The Miscellaneous PC & vidya Games Thread

[Habbaku]

Anyone have any VR game recommendations? I beat HL: Alyx and have been piddling around with some user-generated levels on it, but otherwise only have Super Hot VR and Budget Cuts 1/2.

[Syt]

Do we have any chess aficionados here?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1349230/5D_Chess_With_Multiverse_Time_Travel/

5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel

5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's the first ever chess variant with multiverse time travel!

Sharpen your tactics by solving a collection of multiverse chess puzzles.
Practice against four different AI personalities, each with different strengths and styles.
Try out a variety of different starting positions and scenarios.
Play online with your friends or against strangers.

[Valmy]

Hell I suck at Chess in two dimensions.

[Oexmelin]

Anyone have any VR game recommendations? I beat HL: Alyx and have been piddling around with some user-generated levels on it, but otherwise only have Super Hot VR and Budget Cuts 1/2.

I don't own a VR myself but I heard great things about Tetris effect.

[Sheilbh]

I would love to be good at chess, but I am not so that is far too complex for me  

[Syt]

Here's a long video of 5D Chess ... the streamer explains some of the ideas behind it throughout. It's "a bit" mind bending. https://youtu.be/DIax8lQzaK4?t=208

[Josquius]

It looks very interesting. But I don't know the rules of even regular chess.

[FunkMonk]

From what I've heard President Trump has already mastered 5-D chess. Checkmate libs 

[Syt]

For RTS nostalgics, KKND 1&2 are on Steam now.

[Syt]

About 90 minutes of the Menelaus campaign for Total War Saga: Troy. Apparently the battles need some tweaking (i.e. unit collision not working yet - supposedly already fixed at time of posting of the video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bkD5OiBb3U

[celedhring]

Interesting concept. It's a "quick" wargame that stays at the strategic and operational level (i.e. no hexes). Feels quite unique and looks like it can be played in one sitting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRgYh__d3cQ

Hopefully the author adds PBEM down the line.

EDIT: I found that he indeed intends to add PBEM.

[Josquius]

I decided to support my first ever kickstarter.
Eiyuden Chronicle.
New game by the people behind the Suikoden series.

[Duque de Bragança]

I decided to support my first ever kickstarter.
Eiyuden Chronicle.
New game by the people behind the Suikoden series.

Interesting, thanks. I'll keep an eye on it.
I supported Wasteland 2 back in the day (2013-14).

[viper37]

Far Cry 5.

Now, that is a great game. 

It's more action than typical shooter, and is probably closer to Skyrim than Wolfenstein or Doom.
It ain't linear, it's an open world, lots of ennemies with various tactics to kill them, lots of variaty in missions too.

however, the engine is still in DX11 and that sucks.  Since the graphics are beautiful, they had to cut elsewhere to allow the game to run smoothly.  So, all the ennemies kinda look the same, 4-5 variations of them.  The cutscenes and the story is totally worth it though.  Greg Bryk is fantastic in his role of a pure religious nutty psychopath   The acting is really great, scary, dreamy at time.

In one series of missions, you are targeting their drug production, an hallucinogenic drug called "bliss" and the way it affects your character, I'd swear I was on drugs myself

Highly recommended.

[The Brain]

Did you play earlier Far Cry games? How does it compare? Is there a retarded oh-noes-I-got-taken-again thing going on?