The Miscellaneous PC & vidya Games Thread

[Razgovory]

Ugh.  Far Cry 5 has a bad plot.  In fact, this may be the worst plot I've ever seen in a video game.  The plot constantly interrupts the game, sometimes causing me to fail missions, to tell me about the bad plot.  None of the Far Cry games have had a great plot, but that was always a minor concern, you didn't have to pay much attention to it.  This is like being stalked by someone who keeps reading to you his Manchurian Candidate fan fiction.  It's annoying, it's vapid, it's confusing, and you can't get away from it.

[garbon]

Turn it off?

[Syt]

Playing The Return Of the Obra Dinn. A mystery/logic puzzle game by Lucas Pope (Papers, Please) with unique aesthetic in which you have to figure out the fate of the crew of a ghost ship of the East India Company in the early 1800s.

Loving it a lot (7 hours in), and looking forward to puzzling out everything.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/653530/Return_of_the_Obra_Dinn/

[Syt]

Finished the game in ca. 10 hours. It had some good WTF moments when you uncover the story. Chat told me I missed some clues that would have made it easier, but I was able to guesstimate to 100% completion.

[Liep]

RDR2, aka. Farming Simulator 2018.

Well, great gameplay but a bit too buggy. Th story is good if a little frustrating and I'm really not sure about that ending.

And I still vastly prefer PCs for shooter games, but seeing this on my UHD screen was incredible.

[Razgovory]

Turn it off?

In the end, that's what I did.  I was playing and the game crashed windows (I don't even remember the last time a game did that).  I was getting close to the end anyway so fuck it.

[garbon]

RDR2, aka. Farming Simulator 2018.

Farming? Do you mean hunter and gather simulator?

I'm still far from finishing the main story as it seems like a game that is meant to be played at a casual, relaxed pace.

[mongers]

Polytopia and the Reigns series (including Game of Thrones) for me.

Good suggestions, thanks. 

[KRonn]

I'm playing some Port Royale 3, a gain in the Patrician type series that I never really played that much. My favorite was Patrician 3, great game and I played a whole lot of it. Patrician 4 I also like and is more of a challenge as the other traders are more competitive.

[Syt]

So I watched a bit of Battlefield V on Twitch, and my first immediate concern was, "Why is there a Sturmtiger in North Africa?"

[Tamas]

So I watched a bit of Battlefield V on Twitch, and my first immediate concern was, "Why is there a Sturmtiger in North Africa?"

Yeah there was an outrage over women (!!!!!11111) in the game, but not over the fact that automatic submachine guns are the default starting weapons for half the classes (snipers and machine gunners the ones who do not get one).

Still, it's a fun game.

[Syt]

I believe that, but I don't think I'd play it enough to buy it or buy Origin Access. I really liked BF1 but only have 18 hours in it.

[The Brain]

So I watched a bit of Battlefield V on Twitch, and my first immediate concern was, "Why is there a Sturmtiger in North Africa?"

The Atomwaffen Division were unavailable.

[Josquius]

I want physical copies of games as much as possible.
Where would have the best selection?

[Maladict]

So I watched a bit of Battlefield V on Twitch, and my first immediate concern was, "Why is there a Sturmtiger in North Africa?"

From what I've heard there are Tigers in 1940 Rotterdam, fighting the British while V1 rockets fly overhead. I don't think the game is supposed to make any sense.