capture of various ships pulled out of hyperspace by your task force interdictor cruiser and babysit said cruiser (mission failure once it is forced to retreat).
First you start with helping capturing a few smaller crafts then a rebel transport (of the type you see fleeing Hoth) escorted by X-wings than the Airam factions crash the party and try to bring down your interdictor.
On medium is difficut but doable, you dump everything to the engines and intercept the R-41 starchaser (think a flimsy y-wing, more like a Z-95 with ion cannons really) launched by the Airam dreadnought but on hard the T-wings (discount A-wings essentially) that escort them go straight after the transports that are carrying the prisoners from the various intercepted ships, BUT if you go after them the R-41s will torpedo your interdictor, wither way the mission fails.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 05, 2016, 08:32:33 am
At $60?  Not unless you really want to, or know that you like the Call of Duty franchise and all the baggage that goes along with that.

In the sense that it is a game that is fun?  Yes.

I'm kindof interested based on your comments, but definitely not at $60.  And Call of Duty games take FOREVER to drop to decent prices.  Hell I think CoD 4 is still $20, maybe $10 during steam sales.  You'd think that one would be going for a buck during sales by now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 05, 2016, 08:44:43 am
It also has a refreshingly diverse cast.  Protagonist is a white male, unsurprisingly, but the main supporting character is female, admiral of the fleet is black, marine commander on your ship is black (Idris Elba :swoon:), chief engineer is female, boatswain is female, caprtain counterpart on another important ship is female, and flight group commander is female.  The helm is an Irishman, and one of the marine squaddies with a decent speaking role is Indian.

Good stuff.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on November 05, 2016, 09:46:14 am
I've never played any of the CoD games.  This one sounds fun
At $60?  Not unless you really want to, or know that you like the Call of Duty franchise and all the baggage that goes along with that.

In the sense that it is a game that is fun?  Yes.

I'm kindof interested based on your comments, but definitely not at $60.  And Call of Duty games take FOREVER to drop to decent prices.  Hell I think CoD 4 is still $20, maybe $10 during steam sales.  You'd think that one would be going for a buck during sales by now.

No doubt!  Ive never played any of the CoD or MW games, partially because the price of admission is too high.  MW3 came out 5 years ago and is still $40 on Steam.  The original CoD4: MW is 9 years old and is still $20.  No thanks. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on November 05, 2016, 10:06:45 am
As a note, exactly zero knowledge of Call of Duty prior titles is required to play.  Not even a little bit.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col.Hornet on November 05, 2016, 01:18:09 pm
$60?

Well, that would be like... 200PLN, which is a 3 working days salary in the place where I live. I'm not that despaired to play new CoD xD. Someday maybe...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on November 05, 2016, 04:18:18 pm
As a note, exactly zero knowledge of Call of Duty prior titles is required to play.  Not even a little bit.

Well, yeah, since it's exactly the same game each time.  ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on November 06, 2016, 04:27:46 pm
Since last night I've been playing "Space Jet 3D", a free space online dogfighting game I picked up from the Windows store.  Pretty sure it is a mobile game, but it plays fine on my PC using an Xbox 360 controller.  It's not very deep or complex, but it is surprisingly fun for a quick fix.   Each round lasts only a few minutes.  You can purchase and upgrade new ships, and apparently more unlock as you level up.  There are in-game power-ups available, and so far it seems to be matching skill levels pretty well.  I do wish there was some sort of controller customization available, as I want to use the analog triggers to fire but I have to use a shoulder or face button. 

I just found an android version, so I'll have to try that out on my phone or tablet.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on November 07, 2016, 05:42:51 pm
Crysis Warhead. Pretty bad.
Dragon Commander. Yeah.
Galak-Z. This one is actually really fun so far. I will be playing more of it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 08, 2016, 03:36:33 am
X-wing vs Tie Fighter keeps crashing on me for some reason, never had this problem with the rebel campaign.

Mission 4 is easy even on hard for once but it keeps crashing before the main objective is complete, the first time I beat it without issues but I was pursuing optional objectives so it crashed before I could quit the mission, from then on it crashed like clockwork every time even before I beat the main objectives. :(
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Vidmaster on November 08, 2016, 06:34:32 am
Infinite Warfare is pretty fun so far.

I finished the single player yesterday and came away happy :-) Here is my review, maybe you add your two-cents too? http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=92757.0


Now replaying Beyond Good & Evil :-)
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 08, 2016, 07:25:36 am
Ingress.
Make a lunchtime after meeting the wife fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Bryan See on November 08, 2016, 12:00:58 pm
Descent 2.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 09, 2016, 04:55:52 pm
Dragon Commander. Yeah.

Divinity: Dragon Commander? Did they tweak the AI so you can longer glitch it into building only the most basic trooper? (if you have an adaptive AI, don't make it that obvious where the exploit is)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on November 09, 2016, 05:00:34 pm
Civ 6... the joy of atomic bombing :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 10, 2016, 02:31:29 pm
X-wing vs Tie Fighter: Balance of Power
The imperial campaign on medium is a bit of a pushover compared to the often infuriating rebel campaign, on hard some of the first missions are doable if not outright easy but later missions (after the first third of the campaign) get infuriating really quickly to the point I decided to dispense with trying them first on hard.
While you start as already an elite pilot in a squadron of specially modified Tie Interceptors (they have beam weapons and a flimsy but surprisingly useful deflector shield) getting Tie Advanced and Assault Gunboats after a particularly tense ship transfer is a blessing, and probably part of the reason the campaign is much easier than the Rebel conterpart.
The most difficult part were random crashes that plagued the campaign for some reason, they seemed to have stopped once I added the game executable to the exceptions in Microsoft Security Essentials however.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on November 10, 2016, 07:36:19 pm
I'm playing Strike Suit Zero, which people here probably know about. The core mechanic of switching between Freelancer-style and Descent-style modes works very well. The missions are pretty diverse and have amazing backdrops, but the story is confusing and many ingame events lack any real context. The game difficulty spikes up at times (it's essential to switch between the modes frequently and master each one's strengths) and it lacks proper targeting controls or squad commands like FS. It's pretty short too, but overall I like it a lot.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BlueFlames on November 11, 2016, 03:16:42 am
Up until about five minutes ago, I was playing Legend of Grimrock II.  Then, I realized I set a key item down somewhere.  And then I realized that somewhere wasn't one of the caches of excess items that I left marked on my map.

[edit] Found my item; opened the door that I needed it for; left it in a niche beside that door; got halfway into the dungeon and found out that I needed the item again.  FML [/edit]
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 12, 2016, 08:10:40 am
X-wing vs Tie Fighter: Balance of Power
I've finished the imperial campaign and I can confirm that it is a pushover compared to the Rebel one.
While many missions in the rebel campaign were still infuriating on medium, I've been able to complete about a quarter of the imperial missions on hard without sweating too much and never had to scale down to easy just to be able to get to the next one.
Of course plenty of missions on hard were infuriating as usual (mostly because by the time you fight off the AI fighters ganging up on you one of your command ships has been forced to retreat), but the difference in difficulty between hard and medium was often staggering.
I think I have more or less completed the game, I have just to try the fancier melee missions, the rest are just tournaments and battles that essentially take a bunch of melee and combat missions respectively and string them toghether.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 13, 2016, 02:37:57 pm
X-wing Alliance
I've been playing it this weekend.
I did the first few missions on hard then switched to medium when I noticed that even mission hints took for granted you weren't playing on hard (on hard you cannot destroy Star Destroyer shield generators for example, but you can on medium and easy).
I cannot shake the impression that most rebel crafts have been somewhat nerfed, they seem to take less hits and laser cannons seem not to be able of sustained fire as long as in the older games in the series.
Fortunately while standard points for rank are lower, bonus points are the same amount so my main objective of trying to obtain the Kalidor Crescent (the medal given to Luke in epIV, here it's a series of optional medals given once you accumulate enough bonus points) and its variations should be doable.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: niffiwan on November 13, 2016, 06:20:42 pm
... even mission hints took for granted you weren't playing on hard (on hard you cannot destroy Star Destroyer shield generators for example, but you can on medium and easy).

QFT, as hard as I tried I've never been able to complete all of XWA on hard, rescuing the defector being the one I recall wasting the most amount of time on. Did TG even playtest on hard?  :hopping:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 14, 2016, 02:59:10 am
... even mission hints took for granted you weren't playing on hard (on hard you cannot destroy Star Destroyer shield generators for example, but you can on medium and easy).

QFT, as hard as I tried I've never been able to complete all of XWA on hard, rescuing the defector being the one I recall wasting the most amount of time on. Did TG even playtest on hard?  :hopping:

The rescue of the Hoth prisoners made me switch, after the third attempt in which the Y-wings couldn't even hit the effing dreadnought with their ion cannons I looked the hints in the debriefing and said "try shooting the weapons systems" which cannot be done on hard until the shield have dropped.

I wouldn't be surprised if they were on a tight schedule/budget with this one, also there's the thing that the rebel missions in the other games tend to become always stupidly difficult (in the XvT: BoP rebel campaign I had to drop to Easy in a couple of missions including the final one).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathfun on November 14, 2016, 02:22:39 pm
2016 Election Fallout: The Game!
AKA Death Road to Canada

Nothing is quite as hilarious as creating people you know that are Americans and having them try to escape to a country you live in from Trump Supporters, aka Zombies

Entirely too much fun, and entirely too hilarious
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 15, 2016, 03:00:45 am
... even mission hints took for granted you weren't playing on hard (on hard you cannot destroy Star Destroyer shield generators for example, but you can on medium and easy).

QFT, as hard as I tried I've never been able to complete all of XWA on hard, rescuing the defector being the one I recall wasting the most amount of time on. Did TG even playtest on hard?  :hopping:

I got to the rescue of the defector: it is indeed quite an infuriating mission (especially trying to get bonus points like I did), I found out that even if you find the defector immediately you are to inspect also all of the other shuttles otherwise the mission fails, later when protecting the Redemption you have to avoid going for the fighters (you'll end up shredded sooner or later and the Redemption cand hold its own against the bombers) and just go for the ISD shield generators reloading on the Liberty until they are down then dumbfire torpedoes (missile lock is essentially useless against most ships with turrets, another change from XvT) at it until it's down and then hope the Liberty does go into hyperspace in the next two minutes or so otherwise the mission is bugged and cannot be complted. *sigh*

I cannot imagine how it must be on hard.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: niffiwan on November 15, 2016, 03:52:55 am
Yeah... I tended to lose all my initial wingmen in the 1st furball, then the multiple TIE Advanced Squadrons from the ISD-II make it impossible for me to simultaneously stay alive & distract the ISD-II from wasting the Liberty. A reload-torpedo-spam approach doesn't help either as the Liberty tends to die too fast. Oh and of course, no taking out the shield generators or nearside laser batteries on hard :sigh:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 15, 2016, 06:32:13 am
Yeah... I tended to lose all my initial wingmen in the 1st furball, then the multiple TIE Advanced Squadrons from the ISD-II make it impossible for me to simultaneously stay alive & distract the ISD-II from wasting the Liberty. A reload-torpedo-spam approach doesn't help either as the Liberty tends to die too fast. Oh and of course, no taking out the shield generators or nearside laser batteries on hard :sigh:

The thing (on medium) is I managed to get the Liberty destroyed only when I tried pure torp spam (without taking out the generators), but the first time I managed to get everything right the liberty glitched out: it went into hyperspace ten minutes after The Redemption hypered out and everything imperial in the area was destroyed, but never reappeared at the fleet and of course the mission result was still "unresolved" so I couldn't even quit manually intead of entering the hangar.
Fortunately the glitch didn't reappear the next time, once both INT and ISDII were destroyed it went into hyperspace in a couple of minutes.

Mostly it was me getting overwhelmed once my wingmen got killed that made me fail the mission in the second part, I started getting out alive only once I decided to stick near the Liberty.

And again: I never even tried playing this one on hard, I wonder what whoever designed this mission was thinking.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 16, 2016, 05:44:04 pm
X-wing Alliance
So, I got to the mission where you have to get the shuttle Tydirium of Return of The Jedi.
This mission is incredibly infuriating, to the point I never completed it before now (it was even bugged on easy at launch).
It's still incredibly infuriating, mostly because the first part (where you have to pass through umperial customs without being identified) is tense the first time but excruciatingly annoying all the times you have to repeat the mission.
After that part you have to enter the space dock to drop the commandos that have to seize the shuttle but it's easy to bump into something (which kills you, it happened at least three times), if you get IDed before entering the mission fails, when you dock you risk breking the mission script if you undock manually when the commandos give the signal instead of waiting a couple more seconds for the automatic undock procedure, which means Rogue Squadron doesn't show up and the captured shuttle won't leave the station (I did the same mistake twice before catching on).
Then once the Rogues arrive you should normally juggle scores of Tie Fighters and Tie Interceptors while making sure the shuttle doesn't get smashed into pieces by Tie Bombers which inevitably happens.
But there's a trick: you need to call the rogues manually to trigger the shuttle leaving the station but the Tie Fighters and Interceptors are already there, so I just called them only after destroying them all (some 3000 points plus 1000 bonus points) so that I could concentrate on the bombers by using the turret in autofire (the mission was with a standard YT-1300 transport so only the turret above unlike the Millenium Falcon) and being careful in keeping them above me.
Then I decided to take on the Imperial Star Destroyer that launched the Tie Interceptors, so I gain set the turret to autofire and ran circles around the ISD until it exploded ending up with almost 7000 points total and the rank of general.
I Havent got the last Kalindor Crescent though, I just hope it doesn't require 25000 points, if I remember correctly even if I get all the bonus points on the remaining missions I shouldn't be able to get more than 24000 total.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 17, 2016, 09:06:34 am
Finally got around to starting Far Cry 3.  I've heard so many great things about it, but through the first couple of intro missions, I'm a little let down.  It's console heritage is showing.  I have detail settings maxed, and it only looks a little better than the original Far Cry from 8 years prior, and definitely inferior to FC2 4 years its senior.  There's weird shadow/dark halo things surrounding character/animal models.  Very immersion breaking.  Controls are clunky, but I haven't messed with the settings much so that may be somewhat fixable.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 17, 2016, 12:58:04 pm
X-wing Alliance
So, I managed to get the last Kalidor Crescent medal (barely) before the Endor missions, having reached the rank of general in another mission now I can play these missions without worrying about points.
I got it at 21835 points by the way, for some reason neither the official game documentation (manual, readme) nor any walkthrough I could find on the 'net say how many points were needed to obtain it.

Since I've been playing with XWAupgrade, I had a question: does it change the difficulty?
I've been playing on medium (first missions on hard) and some missions that I remember being very hard on "easy" were if not outright easy at least much more doable than I remember on medium, though to be fair last time I played the game to completion it was almost twenty years ago.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Venicius on November 17, 2016, 02:57:08 pm
Finally got around to starting Far Cry 3.  I've heard so many great things about it, but through the first couple of intro missions, I'm a little let down.  It's console heritage is showing.  I have detail settings maxed, and it only looks a little better than the original Far Cry from 8 years prior, and definitely inferior to FC2 4 years its senior.  There's weird shadow/dark halo things surrounding character/animal models.  Very immersion breaking.  Controls are clunky, but I haven't messed with the settings much so that may be somewhat fixable.

I only played FC3 unmodded once, all other playthroughs I use Ziggy's Mod, takes away the weird halos and makes the guns more realistic. You might try that. I hate the intro missions too, once I get past the obligatory ones I just go do my own thing and never do any more campaign missions.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 19, 2016, 11:30:39 am
X-Wing Alliance (PC)
I finished the game for the first time in 15 years or so.
I played with XWAupgrade so the last mission was way too difficult because of the rescaled Millenium Falcon (in the vanilla game it's smaller than it's supposed to) so I did it with collisions disabled and invulnerability activated after several hours of trying to get through the goddamn tunnel without crashing, it's not like I was starved for points anyway.
It's not as carefully balanced as Tie Fighter and sometimes the difficulty spikes are downright infuriating (which is why I only got to the end when I was in high school and that only playing on easy and choosing to skip at least two missions), and the design resembles the first X-wing more closely, in particular the Kalidor Crescent doesn't have the same cool story context of the Secret Order in Tie Fighter and like in the original X-wing is awarded by doing incredibly daft stuff like felling Star Destroyers in a single y-wing after destroying its entire complement of fighters instead of hypering out at mission completion like all the pilots with some sense would do rather than having true optional objectives like in Tie Fighter.
There are audio snippets where the mission officer aknowledges your promotions before mission briefings though.
The 3D cockpits while fancy for the era forced the developers to use a universal HUD that's not very good looking and doesn't really fit Star War that well, and sincerely I prefer the 2D cockpits of X-wing vs Tie Fighter and the older games in the series for immersion.
The Battle of Endor is an excellent climax on paper, but the last mission is clunky because of the padding: there are MANY parts of the Death Star II tunnel that just weren't in the movie, a pity because the other parts of the battle actually fit really well, the "it's a trap" moment was awesome even when you know what's going to happen, though probably the hi res backdrops and the rescaled Executor and Home One helped a lot in making the final battle feel grandiose, until you reach the DS2 tunnel and then you have a lot of stuff that doesn't really fit like shooting random pipes, encounters with zero-G troopers and an optional objective that will leave deamaged to the pointbarely grazing the tunnel will destroy you.
It's a pity there wasn't a sequel or at least an expansion, the family story while sometimes frustrating was a nice touch without necessarily delving in anything new and is kinda left hanging.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 21, 2016, 01:51:35 pm
Tyranny
It's very similar to Pillars of Eternity gameplay wise but with some good improvements (skills now develop by use, similar to the TES-style); the story I am still kinda undecieded about because this kinda seems made for me (I kinda like the "ant-view" as a narrative device)...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on November 22, 2016, 07:01:14 pm
Comanche Gold.

Decided to spend some time and film most of the missions (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoja0QN-paAFUix8wg0-EPQqoxQK-Dd1y) (note: I did it in a sort of speed-runner-ish way, and not a "how a proper pilot would do it way," you can tell because I neglect Hellfire guidelines on this). I hated filming every minute of the Sakhalin Island campaign.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 27, 2016, 12:21:48 am
Finally got around to starting Far Cry 3.  I've heard so many great things about it, but through the first couple of intro missions, I'm a little let down.  It's console heritage is showing.  I have detail settings maxed, and it only looks a little better than the original Far Cry from 8 years prior, and definitely inferior to FC2 4 years its senior.  There's weird shadow/dark halo things surrounding character/animal models.  Very immersion breaking.  Controls are clunky, but I haven't messed with the settings much so that may be somewhat fixable.

I only played FC3 unmodded once, all other playthroughs I use Ziggy's Mod, takes away the weird halos and makes the guns more realistic. You might try that. I hate the intro missions too, once I get past the obligatory ones I just go do my own thing and never do any more campaign missions.

Looked into this, but it changes too much stuff for me.  I really hate changing the 'intended' gameplay.  Early unlocks, mechanics changes, changing content, these things are "absolutely not" things for me on a first playthrough.  I didn't really see anything else while briefly poking around the mods that falls firmly in "fixes only, no changes" territory.  If I play through again, I'll give it a look.  But hey, I did at least discover SSAO was responsible for the "dark auras" as someone else complaining of it on the internet put it.  Now if only I could run this frankly not-that-impressive-looking game at high enough framerate to look perfectly smooth on my GTX 670....
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 29, 2016, 05:15:55 pm
Dark Forces
I was finally able to finish it on medium without the supershield option on.
The last level is something purely sadistic, dark troopers of all kinds essentially everywhere and while some can be killed easily once you know where to position yourself others cannot, and being a 2.5D fps circle-strafing is very difficult to pull off (especially playing keyboard-only like I'm used to play these old shooters).
Fortunately there are a few well placed secrets that help a lot in getting through the level with as many lives as possible (did I mention that this is the only vintage PC FPS that uses lives instead of quicksaves?), because the final boss is brutal and you will probably die at least two or three times before finally killing him.

It was also the first time I played it in english, it was one of the few PC games that were fully localized in Italian at the time and I still have the game disc, of course they forgot to add the filter to the stormtrooper voices and for some reason "Lord Vader" is pronounced with Italian phonetics (which makes it sound a bit like "lord toilet" in Italian), but those were simpler times and CTO was still alive and didn't go bankrupt yet leaving Lucasarts games distribution in a limbo for several years in my home country.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 01, 2016, 04:09:00 pm
Is that the one that finishes on the SSD with twin towers?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 02, 2016, 06:39:24 am
Tachyon: The Fringe
It was a while I wasn't playing it and I literally devoured it in a few days.
It's a nice little spacesim, largely linear (there is a faction choice shortly after the beginning but it's binary) but with sidemissions and cash to buy your weapons since you are a mercenary pilot.
Also, Bruce Campbell voices the protagonist, at the time I didn't know who he was, now that I watched the Evil Dead trilogy I can appreciate his "Ash Williams with a brain and IN SPACE!" routine, the plot is occasionally very tongue in cheek (it's very much a "Robocop future" with corporations that do whatever they please and shallow newscasting) with some deliciuosly hammy side characters here and there and his snarking at them brings a few chuckles.
The gameplay is largely Wing Commander style at first but the late game weapons require some power transfer shenanigans to work consistently since they drain your laser energy reserve quite rapidly, fortunately there are plenty of shortcuts to do everything in the split seconds necessary during the most intense furballs.

I sincerely wonder why all the games that do the Wing Commander gameplay do it better than Wing Commander itself, and I'm including the later installments as well.
For some reason Roberts has always been in love with stupidly complicated/unintuitive hidden menus for the power management of the ship and power transfer between systems instead of the practical keyboard (or joystick) shortcuts employed by essentially any other developer.

Rants against Chris Roberts aside, since I did install it from the original CD with localized boxed copy (not the game itself, just manual and refcard) I did meet a few issues, I had to install Nglide for some effects to work properly like the fog in the nebulas and to get my monitor native resolution (1280x1024, the original was limited to 1024x768) working, also it seems that the game doesn't cope well with Inon-US keyboard layouts to the point that I couldn't program to my HOTAS the commands that used the most esoteric characters and had to leave a few buttons in "direct mode" and map them in-game instead of creating a complete profile like I usually do for older games, the "localized" refcard didn't help at all since they didn't bother adapting it to an Italian layout.


Is that the one that finishes on the SSD with twin towers?
The Executor is the second-to-last mission, the last mission is the Dark trooper mobile factory, the Arc Hammer, which looks a it like a stylized pistol.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: + Rennie Ash + on December 02, 2016, 05:47:21 pm
I've been playing Star Conflict for ages now. It's one of those free to play games, so not much in the way of story, but the combat is nice and technical :-P

Downsizes are the grind and no single player mode as such.

It's third person control but kind of needed since guns rotate independently of ship.

Although I would like to play FS2 again since there are new campaigns and new media vps :-P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dark Hunter on December 02, 2016, 08:34:58 pm
Friend of mine gifted me Titanfall 2. Probably would never have picked up the game on my own, but if it's free, why not give it a shot? Never played the original, but as I understand it the sequel is much improved.

First impressions are... favorable. Going to have to get used to this parkour combat. FPS instincts say to find cover and shoot, not run and jump around. Whoever decided that weapon sights should be on a toggle instead of only when pressing the left mouse button is an idiot.

Titan piloting is pretty basic mech gameplay. Not much to say about it so far. Believe it or not the ground combat is more interesting to me at the moment.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: DrewToby on December 03, 2016, 09:06:04 am
I just bought Rainbow Six: Siege and also just installed the Titanfall 2 multiplayer trial going this weekend. Going between the two games is almost impossible, to Titanfall's detriment in my experience.

I haven't clocked much time in Siege but it's already taken over how I play -- slow, methodical, with bursts of aggression and an eye on any wall less sturdy than stone or concrete. It's very impressive and I'm very glad to have caught it on sale recently. I'm not much of an online player, not since Halo 2, but I'm really enjoying multiplayer in Siege.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on December 03, 2016, 03:25:50 pm
My first Tyranny(-playthrough) has come to an end ... I kinda feel it played very little of the game despite 26 houres playtime. But I didn't stray much off the beaten path, even left one territory completely untouched (access was governed by a dialgoue choice that didn't mesh with the tone of my "loyalist until act 3"-playthrough) - so going back and looking at the path not travelled might be a thing in the next years :)

Verdict: solid B+ cRPG
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LaineyBugsDaddy on December 03, 2016, 10:45:35 pm
Comanche Gold.

Decided to spend some time and film most of the missions (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoja0QN-paAFUix8wg0-EPQqoxQK-Dd1y) (note: I did it in a sort of speed-runner-ish way, and not a "how a proper pilot would do it way," you can tell because I neglect Hellfire guidelines on this). I hated filming every minute of the Sakhalin Island campaign.

I own copies of Comanche Gold and Comanche 4. Recently reinstalled C4 and discovered that I had to install a No-CD patch because Win10 has a bug with Safedisc v2, in that it will NOT load secdrv.sys, so the game wouldn't run otherwise. One thing I remember about C4 was that it changed the HUD so much, and even the behavior of the Hydra rockets. They used to not be able to fire off to the left or right of the I-bar targeting at all. They'd go up or down, but you had to point your chopper nose on to the target. In C4, they wouldn't steer after firing, but could be fired slightly off bore to start. Also it seemed like even on Easy, there was a huge difficulty spike from Gold to C4.

The main thing I remember from Comanche 3/Comanche Gold though, is ending up going up against the Su-25, NATO designation "Frogfoot," in some missions and having to call for backup from Voodoo Squadron, which, IIRC, was A-10s. A plane would come in fast and you'd hear, "Gonna do a little Voodoo on ya, Froggy," over your radio. That, and I discovered that if I pointed my bird in the direction of the Frogfoot and popped of a Hellfire with no lock, then locked on to the plane, the Hellfire would just track in on the plane instead of its usual tank busting pop-up and streak down behavior that the enemy fixed wing invariably avoided. I liked this a great deal, as it invariably took three stingers to take down a Froggy. So a single Hellfire was a lot more efficient. I think I'll dig out my Comanche Gold disc and install it again. I miss that game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on December 03, 2016, 11:59:40 pm
Thank you GOG for getting me back into Neverwinter Nights, another RGP like Baldur's 2 that I would always replay the start and never get much further.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on December 04, 2016, 12:03:15 am
Comanche Gold.

Decided to spend some time and film most of the missions (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoja0QN-paAFUix8wg0-EPQqoxQK-Dd1y) (note: I did it in a sort of speed-runner-ish way, and not a "how a proper pilot would do it way," you can tell because I neglect Hellfire guidelines on this). I hated filming every minute of the Sakhalin Island campaign.
... because Win10 has a bug with Safedisc v2, in that it will NOT load secdrv.sys, so the game wouldn't run otherwise.

This is actually a "feature" rather than a bug.  Windows 10 does not allow SafeDisc or SecuROM to run.  Just one more example of how DRM always hurts the legitimate consumer.  Even before this, though, I would always install a no-CD patch if I could find one just for convenience sake.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2972271/software-games/windows-10-wont-run-some-older-cd-rom-games-thanks-to-drm.html
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LaineyBugsDaddy on December 04, 2016, 02:41:44 am
Yeah, I found that later due to searching for a fix above and beyond NO-CD. There isn't. And, interestingly enough, I had a harder time getting Comanche Gold to run right. Had to get a patch to run it on Win7, add a registry patch, and use DXGL, which comes up as a virus in 360 Total Security even though it clearly is not, to correct some other issues long enough to get it into 800x600 resolution so that I could use a scaled fullscreen window in DXGL's settings. And I had to turn my AV program off just to add the Comanche Gold exe to DXGL.

EDIT: Can't get fullscreen reliably, but I did get it working windowed. Also found a menu hack that gives me 1024x768 resolution as an option. It also theoretically offered 1280x1024, but that just crashes the game. Also, joystick controls, like the keyboard controls, are hard coded based on a max of 4 axes, four buttons, and a hat switch that can be toggled between modes from an in game menu. You can also toggle mixing rudder with cyclic. I will have to use the logitech profiler to set up controls.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on December 04, 2016, 02:12:41 pm
Comanche Gold.

Decided to spend some time and film most of the missions (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoja0QN-paAFUix8wg0-EPQqoxQK-Dd1y) (note: I did it in a sort of speed-runner-ish way, and not a "how a proper pilot would do it way," you can tell because I neglect Hellfire guidelines on this). I hated filming every minute of the Sakhalin Island campaign.

I own copies of Comanche Gold and Comanche 4. Recently reinstalled C4 and discovered that I had to install a No-CD patch because Win10 has a bug with Safedisc v2, in that it will NOT load secdrv.sys, so the game wouldn't run otherwise. One thing I remember about C4 was that it changed the HUD so much, and even the behavior of the Hydra rockets. They used to not be able to fire off to the left or right of the I-bar targeting at all. They'd go up or down, but you had to point your chopper nose on to the target. In C4, they wouldn't steer after firing, but could be fired slightly off bore to start. Also it seemed like even on Easy, there was a huge difficulty spike from Gold to C4.

The main thing I remember from Comanche 3/Comanche Gold though, is ending up going up against the Su-25, NATO designation "Frogfoot," in some missions and having to call for backup from Voodoo Squadron, which, IIRC, was A-10s. A plane would come in fast and you'd hear, "Gonna do a little Voodoo on ya, Froggy," over your radio. That, and I discovered that if I pointed my bird in the direction of the Frogfoot and popped of a Hellfire with no lock, then locked on to the plane, the Hellfire would just track in on the plane instead of its usual tank busting pop-up and streak down behavior that the enemy fixed wing invariably avoided. I liked this a great deal, as it invariably took three stingers to take down a Froggy. So a single Hellfire was a lot more efficient. I think I'll dig out my Comanche Gold disc and install it again. I miss that game.

Yeah, I found that later due to searching for a fix above and beyond NO-CD. There isn't. And, interestingly enough, I had a harder time getting Comanche Gold to run right. Had to get a patch to run it on Win7, add a registry patch, and use DXGL, which comes up as a virus in 360 Total Security even though it clearly is not, to correct some other issues long enough to get it into 800x600 resolution so that I could use a scaled fullscreen window in DXGL's settings. And I had to turn my AV program off just to add the Comanche Gold exe to DXGL.

Were you using Kevin Bax's patch? That is quite possibly the easiest way to go about it. And I admit, CG is somewhat a pain in the ass to use fullscreen (sometimes the movies won't work and such, but everything works perfectly fine windowed).

I will admit, C4 is a hell of a lot harder than CG, you can argue because of the controls and how the helo feels in general, but my main gripe (other than you only get the Comanche in green or black, as opposed to Gold's varied-with-the-terrain colors) is how horrifically they nerfed the AGM-114 Hellfire. For one, there's no Target Hold (a nifty thing that some real-life FLIRs have, so you can lock up 6 targets at a time and do some awesome Ripple Firing, see this video as an example (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omc48x4IuKQ)), but also, the default launch angle is way too high. (It's stuck at default LOAL-Hi.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LaineyBugsDaddy on December 04, 2016, 05:24:50 pm
Yeah, I used Kevin Bax's patch, but I also needed DXGL regardless. Keep in mind I am using Windows 10.

I never found any way to vary the trajectory of Hellfires in either game except to launch without a lock, then lock on. Great, as I said, for downing a Frogfoot in C3 before Voodoo lead could show up and pop him if I was too much in the open at the time. I forgot about target hold. C3/CG had that for sure, but I don't recall any targeting options other than cycle and nearest on C4 now that you mention it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 06, 2016, 08:29:54 pm
I've been dabbling a bit with a joystick profile for Privateer 2 (with the unofficial patch), surprisingly low number of buttons and throttle support out of the box! It might be one of the easiest HOTAS profiles I chanced to make yet.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on December 07, 2016, 01:13:48 am
Hyper Light Drifter... catching up with my backlog, slowly.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Bryan See on December 08, 2016, 09:55:54 am
Descent II Vertigo, since I'm making a mission for that, one since The Enemy Within, but uses D1 and Vertigo robots alongside EW robots :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 08, 2016, 10:36:04 am
So fa Privateer 2 left me a bit unimpressed, the sound is all over the place for some reason, dialogue in FMVs are often hard to understand and the menus have those beeps and bops that hurt my ears, fortunately you can disable them.
Not being able to drive a freighter yourself is kinda frustrating too, you are limited only to fighters.
I did a bit of research on which ship to buy so I'll grind a bit before getting on with the main plot.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on December 09, 2016, 12:35:46 pm
Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries, with the highly illegal Mektek packs. Things die /fast/ in this version of the game, compared to MW4 anyway.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on December 09, 2016, 02:28:36 pm
Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries, with the highly illegal Mektek packs. Things die /fast/ in this version of the game, compared to MW4 anyway.
chief1983 and I just reinstalled as well. Was thinking about hosting some multiplayer later.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 11, 2016, 06:33:29 am
Privateer 2 - The Darkening
The gameplay is a strange mixture of simplistic, dull and frustrating, in a lot of ways it is quite a step back from Wing Commander: Privateer.
I've been grinding like crazy to get enough money to finish the story (which means: best ship, plus best weapons plus best equip and a lot of spare cash because you need it to advance the story it seems).
The only viable way to make money is commerce to and from Crius, all the other parts of the game world are too infested by pirates and various crazy factions.
Even with the best ship often enemy ships keep spawing for AGES, and at that point either you endure half an hour of combat or you end up getting tired, slipping up and get blasted because you cannot hyper out if there are enemy ships at your current navpoint even if they are thousands of kilometers away, WHY?, just WHY!?
Part of the fun of the original was reaching the jump point while escaping from overwhelming odds, here either you fight or you die.
The bullettin board missions are stupidly difficult, either they take place at a ridiculously distant nav point (see above) or they pit you against such overwhelming odds that even with a wingman and a Monolith transport I sincerely doubt one could make it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on December 11, 2016, 11:56:02 am
Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries, with the highly illegal Mektek packs. Things die /fast/ in this version of the game, compared to MW4 anyway.
chief1983 and I just reinstalled as well. Was thinking about hosting some multiplayer later.

Not sure if I'll ever be able to sync up to play, but let us know how that goes! The options this mod gives you are downright silly, really. Thunder LRMs, Plasma cannons, what the hell is going on here?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: asyikarea51 on December 11, 2016, 12:07:49 pm
MW itch struck me lately... courtesy of the MW5 'pre-alpha' (I hate that term) which I think was boring. But it was enough to send me to sarna to go 'kid in a candy store' at the Orca / Omega / the superheavy tripods entries... then oh well MW4 time.

Why can't we have awesomesauce over-100T slugfest with ancient railguns and super ultra hyper-advanced yadda yadda yadda nonsense, screw the rules just blow #@!$ up, shoot, shoot, and shoot some more!!!111oneoneone

I suck though so it's just a matter of time till this mood swing goes into stasis again, then it's back to Forza or some other game to waste time outside of work and tasks.

(Are HLPers racers? It never feels that way apart from that really unpleasant Stealth debacle years ago...)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 13, 2016, 07:34:10 pm
Privateer 2 - The Darkening sucks.
The FMV are full of great british actors but the audio mix is often so bad that you cannot unerstand what they say, the gameplay is stupidly semplistic but filled with a ton of annoyances that make it a chore to play, last but not least the impossibility to flee into hyperspace when enemies keep respawning (I've once been stuck on a navpoint for half an hour) or the countless unskippable menu animations.
I've written a wall of text full of grievances against this game in another forum but it's in italian and frankly I don't feel like rewriting the whole thing in english for now.

At least I finished it, I've started Tomb Raider Anniversary in the meantime.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on December 18, 2016, 04:02:15 am
I played some of the original Red Faction. It was cool until I died and found out there is no autosave.

EDIT: Since people say it's good, Beyond Good and Evil. After over an hour it's mostly ****, so it lives up to it's name in a way.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 18, 2016, 01:37:32 pm
EDIT: Since people say it's good, Beyond Good and Evil. After over an hour it's mostly ****, so it lives up to it's name in a way.
Your opinion is bad and you should feel bad!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 18, 2016, 03:34:13 pm
I'd that the one with Ellen paige?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 18, 2016, 03:37:04 pm
Um, no?  It came out in 2003.  I think you're thinking of Beyond: Two Souls.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on December 18, 2016, 05:33:55 pm
Since people say it's good, Beyond Good and Evil. After over an hour it's mostly ****, so it lives up to it's name in a way.

What turned you off exactly?

The gameplay has some faults, esspecially when you are looking back at it. But the story actually makes for a solid watch in Let's Play.
(I personally didn't care for their brand of humor but that's subjective thing)



Finished Hyper Light Drifter. Good game, visually great and gameplay is very nice too - showing nicely what some of isometric action classics could have done if they just had the processing power.  A bit of a nitpick is that the appraoch to not having text beyond the menu or spoken dialogue leaves you with a few question marks in the game itself - however that is caught by just how good the narrative is.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 21, 2016, 05:00:43 pm
Airfix Dogfighter (PC)
Model planes from WWII wage war inside a house.
Nice little game.
It's extremely arcade-y, to the point it only supports two axis in a time when three was already the bare minimum, a bit bummed I can't use the throttle but extremely fun nonetheless and all the commands (including the increase/decrease throttle buttons) fit on the stick alone with room to spare anyway.
I didn't beat it at the time, I'm trying to do that now, I finished the axis campaign already.
The missions aren't as difficult as I remember, either because I got better or because the stick I used at the time might have been really crappy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on December 21, 2016, 08:32:41 pm
F-22 Lightning 3 and F-16 Multirole Fighter:

Bah, I can't really rely on my wingman as much. Especially in the latter in the third campaign mission, a trio of F-7s launch their missiles at me all at once. How the hell am I really supposed to counter if that's the norm? (At least in the F-22 I can do a loop-de-loop or sharp corner turn to avoid missiles...)

EDIT: Just beat F-16. Had to skip one or two missions due to there being way too many aircraft. Can't do the ending of F-22L3, because there's not enough blockers, and cruising down to step-down level can only go so far.

Jane's F/A-18:

Had to restart because I couldn't straight up hack it in airfield strikes. I bloody hate MAP radar ground targeting, because I literally cannot tell what dots are which target in a cluttered mess, even on expanded mode (I tend to use zoomed FLIR-Paveway or GPS bombing for that reason). [Edit: Now at the part where I have to destroy that hardened nuclear depot.]

EDIT: That mission got worse thanks to ONE SA-10 shooting down EVERYONE. Yes, my escort wing, myself, and all my wingmen. Damn it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on December 22, 2016, 06:00:52 am
Dredd Soeed and the Robot Rebellion. (http://boyslife.org/games/online-games/32465/dredd-speed-and-the-robot-rebellion/) I don't know why I find it so addictive - I played it when it was first released in 2012; now I'm playing it again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 24, 2016, 06:46:38 am
Today on the toilet I bought grey goo definitive edition as my steam app notified me it was on sale.

I look forward to seeing humanity as the superior race we actually are.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Bryan See on December 29, 2016, 09:35:10 am
Raiden IV Overkill for PC. I'm a fan of Raiden since childhood in the mid-to-late 1990s.

EDIT: I've failed to mention that Dimensional Eclipse has two unused music tracks from Raiden IV.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on December 29, 2016, 09:38:16 am
Finished up The Witcher EE.  Onto them Premium modules, then Witcher 2.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 29, 2016, 12:39:12 pm
I finished Tomb Raider Anniversary (PC)
I quite enjoyed it, story is minimal but no motorcycle chases and the possibility to almost always get back and recover missing collectibles without restarting the level are a great improvement over Legend.
The shooting is slightly more frustrating since i'm rubbish at dodging and most enemies knock you down for a while.
The platforming is the same as all the other post core design Tomb Raider games with only collecables and a couple of sections in the final level requiring superprecise timing.

Rogue Squadron 3D (PC)
From time to time I try (and fail) to get the gold medal on the Hoth mission but this time I accidentally discovered that you can switch back to the cockpit camera while harpooning AT-ATs instead of being stuck with that stupid external view.
It made flying circles round around them MUCH easier, I hit the completion time required for gold after only three tries after more than fifteen years, better late than never I guess.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on December 30, 2016, 08:47:02 am
Switching between Rally Championships and OpenRCT2. The former has no save function so I'm resorting to running it on DOSBox SVN Daum so that I can use save states.
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Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on January 04, 2017, 06:14:49 pm
Been playing some Homeworld: Cataclysm recently. I love the pilot view to death.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 05, 2017, 09:21:48 am
I finished Tomb Raider Anniversary (PC)
I quite enjoyed it, story is minimal but no motorcycle chases and the possibility to almost always get back and recover missing collectibles without restarting the level are a great improvement over Legend.
The shooting is slightly more frustrating since i'm rubbish at dodging and most enemies knock you down for a while.
The platforming is the same as all the other post core design Tomb Raider games with only collecables and a couple of sections in the final level requiring superprecise timing.

Rogue Squadron 3D (PC)
From time to time I try (and fail) to get the gold medal on the Hoth mission but this time I accidentally discovered that you can switch back to the cockpit camera while harpooning AT-ATs instead of being stuck with that stupid external view.
It made flying circles round around them MUCH easier, I hit the completion time required for gold after only three tries after more than fifteen years, better late than never I guess.

I played on the N64, not PC, but I never had problems with AT-AT harpooning.
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Post by: LaineyBugsDaddy on January 06, 2017, 12:41:35 am
Can's say as I had any problems with AT-AT harpooning in the PC version, but then, I played with a joystick that has a throttle, too, not a gamepad or the keyboard and mouse.
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Post by: Klaustrophobia on January 08, 2017, 11:38:53 am
On N64 it was as simple as "Push stick into upper right/left corner and hold there for three laps."  Granted that was before I figured out speeders had left/right brakes that you could use to turn sharper.  I originally used the control scheme that uses the Z button to fire, which removes the independent braking on the speeder.

Damn, now I really want to play RS again but my old 64 is still with my parents/sister.  I guess I might try the PC version with an Xbox controller but it's just not going to be the same.
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Post by: LaineyBugsDaddy on January 08, 2017, 08:55:33 pm
Just got around to digging up the Pokemon Uranium fangame. Turns out that if you modify the neoncube.ini file a specific way, you can keep it up to date, even patch it from 1.0 to 1.1.0 without needing to download the patches yourself, even though all the official links are gone b/c of Nintendo's C&D order to the makers.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 08, 2017, 09:29:51 pm
I finished Tomb Raider Anniversary (PC)
I quite enjoyed it, story is minimal but no motorcycle chases and the possibility to almost always get back and recover missing collectibles without restarting the level are a great improvement over Legend.
The shooting is slightly more frustrating since i'm rubbish at dodging and most enemies knock you down for a while.
The platforming is the same as all the other post core design Tomb Raider games with only collecables and a couple of sections in the final level requiring superprecise timing.

Rogue Squadron 3D (PC)
From time to time I try (and fail) to get the gold medal on the Hoth mission but this time I accidentally discovered that you can switch back to the cockpit camera while harpooning AT-ATs instead of being stuck with that stupid external view.
It made flying circles round around them MUCH easier, I hit the completion time required for gold after only three tries after more than fifteen years, better late than never I guess.

I played on the N64, not PC, but I never had problems with AT-AT harpooning.

The unlockable Battle of Hoth mission has the AT-ATs in very close quarters (two are very close toghether, the third is in a canyon) and the external camera on PC is wonky due to a bug with modern graphic cards.

It's doable in external mode and without brakes too of course, but not in the strict time required for the gold medal.

Another quirk  noticed even back then is that the default external camera is more precise than the cockpit camera so getting the gold in some missions literally required me to switch in and out of the cockpit to ensure to miss as few shosts as possible.

Sincerely I cannot imagine playing the game on the N64, I always played with a joystick, I even got my CH HOTAS to work with it using a software profile.
Hell, it's because of that I discvered I could change the camera, I mapped F8 (cycle camera) to one of the hat switches on the throttle and hit it inadvertently while circling around an AT-AT.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BlueFlames on January 09, 2017, 05:08:59 am
I dusted off the SNES and did a run of Super Mario RPG a couple nights back.  Going in with a different build strategy and some new information led to me beating the game in about twenty-four hours, spread across two sessions.  (I get drawn in, when things are going my way.)

The most impactful bit of information, which I missed as a youth, was that Mario's basic jump attack slowly increases in power, the more you use it.  If you grind it in every combat encounter, it gets nuts.  Bundt went down in two jumps.  By the end of the Nimbus Land, Mario could land 300-500 damage to just about anything, depending on the target's special defense, and if they were vulnerable to jump attacks (like Zombone), the basic jump would hit for over 800 damage.  Stomp all the things.

Since that one attack constituted most of the damage dealt in any given encounter, Mario's accessory progression was Jump Shoes -> Amulet -> Quartz Charm (because Culex got stomped too).  I kept the Jump Shoes around for the entire game, but there's not that much that is outright immune to jump attacks in the late game, so combining the Quartz Charm with an early-encounter Geno Boost--basically doubling Mario's attack power--ensures that mere resistance to jump attacks is not enough.

Yeah, a correctly-timed Geno Whirl is an instant-kill, but that doesn't work on bosses (did I mention that I two-shot Bundt with Jump?), and Jump only costs 3FP, compared to Geno Whirl's 8FP.  That reduced cost allows your party to clear entire areas of the game, without having to dip into the syrups, thereby freeing up your item mule to chuck bombs or be something besides an item mule.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 09, 2017, 06:20:58 am
Still playing Rally Championships, but this time, I'm finally starting to actually progress quite deep into the game, which is a first. Instead of wiping out after 2 or 3 races, I'm still going after 5 races, and because I decided to scrimp on fuel and repairs, I even managed to get enough prize money to purchase the most powerful rally car in the game (Porsche RS) and hire the best navigator. Everything from here on out depends on my driving, because I don't think there are any videos online showcasing the races after Snow Stage 4 (which is the race I just finished). It helps tremendously that I'm running the game on DOSBox SVN Daum, which has a save state feature.

...This is a game I've owned for 17 years, and I'm finally making good progress into it at long last. :ha:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 09, 2017, 07:27:03 am
Elite dangerous.


I've got my mk 3 cobra.  And I like it.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 12, 2017, 05:23:13 am
I just completed Single Rally on Easy in Rally Championships. The mountain stage still trips me up here and there.

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Post by: Mammothtank on January 13, 2017, 06:07:21 am
SWAT 4. All my Problems have been shown to be fixable with sufficient flash bangs and gass.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on January 22, 2017, 09:26:48 am
I've finished Tomb Raider Underworld (PC)
I liked it but it has a lot of issues that take it down a peg.
First is the camera: it often gives a sense of nausea and in many cases is restricted enough to be an obstacle which often leads to an inordinate amount of "faith jumps".
Then the collectable system has been changed for the worse since Anniversary, while in it almost every collectable had its own minipuzzle attached here the collectables are either really easy to find or hidden so out of the way that searching for them is a chore and it's basically impossible to collect them all on the first run. The collectable themselves aren't even particularly useful since they only unlock a few extras which I personally don't find particularly interesting apart from the "orbs" which expand Lara's lifebar and those are the only ones that always have an optional puzzle to obtain them.
The controls and animations are often an obstacle, the bright idea of using the same button for melee attack and picking up object often leads to you keeping doing a Chuck Norris impression while instead you want to pick up the bloody relic/medpack. The new wall jump often interferes with the other moves, which is annoying in the first levels and rage-inducing in the last ones since the number of mortal falls is increased.
The level design is less open than in Anniversary, which leads to not being able to get back to search for collectables you missed (which is a pet peeve of mine, I like to collect everything on the first run), and even when it's technically possible sometimes getting back can be extremely hard, once even glitchy.
Speaking of which, after the buttery smooth and bug free Anniversary we get dodgy framerates (resolved by assigning core affinity with the task manager fortunately) and a few instances of getting stuck in the level geometry that can only be resolved by exiting the game and reloading.

That said, the game has also its strong points like a deliciously fantarcheologic plot that fortunately doesn't end on a cliffhanger, apart from the first level in which Lara Croft dives at -40 meters with a legless wetsuit that it's barely good for looking for edible shellfish (even in the middle of the mediterrenean in summer after the first three or four meters the water can get really cold) at the start of each level you are given an array of various clothing options of variable sensibility without needing to seemingly unlock anything.
Also the weapon you get in the last couple of levels is badass.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BlueFlames on January 23, 2017, 09:25:21 pm
I was going to jump back into MWO, but then I started another playthrough of FEAR, because sometimes it's nice to play a game that doesn't nag you to make microtransactions or buy DLC right on the ****ing main menu.  You remember the era when games were a product, instead of a "service" or "content distribution platform," right?
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Post by: deathspeed on January 23, 2017, 09:39:24 pm
I finally finished ST:R, and am deciding what mod to play next.  I'm thinking maybe The Aftermath reboot.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 25, 2017, 03:28:33 am
Since my PC is still out-of-order, I am making good use of the PS4 I recieved for Chrismas (well, it is second hand because my brother bought the new one)

Gravity Rush 2
The controls and camera take some getting used to but it is interesting fun. (Esspecially in time-senetive missions and challanges I struggle with the controls, however sometimes I am just my worst enemy there)

Destiny
*cough* *cough*

and I finished* a run** through Bloodborne which is very, very good - atmospheric, good design, nice art and the gameplay is very well done.
(*with the exception of two DLC bosses; ** "Childhood's Beginning"-ending)

Now waiting for Tales of Berseria to arrive...
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 25, 2017, 07:08:10 am
OpenRCT2. The latest releases are able to run without RCT2 installed, so I now have a fully functioning installation of OpenRCT2 without RCT2 itself installed. :D

Of late, I've been inspired by this Reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/rct/comments/5lpvzu/rctc_i_was_going_to_just_meet_the_objective/) to mimic the same playstyle on the same scenario.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 25, 2017, 02:26:31 pm
OpenRCT2. The latest releases are able to run without RCT2 installed, so I now have a fully functioning installation of OpenRCT2 without RCT2 itself installed. :D

Of late, I've been inspired by this Reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/rct/comments/5lpvzu/rctc_i_was_going_to_just_meet_the_objective/) to mimic the same playstyle on the same scenario.


Return to Castle Tolfenstein?
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Post by: Bryan See on January 26, 2017, 11:57:02 am
I've just played Warzone 2100 (http://www.wz2100.net/) because of these events surrounding the rise of nationalism, particularly Donald Trump's win and inauguration, accompanied by distrustful comments about nuclear weapons and climate change, which make me think of the end of the world and, possibly, the future of Russia as predicted by Baba Vanga 38 years ago. The WZ2100 campaigns are structured just like the Star Wars saga, with the Campaigns 7 to 9 are "Regeneration", which are currently in discussion or development. I came up with an idea behind that, is probably the war with Russia as a world-dominating pre-Collapse nation headed by an authoritarian, traditionalist conservative leader who's a head of a mafia/syndicate.

I'll leave that idea to the WZ2100 forums later on.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on January 26, 2017, 03:49:45 pm
Hey, cool, I'm still a mod on this board!  Bryan, please take a several-days hike, and think longer about bringing your particular brand of insane bull**** into this particular sub-board.

EDIT: ****, I can't warn him, I can just split and lock topics.  Sad face.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on January 27, 2017, 12:55:37 pm
Since a few weeks i am playing Star Cruiser, a 1988(!) space-combat and first-person shooter, even with strafing, mix.

Actually i like it very much, except for the very basic graphics and bad performance in battles.
I am half-way through it now and i am in the Sirius system currently where i have to find and to hunt down 10 pirate ships in the system to get the loot back they have stolen to get an access beacon for a planet i have to visit to meet my friends there.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 27, 2017, 06:15:41 pm
Finished Gravity Rush 2
It's cool, fun-in-a-way and certainly a love letter to the fans of original, but unless you are really into experimental gameplay I would not recommend it. That's a shame, since what is holding it back are issues with camera (due to the gravity shifting powers you often change your frame of reference - i.e. where up and down are - and you have to reset the camera manually or wait some seconds for it adjust, which breaks the flow) and the controls.

However it also one for the "a cheesy ending can still make for a bittersweet epilogue" (which makes the prospect of an additional story DLC in March very inticing, even if the protagonist changes)
Spoiler:
First off the game was already marketed as filling the gaps in Kat's story from the first game and ending it. And it does in a fashion, though a small bit that seems important is shortened by the presentation of the ending, leaving the door open for aforementioned teasing as part of the epilogue.


Now come the major spoilers for the epilogue - you are warned.



0.) For the last, final-boss-defeating move Kat powers up using also the powers from her partner Raven and the townspeople Hekseville. On what represents her final journey with no return afterwards, she is shown to be accompanied by Raven's familiar.
However said familiar then return to Raven without an explaination.

1.) For the epilogue you play as Raven who has taken over Kat's role as protector of their hometown. As you check with all the secondary and tertiary characters you are treated to some who still believe Kat might return, including one who you would think knows better. More haunting however is how Kat leaving seems to have affected Raven - esspecially since as a duo they were better characters than alone.

2.) At the end of the epilogue Raven is chasing the sound of cat (Kat's familiar Dusty is a cat) to a dock. In the last sequence you are shown Raven staring off into the distance until the sound of a cat prompts her to turn around. In the last shoot you see her eyes widen and she clearly speaks Kat's name. However it is not shown what is behind the camera and prompts this reaction - it might just be an empty tease.

3.) Along the credits you are presented all the photos you made for missions and online play, mixed with a few which seem to be there by default. These include one last image, which appears to show the shadows of what could be Kat and Dusty standing at a pier.

(During the next PSN sale, I am probabily going to spring the money for the original game's remaster now...)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on January 29, 2017, 09:28:15 pm
The ROM Hack Metroid: Rogue Dawn. (http://forum.metroidconstruction.com/index.php/topic,3192.0.html) It's actually pretty damn good as far as NES Metroid hacks go.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on January 30, 2017, 08:44:23 am
After reading both HLP-X-COM Topics, I felt a great desire to dig out my copy of Xenonauts from the depths of my old laptop.
I love Xenonauts so much but it's so ridiculously hard at times and your soldiers die like flies sometimes.
But I like how you can snatch a dead alien's rifle after killing him.
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Post by: Nyctaeus on January 31, 2017, 11:29:47 am
Heroes of the Storm

From about a year. I got pretty decent collection of characters. For a lot of time I played mostly ranged DPS and mages like Kael'thas, and recently got switched to mostly close-range assasins like Graymane or Zeratul.
I hate one thing in this game - Nova. Not because I can't avoid her attacks etc. Retarded Nova players are my constant source of kills. I hate the fact that people play her so much, so there are one or two novas in each game. It makes lot of other characters which are w/o any chance like Valla completly useless.

If someone from EU server want to team up for few matches, find me up. I'm Nyctaeus#2848.

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Post by: FlamingCobra on January 31, 2017, 08:27:52 pm
My first Tyranny(-playthrough) has come to an end ... I kinda feel it played very little of the game despite 26 houres playtime. But I didn't stray much off the beaten path, even left one territory completely untouched (access was governed by a dialgoue choice that didn't mesh with the tone of my "loyalist until act 3"-playthrough) - so going back and looking at the path not travelled might be a thing in the next years :)

Verdict: solid B+ cRPG

How good is the writing of Tyranny compared to Pillars and ye olde Baldur's Gate?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 02, 2017, 08:23:49 pm
Since I had it bundled with the other WWII installments I've been playing Call of Duty World at War (PC)

It's almost like someone took the first two Call of Duty games (and expansion) and focus tested the **** out of them.

The american sergeant is a generic badass that doesn't wear a helmet because he's badass, the russian one has a Lenin-style goatee and talks bombastically of revenge against the fascists and praises you, the player, because you are an unstoppable killing machine and a badass.
They put actual hard rock music in a world war 2 shooter, because, you know, the orchestral music is lame bro and metal is badass.
Also the documentary-style cutscenes have been swapped with frantic animation justapoxed with the badass sergeant talking in the most badass way how dark everything is and how they'll continue fighting because it's badass.
Also there is a badass quick time event every time some asian enemy soldier tries to stab you, but of course they are so sudden that most of the times you will miss the prompts, no problem with the non-asian enemies since it seems they never used their bayonettes at all, perhaps stabbing them isn't badass enough?
Then there is some gratuitous gore that adds to the badassitude, because the understated violence of the first games in the series wasn't badass enough, especially without the hard rock electric guitar which makes everything more badass!

And to the inappropriate tone choices (*) I can say that the difficulty was weird, often you couldn't get up because you went too close to a wall that had something sticking out of it for a few centimetres, which usually happens when the bloody grenade danger indicator appears.
There were a few parts that were rage inducing, the reichstag was me reloading always the same checkpoints over and over again, especially the last one.
I sincerely wonder if there were so many nazis using panzerschrecks inside a building in real life.

* and the thing is that even games like the Wolfenstein series never gave me that impression even if they have Zombies and Jetpacks in it. Yes, they are absurd, but in a way that somehow fits something that could have been done at the time in a Captain America story, here there is just the idea of war of some teenager edgelord that listens to too many heavy metal albums and thinks ultra-violence is the coolest thing ever.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: LaineyBugsDaddy on February 04, 2017, 01:27:30 am
The ROM Hack Metroid: Rogue Dawn. (http://forum.metroidconstruction.com/index.php/topic,3192.0.html) It's actually pretty damn good as far as NES Metroid hacks go.

Might ought to link to the actual release thread for that one:
http://forum.metroidconstruction.com/index.php/topic,4221
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 13, 2017, 08:52:55 pm
Star Wars Starfighter
A nice 7/10 dogfighting game like the Rogue Squadron series but with slightly different gameplay choices.
Instead of a radar you have a targeting system but it lets you only target what's in front of you otherwise it's only autotargeting.
In some missions using manual targeting it's suicide since there are scripted moments when the character ask the R2 unit to lock on a certain target that's otherwise impossible to find because you can't tell where it is and you cannot cycle the targets.
The last mission has also what (for lack of a better phrase) it's a scripted boss fight: an enemy Ace you cannot take down unless you reach a certain point in the mission. Until the game decides that you can destroy it you can only damage his shield a bit and being used to games like Rogue Squadron itself or the X-wing series I've found that very unintuitive (I had to read a walkthrough because I couldn't understand why I couldn't do any damage to him).
Also, he's one of those targets that's impossible to see so unless you are careful not to use manual targeting and let the game scripts lock on him for you you are screwed because he has guided missiles that do a ton of damage and you need to have it in your sights to shoot them down.
It doesn't help that every time you get hit your aim is thrown off.
At the moment I'm trying to get all the optional objectives for the unlockables, some of them are quite hairpullingly difficult but still more or less doable.
I sincerely wonder why arcade dogfighting games often mistake lack of control for accessibility, a radar or a couple of key to cycle targets manually would have spared me a lot of swearing.
Perhaps it's just that I'm too used to the plethora of targeting controls of Tie Fighter and Freespace.

A positive though is that the range of your guns is ridiculous, there is even the possibility to zoom and in some missions you have enough open space to effectively snipe enemy fighters, I think only the last mission has targets that are undisputably beyond the range of your guns but not by much.
The controls are also very godd, very simple (the throttle is essentially brake, normal speed and boost) but there is a bit of inertia in the flight model which make things interesting especially when you have to manouver in tight spaces.

The story is very basic: a displaced pilot of the Naboo royal guard, a pirate and a mercenary with her scavenger sidekick join forces to get back at the Trade Federation during the events of Star Wars Episode I, but it serves it's purpose and avoids tacked in cameos.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 13, 2017, 09:11:33 pm
In some missions using manual targeting it's suicide since there are scripted moments when the character ask the R2 unit to lock on a certain target that's otherwise impossible to find because you can't tell where it is and you cannot cycle the targets.
The last mission has also what (for lack of a better phrase) it's a scripted boss fight: an enemy Ace you cannot take down unless you reach a certain point in the mission. Until the game decides that you can destroy it you can only damage his shield a bit and being used to games like Rogue Squadron itself or the X-wing series I've found that very unintuitive (I had to read a walkthrough because I couldn't understand why I couldn't do any damage to him).
Also, he's one of those targets that's impossible to see so unless you are careful not to use manual targeting and let the game scripts lock on him for you you are screwed because he has guided missiles that do a ton of damage and you need to have it in your sights to shoot them down.
It doesn't help that every time you get hit your aim is thrown off.
At the moment I'm trying to get all the optional objectives for the unlockables, some of them are quite hairpullingly difficult but still more or less doable.
I sincerely wonder why arcade dogfighting games often mistake lack of control for accessibility, a radar or a couple of key to cycle targets manually would have spared me a lot of swearing.
Perhaps it's just that I'm too used to the plethora of targeting controls of Tie Fighter and Freespace.
Since it was made for consoles, the lack of targeting controls is because there were no more buttons available to assign functions to; that being said, whatever the "target nearest enemy" key is (it was triangle on the PS2) should cycle through targets when pressed repeatedly, and if you hold down the "target forward target" key, it should enter a special mode where all targets are highlighted and you can cycle through them with the d-pad (presumably the arrow keys in the PC version).

Unless the controls are just completely different for the PC port, of course. Personally, I vastly preferred the sequel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Jedi_Starfighter), but it never got a PC port (and the last time I tried to emulate it, it didn't work very well).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on February 13, 2017, 09:46:00 pm
I never did get into Starfighter as much as Rogue Squadron, but i have it so now you are making me want to play it again.

I started HAWX 2 yesterday, although I've had it for several years.  Other than the annoyance of having to rebind my joystick controls every time I play, it's been a fun arcade flight shooter so far.  I'm still messing around with the bindings anyway, trying to figure out what I actually need on the joystick and what can stay on the keyboard. I still struggle sometimes with targeting the thing I want to shoot, and sometimes it's difficult to tell exactly what the objective is, but so far the strategy of "blow everything up" has met the objectives.  But I'm only on mission 3, and i think i read that there are 20, so I might need to figure out a better system.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 13, 2017, 10:32:27 pm
In some missions using manual targeting it's suicide since there are scripted moments when the character ask the R2 unit to lock on a certain target that's otherwise impossible to find because you can't tell where it is and you cannot cycle the targets.
The last mission has also what (for lack of a better phrase) it's a scripted boss fight: an enemy Ace you cannot take down unless you reach a certain point in the mission. Until the game decides that you can destroy it you can only damage his shield a bit and being used to games like Rogue Squadron itself or the X-wing series I've found that very unintuitive (I had to read a walkthrough because I couldn't understand why I couldn't do any damage to him).
Also, he's one of those targets that's impossible to see so unless you are careful not to use manual targeting and let the game scripts lock on him for you you are screwed because he has guided missiles that do a ton of damage and you need to have it in your sights to shoot them down.
It doesn't help that every time you get hit your aim is thrown off.
At the moment I'm trying to get all the optional objectives for the unlockables, some of them are quite hairpullingly difficult but still more or less doable.
I sincerely wonder why arcade dogfighting games often mistake lack of control for accessibility, a radar or a couple of key to cycle targets manually would have spared me a lot of swearing.
Perhaps it's just that I'm too used to the plethora of targeting controls of Tie Fighter and Freespace.
Since it was made for consoles, the lack of targeting controls is because there were no more buttons available to assign functions to; that being said, whatever the "target nearest enemy" key is (it was triangle on the PS2) should cycle through targets when pressed repeatedly, and if you hold down the "target forward target" key, it should enter a special mode where all targets are highlighted and you can cycle through them with the d-pad (presumably the arrow keys in the PC version).

Unless the controls are just completely different for the PC port, of course. Personally, I vastly preferred the sequel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Jedi_Starfighter), but it never got a PC port (and the last time I tried to emulate it, it didn't work very well).

Yeah, but it isn't really reliable (and it's more of an "auto-target reset" button), it depends a lot on distance it seems and getting the target you want is a crapshoot, for a few side objectives memorizing the position of certain enemies was more reliable than try to cycle through them.
The thing is that it doesn't really have that many controls, I used my HOTAS since I like to use it but I could fit everything on just the stick with room to spare if I wanted to. But probably the game on PS2 used buttons for throttle and roll instead of one of the analog sticks.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 13, 2017, 10:45:53 pm
The thing is that it doesn't really have that many controls, I used my HOTAS since I like to use it but I could fit everything on just the stick with room to spare if I wanted to. But probably the game on PS2 used buttons for throttle and roll instead of one of the analog sticks.
L2 and R2 (left and right trigger) for "go slow" and "go fast", if I remember correctly; roll, however, I'm pretty sure was on the right analog stick (or it was in Jedi Starfighter, at least).
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Post by: Det. Bullock on February 14, 2017, 10:18:40 am
The thing is that it doesn't really have that many controls, I used my HOTAS since I like to use it but I could fit everything on just the stick with room to spare if I wanted to. But probably the game on PS2 used buttons for throttle and roll instead of one of the analog sticks.
L2 and R2 (left and right trigger) for "go slow" and "go fast", if I remember correctly; roll, however, I'm pretty sure was on the right analog stick (or it was in Jedi Starfighter, at least).

There is a button to modify yaw into roll in the PC version but I dispensed with it since I could bind roll to the throttle ministick so it's possible the first game didn't use the second analog stick on PS2, still I think it might have been viable having at least a real "cycle targets" key using the d-pad for the orders like in Rogue Leader since there are only four of them.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 15, 2017, 08:18:08 pm
I just beat XCOM 2 on Veteran. Gonna have to go back for a harder difficulty, because I kind of stomped the aliens into the dirt...

I did like the final mission and cutscene, it was very TFTD-ish.
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Post by: Sushi on February 17, 2017, 05:19:11 pm
Finally got around to playing X-wing Alliance. Wonderful Star Wars atmosphere, hooray! An x-wing game with padlock view, sweet! But wow the mission design is embarrassingly bad, wildly veering from "trivially easy" to "ridiculous and impossible" to "what am I supposed to be doing?"

e.g. One of the first "real" missions asks you to fly a Y-wing for a basic strike work evaluation. According to the briefing, you blow up some undefended pods, then take out a docked cruiser, then try to do some damage to a lightly escorted convoy. All goes fine until the third segment, where the "light escort" turns out to be a couple of modified transports with crazy firepower and shields. Engage them, you explode, and get to do the whole thing over again. After googling it appears the recommended strategy is to rope-a-dope those escorts away from the convoy, then loop around and hit them. But you have to do it before the convoy gets away, of course. Blah.
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Post by: niffiwan on February 17, 2017, 08:11:02 pm
oh ho yes. I think my basic strat was all power to engines; avoid the damn transports & kill the "thrust" modules/ships in the convoy with dumbfired torps, hyper out, reload, repeat. Then finally come back & kill the now stationary convoy... and if feeling sadistic try to kill the transports with maximum range head on passes with a couple of bursts of gunfire each time before wild evasion @ max engine power until I can draw back out of range, recharge shields+lasers & try again. And hope to keep the damage output greater than their shield regen.

Actually, I think I ended up using that strat far too much in too many missions  :sigh:
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 18, 2017, 07:26:30 am
How good is the writing of Tyranny compared to Pillars and ye olde Baldur's Gate?

The problem with that comparision is one of quantity... Tyranny has a lot of good writing and I would say it is on par with the two Baldur's Gate as whole; however it is much more contained in it's scope and cast, and some resolutions fall by the wayside because of that. (as for Pillars, I never completed Pillars but I found the characters in Tyranny a bit more compelling TBH)

Now a big HOWEVER, there is a good chunk of content you will not see in a single playthrough as there are at least 3 mutually exclusive branches to the main plot and each segment of Tiers has at least an alternate resolution; e.g. I never broke the Edict of Fire because I found a way to break the Edict of Storms with an alternate path that doesn't require you to travel to the area affected by the Edict of Fire.



Finished Tales of Beseria last night ... While as a game it leaves some things to be desired, the story and the cast are great (though not the best in the series, Velvet as lead is pulling much more than your usual JRPG lead) - the storytelling is well though out, despite a few wierd points, and highly emotional.

For a JRPG, who are notorious to be slow starters, it has decent pace and never really let's you down; an effective trick here is that it is a committed revenge story, which takes a slow a first hour and a half to establish the driving force and then kicks in the appropriate gear, more than once using the obessive nature of revenge as a plot device and through it all -even through a moment that might have turned a lesser game's anti-hero protagonist- sticking to the emotional core of the proceedings, with all the kicking, screaming and grieving it needs to do. Velvet simply doesn't serve her revenge cold :D

There is much to unpack here about what really makes it work, so will stick to that I highly recommend it. A minus.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on February 18, 2017, 08:54:21 am
Finally got around to playing X-wing Alliance. Wonderful Star Wars atmosphere, hooray! An x-wing game with padlock view, sweet! But wow the mission design is embarrassingly bad, wildly veering from "trivially easy" to "ridiculous and impossible" to "what am I supposed to be doing?"

e.g. One of the first "real" missions asks you to fly a Y-wing for a basic strike work evaluation. According to the briefing, you blow up some undefended pods, then take out a docked cruiser, then try to do some damage to a lightly escorted convoy. All goes fine until the third segment, where the "light escort" turns out to be a couple of modified transports with crazy firepower and shields. Engage them, you explode, and get to do the whole thing over again. After googling it appears the recommended strategy is to rope-a-dope those escorts away from the convoy, then loop around and hit them. But you have to do it before the convoy gets away, of course. Blah.

The mission design is quite intentionally that way, you are always outnumbered even with "light" enemy opposition because that's the Rebel Alliance for you.

Just destroy the first container in each train to stop the transports so you can destroy them without worrying of them jumping out, remember to go and recharge.

Also: play on medium, the game is balanced for that difficulty, easy is sometimes bugged and hard makes your wingmen incredibly stupid, they'll die immediately and then all enemies will gang up on you or the bombers will fail to hit the targets they were assigned to (one of the first missions with the alliance has this problem, the Y-wings should disable a Dreadnought but on hard they fail to do so most of the times because, I kid you not, they can't even land more than a few ion shots on it).

PS: with easy it's also almost impossible to reach the rank of general and the Kalidor Crescent Diamond Eyes since you get less bonus points and ordinary points than on medium.
You get bonus points for doing inane stuff like destroying a Star Destroyer while alone in a Y-wing, but it's largely doable when you know when to just get back and let your shields recharge and you aren't playing above medium since on hard you cannot destroy the shield generators of Star Destroyers and other capital ships before their shields are down.
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Post by: Black_Yoshi1230 on February 23, 2017, 02:48:42 am
Iridion II on emu. At the fourth sector, and so far I'm loving it. If only I can bother to learn how to properly angle the satellites to absorb damage.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 23, 2017, 07:50:53 am
Finished Gravity Rush (Remastered) ... and it actually makes we want to go back on my harsh judgement of the sequel. The problems I described (camera mostly, controls a little) become less pronounced when you play the first game, simply because the missions there are slower and the Nevi basically eaiser targets in part 1, which makes part 2 more an evolved form and both frontsv- something that is utterly lost to you if you play them in reverse order.

So if you have interest get them both.
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Post by: An4ximandros on February 24, 2017, 05:56:43 pm
Twisted Insurrection (http://www.twistedinsurrection.net/) & Battlefield 2142 through the Revive project.

Both are fun, TI is really awesome at being a darker Tiberian Sun and 2142 brings in all that nostalgia.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 24, 2017, 06:17:18 pm
What's the revive project?  I wish to play more 2142.  Europe ftw.
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Post by: An4ximandros on February 24, 2017, 08:11:58 pm
When gamespy died, EA promised to migrate old games to a new host. Never actually did. People made a new host for the back end, it's free. https://bl2142.co/

How you get the game itself is up to you, I had the game and expansion on origin. It's on this dead end where EA seems to let it slide since it let's people play the old games without them having to do or pay anything.
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Post by: Mammothtank on February 24, 2017, 08:48:41 pm
Twisted Insurrection (http://www.twistedinsurrection.net/) & Battlefield 2142 through the Revive project.

Both are fun, TI is really awesome at being a darker Tiberian Sun and 2142 brings in all that nostalgia.

*Pokes for some TI MP sometime*
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Post by: CP5670 on February 26, 2017, 08:52:47 am
I'll need to check out TI, it looks very interesting.

I started playing Deus Ex Mankind Divided and like it a lot so far. The Prague hub is huge but very detailed and more interactive than the previous game. I'm having a great time just exploring (and looting) everything, and the side quests are interesting as well.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 28, 2017, 05:53:10 am
Thinking about replaying Spec Ops: The Line after seeing it on sale for $6 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/50300/) (if you haven't picked this game up yet, you totally should; $6 is an absolute steal for this classic).
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Post by: RangerKarl on March 01, 2017, 11:02:29 am
Been playing both Ace Combat 5 and Tides of Numenera. AC5 has that weirdly comforting repetitiveness that comes from being well-worn over the years. The AI fighters rush in to get clobbered immediately and obediently, you regularly rack up kill rates an order of magnitude higher than your wingmen, and there's that sweet, sweet Kobayashi Keiki OST. A little bit like JP5-powered chicken soup.

Torment, though, is oddly enough the inverse. It wears the trappings of far flung science fiction, yet a lot of the art and dialog are very much reminiscent of the weird parts of the city of Sigil (at least in Sagus Cliffs). I'm not too sold on the whole Effort thing though, spending currency to affect outcome is an accepted thing now but to me it just feels like I didn't pick the right skills or grinded enough out of the gate.
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Post by: Torchwood on March 01, 2017, 12:01:03 pm
Been playing both Ace Combat 5 and Tides of Numenera. AC5 has that weirdly comforting repetitiveness that comes from being well-worn over the years. The AI fighters rush in to get clobbered immediately and obediently, you regularly rack up kill rates an order of magnitude higher than your wingmen, and there's that sweet, sweet Kobayashi Keiki OST. A little bit like JP5-powered chicken soup.

Torment, though, is oddly enough the inverse. It wears the trappings of far flung science fiction, yet a lot of the art and dialog are very much reminiscent of the weird parts of the city of Sigil (at least in Sagus Cliffs). I'm not too sold on the whole Effort thing though, spending currency to affect outcome is an accepted thing now but to me it just feels like I didn't pick the right skills or grinded enough out of the gate.
I have only one question about Tides of Numenera.

Is it a worthy sucessor to Planescape Torment?
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Post by: RangerKarl on March 02, 2017, 06:46:48 am
Been playing both Ace Combat 5 and Tides of Numenera. AC5 has that weirdly comforting repetitiveness that comes from being well-worn over the years. The AI fighters rush in to get clobbered immediately and obediently, you regularly rack up kill rates an order of magnitude higher than your wingmen, and there's that sweet, sweet Kobayashi Keiki OST. A little bit like JP5-powered chicken soup.

Torment, though, is oddly enough the inverse. It wears the trappings of far flung science fiction, yet a lot of the art and dialog are very much reminiscent of the weird parts of the city of Sigil (at least in Sagus Cliffs). I'm not too sold on the whole Effort thing though, spending currency to affect outcome is an accepted thing now but to me it just feels like I didn't pick the right skills or grinded enough out of the gate.
I have only one question about Tides of Numenera.

Is it a worthy sucessor to Planescape Torment?

I haven't found a Morte, so no.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on March 03, 2017, 10:11:13 pm
I'm playing through the story in Torchlight for the third time now and I'm still using a Destroyer. I have a Vanquisher and Alchemist on stand by for subsequent playthroughs. And since I've already completed the story on without mods, I'm using mods in Torchlight from here on out. :)
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 04, 2017, 03:23:40 am
Just finished XCOM 2 again, on the harder difficulty. And let me tell you, even the easier setting was not easy, this was fairly brutal. I lost a few good soldiers, even with a little bit of save scumming.

And now, behold: The Destroyers of Aliens, the Defenders of Earth, the Smackers-Down of Baddies, the Warriors of Operation Leviathan:
(http://i.imgur.com/e0BaHSJ.png)

I almost, ALMOST, dominated the Gatekeeper. It would have been sweet, but I settled for an Andromedon instead. And I mind controlled a few Archons, and hacked a Heavy MEC. There was a lot of carnage.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 04, 2017, 07:15:29 am
Horizon: Zero Dawn ... cleared the first portion of the main quest and am enjoying the open world

The "robotic animals" are a nice trick to allow for gamey-fights, but I kinda am not as impressef with them as other people are
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Post by: Kobrar44 on March 05, 2017, 02:45:01 am
Continuing Dark Souls. Fighting Kalameet now, I have yet to survive a single hit. I guess I ask too much.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 05, 2017, 03:37:04 am
Continuing Dark Souls. Fighting Kalameet now, I have yet to survive a single hit. I guess I ask too much.

What kind of weapon do you use?
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Post by: Kobrar44 on March 05, 2017, 04:39:23 am
Zweihander. I feel it may be too slow, but I'll try some more before I use precious chunks for upgrading something else. I can usually compensate for not great reflexes with damage, but this one has just too much hp for that to matter.
I really wish I could summon Gough.
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Post by: Bryan See on March 06, 2017, 09:27:38 am
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D, which was my favorite back in 1999.

EDIT: It was part of the Legends material, which means sadly Rogue Squadron will not make much appearance other than The Empire Strikes Back and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on March 06, 2017, 04:07:40 pm
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D, which was my favorite back in 1999.

EDIT: It was part of the Legends material, which means sadly Rogue Squadron will not make much appearance other than The Empire Strikes Back and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Technically speaking Rogue Squadron doesn't exist yet in Rogue One, though they took their name from the Rogue One of the title.

If it can console you however only a few missions of that game were somewhat canonical even in the legends continuity.
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Post by: deathspeed on March 06, 2017, 06:09:29 pm
I finally got tired of fighting to get Rogue Squadron running from my CD on Windows 10, and picked it up on sale from GOG.  I don't like re-paying for content i already own, but I had already put more than $5 worth of my time into it and it still didn't run right.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 06, 2017, 07:08:15 pm
Zweihander. I feel it may be too slow, but I'll try some more before I use precious chunks for upgrading something else. I can usually compensate for not great reflexes with damage, but this one has just too much hp for that to matter.
I really wish I could summon Gough.

Zweihänder +10 vs Kalameet is difficult but not a handicap; I've seen it done before, but like all ultra greatsword-builds it takes very careful stamina management
The best training would be to do the dual guardian beasts (where you fought thd first one at the beginning of the dlc) if you haven't yet (though they might be NG+)

Ps. Due to the pvp-zone summons for Kalamet can only be found quite a way off, and I dont think there is a NPC summon for it
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 07, 2017, 05:08:48 pm
Finished Horizon: Zero Dawn

There are some lapses in story-telling and it is geared as "first in an on-going series" (but not overwhelmingly so) but the gameplay is very good and fun. Recommended A-.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on March 07, 2017, 05:35:17 pm
It's been +15 for a while now.
Anyway, I've beat him carefully using a greatshield and fast attacks with no armour for situational fast rolls and stamina ring. I could totally beat him with rolling, but it was getting tiring. And now I am not satisfied.
Killing Gwyndolin in the meantime for relaxation.
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Post by: Sushi on March 07, 2017, 06:32:26 pm
Having fun losing my mind in The Witness. The "story" as far as I can tell so far is a bunch of impenetrable guff but the puzzles and environment really are superlative. I'm constantly going "ooh, that's clever." And then it makes me go "Ooh, I'm clever!" Which is no mean feat, but the game is a masterclass in indirect teaching & hinting.

Still trying to gradually batter my way through X-Wing Alliance. It's slow going: the mission design is very very dated, and the game crashes far too regularly setting me back to the beginning of a 10 minute mission.

I've also been working through Hand of Fate, although I think it's going to take a while to beat the final boss & unlock the remaining cards. The endless mode is really easy to get sucked into.

Also, Trine with the wife makes for excellent couch co-op.
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Post by: niffiwan on March 08, 2017, 02:50:07 am
Also, Trine with the wife makes for excellent couch co-op.

I need to get back into that (when work stops smashing me), my wife & I had quite a bit of fun with Trine2 co-op as well.
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Post by: OverDhill on March 08, 2017, 04:26:47 am
I decided to go back and play a game I had no time for when I was working. Of coarse like FS2 it has been modded with updated graphics.

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=93304.msg1844192#msg1844192
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Post by: Bryan See on March 08, 2017, 12:10:48 pm
I'm sorry for that, but I'm not playing any games right now due to the immediate need to focus on my UPM Masters...
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Post by: RangerKarl on March 09, 2017, 10:18:13 am
lord help me, the Mojave's got me again
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 09, 2017, 10:29:14 am
Is it that mod that adds a new area by any chance?
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Post by: RangerKarl on March 09, 2017, 10:52:24 am
Is it that mod that adds a new area by any chance?

If you're talking about that Frontier mod, no it's not out yet. I just got reeled in again and I wanted to try out these NMC textures in a mod manager that isn't woefully bad. Also related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J13lLFE6sPs&t=235s
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 14, 2017, 01:26:15 am
Holy cap that's amazing!!
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Post by: Kobrar44 on March 14, 2017, 12:25:53 pm
I have beaten the Manus too, now. It took ages of elarning his attacks, and I had to lame it out with a greatshield again, but it's done now. Manus and Kalameet both feel a bit too much like "I'm glad this is over".
Also,
Quote
The best training would be to do the dual guardian beasts.
I was intrigued. So I went back to the boss arena. HOLY ****!
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Post by: Mammothtank on March 14, 2017, 11:51:14 pm
Dual Guardian Beasts?
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Post by: Dark Hunter on March 15, 2017, 05:35:09 pm
Double the manticores, double the fun!

(If you go back to where the Sanctuary Guardian was in Dark Souls' DLC, there will be two Sanctuary Guardians waiting for you. Have fun.)
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 18, 2017, 01:42:35 pm
Still Elite Dangerous. Heading rapidly coreward on my first Colonia run. I've got nearly 3 weeks and have a few systems discovered under my belt. Can't afford to dally though as I don't often get the time to play anymore.
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Post by: crizza on March 19, 2017, 09:31:32 am
Treated me Sid Meier's Pirates!
Loved the game back then and it is still great to kill time :D
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Post by: Kobrar44 on March 19, 2017, 04:15:29 pm
I have beaten Dark Souls, finally.
I wish I was less spoiled for it, but bloody hell is it not absolutely beautiful.
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Post by: Mongoose on March 19, 2017, 08:30:55 pm
Finally getting around to Zelda: Skyward Sword, because I'm perpetually a generation behind.  I'm already a bit miffed that I had to look up a guide for the first puzzle room in the first dungeon, because the mechanic involved isn't insinuated in any way by the context clues given.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 20, 2017, 08:08:09 am
Quote
The best training would be to do the dual guardian beasts.
I was intrigued. So I went back to the boss arena. HOLY ****!

 :D  :D  :D (but they are a good training for Kalamet, aren't they?)

I wonder how you will respond to Darklurker or NG+ Dual Persuers (both Dark Souls 2, both optional) - and a shame that probabily wont experience the Looking Glas Knight as it is meant to be (Dark Souls 2 NG+ and beyond, plus requires online)



I have beaten Dark Souls, finally.
I wish I was less spoiled for it, but bloody hell is it not absolutely beautiful.

If you are looking for a conclusion, head straight for DS3 - DS2 has its fans (including me) but it doesn't contribute much to the story which DS and DS3 share

Dark Souls 2 is IMO more personal and less world-ending doomtm; also some of designs gameplaywise aren't up to (also known as "too many knights")



Finally getting around to Zelda: Skyward Sword, because I'm perpetually a generation behind.  I'm already a bit miffed that I had to look up a guide for the first puzzle room in the first dungeon, because the mechanic involved isn't insinuated in any way by the context clues given.

It's flying the bug, isn't it?


Skyward Sword has same issue many Nintendo games build around their plattfrom's gimick have; it is assumed that you are familiar with the gimick and that way are weird...
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Post by: Mongoose on March 20, 2017, 08:38:11 am
Nah, the bug was intuitive enough, and I honestly found it (and the bird for that matter) relatively easy to control. It was not realizing that you have to waggle your sword in a circle to take out those ubiquitous door-locking eyes. Fi gives some vague hint about them "following pointy objects," which obviously suggests the sword, but gave no hint whatsoever about how one needed to move it.  (Side note: I now understand why she's the butt of so many jokes.)  And yeah, I'm generally okay with Nintendo's unique control schemes, but man did they push the Motion Plus thing super-hard here. My wrist may not survive.
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Post by: asyikarea51 on March 20, 2017, 09:42:43 am
Mostly Forza Horizon 3, randomly rotating Fallout NV, TES4, a variant of the first Stalker and a heavily modded Supcom FA that always crashes out in intense fighting. 32-bit exe can't keep up with what the PC can do, not to mention all the memory leaks from AI giving orders to dead units or other backend shenanigans that remain unseen. I still wish someone can fix the Duke Nukem from BlackOpsAR without shoving a single shred of FAF down my throat, and make Nomads stuff properly kill (and get killed by) other factions' custom stuff... underwater railgun simply cannot hit the hulls of custom boats from another mod...

Who was it who mentioned that FSO modding is so much easier than Bethsoft modding... he's right, that's for sure. (though to be fair, the FSO 'feel' doesn't lend well to crazy mergefests as would the latter two sandboxes, since in FSO, different mods are virtually different worlds and rules, kinda... whereas in a Bethesda game you are stuck with that one single realm, so the chaos of merging 255+ mods ensues.)

Good and bad though... e.g. "YEY REAL LIFE MODERN 21st CENTURY GUN IN FALLOUT!!!!111oneoneone" vs "Errrr... this Cyone looks super out of place in say, BP..."

Either way I'm back to near-stock for those. It's not fun at all spending the entire ****ing day trying to merge just 1 thing and watching for anything else breaking, when one could simply just 'play the game' or do something else altogether (i.e. rest on a non-work day). And that's just NV and TES4, don't get me started on FO4 and TES5...
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Post by: Novachen on March 20, 2017, 12:16:18 pm
I am playing "Ascent - The Space Game" for a week now.

It is something like EVE Online Light.

Visually not so impressive and the first hours i am done mostly Asteroid mining and Gas Skimming in the Gas Giants. Also i have build my first Colony on Ceres and can produce there masses of Grain... unfortunately my ship is still too small to sell it very effectively, even i was able to get a larger ship with 40t cargo instead of the starting 10, that does indeed a big difference.

Now i have 400k credits on my account, i think i will buy again a larger ship and then i will buy a Starbase finally, because i have to research new technologies for my ship there, unfortunately it is even too weak for the first combat mission in this game  :hopping:
And the bulletin board only offers delivery missions like persons, parcels and cargo.

After i am was finally able to beat some combat missions, i think i will end my playthrough with the next, and only, set of story missions.
But who knows how long that will take after all...
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Post by: Dark Hunter on March 20, 2017, 04:34:36 pm
Nah, the bug was intuitive enough, and I honestly found it (and the bird for that matter) relatively easy to control. It was not realizing that you have to waggle your sword in a circle to take out those ubiquitous door-locking eyes. Fi gives some vague hint about them "following pointy objects," which obviously suggests the sword, but gave no hint whatsoever about how one needed to move it.  (Side note: I now understand why she's the butt of so many jokes.)

Huh, I guess I found that fairly intuitive. If you encounter eyes in Nintendo games there are generally two options: shoot an arrow in them or make them dizzy. And since I don't think you have arrows by that point...

And yeah, Fi needs to STFU. She's worse than Navi.
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Post by: Mammothtank on March 21, 2017, 12:11:40 am
So after being delayed by terrible internet I'm going to reinstall the Ur-Quan Master's. I had no idea that my old copy of SC2 was enfact just a very early copy version of UQM they sold in a magazine.
I was wondering why all the original SC2 music sounded terrible and weird to me.

Also, I finished my Wendish Empire game, conquered most of Eastern Europe between Moscow and Bohemia. I took over Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Ruthenia, Hungary, and a little bit of Crimea.
Now, I'm playing as Sicily. Started as a little duchy and united all of it, earning my starting character Robert the title of; "The Fox". But jesus christ as soon as I absorbed the Soutern Berber, Muslim's
the Fatamid's declared a Holy War. That wasn't fun.

I then went and ate Venice and competed with Pisa for the Northern Aftrican territories like Tunisia. I'm actually really enjoying this. I just wish I didn't lose the money I was going to pay to buy all the DLC.
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Post by: Mongoose on March 21, 2017, 12:53:08 am
Huh, I guess I found that fairly intuitive. If you encounter eyes in Nintendo games there are generally two options: shoot an arrow in them or make them dizzy. And since I don't think you have arrows by that point...
Yeah, but you do have the slingshot, which is largely what flummoxed me.  Those eyes were meant to be shot at in every previous Zelda I can think of (I'm sure there are other Nintendo games where you make eyeballs dizzy, but nothing's coming to my mind at the moment), and you have the tool at hand to do so.  I gathered that the things follow your sword around, and that they close when you put it away and take out the slingshot, so I figured the puzzle involved faking them out for long enough to sneak a quick shot in.  The room does have these patterns on the walls of an eyeball with a spiral in the center, so I guess that was supposed to be the subtle hint, but it definitely didn't click with me.  On the plus side, I'm in the second surface area now, and I'm starting to get more comfortable with the control scheme, which is definitely increasing my enjoyment.
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Post by: CP5670 on March 22, 2017, 11:37:51 am
I finished Deus Ex Mankind Divided. Overall a very good game, but not flawless. The level of detail in the maps is astounding, and the environments look more believable and less futuristic than Human Revolution. All the shops and rooms are full of little details if you look around carefully. The game is much shorter than HR but still feels very substantial because of how much stuff the maps contain. There is more interactivity with objects to pick up as well.

The gameplay and combat is easier than HR, with fewer tough enemies and plentiful ammo and health packs even on the hardest difficulty. Even if you play as a pacifist, there are more stealth-oriented augmentations and nonlethal ammo, and the level detail creates more places to hide. The unique variants of the guns are all useless though since they need special ammo that is very hard to come by. I didn't like how they removed all the late-game guns from HR, and the only new addition, the battle rifle, is just a weaker sniper rifle and serves no purpose. The augmentations range from essential to pointless, and like HR I had all the good ones about halfway into the game. Remote hack and Icarus dash are the best of the new ones. The microtransaction and preorder stuff is totally useless, and I just ignored that aspect of the game.

The story and atmosphere are very good until the final map. Most of the enemies you face are not clearly bad guys (police or ARC), which raises interesting moral dilemmas on how to deal with them, and I like how the game doesn't try to suggest to you what to do. The side quests are quite interesting as well. Some of the dialogue is good but the characters are generally less developed or memorable than in HR. Eliza Cassan sounds laughably biased, and it's hard to imagine anyone taking the Picus news seriously. The story also has its absurd moments especially towards the end.

Spoiler:
If the Illuminati want to influence the vote, how is mass-murdering all the delegates supposed to do that? Wouldn't the vote just be called off? This is also out of character with how the Illuminati operates. And why is the Orchid so special? The game keeps talking about it as if it's some mysterious technology, but it's just a poison. It's funny how the Illuminati tries to kill you and others with that when it would be much easier to just shoot you. There is also a big gap on events between MD and HR with very little explanation, like how Jensen came to work for Juggernaut. Apparently the novel fills in key details of the story that should have been in the game itself (just like HR). The ending comes abruptly and leaves a lot of things hanging, like the whole Sarif quest and how you got the new augmentations. I guess they wanted hooks for DLCs.
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Post by: Grizzly on March 23, 2017, 01:15:34 pm
Spoiler:
I think the implication with the Sarif quest is, alongside the post-credits video, that you are not who you think you are. The Orchid is is just a poison" on one hand, but it might be a precursor to the Grey Death - eg, nanomachines son. The game does cut short though. Human Revolution had a lot of it's content cut as well, but there they managed to handle it a whole lot better then they did with Mankind Divided.
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Post by: Phantom Hoover on March 23, 2017, 01:20:17 pm
The story is an unbelievable trainwreck tbqh, I think it's honestly killed the franchise again.
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Post by: Grizzly on March 24, 2017, 08:36:21 am
I am not sure if it was the story so much as failing to drum up interest in an era of exceptionally good games. From Square Enix's marketing buzz it was like they were hoping to recreate the same buzz as was around Human Revolution whilst failing to understand what made Human Revolution so special. It's in a sense the same problem that Titanfall 2 had, with EA trying to sell it in the same week as Call of Duty (not a good idea) and Battlefield 1 (WHYYYYYY ARE YOU COMPETING WITH YOURSELF).
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on March 25, 2017, 06:58:59 am
Playing Grim Dawn. Version 1.0.0.9 doesn't work, so I'm stuck with 1.0.0.8 for the time being.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 25, 2017, 10:00:50 am
It's in a sense the same problem that Titanfall 2 had, with EA trying to sell it in the same week as Call of Duty (not a good idea)

The team behind Titanfall 2 is still in anatomy measurement contest with the team behind CoD ... when you meet with their PR guys in person at the edges of a trade show you really get a sense of how deep they are into that competion - rationality has long left them



Playing a lot of Mass Effect: Andromeda Multiplayer to unlock some fun guns for coop...

I hate Vanguards, I hate Krogan Vanguards even more ...

BTW: if you are playing on PS4's european servers, send me a PM for team play
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on April 03, 2017, 03:21:28 pm
Playing a lot of Mass Effect: Andromeda Multiplayer to unlock some fun guns for coop...

I hate Vanguards, I hate Krogan Vanguards even more ...

Cover is for wimps. Charge and punch/headbutt all the things.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 17, 2017, 05:08:44 am
Playing elite dangerous.  Made it back to the bubble.  Few hundred million in my pocket for scans and such.  #zen
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Post by: MP-Ryan on April 17, 2017, 05:46:18 pm
Witcher 3 GOTY.

See you all in a year.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on April 26, 2017, 01:01:16 am
I tried War Thunder for the first time and now I can't stop playing it. I really love how there is this realistic damage model instead of a measly HP Bar.

Hm, maybe the subsystem based damage system can also be used in a Freespace mod...

But for now, I'm too busy shooting Nazis out of the air to test that theory.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 26, 2017, 01:41:22 am
StarCraft/Brood War ... last update made it officially free and my tablet can actually run it.

Feels good to play an RTS again :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on April 26, 2017, 06:23:45 am
I tried War Thunder for the first time and now I can't stop playing it. I really love how there is this realistic damage model instead of a measly HP Bar.

Hm, maybe the subsystem based damage system can also be used in a Freespace mod...

But for now, I'm too busy shooting Nazis out of the air to test that theory.

I mourn for your time lost ;_;

Speaking of time killers, flying the Black Shark again. Can't keep her straight but I can cold start her pretty reliably.
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Post by: DefCynodont119 on April 28, 2017, 11:42:36 pm
(Sorry in advance for big images)

hey, anyone here play Cities Skylines?

If so, I have a present for you:

(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/817810804119519770/A7E8E580FFF8654CEC5612A521E020B97E2F0256/)

(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/178288429004414504/3546ECB1F3C9B27A2FA065E50B91C7B086FE83DF/)






 :p

(Workshop link is in my signature)

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Post by: Jeff Vader on April 29, 2017, 02:34:12 am
Nice.
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Post by: Mongoose on April 29, 2017, 09:26:58 am
NTF approved :yes:
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 29, 2017, 10:54:17 am
That's the texture from DEM 1:1? (I currently have no means of comparison but there is that spect of the TAC 1-texture)

BTW - if you need extra slogans (I am pretty sure they came up already, so I claim no credit):

"Head for the Shivans" (from the Bosch Beer (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Bosch_Beer)-wiki page)

"After a day filled with horror and with a weekend you can only dream of..." (see Intro)

"Ignorance may be the greatest weapon of tyranny - Taste it!" (see Mono2)

"Crowned in infamy" (see Mono2)
(this might no translate well - the foam on top of beer can be called "(Schaum-)Krone" in german, which is "crown" in english, and is considered a measure of quality)
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Post by: DefCynodont119 on April 29, 2017, 02:10:38 pm
It's a combination of the TAC-1 texture from here: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=55076.0
And the TC-TRI Texture from DEM 1.  :)


I just made up my slogans, but if I make a Bosch billboard I will use all of those for sure.  :D



Quote
the foam on top of beer can be called "(Schaum-)Krone" in german, which is "crown" in english
I just learned something new today!

Also, just to make it more visible, here is the description from it's workshop page:

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The NTF Bosch Beer Truck is the Neo-Terran Front's latest propaganda machine. Armed with the promise of a cool refreshing taste and the threat of planetary invasion, hundreds of NTF Bosch Beer Trucks was sent 300 years back in time through the Ross128 plothole by Admiral Aken H. Bosch to the old Earth city of [your city name here] as part of a plan to prevent the formation of the GTVA

the Ross128 plothole is a reference to Ridiculous.


Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on May 02, 2017, 02:01:50 am
Just finished Jedi Starfighter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Jedi_Starfighter) again, playing through an emulator this time. Finished all 15 missions, complete with bonus and hidden objectives, although it was far from a flawless experience; massive slowdowns in planetary missions (down to as low as 30% with as much geometry as possible onscreen, although in most cases simply zooming in was in enough to bring the speed back up to full again), one mission suffering some kind of emulation bug making a plot-critical ship just **** off in a random direction instead of ramming its target (making it impossible to progress), and the two hardest missions in the entire game crashed the first time I beat them (before it could save).

Still, even with all that, I still did beat it (on Medium; I'm not crazy enough to play on Hard with emulation that flawed), and it confirmed my memory of the game: a pretty good arcade-y mission-based flight sim, with plenty of interesting gameplay mechanics, fun bonus features (including, like, 9 unlockable ships)... and a few very aggravatingly-designed missions. However, I tend to forgive them the annoying missions just for the sheer joy of the second-to-last mission, which lets you call in orbital bombardment on targets you specify and is just really, really fun.

I really wish this game had gotten a PC port, instead of the vastly inferior game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Starfighter) it was the sequel to; as it is, I can't really recommend trying to emulate it yourself until PS2 emulation improves further.
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Post by: FrikgFeek on May 02, 2017, 07:09:27 am
Ps2 emulation through PCSX2 is generally pretty damn good, especially the current nightly builds with mipmapping support. Though you do have to know or take some time experimenting with a lot of settings to get every game running well. These newer builds can run the Ace Combat PS2 titles almost perfectly(aside from a completely black player aircraft texture in AC04) in hardware mode and with a higher internal resolution, something that PCSX2 was long unable to do.

Even with that, there are just some games that just can't be made to behave and I don't think that'll change much in the future. With Jedi Starfighter you can get the planetary missions running properly by increasing the EE cyclerate and adding in some VU cycle stealing.
Savestates also help with post-mission crashes which happen in some games.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on May 02, 2017, 08:40:40 am
With Jedi Starfighter you can get the planetary missions running properly by increasing the EE cyclerate and adding in some VU cycle stealing.
Not when the GS subsystem is the cause of the slowdown, you can't.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 02, 2017, 02:15:24 pm
Kingdom of loathing. 

Easy system requirements.  :cool:
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Post by: FrikgFeek on May 04, 2017, 09:42:17 am
Well, I guess for me that never happened then. Any slowdowns I had in the planetary missions went away when I upped VU cycle stealing to 1.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on May 05, 2017, 08:50:55 am
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap for Master System on Mega Drive with adapter.
While googling about the charm stones I discovered that with a second controller plugged in I could pause the game and get to the equipment menu by pressing the D-pad on said controller, which means no more risk of moving the cart when pressing the pause button on the adapter.
Apart from the charm stone thing (still have to find a way to grind them reliably) the game is going smooth, I defeated the Zombie Dragon, got the sword for breaking blocks, the anti-lava armor, a couple more heart containers and a secret room for shapechanging in the main HUB.
I'm not surprised that the remake apart for the charm stones mechanic is basically identical gameplay-wise, this is just a beautiful little proto-metroidvania, basic yet incredibly enjoyable.
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Post by: StarSlayer on May 05, 2017, 10:25:20 am
Out of curiosity how are the Dark Souls ports for PC?  I'm curious about picking the series back up but would rather utilize my new rig than dig up the console.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 05, 2017, 10:48:26 am
Out of curiosity how are the Dark Souls ports for PC?  I'm curious about picking the series back up but would rather utilize my new rig than dig up the console.

Dark Souls - Prepare to Die Edition is a horriblebad port but there is community patch which unlocks all the graphics options, softening the blow - the patch is even linked too on the Steam Forums

Dark Souls 2 is good port

Dark Souls 2 - Scholar of the First Sin is good port

Dark Souls 3 is good port, some even say it's superior to the PS4 version



Final mission of Brood War ... I really miss all those convience features for Zerg-players (e.g. giving Eggs and groups of Eggs an individual ralley point)
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Post by: Det. Bullock on May 05, 2017, 06:01:15 pm
Out of curiosity how are the Dark Souls ports for PC?  I'm curious about picking the series back up but would rather utilize my new rig than dig up the console.

The first one is good enough (TM) if you have a 360 pad or similar but if you want a decent resolution you need to mod it since by default it only upscales the original console resolution for some weird reason.
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Post by: Scotty on May 05, 2017, 06:18:38 pm
It also assumes you're using a controller, doesn't have a rebind option for keys, and doesn't tell you what key corresponds to which controller button.  Have fun figuring out what the A button is supposed to be!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on May 05, 2017, 06:31:37 pm
Well I've a copy of DS1 for the Box but it looks like the follow ups are worth picking up?
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 05, 2017, 06:55:42 pm
Puzzle Quest - and I hope I'm almost done because it's just a slightly less **** version of Candy Crush by and large.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 06, 2017, 01:36:27 am
Well I've a copy of DS1 for the Box but it looks like the follow ups are worth picking up?

If you have not already played the Atorias of the Abyss-DLC for Dark Souls on console, you should delve into DS1 as well. The community patch unlocks the graphics options, which helps to reduce the number of instances with bad FPS counts (the only instances that remain are during some instant-kill boss attacks like Seath's Crystal Breath).
Atorias of the Abyss is some of the best content in the series, and some of hardest.

Spoiler:
Atorias may not be the final boss of his own DLC however he is a THE Dark Souls-boss, distilled to 100% purity. If he doesn't infuriate you and then leaves you with a feeling of exhilaration when you finally beat him, you are doing Dark Souls wrong.



Dark Souls 2 and Scholar of the First Sin are a different breed. vDS2 is mostly a purists choice as DS2-Scholar remixes some areas in NG, most noticeable Heide's Tower of Flame which serves as alternate first area to the Forest of Fallen Giants in vDS2.

But DS2-Scholar includes all DLC and a natural progressing into them (although the Crowns-areas are still some of hardest in the game, expect a huge spike once you use one of the shrines) and the namesake ties it closer to the series as a whole (ask me about that sometime after I beat the DS3's The Ringed City-DLC and I will do my best to lore-master :D )
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 06, 2017, 08:26:46 pm
Well I've a copy of DS1 for the Box but it looks like the follow ups are worth picking up?

If you have not already played the Atorias of the Abyss-DLC for Dark Souls on console, you should delve into DS1 as well. The community patch unlocks the graphics options, which helps to reduce the number of instances with bad FPS counts (the only instances that remain are during some instant-kill boss attacks like Seath's Crystal Breath).
Atorias of the Abyss is some of the best content in the series, and some of hardest.

Spoiler:
Atorias may not be the final boss of his own DLC however he is a THE Dark Souls-boss, distilled to 100% purity. If he doesn't infuriate you and then leaves you with a feeling of exhilaration when you finally beat him, you are doing Dark Souls wrong.



Dark Souls 2 and Scholar of the First Sin are a different breed. vDS2 is mostly a purists choice as DS2-Scholar remixes some areas in NG, most noticeable Heide's Tower of Flame which serves as alternate first area to the Forest of Fallen Giants in vDS2.

But DS2-Scholar includes all DLC and a natural progressing into them (although the Crowns-areas are still some of hardest in the game, expect a huge spike once you use one of the shrines) and the namesake ties it closer to the series as a whole (ask me about that sometime after I beat the DS3's The Ringed City-DLC and I will do my best to lore-master :D )

Uhm, I don't remember it being perticularly infuriating, yes it was difficult but the final boss of the dlc was worse if for nothing else because getting to it was particularly aggravating.

Also the goddamn Khalameet, I tried getting its tail but I eventually gave up.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 07, 2017, 03:50:53 am
Spoiler:
Manus and Khalameet are endurance fights, they are only difficult because it takes so long to take either down; Manus because of his massive HP count, Khalameet because your attack windows are only when he lands near by.
In the end their fights come down to streching our Etus Flask out as far as you can, so the fight doesn't end. (Maybe I am a bit biased as 20 years of playing RPGs have hardened me against boss fights that last for houres)

The fight with Atorias has parcitically no cooldown time in between attack sequences. Even when he darts away from you he launches into another sequence of attacks almost immideately. Unless you brought a great weapon - with higher damage and reach - or a shield - because why try? - you have nearly no respite and little margin for error.
It is magnificent to behold, yet shows you just how bad your skills can be at their worst and how good you are when finally triumph.

BTW I didn't say he was the best boss ... that honour IMO goes to the NG+ and beyond Looking Glass Knight in Dark Souls 2, although now that boss can no longer be played as it is meant to be, simply because there won't be enough players to squire for the boss.
(If you didn't know, right before the bossroom there is a shrine where you can leave your PVP-mark invisible to other players. In NG+ and beyond the Looking Glass Knight will summon NPC squires only if there are no players who have left their mark, instead he will draw in those players who left their mark. While squires will be handicaped and Looking Glass Knight isn't particularly strong or fast, it is still fighting a boss and up two invaders at a time - the full Dark Souls-experience in one even playing field, esspecially if you go in with two assisting players which will increase the rate at which the boss does the summon :D )

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Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 08, 2017, 07:07:55 am
Dark Souls 3, from zero both DLCs ... got christen that new PC :D
(Set-up Dual Daggers + Darkmoon Longbow)
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Post by: Det. Bullock on May 10, 2017, 12:38:21 pm
Finished Wonder Boy 3 The Dragon's Trap for Master System on Mega Drive with adapter.
In the end the hades armour made the final dungeon and fight easy, I like the minimalist ending.
Really this game is simply ahead of its time, the tipical retrogaming bull**** is kept at a minimum (looking at you final part of Zelda 2), I with it would have been longer but in the end it's just right, it took me a week playing a couple of hours a day on average.
It's not even a costly game (I paid it less than twenty euros including postage), I'd imagine a similar game would have been one that would have demanded to sell a kidney on eBay like Golden Axe Warrior but I guess the fact that it was printed in enough numbers and that the yanks by and large ignore the Master System has helped greatly in keeping the prices down.

Re-started Shining in The Darkness on the Mega Drive
So, this time I'll keep the cartridge in on the off chance it were the contacts screwing up the battery saves last time.
I'm just trying to get to the kaiser crab as quickly as possible to get the rest of the party so I can grind them a bit and use the map and return spells.
Overall grinding is a bit less annoying here compared to Phantasy Star 2, probably because combat it's more hands-on (you had to press a button in PS2 to be able to give orders for the next turn otherwise it would play out like a cutscene)
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Post by: Kobrar44 on May 10, 2017, 07:37:13 pm
I thought I could give Mirror's Edge a go and I find way more restrictive than I expected, to the point where it isn't very enjoyable. I very much preferred Dying Light.
I also started MoH:AA and it is surprisingly engaging. The Omaha mission, holy cow!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mpez on May 15, 2017, 03:25:17 pm
Installed Elite Dangerous: Arena in the morning. Spent the rest of the day trying to justify buying the full game at full price.

Damn you ED marketing!

I guess I'll play Frontier till the next steam sale...
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Post by: Sushi on May 15, 2017, 03:39:02 pm
Installed Elite Dangerous: Arena in the morning. Spent the rest of the day trying to justify buying the full game at full price.

Damn you ED marketing!

I guess I'll play Frontier till the next steam sale...

Wait, didn't they stop selling Arena as a standalone a while ago?

I love Arena (played via the main game) when I can get a match, which is unfortunately not nearly often enough. Some timezones have better luck but the player pool is unfortunately very small.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mpez on May 15, 2017, 04:52:16 pm
Not sure. Got it for free months ago, but installed it just recently. The crazy part is that I actually haven't played the multi component, I just explored the two star systems that you can access while doing docking and hyperspace tutorials and I'm hooked :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on May 15, 2017, 06:12:22 pm
Not sure. Got it for free months ago, but installed it just recently. The crazy part is that I actually haven't played the multi component, I just explored the two star systems that you can access while doing docking and hyperspace tutorials and I'm hooked :D

That's right, it does include the "normal game" tutorials (at least an older version of them). Good stuff!

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 16, 2017, 12:26:43 am
They didn't include fsd stuff with those tutorials though did they?  Also,  I've still not managed to find an active arena yet :C
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mpez on May 16, 2017, 01:05:45 pm
They include the 'I wanna go fast within this system' option and hyperspace jumps. I'm pretty sure I won't find the combat super interesting, but I'd love to do some trading and exploring...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 18, 2017, 12:21:31 am
The CMDR deluxe package from the official site is the way to go.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on May 18, 2017, 12:28:38 am
Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne.  :shaking:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 19, 2017, 08:42:44 am
Warhammer 40.000 - Battlefleet Gothic: Armada

Finally making an attempt of beating the campaign ... I hate the imperial navy ships though, too slow to move, too slow to turn and no carriers/fighters worth a damn

(and that's before mentioning that even after all this time they didn't manage to patch out the AI's uncanny detection ability, so stealth remains worthless)
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Post by: Mongoose on May 19, 2017, 04:08:22 pm
Just found out there's an app version of Nanaca Crash (http://www.geocities.jp/lledoece/nanaca-crash.html).  I may never get any work done ever again.
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Post by: Mammothtank on May 19, 2017, 07:23:50 pm
Just found out there's an app version of Nanaca Crash (http://www.geocities.jp/lledoece/nanaca-crash.html).  I may never get any work done ever again.

Shamefrull
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Post by: Dark Hunter on May 23, 2017, 04:59:06 pm
Nanaca Crash (http://www.geocities.jp/lledoece/nanaca-crash.html).

What is this and why is it so addicting?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 28, 2017, 05:07:46 pm
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.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 30, 2017, 05:12:49 am
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!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Kobrar44 on June 07, 2017, 02:49:08 pm
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.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 07, 2017, 04:15:15 pm
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
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 10, 2017, 10:08:46 am
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.
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Post by: Grizzly on June 12, 2017, 06:22:24 am
Dirt 4! It's really good, improving upon Dirt Rally in many ways.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 13, 2017, 11:56:32 pm
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?  :banghead:
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Post by: Blue Lion on June 16, 2017, 11:20:15 am
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.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 17, 2017, 08:52:23 am
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.
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Post by: Dark Hunter on June 17, 2017, 01:00:37 pm
Avoid the projectiles and you won't get hit, pilot.  :p
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Post by: Mongoose on June 17, 2017, 01:31:21 pm
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.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on June 17, 2017, 02:09:30 pm
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.
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Post by: HLD_Prophecy on June 17, 2017, 02:25:00 pm
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.  :nervous:
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 17, 2017, 02:44:20 pm
Avoid the projectiles and you won't get hit, pilot.  :p
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.  :mad:
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Post by: CP5670 on June 17, 2017, 03:52:09 pm
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?  :banghead:

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.
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Post by: Firesteel on June 17, 2017, 04:03:12 pm
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.
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Post by: Mongoose on June 17, 2017, 05:58:21 pm
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.  :mad:
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.  :nervous:)
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 17, 2017, 06:30:26 pm
What am I playing?

Not Final Fantasy XIV. Since the early access to the new patch launched ahead of the official release, my "world" - which is on the lower side of population - is full with upwards of 200+ players in queue.

So World of Warships and Skyrim.

Might start something new; any good suggestions for something that wouldn't take too long to finish?

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Post by: Firesteel on June 17, 2017, 08:06:08 pm
I highly recommend Brigador if you like cyberpunk and mechs. The campaign is short enough if you don't play all the loadouts for each mission but it has insane amounts of replayability if you enjoy the systems enough.
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Post by: Nyctaeus on June 17, 2017, 09:18:04 pm
Heroes of the Storm again, so nothing sophisticated. Now it's just a good brainwasher that I need to reset my mind during breaks from work. What I mostly do is loosing matches, and slaying tons of noobs with stealth killers. Enjoyed it once, but now I have no team to play with.
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Post by: Firesteel on June 17, 2017, 10:10:52 pm
Heroes of the Storm again, so nothing sophisticated. Now it's just a good brainwasher that I need to reset my mind during breaks from work. What I mostly do is loosing matches, and slaying tons of noobs with stealth killers. Enjoyed it once, but now I have no team to play with.

I've been playing it again since some friends have been. It's a mess of a game but fun with friends when you can ***** about it. My Battlenet (yeah it's still that to me) is Firesteel #1931.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 17, 2017, 10:22:18 pm
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.  :mad:
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.  :nervous:)

I've never beaten the game, period.  :rolleyes:
I've always had the PCgamer CD rom with the complete version but it took me years (more than a decade) just to beat that invisible giant Hulk boss, I played up to that point and then gave up countless times.
Until not long ago I thought it was best played with mouse and keyboard or even better keyboard only.
The weird thing is that I don't remember why I stopped using a joystick at a certain point many years ago, I have only vague recollections of using one with this game and in my clearer memories I used either a mouse, the arrow keys or the numpad for aiming/turning.  :confused:
The only issue I have with the HOTAS is that since the throttle has no center detent I have to pay a bit of attention to stop moving instead of slightly going forwards or backwards, but strafe controls are much more intuitive to use with analog ministick and throttle than with a keyboard.

EDIT

Unrelated question: the Metroid Prime games for Gamecube end on a cliffhanger and need the third one to finish the story or are more or less self-contained?
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 17, 2017, 11:39:19 pm
Unrelated question: the Metroid Prime games for Gamecube end on a cliffhanger and need the third one to finish the story or are more or less self-contained?

They're largely self-contained, though in 3 you do finally finish finish with some plot threads started in 1, like the Space Pirates' prime metroids and
Spoiler:
Dark Samus and its thing
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 18, 2017, 02:51:08 am
I tried the Descent 3 demo, fortunately I had nGlide installed because of Rogue Squadron 3D because openGL and Direct3D made the game crash.
Also it seems that I can't use the analog stick extra axis (can only use one as rudder for roll) and after creating a merged profile I had to use the POV on the throttle for strafing, it works but it's not as fluid.
Though sincerely it's more likely I'll get 2 once I finish with the first, I truly regret having missed the GOG versions.


Unrelated question: the Metroid Prime games for Gamecube end on a cliffhanger and need the third one to finish the story or are more or less self-contained?

They're largely self-contained, though in 3 you do finally finish finish with some plot threads started in 1, like the Space Pirates' prime metroids and
Spoiler:
Dark Samus and its thing

Good to know, the pal versions seem fairly cheap for such acclaimed games (no doubt because of the Wii ports) and even if I wanted to "borrow" my brother's wii, it needs a new sensor bar and even then I'm not sure if the controllers have problems too so it would be potentially a bit of a hassle to get it to work.
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Post by: Bryan See on June 18, 2017, 07:22:32 am
Alan Wake, lately.
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Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on June 18, 2017, 11:39:37 am
Since Naval Battles for War Thunder still seem quite far away, I decided to get my fix of Ship-to-ship battles from World of Warships, and holy merry mother of fruitbaskets is it fun!
I went for IJN, since they have the most ships and back in WW2 they were considered to be one of the best, in contrast to their horrible airforce and their even worse tanks.
As of now, I mostly played BBs (Battleships) and Carriers. I also developed a phobia for torpedo bombers and destroyers.
My only gripe about the game at the moment is Wargaming's classic limited Hangar space and the fact that it is a bit grindy at times.
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Post by: CP5670 on June 18, 2017, 06:16:34 pm
Quote
I've always had the PCgamer CD rom with the complete version but it took me years (more than a decade) just to beat that invisible giant Hulk boss, I played up to that point and then gave up countless times.
Until not long ago I thought it was best played with mouse and keyboard or even better keyboard only.

Beating that boss was a huge achievement back then. I was the first one in my circle of 4th grade friends to manage it, and got instant respect for it. :D The key is to get a nearby invulnerability and use it to kill all the other bots in the room. The boss is not that tough on his own, but it's very difficult to fight him with everything else in there.

For Descent 3, the D3D mode works well with dgVoodoo. It's the only mode that supports 32-bit color and bump mapping.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 18, 2017, 08:04:53 pm
Quote
I've always had the PCgamer CD rom with the complete version but it took me years (more than a decade) just to beat that invisible giant Hulk boss, I played up to that point and then gave up countless times.
Until not long ago I thought it was best played with mouse and keyboard or even better keyboard only.

Beating that boss was a huge achievement back then. I was the first one in my circle of 4th grade friends to manage it, and got instant respect for it. :D The key is to get a nearby invulnerability and use it to kill all the other bots in the room. The boss is not that tough on his own, but it's very difficult to fight him with everything else in there.

For Descent 3, the D3D mode works well with dgVoodoo. It's the only mode that supports 32-bit color and bump mapping.
Crap, I completely forgot about DGvoodoo.
Also reading the readme there seems to be an alternate way for the game to read joysticks, I'll try that to see if it allows to get the analog stick on the throttle working.

EDIT

Nope, same error I got when I tried straight D3D, also it seems the alternate joystick mode isn't present in the demo.
Oh, well, it's just the demo and I have yet to finish the first two before thinking of tackling 3.
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Post by: Scotty on June 19, 2017, 07:19:51 pm
BattleTech.  There's a new World Wide Event that launches this week and goes through Labor Day.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 22, 2017, 12:38:22 pm
So it seems that the throttle can be made to work with early wing commander games after all.
After consulting with the CH Hangar forum I managed to write a simple script for a relative throttle with a center deadzone,
though it seems I'll have to create a separate profile for Privateer now, since many of the controls were the same and I could use only the joystick I ended up using the same map as Wing Commander for it but the greater number of MFDs, target functions, the map,  etc perhaps warrants different mapping profiles.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 23, 2017, 08:29:57 pm
Killing Floor 1 is free from Humblebundle for about 15 hours from now. Go get a free game!

Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/killing-floor
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Post by: Col.Hornet on June 25, 2017, 04:05:53 am
Since Naval Battles for War Thunder still seem quite far away, I decided to get my fix of Ship-to-ship battles from World of Warships, and holy merry mother of fruitbaskets is it fun!

I was thinking about starting playing WoWs's for a while but instead I'll patiently wait. After many sh**storms and severe bashing from the players, The Big Snail changed it's mind and started adding bigger vessels. http://warthunder.com/en/news/4807-development-fletcher-class-destroyer-en
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 25, 2017, 12:06:52 pm
Killing Floor 1 is free from Humblebundle for about 15 hours from now. Go get a free game!

Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/killing-floor


Dang I missed it, but it's still cheap for less than 4 quid.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on June 28, 2017, 07:20:33 am
Dragon's Dogma.
The fact that you only have 1 save slot is super ****ty and nothing justifies that.
So I had a power outage and it corrupted my DDDA save. Damn Crapcom dinosaur.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 30, 2017, 05:57:10 am
Just finished Descent for the first time after I got the game from PC gamer almost twenty years ago.

Still hungry for more I tried the Overload demo and had some jolly good fun, I could map the HOTAS in the exact same way I used in Descent via DXX-Rebirth, it's good enough it might be the second early acces I might buy.
A pity I didn't know about it before, I stumbled upon this by chance while looking for Descent 3 reviews/let's play/retrospectives on youtube together with various stuff about Descent: Underground, though people seem to prefer Overload, can't judge since there is no free demo of D:U.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on July 01, 2017, 10:33:55 am
Finished Final Fantasy XV after 40-41 houres, now on to finishing Pillars of Enternity (for once)...
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Post by: Kobrar44 on July 08, 2017, 02:39:35 pm
So I am playing Dragon's Dogma third time around now. First finished, second save corrupt and now third with a wiki, which I recommend to anyone [you can miss everything but the main quest].
For an action game, it's absolutely fantastic. Not perfect, but fantastic.
The combat system is very much like the one in Shadow of the Colossus, in that you can climb monsters to take advantage of their weakspots. You can climb a cyclops, reach its head and have it remove its massive helmet off it when it tries to grab you. You can cut off hydra's heads and set it on fire so it doesn't regrow them. You can grab onto a griffin when it tries to fly away, hack at its wings and have you both slam into the ground. Or you can just summon a tornado to tear anything and everything apart, launching lesser foes high into the air.
Controllable difficulty, most annoying features can be turned off, 9 classes that play differently, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun. All unfun can be entirely ignored, except one escort mission.
And everything I've seen or heard about it before I played it seemed boring.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on July 14, 2017, 06:26:21 pm
DOTA 2 - Win rate of 32% after 34 games. Sub-optimal. Though to be expected when playing against people who've had 1-2000 games.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 16, 2017, 10:57:26 am
Clear the room.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on July 17, 2017, 06:08:51 am
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Gamecube)
I picked it up again after I ragequitted a few months ago to at least finish it (I was at Ganon's Castle already).
Of course I didn't remember a thing so had to use Zelda Dungeon and it seems that last time I had missed the fire arrows (apparently I was supposed to literally shoot the rising sun on the lake), and after a bit of toiling (who the hell remembers at this point that the sword can be used to deflect projectiles back at bosses?) I got to the end.
The aiming of the bow is till stupidly clunky, which makes Ganondorf much more difficult than it should, put a crossair on that first person view, dammit!
Ganon instead was easy enough, it took one fairy bottle but I didn't have to repeat the battle because the %*@ing magical arrows kept missing the target and I ran out of magic.
In general while it has a LOT of charm it's still rather clunky, with a camera that tends to get in the way, contextual controls that are often misleading and tutorials that repeat themselves to the point you'll probably break the A button in a futile attempt to skip them.



PS: also I don't understand the complaints about the water temple, to me it was the one dungeon that didn't exasperate me in some way.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 17, 2017, 11:15:29 am
I finished it without a guide or word of mouth hints back in the day. (Of release)

Majoras Mask is a pita though.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on July 17, 2017, 02:21:41 pm
I finished it without a guide or word of mouth hints back in the day. (Of release)

Majoras Mask is a pita though.
Sincerely I was kinda fed up with some things, the thing to do with the fire arrow I tried a few times months ago but it didn't work, because it seems you had to wait a bit in stead of shooting the rising Sun right away like I did (at the time I thought that I missed something, thought it was optional and left it at that, I had to look it up now because of the spiderweb on the ceiling, woul have been nice if it could be burned with another methof like the bombchus), I HATE when games do that like I hated the scripted final mission of Star Wars Starfighter with the enemy fighter that was invulnerable until the story decided to grant you permission to shoot him down.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on July 20, 2017, 08:50:52 am
Reinstalled Naev. Coincidentally, they updated to 0.7.0 a few days ago.
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on July 20, 2017, 06:25:27 pm
Reinstalled Naev. Coincidentally, they updated to 0.7.0 a few days ago.
Wow, really? They put it on Steam, too. Maybe I should give it another whirl.
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Post by: deathspeed on July 23, 2017, 05:22:37 pm
The Shadow Warrior reboot.  "Who wants some Wang?"
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on July 23, 2017, 05:28:03 pm
Total Warhammer
Finally succeeded in plunging the world into ruin* playing as Malagor, the Dark Omen - Its pretty hard beating the Chosen of Chaos when there are no more human/elven/dwarven/vampire armies around to occupy the entourage of the Everchosen..

* this mean having destroyed all non-Beastmen and non-Ork factions; as both Orkz and Beastmen AIs randomly reappear after a while.

Final Fantasy XII Remake
I wish they had also remade the save-system so it is easier to pick-up and end a session.

... and planning my Gamescon trip...
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Post by: Turambar on July 23, 2017, 06:40:04 pm
Let me know if you are up for a coop or head to head Totalwarhammer campaign.  I am looking forward to trying one!
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on July 24, 2017, 04:55:26 am
Let me know if you are up for a coop or head to head Totalwarhammer campaign.  I am looking forward to trying one!

A coop campaign would be nice ... I wanted to start again with the Von Carstein-Vampire Faction before the release of Total Warhammer 2
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 25, 2017, 11:08:51 am
Eine kleine X comme sie zwei.
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Post by: Bryan See on July 27, 2017, 11:39:50 am
I played House of the Dying Sun. That was one of the two as my birthday present.

House of the Dying Sun is basically Shattered Stars at the core, but as an anonymous alien player.
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Post by: Nyctaeus on July 29, 2017, 10:50:23 am
Homeworld 2: Remastered. Part two of the whole HW:R marathon, after first chapter.
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Post by: Mammothtank on July 29, 2017, 10:58:05 am
Kingdom Death Monster, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 and I just bought Insanity Collection.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on July 29, 2017, 03:48:40 pm
Finished Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (Sega Mega Drive or "Sega Genesis" for the yanks)
I still do not understand why this game is considered the "black sheep" of the series, in many respects it's clearly superior to Phantasy Star II, less grinding, no stupidly convoluted dungeon, better told story, etc.
Yeah, the art style is completely different, almost like they wanted the sci-fi elements to be some sort of twist but all is undermined by the main hero recruiting a cyborg within the first hour or play which puts firmly the game in the same space fantasy territory of the first two games.

Started Phantasy Star IV: The End of The Millennium (Sega Mega Drive)
The first half-hour of game has more dialogues than the entirety of PSII, and even gave me a couple of chuckles.

I guess the decision of giving the game a more hefty cartridge (it's a 3mb rom vs the 768k roms of II and III) paid off.
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Post by: RangerKarl on August 03, 2017, 11:45:22 am
Trying out Il-2 1946 with the BAT mod, after seeing a post with it on reddit a few moons ago. Seems ok, I guess. Engine flames make good looking shots. And the Singapore campaign feels utterly unwinnable when you're flying fat Hurricanes against Zeroes.

also in my install the beginning airfield is all the way in Endau instead of being anywhere near singapore, which is hilarious for no real good reason.
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Post by: Grizzly on August 15, 2017, 08:52:32 am
Trying out Il-2 1946 with the BAT mod, after seeing a post with it on reddit a few moons ago. Seems ok, I guess. Engine flames make good looking shots. And the Singapore campaign feels utterly unwinnable when you're flying fat Hurricanes against Zeroes.

also in my install the beginning airfield is all the way in Endau instead of being anywhere near singapore, which is hilarious for no real good reason.

You should play the Dutch campaign where you fly *BREWSTER BUFFALOS* against zeroes.

And you're not getting replacements because your home country is now nazi-owned.
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Post by: Rhys on August 17, 2017, 01:05:14 am
Just finished Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. If you haven't heard of it, it's a relatively short, modestly priced ($30 USD) hack and slash/puzzle game with a central theme of mental illness. A lot of games have tried to depict what psychosis is like and none of them have gotten anywhere close to what these developers have managed to pull off. They actually worked with various psychiatrists and people suffering from mental illness to make the experience as authentic as possible, and speaking as someone who's experienced some mild psychosis before, they really nailed what it's like at times. They make use of binaural ASMR-like audio to give you the impression that there are voices right beside you as you play (wear headphones!). They rarely stop talking and will constantly command you, comment on, question, and criticize your actions. It was so surreal. I had to put the game down a few times because it got a bit overwhelming, but the story kept bringing me back.

Without spoiling too much, you play as this Pict warrior woman who's on a psychotic quest to venture into Viking hell to rescue her lover's soul. The combat is pretty basic, and nothing to really rave about, and there's a bit of backtracking required when solving puzzles that I found a bit tedious at times. Other than that, it's fantastic. It's one of the best looking games I've played so far, and the soundtrack is awesome. I really can't stop gushing about this game. It really kind of connected with me on a personal level to an extent. Very few games have been able to do that. That's what I got from it, anyway. I'm sure others will have a different view of it. Just my two cents.
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Post by: Mammothtank on August 19, 2017, 06:08:31 am
I got Friday the 13th for my Birthday. It's pretty fine so far, a bit reptitive and could use allot more maps and characters. Tweaks to Jason would help too.

I've also decided to put some effort into replaying Xcom: Terror From the Deep to purge my mind of the abomination that is the new Xcom 2 DLC. But I ended up binging The Xcom Files instead. Which is basically a FMP/Pre Warp Start Base XcomL Ufo Defence game with extra types of missions. :D It's actually really great.
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Post by: Firesteel on August 19, 2017, 11:35:13 am
I barely played XCOM 2, what did they do to the DLC

When I've had the energy, I've been playing Cosmic Star Heroine, a fun little JRPG styled game from the devs of Cthulu saves the world. It's heavily inspired by Chrono Trigger if that peaks your interest. It also has a very nice combat system that's about as fast a turn based system as I've seen and encourages speed.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on August 19, 2017, 02:29:41 pm
In terms of Freespace? I'm rerunning JAD. :D

For other games, I picked up the Armored Core series from 4-5:VD pretty cheaply for about 50 bucks. Between that and Wolfenstein: New Order, I have a busy summer ahead.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Firesteel on August 19, 2017, 03:28:58 pm
I loved AC 4 and 5 (didn't play VD). AC4 is an incredibly hard game from what I remember. Also there's still rumors about AC6. Not that I don't love Brigador but I could use a decently budgeted mech game every so often.
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Post by: manwiththemachinegun on August 19, 2017, 03:58:35 pm
Aside from the complexity and customization, I sort of like the fact that the ACs DON'T handle perfectly and turn on a dime. You have to strategize your builds, minimize weaknesses, and actually pilot your unit with some skill. Trading blows with ACs is a good way to get scrapped.

As for other games coming out soon, Ace Combat 7 I'm super excited for. Putting laser pods on F-15s and sending them against sky robots? Yes please.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 19, 2017, 04:41:21 pm
AC 4 answer would be amazing on ps4vr.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Firesteel on August 19, 2017, 09:26:20 pm
That would be crazy. Flying around arms forts in VR...FROMSOFTWARE THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR VR
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on August 19, 2017, 10:43:01 pm
I've sunk over 70 hours into my Just Cause 2 save, and I'm just now starting to approach 100% completion on all the map locations.  Dear lord this game is huge.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on August 19, 2017, 11:46:56 pm
As much as I love AC4 and 4FA, I do like walking in a clunky mecha mech. And the story of the older games is allot cooler to me. More distinct.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Lukeskywalkie on August 20, 2017, 01:48:26 am
'What are you playing right now?'

Freespace.  Why...are there other games?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhys on August 20, 2017, 06:51:14 pm
'What are you playing right now?'

Freespace.  Why...are there other games?

The only true answer
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on August 21, 2017, 05:10:42 am
Just finished Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. If you haven't heard of it, it's a relatively short, modestly priced ($30 USD) hack and slash/puzzle game with a central theme of mental illness. A lot of games have tried to depict what psychosis is like and none of them have gotten anywhere close to what these developers have managed to pull off. They actually worked with various psychiatrists and people suffering from mental illness to make the experience as authentic as possible, and speaking as someone who's experienced some mild psychosis before, they really nailed what it's like at times. They make use of binaural ASMR-like audio to give you the impression that there are voices right beside you as you play (wear headphones!). They rarely stop talking and will constantly command you, comment on, question, and criticize your actions. It was so surreal. I had to put the game down a few times because it got a bit overwhelming, but the story kept bringing me back.

Hey, thanks for this. I was wondering whether or not I should pick it up becuase I've had a close relative suffering from psychosis, and mental ilnesses are not uncommon from where I live. Sounds like it's tactfull!
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Post by: Det. Bullock on August 21, 2017, 08:24:10 pm
Lately I bought a bunch of Gamecube games and I've been playing Star Wars: Rebel Strike
The land missions, either on vehicles or on foot are a pain in the neck, they either feel like useless padding or like in the case of the two final Luke missions stupidly frustrating because of the platforming.
While until now I managed I still have trouble aiming with the thumbstick, it's basically impossible being precise with the thing.

The unlockaable vector arcade is rather interesting, there are also the two sequels but I have yeat to unlock them.
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Post by: Mongoose on August 21, 2017, 09:58:18 pm
I never bothered with that game because of all the negative buzz I heard about those segments.  Rogue Leader was great though, and jaw-droppingly gorgeous for its time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 22, 2017, 10:47:36 am
I never bothered with that game because of all the negative buzz I heard about those segments.  Rogue Leader was great though, and jaw-droppingly gorgeous for its time.
It's mostly that the on foot sections are very meh (the controls and camera are bad but they are also super-easy for the most part apart from the two that have platforming), but the space shooting has some nice set pieces.
I'm not sure how I feel about the AT-ST and speeder bike sections, the former feel clunky the latter too much like racing stages and I'm not a fan of racing games in general.
Besides it's rather cheap to get and it's Star Wars.
Meanwhile I unlocked the other two arcade games, I don't like the ROTJ one that much but the TESB one is kinda neat, it feels much more varied than the first Star Wars arcade.
I think the problem is that there are a bit too many on foot sections, while there seems to be only a couple of speeder bike levels so they don't overstay their welcome there are many on foot shooting sessions even in the middle of mostly space shooting based levels.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on August 25, 2017, 04:50:29 pm
Castle Story finally released. I'd call it enjoyable somewhat? But pretty slow due to bad AI. Workers easily get stuck if you're not careful because they are too dumb not to dig straight down to a point of no return :doubt:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 26, 2017, 02:57:09 am
Forged Alliance Forever is lovely.

I am a fair bit rusty though :lol:
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Post by: Mongoose on September 01, 2017, 09:07:31 pm
Okay why did no one tell me Age of Empires IV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYwZ6GZXWhA) is now a thing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 01, 2017, 09:34:35 pm
Okay why did no one tell me Age of Empires IV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYwZ6GZXWhA) is now a thing.

*Watches trailer*

*Sees Relic*

"OOooohhh!"

*Sees Microsoft/Windows 10*

"Ewwwwwww..."
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on September 02, 2017, 01:54:24 am
Indeed.  The same is true for the original Age of Empires revamp they're doing.  Hopefully saner heads (or let's face it, desire for money) will prevail and they'll wind up on additional platforms down the line.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on September 02, 2017, 05:30:59 am
Forged Alliance Forever is lovely.

I am a fair bit rusty though :lol:

Shame I was treated like **** by the playerbase :D It's a fairely decent platform.

Okay why did no one tell me Age of Empires IV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYwZ6GZXWhA) is now a thing.

*Watches trailer*

*Sees Relic*

"OOooohhh!"

*Sees Microsoft/Windows 10*

"Ewwwwwww..."

I honestly did not need this in my life. I was ready to move on. Also ew Relic.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 02, 2017, 12:27:48 pm
Aye it's a bit rolleyes when you get put on a team with teh noobs because your score is still low.  Still, berthas call and cans will fall.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on September 04, 2017, 12:07:10 am
Not me, but Scott Manley playing TIE Fighter for your viewing pleasure:

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Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 04, 2017, 05:32:33 am
Finished The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel last weekend and I am still reeling for that ending (i.e. still its carving at my productivity that "the feels" are coming back) ... the PC port of the sequel and can't come fast enough and let's hope the third installment makes it out of Japan...

It is far from a technical masterpiece and more than enough "played straight" tropes to feel overly familiar but it does some genuinely interesting stuff - esspecially with regards temporal progression > spacial progression - I really liked for an esemble RPG.



To get it out of my system I've returned to Mafia III to finally finish it, after leaving it at the 50 percent mark last time.
Here is to hoping I get it done before Destiny 2 is upon me and my brother and I make a mad coop-dash through the story
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 07, 2017, 08:48:18 pm
Officially sick at home, so pushed Mafia 3 to its end (verdict: too much padding) and made a mad single player dash through Destiny 2`s campaign...

Verdict on Destiny 2: the vagueness about the world feels more deliberate now and the story itself works on its own terms ... it is good but not outstanding.

Special shout-out to the new public events - which were source of much of my leveling speed and equipment progression (during the final mission lvl 20 with llvl 215); being able to plan them via timers on the map and do them on-the-fly during adventures is really really good (also helps that there enough players there at all times)
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 15, 2017, 12:11:34 am
Psychonauts is FREE from HumbleBundle for a day or so.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/psychonauts
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on September 15, 2017, 12:06:12 pm
"Oh my God...let's make out!"
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on September 15, 2017, 03:55:59 pm
Recently bought Stellaris and the Utopia DLC for it. I've been playing it for 10... uh... 100 hours since then...
Take Heart of Iron IV, a bit of Crusader Kings 2, Civ 5 and put it into space.  That's basically Stellaris.
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Post by: Kobrar44 on September 21, 2017, 04:21:04 am
Shadow of Mordor, since humble bundle.  It isn't pretty, it is "streamlined" to the point where you find yourself holding down two keys most of the time and waiting, combat system is dull, shallow and not challenging in any way, but the nemesis system saves everything.  Best of all, you can get it now without giving WB a penny.

EDIT: I've finished it now, within 18 hours. It is pretty damn fun once it picks up. There is a 50000 keys nVidia (https://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/middle-earth-shadow-of-mordor-geforce-experience-giveaway) giveaway now. Downside: GeForce Experience.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on September 27, 2017, 11:05:26 am
Finished Call of Duty: Ghosts yesterday.

Well.. that was a complete mess. Did not like it. Too much of an action movie and too less shooter game.

I never get a bonding to my character i am mainly playing in this game. He does not say anything and does not get any profile or character.
Also i never get a clue who the others characters are which i am playing during the campaign, even mostly for only one mission... or why i am playing them in the first place.

Sure, there are some good missions which are actually fun and well designed. I liked the Stealth mission in the jungle or the mission where you are diving unterwater. Also the snow mission was most impressive.

Some missions where like from several catastrophic- and action movies. Unfortunately they were very bad in design. This game is full of scripts that are too strictly player-based. In one mission a city is flooded by the enemy forces because they destroy the Dam... but well.. things get only washed away if you reach specific locations on your escape... before that, you can look around as you want. Nothing happens.

And you have countless situations like this one in this game. I am a game-designer myself... in my eyes this is pure ******** and an absolute nightmare in design.

And well.. because of the invulnerable squadmates, you can win most missions without a shot fired, because you have only to get from one cover to the next, because your following squadmates eliminates all hostiles.


This was released as a complete wrong media. As an actual movie this one would work much better and would be much more enjoyable.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 27, 2017, 12:17:28 pm
It's modern COD.   What did you expect?  :lol:
Infinite although non linear is still a bit samey.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on September 27, 2017, 05:31:23 pm
It's modern COD.   What did you expect?  :lol:
Infinite although non linear is still a bit samey.

I did not play many Call of Dutys before. Only Call of Duty 2 (aborted that after the first missions, because it has too much wartime glorification IMO, my friend, now husband, finished it for me to get the 1000 GS on 360), World at War (that was much more of my taste, because it has many many anti war game elements, where Treyarch was unfortunately forced to cut out much more of that things on behalf of Activision) and Infinite Warfare, which was somewhat better in design. At least not so obvious than this one.

So i thought about.. play through the other titles of the series that topics are more of your taste.. so not historic or present-era, instead of the near/far future with Ghosts and Advanced Warfare.

I did not have anything against script-based shooters, but Ghosts' mission scripts are too obvious player based sometimes, because you can break them easily if you want to look around. I do not know why most of the scripts are not executed independently from the players location. It would force the reaction the developer has in mind, much more, because you would not have the time to look around in some level segments then.
Because of its collectibles, Ghosts is encouraging the player to exactly that... to look around much more.
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Post by: Col.Hornet on September 28, 2017, 08:20:00 am
Actually playing some Planetside 2 from time to time (yeah, quite a discovery for 2017). Mainly as VS or NC (I like the TR's ideals but I'm also a man of aesthetics, and their aesthetics are an abomination to my taste :P). As for weapons... when I first tried the Gauss SAW i hated it dearly. Once I got used to it.... I'm not going to trade it for any other anytime soon, even the NS-15.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on September 28, 2017, 01:37:36 pm
It's modern COD.   What did you expect?  :lol:
Infinite although non linear is still a bit samey.

I did not play many Call of Dutys before. Only Call of Duty 2 (aborted that after the first missions, because it has too much wartime glorification IMO, my friend, now husband, finished it for me to get the 1000 GS on 360), World at War (that was much more of my taste, because it has many many anti war game elements, where Treyarch was unfortunately forced to cut out much more of that things on behalf of Activision) and Infinite Warfare, which was somewhat better in design. At least not so obvious than this one.

So i thought about.. play through the other titles of the series that topics are more of your taste.. so not historic or present-era, instead of the near/far future with Ghosts and Advanced Warfare.

I did not have anything against script-based shooters, but Ghosts' mission scripts are too obvious player based sometimes, because you can break them easily if you want to look around. I do not know why most of the scripts are not executed independently from the players location. It would force the reaction the developer has in mind, much more, because you would not have the time to look around in some level segments then.
Because of its collectibles, Ghosts is encouraging the player to exactly that... to look around much more.

I had the exact reverse impression playing the games one after the other, CoD 2 had always an aura of basic respect for the people who fought and was understated enough to avoid jingoistic glorification while for WaW I'll just self-quote:
Since I had it bundled with the other WWII installments I've been playing Call of Duty World at War (PC)

It's almost like someone took the first two Call of Duty games (and expansion) and focus tested the **** out of them.

The american sergeant is a generic badass that doesn't wear a helmet because he's badass, the russian one has a Lenin-style goatee and talks bombastically of revenge against the fascists and praises you, the player, because you are an unstoppable killing machine and a badass.
They put actual hard rock music in a world war 2 shooter, because, you know, the orchestral music is lame bro and metal is badass.
Also the documentary-style cutscenes have been swapped with frantic animation justapoxed with the badass sergeant talking in the most badass way how dark everything is and how they'll continue fighting because it's badass.
Also there is a badass quick time event every time some asian enemy soldier tries to stab you, but of course they are so sudden that most of the times you will miss the prompts, no problem with the non-asian enemies since it seems they never used their bayonettes at all, perhaps stabbing them isn't badass enough?
Then there is some gratuitous gore that adds to the badassitude, because the understated violence of the first games in the series wasn't badass enough, especially without the hard rock electric guitar which makes everything more badass!

And to the inappropriate tone choices (*) I can say that the difficulty was weird, often you couldn't get up because you went too close to a wall that had something sticking out of it for a few centimetres, which usually happens when the bloody grenade danger indicator appears.
There were a few parts that were rage inducing, the reichstag was me reloading always the same checkpoints over and over again, especially the last one.
I sincerely wonder if there were so many nazis using panzerschrecks inside a building in real life.

* and the thing is that even games like the Wolfenstein series never gave me that impression even if they have Zombies and Jetpacks in it. Yes, they are absurd, but in a way that somehow fits something that could have been done at the time in a Captain America story, here there is just the idea of war of some teenager edgelord that listens to too many heavy metal albums and thinks ultra-violence is the coolest thing ever.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on September 29, 2017, 04:39:06 pm
Totalwarhammer 2 may be the best Total War game of all time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on September 29, 2017, 11:29:36 pm
So, since it was only three Euros I bought the first Dragon Quest for my smartphone.
Mostly I wanted to test if the touch interface was playable since the google appstore prices are far less steep for the first three games int he series compared to the cost of the Gameboy Color cartridges (III is damn expensive, I and II are cheaper but they have to be imported from the US which makes them expensive).
Until now it's not the most comfortable thing in the world but it isn't that bad either, if after some more time playing I'll find the controls bearable I might get them after I finish Phantasy Star IV on my Mega Drive.
For the games from IV to VI I have a DS but it seems the western DS version of IV lacks a lot of dialogues between the party members which instead are present in the android version so I sincerely don't know which one I'll pick when the time comes, the more complete version or the one with more comfortable controls?

Wolfenstein The New Order on PC
I could give it only a quick try.
I bought it with the recent star deal on bundlestars in a bit of an impulse buy and I was fearing the performance problems many lamented, but at default settings (all on medium it seems) it looks gorgeous and fluid even on my old video card. At the moment I'm the trenches right after the first commander assassination, does it get heavuer afterwards or are the performances in line with the rest of the game?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on September 30, 2017, 04:11:49 pm
Ghosts bad, but Black Ops 3 remains one of the best multiplayer shooters on console or PC

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 30, 2017, 04:56:04 pm
I feel the same about battlefield 4.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Firesteel on September 30, 2017, 05:48:36 pm
After building a new PC after my old Z77 motherboard really started to look like it was biting it and strange system crashes tied apparently to my graphics drivers all caused by Titanfall 1 and 2 I once again played a bit more and who do I see in a couple games but Battuta. GGs my friend.

Wolfenstein The New Order on PC
I could give it only a quick try.
I bought it with the recent star deal on bundlestars in a bit of an impulse buy and I was fearing the performance problems many lamented, but at default settings (all on medium it seems) it looks gorgeous and fluid even on my old video card. At the moment I'm the trenches right after the first commander assassination, does it get heavuer afterwards or are the performances in line with the rest of the game?

The opening (before the Wolfenstein logo shows up) is one of the toughest to run parts of the game. If you're using an nvidia card I would expect it to work well since they still like OpenGL enough to do it well in their drivers. My time with an AMD card rendered it barely playable. Mission 6 is a good one to see the limit of the draw distance on whatever driver/card you have since it opens with a car ride to the rest of the level.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on October 01, 2017, 09:30:09 am
After building a new PC after my old Z77 motherboard really started to look like it was biting it and strange system crashes tied apparently to my graphics drivers all caused by Titanfall 1 and 2 I once again played a bit more and who do I see in a couple games but Battuta. GGs my friend.

Wolfenstein The New Order on PC
I could give it only a quick try.
I bought it with the recent star deal on bundlestars in a bit of an impulse buy and I was fearing the performance problems many lamented, but at default settings (all on medium it seems) it looks gorgeous and fluid even on my old video card. At the moment I'm the trenches right after the first commander assassination, does it get heavuer afterwards or are the performances in line with the rest of the game?

The opening (before the Wolfenstein logo shows up) is one of the toughest to run parts of the game. If you're using an nvidia card I would expect it to work well since they still like OpenGL enough to do it well in their drivers. My time with an AMD card rendered it barely playable. Mission 6 is a good one to see the limit of the draw distance on whatever driver/card you have since it opens with a car ride to the rest of the level.
Nope, AMD Radeon HD 7770 1gb.
Never had any particular problems with openGL, the DOOM demo ran slow with everything turned down but that was expected.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Firesteel on October 01, 2017, 12:00:27 pm
Nope, AMD Radeon HD 7770 1gb.
Never had any particular problems with openGL, the DOOM demo ran slow with everything turned down but that was expected.

All of my experiments with the year I had my R9 Fury pointed to AMD's crimson release as messing with Wolfenstein specifically and having mediocre OpenGL performance at best in anything modern (post Doom 3 era). Something else could have been the problem but who knows. It ran FSOpen decently enough which was what I really cared about.
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Post by: CP5670 on October 01, 2017, 06:37:11 pm
I played all the Deus Ex Mankind Divided DLC missions. The maps and detail are once again amazing (like the base game). All of them start you off with no stats or weapons, so they lack the sense of building up your character that you get in the main game. A Criminal Past has a gritty atmosphere (reminds me of the Riddick games) and the main villain is an interesting character, but the story feels overly complicated and your whole reason for being there never makes sense. I liked System Rift better overall, with a small but well designed city area, and the VR section at the end is pretty cool and similar to the breach mode.
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Post by: karajorma on October 07, 2017, 02:08:58 am
Just finished a big replay of The Witcher series. I'd sided with the knights previously so this time I decided I'd go through the entire  3 games and make all the choices I didn't make before (Side with the elves, not support either of Crach's children, etc). It left me with some observations about the series.

1) I'd never quite realised how big Witcher 3 is until I sat down to play it all in one go. I've played W3 and Hearts of Stone together but when Blood and Wine came out I just played an old game save. Played together if you decide to complete everything you're looking at well over a hundred hours of gameplay, I've clocked in at close to double that.

2) If you've only played Witcher 2 once you've cheated yourself of at least 10 hours of gameplay. Depending on whether you side with Vernon or not you lock out a massive chunk of gameplay. Witcher I and III do this too but not to anywhere near as great an extent. For things like the choice between Cerys and her brother you can simply go back and play the other choice and see the other outcome. With other stuff it's more intertwined and you'll see some changes hours later but the plot still remains mostly the same. In Witcher II however the game basically splits in two after Chapter 1 and rejoins about an hour before the end.

3) The Witcher III expansions are truly that, not just stand-alone games bolted onto the main game. Characters in the expansion will talk about the events of the main game and the responses you get will alter depending on your progress in the main game. What is even more surprising is that the reverse is true too. There are a few places where the dialogue in the main game alter depending on your choices in the expansions!

4) Gaunter O'Dimm is every-****ing-where (https://kotaku.com/the-witcher-3-riddle-that-players-couldn-t-quite-solve-1747185043) and once you've been warned about that, it's really creepy. 
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 07, 2017, 08:08:30 am
I got one and two from humble bundle or GOG, about a fortnight back. Both enhanced editions (so I assume with all DLC?) For about £3.20p so I guess I'd better try them out at some point.  Nice to know it was money well spend.
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Post by: crizza on October 07, 2017, 09:38:14 am
I'm currently playing Total War: Warhammer 2
While it is quite engaging, it absolutely sucks if you start a ritual, content you can do it because the game has a feature telling you "at our current strength, that ritual should be a cakewalk.
And then the special armies spawn^^
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Post by: BlueFlames on October 08, 2017, 04:26:32 pm
I just got my Link to the Past item randomizer time down to 2:39 on the in-game clock.  I'm pretty chuffed with that, since I'm quite a casual player.

I'll probably let that stand for a while, since I'm feeling the itch to get back into something more creative, like Minecraft or KSP.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on October 11, 2017, 01:59:51 pm
Just finished a big replay of The Witcher series. I'd sided with the knights previously so this time I decided I'd go through the entire  3 games and make all the choices I didn't make before (Side with the elves, not support either of Crach's children, etc). It left me with some observations about the series.

1) I'd never quite realised how big Witcher 3 is until I sat down to play it all in one go. I've played W3 and Hearts of Stone together but when Blood and Wine came out I just played an old game save. Played together if you decide to complete everything you're looking at well over a hundred hours of gameplay, I've clocked in at close to double that.

2) If you've only played Witcher 2 once you've cheated yourself of at least 10 hours of gameplay. Depending on whether you side with Vernon or not you lock out a massive chunk of gameplay. Witcher I and III do this too but not to anywhere near as great an extent. For things like the choice between Cerys and her brother you can simply go back and play the other choice and see the other outcome. With other stuff it's more intertwined and you'll see some changes hours later but the plot still remains mostly the same. In Witcher II however the game basically splits in two after Chapter 1 and rejoins about an hour before the end.

3) The Witcher III expansions are truly that, not just stand-alone games bolted onto the main game. Characters in the expansion will talk about the events of the main game and the responses you get will alter depending on your progress in the main game. What is even more surprising is that the reverse is true too. There are a few places where the dialogue in the main game alter depending on your choices in the expansions!

4) Gaunter O'Dimm is every-****ing-where (https://kotaku.com/the-witcher-3-riddle-that-players-couldn-t-quite-solve-1747185043) and once you've been warned about that, it's really creepy.

You, sir, are ahead of me.

I played W1 as a neutral, siding with no one.  W2, I actually played both sides (kept a save at the end of Chapter 1).  It was rewarding.  I'm now ~70ish hours into W3 (GOTY, with all expansions), lvel 14, and the end is nowhere in sight. At my current rate of progress, I'm guessing well over 200-250 hrs of gameplay.  This game is massive, but amazing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on October 11, 2017, 04:59:25 pm
I was playing some Totalwarhammer 2, beat the campaign as high elves, heading toward the end as lizardmen.

But now I'm playing Shadow of Wardor

And then later I'll play Grim Dawn Expansion
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 12, 2017, 03:24:01 pm
Totalwarhammer.
........2 :confused:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on October 12, 2017, 03:45:36 pm
PUBG... and I have no idea what I'm doing...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on October 12, 2017, 04:14:01 pm
Totalwarhammer.
........2 :confused:

Yeah, it has High Elves, Lizardmen, Skaven, and Dark Elves, and you try to control the magical vortex.  It's a race to complete rituals, so the campaign is a lot faster, with campaigns finishing in 150 turns or so (already have a mod that slows that down a bit, and am taking it slower in my current lizardmen campaign)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on October 12, 2017, 04:48:53 pm
Totalwarhammer.
........2 :confused:

Yeah, it has High Elves, Lizardmen, Skaven, and Dark Elves, and you try to control the magical vortex.  It's a race to complete rituals, so the campaign is a lot faster, with campaigns finishing in 150 turns or so (already have a mod that slows that down a bit, and am taking it slower in my current lizardmen campaign)
You do know that you don't need to do this?
Everytime a faction completes the last ritual, you have the option of fighting them one last time, winning this battle will kick them out of the rituals :D
Don't know if it applies, but I think you have even unlimited ammo for yor ranged units.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on October 12, 2017, 04:58:16 pm
You do know that you don't need to do this?

Yeah, I just prefer to avoid abusing mechanics like that if i can.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on October 12, 2017, 05:04:32 pm
Well, you have to fight the other three races non the less.
I'm currently ahead of the other factions, so I let them catch up, while waging war against them *shrug*
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on October 12, 2017, 05:07:11 pm
Well, I've already won once, so I know what the final battle's like, and I've done the final ritual interrupt once, so I know what that's like too.

Now I'm just having fun rampaging dinosaurs all over everyone.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on October 12, 2017, 05:19:35 pm
Lizardmen are so much fun, agreed :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on October 13, 2017, 12:28:41 am
PUBG... and I have no idea what I'm doing...
... I think that goes without saying for most of us :)

And don't forget to pick up that frying pan !!!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on October 21, 2017, 04:04:42 am
Grim Dawn. Again.

It's quite a bit more interesting now with Ashes of Malmouth.
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Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on October 21, 2017, 01:09:27 pm
Freshly installed X-COM: Interceptor. It's a fun game, but it SERIOUSLY needs a limitation on turn times, especially for UFOs. I just spent a good 10 minutes trying to disable a ship without ramming into it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 21, 2017, 01:32:46 pm
Bought the Last Guardian for PS4 (obs) yesterday and was about to try it but the good lady wife (who is due to expunge my proginy in less than 4 weeks) did that thing where she wants to watch **** tv instead so i'm downloading The Witcher 1 enhanced from GOG (same one i bought on humble bundle) to see what all the fuss is.........
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on October 21, 2017, 02:11:55 pm
expunge
(http://deviance.duckish.net/pictures/nathanfillionspeechless.gif)

I, uh, don't think that means what you think it means
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 21, 2017, 02:49:52 pm
Yield to the delivery gods then.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on October 21, 2017, 04:44:26 pm
Grim Dawn. Again.

It's quite a bit more interesting now with Ashes of Malmouth.

Playing through doing wife coop, I'm the necro and she's the inquisitor.  Just got to the blood grove.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Firesteel on October 23, 2017, 02:25:05 am
After 5ish years since first starting Steins;Gate I'm finally actually playing it. Easily one of the best VNs currently available and one of the inspirations for what I'm hoping to do a thesis/dissertation on eventually.

(Also thanks to grad school the YouTube stuff is slowing to a crawl, time and energy and the like)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on October 23, 2017, 07:13:11 am
Actually i try to continue my Space-Sim and similiar games Playthrough channel and started the PSOne Underwater Action Game Critical Depth on Captain, the hardest, difficulty.

Whoa, that is a very tough cookie if you are not familiar with these games ... i am dying a countless times even in the second battle.  :eek:

That playthrough will take a while as it seems. Because i have to play through that with 12(?) different characters with their unique submarine.
But i hope i will find out proper strategies to survive and to win soon :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on October 26, 2017, 09:48:59 am
Fallout 4 betrayed me, Jamaica Plains is a segfault zone. So I'm going back to DCS, learning the F-5E and relearning how plaen woerk
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 03, 2017, 11:24:30 pm
Doki Doki Literature Club (http://store.steampowered.com/app/698780/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club/)

It's interesting and cute and good and free and you should probably play it unless you're a little kid.

Spoiler:
EXISTENTIAL TERROR AND GRAPHIC DEPRESSION
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 04, 2017, 02:08:21 pm
So, since October was incredibly slow at work I got around to play The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX and Metroid II: The Return of Samus on my old Gameboy Color
Both great games, I liked this Zelda better than the Oracle games.
It still a bit fatigueing towards the end but not to that extent, and I liked the surreal plot.
With Metroid II I fell in love, it's linear but since the game has no automap it's better this way, a nice little game that doesn't overstay its welcome.

I also got around to play both the new Wolfenstein games, The New Order and The Old Blood on PC
Boy are they good, even the thinner plot of TOB has some Tarantino moments (like the part about the dog) and it seemed to take a lot of cues from Ingloriosu Basterds.
I had to play them at 1280x720 (yes, now I have a fullHD screen) but TOB still stuttered every now and then, TNO was fluid enough not to bother me.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
on PC
So, I played this in a weekend and well, its good but I can see a lot of stuff that I found much more bothersome in World at War gameplay-wise.
I still can't tell if the game if the game is anti-war or just more subtly militaristic, it's no Medal of Honor reboot but after years of pop cultural osmosis about the Modern Warfare games it's difficult to tell my impressions from what I heard over the years about it.

After many months I finally finished Phantasy Star IV: The End of The Millenium on Sega Mega Drive
This is a weird series, this is the last game in the series yet it’s the only one that feels like a proper 16-bit RPG and for the little I know about the genre (mostly an aborted run of Fantasy Star IV for Gameboy Advance) it’s a bloody good one.
There is little grinding (mostly towards the end as the enemies start to scale up at a brisker pace), the “retreat” command works 9 times out of 10 instead 1 out of 10 like in the first three games, the graphics are colorful, there are actual dialogues and characters show… character, even though they are a bit generic.
Combat feels much better than in 2 and 3 (which was already a bit improvement over the awkward interface of 2), and the game in general seems committed to avoid wasting your time: I didn’t even use the option to create macros because giving menu commands during battles was lightning fast and the characters while there is no run button walk at a very brisk pace which can sometimes be problematic when trying to face a certain NPC you want to talk to.
Not ony that: the teleport spell now allows to choose the city where you want to go among those you already visited, which means that you can backtrack without having to endure random battles.
About the only time it got frustrating was one of the last bosses which was a bit difficult and was at the end of a rather long and tedious dungeon, though really while more complex than in 3 the dungeons aren’t frustratingly huge and complex like in 2 and I could navigate them without consulting a map easily enough.
I had to consult a map only towards the end, not for a dungeon but for the overworld because you gain a hydrofoil (though it acts more like a hovercraft) and I kept missing the islands I was supposed to go to for a couple of sidequests.
I’ve read that the game originally was supposed to be a Mega CD game that was later scrapped and reworked to fit on a high capacity cartridge, I wonder how much of the difference between this grand finale and the other two games on the Mega Drive was influenced by that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Buckshee Rounds on November 07, 2017, 04:10:48 pm
Dwarf Fortress!

I went through a hiatus where I didn't play this for a while after my last fortress died from FPS. I decided to reclaim an abandoned fortress this time round to mix things up a little.

According to Legends Viewer, my medium world has 8 dorf civs, one of which has a population of just 4 dorves. So what happened here?

This Dwarven civilisation, Lantern of Lulls, had its first fortress destroyed by a Forgotten Beast rampage. Subsequent settlements were destroyed through an ongoing war with the local Goblin civ that had a super strong Gobbo as leader, until our population was whittled down to a mere 4 dorves.

I decided to do the unthinkable and reclaim our civ's first fortress, Bouldercrested, which up until now has been deserted for over a century.

The Forgotten Beast that destroyed this place had some relatively weak stats judging from the Legends Viewer so I figured my brave dorves stood a fighting chance. I knew it might still be hanging around as it was listed under "Other Populations".

Armed with bronze short swords and shields, my brave, stupid dorves embarked at Bouldercrested and set about the daunting task of exploration and containment.

The site has no trees. Fine. We can trade for wood or find some in the caverns. DFHack's prospect tool tells me there are no ores so I guess we'll trade for those too. What this place does have are mountains of cheap goods like clothes, furniture, food and drink, some copper weapons, wood crafts and two z-levels of smelters and bedrooms. There's a Tavern already at the top level so we have some human and dwarf visitors.

My initial military squad move through the abandoned fortress, uncovering the spacious smelters and bedroom levels and one central mine shaft with ramps spiraling around it. The smelter level has one large room filled wall to wall with gear, probably a stockpile, and choked through miasma. I decide to steer clear of that for now.

We hit the bottom and find 3 large rooms filled with magma smelters, which is great!

Since the fortress is basically a bunch of rooms across 4 z levels (top floor, 2 middle and magma smelters at the bottom) connected via 1 central shaft, I reckon we've already uncovered everything.

The place is vast and there is no sign of the Forgotten Beast. Of course it might have come up from the magma sea which would suggest a beast much stronger than my poor dorves can handle.

Next step - digging out caverns for wood.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 07, 2017, 07:09:05 pm
Now you're making me want to read Boatmurdered again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 08, 2017, 05:16:21 am
Strike Commander (PC)
So, it seems I am really rubbish at vaguely realistic flight simulators based on real aircraft (the F-16 in this case).
It doesn't help that I'm rubbish at aiming the vulcan cannon and you cannot afford to waste missiles because being a mercenary you need to pay for them.
I'll probably have to turn on infinite ammo too in the options, even with as much helping options activated and realistic options disabled this is no Ace Combat.   :blah:
Also the targeting is weird, apart from the game crashing one time out of four whenever I try to switch targets, most of the times it doesn't switch them which is frustrating when I manage to down an enemy and it takes AGES to fall down and explode.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on November 14, 2017, 10:51:19 am
Strike Commander (PC)
So, it seems I am really rubbish at vaguely realistic flight simulators based on real aircraft (the F-16 in this case).
It doesn't help that I'm rubbish at aiming the vulcan cannon and you cannot afford to waste missiles because being a mercenary you need to pay for them.
I'll probably have to turn on infinite ammo too in the options, even with as much helping options activated and realistic options disabled this is no Ace Combat.   :blah:
Also the targeting is weird, apart from the game crashing one time out of four whenever I try to switch targets, most of the times it doesn't switch them which is frustrating when I manage to down an enemy and it takes AGES to fall down and explode.

Flight sims are pretty tricky, but a good trick to remember in Strike Commander (IIRC) is that the enemy doesn't really get vertical maneuvers, though it's still a bit tricky if your gunnery's not too great. I figure give it a few gos in the training missions, and give The Art of the Kill a view on Youtube. Also, get the player-made patch to fix enemies spamming out flares (https://www.gog.com/forum/strike_commander/missile_gullibility)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 14, 2017, 03:16:28 pm
Strike Commander (PC)
So, it seems I am really rubbish at vaguely realistic flight simulators based on real aircraft (the F-16 in this case).
It doesn't help that I'm rubbish at aiming the vulcan cannon and you cannot afford to waste missiles because being a mercenary you need to pay for them.
I'll probably have to turn on infinite ammo too in the options, even with as much helping options activated and realistic options disabled this is no Ace Combat.   :blah:
Also the targeting is weird, apart from the game crashing one time out of four whenever I try to switch targets, most of the times it doesn't switch them which is frustrating when I manage to down an enemy and it takes AGES to fall down and explode.

Flight sims are pretty tricky, but a good trick to remember in Strike Commander (IIRC) is that the enemy doesn't really get vertical maneuvers, though it's still a bit tricky if your gunnery's not too great. I figure give it a few gos in the training missions, and give The Art of the Kill a view on Youtube. Also, get the player-made patch to fix enemies spamming out flares (https://www.gog.com/forum/strike_commander/missile_gullibility)

I already did apply the fix (a few months ago in fact, I just didn't have time to play until recently).
My gunnery is piss poor so I usually leave the infinte ammo on for the Vulcan.
But at the moment Strike Commander is on hold because it locks up whether I try to switch targets lately, I made it to the Alaska missions but when you have at least four aerial targets for each encounter not being able to switch without the fear of freezing the game is too much.

Meanwhile I finshed Metroid Zero Mission for Gameboy Advance on a Gamecube with Game Boy Player during a weekend.
I liked the lack of linearity but some moves seem to be a bit more difficult compared to Fusion, still it was really engrossing to the point I basically played it for the whole Sunday.

At the moment I started Soleil (AKA Crusader of Centy AKA Ragnacenty) for Sega Mega Drive.
This one is the last cartridge game I ever bought for the system before getting an everdrive (toghether with Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap and Golvellius for the Master System), it's very much a Zelda-like but there are a few interesting things with the environment.
The plot also gives you a weird twist right at the start, with you
Spoiler:
losing the ability to speak to human beings but aquiring the language of animals.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on November 14, 2017, 05:25:36 pm
Getting back into Kerbal Space Program after playing it a ton in Alpha and then drifting away. Still fun!

I also finally managed to finish playing through Baldur's Gate I and II. Well, almost... I got to the very last fight of Throne of Bhaal and lost all motivation. The combat's gradually gotten less and less fun and this last battle is truly ridiculous. And it entirely lacks the emotional punch of the regular BG2 campaign ending. Not sure if I'll get around to properly finishing it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BlueFlames on November 14, 2017, 05:39:05 pm
I'm a few weeks into a new Morrowind playthrough, and things are getting a bit cheesy.  Like item-with-permanent-levitation-enchantment cheesy.  It remains to be seen if I will continue to become more abusive of the game's systems.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on November 15, 2017, 01:36:01 am
Ahh, the ever-abusable Morrowind. I love that game, but seriously the number of ways you can cheese your way through the game is just staggering :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on November 15, 2017, 05:43:11 am
Abusing Fort Int potions is a tried and true way of making a mockery of the game and its data structures. Ayep.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on November 15, 2017, 06:28:47 am
I will forever cherish the story of the player who brewed a Fortify Strength potion so strong that Dagoth Ur died in a single strike (shattering the full-health sword in the process), without even needing to use the Tools on the Heart.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on November 15, 2017, 09:19:15 am
I will forever hate the day I drank a potion that boosted my walk speed. Smashing into every mountain/hill hurts and glitching into things is annoying.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 15, 2017, 10:00:02 am
I will forever cherish the story of the player who brewed a Fortify Strength potion so strong that Dagoth Ur died in a single strike (shattering the full-health sword in the process), without even needing to use the Tools on the Heart.

Well, technically Dagoth Ur comes back if you don't IIRC.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on November 15, 2017, 10:50:16 am
I will forever cherish the story of the player who brewed a Fortify Strength potion so strong that Dagoth Ur died in a single strike (shattering the full-health sword in the process), without even needing to use the Tools on the Heart.
Actually I think the story goes, the potion was so strong that it killed the game process!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on November 16, 2017, 05:29:24 am
I've recently started Watch_Dogs after grabbing it for free from the whatever Ubisoft promo. Seems fun so far. Nothing groundbreaking, but fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on November 16, 2017, 03:22:21 pm
After getting a new surround sound system with optical TOSLINK input for my TV, I dusted of the PS2 to find out how good its surround sound is.
So now I'm continuing my old savegame of Ace Combat 5 which I started years ago, but never finished (shame on me).

As cheesy as the dialogue may get at times...  the visuals and music of that game are just epic


Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 16, 2017, 08:28:49 pm
Cardinal Spear for Freespace 2 Open
The new weapons are fun to use, and it’s a nice little diversion, I have a lot of these smaller campaigns installed but I rarely get around to play them.
Initially was only to test my streamlined revision of the FS2Open HOTAS profile (the one I made originally was a bit slapdash, with a lot of stuff missing and a few superflous features turned on, usable still but not optimal) but I ended up chipping away at my sleeping hours again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: FrikgFeek on November 17, 2017, 10:24:24 pm
Cardinal Spear actually got FSCRP'd somewhat recently(last year or thereabouts). It's still an unbalanced mess but it should be an overall improvement over the decade year old OG version.
I'm not sure which version you used but the more recent "restored" one should've been generally easier to configure for.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 18, 2017, 10:26:12 am
Cardinal Spear actually got FSCRP'd somewhat recently(last year or thereabouts). It's still an unbalanced mess but it should be an overall improvement over the decade year old OG version.
I'm not sure which version you used but the more recent "restored" one should've been generally easier to configure for.

Since it has 3D background planets I'd say the restored one, I also started Just Another Day but at 1080p my old videocard has issues in some missions.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on November 18, 2017, 11:12:06 am
I played through the Cooperative Campaign of Call of Duty: Finest Hour in local split screen with my husband.

Well... it is an okay game. Was not too patriotic and it was historic accurate as i can tell. This game is surprisingly hard in some missions, because your AI allies can actually die permanently and you have only very few checkpoints.

The coop gameplay was overall good. You have collectable health packs in this game, that you can have in your inventory for later use or to heal your allies at any time. Also they slightly changed some missions for the coop. Especially the Tank missions and the Sniper mission in Stalingrad. Also in in-game cutscenes you can see the second player which is also very rare in games that allow you to play the SP campaign in Coop :D.

The biggest issue was that you are dead if one of the players dies. So we had countless setbacks to the start of the levels, because most of the time my husband died :D.

The last missions in Remagen were a pain in the ass.. took us nearly two days.



Also i have continued Critical Depth and got some feeling for the game finally. Played through the first half of the first of the 15 campaigns so far and finished off the first boss.
Find out some tactics that exploit AI weaknesses.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 19, 2017, 05:02:10 pm
Being sick at home I had the chance to power through Halo Wars 1 and 2 over the past three days ... They are certainly not the hardest games and being layed out for controller play makes everything a bit ... weird for me. The second game clearly had more knowledge and skill behind it in regards to RTS-gameplay - therefor is more enjoyable on the pure gameplay-terms.

However my biggest gripe is that neither of the plots makes much sense unless you are caught up on every detail of Halo 1-4, unless you want to actually invest the time to unlock codizes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 23, 2017, 08:56:04 pm
World of Warships:

Took out the ol' Kagero for some sneak assassinations.

The reds lost 3 ships, the whole battle. I killed two of them, a battleship and a carrier. The third ship was a destroyer, killed by friendly fire.

Yeah we lost.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on November 24, 2017, 01:00:03 am
I tried to push through RE4 Professional Mode again, yay I beat Salazzar and now I'm up to U3. The most annoying, and most interesting boss in the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: StarSlayer on November 24, 2017, 09:38:52 pm
Rise of Flight!

(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/879754331007748768/CB7589E982ABDE750D5580FC2F0CF7B286767A23/)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 25, 2017, 02:20:59 pm
Descent 2 via DXX-rebirth
My initial intentions were only to configure the sourceport (basically set up the HOTAS and the resolution to fullHD with 4x multisampling) to play it later but I ended up getting to the second world.
I liked the possibility to use the extra cannon energy to recharge shields just in case you wound up with enemies only dropping cannon energy and not shields, it has still to be above 100 to do so but I wish I had the possibility in some of the levels of the first game.
The thief bot is a nightmare but a rather adrenalinic one, chasing it for the whole level basically forces you to ignore everything else and just look for that tiny window that allows you to place a few hits on the goddamn bastard.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on November 28, 2017, 04:17:11 am
Played as Luxembourg in Hearts of Iron 4. Turns out the only way to survive is to:

Become Fascist

Invade Belgium

Invade Netherlands

Hope France doesn't kill you first.


I am now a global power and have just finished the 4th World War.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 28, 2017, 05:16:28 am
Played as Luxembourg in Hearts of Iron 4. Turns out the only way to survive is to:

Become Fascist

Invade Belgium

Invade Netherlands

Hope France doesn't kill you first.


I am now a global power and have just finished the 4th World War.
This all sounds vaguely familiar.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 28, 2017, 09:11:39 am
So, I decided to plug the Gamecube controller in my Wii and try my chances at Super Castlevania IV for SNES.
Is it me or this game is much more difficult than Vampire Killer/Bloodlines for Mega Drive/Genesis?
The fourth level has a lot of platforming hell parts already and I dread the next levels if it gets worse from here.
Also the art style isn’t as pretty.
Granted, Vampire Killer is one of the best looking Mega Drive games I played and a late gen title but the SNES has a better colour palette yet the graphics compared to the former look rather plain even with the occasional fancy effects.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on November 28, 2017, 09:21:25 am
So, I decided to plug the Gamecube controller in my Wii and try my chances at Super Castlevania IV for SNES.
Is it me or this game is much more difficult than Vampire Killer/Bloodlines for Mega Drive/Genesis?
The fourth level has a lot of platforming hell parts already and I dread the next levels if it gets worse from here.
Also the art style isn’t as pretty.
Granted, Vampire Killer is one of the best looking Mega Drive games I played and a late gen title but the SNES has a better colour palette yet the graphics compared to the former look rather plain even with the occasional fancy effects.

I was just going to try out Super Castlevania IV on my android phone... Hmmm. Maybe not then?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 28, 2017, 01:34:01 pm
So, I decided to plug the Gamecube controller in my Wii and try my chances at Super Castlevania IV for SNES.
Is it me or this game is much more difficult than Vampire Killer/Bloodlines for Mega Drive/Genesis?
The fourth level has a lot of platforming hell parts already and I dread the next levels if it gets worse from here.
Also the art style isn’t as pretty.
Granted, Vampire Killer is one of the best looking Mega Drive games I played and a late gen title but the SNES has a better colour palette yet the graphics compared to the former look rather plain even with the occasional fancy effects.

I was just going to try out Super Castlevania IV on my android phone... Hmmm. Maybe not then?
To be fair before level four it was an incredibly smooth ride.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on November 28, 2017, 05:45:24 pm
I just started the "classic" (2005) Star Wars Battlefront II again.  I'm having more fun than I remember from playing it 10 years ago.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on November 28, 2017, 06:19:13 pm
Descent 2 via DXX-rebirth
My initial intentions were only to configure the sourceport (basically set up the HOTAS and the resolution to fullHD with 4x multisampling) to play it later but I ended up getting to the second world.
I liked the possibility to use the extra cannon energy to recharge shields just in case you wound up with enemies only dropping cannon energy and not shields, it has still to be above 100 to do so but I wish I had the possibility in some of the levels of the first game.
The thief bot is a nightmare but a rather adrenalinic one, chasing it for the whole level basically forces you to ignore everything else and just look for that tiny window that allows you to place a few hits on the goddamn bastard.

It's easier to kill the thief once you get the Gauss cannon in level 3. I try to chase him into a room with no other way out, and use it together with flash missiles and smart mines placed at the door.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on November 28, 2017, 06:27:29 pm
So, I decided to plug the Gamecube controller in my Wii and try my chances at Super Castlevania IV for SNES.
Is it me or this game is much more difficult than Vampire Killer/Bloodlines for Mega Drive/Genesis?
The fourth level has a lot of platforming hell parts already and I dread the next levels if it gets worse from here.
Also the art style isn’t as pretty.
Granted, Vampire Killer is one of the best looking Mega Drive games I played and a late gen title but the SNES has a better colour palette yet the graphics compared to the former look rather plain even with the occasional fancy effects.

I was just going to try out Super Castlevania IV on my android phone... Hmmm. Maybe not then?
To be fair before level four it was an incredibly smooth ride.

I have only seen footage of the level that rotates :P

I just started the "classic" (2005) Star Wars Battlefront II again.  I'm having more fun than I remember from playing it 10 years ago.

I just wish the AI on my version of Battlefront 2 wasn't bugged out to high hell and back.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 29, 2017, 12:48:33 am
Descent 2 via DXX-rebirth
My initial intentions were only to configure the sourceport (basically set up the HOTAS and the resolution to fullHD with 4x multisampling) to play it later but I ended up getting to the second world.
I liked the possibility to use the extra cannon energy to recharge shields just in case you wound up with enemies only dropping cannon energy and not shields, it has still to be above 100 to do so but I wish I had the possibility in some of the levels of the first game.
The thief bot is a nightmare but a rather adrenalinic one, chasing it for the whole level basically forces you to ignore everything else and just look for that tiny window that allows you to place a few hits on the goddamn bastard.

It's easier to kill the thief once you get the Gauss cannon in level 3. I try to chase him into a room with no other way out, and use it together with flash missiles and smart mines placed at the door.
Yeah, the Gauss cannon is awesome, I almost never used the Vulcan in the first game but I have to keep myself from using the Gauss too often otherwise I might run out of ammo.
The added ammo pool is awesome too.

So, I decided to plug the Gamecube controller in my Wii and try my chances at Super Castlevania IV for SNES.
Is it me or this game is much more difficult than Vampire Killer/Bloodlines for Mega Drive/Genesis?
The fourth level has a lot of platforming hell parts already and I dread the next levels if it gets worse from here.
Also the art style isn’t as pretty.
Granted, Vampire Killer is one of the best looking Mega Drive games I played and a late gen title but the SNES has a better colour palette yet the graphics compared to the former look rather plain even with the occasional fancy effects.

I was just going to try out Super Castlevania IV on my android phone... Hmmm. Maybe not then?
To be fair before level four it was an incredibly smooth ride.

I have only seen footage of the level that rotates :P
That is part of level 4 too, it's easy once you know what to do (hang off the hook, wait to rotate, land of the platform, fend off the medusa heads without falling and then hang again for the final rotation and the appearance of another platform to bring you to the next part of the level, it's a very short section) and if you are referring to the rotating corridor it's in the same level too, that part is easy but extremely plagued by slow down and one or two enemy placements are misleading enough they might kill you the first time you do it.
In general there are a lot of gimmicks that don't do much, Bloodlines/Vampire Killer felt more polished and had less millimetric platforming that I found much less frustrating even if the movement/whip options were more limited, hell, I have beaten that game in Expert mode with both the characters and it felt less bull**** than some parts of Super Castlevania IV.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on November 29, 2017, 01:31:19 am
Descent 2 via DXX-rebirth
My initial intentions were only to configure the sourceport (basically set up the HOTAS and the resolution to fullHD with 4x multisampling) to play it later but I ended up getting to the second world.
I liked the possibility to use the extra cannon energy to recharge shields just in case you wound up with enemies only dropping cannon energy and not shields, it has still to be above 100 to do so but I wish I had the possibility in some of the levels of the first game.
The thief bot is a nightmare but a rather adrenalinic one, chasing it for the whole level basically forces you to ignore everything else and just look for that tiny window that allows you to place a few hits on the goddamn bastard.

It's easier to kill the thief once you get the Gauss cannon in level 3. I try to chase him into a room with no other way out, and use it together with flash missiles and smart mines placed at the door.
Yeah, the Gauss cannon is awesome, I almost never used the Vulcan in the first game but I have to keep myself from using the Gauss too often otherwise I might run out of ammo.
The added ammo pool is awesome too.

So, I decided to plug the Gamecube controller in my Wii and try my chances at Super Castlevania IV for SNES.
Is it me or this game is much more difficult than Vampire Killer/Bloodlines for Mega Drive/Genesis?
The fourth level has a lot of platforming hell parts already and I dread the next levels if it gets worse from here.
Also the art style isn’t as pretty.
Granted, Vampire Killer is one of the best looking Mega Drive games I played and a late gen title but the SNES has a better colour palette yet the graphics compared to the former look rather plain even with the occasional fancy effects.

I was just going to try out Super Castlevania IV on my android phone... Hmmm. Maybe not then?
To be fair before level four it was an incredibly smooth ride.

I have only seen footage of the level that rotates :P
That is part of level 4 too, it's easy once you know what to do (hang off the hook, wait to rotate, land of the platform, fend off the medusa heads without falling and then hang again for the final rotation and the appearance of another platform to bring you to the next part of the level, it's a very short section) and if you are referring to the rotating corridor it's in the same level too, that part is easy but extremely plagued by slow down and one or two enemy placements are misleading enough they might kill you the first time you do it.
In general there are a lot of gimmicks that don't do much, Bloodlines/Vampire Killer felt more polished and had less millimetric platforming that I found much less frustrating even if the movement/whip options were more limited, hell, I have beaten that game in Expert mode with both the characters and it felt less bull**** than some parts of Super Castlevania IV.

Sounds like early Castlevania to me. Isn't Bloodlines/Vampire Killer the JP version of Castlevania?


Also I've been playing through Super Ghouls N' Ghosts on my emulator on my PC. I just beat the rotating boss. (Been abusing savestates allot recently, I know, I'm shameful). I'd really hate to go to the original. Since I've been told allot about how pourly that game is put together.

I dunno, why they even decided to male the series this tough. Niche maybe? Ignorance? Because **** it?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 29, 2017, 01:39:13 am
Contra / probotector (in the uk) is my favourite platform hell.  Also a personal all-time favourite.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 29, 2017, 01:57:25 am
Descent 2 via DXX-rebirth
My initial intentions were only to configure the sourceport (basically set up the HOTAS and the resolution to fullHD with 4x multisampling) to play it later but I ended up getting to the second world.
I liked the possibility to use the extra cannon energy to recharge shields just in case you wound up with enemies only dropping cannon energy and not shields, it has still to be above 100 to do so but I wish I had the possibility in some of the levels of the first game.
The thief bot is a nightmare but a rather adrenalinic one, chasing it for the whole level basically forces you to ignore everything else and just look for that tiny window that allows you to place a few hits on the goddamn bastard.

It's easier to kill the thief once you get the Gauss cannon in level 3. I try to chase him into a room with no other way out, and use it together with flash missiles and smart mines placed at the door.
Yeah, the Gauss cannon is awesome, I almost never used the Vulcan in the first game but I have to keep myself from using the Gauss too often otherwise I might run out of ammo.
The added ammo pool is awesome too.

So, I decided to plug the Gamecube controller in my Wii and try my chances at Super Castlevania IV for SNES.
Is it me or this game is much more difficult than Vampire Killer/Bloodlines for Mega Drive/Genesis?
The fourth level has a lot of platforming hell parts already and I dread the next levels if it gets worse from here.
Also the art style isn’t as pretty.
Granted, Vampire Killer is one of the best looking Mega Drive games I played and a late gen title but the SNES has a better colour palette yet the graphics compared to the former look rather plain even with the occasional fancy effects.

I was just going to try out Super Castlevania IV on my android phone... Hmmm. Maybe not then?
To be fair before level four it was an incredibly smooth ride.

I have only seen footage of the level that rotates :P
That is part of level 4 too, it's easy once you know what to do (hang off the hook, wait to rotate, land of the platform, fend off the medusa heads without falling and then hang again for the final rotation and the appearance of another platform to bring you to the next part of the level, it's a very short section) and if you are referring to the rotating corridor it's in the same level too, that part is easy but extremely plagued by slow down and one or two enemy placements are misleading enough they might kill you the first time you do it.
In general there are a lot of gimmicks that don't do much, Bloodlines/Vampire Killer felt more polished and had less millimetric platforming that I found much less frustrating even if the movement/whip options were more limited, hell, I have beaten that game in Expert mode with both the characters and it felt less bull**** than some parts of Super Castlevania IV.

Sounds like early Castlevania to me. Isn't Bloodlines/Vampire Killer the JP version of Castlevania?


Also I've been playing through Super Ghouls N' Ghosts on my emulator on my PC. I just beat the rotating boss. (Been abusing savestates allot recently, I know, I'm shameful). I'd really hate to go to the original. Since I've been told allot about how pourly that game is put together.

I dunno, why they even decided to male the series this tough. Niche maybe? Ignorance? Because **** it?

Vampire Killer is the Japanese version (though still in english) of the Mega Drive/Genesis Castlevania (Castlevania Bloodlines in the US, Castlevania New Generation in the EU) which is not a port but a separate game with different protagonists, there is also Vampire Killer for the MSX (or some other home computer I don't remember) which is basically a port of the NES game and was remade later for another more powerful home computer, remake that was ported with some added features and bundled with another remake as "Castlevania Chronicles" on the first Playstation.

The JP title of the series is usually Akumajo Dracula (or Akumajo something like Castlevania 3 for NES which is Akumajo Densetsu) with Akumajo meaning something like "demon castle" (hence the title "haunted castle" of the arcade version of the first Castlevania).

Also note that the aforementioned Mega Drive/Genesis game is the first game in the series with the music of Michiru Yamane and the first that used an art style akin to that of Rondo of Blood and Symphony of The Night, which makes it look better to me than the SNES game even if it's on a less advanced console.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 30, 2017, 02:36:12 am
Super Castlevania IV
OK, I’m done.
Whoever thinks this is easier than Bloodlines/New Generation/Vampire Killer (seriously though, this title changing by region is ridiculous) has either one hell of a nostalgia filter or is some platforming god compared to me.
"Come on, Det, it’s easy! you can guide your jumps and whip in every direction!"
A pity that giuided jumps serve nothing when the distance between some platforms is exactly the same as your maximum jump length down to a pixel, and the whip is good for the monsters, last I checked instant death spikes with ludicrous patterns cannot be skipped using the whip.
Stage 8 is so full of instant death moments I’m giving up, perhaps other people can appreciate it but I don’t find this kind of punishing design fun.
If I’ll ever go back to this I’ll probably abuse save states but for now I’m leaving it where it is.

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Richeter to Maria Renard: “leave it to the grown-ups!”

Maria Renard: proceeds to utterly destroy the alternative stage 2 boss and the standard stage 3 boss which tended to tear Richter to pieces repeatedly

The first classic platformer in which you jump into bottomless pits just to see if there is some alternative path and for the moment I’m loving it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on November 30, 2017, 05:39:29 am
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
Richeter to Maria Renard: “leave it to the grown-ups!”

Maria Renard: proceeds to utterly destroy the alternative stage 2 boss and the standard stage 3 boss which tended to tear Richter to pieces repeatedly

The first classic platformer in which you jump into bottomless pits just to see if there is some alternative path and for the moment I’m loving it.
Rondo of Blood is my absolute favourite pre-SotN Castlevania game... and yes, Maria is definitely the Easy Mode for that game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on December 02, 2017, 02:27:21 pm
Divinity: Original Sin 2, insta-killed a shark with the Teleport-spell. 10/10
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on December 02, 2017, 05:48:00 pm
Hexcells! (http://store.steampowered.com/app/265890/Hexcells/) Awesome ambient chill minimal soothing puzzle goodness!  :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on December 31, 2017, 09:09:28 pm
Halo Wars Definitive Edition and Halo: Spartan Strike.

Awesome Halo PC action! :) Great music too, for both games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on December 31, 2017, 09:53:00 pm
I picked up Mad Max for Windows on Steam during the winter sale.  I hadn't even known this existed until a couple of months ago, and I saw surprisingly good reviews for a game tied to a movie.  I haven't progressed much, but it's been fun so far.  I haven't played a lot of 3rd person combat games, but the on-foot sequences are accessible and fun.  I'm hoping that driving will be more of a focus as the game progresses; so far the car is mainly used to get around the map.  Although I was able to run over a couple of baddies at one camp to help even the odds before I got out to kick ass.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 31, 2017, 11:59:56 pm
Titanic: Adventure out of Time just got released on GOG.  I haven't even thought about that game for almost 20 years.  Instabuy for mad nostalgia.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on January 01, 2018, 08:36:34 am
Finally got ahold of an Oculus Rift and tried playing Superhot VR on it. It's very fun and really gets you moving, but a large playing area is mandatory (I am pretty much cramped between a wall and my oversized desk) or else you'll suffer a fate similar to mine, where I tried punching a virtual enemy and ended punching a very real wall instead.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 02, 2018, 08:21:05 pm
Spellforce 3... I am a bit of fanboy when it comes to the first 5 entries in the series (Order of Dawn, Breath of Winter, Heart of the Pheonix - aka Spellforce - as well as Shadow Wars and Dragon Storm - aka Spellforce 2 + 1st Addon), so I am overlooking a quite a few flaws here but it seems to be a solid single-player RPG-RTS blend.

The RTS'ing has not been that taxing because my in small part because the right combination heroes can break entire AI armies; and its RPG'ing needs an infusion of better story telling tools.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Torchwood on January 03, 2018, 08:44:55 am
Recently got hooked on the roguelike-adventure game ElonaPlus. Elona is what you get when Dwarf Fortress' adventure mode has a drug-fuelled baby with Morrowind and tried to raise it to resemble its ancestor ADOM, but got something uniquely different. Much like DF, it can be tircky to get into it, but discovery is part of the Fun. Original Elona used to be grindy, but ElonaPlus has been getting better in the recent updates. And like Morrowind, the game has its own weirdness and unique charm - for example, during the beginning of the game, you can choose between one of four "pets" (follower/ally/party member): A dog, a cat, a bear or a little girl.

It is rather telling of Elona's character that the little girl is widely considered to be the best option.

Also, dead lions double as nuclear bombs and parties often involve multiple fatalities when someone tries to drink a molotov cocktail or a bottle of sulfuric acid on a dare.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on January 03, 2018, 11:42:58 am
Titanic: Adventure out of Time just got released on GOG.  I haven't even thought about that game for almost 20 years.  Instabuy for mad nostalgia.

This
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on January 07, 2018, 06:58:01 am
I finished my first campaign in Critical Depth finally. The last boss was... hard. Actually in my opinion you need some luck to get through that game... it depends solely on how much enemies want to see you dead at once. The last battle is against seven enemies that do not attack each other and have only one objective: To sink your U-Boat. And their weapons were able to bring down my ship in no time.

But actually i found out, that my Playthrough of this first campaign was not good enough, had 980.000 points in the end. You need 1.000.000 to get another boss fight after that where you have only to fight one enemy. But you can unlock him, if you beat him. Also i have to do one of the earlier boss fights better to also unlock that one. But well... there are still enough playthroughs ahead to do this :).
But i liked the end sequence of the CIA campaign somewhat.

But before i begin with the next one, one of my few followers on YouTube ask about a playthrough of "Inferno - The Odyssey Continues" an older space combat game by DID that used prozendural generated missions, but with cutscenes and story. So there is a campaign, but their missions are totally different each time.
But i like to play whole series and look into it's predecessor called Epic. Well, that looks interesting graphics wise for 1992 well ahead of Wing Commander II and also with Planet based missions and the ship designs and even the mission briefings have a BSG1978 vibe, even i do not like BSG :D.

But actually i still need some configuration in DosBox... my joystick does not work as it seems, but i can skip cutscenes if i press the fire button, even i am using the same configuration as in my Absolute Zero playthrough. Also the sound is strange... there is no music during the missions and also very few sound effects like laser fire and explosions... but in another gameplay video on YouTube there were also engine sounds. No idea why i do not have them, because i can not change much in the sound configuration. Roland LAPC, Soundblaster, Adlib or PC-Digitalized Audio.
But only with Soundblaster i have in-game soundeffects at all... what a shame, because the Music is much better with the Roland LAPC setting, because that uses my installed MIDI SoundFont -.-.

So i test it only with the first mission, afaik there are only 10 of them and the game is not very long (~1 hour for a longplay as it seems) but this game has no save feature, so i should use a DosBox branch that supports Savestates, because they make recordings much easier.
The first mission takes only two minutes  :lol: ... but at least the intro before that mission takes like nearly 10 minutes, which is quite impressive for an old game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 16, 2018, 07:53:20 am
When I got Spellforce 3 and Stellaris for the Chrismas, I did got it wrong: Not Spellforce but Stellaris drowned by productivity ... but in a cool way.

Right now I am trying to assimilate a 1000-stars galaxy with bird-ish robots and their moth-cyborgs. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on January 16, 2018, 12:29:11 pm
When I got Spellforce 3 and Stellaris for the Chrismas, I did got it wrong: Not Spellforce but Stellaris drowned by productivity ... but in a cool way.

Right now I am trying to assimilate a 1000-stars galaxy with bird-ish robots and their moth-cyborgs. :)
I feel you :D
The descendants of Khonsu II are currently repairing Halos :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on January 18, 2018, 01:35:34 pm
Getting over it, with Bennett Foddy

A surprisingly relaxing game, good for cooling down after a stressful day at work, a particularly frustrating argument with someone or just for playing something calm  :P



Spoiler:
I swear to god, this game has made me scream profanities that would even put a drunken Russian sailor who recently stubbed his toe on a Lego brick to shame
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on January 25, 2018, 01:54:15 am
Doki Doki Literature Club (http://store.steampowered.com/app/698780/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club/)

It's interesting and cute and good and free and you should probably play it unless you're a little kid.

Finally gave this a try after hearing lots of recommendations. (and finding out I don't need Steam (http://ddlc.moe/)) For the first two hours it's not that interesting. Then it's complete WTF for the rest of the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 26, 2018, 01:27:43 am
Just thinking about trying the SEGA Genesis Shadowrun game, as well as Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on January 27, 2018, 03:51:10 am
For the first two hours it's not that interesting. Then it's complete WTF for the rest of the game.
So on a scale from one to Hatoful Boyfriend, and without spoilers, how big of a WTF are we talking?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on January 27, 2018, 08:31:47 pm
Not played that game, but let's just say that Doki Doki makes you agree that you aren't a child or of a nervous disposition before playing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 27, 2018, 09:03:28 pm
Finished the first campaign of Just another Day

Command: I don't know, is there a need to always shoot at things?
Alpha One: They are the ones that cancelled Firefly!
Command: Prepare Meson bombs!

It really needs some voice acting though, with everything that's going on I need to recall the message log fairly because it's really easy to miss the jokes with all that's going on on screen.
I also accidentally noticed the music change in the main hall, all the other times I clicked trough things before the new part kicked in.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Torchwood on January 28, 2018, 12:13:06 pm
Not played that game, but let's just say that Doki Doki makes you agree that you aren't a child or of a nervous disposition before playing.

I just finished Doki Doki after going the extra mile for the best ending and oh yes, it does. Without spoiling anything, this is not your garden variety harem dating sim.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 05, 2018, 01:08:47 pm
Lately I have played the other two chapters of the Freespace 2 Open parody mod Just Another Day.
It was fun and the jokes gave me a chuckle though in all the confusion I had to bring up the message log as often as with the first chapter because I had serious trouble following the crazy plot during dogfights.
Only the third chapter was a bit less funny to me because there were a bit too many anime references for my taste.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on February 05, 2018, 01:54:38 pm
Finished Hellblade, absolutely amazing experience.

Working through Doom (2016), Dota 2 and a XCOM TFTD now. Still trying to get a bloody new sub type in TFTD, guess I need Mag Ion armor first.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Jeff Vader on February 05, 2018, 03:10:38 pm
The Witcher 3.

Wild Hunt.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on February 08, 2018, 09:37:33 pm
XCOM TFTD now. Still trying to get a bloody new sub type in TFTD, guess I need Mag Ion armor first.

Are you playing Vanilla unmodded? The tech trees in Vanilla are stupid and bugged. Also yes, for the Manta you do need the Mag Ion Armour.

Ufopaedia has a tech tree if you ever need to look at it. https://www.ufopaedia.org/images/5/52/Tree2.png
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on February 08, 2018, 09:48:39 pm
Putting some quality hours in Total Warhammer.  Played 2 Tomb Kings campaigns, then started a Dark Elves Mortal Empires campaign.

Also, got Final Fantasy 12 on PC.  Reminds me of when i first started trying to up-res Freespace 2 textures.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on February 09, 2018, 02:15:47 am
XCOM TFTD now. Still trying to get a bloody new sub type in TFTD, guess I need Mag Ion armor first.

Are you playing Vanilla unmodded? The tech trees in Vanilla are stupid and bugged. Also yes, for the Manta you do need the Mag Ion Armour.

Ufopaedia has a tech tree if you ever need to look at it. https://www.ufopaedia.org/images/5/52/Tree2.png

Yeah just playing whatever is on Steam. I checked the Wiki to make sure I didn't screw myself tech wise.  I finally have the Manta but not the Fighter/Transport.

The tech trees and such in that game are pretty dumb.  Why do I need to research all the armor, sub construction, plastics, zyrbiteand a new fightercraft before I can get a Coelecanth with a Gauss Cannon?  I'm guessing it floats, haven't hit the field with it yet.  But I should've got it months ago on the tech tree.  Just give me a bloody tracked one.  Gauss weapons are trash against anything better than a Gillman.

Was a big fan of the game starting out, but starting to get displeased with it.  The tech progression of the early games is kind of wank, armor is useless half the time, Ion Armor guys sometimes drop in one sonic shot.  Light armored is only good against outer-radius sonic pulsers or when my own team gets mind controlled and starts blasting.  Maybe its good against Pistols but the aliens never use them past the first couple months. And Tentacults in Artifact sites are obnoxious, especially when I've got three guys on overwatch and none of them shoot the thing.

I think it has the regular, poor Xcom progression of being super hard until you get MC Disruptors and Disruptor Torps, and then being super easy.

After this will revisit Apocalypse which I never got far in, maybe the tech tree there is a bit better.  Plus its fun blowing up cultists.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on February 09, 2018, 05:52:59 am
Basically most commonly available information seems to show that after the original came out, they forced the team to basically rush it out. So allot of TFTD is poorly thought out, nonsensical and frustrating. Same with Apocalypse.

Several people have made megamods which kinda duct tape problems, but many are super old.


On the otherhand, the Beta's for the mod Open Apocalypse is steady progressing as more people join the project. So that people can play Apoc on new systems, with new features. (https://discord.gg/FmeqCC is their discord).

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on February 09, 2018, 12:29:14 pm
Putting some quality hours in Total Warhammer.  Played 2 Tomb Kings campaigns, then started a Dark Elves Mortal Empires campaign.

Also, got Final Fantasy 12 on PC.  Reminds me of when i first started trying to up-res Freespace 2 textures.
Did it work for you? Playing Tomb Kings Mortal Empires the game crashed on turn 36 :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on February 09, 2018, 03:05:16 pm
Basically most commonly available information seems to show that after the original came out, they forced the team to basically rush it out. So allot of TFTD is poorly thought out, nonsensical and frustrating. Same with Apocalypse.

Well TFTD was a separate team, while the original team went on to apocalypse or at least the original designers.

Thanks for the links, though I'm a purist so will tackle the games warts and all. Maybe won't hit up apocalypse right away, will try maybe banner saga 2 after this.

Also have xenonauts and the ufo trilogy to maybe play through at one point though xenonauts didn't impress me. Aiming was too granular, no PDWs and the art style is not my favourite
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on February 09, 2018, 03:26:45 pm
I haven't had any crashes in Totalwarhammer since Tomb Kings, and I have even been using mods.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 09, 2018, 07:52:06 pm
I'm kinda conflicted regarding Blue Planet.
On one hand I want to continue because I'm liking it a lot, on the other I fear the part without voice-acting might force me to recall the message log too often because the explosions, light effects or in general having to pay attention to what's in front of me tend to make subtitles difficult to read.
I could tolerate it in Just another Day because it was mostly silly jokes but BP is something I want to be able to follow properly.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on February 09, 2018, 08:23:34 pm
I'm kinda conflicted regarding Blue Planet.
On one hand I want to continue because I'm liking it a lot, on the other I fear the part without voice-acting might force me to recall the message log too often because the explosions, light effects or in general having to pay attention to what's in front of me tend to make subtitles difficult to read.
I could tolerate it in Just another Day because it was mostly silly jokes but BP is something I want to be able to follow properly.

The not-voice-acted part moves the message log to just under the reticle, so you don't have to wrench your eyes away from the fight to see it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 16, 2018, 11:24:25 am
In the last week or so I wanted to play something silly and so I reinstaleld Saints Row 2 (PC) this time with a female boss (voice 3) that ended up looking like agent Scully in sunglasses (still better than some some of my aborted attempts at female Boss of a couple of years ago).
I have finished GTA IV last month and that nagging voice in my head telling me "Saints Row plays better" was very much right, also the Boss even though they have silly moments are never depicted as anything less than a psychopath which betrays a genre awareness that GTA doesn't quite have.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on February 17, 2018, 07:38:16 am
never depicted as anything less than a psychopath puckish rogue

Fixed that for Saints Row 4. :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 17, 2018, 01:54:42 pm
Battlefield 4 on the PS4.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 17, 2018, 06:04:35 pm
Powered through Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 2 during the last days... (despite PC port stability issues.... don't use the unlimited fps option)

Got my heartbreak from the finale of the first one mended, laughted, cried and ... damit I want that thrid part on PC RIGHT NOW; Not just because I have been a sucker for the (optional yet heavily fated to be by the writers) romance between Rean and Alisa, but because of the devs are just on point again at the concluding, yet teasing cycle which sucked me into the series in the first place.

EDIT: or at least give me western release dates for the PS4 remaster and Part III (last year) & IV (this year)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on February 19, 2018, 10:39:59 pm
I picked up Jane's Advance Tactical Fighters on a Steam sale, and have already put in about 6 hours (a ton of time for me, with kids, family, maintenance stuff around the house, etc.). 

It gets a lot of hate on Steam reviews because apparently many Jane's fanatics were expecting a full-blown sim, like most Jane's titles, but this one is definitely an arcade shooter.  I just wanted an accessible, fun jet combat game, and I got it!  It even works great with my Sidewinder  joystick, although there are no force-feedback effects.   

You unlock more planes as you progress and can choose any plane for any mission, and there is enough difference that you can tell you are flying a different plane.  Even with missiles, you might not get far if you take an A-10 on a mission that is primarily air-to-air.  You cannot customize loadouts, but some planes do have multiple variations with different loadouts.  The storyline is nothing to write home about, but it generally makes sense and it made me laugh a few times. E.g.  [heavy Eastern European accent] - "They spent three hundred million on that research facility.  I'll give you fifteen dollars to blow it up."  I don't play games like this for the story anyway.  The campaign is linear, with missions usually lasting about 15-30 minutes.

It has been well worth the $2.49 I paid.  Recommended if you just want to hop into a jet and start shooting stuff down and blowing things up.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 20, 2018, 07:39:22 am
I picked up Jane's Advance Tactical Fighters on a Steam sale, and have already put in about 6 hours (a ton of time for me, with kids, family, maintenance stuff around the house, etc.). 

It gets a lot of hate on Steam reviews because apparently many Jane's fanatics were expecting a full-blown sim, like most Jane's titles, but this one is definitely an arcade shooter.  I just wanted an accessible, fun jet combat game, and I got it!  It even works great with my Sidewinder  joystick, although there are no force-feedback effects.   

You unlock more planes as you progress and can choose any plane for any mission, and there is enough difference that you can tell you are flying a different plane.  Even with missiles, you might not get far if you take an A-10 on a mission that is primarily air-to-air.  You cannot customize loadouts, but some planes do have multiple variations with different loadouts.  The storyline is nothing to write home about, but it generally makes sense and it made me laugh a few times. E.g.  [heavy Eastern European accent] - "They spent three hundred million on that research facility.  I'll give you fifteen dollars to blow it up."  I don't play games like this for the story anyway.  The campaign is linear, with missions usually lasting about 15-30 minutes.

It has been well worth the $2.49 I paid.  Recommended if you just want to hop into a jet and start shooting stuff down and blowing things up.

OK, another one for my wishlist.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on February 20, 2018, 08:43:28 am
Currently playing through Heroes of Might and Magic 3's campaigns. I'm a bit surprised at how easily I'm plowing through it right now (OK, I'm barely through the early campaigns, but still...). About every 4-ish years I get back to that game for one reason or another, and it seems that every time I'm noticeably better than the previous time. Maybe I've gotten wiser with age ? In any case, it's kinda funny how I started off favoring magic heroes with all kinds of basic magic-related skills, to favoring might heroes with logistics & estates as the best skills in the world, plus a single spell mastery to buff the whole army.


I've also had a bit of fun improving my neighborhood in 7 days to die, although I'm thinking about establishing forward bases in more hostile biome, now that I have tons of resources and key crafting skills maxed out. I'm thinking about moving either in the wasteland city nextdoor, or find a way to cross the massive sea up north to get to a nice, large snow plain I scouted out. I started building a bridge, but finishing it is pretty much out of the question, the sea if too large & too deep - it's getting difficult to reach the bottom without drowning. If I had an auger I could probably dig a tunnel underneath it in a few hours, but I'm missing a number of parts.


Aside from that, it's the usual stuff, Neverwinter or Overwatch when I'm by myself, Age of Empire 3, Warcraft 3, PUBG, Left for Dead 2 - with the odd Heroes of Storm, Smite or Stronghold Crusader to spice things up when I'm with my buddies. We predictably dropped World of Warcraft shortly after reaching max level and so far failed to get back into The Elder Scrolls Online so we're out of a MMORPG to play together right now. Ironically, these very same buddies were the ones that introduced me to Overwatch & Neverwinter, the two online games I nowadays play the most when they're not available.

2017 was a rather bad Freespace year for me (I've still got a formal apology to issue), I'm vaguely hoping 2018 will present an opportunity for me to get back into my projects there.

I'm also (sort of) proud that my steam & gog backlog barely registered a net increase over the past 2 years. OK, my wishlist nearly doubled, but the number of actual games I own and haven't played hasn't changed much ^^.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 23, 2018, 04:22:56 am
Saints Row The Third (PC)
The lack of customization regarding clothes is felt more when you play it shortly after the second game: I had to change the look of the female boss rather radically since most suit and tie options looked a bit weird and now she looks a bit like a Matrix reject.
At least I could find the same sunglasses after wandering around several shops.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on February 23, 2018, 09:43:47 pm
Finished Terror from the Deep. What an atrociously bad final mission.

On to Banner Saga 2. Not digging it as much as I did the first game for whatever reason so far.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 24, 2018, 03:16:26 am
On to Banner Saga 2. Not digging it as much as I did the first game for whatever reason so far.

It takes a while to get going (no pun intended), in many respects because there are quite a few streches of "not much to see here" ...

... which might be intentional for the trek you inherit from the first game, considering how the story of the main group is very much about the basic humanity (in a descriptive, non-normative way) during these epic going-ons in the background. It makes it a very slow burn, the enjoyment of which is closely tied to your attachments from the first game.

... which looking at the Ravens might just be about them being really unlikeable as a cast of characters. But maybe that's just me.

But the story greatly picks up in the later chapters ...
Spoiler:
to go to two seperate cliffhangers.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on February 24, 2018, 07:56:04 am
On to Banner Saga 2. Not digging it as much as I did the first game for whatever reason so far.

It takes a while to get going (no pun intended), in many respects because there are quite a few streches of "not much to see here" ...

... which might be intentional for the trek you inherit from the first game, considering how the story of the main group is very much about the basic humanity (in a descriptive, non-normative way) during these epic going-ons in the background. It makes it a very slow burn, the enjoyment of which is closely tied to your attachments from the first game.

... which looking at the Ravens might just be about them being really unlikeable as a cast of characters. But maybe that's just me.

Yeah- I find the games lose some of their immersion also when 100% of my clansmen and warriors are dead within the first hour.   All my clansmen died the first game too.  Kind of defeats the purpose.
Ravens are a bit odd,  you got a main guy who randomly attacks an adjacent character and his second in command is a woman that boosts allies by standing adjacent to them. Great synergy.  I think the main thing is that the combat just doesn't seem that interesting the second time around, or it's too interspersed.  I'm not as interested in this Oregon trail thing they got going on and so far I haven't seen any narrative hook, just more of the same. Will keep playing and see how it goes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 24, 2018, 09:56:44 am
When first reading your reply I was wondering how you get your clansmen killed (you wont have a good time in second game without clansmen as they now gather your supplies), but upon reading it again I think I might know ... how agressive is your playstyle (war/battles)?

The Ravens work best in a hammer and anvil-set-up ... despite some of the Dredge making minemeat out of humans anyway; use the shieldmaiden to anchor a group of human fighters and huddle as best as you can, then have the beserker go at them once they bunch up to engage the shieldwall (so he always hits multiple enemies, his "backswing" is unaffected by armor, good vs. Dredge).

The fighting is actually more dynamic now thanks to the Skalds which give you willpower back (=more ability uses) if positioned correctly. This also makes the Menders useful.
But yeah the big mix-ups like new Dredge, warbears and horseborn appear way late in the campaign.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on February 24, 2018, 11:57:11 am
When first reading your reply I was wondering how you get your clansmen killed (you wont have a good time in second game without clansmen as they now gather your supplies), but upon reading it again I think I might know ... how agressive is your playstyle (war/battles)?

The Ravens work best in a hammer and anvil-set-up ... despite some of the Dredge making minemeat out of humans anyway; use the shieldmaiden to anchor a group of human fighters and huddle as best as you can, then have the beserker go at them once they bunch up to engage the shieldwall (so he always hits multiple enemies, his "backswing" is unaffected by armor, good vs. Dredge).

The fighting is actually more dynamic now thanks to the Skalds which give you willpower back (=more ability uses) if positioned correctly. This also makes the Menders useful.
But yeah the big mix-ups like new Dredge, warbears and horseborn appear way late in the campaign.

In the first game there was a point where we waited at some city for some guy to show up and I think I waited too long and everyone starved or was killed by the time we got to the end city.
I used that save for the second game, and suddenly got about 250 clansmen at the start, 50 of which became warriors, but after crossing the Chasm both warriors and clansmen were all dead. Only Varls remained. So- who knows.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on February 24, 2018, 02:16:52 pm
OK, another one for my wishlist.

Another one you might like is Project Freedom (Steam name; my retail box says "Space Interceptor: Project Freedom").  I picked it up in the bargain bin at Walmart years ago and have never regretted the $10 i paid for it.  It's a lightweight space-themed, linear, mission based arcade shooter, with a mix of surface and space missions.  There are ground targets and stationary cap ships to blow up as well as fighters and bombers.  You only fly one ship with a fixed loadout.  Before each mission you can select with area you want to level up - weapons (new secondaries and more powerful primaries), defense (hull strength, add shields), or speed (increase top speed and add afterburners).  You can max them all out before the campaign is over.  You usually have some wingmen, but you can't give them orders and they don't do much other than bicker at each other and tell you "Nice shoot!" (not "shot"), and "Right between the eyes!" even when it would be more accurate to say "Right up the ass!".  There is a story behind it, and again the NPC dialog can be entertaining, but I have finished the whole campaign with no sound.

It plays well on Windows 10 with my joystick, and I can map everything I need to the 8 buttons on it.  I've never tried playing with mouse & keyboard or any other controllers.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 24, 2018, 02:50:56 pm
OK, another one for my wishlist.

Another one you might like is Project Freedom (Steam name; my retail box says "Space Interceptor: Project Freedom").  I picked it up in the bargain bin at Walmart years ago and have never regretted the $10 i paid for it.  It's a lightweight space-themed, linear, mission based arcade shooter, with a mix of surface and space missions.  There are ground targets and stationary cap ships to blow up as well as fighters and bombers.  You only fly one ship with a fixed loadout.  Before each mission you can select with area you want to level up - weapons (new secondaries and more powerful primaries), defense (hull strength, add shields), or speed (increase top speed and add afterburners).  You can max them all out before the campaign is over.  You usually have some wingmen, but you can't give them orders and they don't do much other than bicker at each other and tell you "Nice shoot!" (not "shot"), and "Right between the eyes!" even when it would be more accurate to say "Right up the ass!".  There is a story behind it, and again the NPC dialog can be entertaining, but I have finished the whole campaign with no sound.

It plays well on Windows 10 with my joystick, and I can map everything I need to the 8 buttons on it.  I've never tried playing with mouse & keyboard or any other controllers.


Thanks!  :yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on February 26, 2018, 07:23:36 am
When first reading your reply I was wondering how you get your clansmen killed (you wont have a good time in second game without clansmen as they now gather your supplies), but upon reading it again I think I might know ... how agressive is your playstyle (war/battles)?

The Ravens work best in a hammer and anvil-set-up ... despite some of the Dredge making minemeat out of humans anyway; use the shieldmaiden to anchor a group of human fighters and huddle as best as you can, then have the beserker go at them once they bunch up to engage the shieldwall (so he always hits multiple enemies, his "backswing" is unaffected by armor, good vs. Dredge).

The fighting is actually more dynamic now thanks to the Skalds which give you willpower back (=more ability uses) if positioned correctly. This also makes the Menders useful.
But yeah the big mix-ups like new Dredge, warbears and horseborn appear way late in the campaign.

Yeah I got a bit farther and the game is getting better, bit jarring to play a game that picks up immediately after another that I played like 2-3 years ago.   The horseborn are odd, I don't know why a Bear takes up two spaces but the Horseborn do not.  I wonder if they tried that early on and then nixed the idea because it got complicated or broke the game. I've sometimes Shield Smashed a bear and had it overlapping an enemy.  Also it's a bit dumb that there's the one guy who says he can capture a bear, but if you fail to do it in that mission (as I did), he can't do it in a later mission that also has bears.

Overall the combat is better, especially when there's only one guy left, though only a few missions have given me any trouble.  I do have some clansmen now in both camps, picked up some replacements along the way. I do find that I'm doing the same strategy in most battles. Particularly with the Ravens where the leader is really the main piece.  I don't tend to split the attacks but instead have him hit a guy twice and take him out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 01, 2018, 12:33:29 pm
Has anyone played that game Underrail?
https://www.gog.com/game/underrail

Finished Banner Saga and was move onto another game that only needs a mouse to play. Might just play some Point and Click games like Sam & Max but saw this in my GOG library as well. Graphics look wank, somewhat reminiscent of Syndiate but more modern. But it seems to have decent reviews.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on March 03, 2018, 10:17:28 am
Just getting into fractured space...
Jingles did it once again, he drew me into another game :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on March 04, 2018, 11:25:16 pm
After getting gifted it for Christmas, but then not having enough free harddrive space at the time to install it, I'm finally getting into NieR: Automata.

All I have to say right now is holy ****.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 05, 2018, 02:54:11 am
After getting gifted it for Christmas, but then not having enough free harddrive space at the time to install it, I'm finally getting into NieR: Automata.

All I have to say right now is holy ****.

Is that a good or bad version "holy ****"? - Already played months ago but was kinda ambivalent (thoughful and beautiful in a minimalist sense but also gameplay-wise hollow)



Aviary Attorney, trying to get the other two endings ...

Next up Into the Breach
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on March 05, 2018, 03:47:15 am
After getting gifted it for Christmas, but then not having enough free harddrive space at the time to install it, I'm finally getting into NieR: Automata.

All I have to say right now is holy ****.

Is that a good or bad version "holy ****"? - Already played months ago but was kinda ambivalent (thoughful and beautiful in a minimalist sense but also gameplay-wise hollow)
...Definitely the good version. Are you sure you're thinking of the right game? How far did you get in it, exactly?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 05, 2018, 05:33:53 am
...Definitely the good version. Are you sure you're thinking of the right game? How far did you get in it, exactly?

Until
Spoiler:
During the last story sequence I remember, the two floating robots of 9S and A2 conspired to basically "fix everything" ... and then I fell off the wagon because of the bullet hell segment that followed - kinda also because I could live the two altnerate downer endings that precceded it.

Don't get me wrong, it was one of the better games I played last year*  ... and I can't offer any concrete fixes to the gameplay that wouldn't be detriment to the rest of the game; but there seems to be something not quite as good about e.g. the combat as the rest of game, like it was fixed pretty early on and wasn't improved upon. Maybe that is just me though...

*(but also hardly a contender against Horizont: Zero Dawn, Trails of Colds Steel 1, Persona 5 and Tales of Beseria)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on March 05, 2018, 11:17:41 pm
I beat STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl. Now to do it on Master with Autumn Aurora 2. Then I'mma go through Call of Pripyat. I felt like doing Clear Sky. But I have limited bandwidth rn, so I thought I should just get the ones that seem to be the best.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on March 06, 2018, 12:34:59 am
Spoiler:
During the last story sequence I remember, the two floating robots of 9S and A2 conspired to basically "fix everything" ... and then I fell off the wagon because of the bullet hell segment that followed
Spoiler:
If you just never give up during that section, you're virtually guaranteed to eventually get through.
I'm just surprised that you can get that far in a game with as much gameplay as that and call it "hollow". I wouldn't have described it that way even if I were only on my first playthrough still.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on March 06, 2018, 03:43:06 am
Replaying Prince of Persia (2008). I did use the skins to get the Sands of Time prince and Farah though. The runny, jumpy stuff is still pretty good fun. Combat is still as **** as I remember it being last time though, possibly worse.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 06, 2018, 04:14:52 am
I'm just surprised that you can get that far in a game with as much gameplay as that and call it "hollow".

"We surveyed 100 people on that question and the most frequent answers is .... 0rph3u5 is a pretentious prick." :D

As I said there is enough to keep me engaged, it just wasn't the gameplay.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 06, 2018, 01:27:58 pm
Rise of The Tomb Raider (PC)
I got to the first campire for now, mostly because an erroneously skipped cutscene (why skip the cutscenes with the same key for jumping!?) got me OCD enough to replay the first part of the game just for that, though it was quite a while before the campfire at least.
Is the Blood Ties DLC set before or after the main game?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on March 06, 2018, 07:33:28 pm
Rise of The Tomb Raider (PC)
I got to the first campire for now, mostly because an erroneously skipped cutscene (why skip the cutscenes with the same key for jumping!?) got me OCD enough to replay the first part of the game just for that, though it was quite a while before the campfire at least.
Is the Blood Ties DLC set before or after the main game?

Before.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 07, 2018, 10:10:27 am
Putting down In to the Breach and Prey (2017)

- In to the Breach is fun esspecially due to how speedy it is as rouge-like; but it feel not as varied as FTL or other stand-outs of like Rogue Legacy ... some of it comes from how unlock new stuff across playthroughs (like FTL you do most your unlocking via gameplay-feats aka achievements) which can grind the gears of the flow it has going for it. It might actually be cool as pass-the-controler-game when you need to kill some time with friends.

- Prey I've concluded it is not for me, after trying to start it 3 times and getting unmotivated some 2-3 houres in each time. It's not that its horrible but it is also not very interesting ... I've think I read too much between the lines to actually enjoy the narrative they are setting up; a narrative without suprises can be fun of course but I think I don't want to spend any more time here.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 07, 2018, 12:22:32 pm
I played the first hour demo of prey and felt entirely underwhelmed by it all.   It all feels like they're trying to make a new bioshock in space (I won't insult system shock by associating it with prey).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 07, 2018, 08:31:26 pm
It's not an insult ... it an imitation that's missing something ... if I had a reason to (aka paying me to do so) I would make the deep dive to find out...

EDIT long after the fact: Maybe it is about immitation itself; that would be an interesting point considering some trends in gaming both past and present - but also kinda too meta for have survived a board meeting, even at ZeniMax/Bethesda (get out of my hand and stop trying to make an 0rph3u5-video essay series happen)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on March 08, 2018, 12:57:38 am
The ability to turn yourself in a coffee cup?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 08, 2018, 09:59:38 am
Rise of The Tomb Raider (PC)
Apart from me being an idiot for not noticing a climbable ledge in one of the easiest optional tombs yet to the point that I had to look it up and the game failing to signpost you need an additional gadget to get to an area (note: the game until that point always signposted when you needed additional gadgets to reach a place especially when it wasn’t obvious) with a collectable in the Baba Yaga DLC (which was a very nice sidequest) I'm really enjoying it.
I also like that apart from all the DLC ones (which I won't use as a matter of principle) there are additional outfits you get in-game for completed missions or just because the story called for a change of clothes not unlike the old Crystal Dynamics trilogy, that some of those give slight advantages doesn't hurt.
The plot is cheesy enough to make the twist about a certain character obvious from the start but is enjoyable in a "b-movie knock off of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade" way.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 10, 2018, 06:52:50 am
Following the intri (https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=82910.msg1862643#msg1862643)guing (https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=82910.msg1862776#msg1862776) recommendations in this topic last month, I too decided to give Doki Doki Literature Club a try ... and it was jolt to the system; I hardly scratched the surface and, despite being "one of the faint of heart", I gonna let my curiosity take me further in ... as soon as I finished building a literal comfort zone on my couch...



Meanwhile, I am going to start the Life is Strage-prequel later today... Given how I devoured Life is Strage on the frist go and the intersting (not euthemism) ciritical reception of the prequel, this shouldn't take long  :D

... and tomorrow I am going back to FREDing ... cause releases don't just magically happen :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 12, 2018, 04:17:21 am
Finished Banner Saga 2 and started Shadow Run Hong Kong.  Put that on hold, as my wife got sick and instead played through Duke Nukum while in the hospital.

Started Duke Nukem 2 though the graphics are a bit of a turn-off, have that 16-bit too busy feel to it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on March 13, 2018, 01:59:00 pm
Replaying Prince of Persia (2008). I did use the skins to get the Sands of Time prince and Farah though. The runny, jumpy stuff is still pretty good fun. Combat is still as **** as I remember it being last time though, possibly worse.

Never played that, but I did play Sands of Time and that was *also* console-port **** in the combat sections.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 13, 2018, 05:40:47 pm
Replaying Prince of Persia (2008). I did use the skins to get the Sands of Time prince and Farah though. The runny, jumpy stuff is still pretty good fun. Combat is still as **** as I remember it being last time though, possibly worse.

Never played that, but I did play Sands of Time and that was *also* console-port **** in the combat sections.

Console-port ****? I played that on PC and didn't have a problem.  The combat was repetitive and not great but not because it was from console, rather because it was the first iteration of the modern franchise.  Second game was much improved except for theming.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 13, 2018, 08:55:41 pm
The combat was the part of Sands of Time you tolerated to get to the next god-tier platforming section.  I've heard people whine that the final boss was cake, blissfully ignoring the fact that the true final boss was the absurd tower climb you perform immediately before it.  Still one of my favorite games of all time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on March 14, 2018, 12:29:18 am
I actually liked the combat in Prince of Persia. I regularly replay just the Tower of Dawn lift sequence. I do agree that the platforming was much better though.

The 2008 game on the other hand has great platforming but the combat is almost unplayable. One enemy in particular can only be beaten by a quicktime event that requires you to hammer the attack button as quickly as possible for about 5 seconds. Not since the days of Daley Thompson's Decathlon have I seen a game with such lack of concern for the hardware you might break playing it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 14, 2018, 01:23:30 am
Check out Forgotten Sands if you never got round to it.  It was pretty good
Much better than the orb scavenger hunt that came before it
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on March 14, 2018, 02:14:16 am
I've played it before, but it's not available on GOG and I'm not installing Uplay or Steam just to play it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on March 14, 2018, 09:42:52 am
The combat was the part of Sands of Time you tolerated to get to the next god-tier platforming section.  I've heard people whine that the final boss was cake, blissfully ignoring the fact that the true final boss was the absurd tower climb you perform immediately before it.  Still one of my favorite games of all time.

I ended up skipping a bunch of the "final" combat sequences between the next checkpoint - because OF COURSE console-port controller-centric combat mechanics were compounded by checkpoints - by downloading saves.  I'd run the whole game in platforming and combat as far as I could, and after reloading the same ****ing checkpoint 6 or 7 times I'd load the save and continue from there.

That game is the absolute pinnacle of "we designed this for a controller and can't be bothered to actually test if its playable with a mouse and keyboard."  It wouldn't have been as bad if some of the checkpoints were better placed.  The platforming was utterly amazing, and is what kept me actually playing.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on March 14, 2018, 10:00:41 am
I played on a mouse and keyboard. :p

I will admit that at first I also hated the combat in Sands of Time, but around halfway through it clicked and after that I found I was actually enjoying it.

I will still say that Sands of Time has possibly the best ending of any video game I've ever played.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Vidmaster on March 14, 2018, 02:47:29 pm
Subnautica - I waited years for it, stopped playing the early access on purpose because I did not want to ruin it for me before it was complete.

40h over the last three weeks. I am rarely getting that much playtime together today.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on March 15, 2018, 12:08:32 am
Tried replaying Sands of Time. Discovered that I can't call myself Kakolookium as it's too long. Most disappointed.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 15, 2018, 01:23:05 am
I played on a mouse and keyboard. :p

Worked just fine for me as well. People need to git gud.

Finished Duke Nukem 2.  Was decent, though the graphics are sometimes hideous.

Now onto the Metal Slug games from GOG
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Post by: AdmiralRalwood on March 15, 2018, 01:26:53 am
Finished Duke Nukem 2.  Was decent, though the graphics are sometimes hideous.
Kids these days with their Three Dee and their Eich Dee and their Ten Eighty Pee and their rock and roll and their rap music and their You Tube and their not-breaking-their-hips...

...mumble mumble Whippersnapper.

/me puts away his cane
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 15, 2018, 01:36:21 am
Finished Duke Nukem 2.  Was decent, though the graphics are sometimes hideous.
Kids these days with their Three Dee and their Eich Dee and their Ten Eighty Pee and their rock and roll and their rap music and their You Tube and their not-breaking-their-hips...

...mumble mumble Whippersnapper.

/me puts away his cane

Not the 2D man, just the aesthetic. Duke Nukem 1 (or, Duke Nukum) was pretty clean but Duke Nukem 2 was often just too busy.  Particularly the prison levels, too much grey everywhere.  Most of the other level types were okay from what I remember.

(http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/images/thumb/0/01/Duke_Nukem_2_-_DOS_-_E1M1.png/256px-Duke_Nukem_2_-_DOS_-_E1M1.png)
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on March 15, 2018, 05:07:11 am
Speaking of console ports, I got hit by a bit of Halo nostalgia recently, so last night I went ahead and reinstalled Halo:Combat Evolved on PC shortly before going to bed. Despite being notoriously bad at FPS games, I'm a bit surprise at how easily I punched through the first level, I remember having a harder time dealing with Elites on legendary. My best guess is that the closed corridors of the Autumn don't give them the opportunity to take advantage of their mobility, I'm probably gonna have a harder time on open ground & without the pistol.


I also had a bit of fun making spreadsheets for Heroes of Might & Magic 3 during downtime at work, based on info gathered of the heroes wiki. This new overhead view of the various units & factions gave me some interesting insights on the game, confirming some things I suspected & revealing others I've overlooked over the years, such as the fact that a lot more unit upgrades than I suspected were absolutely not worth it, or that only one of the Necropolis heroes started with the wisdom skill.


My 7 Days to Die character got nuked, so I've had to rebuilt it from memory using the console. I've dropped my plans to establish forward bases for the time being, the one tower I started in a wasteland town collapsed, so I'll have to review my way to build them. I'm thinking about switching to a more bunker-type style of building, while staying away from underground lairs, since that's what most of my main base is like.


I also got the urge fire up Supreme Commander while half drunk instead of going to bed one saturday night. I remember winning the game without too much trouble while fending off experimental nukes & bombers from the Seraphim AI player, despite being thoroughly unprepared for it (no air support, few anti-air turrets & only a handful of anti-nuke launchers). I fact, I only realized I had been attacked when I noticed the trademark impact decals from the bomber(s?) all over my base, and seeing the nuke launcher when I trashed its base with my own experimental gunship (although I recall thinking that these nuke strikes were oddly frequent).


Aside from all that, I'm still playing the usuals - Neverwinter, Overwatch, etc.


I've also been thinking about getting Kerbal Space Program, although I'm a bit concerned that I wouldn't have enough time to actually play it.
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Post by: karajorma on March 15, 2018, 07:27:28 am
The Pillar of Autumn level is pretty easy even on legendary. The only section where elites really have any chance to dodge is the big, two-floor room near the end of the level. I remember I once did a speed run through that particular level and wasn't hugely slowed down from my time on easy.
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on March 15, 2018, 09:15:51 am
Yeah, that's pretty much the only place where I actually died a couple of times. I think I spent so much time in every other level that I just forgot that the first level was supposed to be easy. I actually had a hard time the very first time I made the jump to legendary, but now that I have the right reflexes for that difficulty level, it's a breeze.

Kind of reminds of some of the dev commentary bits in the Half-Life games, where they highlight the importance that environment has on AI performance. It's also a fun contrast to games like FS2 where the early levels are actually among the most difficult on higher difficulty settings.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on March 15, 2018, 09:53:35 am
I’ve just finished Rise of The Tomb Raider (PC) and Croft Manor DLC.
Is it me or it’s a litttle bit glitchy compared to the first game?
In the late game I sometimes had the enemies do the “T pose” randomly, fortunately it didn’t happen in the final plot portion and the bear at the beginning disappeared at a certain point which generated enough confusion to get me killed.
Other than that it’s a more refined and slightly less shooty version of the first game, there is still the problem that a lot of story is told in the collectables and is a bit predictable though the final moments work well enough but it seems to set up Lara’s future adventures as variations on Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, dealing with lost artifacts of immortality against the Trinity religious fanatics (which were set up by a collectable in the first game, by the way).
The addition of a friendly local populace is nice, it also allows for a sort of second epilogue in addition to the after credits scene if you decide to hunt for the remaining collectables and challenges after finishing the story.
In general there is a weird sort of compromise in this reboot series, while the challenge tombs and collectables (in short: puzzles and exploration stuff) are sold as optional they really aren’t: in both games plot and characterizations are largely incomplete or nonsensical unless you read all the diaries, records, etc (just to get an idea: in the second game there is a major line of dialogue that would come from nowhere for anyone that hasn’t got all the narrative collectables beforehand) and avoiding the optional resource colelctables, challenges and tombs leaves the players without precious skill points and pieces of more advanced weapons and modifications which are already critical at normal difficulty, let alone at higher difficulty levels. Fortunately I basically tried to get everything before moving on with the final part of the plot but I sincerely wonder how the story would look from someone that basically shot their way through the game counting purely on reflexes and the scarce resources and skill points you get by not bothering with all the “optional” stuff.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 15, 2018, 10:22:12 am
So Life is Strange: Before the Storm took longer to finish than I expected ... but that has more to do with the fact that it is actually good and resonated with me - It certainly is the promise of any prequel furfilled :)


Spoiler:
What I mean by "the promise of any prequel furfilled" is that meaningfully adds to aspects under-explored in the main entry and successfully re-contextualizes many elements of Life is Strange with damaging others. This is esspecially true to for stuff that has been an isssue before, e.g. why Chloe seems to be the only one who hasn't writtren off Amber or why the rest of Arcadia Bay would.
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Post by: MP-Ryan on March 15, 2018, 01:29:34 pm
Yeah, that's pretty much the only place where I actually died a couple of times. I think I spent so much time in every other level that I just forgot that the first level was supposed to be easy. I actually had a hard time the very first time I made the jump to legendary, but now that I have the right reflexes for that difficulty level, it's a breeze.

Kind of reminds of some of the dev commentary bits in the Half-Life games, where they highlight the importance that environment has on AI performance. It's also a fun contrast to games like FS2 where the early levels are actually among the most difficult on higher difficulty settings.

Just wait until you have to board the Truth and Reconciliation. Those ****ers with the swords are murder on Legendary.
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Post by: Rhymes on March 15, 2018, 01:38:46 pm
Charge them and hose them down with an AR. They have no shields, and the bullets seem to stun them. (Needler also works if you can get your hands on one).
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Post by: Turambar on March 15, 2018, 02:06:50 pm
I am still playing a lot of Grim Dawn.

Quality ARPG goodness.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 15, 2018, 02:27:03 pm
Came back to dota 2 after a break, find out its sort of pay to win now as you can subscribe to the game to get extra information before and during game. And in a game that's reliant on knowing counters and synergies, that's quite an advantage

Won once with gyro and lost twice with willow as my win percentage with the latter continues to plummet 
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on March 16, 2018, 05:37:26 am
Well shucks, I thought DotA would remain the one MOBA with cosmetics as the only payable element. What kind of extra info to you get ?

*snip*

Just wait until you have to board the Truth and Reconciliation. Those ****ers with the swords are murder on Legendary.
Charge them and hose them down with an AR. They have no shields, and the bullets seem to stun them. (Needler also works if you can get your hands on one).
I clocked some more time yesterday, went through Halo and halfway through Truth and Reconciliation. Halo was a lot more challenging up until you get access to the Warthog, then shortly after the Sniper rifle. I actually managed to save almost everyone after that. The most difficult part was defending the first escape pod survivors & wait for Foehammer to drop the Warthog - I actually ran out of pistol bullets and had to resort to plasma weapons to snipe off the covies from a distance.

The first part of Truth and Reconciliation is fun as always, although I sometimes found myself wanting for the Arbiter's cloak the sneak around properly. The Sniper helps a lot but you still have to be careful not to get swarmed. The land battle at the gravity lift was the most difficult segment so far, I lost count of how many wave you need to fend off. I somehow managed to conserve nearly half my sniper ammo, I usually end up mostly dry by the time I get on board the ship. Also, is it just me or does the Plasma Pistol have more DPS than the Plasma Rifle ? (not counting the charged shot ofc)

The on-ship battle that followed went pretty smoothly, only one sword Elite had traded its shield for an invisibility cloak, the rest were Gold Elites, but since I was carrying a plasma pistol at that point, I managed to keep the marines alive for at least half the battle :P. Now on to rescue the captain !


Meanwhile, more HoM&M3 spreadsheet fun trivia : Did you know that the three most expensive armies in Heroes 3 are Conflux (52050 gold per week), Castle (51260 gold per week) & Tower (50920 gold per week) ? And that the cheapest armies are Stronghold (41950 gold per week) and Rampart (45730 gold per week) ?
Also, Conflux is a weirrrrd faction.
EDIT - strike those cost numbers, they're the sum of regular + upgraded unit costs
EDIT 2 - revised rankings, using the sum of upgraded unit production costs per week, is as follow :
Top 3 most expensive : Tower at 30800, Castle at 29580, Conflux at 28500
And the cheapest armies are : Stronghold at 24530 and Rampart at 25770
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 16, 2018, 01:39:55 pm
Reach is the best halo.
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Post by: Lorric on March 16, 2018, 02:46:19 pm
I've also been thinking about getting Kerbal Space Program, although I'm a bit concerned that I wouldn't have enough time to actually play it.
Half price on GOG right now.
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Post by: Novachen on March 16, 2018, 03:04:42 pm
I am playing through EPIC finally... unfortunately it can not withstand its name. It is not a very epic space game. At most from a technical perspective, if you see it that way.

I was forced to play the Amiga version, because the PC/DOS version have a black screen in the briefing of the second mission.

EPIC is a game with many BSG78 and Star Trek TOS assets... your carrier looks like the Galactica, but you are fighting against Colonial Vipers and Klingon Warbirds.
Well, unfortunately in the Amiga version you have to read the manual to know, what you are supposed to do in the missions. The clear mission briefing of the PC version is much better... especially because you do not have time to read the manual, because they are no menu screens and so the next mission begins right after the previous one.

Currently i am stuck in Mission 6 (of 9 as far as i know), where i have to defend my fleet against a big attack and have to kill enough enemies before the times runs out. Actually the time limit would not be the big issue.. the Fuel you have is. Theoretically there are several Fuel depots within a space mission, that refill your fuel and also your weapons... but unfortunately it is almost impossible to find them. They are shown on the radar, but not on the target computer as well this game have an 3D Enviroment, so you can fly up and down... but the game itself have only a 2D plane and no indicator if an object is above or below...
So you have to kill all enemies before your fuel runs out, because it is unlikely to find this fuel depots... and that make these missions quite challenging. Otherwise these mission would maybe even a piece of cake :)

This game is from 1991... i would say.. the first Wing Commander is much more epic gameplay wise... not to talk about, that WC is much longer than this 9 missions game where some of them are done in less than 2 minutes.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 18, 2018, 08:49:48 pm
Playing Broforce, pretty fun but it's crashed about 20 times so far which cuts into the enjoyment heavily.

Also played through Metal Slug 1-3, X and let's say some games are better left to the Arcades.  Though #2 is still the best of the lot
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on March 19, 2018, 11:16:47 am
Playing Broforce, pretty fun but it's crashed about 20 times so far which cuts into the enjoyment heavily.
Yeah, Broforce is super fun, but even after several years it still feels like an unstable beta, especially in 4-player games.


Now, for nostalgia gaming news :
- Halo Combat Evolved (PC) : Just arrived at The Library, which has given me some more time to reflect on the game. Firstly, it's still very fun to play. Despite a good dose of copy/pasting in level design, the missions themselves are quite serviceable, with a few nice touches here & there that add to the atmosphere. Second, it's rather weirdly balanced overall, especially on legendary. It's pretty amusing that the two most useful weapons in the game are the pistols, although there's plenty of games where that's also the case (*looks at Mass Effect*). Hunters are pathetic if you have access to a pistol or sniper, while Jackals are nearly as dangerous as Elites. Lastly, I finally understood why the game seemed easier than I remembered it ! Turns out that last time I only bother with head shots when equipped with a precision hitscan weapon (sniper rifle or magnum pistol) while nowadays I go for the the head not matter what, which A) deals more damage and B) briefly stuns the target, resulting in easy stun-lock in the weapon is fast and accurate enough (eg. Plasma Pistol & Rifle).

- Nexus - The Jupiter Incident : It's a shame this game never received a sequel or spiritual successor (that I'm aware of anyway), there's a lot of cool things I like about this game, although I wish the game was more friendly to the less "brute force-y" options, like stealth outside the stealth missions, artillery & missiles, strike crafts and commandos. Most of the time, the best loadout for your ship is anti-shield + anti-hull, with anti-shield + lasers + 1 anti-hull gun as a slightly more subtle alternative.

- Total Annihilation / Supreme Commander : Did a couple of back to back games this week-end for comparison, I was interested in how each title unfolds as the game goes on. SupCom is sooo much more turtle-y than TA at pretty much every stage, with siege breakers & game enders being ludicrously expensive compared to the effectiveness of shields, point defenses and anti-missile defenses. I think the worst offender is SupCom's T3 artillery building vs TA's Big Bertha-type building, the T3 is comparatively going to cost much more in time and money, and yet will be of limited effectiveness vs massively shielded bases, while the Big Bertha is horrifically powerful in TA's shield-less environment.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 19, 2018, 05:07:25 pm
Playing Broforce, pretty fun but it's crashed about 20 times so far which cuts into the enjoyment heavily.
Yeah, Broforce is super fun, but even after several years it still feels like an unstable beta, especially in 4-player games.

The executable is even called "broforce_beta.exe" or somesuch. Kinda ridiculous.
I can't progress in the game anymore because it keeps locking in one of the hell-in-america stages. I may transfer my saves from my tablet to the computer to see if it's just a performance issue. Maybe my Asus tablet is under spec who knows.
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Post by: Novachen on March 19, 2018, 05:32:29 pm
Played through EPIC finally.

Actually i found out a method to find this Fuelling ships quite easy. Photon Torpedos are the answer, because they have a targeting computer. But you can only use it only if you have any Torpedos (which are more like missiles) left.
But with that, it was not a big problem, even tricky at times and so the missions are not an issue anymore.

Well.. it is still nothing more than a Graphic Demo with some BSG78 and ST:TOS asset. I would say... both Star Cruiser as well Wing Commander which are both older, are much better.
The only think i liked about that is that it indeed have big space battles.

Well i do not think, that the Amiga exclusive Mission Disk, that consists of nothing more than 2 missions, will make a big difference, but i will try it out for my Playthrough channel for sure.

But before, i think i am playing through another campaign of Critical Depth.
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Post by: karajorma on March 20, 2018, 12:50:28 am
I remember playing Epic when it came out on the Amiga. I remember very little else about it other than that it was hugely derivative of BSG and lots of other shows. I don't remember it being awful, just not amazing.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on March 31, 2018, 02:58:49 pm
Finished Requiem: Avenging Angel (PC)
At the time I could barely play the demo a few minutes until my PC decided not to run it for a reason I couldn't ascertain.
It might have been interesting at the time, but boy if it has issues.
The protagonist, the angel Malachi, is super fragile and the common mooks can and WILL shred you while absorbing and often inordinate amount of bullets if they see you first.
There seems to be some localized damage but the effect of a headshot seem to be fairly random so sometimes a mook will die instantly in others he will stand up after being hit in the face by a rocket launcher.
Hell, most weapons because of the bullet sponginess of most enemies tend to play second fiddle to the three or four angelic powers that are actually useful (though it's mostly Pentecost, which is basically a chargeable shot, plus another two necessary to pass certain points and the healing spell) with only the rocket launcher being really useful.
You often die in very few hits at full health and health pick ups feel really scarce, the healing spell make it possible to go through the second half of the game but it's ridiculously slow and mana-consuming.
The aestethics are very 90s, even Malachi if it wasn't for the wings in some of the cutscenes would basically look like "rugged liefieldian action dude #143859b" with a slash of generic heavy metal album cover.
The plot seems to be there for the first half or so of the game (there is even one of the parts where you need to sue your powers that is actually a case of gameplay and story interaction rather than segregation), but the later half has a plot twist that gets drowned in the somewhat mediocre shooting.

It's not really that bad, but my nostalgia for 90s shooters could have found something better to latch on.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on March 31, 2018, 10:10:39 pm
Finished Broforce after putting the saves on my desktop. No Dolph Lundgrin but they got Machette and the chick with the gun leg? Disappointing.
The 90s action hero theme is cool but they veered off from that theme big time.

Playing a bit of Risk of Rain now, another proc gen roguelite grindfest but so far still enjoyable
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 02, 2018, 09:27:29 am
Got reward and recognition vouchers of a substantial value at work (apparently subduing an aggressor who's downed a security guard warrants fifty quid) so I got marvel vs capcom infinite and a Google home mini and a Spotify subscription. 


Playing with all that is good :)
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Post by: Sushi on April 04, 2018, 11:58:35 am
Subnautica.

I've had this on my "This looks awesome" list forever. Got it as part of some bundle, but wanted to wait until it was finished to appreciate it fully. And then I waited a tad longer while I finished up Dark Souls III, figured it wouldn't hurt to give it time for post-1.0 patches.

And now I'm entirely sucked in. This game is so good. Absolutely worth the wait.

DSIII was good too.
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Post by: Novachen on April 04, 2018, 05:01:56 pm
Nearly a year ago i played the Mega Drive version of the space/first person mix Star Cruiser for my YouTube Channel.
But now i am playing the successor to that.. Star Cruiser II: The Odysseus Project.

Well that has a god damn hard beginning, because even the first boss was a very tough cookie... and after that, i am already out of money and only have the half of my energy left... and it seems, that i do not get the promised 5000 Credits reward for this mission, yet.

Looks like i am already stuck in this game. Maybe i had to restart the game and should farm some asteroids to sell them before i head to earth for this mission.
But well, maybe this save is still salvageable.

A classic japanese game in its purest as it seems. What in our regions is insane diificulty is easy there  :D

But the first game was not so hard by any means at the beginning... maybe this is because i was only playing the console port, that was planned to be released in the West too. :D
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Post by: Firesteel on April 04, 2018, 08:53:22 pm
I've been doing a second playthrough of Steins;Gate for the other endings (and just got to the halfway point again) and I really like how replaying the game to get the True Ending is framed.

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Post by: karajorma on April 06, 2018, 02:59:34 am
Finished Sands of Time. That ending gives me goosebumps every time, it's just sooooooo good. I just love the way that they managed to not go with a standard happily ever after game ending.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 06, 2018, 07:16:11 am
Prince of persia?   I've never tried that one, I'll look for a demo later when I'm home.
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Post by: karajorma on April 06, 2018, 08:36:02 am
Yeah. Warrior Within on the other hand is not as good. I installed that, got the **** kicked out of me because someone thought it a good idea to have a hard boss battle in the middle of the tutorial and then it crashed on reloading. Since I've already completed it before I might just go straight to Two Thrones instead.
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Post by: Turambar on April 06, 2018, 10:41:31 am
Have you played Forgotten Sands?  I played it right after Sands of Time and found it excellent.
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Post by: karajorma on April 06, 2018, 07:15:38 pm
Yeah, I was asked about that one before. I have played it but it's not available on GOG (probably because it included Ubisoft's ridiculous always on DRM). I refuse to buy anything that includes anything that idiotic.
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Post by: Novachen on April 06, 2018, 07:23:27 pm
Well Forgotten Sands is very interesting indeed... because there exist four different versions of it.  :D
It has a feeling like campaigns that play after FreeSpace 2... you do not like the Story of the PS3 version? Play the PSP version instead, which is totally different  :lol:


I have to say, i disliked the PC/360/PS3 version, because it never worked as an Interquel for me... i never had an explaination why i can do much more things in the Forgotten Sands than in Warrior Within and The Two Thrones that plays a few years after this game.

The Story and Atmosphere in the Wii version was much more fitting... but the gameplay is debateable for sure, because in the Wii version was anything new on the contrary to the PC version... but well, it also felt much more like TSoT this way  :D
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Post by: Mongoose on April 06, 2018, 09:58:12 pm
Yeah. Warrior Within on the other hand is not as good. I installed that, got the **** kicked out of me because someone thought it a good idea to have a hard boss battle in the middle of the tutorial and then it crashed on reloading. Since I've already completed it before I might just go straight to Two Thrones instead.
Ugh, I remember that woman.  Warrior Within was pretty cringeworthy as a whole with the 3edgy5me Prince and the blaring Godsmack soundtrack.  Plus the devs apparently thought that "improve the combat" meant "add about 50 combo moves that no one will ever use." If you could get past all of that, the platforming was still great.  Two Thrones, though a bit uneven, was a big return to form tonally, and I really liked hiw it brought the whole story full-circle in the end.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 09, 2018, 07:10:42 am
It snowed (!) during the last week of March which cut short a lot of my plans, so I plugged in my WiiU and finally took a shot at The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - after two weeks, I am 3/4 through the Divine Beasts and have about 60 shrines finished.

The not-Switch version has some predictable technical issues (e.g. a sizeable frame rate drop when game applies transparancy to tree leaves when climbing) but so far it is a blast as nothing really seems to interfere with the critical gameplay all that much. I am also lucky that I have one of the Pro Controllers which has a far longer battery life than the WiiU's own gamepad (Still a better piece of hardware than most VR-Headsets :P).

I will spare you the obligatory fawning over the narrative but suffice it to say, I am glad that I've waited considering how bleak 2018 looks games-wise.
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Post by: Turambar on April 09, 2018, 01:59:13 pm
I didn't think this year looked bleak at all.

There's 2 Total War games, a Gundam game coming out on PC, a Soul Calibur game with Geralt of Rivia coming out on PC, the Jurassic Park management game from Frontier, and that's just what I can remember off the top of my head.

EDIT: Taking a little time to look, there's also Battletech and Tropico 6 set for this year.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 09, 2018, 04:16:05 pm
Granted, I might be overstating it a bit but compared to last year when there was at least one release per month (averaged out) that held my interest. This year not so much.

I am still saving for Ni No Kuni 2 but I also have Battletech on the radar (I might do some streaming come the weekend after release) but that's it with high profile releases I marked down for me.
Vampyr looks interesting too (but then again so did Remember Me). Pillars of Eternity 2 will be a toss-up, simply because how terribly slow-burn the narrative in the first one was.

Battlefleet: Gothic - Armada 2 doesn't have a release date yet and considering how the release window for the first one went (aside from poor communication during the open beta), I am not holding my breath for a 2018 release.

A Way Out just bombed in the review department.

My expectation for Tropico 6 will depend on further previews.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 11, 2018, 06:14:51 pm
Brought Breath of the Wild to its conclusion ... I might have overperpeared as the endgame felt rather easy

Ps. Rivali is one magnificent bastard :)
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Post by: Novachen on April 11, 2018, 07:36:59 pm
Got more into Star Cruiser II: The Odysseus Project lately. Even it is indeed a hard game, unfortunately mostly because of it's controls so far.

In the FPS sequences it is playable with Mouse even with some problems, these have an much bigger effect in the space segments of this game. The mouse is very unresponsive and lacks sensivity mostly... i have to admit and i never thought that i would say that, but i actually would prefer the gamepad from Star Cruiser 1...

Additionally i got a new Land Tank in one of the first story missions, that has the ability to hover. Well, the controls got even worse with that. Because previously i was able to control it with the Arrow Keys.. Up and Down for moving for- and backwards and Left and Right for strafing, perfect for First-Person Shooting Action... but with the hover function the Controls changed, because the Arrow Up and Down is now for hovering up and downwards. But Left and Right is still for Strafing. The Problem is, that Forward and Backward is now accomplished with Numpad 8 and Numpad 2... but 4 and 6 are only change the direction you look, the same what you do with the Mouse.

So i have to use 2 Numpad Keys, 2 Arrow Keys and the Mouse at the same time in the FPS segments. Well, that was not a good game design decision imo.
Because i do not think, that the position of Arrow Keys and the Numpad were so much different on a PC-9800.

But apart from that, i am in the first Free-Form section of the game now, where i have to earn money with freely-chooseable missions in the whole solar system for better equipment until the next story mission appear.
So far i destroyed a VOID base on Mars, survived a Space Duel against the 'Dark Princess'in the Earth orbit and also shot down a Starfighter with a superweapon near Neptune (that was a very long flight...). Especially on the Neptune ride i also killed some Space Pirates for some bounty and also mined some Asteroids in the Asteroid Belt for ressources i could sell or to convert into some useful later.

Well i think that i should buy a better weapon very soon or atleast a booster for my current one, because the standard laser is already getting weak against some enemies i encounter in the Land Tank missions.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Admiral LSD on April 12, 2018, 10:16:04 pm
Scarface: The World is Yours. I was inspired to get back into it after scoring GTA: Vice City in a recent Humble sale and managed to get it running properly under Windows 10. I’ve been thinking about moving on to something else for a bit, but I cbf switching back to the X360 controller (I’m currently using an ancient Logitech Dual Action because Scarface doesn’t map the 360 controller properly).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 14, 2018, 10:44:52 am
So, I've been playing a few things lately:

Crysis (PC)
My PC can play Crysis but apparently not in DirectX 10 since there is a bug that makes the screen black under certain DX10-only lighting effects (for example the flash when the soldier gets vaporized and much more annoyingly the Sun rising shortly after) that cannot be disabled in the options so I had to force DX9 and play only on “high” rather than “very high”.
Sincerely I’d like the suit powers would be less limited, especially the cloaking.
Once I got the sniper scope it became a lot of fun, all enemies wear some kind of body armor so I find myself trying to headshot as many of them from afar or simply use cloak to flank them.
Speed and Strength aren’t really useful in combat and are more for navigating the environment (hell, they could have just conflated them to avoid having to switch while walking around since they don’t seem to interfere with each other) and while I see the rationale for cloaking being so short-lived I would have really liked if it was more forgiving.
It’s a lot like the first Far Cry in that the first part against human enemies is fun then the aliens come and it’s less fun and this time also much more on rails (at least you got some open levels with the mutants in the first Far Cry).
Though on the whole the aliens are more tolerable than the Far cry mutants since at least you have the quicksave button and don’t have to repeat long stretches of a level because something jumped on you from nowhere.
The trouble is the way you move and your fragility are calibrated more with the semi-stealth gameplay of the first part in mind so when you have to basically mow down hordes of the things with basically no cover Serious Sam style it doesn’t feel very natural.
The VTOL part made me miss a joystick, every time there was combat involved I had to reposition the mouse constantly and keeping the alien gunships in my sights was often a pain when they managed to get close enough.
The zero gravity parts were interesting though I’d wish they lasted a bit more, the way they talked about them at the time they were supposed to be long and tedious, I guess I didn’t find them alienating as some people for whatever reason.
It’s shorter than I expected too, about 8 hours.


Then I started Crysis Warhead (PC) and it seems to have the same weird bug of the first with the image on the screen disappearing with certain light effects.
Only this time forcing DX9 only makes the screen having an epileptic crisis (heh) for some reason so I tried to brute force it by trying every possible setting one by one on the very first section of the game (basically you already get the bug towards the end of the first real-time cutscene when Psycho gets the wounded soldier off the VTOL) and it seems putting shadows and shaders above the medium (or “mainstream” according to EA and Crytek marketing people) setting triggers the bug.
I sincerely wonder why such a recent game is giving me more trouble than some real old stuff, perhaps some weirdness of the early Cryengine is clashing with my RX 580?

Skyrim (PC)
Because Steam free weekend, that’s why.
Five minutes, basically only the intro, I’m not sure if I’ll continue since I don’t have much time and I’m not particularly interested in buying the game in the short term but it seems to work well at least, my misadventures with Crysis and Crysis Warhead made me a bit paranoid lately.
The interface is really odd, the fact you can navigate it with a mouse seems like an afterthought and had to use the keyboard for a lot of stuff.

Earthsiege (PC)
So, I finally got around to select the armaments in the single missions and now I seem to actually be able to beat them.
Projectile weapons in particular seem very good, and I didn’t seem to run out of ammo in the scenarios I’ve done so far.
Aiming with the keyboard is a pain (the cockpit is clicky so the mouse is for that, useful for when I forget what does what on the keyboard) but fortunately there is a tracking mode for the turret that even allows to be manually corrected (it isn’t very precise, especially with projectile weapons since they need a bit of lead to actually hit moving targets).
I’ve been playing mostly from my laptop, when I got to my desktop PC I tried to make the HOTAS work with mixed success.
It would have been much easier if DOSbox emulated also the WCS throttle add on and not just the Thrustmaster FCS joystick alone since they seem to be supported by this and a lot of other games.
I’ve found the solution of setting the game to dual stick and DOSbox to 4axis but unfortunately the rudder axis seems to act weird for some reason, I’ll try to disable it completely in CH control manager and see if I can use the same config without the absence of the fourth axis interfering with in-game calibration somehow.

Still, for my first serious attempt at a mech game it seems to be going fine, I had completely forgot of these games until I saw the Pixelmusement videos about them recently where he mentions that almost the entire series is freeware on www.tribesuniverse.com, I remembered playing a demo of Starsiege (which is listed under "Starsiege Tribes" because they chose to put up the compilation disk with the original Starsiege and the Tribes spin off) so I decided to give it a try from the start because I'm OCD like that.  :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 14, 2018, 03:03:15 pm
The interface is really odd, the fact you can navigate it with a mouse seems like an afterthought and had to use the keyboard for a lot of stuff.

You are correct. There a few mods which build a more keyboard and mouse-appropriate interface.

.... but if you are crowd pleaser across plattfroms you can get away with EVERYTHING.



Checked back in on Star Wars: Battlefront 2 ... same old, same old - the post release doctoring and The Last Jedi-dlc didn't do much...

Shadowrun: Dragonfall, now checking in on the Director's Cut.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 15, 2018, 01:56:39 am
I'm starting up Dark Souls 2 and I'm about half way through River City Ransom Underground.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 15, 2018, 03:57:38 am
I'm starting up Dark Souls 2

Scholar of the First Sin or vanilla?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 15, 2018, 06:47:36 pm
Scholar.

I'm up at the first boss. Boy I love dealing 25dmg with my tiny knife, although this could've been much worse if I hadn't bought the Great Soul Arrow.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on April 15, 2018, 08:14:01 pm
Finished Subnautica, which was bittersweet because it was so excellent and now it's over. And the replay proposition is pretty limited. (I'll replay vicariously by getting my kids to do it!)

Also played through Steamworld Heist, which was quite good, and started in on Steamworld Dig. (Which so far also seems excellent).

So many high-quality games, so little time! It's a great problem to have.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on April 16, 2018, 05:09:53 am
Recently got into CoD Infinite Warfare Zombies.
Fun little game, but after I tried to convince some friends to get the game I realised it is still at 60€ plus the season pass costs 50€. WTF?!

Other than that Zombies coming out of the ground and a miniboss every few rounds is fun, but not when you actually get a respawn and he is in front of the lost & found place, where your upgraded weapons are :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Admiral LSD on April 16, 2018, 05:48:01 am
Recently got into CoD Infinite Warfare Zombies.
Fun little game, but after I tried to convince some friends to get the game I realised it is still at 60€ plus the season pass costs 50€. WTF?!

Welcome to the brave new world of digital game distribution, where publishers can keep the price jacked up as high as they want, for as long as they want!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 16, 2018, 07:38:33 am
On the other side of that debate I bought battlefield hardline and premium (premium gives all DLC) for a total of eight English pounds.  New, on the playstation store.  Been catching up with my younger brother who plays it and it's worth that price.  Multi isn't better than battlefield 4, it's different.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on April 16, 2018, 09:08:31 am
Through the power of DOSbox I'm replaying the original US Navy Fighters. For added convenience I made an ISO of my CD (that I mount in DOSbox) so that no noisy CD-ROM is required. Also the Windows Joystick works perfectly.

(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1ltSS8hocmPu2FJVT9OL5KRw5QP3J-XXj) (https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1fNZ4k8p0QUBeGvpT1Kzk9C8oCUlnlR-n)

(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1HD1LnPm7zM_codurmkYGIidjmppFuZNn) (https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=16o0ovG5BISmTdjJc0kbopdKp4rlHHarG)

The game is as much fun as I remember, and for added goosebumps let this run in the background as you sit on the cat waiting for the go.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 16, 2018, 02:24:26 pm
I'm up at the first boss. Boy I love dealing 25dmg with my tiny knife, although this could've been much worse if I hadn't bought the Great Soul Arrow.

If you think you are struggeling too much, you should pop over to Heide's Tower of Flame and get the Ring of Binding (in Scholar you can't just run through the area but enemies are tougher than the Forest of Fallen Giants but the RoB is very helpful for first timers)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on April 16, 2018, 02:34:13 pm
Better suggestion--skip DSII entirely. I and III are better in pretty much every way (except maybe art design--I'll give DSII this, it looks really pretty).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 16, 2018, 05:55:10 pm
Better suggestion--skip DSII entirely. I and III are better in pretty much every way (except maybe art design--I'll give DSII this, it looks really pretty).

A suggestion, not a better one. Narratively Dark Souls 2 is actually the best of three, even if you don't lore-master it (although since in Scholar you can't unlock the Shrine of Winter without having acquired the Great Souls, which changes the dynamic of the narrative a bit; in vanilla the Shrine would open to you without the Great Souls if you had acquired a huge number of regular souls):

MAJOR SPOILER WARNING
Spoiler:
Besides the main quest Dark Souls and especially Dark Souls 3 are very much a compilation of stories that touch the main quest but aren't really connected to it.

In Dark Souls you have the carriers of the Lord Souls, which have widely different motives regarding the First Flame:
- Gwyn preserved the First Flame by the becoming the first Lord of Cinder,
- The Witch of Izalith drowned her kingdom in an attempt to recreate the First Flame in order to prevent the loss waning of the First Flame from ending the First Age of Fire,
- Seath the Scaleless is indifferent to the First Flame now that he has finally found a way to achieve the immortality he was denied by being born without the scales of an Eternal Dragon,
- the Kings of New Londor sold themselves to the Abyss for the power of the Darkwraiths after the part of Gwyn's Lord Souls they were given failed to satiate their ambitions for power and dominion.
- Nito is content to watch the world decay because he an avatar of death and decay himself,
Either ending of Dark Souls however renders any of these ambitions meaningless as you either become the Second Lord of Cinder or the Dark Lord, both of which play into inevitibilty of the world decaying and dying since the First Flame introduced Disparity into the world. As the state of the world boils down to side effect of the First Flame fading, you can't even say they are responsible for the state of the world.

In Dark Souls 3 you have the Five Final Lords of Cinder whose ashes you have to collect in order to access the First Flame, each of them has turned away from their fated duty as Lord of Cinder due to an overriding obsession:
- The Young Prince Lothric would not leave the side of his undead brother who had protected the sickly younger sibling while their father's obsession with the Eternal Dragons turned him away from taking care of the kingdom.
- The Abyss Watchers were obsessed with destroying the presence of the Abyss in any shape or form, however being humans they too are creatures of the Dark and therefor akin to the Abyss; this caused them to fall on each other despite the pact through the Blood of the Wolf.
- Yhorm the Giant was obsessed with destroying the Profaned Flame, a strange imitation of the First Flame that would not fade but also not give life.
- Aldrich was driven mad by visions of a flooded world and sought to survive in that future only he could see by casting off everything he was and devouring anything to promised to make him stronger once he took it into himself.
- Ludleth of Courland (who is already in Firelink Shrine) has also a strong desire to prevent the World Without Fire.
Again, both their duty and obsession are rendered pointless by the endings, regardless if you fulfil, betray or usurp your duty as the Ashen One - the world will decay eventually (as linking the fire doesn't stop the First Flame from fading anyway) or through your actions (either by letting the First Flame fade and the world return into a darkness without Disparity or whatever will happened once you take up the mantle of the Lord of Hollows). Unlike Dark Souls, there is however a case that can be made that the call for an Ashen One as a measure of last resort can be blamed on four of these five (Ludleth at least came willingly).

Now this idea of strong, destructive obsession is also present in the Bearers of the Great Souls in Dark Souls 2, especially at Bonefire Intensity 2+ when the Great Souls come with names that reference Dark Souls; although there seems to be an inversion of the original theme at play here. However this only exist a thematic through line for the series and is only tangentially related the story that is told through the locations across the critical path of Dark Souls 2 - many of the optional locations don't tie into this (don't ask me what the Executioner's Chariot is about :) ).

The ciritical path tells are more in-depth and coherent story: the tragedy of King Vendrick, the man who could not be link the fire, the king who could not be a Lord.
From the Forest of the Fallen Giants (representing the both the rise and downfall of Drangleigh as a kingdom) to the confrontation at the Throne of Want, the story is one of ambition to conquer both a kingdom and the fated curse of that would come with the fading of the fire*:

*A big fan-theory here: During the events of Dark Souls 2 the threat to the First Flame is not that it has faded as far as in Dark Souls but the presence of Nashandra, which as daughter of the Abyss might snuff out the flame; this is what is calling your Undead to Drangleigh not the immediate need for a new Lord of Cinder.

Vendrick and Aldia tried to prevent the Undead Curse by many means, including trying to recreate an Eternal Dragon and creation of the Emerald Herald. Like al l candidates to be Lords of Cinder of their age they attracted a daughter of the Abyss, Nashandra. Vendrick fell in love with Nashandra and with her help he found the location of the Throne of Want and build a castle there.
Eventually despite his love for her Vendric was able to detect Nashandra's true nature; and faced the crushing truth that he could not claim the Throne of Want (and with it the possible solution to the Curse), Vendrick chose to sequester himself in the Undead Crypt. His isolation guaranteed by his knights, he turned into a mindless Hollow.

Thanks to the more linear approach to how you progress (checking off one location to gain access to another, thank you Fragrant Branch of Yore), the story unfolds naturally - even though you have to do some exploring and reading of item descriptions for that (and you may also miss informative encounters, like returning to the Undead Crypt with the Ashen Mist Heart). On top of that if you put all the pieces together, the story has tangible stakes and plays into theme of an inevitable fall without denying the agency of the characters involved (e.g. Vendrick becomes a Hollow because he choses to, not because he was always going to be) - which is helped by the ambiguous nature of the ending (or both endings, if you are playing Scholar).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on April 16, 2018, 06:17:27 pm
That's an interesting take on the games, and one I hadn't thought of before. Unfortunately it's undercut for me by the fact that Dark Souls II is the least fun to actually play.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 16, 2018, 07:21:22 pm
I've beaten the Giant, went over to Heides tower of Flame. Took an inane amount of tries to beat Dragonrider. I think I need to level my INT WAY UP. Gotta get HUGE.
Somebody on Discord pmed me about the Binding Ring. Although I only picked it up AFTER I killed the Dragonrider.

I would probably find exploring and appreciating the environment if each wasn't filled with enemies. It's like I literally can't get a breather. "Gotta fill our death quotas".


I've read up on the lore of DS2, and I have to say. I find it quite boring, just like I find the lore of DS3 boring. Although I might be a bit Biased.  ;7
However, I do enjoy the DLC storylines. Especially the Shard of Manus, who's just really sad and needs hugs.

However, I do not enjoy the retcons that DS2 introduces in-regards to curses and how Magic and Miracles work. Since those had subtle but large implications on how Souls work.


Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 17, 2018, 04:12:50 am
I think I need to level my INT WAY UP. Gotta get HUGE.

Might I suggest that you level up Attunement first? - Being able to carry more spells (and more uses) is going to be more important in the long run (esspecially since the drop for the Staff of Wisdom is earlier in Scholar)

I would probably find exploring and appreciating the environment if each wasn't filled with enemies. It's like I literally can't get a breather. "Gotta fill our death quotas".

The re-design was in part to fix that people were just running through the area in vannila; there it was only filled with the tall Old Knights which despite their reach are unable to stop a sprinting player.

I've read up on the lore of DS2, and I have to say. I find it quite boring, just like I find the lore of DS3 boring.

The interesting elements of the three Dark Souls stories are their delivery, not their content - esspecially through design of the levels: e.g. Aldia's Keep is good representation of how the honourable motives behind Vendrick's and Aldia's quest to cure the Curse and their methods relate to each other (the Entrance Hall is actually warm and inviting - even the giant dragon skeleton kinda works in the room - while when you proceed further every room feels more claustrophobic, despite many having reallly high cellings)

Also, discovery is half of the fun :)

However, I do not enjoy the retcons that DS2 introduces in-regards to curses and how Magic and Miracles work. Since those had subtle but large implications on how Souls work.

The change to what consitutes "Cursed" is a bit of swap in labels. What in Dark Souls is "cursed" as status effect is "petrified" in the other games; Dark Souls II's own "cursed" status effect ties more to direct presence of a decaying force (e.g. the Curse Jars later in the game which seem to have some sort of essence trapped in them until smashed) - that curse is also a seperate thing from the Undead Curse/Curse of Undead which comes with the fading of the First Flame and the appreance of the Dark Sign (though there is some relation to that if you go into the lore of the Dark Sign and the Darkwraiths).

I don't think there is much change in regards to the mechanics of Magic and Miracles through the game, lorewise - however some people who curate the lore have the tendecy to try to build a homogenous system for those and ignoring implied diversity of how Magic and Miracles are taught and contextualized while sharing underlying principles (e.g. Miracles are based on imitation rather than intellect).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 17, 2018, 05:35:10 am

The re-design was in part to fix that people were just running through the area in vannila; there it was only filled with the tall Old Knights which despite their reach are unable to stop a sprinting player.


I'm not sure being forced into combat is considered good design, in Dark Souls 1. You can risk running past all the enemies, but at the risk of the consequences of them catching up to you before a fog door or if you mess up. The level design of Dark Souls is more suited to picking your battles, not fighting swarms of multiple enemies everywhere. The amount of enemies in DS2 is incredibly tedious and frustrating.

Not to mention it reduces the amount of player agency you have.


The interesting elements of the three Dark Souls stories are their delivery, not their content - esspecially through design of the levels: e.g. Aldia's Keep is good representation of how the honourable motives behind Vendrick's and Aldia's quest to cure the Curse and their methods relate to each other (the Entrance Hall is actually warm and inviting - even the giant dragon skeleton kinda works in the room - while when you proceed further every room feels more claustrophobic, despite many having reallly high cellings)

Also, discovery is half of the fun :)

Actually, the level design in Dark Souls 2 makes the world feel very artificial, it's weird disconnected levels. Combined with an AI that cannot handle your approach if you decide to go through a shortcut, causing them to spaz out as you attack them from the side or rear takes me straight out of any connection I'm building with the world.


Vendrick choosing to become a Hollow, doesn't necessarily change the fact that he was going to become one anyway. Gwyn chose to light himself on fire, if he didn't the world was return to it's previous lifeless state.

Not to mention the fact that instead of letting you explore and seek out your own interpretation on the story. DS2 generally spoons it to you, now excuse me while I break the neck of the Emerald Herald. Or find a mod to get her to shut up, because I want to level up.

Do I need to remind you that the story writers for DS2 were so inept that they had to introduce a character to spoon you even more lore, to the degree they literally take the control out of the players hands as well as forces them into a boss battle later to give you even more story to get people to understand. Aldia was literally added to the game because people were complaining that they didn't understand the lore.

So even if it was told better, I'm not sure they did indeed deliver the story any better than the other two.




Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 17, 2018, 06:36:52 am
Vendrick choosing to become a Hollow, doesn't necessarily change the fact that he was going to become one anyway.

Uhm acutally ....MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DLC BELOW
Spoiler:
Vendrick already had a solution of the curse ready as it revealed once you have collected all four Crowns and return to him via the Ashen Mist Heart. This will cause the "warmth" in the Crowns to become a spark of fire, which then prevents you from becoming a Hollow while having one the crowns equipped.

But the bigger point here is that he could not link the fire because he loved Nashandra despite knowing that she was a daughter of the Abyss. Even without the solution it is a different thing from Gwyn, who had run out of options.

Also, the world before the First Flame appeared was not lifeless. It was timeless and without Disparity, meaning that under the rule the Eternal Dragons nothing of note happened, not that nothing existed. And...

SPOILERS FOR THE "The End of Fire"-ENDING OF DARK SOULS III
Spoiler:
Both the lore for Untended Graves and the final line of dialogue in "The End of Fire"-ending suggest that life goes on after the First Flame fades out. It even suggests that is hope in the World Without Fire. (Unless of course you initate the "b-variant" of the ending in which the Ashen One kills the Firekeeper.)

I am with you on the introduction of Aldia but his introduction had little to do with inteptitude.
If you read through the interviews with the devs you will find that they quite early broke from the idea to make it an game with end-of-world-stakes and rather focused on a few, more sentimental themes (longing, home, and memory) to express in the game. That takes away some agency because the sequence of presentation became more important but IMO doesn't make it worse per se. The game follows a different objective and putting aside some gameplay issues serves it well.
This is also the reason why it is a fair suggestion to skip Dark Souls 2. Esspecially if you are here for the empowering fantasy or the end-of-the-world-stakes.

And quite frankly, even as someone who is quite deep into Dark Souls Lore, I didn't need that connective tissue that Scholar-version provides. Its continuty for continuty's sake - and I already said that continuity keeping is dummest thing a fan can do (if you "keep the lore" than understand and maybe enjoy the disparities in the story instead trying to make it some rigid s***)

As for the Emerald Herald, her repetive dialogue in Majula is problematic but hardly breaking the story telling. Its annoying mostly because it is the game mechanics spilling into the narrative extensively (Note: the Firekeeper in DS3 is worse as you mumbles an incantation while you have the level-up screen open, which again you acess by talking to her).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 17, 2018, 07:40:40 am
Spoiler:

The Crown was no solution. It was intended as one.

What Aldia did is technically a solution to the problem. But you end up being stuck detached from space and time. Unaging and a blob of fire and charcoal.

[spoiler/]
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on April 17, 2018, 08:02:02 am
So I finally finished my legendary playthrough of Halo : Combat Evolved on PC last week. Overall, I had an easier time to get through the game this time around, due to a combination of improved aim & more sensible tactics. The game comes off as rather contrasted difficulty-wise, most firefights are easy enough to manage, but most levels have a handful of sequences that are really tough and/or complicated to get through.

The Flood feels rather pitiful as an opponent compared to the Covenant forces, the only tough sequence that I can recall that really played to their strength is that one spot in the library where you are trapped between two doors in close quarters with little room to maneuver. They have a really hard time using their (mostly UNSC) guns effectively, which makes sense in-universe but makes them rather trivial to deal with in the overwhelming majority of situations (well, as long as you keep a UNSC weapon anyway).
In contrast, the covies are much more consistently a threat (well, except maybe the Hunters), and really shine in the later parts when you are facing the spec ops Elite & Grunts - who throw pinpoint-accurate grenades & carry fuel rods, respectively. IIRC, 2 & 3 bumped up the Flood difficulty a bit, putting both factions on more even grounds when fighting the player.

tldr; still a nice enough game, but it's aged a bit, especially compared to later installments.


In other gaming news, SC2 Wings of Liberty on Brutal is *really* hard, like mathematically so. I've got trouble finding an effective strategy some of these missions, especially when facing the Protoss (holy ****ing **** that crossdamned drill mission). It does work at giving the impression that your group is outnumbered and outgunned by everybody else though. Can't wait to get through it though, I've always had more playing the Zerg & the Protoss. With luck, I'll finally get to play Legacy of the Void before the end of the year (yeah, I'm late to the party, but none of my friends had it & I had no intention of shelling out more money to Blizzard than I already have over the years).

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I spend half an hour last night kiting a vastly superior enemy force to death during a siege in Heroes 3 - blessed be the Slow & Blind spells, watched the AI impaling itself repeatedly on my defenses in C&C3's Nod campaign the week before, and all but killed Archimonde on normal in Warcraft 3's final mission earlier this year. So point goes to SC2 I guess...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 17, 2018, 09:26:56 am
Earthsiege (PC)
So, it seems I needed to install the 1.01 patch to get the HOTAS working as intended (the patch is also needed to be able to regulate the difficulty of the career mode otherwise it's stuck on the hardest setting).
Basically the original WCS throttle support worked very much like my initial fake dual stick solution and using the throttle not only did work only as a centered axis (which basically meant you could only go full forward or full reverse and good luck trying to stop) but it also interfered with the man stick locking it into place until you recentered the throttle. Also the rudder support while more straightforward had pretty much the same problem which kind of defeats the purpose of being able to aim while steering the mech (or "HERC" as they are called here).
In the end I just mapped the arrow keys to the two front buttons on the throttle for steering, but with the throttle the thing has been much more complicated and required the above-mentioned patch.

The patch altered the throttle support, now when you activate the options instead of searching for the throttle the game just enables a series of speed presets consisting of CTRL+number and gives you a file to use with the WCS throttle.
Of course not having a vintage thrustmaster throttle the file is useless but with the presets I could program the throttle, though not in the easiest way of just putting in the preset keys in the throttle TAB in CH Control Manager because that doesn't work with button combination. So I had to use a script, first by setting a series of virtual buttons with the CH Control Manager CMOS setup with this macro:

Code: [Select]
    keys +LCTL +number -number -LCTL
“number” being one of the number keys and LCTL being the left control key.
Then on to string the virtual buttons together with the script proper:

   
Code: [Select]
script
    cms.b1 = [ js2.a3 < 30 ];
    cms.b2 = [ 31 < js2.a3 ] and [ js2.a3 > 60 ];
    cms.b3 = [ 61 < js2.a3 ] and [ js2.a3 > 95 ];
    cms.b4 = [ 96 < js2.a3 ] and [ js2.a3 > 125 ];
    cms.b5 = [ 126 < js2.a3 ] and [ js2.a3 > 135 ];
    cms.b6 = [ 136 < js2.a3 ] and [ js2.a3 > 150 ];
    cms.b7 = [ 151 < js2.a3 ] and [ js2.a3 > 180 ];
    cms.b8 = [ 181 < js2.a3 ] and [ js2.a3 > 200 ];
    cms.b9 = [ 201 < js2.a3 ] and [ js2.a3 > 220 ];
    cms.b10 = [ 221 < js2.a3 ];
    endScript

Where every “cms.b” is a virtual button, js2.a3 means “third axis of the second device of the profile” (the throttle has a ministick which is axis 1 and 2, the throttle proper is axis 3) and the various numbers are the throttle axis potentiometer value intervals in which to trigger the macros attributed to the virtual buttons. I’ll probably revise the value intervals later to get a wider “full stop” zone as the absence of detents makes finding the center difficult sometimes but for now it seems to work as intended and doesn’t interfere anymore with the joystick allowing better control of the turret.

The rest was easy:
Spoiler:
(http://i66.tinypic.com/1f8oj5.jpg)
(http://i63.tinypic.com/2djyo1d.jpg)

I must say the game becomes much easier when you can steer and aim the turret properly at the same time, especially considering that aiming for the legs of enemy HERCS is the best way to get extra salvage for repairing and building new HERCs.

The career mode is divided in several campaigns that seem to be dynamic to a certain extent, though I've found only one instance of a mission being altered because of the results of a preceding one until now.
The first campaign was relatively easy, at the moment I'm stuck at the first mission of the second one.
Also, that death animation: YIKES!
Projectile weapons seem to be the ones that work best, at least they don't drain shield energy and seem to have better range than most early laser weapons.
I'd just wish you coud see the distance indicator on the target display, in this game it seems you cannot know the distance and the status of a target at the same time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 17, 2018, 09:07:10 pm
Wait. I forget. Is Earthsiege the original game? Because damn. Good luck man! I love some of the mech designs in that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 17, 2018, 09:35:09 pm
Wait. I forget. Is Earthsiege the original game? Because damn. Good luck man! I love some of the mech designs in that.
It should be the first game in the series, yes.
I stumbled upon it thanks to a Pixelmusement video (http://youtu.be/qjbrzgYGuGY), I remembered Starsiege from a demo in an old PCgamer CD (my english was rather lacking at the time so I couldn't understand much of what was going on, also good luck finding a copy where I lived) so since it was freeware I decided to give the series another try.
I got to the fifth mission of the second campaign though I had to reload the second mission when I got to the fourth because one of my teammates got killed and that triggered a bug that wouldn't let me access the crew menu which made impossible to assign that sweet new Tomahawk HERC I had the engineers build.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 17, 2018, 10:11:21 pm
I've never actually played Earthsiege. I've been thinking about playing Mechwarrior 2 soon though. But I do love the setting.
The lore and story in StarSiege is really, really good for it time. If it does kinda retcon away the previous games. Starsiege also apparently had a pretty big multiplayer scene.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 18, 2018, 10:04:27 am
I've never actually played Earthsiege. I've been thinking about playing Mechwarrior 2 soon though. But I do love the setting.
The lore and story in StarSiege is really, really good for it time. If it does kinda retcon away the previous games. Starsiege also apparently had a pretty big multiplayer scene.

I still have to figure out which version of Mechwarrior 2 is the one to play, and I thought having three versions each of X-wing and Tie Fighter was complicated. :/
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 18, 2018, 07:28:10 pm
...I totally forgot there were different versions depending on the graphics card. Oooof. I, uuuh, I'm going to need to write these differences down somewhere to compare notes.

EDIT: Would you have a recommended version?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 18, 2018, 08:48:52 pm
...I totally forgot there were different versions depending on the graphics card. Oooof. I, uuuh, I'm going to need to write these differences down somewhere to compare notes.

EDIT: Would you have a recommended version?
Beats me.

Normally I'd say the DOS version via dosbox (the only constant in what I've read is that the windows versions of Mechwarrior 2 are buggy as hell) but there seem to be multiple versions of that too.    :confused:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 18, 2018, 11:28:25 pm
I'll stick with the version my friend gives me. I'll probably get around to it after I play thought Dark Souls 2 SotS.

(Is it just me, or are there no summon signs?)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 19, 2018, 06:06:13 am
(Is it just me, or are there no summon signs?)

Which Boss/area?
In Scholar almost every boss* should have at least one summon but some NPC summons follow unwritten rules (e.g. Lucatiel of Mirrah) others are just at inconvient locations (e.g. in Black Gulch where the summon sign is on a hidden side path - which also contains a bonfire)

*(e.g. the Rat King's Convenant Bosses; those are located in PVP areas which get locked off as soon as you summon a white or golden phantom)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 19, 2018, 06:59:05 am
I just realized I was having such a tough time since I was in that Covenant in Majula that makes the game harder.

EDIT: Okay, I left it. But I'm still not seeing summon signs. I'm at the the Scorpioness Boss Fight, there's no summon signs outside of her boss door.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 19, 2018, 08:25:51 am
EDIT: Okay, I left it. But I'm still not seeing summon signs. I'm at the the Scorpioness Boss Fight, there's no summon signs outside of her boss door.

There is one summon for this fight but its one of the hidden ones:
Spoiler:
First, the male half-man-half-scorpion must still be alive (He doesn't attack but you can't hear what he is saying either).
Second, You need the Ring of Whispers, sold by Sweet Shalquoir in Majula (aka the Cat). Putting it on will allow you to understand what the Manscorpion is saying.
Thrid, exhaust all dialogue with him.
Fourth, his summoning sign should appear in the antechamber of the bossfight.

Fifth, return to him after you defeated the boss. (If he died during the fight, you may have to rest on a bonefire for him to respawn)

EDIT: Checking the wiki for the correct names, I also found there is a second one in Scholar. But unlocking that is a real hassle (remember the foggy patch of the Woods with the nearly invisible enemies? You would have to clear that out)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 19, 2018, 10:45:15 am
I loaded up DS2 tonight because I couldn't sleep, and wow suddenly I just beat her. Like it was trivial. I was kicking myself. :(

Right now, I could explore through the pit in Majula, continue to explore the Shaded Woods, explore the Doors of Pharros, explore the Lost Bastile or where I currently am, Brightstone Cove Iseldora.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 19, 2018, 05:25:10 pm
Right now, I could explore through the pit in Majula,

Bring a the torch briefly forgot that the torch in Dark Souls 2 is more a ressource that an weapon like in other Souls-games

explore the Lost Bastile

From where do you enter? No Man's Warft or Forest of Fallen Giants ?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 19, 2018, 09:07:52 pm
No Man's Wharf... I didn't even know you could enter it from Forrest of Fallen Giants.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 20, 2018, 02:07:48 am
I didn't even know you could enter it from Forrest of Fallen Giants.

The Last Giant-boss (you already killed) drops a key which opens up several doors in the fortress; one of these paths lets you go to the top of the seaside wall for your re-match with a certain someone who -most likely- air-dropped in earlier and -most likely- "murdered" your character; win there and you get the option to enter the Lost Bastile from another point
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 23, 2018, 09:51:13 am
While I was downloading Angry Spartans New Aventures in Hyperborea Saturday (cause I forgot to leave the console on when going out Friday), I took some time out to up my Destiny 2 (PS4) Dawnblade-Warlock and Nightstalker-Hunter for the DLC next month (all 4 go-to weapons masterworked; all armor for that Spec masterworked and re-rolled the attributes to make all my non-exotic armor Heavy)

Yesterday then got started on the new God of War because it was advertised as the game equivalent of a single take movie; gonna see how that shakes out - currently on my way back to Midgard after a stay in Alfheim...
I kinda like the narrative device that Atreus has to explain Kratos almost everything concerning Norse mythology, even if it is clumsy when viewed objectively.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on April 23, 2018, 02:01:11 pm
Playing a bit of the newer Doom game.  Seems okay, but also seems more derivative of Unreal/Quake than it does the original doom.  Doom combat is about getting ambushed, not fighting in arenas- something the devs didn't seem to pick up on.  Also armor + such is pretty pointless when my guy will die in only 3-5 hits. Why spend time finding a secret if the bonus will be almost instantly gone next fight?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Admiral LSD on April 24, 2018, 05:01:54 am
Playing a bit of the newer Doom game.  Seems okay, but also seems more derivative of Unreal/Quake than it does the original doom.  Doom combat is about getting ambushed, not fighting in arenas- something the devs didn't seem to pick up on.  Also armor + such is pretty pointless when my guy will die in only 3-5 hits. Why spend time finding a secret if the bonus will be almost instantly gone next fight?

From memory, enemies drop health and ammo packs when you glory kill them in long chains, but I’ve never actually played it. I got part of the way through a Let’s Play on YouTube and got sick of the non-stop fake difficulty checkpoint bull****.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on April 24, 2018, 05:37:35 am
Playing a bit of the newer Doom game.  Seems okay, but also seems more derivative of Unreal/Quake than it does the original doom.  Doom combat is about getting ambushed, not fighting in arenas- something the devs didn't seem to pick up on.  Also armor + such is pretty pointless when my guy will die in only 3-5 hits. Why spend time finding a secret if the bonus will be almost instantly gone next fight?

From memory, enemies drop health and ammo packs when you glory kill them in long chains, but I’ve never actually played it. I got part of the way through a Let’s Play on YouTube and got sick of the non-stop fake difficulty checkpoint bull****.

Yeah they do. I have to glory kill guys all fight long to stay alive.  What I mean though is that there are secrets with like a suit of armour, but when I pick it up, the armour is gone in like 2-3 hits so searching for ways to get the secret is pretty pointless.  But yeah, as far as Doom sequels go, so far I think Doom 3 is still a better successor.  Was more horror than action but the main dynamic was there.  People just get hung up about not having a flashlight on their gun cause they're big babies and don't realize that the enemy illuminate themselves.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on April 24, 2018, 05:59:07 am
I went through the hole in the ground of Majula and have fought my way to the Black Gulch. Apparently I missed the Royal Rat Authority or something... I killed the Royal Rat Vanguard atleast.
The Gutter is a **** hole, I dislike it. Also this Gulch area is also annoying me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 25, 2018, 09:53:39 am
I went through the hole in the ground of Majula and have fought my way to the Black Gulch. Apparently I missed the Royal Rat Authority or something... I killed the Royal Rat Vanguard atleast.
The Gutter is a **** hole, I dislike it. Also this Gulch area is also annoying me.

You gonna love another area accessible through the Rotunda ;)

The Black Gulch is at least short and "sweet" (it has basically the shape of a P); and unless you really need do the Pilgrims or Aldia questlines you don't even need to come back.



Still punching things throughout the Realms of Norse mythology, but also got assured myself that my faith into Battletech would be rewarded.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 25, 2018, 10:43:20 am
So, instead of playing Earthsiege I’ve been mucking about with trying to get Earthsiege 2 to work probably because I have some latent masochistic tendencies.
Boy, what a mess.
First: the installer on the freeware ISO doesn’t work on 64 bit systems so you have to use an alternate installer, I’ve found two, one was a simple batch file that copies the files from the Cd or mounted ISO and creates the various CFG files, the other allowed to get the CD music by autodownloading the mp3 tracks but the installed copy obtained crashed regularly;
Second: no in-game music because the freeware version is a simple ISO without the redbook tracks so you need to get the mp3 tracks separately (in my case I took them from the failed installation) and since the all-in-one installer didn’t work I had to use a utility to patch the executable of the game part of the game because it uses a different executable for the menu;
Third: in fullscreen there often is the dreaded ddraw bug that affects a bunch of old directX games that didn’t use 3D acceleration usually when passing from one exe to the other, solved by using Dxwnd to scale up the window to a decent size;
Fourth: and this is probably the worse, the game doesn’t detect USB joysticks, this one is fixed by enabling joystick emulation for the relative exe files but for some reason it didn’t work right away and when it did I’m not sure what I did to make it work.
Fifth: the game uses the old Indeo codec for some FMVs, I had to use FFdshow to enable Indeo 3 and 4 to make them work (according to google enabling version 5 doesn’t work).

After all this fortunately it was only a matter of stripping down the script from the Earthsiege joystick profile (native throttle support, yay!), changing a couple of bindings and abilitating another directX button to have the reverse throttle button mapped in-game (at least for now, I wonder if it’s possible to abilitate full range for the throttle somehow).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 29, 2018, 05:39:58 pm
Before I left for the movies today, I beat the main story of God of War ... not sure if their the rave reviews or the flood of "worst video game EVAAARRG!"-videos (which invaded my Youtube-feed after I got caught up on the original games) are justified...

Don't get me wrong, it is technically good, gameplay-wise very good and aside from some narrative hang-ups well made but... (MILD SPOILERS)
Spoiler:
... the commitment to the single uninterrupted take-approach works to its detriment in a few sequences; a short prologue might have done the game's narrative favour...

(HEAVY SPOILERS)
Spoiler:
... I get that keeping Feya out of view, yet present, was done to strengthen Freya's position as a mother figure in the narrative, as her relationship with Baldur serves as a negative to that of Kratos and Atreus, but it would have been better IMHO if we had gotten a view that genuine care Kratos has for Atreus at a neutral point in time instead of starting where we do and spending the first act with finding out if Kratos actually has any affectionate feelings towards his son.

Even if you want to preserve all the revelations that come in Jötunheim once you get there for the end, you could at least take the story why the boy is callled Atreus somewhere else.
(END SPOILERS)

... as far as the thematic side goes, I have not made up my mind yet ... mostly because I might have to look into the degree of adaptation in regards to two characters (i.e. I am pretty sure they have been the subject of some heavy adapting, as they joined to two characters with similar names from the mythological source material, and changed the other to more resemble another Aesir of similar lineage). Depending on how much they changed these characters during the adaptation, it opens up a new layer to evaluate.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Wet Orange Ostrich Toilet on April 30, 2018, 11:35:35 am
Lots and lots of Smash Bros Brawl.

I also played through Star Fox 64, took the easy route.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on May 03, 2018, 05:55:35 pm
Finished Star Cruiser II: The Odysseus Project today.

Well..  the first one was simply groundbreaking and redefined my whole historical view i have on the space combat and first person shooter genre.
Except that it looks very ugly for a 1993 game (because it does not look better than the Genesis/Mega Drive Port of the first game three years earlier and this game was released in the same year like WC: Privateer or X-Wing) i think, that this one is still a good successor, even it does not try to be another revolution. Well, but atleast it introduced an optional usable turn-based combat system which make it possible to play 95% (in some segments real-time OR turn-based battles are forced) of the game like a pure RPG.

The story was also nice with some interesting twists. Even i disliked the controls sometimes, which is one of the reasons i think that the console-port of the previous game is the better one.

But big thanks to celion and his co-workers that created the english translation patches for both games.
Without it... well i would have missed two great experiences, especially the first game.
It would be a shame if these were made never available for non-japanese speaking players.

EDIT:

Now this one is also watchable as a playthrough on my channel :)

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on May 03, 2018, 09:28:59 pm
I'm stuck on The Rotten. I'm still using 30 Great Soul Arrows, 10 Heavy Soul Arrows and Soul Barrage(?).
The area before it is annoying, and painful. But atleast I can run past all the enemies now that I've memorized everything.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 04, 2018, 04:19:21 am
I'm stuck on The Rotten. I'm still using 30 Great Soul Arrows, 10 Heavy Soul Arrows and Soul Barrage(?).
The area before it is annoying, and painful. But atleast I can run past all the enemies now that I've memorized everything.

The Rotten is harder for Sorcery/miracle/hexes-build because you can't exploit his bulk as much as with a meele weapon - what strikes me as odd is that you don't mention Soul Spear, have you been to other Areas?
(You should have access to Huntsman's Copse by now, even with a one-time soul tax attached to it)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on May 04, 2018, 07:53:29 pm
I didn't explore the Lost Bastile or the other areas no. I'm not sure if I have Soul Spear.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 05, 2018, 02:04:00 am
I will revisit the space quest series! !
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 05, 2018, 04:08:12 am
I didn't explore the Lost Bastile or the other areas no. I'm not sure if I have Soul Spear.

Roughly opposite to the Fog Gate for The Rotten is a cave with the Hidden Chamber-bonfire (it is tricky to find in the darkness as the path leading into runs along the edge of the pit), if you have not unlocked it yet ... this should give you an out from having to run the gauntlet every time. This should lift some of the presure about having to do the boss now.


Soul Spear is one of the Sorceries with the lowest number of uses, but also one the highest damage per shot (not counting its upgrade Crystal Soul Spear) ... unlike other high damage Sorcieries its also fire and forget like you Soul Arrows despite the longer casting time (e.g Soul Bolt requires you to be stationary for the entire very long casting animation) and does single target damage (unlike Soul Vortex which does continous AoE)
Despite the name it should do more damage than the Soul Spear Barrage you can buy off the normal Sorceries-trader...

The drop to find it is in Huntsman's Copse, which you reach from Majula via the Rotunda (go the same route you had to go Heide's Tower of Flame but now you should find the cleric there, who you encountered after the Dragonrider Boss; she will offer you to spin the Rotunda for a fee - 10.000, I think); explore the area and keep looking out above you. The spell should be in an envoriment drop off the beaten path somewhere half-way through, if you arrive at either Boss you can reach from this area you have gone too far.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on May 05, 2018, 04:23:43 am
I have no idea where this rotunda is. Is it in the area with the big giant knight guys outside Heides Tower of Flame?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 05, 2018, 04:33:52 am
Sorry... I forget that this space doesn't have a proper area name...

The space I mean is when you go towards Heide's Tower of Flame from Majula, the first proper room of the passage should be a round room with a pillar in the centre - that's what I call the Rotunda (after the description of the key you can acquire later).

Until the cleric gets there, there is no way to interact with pillar despite there being a destinct panel on it. If the cleric is there (this requires you to have talked to her after the Dragonrider Boss in Heide's Tower of Flame), she can activate the pillar causing the room to spin around. This will close the path to Heide's Tower of Flame (bonfire travel still works) and open the path to Huntsman's Copse.

If you already have the Rotunda Lockstone you can of course skip the interaction of the cleric. (but you shouldn't have it yet, as the sequence to get as intended requires you to have progressed beyond to Drangleigh Castle).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 10, 2018, 01:07:26 am
Finished Shadowrun: Hong Kong & the Bonus Campaign.  Overall pretty fun but they need to double down if they come out with another game, the game and its world needs more polish.  Hire another damn animator and give some characters idle cycles here and there instead of just breathing.  Also the Matrix changes - were okay, simon says cracking was too easy and got very old.  Alert levels meant either stealth game, or getting ganked.  Needed escalating response imo, not all or nothing.  Also except for a few fights the game is pretty easy, even playing on hard difficulty.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 10, 2018, 07:30:13 pm
Finished Doom 2017 last night as well.  Pretty fun in the end and was very happy to see what the final boss was.  Only complaints really is that Hell doesn't live up to Doom 3's legacy, and some of the Rune challenges were very poorly designed.  Why have a rune challenge where you can't move unless you kill a guy in a game that is all about moving? Hope they have a sequel and hope they bring back the arachnotron
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on May 11, 2018, 04:32:06 am
Bored and stuck on Dark Souls 2 still. So I've decided to move onto DBZ FighterZ. More people need to play this freaking game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 11, 2018, 03:24:46 pm
Had the spare change to get the last DLC to Stellaris ...

Following the review-bombing I saw when Apocalypse hit (and with it a mandatory re-working of all things warfare in the game), I both was and wasn't suprised. Now that I have me hand on it, I am.
Don't get me wrong, I acknowledge the massive changes the game has undergone but so far (and from a vantage that is possibly one or two balance patches removed) I don't see the reason for the commotion. Sure, many of my go-to strategies went out the window and I had re-learn much of the game's rules and sequence but none of that was world-shatteringly horrible, e.g. my go-to mode of warfare (which was accumulating redundant systems and planets so I could do the Machine Empire-thing and just outspend any aggressor in short-term build-up, rather than having costly fleets around during peace-time) is no longer feasible despite actually made incredible simple with the new fleet manager....

... but then again it might just be the Internet's ability to amplify the reach of any message etc etc.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 12, 2018, 01:20:52 pm
Started playing BF1 campaign on XB1 but some always-online bull**** kicked me from the campaign twice.  I like EA in general but that's phenomenally stupid.  So instead went back, months back, to Halo 5 on Legendary to struggle through 343's poor design decisions like Armor lock and putting me with a team of absolute nobodies and whogivesa****s.  Poor decision because I'm sure the threshold to get armor locked is higher than the previous thresholds to get outright killed- and more than half the time, getting armor locked just means it takes longer to die.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on May 12, 2018, 10:27:37 pm
It's important to remember that you should never give EA any money.

The idea that anyone would 'like EA' is absurd.  I guess they haven't gotten around to utterly destroying a game or game studio you love yet.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 13, 2018, 04:32:59 am
It's important to remember that you should never give EA any money.

That only applies to their Sports games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: procdrone on May 13, 2018, 09:36:03 am
It's important to remember that you should never give EA any money.

The idea that anyone would 'like EA' is absurd.  I guess they haven't gotten around to utterly destroying a game or game studio you love yet.

That. x99999999999

EA is souless corporate thing that ONLY looks to maximise profit and minimise effort. They used to make good games but became very corrupt novadays. Today, im enemy of whole EA company and their modern "products"
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 13, 2018, 10:00:16 am
EA is souless corporate thing that ONLY looks to maximise profit match the profit margin across the company to their EA Sports franchises.

Made it more factual. I'd elaborate but sadly the detailed annual earnings reports of EA is not public infomation.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on May 13, 2018, 10:12:25 am
If we only boycott EA Sports, then EA continues to exist.

EA currently has the rights to make Star Wars games.

For the future of Star Wars games, if we ever want them to be better than mediocre, EA must be destroyed.

It'll be fine, all the studios and developers will find new jobs.  The parasites that run the business part of EA will also get new jobs, of course, but hopefully they will have seen that running **** into the ground isn't a good way to make money anymore.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on May 13, 2018, 07:03:16 pm
Sounds like someone has been channelling Jim Stirling.

Good.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Bryan See on May 14, 2018, 11:39:52 am
I'm playing DOOM 3 BFG Edition recently, using a custom fork derived from RBDOOM3-BFG, unlike FSO, licensed under GNU GPL3.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 15, 2018, 01:17:43 pm
It's important to remember that you should never give EA any money.

The idea that anyone would 'like EA' is absurd.  I guess they haven't gotten around to utterly destroying a game or game studio you love yet.

Nah I just appreciate companies that deliver games on a regular basis, as opposed to most people who seem to praise companies for failing to deliver a game on time.

I also realize that any studio which folds under EA was first sold to EA by the studio's original owners, often at a time of financial decline, meaning the owners got a fat payout and/or released a couple of turds and were not going to be around much longer anyway.  OR, in other words, I don't solely blame EA for being one dancer in a tango.

That aside, many of the best games from a studio have come out AFTER they've been bought by EA.

Privateer, Wing Commander III, Ultima VII, Ultima Online from Origin Systems
Dungeon Keeper from Bullfrog
The Sims from Maxis
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 from Westwood
Mass Effect 2 from Bioware

People love to say "EA ruined my studio", they don't like to mention that the best game from that studio came out after EA bought them.  But most people's mental gymnastics around this fact is to attribute any successes of a game to the developer, and any failures of the game to the publisher, even though it was the developer's failures which often led to their acquisition in the first place.


For the future of Star Wars games, if we ever want them to be better than mediocre, EA must be destroyed.

As for Star Wars Battlefront 2.  I played it, wasn't too bad for the single player campaign anyway.  It was very much like Battlefield Bad Company, it was obvious a single player campaign built from a multiplayer game.  And when you consider that some games are sold full price for console but have no single player campaign (see Overwatch), then it doesn't seem all that bad.  As far as campaigns go it had good variety of missions.

Also be careful what you wish for, Games Workshop gave their licenses out to pretty much anybody and a lot of the games that came out for 40K and so forth look like straight garbage. VERY inconsistent quality.  Not to mention that most movie-tie in games are not very good from the outset.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 16, 2018, 01:36:06 am
I think it's a very pretty game.  With game play from 10 years ago.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on May 16, 2018, 07:58:48 am
Well because i worked for EA as a Freelance developer years ago, i do not think that EA is bad.

Unfortunately EA loses its trendsetter image nearly ten years ago. Since then they actually only follow trends that were introduced successfully by other studios. DLCs, LootBoxes,Strictly Free2Play systems were always introduced by other developers. EA only took that systems over. But only after EA made those decisions the gamer community is upset.

Paradox Interactive serves as a shining example for many gamers. In reality they remake the same games over and over again and flood them with countless DLCs. If that would be EA it would be bad.

It is always very strange, because EA has a reputation as one of the best employers within the industry... but their reputation from gamers could not be worse. Could never understand that.

EA also does not destroy studios. No one of the Developers were forced to sign a takeover bid. No one forced them to use the giant personal and financial resources EA has to offer... the reason why many studios were closed is more or less, that the developers waste the resources and so created a game that was simply too expensive to make profit... or it was simple bad in the first place, because several good ideas did not worked out as they should.

Westwood, Origin etc. would still be active if they had always created games, that were successful. This did not happen. Maybe they have died even sooner without EA.

It is confirmed, that Westwood had total freedom back then, especially after the takeover because of all the EA resources which were available. And they simply developed their own grave with Earth & Beyond in the end. And one of their previous games, Emperor: Battle for Dune to call it explicitly, was also not very successful.

Yes, today EA is maybe more restrictive, for example all developers has to use Frostbite which was a very strange decision in 2016, because this engine was not even capable for several genres back then.
But well, i do not think that this is a bad decision, because it make the support and developing of games much easier, because you can simply add some team members from other studios to the projects.

But well, the LootBox system was took over by EA ten years ago in their Sports Games. It was only a matter of time, that this one is used in other games as well. Interestingly Ultimate Team was never a big issue as the Ultimate Garage (Need for Speed) or Ultimate Characters (BFII) is. Actually, i never fully understand that agitation.
EA actually do not need any other games except their Sport games with Ultimate Team, because it is a bonanza. There are millions of people who buy this card packages. And because they do, you can hardly blame EA for that, that they use this feature in other games as well. It is more surprising that EA need nearly a decade for this step.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 16, 2018, 12:54:29 pm
I think it's a very pretty game.  With game play from 10 years ago.

About the age of the original Battlefront 2, just what the fans wanted.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Torchwood on May 18, 2018, 12:31:23 pm
Daily reminder that EA published the original Wasteland. Without EA, we wouldn't have Fallout.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on May 18, 2018, 06:25:13 pm
That aside, many of the best games from a studio have come out AFTER they've been bought by EA.

Privateer, Wing Commander III, Ultima VII, Ultima Online from Origin Systems
Dungeon Keeper from Bullfrog
The Sims from Maxis
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 from Westwood
Mass Effect 2 from Bioware
...So the last time EA published a good game was 8 years ago?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 19, 2018, 12:02:45 pm
Privateer, Wing Commander III, Ultima VII, Ultima Online from Origin Systems
Dungeon Keeper from Bullfrog
The Sims from Maxis
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 from Westwood
Mass Effect 2 from Bioware


That was mostly past EA and even then the only reason Dungeon Keeper went the way it did was because Molineaux was reportedly very good at bull****ting the EA suits while the developers did their thing with the game undisturbed.
Also Mass Effect 2 isn't better than the first, it has just a wider appeal, often to the detriment of artistic coherence (where the **** are the spacesuits gone during hostile enviroments missions? Gotta show that space-leather-clad booty I guess.).
The thing is that EA has basically become the classic all-devouring corporation that only operates in superbig projects that either have great success or crumble under their own weight, and it's a wider tendency in the market nowadays. It's also the reason we don't have a Star Wars spacesim, it would have to be midbudget and EA doesn't do midbudget.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on May 19, 2018, 03:06:03 pm
Working through what I'd put on the short-list of the best platformers of all time: Donkey Kong Country 2.  An improvement on its predecessor in pretty much every way, and easily one of the greatest soundtracks in gaming history.  Unfortunately it didn't make the cut for the SNES Classic (I'd much rather have it than the original on there), so I had to resort to the Virtual Console.  The cool part is that the NES/SNES Classic controllers use the same ports as the Wiimote Nunchucks, so I can hook up the SNES controller to the Wii U and do things proper.  It's like I'm 9 years old in my neighbors' basement again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 19, 2018, 05:33:43 pm
So, I went away for a bit to prepare for a conference and I didn't think the EA "discussion" would still be on-going...
... and even if it hadn't I still had a message to put here.

Basically, I am here to claim my part of the responsibility why this kicked off:
Please behold for a moment the metaphorical quiver of "stuff I know". One of the arrows in this quiver is knowledge I have from sources well acquainted with EA's inner workings and buisness practices. I have this knowledge and I keep it because for one, I don't wish to harm the people who were so kind to provide me with these insights and trust me that I keep their names and the particulars of their disclosures ('cause as long as I am vague nothing of what I say is legally actionable); secondly, I keep this knowledge because it touches subjects that fascinate me deeply but which I didn't have the time and ressources to properly investigate/research.

Despite this I could not resist my worst instinct and do a "cat who ate the carnary"-act which escalated this discussion when it was in nobody's interest to do so.

I can of course not claim fully responsibility because some of what has been said here more or less is a form of social performance, appearently integral to some people's identities (this is NOT a value judgement). But regardless of that, what I did was detrimental to the tone of the discussion and undermined the discussion as an exchange of ideas and perspective.

What I did was wrong, and I have but the decent thing to do and apologize for it. I am sorry.


Before I bow out, attending to other buisness, let me just add the following to the discussion:

To understand any economic actor, which EA is as a publisher of commercial art and entertainment products, it is best to first try to understand them on the basis of their buisness. When doing so it is important to accept the facts as they are, even if they defy your expectations - doubly so, when you are suddenly faced with realisation that you have only been observing the tip of the iceberg.

If you do that, you might find that there perspectives that allow you to see objectionable behavior and practices as making sense as rational actions (if they are sensible remains a different matter entirely).

That knowledge doesn't have to lead to agreement but can help you  sharpen your critique, expand your tools, and light the way to possibily successful action.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 19, 2018, 09:56:21 pm
Part of the fault lays also with me not noticing how old certain posts were.  :nervous:

I've been trying out Torment: Tides of Numenera because of the Steam free weekend but unfortunately I'm stuck at work most of the time so even if I had money on my paypal account this is no time to play it properly.
I also been playing Arkham Knight (PC) because at eight Euros being a DC fan I couldn't pass it up, it's fine but this fixation of shoehorning the Batmobile in everything is frankly irritating.
Same with the weird tendence of damseling characters fo inordinately long stretches of time, fortunately I did read a few spoilers because otherwise a certain moment played purely for shock value and get Batman even more angsty than usual might have made me quit there and there.
But since I have basically only a couple of hours at a time with my desktop PC lately, I dusted off my arcade stick to play some Street Fighter Alpha 2 via MAME and some Double Dragon Trilogy on my old laptop.
I also have King of Fighters 2002 from a gog.com giveaway but it doesn't detect my arcade stick for some reason so after some unconclusive googling I uninstalled it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on May 20, 2018, 05:24:02 am
I have yet to install Tides of Numenera, I'm giving Doctor Wily in Megaman 8 a fierce battle right now instead. But I've been deciding if the next CRPG should be;
a. Tides of Numenera. b. Planescape Torment or c. Transfer my not optimum Baldurs Gate 1 character over to Baldurs Gate 2.

(I keep forgetting that I have Mechwarrior 2 installed.)



I also have King of Fighters 2002 from a gog.com giveaway but it doesn't detect my arcade stick for some reason so after some unconclusive googling I uninstalled it.

SNK's PC ports aren't known for being good. KoF 13 and 14 I know personally are pretty good ports however. KoF 14 is basically a Dream Match anyways.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on May 20, 2018, 05:27:12 am
KoF2k2 is run through an emulator, IIRC; it doesn't surprise me that a proprietary emulator wouldn't have great joystick detection.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 20, 2018, 01:38:12 pm
It's also the reason we don't have a Star Wars spacesim, it would have to be midbudget and EA doesn't do midbudget.

You do realize that you're a diehard fan of a dead, niche genre right? 


That was mostly past EA and even then the only reason Dungeon Keeper went the way it did was because Molineaux was reportedly very good at bull****ting the EA suits while the developers did their thing with the game undisturbed.

Like I said:

People love to say "EA ruined my studio", they don't like to mention that the best game from that studio came out after EA bought them.  But most people's mental gymnastics around this fact is to attribute any successes of a game to the developer, and any failures of the game to the publisher,
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on May 20, 2018, 01:42:26 pm
You do realize that you're a diehard fan of a dead, niche genre right?

You say that, but I am actually surprised that nobody in the publishing sphere has thought about starting a project designed to rake in that sweet sweet Star Citizen money.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 20, 2018, 02:05:22 pm
You do realize that you're a diehard fan of a dead, niche genre right?

You say that, but I am actually surprised that nobody in the publishing sphere has thought about starting a project designed to rake in that sweet sweet Star Citizen money.

Star Citizen isn't a game, it's an idea, the benefit of which is that it allows players to imagine what they will experience and those imaginations can always go so far beyond what the game is actually capable of.  Because when you imagine, ANYTHING is possible, but when you make a game- only very specifically what you put into the game is possible including unforeseen emergent behaviour.  And when people finally do play the game, they stop imagining and instead start evaluating the experience compared to their expectations.

For reference on people's reaction to imagination meeting reality, see No Man's Sky.


Did EVE Valkyrie do well after they dropped VR requirement and cut the price in half? I'd check Steam spy but the owner decided to ruin it by begging on patreon.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on May 21, 2018, 06:44:21 am
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Did EVE Valkyrie do well after they dropped VR requirement and cut the price in half? I'd check Steam spy but the owner decided to ruin it by begging on patreon.

Wut? Steam deciding that every profile should be private by default is something that would ruin steam spy, what has Patreon got to do with this?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 21, 2018, 02:55:52 pm
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Did EVE Valkyrie do well after they dropped VR requirement and cut the price in half? I'd check Steam spy but the owner decided to ruin it by begging on patreon.

Wut? Steam deciding that every profile should be private by default is something that would ruin steam spy, what has Patreon got to do with this?

http://steamspy.com/app/538870

The guy who develops Steamspy has locked some basic functionality, like "owners", behind a patreon paywall.  You need to pay 3 USD a month for information that used to be freely available.

https://www.patreon.com/steamspy

The only thing you can see now is CCU and Twitch stats.   10K a month for a "hobby project"? GTFO **** that and **** patreon.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on May 21, 2018, 05:05:18 pm
I disagree fundamentally with the "**** patreon" stance, simply because it's enabled a lot of content creators to get compensation for their work, rather then being beholden to the whims of advertisers. There's a lot of issues with it, but it's better then being reliant on Google ads for your paycheck. It has allowed a lot of niches to thrive. Can totally see why you don't like steam spy anymore though!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 21, 2018, 06:35:04 pm
It's also the reason we don't have a Star Wars spacesim, it would have to be midbudget and EA doesn't do midbudget.

You do realize that you're a diehard fan of a dead, niche genre right? 

That was what my consideration about budget came from.
There are plenty of software houses that do niche genres, hell, if some stupidly convoluted **** like X can sell enough to keep Egosoft afloat as long as they don't make another blunder like Rebirth you can bet a tighter single player spacesim with the Star Wars license on the same budget with good gamepad and m+k support can undoubtedly do well.
I'd probably concur if we were talking about Freespace 3 or Wing Commander VI, but it's Star Wars: the promise alone of the "blowing up Tie Fighters in an X-wing cockpit" experience will be appealing to people, trouble is that you can't make it a triple A title that needs to sell 7.000.000 copies just to get even and EA is one of those big name publishers won't publish a middle or low budget title anymore.

I mean, we have game like Legend of Grimrock, that is a grid-based real time dungeon crawler RPG, that stuff was niche even when it was cool for crying out loud! Nothing forbids EA to try a similar low or middle budget project with a Star Wars spacesim.

I disagree fundamentally with the "**** patreon" stance, simply because it's enabled a lot of content creators to get compensation for their work, rather then being beholden to the whims of advertisers. There's a lot of issues with it, but it's better then being reliant on Google ads for your paycheck. It has allowed a lot of niches to thrive. Can totally see why you don't like steam spy anymore though!
Besides, you'd be surprised how many artists survived basically by donations or hospitality from fans even in very recent times, Patreon is just a new form of it. And I'm talking big shots like Schiller for example, his "Ode to Joy" was written to thank a fan of his work that gave him hospitality during hard times.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 21, 2018, 09:34:39 pm
I disagree fundamentally with the "**** patreon" stance, simply because it's enabled a lot of content creators to get compensation for their work, rather then being beholden to the whims of advertisers. There's a lot of issues with it, but it's better then being reliant on Google ads for your paycheck. It has allowed a lot of niches to thrive. Can totally see why you don't like steam spy anymore though!

I don't believe in subscription models with no term expiry, that's the most insidious form of payment - with sustained revenue relying on customer apathy and inaction, rather than conscious decision making.  You can rest assured that for nearly any patreon, that while 100% of patrons are paying for content- much less than 100% of patrons are actually experiencing it with any regularity and some patrons probably pay for content months after they've stopped viewing it.

Patreons with locked content also promote sunk-cost fallacy with patrons staying subscribed to continue to have access to content they've already enjoyed but cannot experience anywhere else. 

That's one reason it will be sad to see Total Biscuit go, as he's someone who has never gone into the patreon model but has instead relied on sponsors, merchandise sales, cross-promotions with websites etcetera.   He does of course have Twitch subscribers but Twitch allows purchase of subscriptions in 3 and 6 month allotments.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 21, 2018, 11:50:59 pm
That was what my consideration about budget came from.
There are plenty of software houses that do niche genres, hell, if some stupidly convoluted **** like X can sell enough to keep Egosoft afloat as long as they don't make another blunder like Rebirth you can bet a tighter single player spacesim with the Star Wars license on the same budget with good gamepad and m+k support can undoubtedly do well.
I'd probably concur if we were talking about Freespace 3 or Wing Commander VI, but it's Star Wars: the promise alone of the "blowing up Tie Fighters in an X-wing cockpit" experience will be appealing to people, trouble is that you can't make it a triple A title that needs to sell 7.000.000 copies just to get even and EA is one of those big name publishers won't publish a middle or low budget title anymore.

I mean, we have game like Legend of Grimrock, that is a grid-based real time dungeon crawler RPG, that stuff was niche even when it was cool for crying out loud! Nothing forbids EA to try a similar low or middle budget project with a Star Wars spacesim.

I don't think the market is there for the type of game we played decades ago.  From my understanding flight sims have gone one of two ways, they've either gotten arcadey or they've got super realistic.  Way back in the day when  I was a little kid I had a blast shooting down guys in Aces over Europe and Aces of the Pacific, fast-forward to a few years ago and I couldn't even get off the ground in IL-2 Sturmovik.  And when I was off the ground, I chased a guy for half an hour and didn't down him.  You know when the game suggests you learn by attacking friendly bombers that it's not for casuals.  So is there a market for light sims? From what I heard, X-Wing Alliance sold like 143K copies in the US over the course of a year which is absolutely pitiful numbers.

The other thing about modern sci-fi flight games is that most of them are open world faff-abouts.  Driving a ship from one dock to the next, changing credit numbers into cargo numbers so you can go somewhere else and change those cargo numbers into a bigger number of credit numbers until the number in your bank account matches the number of the new gizmo/ship you want.  Rinse repeat.

So that said, any starfighter game would probably either be arcade-y, or, you flying a YT-1300 from place to place.  Not really X-Wing material.

EVE Valkyrie has bad reviews. Starlight Inception I backed and quit after 3 minutes.  Strike Suit Zero is a fun romp but arcade-y.  Maybe there are more games out there but I daresay your only hope for a single player game might be Squadron 42.  And given that their hour of gameplay looked like a walking simulator, I wouldn't cross your fingers.


But as for EA could they make an X-Wing simulator? Sure. But would they? Nope. Best you could hope for is arcade-style like what's already in Battlefront II. In fact you'd probably have the exact same mechanics, just with a star-fighter only campaign. And whether that's down to EA, or it's down to EA's contract with Disney, who knows.

 In other news though, GOG just released Star Wars pod-racer few weeks back. Let's see if it's as fun as I remember the demo being.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 22, 2018, 11:02:50 am
That was what my consideration about budget came from.
There are plenty of software houses that do niche genres, hell, if some stupidly convoluted **** like X can sell enough to keep Egosoft afloat as long as they don't make another blunder like Rebirth you can bet a tighter single player spacesim with the Star Wars license on the same budget with good gamepad and m+k support can undoubtedly do well.
I'd probably concur if we were talking about Freespace 3 or Wing Commander VI, but it's Star Wars: the promise alone of the "blowing up Tie Fighters in an X-wing cockpit" experience will be appealing to people, trouble is that you can't make it a triple A title that needs to sell 7.000.000 copies just to get even and EA is one of those big name publishers won't publish a middle or low budget title anymore.

I mean, we have game like Legend of Grimrock, that is a grid-based real time dungeon crawler RPG, that stuff was niche even when it was cool for crying out loud! Nothing forbids EA to try a similar low or middle budget project with a Star Wars spacesim.

I don't think the market is there for the type of game we played decades ago.  From my understanding flight sims have gone one of two ways, they've either gotten arcadey or they've got super realistic.  Way back in the day when  I was a little kid I had a blast shooting down guys in Aces over Europe and Aces of the Pacific, fast-forward to a few years ago and I couldn't even get off the ground in IL-2 Sturmovik.  And when I was off the ground, I chased a guy for half an hour and didn't down him.  You know when the game suggests you learn by attacking friendly bombers that it's not for casuals.  So is there a market for light sims? From what I heard, X-Wing Alliance sold like 143K copies in the US over the course of a year which is absolutely pitiful numbers.

The other thing about modern sci-fi flight games is that most of them are open world faff-abouts.  Driving a ship from one dock to the next, changing credit numbers into cargo numbers so you can go somewhere else and change those cargo numbers into a bigger number of credit numbers until the number in your bank account matches the number of the new gizmo/ship you want.  Rinse repeat.

So that said, any starfighter game would probably either be arcade-y, or, you flying a YT-1300 from place to place.  Not really X-Wing material.

EVE Valkyrie has bad reviews. Starlight Inception I backed and quit after 3 minutes.  Strike Suit Zero is a fun romp but arcade-y.  Maybe there are more games out there but I daresay your only hope for a single player game might be Squadron 42.  And given that their hour of gameplay looked like a walking simulator, I wouldn't cross your fingers.


But as for EA could they make an X-Wing simulator? Sure. But would they? Nope. Best you could hope for is arcade-style like what's already in Battlefront II. In fact you'd probably have the exact same mechanics, just with a star-fighter only campaign. And whether that's down to EA, or it's down to EA's contract with Disney, who knows.

 In other news though, GOG just released Star Wars pod-racer few weeks back. Let's see if it's as fun as I remember the demo being.


Alliance had a big issue however: it required a joystick, in the sense that the game would outright refuse to load if you didn't have one and that's quite a barrier for many people (hence why I specified M+K and gamepad controls).
IL-2 Sturmovik is a much more complex and less intuitive game (I bounced off it pretty hard both time I've tried it) than any spacesim I've played.
Also, have you looked closely at the control scheme of X-wing and Tie Fighter?
5 keys alone are for speed presets, put in the two analog sticks and 12 buttons of an average modern gamepad and with a couple of radial menus you can fit the controls easily, Elite: Dangerous can do it and that's a much more complex game in many regards.
And I stress: Battlefront II had to be arcade because is a high budget title, there is enough audience to sustain a low to middle budget Star Wars spacesim out there like there are enough people to sustain a first person grid-based dungeon crawler or a ****ty uselessly complex 4x masking as a spacesim. The only reason EA won't do it is that the suits (paraphrasing Jim Sterling) don't want to just make a good amount of money but ALL of the money.

I'm pretty sure Squadron 42 is going to be ****, Roberts isn't a good game designer, while his old Wing Commander games were good they had a lot of questionable stuff in them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 22, 2018, 03:12:33 pm
Wasn't there actually a Star Wars starfighter combat game in the works called Attack Squadrons which got cancelled by disney?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Attack_Squadrons

Anyone know why it was cancelled? Other than the fact it was browser-based and probably garbage. It apparently hit Beta though
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 22, 2018, 06:03:01 pm
Wasn't there actually a Star Wars starfighter combat game in the works called Attack Squadrons which got cancelled by disney?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Attack_Squadrons

Anyone know why it was cancelled? Other than the fact it was browser-based and probably garbage. It apparently hit Beta though
Wasn't there actually a Star Wars starfighter combat game in the works called Attack Squadrons which got cancelled by disney?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Attack_Squadrons

Anyone know why it was cancelled? Other than the fact it was browser-based and probably garbage. It apparently hit Beta though

I remember this, I even tried to subscribe to the beta, unfortunately they never said why they cancelled it though things were still very much in flux regarding how Disney wanted to handle the videogame branch of Star Wars so who knows?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on May 24, 2018, 03:37:04 am
So, I've made some progress in my StarCraft 2 Wings of Liberty Brutal playthrough, and in the end, I sort of broke. After spending about an hour and a half trying different strategies on the train robbery mission, coming up with one that worked + saving every single time I left my base (& reloading 2 out of 3 times), I found myself in a situation where it was impossible for me to intercept the second-to-last train, due to a kill team's patrol path intersecting twice with the train's. So at this point I said "**** it, the point is to go through all 3 SC 2 chapters, not to get all the achievements ever", dialed down the difficulty to hard, which felt like easy mode in comparison.

I'll give props to Blizzard for this one, overall they really did an great job with the difficulty, there's very few missions that felt wholly unfair on brutal, including the base-less missions. Most of the time you can get all the mission objectives with careful planning & generous use of the save function.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 25, 2018, 03:04:18 am
I don't think the market is there for the type of game we played decades ago.

It might not just be the market ... I looked into it a while back for a potential essay and culturally there seems to have been a shift in perspective when it comes to the archetype of the military pilot ...

The summary is that during the 80's there was a certain shift in displaying military in atlantic pop-culture away from infantry based stories (esspecially in movies) to more technical military professions, pilots chief among them ... I never quite got the "Why"s straight, because cultural and personal bias (including selection bias in regards to data), but the working theory, that seemed to work with a lot of what I was looking at, was two-fold:
a) a shift away from referencing the Vietnam-war to allow military-positiv messaging and b) with a foucs on more technical professions, media could be injected with a narrative about "the West" being more advanced without raising a morality issue (i.e. more advanced technology being a signifier for advancement, "if your tech is refined everything else must be refined too" etc etc)

Post-9/11 you then a shift in the archetypes of adversaries and adversarial forces that are being employed in narrative (again, film and TV make most drastic shifts) away from military forces as an opposition to "the West" and hence things go a bit more personal and return to an infantry-centric setting as baseline for military-centric fiction...

Now, this is just me doing a thing on whim and again, everytime I ran a bias-check things didn't come up alright - selection bias being the most glaring problem (and you know its bad when you fail a bias check you administer yourself)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on May 25, 2018, 03:45:14 am
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Post-9/11 you then a shift in the archetypes of adversaries and adversarial forces that are being employed in narrative (again, film and TV make most drastic shifts) away from military forces as an opposition to "the West" and hence things go a bit more personal and return to an infantry-centric setting as baseline for military-centric fiction...

Incidently the technology the infantry uses has gotten more advanced too. Call of Duty doesn't need to entice you with jets if they can give you javelin missile launchers, ghillie suits, and all that jazz.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Torchwood on May 25, 2018, 07:08:29 am
I'm pretty sure Squadron 42 is going to be ****, Roberts isn't a good game designer, while his old Wing Commander games were good they had a lot of questionable stuff in them.

Back in those days, he had a whole crew working with him who would occasionally countermand his more questionable decisions and ideas. Now that he's in charge, only his brother is in any position to do so.

On topic, I've gotten onto the Grim Dawn bandwagon and don't regret it for a moment
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 25, 2018, 01:31:47 pm
Now, this is just me doing a thing on whim and again, everytime I ran a bias-check things didn't come up alright - selection bias being the most glaring problem (and you know its bad when you fail a bias check you administer yourself)

Pretty interesting, but maybe the answer is actually more simple than that - modern air combat is boring.  So is naval combat  Many modern air combat simulators would start off in something looking like Stanley Parable and your character sitting down and booting up Drone 1.0.  Naval combat, watching the "red thingie moving towards the green thingie".  Not dodging and weaving and getting on the tail of a Messerschmit or racing in to launch some torpedoes under the fire of a line of 10,000 ton battleships.

And this is relevant because this is what people have grown up with.  The most that people have seen of modern combat has probably been a thermal image from Iraq of a gunship lighting up a pick-up truck or a bomb hitting a building while an aircraft does a slow circle.  Entirely one-sided affairs, meant only to showcase the destruction and power of those on the firing end.  WW2 for many people is just so far away.  I grew up with planes and ww2 because my father grew up during the Blitz in Liverpool.  Kids today? They only see what video games and movies are portraying.

The original Star Wars was heavily inspired by WW2. Get to the prequels and its a cartoon with kids saving the day and idiotic buzz droids.  Modern Star Wars drop references to the original but then have Poe downing 10 planes in as many seconds and flying around inside a building.  It's actually MORE cartoony than young anakin's "now THIS, is podracing".  And if you look at a lot of recent movies with pilots in them, those pilots tend to spend more time on the ground than in their actual plane.  Maybe Stealth was the last pilot-centric movie focused on flying and that was years ago.

Also one interesting thing about the original Tie Fighter/Xwing games.  I used to give a lot of props to Lucasarts for making such great games, but turns out they didn't even make them!  It was Totally Games, the same guys who did Secret weapons of the Luftwaft. Lucasarts was just making Point & Clicks.  And the point and clicks are supposed to be good but, it ain't no X-wing.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 26, 2018, 10:22:06 pm
Been playing Borderlands 2 solo and a bit of Mechwarrior Online.  Borderlands is fairly fun though the inventory and loot management is a colossal pain in the arse. It's okay if you're replacing a gun you've got selected but if not, seriously annoying.

Mechwarrior Online I hadn't played in a long while, had 41 updates coming back and a ton of new mechs are suddenly in the game along with civil war tech.  It's fun- though much the same as its always been.  Was disappointing that some of my mech designs got seriously nerfed by whatever changes happened between then and now.  That and MRMs seem like a colossal joke. Put two MRM 30s on a Catapult and basically did dick-all before getting taken out.  Will work up to replace the engine with an XL, throw more guns on it, and see if that helps.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 27, 2018, 12:42:40 am
I'm pretty sure Squadron 42 is going to be ****, Roberts isn't a good game designer, while his old Wing Commander games were good they had a lot of questionable stuff in them.

Back in those days, he had a whole crew working with him who would occasionally countermand his more questionable decisions and ideas. Now that he's in charge, only his brother is in any position to do so.

And his brother gave us that "masterpiece" that was Privateer 2: The Darkening.

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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 27, 2018, 12:53:00 am
I'm pretty sure Squadron 42 is going to be ****, Roberts isn't a good game designer, while his old Wing Commander games were good they had a lot of questionable stuff in them.

Back in those days, he had a whole crew working with him who would occasionally countermand his more questionable decisions and ideas. Now that he's in charge, only his brother is in any position to do so.

And his brother gave us that "masterpiece" that was Privateer 2: The Darkening.


Was it a masterpiece of ****? Only played the first Privateer - I don't know if Privateer is indicative of Wing Commander's gameplay, but I found every battle the enemy would pass by me, go super far away and then come back and pass me again, rinse repeat over and over.  That combined with the sprite graphics made me feel like it wasn't even a 3d-space I was fighting in, but a game more like- Sink the Bismark or some other game with turret play
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 27, 2018, 05:16:23 am
I'm pretty sure Squadron 42 is going to be ****, Roberts isn't a good game designer, while his old Wing Commander games were good they had a lot of questionable stuff in them.

Back in those days, he had a whole crew working with him who would occasionally countermand his more questionable decisions and ideas. Now that he's in charge, only his brother is in any position to do so.

And his brother gave us that "masterpiece" that was Privateer 2: The Darkening.


Was it a masterpiece of ****? Only played the first Privateer - I don't know if Privateer is indicative of Wing Commander's gameplay, but I found every battle the enemy would pass by me, go super far away and then come back and pass me again, rinse repeat over and over.  That combined with the sprite graphics made me feel like it wasn't even a 3d-space I was fighting in, but a game more like- Sink the Bismark or some other game with turret play
Abuse the afterburner, it's the only way.

The first Privateer was good, believe it or not dogfighting feels better than in Wing Commander.

Privateer 2 was full 3D but it was very much ****, for details I'm copy-pasting the review I posted on GOG.com:
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Let me get this straight: this got two stars from me only because with darkfix (see the GOG forums for more info) is more or less functional and the FMVs are full of great actors (the plot is also nice overall), the problems come when it comes to the basic game design of the thing. Even the FMVs though full of people like John Hurt, Christopher Walken, Cliwe Owen and BRIAN BLESSED have a weird audio mixing that makes dialogues often really difficult to understand if you aren't a native english speaker (no subtitles of course). With Darkfix I was also able to use the throttle axis of the stick which is always good for the hotas crowd out there (though you'll need to recalibrate it in the options every time you launch the game). But the worst part is the game design of the thing, where to start? From the fact that to move from a waypoint to another you have to kill every hostile ship but often said hostiles keep spawning? From the obnoxious sound effects and animations in the trade interface (fortunately they can be partly disabled) and how simplistic trade is compared to the first Privateer? Trading also requires to hire a ship, because you are confined to fighters as your personal ship goes. You will need to grind money through trading because the missions are often very inbalanced pitting you against insurmountable odds. There are a bunch of randomly triggered sidequests that can be rather amusing at times (they all have their FMVs) but some of them can be rather esoteric (I failed one without noticing). There is also the tendency of the game to send you mission updates during combat halting the game whether you want it or not which is quite disorienting (and also preceded by a grating beep sound). This is probably the first really bad spacesim I ever tried, not just a case of "not my cup of tea" but a really, really mediocre game, even with the crashes and a bunch of glitches fixed it's not really worth it unless you are fixated on spacesims like I am.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 27, 2018, 06:30:56 pm
The first Privateer was good, believe it or not dogfighting feels better than in Wing Commander.

So are the first three Wing Commander games worth playing? I have them on GOG but I didn't get past the lounge on WC1 before I booted up another game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 27, 2018, 07:24:49 pm
The first Privateer was good, believe it or not dogfighting feels better than in Wing Commander.

So are the first three Wing Commander games worth playing? I have them on GOG but I didn't get past the lounge on WC1 before I booted up another game.
To me they are, note that I and III are much more repetitive than Tie Fighter or Freespace (II a bit less so).
Keep in mind that III has a full 3D engine so a lot of the more irritating stuff from the sprite-based engine of the first two games is gone.
I and II and expansions might require a save editor because sometimes the game glitches out and decides pilots that are still alive are dead which can rob you of some dialogues in the lounge.
Also the expansions are often stupidly difficult compared to the respective main games, I never got the good ending to the espansion of Wing Commander II.

For an extended rant about the engine quirks of the first two, another copy-pasted gog.com review (yikes, GOG really needs an editing function for the reviews, there are more typos, bad punctuation, half-formed sentences and missing words that I remember):
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I played "SpaceSim" since I was eleven and had a 386DX, but I never ad the chance of playing Wing Commander till a week or so ago when I bought this package on GOG.com. The graphics for the time it came out were outstanding (much better than the monochromatic 3D models used in other similar games at the time) but unfortunately have a very bad influence on gameplay. The sprites used to render the ships work well enough for fighters and smaller crafts but are really impractical when it comes to asteroids and capital ships: The asteroids because they tend to pop up at a very short distance even while you can see supposedly smaller fighters much farther thus making dodging them a mattermore of luck than ability simetimes; For the capital ships the problem is that you don't get a real sense of the distance you are from them when you are flying against them, making mission where you have to defend or (in Wing Commander II) bombard them often you find yourself dead because you flew too close to them without noticing! A peculiarity of Wing Commander I & II compared to the more-or-less contemporary X-wing is the more arcade approach to combat: You don't get to manage your systems energy to compensate your fighter's faults so if you find yourself on a strike mission with a light fighter (it happens a couple of times) you cannot for instance trasfer your engine power to the shield when hammered down by an entire squadron of enemy interceptors. While the gameplay remains essentially the same in both games although the second game shows a series of improvements in pacing (main guns are a bit more powerful so you can destroy less powerful enemy fighters more rapidly) and balance, in particular capital ships in the first game were ludicrously easy to kill once you eliminated their fighter escort, while in the second game you had to use torpedoes (which need a lock and take a veeery long time to get it) which can be carried only by certain fighters and need to be launched really close to the capital ship without evasive manouver lest you lose the lock. There are also some problems with keyboard and mouse controls in with the savegame menu in the second game which made me lose savegames several frustrating times, essentially when you clicked on save/load game with a mouse ort by pressing enter the game instead of just loading the save/load menu loaded a game randomly, fortunately while using the Joystick to access the save/load menu I didn't have any particular issue. Another problem are the game crashes that happen in the second game sometimes during missions. The good is essentially in how the story is told, your wingmen have a personality (even though in the first game they are often too much stereotyped, even for an old school game) and you can have a chat with them between missions and in the non-linear campaign (there are two endings depending on how well you played) of the first game they can even die in combat and have a funeral cutscene with personalized dialogue from the CAG and the protagonist. The second game instead has a more cinematic approach with longer and more elaborate in-game cutscenes and although the campaign is a bit more linear the story is much better told and overall enjoyable even though it is not much more elaborate than the first. My advice is: if you aren't scared from the graphics (and the bugs of the second game) and you like spacesims this game is worth a try, prepare to die a lot (often in really frustrating ways, sometimes the only way to remain sane is using cheats) and at the same time enjoy one of the first experiments of implementing cinematic storytelling in an action game. The only thing that keeps me from giving four or five stars are the gameplay issues, otherwise I would have rated it a must buy.

I did also review III but at the time I was more generous with the game than I would be now (mostly because of the story, certain elements didn't quite strike me as bad at the time), but it's still an improvement.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on May 27, 2018, 09:54:34 pm
Cool beans, thanks for the insights
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 31, 2018, 11:52:15 am
Playing with all the new sliders in Stellaris; Having the option of delaying the end-game crisis makes it a little more statisfying when you crank up the difficulty now (up until recently the highest crisis rating I was able to beat was x3, even then only by sacrificing 80 percent of galaxy to the Contigency*).

* I am still playing Machine Empires in almost all of my games, despite moving on from the Driven Assimilator-civic (it's just not that fun anymore when you basically have to the option for a Total War from the start of the game); and so far I always got the Contigency as a end-game crisis as a result.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 05, 2018, 08:48:46 am
I finally finished Batman Arkham Knight (PC)
So, uhm, it’s fine.
Not a masterpiece, just fine.
It’s lavishly crafted but there is a lot of filler content and assorted fluff, some well disguised some not so much.
Also, screw the Batmobile. Not so much for the tank sections but for the goddamn races necessary for the true ending and the tunnel runs in the main story missions.
The plot has its moments but sometimes I feels it does a disservice to some members of the Batfamily.
Barbara stays kidnapped for most of the plot and doesn’t to much after being rescued, Tim Drake as a shaved skinhead look is at odds with the brooding but overall nice kid he is in the comics (also, I’m perplexed on the decision of pairing him with Barbara), Nightwing’s mask looks stupid but at least he acts in character and his ribbing of Batman managed to make me chuckle a few times.
The ministories DLC are nice (especially the Batgirl one) but they tend to be much more difficult than the main game, I get probably Harley Quinn and Red Hood don't have super-expensive armor but I sincerely doubt Batman would send Barbara and Tim with basically no armor to speak of (even more galling the fact that Barbara's suit looks made of the same materials as Batman's).

Hardware-wise it’s not nearly a resource hog as the requirements would suggest apart for the video ram which stayed steadily in the 4/4.2 gb mark according to the Radeon overlay, it also didn’t play nice with Freesync forcing me to enable V-sync and lock the frame rate at 60 to get rid of the tearing.
There are occasional crashes but were few and all of them were during a checkpoint loading after dying, and frame rate drops are there but not game-breaking (they mostly are while driving around the city).
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Post by: Turambar on June 09, 2018, 02:59:27 am
Back into some TotalWarhammer 2.  Picked up the new DLC that adds new leaders, regiments of renown, and units for high elves and dark elves.  Played a dark elves campaign and had a great time aggressively stabbing a bunch of high elves mostly and won that campaign.

Started up a Mortal Empires campaign now, that's the map that combines Totalwarhammer 1 and 2.  Playing as Belegar Ironhammer, so i start some distance away from my 'ancestral homeland' that i have to recapture in order to lift this onerous 150% debuff to my troop upkeep.  This makes the early game even more tactical and fun.
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Post by: Mongoose on June 11, 2018, 07:22:26 am
Metal Wolf Chaos.  On PC.  The day it'll be released.  Because AMERICA.

RICHAAAAARRRRRRD!!!
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 11, 2018, 05:31:37 pm
Finished Tomb Raider (PC)
So, uhm, what can I say?
If it wasn’t for the controls and camera this would be much easier, the combat is the worst part but the more fast paced platforming sections (fortunately not common) come close second.
I got lost only once and that was because of a passage that was basically invisible because of the textures, the geometry of the levels is so simple that often just looking around a bit was enough to know where to go.
Hearing people lamenting all the “dumbing down” of the Crystal Dynamics titles I expected something in which you were abandoned in an unforgiving mess like Wizardry VI, but this is much closer to a modern linear action adventure, only the lack of details allows the absence of a map or a guiding arrow and the controls often make the simplest things a chore.
Still I had to save insanely often to keep my sanity (357 saves) and I shudder to think of the PSX version which I heard has limited saves.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 11, 2018, 05:41:01 pm
Xcom 2 is free on play station plus this month.



So I've been playing armory and machine on my android phone.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 12, 2018, 04:13:42 am
... Speaking of Nier: Automata, have you ever tried to switch between Nier and a Dark Souls game in the same day? I burned so many estus flasks trying to attack before I reset my muscle memory...
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on June 15, 2018, 01:37:13 pm
Alright, so I ended up buying the rest of the SC2 campaigns and am currently powering though them.

Heart of the Swarm was piss easy compared to wings of Liberty, I've never had to dial down the difficulty and there's only one mission I've had to restart a couple of times to adjust my strategy - something I've had to do quite often during WoL and now during LotV. Mission-design-wise, it is fairly varied, although I've been able to use pretty much the exact same strategy in every mission with base building. *insert all-solving-hammer joke* Some units & mutation also feel very gimmicky & situational.

Story-wise it felt just as shaky as WoL did, so I guess it's consistent in that regard. I overall disliked the number of "individual" zerg characters within the Swarm, though I guess with the Overmind & Cerebrates gone, they needed someone for Kerrigan to interact with, and you couldn't just throw her an entourage of infested terrans. Still, it's disappointing but fairly harmless, although I guess WoL set the standard pretty low.


Legacy of the Void has been pretty interesting so far, the Spear of Adun feels a bit more balanced than Kerrigan was, and being able to switch between unit variants before each mission is nice. I do notice that a lot of my strategies devolve into building lots of dragoons & zealots, but hey it got me through the original SC so why not... Difficulty-wise I'd say it's part way between HotS & WoL.

Story-wise however, I do have issues this time, with Blizzard going the corruption route for the N-th ****ing time.
- In Diablo 1 that's alright, they're kind of the forerunner and with all the devilry going on it fits the themes of the games ;
- in SC & Broodwar, infestation is Sci Fi take on the subject, so it's still fresh to a degree and it's mostly focused around Kerrigan & the Zerg ;
Diablo 2 & D2: LoD keep going at it with gusto, it may feel excessive, but that's in line with the first game ;
- in War3 : RoC, well we've got the fallen prince, the chaos orcs, the corrupted night elves & other Aschenvale dwellers, plus as a bonus the demonic demon hunter, that's starting to feel like a bit much ;
- with War3 : FT we can add the Naga as sort-of corrupted night elves, plus more fleshing out of the Scourge-serving nerubians ;
- WoW has had waayyyy too many examples over the years and as far as I know is still milking that type of plotline.
So no, going for yet another corrupting/mind controlling force is not OK. Try to have some properly motivated villains, you used to be able to do that. Your Big Bad should have plenty of arguments to get followers from every factions, so what the hell are you doing ?


Anyway, I think I'm close to the halfway point and I'm having a good time so far.
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Post by: BlueFlames on June 15, 2018, 06:17:36 pm
I passed 200 hours in HBS BattleTech last night.

There's three mechs that I don't have in storage in my post-campaign save, and I'm determined to find one of each.  That's proving a challenge, since all three are medium mechs that don't spawn very frequently in 3.5-plus-star contracts, which are all you can get in the late game.  The core gameplay is fun enough, though, that I don't mind the length of the hunt.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 17, 2018, 06:04:35 am
I thought SC2 was free now?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on June 17, 2018, 07:24:16 am
Only the Terran campaign.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 17, 2018, 11:27:47 am
Story-wise however, I do have issues this time, with Blizzard going the corruption route for the N-th ****ing time.
[...]
So no, going for yet another corrupting/mind controlling force is not OK. Try to have some properly motivated villains, you used to be able to do that. Your Big Bad should have plenty of arguments to get followers from every factions, so what the hell are you doing ?

Every developer has their signature bit...

Story-wise however, I do have issues this time, with Blizzard going the corruption route for the N-th ****ing time.
- In Diablo 1 that's alright, they're kind of the forerunner and with all the devilry going on it fits the themes of the games ;
- in SC & Broodwar, infestation is Sci Fi take on the subject, so it's still fresh to a degree and it's mostly focused around Kerrigan & the Zerg ;
Diablo 2 & D2: LoD keep going at it with gusto, it may feel excessive, but that's in line with the first game ;
- in War3 : RoC, well we've got the fallen prince, the chaos orcs, the corrupted night elves & other Aschenvale dwellers, plus as a bonus the demonic demon hunter, that's starting to feel like a bit much ;
- with War3 : FT we can add the Naga as sort-of corrupted night elves, plus more fleshing out of the Scourge-serving nerubians ;

You are bit oversimplifying here (Please note that in a RTS the protagonist of the campaign may not be POV):

- granted Diablo hardly had anywhere to go until they did all the massive expansion of the mythology for part 3 (in-game, I know the lore was in parts there before 3), there isn't that many way you can go with demons as enemies...

- StarCraft acutally was more thematically varied than you give it credit for: The Terran Campaigns were about the limits of warfare, most notable in the signature bit of weaponizing the Zerg; The Zerg Campaigns were large degree about a twisted version of self-improvement (remember Kerrigan's transformation originally is just the stepping stone for the Overmind to absorb the Protoss), the differnent bids for power by the protagonists of the campaign; the Protoss-campaigns were about authority and compliance, esspecially to the point in both campaigns you are doing the bidding of the wrong people up to a point.

- Warcraft 3 the ideas on corruption are more varied than red-electricity mind-stuff: Arthas fall from grace begins with dissonance between his power as Paladin and Prince and his effectiveness in either role; The Fel Orcs-portion of the story is very much about the nature of trust and destiny with Hellscream taking in the demon blood as him giving up on Thrall's vision for the Horde in general and coming to Kalimdor in particular; The corruption of Ashenvale is counterpoint to the theme running through the Night Elf-campaign of the Night Elves, esspecially Tyrande, believing they know what the proper order of things is, and the subsequent unravelling of that order to preserve it (giving up their immortality to destroy Archimonde).

- Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne actually flips the script on the corruption-thing for two campaigns (Night Elves and Blood Elves) in order to posit the question if Illidan can be redeemed...
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on June 17, 2018, 01:53:04 pm
Actually my issue isn't that the corruption bit isn't thematically varied between the different games, it's simply that it's present in some form or another every single time, and that it gets less subtle over time. Note that I don't have much problems with their use of this gimmick until the post-Warcraft 3 era:  like I said in the Diablo games, that's pretty much at the core of the story (note : I haven't played 3, so I don't know how it's handled there) ; infestation in Starcraft is pretty neat, especially since they incorporate it in gameplay (more so in SC2 than SC1 I think) and you've covered the different bits in War3 more thoroughly than I did. Hell, I don't even consider Illidan as a victim of it since he seems pretty much unchanged mentally post-demonization.

No, it's the whole "X has gone crazy/has been corrupted by evil" that's been popping up in WoW as a cheap justification for having players of both the Horde & Alliance going up against specific characters that bothers me. Blizzard can do better than that - they've crafted conflicts without having to resort to that. Neither Mengsk, nor the Conclave, the Confederacy or the Directorate had their mind tempered with, and yet they were foes we had good reasons to fight.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on June 18, 2018, 03:44:21 am
In Diablo 3 there are literal fountains of corruption which spray black ooze into heaven.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 18, 2018, 12:28:00 pm
In Diablo 3 there are literal fountains of corruption which spray black ooze into heaven.

Artful as always...  ;)

Yes, the element of demon corrupting the things they come in contact with is back (see Diablo 1's quest to purify tristram's water supply), but Diablo 3 does a turn towards the use of power and responsibilty as thematic troughline (esspecially in regards to Kule, Tyrael and moreso with Malthael in the expansion)

Sidenote: Warcraft's comic exaggeration arrives full force in Diablo 3 as an artistic element (esspecially in the effects)... Some of that seems to be the natural development of Blizzard's house artist pre-Overwatch, some is legacy Diablo (there has always been a disconnect between concept art and in-game art) and some might just be the fallout from increased graphics technology (e.g. there is a lot of showman physics in the game)


The "black ooze"-corruption Batutta mentions is a feature of the art-style of Act IV, which is set in the High Heavens...
The main artistic features of that envoirment are higher intensity lighting in yellow and light blue hues, lots of white/ivory, yellow, gold and glowing blue "water" - the intrusion upon that with elements in black, greys, red and decreasing lighting are the markers of an ongoing demonic incursion

Ps. I am writing from a train, so I apologize for the fragmented poating
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 18, 2018, 04:46:05 pm
Actually my issue isn't that the corruption bit isn't thematically varied between the different games, it's simply that it's present in some form or another every single time, and that it gets less subtle over time. Note that I don't have much problems with their use of this gimmick until the post-Warcraft 3 era:  like I said in the Diablo games, that's pretty much at the core of the story (note : I haven't played 3, so I don't know how it's handled there) ; infestation in Starcraft is pretty neat, especially since they incorporate it in gameplay (more so in SC2 than SC1 I think) and you've covered the different bits in War3 more thoroughly than I did. Hell, I don't even consider Illidan as a victim of it since he seems pretty much unchanged mentally post-demonization.

No, it's the whole "X has gone crazy/has been corrupted by evil" that's been popping up in WoW as a cheap justification for having players of both the Horde & Alliance going up against specific characters that bothers me. Blizzard can do better than that - they've crafted conflicts without having to resort to that. Neither Mengsk, nor the Conclave, the Confederacy or the Directorate had their mind tempered with, and yet they were foes we had good reasons to fight.

(Stopover in Prague)
As I said, every developer has their signature bit :)

... which makes it neccessary to phrase stuff along the line of signature style (e.g. Bungie's proto-fashism), matters of course (e.g. Bethesda carrying forth Fallout's man is real monster), gameplay neccessities (e.g. Bioware creating a full NPC faction for SW:TOR to have a kind of unified endgame,) and then if it is a short-cut or not... these things need not be mutually exclusive BTW

That signature bits or styles go stale has seen ample of exposure lately (e.g. Bethesda's "outsider savior" has gotten really tedious)...
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on June 18, 2018, 08:06:54 pm
Fair enough.
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Post by: Buckshee Rounds on June 21, 2018, 06:16:42 pm
Got Prison Architect recently and it's ****ing hooked me. It's similar to games like Rimworld and Dwarf Fortress in that you have a site to manage - you're required to balance the needs of your prisoners with maintaining order and designing an efficient and profitable prison. You can choose to be as punitive or reformative as you want - deck your prison out with classrooms and workshops or turn it into a deathcamp sea of sniper towers and checkpoints.

It's ****ing awesome. The systems the player uses are simple enough, but when put together things can get really complex. I spent most of my evenings this week planning out my next prison before even starting construction.

Satisfying moments? Using the intelligence system to round up the most deadly prisoners and locking them away in a supermax death complex. I enjoyed that a little too much. Calling in SWAT is always fun - I love ordering them around and hearing them give a radio-static grunt that reminds me of the combine soldiers from Half Life. Picking prisoners completely at random for long duration solitary. Examples have to be made.

This game has so many fridge logic moments where the player realises all the unethical horrors they've just committed for the sake of law and order. Love it.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 23, 2018, 12:10:25 pm
I'm a massive fan of that game too.  The tutorial mission where you set the guy on death row sums it up.


I'm more of a punishment than reformer kind of guy.   
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on June 23, 2018, 05:11:50 pm
Played and finished Space Quest II the last couple days.  Had to do a bit of wiki cheating as I don't know the mentality of point & clicks (or text parsers in this case).  Also was annoying when an alien burst out of my chest and I had to re-do 1/3rd the game but all good. Nice to play a game that you can finish in a couple of hours and a lot of the humour still holds up.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 24, 2018, 07:05:00 pm
I finally got around to finish Descent 2.
Dear, those goddamn thiefbots, I don't know if I love for the adrenalin of chasing them around the levels, or hate them for basically everything else.

I also installed Descent 3 but after a quick try I already miss having a sourceport, I'll probably have to rig up a profile for my HOTAS but for some reason the command line for 1080p doesn't seem to work properly (I still get a 4:3 image although squished-looking) so I'll probably have to mess either with the Radeon control panel or NGlide to get it to work properly.
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Post by: Snarks on June 25, 2018, 11:37:30 am
I was an early adopter of Prison Architect, but I actually found the game less fun with each alpha. The biggest change was the global "temperature" which meant prisoners were much more subdued unless this temperature meter really kicked off. Unfortunately, this meant a lot less randomness in the game, and I lost interest when I could solve most of the issues with the prisoners with some simple setups.

Played a bit of Convoy, but the combat engine didn't feel super satisfying. Decent enough game nonetheless, but I don't see myself going back to it.

I'm feeling like a malcontent at this point. Got this whole Steam sale but barely anything is peeping my interest.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 25, 2018, 02:16:49 pm
Returned from a week in Vienna the night from Saturday to Sunday, and nursing my sunburned skin (you forget just how much overcast skies are part of your life when you've lived the past decade within walking distance of the sea)...

Finished Overload ... never had any experience with the original run of the Descent-franchise, so I like the chance to try basic principles now. It was fun diversion.

I am going to move on Star Wars: Starfighter later today ... and then I am going to see if the recent patches to Battletech fixed my save...
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on June 25, 2018, 07:32:14 pm
Played a bit of Convoy, but the combat engine didn't feel super satisfying. Decent enough game nonetheless, but I don't see myself going back to it.

I played that for a bit until one of the trucks I told to go to the left of my semi-truck went right instead and blew himself on a rock.  Pretty much quit not long after.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 26, 2018, 03:09:08 pm
Returned from a week in Vienna the night from Saturday to Sunday, and nursing my sunburned skin (you forget just how much overcast skies are part of your life when you've lived the past decade within walking distance of the sea)...

Finished Overload ... never had any experience with the original run of the Descent-franchise, so I like the chance to try basic principles now. It was fun diversion.

I am going to move on Star Wars: Starfighter later today ... and then I am going to see if the recent patches to Battletech fixed my save...

Starfighter is a nice little game, apart from the heavily scripted last mission (I hate when they make a boss invulnerabe until you reach a certain point without even inventing some technobabble to justify it), works really well with a joystick too.

I should probably get Overload next month, I want to finish Descent 3 first even though at the moment I have trouble with setting up the controls because it's one of these games that doesn't seem to know which keyboard layout is using and all the countermeasures and inventory keys are in that disgraced part of the keyboard between the Enter key and the alfanumeric keys that changes arbitrarily depending on the layout.
At least this has a quicksave key I can map toone of the unused switches, and I still have to map the guidebot menu.
I'm resigned to play the game in 4:3 but at least I can set the resolution to 1440x1080 using the command line.

Meanwhile I'm tempted to get Battlfront II on sale and the Inferno Squad novel kindle version even though I have yet to finish Bloodlines, yes, I know it's Battlefront II but I'm too much of a Star Wars fan to pass on the single player campaign and the sale is tempting. Besides, I remember the starfighter mode being fun for what it was.
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Post by: crizza on June 27, 2018, 01:15:55 am
Totaly hooked on Jurassic World Evolution.
I could watch these giants for ages walking around. Not that I did monday till 5AM :D
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Post by: Turambar on June 27, 2018, 03:32:07 pm
They are playing up the Jursassic Park nostalgia hardcore, and it works. 

Elite Dangerous sound design + That classic T-Rex roar,  man, it's great.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 28, 2018, 10:58:59 am
Starfighter is a nice little game, apart from the heavily scripted last mission (I hate when they make a boss invulnerabe until you reach a certain point without even inventing some technobabble to justify it), works really well with a joystick too.

Yeah it was a neat little experience ... It's no Rogue Squadron and its not going to tie me over till the release of X-Wing 2.0 but it was fun while it lasted....

But the knockback from incoming fire makes part of the finale nearly unplayable... Seriously, you are maneuvering the inside of the Droid Control-Ship via corridors hardly three times the size of your fighter and everytime you get hit it pushes your nose straight down, sometimes even into a collision with the walls/floor/celling.

Meanwhile I'm tempted to get Battlfront II on sale and the Inferno Squad novel kindle version even though I have yet to finish Bloodlines, yes, I know it's Battlefront II but I'm too much of a Star Wars fan to pass on the single player campaign and the sale is tempting. Besides, I remember the starfighter mode being fun for what it was.

I don't know if the single-player campaign is that much of draw ... the Epilogue is a nice tie-in to TFA but that was about the coolest moment to me...

Starfighter Assault is still fun if you don't mind fighting inexplicably high-leveled opponents; though progression is has accellerated quite a bit.



Va-11 Hall-a and The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit are next, while I set-up a SVN...
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on June 28, 2018, 01:21:58 pm
So I finished SC2 : Legacy of the Void since my last post here. Not much to add beyond what I already said, SC2 are a great series of game, if a bit lacking in terms of story & characters (even by Blizzard standards). Clumsy would probably how I'd qualify it, it feels like it was written from memory rather going back through SC1 + BW, and so remembered the important story bits clearly, but things are rather muddy on the details, and then there's stuff that was probably remembered during development. Not a deal breaker, but kinda wince-worthy for some that played through the original games a few times.
That they waited so long to make these sequels also made it rather awkward to recap relevant stuff that happened over 10 years prior in real time without being too expo-dumpy. They did the best they could by relegating most of it to optional conversations between missions, but I can't help but wonder if there could have been a more elegant way to go about it (no idea what it could be, but it's food for thought).

Anyway, I plan to see if I can have some fun with the mission editor at some point.


Moving on, I was feeling nostalgic the other day & reinstalled Arcanum : Fallout in steampunk-magic land, but couldn't actually get past the character creation screen, because I had no idea what character I wanted to play. I mean over the years, I've had (from what I can recall) :
- A neutral dwarven tech gunner
- A good aligned human tech warrior
- An evil elven mage
- A good aligned human archer-mage
- A neutral gnome diplomat
- A too-dumb-to-have-an-alignment ogre brute
- And probably a couple other rerolls that I forgot or didn't get very far with

So while I would enjoy revisiting some of those (especially since I didn't finish the game with most of them - Arcanum is big, and it's been a long while since I last played), I was pondering trying something new, what I had in mind :
- An evil barbarian mage-warrior - there's a ton cool magic swords & armors, plus evil-aligned companions that I never really got to try out.
- A neutral halfling thief - I'm not sure how viable stealth is in this game. I'm also afraid of getting bored after a while, so I would probably need to think about branching into something else once I max out the stealth stuff.
- A good tech-wizard - I've heard it's kinda tricky to maintain a balance, and not super-effective, but that's also an appealing challenge.
- An evil tech bomb thrower/pyromaniac - Fun concept, but also afraid of getting bored.
- A (probably evil-aligned) crazy omnicidal maniac - A mage would probably be easier, but a tech gunslinger would present some interesting challenges in terms of logistics & reputation management.

So since I basically have about a dozen different options right now, I pondering whether I should just roll a dice or get some second opinions/recommendations/suggestions. Thoughts anyone ?
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 28, 2018, 03:23:36 pm
Moving on, I was feeling nostalgic the other day & reinstalled Arcanum : Fallout in steampunk-magic land

Ah, the memories...

- An evil barbarian mage-warrior - there's a ton cool magic swords & armors, plus evil-aligned companions that I never really got to try out.
- A neutral halfling thief - I'm not sure how viable stealth is in this game. I'm also afraid of getting bored after a while, so I would probably need to think about branching into something else once I max out the stealth stuff.
- A good tech-wizard - I've heard it's kinda tricky to maintain a balance, and not super-effective, but that's also an appealing challenge.
- An evil tech bomb thrower/pyromaniac - Fun concept, but also afraid of getting bored.
- A (probably evil-aligned) crazy omnicidal maniac - A mage would probably be easier, but a tech gunslinger would present some interesting challenges in terms of logistics & reputation management.

When you are playing an evil-aligned magic-character you might have some trouble in the end-game, because a certain story choice locks you out of the quest line to get your high-level magic training.

None of the evil companions has white necromancy as far as I recall...
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 28, 2018, 03:51:51 pm
I don't know if the single-player campaign is that much of draw ... the Epilogue is a nice tie-in to TFA but that was about the coolest moment to me...

Starfighter Assault is still fun if you don't mind fighting inexplicably high-leveled opponents; though progression is has accellerated quite a bit.
I bought it this morning and it's still installing (70 gb? Bloody Hell).
I'm reading the novel and it's a nice little inside look to a certain subset of the empire, the "true believers" who genuinely think the Empire is for Peace & Order rather than Power for Those in Charge, of course this will change for the game IIRC but considering the time we are living in a narrative closer to Tie Fighter (note that the first half of the novel reminds me a lot of TF because Inferno Squad tends to be primarily deployed against other imperials not unlike that game) with a redemption-less protagonist would probably fly over people's heads.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on June 28, 2018, 05:11:58 pm
Meanwhile I'm tempted to get Battlfront II on sale and the Inferno Squad novel kindle version even though I have yet to finish Bloodlines, yes, I know it's Battlefront II but I'm too much of a Star Wars fan to pass on the single player campaign and the sale is tempting. Besides, I remember the starfighter mode being fun for what it was.

The single player campaign is pretty fun, its not super compelling but has a lot of variety.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 29, 2018, 01:04:55 am
You know the VR is good when you're taking cover behind a console, and when you go to stand up you try to put a hand on it to help yourself up. And then remember it's not actually there.

SUPER HOT is still pretty hot
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on June 29, 2018, 08:18:08 am
When you are playing an evil-aligned magic-character you might have some trouble in the end-game, because a certain story choice locks you out of the quest line to get your high-level magic training.
My memory of the high level magic stuff is a bit fuzzy (it's in Tulla, right ?), how are you locked out exactly ?
If it's strictly karma-related, I figure I could always give money to a beggar in Tarant, do the quest, then go back to Tarant and tell the same beggar to go **** himself a few times. It's not exactly ideal from a role play perspective to use tricks like that, but hey the completist in me wouldn't mind :shrug: .

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None of the evil companions has white necromancy as far as I recall...
Virgil does (and I would probably get it as well sooner or later), which is usually enough to keep the party alive - or resurrect them afterwards.

I like Virgil, he is often underappreciated, people usually categorize him as an early game crutch (which he is) that doesn't have the potential versatility or strength that other fighters or mages have, but A) his alignment matches yours, so he'll pretty much stay with you no matter what (well until some point after Caladon if you're good-aligned), B) he levels up with you, so he actually becomes a capable fighter fairly fast and stays useful throughout the game, and C) he only has access to white necromancy so he doesn't waste energy on other spells the AI isn't smart enough to use properly.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 29, 2018, 10:37:44 am
When you are playing an evil-aligned magic-character you might have some trouble in the end-game, because a certain story choice locks you out of the quest line to get your high-level magic training.
My memory of the high level magic stuff is a bit fuzzy (it's in Tulla, right ?), how are you locked out exactly ?
If it's strictly karma-related, I figure I could always give money to a beggar in Tarant, do the quest, then go back to Tarant and tell the same beggar to go **** himself a few times. It's not exactly ideal from a role play perspective to use tricks like that, but hey the completist in me wouldn't mind :shrug: .

Hehe, fuzzy memory here as well ... but the high magic stuff is basically you getting an amulet after passing a test from mages' enclave in the desert (the condition to take the test is to have maxed any of your spell categories, you can then take a test on that category; you can only be tested in one category). The amulet halves the spell cost, if I recall correctly.

As for the evil part ... well it isn't exactly an evil choice but it is one you would take naturally as an evil character:
Spoiler:
When you side with the Dark Elves, they will ask you to "deal" with a human village close to the elven woods-thingy the Dark Elves are set up in. If you destroy the village not only will the Dark Elves set you up for the ritual to get you to the finale but it will also lock you out of finding the mages' enclave at all.



Follow-up on Va11 Hall-A;

It was very, very good for a kinda-visual novel type thing ... very slice of life-y that you usually don't get from Cyberpunk... (very much a pick for the replay-list, I didn't try to get people drunk so I might have left a lot of secrets on the floor)

However you might want to go into with a high tolerance to adult themes (it's a bartending sim after all) and some out-there adult themes at that (did I mention the sex-bot looking like 13-year old girl? - The game goes out its way to explain that she is psychologically adult and everything she does is consensual and role-play'y but ... yeah, underage-looking sex-bot....)
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on June 29, 2018, 03:33:27 pm
Hehe, fuzzy memory here as well ... but the high magic stuff is basically you getting an amulet after passing a test from mages' enclave in the desert (the condition to take the test is to have maxed any of your spell categories, you can then take a test on that category; you can only be tested in one category). The amulet halves the spell cost, if I recall correctly.

As for the evil part ... well it isn't exactly an evil choice but it is one you would take naturally as an evil character:
Spoiler:
When you side with the Dark Elves, they will ask you to "deal" with a human village close to the elven woods-thingy the Dark Elves are set up in. If you destroy the village not only will the Dark Elves set you up for the ritual to get you to the finale but it will also lock you out of finding the mages' enclave at all.

Oh yeah, that makes sense. Then again, I don't think I ever bothered with the amulets even with my nice mage characters, and since I tend to shy away from high level expensive spells in combat (lvl 1 wound beats everything :P) I probably wouldn't have noticed much of a difference back then anyway.

I'm thinking about trying out a tech-wizard fighter - mixing tech blades with magic buffs, or a bomb-throwing halfling thief, who may or may not reverse pickpocket dynamite in people's pockets.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on July 05, 2018, 05:52:49 pm
I've finished the single player campaign of Star Wars Battlefront II (PC)
A nice little Star Wars sidestory, especially if you read the Inferno Squad novel first.
Getting the joystick to work properly was a pain in the arse, I had to use both 360ce and a CH Control Manager profile to compensate for the complete absence of any possibility of rebinding buttons and axises on a controller in-game but oh, boy were the space parts really nice once I got it to work (the throttle unfortunately isn't optimal since it's not a slider axis but it's functional at least). They reminded me a lot of Rogue Squadron 3D or Star Wars Starfighter which is a big improvement over the frankly insulting first Battlefront starfighter controls.
The on-foot gameplay was fine, though I didn't like being locked into third person view for a good chunk of it.
Also the cutscenes both in multiplayer and single player if they happen after the first loading screen they slow down and stutter without apparent reason which was really annoying (I get a super smooth frame rate on Ultra during gameplay).
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 05, 2018, 08:34:07 pm
Little bit of Payday 2, it pleases me.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on July 05, 2018, 10:29:07 pm
Been playing Mechwarrior Online & Borderlands 2.
Borderlands 2 is pretty fun but have been ignoring a lot of the loot because there's just too much of it.  Just swapping out guns as needed to get the Badass ranks.

MWO - grindy but fun for a while. Ghost heat though is the worst (Extra heat for firing above a threshold of certain weapons). What a dumb mechanic
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Post by: Buckshee Rounds on July 06, 2018, 12:55:27 am
Mount and Blade: War Band

I've conquered Calradia as a non-woman now I gotta girl up and get the last achievements. Finally finished the Swadian rebellion now half the map is in their hands. With some save scumming I can get the achievement for helping my faction conquering the map then going back a few hundred days and starting my own campaign to become Queen.

Napoelonic Wars too. Jumping into a napoleonic battle with all the clumsy derpery of mount and blade mechanics is just never going to get old. I've charged at the guns with my trusty mount, derped around as a field engineer and piped a sad lament over the rotting corpses of my fallen comrades; all while listening to some great classic music. I make it a rule to just go berserk whenever Toreador comes on, still not sure why.
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Post by: Snarks on July 06, 2018, 12:18:13 pm
Just got done playing Conan Exiles.

I'm having such polarizing opinions about the game. On one hand, I absolutely love the setting, and the combat engine is refreshing given how most other survival games feature either guns or simple click and hit stuff mechanics. On the other hand, I hate the fact that the game is set up to be like a RPG, where you are intended to progress from one area to the next. It absolutely ruins the open world feel of the game, since you are expected to be in the region similar to your level/equipment. I have no incentives to explore other places because enemies will be either too weak or too strong to fight against. It also means you have to basically move your base from region to region.
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Post by: Mammothtank on July 07, 2018, 01:40:56 am
I just restarted my Week 15 Darkest Dungeon Save. Dang this is haaaaaard.
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Post by: crizza on July 07, 2018, 11:44:04 am
Playing Naval Action, but watching One Piece while sailing around :D
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Post by: Bryan See on July 07, 2018, 02:28:31 pm
Started playing Quantum Break... a few days ago... A month ago, Remedy unveiled their next project: Control.
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Post by: Mongoose on July 10, 2018, 07:17:13 am
Finally picked up Borderlands.  Pew-pew!
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Post by: karajorma on July 10, 2018, 08:50:39 am
Been playing a lot of Battlestar Galactica : Deadlock recently. Technically I can claim it's research for Diaspora.
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Post by: Snarks on July 10, 2018, 11:52:39 am
Been playing a lot of Battlestar Galactica : Deadlock recently. Technically I can claim it's research for Diaspora.

With or without the DLCs? I thought the game was passable. Here's hoping the DLCs improves the overall experience.
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Post by: karajorma on July 10, 2018, 12:32:16 pm
Without the DLCs. It's a bit samey unfortunately. It suffers from the Total War problem where after a while you just start auto-resolving all the battles.
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on July 10, 2018, 09:32:30 pm
Finally picked up Borderlands.  Pew-pew!

The first one? I just finished the second one.  Have to pre-sequel as well but it's not compatible with my Xbox One yet so, would need to drag out the 360 if I ever want to play it.  Hopefully they just add the backwards compatibility in there.

Started Uncharted Lost Legacy - decent though, Chloe is framed very much like Lara Croft in a lot of ways I feel so far.

EDIT - Finished Lost Legacy, only took two or three nights. Pretty short game, the environments are all pretty similar though they put some work into the architecture.  Puzzle/Climbing/Combat ratio was better than normal, with less combat (weakest part of the game imo).  Overall not too bad, especially as got it on sale.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on July 12, 2018, 08:50:04 pm
Finished Bloodstained: Curse of The Moon (PC)
For real this time.
Nightmare mode leads to an alternate last level and the definitive ending to the storyline of the game (also an after credits scene, be sure not to skip it).
The alternate last level isn’t that difficult and the final boss allows for an extra life hidden in the respawn point giving effectively infinite extra lives for figuring out the boss patterns.
While I played it in “veteran mode” (that is with the old NES Castlevania physics) the game isn’t as unfair as the games it imitates (I wasn’t able to finish the first Castlevania even abusing savestates) but still no walk in the park, it took me weeks to beat the second to last level in Nightmare mode.
Still the mouse+keyboard default controls for gamepad-less players are really, really silly.

Tomb Raider 2 (PC)
Now I’m at the monastery, even though the motor sled was clunky and there were multiple sections in which not taking damage was impossible I managed to get through Tibet without using any medikit.
Similar deal with the Deck level before it, I also managed to get all secrets thus far.
Fortunately until now no level reached the ridiculous levels of Venice and the Opera Theatre but the game could do with less combat encounters and be the better for it. Besides, how the hell they managed to get so many armed goons inside a goddamn shipwreck!?
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on July 13, 2018, 12:18:28 am
Preping for a Let's Play of Red Faction Guerillia ReMarstered ... let's hope that the pseudo-Xbox Controller I fixed up for playing Tokio Yanadu eX+ holds until that is complete (esspecially considering I canabilised another broken controller* to fix it)

* I play a lot of Dark Souls  :D
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Post by: Mammothtank on July 15, 2018, 07:26:41 am
I've beaten DMC1, and I beat Dante's Campaign in DMC 2. Man Lucia plays reaaallly good. Can't say I want to replay the later half of DMC 1, or any of Dantes campaign in 2.

In 2, I killed three Abrams Tanks by pumping 12 gauge rounds into them at pointblank range. That was neat.
In 1, I had to carefully break the Shields of a group of Lizard men by Shoryukening them. That was ****ing awesome.

Nothing in 2 has really hit that high that fighting Nero Angelo or Phantom in 1 gave me. Learn their fighting style or get your head pounded into the ground. IIRC, they changed the difficulty in 2 since it was the the one thing people complained about in the Quizzes sent out during it's development.

Which is... kinda good? I mean, the frustration of getting my face torn off by Phantom was pretty frustrating. But this is kinda overkill. I'm really not having ANY challenge, except for some later bosses like Bolverk or Trismaga. And the fact that most enemies go down in like 3 shotgun blasts, and they throw them at you like candy, plus how they respawn if you leave certain zones in the rooms. Makes the entire game a slog. I mean, I had tonnes of fun. But yeah except for the bosses. I basically just held down the fire button.

I both like and sort dislike the control changes, since your roll in 2 is now set to the same button as interacting. Yeah... I can't see that being a nuisance sometime ingame... no sir. :3
Dante at-least starts with his double jump and a faster run speed.

1 is a little clunky, and the levels dragged on. But since every room was very cramped. You had to use the little space available, but there's tonnes of space to dodge in 2. Plus the limited space and how the moves you had like Stinger in 1, increased your mobility made it very easy to keep enemies within reach for combos. I found myself accidentally knocking people across the room in 2, and having to roll or shoot them to keep the combo going. But why even melee them in the first place? Stay at a distance and pump them with lead.


I really like the ability to customize your Devil Trigger, that's ****ing awesome. I wonder how that would work in a later game. Also thank the Elder Gods, they changed the Yellow Orbs to not take you to an entire different menu, just to say you used one to revive yourself. In 2, they just get consumed and you come back. DMC 2 is definitely worth a play through, it's much shorter than 1. Mostly because they didn't add allot of backtracking and increased how fast you can move. 
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Post by: Akalabeth Angel on July 17, 2018, 03:29:54 am
Finished Uncharted LL and playing Titanfall 2's SP campaign. Pretty fun but I wish I could disable Auto Aim.  Also I don't find the parkour elements to be very workable most of the time, probably just need to get good, but during combat I don't find there's enough places to wall run to get up to speed.

The mecha combat is also kinda meh.  I actually prefer being outside of the Titan so far, combat seems more dynamic.
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Post by: crizza on July 17, 2018, 02:20:40 pm
While Freespace is one of my favorite childhood game, there is another one: Urban Assault and I got it to run thx to this nifty UA Source project.
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Post by: DefCynodont119 on July 22, 2018, 01:07:23 am
I have been playing Skyrim with the Bruma mod installed, and I couldn't help but notice some of the voices sounded very familiar. .


Admiral Po of the GTD Intrepid (BtA) and the court adviser in Castle Bruma are clearly the same voice actor, but I also think one of the generic guard voices sounds a lot like Lorna Simms from Blue Planet. . . but I could be wrong on that one.



I never really thought about where/how mods get their voice actors from before, now I'm curious.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on July 22, 2018, 02:50:27 am
Since I was fed up with single-handedly causing the extinction of the snow leopard in Tomb Raider 2 I decided to keep playing Castlevania Rondo of Blood (romhack with the PSP translation) on the Wii, this time using a Mega Drive gamepad with a Gamecube adapter by Raphnet Tech (even with international shipping was much less costly than one of those Hori pads and I always have some Mega Drive/Genesis controller lying around since it's basically the console of my childhood) and boy is it much less tiring playing with a proper D-pad.
Of course I interrupted at the galleon level and that's where the proverbial **** hits the fan, Death was the first boss I had to use the built-in hint system for and the following level was a boss rush and the seventh level started with the most difficult version of the crumbling bridge with bats in all Castlevania games I played, though the level is mostly in line with the rest of the game for the rest once you rescure Richter's girlfriend. Though I had to use a walkthrough to find the two remaining damsels in distress, one was obvious in hindsight, the other much less so. At the moment I still have to get the timing to pass under the second form of Dracula while it jumps right, and thank god Dracula's boss room is a separate level, I don't think I could take going through the clock tower and its boss every time I lose a continue.

Also in my quest to get in touch with what the kids play today I picked up Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut on GOG.com, mostly because I wanted something not too difficult after spending two hours trying to beat Dracula in Rondo of Blood. I'm playing in Italian for once, mostly because I think I'll get the Ezio Auditore's games and I wanted to experience at least this part of the series consistently and I HATE when some english speaking actor decides to break in random Italian phrases. Yeah, I know that to brits, yanks, aussies and company sounds cool and exotic but there is basically no native english speaking actor that I know of that doesn't still have a foreign accent to an Italian ear and let's not talk about bad grammar and misused idioms.  :rolleyes:
But forgetting rants about language, I'm liking the game so far, there is a lot of repetition but since I'm not exactly searching for deep gameplay at the moment it's not necessarily an issue for me. The controls feel a bit weird though, I tried both M+K and gamepad and in the end settled for M+K because it's easier to control the camera with the mouse.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 22, 2018, 06:29:11 am
Molto bene   ;)

MGS 2 and 3 HD remake on P'S Vita.   Currently on a week long holiday with in laws and I needed a fix and this is all I can get due to the wifi and my vita failing to cooperate, otherwise I'd be remote connecting to the PS4 6 hours away and playing something a bit less addictive.
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Post by: Snarks on July 22, 2018, 08:32:19 am
A complete remake of MGS3 on the Fox engine would be amazing, and I will throw money so hard at such a project. That said, it isn't going to happen.

Started playing CRYPTARK, which I picked up on the Steam summer sale. It's both frustrating and fun. But I think I'm just not that big of a fan of twin joy-stick shoot em ups.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on July 26, 2018, 07:20:53 pm
I’ve finished Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (wii)
Yep, I can confirm that Super Castlevania IV is the worst 16-bit Castlevania, both Rondo and Vampire Killer/New Generation/Bloodlines are far superior games with a tighter design, less schizophrenic difficulty curve (SCIV is either super-easy or stupidly hard while the other two are consistently hard with some stupidly hard parts here and there which paradoxically trains you better for the stupidly hard parts) and a better art style with bolder colours and better drawn sprites (SCIV is mostly brown and the sprites are often rather stiff-looking).
I still have to beat stage 5’ though (the one unlocked after beating Dracula) but that stage is basically late level NES Castlevania grade of bull**** difficulty so I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to achieve 100% completion.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 03, 2018, 01:16:55 am
I've been trying to make Starlancer (yes, I finally got a copy off eBay for basically nothing) work but unfortunately it's either having glitchy graphics or use DGvoodoo2 in Software mode because the game uses a few features that have been since dropped and using the wrapper in hardware mode results in glitchy menu interface and texture-less graphics.
Which is weird, I remember the demo working just fine, but probably it was just me not noticing how weird-looking the nebulas were on a modern card.
I also had to roll back from the "optional" drivers I had installed because AMD had messed up the GPU scaling in the beta drivers so the game looked squished no matter what I did.
And of course I had to use a crack because the cd protection used doesn't work on Windows 7.
Now, if only the choice wasn't  between a horrible frame rate and graphical glitches of varying entity...
Strangely enough I don't seem to have issues with the multicore CPU for now.

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In the end I managed to make it work by enabling "fast memory access" in DGvoodoo2, which is supposed to be one of the "not really recommended" options but it worked nonetheless only now I have to edit the .ini otherwise the game is locked at 640x480, I was going to that anyway to unlock the 1280x1024 resolution but it's still rather odd.
I tried the instant action and I was able to play without glitches or crashes, to be on the safe side I made a Radeon profile that disabled every modern thingamabob and just used DGvoodoo2 to force 8x anti aliasing. Now I only have to properly finish the joystick profile, I have a partial one made some time ago but it includes only the bare minimum to play the demo mission.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Buckshee Rounds on August 03, 2018, 08:06:27 pm
Fired up DS9: The Fallen the other day, because it's been too long and I wanted to play one of the few good Star Trek games. It's a 3rd person shooter based on the unreal engine, with really ****ing cool maps and surprisingly horror-esque music cues and atmosphere.

When I fired this game up for the first time I must've been 8-10 years old. The very first alien the player encounters (asides from the drones) has shields that are impenetrable unless first scanned by the tricorder and adjustments made on the hand phaser. Which I never figured out until my teenage years.

And that alien was ****ing terrifying. It has a red laser that points straight at you then it roars and charges. I used to have nightmares about them.

The very first mission has you wandering around a Bajoran science vessel and it's such a cool map. The weapons are really great too - I personally love the hand phaser just by itself.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Fusion on August 09, 2018, 06:29:35 am
Been playing some SE, dogfighting in a variety of fighters against some friends. Even made a replica of the old 158th CCF Volkov.

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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 10, 2018, 09:24:44 am
Fired up DS9: The Fallen the other day, because it's been too long and I wanted to play one of the few good Star Trek games. It's a 3rd person shooter based on the unreal engine, with really ****ing cool maps and surprisingly horror-esque music cues and atmosphere.

I remember that ... I also remember that it's three campaigns were are widely different in tone and with nice character specific mechanics (both also difficulty curves) ... too bad that like most good Trek games (Klingon Academy, Starfleet Command 2, the Armada-series) its on none of the digital storefronts...



I gave the demo for Valkyria Chronicles 4 on PS4 a go... its just three missions not counting skirmish maps (one tutorial and first two story missions) but it felt longer, mostly because the missions are multi-stage.
The result fills me with enthusiasm for the release next month.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on August 10, 2018, 09:40:42 am
Man, I used to have Starfleet Command 2 somewhere, now I wanna go find it !

In other news, I gave up trying to get Arcanum to work. The interface is fine, but the game world is all black, none of the solutions listed on the forums or the various things I tried worked. Too bad, I really wanted to try my stealthy half-ogre technologist build...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on August 10, 2018, 09:53:17 am
I fell into a Gran Turismo Sport-shaped hole

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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on August 11, 2018, 04:14:43 am
Honestly thought that was a photo before I focused on it.  Damn that's pretty.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 12, 2018, 05:08:08 pm
Spear of Destiny (PC)
I finished for the first time, the difficulty gets a bit ridiculous at times, but it's still good fun.
The problems start with the expansions, for some reason the graphics have been thoroughly reskinned and often not very well, there are also different sounds and voice samples (oddly the same music though), and the level design becomes stupidly convoluted and often uses obligatory secret passages that forced me to look at level maps for the first time because I was fed up with hugging every wall in an attempt to find the pushable wall that hid the key to the level exit.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 20, 2018, 04:41:27 pm
Unavowed (PC)
Boy, when Gilbert said he was taking a page from Bioware RPGs he wasn't kidding.
I love what he's been doing with it thus far.
And yes, I bought this at day one (from GOG) which is something I usually don't do.

I tried Starlancer but at the moment I'm not in the mood to play it properly, mostly because it gives a vibe of "Chris Roberts thought Starship Troopers was cool but didn't get it was satire" at least at first impact, but also because of the inordinate amount of flavour text to assimilate in-game.

But I still wanted a spacesim so I dived back into Tie Fighter (PC DOS CD-rom) with a new save.
I had to revise the HOTAS profile for menu navigation and several commands that were different from XvT (whose profile I used as a basis for the TF one). It is still supergood and by now I can almost play it in my sleep.
Well, almost, the first gunboat mission ended with me hightailing into hyperspace with busted radar gauges after getting the secondary objectives by the skin of my teeth followed by five or six x-wings.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TrashMan on August 20, 2018, 07:12:13 pm
I'm making stuff for VR chat and having fun

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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 23, 2018, 01:41:50 pm
For fun I launched a WoD-tribute game of Stellaris, using the information from the last itteration of the Forum Game:

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I really don't know why the game clustered me (playing the Sol Union) and the three AIs so close together, despite having a 600 stars galaxy to work with - but hey, war against the UGC is going to inevitable :D
('cause I didn't have enough to create profiles for alien factions, its just the human factions)

EDIT: 35 years later:
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Completed the Precursor Event Chain and ...  :lol: ... a system with a ringworld right next to Sol (in keeping with WoD tribute that will be "Silva")
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on August 23, 2018, 04:09:12 pm
I just finished TechnoBabylon which was sitting in my Steam library for a while. It's a great cyberpunk adventure game, the puzzles make sense and the characters and world are excellent.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on August 28, 2018, 10:36:48 pm
I finished Prey. Fantastic game overall, and feels like a real successor to System Shock much more than Bioshock ever did. I like how all the characters help you in some ways but have their own motivations and can never be entirely trusted (although I was expecting a Shodan moment with January that never happened). The final twist in the story was great and is foreshadowed by the beginning of the game. The game lets you approach situations in many different ways and the levels feel quite spread out and nonlinear. I did feel that the difficulty starts off too hard and becomes too easy later, basically right at the point when you are able to craft neuromods. I was dying constantly early on, so I started to really optimize my resources, recycling everything I could find and hoarding ammo and exotic Typhon parts, and became unstoppable as the game progressed. Like System Shock 2, health is very common but ammo is relatively rare until you can start crafting it. Psychoshock together with a fully upgraded shotgun annihilates anything you encounter, even the Nightmares.

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I just finished TechnoBabylon which was sitting in my Steam library for a while. It's a great cyberpunk adventure game, the puzzles make sense and the characters and world are excellent.

I played this a while ago. It's probably the best of the Wadjet Eye adventures and the story is fairly long and complex.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: DefCynodont119 on September 06, 2018, 10:19:20 pm
Children of a Dead Earth is an interesting game to say the least:


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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on September 06, 2018, 11:53:05 pm
That looks ****in awesome. Can you put a sentence of caption with each one to make them tantalizingly narrative?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 07, 2018, 05:49:25 am
That game?

I've been  noticing that game... here's some manly footage of it.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: DefCynodont119 on September 07, 2018, 07:43:54 am
That looks ****in awesome. Can you put a sentence of caption with each one to make them tantalizingly narrative?

Story or just what I was doing in each one?  I guess It's kinda the same thing in a way so I'll just say what happened:
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This was me in sandbox mode, testing out a modified carrier in Phobos (or Demos?) orbit, it has 10 Point-Defense Beam Drones and 100 nukes in it's payload bay, as well as 4 BlastFireTM Drones, with an additional 15 nukes per drone!  As long as this ship is here, Mars is in mortal danger WELL PROTECTED.



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Also sandbox mode, best way to test a new ships armor? Throw a standard-issue Fleet carrier's entire drone complement at it and see how long it lasts.



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Defense Station I made, see those white streaks? Not lasers- but Railguns firing white-hot tungsten! Those green things are the real lasers.

I tried to destroy it with a fleet carrier (biggest default ship) but the station tore it to bits from 50km away. not bad.  buuuut- when I did it a 2nd time, using all the carrier's drones (see 2 & 4) whilst keeping my fleet carrier on the other side of Miranda;
the SDI station was unable to shutdown enough drones to stop what I can only describe as:
"The final level of bullet hell- Dakka hurricane- Ocean of hot lead- Eternal BRRRRRTTTT and bane of kessler" that hit it.



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Same as 2 but from a different camera angle and drone type.   Looks like something outta Dr.Strangelove.  :drevil:



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This one actually has a really cool story behind it:

So basically this should have been an easy skirmish over Jupiter, A large multipurpose Gunship, (middle top) an Advanced Cutter with high point-defense, (left) and a small but tough raider (bottom), VS. one puny patrol ship, and a single blitz-silo with lots of missiles, but it's only a danger if you don't have lasers, PD guns, or decoy flares.

Most days, this would be an easy fight, but not that day, The blitz silo spat out its first nuclear volley and the Enemy patrol ship fired all 4 of its mid size railguns at my ships from far out of its accurately range- what a waste of ammo and power to fire so early, there is no way they could ever hit the broad side of a bar- ADVANCED CUTTER HAS LOST POWER.

 . . . .
 .  .  .  .  .  .  .

Hitting a ships reactor in this game is a tall order at point-blank range, the odds of just hitting a ship at all outside of accuracy range is unfavorable to say the least. The game's AI just landed a one in a million shot, and I haven't even touched the patrol ship yet.
Jaded, I command the Gunship to fire everything- with half of my effective PD gone this is starting to look less one-sided.

The enemy blitz silo continues shooting missiles at my gunship, and my little raider makes a beeline toward the enemy patrol ship, now my big gunship is firing all its got- flak missiles, railguns, and coilguns at the patrol ship and blitz silo, and lasers, 60m cannons and 100MW flares at the blitz silo's missiles.

The blitz silo stagger's its launches by default, thus, there is a constant stream of mini nuclear missiles coming at my gunship with no breaks in between, with the cutter gone, the gunship is on it's own- Not a problem, it still can protect itself, so long as it keeps moving and firing it's lasers and flares, Meanwhile; the still-distant patrol ship dodges all my shots and is still out of range. The patrol ship lands a hit on two of my gunship's heat sinks/radiators (the big red glowing things on the top middle ship in the picture) This is pretty normal, these things almost always get hit and every ship has spares, Non-issue for standard operation. Unless your ship is firing all of its engines and weapons at the same time- and. . . and. . .

. . . . . .

That's Exactly what my Gunship has been doing, it only takes a few seconds to overheat, the onboard safeties shutdown one of its 2 reactors, and the lasers can no longer fire continuously. Worse, the remaining radiators are running hotter then my 100MW flares, you see; if I had my Advanced Cutter, I could launch 300MW flares and be fine. . . But my cutter is DEAD so now the hostile nukes can no longer be fooled.

The blitz silo has no guns on it, so my raider ship (with help from the gunship's coilgun and the flak missiles it launched earlier) takes it out. Good. No new nukes, but the 30 or so missiles already in-flight are still an issue, even with just a half-power gunship and a raider I still have some PD left, 12 or so warheads are stopped, but one of them gets close enough and: BANG! it fries off the gunship's outermost armor layer and EMPs its non-insulated systems, then a seconded detonation: Then a third: BANG! BANG!  Direct hits on the engine! The Gunship is sent into an ultra-high G spin, turning its crew into paste. The glowing-spinning hulk of metal is pounded one-by-one by the remaining warheads, until there is nothing left to destroy, and the last two missiles sail past into the void.

Now it's just my Raider VS. a Patrol ship, both ships are more or less in the same weight class so this could be anyone's fight, the Raider has all of it's armor in the front, so it charges in to close range, and keeps its nose forward at all costs. After a short light gun firefight, my Raider just manages to cut clean though the enemy's engine housing- and into the ship's internals with it's 60mm cannons, my raider is the last surviving ship, but its main fuel tank was ruptured, and (due to my gun-ho attitude when setting the original intercept orbit) the fuel-less Raider slowly plunges into Jupiter with the derelicts. . .


There would be no one to tell of this 2:00 minute-long engagement. . . . .



TL;DR: Easy mission > bad luck > Everyone lost.


Battuta, if you're reading this, 1: does my writing/grammar look okay in the last one? I'm trying to improve. 
2: You (and everyone else who doesn't mind learning orbital mechanics) should get this game.


Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on September 07, 2018, 07:03:17 pm
That was very well written! I gotta try this out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 11, 2018, 12:27:48 am
Me at 1:00 pm: "Rebel Galaxy, huh? That's a game I have, let's give it a try..."

Me at 9:00 pm: *visiting every station in the system trying to find a place to unload a hold full of data-cubes that I bought on sale during a tech boom*
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on September 22, 2018, 01:54:26 pm
TIE Fighter (PC)
So, I finally finished my 4th run in this game (2nd using a difficulty above easy, first with my current control setup).
The last stretch of the game is more difficult than I remember from last time, and this even considering I always go for the secondary objectives, forcing me to give up and lower the difficulty to easy twice.
Of course I did remember some missions being hairpulling regardless (disable three armed to the teeth Muurian transports plus optionl escort shuttle while under fire from an entire squadron of X-wings in an assault gunboat? Easy peasy!) but some missions were a bit more difficult than I remember, probably because last time I played during Winter and I tend to have a lighter workload (and more regular sleeping hours) than during Summer.
On the other end I think I might have overdone it with the bonus objectives in some missions and have accumulated a higher score than my last run already at the start of Battle 13 Mission 1, that is about seven missions before the end.
There were also quite a lot more of AI and script glitches, for example to get a secondary objective I had to disarm an Interdictor that was on my side because it kept shooting at a transport I needed captured.
The ending briefing came off as rather darkly humorous, considering its triumphant tones and the fact that it’s supposed to happen literally on the eve of the (explicitly nominated) Battle of Endor.

I tried to play The Cat Lady on my laptop but for some reason it slows down to a crawl every couple of minuted no matter which settings I try so I dropped it almost immediately and searching through my steam library for an alternative I’ve found Escape from Rosecliff Island which is a nice diversion but I’m not sure how it ended up in my Steam library.

I also after a month I got a bit further in Torment: Tides of Numenera (PC) and solved my first crisis by surrendering and have alienated one of the two NPCs that found me after falling from the sky.

I also installed the Assassin’s Creed games I bought recently from Steam to at least activate the frigging DLCs since you need to have them installed to do so.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on September 26, 2018, 12:41:25 am
Noooooooo Maaaaaaaan's Skyyyyyyyyyyyy

Help, I've fallen in.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 28, 2018, 07:42:03 am
Trying to play less Destiny 2: Forsaken now that the first cycle of the Dreaming City is coming to a close... I was actually very suprised just how much the semi-dynamic nature of the Dreaming City changes the flow of engagement with the game (unlike other hubs the Dreaming City is on three weeks cycle of changing hostile activity ever since the associated raid was completed for the first time)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on September 28, 2018, 10:38:04 am
Playing Monster Hunter

then i took a break to play some Shadow of the Tomb Raider

then i took a break from that to play some Frostpunk and Surviving Mars

but really I'm just waiting for Soul Calibur 6
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on September 28, 2018, 08:06:51 pm
I finished my Second or Third replay of X-Com: Terror From The Deep. I'm thinking of starting a new Open X-Com Files campaign.

(wishes that DMC 3 HD played well on my pc)

I've almost completed Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines as a Tremere. Boy did I underestimate how powerful this class would be.   

(wishes that DMC 3 HD played well on my pc so that he could prepare for DMC V)

And I've gotten back into Warframe. Now that I have a goal, and a Warframe I want to build. I think I actually have something keeping me into the game. The layout of the game content and story really, really gets grindy. So I'm headed for MR 10 to get me some new weapons as well as getting a Volt Neuroptics for my Chroma BP.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mpez on October 06, 2018, 09:14:51 am
Recently finished a light side Sith Warrior and sort of grey Scoundrel main plotlines in SWTOR (without the expansions). I think this game has a lot of really generic filler, but it's really good at signalling which content is the good stuff (= class missions). I started skipping most quests, focusing on the class stuff only later on.

The stories are fairly generic, but what elevates them is the fact that it's a Star Wars universe and you can play as characters that usually aren't the focus in most of the films (e.g. bounty hunter). The writers were pretty good at capturing the general feel of each class, both in the story and the mechanics. E.g. sith warrior is mostly a tank and in the cutscenes you can feel like Vader, smashing all opposition. There are a lot of things that you would expect, e.g. playing a sith there is constant tension between the master and apprentice, you are expecting everyone to backstab you all of the time. You can choose to undermine your master's strength by not killing some of the characters and convincing them to join your cause instead. You can expose an important jedi by killing and destroying everything that is important to them or converting all of the loved ones to the Dark side instead. Jedi can ambush your light sided sith and promise to stop your evildoing, after which you explain to them that you actually don't want to kill any jedi and wish them a good day (which makes things very awkward). Overall things are pretty basic, but nuances such as these make it worthwhile. The game would definitely benefit if they made it as a single player RPG though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on October 07, 2018, 01:38:11 am
I gave World of Warplanes a whirl tonight.  I have no idea what I am doing, but it is fun shooting planes down.  :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 07, 2018, 04:47:25 pm
Valkyria Chronicles 4

I don't have any point of comparison but the original in its PC release or PS4 remaster state, but this is sooooo good if you liked the original.

The narrative takes a while to get going, mostly because Squad E is written more like an established unit than the original's crew, who had to find a way to get along for several chapters first. But once it gets going both on a global and personal level its hard to let go. While it adheres to a romantic style like the original VC4 actually gives more dimension to most of its antagonists (as per Chapter 15), which serves it well by making the narrative less cookie-cutter IMO.
The whole thing is also enhanced by actually working with bios and characterisations of the non-essential squadmembers in optional missions.

Gameplaywise, some old issues make a return: multiple activations of a single unit can be just as powerful as they were before, lancers are still the odd ones out (esspecially since Snipers now got a lot more important for various missions and Tanks now activate for 1 CP), and some upgrade paths for you equipment are still dominant (guess which one).
BUT where they fixed things they did it well: the new Grenadiers actually make splitting your squad into multiple groups viable (even though anti-armor mortars threaten to make Lancers obsolete), the option to team up three units once per turn allows for much needed mobility for low mobilty units or to join esspecially powerful fireteams together for a hard hitting rush, and speaking of rush, the new APC is a gift to get across some missions.
Introduction of 4 new global orders on a seperate 2 per mission ressource also give depth to missions, esspecially since two of them (a global medevac and option to redeploy a previously destroyed tank) act als safety net for what used to be mission failing mistakes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 14, 2018, 07:39:34 am
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The Wings of Dawn-tribute game in Stellaris continues - Picked it back up after I left dormant for a while...

End game crisis will begin in ca. 150 years at this point; Most notable events:

- The Sol Union has been experiencing a very handy period of political calm, despite a quest-line related flare up of militarist sentiment. (in order to keep the factions ideologically opposed to each other, and prevent a hegemonial federation to form before the end game crisis, the SU is a pacifist state by default)

- Using wormholes all factions have expanded away from the initial cluster. The DD and UGC expanded into the galacitic south, while another UGC project competed with New Britania in the galactic east. SU expansion was a bit slower, mostly because I didn't bother to explore the wormholes, but then established a prosperous enclave north of the galactic core.

- New Britania has been trying to conquer the Delest Dynasty several times now, but so far never succeded due to either direct Sol Union intervention or the UGC opening an unrelated second front somewhere.

- A tech race between the UGC and SU kicked off the L-Gate Crisis. As a result the DD holdings in the galactic south were decimated, while UGC recovered handly from the inital onslaught. But the brunt of the invasion was broken on the fortifications of the SU, which at the time controlled 5 of 7 L-Gates (at present it is 6 with the previously DD controlled gate having fallen into my hands). Almost as a reward for protecting the galaxy, the L-Gate Cluster became an SU territory.

- Currently work is underway for the SU to raise a 6th fleet to finally eclipse the New Britania on the power scale (currently at "Equivalent") and initate a war to vassalize this primary aggressor. If raising a fleet should not be sufficent, SU does have Colossus-technology... (building a Colossus usually kicks off an "everyone against the Colossus-owning faction"-war)

EDIT: small hickup to that last plan:
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/950715696639023718/29C8064BEAEF641E29EF5B9E30D0D125B19E0C32/)
(if you are wondering about the species name, that is both quest and ascension related - the SU is now populated by a lot of Synths...)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 14, 2018, 07:46:27 am
Currently driving cross country as is required by my job.  But I've got my net book loaded with space quest 1 to ..7 (?)   So plan on getting though them this week :nod:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on October 14, 2018, 06:06:07 pm
Assassin’s Creed 2 (PC)
Being a tourist in renaissace Tuscany is fun!
I also like that whoever dubbed it in Italian peppered the dialogue with some toscanisms (accent and pronunciation are still standard though) that I doubt were present in the original english with random Italian phrases dialogues.
I had to reinstall it because it refused to start the story but now it doesn’t need both Steam and Uplay open to work, just uplay (weird thing is that the first time I installed it with uPlay it booted up Steam and started using steam for download).
I notice that now collectibles have actually a purpose, which was the thing that really bugged me about the first game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on October 14, 2018, 08:03:28 pm
We Are The Dwarves!

Cool indie title. Feels like XCOM a bit but it's more of what I wanted XCOM to be. Squad management like XCOM, real-time and paced like FTL. Give it a try!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Firesteel on October 14, 2018, 10:11:42 pm
Just started playing Neighbor, a horror VN about a woman who moves in next to an apparently haunted apartment and everyone else seems like they have a vague idea of what happened. It's excellent so far and perfect for October.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on October 15, 2018, 02:41:48 am
Woah, Baldursgate 2 is just as confusing and open as I remember it being when it opens.


Also I just built Chroma and Nidus in Warframe. Sorely disappointed by the fact the new Story content weapon requires ****ing Ducats to make.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 19, 2018, 07:22:05 am
(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/949590097445589679/F7F1474CE5F161C3BF4901992B3DC802B8B51C5F/)

The war to bring the Kingdom of New Britannia has come and gone in my Stellaris-game...

Highlights:

- The military build-up irreperably damaged all my diplomatic ties. All trade deals, migrations treaties and research agreements are off.

- The SF invasion was swift and decisive, only marginally held up by the logistical problem of "there not being any ground forces". I knew I forgot about something.

- CRF Task Force Kraken vs SF 9th Fleet: While the SU Fleets were marching from victory to victory, a small CRF task force began harrassing undefended systems, forcing me to pull the 9th Fleet and its Titan, the Enterprise, from the front lines. This heroic little outfit was called Task Force Kraken (https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/949590097445613534/05D69C78915376BA919175F154DE20E21478D15F/) and commanded by one Manfred Richter. They led the 9th Fleet on a merry chase, until the Enterprise finally caught up. The resulting battle was rather unceremonious, with Task Force Kraken heroically charging the 9th Fleet only to be destroyed at maximum range by the Enterprise's long range weapons.

- The New Britannia goverment was able to hold out for years however due to galactic politics: As a result from a previous war the Mauthula (https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/949590097445631576/F314AE01A0986EEB0B9F37875D16AA394EB68AB0/)-system was isolated from both the rest of New Britannia and from any route the SF could have taken to secure it. This dragged out the war signifacantly.

- The Fall of Ihefulian Prime (https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/949590097445642341/5FE50B615EA2189CCA26FA8884DA45D2F0CBBAA9/): Seeing the CRF brough to its knees the DD tried and initially succeeded in an attack on the Mauthula-system - but if you thought this would bring the CRF-SF conflict to a swifter end you don't know Stellaris. As soon as the DD redeployed its fleet, the UGC swept in. Resulting battles between the DD and UGC fleets were a series of massarcres, and the DD capital of Ihefulian Prime became just another conquered planet. As a result the DD is now ruled from the planet Elysium in a SU surrounded enclave east of the galactic core.

Now, war between the UGC and SU seems inevitable ... (Somewhere during the build-up I managed to complete the Domination victory condition - colonize 40% of the initally habitable planets. I will stay on until the Endgame crisis however.)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on October 19, 2018, 09:14:00 am
- The SF invasion was swift and decisive, only marginally held up by the logistical problem of "there not being any ground forces". I knew I forgot about something.
This is more or less how all my Imperium Galactica 2 games would go until fairly recently :D
- "OK, I've got the most kick-ass warfleet in the galaxy, time to squash my enemies"
*overruns enemy main fleets*
- "OK, turns out I can't capture any planet as most of them have a pair of buggy with a machinegun that were obsolete within the first in-game month or so"
*goes on to build deathkill mega tanks with blue death-beams of destruction, then starts over the whole galactic conquest thing*
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 21, 2018, 03:46:00 pm
In Stellaris not being able to capture planets also means that you are blocked by FTL inhibitors.

Meanwhile, I fought the inevitible war with the UGC as a sideshow to my occupation of the DD. Traded a number of transit system for a wormhole (https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/949590267948909500/F7DEEFBB6EA5ED2326BB6FA64704A4F084E87F0C/) and a staging area near the UGC captial (https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/949590267948781819/114FC64C2C3CB9279EB4D41444345010C324A613/).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on October 21, 2018, 04:05:11 pm
In Stellaris not being able to capture planets also means that you are blocked by FTL inhibitors.

This is not true.  If you bombard the planet you'll be able to destroy the Fortresses (which are typically toward the top third of buildings destroyed) from orbit and then move on.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 21, 2018, 05:41:49 pm
This is not true.  If you bombard the planet you'll be able to destroy the Fortresses (which are typically toward the top third of buildings destroyed) from orbit and then move on.

I know that but ...

in order to keep the factions ideologically opposed to each other, and prevent a hegemonial federation to form before the end game crisis, the SU is a pacifist state by default

... with bombardment capped due to the Pacifist Ethos (and trying to avoid that my economy goes futher down the drain because I run a majority pacifist state) that takes just about the same ammount of time it takes me to raise an army. This is BTW in my normal games I prefer to play a Machine Empire, no internal repucussions for shifting strategic paradimes (but then every Spiritualist Empire in galaxy tried to murder you for no reason anyway).

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on October 21, 2018, 07:54:14 pm
"Takes just as long to raise armies" is still possible, though!  Even if you can't capture the planet you can still remove the inhibitors.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on October 22, 2018, 07:33:29 pm
I got a 55" LG E8 OLED TV and am using it as my main PC monitor. FS2 looks amazing and is the ideal game for it. The perfect blacks and high contrast look awesome in space, and the 4K resolution allows you to see ships clearly at a long distance. It also runs easily at 60fps even on my old 980 card. The size and contrast make it much more immersive than any PC monitor at about a 4' viewing distance. I find the resolution useful for office work or programming as well, as long as you don't set any single window to fullscreen.

The TV does involve some compromises over a regular monitor, especially for avoiding OLED burn-in. I set it to the minimum brightness setting (which is still brighter than I would like) in Windows, and jack it up only in games. I also use a screen saver and a high contrast theme in Windows. My brother has been using one like this for a few years now and hasn't seen any burn in, but reports on it vary. I use either 1080p at 120hz or 4K at 60hz with black frame insertion, depending on the game. The panel does 4K at 120hz internally but does not have HDMI 2.1, which is needed to support the bandwidth for it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on October 28, 2018, 05:54:56 pm
Just finished Assassin's Creed 2 (PC)
The game is a bit trite and the contextual controls tend to drive me crazy at times but boy was it fun to be stabby Renaissance Forrest Gump.
I just wonder if the Abstergo business gets some sort of conclusion by Revelations because while I'm mildly curious about it there is something about Assassin's Creed 3 that doesn't really make it appealing to me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on October 28, 2018, 07:05:27 pm
Just finished Assassin's Creed 2 (PC)
The game is a bit trite and the contextual controls tend to drive me crazy at times but boy was it fun to be stabby Renaissance Forrest Gump.
I just wonder if the Abstergo business gets some sort of conclusion by Revelations because while I'm mildly curious about it there is something about Assassin's Creed 3 that doesn't really make it appealing to me.

Spoiler:


Abstergo is still a thing in modern AC, and the main character dies before he can deal with them.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on October 29, 2018, 12:16:07 pm
Just finished Assassin's Creed 2 (PC)
The game is a bit trite and the contextual controls tend to drive me crazy at times but boy was it fun to be stabby Renaissance Forrest Gump.
I just wonder if the Abstergo business gets some sort of conclusion by Revelations because while I'm mildly curious about it there is something about Assassin's Creed 3 that doesn't really make it appealing to me.

Spoiler:


Abstergo is still a thing in modern AC, and the main character dies before he can deal with them.



So, basically I might as well play the ones I already have (Revelations and Black Flag) and ignore the rest.
I heard that Black Flag, Freedom Cry and Liberation have no Abstergo parts, is that true?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 31, 2018, 05:32:13 pm
I heard that Black Flag, Freedom Cry and Liberation have no Abstergo parts, is that true?

Black Flag has mandatory present-day sections - you play an unnamed person in a not-Ubisoft office running Animus sims, because that's a commerical product now



I started Shadow of the Tomb Raider when my plans for Sunday evening/night fell through...

... and damn, is that game's story straining against what is demanded of it by the whole Trinity/Daddy Croft's Legacy-metaplot. In the margins you can see glimpses of smart writing and awareness of the possibilites the rebbot afforted and a 2010's update demanded, but then we have to get back to shooting generic militia bad guys and dressing up Lara in "culturally approriate attire" for the story "hiding in plain sight" sections.



And there is still a cold war on in Stellaris as the RNG fails to roll for an End Game Crisis.... (It still should, despite the fact that I already beat one of the victory conditions)
I forgot that you inherit the claims of your Vassals with no option to make them go away, hence there is no option re-engage with the AI on peaceful terms...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on October 31, 2018, 09:43:04 pm
I've watched LPs of the rebooted Tomb Raiders and man, they just look...not great. Like they're dedicated to checking off every single open-world trope they can think of.  Probably doesn't help that the person I'm watching is a huge fan of the classic games and keeps snarking on the fact that there's precious little raiding of tombs going on.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scotty on October 31, 2018, 10:41:58 pm
Tomb Raider was a lot of fun.  Rise of the Tomb Raider I've enjoyed but feels pretty formulaic.

To be fair though, old Tomb Raider was kinda formulaic, too.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on October 31, 2018, 11:45:24 pm
I beat the latest tomb raider, and I definitely spent lots of time raiding tombs, so that guy sounds like he really wanted to complain.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 01, 2018, 08:23:06 am
There is a lot of misplaced nostalgia regarding the Core Design Tomb Raider games, already the second one is a shooting gallery compared to the first one and the shooting mechanics are sincerely horrible even for the time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 02, 2018, 04:06:37 pm
I've watched LPs of the rebooted Tomb Raiders and man, they just look...not great. Like they're dedicated to checking off every single open-world trope they can think of.

1) They play a lot more along the lines of a Metroidvenias than the 3rd person open world action template. The reliance on open enviorments might be throwing you of a bit.

2) They are all flawed creations from one standpoint or another - often as a result of the directions of various aspects not harmonizing enough. It would be fascinating, to me, to hear a full, not integrated into the current marketing, neutral account of the productions (the post market push already has been "we hear that you noticed that things didn't come togehter. We will do better next time.").

There is a lot of misplaced nostalgia regarding the Core Design Tomb Raider games

... but there is just so much amusement to be had, watching the "nostalgic fans" try to square some of their conflicting positions  :drevil:, e.g. that now they are pushing Fotorealism-the-Religion(TM) but have fond memories of games where the stylisation brought upon by technical limitations was the exact fit for the gender-swapped, made-as-games revival of high- and late-colonial adventure fiction templates.
(Seriously, just taking the succession of settings from the first Tomb Raider - unspecified "Lost City" in the Andens, unspecified Greco-Roman Ruin, unspecified underground Egyptian Temple, unspecified Tropical Island with a "Lost Temple" - I bet you I can find a pulp-adventure series from sometime between 1870 and 1930 with that exact sequence as a succession of volumes)

Okay, just kidding on the "finding an exact match"-part, considering the state of preservation on many pulp fiction properties from that era is propably worse than early film and in my academic experience that's already very bad
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Buckshee Rounds on November 02, 2018, 05:18:17 pm
I beat the latest tomb raider, and I definitely spent lots of time raiding tombs, so that guy sounds like he really wanted to complain.

That's really quite encouraging, I might pick it up if I can find a second hand copy.

I'm currently on a Dwarf Fortress spree after a long hiatus. I genned a medium world with just 5 civilisations - 1 for each race. After regenning multiple times I was finally able to get a world where Dwarves have become extinct while the other races survived. It took a lot of regenning because the megabeasts and titans kept crushing the civs in their infancy, but I refused to lower their number to less than half the default.

So now I have a world with a nice mix of biomes and races. My plan is to play this thing long-term by seeding several fortresses and thereby resurrecting the dead Dwarven civilisation.

For a dead civ the first 7 Dwarves you get come out of thin air, as do the first 2 hardcoded migrant waves. For RP reasons I'll simply pretend that they were outcasts living amongst the hoomans that decided to band together. :) I've never done this before so I think the best way of doing it is to build several small fortresses and let time progress enough that they'll build up their population to a point where the civ starts functioning as normal. It's definitely possible, but it's a long term project. The secondary goal is to kill the megabeasts that destroyed the old civ's settlements. A single bronze colossus destroyed 2 hillocks and killed the very last king.

The only other games I'm playing atm are the hd Shadow of the Colossus and good old FSO for the new sexy mediavps. I never finished Derelict so I'm giving that a shot.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on November 04, 2018, 12:33:39 am
Trying out Destiny 2, since it's free!  I'm enjoying it so far (only finished one mission), and it is not what I had imagined when I read "online only shooter". 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 06, 2018, 11:32:18 am
Still Shadow of the Tomb Raider...

I must admit that my last post on the game itself was way too harsh. At that time I was just done playing where the game strained to push a big boulder of exposition up a hill and ... well, considering I find exposition to be the hardest part of creating a narrative, I shouldn't have been that judgemental.

Still, the game is messy at parts but not "a mess".
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on November 06, 2018, 12:20:00 pm
Are you making sure to play at Hard difficulty, where Lara doesnt mumble to herself about how to solve each puzzle?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 06, 2018, 12:50:03 pm
Are you making sure to play at Hard difficulty, where Lara doesnt mumble to herself about how to solve each puzzle?

No, I am mostly in it for the story and the writing - so I am also skipping past a lot of optional content. As I said, what I find most fascinating about the reboot series are where and when it "strains" against type - and, well, its long ancestry. (That's also why I don't think the original line of Tomb Raider games hold up upon revisitation - they are just an reiteration of a genre, I enjoy at times mind you, that's deeply flawed.)

It's annoying, I admit, as it hangs a lampshade on just how simplistic the definition of puzzle can be.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 07, 2018, 09:12:42 pm
So, finally in the last three or four days I started and completed Starlancer (PC)
It's really a mixed bag.
Gameplay is still rough as per Roberts brothers tradition but not that bad until you get to the final missions and then the badness hits you like a truck at full speed.
Oh, boy the final missions. [beware, here I start rambling]
First of all the game has the habit of interrupting the action with unskippable in-game cutscenes. The thing is more or less tolerable most of the time but mission 21 and mission 24 (the last one) go really overboard with it and it doesn't help they are probably the most difficult missions in the game so you'll probably have to repeat them a lot of times.
It doesn't help that mission 21 is really a mission in two parts, one a heavily scripted infiltration mission (which thanks to the horrible AI can often fail because your wingmen just have to bump into you but if you keep your distance the mission fails because you have to keep formation) and a carrier defence mission which consists of shooting down torpedoes which are much more deadly than in a game like Freespace, so missing only a few means mission failure especially if you come in blind and don't expect it (it doesn't help that the key of targeting torpedoes targets the bombers as well even though they usually just launch the things and warp out and doesn't give priority to torps like in Freespace, I managed to down one only in the second-to-last mission because I was literally in front of their carrier hangar bay, and while they are huge compared to Freespace's bombs they seem more difficult to hit).
Keep in mind that unlike similar cases in Freespace if you fail the second part you have to repeat the first which is not only slow but has also a hefty dose of cutscenes, the repetition transforms what should be a tense mission in a boring slog.
There have even been some cases in which the scripts require you to do very specific things but the game dialogues and debriefings aren't completely clear on what to do, which means walthrough time!
In general the weird quirks that are somewhat tolerable at first in the last stretch of the game become incredibly obnoxious.
The targeting displays targets differently depending on the dimensions of the target because small craft display shield and armor arcs but bigger ships allow for component targeting but unfortunately when switching between the two types theres a small animation that makes targeting switching much less snappy than it ought to be (and is in any other spacesim off the top of my head) and the targeting of the enemy fighters often acts a bit weird (why do I have to keep hitting three or four times the "target enemy in sight key" even when there is no other craft in sight? I never had this problem with Tie Fighter or Freespace), and of course the Roberts brothers still won't give you the possibility of storing and recalling targets to hotkeys or even a simple "display nearest craft attacking target" key (which makes the final mission incredibly difficult as it's very hard to tell which targets are attacking the frail ships you need to escort while they put charges on the big bad enemy base).
The game seems to have as many hotkeys as any other spacesims but they don't seem nearly as useful as the should be (fpr example why do I need two missile banks keys? Most of the time missiles are grouped by type anyway so they become useless if you only have two or three types of ordnance loaded which is what happens since some of them aren't all that useful IMHO).
Hell, even the dreaded energy triagle from Wing Commander Prophecy (here called "energy ball" but works in exactly the same way) makes its retun, this time there is some hotkey but they only get full power to the system of choice which is really silly considering the way dogfights work.
Ah, the dogfights.
Remember X-wing vs Tie Fighter and Elite: Dangerous? Ye know, that system that basically allow to trade a bit of throttle for better turning rate, usualy with one or more "sweet spots" under which you often lost turning rate instead of gaining it to avoid becoming a fixed turret? Well, here you LOSE turning rate as you cut the throttle, so the choice is between either not being able to get the target in your sights or bump into them, the weapons aren't even particularly effective at long range so dogfights usually end up at knife range most of the time. And this is from someone who has a full HOTAS so I actually have an advantage since I don't need to mash the accelerate and decelerate keys (yes, there is a "match speed" button, but in close quarters means you basically won't be able to get the target in your sights as you lose turning speed rapidly when the target slows down).
But couldn't you just sidestep the problem by giving energy to weapons and shields, you say? In theory yes, in practice the system used to do so basically disables your ability to manouver for a few precious instants since to do so you have to use the joystick itself while the game is still going. I don't need to explain why in a dogfight that's a really bad idea.
I don't know if the plot is unremarkable or just stupid. Basically is "space commies are dicks because they are commies and we know they are commies because they all have russian names and accents with the occasional middle eastern thrown in there" and the NATO analogues give the idea the Roberts might not have quite understood that Starship Troopers is satire, but it's not quite that over the top so it might just be coincidence.
It's a pity because otherwise there is much less filler compared to any Wing Commander game and in general the mission design is more creative and less repetitive, but bad design and the unskippable cutscenes for stuff that in any other spacesim would have just played out during gameplay make it if not a bad game a rather mediocre one.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on November 07, 2018, 10:42:02 pm
Are you making sure to play at Hard difficulty, where Lara doesnt mumble to herself about how to solve each puzzle?
It's annoying, I admit, as it hangs a lampshade on just how simplistic the definition of puzzle can be.

Well, you can just set the puzzle difficulty to hard and the combat difficulty to easy and you won't be annoyed and you may even feel more accomplishment when you solve the puzzle since you did it without hints.  Just letting you know the option is there.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 08, 2018, 10:11:02 am
Well, you can just set the puzzle difficulty to hard and the combat difficulty to easy and you won't be annoyed and you may even feel more accomplishment when you solve the puzzle since you did it without hints.  Just letting you know the option is there.

The game itself makes it abundantly clear before you start.


Anyway, just finished and I think I have reverse my judgement again:
Stuff I though were a weak link actually pay off - Trinity as the worst kind of conspiracy theory antagonists remain an issue IMO. Overall, I think the game is well written (if a bit messy in a few spots) and baseline (all normal) gameplay is up to the standards of the genre - pulling up the "Puzzels" difficulty is a sure way to improve the experince.

Now about that discussion on the "White Savior"-trope and Lara's last sequence of character developments (esspecially some paralell development with another character), that's conversation worth having, in an appropriate time and place.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Iain Baker on November 08, 2018, 05:31:10 pm
Going through my second play-through of Subnautica. First was totally vanilla, thus time I modded the crap out of it. It is a truly unique game and very much worth giving a try. I would highly recommend adding the PDA map addon from Nexus mods, it can get bloody confusing without it.

Also been breaking many traffic laws playing Burnout Paradise on my old PS3. I found it second hand in GAME for under a fiver - result!!!

What else... oh yeah, recently finished the superb half life mod Half-Life: Echoes. Its great and its free, whats not to like  :D

Freespace wise - recently completed 'The Aeos Affair' and now flying one of the most OP fighters ever in The Aftermath Reboot :-)

Thinking I will try STALKER CoP Misery 2.2 next as I'm a masochist with more balls than brains  :p

Oh, and Vampire TM:B - since Wesp5 has made another update for it and I want to try out being a bat$h1t malkavian  ;7 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 10, 2018, 07:06:09 am
I know I'll never have the time to enjoy this, but this game in trudges the heck out of me.


Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 11, 2018, 10:11:34 am
Finished Tomb Raider 2 (PC).

It took 763 saves but I made it somehow.

It would be a great game if they didn't go overboard with the shooting in some levels, I can forgive the last few levels (because like the first by that time you have an abundance of medikits and ammo that more than make up for Lara's utter lack of agility in combat, especially if you've been secret hunting and got all three dragons for most of the levels) but some of the early ones like the Venice levels are just plain bull****: you can't fill the levels of a game that has one of the most awkward combat gameplays ever like it was Quake and I wouldn't be surprised if this was a way to pad the levels so they could make it to the yearly deadline that was imposed to Core Design.

There are some little improvements like the sidestep keys to help align yourself to the various switches and the game even without considering the combat has some more difficult platforming but I don't really think I would play the game again.

The credits music is one of the most stupidly 90s things I ever heard, a stark contrast to Lara's theme (which I like a lot instead) that can be heard in the main menu and occasionally in-game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Vidmaster on November 11, 2018, 02:53:01 pm
Finished Battletech months after launch (played from day one). Much recommended. The DLCs can come now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 11, 2018, 09:30:52 pm
I finished Assassin's Creed Revelations (PC).
Finally Ezio's story concludes and Desmond has a cliffhanger that includes some shots lifted wholesale from Donner's Superman.
Meanwhile the level of fluff added to the thing is slightly less than Brotherhood but also less meaningful, I mean: the various guilds were integrated into the plot in AC:B but here I never even bothered with thieves and mercenaries because to the main plot were basically non-entities.
At least Ezio had an ending, it's a pity that this last game with him was relatively uninteresting but it gave him some sort of closure which according to what I hear about the protagonists of the sequels and Desmond is at least something.

Now it's either finishing Hitman: Contracts or Descent 3, I'll probably do the latter so I can play Overload and do my usual publishing order series run for the stuff I wasn't able to play when it came out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on November 11, 2018, 09:34:49 pm
I've got a Battletech campaign right before the final mission, ready to go for the DLC

As for Asscreed Revelations, I still hold that one as my favorite.  I am a story guy, and that one had the best story.

I am terrorizing the world of Totalwarhammer 2, enjoying the new Vampire Pirates DLC, which is exactly what you'd expect of a 50/50 blend of Vampires and Pirates.  It's great.  My undead crab armies will terrorize the whole world!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on November 12, 2018, 04:33:29 pm
Bemoaning that I will never be as good at DMC as these guys:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gJxZomuots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gauWIdrXD6k


But I can try. :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 13, 2018, 05:59:34 am
Well. I finally did it. With a little help from some total strangers - no - friends, I completed NieR: Automata. Actually, fully, completely, *Transcendant Being* completed, for good.

So I'm in a bit of an emotional state right now, you'll understand, I'm sure.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Blue Lion on November 14, 2018, 12:27:59 pm
Bit of Fallout 76 and CK2 Holy Fury. Both came out yesterday, gonna see how it works.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 14, 2018, 01:03:50 pm
I'm not keen on 76 after watching a fair bit of game play footage.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 15, 2018, 04:12:17 pm
The Stellaris WoD-tribute game entered the End-Game Crisis and ... ended in a big anti-climax.

Basically what happened is that the Contingency (yeah, too many robots between the SU and UGC) came out, but the player controlled SU had too much infrastructure and fleets for the max-strength crisis to do the lasting damage to the galaxy at large that usually happens.



Stocking up to go back Trails of Cold Steel 1 & 2 'cause the publisher got the rights to the original Japanse voice acting following acquisition of the rights to the PS4 remasters (which in Japan were part of the marketing push for part 3, giving you an interrupted line of savegames all the way to concluding part 4).



In the meantime, major technical issue in TLG - Ashcroft resolved, so back to going "all the testing" in Freespace 2.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Firesteel on November 15, 2018, 08:01:33 pm
Played a bit more of Monster Hunter World and Dark Souls Remaster the past couple weeks and while I don't have the energy to throw at MHW as of late, it's still a great game to pick up for an hour and do a few hunts.

Stocking up to go back Trails of Cold Steel 1 & 2 'cause the publisher got the rights to the original Japanse voice acting following acquisition of the rights to the PS4 remasters (which in Japan were part of the marketing push for part 3, giving you an interrupted line of savegames all the way to concluding part 4).

I need to finish Trails in the Sky SC and 3 still (I'm in the final dungeon). Was that why XSEED was doing a few Cold Steel streams this week or last week?

I've also been replaying Silent Threat: Reborn and decided to kick the difficulty back down to medium after Hellfire and the Wait were a lot of having to play in very particular ways that got a little tedious. Still a great mod!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 15, 2018, 08:47:41 pm
Played a bit more of Monster Hunter World and Dark Souls Remaster the past couple weeks and while I don't have the energy to throw at MHW as of late, it's still a great game to pick up for an hour and do a few hunts.

Stocking up to go back Trails of Cold Steel 1 & 2 'cause the publisher got the rights to the original Japanse voice acting following acquisition of the rights to the PS4 remasters (which in Japan were part of the marketing push for part 3, giving you an interrupted line of savegames all the way to concluding part 4).

I need to finish Trails in the Sky SC and 3 still (I'm in the final dungeon). Was that why XSEED was doing a few Cold Steel streams this week or last week?

Dunno about streams but they patched in the voice pack last week, along with some other extras, and the announcement was like 3 weeks ago - I was so over the moon at that point, as I really want to see the story concluded after the ending and epilogue(s) ToCS 2.

I assume the final dungeon of SC? - Yeah, that can feel a bit tedious esspecially when "oh, I should have brough him/her for this bit" (all party members that have "history" with the antagonist miniboss squad get a little pay-off in the respective encounter, the game however doesn't telegraph the order of encounters)*

Trails in the Sky the 3rd maybe a long winded epilogue but its setting up a lot of stuff for the Crossbell-Arc (didn't release in the West, runs paralell to ToCS) and the Trails of Cold Steel in its side stories - however even without the set-up ToCS is really easy to get into as a starting point IMO as it much more carried by the essemble that is Class 7.

EDIT:
*If you just want to blast through to the ending of SC:
Spoiler:
I went with a party consisting of Estelle (req.), Joshua (req.), Kloe and Kevin. I had Kloe and Kevin with CP regen items, so they charged up their S-Crafts fast enough for difficult encounters. I also loaded Estelle with Earth Quarz as much as possible to have her able to cast physical immunity, while Kloe had a mix of water and mirage (all heals and spell reflect) and Kevin had a mix of mirage and space (additional spell reflect).
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Post by: Det. Bullock on November 17, 2018, 01:42:45 pm
I finished the main story of Descent 3 (PC)
Compared to the first two is just not as fun. The levels are more complex but for some reason in the new map (which is also less redable than the old wireframe) the objectives aren't marked so it's guidebot or bust. The guidebot at times is a bit glitchy, often I had to repeat the order multiple times before it stopped flying in circles and started going. Also the birefings sometimes are a bit too generic, often not mentioning you have to do something obtuse to complete a level and there doesn't seem to be a way to recall them once you started the levels, not even a simple objective checklist. The ships feel slow and sluggish regardless of which you choose, not helped by the levels being huge, the open spaces in particular after you clean them up are a bit tedious to traverse. And god forbid you blast something too close to the margins of the arbitrary gameplay area because any powerups or energy they drop is lost forever otherwise. Also the game even after the GOG.com treatment still doesn't run that well compared to the originals in DXX-rebirth, the gamma seems too high (at least from what I remember of the screenshots in old magazines), there are audio glitches and configuring a dual analog controller (in my case a HOTAS with ministick on the throttle) is not optimal since it only supports 2 axis plus rudder and throttle.
I'll leave it installed in case I want to play the Mercenary expansion later on but at the moment I think I'll let it rest a bit.

Overload (PC)
Thankfully it plays more like the first two Descent titles, there's even hostage rescuing! I loved hostage rescuing!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 18, 2018, 06:04:15 am
Personally I always found D3's automap to be waaaayyyy more readable than that of D1/2.  Being able to use normal ship controls to maneuver around it was a godsend, and I always had a hell of a time figuring out exactly which wall belonged to which room in the old wireframe model, especially in levels with more complex overlapping geometry.  I thought there was at least some sort of marker that appeared on the map, but it's been a very long time so I could be wrong.  The Guide-bot can be a bit derpy at times, but I seem to remember a decent way to correct that being recalling it to your ship, flying a bit away from where you were, then releasing it again.  I know you can at least get a look at the level objectives, if not the entire briefing...I think you access it by hitting Shift+Tab, maybe, whereas hitting Tab by itself just brings up the automap.  I seem to be a bit in the minority, but I enjoyed D3's more varied objective-based gameplay more than the endless keys->reactor->exit loop of the earlier two games.  I will agree that D3's scaling never felt quite right, since I think in terms of raw speed the Pyro-GL and Phoenix are at least faster than D2's Pyro-GX.  The rest of your issues sound like the result of running the game on modern hardware/OS.  If only the community had the damn source code to play around with...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 18, 2018, 10:40:20 am
Personally I always found D3's automap to be waaaayyyy more readable than that of D1/2.  Being able to use normal ship controls to maneuver around it was a godsend, and I always had a hell of a time figuring out exactly which wall belonged to which room in the old wireframe model, especially in levels with more complex overlapping geometry.  I thought there was at least some sort of marker that appeared on the map, but it's been a very long time so I could be wrong.  The Guide-bot can be a bit derpy at times, but I seem to remember a decent way to correct that being recalling it to your ship, flying a bit away from where you were, then releasing it again.  I know you can at least get a look at the level objectives, if not the entire briefing...I think you access it by hitting Shift+Tab, maybe, whereas hitting Tab by itself just brings up the automap.  I seem to be a bit in the minority, but I enjoyed D3's more varied objective-based gameplay more than the endless keys->reactor->exit loop of the earlier two games.  I will agree that D3's scaling never felt quite right, since I think in terms of raw speed the Pyro-GL and Phoenix are at least faster than D2's Pyro-GX.  The rest of your issues sound like the result of running the game on modern hardware/OS.  If only the community had the damn source code to play around with...
Ha, I played the first two with source ports so I never had problems with map controls.
I was really miffed that I couldn't look up on the map where to go and needed to follow the guidebot, the objectives were a good idea but they made them a bit too obtuse at times.
I completely forgot about the shift-tab combination, that's what happens when you get back to the game after a few months I guess (but then again some of the briefings were a bit too vague in the first place).
I'll probably get back to Mercenary after finishing with Overload, seeing a couple of glaring spelling mistakes in the first mission brifings kinda turned me off.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 18, 2018, 08:56:44 pm
Mercenary had some really cool design ideas, and most of the levels were huge.  I think by that point Outrage had really figured out how much they could do with their engine.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 23, 2018, 02:40:56 am
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright

I've been stuck on one mission for MONTHS now, because I couldn't find the time to really buckle down and grind through it. The Nohrian army was just too big, their formations too complementary for me to crack without losses. But I finally did it. I got through the first phase, and the pair of super-strong retainers at the gate. Then I realized there was a second phase with a lot more really strong dudes and a boss at the end.

But there was some environmental hazard stuff I could do to soften 'em up, and it worked great! My dudes are cutting though the berserkers and knights like butter. I moved Silas to bait out literally one of the last enemies, a berserker. I did the math, Silas was 100% safe from death, and he'd get a good bit of exp from the fight. So this berserker just saunters up, and on a 3% chance, criticals Silas. He down, he's out of this fight and all the others; for story reasons, he's "retreated" but he's basically dead.

So now, do I restart the whole mission, again, to save Silas? Usually, yes. But I never really liked that guy anyway.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 23, 2018, 12:47:46 pm
I say do it again but scum save.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 23, 2018, 06:16:26 pm
I say do it again but scum save.

I would, but for some reason I also play on "Classic" mode, which prohibits mid-mission saving, or I absolutely would do that by now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 24, 2018, 11:00:54 am
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright

*cut for time*

Which one is Birthright again?

Because in the Nohr and the Combined campaigns you really don't need to have Silas hanging around (you get at least 2 more Knights/Paladins anyway) and in the Hoshido campaign you get the option to make up for the lack of actual cavalary by upgrading all your Pegasus Knight with Bows (and Nohr armies only having a basic archer in their Bandit, as opposed to the Hoshido dedicated Archers)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: An4ximandros on November 24, 2018, 03:42:01 pm
Got BSG: Deadlock. Fun fun fun. Though I suck terribly at playing Cylon.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 24, 2018, 11:33:38 pm
Which one is Birthright again?

It's the Hoshido campaign. And it was more a point of pride that I always try to keep EVERYONE alive and it happened SO close to the end of the mission. So of course I didn't *need* him to survive, it was just silly :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Buckshee Rounds on November 25, 2018, 01:03:57 am
Started playing Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, a top down rogue-like set in an apocalyptic near future. Which apocalypse you ask? All of them. Zombies, lovecraftian horrors, aliens, rampant cyborgs etc. It's got a steep learning curve, but it's got a huge amount of depth and complexity to it, all within procedurally generated worlds that truly feel undead.

You can craft, build constructions, make vehicles from simple carts to mobile death fortresses. It's awesome.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 29, 2018, 09:42:24 pm
Rebel Galaxy (PC) is more addicting than I could imagine, it has that simple Privateer gameplay loop with a few more things added in that make it more varied and the broadside "space is an ocean" combat is plenty of good fun.
I sincerely can't wait for Rebel Galaxy Outlaw to see this loop in a more classic spacesim experience.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on November 30, 2018, 12:47:58 am
Lots of World of Tanks, competitive multiplayer fun and really hits a sweet spot for me, my fascination with WWII armored warfare.  ;) Debatably greedy megacompany with absurdly overpriced content bundles, but hey.  :lol:

Also Mothergunship! Highly recommended, just go into it with the right expectations. Marketing is subtly misleading to the effect that you'll be entering a sandbox gun-crafting fest, when in fact the main campaign (sandbox and endless modes notwithstanding) is a challenging rougelike grind, rather than planning massive epic weapons you're mostly scraping by and throwing together workable weapon combos, but still lots of bullet-hell high-mobility action with a preposterous, thigh slappingly-outrageous plot. Very silly and clean humour as far as I've gotten!  :nod:


Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Strygon on November 30, 2018, 04:39:41 am
Lots and lots of Smash Melee. But it's the 20XX edition

I main Fox
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on November 30, 2018, 06:48:58 am
Lots and lots of Smash Melee. But it's the 20XX edition

I main Fox

noice  :nod:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 30, 2018, 11:37:48 am
Show me your moves!!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on November 30, 2018, 11:18:42 pm
*spams character select*

FAHKS FAHKS FAHKS FAHKS FAHKS!

Ah, memories...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 01, 2018, 07:38:17 am
 :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 03, 2018, 09:46:08 pm
I finished the main story of Rebel Galaxy.
It was a nice experience, basically Privateer on a 2D plane with some quality of life improvements.
What drags it down a bit is that it does become a bit repetitive, in the end I played the last missions of the story without being fully upgraded because getting a dreadnought already took quite some time and a single MK6 turret costed as much as a medium sized ship, and the dreadnought in question could carry about a dozen of them, four more than the destroyer I had before. And keep in mind I didn’t even grind for the bigger ones since even when half-equipped the one I had was more than enough to deal with everything. Also there is a lack of flavour text that is very strange for this kind of spacesim, almost like there was supposed to be a manual in which to read about the various alien races that ended up never being made. It doesn’t help that a lot of it seems procedural which doesn’t make for a varied experience.
Other than that the stuff that happens when you go about your business is often enough to spice things up and the game looks very pretty, there is undoubtedly some potential here and I wonder if and how that potential will pan out with Rebel Galaxy Outlaw.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 05, 2018, 05:30:16 am
I restarted Overload (PC) because I missed a lot of upgrade points and you don't want to lose any, believe me.
And some of the upgrade points are rather sadistically placed like basically right under the reactor you have to overload ina room full of respaning bots, often inaccessible until the countdown starts.
But boy is it satisfying when you finally clear the level and see you got all of them things plus a few additional ones from secret levels and survivor rescuing (the end screen only counts the ones that are physically in the level you've finished, not the bonus ones).
Though even now I'm questioning whether choosing the "hotshot" difficulty was wise, contrary to what I could surmise difficulty hasn't changed much since the first two Descent games, fortunately you can bind the quicksave button to you HOTAS or gamepad and believe me you'll need it (also there is the option to start the level from scratch and change difficulty level when you die).

I also installed Darkstar One (PC) and started to configure my HOTAS for it and of course you need to use the mouse because for some reason the game went for a mouse driven target list instead of normal target keys, at least there are a few shortcuts for the nearest enemy and such. I could probably use the analog stick on the throttle for the mouse cursor but for now I'll keep it as rudder controls. But sincerely: what were they thinking? The game doesn't seem to pause whent he target list is active and if some poor sap is flying with a mouse he's basically a sitting duck when they are using it. Apart from that for now it seems to be a nice enough Privateer clone and for once it's a game that is recent enough to support high resolutions out of the box.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 17, 2018, 05:16:47 am
Decided to install Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds on a whim.  This game was my jam as a kid.  It's essentially a reskin of Age of Empires II, so you get the mechanics of one of the best RTS titles of all time overlaid with all kinds of Star Wars goodness.  Fun stuff.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on December 20, 2018, 04:45:57 pm
I restarted Overload (PC) because I missed a lot of upgrade points and you don't want to lose any, believe me.
And some of the upgrade points are rather sadistically placed like basically right under the reactor you have to overload ina room full of respaning bots, often inaccessible until the countdown starts.
But boy is it satisfying when you finally clear the level and see you got all of them things plus a few additional ones from secret levels and survivor rescuing (the end screen only counts the ones that are physically in the level you've finished, not the bonus ones).
Though even now I'm questioning whether choosing the "hotshot" difficulty was wise, contrary to what I could surmise difficulty hasn't changed much since the first two Descent games, fortunately you can bind the quicksave button to you HOTAS or gamepad and believe me you'll need it (also there is the option to start the level from scratch and change difficulty level when you die).

I found the the difficulty fairly moderate on hotshot (was thinking I should have set it higher) until the alien levels, which are dramatically harder. The enemies are all upgraded and do much more damage, and at the same time there are very few shield powerups compared to before. I got around 80% of the upgrades throughout the game, and had upgraded all the stuff I cared about.

Has anyone played the DLC pack? I was thinking of trying it on my new monitor (4k TV) but heard it wasn't as good as the main campaign.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 20, 2018, 10:12:44 pm
AM2R 1.4 (PC)
Gameplay has been brought up to standards but the map while tweaked is still recognizably Metroid 2.


I restarted Overload (PC) because I missed a lot of upgrade points and you don't want to lose any, believe me.
And some of the upgrade points are rather sadistically placed like basically right under the reactor you have to overload ina room full of respaning bots, often inaccessible until the countdown starts.
But boy is it satisfying when you finally clear the level and see you got all of them things plus a few additional ones from secret levels and survivor rescuing (the end screen only counts the ones that are physically in the level you've finished, not the bonus ones).
Though even now I'm questioning whether choosing the "hotshot" difficulty was wise, contrary to what I could surmise difficulty hasn't changed much since the first two Descent games, fortunately you can bind the quicksave button to you HOTAS or gamepad and believe me you'll need it (also there is the option to start the level from scratch and change difficulty level when you die).

I found the the difficulty fairly moderate on hotshot (was thinking I should have set it higher) until the alien levels, which are dramatically harder. The enemies are all upgraded and do much more damage, and at the same time there are very few shield powerups compared to before. I got around 80% of the upgrades throughout the game, and had upgraded all the stuff I cared about.

Has anyone played the DLC pack? I was thinking of trying it on my new monitor (4k TV) but heard it wasn't as good as the main campaign.
I think I got most of the upgrade points but the game doesn't let you use the ones you still have when you finish the last normal level, and yes the alien levels are much harder, I've repeated the last one thre or four times because of that countdown that doesn't let you at least stop and pick at the auto-ops one at a time, I managed to get trough only because I've stumbled on a hidden cloaking power up.
I'm not very good at dodging because of terminal lack of reflexes, and since in Hotshot when you get hit in the second half of the campaign (let's just say from around the second boss onwards) you get hit hard it's a bit of a problem for me.   :nervous:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Iain Baker on December 22, 2018, 03:21:31 am
FreeSpace Blue
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost Alpha 1.4007
BroForce
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on December 22, 2018, 05:26:35 am
It is the end of the year. So i have time for more than one or two games finally, that are in queue for a few years already.


Critical Depth - for my YouTube Channel (well, i am playing through this for at least half 2018 already)
Inferno: The Odyssey Continues - for my YouTube Channel
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Way of the Samurai 3
Metro: Last Light
Darksiders III
Prey: Mooncrash
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

Im interested how many of them can i complete within the next week on their highest difficulty  :D. Have enough time i think, because my husband sticks in front of TV due to the 2019 World Darts Championship anyway :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 22, 2018, 05:33:41 am
I think star craft 2 might take up a lot of that time on highest.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Strygon on December 22, 2018, 06:08:03 am
Arma 3, messing around with Zeus mode and stuff

DCS World to tickle that air combat fancy
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on December 22, 2018, 08:13:09 pm
I've been playing a lot of Pathfinder: Kingmaker recently, as I tore a muscle in my right shoulder last week (which limited painfree movement of the neck and right arm significantly; so no fast paced game for me)

It's a nice Baldur's Gate II epigone, does a better job at it than Pillars of Eternity 1* but doesn't rise to the hights of Tyranny.

*Pathfinder is less original in terms of scenario but the characters of the story are way more paletable.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 23, 2018, 07:51:04 am
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (PC)
Yes, I'm replaying it again.
This time as a magithief with defensive magic, max mana pool but using bows and knives for offense, I still have to unlock Sanctuary though probably because it would be a bit OP before the last levels.
God, I love this game, even the b-movie power fantasy plot with choose-your-romance subplot (not really a choice for me, Xana is a bit too much of an asshole and evil powers are kinda useless compared to blessed weapons) fits incredibly well with all the slicing and burning and freezing and stabbing. It's still a bit glitchy for a Source game, but that both this and Vampire are not made by Valve themselves might have something to do with it even if this wasn't as screwed over as Troika's effort.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TechnoD11 on December 25, 2018, 11:10:01 pm
Back into War Thunder again. Strangely enough, I haven't touched world of tanks in years (2015 I think??) and Warships lost its luster over this year (been playing seen beta). And yet, 6 years on, I'm still casually logging in for some realistic war thunder battles.

If there is one thing I have come to realize about these kinds of games it's that grinding is terrible and should never be the reason to play. Just need to have a selection of vehicles that you like and mechanics that are enjoyable.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on December 28, 2018, 10:01:41 pm
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (PC)
Yes, I'm replaying it again.

That sounds like you are ashamed... Don't be! Dark Messiah is basically proto-Dishonored!

Speaking of which... all of Dishonored 2, picked it up on sale - don't know why I didn't have it yet.
The Stiltion Manor is awesome game design.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 29, 2018, 10:11:19 am
I've been playin AM2R 1.4, just to fill that 2D Metroid-shaped void.
It's a very well polished game, there are still those stupid secrets that basically require you to use some weird combination of shinespark with basically no tolerance for mistakes and while I greatly enjoyed the Gameboy original when I first played it last year I can appreciate this remake too.

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (PC)
Yes, I'm replaying it again.

That sounds like you are ashamed... Don't be! Dark Messiah is basically proto-Dishonored!

Speaking of which... all of Dishonored 2, picked it up on sale - don't know why I didn't have it yet.
The Stiltion Manor is awesome game design.
I consider it a bit of a guilty pleasure with the shlocky fantasy plot with Marty Stu protagonist and all.
Though sincerely in hindsight lockpicking isn't that useful when you have healing spells since most weapons can be aquired without needing a key anyway.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Snarks on December 29, 2018, 10:24:35 am
Just recently finished Mass Effect Andromeda. It took me 90 hours, and it was surprisingly decent. I was turned off of it originally because of the string of Bioware releases at the time, but I'm glad I got around to playing it.

So now I'm considering jumping back into Dragon Age 3 and seeing if I can muster the will to actually beat it this time around.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 29, 2018, 01:54:57 pm
Elite dangerous.


I'm in the mood to make serious money.  Waiting on our squadron to show me their stuff.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on December 29, 2018, 02:35:29 pm
After months of watching my kids play Fortnite, I decided to give it a try now that they have planes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on December 29, 2018, 03:00:26 pm
h the shlocky fantasy plot with Marty Stu protagonist and all.

That's just because the someone didn't have confidence in the appeal of game itself and skipped a lot of exposition for the people who did not play Heroes of Might and Magic 5 and its expansions - which is weird if you consider other stuff like the shift in genre and graphical style.
Sareth is still a canvas ... but video game protagonist...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Blue Lion on December 29, 2018, 05:11:35 pm
SO I tried Fallout 76, got bored fast because I got the power armor and good weapons and now just waiting on content. Now I'm in kind of a lull looking for a game and I'm not sure what style I want to play. FPS, MMO, RTS? I dunno.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on January 01, 2019, 03:30:58 pm
Finally found some time to start with Subnautica.

That game scratches so many itches that I didn't even knew I had (mainly the thrill of staring into the deep murky waters, getting scared of the moving shadows), I'm loving it!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on January 01, 2019, 04:02:14 pm
Not what I'm playing, but KSP mad genius Danny2462 does X-COM 2.  The results are...predictable:

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 02, 2019, 09:10:20 am
I love Danny2462. 


Trying to make money I  elite dangerous atm.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on January 02, 2019, 09:34:47 am
Giving Xcom 2 a break at the moment because EVERYONE KEEPS DYING

 :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 02, 2019, 11:00:25 am
Giving Xcom 2 a break at the moment because EVERYONE KEEPS DYING

(I know technically a different kind of warfare)



Dishonored: Death of the Outsider ... now this one I had for a while and never touched.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 02, 2019, 11:21:48 am
I encourage everyone to add me as a carefree dems guy in their xcom armies. Only requisites is shades and black camouflage.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on January 02, 2019, 12:33:55 pm
I encourage everyone to add me as a carefree dems guy in their xcom armies. Only requisites is shades and black camouflage.

Would do except I already have a hooded tough luck Aussie heavy with dark blue/grey digital camo. I'd never tell you two apart! :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on January 02, 2019, 01:41:18 pm
I played Frostpunk and saved Christmas!  A grand christmas feast for everyone, and toys for the kids!

Probably the least miserable my little ice town will ever be.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on January 02, 2019, 03:33:35 pm
I played Frostpunk and saved Christmas!  A grand christmas feast for everyone, and toys for the kids!

Probably the least miserable my little ice town will ever be.

That's a game I'd love to check out sooner or later! :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 02, 2019, 05:35:06 pm
Strive for automatons.

Top tip.



Also rule with an iron fist and execute anyone who thinks otherwise.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 03, 2019, 10:09:28 am
Steven Universe: Save The Light (PC) is simply delightful.
A lot of the appeal is in it being a Steven Universe game, but under the hood it is a solid light JRPG with very colorful and sharp cartoon graphics.
I could do without the QTE-based attack and parry mechanics but combat is turn-based otherwise so it's fine if not entirely to my taste. That it uses the A button on the pad for the QTE doesn't help since mine has a busted rubber dome so the feedback is horrible even if the button itself is technically functional.
I'm sincerely torn between splurging on a 8bit-do SF30 pro so I can finally also have a decent d-pad for platformers or just get a replacement rubber dome membrane and try to at least fix the A button on my old wired 360 pad.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on January 03, 2019, 01:12:25 pm
Steven Universe: Save The Light (PC) is simply delightful.
A lot of the appeal is in it being a Steven Universe game, but under the hood it is a solid light JRPG with very colorful and sharp cartoon graphics.
I could do without the QTE-based attack and parry mechanics but combat is turn-based otherwise so it's fine if not entirely to my taste. That it uses the A button on the pad for the QTE doesn't help since mine has a busted rubber dome so the feedback is horrible even if the button itself is technically functional.
I'm sincerely torn between splurging on a 8bit-do SF30 pro so I can finally also have a decent d-pad for platformers or just get a replacement rubber dome membrane and try to at least fix the A button on my old wired 360 pad.

Would fix the old button. Just my random opinion.  :D

I only say so because I can't count the number of times I've splurged on new gear, only to suddenly need the cash badly for something much more important and I wish I had just made do with less.  :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 07, 2019, 06:12:13 pm
Pillars of Eternity
I did two of the character sidequests and I was surprised how none of them had an easy resolution, Eder
Spoiler:
will probably never know why his brother joined the enemy in the war he was fighting
and Aloth is
Spoiler:
probably gonna have to live with another personality for the rest of his life
, I wonder what is in store for the others, Sagani in particular since she left a family back home for a really far-fetched quest. It also seems that you don't need to bring them in your party for the quests to trigger since I left Aloth attending stronghold business for most of the game but the quest still triggered when I talked to him.
I also finished upgrading the stronghold, at this point I'm tempted to start the White March content since I sincerely don't know who to choose between the Knights and the Dozen for the Battle of Yernwood.
I should probably set an additional grimoire or two for my wizard perhaps while until know I got away with casting only a few grimoire spells per rest I suspect I might get to the point I'll need to switch for additional spells.
I also leveled up the scepter I got when doing Caed Nua quests which is a really good wizard weapon and its ability to charm enemies randomly gratly helped with drakes, trolls and the like.
I'm still puzzled about some locations I still can't get to even if I have a bounty that's apprently roaming around them and the Druid's sidequest requires me to go there too and I'm always scared I'll get to a point where things will get gated off (it took me forever to end act I because I kept doing as many sidequests as possible because of this personal paranoia of mine).

Steven Universe: Save The Light (PC) is simply delightful.
A lot of the appeal is in it being a Steven Universe game, but under the hood it is a solid light JRPG with very colorful and sharp cartoon graphics.
I could do without the QTE-based attack and parry mechanics but combat is turn-based otherwise so it's fine if not entirely to my taste. That it uses the A button on the pad for the QTE doesn't help since mine has a busted rubber dome so the feedback is horrible even if the button itself is technically functional.
I'm sincerely torn between splurging on a 8bit-do SF30 pro so I can finally also have a decent d-pad for platformers or just get a replacement rubber dome membrane and try to at least fix the A button on my old wired 360 pad.

Would fix the old button. Just my random opinion.  :D

I only say so because I can't count the number of times I've splurged on new gear, only to suddenly need the cash badly for something much more important and I wish I had just made do with less.  :lol:

I ordered the spare part on eBay but since it's from China it will take a while so I put the game on hold, it's a bit disappointing but it's either that or rage at the game because of the early presses registered due to the lack of tactility.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 08, 2019, 02:02:13 am
Pillars of Eternity
I'm still puzzled about some locations I still can't get to even if I have a bounty that's apprently roaming around them and the Druid's sidequest requires me to go there too and I'm always scared I'll get to a point where things will get gated off (it took me forever to end act I because I kept doing as many sidequests as possible because of this personal paranoia of mine).

The point of No Return for the story's finale is well telegraphed. Let's just say that you shouldn't do anything that you know for certain requires divine intervention, even if you already have the assurance of divine assistance, like jumping into a seemingly bottomless pit.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: crizza on January 10, 2019, 07:04:19 am
Titanfall 2
So far it's rather nice, but I realize this is one of the games, which would be easier to play with a gamepad :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 10, 2019, 07:57:10 am
It's great on PS4.    :yes:

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on January 10, 2019, 11:45:04 am
I am getting into some Totalwarhammer 2

Doing a Mortal Empires campaign as the humans.  I was inspired by reading Wheel of Time to try and use my wizards more effectively.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 14, 2019, 10:07:23 pm
Finished Strike Suit Zero: Director's Cut (PC)
It's a bit of a mixed bag, more good than bad (and even the bad I suspect is due more to my particular taste in space shooters) but still mixed.
For something whose developers cited Freespace as an inspiration it's very, very arcade-y and the titular Strike Suit changing into a robot in Strike mode has no purpose since there is no sequence where you need to walk and it's just a powered-up mode, they could have used S-foils instead and nothing would have changed.
There is a bit of Freespace in the beam spam between capital ships, plus the setting is vaguely Freespace-y in a way I can't put my fingers on, plus there seem to be elements from the first Star Trek movie only with anime swirly missiles.
I did write an extensive wall of text about the game with all the details in another forum but is in rather haphazard Italian, though when I'll find the energy to rewrite it in english for my review on GOG I might post it here just to see if anyone is capable of following my ranting about the absence of radars and bugs regarding the throttle binding.  :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 15, 2019, 06:15:37 am
Tales of Vesperia (PS4) ... its like a warm, comfy blanket considering it basically the best "Tales of ..."-game that came out before the shot in the arm that was Tales of Beseria...

.. I just wish they had done a few more adjustments to take advantage of the PS4; esspecially the spread of the save options is still very, very unwieldy...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 18, 2019, 09:31:34 pm
Since Ace Combat 7 won't come to PC for another two weeks I decided to finally use my softmodded PS2 and I played Ace Combat 4: Distant Thunder on it.
Basically the only complaint I have is that I had to fly using a gamepad.
The gameplay keeps the railroading to a minimum and it's never blatant, cutscenes during missions are few and are all skippable and the story was a nice surprise.
Flying with a pad can't ever be as precise as using a joystick and it's painfully evident in the final mission where anything more agile than an A-10 makes the mission beyond my fine motor functions when it comes to moving my left thumb. Also while I used the machinegun rather often in Assault Horizon on PC here I managed to use it effectively only in a mission where you had to take down stealth bombers that were flying in a straight line. Also having to press really hard on R1 to use the afterburner was a bit of a strain on my index finger.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: HLD_Prophecy on January 21, 2019, 03:47:26 pm
Ace Combat 4 is probably my favorite of the series - just good plain clean fun, a very subdued but touching story.  :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Buckshee Rounds on January 22, 2019, 08:24:55 am
So I picked up Detroit: Become Human. Really enjoying it, it's similar to the Telltale games in that you're sort of playing through a story with different branches to follow with the added feature of being able to see which branch you followed and what branches you've still to unlock.

Spoiler:
I keep getting my Connors killed, which is at times hilarious. Seeing Hank go "not again" ****ing floored me!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 22, 2019, 09:27:54 am
He makes terrible terrible games.....
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Buckshee Rounds on January 22, 2019, 12:29:09 pm
If you're referring to Telltale, the similarities end there. Detroit is a brilliant game and I highly recommend it. I just wish they'd gotten Brent Spiner to do one of the voices!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 22, 2019, 01:12:03 pm
He is talking about David Cage, the face on dev-side to Detroid: Become Human, Beyond: Two Souls, Indigo Prophecy etc.

Hitting on the man's "creative" (euthemism) creative choices in terms of both gameplay and narrative as well as his marketing claims to have produced the nect big epic, is one of those low hanging fruits in discorse on Game as an art form. *yawn*
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 22, 2019, 01:40:49 pm
^ what he said.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Buckshee Rounds on January 22, 2019, 07:24:46 pm
Oh. Well I like Detroit and haven't played either of the other two. I'd like to finish the story first before discovering if the dev is an arsehole or not. Blue pill and all that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 23, 2019, 06:26:27 am
if the dev is an arsehole or not. Blue pill and all that.

Cage is devisive figure for sure, but not in "torches and pickforks"-way* - He is just really odd case because of what form the outside look like inconistencies, e.g. the repeated claim to have created something emotional and moving but then the finished product doesn't really "do" humanistic story-telling, i.e. most characters act like plot automatons with none of the connective tissue that makes their action relatable (which might work in Detroit 'cause Robots).

If you are not into the weeds in terms of drama or narrative theory, you might have noticed the "every interaction has a unquie controller prompt/motion/button combo" as common prompt for asking yourself "why?".

*Unless of course, you are really fire and brimstone about the labour rights situation in the Games Industry; you have royally f*up if you make headlines for that in the sea of exploitative work practices common among dev studios, and Quantic Dreams managed that multiple times-
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 02, 2019, 05:48:49 pm
Rumu

It's a fairly short "walking" simulator. You play as a robot vacuum cleaner, and explore emotions. It's actually quite touching! If it's cheap, I definitely recommend playing it!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on February 10, 2019, 04:40:13 pm
After stumbling over an article on how to set up Quakespasm (https://godmodeuser.com/p/8), I'm playing through he original Quake single player campaign. I haven't played Quake since ~2002, when I' was using GLQuake to test if OpenGL was working correctly on a Linux box.
The main difference to more modern shooters is the sheer speed of the gameplay.
Most levels have a tight layout, you can run fast and jump far giving, you a lot of mobility. Plus, most guns have a very short reload time.

It may be less realistic than modern shooters, but hotdamn is it fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Strygon on February 10, 2019, 06:17:27 pm
Sunk tons of time into Dorf fort again, mostly playing Adventurer Mode. In this playthrough I'm playing as a Dwarf-Raised Silver haired, blue eyed Elf girl that hates nature.
I was recently sent out to slay a "bloodthirsty, terrifying beast" which in reality was just a dingo. On the way back I got ambushed by three fat lions that kept accidentally attacking eachother.
Also, cat corpses make for fantastic weapons I discovered.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Buckshee Rounds on February 11, 2019, 10:30:07 am
Is this what you did to those poor kitties?!

(https://i.imgur.com/D2ykK.jpg)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 11, 2019, 11:44:12 am
Is this what you did to those poor kitties?!

(https://i.imgur.com/D2ykK.jpg)


 :lol: :lol: :lol:


Omfg. ^^^....  recently been playing eod soldier on a pretty special high paid assignment. 

Can't say more,  been playing axiom verge too seeing as it's free ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 13, 2019, 02:27:59 am
Did you know that Subnautica has a VR mode? Because it does.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on February 24, 2019, 06:55:19 pm
I just finished playing thru Crimson Skies (PC), and have started again on Starlancer.  Years ago I made it to the last mission, but a persistent crash to desktop kept me from finishing the game.  I'm hoping for better luck this time, plus I now know how to look this stuff up on the internet.  :)

I've also been dabbling with Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Titanfall 2, and Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 25, 2019, 03:03:52 am
All solid games.   :yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 25, 2019, 09:21:26 am
Steven Universe: Save The Light (PC)
Something more relaxinc after trying to get S rank on all missions on ace in Ace Combat 7.
I've finally managed to find the last secret in the boss area of the forest, that 99% was really annoying for some reason.


I just finished playing thru Crimson Skies (PC), and have started again on Starlancer.  Years ago I made it to the last mission, but a persistent crash to desktop kept me from finishing the game.  I'm hoping for better luck this time, plus I now know how to look this stuff up on the internet.  :)

I've also been dabbling with Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Titanfall 2, and Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers.


Good luck escorting ships so small you can barely see without an escort list in that last mission, boy Starlancer becomes really frustrating in the last third or so.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on March 02, 2019, 03:37:16 pm
Rediscovered StarCraft II for me...

And decided to play through the first game aswell, but with the StarCraft: Mass Recall mod for SCII. This is actually very good and for a person who does not have a big affection to the first game, it is the much better deal than StarCraft: Remastered.

Have to laugh, that you are actually able to play the Infiltration missions as a Third Person Shooter if you prefer. Sure, it has some fundamental flaws from other TPS, like that you are not able to shoot while you are moving, but it is a RTS engine after all. It loose up things, nevertheless.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 02, 2019, 04:20:00 pm
What is mass recall?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on March 02, 2019, 04:30:40 pm
What is mass recall?

A StarCraft remake (https://www.sc2mapster.com/projects/starcraft-mass-recall) for StarCraft II.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 02, 2019, 06:47:37 pm
Well, now starcraft 2 is free I guess none of us have any excuses  :yes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on March 05, 2019, 12:58:36 pm
Well, now starcraft 2 is free I guess none of us have any excuses  :yes:

As far as i know the Classic version of the first one is Free aswell. So you can experience a good part of the story for free anyway.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 05, 2019, 02:22:43 pm
The first is definitely free.  I bought the battle chest back in the mid nineties but it's good to have a backup  (https://eu.battle.net/account/download/?show=classic&_ga=2.17237755.336635637.1551816925-1352063221.1551575331).

Warcraft 3 is on there too ;)

Alternate starcraft link  (https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/starcraft).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Iain Baker on March 07, 2019, 01:57:40 pm
Started re-playing Hurrican. It is a free fan made modern take on the classic 16 bit era Turrican games. Its bloody good - easily one of the best examples of the genera. You can download it here: https://www.winterworks.de/project/hurrican/ (https://www.winterworks.de/project/hurrican/)

Mods, cheats, extra levels etc can be found here: http://selmiak.bplaced.net/games/pc/index.php?lang=eng&game=Hurrican&page=userlevel (http://selmiak.bplaced.net/games/pc/index.php?lang=eng&game=Hurrican&page=userlevel)

NB if installing level packs make sure there are no blank    spaces in the folder name, otherwise it wont work. Using_underscores is fine :-)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Strygon on March 14, 2019, 05:46:41 am
Started binging Arma 3 again, playing with some modpacks. Loads of stuff like Russian vehicles, USAF aircraft, etc.

One thing I didn't read in the descriptions was that one of the missile trucks was... special.

(https://i.imgur.com/hvRn9Wl.jpg)

At least the enemies were all gone.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 14, 2019, 09:24:14 am
Noice. :yes:

I had a go of JAD 2.21...............in particular..............the mission I actually appear in ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 14, 2019, 10:12:12 pm
So, in the last few weeks I've started and finished a bunch of videogame stuff:

Finished Steven Universe: Save The Light (PC) with all achievements, just a delightful little pseudo-JRPG and an excellent licensed game, there are a few glitches, especially in the later parts of the game but nothing gamebreaking. There wasn't even a need to grind all that much, basically all I needed to do to beat the boss I got just by going around hunting for secrets and farming crafting materials to 100% the game (easy enough, but a couple of secrets are a bit too cryptic compared to the others, one of Greg's in particular unless you notice a certain thing in the backdrop of another screen will make you try more or less everything in vain and I had to consult google, the other I discovered just by dumb luck) even with the achievement that required you to wear the Crying Breakfast Friends badge during the fight (thus halving all your stats).

Finished Monster World IV for Sega Mega Drive twice, because when I discovered that the ROM I put in my Everdrive wasn't the official translation I had to try the official one which is better (the unofficial one botches one of the hints to a puzzle in one fo the levels and seems to make stuff up here and there) you can tell which one you got because the unoffical translation uses a much more plain font while the offical one uses a sort of comic sans thing that's supposed to look vaguely like Arabian writing I guess.
Last entry of the Wonder Boy/Monster World series until the recent Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom (which I'm still waiting for PC) it goes for an ancient middle eastern aesthetics and a Wonder Girl called Asha. The game seems cut down somewhat compared to The Dragon's Trap and Wonder Boy in Monster World ditching most of the metroidvania elements in favour of a largely linear progression with a HUB world, you can go back and forth from a level until you beat its boss (and you'll need to, since occasionally some grinding will be necessary to buy equipment or to get secrets you might have missed before the level is gated off forever) then you can't go back to it. Still it's graphically very nice, with the cartoony style now being much more expressive compared to the relatively stiff sprites of the other Mega Drive entry in the series. You also get a pet that will help you jump, activate switches and various tasks connected to puzzle solving or just navigating the levels. Combat and movement are also much faster and Asha while incapable of magic seem to know a couple more moves compared to Scion. It's a pity Sega never put the official translated version on Steam like the other Westone games for the system, still IIRC it's available on some of the recent consoles, probably will get ported on Switch sooner or later if it isn't already.

Pillars of Eternity
(PC)
I've sent Eder to pasture once I finished his sidequest and got the bird lady to take his place. Since now that I gathered proof the animancers are being framed and I don't know which faction I'll use to back me up because they all seem various shades of dickish to me I'll probably deal with a bunch of sidequests first.

Toejam & Earl
(Sega Mega Drive)
It was the pack in on my Mega Drive 2 and since reviews of the remake/sequel/reboot/whatever reminded me I never finished it I decided to pop the cartridge in and give it a spin.
Well, I now remember why I never finished it, its roguelike nature is frankly rather annoying also the game is stupidly long, it took me three hours to the to half the game, and there is no save feature. A pity because having to run away from enemies is something rather fresh for a 16 bit console.

Golvellius: Valley of Doom
(Master System, played on Sega Mega Drive using a Power Base Mini adapter)
Zelda overworld with linear levels that are either sidescrolling or autoscrolling overhead, not easy but it has password saves (very long passwords, thank goodness for cellphones) and it's quite charming with a cartoony anime style not unlike the Wonder Boy games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on March 15, 2019, 10:43:20 am
Slime Rancher is really quite pleasant.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Autohummer on March 15, 2019, 02:56:22 pm
I played Slime Rancher a tad ago, around when Frostpunk also came out so I played both side by side. I think Frostpunk is the easier of the two. I was sharing my progress with the person who recommended me Slime Rancher on Whatsapp and here are a few snippets:

Quote from: Autohummer
I was tired today, so I ranched slime. I think aerial combat is a better career choice.

Quote from: Autohummer
Meanwhile, ecological collapse! My ranch looks like Berlin in 1945!
I won't get executed by hungry exploding slimes, right?

Quote from: Autohummer
Yes, [the Boom Slime] enclosure is now a perpetual explosion machine after I plopped about 50 of them in.
I can't get enough chickens to feed them.
Oh, wait, I just found an infinite source of Chicken. Problem solved (?)

When asked where did I find the aforementioned infinite chickens:
Quote from: Autohummer
The Overgrowth, just on the ground. You need to let chicken deposits regenerate after aggressive chicken mining, though.

Quote from: Autohummer
Meanwhile, a crowd of slimes has gathered to complain angrily about the hunger. Many of them haven't eaten in a long time.
The 50-boom slime enclosure was a mistake....

Quote from: Autohummer
I spent my first 2 slime keys on really far off shortcuts, so I fed a super rock slime and opened the door to the mines. Now my ranch is like the glowing sea in fallout 4.

When asked if I have started making largos:
Quote from: Autohummer
I try not to after a situation with ~45 pink cat-shaped beachballs and 1 misplaced rock plort.
Now I only have about 20 left of said beachballs.

Quote from: Autohummer
There is no economy of scale in this game, only pyramid-schemes of tarr-producing shenanigans.
Now I find slimes that quantum teleport out of their enclosures.


Right now I am playing the "Blame everything on the Orokin game" AKA Warframe.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 15, 2019, 05:28:46 pm
Ah, yes, quantum slimes... aka "They're already tarr"
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on March 16, 2019, 02:27:46 am
DCS F-14 is flipdickin' sublime. There's enough tech in the weapons systems to give her serious capability, without the damn computers taking over too much of the flying.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Sushi on March 17, 2019, 03:32:42 pm
Ah, yes, quantum slimes... aka "They're already tarr"

I've just given them an expansion to themselves. There seems to be more than enough space on the ranch to go around, really.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on March 18, 2019, 02:23:09 pm
I just grabbed Slime Rancher since it was free.  Im at day 20, i have the overgrowth, the cave, the dock, and the lab all unlocked. 

Also, I'm almost 100% farming Largos, but i only do like 6 per pen.  I've got rock/tabby, rock/phosphor, crystal/boom, and crystal/rad pens.  Just figuring out the best way to get Hunters integrated and profitable.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 18, 2019, 03:19:35 pm
It's free? ???
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on March 18, 2019, 03:29:09 pm
It's free? ???

Yes, you just need to commit the mortal sin of opening the Epic store :-P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 18, 2019, 03:55:10 pm
I did that for subnautica.  :nod: but my laptop died when I boarded the cyclops and had to fight my first fire. :nono:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on March 19, 2019, 01:55:09 pm
Now I have access to the ancient ruins and the desert!

Going to start working on some teleporters.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 20, 2019, 05:03:52 pm
Anthem - While the content is mostly "been there, done that" (at least until the Cataclysm arrives), I still get enjoyment out of the occasional Stronghold. Too bad I lost most of the people that wanted to check it out to The Division 2 lately (which I just can't stand; tried it and found it repulsive)

Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus - ... is what you get when you cross the dungeon exploration of Darkest Dungeon with the combat from Shadowrun Returns; without the individually destinctive features of either, but on a clock. It tries to be a bit XCom-light but doesn't have a depth or variety. However they nailed the atmosphere of an Adeptus Mechanicus (dogmatic cyborg tech-worshippers) vs. Necrons (feudalistic aliens which turned themselves into robot-analogues and still belive they are entitled to the galaxy) - it is oppressive, function- and results-oriented.
Soundtrack added to my writing playlists.

Pillars of Eternity 2 - Someone at Obsidian really misjudged the appeal of Eder... or is that just me?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 21, 2019, 03:14:47 pm
Pillars of Eternity 2 - Someone at Obsidian really misjudged the appeal of Eder... or is that just me?

I tossed him aside when I finally got it over with the sidequest about the dead brother, the only thing is that he probably would have known about where to find the next location for the reincarnated guy.
Also I'll probably toss aside the chanter nerd when I'm done with the Endless Path in favour of the druid since now I'm in Twin Elms and probably will need him for story stuff.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 21, 2019, 06:55:22 pm
Pillars of Eternity 2 - Someone at Obsidian really misjudged the appeal of Eder... or is that just me?

I tossed him aside when I finally got it over with the sidequest about the dead brother, the only thing is that he probably would have known about where to find the next location for the reincarnated guy.
Also I'll probably toss aside the chanter nerd when I'm done with the Endless Path in favour of the druid since now I'm in Twin Elms and probably will need him for story stuff.

Regarding Eder: I did as well; and, honestly, there is actually a logic to him being back ... with inciting incident Pillars of Eternity 2 being his presumed dead god coming back to life and wrecking your castle from the first game.
Still, if I remebered all my story choices, or the "choose your Pillars of Eternity results"-option ingame not quickly offering me up story options I never seen before, I would use the option to rewrite my choices on the spot.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on March 21, 2019, 07:45:58 pm
Goddammit, is my basement statue a dead god?  I knew i should have went for a different castle!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 22, 2019, 07:18:56 pm
Goddammit, is my basement statue a dead god?  I knew i should have went for a different castle!

No, it is not ... originally. Eothas is just able to possess it because it is made out of the soul-conducting Adra-material.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 22, 2019, 11:41:22 pm
Guys, spoilers!
I still have to finish the game.

I'm getting around to finish the Endless Path, I'm at level 13. After that I'll probably see what's the fuss in the starting area again.
I'm not sure if to kill the Sky Dragon or not and I sicnerely donpt like that half of Berath's quest is basically going on a killing spree (the other half was fine), the indecision is part of why I'm doing sidequests far away from Twin Elms now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 23, 2019, 09:46:03 am
Guys, spoilers!
I still have to finish the game.

It's literally the first minute of Pillars 2 - and was in the marketing, so I don't think "Holy Spoilers, Batman!" applies.



Level 13 sounds a bit low to finish the Endless Paths. You might want to save at the end of every level now... just so you don't loose too much progress in the event of stronger opposition.

Note that the quests you get from the communing with the gods in Twin Elms might not be as straight foward as you think. Consider the god you are working with before you comply their directions.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TechnoD11 on March 23, 2019, 11:05:33 am
Starting Playing Crypt of the NecroDancer with some friends last night on the TV. Lots of fun, highly recommended! Solid Controller Support and a great soundtrack!
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 23, 2019, 03:50:15 pm
Got heat signature and looks interesting. .
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 23, 2019, 08:43:02 pm
Guys, spoilers!
I still have to finish the game.

It's literally the first minute of Pillars 2 - and was in the marketing, so I don't think "Holy Spoilers, Batman!" applies.



Level 13 sounds a bit low to finish the Endless Paths. You might want to save at the end of every level now... just so you don't loose too much progress in the event of stronger opposition.

Note that the quests you get from the communing with the gods in Twin Elms might not be as straight foward as you think. Consider the god you are working with before you comply their directions.
It did sound a lot like a late game spoiler for the first installment.
Also I referred to me being at the 13th level of the path, not being at level 13 myself.
Even then I quicksave basically every five minutes and use a saveslot for all suspicious circumstances (or just reload and create one...), also my reaction to what was after the slope in level 15 was a resounding "NOPE!"
I reloaded the save, got away and did a couple of tasks, got some more info out of Grieving Mother and killed Raedric, AGAIN.
Also got around to enchant some armors and weapons, swap around charms, equipment spells, etc. and went on to Craighold but it seems stupidly combat-heavy so I don't know if go on with that or see if I can do something else.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 24, 2019, 06:36:37 am
It did sound a lot like a late game spoiler for the first installment.

I get it, esspecially since the death of Saint Waidwen/Eothas is credited by some NPCs for launching the Hollowborn crisis, as the two correlate. Eoathas returning however represents a clean break from the events of Pillars 1, although some late game revelations regarding the Thanos, the Leaden Key, and your Watcher's previous lives might heavily influcence what you think of that event. (The pacing of Pillars 1's story is mess.)

went on to Craighold but it seems stupidly combat-heavy so I don't know if go on with that or see if I can do something else.

The DLC content is a frontloaded with combat but the story content of the second DLC is really interesting, big picture wise.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 25, 2019, 07:11:52 pm
This morning, I did something I haven't done despite probably hundreds of hours of attempts: I finished a grand campaign in a Total War game.

I beat Rome II: Total War as the Seleucid Dynasty. Silver Shield Pikemen + Persian Heavy Archers + a few Indian Armored Elephants + a few artillery = an unstoppable death ball. One or two of those, and a few armies made of trash troops to keep order, and you can just sweep through almost any other faction.

So many times, the Lusitani, Macedon, Sparta threw full armies of super-heavy infantry or pikemen at me, and I just demolished them utterly.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colt on March 25, 2019, 07:25:14 pm
This morning, I did something I haven't done despite probably hundreds of hours of attempts: I finished a grand campaign in a Total War game.

I beat Rome II: Total War as the Seleucid Dynasty. Silver Shield Pikemen + Persian Heavy Archers + a few Indian Armored Elephants + a few artillery = an unstoppable death ball. One or two of those, and a few armies made of trash troops to keep order, and you can just sweep through almost any other faction.

So many times, the Lusitani, Macedon, Sparta threw full armies of super-heavy infantry or pikemen at me, and I just demolished them utterly.
Ohh, nice. Farthest I ever got was Rome 1 getting stuck in a decades-long stalemate as red Romans against the blue and green ones in North Africa and Eastern Europe respectively. If I had that save I'd probably try to finish it.

Currently playing Stellaris (custom GTA empire). Every time I boot up a new game I always think to myself "this is it, this is where I make it to the end", then an update/mod comes out and I restart.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 28, 2019, 07:46:38 am
Currently playing Stellaris (custom GTA empire).

What's your set-up?



Meanwhile in Pillars of Eternity 2, I got my character and my party killed by daring the God of Entrophy to "bring it". Too bad that's not worth an achievement.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 28, 2019, 09:27:39 am
Pillars of Eternity
So, turns out that the Adra Dragon is very much like Firkraag in that abusing certain spells (or in this case the paralysis scrolls) and some kiting (in this case to kill all the escort she has so she doesn't get healed) is the only way to have even a slight chance. I also did the quest to get the anti-dragon ability.
That one-hit-kill-the-whole-party dragon breath is what makes the combat really difficult as even with the scrolls of paralysis there still a chance the dragon will be able to kill, grievously maim and/or knock down all of your party. Even after getting it down it took me three tries to succeed.
I've also did all the party quests, now only Craighold, the battle for Caed Nua and the White March content remain other than the bounties.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 28, 2019, 02:34:06 pm
Meanwhile in Pillars of Eternity 2, did I mention that I found a talking sword that seems to get ... aroused by using it? Or that it sets you on a quest to find it former owner with all the intensity of stalking ex?

It is going to turn out to be an evil artifact, isn't it?

EDIT: Quest finished
Spoiler:
Turns out the soul in the sword wasn't evil but rather terrified of the prospect that it might go on to exist, even if it users would die. Finding the original owner of the sword let to a delightfully akward conversation which framed this like a love triangle.
In response to the fear of the soul in the sword, and the guilt of the original owner (she had a hand in creating the sword by combining Cypher-skills with animancy), I decided the best course of the action would be to have my Eothas priestess gently exorcise the soul from the sword.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colt on March 28, 2019, 03:46:19 pm
Currently playing Stellaris (custom GTA empire).

What's your set-up?

Modded run (something like 50 mods lol). Among them are more ethics(?). GTA's a Military Commissariat with the following:

Ethics:
-Fanatic Egalitarian, Militarist, Individualist, Xenophile.

Civics:
-Efficient Beaurocracy,  Labour Unions, Trade League. Could probably swap out Labour Unions for the Distinguished Admiralty one, but I wanted to change it up this time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 28, 2019, 09:04:20 pm
Started playing A Link Between Worlds after finally finishing up a long-interrupted SNES Classic replay of A Link to the Past.  It's been a long time since I've had a completely-fresh Zelda experience, and as always it's a blast.  Now to get myself into the all-consuming timesink that is Breath of the Wild...
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Post by: TheBigCore on March 31, 2019, 08:17:19 pm
Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel.  It has 3 hubs and I am on the 3rd one.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 01, 2019, 04:50:18 pm
*cut for time*

It's an optimist I see - always nice to just how evil I have to make the GTVA appear to be.



Meanwhile, in Pillars of Eternity 2:

I hit the point, approaching the level cap of 20, when combat really becomes a chore, like in every cRPG - granted it's doable with a Cypher character who can spam paralysis, but that's hardly what I am here for.

Storywise, it will not suprise you that I am also at the point of no return in the main story and now going through the DLC stuff; once that it done I am going to tackle the finale without support of the powers that be because ... reasons (This Watcher has neither Gods nor Masters.)

I kinda miss the melancholy of the first Pillars a bit, I have to say.

Spoiler:
Taking Xoti along for the parley with Eothas was all kinds of fun.

Same goes for having Vatnir around during your encounter with the Rymrgand in the White Void.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 05, 2019, 11:22:07 am
Pillars of Eternity (PC)
I finished White March part I. Is the dwarf researcher quest part of that or the second part? I’ve yet to rest outside the the White March to trigger the main quest of the second expansion so finding a new quest in town was rather curious.
I have found a couple of soul-bound weapons, a hunter bow for Sagani and a Greatsword for Pallegina, the latter was a bit of a pain to level as it required her to be resurrected five times during battle and noticed it only when I had already activated the forge, fortunately I had a few bounties in the Dyrwood. The monk at times is hilarious, so is the barbarian trying to flirt with Pallegina, the Devil of Caroc is a bit unsettling while useful thanks to her high mechanics skill.

Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)
I decided to give another stab at this 'coz Star Wars (I tried it years ago and was throughly turned off). Of course I’ll ignore as much social content as possible and concentrate on story missions.
I notice that since last time they excised the overly long cutscenes with lots of stuff happening to people I don’t know at the start of the game in favour of a simple opening crawl.
Boy, the amount of tutorials that are on Tython, but the graphics look nice with the AA cranked up.
I still find the controls awkward (I wonder how companions are supposed to work with this system since it seems you’ll have a party for story missions at a certain point) and it’s a pity the spaceship part doesn’t support any kind of controller, because that was something I could potentially be interested in.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 05, 2019, 02:08:53 pm
Tychon is indeed, loooooooooooong, but I like the long cutscenes.  They're proper starwars goodness.  Hail the starforge.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 05, 2019, 02:56:19 pm
Tychon is indeed, loooooooooooong, but I like the long cutscenes.  They're proper starwars goodness.  Hail the starforge.

It's more that it was like some sort of endless trailer before the game, most of the time I wasn't even sure what was going on there, just a bunch of people doing badass things with little to no context. In hindsight I think they were just the intros for the various subplots mashed together. I'm kind of glad they took it out.
The tutorials themselves aren't bad, it's just that the way the game is explained in the slides is often a bit confusing, they seem to assume you know at least a bit of MMO lingo and sometimes I'm not even sure what they talk about. Hell, the way to equip stuff is also superweird, what happened to dragging and dropping stuff on a paper doll?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on April 07, 2019, 12:54:27 pm
A Link Between Worlds is a fascinating Zelda title.  Breath of the Wild aside, it's probably the most non-linear game in the series since the original NES classic.  Unlike almost every other entry in the series, you don't get most of your key items from dungeons, but instead can rent them near the start of the game from a vendor (who's actually squatting in your house).  This means that you can take on most of the dungeons in any order you like, since you have the items needed for them from the get-go.  For a series as steeped in tropes as Zelda is, it's fun to see them playing around with the basic gameplay loop.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 08, 2019, 09:52:01 pm
Finally finished Pillars of Eternity (PC)
I only regret having been a bit too non-committal with Sagani since it seems that triggered her worst ending, other than that I seem to have fared pretty well. It is largely what Baldur’s Gate would look like with more story (which is quite a low bar considering) and less enphasis on pure dungeon crawling (though there is still plenty of it). I didn’t do all the bounties but did all the sidequests and expansions for a total od 101 hours and 16 minutes according to GOG Galaxy, it took me months to finish this, I’m sincerely not use I’m ready to play something this sprawling in the near future.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 09, 2019, 06:52:58 am
I would recommend jumping into Pillars 2 right away, if you have it. The continuity can be staggering in some places, e.g. upon arriving in the Huana Capital (where all factions, except the Príncipi are based) Pallegina laid into my character for the choices made in the first game (to be fair, I got her kicked out of her Paladin Order). But the game feel much more engaging to play, in no small part because the Deadfire feels more like a vibrant and living setting - Granted, it was intentional that the setting of the first game feels more melancholy and oppressive, and I also liked that (the Story's pacing is just lopsided like hell).

The story of Pillars 2 also feels much less more engaging and free form, esspecially since the main quest lines for the Huana Throne, the Vallian Trading Company, the Royal Deadfire Company, and Príncipi tend to intersect meaningfully, shorting several branches of the story significantly. I am now at ca. 70 houres with 2 of 3 DLCs down and the game telling me that I should be outfitting the Iovara with all the best equipment for a journey with (possibly) no return in regards to the main quest - of course if you are going to do naval combat with every ship in the Deadfire or beat every challange boss you will be up for some time.

But maybe I might also be that I just enjoy "singing" along with the sea chanties during travel on the overworld map too much.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 10, 2019, 04:28:34 am
I would recommend jumping into Pillars 2 right away, if you have it. The continuity can be staggering in some places, e.g. upon arriving in the Huana Capital (where all factions, except the Príncipi are based) Pallegina laid into my character for the choices made in the first game (to be fair, I got her kicked out of her Paladin Order). But the game feel much more engaging to play, in no small part because the Deadfire feels more like a vibrant and living setting - Granted, it was intentional that the setting of the first game feels more melancholy and oppressive, and I also liked that (the Story's pacing is just lopsided like hell).

The story of Pillars 2 also feels much less more engaging and free form, esspecially since the main quest lines for the Huana Throne, the Vallian Trading Company, the Royal Deadfire Company, and Príncipi tend to intersect meaningfully, shorting several branches of the story significantly. I am now at ca. 70 houres with 2 of 3 DLCs down and the game telling me that I should be outfitting the Iovara with all the best equipment for a journey with (possibly) no return in regards to the main quest - of course if you are going to do naval combat with every ship in the Deadfire or beat every challange boss you will be up for some time.

But maybe I might also be that I just enjoy "singing" along with the sea chanties during travel on the overworld map too much.
I don't have it yet and lately money has been an issue, so even if I felt like starting another RPG again (which I don't, mostly because touristic season is starting so I'll probably be too busy anyway) it would have to wait.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 12, 2019, 01:26:09 pm
RPGs are like books, even the just good ones take care of themselves. But I get the whole time management aspect.

On that subject - Pillars 2 endgame scheudled for this weekend, that the first draft of the full Vega must burn-script is "out to the editor".
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on April 12, 2019, 11:04:19 pm
Splitting my time with Division 2, which I have been deeply enjoying, and Dark Souls Remastered, which speaks for itself. Running a caster (mostly sorcery but some pyro atm) with a magic-infused claymore for melee (until I get my hands on that Moonlight Greatsword). Finished Blighttown, so now I'm noodling around in Darkroot to grab all the cool **** before I hit Sen's FunhouseTM.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 18, 2019, 09:56:40 pm
Finished Beyond Good and Evil (PC)
OK, who the hell thought that needing to hit the final boss a set number of times without taking damage was a good idea?
I had to look up why I kept beating the thing with a stick for ages without it dying, I thought I missed some puzzle clue or something.
I liked the rest of the game it but I'd have liked it more if it didn't have those weird quirks so many action games made for consoles have like weird camera angles, contextual controls and unskippable cutscenes (particularly charming with the final boss).

Also, those trailers for the sequel are nothing like this game, it's not just the art style, the game is a very kid friendly and rather charming affair and I distinctly remember some swearing there.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on April 20, 2019, 07:09:43 pm
Did you know that single-player games are apparently only for children?

It's true--a guy on discord said so.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colt on April 20, 2019, 07:22:22 pm
Did you know that single-player games are apparently only for children?

It's true--a guy on discord said so.

wat
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 20, 2019, 08:40:24 pm
Did you know that single-player games are apparently only for children?

It's true--a guy on discord said so.

That's him! That's the guy who slept with my mom!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 21, 2019, 07:40:03 am
Resident evil disagrees with him.  (Original resident evil on PS1)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on April 21, 2019, 05:56:18 pm
Finished up A Link Between Worlds. I enjoyed seeing the classic Link to the Past overworld portrayed in 3D, with a lot of secret areas in the same old places, and Lorule was a fun remix of the original's Dark World.  I'm surprised i was never spoiled on the little twist during the ending, even having used a few of the game's characters in Hyrule Warriors. Fun game, great conclusion, and now only Breath of the Wild remains.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on April 25, 2019, 02:31:42 pm
Won't be playing it for over a year, but the Firmament Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1252280491/firmament/) just hit its goal.  The Myst series practically defined my childhood gaming, and Cyan's most recent new venture Obduction was fantastic, so I'm looking forward to more of the same. Still a bit over a day to jump in if it's up your alley.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 26, 2019, 01:58:17 pm
Morrowind (PC)
I've been doing Tribunal stuff in Mournhold since I had a save made shortly after finishing the main quest, I failed the matchmaker quest and forgot that it could fail so I didn't make a save beforehand which means one less useless but super valuable artifact to sell to the museum.
I sincerely hate that I cannot sell a lot of stuff right away becaue merchants don't have enough gold and have to rely on the mudcrab seller while spending days doing back and forth transactions.
I could probably just pile up stuff in my stronghold but pieces of armor and weapons without enchantments are just dead weight even with the huge corprus disease bonuses.

Soldier of Fortune II Gold Edition (PC)
So after a while I settled on this, I did the first and a good chunk of the second mission then got back and did a custom difficulty level because screw weapon inaccuracy in a game that throws tens of super accurate and not particularly visible enemies at you.
In general the game balance is rather weird compared to the first game, the enemies even at the easiest difficulty level do tons of damage, for some reason the first mission sounds like something that should be done stealthy but it all but forces you to go guns blazing.
Also shooting while leaning from cover is a crapshoot because the hitboxes for the scenery often are all over the place and pistols in general have been nerfed to the point not even a headshot is a reliable way to kill someone with a silenced pistol which is the nail in the coffin on any pretense of a stealth option in tackling the levels.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on April 28, 2019, 11:09:27 am
I too am playing morrowind, and exploiting alchemy and fortify skill custom spells to bilk merchants out of all their life savings. Oh, and converting my daedric tower shields into the Telvanni equivalent of a Mk 19.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 28, 2019, 01:26:21 pm
I too am playing morrowind, and exploiting alchemy and fortify skill custom spells to bilk merchants out of all their life savings. Oh, and converting my daedric tower shields into the Telvanni equivalent of a Mk 19.

I never used alchemy, abusing corprus disease bonuses has always been more than enough for me.
Also, I abused trainers so I could always get a 5x bonus on level up, and used a few little tricks like 1 point spells to level up magic skills. I wish magic were a bit stronger in combat though, I always end up using weapons and my early attempt to play as a pure mage were mostly consisting on stabbing things with a dagger to the point that when I started to play the game seriously I made a physical-oriented character that used magic mostly for non-combat stuff.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on April 28, 2019, 02:37:48 pm
All TES games seem to suffer from magical-underscaling.  At least in Morrowind (and to a lesser extent, Oblivion), you can abuse alchemy to make your spells much stronger than possible in base spellcrafting, meaning they can actually put out damage on par with weapons in late game.  Skyrim was really, really awful for pure mage characters.... to the point that it was far better to be a "valor bard" archetype, where damage output comes from weapons while dabbling in magic utility.  Though Skyrim did away with the utterly abysmal major/minor skills and skill bonus levelling system that pretty much everyone hated due to the need to micromanage it in the earlier games.

The only thing that ever game me trouble in late-game TES was that lucky guy in the Tribunal expansion for Morrowind... having a soul-sucking life-stealing lightsaber-damage-equivalent sword did absolutely no good when confronted with that little bastard that you cannot hit.

I'm playing Rise of the Tomb Raider.  Solid followup from the first reboot, it's also quite addictive.  If anyone feels like some coop achievement hunting, I'd welcome the company.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 28, 2019, 02:54:06 pm
All TES games seem to suffer from magical-underscaling.  At least in Morrowind (and to a lesser extent, Oblivion), you can abuse alchemy to make your spells much stronger than possible in base spellcrafting, meaning they can actually put out damage on par with weapons in late game.  Skyrim was really, really awful for pure mage characters.... to the point that it was far better to be a "valor bard" archetype, where damage output comes from weapons while dabbling in magic utility.  Though Skyrim did away with the utterly abysmal major/minor skills and skill bonus levelling system that pretty much everyone hated due to the need to micromanage it in the earlier games.

The big issue is that Skyrim is the first one of these were actually had natural mana regen - in both Morrowind and Oblivion running out of mana and item charges is a constant problem for mage archetypes.

Also, if you think Mage-builds are underpowered, let me introduce to my friend, the Storm Atronarch. :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: MP-Ryan on April 28, 2019, 11:45:06 pm
Also, if you think Mage-builds are underpowered, let me introduce to my friend, the Storm Atronarch. :)

Except it is still far faster to kill things with a massively-enchanted sword than it is to wait for a summon to do it for you.  I will grant you that Conjurers are somewhat less underpowered than Destruction mages, but this is like saying my 7 year old is marginally less disadvantaged than my 5 year old in an arm wrestling contest with me :P

I never looked, but I imagine there must be a community rebalance mod out there so mages in Skyrim can manage to get even close to the damage output of conventional weapons.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on April 29, 2019, 03:01:43 am
The big issue is that Skyrim is the first one of these were actually had natural mana regen - in both Morrowind and Oblivion running out of mana and item charges is a constant problem for mage archetypes.

Also, if you think Mage-builds are underpowered, let me introduce to my friend, the Storm Atronarch. :)
Actually, Oblivion was the one that introduced permanent mana regen (well, except for those that pick that Atronach sign). But yeah, the point still stands that magic scales horribly when compared to pretty much everything else - though I am curious as to how/if they decided to deal with that in TESO.

I do remain somewhat amused that the traditional power scaling between wizards & warriors is inverted, giving us the running joke that stealth archer > warriors > mage :) (insert alchemist > everything in Morrowind).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on May 02, 2019, 03:02:07 am
Skyrim was really, really awful for pure mage characters
Okay, seriously, where do people get this idea? It's entirely possible to give yourself 100% cost reduction in any two spell schools of your choice (destruction and restoration are always popular, but I'm always fond of Invisibility), and Impact lets you stunlock just about anything (it even staggers Dragons, for ****'s sake). Honestly, if not for the lack of spellcrafting, mages in Skyrim would be at their most powerful point in the series. Hell, my mage gets more stealth kills than a rogue; Muffle + Bound Sword + Invisibility = guaranteed backstabs in perpetuity (just recast Invisibility as soon as you strike and you can even backstab the same person multiple times, so even a lack of weapon skills can't stop you from stabbing your way through a dungeon).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on May 02, 2019, 11:30:17 pm
A Humble Bundle with a whole bunch of Lego games for $12?  Sure, why the hell not.  It'll fit well with the Humongous Entertainment bundle I bought last week in the "what, are you shopping for a 5-year-old?" category.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Spoon on May 03, 2019, 07:21:48 am
Mordhau
It's so good&fun. (But has some server issues because it is more popular than the devs anticipated)

https://streamable.com/0x48c
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mordhau/comments/bjtxy2/worse_than_teabagging/
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 03, 2019, 09:42:06 am
(But has some server issues because is more popular than the devs anticipated)

Long time since this hasn't been an excuse (or, you know, result of an accident) but here it seems to be genuine.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on May 08, 2019, 06:39:02 am
Well, i have completed the Mooncrash DLC to Prey.

It have nice ideas, but has many flaws where the developers did not think through this game completely. Also it has a very low difficulty for a rogue-like game, which is actually my main issue after i have played the main game on Nightmare and get too easy during the course of the game, too.

Together with Prey: Typhon Hunter this made an impression of a proof-of-concept instead of a full developed product.

So in the end it is only an average DLC to an above-average game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on May 08, 2019, 09:52:21 pm
Prey was a fantastic game (a lot like System Shock 2) but I never played the DLC. I generally avoid games that don't let you save these days.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 09, 2019, 04:09:30 am
I genuinely didn't know that it had DLC.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on May 09, 2019, 04:31:15 am
Prey was a fantastic game (a lot like System Shock 2) but I never played the DLC.

Well, i did not like it very much, because it has a lot of flaws. Also the quest structure was very strange. I simple missed too much story dialogue because i explored it to much and so found objects you are intended to find later for the full experience.

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I generally avoid games that don't let you save these days.

Mooncrash save at every new location you enter. So you actually can pause your run and continue it later anytime. But a run does not take long anyway.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 10, 2019, 04:26:25 am
Re Prey:
Its narrative was also obcious and derrivative (says a fan-fiction writer)



Sekiro: Shadows die twice - it was inevitible.

Not just because I am a From Software-enthusiast, but also because I've been following the related accessibility debate closely.

Not far into the game but I already like it much more that Bloodborne but quite to the extend of median through Dark Souls 1-3.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 15, 2019, 05:18:01 pm
FTL: Faster Than Light

Fighting against a ship with teleporters and a cloning bay must be terrifying...

Rebel: "Sir! We've finally killed the boarders, the mantis and the rock. They got Kirby and O'Regan, but we managed to win. We're starting repairs to the weapons systems n-"
*fssthfssth*
Mantis: "I'm back, did ya miss me?!"
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 15, 2019, 05:34:34 pm
You'd like "Heat Signature", you can board a target ship and stealth it or shoot a main window killing everyone by blowing them out into the hard vacuum of deep space, you being present means you're included in the "blown into space" category.   Luckily your breaching pod can be remote piloted to pick you up before you expire, returning you to the target ship to either cash it in at your home station or rampage across the galaxy.

It also has swapper guns and teleports etc.



Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 16, 2019, 04:07:10 pm
Finished Outlaws (PC)
In a time of shooters with snarky Duke Nukems and space marines, splatter and general edgyness Lucasarts comes up with a western shooter with cartoon cutscenes that cribs a lot of stuff from Sergio Leone.
The gameplay itself is not too inspired but it has a few interesting quirks. First of all it's probably one of the oldest shooters with reloading that I can think of but since this is the old west you have to reload one cartridge at a time which has a rather funny effect on weapon balance. You get some nonconventional options like the gatling gun (infinite ammo but you aren't able to move since you set it down, not really advisable and you only get it very late in the game), dynamite (either throw it and shoot it or lit it up with your cigar using the alt fire button before throwing it) and throwing knives but it's obviously the conventional firearms that get affected: the pistol hold only 6 bullets and is almost useless at long range but it can rapidfire and is quick to reload, the rifle hold more bullets and shoots better but is slow to reload completely. Then there are three shotguns which are less practical due to the purely manual reload mechanics, a single barrel (shoot, reload, shoot, reload, etc.), double barrel (one or two shots before reloading depending on fire mode) and sawed off double barrel (same as the former but with wider spread). Basically you'll probably be switching between the rifle and the gun for 90% of the time while playing.
It uses the Dark Forces engine but with a few updates, like 3D acceleration (which means that with the packed-in Nglide of the gog version you can force higher resolutions) and mouse look with crosshair which make the "good" difficulty level easier than it should (no prize for those who guess the names of the other difficulty levels). The levels themselves can be rahter large and often involve some light puzzle elements, the only time I got stuck was in a particularly weird one in the level with the waterfall requiring some googling (hint: when you happen to use air current to land on a certain place, save before you try and when you try don't jump but just crouch, even then it might take a few attempts) and some platforming that however isn't deal breaking because it never reaches Dark Forces levels of first person platforming hell.
Still, the presentation is very peculiar for a shooter of the time, while the story is serious and gritty you can tell that animation and art style were from the same people that made Full Throttle and the music and intro credits are very much a homage to Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone (hell, even some elements of the plot seem taken from Once Upon a Time in The West).
There are single missions, but they lack that tiny bit of flair the simple plot of the main campaign laid on the not-terrible but also not-supergood gameplay.
Quite a nice diversion, as a b-list FPS it was much more pleasant than that mess of Soldier of Fortune 2.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on May 17, 2019, 10:16:39 am
Since you can buy it at 80% off from GOG this weekend I decided to take a punt on Spec Ops : The Line. Zero Punctuation named it Game of the Year back in 2012 and said that while the gameplay wasn't anything too deep the storyline was really good.

I'm past the bit where you actually get to the helicopter battle from the intro for real and I've got to say I can see why it won that award. Yeah the gameplay is just cover based shooting (which I've never been a huge fan of) but the story is definitely worth playing it for, it's not a fun story seeing as how it's basically an attempt to show the horrors of war in a video game but it's definitely got me invested in the plotline.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 17, 2019, 02:26:39 pm
Yeah I liked it, unrealistic as can be expected from a game but fun and definitively different at THAT bit.............#smokybacon
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 20, 2019, 03:21:19 am
and definitively different at THAT bit.............#smokybacon

... moral outrage aside ....

It's actually not just a single set piece that set Spec Ops - atlhough, yeah there is one pretty famous one in there, it's also very much tonally different from your standard 2000s military shooter - e.g. next to no Call of Duty-style "gun porn" - its actually and paradoxically fair to call it an anti-war game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 20, 2019, 04:02:05 am
It's called "the line", which i take as  an obvious statement on how far the individual would go (or not go) in a high stakes combat situation.
I don't view it as an anti-war game any more than apocalypse now was an anti-war movie.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on May 20, 2019, 11:15:59 am
During the recent May 4 Star Wars sale on Steam I bought the TIE Fighter special editions, which contains the original DOS version, the Collector's CD-ROM version and the Win95 remake version.
To my shame I never really played any version of it until now, since when I got a decent enough PC back then, XvT just came out and so I played that A LOT and then later XWA.
But knowing the reputation of TIE Fighter, it was on my todo list for a long time, and the Collector's CD-ROM version is said to be the best (having a SVGA flight engine while keeping the iMUSE system).

It required some fiddling with the DOSbox config to avoid CPU speed issues and to get the joystick properly working, plus I installed VirtualMIDISynth (https://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/virtualmidisynth) and a proper sound font to replace the pitiful standard MIDI synth of Windows 7.

But now I can enjoy it in its full 640x480 glory:
(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1CurSYfKUFJZaOPIEAN0G0gfirCgJGpqd)

Having played through the first battle, I can see why its praised as one of the best space sims ever... the soundtrack, the voiced briefings, the cloaked figure, everything oozes atmosphere. The gameplay is solid, basically the same as XvT/XWA with very similar controls.
And it's funny to see that for XvT they didn't remodel most ships from scratch, but instead recycled the 3d models from TIE fighter and slapped some textures on it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 20, 2019, 12:37:28 pm
Just stay sharp with some of the later missions, I don't know if it was a bug with the difficulty level I chose or DOSbox settings but a couple of them had some serious AI bugs the last time I played.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on May 20, 2019, 01:45:24 pm
It's called "the line", which i take as  an obvious statement on how far the individual would go (or not go) in a high stakes combat situation.
I don't view it as an anti-war game any more than apocalypse now was an anti-war movie.

I agree with this. I think a more accurate characterization of Spec Ops: The Line isn't that it's an anti-war game, but rather that it's an anti-Modern Military Shooter game. The focus of the game is about tearing down the power trip action hero fantasy of CoD-style videogames, and the anti-war appearance is more a result of the Modern Warfare tropes than anything else. There isn't even an actual war until the PC shows up and basically starts one--the game begins as a rescue op.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 20, 2019, 02:44:31 pm
I don't view it as an anti-war game any more than apocalypse now was an anti-war movie.

The discussion about on subject of Apocalypse Now being pro-war or anti-war is one over authorial intend (i.e. whetever what the author put into the finished product is supreme over what the audience takes away from it); Coppola himself did however state that the movie should be considered against the glorification of the Vietnam War, not against war itself. But he did not deny that an anti-war reading of the material was accurate.

It's called "the line", which i take as  an obvious statement on how far the individual would go (or not go) in a high stakes combat situation.

Which is a typical anti-war story narrative throughline and considering the ending(s) of Spec Ops: The Line -
Spoiler:
Turns out the commanding officer of the unit you were supposed to rescue has been dead for weeks. Every of his taunts over the radio was imaginary, the protagonist creating a villian in his mind as to allievate his guilt over the events as the unfolded. Meanwhile your superiors, or at least elements in your chain of command, have been coverly engaged in operations that to rather kill everyone than letting it get out that an American military unit basically turned into a totalitarian police state when left to its own devices (you known the whole buisness with the CIA stealing the water trucks).

For there it procceds depending on whetever or not you fired on civilians in previous missions and a few other triggers I don't recall, but then you have the option to either a) shoot yourself, b) surrender to the next group of US forces, c) murder the next group of US force to become the next dictator of the city. (and maybe I am forgetting something)
Anyway, the stress from the events and combat have damaged the protagonists psyche to the point on non-functionality
- I find that it comes very much down on the side of a common Consequentialist anti-war stance.

I agree with this. I think a more accurate characterization of Spec Ops: The Line isn't that it's an anti-war game, but rather that it's an anti-Modern Military Shooter game. The focus of the game is about tearing down the power trip action hero fantasy of CoD-style videogames, and the anti-war appearance is more a result of the Modern Warfare tropes than anything else. There isn't even an actual war until the PC shows up and basically starts one--the game begins as a rescue op.

Uhm actually -
Spoiler:
After the first encouners with the hostile US troops, it is revealed that they are basically operating their own little police state and oppressing the locals under the guise of controlling and rationing the essential supplies. You actually come across them during a raid on civilian housing at one point, as well as intel on the "Insurgents" that they are actually a local resistance group against the US forces, not a pre-existing terrorist group as which your team originally identifies them.



As to make adaptation of Modern Warfare-tropes a game more or less anti-war or pro-war, let is just be said that several lines of though on how to write "subversive" texts consider using the narrative motives and devices used to express the an idea in support of "authority" a valid method, e.g. by telling a fairly convential pro-war story but then denying the usual pay-offs as the story concludes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 20, 2019, 03:30:55 pm
As with any subject, the opinion held by the beholder is true to themselves ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 20, 2019, 04:15:55 pm
It's not a matter of "true", it's a matter of plausibility.

As the old saying goes: "the name of most dangerous, yet useless concept in the world is 'the Truth' "
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on May 20, 2019, 04:20:16 pm
As with any subject, the opinion held by the beholder is true to themselves ;)

I mean if Apocalypse Now isn't an anti-war movie, what is?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on May 20, 2019, 04:26:29 pm
I mean if Apocalypse Now isn't an anti-war movie, what is?

Dafur?  :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 20, 2019, 04:36:45 pm
A war movie ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 20, 2019, 05:59:18 pm
Heart of Darkness was an anti-colonialist novel that argued that the sense of superiority of the European colonial powers over the "savage" people they oppressed was only an illusion, Apocalypse Now arguably has a similar message but applied to the war in Vietnam and US imperialism.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: AdDur on May 21, 2019, 08:30:52 am
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius and Equestria at War - mod to HoI IV.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 23, 2019, 06:02:26 am
Still Sekiro...

... while I found nice spots to farm Sugars (= consumable buffs) and slowly farm XP, I am still stuck at Long-Arm Centipede Giraffe or Genichiro Ashina.

Against Genichiro, its a matter of skill, I think - as manage to go through his first stage well enough but at the second stage I am always out of healing consumables, spirit emblems and resurrections. (Before you ask, I found the lightning reversal skill)
Against Long- Arm Centipede ... I don't know.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on May 23, 2019, 08:17:26 am
I've slowed down on gaming a bit this past month, so now I'm mostly playing through Neverwinter's latest expansion, Undermountain. Which is actually keeping me quite busy.

I've got to admit I think Cryptic did a rather impressive work with it, it's essentially a soft reboot of the game that addresses a lot of long standing issues:
- outright ripping out some broken-ass stats & replacing them with others entirely (goodbye life steal, recovery, etc.)
- reworking virtually every class in the game - sometimes to a rather radical degree, and by extension properly flagging tank/dps/heal builds when queueing
- adjusting level/item scaling so that you don't roflstomp older content simply by being at the new max level
- making some dungeons & skirmishes actually require tanks & heals is refreshing
- rebalancing overpowered artifact powers
- the new campaign and areas are quite pretty and diverse, at least by Neverwinter standards
+ a bunch of other quality of life stuff here and there

Considering how disastrous the first level-bumping expansion was, I had some *serious* reservations, but the more I've been playing it, the more I like what I'm seeing. Getting rid of life-steal - and to a lesser extent recovery, was probably their boldest and wisest change due to how (if you'll forgive the pun) life-changing it is. Due to gear stat inflation, stacking these two was trivial and turned you into a perma-healing war machine that popped utlimates every 10 seconds.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 25, 2019, 02:35:21 am
Finished Red Faction (PC)
A rather nice B shooter, the geomod isn't used really that much and the protagonist is way too fragile whcih makes boos fights either frustrating or underwhelming (I ended up using rush & flamethrower on both of them hoping not to be one hit killed before getting in range).
It's a rather average game compared to what I expect from Volition, even the story is very throwaway which is kinda strange from the same people that made Freespace and Saints Row.
Funny that they recycled Ultor for Saints Row.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 28, 2019, 01:54:10 pm
More Sekiro

Managed to beat my roadblocks - spring-load axe FTW.
Now grinding the Ashina Dojo for Divine Confetti to defeat the Headless
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: DefCynodont119 on May 29, 2019, 01:17:49 pm
(Kerbal Space Program)
Hey look what I made: MTV-Styled KSP Flags!

(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/805493128608617705/A3CAEE9D48B3B85DC6DF9CFD3FA054DA03597950/)


Link:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1740101814
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 29, 2019, 01:47:57 pm
Quake 4 (PC)
After the frankly disappointing Soldier of Fortune 2 it's nice to play the kind of polished Raven Software shooter I'm used to.
It's very no frills compared to their Star Trek and Star Wars games I grew up with but it's polished to a sheen visually and the gameplay is good enough.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on May 29, 2019, 04:02:05 pm
I will always remember being Stroggified.

I am getting into some Total War Three Kingdoms, which is a really excellent Total War game so far. 
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 29, 2019, 05:14:20 pm
I'll always remember racing to get under one of the command ships (patton?  Hannibal?) landing feet.....  my laptop running win 7 is constantly black screen of deathing.    I fear for the future.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on May 29, 2019, 09:22:05 pm
Finished Red Faction (PC)
A rather nice B shooter, the geomod isn't used really that much and the protagonist is way too fragile whcih makes boos fights either frustrating or underwhelming (I ended up using rush & flamethrower on both of them hoping not to be one hit killed before getting in range).
It's a rather average game compared to what I expect from Volition, even the story is very throwaway which is kinda strange from the same people that made Freespace and Saints Row.
Funny that they recycled Ultor for Saints Row.

I never played the first two games, but liked Guerilla and Armageddon a lot. I don't recall much of a story in them but the gameplay felt fluid and it was fun to just smash everything with the geomod.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 30, 2019, 01:04:55 pm
I actually really enjoyed red faction 2.   The head villain had an More Bison quality and the story was solid ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 31, 2019, 06:15:52 am
Finished Quake IV (PC)
Not bad, if you want 7/8 hours of mostly mindless shooting this is the game for you.
The final boss went down easily with the Dark Matter Gun, there was a slightly puzzle-y thing going on in the final phase that threw me off (I tend not to expect puzzle bosses when the game is mostly straightforward) but since this game has multiple quicksave slots it wasn't frustrating like in games that use only checkpoints.

I also dabbled with the demo of Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom (PC)
It looked good in stills and on youtube but it looks delightful in person, also the game is seemingly an official Monster World/Wonder Boy installment now since there is a Pepelegoo from Monster World IV that is explicitly called such.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 02, 2019, 07:07:44 pm
I finished most of the Red Faction franchise recently.

Red Faction 1 and Guerrilla are the best games so far in the franchise, and Guerrilla wasn't necessarily to my taste. Meanwhile Red Faction 2 can go die in a fire like the outsourced garbage it is, although there are some gems in it, mostly the voice acting and some really re-memorable cut-scenes. Dunno if I want to bother with Armageddon.

Meanwhile In Super Castlevania IV, I've made it to Death. And he's a real pain in the ass. Maybe I'll beat him on the walk to work today. That or I might return to Castlevania Bloodlines, which I took a hiatus from due to the difficulty in the latter stages starting to really frustrate me.

I also picked up an English translated version of Assault Suit Valken for SNES, and so far it's kinda okay. The difficulty rams up really fast though and the controls are kind of a pain. But atleast it's not throwing the kitchen sink at me like Alien Soldier. Which I should return to at some point.


I started Monster Hunter World on PC, I'm always struck with indecision on which moveset I should main right out of the gate, last time I did Longsword. This time I'm thinking Dual Swords.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on June 03, 2019, 02:53:20 am
Finished Quake IV (PC)
Not bad, if you want 7/8 hours of mostly mindless shooting this is the game for you.
The final boss went down easily with the Dark Matter Gun, there was a slightly puzzle-y thing going on in the final phase that threw me off (I tend not to expect puzzle bosses when the game is mostly straightforward) but since this game has multiple quicksave slots it wasn't frustrating like in games that use only checkpoints.
Hehe, same here I spend like 20-30 minutes trying to shoot the thing in various straight forward ways, then when I realized there was a puzzle element to it, it went down in under a minute or so :D

Still, I agree that it was a fun - if mindless, shooter. And (appropriatly) one of the last of the old-style Quake-type 10-guns FPS.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on June 03, 2019, 08:47:15 am
I am getting into some Total War Three Kingdoms, which is a really excellent Total War game so far. 

I really want to play that (especially since I can change the language to Chinese for a more authentic experience and practice my language skills at the same time). But AFAIK the only way to get hold of it is via Steam and that's such a PITA to deal with that it's not worth it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: GhylTarvoke on June 06, 2019, 03:42:38 pm
Just finished Outer Wilds. It's a charming game about discovery, set in a child's vision of a solar system. (Distances between planets are measured in kilometers!) It would be completely ruined by spoilers, because the whole point is to discover things yourself; there's no crafting, leveling up, or item collecting. My main criticism is that it's an Epic exclusive.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on June 06, 2019, 11:08:38 pm
I've been on a cyberpunk/mecha kick lately so some Armored Core and Brigador along with a dose of Dex and Gunpoint. The latter two being very well done pixel art games. Technobabylon is also aces if you're a fan of old school point-click adventure games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 07, 2019, 07:50:56 am
Lately I have been playing Axiom Verge on my laptop.
I started mostly to try the SN30 Pro G I have finally bought after months of hesitation, feels good to finally have a decent d-pad for PC sidescrollers (seriously, the d-pad on the xbox 360 pad sucks compared to basically any other D-pad I tried, which includes a few Meda Drive controller, Gameboy Color, wii and DSi, perhpas only the d-pad on the Gamecube controller comes close and only because it tends to dig into your thumb after a while because it's way too small).
The game itself is a lot more like the first Metroid than Super even though it has a lot of quality of life stuff you still have ordinary enemies that do a LOT of damage even at the start of the game which can be quite annoying if you are just hunting for secret areas. The game is also much less straightforward than other Metroidvanias I have played, it doesn't help that I often forget to use the marker function on the map.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 08, 2019, 09:05:49 am
Axiom Verge (PC)
Is it me or this game is more difficult than most old school metroidvanias?
Even ordinary enemies take out a large chunk of health (some seem to do more damage per hit than the bosses) which can make hunting for secrets really annoying, at least when you die the game saves whatever stuff you managed to get and some of the more annoying enemies can be turned into health dispensers once you get the right weapon.

PS: if you play a lot of 2D sidescrollers on PC the 8bitDo SN30 Pro G is fantastic, way better d-pad than the xbox 360 controller, the triggers don't have analog functionality and act only as buttons but it seemingly has all the other standard Xinput functions including rumble which makes it ideal for modern sidescrollers that assume you have an xbox controller.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 09, 2019, 02:42:50 pm
Axiom verge is a bit hard.  But I found using a control took a lot of the edge off.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 14, 2019, 10:13:52 am
I dabbled a bit with the new DLL wrapper for Tie Fighter 98, now it allows to force LOD and textures to the max possible resolution like it did in X-wing vs Tie Fighter so now the game looks much better with only the bigger objects looking a bit smeared (it also has a Xinput joystick emulation for those that want to use a modern gamepad). If I manage to deal with Axiom Verge and Bloodstained manages to be awful I'm probably going to start a new playthrough on medium (played it on easy at the time) just for the hell of it and to see if some mission bugs have been corrected in the passage from DOS to Windows.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 14, 2019, 08:56:16 pm
I dabbled a bit with the new DLL wrapper for Tie Fighter 98, now it allows to force LOD and textures to the max possible resolution like it did in X-wing vs Tie Fighter so now the game looks much better with only the bigger objects looking a bit smeared (it also has a Xinput joystick emulation for those that want to use a modern gamepad).

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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on June 15, 2019, 09:15:40 pm
I have been playing Bioshock Infinite. The Columbia setting is very unique and I like how it's not afraid to address sensitive topics. The ending is cool but the last few levels are incongruous with the rest of the game. I wish they had just developed the world of Columbia and the key characters in more depth instead of doing all the alternate universe stuff. The game itself feels like a generic FPS, with a linear, checkpoint-only structure and with most of the character building and choices from the older games stripped out. The Burial at Sea DLCs have great level design and gameplay and I found them a lot more fun to play, but the story makes no sense and is full of contradictions with the main game and Bioshock 1/2. The alternate universes make everything that happens feel inconsequential, since there is always another reality where it didn't happen. I still liked it overall, but would rate it lower than Bioshock 1/2.

Spoiler:
It's supposed to be a big revelation that Booker is Comstock, but it doesn't really mean anything to "be" someone else in this universe, as opposed to not being that person. He has no memories or any of the same ideology as Comstock, and could just as well be anyone else in a different universe. I also didn't like how the DLC retcons Daisy Fitzroy and one of the more thought provoking aspects of the main game, how the Vox Populi and oppressed races become just as bad as the whites after they are set free.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 16, 2019, 02:11:49 am
The ending is cool but the last few levels are incongruous with the rest of the game.

That's actually the game trying to make the ending hit you with additional effect. It's basically going "look left, look up, look down, look right," and then hits you with a left hook. If you replay the game you actually can see how comitted the game is to its own shell game (e.g. every time the Lutece twins appear).

Spoiler:
Actually there is continuity between Comstock and Booker, but is not in their actions but in their character. Both are on a path to self-destruction, and willing to take the whole world with them.

Comstock "killed" himself by being baptised and changing his name. However you can see that his self-erradication was incomplete he tries to re-write his own history through the culture of Columbia, and since the world will always push back against his spin it eventually has to burn.

The Booker(s) you play self-destructed through alcoholism and gambling - which lead to them selling Elizabeth. As you play you are re-writing your history through what is presented as penance by proxy ("Bring us the girl. Wipe away the dept"). On the path to attain your "indulgence" however you uncaringly set the world on fire.

In the end however Elizabeth then turns around and tells you that the forgiveness Booker seeks is unattainable - re-writing the events is not possible through the path either Comstock ("controlling the narrative") or Booker ("indulgence from a proxy") employ BECAUSE neither of them changes the character of Booker/Comstock - it's just actions and words but the man underneath doesn't change.

And that's why the collective of Elizabeths had to kill Booker in a point in time before his "original sin" (the begin of his selfdestructive spiral in both time lines) to change it - knowing the Booker is unable to change.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on June 16, 2019, 12:04:34 pm
Spoiler:
My issue is that the shell game and "fake" world would be much more interesting and original than the "real" world, if they had been presented as the real world all along. As it is, you run into lots of contradictions if you think about it too much. If Booker/Comstock died early on, then Elizabeth (any of them) was either never born or never went through a tear, and the whole game never happened. For that matter, why can't Booker and Elizabeth be the same person too? In the DLC, she has become a lot like Booker herself with the same "vengeance at all costs" attitude, and eventually dies at the end (twice in fact). Also, why is Sally significant in any way, and is she yet another version of Elizabeth? It's also strange that Booker seems to be the same age, even though Rapture takes place 50 years later (maybe Elizabeth could just open a tear into the future, but he cannot). This is the problem with alternate universes. You can justify anything happening or not happening, so it all feels meaningless.

Apparently the game had a troubled development cycle and many things were added and cut out from the story to put together a released product, and it shows.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on June 16, 2019, 06:30:29 pm
On the issue of all the timey-wimey stuff works, follow the scenes with Lutece Twins and the backstory surrouding them:
Spoiler:
The first time you meet them right after arriving in Columbia - they ask Booker to guess on the result of a choin toss, after you did and the coin came up heads(?) they turn around walking away bantering about probalibity and you can acutally see a score of that coin toss experiement, which is like 100 to 1.

The second time is when the approach Elizabeth and gift her one of two broches, which you have to pick. The choice appears to loaded with symbolism but is ultimately inconsequenctial.

Both scenes confirm that the game is runing on version of a deterministic cosmology, despite having a multiverse ("There is always a lighthouse" or something like that). However, as said before, determinism is not one of action and word but only concerns character traits and subsquent patterns of behavior of principal characters. The situations way vary when making the side-ways steps through universes but the people are always the same.

As for the temporal sequence:
When you examine the Luteces' lab you get backstory of how they are actually two of them - as originally there was only one but in the investigation of Elizabeth's power (which only exists because she doesn't belong into the universe she is in - "The univese doesn't like it if you mix it's [something]"). In order to explore the mechanics of that ability Lutece made contact with an alternate version of herself, which happened to male. However because their experiments were sabotaged they both got "removed" from original universes, and stand apart from normal conceptions of time and space. Which is also why they seeming only ever interact with Booker and Elizabeth during the game.

Their removal from a "normal" space-time-framework is a fact which you can find them debating as they appear to be digging (up) their own graves in the Columbia Cemetary - which at the time appears kinda non-sensical as they are debating the finer points of grammatically expressing their situation, i.e. in which tense to express their observations of what "now" for the player.

With that in mind you can actually see that continuum of the Elizabeths might actually be in same situation as the Luteces by the end of the game - that's also what explains their sudden insight into their situation. And if you look closely at the end, the Elizabeths don't blink out of existence at the same time but individually. To me that always suggested that basically all Elizabeth's are becoming a single transcendant entity, but there is also the interpretation that they just disperse like a normal crowd, but across universes and not across space in one.

re Who are the "real" Elizabeth and Booker:
Spoiler:
Through the application of multiverse theory here all versions of Booker and Elizabeth are real in their own context. There is no "true" singular timeline or universe but all variations are equally real. The determinism the game establishes as a rule doesn't change that, as the fixed qualites are content of everyone's characters not their actions or statements: All vairations of Booker/Comstock act out the same patterns of behavior because despite variations in the situation, they are the same people.

Now that opens up a big questions regarding when actually said content of character was fixed - as the game in its text doesn't provide an answer, as the continuum of Elizabeths chooses the point in time to kill Booker/Comstock through a consequentialist method - going only so far back as to eliminate all possible timelines in which Booker/Comstock and any Elizabeth would interact - rather than making a decision on principle that e.g. would required them to prevent Booker/Comstock even being born.
But then again - the story is self-contained and internally consistent without resolving that question.

As for Burial at Sea, re Sally:
Spoiler:
Sally is that universes version of Booker's penance by proxy, that timelines "Bring us the girl, wipe away the debt." - it's basically how that Elizabeth confirms that Rapture-Booker is actually a Booker.
That he takes that case and how Episode 1 plays out affirms that that Booker is just like Comstock and the Booker that rescues Elizabeth in Columbia - and his escape to Rapture, a consequence-free, non-judgemental envoirment, did nothing to change that - actually it highly consistent with how Comstock/Booker try to live a world in which they are not accountable for their own past actions.

re Rapture-Elizabeth: (Tinfoil Hat Level of speculation incoming)
Spoiler:
Note that Episode 2 never confirms a timeline for or affirms the reality of the scenes in Paris - that the Paris scene immideatly descents into nightmare suggests that it is some kind of fantasy or dream.

As such it is unclear if the Elizabeth that tracks Booker to Rapture comes from a time after the continuum of Elizabeths "attains transcendence". It may very well be that she is version of Elizabeth that was never rescued by a Booker (her tear powers however suggest that she was sold to a Comstock and transfered across dimensions), but then through her powers learnt that this had/would happen to another Elizabeth but not to her. This would also explain why she is so resentful of Rapture-Booker (because see above).

And also, to re-interate the point about "multiverse but with determinism" the transplantation of all character to Rapture and into what are decades into their own future, is actually inconsequential - Booker will be Booker regardless of situation because his character is the fixed quantity.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on June 20, 2019, 02:29:13 pm
Started Breath of the Wild. See you in a few hundred hours.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on June 20, 2019, 03:32:42 pm
how the Vox Populi and oppressed races become just as bad as the whites after they are set free

I get what you're going for here but there's a reason everybody's reaction to it in game was pretty much 'yikes'.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on June 22, 2019, 02:58:51 am
I am playing Jeanne D'Arc for a few days now.

It is actually quite good. Even it is about Demons possessing English troops, it is surprisingly historical accurate. So you learn something about history in the end.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on June 22, 2019, 09:20:15 am
I've picked up playing HAWX 2 (PC) again. I'm have a blast, but it is irritating that I have to re-bind some of the joystick buttons every time I play.

I've heard that the original is even better, but I have only found it in two places, and don't want to pay $10 without at least trying it.  Anyone here have any experience with it?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 22, 2019, 11:14:32 am
Not me, but you could watch a let's play :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on June 23, 2019, 04:11:05 am
I took a break from Red Rising 2: Vietnam due to encountering infuriating faction imbalance on the new map Demilitarised Zone. Imagine that, making a map where if the US is defending the initial objective -a giant hill with good visibility- they have an absurd advantage due to having superior firepower. Because duh, they're the US. Not to mention the defenders get an unfair advantage due to being able to cross 'no man's land', an area the attackers can't venture into without capturing the local point first, that gives the defenders a great vantage point to flank the attackers with the little cover they do get.


So I started playing Monster Hunter World again. I invited a friend to play, and he as a Purist didn't really enjoy it. Which is fair. The game's roster of monsters is fairly sparse. The older Title's were on the same engine, with the easy option of reusing the older models. The fact that World is a 'GAAS' title means that they'll add more content to it, with the upcoming Iceborne. (Which I forgot to get a Beta code for).

It's a pretty good entry point for beginners however, the movement is the smoothest it's ever been, whetstones are infinite now, the tracking system etc. I'd recommend it. Unless you're easily infuriated with grind.


I finally bought Age of Empires 2 HD. The first multiplayer match I played had my random team mate use his Siege engines to destroy all my mines and replace mine with his. :lol:
But it's as good as I remember it being.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 23, 2019, 09:58:43 am
Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night (PC)
Surprisingly problem-free PC port (got it on GOG).
I think I might have ended up being a tad overleveled from all the sidequests and secrets I've been hunting down because the last few ones have been easier than expected (I just got past the boss that gives you the transporter light beam) also the Not-Medusa-Head familiar has been extremely helpful.
I also suspect that the alchemist canned comments when you talk to him might vary depending on the real time hour and in general there are quite a lot of little details here and there like different death animations for some enemies depending on the weapon you used for the killing blow.
It is visibly an alternate timeline from Curse of The Moon though the characters from the 2D game seem to be all there including the protagonist of Curse, Zangetsu.
Gameplay-wise is very much like one of the Sorrow games (Aria of Sorrow for GBA and Dawn of Sorrow for DS) only with SOTN production values and without the DS gimmicks of DoS with some additions like a crafting system, which is a good thing as the Metroidvania by IGA on GBA and DS ironed out a few of the kinks SOTN still had like the tendency to drop power ups needed to complete the game without telling you how they worked.

I dabbled a bit with the new DLL wrapper for Tie Fighter 98, now it allows to force LOD and textures to the max possible resolution like it did in X-wing vs Tie Fighter so now the game looks much better with only the bigger objects looking a bit smeared (it also has a Xinput joystick emulation for those that want to use a modern gamepad).

0.0 Tell me more.
The old DLL wrapper didn't override the game settings for LOD and mipmap because it was made with XvT and XWA in mind, differently from them the TF remake didn't have full graphics options so even with the forced rendering resolution everything appeared on default settings which are rather low making textures appear more smeared than they should.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TheBigCore on June 27, 2019, 07:15:06 pm
Unreal Tournament '99
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 01, 2019, 08:21:09 pm
Eh, this thread is close enough...

Today's Jimquisition was really good, and I think very important.

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Post by: DefCynodont119 on July 02, 2019, 02:11:08 am
Dang, the part with the testimonials was sad.

. . .

Also, that CEO's little "presentation",  :beamz:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 02, 2019, 03:11:09 pm
Finished Axiom Verge (PC)
This is the kind of game that while more or less good has also some irritating bits that knock it down a notch.
First of all the world design is not very intuitive and to compensate the game often locks you inside a certain area until you got the power up necessary to proceed, so no backtracking to find some extra upgrades in case the obligatory boss battle to get it is a little too tough for you. And the backtracking itself is made rather irritating because of the fact that even in the endgame you just aren't as powerful compared to other Metroidvanias, you never get to be Samus Aran with the screw attack and some enemies are a pain in the ass to dispose of before you can try and search a room for secrets.
I finished the game with 75% upgrades and 90% of the map and while there is an extra epilogue for 100% completion I don't know if I have the patience to try. Especially considered that the last area is full of enemies that are hard to kill and hit really hard so backtracking from the last save stations is going to be a pain I don't look forward to.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Iain Baker on July 06, 2019, 01:40:01 pm
A heavily modded S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost Alpha Developer's Cut 1.4007 https://www.moddb.com/mods/lost-alpha  (https://www.moddb.com/mods/lost-alpha)

Its free and bloody amazing if you like that sort of thing :-)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on July 07, 2019, 01:05:10 am
Project Nimbus got a big graphics and tweak overhaul for PC: which if you haven't played, you absolutely should if you are a fan of Mecha, Freespace, or Ace Combat.

It's got a lot of heart for a little indie game, and it's comparable in tone and feel to Wings of Dawn, if it were Gundam and not a harem game. :P
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 07, 2019, 07:08:21 pm
Breath of the Wild is swiftly working its way up my list of favorite games of all time.  The world Nintendo created is simply incredible, and I keep stumbling across new things to do at pretty much every location I wander into.  (Over 50 hours in and I don't even have a tenth of the Korok Seeds.)  I think the real brilliance of its design is that a few basic mechanical choices lead to all sorts of fun emergent gameplay.  And the story is about as dark as I've seen from a mainline Nintendo title: a truly broken post-apocalyptic world, and flashbacks to a Zelda who's having a legitimate existential crisis.  Crazy.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TechnoD11 on July 07, 2019, 09:39:29 pm
Breath of the Wild is swiftly working its way up my list of favorite games of all time.  The world Nintendo created is simply incredible, and I keep stumbling across new things to do at pretty much every location I wander into.  (Over 50 hours in and I don't even have a tenth of the Korok Seeds.)  I think the real brilliance of its design is that a few basic mechanical choices lead to all sorts of fun emergent gameplay.  And the story is about as dark as I've seen from a mainline Nintendo title: a truly broken post-apocalyptic world, and flashbacks to a Zelda who's having a legitimate existential crisis.  Crazy.

I've never in my life owned a game console of any kind but the more I hear about this game the more I think I need to fork over some of my precious uni dollars for a switch just for this.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 07, 2019, 09:42:27 pm
Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night (PC) has become the fourth game I got all the achievements for which is saying something.

Also went on with the training missions in TIE Fighter 98.
Got the gold medal for the TIE Fighter, the bronze medal for the TIE Bomber and both flight patches. I'll probably start the campaign as soon as I finish with the Bomber and do the TIE Interceptor flight training and combat training when I first get to fly one in the campaign.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 08, 2019, 07:19:50 am
Dipped into the shallow shallow depths of Detroit: become human (as it's free on PlayStation plus this month).


It's exactly what I expected  :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on July 15, 2019, 05:38:09 pm
I am fighting my way through Bang! Gunship Elite, a forgotten space game from 2000, on Hard Difficulty for my YouTube channel.

Well, so far this difficulty can stand up its name. I am in mission 4 of 19 only and it is indeed very challenging already.
In this mission i have to protect a convoy on its way to a station and i am being overwhelmed with my two wingmen by countless enemies.


It is a not very good game in terms of the Space Combat genre actually. But i have the impression, that this one does not want to be one after all.
The whole gameplay has more in common with the Shmup genre, only it is in First Person in a free flyable area and that there are mission objectives instead of Bosses.
For a shmup it is atleast a very interesting entry, that added some things from the space combat genre. So it wanted to make things different.

It is also an obscure entry, as it was already fully developed and localized in English, French, Spanish, Italian and German. But it was only released in USA in English for PC and Dreamcast. The german language version on PC was released only through a gaming magazine over one year later.
The other language versions were unreleased as far as i know... maybe because Red Storm Entertainment, which were the publisher of this game, were bought by Ubisoft in the same year.
Very hard for the french developers, as it was their native language version never released  :o

Interestingly, the Dreamcast Disc has some files that refers to a japanese version as well, also it has some files that refer to exclusive gameplay options for the Naomi 2 system. Even they does not seem to be fully implemented in this version, as the normal game is loaded with a Naomi emulator.

But maybe there were at least plans to make an Arcade version of this game later, too
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on July 15, 2019, 07:21:01 pm
OMGoodness I had forgotten about Bang!  I played the snot out of the demo, but sadly I never bought the full game.  I may need to start searching tonight.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on July 20, 2019, 01:17:30 am
AC: Unity and We. The Revolution. - because I am writing a paper on them. Being a historian is fun.  :D

Destiny 2 - because someone of from "that Axis-raid" gifted me a Shadowkeep-preorder. Unsuprised to see that Bungie introduced new "smash the board"-weapon for Gambit (Truth and Beloved) :rolleyes:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 25, 2019, 03:18:22 pm
I've dipped my toes into Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom (PC) before my shift started. Fortunately the price for PC is lower than the console version so I could fit it into my budget. I've made it to the first checkpoint after the end of the demo. Sprite animation during the various microcutscenes is really detailed considered they aren't pre-rendered (in comparison the animations in Wayforward's remake of Ducktales while they did their job looked way less elaborate) and I still died a couple of times before beating the first boss (which means I needed the power-ups dropped by the little dragon after the second failed attempt). Still, the game has a sort of combo attack in addition to the normal slash usually found in Wonderboy/Monster World games like The Dragon's Trap and magic seems to be used also for navigating the environment instead of just being another tool for combat like in most of the other games in the series.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on July 29, 2019, 10:59:37 am
Finished the main campaign of TIE Fighter, leaving the expansion for another time (the TIE Defender is just silly).

Now I'm about to close another gaming gap from the 90s: Schleichfahrt (aka Archimedean Dynasty)
I remember playing the demo back in the day (must have been in 1996) and in my memory I have filed this as a sprite-based shooter à la Wing Commander and forgot about it completely. Having stumbled upon it recently, I found that my memory was wrong, it has a complete 3d engine with fully textured polygons (even a Glide patch was released later).

(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1uyrYU2hn1Axrx7ijIxIiYV15jpMsv8lT)
(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1Est9VsJYkIfpQkekoabQnjHtKEPVJXjO)

The setting reminds me of a darker version of seaQuest 2032. Mankind was forced to flee the radioactive wastelands of the surface down into the sea. The newly formed factions continue their wars with fighter submarines, while rumours speak of mysterious attacks of death black ships.
You play as a mercenary, taking on missions for cash, which you use to upgrade/repair your ship. It's sort of like WC Privateer without the trading aspect.
What I also was not aware of, is how much of the game revolves around visiting different places and talking to people to get side missions or to advance the story. All the locations are represented as separate main screens (with animated bits like a FS main hall) where you can visit sub-locations which open as small windows. Everything has its little animations and ambient sounds, you can see that a lot of effort/polish must have gone into that part. Talking to people happens in simple text boxes where you can select from different dialogue choices, with he pre-rendered cut-scenes sprinkled in to advance the main story. Nothing revolutionary here, but I still find it amazing how effective at world building the combination of it all is, when it's done so well like in this game.

(https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1dHPjOkh2MlAODZu8yxPjAWdmI2wXK96o)

Overall, in case you never played it, I highly recommend it. It's on GOG for ~6$.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 29, 2019, 01:21:09 pm
Finished the main campaign of TIE Fighter, leaving the expansion for another time (the TIE Defender is just silly).
Sir, I dare you to repeat just that.
It's not the Tie Defender that's silly, it's actually the Missile Boat with a tractor beam.

PS: though seriously I feel the game does a good job counterbalancing the T/D and MiS power by pitting you against odds just as ridiculous as the ship you are flying.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on July 29, 2019, 01:33:48 pm
Finished the main campaign of TIE Fighter, leaving the expansion for another time (the TIE Defender is just silly).
Sir, I dare you to repeat just that.
It's not the Tie Defender that's silly, it's actually the Missile Boat with a tractor beam.

PS: though seriously I feel the game does a good job counterbalancing the T/D and MiS power by pitting you against odds just as ridiculous as the ship you are flying.

Well, I just played a bit with the T/D, I haven't really tried the missile boat yet. It's probably even more silly.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 29, 2019, 02:04:44 pm
Finished the main campaign of TIE Fighter, leaving the expansion for another time (the TIE Defender is just silly).
Sir, I dare you to repeat just that.
It's not the Tie Defender that's silly, it's actually the Missile Boat with a tractor beam.

PS: though seriously I feel the game does a good job counterbalancing the T/D and MiS power by pitting you against odds just as ridiculous as the ship you are flying.

Well, I just played a bit with the T/D, I haven't really tried the missile boat yet. It's probably even more silly.

It's slower (more or less as fast as an A-wing, the SLAM system doesn't really do that much once you are in a fight) but 40 advanced concussion missiles with a tractor beam whatever other secondary load you have make it a stupidly effective dogfighter, at least with the Tie Defender you need to aim after you run out of missiles (I've never found it that different from the T/A), with the MiS I don't remember ever running out.
But then again the missions with a T/D or MiS usually are the kind that would normally require you to be in two places at once with any other fighter (especially if you want to at least complete the secondary objectives), even the Combat Chamber missions tend to be on the ludicrous side when it comes to the odds you are facing in those things.
Of course there are also still plenty of missions with the other fighters in the expansions, the MiS even gets mothballed at a certain point precisely because it's too powerful and renegade imperials kept stealing it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on July 30, 2019, 03:25:29 pm
...Tie Defender you need to aim after you run out of missiles (I've never found it that different from the T/A)

The T/D is quite a bit beefier than the T/A. It's faster, has double the shield rating, seems to always have a beam system equipped plus it has a pair of ion cannons (which become really silly in XWA, where you can link laser and ion cannons). I usually don't use the beam system, so I drop its recharge rate to zero, set laser recharge to 100% and shields at 50%. That way it still cruises around at 156 MGTL, which makes it basically untouchable in dogfights while I manually transfer energy from cannons to shields if necessary.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 30, 2019, 03:51:37 pm
...Tie Defender you need to aim after you run out of missiles (I've never found it that different from the T/A)

The T/D is quite a bit beefier than the T/A. It's faster, has double the shield rating, seems to always have a beam system equipped plus it has a pair of ion cannons (which become really silly in XWA, where you can link laser and ion cannons). I usually don't use the beam system, so I drop its recharge rate to zero, set laser recharge to 100% and shields at 50%. That way it still cruises around at 156 MGTL, which makes it basically untouchable in dogfights while I manually transfer energy from cannons to shields if necessary.
The T/A is only more frail and doesn't have ion cannos as real disadvantages because it's already ludicrously fast with a good warhead load and it often comes with a beam weapon too. I stopped using beam systems like that once I understood clearly what they were for, it's much easier to clear ludicrous numbers of fighters while actually using the tractor beam rather than using it as extra charges (especially when playing on medium and up).
In XWA the Defender is a non-issue since it can't be flown in the campaign, I get it might be a bit too much for multiplayer skirmishes but I maintain Tie Fighter's single player campaign does a good job of counterbalancing it with a fiendish mission design whenever you get assigned the T/D and by also giving you plenty of missions with the earlier crafts.
Especially on Medium the AI tends to get really slippery so a tractor beam is almost a necessity to clear the mobs of enemy fighters without losing too much time.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 09, 2019, 10:42:00 am
Finished Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom (PC)
The only real problem is that it is on the whole more difficult than all the classic Wonder Boy/Monster World games I have played except the ones that debuted in the arcades (Monster Lair, Monster Land and the first Wonder Boy) which is really odd since this is very much in the vein of The Dragon's Trap for SMS and Monster World III and IV for Mega Drive which were relatively relaxed games (the difficulty still spiked a bit towards the end but only then usually). In particular the ending is an example of what I call "last dungeon fatigue" not unlike most Zelda games: you get more difficult puzzles but also enemies and obstacles that can take a huge chunk of health from you which usually means that if you don't have good reflexes any train of thought you might have is bound to get interrupted often and had to look up a guide for a few situations because goddamit you can't have a puzzle boss that kills you in a couple of hits in certain phases and make all the cutscenes during the boss fight unskippable (they weren't in the rest of the game, I didn't mind retrying a boss precisely because I could just press start twice to skip any cutscenes before or during the fight). The last secret also requires knowledge of the Morse code for some reason.
Still I did have a lot of fun for 90% of the game and the animated ending cutscene is suitably spectacular, also the stinger (which apparently you can get only if you do 100% completion before the final boss like I did) might hint at something interesting if they ever do a sequel.
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Post by: manwiththemachinegun on August 09, 2019, 11:28:39 am
Metal Wolf Chaos just released for all platforms, are you a bad enough dude to be the President?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on August 11, 2019, 08:48:18 am
Finished Schleichfahrt. The last couple of missions were seriously hard, mostly only because of the biont bombers. Those suckers can go and die in a fire. Think of a slighty smaller SC Cain where all turrets are Kaysers and have the "same turret cooldown" flag. Oh and they move at the same speed as your fighter... **** them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on August 14, 2019, 09:15:18 am
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw (PC)
My HOTAS works very well in this, while some functions remain contextual like the Autopilot/tractor beam key the game gives the option to skip the radial menu for a lot of stuff if you have enough buttons on your control device(s), I'll probably tweak a few thing here and there down the line.
I'm playing it at old school difficulty (well, technically it's only the mode with the worst starting equipment and every kind of gameplay help disabled, the game itself reamins the same) and so far I haven't died yet, there was plenty of time I've bitten more than I could chew but the first thing I bought was the afterburner and this game allows to allocate all power to the engines and to dump laser energy to shields (Privateer didn't allow that as it played a lot like the original Wing Commander) which means I could always get away with only a few scratches when I got overwhelmed.
I'm avoiding combat missions for now until I get better reactor and shields, and possibly better weapons. My two combat lasers have been useful with pirates met during very low risk missions but almost useless to deal with the random ambushes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on August 14, 2019, 06:52:14 pm
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw (PC)
My HOTAS works very well in this, while some functions remain contextual like the Autopilot/tractor beam key the game gives the option to skip the radial menu for a lot of stuff if you have enough buttons on your control device(s), I'll probably tweak a few thing here and there down the line.
I'm playing it at old school difficulty (well, technically it's only the mode with the worst starting equipment and every kind of gameplay help disabled, the game itself reamins the same) and so far I haven't died yet, there was plenty of time I've bitten more than I could chew but the first thing I bought was the afterburner and this game allows to allocate all power to the engines and to dump laser energy to shields (Privateer didn't allow that as it played a lot like the original Wing Commander) which means I could always get away with only a few scratches when I got overwhelmed.
I'm avoiding combat missions for now until I get better reactor and shields, and possibly better weapons. My two combat lasers have been useful with pirates met during very low risk missions but almost useless to deal with the random ambushes.

I'll be following your updates here!  I am considering getting this game, even though I have not paid more than $20 for a game since I realized that I had dumped $110 into Battlefield 3 & all its DLC.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on August 17, 2019, 09:50:50 am
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
Now I have a Sonora, I upgraded my weapons from long range Gauss cannons (which were overpowered for Texas but a bit underpowered outside it) to shorter range but more deadly and less energy-consuming autocannons. The autocannons are projectile weapons so they consume basically zero energy but the reload times are annoying.
I also bought an IMREC missile launcher and while ordnance is costly it saved my life a couple of times (missiles do a LOT of damage).
I'm not sure how useful the single turret is as it's limited to lower tier weapons for now and those seem to barely scratch most enemies outside of Texas.
I heard on the group you can buy a station in the Eureka system that grants a few goodies once upgraded, I should probably check it out before going on with the story as the latest story mission while not impossible had odds that I didn't like one bit and only scraped by with missiles and by asking Richter Brust to help.
There have been a couple of optional quest, I did one by the aforementioned Richter Brust (the idiot that you have to help in the first story missions) and I have one still active by the guy in Nevada that gave me the starting ship.
I don't appreciate not being able to use the warp portals until all hostiles have been dealt with, though I'm not usre if they have to be in a certain range to be able to inhibit hyperspace capabilities, but of course you can still run away and try later at least.
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Post by: deathspeed on August 17, 2019, 12:02:50 pm
I watched the "Getting Started" video, and after that and your updates I think I am going to break down and buy it today instead of waiting months for a price drop or sale.
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Post by: Mammothtank on August 19, 2019, 12:13:27 am
I've gotten almost halfway through Chroma Squad. A quirky sentai parody. Has just enough tactical depth, and mechanics to put some thought to your actions. Shame it doesn't have more decisions to make in the story, and I did find some of the gameplay aspects lacking. Pretty funny though. And the Soundtrack. is. Amazing!

Also, I've decided that I'm going to play through all the other Story Ending's in Fallout; New Vegas. But before that I'm going to finally beat Dracula in Super Castlevania.



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Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 19, 2019, 06:51:23 am
Also, I've decided that I'm going to play through all the other Story Ending's in Fallout; New Vegas.

What would you "define" Stroy Ending there? - Every possible combination of the end game slide show or just every faction victory?
Spoiler:
e.g. do you consider a Legion victory under Caesar as the same as a Legion victory under Lanius?

EDIT: misused quotation marks preserved for eternity  :banghead:
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Post by: Mammothtank on August 19, 2019, 07:04:40 pm
Also, I've decided that I'm going to play through all the other Story Ending's in Fallout; New Vegas.

What would you "define" Stroy Ending there? - Every possible combination of the end game slide show or just every faction victory?
Spoiler:
e.g. do you consider a Legion victory under Caesar as the same as a Legion victory under Lanius?

Faction Victory.
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on August 20, 2019, 12:54:57 am
Fashion victory.
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Post by: Mammothtank on August 20, 2019, 05:26:47 am
Already achieved.

[attachment eaten by a Shivan]
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Post by: Det. Bullock on August 20, 2019, 11:23:13 am
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw (PC)
Since I wanted to do some big cargo runs I decided to buy the Big Ass Truck (I never seem to remember the proper name of the thing). Gun placement is weirder than expected (it has 4 gun hardpoints but one is distant enough from the others you might as well have 3) but the second turret is more useful than expected. While a mass driver turret doesn't do much damage it is certainly useful to keep the target from recharging their shields too fast while I try to bring the weapons to bear, though I'll probably try mining laser turrets as they seem to be basically hitscan even if they theoretically aren't as good they should be more difficult to evade.
Also now with two missile hardpoints I have a wopping 28 IMREC missiles with the special launchers unlocked through the Eureka station sidequest.
I have already unlocked the best armor available and class 3 powerplant and shields and aim at class 4 everything.
In general it's much more viable in combat than it looks at least when it comes to ambushes and occasional distress signals.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 10, 2019, 04:06:30 pm
You know how, in some games you finally get that one ability or weapon that is just completely overpowering, like the Super Gravity Gun from Half Life 2, or the Hyper Beam in Super Metroid, and you know that one of two things is going to happen? Either you get to cut through baddies and obstacles like butter to really make you feel cool, or the game is going to throw something new and horrible at you to even tax your new abilities...

Anyway, I just finished "Celeste". It's a really great platformer with nice sprite graphics, and super pretty cutscenes. The gameplay is excellent, always giving you new and interesting challenges and lots of options. And the music is excellent!

Play it if you get the chance.

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Post by: deathspeed on September 11, 2019, 07:19:50 pm
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw - I just picked up my first new ship, a Sonora freighter.  I still have not strayed much from the Texas system, other than doing specific cargo runs, but after a few more upgrades I might start straying farther from "home". 

Having a blast with this!  First time since Battlefield 3 that I paid more than $20 for a game, and no regrets whatsoever.
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Post by: Turambar on September 11, 2019, 11:21:53 pm
Once you get enough afterburner that you can decide combat is over and you'd like to leave, the game becomes much nicer.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on September 12, 2019, 10:51:58 am
Yeah, in general running away is always an option, even with slower ships like the Durston.
I kept the starting afterburner for a while since it has basically no power draw but I now got the one with better accelleration and max speed to see how it performs. Unfortunately I haven't had time to play since then. :(
Also the Coyote with a mix of Photon (2) and Autocannons (4) seems to be ideal for most fights, basically no power draw and heavily shielded enemies in some story missions are much less of an issue.
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Post by: deathspeed on September 12, 2019, 08:43:01 pm
I do a LOT of this as I venture away from Texas:

(http://giphygifs.s3.amazonaws.com/media/e1Lv6Gvd8bFFC/giphy.gif)
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on September 15, 2019, 04:18:37 pm
... So there I was, just narrowly escaped disaster, crash-landed(?) on an alien world.

In every direction, as far as I could see, ocean. Except for to the west, that was where the smoking hulk of the starship came to rest.

And here I am, completely alone. Above: nothing. Below: darkness and monsters from my nightmares...


I just finished Subnautica, and I would say it's easily the best exploration game I've ever played.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 16, 2019, 12:51:43 am
The cyclops is my home from home....was, my home from home until it became my tomb.

(fire extinguishers are mandatory not recommended equipment 😂😂)
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Post by: Col. Fishguts on September 17, 2019, 05:18:52 am
I just finished Subnautica, and I would say it's easily the best exploration game I've ever played.

Same. For me it was the best single player experience I had in the last couple of years. Looking forward to the arctic expansion next year.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 24, 2019, 08:08:20 am
Following the fact that my potential Borderlands 3 coop partner has gone for a PC version, I pulled the trigger on a Epic Game Store Account and am now going to play Metro Exodus (as soon as I have wrapped work on at least one of my FS2 Anniversary projects).
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Post by: Det. Bullock on September 24, 2019, 11:46:09 am
I do a LOT of this as I venture away from Texas:

(http://giphygifs.s3.amazonaws.com/media/e1Lv6Gvd8bFFC/giphy.gif)

Yep, I did that a lot of that too until I got the Coyote (well, I still do when I just want to get from A to B and none of the "gaggle of ****heads" has a bounty), and it's a surprisingly reliable strategy even in the slowpoke Durston (though it can hold its own surprisingly well, just don't do mercenary missions with it but it can deal with almost any pirate ambush if fully kitted out) with the basic afterburner if you remember to dump all the energy to engines and have a good powerplant/shields combo.
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Post by: Colt on September 24, 2019, 02:44:37 pm
A little bit late, but on Sunday I played the Modern Warfare beta for a few hours, and oh boy did it feel good. It reminded me of of the fun I had with Black Ops 2 (Ghosts just wasn't fun, I stopped with the series after that). Definitely a breath of fresh air that CoD needed.

However, 80$ is a bit too much for my spending taste, so probably going to wait for it to go on sale in the future (unless more Stellaris DLC comes out :p).
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on November 06, 2019, 04:01:30 pm
:bump:

Juggling mainly between Forza Horizon 4, Forza Street, Asphalt 8: Airborne and OpenRCT2 on my PC.
Mainly playing Legendary: Game of Heroes on my phone, with occasional drop-ins to Dashy Crashy, Egg, Inc., Pokemon GO and BitCity.
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Post by: Goober5000 on November 11, 2019, 04:53:41 pm
Return Fire (https://www.mobygames.com/game/return-fire).  Oldie but very goodie.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on November 11, 2019, 09:22:38 pm
Finished Spyro Reignited Trilogy (PC) bonus levels, achievements and all but the skill pointd of 2 and 3 because sure as hell I won’t ever repeat those races and skate board stages more times than I have to.

Also I played a free game on Steam: Princess Remedy in a Wolrd of Hurt.
A very short game that wouldn’t have been out of place on a Gameboy, it’s an overhead shmup with a Zelda-style overworld.
The game has a very tongue-in-cheek tone, whn you win and become queen you can choose who to marry among the people you’ve healed and of course I went with “some girl”. No really, there is a NPC named “some girl”.

I’m also attempting again to play Everspace (PC)
This time I played on easy and it’s much more bearable, if anything for the fact that you have much more time to explore and gather resources.
Is it me or I’m more interested in the “encounters” from the DLC than the main story?
Anyway I’ve finally beaten sector 7 and now it starts the relatively low stakes part now that the main mystery (which wasn’t that much of a mystery) is solved.
Still, on easy the RNG crap is much less annoying which makes the game fun even for the non hardcore like me.
Oh, you’ll still die a lot but almost never before finishing sector 2 because the game decided to utterly starve you of resources. Yes, technically you get less money but I ended up getting much more money in every single run because I tend to get much further even if I got only twice to sector 7 until now.
There is still the possibility I’ll switch to the other difficulty levels once I find the right glyphs since they have higher blueprint drops.
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Post by: gershwi on November 14, 2019, 01:47:02 am
I found the Another Eden on Apknite and started playing it a couple weeks ago and I have really been enjoying it. The world-building is done better than any movie game that I have played. You totally don't have to pay even if you want to find joy in the game. It plays like a single-player J-RPG with great controls for phone control. Definitely worth checking out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=games.wfs.anothereden
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 14, 2019, 04:15:03 pm
Last week, I played my first ever session of D&D. It was our DM's first ever session too.

My fighter botched his first ever investigation check, so didn't see the goblin ambush coming, then botched initiative. If our bard didn't crush rolling sleep, we might have wiped in our first encounter of our first game.

10/10 would fight gobbies again.

Actually we kind of need to stage a daring rescue mission in their warren...
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Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on November 14, 2019, 05:04:58 pm
Well, at least you didn't punch some random guy to death in a tavern...
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Post by: Mammothtank on November 14, 2019, 08:28:00 pm
My Whisper Bard keeps having Nat. 20 rolls for doing all sorts of sick stunts. My introduction was a Nat.20 on Performance with a Dulcimer in a Tavern.

And in the latest session I rolled a Nat. 20 while doing a flip off a tower to reach an injuried team mate to heal them. And I did quite a few sick flips.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 15, 2019, 06:30:16 am
Star Wars Dark Souls aka Jedi Fallen Order
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 15, 2019, 11:37:16 am
Star Wars Dark Souls aka Jedi Fallen Order

I like the sound of that. How is the game?
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 15, 2019, 03:35:40 pm
It puts my ps4 through its paces... animation seems a little stiff at times (its the hips) but good looking and detailled.

So far it works like someone took the platforming from the most recent Tomb Raider, the swordplay and parry from Sekiro (but more with a focus on making you look awesome, instead of giving you sense of difficulty) and some puzzle elements from Dead Space.

Its a bit more linear than I expected and the protagonist is one of those "i've complicated feelings about everything"-types that make him a bit to relate to.
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Post by: Mammothtank on November 15, 2019, 05:55:52 pm
It puts my ps4 through its paces... animation seems a little stiff at times (its the hips) but good looking and detailled.


I find that the faces are quite far into the Uncanny Valley. It makes them very hard to look at.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 16, 2019, 06:33:16 am
It puts my ps4 through its paces... animation seems a little stiff at times (its the hips) but good looking and detailled.


I find that the faces are quite far into the Uncanny Valley. It makes them very hard to look at.

Well, I am by disposition the worst witness for that; the only good point I see in the whole photorealistic facial animation obsession is its potential to promote inclusivity, as abstraction runs into bias problems. So I don't exactly care for execution...
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Post by: Det. Bullock on November 16, 2019, 11:00:24 am
I've finished Everspace (PC) with the Encounters DLC a few days ago.
The roguelike nature in the end even at easy bothered me quite a bit.
Yes, the gameplay is solid but having to go through 6 sectors so many times gets repetitive fast.
I'm glad they are ditching the roguelike formula for the sequel.
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Post by: deathspeed on November 17, 2019, 07:52:42 pm
I was looking thru games I had not yet played, and started Hypergate (https://store.steampowered.com/app/809530/Hypergate/) today.  It's a fun, casual, linear mission-based space shooter with voice acting.  There is a bit of a story but so far the action has all been pretty much the same (blow up fighters and capship turrets) with upgradeable primary energy guns and missiles. The upgrades are purchased with points you earn during play.  You can also upgrade shields and coolant systems, allowing you to shoot and boost longer.  The game reminds me a lot of the old Merscom game Project Freedom: Space Interceptor (https://store.steampowered.com/app/34810/Project_Freedom/), but without ground attacks and less storytelling within the game (so far almost all lore comes from mission briefs).

The flight model is accessible and it works great with my joystick.  M+K and gamepads are also supported, but I have not tried them.  HOTAS would be overkill; I don't even use all 8 buttons on the joystick.  The campaign is pretty short, but you can replay any mission.  You can also set up single player skirmishes and LAN games, but I have not yet tried those either.

It appears that this was developed by one individual who is actively adding content.  Per the Steam page, more ships and campaign missions are expected next year. 
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 18, 2019, 11:02:29 am
Follow up on Jedi - Fallen Order

Pushed through this evening; they delivered one of the better Star Wars games in the tradition of TIE
Fighter, Republic Commando & KOTOR
2 (i.e. they build a game constent with the universe but not bogged down by emulating moments from the films)

It certainly has its flaws (as mentioned animation, including faces, and the combat is more showy than weighty) but as franchise starter it can stand tall.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 21, 2019, 01:25:54 pm
... but as franchise starter it can stand tall.

Breaking news: EA kills "Jedi" franchise, assigns Respawn to work on Apex Legends 2. Cites sales "below expectations" as reason.

(I made that up, but it sounds terrifyingly plausible, right?)
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Post by: Turambar on November 21, 2019, 01:43:47 pm
It's what I expect.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on November 21, 2019, 06:46:55 pm
... but as franchise starter it can stand tall.

Breaking news: EA kills "Jedi" franchise, assigns Respawn to work on Apex Legends 2. Cites sales "below expectations" as reason.

(I made that up, but it sounds terrifyingly plausible, right?)

You really should to learn to fiddle while watching Rome burn, you know...
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Post by: manwiththemachinegun on November 29, 2019, 01:23:15 am
The Ace Combat 7 DLC, that series does arcade sim immersion better than any game since Freespace 2, and I mean that.
This most recent run is about taking on a surplus Yuke sub-carrier trying to carry out a terrorist attack on Osea. It's Hunt for Red October, AC style.
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Post by: Colt on November 29, 2019, 09:22:43 am
The Ace Combat 7 DLC, that series does arcade sim immersion better than any game since Freespace 2, and I mean that.
This most recent run is about taking on a surplus Yuke sub-carrier trying to carry out a terrorist attack on Osea. It's Hunt for Red October, AC style.
Salvation of Spilled Cola, an elegant massacre upon Crisp White Sheets.

Man. Just thinking about that boss fight with the Alicorn gives me goosebumps. The Whie Noise vibes I got from the music was a real nostalgia trip too.

Next year is the 25th anniversary of the series, and I'm excited to see what they're announcement will be. (please be remastered trilogy)
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 29, 2019, 01:11:22 pm
Wowsers that last quarter century flew by!!
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on December 04, 2019, 12:07:11 am
Halo: Reach

On PC

On Steam

It's been 12 years since the last Halo game I played.

When I figured I wouldn't be able to play 3 without an XBOX, ever, I actually emailed Microsoft and promised to buy it release day if they ever put it on PC. And now I'm not technically playing that one, but I know it'll be here soon, and I'm actually playing something new, finally...

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Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 04, 2019, 01:09:35 am
Reach is the best one.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Post by: Mpez on December 04, 2019, 09:30:24 am
installs Subnautica
plays for 20 hours
enjoys the game
never goes near the ship
builds a submarine
"ok I'm ready to go near the ship. What could possibly go wrong?"
Spoiler:
https://soundcloud.com/darskul/reaper-leviathan-sounds
oh

I'm so glad I don't have VR...
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on December 04, 2019, 05:55:01 pm
oh

Yyyyyep
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Post by: Det. Bullock on December 05, 2019, 07:18:37 pm
Finished Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii)
I don't remember much of the first Prime, the second is affected by Tomb Raider 2 syndrome (for some reason it amplifies the difficulty of the combat encounters even if the gameplay isn't really centered that much on it), the third is still action heavy but the difficulty is more humane.
They just feel a bit janky, especially if you keep in mind the first two were made to be played without motion controls.
It's fun when you explore and search for upgrades, but the combat often feels like a chore and the motion controls don't help as they are way more tiring than a controller or mouse and keyboard. I think I might have liked the games better overall if Echoes was less frustrating, I think I might have died less than five times in that game yet it sent me into fits of swearing quite often. Of course it doesn't help that the hardware limitations often mean that doors take a lifetime to open because the console can only keep one room at a time in its RAM, Prime 3 in particular takes the cake with doors that sometimes take almost a minute to open: I JUST WANT TO GET TO THE SAVE POINT SO I CAN GO TO SLEEP OPEN DAMMIT!
Well, at least it doesn't lock you up in a room full of agile bullet sponges until you defeated them as often as the first two.
I prefer the 2D Metroid games overall.
Hell, I think I might have enjoyed more Metroid II on the Gameboy: a game people often complain about for not aging gracefully.
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Post by: Iain Baker on December 06, 2019, 08:20:27 am
FS wise I have been playing through Shadow Genesis, because I was intrigued to see the Nightmares. It looks lovely, sounds good, plays ok but is pretty unbalanced in terms of difficulty - too hard too soon.

Non FS wise I have been binge playing Blood: Fresh supply because tossing dynamite whilst cackling like a nutter never gets old  :cool:

Still playing through a heavily modded S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost Alpha Developers Cut 1.4007. Superb game for the most part, bloody huge and completely free  ;) - Message me if you want to know more and how to view more addons than the launcher shows by default.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/lost-alpha (https://www.moddb.com/mods/lost-alpha)

Also been playing The Sims 4 because my daughter twisted my arm into getting it. Pretty good fun, and building mansions I will never afford to live in IRL is strangely therapeutic. We have been experimenting with mods which let you create some seriously, er, 'special' looking sims.

Finally, I have been playing Final Fight LNS. It is a superb - although VERY hard - Beats of Rage open game. Basically mix all three Final Fight games together plus a huge rosta of playable characters from Capcom games such as Street Fighter 2/3, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Aliens vs Predator and others. Serious competition for Streets of Rage Remake 5.1 for the title for 'Best Brawler' in existence.

http://fflns.com/index.php?seccion=descarga (http://fflns.com/index.php?seccion=descarga)
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Post by: The E on December 06, 2019, 08:23:24 am
Playing Red Dead Redemption 2.

It is very likely going to join RDR in the list of really good games that I will always hold dear and praise to high heaven but will only ever play to completion once.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 06, 2019, 11:46:32 am
Because its bloody massive right?
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on December 06, 2019, 09:55:21 pm
Titanfall 2 (single-player)

So I've been given Titanfall/Titanfall a pass for a long while because ... well, I suck at FPS PvP (well, at any kind of PvP really). I can see now why everyone was so enamoured with the game even though I don't follow.

I mean, it sure is worth your while - it has a good (capital F) Flow, a good unity of foward momentum in the gameplay and the narrative meantings of the phrase and one of the few game I know that made playing mandatory first person not feel like a chore.

However there is no ... for the want of the better expression statisfaction to be head beyond the proficient execution of the tasks before you.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 07, 2019, 03:59:55 am
But unlocking new executions, and the gravity star....
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on December 07, 2019, 09:04:25 am
Because its bloody massive right?

Yeah. It's a big ole mountain of a game, and while I like the slow pace and atmosphere now, as I'm going through it for the first time, I suspect that the slowness will be rather grating on a replay.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on December 07, 2019, 10:08:20 am
It's the biggest hurdle to me going back to it rather than something I can dip in and out of.
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Post by: Elaheh_Aiza on December 07, 2019, 10:45:43 am
I commemorated the release of The Manadalorian by downloading the EaW mod Rise of the Mandalorians. I frikin' loathe Basilisk war droids.

Beyond that I started  playing Divinity Original Sin 2.
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Post by: Mongoose on December 07, 2019, 10:57:29 am
Picked up a PS4 on Black Friday, and I'm starting on Horizon: Zero Dawn. Gorgeous game, and a really cool setting. Imma shoot some robots with arrows.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on December 07, 2019, 11:10:17 am
Tie Fighter 98
Now it's time for the cheat code tractor beam!
Really the people that just dump the beam energy on all other systems don't know what they are doing, take the ability to evade out on an A-wing and they drop like flies.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on December 08, 2019, 09:20:02 am
Been playing Project Warlock quite a lot recently. Despite the TVTropes article mentioning that having Slugshot and Magnum upgrades is a bit redundant, I prefer heavier guns rather than an autoloader, similar to my preference in FS2 for slower-firing guns that do more damage. A stock SMG provides all the spray I could ever want with almost the precision of a sniper rifle.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on December 08, 2019, 12:34:51 pm
Been playing Project Warlock quite a lot recently. Despite the TVTropes article mentioning that having Slugshot and Magnum upgrades is a bit redundant, I prefer heavier guns rather than an autoloader, similar to my preference in FS2 for slower-firing guns that do more damage. A stock SMG provides all the spray I could ever want with almost the precision of a sniper rifle.
How is the save system?
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Post by: Det. Bullock on December 15, 2019, 04:47:01 pm
I've finished Tie Fighter 98
This windows version is weird, while the late missions at least on appearance are a bit less buggy a few issues seem to still be there.
Unfortunately the mission with the asteroid base and the muurian transport seems to still have that AI bug that makes it extremely difficult on medium.
Then the next mission is mostly tedious because of course it's still transports, at least there is the jamming beam though of course the things still shoot at you during their overly long death animation so if you aren't pointing the beam at them because you are getting to the next target you still can lose half your shields and since you need to slow down since they are after all transports your evasiong capabilites are a bit hampered by the low speed.
Of course the worst part is that in these last missions Zaarin has Tie Defenders when you are on a Tie Advanced, a fighter that while is not that much of a disadvantage (especially with a tractor beam) it's still a slower and more fragile craft that is literally one advanced missile away from being space dust even with 200% shields.
I also suspect there is a weird dissonance between the damage the same missiles deal to enemies and the damage enemy missiles deal to the player because in a Tie Advanced I have been one-shotted multiple times by single adavanced missiles with 200% shields yet I often don't manage to one-shot enemy T/A with 100% shields with my advanced missiles, yes they usually are very badly damaged but I usually just die when I get hit with full shields by a single missile.
Other than that the glitchiest parts are outside the missions, often the music in cutscenes would glitch out and there is some weirdness with the secret order tattoos that have glitched out on me when I reached Emeperor's Reach and now do not display properly.
This and the excision of most MIDI music with the few remaming bits relegated mostly to cutscenes in what appear to be low quality pre-recordings instead of real time MIDI rendering that could benefit from an advanced soundbank like the DOS version take this remake down a notch. Otherwise with the directx 11 wrapper the graphics appear very clean and legible in high resolution which helps quite a lot during gameplay too since it helps to identify enemy fighter formations from a much greater distance without needing to scroll targets (which are rarely in order) and allow for a better distribution of anti-missile cannon fire on first approach.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on December 15, 2019, 05:36:24 pm
Right now I am back to only Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath.  My ancient refurb GTX 480 finally gave up the ghost after over six years of hard use, so for now I am chugging along with a fanless Radeon 5450 whose origins are unknown.    My new RTX 2060 should be here Thursday, and I am looking forward to turning up the eye candy on some newer titles like Rogue Galaxy: Outlaw, Battlefront II (the new version), Titanfall 2, and  Destiny 2.  I also may try the Forza Horizon 4 demo; that was the only game I had that just refused to load with the old GPU.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on December 18, 2019, 04:42:45 pm
Been playing Project Warlock quite a lot recently. Despite the TVTropes article mentioning that having Slugshot and Magnum upgrades is a bit redundant, I prefer heavier guns rather than an autoloader, similar to my preference in FS2 for slower-firing guns that do more damage. A stock SMG provides all the spray I could ever want with almost the precision of a sniper rifle.
How is the save system?

It only saves in between episode segments, and if you play on any difficulty except Easy, there's a lives system - on higher difficulties, running out of lives means all your progress in an episode, or even the entire game, is erased.

Spoiler:
The save file itself is editable using Notepad++ though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on December 19, 2019, 11:58:23 am
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 (PC)
I reinstalled it with the expansion a few days ago, the gog version works very well out of the box but doesn't seem to play nice with Jedi Knight Enhanced (basically the fixess they applied to the exe to make it play nice with modern videocards interfere with the unofficial patch required for the mod to work) so I'm playing with the vanilla models but the mod that disables LOD works and that enough.
I'm playing it at 1280x960 and while I have found no way to make supersampling work with the game it still looks very nice.
I have decided to go full on secret hunting to get the extra Force stars early on, a few I remembered from the last time I played others I think I discovered for the first time.

Been playing Project Warlock quite a lot recently. Despite the TVTropes article mentioning that having Slugshot and Magnum upgrades is a bit redundant, I prefer heavier guns rather than an autoloader, similar to my preference in FS2 for slower-firing guns that do more damage. A stock SMG provides all the spray I could ever want with almost the precision of a sniper rifle.
How is the save system?

It only saves in between episode segments, and if you play on any difficulty except Easy, there's a lives system - on higher difficulties, running out of lives means all your progress in an episode, or even the entire game, is erased.

Spoiler:
The save file itself is editable using Notepad++ though.

OK, so they actually kept that threat of the game being "old school".
A pity that the "old school" games that this game took inspiration from were games for filthy casuals that let you save everywhere whenever you wanted.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Iain Baker on December 19, 2019, 02:41:50 pm
Quake via the Epsilon mod. I am writing an article about quake and Quake 2 so I figured I had better play Q1 so I knew what I was talking about. Bloody good fun! IMO better than what I remember Q2 being, although I completed that way back in the early 2000s so I may not be remembering it so well.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TechnoD11 on December 19, 2019, 03:17:40 pm
Nier:Automata. Playing on hard with Xbox 360 controller. It's a challenge but overall a wonderful experience. Sound design and character/sword animations are particularly fantastic
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Thaeris on December 31, 2019, 10:54:33 pm
I installed Star Wars: Rebellion on a different computer, and much to my surprise and delight, there no longer seems to be any stutter or choppiness using the tactical screen! This was from a GOG install and recent download. If the chaps over there did something, they did it right. :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on December 31, 2019, 11:39:24 pm
Picked up some more of Horizon: Zero Dawn.  Every time I play it I instinctively reach for a nonexistent paraglider button.  Breath of the Wild spoiled every other open-world game for me. :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Turambar on January 01, 2020, 08:48:38 am
My holiday mix has come down to:
Anno 1800, for when it's time to be chill
Mechwarrior 5, for when it's time to blow **** up
FTL, for the intersection of the two.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 01, 2020, 12:49:36 pm
In the last week I've played and finished Enslaved: Journey to The West (PC)
A nice story-driven action adventure, also there's Andy Serkis both as the player character's and the antagonist's voice.
It doesn't overstay its welcome but I think a less abrupt ending would have been nice.
It still has that weird triple A thing of going realistic while also going for almost 90s comic body proportions, though regarding the protagonist I wonder if it's a hint towards him being some weird mutant/genetic experiment, there are plenty of pretty vistas though and it's animated very fluidly.

I'm also playing Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of The Sith (PC)
Perhaps because I only played it when it came out on Steam and GOG (I'm using the GOG version) but I always forget how to deactivate that damn security switch in the asteroid level.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: bomb3rman on January 01, 2020, 01:41:04 pm
Xcom 2 Wotc with a ****load of mods, nearly around 150. Playing on 2nd highest difficulty, can't get higher now without being ripped apart by more than 200 % of enemies. The pods get so big on legendary :D but New enemy variants are fun, and some of the modded classes for soldiers really get strong once they reached The higher levels ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jr2 on January 01, 2020, 05:25:43 pm
Fission Superstar X

You're flying for an eccentric madman, and the gameplay is sorta like FTL meets Convoy.  Tip: the shield can pull loot towards you if you shoot it in the general direction (I usually give enemies the hug of death and then do a quick 360 degree sweep of the shields).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 01, 2020, 06:06:06 pm
Sky Rogue (PC)
Wow, for a roguelike this gave me a good first impression (bar the tendency to randomly assign the throttle to player 2 for some reason).
I played for almost two hours before eventually getting killed because I was having too much fun downing helicarriers to actually pay attention to the swarm of enemy fighters around me, whoops.
I also like the simple pseudo goraud shaded graphics.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Thaeris on January 02, 2020, 05:15:04 pm
That actually looks like a lot of fun - if you don't mind me asking, what are the supported controllers?

...It would be nice if this had a GOG release or a direct download.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 02, 2020, 07:56:02 pm
That actually looks like a lot of fun - if you don't mind me asking, what are the supported controllers?

...It would be nice if this had a GOG release or a direct download.

It uses the same Unity controller plug in of House of The Dying Sun so basically anything provided you go in the options and bind every button and axis manually (there are separate bindings submenus for game and menu which is nice), but the game is primarily made with an xbox gamepad in mind.
The only issue is that if using multiple devices it reassigns one of them to "player 2" for coop and you need to reassign it every time before going in the game proper.
It does remember everything else mind you, it's just the assignment that somehow gets reset everytime you run the game or go back to the main menu but the bindings are saved just fine.
IIRC they sell it also on itch.io so perhaps they have a direct download there.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 03, 2020, 09:20:26 am
Finally finished my Pillars of Eternity 2-run over the break, after the second DLC turned me off from the game for a while (the usual cRPG problem when control spells/abilites just make combat a chore). The ending was paradoxically somewhat anticlimactic and yet deeply satisfying, as in it was the consequence of all my choices throughout the playthrough but I would have liked to get a some setpiece out of it.

I also took on Control, which easily de-throned Sekiro as my personal GOTY.

And now I am starting in on The Last of Us -- at present I don't see the attraction yet but I have only just started.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 04, 2020, 09:11:06 pm
Sky Rogue (PC)
And so the roguelike curse struck again. I got just once to the final level and rather easily, got blindsided and since then I never managed to get there again because I always manage to make a silly mistake like clockwork, sometimes even in the first few islands. You can spend tech points to start later but the game only gives you a mere fraction of the money you would normally accumulate by playing the game from the start with the result you get pitted against end game enemies but with a plane that is barely better than starting level.
I'll probably put it off and try again at a later date (it's already a couple of days I'm trying to get back to the last island) but boy I'm more and more convinced that roguelikes are for people with masochistic tendencies or that hate fun.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 05, 2020, 10:56:47 am
Decided to try out the PC version of Airport City after watching and liking this trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVkB3xsirlU). Free-to-play mechanics aside, I actually like the game enough that I'll continue playing it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Bryan See on January 06, 2020, 03:52:51 am
I've been playing both Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2, both free-to-play titles on Steam, since I've gotten a new laptop.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on January 06, 2020, 04:45:27 am
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw

It's Wing Commander: Privateer. Except this time it has controller support and a pool minigame.

Also some kickass tunes :D
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on January 07, 2020, 10:17:34 am
Still playing Neverwinter quite a bit while watching videos on the side during the week, their mega-overhaul really gave the game a new life in my eyes. The one big downside is that the poor old Warlock class - whose primary defense mechanism was the now-removed lifesteal, is a bit too fragile as both a healer and a dps.

I've also kept playing Alpha Centauri, leading to a few amusing games, such as being a Democratic, Green, Knowledge-valuing Spartan whose most faithful (heh) friends are the Knowledge-hating Believers, while being back-stabbed by the Democratic-loving Peacekeepers and Green-loving Gaians, and other such shenanigans. It's one of those games where you can really have fun with weird or crazy strategies. In any case, it finally convinced to give the Civilization series a shot. Which leads me to ...

Civilization 4 : I heard it was the closest to SAC thanks to its Civics system being inspired by the old Social Engineering choices, and so far it's been going well. I like how the included an in-game alarm clock to prevent you from getting one-more-turned into a dried-out husk :). I don't miss the unit workshop as much as I thought, thought I haven't done much fighting so far. I am however a bit saddened that I picked one of the few Civ game that doesn't include climate change, I always thought it was a clever tool to shake up the status quo (even without mind worms). I am highly amused by the fact that the game includes a space elevator wonder in the late game. I mean wow, that's late mid-game, early late-game secret project in AlCen.
That game also confirmed something I long suspected, which is just how crazy-powerful SAC's terraformers are compared to the Civ workers.

Last week, I also started playing Stellaris. That game is ****ing evil, I spend like 12 hours on it in my first session, and it gobbled two more days afterwards before I started getting it under control. Aside from that, there isn't much that I actually dislike about the game, except maybe being so overwhelming. Then again, that's par for the course for that type of video game, it takes a few playthroughs to get your bearings.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 10, 2020, 12:47:27 pm
The Beginner's Guide (PC)
Quite a reversal of perspective from The Stanley Parable, we get from a game about games to a game about the game makers and players or rather how a game reflects both of them.
It's also quite different in tone too, less humour and more quiet drama.

I've also finished Mysteries of The Sith (PC)
Much less cohesive compared to Jedi Knight, the levels also seem a bit too in love with secret passages but this might be that I only got to play it a few years ago so I don't have it memorized like the original Jedi Knight.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on January 17, 2020, 07:39:18 pm
I've also finished Mysteries of The Sith (PC)
Much less cohesive compared to Jedi Knight, the levels also seem a bit too in love with secret passages but this might be that I only got to play it a few years ago so I don't have it memorized like the original Jedi Knight.

I recall it being sort of overwhelming with the amount of area's you could discover once you beat the Inital level. Made poor younger me very confused.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 18, 2020, 02:28:27 am
I've also finished Mysteries of The Sith (PC)
Much less cohesive compared to Jedi Knight, the levels also seem a bit too in love with secret passages but this might be that I only got to play it a few years ago so I don't have it memorized like the original Jedi Knight.

I recall it being sort of overwhelming with the amount of area's you could discover once you beat the Inital level. Made poor younger me very confused.

That tricky final boss though...... Took so much force lightning to kill  :nervous:




Have been dipping my toes into.... Into the breach.   

Roguealike mechs vs monsters where the objective is focused on mitigating collateral damage.   Loads of novel weaponry mechanic too.

Love it 👍. Just don't have time to commit to anything which is why I'm going for these quick and dirty titles lately that I can get a ten minute fix from.  Before kids/wife/dogs/house/work demand my precious life hours 😂😂😭😭
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on January 18, 2020, 03:10:37 am
Do not have much time to play games lately... and when i have, i am mostly playing Halo: Master Chief Collection on PC only.


Never liked the MP part of Halo on 360... but liked the Halo: Custom Edition on PC fifteen years ago. And yes, it is still working good in this Remake.

Have the most fun in a mp-shooter since the first Titanfall, which is still better, but is simply dead unfortunately.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 18, 2020, 07:33:13 am
I've also finished Mysteries of The Sith (PC)
Much less cohesive compared to Jedi Knight, the levels also seem a bit too in love with secret passages but this might be that I only got to play it a few years ago so I don't have it memorized like the original Jedi Knight.

I recall it being sort of overwhelming with the amount of area's you could discover once you beat the Inital level. Made poor younger me very confused.

That tricky final boss though...... Took so much force lightning to kill  :nervous:


Spoiler:
Kyle Katarn you mean? You ain't supposed to kill him, just turn off your lightsaber.

I've also finished Mysteries of The Sith (PC)
Much less cohesive compared to Jedi Knight, the levels also seem a bit too in love with secret passages but this might be that I only got to play it a few years ago so I don't have it memorized like the original Jedi Knight.

I recall it being sort of overwhelming with the amount of area's you could discover once you beat the Inital level. Made poor younger me very confused.

The levels seemed to be overall more convoluted than the base game to me, and I can't decide if they deliberately made some switches and breakable stuff less distinguishable or just are bad at signposting it, the asteroid base had me running in circles for quite some time before I noticed the breakable switch in a secret passage I had already been in.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 18, 2020, 10:44:11 am
I've also finished Mysteries of The Sith (PC)
Much less cohesive compared to Jedi Knight, the levels also seem a bit too in love with secret passages but this might be that I only got to play it a few years ago so I don't have it memorized like the original Jedi Knight.

I recall it being sort of overwhelming with the amount of area's you could discover once you beat the Inital level. Made poor younger me very confused.

That tricky final boss though...... Took so much force lightning to kill  :nervous:


Spoiler:
Kyle Katarn you mean? You ain't supposed to kill him, just turn off your lightsaber.



I knew that 😂😝😉
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jr2 on January 18, 2020, 02:22:00 pm
Do not have much time to play games lately... and when i have, i am mostly playing Halo: Master Chief Collection on PC only.


Never liked the MP part of Halo on 360... but liked the Halo: Custom Edition on PC fifteen years ago. And yes, it is still working good in this Remake.

Have the most fun in a mp-shooter since the first Titanfall, which is still better, but is simply dead unfortunately.

H:CE maps were the shizzle (if occasionally glitchy).  They all still work?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 18, 2020, 02:41:58 pm
All hail blood gulch.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 18, 2020, 03:47:58 pm
Finished the The Last of Us - I can see the attractiong, even an almost ciritical ammount of the visual story telling was not effecting me as was clearly intended (guess I don't feel bad about the destruction of "quaint american suburbs" as much as the devs do)

Currently on-going with The Outer Worlds - If you liked Bioshock (1) mashed with FO:NV it's your game; If you have been around people who self-describe themselves as "anti-capitalist" as much as I have, it will feel really familiar.
I was somewhat worried at the announcement that it would be another of those "space-western'y balads about the noble frontiersman" but with retro-pulp sci-fi coat of paint (which is gourgeous, mind you), however it turns out it really a good deal of fun in the sense of a well executed, witty satire.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on February 01, 2020, 04:15:00 pm
Recently Middle Earth: Shadow of War since I missed it the first time. And the Ace Combat 7 DLC.
Speaking of which, if anyone is hankering for their Freespace action, I can't recommend it enough. The three missions are absolutely furious in intensity with amazing music.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Autohummer on February 02, 2020, 02:51:09 am
Don't you see? Don't you see?!

1. Salvation
2. of
3. crisp white sheets
4. an elegant
5. massacre
6. upon
7. the cage
8. continents

Seriously, though, AC7 is definitely up there with the holy trinity. Though my favourite Ace Combat in terms of atmosphere is actually 6, as it shows the sheer scale of an all-out war.

I've also watched a friend play Outer Worlds, and I like to think it is set in an alternative Fallout universe in which the Great War did not happen. I mean, even the "anti-capitalist" part reminds me of the stuff you can read in the Boston Bugle building in Fallout 4. Both universes seem to tell us that the Communists may be all dictators and tyrants, but the free world... also pretty much isn't.

Currently playing Humans Fall Flat with 4 other people, had a minor field day when we found out that we can dress up as Hong Kong protesters. Though I later ended up wearing an orange spacesuit and jumping down from tall places like Rosa does.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 02, 2020, 08:20:33 am
I've also watched a friend play Outer Worlds, and I like to think it is set in an alternative Fallout universe in which the Great War did not happen.

The history of Earth doesn't really come up; Outer Worlds is really much more concerned with the present and future of the Halcyon Cluster, then looking back to Earth.

There is a Earth-centric plot thread though:
Spoiler:
... and it is basically a long from execution of these lines from "The Internationale":

There are no supreme saviours
Neither God, nor Caesar, nor tribune.
Producers, let us save ourselves,
Decree the common salvation.


Throughout the game, you get hints that no one has actually gotten a message back from Earth in years - people keep sending them and they keep getting buffered in the communications network. Also the Earth Directorate appears to have pulled out all its ships, and no ship has returned after making the skip jump to Earth. It is setting you up to not hold out for some intervention from the outside, so there is no reason to deferr taking a stand with or against the Board.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on February 02, 2020, 01:35:53 pm
Both the Alicorn and Scream / Rage were awesome boss fights. That makes this the SECOND time Strangereal has ripped off the plot of a Tom Clancy book for a plot! Hunt for Red October, and Sum of All Fears for Ace Combat 5.
Since Metal Gear ended, AC is now my favorite source of semi-realistic near future combat games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 07, 2020, 03:02:50 pm
After finishing The Outer Worlds I though I give some re-masters a try...

I nepotismed a PR-code for Warcraft III: Reforged - and yeah, it's not good; I mean it is still Warcraft III, which means while it lacks the variety of StarCraft II's single player it makes up for it with a much more satisfying base game. The gaphical update are ... well, I won't say that I never was a fan of the exaggerated Warcraft-aethetic, but we were all stupid teenagers ... but there is some good and a lot of bad decision making here (probably because someone wanted to make a much more substatial upgrade but then ran into the RTS fans and Blizzard RTS fans in particular)

Also picked up the Uncharted-Remasters off my PSN subscription ... and much like with The Last of Us, I will not deny the quality of the game but it fails to connect with me; I mean, I do "a camp thing" for Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider and a lot of old "dark continent" adventure literature, but Uncharted seems to actively designed to resist such a reading.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on February 09, 2020, 05:24:36 am
I'm playing MetaDoom on the Doomworld Community Chest 2 mappack, would reccomend. Nice mix of franchise enemies, and weapon abilites. They even included the Holy Water Squirtgun. That's a real obscure Doom weapon right there! Shame, there's no UnMaker.

I had to kill the Doom 2016 Spider Mastermind with a Berserk pack in a small room though. Nail biting stuff. Otherwise that mapset is great.



On the other hand I returned to Throne of Bhaal, and I was rampaging through Sendai's Enclave until I got stuck at silly Ogremoch. Earthquake and two Squared up fists hurt more than an Army of Drow and Elementals, Apparently.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 09, 2020, 08:56:13 am
I came around to finally playing Saints Row: Gat out of Hell (PC) in the lats few weeks.
It's a bit barebones in the story department but as a standalone DLC is actually not bad, you get a new open world with its own share of wacky weapons and abilities and it's still pretty fun.
The lack of radio is a bit disappointing, I sort of miss having The Touch playing in the background while doing wacky superpowered hijinks.
Still, I'm trying as with Saints Row IV to do all the single player achievements, a problem of not having much story is that all the challenges will be relagated to the post-endgame instead of being able to be more distributed during the main story gameplay.

I have also finished LA Noire (PC)
I think they might either have cut a lot of story content or tried for something more subdued and failed, because goddamit I was almost expecting a plot twist in which we discovered that Phelps' family was some sort of PTSD-induced delusion or something before the last segment of the game and even then you barely see them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 09, 2020, 06:34:08 pm
I have also finished LA Noire (PC)
I think they might either have cut a lot of story content or tried for something more subdued and failed, because goddamit I was almost expecting a plot twist in which we discovered that Phelps' family was some sort of PTSD-induced delusion or something before the last segment of the game and even then you barely see them.

Does that the include the reworked language on the interrogation/witness questioning commands?

And no, you didn't miss any on-screen content but in the tradition of Noir-protagonists Phelps is just a horrible human being if you look at him objectively (in a Noir-story is everyone is a repulsive human being, its just a matter of degree - unless they are dead, then everyone gets to project onto them what they need in order to rationalize going on) ... leaving certain aspects undepicted might just be choice to avoid repulsing you as the audience too early (which the original "random fit of abuse"-interrogation commands usually brought on anyway)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 10, 2020, 09:54:32 am
I have also finished LA Noire (PC)
I think they might either have cut a lot of story content or tried for something more subdued and failed, because goddamit I was almost expecting a plot twist in which we discovered that Phelps' family was some sort of PTSD-induced delusion or something before the last segment of the game and even then you barely see them.

Does that the include the reworked language on the interrogation/witness questioning commands?

And no, you didn't miss any on-screen content but in the tradition of Noir-protagonists Phelps is just a horrible human being if you look at him objectively (in a Noir-story is everyone is a repulsive human being, its just a matter of degree - unless they are dead, then everyone gets to project onto them what they need in order to rationalize going on) ... leaving certain aspects undepicted might just be choice to avoid repulsing you as the audience too early (which the original "random fit of abuse"-interrogation commands usually brought on anyway)

The PC version is still based on the original version so we still have the even more non descriptive language for interrogations.
Personally I think the game story is all the worst for it, I would have found it more interesting if they avoided making his flaws a surprise and went more for the slow moving train wreck approach which is also a noir thing.
Put like this it doesn't as much make Phelps look better, because it's pretty clear the war left the guy messed up, a few snippets showing him being somewhat distant from his family strewn around the story would have fleshed it out more instead of it coming out of the blue.
That's why I suspect that a lot might have been cut given the troubled development the game had, all that mocap they used probably couldn't all be properly finalized and they just did the bare minimum to ship the game. But of course it might just be videogame people being inept at storytelling.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 10, 2020, 12:05:09 pm
I would have found it more interesting if they avoided making his flaws a surprise and went more for the slow moving train wreck approach which is also a noir thing.

While I agree on the slow-moving train wreck-thing, I never had the impression that his flaws were particularly hidden - though they may not present themselves as flaws as they tend result in behaviors we today would look favourably upon, e.g. his sense of justice, which if you examine how out-of-step with the times it can be, will read as a blooming martyr complex (you know, "by taking on the most impossible task and chosing the most ardous way to do it, I make the world right through self annihilation")

... or maybe that's just because I had a lot of the those "ups, I pressed the man rage-button again"-moments early in the game
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on February 18, 2020, 12:41:10 pm
Shame, there's no UnMaker.

You sure about that? Or do you mean the map pack doesn't include Unmaker pickups?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on February 19, 2020, 12:40:49 am
Shame, there's no UnMaker.

You sure about that? Or do you mean the map pack doesn't include Unmaker pickups?

I found it. Posted a picture of the discovery on the Discord.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 18, 2020, 09:53:15 am
Brutal Doom v21.
The first Doom in “classic” mode (that is with the original arsenal with only a few tweaks here and there) is fun, in Doom 2 however I missed the ability to shoot one barrel at a time for the super shotgun so I reverted to the normal Brutal Doom settings.
It has become much more customizable since the last time I played, there is even a separate option menu to tweak all the additions.

Other than that in the last few months I did some backlog clearing:

Saints Row: Gat out of Hell (PC)
It's a bit barebones in the story department but as a standalone DLC it's actually not bad, you get a new open world with its own share of wacky weapons and abilities and it's still pretty fun.
The lack of radio is a bit disappointing, I sort of miss having The Touch playing in the background while doing wacky superpowered hijinks.
Still, as with Saints Row IV I did all single player achievements, a problem of not having much story is that all the challenges are de facto relegated to the post-endgame instead of being able to be more distributed during the main story gameplay.

I tried Serious Sam 2 but it’s kind of meh and a bug damaged my save at a certain point so I just uninstalled it.
The gunplay felt a bit flat compared to First and Second Encounter and the art style is a weird mishmash of cartoony and uncanny valley.

The First Encounter and The Second Encounter in Serious Sam Fusion however are a completely different matter, the graphics may have new fancy effects and physics but the feel is still there.

I've also for the first time played and finished (always using Fusion) Serious Sam 3: BFE.
It has some odd stylistic choices at the start, if you just looked at screenshots you'd be forgiven if you thought this was another drab military shooter because it very much looks like it rundown middle eastern setting included. But then you hear Sam quip after tearing a Gnaar eyeball with his bare hands and you notice that the movement speed is not nerfed like in SS2. They somehow decided to introduce weapon reloading and some weapons are inexplicably missing or changed, I miss the charm of the retrofitted Tommy gun and the .45 revolver, now substituted by a pastiche of modern military rifles and a pastiche of various magazine fed semiauto guns. There is the option of iron sights for a couple of weapons but it's really not necessary and the unlimited sprint function given the unaltered movement speed from the first two games is more useful to go back and forth through the huge levels without losing too much time than a central mechanic like in modern military shooters. Even most of the silliness now seems confined to Sam quipping, there seem to be next to none of those slapstick secrets and enemy encounters of TFE and TSE (save for a secret in the first level of Jewel of The Nile that also reintroduces the laser rifle and the sniper rifle).
Fortunately at least after the Standard Middle Eastern Urban Battlefield(TM) of the first levels we get something more in line with the classic games though this time it's broken up by often puzzle-centric subterrenean sections.
I like that instead of making you inexplicably take damage when you get too far into the desert now you just have a humoungous alien sandworm eating you, you can even see the things hominously jumping out of the sands in the background.
For some reason NETRICSA now requires you to sit through an animation to read all the info on weapons, enemies and levels.
It looks like some weird experiment in introducing some more stereotypically modern elements into the mix but overall works better than SS2.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams (PC)
Fine in the first levels but after that my complete incompetence at straight platformers made the game a bit too much of a chore. I wanted at least to complete it but the game docks you points if you die too often and you need the "stars" to unlock the bosses to proceed to the next block of levels so it's probably out of my league.

Dust: An Elysian Tail (PC)
I played it for four hours without noticing and this including the way too difficult first boss encounter, afterward with a few levels and gear the game become much more manageable.
The graphics are gorgeous (I'm a sucker for 2D animated games) but given the particular style used the term "furryvania" keeps popping into my head.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 18, 2020, 10:15:09 am
Dust: An Elysian Tail (PC)
I played it for four hours without noticing and this including the way too difficult first boss encounter, afterward with a few levels and gear the game become much more manageable.
The graphics are gorgeous (I'm a sucker for 2D animated games) but given the particular style used the term "furryvania" keeps popping into my head.

Aw, I loved that one! Great music.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on March 19, 2020, 04:19:23 pm
Prior to yet another FS campaign replay, I've been playing a lot of Warframe. Which A: is an extremely good 3rd person horde action game, B: totally free, and C: extremely fair when it comes to its "buy stuff for cosmetics, not for gameplay bonuses" model.
The story is also surprisingly good, being a cross of Dune meeting Space Ninjas with a dash of A-N-I-M-E.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on March 19, 2020, 10:46:01 pm
The past couple of years I've really only been playing TF2 during the Halloween events, but the bug bit me hard a few weeks ago and I've been jumping back in regularly.  I've definitely missed it; I just wish my old community server group was still around.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Su-tehp on March 20, 2020, 02:31:56 pm
Season 20 on Diablo 3 just started a week ago, so I'm playing that. Season journeys are awesome!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 20, 2020, 03:35:34 pm
Dust: An Elysian Tail (PC)
I played it for four hours without noticing and this including the way too difficult first boss encounter, afterward with a few levels and gear the game become much more manageable.
The graphics are gorgeous (I'm a sucker for 2D animated games) but given the particular style used the term "furryvania" keeps popping into my head.

Aw, I loved that one! Great music.

+1



I just got Doom Eternal as a bribe to help with someone's Destiny 2 grind and pvp - so no question what I will be playing in between FREDing sessions
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 20, 2020, 09:12:18 pm
Destiny sucks
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: spart_n on March 20, 2020, 10:02:13 pm
Most of my friends with their fancy schmancy PCs are playing doom eternal. Suckers, I got endless content with classic doom and its mods.

internal screaming
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 20, 2020, 10:40:16 pm
Destiny sucks
To be fair (to beh faaaaaaaih) he said Destiny 2, which as I've heard, doesn't suck
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on March 21, 2020, 12:14:34 am
While that might have been true at one point, it very definitely does suck now.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 21, 2020, 03:10:21 am
Hence the need to bribe me :) - I like to help to keep friends who need a little distraction from the home office sane,  but the alternatives are a bit slim (I refuse to play Ubi Tom Clancy games, for example) and Destiny 2 turns out to be an easy common denominator.



Destiny sucks

Are you even allowed to say that? ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Su-tehp on March 21, 2020, 04:06:57 pm
When I heard about Destiny 2, I asked myself "How come I never heard of Destiny 1?" I still don't have an answer for that. And that disturbs me because Destiny 1 has Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres (not one but two actors from Firefly!) as well as Peter Dinklage, Peter Stormare and Bill Nighy as voice actors. How did I not hear about this awesomeness? :confused: :nervous: :confused:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: spart_n on March 21, 2020, 04:23:05 pm
i mean, ignoring the actors, it really is a surprise considering how much marketing destiny wasted-- i mean, used. did you, by chance, visited a cave?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Su-tehp on March 21, 2020, 07:54:54 pm
i mean, ignoring the actors, it really is a surprise considering how much marketing destiny wasted-- i mean, used. did you, by chance, visited a cave?

I think living in a cave would have been more likely to prevent me from learning about Destiny 1, rather than visiting one. But to answer your question, I visited a cave once maybe 25 years ago. There were stalactites and stalagmites and everything. There were even pools of limestone water! :eek:

But Destiny 1's wasted marketing-- I mean, that sounds like Freespace: a video game with amazing potential that sold poorly because not enough people knew or found out about its awesomeness.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 21, 2020, 07:58:07 pm
Destiny sucks
To be fair (to beh faaaaaaaih) he said Destiny 2, which as I've heard, doesn't suck

It sucks!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on March 22, 2020, 03:28:02 am
Peter Dinklage

Mr Peter "there's a wizard on the moon" dinklage, did not do a great job. If you've watched The Room. Then I'm sure you can use your imagination of what he sounded like.



Megaman Z/ZX Collection crashed twice on installation, other than that it's pretty good. The Save-Assist function is great for people who hate how the Megaman Zero live system worked. Zero is a great spinoff from the X series, with Z3 being perhaps in the top 3 contender seat for best game to ever come out of that franchise. The ZX series being included is good, if you're into those. I don't think Megaman/Metroidvania is a good fit for the series. But it's there if you want it. There's not much that I can say bad about it except some minor graphical glitches from scaling the sprites, and that I paid for a remix soundtrack that I can't even listen seperately from the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 22, 2020, 09:22:02 am
Was that the one on PS4?

I've been tempted but have a huge backlog so can't justify the price..
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BlueFlames on March 23, 2020, 08:45:14 pm
I started playing Vampyr tonight, and it's maaaybe a little too intense for me right now.

Like, it's set in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, so ... yeah.  I forgot that, and that's kind of the running coronavirus comparison right now, so that's a lot on its own.

But also, the player character attempts suicide in a very early scene, which could have done with a content warning and not required the player to pull the trigger though a button prompt.  That button prompt felt beyond the pale.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on March 23, 2020, 09:37:24 pm
I finished Dragon Age Origins and all the expansions for the first time. It has lots of great moments and companions, but the overall plot is a bit too cliche and the traditional dice-rolling RPG combat gets tedious after a while. The Darkspawn are not nearly as cool as Reapers, but I liked how many of the main quests (the Orzammar king, Elves vs wolves, etc.) don't have clear good or bad choices and you have to weigh the tradeoffs of decisions you make. The game forces you to make an especially tough decision near the end, choosing between Alistair and Loghain. I don't know yet how that impacts the later games. A few mods improve the game a lot, like one that lets you reskill characters.

I'm also replaying several FS campaigns, includiing BTA, Shrouding the Light, BP: WiH, and some others. I love that final mission in WiH Part 2, which makes it clear that the Vishnans are not just "good guys" and have their own agenda (which was my sense all along when I first played BP:AoA). I'll need to work on updating PI to the latest media VPs at some point. It seems the media VP table structure has changed yet again and broken some things, although the campaign still works with the older media VPs.

I also picked up the recent Torment game. I'm a huge fan of the old PS:T but this game has very mixed reviews. For $10 on GoG, I figured it was worth trying out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on March 24, 2020, 04:26:54 am
Was that the one on PS4?

I've been tempted but have a huge backlog so can't justify the price..

The collection? It's multiplatform. It's good if you already like the games it has.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 24, 2020, 10:06:55 am
Megaman and the X series are major parts of my console library, said consoles just don't work and I CBA to replace them.

Storm eagle was my ringtone for about 3 years 😂🦅🦅
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on March 24, 2020, 10:19:15 am
It seems like this is the year of the remaster with Resident Evil, Final Fantasy 7, Doom and more all getting fresh new deals.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 24, 2020, 01:19:29 pm
RE 3 is the weakest of the original 3 though 😱😱
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Rhymes on March 24, 2020, 05:44:35 pm
To be fair (to beh faaaaaaaih) he said Destiny 2, which as I've heard, doesn't suck

It sucks!

Destiny 2 has convinced me that Bungie does not have any broader vision for the game or how to keep things interesting. They continuously make the same mistakes and relearn the same lessons over and over again. There's no real challenge and nothing to really compel any continuous engagement beyond ticking a box. I picked it back up just before Shadowkeep, played through that, then right as the past season started I went into exams and stopped playing, and I never felt any desire to pick it back up. I just didn't care--and I stuck with Destiny 1 throughout its life cycle (even the bad old days of vanilla). It just all felt pointless.

What doesn't feel pointless, on the other hand, is Doom Eternal. Holy **** id knocked it out of the park on this one. Finished my first run through on Ultra-Violence the other day and it was incredible. I've seen some comments to the effect that Eternal is closer to a fighting game or a character action game than a typical FPS, and I kind of agree. They've managed to create a system where the player is not only expected, but forced to make use of every tool and mechanic available, and it works.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 24, 2020, 05:58:38 pm
I think live service games are a trap. The developers are miserable. The players are miserable. Nobody is getting the game they want. Everyone on both sides is grinding. It’s a mess.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mammothtank on March 25, 2020, 06:14:39 am
Megaman and the X series are major parts of my console library, said consoles just don't work and I CBA to replace them.

Storm eagle was my ringtone for about 3 years 😂🦅🦅

He's probably one of, if not the most popular Maverick in that game for a reason. Anyway. They're pretty good. Was a pretty high price for me in Australia.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 26, 2020, 07:28:21 pm
I got around to play Her Story (PC)
Interesting way to use FMV, though it's still one of those games that is best to go in blind like I did.


Started Tomb Raider 3: Adventures of Lara Croft (PC)
As for the second installment I play with widescreen fixes and supersampling cranked up to 8x.
I'm not exactly sure what the plot is supposed to be about, according to the intro there is something in Antarctica but for now the first level seems just to be Lara Croft in an Indian lost temple for reasons of her own with body of waters inexplicably teeming with piranhas (I mean, it's India, couldn't they have used alligators or something instead?).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 27, 2020, 05:14:50 am
I think live service games are a trap. The developers are miserable. The players are miserable. Nobody is getting the game they want. Everyone on both sides is grinding. It’s a mess.

Playing them is burger and fries right now, and if burger and fries is keeping someone sane who is not used to the sense of isolation that comes with working at home, I will make a burger and fries.

It's not like I am using my downtime from that to make what I want ... oh but I do. (https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=95603.0)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BlueFlames on March 27, 2020, 11:04:42 am
After pressing through the rough opening section, I'm still playing Vampyr.  I'm enjoying the story and the significance that NPCs and dialogue play throughout the game--you're actually heavily incentivized to learn about the people you meet and to explore their stories.  The combat is kind of 'meh,' with random encounters being too frequent in non-fallen districts.

On the subject of districts falling, I also rather like the balancing act of trying to keep people healthy from night to night.  It can be a lot of running around, but you are a doctor, and there is an epidemic sweeping the city.  There's also a push-and-pull of who to chomp on and who to keep alive for the health of the district.  Like, there's a ****ty landlord in Whitechapel who deserves to die, but his blood is trash, and it's just not worth the broader health impact on the district.

(Mao would have enjoyed this game; all the landlords are ****ty.  Almost as ****ty as real landlords come to think of it.)

Also, having now picked up a saber, I can deploy the line, in my best fake Sean Connery voice, "IT BEGAN WITH A DAMN 'S'!"

And when I need something a little less intense, I've also got a new world running in Minecraft.  So far, I've only carved a ~3km path from my spawn to a village, where I'm setting up shop in earnest.  Got a house going up on what looked like a deliberately outlined vacant lot.  I kind of want to get a Roman-era city thing going, where I build up a defensive wall, expand the town beyond the wall's capacity, then build up a larger outer wall, expand, etc.

I hadn't realized it, but I guess I've got a theme of urbanization going with my game preferences at the moment.  Huh.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 30, 2020, 02:27:39 pm
https://twitter.com/AeornFlippout/status/1244704324221046785

Anybody play Race the Sun?
How about any of the Starfox games?

What if you used the Race the Sun engine to make a Starfox-alike?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BlueFlames on April 12, 2020, 10:03:46 pm
I'm playing through This War of Mine for the first time.

In the first nine days, my shelter got raided about every other night, and then day ten starts with a big splash page saying, "Crime wave begins."  NOW the crime wave begins?!  What the hell were the last nine nights?!

Oh well.  I've posted a guard with a gun and two bullets.  Come at me, bro.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 12, 2020, 10:33:14 pm
Oh well.  I've posted a guard with a gun and two bullets.  Come at me, bro.

Just one bro, maaaaybe two. Any more, please don't come at me...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on April 13, 2020, 09:21:20 pm
I finally picked up Ace Combat 7 and have been playing that, especially since I discovered how to get my joystick to work.  :)  I have not been able to play as much as I would like though.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 14, 2020, 08:36:14 pm
FRIGGIN' RECEIVER 2!


Handgun loading simulator with a weird story about the danger of media Receiver finally got a sequel. This time, with textures!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on April 14, 2020, 08:46:53 pm
Peaking my head over the fence and admiring FFVII Remake.
I want to play it so bad, but I also don't want to deal with a multi year wait. So I'll pretend like it doesn't exist. And then I will play them ALL.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 15, 2020, 12:50:51 am
I played the demo, realised I didn't like not naming cloud a Swear word.

Peaking my head over the fence and admiring FFVII Remake.
I want to play it so bad, but I also don't want to deal with a multi year wait. So I'll pretend like it doesn't exist. And then I will play them ALL.

The multi COST doesn't appeal to me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 15, 2020, 09:54:25 am
At some point, presumably, there'll be a "FFVII Remake Complete" version for hopefully less than a rent payment...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 15, 2020, 09:57:27 am
Changing the battle system from ATB to that real time nonsense was a massive detractionnfrom the feel of the original too.  FFX managed to handle the turn based thing without issue.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 15, 2020, 01:32:54 pm
So, since Tomb Raider III was kind of infuriating I played both Dreamfall and Dreamfall Chapters: The Final Cut since I had them sitting in the backlog for years.
Dreamfall while playable had several bewildering choices like adding broken combat, frustrating stealth sections and that weird focus mode I always ended up activating by mistake. That mode wasn't even that useful, it was easier to just move the character around with the camera most of the times. Also the inventory was stupidly fiddly. There was also an infuriating glitch that almost got me stuck.
Chapters fortunately was an all around improvement in the controls and interface department. They also ditched the combat and the stealth sections are more puzzle-y than screaming at the camera-dependent controls for hiding behind rocks/walls/etcetera to work.
Of course the game gave priority to anything that wasn't a mouse or a keyboard, fortunately my HOTAS can be disabled via software but obviously I tended to forget to do so almost every time thus having to Alt-F4 out of the game since it was faster than figuring out which of the thirty-something buttons on my HOTAS the game detected as the "A" button.
Unfortunately now the game only has checkpoints and instant resets instead of free saves which can potentially get annoying since cutscenes cannot be skipped and dialogues can only shortened using the spacebar if the game decides to allow for it.
The story seems to conclude here, we even get to finally know who the mysterious old lady of The Longest Journey is.
There are a few Tell-tale Games style choices but they mostly determine the early game and the fate of some of the secondary characters, according to the game wiki I managed to get the version of the ending I would have preferred anyway (unlike Pillars of Eternity, I'm almost tempted to load an old save and replay half the game just to get a good ending for Sagani now that I think of it).

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Iain Baker on April 16, 2020, 03:28:18 pm
Recently completed S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost alpha Developers Cut 1.4007

Also recently completed Quake Epsilon - i.e. Quake and it's expansion packs with fancy new graphics.

About to start Quake 2 Berserker mod - i.e. Quake 2 and its expansion packs with fancy new graphics.

And I'm about to start Homeworld Deserts of Kharak. After which I'm going to do a narratively chronological binge of the entire series (HWR, Cataclysm/Emergence, HW2R - and HW3 once it gets released.)

FS wise - I recently completed Shrouding the Light, Bem Cavalgar, The Aeos Affair, Shivans, ASW, Scrolls, Walking on Ashes and Boomerang. Not sure which campaign to try next - there is so much to choose from  :)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on April 16, 2020, 06:51:21 pm
Changing the battle system from ATB to that real time nonsense was a massive detractionnfrom the feel of the original too.  FFX managed to handle the turn based thing without issue.
I've heard tons of people say the new combat system is one of the best parts of the game. So I wouldn't knock it before you've tried it. You can enter slowmo-menu pause at anytime to get tactical. Or play it like a full action game if you use the shortcuts.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 17, 2020, 01:13:35 am
I have tried it. Finished the demo 5 times to make sure it wasn't just initial anti-nostalgia prejudice rather than genuine aversion.


I'll never use the term "changes the feel" or express an opinion on something tangible without first hand experience.  That's why I'm not as active on certain topics.
 People that have massive opinions on things without actual experience irk me.

I didn't like it.   

Granted its a REMAKE and not a REMASTER, the cinematic set pieces are nice, and it's very good looking (not far off the Advent children movie level of wow if you ask me) but it steering a teeny bit too far away from the original for my taste, so I'll skip buying it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on April 17, 2020, 01:23:52 am
Finished FF7R. Incredibly hyped for the next one in the series.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 17, 2020, 05:49:42 pm
So, Doom Eternal was ... meh. If it wasn't for the fact that I had marked it as a case study for my own work I would probably dropped it a few levels in.
Beyond the nice mobility focussed gameplay, it was pretty bland.

In the meantime, like many people I retreated to something a little more soothing and focused on building matters; because I need particular extensive escapism I got back to Tropico 5 (I know the sixth one is long out but my money is going to other things these days). Really soothing until you jump from Cold War to Modern Times and suddenly the fact that your nuclear armed, oil-exporting island only has a very limited education system comes back to bite you - almost like the ressource curse is action :)

I am now wrapping up Uncharted 4 (because free with the PS4 online service subscription), dipped back into Monster Hunter World and now might be ready to get back on that Witcher 3-horse...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on April 18, 2020, 01:48:48 am
So, Doom Eternal was ... meh. If it wasn't for the fact that I had marked it as a case study for my own work I would probably dropped it a few levels in.

Looks like there's quite a few people playing it for research purposes.

Meanwhile, I've been playing the original Torchlight with mods as of late. It's pretty cathartic, to say the least.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 20, 2020, 09:32:00 am
Since I’m still not in the mood for Tomb Raider III but I can’t choose which is next in my backlog I ended up finishing Doom 2 again with the Brutal Doom mod v21.
The Icon of Sin was more dinamic but I couldn’t get on the platform to shoot it directly in the brain so I had to climb up and use the platform as a shield against its attack because now you can just shoot it apparently even it the blasted thing takes a lot of hits, I had to empty all ammo pools but the projectiles and the shells to bring it down.

I also played a bit of Descent and apparently I haven’t been playing the first game for quite a while because DXX-Rebirth was still configured for my old 1280x1024 monitor and apparently its configuration file is indipendent from Descent 2.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 20, 2020, 11:15:56 am
Since I’m still not in the mood for Tomb Raider III

When you do, go to Nevada first.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 20, 2020, 01:16:19 pm
Since I’m still not in the mood for Tomb Raider III

When you do, go to Nevada first.

You can choose the order of the levels? I thought it was linear.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 20, 2020, 03:49:41 pm
Assuming you're talking about Tomb Raider III (The First One), the first level is first, then you choose which of the next three to tackle in any order, and then the final level (If I recall correctly).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SL1 on April 21, 2020, 07:36:28 pm
I just finished the main quest of Enderal.

In keeping with Enderal's running theme of ripping off paying homage to Mass Effect, the ending depressed the hell out of me and made me never want to touch the game again. I need to eat something sugary, maybe sleep for a while, and play something more hopeful to cleanse my mental palate.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 21, 2020, 09:15:15 pm
Streets of Rage 2 (Mega Drive) is still awesome, in other news water is wet and should probably change my nickname to Captain Obvious.
I still can't manage to 1cc it on normal even with max starting lifes, it's always those not-Sabretooth bosses that get to me, at least with the boxer guys I can usually hold on to a weapon long enough to deal with them. Miraculously I managed to beat the wrestler without losing a life. I suspect either my cheap controller might have become unresponsive or I have completely lost the habit of double tap and attack, fortunately there should be some decent options now for decent Mega Drive controllers.
Assuming you're talking about Tomb Raider III (The First One), the first level is first, then you choose which of the next three to tackle in any order, and then the final level (If I recall correctly).

I didn't know that, though the way the first levels are designed I'm not sure if to continue at all. The game camera seems to be made to screw with the player even more than in the first two games and in general there seem to be a lot more cheap traps that's impossible to see coming.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 22, 2020, 12:40:35 am
Jump, kick to head?
Used to work for me if memory serves.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on April 22, 2020, 09:59:46 am
Jump, kick to head?
Used to work for me if memory serves.
Only if you time it just right, half the time they start slashing before the kick connects. The occasional fireball helps but considering that tales some health away it's mostly for when it starts charging at me (and even then they are fast enough that they often dodge it anyway).
Though I should probably be more patient. I had similar issues with the jetpack guys once, now it's just a matter of chipping at them doing jump kicks.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 22, 2020, 10:54:37 am
Timing just right is what the golden age of console is all about 🤔😉😂
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Post by: Det. Bullock on May 02, 2020, 11:36:06 am
Streets of Rage 4 (PC) bought on GOG obviously.
The game seems visibly balanced mainly for coop which means that starting at normal will be inevitably frustrating if you play alone, the bosses almost always have minions that in coop may make things a bit less confusing but in single just gang up on you especially if they are the most difficult types in the smaller boss arenas and even then most bosses will take out at least one life (and on Normal you get three lives per level).
I beat SoR2 on normal last week and it was a much much easier game even without considering its age, while SoR4 on Normal often plays more like Final Fight than SoR.
On Easy it’s more manageable but still a bit above normal difficulty in SoR2 and the japanese version of SoR3.
Of course the other possibility is that they balanced the game thinking of “hardcore gamers” which would be bull**** since SoR games stood out also because they were much more accessible and fair than the quarter munchers that usually got ported to consoles and it would be quite disappointing that the developers pulled a Monster Boy and decided to make a sequel more difficult of the originals because it has to be more retro than retro.

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (PC)
I got the speedrun medal and now I'm working on the no damage run medal, obviously on easy.
I still have to get the frequent flyer achievement, I think the developers might have overdid the requirements a bit with that one or probably assumed people would mostly play single player to get the points to unlock stuff instead jumping into multiplayer as I did.
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Post by: theperfectdrugsk on May 02, 2020, 09:05:33 pm
Haven't played anything in ages.

Been modding HBS Battletech a fair bit though.
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Post by: SL1 on May 03, 2020, 01:48:21 am
Started Dragon Age Origins for the first time a few hours ago.

The dialogue trees seem very badly designed. It's not at all obvious which dialogue choices will advance the story and which are optional choices to get more information. There have also been several cases where every choice advances the story, even though several of them look like optional choices and should have been optional choices. And this was just for the first hour or so, for the mage trial in the Fade. This is seriously triggering my RPG dialogue OCD. It's especially painful because I'm playing this right after Enderal, because as much as I didn't care for how Enderal's story ultimately turned out, it gave clear indications of which options would advance the conversation, which I greatly appreciated. DAO feels like a total mess in comparison. How did Bioware do this after they got it right in Mass Effect, where the dialogue wheel clearly indicated which choices were plot-critical? I hope it gets better.
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Post by: theperfectdrugsk on May 07, 2020, 06:50:37 am
Huh. I don't remember the dialogue being all that wonky, but it's been forever since I played it. Maybe there's a dialogue fix mod out there?
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Post by: SL1 on May 08, 2020, 12:09:11 am
Huh. I don't remember the dialogue being all that wonky, but it's been forever since I played it. Maybe there's a dialogue fix mod out there?

It's probably just me being OCD. Whenever I play an RPG, I'm always completely paranoid about missing things, especially things involving story and dialogue. So the thought that I might have missed an interesting line by clicking on the "wrong" dialogue option stresses me out. It's probably fine for people who aren't insane like me.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 08, 2020, 06:01:46 am
Well, DA:O was concieved to please a crowd that was used to the whole "laundry list of dialogue options" from the old Infinity-engine games, original Fallout etc - including the absence of explicit "stage directions". By comparison, Mass Effect was primarily concieved for console hence the dialogue wheel and all its stream lining. (and its not like the explicit "mood icons" or "just the tone" dialogue trees are exactly better - e.g. worst case Fallout 4)

There is a convention to the number dialogues in old cRPGs - the first 1-3 from the top options progress things, the middle options tend to be "tell me more" and the 1-3 options from the bottom then to be "quick exit from conversation" options.
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Post by: SL1 on May 08, 2020, 07:39:47 pm
Well, DA:O was concieved to please a crowd that was used to the whole "laundry list of dialogue options" from the old Infinity-engine games, original Fallout etc - including the absence of explicit "stage directions". By comparison, Mass Effect was primarily concieved for console hence the dialogue wheel and all its stream lining. (and its not like the explicit "mood icons" or "just the tone" dialogue trees are exactly better - e.g. worst case Fallout 4)

Don't get me wrong, I love having lots of dialogue options. But I don't think there's anything wrong with making it clear which ones are mutually exclusive and which ones are investigation/"tell me more" options.


There is a convention to the number dialogues in old cRPGs - the first 1-3 from the top options progress things, the middle options tend to be "tell me more" and the 1-3 options from the bottom then to be "quick exit from conversation" options.

DAO doesn't seem to be following that convention, though, from what I've seen. I'll keep it in mind, though, and see if it applies to future dialogues.
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Post by: SL1 on May 11, 2020, 02:15:14 am
Okay, let me give an example of what I'm talking about. I decided to go to the mage tower once the world map opened up. I'm still at the start of it, and here's a conversation I was just in. Slight spoilers, obviously:

https://imgur.com/a/5UgtBSD

I see no reason why I shouldn't be able to ask all four of those questions, but I can't. Once I pick one, the conversation returns to the start of the tree and the branch that brought me to the point in the screenshot is closed off. If I want to see where the other three questions lead, I have to reload my save and do the whole thing over again. I've encountered quite a few cases of this.
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Post by: Mongoose on May 16, 2020, 06:29:39 pm
Terraria just dropped its final massive new content update, Journey's End.

See you all in six months!
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Post by: deathspeed on May 16, 2020, 06:51:21 pm
So much to play all of a sudden!  i'm still enjoying AC7, then MechWarrior 5 showed up on PC Xbox GamePass, then Epic gave me GTA V.  I have not even started hitting my Steam backlog yet. 
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Post by: manwiththemachinegun on May 16, 2020, 08:23:02 pm
Have you made it to Hunt For Red Octo, I mean the Alicorn DLC yet? :P
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Post by: deathspeed on May 16, 2020, 11:07:21 pm
Not yet.  I have all the DLC but I'm only on mission 12 and want to finish the campaign before the DLC missions.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 17, 2020, 12:37:50 am
Some friends asked if I wanted to play Ark Survival Evolved, so I started. Then I offered to host a dedicated server.
Then I lost 99 hours to The Island. But I do have a pile of Argentavises and a hungry Deodon to show for it. I also built a wooden frigate. So no regrets.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 20, 2020, 03:06:37 pm
Plans to get back in Witcher 3 somehow fell by the wayside .... but in the meantime, I tried my hand at other things:

- Moonlighter
Moonligher is not the first in the "fantasy RPG utility simulation"-genre mashups but it might be one of the most accessible. It is a very light rouge-lite (i.e. when you are reduced to 0 hp a day passes and everything you collected in the current run, except 5 "on your person"-slots, is lost) which borrows quite a bit from the 2D Zelda playbook, but it more a dedicated dungeon crawler than a genuine 2D Zelda-clone. You are actually dungeon crawling to uncover the mystery of 4 dungeons near your town and to fund the mystery hunt (and the related revitalisation of the local ecconomy) you run a shop selling your loot to the travellers and other adventureres.
Its actually a very nice diversion and as rather calming flow for the rogue-lite. Your mileage may very on how much you need a dungeon crawl every now and again.

- Gears Tactics
This game is the case why I should stop listening to my brothers for game recommendations - a bit of context here: my older brother has for years attempted to make Gears of War couch-coop a thing when I come to visit, but I never quite could engage with the franchise - dunno, maybe its the "blood for oil but with mole people"-thing it has going or something else. But I took the advice that a change in genre might do it for me - I mean, I "preach the gospel of the isometeric view" quite often.
It wants to be an XCom-clone with gameplay integration of Gear of War-staples such has violent dismemberment, enemy subterrainian assaults and monster bosses - and it can't quite come together to any effect for me; starting for the fact that the Gears of War-aestethic doesn't have all the eye catching detail (i.e. it is very detailed but in all shades of grey, brown and olive paint) that translates well to an isometric view, and hitting rather hard that Gears of War-enemy roster also doesn't boast that much variety.

- Assassin Creeed: Odyssey
This kinda started as a joke following the AC: Valhalla annoucement in a conversation about when I lend my (limited) expertise on factual Viking history to what could be turned into "AC-mechanics"; and I was hooked after 3 houres -- after all, "I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life" (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54932/sea-fever-56d235e0d871e) :D
If you are looking for AC: Black Flag 2.0 and don't mind massive step back into a time before firearms and cannons, this might be what you want.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on May 20, 2020, 10:24:20 pm
Saw this update for a Doom mod the other day; been playing it since.

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Post by: Det. Bullock on May 26, 2020, 01:47:07 pm
Finished Crysis 2: Maximum Edition (PC)
In the last two levels I just decided to cloak and rush to the objectives whenever the game let me.
I don't get why I do more damage by using my gun like a club than actually shooting it, wasn't this supposed to be a shooter?

Grand Theft Auto V (PC)
I had to use a third party tool to switch the language to english even though I have both Epic and the Rockstar Launcher set to english because the game locks itself onto the OS language, why in the name of sanity couldn't they have an option in the menu? Or just a frigging ini file to edit? I had to use a third party tool, unbelieveable!
And this without mentioning the need to register to the Rockstar Social Club like I care about GTA online with more captchas than some online banking services.
The game itself is not that different from GTA IV and that is not good in my book.
For example why in the name of sanity my character falls down when I sprint into things? This is basically early 3D game bull****.
Also the tutorial for entering cover is so short I missed it and had to alt-tab to look up the key because otherwise the tightly scripted first mission wouldn't let me go on.
For now the only takeaway I got from the story is that Dan Houser has seen Fargo let's see if at least gets interesting.
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Post by: DefCynodont119 on June 01, 2020, 11:51:39 pm
TRI: of friendship and madness (PC) (first person puzzle platformer)

Returning to it as I always do, I am at the phase of replaying where you start making unnecessarily complex solutions to the levels.  :lol:

If you are a fan of Portal and Antichamber, or if adding Tri faces in 3D modeling software give you esoteric joy, This is the game for you.

I actually made a steam review of it: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198006027481/recommended/293660
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 10, 2020, 05:35:01 pm
Finished Grand Theft Auto V (PC)
Same old same old.
It tries to be more selfaware but it's still too nihilistic for the story to work.
It has some darkly funny moments but it's just the usual "everything sucks" so even the lighter tone doesn't help.
Also the gameplay is not fun, GTA games are supposed to be the ultimate "screwing around in an open world" games but the walking controls are always crap, the side activities are either boring or make essentially no money (or are endless money sinks, buyinf properties is useless) and while the car controls are better than IV they are still annoying.
I never even tried with the collectables.
Also helicopters suck and have no reason to suck this much when in Saints Row they are actually fun to use. To add insult to injury missions often demand you land them in a specific place and getting those stupid things to land in the right spot is just frustrating at times.
At least missions have more checkpoints and the game production values are in full show.

PS: speaking of "everything sucks" that "satire" of unions and strikes is downright horrifying knowing working conditions at Rockstar games.

Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (PSX, emulated)
It branches like Wing Commander IV, has cartoon cutscenes and I curse Bamco for the stupid decision to gut the western release but that's what fantranslations are for.
I did a first run, probably the story has been done to death in all the cyberpunk animes ever but it's actually interesting if simple.
It's also way easier than AC7 playing on normal, I did my first run in an evening but that's probably because of the branching paths and the game is balanced to be completable with a digital gamepad (I played with my HOTAS).

Shadow of The Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (PC)
After GTA I wanted a third person game with decent controls.
I'm mostly doing collectables and sidequests, going around collecting stuff in the pretty scenery is quite addicting. It does help that most collectables are basically lore bits and unique objects with some interesting story bits or trivia attached to them, the rest give you rare resources and XP that aren't anything to scoff at.
Also, optional crypts and tombs that unlock new equipment and abilities that can't be unlocked any other way, even the crypts have a few puzzles every now and then, I think only one was just a hidden room like in the previous game.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on June 10, 2020, 09:27:36 pm
Since Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition was on a discount in the Microsoft Store, I went ahead and bought it. Finished the William Wallace campaign yesterday.

At the same time, I'm also "playing" in FRED2 with BP enabled. :nervous:
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Post by: spart_n on June 10, 2020, 10:27:33 pm
jet lancer is fun. very fun.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on June 13, 2020, 11:59:48 am
I've finished Shadow of The Tomb Raider - Definitive Edition (PC)
It's more of the same but a finely crafted example of it.
I managed to 100% it only looking up the last challenge (which to be fair is designed to be stumbled upon during a story sequence but I never managed to do it for some reason).
One thing that preplexes me about the story is that they fault Lara for the cataclysms when it's pretty clear that:
1- Lara is not exactly prone to take the paranormal at face value which is understandable even with her experiences (yes, there is that Himiko business but also the events of the Baba Yaga DLC) and it's a pretty big leap between "picking up a knife" and "literally ending the world";
2- the bad guy was about to do the same thing perfectly knowing what he was doing.
Yet the narrative somehow seems to take what the bad guy says at face value and it's barely hinted at that he's a massive hypocrite, like, this is supposed to be a b-movie plot there is no need to be subtle about it.
They might have done it to counterbalance any inevitable "mighty whitey" implications but it's just another bit of weird drama for the sake of it.
There is just this tendency of not letting female action heroes just be, the Uncharted guy apparently can go around moving down scores of enemies smiling and cracking jokes but Lara Croft needs to be deconstructed for some reason, even after she more than settled down on her adventurer archeologist role two games ago.
Other than that the game was fun and getting all the collectables was a big part of it, you don't go around collecting feathers but mostly you go diggin up documents, inscriptions and artifacts that give you pieces of story, lore and mythology which only made me more eager to get to the next one.
The tombs are varied and even the crypts often are more akin to smaller tombs than the simple caves of the first two games, the tombs with relative sidequests added by the DLCs are often a bit more elaborate than the ones in the base game.
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Post by: Mobius on June 28, 2020, 11:11:31 am
Many not be fully appropriate for this thread, but... FreeSpace 1's main campaign. I haven't touched it in like, 10 years or so.  :nervous:
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Post by: Su-tehp on June 28, 2020, 11:30:33 pm
Many not be fully appropriate for this thread, but... FreeSpace 1's main campaign. I haven't touched it in like, 10 years or so.  :nervous:

Yeah, I hadn't touched it in almost 20 years until I recently came back to HLP and replayed it with the new graphics. You won't be disappointed. :D
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Post by: Wobble73 on July 02, 2020, 02:55:50 pm
Mostly been playing Warzone recently as I suppose a lot do.

However, I have also been playing it through an Oculus Go via Virtual Desktop in dark cinema mode and let me tell you that, although it's not true VR, it is incredibly immersive!
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 02, 2020, 04:32:54 pm
Cod Warzone?

The updates on PS4 are huuuuuge,  I missed one and can't be bothered to lose half my library to get warzone.
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Post by: Wobble73 on July 03, 2020, 08:19:50 am
Cod Warzone?

The updates on PS4 are huuuuuge,  I missed one and can't be bothered to lose half my library to get warzone.
Yes COD Warzone, I play mostly on PC as I have a large hard drive so have the space, the updates are way too big though and the foorprint is too big too, they need to sort that out. Although it isn't as large as the Ark Survival Evolved Editor which is over 300gbs!! (I picked that up for free recently on Epic in their weekly Thursday giveaways).
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Post by: Det. Bullock on July 03, 2020, 10:11:07 pm
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt GOTY (PC)
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Post by: francisbaud on July 19, 2020, 03:50:48 pm
I'm not playing anything right now, the last game I've played was League of Legends.  :)
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Post by: SL1 on July 19, 2020, 04:31:34 pm
I'm replaying Risen. I really like its comfy tropical environment. There aren't enough RPGs with tropical settings.

It sometimes makes me think of Enderal, though, which is a downer. That game left a really bad taste in my mouth.
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Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 19, 2020, 10:20:30 pm
I'm replaying Risen. I really like its comfy tropical environment. There aren't enough RPGs with tropical settings.

It looks pretty. How is it? Fun?
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Post by: SL1 on July 20, 2020, 01:27:47 am
I'm replaying Risen. I really like its comfy tropical environment. There aren't enough RPGs with tropical settings.

It looks pretty. How is it? Fun?

Yeah, it's pretty fun, although the combat is a bit clunky. You also have to jump through quite a few hoops if you want to become a mage, which is annoying for me, as I always play a mage in RPGs. I'd say the environment is my favorite part of the game, though.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on July 26, 2020, 03:43:09 pm
Just finished The Banner Saga 3 - It felt somewhat fitting a few weeks ago to finally play the final installment of a great series, a chapter which has a lot to do with people huddling together in tenious safety while hoping the world will not end.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 27, 2020, 12:35:06 am
Been playing carrion.

Love it. 👍👍.
It's about a biological entity ravaging every human life in the area.
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Post by: Mobius on July 28, 2020, 07:45:18 am
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.

I remember playing FFXII back in the day but I stopped very early, while my brother completed it. I decided to give it another try, so I bought The Zodiac Age, which is a nice remaster of the original FFXII. So far, so good.
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Post by: BlueFlames on July 28, 2020, 09:50:21 am
I just-one-more-turn'd myself to 3am this morning in Civilization VI.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 28, 2020, 12:00:39 pm
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.

I remember playing FFXII back in the day but I stopped very early, while my brother completed it. I decided to give it another try, so I bought The Zodiac Age, which is a nice remaster of the original FFXII. So far, so good.
Any good?   I didn't get past the bunny village at the time, i've still got the PS2 disc but no room for a PS2 in my life,  i've had the physicla media in my hand and "ummed/ahhh'd" a few times...
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Post by: Mobius on July 28, 2020, 12:15:13 pm
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.

I remember playing FFXII back in the day but I stopped very early, while my brother completed it. I decided to give it another try, so I bought The Zodiac Age, which is a nice remaster of the original FFXII. So far, so good.
Any good?   I didn't get past the bunny village at the time, i've still got the PS2 disc but no room for a PS2 in my life,  i've had the physicla media in my hand and "ummed/ahhh'd" a few times...

I'm only a few hours into my playthrough, and
Spoiler:
Penelo just joined the party. We have to collect a particular stone in order to sneak into Rabanastre's royal palace. I don't remember anything, it's almost as if I'm playing it for the first time ever.
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Post by: Mongoose on July 28, 2020, 06:47:17 pm
Picked up a game called Hob that I learned about from a random GDQ run.  It's an action-platformer with some Metroidvania mechanics worked in.  The cool part is that you're essentially helping to reconstruct this clockwork world as you move through the game and restore power and water flow to different areas.  The storytelling is all non-verbal, even the straight-up "lore" bits, so you have to mostly rely on environmental cues to get an idea of what might have happened in the past.  The art design is gorgeous and the soundtrack is a low-key dreamlike affair, so it's perfect for just chilling out and exploring.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on July 29, 2020, 05:23:48 am
Hob was made by the same developers who made Torchlight. ;)
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Post by: Mongoose on July 29, 2020, 04:36:38 pm
Yeah, though I'm only familiar with that series by name.

Pushed through and finished it after I realized I was close to the ending.  13 hours is pretty good for something that cost me $6 or so.  I was pleasantly surprised by how many of the collectibles I was able to get without resorting to a map.  The ending gives you a binary choice, but one is definitely much more of a Good End for most parties involved.  Props to the game for being an enjoyable little experience.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 17, 2020, 02:38:17 pm
Othercide

To be very reductive its X-Com-mold Turn Based Tactics meets non-Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror. And it very stylish and awesome - and probably a very, very acquired taste, because just as the graphcis are high contrast (black and white with a few intrusion by red and yellow) so is the game's underlying stroy and lore (there a lot of items that start with "the ..."); and the trek into horror territory comes with quite a bit of body horror in the enemy designs, and the personalities of the bosses so far (first two) have been ... "pushing buttons" - that's a bad euthemism...

Speaking of pushing buttons: The language for recruiting your squad of "Daughters" is a bit ... uncomfortable. It openly codes the operations in language of plant breeding: Creating a new "Daughter" is called "germinate" and you can only heal daughters by sacrificing another of the same or higher level, giving her an additional trait depending on the sacrificed Daughter's class (they luckly stopped short from calling them "grafts" but the description is unambigious as to that is that is).

Now is all that "button pushing" a deal breaker? - Ask we again once I am done, at the moment of the story I am in right "things started happening"...
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Post by: CP5670 on August 22, 2020, 05:38:13 pm
I finished Torment: Tides of Numenera. The setting and world are very unique and well suited for this type of game, better than even Planescape Torment. It's more of an interactive novel than a combat-based RPG, and you spend most of the game just reading dialogue. The writing is superb, obscure but full of hidden meanings and allegories. A few sections had the most powerful and thought provoking writing I've seen in a game, but it is also writing that could only work in a game and not a novel. I especially liked some of the merecaster sections, which are optional parts where you experience the past lives of other characters, and can see the consequences of your actions later on. The 2D graphics are simple but artistic and fit the game well.

The game does have its issues. The combat system is terrible, but there are very few fights to begin with and you can mostly ignore this aspect of the game. This also makes leveling up abilities and buying weapons kind of pointless. The player character and companions are mostly generic and not interesting, with the exception of Rhin. This game is really about understanding the world and the philosophy behind it, while Planescape was more about the player character discovering himself and his own past. Despite the great writing, some things you encounter are just bizarre for the sake of being bizarre, and don't fit into the rest of the world.

It's definitely not a game that will have mass appeal, but I loved it. I'm surprised its reviews on GOG are so mixed, as it has the same pros and cons as Planescape, but I guess Kickstarter backers are never happy.
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Post by: Det. Bullock on August 23, 2020, 10:27:13 am
I've finished the story mode of Transformers Devastation (PC)
The story has some elements from the comics even though the look and feel is very much that of the G1 cartoon.
While I got better towards the end of the game I don't really feel like replaying with a higher difficulty level or doing the challenges.
It is tons more fun and visually appealing than the cybertron games but this kind of gameplay can be a bit tiring and I have no reflexes.

Now I bought Jedi: Fallen Order because it's Star Wars and I want to see if the most uninteresting-looking protagonist ever is a detriment or not to the game.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on August 31, 2020, 02:35:54 pm
Ghost of Tsushima

... has a very interesting mechanic to navigate you without a HUD compass - basically when you press (or in case of the PS4, stroke) the input for navigational assistance all particle effects are temporarily redirected into the direction you need to be going... I wonder if that can be applied to FSO in some way, some day...
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 01, 2020, 12:35:02 am
The swirly whirly wind and ghosts in GOT look lovely.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on September 03, 2020, 10:32:38 pm
Started playing Tradewinds Legends again, for the fine text.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/316990728935047170/751075563396923564/unknown.png)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/316990728935047170/751075968847708160/unknown.png)

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/316990728935047170/751084370831343626/unknown.png)

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Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 10, 2020, 04:04:35 pm
Star Renegades

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/682667108538122240/753636303408726166/Unbenannt.png)
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Post by: Det. Bullock on September 20, 2020, 07:30:22 am
Jedi: Fallen Order is an almost aggresively 7/10 game.
It has its moments but the gameplay is a bit of Dark Souls but without shield and Tomb Raider but with less satisfying movement.
The narrative is what took it down a notch for me, the protagonist in particular.
I'd probably be more generous if the side character Cere Junda wasn't the one that has the most stakes in the story, she literally jumps out of nowhere to talk to the final boss once you defeat her because you character is literally a bland self-insert whose little characterization comes a bit too late and is so subdued you might as well have a silent protagonist and it wouldn't change much.
Hell, the midpoint twist would have been much better had the player character been Cere Junda, but can't have a 40-something black woman being the protagonist otherwise the 12 year old kids that yell racial slurs while playing on the internet might not feel represented.  :rolleyes:

I tried to get back to Tomb Raider III but the game feels a lot like a chore, the bugs and ironing the kinks of the passage to windows 10 (like getting Vsync to work again because it's one of those games that don't play well with frresync) didn't do it any favour.
Last time I left the game to what came out to be the very last stretch of the India levels, the FMV cutscene that follows locks up and often glitches up the level selection graphics unless you skip it and nothing I did solved the problem so I watched the cutscene on youtube.
I had read that in Nevada you lose all weapons so I did that first, there was a glitch that did not make the texture load on first try so I had to load the game twice every time I died, fun.
There was also an in-game cutscene that didn't play between Nevada level 1 and 2 so I found myself in prison without understanding why.
There is less combat than TR2 thank god, but the platforming almost seems designed for completely different controls at times. There are almost too many points that require excessive precision or unorthodox use of the controls and mistakes either kill you or send back so far that often it's faster to reload than go through that again, I shudder to think what this game would be without the ability to save everywhere.
At the moment I stopped at Area 51, I don't know when or if I'll get back to it.

I'm currently playing Freespace with the cockpit mod since it was available on Knossos and I never got it to work properly by installing it manually for some reason. For some reason at times the game starts to do the "clicked on something that's not clickable at the moment" sound every few seconds during gameplay and I can't tell why, there are no keys that bind on my keyboard and nothing seems amiss with my HOTAS profile. Also the crosshair seems slightly off to the side, enough to make shooting at distant moving targets a bit more difficult than it should.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 20, 2020, 01:01:26 pm
Sounds like the "war orphans of the force"-angle didn't resonate with you?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on September 20, 2020, 02:34:28 pm
Sounds like the "war orphans of the force"-angle didn't resonate with you?

To resonate you would need a compelling main character, Kal Kestis is played so subdued he might as well be a freshly memory-wiped droid.
Oh, yes, there is also the fact that the final redemption doesn't come from him and the second sister finding common ground after the defeat but from Cere Junda talking to her.
The main narrative arc is Cere's, the stronget connection with the bad guy is hers and she even disconnected herself from the Force the same as Kal.
The journey could have been about her trauma from the failure to protect her apprentice easily and we even see her old master in-game, have her duel with a vision of her own apprentice as a Jedi.

Of course it might just be a clumsy attempt to create a foil to the protagonist that ended up being more interesting than him but I can't get the sensation out of my head that Kal might have been wedged in relatively late for marketing purposes not unlike what happpened with Assassin's Creed Origins.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 20, 2020, 03:08:08 pm
To resonate you would need a compelling main character, Kal Kestis is played so subdued he might as well be a freshly memory-wiped droid.

I don't know if that is true - esspecially if you leave Merrin and the Ninth Sister out of the narrative.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 21, 2020, 05:28:07 am
Little bit of shipbreakers,  little bit of Elite dangerous.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on September 21, 2020, 06:21:32 am
playing the waiting game for the 3080
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on September 21, 2020, 08:04:56 am
Getting my RNG fix with Torchlight II.

By playing with mods and console commands. :warp:
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Post by: TheBigCore on September 21, 2020, 08:56:01 am
Ion Fury
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Post by: Det. Bullock on September 21, 2020, 09:27:34 am
Apparently the Freespace 1 Cockpit mod doesn't work with Playing Judas, I had to switch back to "plain" FSport with mediaVPS to be able to play the mission as the HUD was invisible with the mod.
I wish the mod had the option for the classic radar, the 3D radar takes a while to get used to and its range is a bit limited and I'm the kind of player that keeps the range to infinite all the time.
I still can't understand what triggers the intermittent "can't click there" noise, I'm curious to see if it's there with the FS2 version too.

EDIT

I'm an idiot, the radar can be set to infinite with the mod, I just kept pressing the wrong key.

To resonate you would need a compelling main character, Kal Kestis is played so subdued he might as well be a freshly memory-wiped droid.

I don't know if that is true - esspecially if you leave Merrin and the Ninth Sister out of the narrative.

Too little too late, Kashyyk is the middle of the game and Merrin is almost at the end of the game.
When his friend dies at the start he barely raises an eyebrow and there is only  lip service paid during an optional conversation.
Effing hell, Kanan Jarrus was traumatized by seeing his master die before him too and actually acted like a human being.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on September 21, 2020, 10:31:38 am
Grabbed Forza Horizon 3 before it left storefronts and I'm already 20 hours in. The presentation can get pretty cringey but that doesn't matter when I'm yeeting all of these gorgeously-rendered car models all over the Outback.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BlueFlames on September 22, 2020, 11:31:14 am
I'm back into Civilization VI again.

I'm almost done.  Just one more turn.  One more turn.  Okay, one more turn.

Works quite well on the Switch.  I was expecting more of a UI nightmare without a mouse.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on September 23, 2020, 03:15:05 am
Too little too late, Kashyyk is the middle of the game and Merrin is almost at the end of the game.

That's not a point against it but carrying the characterisation constitently though several characters, their charactersations are extensions of the main character's arc, reperesenting the other circumstances and choices - Granted, such a thing would work better in a game was not forcibly glued to one perspective; it would have worked much better in an ensemble RPG-style

Cannot speak to the characterisations in Rebels, never got the chance to watch it (mostyl because VoD didn't offer OV), but I guess that character was not re-infantilized by their original trauma as the protagonist of the Fallen Order is - after all they don't regain self-determined agency until the epilogue - which might be what you are picking up.
After all there is no singular cause and effect-reaction to any kind of trauma...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on September 23, 2020, 08:20:01 am
Too little too late, Kashyyk is the middle of the game and Merrin is almost at the end of the game.

That's not a point against it but carrying the characterisation constitently though several characters, their charactersations are extensions of the main character's arc, reperesenting the other circumstances and choices - Granted, such a thing would work better in a game was not forcibly glued to one perspective; it would have worked much better in an ensemble RPG-style

Cannot speak to the characterisations in Rebels, never got the chance to watch it (mostyl because VoD didn't offer OV), but I guess that character was not re-infantilized by their original trauma as the protagonist of the Fallen Order is - after all they don't regain self-determined agency until the epilogue - which might be what you are picking up.
After all there is no singular cause and effect-reaction to any kind of trauma...
Re-infantilized doesn't mean acting like a robot, because that's how Kestis comes off as. It's almost like they went with the blandest possible protagonist they could think of and then have the actor be as subdued as possible and minimized or made optional any show of empathy whenever possible.
I expect better than a slab of protoplasm vaguely shaped as a person for a game with this kind of narrative component and my expectations are already very low in the first place.

Wait, they don't have the english track for Star Wars Rebels on Disney+? Because that's the only VoD service that has it last I checked.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on October 08, 2020, 02:44:32 pm
Rebel Galaxy (PC)
Since I wanted something brainless and didn't want to learn anything new I started a new playthrough to try and get a few achievements I had missed the first time because I turned on the GOG Galaxy overlay only when I was halfway through.
I also got curious about some complaints about the spin off Wing Commander Privateer remastered Rebel Galaxy Outlaw doing some things worse and wanted to refresh my memory.
For now the impression is that RGO is doing exactly the same things only it doesn't fill stations with EMP mines that knock out your engines which is extremely irritating. In theory RG compensates by letting you dock even under fire but in practice it's super annoying because it makes any attempt to flee in case the blockade is too strong much more frustrating. And IIRC in the late game many ambushes also happen like that, in this and RGO you get stopped by pirates a lot but at least in RGO they did away with EMP ambushes altogether and can just run away if you don't want to fight.
Another frequent complaint about RGO was how sometimes the random enemy generation spawned enemies in mission areas making things more difficult but it seems to happen here too and I remember it being a thing in Privateer too so it's probably either intentional or a thing that's inherently difficult to program for.
The gameplay loop remains surprisingly similar even if the game combat and flying mechanics are completely different, which is stating the obvious but many seem to think otherwise for some reason.
This time I'm playing with a gamepad, the only things it adds are the rumble effects.
I also added Space Truckin' and Barracuda to the game songs, one because duh and the other because the ship I'm flying at the moment is a Barracuda and I'm easily amused.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 08, 2020, 04:08:30 pm
The customisation any good?

I recall the promo video highlighting your ship's custom sticker placement and skins, and the ability to have it printed off and skinned, then posted to you for a (fair/unreasonable?) fee.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on October 08, 2020, 11:09:40 pm
The customisation any good?

I recall the promo video highlighting your ship's custom sticker placement and skins, and the ability to have it printed off and skinned, then posted to you for a (fair/unreasonable?) fee.

That was Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, this is the first Rebel Galaxy.

And I haven't really tried the customization in RGO, it was already high season at the time the game launched so I spent the little time I had playing the game as it was.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on October 14, 2020, 03:36:54 pm
Started a new game of Stellaris to put on in the background while I study. And its not only my first Megacrop, but decided to take embark on the psionic ascension route for the first time.

Fear the mind-reading squid space mafia!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on October 15, 2020, 12:44:14 pm
Rebel Galaxy (PC)
I did all the missing achievements.
Including the really annoying one that required to kill 20 pirate lords because they spawn randomly only when certain conditions are met which means I had to hunt events I could end like sieges and hope a pirate lord would spawn.
Fortunately I messed around enough during the story to have already filled about half the quota, but triggering the last six or seven took HOURS.
The others were not as bad as I thought they would, getting neutral reputation with pirates only involves going to the starting sector and get missions from a netural station that is labeled as "criminal" since it often generates missions for the pirates in question and with a fully armed endgame dreadnought they are easy to do and the militia getting in the way isn't an issue.
Apparently getting in with the pirates doesn't really give any particular bonuses apart from a side questline alternative to the mercenary one you get if you haven't bothered with them by the time you reach the second sector, in Outlaw you can buy an exclusive ship or two IIRC.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on October 19, 2020, 01:50:28 am
Subnautica!

A friend of mine wouldn't shut up about subnautica, so I decided to indulge her and play it a little bit.

Now I've spent 20 hours on it in three days. Holy ****. It's very good, and very addictive.

Right now things have slowed down a little, as the game has settled into a base building game and mine are scattered across the ocean. I need to get some logistics in order before I can explore further. I don't like this as much, even though the base buildling aspect and the like is very fun, I kinda miss Outer Wilds' "go anywhere, your only limit is what you know".
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on October 25, 2020, 08:52:38 am
I loved Subnautica. Every once in a while I get tempted to play it again.


Right now, Hades is owning all my free time. Who's a good three-headed abomination?





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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: BlueFlames on October 25, 2020, 09:23:44 am
I'm playing XCOM 2 again.  Trying to make an Ironman Commander play through work.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on October 25, 2020, 11:04:53 am
Right now, Hades is owning all my free time. Who's a good three-headed abomination?

Speaking of games I couldn't put down once I picked them up...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TheBigCore on October 28, 2020, 03:09:47 pm
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold  (Episode 5)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Iain Baker on October 30, 2020, 11:12:06 am
SerRes obs for play testing

yoctosfera mod for Stalker Clear Sky

Arcade Dimensions Epsilon (Bloody huge Quake megamod)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on October 30, 2020, 01:10:37 pm
Super Mario Sunshine (Gamecube) can be thoroughly infuriating.
The so-called "secrets" in particular are the worst. It doesn't help that most of the time the camera goes on its own merry way and sincerely I struggle to play a lof of parts in any other than the overhead zoomed out camera rather than the default behind the shoulders because I often find difficult to judge distances.
Also the camera relative controls tend to be really irritating because I'm just not used to this type of movement and often head on the wrong direction.
The way to access one of the main level was also a bit obtuse and had to use google it (or to be precise: the game called attention to something that I couldn't tell it did anything so I googled it and it was the access to one of the main levels that required a certain action to activate).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 06, 2020, 10:14:59 am
Star Wars Squadrons (PC)
Fleet Battle always crashes on me, dogfight mode is stable but my crappy wi fi often makes playing a chore with both enemies and my own movements skipping all over the place.
Fortunately now the game allows to disable the single player tutorials which means no more jarring pauses, I re-played the prologue and the first mission without tutorials costantly force-pausing the game and has been a far more pleasant experience.
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Bloodstained Curse of The Moon 2 (PC)
The game has started to become a bit ridiculous with difficulty so I had to drop from Veteran difficulty.
Still, the fire stage is strangely long so for now I'm leaving it there.

Freespace 2 (PC)
It's been a while since I last played the FS2 campaign, so long that I think I hadn't seen the new nebula effects. The Gamma Draconis nebula is appropriately spooky, I wish I took some screens of the Ravana too, that odd shape being only partially visible really adds to the fear factor.
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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 11, 2020, 06:10:21 pm
Bloodstained: Curse of The Moon 2 ramped up the difficulty a bit too much for my taste. I sincerely don't know how would I have dealt with the stage 5 boss had I not lowered the difficulty from veteran to casual.

I requested a refund for Starpoint Gemini 3, why in the hell some devs won't just give the user the ability to rebind joystick controls I sincerely can't fathom especially when they explicitly said at the start of early access that they would implement HOTAS support. And even without that there are several oddities to the controls due to the devs listening to fans of the first two games which of course weren't people used to fully 3D space dogfighting conventions, reading the steam forums apparently there isn't even a proper throttle.
For all the crap I gave Everspace for being a roguelike at least they didn't promise HOTAS support from day one only to somehow implement something like what Ace Combat 7 had at launch.
If you want a light Elite clone to play with a joystick that wasn't made in the 90s Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is a much better choice, probably because Travis Baldree just went and made his own Privateer-like with dice poker, slots and pool without asking a fanbase used to a completely different type of gameplay for advice.

Sundered: Eldtritch Edition is fortunately not a roguelike like I heard even if it has some randomly generated areas and you get sent back at the start if you die. The game is also one of those HD 2D games I can't get enough of, the first boss looked like something out of a particularly deranged Don Bluth movie. The combat is also that relaxing type of button mash-y beat 'em up that allows to turn your brain off and is friendly to people that never get combos right in more technical games like Guacamelee.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on November 26, 2020, 02:43:16 pm
Since it was discounted on Humble Store I got a Steam copy of Rebel Galaxy Outlaw and I started doing the achievements starting the game from scratch with a new save.
This time I did the Bountiful Vista quest earlier so I decided to try the Dingo for later story missions, better cargo space than the Coyote and double the missiles but half the hardpoints.
The Durston served me well for a while and made me a lot of money but even with max shields and armour it just was too easy to get hit and it was difficult to aim all guns consistently which is not ideal for story missions. I'm also playing on old school difficulty so autoaim is disabled and there is only some basic laser convergence that doesn't always kick in.
I kept the Sonora for longer than last time but with so many heavily shielded opponents in story missions I had to switch to something that could actually whittle them down without running out of energy (hence the Durston and then the Dingo).
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Post by: CP5670 on December 27, 2020, 05:26:50 pm
I played House of the Dying Sun in VR. Awesome atmosphere and Freespace-like gameplay. I especially like the ending you get after doing the hard difficulty. The graphics are simple but look beautiful in VR, kind of like Homeworld. It is quite short though, I wish the campaign had a few more missions.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: SL1 on December 29, 2020, 09:51:11 pm
Terminator: Resistance.

It's starting to feel too much like a mod for Fallout 4. Too much time spent wandering around collecting items and not enough time spent blasting Terminators.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 10, 2021, 08:22:55 pm
Halo: Combat Evolved (PC)
The last third is too repetitive.
Not only that but the last bit with the grenades to blow up the reactor was infuriating, it's not enough to toss the grenades in the slots inside the tubes, they must be in the precise point the game wants them to be otherwise you'll have to climb back up to do it again with respwaning enemies all around.
Also the last bit is a vehicle section with wonky vehicle physics and only one checkpoint in the middle that apparently refused to save the first time I did it.
And of course there is the fact that oftentimes the game refuses to save unless you cleaned a room of enemies even if cleaning said room isn't strictly necessary to proceed.
There are some great visuals for the time (note: I played it with the original graphics and sound) and the first half or so does have a great sense of scale but other than that I can't believe people thought this was good enough to be considered a killer app at the time, especially considered that one of the people that touted the Xbox to me at the time was a PC enthusiast (an adult PC enthusiast at that). Compared to other console shooters perhaps it was above average (and I can see why cutting down on stuff allowed it to be much more playable than others) but I can think of so many PC FPS games that easily outclass it that came out the same year or even before.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 10, 2021, 08:36:12 pm
IMO it's one of the best games ever made and no title, PC or console, released at the time could hold a candle to it in the areas of its strengths (namely AI, physics, and flow).

The secret to its greatness is that it was built as an RTT first and it holds on to the elements of simulationism pulled over from Myth which set it apart from anything that came before.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Dilmah G on January 10, 2021, 08:52:07 pm
Halo was originally gonna be an RTT? Damn. TIL I'm a filthy ****ing casual when it comes to FPS.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on January 11, 2021, 12:09:19 am
I honestly have to agree with the good Detective. I've not yet played the Anniversary Collection version yet, but I did go through the original PC release years ago and was rather underwhelmed. The level design in particular is a massive issue: the singleplayer campaign consists of ten levels that use about four levels' worth of content, with much of that being copied-and-pasted room elements. (Hope you like bland, featureless concrete hallways!) Just about the entire second half of the game involves working your way backwards through the same environments you've already traversed. While the vehicles themselves are a great design element, their controls are clunky at best and incredibly frustrating at worst (hello final escape sequence). While the original at least had healthpacks, the regenerating shield lent itself to the "take a few potshots and hide behind cover" engagement model, instead of encouraging you to stay in the fray. And this is purely a personal preference thing, but I will always side with the "can carry the armaments of an entire regiment" school of FPS design. I never liked being limited by two weapons slots.

The game is an absolute landmark for what it did to console multiplayer in particular, and really multiplayer in general. The gunplay was solid, the enemies were fun to engage with, the overall atmosphere was fantastic, and The Silent Cartographer remains a singularly great experience. But it also had some very glaring flaws, and I honestly don't think it holds up particularly well today. I'd certainly much rather replay the original Half-Life, and that came out a full 3 years prior.
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Post by: EatThePath on January 11, 2021, 12:18:27 am
Compared to other console shooters perhaps it was above average (and I can see why cutting down on stuff allowed it to be much more playable than others) but I can think of so many PC FPS games that easily outclass it that came out the same year or even before.

There's a few things I don't think people appreciate when looking back on it. One is that playing a shooter with a controller in your hands on a couch with friends next to you is such a massively different experince than with playing alone or online on a PC, and Halo made that work really really well. That's a certain kind of magic. When Halo came out I had a decent selection of PC shooters I could play, but none of them let me just fight, with or against, my brother and our friends, without massive amounts of work. Golden Eye had come before of course, and others, but Halo nailed the experience so very hard.

Another is that the the ways in which it is cut down compared to PC shooters are virtues in their own right. Is it cool to have ten different guns sharing a handfull of different ammo types, juggling between them and twiddling with alternate fire modes while keeping an eye out for various kinds of health, armor, ammo, and powerup pickups? Hell yeah it is, and it's plenty fun. But checkpoints, limited weapon management with shallow exclusive ammo pools and mostly regenerating health mean you can throw yourself into difficult combats, again and again. You never have to ask if you ****ed up and quicksaved in too bad a place and now do you need to restart the whole level to get out of this hole? This is great for bringing people into the genre, but it has value for the experinced too.

Third is that it welded together so many different things that were good but  hadn't really been brought together before as well. Was having a grenade button, or an always ready melee, checkpoints, colorful art and emotive enemies, forgiving recharging shields, limited weapon carriage, explosion physics and delightful chain reactions, or combination vehicular and foot combat? No, I can't point to originators for all of those but I'm pretty sure most of them had shown up in games before or at least were showing up in other games released at around the same time. But I can't think of anything that integrated all those together so cohesively and did all of them well. I remember playing some other PC shooters with vehicular integration in particular at about the same time and it was nowhere near as satisfying or seamless. Now it's no big deal when we see these things together, they're part of the standard design language, so Halo doesn't seem that special anymore, but at the time that was part of it's magic.

As an aside, I never minded the repetitive or backtracking levels. Yeah, it is a cheap way to artificially lengthen the game, but it has always felt natural to me that in moving through big structures you'd see lots of similar spaces, and I never felt like I was repeating the same exact fight. Repetition in a way makes the place feel more real to me, and I've felt similarly about other games that have gotten that kind of criticism.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 11, 2021, 02:17:56 am
Nostalgia exterts a strong pull here...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: EatThePath on January 11, 2021, 02:51:46 am
Call it nostalgia if you like, but I don't think Halo's popularity can be denied or attributed to just a lucky fad or marketing push. If it doesn't do it for you, that's fine, but you're left with the choice of either assuming that all the unwashed masses just have inherently poor taste somehow, or actually trying to identify what it did right.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: The E on January 11, 2021, 02:59:50 am
My main problem with the Halo remasters is that I've been playing Destiny for literally more than a thousand hours and the Halo gunplay is so close to that yet not quite the same that it keeps tripping me up.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 11, 2021, 04:02:12 am
Call it nostalgia if you like, but I don't think Halo's popularity can be denied or attributed to just a lucky fad or marketing push. If it doesn't do it for you, that's fine, but you're left with the choice of either assuming that all the unwashed masses just have inherently poor taste somehow, or actually trying to identify what it did right.

When did nostalgia become something to be so defensive about?

EDIT: Oh, this about the gravity-metaphor missing the mark, isn't it?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 11, 2021, 07:25:37 am
While the original at least had healthpacks, the regenerating shield lent itself to the "take a few potshots and hide behind cover" engagement model

No, it's the other way. If you have a finite health pool you hide and play attrition games (see Half Life 1). The regenerating shield lets you take risks and dance out in the open.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 11, 2021, 08:50:48 am
While the original at least had healthpacks, the regenerating shield lent itself to the "take a few potshots and hide behind cover" engagement model

No, it's the other way. If you have a finite health pool you hide and play attrition games (see Half Life 1). The regenerating shield lets you take risks and dance out in the open.
Not really, there are plenty of attacks  that kill you in one hit shield or not.
The sticky grenades in particular, even the lowest mooks have them and once you get hit you are dead.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 11, 2021, 10:15:27 am
That's orthogonal, since they'd kill you whether you had attritive health or a regenerating shield. A regenerating shield lets you accept chip damage without it permanently depleting your health.

Man I wish we could get a PC port of Metroid Prime.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 11, 2021, 12:32:02 pm
If you own it, you could get a rom for backup you know.

That's all I'm saying about that.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 11, 2021, 02:24:33 pm
Could you imagine Metroid Prime MADE for PC with real mouse support and, ya know, textures...

Also back on Halo:
I'll admit that it didn't age particularly well, but it still feels really good to play.
And at the risk of being thought insane, I actually enjoyed the library and the final warthog run.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: EatThePath on January 11, 2021, 05:25:13 pm

When did nostalgia become something to be so defensive about?

EDIT: Oh, this about the gravity-metaphor missing the mark, isn't it?
It has thoroughly missed me yes.

Typically in my experience when someone brings up nostalgia in a context like you did it's as a way to dismiss someone's opinion on the thing as simply rationalizations for nostalgia about something that's not actually that good. Seems like that wasn't actually your intention, so sorry for misinterpreting it.

And at the risk of being thought insane, I actually enjoyed the library and the final warthog run.
Same. Despite being the grey, dark, copy-paste heavy level it is I can remember distinct parts of the Library offhand. Good times.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on January 11, 2021, 08:34:51 pm
No, it's the other way. If you have a finite health pool you hide and play attrition games (see Half Life 1). The regenerating shield lets you take risks and dance out in the open.
I feel like I've had the opposite experience when playing through games with either model. I'm not even thinking of HL1 in general, but going even more old-school like Descent. The only sources of health replenishment there are from placed power-ups, or from enemy drops. Either way, if you want a health refill, you're forced to explore the level until you find one, with the focus on keeping you moving to new locations. In contrast, when I played through Halo, I remember a lot of running backwards and crouching down behind the closest convenient crate until the shield had a chance to refill, and then popping back out to do a bit more damage. There was a lot of running back-and-forth between two points in the same small area, and coupled with the fully-linear design of most of the levels that eliminated the possibility of exploration, it felt like there was very little incentive to do anything dart in and out of cover. I haven't played the nuDooms yet, but I've heard that they do an excellent job of rewarding getting in the ****, and that's a design philosophy I appreciate.

I've seen people say that a regenerating-health system makes the level design process simpler, and I think they're right. It's expected that the player will be starting every new encounter at full health, so there doesn't need to be any consideration for variations in the player's state. Developers get to avoid planning out ideal locations for health drops, and I think there's less emphasis placed on exploring every last nook and cranny of a level. If you're worried about players getting trapped in a situation where their health is too low, it's fairly straightforward to make sure that a player has at least a bare minimum of health drops available, and you can create those moments where the player sees a large health pack before entering a room and knows that ****'s about to hit the fan. In addition, that's really only an issue if you're using a checkpoint system. With quicksaves, the player can choose a safe point to come back to if they feel like they wind up in an unwinnable situation a bit later.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 11, 2021, 10:30:44 pm
Descent's a great example — I recently played Overload, which has attritional health (you get health drops from enemies you kill, iirc). This made it very dangerous to take large damage spikes, so there was a lot of careful room-clearing using the ricochet weapons before you actually went in full blast.

With a regenerating health pool you can afford to take bigger risks. This allows you to 'get in the ****', as you say, without taking permanent damage you can't necessarily recover from. And your tactics of "poke out, do a little damage, and hide" of course don't work in Halo, because your enemies have regenerating shields too—unlike in a Half-Life or Call of Duty where you can score permanent damage with little risk.

(It's worth noting that in high level play, Doom 2016 does NOT reward you for getting in close, exactly because the amount of risk required to perform glory kills is too high: despite the designers' best intentions, you spend more time doing gauss cannon combos than you do ripping and tearing.)

What I think you're really talking about is a trend of reduced total health, like in a Call of Duty game where you'll die so rapidly that you can't afford to leave cover for more than a moment or two.

Halo also has a ton of exploration, because health isn't the only possible mechanical reward for exploring a level. There are overshields, which work exactly like the 'there's a boss fight coming' signals you mention. There are camo modules and, of course, hidden power weapons. Most importantly, there are new approaches to areas, often involving using the game's physics to get vehicles and players where they're not 'supposed' to be. This is why Halo tricking and stunting has been so robust and popular.

By contrast, Half-Life 2 has a dreadful semi-procedural health drop system where you will always find the health packs you need, strewn around like salad in conveniently excusable crates and closets. This makes level design very easy, because you can always count on the player having plenty of extra health—after all, your game will spawn it! You can pile that health up as high as you need to in order to meet larger challenges, like a Combine gunship.

By contrast, a Halo-style regenerating shield system makes level design MUCH sharper and more difficult—you know the player has a fixed resource pool and you can calibrate your encounters exactingly to strain that pool to its limit. Want Gordon to fight off a platoon of Combine soldiers? Give him enough health packs to do it. Want the Chief to fight off five high-ranking Elites in close quarters? There's no way, short of dropping an overshield, for you (the designer) to give the player more health. You can only give them more TOOLS — weapons, geometry, knowledge of the Elite AI.

Quicksaves are dreadful for flow and removing the option to quicksave every five steps was a huge boon for designers. **** savescumming!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 11, 2021, 10:36:19 pm
I will forever resent Half-Life 2 for balancing Combine soldiers against Gordon by just flat out giving Gordon more health. Why do I have to engage with this enemy as an intelligent foe if I can just win by attrition?

By contrast Halo's Elites are your mechanical equals, with all the same abilities you have (except grenade throwing, depending on the game and Elite type) and a comparable or even superior health and shield pool. They can absolutely kill you one on one if you **** up, so beating them is a matter of understanding their behavior, not face-tanking their ****ty SMGs while you shotgun them down.

The fact that you can reset the combat encounter and try again by regenerating shields is what ALLOWS them to be your peers: if you suffered permanent attritional damage the designers would have to make the Elites in some way inferior to the player avatar in order to make the game playable.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 11, 2021, 10:36:38 pm
What is this green ****? **** you, I'm going to triple post.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 12, 2021, 02:46:18 am
I enjoyed the warthog run at the end of both games.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 13, 2021, 11:41:26 am
I enjoyed the warthog run at the end of both games.

It owns! The Warthog's, uh, Rubenesque handling is a great part of what makes it so much fun. The sliding lets you use it as a melee weapon and creates all kinds of horrible "oh dear, I've overturned" situations to recover from.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on January 13, 2021, 11:49:48 am
I've been playing a lot of The Orange Box

(https://i.imgur.com/5KnuPyS.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mobius on January 13, 2021, 12:02:12 pm
Crash Bandicoot 4.

...and it's very difficult. It's a true challenge. Some of its awards and trophies are so difficult to obtain only a handful of gamers have managed get them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 13, 2021, 12:20:31 pm
Dishonored 2 has some interesting changes.
For once you can end a duel non-lethally doing some kung fu at the right moment after a stun-parry and even drop assassinations have a non-lethal option which allows for a slightly more action-y non-lethal playstyle. Of course it's still not advisable to have multiple enemies and it's more for single guards stealth screw-ups because with multiple opponents chances are a stray bullet or an ill-advised lunge on their part might kill whoever you are trying to stun.
There are also many more power upgrades and runes to collects to go with them. I still have to get my bearings with Emily's power set yet, the particular way the mark of the outsider manifests with her leads to some key differences that are even more marked than between Corvo and Daud (I think you can't possess rats but you can turn into a shadow that can use rat tunnels for example).
I solved the crashes by disabling the AMD overlay, gradually lowering the setting to very high instead of ultra and going for FXAA instead of TXAA.
The plot seems more upfront about things, Emily explicitly knows that Corvo is her father (which was only hinted at in the first game) and that the heart is her mother, probably because Arkane understood that the plot wasn't the first game strong suit and just went with something more straightforward, even a possible "mystery" set up at the beginning gets solved almost immediately. I was surprised to see Billie Lurk, I knew about Death of The Outsider but seeing her this early
Spoiler:
taking over Samuel's role
was surprising.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on January 24, 2021, 12:20:21 pm
Fallout the Frontier.

I think the mod developers were too too enamored with the fact that they could, that they didn't stop to ask if they should. Unusually seamless in-game cutscenes, actual working vehicles in a Bethesda Gamebryo Engine, interesting quest resolution methods (use of physics items), marred by this need to mimic a lot of the AAA style of storytelling. The problem with that is you'd need to Essential (make immortal) a lot of characters which is just not how the core heart of FNV is. Still at least they can put it on a resume, and some of the side content is compelling. Just never ask me to replay [The Evil Within 2, but New Vegas] again.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on January 24, 2021, 02:26:40 pm
Halo 2 (PC) from the Master Chief Collection.
This time I've used the overhauled graphics.
I did peek at the old graphics by pressing the TAB key on occasion and the original visuals compared to the first game seemed much more "greybrown" not just on the Earth levels but in general, also came to my mind that the PC version of this game looked like that and required DirectX 10 to work somehow in the same year Half-Life 2 came out, which was a much better looking game and didn't require Windows Svista (pun intended, I swear it sounds funnier in Italian).
The new presentation even though it's technically darker has much more colour, feeling more like a sequel of the original visually than the old graphics. Also the music and sound seem to be grander overall fro the little I heard of the original which sounds almost quaint even for the time.
I liked the story too, it's nice to see through the eyes of the enemy instead of making them completely faceless.
The issues are largely the same as the first game, some weird checkpointing that can't decide to be position or kill-based, progression that can't decide to be freeform Half-Life style or "kill everything in the room to unlock the door for no apparent reason" Serious Sam-style.
The protagonists are also strangely fragile, even on normal I got one-shotted constantly sometimes even by common mooks.


Dishonored: Death of The Outsider (PC)
Much shorter than the expansion to the first game, but further deviates in terms of gameplay.
First: there are no runes, only bone charms that can modify your powers. There is a story explanation for this.
Second: your mana regenerates, you have three power uses in rapid succession before stopping to let it recharge.
Third: you get all the powers at the same time.
Most powers are a variation on the basic Dishonored power set but there is a power that allows to steal the faces of people, knock someone unconscious (you cannot wear the faces of the dead), wear their face and as long as you have mana and don't meet dogs you can waltz in places that you have no business being in and with a particular bone charm duration can be extended. In the second to last level I was able to walk out of a place crawling with overseers through the front door.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: spart_n on January 24, 2021, 02:49:19 pm
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/435957177144836097/802957140851294278/unknown.png)

japanese starship troopers
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on January 24, 2021, 03:12:24 pm
The only good bug is a dead bug.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on February 08, 2021, 04:52:17 pm
I played Half Life Alyx. Amazing game and atmosphere that really shows what is possible in VR. The Jeff section was the best part of the game, spooky but funny at the same time. The game is much more like System Shock 2 or Prey than Half Life 2 (which is good, as I found HL2 mediocre and underwhelming). Alyx is weak and has crappy guns, and you have to scrouge for ammo and approach situations very carefully. I would often run away from monsters, make a plan and then carefully execute it. Some of the earlier levels drag on though and I wish you could throw objects at enemies to damage them, which would have made a lot of sense in a game based around physics like this.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 09, 2021, 11:44:32 am
Moderately late to the party, I've begun to play Horizon zero dawn:complete edition (ps4) after  it remained sealed in shiny plastic in my glove box for 6 months. I'm about to blow a hole in the side of a stadium.

I like how it's red neck robosaurus.

That sums it up for me.
Craft arrows, loose arrows, hack dinosaur, ride dinosaur.

Dismount robot in the middle of an enemy camp and run away.

Loose arrows, pick flowers, eat flowers.

A happy go lucky redhead in tribal gear, whose only goal is to find one more power cell so I can get ancient uber armour...
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Post by: Urbana on February 15, 2021, 05:47:48 am
Been replaying Urban Assault recently and really been enjoying the old days of gaming
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/UrbanAssault-boxart.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: spart_n on February 15, 2021, 06:39:16 am
I took a break from killing giant alien bugs, drones and a ceiling in EDF 4.1 to playing Blasphemous.

This is not a good pain. This is so not a good pain.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 17, 2021, 10:43:22 am
Hexen: Deathkings of The Dark Citadel
Boy the second hub was just ridiculous, endless respawning of high tier enemies and a hidden switch that I had to google because it was in a passage that was incredibly counterintuitive to open,
Spoiler:
how in the hell was I supposed to know I had to destroy a bunch of mummified corpses to open a hidden door?
And this was mandatory, to compensate I have found a secret level by accident and I didn't go through it only because at that point I was tired of the endless onslaught of respawning monsters and I got all the pieces of the last weapon already.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 17, 2021, 11:18:16 am
The announcement of Total Warhammer 3 made me play some 2 again. Armies of the Lizardfolk will crush (and eat) the undead and greenskins! RAAAHHH!

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Also got in on the hype for Valheim. It's a viking mythology survival game. A few notes: It's ugly; textures and models seem like they're mid-2000s era. The water and lighting is gorgeous though.

It's slow; want to make anything that's not made of basic wood? Go hunt a boar or a deer for ONE piece of leather (you need between 2 and 8 to make anything decent). On the plus side, the combat is mercifully forgiving, especially if you play Dark Souls. The first boss was built up as scary, but it's trivial once you have a shield and spear (like flippin' 12 boar had to die for those).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on February 19, 2021, 12:42:55 pm
Finished Hexen: Deathkings of The Dark Citadel
I don't know if the final battle being that easy is supposed to be a relief or anticlimatic.
I've been playing this expansion at the default difficulty like the base game but the respawn rate and what respawns just put too much pressure when you are supposed to explore the levels to find weird secret passages that you need just to proceed with the game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: starbug on February 21, 2021, 06:56:23 am
Ive gone back to playing Hexen Beyond Heretic and boy is it still a brillant game! This franchise needs to be revisited, by either another game in the series or a remaster/remake of HeXen. Also replaying 1996s Realms of the Haunting, an absolute gem.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 21, 2021, 08:31:41 am
Deep dive into rocksmith 2014, then a smorgasbord of horizon: zero dawn, control, and halcyon 6.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on February 21, 2021, 09:16:51 pm
Finished Hexen: Deathkings of The Dark Citadel
I don't know if the final battle being that easy is supposed to be a relief or anticlimatic.
I've been playing this expansion at the default difficulty like the base game but the respawn rate and what respawns just put too much pressure when you are supposed to explore the levels to find weird secret passages that you need just to proceed with the game.

Playing Hexen for a short while last year made me realise I don't play many games with instant-death conditions similar to bottomless pits.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 01, 2021, 12:14:15 pm
I've finally finally finished The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

My review: It was quite good. I'm looking forward to the sequel and also Skyward Sword (I never finished it the first time)

And now that that's done, I've fallen into Fire Emblem: Three Houses which I'm really loving
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 01, 2021, 12:54:03 pm
Vega conflict.    I casually play it and have done since 2012.

Earned 2 million on recent event and (nearly) 2 year old daughter bought the wrong turret with it :/
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on March 02, 2021, 09:33:52 pm
Started playing Elite Dangerous again after a three-week hiatus. Decided the double-engineered FSD was worth getting while its discounted material cost is still a thing, so I'm jumping through systems like a madman, trying to get all the materials I need.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 03, 2021, 08:33:12 am
What grade are you aiming for?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ShadowsOfLight on March 03, 2021, 02:03:08 pm
Started playing Elite Dangerous again after a three-week hiatus. Decided the double-engineered FSD was worth getting while its discounted material cost is still a thing, so I'm jumping through systems like a madman, trying to get all the materials I need.

Shoot... I wish I had more time to figure out the engineering aspects and improve my Asp's FSD...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on March 03, 2021, 08:27:35 pm
What grade are you aiming for?


I can't choose the grade - this module I'm trying to get is the FSD V1 (https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Frame_Shift_Drive#Engineered_FSD_V1), which is Class 5. However, 14 ships in the game, including the Diamondback Explorer, Asp Explorer, Python, both Kraits, and the Alliance Chieftain, have a Class 5 FSD housing, which is why I've decided it's worth getting as many copies of this FSD as I can.

Of the 4 materials needed, I'm only missing Data Wake Exceptions, which I'll farm from the Jameson crash site at HIP 12099 1 B - I've maxed out my Tellurium because I travelled 1500 ly outside the bubble to HIP 36601 C 3 B to get it (then travelled the 1500 ly back :banghead:), and I farmed a few High Grade Emissions sources to get G4 and G5 materials to trade down for 30 Electrochemical Arrays and 36 Chemical Processors.

Once I get 30 Data Wake Exceptions, I'll have all the required materials to get 3 of these FSD modules during the discount period, which ends on 9 March.

Shoot... I wish I had more time to figure out the engineering aspects and improve my Asp's FSD...

Quite a bit of it comes from theorycrafting stuff on EDSY (https://edsy.org/) or Coriolis (https://coriolis.io/), or looking at other people's builds on either site, as well as checking out EDSA (http://a.teall.info/edsa/) (aka. http://wherethe****aremyhardpoints.com/) to see the hardpoint placements. If you don't have time to play the game (or, in my case, insufficient credits and engineering materials, along with a limited amount of time to play the game), you can still build ships using either site. Saved ship builds are stored on your computer (if you give EDSY/Coriolis the permission to store local data when prompted) so any builds you theorycraft are never lost.

You can even take things a step further if you use Microsoft Edge to turn the sites into apps using the browser's app function, as I've done with EDSY... ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on March 04, 2021, 02:08:42 am
I've finished Hexen II, through the Hammer of Thyrion sourceport.
I used the openGL executable of the sourceport but with settings that make it look like the software mode, it looks really nice but then again I have always found the Quake engine to hold up really well at high resolutions. I has a very minimalistic aestethic that really shines at higher rendering resolutions. You can still use software mode with a separate executable but it's limited to 4:3 resolutions.
I didn't bother with importing the CD music and just went with the MIDI tracks as with VirtualMIDIsynth and the Timbres of Heaven 3.94 soundbank it sounds just as good if not a bit better than the CD recordings (which makes me think they might just be sound canvas recordings like with the first Hexen) and it's much less fiddlly, I only had to lower the volume using the VirtualMIDIsynth equalizer since my chosen soundbank is a bit too loud.
I've played with the Crusader, the Necromancer is a villain protagonist according to the manual and in the end the exclusion of something like the wand the mage had in the first Hexen in favour of a melee weapon makes it more into an evil version of the crusader anyway.
There are experience points that allow to unlock one or two not very useful abilities and get you more health and mana so they probably took out respawning enemies to avoid level grinding though at least it is possible now to just concentrate on the puzzles once you clear all monsters. The puzzles are also a bit more elaborate, especially considering the environments it sort of feels like a first person Tomb Raider with much less platforming.
Except that I was stuck with the zodiac puzzle in the ancient Egypt part because one of the clues is apparently wrong or several depending on the way you look at it, I'm frankly surprised there was this big of an oversight especially considering this game was made pre-internet and is not a Sierra adventure game.
After the ancient Egypt part the puzzles get back to being fairly easy and more a matter of exploration than anything else with no misleading clues that I could find.
The ancient Rome/Greece part tends to be low on ammo though and I had to use the Kraters of Might I had in inventory several times to refill my mana, which was rather unfortunate since the last two horsemen will put a strain on your reserve of health and mana artifacts.
The return to Blackmarsh fared a bit better in that regard and I was able to build the reserve of health artifacts back up before the final boss.
Note that I was playing on the default difficulty which is also the easiest but considering how the last two horsemen and certain enemies are I might have spared myself a good amount of frustration.

In my quest for the backlog I've also finished Sam & Max: Hit The Road.
One of the few Lucasarts adventures I didn't complete in my younger days, I did start it at a certain point but for some reason I never went through with it.
I think it might have been because the interface is a bit awkward to use. It uses an animated cursor that is too big for pixel hunting and often only highlights an object if a possible action is selected which makes finding interactive spots a bit more of a chore than usual. There is also no visible verb bar. The GOG version comes with the hintbook in the game folder however which allowed me to actually being able to pick up objects and interactive spots that I completely passed over because the bigass cursor and absence of the verb bar didn't allow me to pick they weren't supposed to be part of the object/interactive spot beside them. Then of course there was me being a dumbass that often forgot the game runs on cartoon logic.
Really, though teenage-to-early-twenties me was much more adept at adventure games in general and considering I wasn't particularly good either that's saying something (I remember a guy in my class who solved Monkey Island 3 at Mega Monkey difficulty in three days by himself).


Finished Hexen: Deathkings of The Dark Citadel
I don't know if the final battle being that easy is supposed to be a relief or anticlimatic.
I've been playing this expansion at the default difficulty like the base game but the respawn rate and what respawns just put too much pressure when you are supposed to explore the levels to find weird secret passages that you need just to proceed with the game.

Playing Hexen for a short while last year made me realise I don't play many games with instant-death conditions similar to bottomless pits.

It's not really that bad, but I am someone who played Dark Forces keyboard-only on and off for twenty years so I'm probably fairly used to it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ShadowsOfLight on March 05, 2021, 11:06:30 pm
Shoot... I wish I had more time to figure out the engineering aspects and improve my Asp's FSD...

Quite a bit of it comes from theorycrafting stuff on EDSY (https://edsy.org/) or Coriolis (https://coriolis.io/), or looking at other people's builds on either site, as well as checking out EDSA (http://a.teall.info/edsa/) (aka. http://wherethe****aremyhardpoints.com/) to see the hardpoint placements. If you don't have time to play the game (or, in my case, insufficient credits and engineering materials, along with a limited amount of time to play the game), you can still build ships using either site. Saved ship builds are stored on your computer (if you give EDSY/Coriolis the permission to store local data when prompted) so any builds you theorycraft are never lost.

You can even take things a step further if you use Microsoft Edge to turn the sites into apps using the browser's app function, as I've done with EDSY... ;)

Wow - thanks for the help! I am definitely also in the same boat of not having enough time/materials to get things upgraded, so theorycrafting would be a good way to at least see what is possible.

So it turns out that one of the free Playstation Plus games this month is the Final Fantasy VII Remake. My wife and I have been keen to play it but hadn't seen the price go low enough to pull the trigger... That is no longer a problem!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 06, 2021, 09:40:49 am
I played the demo, will happily take the first slice of the remade game pie for free, but I can't see myself getting the subsequent parts..
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Post by: RangerKarl on March 06, 2021, 10:22:24 am
Messed about a bit with the Ultrakill demo. I like the concept but no longer feel i have it in me to play at that cadence. Also I'm terrified of bottomless pits.

Still not in the right headspace to actually play games, I think. Just reading a lot of garbage.
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Post by: RangerKarl on March 16, 2021, 08:51:46 am
Project Sylpheed is emulatable. That is all.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 16, 2021, 08:53:13 am
I've got that on xbox 360.

When they refer to ships being "sunk" it makes me lol.   Also it gets a bit UBER WEAPONY at the end,  but I overall enjoyed the action.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on March 16, 2021, 09:39:48 am

When they refer to ships being "sunk" it makes me lol.

Look, if you're going to use the space navy thing, why not commit to it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on March 16, 2021, 09:54:58 am
Well... in FreeSpace they talk about shooting down, which is also a term from air battles.

So, what is the difference in shooting down and sinking in space anyway? Both are not particularly accurate for a deep-space enviroment.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Strygon on March 16, 2021, 10:04:17 am
Well you can proably excuse it as it being a term that carried over from aerial warfare. Sort of in how most people refer to small bandages as "Band-Aid" even if it isn't from the Band-Aid company, the word simply stuck and everyone's using it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Novachen on March 16, 2021, 10:25:18 am
Well, as Space battleship Yamato is one of the most important anime in anime history... i understand "sunk" very well, too.

I mean... they used the actual WWII Yamato and modded it into a space ship. :D

I think that the Space Navy stuff is actually much more estabilshed as the aerial warfare if i think about it. Many Sci-Fi shows about space battles remember me more of "Das Boot" instead of "Top Gun"...  :lol:



But well, to contribute to the Topic:

As i have never played "Zero Time Dilmemma" before, i restarted a run through the Zero Escape series on my PSVita (even i play it most of the time on my PSTV which is connected at my PC Capture Card), which has my greatest attention at the moment. Now i am right in the middle of Virtue's Last Reward.
Well what can i say? I simple forgot how mind****y that one is.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on March 16, 2021, 11:04:40 am
So, what is the difference in shooting down and sinking in space anyway? Both are not particularly accurate for a deep-space enviroment.

"Sinking" would be more apporpriate if the space ship doesn't go up in a big fireball immediately, e.g. if it suffers a catastrophic loss of atmosphere or radiation contamination, or any kind of being rendered irrevocably inoperable that allows the crew to abandon ship. E.g. the GTD Legion in the FS2 intro is "sunk" by the Lucifer.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 16, 2021, 11:12:10 am
I've got that on xbox 360.

When they refer to ships being "sunk" it makes me lol.   Also it gets a bit UBER WEAPONY at the end,  but I overall enjoyed the action.

It's definitely a Gundam convention, I don't know if Gundam got it from somewhere else first.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Grizzly on March 16, 2021, 04:24:43 pm
I'm actually playing Skyrim for the first time, because the creator of the excellent "Viva New Vegas" mod guide (https://vivanewvegas.github.io/) made a mod guide (https://dragonbornsfate.github.io/index.html) for it, and I amno longer cursed to eternally mod but not play Bethesda games.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on March 16, 2021, 05:14:40 pm
Oh Goshua, It's Joshua
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 17, 2021, 01:28:38 am
Started Troy total war last night. 
Didn't read any documentation.
Stopped Troy total war last night 😂
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on March 17, 2021, 02:06:28 am
Last night I finished Fire Emblem Three Houses. Play time says it's 100 hours but that seems high, I did leave it idling a few times. But it is a very long game if you want to hear all the dialogues. Also there's two other houses to go through, maybe with different missions and story, and the DLC campaign...

And then I resumed the ol' Total Warhammer 2 game. Finally eliminated the last of the Tomb Kings who were foolish enough to aggrieve me.

The only good undead is an undead who crawled on its decomposing belly begging for a peace treaty, and that's how the last faction of Tomb Kings was allowed to survive.

All the better so I can turn my attention to the Greenskins. For the Great Plan!

EDIT: lol just kidding, the Followers of Nagash have to die for my objectives. So it goes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on March 19, 2021, 01:28:20 pm
The Surge 2 was up on discount. Not bad for a scifi Souls-like I suppose, I like their approach to called shots/VATS targeting.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: spart_n on April 01, 2021, 03:34:12 pm
ive recently started playing EDF 5 and...what was sandlot thinking, putting humans in? what was their message?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 16, 2021, 04:33:53 pm
I just finished Dark Souls 3. I ran a STR focused build with two-handed Flamberge/Irithyll Straight Sword/Shield.

I'm pretty close to the beginning of The Painted World DLC. Also, I'm proud to admit I have no problem cheesing tough monsters with a bow or hiding behind invisible barriers (Stupid dang giant wolf and tiny wolves...)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 17, 2021, 09:26:41 am
Not knowing any of the dark or souls series,  I immediately took STR to mean "silent threat: reborn" 😂
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on April 17, 2021, 09:42:39 pm
After more than two weeks and 121 videos I finished X-wing - Collector's CD-rom for DOS.
I had fun for most of it but at times I remembered why I went through it from start to finish only once more than ten years ago (when I was little I mostly messed around with the simulator mission thanks in large part to a pilot with all missions unlocked on the CD).
As someone who's experienced enough with the sequels my experience is a bit skewed as I have a much better knowledge of the game systems than someone going in only reading the manual and the Farlander Papers short story (which wasn't even present with the CD-rom edition for some reason, I have it only because back then I bought the floppy version by mistake while travelling at first and the bloody thing didn't even install for some reason) so at least the first chunk of the campaign was surprisingly easy.
Note that the CD version has only some marginal graphical and movement math improvements from the original floppy release so it's still very rough around the edges compared to Tie Fighter (especially the CD version which had 640x480 support).
For starters there is no "press A to see if someone's attacking your target" which means you often have to either eyeball or consult the tactical map (which is a bit cumbersome to use and doesn't display mines, buoys and satellites for some reason) to try and deduce what is really attacking whatever ship(s) you need to keep alive.
There are already target presets though and most of the times being able to instantly switch to your convoy/mothership/whatever or the ISD that is vomiting TIEs on them is perfectly sufficient to get your bearings after a particularly disorienting dogfight.
Unfortunately the game is really on another galaxy compared to its immediate sequel Tie Fighter in many other regards.
The targeting computer for example is a bitmap of the ship you are targeting with some fake readouts, designation/cargo and a status that can be OK/Shields down/hull damaged/disabled/captured which sometimes can be frustratingly vague when you are chipping and the tougher ships with only lasers.
Enemy missiles are much more lethal here because they are very difficult to dodge and their hitbox is much smaller than in the sequels meaning that the only way not to get hit is constantly swerving (which is not an option on slower ships) until the missiles selfdestruct which in an escort mission often means losing precious time, it is tecnically possible to shoot them down but very difficult outside fully frontal initial approach and even then you might get a missile in the canopy about 60% of the times.
One of the worst issue is how opaque objectives and mission status are, you can fail a mission and not notice it until you finally run out of patience and hyper out. Only in one of the later missions I actually got a mission failed message in-game and it came about ten minutes too late. Some briefings (not many fortunately) are downright misleading and state objectives you don't need to complete for the mission to succeed, which actually got me stuck on a mission for months during my first serious playthrough.
One of the things that messes with me is that if your pilot gets killed or captured during the campaign you can kiss your score and rank goodbye, probably a residual of a scrapped career mode but it's incredibly annoying and basically forced me to backup my pilot after every succesful mission.
Some later missions (especially in the expansions) can be extremely frustrating and at least one felt basically luck-based (fortunately part of a binary choice so you can avoid it and play another mission instead but I wanted to record everything so...).
The shipset while being superior to the average Wing Commander game is still fairly limited, the absence of real space stations and platforms leads to countless missions with lots of containers and parked bulk freighters trying to pose as platforms and drydocks.
Of course being an old school sim there is also very little railroading during gameplay, you can break the game in ways that allow to get all the bonus medals before finishing the first Tour of Duty just by the sheer insanity of single-handedly attacking Nebulon B Frigates and Star Destroyers after wiping out their entire complement of fighters. In particular I managed to down the Star Destroyer that gets sabotaged at the end of the first ToD several times in the missions that lead up to said sabotage.
Of course part of it seems deliberate as for example you can get a capital ship to appear in the very first mission if you do certain things under certain conditions which leads to the first bonus medal (I think I might have posted about it before).
Bottom line: fine game but aged badly, better start with Tie Fighter first.

Here's a playlist of my playthrough:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2rDW_VqgcXya3v3yzaZXCJRVuKO3odlo
I obviously omitted my many, many deaths and also forgive the AMD watermark in the first few videos, I had yet to figure out I could use the AMD control panel to edit out parts of the videos when I made them.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on April 18, 2021, 02:51:20 am
I remember I loved X-Wing as a kid. But I also remember losing your pilot all the time, and didn't even have a concept of backing it up, back then. Also I never finished, I got completely stuck on a B-Wing mission of some sort.
Well, I googled looking for the exact mission, and apparently the B-Wing campaign was in an expansion. So I guess I technically DID finish X-Wing!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on April 18, 2021, 05:26:47 am
Started playing FATE (the WildTangent ARPG) again - bought the entire series from GOG.com last week while it was on a 65% launch discount.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Iain Baker on April 28, 2021, 05:35:25 am
Recently finished Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal. Now playing Control and asking myself 'Da fuq I just see?' on a regular basis  :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 29, 2021, 08:33:45 am
I like control. 👍
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on April 29, 2021, 08:53:26 pm
I need to get around to that one. Alan Wake was the **** and I know one of the DLCs incorporates it in some way.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 01, 2021, 05:47:53 pm
I finished a bunch of stuff from my backlog:
Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space AKA Sam & Max Season 2 (PC)
At about 19 hours it's longer than season one which was longer than Hit The Road.
It's a bit strange that these games have been getting longer rather than shorter over the years.
The last episode drags a bit in places due to the middle part being full of unskippable transitions that are just a smidge too long.

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse AKA Season 3 (PC)
Well, that took a dark turn, legitimately dark not darkly funny for once.
There's still plenty of funny moments though.
The best part was seeing Sam going full on stereotypical noir detective in episode 3 but in general the game flows better then the other seasons.
It's also a tad shorter than season 2, though it's probably only that the puzzles are easy enough I didn't need hints this time.

Halo 3: ODST (PC)
Helping Nathan Fillion and Tricia Helfer get through the war-torn streets of New Mombasa was much more fun than the original Halo 3 and didn't overstay its welcome.
It probably helps that there was no Flood.

Cosmic Star Heroine (PC)
It plays it a bit too straight, the humor of the other Zeboyd games is almost completely absent and with the plot being so simple and straightforward it ends up hurting the game.
The combat system is more akin to that of a modern JRPG and while it means it's less mindless than the NES-style combat of Breath of Death VII and Cthulhu Saves The World it also means that if you want to grind for that last optional dungeon it will take probably more time than for the rest of the game, at that point I just skipped it for the final dungeon.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 01, 2021, 07:11:56 pm
Halo 3: ODST (PC)
Helping Nathan Fillion and Tricia Helfer get through the war-torn streets of New Mombasa was much more fun than the original Halo 3 and didn't overstay its welcome.
It probably helps that there was no Flood.

I liked that one too
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on May 02, 2021, 04:26:53 pm
A fanfic on spacebattles drove me to reinstall Earthsiege 2.

Combat in this game is somehow even more claustrophobic than the MechWarrior series. Somebody really didn't like shooting at 300m.

Robots explode real good though, even 25 years later.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 02, 2021, 05:09:11 pm
Yeah but starsiege is the jewel in that series crown.  I still love the fact they had 3d animated avatars on the omniweb and Mark hamill.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: RangerKarl on May 02, 2021, 11:17:31 pm
They don't explode like grease fires in StarSiege though, I don't think. Also I am a sucker for salvage mechanics, which IIRC starsiege didn't have
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on May 03, 2021, 12:07:59 am
Always aimed at the legs in both Earthsiege games and ended up with more salvage than I really needed. It's to the point that in hindsight I should have raised the difficulty in Earthsiege 2 because the last stretch became stupidly easy.
Starsiege felt weird to control with a joystick or there was just some setting that I didn't find that really made it feel off compared to the Earthsiege games so I didn't get into it.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 04, 2021, 08:12:21 pm
I decided I wanted to play a Civilization game. I started two Civ 3 games, and got lolstomped very quickly. Then I decided to play Civilization Beyond Earth which definitely scratched that itch - I stayed up until the big hours of the morning playing on my first day...

So after advancing enough that the indigenous monsters don't attack my trade convoys any more, I was content to just sit and expand and advance toward the victory I wanted, I tried to make alliances with the other civs. But noooo, several times, either a civ declares war on me (and I have to squish them) or an ally declares war and I get pulled in too (and I squish them). It happened four times, twice to the same civ; I guess I didn't squish them hard enough the first time).

I build the wonder that sets a timer on my victory. Yay. Next turn, the three last other civilizations - all whom I'm allied with - I think declare war on each other, and somehow that plunges me into war with all of them. Of course at this point I have more cities than all of them combined, and I have enough money (energy) to buy and sell them three times over, so I squish them. I actually have to stop myself from taking the last two cities so I don't get the domination victory.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on May 06, 2021, 11:41:27 am
Ahh, yes, the WWI Special, where one small declaration of war leads to the whole world (or galaxy) being set ablaze. It happens to me a lot in Stellaris these days.

I remember one time where it really bit me in the ass : the northern part of the galaxy was inhabited by 3 driven assimilators + 1 devouring swarm, so everybody stayed the **** away from that mess and formed their own federation blocs. Towards the end, one of the Borg empire had assimilated all the big threat empires then helpfully started picking on our enemies. Throughout the game I made sure to maintain good relations with that particular Assimilator as we shared a border, and I was fairly confident that I'd be able to skyrocket my economy and military to catch up with it before the end of the game.

Then, naturally, it got pissed of at one of my allies and declared war on us all...
I didn't even bother finishing that particular game. For extra irony, the very previous game I'd played, *I* was playing as a Driven Assimilator and had enough firepower to stomp the rest of the galaxy twice over.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 28, 2021, 05:22:45 am
Biomutant

It was very, very interesting - also very uneven. The world of the game is very interesting, as a post-humanity, nature has reclaimed (almost) everything humanity ever made kind of world. However the decision to narrate everything is hurting its narrative - all characters blend together despite their varied and interesting visual design (they all speak various forms of non-human speech, which is translated to you as the player through a narrator).
Combat has a nice flow to it, though it takes a lot of time to become actually varied as it takes time to unlock more combos and so does upcycling an arsenal to be on equal footing.

Also, Elvis Ferret. (https://i.redd.it/tcraihgalc171.png)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on June 03, 2021, 01:05:22 am
I went back to crashing playing Torchlight with, among other things, a mod that adds 10x monsters and 5x champion monsters to every level (https://www.torchlightfansite.com/mod_downloads/maps-tl1/download-1015-horde.html).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Iain Baker on June 06, 2021, 05:40:39 pm
Recently finished the hilarious point and click adventure / 'jerk simulator' Not Another Weekend. Quite possibly the funniest game I have ever played. Highly recommended since its under £9 on steam, although perhaps only if you are old enough to remember the '80s, since most of its humour is a parody of '80s celebrities  :lol:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on June 11, 2021, 04:09:51 am
I didn't post here in a while:

Finished Titanfall 2 (PC) thanks to the Steam free weekend.
Bland protagonist that wall runs with a robot sidekick that's more interesting, which is it: this or Jedi: Fallen Order?
Though the robot in this case has a voice actor doing their damndest to sound like Peter Cullen and is a humungous mecha.
It was fun, looked pretty and didn't overstay its welcome.
I had tried the demo back when I had my old video card and screen, I remember it playing a bit slow with most settings turned down and a 1280x1024 resolution but with a RX 580 it was a really smooth 1080p all settings maxed experience.

Finished The Cat Lady (PC)
I had it on hold for years because at the time I had found it a bit too depressing.
I still don't really like the kayboard interface, there is really no reason why this couldn't have been point & click.
Apparently I got the good canon ending, there is a non-canon golden ending apparently but is impossible to get on first try.

Finished Still Life (PC)
The game was stupidly easy bar the cookie puzzle (I have even found a page that lays down the "reasoning" to deduce the ingredients and basically assumes you know how to make the cookies in the first place. What the hell they were thinking?) and the lockpicking puzzle that both led me to check a walkthrough.
The lockpicking puzzle is technically doable but the way it resets a few steps everytime you make a mistake made me lose my patience.
It's not even that inspired either and the ending feels rushed.
Hardware-wise I had to use DGvoodoo2 to make it work properly because it doesn't deal well with modern GPUs.

I finished Still Life 2 (PC)
I tried to play it properly but at about two-thirds of the game I finally got fed up with this slow-as-molasses, pixel-hunting, solve-this-puzzle-in-time-or-die mess and solved the last third/quarter of the game with a walkthrough.
Walking doesn't feel responsive, clicking on stuff doesn't feel responsive, the puzzles are either stupidly easy, stupidly difficult or reliant on pixel-hunting. The story and atmosphere are also inferior to both Still Life and Post Mortem which weren't exactly masterpieces (especially Post Mortem with its clumsy attempts at non-linear puzzles with multiple solutions) but they felt at least competent to an extent.
I know kids back then apparently liked the Saw movies but I don't see why wedge one into a series that usually dealt with classic Jack the Ripper style serial killers with occult motifs and least of all trying to tie puzzles to a game over timer and put in a limited inventory that only makes you walk around more in the end which is the activity that the developers went out of their way to make as tedious as possible due to the crappy pathfinding and ever-so-slightly overlong animations.
Oh, well, another one off the backlog I guess.

I then had to migrate to Joystick Gremlin due to Windows 10 finally managing to kill CH Control Manager (the virtual peripheral driver caused BSODs on startup if the HOTAS was plugged in and it often refused to swtich profiles even with USB energy-saving protocols disabled).
It took me a while to figure things out, and it adds a few steps to make things work for games that don't allow to select devices manually, namely the inability to to hide the physical devices means that you need to make sure vJoy has priority in the control panel, or doesn't have it in a few cases.
Also the click on the ministick on the CH Pro Throttle without software is recognized as multiple buttons, each press corresponding to a different one, and the numbering is different which scrambled the mappings even in the games that have native HOTAS support.
At the moment I have rewritten for JG the profiles for X-wing, X-wing vs Tie Fighter, Tie Fighter, Freespace Open and Rogue Squadron 3D, only about 20+ profiles to go!

Then I got a new PC, same GPU and peripherals but everything else including the case is brand new. Mostly so that I could hand down my old one to my family activity so my brothers would finally stop buying crappy laptops that they never move away from the office and can't even alt-tab between thunderbird and firefox without thermal throttling.

Star Wars Squadrons is much more pleasant to play without crashes. Of course by now finding players for fleet battles has become problematic and there's lots of waiting. Dogfight mode instead seems to be still going strong, I was even able to do a faction-specific challenge (win 3 with the new republic) rather easily which means there are enough player that choosing a specific faction won't give issues when trying to find a game (I usually set it to random).
Unfortunately I did burn out on it a bit, the ranked fleet battles can be extremely frustrating at times as the way the game evaluates your losses seem influenced by your team mates performances and often you lose a bunch of points for being the only one in the team that knew what they were doing even if the match was actually neck-toneck rather than a catastrophic loss.
I'll probably try to raise to the ranks anyway as the current ladder will last for another 40+ days but not right now.

Halo: Reach (PC) reminds me a bit of ODST which means that I'll probably end up liking it more than the main installments.

I tried the Sleeping Dogs steam demo again because apart from performance issues my mind drew a blank from the last time I tried it and the remastered is only 3 Euros on GOG.
No performance issues this time but I had trouble convincing the game to use mouse and keyboard properly.
First it took my HOTAS as a gamepad with only gamepad prompts and keyboard was only partially mapped, then I plugged in a real Xinput gamepad but the buttons were scrambled, then I unplugged everything and the game refused to use even the few keyboard keys that workled altogether prompting me to plug in a gamepad. I had to use CTRL-ALT-DEL to recall the task manager and force-colse the game because it refused to alt-tab. And yes, steam input was disabled.
I had to unplug everything before launching it to get it working with mouse and keyboard.
Does anyone know if the remastered version sold on GOG has the same issues?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 5thAce on June 11, 2021, 08:51:53 pm
Have you guys ever played Executive Assault 2 on Steam? It's a hybrid RTS-FPS game where you build your base, mine resources, and build a fleet of large capital ships to destroy the enemy. You can destroy the enemy base by bombardment from your ships, either through ordering them or directly controlling them. Or you can lead a ground assault as you and your troops board the enemy base. What I really like about the game is that it takes place across multiple "Star Systems" where to enter and leave the system you have to jump at a certain location, leading to some very interesting blockades and blockade breaking. Here's a picture of a familiar "node" map that I made in the game.

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Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 11, 2021, 09:38:14 pm
Have you guys ever played Executive Assault 2 on Steam?
No, but it sounds cool, I've put it on my list.

What I [did] start (again) is Phantasy Star Online 2. A couple of days again, it rebooted as sort of a PSO2.5 - you can get back to the old content after a point in the story. It looks way better, and plays better, and has like an intro story now, and the interface has been modernized somewhat, and I'm really excited to put some time into it.

I'd say it's definitely worth a look if action-MMORPGs is your thing, or if you have any nostalgia for any of the other PSO games.

It's free with a cash shop that is pretty ignorable unless you really want fancy cosmetic items.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jr2 on July 12, 2021, 06:57:18 pm
Anyone here play Genshin Impact (https://genshin.mihoyo.com/en/home)?  Seems to be a decent RPG, not too grindy, but maybe I just haven't reached the point where that becomes a problem yet, IDK.  Also on Steam & Epic, free to play.

Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 12, 2021, 09:53:33 pm
Anyone here play Genshin Impact (https://genshin.mihoyo.com/en/home)?
I started it some time ago, and thought it was pretty good, but didn't have time among all the other games I was trying to get through. Also I've heard that the gacha mechanics get pretty bad later on. But as long as you're fine with a suboptimal team, you should be fine, probably...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 21, 2021, 12:08:15 am
I'd been interested in Subnautica for years after watching some playthrough clips, and I finally pulled the trigger during the summer sale. One week after installing it and I'm...dear lord, 25 hours in. "Addictive" doesn't even begin to describe it. It's a fantastically-realized environment that perfectly nails the "okay just one more thing before I quit" that only the best sandbox games nail down. Just crafted myself a big boy sub, so now I can get utterly terrified by Leviathans trying to murder me in it!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 21, 2021, 11:02:45 am
FF XII (12, not X2)

Had it on ps2 but never progressed past the bunny girl tree.   Got it for my switch and can now revisit my back catalogue while skiving off at work...
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: General Battuta on July 21, 2021, 09:45:01 pm
I'd been interested in Subnautica for years after watching some playthrough clips, and I finally pulled the trigger during the summer sale. One week after installing it and I'm...dear lord, 25 hours in. "Addictive" doesn't even begin to describe it. It's a fantastically-realized environment that perfectly nails the "okay just one more thing before I quit" that only the best sandbox games nail down. Just crafted myself a big boy sub, so now I can get utterly terrified by Leviathans trying to murder me in it!

I really like this game! Savor it, there's nothing like that first playthrough! I just finished the sequel/expandalone/whatever and I really did not like it!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 21, 2021, 11:44:01 pm
I really like this game! Savor it, there's nothing like that first playthrough! I just finished the sequel/expandalone/whatever and I really did not like it!

Interesting! Without spoilers, what did you dislike about it? I'd been putting it off until full release
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Det. Bullock on July 22, 2021, 04:53:21 pm
A few of the games I played in the last month:

Halo 4 (PC)
What is it with the mainline games of the saga that makes me hate the combat encounters to the point I prefer to run past them when given the choice?
And it's just those, basically every game in which you play as Master Chief at times feels like a chore with some fun sprinkled in, while ODST and Reach felt much better in every regard.
There is also the return of the weird checkpointing of Halo 1-2-3 with the game that sometimes decides to send you back quite away from where you died because *reasons* though not quite as often.
And I still can't shake the feeling that Cortana's voice actor delivery feels very off at times, especially in the lighter moments. Which is odd as the other character voiced by her sounds perfectly fine.
The plot is also some ancient astronauts/Atlantis nonsense which is frankly not even particularly well done as such.

Prey 2006 (PC)
I kept postponing it basically since it came out and so I ended up buying a key on eBay because it's technically delisted on Steam, primarily as a palate cleanser after completing two Halo games in a row.
After messing a bit with ini files to allow fullHD resolution it was smooth sailing fortunately.
The native american stuff is pretty much b-movie guff but the gimmicks are still good fun, I also like that most of the weapons are some form of technorganic abomination with very nice animations.

Doom 64 (PC)
For now the levels seem smaller than on the PC titles.
Also remapping was a bit tedious because instead of separating pad and keyboard mappings they just "flash" between mappings which makes it very difficult to see if any remap took or not. And in fact I could see that the fire button didn't remap to CTRL only when I had already started the game.
For now it's on hold because I'm mostly playing another title I bought during steam sales:

Dak Souls II: Scholar of The First Sin (PC)
Another game I kept postponing for years due to its mixed reputation.
The controller support is a mess, I had to disable vJoy and unplug the HOTAS otherwise it would refuse to aknowledge any controller plugged in.
In many ways it's much more dickish with enemy placement compared to the first game, I ended up farming much more because here the respawns are limited so to be sure I often chip away at all the enemies between the boss and the bonfire and spend all the souls in level ups or equipment before even attempting going against the boss. And the bonfire placement in the secondary entrance of the Lost Bastille can **** right off. Bosses tend to be easier than average enemies too, the difficult ones are usually those surrounded by mooks or made of multiple sub-bosses.
I'm at the Iron Keep now, a relatively safe place for farming souls if you don't go too far. Cleaned the first area and made an attempt at the Smelter Demon (or whatever it's called), will try again later.


Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 22, 2021, 11:49:41 pm
For its time, prey 2006 was absolutely fantastic.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on July 23, 2021, 12:13:31 am
I've started playing Grim Dawn again - been taking a promising Death Knight build (https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/1-1-9-0-beginners-apex-death-knight/104214) for a romp, and it's clearly proving its salt when it comes to damage, but the HP evaporates really quickly under ranged fire. Definitely a cut above all the other builds I tried out in the past, and I quite like it.

I acquainted myself with GrimTools last night, so I might start a new game with this Conjurer build (https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/the-fluffy-squishy-pet-conjurer/48750).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on July 23, 2021, 09:28:32 pm
I'd been interested in Subnautica for years after watching some playthrough clips, and I finally pulled the trigger during the summer sale. One week after installing it and I'm...dear lord, 25 hours in. "Addictive" doesn't even begin to describe it. It's a fantastically-realized environment that perfectly nails the "okay just one more thing before I quit" that only the best sandbox games nail down. Just crafted myself a big boy sub, so now I can get utterly terrified by Leviathans trying to murder me in it!

I enjoyed the sequel but it didn't grip me in quite the same way as the first one did. The only thing I didn't like about the first one was the inventory management which becomes less of an issue once you have the sub and fill it with lockers.

A few of the games I played in the last month:

Halo 4 (PC)
What is it with the mainline games of the saga that makes me hate the combat encounters to the point I prefer to run past them when given the choice?
And it's just those, basically every game in which you play as Master Chief at times feels like a chore with some fun sprinkled in, while ODST and Reach felt much better in every regard.
There is also the return of the weird checkpointing of Halo 1-2-3 with the game that sometimes decides to send you back quite away from where you died because *reasons* though not quite as often.
And I still can't shake the feeling that Cortana's voice actor delivery feels very off at times, especially in the lighter moments. Which is odd as the other character voiced by her sounds perfectly fine.
The plot is also some ancient astronauts/Atlantis nonsense which is frankly not even particularly well done as such.

Interesting, I seem to be the reverse. I loved Halo and enjoyed 2 and 3 enough that they are definitely worth a replay. I found Reach largely forgettable (probably in part cause I knew how it would end)  and I didn't even bother finishing ODST because I was completely turned off by the game. I agree with you about Halo 4 though. I got halfway through that one and other games came along which interested me more so I haven't gone back.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 24, 2021, 12:53:47 am
I really like this game! Savor it, there's nothing like that first playthrough! I just finished the sequel/expandalone/whatever and I really did not like it!

It really has been a blast. I just made it to what I know is the entrance to the general endgame area (getting the Cyclops down there was a trip), so I could theoretically push through to the end, but I feel like I want to screw around a good long while before I decide to end it. I agree with karajorma that inventory management can be a bit of a pain: I've had many times where I'll stop collecting a resource for a while because I know I have a bunch of it and don't feel like creating a more comprehensive storage solution, and then inevitably a bit later I'll realize I'm almost out of something. (It is profoundly stupid that you can't break titanium ingots back down into their individual chunks.) I haven't built any lockers on the Cyclops yet, but I've seen screenshots of some impressive mobile base builds, so I might toy around with that. On the other hand, my base design is pretty modest and I have almost every update I need already constructed, so I don't really need too much more in the way of most materials unless I want to go ham on base-building across the world.

The one gameplay element that does annoy me a bit is how arbitrary finding specific upgrade fragments or data boxes can be. It took me forever to find enough fragments to make a battery charger, and by that time I had almost half a locker's worth of discharged batteries sitting around being useless. At this point I'm still missing a few ship upgrade blueprints that would be extremely useful in the endgame area, and despite checking out every single wreck I've come across, I haven't lucked out yet. (I've found what feels like 200 Propulsion Cannon scraps during that time.) I could carry around the materials for a scanning room and power source and scan the hell out of the world, but even then there's no way to check off the HUD indicators for wrecks, so I'd have to plop down a massive amount of beacons to keep track of what I've already checked. Either way I'm doomed to a bunch of Seamoth wandering.

(Also TIL that beds aren't just cosmetic and actually let you quickly progress time. Whoops!)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: karajorma on July 24, 2021, 06:27:10 am
I also solved that problem by building a small separate base consisting of a power source and a scanner room (with all the distance upgrades) and then taking it apart and building it whereever I felt like looking for databoxes.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 24, 2021, 01:12:39 pm
Yeah, I think I may wind up starting to go that route, or at the very least start popping beacons on every wreck I've cleared so far. According to the wiki there are 23 large wrecks and even fewer smaller ones, so it's not that insurmountable. I know I could just be a cheaty bastard and look up exactly where they are, but I'm trying to stay at least somewhat honest. :p
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on July 26, 2021, 10:16:19 pm
Finally got everything I needed. I cheesed it a bit by looking at a map of the wrecks to get their general area, because I'd been moving the scanner room all over the place, but there were a few way the hell out by the edge of the map well beyond where I was planning on setting up scanners. I straight-up looked up the last one or two blueprints that I didn't really need, and one of them wound up being something I'd probably seen at a bunch of wrecks, but it was such a small piece of debris I didn't even bother trying to scan it. Didn't even know the damn thing was in the game until I saw it on a list of items. :p
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Post by: karajorma on July 30, 2021, 01:48:51 am
That was one thing I liked about the sequel. Only one big shipwreck (spread out into three parts but fairly easy to find one from the other).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on August 29, 2021, 12:55:47 am
I just played a little game called, "Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist"
It's free, and it's exactly what it says on the tin
Also, very short, and immensely entertaining. I very much recommend it. There's a tiger!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/409160/Dr_Langeskov_The_Tiger_and_The_Terribly_Cursed_Emerald_A_Whirlwind_Heist/
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on August 29, 2021, 02:08:25 am
Because I'm an idiot who can't plan ahead, I already had Psychonauts 2 sitting on my hard drive before I got around to replaying the original game beforehand. According to Steam it's been almost a decade since the last time I picked it up, and it has been an absolute delight revisiting it. There is so much dialog that still makes me crack up, and the design work still holds up incredibly well. From everything I've heard the long-awaited sequel more than lived up to expectations, and I can't wait to dive in.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on August 29, 2021, 01:33:40 pm
I definitely want to play Psychonauts 2, but have too many other games on my plate right now (playing all the Witcher games). I also played Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin recently, which is short but really good. The first Psychonauts had the most creative levels and environments I've seen in any game.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on August 29, 2021, 10:11:02 pm
I've watched a full playthrough of Rhombus of Ruin, which gives most of the experience, but not having access to (or any real interest in) VR, I can't play it myself. Still picked it up for $2 the other day though, just to show Double Fine some love.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on August 30, 2021, 10:35:38 pm
VR makes you feel like you are really living in the game world, and the trippy Psychonauts environments are perfect for it. It's the only game I've seen with a sense of different scales, where you see the same areas from the point of view of a tiny person versus a larger person. I just wish it was more of a full fledged game, it's only a few hours long.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Nyctaeus on August 31, 2021, 07:32:38 am
Horizon: Zero Dawn

Was on my list from a long time, but I was too busy for real gaming. Now I'm still busy [in theory] but my brain decided that's enough and has a very annoying downtime... So I need something that does not require all of my fried-up braincells.

Anyway, spectacular game. It's basically Witcher 3 in new world and combat system more focused on range and critical points...
...and it's good because Witcher 3 is very close to be perfect game, and Horizon is not worse in any aspect. One of the best gaming experiences of my life.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 01, 2021, 12:54:22 pm
Witcher 3 had Yennifer.


And Yennifer is life.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: CP5670 on October 17, 2021, 09:10:19 pm
I finished Psychonauts 2 and 100%'d it. Easily GOTY for me and actually surpasses the first game in some ways, which was a tall ask. The story has a more serious vibe this time but still manages to be funny, and the platforming and combat are smoother, with every psi power having its place against a particular type of enemy. The surreal levels and environments are the highlight again, and totally different from any other game. My favorite was Compton's Cookoff, the boss fight in it is hilarious. The last few levels reminded me of the final areas of Monkey Island 3 and 4.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: manwiththemachinegun on December 04, 2021, 03:41:04 pm
If you're looking for a game that gives you those arcade-action sim feelings and a sense of fighting the odds... and despair, Project Wingman is definitely worth a look.

The crazy thing is it is near, or par quality with Ace Combat 7, by a 3 person indie team.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on April 20, 2022, 02:34:13 pm
I am enjoying Tunic at the moment, and I can recommend it - espeically if you, like me, played the old SNES/GB/GBC/GBA entries into the Legend of Zelda-franchise.

... but Tunic is more than just a Zelda-clone, even though on first glance it pushes the definition of homage. The thing I've come to adore about it, other than design of protagonist, is how it nudges you to explore and enhances the sense of discovery by withholding information: As you progress through the game the language you encounter becomes readable bit by bit, including the tutorials - which lead to a fun moment with the second boss, which was smashing me flat several times in a row, until I found out that a) I already had the hint that I need to boost my stats to fight it, b) that I already had picked up all the items required to do so, and c) that I already had the instructions how to do it - but just glossed over them because they had no been force-fed to me.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on May 18, 2023, 10:05:31 pm
So, Rule The Waves 3 came out earlier today, and since some mad lads on this forum were the ones who introduced me to RTW in the first place, I figured I'd dig up my login and come say hello.

It's so addictive, despite looking like it should be running on Windows 95. Although the ship line art has improved immensely.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on May 19, 2023, 12:11:47 am
So, Rule The Waves 3 came out earlier today, and since some mad lads on this forum were the ones who introduced me to RTW in the first place, I figured I'd dig up my login and come say hello.

It's so addictive, despite looking like it should be running on Windows 95. Although the ship line art has improved immensely.

OOH I have wanted to give that a try since I saw the LPs here, I'll check it out.

In other news, I've finished "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice"... twice. If I may say, I think it's one of the most From games that From has made, the very crystallization of what's called "git gud": Yes, it's incredibly tough, but once you start feeling the timings and learning the patterns and can suddenly find yourself straight-up dueling a boss that once had you running scared... There's no feeling quite like that in gaming.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 19, 2023, 01:23:20 am
The megaman series boss battles feel just like that. ;)
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on May 20, 2023, 09:33:45 am
Being me, I was attracted to the hardest start in RTW3 - China in 1890. They can only build 4,000-ton ships, with the lowest budget. It took a few tries to get past that initial hump, but I've got a game up to 1919 and we're...well, we're not doing well, but we're still alive. I've been helped by Japan and Russia, my big neighbors, hating one another and fighting it out while I hide in the corner trying to have a force that's even relevant locally.

One big change I noticed is that unrestricted submarine warfare now raises tensions with neutral countries. A welcome change, because submarines were insanely overpowered in RTW and RTW2.

Yeah, I love this game. If I wasn't terminally boring, I'd think about an LP, like Enioch's immensely entertaining ones on here.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 20, 2023, 03:34:37 pm
The megaman series boss battles feel just like that. ;)

That's different -- Sekiro has more layers of feedback and they way the Killing Blow and Resurrection systems work take the sting out unsuccessful runs (the first by making every milestone of the boss fight rewarding, the other temping you with a chance of clawing back a victory narrowly denied.


I am playing Unsighted and Citizen Sleeper.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on May 21, 2023, 01:28:19 pm
Tears of the Kingdom.  Just...all Tears of the Kingdom.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: TwentyPercentCooler on May 22, 2023, 11:44:59 am
Having my favorite playthrough of any of the RTWs at the moment; started as Japan, 40% technology rate because otherwise, you can see some silly things like 20"-gun super-battleships in 1930. We made it through the pre-dread era without dying of boredom. The first world war was a little earlier; it ended in 1917 with everyone exhausted and hurting. Everyone got together in 1920 for the big naval treaty - no new ships over 20,000 tons, maximum gun size of 12", and tonnage limits for each nation (mostly) according to budgets.

The next decades turned into a cold war of brinkmanship and saber-rattling while everyone enjoyed the economic benefits of not having to build massive fleets. Keeping right up against the tonnage limits meant it was actually a viable choice to refit older ships instead of having to juggle building new ones and scrapping their predecessors. In 1944, I finally got carrier conversion tech, and we converted one of my old battleships, Fuji, a WWI veteran that had already been through plenty of refits. She was one of my two surviving pre-treaty battleships, and was grandfathered in over the tonnage limits, but I converted her because she had 12" guns anyway. My other battleship, however...she was launched in 1917, the biggest stick I could afford at the time, 33,000 tons with 12 14" guns. And she went through refit after refit, her old coal-fired boilers long since ripped out for fuel oil, the newest steam turbines, two sets of reduction gears, the old casemate secondaries long gone, replaced with a dual-purpose secondary battery and heavy AA guns. I'm in a treaty with Germany, who, without being gutted and ruined by WWI, never had an angry man with a funny mustache rise to power. Great Britain was tense as she watched her former colonies slip away, to rebellions and political upheavals. France and Italy were constantly sniping at one another, just short of open war. It all came to a boiling point when the Germans and I decided to arm anti-communist rebels in Finland. The Soviets, as expected, didn't appreciate this very much, and the HIJMS Iwami, born too late for WWI, fired the first shots. She waited for 39 years.

The surprise happened at Vladivostok, where Iwami and my only two carriers, Fuji and Ryuujou, screened by three light cruisers and eight destroyers, led the charge just before dawn. It wasn't an impressive battle, relatively speaking - Iwami pounded the shore batteries, completely immune to their guns. Some Soviet cruisers and destroyers came out to scout, but promptly ran away when 14" shells came sailing over the horizon. Their carrier(s), which I never even saw, launched a few waves of attackers. Unfortunately for them, two of the light cruisers, Tenryuu and Tatsuta, are dedicated AA platforms, much like the IRL Atlanta-class. Except bigger, and meaner. 16x 5" DP guns, 16x 4" DP guns, and 16 40mm mounts, guided by four directors. I almost felt bad for the Soviet pilots who flew into that nightmare.

And that's where we are, the Cold War years are over. Iwami will be outdated in a couple of years, when the first post-treaty battleships launch, but I'm hoping she'll get to flex her muscle before then. This is definitely the most invested I've been in a RTW playthrough thus far.

Edit: The Soviets don't have much in the way of tonnage to throw at me in the Pacific, since Germany's keeping them occupied in the Baltic. A couple of carriers, which I still haven't seen, some light cruisers, and destroyers. Iwami is displeased. She waited for almost 4 decades to fight; the first actual battle saw her blow three destroyers out of the water in her first three salvoes, and crack a light cruiser in half in a few more. A desperate torpedo, launched with the dying throes of one of those ships, was shrugged off with contemptuous ease, though she lacks modern torpedo protection. Japan's Lady of War needs a better opponent.  :pimp:
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: deathspeed on May 22, 2023, 09:37:12 pm
I will admit my ignorance that I don't know what RTW is, but fascinating write up - I hope to read more!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 17, 2023, 01:37:16 pm
I played the demo to "The Lies of P", the Pinocchio soulsbourbe. It's very pretty. Doesn't feel good to play though.

Imagine the parry system of Sekiro, but without any satisfying feedback. Imagine the rolling of Dark Souls 2. Imagine if Margit from Elden Ring or the Giant Ape from Sekiro was the first boss, but you didn't have the tools or techniques from those games to deal with him, and he also telegraphed his moves much worse.

Imagine a whole world built on the concept of "Hey this is grimdark Pinocchio" but there's absolutely no reason for it to be that, like what if boring Steel Rising?

OH! I wanted to be cool and skilled, so I selected the "DEX" weapon and build. It starts off a little weaker than both the "balanced" and "STR" builds, but I thought that once I put all my upgrade points into "DEX" (it's called something else but we all know what it is), my rapier would be pretty tough and I'd also be able to roll better or run faster or something. So I put all but two levels into "DEX", upgraded my rapier, and after all of that, it's ONE point of damage stronger than the completely un-upgraded balanced weapon.

tl;dr I am not impressed with the game as it is presented in the demo. It has no reason to exist. But who knows? Maybe it'll actually be good and I'm just wrong here. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on June 29, 2023, 08:43:45 am
Tried Redout today and was quite satisfied with the game. Dual-stick layout on the keyboard (WASD for thrust/yaw and arrows for pitch/slide will take some time to get used to, but it seems easy to get used to.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: ShivanSlayer on June 29, 2023, 05:06:16 pm
Currently playing through MechCommander 2, but a replay of the vanilla Freespace 1 campaign is next for me
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on June 29, 2023, 10:07:29 pm
I also really enjoyed Redout, I should probably get back to it if I get the urge for racing
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on November 24, 2023, 09:40:25 am
SO I've been playing Armored Core 6. Just 93%'d it, actually (It'll take a while before I feel like S-ranking everything).

Anyway, I made the most Shivan-inspired ship I could manage, just chock-full of coral tech. Here she is, AC Nahema:

(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2291831214696294720/03F38B839AFD2D7008B210F8598E67F15FD40F20/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false)

Sharing code is J7B7HLKPEXEY
Fair warning, being primarily coral tech, you'll need basically everything unlocked to build it.

I also made a more achievable option I dubbed AC Mara, Sharing code is 7N33VCNQ0TK6

Is anybody else playing? Find any good builds, or got any cool screenshots?
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on November 24, 2023, 12:09:16 pm
I think k I noticed The_E playing on steam or something a fair few weeks back...or I may have completely mistaken their identity.

Thic game is deffo on my list, though it needs to wait til after Xmas bleeds me dry.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on January 14, 2024, 11:01:22 am
Aliens: Dark Descent

Made by Tindalos, who also made the Battlefleeet Gothic: Armada-games. It is probably the most tense isometric tactics game I've played in a long while (if not ever) - though that is mostly because I decided to play with a "limited autosaves and no manual saving"-setting.

Basically you control a squad of 4 marines with the usual Alien-universe kit, going up against a planetary Xenomorph-infestation. The difference in numbers means that you have dodge patrolling aliens rather than engage them head-on, or else they will quickly overwhelm your squad - both by throwing numbers at you during Hunt and Onslaught-phases and because your ressources are strictly limited.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on January 14, 2024, 04:36:33 pm
Aliens: Dark Descent

I've heard *excellent* things about this one, and it's definitely on my list of games to play, when I can get it cheap :)

As for me, I'm trying to get back into Final Fantasy XIV, with the recent trailer drop for the new expansion coming this year. I have a lot of catching up to do.

ALSO if anybody really enjoyed Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice but wish it were just a boss-rush mode with cute anime girls in all the roles (also no giant ape as far as I could tell), try a free game called "Kannagi Usagi". The gameplay feels just like Sekiro so you should be able to jump right in. Also it's a lot easier on the hard drive than Sekiro so I don't have to wipe it to make space.
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on January 15, 2024, 02:12:55 am
KSp2 and ff xii in-between kids and work.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: 0rph3u5 on February 11, 2024, 10:40:30 am
I've heard *excellent* things about this one, and it's definitely on my list of games to play, when I can get it cheap :)

I receently finished it.
It really deserves a lot of the praise even though there are some sore spots (e.g. that squad positioning can sometimes be handful - e.g. when your medic seems to be always out in front or your recon sniper always has is line of sight blocked) but in the end it really was very fun in self-punishing kind of way.

Also finished The Pathless, a resident of my bucket list, and good chill game to come down on.
It is kinda Shadow of the Colossus in reverse in a lot of ways - your are cleaning the spirits of corrupted god-beasts, movement is horizontal instead of vertical etc etc pp.
But there are two reasons, why I would recommend it:

Firstly, it is one of the games that does a wide open world with low guidance "right" IMO. It has a stylized art-style that gets rid of a lot of the clutter that devs with realistic graphic styles stuff their open worlds with (which looks impressive but no much else). You have no map but as long as you get to Vantage point you can activate a special vision mode that hightlights points of interest. Additionally, central to the main movement mechanic is that that the world is full of "targets" which give you stamina and speed boost when shot (in later stages even vertical lift) - meaning traversal doesn't feel like crossing a lot of empty space even if you are doubling back.

Secondly, it has an interesting way to deal with difficulty. While the fights with the corrupted beasts are challenging, requiring to you to have good timing on shots and evades, there isn't really a game over mechanic. If you get hit beyond a certain point or but especially powerful attacks, only your progress resets, up to a limit, often not more than to just the beginning of the current phase of encounter. The only time I had something close to a game over was during an optional "storm encounter", when you fail to evade a corrupted beast in the open world and fail the subsequence stealth encounter. bBt all it does was scatter an upgrade currency that would fade out if not quickly collected. But that currency is quite plentyful and the upgrades are not required in any form to beat the game, the ability you raise with it just makes vertical traversal a bit easier.


... and now for something completely different I am playing Helldivers 2 - because nothing spreads democracy, liberty and the Super Earth-way of life to alien worlds like a targeted rain of high explosive shells.  :)
(All related friendly fire incidents are ruled to be unavoidable by a board inquiry.  :D )
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Mongoose on February 11, 2024, 03:42:34 pm
Finally getting around to Return of the Obra Dinn. My poor melting brain.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: jr2 on February 12, 2024, 05:01:57 pm
Any of you guys that like Subnautica, you'll probably like Sunkenland (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2080690/Sunkenland/) (Early Access, on Steam), and it's got both Single and Multiplayer Co-op.  $20 when not on sale.  They do have a Discord server (https://discord.com/invite/8vPaqqVch5) & YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5mtFWdQ3iHc8PnaeTCvKKA). Covered by IGP in these videos (https://www.youtube.com/@IGP/search?query=sunkenland).

Quote
Why Early Access?
“We want to engage with our community and get valuable feedback and ideas to fuel the future development of this game.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“We are aiming to bring it to completion in one year. But that time frame can vary based on the players' feedback and possible modifications for improving the game.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
“The full version will contain more locations to explore, new crafting items, buildings, ships and lore/storyline. And community generated ideas, contents in the game.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?
“We have a playable survival game with base building, base defense, crafting, trading, combat, boat driving, underwater adventure and many unique locations to explore.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?
“We do plan to gradually increase price as we ship more content.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?
“We will be active on the steam forum, our Discord server and other social media. We will also frequently publish devlogs on our website and Youtube channel.”
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 12, 2024, 09:06:21 pm
I do indeed like Subnautica. I'll check it out.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 13, 2024, 10:52:37 am
Against my better judgement, I'm playing space engineers in-between my usual rocksmith.  (I had both rocksmith versions since PS3) and got the latest on steam at some point last year. 


I juat can't get my head around space engineers (ironically given my career in engineer stuff).
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Glowhyena on February 21, 2024, 01:14:24 pm
Last week, I spent four weeks playing Escape from Tarkov since the game is modded with SPT and some mods. The game is more playable and enjoyable, ofc I avoid online for reasons. I loved the game.

The current game I'm playing is Arma 3, I'm enjoying co-op MP. And sometimes, King of the Hill mode.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 21, 2024, 02:13:17 pm
Creative mode.....that's where I went wrong.  Survival is no fun.......yet.


Creative is like giant lego.  This is my jam.
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 22, 2024, 12:38:45 am
Yeah I've tried Space Engineers a few times and always bounced off. I feel like I need the structure of survival, but I also couldn't get on with it.

And I'm very interested in Escape from Tarkov, but it's a lot of money for something I think there's a good chance I bounce off of.

I am playing Helldivers 2 (along with apparently half of the western hemisphere, when I can log in...) and it's a lot of fun, but I'm not sure how long I'll be engaged. Fun for now though!
Title: Re: What are you playing right now?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 22, 2024, 01:44:22 am
Funnily enough I checked helldivers 1, on my (Vita of all things) and the multi is still active.  I assume its cross platform or some genius level 2d stuff.