The Miscellaneous PC & vidya Games Thread

[Tamas]

When is it coming up?

I'd buy the game on sale if I knew there were tournaments for it!

This tourney starts on Monday but there'll be others. There has been a fairly sizeable competitive community around even the first game, and we have had no trouble filling 100+ tournaments for the new one

[Tamas]

Well, I think I officially suck at late(r) Roman period battles.

I was playing as Romans vs Dacians cca. 100AD-ish army sets against the AI, to see if I could manage the same battle in the tournament. TWICE I was 1% from achieving auto-victory, but the AI turned it around and achieved an autovictory itself a few turns before the battle's end. Key was that once stalling me so close to my auto-victory, a lot of the Dacian units that I routed earlier managed to recover and returned to the battle, turning the tide. (BTW I did not work on the game so I am allowed to praise it ).

I have concluded I am not ready for the tournament.

[Josquius]

I decided to play Shogun 2 again.

Oh the old problems with 3D. Troops just act so stupid when you try to get them to man walls.

Japan is really an interesting map for such a game considering its linearity.

Though realm divide is handled stupidly. I wish Total War would make vassals worthwhile

[crazy canuck]

Thea: the awakening - wow I have not had this much fun with a computer game in a very long time.  And it is 50% off until, I think, today.

A very intelligent blend of city builder, crafting game and rpg. 

A good salve to brackets getting destroyed in the NCAA tourney.

[FunkMonk]

Far Cry 5 is the most absurd video game I've played, maybe ever. It is so chaotic, ridiculous, and hysterical that I can scarcely believe half the shit that happens in the game.

It is easily the most fun I've had in an FPS in a long, long time.

[mongers]

Thea: the awakening - wow I have not had this much fun with a computer game in a very long time.  And it is 50% off until, I think, today.

A very intelligent blend of city builder, crafting game and rpg. 

A good salve to brackets getting destroyed in the NCAA tourney.

Thanks for the tip CC, sounds rather interesting; heads over to Steam.

[Scipio]

Tyranny is by far the most engaging of the new Infinity Engine style games. Loving it.

[crazy canuck]

I bought Expeditions: Vikings on a steam sale.  Haven't had a chance to give it a spin but I have high hopes based on how enjoyable their Conquistadors game was.

[garbon]

If you don't already have CK2, you can now get a permanent copy for free on Steam.

[crazy canuck]

Expeditions Vikings is a lot of fun.  A lot of options and story lines to follow so I think I will have a lot of fun exploring the various story branches over time.  They have done a good job capturing the feel of the viking age and building up our homestead has a satisfying feel to it.  Highly recommend this one.

[Tamas]

Last week I returned to World of Tanks after several years. 1.0 sure is pretty.

They have changed the maps, they are the same but they are not. So I suck badly, only yesterday was I showing some signs of sometimes doing what I was doing.

Also I think there are WAY more premium tanks in battles than when I was active. There's a lot more types of them as well.

[crazy canuck]

Any excitement for Total War Britannia?

[Habbaku]

Moderately excited, but not interested in paying full price because: Creative Assembly.

[Ed Anger]

Last week I returned to World of Tanks after several years. 1.0 sure is pretty.

They have changed the maps, they are the same but they are not. So I suck badly, only yesterday was I showing some signs of sometimes doing what I was doing.

Also I think there are WAY more premium tanks in battles than when I was active. There's a lot more types of them as well.

I'm the jerk in a Russian IS-2 on the PlayStation version.

[Scipio]

XCom2 War of the Chosen is very nice indeed. Firaxis is not fucking up with the XCom series. But I did end up preordering Phoenix Point when it was on sale, and that looks like it will be a worthy advance in the genre.

Hopefully XCom 3 will be another advance. Meanwhile, backer redemption codes for Battletech are now available.