I've drifted back to playing Rise of Nations: Throne and Patriots recently. It's still the best RTS I've ever played, and makes most of the more recent entries in the genre look shallow and regressive by comparison.
Also, still dabbling online with Team Fortress 2 and picked up Unreal Tournament 3 from Steam (on sale for $12) which seems fun enough.
Finally, this weekend I'm hoping to start a new MMP game of EU3.
What's everyone else up to?
HOI 2, and now Crown of Glory 2.
Little bit of Eve here and there, and working on finishing up the FarCry SP game.
I'm dividing my time between Medieval 2 Total War (Stainless Steel 6.1) and Fallout, more of the former. Thinking about what game to pick next - Silent Hunter 4, or Jade Empire, both of which show promise.
Empire : Total War, Crown of Glory and a whole mess of wargames via Cyberboard.
Mass Effect 2.
Victoria: Revolutions (I also make a mod) and Warhammer40k: Dark Crusade 8)
Fallout 3 and EU3:IN put me off and I'm not going to play E:TW in its current state (and price :P ).
NHL 09
World of Goo
Quote from: Neil on March 13, 2009, 03:15:03 PM
Mass Effect 2.
this isn't a masturbatory thread...
I'm playing Neil's favorite MMO and fiddling around with fallout 3 again since i had to restart/re-install with hard drive failure of last weekend. Oh and Rome TW mods
CoX still.
Still mostly EUIII, but I've also started a new CK-DV game.
Mostly HPS' Modern Campaigns '85 games.
The combat takes some getting used to, compared to WW2, because troops have a lot more mobility. At 1 mile/hex, 3h/turn this makes things rather messy, esp. as you can't create a closed front line in most scenarios, and (as WP) have to struggle through bottle neck bridges, minefields and enemy troops that are sometimes easy to bypass unknowingly and suddenly fnd behind your back. Recon is absolutely a key element of the game.
Additionally, many scenarios have a very tight time limit, and you can often only pin resistance down to allow the main force to advance.
I'm also a bad WP commander, because I'm usually conservative about my forces. I rather shell a position for three turns and then assault it then go in head over heels and lose half my men.
Mostly Civ IV. I have renewed my old love/hate relation with this series, broken with III. It's so attractive, so addictive... and at the same time so stupid. You stop playing after a particularly galling piece of AI foolishness and trickery or the 13th time in a row that an attack on 70% success probability fails... And two days later you discover yourself eager to return for more. Sigh... Oh, and I still hate Gengis Khan and Shaka. With a passion.
And I just bought Oblivion for the PS3. Seems quite good... now I have to learn how to use a bow properly!
WoW mostly. But other games and favorites that I play are Victoria: Revolutions, HOI:Armageddon, Patrician 3, Civ IV, Anno 1503, Sim City 4.
Fall from Heaven
We got halfway through Divine Right on Saturday. My brother is the Black Hand, his wife is the Trolls and I am Shucassam.
Early on, Pon joined the Black Hand's alliance. I invaded promptly. To put some pressure on the BH in the North I managed to activate Zorn, but in the early maneuvering, the Colossus was raised and he attacked my King's stack. I lost the battle, lost a few armies, and more seriously failed the leader save, leading to my very untimely death.
We randomly determined my next country. It turned out to be Shuc again. Meanwhile, the Pon King died by event and his successor, "a true and faithful friend", was cajoled into my new alliance (Zorn had deactivated with my firest king's death.)
So the war between Shuc and the BH continues in the hills and mountains of Pon. Meanwhile the Trolls have created a big naval alliance, threatening my western port, and have launched a two pronged invasion of Elfland (whose King is useless). I also have severe barbarian pressure from the south.
My major objective is the survive.
Classic game if you are not familiar with it:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23
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Finally started Bioshock Saturday night on the 360-- hell of a game. I put a lot of time into it but I think I'm still less than halfway through.
The Big Brothers are starting to get easier to take down, but at the level I'm on now, hacking is getting tough. It's also a pain with all the weapons I have now to cycle through the different weapons to find what I want in the middle of combat (I'm guessing it's much more manageable in the PC version with a keyboard).
EUIII - IN - MMP2 - Japan 1620 - almost all westernized. But getting bored.
I logged back in WoW yesterday for the first time in almost 2 months... Once you're 80 you've seen it all so I'll have to find something new to play.
How's LotR Online ?
G.
Playing WAR a bit. Love my Ironbreaker.
Doing an AGCEEP campaign with England, but it's starting to get boring, maybe I'll try a different game with Muscovy/Russia, perhaps with AGCEEP-MyMap.
:oldschool:
Quote from: clandestino on March 16, 2009, 12:38:10 PM
perhaps with AGCEEP-MyMap.
:oldschool:
why not AGCEEP with Kasperus' map? ;)
Started up GTA IV again after a three month hiatus. I think I'll finish it now.
Victoria.
A large handful of iPhone games.
Quote from: FunkMonk on March 16, 2009, 05:27:49 PM
Started up GTA IV again after a three month hiatus. I think I'll finish it now.
I downloaded the new content for Xbox 360 but haven't touched it yet. I guess I'll make it next on my list once I finish Bioshock.
Quote from: derspiess on March 17, 2009, 08:50:26 AM
Quote from: FunkMonk on March 16, 2009, 05:27:49 PM
Started up GTA IV again after a three month hiatus. I think I'll finish it now.
I downloaded the new content for Xbox 360 but haven't touched it yet. I guess I'll make it next on my list once I finish Bioshock.
the biker gang one?
Was looking at that before the xbox went blurgh on me :p
Quote from: katmai on March 17, 2009, 08:51:37 AM
the biker gang one?
Was looking at that before the xbox went blurgh on me :p
Yeah. I wasn't too excited about it at first but since I've played practically every GTA game going back to the very first one I felt like I had to download it. After watching some of the gameplay videos, it looks like it may actually be fun.
Despite my possession of Empire, I am currently screaming at the Thera mod for MTWII.
Mainly I am wondering why I am bothering to build any cavalry.
Quote from: derspiess on March 17, 2009, 10:16:47 AM
Quote from: katmai on March 17, 2009, 08:51:37 AM
the biker gang one?
Was looking at that before the xbox went blurgh on me :p
Yeah. I wasn't too excited about it at first but since I've played practically every GTA game going back to the very first one I felt like I had to download it. After watching some of the gameplay videos, it looks like it may actually be fun.
Yeah that DLC does look pretty good. Unfortunately I don't feel like paying $100 for a Wireless Adapter so I can DL it.
The Legends of Wrestlemania demo on the sexybox. I like beating up Hulk Hogan with Andre the Giant.
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2009, 04:47:52 PM
The Legends of Wrestlemania demo on the sexybox. I like beating up Hulk Hogan with Andre the Giant.
Does Hogan's character come with the ability to no-sell?
Quote from: Vince on March 22, 2009, 05:59:50 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2009, 04:47:52 PM
The Legends of Wrestlemania demo on the sexybox. I like beating up Hulk Hogan with Andre the Giant.
Does Hogan's character come with the ability to no-sell?
:D
Sid Meier's Pirates! at the moment for a change of pace...
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2009, 04:47:52 PM
The Legends of Wrestlemania demo on the sexybox. I like beating up Hulk Hogan with Andre the Giant.
Speaking of which, I'm rather impressed that The Undertaker has managed to be in the employ of Vince McMahon for over 20 years (and maintain Main Eventer status) without going batshit insane or starting down the popular road to substance abuse and an early death.
Finished Bioshock last week. Was going to play through again to "save" all the little sisters but I found Godfather (aka Grand Theft Auto 1940s) at Kmart for the 360 for $5 so I'm playing that now.
Also playing March Madness, the stripped-down version of NCAA Basketball 09 that only has the NCAA tourney.
Despite a growing pile of games I need to play (most of them gifts or things I found on sale) I still find myself splitting my time more-or-less exclusively between a game from 6 years ago (Rise of Nations: T&P) and a game from 2 years ago (Team Fortress 2). The former is particularly baffling, as I still can't fathom why no one has made an RTS this good in the past half decade.
I need suggestions ! I would have loved for Paradox' Rome to be something else than the borefest it is... I never could get into it - *I* a lover of everything roman !
And WoW... pfff whenever I log back in I get bored after 3 minutes
Is WAR better ? Is LotR ?
G.
Quote from: Grallon on March 23, 2009, 04:18:17 PM
I need suggestions ! I would have loved for Paradox' Rome to be something else than the borefest it is... I never could get into it - *I* a lover of everything roman !
And WoW... pfff whenever I log back in I get bored after 3 minutes
Is WAR better ? Is LotR ?
G.
Same game different emphasis & settings.
Try Eve.
I'm getting a lot of fun in Oblivion lately. After toying a bit with an imperial archer and a kajhit thief I am playing a true Orc warrior for my first really serious game.
[minor spoiler ahead]
You bet I didn't expect saving giant pet rats from a Mountain Lion would be my first mission in the Guild!
I have EVE. There's no reason to play anything else. Ever.
still Dark Crusade... and Soulstorm
I can't beat bloody Eldars with my full honour guard space marines :bleeding: in DC they have two 8 str provs bordering they stronghold, and I need to take one in order to attack it.
I hate RTS clickfest. :(
Sims 2 again.
I've decided that the next time I tire of WoW, I'm going to try Eve. Enough people on Languish have a giant boner for it that it's got to be a decent game.
Quote from: Caliga on March 24, 2009, 09:44:37 AM
I've decided that the next time I tire of WoW, I'm going to try Eve. Enough people on Languish have a giant boner for it that it's got to be a decent game.
Good luck with it, i just couldn't get into it at all.
Quote from: Caliga on March 24, 2009, 09:44:37 AM
I've decided that the next time I tire of WoW, I'm going to try Eve. Enough people on Languish have a giant boner for it that it's got to be a decent game.
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It'll crush you.
I like really overcomplicated stuff, though. Favorite consim: The Pacific War by Victory Games.
Quote from: Caliga on March 24, 2009, 10:22:49 AM
I like really overcomplicated stuff, though. Favorite consim: The Pacific War by Victory Games.
There's overcomplicated, and then there's boring. EVE manages to be both.
Oh. :(
Replaying Kotor 2 :wub:
Quote from: Caliga on March 24, 2009, 10:52:23 AM
Oh. :(
No, I'm sure someone will be along to tell you how exciting higher level skill training is!
Quote from: fahdiz on March 24, 2009, 10:47:54 AM
Quote from: Caliga on March 24, 2009, 10:22:49 AM
I like really overcomplicated stuff, though. Favorite consim: The Pacific War by Victory Games.
There's overcomplicated, and then there's boring. EVE manages to be both.
Meh, it just takes time to reap the benefits. Like, oh, 6 to 9 months. ZOMG NO POWERLVLING
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 24, 2009, 05:51:39 PM
Meh, it just takes time to reap the benefits. Like, oh, 6 to 9 months. ZOMG NO POWERLVLING
No game should take as long to enjoy as it takes a fetus to gestate.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 24, 2009, 05:53:29 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 24, 2009, 05:51:39 PM
Meh, it just takes time to reap the benefits. Like, oh, 6 to 9 months. ZOMG NO POWERLVLING
No game should take as long to enjoy as it takes a fetus to gestate.
Leave your filthy anti-choice politics out of this.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 24, 2009, 05:55:57 PM
Leave your filthy anti-choice politics out of this.
I said fetus! Fetus!
EVE is a MMORPG. Of course it's boring, and morally wrong.
Just slaughtered 9,000 Aedui in modern day Provence in Europa Barbarorum Alexander as the Romans with a Polybian army. Massive slaughter, managed to envelope two Celtic armies but was so fucking outnumbered on the last one that I ended up hiding a portion of my army in the forest until they came up, mostly so they could regain some stamina. Fucking epic.
Quote from: Queequeg on March 24, 2009, 11:16:40 PM
Just slaughtered 9,000 Aedui in modern day Provence in Europa Barbarorum Alexander as the Romans with a Polybian army. Massive slaughter, managed to envelope two Celtic armies but was so fucking outnumbered on the last one that I ended up hiding a portion of my army in the forest until they came up, mostly so they could regain some stamina. Fucking epic.
Does running EB under Alexander improve things markedly? Enough so to bother picking up Alexander just for that?
Quote from: vinraith on March 24, 2009, 11:32:57 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on March 24, 2009, 11:16:40 PM
Just slaughtered 9,000 Aedui in modern day Provence in Europa Barbarorum Alexander as the Romans with a Polybian army. Massive slaughter, managed to envelope two Celtic armies but was so fucking outnumbered on the last one that I ended up hiding a portion of my army in the forest until they came up, mostly so they could regain some stamina. Fucking epic.
Does running EB under Alexander improve things markedly? Enough so to bother picking up Alexander just for that?
That depends, as there are two ways of doing it.
1) With only graphic improvements, which in all honesty makes the game as good looking as MTW2 in almost all respects.
2) As part of the Alexander mod. The Alexander mod adds quite a bit, (they retrain armies so no ghost units, the AI in general is improved, the eleutheroi are strengthened immensely, slower expansion, slower building times and different effects, only some cities can become huge, some of the Hellenistic units are remodeled).
On the other hand, you can't do Shield Wall or swim like in EB:BI, so IDK. It was a nice change of pace from vanilla EB for me, I have to say, and the added challenge and graphic improvements are nice.
I've been playing the new Suikoden on the DS for the past few days. About 12 hours in. I didn't like it at first, but it started to pick up after the first few hours and is getting pretty good. Some of the 'normal' Suikoden stuff is missing. No strategic battles, and no Runes. The lack of tactical battles isn't a big deal, those were never that interesting other as an atmosphere device. But the magic system, which is somewhere between the rune system and a standard MP system, isn't quite as good.
Overall it's good though, and it definitely feels like a Suikoden, which I was worried about.
Quote from: Queequeg on March 24, 2009, 11:39:13 PM
Quote from: vinraith on March 24, 2009, 11:32:57 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on March 24, 2009, 11:16:40 PM
Just slaughtered 9,000 Aedui in modern day Provence in Europa Barbarorum Alexander as the Romans with a Polybian army. Massive slaughter, managed to envelope two Celtic armies but was so fucking outnumbered on the last one that I ended up hiding a portion of my army in the forest until they came up, mostly so they could regain some stamina. Fucking epic.
Does running EB under Alexander improve things markedly? Enough so to bother picking up Alexander just for that?
That depends, as there are two ways of doing it.
1) With only graphic improvements, which in all honesty makes the game as good looking as MTW2 in almost all respects.
2) As part of the Alexander mod. The Alexander mod adds quite a bit, (they retrain armies so no ghost units, the AI in general is improved, the eleutheroi are strengthened immensely, slower expansion, slower building times and different effects, only some cities can become huge, some of the Hellenistic units are remodeled).
On the other hand, you can't do Shield Wall or swim like in EB:BI, so IDK. It was a nice change of pace from vanilla EB for me, I have to say, and the added challenge and graphic improvements are nice.
That sounds like it might be worth $10. Do you know anything about running EB on the Steam version of the game? I have Rome on disc AND Steam (was free with my Empire preorder that I'm not playing...) but from a laptoping standpoint Steam's better than disc check. I don't know how a clunky mod game (ie a game with no mods folder where you're usually making a copy of the game to mod it) works in this circumstance, though. I ask because I figure I should buy the "right" version of Alexander, either the one on Steam or the one from... wherever else you get Alexander.
Quote from: vinraith on March 25, 2009, 02:37:25 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on March 24, 2009, 11:39:13 PM
Quote from: vinraith on March 24, 2009, 11:32:57 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on March 24, 2009, 11:16:40 PM
Just slaughtered 9,000 Aedui in modern day Provence in Europa Barbarorum Alexander as the Romans with a Polybian army. Massive slaughter, managed to envelope two Celtic armies but was so fucking outnumbered on the last one that I ended up hiding a portion of my army in the forest until they came up, mostly so they could regain some stamina. Fucking epic.
Does running EB under Alexander improve things markedly? Enough so to bother picking up Alexander just for that?
That depends, as there are two ways of doing it.
1) With only graphic improvements, which in all honesty makes the game as good looking as MTW2 in almost all respects.
2) As part of the Alexander mod. The Alexander mod adds quite a bit, (they retrain armies so no ghost units, the AI in general is improved, the eleutheroi are strengthened immensely, slower expansion, slower building times and different effects, only some cities can become huge, some of the Hellenistic units are remodeled).
On the other hand, you can't do Shield Wall or swim like in EB:BI, so IDK. It was a nice change of pace from vanilla EB for me, I have to say, and the added challenge and graphic improvements are nice.
That sounds like it might be worth $10. Do you know anything about running EB on the Steam version of the game? I have Rome on disc AND Steam (was free with my Empire preorder that I'm not playing...) but from a laptoping standpoint Steam's better than disc check. I don't know how a clunky mod game (ie a game with no mods folder where you're usually making a copy of the game to mod it) works in this circumstance, though. I ask because I figure I should buy the "right" version of Alexander, either the one on Steam or the one from... wherever else you get Alexander.
I'm running it on Steam and it plays great; actually a lot faster, and at higher resolutions and a lot of other improvements in graphics. There should be some help over on the EB Alexander topic in the EB Sub-Mod forum if you have any trouble.
Quote from: Queequeg on March 25, 2009, 02:57:07 PM
I'm running it on Steam and it plays great; actually a lot faster, and at higher resolutions and a lot of other improvements in graphics. There should be some help over on the EB Alexander topic in the EB Sub-Mod forum if you have any trouble.
Sounds good. Thanks for the advice MP/Q.
Quote from: vinraith on March 25, 2009, 03:54:13 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on March 25, 2009, 02:57:07 PM
I'm running it on Steam and it plays great; actually a lot faster, and at higher resolutions and a lot of other improvements in graphics. There should be some help over on the EB Alexander topic in the EB Sub-Mod forum if you have any trouble.
Sounds good. Thanks for the advice MP/Q.
Just a word of warning though; idk if there is a way to get the right unit roster for MP with Alexander, as for EB they have to have two .exe files to play MP. There probably is a way, but with the added hassle of steam I haven't checked it out yet.
Be prepared for quite a bit more difficulty if you play as an eastern faction and a total free ride if you play as a western faction. The economy seems a little iffy, and with the mod's attempts to make the AI more conservative and stronger the Selelucids are able to fuck almost anything up the ass unless you aren't capable. I had my first string of defeats as the Parthians up against those Silver-Shield motherfuckers.
Quote from: Queequeg on March 25, 2009, 09:15:21 PM
Quote from: vinraith on March 25, 2009, 03:54:13 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on March 25, 2009, 02:57:07 PM
I'm running it on Steam and it plays great; actually a lot faster, and at higher resolutions and a lot of other improvements in graphics. There should be some help over on the EB Alexander topic in the EB Sub-Mod forum if you have any trouble.
Sounds good. Thanks for the advice MP/Q.
Just a word of warning though; idk if there is a way to get the right unit roster for MP with Alexander, as for EB they have to have two .exe files to play MP. There probably is a way, but with the added hassle of steam I haven't checked it out yet.
Be prepared for quite a bit more difficulty if you play as an eastern faction and a total free ride if you play as a western faction. The economy seems a little iffy, and with the mod's attempts to make the AI more conservative and stronger the Selelucids are able to fuck almost anything up the ass unless you aren't capable. I had my first string of defeats as the Parthians up against those Silver-Shield motherfuckers.
Hmm, noted. Is it possible to install things such that you can use BI for skirmish/MP and Alexander for the campaign, I wonder. Blech, this is going to be complicated. Still, sounds interesting enough that I'll probably give it a try when I can find $10 to throw at Alexander.
At the moment, Steam's hitting me with a ridiculously good Ubisoft bargain every day and trying to eat all my April game cash before I even reach April. Bastards. :D
Still mostly playing HPS' MC'85 Germany games. Still on the small scenarios. I think I'm starting to get the hang of pushing a WP offensive action within the short time limits.
AGEOD's Napoleon's Campaigns 1809 scenario as the Austrians.
LOTRO. I just love the story of the game, and the setting. They really did a masterful job of creating the Tolkien world without making it a farce.
On PC, I've been playing through Assassin's Creed, which has significantly exceeded my (admittedly low) expectations. I'm also still playing Rise of Nations multiplayer and Team Fortress 2 on the side.
Oh, and I finally dusted off my DS and went back to Etrian Odyssey. I'd stopped in the middle of stratum 4, so getting back in the groove is proving to be a bit challenging. Still, no one makes games like this any more (true Western dungeon crawlers, albeit with some Japanese art that's readily ignored). This'll hold me nicely til Dark Spire in a couple of weeks.
NHL 09
HAWX
Curling DS
Burnout Paradise
LOTRO
And at some point, I really need to finish CoH:OF
Sorta getting back into PC gaming, I broke down & bought Fallout 3. Plus I found 007 Quantum of Solace on clearance at Target for $15-- it's a nice little mindless shooter :)
Apart from some FM2009, I haven't played much recently.
I played some EUIII a few weeks back and enjoyed it.
I've been playing Defence of the Ancients. Just been playing around with the version that has AI players, to get a hang of it. It's fun so far. The item buying is a pain though, don't know why they made that so complicated.
Also playing the Mount & Blade demo. It's pretty enjoyable, might buy the game at some stage.
Quote from: Cerr on March 31, 2009, 12:07:03 PM
I've been playing Defence of the Ancients. Just been playing around with the version that has AI players, to get a hang of it. It's fun so far. The item buying is a pain though, don't know why they made that so complicated.
We played 3vs3 in the student dorm back then. V6, I think?
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 31, 2009, 06:16:10 AM
NHL 09
HAWX
Curling DS
Burnout Paradise
LOTRO
And at some point, I really need to finish CoH:OF
How
is Burnout Paradise? I adored Burnout 3 on the PS2 but each subsequent title seemed to fuck up the formula that made that game work a little bit more.
Quote from: vinraith on March 31, 2009, 12:56:47 PM
How is Burnout Paradise? I adored Burnout 3 on the PS2 but each subsequent title seemed to fuck up the formula that made that game work a little bit more.
I never played any of the previous iteration of Burnout so I can't compare.
However, it's a really good racing game. Lots of vehicles, stunts & speed. It obviously includes all the modern options a Racing games has in the 360 era and of course Achievements.
Biggest down side is there's no "Race Restart". You have to drive back. Menus are also quite confusing, especially to find the "Save and quit" button.
Apparently, Online is really good, but I've never tried. My copy isn't legit. Death to DRM.
Just downloaded and started playing Magna Mundi. I'm not sure how I feel about the map.
Quote from: Galrion on March 31, 2009, 10:45:09 PM
Just downloaded and started playing Magna Mundi. I'm not sure how I feel about the map.
It really grew on me, but if you decide you don't like it it's fairly easy to revert to Pish's map, the vanilla map, or anything else you like while keeping all the other MMP stuff.
Quote from: vinraith on April 01, 2009, 01:05:12 PM
Quote from: Galrion on March 31, 2009, 10:45:09 PM
Just downloaded and started playing Magna Mundi. I'm not sure how I feel about the map.
It really grew on me, but if you decide you don't like it it's fairly easy to revert to Pish's map, the vanilla map, or anything else you like while keeping all the other MMP stuff.
Hmm, I thought the manual or something I read when I downloaded it said the map was Pish's. By the way, the mod says that the game was tested for a 1453 start. Has anyone had any difficulties starting at an earlier date?
Quote from: Galrion on April 01, 2009, 03:17:37 PM
Quote from: vinraith on April 01, 2009, 01:05:12 PM
Quote from: Galrion on March 31, 2009, 10:45:09 PM
Just downloaded and started playing Magna Mundi. I'm not sure how I feel about the map.
It really grew on me, but if you decide you don't like it it's fairly easy to revert to Pish's map, the vanilla map, or anything else you like while keeping all the other MMP stuff.
Hmm, I thought the manual or something I read when I downloaded it said the map was Pish's. By the way, the mod says that the game was tested for a 1453 start. Has anyone had any difficulties starting at an earlier date?
It's a modified version of Pish's. I take it you're used to the vanilla map?
I've never tried anything but 1453, so can't help on that.
Quote from: vinraith on April 01, 2009, 04:34:53 PM
It's a modified version of Pish's. I take it you're used to the vanilla map?
I've never tried anything but 1453, so can't help on that.
I guess so. I honestly haven't played that much eu3. Played as China then Byzantium, don't think I even finished either one.
I got my copy of Case Blue in the mail yesterday.
I rolled myself up in the maps like a burrito and masterbated furiously. That's really all I do with wargames now.
I'm taking the time to install the "standard" games that I like having on my PC at any time. I just gave a quick test run to EU3IN, and with the new machine I was (hands off as Milan) from 1399 to 1403 in under five minutes at max speed.
Moving on the GalCiv2 installation now, then Civ4 and my Matrix and Ageod games.
While at it I'll also go to install FSX again to see how it runs now.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 02, 2009, 05:08:43 AM
I got my copy of Case Blue in the mail yesterday.
I rolled myself up in the maps like a burrito and masterbated furiously. That's really all I do with wargames now.
That happens. I always used to buy D&D books, even though my playing days are long gone.
Crysis. Very good fun up till the point where you leave the alien ship. Would have been better to leave the aliens more obscure.
Finished Assassin's Creed, not a bad little run (certainly for $10).
I've just started my first real King's Bounty: The Legend game. So far it's interesting, light, and fun. It's less well designed than HOMM V in some regards, but so far is different enough to stand on its own. We'll see.
Also, still dabbling with TF2 and RoN: T&P in multiplayer.
Picked up Mercenaries 2 for a 5er. I expected little, and that's what I get. AI is dumb as bread, graphics don't compare to Bioshock or Crysis. At the same time it's fun to blow shit up (and you can blow up everything), and it has a distinct mindless 1980s action c-movie feel to it.
Quote from: Syt on April 12, 2009, 08:06:59 AM
Picked up Mercenaries 2 for a 5er. I expected little, and that's what I get. AI is dumb as bread, graphics don't compare to Bioshock or Crysis. At the same time it's fun to blow shit up (and you can blow up everything), and it has a distinct mindless 1980s action c-movie feel to it.
It's terrible the state they left that game in. The first one was fantastic, and actually required some smart play. The second one is a broken, braindead mess.
Back to Mount & Blade with The Eagle and the Radiant Cross mod. I've played up to lvl 26 with an Ottoman character. I have a nice castle right next to the Spanish Kingdom's capital full of lethal Janissaries, Sipahis and any other Ottoman troop available. My character is fairly weak, I have only advanced a few charisma skills (mostly leadership) in order to field as many soldiers as possible. I'm also just discovering how fast you can level troops with training.
Going against the Tercios is very easy. I just wipe them out with massed projectile volleys, since everyone in the army but a few heavy infantry dudes carries either a firearm (Janissaries) or a bow. Ze Krauts are harder, but I minimize casualties with enough cavalry. Russians give me a lot of grief, they seem to reach my positions very quickly (I guess I could try all cavalry armies with them). Haven't gone against HRE or Pope yet.
I think I'm going to take the lessons learned and start a pseudo-Roman campaign, based on a crapload of Ellisian Pedes heavy infantry and a few Scorridori and companions as auxiliary cavalry.
WiF:FE
It's J/F 1944, the Allies are at Falaise and in Calabria. The Russians are attacking a line from stretching from Odessa to Königsberg. The British are in Rangoon with Strat bombers that can reach the NEI Oil, The Americans are on land in the Phillipines, but still haven't retaken Rabul or Truck (yes, they took and then lost Truk), the americans will be out for a while as they need to restock their carriers, since the bulk of US naval aviation was watched by the bulk of US Naval aviators crash into the China Sea from their parachutes. China has surrendered and the Japs have taken Vladivostok. Oslo and Copenhagen are allied as well and Greece and Finland have stayed out of the war.
Slargos is Russia and I am the CW. The race to Berlin in on.
Don't anybody say a fucking thing to even slightly besmirch Wallet In Flames, lest they incur the wrath of Viking's production table.
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Picked up Mercenaries 2 for a 5er. I expected little, and that's what I get. AI is dumb as bread, graphics don't compare to Bioshock or Crysis. At the same time it's fun to blow shit up (and you can blow up everything), and it has a distinct mindless 1980s action c-movie feel to it.
It's terrible the state they left that game in. The first one was fantastic, and actually required some smart play. The second one is a broken, braindead mess.
Apparently my save games disintegrated over night and instead of mission 4 or 5 I'm back at mission 2. :lol:
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Quote from: vinraith on April 12, 2009, 12:09:29 PM
Quote from: Syt on April 12, 2009, 08:06:59 AM
Picked up Mercenaries 2 for a 5er. I expected little, and that's what I get. AI is dumb as bread, graphics don't compare to Bioshock or Crysis. At the same time it's fun to blow shit up (and you can blow up everything), and it has a distinct mindless 1980s action c-movie feel to it.
It's terrible the state they left that game in. The first one was fantastic, and actually required some smart play. The second one is a broken, braindead mess.
Apparently my save games disintegrated over night and instead of mission 4 or 5 I'm back at mission 2. :lol:
:( Have you got a PS2 or a non-360 Xbox? The original game was an absolute blast, and didn't have these problems.
Witcher: EE. So much better than the original. Especially on hard difficulty. A totally different game.
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Quote from: Syt on April 13, 2009, 04:49:32 AM
Quote from: vinraith on April 12, 2009, 12:09:29 PM
Quote from: Syt on April 12, 2009, 08:06:59 AM
Picked up Mercenaries 2 for a 5er. I expected little, and that's what I get. AI is dumb as bread, graphics don't compare to Bioshock or Crysis. At the same time it's fun to blow shit up (and you can blow up everything), and it has a distinct mindless 1980s action c-movie feel to it.
It's terrible the state they left that game in. The first one was fantastic, and actually required some smart play. The second one is a broken, braindead mess.
Apparently my save games disintegrated over night and instead of mission 4 or 5 I'm back at mission 2. :lol:
:( Have you got a PS2 or a non-360 Xbox? The original game was an absolute blast, and didn't have these problems.
No.
I'm also surprised how, an hour or two of net playing time has me at "9% completed". :lol:
Urban Dead. -_-
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 Wii Edition. ..it's wonderful ^_^
L.
Finished with Napoleon's Campaigns again. Shoving Wellington up Joesph Bonaparte's ass was a hoot, and always shall remain a hoot.
Trying to find something that doesn't bore me as soon as I boot it up.
10 days and 30+ hours into King's Bounty: The Legend. I'm enjoying it enormously, and am pleasantly surprised that I appear to have somewhere between half and 2/3 of the game left to go.
This summer I plan on reconquering all of the old Persian Empire as the Pahlavan in EB-Alexander. Am excited.
Quote from: vinraith on April 19, 2009, 01:40:19 PM
10 days and 30+ hours into King's Bounty: The Legend. I'm enjoying it enormously, and am pleasantly surprised that I appear to have somewhere between half and 2/3 of the game left to go.
I should have bought it when it was 10 bucks. :(
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Quote from: vinraith on April 19, 2009, 01:40:19 PM
10 days and 30+ hours into King's Bounty: The Legend. I'm enjoying it enormously, and am pleasantly surprised that I appear to have somewhere between half and 2/3 of the game left to go.
I should have bought it when it was 10 bucks. :(
It's a great game. I'm still at it, but the difficulty curve is starting to peak into what is technically known as the "holy shit" region.
Orange box is 10 bucks on Steam.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 24, 2009, 07:26:36 PM
Orange box is 10 bucks on Steam.
Which is insane, really. That's the best deal in gaming, trivially. Anyone that for some baffling reason still doesn't have the thing is practically obligated to buy it at that price. :D
As for me, I've been playing Left 4 Dead survival mode, Rise of Nations multiplayer, and am probably going to start a new Titan Quest game soon. Maybe some HOMM V too, we'll see.
Fuck, now Matrix is having a 35% sale on some of their civil war games.
Eve Online and Football Manager 2009
But you don't know football!
Quote from: Iormlund on April 26, 2009, 03:26:27 AM
But you don't know football!
:rolleyes: :mad:
Just because my record in the game backs you doesn't mean you have to rub it in!
:lol:
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 25, 2009, 06:01:40 PM
Fuck, now Matrix is having a 35% sale on some of their civil war games.
And I bought War between the States for 32. Silly me for purchasing a Matrix game.
Bleh.
I became addicted to W40KDoW: Dark Crusade multiplayer, even though I'm not good at it. :huh:
I'm crap at those games as well. I never actually played MP after DoW beta.
I liked Dow2 MP much more, by the way. If I had any intention of doing serious DoW MP I would buy DoW2.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 26, 2009, 05:16:43 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 25, 2009, 06:01:40 PM
Fuck, now Matrix is having a 35% sale on some of their civil war games.
And I bought War between the States for 32. Silly me for purchasing a Matrix game.
Bleh.
Okay, I gave it a bit more time, and I have upgraded the game to: mediocre
It handles cavalry better than AGEOD's game. No more Texas ranger spam.
So while waiting till July for the Champions MMO, I read up on new update to City Of Heros, where they added a mission generator/creator so users can make own custom missions/Boss/mobs...
Oh and also this
We want everyone to benefit from our anniversary, so from April 28th until 11:59pm EST on Sunday, May 3rd, all expired retail and trial accounts that are in good standing will be able to access the live servers. Now is the time to encourage everyone you know to patch up and jump into the game so that they can experience with you our anniversary events, the new Mission Architect system and more!
Hint Hint Fahdizzle, i want mah bubbles!
Also looking at you Teach (or whatever name you are now!) and hansmeister.
Quote from: katmai on April 28, 2009, 12:44:47 AM
So while waiting till July for the Champions MMO, I read up on new update to City Of Heros, where they added a mission generator/creator so users can make own custom missions/Boss/mobs...
Oh and also this
We want everyone to benefit from our anniversary, so from April 28th until 11:59pm EST on Sunday, May 3rd, all expired retail and trial accounts that are in good standing will be able to access the live servers. Now is the time to encourage everyone you know to patch up and jump into the game so that they can experience with you our anniversary events, the new Mission Architect system and more!
Hint Hint Fahdizzle, i want mah bubbles!
Heh. I really liked CoH; it's probably the second-best MMO I've played. It was nice to be in demand, too. :D
I bought Gal Civ 2 'Ultimate Edition' today. I haven't played for a long time, and then only with Vanilla. I don't remember what I'm doing. :cry:
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on April 29, 2009, 11:38:40 AM
I bought Gal Civ 2 'Ultimate Edition' today. I haven't played for a long time, and then only with Vanilla. I don't remember what I'm doing. :cry:
DA and TA change the game so radically that even if you remembered what you were doing you wouldn't know what you're doing. :D
Treat it as a sequel, it basically is.
Quote from: katmai on April 28, 2009, 12:44:47 AM
So while waiting till July for the Champions MMO, I read up on new update to City Of Heros, where they added a mission generator/creator so users can make own custom missions/Boss/mobs...
Oh and also this
We want everyone to benefit from our anniversary, so from April 28th until 11:59pm EST on Sunday, May 3rd, all expired retail and trial accounts that are in good standing will be able to access the live servers. Now is the time to encourage everyone you know to patch up and jump into the game so that they can experience with you our anniversary events, the new Mission Architect system and more!
Hint Hint Fahdizzle, i want mah bubbles!
Also looking at you Teach (or whatever name you are now!) and hansmeister.
Yup, the mission architect is pretty sweet. Easy to make your own as well. Its good to have more folks playing cos spending like 90% of my CoH time with just DD7 gets old.
Quote from: vinraith on April 29, 2009, 11:41:50 AM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on April 29, 2009, 11:38:40 AM
I bought Gal Civ 2 'Ultimate Edition' today. I haven't played for a long time, and then only with Vanilla. I don't remember what I'm doing. :cry:
DA and TA change the game so radically that even if you remembered what you were doing you wouldn't know what you're doing. :D
Treat it as a sequel, it basically is.
Gotta say, I'm not a big fan of the Jagged Knife event. :lol:
Though honestly it hurt the AI much more than me. Ended up reloading.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on May 02, 2009, 08:37:25 AM
Quote from: vinraith on April 29, 2009, 11:41:50 AM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on April 29, 2009, 11:38:40 AM
I bought Gal Civ 2 'Ultimate Edition' today. I haven't played for a long time, and then only with Vanilla. I don't remember what I'm doing. :cry:
DA and TA change the game so radically that even if you remembered what you were doing you wouldn't know what you're doing. :D
Treat it as a sequel, it basically is.
Gotta say, I'm not a big fan of the Jagged Knife event. :lol:
Though honestly it hurt the AI much more than me. Ended up reloading.
It's also a good chance to go on a conquest spree without pissing anyone off. Jagged Knife often takes some nice juicy planets from other empires that you can then conquer without getting into trouble with the previous owners.
Hmm, well in this case, Jagged Knife took the planets I needed in order to take the juicy planets from other empires. They took my manufacturing and technology capitals, and every planet with a spaceport except for one. :lol:
The other empires were in worse shape, but it didn't seem like fun dealing with this right now, so just reloaded.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on May 02, 2009, 11:37:19 AM
Hmm, well in this case, Jagged Knife took the planets I needed in order to take the juicy planets from other empires. They took my manufacturing and technology capitals, and every planet with a spaceport except for one. :lol:
The other empires were in worse shape, but it didn't seem like fun dealing with this right now, so just reloaded.
If you want to avoid massively unbalancing mega-events while you're relearning the game, they can be turned off in the game set up. They're really intended for people that have been playing the game for awhile and want the universe to throw a curve ball at them now and again to keep things from getting stale.
Ahh...I think I'll turn the mega events off for the next game then. They should be fun in the future, but I was completely unprepared for it this time. Gonna turn the difficulty up as well, was too easy this time, aside from the random mega event.
Also, last time I played I was basically a Space Locust, expanding as fast as possible, this game it nearly bankrupted me.
Eve and Navyfield
Left 4 Dead and Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (it's Ghost Recon in WW2, love it).
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Quote from: Ed Anger on April 25, 2009, 06:01:40 PM
Fuck, now Matrix is having a 35% sale on some of their civil war games.
And I bought War between the States for 32. Silly me for purchasing a Matrix game.
Bleh.
Okay, I gave it a bit more time, and I have upgraded the game to: mediocre
It handles cavalry better than AGEOD's game. No more Texas ranger spam.
And I'm done with that one. When the AI Confederacy can assemble 120,000 men for a single battle in Virginia while maintaining large forces in the west, I'm done.
:console: moddable?
Quote from: Caliga on May 08, 2009, 08:54:50 AM
:console: moddable?
I'm not even going to bother.
Plus as the Union, I ran out of replacement brigades in 1863. Yeah, right.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 08, 2009, 08:53:42 AM
And I'm done with that one. When the AI Confederacy can assemble 120,000 men for a single battle in Virginia while maintaining large forces in the west, I'm done.
It was as if thousands of Confederate fanbois cried out in ecstasy out and were silent at once.
Quote from: PDH on May 08, 2009, 09:04:44 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 08, 2009, 08:53:42 AM
And I'm done with that one. When the AI Confederacy can assemble 120,000 men for a single battle in Virginia while maintaining large forces in the west, I'm done.
It was as if thousands of Confederate fanbois cried out in ecstasy out and were silent at once.
Even more hilariously, it had nearly 50 heavy artillery units in 1863. So when I assault a Rebel position, I'm facing 200+ guns.
Haven't played TF2 in ages but I got some time in last night. Still rocks. Stabbing four people in a row to death with a broken glass jug is just superior action than anything else in the first person multiplayer arena.
Defense Grid, Brothers in Arms (Road to Hill 30 single player, Earned in Blood coop multiplayer), and 1701 Gold.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 08, 2009, 09:07:11 AM
Even more hilariously, it had nearly 50 heavy artillery units in 1863. So when I assault a Rebel position, I'm facing 200+ guns.
The Viriginia ironworks was damn good.
Plants vs. Zombies.
Fucking great.
Quote from: PDH on May 09, 2009, 07:58:00 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 08, 2009, 09:07:11 AM
Even more hilariously, it had nearly 50 heavy artillery units in 1863. So when I assault a Rebel position, I'm facing 200+ guns.
The Viriginia ironworks was damn good.
I should have made a thread detailing everything that was wonky about that game. I didn't even get into the line of forts in the West the AI built.
EVE Online.
Apparently, all by myself. <_<
Going to ramp back up with Falcon 4.0: Allied Force. Reconfigured my Saitek X52, turned my desk into a cockpit.
Talk about the deepest simulation available. Period.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 10, 2009, 10:48:55 AM
EVE Online.
Apparently, all by myself. <_<
:rolleyes:
It was 4am on Mothers day, my ass was sleeping as taking my mother out for brunch.
Quote from: katmai on May 10, 2009, 11:02:50 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 10, 2009, 10:48:55 AM
EVE Online.
Apparently, all by myself. <_<
:rolleyes:
It was 4am on Mothers day, my ass was sleeping as taking my mother out for brunch.
Failmai.
Lol, failmai. I like it. ^_^
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 10, 2009, 11:24:43 AM
Quote from: katmai on May 10, 2009, 11:02:50 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 10, 2009, 10:48:55 AM
EVE Online.
Apparently, all by myself. <_<
:rolleyes:
It was 4am on Mothers day, my ass was sleeping as taking my mother out for brunch.
Failmai.
MyMomma>seedy
face facts. :P
Purchased 1701 and Crysis over the weekend and I'm enjoying both.
Quote from: katmai on May 10, 2009, 10:16:10 PM
MyMomma>seedy
face facts. :P
And if we take mass out of the equation? :P
Europa Barbarorum next week! :yeah:
I've been playing the Plants vs Zombies demo on steam. Really fun, I wasn't expecting it to be. Probably will buy it, it's only $10.
Quote from: garbon on May 11, 2009, 11:57:03 AM
Quote from: katmai on May 10, 2009, 10:16:10 PM
MyMomma>seedy
face facts. :P
And if we take mass out of the equation? :P
She still wins, and now i'm gonna have to kick you next month K.
:menace:
I'm about to go get the FSX Gold edition. I'm actually fairly excited about this. :nerd:
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on May 11, 2009, 12:28:50 PM
I've been playing the Plants vs Zombies demo on steam. Really fun, I wasn't expecting it to be. Probably will buy it, it's only $10.
The whole sexy package is great. Lots of cool minigames that reference the classics, like bejeweled.
I figure I'll pick up Plants vs. Zombies once I'm done with Defense Grid, which has to be the best $5 I've spent in a long while. The sale ends on the 13th for anyone interested.
Quote from: katmai on May 11, 2009, 05:13:06 PM
She still wins, and now i'm gonna have to kick you next month K.
:menace:
Bring it! :blurgh:
FSX is awesome. I should have picked this up a long time ago. The Grumman Goose is especially fun to fly, both in the missions, and just puttering around various places, landing on water and shitty gravel strips, etc.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on May 12, 2009, 08:08:07 PM
FSX is awesome. I should have picked this up a long time ago.
:cool:
Quote from: Caliga on May 12, 2009, 08:56:52 PM
:cool:
:) I'm currently headed up the west coast of Africa in a Cessna 208. Libreville at night in the fog was kind of annoying, but I'm on my way to Malabo now after getting some gas.
FASA's Succession Wars. Finally got an online game got going and nobody dropping out. *knock on wood*
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 15, 2009, 10:33:51 AM
FASA's Succession Wars. Finally got an online game got going and nobody dropping out. *knock on wood*
:w00t:
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on May 12, 2009, 11:51:46 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 12, 2009, 08:56:52 PM
:cool:
:) I'm currently headed up the west coast of Africa in a Cessna 208. Libreville at night in the fog was kind of annoying, but I'm on my way to Malabo now after getting some gas.
Did you get additional scenery for that? FSX's 'world' scenery coverage is kinda sparse in my experience... or at least it is in South America. I mean, I know the Amazon is a giant forest, but there are roads and rivers and settlements in it and shit. ^_^
Quote from: Caliga on May 15, 2009, 10:38:35 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 15, 2009, 10:33:51 AM
FASA's Succession Wars. Finally got an online game got going and nobody dropping out. *knock on wood*
:w00t:
It also helps that as the Kurita player, the Davion player is fixated on crushing Liao.
I can understand that. DAMN CAPELLAN BASTARDS :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on May 15, 2009, 03:28:39 PM
I can understand that. DAMN CAPELLAN BASTARDS :mad:
Meanwhile, me and the Marik player are ripping the Steiners apart. Tamar and Donegal have fallen, Skye and Tharkad are threatened. Meanwhile the Davions are being bled white by Liao in costly Fed Sun assaults on sector capitals.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 15, 2009, 03:32:00 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 15, 2009, 03:28:39 PM
I can understand that. DAMN CAPELLAN BASTARDS :mad:
Meanwhile, me and the Marik player are ripping the Steiners apart. Tamar and Donegal have fallen, Skye and Tharkad are threatened. Meanwhile the Davions are being bled white by Liao in costly Fed Sun assaults on sector capitals.
Good. Death to the Steiners.
Quote from: Caliga on May 15, 2009, 10:39:52 AM
Did you get additional scenery for that? FSX's 'world' scenery coverage is kinda sparse in my experience... or at least it is in South America. I mean, I know the Amazon is a giant forest, but there are roads and rivers and settlements in it and shit. ^_^
Not yet. I'm looking for a scenery addon though that's either free or...ahem...easily acquired (I'm looking at one that's free and seems to be a global type deal...replaces the default autogen stuff, and fixes certain cities...."FSX Enhanced Autogen" or some such). :P I turned inland yesterday and have been following the Niger River (currently parked at the "airport" in Niamey), and yeah...it's pretty sparse, scenery wise. Then again, that part of Africa might look like that anyway. Heh. I know they got the river and lakes and town locations right at least, because I can use Google Maps for VFR navigation during the day when the weather doesn't suck. At night, I've just been bouncing from VOR to VOR, or just letting the traffic people steer me around when I get lazy. Good times.
Haven't been shot at by drugged up child soldiers yet though. FSX seems to be lacking in that department.
I'am currently switching between three Rome TW mods (BI and Alexander expansions); Invasio Barbarum - Imperium Julianorum (ruling the entire empire is hard); Paeninsula Italica (as Syracuse) and Diadochi TW (as Macedon). Unfortunately my EB save gave was deleted by accident.
I'm also playing some Battlefield Vietnam.
Quote from: Octavian on May 24, 2009, 03:41:13 PM
I'am currently switching between three Rome TW mods (BI and Alexander expansions); Invasio Barbarum - Imperium Julianorum (ruling the entire empire is hard); Paeninsula Italica (as Syracuse) and Diadochi TW (as Macedon). Unfortunately my EB save gave was deleted by accident.
I'm also playing some Battlefield Vietnam.
WTF? EB is better than all.
Anyone know any good strategy games set in a Universe vaguely reminiscent of Dune?
Quote from: Queequeg on May 25, 2009, 12:37:02 AM
Quote from: Octavian on May 24, 2009, 03:41:13 PM
I'am currently switching between three Rome TW mods (BI and Alexander expansions); Invasio Barbarum - Imperium Julianorum (ruling the entire empire is hard); Paeninsula Italica (as Syracuse) and Diadochi TW (as Macedon). Unfortunately my EB save gave was deleted by accident.
I'm also playing some Battlefield Vietnam.
WTF? EB is better than all.
I tend to agree however EB doesn't cover the same time periods as the others (except for Diadochi TW which starts in 279 BC but have a bigger focus on the Hellenized east (You can for example play Pergamum)
Besides the Invasio Barborum mod for BI is pretty good in terms of flavour etc.
Also EB's pretentious use of "native" names for factions can be annoying - Roma excluded.
I'm greatly tempted to go back to EU2....
Or...Dune. Again...Maybe
I recently picked up NWN2 vanilla, after the extremely tedious autopatch update I am now playing the first chapter. Not bad, until now.
L.
Wasting some time with a little Mosby's Confederacy. :alberta:
The Witcher but the go from A to Z to A and back again is starting to get annoying <_<
I played Guitar Hero for the first time last night :blush:
Quote from: derspiess on May 29, 2009, 09:36:16 AM
I played Guitar Hero for the first time last night :blush:
My condolences. :(
I've been playing King's Bounty, fun, glad I decided not to stop with the demo. This game gets hard faster than I expected though. :blush:
As a good consoletard I still play Call of Duty 4 and 5, lately a lot of the latter for the zombie mode. I also play Little Big Planet and Civ Rev. Anyway, my son has asked me to reinstall Rome TW, so I may do that soon.
King of Dragon Pass.
MORE LIKE KING OF FUCKING FRUSTRATION! AAAGGGHHHH!
Quote from: Queequeg on May 29, 2009, 03:19:57 PM
King of Dragon Pass.
MORE LIKE KING OF FUCKING FRUSTRATION! AAAGGGHHHH!
:lol:
You aren't trying to powergamer it, right? The game likes to kick warmongers in the teeth.
Quote from: lustindarkness on May 29, 2009, 03:03:25 PMI also play Little Big Planet and Civ Rev.
So how is Civ Rev if your used to the other versions?
Quote from: Seen on May 29, 2009, 08:19:04 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on May 29, 2009, 03:03:25 PMI also play Little Big Planet and Civ Rev.
So how is Civ Rev if your used to the other versions?
I don't know, for a consoletard that had never played a Civ game it is good. I know it is a simpler not as micromanaging version.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 25, 2009, 03:25:00 PM
Wasting some time with a little Mosby's Confederacy. :alberta:
I didn't realize that the game actually came out. Any good?
Sword of the Stars complete. As a I figured, the 3D map is a pain in the ass. Shards of glass pain in the ass.
Enough of a pain in the ass that I'm finding it nearly unplayable.
Been playing a bit of Fable 2 and Civ 4 lately. Waiting for Sims 3. :cool:
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 29, 2009, 03:42:50 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on May 29, 2009, 03:19:57 PM
King of Dragon Pass.
MORE LIKE KING OF FUCKING FRUSTRATION! AAAGGGHHHH!
:lol:
You aren't trying to powergamer it, right? The game likes to kick warmongers in the teeth.
I don't kill enough people, and Orlanth and Humkat get pissed. Kill too many, and I make too many enemies. Actually I've already beaten a few off my land, but after founding a tribe I'm really, really short on cattle and sheep and I think I'm just about fucking dead. FUUUCK. I think I might have to patch it or something, as the sheep are either bugged or being buggered by my people so much that they've forgotten to have sheep sex as God intended.
Quote from: Queequeg on May 30, 2009, 03:27:00 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 29, 2009, 03:42:50 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on May 29, 2009, 03:19:57 PM
King of Dragon Pass.
MORE LIKE KING OF FUCKING FRUSTRATION! AAAGGGHHHH!
:lol:
You aren't trying to powergamer it, right? The game likes to kick warmongers in the teeth.
I don't kill enough people, and Orlanth and Humkat get pissed. Kill too many, and I make too many enemies. Actually I've already beaten a few off my land, but after founding a tribe I'm really, really short on cattle and sheep and I think I'm just about fucking dead. FUUUCK. I think I might have to patch it or something, as the sheep are either bugged or being buggered by my people so much that they've forgotten to have sheep sex as God intended.
You did patch it, right? I seem to remember a sheep bug.
Ahhh....
http://a-sharp.com/kodp/update/
QuoteIncreased rate of sheep growth
Fuck.
I'm going back 40 years then. I managed to get a fantastically skilled, beautiful girl as clan leader. Am proud. :wub:
I suggest a trickster as leader. Should be hilarious.
Also, from the FAQ:
QuoteHow do I keep from running out of sheep?
There are no routine sheep markets in Dragon Pass, but your clan trader will make sure you don't run out. Cattle raiders will also capture sheep, especially when you're low. You might also want to consider reducing some of your temples and simply making annual sacrifices.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 30, 2009, 03:00:01 PM
Sword of the Stars complete. As a I figured, the 3D map is a pain in the ass. Shards of glass pain in the ass.
My first battle was me selecting the two combat vehicles and trying to attack the ship that shoots at my colonizer. I kept misclicking, and if I did click on the target they still seemed to ignore orders to go for other ships. Needless to say I died without knowing why or seeing how many hostiles there were in the first place.
The game - meaning the stratergee map looks confusing, disorienting, and while not having as much depth on that layer as GalCiv2 it also looks a lot more confusing and irritating.
Bully SE for PC. Holy shit, was this port broken from the get-go. Luckily, it cost me $7.00.
Started playing Men of War. Yeah, it's a Hollywood kind of WW2, but it sure looks good and is kinda fun so far. Using the tank's MG to mow down German soldiers who die in a shower of blood = awesome. The voice acting, though ... :bleeding:
Quote from: Syt on June 01, 2009, 12:25:44 PM
Started playing Men of War. Yeah, it's a Hollywood kind of WW2, but it sure looks good and is kinda fun so far. Using the tank's MG to mow down German soldiers who die in a shower of blood = awesome. The voice acting, though ... :bleeding:
You'll want to give the dynamic campaign generator a look: http://www.digitalmindsoft.eu/forums/viewtopic.php?f=138&t=3631&sid=3ad579160eb26a984a662d22d823f6ee
Quote from: vinraith on June 01, 2009, 12:45:32 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 01, 2009, 12:25:44 PM
Started playing Men of War. Yeah, it's a Hollywood kind of WW2, but it sure looks good and is kinda fun so far. Using the tank's MG to mow down German soldiers who die in a shower of blood = awesome. The voice acting, though ... :bleeding:
You'll want to give the dynamic campaign generator a look: http://www.digitalmindsoft.eu/forums/viewtopic.php?f=138&t=3631&sid=3ad579160eb26a984a662d22d823f6ee
... interestin ...
Doesn't seem to work on my machine. I've unzipped the files where they should be, downloaded the Win things that are required, but Campaign.exe crashes immediately when I try to start it.
Quote from: Syt on June 01, 2009, 02:38:24 PM
Doesn't seem to work on my machine. I've unzipped the files where they should be, downloaded the Win things that are required, but Campaign.exe crashes immediately when I try to start it.
Is your copy Gamersgate or boxed? And is it German localized?
Gamersgate, English.
Quote from: Syt on June 01, 2009, 02:48:33 PM
Gamersgate, English.
Huh, no idea what the issue is then. Other than having a look at their forum I don't know what to suggest. :(
I was thinking that it may be a problem that it's installed to the system partition of Vista64 where I need to confirm every copy/paste job? (x86-Programs or something?)
I normally install my games to a different partition, but MoW doesn't seem to give me that option (or I clicked too fast).
The path for the mods is "Men of War\mods", right? Asking because I had to create the folder there.
Quote from: Syt on June 02, 2009, 12:32:14 AM
I was thinking that it may be a problem that it's installed to the system partition of Vista64 where I need to confirm every copy/paste job? (x86-Programs or something?)
I normally install my games to a different partition, but MoW doesn't seem to give me that option (or I clicked too fast).
The path for the mods is "Men of War\mods", right? Asking because I had to create the folder there.
You can install MoW anywhere you want, but it's slightly hidden. When you bring up the installer keep an eye on the bottom of the screen for "advanced install" or the like, I think it's on the EULA screen.
Men of War/mods is the right directory, and you often do have to make it yourself.
Make sure you grabbed and installed all the necessary MS support files, too. There's three as outlined in the link.
Failing that, I'd say try installing it somewhere without a permissions problem and see if that works better.
Quote from: vinraith on June 02, 2009, 01:05:24 AM
Make sure you grabbed and installed all the necessary MS support files, too. There's three as outlined in the link.
I did that. .NET told me that it was already installed as part of the OS; the others installed fine (I made sure to get the 64 bit version of the last file).
Re-installing will take some time, because I was stupid enough to delete the downloaded file (took over three hours for the 3.3 GB :bleeding: ).
Played a few hours of Vice City. I suck at the game, so I just try and make my deaths memorable. Always a good time waster.
Played some more Sword of the Stars, and whoever decided that "Random Events" means 'fuck the player over with attacks by slavers and Von Neumann machines' needs to be raped by a shard of glass.
X-Men Legends II on PC.
For some reason the campaign generator works today. Didn't change anything, and I did reboot already yesterday. :unsure:
Never mind, crashes when trying to create a campaign.
I guess I go back to Talonsoft's Campaign Series. <_<
dl'd Jade Empire last night for PC.
Quote from: katmai on June 02, 2009, 05:52:55 PM
dl'd Jade Empire last night for PC.
pirate! :mad:
Quote from: Tamas on June 03, 2009, 12:27:11 AM
Quote from: katmai on June 02, 2009, 05:52:55 PM
dl'd Jade Empire last night for PC.
pirate! :mad:
Yeah from those big software pirateers at Bioware. :rolleyes:
Any Yanks got Sims 3 yet?
Got and is playing Farcry 2, fairly entertaining :)
Slargos would love it though
D&D Tiny Adventures (on Facebook) - it's just fantastic. Reminds me a little bit of King of Dragon Pass.
Flight Control (on my iPhone) - I am not great at it but still cannot stop playing.
Gravulous (on my iPhone) - it's like shuffleboard. With planets and black holes. Really.
WordJong (on my iPhone) - sooooooo addictive. It's Scrabble-meets-those solitaire Mahjong games.
Peggle (on my iPhone) - ridiculously addictive.
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! -- A Reckless Disregard for Gravity (on my laptop) - fall off buildings, collect points. Brilliant.
Inago Rage (on my laptop) - rooftop arenas for doing battle.
There are also several other iPhone games to which I am addicted, but I just listed the ones I seem to play most often.
Played a few hours of Marvel Nemesis last night. topped out the Thing adventures... easy Smash smash smash. Finding Wolverine harder to control what with all the extra thumbs I seem to have wwhen it comes to console gaming. Can't get past his first "Boss" a BAMF-er type who just kicks my ass as I can't get the combos right to do all the cool Wolvie stuff.
I like the play in general... but wish there were more variation of Marvel character earlier on... Versus is kinda boring... but I may have to use it more to figure out Logan.
OOTP 10 became available for preorders yesterday.
I also picked up Sims 3 (because I suck).
And ArmA II.
I should take a vacation to play those games. -_-
I need to start learning German.
I need good German-only games to motivate me. I need tips. Arma2 is one I guess.
Bored with my ps2 games after 2 days of playing again. Marvel Nemesis is annoying. Wolverine too difficult for me to play. I need simple controls. Ended up playing a few rounds of WWF Legends... 70's style... Baron Von Rasche kicking ass and taking names. Beat Volkoff, Nature Boy, and Billy Graham. Now that's button mashing. :p
Quote from: Martinus on June 03, 2009, 04:29:47 AM
Any Yanks got Sims 3 yet?
My sisters have it (both age 8), not motivated enough to borrow it from them.
Quote from: Tamas on June 04, 2009, 11:23:37 AM
I need to start learning German.
I need good German-only games to motivate me. I need tips. Arma2 is one I guess.
Has English voices, though (all text German; can be modded).
You could start with games that you've played in English and that are cheap. With regards to localization, saty away from Paradox games; big budget titles are usually ok these days (Mass Effect, Fallout 3), though I still prefer the original. Actually, Mass Effect comes with multiple (spoken) languages - including German and English - on one disk.
Quote from: Syt on June 04, 2009, 12:43:31 AM
OOTP 10 became available for preorders yesterday.
Got it - started playing a historical starting in 1969. Want to see if the option for basing stamina on career fixes the pitcher stamina bug.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on June 04, 2009, 12:14:00 PM
Bored with my ps2 games after 2 days of playing again. Marvel Nemesis is annoying. Wolverine too difficult for me to play. I need simple controls. Ended up playing a few rounds of WWF Legends... 70's style... Baron Von Rasche kicking ass and taking names. Beat Volkoff, Nature Boy, and Billy Graham. Now that's button mashing. :p
Your mistake is trying to play Wolverine. The game assumes you're a fanboy, and thus ratchets up the difficulty in an effort to chase you away.
Quote from: Neil on June 04, 2009, 08:27:53 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on June 04, 2009, 12:14:00 PM
Bored with my ps2 games after 2 days of playing again. Marvel Nemesis is annoying. Wolverine too difficult for me to play. I need simple controls. Ended up playing a few rounds of WWF Legends... 70's style... Baron Von Rasche kicking ass and taking names. Beat Volkoff, Nature Boy, and Billy Graham. Now that's button mashing. :p
Your mistake is trying to play Wolverine. The game assumes you're a fanboy, and thus ratchets up the difficulty in an effort to chase you away.
But you have to play Wolverine to get to Iron Man etc. I want to get drunk and repulsor blast as many baddies as possible.
Quote from: Syt on June 02, 2009, 01:39:20 PM
Never mind, crashes when trying to create a campaign.
Found my error .... forgot to select an opponent army. :blush:
couldn't find any reasonably priced used games at stores downtown etc yesterday. :( started a new LOTR 3rd age game and did a whole section I missed the first time through. After finishing that, though it was starting to get repetive. so I quit. gamed out. Need new stimulation. will buy a few new games soon.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on June 04, 2009, 01:58:46 PM
Quote from: Syt on June 04, 2009, 12:43:31 AM
OOTP 10 became available for preorders yesterday.
Got it - started playing a historical starting in 1969. Want to see if the option for basing stamina on career fixes the pitcher stamina bug.
How do you play your game, btw? Do you play out the matches or do you sim? Personally, I'd love playing out all games, but if you want to play more than one season it's a bit of a challenge. :lol:
Is one swing batting a good option?
Assassin's Creed DE on the PC. What a pretty game. A shame that the gameplay turns into a serious grind.
Quote from: Syt on June 08, 2009, 04:15:38 AM
How do you play your game, btw? Do you play out the matches or do you sim?
No consistent method. I usually at least tweak the lineups. Often I will auto run a bunch of innings. If it is still close in the 7th or so, I will take over the rest of the game; I let the comp play out the blowouts.
QuoteIs one swing batting a good option?
I never use it. I don't think the engine is really optimized for it. Diamond Mind is probably a better choice for a pitch-by-pitch game, although its developer is killing the game.
Quote from: Scipio on June 08, 2009, 09:16:36 AM
Assassin's Creed DE on the PC. What a pretty game. A shame that the gameplay turns into a serious grind.
Does your game slow down every 75 seconds too?
Stupid port. (I know how to fix it, I just find it stupid) I gave shit to the QA leader for it, he probably didn't read the email tho.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 08, 2009, 10:42:25 AM
Quote from: Scipio on June 08, 2009, 09:16:36 AM
Assassin's Creed DE on the PC. What a pretty game. A shame that the gameplay turns into a serious grind.
Does your game slow down every 75 seconds too?
Stupid port. (I know how to fix it, I just find it stupid) I gave shit to the QA leader for it, he probably didn't read the email tho.
Nope. I took off post-processing, and put multisampling to max. How pretty.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on June 08, 2009, 10:32:18 AM
I never use it. I don't think the engine is really optimized for it. Diamond Mind is probably a better choice for a pitch-by-pitch game, although its developer is killing the game.
Haven't been keeping up, how are they doing that JR/Keynes/MM?
Finally got around to starting the Lost and Damned GTA4 expansion thingie I had pre-ordered eons ago for the 360. I prefer cars to bikes, and the whole biker character thing doesn't do much for me, but it's fun nonetheless.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on June 08, 2009, 10:32:18 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 08, 2009, 04:15:38 AM
How do you play your game, btw? Do you play out the matches or do you sim?
No consistent method. I usually at least tweak the lineups. Often I will auto run a bunch of innings. If it is still close in the 7th or so, I will take over the rest of the game; I let the comp play out the blowouts.
QuoteIs one swing batting a good option?
I never use it. I don't think the engine is really optimized for it. Diamond Mind is probably a better choice for a pitch-by-pitch game, although its developer is killing the game.
Hm, I'll see. Often I start a game all on manual, then slowly switch to just adjusting the roster and checking the play-by-play/box scores, and then, at some point, start simming weeks or months. :blush:
I've been playing some Ascendancy. I love the atmosphere, especially the music. I keep wondering how hard would it be to clone it, so I could improve it. :unsure:
Quote from: Iormlund on June 09, 2009, 07:53:01 AM
I've been playing some Ascendancy. I love the atmosphere, especially the music. I keep wondering how hard would it be to clone it, so I could improve it. :unsure:
Yeah, that game had nice visuals and "atmosphere". I haven't seen it in many years so no idea how well it's held up visually.
Quote from: Iormlund on June 09, 2009, 07:53:01 AM
I've been playing some Ascendancy. I love the atmosphere, especially the music. I keep wondering how hard would it be to clone it, so I could improve it. :unsure:
My first great space 4XTBS love. :wub:
It's a pity the AI was dumb as a post (even with the Antagonizer AI patch it didn't amount to much) but as with most TBS games at least it took awhile to notice (especially if you were a relative strategy n00b).
WoW again
Quote from: katmai on June 08, 2009, 09:16:26 PM
Haven't been keeping up, how are they doing that JR/Keynes/MM?
Tom Tippett sold the business and took on a consulting role. The new owners decided to revamp the game to support some online pseudo-historical sim league. There doesn't appear to be continuing development of the replay engine. Though last I checked there were some noises about the new owners revisting the old core product. I hope they do becuase while DM doesn't have as many features or bells and whistles as OOTP - it still does one thing and it does it very well.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 15, 2009, 10:33:51 AM
FASA's Succession Wars. Finally got an online game got going and nobody dropping out. *knock on wood*
And the game ended with the Davion player winning after smashing my mobile army at Gaeldon and I decided that further resistance was futile with Pesht and Luthien opened up to attack.
Finished The Lost and Damned. Pretty good add-on for GTA4 overall, aside from the cutscene that showed some dude's schlong.
Quote from: derspiess on June 10, 2009, 02:02:31 PM
Finished The Lost and Damned. Pretty good add-on for GTA4 overall, aside from the cutscene that showed some dude's schlong.
:w00t:
Quote from: vinraith on June 09, 2009, 10:29:49 AM
Quote from: Iormlund on June 09, 2009, 07:53:01 AM
I've been playing some Ascendancy. I love the atmosphere, especially the music. I keep wondering how hard would it be to clone it, so I could improve it. :unsure:
My first great space 4XTBS love. :wub:
It's a pity the AI was dumb as a post (even with the Antagonizer AI patch it didn't amount to much) but as with most TBS games at least it took awhile to notice (especially if you were a relative strategy n00b).
And it needed some sort of auto management beyond specialization in a slightly bigger than small empire. :bleeding:
If you improve it let us know :thumbsup:
Quote from: garbon on June 10, 2009, 02:36:25 PM
Quote from: derspiess on June 10, 2009, 02:02:31 PM
Finished The Lost and Damned. Pretty good add-on for GTA4 overall, aside from the cutscene that showed some dude's schlong.
:w00t:
Yet no boobies whatsoever in the game. WTF.
Oh, and the next downloadable content for GTA4 is going to be "The Balland of Gay Tony" :lol:
Quote from: derspiess on June 10, 2009, 09:40:21 PM
Yet no boobies whatsoever in the game. WTF.
Oh, and the next downloadable content for GTA4 is going to be "The Balland of Gay Tony" :lol:
Finally something for the fellas who like fellas. I might have to finally breakdown and by an xbox.
Quote from: garbon on June 10, 2009, 09:53:58 PM
Finally something for the fellas who like fellas. I might have to finally breakdown and by an xbox.
Make sure to get a rainbow face plate for it :P
Quote from: derspiess on June 11, 2009, 09:35:10 AM
Make sure to get a rainbow face place for it :P
I'm not Martinus. :contract:
bought two old used ps2 games yesterday
Godfather :thumbsup: - Fucking awesome. great atmosphere...undifficult controls, gameplay. I really like this game (very early still in the game mind you) and it has Brando's voice!
and
Max Payne 2 - Controls = :bleeding: stupid moving the camera at the same time as you are moving - far beyond my sad motor control abilities, also too similar to first Max Payne visually, not much improvement)
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/0-9/1066/game/index.html
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on June 14, 2009, 11:52:10 AM
Godfather :thumbsup: - Fucking awesome. great atmosphere...undifficult controls, gameplay. I really like this game (very early still in the game mind you) and it has Brando's voice!
Godfather was a good game. Better than Mafia, at least as far as the PS2 goes.
I just got done playing this horrid alt history/WWII shooter for the 360 called Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. There's actually a lot of game potential IMO for a Nazi invasion of the US, but these game designers made all the wrong moves.
IIRC, the game came out last year & flopped big time. It has a tendency to freeze up the console for no good reason, terrible hit detection, and a clunky-as-hell feel to it. There is very little story to it, and you find out next to nothing about your character's story.
Having said all that, I did get *some* enjoyment out of it (I'm probably the only guy here who has not gotten bored with WWII shooters). I only paid $15 for it at Microcenter, and it was the "Collector's Edition" with a cool metal case, "making of" DVD, art booklet, and a poster with the alt history timeline the game is based upon. I peeled back the 3 or 4 markdown price tags, and saw that the original price was $79.99 :D :D
Reinstalled Baldur's Gate 2 with Throne of Bhaal and a fuckload of mods.
I am: nostalgic.
L.
Quote from: derspiess on June 16, 2009, 10:43:48 PM
I just got done playing this horrid alt history/WWII shooter for the 360 called Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. There's actually a lot of game potential IMO for a Nazi invasion of the US, but these game designers made all the wrong moves.
IIRC, the game came out last year & flopped big time. It has a tendency to freeze up the console for no good reason, terrible hit detection, and a clunky-as-hell feel to it. There is very little story to it, and you find out next to nothing about your character's story.
Having said all that, I did get *some* enjoyment out of it (I'm probably the only guy here who has not gotten bored with WWII shooters). I only paid $15 for it at Microcenter, and it was the "Collector's Edition" with a cool metal case, "making of" DVD, art booklet, and a poster with the alt history timeline the game is based upon. I peeled back the 3 or 4 markdown price tags, and saw that the original price was $79.99 :D :D
I bought the PC-version for 5 euro. can't play it thanks to crappy copyprotection
I've just got a hold of the Witcher from a friend, its been on my to play list for a while.
It seems alright.
The combat system I don't understand though, seems to be just click as fast as you can and the enemy miraculously looses hp without you actually slashing him. Odd.
QuoteReinstalled Baldur's Gate 2 with Throne of Bhaal and a fuckload of mods.
I am: nostalgic.
L.
I've done that a few times before but I always get bored early, the beginning of the game just sucks big style.
Quote from: Tyr on June 18, 2009, 11:08:56 AM
QuoteReinstalled Baldur's Gate 2 with Throne of Bhaal and a fuckload of mods.
I am: nostalgic.
L.
I've done that a few times before but I always get bored early, the beginning of the game just sucks big style.
IIRC I found somewhere a mod called "Dungeon-Be-Gone" that, when installed, lets you start the game from [BEWARE HEAVY SPOILERS] immediately outside Irenicus' dungeon, and giving you all the items, magical and normal, you would have collected while escaping from the dungeon; it makes you start after the cutscene [BEWARE BEWARE IMMENSE SPOILERS COMING NEXT] when Imoen is evicted by the Cowled Wizards together with Irenicus.
L.
Just finished Sacred 2 with a Shadow Warrior. OK mindless killing with several ridiculous features.
Quote from: derspiess on June 16, 2009, 10:43:48 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on June 14, 2009, 11:52:10 AM
Godfather :thumbsup: - Fucking awesome. great atmosphere...undifficult controls, gameplay. I really like this game (very early still in the game mind you) and it has Brando's voice!
Godfather was a good game. Better than Mafia, at least as far as the PS2 goes
Cant judge about the PS2 but PC wise the godfather was far inferior over Mafia. And I doubt a port can change a game that much...
Quote from: Tyr on June 18, 2009, 11:08:56 AM
I've just got a hold of the Witcher from a friend, its been on my to play list for a while.
It seems alright.
The combat system I don't understand though, seems to be just click as fast as you can and the enemy miraculously looses hp without you actually slashing him. Odd.
Really? This has been on my bargain-bin shopping list for a long time but if that i show combat works I may not even look in the scrap heap for it.
Just bought Ghostbusters for the XBox 360.
HoI 2- Hungary. I have no idea why.
Had to restart my Oblivion campaign due to an obnoxious glitch: I entered Miscarcand before I was supposed to and got the über Varda stone before Martin told me to get it: in consequence
a) The King of Miscarcand, that clown, and his zombies attacked me just after I had fast travelled to Bravil... I didn't know what was happening, but the Guards and the law abiding citizens sure did and the aggressors were all dealt with quickly!
b) Jauffre attacks me as soon as the Martin-Countess of Bruma conversation is over, doesn't accept my "surrender" and is killed by the other characters. Reloading doesn't change a thing (?)
c) Poor Martin doesn't use armour or weapons and is killed swiftly once and again in Bruma's defence.
Lesson learnt? Always buy the PC version. Sigh...
I have bought Morrowind (PC version, some expansions included) for 4.95 euros...
Quote from: Alatriste on June 22, 2009, 02:55:00 AM
I have bought Morrowind (PC version, some expansions included) for 4.95 euros...
Mistake.
You may expect a slightly less good Oblivion but its a long way off even that standard.
I've still never finished Oblivion....got too sidetracked with sub quests and trying to do everything.
Quote from: Tyr on June 22, 2009, 03:56:06 AM
Quote from: Alatriste on June 22, 2009, 02:55:00 AM
I have bought Morrowind (PC version, some expansions included) for 4.95 euros...
Mistake.
You may expect a slightly less good Oblivion but its a long way off even that standard.
I've still never finished Oblivion....got too sidetracked with sub quests and trying to do everything.
Come on, it has to be worth 5 euros, right? :(
IMO Morrowwind was 10 times the game Oblivion was, maybe more. Morrowind's graphics are not great and to call the combat system a combat system would be giving it way too much credit but everything else is much better. I spent 100's of hours playing Morrowind and about 10 playing Oblivion.
It is definitely worth the 5 euros.
Ghostbusters for the 360 is excellent.
That is all.
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom. Addictive and slightly educational.
NFL Head Coach 09. Damn this game is fun.
A remake of Archon was just released for the iPhone. I'm in heaven. :wub:
Been playing through the Dawn of War campaigns again. Since my computer is too slow for Dawn of War 2. <_<
Quote from: Tyr on June 18, 2009, 11:08:56 AM
I've just got a hold of the Witcher from a friend, its been on my to play list for a while.
It seems alright.
The combat system I don't understand though, seems to be just click as fast as you can and the enemy miraculously looses hp without you actually slashing him. Odd.
Is that on a console? Because on the PC (at least mine), if you click too fast you stop the combo attacks and return to the first attack, and attacks get deadlier as the sequence continues.
Early on, it probably doesn't matter, but later in the game, proper timing is critical, and too much clicking means you die (because only late-sequence attacks really hurt the bad guys).
Quote from: Alatriste on June 22, 2009, 04:05:44 AM
Come on, it has to be worth 5 euros, right? :(
Definitely. It has a much better atmosphere than Oblivion, even if it doesn't match the graphics. The mechanics are weaker, but the story infinitely stronger.
Plus, there are far more mods for it because its simpler character interaction system means that mods were a lot easier to make. It has a lot of legs even without the mods, but with them, it is literally bigger than you will ever have the time to explore.
Quote from: grumbler on June 23, 2009, 04:33:06 PM
Quote from: Alatriste on June 22, 2009, 04:05:44 AM
Come on, it has to be worth 5 euros, right? :(
Definitely. It has a much better atmosphere than Oblivion, even if it doesn't match the graphics. The mechanics are weaker, but the story infinitely stronger.
Plus, there are far more mods for it because its simpler character interaction system means that mods were a lot easier to make. It has a lot of legs even without the mods, but with them, it is literally bigger than you will ever have the time to explore.
I have Morrowind on the Xbox-I know :rolleyes:- but there are supposedly some pretty good graphics mods as well.
Quote from: sbr on June 23, 2009, 06:40:50 PM
I have Morrowind on the Xbox-I know :rolleyes:- but there are supposedly some pretty good graphics mods as well.
Worth buying the PC version for.
Quote from: grumbler on June 23, 2009, 06:45:53 PM
Quote from: sbr on June 23, 2009, 06:40:50 PM
I have Morrowind on the Xbox-I know :rolleyes:- but there are supposedly some pretty good graphics mods as well.
Worth buying the PC version for.
I will probably buy it when I find it on sale but that game stole so much time from me I am afraid of what might happen if I get it on the PC with all of the mods; you may see some random article about some idiot who died at his PC because he hadn't slept or gone to the bathroom in a month.
Quote from: grumbler on June 23, 2009, 06:45:53 PM
Quote from: sbr on June 23, 2009, 06:40:50 PM
I have Morrowind on the Xbox-I know :rolleyes:- but there are supposedly some pretty good graphics mods as well.
Worth buying the PC version for.
I've never played Morrowind, is it really that good?
Super Mario Bros 3.
Fucking Witcher!
I get to act 3 and *grrrrrrrrrr* it goes to hell and runs like a total dog. I was on fairly low settings anyway to begin with. This doesn't bode well. When I was attacked in the streets at night the entire thing utterly froze up.
QuoteIs that on a console? Because on the PC (at least mine), if you click too fast you stop the combo attacks and return to the first attack, and attacks get deadlier as the sequence continues.
Early on, it probably doesn't matter, but later in the game, proper timing is critical, and too much clicking means you die (because only late-sequence attacks really hurt the bad guys).
How does it work then?
Quote from: Galrion on June 25, 2009, 08:12:12 PM
Quote from: grumbler on June 23, 2009, 06:45:53 PM
Quote from: sbr on June 23, 2009, 06:40:50 PM
I have Morrowind on the Xbox-I know :rolleyes:- but there are supposedly some pretty good graphics mods as well.
Worth buying the PC version for.
I've never played Morrowind, is it really that good?
Yes depending on what you are looking for.
As has already been said the graphics are below average, the combat system involves clicking/pulling trigger as quickly as possible with no real strategic/tactical though and the story is very pedestrian--an unknown person with no memory appears and comes to realize he/she is the only one able to save the world from the all-powerful evil being.
However, if you enjoy "sandbox" RPG games Morrowind is brilliant; you could spend hundreds of hours in the game while completely ignoring the main quest/storyline. I love the way the game handles character advancement: there are no XP's, you improve individual skills by using them, as you improve your skills you advance in levels. You can play almost any way you want; there is a huge number of classes from warrior to mage to thief to diplomat and pilgrim and any combination of the above. There is a huge number of side quests and random dungeons and multiple guilds that will give you work/quests. It would probably be possible to finish the game 100% in one play through but it would be a huge commitment. IMO it would be pretty easy to replay the game 2-3 times with almost no overlap outside of the main quest, many more with some overlap.
I am 38 and have been playing video games for most of my life and Morrowind is definitely in the Top 10, quite possibly the Top 5 games I have played.
Mass Effect, again.
FIFA 09 and Fight Night Round 4 for the X-Box 360. Been on a console binge lately.
FIFA 09 is excellent. Still toying with FNR4, but so far it looks like a winner.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 25, 2009, 08:15:17 PM
Super Mario Bros 3.
playing that with my wife. Every Sunday night we do 1 world, probably have to slow that down as we get higher up.
Finally figured out how to get Dawn of War 2 to run in 800x600, now it's playable. This is actually a really fun game, the campaign so far is great. Why they didn't make 800x600 selectable in the settings is beyond me, my comp is way above minimum specs and the game runs like shit unless it's in that resolution.
Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
I just had to install this after spending a couple days in Madrid, since most of the time I was taking one train or another. :P
Quote from: sbr on June 23, 2009, 10:47:22 PM
I will probably buy it when I find it on sale but that game stole so much time from me I am afraid of what might happen if I get it on the PC with all of the mods; you may see some random article about some idiot who died at his PC because he hadn't slept or gone to the bathroom in a month.
:lol:
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 27, 2009, 02:20:41 PM
FIFA 09 and Fight Night Round 4 for the X-Box 360. Been on a console binge lately.
FIFA 09 is excellent. Still toying with FNR4, but so far it looks like a winner.
Yeah I want FNR 4 badly, might just pick it up tomorrow.
Quote from: katmai on June 30, 2009, 01:56:14 AM
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 27, 2009, 02:20:41 PM
FIFA 09 and Fight Night Round 4 for the X-Box 360. Been on a console binge lately.
FIFA 09 is excellent. Still toying with FNR4, but so far it looks like a winner.
Yeah I want FNR 4 badly, might just pick it up tomorrow.
I've mainly been playing Legacy mode, which is okay. Messed around on XBL a little but got turned off real quick by idiots who would just spam punches forever. It's a good solid game, though. Definitely fun with a buddy next to you.
Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion.
It is still enjoyable.
Quote from: Norgy on June 30, 2009, 07:13:06 AM
Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion.
It is still enjoyable.
Is there a mod to slow it down some that you'd recomend? I like the setting but after RTR it was crazy fast.
Godfather II on the 360. Not as bad as some of the reviews, but it does lack some polish and is too linear (bad story line to boot). I actually like the game, but it falls way short of its potential. Look for it in the bargain/clearance BIN in a few short months.
Quote from: Lucidor on June 30, 2009, 10:32:33 AM
Quote from: Norgy on June 30, 2009, 07:13:06 AM
Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion.
It is still enjoyable.
Is there a mod to slow it down some that you'd recomend? I like the setting but after RTR it was crazy fast.
I prefer the Invasio Barbarorum mod(s) myself.
Played a game of Great War at Sea: Mediterraneanwith the wife earlier. I blew up one British battlecruiser with the Goeben before the RN gangraped it and the Breslau. Damn bitch.
Has anyone played an RTS called Men of War? Gamersgate has it on sale for $11.99 right now.
Also, is Crusader Kings Deus Vult worth bothering with?
MBM, apprently it's one of the best RTS there is. It's micromanagement hell tho.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 03, 2009, 02:30:52 PM
Played a game of Great War at Sea: Mediterraneanwith the wife earlier. I blew up one British battlecruiser with the Goeben before the RN gangraped it and the Breslau. Damn bitch.
I hate you, and everything about you.
Fall from Heaven 2 mod for civ4. I think I'll try the Orbis modmod that brings back corporations (as guilds) and other stuff from 3.19.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on July 04, 2009, 09:12:53 PM
Also, is Crusader Kings Deus Vult worth bothering with?
If you like the original game I think it is, doesn't change the base game much just adds some things, like a ledger with a bridefinder.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on July 04, 2009, 09:12:53 PM
Has anyone played an RTS called Men of War? Gamersgate has it on sale for $11.99 right now.
There is a demo for it. I only played it about 10 minutes, I have too many other rts games already and it didn't seem to stand out.
I'm playing Half-Life: Opposing Force at the moment. I'm having fun with it so far.
I never bought it but when I entered my old Half Life CD key in steam it gave me Opposing Force and Blue Shift for free, which was nice.
Majesty Gold. 5 bucks on Impulse.
Still fun as hell.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 03, 2009, 02:30:52 PM
Played a game of Great War at Sea: Mediterraneanwith the wife earlier. I blew up one British battlecruiser with the Goeben before the RN gangraped it and the Breslau. Damn bitch.
That'll happen. The key to surviving with Goeben and Breslau is not to get caught.
Quote from: Neil on July 07, 2009, 07:06:05 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 03, 2009, 02:30:52 PM
Played a game of Great War at Sea: Mediterraneanwith the wife earlier. I blew up one British battlecruiser with the Goeben before the RN gangraped it and the Breslau. Damn bitch.
That'll happen. The key to surviving with Goeben and Breslau is not to get caught.
I plotted...poorly. I zigged when I should have zagged.
Crusader Kings Deus Vult as the County of Suenik, with a fucking long-ass Armenian last name for the Dynasty. Set up a pretty big Armenian kingdom by 1120, mostly as the Seljuks and Byzantines are so busy killing themselves in around Nikea and Doraelyum that they don't mind that I picked up Azerbaijan, Edessa, Armenia, Trebizond, Aleppo, Armenikon and Cilicia ,though now that I've cut the Seljuks in half they seem to be having some trouble.
During my conquests I set up the Pahlavunis as the Dukes of Azerbaijan, Khakik Pahlavuni proved such an effective Duke in my conquest of Gilan and Northern Syria from the latest war with the Seljuks that I gave him Tabriz, Gilan, Daylam and Oromieh. Love that the he's basically taking back the family farm, almost a thousand years after it was taken away by the Sassanids. Started playing as Khakik, and had my first culturally Armenian son, Rostam. Too good to be true?
Mount and Blade: Eagle and Wolves mod, set in some Arthurian Britain.
Gonna buy GalCiv II as soon as I get Paypal set up - it's the only way they'll take international orders, unfortunately.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 08, 2009, 12:16:07 AM
Gonna buy GalCiv II as soon as I get Paypal set up - it's the only way they'll take international orders, unfortunately.
If you can get HotSpotShield running you might be able trick Impulse into thinking your in the US.
I should have listened to Vinnie about Sins of the Solar Empire.
Bleh. Biggest waste of 4 dollars ever.
We've been playing some versus L4D in the Spanish P'dox forum. Great fun. :)
Quote from: Iormlund on July 14, 2009, 05:41:28 PM
We've been playing some versus L4D in the Spanish P'dox forum. Great fun. :)
That game really comes into its own when you have a good group of people playing both survivors and zombies. :yes:
Mics are a must.
Mount & Blade: The Wedding Dance mod.
It's basically M&B pr0n.
- Two "female" factions of Valkyries and Amazons. Check.
- Female armor means showing lots o' boobies and booty. Check.
- Erect penii and vajayjay. Check.
- Scenes of sadomasochism conducted by an "enemy" non-faction that has a very Catholic-church theme, and includes nuns in bondage wear? Check.
But other than all that, actually has some very well-done gameplay elements, though could also stand to take some from other mods.
Also, the recently released, updated Prophecy of Pendor mod. Probably easily one of the best M&B mods out there.
Just played Left 4 Dead for the first time.
Texas Glory via Vassal. I'm the goddamn Mexicans. :(
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 26, 2009, 01:16:44 PM
Texas Glory via Vassal. I'm the goddamn Mexicans. :(
:nelson:
Madden 10 demo, downloaded from XBox Live. Lost to the Cowboys 7-0. :mad:
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 08, 2009, 12:16:07 AM
Gonna buy GalCiv II as soon as I get Paypal set up - it's the only way they'll take international orders, unfortunately.
http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/6134919/Galactic-Civilizations-II-Ultimate-Edition/Product.html
I don't know if Endless Universe will come back. That's what I got. I don't think there's too much of a difference.
I've been trying to get a custom races file to run on GalCiv2TA. The custom races show up in the main menu alright, but when clicking the button that should take me to playing the game the game crashes and the debug.err is no help. <_<
Quote from: Lucidor on July 26, 2009, 04:08:32 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 08, 2009, 12:16:07 AM
Gonna buy GalCiv II as soon as I get Paypal set up - it's the only way they'll take international orders, unfortunately.
http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/6134919/Galactic-Civilizations-II-Ultimate-Edition/Product.html
I don't know if Endless Universe will come back. That's what I got. I don't think there's too much of a difference.
Stardock took paypal without problems. But it is nice to see that I could've gotten the game cheaper. :P
Been playing Mount & Blade, and just got EU3-IN so I've been playing as the Pope in MMP. Haven't played GalCiv2 much so far. :blush:
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 26, 2009, 07:16:08 PM
Haven't played GalCiv2 much so far. :blush:
Why not, if you don't mind me asking. Is it something about the game or just one of those things that get away from you a bit?
Quote from: sbr on July 26, 2009, 08:22:13 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 26, 2009, 07:16:08 PM
Haven't played GalCiv2 much so far. :blush:
Why not, if you don't mind me asking. Is it something about the game or just one of those things that get away from you a bit?
Partly it's because I haven't played games much at all the last few weeks. Second, In Nomine was on sale and I've gotten back into that. I'm also moving away from my "science fiction" phase at the moment. Once I get sick of my Papacy EU3 game, I'll probably go back to GalCiv. The game itself is pretty neat, easy to get into, though a bit slow at the beginning.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 26, 2009, 08:27:17 PM
Quote from: sbr on July 26, 2009, 08:22:13 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 26, 2009, 07:16:08 PM
Haven't played GalCiv2 much so far. :blush:
Why not, if you don't mind me asking. Is it something about the game or just one of those things that get away from you a bit?
Partly it's because I haven't played games much at all the last few weeks. Second, In Nomine was on sale and I've gotten back into that. I'm also moving away from my "science fiction" phase at the moment. Once I get sick of my Papacy EU3 game, I'll probably go back to GalCiv. The game itself is pretty neat, easy to get into, though a bit slow at the beginning.
Good, glad to hear it isn't something wrong with the game; I have been considering getting GalCiv2 for some time and followed your thread here about it. I probably, hopefully, won't be getting it anytime soon though as I succumbed to the GG sale and ended up getting SotS a few days ago.
Quote from: Syt on July 26, 2009, 05:01:20 PM
I've been trying to get a custom races file to run on GalCiv2TA. The custom races show up in the main menu alright, but when clicking the button that should take me to playing the game the game crashes and the debug.err is no help. <_<
Found the error. The game doesn't like you renaming the tag for the Pirates faction.
I replaced the game's factions with the following:
Majors- German Empire (Kaiser Wilhelm II)
- British Empire (Queen Victoria)
- Republic of France (Président Loubet)
- Russian Empire (Tsar Nicholas II)
- Empire of Japan (Emperor Meiji)
- Austria-Hungary (Kaiser Franz-Joseph)
- United States (President Roosevelt)
- Ottoman Empire (Sultan Abdul Hamid III)
- Kingdom of Italy (Victor Emmanuel III)
Minors- Netherlands (Wilhelmina)
- Belgium (Leopold II)
- Spain (Alfonso XIII)
- Portugal (Carlos I)
- China (Guangxu)
- Siam (Chulalongkorn)
- Mexico (Porfirio Diaz)
- Persia (Muzaffar al-Din Shah)
Dread Lords: renamed to Old Ones (Cthulhu)
Pirates!: renamed to Communists (Lenin)
Nothing fancy, mostly using custom portraits and logos for the races, and some random messing with the races' stats and abilities. No custom dialogue (all set to generic). No custom ships or tech trees (all Terran tech tree except Old Ones).Maybe I'll move Belgium into the majors and replace its spot in the minors with Sweden.
:) Make sure Charles CXII gets OTT stats.
EU: Rome is pretty great, combines the best of the EU series and CK very well, while still doing the period right. As the Roxolani I have successfully conquered the decedent fools of the Bosphoran Kingdom and have run slave raids (all-cavalry armies to defeat barbarians and bring back slaves) as far as the Suebi and Dacians and Caucasian Albania in the East. However, I just changed the government to Military Republic and my great leader lost an election, took control of the army, and declare a civil war. I'm playing as the great leader and am having some difficulty, as sieges are a bitch with all cav armies.
Quote from: Queequeg on July 29, 2009, 02:29:45 PM
EU: Rome is pretty great, combines the best of the EU series and CK very well, while still doing the period right. As the Roxolani I have successfully conquered the decedent fools of the Bosphoran Kingdom and have run slave raids (all-cavalry armies to defeat barbarians and bring back slaves) as far as the Suebi and Dacians and Caucasian Albania in the East. However, I just changed the government to Military Republic and my great leader lost an election, took control of the army, and declare a civil war. I'm playing as the great leader and am having some difficulty, as sieges are a bitch with all cav armies.
Yes. The problem is, the map is small and there are very few countries, so it gets repetitive despite the characters.
It is a most excellent paving ground for CK2 however.
Bejeweled 2 and Tiger Woods golf..both on iPhone.
Quote from: Tamas on July 29, 2009, 02:47:32 PM
[Yes. The problem is, the map is small and there are very few countries, so it gets repetitive despite the characters.
It is a most excellent paving ground for CK2 however.
They should really just expand the map for this in a mod. To Baktria, or even better yet include all of India and Burma. And various Steppe tribes (the Yuezhi-Tocharians, eastern Aryans, all of Parthia, maybe the early Turks).
The game itself is pretty fantastic, though I can't quite find out why the Civic faction has been running Rome for the last two decades.
Battlefield 1943. It's kinda fun, although I wish that there were more players per map. The great thing about WWII is that it was mass combat, and you kind of lose that in the game. Still, it's a fun, cheap little game.
Oblivion, Target for Today: rescuing Newheim the Portly's Flagon, a magic mug that keeps beer cold forever. I don't need to say, Newheim is not a Briton!
Gave me a much harder time than I had anticipated. Companions in Oblivion are worse than useless, they refuse to sneak and always charge headlong into anything they see, but Maglir is worst than most, his armour incredibly noisy and his boastful dialogue gets to my nerves... and in addition the members of the band that robbed Newheim were far better than your average brigand, as I guessed when I saw they had names.
Luckily they were split in two groups, but anyway it came as a bit of a shock that they actually had eyes, sharp eyes, and noticed when I shot an arrow at one of their friends. In both cases they reacted charging at me and I survived only because I had ample supplies of potions. You may cry 'Foul' and call it doping, but when one has to fight against four bandits in a dark cave, the gloves come off!
Great fun :D
Test Drive Unlimited
Pretty cool, I like sandbox driving games. Having all of Oahu to play with is nice.
Been playing Heroes of Might and Magic 5. Worth getting for rpg/strategy fans.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 30, 2009, 05:13:50 PM
Been playing Heroes of Might and Magic 5. Worth getting for rpg/strategy fans.
:huh:
Jes?
Started playing Bully finally the other day. bought it aeons(months) ago. I like it better than I thought I would so far. haven't played a long sesh yet tho. :thumbsup: Yakie.
I'll have you faggits know I was up til 4:30am playing Hell of Stalingrad.
Yes, with another person.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 02, 2009, 01:33:23 PM
I'll have you faggits know I was up til 4:30am playing Hell of Stalingrad.
Yes, with another person.
To replicate the languish experience playing a game, you need somebody constantly bitching to do your turn.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 02, 2009, 01:33:23 PM
Yes, with another person.
Putting a mirror on the other side of the table does not count as "other person".
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 02, 2009, 01:37:05 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 02, 2009, 01:33:23 PM
I'll have you faggits know I was up til 4:30am playing Hell of Stalingrad.
Yes, with another person.
To replicate the languish experience playing a game, you need somebody constantly bitching to do your turn.
PM inbox messages from Berkut--
Quote7:30pm--Subject: Awaiting your turn
7:44pm--Subject: Still waiting
9:00pm--Subject: Where is your turn?
9:31pm--Subject: I knew you'd flake out on us
10:15pm--Subject: Turn received
10:17pm--Subject: Waiting for your turn...again
3:36am--Subject: Where is your turn????
5:43am--Subject: We're all waiting for your turn...
8:06am--Subject: Know you're at work, still need your turn
4:00pm--Subject: Turn plz? Hello?
4:21pm--Subject: WHERE IS YOUR TURN
5:30pm--Subject: Replaced you, posting on Languish how you suck
Quote from: Syt on August 02, 2009, 01:39:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 02, 2009, 01:33:23 PM
Yes, with another person.
Putting a mirror on the other side of the table does not count as "other person".
My cat is the ultimate team player.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 02, 2009, 01:45:36 PM
Quote from: Syt on August 02, 2009, 01:39:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 02, 2009, 01:33:23 PM
Yes, with another person.
Putting a mirror on the other side of the table does not count as "other person".
My cat is the ultimate team player.
But no one is impressed when you beat a pussy. :)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 02, 2009, 01:45:36 PM
Quote from: Syt on August 02, 2009, 01:39:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 02, 2009, 01:33:23 PM
Yes, with another person.
Putting a mirror on the other side of the table does not count as "other person".
My cat is the ultimate team player.
It eats enemy counters?
And I have a book tip:
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Am I the only one who really likes EU:Rome? It is the only game I can comfortably blob in, as the White Blob of EU3 has nothing on the Red Blob of Rome.
Quote from: Queequeg on August 05, 2009, 10:39:56 PM
Am I the only one who really likes EU:Rome? It is the only game I can comfortably blob in, as the White Blob of EU3 has nothing on the Red Blob of Rome.
I don't know if I like it; I bought it almost 2 weeks ago and it won't even install. GamersGate has been ignoring me for the entire time.
Bastards.
Bought a Wii last week, finally got around to playing it for a good bit of time. Super Mario Galaxy is incredibly fun. As is Mario Kart. My first Mario games since the SNES era, still fun even as a crotchety adult.
I'm getting old. I'm playing Punch Out, a game I beat when I was 7 years old. And now I'm getting my ass kicked by Piston Honda.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on August 08, 2009, 01:42:37 PM
I'm getting old. I'm playing Punch Out, a game I beat when I was 7 years old. And now I'm getting my ass kicked by Piston Honda.
I had similar problems with Super Street Fighter II on emulators despite using decent controllers. :lol:
Playing a bit of Empire TW using the Darth Mod. I'm contemplating using the Imperial Splendour mod since they have Denmark as a fully playable nation.
Also playing the early campaign of the sicillian vespers mod for MedievalTW2 as the Normans in Sicily
last week I played quite a bit of Bully (didn't get anywhere but had fun) It's fun... More fun than I thought it would be. Also played more Godfather. Just beating the Hell outta people in that game is really cathartic, as is mowing down dozens of bystanders with old Chevys.
Oh and I played the Demo of Civ 4. 100 turns? what the hell. Have to buy the game now. There goes whatever tiny social life I had. :p
BioShock again. Having nagging directx 10 problems. Sigh.
Playing the Trine demo. Awesome atmosphere.
Quote from: The Brain on August 16, 2009, 04:11:11 PM
Playing the Trine demo. Awesome atmosphere.
Yes indeedy.
Starting to get a handle on the maps for Darkest Hour. Man, once you figure out how to use the BAR correctly, it's a beast. Thompson SMG is sweet too, but no range.
Quote from: Scipio on August 16, 2009, 02:45:17 PM
BioShock again. Having nagging directx 10 problems. Sigh.
Huh. I'm playing Bioshock for the first time. I just killed
Ayn Rand Andrew Ryan and the game made me feel bad about it.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 16, 2009, 06:11:09 PM
Starting to get a handle on the maps for Darkest Hour. Man, once you figure out how to use the BAR correctly, it's a beast. Thompson SMG is sweet too, but no range.
Hell, once I got over the typical FPS urge to just run and gun everything and started taking cover like you're supposed to (and remain patient enough to take advantage of the cover while firing), my kills started skyrocketing.
I still need to find a decent gunner for when I drive tanks, though.
Been playing Bejeweled Twist and blew the dust off Deus Ex.
Thinking about putting the new lappy and connection through MMO paces, but I don't see any free ones that would hold my attention for more than 2 or 3 sessions and I really hate the idea of paying for access to WoW and its ilk.
Aion is going on Open Beta tomorrow
Champions Online is doing the same on Tuesday.
Try them out Banana.
Hey folks what's a good Superhero game. I've tried a few, most were kinda lame.
Quote from: Scipio on August 16, 2009, 06:09:15 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 16, 2009, 04:11:11 PM
Playing the Trine demo. Awesome atmosphere.
Yes indeedy.
But the game? I had the idea that you would control 3 characters but it seems to be just 1 (with different abilities accessed by pressing 1, 2 or 3). The whole threesome thing seems to be just a gimmick. True?
I want to try out Champions Online, sadly I'm not willing to buy a Fileplanet subscription for it.
Quote from: The Brain on August 17, 2009, 01:49:01 PM
Quote from: Scipio on August 16, 2009, 06:09:15 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 16, 2009, 04:11:11 PM
Playing the Trine demo. Awesome atmosphere.
Yes indeedy.
But the game? I had the idea that you would control 3 characters but it seems to be just 1 (with different abilities accessed by pressing 1, 2 or 3). The whole threesome thing seems to be just a gimmick. True?
You can have all three in co-op mode. You'd need 2 controllers hooked up to your computer in addition to the keyboard and mouse. I played through the game alone using 1, 2, and 3.
This is probably my favorite PC game of the year so far. It's great.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on August 17, 2009, 02:10:48 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 17, 2009, 01:49:01 PM
Quote from: Scipio on August 16, 2009, 06:09:15 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 16, 2009, 04:11:11 PM
Playing the Trine demo. Awesome atmosphere.
Yes indeedy.
But the game? I had the idea that you would control 3 characters but it seems to be just 1 (with different abilities accessed by pressing 1, 2 or 3). The whole threesome thing seems to be just a gimmick. True?
You can have all three in co-op mode. You'd need 2 controllers hooked up to your computer in addition to the keyboard and mouse. I played through the game alone using 1, 2, and 3.
This is probably my favorite PC game of the year so far. It's great.
Interesting.
Quote from: Habbaku on August 16, 2009, 08:44:33 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 16, 2009, 06:11:09 PM
Starting to get a handle on the maps for Darkest Hour. Man, once you figure out how to use the BAR correctly, it's a beast. Thompson SMG is sweet too, but no range.
Hell, once I got over the typical FPS urge to just run and gun everything and started taking cover like you're supposed to (and remain patient enough to take advantage of the cover while firing), my kills started skyrocketing.
I still need to find a decent gunner for when I drive tanks, though.
I suck at the tank maps. I always get blown up without even knowing where the enemy are :(
Caved and bought Sims 3 today. Expensive, but at least I'm not going to have to sink money into it every month.
I am: the Mono of the gaming world. ;)
Been playing Escape Velocity Override lately.
Awesome old game.
I want this:
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/yee-huh-meet-the-nintendo-horseback-riding-controller-thing/1343640
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 19, 2009, 02:59:06 PM
I want this:
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/yee-huh-meet-the-nintendo-horseback-riding-controller-thing/1343640
We know why you want that
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That'll show those Cubans.
Downloaded the latest demo version of Jutland, played The Duel where a german and a british dreadnought guns it out.
Oh, the shell-cam is pretty nice and hearing the closing enemy shells...
Must. Resist. Purchasing. Insulting DRM crap. Must...
Picked up EU Rome for $6. Is it worth it?
Quote from: Scipio on August 21, 2009, 12:00:21 PM
Picked up EU Rome for $6. Is it worth it?
At $6 how can it not be worth it?
Quote from: Scipio on August 21, 2009, 12:00:21 PM
Picked up EU Rome for $6. Is it worth it?
You definitely need the expansion... and when you have the expansion be sure to change the line in some file (find which one on the paradox forums, there is plenty of discussion about this there) that changes the age of kids wanting a job from 16 to 18. They can't get a job until they're 18 anyways so for 2 years you have every single person with growing populist sympathies. That unnaturally swells the ranks of the populist faction. Unless it has been fixed in a patch, haven't played in awhile.
Quote from: Barrister on August 21, 2009, 12:11:12 PM
Quote from: Scipio on August 21, 2009, 12:00:21 PM
Picked up EU Rome for $6. Is it worth it?
At $6 how can it not be worth it?
Fahdiz would disagree with that premise.
I know where Scip was at.
Big Lots.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 21, 2009, 05:22:57 PM
I know where Scip was at.
Big Lots.
A 50 MHz cordless phone? With an aluminum antenna? For $5? What a bargain!
Bought Jutland pro edition so I can play the year-long campaigns :Embarrass:
Funnily enough though, it seems I have also unlocked the US expansion, altough I am pretty sure I did not pay for it.
My 1st of January as German fleet commander bought a small-ship slugfest as my Scout Fleet sneaking in the dark toward its bombardment target in East Anglia got surprised by a light cruiser task force
This shows the initial situation, as one of my forwardmost scouts, the CL Wiesbaden gets hammered by a bunch of british destroyers aligned in a U-shape around it:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg508.imageshack.us%2Fimg508%2F2479%2Fjutland1916campaign4078.th.jpg&hash=babda9a71a9a6c643df3597f1e5071ff14b2e435) (http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2479/jutland1916campaign4078.jpg)
When my glorious Battlecruisers catched up, they wreaked utter havoc among the enemy of course:
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But still the count was 16 lost ship vs 16.
Later I did manage to clear the general area of any wortwhile resistance, as the AI insisted upon intercepting my BC fleet with puny destroyers, so now I actually laid some mines along the SE English coast, and being ahead in VPs, I await the big Brit ships to sail out.
I did lost the raider Wolf to a faster English commerce raider though. :(
Mount & Blade, Darkest Hour, Left4Dead.
I am not actually playing this game right now but there is a very good, screenshot-heavy AAR of Great Invasions over at the official forum if anyone is interested:
http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?p=156321#post156321 (http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?p=156321#post156321)
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 21, 2009, 05:22:57 PM
I know where Scip was at.
Big Lots.
Nope. Books a Million.
Presently playing: Diablo II: LOD.
Darkest Hour
Team Fortress 2. My inner pyromaniac is enjoying it.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 22, 2009, 06:47:10 PM
Team Fortress 2. My inner pyromaniac is enjoying it.
:thumbsup:
Quote from: FunkMonk on August 22, 2009, 10:47:25 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 22, 2009, 06:47:10 PM
Team Fortress 2. My inner pyromaniac is enjoying it.
:thumbsup:
Plus I can annoy clan tards with the pyro.
Played Hell of Stalingrad last night. Man, the Germans have a bitch of a time winning that game.
Decided to reboot up EU3 in anticipation on the next XP. Haven't played it in about a year, and it always takes time to remember all the things you need to know that are NOT in the manual.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 22, 2009, 06:47:10 PM
Team Fortress 2. My inner pyromaniac is enjoying it.
Finally got somebody pissed off. Playing King of the Hill, and I gun down 4 people. So I hit the taunt button, being super low on health and not really giving a shit. Teammate tells me via mic that I need to take the objective.
So I proceed to follow him on the map, and press the taunt button near him, with a variety of classes. He explodes into profanity on the mic and gets kicked.
I'm awesome.
Griefing idiotic clanners is my main reason for playing TF2. Come to think of it, it's my main reason for playing any online multiplayer game. TFC was especially hilarious.
I've been playing Madden 10 and FIFA 09 a lot recently. Heard the new Batman game kicks ass so I'll probably pick that one up soon. If there's anything that can get me to feel like I'm five again it's a video game about Batman.
Do you own a Windows Live game Funk?
You mean like Games for Windows? Yeah a bunch. Windows Live ID is funkmonkcalion
Get the Batman installer, use a cdkey from recent Games for Windows Live game. Get Batman.
Those cdkeys are interchangeable? Seems like a pretty big mistake by the publisher. :unsure:
It only checks if the cdkey is valid, not to which game it's attached too.
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 25, 2009, 09:53:40 PM
It only checks if the cdkey is valid, not to which game it's attached too.
Ah, good to know. I'd rather play it on my X-Box, though. The TV is much bigger. :cool:
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 25, 2009, 05:23:46 PM
So I proceed to follow him on the map, and press the taunt button near him, with a variety of classes. He explodes into profanity on the mic and gets kicked.
its people like you that make me wish there was a friendly fire option. :lol:
If there was Ed would have already shot you.
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 26, 2009, 05:59:51 AM
If there was Ed would have already shot you.
Not until somebody pisses my off.
Mass Effect, Mount & Blade, Tales of Monkey Island, Crusader Kings
Waiting for Dragon Age :cool:
Just started playing Civ 4 again.
playing Bully again the other day... getting into actual quests etc. gave a bully a wedgie and taste of his own medicine. Can't pass chemistry to save my life, ace-ing Art and English.
just like actual High School. :weird:
Tried to buy civ 4 the other day couldn't find it at the Apple Store or Futureshop... both of which sell a lot of Apple products :angry:
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/TH422LL/A?cid=AOS-CAN-AFFC-ASPYR
Playing Fire Emblem on the Wii. God damn this game hard, even just on normal difficulty. It's been a while since I've played a Fire Emblem, but this one seems way harder than the GBA advance ones.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on August 26, 2009, 12:46:01 PM
Playing Fire Emblem on the Wii. God damn this game hard, even just on normal difficulty. It's been a while since I've played a Fire Emblem, but this one seems way harder than the GBA advance ones.
I thought it was damn hard as well. If you're reloading whenever you lose a character, don't. Just accept that you will have some losses and beat the levels with casualties.
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 26, 2009, 12:16:19 PM
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/TH422LL/A?cid=AOS-CAN-AFFC-ASPYR
that's online. I can't buy stuff online. no credit cards. besides I enjoy going shopping.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 27, 2009, 11:48:32 AM
that's online. I can't buy stuff online. no credit cards. besides I enjoy going shopping.
Couldn't even manage a thank you? <_<
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 27, 2009, 11:48:32 AM
that's online. I can't buy stuff online. no credit cards. besides I enjoy going shopping.
Don't need a credit card... If you have a bank account you could use paypal.
I'm the goddamn Batman.
In Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Quote from: PRC on August 27, 2009, 02:16:48 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 27, 2009, 11:48:32 AM
that's online. I can't buy stuff online. no credit cards. besides I enjoy going shopping.
Don't need a credit card... If you have a bank account you could use paypal.
takes a week to go through. I can get downtown on a bus in 20 minutes. Why wouldn't the Mac store have Civ 4? Am I the only person who would play it on their Mac?
Apparently so.
Get with the times, more & more computer games are distributed online. Even direct2drive has a Mac section now.
Ok lol I tried Darkest Hour and did manage to make a difference between brits and fritzs on long distance so all my kills as a brit were friendly players :Embarrass: and I wasn't even channeling mr. Butt. My worst FPS minutes in a game, ever
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 28, 2009, 05:57:17 AM
Apparently so.
Get with the times, more & more computer games are distributed online. Even direct2drive has a Mac section now.
Yeah, I've found that it's easier to get most games on line, since many gaming stores are more into selling the console type games. However, Best Buy department store still sells a large selection of computer (and console) games.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 22, 2009, 06:47:10 PM
Team Fortress 2. My inner pyromaniac is enjoying it.
Last time I tried to play that game I had to download a million extra files that like extra sound effects and shit. Fuck that.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 28, 2009, 02:02:14 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 22, 2009, 06:47:10 PM
Team Fortress 2. My inner pyromaniac is enjoying it.
Last time I tried to play that game I had to download a million extra files that like extra sound effects and shit. Fuck that.
Depends on the server. Then again, my mind wanders during loading so it doesn't bother me.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 28, 2009, 03:04:06 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on August 28, 2009, 02:02:14 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 22, 2009, 06:47:10 PM
Team Fortress 2. My inner pyromaniac is enjoying it.
Last time I tried to play that game I had to download a million extra files that like extra sound effects and shit. Fuck that.
Depends on the server. Then again, my mind wanders during loading so it doesn't bother me.
Want 2 play whiff me?
I'm not playing today. Maybe this weekend, depending how long the poker game lasts.
Started a game as Duke of Austria in CK-DV. The County of Vas split from Hungary and I convinced them to become a vassal.
In 1076 the Duke of Meissen (our ally) asks for help against Lausitz. As Duke Leopold's son has a claim on that province we gladly join. Disaster ensues. The Austrian army of 3000 routs 300 Lausitz troops, but Leopold manages to have himself taken prisoner. Although we pay the ransom, he dies and his eight year old son Viktor takes over. Meanwhile, Meissen marches in with 500 troops to aid my 3000 in sieging Lausitz, stealing the siege and the province (the Count of Lausitz was vassal of ours for all of, oh, a week before being annexed. So it's now 1078, my ruler is eight years old, has -80 prestige and -500 gold. :bleeding:
Thinking seriously about buying one of those new sleeker PS3's as I have a huge selection of blu-rays at my disposal at work, and I've been gaming more on the PS2 and would like to try some newer games. Only 299 CAD and taxes. seems fairly reasonable considering what you can do with it. But first I'm getting a new extended zoom point and shoot camera.
You should get a 360, Buddha.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 01, 2009, 10:26:35 AM
You should get a 360, Buddha.
Does it come with a Blu-Ray player?
No. It has a streaming HD movies.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 31, 2009, 12:05:57 PM
Thinking seriously about buying one of those new sleeker PS3's as I have a huge selection of blu-rays at my disposal at work, and I've been gaming more on the PS2 and would like to try some newer games. Only 299 CAD and taxes. seems fairly reasonable considering what you can do with it. But first I'm getting a new extended zoom point and shoot camera.
Keep in mind that it seems the PS3 slim is -not- backwards compatible with PS2 games.
Quote from: Tonitrus on September 01, 2009, 05:10:16 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 31, 2009, 12:05:57 PM
Thinking seriously about buying one of those new sleeker PS3's as I have a huge selection of blu-rays at my disposal at work, and I've been gaming more on the PS2 and would like to try some newer games. Only 299 CAD and taxes. seems fairly reasonable considering what you can do with it. But first I'm getting a new extended zoom point and shoot camera.
Keep in mind that it seems the PS3 slim is -not- backwards compatible with PS2 games.
well I have 10 games, 3 of which I play at all. so not much of a loss... i was going to take my ps2 and games to a store I know and see if i could get some trade. It's paid for itself already in my view.
I've been playing Civ4:BTS again. Started a few games on Prince and Monarch, did ok in some, and got way behind in others. Current game as the Incas, on a very large, sprawling and spread out landmass. The Carthaginians started at one end but early on I knocked them off, preferring to have a land mass to myself when possible. The Inca starting units, Quecha, are stronger than warrior units and well suited for early battling if needed.
About mid game and I've been going as fast as I can to build on the whole land mass. But still a lot of open area, since the game is geared to penalize too fast colonizing. So I've been focusing on some techs and building to maximize expansion (courthouses as the first item built per city). And focused on grocers and banks techs as I could. So I've been able to keep my research between 50% to 70% much of the time. I think that I have probably more than my share of wonders built, so that's good to have.
I've now met many neighbors. I share a three way tie for second place, as three of us are about the same in points. My research is probably ahead of most though, which is good since one of the second placers and his low ranked vassel declared war on me. Right now our units are about even, though I have musketeers. My next tech will give me cavalry which will be nice, as they're a strong unit.
So it's been an interesting game, and a good challenge. Civ4 is usually a challenge for me though, as I'm probably a mediocre player. I find it hard to advance quickly, but the game is geared that way.
Quote from: KRonn on September 02, 2009, 09:20:29 AM
I've been playing Civ4:BTS again. Started a few games on Prince and Monarch, did ok in some, and got way behind in others. Current game as the Incas, on a very large, sprawling and spread out landmass. The Carthaginians started at one end but early on I knocked them off, preferring to have a land mass to myself when possible. The Inca starting units, Quecha, are stronger than warrior units and well suited for early battling if needed.
About mid game and I've been going as fast as I can to build on the whole land mass. But still a lot of open area, since the game is geared to penalize too fast colonizing. So I've been focusing on some techs and building to maximize expansion (courthouses as the first item built per city). And focused on grocers and banks techs as I could. So I've been able to keep my research between 50% to 70% much of the time. I think that I have probably more than my share of wonders built, so that's good to have.
I've now met many neighbors. I share a three way tie for second place, as three of us are about the same in points. My research is probably ahead of most though, which is good since one of the second placers and his low ranked vassel declared war on me. Right now our units are about even, though I have musketeers. My next tech will give me cavalry which will be nice, as they're a strong unit.
So it's been an interesting game, and a good challenge. Civ4 is usually a challenge for me though, as I'm probably a mediocre player. I find it hard to advance quickly, but the game is geared that way.
You're running cottages aren't you? tsk tsk tsk. Once I switched to specialist economy, there's no turning back my friend. Get the pyramids, run farms instead of cottages and watch you population explode. Convert them to specialists. At 0% on the science slider, you get discoveries every 5 turns for most of the game.
I bought Front Office Football and consider setting up a Languish themed fantasy league (similar to what I had for OOTP).
Quote from: Zoupa on September 02, 2009, 01:03:04 PM
You're running cottages aren't you? tsk tsk tsk. Once I switched to specialist economy, there's no turning back my friend. Get the pyramids, run farms instead of cottages and watch you population explode. Convert them to specialists. At 0% on the science slider, you get discoveries every 5 turns for most of the game.
I mix it up. For the most part, I do build farms on every square that allows farms, rarely using those for cottages/workshops/other. I build some cottages for the income, usually on plains terrain and later build some workshops on green terrain. I leave some forest for lumber mills for more production/hammers later. I also try to found cities near one or two hills/mountains for mines/production. Other towns I build in heavy farm areas, near rivers and seafood, intending large pops but less production.
I never really tried a specialist economy, but you reminded me about it. What do you do for production, since you also need buildings, wonders, military?
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 25, 2009, 05:23:46 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 22, 2009, 06:47:10 PM
Team Fortress 2. My inner pyromaniac is enjoying it.
Finally got somebody pissed off. Playing King of the Hill, and I gun down 4 people. So I hit the taunt button, being super low on health and not really giving a shit. Teammate tells me via mic that I need to take the objective.
So I proceed to follow him on the map, and press the taunt button near him, with a variety of classes. He explodes into profanity on the mic and gets kicked.
I'm awesome.
Love the new avatar MB.
HOI2: Nat Chi
Forgot how much fun this is, challenge at first, then just how much of Asia can you get in your sphere of influence!
Quote from: FunkMonk on September 02, 2009, 09:31:07 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 25, 2009, 05:23:46 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 22, 2009, 06:47:10 PM
Team Fortress 2. My inner pyromaniac is enjoying it.
Finally got somebody pissed off. Playing King of the Hill, and I gun down 4 people. So I hit the taunt button, being super low on health and not really giving a shit. Teammate tells me via mic that I need to take the objective.
So I proceed to follow him on the map, and press the taunt button near him, with a variety of classes. He explodes into profanity on the mic and gets kicked.
I'm awesome.
Love the new avatar MB.
SANDVICH IS DELICIOUS!
Quote from: KRonn on September 02, 2009, 02:15:27 PM
Quote from: Zoupa on September 02, 2009, 01:03:04 PM
You're running cottages aren't you? tsk tsk tsk. Once I switched to specialist economy, there's no turning back my friend. Get the pyramids, run farms instead of cottages and watch you population explode. Convert them to specialists. At 0% on the science slider, you get discoveries every 5 turns for most of the game.
I mix it up. For the most part, I do build farms on every square that allows farms, rarely using those for cottages/workshops/other. I build some cottages for the income, usually on plains terrain and later build some workshops on green terrain. I leave some forest for lumber mills for more production/hammers later. I also try to found cities near one or two hills/mountains for mines/production. Other towns I build in heavy farm areas, near rivers and seafood, intending large pops but less production.
I never really tried a specialist economy, but you reminded me about it. What do you do for production, since you also need buildings, wonders, military?
Farming everything helps out, since you can then run priests and engineers for the added production. I run bureaucracy as soon as I can so that my capital turns into a wonder factory. Little tricks like building wall street in the city where your religion was founded also helps. I try to have a city continually producing missionaries and auto-spreading it. It helps your income, you can ask other leaders to switch religions once half their cities are of your religion and that improves relations.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 31, 2009, 12:05:57 PM
Thinking seriously about buying one of those new sleeker PS3's as I have a huge selection of blu-rays at my disposal at work, and I've been gaming more on the PS2 and would like to try some newer games. Only 299 CAD and taxes. seems fairly reasonable considering what you can do with it. But first I'm getting a new extended zoom point and shoot camera.
Seems like a good deal, slimmer, more hard drive capacity and lower price. I may get me a second one myself so I can play at the same time as my son, the PS3 hog.
Quote from: Zoupa on September 03, 2009, 07:05:02 PM
Quote from: KRonn on September 02, 2009, 02:15:27 PM
Quote from: Zoupa on September 02, 2009, 01:03:04 PM
You're running cottages aren't you? tsk tsk tsk. Once I switched to specialist economy, there's no turning back my friend. Get the pyramids, run farms instead of cottages and watch you population explode. Convert them to specialists. At 0% on the science slider, you get discoveries every 5 turns for most of the game.
I mix it up. For the most part, I do build farms on every square that allows farms, rarely using those for cottages/workshops/other. I build some cottages for the income, usually on plains terrain and later build some workshops on green terrain. I leave some forest for lumber mills for more production/hammers later. I also try to found cities near one or two hills/mountains for mines/production. Other towns I build in heavy farm areas, near rivers and seafood, intending large pops but less production.
I never really tried a specialist economy, but you reminded me about it. What do you do for production, since you also need buildings, wonders, military?
Farming everything helps out, since you can then run priests and engineers for the added production. I run bureaucracy as soon as I can so that my capital turns into a wonder factory. Little tricks like building wall street in the city where your religion was founded also helps. I try to have a city continually producing missionaries and auto-spreading it. It helps your income, you can ask other leaders to switch religions once half their cities are of your religion and that improves relations.
playing the demo I found that sending out missionaries helped to spread whatever "word" I was peddling also.
Quote from: Zoupa on September 03, 2009, 07:05:02 PM
Farming everything helps out, since you can then run priests and engineers for the added production. I run bureaucracy as soon as I can so that my capital turns into a wonder factory. Little tricks like building wall street in the city where your religion was founded also helps. I try to have a city continually producing missionaries and auto-spreading it. It helps your income, you can ask other leaders to switch religions once half their cities are of your religion and that improves relations.
Good ideas. I usually do very little with missionaries, except sometimes to bring religion to my new cities. Bureaucracy idea is good which I didn't really think of; I've often not used that since other civics give wider benefits.
It is clear to me that I do need to experiment more with my strategy in the game.
I have installed BG, TOTSC, BG2, BG2ToB, and Tutu. Next, the widescreen mod!
G3 widescreen mod works very well.
I shall report:
The HTC cell phone's touchscreen is not very adequate for playing Legend of Zelda (NES) on a virtual gamepad as the directional buttons are tricky.
KOEI games are fine, though. I look forward to playing "L'Empereur" on my morning commute. I still need to test GBA/SNES/Genesis emus. I have installed ScummVM and will test the old Lucasarts games, too.
Played some Civ IV again, this time with the expansions. Man, I kind of realized why I never get into it.
1. I already played Civ almost 20 years ago. It's still the same game.
2. How the fuck did I build a Zeppelin without knowing about combustion engines or industrial hydrogen production?
3. My machine guns get a beating from (waves of) trebuchets and macemen? ffs
Time to find a really good turn based strategy game. Suggestions?
Playing some more Civ IV. I like the idea of Civ and it's a nice polished product. We shall see...
Quote from: The Brain on September 08, 2009, 12:25:21 PM
3. My machine guns get a beating from (waves of) trebuchets and macemen? ffs
Suggestions?
Build one/two, fortify behind a castle and im pretty sure you could withstand a stack.
Dont be such a wonderwhore :P
Been playing vanilla HoI2 as Japan. Finished off China in 1938 and went with the "Divide into puppet warlords" option (it feels more realistic). I remained at war with Sinkiang, but didn't really care, since it let me keep my consumer goods quite low. Then in 1939 I took Sinkiang's capital, but before I could make peace (they rejected the first offer), the USSR declared war! Out of the blue!
Possibly realistic (the USSR didn't want a Japan-dominated far east), but my army is such crap that I'll stand no chance. I'll probably go back to an autosave. Me = wuss. :hide:
Quote from: Seen on September 08, 2009, 07:38:58 PM
Quote from: The Brain on September 08, 2009, 12:25:21 PM
3. My machine guns get a beating from (waves of) trebuchets and macemen? ffs
Suggestions?
Build one/two, fortify behind a castle and im pretty sure you could withstand a stack.
Dont be such a wonderwhore :P
:mad:
Quote from: The Brain on September 08, 2009, 03:06:58 PM
Playing some more Civ IV. I like the idea of Civ and it's a nice polished product. We shall see...
AI tends to build a lot of military. And when the AI players invade, I find they can hit pretty hard, lots of ships and units.
The newer tech units always have a clear advantage I'd say, even if they may get worn down by too many attacks by lesser tech units.
trying out champions online.
Quote from: katmai on September 09, 2009, 08:02:24 PM
trying out champions online.
how is it? Is there a trial?
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 09, 2009, 08:03:42 PM
Quote from: katmai on September 09, 2009, 08:02:24 PM
trying out champions online.
how is it? Is there a trial?
yes a 30 day trial for 49.99 :lol:
got it real late last night, so haven't even left tutorial area seems like CoHeroes 2.0 so far, but again only played about 60mins last night so not enough time put in to really decide.
:lol:
Alright. AAR us.
Dungeons and Dragons Online is now free to play. Anyone played this before?
http://www.ddo.com/
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on September 10, 2009, 03:31:41 AM
Dungeons and Dragons Online is now free to play. Anyone played this before?
http://www.ddo.com/
A lot of my friends who were serious WoWers played it for a while. But it's very group oriented, IIRC.
Quote from: katmai on September 09, 2009, 08:05:35 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 09, 2009, 08:03:42 PM
Quote from: katmai on September 09, 2009, 08:02:24 PM
trying out champions online.
how is it? Is there a trial?
yes a 30 day trial for 49.99 :lol:
got it real late last night, so haven't even left tutorial area seems like CoHeroes 2.0 so far, but again only played about 60mins last night so not enough time put in to really decide.
DD seemed pretty uninterested in this and he loves CoH. So for the present I'm staying away.
Quote from: katmai on September 09, 2009, 08:05:35 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 09, 2009, 08:03:42 PM
Quote from: katmai on September 09, 2009, 08:02:24 PM
trying out champions online.
how is it? Is there a trial?
yes a 30 day trial for 49.99 :lol:
got it real late last night, so haven't even left tutorial area seems like CoHeroes 2.0 so far, but again only played about 60mins last night so not enough time put in to really decide.
Let us know how it is. :)
I saw a 'grey fox' on TF2 yesterday. I assumed it was our grey fox, so I tried setting him on fire, but I seemed to set everybody on fire except him. :(
It wasn't me but We're like that.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 10, 2009, 05:54:15 PM
I saw a 'grey fox' on TF2 yesterday. I assumed it was our grey fox, so I tried setting him on fire, but I seemed to set everybody on fire except him. :(
when we gonna play, d00d?
Quote from: Jaron on September 10, 2009, 06:40:28 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 10, 2009, 05:54:15 PM
I saw a 'grey fox' on TF2 yesterday. I assumed it was our grey fox, so I tried setting him on fire, but I seemed to set everybody on fire except him. :(
when we gonna play, d00d?
I don't schedule my gaming time.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on September 10, 2009, 03:31:41 AM
Dungeons and Dragons Online is now free to play. Anyone played this before?
http://www.ddo.com/
Just started trying this out last night.
The Darkest of Days demo. Shooting confederates with a machine gun = fun! Unfortunately the full game won't be released on steam until October 13.
The Call of Juarez Bound in Blood demo. Great atmosphere. Will probably buy the full game later tonight via download.
Played through CoJ:BB. IT's okay. I like westerns but the plot is kinda silly. Also of the 3 brothers only one isn't fucking annoying. One is a whinny pompous little brat, one sounds and looks like some country music star and the last one Ray kicks ass.
Been playing NWN2. Which passes the time. I wish a Real RPG would be released one day. I miss the old days.
Quote from: Razgovory on September 12, 2009, 04:07:04 AM
Been playing NWN2. Which passes the time. I wish a Real RPG would be released one day. I miss the old days.
I don't expect any good PC rpgs to come out any time soon unless it's from some obscure foreign company like with The Witcher. Everyone is making everything cross platform these days and they dumb everything down to placate the Xboxtards. Even Dragon Age is looking like it's gonna suck.
Quote from: KRonn on September 09, 2009, 02:07:29 PM
Quote from: The Brain on September 08, 2009, 03:06:58 PM
Playing some more Civ IV. I like the idea of Civ and it's a nice polished product. We shall see...
AI tends to build a lot of military. And when the AI players invade, I find they can hit pretty hard, lots of ships and units.
The newer tech units always have a clear advantage I'd say, even if they may get worn down by too many attacks by lesser tech units.
which level is best to start if you are an old Civ head? Civ 2 :wub:
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on September 12, 2009, 08:45:19 PM
Quote from: KRonn on September 09, 2009, 02:07:29 PM
Quote from: The Brain on September 08, 2009, 03:06:58 PM
Playing some more Civ IV. I like the idea of Civ and it's a nice polished product. We shall see...
AI tends to build a lot of military. And when the AI players invade, I find they can hit pretty hard, lots of ships and units.
The newer tech units always have a clear advantage I'd say, even if they may get worn down by too many attacks by lesser tech units.
which level is best to start if you are an old Civ head? Civ 2 :wub:
I would say Prince level at most for a new player to it. That should give you a good challenged, and likely more.
Noble. The Prince AI is the first which cheats heavily IIRC.
I tried Civ IV again last night and just couldn't get into it. :( Not sure why, I don't hate the game it just doesn't interest me enough to play more than an hour (1000 years in game)
I finished my recent Civ IV game. Was just playing to get into the game, no hardcore strategy at all. I lost the space race to the Sumerians but at least I immediately LeMayed the fuckers successfully before quitting. He only had 2 ICBM's left after my first strike (in spite of his SDI) which my own SDI easily defeated. Sumeria = irradiated wasteland. Feels strangely relevant to today's world situation.
I once had the Carthagenians as neighbours. We were about on par in military, but they still started a surprise attack, nuking the shit out of my cities (I didn't have missile defence yet) with two dozen of warheads.
Tried the Juarez demo. God I don't like that kind of NPC buddy games. Deleted.
Currently in spring training with the 1970 Pirates (started a new game in OOTP). Dock Ellis just started a game the worst way possible. First batter: Double. Second batter: hit by ball. Third batter: bases on balls. Then two singles for single RBIs. Then a 4 run homer. Finally, he manages to strike out one, and the field players take care of two more outs. :bleeding:
Noble is fine to start imo. It will offer you a challenge without being overwhelming.
For me the biggest challenge/mind switch when playing Civ4 (compared to earlier Civs) was the fact that you need to specialize cities. I had a tendency to build everything I could in each city, which often meant that the AI would overwhelm me with superior military forces.
Quote from: Martinus on September 13, 2009, 02:18:03 PM
Noble is fine to start imo. It will offer you a challenge without being overwhelming.
For me the biggest challenge/mind switch when playing Civ4 (compared to earlier Civs) was the fact that you need to specialize cities. I had a tendency to build everything I could in each city, which often meant that the AI would overwhelm me with superior military forces.
Very true. As you get to noble or higher difficulty, you'd be very lucky to win the game without specializing your cities. In a way it creates more micromanagement, which could be good or bad.
Played Carcassonne and Settlers of Catan. Had never played Carcassonne before (but I have been there) and Settlers only once when it was new. I am not a huge Eurogame fan but they were definitely allright. Their success seems to be well deserved.
Beatles Rock Band :Embarrass:
Need to play that Sturmovik demo on 360. Looks like there's another console WWII flight game out as well.
Thinking of getting Serious Sam 2. Played the demo last night, and enjoyed the old school FPS, run-and-gun goodness. Reminds me of Marathon, but much more technologically advance.
Plus, sometimes you just need to mow down some goddamn aliens/monsters/etc.
Quote from: derspiess on September 13, 2009, 11:23:11 PM
Beatles Rock Band :Embarrass:
how is it? been real tempted to purchase it
Played a bit of the Mini Ninjas demo. Love the humor and graphics style.
Quote from: The Brain on September 13, 2009, 04:04:10 PM
Played Carcassonne and Settlers of Catan. Had never played Carcassonne before (but I have been there) and Settlers only once when it was new. I am not a huge Eurogame fan but they were definitely allright. Their success seems to be well deserved.
Never played Carcassonne, but SoC is a lot of fun. A simple game, but fun. I think there's an online version somewhere.
For whatever reason I tried to play som KOTOR. But the incredibly poorly designed intro location made me angry. Again. Just like in 2003. And I don't have the energy to get past the rage a second time. What were they thinking?
Quote from: The Brain on September 14, 2009, 02:39:58 PM
For whatever reason I tried to play som KOTOR. But the incredibly poorly designed intro location made me angry. Again. Just like in 2003. And I don't have the energy to get past the rage a second time. What were they thinking?
We don't want impatient MORONS playing our game.
Quote from: derspiess on September 13, 2009, 11:23:11 PM
Beatles Rock Band :Embarrass:
Need to play that Sturmovik demo on 360. Looks like there's another console WWII flight game out as well.
Console flight sim? What, are you retarded or something?
He didn't say sim. Maybe he wants to play an Arcade game?
I picked up a neat puzzle/adventure game called Braid off of Steam. On sale for only $5, and well worth that.
It's a rather innovative game where you can rewind time. The puzzles are clever, and the gimmick makes typical adventure game obstacles much less annoying (miss a jump? just rewind and try again!)
:yes: It was a fun game and worth the purchase price when I picked it up a few months ago. The plot line wasn't bad, either, though it has a few interpretations. The twist was certainly interesting.
Started a new game as the Duke of Slavonia in CK, I tried before and had a fun game before something happened to the save.
The Duke of Slavonia is part of the Kingdom of Croatia; he starts of 35+ years old without an heir, and sandwiched between the Kingdoms of Germany, Hungary and the Byzantium Empire. It is a nice tightrope between large but splinter-y Kingdoms.
Quote from: The Brain on September 13, 2009, 04:04:10 PM
Played Carcassonne and Settlers of Catan. Had never played Carcassonne before (but I have been there) and Settlers only once when it was new. I am not a huge Eurogame fan but they were definitely allright. Their success seems to be well deserved.
I'm not really a fan of Settlers of Catan, but playing Carcassonne is always great fun.
Buddies are having me download DDO.
Quote from: The Brain on September 15, 2009, 12:49:52 PM
Buddies are having me download DDO.
It does not look to be bad. :) The couple of quests I have been on so far have been qutie well-made. They clearly tried to recreate the tabletop D&D experience in an MMO setting/interface.
Quote from: Tamas on September 15, 2009, 01:31:03 PM
Quote from: The Brain on September 15, 2009, 12:49:52 PM
Buddies are having me download DDO.
It does not look to be bad. :) The couple of quests I have been on so far have been qutie well-made. They clearly tried to recreate the tabletop D&D experience in an MMO setting/interface.
I downloaded it and rolled a dorf cleric. I gave him 16 str and he still can't hit anything, wtf.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Pretty good. Albeit very similiar to the first one.
I have quit Front Office Football (and therefore the Languish Football League) for now.
While I do appreciate the game's depth and play options it does nothing at all for immersion.
I love text based sims, like TEW2008 or OOTP or footie managers. I find, though, that player pictures, news stories and data presented in a way that you get what info you need in two or three glances at most add a great bit to "getting into it" which no football sim really seems to have.
So I'm back to playing the 1970 Pirates in OOTP. I finally found a balance between detail and moving ahead in the game - I take care of all the off the field issues (contracts, line-ups, depth charts, strategy ... ) and leave the in game decisions to the bench staff - simming the game in one pitch mode, i.e. only the final play of each at bat is shown. It's immersive and detailed, but a match hardly ever takes longer than 5 or 10 minutes (if you go pitch by pitch and manage everything yourself it can easily be half an hour to hour for a game).
Quote from: Tamas on September 15, 2009, 01:31:03 PM
Quote from: The Brain on September 15, 2009, 12:49:52 PM
Buddies are having me download DDO.
It does not look to be bad. :) The couple of quests I have been on so far have been qutie well-made. They clearly tried to recreate the tabletop D&D experience in an MMO setting/interface.
You mean 'Search for it, kill it, take its stuff, hoard XP, repeat _ad_ _nauseam_'? Or have they truly achieved the Holy Grail and faithfully recreated endless arguments over alignment, obnoxious min-maxing murdering munchkins and bitter elf-dwarf rows over alleged sexual behaviour or lack of the same?
Well, the very first lvl1 dungeon I soloed after the tutorial featured a crypt where some lizardmen folks were busy creating undead. You had to bash 3 altars at the 3 ends of the (smallish) dungeon, retrieve 3 different gems from them, and put those into their sockets at the 4th end where they deactivated a magic wall blocking your entrance to the main altar.
This is far superior in complexity to any beginner's stuff in other MMOs.
What server are people playing on? I started a Halfling thief on Argonnessen. I think my second character will be a cleric or wizard. Am still on Newbie Island, but now that I finally finished downloading I'm gonna check out the mainland.
Been really bouncing between games right now. I'm almost done with Braid, been playing Serious Sam 2, and I've restarted my "play through the Ultima series" project. Finished Ultima 1 months ago, and I'm gonna skip #2 and #3, going straight to 4. I'll probably go back to #3 after 4.
Currently playing through all the final fantasy series on GBA (although I'll have to go NES or DS for FF3).
Orbis modmod for the Fall from Heaven 2 mod for Civ4 BtS. They brought back espionage and corporations (Guilds) and other good stuff.
Based upon a few minutes on the Sturmovik demo, I decided to get it & add it to the pile o' console games I've accumulated. Got it for $35.99 shipped from Amazon after my ECA discount.
DDO with a group of friends is awesome! We had a blast playing through the first town and some of the first outdoor area and dungeons.
Quote from: The Brain on September 18, 2009, 05:44:00 PM
DDO with a group of friends is awesome! We had a blast playing through the first town and some of the first outdoor area and dungeons.
Tried playing this with a friend and I just don't get the excitement. It just seems like NWN2 to me.
Quote from: ulmont on September 17, 2009, 09:31:53 AM
Currently playing through all the final fantasy series on GBA (although I'll have to go NES or DS for FF3).
:nerd: !!!
Quote from: Galrion on September 19, 2009, 04:55:00 AM
Quote from: The Brain on September 18, 2009, 05:44:00 PM
DDO with a group of friends is awesome! We had a blast playing through the first town and some of the first outdoor area and dungeons.
Tried playing this with a friend and I just don't get the excitement. It just seems like NWN2 to me.
I understand that you are way too sophisticated for the simple pleasures of the plebs. It's OK.
I'm enjoying DDO solo, but I'm clearly tapping the limits of the solo DDO experience.
Got Darklands working on my puter. HUZZAH!
Finished Call of Juarez Bound in Blood. I enjoyed it.
Also bought Civ IV complete pack via Steam. I haven't really been into the Civ series since Civ II and Colonization but it was an offer I couldn't refuse.
Quote from: Jaron on September 19, 2009, 05:08:26 AM
Quote from: ulmont on September 17, 2009, 09:31:53 AM
Currently playing through all the final fantasy series on GBA (although I'll have to go NES or DS for FF3).
:nerd: !!!
The Final Fantasy games are excellent. Especially 8.
Playing Batman Arkham Asylum on 360 along with Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and UFC unleashed
Fucking BF1943 has been pushed back to Q1 2010. Fuckers.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 20, 2009, 08:05:57 PM
Fucking BF1943 has been pushed back to Q1 2010. Fuckers.
I've been playing that all summer.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 20, 2009, 08:25:09 PM
Consoles suck.
Suck or don't suck, I'm the guy running Japs over in my jeep.
Quote from: Neil on September 20, 2009, 08:29:18 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 20, 2009, 08:25:09 PM
Consoles suck.
Suck or don't suck, I'm the guy running Japs over in my jeep.
Meh, I'll wait for the superior graphics and controls.
I refuse to play with Xbox360 tards.
I have just recently learned that Halo 3 which is like THE source of ego boost for most xbox360 MPers has: auto-aim. In MP. In an FPS. That is so lame.
Quote from: Tamas on September 21, 2009, 04:01:55 PM
I have just recently learned that Halo 3 which is like THE source of ego boost for most xbox360 MPers has: auto-aim. In MP. In an FPS. That is so lame.
Basically all console fps games have some form of aim assist except for some on the Wii.
Sid Meier's Railroads! and Chrons of RIddick.
MUA 2 It's a fun cluster fuck.
Quote from: Scipio on September 22, 2009, 07:22:31 AM
Sid Meier's Railroads! and Chrons of RIddick.
Which Railroads game? I think RR 2 was that last before another company did the 3D type RR 3. I loved the RR games, 1 & 2, but haven't played in a long time. Never really played RR 3.
The Tropico 3 demo is great! Can't wait for the full game now.
Quote from: Tamas on September 22, 2009, 11:38:03 AM
The Tropico 3 demo is great! Can't wait for the full game now.
Cleanup in thread 3!
Quote from: Tamas on September 22, 2009, 11:38:03 AM
The Tropico 3 demo is great! Can't wait for the full game now.
Be more descriptive.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 22, 2009, 12:00:45 PM
Quote from: Tamas on September 22, 2009, 11:38:03 AM
The Tropico 3 demo is great! Can't wait for the full game now.
Be more descriptive.
Well it is Tropico 1 with vastly improved graphics and even more flavor. That's all which need to be said.
Quote from: Tamas on September 22, 2009, 12:19:36 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 22, 2009, 12:00:45 PM
Quote from: Tamas on September 22, 2009, 11:38:03 AM
The Tropico 3 demo is great! Can't wait for the full game now.
Be more descriptive.
Well it is Tropico 1 with vastly improved graphics and even more flavor. That's all which need to be said.
Nice, I'll be interested in it. :)
Quote from: KRonn on September 22, 2009, 12:58:17 PM
Quote from: Tamas on September 22, 2009, 12:19:36 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 22, 2009, 12:00:45 PM
Quote from: Tamas on September 22, 2009, 11:38:03 AM
The Tropico 3 demo is great! Can't wait for the full game now.
Be more descriptive.
Well it is Tropico 1 with vastly improved graphics and even more flavor. That's all which need to be said.
Nice, I'll be interested in it. :)
Yeah I mean, when I read at the wargamer.com that the game is more like an upgrade and not a rethink of the game, I was dissapointed. Then tried the demo and got hooked immediately.
Mmmhhh... Ordering my military to take out the leader of the Enviromentalist faction (wtf is your problem the great powers were testing nukes ON OUR SEA not on our island), setting up the secret police in a pub, instituting conscription.... :mmm:
But also it is clear that just like in Tropico 1 there is probably a fool-proof way to victory, I just haven't found it yet.
Almost finished with Braid: I've gone one puzzle piece on the last world I need to figure out how to get.
Been playing Ultima 4, too - I'm now an avatar of Justice. One Virtue down, 7 to go!
Also playing Serious Sam off and on.
Finally, I put together a scenario for Steel Panthers: Main Battle Tank. It's actually kinda fun.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on September 25, 2009, 05:24:03 AM
Almost finished with Braid: I've gone one puzzle piece on the last world I need to figure out how to get.
Been playing Ultima 4, too - I'm now an avatar of Justice. One Virtue down, 7 to go!
Also playing Serious Sam off and on.
Finally, I put together a scenario for Steel Panthers: Main Battle Tank. It's actually kinda fun.
I only played vanilla Steel Panthers, but does the AI still use exclusively the 'Massive Steel Wave will punch trough the very center of the enemy positions' tactic? I just loved deploying minefields close to (and actually in) the target hexes and 88s (or similar ATs) in the flanks; it made for nice ambushes but after some time one got tired of always firing against the enemy at 5% and they always firing at you at 95%.
Not only was that a bit unsporting (I can live with that playing against the PC) but made for awfully unrealistic tactics that worked, and realistic tactics that failed.
Pretty much. The AI is still stupid, and still views trucks and jeeps as the most valuable enemy targets, and so on. Generally I prefer Steel Panthers: World at War over MBT; it feels more polished and the gameplay is more fun. However, WaW is only WWII, and sometimes I just have a hankering to drop some laser-guided 2000lbs bombs on some poor sap's head.
Alright, if you can gather a regular group of friends to quest with (and it should be no big problem since the game is free), D&D Online is great: we were just in the final quest of the starter island where at one point we were walking on transparent ice while below a bunch of NPCs fought an ice dragon to distract it so we can destroy an artifact. And you could see the dragon walking beneath you. And this was a quest for people just hitting level 2. The game is awesome.
Team Fortress 2: I have discovered the joys of throwing the jar of pee on people as the Sniper.
Quote from: Tamas on September 26, 2009, 09:57:11 AM
Alright, if you can gather a regular group of friends to quest with (and it should be no big problem since the game is free), D&D Online is great: we were just in the final quest of the starter island where at one point we were walking on transparent ice while below a bunch of NPCs fought an ice dragon to distract it so we can destroy an artifact. And you could see the dragon walking beneath you. And this was a quest for people just hitting level 2. The game is awesome.
I've finished Noob Island and a couple quests on the mainland, find it kind of boring so far, although I've mostly played alone. Feels almost like an action game, seems like all I do is hold down mouse 1 and point at the enemy.
The battle with the dragon under the ice was pretty cool though.
Actually, playing this kind of just makes me want to reactivate my LOTRO account.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 26, 2009, 02:22:44 PM
Team Fortress 2: I have discovered the joys of throwing the jar of pee on people as the Sniper.
The next update (http://w1kln2y5c.homepage.t-online.de/dog/) will make Jarate even more effective
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on September 26, 2009, 03:18:02 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 26, 2009, 02:22:44 PM
Team Fortress 2: I have discovered the joys of throwing the jar of pee on people as the Sniper.
The next update (http://w1kln2y5c.homepage.t-online.de/dog/) will make Jarate even more effective
That has to be a joke. :lol:
Quote from: Tamas on September 22, 2009, 11:38:03 AM
The Tropico 3 demo is great! Can't wait for the full game now.
It's out in Germany/Austria. Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to buy it online from their store (gamesplanet.com), because it rejects all manners of payment.
Been playing through the story modes of Soul Caliber IV on XBox360. Entertaining game that's enjoyable even when you don't memorize a gazillion combos (unlike, say, Dead or Alive 4).
Picked up Tropico 3 today. Looks and feels a lot like Tropico 1, but with shinier graphics and seemingly smarter transport system and faster building.
Dunno how much the president avatar can do yet besides speed up constructions, hold presidential speeched and increase effiiciency of buildings he visits.
For an easy game trying to get into it I'm playing a small, stable island, destined to become a tourist resort:
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Presidente Syt (besides the known background/ascent to power/positive+negative traits you can also customize the looks):
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Zoomed in to the max - on second thought I'm not sure if some of those houses and the corn farm were such a good idea near the tourist area.
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And a view from the hotel roof terrace.
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That looks like Oxnard. :blush:
Whoah Syt, that Tropico pic is pretty nice looking! :)
Thanks. :) That's at full details in 1920x1200.
I checked with Gogamer.com to see if Tropico 3 was listed yet. Site shows October 20 as the release date, which I assume must be for N. America.
Quote from: KRonn on September 28, 2009, 03:15:25 PM
I checked with Gogamer.com to see if Tropico 3 was listed yet. Site shows October 20 as the release date, which I assume must be for N. America.
Yes, German/Austrian release was last friday.
Been playing Spelunky (http://www.spelunkyworld.com/), a freeware dungeon-diving/Indiana-Jones wannabe game inspired by La-Mulana and roguelikes. Kinda fun, but hard.
Empire Total war 1.4 as Spain.
By 1708 I decided to prepare for war against my ally Portugal. A year before I was ready to declare war the Brits declared war on me. I shrugged it of even though the British fleet was huge.
I managed to avoid the Portuguese army who was caught of guard and took Lisbon and thus destroyed them.
However then I noticed that the huge British fleet outside Gibraltar had unloaded John Churchil with a half stack of mixed British units. He quickly took Seville. I (who was having problems, despite my full stack army, with Portuguese riots, marched towards Seville and was defeated (auto resolved).
The next turn Churchill took Gibraltar and I, unable to reach Gibraltar that turn, marched into Portugal hoping to resolve the situation. I failed. A Portugeese rebel army sprung up and destroyed my entire royal army and then retook Portugal. I then made peace with the new Portuguese king paying a tribute of 2700.
Quote from: Syt on September 28, 2009, 02:03:58 PM
And a view from the hotel roof terrace.
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Too many shacks :P
A couple years later. The tourism center of my island is growing nicely; bananas and iron are going into export. USA and USSR are both funding me and people are happy. Basically this game is now about increasing happiness of my people, because moneywise I'm doing fine.
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Of course the difficulty I picked wasn't too hard (stable island, decent prospects for resources and tourism, mostly level terrain, not too many random events - I had two cases of Lama Flu = quarantine and a tropical hurricane that killed 10 and destroyed a market).
I finally received my copy of IL-2 Sturmovik (360) from Amazon Monday. Cracked it open & am enjoying it so far. It's way to easy to take down He-111's on "easy" but I couldn't figure out how to increase the difficulty.
Also for shits & gigs, picked up the predictably horrible "Terminator: Salvation" (360) on clearance from Target for $12.48. Possibly the worst 3rd person shooter I've ever played. As soon as I'm done with it & have mined all the achievements I can from it, I'm trading it in to Gamestop. Just hope they still have the trade value set at $15 by that time :)
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on September 29, 2009, 08:52:50 AM
Been playing Spelunky (http://www.spelunkyworld.com/), a freeware dungeon-diving/Indiana-Jones wannabe game inspired by La-Mulana and roguelikes. Kinda fun, but hard.
This game is very hard. I even died during the instructions :lol:
Quote from: Syt on September 29, 2009, 03:19:09 PM
A couple years later. The tourism center of my island is growing nicely; bananas and iron are going into export. USA and USSR are both funding me and people are happy. Basically this game is now about increasing happiness of my people, because moneywise I'm doing fine.
Of course the difficulty I picked wasn't too hard (stable island, decent prospects for resources and tourism, mostly level terrain, not too many random events - I had two cases of Lama Flu = quarantine and a tropical hurricane that killed 10 and destroyed a market).
High or even average stability takes away any reason to be mean to your people. I keep getting reelected without cheating.
Btw, I had a hurricane too. After the army finished rescue operations 7 intellectuals were found dead. The army immediately denied having had any part in this. :ph34r:
Got in game night last night with a couple we know. Risk and Monopoly (I won, suck on Boardwalk, Park Place and the railroads bitches!)
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 03, 2009, 08:45:09 AM
Monopoly (I won, suck on Boardwalk, Park Place and the railroads bitches!)
Did you accept non-monetary rent? :perv:
Quote from: Syt on October 03, 2009, 08:47:59 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 03, 2009, 08:45:09 AM
Monopoly (I won, suck on Boardwalk, Park Place and the railroads bitches!)
Did you accept non-monetary rent? :perv:
:lol:
I did play monopoly about 4 years ago with several women where they could pay their rent in non-traditional ways. The only dude in the game was me.
The game last night, no.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 03, 2009, 08:45:09 AM
Got in game night last night with a couple we know. Risk and Monopoly (I won, suck on Boardwalk, Park Place and the railroads bitches!)
Railroads. That's about the only way you can make Boardwalk and Park Place work early on without having another, better monopoly.
I just bought Bioshock for PC. Holy crap I didn't know this game was scary! And bloody! I guess I actually didn't know what the hell this game was about.
I'm currently playing:
WoW
Civ4
and considering going back to Sims 3.
I know, I have been playing these games for the last 2-3 years or so.
planning on playing some old ps2 games today. maybe godfather, bully, NHL 09.
Made a Winnipeg Jets team for Dynasty mode. I'm sucking at the controls, but managed to eek out a shootout win vs lowly LA and a sim rout of Phoenix. I made the team by picking a random selection of players I like including one actual former Jet - Selanne, and three classic Montreal players Morenz, Plante, LaFleur & Geoffrion... who Boomed the shootout winner. It's rookie Lafleur tho with short hair :(
I wish there was a way to have a pick of all kinds of players from other eras. I'd love to play a 50's Habs Vs. 70's Habs to see who wins.
I'm really pissed waiting for BF1943 to come out on PC. I want to Hassan Chop some Marines.
The line of Lafleur, Morenz & Malkin is a force to be reckoned with!
I JUST BEAT SPELUNKY! :w00t:
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Wooo!
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Damn straight. :cool:
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:cheers:
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Only took me over 200 tries. :lol:
Hey, it's a hard game! :P
Like La-Mulana meets Nethack. But not quite as hard as both, evidently, since I won.
Lol, grats HMB!
I still occasionally fire up M.A.X. I, the first of those games. I still enjoy it. Also the original Stars! game. Has a movable, customizable windows interface which had to be ahead of its time. Kind of clunky to play, lots of detail/micromanaging, though you can automate much of it.
well I played NHL 09 mostly as a manager sim (played at least one period against each team tho... to see what they looked like.) Finished the Regular season atop the League. Lafleur won the points race with Malkin & Morenz at #2, and 3 respectively. Traded a couple of Puck bags (Recchi, some other guy who hadn't done much) for Forsberg at the trade deadline.
Ready to destroy Colorado in the first round of the playoffs.
Playing some Far Cry 2. Looks great and I have a weakness for sandboxy games. Nice in a shooter.
While waiting for my pc to get fixed I started playing Lost Odyssey which I had picked up from the Xbox360 bargain bin a while back.
Plus: nice design (renaissance + steampunkish magic machines), nicely done cutscenes.
Minus: very linear. The interactivity so far was running along predetermined paths, seaching containers for goodies, clicking through depressing repressed memories of the hero, and collecting one liners from unimportant npcs. No dialogue choices.
Still, setting and characters have me interested in more, though I doubt there'll be much in terms of replayability.
I hope though that some space on the 4 dvds is devoted to plot and character development and not only to the very nice presentation.
Far Cry 2 has annoying features. Travelling is a chore: "wait, roadblock coming up ahead. I have already cleared it 5 times but here we go again. Zzzzz. Oh right, my ride got busted up again of course. I'm out driving in a big car with a heavy MG and I meet some lone guy in a pathetic unarmed car and he immediately goes fucking kamikaze banzai on me, wtf for? Oh I'm out in the middle of fucking nowhere and a retard with a gun starts sniping at me for no apparent reason"
Playing Jade Empire for the first time. I hooked up my PS3 controller and it more or less works as intended. You need those extra buttons for the attacks and counters.
Quote from: The Brain on October 10, 2009, 03:38:39 AM
Far Cry 2 has annoying features. Travelling is a chore: "wait, roadblock coming up ahead. I have already cleared it 5 times but here we go again. Zzzzz. Oh right, my ride got busted up again of course. I'm out driving in a big car with a heavy MG and I meet some lone guy in a pathetic unarmed car and he immediately goes fucking kamikaze banzai on me, wtf for? Oh I'm out in the middle of fucking nowhere and a retard with a gun starts sniping at me for no apparent reason"
That game could have been great if they put a little more effort in the design. Instead it's just annoying and fairly unsatisfying. What's a great is you meet guys in jeeps with grenade launchers who blow themselves up when they chase. Still the game is very disappointing.
OMG! There is a very neat looking Alpha Centauri mod for Civ4, called Plantefall. It appears that they made major additions to the original concept using the capabilities of Civ4, including lots of resources and stuff. I have just started playing but I am really excited about it.
Quote from: Tamas on October 11, 2009, 09:20:54 AM
OMG! There is a very neat looking Alpha Centauri mod for Civ4, called Plantefall. It appears that they made major additions to the original concept using the capabilities of Civ4, including lots of resources and stuff. I have just started playing but I am really excited about it.
no terraforming though I assume
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on October 11, 2009, 10:58:47 AM
Quote from: Tamas on October 11, 2009, 09:20:54 AM
OMG! There is a very neat looking Alpha Centauri mod for Civ4, called Plantefall. It appears that they made major additions to the original concept using the capabilities of Civ4, including lots of resources and stuff. I have just started playing but I am really excited about it.
no terraforming though I assume
No raising/lowering mountains, yeah, but otherwise everything seems to be here, plus more.
Quote from: Lucidor on October 11, 2009, 03:39:21 AM
Playing Jade Empire for the first time. I hooked up my PS3 controller and it more or less works as intended. You need those extra buttons for the attacks and counters.
I just started replaying that last night on my Xbox. I got about halfway and quit when it came out, which is pretty standard for me. Hoping to finish it this time.
Quote from: The Brain on October 10, 2009, 03:38:39 AM
Far Cry 2 has annoying features. Travelling is a chore: "wait, roadblock coming up ahead. I have already cleared it 5 times but here we go again. Zzzzz. Oh right, my ride got busted up again of course. I'm out driving in a big car with a heavy MG and I meet some lone guy in a pathetic unarmed car and he immediately goes fucking kamikaze banzai on me, wtf for? Oh I'm out in the middle of fucking nowhere and a retard with a gun starts sniping at me for no apparent reason"
I hate that aspect in so many games. I want to do cool stuff in a game, not the same "jump" training over and over.
Quote from: Lucidor on October 11, 2009, 03:39:21 AM
Playing Jade Empire for the first time. I hooked up my PS3 controller and it more or less works as intended. You need those extra buttons for the attacks and counters.
How are you liking it?
Been playing this weird Russian game that works poorly and has glacial pacing. Though it does take place in the North Pole so it sorta works. It takes place on a Nuclear icebreaker that has been damaged. The year is either 1981 or 1968 It's not clear on that. All I know is that place is full of crazy demonic Russian sailors and I have this weird psychic ability that activates when I touche a corpse. I get to play as the dead person and find a way not to make the same mistake he did in life which some how saves his life and makes his body vanish. For the most part I have no idea what is going on. No idea who I am or why I'm on a boat. It's a really weird game.
Quote from: Razgovory on October 14, 2009, 03:32:44 AM
Been playing this weird Russian game
Mistake. Have fun with whatever malware they installed on your machine.
I've stopped BG2 at around the same point I stop at all times before...weird.
Started Persona 3. A good J-RPG. First time I've played PS2 for a long long time.
Also playing Guitar Hero on and off- it IS good for hand strength and coordination.
Quote from: Neil on October 14, 2009, 07:57:45 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 14, 2009, 03:32:44 AM
Been playing this weird Russian game
Mistake. Have fun with whatever malware they installed on your machine.
It was on Steam so it should be safe.
Steam is malware. :rolleyes:
Warning to anyone who buys NWN2 and Storm of Zehir expansion pack. I recently bought these and spent several hours playing each. The expansion pack BREAKS the original campaign because of a bug, unless you download 400 megs of patches before you play, your game in the original campaign is lost once you hit the tavern in Neverwinter. I lost several hours of game time because Obsidian was too lazy to test their expansion with the original game. I don't understand how shit like this can get out the door. :mad:
Played Rome at War: Queen of the Celts the scenario of Boudicca vs. Governor Paulinus today.
Nearly got my ass handed to me under a wave of Chariots and Tribal infantry. Luckily, superior Roman cohorts overcame that.
Fucking chicks have no place in battle.
World War II FPS gamers are such fucking hypocrites.
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JonBenetRamsey: Hey guys.
Zyklon_CandyMan: Dude, that screen name is so fucking inappropriate.
WaffenSS: YEAH BOOT HIM
JonBenetRamsey: You're kidding me, right?
EZBakeJew: Yeah that name is so wrong you fucking looser.
JonBenetRamsey: That's OK, I'm with the angels now.
*Zyklon_CandyMan has initiated a vote to kick JonBenetRamsey*
JonBenetRamsey: Eat my dead toddler panties, you hypocritical Holocaust fucks
*JonBenetRamsey has been kicked from the server*
:lol:
My Laventri Beria TF2 name skates by. I guess a mass murdering NKVD kiddie fucker is okay.
If anybody jumps into Darkest Hour, I'm CaptJohnBrown. That way, I'm allowed to call people niggers.
Heh.
Some people never change.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on October 17, 2009, 07:30:00 AM
Warning to anyone who buys NWN2 and Storm of Zehir expansion pack. I recently bought these and spent several hours playing each. The expansion pack BREAKS the original campaign because of a bug, unless you download 400 megs of patches before you play, your game in the original campaign is lost once you hit the tavern in Neverwinter. I lost several hours of game time because Obsidian was too lazy to test their expansion with the original game. I don't understand how shit like this can get out the door. :mad:
I just beat the original NWN2 campaign. There was already one annoying bug that broke the game as is. Apparently you are so fight some big monster at the end of the battle of crossroads keep. But the the big monster doesn't get summoned. I had to go to debug mode to skip the fight. <_< I was very disappointed in the ending as well. I have the Mask of the Betrayer expansion but I haven't played it yet. I got to like my old NPCs. I'm thinking of getting the Witcher and playing that.
Quote from: Razgovory on October 24, 2009, 11:00:09 PM
I just beat the original NWN2 campaign. There was already one annoying bug that broke the game as is. Apparently you are so fight some big monster at the end of the battle of crossroads keep. But the the big monster doesn't get summoned. I had to go to debug mode to skip the fight. <_< I was very disappointed in the ending as well. I have the Mask of the Betrayer expansion but I haven't played it yet. I got to like my old NPCs. I'm thinking of getting the Witcher and playing that.
I don't remember having any problems during the keep battle when I first played it, hopefully won't this time. Mask of the Betrayer is really good, NPCs are interesting too though not as many of them. Storm of Zehir is pretty lame from the couple hours I spent playing it, but I'll give it another try after I finish the original campaign again. There doesn't appear to be much of a story at all, though the overland map idea is interesting.
The missus adored Mask of the Betrayer, and I heard alot of noise about some paladin I disremember, and some other fellow. (Sorry that's so vague..)
I never played it myself, since its not Baldur's Gate 3 but infact Neverwinter Nights 2.
Despised the MotB expansion. SoZ I only played a little bit so I can't really comment.
Starting Suikoden V. As a game it seems far too easy (I wonder if I can lose a fight without actually trying to lose) but the story is really interesting for a change and lacks any Manichean division in black hearted villains and shiny spotless paladins. Some of your allies are truly a bunch of despicable weasels, and your own mother the Queen is prone to bouts of vicious insanity that would make Caligula and Nero proud.
Suikoden V is probably my favorite RPG ever. The story is just that good.
Been playing the Witcher. It has something of a slow and uninteresting start. Mostly I kill these bandits who have overrun this castle I apparently live in. Though it's a dump. I seem to be playing the polish version of Elric (who I didn't care for in the first place). Also the game is Polish which explains why the guy has this weird shaped face like Marty.
Finally finishing mass effect :lol:
Quote from: Alatriste on October 26, 2009, 03:38:19 AM
Starting Suikoden V. As a game it seems far too easy (I wonder if I can lose a fight without actually trying to lose) but the story is really interesting for a change and lacks any Manichean division in black hearted villains and shiny spotless paladins. Some of your allies are truly a bunch of despicable weasels, and your own mother the Queen is prone to bouts of vicious insanity that would make Caligula and Nero proud.
It'll come.:ph34r:
EUIII - MMP2 - bored of LotRO for now. I have 2 alts in their 30s but the grind to make them supreme masters is too simply too much. I'll get back to it when the next XPack - Siege of Mirkwood - comes out in december.
G.
Quote from: katmai on October 26, 2009, 06:59:23 AM
Finally finishing mass effect :lol:
I didn't much care for the abrupt ending, but the game is definitely worth finishing... and then putting away, as the side quests suck really hard.
Quote from: grumbler on October 26, 2009, 10:35:22 AM
Quote from: katmai on October 26, 2009, 06:59:23 AM
Finally finishing mass effect :lol:
I didn't much care for the abrupt ending, but the game is definitely worth finishing... and then putting away, as the side quests suck really hard.
I considered getting it. I may still. It's like System Shock 2 right/
Quote from: Razgovory on October 26, 2009, 11:27:12 AM
Quote from: grumbler on October 26, 2009, 10:35:22 AM
Quote from: katmai on October 26, 2009, 06:59:23 AM
Finally finishing mass effect :lol:
I didn't much care for the abrupt ending, but the game is definitely worth finishing... and then putting away, as the side quests suck really hard.
I considered getting it. I may still. It's like System Shock 2 right/
I think you mean Dead Space.
Quote from: Razgovory on October 26, 2009, 06:51:06 AM
Been playing the Witcher. It has something of a slow and uninteresting start. Mostly I kill these bandits who have overrun this castle I apparently live in. Though it's a dump. I seem to be playing the polish version of Elric (who I didn't care for in the first place). Also the game is Polish which explains why the guy has this weird shaped face like Marty.
As the game progresses the story will get more interesting. The castle is really more of a tutorial.
Yeah, I'm in a village now. The whole game is a bit jarring in it's narrative. Also nobody likes me. Except Chicks. Chicks throw themselves at me. I guess this is why it's called a fantasy.
Quote from: Razgovory on October 26, 2009, 06:51:06 AM
Been playing the Witcher. It has something of a slow and uninteresting start. Mostly I kill these bandits who have overrun this castle I apparently live in. Though it's a dump. I seem to be playing the polish version of Elric (who I didn't care for in the first place). Also the game is Polish which explains why the guy has this weird shaped face like Marty.
How does the combat work in that game? The only PC rpg I've ever played is WoW.
Quote from: Korea on October 26, 2009, 11:00:22 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 26, 2009, 06:51:06 AM
Been playing the Witcher. It has something of a slow and uninteresting start. Mostly I kill these bandits who have overrun this castle I apparently live in. Though it's a dump. I seem to be playing the polish version of Elric (who I didn't care for in the first place). Also the game is Polish which explains why the guy has this weird shaped face like Marty.
How does the combat work in that game? The only PC rpg I've ever played is WoW.
You click on someone and you it causes you to attack them. If you click on them again during a special moment in your attack you attack him with a combo or something. It's not all that interesting.
On the higher difficulty levels you'll also have to employ potions and elixirs to enhance your fighting abilities. Which, admittedly, is a lot closer to how it works in the book.
Quote from: Syt on October 27, 2009, 01:32:04 AM
On the higher difficulty levels you'll also have to employ potions and elixirs to enhance your fighting abilities. Which, admittedly, is a lot closer to how it works in the book.
Yeah, I can make potions. I also can cast magic (well one spell). Admittedly the setting is interesting (if not completely original), though I like being able to make my own character better. I play exclusively in the over the shoulder mode. The top down mode seems odd for a game with only one player. Unfortunately alot of the characters look the same, though alot of the monsters are cool looking. The game does have a good 15th late century look going on. Regrettably no guns. Gunpowder is a secret that was invented by a Gnome "Alfred Nabel". :rolleyes: I noticed the character "Lambert" looks alot like the actor Christopher Lambert in the film Highlander... Poles are a weird bunch.
Bought EUIII for €9.95 this weekend, so I'm trying to learn the game now.
I found a modded version of Tecmo Super Bowl for the SNES that has the "NFL's greatest teams", according to the guy that made it: http://www.knobbe.org/mx/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=10942
I played the 1972 Miami Dolphins against the 2007 New England Patriots. Despite New England scoring an early touchdown (and incompetently missing the extra point), I soon took and kept the lead. Grease is no Marino, but the Dolphins running game more than made up for it. The crowning moment was sacking Brady 4 times in a row, throwing an interception then sacking him for a safety at the very end of the game.
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pfft they would both lose to the 1984 Niners :P
Well, I finally finished Half-Life 2. A great game, but the ending was rather anti-climatic. Easy, even. I had no idea it was actually the end of the game, that is how not-ending like it seemed. I was surprised when the credits started rolling.
Still getting my ass kicked at Civ4.
Quote from: Berkut on October 28, 2009, 10:09:17 AM
Well, I finally finished Half-Life 2. A great game, but the ending was rather anti-climatic. Easy, even. I had no idea it was actually the end of the game, that is how not-ending like it seemed. I was surprised when the credits started rolling.
Just wait until you play Episode 1--another non-ending.
Episode 2 is a cliffhanger.
Episode 3 will probably never see the light of day.
What is Episode 1? Is that the cliffs thing?
Quote from: Berkut on October 28, 2009, 10:09:17 AM
Well, I finally finished Half-Life 2. A great game, but the ending was rather anti-climatic. Easy, even. I had no idea it was actually the end of the game, that is how not-ending like it seemed. I was surprised when the credits started rolling.
Still getting my ass kicked at Civ4.
I just couldn't get into HL2. I didn't feel like I was making any decisions, other than how to figure out how to avoid getting killed in each successive little trick situation (and some of the answers were absurd, like "climb on the roof and try to open windows, getting killed each time you chose incorrectly, until you find the one window in the entire fucking building that opens").
I don't mind games that allow the player character to die if poor decisions are made, but ones that repeatedly kill the PC until they figure out the obscure way of getting out of each ambush bore me to tears. In HL2 I don't think I made it much past the point where you get your suit.
Not sure what you mean by the cliffs thing. The opening area had a lot of cliffs to be climbed up, if that's what you meant, then it eventually lead to a train-yard area with the characters trying to hijack one and escape.
It was neat, but, again, lead to nothing. You should already have both Episode 1 and 2 if you bought The Orange Box a while back.
They're both incredibly short, so it wouldn't take you long to play.
It is a shooter - the fun is in the shooting.
I actually find too many "puzzles" in a shooter annoying. If I want to do a puzzle game, you can't beat something like Portal, where they just ditch the shooting altogether, which was a great idea.
Running around trying to figure out which tunnel I should go through is, like you said, not fun.
Torchlight. Action RPG made by Runic games formed by the survivor of the Flagship studio disaster who had designed D1 & D2.
http://torchlight.perfectworld.com/
www.torchlightgame.com
It's only 20$, well worth the investment.
Also, avalaible at GG, Steam & D2D.
Quote from: Berkut on October 28, 2009, 10:32:22 AM
It is a shooter - the fun is in the shooting.
I actually find too many "puzzles" in a shooter annoying. If I want to do a puzzle game, you can't beat something like Portal, where they just ditch the shooting altogether, which was a great idea.
Running around trying to figure out which tunnel I should go through is, like you said, not fun.
I agree. It isn't the shooter element I objected to, it was the lack of plot in terms of what one was supposed to do.
I'm not a fan of shooters where ammo is a problem.
Quote from: grumbler on October 28, 2009, 10:47:39 AM
Quote from: Berkut on October 28, 2009, 10:32:22 AM
It is a shooter - the fun is in the shooting.
I actually find too many "puzzles" in a shooter annoying. If I want to do a puzzle game, you can't beat something like Portal, where they just ditch the shooting altogether, which was a great idea.
Running around trying to figure out which tunnel I should go through is, like you said, not fun.
I agree. It isn't the shooter element I objected to, it was the lack of plot in terms of what one was supposed to do.
That is a good point - I think one of the reasons I was so surprised at the ending, is that there was never any sense of an overall story, which I kept thinking would come together at some point.
The game culminates in you killing the human rep for the Combine...but you enver get the idea that that is the point of all the things you did before that.
Kind of feels like they spent a lot of time and money making this incredible engine, then kind of threw a "story" together at the last minute to drag you throught that engine.
However, some of the shooter parts where a freaking blast. Driving around on the airboat and the dirt buggy was fun, and some of the environments, like the bridge, were really great.
I'm playing "wait until Dragon Age ships"
Quote from: Scipio on October 28, 2009, 11:21:06 AM
I'm playing "wait until Dragon Age ships"
:w00t: I have that game, too!
Quote from: grumbler on October 28, 2009, 10:26:13 AM
Quote from: Berkut on October 28, 2009, 10:09:17 AM
Well, I finally finished Half-Life 2. A great game, but the ending was rather anti-climatic. Easy, even. I had no idea it was actually the end of the game, that is how not-ending like it seemed. I was surprised when the credits started rolling.
Still getting my ass kicked at Civ4.
I just couldn't get into HL2. I didn't feel like I was making any decisions, other than how to figure out how to avoid getting killed in each successive little trick situation (and some of the answers were absurd, like "climb on the roof and try to open windows, getting killed each time you chose incorrectly, until you find the one window in the entire fucking building that opens").
I don't mind games that allow the player character to die if poor decisions are made, but ones that repeatedly kill the PC until they figure out the obscure way of getting out of each ambush bore me to tears. In HL2 I don't think I made it much past the point where you get your suit.
I never had that problem. I played through that game several times and I don't recall any windows that open. Really did like the whole Eastern Bloc theme though. Complete with Swaggering ZOMO types and soviet era apartments.
:huh: I thought HL2 was set in Detroit?
Quote from: The Brain on October 28, 2009, 01:35:49 PM
:huh: I thought HL2 was set in Detroit?
Nah, way too cheery to be Detroit. Definitely Stalinist Russia or Orwell's variant thereof.
Played the Torchlight demo. Seems nice. How long is the game?
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on October 26, 2009, 05:50:40 AM
Suikoden V is probably my favorite RPG ever. The story is just that good.
Maybe I'll try it, although I doubt it will unseat Xenogears.
Quote from: Neil on October 28, 2009, 04:26:54 PM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on October 26, 2009, 05:50:40 AM
Suikoden V is probably my favorite RPG ever. The story is just that good.
Maybe I'll try it, although I doubt it will unseat Xenogears.
Some ten hours of play later, my impressions keep being the same. Excellent story, the game part is really easy.
Torchlight. Muy fun.
Quote from: Scipio on October 30, 2009, 12:20:24 PM
Torchlight. Muy fun.
It's awesome isn't it?
It just sucks that loading is so slow. If you want you can get a nice respec mod. makes reallowing your skill points possible.
Anyone tried Borderlands? Is it any good?
Quote from: Berkut on October 30, 2009, 01:52:51 PM
Anyone tried Borderlands? Is it any good?
I know for a fact Kleves is playing it, course he doesn't seem to post here that much so not sure if you'll get a review :P
Tekken 6. Haven't played a fight game in a long time. I like it so far.
PoG over Vassal. I love it. Downloading TF2 as well.
Torchlight. Fun little time waster.
Got Wolfenstein off Steam for a little shooter diversion. I never cared for the Doom 3 engine. I makes everything seem clunky but the game isn't bad. It's what Nazi Germany would be like if Syt ran it. Full of the undead and hot chicks. Though there aren't very many Nazi zombies in the game (which is disappointing).
Quote from: Razgovory on November 01, 2009, 04:06:01 AM
It's what Nazi Germany would be like if Syt ran it. Full of the undead and hot chicks.
Why burn all the concentration camp bodies when you can turn them into an army?
The big problem with Wolfenstein is that they use alot of Nazi propaganda posters. Including the one Hans uses as his avatar. It doesn't help that the last guy is also named Hans. Though Hans Grosse doesn't have the same squeaky voice our Hans has.
Civ 4... doing my first game as Isabella- Spain. tried to go the tech/peaceful route, but Caesar and the Persian guy decided to be dicks. so I'm trying to kick their asses. wars on two fronts suck. :p In hindsight I should've taken out Mao first ages ago.
it's 1858 and my tech is fairly historically accurate. which I find odd playing civ.
I was messing around with VATSIM (live air traffic control) last night on FSX. Man, that shit is neat.
Quote from: Caliga on November 03, 2009, 09:28:04 AM
I was messing around with VATSIM (live air traffic control) last night on FSX. Man, that shit is neat.
did you fuck angelina
I loaded on Diablo II last night and played a Necromancer Summoner on single player with /players 8. At first the graphics looked terrible but I kept playing until I realized I had played long enough to kill the First Demon boss to end Act 1. I was level 22 and it was late....
I remember entering Rage when D2 came because it was fucking low-res. I still played it but I whined a lot while doing so.
There's a D2 mod where you can set it to any resolution out there. It works pretty good.
If you love Diablo, try Torchlight.
well played the end of my first game of Civ 4, winning on "time". weak. was trying for a cultural win, or space race, but it didn't happen. My war with japan took too long, too many resources. learned a bit about the game. Hopefully next game I can do better than Dan Quayle.
Quote from: Caliga on November 03, 2009, 09:28:04 AM
I was messing around with VATSIM (live air traffic control) last night on FSX. Man, that shit is neat.
I was checking out the website. Explain more, please.
A giant nerd roleplays being an ATC with some special software that simulates the ATC environment. You connect via teamspeak network with a tool that relays your aircraft location to him and all other sim pilots. You want to make a flight in flight simulator, you say "November Niner Three Zero Seven Six at Kilo Limo Oscar Uniform, request IFR clearance to Kilo Oscar Whiskey Bravo, over." Nerd responds with "Good evening Niner Three Zero Seven Six, copy, cleared to Kilo Oscar Whiskey Bravo, squawk Zero Seven Six Four, depart Kilo Lima Oscar Uniform runway Twenty One, climb to flight level Two Seven Zero and maintain direct, advise controller you have Foxtrot, over."
Quote from: Caliga on November 03, 2009, 09:46:41 PM
A giant nerd roleplays being an ATC with some special software that simulates the ATC environment. You connect via teamspeak network with a tool that relays your aircraft location to him and all other sim pilots. You want to make a flight in flight simulator, you say "November Niner Three Zero Seven Six at Kilo Limo Oscar Uniform, request IFR clearance to Kilo Oscar Whiskey Bravo, over." Nerd responds with "Good evening Niner Three Zero Seven Six, copy, cleared to Kilo Oscar Whiskey Bravo, squawk Zero Seven Six Four, depart Kilo Lima Oscar Uniform runway Twenty One, climb to flight level Two Seven Zero and maintain direct, advise controller you have Foxtrot, over."
Hey...I was thinking about being an ATC, dammit. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on November 03, 2009, 09:46:41 PM
A giant nerd roleplays being an ATC with some special software that simulates the ATC environment. You connect via teamspeak network with a tool that relays your aircraft location to him and all other sim pilots. You want to make a flight in flight simulator, you say "November Niner Three Zero Seven Six at Kilo Limo Oscar Uniform, request IFR clearance to Kilo Oscar Whiskey Bravo, over." Nerd responds with "Good evening Niner Three Zero Seven Six, copy, cleared to Kilo Oscar Whiskey Bravo, squawk Zero Seven Six Four, depart Kilo Lima Oscar Uniform runway Twenty One, climb to flight level Two Seven Zero and maintain direct, advise controller you have Foxtrot, over."
:nerd:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 04, 2009, 12:24:49 AM
Hey...I was thinking about being an ATC, dammit. :mad:
Sorry chief, but I calls em like I sees em. :blush:
Oddly, I've heard 2-3 female ATCs on the VATSIM airwaves.
Can you grief them?
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT! SET DEPTH TO 100 FEET! DIVE! DIVE!
:lol: I'm sure you can, but the realism rules are extremely strict so you would quickly be banned. Seriously, most of the training schools (both ATC and pilot) use VATSIM now to train their students, and I believe the military has started using it as well.
I've gotten a hold of the original Svea Rike in Swedish.
I get the feeling though that even if I understood all the words though it'd be hard to figure out....
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on November 03, 2009, 01:40:45 PM
well played the end of my first game of Civ 4, winning on "time". weak. was trying for a cultural win, or space race, but it didn't happen. My war with japan took too long, too many resources. learned a bit about the game. Hopefully next game I can do better than Dan Quayle.
Martinus will tell you the best way to win a certain victory with civ is focussing on it from 4000BC onward and not divert from the chosen path, even in war. :nerd:
Just finished Half Life 2: Episode 2.
It was enjoyable.
Going to go back to Fallout 3 now. I stopped roughly in the middle IIRC.
I might try some more HL2 mods as well.
Quote from: Caliga on November 04, 2009, 08:39:42 AM
and I believe the military has started using it as well.
I'm sure they are, and not for the reasons you think.
:ph34r:
:lol: Note that the supporting software allows you to observe, but not participate, if you so choose. :tinfoil: :osama:
>Osama'sMama has joined the simulation
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>FlowersByIrene has joined the simulation
>Untouchable1 has joined the simulation
>JEdgar's corset has joined the simulation
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 03, 2009, 01:24:19 PM
If you love Diablo, try Torchlight.
Huh, Torchlight is pretty fun. If it only had multiplayer...
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 04, 2009, 07:56:39 PM
>Osama'sMama has joined the simulation
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>FlowersByIrene has joined the simulation
>Untouchable1 has joined the simulation
>JEdgar's corset has joined the simulation
:lol:
This sucks, I was looking for to buying Modern warfare 2 but each & every bit of news about the PC version is a knife to heart.
18 players max? No dedicated server? WTF!
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 05, 2009, 07:39:54 AM
This sucks, I was looking for to buying Modern warfare 2 but each & every bit of news about the PC version is a knife to heart.
18 players max? No dedicated server? WTF!
I hope everyone at IW is eaten by rabid jackals.
I think we should bomb it.
I'm succumbing to the dark side and getting it for xbox. Oh well.
WTF.
No modding? No LEAN?
That's it. I'm giving my money to EA for BC2. In the mean time I guess now I'm buying Dragon Age.
QuoteMoriarte: Ignoring IW.net, is the PC version a direct port of the console version?
Mackey-IW: No, PC has custom stuff like mouse control, text chat in game, and graphics settings.
:lmfao:
IW is really pushing PC gaming with their revolutionary graphics settings and text chat custom mods!
I think I'll get BC2 too, they've confirmed they have all the stuff IW left out and I need something to play when I get bored of Valve games, and it sure as hell isn't going to be this.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 05, 2009, 07:39:54 AM
This sucks, I was looking for to buying Modern warfare 2 but each & every bit of news about the PC version is a knife to heart.
18 players max? No dedicated server? WTF!
BF1943 will be calling you. Join me and Ed and we can run over planecampers with Jeeps and samurai sword them.
As long as MW2 sells like the second coming is near, I'm happy.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 05, 2009, 06:37:52 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 05, 2009, 07:39:54 AM
This sucks, I was looking for to buying Modern warfare 2 but each & every bit of news about the PC version is a knife to heart.
18 players max? No dedicated server? WTF!
BF1943 will be calling you. Join me and Ed and we can run over planecampers with Jeeps and samurai sword them.
Yep.
The Witcher is starting to get on my nerves. I just got a quest to kill a guy after I cleared him of being involved with the bad guys.
Learning to ditch a plane full of holes in IL2.
I'll be playing MW2 in the PS3. PreOrdered but no way in hell going to go get it at midnight, I need my beauty sleep. And yes, very stupid how IW keeps alienating PC gamers.
Quote from: Lucidor on November 07, 2009, 09:02:21 PM
Learning to ditch a plane full of holes in IL2.
:lol: I was thinking about reinstalling that this weekend.
But, I've been playing Red Orchestra and Darkest Hour.
Look for me under the code name "SparkyPolastri". I'll be the one calling spirit finger arty on my own troops.
I keep trying to play DH, but I suck to bad.
Darkest Hour.
Quote from: Berkut on November 08, 2009, 12:48:27 AM
I keep trying to play DH, but I suck to bad.
Same here. I blame the ping. It's what I always do.
Playing mostly Mount and Blade still. I'm getting slowly into modding as well.
I also had a very fun TF2 game last night. I love it, tons of hilarious situations.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 07, 2009, 10:24:22 PM
Quote from: Lucidor on November 07, 2009, 09:02:21 PM
Learning to ditch a plane full of holes in IL2.
:lol: I was thinking about reinstalling that this weekend.
But, I've been playing Red Orchestra and Darkest Hour.
Look for me under the code name "SparkyPolastri". I'll be the one calling spirit finger arty on my own troops.
Hmmm, Darkest Hour is a free download for Red Orchestra, right? I've had some good times on the rubble maps MG:ing people as they run by my position.
Quote from: Lucidor on November 08, 2009, 07:44:50 AM
Hmmm, Darkest Hour is a free download for Red Orchestra, right? I've had some good times on the rubble maps MG:ing people as they run by my position.
Yes. It's very free.
If you like rubble maps, you'll love the French towns bombed all to fuck.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 07, 2009, 10:24:22 PM
I'll be the one calling spirit finger arty on my own troops.
:lol:
Quote from: FunkMonk on November 08, 2009, 11:33:53 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 07, 2009, 10:24:22 PM
I'll be the one calling spirit finger arty on my own troops.
:lol:
I should've been a 13 Foxtrot in the military. The amount of destruction at your fingertips in today's military is enough to make you forget who's at the other end.
"Big Ass Titties!"
*click*
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 08, 2009, 11:42:38 AM
Quote from: FunkMonk on November 08, 2009, 11:33:53 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 07, 2009, 10:24:22 PM
I'll be the one calling spirit finger arty on my own troops.
:lol:
I should've been a 13 Foxtrot in the military. The amount of destruction at your fingertips in today's military is enough to make you forget who's at the other end.
"Big Ass Titties!"
*click*
Come to think of it, you would have fit into the group of 13 Foxes I knew perfectly. :lol:
Trine on the PS3. A puzzle platformer. Very nice!
training myself on Civ 4 by playing custom games in modern era. I was always falling behind in modern times when including conquest as a victory scenario, so that's out// I just need to learn better micromanagement.
Will be playing some earlier games too, and mods if there are any interesting ones. Most that i've glanced at on the web seem to be for the expansions. which expansions do people love/hate for civ 4 and why?
I'm bored. One flaw in not keeping up with games anymore is when you get the itch, you don't know what the fuck to get.
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 09, 2009, 06:58:16 PM
I'm bored. One flaw in not keeping up with games anymore is when you get the itch, you don't know what the fuck to get.
COD:Modern Combat 2 is released tonight at midnight.
Multiplayer's a bit limited, though. Not only have they dispensed of dedicated servers, they'll only allow a max of 18 players.
All to placate the XBox/PS3 crowd.
Yeah, they gimped MW2 for the PC, which is sad.
L4D2 is coming out the 17th. It seems to be a decent step-up from L4D. The demo was entertaining at least.
When matrix does their yearly 50% off sale, I'm gonna get Carriers at War and sink some Japs.
Quote from: FunkMonk on November 09, 2009, 07:27:04 PM
Yeah, they gimped MW2 for the PC, which is sad.
L4D2 is coming out the 17th. It seems to be a decent step-up from L4D. The demo was entertaining at least.
I really enjoyed the demo. I'm definitely getting it. It's maybe one of the goriest games I've ever played. I play FPSs cause I enjoy causing mayhem and destruction.
It's a shame about no dedicated servers for MW2. I keep saying that PC gaming is a dying industry.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 09, 2009, 07:06:56 PM
COD:Modern Combat 2 is released tonight at midnight.
Multiplayer's a bit limited, though. Not only have they dispensed of dedicated servers, they'll only allow a max of 18 players.
All to placate the XBox/PS3 crowd.
I think they're going to try to push paid for DLC map packs on to the PC. By removing dedicated servers they can remove free player made content and force multiplayer users to buy their map packs if they want to keep playing.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on November 10, 2009, 01:55:06 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 09, 2009, 07:06:56 PM
COD:Modern Combat 2 is released tonight at midnight.
Multiplayer's a bit limited, though. Not only have they dispensed of dedicated servers, they'll only allow a max of 18 players.
All to placate the XBox/PS3 crowd.
I think they're going to try to push paid for DLC map packs on to the PC. By removing dedicated servers they can remove free player made content and force multiplayer users to buy their map packs if they want to keep playing.
It should curtail the mod/hack squads.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on November 09, 2009, 01:04:01 PM
Will be playing some earlier games too, and mods if there are any interesting ones. Most that i've glanced at on the web seem to be for the expansions. which expansions do people love/hate for civ 4 and why?
Not really an issue. All improvements of the first expansion are included in the second (Beyond the Sword). Which is also my favorite expansion because of that reason :P And it gives you a totally different game than vanilla...I think, since I forgot how vanilla played...
For mods Fall from Heaven is immensely popular but if you're more like me and like and enjoy a bit more realism try out Rise of Mankind. Its a mod that combines a lot of mods which will give you a third new civilization to learn but its great fun. More techs, units, civs and most important, a lot of new game elements like rebels forming nations and war actually influencing borders.
That should keep you busy till new year :D
ahh ok (Beyond the sword) I'm buying for Xmas then. I'm having to take a break from Civ (and gaming) until December. It's eating my time that I had set aside for Writing. December however will be so busy at work, all I will want to do is come home and play games/watch TV...
Thanks for the info Seen. :cheers:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 10, 2009, 06:50:42 AM
It should curtail the mod/hack squads.
As well as people who want to play multiplayer. Was gonna buy this until I learned it was going to have shitty Xboxtard peer to peer multiplayer.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 10, 2009, 06:50:42 AM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on November 10, 2009, 01:55:06 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 09, 2009, 07:06:56 PM
COD:Modern Combat 2 is released tonight at midnight.
Multiplayer's a bit limited, though. Not only have they dispensed of dedicated servers, they'll only allow a max of 18 players.
All to placate the XBox/PS3 crowd.
I think they're going to try to push paid for DLC map packs on to the PC. By removing dedicated servers they can remove free player made content and force multiplayer users to buy their map packs if they want to keep playing.
It should curtail the mod/hack squads.
teh crapbox version was hacked even before release :P
Amazon's Release-day arrival + Modern Warfare 2 + Half-day of work = :cool:
So wait, if i want to kill you homos in CDMW2 which platform am i buying it for?
Quote from: katmai on November 10, 2009, 04:11:17 PM
So wait, if i want to kill you homos in CDMW2 which platform am i buying it for?
I'm on PS3, may be the only one here. :unsure:
Quote from: katmai on November 10, 2009, 04:11:17 PM
So wait, if i want to kill you homos in CDMW2 which platform am i buying it for?
360 or PS3. PC gamers are boycotting it. I hope :angry:
It won't be worth it to buy for PC. I'm on Xbox Live, FunkMonke if you want to add.
The single-player campaign so far: :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:
Utterly ridiculous Michael Bay-like havoc. Works well for video games, though.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on November 10, 2009, 01:40:57 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 10, 2009, 06:50:42 AM
It should curtail the mod/hack squads.
As well as people who want to play multiplayer. Was gonna buy this until I learned it was going to have shitty Xboxtard peer to peer multiplayer.
I dunno...those would be the ones I'd want to kill the most.
Quote from: FunkMonk on November 10, 2009, 05:01:17 PM
It won't be worth it to buy for PC. I'm on Xbox Live, FunkMonke if you want to add.
The single-player campaign so far: :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:
Utterly ridiculous Michael Bay-like havoc. Works well for video games, though.
So, not an accurate military simulator?
Quote from: Razgovory on November 10, 2009, 06:17:24 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on November 10, 2009, 05:01:17 PM
It won't be worth it to buy for PC. I'm on Xbox Live, FunkMonke if you want to add.
The single-player campaign so far: :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:
Utterly ridiculous Michael Bay-like havoc. Works well for video games, though.
So, not an accurate military simulator?
Not as accurate as Modern Warfare 3.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/ultra_realistic_modern_warfare?utm_source=videoembed
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 10, 2009, 06:03:12 PM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on November 10, 2009, 01:40:57 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 10, 2009, 06:50:42 AM
It should curtail the mod/hack squads.
As well as people who want to play multiplayer. Was gonna buy this until I learned it was going to have shitty Xboxtard peer to peer multiplayer.
I dunno...those would be the ones I'd want to kill the most.
I predict my favorite tactic will be equipping a riot shield and running straight at blathering adolescents gripping their Dragunovs like lollipops and bashing them in the face, laughing through the mic while I do it.
Quote from: FunkMonk on November 10, 2009, 09:01:55 PM
I predict my favorite tactic will be equipping a riot shield and running straight at blathering adolescents gripping their Dragunovs like lollipops and bashing them in the face, laughing through the mic while I do it.
Still not as much fun as sneaking up on someone as a medic in BF2, and zapping them with the defibrilator. Now that's gold, Jerry! Gold!
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 10, 2009, 11:14:21 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on November 10, 2009, 09:01:55 PM
I predict my favorite tactic will be equipping a riot shield and running straight at blathering adolescents gripping their Dragunovs like lollipops and bashing them in the face, laughing through the mic while I do it.
Still not as much fun as sneaking up on someone as a medic in BF2, and zapping them with the defibrilator. Now that's gold, Jerry! Gold!
Too true. So far I suck bad at this game on xbox. Bad, real bad. I miss the flexibility and precision of the mouse. :(
GOD DAMN CONSOLES </reverend wright>
So Funkmonk, in your time in the army have you ever been in a snowmobile chase? Or a Raft Chase? Or had an army general pour gasoline on you and light you on fire? Just trying to get an idea how realistic this game is.
Looking for realism in a video game shows how nucking futs you are Razzle.
Quote from: Razgovory on November 12, 2009, 08:37:37 PM
So Funkmonk, in your time in the army have you ever been in a snowmobile chase? Or a Raft Chase? Or had an army general pour gasoline on you and light you on fire? Just trying to get an idea how realistic this game is.
:lol:
Quote from: katmai on November 12, 2009, 08:40:07 PM
Looking for realism in a video game shows how nucking futs you are Razzle.
The pull the knife out of your chest controls were very intuitive.
I've been playing Mass Effect. I was wandering around Best Buy the other day, saw it for $20, and figured I should finally give it a shot.
Edit: Seems fairly buggy. I've already learned to hit F6 as often as possible.
Scored an oddball awesome find at my local thrift store yesterday. Bought Civ 4 Warlords expansion, Victoria, EUII, Tropico 2 Pirate Cove for 3.99 each/ Also got a cool DVD of short films by some friends of mine back in the Peg for the same price.
Won't be playing any of the games until December, likely. As I'm trying to do the NaNoWriMo (see TBR) this month. Couldn't pass up those games though. So rare to find any one of those used somewhere, let alone all four.
I was going to skip over Warlords and just get Beyond The Sword in December. I'm still doing that, but now have the option to get my war on if that's called for. Will keep mining that store may be a one off though.
BTS is awesome, I'd definitely suggest you get it as soon as your moritorium on civ is up.
Playing Silent Hunter III with the Grey Wolves expansion/mod. It's awesome, way better than crappy Silent Hunter II.
My very first patrol, I almost had the first victory in the war: I encountered a small tanker off the coast of Cornwall late at night on Sept. 3; fired 3 torpedos, but due to the absolutely shit weather, all missed, and I didn't bother trying to run the tanker down since I was so close to British shore. Then I sailed north through the Irish sea, stalked a convoy just north of Belfast, then got gangraped by 3 destroyers and became the first u-boat casualty of the war. :blush:
Reloaded, and had a slightly more succesful run - sank a coastal freighter (1800 tons) and a medium cargo ship (~8000 tons). Second patrol - got another coastal freighter early on, then try to go after a warship task force off the coast of Iceland. Unfortunately the damn thing moves way too fast (18kts+!) so by the time I get close enough to spot it, there's no time for me to move into position before it races off. Disappointed, I move into the North Sea and on my way home. Next, though, I spot a medium tanker - 10000 tons! Calm waters, late a night - perfect! Yet, tragically, I feel something is amiss, and as I look at it from 800 meters away through my periscope, I discover that it's a god-damned Norwegian ship, and Norway is still neutral.
Damn those Norwegians. :mad:
Engaging several destroyers in shallow, calm waters is a very bad idea in GWX as you've found out. :P
Are you calculating the fire solution manually? That's 90% of the fun.
Waiting for Left4dead2 to finish downloading.
Quote from: Iormlund on November 16, 2009, 11:29:22 PM
Engaging several destroyers in shallow, calm waters is a very bad idea in GWX as you've found out. :P
Are you calculating the fire solution manually? That's 90% of the fun.
Not yet. I'm using all the realistic O2/fuel/etc. options, but I'm still using the Weapons Officer and such, so I'm at about 50% realism. I've also turned off crew fatigue because apparently my crew needs me to tell them when to sleep and shit. I'll start upping the realism once I start getting the hang of it - I'm trying to look up the ship type before it tells me just to practice.
The game reminds me a lot of an old U-boat game I played back in the mid 1990s on my Mac. It tried to be as realistic as it could using the technology, so you had to look up the ship type and enter the height manually (there were only 7 ships: BB, CA, DD, and four types of transports). Lots of fun, so once I can reliably hit the broad side of a battleship with the auto-targeting, I'm gonna try my hand at manual.
And watch as I miss an old tub at 500m. :lol:
lolz, my friends want to attempt a D&D 4e session via the interweb tomorrow. I haven't even read the damn book. :lol:
i will create: a Munchkin. I want the most pluses.
Been successful in my SH3 career, it's January 1940 so soon I'll get to sail out of the French ports. That'll be nice. I managed to get my U-Boat back on Christmas day after a very successful 3rd patrol. Not far off the German/Danish coast I encountered a British sub on the surface, at night, in a storm. I tried taking him out with my last 2 torpedos, but the first I fired when too close (like <200m) so it didn't arm when it hit, and the bastard dodged the 2nd. Since I couldn't use my deck gun, I had to let him go. :(
But, I'm currently on hiatus from SH3 and playing Dorf Fortress yet again.
tried a Warlords expansion game yesterday with Languish theme. I suxxored. :p Quit, tried a new game. The highlight was making a city called Caliga's Burg straddled between two "well rounded promontories." Have it saved. I may go back to it. shouldn't have had the raging barbarians though... just annoying.
I was wasting 2 days on 'the road to war' mod for civ 4 before I realized I wasted my time because of crap AI.
Yes I lost Danzig to GB and couldnt get it back :blush:
I just bought a shit ton of cheap games off Steam with their insane sales this week.
In my current OOTP game I just acquired a left fielder by the name of "Carl Marks". :lol:
Phoenix has a "Bill Gates" from Montreal. :unsure:
I also just poured 77 million for 4 years into a contract with a superstar Starter (Alberto "Two Dogs" Salazar from Dominican Rep.). Philly and New York were also trying to get him, driving up the price.
Freespace and Freespace 2 with Freespace Open 3.6.10, which drastically improves the graphics and patches the game. I've never played these games before, and I'm trying to figure why they ran below my radar for so long; they're really good.
Some pretty neat user-made campaigns too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpF1pnb1qXc
Quote from: FunkMonk on December 06, 2009, 11:55:07 AM
Freespace and Freespace 2 with Freespace Open 3.6.10, which drastically improves the graphics and patches the game. I've never played these games before, and I'm trying to figure why they ran below my radar for so long; they're really good.
Some pretty neat user-made campaigns too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpF1pnb1qXc
Try this:
http://babylon.hard-light.net/official_downloads.php
Quote from: Seen on November 30, 2009, 01:35:50 PM
I was wasting 2 days on 'the road to war' mod for civ 4 before I realized I wasted my time because of crap AI.
Yes I lost Danzig to GB and couldnt get it back :blush:
Sounds like you and the crap AI were a match made in heaven then!
Quote from: Razgovory on November 07, 2009, 08:59:25 PM
The Witcher is starting to get on my nerves. I just got a quest to kill a guy after I cleared him of being involved with the bad guys.
SPOILER
But you don't have to kill him.
/SPOILER
Quote from: Scipio on December 06, 2009, 12:19:48 PM
Try this:
http://babylon.hard-light.net/official_downloads.php
Sweet. :cool:
Quote from: Jaron on December 06, 2009, 12:30:22 PM
Quote from: Seen on November 30, 2009, 01:35:50 PM
I was wasting 2 days on 'the road to war' mod for civ 4 before I realized I wasted my time because of crap AI.
Yes I lost Danzig to GB and couldnt get it back :blush:
Sounds like you and the crap AI were a match made in heaven then!
Sure, if you consider UK dumping all its units in a former Polish city and than being sieged ala Calais but with even less hope. Meanwhile France is forcing all its available units on Cologne, captures it at times with me destroying their army the next turn (but I cant get trough maginot line of course).
Yep, fun times.
Hey, I know some people tried Blood Bowl. Was it any good?
Quote from: grumbler on December 06, 2009, 01:17:57 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 07, 2009, 08:59:25 PM
The Witcher is starting to get on my nerves. I just got a quest to kill a guy after I cleared him of being involved with the bad guys.
SPOILER
But you don't have to kill him.
/SPOILER
Yeah, I figured out what I did wrong and started a earlier save. I'm almost at the end of the game I think. Which is good because I find Gerald annoying after a while. That's why I dislike RPGs that don't let you create a character. I don't want to be some dick that the developers thought was cool. I want to be my own guy.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 06, 2009, 08:06:30 PM
Hey, I know some people tried Blood Bowl. Was it any good?
Yea it is fun. There are some MP connectivity problems but a good game besides that.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 06, 2009, 08:10:27 PM
That's why I dislike RPGs that don't let you create a character. I don't want to be some dick that the developers thought was cool. I want to be my own guy.
Not much call for
GTA: Raz's Basement.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 07, 2009, 06:12:18 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 06, 2009, 08:10:27 PM
That's why I dislike RPGs that don't let you create a character. I don't want to be some dick that the developers thought was cool. I want to be my own guy.
Not much call for GTA: Raz's Basement.
I dunno, the SIMs sells pretty well.
Anyway, I finally beat The Witcher. It only took 68 hours.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 06, 2009, 08:06:30 PM
Hey, I know some people tried Blood Bowl. Was it any good?
It's a good game if you like turn-based team sports.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 07, 2009, 07:49:49 AM
Anyway, I finally beat The Witcher. It only took 68 hours.
Before you delete the game, you happen to have a save from around the end of the first city quests?
I lost interest around that time but now regret it :(
Majesty 2. All the charm of the first game was sucked out of it by the russian developer and paradox. SURPRISE!
But, only spent 7.50 on it.
Quote from: Seen on December 07, 2009, 06:03:48 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 07, 2009, 07:49:49 AM
Anyway, I finally beat The Witcher. It only took 68 hours.
Before you delete the game, you happen to have a save from around the end of the first city quests?
I lost interest around that time but now regret it :(
Yeah, probably. Why?
Been trying to order Crown of Glory Emperors ed. using the discount with no succes.
Meh!
It would probably have sucked anyway!
Playing Empire TW Darth Ultimate Commander mod and the additional units mod as France
Quote from: Octavian on December 12, 2009, 06:56:28 AM
Been trying to order Crown of Glory Emperors ed. using the discount with no succes.
Meh!
It would probably have sucked anyway!
Playing Empire TW Darth Ultimate Commander mod and the additional units mod as France
I realized I've played over 70 hours of that game. And never played a campaign. Just one side fights. 1 unit of Polish line infantry against 12 howitzers or a horde of Russian cossacks in a wooden fort gets wasted with mortars. Or the classic Elephant charge against American Rifle men with wooden stakes. I only wish the AI was better. It's annoying to see them run back and forth in front of my firing line or all bunch up together and shoot each other.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 07, 2009, 11:36:41 PM
Quote from: Seen on December 07, 2009, 06:03:48 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 07, 2009, 07:49:49 AM
Anyway, I finally beat The Witcher. It only took 68 hours.
Before you delete the game, you happen to have a save from around the end of the first city quests?
I lost interest around that time but now regret it :(
Yeah, probably. Why?
So I dont have to play through the start/most of the city quests again :)
Quote from: Seen on December 12, 2009, 09:42:15 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 07, 2009, 11:36:41 PM
Quote from: Seen on December 07, 2009, 06:03:48 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 07, 2009, 07:49:49 AM
Anyway, I finally beat The Witcher. It only took 68 hours.
Before you delete the game, you happen to have a save from around the end of the first city quests?
I lost interest around that time but now regret it :(
Yeah, probably. Why?
So I dont have to play through the start/most of the city quests again :)
Well Okay. I'll see if I can find the save games but I doubt it. I can never find save games on Steam. I have Vista so I have no idea where they go.
Playing Dorf Fortress. I'm gonna try to run a militaristic, Sparta-esque fort in an area with a chasm and undead.
Losing is Fun!
I've been playing Zelda on the Wii. Really fun game, but I wish they gave you the option of using the normal controller instead of having to waggle the Wiimote like an idiot to swing your sword.
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on December 13, 2009, 06:19:22 AM
I've been playing Zelda on the Wii. Really fun game, but I wish they gave you the option of using the normal controller instead of having to waggle the Wiimote like an idiot to swing your sword.
You can buy the Gamecube version and play it on the Wii.
1866 mod for Mount and Blade looks to be great, altough my Mexican bandit-wanabe Jaron was captured by a band of the Mexican Army, after he joined a bunch of deserters in killing and pillaging some settlers. :D
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 07, 2009, 06:17:05 PM
Majesty 2. All the charm of the first game was sucked out of it by the russian developer and paradox. SURPRISE!
But, only spent 7.50 on it.
I'm happy that I stayed away from that, then.
Paradox had become a caricature of itself, it seems. :P
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 27, 2009, 04:49:43 PM
lolz, my friends want to attempt a D&D 4e session via the interweb tomorrow. I haven't even read the damn book. :lol:
i will create: a Munchkin. I want the most pluses.
LOL I am playing a Bright wizard in a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay campaign ran by a friend via mIRC. Are we: :nerd: ?
Quote from: Martinus on December 13, 2009, 08:01:06 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 07, 2009, 06:17:05 PM
Majesty 2. All the charm of the first game was sucked out of it by the russian developer and paradox. SURPRISE!
But, only spent 7.50 on it.
I'm happy that I stayed away from that, then.
Paradox had become a caricature of itself, it seems. :P
The elves in the second one don't have their whorehouses. :(
Anyone play Assassin's Creed II yet?
Yes, beat it.
Beating up and killing the pope was fun. :D
Okay this 1866 mod is just a beta but it is already awesome. Re-started my mexican character, joined some gang on the US side of the border and while waiting beside the faction leader who summoned me, the rival gang showed up in numbers and there was a multiple rounds shootout on the barren plains beside railroad tracks.
I already have a winchester and a colt, and got quite used to aiming with the rifle. It is just great to shoot down multiple mexicans off their horses in quick succession with your quick-repeating Winchester. :cool:
Quote from: Tamas on December 13, 2009, 07:22:54 AM
1866 mod for Mount and Blade looks to be great, altough my Mexican bandit-wanabe Jaron was captured by a band of the Mexican Army, after he joined a bunch of deserters in killing and pillaging some settlers. :D
Yeah I downloaded that yesterday. Have decided to join the us army (cavalry) and then become an indian fighter..
Picked up Silent Hunter III again. It's now mid February 1940, and I'm on my 5th patrol. I've sunk 43,000 tons, half of that on my 3rd patrol (patrol #4 was cut short when I accidentally clicked "Return to Base" instead of "Save and Quit to Menu". Dur :rolleyes: ). My crew is in fine spirits, as I've gotten quite used to command and have proven myself to be quite skillful - U-52 is considered a lucky boat.
Our orders are to patrol a grid a few hundred miles west of Gibraltar, and north of the Canary Islands. My plan is to make my way there at 1/3 speed - there's no rush, and I'd like to sink a few ships before we arrive. Once we are low on torpedoes and fuel, we can simply resupply at the German supply ship in the Canaries, or off the coast of Seville.
Two days into the patrol we sight our first victim - an Empire-type freighter weighing in at 6780 tons, sailing slowly off the coast of Norway. We steam at flank speed to move into position, then dive and wait. Before long, he's right in front of us, and we fire one torpedo, set to Magnetic detonation right under the ship. The shot is right on target and the freighter begins sinking instantly. Already we have our first kill for the patrol; U-52 is clearly a lucky ship!
Eight days later, on the 25th of February, we receive a radio report of an enemy convoy off the northwest coast of Ireland. We aren't far away, and even better, this convoy is actually well-placed for us to intercept, unlike all the other reports we've received since the war started. This will be our first convoy attack, and the weather couldn't be better: overcast, with choppy, but not stormy, seas. We dive and move into position, and after waiting about an hour, the convoy sails right overhead. We're smack-dab in the middle of the convoy, and haven't been detected! I fire two torpedoes, one each at the two ships in front of us, and dive down to 25 meters. About one minute later, and we hear a detonation - the torpedo has impacted! :w00t:
Sadly, the second torpedo missed, but it appears we haven't been discovered at all, so we prepare to fire again. This time, we ready the aft torpedo to fire at a destroyer a little too close for comfort, and my third fore torpedo at another merchant ship. The convoy has largely passed by, so this will be our last shot. I wait for the merchant to move so that we are 90 degrees off her bow, then fire tubes 3 and 5, and dive deep! The destroyer happened to be turning at the moment we fired, so it is no surprise that we miss, but the merchant is hit! Both injured merchant ships begin sinking, and still we have not been discovered, as I hear no SONAR pings, nor depth charges. However, the convoy has largely moved on, and it is time for us to return to our course for our designated patrolling area. Still, this attack was very successful, even if one of the merchants sunk turned out to be a neutral ship.
Our patrol continues, and along the way we sight and sink two more British freighters. Once we reach our patrol grid, we receive a report of another enemy convoy, a large one, moving northwest not far from us. Again we move to intercept, but this time the weather is against us - it is near noon, sunny, with dead-calm seas. Without warning, enemy shells begin impacting around us - they must have found us by Radar! We immediately dive, and not five minutes later, an enemy destroyer comes by and depth-charges our former position. We have lost him, fortunately, and he returns to the convoy. Still, it is an ill-omen.
Having plotted the expected course of the convoy, I see that it will pass over us, like the first one, with at least 3 merchant vessels passing within 1.5km of our bow. We sit still and I set the time compression to x8 speed, waiting for the slow freighters to get within our kill zone.
Suddenly, "They are pinging us, sir!"
What?? Where the hell did he come from?!?
"Depth charges! Electric engines damaged! Propellers damaged! Aft torpedo room damaged!"
"We're taking on water, sir!"
U-52 begins sinking like a rock. At first this is a relief, as we were at 25m when we were attacked, and it is vital to put some depth between us and our assailants. Relief turns to panic as I watch the depth gauge continue to increase. 70 meters... 80 meters... 90 meters... 100 meters... we are now in the yellow danger zone. I order us secure from silent running and put as many men to work at repair as possible, including one officer and one under-officer trained in repair.
150 meters... 160 meters... 170 meters... My men work quickly to repair the damage to the engines and propellers, and to pump the water out of those rooms. We hit 200 meters - crush depth, and out of desperation, I order the ballast tanks blow. Better to go out fighting on the surface than to slowly sink to the depths. Unfortunately this has no effect - perhaps they were damaged in the attack?
240 meters... 250 meters... 260 meters... our depth is now critical. Finally, the engines and propellers are repaired, and I order them to run at full speed and bring us to a safe depth of 100 meters. We stop sinking, but our speed is a mere 2 knots, and we fail to make much progress upwards. Worse, the stern crew quarters continues to flood, and the repair team seems unable to stop it. Our last glimmer of hope fades as the crew quarters fills up. U-52 never returns to the surface.
Summary: 5 patrols (139 days), 16 merchant ships sunk for 60961 tons.
U-52 was lost at sea on March 2nd, with all 51 crewmen lost.
Thanks for the AAR, HMB. I enjoyed that.
Nice AAR, reminds me of my good times with SH3 and AoD :)
I kept running into the dock in SH3.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 14, 2009, 10:26:45 AM
I kept running into the dock in SH3.
Worst flight sim ever.
I'm a time compression whore. :blush:
Newly arrived: A cheapo Dawn of War II. I pretend Orks are Languish users as the force commanders slices through them.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 15, 2009, 04:10:54 PM
Newly arrived: A cheapo Dawn of War II. I pretend Orks are Languish users as the force commanders slices through them.
Disappointing single play. Didn't know how to play multi.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 15, 2009, 04:21:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 15, 2009, 04:10:54 PM
Newly arrived: A cheapo Dawn of War II. I pretend Orks are Languish users as the force commanders slices through them.
Disappointing single play. Didn't know how to play multi.
I don't even bother with multi on these types of games. Fuck the internet.
I liked casual MP in that game. Had some fun games with Funkmonk and others during beta. Still, I'm more of an SP guy when it comes to strategy. And Games for Windows Live blows. Hard.
Quote from: Iormlund on December 15, 2009, 04:49:42 PM
I liked casual MP in that game. Had some fun games with Funkmonk and others during beta. Still, I'm more of an SP guy when it comes to strategy. And Games for Windows Live blows. Hard.
Oh yeah, I never did get that shit to work.
Tried to install the DarthMod on Empire but ended up screwing my game up. <Sigh> :(
Quote from: Iormlund on December 15, 2009, 04:49:42 PM
I liked casual MP in that game. Had some fun games with Funkmonk and others during beta.
Yeah, I really sucked at that game so I didn't bother to buy it. :D
Quote from: Razgovory on December 15, 2009, 04:21:36 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 15, 2009, 04:10:54 PM
Newly arrived: A cheapo Dawn of War II. I pretend Orks are Languish users as the force commanders slices through them.
Disappointing single play. Didn't know how to play multi.
I thought the single player was a lot of fun. I couldn't get online to work though. Games for Windows Live fucking sucks.
Quote from: Cerr on December 13, 2009, 06:28:00 AM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on December 13, 2009, 06:19:22 AM
I've been playing Zelda on the Wii. Really fun game, but I wish they gave you the option of using the normal controller instead of having to waggle the Wiimote like an idiot to swing your sword.
You can buy the Gamecube version and play it on the Wii.
Yeah, but then I'd have to buy a gamecube controller too. Am getting used to using the Wiimote, I'd prefer a button to swing the sword but it's not that bad.
And aiming the bow and the boomerang with the wiimote is great and a big improvement over using a gamepad stick like in Wind Waker
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 03, 2009, 01:24:19 PM
If you love Diablo, try Torchlight.
I downloaded the demo last night. Its a fun game.
Just got a truckload of games in Steam's Xmas sale. GTA IV, Stalker, Medieval TV, DoW II ...
Quote from: Iormlund on December 23, 2009, 02:02:20 PM
Just got a truckload of games in Steam's Xmas sale. GTA IV, Stalker, Medieval TV, DoW II ...
Yeah, trying to decided what to pick up besides Obilvion :D
Quote from: Iormlund on December 23, 2009, 02:02:20 PM
Just got a truckload of games in Steam's Xmas sale. GTA IV, Stalker, Medieval TV, DoW II ...
They had a sale a month or so ago where I bought a ton of shit. Some of it I've even played!
Got Rockband: Beatles for Chirstmas, and I really am enjoying it.
But I just realized there is no Hey Jude or Let it Be, either on the game or as DLC. :angry:
Got The Witcher off Steam at christmas and I like it so far. The interface is suboptimal. So are the fights. Still an enjoyable game.
Quote from: syk on December 28, 2009, 04:56:13 PM
Got The Witcher off Steam at christmas and I like it so far. The interface is suboptimal. So are the fights. Still an enjoyable game.
The first two books are out in German. Read them.
Quote from: Syt on December 28, 2009, 11:32:23 PM
Quote from: syk on December 28, 2009, 04:56:13 PM
Got The Witcher off Steam at christmas and I like it so far. The interface is suboptimal. So are the fights. Still an enjoyable game.
The first two books are out in German. Read them.
Will do. Your last recommendation was spot on. (Transmet) :thumbsup:
I think I'm developing a fetish for really bad FPS's. I bought Darkest of Days for the 360 with some Gamestop credit I had. Basically, you're this cavalry dude who is about to bite it at Little Bighorn, but are saved at the last minute by a time traveler, who recruits you to drop in & out of pivotal battles to save certain individuals who need to live in order to preserve their impact on history.
So far I've been sent to Antietam where I start out with a rifled musket & later on end up with an assault rifle I used to hilariously mow down Confederate infantry. But you really don't even need that, or a musket. I was able to run around the battlefield & kill enemies with my bare hands (sometimes with just one punch).
Then they put me in World War I, but oddly enough on the East Front rather than the Western front-- as a Russian Soldier at Tannenberg. I swear, the "Germans" are speaking Dutch, though one of the voice cues sounds oddly like the Swedish Chef.
It's a really bad game, and I probably won't play it again after I finish it, but I'm getting some morbid enjoyment out of it. One of the more entertaining aspects are the Xbox Achievements-- you get 100G for punching a horse in the face & killing it (which is of course called "The Horse Puncher"), and you get 25G each for drowning or killing yourself with a grenade.
Weapons are startlingly accurate at long range, to the point where you can take out two guys by aiming at the empty space in between them :lol:
Scenery can be pretty nice at times, but texture & detail is pretty bad-- comparable to previous gen console graphics.
It's almost as stupid a game as Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, which is another game to play if you want something to laugh at.
I played the demo. You did get to kill Confederates with a machine gun which is admittedly pretty cool. I remember Tim going on about that Turning point game.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 29, 2009, 04:40:40 PM
I played the demo. You did get to kill Confederates with a machine gun which is admittedly pretty cool. I remember Tim going on about that Turning point game.
I say if you find it in the bargain bin for $4.99, play it for shits & gigs. Same for Turning Point, I guess, since in that game you get to kill a Kraut by giving him a swirlie.
Quote from: syk on December 28, 2009, 11:35:03 PM
Quote from: Syt on December 28, 2009, 11:32:23 PM
Quote from: syk on December 28, 2009, 04:56:13 PM
Got The Witcher off Steam at christmas and I like it so far. The interface is suboptimal. So are the fights. Still an enjoyable game.
The first two books are out in German. Read them.
Will do. Your last recommendation was spot on. (Transmet) :thumbsup:
If you like zombies, you might also want to check out the comic series "The Walking Dead".
The Witcher books were pretty bad in English.
I've been playing the Witcher for the past few days and I have to say I really enjoy it.
Moreso than Dragon Age, actually. :o
That will fade soon enough.
Quote from: Caliga on December 30, 2009, 08:23:48 PM
Quote from: Seen on December 30, 2009, 06:12:51 PM
That will fade soon enough.
Explain why.
The battles get repetitive fast. Even more annoying was that I felt more like an errand boy, more so than in other rpg and while the story is compelling, for me it wasnt enough to go on after a certain point.
But as I mentioned here a page or 2 back, if I find a save of around the time I stopped playing I would try again :D
Quote from: Seen on December 31, 2009, 04:00:08 AM
Quote from: Caliga on December 30, 2009, 08:23:48 PM
Quote from: Seen on December 30, 2009, 06:12:51 PM
That will fade soon enough.
Explain why.
The battles get repetitive fast. Even more annoying was that I felt more like an errand boy, more so than in other rpg and while the story is compelling, for me it wasnt enough to go on after a certain point.
But as I mentioned here a page or 2 back, if I find a save of around the time I stopped playing I would try again :D
Hm, funny. I found the battles to become more enjoyable over time. I believe that's because I had to switch styles in a several fights to get through them at all. Combined with those sign thingies they aren't as bad as I thought they would be.
The one knockback sign makes battles a joke. I killed The Beast from chapter 1 with a knockback stun followed by a one hit kill. Same deal with the cockatrice.
Champions Online Free Trial. The Full game is 10$ on Steam until January 3rd.
It's pretty nice, it is CoH 2.0 tho.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 31, 2009, 02:27:08 PM
Champions Online Free Trial. The Full game is 10$ on Steam until January 3rd.
It's pretty nice, it is CoH 2.0 tho.
Yep.
Quote from: Caliga on December 30, 2009, 05:03:29 PM
I've been playing the Witcher for the past few days and I have to say I really enjoy it.
Moreso than Dragon Age, actually. :o
I didn't find the battles boring either.
From TF2, a player name that made me giggle:
"I don't heal Darkies"
:blush:
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 31, 2009, 02:27:08 PM
Champions Online Free Trial. The Full game is 10$ on Steam until January 3rd.
It's pretty nice, it is CoH 2.0 tho.
Neat. My character's name is KT-S1
Champions Online didn't captivate me at all.
Quote from: Syt on January 01, 2010, 11:03:37 AM
Champions Online didn't captivate me at all.
Meh, way too short demo, and I had lots of lag. Pass
The character creation bit was pretty fun (the only other ones I enjoyed as much were Star Wars Galaxies and Vanguard in that respect), but the gameplay was a bit hectic for my tastes with no exploration of the game world.
I was at my parents place over Christmas and found my old copy of Jagged Alliance 2. I am just installing that and will start playing it in a few minutes. :)
Quote from: Tamas on January 01, 2010, 11:26:57 AM
Quote from: Syt on January 01, 2010, 11:03:37 AM
Champions Online didn't captivate me at all.
Meh, way too short demo, and I had lots of lag. Pass
I liked it & it wasn't laggy for me at all but the demo was way too short. And even tho it's only 10$ I can't pull the trigger on it.
Going to try the battle of Rocroi from Under the lily banners under Vassal today. Will likely be a clusterfuck.
http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?option=com_vassal_modules&task=display&module_id=396
Do you play vs. Languish people Ed? :huh:
I play Bioshock on easy. I'm not a fan of scripted shooters where you have to think about ammo, I treat it like a pure adventure/ambience game.
You know Ed, I encountered the same guy on TF2. I wonder if he refuses demomen service?
Other TF2 names that have made me giggle include Salad Snake and Dispenser.
Bought Batman Arkham Asylum. As I've found out, the system requirements on the box are an utter and complete lie. Game is completely unplayable, and the character graphics are all glitched. Maybe if it wasn't a quick Xbox port...
Also the cunts only support a 360 gamepad, not PC gamepads, doesn't even recognize mine as existing. Why the fuck would I have a 360 pad?
Because they are the best PC gamepad out there.
Sorry to hear that DP, as on xbox it was a kickass game, one of my top ones from last year.
As for me, Star Trek Online beta, EU III, and Fight Night 4 (on sexbox)
I spent the week playing Princess Maker 2.
My little girl grew up to become a Magic Teacher, thanks to spending hours slaughtering countless monsters.
And she married the prince! :bowler: :wub:
I am: awesome father. :cool:
Quote from: katmai on January 08, 2010, 07:06:14 AM
Sorry to hear that DP, as on xbox it was a kickass game, one of my top ones from last year.
Yeah, I watched a video review of it this week and it looked incredible so I rushed out to get it. Oh well, on the shelf till I get a new computer later this year.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 08, 2010, 07:04:31 AM
Because they are the best PC gamepad out there.
Maybe so, maybe not, but why ONLY support a 360 gamepad on the PC? If I had a 360 and a 360 gamepad, I'd just play on the 360. My gamepad works with all my other games. After more research there is a 360 emulator program that allows non 360 gamepads to work with the game, but you shouldn't have to do that.
I have a 360 gamepad, I don't own an Xbox 360.
As to why? It's a "Game for Windows Live" game, it's probably in the requirements.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 08, 2010, 12:04:47 PM
As to why? It's a "Game for Windows Live" game, it's probably in the requirements.
Another thing that annoys me, the game doesn't mention anything about GFWL on the box, you don't find out about it or the 360 gamepad until you open it up. I hate GFWL.
Fallout 3 is very fun, even if it is way too combat oriented.
A couple friends and I have long been interested in trying p&p RPGs. After some debate we've settled for the Serenity RPG. The game has some advantages:
We're all fans of the series Firefly.
The rules are not too complex, i.e. n00b friendly (esp. with regards to combat).
It's a very flexible setting.
Also, I like that the game rewards acting out character flaws. Think a normal hospital heist going almost wrong, because the greedy crew mate has tried to sell out two certain fugitive crew characters. Or a certain captain returning vital meds to people who need them instead of handing them to the sadistic maniac who contracted you to steal them due to his "codex". acting out those flaws and putting the group at a disadvantage is rewared by "plot points" which can be used to influence plot, die rolls or - when the adventure is over - char advancement.
The rules are made with the goal in mind that things not only will but should go wrong in order to have a fun adventure. Additionally, the rule book is written in the language style as is used in the series (which will sadly be lost as we will play in German, though we will try to use stuff from the Chinese phrase book).
I volunteered to be the GM. We'll have a prelim meeting coming monday for rule review and char creation. A fun blunder it will be. :lol:
Sounds great. Want AAR please.
It's based on the Cortex RPG system and comes from Margaret Weiß Prod.:
http://www.margaretweis.com/wp/game-products/serenity/serenity-rpg/
They also have a BSG RPG. I found some sources on the net, too, which had neat ideas, additional ships/equipment, handy charts etc.
Just finished Mass Effect. Ended up reducing the difficulty to easy around halfway because I was much more interested in the story than in funky fighting.
Wow. Just wow. Got the Renegade ending. Cool.
Quote from: Tamas on January 09, 2010, 05:01:01 PM
Just finished Mass Effect. Ended up reducing the difficulty to easy around halfway because I was much more interested in the story than in funky fighting.
Wow. Just wow. Got the Renegade ending. Cool.
Yeah, I liked that ending as well.
Peculiarly, though, I find I have no interest in the sequel (or in replaying the first game). It was great, but once was enough.
Currently playing Arcanum, which I have had for years but never more than futzed with. I think in a weekend's play I have gotten further than any previous attempt.
What's funny is that, as soon as I went back into the character editor, i remembered exactly the thought process I used to create my last character maybe four years ago. So, a gunner herbalist it is again!
Quote from: grumbler on January 10, 2010, 09:39:19 PM
So, a gunner herbalist it is again!
Mages are more fun.
I liked the chick who could burst fire with a bow and arrow.
EUIII; Heir to the throne with the Sacrum Imperium Romanum mod
Quote from: ulmont on January 10, 2010, 09:41:42 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 10, 2010, 09:39:19 PM
So, a gunner herbalist it is again!
Mages are more fun.
Found mage to be too easy, and too much like other games.
This would be a great game today if re-done
a la Fallout 2 -> Fallout 3 The real sticking point has always been the interface (and now graphics, of course).
Just got to the twist in BioShock.
OMG YOU ARE ELIN WOODS :o
I found a deal on Halo Wars, so I played it a little the past couple days & it's not bad for a RTS game.
Also played a little L4D2 on the 360 last night. Not really a huge improvement over the first game, but the amusement park is fun.
And I started Operation Flashpoint on the 360 as well-- seems almost too 'realistic' for an FPS. I like it, but it seems like one of those things you have to warm up to, since it doesn't really draw you in early on, like MW2 for example.
I am playing: STar Trek Online. :cool:
I am aching to play : Star Trek Online. :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 03, 2010, 11:21:05 AM
Going to try the battle of Rocroi from Under the lily banners under Vassal today. Will likely be a clusterfuck.
http://www.vassalengine.org/community/index.php?option=com_vassal_modules&task=display&module_id=396
I lost. I would have flipped the board if there was one.
Been playing some L4D2 with friends. It's a blast. We never got around to L4D earlier because my "friends" are lame folks who fear getting cool games until you practically force them down their throats.
I have had a strange and overpowering urge to play Tropico all day. :hmm:
Finished 'Valkyria Chronicle'. Worth every penny, great game (I think I'm going to get the downloadable expansions) and now I'm playing 'Dragon Age: Origins'. Slightly disappointing so far, this one is no Oblivion...
Quote from: sbr on January 14, 2010, 12:57:02 AM
I have had a strange and overpowering urge to play Tropico all day. :hmm:
it must have been the infectiously good soundtrack
L.
Zero Gear :lol:
Its a crazy little kart game, free for 3 more days on Steam.
You have Mario Kartish race, but also "tracks" where you have to score goals with a huge ball or a puck on the ice hockey field. Hillarious
I *finally* got around to picking up a memory card for my Gamecube, so I'm replaying Twilight Princess and reveling in the fact that I don't have to leave the GC on for three weeks of intermittent play this time.
Quote from: Syt on December 29, 2009, 11:27:12 PM
Quote from: syk on December 28, 2009, 11:35:03 PM
Quote from: Syt on December 28, 2009, 11:32:23 PM
Quote from: syk on December 28, 2009, 04:56:13 PM
Got The Witcher off Steam at christmas and I like it so far. The interface is suboptimal. So are the fights. Still an enjoyable game.
The first two books are out in German. Read them.
Will do. Your last recommendation was spot on. (Transmet) :thumbsup:
If you like zombies, you might also want to check out the comic series "The Walking Dead".
Sucks.
BIOSHOCK SPOILER
Hey, a question: in BioShock, in the Become A Big Daddy segment, you are collecting a bunch of shit to become a big daddy. Now AFAIK I've collected all the stuff, the last thing I did was get my voice fixed. Then the Euro bitch says something about collecting the Frankenstein boots but I already collected the boots in the library. I don't seem to be a Big Daddy (screenshots suggest that there will be a hint) and when I bang on the sister hole nothing happens. Have I missed something? Is there a known bug here? Do I have to replay the whole segment?
Please don't bang your sister's hole.
Been playing Strategic Command: Pacific Theater. I tried the Malaya-Singapore scenario, first as the Japanese then as the British. My Japanese offensive went very well - I bypassed most of the British units and captured Kuala Lumpur pretty quickly. By early January my forces were on Singapore island, and reinforcements were mopping up the British units left on the Malay penninsula (mostly weak Indian units). By Jan 31st, Singapore was mine. Amusingly, I had wiped out the British unit defending Singapore itself the turn prior, but then on the British turn an air wing arrived as reinforcements. Talk about reinforcing failure. :lol:
As the British, I did a fighting retreat, first with a defensive line near Penang Island, then again in front of Kuala Lumpur, then just northwest of Malacca, and finally on Singapore Island. By the end most of my combat units had been wiped out, but I had destroyed one tank regiment, at least one division, and a few enemy regiments, including one of the Imperial Guards Elite. I was helped by the fact that the Japanese decided to attack the airfields at Singapore rather than Force Z. The destroyer escorts were sunk in a later air attack, but the battleships proved invaluable to the defense by providing shore bombardment support. By the end of February, when the scenario ends, I still controlled Singapore island and the Japanese offensive was blunted. :cool:
Right now I'm playing the Imphal offensive scenario as the Japanese. My attacks have quickly stalled thanks to entrenched British units in the villages, completely inept Japanese air support, and vicious Allied air strikes. The only unit to have any success at all is the 31st Division, and that only because they haven't encountered any opposition. Even then, they lost their artillery to the Allied air power, although they have captured Kohima, which was undefended, so that's a plus.
I'm also reading the War Plan Orange manual, since I decided to go ahead and buy it. Hopefully it doesn't prove an exercise in utter frustration.
nonono, dont buy warplan orange!
Quote from: Tamas on January 19, 2010, 10:13:53 AM
nonono, dont buy warplan orange!
Too late. :(
But it's better to buy WPO for $30 and see if I can handle it than to buy WitP: AE for $80 and find out I'll never complete turn 1.
Had a hack N' slash day the other day playing evil mode in LOTR third age on the old PS2. fun stuff. in a month or two I should be upgrading to ps3. more gaming then.
Played Fallout 3 all day.
Pretty good. Nice to get back in to the universe. Still, not as good as the originals by a long shot. Also, can someone explain why the Enclave adopted the Midwest BoS' power armor and ditched their own?
Fo3 Enclave Armor (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/4/46/Fo3APAMKII.png)
FoT Power Armor (http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/102727/USBGaming.org/Fallout%20Tactics%20Boxart.jpg)
Substantially more awesome Enclave Fo2 Armor. I'm guessing they couldn't get the pipes/wires right, or maybe it didn't look good with the less-bulky Oblivion-armor models. (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/1/1a/FO2_Intro_APA.jpg)
Quote from: Queequeg on January 20, 2010, 02:49:10 AM
Played Fallout 3 all day.
Pretty good. Nice to get back in to the universe.
ur ghey
I've had some time for a little gaming recently. I've played the demo for Solium Infernum (seems fantastic), and I'm a wee bit addicted to Mountain Maniac (a Flash game over at adultswim.com).
Quote from: fahdiz on January 20, 2010, 02:34:18 PM
. I've played the demo for Solium Infernum (seems fantastic),
Isn't that a little dark for you?
Yes, I never let memes die. :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 20, 2010, 03:23:37 PM
Isn't that a little dark for you?
Yes, I never let memes die. :)
:D
Quote from: Syt on January 09, 2010, 06:36:41 AM
A couple friends and I have long been interested in trying p&p RPGs. After some debate we've settled for the Serenity RPG.
We'll probably have our first little session tomorrow. Last week me and two friends went over the rules and character creation and also went through a bit of combat (the first ending with a player, heavily wounded and with no skills at thrown weapons, blowing herself and her pal to pieces with a grenade that she basically dropped onto herself :P ).
We three will start with a small adventure first to see how it plays out. We have a few more candidates to join later on, but we considered it better to get ourselves familiar with the game first to make it easier for others to settle in.
I found a good starter adventure that focuses on character interaction, doesn't require space travel, and can be easily scaled to the group.
They have to apprehend a gang of "deadman" robbers (they wear hightech zombie masks :lol: ) who've been terrorizing a small moon. The capture will go smooth, but things will take a downturn when the (elusive, unknown) mastermind behind the operation comes around and tries to cut his losses, eliminate witnesses and save his skin.
I'd love to play a F2F RPG someday; especially one based on the Firefly universe.
Are there still people around who haven't played normal RPGs? What in the name of fuck?
Quote from: The Brain on January 23, 2010, 06:57:19 AM
Are there still people around who haven't played normal RPGs? What in the name of fuck?
I'm highly wary of what you consider "normal".
Cow fucker.
Quote from: katmai on January 23, 2010, 06:58:44 AM
Quote from: The Brain on January 23, 2010, 06:57:19 AM
Are there still people around who haven't played normal RPGs? What in the name of fuck?
I'm highly wary of what you consider "normal".
Cow fucker.
/rquit
Giving HoI3 another try as the Soviets. Squee!
Press a button, and bunch of officers die. Mew.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 23, 2010, 11:04:48 AM
Giving HoI3 another try as the Soviets. Squee!
Press a button, and bunch of officers die. Mew.
I'll give it another try some time. Maybe I'll wait till the first broken expansion first.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 23, 2010, 11:04:48 AM
Giving HoI3 another try as the Soviets. Squee!
Press a button, and bunch of officers die. Mew.
And after the German AI botched Barbarossa and I turned Army Group Center into a giant kessel, I quit.
I played Halo 2 yesterday for the first time ever. Also tried out ODST.
Is anyone still playing 'Geo-Political Simulator'? Is it worth getting?
G.
Quote from: derspiess on January 28, 2010, 10:20:24 AM
I played Halo 2 yesterday for the first time ever. Also tried out ODST.
Was Halo 2 any good? I played Halo 1 on the PC and never understood what the big fuss was about that game. It was terribly average.
I'm playing a delicious little freeware game called Battleships Forever. Looks kind of Gratuitous Space Battles, only with pseudo-vector graphics.
Is Tropico 3 good? I got it when Steam had 66% off. I've never played a Tropico before and since my gaming group has yet to get around to playing Junta (I have just fondled my copy a bit) I thought what the hell.
I have it and for what its worth, I had fun with it. I stopped playing it not because the game was bad, but because I didnt have the time for it.
My islands kept falling to revolutions and shit though. :angry:
Quote from: Jaron on January 31, 2010, 04:55:59 AM
I have it and for what its worth, I had fun with it. I stopped playing it not because the game was bad, but because I didnt have the time for it.
My islands kept falling to revolutions and shit though. :angry:
I'm thinking about ruling with an iron fist.
I tried doing that but I kept going broke.
I built a prison and rebels came out of the jungles and burned down the construction site. :glare:
I'm surprised that you didn't do better considering your racial bond with the Tropicans. Or maybe that was the problem.
Quote from: The Brain on January 31, 2010, 04:54:15 AM
since my gaming group has yet to get around to playing Junta (I have just fondled my copy a bit)
Now that's just a fucking crime.
Been playing a lot of Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater. I have a game going as the Allies with Japan boosted up to create a challenge. It's now the beginning of 1943 - China is holding on better than expected (i.e., their defensive line is holding; anything better than a total collapse is "better than expected"). They've lost Changde, but I'm holding pretty well in the mountains southeast of the capital, and Ichang as well. I'm building forts right around the capital in case I have to fall back again.
The Burma theater has gone to hell now that the monsoons have lifted. I have 2 fighter units and the Indomitable, but the Japanese air assault has been relentless, and I lost Hutton's HQ in the fall of Burma, meaning the Brits have been leaderless for about a year, making their troops weak and cowardly. I lost Stillwell and a Chinese corps in the fall of Burma as well, so I can't put any pressure from the Chinese side, not like I'd really want to spare any units from the fighting in China proper.
Finally, in mid 1942 I got an intelligence report of a Japanese carrier heading towards Midway. My carriers (Hornet and Yorktown) and a Battleship had just left Pearl escorting some troops bound for Polynesia, to be used in a counteroffensive at Guadalcanal. A rainstorm on my turn prevented my carriers from spotting his (his may have been out of range too), and on the AI's turn, his fleet came over a spanked me hard, sinking the Yorktown and a destroyer, and wounding the Hornet. The Battleship was relatively unharmed, but while I was able to inflict significant damage to an enemy battleship and several escorts, I was unable to sink anything, and the Japanese landed on Midway. Months later, after the Japanese fleet had gone back to reinforce, my new battlefleet, consisting of all but one of my battleships and the Enterprise, showed up in force at Midway and supported the army in retaking it, while also scaring away a destroyer.
I've recently retaken Guadalcanal, and from the intelligence reports I believe the Japanese fleet is en route - it consists of at least a destroyer and a battleship, but I'd expect the carriers to be present, because they haven't shown up anywhere else (and the Indomitable has made it's presence known in the Indian). They know the Hornet is present near Guadalcanal, but the Enterprise and her escorts are almost there as well. My plan is for the two carriers to meet up a bit to the east/southeast of the island, and the Japanese should arrive at Guadalcanal at the same time. Then I strike, hopefully after the enemy fleet has wasted effort bombarding the island. The two catches are: 1. The Japanese may reroute their fleet now that I've wiped out the Japanese resistance on the island, and 2. If he sends all of his carriers and most of his battleships, I could be in real trouble. The last I saw of his carriers were at Midway and Java, nearly 6 months ago.
I've been playing League of Legends (http://www.leagueoflegends.com/). It's a FREE Warcraft style rts, where you control one hero on a team of up to 4 other people fighting another team of heroes. Pretty fun, it's like the Defense of the Ancients mod for Warcraft 3. And it's free, has low system requirements, and is only a 800 meg download.
Apparently there's another game like this called Heroes of Newerth that is beta right now, but I haven't managed to get a key for it yet.
HoN is more hardcore. I know a couple of people totally in love with game. Personally, I hate herobased RTSs
That's probably good as I don't really know what I'm doing. I'm getting my ass kicked badly enough already
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 02, 2010, 12:31:25 PM
HoN is more hardcore. I know a couple of people totally in love with game. Personally, I hate herobased RTSs
So do I. The whole point of an RTS is throw hundreds of nameless mooks into the grinder. In fact, that's what I like to do with turn based strategy. Any other game I can do that is a big plus as well. If I can't re-enact the first day of the Somme I'm very disappointed.
Quote from: Razgovory
If I can't re-enact the first day of the Somme I'm very disappointed.
:thumbsup:
Finally defeated Dragon Age: in the end I was just... tired, and relieved it was over (the 1918 Armistice must have have felt like this) The end game was combat after combat after combat and too little of anything else. Luckily I had pumped a monstrous amount of money and supplies into the Dalish Elves and Red Cliff soldiers, otherwise I would never have succeeded, judging by how quickly Dwarfs and Mages died.
Lend-Lease rules even in RPG!
Speaking of Dragon Age, my war hound has a +100 friendliness but I can't get the romantic dialogue options. Is this a known bug? Is there a workaround?
Quote from: The Brain on February 09, 2010, 07:00:25 AM
Speaking of Dragon Age, my war hound has a +100 friendliness but I can't get the romantic dialogue options. Is this a known bug? Is there a workaround?
Sure, there is a mod out there that allows you to generate mabari characters. They have more dialogue than Sten or Oghren, and the look on the Archdemon's face when you start biting his ankles is priceless :P
Played a little Bioshock 2 last night. I was pretty convinced I wouldn't like it as much as the first one, since I wanted a prequel rather than a sequel, and didn't have much interest in playing an entire game as a big daddy, but so far it's a solid game.
Quote from: derspiess on February 11, 2010, 01:13:17 PM
Played a little Bioshock 2 last night. I was pretty convinced I wouldn't like it as much as the first one, since I wanted a prequel rather than a sequel, and didn't have much interest in playing an entire game as a big daddy, but so far it's a solid game.
I got though I'm not sure why. It didn't seem like a game that needed a sequel. The first one was cautionary tale of why we should not only throw libertarians into the ocean but shoot them before hand. Now it seems to lack that interesting part of the story. The game play is almost exactly the same as the previous one. Also in the first game the city had only gone to hell about one year ago, so while it was pretty beat up it made sense that some stuff worked and some people lived. Now it's almost ten years later and the lights are still on and there's still cans of beans everywhere. I admit I haven't gotten to far so maybe they'll explain that as well.
Quote from: Razgovory on February 11, 2010, 06:26:15 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 11, 2010, 01:13:17 PM
Played a little Bioshock 2 last night. I was pretty convinced I wouldn't like it as much as the first one, since I wanted a prequel rather than a sequel, and didn't have much interest in playing an entire game as a big daddy, but so far it's a solid game.
I got though I'm not sure why. It didn't seem like a game that needed a sequel. The first one was cautionary tale of why we should not only throw libertarians into the ocean but shoot them before hand. Now it seems to lack that interesting part of the story. The game play is almost exactly the same as the previous one. Also in the first game the city had only gone to hell about one year ago, so while it was pretty beat up it made sense that some stuff worked and some people lived. Now it's almost ten years later and the lights are still on and there's still cans of beans everywhere. I admit I haven't gotten to far so maybe they'll explain that as well.
Yeah it sounds silly. And kinda boring to go to the same place.
Quote from: Razgovory on February 11, 2010, 06:26:15 PM
I got though I'm not sure why. It didn't seem like a game that needed a sequel. The first one was cautionary tale of why we should not only throw libertarians into the ocean but shoot them before hand. Now it seems to lack that interesting part of the story. The game play is almost exactly the same as the previous one. Also in the first game the city had only gone to hell about one year ago, so while it was pretty beat up it made sense that some stuff worked and some people lived. Now it's almost ten years later and the lights are still on and there's still cans of beans everywhere. I admit I haven't gotten to far so maybe they'll explain that as well.
Well the story of course is that there is a new leader, Dr. Lamb, and she is the anti-Ryan in that she is all about collectivism & the suppression of the individual. You hear all her insane ramblings, so I guess this game is a repudiation of totalitarianism. And you are a Big Daddy prototype somehow brought back to life (that part is explained later) and you're on a quest to find your Little Sister, who is now grown up.
I finished it the night before last & have to say I really liked it. It wasn't as groundbreaking as the first, but how could it be? The storyline is decent, gameplay is improved, but the scenery/different areas of Rapture that you get to explore are worth it alone. Anyone who liked the first one but was on the fence about this one should give it a try. Anyone else, wait until it drops in price but definitely play it.
And I think the beans are leftovers from ~1959 or so. So it's really old food, but not as old as the food you find in Fallout 3 :) As for the lights & other things, I guess it's due to whatever super-duper magic scientific power source they have. I'm willing to suspend disbelief about all that stuff, but the one thing that bugs me is how Dr. Lamb supposedly rules Rapture, but the only evidence you see is graffiti scrawled here & there-- none of the splicers seem to show any signs that they are being ruled by anyone.
Online multiplayer is surprisingly decent. IIRC it is set right at the beginning of the Ryan-Atlas civil war & before the splicers all went insane, so it may be the closest I get to my prequel.
Quote from: The Brain on February 13, 2010, 02:38:10 AM
Yeah it sounds silly. And kinda boring to go to the same place.
You're still in Rapture, but all the areas you explore are different from the first game.
Quote from: derspiess on February 16, 2010, 03:32:37 PM
Quote from: The Brain on February 13, 2010, 02:38:10 AM
Yeah it sounds silly. And kinda boring to go to the same place.
You're still in Rapture, but all the areas you explore are different from the first game.
Of course.
Quote from: The Brain on February 16, 2010, 04:02:50 PM
Of course.
Well then where do you want to go? Cleveland?? :mad:
Quote from: The Brain on February 13, 2010, 02:38:10 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 11, 2010, 06:26:15 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 11, 2010, 01:13:17 PM
Played a little Bioshock 2 last night. I was pretty convinced I wouldn't like it as much as the first one, since I wanted a prequel rather than a sequel, and didn't have much interest in playing an entire game as a big daddy, but so far it's a solid game.
I got though I'm not sure why. It didn't seem like a game that needed a sequel. The first one was cautionary tale of why we should not only throw libertarians into the ocean but shoot them before hand. Now it seems to lack that interesting part of the story. The game play is almost exactly the same as the previous one. Also in the first game the city had only gone to hell about one year ago, so while it was pretty beat up it made sense that some stuff worked and some people lived. Now it's almost ten years later and the lights are still on and there's still cans of beans everywhere. I admit I haven't gotten to far so maybe they'll explain that as well.
Yeah it sounds silly. And kinda boring to go to the same place.
I just couldn't get interested in it. I tried to play through it, but kept getting bored. The first game wasn't exactly original (System shock under water) but this feels identical to the first one, and toward the end the first one was starting to get dull.
I'm trying out the Ironclads demo. I noticed the game is down to 10 bucks, which is the max I'll pay for a Russian made game.
I'm not playing the Starcraft 2 Beta which just came out today. I never registered my War3 on their website and now I can't find my cd keys, so I can't apply for a chance to be in the beta. :grr:
Hopefully a private beta server comes out like last time so I can play that until the official release.
Shadowgrounds: Survivor
Totally OK (so far) budget game.
Thunder Force V: Perfect System.
Lot of plot depth for a scrolling shooter. :)
Starcraft 2 Beta :menace:
Someone wrote an AI so you can play single player against the computer. It's pretty good too, it kicked my ass at first. But multiplayer on Battlenet is where the real fun will be. Game runs good even on my three year old notebook. Can't wait for the release.
Is it any good?
I've been playing Grand theft Auto 4, which involves taking irritating people out to dinner and bowling and to play darts. Which is about as much fun as it sounds. Occasionally I get to kill some irritating people which is nicer but I'm getting tired of driving through a gigantic city to get from one place or another.
Playing D&D 3.5 on Friday coming up, my usual group, new module of some kind. The DM has some ready made chars on hand. I'm gonna go Tank, likely. It's my strength as a player.
grabbed a sweet deal on a 3,5 book "the Complete Divine" for 5 bucks at a local thrift store yesterday. Going to utilize that in the campaign idea I've been brewing for awhile, The Pirate thing, that I had a thread about.
Also playing Mutants and Masterminds on Sunday. It's a :nerd: tastic weekend. I'm getting kinda bored with my TK based hereo in that game too, thinking of going for some kind of Ben Grimm analog when we finish our current arc.
Finally ordered HPS' Renaissance: Pike & Musket about 16th century battles this week (along with some of their Napoleon games; used to have some of the old Talonsoft Battleground games).
Otherwise playing a bit of OOTP while watching spring training.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on March 03, 2010, 12:40:26 PM
Playing D&D 3.5 on Friday coming up, my usual group, new module of some kind. The DM has some ready made chars on hand. I'm gonna go Tank, likely. It's my strength as a player.
grabbed a sweet deal on a 3,5 book "the Complete Divine" for 5 bucks at a local thrift store yesterday. Going to utilize that in the campaign idea I've been brewing for awhile, The Pirate thing, that I had a thread about.
Also playing Mutants and Masterminds on Sunday. It's a :nerd: tastic weekend. I'm getting kinda bored with my TK based hereo in that game too, thinking of going for some kind of Ben Grimm analog when we finish our current arc.
So does anyone actually play 4th edition?
Oh, we'll have another Firefly RP session on saturday btw.
I resumed WitP AE for a bit. I must say, as the game has developed (I'm now at the end of May 1942) I have been more impressed with the AI. It uses cruisers pretty aggressively for commerce raiding, so as the US I had to put the Oz navy plus HMS Warspite (intercepted on its way back to Inida from its Seattle overhaul) to protecting the Townsville-Port Moresby convoy route. In a series of ding-dong battles most of the RAN has been wiped out, in exchange for 3 large IJN CAs sunk and a couple damaged. Warspite ended the exchange as king of the hill, docked at PM. PBYs spotted two IJN BBs approaching from the south, so Warspite withdrew to Horn Island in the eTorres Strait and then, because Horn I lacked the fuel to support it, it passed through the Strait en route to Darwin. The IJN was not deterred - it chased Warspite all the way to Darwin and sank it with 3 BBs. That was actually pretty cool.
The AI over-extended itself in that op, though. Junyu and Hiryu were sent to trash the shipping off the Australian east coast as far south as Sydney, which they did. Going so far took them out of the cover of Kido Butai, though, and I ambushed and sank both with Yorktown and Enterprise.
It will be interesting to see if the AI is well-enough programmed to understand that it cannot sustain these kinds of shoestring offensives. When the US has as many front-line carriers as the Japanese (even acknowledging better Japanese pilots) the IJN needs to go carefully. These little raids with a coupla carriers are way too risky.
I am now on an endevour to finally finish a game of Terror from the deep.
Quote from: Razgovory on March 02, 2010, 04:53:48 PM
Is it any good?
Starcraft 2 seems good, but I'm not in the beta so can't play it online. It certainly looks nice, but playing against the computer, which routinely kicks my ass, isn't very fun.
I've subscribed to two dudes on youtube who are in the beta and are doing voiced commentary of their online matches. Watching them is incredibly fun, for me at least, check them out if you're into rts games.
http://www.youtube.com/user/HDstarcraft
http://www.youtube.com/user/HuskyStarcraft
They're both great commentators and their games are a lot of fun to watch. Husky's commentary doesn't start until game 10, but after that his games are great.
Are you a Korean?
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 05, 2010, 12:24:45 PM
Are you a Korean?
I wish. Then I wouldn't get my ass handed to me so often online.
In my restarted American Baseball Association, the Manhattan Marvel have a superstar pitcher called Mark Sanford. :lol:
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on March 05, 2010, 12:09:18 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 02, 2010, 04:53:48 PM
Is it any good?
Starcraft 2 seems good, but I'm not in the beta so can't play it online. It certainly looks nice, but playing against the computer, which routinely kicks my ass, isn't very fun.
I've subscribed to two dudes on youtube who are in the beta and are doing voiced commentary of their online matches. Watching them is incredibly fun, for me at least, check them out if you're into rts games.
http://www.youtube.com/user/HDstarcraft
http://www.youtube.com/user/HuskyStarcraft
They're both great commentators and their games are a lot of fun to watch. Husky's commentary doesn't start until game 10, but after that his games are great.
When is it coming out? Starcraft was always my favorite Blizzard game. Also one of my favorites in RTS along with the Myth games, and the Relic games. I suppose Total War ones would fit as well. Kinda.
They're trying to make first half of 2010, but it'll be realeased when it's ready.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 05, 2010, 04:04:28 PM
They're trying to make first half of 2010, but it'll be realeased when it's ready.
Better be soon! :mad:
Quote from: Syt on March 05, 2010, 02:08:57 PM
In my restarted American Baseball Association, the Manhattan Marvel have a superstar pitcher called Mark Sanford. :lol:
That's awesome. Argentinian League in the offseason?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 06, 2010, 07:56:23 AM
Quote from: Syt on March 05, 2010, 02:08:57 PM
In my restarted American Baseball Association, the Manhattan Marvel have a superstar pitcher called Mark Sanford. :lol:
That's awesome. Argentinian League in the offseason?
:shifty: :perv:
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 31, 2010, 07:12:40 PM
Been playing a lot of Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater. I have a game going as the Allies with Japan boosted up to create a challenge. It's now the beginning of 1943 - China is holding on better than expected (i.e., their defensive line is holding; anything better than a total collapse is "better than expected"). They've lost Changde, but I'm holding pretty well in the mountains southeast of the capital, and Ichang as well. I'm building forts right around the capital in case I have to fall back again.
The Burma theater has gone to hell now that the monsoons have lifted. I have 2 fighter units and the Indomitable, but the Japanese air assault has been relentless, and I lost Hutton's HQ in the fall of Burma, meaning the Brits have been leaderless for about a year, making their troops weak and cowardly. I lost Stillwell and a Chinese corps in the fall of Burma as well, so I can't put any pressure from the Chinese side, not like I'd really want to spare any units from the fighting in China proper.
Finally, in mid 1942 I got an intelligence report of a Japanese carrier heading towards Midway. My carriers (Hornet and Yorktown) and a Battleship had just left Pearl escorting some troops bound for Polynesia, to be used in a counteroffensive at Guadalcanal. A rainstorm on my turn prevented my carriers from spotting his (his may have been out of range too), and on the AI's turn, his fleet came over a spanked me hard, sinking the Yorktown and a destroyer, and wounding the Hornet. The Battleship was relatively unharmed, but while I was able to inflict significant damage to an enemy battleship and several escorts, I was unable to sink anything, and the Japanese landed on Midway. Months later, after the Japanese fleet had gone back to reinforce, my new battlefleet, consisting of all but one of my battleships and the Enterprise, showed up in force at Midway and supported the army in retaking it, while also scaring away a destroyer.
I've recently retaken Guadalcanal, and from the intelligence reports I believe the Japanese fleet is en route - it consists of at least a destroyer and a battleship, but I'd expect the carriers to be present, because they haven't shown up anywhere else (and the Indomitable has made it's presence known in the Indian). They know the Hornet is present near Guadalcanal, but the Enterprise and her escorts are almost there as well. My plan is for the two carriers to meet up a bit to the east/southeast of the island, and the Japanese should arrive at Guadalcanal at the same time. Then I strike, hopefully after the enemy fleet has wasted effort bombarding the island. The two catches are: 1. The Japanese may reroute their fleet now that I've wiped out the Japanese resistance on the island, and 2. If he sends all of his carriers and most of his battleships, I could be in real trouble. The last I saw of his carriers were at Midway and Java, nearly 6 months ago.
Is strategic command any good? Really?
Quote from: grumbler on March 03, 2010, 03:50:15 PM
I resumed WitP AE for a bit. I must say, as the game has developed (I'm now at the end of May 1942) I have been more impressed with the AI. It uses cruisers pretty aggressively for commerce raiding, so as the US I had to put the Oz navy plus HMS Warspite (intercepted on its way back to Inida from its Seattle overhaul) to protecting the Townsville-Port Moresby convoy route. In a series of ding-dong battles most of the RAN has been wiped out, in exchange for 3 large IJN CAs sunk and a couple damaged. Warspite ended the exchange as king of the hill, docked at PM. PBYs spotted two IJN BBs approaching from the south, so Warspite withdrew to Horn Island in the eTorres Strait and then, because Horn I lacked the fuel to support it, it passed through the Strait en route to Darwin. The IJN was not deterred - it chased Warspite all the way to Darwin and sank it with 3 BBs. That was actually pretty cool.
The AI over-extended itself in that op, though. Junyu and Hiryu were sent to trash the shipping off the Australian east coast as far south as Sydney, which they did. Going so far took them out of the cover of Kido Butai, though, and I ambushed and sank both with Yorktown and Enterprise.
It will be interesting to see if the AI is well-enough programmed to understand that it cannot sustain these kinds of shoestring offensives. When the US has as many front-line carriers as the Japanese (even acknowledging better Japanese pilots) the IJN needs to go carefully. These little raids with a coupla carriers are way too risky.
In love with the idea of this game, and have followed over 10 AARs, but just cant play it in practice. :(
Quote from: Alcibiades on March 06, 2010, 08:02:34 PM
In love with the idea of this game, and have followed over 10 AARs, but just cant play it in practice. :(
As agame concept, it works better than as a game reality. It is simply too complex to do with a game AI, and as a PBEM it simply takes too long. Pity, but there you are. I enjoy just toying with it, but few people (rightly) have my love for the concept as a toy.
If only we could get the nations involved to recreate the scenarios in the pacific. That might be doable.
Got a couple hours of LotRO done today. Levelled from 12 to 16. Funny to play nerfed solo quests that used to be group quests during launch time. :lol:
Done with Ered Luin for now (maybe return later to pick up some deeds I don't feel I need for my dwarf guardian right now).
Playing Killing Floor while waiting for BFBC2. Pretty fun game (in MP).
I'm having a blast with Killing Floor. It does what it does very well. The Brit accents are a bonus. And it's cheap.
Quote from: Alcibiades on March 06, 2010, 08:01:41 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on January 31, 2010, 07:12:40 PM
Been playing a lot of Strategic Command: WWII Pacific Theater. I have a game going as the Allies with Japan boosted up to create a challenge. It's now the beginning of 1943 - China is holding on better than expected (i.e., their defensive line is holding; anything better than a total collapse is "better than expected"). They've lost Changde, but I'm holding pretty well in the mountains southeast of the capital, and Ichang as well. I'm building forts right around the capital in case I have to fall back again.
The Burma theater has gone to hell now that the monsoons have lifted. I have 2 fighter units and the Indomitable, but the Japanese air assault has been relentless, and I lost Hutton's HQ in the fall of Burma, meaning the Brits have been leaderless for about a year, making their troops weak and cowardly. I lost Stillwell and a Chinese corps in the fall of Burma as well, so I can't put any pressure from the Chinese side, not like I'd really want to spare any units from the fighting in China proper.
Finally, in mid 1942 I got an intelligence report of a Japanese carrier heading towards Midway. My carriers (Hornet and Yorktown) and a Battleship had just left Pearl escorting some troops bound for Polynesia, to be used in a counteroffensive at Guadalcanal. A rainstorm on my turn prevented my carriers from spotting his (his may have been out of range too), and on the AI's turn, his fleet came over a spanked me hard, sinking the Yorktown and a destroyer, and wounding the Hornet. The Battleship was relatively unharmed, but while I was able to inflict significant damage to an enemy battleship and several escorts, I was unable to sink anything, and the Japanese landed on Midway. Months later, after the Japanese fleet had gone back to reinforce, my new battlefleet, consisting of all but one of my battleships and the Enterprise, showed up in force at Midway and supported the army in retaking it, while also scaring away a destroyer.
I've recently retaken Guadalcanal, and from the intelligence reports I believe the Japanese fleet is en route - it consists of at least a destroyer and a battleship, but I'd expect the carriers to be present, because they haven't shown up anywhere else (and the Indomitable has made it's presence known in the Indian). They know the Hornet is present near Guadalcanal, but the Enterprise and her escorts are almost there as well. My plan is for the two carriers to meet up a bit to the east/southeast of the island, and the Japanese should arrive at Guadalcanal at the same time. Then I strike, hopefully after the enemy fleet has wasted effort bombarding the island. The two catches are: 1. The Japanese may reroute their fleet now that I've wiped out the Japanese resistance on the island, and 2. If he sends all of his carriers and most of his battleships, I could be in real trouble. The last I saw of his carriers were at Midway and Java, nearly 6 months ago.
Is strategic command any good? Really?
Depends on just how much detail and realism you want. The rules are fairly simple, kinda like civilization, but they work well and they're intuitive. The only difficult part is the supply rules, and if you follow the "always have a HQ on hand for offensives or defensive operations" rule-of-thumb, you probably won't have your units out of supply too often.
One of my gripes with the game is that the smallest infantry unit you can build in the mainline campaign is a corps, so most of your conquests will go ungarrisoned. The flip side is that a unit entrenched in a city (which generates supply unless bombed/shelled to rubble) is extremely difficult to dislodge, so the lack of garrison units makes a sort of sense. Of course, it could just be all my fault with not planning ahead and building enough infantry. :lol:
I recommend that you check out the demo, which lets you play the first 15 turns of the main campaign. The demo is based on the older version, so there's been a few changes, but it'll give you a good idea of whether you'd like it or not. I've had fun with it and I've gotten my $35 out of it.
Started a replay 1960 season in OOTP. Two weeks before spring training the Yankees trade Yogi Berra to the A's. Should have disabled trades.
Quote from: Razgovory on March 03, 2010, 01:09:34 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on March 03, 2010, 12:40:26 PM
Playing D&D 3.5 on Friday coming up, my usual group, new module of some kind. The DM has some ready made chars on hand. I'm gonna go Tank, likely. It's my strength as a player.
grabbed a sweet deal on a 3,5 book "the Complete Divine" for 5 bucks at a local thrift store yesterday. Going to utilize that in the campaign idea I've been brewing for awhile, The Pirate thing, that I had a thread about.
Also playing Mutants and Masterminds on Sunday. It's a :nerd: tastic weekend. I'm getting kinda bored with my TK based hereo in that game too, thinking of going for some kind of Ben Grimm analog when we finish our current arc.
So does anyone actually play 4th edition?
I think cc has played it with his kids, and enjoyed it? or maybe I'm misremembering.... None of my friends got into it though. a few of them bought the core books, and have sold them. I still have mine, sitting unused like a lot of stuff I own.
Oh yeah we played that game (a 3.5 upgrade of White Plume Mountain, actually) All the traps were really annoying, and the other dude playing kept insisting on having the wizard and rogue up front. Oy.
I was playing a Minotaur 6/ Barbarian 1
& the human Wizard 7
Rise of Prussia looks to be excellent.
It has the depth of AACW, with a somewhat streamlined interface, detailed combat reports, better turn resolving (you better see AI moving around and stuff), about the same map size except the barren wasteland (in this case, Poland) is on the east not the west, has a lot of variety (my swedish army seemed to menage a stalemate with Frederick, but alas they could not, while a british-hannoverian force is entering west Bavaria, with my newly formed imperial army going after them from munich, all the while the first stacks of cossacks roam east prussia scouting for the army which is to besiege konigsberg, while there are vicious fighting around Prague for several weeks now, there is a new army to be found in Wien soon, a standoff south of Silesia which is bound to explode, the brits stacking up in the region north of the Il de France region, with the French army going to fight them, while one of their corps starts to gobble up Hannover. Etc)
And the most important: it seems to lack the PDH trademark oversized Union divisions. So, I am game for a PBEM once I return from Spain.
Quote from: Tamas on March 11, 2010, 08:13:57 AM
Rise of Prussia looks to be excellent.
And the most important: it seems to lack the PDH trademark oversized Union divisions. So, I am game for a PBEM once I return from Spain.
He still bitches about my grand divisions in the AOP.
Fallout 3. I'm level 15 at the moment, and getting increasingly frustrated with Dogmeat's suicide ways.
I've signed up for an OOTP online league, PEBA (http://pebabaseball.com/).
The only avilable team is the Yuma Bulldozers (http://www.pebabaseball.com/reports/news/html/teams/team_100.html), 5 losing seasons in a row, with a .173 winning percentage this (just finished) regular season. At least I can't mess them up any worse. :lol:
Assassins Creed II for the 360
I like it!
Quote from: Syt on March 14, 2010, 07:58:55 AM
I've signed up for an OOTP online league, PEBA (http://pebabaseball.com/).
The only avilable team is the Yuma Bulldozers (http://www.pebabaseball.com/reports/news/html/teams/team_100.html), 5 losing seasons in a row, with a .173 winning percentage this (just finished) regular season. At least I can't mess them up any worse. :lol:
How exactly does an OOTP on-line league work?
Just bought SWAT 4 after watching Spoony's Lets Play. (http://spoonyexperiment.com/video-list/)
I already like using the Bean-bag shotgun because it lets me fire at will. :D
Quote from: sbr on March 17, 2010, 04:13:49 PM
Quote from: Syt on March 14, 2010, 07:58:55 AM
I've signed up for an OOTP online league, PEBA (http://pebabaseball.com/).
The only avilable team is the Yuma Bulldozers (http://www.pebabaseball.com/reports/news/html/teams/team_100.html), 5 losing seasons in a row, with a .173 winning percentage this (just finished) regular season. At least I can't mess them up any worse. :lol:
How exactly does an OOTP on-line league work?
You'll have one person running the league who sims a pre-defined period (usually a week) and sends the file out to the managers (or rather: hosts it somewhere; the one for this league is 70+ MB). The managers make their adjustments (roster setup, strategy, scouting for players, contracts ....) and export their file back to the admin (the game has a built in FTP connection that our commissioner employs; i.e. I make my changes, then upload the file; I can make changes up till the simming takes place).
Some things can't be handled in-sim in online leagues, with trades being the most prominent feature. So you go and negotiate via email/PMs and then notify the admin who "sanctions" the trade in game.
Quote from: Syt on March 18, 2010, 12:45:54 AM
Quote from: sbr on March 17, 2010, 04:13:49 PM
Quote from: Syt on March 14, 2010, 07:58:55 AM
I've signed up for an OOTP online league, PEBA (http://pebabaseball.com/).
The only avilable team is the Yuma Bulldozers (http://www.pebabaseball.com/reports/news/html/teams/team_100.html), 5 losing seasons in a row, with a .173 winning percentage this (just finished) regular season. At least I can't mess them up any worse. :lol:
How exactly does an OOTP on-line league work?
You'll have one person running the league who sims a pre-defined period (usually a week) and sends the file out to the managers (or rather: hosts it somewhere; the one for this league is 70+ MB). The managers make their adjustments (roster setup, strategy, scouting for players, contracts ....) and export their file back to the admin (the game has a built in FTP connection that our commissioner employs; i.e. I make my changes, then upload the file; I can make changes up till the simming takes place).
Some things can't be handled in-sim in online leagues, with trades being the most prominent feature. So you go and negotiate via email/PMs and then notify the admin who "sanctions" the trade in game.
Huh. I had seen that playing on-line was an option but I had never really thought about how it would work, it seems interesting.
Is it interesting?
How far into the season are you?
How is your team doing?
I've only just taken over my team, and it's playoffs (in which I don't participate), so I can't do much except look at my roster, hire new staff, planning trades for postseason and which minors to put on a track towards the majors ....
The people in the league seem to be pretty into it, but I have to see how it works when the season starts again. Most seem to set their 7 day rosters depending on their schedules.
I'm having a blast playing SWAT 4, sometimes literally. :D
The AI SWAT guys are sometimes pretty dumb, especially since they refuse to see or shoot through glass (but the player can), but then on the other hand sometimes they save your ass.
Also, I love the sound the shotgun makes. It makes me tingle all over every time I fire it. :blush:
pen and paper... as I'm still stuck on my 9 year old system.
After several meh stabs at modules, with my ever shrinking gaming group. (just two of us and DM lately) we found some kill the orcs war themed module that so far is pretty fun. Starting at 7th level. I'm playing a Ranger who is a sniper/scout with a human army who are at odds with the local orc population.
My Character's name is Smokey Darkwater. (Archery specialist.)
I started out with 2 2nd level privates under my Command (I'm a corporal who should likely be an officer with his own troop at this point, but I have um issues with authority figures, and keep punching out snot nosed rich kid first Louies who annoy me.) Their names are Ruby & Max. Oh and my animal companion's name is Fang, he's a wolf.
We opened the game by crawling on bellies trough some field, where we came upon an Ogre apparently getting ready to take a dump on our rogue/Quartermaster (the other PC) from the base. He was unconscious and bound under the squatting Ogre, who was monologuing quite a bit for an Ogre.
We surprised him, but he still managed to almost kill my wolf (due to my own incompetence (crappy rolls)) but eventually we got him, and freed the Quartermaster Lucius Vettius. It was some wheeling and dealing he got on the wrong side of that got him so compromised (think Richard Jaeckel in Catch 22)... anyhoo
We come to a bridge and instead of a troll there is a Dwarven knight maiden standing atop a pile of Orcs, the very orcs we are looking for, or at least some of them. Our scouting mission was to track a warband that had raided a local scriptorium for slaves, booty and whatnot. Turns out the Knight was raised at said scriptorium, and we persuaded her to join us on the trail of the scummy orcs who had raided her home.
Following the trail towards a ruined castle nearby, we came across a female army medic (cleric) running from a bigger troop of Orc grunts while carrying a screaming half-orc baby. We helped her by making short work of the grunts. We sent off Max and Ruby to take the baby to safety ( :rolleyes: There goes that most recent promotion) and the Medic joined us in our assault.
What with orcs being my 1st and most favored ebnemy, I was ready to take some out, and it turned out that at the castle there were a great many orcs, as it was the Night of The Blood Moon festival. (Orcs had killed my family/clan as a child also on the night of the Blood Moon festival.) we reconnoitered the castle, well the Vettius did so, invisibly...
we argued strategy for awhile and I hit upon the idea of using my hat of disguise to infiltrate pretending to be the lone survivor of the troop who'd went after the Cleric. I brought her in and bluffed my way to the throne room where we got some intel, and clues that there were indeed some slaves to be rescued.
Meanwhile the Dwarven knight strolled up to the main gate and challenged one and all to combat. While she was handling swarms of low level grunts we went around the castle killing wargs, gnolls, orcs and a wight who had turned some orcs who made the mistake of opening his crypt in the chapel.
The thing we kept forgetting to do was to interrogate or trick some dumb orc into revealing exactly where the slaves are. But we are continuing this week.
The session was a nice balance of role-playing parlay and killing bad guys. :thumbsup: looking forward to this Friday's game.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 17, 2010, 05:50:41 PM
I'm trying out the Ironclads demo. I noticed the game is down to 10 bucks, which is the max I'll pay for a Russian made game.
There's now a demo for the next installment: Schleswig War, where you get to whack Danes as Prussian Navy. I'm not into Naval games, but I thought yu might like that. :P
http://www.totemgames.ru/
Picked up MLB 2K10 from Steam for €19.99
I don't have a Playstation, so The Show is not available to me, and for that price I don't mind if the game is mediocre. Actually, my last arcade baseball game was on the SNES (Cal Ripken Jr. - awful game), so I'm not too picky. Game plays fine on laptop and with gamepad. Pitching controls are hard, and I'm still trying to figure out how the controls for base stealing work and how not to slide into every base when you run for more than one.
Quote from: Syt on March 22, 2010, 04:11:46 PM
Picked up MLB 2K10 from Steam for €19.99
I don't have a Playstation, so The Show is not available to me, and for that price I don't mind if the game is mediocre. Actually, my last arcade baseball game was on the SNES (Cal Ripken Jr. - awful game), so I'm not too picky. Game plays fine on laptop and with gamepad. Pitching controls are hard, and I'm still trying to figure out how the controls for base stealing work and how not to slide into every base when you run for more than one.
It's too bad EA lost the rights to the MLB games; their last MLB game ('05 I think) was one of the best baseball games I played and far superior to any of the 2K baseball games. Sega did football better than Madden and EA did baseball better, figures the wrong company got the wrong franchises. :rolleyes:
My Paranoia character got turned into toothpaste. Just because I couldn't play, he was denounced as a traitor and tossed into a vat.
I mowed down a bunch of militant child-killing Scientologists last night. Was awesome. :Thumbsup:
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 22, 2010, 05:13:26 PM
My Paranoia character got turned into toothpaste. Just because I couldn't play, he was denounced as a traitor and tossed into a vat.
Knowing how to play is treason.
I'm getting tired of playing COD4 & I was wondering if there is any other good FPS outthere?
Bad Company looks good but seems to never actually work and I find it a little expensive.
I will not buy or play MW2.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 25, 2010, 12:43:11 PM
I'm getting tired of playing COD4 & I was wondering if there is any other good FPS outthere?
Bad Company looks good but seems to never actually work and I find it a little expensive.
I will not buy or play MW2.
A new Russian game is out called Metro 2033. Haven't played it. I imagine it's a bit like Stalker. Which is something I'm replaying at the moment.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 25, 2010, 12:43:11 PM
I'm getting tired of playing COD4 & I was wondering if there is any other good FPS outthere?
Bad Company looks good but seems to never actually work and I find it a little expensive.
I will not buy or play MW2.
I find playing Killing Floor cheap and Zen-like. It is nothing like those other games though.
Stalker pretty good? Have it, never got around to playing it.
Quote from: Alcibiades on March 25, 2010, 01:54:06 PM
Stalker pretty good? Have it, never got around to playing it.
Yeah, it's pretty good. Graphics are bit dated looking and some parts aren't translated but the game is fun. Much slower paced then say Call of Duty.
I'm dividing my time between Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Final Fantasy XIII. BC2 is terribly fun, although I only play multiplayer.
FF13 hasn't really gripped me yet. I wonder if those games are getting less good or if maybe I'm passing them by.
Quote from: Neil on March 26, 2010, 03:58:24 PM
and Final Fantasy XIII.
You are worse than Tim. For all your woofing, deep down you're an Asian schoolgirl.
Bioshock. Can't believe I never played this before... it's freaking awesome.
played some quickie civ 4 and civ4 warlords over the weekend. I sucked. Not that I didn't win, I just didn't win convincingly. My long term strategies keep getting sidetracked by stupid wars that happen for no apparent reason. Very realistic game in that sense i guess.
Getting BTS on the weekend. I hear that's THE expansion to have.
It is.
Quote from: Caliga on March 27, 2010, 08:19:06 AM
Bioshock. Can't believe I never played this before... it's freaking awesome.
You can find System Shock 2 for cheap around the net. It is definitely worth playing if you liked Bioshock (and I assume you haven't played it, because I cannot imagine a SS player who didn't get BS).
Correct, I never did play System Shock/System Shock 2 either.
Bad Company 2 Single Player. Pretty fun so far. Very ecletic(sp?) and unlike COD4 your squad actually does something without you moving up.
I finally finished the last level in SWAT 4 against the Christian fundamentalist Republicans in the stem-cell facility. After a bunch of failed tries due to hostages getting executed, my teammates getting massacred, or just me getting ganked through the window by one of the bastards, I went trigger happy, opening fire and picking them off as soon as I saw them. Luckily most of them are already pointing their gun at someone and thus are fair game - I got only one count of "unauthorized use of deadly force" and barely passed the level with a score of 51.
Next up, the expansion!
I'm playing Dwarf Fortress. God damn this game is complicated.
Enjoy it, huge patch coming soon to change it all, pretty interested to see that.
You have the graphics enhancement pack? It's basically required in my opinion. :shutup:
http://mayday.w.staszic.waw.pl/df.php
Quote from: Alcibiades on March 29, 2010, 10:59:57 PM
Enjoy it, huge patch coming soon to change it all, pretty interested to see that.
You have the graphics enhancement pack? It's basically required in my opinion. :shutup:
http://mayday.w.staszic.waw.pl/df.php
The new version (at least an amazingly buggy version of the new version) is supposed to be released this week.
Change list from the DF Wiki
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF_2010
My computer is going to blow up :(
Quote from: Alcibiades on March 29, 2010, 11:18:10 PM
My computer is going to blow up :(
Mine too, I can't wait. :P
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on March 29, 2010, 07:56:59 PM
I got only one count of "unauthorized use of deadly force" and barely passed the level with a score of 51.
Next up, the expansion!
Next up, the trial board!
SWAT is a frustrating game. One wrong turn can bring down your whole team and force you to start over. And how realistic is it for them to send 3-4 member teams in to deal with a huge building with 30 something terrorists inside? :yuk:
Quote from: sbr on March 29, 2010, 11:03:20 PM
The new version (at least an amazingly buggy version of the new version) is supposed to be released this week.
Change list from the DF Wiki
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF_2010
How many years until a GUI?
Probably many. :cry:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 30, 2010, 04:43:21 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on March 29, 2010, 07:56:59 PM
I got only one count of "unauthorized use of deadly force" and barely passed the level with a score of 51.
Next up, the expansion!
Next up, the trial board!
He had a gun, and there were no witnesses. :ph34r:
Anyway, I started the expansion to SWAT 4. I don't like the design of the levels so far, but it's made up for by the new bitchslap key, which lets you punch people. You can punch with impunity, but if you knock someone out, it's -5 points for Unauthorized Use of Force. I found this out the hard way when I finished a mission and failed it due to 6 counts of Unauthorized Use of Force :blush:
I also love the grenade launcher that fires solid rubber slugs. Boom!
If only it could fire incendiary grenades as well, then I could have my very own Waco.
The sad thing for me was my favorite mode was always co-op but it seems the MP lobby was 9.9/10 death matches. Stupid kids.
Haven't tried multiplayer yet, but I can see how it would be ruined easily by tards.
But then, I could have a bunch of fun flash-banging my own teammates, too.
SWAT 4 co-op LAN MP games were hillariously fun. The action could get very good as well but most memorable moments were the mistakes made. Fun times.
Been playing the odd bit of civ 4 again (warlords, and vanilla. getting BTS this weekend likely.) and mostly enjoying it. makes big black holes in my already vague schedule though. :p
Ogre Battle 64.
How many cops does it take to push a criminal down the stairs?
None, he slipped.
Been playing Stone Soup Dungeon Crawl, version 0.6 just came. It's a very in depth roguelike, lots of fun. And unlike Dwarf Fortress this has amazing modern advances such as graphics and mouse controls
http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/downloads
You can still download the ASCII version too if you like pain
Quote from: Strix on April 01, 2010, 01:02:38 PM
How many cops does it take to push a criminal down the stairs?
None, he slipped.
Those bullet holes in his back were there when we got here!
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on April 01, 2010, 08:53:16 PM
You can still download the ASCII version too if you like pain
Such graphics never gets old :P
Downtown... looking to buy BTS for civ 4. Not on sale anywhere. PC vers sure... but I'm not installing parallels just for that. 2 months ago I saw it available at all the places I looked today. grrrr. Yes I'd just buy it online had I the capability, but Visa hates me for paying all my debts off, and that aint happening. Oh well. Vanilla games it is I guess.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on April 03, 2010, 05:50:36 PM
Downtown... looking to buy BTS for civ 4. Not on sale anywhere. PC vers sure... but I'm not installing parallels just for that. 2 months ago I saw it available at all the places I looked today. grrrr. Yes I'd just buy it online had I the capability, but Visa hates me for paying all my debts off, and that aint happening. Oh well. Vanilla games it is I guess.
I think you're really missing out by not having BTS. Have you checked online retailers?
Quote from: Syt on April 04, 2010, 12:05:44 AM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on April 03, 2010, 05:50:36 PM
Downtown... looking to buy BTS for civ 4. Not on sale anywhere. PC vers sure... but I'm not installing parallels just for that. 2 months ago I saw it available at all the places I looked today. grrrr. Yes I'd just buy it online had I the capability, but Visa hates me for paying all my debts off, and that aint happening. Oh well. Vanilla games it is I guess.
I think you're really missing out by not having BTS. Have you checked online retailers?
thanks for reading. I am as I say in that post, uncapable of making online purchases due to a lack of credit card. I can't have one despite paying off 20 odd years of debts in 5 years.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on April 04, 2010, 01:48:13 AM
Quote from: Syt on April 04, 2010, 12:05:44 AM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on April 03, 2010, 05:50:36 PM
Downtown... looking to buy BTS for civ 4. Not on sale anywhere. PC vers sure... but I'm not installing parallels just for that. 2 months ago I saw it available at all the places I looked today. grrrr. Yes I'd just buy it online had I the capability, but Visa hates me for paying all my debts off, and that aint happening. Oh well. Vanilla games it is I guess.
I think you're really missing out by not having BTS. Have you checked online retailers?
thanks for reading. I am as I say in that post, uncapable of making online purchases due to a lack of credit card. I can't have one despite paying off 20 odd years of debts in 5 years.
Oops, sorry, hadn't had my coffee yet. :(
What about Amazon? They allow you to pay via bank account transfer over here.
Dug out HPS' Modern Campaigns and mods again.
Played the Northeim scenario (North Germany) as Warsaw Pact. Within 9 turns I barely managed to take what I thought werre my objectives, but suffered a minor defeat.
Reviewing the map I noticed there were more important objectives further to the east, twice as far as I had managed, reminding me why playing as WP in these games, esp. during the first onslaught, was so hard:
1. You have to advance recklessly during the initial offensive.
2. Ignore minefields.
3. Ignore single NATO units in the initial push - just get past them.
4. Never, ever let the advance bog down.
5. Accept high losses.
6. Secure supply lines by reinforcements coming from the rear.
The small scenario where you push from Coburg to Bamberg went a bit better.
The main obstacles are:
- prepared NATO positions
- NATO helicopters
- NATO tactical nukes
- halfway through the scenario you'll suffer from a serious lack of fuel and ammo
I managed to take all objectives. However, my losses were too high, so it was a major defeat. I think I would not have made a good Soviet commander. :(
Had a look again at the full Germany scenario. The idea to play WW3 in Germany on a 1mile/hex map is lovely, but at 240x545 hexes, and units at company level this is a bit intimidating. In the North German Plains campaign alone the first WP turn took me over half an hour.
How is the AI, Syt?
Quote from: Tamas on April 04, 2010, 06:17:50 AM
How is the AI, Syt?
Alright on defense most of the time, as would be expected. Usually the scenarios will designate what side you're supposed to play (i.e. when the game suggests you should play WP vs. AI it'll be very easy as NATO and vice versa). Some scenarios come in three flavors - Side A vs AI, AI vs. Side B or Head to Head. I'm not a genius, so I'm ok with the AI.
Not as bad as in Pike & Musket, though, where I won defensive battles because the AI wouldn't attack me (seems to depend heavily on the scenario, though).
At any rate, best cold war gone hot game out there (with the possible exception of that über-scenario for TOAW with a couple thousand units and a manual of house rules).
Dwarf Fortress, I have finally got deep into it and I enormously enjoy it, even if it's real mess after first immigrant wave. :)
In MLB 2k10 the Pirates beat the Dodgers 3-0. On easy. :blush:
It's nice that the game has a feature to download the current day's schedule and lineups.
I find myself unable to harvest the Little Sisters in Bioshock even though I crave all the ADAM I'd get for doing so.
I would make a poor Objectivist it seems. :weep:
Quote from: Caliga on April 05, 2010, 09:29:25 AM
I find myself unable to harvest the Little Sisters in Bioshock even though I crave all the ADAM I'd get for doing so.
I would make a poor Objectivist it seems. :weep:
Don't worry. They give you little presents (which include big batches of Adam) if you don't harvest any. You really don't get much more ADAM by killing them if any.
Finally got a copy of BTS. Had to talk an apple drone into looking in the stockroom, after he told me he'd never heard of the game. :bleeding: Did a few fits and starts, just to see how it plays. I like some of the scenarios, they seem cool. Anyone played that space colonization one? I'll try a game of it soon I think.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on April 18, 2010, 12:33:40 AM
Finally got a copy of BTS. Had to talk an apple drone into looking in the stockroom, after he told me he'd never heard of the game. :bleeding: Did a few fits and starts, just to see how it plays. I like some of the scenarios, they seem cool. Anyone played that space colonization one? I'll try a game of it soon I think.
It has its problems (there is a mod on civfanatics to improve it) but it is actually a pretty decent space strategy game, I liked it.
cool I'll check that out. thanks Tamas.
Playing Assasin's Creed (came with my new vidcard).
Dissapointing, to be honest. Controls are awkward (looks like a case of bad console port) and things seem quite repetitive. We'll see.
Sims 3 As if I didn't have enough time vortexes in my life. :rolleyes:
update. Sheesh. spent way too much of my week making freaky families, and building them houses.
Played a little Sam and Max Fun way to pass the time.
Played a little Grid. I don't know what the deal is with Cuntmasters and racing games but why no mouse support? This wouldn't have been a big deal 25 FUCKING YEARS AGO but now it's an instant dealbreaker. Fucking buttmunching faggots.
Finally started playing Assassin's Creed 2. I realized it hadn't previously worked on my computer as my drivers were out of date. :blush:
I think it is definitely better than the first one simply because it's located in a much more recognizable setting. Trolling about in Venice and Florence is much more entertaining than "Accre" and "Tyre."
I'm still playing Castle Vox.
Master of Orion 3.
With the Tropical mod and most fan-made patches applied (there is a neat tool for that), it is actually quite fun.
Mount & Blade Warband and EUIII: HttT with SRI mod. Waiting for the next version of MEIOU to fix a few bugs before I try that again.
I'm playing an AGEOD's American Civil War PBEM and Mass Effect 2 between turns.
I did end up getting Nappy:TW from Steam yesterday, I imagine I will be able to get $7 worth of amusement from it.
I haven't played a PC game since October. I just can't get into anything anymore. :(
Tell me about it.
Maybe we're depressed.
A friend of Princesca's bought her Fable: The Lost Chapters for Christmas, and she quickly got bored with it and shelved it. I installed it over the weekend and have started playing it. So far I've discovered how shitty the save game mechanism is, and an annoying bug while training that made everyone hostile and rendered me unable to advance the story, which meant I had to go back to the part where your village burns down due to aforementioned save game mechanism.
So far I'm not impressed, but I'll keep going in the hopes that it gets better. I like that you can fart at people tho. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on March 15, 2011, 07:25:04 AM
A friend of Princesca's bought her Fable: The Lost Chapters for Christmas, and she quickly got bored with it and shelved it. I installed it over the weekend and have started playing it. So far I've discovered how shitty the save game mechanism is, and an annoying bug while training that made everyone hostile and rendered me unable to advance the story, which meant I had to go back to the part where your village burns down due to aforementioned save game mechanism.
So far I'm not impressed, but I'll keep going in the hopes that it gets better. I like that you can fart at people tho. :cool:
You are homophobic! :mad:
:blink:
Quote from: Caliga on March 15, 2011, 09:34:32 AM
:blink:
The ability to have a same-sex spouse was a "big deal" with Fable.
More importantly, Marty was a big fan of this game. :D
Ok but I haven't gotten to that part of the game yet, due in no small part to the bugs and dumb save mechanic. :(
What's the dumb save mechanic?
If you're in the middle of a quest and you save, it only saves your 'statistics'. The next time you load, you're back at the beginning of the quest. Since the entire beginning of the game is one quest, it kinda sucks if you don't know about it in advance.
Yeah, that sucks.
Yeah. Peter Molyneaux is so busy being a 'visionary' that he doesn't know how a fucking game is supposed to be saved. :)
Black & White!
:(
Quote from: Caliga on March 15, 2011, 11:35:50 AM
Quote from: garbon on March 15, 2011, 11:22:26 AM
Black & White!
:lmfao:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0x4Kw_y4fg&playnext=1&list=PL2F2150F63B197448
I fucking hated these guys. And you know what, this was the best part of the game.
HA, I forgot about that. :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sk_j-dHqSc&feature=related
You know, I think I'm starting to like Fable despite its annoying quirks. :)
Quote from: Caliga on March 18, 2011, 08:45:26 AM
You know, I think I'm starting to like Fable despite its annoying quirks. :)
You are gay.
Quote from: Caliga on March 17, 2011, 05:47:13 PM
HA, I forgot about that. :lol:
I forgot what the graphics looked like.
Bought CoD: Black Ops. I felt like shooting at something and this was the newest installment in the only shooting franchise I know of.
Installing...
What colour of people can I expect to kill?
Meh.
I have been playing Fallout 3 for the first time and have been enjoying it quite a bit. Killing things with a baseball bat in VATS mode is incredibly amusing. No mods this time through but I expect I will play through at least once more after this game.
I have played the first Fallout for only a couple of hours in the past but haven't really gotten anywhere with it and have never played FO2 so I can't compare it to the originals.
Quote from: Liep on April 03, 2011, 02:25:48 PM
Bought CoD: Black Ops. I felt like shooting at something and this was the newest installment in the only shooting franchise I know of.
Installing...
What colour of people can I expect to kill?
I bought it, but only played about 3 minutes of it. I was distracted by my shiny M-16 rifle (with mounted grenade launcher!), in 1961 Havana. While being shot at was indeed disturbing, the effects on space-time of a long arm falling backwards several years into my hands concerned me much more.
Quote from: Razgovory on April 03, 2011, 11:05:40 PM
Quote from: Liep on April 03, 2011, 02:25:48 PM
Bought CoD: Black Ops. I felt like shooting at something and this was the newest installment in the only shooting franchise I know of.
Installing...
What colour of people can I expect to kill?
I bought it, but only played about 3 minutes of it. I was distracted by my shiny M-16 rifle (with mounted grenade launcher!), in 1961 Havana. While being shot at was indeed disturbing, the effects on space-time of a long arm falling backwards several years into my hands concerned me much more.
This has to be played in MP. In an objective-based mode, the Havana map is excellent for camping with an M14. Yes, even unscoped M14 is much better than any sniper rifle, thanks to no recoil. :rolleyes:
Quote from: sbr on April 03, 2011, 07:30:42 PM
I have been playing Fallout 3 for the first time and have been enjoying it quite a bit. Killing things with a baseball bat in VATS mode is incredibly amusing. No mods this time through but I expect I will play through at least once more after this game.
Make sure you play with Fallout Wanderer's Edition when you decide to go with mods. It makes the game much harder and tactics more decisive.
QuoteI have played the first Fallout for only a couple of hours in the past but haven't really gotten anywhere with it and have never played FO2 so I can't compare it to the originals.
New Vegas is closer to the originals than FO3 is. You'll enjoy that when you get around to it, but play yourself out on FO3 first, as it is hard to go back.
Quote from: Tamas on April 04, 2011, 01:35:45 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 03, 2011, 11:05:40 PM
Quote from: Liep on April 03, 2011, 02:25:48 PM
Bought CoD: Black Ops. I felt like shooting at something and this was the newest installment in the only shooting franchise I know of.
Installing...
What colour of people can I expect to kill?
I bought it, but only played about 3 minutes of it. I was distracted by my shiny M-16 rifle (with mounted grenade launcher!), in 1961 Havana. While being shot at was indeed disturbing, the effects on space-time of a long arm falling backwards several years into my hands concerned me much more.
This has to be played in MP. In an objective-based mode, the Havana map is excellent for camping with an M14. Yes, even unscoped M14 is much better than any sniper rifle, thanks to no recoil. :rolleyes:
How odd, recoil was one of the main reasons it was replaced.
well it has some recoil in the game, but the thing is that even if you miss, you do not lose track of the target and you can fire rapidly, whereas with sniper rifles, the zoom you get while aiming is too big for basically all maps, to begin with. Then there is the huge recoil for the ones with decent damage, plus those have attrocious semi-automatic reload times. Fuck that.
Still, it is a fun MP game.
I think the Army still uses the M-14 in a sharpshooting role.
Quote from: grumbler on April 04, 2011, 06:51:23 AM
Quote from: sbr on April 03, 2011, 07:30:42 PM
I have been playing Fallout 3 for the first time and have been enjoying it quite a bit. Killing things with a baseball bat in VATS mode is incredibly amusing. No mods this time through but I expect I will play through at least once more after this game.
Make sure you play with Fallout Wanderer's Edition when you decide to go with mods. It makes the game much harder and tactics more decisive.
Yep I was planning on using that. I bookmarked this post by you from 18 months ago.
(http://languish.org/forums/index.php?topic=285.255)
Quote from: grumbler on November 26, 2009, 08:31:04 AM
I play with Fallout Wanderer's Edition (the latest one has AS-R and Bullet Time incorporated), Mart's mutant Mod, FOOK2, Calibr, Weapon Mod Kits, and Craft. These are the big mods, and all work together if you use the Fallout Interoperability Project and the FOOK-FWE intergration patch.
I'd also recommend DC Interiors, FallIn, and the other handful of interiors projects, as well as Ling's Pretty Things/Finer Things (which incorporates the better clothing mods out there and re-textures all the NPCs so they are less generic). Naturally, you will want to use the Type 3 or Type 5 body (which are pretty much interchangable as far as the clothing mods are concerned).
Anything new to add to that?
QuoteQuoteI have played the first Fallout for only a couple of hours in the past but haven't really gotten anywhere with it and have never played FO2 so I can't compare it to the originals.
New Vegas is closer to the originals than FO3 is. You'll enjoy that when you get around to it, but play yourself out on FO3 first, as it is hard to go back.
I have had a lot of people tell me to quit with FO3 and go straight to NV. I won't be getting NV until I can find it for 50% off or better so it won't be anytime soon but I will definitely be getting it.
Anyone play League of Legends? o.o Fans of DotA might like it.
Quote from: sbr on April 04, 2011, 06:14:11 PM
Yep I was planning on using that. I bookmarked this post by you from 18 months ago.
(http://languish.org/forums/index.php?topic=285.255)
Quote from: grumbler on November 26, 2009, 08:31:04 AM
I play with Fallout Wanderer's Edition (the latest one has AS-R and Bullet Time incorporated), Mart's mutant Mod, FOOK2, Calibr, Weapon Mod Kits, and Craft. These are the big mods, and all work together if you use the Fallout Interoperability Project and the FOOK-FWE intergration patch.
I'd also recommend DC Interiors, FallIn, and the other handful of interiors projects, as well as Ling's Pretty Things/Finer Things (which incorporates the better clothing mods out there and re-textures all the NPCs so they are less generic). Naturally, you will want to use the Type 3 or Type 5 body (which are pretty much interchangable as far as the clothing mods are concerned).
Anything new to add to that?
Not much. I'd drop FOOK (the extra WW2-era guns just detract from the ambiance) and add Freeway Fort to give yourself a cool but somewhat canon-like home. There are a bunch of quest mods now. I'd especially recommend those by Puce Moose (there are four, IIRC), the Quest for Heaven quests, and the mothership zeta crew mod.
I got HOARD from Steam for $9. It's actually a lot of fun. You play a dragon, and you basically wreak things to collect gold, kidnap princesses, and fuck over the other dragons.
The game rounds feel kind of short sometimes, though. Often by the end things are really fun - high value targets everywhere, tons of knights, heros and archers, the giant is stomping around and the wizard towers are shooting at you - and then suddenly it ends and your score is tallied.
New Vegas and Lego Star Wars.
So here is the deal: after the original main developer went to save Elemental, the remaining team managed to salvage Civilization V. Buildings retooled and rebalanced, social policies made more balanced and meaningful.
I am having fun with the game. The military AI is still nothing great, but I am fine with that as it allows me to work with a unit density I am willing to tolerate. The one-unit-per-hex limit resulted in a very nice WW1 tech era WW1-style war in my last game, when my Egyptians had a narrow border with the Iroquios, with seas bordering it. The AI did try some lackluster invasions to flank me, but they only had cannons while I had artillery, and the 3-hex range of that vaporized their attemps.
So anyway, the question is MP stability now, because mechanics-wise the game is ready.
GMT's Labyrinth.
I wish there was an Accidental Rendition card, so I can send Tamas to Gitmo.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2011, 04:31:26 AM
GMT's Labyrinth.
I wish there was an Accidental Rendition card, so I can send Tamas to Gitmo.
He's already in Eastern Europe. I think Gitmo might be a step up for him.
I got two RPGs in Gamersgate RPG sale: Dreamscape and Deadly Sin 2.
Just played Dreamscape so far. It's better than I expected.
Bought Rainbow Six 3 Gold from Steam for $10.
Runs like crap. $10 down the drain. :glare:
I think I'm just going to avoid any older FPS. System Shock 1&2 and Deus Ex, both of which I got from Gamersgate, also didn't run well at all.
Team Fortress 2 again. remote controlled mini sentry uber alles.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on April 17, 2011, 05:43:34 PM
System Shock 1&2 and Deus Ex, both of which I got from Gamersgate, also didn't run well at all.
That surprises me. SS and SS2 ran fine for me a year or so ago, when I fired them up for a notalgia trip.
Quote from: grumbler on April 17, 2011, 06:41:44 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on April 17, 2011, 05:43:34 PM
System Shock 1&2 and Deus Ex, both of which I got from Gamersgate, also didn't run well at all.
That surprises me. SS and SS2 ran fine for me a year or so ago, when I fired them up for a notalgia trip.
I guess I should try SS again. Maybe I missed a patch or something.
Didn't miss a patch for Rainbow Six 3 though. At least SWAT 4 still runs well, and it's a lot of fun to replay.
Napoleon: Total war. Fund it in the bargain bin for 99 Dkr so I couldnt resist buying. I havnt regretted it so far, the AI is a huge improvement compared to the other Total war games. It will actually set traps and ambushes against you, using linear formations and try to hold the line, not the troops running all over the place like a confused herd of sheep (Rome: Total War I am looking at you :mad:). I like it... :)
Finishing up a tech playthrough of Arcanum that I started years ago, inspired by the "remakes" thread. The interface is annoying enough to remind me of why I didn't finish this before. The "any resolution" patch and unlimited scrolling script have eliminated about half my complaints, though. There still isn't anything like this game. I just wish it was harder for magic-users, and that there were a few more treats for the tech user.
Played a bunch of Patrician III, and beat the introduction campaign. Lot's of fun, if you like money-making games. I suck at fighting pirates, btw. :pirate
Bought a used copy of Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3) for $20. About ten hours in and I'm really liking it so far. I'm not really a "collectible" type person, but this game has the right mixture of exploration and reward to keep me interested. Also, I'm strangely intrigued and weirded out by 'The Truth' side missions/puzzles; it's got a crazy "Lost" vibe going on there.
And, it's just really really fun running around renaissance Italy and causing a ruckus. Also I can kill Italians. :pope:
I'm liking it so much in fact that I bought Assassin's Creed Brotherhood off Amazon for $37. :showoff:
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on April 25, 2011, 11:12:42 AM
Played a bunch of Patrician III, and beat the introduction campaign. Lot's of fun, if you like money-making games. I suck at fighting pirates, btw. :pirate
Fighting pirate hide outs is a tough battle; cannon towers and lots of armed ships against you. You can maneuver for a shot at towers, then turn away to avoid the counter fire. Tricky and takes some practice, but I rarely fight the hideouts.
Fighting pirates on the open sea is a lot easier. I mainly use crayers and a few snaiikas fully upgraded as convoy escorts and pirate hunters. Those ships are faster than pirate cogs and can keep up with pirate crayers/snaiikas. Just need to maneuver/turn and fire, turning away to keep the enemy from getting a clean shot at you in return.
Going to attempt a 5 player War & Peace internet game. With me as France.
Should fall apart by the end of 1806 as soon as I rape Prussia.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 02, 2011, 04:59:56 PM
Going to attempt a 5 player War & Peace internet game. With me as France.
Should fall apart by the end of 1806 as soon as I rape Prussia.
Use the capture rule and roll a 6 when the Austrian morale hits zero.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 02, 2011, 04:59:56 PM
Going to attempt a 5 player War & Peace internet game. With me as France.
Should fall apart by the end of 1806 as soon as I rape Prussia.
The game is already near breaking point, as the Austrian and Russian players are feuding on who will command their combined armies. The Russian player is keeping Kutuzov well away from the main Austrian army until they settle their lover's spat. The British player is whining like a little girl and the Prussian player is whining about switching to my side because the coalition is having a spat.
All I've done is form a giant blue wedge with the Grand Armee aimed at Vienna. Somebody is gonna get raped.
Not even 1806 yet.
I wish this game was ftf. I might get to see a fistfight. :cry:
Anyone playing good game nowadays?
I think I should look into some casual style games. I feel like every game I own requires too much commitment and time to be enjoyable. Something without Levels.
I played Borderlands but travel in the game is excruciating with the mobs respawning at a crazy rate.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 06, 2011, 12:29:17 PM
I played Borderlands but travel in the game is excruciating with the mobs respawning at a crazy rate.
That's to distract you from noticing that the game isn't very good. Clearly, it didn't work.
I've been playing a new game every week. In April it started with Hoard, a simple beer-and-pretzels game that's kind of fun and was $9. Then I wasted $10 on Rainbow Six 3 which was a buggy POS. Next I reinstalled Patrician 3 and had fun with that, then bought Anno 1503 ($7) thinking it would be like Patrician but in the new world - it isn't, but it's more like Tropico. That inspired me to get Tropico 1 & 2 ($3), and just recently I got the Sega Classics pack ($7.50).
Sigh, being unemployed, bored, and having spending money actually kind of sucks.
EDIT: Oh yeah, I got Battlestations Pacific, but uninstalled it because it takes up too much space (really need to get a bigger HD) and two indie RPGs back in March that I've been playing off and on. Also got Space Rangers 2, but haven't played it yet. Pretty much everything I've bought has been on sale and under $10, so it's not too bad.
I think I might just start playing Mario 64 again.
I was playing some DFO. It's quite nice but the F2P model makes it that everything interesting I have to spend money to get it.
Starcraft.
I'd like to get a new game, but as has been the rule the last 4-5 years, I get all excited about new releases and by the time they roll around I've already lost interest.
Quote from: Habbaku on May 06, 2011, 12:37:01 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 06, 2011, 12:29:17 PM
I played Borderlands but travel in the game is excruciating with the mobs respawning at a crazy rate.
That's to distract you from noticing that the game isn't very good. Clearly, it didn't work.
I think you might be right, lol.
Been playing Fallout New Vegas a lot recently.
I finished Portal 2 last night. It was great.
Will have to try the co-op sometime.
Started playing Mass Effect 2. Enjoying it so far.
EA week on Steam is such a fucking let down.
I picked up the Crysis/Warhead bundle yesterday for $10. Not too many other EA series that interest me that I don't already own.
Crushed the Confederacy in Sid Meier's Gettysburg! No I'm going to practice with the Confederates.
http://www.indiegames.com/2008/04/freeware_game_pick_yume_nikki.html
It's because i'm cultured and artsy.
Starcraft 2 campaign, excellent :cool:
L.
Any of you nerds play Pokemon?
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on May 06, 2011, 08:40:56 PM
Been playing Fallout New Vegas a lot recently.
Get http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=41480 and go to the DC wasteland in FONV if you have FO3. This mod is playable now, though still not greatly mod-friendly (especially if you play mods that build on other mods or if you play with FWE). The only downside is that you have to start over in both games. No campfires in the DC wasteland, either.
I'm levelling a rogue, since my resto shaman is only used a few hours a week (healing raids or in Zandalari dungeons).
Quote from: Razgovory on May 09, 2011, 03:32:20 PM
Crushed the Confederacy in Sid Meier's Gettysburg! No I'm going to practice with the Confederates.
Which level?
Quote from: szmik on May 11, 2011, 11:18:46 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 09, 2011, 03:32:20 PM
Crushed the Confederacy in Sid Meier's Gettysburg! No I'm going to practice with the Confederates.
Which level?
Er. Hill I think. The one where neither side cheats.
I found I'm not good with the Confederates. My tactics typically involve wide flanking movements. The Army of Northern Virginia, with it's larger regiments but fewer battalions, don't seem to be as good at turning flanks like that. I'm wondering if I should use a more direct approach and see if I can rapidly smash through the enemies lines rather then flank them.
I've been playing Tropico and generally been a nice, benevolent leader. So I started a new game as a brutal commie, as a change in pace. Soldiers and generals get $30+, Police get $15, everyone else gets less than $5. Only the military elite get nice apartments, everyone else lives in shacks. No hospitals, churches, or anything like that.
I've had a few rebels, but they were easily taken care of. I also had a coup attempt, but fortunately I narrowly won. Then for good measure, I had all the relatives of those against me in the coup - parents, brothers, sisters, and children - all executed.
Now the chance of coup is "Nil". ^_^
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on May 13, 2011, 06:05:29 PM
I've been playing Tropico and generally been a nice, benevolent leader. So I started a new game as a brutal commie, as a change in pace. Soldiers and generals get $30+, Police get $15, everyone else gets less than $5. Only the military elite get nice apartments, everyone else lives in shacks. No hospitals, churches, or anything like that.
I've had a few rebels, but they were easily taken care of. I also had a coup attempt, but fortunately I narrowly won. Then for good measure, I had all the relatives of those against me in the coup - parents, brothers, sisters, and children - all executed.
Now the chance of coup is "Nil". ^_^
Tropico was a fun game ^_^
L.
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I hate trying to organize an invasion of Germany and not hearing anything back from anyone except Germany (who thinks I am helping him against France, but probably really doesn't think that). Why is it so hard to send some damn press?
I fully expect France and Italy to NMR <_<
Witcher 2.
Yo, Bob, bounced wants credential for that img.
Quote from: grumbler on May 10, 2011, 10:34:12 AM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on May 06, 2011, 08:40:56 PM
Been playing Fallout New Vegas a lot recently.
Get http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=41480 and go to the DC wasteland in FONV if you have FO3. This mod is playable now, though still not greatly mod-friendly (especially if you play mods that build on other mods or if you play with FWE). The only downside is that you have to start over in both games. No campfires in the DC wasteland, either.
Oh I just saw this. Sorry g.
That looks pretty cool right there. I'll probably give it a shot once I'm done with this second play through doing the Yes Man missions. Hey it looks like there was an update today.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 18, 2011, 09:57:08 AM
Yo, Bob, bounced wants credential for that img.
Fixed
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Better than I expected! :yeah:
Looks like France received my message and followed it without sending any acknowledgment or confirmation, so he moved Pic-Bel expecting my support. My enemies weaken themselves while I grow stronger. :menace:
Panzer Command:Ostfront arrived today.
A fun $10 game called Fort Zombie.
It has some flaws, but it's worth the price IMO. It's also pretty difficult at first.
The gist is that you arrive in a town, and have to first make your way to the building you'll use as your fort (Police Station, Prison, or School). This is really the hardest part, and I died several times just trying to get there. You have to walk, not run, and use melee, not guns. Ducking into houses helps. Once there, you have 12 days to go out on missions gathering supplies and weapons, recruiting survivors, and fortifying your fort. After 12 days, tons of zombies attack your fort.
It's more an RPG than action or 3rd-person shooter. The zombies and your AI teammates can easily get hung up on walls, fences, and other obstacles, and sometimes people will clip through doors or walls. If you don't mind the difficulty, the clunky controls, and sometimes irritating AI, it's fun. And only $10.
Finally found a link to Stalin's Dilemma again, so I'm playing that. Let's see how many Ukrainians I can murder.
http://lateblt.tripod.com/games2.htm
A couple of hours into Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and it's even better than AC2, which was phenomenal.
I want to kill the Pope. Damn Spaniards.
Starting a walk through of S&T Monmouth
Finished the storyline of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance a couple days ago, currently completing a 93% game on LEGO Batman. All the grand strategy stuff sounds awesome, but I don't have the patience for it- last time I even played an RTS was C&C: Tiberian Sun. :blush:
Fuck you Civ V. I'm stucked in Unhappinnes hell & of course every god damn civilization declares war on me. Plus I'm dirt poor.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 28, 2011, 10:03:14 PM
Fuck you Civ V. I'm stucked in Unhappinnes hell & of course every god damn civilization declares war on me. Plus I'm dirt poor.
Apparently the problem resides in my save being quite old (I've started this game on release day). I might aswell restart.
Played the second Fallout New Vegas DLC, where you go to Zion and deal with a bunch of tribals. Went back to a save with a level 29 character, so pretty much everything I encountered was a pushover. Though I'm not too big on the mutated animal thing, it was cool to get to fight Yao Guai again. It's a lot shorter than the first DLC, but the Zion National Park scenery is gorgeous. I want to go there even more than I did before.
Probably the most valuable thing about this DLC is that it provides more backstory to Caesar & Joshua Graham, and it sheds a little more light on the "other courier". I was hoping I would get some more details on how the Legion lost Hoover Dam, though. You learn more about what happened after, particularly the Burned Man thing, but I was hoping it would tell you why Graham lost the battle (other than being outnumbered). He seems like he was a pretty capable Legate, so did he make a tactical error, did he flake out, or did he perform as best as he could & was simply outnumbered?
I want to play Rogue Trader :(
I've been playing a lot of Team Fortress 2 in the last week. I have had it for a while but the free-to-play promotion sparked interest. What a fun game if you find the right server. :D
Okay, noob question:
recently I felt the urge to play Railroad Tycoon 2 again after years, and installed it on my current laptop, but the pc is too fast and the map scrolling is almost unusable, because it throws me from one side of the map to the other too quickly, and the game becomes unplayable: I've inadvertently laid a stretch of rails across the whole Australia because I lacked fine control :mad:
Is there some way to slow the pc down (I never thought I could say something like that!), so that the game becomes enjoyable again and not the actual pain in the ass?
L.
Something like this? http://www.hpaa.com/moslo/
Generally, you need some kind of a slowdown program, or else you need to run an emulator or a virtual machine to get the system to behave correctly.
Nevermind, I found that the programmers released a late patch to fix exactly my problem.
TY anyway :)
L.
Civ V, finnally finished my Montezuma Marathon game by winning a Social Victory.
1056 turns.
:bleeding:
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 05, 2011, 07:37:19 PM
Civ V, finnally finished my Montezuma Marathon game by winning a Social Victory.
1056 turns.
:bleeding:
Damn how long did that take.
Quote from: 11B4V on July 06, 2011, 05:25:35 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 05, 2011, 07:37:19 PM
Civ V, finnally finished my Montezuma Marathon game by winning a Social Victory.
1056 turns.
:bleeding:
Damn how long did that take.
According to Steam 22.5h, Took me about 1 week to do it.
Civ 5 crashes my slightly underpowered mac mini. :lame: kinda bored with 4 and sims 3... my only games on the system at the mo. The ps2 is unplugged, as I've played out most of those games too. I need some sort of cheap upgrade, or something.
Quote from: derspiess on July 01, 2011, 11:31:48 AM
I was hoping I would get some more details on how the Legion lost Hoover Dam, though. You learn more about what happened after, particularly the Burned Man thing, but I was hoping it would tell you why Graham lost the battle (other than being outnumbered). He seems like he was a pretty capable Legate, so did he make a tactical error, did he flake out, or did he perform as best as he could & was simply outnumbered?
We already knew from FONV that the NCR Rangers and First recon lured Graham's army into a trap in Boulder City and blew the city up, killing the bulk of his forces. Graham's mistake was in not realizing that the NCR could be as ruthless as the Legion; he didn't think they would waste one of their own cities.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on July 22, 2011, 12:08:38 PM
Civ 5 crashes my slightly underpowered mac mini. :lame: kinda bored with 4 and sims 3... my only games on the system at the mo. The ps2 is unplugged, as I've played out most of those games too. I need some sort of cheap upgrade, or something.
Civ5 crashes on an iMac, too... have to re-boot into Windows to play it :yuk:
Gaijin! :hug:
strike 2. bought an old copy of Freedom Force for the Mac. (played that alot in Japan) but alas it doesn't seem compatible with the newer kitty cat osxes :( ah well it was only 2.99 (mint shape too) )
Quote from: Syt on July 22, 2011, 10:30:24 PM
Gaijin! :hug:
Yeah Hey Gaijin! Hisashiburi des ne?!
I bought Iron Cross, Darkest Hour and Pride of Nations as they were all dirt cheap.
Should I play any of them? :mellow:
Don't bother with Iron Cross. Whatever you paid for it wasn't worth it.
DA2: Legacy.
The problem with DA:O strategic battles in DA2 gameplay is that, well, you get fucking smoked immediately. You can't compensate for an error. How stupid.
I haven't been disappointed with much lately, so I decided to buy Divine Wind for a change of pace. :)
Causing Havoc in Just Cause 2.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on July 27, 2011, 04:09:14 PM
Don't bother with Iron Cross. Whatever you paid for it wasn't worth it.
I think I paid in blue coins that were about to expire so that's ok.
I'll try them all over the weekend, and I'll be: thrice disappointed. :sleep:
You were right, IC is a turd.
1 down, 2 to go :(
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 28, 2011, 06:04:31 AM
Causing Havoc in Just Cause 2.
Wait until you get around the first third of the game, Just Cause 2 will cause havoc on you.
Quote from: Drakken on July 28, 2011, 03:18:38 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 28, 2011, 06:04:31 AM
Causing Havoc in Just Cause 2.
Wait until you get around the first third of the game, Just Cause 2 will cause havoc on you.
How do I know that I'm at that point?
I have no idea what he's talking about.
Finished Assassin's Creed Brotherhood yesterday. The game is excellent; even better than AC2. I eagerly await AC Revelations. :mmm:
played a little ps2 Vice City San Andreas yesterday. I :wub: Criminal Rampages that end in fiery explosions of Hotdog Trucks!
Vampire: Bloodlines. Again. Damn, this is a great game, after 7 generations of fanmade patches.
ps2 ing it still... doing a little God Of war button mashing. hard, but fun that shit.
Still having a hoot with TF2; I am pissed I owned this game for so long (about a year) without giving it a real chance.
I wanted to play LOTRO again. My character is level 27 but it's too complicated now that it is Free to Play. What do you mean I have to buy Quests packs? Quests?
Finally got around to putting some time in on Forza Motorsport 2; I'm officially never going back to the Gran Turismo games.
Quote from: Grey Fox on August 02, 2011, 08:23:15 PM
I wanted to play LOTRO again. My character is level 27 but it's too complicated now that it is Free to Play. What do you mean I have to buy Quests packs? Quests?
There're 4 free areas with quests, the rest is to buy with Turbine Points which may be bought with money or grinded in game.
Grinding efficiency is about 50-60 TPs per hour + what you got with your char while lvling, but it's tedious and time consuming.
The best deal is to subscribe for a month, it opens all areas (for a month) and you can lvl up faster than when playing free (with rest XP). It also gives you more advantages (forever) like bags, vault slots, gold cap removal etc.; with swift travel being imho the best, because you can't buy it with TPs.
Trying out Rift. So far it feels alot like WoW but with little charm differences. I like the concept of Souls. Some of the Warrior ones do sound pretty cool. I chose Void Knight as my first & Beastmaster as my second. Could be interesting.
Playing ACII: Brotherhood.
It's a fine game - 9/10
What is ACII?
I've been playing a lot of Recettear (http://store.steampowered.com/app/70400/) :blush:
I've also reinstalled Left 4 Dead 1 and played around with it in Single Player. I think I prefer the overall dynamic in L4D1 to L4D2, even if 2 introduced some good new features.
Hellgate:London in Single Player.
This game is a hella lotta fun, just like I remembered it being. A little too by the numbers, but a nice concept, good art, good execution. Shame they couldn't get it to hold together, and the fucking Koreans have made it impossible to do the F2P version for me.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 08, 2011, 11:37:50 AM
I've been playing a lot of Recettear (http://store.steampowered.com/app/70400/) :blush:
I've also reinstalled Left 4 Dead 1 and played around with it in Single Player. I think I prefer the overall dynamic in L4D1 to L4D2, even if 2 introduced some good new features.
Left 4 Dead was better then the sequel. I had a blast with that game.
I have been playing some Rift. Great fun. Huge amounts of flexibility in their skill system and a nicely designed crafting system. The best things are the rifts and invading armies which provide a refreshing change from the wow type level grind.
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 28, 2011, 04:48:32 PM
Quote from: Drakken on July 28, 2011, 03:18:38 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on July 28, 2011, 06:04:31 AM
Causing Havoc in Just Cause 2.
Wait until you get around the first third of the game, Just Cause 2 will cause havoc on you.
How do I know that I'm at that point?
I finished it, well atleast the main story. I have no intention of spending countless hours getting 100%.
I think I figured out what you meant. All those fucking choppers were really fucking annoying. Seriously.
Any new City Builder on the horizon? I'm having an itch to play something as cool as Pharaoh, or Emperor, or SimCity when they first came out.
G.
I love the absurd accents from that game. I like the battle where you fight a Russian General, a Chinese General and a ... Japanese General? Also the last battle took place on a series of ICBMs, which typically enter low orbit, but in the game just sort of skim over the water. I kept thinking that an ICBM from South east asia would hit China in what? 5 minutes? The US maybe 30.
Eh, yeah. Plus oyu know it's hitting Russia, China, Japan & the US. Not one city, the entire country. Maybe there should be some precision here.
I wished the game had a bomber that would have been cool.
I just (finally) beat Broken Sword III. The end was totally ridiculous. :huh:
Been playing Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 due to going to a theme park a few weeks ago, and Patrician III because I'm on an economics/business game kick. Thanks to an AAR on SomethingAwful I'm tempted to get Victoria2 next time it's on sale. Might just wait until the expansion comes out and goes on sale.
Also played a bit of CK2, thanks to the medieval history books I'm reading.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 14, 2011, 10:53:39 PM
Also played a bit of CK2, thanks to the medieval history books I'm reading.
CK2?
Quote from: sbr on August 14, 2011, 11:36:07 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 14, 2011, 10:53:39 PM
Also played a bit of CK2, thanks to the medieval history books I'm reading.
CK2?
:lol: Wishful thinking.
CK:DV in all its buggy-yet-fun glory.
I'm having a look at Champions Online again. Though to be honest, I've spent way too much time designing and test driving characters. The game has easily the best character designer I've seen in an MMO. :blush:
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 14, 2011, 10:53:39 PM
Also played a bit of CK2, thanks to the medieval history books I'm reading.
did you review it yet
Quote from: The Brain on August 15, 2011, 04:44:46 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 14, 2011, 10:53:39 PM
Also played a bit of CK2, thanks to the medieval history books I'm reading.
did you review it yet
A++++++ would play agan
Quote from: The Brain on August 15, 2011, 04:44:46 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 14, 2011, 10:53:39 PM
Also played a bit of CK2, thanks to the medieval history books I'm reading.
did you review it yet
that's Jaron's job
I know about Angry Birds, but does anyone have any other (free or cheap ass) decent ipad games?
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 15, 2011, 11:10:44 AM
I know about Angry Birds, but does anyone have any other (free or cheap ass) decent ipad games?
Appshoppers lists the freebies.
http://appshopper.com/
thx MB :thumbsup:
Bastion. Wow, what a fun game. Great hack and slash action, with a strong story.
Quote from: Scipio on August 17, 2011, 08:37:19 AM
Bastion. Wow, what a fun game. Great hack and slash action, with a strong story.
Read a review after you posted. Sounds interesting.
Quote from: 11B4V on August 17, 2011, 09:20:57 AM
Quote from: Scipio on August 17, 2011, 08:37:19 AM
Bastion. Wow, what a fun game. Great hack and slash action, with a strong story.
Read a review after you posted. Sounds interesting.
Most fun I've had since Mass Effect 2.
I'm torn between buying Bastion and Space Pirates & Zombies.
Played some of the Bastion demo. Kinda cool.
Bastion is great. Played some more. It's a superb hacky-slashy dungeon crawler, with great music and art direction. I am, unfortunately, not unbiased. If you distrusted my rave review of Mass Effect 2, you should distrust my review of this.
In the words of my official wife(TM), it is "ossum like a dead possum."
Quote from: Grallon on August 11, 2011, 08:56:25 PM
Any new City Builder on the horizon? I'm having an itch to play something as cool as Pharaoh, or Emperor, or SimCity when they first came out.
G.
Not really, sadly.
But I'm still enjoying Anno 1404, which is close enough for me.
I was playing Company of Heroes, but out of the blue the game decided I didn't have the CD in. I was playing it on Steam! It didn't have a CD! Lousy son of a bitch.
While I like Champions Online a lot better this time around (they've added Millennium City as starting area instead of having you jump around between desert and Canada missions like at launch), I haven't progressed very far into the game yet, because I can't really decide what character to play.
In comics I always preffered characters like Punisher, who was basically a normal person with some badass soldier/spec ops training. Or Batman who is badass because of training and gadgets, and much of the same counts for his classic enemies (Joker, Riddler, Penguin etc.). Or Iron Man, who built his suit to gain superpowers. So my characters go usually into that direction instead of being able to cast magic spells, use telepathy, shoot lighning/ice/fire from their hands, have inate flying ability etc. (Though I did love X-Men comics back when.)
I guess I have two mains right now:
LVC-68:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg846.imageshack.us%2Fimg846%2F8659%2Flvc68.jpg&hash=b1feb5ca3598ea97dddc4803a4f3d95b31d622a9)
A gunslinging robot with rocket boots for quicktravel. Freeform class, and I give him pistol/shotgun skills, plus some android enhancements (e.g. targeting computer).
Redneck Samurai:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg217.imageshack.us%2Fimg217%2F2137%2Frednecksamurai.jpg&hash=2662222b7bbe9ea0b4b1574c9a4a162c9c308328)
In the wake of a hurricane, looters killed everyone in the trailer park where Billy Ray Compton lived. He went on a vision quest and became a follower of bushido. He's also freeform and learns all things dual blades and warrior code.
Then there's two alts I keep switching back to:
Redeemer:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg143.imageshack.us%2Fimg143%2F4299%2Fredeemer.jpg&hash=b0d85e9723c7e56a850d36b5d97e872f71ef763d)
Soldier archetype, i.e. focusing on automatic weapons. Basically a Punisher ripoff in camouflage.Travels by use of grappling hook (i.e. swinging around like Spidey).
Huntress
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An alien huntress (duh), predator inspired. Fights with one handed blade and blaster gun.
In between I keep toying with other characters (e.g. power armor, big two handed weapons, brawlers, archers, and a few other powers.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 19, 2011, 03:00:53 AM
I was playing Company of Heroes, but out of the blue the game decided I didn't have the CD in. I was playing it on Steam! It didn't have a CD! Lousy son of a bitch.
Discovered the problem. Server trouble.
I've been having problems running L4D2. Apparently it now conflicts with Avast Antivirus, so I have to disable my AV to play it. <_<
playing a hell of a lot of Angry Birds. I kind of like the free versions better though (esp. Rio) less tedious. If the actual paid version basic levels were the ones in the free game, I would not have bought it. tricky.
Loaded up FO3 GOTY ED. for the first time last night.
Started Red Alert 3 for the first time.
Wow...that is...different. The sillyness is amped up to 11 but the gameplay is changed drastically too with the co-commanders and the like.
Its campy sillyness is kind of cool, feels very 90s yet very modern at the same time.
Though at the core it is a RTS thus flawed.
QuoteFinished Assassin's Creed Brotherhood yesterday. The game is excellent; even better than AC2. I eagerly await AC Revelations.
I`ve STILL not finished the first one.
Will have to buy a gamepad next month and finally do so.
Didn't care for Red Alert 3. The Japanese faction was to anime. Bleh. I'm thinking of getting Scourage of War: Gettysburg. Played the demo (which is only the tutorial!). It has the ugly muddy maps and stiff sprites like a game from 2000. It feels like I'm playing Myth or Medieval: Total War.
I've come to love the Combat SG and the Chinaman Auto rifle in FO3.
In FO:NV it was 10mm SMG w/compensator, Q35, and Gauss Rifle (Death Claws).
stupid fucking angry birds.
World of Tanks and FM11
Someone will have to report how MP worthy the Space Marine game is.
My gaming time is spread between World of Tanks, my WITP: AE PBEM with TheLoneGunman, and learning the ropes of War in the East.
Might add Sengoku when it comes out, and World War One when Tamas will announce that the new patch has become official.
Man, I'm not very good at Pac-Man. My game falls apart at around Level 8, and the farthest I've ever gotten is Level 11, where as soon as you take a power pill the ghosts immediately start flashing, about to revert back to regular deadly status. Shit's hard, and have no idea if ~60,000 is a remotely respectable score. I mean, obviously I'm no Billy Mitchell. No, another Billy Mitchell, the guy who got a perfect score.
FO3, Currently in the Town of Minefield, pillaging and blowing up mines with a hunting rifle. :ph34r:
FO3 was a blast.
I was about to go back to it after getting sick of FO:NV this past Spring when my HD got borked. I was so bummed out from losing all of the mods that I DL'd & modded myself that I gave up both FO games (and playing games in general) for a couple of months. After that I got back into New Vegas again, what with all of the DLCs coming out. I'll probably keep milking that until Skyrim comes out in October.
But yeah, FO3 was a blast. Using any mods at all, 11B4V?
Deus Ex GOTY. Also, Bastion (New Game Plus). And Tidalis.
Quote from: C.C.R. on August 26, 2011, 07:51:40 PM
FO3 was a blast.
I was about to go back to it after getting sick of FO:NV this past Spring when my HD got borked. I was so bummed out from losing all of the mods that I DL'd & modded myself that I gave up both FO games (and playing games in general) for a couple of months. After that I got back into New Vegas again, what with all of the DLCs coming out. I'll probably keep milking that until Skyrim comes out in October.
But yeah, FO3 was a blast. Using any mods at all, 11B4V?
Xbox 360
Quote from: C.C.R. on August 26, 2011, 07:51:40 PM
FO3 was a blast.
I was about to go back to it after getting sick of FO:NV this past Spring when my HD got borked. I was so bummed out from losing all of the mods that I DL'd & modded myself that I gave up both FO games (and playing games in general) for a couple of months. After that I got back into New Vegas again, what with all of the DLCs coming out. I'll probably keep milking that until Skyrim comes out in October.
But yeah, FO3 was a blast. Using any mods at all, 11B4V?
Have you played the Quest for Heaven quest mods yet, CCR?
The first is only so-so, but the second and third (what there is of it) are excellent.
Space Marine demo.
An excellent little action/squad tacker, with unstupid squad AI.
Still playing War in the East - doing some testing now.
Bastion. Still great fun.
Just waiting for WH40K: Space Marine.
I enjoyed the hell out of that demo. I can't wait to show my nephews the blood splatter. :)
I found it meh.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 27, 2011, 05:27:30 PM
I enjoyed the hell out of that demo. I can't wait to show my nephews the blood splatter. :)
It was pretty fun!
84,490 in Pac-Man. I will never do so good again, and it's not even that good. I got to eat a pear, though, and see a key.
Netherlands EU2, really my worst showing evah.
Don't know what went wrong, low income.
Started the 1522 game as England reloaded as Netherlands once they formed.
The starting War with Spain/Portugal was very costly and netted me only true Independence.
Usually get much more, think that's where it started. And Brandenburg clings to Gelre.
All of India was already taken (no pure Dutch colonies.)
AI Portugal remains third in game income and Spain hasn't fallen apart. Looks unlikely I'll get Malacca or Goa.
Still, I have my beloved Batavia-Sunda-Bandung-Palembang colony. :wub:
It's 1650s and I'm thinking I'm not going to become my usual Super Dutch Empire.
I've still been playing CK:DV while reading Morris Bishop's The Middle Ages.
I'm also planning to start playing EU3:DW with the "Magna Mundi lite" (http://sites.google.com/site/fun2paradox/fun2eu) mod, which basically removes all the really annoying things from MM.
Oh, and Roller Coaster Tycoon. So much fun.
Lots of positive reviews of Space Pirates and Zombies out there, including this one :
http://www.gameshark.com/reviews/3874/Space-Pirates-and-Zombies-Review.htm
Game's only $14.99 on Steam. I'm giving it a shot.
Quote from: Habbaku on September 02, 2011, 04:21:26 PM
Lots of positive reviews of Space Pirates and Zombies out there, including this one :
http://www.gameshark.com/reviews/3874/Space-Pirates-and-Zombies-Review.htm
Game's only $14.99 on Steam. I'm giving it a shot.
I love it!
My Friends want me to get all those FFG Warhammer 40K RPG's to play online with them. I might as well make a text file of my moves:
Yell "Kill the <insert enemy name (Xeno, Heretic, Chaos scum)>"
Fire Bolter at enemy
Attack enemy with chainsword
And just copy and paste when needed.
I watched a couple Red Orchestra 2 trailers and I want it right now. Apparently there's a closed beta going on you can get access to, though you have to pre-order the game, which doesn't come out for a week. :hmm:
Quote from: FunkMonk on September 02, 2011, 07:20:04 PM
I watched a couple Red Orchestra 2 trailers and I want it right now. Apparently there's an open beta going on, though you have to pre-order the game, which doesn't come out for a week. :hmm:
I got it today on Steam and downloaded the Beta. I haven't played yet but I am planning on playing in a couple of hours.
EDIT: The Beta was about 4 gig.
Yes... I think I will do the same. I didn't play the original game much but I liked it. This one looks really good. I'm not really excited about Battlefield 3, so this is looking like it'll be my preferred shooter for a while.
I hope RO2 isn't as buggy as RO was when it first came out. Took about 2 years to straighten that shit out.
Quote from: FunkMonk on September 02, 2011, 08:44:46 PM
Yes... I think I will do the same. I didn't play the original game much but I liked it. This one looks really good. I'm not really excited about Battlefield 3, so this is looking like it'll be my preferred shooter for a while.
I didn't play the original at all even though I bought it. I wasn't terribly interested in on-line shooters then but they have grown on me recently with my TF2 obsession.
RO2 is a Steamworks game so you will have to activate it through Steam either way if that matters to you.
Quote from: FunkMonk on September 02, 2011, 08:44:46 PM
Yes... I think I will do the same. I didn't play the original game much but I liked it. This one looks really good. I'm not really excited about Battlefield 3, so this is looking like it'll be my preferred shooter for a while.
So what do you think so far? I joined a sever you were on last night but you left just a minute or two later, I saw you play again today right as I was quitting.
Quote from: sbr on September 03, 2011, 06:33:32 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on September 02, 2011, 08:44:46 PM
Yes... I think I will do the same. I didn't play the original game much but I liked it. This one looks really good. I'm not really excited about Battlefield 3, so this is looking like it'll be my preferred shooter for a while.
So what do you think so far? I joined a sever you were on last night but you left just a minute or two later, I saw you play again today right as I was quitting.
Yeah I noticed you were playing and decided to try and jump in a game with you too. :lol:
I've played it for about two hours total and I'm really enjoying it. It's sufficiently visceral and the action is pure carnage in maps like Apartments, but I think what I really like most about the game is the sound. The guns sound very powerful and violent and the death screams and animations are blood curdling. I just finished my best game yet (11 kills :P) in which I stumbled upon a German hiding in one of the rooms of the Propaganda House (so far my favorite objective to capture) and we both missed our initial shots so we attempted to bash each others skull's in. After a few moments of fumbling around trying to smash each other I lost. :(
A little before that I was running into a room when a kraut wounded me with a passing shot. As I was blacking out I took a pot shot at him with my rifle and he died not long after I did. His horrific screams were my lullaby to heaven. :cry:
Not long after that I found a really nice hiding spot and shot about four krauts and bludgeoned another to death before succumbing to a round from a Mauser.
This game is: awesome.
RO2 Beta update just released, biggest news is they swapped in some new maps
Quote
- Turned on Speedhack detection and added a system to allow server admins to decide what to do with a player when they are detected using a speedhack (kick, session ban, or permanent ban).
- Fixed PreStartDuration not working properly which caused the round to start prematurely after a map change.
- Fixed getting stuck with a zoomed FOV when using grenades
- Added ability to turn off anti-aliasing
- Fixed floating meshes when a player dies
- Fixed destructibles not updating their shadows when destroyed
- Fixed DOF inside tanks
- The ranked server system is now operational
- Player progression stats are now saving and loading
- Unranked servers are now showing up as unranked in the browser
- Realism modes are hooked up and functional
- Killing a tank now gives extra points based on the number of players in the tank
- New map list: Gumrak, Grain Elevator, Barracks, Red October Factory
- Team balance changes. Commanders and top scoring players no longer get team swapped on death. The role select menu will not appear immediately to make it more obvious that you have died. Also, fixed a bug where an axis soldier could spawn on the allied team or vice versa.
- Fixed some HUD icons sticking around on the screen
- Fixed Countdown ending with time still on the clock
- Fixed automatically firing your weapon sometimes when respawning
- Fixed some issues with scoring in Firefight and prevented running out of reinforcements in this game type
- F10 will now cancel a pending server connection properly when stuck on a loading screen
Oops, missed one thing:
- Fixed the Welcome Screen editor in webadmin making the welcome screen text invisible in game
Edit, we fixed a few more things while we were getting the update ready:
- Fixed weapons not firing accurately when in ironsights while using non-default ironsight zoom settings (i.e. anything less than 1.0 in the settings menu).
:w00t:
I'll download it either tonight or sometime this week.
Look for me, I'm either JonBenetRamsey, or when I'm on servers I don't get kicked from, I'm SirCampsALot.
This new patch for RO2 is not friendly to my laptop. I play maybe twenty minutes tops before I crash. Hopefully a new patch will fix this. I have a new system on the way anyway, so I should be busy defending the Motherland from fascist fanboys soon enough.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 05, 2011, 07:36:25 PM
I'll download it either tonight or sometime this week.
Look for me, I'm either JonBenetRamsey, or when I'm on servers I don't get kicked from, I'm SirCampsALot.
sbr and I played on the new Grain Elevator map on the Axis side and proceeded to get raped by Russian snipers from the multiple-story high rise building. It would be an honor to die alongside Jon Benet Ramsey.
I have been having a lot of problems too; the worst part is when I crash my screen goes black and never comes back until I power the machine off and back on.
Hey CdM, do we want to take this whole page and move it into a new RO2 thread?
WITP: AE PBEM Highlight - Dec 13th, 1941.
Pulling a anti-Sir Robin on TheLoneGunman, who had the unluckiest Dec 7th 1941 ever as Japan (NONE of my BBs has been sunken on that day, and I still have the Prince of Wales and the Repulse). He even attempted another PH strike three days later to sink at least one, to no avail.
Sent a good chunk of my ABDA fleet to Singkawang in Borneo to intercept his transports and surface fleet after their successful landing, but didn't expect to find BBs there. Lost the USS Boise (snif) and a 1 DD in the vanguard fight, but my main surface fleet surprised the Japs (and TLG himself, it seems). I crippled his BBs in this surprise strike, and went for the kill on its transport fleet (TLG wrote to me that I murdered his transports, but I still have to watch the replay when I am back home). But no Japanese BB loss confirmed yet. :(
Neil would be happy: Battleships do what they are supposed to do : destroy ships. It was a good day for the Imperialists, for Queen Wilhelmina, and for the democratic world.
Who said playing the Allied in WITP is all about running away for six months? And yes, for a newb in WITP I am damn proud of myself. It's really a game that can be gut-wrenching when playing it in PBEM, but psychologically rewarding when you pull good moves. :bowler:
Quote from: sbr on September 05, 2011, 08:43:21 PM
Hey CdM, do we want to take this whole page and move it into a new RO2 thread?
Alas, my mod powers are weakened here in Berkutland. Good job on taking the initiative.
Played some Magicka. It certainly has its moments but the "No Save" design decision makes me not want to play it. A shame.
Picked up Dungeons of Dredmore from Steam (4.49€). It's a very tongue in cheek roguelike with an accessible graphical interface. Expect to die. A lot.
Quote from: Syt on September 09, 2011, 09:22:21 AM
Picked up Dungeons of Dredmore from Steam (4.49€). It's a very tongue in cheek roguelike with an accessible graphical interface. Expect to die. A lot.
It's fun! ^_^
King of the Dragon Pass is coming to Ipads & Iphones everywhere.
Anyone got any hands on reviews of this game?
http://www.scourgeofwar.com/index.shtml
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.armchairgeneral.com%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Fscourge-of-war-review-images%2FLRT.jpg&hash=ad4ac3f6946c5d1159d5b542df7acdb38c7e7103)
Here's a longer Vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB4rpyLw9ig
No clue, but I do find the idea of multiplayer with corps command to be intriguing...
Yet another Gettysburg game :bleeding:
Quote from: Drakken on September 07, 2011, 09:48:00 AM
WITP: AE PBEM Highlight - Dec 13th, 1941.
Pulling a anti-Sir Robin on TheLoneGunman, who had the unluckiest Dec 7th 1941 ever as Japan (NONE of my BBs has been sunken on that day, and I still have the Prince of Wales and the Repulse). He even attempted another PH strike three days later to sink at least one, to no avail.
Sent a good chunk of my ABDA fleet to Singkawang in Borneo to intercept his transports and surface fleet after their successful landing, but didn't expect to find BBs there. Lost the USS Boise (snif) and a 1 DD in the vanguard fight, but my main surface fleet surprised the Japs (and TLG himself, it seems). I crippled his BBs in this surprise strike, and went for the kill on its transport fleet (TLG wrote to me that I murdered his transports, but I still have to watch the replay when I am back home). But no Japanese BB loss confirmed yet. :(
Neil would be happy: Battleships do what they are supposed to do : destroy ships. It was a good day for the Imperialists, for Queen Wilhelmina, and for the democratic world.
Who said playing the Allied in WITP is all about running away for six months? And yes, for a newb in WITP I am damn proud of myself. It's really a game that can be gut-wrenching when playing it in PBEM, but psychologically rewarding when you pull good moves. :bowler:
Atypical game, though. I feel sorry for the Japanese player.
You know, I never did play a Centrifugal Campaign game, only the early 1942 scenario, which tended to be pretty short. :yeah:
Anyway, almost broke 300k in Tetris (283,000) starting from level 10. I think this is pretty good? I cleared 223 lines, anyway.
Actually managed to beat my lousy Pac-Man high score, but only by a measly 1000 points or so.
Also been playing a bit of For the Glory, as Venice. Went for the conquest of Byzantium early on as always, then wound up absorbing Austria and Hungary practically by accident, as well as sizeable estates in Italy, all of Slavonia, and the only Greek province I'm missing is Trebizond. I also managed to acquire a still-Catholic Lebanon through the inheritance of Cyprus, which was cool. However, I'm annoyed now because I'm fighting quasi-bad boy wars (I guess this would be the term, as I'm actually only at about half of my BB max). It's not so much dogpiles by everybody, as it is war with every remaining major who borders me every five years. It does them no favors, because I'm the biggest country in Europe with a great culture set and thus a relatively homogenous, stable, powerful empire, and I can even afford the constant minting because I've already got a large mayor network, it's just bothersome to have to fight Spain, England, France and Poland over and over when neither side can really win...
Well, I could win, by destroying them, but that would just lead to constant warfare with everybody. I suppose I could vassalize France, Spain and Poland relatively easily. They're mostly Catholic, too, so annexing at least one of them could be very profitable. Preferably Poland though. Overseas counter-insurgency is an unbelievable pain in the ass, and is the main reason I've never gone full-WC in EU2.
If I have a major regret in the game, it's not sacking Madrid early on so I could get in on the colonization game. I'm the strongest state in Europe and I don't know what North Am looks like. :wacko:
I finally managed to shoot somebody down in multiplayer Il 2. I'm on the brink of ordering trackir and pedals.
I re-installed Silent Hunter III, and installed the Grey Wolves mod, since everybody raves about it. So far I've noticed that it's made the ship recognition book unusably large, and is full of sound clips from Das Boot. I gather it doesn't fix the annoying crew crash bug. Plus it's clear from the installation process and the splash screens that the modders have terrible taste. What's so great about it?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 11, 2011, 11:45:55 PM
Yet another Gettysburg game :bleeding:
Of course. :D I'll probably get it. Has good reviews overall. Just wanted to see if anyone here has any hands on. This is a fickle crowd in a good way in that aspect.
Bought and downloaded the Lost and Damned DLC for GTAIV. It's fun!
found thrift store copies (in minty shape, the discs) of GTA 3 & Liberty City stories, neither of which I've played for quite some time, so played a bunch yesterday while a bit hungover. mostly liberty city stories actually as I got sucked into it faster. good old school times. :thumbsup:
I might be getting a PS3 or Xbox in the future though, my Blu ray player is dying ( just after the warranty expires, weird, eh? :p ) and I'm thinking of going PS 3 so that I still have Blu ray, and better graphics for occasional bursts of gaming.
Using the new PC to play Fall From Heaven, hopefully I can play through to late game instead of it melting down with my cruddy old computator.
Quote from: Pishtaco on September 12, 2011, 01:02:40 AM
I finally managed to shoot somebody down in multiplayer Il 2. I'm on the brink of ordering trackir and pedals.
I re-installed Silent Hunter III, and installed the Grey Wolves mod, since everybody raves about it. So far I've noticed that it's made the ship recognition book unusably large, and is full of sound clips from Das Boot. I gather it doesn't fix the annoying crew crash bug. Plus it's clear from the installation process and the splash screens that the modders have terrible taste. What's so great about it?
It adds many more ships. improves realism and improves the AI.
ive never tried vanilla. Never really wanted to since the mod itself is very fun.
Quote from: 11B4V on September 11, 2011, 01:14:06 PM
Anyone got any hands on reviews of this game?
http://www.scourgeofwar.com/index.shtml
I've been thinking of picking up that one. It's by the same guys who did Manassas and second Manassas games. I avoided those because they aren't really interesting battles.
Quote from: 11B4V on September 11, 2011, 01:14:06 PM
Anyone got any hands on reviews of this game?
http://www.scourgeofwar.com/index.shtml
no idea about the game, but the screenshot looked remarkably like
2nd manassas. brought back old memories. i did a little investigating about this new madminute game only to discover.. hey! that company no longer exists. seems the original partnership between the two core developers, "norb" and "adam" fractured for some reason. norb has apparently since created norbsoftdev, the company that has released (is releasing?) this gettysburg game. but i asked myself- what happened to adam? clearly norb won in whatever dispute they had
a little more digging revealed a thread on some other non-madminute forum (that forum is now gone)
http://www.wargamer.com/forums/tm.aspx?high=&m=302136&mpage=1
reading through the thread has been enlightening. it sounds like norb up and took the engine that he and the madminute team worked on, and the community had contributed to, and ran with it to create his own company and profit from there
there are a number of old-time community members in the thread who feel betrayed over norb's actions-
QuoteThe fact of the matter is, the whole "story" of how two guys in their spare time (and suffering families) put together a brilliant game turns out to be a fraud. And through that fraud Norb were able to exploit and manipulate people (including his own partner) for his own personal gain. As I said in the post which got me "blanket banned," if I had known the truth, and that truth appears to be about how one guy (from the very start) knowingly used not only his partner but volunteers to assist in helping him build a game engine for his own personal gain based on that fraudulent "deeply moving personal story", I would never have given literally hundreds of hours of personal time to help him screw his buddy.
I feel I have been betrayed. And I won't forget that.
QuoteLook I have been around the block a few times. In the world of business, cheats/scams/frauds happens all the time. There is nothing especially surprising or inventive in the annals of confidence games that Norb has done here.
No doubt there are those who will say that I must have some axe to grind here or why have I posted. I admit I do have an axe to grind against Norb and NSD. This whole crime was perpertrated and timed to coincide with the fact that his one time friend and partner was terribly sick and in mortal danger of losing his very life. Perhaps, Norb would have pulled this con off in any case. However, I think he did his best to put the knife in someone's back when he was down face down on the ground. Call me old fashioned and overly sensitive and naive about how the world works ... but this type of thing REALLY bothers me. I tend to think it should bother most people who have been raised with a good sense of right and wrong; good and evil.
as a twist, in that thread norb starts posting as the user "coder," and defends his own actions while claiming he's not norb. he then accidentally posts under his "norb" account, which is revealed in post #74 by someone who took a screenshot before he deleted it
:lol:
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops. Nice games. More realistic than Crysis 2, and kinda more fun too, in the long run.
Nothing more realistic than being hit with a bullet in the face and feeling better in a few seconds as long as you reach some cover and relax for a bit.
I mean, at least Halo had the shields (and armor, although you basically died if you got hit while your shields were down). I miss Halo. I miss my Sexbox.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on September 13, 2011, 01:31:09 AM
Quote from: Pishtaco on September 12, 2011, 01:02:40 AM
I finally managed to shoot somebody down in multiplayer Il 2. I'm on the brink of ordering trackir and pedals.
I re-installed Silent Hunter III, and installed the Grey Wolves mod, since everybody raves about it. So far I've noticed that it's made the ship recognition book unusably large, and is full of sound clips from Das Boot. I gather it doesn't fix the annoying crew crash bug. Plus it's clear from the installation process and the splash screens that the modders have terrible taste. What's so great about it?
It adds many more ships. improves realism and improves the AI.
ive never tried vanilla. Never really wanted to since the mod itself is very fun.
Well, I guess the nazis had terrible taste too, so I can see the realism. Anyway, thanks for the recommendation and I'll stick with it for now.
I finally got around to playing Hitman Blood Money, since it dropped under 5 bucks on steam. It's okay. The lighting makes it look old. :(
Quote from: Pishtaco on September 13, 2011, 03:19:49 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on September 13, 2011, 01:31:09 AM
Quote from: Pishtaco on September 12, 2011, 01:02:40 AM
I finally managed to shoot somebody down in multiplayer Il 2. I'm on the brink of ordering trackir and pedals.
I re-installed Silent Hunter III, and installed the Grey Wolves mod, since everybody raves about it. So far I've noticed that it's made the ship recognition book unusably large, and is full of sound clips from Das Boot. I gather it doesn't fix the annoying crew crash bug. Plus it's clear from the installation process and the splash screens that the modders have terrible taste. What's so great about it?
It adds many more ships. improves realism and improves the AI.
ive never tried vanilla. Never really wanted to since the mod itself is very fun.
Well, I guess the nazis had terrible taste too, so I can see the realism. Anyway, thanks for the recommendation and I'll stick with it for now.
I finally got around to playing Hitman Blood Money, since it dropped under 5 bucks on steam. It's okay. The lighting makes it look old. :(
I'm pretty sure it also adds some historical battles; like if you go up around Narvik at the right time you'll run into the British and German fleets. And around Dunkirk during the evacuation you have a lot of British destroyers, ASW trawlers, and various evacuation ships. Not sure if that's in vanilla or not.
EDIT:
By the way, have you played SH4? It looks like there's 2 big mods for it, Trigger Maru Overhauled and Real Fleet Boat. Any recommendation?
Quote from: LaCroix on September 13, 2011, 07:31:57 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on September 11, 2011, 01:14:06 PM
Anyone got any hands on reviews of this game?
http://www.scourgeofwar.com/index.shtml
Wow. Maybe I won't get it. I don't know Norb from Adam (neat how that stock phrase works so well here!), but logging in to impersonate your own fanboy is really pathetic.
I'm playing Civ V (bought off that recent Steam sale) and i'm loving it, great classic Civ action.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on September 13, 2011, 05:02:57 PM
EDIT:
By the way, have you played SH4? It looks like there's 2 big mods for it, Trigger Maru Overhauled and Real Fleet Boat. Any recommendation?
No, I'm cheap and am looking at SH3 again because I still have the dvd lying around.
Quote from: Ideologue on September 13, 2011, 03:14:00 PM
Nothing more realistic than being hit with a bullet in the face and feeling better in a few seconds as long as you reach some cover and relax for a bit.
I mean, at least Halo had the shields (and armor, although you basically died if you got hit while your shields were down). I miss Halo. I miss my Sexbox.
If you receive a bullet in the face, you die. If you receive it on your armor, you can't take more than one or 2 hit before dying.
Of course you heal yourself. Just imagine an FPS where you won't heal unless you take a 3 month vacation home, away from the front, in an hospital. That would be realistic, but also boring. Same as doing your bed, packing your tent super tight, digging your own trenches, stuff that soldiers do when not fighting, you know. But it's be boring in a game.
In Crysis, you can soak up an enormous amount of damage and use stealth to pass by your ennemies. That's futuristic and totally sci-fi.
With Crysis 2, my favorite strategy is to use stealh and pick up ennemies 1 by 1 from a distance. That's can't be done in this game.
It's a change, and I don't dislike it :)
If you want realism play ArmA II.
WoW
Sims 3
Sims Medieval
In a sense, having a Mac is liberating when it comes to games - the choice is so small, you do not spend a lot of money or time on them. :P
Quote from: Martinus on September 14, 2011, 10:17:08 AM
In a sense, having a Mac is liberating when it comes to games - the choice is so small, you do not spend a lot of money or time on them. :P
:lol:
I'm playing Space Pirates & Zombies.
Said zombies are hard.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 14, 2011, 10:14:02 AM
If you want realism play ArmA II.
Yeah, that game is pretty cool.
hmmm new console just may be in my future. Just watched Max Payne 3 trailer.
Quote from: Razgovory on September 13, 2011, 07:25:14 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on September 11, 2011, 01:14:06 PM
Anyone got any hands on reviews of this game?
http://www.scourgeofwar.com/index.shtml
I've been thinking of picking up that one. It's by the same guys who did Manassas and second Manassas games. I avoided those because they aren't really interesting battles.
Ordered it a couple days ago and it arrived today.
Quote from: 11B4V on September 16, 2011, 01:11:13 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 13, 2011, 07:25:14 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on September 11, 2011, 01:14:06 PM
Anyone got any hands on reviews of this game?
http://www.scourgeofwar.com/index.shtml
I've been thinking of picking up that one. It's by the same guys who did Manassas and second Manassas games. I avoided those because they aren't really interesting battles.
Ordered it a couple days ago and it arrived today.
Played around with the demo. Graphics are hideous (reminds me of late 1990's 3D like Shogun total war and Myth. Ugly and muddy). I don't know if it's better then Sid Mieir's Gettysburg though. That was my favorite (and it got me interested in 19th century warfare).
Quote from: Razgovory on September 16, 2011, 01:57:45 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on September 16, 2011, 01:11:13 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 13, 2011, 07:25:14 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on September 11, 2011, 01:14:06 PM
Anyone got any hands on reviews of this game?
http://www.scourgeofwar.com/index.shtml
I've been thinking of picking up that one. It's by the same guys who did Manassas and second Manassas games. I avoided those because they aren't really interesting battles.
Ordered it a couple days ago and it arrived today.
Played around with the demo. Graphics are hideous (reminds me of late 1990's 3D like Shogun total war and Myth. Ugly and muddy). I don't know if it's better then Sid Mieir's Gettysburg though. That was my favorite (and it got me interested in 19th century warfare).
I'll fire it up and post.
Quote from: Martinus on September 14, 2011, 10:17:08 AM
In a sense, having a Mac is liberating when it comes to games - the choice is so small, you do not spend a lot of money or time on them. :P
Appleanity is truly a fascinating religion. :)
Been playing a bit of EUIII, just lost a promising Deep Elf Conjurer in Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (he'd been way too lucky and had it coming), and finally got back into SHIII and started a Med. campaign. Ah, how I missed "Flugzeug gesichtet! ALARM!" every time I surface during the day. ^_^
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on September 16, 2011, 11:26:49 AM
Been playing a bit of EUIII, just lost a promising Deep Elf Conjurer in Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (he'd been way too lucky and had it coming
:huh:
Quote from: garbon on September 16, 2011, 02:49:22 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on September 16, 2011, 11:26:49 AM
Been playing a bit of EUIII, just lost a promising Deep Elf Conjurer in Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (he'd been way too lucky and had it coming
:huh:
Three different games :P
EU3
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
Silent Hunter III
haha
Damn it. Blizzard is making wanting to buy Diablo III harder by the day.
There's no pause in the game! No Pause! even in SP mode, idling gets you kick. WTF.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 22, 2011, 10:55:36 AM
Damn it. Blizzard is making wanting to buy Diablo III harder by the day.
There's no pause in the game! No Pause! even in SP mode, idling gets you kick. WTF.
What about respawns?
Quote from: szmik on September 22, 2011, 11:24:43 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 22, 2011, 10:55:36 AM
Damn it. Blizzard is making wanting to buy Diablo III harder by the day.
There's no pause in the game! No Pause! even in SP mode, idling gets you kick. WTF.
What about respawns?
Gotta run back to your corpse or use the spirit, like WoW.
Nah, it has a series of checkpoints.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 22, 2011, 10:55:36 AM
Damn it. Blizzard is making wanting to buy Diablo III harder by the day.
If you really want it that badly, just wait until the first price drop so that patches have fixed whatever problems there are.
Now I'm playing EUIII, Majesty 2, and Dungeon of Dredmor.
Fun ^_^
Quote from: Habbaku on September 22, 2011, 02:55:57 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 22, 2011, 10:55:36 AM
Damn it. Blizzard is making wanting to buy Diablo III harder by the day.
If you really want it that badly, just wait until the first price drop so that patches have fixed whatever problems there are.
I dont want it that much. I have more interest in Torchlight 2 & Grim Dawn then D3.
I've been doing Dues Ex. I'm not so good on the stealth bit. Guns blazin', baby!
Snapped up Shogun 2 for $25 and The Witcher 2 for $30 on Steam, while I still have Red Orchestra 2 on my mind. Oh, and I'll be installing World of Tanks on this new computer. I might go into gaming overload this weekend.
Pray for Mojo.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi76.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj18%2FFunkMonk2000%2Fprayformojo.jpg&hash=589167c23b83ea1cb3a1375c7d43c6649e35e13e)
went back to Deus Vult, it's still fun :)
So, is Shogun worth it?
I got many hours out of Shogun 2 and I'm not a huge Total War fan. And I may play it some more.
Paradox's Rome. Yeah, I'm that bored.
Quote from: Faeelin on September 24, 2011, 03:11:16 PM
So, is Shogun worth it?
I picked it up last night and started a campaign game intending only to play around with it for maybe 30 minutes before going to bed. I ended up playing for five hours and didn't get to bed till after midnight. :Embarrass:
The last TW game I liked was Rome, so I wasn't expecting Shogun 2 to be so good.
Undertook the masochistic challenge of playing I Wanna Be The Guy.
Only 20 minutes and I wanted to throw my joystick on the screen. FUCKING APPLES DON'T FALL UP!
Yep, it's WAD. :lol:
New Paradox game?
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 24, 2011, 06:10:32 PM
Paradox's Rome. Yeah, I'm that bored.
Try Sengoku, it's much better. :)
With AI cheating blatantly.. or me not recognizing mechanics which allows to recruit new armies out of thin air.
AI doesn't cheat. The player can lift Levies instantly as well.
Anyone dig into CM: Battle for Normandy yet?
http://www.youtube.com/battlefrontcom#p/c/86315E4B5BF37E6A/2/Z98fZXJZSRY
Quote from: Drakken on September 25, 2011, 01:28:30 PM
AI doesn't cheat. The player can lift Levies instantly as well.
not if I have recruits from this province in the army, weird
Retinues and Levies are two different things.
Retinues are the Clan Leader's personal army, which can take time to recruit. But each Kori has 750 troops that you can lift, instantly, by raising them in the Military screen. But while they are raised, you cannot raise new ones, but they will get replacements nonetheless.
Quote from: The Brain on September 24, 2011, 05:35:36 PM
I got many hours out of Shogun 2 and I'm not a huge Total War fan. And I may play it some more.
The Gempei Wars DLC is coming this Tuesday. :licklips:
Quote from: Drakken on September 25, 2011, 01:51:53 PM
Retinues and Levies are two different things.
Retinues are the Clan Leader's personal army, which can take time to recruit. But each Kori has 750 troops that you can lift, instantly, by raising them in the Military screen. But while they are raised, you cannot raise new ones, but they will get replacements nonetheless.
Seems like AI is disbanding used levies and insta recruits them again and all vassals have retinues which are spammed too, still feels like fighting ants.
Quote from: szmik on September 25, 2011, 02:13:18 PM
Quote from: Drakken on September 25, 2011, 01:51:53 PM
Retinues and Levies are two different things.
Retinues are the Clan Leader's personal army, which can take time to recruit. But each Kori has 750 troops that you can lift, instantly, by raising them in the Military screen. But while they are raised, you cannot raise new ones, but they will get replacements nonetheless.
Seems like AI is disbanding used levies and insta recruits them again and all vassals have retinues which are spammed too, still feels like fighting ants.
Disbanded levies replenish faster than when raised.
So I'm playing Witcher 2 and holy shit are the graphics good.
Getting set on the last chapter of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, considering picking up X-Men Destiny (which comes out tomorrow).
Quote from: FunkMonk on September 25, 2011, 07:18:39 PM
So I'm playing Witcher 2 and holy shit are the graphics good.
Is every woman a slut in that one as well?
Damn teenagers :lmfao:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLDJL0Q3Bng&feature=related
Quote from: 11B4V on September 27, 2011, 01:20:28 AM
Damn teenagers :lmfao:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLDJL0Q3Bng&feature=related
Teens shouldn't be allowed to drive Stuarts. :mad:
And the Battlefield 3 open beta is, uh, open. Apparently you have to install their Steam knock-off called Origin to play it.
http://youtu.be/H9ndz13zUms
Quote from: FunkMonk on September 29, 2011, 04:57:45 PM
And the Battlefield 3 open beta is, uh, open. Apparently you have to install their Steam knock-off called Origin to play it.
http://youtu.be/H9ndz13zUms
Not only they weren't happy about fucking Steam. The game also launches from a Browser, like some kid of cheap chinese MMO.
Fucking Hell.
Doing a bit of Oblivion to get back into the Elder Scrolls mood. There certainly are a lot of mods out for it now. I can recommend an overhaul called "Oblivion War Cry - New Dimension" (http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34673, with a better English translation at http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=39202). It isn't compatible with FCOM (or any FCOM components like OOO), but offers a completely new perspective on what items should look like, gameplay should include, etc. Worth checking out if you are bored and have the capacity to download roughly 3 megs of mod in a reasonable time.
Fallout: New Vegas.
This blows FO3 out of the water. Much more engaging story and area, IMHO.
Quote from: Scipio on October 01, 2011, 03:20:34 PM
Fallout: New Vegas.
This blows FO3 out of the water. Much more engaging story and area, IMHO.
It doesn't have wasteland dancing though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbyhpsv-6sM
Quote from: Scipio on October 01, 2011, 03:20:34 PM
Fallout: New Vegas.
This blows FO3 out of the water. Much more engaging story and area, IMHO.
Yeah. Never cared for FO3, really enjoyed NV.
Is the Witcher: Enhanced worth $10?
Cool, I'll check it out.
But first I need a HD upgrade. 15GB install? That's almost all the remaining free space on my drive! :(
OOTP12. 64 team European league.
My Vienna Wolfpack are playing against the Istanbul Sultans. Istanbul's Milutin Kotic hits a grand slam, just as last.fm plays "Sultans of Swing" by the Dire Straits. :lol:
I downloaded the Demo of Dungeons - the Dark Lord, but the game just didn't work. Wouldn't even start. I went to their boards to see if there was a solution but I didn't see one. So I guess I'm not going to buy that game.
Man, I cannot do shit with Lorraine in EU2. Playing as Granada's usually no big problem (well, so long as I cheat and restart if I get grossly unfavorable random numbers generated on the first major combats in Andalusia :P ). I actually think it might be the hardest non-island minor in the game. You are stuck between two extraordinary belligerent power blocs, and aligning with either is either inadvisable (getting a stable alliance with Dauphine is hard and increasing Dauphine's power is a bad move in the long run anyway) or unhelpful (you start allied with Burgundy, but you have no say in whether England establishes a vassaldom upon them and your only real avenue of exapnsion is Burgundian territory).
Also your armies suck because of the 9 serfdom slider setting. :(
I actually had one good iteration going--massive inflation but that's par for the course, and I'd managed to seize most of the Burgundian lands and Ile de France--but I fucked up when I invaded Strassburg before finishing Dauphine/France as a competitor. I thought it would be a simple, quick annexation but I wound up drawing the ire of Switzerland and eventually some other HRE states, and France hit me when I was fighting in the east. I wish I'd saved before committing to attacking Strass. <_<
Why did you decide to take on your vassal? (Strassburg)
Quote from: garbon on October 09, 2011, 05:39:14 PM
Why did you decide to take on your vassal? (Strassburg)
Because it's not really my vassal. It's Tyrol's vassal as well, and is in an alliance with Tyrol, and I know from experience playing as Austria that eventually it will fall to Tyrol and then to the Habsburgs, whom I didn't want to fight until unifying France. I wasn't sure about the date, so wanted to do so at the earliest opportunity.
Actually, I can't recall if I attacked Strassburg or Tyrol. I think it was actually Tyrol.
I did try a few tests where I attacked Strass immediately but that doesn't seem like a good opening move (Tyrol's army tends to fuck me up, and it's full of badboy even if I win). That's the other problem with Lorraine, the other avenue for expansion is in the HRE--but Luxembourg and the Palatinate have territories unreachable until they're surrendered. Luxembourg also winds up with Burgundy very quickly, so a limited war against them is impossible to win early on, and turns into a general Middle Francia war later.
How these losers stayed independent till 1766 is beyond me (well, actually it's just beyond the scope of EU2 game mechanics).
Yeah that was a mistake from poor implementation - for some unknown reason they had Strassburg standing in for two different political entities. <_<
Quote from: garbon on October 09, 2011, 06:03:35 PM
Yeah that was a mistake from poor implementation - for some unknown reason they had Strassburg standing in for two different political entities. <_<
What is it supposed to be? The Duchy/County (or whatever?) of Strassburg and the Margraviate of Baden? The province Baden's ruled directly by Tyrol. I dunno what the County of Tyrol's relationship with the Margrave was, although I believe the County had direct holdings in that general area. To be honest, I don't know what the Duke of Lorraine's relation to the [whatever] of Strass was.
I'm considering cheating and just giving Burgundy German. :P What, Luxembourg is German. :shifty:
No idea - however I believe that the change was going to be that it was Lorraine's so as not to give too much to the Hapsburgs. I think there is a lack of clarity given that no one state really dominated that entire province.
Actually found it. There is some odd confusion that the duchy of Bar could be in that province - certainly not the case! Will have to think about what to do with that. :(
One of my weirder games yesterday - Vienna Wolfpack @ Kharkov Tanks. My star pitcher issued 4 BBs in the first three innings (i.e. before I took him out), and beaned two consecutive Kaharkov batters. In ca. 60 pitches he threw 15 in the strike zone. Fortunately, the reliever was a bit steadier. In the 8th inning, with the score 3-3, the Kharkov reliever handed me the victory, because he botched throws to his 2B in two consecutive plays, allowing two of my people to score.
Quote from: garbon on October 09, 2011, 06:49:14 PM
Actually found it. There is some odd confusion that the duchy of Bar could be in that province - certainly not the case! Will have to think about what to do with that. :(
I figured out how to win as Lorraine: play vanilla. :yeah: :P
Just beat Portal 2.
What the fuck? :lol:
Now to get my brother to play Coop.
Pretty much off computer games now. I hate first person shooters and there are no strategy games out there worth playing.
If I need a fix I will probably look up some old titles at gog.com but for now I think I am done until something good comes along. I will of course rely on Languish to let me know when that happens.
Pretty much the same. Taking a break for hunting season and getting my new reloading bench set up. Got some new Speer and Norma bullets to work up.
Quote from: 11B4V on October 13, 2011, 04:30:45 AM
Pretty much the same. Taking a break for hunting season and getting my new reloading bench set up. Got some new Speer and Norma bullets to work up.
I used to reload a lot, mainly shotgun but also some rifle ammo. Ammo for trap and skeet shooting, and also some for waterfowl hunting. Don't anymore though, and don't have the equipment anymore.
I'm waiting for Forza 4 to arrive. They've teamed up with Top Gear this time, and Jeremy introduces all of the ca. 500 cars. ^_^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzwhDiGJuTs
I wish my XBox hadn't died. I really want to play some Halo again. :(
Quote from: Syt on October 14, 2011, 12:23:25 AM
I'm waiting for Forza 4 to arrive. They've teamed up with Top Gear this time, and Jeremy introduces all of the ca. 500 cars. ^_^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzwhDiGJuTs
Turns out he only introduces 24. Oh well. Still, fun game, though I've come to realize that I'm absolute rubbish in online races. :Embarrass:
Picked up Arkham City today. So far, gameplay and graphics are very close to Arkham Asylum, but there're definitely some nice expansions involved. More incoming as I get further into the game.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on October 18, 2011, 08:12:41 PM
Picked up Arkham City today. So far, gameplay and graphics are very close to Arkham Asylum, but there're definitely some nice expansions involved. More incoming as I get further into the game.
This commercials for this game make me want to buy a ps3. but I really don't "need" one. :p
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on October 21, 2011, 12:41:58 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on October 18, 2011, 08:12:41 PM
Picked up Arkham City today. So far, gameplay and graphics are very close to Arkham Asylum, but there're definitely some nice expansions involved. More incoming as I get further into the game.
This commercials for this game make me want to buy a ps3. but I really don't "need" one. :p
I've played through about half the story mode for Arkham City. It's basically Arkham Asylum meets Assassin's Creed II. If that sounds right up your alley, go for it, or wait for the PC version with OMGZ-graphics that releases in November.
I bought both MoO1 &2. No way I will play a full game with both so which should I choose?
2, no contest.
The MoO2 Quick Reference Chart has more pages and info than most modern manuals.
Quote from: Syt on October 22, 2011, 11:53:03 AM
2, no contest.
if by "no contest" you mean the AI's level of resistance, you are correct.
If it wasnt for BF3 (which I think will be totally awesome eventually, but right now is laggy as fuck for basically everyone), I would have been bored enough to buy Sword of the Stars 2 on it's launch day.
Well, either Steam released an early beta where even the Options menu is not working (this is the devs version) or they just produced one of the most epic rush-release failures of gaming history.
There's finally a decent workaround for Shogun 2 to work with nVidia optimus cards, so I may actually get to play this game after all with somewhat decent graphics instead of everything set to lowest. Till now it was only recognizing the internal card of the laptop. I only have this issue with Creative Assembly games where not even forcing the app to use the "good" card through the nVidia control center works. CA says it's a driver issue, nVidia basically ignore the issue.
Pre-ordered The War in the North, the new Lord of the Rings game coming out. Looks like it could be entertaining for a bit.
I've been obsessively playing SimCity 4 Deluxe.
So much fun. It's like crack.
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on October 31, 2011, 07:46:12 PM
Pre-ordered The War in the North, the new Lord of the Rings game coming out. Looks like it could be entertaining for a bit.
I looked at that. Please let me know what you think of it.
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 01, 2011, 02:01:36 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on October 31, 2011, 07:46:12 PM
Pre-ordered The War in the North, the new Lord of the Rings game coming out. Looks like it could be entertaining for a bit.
I looked at that. Please let me know what you think of it.
Will do. I'm hoping to talk one or two of my friends into buying it for PS3 so we can make full use of it. Hopefully I'll get it within a few days.
Quote from: Tamas on October 28, 2011, 02:47:13 PM
If it wasnt for BF3 (which I think will be totally awesome eventually, but right now is laggy as fuck for basically everyone),
I'm having some fun with that, even though I'm not very good. Not too much lag either
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 01, 2011, 02:01:36 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on October 31, 2011, 07:46:12 PM
Pre-ordered The War in the North, the new Lord of the Rings game coming out. Looks like it could be entertaining for a bit.
I looked at that. Please let me know what you think of it.
What's good is that Skyrim comes out in 2 weeks & then WitN is bound to be on sale soon after that.
Mount and Blade: With fire and sword.
Multiplayer is fun although I don't understand the gold system. It seems to me that you can buy the best weapons etc. from the beginning. Also after a while a flag turns up at my targeting reticule and stays there. Pretty annoying.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on November 01, 2011, 11:51:34 AM
I've been obsessively playing SimCity 4 Deluxe.
So much fun. It's like crack.
Any user-created content?
L.
X-Men Legends II on the pc.
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 01, 2011, 02:01:36 PM
I looked at that. Please let me know what you think of it.
So, after a few hours of play time in, I can say it's a pretty fun game. I've been playing solo play, which is a touch disappointing, as there's no way to switch between characters to give them different weapons and choose their skill paths. In multiplayer, this would all be solved though, and I'm thinking the game is meant to be utilized in said format for the best possible experience. I'll probably try to give that a go in a few days or so. I've been playing the human ranger character, and his skill tree is pretty nice in terms of ways to develop him. You can go with an archer/ranged route, a dual weapon specialist, a two handed specialist, or a sneaky rogue type guy. The character graphics are a bit dated, but nothing terrible. The scenery is great and is very reminiscent of the movies. The same goes for the armor. They seem to make it blend together at different gear levels, so that it never looks awful pieced together. I started out with a distinct out in the field ranger look and have now gotten armor pieces which have me looking like a rider of Rohan. There are armor sets which give bonuses when worn together, sockets for gems that give bonuses, and various other neat little features. The controls are fairly basic, though not succumbing to a simple button mash due to some special abilities and easy to do combo efforts. Nothing groundbreaking about the game that I've seen so far, but definitely a nice combination of features blended together in a LotR environment.
Bastion is a really awesome game & story. I'm very impressed.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 09, 2011, 10:14:22 PM
Bastion is a really awesome game & story. I'm very impressed.
It's cool, I like it... but it's Secret of Mana with updated graphics and a narrator. Thanks for making it, but I want more.
Dug out my copy of Star Wars: KotOR. I'd forgotten how much fun that game was... it's actually aged pretty well.
Lego Star Wars 3. Good stuff; if Lego Batman 2 is anywhere near as comprehensive an overhaul, I'm going to be a happy camper.
Apparently, the Harry Potter Lego games are the better ones.
I've just bought a 360 pad, Dead Rising 2 and Fable 3 (what can I say, advertising works, the commercial was awesome).
So far so yey.
Just wish Red Dead and Ace Combat were on the PC....
Anno 2070, and I like it. The setting does it better for me than the 1404 one.
Quote from: Tamas on November 20, 2011, 10:52:34 AM
Anno 2070, and I like it. The setting does it better for me than the 1404 one.
Give more info.
Quote from: Razgovory on November 20, 2011, 10:53:11 AM
Quote from: Tamas on November 20, 2011, 10:52:34 AM
Anno 2070, and I like it. The setting does it better for me than the 1404 one.
Give more info.
welll, if you played 1404, you know almost everything about this one as well.
Niceties are the two factions, greens and evil capitalists, and they use slightly different resources for their needs. Like, capitalist pigdogs eat hamburgers and drink sake, greens eat health food which reminds me of sushi and drink tea. Plus they dig iphones, I mean Communication Devices.
You don't have arabs as third faction, you have the science dudes for that who specialize in underwatery stuff. You cannot settle underwater but can have alge (sp?) farms and oil wells and that sort of thing.
Being actually nice to nature is kinda hard, my main green-faction island in my green game is well into the reds on that despite my efforts. And that's not too good as that is a minus on agricultural productivity, for which the greens gets bonuses or what.
For NPC factions you have the pirates, greenpeace (well, some eco-terrorist dude), a Russian oil mogul, and the actual factions of the industrial dudes and the greens, since the backstory is, you operate an Ark given to you by the Science faction and you choose sides at the start. In fact the science dudes also have a base in every map.
All in all quite addictive but just with other Anno games, I am not so sure on the replayability after a certain point.
One more thing is that they really try hard to be strong on the interactive multiplayer thing on it. Like, you can vote on some stuff weekly together with the other players, which supposedly can give some in-game bonuses but I haven't read up on how that works exactly. Also there are daily quests published which you can take in an active game of yours.
I'm gonna give that Unity of Command game a spin as soon as I can jam a few free hours in.
Quote from: Tamas on November 20, 2011, 01:12:05 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 20, 2011, 10:53:11 AM
Quote from: Tamas on November 20, 2011, 10:52:34 AM
Anno 2070, and I like it. The setting does it better for me than the 1404 one.
Give more info.
welll, if you played 1404, you know almost everything about this one as well.
Niceties are the two factions, greens and evil capitalists, and they use slightly different resources for their needs. Like, capitalist pigdogs eat hamburgers and drink sake, greens eat health food which reminds me of sushi and drink tea. Plus they dig iphones, I mean Communication Devices.
You don't have arabs as third faction, you have the science dudes for that who specialize in underwatery stuff. You cannot settle underwater but can have alge (sp?) farms and oil wells and that sort of thing.
Being actually nice to nature is kinda hard, my main green-faction island in my green game is well into the reds on that despite my efforts. And that's not too good as that is a minus on agricultural productivity, for which the greens gets bonuses or what.
For NPC factions you have the pirates, greenpeace (well, some eco-terrorist dude), a Russian oil mogul, and the actual factions of the industrial dudes and the greens, since the backstory is, you operate an Ark given to you by the Science faction and you choose sides at the start. In fact the science dudes also have a base in every map.
All in all quite addictive but just with other Anno games, I am not so sure on the replayability after a certain point.
One more thing is that they really try hard to be strong on the interactive multiplayer thing on it. Like, you can vote on some stuff weekly together with the other players, which supposedly can give some in-game bonuses but I haven't read up on how that works exactly. Also there are daily quests published which you can take in an active game of yours.
I didn't like 1404, how does it compare to 1701?
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 20, 2011, 01:55:24 PM
I'm gonna give that Unity of Command game a spin as soon as I can jam a few free hours in.
I hadn't heard of that before but am interested in what you think, let us know please.
How did we like East India Company?
Quote from: Tamas on November 20, 2011, 01:12:05 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 20, 2011, 10:53:11 AM
Quote from: Tamas on November 20, 2011, 10:52:34 AM
Anno 2070, and I like it. The setting does it better for me than the 1404 one.
Give more info.
welll, if you played 1404, you know almost everything about this one as well.
Niceties are the two factions, greens and evil capitalists, and they use slightly different resources for their needs. Like, capitalist pigdogs eat hamburgers and drink sake, greens eat health food which reminds me of sushi and drink tea. Plus they dig iphones, I mean Communication Devices.
You don't have arabs as third faction, you have the science dudes for that who specialize in underwatery stuff. You cannot settle underwater but can have alge (sp?) farms and oil wells and that sort of thing.
Being actually nice to nature is kinda hard, my main green-faction island in my green game is well into the reds on that despite my efforts. And that's not too good as that is a minus on agricultural productivity, for which the greens gets bonuses or what.
For NPC factions you have the pirates, greenpeace (well, some eco-terrorist dude), a Russian oil mogul, and the actual factions of the industrial dudes and the greens, since the backstory is, you operate an Ark given to you by the Science faction and you choose sides at the start. In fact the science dudes also have a base in every map.
All in all quite addictive but just with other Anno games, I am not so sure on the replayability after a certain point.
One more thing is that they really try hard to be strong on the interactive multiplayer thing on it. Like, you can vote on some stuff weekly together with the other players, which supposedly can give some in-game bonuses but I haven't read up on how that works exactly. Also there are daily quests published which you can take in an active game of yours.
The other Anno games were fun...
I was wondering on those though what would happen when they ran out of centuries. I was hoping they'd go with the Greeks but alas silly sci fi. But...still....hmm....
So, we have Anno:
1503
1602
1701
1404
2070
The rule was that the sum of the digits was always 9. So, presuming they won't repeat centuries that have been covered before, they can still do 1800, 1305/1350 (Hansa! :w00t: ), 1206/1260, 1107/1170, 1008/1080 and quite a few numbers in the future.
East India Company, Directors Cut, best $13.00 in entertainment I've spent in some time.
v1.12 (downloaded that way from Amazon) I guess they fixed alot of buggy/crashy issues.
Fun for what it is, a moderate level trading game.
I still have not figured out how to merge fleets or split them up. I have a feeling you can't. :lol:
Mainly playing Dark Souls on the PS3. Also poking a bit at Terraria now that the 1.1 patch is live. Saints Row, Catherine, and Madden '12 are on the wishlist.
Oh, I was also playing a little of the beta for Gotham City Impostors. That has the potential to be a really fun game.
Quote from: fahdiz on December 05, 2011, 07:42:27 PM
...and Madden '12 are on the wishlist.
Not worth it really. They added some nice features in theory, but in practice they reek of paradox plans, aka unfulfilled at release. Maybe in Madden 13 they'll manage to work out the kinks, but as it stands the game is a major disappointment from my end. Of course, if you only do online play, the one thing I never engage in, it might be a worthwhile investment. If you're more of a franchise mode fan with a bit of superstar mode in terms of interest, I think you'll find the game sorely disappointing. I know I was.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl - I missed on it in the first place. Very nice shooter, especially AI is awesome. If you fight a group, they use cover and try to surround you. I was trapped a couple of times, because of getting used to stupid drones waiting for slaughter. I had to flee quite a few times too when overwhelmed. But I play poorly in FPS games so even beginner is a challenge sometimes here. :blush:
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on December 06, 2011, 03:33:20 AM
Not worth it really. They added some nice features in theory, but in practice they reek of paradox plans, aka unfulfilled at release. Maybe in Madden 13 they'll manage to work out the kinks, but as it stands the game is a major disappointment from my end. Of course, if you only do online play, the one thing I never engage in, it might be a worthwhile investment. If you're more of a franchise mode fan with a bit of superstar mode in terms of interest, I think you'll find the game sorely disappointing. I know I was.
Well, that's a bit disheartening.
I bought Orcs Must Die yesterday when it was 75% off on Steam. I liked the demo, so I should like the rest of the game. And it's short enough that it's a game I might actually finish with my schedule like it is.
Quote from: szmik on December 06, 2011, 12:36:21 PM
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl - I missed on it in the first place. Very nice shooter, especially AI is awesome. If you fight a group, they use cover and try to surround you. I was trapped a couple of times, because of getting used to stupid drones waiting for slaughter. I had to flee quite a few times too when overwhelmed. But I play poorly in FPS games so even beginner is a challenge sometimes here. :blush:
Don't worry, the game is tough. Especially in the beginning. I never did finish the first one. I've played it several times, but never got all the way through.
I got Orcs Must Die from a recent Steam sale and just downloaded it last night. It is a pretty third person fun tower defense game so far.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 07, 2011, 05:23:10 PM
Quote from: szmik on December 06, 2011, 12:36:21 PM
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl - I missed on it in the first place. Very nice shooter, especially AI is awesome. If you fight a group, they use cover and try to surround you. I was trapped a couple of times, because of getting used to stupid drones waiting for slaughter. I had to flee quite a few times too when overwhelmed. But I play poorly in FPS games so even beginner is a challenge sometimes here. :blush:
Don't worry, the game is tough. Especially in the beginning. I never did finish the first one. I've played it several times, but never got all the way through.
Oh, and I just heard the developer went bust. To bad. :(
Still playing CMBB when I get a chance. Going to drop the cash for CM Normandy and of course commonwealth when it comes out.
Skyrim has bored the hell out of me so far.
Bought a PS3! Yikes. Came with Uncharted 3 which was awesome until I got to the part in the 1st bit as young Drake... I apparently haven't got the dexterity to do the "crouch and cross over a gap" move. It just sticks there. Up to then It was awesome.
my problem with video games is that I suck at them. may have to restart on "very easy" ... also got thrown in with purchase: "Fallout New Vegas" which is much more familiar to me, and a bit easier... Looking forward to some wasteland madness all day tomorrow!
I've been playing a lot of WitP: AE lately when I need a break from Skyrim. Now that I am used to its eccentricities, I like the game quite a bit. What I am doing in this playthrough is what I did in the last WitP game that I finished: I played the Japanese from the start of the war until the end of July, 1942 (i.e. through the end of the Japanese offensives and long enough afterward to set up a defensive perimeter), and then switch to the Allies. That way, the game's feeble offensive AI doesn't get exposed as much.
The game simply will not appeal to people who are big on the "sharp edge" and care nothing about logistics. But, if you enjoy the challenge of untangling all the messes the AI has made of unit organization, of building up supply lines, bases, and units so that you can go on the offensive when you get some competitive aircraft and some carriers, this is a good game. I'd really like it if the game allowed me to designate training squadrons, for instance, and have the game automatically pull pilots out when they are qualified for the reserve. Manually going through each training squadron once a month to promote pilots should not be necessary. That gripe, and the silly withdrawal rules (requiring exact ships, for instance, rather than types or classes) are my only remaining serious complaints about the engine, though. I have accepted their absurdly low Allied aircraft reinforcement levels (especially for the British, who produce just over 200 fighters total in 1942) as a scenario anomaly.
I'll admit that the biggest laugh I had in the game was when I looked up the mine production rates; according to the game, the US produced enough ship-laid mines to fill its largest minelayer, USS Terror, once a year! :lol: I'm thinking that the game doesn't handle mine warfare very well, and so the designers crippled it by cutting production. I've ignored it in my game, pretty much.
The game does a pretty good job, I think, of presenting the offensive and defensive players with the appropriate challenges. On the offensive, the challenge is to build up bases close enough to the enemy to hurt them, while not getting hurt too badly one's self as one brings up the valuable but vulnerable convoys full of supplies, engineers, and base forces needed to make the base valuable. Then, one needs to fly recon flights to build up knowledge about the enemy base, and assemble a large fighter force to fly sweeps over the enemy base. All the while, one is building up the base size until it can fly first 2E, then 4E bombers. As the bombers become available and the enemy's fighter force declines, one switches some fighters to escort duty and begins the bombing; first the enemy airfield, then the port, and then the ground units. This is a siege.
The enemy can try to break the siege by sending in reinforcement fighters to challenge and maybe crush your sweeps, or naval bombers/carriers to cut off your base from the massive supply flow it needs to operate (particularly when using 4E bombers and/or fighters using drop tanks). The AI will throw heavy surface units at your base to try to bombard it into uselessness. If you have carriers nearby, or a nearby subsidiary base with anti-naval air power, you can stop this. If not, you may find yourself forced to reinforce the logistics protection before you can resume the offensive.
Like almost all sieges, almost all offensives eventually succeed. The challenge is maintaining the pace and breaking the enemy before you run out of time. The Japanese challenge is easier, the sieges over more quickly, and the time frame shorter; as the Allies, you are going to be at this for a very long time. Luckily, I enjoy that kind of challenge, and so enjoy the game.
Well spent most of Sunday worshipping at the altar of Fallout. Played Fallout New Vegas until I went to bed and dreamed about playing Fallout New Vegas. Managed to level up to 2nd level in Goodsprings. helping out Ringo etc.
Trying to get out of town is hard though. I keep getting horribly slaughtered by Deathclaws... As with any game... It takes me a long while to get good at controls. But it sure is fun. I really dug doing the big gunfight against the Power Gangers... a bunch of which I'd earlier massacred for looking shifty on the edge of town. Also I wanted their stuff. Which is helping, but I think I will need to dynamite that Deathclaw.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on December 10, 2011, 07:20:13 PM
Bought a PS3! Yikes. Came with Uncharted 3 which was awesome until I got to the part in the 1st bit as young Drake... I apparently haven't got the dexterity to do the "crouch and cross over a gap" move. It just sticks there. Up to then It was awesome.
my problem with video games is that I suck at them. may have to restart on "very easy" ... also got thrown in with purchase: "Fallout New Vegas" which is much more familiar to me, and a bit easier... Looking forward to some wasteland madness all day tomorrow!
I hated that whole child sequence. Gets better past that. :D
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on December 12, 2011, 12:38:48 PM
Well spent most of Sunday worshipping at the altar of Fallout. Played Fallout New Vegas until I went to bed and dreamed about playing Fallout New Vegas. Managed to level up to 2nd level in Goodsprings. helping out Ringo etc.
Trying to get out of town is hard though. I keep getting horribly slaughtered by Deathclaws... As with any game... It takes me a long while to get good at controls. But it sure is fun. I really dug doing the big gunfight against the Power Gangers... a bunch of which I'd earlier massacred for looking shifty on the edge of town. Also I wanted their stuff. Which is helping, but I think I will need to dynamite that Deathclaw.
The deathclaws are there to keep you from going north too soon. The game (and story) wants you to go south to Primm.
I picked up Bastion, but I can't get the hang of the dodging, blocking and attacking thing. I never have been good at that.
Quote from: grumbler on December 12, 2011, 07:27:52 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on December 12, 2011, 12:38:48 PM
Well spent most of Sunday worshipping at the altar of Fallout. Played Fallout New Vegas until I went to bed and dreamed about playing Fallout New Vegas. Managed to level up to 2nd level in Goodsprings. helping out Ringo etc.
Trying to get out of town is hard though. I keep getting horribly slaughtered by Deathclaws... As with any game... It takes me a long while to get good at controls. But it sure is fun. I really dug doing the big gunfight against the Power Gangers... a bunch of which I'd earlier massacred for looking shifty on the edge of town. Also I wanted their stuff. Which is helping, but I think I will need to dynamite that Deathclaw.
The deathclaws are there to keep you from going north too soon. The game (and story) wants you to go south to Primm.
Hoo boy ...Yeah I figured that out after a few or 15 different tries. I guess that's what "save" is for. i'm in the Hotel in Primm right now. Just about to take out the Leader. Going to finish him tomorrow. I'm really enjoying the game. really does feel like a Fallout game despite all the fancy cinematic-ness. Got some awesome loot thus far. Plasma gun!
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on December 14, 2011, 01:42:42 AM
Quote from: grumbler on December 12, 2011, 07:27:52 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on December 12, 2011, 12:38:48 PM
Well spent most of Sunday worshipping at the altar of Fallout. Played Fallout New Vegas until I went to bed and dreamed about playing Fallout New Vegas. Managed to level up to 2nd level in Goodsprings. helping out Ringo etc.
Trying to get out of town is hard though. I keep getting horribly slaughtered by Deathclaws... As with any game... It takes me a long while to get good at controls. But it sure is fun. I really dug doing the big gunfight against the Power Gangers... a bunch of which I'd earlier massacred for looking shifty on the edge of town. Also I wanted their stuff. Which is helping, but I think I will need to dynamite that Deathclaw.
The deathclaws are there to keep you from going north too soon. The game (and story) wants you to go south to Primm.
Hoo boy ...Yeah I figured that out after a few or 15 different tries. I guess that's what "save" is for. i'm in the Hotel in Primm right now. Just about to take out the Leader. Going to finish him tomorrow. I'm really enjoying the game. really does feel like a Fallout game despite all the fancy cinematic-ness. Got some awesome loot thus far. Plasma gun!
New Vegas and FO3 are a blast.
I suck at video games too. Always have, yet I keep coming back for more...like a video game character.
Quote from: Josephus on December 14, 2011, 09:41:33 PM
I suck at video games too. Always have, yet I keep coming back for more...like a video game character.
Something I noticed recently playing... people talk about the desensitization of violence through video games, killing virtual people being so easy... But actually you yourself often die as much (just as horrifically often) or more than the hordes sent at you. Indeed I played a lot of suicide GTA on the old PS2. Drive till you explode or get beat to death by 20 cops kinda thing. I hardly ever got anywhere "mission-wise" in those games but I had a hella good time going out Tony Montana style over and over and over.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on December 15, 2011, 02:13:35 AM
Quote from: Josephus on December 14, 2011, 09:41:33 PM
I suck at video games too. Always have, yet I keep coming back for more...like a video game character.
Something I noticed recently playing... people talk about the desensitization of violence through video games, killing virtual people being so easy... But actually you yourself often die as much (just as horrifically often) or more than the hordes sent at you. Indeed I played a lot of suicide GTA on the old PS2. Drive till you explode or get beat to death by 20 cops kinda thing. I hardly ever got anywhere "mission-wise" in those games but I had a hella good time going out Tony Montana style over and over and over.
It is easy IMO
My other half watches in amazment at how I'll meticulously sneak around into and out of an area while playing ES4, ES5, FONV, and FO 3. She says there's something wrong with me. Probably right.
She sat and watched for over two hours as my character skulked around and sniped all the Death Claws from the quarry in FONV. Or in ES4 as my character snuck through a dungeon fort past an ass load of Necromacers to get some freakin amulet.
She laughed her ass off at my tactic for vault 22 in FONV.
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos.
Still a great old-school dungeon crawl, where even the bad guys make sharp right turns.
ABC Monday Night Football is hard.
Tried a few training missions in Modern warfare 2. not really my thing. going back to Fallout New Vegas today.
So, my son asked for Rome Total War, and I could not find the CD anywhere, I downloaded the thing from steam for him for @$5, he playes it every once in a while on my laptop. Cool to play a quick single player battle every once in a while.
I'm still playing MW3 on the PS3.
Why do I even bother posting here anyway? Not like any of you really care what I play. :P
Quote from: lustindarkness on December 19, 2011, 01:34:42 PM
Why do I even bother posting here anyway? Not like any of you really care
Self-fulfilling! The CdM school of posting is not recommended. If people only posted when someone was interested (instead of posting to
get people interested), the forum would quickly die.
Xmas weekend will involve me diving headfirst into Wing Commander 1, 2, 3, and Privateer.
Started up a game of EU III Death and Taxes mod. The map looks great and so far the mod is fun. Started as France in 1461. My main objective is to 1: tie France and Italy together (heir of Charlemagne), 2: defend Christianity from the turk (taken Apulia), 3: Break the encirclement of England and the emperor plus deal with Burgundy.
Annexed Provence together with Savoy while making a seperate white peace with Provence's ally Burgundy. England attacked me during the war and they raped Scotland my ally. Made peace with the English by paying 300 ducats and giving up my sphere in Cyprus. Portugal led the Burgundian alliance and she refused peace despite my ally Castille somewhat raping them. Eventually with the help of French vassal troops they surrendered. Had to give up the canaries and some cores plus a tribute.
Mass Effect 2
the game took my breath away. It's truly epic. Played it for 20h without a break druing weekend, not counting quick runs to the fridge or toilet. :blush: My wife is totally pissed off. :ph34r:
Quote from: szmik on December 20, 2011, 12:08:38 PM
Mass Effect 2
the game took my breath away. It's truly epic. Played it for 20h without a break druing weekend, not counting quick runs to the fridge or toilet. :blush: My wife is totally pissed off. :ph34r:
That sounds like my first playthrough of it... blew me away.
ending of ME2 is ... too easy? sitting behind cover and shooting for a couple of minutes <_<
have to do it on higher difficulty level
Quote from: Pedrito on November 07, 2011, 06:29:23 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on November 01, 2011, 11:51:34 AM
I've been obsessively playing SimCity 4 Deluxe.
So much fun. It's like crack.
Any user-created content?
L.
Network Addon Mod (NAM) is a must, and I threw in 2 submods that use it.
Also a bunch of different buildings, but nothing that really changes the functionality of the game.
Oh, and I've moved on from SC4 to... actually, I really haven't been playing much of anything the last week or two, besides Angry Birds on my phone and B-17 Flying Fortress with Vassal. Been too busy and tired.
Playing CMBB (putting together a little AAR for it) and working up SSG's Korsun Pocket. Ran a computer controlled 12 turn run of my Prokhorovka scenario for TOAW 3. What a wonderfully historical scenario.... :lmfao:
Been playing some Distant Worlds - Legends this morning. Some people complain that the game plays itself, but I rather enjoy it wih the following settings:
- research, colonization, diplomacy manual
- construction, Intelligence missions, military operations: AI suggestions
- fleet sizes, taxation, fleet dispositions etc. are set on the Empire screen
I keep a few fleets under manual control in case of war.
My game as human republic went rather well at first. I discovered a few human colonies early on (including Sol III) which gave me a considerable boost. I expanded undisturbed for quite a while. I befriended two adjacent empires and had neutral relations with two more.
Things became interesting when I invdided an independent reptile world. An empire o reptile was right next door, and there was a serious of short but ultimately undecisive conflicts in which the occasional remote colony would change hands.
Another insect empire was extraordinarily weak. We kept arguing about a few mining stations along the border. I used them as a pretence for war. I crushed them in round 1 and made their remaining worlds my vassals. Shortly tehreafter the vassals broke free and I crushed them once and for all.
By this time I had a huge lead in tech and had a large but not huge empire. There were a few more skirmishes, but nothing bad.
Things went downhill when I two weaker races agreed to become protectorates of the Sytonian Enclave. These two kept getting dragged into wars. I didn't pay much attention to war exhaustion (fought first the reptiles again, then tried to swallow another small insect empire, got dragged into conflict with the reptiles again, then two consecutive wars with a huge insect empire on the far side of the galaxy . . . ) till it was too late - most of my worlds experienced revolts, which caused taxation to plummet. Were I had an annual surplus of 100k I now had a deficit of 500k. I ceased all hostilities, but by then it was too late. Five or six of my oldest colonies and strongest defected to a neighboring neutral amphibian empire. A world or two of the insect empire I had conquered joined the reptiles. To add insult to injury, my homeworld declared its independence.
I fought a massive battle for that planet, but in the end it cost my some of my best ships, a whole battle fleet defected during the fighting, and two fleet admirals and two troop generals had died, and I still hadn't retaken the planet. I guess this is the point where I will have to sit back and lick my wounds, trying to stabilize the remnants of my empire (still 2/3 left), consider a regime change (though my allies won't like that), and putting the economy back on track before I start a campaign to retake what was mine.
It would be easy to give up now, but I want to try and rebuild my empire.
Distant Worlds Legends is a fantastic game.
Right now I'm playing one of the bloodthirsty insectoid races. Started in the bottom left corner, far removed from most of the other empires. I've already enslaved an empire that had to misfortune of starting near me and I've made plans to utterly exterminate the lizard people nearby who keep annoying me.
Could never get into that.
I bought a couple of the indie bundles going around. Cheap games ftw.
Fallout New Vegas. Really got going deep over 25th and 26th... solid all day gaming days... Like 10th level. Been wandering pretty aimlessly, only accomplishing missions when I seem to "have to" Need to learn to balance out my ammo between me and my "companion" the Brotherhood of Steel Chick... I call her "Baby". (Veronica)
Going to take a break though til the weekend. I get too obsessed and forget to do other shit that needs to get done.
Still playing EUIII. Started a game with the Meiou mod instead of dead and taxes mod. Good fun.
I've been playing a free 'Classic' Ultima Online server for a few months, http://inporylem.com/ (http://inporylem.com/).
Brings back great memories of the best MMO I've ever played.
Getting to 11th level just now. Doing a bit of looting... toying with various locals, making them buy my cigarettes. Last save at the end of turning all the Fiends in Vault 3 into green glowing goo. Fun Times.
Unless it's some really easy errand, most missions I complete are completely by accident. I just roam and kill stuff, and the hoarding, oh the hoarding. I already have two safehouses, that I'm filling with loot.
My name is Buddha and I'm a Fallout Hoarder. :p
thinking of getting a Flamethrower and doing some Fahrenheit 451-ing of some rooms in maze like hotels I know. There's a mission!
I've been playing lots of Atom Zombie Smasher. Great fucking game.
Also a bit of Sanctum and a bit more of Orcs Must Die.
Quote from: Mr. Grey on December 30, 2011, 10:36:15 AM
I've been playing a free 'Classic' Ultima Online server for a few months, http://inporylem.com/ (http://inporylem.com/).
Brings back great memories of the best MMO I've ever played.
Who the fuck are you? :)
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on December 31, 2011, 01:58:23 PM
Doing a bit of looting
I loot anything of value and sell it. It can get tediuos at times but worth it.
Quote from: Barrister on January 03, 2012, 02:09:14 AM
Quote from: Mr. Grey on December 30, 2011, 10:36:15 AM
I've been playing a free 'Classic' Ultima Online server for a few months, http://inporylem.com/ (http://inporylem.com/).
Brings back great memories of the best MMO I've ever played.
Who the fuck are you? :)
I've been on Languish since EUII....had to switch my name a few years back for some unknown reason. Now, it appears my post count has been reset. Meh
Quote from: Mr. Grey on January 03, 2012, 06:59:07 AM
Quote from: Barrister on January 03, 2012, 02:09:14 AM
Quote from: Mr. Grey on December 30, 2011, 10:36:15 AM
I've been playing a free 'Classic' Ultima Online server for a few months, http://inporylem.com/ (http://inporylem.com/).
Brings back great memories of the best MMO I've ever played.
Who the fuck are you? :)
I've been on Languish since EUII....had to switch my name a few years back for some unknown reason. Now, it appears my post count has been reset. Meh
who were you before the namechange? :huh:
Crunch.
I'm still playing pretty much only WoW and Civ5.
I don't really have time to get into new games, and both offer something that most other games don't - an ability to play for e.g. one hour at a time without this feeling like I'm losing much of the fun (WoW because of its streamlined/jump-into-the-game-instantly gameplay and Civ5 because on the Quick setting you can finish a game in an hour).
I would like to play a game like Skyrim but I know to get some enjoyment out of it, I would need to have more free time.
LA Noire. Damn, what a fun game. It's what I've been waiting for: the anti-GTA/anti-Mafia game.
Quote from: Tamas on January 03, 2012, 07:18:34 AM
Quote from: Mr. Grey on January 03, 2012, 06:59:07 AM
Quote from: Barrister on January 03, 2012, 02:09:14 AM
Quote from: Mr. Grey on December 30, 2011, 10:36:15 AM
I've been playing a free 'Classic' Ultima Online server for a few months, http://inporylem.com/ (http://inporylem.com/).
Brings back great memories of the best MMO I've ever played.
Who the fuck are you? :)
I've been on Languish since EUII....had to switch my name a few years back for some unknown reason. Now, it appears my post count has been reset. Meh
who were you before the namechange? :huh:
Autokrator....no one important :yucky:
Quote from: Mr. Grey on January 03, 2012, 12:23:12 PM
Quote from: Tamas on January 03, 2012, 07:18:34 AM
Quote from: Mr. Grey on January 03, 2012, 06:59:07 AM
Quote from: Barrister on January 03, 2012, 02:09:14 AM
Quote from: Mr. Grey on December 30, 2011, 10:36:15 AM
I've been playing a free 'Classic' Ultima Online server for a few months, http://inporylem.com/ (http://inporylem.com/).
Brings back great memories of the best MMO I've ever played.
Who the fuck are you? :)
I've been on Languish since EUII....had to switch my name a few years back for some unknown reason. Now, it appears my post count has been reset. Meh
who were you before the namechange? :huh:
Autokrator....no one important :yucky:
GOod to have you back with us then. :)
Yes, good to have you back. :)
Quote from: Tamas on January 03, 2012, 12:37:40 PM
Yes, good to have you back. :)
Thanks! I'm glad to be back! :D
Military life has lowered my IQ....a lot. I think I will probably just stick to the gaming forum for a few months while I make the readjustment back into the normal world.
Besides playing the IPY2 Ultima Online server....Battlefield 3 and WWE 12 on XBL have been taking up a lot of my time.
Being able to play as the Twin Towers against the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers was highly amusing.
Oh how i love/hate GOG.com.
In the last 10 days,
Baldur's Gate 1&2
Freespace 1&2
Arcanum
Planescape: Torment
Fallout 2.
Torment is as good as I remembered it :cool:
L.
Quote from: Scipio on January 03, 2012, 12:07:20 PM
LA Noire. Damn, what a fun game. It's what I've been waiting for: the anti-GTA/anti-Mafia game.
Yeah, it's a lot more fun than I thought it would be.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 04, 2012, 06:24:23 AM
Quote from: Scipio on January 03, 2012, 12:07:20 PM
LA Noire. Damn, what a fun game. It's what I've been waiting for: the anti-GTA/anti-Mafia game.
Yeah, it's a lot more fun than I thought it would be.
The one thing that bugs me is that there are multiple clues to prove someone is lying, and if you don't get the right one, you'll get that question wrong.
Quote from: Pedrito on January 03, 2012, 06:18:25 PM
Oh how i love/hate GOG.com.
In the last 10 days,
Baldur's Gate 1&2
Fallout 2.
L.
:yes:
Quote from: fahdiz on January 03, 2012, 01:56:34 AM
I've been playing lots of Atom Zombie Smasher. Great fucking game.
Also a bit of Sanctum and a bit more of Orcs Must Die.
Okay, I'm officially obsessed with AZS now.
Still SW:TOR and some Skyrim. Though I found in a store Saints Row 3 for €25, so I picked it up with some christmas vouchers. It's Steam activated, anyways, so downloading now.
Quote from: Pedrito on January 03, 2012, 06:18:25 PM
Oh how i love/hate GOG.com.
In the last 10 days,
Baldur's Gate 1&2
Freespace 1&2
Arcanum
Planescape: Torment
Fallout 2.
Torment is as good as I remembered it :cool:
L.
I'm hoping they get the rights to Freelancer. I never got to play that one when it came out, and I'd really like to take a shot at it.
Quote from: Syt on January 07, 2012, 06:20:12 AM
Though I found in a store Saints Row 3 for €25, so I picked it up with some christmas vouchers. It's Steam activated, anyways, so downloading now.
I played the first hour of it. It's surprising fun, in a juvenile way. It's obviously made for people who thought the movies Crank or Expandables were tied down by too much realism in their action scenes.
I will probably hook up the ol' gamepad to get the best experience.
I'm alternating between EU III: MEIOU MOD, Fallout New Vegas and Skyrim.
I like many of MEIOU's ideas, but it feels like it needs just one or two updates to polish things up.
I'm enjoying the MiscMods and O.S.C. mods for EUIII right now.
Got an interesting game as Alexandria going in MiscMods.
I've booted up Assassin's Creed
for the first time in forever and
finally finished it.
Wow that is one shitty ending.
Nukewar on the VICE C-64 emulator.
Quote from: fahdiz on January 10, 2012, 06:28:59 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 10, 2012, 06:27:39 PM
Nukewar on the VICE C-64 emulator.
:D
All the enemy countries are Languish posters. Timmaytardland has already felt the mailed fist of justice.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 10, 2012, 06:30:25 PM
All the enemy countries are Languish posters. Timmaytardland has already felt the mailed fist of justice.
I just cried a little tear of joy.
Might have to do one in my AAR thread.
ME2 in anticipation of ME3. Sugartits Shepard, a lvl 27 Sentinel. Kicking ass.
I played Bejeweled for the first time (it Bejeweled 3 was like 5 bucks on Steam). I did enjoy it. Yes, I am a girl. :(
Played the first few percent of Batman Arkham Asylum, last weekend. Fun game, very well done so far, though not so sandbox-like which is my preference. But it was like 14.99 as opposed to the 10's of dollars I'd have to fork out for the Arkham City (is that sandbox at all, or are you just directed through the city?)
The graphics blow my mind, of the few games I've played, Uncharted 3 included, Arkham Asylum has the best aesthetic
Pride of Nations, real time sink. :whistle:
playing a bit more New Vegas. may start over with a different build soon.
nowhere near the "end" though I could make it happen at this point, I guess. but I'm still having fun killing every "Gang" I meet all of them, all the time. Kind of a Road warrior thing sadly without the car.
I have been trying to finish the main quest in FO3. I played the hell out of the game over the summer then lost interest. I like Bethesda's sandbox type gameplay but FO3 is a bit too unfocused for me, I just end up wandering around doing nothing.
I've also been playing a lot of Killing Floor lately. It is decent fun in public servers but a real blast with a group of friends.
The FO3 manquest is underwhelming. Actually, the most interesting part of it happens mid game, with the preware German scientist guy. I think the whole game could have been built around that guy, making him the main villain. Easily the best part of the game, had a good "Twilight zone" aspect to it that fit the tone of the game very well.
D&D 3.5 (buddha's Big loose House Rule style of play)
in a few minutes I hope.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ycNShcNW8I
TOAW 3 and HoI3 fans will like.
Sorry, I can't sit through another Hitler rant.
my game was last minute rescheduled as both players thought it was tonight, despite my clearly worded email : D&D monday jan 16th? :facepalm:
LA Noire: Big fucking downer with the totally telegraphed bullshit ending. Really? The best you could do was bleakify L.A. Confidential's movie ending? LAME.
Thanks for the news. Sounds like they got their money. :(
D&D game was a bit short maybe but fun. They went to a Djinn wedding and the Halfling almost got crushed by an elephant, and later got to put a beatdown on an NPC blowhard in a Blowhard duel. (loud obnoxious player who favours the "Leroy Jenkins" style of RPG-ing vs. my blowhard NPC of the game: a poncey pirate named Ringo) They also made a big move dealing drugs they stole from some Gorilla people (Hadozee) and made a lot of GP. Oh and I finally outfitted their characters a bit better with some of the loot they've been ignoring.
It can be hard wuth Noob players who really aren't interested in character creation so much... I need one veterean player to join my group. One who can handle my almost never consulting a chart, or table. I wing most everything and we move along at a great clip.
Their next mission save an Audrey Hepburnesque "Nun" from some Ogres who've moved into her Abbey.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo.
Lots of fun, typical action RPG with cleaner combat- sort of Darksiders meets Dragon Age II, with a WoW aesthetic. Didn't get a chance to experience crafting or the presuasion-type skills, but I'm almost sold on it. Has a good old-skool feel, with lots of opacity sitting on top of the numbers, but with a few number factors thrown in (success percentages for lockpicking, persuasion, etc.).
Oh, who am I kidding? I'll probably buy it. It was a hell of a lot of fun, and in the 45 minutes of the timed demo, I wanted to keep going. Also, I completed nine quests in the 45 minutes, which gives it a nice MMORPGer feel to the questing.
On what platform did you play it?
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 18, 2012, 11:56:06 AM
On what platform did you play it?
PC. I only have a PC and a PSX.
Quote from: Scipio on January 18, 2012, 12:15:22 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 18, 2012, 11:56:06 AM
On what platform did you play it?
PC. I only have a PC and a PSX.
Not even a PS2? Get one it's 100$ plus a great backlog of games.
How were the controls? KB & Mouse?
Quote from: Scipio on January 18, 2012, 11:49:36 AM
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo.
Curt Schilling's game! I wonder if there are any ASL easter eggs. :hmm:
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Quote from: Scipio on January 18, 2012, 12:15:22 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 18, 2012, 11:56:06 AM
On what platform did you play it?
PC. I only have a PC and a PSX.
Not even a PS2? Get one it's 100$ plus a great backlog of games.
How were the controls? KB & Mouse?
KB and Mouse. Predictably excellent, given that Big Huge Games and 38 Games worked together on it. Big Huge has always had excellent control schemes.
If I have a spare $100.00, I'm replacing my microwave, thanks, not buying a PS2.
Couldn't remap WASD :( So I played it with a controller.
Seems like a fun game, alot like Fable. Magic combat was fun, if a little slow.
I like the destiny mechanics.
I looted the first alchemy lab you come across. Bad idea, everyone in the village wanted me dead. :lol:
Quote from: Habbaku on January 18, 2012, 12:27:24 PM
Quote from: Scipio on January 18, 2012, 11:49:36 AM
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo.
Curt Schilling's game! I wonder if there are any ASL easter eggs. :hmm:
I wonder if you can get a bloody sock achievement.
This is behind finishing Oblivion, Skyrim, the MAss Effect 2 DLCs I missed, and Mass Effect 3 on my RPG list. I plan on playing it in 2014 sometime.
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 18, 2012, 09:13:19 PM
Couldn't remap WASD :( So I played it with a controller.
Seems like a fun game, alot like Fable. Magic combat was fun, if a little slow.
I like the destiny mechanics.
I looted the first alchemy lab you come across. Bad idea, everyone in the village wanted me dead. :lol:
You don't like WASD? Homo.
Quote from: Scipio on January 18, 2012, 09:55:56 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 18, 2012, 09:13:19 PM
Couldn't remap WASD :( So I played it with a controller.
Seems like a fun game, alot like Fable. Magic combat was fun, if a little slow.
I like the destiny mechanics.
I looted the first alchemy lab you come across. Bad idea, everyone in the village wanted me dead. :lol:
You don't like WASD? Homo.
I'm left handed, it makes my hand be a little too close. I like to remap it to UHJK or the arrows.
Quote from: lustindarkness on December 19, 2011, 01:34:42 PM
So, my son asked for Rome Total War, and I could not find the CD anywhere, I downloaded the thing from steam for him for @$5, he playes it every once in a while on my laptop. Cool to play a quick single player battle every once in a while.
I'm still playing MW3 on the PS3.
Why do I even bother posting here anyway? Not like any of you really care what I play. :P
So, my son is still playing the hell out of RTW, I barely see my laptop anymore :(. The poor guy was strugling so I tried to show him how to bring the console up with "~" and mod/cheat, but it won't work with a steam game! Anyway, I guess I should research it for him, meanwhile I went in and gave the Brutti 99999999 starting denari and told him to use them, it helps. :lol: Anyone know if there is a way to get the console to come up for a newb playing on a steam copy of RTW?
I finally managed to snag a Gold Edition version of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. As soon as I saw it sitting in our local GameStop, I had to pick it up. Guess my original version's going on the yard sale pile. :blush:
Been playing Empire TW, with the Darth Mod. It's a real hoot, with the "just one more turn" feel I had in Shogun and Rome (but which I found lacking in Medieval and Medieval 2; may just be the period). India and America are a lot more fun for the Brits with a decent AI opponent.
I'm enjoying the Space Parrots and Zombies game. Got a chuckle out of the female pilot chatter asking if there was any strip clubs in system, so she could get a job.
I finished the Fallout 3 Main Quest and the Broken Steel DLC.
Are any of the other DLC worth playing? I don't have much interest left in the game, but if any of them are any good I may give them a shot. I know Mothership Zeta is supposed to be pretty horrible.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 30, 2012, 07:23:10 PM
I'm enjoying the Space Parrots and Zombies game. Got a chuckle out of the female pilot chatter asking if there was any strip clubs in system, so she could get a job.
Holy crap, that got hard. I SAID 'CASUAL', YOU STUPID GAME.
Blizzard added people to the D3 beta. Did you make it?
My brother got in and I've watched him play. S'ok, I guess. It looks very slick and it has that "Diablo II" feel to it; no surprise considering it's a Blizzard project.
Got Space Marine on sale. Hopefully I will enjoy it.
Space Marine is okay. Now I'm hip-deep in Kingdoms of Amalur, which is pretty entertaining. Definitely hack and slashy for an RPG, but an interesting and fairly deep crafting system, coupled with really entertaining combat.
Graphics are a trifle cartoony.
Quote from: Scipio on February 11, 2012, 08:23:52 AM
Space Marine is okay. Now I'm hip-deep in Kingdoms of Amalur, which is pretty entertaining. Definitely hack and slashy for an RPG, but an interesting and fairly deep crafting system, coupled with really entertaining combat.
Graphics are a trifle cartoony.
How does Kingdoms of Amalur compare to Skyrim? I've been playing that mostly for now, though I just ordered FIFA 12 and Assassin's Creed II.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 11, 2012, 10:59:28 AM
Quote from: Scipio on February 11, 2012, 08:23:52 AM
Space Marine is okay.
Elaborate, plz.
It's a super-linear shooter. It really puts you in the grind of being the Emperor's weapon. I felt like I was participating in a tabletop game. However, the graphics and action are gorgeous, and the overall production value is fabulous, like in all the THQ 40K games.
Quote from: Hansmeister on February 11, 2012, 11:10:43 AM
Quote from: Scipio on February 11, 2012, 08:23:52 AM
Space Marine is okay. Now I'm hip-deep in Kingdoms of Amalur, which is pretty entertaining. Definitely hack and slashy for an RPG, but an interesting and fairly deep crafting system, coupled with really entertaining combat.
Graphics are a trifle cartoony.
How does Kingdoms of Amalur compare to Skyrim? I've been playing that mostly for now, though I just ordered FIFA 12 and Assassin's Creed II.
I don't think it compares to Skyrim, but I can't be authoritative, since I've always found the Elder Scrolls series cold and uninviting. I far preferred Fallout 3 and Vegas to Oblivion, and I haven't tried Skyrim. KoA:R has really intuitive combat, with a good combo system, while making running around the open world actually fun. There's just a lot of shit to do. Also, stealing shit from NPCs makes fucking sense. If they can't see you stealing it, they don't fucking know you stole it. That's a total revelation; if they're two stories apart from you in their house, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
KoA:R's class system is really flexible; you can respec readily, and for once being a jack of all trades character really pays off. That's always my preference play style anyway for these types of games. The jack of all trades with mostly passive skills is a stupendous badass, at least in early game. I've got about ten hours into it, and I'm rocking.
You can also whip up all kinds of random shit in alchemical experiment. The other crafting is more stratified and ultimately less detailed, and kind of opaque. But I have the feeling that crafting is going to be super important in the endgame.
The equipment options are very clear; the granularity of stuff is sharp, and elemental damage makes a big difference, ala Diablo II. Each style of fighting, even with similar weapons, remains distinctive. On the whole, it appears excellent.
Quote from: Scipio on February 11, 2012, 02:56:41 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 11, 2012, 10:59:28 AM
Quote from: Scipio on February 11, 2012, 08:23:52 AM
Space Marine is okay.
Elaborate, plz.
It's a super-linear shooter. It really puts you in the grind of being the Emperor's weapon. I felt like I was participating in a tabletop game. However, the graphics and action are gorgeous, and the overall production value is fabulous, like in all the THQ 40K games.
PC or platform? Sounds like I'm getting sold.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 11, 2012, 04:20:12 PM
Quote from: Scipio on February 11, 2012, 02:56:41 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 11, 2012, 10:59:28 AM
Quote from: Scipio on February 11, 2012, 08:23:52 AM
Space Marine is okay.
Elaborate, plz.
It's a super-linear shooter. It really puts you in the grind of being the Emperor's weapon. I felt like I was participating in a tabletop game. However, the graphics and action are gorgeous, and the overall production value is fabulous, like in all the THQ 40K games.
PC or platform? Sounds like I'm getting sold.
I play it on PC. And when I say I felt like I was participating in a tabletop game, I meant as one of those poor fuckers in a ten-man tactical squad or in a command squad. Ouch.
Quote from: sbr on January 31, 2012, 11:57:41 PM
I finished the Fallout 3 Main Quest and the Broken Steel DLC.
Are any of the other DLC worth playing? I don't have much interest left in the game, but if any of them are any good I may give them a shot. I know Mothership Zeta is supposed to be pretty horrible.
Get the "Mothership Zeta Crew" mod and then play the DLC, followed by the mod. The mod shortens the boring DLC by quite a bit, but then adds even more content as you turn the ship into a base for some pretty decent SF adventures. Voice acting in the mod is excellent.
Play for a few dozen hours using the Real Time Settler mod, if you haven't already. Fun for a while.
Definitely play the three Quest for Heaven mods. The first one's puzzles are a bit annoying in the beginning, but the whole story then takes off and is very well-executed.
The best mods are probably the logical-puzzle-based mods from Puce Moose. You gotta play those.
My wife and I had a game of the Battlestar Galactica board game with some friends tonight. It was quite fun.
Quote from: Neil on February 12, 2012, 12:38:17 AM
My wife and I had a game of the Battlestar Galactica board game with some friends tonight. It was quite fun.
I haven't played it in person but have played a few games on the Paradox forums. Every game has been fun.
about 27 hours into KoA:R, which I figure is less than a third of the way through. Completed the first of the faction quest series for the Summer Court. Did not see that ending coming, but I suppose I should have.
Crafting is pretty entertaining, especially with naming your creations.
picked up a few cheap ass ps3(14.99 each) games with an unexpected payback of money lent to a friend who usually never pays back. ... fallout 3, Assassin's Creed 2, Mafia 2, GTA 4.
So far the cream is Fallout 3. Though I really dig the others, they are a bit frustrating, in the beginning for people like me who actually really suck at button combo-ing. I now have enough games to f around with until the newer ones I want - (Arkham City, Skyrim) end up in my price range (sub 20 bucks)
as always with gaming, I'm years behind everyone.
The Mass Effect 3 demo finally dropped, which means I can finally play multiplayer at home without having to go in to the Bioware facility. It's fun.
Mass Effect 3 demo is great. Want to try multi.
I'll wait for the game of the year edition with ME3. I had planned to get it on release, but I've long since lost track which pre-order/social game/different game's demo gives which additional content, so I've finally given up.
Besides, I still have TOR, CK2, and soon OOTP13.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on February 14, 2012, 01:49:29 PM
as always with gaming, I'm years behind everyone.
so I'm years behind you :lol: got Bioshock lately
Quote from: Syt on February 15, 2012, 11:23:32 AM
... I've long since lost track which pre-order/social game/different game's demo gives which additional content, so I've finally given up.
Yeah. The EA marketing team wears clown shoes to work. It's embarassing how shitty they are.
BTW. 30+ hours into KoA:R, not a single ctd or hiccup. Curt Schilling really came through on the QA angle.
Got my second attempt at Fallout NV up to almost the same level (14th) as where I stopped the first time round; this time without getting to Vegas yet. (that's next weekend)
Better Gun skill, different feats. Just got Wolverine Bones (adamantium skeleton). will be useful I think.
Very satisfying play this time round... cleaned out Vault 3 way more effectively. Very Fun Game. still my best purchase thus far (came w/ps3)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 11, 2012, 04:20:12 PM
PC or platform? Sounds like I'm getting sold.
It's great on the PS3 for sure. Can't speak to the PC version; my machine's too pokey for it.
There are too many games I want to play. :(
I'm caught between Skyrim, STO, SWTOR, and CK2. I play a bit of at least two in a night, but it doesn't feel like enough.
I haven't touched anything besides CK2 since I put some serious time into the demo about 10 days ago.
I'm taking a break from Skyrim atm. Currently playing CKII and a little bit of GTA4 - The lost and the damned on the Xbox due to me currently watching Sons of Anarchy.
I am thoroughly and completely addicted to Realm of the Mad God.
Quote from: fahdiz on February 24, 2012, 05:39:27 PM
I am thoroughly and completely addicted to Realm of the Mad God.
Have you gone back to Catholicism again? :)
Quote from: Octavian on February 24, 2012, 05:58:48 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on February 24, 2012, 05:39:27 PM
I am thoroughly and completely addicted to Realm of the Mad God.
Have you gone back to Catholicism again? :)
:lol:
assassins creed 2- wow. Now I see why people love this series. Much better than the first.
Though the platforming sections are annoying as hell, they worked in Prince of Persia with the time reverse but here you can't even load checkpoints. And the dialogue and plot progression is a bit broken.
Quote from: Tyr on February 29, 2012, 05:18:31 AM
assassins creed 2- wow. Now I see why people love this series. Much better than the first.
Though the platforming sections are annoying as hell, they worked in Prince of Persia with the time reverse but here you can't even load checkpoints. And the dialogue and plot progression is a bit broken.
The gameplay in Brotherhood - especially the combat - is even better than in AC2, and the story is at least as interesting. Pick it up after you finish AC2.
I haven't tried Revelations yet, but it's on my list for later in the year.
I've been half-hearted playing Revelations. The new bomb feature was annoying but mostly avoidable. Game seems just as good as Brotherhood but I think my issue is that I don't really care that much for 16th century Constantinople...which might be that I've not been there before.
I still haven't played a computer game this year. :hmm:
Quote from: garbon on February 29, 2012, 02:32:18 PM
I've been half-hearted playing Revelations. The new bomb feature was annoying but mostly avoidable. Game seems just as good as Brotherhood but I think my issue is that I don't really care that much for 16th century Constantinople...which might be that I've not been there before.
Is the tower defense aspect of the game necessary to progress the story, or is it just an additional thing to do between missions?
Quote from: mongers on February 29, 2012, 07:34:51 PM
I still haven't played a computer game this year. :hmm:
:console:
I've been playing Bloons Tower Defense 5 a lot the past few weeks.
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 29, 2012, 07:41:32 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 29, 2012, 02:32:18 PM
I've been half-hearted playing Revelations. The new bomb feature was annoying but mostly avoidable. Game seems just as good as Brotherhood but I think my issue is that I don't really care that much for 16th century Constantinople...which might be that I've not been there before.
Is the tower defense aspect of the game necessary to progress the story, or is it just an additional thing to do between missions?
You have to do it once so that you learn about it. Otherwise, it only really comes into play if you get your whatever that's called wanted alarm bit too high...then the templars will attack one of your assassin den's.
Ok, keeping notoriety down is easy enough. Thanks. I'll keep this one on the list.
I've been in a bit of a mood for of old games. Playing Talensoft's Gettysburg.
Started playing the free-to-play Tribes Ascend.
The old-school FPS PC-only gameplay is a breath of fresh air. Super-fast run speeds, death-defying hyper jumps, badass crazy laser rockets for weapons, no stupid and ill-conceived cover mechanics, no iron sights madness. It's like I'm back in 1999. My very first action in a multiplayer match led to a four-man kill streak which only ended after I ran out of ammo. Even the default secondary weapon, a mini-grenade launcher, was badass. :cool:
Quote from: KRonn on March 01, 2012, 01:38:53 PM
I've been in a bit of a mood for of old games. Playing Talensoft's Gettysburg.
Ah the history geek gaming company between SSI and Paradox. They had a sudden and bizarre implosion in 1999 that I never did understand. Ah well Paradox came out with EU the next year and I forgot all about them.
Dear god, I got drunk and played Tribes: Ascend all night.
Found Arx Fatalis on Steam. Five bucks. Great game.
Halo 3. Turns out I'm still way good at it.
Is it better then HALO 1? The first game started out okay. Then it got dreadfully boring. I kinda wondered why that game was so popular.
Multiplayer.
Quote from: Ideologue on March 07, 2012, 07:49:39 PM
Multiplayer.
Yeah, I played games with multi player before that. Half-life had a fairly successful multi-player mod or two. It also had an excellent single player.
I guess. Halo games are about the only FPSes I actually like (the Unreal Tournament games are OK, MW single player rocks, but MP sucks), but then I've not played too many. I've never actually played Half-Life, for example.
Quote from: Ideologue on March 08, 2012, 02:21:24 AM
I guess. Halo games are about the only FPSes I actually like (the Unreal Tournament games are OK, MW single player rocks, but MP sucks), but then I've not played too many. I've never actually played Half-Life, for example.
Graphics are dated, but the game is fantastic. First FPS that I really liked. Before Half-life FPS games tended to be like Quake, you run around a maze and shoot monsters and try to find a key. Kinda dull.
The only unfortunate thing is that that all the revolutionary elements of Half-life have essentially become mainstream and have thus been incorporated in to FPS for over a decade.
Half-life had some great MP by the way. Counterstrike and Day of Defeat were both good.
I bought Football Manager 2012 last night because it was on sale, and no way was I going to drop 30 clams for it. 12 bucks was the sweet spot.
I keep thinking about trying a fm game since I really like sports management sims, but I am not really interested in soccer.
ME3 still rocks.
MLB 2k11 on XBox. I wanted to buy the just released 2k12 for PC, but all the digital retailers (Amazon.com, Impulse, Steam . . .) have this game region blocked (though 2k11 is available and even on sale for me on Steam :rolleyes: ).
I can order a disc version from 2k - $30 for the game, plus $45 for shipping. :lol:
Problem solved - I just used my sister's U.S. address on Amazon.com
Infinity Blade. Fuck yes.
Dammit Arx Fatalis keeps crashing on me. :(
Quote from: Razgovory on March 13, 2012, 09:29:19 AM
Dammit Arx Fatalis keeps crashing on me. :(
Is it running via dosbox, ie. its a GOG.com release? If not, have you tried running in a compatibility mode?
if it's GOG, check the game's page for the user reviews they may mention a solution.
Quote from: Tamas on March 13, 2012, 09:33:50 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on March 13, 2012, 09:29:19 AM
Dammit Arx Fatalis keeps crashing on me. :(
Is it running via dosbox, ie. its a GOG.com release? If not, have you tried running in a compatibility mode?
if it's GOG, check the game's page for the user reviews they may mention a solution.
Tis Steam. I am going to try to activate the compatibility mode. The game came out in 2002 so, I don't think Dos Box would help.
ME3 is good except for the ending. The most satisfying shooter experience I've had in a while.
Quote from: Scipio on March 13, 2012, 04:43:10 PM
ME3 is good except for the ending.
You probably didn't play online enough or grind the side missions and minigames to get the best ending. ;)
Quote from: Syt on March 13, 2012, 11:06:25 PM
Quote from: Scipio on March 13, 2012, 04:43:10 PM
ME3 is good except for the ending.
You probably didn't play online enough or grind the side missions and minigames to get the best ending. ;)
Study the ME3 thread, Syt :P
While I was internet less I played Reckoning somewhat. 14h or so in. I like it, combat is really fun. I started with a Rogue but now I mostly use the might tree. Much more fun that way & faster. I have yet to try the Magic tree, I'm never a big magic user in any RPGs.
Compatibility mode seems to have fixed my problem. The quick save seems a bit touchy though. I wasted an hour of game play I think since one of the quick saves didn't "take". One thing I forgot about Arx is that you do a lot of back tracking. I'm playing pure mage, which is fun. You cast spells by moving the mouse around like the game Black and White. Fortunately the spells are fairly powerful, so it's worth doing. I throw a big fireball at someone, that pretty much does them in.
Any of you guys wouldn't have or know someone who has a copy of Pokemon FireRed or LeafGreen & be willing to part with it?
Master of Mana, a mod for Civ4 BtS. It's based on the Fall from Heaven mod and does a good job at filling the hole left by Master of Magic. It has global enchantments, battle spells, unit enchantments and terraforming. There is an incentive not to build tile improvements all over the place etc.
Just installed Forge of Freedom.
Shit
Well I'm stuck in Arx. I pick up some dead guys hat, and two liches pop up. I've killed Liches by the bucket load, but these ones just don't want to die. I've blasted them with every spell I have. They just don't want to give up the ghost.
Defeated Akbaa and saved Arx (well, sort of saved it). Got 41 hours out of the game, which isn't bad for 5 bucks.
Been playing some Silent hunter 4. Man it's annoying when you come accross a task force, spend time lining everything up, and then it turns out they're comin back after a mission and are low on fuel so none those damn juice carriers sink.
Just started Skyrim on PS3. Took me forever to find the Keep, Quest #1. :lol:
I am addicted to King of Dragon Pass all over again. :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub:
Finally getting a bit bored with Fallout New Vegas (still haven't done most of the Vegas missions. :meh: ). But unsure what game I'll get back into next, probably GTA: Russian Dude or whatever it's called, maybe Arkham Asylum. I also have some Assassin's Creed: not the newest one, but the one before that... saved, and Uncharted 3 which I found too hard the first time I tried it, though it looked pretty awesome. Maybe I should just try Fallout DLC.
Hey BH, ever get into LA Noire?
Picked up Star Trek: Bridge Commander a couple of days ago. Amazing quality for a game that came out a year before Windows XP, and incredibly stable on a Windows 7 machine- there's an occasional black flicker (maybe once or twice every mission), but I've only hit 3 CTDs so far, and that might have more to do with the Kobayashi Maru mod than BC itself.
OOTP13 is released today for pre-orders. I played a lot of 11, little of 12 (which had minor improvements over 11), but 13 seems to be quite a step forward with customizable play-offs, league assoications (independent leagues that can be linked for a joint play off - think having a European league associated with MLB and the top teams squaring off for the trophy), new, cleaner interface (no HTML in game for news and reports anymore) and optional real time sim (games are simmed in the background, with news tickers and live scores).
Review:
http://infieldfly.ca/2012/04/05/ootp-offers-addictive-baseball-experience/
Let me know your thoughts a bit more syt and then i might pull the trigger. Can you still start back in historical times and create back history with real players?
Quote from: katmai on April 06, 2012, 12:28:07 AM
Let me know your thoughts a bit more syt and then i might pull the trigger. Can you still start back in historical times and create back history with real players?
Yep. It's pretty screwy for the 1800s, I guess, because it doesn't accoodate for some of the rule changes during that time (number of balls for a walk, mound distance). They also changed the financial model a bit last year to include some very basic reserve clause rules for the pre-free agency times. There's mods with facegen files for a large number of historical players, too. And I think they introduce a "random debut" feature that places players randomly into the draft pool or something like that (so Ty Cobb, Reggie Jackson and Stephen Strasburg might start in the same season).
I hardly play historical, though. They added an option for "as played" lineups last year, so you might replay a season witht he actual game lineups of that year, but no idea how good/accurate that is vs, say, Diamond Mind (that JR swears by).
Ah gotcha, yeah I use to start in 1903 and start there with random draft each year of real life players so Ty Cobb might end up with Yankees or Christy Mathewson with the Dodgers :x
And then make the adjustments from dead ball era, etc and see how it progressed, the one stumbling block in those old versions was the financial model from what i recall.
Legend of Grimrock. It's a dumbed down Dungeon Master clone but pretty damn fun.
It looks nice I'm going to have to get it sometime.
Waves, It was on sale for 5$ last Tuesday, iirc, on Steam. It's a twin shooter.
I can't get past 1.5million points, damn it.
Quote from: The Brain on April 14, 2012, 05:14:25 PM
Legend of Grimrock. It's a dumbed down Dungeon Master clone but pretty damn fun.
Looks nice, is the combat real time only? Is there a way to issue commands while paused?
L.
Quote from: The Brain on April 14, 2012, 05:14:25 PM
Legend of Grimrock. It's a dumbed down Dungeon Master clone but pretty damn fun.
I've been looking at that. Don't know if it'll run on my PC though.
Quote from: Pedrito on April 15, 2012, 06:59:11 AM
Quote from: The Brain on April 14, 2012, 05:14:25 PM
Legend of Grimrock. It's a dumbed down Dungeon Master clone but pretty damn fun.
Looks nice, is the combat real time only? Is there a way to issue commands while paused?
L.
I guess. Haven't tried pausing.
Trying to decipher the Conquest of Elysium 3 demo. Wowzers.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 16, 2012, 08:28:33 PM
Trying to decipher the Conquest of Elysium 3 demo. Wowzers.
Bought.
May do an AAR as a Troll Lord. Name of the Troll Lord? Jaronicus
My Jaron Troll King was killed by some giant Mushrooms. :mad:
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 17, 2012, 06:23:49 PM
My Jaron Troll King was killed by some giant Mushrooms. :mad:
Funny, that's how you'd expect Fireblade to go out.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 17, 2012, 11:08:17 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 17, 2012, 06:23:49 PM
My Jaron Troll King was killed by some giant Mushrooms. :mad:
Funny, that's how you'd expect Fireblade to go out.
One of the factions in the game grows Weed. No shit.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 17, 2012, 01:26:12 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 16, 2012, 08:28:33 PM
Trying to decipher the Conquest of Elysium 3 demo. Wowzers.
Bought.
May do an AAR as a Troll Lord. Name of the Troll Lord? Jaronicus
So, it looks intriquing (and fugly). I briefly tried the demo and it seemed... odd. Exploring must be fun, but it seemed to get old fast. Opinion after extended play?
Quote from: Tamas on April 18, 2012, 07:32:31 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 17, 2012, 01:26:12 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 16, 2012, 08:28:33 PM
Trying to decipher the Conquest of Elysium 3 demo. Wowzers.
Bought.
May do an AAR as a Troll Lord. Name of the Troll Lord? Jaronicus
So, it looks intriquing (and fugly). I briefly tried the demo and it seemed... odd. Exploring must be fun, but it seemed to get old fast. Opinion after extended play?
One day impressions:
I'm liking it so far as the Senator (aka Rome). It's ugly as sin, and has some interface quirks, but its fun. The senator has a 'reveler' that can party in ancient forests, and Satyrs come out and roam the countryside in the area for you. You can recruit these centurions with a bit of magic in them, back them with a shitload of infantry and run over most anything. Until a patch of giant mushrooms poisons half of them. Plus for a tiny bit of gold, the Senator can scry to see what is around with Augers.
I'm not regretting the 30 bucks spent on it.
A fucking group of 7 trolls killed a third of my army. 30 FUCKING UNITS OUT OF 90.
CoE3 has a weird sense of humor. A Roc is flying around killing my Satyrs, and the fucking snakes keep poisoning my Satyrs.
I am considering buying the new Combat mission game. Not sure yet.
Normandy?
Quote from: sbr on April 18, 2012, 11:47:00 PM
Normandy?
Yeah. I like the infantry focus. Flanking some unsuspecting Germans is tremendous fun. Also I like arty. In fact watching the artillery fall down on Germans was what I loved best about the first game. I find the game genuinely exciting. It's little moments like in one scenario a guy with a Panzershreck and his buddy snuck up behind a Polish Cromwell and knocked it out.
For some reason, attacking through bocage seems easier then defending in it.
Since the long-awaited CK2 patch is fucked up, I continued a Shogun 2 Total War Fall of the Samurai campaign.
FINALLY I found a tweak (had to increase some kind of memory allocation via command line) to stop it from crashing every 5 minutes.
It is fun. Hard difficulty is annoying however, as the AI has much better moral than your troops, and that looks silly. On normal of course, with the same morale levels, you can wrap up AI flanks the usual Total War style and have an easy time. I would need a difficulty level somewhere in between for ideal play.
Revoler cavalry appears to be awesome. I had 4 of them in a big battle, massed on my right, and they just went through enemy morale like hot knife through butter.
Apparently, a Hungarian guy has been making a SAM-simulator, and the latest version includes nuclear warhead-tipped launches as well. More info here:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/20/the-flare-path-nukes-and-rebukes/#more-104688
Anyone have Arma 2? There's this zombie mod called DayZ that looks like what Left for Dead should have been.
http://youtu.be/KRpPIyJDSEQ
http://youtu.be/8gEMpcBTnJk
:lol:
I though left 4 dead was pretty good at what it was suppose to be.
Quote from: Tamas on April 20, 2012, 08:09:33 AM
Apparently, a Hungarian guy has been making a SAM-simulator, and the latest version includes nuclear warhead-tipped launches as well. More info here:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/20/the-flare-path-nukes-and-rebukes/#more-104688
Yeah I saw that. Weird.
I've been playing Legend of Grimrock on the recommendation of a buddy from work. I'm enjoying it, although I don't really like the combat much.
Quote from: Razgovory on April 22, 2012, 04:22:53 PM
I though left 4 dead was pretty good at what it was suppose to be.
Yeah L4D was fun in a cartoonish way. Didn't mean to slight it.
The Walking Dead game is great.
Quote from: Scipio on April 29, 2012, 09:57:27 AM
The Walking Dead game is great.
It is pretty good - much better than I thought.
Quote from: garbon on April 29, 2012, 11:07:54 AM
Quote from: Scipio on April 29, 2012, 09:57:27 AM
The Walking Dead game is great.
It is pretty good - much better than I thought.
It's on the level of Telltale's best- Poker Night at the Inventory, StrongBad's, and the Back to the Future Games.
Is there anything to Poker Night besides the poker game? I played it for about 30 minutes and it was not very good as a poker game.
Quote from: sbr on April 29, 2012, 02:00:22 PM
Is there anything to Poker Night besides the poker game? I played it for about 30 minutes and it was not very good as a poker game.
A lot of inside jokes. Hats and shit like that.
As a poker game, it's pretty poor. But all video poker games are pretty poor.
Finished Legend of Grimrock.
Quote from: sbr on April 29, 2012, 02:00:22 PM
Is there anything to Poker Night besides the poker game? I played it for about 30 minutes and it was not very good as a poker game.
It's mostly for the dialog. You can get the same thing by just watching Youtube videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcJtbUeMRs8&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_709187
"MAKE A CALM AND RATIONAL DECISION!"
Guild Wars 2 Beta. I like it, quite a bit, with reservations.
Quote from: Scipio on April 29, 2012, 11:10:25 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 29, 2012, 11:07:54 AM
Quote from: Scipio on April 29, 2012, 09:57:27 AM
The Walking Dead game is great.
It is pretty good - much better than I thought.
It's on the level of Telltale's best- Poker Night at the Inventory, StrongBad's, and the Back to the Future Games.
I tried the Jurassic Park one. That was painful. -_-
I just started playing Civ 5 again. I haven't really played it much, though I've had the game since it cam out. I kind of got bored with it before I guess. Liking it ok now, so I'll see how it goes.
Toy Soldiers, fun little tower defense game.
Skyrim
World of Tanks
Eve online.
Been playing Combat Mission Beyond Normandy. Overall pretty good, some things I find annoying. The Germans all have radios at the platoon level. <_< Also the scenario creators always feel the need to put in a few Panthers. "Oh the Americans get a platoon of Shermans, I suppose I should add in a few Panthers to balance it out. Or maybe a couple of Tigers". Fuck you. At least the missions aren't as hard as the ones in Shock Force where the first mission is "Take this platoon and wipe out an entrenched regiment".
Germans had radios. Live with it. You aren't facing slavs or the French.
They had Volksempfänger. :wub:
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 02:49:44 PM
Germans had radios. Live with it. You aren't facing slavs or the French.
At the Battalion level and sometimes Company, but not Platoon. Not for infantry. Fuck, many of the Germans you fight
are Slavs. Several of the units that faced the US initially were Ost Battalions.
The Ost bicycle battalions were great in The Longest Day. The trick was finding where in the hell there were supposed to start at.
Drop a shitload of arty on them and advance under smoke.
Nicht Kleckern sondern Klotzen!
Parasite Eve
3D Playstation graphics are so pretty. :D
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 01, 2012, 08:32:26 PM
Drop a shitload of arty on them and advance under smoke.
Nicht Kleckern sondern Klotzen!
There are many scenarios they just plain don't give you arty.
"Oh the enemy has a platoon of Tiger tanks. Here's a 1 60mm mortar, some rifle grenades, and a pointy stick. We'll send you another 60mm mortar and some useless TDs in maybe an hour. Good Luck!"
It's bad enough when the Germans bring in Panther tanks.
Rules:
Germans always get the first shot.
If you are not buttoned up, someone will kill your commander.
German commanders are invincible.
Your first shot will always miss.
Fuck You.
Nothing you have will penetrate a German tank.
Any German vehicle needs to be penetrated at least 3 times before the crew is harmed or even notices.
German's laugh at your pathetic attempts to hide in foxholes, trenches or buildings.
For some reason I own Batman Arkham Asylum. So I gave it a spin. Lot of fun. I'm wondering if I should spring for an X box controller. Probably not since I've never held an X-box controller and it's probably something like forty bucks.
A little more if you want the wireless version.
Also, you should spring for it.
Quote from: garbon on May 01, 2012, 08:38:41 PM
Parasite Eve
3D Playstation graphics are so pretty. :D
I loved the first PE game, lots of fun. I was actually just looking at it on ebay the other day since my copy has vanished in the last ten years.
Tribes:Ascend. All the old Tribes skills came floating back from ancient times past. Major Nostalgia Boner.
My name is RabidMonkeyNuts in the game. I'll ignore you however.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 02, 2012, 06:44:22 PM
My name is RabidMonkeyNuts in the game. I'll ignore you however.
Then you should have named yourself Berkut :contract:
Quote from: katmai on May 02, 2012, 08:23:13 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 02, 2012, 06:44:22 PM
My name is RabidMonkeyNuts in the game. I'll ignore you however.
Then you should have named yourself Berkut :contract:
I have no interest in chess clocks.
I may create a Combat Mission AAR. Then you all can see how quickly an ineptly lead rifle company can get wiped out.
Quote from: Razgovory on May 02, 2012, 09:34:29 PM
I may create a Combat Mission AAR. Then you all can see how quickly an ineptly lead rifle company can get wiped out.
Doo eet.
Right now I'm entranced by Batman. It's been a long time since I played a beat'em up. The last one I remember was Final Fight for the SNES.
I'm enjoying the new Mount and Blade: Warband DLC; Napoleonic wars....
http://www.mountandbladewarband.com/
Pride of unfinished Nations. :rolleyes:
I still kind of enjoy East India Company?
Quote from: Octavian on May 05, 2012, 03:50:43 AM
I'm enjoying the new Mount and Blade: Warband DLC; Napoleonic wars....
http://www.mountandbladewarband.com/
Played Multiplayer Commander Battles yesterday. Each player picks a troop type. He then spawns with a number of bots of the same type and command those. I played as Austrian dragoons and Russian hussars.
Great fun.
I'm Centius on the servers.
Wolfenstein 3D in your browser:
http://wolfenstein.bethsoft.com/game_NA.php
While playing Tribes Ascend a few minutes ago, I achieved a zen like state with the Doombringer class. I shot many fuckers with the rocket launcher, turning the base into a no fly zone.
HAIL TO THE KING BABY.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 09, 2012, 06:32:38 PM
While playing Tribes Ascend a few minutes ago, I achieved a zen like state with the Doombringer class. I shot many fuckers with the rocket launcher, turning the base into a no fly zone.
HAIL TO THE KING BABY.
In the beta I had a lot of fun skiing through bases and suicide-spamming grenades in people's faces. It reminded me a bit of Team Fortress Classic and my Suicidal Pyro days. Rage-inducing good times.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 09, 2012, 09:42:29 AM
Wolfenstein 3D in your browser:
http://wolfenstein.bethsoft.com/game_NA.php
Funny what a differnce 20 years makes. I remember when that game was the hottest item.
I WANT to love Pride of unfinished Nations so badly.
I can take the broken newspapers, ugly graphics, vile GUI, but the 3-4 minute turns after about 1860? :bleeding:
I gave up on Pride of Shit. Now the 20 dollar purchase haunts me from my steam list.
Has anyone ever finished Pride of Nations?
I finished Arkham Asylum. Ton of fun.
Super Bomberman on the SNES complete with a VGA box to look as good on the flat screen as on a CRT screen back, if somewhat better.
I'm playing the DayZ mod for Arma2. It's still rough in an alpha state but the most fun I've had online in a while. Think of a Stalker-MMO with permadeath, injury modeling, food and drink and other survival-horror goodness. No anomalies or weird monsters, but 28 days later style infected and NPC and PC bandits and murderers keep you on your toes. Day-night cycle is in real time. Your character is saved persistently on a central server so you can take your loot from server to server without losing it, barring being murdered, eaten or robbed. It's only going to get better. I go by the handle 'Bin Laggin', same as my steam name and try to play on the Seattle/Chicago/Dallas servers.
I've been playing Sins of a Solar Empire again. I bought Trinity the other day even though I already owned vanilla Sins. The Two expansions were $9.99 each, Trinity was $19.99. I hate it when they do that.
Anyway, this game has come a long way from the day it was released. Having a good time with it.
E: I'm using the Stargate Races mod for the first time tonight, and the goddamn Ancients and Ori are ridiculous. The thing says they have fewer ships so it balances things out, but it doesn't matter at all (and they don't really seem to have many fewer ships anyway). One of their regular ships can skull fuck 10 or so Kodiak cruisers + their escort + a number of defense structures no problem. Forget about a capital ship: those take waves. I'm thinking I need to tone those races down a little for the sake of balance. It's kind of stupid watching a regular non capital ship just cruise through a huge minefield, emerge with more than 50% shields, and continue on to annihilate the home defense fleet, all the hangars, and all the gauss turrets. :blink:
I'm about to send my Home Fleet against an Ori fleet that just wiped out a planet of mine defended by ~56 fighters and bombers, 5 gauss turrets, a repair platform that covers all of them, and a minefield that surrounded all of them. They only brought like five real ships. :blink: :blink:
E2: Nevermind...their "mothership" moved to an adjacent system and is in the process of soaking up damage from, no shit, 800 points worth of ships. lolz it's alone and just sitting there taking it while blowing up ships one by one. This needs editing. :lol: One of the problems with mods.
I picked up Arkham City for about 12 bucks. Good deal and I'm happy with it. Being Batman is fun. It runs well even on my crap PC. The list of things the game does right would take forever to write down. Great atmosphere, excellent controls, interesting setting... It almost makes me forget how much agonizing pain I'm in.
Still, I promised that I would do a Combat Mission AAR, so I'll think I'll start one of those soon. I plan on taking a mission that actually was used for a PBEM AAR from before the game came out. This way you folks can see the battle from two different perspectives in addition to mine.
I'm currently looking at some mods to improve the textures and some way to make good screen shots.
Played a bit on the Arma II Op.Arrowhead mod DayZ which is the rage among all the kids.
The mod puts you on the beach of Arma II's Chernarus map. The area is swamped with zombies. You have a canteen of water, some cans of beans, your Makarov pistol and a few bandages. Goal: survive as long as possible. Food and drink are vital lest you starve to death. Food and drink can be found (in form of soda cans, cans of beans) or "harvested" (water from pumps or ponds, food from hunted wildlife). Or you kill other survivors for their stuff. Beyond that it's completely freeform. You can choose to prey on others, or work together for survival, or a mixture of both. Zombies are FAST once they spot you.
I logged on a few days ago, but since it was nighttime (most servers sync to the host's local time) and I couldn't see shit (and barely survived two zombie attacks) I logged off half an hour later. When I logged on today (on a different server) I found my character nearly starving because he hadn't eaten in two days. The mod remembers your position/state when you log off, no matter on which server you play. So I restarted on a US server.
It was 5:30 am there, sun just coming up. On the beach I was attacked by two zombies and emptied almost two of my five magazines into them, and had to use one of my precious bandages afterwards. I slowly made my way west. The small villages were crawling with zombies, so I tried to stay clear of them. Occasionally I heard gunfire in the distance. I came across two small (empty) supply yards when I noticed the buzzing of flies. I scouted around and found the source - another survivor, dead on the ground. Probably killed by zombies - another player would have stolen his stuff. So I picked up an additional water bottle, some soda, and additional ammo and bandages.
I could see the outline of some highrise buildings on the coast in the distance, so Idecided to head in that direction. There was a good chance there'd be supplies there. I approached the industrial district through the woods. I snuck past some zombies (no need to call too much attention to myself). There were stairs leading up a maintenance catwalk and roof. I went up to check my surroundings. Not too many zeds, and no other activity. The church bell was chiming.
I was on my way back to the maintenance catwalk when I noticed movement below. Another survivor, with an assault rifle. I went prone and watched him scurry about. I asked in chat whether the guy was friendly but got no reply. I hid on the roof for a bit, then slowly descended down. I wanted to go deeper into town when I spotted a waterpump in a backyard. One of my canteens was empty. I halted a bit, surveying the area before deciding it was safe to go there. Halfway to the pump I head a zombie growling. I froze and turned around. Nothing. Still moaning. Where did it come from? Probably from beyond a wall. Not to worry. I crouched slowly to the pump. BANG! BANG! Game over.
Oh, and when you die, you start over from scratch.
Overall, it was a pretty tense experience. However, I would probably not recommend the game to people who are easily frustrated when two hours of gameplay are ended by a guy you didn't know was there.
I can't be arsed to find the proper thread, but there is a new EU3 beta patch out.
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?610360-28th-of-May-2012-checksum-SKPC (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?610360-28th-of-May-2012-checksum-SKPC)
Quote- Artillery now moves at the same strategic speed as cavalry and infantry.
- Defensiness now modifiers military tactics for the DEFENDER by 50% of its value. (both local and country)
- Reinforcement factors on armies now gets a bonus by 10% per each maneuever value of its leader, up to maximum of the 200% in safe home provinces.
- Increased reinforcement in provinces that have a supply line of invested fortresses to friendly territory to be 100% + manuever.
- Manpower pool is now 10 years to recover, and manpower effects have been lowered.
- You can now see what government forms can be discovered that you can convert to, but still greyed out.
- AI now considers monthly interest payments, not yearly, for monthly budget calculations when maintaining trooplevels.
- Added triggers unit in province triggers for cavalry, artillery, big ship, light ship and transport
- Fixed a bug which caused the local controllers global trade income modifier affect everyones trade income for that province, instead of the merchants global trade income modifier.
- Fixed display issue for colonial growth and low maintenance.
- State Controlled Guilds no longer increases revolt risk.
- Veterans homes now requre land tech 40, and are now almost guaranteed to happen for a country.
- Per capita tax now only increases stability costs by 10%
- AI will now do the kampaku decision.
- Savoys capital is now Chambery until 1563 in the start.
- Savoy now has occitain as accepted culture, and the province Savoie is now occitain.
- Spanish localisation fixed for 5.1 texts.
- Corrected more german text files.
- State controlled guilds now only costs 1 magistrare for France.
- Fixed a bug with the bring the dutch back to catholisism mission.
- Swapped positions of gaelic and Finno-ugric cultures, to make Gaelic and French different colours
- Promote Cultural unity now lets you remove nationalistic rebels when nationalism is expired, not before.
- Fixed names of Bruno and Galilei.
- Japanese rebels can now only appear in Japan.
- Tokhtamysh removed as a GOL general at game start
- Paying Sound Toll now requires the sound toll to actually exist
- Turkey & Urbino are now friends of Ragusa from the start.
- Fortresses of Ragusa is now improved.
- Ragusa is now a maritime style republic from the start.
- Ragusa can now enact Thalassocracy.
- Delhi and Timurids now start with a truce.
- Golden Horde and Genoa now starts with a truce.
- Wokou pirates will no longer appear in Korea after defeated.
- Born under a star is now even better.
- Papacy creation fixed.
- Fixed a crashbug with two france at the same time.
- Shogun will no longer write satires about himself.
- Continental Congress can no longer be made into a military leader.
- Trigger conditions for missions have been changed to make sure only monarchies can form unions.
- Now more countries may get subjugate/conquer missions.
- All PAP provinces is now immune to Conquest missions.
- Using generic_annex_vassal_mission no longer means you might end up with unlawful territory ~10.5 infamy and a stab hit for completing the mission.
- The mission Iberian conquest of Tangier will only trigger after 1420.
- Changed Conquer Finland mission to make it trigger more often.
- Forming the Mughals will not revert tech to Muslim tech if you have westernised to the oriental tech group.
- RUS is now only able to make St. Petersburg its capital if it has over 300 treasury to prevent RUS having to take a loan after taking the decision.
- HRE is now more likely to stay decentralized due to events.
- Sound Toll event no longer makes anyone lose merchants.
- The Tunisian starting monarch "Abd al-Aziz" martial stat has been boosted to better match his stats as a general.
- TUN and TRI is now allied from game start to 1510 (to represent Hafsid Empire).
- MAZ is now a vassal of POL at game start to 1526.
- ETR is now a vassal of RFR from 1801-1807.
- Plock (256) is owned by MAZ from game start and transferred to POL after 1495.
- The capital of Podlasia (269) is changed to Drohiczyn from game start to 1657. Province is now owned by POL from 26 March 1569 and no longer a core province of LIT from July 1, 1569.
- Volhynia (279) is owned by POL from 26 March 1569 and no longer a core province of LIT from July 1, 1569.
- Kiev (280) is owned by POL from 26 March 1569 and no longer a core province of LIT from July 1, 1569.
- Poltava (290) is owned by POL from 26 March 1569 and no longer a core province of LIT from July 1, 1569.
- Gafsa (352) now has fort level 1 at game start.
- Gabes (353) now has fort level 1 at game start.
- All MOR/TRI/TUN/ALG provinces now has training_fields from game start.
- Cairo (361) now has the Al Azhar university at game start.
- Changed capital of Priangan (625).
- Changed trade good of Sierra Leone (1118) to ivory. GBR owns Sierra Leone (1118) from 1787.
- EFR is removed from peninsulawar.
- Spelling and grammar mistakes are corrected.
- Cities and buildings positions has been fixed in several provinces.
- Map borders/seacoasts and other flaws has been fixed.
- Trent (110) has been added to the German region and removed from Italian region.
- Ancona (119) and Romagna (114) has been removed from Lombardia region.
- Lausitz (60) and Niederlausitz (1763) has been removed from the German region.
- Gorz (1769) has been added to Austria region, removed from Croatia region and removed from Western Balkans region.
- Krain (129) has been added to Austria region and removed from Croatia region.
- Conquer_Florida mission now awards temp_claims on all four provinces.
- tobacco_factory checks for any existing manufactory and rewards are more substantial.
- Conquest mission is corrected and should be Working As Designed now.
- Completing annex_mazovia mission now adds cores on 256 and 257.
- The four reqonquista missions are now accessible after 1420, 1440, 1460 and 1480
- conquer_bosnia mission now points at proper Bosnian provinces.
- conquer_istria and subjugate_aquileia no longer need to own 111 to successfully finish the missions.
- conquer_fruili only triggers if Fruili is not a capital or owner only owns one province.
Gotta give paradox credit for still working on that.
Wait...so is this patch for the stand alone version? I never bought the last XP with the Asians on the cover.
I picked up Max Payne 3 for the PC and the multiplayer is actually amazing. :o
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 01, 2012, 06:21:04 PM
I picked up Max Payne 3 for the PC and the multiplayer is actually amazing. :o
Also playing Max Payne. Haven't tried multiplayer yet but I am enjoying the singleplayer campaign. Max' cynical remarks and outlook on life reminds me of CDM.
Quote from: Octavian on June 02, 2012, 02:45:46 AM
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 01, 2012, 06:21:04 PM
I picked up Max Payne 3 for the PC and the multiplayer is actually amazing. :o
Also playing Max Payne. Haven't tried multiplayer yet but I am enjoying the singleplayer campaign. Max' cynical remarks and outlook on life reminds me of CDM.
The only downer with the game is its consolitis (saved checkpoints, XBox/PS3 menus, P2P multiplayer service). But it's still a pretty good port and runs well on my mid-level computer while still looking absolutely amazing.
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 02, 2012, 10:52:26 AM
Quote from: Octavian on June 02, 2012, 02:45:46 AM
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 01, 2012, 06:21:04 PM
I picked up Max Payne 3 for the PC and the multiplayer is actually amazing. :o
Also playing Max Payne. Haven't tried multiplayer yet but I am enjoying the singleplayer campaign. Max' cynical remarks and outlook on life reminds me of CDM.
The only downer with the game is its consolitis (saved checkpoints, XBox/PS3 menus, P2P multiplayer service). But it's still a pretty good port and runs well on my mid-level computer while still looking absolutely amazing.
Its shooting mechanics are great as well. Hopefully some of it will make its way to GTAV.
What's the deal with Max Payne 3 MP, anything new and/or exciting?
Quote from: sbr on June 02, 2012, 12:40:20 PM
What's the deal with Max Payne 3 MP, anything new and/or exciting?
I like it because I get to run around shooting dual pistols like a mad man in slow motion and knifing CoD cover-shooting wannabees in the back and still achieve a positive K/D ratio (1st place isn't uncommon).
This (http://youtu.be/IsuaOC-I1WU) is a pretty good representation of the gameplay in multiplayer. If you don't it hilarious or fun then this game might not be for you.
Also it's really fun while drunk. :D
The MP is actually designed much like CoD or Battlefield. You level up to get access to upgrade weapons, items, and perks. You also earn cash which you use to buy these things once you're a high enough level. There are no "kill streak" perks but there is something called "Burst" that uses adrenaline which you use to activate slow-motion shootdodging and activate your perks. You can build up to three levels of adrenaline by doing whatever. The perks are really fun. I'm using one called Sneaky that disguises you as someone on the other team. Another is Booby Trap, that explodes someone if they try to loot your body for health/adrenaline/cash. It's good for trolling.
I just unlocked Sneaky and it's absolutely hilarious. Most people really suck at this game and treat it like Call of Battlefield Honor 3. In the map "Hoboken" there are two buildings opposite each other overlooking an alleyway. I just pop Sneaky, march across to where the campers are popping shots into the alley, walk up to them and shoot them in the back of the head. They're totally confused. :lol:
Once you reach Level 4 (maybe like an hour of play time) you an make custom loadouts. Each weapon and item has a certain weight. There are three levels of weight (light, medium, heavy) which dictate how fast you can run and how much stamina you have. I have two right now: One is a dual handgun light with infinite stamina, the other is a heavy armored shotgun-wielding maniac.
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 02, 2012, 04:14:39 PM
Quote from: sbr on June 02, 2012, 12:40:20 PM
What's the deal with Max Payne 3 MP, anything new and/or exciting?
I like it because I get to run around shooting dual pistols like a mad man in slow motion and knifing CoD cover-shooting wannabees in the back and still achieve a positive K/D ratio (1st place isn't uncommon).
This (http://youtu.be/IsuaOC-I1WU) is a pretty good representation of the gameplay in multiplayer. If you don't it hilarious or fun than this game might not be for you.
Also it's really fun while drunk. :D
:lol: That's hilarious. I'm tempted now.
Quote from: sbr on May 28, 2012, 07:57:31 PM
I can't be arsed to find the proper thread, but there is a new EU3 beta patch out.
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?610360-28th-of-May-2012-checksum-SKPC (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?610360-28th-of-May-2012-checksum-SKPC)
There's an even newer one now: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?611193-1st-of-June-2012-%E2%80%94-Checksum-QKPU
Quote from: sbr on June 02, 2012, 04:45:18 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 02, 2012, 04:14:39 PM
Quote from: sbr on June 02, 2012, 12:40:20 PM
What's the deal with Max Payne 3 MP, anything new and/or exciting?
I like it because I get to run around shooting dual pistols like a mad man in slow motion and knifing CoD cover-shooting wannabees in the back and still achieve a positive K/D ratio (1st place isn't uncommon).
This (http://youtu.be/IsuaOC-I1WU) is a pretty good representation of the gameplay in multiplayer. If you don't it hilarious or fun than this game might not be for you.
Also it's really fun while drunk. :D
:lol: That's hilarious. I'm tempted now.
All that said, it's got a bad case of consolitis. I run the game fine in SP but in MP crashing out of a game or being unable to connect is just as common as getting in. It's buggy and it's frustrating. :(
I need to find what are the steps to fool Steam via proxy server. I thought I could play the civ5 expansion tomorrow, but it won't be out for Europeans until Friday. WTF.
Quote from: Tamas on June 18, 2012, 12:35:48 PM
I need to find what are the steps to fool Steam via proxy server. I thought I could play the civ5 expansion tomorrow, but it won't be out for Europeans until Friday. WTF.
I would do it not to pay prices in EUR :blush:
Replayed the 2008 election in President Forever 2008 (http://270soft.com/us-election-games/president-election-game/) (2012 is in the works, but a bit form finished, so I picked this one instead which has plenty mods (1860, 1960, 1964 etc.). Played as Mitt Romney. I tore through the primaries on a platform of Integrity, Leadership and Iraq War (We have successfully liberated Iraq. We must train security forces in Iraq and maintain our presence there.). Obama won against Clinton in the Democrat primaries - was an ugly dirt slinging contest. Obama picked McCaskill as running mate.
I picked Mark Sanford as VP candidate. It was a close campaign, stymied for Romney by a scandal that was in the headlines for two weeks (unfortunately, the game doesn't specify what kind of scandal). In the end, Romney was near physical collapse and the campaign funds desperately exhausted. In the end it wasn't enough. Obama/McCaskill win 2008:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg16.imageshack.us%2Fimg16%2F4116%2F2008w.jpg&hash=d34c903a306b253e9f97f4636d1de8c438f617c6)
Omg, Obama stole the election! Romney had more votes!
What with the temperatures and my reading a book about ancient Egypt I've played Children of the Nile again a bit.
Any of you ass choads playing this?:
http://wastelands-interactive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114&Itemid=74
http://www.wargamer.com/article/3201/pc-game-review-strategic-war-in-europe
Looks ugly but its only 15 bucks(or 5 bags of beets for you central Europeans)
Still have Time of Fury (or Wrath? Which is the latest?) to play, so I don't need another WW2 grand strategy at the moment.
Against the advice of Dguller, I bought Tropico 3 and have been playing it quite a bit. Steam has logged me as playing it 69 hours. I did the last mission of the classic campaign which was to get a happiness of at least 65%. I achieved this, the game said I lost anyway. It was Dec 0f 1974 and and I had 65% happiness and it was the same in Jan of 1965 but the game still wouldn't count it as victory. Goddamn it.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 02, 2012, 11:25:39 AM
Any of you ass choads playing this?:
http://wastelands-interactive.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114&Itemid=74
http://www.wargamer.com/article/3201/pc-game-review-strategic-war-in-europe
Looks ugly but its only 15 bucks(or 5 bags of beets for you central Europeans)
I am itching to buy it. It is the light version of Time of Fury, and it appears that due to that, the AI can actually manage it.
Civ V without the expension.
I'm doing a One city Challenge has Greece(random). It's 1951 & I'm not going to win, I just want to make sure I survive until the end. Obviously, I only have 1 city & my military isn't that big. Well for some god damn shit reason after turn of 1950, everyone declared war on me.
I wonder if any, except India, is going to be able to do anything about it. I wish I had a Navy :(
Have a Civ V game going as Siam, it is close to the point of being a forgone conclusion that I'll win one way or the other, except militarily. Still trying to get this new system down.
I downloaded Death knights and Dark Queen of Krynn. Thinking about doing the Gold Box games again.
Finished Spec Ops: The Line. Very linear, short campaign (5-7 hours depending on difficulty), but IMHO great story and very atmospheric.
It's loosely modelled after Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now, only in modern Dubai burried under the aftermath of a cataclysmic sandstorm. Surreal and beautiful at times, horrific and very dark at other times. Certainly one of the darker shooters I've played; it tries to be Coppola to Call of Duty's Michael Bay. Nice touch: the further the game progresses the more battered you and your squad mates look.
If you can get it cheap and want a shooter with a storyline that goes way beyond good guys vs. bad guys then give this a go. Not recommended for fahdiz due to strong content. Don't let the demo put you off - the game starts as your run of the mill military shooter, but descends pretty deep into madness.
Also: great soundtrack - from Jimi Hendrix' rendition of the national anthem in the menu screen to Deep Purple's Hush or Verdi's Dies Irae.
I'll certainly replay it to re-do some (minor. non-ending effecting) choices during the game and also for a different post-credits ending, but for now I need a break from it.
Quote from: Syt on July 08, 2012, 06:17:56 AM
Finished Spec Ops: The Line. Very linear, short campaign (5-7 hours depending on difficulty), but IMHO great story and very atmospheric.
It's loosely modelled after Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now, only in modern Dubai burried under the aftermath of a cataclysmic sandstorm. Surreal and beautiful at times, horrific and very dark at other times. Certainly one of the darker shooters I've played; it tries to be Coppola to Call of Duty's Michael Bay. Nice touch: the further the game progresses the more battered you and your squad mates look.
If you can get it cheap and want a shooter with a storyline that goes way beyond good guys vs. bad guys then give this a go. Not recommended for fahdiz due to strong content. Don't let the demo put you off - the game starts as your run of the mill military shooter, but descends pretty deep into madness.
Also: great soundtrack - from Jimi Hendrix' rendition of the national anthem in the menu screen to Deep Purple's Hush or Verdi's Dies Irae.
I'll certainly replay it to re-do some (minor. non-ending effecting) choices during the game and also for a different post-credits ending, but for now I need a break from it.
thanks! I'll grab it when it goes on discount
Quote from: Syt on July 08, 2012, 06:17:56 AM
Not recommended for fahdiz due to strong content.
:lol:
One caveat: there's currently two groups of customers:
- ZOMG BESTEST STORY IN A GAME EVAH!
- The game forces your hand too much, offers meaningless choices and its "war is hell" message clashes with the fact you kill hundreds of enemies.
The shooty bits won't win prizes, but the story and atmosphere kept me playing and intrigued. IMO it's a good buy at 10$ when it goes on sale. Probably also works best if you go into the game with as few spoilers as possible.
Quote from: Syt on June 22, 2012, 04:31:50 PM
Replayed the 2008 election in President Forever 2008 (http://270soft.com/us-election-games/president-election-game/) (2012 is in the works, but a bit form finished, so I picked this one instead which has plenty mods (1860, 1960, 1964 etc.). Played as Mitt Romney. I tore through the primaries on a platform of Integrity, Leadership and Iraq War (We have successfully liberated Iraq. We must train security forces in Iraq and maintain our presence there.). Obama won against Clinton in the Democrat primaries - was an ugly dirt slinging contest. Obama picked McCaskill as running mate.
I picked Mark Sanford as VP candidate. It was a close campaign, stymied for Romney by a scandal that was in the headlines for two weeks (unfortunately, the game doesn't specify what kind of scandal). In the end, Romney was near physical collapse and the campaign funds desperately exhausted. In the end it wasn't enough. Obama/McCaskill win 2008:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg16.imageshack.us%2Fimg16%2F4116%2F2008w.jpg&hash=d34c903a306b253e9f97f4636d1de8c438f617c6)
Weird, My brother is fairly good friends with McCaskill's daughter. Used to go over to her house all the time before Claire got elected to Senate.
Gods and Kings has really given Civ 5 some legs, in my opinion. It's the only game I've been played in the last couple of weeks, besides a little bit of Max Payne 3.
I've been playing Tropico 4 for the 360. Pretty much identical to Tropico 3, but you can build hot air balloon stations!
Plus the people who give you smaller missions are semi-funny ethnic stereotypes: buck-toothed Chinese guy who speaks Engrish, the Arafat middle eastern dude, Redneck JR-type Texas millionaire, milquetoast Brit, etc. But I'd have to imagine if you're playing a game that simulates a Latin American dictatorship, you're not overly sensitive toward that kinda thing.
Nothing, as usual. :hmm:
In my defence the only game that's spiked some interest from me is Civ5+expansions, and for that I need to get my finger out and build a new pc first. :blush:
My wife is playing the shit out of Skyrim. We've logged the same amount of hours playing, but I'm lvl 16, and she's lvl 5. She likes to explore and hoard shit. It's annoying to watch.
That's hot.
Quote from: Scipio on July 21, 2012, 10:21:01 AM
.... but I'm lvl 16, and she's lvl 5. She likes to explore and hoard shit. It's annoying to watch.
That's why I'm not able to lvl up any char in any MMORPG. :whistle: That and I need to play each race/class. :ph34r:
I have got a mad Napoleonic wargame boner but the only real games are the old Talonsoft games(bad AI) or the HPS/John Tiller newer ones (Bad AI and looks like a 4 year old did the graphics).
Bleh. And no, I don't want to play any of you people.
I gave Space Marine a bit of spin as some silly mindless fun. Turns out, it's not very good so far.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 24, 2012, 01:41:59 PM
I gave Space Marine a bit of spin as some silly mindless fun. Turns out, it's not very good so far.
yeah
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 23, 2012, 05:30:40 PM
I have got a mad Napoleonic wargame boner but the only real games are the old Talonsoft games(bad AI) or the HPS/John Tiller newer ones (Bad AI and looks like a 4 year old did the graphics).
Bleh. And no, I don't want to play any of you people.
http://www.ign.com/games/napoleon-total-war/pc-27042
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 23, 2012, 05:30:40 PM
I have got a mad Napoleonic wargame boner but the only real games are the old Talonsoft games(bad AI) or the HPS/John Tiller newer ones (Bad AI and looks like a 4 year old did the graphics).
Bleh. And no, I don't want to play any of you people.
PC only or boardgames too? You check out the La Bataille series?
Paradox is also working on theirs, but that's going to be a bit.
You might want to give the Matrix release, Crown of Glory, a look.
Quote from: Habbaku on July 24, 2012, 04:24:43 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 23, 2012, 05:30:40 PM
I have got a mad Napoleonic wargame boner but the only real games are the old Talonsoft games(bad AI) or the HPS/John Tiller newer ones (Bad AI and looks like a 4 year old did the graphics).
Bleh. And no, I don't want to play any of you people.
PC only or boardgames too? You check out the La Bataille series?
Paradox is also working on theirs, but that's going to be a bit.
You might want to give the Matrix release, Crown of Glory, a look.
PC. I have La Bataille de la Moscowa all unpunched.
Crown of Glory is poop.
I finally got around to Strategic War in Europe on my laptop. Sorta fun plowing through 1939-1940 in 15 minutes and not having to deal with Paradox's bullshit.
AI is quite suspect though.
Quote from: 11B4V on July 24, 2012, 04:05:20 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 23, 2012, 05:30:40 PM
I have got a mad Napoleonic wargame boner but the only real games are the old Talonsoft games(bad AI) or the HPS/John Tiller newer ones (Bad AI and looks like a 4 year old did the graphics).
Bleh. And no, I don't want to play any of you people.
http://www.ign.com/games/napoleon-total-war/pc-27042
How have I missed this game ? :blush:
Napoleon Total War is about as Napoleonic as my turds.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 24, 2012, 04:33:27 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on July 24, 2012, 04:24:43 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 23, 2012, 05:30:40 PM
I have got a mad Napoleonic wargame boner but the only real games are the old Talonsoft games(bad AI) or the HPS/John Tiller newer ones (Bad AI and looks like a 4 year old did the graphics).
Bleh. And no, I don't want to play any of you people.
PC only or boardgames too? You check out the La Bataille series?
Paradox is also working on theirs, but that's going to be a bit.
You might want to give the Matrix release, Crown of Glory, a look.
PC. I have La Bataille de la Moscowa all unpunched.
Crown of Glory is poop.
Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle is fine tactical game. In the mold of Sid Meyer's Gettysburg
There's also Histwar: Les Grognards. No idea what status the game is in, patch-wise. Might be a bit more hardcore than what you're looking for.
I want to be playing the new updates to the Prophesy of Pendor mod for Mount & Blade: Warband....but I need to stop living out of a hotel and get my computer from the movers (if they haven't stolen it). :glare:
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 24, 2012, 04:33:27 PM
I have La Bataille de la Moscowa all unpunched.
Fucking monster, ain't it?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 27, 2012, 07:58:38 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 24, 2012, 04:33:27 PM
I have La Bataille de la Moscowa all unpunched.
Fucking monster, ain't it?
Yep.
I have a feeling it'll never, ever get played. Either in person of over the interwebs.
LOL I tried Dead Island. Unplayable garbage.
After playing Skyrim on my PS3, I found an old copy of Oblivion which I've been playing. Not as much fun as Skyrim. Amazing what a few years could do to improve a game, even on the same platform.
Quote from: Josephus on August 07, 2012, 07:21:43 AM
After playing Skyrim on my PS3, I found an old copy of Oblivion which I've been playing. Not as much fun as Skyrim. Amazing what a few years could do to improve a game, even on the same platform.
Oblivion was good but then it took an arrow to the knee.
Symphony is out for 10 bucks. It takes your music and turns it into vertical scrolling shooter in neon colors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kPpTQEDQU
I tried two Iron Maiden songs: Run To The Hills and Pashendale - the former felt like a "normal" shooter, while the latter was at times a veritable bullet hell (pun intended) that might lead to carpal tunnel syndrome.
Overall: think audiosurf with explosions. Seems suited to a casual shooter player like me.
Review - not the greatest shooter ever, but decent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbtbAXQuwgA
Ok, so the interface for selecting songs (tags only, no search function) isn't ideal if you have several thousand songs. Also, it crashes for me when it tries to import my whole library (dies at 47,000-something). Additionally, long songs (ca. 6:30+?) make the game crash.
Other than that I find it rather silly fun for now. And the devs say they're still working on ironing some issues/implementing feature requests.
Been playing "From Dust" It's short and I bought it cheap but found it wouldn't work on my old PC. Now, it works just fine on the new PC. Game is great fun. Almost beat it. One major downside, it makes you log on to the Goddamn Ubisoft net thingy. I'm already logged on to Steam, Why do I need another one of these programs? Bleh.
The game was inspired by Populous, but plays much differently, and feels genuinely original. It feels like you could make much bigger game out of this, but it was a small indie release so I understand why it might be limited.
Still going through games I owned but couldn't play on my old PC. Call of Duty: Black Ops is really a stupid game. The plot makes little sense, but that's to be expected in the Call of Duty series. The bigger problem is that the gameplay is the same as the previous call of duty games and is getting tedious. You go through numerous set piece battles and where you fight a dozen or so bad guys usually with some allies who are two often dressed like the bad guys. Mostly I die a lot, half the time I don't know what I'm suppose to be doing because I can't hear my support characters orders when there's a huge gun fight going on an people are shooting rockets and throwing grenades at me.
Quote from: Tonitrus on July 27, 2012, 07:42:33 PM
I want to be playing the new updates to the Prophesy of Pendor mod for Mount & Blade: Warband....but I need to stop living out of a hotel and get my computer from the movers (if they haven't stolen it). :glare:
Getting back into it, now that I am (partially) settled.
I've noticed that 3D graphics games feel weird, visually, for awhile if you've been off them for awhile.
Haven't bought this (yet) but Starfarer (http://youtu.be/EtoCcTKqcR0) looks pretty damn cool. Reminds me a little bit of SPAZ but with much better combat mechanics.
Still only in alpha but you can play it right now if you buy in for $10, half the price of release.
Quote
Current Features
Pilot your ship in top-down 2d combat
Command your fleet in tactical battles
Detailed combat mechanics
Customize your ship's loadout before battle
Explore a war-torn star system
Mod support for user-made factions, missions, ships, and weapons
Upcoming Features
Play your own character who gains experiences and upgrades skills
Hire officers to give skill bonuses, pilot auxiliary ships, and oversee your operations
Explore the sector for knowledge and profit
Trade goods, run mining operations, build industries — and defend your interests
Become involved in factional politics
The "virtual reality" mission at the end of the Deckers storyline in Saints Row the Third is one of the more annoying parts of a game I can remember. I am still having a blast with the game besides that though.
According to Steam I've sunken over 20 hours into Bejeweled 3, more than most other titles (except Skyrim, Civ 5)
Im now playing CK2 and Civ 5 while waiting for GW 2 to arrive.
Szmik (Fascist Hordes) and I (Glorious Defenders of the Motherland) are in PBEM of War in the East, more aptly named Languish in the East because we take a few days long to send in our turns.
Doesn't bode well for the Soviets. Germans tanks are already knocking on the door of Smolensk and are within a few hexes from the Leningrad peninsula by July 10th, 1941.
Quote from: Drakken on August 21, 2012, 09:13:15 AM
Szmik (Fascist Hordes)
We have hardly anything to do with Italian cowards :P "we are Nazis, we are, we are" and have just 3 white-on-black counters. :glare:
Quote from: szmik on August 22, 2012, 10:09:54 AM
We have hardly anything to do with Italian cowards :P "we are Nazis, we are, we are" and have just 3 white-on-black counters. :glare:
To Soviets you are all fascist scum. :P
It's how Nazis were called in the song "The Sacred War", anyway :
Let us put a bullet into the brow
Of the rotten fascist vermin
Let us make a strong coffin
For such breed
Started playing Arkham Asylum (picked up during Steam sale). Damn, this is good fun.
Yes it is, very fun.
Quote from: szmik on August 22, 2012, 10:09:54 AM
"we are Nazis, we are, we are" and have just 3 white-on-black counters. :glare:
:lol:
Got into the PlanetSide 2 beta. It's really fun. Still super buggy, and a lot of the features aren't working yet, but it's got the basics down: Killing bozos with my guided missiles while flying upside down underneath a bridge in the middle of a dogfight with a couple dozen aircraft in the skies above a big tank battle makes the time fly by effortlessly.
Also TKs are in. :)
Goddamn it! I was playing Empire Total War, and on the brink of victory in the siege of Mysore. It was a nasty battle where a 4 units of Hussars rode through a breach in the wall to silence the enemy artillery. They succeeded but also were forced to destroy a bunch of guys with axes, some light horse and 20 elephants! Then the Tipu sultan laughed and crashed my computer. <_< I'm playing as France with the Darthmod slugging my way through India which has a real romantic charm to it. Wave after wave of poorly armed Indians and Mughals throw themselves at my lines getting shot down. It's like Rorke's Drift with elephants. After I secure the riches of India I can crush Britain. I had already driven them out of North America using Indian allies. When Britain is gone, there is really no one who can stand in my way (except the Dutch who also have good Navy, but I can walk to the Netherlands). Curiously August the Strong has proven a more able monarch then he was in reality. Securing deals with Austria and Russia and crushing Prussia. Spain over ran Portugal but still has it's retard king. The Austrians have a formidable army and took Istanbul, but I don't think all these powers combined can stand up against the glory of France.
MOTHERFUCKER! The Mughals seem to have mastered the art of crashing my PC mid battle as well. Admittedly it was battle in the same way a nail battles a hammer. Thousands of guys with blunt sticks charge 7 regiments of crack Swiss guards all while under artillery fire. I was actually feeling sorry for them.
Still Skyrim.
For Ed Anger:
http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?25329-World-War-One-Gold-is-absolutely-superb
Quote from: Tamas on September 16, 2012, 03:06:09 AM
For Ed Anger:
http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?25329-World-War-One-Gold-is-absolutely-superb
Tamas made a new friend! Together, they both polished that turd until it shined enough to enter it into the village turd festival.
I am just trying to help you realize a serious mistake. Oh well.
I don't want to clutter up Syt's FTL AAR so I tell you here: that game is highly addictive and awesome, but ANNOYING AS FUCK.
I think I am on the right track, I have a path of civilian sectors ahead of me, I have missiles, fuel, no damage, big crew. Then some fucking small ship comes with some missiles and shit and shoots the everloving crap out of me and I am dead a battle later.
FUUUUUUCKKK
I don't even see why you'd care if I made a "mistake". Seriously dude, I ain't buying it. EVAR.
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 16, 2012, 12:07:17 PM
I don't even see why you'd care if I made a "mistake". Seriously dude, I ain't buying it. EVAR.
I thought you own it. :huh:
Why in the hell would I buy it after playing that turd demo?
Quote from: Tamas on September 16, 2012, 12:08:13 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 16, 2012, 12:07:17 PM
I don't even see why you'd care if I made a "mistake". Seriously dude, I ain't buying it. EVAR.
I thought you own it. :huh:
He owns his disability. :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 16, 2012, 12:10:03 PM
Why in the hell would I buy it after playing that turd demo?
But did you play the Gold edition's demo? :P
I'm done.
:lol:
Quote from: Tamas on September 16, 2012, 12:15:11 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on September 16, 2012, 12:10:03 PM
Why in the hell would I buy it after playing that turd demo?
But did you play the Gold edition's demo? :P
I did. It was shit. It was unstable and ran slow. The only good thing was the WWI era music.
Finally finished up my Empire:total war game. Used Darthmod, played as France and conquered the whole world. I started that game in September.
Quote from: Razgovory on November 06, 2012, 06:54:38 AM
Finally finished up my Empire:total war game. Used Darthmod, played as France and conquered the whole world. I started that game in September.
You know I should give this a go, I bought it a couple of months ago and haven't really touched it.
Just driving by...
Been running an OSR tabletop D&D game for the last year and a half. 4-6 players every two weeks. Awesome fun. I haven't DM'ed for two decades, so that's part of the appeal.
I like what I have seen of CK2 but am waiting a bit before I surrender my soul, time and mind to another PC game.
Steam winter sale at 75 % off of CKII will break whatever willpower is left.
Quote from: saskganesh on November 07, 2012, 02:30:49 PM
Just driving by...
Been running an OSR tabletop D&D game for the last year and a half. 4-6 players every two weeks. Awesome fun. I haven't DM'ed for two decades, so that's part of the appeal.
I like what I have seen of CK2 but am waiting a bit before I surrender my soul, time and mind to another PC game.
You're right; the former sounds better than the later. :)
Quote from: mongers on November 07, 2012, 02:22:06 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 06, 2012, 06:54:38 AM
Finally finished up my Empire:total war game. Used Darthmod, played as France and conquered the whole world. I started that game in September.
You know I should give this a go, I bought it a couple of months ago and haven't really touched it.
The AI is still pretty crap, (though better then in vanilla). It does have what I love most about war games. Waves of infantry getting blown up by artillery. Napoleon: Total war is suppose to have better AI. Still the most fun I had was fighting in India and the Americas. Thousands of poorly armed, morale poor soldiers attacking disciplined musketmen. It was glorious.
Quote from: mongers on November 07, 2012, 06:22:17 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on November 07, 2012, 02:30:49 PM
Just driving by...
Been running an OSR tabletop D&D game for the last year and a half. 4-6 players every two weeks. Awesome fun. I haven't DM'ed for two decades, so that's part of the appeal.
I like what I have seen of CK2 but am waiting a bit before I surrender my soul, time and mind to another PC game.
You're right; the former sounds better than the later. :)
A friend of mine was trying really hard to join her on playing D&D Online and I asked her if she had played the Real Thing. She had never, so it all started from there. We began a game, and players emerged out of the woodwork. Lots of folks are hungry for this kind of game it seems. Part of it is nostalgia, but there is also the cool tactile experience of rolling dice as well as the social element. :)
Quote from: saskganesh on November 08, 2012, 11:47:08 AM
Quote from: mongers on November 07, 2012, 06:22:17 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on November 07, 2012, 02:30:49 PM
Just driving by...
Been running an OSR tabletop D&D game for the last year and a half. 4-6 players every two weeks. Awesome fun. I haven't DM'ed for two decades, so that's part of the appeal.
I like what I have seen of CK2 but am waiting a bit before I surrender my soul, time and mind to another PC game.
You're right; the former sounds better than the later. :)
A friend of mine was trying really hard to join her on playing D&D Online and I asked her if she had played the Real Thing. She had never, so it all started from there. We began a game, and players emerged out of the woodwork. Lots of folks are hungry for this kind of game it seems. Part of it is nostalgia, but there is also the cool tactile experience of rolling dice as well as the social element. :)
That's rather cool, give people authenticity rather than exclusively digital interactions and profit.
I'm replaying Red Alert 3.
It's silly, it's aimed at teenagers living in the basement of their parent's place.
The graphics are cartoonish, not my favorite kind.
The unit pathfinding is horrible.
Yet, I have fun replaying it.
The Banner Saga Beta. Some interesting ideas, with some beautiful art and animation. Many bespoke game mechanics to figure out. Still very opaque. Really more of an alpha than a beta.
Played Political Machine 2012 yesterday. I lost the elections even worse playing as Romney, even though I took Ohio and Pennsylvania. :blush:
Quote from: viper37 on November 08, 2012, 02:57:52 PM
I'm replaying Red Alert 3.
It's silly, it's aimed at teenagers living in the basement of their parent's place.
The graphics are cartoonish, not my favorite kind.
The unit pathfinding is horrible.
Yet, I have fun replaying it.
I'm not sure who it was aimed at. It was just dreadful.
Yeah, that game went past camp to just silly. Though I may not have liked it because of the anime Japanese bullshit.
I got gifted Natural Selection 2 so I think I'll play it this weekend. The original mod was one of my favorite games ever. :hmm:
I think I may do a Combat Mission AAR soon. I downloaded the Demo for the Fortress Italy game, and one of the three scenarios that it comes with you play as the Italians.
Started a new game of Pride of Nations under the latest 1.03c - as Russia. Gonna pogrom the hell out of my hinterlands. Bozhe, Tsarya khrani indeed. :nelson:
Oddly, it's the only nation without any AAR whatsover on both Paradox and AGEOD websites. Seems Russia intimidates a lot of players by its sheer size. So I am pondering making one, just for the lulz. Yes, the whole 1700 turns.
I'll set the over/under on the number of turns completed in that aar at 46.5.
Quote from: sbr on November 26, 2012, 10:14:47 AM
I'll set the over/under on the number of turns completed in that aar at 46.5.
I take those odds. I have already a few turns played out. Nothing too big : expand my coal production, set up trading nets through Europe by buying stuff from minors and reselling them, expand my depot network south towards the Ottomans, start diplomatic overtures with Moldovia and Wallachia aiming to
vassalize them and add them to my sphere of influence promote slavic friendship and interdependence, explore into Khiva.
Turns are still slow (for me) but I don't care if the turns take 2-3 minutes to roll.
Just imagine, there's currenly a huge 24-players multiplayer game going on. These guys are mad. :wacko:
I admit the game is a gargantuan mess. :lol: But oddly I find it more alluring and instinctive to play than Victoria 2 given the scope, in spite of the horrid UI. What does it for me, it's the kind of game you can (and must) take your time to develop and do stuff, because overexpansion can hit you harsh in the nads if you rush.
I thought of that game as something like 12 0'clock high, a game no sane person could possibly complete.
Quote from: Razgovory on November 26, 2012, 05:08:42 PM
I thought of that game as something like 12 0'clock high, a game no sane person could possibly complete.
Was a stable/final/modded version of Victoria 2 eventually playable and enjoyable ?
Fuck if I know. I never bought that one. I knew that one had train wreck written all over it. In fact, I think trains played a major part in the game.
Quote from: Razgovory on November 26, 2012, 05:08:42 PM
I thought of that game as something like 12 0'clock high, a game no sane person could possibly complete.
12 O'Clock High is relatively playable if you
- play as Allies
- just give general directives (attack refineries, attack targets in Hamburg area etc.)
- leave the rest to AI
- do something else while the turn is calculating
Playing as Germans or planning every bombing sortie yourself? Possibly more of a chore than playing WitPAE.
Assassins Creed III
I like it. A worthy successor to Ass II and AssBro.
Max Payne 3 and Dishonored. Also Mark of the Ninja.
Pretty amazing games, especially at sale prices. MP3 is multi-ficky-fick hard.
Quote from: Razgovory on November 26, 2012, 05:08:42 PM
I thought of that game as something like 12 0'clock high, a game no sane person could possibly complete.
After playing and tinkering with the game for a few turns, it still doesn't compare to 12 0'clock high or WITP:AE in terms of sheer micromanagement hell. Even when playing the Russian steamroller.
I'm starting to get a hold of things, so I could be able to start a AAR. It would just be a very, very, very long and slow one.
Quote from: Syt on November 27, 2012, 12:38:17 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 26, 2012, 05:08:42 PM
I thought of that game as something like 12 0'clock high, a game no sane person could possibly complete.
12 O'Clock High is relatively playable if you
- play as Allies
- just give general directives (attack refineries, attack targets in Hamburg area etc.)
- leave the rest to AI
- do something else while the turn is calculating
Playing as Germans or planning every bombing sortie yourself? Possibly more of a chore than playing WitPAE.
That's a lot of caveats for being "relatively playable". I kinda admire an attempt do something like that, but you really only make a game for Ide and Arthur Harris.
Got nostalgic and had time to kill so I did a playthrough of Fallout 3. Went through & did some side quests I had neglected before, particularly in Point Lookout where I had originally just sped through the main storyline. Was almost like playing a new game.
Wish they'd get a new Fallout out to us soon :mellow:
Quote from: Razgovory on November 26, 2012, 07:07:08 PM
Fuck if I know. I never bought that one. I knew that one had train wreck written all over it. In fact, I think trains played a major part in the game.
:thumbsup:
Oh, well the first one had a certain charm.
Finally started playing X-Com. Gonna have all chick squads.
Quote from: derspiess on November 28, 2012, 01:15:51 PM
Wish they'd get a new Fallout out to us soon :mellow:
+1
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 29, 2012, 07:13:45 PM
Finally started playing X-Com. Gonna have all chick squads.
And just one guy, who never fights, named "Charlie", right? :P
Quote from: Tonitrus on November 29, 2012, 07:55:58 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 29, 2012, 07:13:45 PM
Finally started playing X-Com. Gonna have all chick squads.
And just one guy, who never fights, named "Charlie", right? :P
:whistle:
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 29, 2012, 07:13:45 PM
Finally started playing X-Com. Gonna have all chick squads.
If you buy it off steam there actually an achievement for that.
Quote from: derspiess on November 28, 2012, 01:15:51 PM
Got nostalgic and had time to kill so I did a playthrough of Fallout 3. Went through & did some side quests I had neglected before, particularly in Point Lookout where I had originally just sped through the main storyline. Was almost like playing a new game.
Wish they'd get a new Fallout out to us soon :mellow:
Did you ever get New Vegas? I'm playing through that one again right now. A big improvement over Fallout 3.
I've got a pretty good CivV (with the new expansion) game going. it is my first real attempt at CivV.
It is ~1820. I am the US and I have 12 cities (3 are puppets). There are only 3 other civilizations left; Aztecs with 3 cities; Austria with 6 cities and Japan with 22 cities. It's a continent map and I just discovered the Japs/Austrians in the last 100 years or so. The Aztecs and I have shared one continent since the beginning. I wiped out the Russians and Ottomans early on and have been pretty peaceful since, outside of a quick puppet/annex of a City State to see how that worked.
WWI just broke out. Japan backstabbed and declared war on me; Austria and 4 of the 13 remaining City States up-held our friendship agreement/alliances and declared on Japan. The Aztecs, who have hated me for a 1000 years now, jumped on me too. The Aztecs are pitiful technologically, they are still running with Classic Era units-Jagaur Warriors and Composite Bowmen while I have cannons, riflemen and cavalry. I am hoping to take the one Japanese city on my continent, then smash the Aztecs before the Japs can overwhelm me with quality and quantity.
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That's alot of cities! I've never gotten more then 6. Even tried a once city chalenge once.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 02, 2012, 09:45:17 PM
That's alot of cities! I've never gotten more then 6. Even tried a once city chalenge once.
Yeah I don't know what the hell happened over there for Japan to get so many cities. They knocked at least 2 other civilizations out of the game and took over at least 1 City State (Warsaw).
Quote from: Razgovory on December 01, 2012, 07:10:00 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 28, 2012, 01:15:51 PM
Got nostalgic and had time to kill so I did a playthrough of Fallout 3. Went through & did some side quests I had neglected before, particularly in Point Lookout where I had originally just sped through the main storyline. Was almost like playing a new game.
Wish they'd get a new Fallout out to us soon :mellow:
Did you ever get New Vegas? I'm playing through that one again right now. A big improvement over Fallout 3.
Yep. I like both about the same but NV probably has more replayability.
I have a game as the Russians. The Americans have conquered the other continent, must have 15 cities or so and are building the space ship. I just took out the Huns, who were buddy buddy with Washington and I'm in an alliance with the other power on my continent, Austria. Will load up a few carriers with nukes and attempt to knock the Americans down with a massive nukuler strike.
Dragon Age: Origins (trying to win with each available background) and Dragon Age II, subsequent. Also, still Dishonored, Torchlight II, and XCom.
I installed STALKER SoC last night. I'm not used to a game that doesn't babysit/handhold you with checkpoints and autosaves. At least 3 times I died realizing my last save was 20 minutes ago. I gotta relearn to spam the quick save button, like in the old days.
I still spam quicksave constantly when I play the TES games, even though they now autosave every time you so much as look at a door.
Quote from: Scipio on December 04, 2012, 12:55:19 PM
Dragon Age: Origins (trying to win with each available background) and Dragon Age II, subsequent. Also, still Dishonored, Torchlight II, and XCom.
How is Dishonored? I picked it up on the last Steam sale, but haven't played it yet.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 04, 2012, 02:37:11 PM
Quote from: Scipio on December 04, 2012, 12:55:19 PM
Dragon Age: Origins (trying to win with each available background) and Dragon Age II, subsequent. Also, still Dishonored, Torchlight II, and XCom.
How is Dishonored? I picked it up on the last Steam sale, but haven't played it yet.
It's a little hinky, but the controls are forgiving, and the stealth gameplay is absolutely lovely. They went totally contra-realism to defeat the uncanny valley effect; it's a very pretty game, with a great ability to create tension.
Broke the seal on my Amazon Black Friday copy of Madden 13. One of the more enjoyable Maddens in recent few years. The Kinect features are a fun gimmick. Haven't tried the other gimmick (Xbox Smart Glass) yet; not sure if it's even available.
Started playing Batman: Arkham City on the 360 a couple days ago. I'm pretty crap as far as fighting games go so that is usually my least favorite part of it, but the stealthy aspect kind of helps make up for it. Fun picking off bad guys one by one. And like with Arkham Asylum my kid loves watching me play just to see all the villains. He's pissed that Killer Croc hasn't shown up yet.
CKII w/Rome DLC. Chick Empress? Nothing but trouble.
Also, Some Mario Cart. Vroom.
Quote from: derspiess on December 11, 2012, 02:55:19 PM
Started playing Batman: Arkham City on the 360 a couple days ago. I'm pretty crap as far as fighting games go so that is usually my least favorite part of it, but the stealthy aspect kind of helps make up for it. Fun picking off bad guys one by one. And like with Arkham Asylum my kid loves watching me play just to see all the villains. He's pissed that Killer Croc hasn't shown up yet.
Oh dear, this is going to be Serpent mound all over again.
Motherfuck! The two games I was playing keep having crashes. Crusader Kings seems to crash when I reach a certain date in August and Fallout New Vegas keeps crashing when I try go into some of the buildings in a town. :mad:
In my quest to play all of the really bad historical console FPS's, I bought Sniper Elite 2 for the 360 last night-- it had dropped to $20 at Gamestop. The ad showed an M1 Carbine with a scope, so I'm expecting big things :w00t:
Quote from: Razgovory on December 11, 2012, 07:42:23 PM
Oh dear, this is going to be Serpent mound all over again.
:lol: Yeah, well it turns out that you can only encounter Killer Croc at a certain point in the storyline (and only then you briefly talk to him and that's it) and I passed that point. I had to show him on Youtube and he was not impressed. At least he stopped asking, though.
Great game, though. I'm totally crap at the fighting part but the stealthy predator stuff makes up for it.
Any one want a DOTA 2 key?
Have had a couple of sessions of Civ5:G+K and loving it.
Otherwise I've gotten in to a bit of a retro habbit, Stronghold Crusader (C-), Cossacks anthology (B+), Populous 2 (B+), Lord of the Realms 2 (C) and had a quick go at Port Royale (potentially an A, but haven't played long enough to decide)
Quote from: derspiess on January 04, 2013, 05:58:37 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 11, 2012, 07:42:23 PM
Oh dear, this is going to be Serpent mound all over again.
:lol: Yeah, well it turns out that you can only encounter Killer Croc at a certain point in the storyline (and only then you briefly talk to him and that's it) and I passed that point. I had to show him on Youtube and he was not impressed. At least he stopped asking, though.
Great game, though. I'm totally crap at the fighting part but the stealthy predator stuff makes up for it.
I played it on PC and got into the swing of fighting fairly easily. I found the fight mechanics to be a lot of fun. The stealth bits are the best, though. It's tremendously satisfying to watch as half a dozen cocky thugs slowing panic as you pick them off one by one. Does seem kinda weird though when you hear snippets of conversation between criminals about how batman once broke their arm or something and then they call you chicken if you don't fight them on the street. You'd think that after watching you beat the shit out of eight guys at once would a person disinclined to attack you.
Quote from: Razgovory on January 04, 2013, 07:58:54 PM
I played it on PC and got into the swing of fighting fairly easily. I found the fight mechanics to be a lot of fun.
I can get by well enough to get through the storyline. I just can't pull off the insane combos to get more than one medal in the fighting challenges. I can get to about 25x on the super-easy ones and then it all falls apart.
Quote from: derspiess on January 04, 2013, 05:53:44 PM
In my quest to play all of the really bad historical console FPS's, I bought Sniper Elite 2 for the 360 last night-- it had dropped to $20 at Gamestop. The ad showed an M1 Carbine with a scope, so I'm expecting big things :w00t:
Played it a little over the weekend and I'm a little disappointed-- the game's not horrible. The kill cam is very cool and if you can ignore an annoyance or two it's actually a decent game.
The plotline or whatever is that you are an OSS sniper operating inside whatever territory Germany has left in 1945 & you're trying to both sabotage whatever V2 capability they have and prevent their scientists and researchers from going over to the Soviets. I'm still pretty early in the game but I just started a level where you are in Berlin and are actually having to fight through Soviet troops to get at a German target. While I have zero moral qualms about capping Soviet troops (and the kill cam gives you all the details on how that happens), it just seems a bit odd to be openly fighting the Soviets. You'd think they'd at least disguise your character as a Kraut.'
Trying to get a buddy of mine to buy the game so we can co-op. One guy gets to be the sniper and the other the spotter, and apparently the whole campaign is playable that way.
I'm playing Hotline Miami and a bunch of casual stuff on my phone.
Quote from: fahdiz on January 31, 2013, 08:06:35 PM
I'm playing Hotline Miami and a bunch of casual stuff on my phone.
Hi Fahdiz, long time no see. :cheers:
Fahdiz moral compass has finally jumped the shark.
Hotline Miami rocks.
Quote from: mongers on February 01, 2013, 11:06:31 AM
Quote from: fahdiz on January 31, 2013, 08:06:35 PM
I'm playing Hotline Miami and a bunch of casual stuff on my phone.
Hi Fahdiz, long time no see. :cheers:
Hey mongers :) :cheers:
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 01, 2013, 11:32:22 AM
Fahdiz moral compass has finally jumped the shark.
Oh yes. It spins like a mofo now.
Just checked out this upcoming East vs West post-HoI3 game. Did not realize you can play up thru till 1991. Cool. :)
http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/east-vs-west-a-hearts-of-iron-game
Computer-wise, I'm still playing EUIII after all this time. Boardgame-wise, I've got War of Resistance set up and have finished a few tuns.
Quote from: dps on February 01, 2013, 07:04:29 PM
Boardgame-wise, I've got War of Resistance set up and have finished a few tuns.
Which scenario?
Been enjoying The Walking Dead. Minimal learning curve and interaction. I like that.
The Dragon Age series. Again. Dwarf noble rogue.
Quote from: Scipio on February 04, 2013, 09:33:48 AM
The Dragon Age series. Again. Dwarf noble rogue.
How are the sequels? I played the original alot but never bought the 2nd one and whatever expension it has.
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Meanwhile I have left GW2 and returned to Uncharted Waters Online. And I fired a game of CKII last night as Poland.
G.
The DA2 is fun but not as charming as Origins. The stripped away too much of the RP elements and have too much re-used scenery (many quests - particularly those outside the main city - end up using one out of a handful of battle maps).
I ordered FIFA 13. I await its arrival so I can get red carded repeatedly.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 04, 2013, 11:14:10 AM
I ordered FIFA 13. I await its arrival so I can get red carded repeatedly.
Prepare yourself for physics engine fun. :lol:
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 04, 2013, 04:07:44 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 04, 2013, 11:14:10 AM
I ordered FIFA 13. I await its arrival so I can get red carded repeatedly.
Prepare yourself for physics engine fun. :lol:
Hopefully, I can fix the games.
Still playing Fallout: New Vegas. Gone through all the DLCs save one. Hope to finish the game soon to go on to Grimrock. Also playing Crusader Kings 2. I'm getting near the end and it's getting kinda dull. I rule most of Europe and there is little that can stop me.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 04, 2013, 07:55:34 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 04, 2013, 04:07:44 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 04, 2013, 11:14:10 AM
I ordered FIFA 13. I await its arrival so I can get red carded repeatedly.
Prepare yourself for physics engine fun. :lol:
Hopefully, I can fix the games.
Don't forget to transfer Andy Carroll back to Liverpool and score all the goals.
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 04, 2013, 08:35:37 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 04, 2013, 07:55:34 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 04, 2013, 04:07:44 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 04, 2013, 11:14:10 AM
I ordered FIFA 13. I await its arrival so I can get red carded repeatedly.
Prepare yourself for physics engine fun. :lol:
Hopefully, I can fix the games.
Don't forget to transfer Andy Carroll back to Liverpool and score all the goals.
You know it. My centaur will outdo Messi.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 01, 2013, 07:15:11 PM
Quote from: dps on February 01, 2013, 07:04:29 PM
Boardgame-wise, I've got War of Resistance set up and have finished a few tuns.
Which scenario?
The full 37-41 campaign. I'm up to I Oct 37 so far.
Quote from: garbon on February 04, 2013, 11:05:55 AM
The DA2 is fun but not as charming as Origins. The stripped away too much of the RP elements and have too much re-used scenery (many quests - particularly those outside the main city - end up using one out of a handful of battle maps).
DA2 is about characters; Origins is about plot. DA2 is kind of a throwaway game.
I thought DA2 was about pushing buttons so awesome things happened?
Yeah didn't seem very character rich to me.
Well my game as Poland is interesting however I'm using CK+ as the main mod and I notice there are *a lot* of female rules/councillors. It may hve to do with the sub mod called 'no discrimination' or something. - but there are hardly any male rules in Christian Europe after 25 years. The across the board Cognatic rule seem to be the cause.
G.
Quote from: Razgovory on February 04, 2013, 08:03:38 PM
Still playing Fallout: New Vegas. Gone through all the DLCs save one. Hope to finish the game soon to go on to Grimrock. Also playing Crusader Kings 2. I'm getting near the end and it's getting kinda dull. I rule most of Europe and there is little that can stop me.
Lonesome Road and Honest Hearts were the only ones I found even remotely playable. Old World Blues was a shitty Portal knockoff, and Dead Money was just dull, not-Fallout appropriate.
Playing a lot more Skyrim. I hadn't been totally fair to this game. The voice acting is atrocious outside of Plummer and von Sydow, both of whom do a lot less phoning in than Sean Bean or Liam Neeson. The art direction is fucking incredible, and the natural beauty of the world with the right mods is just totally unlike anything else I've seen. Dawnguard was actually pretty cool, and looking forward to the new DLC.
Finished Darksiders last nite. Sad that we'll never get a sequel to that story.
Quote from: Queequeg on February 05, 2013, 01:10:02 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 04, 2013, 08:03:38 PM
Still playing Fallout: New Vegas. Gone through all the DLCs save one. Hope to finish the game soon to go on to Grimrock. Also playing Crusader Kings 2. I'm getting near the end and it's getting kinda dull. I rule most of Europe and there is little that can stop me.
Lonesome Road and Honest Hearts were the only ones I found even remotely playable. Old World Blues was a shitty Portal knockoff, and Dead Money was just dull, not-Fallout appropriate.
Playing a lot more Skyrim. I hadn't been totally fair to this game. The voice acting is atrocious outside of Plummer and von Sydow, both of whom do a lot less phoning in than Sean Bean or Liam Neeson. The art direction is fucking incredible, and the natural beauty of the world with the right mods is just totally unlike anything else I've seen. Dawnguard was actually pretty cool, and looking forward to the new DLC.
Honest hearts was good. Old World blues and Dead Money were just boring and neither fit in very well. I do like the idea that all the DLCs are supposed to be linked. Honest hearts didn't fit well either but at least it wasn't boring. Unfortunately, the biggest problem was that all the DLCs had constant CTDs. I'm on lonesome Road and it reminds me of some of the better parts of Fallout 3, where you walk through the rubble of DC.
I would like to jam my boot up the ass of the menu designer of FIFA 13.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 06, 2013, 08:31:55 PM
I would like to jam my boot up the ass of the menu designer of FIFA 13.
Have they fixed their shitty server problems? I stopped playing because I got tired of getting booted 30 seconds into a single player FUT game and getting penalized for it after the tenth time.
I was able to play two single player games easily. Once I sorta figured thier shitty system out.
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 06, 2013, 09:36:56 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 06, 2013, 08:31:55 PM
I would like to jam my boot up the ass of the menu designer of FIFA 13.
Have they fixed their shitty server problems? I stopped playing because I got tired of getting booted 30 seconds into a single player FUT game and getting penalized for it after the tenth time.
Do I read this right? You have to be online to play the single player part of the game?
Quote from: Syt on February 07, 2013, 12:10:27 AM
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 06, 2013, 09:36:56 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 06, 2013, 08:31:55 PM
I would like to jam my boot up the ass of the menu designer of FIFA 13.
Have they fixed their shitty server problems? I stopped playing because I got tired of getting booted 30 seconds into a single player FUT game and getting penalized for it after the tenth time.
Do I read this right? You have to be online to play the single player part of the game?
I don't know if you have to, but it was pushing info down and the rosters looked up to date.
Quote from: Syt on February 07, 2013, 12:10:27 AM
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 06, 2013, 09:36:56 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 06, 2013, 08:31:55 PM
I would like to jam my boot up the ass of the menu designer of FIFA 13.
Have they fixed their shitty server problems? I stopped playing because I got tired of getting booted 30 seconds into a single player FUT game and getting penalized for it after the tenth time.
Do I read this right? You have to be online to play the single player part of the game?
In Fifa Ultimate Team mode yes. Regular single player gameplay I'm not sure.
In the be a player and be a manager, I don't think it's needed.
I did get tired of being nagged and activated the online pass for the game, even though it'll be a cold day in hell before I play an online game.
Ah, ok. I recently got the reminder that my XBox Live membership will be renewed soon. Last time I even switched on the console was half a year ago, I think. :lol:
It then took me about half an hour to navigate through MS' websites to find where I can disable it. <_<
Yeah, they don't make it easy. It's not easier here, you have to call them, no online cancelling form.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 08, 2013, 07:48:13 AM
Yeah, they don't make it easy. It's not easier here, you have to call them, no online cancelling form.
They don't really have an online cancellation form here, either (they prod you towards calling them). However, the trick is to remove any payment options you have saved. That triggers the info that your service will be cancelled unless you enter new payment data.
I was using it only for Forza 4 Motorsport updates/downloads, anyways.
That's nice to know not that I have any plans on ever subbing to Live.
Finished Sleeping Dogs last night.
Good game!
Has anyone played Dead Space? Looking for something space horror/actiony.
Yeah, I played the first one. I was a fan.
I have the first two on my computer, only played 1/3 of 1st one as of now.
Quote from: Queequeg on February 09, 2013, 07:42:31 PM
Has anyone played Dead Space? Looking for something space horror/actiony.
Played a little of it. Didn't care for it.
Fired up Grimrock today. Bought last summer, hadn't played it. Lots of fun.
Quote from: Razgovory on February 10, 2013, 09:29:30 AM
Fired up Grimrock today. Bought last summer, hadn't played it. Lots of fun.
Definitely fun, but hard. I don't have the time or attention span for games that hard anymore. I ended up reading walk-throughs on a bunch of stuff, though I never finished it. :blush:
Enjoying FIFA 13 with Bayern Munich. Ribery's hand flapping is hilarious.
Was going to do Millwall, but there is no riot button.
Quote from: sbr on February 10, 2013, 12:58:49 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 10, 2013, 09:29:30 AM
Fired up Grimrock today. Bought last summer, hadn't played it. Lots of fun.
Definitely fun, but hard. I don't have the time or attention span for games that hard anymore. I ended up reading walk-throughs on a bunch of stuff, though I never finished it. :blush:
I finished two levels and looked through the walkthrough. I missed a lot, especially considering my missile specialist lacked a bow or sling by third level of the dungeon! :lol:
Quote from: Razgovory on February 10, 2013, 07:29:43 PM
Quote from: sbr on February 10, 2013, 12:58:49 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 10, 2013, 09:29:30 AM
Fired up Grimrock today. Bought last summer, hadn't played it. Lots of fun.
Definitely fun, but hard. I don't have the time or attention span for games that hard anymore. I ended up reading walk-throughs on a bunch of stuff, though I never finished it. :blush:
I finished two levels and looked through the walkthrough. I missed a lot, especially considering my missile specialist lacked a bow or sling by third level of the dungeon! :lol:
That sounds like whatI did. :D
The very first room has a secret. You have to go the back wall, scan around for a tiny little stone and press it to open a secret door. Why didn't I think of that? Actually after I read about it, I still couldn't find it. I had to look on youtube to find a video of someone else finding it. This is not a game that eases you into it.
Quote from: Razgovory on February 11, 2013, 01:43:41 AM
The very first room has a secret. You have to go the back wall, scan around for a tiny little stone and press it to open a secret door. Why didn't I think of that? Actually after I read about it, I still couldn't find it. I had to look on youtube to find a video of someone else finding it. This is not a game that eases you into it.
Even after knowing that secret door was there it took me like 20 minutes to find it.
Assasin's Creed III multiplayer with my two nephews online. The little shits got hyper when I stalked them and kept stabbing them.
Worth the 40 bucks just to do that.
Was having video problems with FTL; got those resolved, so I'm playing that now too. I'm in love. :wub:
Playing some Hitman Absolution.
I'm going to crank up Civ5, of which I've only played a few hours, and possibly have my first game of the modded Civ4 Colonisation that someone on here put me onto. :cool:
Quote from: sbr on February 11, 2013, 02:11:10 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 11, 2013, 01:43:41 AM
The very first room has a secret. You have to go the back wall, scan around for a tiny little stone and press it to open a secret door. Why didn't I think of that? Actually after I read about it, I still couldn't find it. I had to look on youtube to find a video of someone else finding it. This is not a game that eases you into it.
Even after knowing that secret door was there it took me like 20 minutes to find it.
Now I'm starting to get in the swing of things. I started over and each time I finish a level I look through the walkthrough to see if I missed something. Last level I missed nothing! Did read up on the game, there only four main people who made the game. In addition there was another guy who wrote the main theme, and someone to port it over to Linux and some beta testers. That's fairly impressive. Even more so is the fact the game sold 600,000 copies.
Starting up Dragon Age again. I didn't realize that I'd only ever played the Human Noble and Human Magi starts.
I lost interest about half way through my one play-through, as a Human Magi. I keep thinking about finishing it, but havent brought myself to do it yet.
I wrapped up my dwarf noble rogue, and am into Awakening. It is a lot better this time around. I only missed completing the Black Vials sidequest. I don't know that I'll play it through a fourth time.
I was kinda disappointed when the Darkspawn started to talk. They really didn't have anything interesting to say.
Farming Simulator 2013.
Seriously. :lol:
Started my 2nd game of Civ5 as Boudica, normal difficulty, I'm really enjoying it, early in the game Washington took my 2nd city in a surprise attack, but I rushed a load of pict warriors into training and recovered it and when on to attack his capital.
Just then the aggressive African guy attacks him, takes his only other city and moves in for the kill, so I step back agree peace and ready my settler for the planned expansion city nearby and in an awkard place for both of the other two civilizations.
With me no pressing him, Washington gets enough units together to stave off defeat and they fight to an inconclusive peace.
Meanwhile I'm going for a continent wide city expansion plan, I figure it's the only way to buy some breathing space before our aggressive African friend attacks me.
Though this focusing on expansion and faith is probably a bit too much and I think I'm probably quite behind in technology.
All in all Gods and Kings makes it an nicely different experience to Civ 4. :cool:
Quote from: fahdiz on February 12, 2013, 05:33:18 PM
Was having video problems with FTL; got those resolved, so I'm playing that now too. I'm in love. :wub:
I appear to be really good at dying in space!
As long as you have no moral objections to that, congrats!
Quote from: katmai on February 16, 2013, 04:30:16 PM
As long as you have no moral objections to that, congrats!
No, only a biological objection.
Quote from: fahdiz on February 16, 2013, 04:35:56 PM
Quote from: katmai on February 16, 2013, 04:30:16 PM
As long as you have no moral objections to that, congrats!
No, only a biological objection.
Well, that knocks out Farming Simulator 2013. Can't listen to the wheat cry out in pain.
Back to Galactic Civ 2
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 16, 2013, 04:59:57 PM
Well, that knocks out Farming Simulator 2013. Can't listen to the wheat cry out in pain.
No, I mean I have a biological objection to dying in space from lack of oxygen :D
I punched my wife in the fartbox in frustration over FTL.
There is something about galciv2 o just can't get into. I like the parts individually nut the game just doesn't hold my interest.
It is drier than a Nun's chuff.
Quote from: sbr on February 16, 2013, 09:05:40 PM
There is something about galciv2 o just can't get into. I like the parts individually nut the game just doesn't hold my interest.
I almost fired up BotF
Quote from: sbr on February 16, 2013, 09:05:40 PM
There is something about galciv2 o just can't get into. I like the parts individually nut the game just doesn't hold my interest.
Yeah, me too. I think the problem is one of style and immersion. You just don't "feel" like a mighty space king when you play it. Compare this to a game like Alpha Centauri, where there was a lot of polish and back story. Quotes, little movies, nifty little extras. It helps with the immersion.
Downloaded Torchlight 2 from steam yesterday. Its a hoot. Instead of being restricted to the one town with never ending dungeon levels they have created a world to play in.
Quote from: Razgovory on February 17, 2013, 12:39:58 AM
Quote from: sbr on February 16, 2013, 09:05:40 PM
There is something about galciv2 o just can't get into. I like the parts individually nut the game just doesn't hold my interest.
Yeah, me too. I think the problem is one of style and immersion. You just don't "feel" like a mighty space king when you play it. Compare this to a game like Alpha Centauri, where there was a lot of polish and back story. Quotes, little movies, nifty little extras. It helps with the immersion.
IMO all the 4x Space games are MOO2 updates if you will. I wish someone would update MOO2. AC is not a space 4x game.
I've started playing Icewind Dale.
I've realized that I have a whole slew of unfinished RPGs sitting on my shelf/on my hard drive:
BG1&2, ID1&2, PS:T, the Avernum series (started playing the first part, but MAN it's tough), Geneforge series, Dragon Age 1&2, Mass Effect 3, Sacred 2, all Ultimas, Witcher 1&2, Fallout: NV . . .
So I declare 2013 Syt's Year of the RPG. And I will not buy any new games this year (except maybe cheap indie titles or CK2 expansions).
Quote from: Syt on February 18, 2013, 03:01:51 PM
I've started playing Icewind Dale.
I've realized that I have a whole slew of unfinished RPGs sitting on my shelf/on my hard drive:
BG1&2, ID1&2, PS:T, the Avernum series (started playing the first part, but MAN it's tough), Geneforge series, Dragon Age 1&2, Mass Effect 3, Sacred 2, all Ultimas, Witcher 1&2, Fallout: NV . . .
So I declare 2013 Syt's Year of the RPG. And I will not buy any new games this year (except maybe cheap indie titles or CK2 expansions).
I liked IWD1 & 2. Played them when the first came out. A fav.
Yeah, I'm rolling with:
2 dwarf fighters
1 dwarf cleric
1 dwarf thief
1 elf ranger
1 human mage
Still in the prologue, but liking it.
Go Dwarves!
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2013, 03:27:05 PM
Go Dwarves!
Is Dwarf Fortress enthusiasm leaching into playing style for other games ? :unsure:
Quote from: 11B4V on February 18, 2013, 02:28:47 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 17, 2013, 12:39:58 AM
Quote from: sbr on February 16, 2013, 09:05:40 PM
There is something about galciv2 o just can't get into. I like the parts individually nut the game just doesn't hold my interest.
Yeah, me too. I think the problem is one of style and immersion. You just don't "feel" like a mighty space king when you play it. Compare this to a game like Alpha Centauri, where there was a lot of polish and back story. Quotes, little movies, nifty little extras. It helps with the immersion.
IMO all the 4x Space games are MOO2 updates if you will. I wish someone would update MOO2. AC is not a space 4x game.
I agree. Nobody has really advanced the formula that much. The problem is I think, that people try to remake MOO2 instead of their own game.
Well put. :)
Altough micro and map graphics did turn me off again eventually, I actually had some pretty good fun with heavily modded MOO3 not so long ago.
It has staggering details (planets are divided into several zones with different attributes for example), but you can -much like in DW- decide to concentrate on what you want. Or to be more precise, you are supposed to concentrate on what a strategic leader would and just create plans for your governors.
I am forever angry at the fucking micromanage-fetished control freak nerds who with their pre-release whining destroyed the original design idea behind MOO3, where you had command points to spend to do shit, and instead had the devs do what was released
Quote from: mongers on February 18, 2013, 03:40:50 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2013, 03:27:05 PM
Go Dwarves!
Is Dwarf Fortress enthusiasm leaching into playing style for other games ? :unsure:
Not really. It's Warcraft & Tolkien's fault
Quote from: Tamas on February 18, 2013, 04:36:26 PM
Altough micro and map graphics did turn me off again eventually, I actually had some pretty good fun with heavily modded MOO3 not so long ago.
It has staggering details (planets are divided into several zones with different attributes for example), but you can -much like in DW- decide to concentrate on what you want. Or to be more precise, you are supposed to concentrate on what a strategic leader would and just create plans for your governors.
I am forever angry at the fucking micromanage-fetished control freak nerds who with their pre-release whining destroyed the original design idea behind MOO3, where you had command points to spend to do shit, and instead had the devs do what was released
Never played it based on the reviews alone.
Quote from: Tamas on February 18, 2013, 04:36:26 PM
Altough micro and map graphics did turn me off again eventually, I actually had some pretty good fun with heavily modded MOO3 not so long ago.
It has staggering details (planets are divided into several zones with different attributes for example), but you can -much like in DW- decide to concentrate on what you want. Or to be more precise, you are supposed to concentrate on what a strategic leader would and just create plans for your governors.
I am forever angry at the fucking micromanage-fetished control freak nerds who with their pre-release whining destroyed the original design idea behind MOO3, where you had command points to spend to do shit, and instead had the devs do what was released
I liked MOO3's over all concepts also. Less micromanagement and the economy/resources. It's been a long time since I played so I forget a lot of it. It really got mixed reviews but I feel the concept was good. It came out when so many other games had so much micromanagement and it bucked that trend, which was a good thing IMO.
Battlefront is releasing a Commonwealth Forces pack for Fortress Italy. Still no French! :mad:
Quote from: Razgovory on February 19, 2013, 01:57:29 PM
Battlefront is releasing a Commonwealth Forces pack for Fortress Italy. Still no French! :mad:
I gave up on Battlefront a long time ago.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 19, 2013, 01:58:45 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 19, 2013, 01:57:29 PM
Battlefront is releasing a Commonwealth Forces pack for Fortress Italy. Still no French! :mad:
I gave up on Battlefront a long time ago.
Why?
Quote from: 11B4V on February 19, 2013, 02:47:03 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 19, 2013, 01:58:45 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 19, 2013, 01:57:29 PM
Battlefront is releasing a Commonwealth Forces pack for Fortress Italy. Still no French! :mad:
I gave up on Battlefront a long time ago.
Why?
They rub me the wrong way. Just like Matrix does.
Still love the old CM games though.
Quote from: Razgovory on February 19, 2013, 01:57:29 PM
Battlefront is releasing a Commonwealth Forces pack for Fortress Italy. Still no French! :mad:
French suck anyway. I wish they'd release a Jew/Camel Humper series ala '48-'73
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 19, 2013, 03:35:26 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on February 19, 2013, 02:47:03 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 19, 2013, 01:58:45 PM
I gave up on Battlefront a long time ago.
Why?
They rub me the wrong way. Just like Matrix does.
Ptooey. You just don't like to work.
QuoteStill love the old CM games though.
Were the new releases by Matrix ever worth it?
If your talking OST Front...it was good. Different interface from CM. I went back to CM because of the larger community.
I think I just finished Red Dead Redemption.
Well....that was....different. And a downer.
There's a lot to dislike about Battlefront. They don't really do mod support and they overprice their products. Because those products are rarely on other direct to download sites it's hard to find deals. They used to be really stingy with patches as well. In fact, their biggest problem is their imperious attitude toward their fan base. Compare this to Pdox, which has done a really good job of cultivating a fan base (present company excluded). Still, you want the best tactical games in town, you go to them.
Holy shit, I'm having an indie gaming renaissance.
Quote from: fahdiz on February 20, 2013, 03:27:17 PM
Holy shit, I'm having an indie gaming renaissance.
Yeah. 2012 was a great year for the indies. Best year for PC gaming in a long time. I'm really impressed.
Quote from: Razgovory on February 20, 2013, 04:29:43 PM
Yeah. 2012 was a great year for the indies. Best year for PC gaming in a long time. I'm really impressed.
:yes:
Quote from: Tyr on February 20, 2013, 01:02:14 AM
I think I just finished Red Dead Redemption.
Well....that was....different. And a downer.
I liked the zombie add-on.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 20, 2013, 04:39:13 PM
Quote from: Tyr on February 20, 2013, 01:02:14 AM
I think I just finished Red Dead Redemption.
Well....that was....different. And a downer.
I liked the zombie add-on.
I have that (GOTY edition) and it does look really interesting. Think I'm going to give it a break and play something else first though.
To that end I tried to finally get around to playing LA Noir (PC version). It installs...but the bloody thing doesn't run. Doesn't even try to. Aaaaagh! :bleeding:
Deux Ex : Human Revolution is on sale. Should I or shouldn't I?
Quote from: Drakken on February 21, 2013, 01:31:15 PM
Deux Ex : Human Revolution is on sale. Should I or shouldn't I?
It's like 5 bucks for one of my favorite games from the last few years.
I was not a fan - well I was kinda a fan but boss fights sucked.
Wing Commander.
Quote from: garbon on February 21, 2013, 01:47:36 PM
I was not a fan - well I was kinda a fan but boss fights sucked.
I never finished it. But I did kinda like it aside from the absurd boss battles.
Quote from: Caliga on February 21, 2013, 02:50:09 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 21, 2013, 01:47:36 PM
I was not a fan - well I was kinda a fan but boss fights sucked.
I never finished it. But I did kinda like it aside from the absurd boss battles.
Yeah I never finished it either. -_-
Quote from: Drakken on February 21, 2013, 01:31:15 PM
Deux Ex : Human Revolution is on sale. Should I or shouldn't I?
It isn't very good. Nothing on the first one.
Pulled the trigger on Fortess Italy. Time to fuck-up some of the smelly pasta eaters.
Oh well, I just finished my first X-COM: Enemy Unknown game. The very ending is a bit underwhelming, but otherwise it's really an excellent game.
L.
Taking a break from Icewind Dale and got sucked into L.A. Noire which I picked up cheap during some Steam sale or other. I had previously only played the tutorial, but this time I feel really drawn in. They really got the flavor right, down to the jargon - I'm playing in black/white and it's very much a mixture of Noire movies and the old Dragnet TV show.
Though I guess the replayability isn't very high, except to solve all cases perfectly.
Just picked up Teleglitch. I am going to play the shit out of it.
Also grabbed Reprisal, because: cheap. Looks fun, too - I've been needing something Populous-like.
Received HOI3 with all the expansions as a gift from a friend.
Taking some time to play FTL. I played it a bit when it first came out, but now I'm actually getting a bit more into it.
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Pulled the trigger on Fortess Italy. Time to fuck-up some of the smelly pasta eaters.
Tell us how it is. I had a hoot with the other one.
Raz takes the dive into Skyrim! Wish him luck.
Quote from: Razgovory on March 08, 2013, 03:08:30 AM
Raz takes the dive into Skyrim! Wish him luck.
You'll be fine until you take an arrow in the knee.
Tried to reinstall Simcity 4 but the CD isn't working anymore :(
Off to the bargain bins tomorrow.
Quote from: Maladict on March 08, 2013, 03:25:35 PM
Tried to reinstall Simcity 4 but the CD isn't working anymore :(
Off to the bargain bins tomorrow.
Got it on Steam for 5e a while ago, it's 10 atm.
Quote from: Solmyr on March 08, 2013, 03:51:04 PM
Got it on Steam for 5e a while ago, it's 10 atm.
I don't like Steam, and it's a 10 year old game: IT BELONGS ON A CD!!
Have beta weekend invite to neverwinter mmo.
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Quote from: Solmyr on March 08, 2013, 03:51:04 PM
Got it on Steam for 5e a while ago, it's 10 atm.
I don't like Steam, and it's a 10 year old game: IT BELONGS ON A CD!!
Wow, Captain Ludd - at least your telegraph is still working so you could type out this message for us! :P
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Raz takes the dive into Skyrim! Wish him luck.
You'll be fine until you take an arrow in the knee.
I'm having a hard time at character creation. I made a Knightly type character but I don't care for him. It's the eyes, he looks like David Bowie. It kinda creeps me out.
Tomb Raider seems pretty fun, but I'm only an hour into it.
I managed to get LA Noir working :w00t:
Turns out it doesn't like spaces in its install path....despite its default install path of program files and rockstar games.....
Playing Tomb Raider - liking it so far. Granted, the only other Tomb Raider game I ever played through was Legends.
Still, having a good time so far. It's pretty dark and gritty, and whenever you think you're getting somewhere, the plot stomps on Lara some more. In a way it feels like Tomb Raider meets Die Hard (the original) with all the punishment Lara is put through. :pinch:
Quote from: Syt on March 12, 2013, 05:42:25 AM
Playing Tomb Raider - liking it so far. Granted, the only other Tomb Raider game I ever played through was Legends.
Still, having a good time so far. It's pretty dark and gritty, and whenever you think you're getting somewhere, the plot stomps on Lara some more. In a way it feels like Tomb Raider meets Die Hard (the original) with all the punishment Lara is put through. :pinch:
I die a lot in this game. Watching a woman get strangled to death and then shot in the face five times in a row is a little intense. :( :lol:
Quote from: FunkMonk on March 12, 2013, 05:48:32 PM
I die a lot in this game. Watching a woman get strangled to death and then shot in the face five times in a row is a little intense. :( :lol: HUGE TURN-ON
FYP for Seedy.
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Playing Tomb Raider - liking it so far. Granted, the only other Tomb Raider game I ever played through was Legends.
Still, having a good time so far. It's pretty dark and gritty, and whenever you think you're getting somewhere, the plot stomps on Lara some more. In a way it feels like Tomb Raider meets Die Hard (the original) with all the punishment Lara is put through. :pinch:
I die a lot in this game. Watching a woman get strangled to death and then shot in the face five times in a row is a little intense. :( :lol:
Obviously not a kids game. :P
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Got it on Steam for 5e a while ago, it's 10 atm.
I don't like Steam, and it's a 10 year old game: IT BELONGS ON A CD!!
Wow, Captain Ludd - at least your telegraph is still working so you could type out this message for us! :P
Look who's talking, Air Marshal Bargain Bin. NHL 93 FOR 93 CENTS? WOOT
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Quote from: FunkMonk on March 12, 2013, 05:48:32 PM
I die a lot in this game. Watching a woman get strangled to death and then shot in the face five times in a row is a little intense. :( :lol: HUGE TURN-ON
FYP for Seedy.
That was the great thing about Conan's review; he had it on a constant loop so I didn't have to. FAP FAP FAPPITY
Never played a tomb raider game. I think I may have played the demo of the first game, but never got the hang of it. I found it frustrating and all I wanted was to see that dinosaur. :Embarrass:
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Playing Tomb Raider - liking it so far. Granted, the only other Tomb Raider game I ever played through was Legends.
Still, having a good time so far. It's pretty dark and gritty, and whenever you think you're getting somewhere, the plot stomps on Lara some more. In a way it feels like Tomb Raider meets Die Hard (the original) with all the punishment Lara is put through. :pinch:
I die a lot in this game. Watching a woman get strangled to death and then shot in the face five times in a row is a little intense. :( :lol:
I'm 4 hours in (on normal), beyond the temple with the weird huge guys. I find it actually rather easy so far and have considered playing on hard instead - and I don't generally consider myself an action game afficionado. :unsure:
I like the level of detail they've put into Lara. Every stage adds more cuts and bruises to her. The game says I'm about 33% through and she looks like hell.
I'm also surprised how well combat works. It's really fluid and dynamic. Some reviews have criticized that Lara automatically enters combat stance and also automatically enters/leaves cover. I actually enjoy the way it's handled, because it eliminates the whole "hit button to enter cover" thing that can lead to awkwardness in some games. The enemies often use molotov cocktails or flaming arrows, forcing you to change cover pretty often, so it's not the usual shooting gallery you find in cover shooters (hide behind something, peak out and headshot enemies). Melee has a few simple attacks that are very serviceable.
Also, the bow is pretty fun.
Well, Ridiculous Fishing is outstanding.
AND MOTHERFUCKER HOTLINE MIAMI IS SO FUCKING HARD I AM GOING TO THROW MY FUCKING COMPUTER THROUGH THE WINDOW BUT I CAN'T STOP LOVING IT BUT JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST IT IS FUCKING HARD
I really liked that one. Two masks make it much easier. The dog mask makes it so dogs don't attack you, and unicorn mask makes all gunshots silent. You want to get high scores you pick the grasshopper mask. Then you get the drill...
Started playing dishonored. I like it, despite being the worst wizard-assassin in the world. I haven't killed anyone!
I picked up March of the turds again and am raping Austria and its beet vassals with my Turkish delights.
I'm guessing from your nickname the game isn't all that good.
Quote from: Razgovory on March 16, 2013, 08:18:09 PM
I'm guessing from your nickname the game isn't all that good.
About as napoleonic as my turds.
Well you do eat a lot of crepes.
I bought Dishonored a while back and only now starting to play it. It's not bad, though I can't help but think that people would be put off if they were approached on a dark street by a man in a black cloak wearing an steel skull mask holding a beating human heart in one hand and a big knife in the other. But, no they seem cool with it for the most part.
Somebody help me. I got back into Realm of the Mad God again recently and I CAN'T STOP PLAYING
I beat Dishonered. I didn't get the clean hands achievement, which is annoying. I don't know who I killed.
Quote from: Razgovory on March 21, 2013, 06:36:04 PM
I beat Dishonered. I didn't get the clean hands achievement, which is annoying. I don't know who I killed.
Dude in the tutorial?
It might have been in the sewers. Probably someone unconcious got eaten by a rat. THe problem of playing without killing is that it's not as fun. I'm going to go through again murdering.
There's a new Cyclomaniacs game out. :cool:
Defiance Beta. Sci-Fi Action MMO from the makers of Rift integrated with SyFy show. Pretty promising, if a little simplistic so far.
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Got it on Steam for 5e a while ago, it's 10 atm.
I don't like Steam, and it's a 10 year old game: IT BELONGS ON A CD!!
Wow, Captain Ludd - at least your telegraph is still working so you could type out this message for us! :P
Look who's talking, Air Marshal Bargain Bin. NHL 93 FOR 93 CENTS? WOOT
Well, I think I've found my new custom title :D
:lol:
Actually, I do miss rummaging through the bargain bins of computer games sections of electronic stores in the 90s. "People's General for 5 German Marks? I'll take it!"
Quote from: Syt on March 24, 2013, 12:04:09 AM
Actually, I do miss rummaging through the bargain bins of computer games sections of electronic stores in the 90s. "People's General for 5 German Marks? I'll take it!"
They're still there, but it's not the same anymore. The only thing you'll find are Teh Sims expansions and casual games. :bleeding:
It's not worth it.
Quote from: Syt on March 24, 2013, 12:04:09 AM
Actually, I do miss rummaging through the bargain bins of computer games sections of electronic stores in the 90s. "People's General for 5 German Marks? I'll take it!"
:thumbsup:
The modern equivalent is poking around on gog.com.
Yeah, but it's not the same sense of satisfaction.
Though my favorite find remains a near mint copy of Starflight for IBM DOS PC I picked up for like 3 bucks at a thrift shop in North Carolina.
Quote from: Scipio on March 23, 2013, 09:17:40 AM
Defiance Beta. Sci-Fi Action MMO from the makers of Rift integrated with SyFy show. Pretty promising, if a little simplistic so far.
I'm kinda watch that one too.
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Quote from: Syt on March 24, 2013, 12:04:09 AM
Actually, I do miss rummaging through the bargain bins of computer games sections of electronic stores in the 90s. "People's General for 5 German Marks? I'll take it!"
They're still there, but it's not the same anymore. The only thing you'll find are Teh Sims expansions and casual games. :bleeding:
It's not worth it.
Not the same but one can still have some nice surprises. Fire Embler or Panzer Tactics DS for 5 euros each is good.
Back then, I had to buy People's General for 100 FF (15 euros).
Of course, the flea market can be even better. A rare PS1 game sellling for 100-120 euros on the interwebs, might be bought for 3 euros.
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Im now playing CK2 and Civ 5 while waiting for GW 2 to arrive.
Still playing the same three games, in varying proportions. :P
Quote from: Syt on March 24, 2013, 02:16:38 PM
Yeah, but it's not the same sense of satisfaction.
Though my favorite find remains a near mint copy of Starflight for IBM DOS PC I picked up for like 3 bucks at a thrift shop in North Carolina.
Loved that game. :cool:
Been playing Anno 2070 for the last week or so. It's pretty addictive.
Started up Deus Ex: HR again. Got into this time. I started out not wanting to kill people, but once I got the heavily armed mercs I had no problem killing. Fortunately the cover based combat works fairly well. I still knocked out a lot of people, and always make it point to knock out "innocents". One major thing that bothers me. I know the plot. Because of the previous game I know that the crazy conspiracy theories about Illuminati and other such nonsense are true. In the first game, I was a bit surprised by it. This time I know it's coming, so I kinda dread it. I'd actually prefer it to be strait cyberpunk story with augmented gangsters, ruthless megacorps and corrupt governments. To me, that would be just fine.
The Illuminati are king of tangential to the HR plot.
Quote from: Syt on March 24, 2013, 02:16:38 PM
Yeah, but it's not the same sense of satisfaction.
Though my favorite find remains a near mint copy of Starflight for IBM DOS PC I picked up for like 3 bucks at a thrift shop in North Carolina.
You really go far afield looking for bargain bins.
FarCry 3. I like it.
Quote from: Queequeg on April 01, 2013, 04:54:00 PM
The Illuminati are king of tangential to the HR plot.
Beat the game. Was kinda disappointing. Apperantly there was a moral choice system, but it makes no difference and you don't even know it's going on. Last level really sucked though. Fight a bunch of zombies and then a weird bondage machine for some reason.
Talk in the Civ5 thread, instead of making me get G&K or play 5 again, has reinspired me to play Civ4: Fall from Heaven II again.
I think the dude would do better making a FH2 mod to Civ5 over trying to pump life into that Fallen Enchantress game.
Eternal Sonata on the PS3. Was told it was a good RPG and I really felt like an old school RPG. It is...bizzare. Set in Chopin's head during his dying moments. No really. The classical music fanboyism you get in japan is strange stuff. Fairly fun so far though the plot seems pretty uninspiring- being told from the get go that anything you do will be meaningless as nothing is real....yeah.
King of Dragon Pass on the PC. Quite fun for a while but then suddenly foot shortages became regular and impossible to fix, my people starved. Which was a big anti-climax. Reading guides apparently you have to invest heavily into sacrificing to crops related gods. Shame I have to start again, was enjoying it.
I note Cities in Motion 2 was released recently. Don't have it yet though must investigate!
Quote from: Tyr on April 18, 2013, 07:30:27 PM
King of Dragon Pass on the PC. Quite fun for a while but then suddenly foot shortages became regular and impossible to fix, my people starved. Which was a big anti-climax. Reading guides apparently you have to invest heavily into sacrificing to crops related gods. Shame I have to start again, was enjoying it.
KoDP isn't the sort of game you play once. It's more like a roguelike in that aspect. Fall in love with losing, because you'll likely do it a lot.
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Quote from: Tyr on April 18, 2013, 07:30:27 PM
King of Dragon Pass on the PC. Quite fun for a while but then suddenly foot shortages became regular and impossible to fix, my people starved. Which was a big anti-climax. Reading guides apparently you have to invest heavily into sacrificing to crops related gods. Shame I have to start again, was enjoying it.
KoDP isn't the sort of game you play once. It's more like a roguelike in that aspect. Fall in love with losing, because you'll likely do it a lot.
Yeah. Would have liked to lose in an epic fashion however rather than just slowly starving to death. :(
:D As Toady says: "Remember: losing is fun!"
How many times can you use treasures btw? Seems kind of random. Some are obvious one use but I got a few out of my bagpipes of troll scaring before they vanished.
And any idea how to break alliances properly? Feels dodgy to just attack an ally...
Fired up Mig Alley. Couldnt believe it ran on win7.
I generally dropped LA Noir. It was pretty but didn't feel like much of a game.
I've started on Sleeping Dogs. It is pretty great, the Hong Kong setting is a lovely change from the typical generic American city you normally city. There are a few bugs and minor points of annoyance but generally this game: Yey!
I normally city all the time.
He likes to city all the time, city all the time, city all the time.
Eddie Murphy?
I picked up Vice City and San Andreas for cheap during its recent Steam sale, for nostalgia's sake. I really wish Rockstar would finally do a 70's themed game. Or return to the 80s/90s.
Cities in Motion 2- I am unimpressed. They've made a few backwards steps in design. e.g. Metro stations are one way only now when really they should have been making them so multiple lines could be the same station.
And what on earth is the difference between a trolley and a tram? I thought trolley was jus American for tram...is it one of those busses that can use overhead lines? Weird
They could mean the electric version for the trolley?
Quote from: Syt on May 01, 2013, 12:07:11 AM
I really wish Rockstar would finally do a 70's themed game.
+1
They did. It was called the Warriors.
I've played a fair bit of SWTOR during my vacation. I finished chapter 2 for my smuggler (to get the legacy buff perk), but boy is that a boring story line. I've started playing a Sith Assassin which is rather amusing in its cartoonish villainy.
I am reading the Star Fleet Battles rule book in anticipation of the upcoming clusterfuck... Errrr.... Fleet battle this weekend.
Feds v. Klingons. Unless everybody changes their minds.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 17, 2013, 09:01:53 AM
I am reading the Star Fleet Battles rule book in anticipation of the upcoming clusterfuck... Errrr.... Fleet battle this weekend.
Feds v. Klingons. Unless everybody changes their minds.
Ed preparing for the battle. Notice the extensive battle plans on the chalk board.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsfb.swa-gaming.org%2Fimages%2FSultrySackett2010.jpg&hash=ac175dec64c820a815128e278eaae66e28ed9d9a)
I doubt he has such long, luxurious hair.
Quote from: Syt on May 17, 2013, 11:06:43 AM
I doubt he has such long, luxurious hair.
Good that guy's hair looks gross.
It's glistening with its natural oils.
11 bravo is jealous of my flowing locks.
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I doubt he has such long, luxurious hair.
Good that guy looks gross.
Fixed.
Meh, he just looks like an average heavy set man.
:yes: Psellus still has the eyes of youth.
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Quote from: Syt on May 17, 2013, 11:06:43 AM
I doubt he has such long, luxurious hair.
Good that guy looks gross.
Fixed.
Meh, he just looks like an average heavy set man.
:yes: Psellus still has the eyes of youth.
Whereas I've? :angry:
Old and washed up.
You sound like my youngest sister. :(
:lol: how old is she?
And on thread topic
Star Trek Online and OOTP 14
Just bought Don't Starve. Fucking love it. Beautiful art, great gameplay, no hand-holding.
The furthest I've made it so far is Day 4. I was brutally cut down by a beefalo while hallucinating from the spider meat I ate.
I also bought Sang-Froid. I like it a great deal too, although I've only just gone through the first tutorial.
Started on Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. Pretty hillarious. The game is framed by the main character, a bounty hunter, telling his tales of glory in a saloon over drinks. So the shooty bits have the narrator and his audience doing voice over which is pretty funny. E.g. in the first mission, the starry eyed young boy who read about you in dime novels recounts that you shot Pat Garrett in a fair duel (which you play through), to which your character says, "No, that's not what happened", so the game rewinds and you are, in fact, knocked out and arrested by Pat Garrett.
RPS review says that this happens a few times throughout the story, when your main character mis-remembers stuff, or your audience doubt your claims. It's also a pretty interesting way of getting away with how you shoot hundreds of baddies in the game. :D
RPS explains it better than I do:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/05/20/wot-i-think-call-of-juarez-gunslinger/
The game costs 15 on Steam. It's from Ubisoft but does NOT require their Uplay thingie.
Quote from: fahdiz on May 22, 2013, 09:55:27 PM
Just bought Don't Starve. Fucking love it. Beautiful art, great gameplay, no hand-holding.
The furthest I've made it so far is Day 4. I was brutally cut down by a beefalo while hallucinating from the spider meat I ate.
Glad ya like and that it works. Figured it would, what with the low requirements and all.
I've made it a little over a week in a couple of plays, but I keep dying to hostiles. I think I finally have combat figured out now (and boomerangs are awesome).
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Quote from: fahdiz on May 22, 2013, 09:55:27 PM
Just bought Don't Starve. Fucking love it. Beautiful art, great gameplay, no hand-holding.
The furthest I've made it so far is Day 4. I was brutally cut down by a beefalo while hallucinating from the spider meat I ate.
Glad ya like and that it works. Figured it would, what with the low requirements and all.
I've made it a little over a week in a couple of plays, but I keep dying to hostiles. I think I finally have combat figured out now (and boomerangs are awesome).
I hit things with axes and die frequently. :Embarrass:
Gunslinger release trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xkFc26VulCY
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Just bought Don't Starve. Fucking love it. Beautiful art, great gameplay, no hand-holding.
The furthest I've made it so far is Day 4. I was brutally cut down by a beefalo while hallucinating from the spider meat I ate.
Glad ya like and that it works. Figured it would, what with the low requirements and all.
I've made it a little over a week in a couple of plays, but I keep dying to hostiles. I think I finally have combat figured out now (and boomerangs are awesome).
I hit things with axes and die frequently. :Embarrass:
Build a log suit ASAP. That and a spear makes even the deadliest of frogs go down.
With Willow, I'm up to day 20 now. I've got pretty good setup going, farms, meat racks, crock pot & a fire pit. Also got 10 Berry Bush nearby & a newly planted forest. My camp was close to a beefalo joint but a Hod forsaken Tree guard killed them all. Atleast I got lots of food out of that. I want to build an Icebox but I cant find gears.
Quote from: Syt on May 23, 2013, 12:01:52 AM
Started on Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. Pretty hillarious. The game is framed by the main character, a bounty hunter, telling his tales of glory in a saloon over drinks. So the shooty bits have the narrator and his audience doing voice over which is pretty funny. E.g. in the first mission, the starry eyed young boy who read about you in dime novels recounts that you shot Pat Garrett in a fair duel (which you play through), to which your character says, "No, that's not what happened", so the game rewinds and you are, in fact, knocked out and arrested by Pat Garrett.
RPS review says that this happens a few times throughout the story, when your main character mis-remembers stuff, or your audience doubt your claims. It's also a pretty interesting way of getting away with how you shoot hundreds of baddies in the game. :D
RPS explains it better than I do:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/05/20/wot-i-think-call-of-juarez-gunslinger/
The game costs 15 on Steam. It's from Ubisoft but does NOT require their Uplay thingie.
Loved the Pat Garrett bit. I also like the nuggets of truth collectibles.
Bought Rise of Flight: Iron Cross edition. Good game.
Quote from: Habbaku on May 23, 2013, 01:20:33 AM
Build a log suit ASAP. That and a spear makes even the deadliest of frogs go down.
I *found* a log suit in one game, near a skeleton.
My trouble with the science machine is that I don't know how to get gold.
Part of the fun of Don't Starve is exploring, so I won't spoil that much. But! Construct a mining pick and you'll find some gold eventually...
Quote from: Habbaku on May 23, 2013, 11:36:53 AM
Part of the fun of Don't Starve is exploring, so I won't spoil that much. But! Construct a mining pick and you'll find some gold eventually...
Yeah, I've gotten the pick and mined several boulders. No gold yet. I'll keep looking.
Not all boulders are the same.
I found gold! With Willow.
Seventeen days in Don't Starve, then a TENTACLE snatches up from the swamp when I am picking up a frogs leg and kills me. :mad:
It wanted your delicious beets.
Anyone here played Eador: Masters of the Broken World yet?
Someone clearly put a LOT of work into that game.
oh shit, Winter.
Quote from: fahdiz on May 25, 2013, 10:57:49 AM
Anyone here played Eador: Masters of the Broken World yet?
Someone clearly put a LOT of work into that game.
Reviews suggested it was buggy as hell.
I bought the Call of Juarez game. Good cheap fun.
I'm not playing Rising Storm.
I'm on this crappy hotel line, and I download Rising Storm, right? After one night it has downloaded 8.2 GB out of 9.3. Great, so the next evening I should be ready to game after just a little bit more downloading, right? Wrong. Steam suddenly forgot it already has the 8.2 GB and starts over from scratch. STEAMFAIL
Quote from: fahdiz on May 25, 2013, 10:57:49 AM
Anyone here played Eador: Masters of the Broken World yet?
Someone clearly put a LOT of work into that game.
Yeah, I unfortunately bought it. I looks like it is a deep strategy game and then you realize that its really a poor mans Heroes of Might and Magic.
It would have been a lot better if you could develop all the territories you occupy but development outside your main capital is very limited. Things might get better in the mid to late game but I dont want to invest the time to find out.
You can develop them alright, once you unlock the options.
And it IS deep. Lotsa events, considerations. And bugs, yeah, but I checked it recently after several times and bugs which stopped me at release seemed to be gone.
Quote from: Tamas on May 30, 2013, 01:15:13 PM
You can develop them alright, once you unlock the options.
No, you can only develop a maximim of three improvements even if you have the tech to develop others. At least that is what the tool tip told me.
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Quote from: Tamas on May 30, 2013, 01:15:13 PM
You can develop them alright, once you unlock the options.
No, you can only develop a maximim of three improvements even if you have the tech to develop others. At least that is what the tool tip told me.
yeah but thats kind of enough, is it not? There are gazillions buildings you can build in your capital. Last thing you'd need is 20 each in the other provinces.
is east up on the map
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Quote from: Tamas on May 30, 2013, 01:15:13 PM
You can develop them alright, once you unlock the options.
No, you can only develop a maximim of three improvements even if you have the tech to develop others. At least that is what the tool tip told me.
yeah but thats kind of enough, is it not? There are gazillions buildings you can build in your capital. Last thing you'd need is 20 each in the other provinces.
Ok, I didnt think so. I didnt like that fact that I could only develop one territory. Which was kind of the point I was making. ;)
But you are painting a false picture of the game. The complex development tree you have for your capital is much more advanced than anything in any Heroes game.
Plus, you have mechanics like province exploration, and level of exploration linked to overpopulation. Different races of population, quests they can give to give you alliance instead of stomping them, the karma system, the morale of your units depending on what kind of units they are stacked with, the huge number of events, etc.
It is far more complex and advanced than the Heroes games.
I'm still playing Skyrim. I'm on a quest line where we are trying to prevent this vampire lord from blotting out the sun. I don't see why my guy can't just finish the quest by walking in to the enemy castle and killing everyone. At the beginning I meet the vampire lord in his castle and he offers me the great power of being a vampire. There is no option to say back to him "You know, I'm the most powerful wizard in the whole of Skyrim, I swat dragons out of the sky, summon up demons to deal with things beneath my notice and I can stop time itself if I so choose. I can light everyone in this godforsaken room on fire if I felt like it. I only found out about you because I just killed your best guys who I happened to find in a crypt that I was looting."
Some Lords can't handle the truth mate.
Is HoI 3 worth it at all?
Quote from: Queequeg on June 04, 2013, 03:47:01 PM
Is HoI 3 worth it at all?
It's better than the real thing.
I really wish they'd revamp and repub Battlefield: Vietnam. That was always my favorite.
Expeditions: Conquistador is a great role playing game. You start off giving yourself some stats as the leader of the expedition and then you select 10 people to accompany you. I have tried a few starting parties and I like having 1 doctor, 3 hunters, 3 scouts, 1 scholar and 2 men at arms best. You have the opportunity to pick up another man at arms early on as well.
Its got a great mix of exploration, meaningful decisions and resource managment. The thing I like most is it is very immersive. I found myself really liking some of the characters in my party and when they come into harms way you find yourself worrying about whether they will pull through.
The combat system is also quite good. It is hex based and each class has its own particular abilities and weaknesses.
Managing your band of adventures is a game within the game. They each have three attributes which affect their reactions as to how you deal with various issues which in turn affects their moral. You can also level party members and give them equipment (make sure you give equipemnt out whenever you get it so it doesnt get stolen). Even that process can have effects on moral - especially if you have attention whore Marti types in your party who get butt hurt if you are not paying enough attention to them.
Pro-tip - dont associate with Marti like characters.
http://conquistadorthegame.com/
Any of you guys ever play Wargame European Escalation or it's newest standalone expansion Airland Battle?
I've watched a couple of Let's play on youtube & I'm still confuse by that game.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 06, 2013, 09:52:41 AM
Any of you guys ever play Wargame European Escalation or it's newest standalone expansion Airland Battle?
Funk does
They're both really good games, Airland Battle being the better one. Pretty much an RTS set in the Cold War. Capture zones to buy more units, much slower paced than Starcraft or any other RTS out there now, but it is real time with no pause so that puts a lot of people off. I'm still not very good at it but for me it has the perfect mix of war game abstraction and real world tactical combat.
What confuses you about it?
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, is about the best AAA shooter game I've played for $15.00.
Gunpoint is a comical indie pseudo-stealth game.
Both ten out of ten.
I bought Panzer General II off GOG to play on my old PC. Still a great game. Noticed something though, you never really get to use really heavy artillery.
I've played through Portal 1 for the first time. That was fun, if not particularly hard.
XCom with the Slingshot DLC. It's like a big candy pile. Makes the game easier.
Mostly FM13.
What do you know about football? :rolleyes:
Quote from: katmai on June 23, 2013, 06:11:34 PM
What do you know about football? :rolleyes:
Mostly that is it played on Saturday before college football. Except those Friday games and a couple on Sunday. I like the teams that play goodly.
CIV 5 and Torchlight II
Rogue Legacy is pretty addictive.
Picked up a used copy of Bioshock Infinite for the 360. Didn't think I'd like it as much as the first two, but I'm digging it so far.
Quote from: Razgovory on June 12, 2013, 08:53:35 PM
I bought Panzer General II off GOG to play on my old PC. Still a great game. Noticed something though, you never really get to use really heavy artillery.
You might want to give Open General (http://luis-guzman.com/index.html) a try as well. It's a free implementation/variant of PG II. Some things are better than the original, some things are worse.
Quote from: Syt on June 28, 2013, 03:26:24 AM
Rogue Legacy is pretty addictive.
Yeah, I'm going to grab that as soon as they finish support for Windows 8.
Been bouncing around all over the place lately. Played UFO:Aftermath up to the last mission, but just can't be arsed to finish the game. Also revisited JA2 again.
Currently, I'm playing WitP:AE seriously for the first time since getting it for Christmas. I toyed with the Japanese for a few turns right after I got it, but the "OOH, shiny!" of all the THQ games I had recently picked up cheap drew me away. Now I am 10 days into an Allied campaign, playing the Ironman scenario. I am purposely not peeking at the Japanese side to avoid seeing what ahistoric surprises the scenario designers added. I could be talked into writing a game-weekly AAR, if anyone is interested.
Quote from: Razgovory on June 12, 2013, 08:53:35 PM
I bought Panzer General II off GOG to play on my old PC. Still a great game. Noticed something though, you never really get to use really heavy artillery.
I used heavy artillery quite a bit, particularly to cover troops. I love setting up 4 gun batteries around a unit and watching the enemy units that try to attack explode. :menace:
You get gun batteries sure, but rarely anything over 150mm. I think the US gets the heaviest gun artillery with the 8 inch guns.
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on June 28, 2013, 05:54:13 PM
Currently, I'm playing WitP:AE seriously for the first time since getting it for Christmas. I toyed with the Japanese for a few turns right after I got it, but the "OOH, shiny!" of all the THQ games I had recently picked up cheap drew me away. Now I am 10 days into an Allied campaign, playing the Ironman scenario. I am purposely not peeking at the Japanese side to avoid seeing what ahistoric surprises the scenario designers added. I could be talked into writing a game-weekly AAR, if anyone is interested.
Neat.
When you feel for a Languish PBEM WITP:AE slaughterfest, hook me up.
I'm even willing to try as Japan, even though I haven't a clue on how to play the production/industrial side of it.
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on June 28, 2013, 05:54:13 PM
Been bouncing around all over the place lately. Played UFO:Aftermath up to the last mission, but just can't be arsed to finish the game. Also revisited JA2 again.
Currently, I'm playing WitP:AE seriously for the first time since getting it for Christmas. I toyed with the Japanese for a few turns right after I got it, but the "OOH, shiny!" of all the THQ games I had recently picked up cheap drew me away. Now I am 10 days into an Allied campaign, playing the Ironman scenario. I am purposely not peeking at the Japanese side to avoid seeing what ahistoric surprises the scenario designers added. I could be talked into writing a game-weekly AAR, if anyone is interested.
By all means, please.
I would definitely read a witp aar as well.
Latest Bioshock. Setting is completely awesome etc, but I feel that the FPS is not the greatest engine for this story.
Quote from: The Brain on June 30, 2013, 04:42:47 PM
Latest Bioshock. Setting is completely awesome etc, but I feel that the FPS is not the greatest engine for this story.
Yeah-- it's nice that you get to see Columbia before it gets torn apart. Wish they had given you that chance with Rapture (outside of Bioshock 2 Multiplayer, which didn't give you much). I think they went a little overboard with the plot, though. Should've kept it simpler.
Quote from: Drakken on June 30, 2013, 10:35:00 AM
I'm even willing to try as Japan, even though I haven't a clue on how to play the production/industrial side of it.
That's okay. The Japanese had problems with that too.
Quote from: 11B4V on June 30, 2013, 11:54:17 AM
By all means, please.
I will get on that this evening. I have about one game month to recap right now.
Quote from: fhdz on July 01, 2013, 01:41:04 PM
Quote from: Drakken on June 30, 2013, 10:35:00 AM
I'm even willing to try as Japan, even though I haven't a clue on how to play the production/industrial side of it.
That's okay. The Japanese had problems with that too.
ROR
:lol:
Finished BioShock Infinite. Awesome in so many ways, but I cannot say much about it as a game since I played on Easy just for the content. I'm not much into SP FPS generally.
Quote from: The Brain on July 02, 2013, 05:08:02 PM
Finished BioShock Infinite. Awesome in so many ways, but I cannot say much about it as a game since I played on Easy just for the content. I'm not much into SP FPS generally.
The black girl leading the Irish worker's revolution reminds me of CdM.
Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2013, 11:15:16 PM
Quote from: The Brain on July 02, 2013, 05:08:02 PM
Finished BioShock Infinite. Awesome in so many ways, but I cannot say much about it as a game since I played on Easy just for the content. I'm not much into SP FPS generally.
The black girl leading the Irish worker's revolution reminds me of CdM.
One thing that was a bit weird was the silence of the poors and browns. Apparently those people have nothing of interest to say. Unlike the rich white folks in the beginning who had lots of dialogue. I don't know if they blew their budget on the early game or if it's an extremely meta dig on prejudice or if it's some other creative decision or if they really didn't consider this.
Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2013, 11:15:16 PM
Quote from: The Brain on July 02, 2013, 05:08:02 PM
Finished BioShock Infinite. Awesome in so many ways, but I cannot say much about it as a game since I played on Easy just for the content. I'm not much into SP FPS generally.
The black girl leading the Irish worker's revolution reminds me of CdM.
That was one of the first things to cross my mind.
Quote from: The Brain on July 03, 2013, 03:08:47 AM
One thing that was a bit weird was the silence of the poors and browns. Apparently those people have nothing of interest to say. Unlike the rich white folks in the beginning who had lots of dialogue. I don't know if they blew their budget on the early game or if it's an extremely meta dig on prejudice or if it's some other creative decision or if they really didn't consider this.
They're just that downtrodden.
Seriously, though. What are they gonna say? "I'm hungry"? "Being poor here really sucks"?
I wasn't exactly clear why there were blacks in Bioshock infinite. If the people hated them so much, why did they let them in?
Quote from: Razgovory on July 08, 2013, 04:18:25 PM
I wasn't exactly clear why there were blacks in Bioshock infinite. If the people hated them so much, why did they let them in?
You need a labor force.
Cotton doesn't pick itself.
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Quote from: Razgovory on July 08, 2013, 04:18:25 PM
I wasn't exactly clear why there were blacks in Bioshock infinite. If the people hated them so much, why did they let them in?
You need a labor force.
You could find a white labor force. I mean, lots of places had white laborers.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 08, 2013, 06:16:25 PM
Quote from: Scipio on July 08, 2013, 05:50:55 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 08, 2013, 04:18:25 PM
I wasn't exactly clear why there were blacks in Bioshock infinite. If the people hated them so much, why did they let them in?
You need a labor force.
You could find a white labor force. I mean, lots of places had white laborers.
They weren't really white, they were Irish.
Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2013, 11:15:16 PM
Quote from: The Brain on July 02, 2013, 05:08:02 PM
Finished BioShock Infinite. Awesome in so many ways, but I cannot say much about it as a game since I played on Easy just for the content. I'm not much into SP FPS generally.
The black girl leading the Irish worker's revolution reminds me of CdM.
The rich deserve to die, sucka.
Playing Crysis 2. It's sort of like someone remade Half-life 2 in New York and to be less compelling.
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Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2013, 11:15:16 PM
Quote from: The Brain on July 02, 2013, 05:08:02 PM
Finished BioShock Infinite. Awesome in so many ways, but I cannot say much about it as a game since I played on Easy just for the content. I'm not much into SP FPS generally.
The black girl leading the Irish worker's revolution reminds me of CdM.
The rich deserve to die, sucka.
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Quote from: Razgovory on July 08, 2013, 06:16:25 PM
Quote from: Scipio on July 08, 2013, 05:50:55 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 08, 2013, 04:18:25 PM
I wasn't exactly clear why there were blacks in Bioshock infinite. If the people hated them so much, why did they let them in?
You need a labor force.
You could find a white labor force. I mean, lots of places had white laborers.
One of the Voxophones explains it. Apparently they procured a bunch of black convicts (?) from Georgia who could provide ultra-cheap labor. I get the feeling that the Founders were perfectly okay with blacks as long as they were kept in their place and didn't mix with the whites.
Playing a lot of Knights of Pen & Paper lately. Good stuff. Good sense of humor.
I've started playing FTL again. Has anyone ever finished it?
I came so close once, wiped out the whole crew, but then the fecking AI took over and he was tougher than the crew :o
I'm bored! been modding CKII for moths and I'm getting tired of it. Haven't logged in to Guild Wars 2 in ages - nor to Uncharted Waters. Is there anything new out there? I saw the trailer for a Game of Thrones RPG ( http://www.gameofthrones-thegame.com/#/intro (http://www.gameofthrones-thegame.com/#/intro) ) but it's not ready yet.
G.
Quote from: Grallon on July 10, 2013, 01:03:33 PM
I saw the trailer for a Game of Thrones RPG ( http://www.gameofthrones-thegame.com/#/intro (http://www.gameofthrones-thegame.com/#/intro) ) but it's not ready yet.
:huh: That game's been out for some time now. It was panned by most critics.
Quote from: Tyr on July 10, 2013, 05:23:22 AM
I've started playing FTL again. Has anyone ever finished it?
Not yet, no. I've had some glorious failures though.
Crysis 2 is really... boring. I like shooters even linear ones, but this one is really kinda dull. So far the highlight is has been a scripting error when to Helicopters are suppose to fly overhead except one crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge. That was at least funny.
I just realized I haven't played a single game during the last 6 months. Not once. That probably hasn't happened since the '80s. :cry:
The boys at Brizzard Entertainment are starting to ramp up the noise. Oh noes!
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Crysis picks up in the last third of the game. Still there are annoyances like lack of autosave and really screwy field of vision. Fortunately You can fix that last part. Game plays like a cross between Half-life 2 and Call of Duty but isn't as entertaining as either. Fatally it's also really stupid. You do get to trash garbon's home, but that's hardly enough to make a game.
Playing Wargame: Airland Battle and Civilization 5 pretty much exclusively for the past couple of weeks. The Brave New World DLC is tipping the scales in favor of Civ5 right now, but W:ALB is still tons of fun and gets its time.
The nerds over at Three Moves Ahead talk about W:ALB here: http://www.idlethumbs.net/3ma/episodes/wargame-see-deep-think-deeper
Beat Crysis 2. Very meh.
Been playing Tomb Raider. Liking the atmosphere so far as it does feel kinda creepy. Really does seem though like a big party of the game is watching Lara die horrific deaths. :D
Also, I hadn't realized this was like a reboot/early Lara as I was like why is she so not badass. :blush:
Anyone playing "The Last of Us"?
Quote from: 11B4V on July 18, 2013, 12:00:59 PM
Anyone playing "The Last of Us"?
It's only on PS3 right?
Just finished the latest Tomb Raider.
Good game, but too much torture porn and too many quick-time events.
Playing XCom: Enemy Unknown for the first time, just bought off the Steam sale recently. Fun game, i'm enjoying it.
Quote from: PRC on July 18, 2013, 10:59:33 PM
Playing XCom: Enemy Unknown for the first time, just bought off the Steam sale recently. Fun game, i'm enjoying it.
Same. Fun game. :)
I liked the idea of doing a Tomb Raider origin story. It's not a bad game, but I think the story would have been served better if the violence had been scaled back and been more poignant. For my taste the arc from "OMG I killed a deer :weep: " to "I am Lara Croft, exterminator of men :menace: " shortly after was a bit too extreme.
Playing Van Helsing. It's pleasant enough.
Quote from: 11B4V on July 25, 2013, 08:50:10 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 25, 2013, 05:47:36 PM
Quote from: Caliga on July 18, 2013, 12:02:11 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on July 18, 2013, 12:00:59 PM
Anyone playing "The Last of Us"?
It's only on PS3 right?
Sadly yep
Bad? :(
? I would love to play it, but as i don't have ps3, not gonna plop down money to buy one just for that. :P
STO, FM 2013 and Birth of America 2.
Shadowrun Returns. Pretty good 2d iso RPG lite. Very faithful to the PnP gme. Never played the SNES RPG.
Seriously loving Expeditions: Conquistador. Thanks for the recommendation, CC. :thumbsup:
Quote from: PRC on July 18, 2013, 10:59:33 PM
Playing XCom: Enemy Unknown for the first time, just bought off the Steam sale recently. Fun game, i'm enjoying it.
Probably my favourite game of all time. Also the first one I played with a sound card.
PS. Playing DOTA 2. I suck.
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on July 27, 2013, 03:21:37 AM
Seriously loving Expeditions: Conquistador. Thanks for the recommendation, CC. :thumbsup:
Glad you are enjoying it :)
Damn it, lost my dishonored save, again.
Well fuck it, I ain't starting over.
Extremely tempted to buy Shadowrun.
Aside from my WITP:AE PBEM, I play (or attempt to play) Silent Hunter 4 modded with both Trigger Maru Overhaul 2.5.2 and Run Silent, Run Deep Campaign, with 100% Realism (Limited Fuel+Oxygen+Torpedoes, Dud Torpedoes with Mark 14 problems, realistic damage, and full manual targeting).
As of now if I can get within 2000 yards of a merchant I sink it, unless the Mark 14 issues trigger (hence why I usually go for two-thirds of the merchant's draft with contact+magnetic) or my computer crashes. Ten minutes ago my computer went BSOD as I was savouring the burning hulk of a Maru just having eaten two eels along his waterline at 900 yards. <_<
Brief history of the World on the iPad. I'm having fun against the AI.
Quote from: Razgovory on July 29, 2013, 10:14:33 AM
Extremely tempted to buy Shadowrun.
Looks pretty damn good to me.
Quote from: fhdz on July 30, 2013, 06:01:25 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on July 29, 2013, 10:14:33 AM
Extremely tempted to buy Shadowrun.
Looks pretty damn good to me.
I'll probably pick it up on the 1st. That's when Derspeiss pays me.
Pokemon Pearl, while it's full of nostalgia from when I played Red & Yellow to full completion. There is simply just too much to do in those games nowadays. I don't want to grind THAT much.
Been playing with a weird indy game, Papers, Please.
With full VGA graphics, you are a border inspector in 1982 in the eastern European country of Artstotzka. Your job is to inspect the paperwork of incoming people to make sure that they meet full official Arstotzkan requirements, no matter what.
I love the idea of this game... I'm just not sure I love the game. Further play is required.
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2013, 12:53:04 AM
Been playing with a weird indy game, Papers, Please.
With full VGA graphics, you are a border inspector in 1982 in the eastern European country of Artstotzka. Your job is to inspect the paperwork of incoming people to make sure that they meet full official Arstotzkan requirements, no matter what.
I love the idea of this game... I'm just not sure I love the game. Further play is required.
I will put up a review of it on Wednesday on my blog. I played it most of yesterday afternoon, and it's made me think a fair bit.
Quote from: Syt on August 12, 2013, 02:21:19 AM
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2013, 12:53:04 AM
Been playing with a weird indy game, Papers, Please.
With full VGA graphics, you are a border inspector in 1982 in the eastern European country of Artstotzka. Your job is to inspect the paperwork of incoming people to make sure that they meet full official Arstotzkan requirements, no matter what.
I love the idea of this game... I'm just not sure I love the game. Further play is required.
I will put up a review of it on Wednesday on my blog. I played it most of yesterday afternoon, and it's made me think a fair bit.
Give a concise version here - don't make me wait till Wednesday. I'm curious what someone else thought about the game.
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2013, 09:59:51 AM
Give a concise version here - don't make me wait till Wednesday. I'm curious what someone else thought about the game.
QuoteI only needed a few hours to reach an out-of-body experience where I watched myself fall heartlessly into the gameplay, into celebrating my correct dismissals and ignoring the slowly building, strangely gripping story of Eastern European repression. The game is perfectly amenable to players coming and going from that awareness, dropping in just enough reminders of both its game-like giddiness and somber reflection to avoid coming off as heavy-handed. In fact, the keen, interactive treatment of repressive regimes, combined with smoothly ramping play, makes this a fine point of entry into the serious games genre for someone who might otherwise scoff.
Some of the most truly jarring moments in Papers Please come when the game's denizens condemn you—you, the virtual border agent, and you, the actual human—as a scumbag. In one playthrough, I received a plaque from a military official thanking me for my service. A denied applicant looked at it on his way out, and he didn't mince words with his brief exit: "You are like this plaque. Cheap shit."
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/08/papers-please-review-paper-trail-of-tears/
QuoteI only needed a few hours to reach an out-of-body experience
Oh lord. :yuk:
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2013, 09:59:51 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 12, 2013, 02:21:19 AM
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2013, 12:53:04 AM
Been playing with a weird indy game, Papers, Please.
With full VGA graphics, you are a border inspector in 1982 in the eastern European country of Artstotzka. Your job is to inspect the paperwork of incoming people to make sure that they meet full official Arstotzkan requirements, no matter what.
I love the idea of this game... I'm just not sure I love the game. Further play is required.
I will put up a review of it on Wednesday on my blog. I played it most of yesterday afternoon, and it's made me think a fair bit.
Give a concise version here - don't make me wait till Wednesday. I'm curious what someone else thought about the game.
I found it surprisingly easy to slip into "just doing my job" mentality.
So I was fiddling around with tomb raider settings as I was pretty sure my new computer could do better than the default of normal. Does good on the 2nd highest setting but craps out at Ultimate. I found that the biggest issue seemed to be if I used the other (better) setting for hair so that Lara's hairy started flowing. Really? A hair modification is what brings down my frame rate? :lol:
Also, why is motion blur an option? I briefly had that turned on and started feeling sick to my stomach.
Alpha Centaur-best game ever made?
Quote from: Queequeg on August 13, 2013, 10:11:49 PM
Alpha Centaur-best game ever made?
Game blew me away when I was in highschool.
Quote from: garbon on August 13, 2013, 03:55:05 PMI found that the biggest issue seemed to be if I used the other (better) setting for hair so that Lara's hairy started flowing. Really? A hair modification is what brings down my frame rate? :lol:
Good-looking hair is very taxing. When I did 3D rendering I usually did an extra pass solely for fur and hair and worked them into the scene later in composition.
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Also, why is motion blur an option? I briefly had that turned on and started feeling sick to my stomach.
It's always been used in TV/video to blend one frame with the next (otherwise having just 24/25 frames per second would be very noticeable).
Quote from: Iormlund on August 16, 2013, 11:22:02 AM
Good-looking hair is very taxing. When I did 3D rendering I usually did an extra pass solely for fur and hair and worked them into the scene later in composition.
Gotcha, well I'm going to keep that turned off as I don't need her to have following hair.
Quote from: Iormlund on August 16, 2013, 11:22:02 AM
It's always been used in TV/video to blend one frame with the next (otherwise having just 24/25 frames per second would be very noticeable).
:hmm: I don't recall getting sick watching TV/video. Though I do when looking at something like this.
http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/0/2/2/2/5/Blur2.png
It might be the tuning. Or there might some other contributing factors that are not present at traditional PAL/NTSC films/broadcasts. For example, I get really sick playing Source games with default Field of View settings.
Quote from: Syt on August 12, 2013, 11:25:47 AM
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2013, 09:59:51 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 12, 2013, 02:21:19 AM
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2013, 12:53:04 AM
Been playing with a weird indy game, Papers, Please.
With full VGA graphics, you are a border inspector in 1982 in the eastern European country of Artstotzka. Your job is to inspect the paperwork of incoming people to make sure that they meet full official Arstotzkan requirements, no matter what.
I love the idea of this game... I'm just not sure I love the game. Further play is required.
I will put up a review of it on Wednesday on my blog. I played it most of yesterday afternoon, and it's made me think a fair bit.
Give a concise version here - don't make me wait till Wednesday. I'm curious what someone else thought about the game.
I found it surprisingly easy to slip into "just doing my job" mentality.
you know that`s kind of creepy coming from a german :lol:
But more importantly: one of the characters in that game is apparently named "Viktor Orban" :lol:
Played D&D: Chronicles of Mystara with friends and had a blast.
Quote from: Barrister on August 12, 2013, 12:53:04 AM
Been playing with a weird indy game, Papers, Please.
With full VGA graphics, you are a border inspector in 1982 in the eastern European country of Artstotzka. Your job is to inspect the paperwork of incoming people to make sure that they meet full official Arstotzkan requirements, no matter what.
I love the idea of this game... I'm just not sure I love the game. Further play is required.
Anthem of Arstotzka. Arstotzka has spawned a weird little fan community. :hmm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4GWyd7vhj0
http://www.kongregate.com/games/thxgames/triviador (http://www.kongregate.com/games/thxgames/triviador)
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 17, 2013, 03:23:19 PM
http://www.kongregate.com/games/thxgames/triviador (http://www.kongregate.com/games/thxgames/triviador)
Nice. Easy. But nice.
Depends on your opponents.
Quote from: The Brain on August 16, 2013, 05:46:11 PM
Played D&D: Chronicles of Mystara with friends and had a blast.
Considered getting this, but don't have any friends. :(
Quote from: Razgovory on August 19, 2013, 07:20:05 PM
Considered getting this, but don't have any friends. :(
Not even in your head? :(
I have been playing a lot of a game I got for free on my Kindle. The game involves an improbably named gramophone salesman name "Barry Steakfries" who for some reason steals a machine gun, straps it to his back and tries to fly away with it using the recoil to propel himself into the air. He kills several people in clean suits and dies a gruesome death with in the first few minutes. That's pretty much the whole game.
Since Blizzard is being a bitch & hasn't seen the to send me a key for the Hearthstone beta, I got into the Card Hunter beta.
It's pretty cool. The cards you can draw are based on the equipments of your Hero.
http://www.cardhunter.com/
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Syt, you should try it. You would like it.
Started playing Sid Meier's Ace Combat. Reminds me a lot of The Ancient Art of War in the Skies.
Reminds me of Ace of Aces (which was in reality a hex-based game) on a map. Still, quite fun.
While Ace Patrol has some (a fair bit) of repetitiveness to it, it still is a good game for the 9 bucks. I figure I will get at least 20 hours out of it by the time it is done. Good call, Syt.
Some of the maneuver rules are a little opaque, but I'm really enjoying shooting down German biplanes.
So what's the verdict on EU4, worth buying or not?
Recently finished the main story of Arkham Asylum and have now moved to Arkham City. Good stuff. City feels a lot more epic than Asylum, and the additional moves/gadgets are very welcome.
Actually, I'm not the biggest Batman fan, because I find him generally a bit too dour.
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:P
Still, the game mechanics make you feel pretty badass when you take out a bunch of thugs or pick them off one by one in the stealth sections.
Quote from: Syt on September 01, 2013, 10:24:33 AM
Recently finished the main story of Arkham Asylum and have now moved to Arkham City. Good stuff. City feels a lot more epic than Asylum, and the additional moves/gadgets are very welcome.
I hadn't played a beat'em up since the SNES when I picked up Arkham Asylum. I was blown away on how good it was. Arkham City was just more of the good.
Arkham City is Arkham Asylum, turned up to 11. It ditched all the stupid, and kept all the great.
I still can`t understand what you guys dig in that super-simplistic and boring Arkham City game.
Quote from: Tamas on September 02, 2013, 08:21:58 AM
I still can`t understand what you guys dig in that super-simplistic and boring Arkham City game.
Well, you're not the goddamn Batman.
The goddamn beetman.
The Chard Crusader.
Quote from: Scipio on September 02, 2013, 08:24:53 AM
Quote from: Tamas on September 02, 2013, 08:21:58 AM
I still can`t understand what you guys dig in that super-simplistic and boring Arkham City game.
Well, you're not the goddamn Batman.
The best (most disturbing?) thing about the classic line:
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is said to his new, 12 year old, traumatized sidekick who he just kidnapped from the crime scene mere minutes after the boy's parents were shot.
Beetman don't has time for feelings. There are hubcaps to steal.
Played some Hammerwatch with friends and had a blast.
Quote from: Tamas on September 02, 2013, 08:21:58 AM
I still can`t understand what you guys dig in that super-simplistic and boring Arkham City game.
Simplistic games can be fun.
Crysis 2. It's not a very good game.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 02, 2013, 06:42:16 PM
Crysis 2. It's not a very good game.
No. It's not. I was really disappointed. It was trying and failing to be Half-Life 2. I liked the first game, where I would drive around shooting down helicopters and other such silliness. I just couldn't get excited about the game.
I deleted my World of Warcraft install. :o It's out of date that it's going to be easier to simply download a fresh installer from Blizzard rather then install patches if I ever decide to play again.
Last night I spent the evening playing Expeditions: Conquistador.
It's a lot like King's Bounty. It's got to be the same engine. But it's a bit better so far. You're a dude with a small band of followers who wants to go get some New World glory. You get to Hispaniola and have to jump through some hoops for the governor before you head off to Mexico. You get to pick ten or eleven followers of various types (scholar, doctor, soldier, scout, hunter), and they can get better with experience. I don't know how much use I'll get out of it, but it's a decent time sink. Worth twenty but not fifty.
Theater of War 2 Africa. Typical buggy russian bullshit.
Good thing I got those games in one of those bundles
What's better GW2 or Skyrim?
Decided to try Tera. I like how it's mostly Wow Vanilla with action mode but I don't know. All games seems to suck nowadays.
I want to be told a good story!
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 11, 2013, 08:48:05 AM
Decided to try Tera. I like how it's mostly Wow Vanilla with action mode but I don't know. All games seems to suck nowadays.
I want to be told a good story!
There's this primitive form that you might want to try out.
http://www.amazon.com/books-used-books-textbooks/b/ref=sa_menu_bo?ie=UTF8&node=283155
It's not the same. :weep:
Based on Meri's recommendation, I'm reading Codex of Alera.
Damn it. Lost my KoA: Reckoning save. Actually, I forgot to copy it before a format earlier this year. I can find it with a recovery utility but it's content is not good.
:(
Began playing Inquisitor. Very promising so far if you like sprites and old-skool RPGs. Which any sane person does.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 11, 2013, 09:12:21 AM
Based on Meri's recommendation, I'm reading Codex of Alera.
that was an enjoyable read.
Jade Empire, again.
Playing some World of Warplanes again. This game is annoying as hell. nothing like getting rammed by your own team mates. plus they've put out a new version so I lost all my old shiny planes.
Quote from: Scipio on September 15, 2013, 03:28:08 PM
Jade Empire, again.
That's an all time favorite. Which character?
I finally broke down and registered with STEAM - and bought Rome Total War 2 & Endless Space (Master of Orion clone). My CKII mod team seem to have vanished - no doubt all playing EUIV <_<
G.
I'm uncovering vile heresy in Inquisitor.
Quote from: Scipio on September 15, 2013, 03:28:08 PM
Jade Empire, again.
I think I have that for my Mac, but haven't really played with it. I'm in a gaming funk, perhaps I should give it a try.
Quote from: Grallon on September 17, 2013, 02:17:31 PM
I finally broke down and registered with STEAM - and bought Rome Total War 2 & Endless Space (Master of Orion clone). My CKII mod team seem to have vanished - no doubt all playing EUIV <_<
G.
Welcome aboard! Friend me, name is Arthois.
I can't find the box/disk or I'd be playing Korsun Pocket RIGHT NOW
http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/6483331/Decisive_Battles_of_World_War_II__Korsun_Pocket :goodboy:
Quote from: Barrister on September 17, 2013, 03:47:01 PM
Quote from: Scipio on September 15, 2013, 03:28:08 PM
Jade Empire, again.
I think I have that for my Mac, but haven't really played with it. I'm in a gaming funk, perhaps I should give it a try.
I loved it, personally.
Quote from: Habbaku on September 17, 2013, 07:27:15 PM
http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/6483331/Decisive_Battles_of_World_War_II__Korsun_Pocket :goodboy:
:ph34r:
Quote from: Habbaku on September 17, 2013, 07:27:15 PM
http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/6483331/Decisive_Battles_of_World_War_II__Korsun_Pocket :goodboy:
omg pirate!
Quote from: Tamas on September 18, 2013, 09:44:03 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on September 17, 2013, 07:27:15 PM
http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/6483331/Decisive_Battles_of_World_War_II__Korsun_Pocket :goodboy:
omg pirate!
(The difference is, I actually do own it. :D )
I just tortured someone in Inquisitor. WWFD?
I'm burning heretics like a deranged person. Innocence proves nothing.
Quote from: The Brain on October 09, 2013, 02:26:10 PM
I just tortured someone in Inquisitor. WWFD?
I'd grit my teeth and soldier on. FOR THE EMPEROR
Quote from: Tamas on September 18, 2013, 09:44:03 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on September 17, 2013, 07:27:15 PM
http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/6483331/Decisive_Battles_of_World_War_II__Korsun_Pocket :goodboy:
omg pirate!
Own a registered hard-copy, just can't be bothered to find it. :P
I played a game of Chainsaw Warrior last night. :thumbsup:
Sounds dreadfully violent. *cough*
Decided to start a Combat Mission AAR. Will post the first part soon.
I need attention!
Old Combat Mission or the shitty new one?
Quote from: Razgovory on October 15, 2013, 03:31:39 PM
Decided to start a Combat Mission AAR. Will post the first part soon.
I need attention!
:) Rock and roll. I'll be watching.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 15, 2013, 03:33:22 PM
Old Combat Mission or the shitty new one?
:mad: Your Das Reich meal card is stamped, NO DESSERT, for a week Mister.
The Wolf Among Us. Better than the Walking Dead, with a touch of class.
Quote from: 11B4V on October 15, 2013, 03:37:11 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 15, 2013, 03:33:22 PM
Old Combat Mission or the shitty new one?
:mad: Your Das Reich meal card is stamped, NO DESSERT, for a week Mister.
MEIN APPLE STRUDEL
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 15, 2013, 03:33:22 PM
Old Combat Mission or the shitty new one?
Shitty new one. Combat Mission: Jersey Shore. I'm only playing the demo. :lol: So far my Italians are not doing that well. I knew it wasn't a good sign when they showed up to battle on little scooters wearing wife-beaters.
Spent a few hours with The Stanley Parable. Not so much a game as it is an interactive experience. I found it rather amusing, but it's very, VERY meta about gaming and game design, so YMMV.
Finished the next 30 turns for my Combat Mission AAR. Will post them today. It's not going well.
Quote from: Syt on October 18, 2013, 09:42:42 AM
Spent a few hours with The Stanley Parable. Not so much a game as it is an interactive experience. I found it rather amusing, but it's very, VERY meta about gaming and game design, so YMMV.
Yeah, I enjoyed that, but can't really say I played the game, as say I played with the game.
Hearthstone! :yeah:
Quote from: Habbaku on October 21, 2013, 01:38:50 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 19, 2013, 07:21:04 PM
Hearthstone! :yeah:
Any good?
I don't have much experience playing TCGs but the production values are awesome & the card system is interesting & complicated without ever reaching magic levels of nonsense.
Grand theft auto V
Been playing the Silent Hunter Online Beta. Kind of fun-- not as much as SH3 but I can play it in a browser and it's free. But they don't call it a beta for nuthin'.
Quote from: derspiess on October 21, 2013, 10:33:03 PM
Been playing the Silent Hunter Online Beta. Kind of fun-- not as much as SH3 but I can play it in a browser and it's free. But they don't call it a beta for nuthin'.
I dunno, we've seen this model of MP "dynamic campaign" attempt before, and it never, ever works.
And there won't be a single destroyer player in the game. ZOMG EVERYBODYS A ROGUE GNOME
I'm playing Eldrich, Nuclear Throne, and Paranautical Activity. God DAMN but it's a golden era for indie games.
I've been playing some Warlock - Master of the Arcane again. I really like the light hearted beer & pretzels style of the game (it feels like a Civ5 mod geared towards warfare only), but unfortunately the AI is not very competent.
If a player loses their capital, it's game over for them (their cities become independent in such an event). My Elder Ogre hero was besieging an opponent's capital for fifteen or so turns, but the AI went after the weaker support units in the rear while I kept hammering his capital with spells and the Ogre. I guess it's ok that the AI tries to go after weaker units first, but seriously, if your capital is about to fall, mount some last ditch effort at least.
Even more depressing: another city I had taken from him was without defenders. The AI could easily have moved a stack of melee fighters in there. Instead he goes after some adjacent units that were in a superior defensive position.
Plus the game has no soul.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 27, 2013, 05:57:05 PM
Plus the game has no soul.
The monster units do, I think. At least they're amusing when you select them. "Spears! Oh, you already know we spears."
And it has more soul than Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. FE:LH is now pretty much the game that should have been released from the start, but man does it feel generic (esp. compared to Stardock's own GalCiv). It's a good game, but it doesn't draw me in much.
I need to play Eador a bit more.
I want my Battlefield 4.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 28, 2013, 08:33:53 AM
I want my Battlefield 4.
My nephews want me to get the new call of duty game. I really need to hear a 13 and 11 year old scream 'PWNED' into my ear.
Cover based military shooters are to male gaming what the Twilight books are to female reading. This counts doubly for multiplayer.
Quote from: Syt on October 28, 2013, 09:04:27 AM
Cover based military shooters are to male gaming what the Twilight books are to female reading. This counts doubly for multiplayer.
Oh, fuck yeah. Squee. Mew.
So seedy, getting it for the sexbox or the praystation?
You know good goddamned well I am brand loyal to my consumer electronics overlords in Tokyo. Squee. Mew.
I need to buy an HD TV, I want one of those WiiU. :(
Really wish there was a game where Ethiopia was interesting.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 28, 2013, 11:10:51 AM
You know good goddamned well I am brand loyal to my consumer electronics overlords in Tokyo. Squee. Mew.
I might get it for Praystation and knife you repeatedly.
Time permitting of course.
I'll probably get Battlefield 4. I must support my Stockholm overlords.
Just picked up Shadowruns returns.
Path of Exile is now available on Steam and they have completed the final act.
If you like a D2 type dungeon crawl this game is for you.
Path of Exile is pretty fun. The skill system is much better than Diablo 3's. I've only just beaten the first boss guy I think (Brutus?).
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 29, 2013, 05:55:13 PM
Path of Exile is now available on Steam and they have completed the final act.
If you like a D2 type dungeon crawl this game is for you.
They also added a new character, the Scion.
I love Steam sales :ph34r:
I think I am going to try to go thru Mass Effect 1 again. Hopefully there is a High Res textures pack somewhere.
I can't stop playing Nuclear Throne.
Like everything else Vlambeer touches, it's perfect.
Which of course means I'm practically stroking myself waiting for Luftrausers.
Quote from: fhdz on November 05, 2013, 09:56:29 AM
I'm practically stroking myself waiting for Luftrausers.
MAH PENIS
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream showed up on GOG, so I'm going to give it a try.
Latest Humble Bundle has Scribblenauts Unlimited. I have being playing that, it's pretty fun. Also challenges constantly my grasp of English.
I played a Scribblenauts game for my Kindle. It did help with the boredom of Illinois.
I got Gentlemen! on sale. The kids love them some local multiplayer, and so do I. It's like...Victorian Smash Bros.
WWE 2k14 is fucking awesome (but then the last wrestling console game I played was Smackdown vs. Raw in 2009(?)). I'm looking forward to the nWo DLC.
I just wish it had a career mode, but the WWE Universe booker mode is also not too bad. For a proper career sim I guess I'll wait for Wrestling Spirit 3 from the guy who does TEW2013 and which comes out at the end of the month.
Quote from: Syt on November 11, 2013, 01:34:59 AM
WWE 2k14 is fucking awesome (but then the last wrestling console game I played was Smackdown vs. Raw in 2009(?)). I'm looking forward to the nWo DLC.
I just wish it had a career mode, but the WWE Universe booker mode is also not too bad. For a proper career sim I guess I'll wait for Wrestling Spirit 3 from the guy who does TEW2013 and which comes out at the end of the month.
1st line :w00t:
2nd line means no purchase from me.
Yeah, huge disappointment. Still, the universe mode is decent enough. You can either let the AI book the shows and feuds, or you can edit/control them yourself. You have pretty good control there. You can also chose to play out just one rivalry (I think, haven't tried yet) and there might might be a mode buried somewhere that lets you play just one dude.
Also, the Wrestlemania throwbacks are pretty fun. Down to imitating the title cards and having different TV filters (80s, early 90s, late 90s and modern).
I don't know how much of a rehash it is of the previously released Wrestlemania Legends. In total it has 45 matches of the past 30 years. Each match has a main goal (usually: win), and additional goals (e.g. bodyslam Andre the Giant).
Also, there's an Undertaker Streak mode, but defending the streak means defeating as many opponents as possible in a gauntlet match as 'taker. I got to 25 before I got pinned by Brodus Clay. Then the game crashed. :lol:
Anybody playing Prison Architect? It's half price on the Humble Bundle store today.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store
Bought it a while ago and follow the alpha release videos, but I hold off playing till it's feature complete.
A few more thoughts on WWE 2k14: the commentary becomes a bit repetitive/annoying after a while, so I guess I'll switch that off soon. The AI also glitches occasionally where it gets stuck (e.g. throwing you into the ring, with the head outside, then setting up an elbow to the throat or similar - if you get up during that, the AI gets stuck, but you can unstick it by going back outside again). And some of the transitions between animations could be smoother.
Still damn fun game. I downloaded a chockful of user content yesterday. There's recreated WWF and WCW arenas and logos and of course tons of wrestlers, current (the Wyatt family, the Usos) and classic (Vader, Chris Benoit, Ludvig Borga, Adam Bomb, Hillbilly Jim, Stan Hansen, Paul Orndorff, plus the early 90s tag team scene: the Rockers, LoD, Natural Disasters, Nasty Boys ....). Too bad you can't add custom music/Titantron movies. So in my universe there's the usual Raw/SmackDown stuff (with a few added characters), plus a seperate classic league in an old WWF arena with 1990s film grain. I also moved a bunch of retro characters in there (Diesel, Razor Ramon, pre-DX Shawn Michaels ...).
EDIT: Research suggests you can add entrance music from your XBox library. Something to look into tonight ...
Arcanum :wub: So flawed, but still so great.
Quote from: Queequeg on November 12, 2013, 03:00:18 PM
Arcanum :wub: So flawed, but still so great.
Indeed. I played the gunpowder path maybe a year ago, and, crap graphics and all, it was still great fun.
Troika's failure was one of the great tragedies in gaming history. :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 22, 2013, 05:37:39 AM
I dunno, we've seen this model of MP "dynamic campaign" attempt before, and it never, ever works.
And there won't be a single destroyer player in the game. ZOMG EVERYBODYS A ROGUE GNOME
Actually, you can only be a German u-boat. I haven't done a multiplayer wolfpack mission yet but they sound kinda fun. And as long as you contribute by hitting a target with something (even a single deck gun shell hitting an enemy ship) you get the full exp if the mission is successful.
Anywho, a few observations, keeping in mind it's still in beta:
-You're stuck with the Type II boats for quite a while before you can get your hands on a VII. This is an annoyance (Type II's are slow, have just 3 tubes and can only carry 5 torpedoes total, plus no deck gun) until you realize how stealthy Type II boats are in the game. A fully upgraded Type IID is a friggin stealth sub, and a nimble one at that. As long as you're not foolish enough to let a destroyer get within 500m of you, you can effectively disappear under the water. Biggest downside is you have to return to port way too often to load up on torpedoes.
-So far the only boats in the game are the main Type II and VII variants. I'm guessing Type IX and the elektro boats will come later on. You can have up to 3 boats, or up to 6 if you unlock with 'gold' (which is accumulated as you progress but you can also purchase).
-I'm level 23 (out of 35 (?)) and VII still seems sort of a luxury. I crashed my VIIA into a sinking but apparently not quite yet fully sunk merchant while pursuing another merchant with my deck gun. And I haven't accumulated enough points to spend on building another, so I'm farting around the North Sea with my Type IIC and Type IID until I can get my VIIA built and get out into the North Atlantic.
-You don't get to aim the deck gun or AA gun-- you can only send the gun crew out and order it to fire or cease fire. You can't even see aircraft-- you hear them and they appear on your map. The single 20mm flak gun you're stuck with for a while is nearly useless, so while it's always good to have your flak crew manning the gun, if you get attacked it's always best just to dive. Deck gun is pretty effective-- I've even heard of guys duking it out with destroyers on the surface, as little sense as that makes.
All in all it's a decent game. They've had to water some aspects down from the SH series to make it fit into an online multiplayer game, but it's cool to fire up a browser anywhere you are and play a few missions.
I've played bits of Desktop Dungeons this morning - it's fun, though the special edition price (with all DLC) at EUR 20-something seems steep.
Still playing WWE 2k14. I fail to win as Ricky Steamboat against Macho Man in Wrestlemania III. :(
Also, getting custom music on the XBox sucks ass: burn music to audio CD, put CD in XBox and rip it, create a separate playlist for each song.
Still, having Ludvig Borga, the Hollywood Blonds, Vader, Goldust or LoD enter with the correct music is (almost) worth it.
Finally started to get into Far Cry 3. Hunting is a big part of the game, since you need animals skins to manufacturer ammunition belts and the like. I suppose just picking up a backpack is beyond Jason Brody, the main character. However only certain animals can be used to make certain upgrade, for instance I need to kill and skin two emus to make a wallet. I started off chasing goats around with a machete, and eventually got a sniper rifle which is remarkably ineffective against a lot of animals. I shot a tiger three or four times with a high powered rifle and it just ran away. So I've had to change tactics, which has led some hilariously absurd scenes such as me running through the jungle chucking hand grenades at tigers so I can use them to make slings for my guns.
So after completing my mod for CKII - I should say my working prototype - I learned that another DLC was coming which will most likely change the game mechanics again and so force me to do another rewrite. And with Paradox detestable habit of not documenting anything I simply burned out.
And so I decided to try new things - amusingly after being so reticent about STEAM I'm getting to like it a lot. The first thing I bought was Total War II - played an hour - then moved on to Endless Space - played a few days. Then I got Eador: Masters of the Broken World. I really like this one but the AI cheats like there's no tomorrow so after reaching lvl 10 (10 shards of the broken world conquered) I went in search of another title. I bought Masters of the World - which is the Geo-political Simulator 3. I played a few runs as Stephen Harper (that's a laugh!) but I never seemed to be able to keep my popularity. In the last one I survived one year (hovering around 30% popularity) until I was gored by a bull in an agricultural function... :nelson:
So I bought yet another - and this one is a keeper I think:
Age of Decadence
http://www.irontowerstudio.com/ (http://www.irontowerstudio.com/)
This is a hardcore old school single player RPG with a twist: it is set in an apocalyptic post Roman Empire world. The download is finished and I'm about to try it. So excited!
G.
I've been following that one for years. It's still not finished?
Quote from: Syt on November 18, 2013, 12:10:17 AM
I've been following that one for years. It's still not finished?
Yeah, I remember hearing about that half a decade ago.
I find these first impressions not very encouraging:
http://attackofthefanboy.com/reviews/age-decadence-review/
I don't mind a hard game, but the main point of his impressions seems to be that it's very difficult to impossible to make informed decisions in the game and that it largely comes down to trial and error.
Quote from: Syt on November 18, 2013, 01:16:00 AM
I find these first impressions not very encouraging:
http://attackofthefanboy.com/reviews/age-decadence-review/
I don't mind a hard game, but the main point of his impressions seems to be that it's very difficult to impossible to make informed decisions in the game and that it largely comes down to trial and error.
What they are selling now is what they call the 'Extended Demo' which is the full game minus the last chapter which will be completed 1st quarter of 2014. By that time the game will update itself through Steam without further costs.
And yes it *is* difficult... For instance I couldn't survive my first fight (lore master apprentice against a full lore master). The reviewer is right about the lack of information when it comes to builds. When I went onto their forum to complain that I didn't understand how combat work I was told by one of the Devs : "well the other guy wants to live too so you have to be better..." The smug condescension isn't very helpful. And you can't pan the camera - so after GW2 it's disappointing. I'll give it another try but if I can't progress that too will get back on the shelf.
G.
So were nearly all the commentators AoD staffers?
Quote from: Grallon on November 18, 2013, 08:06:15 AMThe smug condescension isn't very helpful.
I noticed that on their forums before and it's also something that turns me off the game a fair bit.
I will wait how things look after full release, though, and see if it becomes any more malleable or if the devs keep brushing off critics as not being hardcore enough for their game.
Downloading State of Decay and the demo for Age of Decadence.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/12/06/post-imperial-play-age-of-decadence-demo/#more-134536
State of Decay is interesting. Has potential. But the camera is wonky.
Quote from: Syt on November 15, 2013, 04:13:29 AM
I've played bits of Desktop Dungeons this morning - it's fun, though the special edition price (with all DLC) at EUR 20-something seems steep.
I actually prefer the free, 8-bit version which I've been playing off and on for ages now. I really wish they'd give you an option to change the art back. Hate the new art.
Fahdiz - have you played Dominions 4 yet? From the description it seems like 3 but with more factions - visually it certainly isn't different.
G.
Quote from: Grallon on November 20, 2013, 06:07:32 PM
Fahdiz - have you played Dominions 4 yet? From the description it seems like 3 but with more factions - visually it certainly isn't different.
G.
I haven't; I've been holding off. There have been so many less-expensive games that I've wanted to play recently, and Dom 3 scratches my occasional Dominions itch really well for the moment.
Got VanHelsing Complete on sale. It's like Diablo III, only fun and charming.
I liked Van Helsing, it's totally decent.
Finished of Far Cry 3, X-COM is now taking up most of my time. It would be nice if didn't freeze when the cyberdisk showed up.
Picked up Anno 2070 +expansions in a sale. Not overly impressed with it so far.
Quote from: Maladict on November 22, 2013, 08:58:53 AM
Picked up Anno 2070 +expansions in a sale. Not overly impressed with it so far.
I liked it.
Quote from: Tamas on November 22, 2013, 09:51:21 AM
Quote from: Maladict on November 22, 2013, 08:58:53 AM
Picked up Anno 2070 +expansions in a sale. Not overly impressed with it so far.
I liked it.
You liked a WWI game that didnt know which way was North.
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 22, 2013, 02:07:54 PM
Quote from: Tamas on November 22, 2013, 09:51:21 AM
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Picked up Anno 2070 +expansions in a sale. Not overly impressed with it so far.
I liked it.
You liked a WWI game that didnt know which way was North.
It just followed the original boardgame design! :mad:
Finally got into Bastion. Now that I got the controls down, I'm enjoying it.
I've started the walking dead game. It seems cool and all...but its not much of a game, more an interactive comic.
Quote from: Tyr on November 24, 2013, 07:37:59 AM
I've started the walking dead game. It seems cool and all...but its not much of a game, more an interactive comic.
:yes: Still a great play, though.
Anyone have an extra Steam copy of Space Marine they'd like to gift me? :)
Walking Dead-
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
So, I just finished episode 2.
I saw that the farmers were cannibals coming a mile away. It sucks that Lee just went along with them the way he did after opening the door and finding the butchering room. That made it so obvious to me.
Thats a bit of a problem with this game to me. It claims to have a dynamic story but it is just a vaguely interactive comic. Your choices are inconsequencial with little choice of note being possible. When I discovered the butchering room for instance I chose to remain silent and this was taken as me being stupid- when in fact the other choices seemed to yell "kill me now. I know". So many times I disagree with all the dialogue choices, them all meaning the same thing, and wish I could say something different. And the binary decision paths....ugh.
Nonetheless I can't stop playing.
Hearthstone, hearthstone all the time!
State of Decay is fun and surprisingly stressful. You have to constantly forage for supplies for your base while fearing perma-death for your characters. Picked it up for $10 in this Steam sale and I'm having more fun with it than Assassin's Creed 4, which is saying a lot because I really like AC4.
Bought the new Batman game and played over 20 hours of it. Then I hit a game breaking bug where as soon as I load in a black abyss forever falling. Because there is only one save file for the game, there's nothing I can do. Raz: Not happy.
On Black friday I bought an HDTV, today I hooked it up to my computer.
Steam Big picture is pretty cool when it's on an actual big picture.
Finally picked up XCom at the Nov Steam sale.
And of course my weekly dose of Dota 2 with former workmates, which is still great fun. Though lately I actually watch more games than I play.
Been playing Unity of Command: Red Turn on and off recently. It's still really good. The Op. Barbarossa DLC comes out very soon too.
I've tried Lego Marvel Heroes demo on the old 360.
Man, Lego games have gone a long way since Indiana Jones and Star Wars.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 06, 2013, 11:00:07 AM
I've tried Lego Marvel Heroes demo on the old 360.
Man, Lego games have gone a long way since Indiana Jones and Star Wars.
Lord of the Rings is quite good as well.
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Quote from: Grey Fox on December 06, 2013, 11:00:07 AM
I've tried Lego Marvel Heroes demo on the old 360.
Man, Lego games have gone a long way since Indiana Jones and Star Wars.
Lord of the Rings is quite good as well.
Next time either is on sale, I'll be picking them up.
Borderlands 2.
I'm getting tired of these shitty, never-ending quests. Mothafucka, if you give me a three-step quest, and each step has three sub-steps, FUCK YOU.
I've gotten into Terraria this weekend. I got it a while ago when it was on sale, but couldn't get into it much, because I couldn't really figure things out.
Fast forward a few months and me catching a co-op game of Starbound between Total Biscuit (who I like a lot) and Jesse Cox (who I loathe) that kinda gave a quick overview of the starting aspects of the game. I picked up Starbound and like it, but I've stopped playing because there's a patch coming soon that rebalances the whole thing and will wipe savegames in the process.
So now I pluck at Terraria. I find these games the most fun when you have only a basic understanding of them and figure out the rest for yourself. At the moment I'm holed up in my fortress of solitude, making major renovations since I realized that monsters don't spawn in your mines if you make proper brick walls everywhere. I'm pretty weak for much surface exploring, so I dig for iron in the meantime (and finding none), only venturing outside when I need wood. I have lots of clay and stone, though. :P
Watch out to not dig too deep. One never knows what lurks down there.
Unless you have a map that is.
Looks like with new update Starbound added a decent bit, including the smart decision to do away with letting players attack through walls. :)
One thing I hope they do is continue to build on the questing idea as it is nice to breakup freeform Terraria with some specific assigned tasks.
Also it'd be nice if some slight bit of memory got built in to towns. I slaughtered half an avian village to steal items and then when I came to take out other half, they were all nice in peaceful towards me. Might be difficult though given the amount of worlds game has to keep track of. :hmm:
Civ 5
Been playing Starbound most of the weekend (Steam says I spent 20+ hours ... I'm at 30, and had 8 hours logged before the weekend).
I've mostly been dicking around while watching Breaking Bad and learning the concepts/systems of the game - visiting various planets, mine for stuff, and generally just explore. However, I find in the first sector you seem to run out of new things to do/explore rather quickly, so I think I may finish the tier 1 questline soon so I can move on to the second sector. I'm nicking stuff that might be nice to have in my crib, though (suits of armor, paintings, and other decorative elements). I'm pretty sure I'm missing out on a shitload of blueprints, though.
I hope they'll nerf block placement at some point. It seems gamey that you can project new blocks through walls, which makes some of the dungeons/spelunking a bit gamey because you can wall in enemies and get under them and shoot them through tiny arrow slits they can't use for themselves. I also like that they add a bit of survivalism to the game (you have to eat/stay warm). However, once you grow your own food hunger is not really a problem (though later processed foods you can cook seem to give you buffs), and heat can be solved by plunking down a campfire quickly.
In my current run the starter planet was weird. To the left was a weird Incamayaztec sort of temple with a dozen creatures four times my size guarding it. Inside were loads of guards with guns I had no means to fight. Spelunking down took me through a whole thick planet layer of flesh and bone before I reached magmarock and eventually magma. :unsure:
I've freshly acquired guns from a pirate vendor on a floating sailing ship moored by anchor to a snow planet. But the guns seem weak compared to my trusty melee hammer.
I'm surprised by the randomization of planets. Sometimes you land on a desert planet and it has almost no vegetation. Next time you have weird cacti with skulls on top. Or regular cacti. Or some that look like seaweed. Another planet might have trees where the trunks have suction cups. Or look like made of metal. Or like giant rose bushes. The procedural generation appears to work pretty well for creatures, too. They're jumbled together by a plethora of parts and attack types. And while some parts will looks familiar after a while, they keep being different on each planet. In general, it seems the cuter a critter is, the more likely it is to be hostile. Birds have been nerfed a lot, but they can still be a bane if they have two strong attacks bundled together.
Some planets seem to suffer from "Genesis Syndrome", though. You travel to a desert planet, beam down and find yourself in snow (yes, I know there's ice deserts), and a screen to the left you have a Sahara type thing. The transition between biomes could be a bit smoother. And the nights just a bit shorter.
Can't wait for a sale.
At 14 EUR I've already gotten more mileage out of it than some AAA titles. :blush:
I've made a vow that, excluded Civilization related products, I am not buying anything for more than 10$.
Started Skyrim again. With the max number of mods (plus graphics/texture improvements etc).
Do you folks play Dishonored? What's the skinny? Is it as awesome as it seems like it would be?
I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.
Quote from: Syt on December 16, 2013, 01:48:18 AM
I've freshly acquired guns from a pirate vendor on a floating sailing ship moored by anchor to a snow planet. But the guns seem weak compared to my trusty melee hammer.
I think you have to be in the beta sector at least to get reasonable guns. The level one guns seems almost useless. The bone hammer that throws bones is much more useful. Also doubles as an indestructible pick axe. :D
Quote from: Syt on December 16, 2013, 01:48:18 AM
I'm surprised by the randomization of planets. Sometimes you land on a desert planet and it has almost no vegetation. Next time you have weird cacti with skulls on top. Or regular cacti. Or some that look like seaweed. Another planet might have trees where the trunks have suction cups. Or look like made of metal. Or like giant rose bushes. The procedural generation appears to work pretty well for creatures, too. They're jumbled together by a plethora of parts and attack types. And while some parts will looks familiar after a while, they keep being different on each planet. In general, it seems the cuter a critter is, the more likely it is to be hostile. Birds have been nerfed a lot, but they can still be a bane if they have two strong attacks bundled together.
Some planets seem to suffer from "Genesis Syndrome", though. You travel to a desert planet, beam down and find yourself in snow (yes, I know there's ice deserts), and a screen to the left you have a Sahara type thing. The transition between biomes could be a bit smoother. And the nights just a bit shorter.
:hmm:
Perhaps, I was unlucky and got plucked down amid a shitty collection of stars, but I actually found that few of my planets were very unique. Yes, I constantly had to be on guard for animals as two from different planets might look similar but one was actually aggressive, and yes some of the biome varied but I had several planets that had nearly identical structures (there's one Apex structure that always has a vat of acid on ground near chest that I've seen more than 5 times now). Also had several well guarded underground facilities on planets (robots and humanoids with guns) that were only guarding blueprints that I already had acquired on the surface.
On a side note, what's the best way to go spelunking? I've had more than a few occasions where I dug myself into an open cavern and fell to my death. I'd also like some way of having light around beyond just placing and removing torches. Tedious! :(
Well, maybe I'm luckier, maybe I'm less fuzzy. :P I agree that structures/houses/dungeons repeat quickly, and I hope that they either increase the variety there (I had one planet where a dozen people lived several screens away from their neighbors, but each in the same house; and then I've run into the robo knight living alone in his mini castle twice - will probably convert one of them to my home base). I see more variation in animals/trees (so far) than in actual planet make ups. Though dirt and cobblestone can come in different colors and tenacity when mining, it seems.
For spelunking (bear in mind, this is my experience in alpha sector). Bring torches. A lot. Bring bandages, though you might find enough grapevines to craft new ones. Bring food (bread is good). I hardly use the flashlight. Torches have a pretty large illumination range, and you can "cast" them pretty far. You can also stock up on flares. Bring a campfire/bed to heal/warm up on the fly. Bringing a workbench/smelter/anvil/metalworking station can also be a good idea, if you realize you're missing some tool.
In general I didn't find anything too exciting. A few chests, some funny blocks (flesh and bone), and obviously magma rock and magma all the way down. If you come upon monsters, you can usually box them in with walls. I think this may become more relevant once you have crafting recipes that require some of the materials you can get deep down.
Quote from: Syt on December 16, 2013, 10:25:30 AM
I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.
Ditto
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Quote from: Syt on December 16, 2013, 10:25:30 AM
I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.
Ditto
It was 75% off in the recent sale? :( FUCK.
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Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2013, 10:44:17 AM
Quote from: Syt on December 16, 2013, 10:25:30 AM
I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.
Ditto
It was 75% off in the recent sale? :( FUCK.
Relax, Winter sale is coming.
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Quote from: fhdz on December 16, 2013, 10:12:48 PM
Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2013, 10:44:17 AM
Quote from: Syt on December 16, 2013, 10:25:30 AM
I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.
Ditto
It was 75% off in the recent sale? :( FUCK.
Relax, Winter sale is coming.
When? When? When? When? When?
When?
Quote from: fhdz on December 16, 2013, 10:01:02 AM
Do you folks play Dishonored? What's the skinny? Is it as awesome as it seems like it would be?
No. It's Thief 2 and Half Life 2 in a blender with a lot of jagged edges and chunks of frozen banana. It felt a lot less interesting than most entries in the Warren Spector genre.
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Quote from: katmai on December 16, 2013, 10:44:17 AM
Quote from: Syt on December 16, 2013, 10:25:30 AM
I picked it up for 75% off on the recent Steam sale, but haven't tried it yet.
Ditto
It was 75% off in the recent sale? :( FUCK.
Relax, Winter sale is coming.
When? When? When? When? When?
When?
Soon! My guess is Thursday.
Fhadizzle, Dishonored is 75% off on Steam right now.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 19, 2013, 02:27:25 PM
Fhadizzle, Dishonored is 75% off on Steam right now.
I saw it; just bought the GOTY edition. :)
Plus an expansion for Skyrim.
Plus Space Hulk. :ph34r:
And Walking Dead Season 1. HELP ME I CAN'T STOP
Quote from: fhdz on December 19, 2013, 08:32:34 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 19, 2013, 02:27:25 PM
Fhadizzle, Dishonored is 75% off on Steam right now.
I saw it; just bought the GOTY edition. :)
Plus an expansion for Skyrim.
Plus Space Hulk. :ph34r:
Danger, Will Robinson!
Quote from: fhdz on December 20, 2013, 01:19:17 AM
And Walking Dead Season 1. HELP ME I CAN'T STOP
No. Serve The Gaben.
Raz, I bought Space Hulk because I have some faith that with patches it will be awesome.
And if it doesn't work out - meh, 10 bucks. No real harm done.
Anyone have any advice on a decent to mid-level gaming mouse?
I don't want to spend a bunch of money and I want to use it for my regular internet browsing/fucking off as well.
I have been using a wireless mouse for a few years now, but have no real preference in a new one.
I'm reasonably happy with my Razor Naga, been using it for almost 2 years now.
It's especially handy for any game with rebindable keys and (obviously) MMOs, because it basically has a NUMPAD grafted to its side (you can choose for it to either emulate NUMPAD or the twelve number/symbol keys on top of your keyboard.
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The two extra buttons you see on the left are defaulting to back/forward in my browser, though I think you can reprogram them.
Quote from: Syt on December 24, 2013, 12:30:07 AM
I'm reasonably happy with my Razor Naga, been using it for almost 2 years now.
It's especially handy for any game with rebindable keys and (obviously) MMOs, because it basically has a NUMPAD grafted to its side (you can choose for it to either emulate NUMPAD or the twelve number/symbol keys on top of your keyboard.
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The two extra buttons you see on the left are defaulting to back/forward in my browser, though I think you can reprogram them.
I like that but I am worried about the 1-12 keys on the side. I regularly fat-finger the wrong keys on my normal keyboard, how easy is it to make sure you are hitting the right button on that?
So do I, but you're only using your thumb, so it's a bit easier. It took me a bit getting used to, but within a few days I was fine and wouldn't want it any other way now. The buttons are nicely tactile. The lines 4-6 and 10-12 also have a little "bump" so you can tell them apart more easily. See if you can try one in a store if you're in doubt.
I wish they made the 2013(or is it 2014?) naga in a left handed form.
I'm happy with my Razer DeathAdder. :)
"They are enemies of the people. Destroy the town, and kill everyone in it."
The original C&C Red Alert. :wub:
Bought Civ5 and all the attendant DLCs - lots of improvement since I last played that series (Civ3 or 4 can't recall). I especially like the new Religious and Trade mechanics.
However that game is still plagued with the same problem it's been plagued since the 1st one: time management. It's like watching a clock made by a madman; all the gears move at a different pace and so you get absurb things like : taking 800 years to build a granary or a worker. Similarly the time it takes for those workers to do a specific job is ludicrous. I know you can mod this - I've tried - only to see the game crash on me for some unknown reason. And then, there's my long standing pet peeve: the god dam calendar which is still BC/AD based - in a game where you can found a new religion called Grallonism, on fantasy world where they never heard of Jesus. Clumsy design. <_<
G.
They should just ditch the calendar and go by turn numbers. Or maybe let you found your own calendar when you found a religion/get a great prophet or something.
Quote from: Solmyr on December 27, 2013, 08:33:56 AM
They should just ditch the calendar and go by turn numbers. Or maybe let you found your own calendar when you found a religion/get a great prophet or something.
The only thing I've been able to mod without issue is the starting year - from -4000 BC to 1AD (won't accept 0 apaprently). Still I will attempt to mod some more if only to get one decent game out of this title.
G.
If you play the Mayans it switches to the Mayan calendar when you discover Calendar.
Finished my first playthrough of XCom: Enemy Within (Normal; Ironman; most Second Wave options).
MECs are fucking awesome with the random stat/stat growth thing. I went Asia and focused on getting one as soon as possible, then maxing squad numbers. I was still fielding vanilla soldiers by the time Terror attacks started, but Chrysalids just can't compete with a MEC.
They are ridiculously mobile with the jets and power fist, plus restorative mist makes medkits redundant for everything but reviving people.
To face the final Ethereals I had a couple MEC Colonels with 99 (Heavy, Pulse) and 114 (Sniper, Prox Mines) aim, 153 will (boosted with lead by example, Psi inspiration) and 30 health. Stuff just melted before them.
My final squad was made of those dudes, a fully upgraded SHIV (priceless for recon, drawing fire and flanking), Zhang (don't really like heavies but how can I not field Jet Lee with paranormal powers), a Swedish chick with great stats as smoke/ghost nade Support and another psyker girl as Assault (with rifle rather than shottie for added flexibility).
Papers, Please. :wub:
Pic of the Swedish chick's "stats"?
Quote from: The Brain on December 27, 2013, 06:42:13 PM
Pic of the Swedish chick's "stats"?
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HOTT
Gay
In my day, we had no player sheets! We used a stick in the sand!
Anyhoo, CM: Market Garden is out soooooooo, my time is taken.
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Boy, I remember when Battlefront was skittish of the nazi symbols and names in the first Combat Mission.
Hey Before, did you see the Combat Mission teaser that Battlefront had up? With T-34s?
Quote from: Razgovory on December 27, 2013, 10:08:04 PM
Hey Before, did you see the Combat Mission teaser that Battlefront had up? With T-34s?
I havent, I check it out, thanks. At work and US Govmint comp wont pull up battlefront. I can only hope they're turning east. :D
'bout time
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 27, 2013, 10:00:32 PM
Boy, I remember when Battlefront was skittish of the nazi symbols and names in the first Combat Mission.
I was dead set against CM, being a diehard Steel Panthers fan. I had CM:BB Special edition on the shelf for two years before I loaded it up and I saw the light. After the first play, I realized it obsoleted everything before it. Still nothing comes close, at the scale it protrays IMO.
Steel Panthers :wub:
Though bigger fan of sex panther.
You're a huge fan.
I find it rather disappointing that there's no properly released Hyborian Age mod for the Mount & Blade games, only a few aborted efforts.
Quote from: katmai on December 27, 2013, 10:51:14 PM
Steel Panthers :wub:
Though bigger fan of sex panther.
60% of time, it works EVERY time.
Uh the Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Mod on Steam is really good if you think video games should be fun.
No bullshit story or overwraught ambitious commentary on the human condition, just piloting shit, racing, flying, killing, exploding, crashing, and shooting people all day long on 1000-player servers. :lol:
Quote from: Razgovory on December 27, 2013, 10:08:04 PM
Hey Before, did you see the Combat Mission teaser that Battlefront had up? With T-34s?
No find the T-34 Raz.
It was linked to their front page. It was a video, here it is on their Youtube channel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2u71A8iIxI&feature=c4-overview&list=UUs7NcwPrqQOi5IOX0fvkiMw
Quote from: Razgovory on December 28, 2013, 03:14:42 PM
It was linked to their front page. It was a video, here it is on their Youtube channel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2u71A8iIxI&feature=c4-overview&list=UUs7NcwPrqQOi5IOX0fvkiMw
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Last year they (battlefront), said they had three ongoing projects that were quite far along. Another expansion to Battle of Normandy (which has since been released) a Combat Mission: Shock Force 2 which would take place in the Ukraine with NATO fighting Russia (it has been revealed that the tentative title will be "Black Sea"), and new Combat Mission on the Eastern Front centered around Bagration. I imagine the video is that last game. I suppose it has been delayed slightly to make those fucking touch screen games.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 28, 2013, 05:12:18 PM
Last year they (battlefront), said they had three ongoing projects that were quite far along. Another expansion to Battle of Normandy (which has since been released) a Combat Mission: Shock Force 2 which would take place in the Ukraine with NATO fighting Russia (it has been revealed that the tentative title will be "Black Sea"), and new Combat Mission on the Eastern Front centered around Bagration. I imagine the video is that last game. I suppose it has been delayed slightly to make those fucking touch screen games.
Good deal.
I still wish they would do the '56-'73 israeli smackdowns. One day hopefully.
Quote from: Razgovory on December 28, 2013, 03:14:42 PM
It was linked to their front page. It was a video, here it is on their Youtube channel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2u71A8iIxI&feature=c4-overview&list=UUs7NcwPrqQOi5IOX0fvkiMw
QuoteWe'll give you a lot more visuals to chew on in January, but here's some non-visual stuff to think about. Let's see... where to start?
1. Ground to Air fire. Yup, now those AAA guns can do what they were supposed to do (shooting at aircraft) instead of the more fun role of plastering enemy units with lots of HE. Details are to come at a later time. In fact, we only got this to play with a few hours ago
2. Ammo Dumps. Since Fortress Italy vehicles have had ammo loadouts tailored to the unit type it's supposed to transport. Now this has been expanded somewhere and then made even better. When you purchase a unit that has vehicles you can opt to have the combat units only, the vehicles, or Ammo Dumps. The latter is the ammo stripped out of the vehicle and made into a stationary "unit" on the map. No more do you have to choose between standard ammo and a perhaps unwanted vehicle loaded with extra ammo. It can be placed wherever you like during Setup and during the game units can draw from it as they already can from vehicles. You can put the Ammo Dumps near your combat units, or concentrate them to the rear somewhere. Your choice!
3. Vehicle Ammo Leveling. This is a common frontline technique of evening out ammo supply between vehicles in order to keep as many vehicles in the fight as possible. Sometimes an entire platoon was withdrawn and leveled with another, other times it was just vehicles within the same platoon after one or two wound up firing off a lot of ammo. Like real life, however, this is kinda tricky to pull off under combat conditions. Vehicles must be parked VERY close to each other and left unbuttoned for quite a few minutes before leveling can take place. In other words, vehicles performing leveling are sitting ducks. For short games this probably isn't a very useful feature, but for you guys playing longer scenarios it's bound to be quite handy.
4. Larger Maps. You didn't think we wouldn't try out larger maps after doing all those speed improvements, did you? Shame on you if you didn't think we would! As of right now you can make maps roughly 30km2, with as of yet undetermined max length in any one direction (we're playing around with that still). Now you can make huge square maps or very long narrow ones. And yes, we also dramatically improved 2D map performance in the Editor to make the experience of building one of these monsters a happy experience instead of living death The speed improvements in the Editor obviously apply to smaller maps as well.
5. Tank riders, but you already knew that The number of soldiers each vehicle can take depends on the vehicle itself. Some, you'll find, don't take any because in real life they effectively couldn't.
And of course the usual things one should expect from a new theater of war... new terrain, new UI graphics, etc. Oh, and obviously what I just mentioned is just a few things that are new to the game.
Better still... these new features are going to be available to CMBN and CMFI as Upgrade 3.0. So those of you who don't want to slug it out on the Eastern Front (which us Ostfront grogs don't understand) you can enjoy the new features with what you already have in your hands. Provided, of course, the features are applicable to your particular front. I don't think you should expect to see Russian style Eastern Orthodox spires in the middle of Sicily for example
Steve
http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=112852
I played some multiplayer Civ V yesterday; it was my first MP Civ try.
It was pretty fun until the first war broke out. We didn't have a turn timer and one of the dudes I was at war with took WAY to long on his turns, I don't know if he was trolling us or what. I think we only played ~20 turns in 90 minutes or so after the war broke out. I was the main participant in the war ad it was boring to me.
That's what you get for playing with Jaron.
Decided to take a punt on The Secret World. Got it for $10 off Amazon using the $5 promotion discount. It's subscription-free now so why not. Seems to be a serviceable and unique MMO and it's solo-friendly from what I've read.
I got Space Empires V from Steam for something like $3.75. I had SE IV but haven't played it in a while and wanted to try the new game with the changes and additions which should make for smoother/faster game play. So far just got into it so I'll see how it goes.
Quote from: FunkMonk on December 31, 2013, 01:20:59 PM
Decided to take a punt on The Secret World. Got it for $10 off Amazon using the $5 promotion discount. It's subscription-free now so why not. Seems to be a serviceable and unique MMO and it's solo-friendly from what I've read.
I played it a free weekend when it was new. Had some quality but I never understood why it was MMO.
Quote from: FunkMonk on December 31, 2013, 01:20:59 PM
Decided to take a punt on The Secret World. Got it for $10 off Amazon using the $5 promotion discount. It's subscription-free now so why not. Seems to be a serviceable and unique MMO and it's solo-friendly from what I've read.
Yeah it is pretty good, I have about 100 hours into it but haven't played it in months and don't see myself going back. Definitely solo friendly, but grouping up is pretty quick and easy too.
I finally finished FTL
Quote from: 11B4V on December 28, 2013, 06:16:27 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 28, 2013, 05:12:18 PM
Last year they (battlefront), said they had three ongoing projects that were quite far along. Another expansion to Battle of Normandy (which has since been released) a Combat Mission: Shock Force 2 which would take place in the Ukraine with NATO fighting Russia (it has been revealed that the tentative title will be "Black Sea"), and new Combat Mission on the Eastern Front centered around Bagration. I imagine the video is that last game. I suppose it has been delayed slightly to make those fucking touch screen games.
Good deal.
I still wish they would do the '56-'73 israeli smackdowns. One day hopefully.
Total smack downs aren't much fun. They did Shock Force where the US, UK, Canada, Germany(!), and the Netherlands(!!) all invade Syria. To make the missions challenging the player has to attack an enemy position of at least 3 or 4 times his own side. It got kind of old when your platoon of infantry keeps getting ambushed by a battalion of armor. And with Javelins, armor never has a chance. You do get an idea just how much Soviet armor sucks though.
Quote from: Tyr on January 01, 2014, 01:48:45 AM
I finally finished FTL
Very nice. I played FTL a bit and never even got close to the end, much less beating it.
Quote from: sbr on January 01, 2014, 03:13:45 AM
Quote from: Tyr on January 01, 2014, 01:48:45 AM
I finally finished FTL
Very nice. I played FTL a bit and never even got close to the end, much less beating it.
I did on easy. You really need those weapon pre-igniters.
King's Bounty the Legend, thanks to a GOG.com sale. The Mac port is not exactly optimised, far from it, but it works.
Quote from: sbr on January 01, 2014, 03:13:45 AM
Quote from: Tyr on January 01, 2014, 01:48:45 AM
I finally finished FTL
Very nice. I played FTL a bit and never even got close to the end, much less beating it.
Yeah. I play often but have never come close.
In FTL the last boss is so counter-intuitive. Kill off its crew and it becomes impossible to beat.
I thought I messed it up in the last sector when I wasn't paying attention and got one of my mantis boarding team killed. My rock substitute pulled through however.
I had so much scrap by the end, was able to get my power fully updated and the game became a case of constant switching of systems being powered up - full health med bay, less to engines and no oxygen for quick bursts of healing, etc...
Hell, the game itself involves doing the opposite of what it tells you, you have to seek out as much combat as you can
Anyone know any good new BioWarey plot heavy RPGs?
Quote from: Queequeg on January 04, 2014, 10:37:50 PM
Anyone know any good new BioWarey plot heavy RPGs?
Sure, Bioware made a whole bunch of them.
Any of you folks preorder the Banner Saga?
I have been playing a bunch of Path of Exile lately. I am playing in the hardcore Nemisis league. I think my favourite builds so far are the traditional EK with Arctic Armour and lately the new Flameblast.
Quote from: Syt on December 24, 2013, 12:30:07 AM
I'm reasonably happy with my Razor Naga, been using it for almost 2 years now.
It's especially handy for any game with rebindable keys and (obviously) MMOs, because it basically has a NUMPAD grafted to its side (you can choose for it to either emulate NUMPAD or the twelve number/symbol keys on top of your keyboard.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.dooyoo.de%2FDE_DE%2Forig%2F1%2F6%2F0%2F5%2F8%2F1605855.jpg&hash=81a512defb5c46f1aeacd7462cc193999de57181)
The two extra buttons you see on the left are defaulting to back/forward in my browser, though I think you can reprogram them.
I ended up going with the Logitech G600:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsearchfortechnology.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F06%2Flogitech-g600-mouse.jpg&hash=3dd4e5ce4efc3d0f48e55ca7abb69c913eb89fea)
I couldn't find anywhere to actually try them out, but from feeling them up in the box I liked the side buttons on this one better, seemed easier to find the right one in a hurry. It was also on sale for $20 off. I like it so far but I have been in a bit of a gaming rut and haven't had a chance to really put it through its paces.
Quote from: fhdz on January 05, 2014, 03:32:29 PM
Any of you folks preorder the Banner Saga?
I KSed it. Still waiting. So close...
Honestly, I find it amazing that games that were kickstarted are now actually being released. The whole concept seems insane to me, but it seems to work.
Quote from: Habbaku on January 06, 2014, 01:13:42 AM
Quote from: fhdz on January 05, 2014, 03:32:29 PM
Any of you folks preorder the Banner Saga?
I KSed it. Still waiting. So close...
Yar. A unique travel mechanic, turn based tactical play, and some KoDP flavor? TAKE MY MONEY
Been following that one for a long time; didn't pull the trigger during its Kickstarter but I am definitely glad I pre-ordered.
The other one I'm really excited about which comes out right around the same time is Nidhogg.
I'll be buying BS when it comes out, yes.
I don't pre-order, pre-access or KS games.
I test for a living, I am not doing it on my leasure time!
Quote from: Razgovory on January 06, 2014, 02:50:51 AM
Honestly, I find it amazing that games that were kickstarted are now actually being released. The whole concept seems insane to me, but it seems to work.
It is nice to see more and more come to fruition.
No movement on elite however...
I've played some LEGO Marvel Superheroes which I picked up during the recent Steam sale for 50% off.
Hilarious. And possibly the best LEGO game yet - the LEGO style suits itself well to the superhero comic book topic, and they've grabbed pretty much most known voice actors, many of them reprising roles from the various animated series. Comes with a total of 150 Marvel characters to unlock:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Marvel_Super_Heroes#Characters
After going through 100+ hours of linear & redundant Civ V I finally bought Skyrim Legendary (bundle of the base game + all 3 updates). I must say it's quite entertaining so far. I rolled a Nord male and I'm now in Morrowind to discover who is this Mikaar? who wants to have me killed. Any mod worth getting?
G.
I just looked and I have a lot... skyrim nexus and then looking at the most popular can give you some good ideas.
Heh, yeah playing it through steam and with steam workshop i have 87 mods on.
Quote from: Grallon on January 07, 2014, 01:20:36 PM
After going through 100+ hours of linear & redundant Civ V
That's a lot of time with a game you don't seem to enjoy.
Quote from: Syt on January 08, 2014, 01:41:28 AM
Quote from: Grallon on January 07, 2014, 01:20:36 PM
After going through 100+ hours of linear & redundant Civ V
That's a lot of time with a game you don't seem to enjoy.
I kept hoping I could make what it's not through the Editor tool... This game will never cease to be a tactical wargame masquerading as a grand strategy game...
G.
Quote from: fhdz on January 06, 2014, 09:35:03 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 06, 2014, 01:13:42 AM
Quote from: fhdz on January 05, 2014, 03:32:29 PM
Any of you folks preorder the Banner Saga?
I KSed it. Still waiting. So close...
Yar. A unique travel mechanic, turn based tactical play, and some KoDP flavor? TAKE MY MONEY
Been following that one for a long time; didn't pull the trigger during its Kickstarter but I am definitely glad I pre-ordered.
The other one I'm really excited about which comes out right around the same time is Nidhogg.
What's the plotline like? How heavy is the KoDP flavor? Are we talking a seasoning or full on talking ducks?
I'm going to be fucking pissed if there aren't any kind of sapient waterfowl, Fahdiz.
I guess I'll have to figure out how to live with myself. :P
Why'd you remove the vowels? Is Fahdiz a semitic word?
:showoff:
Hoping the newly announced Alien:Isolation is decent after the abortion that was Alien Colonial Marines.
I am going to take a hiatus from gaming for a while. I have played the games I liked into the ground - Path of Exile, EU4 and Conquest: Conquistadors. I think I might pick EU4 up again after a few months to give them time to patch the new content.
Dear gods, Nidhogg is soooo good.
Quote from: fhdz on January 13, 2014, 11:53:05 PM
Dear gods, Nidhogg is soooo good.
He's kinda evil.
The Banner Saga is pretty strong.
Steep learning curve, though. Just played through the very beginning of the first act.
Also, when I get home, the new Double Fine game Broken Age will be loaded and ready to roll. Kickstarter FTW.
Quote from: Scipio on January 14, 2014, 01:58:00 PM
The Banner Saga is pretty strong.
Steep learning curve, though. Just played through the very beginning of the first act.
That game concept looks similar to conquest conquistador. Please let me know how you like it after you play it a bit more.
Quote from: Scipio on January 14, 2014, 01:58:00 PM
The Banner Saga is pretty strong.
Steep learning curve, though. Just played through the very beginning of the first act.
Also, when I get home, the new Double Fine game Broken Age will be loaded and ready to roll. Kickstarter FTW.
Nice. Keep us/me updated on Banner Saga if you can, I almost bought it last night with the pre-order discount but I am trying to stop buying so many games.
Can't get my The Banner Saga Steam key because the Stoic website is down. :cry:
Quote from: sbr on January 14, 2014, 02:14:08 PM
Quote from: Scipio on January 14, 2014, 01:58:00 PM
The Banner Saga is pretty strong.
Steep learning curve, though. Just played through the very beginning of the first act.
Also, when I get home, the new Double Fine game Broken Age will be loaded and ready to roll. Kickstarter FTW.
Nice. Keep us/me updated on Banner Saga if you can, I almost bought it last night with the pre-order discount but I am trying to stop buying so many games.
I've got about 5 hours in, and I'm really enjoying it. Not sure how replayable it all is, but the experience is very immersive.
Also, very Ragnarokian and depressing.
On the whole, I'd give it four Kurt Wallanders out of four.
An update:
It reminds me of KoDP. You end up juggling a lot of things to stay on the bleeding edge of success. Also, it's very similar to FF Tactics, and just as unforgiving. I had to restart after Chapter 6, because I was hemorrhaging supplies and morale.
Quote from: Scipio on January 14, 2014, 09:47:15 PM
Quote from: sbr on January 14, 2014, 02:14:08 PM
Quote from: Scipio on January 14, 2014, 01:58:00 PM
The Banner Saga is pretty strong.
Steep learning curve, though. Just played through the very beginning of the first act.
Also, when I get home, the new Double Fine game Broken Age will be loaded and ready to roll. Kickstarter FTW.
Nice. Keep us/me updated on Banner Saga if you can, I almost bought it last night with the pre-order discount but I am trying to stop buying so many games.
I've got about 5 hours in, and I'm really enjoying it. Not sure how replayable it all is, but the experience is very immersive.
Also, very Ragnarokian and depressing.
On the whole, I'd give it four Kurt Wallanders out of four.
I'm thinking on the replayability front that you can make some different choices in subsequent playthroughs...but since the events themselves don't appear to be randomly placed there isn't nearly the variety that you'd find in KoDP.
Having said that, I think it's an awesome game so far.
I am not too concerned with lack of replay, myself. Presumably, that will be "solved" by the subsequent chapters in the series. There is always multiplayer as well.
I'll tell you one thing- it's precariously sharply balanced. I'm at the final battle, and it's pulling a middle of FFT bullshit deal on me.
The good thing is that it's made me better at TBS: Factions.
Quote from: Scipio on January 16, 2014, 08:32:55 AM
The good thing is that it's made me better at TBS: Factions.
Indeed.
Divinity: Original Sin alpha (thanks to Kickstarter).
Old school. Very pretty.
I went back to War Thunder after trying World of Warplanes which I found sucked badly. Unfortunately, I suck badly
Quote from: Scipio on January 15, 2014, 06:42:04 PM
I'll tell you one thing- it's precariously sharply balanced. I'm at the final battle, and it's pulling a middle of FFT bullshit deal on me.
I've failed it twice so far. Have you beaten it, Scips? Any thoughts on strategy?
Holy Fuck Banner Saga rules.
Still could have used some talking ducks.
Are the rest of the installments going to be DLC or automatically downloaded like Walking Dead?
Quote from: fhdz on January 19, 2014, 08:33:46 PM
Quote from: Scipio on January 15, 2014, 06:42:04 PM
I'll tell you one thing- it's precariously sharply balanced. I'm at the final battle, and it's pulling a middle of FFT bullshit deal on me.
I've failed it twice so far. Have you beaten it, Scips? Any thoughts on strategy?
I actually got Bellower once, but then you have to fight him again. That's a non-starter, so I reset the whole thing. I've got five of six characters at level 4, and I make short work of the dredge by concentrating on having Iver and Hakon break armor and Griss and Mogr soak damage, while Rook and Alette kill.
But I ran into a glitch; even though it says Alette has the silver arrow, her special shows up as her normal special. I'm going to reload and try it. The secret is that first battle ends as soon as you shoot the silver arrow into bellower.
So, reloaded, and then I remembered to reapportion Iver's points (duh!). So then I won, with a nice touch- critical hit by Rook to kill Bellower for a perfect 20.
Excellent.
<_< That's no strategy.
Insta-kill instead of two shots. He was dead either way.
Wait, are you saying you can kill him without having to fight him twice?
Nope.
[spoiler]So does Aelette die if she shoots the arrow?[/spoiler]
Quote from: Queequeg on January 21, 2014, 02:41:10 PM
[spoiler]So does Aelette die if she shoots the arrow?[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Did in my game. I'm going to do another run-through and see if it happens again.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Rook dies if he shoots the arrow. I'm not going to have a 13 year old girl die in front of her father's eyes because she took his responsibility in any of my playthroughs.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]How does the game end up if Rook dies, then? With them sending Rook's pyre down the river instead?[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Yes. It's pretty moving, actually. Aelette is there with Iver. It's a great ending.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]intriguing[/spoiler]
Well this is annoying my Anno 1701 gamersgate cd-key are deemed invalid by the installer.
I seem to have lost the save game data for my Batman Arkham City game 22+ hours in.
Playing a bunch of indie stuff lately. The main parts of the mix are Nuclear Throne, Nidhogg, and Samurai Gunn.
DOTA 2 - it's fast, action-only, fairly well balanced
Been playing Loadout, a F2P game on Steam. It's actually a really good arena-type shooter in the vein of Quake or Unreal Tournament.
Quote from: Zanza on February 03, 2014, 12:23:21 PM
DOTA 2 - it's fast, action-only, fairly well balanced
Yep been playing this game way too long....
About to hit 2000 games. :blush:
Act 2 of The Wolf Among Us.
Some clarity, more confusion. Got darker quick, yo.
Quote from: Alcibiades on February 04, 2014, 09:20:49 PM
Quote from: Zanza on February 03, 2014, 12:23:21 PM
DOTA 2 - it's fast, action-only, fairly well balanced
Yep been playing this game way too long....
About to hit 2000 games. :blush:
I've played about 200 games. I suck, but most of my mates suck even more, some incredibly so.
I pretty much exclusively play supports. I kind of gravitated towards the role because all my friends are terrible at it -- they won't ward, ever, and spend their money in Aghs for Lina or Lion instead of Mek, Force ...
I mostly use Kotl (for the annoying lane phase and one-man counter-push) and Tree (100% win rate after Living Armor nerf!) but also some Lich, Dark Seer and Veno (not very successfully).
Lately I pick Bane for the awesome disables, though it's pretty high skill cap.
From time to time I'll pick Ogre Magi for shits and giggles.
Been thinking of trying support Doom (armor creep, Mek, Pipe, Shiva's, Drums, maybe Necro), since he can both get items and shut down pretty much any annoying hero (say Slark, Weaver, fed carry ...).
I like watching pro games as well, maybe even more than playing.
NEO Scavenger.
Not for fahdiz. Post-apocalyptic survival game in early beta. You set out with scantly any clothes after climbing out of some sort of hibernation tank or something, and in my experience the best option is to find an under-armed fellow scavenger and bash their head in for their clothes, otherwise you are likely to freeze to death during the night, as there ain`t not much chance of finding clothes via scavenging.
And the injury model seems rather realistic, so bludgeoning somebody until you can loot them is a gruesome affair, especially if you don`t have an advantage over him.
My most successful try so far seen me kill an unarmed guy with a treebranch for his clothes. Later on I found a nice coat made of fur and thought I was well established until:
a) I forgot my sleeping bag in the forest hut I spent a night in, saw a bloke going in, realized he had probably taken it (yep) but I could not catch him and he disappeared out of my sight on the world map. Welcome back, night-time shivering!
b) I only had one water purification tablet, had been drinking water from a river. Diarrhea was kept in control via antibiotics (well, at least I tried), but I got weak from it, and a tough dude armed with a stone defeated me (I had a frying pan as weapon!), beat me unconscious, looted everything off me and left me for a wright-ish monster to finish me off.
I tried Project Zomboid.
I'm interested by all these survival games but not their multiplayer aspects & I already played Don't Starve.
Quote from: Tamas on February 06, 2014, 05:00:25 AM
NEO Scavenger.
Not for fahdiz. Post-apocalyptic survival game in early beta. You set out with scantly any clothes after climbing out of some sort of hibernation tank or something, and in my experience the best option is to find an under-armed fellow scavenger and bash their head in for their clothes, otherwise you are likely to freeze to death during the night, as there ain`t not much chance of finding clothes via scavenging.
So...it's basically Rust, then.
Quote from: fhdz on February 07, 2014, 09:56:12 AM
Quote from: Tamas on February 06, 2014, 05:00:25 AM
NEO Scavenger.
Not for fahdiz. Post-apocalyptic survival game in early beta. You set out with scantly any clothes after climbing out of some sort of hibernation tank or something, and in my experience the best option is to find an under-armed fellow scavenger and bash their head in for their clothes, otherwise you are likely to freeze to death during the night, as there ain`t not much chance of finding clothes via scavenging.
So...it's basically Rust, then.
No, it's single player turn based with hex map.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic3.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20131207231955%2Fneoscavenger%2Fimages%2Ff%2Ff5%2FMainscreen.png&hash=1b5f4a9a503e01aaf313e35690cc367a69190711)
My gang will steal your pants.
Quote from: Syt on February 07, 2014, 09:59:37 AM
No, it's single player turn based with hex map.
Ah yes, I remember seeing some of those screens but didn't remember what the game was called.
I want to steal Fagdiz's pants.
katmai still wears parachute pants. They just so happen to be the 82nd Airborne's.
Warning, do not download Minecraft. What little life I had left has been replaced by mining for diamonds. :(
Stupid me. <_<
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 12, 2014, 09:46:34 AM
Warning, do not download Minecraft. What little life I had left has been replaced by mining for diamonds. :(
Stupid me. <_<
Go to the next step like my 12 year old nephew. Watch people play Minecraft on Youtube.
I JUST DONT GET IT.
I don't watch Minecraft videos on youtube but I watch Dwarf Fortress videos.
I like the game, I just can't play it.
I can only play DF with a graphics mod. Otherwise :blurgh:
I also watch Banished videos.
I like the occasional "Let's Play", especially if it's a game I try getting into and have no idea where to start.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 12, 2014, 10:05:06 AM
I also watch Banished videos.
I do too, but that's different because the game isn't out yet. :D
Quote from: Iormlund on February 06, 2014, 12:50:09 AM
Quote from: Alcibiades on February 04, 2014, 09:20:49 PM
Quote from: Zanza on February 03, 2014, 12:23:21 PM
DOTA 2 - it's fast, action-only, fairly well balanced
Yep been playing this game way too long....
About to hit 2000 games. :blush:
I've played about 200 games. I suck, but most of my mates suck even more, some incredibly so.
I pretty much exclusively play supports. I kind of gravitated towards the role because all my friends are terrible at it -- they won't ward, ever, and spend their money in Aghs for Lina or Lion instead of Mek, Force ...
I mostly use Kotl (for the annoying lane phase and one-man counter-push) and Tree (100% win rate after Living Armor nerf!) but also some Lich, Dark Seer and Veno (not very successfully).
Lately I pick Bane for the awesome disables, though it's pretty high skill cap.
From time to time I'll pick Ogre Magi for shits and giggles.
Been thinking of trying support Doom (armor creep, Mek, Pipe, Shiva's, Drums, maybe Necro), since he can both get items and shut down pretty much any annoying hero (say Slark, Weaver, fed carry ...).
I like watching pro games as well, maybe even more than playing.
Supports are always welcome, and I think it is best to start out the game learning support. Carry, in my opinion, is more rewarding but also the whole team hinges on them so it is less forgiving at times. I have a group that I generally play with and I usually play the one, but our 4 and 5 are really good at supporting in general and its always a wonderful thing.
Watching pro games is a great way to learn, honestly even when you're at 300 wins of 600 games( everyone seems to stay around a 50% win rate, which is probably a good thing) you will think you finally get the game and are 'good', but once you get to 500 and 700 wins you'll realize, "Man, I didn't know anything then!". It's a great game, really fun and rewarding, but man the games do take forever...
Check out Crystal Maiden, she's arguably the best support in the game right now. Not sure how I feel about a support doom, don't see it too often, but your mileage may vary. :cheers:
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 12, 2014, 09:47:47 AM
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 12, 2014, 09:46:34 AM
Warning, do not download Minecraft. What little life I had left has been replaced by mining for diamonds. :(
Stupid me. <_<
Go to the next step like my 12 year old nephew. Watch people play Minecraft on Youtube.
I JUST DONT GET IT.
My 11 year old nephew does this too.
Quote from: Alcibiades on February 12, 2014, 12:36:00 PM
Check out Crystal Maiden, she's arguably the best support in the game right now. Not sure how I feel about a support doom, don't see it too often, but your mileage may vary. :cheers:
The problem with CM at my bracket is there tends to be a lot of 5-manning and while she's a fantastic ganker she's not a very good teamfighter. Without proper assistance she's also ridiculously vulnerable to Slark or invis heroes and not an especially good gem carrier.
I think it was Speed Gaming that drafted a support Doom at MLG Columbus. Did quite well as a sort of tanking Lich (they also had a proper Lich in the lineup so everyone was +17 armor plus attack slows on hit which was a bit ridiculous).
After watching a few tutorial videos I've finally started and finished my first HoI3TFH game.
I decided to play as Turkey. The plan was to have a manageable country, size-wise, and try to joing the Allies (to conquer parts of the Balkans).
Only the Allies wouldn't have me. Even when I was fully in their corner they refused to have me join them. <_<
So it was 4 hours of research, building units and watching a perverted version of WW2.
It started pretty historical up till 1941. Germany invaded the USSR in June, then my game crashed.
I reloaded, and this time they get bogged down by partisans in Poland and only start the war in October 1941. They make it to a line Riga => Sevastopol, not even making it as far as Kiev. That front remains pretty stable till 1944. Meanwhile, Italy conquered Egypt, the Suez, Transjordan and Iraq in 1941/42.
The UK started reconquering North Africa from Algiers in early 1943, but after some back and forth they take everything back by late 1944. Also in 1944 the Soviets seem to make a breakthrough, pushing the front back into the Balkans. Greece becomes a puppet, Bulgaria is annexed, but eventually the Germans pushed back to the original frontline.
In late 1944 the Americans landed in Southern France and started steamrolling Germany. At the same time, the Germans started to continually push back the Soviets, leading to the weird situation that when Germany surrendered all of Western and Central + South East Europe to the USSR border was American occupied and the Germans were still in Russia, ca. to the real life summer 1942 front lines.
In Asia, Japan kicked all kinds of Chinese ass and attacked the U.S. in late November 1941. They took the Philippines, started to attack Indonesia and then invade Australia and New Zealand because why not. Also, they conquered all of India by 1943.
The U.S. landed in Adelaide in 1944 and took back Australia and New Zealand, then the Philippines, and began an invasion of Japan in mid-1945. At the end of the game the Northern third of Japan was still un-occupied, but India had revolted back to Britain.
The U.S. didn't use a nuke on Japan. Italy was reduced to just Sardinia and a few African inland provinces. So they nuked Cagliari in Sardinia.
The Allies won, naturally.
Also, of the occupied territories, the U.S. released France, BeNeLux and Poland. And annexed Hungary. :hmm:
Beet sugar was used more than sugar cane in the 1940s
YES. Starwhal is out on Steam Early Access. :wub:
Fuck that. Banished is coming out today.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2014, 10:00:03 AM
Fuck that. Banished is coming out today.
This video doesn't really sell it that much for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAi5wWPDZjw
Quote from: Tamas on February 18, 2014, 10:06:45 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2014, 10:00:03 AM
Fuck that. Banished is coming out today.
This video doesn't really sell it that much for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAi5wWPDZjw
I've watched too many hours of footage to be able to judge it from the start anymore.
What's your gripe with TBs first impressions?
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2014, 10:13:26 AM
Quote from: Tamas on February 18, 2014, 10:06:45 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2014, 10:00:03 AM
Fuck that. Banished is coming out today.
This video doesn't really sell it that much for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAi5wWPDZjw
I've watched too many hours of footage to be able to judge it from the start anymore.
What's your gripe with TBs first impressions?
He mentions that
a) there is not much building variation
b) despite random maps, a clear sequence of an optimal building order exists, available in the Wiki
c) micromanagement
All in all failed to make it sound really interesting, but I would like nothing more than being proved wrong on this one.
D) it isn't overpriced Matrix garbage.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 18, 2014, 10:24:22 AM
D) it isn't overpriced Matrix garbage.
Puhleaze :rolleyes:
Do check Lock n' Load out, Ed.
Quote from: Tamas on February 18, 2014, 10:34:49 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 18, 2014, 10:24:22 AM
D) it isn't overpriced Matrix garbage.
Puhleaze :rolleyes:
Do check Lock n' Load out, Ed.
Since I am a nice guy, I will. When I get some spare time.
Any other Hungarian, I would have made a beet it joke.
Quote from: Tamas on February 18, 2014, 10:21:19 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2014, 10:13:26 AM
Quote from: Tamas on February 18, 2014, 10:06:45 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2014, 10:00:03 AM
Fuck that. Banished is coming out today.
This video doesn't really sell it that much for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAi5wWPDZjw
I've watched too many hours of footage to be able to judge it from the start anymore.
What's your gripe with TBs first impressions?
He mentions that
a) there is not much building variation
b) despite random maps, a clear sequence of an optimal building order exists, available in the Wiki
c) micromanagement
All in all failed to make it sound really interesting, but I would like nothing more than being proved wrong on this one.
a is painfully true but this is a one man operation. Art takes much time to design, hopefully modders will fix this.
b I kind of agree with that but that's mostly because gatherers are a very good food source & you become reluctant to cut down on forest sizes in favor of expansion/farming.
c Yes, that's what the game is.
Checkout Quill18 playthrus.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 18, 2014, 10:36:54 AM
Quote from: Tamas on February 18, 2014, 10:34:49 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 18, 2014, 10:24:22 AM
D) it isn't overpriced Matrix garbage.
Puhleaze :rolleyes:
Do check Lock n' Load out, Ed.
Since I am a nice guy, I will. When I get some spare time.
Any other Hungarian, I would have made a beet it joke.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimage.shutterstock.com%2Fdisplay_pic_with_logo%2F285580%2F285580%2C1298140251%2C3%2Fstock-vector-cartoon-cute-beetroot-presenting-something-71502964.jpg&hash=953283317c0e1afb036d875f676edb7c3b8d73bc)
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 18, 2014, 10:36:54 AM
Quote from: Tamas on February 18, 2014, 10:34:49 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 18, 2014, 10:24:22 AM
D) it isn't overpriced Matrix garbage.
Puhleaze :rolleyes:
Do check Lock n' Load out, Ed.
Since I am a nice guy, I will. When I get some spare time.
Any other Hungarian, I would have made a beet it joke.
Mellowing in your old age.
I've been extremely grumpy lately.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2014, 10:00:03 AM
Fuck that. Banished is coming out today.
Waiting for the inevitable sale.
Quote from: fhdz on February 18, 2014, 08:48:47 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2014, 10:00:03 AM
Fuck that. Banished is coming out today.
Waiting for the inevitable sale.
For fucks sake, it's only 20 bucks...
Quote from: PDH on February 18, 2014, 09:24:12 PM
Quote from: fhdz on February 18, 2014, 08:48:47 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 18, 2014, 10:00:03 AM
Fuck that. Banished is coming out today.
Waiting for the inevitable sale.
For fucks sake, it's only 20 bucks...
And someday very soon, it shall be $10 or fewer...I have so many games on the docket right now it would be halfway brain dead to buy it at full price.
The first review google gave me was a bit surprisingly, unflattering.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/11021-Banished-Review-We-Built-This-City
The essence of the review is correct. It's not an AAA title. This is a game made entirely by one guy (except the music). So it's not exactly overflowing with content, at least until the mods start rolling in.
The UI seems to be also a bit hit and miss. I like it, and so does this reviewer. The dude from RPS hates it, though.
In any case, I'm having enough of a good time so far to be still here at 5 AM. :P
This looks like a game that would interest me.
It looks like a game that would interest me many months down the line. Well as in, I find the idea interesting but seems to currently lack depth.
Like lack of depth has ever stopped you before.
Quote from: katmai on February 19, 2014, 06:09:44 PM
Like lack of depth has ever stopped you before.
I've grown wiser with age and am no longer interested in paying for shallow things.
No Panzer Divisions... :blink: How decidedly boring.
QuoteOh crap, that sheep pasture has an infestation again. :lol: In Banished, a barebones town simulator from the mind of Luke Hodorowicz at Shining Rock Software, you guide the meager existence of a small group of settlers in a frontier setting. You build houses and roads, barns and markets, tailors and blacksmiths, chapels and graveyards - all to balance resources, health and happiness so your townsfolk can survive the rough winters and maybe even get it on with each other to create more workers for you. :zzz To really be successful, you need to trade with random merchants who come by way of the river that snakes through each area to get more seeds and livestock like cattle or sheep, but you can't depend on anyone outside your town to keep your people alive. Banished is a neat little simulation, but it doesn't take long to see all it offers, and even though there's a great interface, the game could benefit from more of a, well, soul.
Read more at http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/11021-Banished-Review-We-Built-This-City#tk29FPHYfRweZ9Ll.99
:yawn:
I liked some of those ancient city simulators from the 1990's. Of course in Pharaoh, you could build pyramids and fight off raiders.
Did the Dogs of War Online tutorial.
There is a lot of features to take into account when playing this game, urg.
Whew, I have had a massive spree on Steam sales/new releases the last couple of days. :ph34r:
What'd you get?
I've gone back to playing War Thunder. I put my headphones over my hat and it makes me feel like I'm a bomber pilot. :D
Quote from: sbr on February 20, 2014, 12:04:58 PM
What'd you get?
Nothing that cost more than $5 i reckon.
I played some War Thunder and saw Grumbler! I said hello but he ignored me, so I know it was our Grumbler.
Quote from: Razgovory on February 20, 2014, 05:27:28 PM
he ignored me, so I know it was our Grumbler.
:lol:
I didnt realize he carried his grudges across platforms.
I imagine he carries grudges across aeons.
strange aeons? :cthulu:
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 20, 2014, 05:42:22 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 20, 2014, 05:27:28 PM
he ignored me, so I know it was our Grumbler.
:lol:
I didnt realize he carried his grudges across platforms.
Pretty rude and classless, if that's the case.
Quote from: sbr on February 20, 2014, 12:04:58 PM
What'd you get?
Drox Operative, Wrack, 99 Levels to Hell, Hexcells and Hexcells Plus, the port of Ikaruga (one of my fave console games ever).
Anyway, I friended Raz. :hug:
Now that we are all friends, we need to start talking to eachother.
No
Talk about what? Besides, I'm still not in the group. :cry:
Quote from: garbon on February 21, 2014, 09:54:39 AM
Talk about what? Besides, I'm still not in the group. :cry:
I guess that means they can talk about you then.
I downloaded Silent Hunter 4 last night (originally bought it years ago, before my current PC). Kind of missed sinking Japanese ships for some reason. :hmm:
Haven't actually played yet, but it does appear to run on Windows 8.1.
Sweet, sweet Super Motherload. How long I have waited for thee. Time to dig.
Quote from: Caliga on February 21, 2014, 01:06:14 PM
I downloaded Silent Hunter 4 last night (originally bought it years ago, before my current PC). Kind of missed sinking Japanese ships for some reason. :hmm:
Haven't actually played yet, but it does appear to run on Windows 8.1.
Get both the Run Silent, Run Deep and Trigger Maru mods over at Subsim. Much more realistic, and lanes based on historical Japanese shipping data which means you can have LONGGGGG dry spells on your patrol without encountering anything but planes and wooden junks, so the shipping lanes map available in the Com becomes your best friend (at least until radar becomes available).
I should really make a SHIV AAR, one day. 100% Realism and all. And Tokyo Rose.
Skyrim.
Good God, what a huge game. I think I already sinked more than 20 hours into it, and the feeling is I've just scratched the surface. The number of quests yet to be completed is becoming overwhelming.
L.
Quote from: Drakken on February 25, 2014, 10:55:32 PM
Get both the Run Silent, Run Deep and Trigger Maru mods over at Subsim. Much more realistic, and lanes based on historical Japanese shipping data which means you can have LONGGGGG dry spells on your patrol without encountering anything but planes and wooden junks, so the shipping lanes map available in the Com becomes your best friend (at least until radar becomes available).
I should really make a SHIV AAR, one day. 100% Realism and all. And Tokyo Rose.
Have 'em both. :cool: Any other mods I should get?
AssCreed IV.
Revisiting SWTOR. Started a Sith warrior. You might say he's... shockingly evil.
I was tempted to re-start a MMO. Either WoW or SWTOR.
But then it passed.
Quote from: Barrister on February 27, 2014, 05:53:41 PM
I was tempted to re-start a MMO. Either WoW or SWTOR.
But then it passed.
The big beta stress test for elder scrolls if you want to take a look at that.
Brain, was the place empty?
Quote from: Barrister on February 27, 2014, 05:53:41 PM
I was tempted to re-start a MMO. Either WoW or SWTOR.
But then it passed.
Good job.
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 27, 2014, 06:49:46 PM
Quote from: Barrister on February 27, 2014, 05:53:41 PM
I was tempted to re-start a MMO. Either WoW or SWTOR.
But then it passed.
The big beta stress test for elder scrolls if you want to take a look at that.
Brain, was the place empty?
can't say for eu servers (are there such thing for swtor?)
But with consolidation in na servers it is never desolate in my experiences.
Quote from: fhdz on February 27, 2014, 08:04:21 PM
Quote from: Barrister on February 27, 2014, 05:53:41 PM
I was tempted to re-start a MMO. Either WoW or SWTOR.
But then it passed.
Good job.
Meh - SWTOR is F2P, so now I'm downloading a couple gigs of patches.
Doubt I'll play much. It's grinderific past the starter planet.
The f2p is horrible on swtor
Quote from: katmai on February 28, 2014, 12:41:50 AM
The f2p is horrible on swtor
I wouldn't know - it turns out that if you want to rejoin after a ear or more it's more than just a couple of gigs downloads. :bleeding:
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 28, 2014, 12:08:40 PM
Quote from: katmai on February 28, 2014, 12:41:50 AM
The f2p is horrible on swtor
Why is that?
I don't know if I would call it horrible but it sure is complicated.
http://www.swtor.com/free/features
Quote from: crazy canuck on February 27, 2014, 06:49:46 PM
Quote from: Barrister on February 27, 2014, 05:53:41 PM
I was tempted to re-start a MMO. Either WoW or SWTOR.
But then it passed.
The big beta stress test for elder scrolls if you want to take a look at that.
Brain, was the place empty?
No, fairly nice crowds. Having very few servers does that to a game.
Since I'm an old hand I have Preferred status, which I gather is better than pure f2p. It's fine so far for casual gaming.
I've been killing time with Burnout Paradise lately.
Bioshock Infinite wins the fucked up racial politics award.
Quote from: Scipio on March 09, 2014, 09:34:21 PM
Bioshock Infinite wins the fucked up racial politics award.
#latergram ?
Quote from: garbon on March 10, 2014, 08:31:21 AM
Quote from: Scipio on March 09, 2014, 09:34:21 PM
Bioshock Infinite wins the fucked up racial politics award.
#latergram ?
I plays the games when I plays the games.
I've been playing the Dishonored DLCs. High chaos is fun, yet ultimately, low chaos is a bit more satisfying. Saving Daud's soul or whatnot.
Bioshock Infinite is a good game. It gets my GTX 780 going.
Towerfall Ascension.
Also lots of other little indie titles. There are so many good games right now I have game ADD.
D3
I tried going back to D3 after your post about the patch, but could not get into it.
Something made me install Fallout 3 instead. I had never played a Fallout game before and I bought the GOTY edition ages ago in a Steam sale then forgot about it. I'm fucking hooked. :blush:
Gonna finish this play-through and I'll try it with mods. Hopefully by the time I'm sick of it New Vegas will be on sale.
I've been playing D3 exclusively since the patch hit. I can't stop. :cry:
Quote from: FunkMonk on March 12, 2014, 10:06:31 AM
I've been playing D3 exclusively since the patch hit. I can't stop. :cry:
What's your battletag! I need more friends.
or are you Bastiat?
Yeah I'm Bastiat#1384
Oh yeah, you are a permanent on fixture on my friends list. ;)
Yeah I'm playing this game way too much, but it's actually fun now :lol:
I have two level 60s. I'll probably start leveling my Demon Hunter too.
Yeah, I enjoy cramping up the difficulty without having to completely complete the previous one.
Yup, leveling a new toon is actually fun now that you can hit high-50s or 60 in just ONE playthrough instead of playing the whole game again four times (fuck you too jay wilson :bleeding:)
So Starcraft 2 is free to play for me, at least the start of the campaign is anyway. It's pretty nice, sort of got a feeling of that rpg space game that I forgot the name of just now.
Picked up Panzer Corps, now that it is on Steam. Yes, it's Panzer General remade, which is absolutely fine. Too bad it doesn't have PzG 2's or People's General's beautifually painted maps. :(
Also, it's weird to hear the briefings read by the (German) voice of Xardas from the Gothic games. :P
Quote from: Syt on March 14, 2014, 09:10:13 AM
Picked up Panzer Corps, now that it is on Steam. Yes, it's Panzer General remade, which is absolutely fine. Too bad it doesn't have PzG 2's or People's General's beautifually painted maps. :(
Also, it's weird to hear the briefings read by the (German) voice of Xardas from the Gothic games. :P
I ended up buying the grand campaign pack for it back when it came out. It's like 150 scenarios or so.
It would be better if there were a PG2 version. Blitz moves, better air rules, some cool leader upgrades, etc.
Oh, I had forgotten those!
I finally got around to getting an Xbox 360 controller for my PC. It makes Super Motherload go from :wub: to :wub: :wub: :wub:
Quote from: fhdz on March 14, 2014, 07:41:40 PM
I finally got around to getting an Xbox 360 controller for my PC. It makes Super Motherload go from :wub: to :wub: :wub: :wub:
Yep, I have one and used it to play Sleeping Dogs. :cool:
Quote from: fhdz on March 14, 2014, 07:41:40 PM
I finally got around to getting an Xbox 360 controller for my PC. It makes Super Motherload go from :wub: to :wub: :wub: :wub:
Controllers on PC are quite awesome- I especially love using my Hori gamepad, since it's got "secondary bumpers" alongside the regular face buttons that make it really well laid out for playing Genesis games.
Finally ran across my Star Wars Rebellion disc. Got it installed and fired up. Once C-3P0's briefing gets done I'll be rolling. :cool:
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 21, 2014, 01:13:17 PM
Finally ran across my Star Wars Rebellion disc. Got it installed and fired up. Once C-3P0's briefing gets done I'll be rolling. :cool:
I really liked that game :)
Quote from: DontSayBanana on March 20, 2014, 10:20:13 AM
Quote from: fhdz on March 14, 2014, 07:41:40 PM
I finally got around to getting an Xbox 360 controller for my PC. It makes Super Motherload go from :wub: to :wub: :wub: :wub:
Controllers on PC are quite awesome- I especially love using my Hori gamepad, since it's got "secondary bumpers" alongside the regular face buttons that make it really well laid out for playing Genesis games.
I'm looking forward to hooking a Steam Machine up to my 55" Samsung TV and getting a couple of those Steam controllers...
Played Monaco with 3 friends. Chaos.
Quote from: Tamas on March 21, 2014, 05:10:26 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 21, 2014, 01:13:17 PM
Finally ran across my Star Wars Rebellion disc. Got it installed and fired up. Once C-3P0's briefing gets done I'll be rolling. :cool:
I really liked that game :)
heh. It was fun.
L.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 21, 2014, 01:13:17 PM
Finally ran across my Star Wars Rebellion disc. Got it installed and fired up. Once C-3P0's briefing gets done I'll be rolling. :cool:
Oh, memories. For the full experience, see if you've got a friend with a Steel Battalion controller and an Xbox-USB adapter for a quick-and-dirty cockpit mockup. I borrowed Kain's, and I sure as hell didn't regret it.
Clash of Clans.
Shut up. I've almost completely abandoned PC gaming.
Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls. Why didn't Blizzard release this game two years ago instead of the shitshow they actually put out?
Quote from: FunkMonk on March 26, 2014, 10:31:31 AM
Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls. Why didn't Blizzard release this game two years ago instead of the shitshow they actually put out?
Jay Wilson is an idiot, that's why.
I played a few hours of Dominions 4 the other night :ph34r:
Quote from: fhdz on March 26, 2014, 11:34:56 PM
I played a few hours of Dominions 4 the other night :ph34r:
MP or single player? I really want to buy it, but I am resisting.
Quote from: sbr on March 26, 2014, 11:39:11 PM
Quote from: fhdz on March 26, 2014, 11:34:56 PM
I played a few hours of Dominions 4 the other night :ph34r:
MP or single player? I really want to buy it, but I am resisting.
Single. I need to get my chops back up again before I even think about MP.
Quote from: fhdz on March 27, 2014, 06:55:07 PM
Quote from: sbr on March 26, 2014, 11:39:11 PM
Quote from: fhdz on March 26, 2014, 11:34:56 PM
I played a few hours of Dominions 4 the other night :ph34r:
MP or single player? I really want to buy it, but I am resisting.
Single. I need to get my chops back up again before I even think about MP.
Gods, how I do love Carrion Woods. One of my favorite race/age themes to play since Dom II.
I farted around with the demo for Dom 3, but I have never really played any of them. That 50% off sale this week is really calling out to me.
SO the game is viable in single player? I wouldn't mind getting into MP at some point, but I can't see myself buying an MP only game at this point.
I can only say this: I've gotten hours and hours of enjoyment out of the Dominions series - hundreds of hours since Dom II, honestly - and many more tens of hours enjoyment in multiplayer. But your mileage on SP may vary. I would suggest playing the demo multiple times until you can't progress any more - if you're itching for more, then buy the game. If not, then don't.
I just bought it. :blush:
Thanks for the advice though. :D
Quote from: sbr on March 27, 2014, 11:39:28 PM
I just bought it. :blush:
Thanks for the advice though. :D
In the end, at that price it's like 2 fast food lunches. A pretty safe investment. :D
Thats what I was thinking. I had $20 squirreled away in the budget for games and the Dom series has intrigued me for a while.
Quote from: sbr on March 27, 2014, 11:54:57 PM
Thats what I was thinking. I had $20 squirreled away in the budget for games and the Dom series has intrigued me for a while.
It's a very, very deep game. The manual's over 300 pages long. :D
Assassin's Creed: Black Flag on PS4 kicks total ass. :cool:
Curiously, I've been playing a free game called Plague inc. on my Kindle.
I've been playing some Dark Souls again on the weekend. I absolutely love the bleak, depressing setting that just reeks of decay and despair, but I don't know if I have the patience to make it through the whole game and its difficulty curve cliff.
My Skyrim game's number of not completed quests has become so overwhelming I don't know where to start. If only there was a way to group same-area quests so that I don't have to flip all around the map, I'd be happy.
Plus, I continue discovering new locations to explore :glare:
L.
I have to admit to a beginning of Skyrim fatigue - and I'm not talking about the MMO thing. I've upgraded my system to be able to play this properly yet I find myself restarting continuously because either the save gets corrupted or it becomes unstable. No matter the fix I try (including Sheson memory one) it seems my new 2G GForce 760 isn't enough yet. Perhaps I should build another pc altogether - or move to something else? Or drop the number of mods and high res textures...
G.
I'd think the corruption has to do with mods and some lack of compatibility in the mods you've chosen (sometimes a result of mod load order...other times just because the mods aren't particularly compatible).
Yeah it's probably a mod issue.
I have a Nvidia 460gtx and the game runs perfectly.
L.
I've checked the mod list with BOSS and TESVEdit and no errors. I think I reach the actual limits of my system. Not so much the vid card since its a 2G GForce 760 but rather the processor itself (i5 2.67Ghertz). Anyhow here's my mod list - there are quite a few I must say. But I tried to keep the high res mods for interiors.
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Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp
Dawnguard.esm
Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp
HearthFires.esm
Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp
Dragonborn.esm
Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp
Skyrim Project Optimization - No Homes - Full Version.esm
ApachiiHair.esm
ApachiiHairFemales.esm
ApachiiHairMales.esm
ClimatesOfTamriel.esm
JSwords.esm
SexLab.esm
XFLMain.esm
Belethor Vendor Fix.esp
Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp
Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp
Better Dynamic Snow.esp
AOS.esp
StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp
StaticMeshImprovementMod-DragonbornTernFix.esp
AMatterOfTime.esp
Console Books.esp
ExpandedJewelryCrafting.esp
HoldBorderBanners.esp
Instant Merchant.esp
UnlimitedBookshelves.esp
Moss Rocks.esp
Point The Way.esp
Populated Lands Roads Paths.esp
Skyrim Immersive Creatures.esp
Skyrim Immersive Creatures - DLC2.esp
Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
Unique BOOZE Bottles.esp
WetandCold.esp
WetandCold - Ashes.esp
Footprints.esp
Footprints - Ash.esp
JSwords_Load_Screens.esp
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
RaceMenuMimic.esp
RaceMenuOverlays.esp
SkyUI.esp
iHUD.esp
Cloaks.esp
Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp
DreamBurrowsRegalHuntsmanArmor.esp
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
Immersive Weapons.esp
isilNarsil.esp
JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp
maleskirts.esp
SPOA_shield.esp
SPOAsilverknight.esp
UniqueBows.esp
Dr_Bandolier.esp
Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp
DeadlyDragons.esp
DeadlyMonsters.esp
SkyRe_Main.esp
SkyRe_Combat.esp
SkyRe_EncounterZones.esp
SkyRe_EnemyAI.esp
SkyRe_EnemyScaling.esp
SkyRe_StandingStones.esp
Unique Uniques.esp
Unique Unique's_Skyre Patch.esp
SkyRe_SIC Crossbowfix.esp
Beautiful Whiterun.esp
Breezehome_Fully_Upgradable.esp
ElysiumEstate.esp
ElysiumEstate-DG.esp
ElysiumEstate-HF.esp
ElysiumEstate-DB.esp
HearthfireMultiKid.esp
HearthfireMultiKid_LastName.esp
Inconsequential NPCs.esp
My Home Is Your Home.esp
RealisticWhiterun.esp
Run For Your Lives.esp
When Vampires Attack.esp
The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp
SkyrimCoinReplacerRedux.esp
no_quest_items.esp
AchieveThat.esp
Appropriately Attired Jarls Redux.esp
BetterQuestObjectives.esp
BetterQuestObjectives-Dawnguard.esp
BetterQuestObjectives-Hearthfire.esp
BetterQuestObjectives-PaarDilemmaPatch.esp
BetterQuestObjectives-SkyRePatch.esp
Book Covers Skyrim.esp
GrassOnSteroids_NaturalEdition_SFO.esp
Headtracking.esp
Rebirth Monster.esp
SFO - Expanded Diversity.esp
Convenient Horses.esp
dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
dD-DG-DB-Immersive Creatures EBT Patch.esp
Populated Cities Towns Villages.esp
EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
ELFX - NoBreezehome.esp
ELFX - Dawnguard.esp
ELFX - Dragonborn.esp
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp
AOS_CoT 3.1 compatibility patch.esp
Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch_DB.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch_Snow-40.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch_SupStorms.esp
CoT-WeatherPatch_NL3.esp
ELFXEnhancer.esp
Better Vampires.esp
DeadlySpellImpacts.esp
DeadlySpellImpacts - Two Fire.esp
AOS_DSI Patch.esp
FNISspells.esp
Sit Anywhere.esp
vImmersiveBeds.esp
vImmersiveBeds - HFDG.esp
TheEyesOfBeauty.esp
The Eyes Of Beauty - Elves Edition.esp
The Coenaculi.esp
3DNPC.esp
XFLDialogue.esp
XFLPlugins.esp
Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
BetterQuestObjectives-AlternateStartPatch.esp
SkyRe_Races.esp
ethereal_elven_overhaul.esp
EEO patch.esp
Dynamic TimeScale.esp
RealisticWaterTwo.esp
RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp
AOS_RWT Patch.esp
AOS_WetandCold Patch.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp
Pre ReProccer WAFR IA7 Patch.esp
Pre ReProccer WAFR IA7 IW Patch.esp
ReProccer.esp
AOS_CTD_Fix.esp
SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp
SkyFalls Dragonborn Small waterfalls.esp
Vivid Landscapes.esp
CCOR_SkyRe_Patch.esp
Rebirth Monster - SIC Patch.esp
CCO_SIC_Patch.esp
Clothing & Clutter_3DNPC_Patch.esp
SpousesEnhanced.esp
CCF PreReProccer Patch.esp
Post ReProccer Fixes CCOR IA7 IW Patch.esp
Post ReProccer Fixes IA7 Patch.esp
DawnofRiften.esp
AntonCavill.esp
Oh and here's my new little twinky mage :wub:
Goat Simulator.
http://www.goat-simulator.com/
Quote from: DontSayBanana on April 01, 2014, 03:57:07 PM
Goat Simulator.
http://www.goat-simulator.com/
Is it any good?
Quote from: The Brain on April 01, 2014, 04:14:40 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on April 01, 2014, 03:57:07 PM
Goat Simulator.
http://www.goat-simulator.com/
Is it any good?
If your idea of a good time is running around as a goat and doing all you can to trash a small town, yes. If you're looking for a serious game, no.
I saw the RPS stream on it - it seems fun for an hour or so. I would wait for a sale. At least the devs are honest about it on the Steam page:
QuoteAbout the Game
Goat Simulator is the latest in goat simulation technology, bringing next-gen goat simulation to YOU. You no longer have to fantasize about being a goat, your dreams have finally come true! WASD to write history.
Gameplay-wise, Goat Simulator is all about causing as much destruction as you possibly can as a goat. It has been compared to an old-school skating game, except instead of being a skater, you're a goat, and instead of doing tricks, you wreck stuff. Destroy things with style, such as doing a backflip while headbutting a bucket through a window, and you'll earn even more points! Or you could just give Steam Workshop a spin and create your own goats, levels, missions, and more! When it comes to goats, not even the sky is the limit, as you can probably just bug through it and crash the game.
Disclaimer: Goat Simulator is a completely stupid game and, to be honest, you should probably spend your money on something else, such as a hula hoop, a pile of bricks, or maybe pool your money together with your friends and buy a real goat.
Key Features
- You can be a goat
- Get points for wrecking stuff - brag to your friends that you're the alpha goat
- Steam Workshop support - make your own goats, levels, missions, game modes, and more!
- MILLIONS OF BUGS! We're only eliminating the crash-bugs, everything else is hilarious and we're keeping it
- In-game physics that spazz out all the time
- Seriously look at that goat's neck
- You can be a goat
I want a goat with a giant dong.
Some Civ5, I find it more enjoyable to ignore the victory conditions and the relentless technological progress, instead playing it as a empire vs empire long term struggle.
Currently I find myself in the middle of the continent with two, sometime three powerful empires that need access across my lands to effectively fight each other. Though sometimes they attack me, I'm involve with in a now centuries old war with Cambodia. I think I need to conquer one or two oftheir cities and give them back to the Greeks, to even up that side of the continent a bit.
Diablo III. Haven't bought Reaper of Souls, but the base game is much improved anyway.
Quote from: Scipio on April 03, 2014, 06:52:57 AM
Diablo III. Haven't bought Reaper of Souls, but the base game is much improved anyway.
:)
Quote from: Scipio on April 03, 2014, 06:52:57 AM
Diablo III. Haven't bought Reaper of Souls, but the base game is much improved anyway.
I played the demo back when it first came out and was unimpressed. Even the demo is a lot better now (other than occasional game stutters). The question is if it's enough better than Path of Exiles to buy it.
I'd play Reaper of Souls, but I'm not paying €40 for it and blizz doesn't do sales.
Quote from: Iormlund on April 04, 2014, 01:55:19 AM
I'd play Reaper of Souls, but I'm not paying €40 for it and blizz doesn't do sales.
Blizz does sales, it'll be 20$ in June, bet on it.
I'm waiting for them to bundle the products. I never bought Diablo, but I'm starting to get interested.
Quote from: The Brain on April 01, 2014, 04:14:40 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on April 01, 2014, 03:57:07 PM
Goat Simulator.
http://www.goat-simulator.com/
Is it any good?
Depends on whether you get the Afghan Action DLC
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 04, 2014, 06:26:09 AM
Quote from: Iormlund on April 04, 2014, 01:55:19 AM
I'd play Reaper of Souls, but I'm not paying €40 for it and blizz doesn't do sales.
Blizz does sales, it'll be 20$ in June, bet on it.
Don't forget to tell me then. :blush:
I am downloading the Diablo III patch now. Let's see if this is fun or not. Reaper of Souls seems too expensive.
Remaining download: 10.3 GB? WTF.
Quote from: Razgovory on April 04, 2014, 01:38:05 PM
I'm waiting for them to bundle the products. I never bought Diablo, but I'm starting to get interested.
Diablo and the expansion are $40 each but the package is $60.
Quote from: Zanza on April 05, 2014, 05:46:20 AM
I am downloading the Diablo III patch now. Let's see if this is fun or not. Reaper of Souls seems too expensive.
My understanding is that the meta gets changed via lvl 70 items, which would require RoS. but I might be wrong there.
Quote from: frunk on April 03, 2014, 10:09:05 AM
Quote from: Scipio on April 03, 2014, 06:52:57 AM
Diablo III. Haven't bought Reaper of Souls, but the base game is much improved anyway.
I played the demo back when it first came out and was unimpressed. Even the demo is a lot better now (other than occasional game stutters). The question is if it's enough better than Path of Exiles to buy it.
People forget how much core Diablo II sucked balls when it first came out, and how much better Lord of Destruction made it. This is essentially where we're at now- even the base game is seriously improved. Better rates of drops, better leveling rate (now you can hit Lvl 60 by the end of the second time through, guaranteed). Difficulty seems better managed as well.
Diablo 3 is indeed disgustingly better than what it was before. I've probably put in over 100 hours into it so far. :blush:
QuoteMy understanding is that the meta gets changed via lvl 70 items, which would require RoS. but I might be wrong there.
Pretty much, yeah. The game is balanced around lvl 70 and lvl 70 items now. Also, from what I understand the patch pretty much IS Reaper of Souls, which is why it's so big. Buying the expansion basically just unlocks the content.
The loot dropped is extremely improved compared to the crap you got earlier, which has the consequence that all my stuff on my existing characters is crap now. Even the traders have useful stuff now. Seems the prices weren't adjusted to my inflated 1.3 million gold hoard though, so everything is ridiculously cheap.
Reaper of Souls has the huge gold sinks. The new class of gems that drop costs millions to craft. :bleeding:
I started playing RoS with 115 million gold in the bank. I'm down to 71 million now, mostly from crafting high-quality gems and enchanting my items.
Just had an epic game of computer Talisman. Next time we'll use (in-built) house rules.
Quote from: The Brain on April 05, 2014, 05:30:52 PM
Just had an epic game of computer Talisman. Next time we'll use (in-built) house rules.
Yeah, as board game conversions go it's pretty good.
Broke down and bought Diablo III, played it most of the weekend.
My thoughts vs. PoE:
PoE is the richer game, with many interesting choices in character development. Both do a good job of the standard kill bunches of things and collect loot esthetic of Diablo. Diablo III is easier to get into though, and is just plain more fun. I find the PoE skill gem mechanism annoying and fiddly to deal with, even if I like the increased flexibility of skills with that system.
I played Diablo for an hour or two or so and then got bored. Not sure if I'll ever go back.
I'm downloading the demo for Diablo III. Damn it's big. It's like 25Gigs.
D3 plus RoS is great fun. Enjoyed Act V. Clearly set up Diablo 4.
Quote from: frunk on April 03, 2014, 10:09:05 AM
Quote from: Scipio on April 03, 2014, 06:52:57 AM
Diablo III. Haven't bought Reaper of Souls, but the base game is much improved anyway.
I played the demo back when it first came out and was unimpressed. Even the demo is a lot better now (other than occasional game stutters). The question is if it's enough better than Path of Exiles to buy it.
After hearing how much better it is, I tried DIII again this weekend. They were right. It is better now. But it is still easy mode play compared to POE. The games appeal to different types of gamers. If you like an easy game to escape into DIII is perfect for that. It was enjoyable to play for that reason. But if you want something more complex that requires a number of decisions regarding character development and gearing choices then POE is definitely the superior game.
Quote from: Razgovory on April 07, 2014, 05:17:54 PM
I'm downloading the demo for Diablo III. Damn it's big. It's like 25Gigs.
Thats because you are downloading the entire game. Blizzard doesn't do demos, it gives free access.
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 07, 2014, 06:50:59 PM
After hearing how much better it is, I tried DIII again this weekend. They were right. It is better now. But it is still easy mode play compared to POE. The games appeal to different types of gamers. If you like an easy game to escape into DIII is perfect for that. It was enjoyable to play for that reason. But if you want something more complex that requires a number of decisions regarding character development and gearing choices then POE is definitely the superior game.
I agree with all of this, but I think POE is making it unnecessarily tough on its user base. The number one culprit is skill gems. If there was a better management tool for them other than mousing over/clicking and dropping on an equipment socket I'd enjoy the gearing choices a lot more. With DIII it takes about 10-20 seconds for me to pick a new skill and try it out. With POE I probably have to got back to my stash, find and pull the gem out of storage and figure out where I'm going to socket it (possibly rearranging other gems in the process). I've spent way more time fiddling about with my skill gems than I should need to. It's annoying because they did such a good job making the big, complicated passive skill tree legible and easy to use.
I prefer D3 to PoE for the exact reason you(frunk) and CC are stating but I think changing how the gem skills work in PoE would be removing the essence of that game. This is what PoE is about, finding the gems for your skills and planning, planning, planning your character development.
I haven't played either game but complex doesn't have to mean hard to use.
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 08, 2014, 09:56:18 AM
I prefer D3 to PoE for the exact reason you(frunk) and CC are stating but I think changing how the gem skills work in PoE would be removing the essence of that game. This is what PoE is about, finding the gems for your skills and planning, planning, planning your character development.
I think you could keep the existing system but provide a better management tool for the gems. Maybe make a separate gem management screen apart from the equipment screen where it would show all your currently socketed gems in a more legible display (as in not having to mouse over every damn one) as well as the gems you could add from storage.
In the world of ARPGs? It kinda does or the purist will hang you.
Quote from: frunk on April 08, 2014, 09:53:12 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 07, 2014, 06:50:59 PM
After hearing how much better it is, I tried DIII again this weekend. They were right. It is better now. But it is still easy mode play compared to POE. The games appeal to different types of gamers. If you like an easy game to escape into DIII is perfect for that. It was enjoyable to play for that reason. But if you want something more complex that requires a number of decisions regarding character development and gearing choices then POE is definitely the superior game.
I agree with all of this, but I think POE is making it unnecessarily tough on its user base. The number one culprit is skill gems. If there was a better management tool for them other than mousing over/clicking and dropping on an equipment socket I'd enjoy the gearing choices a lot more. With DIII it takes about 10-20 seconds for me to pick a new skill and try it out. With POE I probably have to got back to my stash, find and pull the gem out of storage and figure out where I'm going to socket it (possibly rearranging other gems in the process). I've spent way more time fiddling about with my skill gems than I should need to. It's annoying because they did such a good job making the big, complicated passive skill tree legible and easy to use.
I agree. The interface could be a lot better.
I bought a game called Ace Combat for 10 bucks off steam. Console flight game. Very mediocre. Pretty graphics, but there's not much there, there. It does give me the option of flying a MiG 21 fishbed off an aircraft carrier though. That tells you about the games dedication to accuracy. The enemy is apparently Russian gangsters with an airforce.
There are no good games lately. J need something to play
There are several I haven't finished. Maybe I should finally do Oblivion and New Vegas? But....it feels weird going back after a while.
Quote from: Tyr on April 10, 2014, 06:02:28 AM
There are no good games lately.
That's the most untrue statement I've read in a long while. Don't shut your eyes while the Renaissance goes by.
Indie games suck
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 10, 2014, 08:36:19 AM
Indie games suck
You will play Papers, Please and you will like it.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 10, 2014, 09:09:49 AM
No I won't. :lol:
Game of the year. GAME OF THE YEAR. You will fall before the power of the Indie side.
Quote from: Valmy on April 10, 2014, 09:49:15 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 10, 2014, 09:09:49 AM
No I won't. :lol:
Game of the year. GAME OF THE YEAR. You will fall before the power of the Indie side.
No I won't. :lol:
You've already fallen to it. You have just not accepted it yet.
Time will come.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 10, 2014, 09:49:53 AM
No I won't. :lol:
Search your feelings, you know it to be true! Release your anger! Strike down AAA titles with all of your hatred, and your journey towards the Dark Side will be complete!
Considering I've almost completely abandoned PC gaming, no I won't. :lol:
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 10, 2014, 10:36:08 AM
Considering I've almost completely abandoned PC gaming, no I won't. :lol:
Good. Good. Getting screwed around by the Consoles will have you playing some kickstarter title in no time.
Quote from: Valmy on April 10, 2014, 10:40:15 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 10, 2014, 10:36:08 AM
Considering I've almost completely abandoned PC gaming, no I won't. :lol:
Good. Good. Getting screwed around by the Consoles will have you playing some kickstarter title in no time.
I'm having a blast playing Diablo 3 with the kids. :lol:
That's an Indie!
Quote from: fhdz on April 10, 2014, 08:34:58 AM
Quote from: Tyr on April 10, 2014, 06:02:28 AM
There are no good games lately.
That's the most untrue statement I've read in a long while. Don't shut your eyes while the Renaissance goes by.
What Renaissance?
Quote from: Tyr on April 11, 2014, 01:42:47 AM
Quote from: fhdz on April 10, 2014, 08:34:58 AM
Quote from: Tyr on April 10, 2014, 06:02:28 AM
There are no good games lately.
That's the most untrue statement I've read in a long while. Don't shut your eyes while the Renaissance goes by.
What Renaissance?
PC gaming has been doing better then it has in years.
I have to agree. It's a great time to be a PC gamer.
That is sad.
As said, there hasn't been anything good lately.
Quote from: Tyr on April 11, 2014, 05:18:30 AM
That is sad.
As said, there hasn't been anything good lately.
I am going to reach across the internet & slap you in the damn face.
Play D3.
Quote from: Tyr on April 11, 2014, 05:18:30 AM
That is sad.
As said, there hasn't been anything good lately.
Proof by assertion, eh? :sleep:
The Wolf Among Us, Ep 3, is a return to form. Telltale shook off the Ep 2 slump.
Played through Reaper of Souls with a Crusader.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 10, 2014, 10:47:23 AM
Quote from: Valmy on April 10, 2014, 10:40:15 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 10, 2014, 10:36:08 AM
Considering I've almost completely abandoned PC gaming, no I won't. :lol:
Good. Good. Getting screwed around by the Consoles will have you playing some kickstarter title in no time.
I'm having a blast playing Diablo 3 with the kids. :lol:
Are you using the My Little Pony mod?
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 11, 2014, 07:00:53 AM
Quote from: Tyr on April 11, 2014, 05:18:30 AM
That is sad.
As said, there hasn't been anything good lately.
I am going to reach across the internet & slap you in the damn face.
Play D3.
Tyr is mentally incapable of recognizing good things.
I am having some fun playing with the Crusader in D3. I didnt think I would ever pick this game up again. But there you have it.
After all the patches and especially after RoS, Diablo 3 has that feeling where the next item will be a huge upgrade and if you just play for another hour you'll be able to one-shot elites and move onto the next difficulty level, which has better chances for primo loot. The combat still feels solid as ever and the classes are different enough and have enough variety among skills that the game doesn't really bore you even after 100 hours of play. It may not be as hardcore or smart as PoE, but it doesn't mean to be. It just wants you to play and enjoy yourself as you proceed to waste hours sitting in your chair, clicking left-mouse button a million times.
I got Infamous: Second Son for my PS4 over the weekend and was playing it a bit. It's pretty badass. As always with these sorts of games, I have chosen the evil/renegade/Sith/chaotic/asshole path. :)
I know it's a mistake, yet.... Football manager 2014
Quote from: Tyr on April 20, 2014, 10:54:52 PM
I know it's a mistake, yet.... Football manager 2014
Same!
Quote from: katmai on April 20, 2014, 11:08:26 PM
Quote from: Tyr on April 20, 2014, 10:54:52 PM
I know it's a mistake, yet.... Football manager 2014
Same!
Do you also agree with him that there hasn't been anything good lately?
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2014, 11:13:37 PM
Quote from: katmai on April 20, 2014, 11:08:26 PM
Quote from: Tyr on April 20, 2014, 10:54:52 PM
I know it's a mistake, yet.... Football manager 2014
Same!
Do you also agree with him that there hasn't been anything good lately?
No just the playing FM 14 part.
Playing KOTOR2 as a total dark side sith. I've never done it before. Some of the choices you have to make seem to have cruelty for its own sake even if it's against the PC's interests. It doesn't make sense. I mean everyone thought Palpatine was a nice guy because that's what he wanted them to think. It was in his interest. He didn't just open up in the Senate with a force storm or anything.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 21, 2014, 02:24:53 PM
Playing KOTOR2 as a total dark side sith. I've never done it before. Some of the choices you have to make seem to have cruelty for its own sake even if it's against the PC's interests. It doesn't make sense. I mean everyone thought Palpatine was a nice guy because that's what he wanted them to think. It was in his interest. He didn't just open up in the Senate with a force storm or anything.
If Hitler had been a drooling psycho he would have done a lot more damage. :mad:
Addictive little flash game called War of Omens.
http://www.kongregate.com/games/FifthColumnGames/war-of-omens (http://www.kongregate.com/games/FifthColumnGames/war-of-omens)
I've been playing Endless Legends and Endless Space...same developer, focusing on different eras in their very well-constructed universe. Great stuff.
Bought Don't Starve yesterday. I have played it for less than an hour but very good so far; interesting game and nice sense of humor.
Quote from: fhdz on April 28, 2014, 07:27:42 PM
I've been playing Endless Legends and Endless Space...same developer, focusing on different eras in their very well-constructed universe. Great stuff.
How is Endless Legends so far?
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 21, 2014, 02:24:53 PM
Playing KOTOR2 as a total dark side sith. I've never done it before. Some of the choices you have to make seem to have cruelty for its own sake even if it's against the PC's interests. It doesn't make sense. I mean everyone thought Palpatine was a nice guy because that's what he wanted them to think. It was in his interest. He didn't just open up in the Senate with a force storm or anything.
That's the problem with any moral choice in Bioware games, they depict playing Dark Side as basically playing a degenerate chaotic evil serial killer, i.e. killing people because it's funny regardless of the consequences. Even in STWOR most of the Sith neutral or lawful evil actions that a not-stupid Sith Lord would commit are in fact classified as Light Side in the game.
Quote from: Syt on April 28, 2014, 11:21:12 PM
Quote from: fhdz on April 28, 2014, 07:27:42 PM
I've been playing Endless Legends and Endless Space...same developer, focusing on different eras in their very well-constructed universe. Great stuff.
How is Endless Legends so far?
I love it. Reminds me a lot of Age of Wonders.
Bought Shadowrun Returns and so far I am underwhelmed. The campaign that comes with it is just railroading you without much choice. Is the new campaign "Dragonfall" really that much better? It certainly gets better reviews.
By the way, Shadowrun Returns is 66% off on Steam at the moment.
Quote from: Zanza on May 02, 2014, 11:47:31 AM
Bought Shadowrun Returns and so far I am underwhelmed. The campaign that comes with it is just railroading you without much choice.
Yeah I wasn't that impressed.
The game would need a less linear story line, a more ergonomic interface and a more complex combat system, maybe like Jagged Alliance 2.
I found the mechanics rather disappointing. Fighting was neither all that tactical nor fun.
Quote from: Zanza on May 02, 2014, 02:45:36 PM
The game would need a less linear story line, a more ergonomic interface and a more complex combat system, maybe like Jagged Alliance 2.
I agree with all of this, but I'm still enjoying it for the theme.
Tried out Red Dragon. I thought I would skip all the tutorial stuff and jump right in. How hard can an rts be to learn right? I will be spending some time reading up on who to play this game before I try it again. :D
Quote from: Zanza on May 02, 2014, 11:47:31 AM
Is the new campaign "Dragonfall" really that much better? It certainly gets better reviews.
It is better as far as being non-linear. The overarching setup is about needing to get 50,000 Nuyen and doing a series of runs to collect that. You have the option to not take on runs you don't want to do and on most of them you have choices in how they resolve. There's no change as far as the combat, although there are a few interesting scenarios.
I tried to like Red Dragon. But it is frustrating when I cant really figure out why my units are dying and how I might do better next time.
I suspect a person needs to have been playing this series from the beginning to really enjoy it.
I think FunkMonk (and Sheilbh?) are our resident experts on that game. Maybe they can give you some pointers. Also, watching a few multiplayer matches on Youtube could help.
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 05, 2014, 11:12:43 AM
I tried to like Red Dragon. But it is frustrating when I cant really figure out why my units are dying and how I might do better next time.
I suspect a person needs to have been playing this series from the beginning to really enjoy it.
I haven't played Red Dragon but I have over 100 hours in the two previous games, mainly in multiplayer. You are probably right about players who've played the previous games will have a much easier time getting into RD.
Wargame sort of pretends to be a "serious" war game but really is just a standard RTS wrapped up in cool cold warrior war gaming chrome. That said, it's probably the most "realistic" and tactically interesting RTS of the past decade, IMO.
Reconnaissance is the most important thing in Wargame. Most units die very quickly once they're spotted. Even the heaviest tanks will die to a couple high-end ATGMs. Keep several recon units on the field at all times, scattered out in front of your main force and interspersed with your units. You can't kill what you can't see, and you can't run away from a horde of T-80Us if you don't know they're hiding in the woods on your flank.
Take some time to go over all the units in the game armory so you have an idea of how to use the units and how they fit into your strategy.
What specifically are you having trouble with?
I'm back to Dota 2.
I played some of that demo of Diablo III. It wasn't so bad, so I tried to play it through with a different class. Sadly the cinematic don't work now.
Quote from: FunkMonk on May 05, 2014, 03:04:34 PM
What specifically are you having trouble with?
My units getting wiped out as soon as contact was made. I think I now know the reason - I had no recon units out to detect what was coming before it was too late.
Thanks this should help a bunch.
I have the first in the series, and the game is very, very hard. I liked it though. Some of the scenarios seemed quite plausible. I liked the Polish uprising scenarios. This struck me a a very plausible.
Ouch.
Got shadowrun returns on steam sale.
So far seems pretty good. Though I don't understand the random summoned (?) beasts
I'm playing through the first part of Diablo with each class, to get a feel for each. I'm playing the witch doctor last as he felt the least thematically appropriate. I have no idea what they were thinking when they made this guy. He's a hunch backed little guy who seems to have cerebral palsy and chucks vases full of spiders at people.
See, that'd be the first guy I'd play.
The weird thing is, vases full of spiders isn't some special thing he does. It's his primary attack. You give him a bow and he still chucks spiders at people. I also summoned up some zombie dogs and shoot flaming bats at people. Since I'm fighting necromantic horrors, I'm surprised that nobody thinks I'm on the other side. I guess that's because everyone has the same dialogue no matter character you have, which is slightly strange. When you meet the mayor of the town, his standard reply is "How dare you speak to me that way". That makes sense for most of the characters who call him a coward and demand he moves his crap. The witch doctor on the other hand simply asks the mayor polity if he would please move his cart so that he can can get to the other side so the mayor's canned response makes no sense.
I like playing the Wizard best cause it's like he's shooting a giant laser beam at people.
Started the Wildstar open beta. It says I have "No characters". But there is a goat... :unsure:
Played some Wildstar. Pretty nice, certainly much better than the horrible ESO open beta.
Bought Diablo III. I'm having fun. While I know the plot isn't a big thing in these games, There is a character named Leah, who has to take the cake for stupidity. She seems to brush off the existence of demons and angels and he like despite seeing dead rise an a gate to hell open.
Quote from: Razgovory on May 10, 2014, 03:39:35 PM
Bought Diablo III. I'm having fun. While I know the plot isn't a big thing in these games, There is a character named Leah, who has to take the cake for stupidity. She seems to brush off the existence of demons and angels and he like despite seeing dead rise an a gate to hell open.
Does she think she's a dog?
It's entirely possible. I haven't gotten that far.
Quote from: The Brain on May 10, 2014, 03:58:29 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 10, 2014, 03:39:35 PM
Bought Diablo III. I'm having fun. While I know the plot isn't a big thing in these games, There is a character named Leah, who has to take the cake for stupidity. She seems to brush off the existence of demons and angels and he like despite seeing dead rise an a gate to hell open.
Does she think she's a dog?
If so, is she dyslexic?
Morrowind with the graphics overhaul.
http://www.ornitocopter.net/morrowind-overhaul/
I wish Bethesda could remake this game.
Still dabbling with the Anno Domini Civ5 mod, that Norgy put me onto. :cheers:
Glad you liked it.
It's given a new lease for Civ5 for me at least.
Unlike a few other mods, it is very well done. Can't wait for the Brave New World version.
Whatever happened to that project to port morrowind into oblivion?
I just finished Shadowrun Returns. It was short and limited. But still great
Morroblivion? Still there.
You also have Skywind.
Diablo III is remarkably easy.
Quote from: Razgovory on May 14, 2014, 04:19:20 PM
Diablo III is remarkably easy.
Change the difficulty?
Quote from: Norgy on May 13, 2014, 09:04:45 AM
Morrowind with the graphics overhaul.
http://www.ornitocopter.net/morrowind-overhaul/
I wish Bethesda could remake this game.
Skywind is progressing well: http://tesrenewal.com/
Quote from: Razgovory on May 14, 2014, 04:19:20 PM
Diablo III is remarkably easy.
You're supposed to go through again on higher difficulty levels. Did you never play Diablo II?
Well, I played Diablo II but never finished it. It was nowhere near this easy. I kill bosses before they are done with their boasting. Even Diablo himself fell really quickly. Like within a minute. I'm playing on normal difficulty. As a Crusader I haven't died once.
Yes, you should be playing difficulty #3(Master?!) right now.
Normal is the easiest mode. :P
Kick it up to Master or one of the Torment levels. It is considerably more difficult unless you're properly geared out with a few legendaries and quality rare items.
Huh. Well I'm almost done with act V so I'm just going to finish it. I've gotten some fun out of it. You don't do much thinking in the game, you just go forward slaughtering and seeing pretty lights. It's like playing solitaire on the computer except with swords and boobies.
And collect loot and loot and more loot.
Quote from: Razgovory on May 16, 2014, 09:14:12 AM
Huh. Well I'm almost done with act V so I'm just going to finish it. I've gotten some fun out of it. You don't do much thinking in the game, you just go forward slaughtering and seeing pretty lights. It's like playing solitaire on the computer except with swords and boobies.
Yeah, that sounds exactly like Diablo. So much clicking.
Sometimes I just like a game where my brain can just turn off as I play it. I honestly never cared for Diablo I or II. Maybe I just had my head up my ass to much then. Or maybe they weren't as good. It is much simpler then the other games. You do all the controls with the mouse and four keys.
Diablo 3 is one of my music games, ie games that require so little effort that I play it when I'm primarily listening to music.
Quote from: Razgovory on May 16, 2014, 11:02:50 PM
Sometimes I just like a game where my brain can just turn off as I play it.
I find stuff like Bejeweled 3 or Tetris good for that.
Yeah, D3 is definitely my go-to 'background' game. I play it while listening to podcasts or watching television or something else.
I've been loving Heavy Bullets recently: http://heavybullets.com/
Hopefully I will be digging into Tiller's Panzer Battles this weekend. I am well tardy on game time due to more pressing matters. Seems well research and the PDF documentation is well done and layed out.
(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t31.0-8/10273144_10203626298049220_5508915323242464364_o.jpg)
Quote from: 11B4V on May 17, 2014, 05:35:04 PM
Hopefully I will be digging into Tiller's Panzer Battles this weekend. I am well tardy on game time due to more pressing matters. Seems well research and the PDF documentation is well done and layed out.
OK Siege.
Quote from: The Brain on May 17, 2014, 05:37:11 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on May 17, 2014, 05:35:04 PM
Hopefully I will be digging into Tiller's Panzer Battles this weekend. I am well tardy on game time due to more pressing matters. Seems well research and the PDF documentation is well done and layed out.
OK Siege.
Play with your little lead dolls. The Panzer's will be rolling soon.
Spent most of today playing Tropico 4, after seeing the previews from quill18 and totalbiscuit for Tropico 5.
I like the game, but unless you crank up the volatility of your society and/or random events, and create a small/mineral poor island, it's far too easy. In my game today (difficulty level 117%), I had a few revel attacks in the 60s and 70s, and briefly had the USSR threatening invasion in the late 70s, but by that point my economy (a few cash crops, plus lumber and a few hotels) was already snowballing out of control. By the end I had a space program, an arcology, that super office building, the 7 star hotel and much more, while easily winning elections with 80-85% of the votes.
From what I've seen, T5 will not be much difficult. The new eras (Colonial, WW2) seem to play very much like T1/3/4, except with different factions/foreign powers (e.g. Axis and Allies), and a rudimentary tech tree tacked on. There appear to be last customization options for your avatar, but you generate "progeny" during gameplay that you can use to run your island or use as manager character in buildings.
So far I think I will wait for a sale once the game plus all (inevitable) DLC is out (much like with Tropico 4).
Quote from: 11B4V on May 17, 2014, 05:35:04 PM
Hopefully I will be digging into Tiller's Panzer Battles this weekend. I am well tardy on game time due to more pressing matters. Seems well research and the PDF documentation is well done and layed out.
Not impressed so far. That being said here's why:
Overall game flow is clunky and
not intuitive.
Accurate maps
Well reasearched
Too top down wargamish.
Great PDF docs.
Bottom line is Combat Mission series has ruined me on games of this ilk (i.e. Panzer Battles, Steel Panthers, Squad Battles...etc.) They just cant compete.
I'll keep fiddling with it.
Quote from: 11B4V on May 18, 2014, 05:07:04 PM
Bottom line is Combat Mission series has ruined me on games of this ilk (i.e. Panzer Battles, Steel Panthers, Squad Battles...etc.) They just cant compete.
Shit, figured you would've come to that conclusion years ago. Stuff like PB and SP are just Big Meh now.
Tiller's games have been hit with an ugly stick.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 18, 2014, 08:30:33 PM
Tiller's games have been hit with an ugly stick.
They always were.
They seemed to have gotten worse.
The ugly stick is now an ugly mace of -4 AI/-4 GUI
Anyone one else play around with the Wildstar beta? I just got into it last night but it is pretty good. I am actually somewhat considering pre-ordering a game with a sub fee. I probably won't, but even considering it is a big step.
I got hooked on civ 5 again. First 2 attempts ended in failure on a high difficulty level where the ai cheats. Then a game on normal difficulty... And yes. One more turn disease is strong.
I wish there was a higher difficulty level where the ai doesn't cheat though. And constant ai sneak attacks are a pain.
I've been giving Rome Total War 2 a spin. I really suck at this.
Apparently, Wildstar is awesome. I missed the beta tho.
Played the Wildstar open beta a bit. It seems nice, me and my homies will likely play it.
I liked the wildstar beta buy I don't think I liked it enough to pre-order. I will keep my ear to the ground and might buy it if I get favorable reviews and more friends get it.
Quote from: fhdz on May 15, 2014, 07:38:10 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 14, 2014, 04:19:20 PM
Diablo III is remarkably easy.
You're supposed to go through again on higher difficulty levels. Did you never play Diablo II?
That used to be the way but they have completely changed the mechanic. Now you only play through the acts once and you can manually change the difficulty as you go. Once you finish the main story line you start a new game called adventure mode. Essentially an end game system where you go through various quests to get loot and special currency to get even better loot. The higher you set the difficulty the more of the special currency you get for finishing an adventure.
Its not a bad system. But I can see how Raz would think it was ridiculously easy if he kept the difficulty on normal the who way through the base storyline.
Raz is simply an ignorant peasant trying to break into the highbrow culture of Diablo III.
I have joined a Dominions 4 MP game over on the Paradox forums.
I have a feeling this is going to be like that test you study real hard for for 3 weeks, then when you show up you don't even understand most of the words in the first question.
I just hope I don't embarrass myself.
Quote from: Razgovory on May 20, 2014, 04:20:07 PM
Raz is simply an ignorant peasant trying to break into the highbrow culture of Diablo III.
Naw, its just that a lot of us have been playing Diablo forever - not highbrow, just ingrained.
Raz is right tho, the entire first 4 acts are very easy on Normal.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 21, 2014, 01:38:55 PM
Raz is right tho, the entire first 4 acts are very easy on Normal.
Yes he is.
Which is why you should adjust the difficulty level up as soon as you get your first yellow gear which, given the loot roll changes, is almost immediately.
The +100% buff to legendary drop rates in Diablo 3 this past week has been pretty kind to me. I switched my main from Crusader to my old Wizard and an hour later I'm clearing rifts twice as fast as I ever did with my crusader.
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 21, 2014, 02:09:31 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 21, 2014, 01:38:55 PM
Raz is right tho, the entire first 4 acts are very easy on Normal.
Yes he is.
Which is why you should adjust the difficulty level up as soon as you get your first yellow gear which, given the loot roll changes, is almost immediately.
He's not listening to us.
I already finished it. Maybe I'll go back sometime later. Played through as a Crusader who is one part knight, one part Captain America. I could toss my shield and have bounce off all the bad guys, and if anyone gave me trouble I could summon four ghostly archers who burst fire arrows doing 10,000 pts of damage each. It was essentially a "Fuck you, I win" button.
What are you supposed to do in the end game in Diablo 3? I have all legendary/set equipment and have a hard time finding better shit.
Quote from: The Brain on May 21, 2014, 03:39:09 PM
What are you supposed to do in the end game in Diablo 3? I have all legendary/set equipment and have a hard time finding better shit.
If you have done all the adventures at the highest difficulty level of torment then you have beat the game. But somehow I dont think you are there yet.
What do I get for beating stuff on the highest level?
Quote from: The Brain on May 21, 2014, 03:57:48 PM
What do I get for beating stuff on the highest level?
More and better loot.
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 21, 2014, 03:59:26 PM
Quote from: The Brain on May 21, 2014, 03:57:48 PM
What do I get for beating stuff on the highest level?
More and better loot.
OK then the in-game info is misleading, it only says that legendary drop rates are improved. But you actually get new tiers of gear?
Quote from: The Brain on May 21, 2014, 04:03:48 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 21, 2014, 03:59:26 PM
Quote from: The Brain on May 21, 2014, 03:57:48 PM
What do I get for beating stuff on the highest level?
More and better loot.
OK then the in-game info is misleading, it only says that legendary drop rates are improved. But you actually get new tiers of gear?
Not so much misleading as incomplete. As you increase the difficulty rating in torment you gain access to higher tiered items. The legendary rate drop is increased because your kill rate will decrease probably resulting in an overall reduction in drop rate until you are geared up enough to take on the next level...
Thanks.
Transistor. The new game from Supergiant, creators of Bastion. Interesting.
I just checked out a trailer from the Skywind mod project. They have one hell of a job porting all of the quests, I suppose. But the looks. They are great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjNXOaVH9Vs
Needs more Cliff Racers.
Yes, I really missed those in TES: IV and V.
Quote from: Norgy on May 22, 2014, 03:56:54 PM
Yes, I really missed those in TES: IV and V.
:lol:
But seriously I really did miss flying around in TES IV.
Quote from: Scipio on May 21, 2014, 08:05:16 PM
Transistor. The new game from Supergiant, creators of Bastion. Interesting.
Yay, nihilism!
The Wolf Among Us Ep 4.
Pretty damn good. Moving along nicely.
Quote from: Scipio on May 27, 2014, 08:40:04 PM
The Wolf Among Us Ep 4.
Pretty damn good. Moving along nicely.
I have a coworker who is playing that and I really want to get it, but I am waiting for a sale and for all of the episodes to be released so I can play them on my schedule.
Playing through Red Dead Redemption again after four years. It really is Rockstar's best game. :wub:
:wacko: :P
Quote from: FunkMonk on May 28, 2014, 07:20:23 PM
Playing through Red Dead Redemption again after four years. It really is Rockstar's best game. :wub:
And those figpluckers still won't make a PC port.
Quote from: Scipio on May 28, 2014, 08:10:01 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on May 28, 2014, 07:20:23 PM
Playing through Red Dead Redemption again after four years. It really is Rockstar's best game. :wub:
And those figpluckers still won't make a PC port.
I heard one was coming.
Quote from: sbr on May 28, 2014, 08:15:25 PM
Quote from: Scipio on May 28, 2014, 08:10:01 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on May 28, 2014, 07:20:23 PM
Playing through Red Dead Redemption again after four years. It really is Rockstar's best game. :wub:
And those figpluckers still won't make a PC port.
I heard one was coming.
Hope in one hand and shit in the other, and see which fills first.
I did, so you don't have to: the result is, a handful of shit, and no hope.
I tried to find the article I saw that said they were porting it but I got distracted making dinner. I will look again in a bit.
Quote from: sbr on May 28, 2014, 08:43:40 PM
I tried to find the article I saw that said they were porting it but I got distracted making dinner. I will look again in a bit.
You mean they.
Quote from: sbr on May 28, 2014, 08:43:40 PM
I tried to find the article I saw that said they were porting it but I got distracted making dinner. I will look again in a bit.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/rockstar-hiring-to-bring-latest-titles-to-pc/1100-6411194/
From last summer.
Still no confirmation, really.
I ended up pre-ordering Wildstar. The 3 day head start starts in 5.5 hours, at midnight my time.
I bought a Nintendo Wii U, bitches. Mario Kart 8 and Super Mario 3D World, prepare to be blasted for 100 straight hours.
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 06, 2014, 03:32:41 PM
I bought a Nintendo Wii U, bitches. Mario Kart 8 and Super Mario 3D World, prepare to be blasted for 100 straight hours.
SoB. I was going to buy one but then my lawnmower broke. This fall, I hope. I really want to play some Nintendo games.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 06, 2014, 04:07:28 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on June 06, 2014, 03:32:41 PM
I bought a Nintendo Wii U, bitches. Mario Kart 8 and Super Mario 3D World, prepare to be blasted for 100 straight hours.
SoB. I was going to buy one but then my lawnmower broke. This fall, I hope. I really want to play some Nintendo games.
This is my first Nintendo console since the GameCube first came out. I've decided that Playstation and Xbox are pretty much useless now if you have a semi-decent PC gaming rig since almost all of their games eventually come out on PC and the current generation PS4 and Xbone have crap for exclusives. At least the Wii U, despite its shortcomings as a console, has a strong catalog of really fun, high quality games and backwards-compatibility with Wii titles, which is important to me since I plan on buying Mario Galaxy 2 and Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Don't forget to buy a Nunchuck for your MK8 wiimote.
I'm playing mostly Noir Syndrome, which I love, and Nuclear Throne, which is one of the best shmups ever.
I bought the new Wolfenstein and have been going between that and Rome:Total War 2: the Totaling.
In Anno 2070 owning a casino makes you lose money. :hmm:
I've been playing Plague, Inc. Evolved. It's a souped up version of the old Pandemic flash game.
It's a bit entertaining, though I'm playing on normal at the moment to get my bearings. Normally the MO is to infect everyone on the planet, but not causing any symptoms, but then to go berzerk on symptoms and lethality when no healthy person is left.
It was a bit tricky with fungi spores, it was fun with the brain parasite (you can choose evolve so that humans worship you as god, killing no one), but the Zombie Necroa virus has me a bit stumped. As soon as you evolve a single symptom (insomnia or excessive salivation), the chain is set in motion to eradicate you.
You can devolve symptoms to fly under the radar, but where most diseases give you back a few DNA points, the Necroa virus charges you a fairly hefty sum. And if you manage to remain benign till a large part of the population is infected in all countries you'll likely lack DNA points to spend on symptoms. My best run was where I started in Greenland (because it's hard to get there unless other places are heavily infected) and managed to zombify a lot of infected, but I lacked DNA to resurrect the dead or trigger other zombie special skills, so in the end a few million people survived, led by Sweden who had created the "Z Com" special unit.
The best course of action is probably to quickly spread to as many countries as possible and then go for the transmission options that have the highest chance of giving you free symptom mutations.
:showoff:
Quote from: The Brain on June 20, 2014, 11:52:47 AM
:showoff:
In a previous game a nuclear plant in Sweden blew up, "by accident or through sabotage" when order collapsed in the country. I considered making a screenshot for you. :P
Quote from: FunkMonk on May 28, 2014, 07:20:23 PM
Playing through Red Dead Redemption again after four years. It really is Rockstar's best game. :wub:
Did you ever DL the zombie expansion? That totally rocks:)
I've been playing GTA V online with my 14 and 12 year old nephews. We've formed a street gang and drop anything that moves.
:)
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 20, 2014, 12:53:42 PM
I've been playing GTA V online with my 14 and 12 year old nephews. We've formed a street gang and drop anything that moves.
:)
I can't wait for it to come out for PS4. :cool:
Fwiw, the Battlefield4 people are opening up a beta for se sort of cops-and-robbers version.
Quote from: Syt on June 20, 2014, 11:48:07 AM
I've been playing Plague, Inc. Evolved. It's a souped up version of the old Pandemic flash game.
It's a bit entertaining, though I'm playing on normal at the moment to get my bearings. Normally the MO is to infect everyone on the planet, but not causing any symptoms, but then to go berzerk on symptoms and lethality when no healthy person is left.
It was a bit tricky with fungi spores, it was fun with the brain parasite (you can choose evolve so that humans worship you as god, killing no one), but the Zombie Necroa virus has me a bit stumped. As soon as you evolve a single symptom (insomnia or excessive salivation), the chain is set in motion to eradicate you.
You can devolve symptoms to fly under the radar, but where most diseases give you back a few DNA points, the Necroa virus charges you a fairly hefty sum. And if you manage to remain benign till a large part of the population is infected in all countries you'll likely lack DNA points to spend on symptoms. My best run was where I started in Greenland (because it's hard to get there unless other places are heavily infected) and managed to zombify a lot of infected, but I lacked DNA to resurrect the dead or trigger other zombie special skills, so in the end a few million people survived, led by Sweden who had created the "Z Com" special unit.
The best course of action is probably to quickly spread to as many countries as possible and then go for the transmission options that have the highest chance of giving you free symptom mutations.
I have that for my Kindle. Don't know if it applies for the PC version but I would start in a place like India and spend some cash on infections but buy down symptoms as quick as possible till you have a good spread. Avoid things that cause mutations Keep a reserve of DNA till you have infected a good portion of the globe and when you get a symptom go all out and buy a bunch of symptoms and special abilities that allow you to move zombie hordes. Once zombification starts you get a lot of DNA points. Use it to strengthen zombies, increase the size of hordes and make them more resistant to time. When Z-Com starts up send everything you have at it. You'll want most most of the equatorial countries infected and a good portion of Europe with some of the infections before you let lose zombies.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 20, 2014, 12:58:32 PM
Fwiw, the Battlefield4 people are opening up a beta for se sort of cops-and-robbers version.
It sucks, actually it could just be a reskin of BF4.
SON OF A
There will never be an open world sandbox MMORPG cops--robbers game, will there:(
APB?
Thanks, Raz, I'll try that.
I'm playing an X-COM EW mod called The Long War. Absolutely awesome. It has more of everything and makes the game a lot more challenging.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll have to check that one out.
I just read the following review of it. After reading the review, I think this one sentence from the start sums up reviewer's impression best. :D
QuoteIf you played either version of XCOM and thought to yourself, "Man, but if only this was nerdier." Then the "Long War" mod is for you.
http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/27/5750392/xcom-enemy-unknown-enemy-within-long-war-mod
Origin has a Freeweekend for Titanfall PC.
Be ready, it.s a 50.54gb download.
I've started it but I don't think I'll get to play it :lol:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 20, 2014, 12:50:38 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on May 28, 2014, 07:20:23 PM
Playing through Red Dead Redemption again after four years. It really is Rockstar's best game. :wub:
Did you ever DL the zombie expansion? That totally rocks:)
That's next on my list of things to buy once I finish this playthrough.
Bought and played all the way through "Lifeless planet". Wasn't bad. Felt like there was more potential, but then, only one guy made it.
Blackguards. It's interesting. Difficulty curve is all over the map.
I've caught the Path of Exile bug. :blush: It's all I'm playing other than Mario Kart 8 when friends are over.
Quote from: Scipio on June 22, 2014, 08:01:39 AM
Blackguards. It's interesting. Difficulty curve is all over the map.
I'm holding out on it, hoping it will be a daily special during the summer sale. I like the world of The Dark Eye, and they seem to have replicated the combat system of the p&p RPG very well.
Bought Outlast and played a few mins. Apprarently there will be sex in it! :w00t:
I presume insane sex.
Started Tomb Raider. Lara is hot.
Quote from: Hansmeister on June 20, 2014, 03:52:51 PM
I'm playing an X-COM EW mod called The Long War. Absolutely awesome. It has more of everything and makes the game a lot more challenging.
I want to play this, it sounds awesome. The only way I can see to download it is through nexusmods though, and I don't want to pay for an account there. Is that how you downloaded it? Know of any way around that?
Quote from: PRC on June 23, 2014, 04:53:56 PM
Quote from: Hansmeister on June 20, 2014, 03:52:51 PM
I'm playing an X-COM EW mod called The Long War. Absolutely awesome. It has more of everything and makes the game a lot more challenging.
I want to play this, it sounds awesome. The only way I can see to download it is through nexusmods though, and I don't want to pay for an account there. Is that how you downloaded it? Know of any way around that?
I got it off nexus, but I don't remember ever paying for it.
I love how challenging it is. There are some missions where you realize you just have to run or risk TPK.
You don't have to pay to have access to nexus mods.
Yeah, there's a free registration option buried somewhere.
I've been playing Wolfenstein: the New game. Strangely, I'm half decent at deciphering written German.
The German in the game is actually pretty decent - very far removed from the original Wolfenstein 3D ("Mein Leben!"). They got native speakers for the dialogues, and except for some weird expressions in the letters and newspapers (not wrong, but not really how a native speaker would phrase it) it's rather spotless. I read that the Polish girl is also voiced by a native speaker.
Quote from: Syt on June 22, 2014, 09:44:09 AM
Quote from: Scipio on June 22, 2014, 08:01:39 AM
Blackguards. It's interesting. Difficulty curve is all over the map.
I'm holding out on it, hoping it will be a daily special during the summer sale. I like the world of The Dark Eye, and they seem to have replicated the combat system of the p&p RPG very well.
It's -66% on Steam right now for the next hour.
Quote from: PRC on June 25, 2014, 10:52:04 AM
It's -66% on Steam right now for the next hour.
And tomorrow. The "daily" deals are on for 48 hours (you find yesterday's at the bottom). :)
I picked it up yesterday (a day after picking up the Spiderweb RPG collection and starting Nethergate - thank you, Steam <_<).
Quote from: Syt on June 24, 2014, 11:29:47 PM
The German in the game is actually pretty decent - very far removed from the original Wolfenstein 3D ("Mein Leben!"). They got native speakers for the dialogues, and except for some weird expressions in the letters and newspapers (not wrong, but not really how a native speaker would phrase it) it's rather spotless. I read that the Polish girl is also voiced by a native speaker.
I figured out that word "wissenschaft" meant "science" just by looking at it and guessing that the "wissen" aspect was probably a cognate of "wise" and "schaft" was probably a cognate of "ship".
ship as in, say, partnership, yes.
"schaft" as part of Wissenschaft is not derived from "schaffen" - to create (Wissenschaft = that which creates knowledge) as one might expect, but rather a indicator meaning "all that concerns" or something encompassing many things relating to an item, or "a bunch of".
Partnerschaft - partnership
Landschaft - landscape
Gemeinschaft - community
Gesellschaft - society
Herrschaft - rule (from to rule)
Kundschaft - clients
Wirtschaft - economy ... or pub
Mannschaft - team
Quote from: Syt on June 25, 2014, 10:55:48 AM
Quote from: PRC on June 25, 2014, 10:52:04 AM
It's -66% on Steam right now for the next hour.
And tomorrow. The "daily" deals are on for 48 hours (you find yesterday's at the bottom). :)
I picked it up yesterday (a day after picking up the Spiderweb RPG collection and starting Nethergate - thank you, Steam <_<).
For some reason, gog.com does not have Nethergate: Resurrection though. One euro is cheap, i paid full price for the first Nethergate back in the late '90s by international money order, just before I had an international credit card.
GOG also doesn't have the Avernum remake. It's part of the collection on Steam, though.
15 hours into Blackguards, and I think I may call it quits, to be restarted at a later point.
The game is basically just tactical fights using The Dark Eye's combat system which is relatively detailed, using combinations of character values, talents, and weapon specializations. It can be a bit confusing at first. And the die rolls can sometimes be against you.
The combats are connected by a linear story and breaks for party management. Following the advice on the forums I specialized my characters (trying to be jack of all trades early on is a quick way to create an ineffective character).
I'm stuck at the end of chapter 2. Your party has to go through a series of gladiatorial fights. It's three days with three fights each, but you have no chance to heal/rest between them. The final fight has some of my characters near dead - I can either go back to an earlier save, or try to reach the healing wells placed on the far edges of the map. The main problem is that I didn't use the last fight to heal up (keeping one enemy alive while my party used the healing wells), so I lose the start of the battle using health potions. I could probably brute force myself through it if I try often enough.
What's worse, one of your party members gets killed during that fight.
Your party members at that point are:
- you (you can choose to be mage, warrior, or hunter at the start - I went with warrior, because that's what I do)
- a melee warrior
- another melee warrior
- a mage
- an archer/ranger
And they kill your archer, not one of the two melee NPCs. Which sucks, because she was one of my main damage dealers. And you get another caster as replacement. When I go back to this I'll most likely re-roll as an archer character. <_<
On the plus side, the dialogue is (mostly) fun.
I just went ahead and got SR1936.
I figured since I've logged 2900+ steam hours with SR2020 I'd probably get my money's worth out of it. Here goes.
Does anyone play GTAV online? I have to say that the few times I tried it, I found it rather underwhelming and wished they'd just release more offline story content. :(
Yes. I play with my nephews and we annoy other players.
:lol:
Heroes and Generals is a fun free-to-play Battlefield 1942 clone. Unfortunately my laptop doesn't run it very well.
Played Star Fleet Battles. Gorn vs Romulan. Was a total disaster for the Romulan players. I blame my teammate.
Fired up DEFCON. Nuked the computer's northwest US. Understand there was a lot of wailing involved.
:(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 02, 2014, 08:55:41 PM
Fired up DEFCON. Nuked the computer's northwest US. Understand there was a lot of wailing involved.
Did the thought of nuking so many virtual people make you feel ill?
Quote from: Jaron on August 03, 2014, 01:48:05 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 02, 2014, 08:55:41 PM
Fired up DEFCON. Nuked the computer's northwest US. Understand there was a lot of wailing involved.
Did the thought of nuking so many virtual people make you feel ill?
For him, it was Tuesday.
I think I may make a Gettysburg AAR.
Finished Assassin's Creed 2, and the current humble bundle has given me a chance to jump into another famous franchise I'd never played before; I'm currently having a blast playing Hitman Blood Money.
Last of us remastered on my new PS4
Playing Grim Dawn. Very playable Early Access, and if you loved Titan Quest like I did it's a no-brainer.
I think the two games I'm most looking forward to right now are Titan Souls and The Long Dark.
I've been playing mostly Nuclear Throne (duh), The Nightmare Cooperative, and Dungeons of the Endless. I keep trying to get into Eidolon but I can't seem to find long enough chunks of time to really dive deep.
Because it was cheap I bought the First season of the Walking dead since everyone loved it. The characters are engaging, even if I'm not keen on zombies (oddly in this world nobody seems to know the world "zombies".
Oh, almost forgot: definitely also looking forward to Darkest Dungeon.
Quote from: fhdz on September 07, 2014, 05:04:24 PM
I've been playing mostly Nuclear Throne (duh),
So unlike you.
You know that "Launch Detected" klaxon alarm in that game? Made it into a ringtone, baby.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 07, 2014, 06:51:38 PM
You know that "Launch Detected" klaxon alarm in that game? Made it into a ringtone, baby.
:D For when Mom calls?
Fuck, of course. :lol:
For the longest time Mom's ringtone was was Hardknox's "Fire Like Dis" from Me, Myself and Irene, when he turns into Hank. It felt...appropriate.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 07, 2014, 09:32:45 PM
Fuck, of course. :lol:
For the longest time Mom's ringtone was was Hardknox's "Fire Like Dis" from Me, Myself and Irene, when he turns into Hank. It felt...appropriate.
:lol:
Currently playing a Commander : The Great War PBEM with a fellow newbie, me playing as the Central Powers.
The Krauts have taken Verdun and are within sight of Vitebsk, the Austrians have taken Odessa. Basically my opponent pulled a Tovaritch Robinsky on me, retreating his Russian troops and letting me take territory most probably to have time to build good entrenchments on favourable lines. Now reaching the middle of 1915 and the Frenchies have started counterattacking heavily in Flanders with their 3 units of Artillery, and my line begins to be overextended in Russia.
Berkut, we MUST have a PBEM. I challenge thee.
Well that didn't take long. :(
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcloud-4.steampowered.com%2Fugc%2F23964488220959187%2FE2929E78B5D6BC169ED39BB69091978564415E17%2F&hash=d19a5058f9ba744777490d08913733e2d2738e57)
Quote from: fhdz on September 07, 2014, 08:30:46 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 07, 2014, 06:51:38 PM
You know that "Launch Detected" klaxon alarm in that game? Made it into a ringtone, baby.
:D For when Mom calls?
For whom the Mom calls.
Started playing DMC. This new Dante is pretty hot and I can't fault them on the early on nude scene. :D
Quote from: fhdz on September 13, 2014, 11:36:02 AM
Quote from: The Brain on September 12, 2014, 01:39:33 PM
Quote from: fhdz on September 07, 2014, 08:30:46 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 07, 2014, 06:51:38 PM
You know that "Launch Detected" klaxon alarm in that game? Made it into a ringtone, baby.
:D For when Mom calls?
For whom the Mom calls.
She calls for thee.
This week's plan? To wean me off caffeine. I BOUGHT YOU COFFEE HALF DECAF
I just really want to be left alone. Preferably in a corner to expire quickly.
Quote from: Drakken on September 08, 2014, 08:09:21 PM
Currently playing a Commander : The Great War PBEM with a fellow newbie, me playing as the Central Powers.
The Krauts have taken Verdun and are within sight of Vitebsk, the Austrians have taken Odessa. Basically my opponent pulled a Tovaritch Robinsky on me, retreating his Russian troops and letting me take territory most probably to have time to build good entrenchments on favourable lines. Now reaching the middle of 1915 and the Frenchies have started counterattacking heavily in Flanders with their 3 units of Artillery, and my line begins to be overextended in Russia.
Berkut, we MUST have a PBEM. I challenge thee.
OK. I was really waiting for someone to recommend it...
I had bought Call of Duty:Ghosts when it was on sale. God, that series as gotten stale. It might be more exciting in a movie if you don't tell the audience in advance what the plan is, but in a computer game it's just confusing. Half the time I have no idea what the objective is. It just gets shouted at me six second before I'm suppose to do it. Some mission don't even make a lot of sense, like one where me and my SF buddies break into a secret lab in the Andes mountains and escape on a submarine. Actually the whole plot doesn't make a great deal of sense. The US is being invaded by South America. I'm not certain why. It might have to do with the fact that the main character's dad assassinated their leader, of course I don't actually know.
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You know that "Launch Detected" klaxon alarm in that game? Made it into a ringtone, baby.
:D For when Mom calls?
For whom the Mom calls.
She calls for thee.
This week's plan? To wean me off caffeine. I BOUGHT YOU COFFEE HALF DECAF
"Let's make sure you have nothing enjoyable to live for, shall we?"
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You know that "Launch Detected" klaxon alarm in that game? Made it into a ringtone, baby.
:D For when Mom calls?
For whom the Mom calls.
She calls for thee.
This week's plan? To wean me off caffeine. I BOUGHT YOU COFFEE HALF DECAF
I just really want to be left alone. Preferably in a corner to expire quickly.
Girl
I'm not sure what it is. It's probably me. But lately I've just not had any impetus to play anything from the 21st century. It's all Star Wars Rebellion and Star Control II. I'm about to bust out my Tie Fighter disks.
It's not just you. Everyone is playing retro games or pseudo retro games these days.
Myself, I'm playing Wind Waker HD on WiiU.
It's just y'all. I'm playing EUIV and DmC.
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This week's plan? To wean me off caffeine. I BOUGHT YOU COFFEE HALF DECAF
I just really want to be left alone. Preferably in a corner to expire quickly.
Girl
Half the caffeine means twice the intake.
But I notice I'm the only one with any balls still playing EVE.
Very busy this week, but I bought Deus Ex: Human Revolution off the Humble Store sale and I enjoyed the first mission quite a bit. Will give it a good binge once I'm finished with this gig.
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Very busy this week, but I bought Deus Ex: Human Revolution off the Humble Store sale and I enjoyed the first mission quite a bit. Will give it a good binge once I'm finished with this gig.
I really like that game.
Got an adventure game called Lost Horizon for five bucks last week on Steam. It's pretty decent. Nice homage to Indiana Jones.
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 23, 2014, 07:38:56 PM
It's not just you. Everyone is playing retro games or pseudo retro games these days.
Myself, I'm playing Wind Waker HD on WiiU.
Yeah, especially on PC.
Rogue Legacy. I just am fucking terrible at it.
I have been playing Commander: The Great War a bit. Its an addicting game. I find myself always wanting to play just one more turn. They seem to have the major bugs out now so I recommend it. The map is even the right side up.
I have to laugh though at all the complaints on the game forum about how hard it is. The AI is good but not that good.
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 26, 2014, 08:46:11 PM
I have been playing Commander: The Great War a bit. Its an addicting game. I find myself always wanting to play just one more turn. They seem to have the major bugs out now so I recommend it. The map is even the right side up.
I have to laugh though at all the complaints on the game forum about how hard it is. The AI is good but not that good.
Perhaps we could PBEM this. Want me to send you a challenge over the server?
The incoming 1.6.0 patch will change quite a few things, balance-wise. Among other things there won't be free upkeeps anymore, everyone but Britain and Germany will see their naval units downgraded to pre-dreadnoughts and armored cruisers, light of sight for navy units will be significantly reduced, and nerfs have been promised for Russia.
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Very busy this week, but I bought Deus Ex: Human Revolution off the Humble Store sale and I enjoyed the first mission quite a bit. Will give it a good binge once I'm finished with this gig.
I really like that game.
Played a little more. It's brilliant. Besides the open world stealth gameplay, the story and setting are really well done.
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I have been playing Commander: The Great War a bit. Its an addicting game. I find myself always wanting to play just one more turn. They seem to have the major bugs out now so I recommend it. The map is even the right side up.
I have to laugh though at all the complaints on the game forum about how hard it is. The AI is good but not that good.
Perhaps we could PBEM this. Want me to send you a challenge over the server?
The incoming 1.6.0 patch will change quite a few things, balance-wise. Among other things there won't be free upkeeps anymore, everyone but Britain and Germany will see their naval units downgraded to pre-dreadnoughts and armored cruisers, light of sight for navy units will be significantly reduced, and nerfs have been promised for Russia.
yeah, that would be fun. But lets wait for the patch and give me a chance to get a feel for the changes
I tried a game called Train Fever. Its a modern attempt at Transport Tycoon. It seems to have potential though its missing a lot of features, like level crossings.
Played Gauntlet with friends. It was fun.
Quote from: The Brain on September 27, 2014, 03:31:08 PM
Played Gauntlet with friends. It was fun.
I had fun with that when it was an arcade game. Many quarters were spent.
Played the Endless Legend tutorial. The game looks nice.
State of Decay.
Pretty damn solid.
Amazing what a difference a good controller makes.
I think I'll get SoD next time it's on cheap sale.
Quote from: Scipio on September 28, 2014, 03:06:29 PM
State of Decay.
Pretty damn solid.
Amazing what a difference a good controller makes.
Lameness is how game "continues" even after you close it. I think they may have curbed a little but still you can end up with survivors in your crew dying if you come back days later.
Quote from: Caliga on September 24, 2014, 05:32:38 AM
Got an adventure game called Lost Horizon for five bucks last week on Steam. It's pretty decent. Nice homage to Indiana Jones.
Beat this game last weekend and then got Secret Files: Tunguska from the same company for five bucks.
It's got kind of a neat story and fun puzzles, but the voice acting is laughably bad. :lol:
Playing CiV while waiting for Civ:BE.
Playing WoW:MoP and Hearthstone while waiting for WoW:WoD.
Playing EU4 while waiting for CK2: Charlemagne.
Playing Diablo 3 while waiting for Dragon Age: Inquisition.
<_<
Martinus, a victim of hype.
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 03, 2014, 07:10:41 AM
Martinus, a victim of hype.
He prefers the term "early adopter".
Got some money to spend working nightshifts with double pay these last few weeks, so I bougtt the X-Series in bundle and the complete Panzer Corps on Steam.
Currently playing the "Road to" scenarios in War in the East. After destroying the Soviets and reaching a decisive Axis victory in "Road to Minsk" as the Germans , now started the "Road to Leningrad" scenario. Will start a AAR here soon.
Valiant Hearts. Intense, beautiful art, music, and sound. But terrible, terrible gameplay.
Valiant Hearts. Whoosh, all the feels. If I could hate the French for WWI more than I already did, I do now. Clearly the makers are fans of Paths of Glory, the greatest movie about WWI ever.
Wings Remastered.
Just like the original, only prettier.
John Tiller's Panzer Campaigns #1, Smolensk '41. I fear that by the end of the year I'll have collected them all. :blush:
You cannot complain that Paradox maps are ugly when you play JTS games. They are REALLY old and ugly, but they do the job.
Taking a break from the stress of slaughtering orks I've reinstalled Euro Truck Simulator 2 for something a bit more zen, i.e. driving from A to B while listening to the radio. Looking forward to "American Truck Simulator" coming out next year and hoping that it's as enjoyable (even though they cover only California at release, and will add Arizona as an add on).
While the map is scaled down (going from Kiel to Hamburg takes 5-10 minutes instead of an hour) and cities are sparsely modeled (a few faceless industrial streets on the outskirts with a landmark or two as backdrop), the game is more about capturing the feeling of overland driving in its various locations.
Okay, you Europeans are really weird.
Yeah if I wanted to do that, I might just get in my car and take a roadtrip. :hmm:
Not that I'm not glad you had fun, Syt, but I don't get that.
Quote from: Syt on October 20, 2014, 02:56:21 PM
Taking a break from the stress of slaughtering orks I've reinstalled Euro Truck Simulator 2 for something a bit more zen, i.e. driving from A to B while listening to the radio. Looking forward to "American Truck Simulator" coming out next year and hoping that it's as enjoyable (even though they cover only California at release, and will add Arizona as an add on).
While the map is scaled down (going from Kiel to Hamburg takes 5-10 minutes instead of an hour) and cities are sparsely modeled (a few faceless industrial streets on the outskirts with a landmark or two as backdrop), the game is more about capturing the feeling of overland driving in its various locations.
Needs more lot lizards.
Quote from: Syt on October 20, 2014, 02:56:21 PM
Taking a break from the stress of slaughtering orks I've reinstalled Euro Truck Simulator 2 for something a bit more zen, i.e. driving from A to B while listening to the radio. Looking forward to "American Truck Simulator" coming out next year and hoping that it's as enjoyable (even though they cover only California at release, and will add Arizona as an add on).
While the map is scaled down (going from Kiel to Hamburg takes 5-10 minutes instead of an hour) and cities are sparsely modeled (a few faceless industrial streets on the outskirts with a landmark or two as backdrop), the game is more about capturing the feeling of overland driving in its various locations.
I don't get it. So, like, do you get to run over people?
I got a copy of Grimrock II. Still considering Shadow of Mordor.
Quote from: garbon on October 20, 2014, 05:29:16 PM
Yeah if I wanted to do that, I might just get in my car and take a roadtrip. :hmm:
Not that I'm not glad you had fun, Syt, but I don't get that.
No worries. It's just a nice way of relaxing. Like other people might use a flight sim, or a train sim. Hell, I even get the appeal that OMSI (bus sim in 1980s Berlin) has to people. Tim Stone explains it better than I:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/11/01/the-flare-path-big-bus-small-hours/
Quote from: Scipio on October 09, 2014, 07:37:06 PM
If I could hate the French for WWI more than I already did, I do now.
You are aware they made the game and not the war right?
So, I just saw Darklands (for Windows and Mac) on Steam. :secret:
I am somewhat reluctant to try it. On one hand, it used to be one of my favourite games ever. On the other, I fear it may not have stood the test of time. I didn't remember the graphics was so attrocious.
I think GoG actually has it on sale at the moment. I did an AAR here at some point.
Jagged Alliance: Flashback.
A very good, very different take on retro turn-based gaming than XCOM. Definitely up there with Wasteland 2 for crowdfunded quality projects. Stinking hard, as JA was back in the day. I like it.
I'm taking Fallout: New Vegas for another spin, this time with a bunch of Nexus mods. It's got almost Skyrim-level graphics now, what with the texture packs and sky/weather crap I installed.
Dreamfall Chapters. I was expecting another disappointment, but the writing (at least in the first episode) has improved markedly from Dreamfall, and the puzzles have been decent so far.
Played a couple of game of Ultimate General: Gettysburg with Lettuce. Naturally I played the Union and he the Confederacy. It was a lot of fun (even if it was 5 in the morning).
My Skyrim setup broke again so I had to remove everything and I'm rebuilding from the ground up yet again... Good practice though - learned lots of things.
Anyhoo... I bought Endless Legends and played several hours yesterday. I must say I'm quite impressed with it. Particularly the interface - very sleek and well designed - all the information you require is 2 clicks away at most. They seem to have integrated many concepts from other similar games into a coherent whole. And the map if frakking gorgeous! As for the gameplay - well you can see immediately that there are 2-3 DLCs already in the pipe because the factions are pretty bland so 1 DLC for that - the tech tree is the same for all the races - however on the plus side many of those techs are often dependent on conditions on the map (presence of rivers and such) which is much more realistic than generic bonuses. So another DLC will no doubt be the map editor and also possibly a scenario editor. The quests are divided between the main quest for each faction and generic quests available to all.
It does have quite a bit of atmosphere but I feel there's more in store - at price of course.
Overall at 37.5$ Can it's not a waste of money.
G.
I was gifted Civ: Beyond Earth, which is pretty decent.
Also, I bought a game called Starsector for $15. It's sort of Mount-and-Blade-in-space, but with a top-down perspective. You control a ship or fleet, flying around different star systems doing essentially whatever you want. Trading, smuggling, bounty hunting, whatever. The latest patch essentially completely revamped the game. http://fractalsoftworks.com/blog/
QuoteA quick look at what's new in this release:
Trade, smuggling, and a working economy with many commodities to buy and sell
Four more star systems
More detailed player-faction relationships – gain reputation and get access to better equipment
Event system – food shortages, bounties, etc
Ship skins for faction-specific flavor
More music
A slew of miscellaneous improvements and balance changes
Apparently the modding community is huge as well.
Killer is Dead Nightmare Edition. What a goofy-ass anime douchecanoe simulator.
Quote from: FunkMonk on October 26, 2014, 10:15:09 AM
Also, I bought a game called Starsector for $15. It's sort of Mount-and-Blade-in-space, but with a top-down perspective. You control a ship or fleet, flying around different star systems doing essentially whatever you want. Trading, smuggling, bounty hunting, whatever. The latest patch essentially completely revamped the game. http://fractalsoftworks.com/blog/
QuoteA quick look at what's new in this release:
Trade, smuggling, and a working economy with many commodities to buy and sell
Four more star systems
More detailed player-faction relationships – gain reputation and get access to better equipment
Event system – food shortages, bounties, etc
Ship skins for faction-specific flavor
More music
A slew of miscellaneous improvements and balance changes
Apparently the modding community is huge as well.
That looks rather interesting.
Quote from: FunkMonk on October 26, 2014, 10:15:09 AM
I was gifted Civ: Beyond Earth, which is pretty decent.
Also, I bought a game called Starsector for $15. It's sort of Mount-and-Blade-in-space, but with a top-down perspective. You control a ship or fleet, flying around different star systems doing essentially whatever you want. Trading, smuggling, bounty hunting, whatever. The latest patch essentially completely revamped the game. http://fractalsoftworks.com/blog/
QuoteA quick look at what's new in this release:
Trade, smuggling, and a working economy with many commodities to buy and sell
Four more star systems
More detailed player-faction relationships – gain reputation and get access to better equipment
Event system – food shortages, bounties, etc
Ship skins for faction-specific flavor
More music
A slew of miscellaneous improvements and balance changes
Apparently the modding community is huge as well.
Single Player only?
What's the deal with Steam where I sometimes get the error 53, Steam servers are too busy to handle the request. This is just trying to run a game. And sometimes when I don't connect to Steam I can't play a game. What do you all do when these things happen?
This is the help on it: The Delete of steam.exe article doesn't exist, and the other conditions don't apply.
Incomplete Installation (53)
IOLO System Mechanic Professional and F-Prot Antivirus are known to interfere with Steam and cause this error. Please also try following the suggestions in the Delete of steam.exe failed, Win32 Error 5 Access is denied article.
Disable your firewall, try again.
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 27, 2014, 09:06:11 PM
Disable your firewall, try again.
I'll keep that in mind next time. Thanks.
I rebooted the computer and got into the game with no problem. I've been playing Civ 5 with no problems but this sometimes happens, though rarely.
It could just be your connection to the steam servers that is dropping too many packets.
Yeah, maybe so, a bad connection. It's a rare issue and a bit frustrating, and was wondering if it's an issue with Steam which causes problems with running their games. After browsing the Steam forums I was wondering if others here have this same issue at times.
Legend of Grimrock 2. Great.
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Quote from: FunkMonk on October 26, 2014, 10:15:09 AM
I was gifted Civ: Beyond Earth, which is pretty decent.
Also, I bought a game called Starsector for $15. It's sort of Mount-and-Blade-in-space, but with a top-down perspective. You control a ship or fleet, flying around different star systems doing essentially whatever you want. Trading, smuggling, bounty hunting, whatever. The latest patch essentially completely revamped the game. http://fractalsoftworks.com/blog/
QuoteA quick look at what's new in this release:
Trade, smuggling, and a working economy with many commodities to buy and sell
Four more star systems
More detailed player-faction relationships – gain reputation and get access to better equipment
Event system – food shortages, bounties, etc
Ship skins for faction-specific flavor
More music
A slew of miscellaneous improvements and balance changes
Apparently the modding community is huge as well.
Single Player only?
Yes
I was just given Watch Dogs on that primitive thing called the DVD. Does it come with 3 discs? Why yes it does! ^_^
Quote from: Scipio on October 26, 2014, 10:34:31 AM
Killer is Dead Nightmare Edition. What a goofy-ass anime douchecanoe simulator.
he he he said douchecanoe
I've been playing Wind Waker HD remake on the WiiU & I have started suffering from Japanese Bullshit syndrome.
I am, almost, at the end of the game and only BS objective to extend & delay the game remains. I'm trying my hardest to finish the game but my enjoyment of it has almost bottomed out.
<_<
Quote from: The Brain on October 28, 2014, 02:00:04 PM
Legend of Grimrock 2. Great.
Compared to the first, how does it hold up?
I've been playing State of Decay after I got it and Call of Pripyat (GET OUT OF HERE STALKER) during that Steam Halloween sale last weekend. Pretty fun game.
I used that mod to prevent State of Decay from "running" when you aren't playing. Rather obnoxious feature to come back several days later and have several people dead.
Quote from: garbon on November 04, 2014, 10:08:10 PM
I used that mod to prevent State of Decay from "running" when you aren't playing. Rather obnoxious feature to come back several days later and have several people dead.
Oh shit I didn't know there was one that did that. Where did you get it? Nexus?
E: Zombie Standard Time?
Yep that one. I've found it makes game a lot more enjoyable. :)
I have an hitch to play World of Warcrack.
Help! I've been clean for 2.5 years!
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 05, 2014, 12:15:44 PM
I have an hitch to play World of Warcrack.
Help! I've been clean for 2.5 years!
That is just sad, hopefully you recover quickly.
Quote from: garbon on November 04, 2014, 11:12:32 PM
Yep that one. I've found it makes game a lot more enjoyable. :)
Like it already. Thanks for the heads up. :)
Divinity Original Sin. Great RPG, reminds me a lot of BG and similar ilk - it has turn-based combat and an isometric view, and does away with some of the common tropes of modern day RPGs. Has some nice original touches, too; I have yet to decide whether the fact you can roleplay conversations between your PCs is the greatest or most autistic feature ever in a computer RPG.
I've really gotten into Shadows of Mordor. Once you get past the "throw a bunch of mechanics at you and let you shift through them", part of the game it's a lot of fun. The AI is fun (they aren't good at spotting you, if you walk right in front of them it takes a few seconds before they figure out you are there), but if you get in a big fight and decapitate someone the rest of them will often freak out and run. Neatest fight was when I was in an arena and had to kill 50 guys. More and more orcs kept pouring in, until I hit the magic 50 number and they they run like the cowards they are. Very satisfying.
Long War mod for XCOM. No longer scripted, more dynamic, air war much more important and difficult (some people complained here about this uninteresting part in the standard game) and marathon mode de rigueur (possible option to scale it down). Plays more like the original X-COM some people say. New weapons, new technologies that are longer to research and harder live alien captures.
If you think that only Ironman mode is challenging, think again.
It's even available for Mac OS X & Linux.
Playing Red Dead Redemption. A horse randomly walked onto the railroad tracks and the train just plowed right through it. The horse exploded into a giant cloud of misty blood. :lol:
Quote from: FunkMonk on November 08, 2014, 11:35:22 AM
Playing Red Dead Redemption. A horse randomly walked onto the railroad tracks and the train just plowed right through it. The horse exploded into a giant cloud of misty blood. :lol:
Such an awesome game. :lol: Tons of little things like that in there.
Ed would appreciate this; playing Battlefield4, there's a map called "Propaganda", with an elevated two-way rail line with one train parked, and the other rail line sees occasional traffic. Two guys (snipers, or course) in an ATV catch some serious air going up the elevation, but the side they're on is blocked by the stopped train, so they catch the oncoming train mid-air, head on, disintegrating and bodies everywhere. It was beautiful to watch, I wish I could've captured it.
Yes I do. I haven't played BF4 in awhile.
Quote from: FunkMonk on November 08, 2014, 11:35:22 AM
Playing Red Dead Redemption. A horse randomly walked onto the railroad tracks and the train just plowed right through it. The horse exploded into a giant cloud of misty blood. :lol:
Yeah, hilarious. <_<
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 05, 2014, 12:15:44 PM
I have an hitch to play World of Warcrack.
Help! I've been clean for 2.5 years!
Considering checking out the new expansion myself. :hmm:
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Quote from: Grey Fox on November 05, 2014, 12:15:44 PM
I have an hitch to play World of Warcrack.
Help! I've been clean for 2.5 years!
Considering checking out the new expansion myself. :hmm:
The itch, it's still there!
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Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 09, 2014, 12:05:15 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 05, 2014, 12:15:44 PM
I have an hitch to play World of Warcrack.
Help! I've been clean for 2.5 years!
Considering checking out the new expansion myself. :hmm:
The itch, it's still there!
Scratch that itch then.
I think you'll find that you don't have the time and don't really get into it.
The the real issue into all of this. I know I don't have the time but spending the 15$ to find that out annoys me but the itch, the itch won't go away.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 10, 2014, 03:50:56 PM
The the real issue into all of this. I know I don't have the time but spending the 15$ to find that out annoys me but the itch, the itch won't go away.
We will mock you. Is that enough?
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 10, 2014, 04:02:15 PM
We will mock you. Is that enough?
You're the mofo who made us reroll alliance, you have no room to mock. :mad:
I haven't played Wow since 2010 and I'm thinking of checking out the expansion :(
Shadows of Mordor lets you avenge other players. I avenged Fahdiz's death at the hands Snafu the Dinkwiggler.
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 10, 2014, 04:02:15 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 10, 2014, 03:50:56 PM
The the real issue into all of this. I know I don't have the time but spending the 15$ to find that out annoys me but the itch, the itch won't go away.
We will mock you. Is that enough?
Can mocking stop an addict from shooting up?
My last subs ended on 3/4/2011
I redownloaded the game last night & activated a Free Starter Edition. Only played for 1h then went back to Civ V.
Massive Chalice Beta downloading now.
Can't wait to see what the fuck this is, cause I kickstarted it forever ago and suffer from CRS.
The vitriol over the Warlods expension launch is pretty funny to watch this time around.
lvl 100 biatches!
:P
Nah even though jaron is trying to convince me to come back I just have no interest or the time to play really.
More excited to play dragon age 3 or Gta V on ps4 next week.
I picked up Endless Legends on Steam.
It looks great, was enjoying it immensely, and got what appears to be (from what I see from searching online) the gamebreaking endless "computing turn".
Now it sucks. :P
Jesus, stop overthinking. It's just a game.
During Steam's black friday sales (besides Endless Legend) I also got the complete set of the new X-Com.
I played a little bit of vanilla (about 30 minutes), and then installed the Long War mod.
I am in X-Com love again. :wub:
Easily a worthy successor to the classic.
Favorite tactical map so far, is a crash landing in a dense urban city one. The place is like Stalingrad.
Just finished Divinity: Original Sin. Great turn-based old school RPG. Also really long, milked around 100 hours from it.
The only thing stopping me from considering it one of the best RPGs of the generation is the fact that the story and characters are just middling.
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 08, 2014, 03:30:31 AM
During Steam's black friday sales (besides Endless Legend) I also got the complete set of the new X-Com.
I played a little bit of vanilla (about 30 minutes), and then installed the Long War mod.
I am in X-Com love again. :wub:
Easily a worthy successor to the classic.
Favorite tactical map so far, is a crash landing in a dense urban city one. The place is like Stalingrad.
Man, it started out deceptively easy-ish. I was using all my old X-Com skills and kicking alien ass...and then it just started going full retard-stupid hard. :lol:
6 guys (cause getting that so-called "12" in the LW mod don't seem easy) vs. a dozen Chrysalids? Sure, no prob. Oh and those exalt missions? "This is last of their reinforcements"...when they already have 20-ish guys and are overrunning my squad from all sides and above.
And all before I could even manage to research laser weapons (not that I could build any, as I always had near $0...money-making ain't like it used to be from classic X-Com).
Long War mod is the instance where even the easy mode is challenging.
You need Aerospace tech to unlock the foundry project Super Skyranger for the 12 soldier team but it only works for assaults like base attacks or Exalt base raids.
That Crash landing in the city map appeared in Enemy Within and is even more challenging in Long War with the random different starting points (sometimes bugged though when you bring extra soldiers over the original 6).
Just play vanilla first, Ton.
Quote from: Tamas on December 12, 2014, 05:54:36 AM
Just play vanilla first, Ton.
:mad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-DIhXTGifU
My eyes. :bleeding:
If you come across Horizon, a 4X Space game, don't bother unless you get it in one of those bundles like I did.
Boring. Expand like mad, bump into the AI players, Build a fleet, hit the turn button repeatedly and then throw the kitchen sink at the AI and hope your sink is heavier than it's sink.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
I've tried "The Forest".
It seems quite fun, but every bloody time I get a shelter and a fire going, I get overrun by weird cannibals.
Need to change my strategy to: Weapons.
Or stop being delicious.
But that's unpossible!
Mmmm... Norgyyy....
I've given Wrestling Spirit 3 another try. It's from the same maker as Total Extreme Wrestling (see my WCW AAR), Bowl Bound Football, or World of MMA.
There's probably no better wrestling match sim than WreSpi3 (if you don't mind that it's all text based).
It comes with a few problems, though.
Starting as a rookie is painful. You will lose. A lot. In my current career I'm 4-16 after 5 months, and that's with my knowing pretty much what I'm doing at this point. Which is realistic, I suppose, but it makes progress painfully slow (a loss nets you 1/4 of the XP as a win does, and improving your skills and attributes is expensive). (You can start as an established character which softens the start a bit, and it also gives you access to more storylines.)
The game world is "invisible". Contracts and stuff are simulated, but matches and title reigns are not. They're generated on the fly if necessary for a storyline you're in. So that's not much immersion.
The game is heavily reliant on an RNG, and a large part of the game is trying to stack the odds in your favor during matches. Still, you can go on a rampage and dominate for two dozen moves, and then your opponent gets a few moves in and suddenly you lose the match because RNG-sus hates you.
Secondly, there's a lack of a modding scene. Where the TEW series supplies a slew of mods for between 1985 and today, WreSpi3 comes up pretty much empty, except for a 1985 mod. You can convert data from TEW to WreSpi, but it will assign generic move sets to the workers, and it requires a fair amount of data cleaning afterwards. There's not enough of a fan base to carry the effort it would require. So you're pretty much stuck with their fantasy universe (which has evolved for about 10 years by this point).
I've looked into setting up a Languish league, but creating one wrestler, if you want to do more than assign generic moves and attributes, can easily take an hour or more, if you want to set up signature moves, finishers and the like.
I'd be up for some MP co-op with either The Forest or 7 Days To Die. (It usually takes ten minutes for me to die).
I've just got GTA5 for my PS3.
It has been installing for half an hour now :bleeding:
Finally tried Dungeon of the Endless (from the makers of Endless Space and Endless Legend, and set in the same universe) after watching quill18's videos.
The game has a bit of an FTL vibe to it - instead of hyperjumps you open doors, however. Goal of each floor is to get your crystal from the start to the exit.
You start with two crashed chars who have to work their way up a dungeon. Each floor is randomly assembled from pre-fab rooms. Whenever you open a door, it can spawn monsters who attack you or your crystal.
The game has 4 resources: industry, science, food and dust. Industry is used to build little production thingies, buffs or defensive structures. Science is used to research stuff at artifacts (new and improved production devices or better defense buildings). Food is used to level your characters or to heal them. Dust is needed to power rooms, so that production and defense structures can operate.
The experience is quasi-turn based. Each time you open a door, you get your turn's worth of resource production. No door opened, no resources gained. Whenever a door opens, monsters can spawn in that room, and/or any room that isn't powered up and has no character in it. That creates an interesting decisions - which direction do you explore into, which rooms do you power up, and where do you risk monster spawns.
You can create defensive positions to defend critical locations or choke points, but all production you spend on this floor won't carry over to the next. Food - do you gamble on your char making it through an attack wave without healing (chars heal completely when all waves of a turn are defeated)? Or do you rather ensure they stay alive and maybe not be able to level them up?
Once you have found a floor's exit, you have to decide: do you stay on the floor and explore further, hoping to find loot and few enemies? Or do you grab the crystal and head for the exit? Oh, when you move the crystal, monsters spawn everywhere and try to stop you. Your crystal carrier can't fight and is slowed down. So you better choose a route, send your chars into their positions and maybe create a few defensive structures.
Character movement also smacks of FTL. You don't micro your chars much - you send them to a room and they will attack enemies there. Or you activate their active skills in combat (buffs or heals, usually). Or you have them operate machinery for extra resources.
Again, the game forces you to make decisions with limited resources - how close do you want to cut it to in one situation in the hopes of having an advantage later on? Do you open one more room? Do you build a few more turrets to cover your escape or save the resources? Do you leave a comrade behind and save the others? RNG can shower you in resources and loot on one floor, and create a hellish gauntlet to get to the exit in the next.
Additionally, the game doesn't take itself too serious as can be seen in item descriptions or the texts for skills or biographies.
Good fun. :)
Been giving 'Arsenal of Democracy' a spin, playing as France. Started in 36 and have made some modest improvements by the time war starts in Sept 39.
I exit the game and reload as the UK to see how my allies are going, Ah, Ok the UK is mainly building aircraft carriers, a dozen of them. :hmm:
So I reload the game, play a few days as France and are somewhat surprised by the quality of the German opposition, so reload as Germany ... OK, so German in Sept 39 is going to war with an expected large army that also includes 18 armoured divisions and 18 light armoured divisions, with many more in the build queue. :hmm: :hmm:
Not sure the game is worth continuing with or for that mater restarting as someone else?
I've also played a bit of Dark Souls to make sure the GFWL*-removal was successful. My old save game was 1:30 into the game, at which point I had stopped because the game makes me way too anxious. Yesterday, however, I managed to get through the same area with little problem once I'd relearned the controls again, being careful but reasonably confident and much better at dodging/parrying. I didn't die once, and even recovered (by chance) my last death's souls. I felt more zen/focused than on previous forays into the game.
I may give this a try again.
Quote from: Tyr on December 20, 2014, 11:52:53 AM
I've just got GTA5 for my PS3.
It has been installing for half an hour now :bleeding:
I burned up a PlayStation gift card on that, since it was half off for the holiday sale.
Took so long to download and install yesterday, I didn't want to play it anymore.
Is the Playstation thing still down?
Quote from: Razgovory on January 05, 2015, 04:45:21 PM
Is the Playstation thing still down?
No, it was only down for about 48 hours, just like the news you didn't read said.
I don't understand consoles. They frighten me. Though there is a certain allure since it appears that Red Dead Redemption will never be coming out for PC. I did read that that two of the guys who brought down the Playstation and Xbox networks were arrested. They called themselves "lizard Squad", so naturally one of them was a goddamn fucking Finn. I should have known.
Right now I'm playing "We're Fucking Pissed Off At Each Other for No Reason" with the wife. Fucking winner, that one.
Use the Konami cheat code on her.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 05, 2015, 10:36:10 PM
Use the Konami cheat code on her.
All I get is a lifetime of being married to her.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 05, 2015, 10:36:10 PM
Use the Konami cheat code on her.
Analog, man, analog. Just play a round of William Tell. Worked for William S. Burroughs.
:lol:
Gotten hooked on Path of Exile again. Anyone play this?
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 19, 2015, 11:29:06 AM
Gotten hooked on Path of Exile again. Anyone play this?
I liked the early game until about the mid game when it ends up being an extreme gear grind in terms of matching the proper number and colour of slots with the gems you want to use.
I usually play it enough each season to fill up my storage panes with rares. I have way too much crap that, if I ever go back to the regular league, it'll be an exercise in vendor time.
I'll usually get through normal and into cruel before wanting to try a different character (sometimes earlier if I get bored). I'm impressed with the changes that they've made, but I would kill for a good skill gem management screen. The fact that these little doodads not only are tiny but also have two possible properties that aren't visible without mousing over (experience and quality) drives me nuts. It's even worse when they are socketed, and all you can tell is color.
The experience gain and pacing seems designed to be more of a grind the further you go. Early on levels come quite quickly, by merciless it'll be a few maps before you gain a level and it's easy to lose healthy chunks of experience. Diablo 3 does it better in this regard, leaving the grindy bits to after max level (and letting you customize the speed of level/difficulty as you go).
Quote from: frunk on January 19, 2015, 03:04:16 PM
I usually play it enough each season to fill up my storage panes with rares. I have way too much crap that, if I ever go back to the regular league, it'll be an exercise in vendor time.
I'll usually get through normal and into cruel before wanting to try a different character (sometimes earlier if I get bored). I'm impressed with the changes that they've made, but I would kill for a good skill gem management screen. The fact that these little doodads not only are tiny but also have two possible properties that aren't visible without mousing over (experience and quality) drives me nuts. It's even worse when they are socketed, and all you can tell is color.
The experience gain and pacing seems designed to be more of a grind the further you go. Early on levels come quite quickly, by merciless it'll be a few maps before you gain a level and it's easy to lose healthy chunks of experience. Diablo 3 does it better in this regard, leaving the grindy bits to after max level (and letting you customize the speed of level/difficulty as you go).
I agree. PoE wants to position itself as the hardcore ARPG but in the end it is more being the most grind intensive with a bod IU for loot. I also like the game up until the point in Cruel when you need optimal gear to progress. Watching chat I get the sense that a lot of the players that get beyond that point are playing this game like its their job.
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 19, 2015, 03:14:48 PM
I agree. PoE wants to position itself as the hardcore ARPG but in the end it is more being the most grind intensive with a bod IU for loot. I also like the game up until the point in Cruel when you need optimal gear to progress. Watching chat I get the sense that a lot of the players that get beyond that point are playing this game like its their job.
I think you can get through Cruel without too much optimal gear. A couple of 4 link items and decent synergy in your item attributes should get you through (I do try to hit the last bosss fight just after leveling though). They've added a bit of crafting beyond the orb/random process of changing items in there now.
One weird thing I've noticed is that it seems like I get a unique item within an hour of playing a character who I haven't picked up in a while (say 3-4 weeks). I don't know if that is just perceptual bias or a little goose to encourage picking up unused characters.
Shadowrun Unlimited. It's a Steamworks mod for the game. Basically, you have an overarching quest and make side runs. Pretty decent. Scaled much less Monty Hall than vanilla.
Making my way through a bit of my Steam backlist has yielded two enjoyable play throughs: The Banner Saga and The Wolf Among Us. I'm hoping both stories continue on.
I think it was in December that they announced Banner Saga 2.
I could never get into that one.
Banner Saga has a steep difficulty curve for the combat, and if you make the wrong decision in the non-combat portion of the game, you're effectively fucked. It's very unforgiving. I loved it.
Darkest Dungeon got released in beta for backers. After an unpromising CTD shortly after startup, I restarted. This game is bitch-ass hard, and fun, in a side-scrolling dungeon crawler Cthulhuiana sort of way.
Any idea how much it's going to be?
Black Sea was released. I've comically failed to keep the Russians out of Ukraine.
Quote from: Razgovory on January 31, 2015, 06:15:50 PM
Black Sea was released. I've comically failed to keep the Russians out of Ukraine.
What's your verdict on it?
Quote from: Razgovory on January 31, 2015, 06:15:50 PM
Black Sea was released. I've comically failed to keep the Russians out of Ukraine.
So historically accurate?
Quote from: 11B4V on January 31, 2015, 07:27:38 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on January 31, 2015, 06:15:50 PM
Black Sea was released. I've comically failed to keep the Russians out of Ukraine.
What's your verdict on it?
Have only played a little bit so far. It's Combat mission if the Future! Fighting modern battles at WWII distances comes off as a bit absurd though.
Received a Heroes of the Storm beta invite. Not sure how I feel about yet another MOBA.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 21, 2015, 03:49:21 PM
Received a Heroes of the Storm beta invite. Not sure how I feel about yet another MOBA.
It also seems to be much simpler than Dota 2.
Thats good because I do think that Dota 2 is too complicated.
I've been playing League of Legends lately, thanks to friends.
I also started playing The Fall this afternoon. So far, it seems fun.
On my second play through of the Quest for Heaven. Still using FWE with it, started at a faster level pacing this time through and started at level 12 instead of 5 like the first time through. Currently 24th level at the train tunnel part in episode 3. While a little easier than the last time when I was 14th level (IIRC) at the same point in the mod on the first run through. I could never get through all of the third part of the series, because it was unfinished. However the re-release of 1-3 has been smooth so far. Still epic.
[spoiler]once I get the K-66 it is game on for my style of play. Just a lovely weapon. Grumbler probably remembers it.[/spoiler]
Quote from: 11B4V on April 10, 2015, 01:57:12 AM
On my second play through of the Quest for Heaven. Still using FWE with it, started at a faster level pacing this time through and started at level 12 instead of 5 like the first time through. Currently 24th level at the train tunnel part in episode 3. While a little easier than the last time when I was 14th level (IIRC) at the same point in the mod on the first run through. I could never get through all of the third part of the series, because it was unfinished. However the re-release of 1-3 has been smooth so far. Still epic.
[spoiler]once I get the K-66 it is game on for my style of play. Just a lovely weapon. Grumbler probably remembers it.[/spoiler]
I recently re-started the QFH series as well (I tried to play the "update" to Mothership Zeta crew, but it is so awful, particularly compared to MZC, that I had to stop before it ruined my memories of MZC).
The music for QFH remains the best soundtrack to a game mod ever, and I still get chills when some of the visuals first appear.
And the armor works correctly now! No more running through all your stimpacks in a couple of minutes. I do need to find an armor replacer, though, because I hate the whole power armor look.
BTW, I am playing the 7.6 version of Reluctant Admiral for WitP: AE, and thinking about doing an AAR. I actually have been alternating between two playthorughs: one as allies, one as Japanese (because the Japanese one is almost too much effort to play, so I switch every few turns to play some Allied side in a different game).
The biggest deterrent to doing an AAR is explaining all the differences the mod introduces.
Quote from: grumbler on April 10, 2015, 09:55:51 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on April 10, 2015, 01:57:12 AM
On my second play through of the Quest for Heaven. Still using FWE with it, started at a faster level pacing this time through and started at level 12 instead of 5 like the first time through. Currently 24th level at the train tunnel part in episode 3. While a little easier than the last time when I was 14th level (IIRC) at the same point in the mod on the first run through. I could never get through all of the third part of the series, because it was unfinished. However the re-release of 1-3 has been smooth so far. Still epic.
[spoiler]once I get the K-66 it is game on for my style of play. Just a lovely weapon. Grumbler probably remembers it.[/spoiler]
I recently re-started the QFH series as well (I tried to play the "update" to Mothership Zeta crew, but it is so awful, particularly compared to MZC, that I had to stop before it ruined my memories of MZC).
The music for QFH remains the best soundtrack to a game mod ever, and I still get chills when some of the visuals first appear.
And the armor works correctly now! No more running through all your stimpacks in a couple of minutes. I do need to find an armor replacer, though, because I hate the whole power armor look.
I started playing through the Alton mod after I couldn't finnish aqfh 3 in the first go around. Alton, while big, is still just Fallout. AQFH, IMO reimages the whole game. It feels different in a better way.
x2 on the Soundtrack and Armor. I can actually breath underwater now. :P The Stimpack usage was ridiculous before the fix.
[spoiler]only issue I had so far with AQFH 3 is the DX 1 card in the under Pentagon. Could not find it anywhere. I had to do a player.additem to continue.[/spoiler]
Grumbler, are you following any of the New Vegas Frontiers mod?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-yA5pclqU#t=1289
Quote from: 11B4V on April 10, 2015, 07:46:46 PM
Grumbler, are you following any of the New Vegas Frontiers mod?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN-yA5pclqU#t=1289
I've read a few things, but try to avoid getting excited about WIP mods, because they so often prove to be vaporware.
I have been playing a lot of Blood Bowl (Cyanide PC version) lately. I got back into it with a league over on Paradox and am now also playing in 2 leagues over on bloodbowltactics. I am playing 2 Necro teams, which I really like, and my newest most recent team is my first love, a Skaven squad that just won a ridiculous game against a rookie Vampire team.
I try to avoid the public matchmaking leagues, but venture in occasionally. I also play quite a bit of SP even though it is terrible.
Witcher 3. Working quite nicely on my aging PC.
Finished The Wolf Among Us.
Loved it; very good Noir style story and an intriguing mystery.
Warning for the uninitiated: it' very story focused, with many dialogues and cutscenes. It's more of a choose your own adventure style game than a traditional point and click. Also: quick time events.
Nevertheless, enjoyed it very much. I also don't recall a game that had such prolific use of cigarettes. (Well, it's set in the 80s ... ) :D
Quote from: Syt on May 22, 2015, 01:48:05 PM
Finished The Wolf Among Us.
Loved it; very good Noir style story and an intriguing mystery.
Warning for the uninitiated: it' very story focused, with many dialogues and cutscenes. It's more of a choose your own adventure style game than a traditional point and click. Also: quick time events.
Nevertheless, enjoyed it very much. I also don't recall a game that had such prolific use of cigarettes. (Well, it's set in the 80s ... ) :D
Apparently, somebody hasn't played Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, or 3... :D
No, I haven't. :)
Got Warband off the steam sales, and I'm sinking an unreasonable amount of hours in it. I see there's also a deluge of mods. Any recommendations? The GoT mods look tasty, if they are well done.
I think Bryttenvalda (or something like that) gets good reviews. There's also the Europe 1257 mod, but IIRC it requires you to pick a faction and stick with it (but there's plenty of them).
There was a Wild West mod which looked good, but I'm not sure if it was ever finished. There's also a Warhammer mod somewhere.
Used to play Eagle and the Radiant Cross mod back in the day, it was pretty fun.
Check out ModDB - they got plenty of mods for these titles.
Quote from: celedhring on June 25, 2015, 09:22:58 AM
Got Warband off the steam sales, and I'm sinking an unreasonable amount of hours in it. I see there's also a deluge of mods. Any recommendations? The GoT mods look tasty, if they are well done.
This is my favorite (playing it a bit now, in fact), Prophesy of Pendor. Has a psuedo-fantasy type setting, though perhaps doesn't have some of the more advanced features some others have, but has a good, deep setting...and is pretty much complete (compared to a lot of half-assed mods)
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/board,119.0.html
Bought Splatoon for the WiiU. Crazy fucking amount of money to spend on a videogame.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 21, 2015, 03:49:21 PM
Received a Heroes of the Storm beta invite. Not sure how I feel about yet another MOBA.
I played some Heroes of the Storm this last couple of weeks.
For someone used to the ludicrous hero variety in Dota 2, seeing the same heroes played every single match (on both teams!) gets old incredibly fast. They should have a unique free-hero rotation for each player.
Most heroes are way too expensive, and so are the skins.
Also, Diablo is fat.
Got Dishonored for five bucks during the Steam sale.
Been playing the shit out of it since. I really love it. :cool:
I got it as a gift and was not a fan. I'm not a fan of 1st person view with arms flailing about. -_-
I can only think of one First person shooter without arms, and that was Faceball 2000.
How stealthy is Dishonored? For the most part I don't line stealth games anymore.
I guess you don't have to play it all stealthy if you don't want to, but I have been. It seems like stealth is the preferred approach though.
Quote from: sbr on June 27, 2015, 08:07:24 PM
How stealthy is Dishonored? For the most part I don't line stealth games anymore.
Well not that Stealthy. I saw it on Steam.
:glare:
You can barge in and kill people left right and center. AFAIK stealth is optional. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Set aside Warband for a while, after sinking quite a few hours in it, and started playing Stalker - I bought the entire trilogy during these sales. I'm enjoying it a lot, it is very atmospheric and unique. I love the original book and movie, although they certainly are very different to the game (setting The Zone around Chernobyl is a genius move, though).
Bought the Banner Saga in steam sale. I'm loving it. Nice story and artwork. Enjoying it immensely.
Euro Truck Driver 2 :huh:
Quote from: The Brain on June 29, 2015, 03:52:29 AM
You can barge in and kill people left right and center. AFAIK stealth is optional. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Correct. Stealth, however, makes the ending a bit less depressing.
If you have high chaos, the ending is highly depressing and quite difficult. I tried both ways both as Corvo and Raul. Dunwall is definitely an inspired setting.
I think Dishonored will be released with upgraded graphics for consoles now.
I recently purchased a x-box controller and have been testing it out on GTA IV. I forgot how much of this is just a DGuller simulator. You start out in Brooklyn and try to me it to New Jersey. Right now I'm trying to build a race car so I can collect blue berries.
Replaying Victoria 2. The game would have me believe the key to immigrants as Texas is outlawing slavery, and that my immigrant population comes not from Tennessee, Alabama, the Carolinas and the like, but from Sicily and Galicia.
Pillars of Eternity - was strange to get back to this old school type of game after Witcher and Skyrim but I'm getting into it now. So far it's quite good even though at first I was i bit put off.
G.
Quote from: Lettow77 on August 18, 2015, 04:38:50 AM
Replaying Victoria 2. The game would have me believe the key to immigrants as Texas is outlawing slavery, and that my immigrant population comes not from Tennessee, Alabama, the Carolinas and the like, but from Sicily and Galicia.
There is internal immigration in that game. It's just hidden under a bunch of flab.
Yeah, but it'd have been proper immigration, the Republic of Texas being its own separate state and all. It's fine; while the Republic has not yet seen any Tennesseeans, we collected a few thousand Japanese to run the ranches of West Texas.
Texas Kobe beef steaks. :alberta:
I've been playing some Panzer General 2, a blast from the past. Still a fun game.
South Park The Stick of Truth. Having a great time; it's not a groundbreaking RPG or anything, but they have done a truly fantastic job of translating the humor and aesthetics into a videogame. It's like you're in an SP episode, and they aren't pulling any stops. I just killed Khloe Kardashian's giant nazi zombie fetus.
Been playing agar.io the last few days. Simple, but quite engaging.
Played through Rayman Origins, which was fun. It's been a very long time since I played a platformer.
My Steam Controller is here! :w00t:
The steam link is not shipped yet tho :(
First game I fired up on my new computer was Path of Exile. They have really made some nice improvements to the game since I last played it months ago. Plus it looks really nice on a bigger screen with a modern graphics card. :D
They are between seasons though so I will put it aside until a new season starts up.
Not sure what to try next. Maybe some mindless Diablo just to enjoy the eye candy on the new system.
My steam link showed up! Happy to report that the thing works.
Been playing Verdun lately, i got it as a birthday present from my father-in-law. Quite a fun little squadbased-shooter.
While I lost my TOR account I have been playing Wasteland 2: Director's Cut. I gotta say that I don't think the tactical combat is that great (I found Dragonfall's tactical combat more fun to play and deeper, even though it has a more limited engine), but I'm loving the setting and the world so far. I'll keep playing just to see more of it.
About Wasteland II: Director's Cut, I feel that unless you tune difficulty to Ranger or higher, tactical combat is not that great or pretty forgiving of mistakes.
I 100%ed New Super Mario Bros U last night.
First time I do that in, any really, game.
Finished up Shadowrun Hong Kong. Fun, but way too easy on normal. As in I don't think I had a remotely challenging fight after mid-game. Even the boss fights were trivial. Dragonfall had a nice range of difficulty at normal and the ending was actually tough, HK isn't. For someone experienced with the SR series I'd recommend trying it on hard.
Other complaints:
As I've mentioned the decking system is dumb. Frustrating at first, trivial once you understand it.
Equipment that you give your party members seems to disappear after the run. Give your Shaman a one of a kind SMG? Don't expect it back afterward.
The campaign felt shorter than Dragonfall. I remember longer (and more interesting) runs in that game.
It's not all bad:
The UI is much improved
There are some interesting battles and storylines
More of a PSA. A new Path of Exiles league is starting on Friday. If you haven't played the game in a while I recommend giving it another go. The early game is a lot more enjoyable and passive skill layout is easier to navigate. Skill clusters make more intuitive sense and are located generally in the areas you would expect - rather than previously where you would have to carefully plan out long trips through the passive skill chains to get the skills you needed.
Playing Game of Thrones. God I hate Ramsay Snow.
Worst part of it, is that since he has plot armor I know nothing will happen to him.
And to mix it up, I'm playing Wolfenstein: The New Order, which I also got during the sales. I'm having a blast; all the nazi-killing pleasures of the oldies, plus an immensely entertaining pulpy nazi dystopia story.
Quote from: celedhring on January 07, 2016, 06:26:25 PM
Playing Game of Thrones. God I hate Ramsay Snow.
Worst part of it, is that since he has plot armor I know nothing will happen to him.
This is part of what ruined it for me, actually. I get why they put in so many major characters from the shows, but I feel it was a terrible mistake in terms of plotting. We all know that some characters are invulnerable, so why even try to contest them in any way?
Finished Stick of Truth....
Short.
And shame about those design flaws.
Started Watch Dogs.
Expected something cool like GTA or Sleeping Dogs.
So far....I am less than impressed. It handles like a pig. Not sure how far I'll play.
Watch Dogs definitely belongs on the overhyped list. I've played a fair bit and continues to be dull.
Isn't it that the much hyped hacking feature mostly comes down to "press magic button"?
Well yeah that is just click the button - but honestly I would rather have more of than that than the unlocking hacking mini-game you often have to do.
It appears the magic phone from Watch_Dogs has been modded into GTA V now: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/01/11/grand-theft-auto-v-watch-dogs-mod/#more-339859
Best of both worlds?
I am horribly addicted to this browser game, in a Tetris/Minesweeper vein, a time-killer. :(
http://doge2048.com/
I'm enduring with watch dogs.
The controls still annoy. Steering is quirky and aiming is hard (how anyone manages fps on consoles I'll never know).
Nonetheless it gets fun
Fired up Expeditions: Conquistador again these past few days.
I seem to play it in small bursts several months apart. The gameplay isn't varied enough to hold my interest past a few hours, but the story and the setting are quite well done, so I always come back to it.
Plus as a Spaniard, that game just gets my imperial juices flowing...
Still frustrated as fuck that I can't get Fable 3 to work on my PC.
Spent about 3.5 hours in American Truck Simulator driving across California and Nevada while listening to an oldies station from the Reno area. The game is as soothing and as relaxing as always. :blush:
Though driving through San Francisco and along the winding paths along the Oxnard ocean front drove me slightly insane (sure, it makes for scenic driving, but would a 16 wheel truck really take those roads?). Fun moments include driving through the desert from Las Vegas to Fresno while the sun set behind the mountains and crossing Golden Gate.
Driving at night between San Francisco, LA, and San Diego: "Hey, there's a lot of traffic at 2 am!"
Driving at night in Northern Nevada: "Hello? Anybody there? Oh, another abandoned farm."
I also like the speed limits in Nevada a lot better than the ones in California. :P
Is the driving real time?!
:( Can't drive across I-80 in Wyoming.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 07, 2016, 02:12:41 PM
Is the driving real time?!
I believe it's similar to ETS2 which would be ca. 19:1 outside cities. And of course cities are represented by a few roads and intersections, though I feel they're a bit larger than in ETS2, esp. in LA or San Francisco.
For a better map with more detail you might want to look at The Crew instead.
I like that 19:1 ratio.
A bit disappointing at the moment is the size of the map.
ETS2 has this map: grey are the vanilla destinations, teal and green are expansions. Vanilla game had ca. 70 cities:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fguides.gamepressure.com%2Fets2scandinavia%2Fgfx%2Fword%2F356253508.jpg&hash=79b33eb74df0d581e4ca2eae81c9eebc9148bf9e)
(Not to mention that mods have added France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, North Africa, plus Balkans and Russia.)
By comparison, this is the current US map (with a bit of the not yet released Arizona map already showing roads):
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On the other hand, European cities in ETS2 are pretty generic. Your trucking missions will usually take you to an industrial/business area on the outskirts with a few landmarks visible in the distance. In ATS they try to make the cities feel more different. Partially by recreating landmarks (The Strip in Las Vegas), partially by changing the flavor of the streets. San Francisco feels different than San Diego feels different than Reno. IMHO they're not so much aiming at accurate depiction and more at capturing the flavor of a location.
Similar, the landscape between North and South, East and West is much more diverse IMO than in ETS2.
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(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modsats.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F07%2FAmerican-Truck-Simulator-System-Requirements-3.jpg&hash=a8fd8e3ea000ba22be2b1c7ed94e042a00a1ab25)
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I should add that the environments and simulation at no time reach the level of fidelity that GTA5 has.
I bought kingdom.
Not what I expected. Very simple game. I'm not very good at it. It's nice though.
Darkest Dungeon has turned out very nice indeed. Very happy I kickstarted this one.
American Truck Simulator using Keyboard control is HARD.
I crashed into a cop car. Luckily the game only fined me for the speed.
Picked up This war of mine. It's pretty intense.
Quote from: Syt on February 07, 2016, 01:18:07 PM
Spent about 3.5 hours in American Truck Simulator driving across California and Nevada while listening to an oldies station from the Reno area. The game is as soothing and as relaxing as always. :blush:
Though driving through San Francisco and along the winding paths along the Oxnard ocean front drove me slightly insane (sure, it makes for scenic driving, but would a 16 wheel truck really take those roads?).
If you're talking about the PCH, then yes there are trucks on it.
QuoteFun moments include driving through the desert from Las Vegas to Fresno while the sun set behind the mountains and crossing Golden Gate.
Driving at night between San Francisco, LA, and San Diego: "Hey, there's a lot of traffic at 2 am!"
Driving at night in Northern Nevada: "Hello? Anybody there? Oh, another abandoned farm."
I also like the speed limits in Nevada a lot better than the ones in California. :P
I got ETS2 the other day on sale and absolutely love it. I don't know why a game with such a boring premise is so damn fun. :hmm: For my next 'awesome' mission I am driving 17 tons of office paper from Kassel to Zurich. I guess there has been an overrun of Swiss TPS Reports lately. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on February 13, 2016, 06:25:53 AM
Quote from: Syt on February 07, 2016, 01:18:07 PM
Spent about 3.5 hours in American Truck Simulator driving across California and Nevada while listening to an oldies station from the Reno area. The game is as soothing and as relaxing as always. :blush:
Though driving through San Francisco and along the winding paths along the Oxnard ocean front drove me slightly insane (sure, it makes for scenic driving, but would a 16 wheel truck really take those roads?).
If you're talking about the PCH, then yes there are trucks on it.
On a very small part of it.
:hmm: Where? I could swear there were trucks in the stretch from SB down through Ventura and thinking "man it would suck if one of these dudes caused an accident".
Short trailer semis drive down between Monterey and San Luis Obispo. I wouldn't want to do that run, but the little communities and restaurants need supplies.
Quote from: Caliga on February 13, 2016, 01:13:08 PM
:hmm: Where? I could swear there were trucks in the stretch from SB down through Ventura and thinking "man it would suck if one of these dudes caused an accident".
North of there like PDH says and then north of SF.
Automation. Very cool. Just learning the game.
Bought Cities Skylines and the addon.
God its unstable :bleeding:
Having great fun in Dying Light coop. :)
I just drove a cargo of flour from some shithole in Slovakia to Warsaw. When I hit the Polish border I switched to a Polish FM station and listened to Polish rap for most of the rest of the drive. It's... horrifying, so much so I couldn't change the channel. The main lyrics are in Polish but the refrains and stuff are a mixture of Polish and badly mispronounced English. After that drive, I think it would be a good idea for Poland to take the microphones away from all of the wiggers and give them jackhammers, as a modern highway system would be a nice thing to have. :(
:lol:
Quote from: Caliga on February 15, 2016, 06:26:58 PM
I just drove a cargo of flour from some shithole in Slovakia to Warsaw. When I hit the Polish border I switched to a Polish FM station and listened to Polish rap for most of the rest of the drive. It's... horrifying, so much so I couldn't change the channel. The main lyrics are in Polish but the refrains and stuff are a mixture of Polish and badly mispronounced English. After that drive, I think it would be a good idea for Poland to take the microphones away from all of the wiggers and give them jackhammers, as a modern highway system would be a nice thing to have. :(
I can confirm that Polish "highways" are terrible. Or at least they were seven years ago.
So, uh, good marks to ETS2 for realism I guess.
Before getting XCOM 2 I am playing XCOM: Enemy Within to finish it.
I've just researched the MECs, and had my first mission against EXALT. The game was really awesome, with this expansion it's even better. I love playing it.
L.
Quote from: Barrister on February 16, 2016, 01:09:51 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 15, 2016, 06:26:58 PM
I just drove a cargo of flour from some shithole in Slovakia to Warsaw. When I hit the Polish border I switched to a Polish FM station and listened to Polish rap for most of the rest of the drive. It's... horrifying, so much so I couldn't change the channel. The main lyrics are in Polish but the refrains and stuff are a mixture of Polish and badly mispronounced English. After that drive, I think it would be a good idea for Poland to take the microphones away from all of the wiggers and give them jackhammers, as a modern highway system would be a nice thing to have. :(
I can confirm that Polish "highways" are terrible. Or at least they were seven years ago.
So, uh, good marks to ETS2 for realism I guess.
The highway running East from the border at Frankfurt-Oder is pretty good. And empty.
Ah, the old Warszaw pact highway.
Caliga, my friend, try driving Bergen-Oslo to experience really, really crappy roads.
X Com 2 on PC, NBA2K16 on PS4.
Quote from: Norgy on February 17, 2016, 07:06:25 AM
Ah, the old Warszaw pact highway.
Caliga, my friend, try driving Bergen-Oslo to experience really, really crappy roads.
When the Scandinavia expansion next goes on sale I'm going to pick it up. Right now I can't get any closer to you than Kiel.
Quote from: Barrister on February 16, 2016, 01:09:51 PM
I can confirm that Polish "highways" are terrible. Or at least they were seven years ago.
So, uh, good marks to ETS2 for realism I guess.
Maybe 20 km outside of Warsaw I finally got on the Polish equivalent of an autobahn, which is probably called, hmmm... autobahn -> (drop vowels) -> utbhn -> (add random c, z, and cz's all over the place) -> the "czutbzhn" system I would guess. But the road from the Slovak border the rest of the way up was like a secondary highway with sharp turns and all, yet the speed limits were strangely high.
In the game at least, the best highway system on the Continent so far has been the French one, though you have to pay annoying tolls. But the roads have ample lanes and the speed limits are consistently nice and high for trucks.
How much was the game on sale, Cal?
I'm now driving a load of pressure tanks from Warsaw to Gdansk and, you guessed it, it's been a two lane road the whole way so far. :bleeding:
I'm tuned in to a 'rock' station too, and there's a song playing where the refrain sounds like "Sissy, marginal sissy" over and over again. :hmm:
I think I paid like 18 bucks GF.
Finally found a czutbzhn but the interchange was so narrow I got hung up on the guardrail trying to get on it and had to go the wrong way down the ramp to actually free my trailer up. :bleeding:
Then I got a speeding ticket cause the speed limit was only 40 km an hour. :wacko:
That was fun. :sleep:
Now I'm driving a load of beets apples from Gdansk down to Szeged.
My time is up on the ATS demo but 30$ is steep.
Quote from: Caliga on February 17, 2016, 09:59:23 PM
That was fun. :sleep:
Now I'm driving a load of beets apples from Gdansk down to Szeged.
I finally bought a truck in the game. I have a Volvo with a huge engine and a nice sleeping compartment thing above the cab. In my first job with it I drove 20 tons of ammunition from London to Strasbourg. Some guy rear-ended me in Luxembourg and there was so much damage to the truck and freight that I only made 2,000 Euros on the job. :mad:
Non union driver :rolleyes:
Quote from: katmai on February 25, 2016, 09:05:53 PM
Non union driver :rolleyes:
Yeah and now I have to pay for my own gas and tolls too. Before it was like "1,000 liters in France? YES PLZ" now it's like "Can I make it to Poland before running out" :blush:
Decided to try the Dark Souls series. Bought Dark Souls II - Scholar of the frist sin.
I'm still in the first level (Forrest of fallen Giants).
Total nummer of rage quits so far = 6.
Yet I keep coming back to the game - It's great!
I'm the same with Dark Souls 1. 44 hours in, haven't rung the second bell yet (10 hours on current char). It's easy to see that the game is influenced a lot by the look of the Berserk manga, with its armors and medieval world, and the demon boss fights.
Playing the game of Thrones Game.
It's nice and all.
And I understand why it's the case....
But these games are so annoying, how irrelevant your choices are despite what they claim.
They only ever semi to matter in the final chapter when your best friend suddenly goes "that time in chapter 3 when I was being a dick you protected that woman from me. Therefore I won't help you!"
Quote from: Tyr on March 02, 2016, 04:50:34 PM
Playing the game of Thrones Game.
It's nice and all.
And I understand why it's the case....
But these games are so annoying, how irrelevant your choices are despite what they claim.
They only ever semi to matter in the final chapter when your best friend suddenly goes "that time in chapter 3 when I was being a dick you protected that woman from me. Therefore I won't help you!"
I consider them semi-interactive TV series. I like their storytelling a lot, but they are not really "games", you have little agency.
Playing Sunless Sea. Loving it. The world is very detailed and funny-creepy at the same time. Some great writing. The game is a bit grindy if you want to really beat it or further several of the questlines, so I don't think I'll get to the end, but just exploring and uncovering new quests/stories is a treat.
Just abandoned the plan to wait for steam summer sale to buy American Truck Simulator. Love it as much as Ets2. Based myself in Reno. Boy those trucks are damn beasts. Very big turning circle. I got stuck on some crossroads already taking my corners too short. In'Murica everything apparently is bigger. :blush:
Yup. :D I'm especially struggling with the Kenworth 900. That thing's massive.
ETS2 will get another expansion, this time for France. Which is a bit annoying, because it will make parts of the Truck Sim Map obsolete, so I'd have to wait for an update for that as well if I want to keep using it.
The reviews weren't all that, but it's worth getting anyway, I presume?
I can so see myself driving a truck and bitching about Obamacare.
There's a ATS demo, try it.
I'm holding fast on waiting for a sale.
I got Stardew Valley, not sure I find the game fun. Not a fan on how fast energy depletes & I have to stop doing whatever to go to bed at 10am.
ATS has a notably smaller map than ETS2. However, the map feels - at least to me - much more diverse than the generic Central European theme of ETS2.
Driving in Norway, which should be different, felt like driving near Prague with some more mountains.
They got the narrow roads down to pat, though. Oslo to Bergen is among the most scenic drives in Europe, but didn't feel like it.
I would say the same as Syt. The map is much more diverse.
I liked the Scandinavian expansion just because it was already more diverse than the original one.
No Dumbocrat is gonna take mah Freedom! :mad:
What's up gents? Long time. I am playing World of Tanks still...anyone else out there want to toon?
Quote from: Norgy on March 03, 2016, 06:35:30 AM
The reviews weren't all that, but it's worth getting anyway, I presume?
I can so see myself driving a truck and bitching about Obamacare.
Perhaps this more your type of truck-driving song...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7gvp1hYNi4
I've been playing The Witcher 3 a lot and Cities:Skylines lately. :unsure:
So has anyone tried the Division?
Still have fun with World of Warships, and I picked up Mechwarrior Online again as well. That game has come a long way...
Quote from: Razgovory on March 11, 2016, 03:35:08 PM
So has anyone tried the Division?
No, but I have seen all those screenshots of people literally waiting in line to start playing:
https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/60B6pwP6BXnqP2_b4nYJIUx_T1A=/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6162467/division_lines.0.jpg
Been rolling back into FO4 gearing up for the Automatron DLC.
Really been digging the armor crafting. Shadowed and Deep pocket mod FTW. The Ballistic Fiber Mod is sweet also. Nothing like Dirty army fatigues Mk4 Ballistic Weave that's give 90 dam/eng protection as a under garment then add your other armor. My character has 165 ballistic/ 176 energy resistance with the Fatigues as an under garment and a smattering of Synth/Combat Armor pieces. Of which most are deep pocketed.
Started delving into the Tropico franchise, starting with Tropico 5.
Rolled my Presidente as I picture it : A Latino-American black Cuban mulatto with an outdated, brown yellow-green-and-red General uniform and a MacArthur bamboo pipe stuck between his lips.
Used the Revolutionaries for my purposes, while maintaining a shamelessly sycophantic front to the Crown until I grew strong enough to go on account. Refused to pay a damn cent to the Imperialists devils when I declared independence, and destroyed their Royal Infantry units and their puny attempt to overthrow me. Now I rule like how all good dictators should rule : together with the Militarists and the Religious factions, my iron boot crushing both Commies and Capitalists alike, leeching off the Axis' subsidies in exchange of my precious commodities : Gold, Coal, and Tobacco. I arrest Rich "outlaws" for arrest and deportation, seizing their property for profit, while my Security Checkpoints force lorry drivers to stop and pay a tax per driving wheel to help fund my back account donations for the poor. And I still win my elections without stuffing the ballots. :menace:
I'm having so much fun, even though I know Tropico 5 is less stellar than Tropico 4. Should I still get the latter?
I haven't played Tropico 5, but all other Tropico games were just marginal improvements over the previous one.
They're fun, if a bit repetitive in the end.
Been playing SWTOR with the kids
Despite its flaws, some of which actually help it, I'm quite enjoying assassin's Creed 4. It truly does play like an updated Pirates! With a bit of assassin's Creed tacked on
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 03, 2016, 07:14:32 AM
I got Stardew Valley, not sure I find the game fun. Not a fan on how fast energy depletes & I have to stop doing whatever to go to bed at 10am.
I've been playing this as well. I'm finding it a lot of fun so far. Re: energy, start keeping some of your vegetables to eat, crafting snacks, foraging for snowberries, etc.
Goddamn stupid XCOM 2 crash. Completed a raid on an avatar project site and it crashes right before the debrief load screen stops.
Quote from: Lndhand on March 10, 2016, 03:03:47 PM
What's up gents? Long time. I am playing World of Tanks still...anyone else out there want to toon?
Hey Lndhand,
it's good to see
your avatar you again!
L.
Quote from: celedhring on March 14, 2016, 05:38:52 PM
I haven't played Tropico 5, but all other Tropico games were just marginal improvements over the previous one.
I bought Tropico 4 to compare. I must admit that the content seems more varied in T4, and so far I like the campaign.
Is it just me or are eu3 and 4 missing something that eu2 had?
They just never grabbed me the same way. Not so much....character.
As is my way having visited constantinople I now want to play a byzantine game of something.
Ck2 is too easy but eu....meh. hmm
AssCreedUnity. Actually really good, so far. Love the story. Of course, I'm a sucker for hating the French Revolution. Vive le Roi!
Playing through Starcraft 2. This shit was far more compelling when I was 16. The game play is okay, but listening to mouthless aliens jabber on about silly bullshit is bit tiring. One of them is voiced by John de Lancie so that's good. Listening to John de Lancie read anything is entertaining. The rest if is like if the aliens from Close Encounters or the X-files showed up and tried to make a Lord of the Rings movie.
CS:GO :blush:
Quote from: schaksen on April 01, 2016, 03:44:46 PM
CS:GO :blush:
Even worse: I've been firing up Empire Total War a lot lately.
I lost the Rev. War against the Brits, but the French sold me an island in the Caribbean just before my army of militia finally got smashed (George Washington died heroically), so I invaded South America, kicked all sorts of Spanish ass, and have worked my way around to Mexico City by 1800 with a badass stack of professionals. All loyalists will fucking hang.
I ended up with the Americans besieging Berlin. Guide to Naval warfare. Buy rocket ships. Pretty much win every naval battle.
I tend to autoresolve the naval battles. Do the rocket ships work that way too, or do I have to actually try to move them around in a battle?
You just line them up across the map and they blow up pretty much any enemy. Because they are light ships the AI almost always considers you the weaker force and they just charge you. You can wipe out entire navies.
:lol: Nice. And here I was wasting all that cash on ships of the line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20aZ-rEek74
This guy demonstrates it. It's pretty close to a cheat. He's only using six rocket ships. I never bothered with anything but rocket ships.
I haven't gotten to that tech yet in this current game (I keep starting over heh), but the bomb ketch seems to have a limit on the number you can build using Darthmod, so I bet the rocket ships are the same way.
Astrolid, a free to play game on Steam. It's a space fleet combat game, with a very fun ship building system. The combat itself is a bit too fast twitch for me, so I tend to focus on big, heavy ships to slow things down. Most of the time that works fine.
I've only played SP so far.
Paradox has announced HoI4.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 13, 2016, 10:33:02 AM
Paradox has announced HoI4.
One of these days Paradox will find a way to turn this most famous of naval wars into something where naval combat works. Until then I have no interest.
Quote from: Valmy on May 13, 2016, 10:41:42 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 13, 2016, 10:33:02 AM
Paradox has announced HoI4.
One of these days Paradox will find a way to turn this most famous to naval wars into something where naval combat works. Until then I have no interest.
Yeah. Or abstract the bombing/submarine warfare campaigns so I don't have to micro-manage every little thing.
Definitely not one I'm pre-ordering.
Quote from: Grey Fox on May 13, 2016, 10:33:02 AM
Paradox has announced HoI4.
HoI 4 was announced a couple of years ago. It's being released June 6th.
Well, HOI 1 sucked, but HOI2 was good. HOI 3 sucked, so maybe HOI 4 will be good.
Saw an expansion to eador for sale for 50p so played the game again.
Don't notice what the expansion has added at all.
I've gotten quiquite far into the game but it begins to annoy. There's zero continuity in the campaign. Just a bunch of disconnected scenarios. Whole thing feels pointless
Quote from: frunk on May 11, 2016, 08:47:00 AM
Astrolid, a free to play game on Steam. It's a space fleet combat game, with a very fun ship building system. The combat itself is a bit too fast twitch for me, so I tend to focus on big, heavy ships to slow things down. Most of the time that works fine.
I've only played SP so far.
The campaign actually kind of sucks, except for learning the game. The real meat is in the challenges/multiplayer, where you get to program your ships using a limited set of if/else statements. It makes small ships viable and fun.
I just saw a man on the subway playing football manager on his laptop with a wireless mouse on his knee. :D
Thought I should force myself to finally finish New Vegas.
Loaded my game and totally forgot where I was. Don't fancy restarting.
So I'll finally start Skyrim.
Any mods that should be used?
Skyrim seems awfully easy. Level 1 and taking down wolf packs and bandit gangs with ease :hmm:
HOI IV and FM 16
Quote from: Tyr on June 08, 2016, 07:09:38 AM
Skyrim seems awfully easy. Level 1 and taking down wolf packs and bandit gangs with ease :hmm:
You are an awesome fighting force.
I'm playing the Witcher right now and plan to work my way up to the third one. I played this through but honestly don't remember much of it. I met the King of the Wild Hunt who I imagine will be important later on since the third title is subtitled "The Wild Hunt". Game is still graphically impressive and the world building is great. Building actually look like late medieval houses and people dress like they actually are in the middle ages. It's amazing that people like Marty still live this way. The dialog doesn't work for me, mixing fantasy and modern science (and pseudoscience like psychoanalysis). It throws me off when you go on about Dwarves and Elves and genetics and mutations.
Quote from: Tyr on June 08, 2016, 07:09:38 AM
Skyrim seems awfully easy. Level 1 and taking down wolf packs and bandit gangs with ease :hmm:
If you don't plan on cheating, early levels will be easy, but 9-13 or so will be a huge slog- dragons start appearing, but you'll still be too weak to take them out easily.
Still playing the crap out of ETS2... it's the only game I've played in months. :hmm: That said my gaming time is extremely limited these days.
Anyway, I decided to pick ATS up this morning since it was on sale and I enjoy ETS2 so much.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on June 08, 2016, 10:58:01 PM
Quote from: Tyr on June 08, 2016, 07:09:38 AM
Skyrim seems awfully easy. Level 1 and taking down wolf packs and bandit gangs with ease :hmm:
If you don't plan on cheating, early levels will be easy, but 9-13 or so will be a huge slog- dragons start appearing, but you'll still be too weak to take them out easily.
Ah. It does the stupid the world levels with you thing :bleeding:
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord E3 2016 Siege Gameplay :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iObwq1WaxQ8
Quote from: Tyr on June 10, 2016, 09:57:05 AM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on June 08, 2016, 10:58:01 PM
Quote from: Tyr on June 08, 2016, 07:09:38 AM
Skyrim seems awfully easy. Level 1 and taking down wolf packs and bandit gangs with ease :hmm:
If you don't plan on cheating, early levels will be easy, but 9-13 or so will be a huge slog- dragons start appearing, but you'll still be too weak to take them out easily.
Ah. It does the stupid the world levels with you thing :bleeding:
Well if the dragons appear at level one, you won't really have much of a chance.
Why are game monsters so stupid? The big ones always hang back til the heroes have leveled up and gotten magic and shit. If they just hung out around the starting town they could eliminate all the threats without much effort.
Quote from: PDH on June 14, 2016, 08:25:14 PM
Why are game monsters so stupid? The big ones always hang back til the heroes have leveled up and gotten magic and shit. If they just hung out around the starting town they could eliminate all the threats without much effort.
They were trained by Bond villains.
American Trucking Simulator for my road trip to USA needs.
Empire tv tycoon fun remake of MAD TV. Archy approved nostalgia :)
I have just started playing Hearthstone.
A load of fun!
Quote from: PDH on June 14, 2016, 08:25:14 PM
Why are game monsters so stupid? The big ones always hang back til the heroes have leveled up and gotten magic and shit. If they just hung out around the starting town they could eliminate all the threats without much effort.
In all fairness Skyrim kind of had that.
Quote from: Phillip V on June 13, 2016, 07:10:44 PM
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord E3 2016 Siege Gameplay :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iObwq1WaxQ8
Oh shit.
Quote from: crazy canuck on June 19, 2016, 02:23:01 PM
I have just started playing Hearthstone.
A load of fun!
Thanks for reminding me, I log in once a week to check out the Tavern Brawl. I almost missed this week.
Starcraft 2, now that I have all three episodes. Playing it on hard, because Normal was literally no challenge.
Mafia II a game from 2010. Bought during December 2014. Untouched till now.
Has a GTA feel. Like the setting. I'll see if I can finish it. I'm not good at finishing games.
Quote from: Scipio on June 20, 2016, 07:51:52 AM
Starcraft 2, now that I have all three episodes. Playing it on hard, because Normal was literally no challenge.
Protoss are something of a bore.
Zelda Twilight Princess HD remake.
Slitherio (http://poki.com/en/g/slither-io) Surprisingly fun MMO snake game. Collect the dots, watch out for other snakes, you can cross your own path, press the mouse button to go faster (and lose points).
This is the Police. Good management game with excellent plot. Very pulpy. Not terribly replayable, but great voice work, play style, and highly abstracted art work.
Taking a long break from Stellaris (let them work them patches), with finishing up some XCOM: Long War mod(toned down with lots of favorable Second Wave options and some .ini tweaks) on Ironman...as I never did finish a game before.
Haven't picked up XCOM2 yet. May not even...as I don't care at all for the time-limit missions.
Already seeing/thinking how XCOM, with some tweaks (especially a random tactical map system) could be a whole lot better than it already is.
Back into Rebel Galaxy. Almost ready to move out of the first star system. Lol.
Tried Space Engineers.
I don't get it.
Not sure I want to invest the massive time seemingly needed to learn this.
Also Saints Row 2.
Terrible GTA clone. The control system is just...ugh
Arkham Knight. Loving it, despite the cheese and the heavy misogyny. ALso, love the batmobile. SOrry, I do.
I did a word search, so I don't think anyone's mentioned Rimworld yet.
Do NOT try it. Your teeth will turn black and fall out and you will die screaming for more.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on October 11, 2016, 03:38:29 PM
I did a word search, so I don't think anyone's mentioned Rimworld yet.
Do NOT try it. Your teeth will turn black and fall out and you will die screaming for more.
I saw it and thought, that dude was so talented he had to jack the graphics from Prison Architect. His lame response was he isn't all that graphically talented/there are only a limited about of ways to show pixelated images of that size...
Shadowrun Dragonfall
I like how it imitates pen and paper rpgs. Let's you make stuff up about your past as you go along.
Just like shadowrun returns the lack of interactivity is a bit of a pain but.... it's a good story in a cool silly world
Quote from: Tyr on October 12, 2016, 01:39:05 AM
Shadowrun Dragonfall
I like how it imitates pen and paper rpgs. Let's you make stuff up about your past as you go along.
Just like shadowrun returns the lack of interactivity is a bit of a pain but.... it's a good story in a cool silly world
Yeah, I loved that game. As you say, as an RPG gameplay is rather basic (it is more a tactical combat game than anything else), but the characters and world were just great.
Why did they put the hardest part of the Witcher 2 in the beginning?
Finally got Fable 3 working on Windows 10. Still a damn fun game.
Started the Mad Max game.
It's alright. A Mad Max game has been needed for a long while; though it focuses a bit much on foot action and less on car battles for long stretches of road.
No way am I going for 100% completion on it.
City Skylines. Building my first city, had it long time on my computer before.
It's a bit addictive to me.
Got back into playing Overwatch. :blush:
Starcraft II: Nova Covert Ops.
Well, most missions just aren't as fun as the original Starcraft 2 game. Some are really nice, the others kinda boring and reminds me a way too much of older games. Like the first mission where you need to run a bike in a 2d map while ennemies chase you from behind and the front, then some big baddy comes along. I really liked the original Starcraft. Wings of Liberty was pretty good too. Never really liked the Zerg, but I had fun playing the Protoss. Now, it's just not the same, imho.
Civ VI, some Stellaris and Patrician IV. I still play M.A.X. I sometimes when in the mood for simpler games.
Dividing my time between Tyrany and replaying Mass Effect 2. About to start the suicide mission. Love the Mass Effect series so I look forward replaying Mass Effect 3.
Never really been a fan of games lige Tyrany, Pillers of Eternity etc. But I am really enjoying Tyrany.
I started playing The Wolf Among Us last night after picking it up in the Steam sale. Liking it so far.
Dragon's Dogma: Arisen on PC. Interesting. Very opaque game mechanics starting out. But nice, one hour in.
Quote from: Caliga on November 29, 2016, 10:34:37 AM
I started playing The Wolf Among Us last night after picking it up in the Steam sale. Liking it so far.
I need to read the Fables comics again. The Animal Farm arc with Goldilocks was hilarious, and messed up.
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Fables comics are great, and I got into them after playing the game, actually. In particular the entire arc that brings about the downfall of the Adversary and the retaking of the Homelands. You see the author picking up character arcs from 200000 issues prior and tying them up so satisfyingly, it's fantastically written.
Still playing Overwatch. I put in around 5 matches per day, more on weekends. I'm still complete rubbish, though. :D
I finished my placement games yesterday for competitive season 3, and the result is what I expected. Placement is mostly based on Season 2 performance (in which I didn't play), so I was curious as to how I would rate.
The tiers are Bronze => Silver => Gold => Platinum => Diamond => Master => Grandmaster
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I ended up in bronze tier ( :blush: ), but I want to get to mid-Silver. Only 250 or so points away, so entirely doable.
I want to focus on support this season. I feel like I'm doing really well with Mercy in matches, but my win-loss record with her is really bad. Either I'm doing well with her, because my team needs A LOT of heals in those matches, or I'm not doing well enough (current meta is to run 2 healers, 2 tanks, 2 DPS). I may switch more to Ana (snipe healer/damage + damage denial to enemy team)/Lucio (AOE healer + speedboost) in future matches for comparison. I really like playing Ana, but I feel my aim is too inconsistent to be great with her.
Any of you guys own a PS4 or XB1?
If just one of them, how did you pick?
I'm having lots of trouble picking one to buy. My heart feels XB1 but I feel like the PS4 is the superior product.
PS4 will have more exclusives, like the Uncharted series, or Bloodborne. Many/most Xbox games also come to PC, and if they don't they'll usyally at least be on PS4. When you get a console make sure it has sufficient hard disk space. Downloading multi-GB patches us a thing on consoles tgese days, not to mention that you will often want to make an HD install to reduce load times.
That's why it's so hard to choose the games I'm interested in are on both platforms (Sports & racing games).
It basically comes down to EA Access + FH3 vs My half-brother PS4 games collection* + Gran Turismo/DriveClub
*Works for Ubisoft, has all of their games, we don't see each other too often tho.
I've followed what Syt has described. I've had: Xbox, PS2, PS3, PS4. I guess I'm a Sony fanboi. :blush:
I got a 360 during last generation. First console since the SNES. I liked it, and there were still reasonable exclusives at the time - e.g. Gears of War, Dead Rising, Forza, Mass Effect 1.
In hindsight the PS3 had the better catalogue, though.
I've had PS1, PS2, Xbox360 - then realized I never played any of them to really make it worthwhile.
My read was that Sony kind of borked the PS3 release (overly complicated and expensive cell processor), but Microsoft did the same initially with XBone (including Kinnect). Right now PS4 has a sizable lead in installed base and more exclusives, so I think that's the way to go.
Except for the current gen & the PS3; I have every other gaming console released in America since the SNES plus a NES.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 08, 2016, 02:37:00 PM
Except for the current gen & the PS3; I have every other gaming console released in America since the SNES plus a NES.
Even the Jaguar?
Quote from: Razgovory on December 09, 2016, 01:46:10 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 08, 2016, 02:37:00 PM
Except for the current gen & the PS3; I have every other gaming console released in America since the SNES plus a NES.
Even the Jaguar?
The chances are 50/50. He said he had every other console, not every console. :P
Sadly not, no :(
They are too expensive for something I will just display.
Got a bit frustrated with the toxicity of players in competitive Overwatch, so I gave Battlefield 1 another whirl where it's easy to ignore chat. :P Actually enjoying it much more this time. The maps and graphics are simply gorgeous, and matches can be good fun. I just wished there were more ways to customize the look of your soldiers.
Just played St. Quentin Scar (a 64 player capture map), set in and around a small village next to the German trenches. The destructable terrain is marvelous, and as the battle progressed, fog set in, creating a really claustrophobic environment. The game is nowhere near realistic, of course (yay for SMGs?), but I think it creates a decent enough WW1 atmosphere of constant death esp. on the West Front.
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There'll be no new Battlefield next year, instead there'll be a new Star Wars Battlefront. EA promised that they learned from the previous debacle. I played a few rounds of SWBF yesterday and was surprised there's actually still players and that it was easy to get into games.
Still looks fantastic, still is as shallow as the grave George Lucas buried your childhood memories in.
Still playing Dragon Age Inquisition. This game is huge, so it will take a while to finish it (at least until I'm on holiday, my GF goes to visit her parents and I can play games to my heart's content)... I'm not bothering with collectibles and such, but I'm finishing every sidequest I encounter. There's actually some decently fleshed out ones. I also like the fact that combat so far is paced just right; my biggest qualm of DA2 was how big of a chore it was to fight stuff, compounded by the fact of how much fighting there was to stretch out the game. The combat in DA:I isn't going to rewrite the ARPG rulebook, mind, but it's breezy and there's the right dosage of it so it doesn't become a chore (so far).
Anyhow, I have reached the point where I have more abilities than I can fit in my meagre 8-slot UI. Really Bioware? You couldn't be bothered to tweak your console UI just a little for the PC?
Played the updated anniversary edition of Titan Quest. Man that is a great game that stands the test of time.
Quote from: Syt on December 10, 2016, 04:18:52 PM
There'll be no new Battlefield next year, instead there'll be a new Star Wars Battlefront. EA promised that they learned from the previous debacle. I played a few rounds of SWBF yesterday and was surprised there's actually still players and that it was easy to get into games.
Still looks fantastic, still is as shallow as the grave George Lucas buried your childhood memories in.
Bleh. I just don't see why they don't reboot Battlefield back to WW2.
I want to run over people waiting for airplanes to respawn again. SO SOLLY
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 13, 2016, 09:26:13 PM
I want to run over people waiting for airplanes to respawn again. SO SOLLY
No team kills on regular servers. You have to join hardcore servers that remove friend/foe ID unless you aim at someone. And apparently repeated team killing (even accidental) is a quick way to get kicked off servers.
Ultra-Nightmare Arcade mode in the new Doom game might be one of the best games I've ever played. Jesus christ is it intense.
I am still playing a ton of Blood Bowl. I am in 2 BB1 (PC) leagues, 2 BB2 (PC) leagues a FUMBBL league and waiting very impatiently for our Tabletop league to start up again early next year.
Every time I kill an enemy with a gas grenade in BF1 I think, "idiot, use your gas mask." Only to get caught with low health by a gas grenade and die. :blush:
Finished Dragon Age Inquisition's main campaign. Now starting the DLCs.
Back in Dark Souls. I will finish this game at some point. :D I'm almost done with Demon Ruins/Lost Izalith (on last phase of Bed of Chaos).
Still to go: Catacombs, Dukal Archives, and the Expansion, before going to Gwyn.
Sid Meyer's Pirates. Still as fun as when it first came out. The dancing minigame stays difficult. Amarré me mateys
I can't stop playing Total War Warhammer :Embarrass:
Now on to Rome Total War 2. Unified Italy, and have 4 stacks ready to move on Carthage and rape the AI silly.
I've got a Sulla boner.
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 18, 2017, 09:55:50 AM
I can't stop playing Total War Warhammer :Embarrass:
Really? That good? Or that much of a guilty pleasure, like Ed trolling Pornhub for cuckhold mandingo incest porn?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 18, 2017, 08:46:28 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 18, 2017, 09:55:50 AM
I can't stop playing Total War Warhammer :Embarrass:
Really? That good? Or that much of a guilty pleasure, like Ed trolling Pornhub for cuckhold mandingo incest porn?
I hope Lena Dunham molests you
That makes two of us. It's been a long, dry cruise out of Nantucket for this harpooner. Could use a good whale.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 18, 2017, 08:58:52 PM
That makes two of us. It's been a long, dry cruise out of Nantucket for this harpooner. Could use a good whale.
:x: you go too far sir.
WAIT WHAT WE DONT USE WHALE OIL ANYMORE
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 18, 2017, 08:46:28 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on January 18, 2017, 09:55:50 AM
I can't stop playing Total War Warhammer :Embarrass:
Really? That good? Or that much of a guilty pleasure, like Ed trolling Pornhub for cuckhold mandingo incest porn?
I was up till 2 am the other night :P
It is quite good. Probably my favorite since the original Rome TW.
Started playing Watch Dogs 2 this weekend. I agree with the reviews that lighter tone works better and game is more fun than first iteration. Nice seeing simulated San Francisco though I didn't actually ever expect to see my university modelled in a video game.
Also, I think people who play this game must be very bad at video games. Like in part 1, there's various instances where you play against other players. I've the slowest reflexes and yet I managed to quickly beat/shoot down the two human opponents that I've faced. :hmm:
Having finished Ghost Recon Wildlands (recommended!) I started on The Division. Seems nice so far. I imagine it approaches what Christmas in Detroit is like.
Almost 40 hours into Divine Divinity. It's fun, but I'm coming to the point of, "Ok, I won't be mad if this ends soon."
I just got Dark Souls for the PC, after my friend was telling me about the Dark Souls TT game he Kick Started and then went on about how great DS was.
After about 2 hours it has confirmed why I waited almost 5 years to finally try such a highly rated game.
#1 - Doesn't work too well while drinking/high; maybe that will get better
#2 - I have played too many Bethesda games and I think I have spent more time in Dark Souls wandering off looking for branching paths and secret rooms than following the very linear pathways. Neither is necessarily better than the other, just need to get used to this game.
#3 - Back to a controller :x
To be fair the rest of these complaints are a core part of the game and I knew that going in, so while it feels a bit unfair to mention them they still annoy me
#4 - Autosave only. In the one boss fight (the tutorial one) I have done the autosave was too far away from the boss fight. It wasn't much, maybe 2 minutes and 5 weak mobs to kill each time you have to go back but still, it is annoying to keep having to repeat that same part every time as you learn to fight the boss. And since this game is all about dying and learning as you die I am sure it will only get worse as the game goes on.
#5 - Hard just for the point of being hard. Again one of the main selling points but something I am usually not terribly interested in.
Even if I am just sitting around playing games all evening, I personally don't have the patience to just bang my head against the same wall the entire time. I want to feel like I am getting somewhere.
I will keep going and try my hardest to enjoy it and learn and appreciate the game but it's not looking good. I was fully aware of what I was getting into though so this isn't regret or buyer's remorse or anything.
#4: Most runs from bonfire to boss aren't bad. In many cases you can evade/run past the enemies on the way if you don't want to fight them. Also, you're not just learning to fight the boss, you also learn to navigate areas, reliably deal with weaker enemies etc. An area that started out as challenging will become second nature to beat.
#5. It will become significantly easier once you have memorized the timing of wind ups/attacks, when to pull enemies, when to block/parry etc.
Speaking of pulling: a lot of the game can be played like an MMO where you're in a zone above your level - pull single enemies and fight them separately.
Also, there's no shame in looking up hints or wikis, especially when it comes to understanding mechanis/character stats (e.g. the stat that boosts resistances is next to useless).
Divine Divinity rant. I spent an hour looking for an item all over the place yesterday.
A dwarf character is big into mead. He reeks of mead and is identified by a character because of the smell. He scoffs at dwarven ale and wants you to get him mead to progress the storyline.
So I went to every pub, dwarf home, shop keep, and any place with bees to find mead. No luck.
So I check a walkthrough. I need to buy him ale from his neighbor. :ultra: :bleeding:
Also, a positive spin on Dark Souls's qualities: http://www.gamesradar.com/why-dark-souls-friendliest-most-benevolent-game-its-generation/
QuoteImportant fact about Dark Souls that no-one's telling you: You need to stop worrying about all that hyperbolic talk of its difficulty. Another important fact: Dark Souls is not about intimidation or fear, nor is it a game that delights in beating the crap out of its players.
I understand why these revelations might surprise you. I understand why you may be one of the many people who is aware of Dark Souls but has no intention of ever playing it. One of those standing on the outside, looking in, with skewed, cock-eyed, disbelieving fascination at those of us masochistic enough to play such a horribly malicious game. You've read the previews. You've read the soundbites and news snippets. You know the game by reputation, by all the "Dark Souls is hard LOL" headlines and "You died" editorial tropes.
But I'll let you into a little secret. All of that broad-strokes discussion you've read, all of that lazy, quick-fix writing that, over the last couple of years, has given you the impression that Dark Souls is a game to be played only as a comedically hard, dick-waving personal challenge, all of it is utter bullshit. It doesn't describe, explain or particularly relate to the real Dark Souls. It doesn't even try to. Not only that, but it gives you entirely the opposite impression that any talk about Dark Souls should. Because the true Dark Souls is the friendliest, most benevolent, most enriching game I've played in many, many years. Ever, in all likelihood.
Dark Souls is not a sadistic, unforgiving taskmaster. It's more akin to an extremely liberal but entirely benevolent parent, one who wants to let their child explore the world and learn from their own mistakes, but will always be there as a safety net when things go wrong.
It's a game of multitudinous, nuanced victories and pleasures, many of which take prolonged play to really understand. That's probably why so much discussion about the game remains in the safe shallows. Dark Souls is a deeply intelligent game that truly understands the psychology of the player experience. Every one of its vast array of interlocking systems is designed with gratifying, enriching, long-term play at heart, but it all starts with the genius of one core gameplay loop.
That loop, for the uninitiated, is thus. You explore a new area. The area will follow a largely linear, but branching structure. The area is almost invariably filled with new enemies and challenges that you won't initially know how to tackle. Some of those enemies may be a great deal more challenging than anything you've faced before. You will probably die at some point.
Each enemy you kill will furnish you with a set number of souls. Souls are the game's combined currency and XP system. You can safely bank them by buying things with them--at designated merchant or blacksmith areas--or by levelling up individual character stats, thereby also increasing your overall XP level. When you die, you will leave the souls you were carrying where you fell, and will be revived at the last bonfire you rested at. Bonfires generally appear once per area, and are entirely safe zones. They are also the only place where levelling can happen. You can retrieve your dropped souls after a death, but whenever you revive or rest at a bonfire, all of the area's non-boss and non-miniboss enemies will respawn. If you die again while trying to retrieve your souls, they're gone.
On paper, it sounds brutal. In practice, it's sublime. With less care paid to the game elements around it, Dark Souls' loop could have been the punishing exercise in brutality that many believe it to be. In reality, it is only an engine for enrichment and real, player-led empowerment, driven by little more than increased understanding. The reason that Dark Souls is hard--the only reason that Dark Souls is hard--is because it has to be in order for its central mechanism to work. Without a challenge and a sense of risk, its engine would lack the fuel it needs in order create a truly meaningful player experience.
The potential loss of souls is an obvious catalyst that inspires careful play. That forces you to slow down and respect your surroundings and potential opposition. The combined upshot of this is that you inevitably become deeply analytical. And then, for the first time of many, you start to understand new things. The aware, thoughtful mindset that Dark Souls' challenge and risk cultivates makes you notice things more clearly than you would otherwise. It makes you notice everything.
Lines of sight. Subtleties of enemy attack properties. Intricacies of AI trigger states. How different weapons and different types of strike, block and evasion work in relation to different shapes and sizes of environment, and different levels of elevation. An almost transcendent level of spatial awareness at all times, in all places. In short, it makes you aware of total game design, in a way that no other game does.
But crucially, this process isn't about you finding cheats and exploits out of fear of an unfair game. What's actually happening is that Dark Souls is showing you the answers. It's laying everything right out for you, by putting you in a mindset that leads you to the way. It's handing you the keys to the kingdom from the off and hoping, like the aforementioned parent, that you realise what's happening and take them from its hand. Because if Dark Souls doesn't directly tell you the way to mastery, if it instead just puts it down in front of you and lets you find it, then like the tottering child of the aforementioned parent, the eventual victory will be experienced as yours and yours alone, delivered by your own, self-discovered understanding. And that will make you much stronger going forward than any amount of help or artificial empowerment ever will.
I've written before, when discussing online multiplayer, about the difference between player-driven improvement and game-delivered improvement. I've criticised the now almost-default system of XP-driven unlocks as being detrimental to player skill and development. If success comes not necessarily by learning a game and developing real-world skills, but by hanging around long enough to be handed a game-world improvement by way of a better gun, then what's the incentive to improve? And without the incentive to improve, where's the deep, personal satisfaction that comes from self-improvement?
Dark Souls is the antithesis of that model. Dark Souls wants you to do well. Dark Souls always, always wants the best for you. But by nature of truly wanting the best for you, rather than simply wanting to furnish the most immediate victory or the easiest route to gratification, it wants you to attain those victories alongside the kind of enlightenment that will help you elsewhere. There is always a way in Dark Souls. However bad things look, there is always a way, and Dark Souls wants you to find it. Because it knows that the finding is even more important than the getting.
Let's look at that core gameplay loop again, knowing all of this. Let's think about how the above philosophy shapes and informs it. Let's think about what those repeat runs to rescue your dropped souls are really about. Rather than forcing immediate, high-pressure situations, they're about giving you the breathing space to explore and learn about new adversities at your own pace. The recovery of souls is almost a MacGuffin, giving you a tangible, valuable reason to go straight back into the fray rather than becoming intimidated into giving up or trying somewhere else. It ensures that you will go back, more cautious, more aware, and eventually--yes!--more understanding.
It ensures that you will repeatedly expose yourself to your fears until you, sometimes without realising it, learn to overcome them. Then it sugar-coats that already-sweet moment of victory with the return of your hard-earned bounty. Hell, if you've taken repeat attempts at a particular run, reclaiming your souls before dying again--a staple eventuality of boss fights, and standard play once you discover the techniques of exploring safely--then upon finally overcoming the odds you'll realise that the multiple return trips have accumulated a soul stash many times over what you initially lost. You see? You see what Dark Souls is doing here?
And those things that challenged you earlier on? Those enemies and situations that seemed impossible to overcome? You'll go back and carve through them like a samurai, not because you have better gear, but because you now know how to carve through them like a samurai. And although those methods with be radically different to those required to defeat your later challengers, the mind-set you gained while discovering them, your awareness of Dark Souls' world, its workings, and its many creative opportunities--and more than that, your awareness that you can learn these things--will empower you to tackle the bigger boys harder and faster than you ever could have imagined beforehand.
Not just a high-risk, semi-roguelike kamikaze-run any more, is it? It's a combined classroom, training dojo, and victory podium. Through it, you ride your wobbly bike, Dark Souls running behind you, silently, hopefully holding onto the saddle, waiting for the moment that it can let it go, unannounced, and watch you make it on your own. At some point--at many points, in fact--you'll look over your shoulder, panic, and fall off. But you'll get back up knowing that for a brief period you were doing it. And then you'll realise that you were doing it because you can do it. And then you will.
Dark Souls. It bloody loves you. Don't fear it. Run up to it, trust it, and give it a big hug. I guarantee it will hug you back
QuoteBecause the true Dark Souls is the friendliest, most benevolent, most enriching game I've played in many, many years. Ever, in all likelihood.
:hmm:
By the by, having read half that article, it easily reads like it was put together by a troll. :D
Quote from: Syt on April 25, 2017, 01:11:17 AM
Divine Divinity rant. I spent an hour looking for an item all over the place yesterday.
A dwarf character is big into mead. He reeks of mead and is identified by a character because of the smell. He scoffs at dwarven ale and wants you to get him mead to progress the storyline.
So I went to every pub, dwarf home, shop keep, and any place with bees to find mead. No luck.
So I check a walkthrough. I need to buy him ale from his neighbor. :ultra: :bleeding:
It's hard for the sake of being hard. You knew that going in.
So I bought the ale, and handed it over, saying, "Here's your mead." :bleeding:
But yeah, it's done, and I'm almost at the end it seems.
Finished Divine Divinity. I enjoyed my 45 hours with the game, though the ending fell into the usual trope of "away with story, let's have a long combat gauntlet before facing the boss!" It's quite understandable (having an epic end fight and all that), but I was so overpowered at this stage (not least thanks to the Sword of Gods which I chanced upon which freezes enemies, including bosses, on hit) that it was more an exercise in bemused tedium for the final 2 hours.
This end grind which is part of many RPGs is something I'm really a bit tired of. Instead of raising emotional stakes, it's usually just pointing you at the baddie with a legion of enemies between you and your target.
Also, it's the first game I played completely on stream. I even had the occasional viewer. :D Took me 11 days, or 8 streams (I took breaks for one off streams of strategy games).
GTA V online with my nephews. We are total assholes. Too bad one of their friends joins in, as the little shit has the most high pitched voice I've heard in quite a while.
Gal Civ 3 when I can grab a spare moment.
Grab the spare moment.
Finished Dark Souls. Made it through Artorias, Kalameet, Manus, and Gwyn over the last few days. Started NG+ - got to the Depths pretty easily and then thought, "Erm, let's take a break from DS1 ..." So I started Dark Souls II - Scholar of the First Sin :D
Got Call of Duty infinite warfare with my replacement PS4. 3 online matches, 3 kills and 44 deaths. :lol:
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 05, 2017, 07:26:17 PM
Got Call of Duty infinite warfare with my replacement PS4. 3 online matches, 3 kills and 44 deaths. :lol:
:lol: Us olds just don't have the reaction times like we used to.
That's why you make up for it in Madden, because the little shits can't read the mike dog in a Tampa 2 cover.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 05, 2017, 07:46:18 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 05, 2017, 07:26:17 PM
Got Call of Duty infinite warfare with my replacement PS4. 3 online matches, 3 kills and 44 deaths. :lol:
:lol: Us olds just don't have the reaction times like we used to.
That's why you make up for it in Madden, because the little shits can't read the mike dog in a Tampa 2 cover.
I've already humbled my nephew in Madden. I lulled him with first down running plays and play action with Aaron Rodgers.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 05, 2017, 07:26:17 PM
Got Call of Duty infinite warfare with my replacement PS4. 3 online matches, 3 kills and 44 deaths. :lol:
Woohoo! Got 3 more kills in one match with a grenade. I got cussed at.:w00t:
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 06, 2017, 06:42:38 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 05, 2017, 07:26:17 PM
Got Call of Duty infinite warfare with my replacement PS4. 3 online matches, 3 kills and 44 deaths. :lol:
Woohoo! Got 3 more kills in one match with a grenade. I got cussed at.:w00t:
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I started far cry 3.
Its good.
I love Far Cry 3 and 4.
According to steam, it's been two months since I last fired up a videogame. It's probably the longest dry stretch since I own a computer. What's happening to me?
Quote from: celedhring on May 08, 2017, 02:56:50 PM
According to steam, it's been two months since I last fired up a videogame. It's probably the longest dry stretch since I own a computer. What's happening to me?
Girlfriend?
Quote from: Valmy on May 08, 2017, 02:58:45 PM
Quote from: celedhring on May 08, 2017, 02:56:50 PM
According to steam, it's been two months since I last fired up a videogame. It's probably the longest dry stretch since I own a computer. What's happening to me?
Girlfriend?
Yeah, one of the main reasons most definitely. Weekends that I would have previously spent beating games are now spent doing... other... things... that are not videogames.
I also used to play a bit after dinner but I find myself firing up Netflix instead.
The trick is to be as repulsive as possible.
Quote from: celedhring on May 08, 2017, 02:56:50 PM
According to steam, it's been two months since I last fired up a videogame. It's probably the longest dry stretch since I own a computer. What's happening to me?
You are maturing :)
Quote from: Razgovory on May 08, 2017, 08:19:41 PM
The trick is to be as repulsive as possible.
I tried this, it doesn't work, steam games still keep throwing themselves at me.
Quote from: celedhring on May 08, 2017, 02:56:50 PM
According to steam, it's been two months since I last fired up a videogame. It's probably the longest dry stretch since I own a computer. What's happening to me?
You played game on GOG or Origin instead? :P
Quote from: Solmyr on May 09, 2017, 04:01:41 PM
Quote from: celedhring on May 08, 2017, 02:56:50 PM
According to steam, it's been two months since I last fired up a videogame. It's probably the longest dry stretch since I own a computer. What's happening to me?
You played game on GOG or Origin instead? :P
No. I guess I have toyed with some phone games while commuting, but none has stuck either.
I like World of Tanks on the PS4. Couldn't stand it on PC but on a 73" screen? Glorious.
I'm up to a Pz III w/50mm gun. :)
Well, I might break my VG duck. I spotted Diablo 3+Expansion at a pretty nice discount at my local game store. How does it compare to more recent action RPGs? (i.e. the Grim Dawns, Victor Vrans, or even Path of Exile). D2 was one of the defining games of my youth.
Quote from: celedhring on May 11, 2017, 03:28:54 AM
Well, I might break my VG duck. I spotted Diablo 3+Expansion at a pretty nice discount at my local game store. How does it compare to more recent action RPGs? (i.e. the Grim Dawns, Victor Vrans, or even Path of Exile). D2 was one of the defining games of my youth.
I enjoyed it, but it doesn't have near the staying power of PoE. I like the difficulty setting (make sure to crank up the difficulty until it starts getting hard) and find the visual clues/responsiveness to be about the best of any modern ARPG.
It's very playable now, but from what I see, Path of Exile offers more depth.
If you want to play it for the story ... it's not so great. That said, when a new season starts I usually start a new seasonal character. There's tons of build suggestions online, and you can always check the builds of people in the rankings (which is usually pretty uniform on top levels).
It's a great game for keeping the lizard brain busy while listening to podcasts or audiobooks, usually farming your way through rifts (randomly generated dungeons of increasing difficulty) or doing the bounties (completing certain story quests, usually killing a certain boss or elite).
Yeah, I haven't played it in a while but I use it as a way to listen to music.
Ok, guess I will pass then. The story and atmosphere was always the big draw for me from D2. There's a bunch of cheaper ARPGs out there (and PoE). I actually have Victor Vran and a couple of Van Helsings still unplayed in my steam library.
I played way too much Motorsport Manager yesterday. Surprisingly addictive. Half off right now too.
Quote from: celedhring on May 11, 2017, 03:28:54 AM
Well, I might break my VG duck. I spotted Diablo 3+Expansion at a pretty nice discount at my local game store. How does it compare to more recent action RPGs? (i.e. the Grim Dawns, Victor Vrans, or even Path of Exile). D2 was one of the defining games of my youth.
First, it is nothing like D2. The closest thing to D2 these days is POE.
Second, D3 is repetitive - it is basically doing timed runs to a boss kill over and over again. I uninstalled it a while ago.
edit: oops you didnt need more talking out of it :)
16 hours into Dark Souls II - Scholar of the First Sin.
So far, I don't like it as much as DS1. DS1 had an atmosphere of decay, despair, and desolation, plus demons and general WTF.
DS2 looks brighter, and is generally "ruined castles with zombie knights" so far. The level design feels less inspired.
Combat is different and feels a bit off. DS1 you could start with sword and shield and make progress (block enemy which gives you opening for attack). DS2 takes a while to give you a shield that doesn't have any "bleed through" physical damage, and generally wants you to dodge/parry much more than DS1, at least in the start so far (I want to go with a strength/tanky build). In general it feels a bit less responsive/sluggish, which is weird, since DS2 runs at 60FPS, whereas DS1 is at 30 (unless you mod it).
It doesn't help that your max health takes a hit every time you die (you can mitigate that effect by using human effigies to restore to full health). Additionally, some animations have been slowed down, like when you take a swig of healing potion. Again, this can be mitigated by leveling a certain attribute. And carry weight/stamina have been split in two different attributes.
Another change is that enemies stop reappearing if you kill them often enough. Which has currently led me to "clearing" (=farning) an area before progressing. On the plus side, I picked up 6 followers yesterday, and another 10 today, with usually around 10-12 people watching at a time. :cool:
Quote from: frunk on May 13, 2017, 07:18:59 AM
I played way too much Motorsport Manager yesterday. Surprisingly addictive. Half off right now too.
Started a new game in the lowest league, barely won the league in the second season with a stunning 1/2 finish in the last race. Passed on promotion as I didn't have the infrastructure yet. Season 3 I dominate most of the way. Heading into the last race I have a 37 point lead, which should be enough as long as I do ok. First lap my number 1 driver crashes, number 2 puts in a mediocre finish at 12. I thought even that was enough, but I forgot the last race was worth double points. The chairman was not happy, but I kept my job.
Quote from: frunk on May 19, 2017, 05:14:57 AM
Quote from: frunk on May 13, 2017, 07:18:59 AM
I played way too much Motorsport Manager yesterday. Surprisingly addictive. Half off right now too.
Started a new game in the lowest league, barely won the league in the second season with a stunning 1/2 finish in the last race. Passed on promotion as I didn't have the infrastructure yet. Season 3 I dominate most of the way. Heading into the last race I have a 37 point lead, which should be enough as long as I do ok. First lap my number 1 driver crashes, number 2 puts in a mediocre finish at 12. I thought even that was enough, but I forgot the last race was worth double points. The chairman was not happy, but I kept my job.
It IS addictive.
My best game so far has run a course similar to yours:
first season, placed third in the lower league;
second season, won the league but refused promotion for budget problems;
third season, easily won (almost all the races finished between 1st and 3rd position), and accepted promotion, because I thought I had raìised enough money, but during the fourth season I resigned because, although I've spent almost all the money for the best possible car and a couple of improvements to the buildings, I was unable to meet the expectations of the board.
L.
Quote from: frunk on May 19, 2017, 05:14:57 AM
Started a new game in the lowest league, barely won the league in the second season with a stunning 1/2 finish in the last race. Passed on promotion as I didn't have the infrastructure yet. Season 3 I dominate most of the way. Heading into the last race I have a 37 point lead, which should be enough as long as I do ok. First lap my number 1 driver crashes, number 2 puts in a mediocre finish at 12. I thought even that was enough, but I forgot the last race was worth double points. The chairman was not happy, but I kept my job.
Fifth season I move up a league. Due to financial mismanagement I don't do that well, but I manage to scrape into 7th when the chairman was looking for 6th. Sixth season is a complete disaster. I straighten out the books, but my number 1 driver either crashes or gets hit in just about every race. Number 2, with pretty much the same orders, drives clean but fails to get points. When number 1 gets a 4 week injury after one crash I plug in the reserve driver who promptly crashes and gets a season ending injury. I get fired before the end of the season.
Quote from: frunk on May 21, 2017, 12:16:14 AM
Quote from: frunk on May 19, 2017, 05:14:57 AM
Started a new game in the lowest league, barely won the league in the second season with a stunning 1/2 finish in the last race. Passed on promotion as I didn't have the infrastructure yet. Season 3 I dominate most of the way. Heading into the last race I have a 37 point lead, which should be enough as long as I do ok. First lap my number 1 driver crashes, number 2 puts in a mediocre finish at 12. I thought even that was enough, but I forgot the last race was worth double points. The chairman was not happy, but I kept my job.
Fifth season I move up a league. Due to financial mismanagement I don't do that well, but I manage to scrape into 7th when the chairman was looking for 6th. Sixth season is a complete disaster. I straighten out the books, but my number 1 driver either crashes or gets hit in just about every race. Number 2, with pretty much the same orders, drives clean but fails to get points. When number 1 gets a 4 week injury after one crash I plug in the reserve driver who promptly crashes and gets a season ending injury. I get fired before the end of the season.
:XD:
After promoting it is pretty damn difficult to get on par. Game is really good, but qualifying and tweaking the car before every race starts to feel very repetitive.
Dark Souls II
Made it through Harvest Valley and Earthen Peak to the Iron Keep, aka PVP hell. :P Burned a human effigy to stop invasions ... but then you get invaded by NPCs. :P
Got smashed a few times by Smelter Demon and decided to farm the area for a bit. Finally got invaded by a guy who was doing nothing but throwing stuff at me. Realized late that what he threw were corrosive bombs, so he broke part of my armor, and two rings. Over 11k souls in repair bill.
On the plus side, my Winged Spear and Bastard Swords are both +7, and I have the Pursuer Greatshield.
Quote from: Alcibiades on May 21, 2017, 10:54:55 AM
:XD:
After promoting it is pretty damn difficult to get on par. Game is really good, but qualifying and tweaking the car before every race starts to feel very repetitive.
I do wish I could save car setups, ideally marked for a given track. I sim qualifying, which is certainly sub-optimal but keeps me interested and reduces the repetition.
After getting fired I got a job with the last place tier 1 team. I pull them up to 6th before the end of the season (getting points in one lucky race with 5 cellar teams). In season 7 (first full season in tier 1) I manage a 1/2 which should keep me out of trouble.
Well, I'm, uhm, taking a break from DS2SotFS.
I'm 8 hours into DS3 now, though, just made it to the Undead Settlement.
I like this game infinitely more than DS3 at this point. The environments so far are gorgeous and I've spent a good time just taking in all the detail in the environments, something that DS1 was good at, DS2SotFS had little of, and DS3 has (so far) in spades. I was probably 10 minutes in the cathedral where you get the banner to gawk at the design.
I mostly love these games for the lore/world design, so DS2SotFS felt like a letdown to me, and that it served mostly to offer a starkly improved challenge to veterans.
Started as Warrior and sticking with my Axe so far (+2!), plus Longbow. I found the Astora Straight Sword, but don't have enough faith. Also have the Silver Eagler Shield, but that low stability ... :(
Needed 4 tries for Iudex Gundyr, and 5 or 6 on Vordt. Although I spent some time farming souls from the fire breath attack from the drake (dragon?).
Finally started XCom 2, its very good.
The stealth stage of battles is a nice touch. Though I hate the whole enemies standing in a field until uncovered at which point they dash for cover thing. They should already be manoeuvring before you find them. The way it works is just...bad.
Victoria has been on my mind lately.
Any decent mods for Vicky 2 appeared in recent years?
I continue to play World of Tanks. Even spent 50 bucks on imaginary gold.
The Seedy jackasses continue to knock my Hetzer off cliffs. Playstation fags. :rolleyes:
Hetzer gonna Hetz.
That's my sniper spot.
MY SPOT. Those bushes are mine to hide in. Get your own bush.
Quote from: FunkMonk on May 29, 2017, 08:02:26 PM
Hetzer gonna Hetz.
I hated the slow fucker at first. Then I got the engine upgrade. :w00t:
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 29, 2017, 08:11:12 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on May 29, 2017, 08:02:26 PM
Hetzer gonna Hetz.
I hated the slow fucker at first. Then I got the engine upgrade. :w00t:
I had 10 kills in a Hetzer once. Glorious little bugger.
Hellkittehs FTW
Like a Pinto with an AT gun
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 29, 2017, 08:10:14 PM
MY SPOT. Those bushes are mine to hide in. Get your own bush.
You two can take your turn playing Spicer
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 30, 2017, 05:02:39 PM
Hellkittehs FTW
Like a Pinto with an AT gun
I like shooting those up with a Pz II. Ass shot city!
1) Forgot my laptop at my GF's place, and dug up a 15-year old one to do some work before I get it back.
2) Found that it had CM 01/02 installed.
3) Bought Tó Madeira for my local low league team.
So my videogame abstinency is broken :w00t:
Gonna start over on Dark Souls III. 36 hours into my character, and I messed up a few questlines I want to see through. Also, I need to take the game slower. I was mostly focused on getting the hell on instead of properly "learning" an area before continuing. I need to get back into the sightseeing/tourist mode that served me well in DS1 (though DS3 has higher difficulty and is generally more fast paced). Bow & Arrow are still amazing tools to reduce the difficulty. I've watched playthroughs/read wikis a lot recently, so I should be better prepared this time. I tried playing the game blind, but I don't think I'm handling it well enough. :D
WoT update: I love the Bogatyr KV. One match it deflected over 5000 points of damage and was still running at the end. Wish I could upgrade its 76 mm gun. But light and medium tank fags get zapped easily.
Sadly, I'm seeing those gay anime tanks in the game.
I get kicked too easily in WoT. WoW, not so much.
I mute the microphone. I don't need to hear Wu Tang Clan.
Fuck the microphone. Just the amount of autistic assplay in the game is enough.
ZOMG DONT CAP DONT CAP
Fuck that shit.
Quote from: Ed Anger on June 25, 2017, 09:43:13 AM
I mute the microphone. I don't need to hear Wu Tang Clan.
Which one are you?
I am on Silent Hunter III, this time with the Living Silent Hunter 2015 mod, which is really gorgeous. I'm thinking of making an AAR diary of my current career.
SH III was a really good game. They did a great job on that.
Playing 'Battle Group 2'*, a side scrolling naval shoot'em up; entertaining.
* In the Steam sale for a buck. :)
So I finally bought a Wii :w00t:
Got it home and......
It doesn't support hdmi, it only has an rca cable which my TV is lacking an input for . And there's no rca to scart adapter in the box.
Doh!
This being Switzerland I'll have to wait till Monday and pay 10 times the normal price for an adapter.
My main game is still Dark Souls III. I'm 70 hours on it in total, with 34 hours on my current playthrough attempt. I think I may be like 25-33% through, but I progress slowly since I discovered co-op and PvP which I previously avoided. :blush:
Quote from: Tyr on July 02, 2017, 12:51:34 AM
So I finally bought a Wii :w00t:
Got it home and......
It doesn't support hdmi, it only has an rca cable which my TV is lacking an input for . And there's no rca to scart adapter in the box.
Doh!
This being Switzerland I'll have to wait till Monday and pay 10 times the normal price for an adapter.
Get the Wii YUV cable instead. RCA to SCART only gives you crappy composite picture anyways.
Adapter won't do much good. If your TV has a RGB start input use it, YUV is better (480p vs 480i) but not all games support it.
Quote from: Tyr on July 02, 2017, 12:51:34 AM
So I finally bought a Wii :w00t:
Welcome to 2007, Borat. :hug:
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 02, 2017, 10:13:49 AM
Quote from: Tyr on July 02, 2017, 12:51:34 AM
So I finally bought a Wii :w00t:
Got it home and......
It doesn't support hdmi, it only has an rca cable which my TV is lacking an input for . And there's no rca to scart adapter in the box.
Doh!
This being Switzerland I'll have to wait till Monday and pay 10 times the normal price for an adapter.
Get the Wii YUV cable instead. RCA to SCART only gives you crappy composite picture anyways.
Adapter won't do much good. If your TV has a RGB start input use it, YUV is better (480p vs 480i) but not all games support it.
I'm not sure I have that on my TV.
I have scart, rgb, hdmi, something called side AV which is a little yellow hole and apparently according to the settings available to me YPbPr though I can't find holes for that.
RGB doesn't carry sound no?
RGB carries sound, at least in PAL land i.e Europe with Switzerland.
Side AV is crap, composite level, not even S-Video Level which would be still below Scart RGB.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 02, 2017, 01:30:23 PM
RGB carries sound, at least in PAL land i.e Europe with Switzerland.
Side AV is crap, composite level, not even S-Video Level which would be still below Scart RGB.
Are you sure about that?
https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/getting-your-computer-audio-to-play-through-your-lcd-tv.138561/
Its different where there's not a pc involved?
I wonder how this kind of thing works:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/322473491350?chn=ps&dispItem=1&adgroupid=47129861247&rlsatarget=pla-329565027492&abcId=1128966&adtype=pla&merchantid=116579024&poi=&googleloc=1006886&device=c&campaignid=856325497&crdt=0
Seems weird that you'd be able to do hdmi with a device not designed for it.
I fear it might be something stupid like the vga to hdmi cable's you see around,
The Wii RGB Scart carries sound. Do you have a PC monitor or TV btw? The only possible issue would be for an old LCD or CRT PC monitor.
VGA is not officially compatible with the wii but I have seen cables VGA cables for the Wii too.
War is cruel. :cry:
Quote26.1.40.
1734 Grid AM 26 Ship sunk! Paloma Nara (Medium Passengership), 6616 GRT/ts
Cargo: Passengers. Crew: 603. Crew lost: 452
Before that, I randomly encountered a Task Force on surface, during late daylight, of a Nelson-type Battleship with 5 Destroyers, so it was either the
HMS Nelson or
HMS Rodney. My periscope was acting like shit since I left the submarine tender "Gelting" in northern Spain, but since I spotted the TF before going submerged I was able to have my 1WO plot a target solution before going under. Snapped shot a 4-eel salvo into its portside; 3 hits right into the BB... but it didn't go down. :(
Then the destroyers went to savage me. I counted at least 3 trying to find me, and one with a damn ASDIC. Two broadsides of depth charges hit me: One when I was in periscope depth which raped all my con tower, and another while going deeper that bursted into floodings, disabled my Electric engines, and destroyed my Port Diesel engine. One NCO was badly wounded. Put my damage team to work in earnest and I barely managed to control the flooding while I was losing my buoyancy and sinking. I finally managed to start the pumps it when reaching 140 meters. Whew.
Fortunately, those Destroyers were ass. The lost me on their ASDIC and they lost my trace. They kept depth charging A LOT, right around the spot where I was spotted the last time, probably because of some leaked oilage. So I put myself into silent running after taking back control of the ship and escaped by a tread.
The irony, the game assigned me
U-123 when I took my IXB, which was Reinhard Hardegen's. He is the last Uboat kaleun still alive, still kicking it at 104 years old. :sleep:
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 02, 2017, 06:42:54 PM
The Wii RGB Scart carries sound. Do you have a PC monitor or TV btw? The only possible issue would be for an old LCD or CRT PC monitor.
VGA is not officially compatible with the wii but I have seen cables VGA cables for the Wii too.
Tv
I might have got confused between rgb and vga. Hmm....
Anyway. I found a scart adapter and its working mostly OK (though boo nintneod for turning off online services). I've ordered a Wii to hdmi adapter for the long term to see how it looks.
Ordered a bunch of games on amazon. So much spending.... Ordered a gamecube pad too though no games yet, gamecube ones are surprisingly expensive.
The Wii can only output 480p at best, so you won't gain anything compared to a YUV cable.
Even the Playstation 2 could output 480p, and in a couple of rare instances 1080i or 720p so keep your expectations low and you won't be disappointed.
I got my Tiger tank! :w00t:
I hit my first serious bug in Motorsport Manager. I had a car entering the pit lane with a 7% front wing, the front wing drops to 0, it retires and doesn't stop. It drives out of the pit lane and circles the track in 15th place (marked as retired) until the end of the race. It magically pops into 14th at that point, having completed more laps than the 15th place car.
I'm back at my third playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition. True completism is the goal.
Quote from: frunk on July 16, 2017, 12:57:51 PM
I hit my first serious bug in Motorsport Manager. I had a car entering the pit lane with a 7% front wing, the front wing drops to 0, it retires and doesn't stop. It drives out of the pit lane and circles the track in 15th place (marked as retired) until the end of the race. It magically pops into 14th at that point, having completed more laps than the 15th place car.
And the latest patch has introduce persistent CTDs to the gameplay. Too bad, as the quality of life improvements and pit crew management are really quite nice. Supposedly it happens when you use your reserve driver during practice sessions.
One of the best games ever & the best extreme sports game ever made is coming to Xbox One BC compatibility next week.
SSX3, I'm excited!
the only game i am playing daily other than scrabble on my phone, is Star Trek timelines also, on my phone. only a couple of years late to that party. It's beginning to wear a bit thin. but it hits all my mashup of different universes and timelines g-spots. I still really enjoy sending Stamets, Kai Winn, and ensign Pazlar on away missions/faction missions, etc. i am not spending any money on it, so after a few months of playing, i have only 'immortalized' and frozen a few characters into cryostasis. i have not joined a fleet nor have i much interest in the co-operative of multi-player experience of any game. solo adventure gamer 4 life!
Vermintide 2. Think L4D meets Warhammer Fantasy with a touch of ARPG. Somewhat buggy and unbalanced, but crushing Skaven skulls with a mighty warhammer is rather satisfying.
I got Tooth and Tail from Humble Bundle.
It's curious, I was expecting an RTS but its actually Cannon Fodder.
Which is different.
Quote from: Tyr on April 13, 2018, 12:09:31 PM
I got Tooth and Tail from Humble Bundle.
It's curious, I was expecting an RTS but its actually Cannon Fodder.
Which is different.
Shouldn't this be in Brain's special interest thread?
I've been playing Hearts of Iron 4. There is an option to go democratic as Germany. It fun playing the good guy Germans. I typically play with historical choices off for the AI because you get such unexpected result. France went Fascist and Declared war on Germany. In 1940 Belgium, Luxumbourg and the Netherlands joined Germany in an alliance and overran France. Unfortunately some time in 1941 Britain decided to declare war on Belgium (Which now occupied all of France). So Democratic Britain was at War with Democratic Germany. That got tedious.
SSX3 all the way from 2004.
Divinity Original Sin 2. I didn't like the first one with its mandatory dual protagonist - but out of boredom I bought this and to my surprise I've sunk a great deal of hours in it so far. At first I was sneering at what appeared to be Asian inspired shenanigans (oversized weapons, cartoon-like characters) but the story turned out to be rather engaging - and the gameplay itself is fun! You can find many let's plays/reviews on Youtube.
XCom 2. ABout to get War of the Chosen, and I wanted to warm-up my skills. The third level of difficulty (whatever it's called) seems a lot easier this time, particularly since I'm not rushing it, and I have basically mastered the mechanics. The Arc Stun blade is the biggest deal ever. Totally unbalances the early game. I love it.
Quote from: Scipio on April 18, 2018, 10:50:35 AM
XCom 2. ABout to get War of the Chosen, and I wanted to warm-up my skills. The third level of difficulty (whatever it's called) seems a lot easier this time, particularly since I'm not rushing it, and I have basically mastered the mechanics. The Arc Stun blade is the biggest deal ever. Totally unbalances the early game. I love it.
War of the Chosen is an awesome expansion.
Picked up Panzer Corps from Humblebundle. Having a total blast with it after also buying the "Grand Campaign" DLCs which greatly increase the granularity of the campaign. I.e., I just fought seven scenarios in Poland and three in Norway before even getting to Belgium/France.
The game is essentially a Panzer General clone but very polished at that.
Playing a game called 'Caravan' on steam, nice setting, graphics and atmospheric sounds.
Gameplay may not be that deep, but a real nice vibe and cheap too.
Quote from: celedhring on May 17, 2018, 03:39:49 AM
Picked up Panzer Corps from Humblebundle. Having a total blast with it after also buying the "Grand Campaign" DLCs which greatly increase the granularity of the campaign. I.e., I just fought seven scenarios in Poland and three in Norway before even getting to Belgium/France.
The game is essentially a Panzer General clone but very polished at that.
Yeah, I enjoyed it. I got about halfway through 1941 in the Grand Campaign before the endless samey battles in Russia got to me. Hmm, rather realistic.
occasional at the moment tabletop rpgs like Call of Cthulhu, Mutants and masterminds, and the occasional few hours of fallout new vegas because all i got is a ps3 really for gaming. really need a windfall to get a ps4 and move up a notch on cool games, really though just fallout 4 is all i am interested in, or something very similar. #sandbox4Life
I just bought Persona 5.
I'm telling myself I should finish FF13 first.
But...
PERSONA!
Is it just me or do PS3 games not have manuals now? Since when?
Quote from: Razgovory on April 13, 2018, 05:47:45 PM
I've been playing Hearts of Iron 4. There is an option to go democratic as Germany. It fun playing the good guy Germans. I typically play with historical choices off for the AI because you get such unexpected result. France went Fascist and Declared war on Germany. In 1940 Belgium, Luxumbourg and the Netherlands joined Germany in an alliance and overran France. Unfortunately some time in 1941 Britain decided to declare war on Belgium (Which now occupied all of France). So Democratic Britain was at War with Democratic Germany. That got tedious.
Who was the Generalissimo of l'État français in this scenario? I mean part of the problem with 1930s France is they had no charismatic leaders :P
Quote from: Valmy on June 12, 2018, 07:26:45 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 13, 2018, 05:47:45 PM
I've been playing Hearts of Iron 4. There is an option to go democratic as Germany. It fun playing the good guy Germans. I typically play with historical choices off for the AI because you get such unexpected result. France went Fascist and Declared war on Germany. In 1940 Belgium, Luxumbourg and the Netherlands joined Germany in an alliance and overran France. Unfortunately some time in 1941 Britain decided to declare war on Belgium (Which now occupied all of France). So Democratic Britain was at War with Democratic Germany. That got tedious.
Who was the Generalissimo of l'État français in this scenario? I mean part of the problem with 1930s France is they had no charismatic leaders :P
I honestly don't remember. Petain I think.
I bought fifa 17 :lol:
Been keeping an eye on it for a while, waiting for it to drop to a sufficiently pocket change price as it inevitably would. I've heard the career mode is fun. Here it goes.
Wonder how long before ea swith to a full saas model :hmm:
Soon.
Origin Access premium is coming this fall.
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 19, 2018, 11:27:16 AM
Soon.
Origin Access premium is coming this fall.
Is that going to have the new Madden game? and how much will it be per month?
It should. 15/month or 100/year.
Cheap, I know.
I've been playing a lot of HOI4 lately, trying the Japanese which I've never played before. Interesting going and long, tough slog through China.
I could never learn how to play that game :blush:
I like Field of Glory II a lot. It's a nice beer & pretzels level wargame that with expansions covers 550 BC to 476 AD. Not a big fan of the campaigns (stringed together series of battles), but it's the perfect "I want to move ancient units in battle for an hour" game.
I wish it had Pike & Shot Campaigns and Sengoku Jidai style campaign maps, but I understand that to cover the entire time period might be hard.
Anyone ever played the a-train games?
I really want to...but the learning curve is high.
Started Valkyria Chronicles yesterday. Anime kids are fighting WW2 in a fantasy world. It's unit management, tactics, and loads of anime cutscenes. I've been warned by viewers that it can get grindy and pretty hard.
Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2018, 02:25:37 AM
Started Valkyria Chronicles yesterday. Anime kids are fighting WW2 in a fantasy world. It's unit management, tactics, and loads of anime cutscenes. I've been warned by viewers that it can get grindy and pretty hard.
I liked the game, but the tank controls with a mouse bugged the hell out of me.
They did take some getting used to. Not sure I'd want to again. :D
I'm using controller, so I'm ok so far. :) So far I've played up to where you select your squad and tried the first skirmish.
Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2018, 02:25:37 AM
Started Valkyria Chronicles yesterday. Anime kids are fighting WW2 in a fantasy world. It's unit management, tactics, and loads of anime cutscenes. I've been warned by viewers that it can get grindy and pretty hard.
its awesome.
I can't recall it ever getting too grindy.
Sadly the sequels never made it to PC :(
Quote from: Tyr on July 02, 2018, 02:27:10 PM
Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2018, 02:25:37 AM
Started Valkyria Chronicles yesterday. Anime kids are fighting WW2 in a fantasy world. It's unit management, tactics, and loads of anime cutscenes. I've been warned by viewers that it can get grindy and pretty hard.
its awesome.
I can't recall it ever getting too grindy.
Sadly the sequels never made it to PC :(
VC4 is coming to PC, though. :)
Eve Online. :bleeding: I don't know why I do this to myself.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on July 04, 2018, 01:40:45 AM
Eve Online. :bleeding: I don't know why I do this to myself.
I thought it was so you could be on that monument in Iceland.
Quote from: Valmy on July 04, 2018, 11:48:44 AM
I thought it was so you could be on that monument in Iceland.
Huh. I don't remember ever seeing that. :hmm: That's....something....
Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption.
Pretty fun successor to the Quest for Glory games. The PC is an inveterate punster.
Finally starting to get into The Witcher 3.
Humble Monthly had Conan, I've been playing around with that. Feels like ARK in a more (to me) interesting setting.
Skyrim on my ol ps3. my first character to make it past 2nd or 3rd level before i got bored of sucking at the game. i picked it out of my pile of non fallout games simply because i wanted a sandbox that was pretty in contrast to fallouts' wasteland aesthetic, which mostly suits me well. the lack of VATs is annoying to me when i try any new game that doesn't have something similar. anyway i was going through my old saves, newest one was from 4 years ago, i had somehow got my character to 8th level but quit when i couldn't get past some witches who kept ambushing and i just could not react fast enough to beat them. but this time around, i figured it out on the first try. run at them with two handed axe. and heal over and over when i get a chance to breathe. from there i played most of last weekend and this weekend and rounded my character with the predictable name Pris to 14th. sticking with the two handed mostly for fighting, enjoying having almost equal stamina, health and magicka. really using the ethereal shout to some spectacular one hit kills, letting folks try to hit me, then getting in an awesome power attack. bam. when it works it's so fun. i still really suck at archery, and find the aiming too hard for my several thumbed hands. so button mashing and lots of self healing is doing the trick for me. potions are a luxury.
next weekend i will be starting my new mutants and masterminds rpg that starts of in the late 40's America, with lots of of the era styled heroes and villains. but which is whitch?
Quote from: Scipio on July 13, 2018, 03:02:33 PM
Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption.
Pretty fun successor to the Quest for Glory games. The PC is an inveterate punster.
Yeah it is pretty fun. If you enjoyed QfG I would pick it up.
Taking a few days off from WoW before I try to plow through the pre-expansion content. I'm thinking of giving LotRO another go. It's been a few years.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on July 16, 2018, 02:17:14 PM
Skyrim on my ol ps3. my first character to make it past 2nd or 3rd level before i got bored of sucking at the game. i picked it out of my pile of non fallout games simply because i wanted a sandbox that was pretty in contrast to fallouts' wasteland aesthetic, which mostly suits me well. the lack of VATs is annoying to me when i try any new game that doesn't have something similar. anyway i was going through my old saves, newest one was from 4 years ago, i had somehow got my character to 8th level but quit when i couldn't get past some witches who kept ambushing and i just could not react fast enough to beat them. but this time around, i figured it out on the first try. run at them with two handed axe. and heal over and over when i get a chance to breathe. from there i played most of last weekend and this weekend and rounded my character with the predictable name Pris to 14th. sticking with the two handed mostly for fighting, enjoying having almost equal stamina, health and magicka. really using the ethereal shout to some spectacular one hit kills, letting folks try to hit me, then getting in an awesome power attack. bam. when it works it's so fun. i still really suck at archery, and find the aiming too hard for my several thumbed hands. so button mashing and lots of self healing is doing the trick for me. potions are a luxury.
next weekend i will be starting my new mutants and masterminds rpg that starts of in the late 40's America, with lots of of the era styled heroes and villains. but which is whitch?
Archery gets a lot easier after a few perks. There's a button to slow down time . Sneak + zoom = lors of one shot kills
Just bought a psp.
Valkyria chronicles 2 here I come.
Any recommendations for this console from the further than I realised past?
Trying out Warframe. Not quite sure I like it yet.
So, uh, I've taken to playing Dishonored 2 as a kind of stress reliever.
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I think I'm channeling my inner Hannibal Lector.
And this guy is just having a nice, quiet smoke next to a pile of shredded human corpses:
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Went all in on the Rise of the Tomb Raider sale. I really enjoyed the Tomb Raider reboot, so I'm hoping this one is just as good.
Quote from: Zoupa on August 09, 2018, 11:23:18 AM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on July 16, 2018, 02:17:14 PM
Skyrim on my ol ps3. my first character to make it past 2nd or 3rd level before i got bored of sucking at the game. i picked it out of my pile of non fallout games simply because i wanted a sandbox that was pretty in contrast to fallouts' wasteland aesthetic, which mostly suits me well. the lack of VATs is annoying to me when i try any new game that doesn't have something similar. anyway i was going through my old saves, newest one was from 4 years ago, i had somehow got my character to 8th level but quit when i couldn't get past some witches who kept ambushing and i just could not react fast enough to beat them. but this time around, i figured it out on the first try. run at them with two handed axe. and heal over and over when i get a chance to breathe. from there i played most of last weekend and this weekend and rounded my character with the predictable name Pris to 14th. sticking with the two handed mostly for fighting, enjoying having almost equal stamina, health and magicka. really using the ethereal shout to some spectacular one hit kills, letting folks try to hit me, then getting in an awesome power attack. bam. when it works it's so fun. i still really suck at archery, and find the aiming too hard for my several thumbed hands. so button mashing and lots of self healing is doing the trick for me. potions are a luxury.
next weekend i will be starting my new mutants and masterminds rpg that starts of in the late 40's America, with lots of of the era styled heroes and villains. but which is whitch?
Archery gets a lot easier after a few perks. There's a button to slow down time . Sneak + zoom = lors of one shot kills
definitely. feeling a lot better with archery now. made a couple of new characters and went hard on archery earlier. made such a difference in my playstyle. also much less frustrating in some encounters, to just pick folks off.
Just got Civilization Revolution 2. Pretty fun, but I miss the workers.
Arkham Horror LCG
Oh and this looks cool
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/the-call-of-cthulhu-illustrated-by-baranger?fbclid=IwAR1zpW2nLP4Fk3JPQAo17jIFKP4k5D-fJBkF9bXwV5eYXWQiBqVtfZ70yD4
Quote from: Eddie Teach on February 15, 2019, 02:45:13 AM
Just got Civilization Revolution 2. Pretty fun, but I miss the workers.
I enjoyed the first one on my phone, but I'd need an ipad or android tablet for this version?
I play it on my phone.
Quote from: Eddie Teach on February 15, 2019, 10:16:19 PM
I play it on my phone.
Thanks for that.
Though I think my phone screen at 4.7" is a bit too small for my eyes to play a game without strain. :(
Quote from: Eddie Teach on February 15, 2019, 10:16:19 PM
I play it on my phone.
I bought it, it's a great game.
Thanks for making me aware of it. :cheers:
I'm playing Battletech. Mechwarrior game. Think X-Com with giant robots. It's not a AAA game developer but very enjoyable. Recommended.
I beat Divinity: Original Sin 2 yesterday. Great game... agree it's one of the best CRPGs ever.
I saw that there was a new version of Moroblivion out, so decided to re-install Oblivion and give Morroblivion a run. Some things i discovered:
1. The Steam version of Oblivion is useless if you want to use mods (specifically, mods that use OBSE) and any mod manager other than the ancient Oblivion Mod Manager. I had to get the GOG version, which works exactly as advertised.
2. The game looks pretty good with all the texture updates. Not "modern" good, but quite good.
3. The game loads fast on a modern rig. Ten seconds from the desktop to the main menu, 20 seconds from the main menu to the save fully loaded.
4. The game is still unstable - maybe more unstable than under WinXp. I just save and end the game every 20 or 30 minutes and then reload. If I don't, it crashes about 40 minutes into a given playthrough.
5. Other than for some of the trees which look funky, Morroblivion pretty much completely replaces Morrowind. There's still some unvoiced dialogue, but the voice acting is actually pretty good, and Morrowind had almost none of it anyway.
When I complete Morroblivion I am going to finally finish the Ayleid Steps Mod.
Thanks for taking a look. Does it just replicate the world, or does it also add the quests from TES3 (which I assume would be quite hard as the game systems are quite different)?
2016 Master of Orion is basically MoO 2 reloaded, with some things lost and a tiny bit added. I don't regret paying the $10 as it definitely hits some nice nostalgia buttons, but it doesn't bring anything new to the genre to make it particularly interesting.
There are some interesting mods I plan to check out though.
Quote from: frunk on June 28, 2020, 11:00:49 AM
2016 Master of Orion is basically MoO 2 reloaded, with some things lost and a tiny bit added. I don't regret paying the $10 as it definitely hits some nice nostalgia buttons, but it doesn't bring anything new to the genre to make it particularly interesting.
A good description for many indie space 4X projects that just keep remaking variants of MoO2.
Project Winter: https://store.steampowered.com/app/774861/Project_Winter/
Played a few rounds with some friends. Definitely a learning curve for the survivors as the tutorial isn't the greatest, but there's significant replay value thanks to the randomized maps, items, etc., nevermind the shenanigans that the in-game proximity voice-communication allows.
Quote from: Syt on June 28, 2020, 09:59:43 AM
Thanks for taking a look. Does it just replicate the world, or does it also add the quests from TES3 (which I assume would be quite hard as the game systems are quite different)?
It has all the quests, dialogue, etc from TES 3. Most of the characters are recognizable in spite of the change in game systems.
That's good to know, I may have to give it a look. Though I also want to check the latest release of Morrowind Rebirth which has gone from 4.5 to 5.1 since I last played. I loved that it was vanilla friendly and added a fair amount of detail to the world, including some fun dungeons.
A few years ago I played The Room and have a fan of those games since. The puzzle box designs (though they became room and house sized in the sequels) are nice ways to relax. In general the puzzles aren't too hard and often depend on finding the next switch/button/mechanism. However, the (originally touch) controls make it quite satisfying to manipulate the objects.
I've picked up the two House of Da Vinci games on Steam. Much in the same vein as The Room, only with a more renaissance theme, and I enjoy them to chill after work. :)
One of the things I bought during the Steam Summer Sale and just started playing last night is Disco Elysium. Wow, what a weird game. :wacko:
Playing John Tiller's Campaign Corinth's Campaign as Union. I went for the option to take a pre-emptive attack on the Confederates at Ripley before they can amass their forces instead of preparing the defense of Corinth.
Currently struggling to shepherd my army towards Ripley. Armstrong's cavalry gave a good showing, fighting to the last, but it's created a bit of a jam. Not much open terrain. Also, I have tons of artillery, and not mnay great spots to deploy them, what with woods and hills everywhere.
(https://i.postimg.cc/zzCTcWDC/Jam.jpg)
I wish all the effort and research put into Tiller games would go into an even slightly more modern engine.
Such 1990s micromanagement hell these games are. I regularly keep trying them (Serbia '14 the latest) but I just can't keep up with moving all those bloody units for too long.
It depends. In Panzer Campaigns games I definitely prefer the smaller scenarios. The above is still quite manageable. I watched a recent tutorial video for the Waterloo game, and apparently there's a way to move an entire formation, not just a stack (at least along roads) with the help of the ALT key somehow, but I would have to look up the details for it again, and it might have been added by the recent update for Waterloo.
I think most development on the game is being done by Wargame Studies Group, anyways.
Quote from: Syt on July 17, 2020, 06:25:12 AM
It depends. In Panzer Campaigns games I definitely prefer the smaller scenarios. The above is still quite manageable. I watched a recent tutorial video for the Waterloo game, and apparently there's a way to move an entire formation, not just a stack (at least along roads) with the help of the ALT key somehow, but I would have to look up the details for it again, and it might have been added by the recent update for Waterloo.
I think most development on the game is being done by Wargame Studies Group, anyways.
IIRC the Alt-thing is also in Serbia '14 but I have found very next to useless.
I do really want to like these game though.
The worst is how skirmishers are handled in the Napoleonic games, detaching them as separate units. This quickly becomes a huge clusterfuck. The ACW games handle that better, with "skirmishers deployed" being a separate formation that gives recon bonus and some protection at the cost of movement speed. They're automatically recalled when you move into enemy ZOC or melee.
(https://i.postimg.cc/Bsy42VrR/Ripley.jpg)
Scenario about half over. The Union forces are stronger, but can't quite exploit their strength. I'm slowly pushing the Rebels back with gunfire. There's few melees, because I try to conserve my strength in case there's Confederate reinforcements coming from the South.
It's nasty clusterfuck, but things should be smoother once we've secured the river crossings (red arrows). I wish I had disabled the penalty for mixing formations from different Brigades/Divisions. :D
I've sent a detachment North to bind Rebel troops there or pursue them if they head South.
Btw, I appreciate them updating the zoom in graphics with the little soldiers and prettier maps. However, it becomes an indecipherable mess, IMHO:
(https://i.postimg.cc/0Pd7HFpH/Mess.jpg)
Same area in 2D:
(https://i.postimg.cc/M6qStcxL/Clear.jpg)
I had a lot of fun with Battles of Napoleon way back when. What's a good modern similar game?
Not much there beyond the John Tiller games. Scourge of War: Waterloo, maybe.
Wargamer's list:
https://www.wargamer.com/articles/napoleonic-war-games/
QuoteWhat are the best Napoleonic War Games?
Scourge of War: Waterloo
Holdfast: Nations at War
Napoleon: Total War
JTS Napoleonic Battles Series
Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle
Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory
L'Empereur
March of the Eagles
Victory and Glory Napoleon
Campaigns on The Danube
Wars of Napoleon
Some of these are grand strategy/operational games, and Holdfast is a multiplayer FPS.
A few turns later; I think sending a detachment to the Rebels' Northern flank was not such a great idea ... :hmm:
There's about 4000-5000 Rebel infantry to my 2500.
(https://i.postimg.cc/V63KZG5M/Northern-Flank.jpg)
What's your impression of the AI, Syt?
I wouldn't call it brilliant. The previous, much smaller scenario in the campaign had the Confederates supposed to take some victory hexes along a rail line, mean to represent a raid on the connection. They took one hex and I took it back. The result was a draw because I didn't really send out any troops to cause them losses.
In defense, as usual, they're a bit better. They're not completely terrible, and on the Southern flank I have a significant superiority.
In the North I was surprised that they sent up several regiments from their main force and reinforced the defense of the victory hex there. I'm pulling back my force, and while half their troops remain near the objective, the other half are kinda shadowing me; not really engaging, but also trying to show no opening. That said, I might be able to pull that force far enough away to fight it separately while waiting for my main force from the South to arrive.
Thanks.
You are making me want to buy a Panzer Campaigns Gold game before the sale runs out.
Big question is: France '40 or Budapest '45?
Now, in a lot of ways I am more drawn to France 40. Early war stuff, French equipment that you basically never see in wargames, and much more interesting "what ifs" than "will a totally pointless German counterattack manage to do little or perhaps no damage before it peters out?"
But of course, i have seen a significant portion of the Budapest 45 map with my own eyes, and have heard countless stories on the fighting it depicts. I mean, I could fight over my home village FFS.
I think the Panzer Campaigns games are JTS at its best. Mostly because if you play scenarios as the intended side you often have the odds strongly stacked against you. :P
Keep in mind that the PzC series is not built around urban combat. From the Budapest Siege scenario description:
QuoteBudapest, 3 Jan 1945: The city of Budapest was encircled on 26 Dec 1944. Like Stalingrad, Hitler ordered the city to hold at all cost as several relief attempts were hastily thrown together. But for the defenders, the noose tightened. The siege of Budapest was a long a bloody affiar where the ground was measured in metres, not Kilometers.[Size, medium] Designer Note: This scenario is a historical setup which shows a desperate slugfest for Budapest. The fighting could have continued weeks longer and eventually result in the same outcome. The scale of the Panzer Campaign series was never designed to model street-fighting such as this, yet we feel it is necessary to include this scenario to illustrate the full story of the fighting in Hungary in the early part of the last year of the war. [Size, medium]
(https://i.postimg.cc/YkqZ6d96/bud.jpg)
Yeah I'd be more interested in the "countryside" missions there.
BTW they have recently replaced default graphics on their Squad Battles titles to improve them. Well, I am not sure.
First World War went from this:
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to this:
(https://i.ibb.co/wYjdHy7/exmple.jpg)
:unsure:
Ok, I'm kinda done for now with Campaign Corinth. I pushed the Rebs across the bridges. I managed to cut off 5 or 6 regiments or so on "my" side and wipe them out. There's just artillery and a small handful of infantry left in Ripley. Some of my units suffered 30% casualties. The regiments that followed my Northern force now hook South and work their way through the forest to get in my rear. It's not really a threat, but more, like, tedious to take a brigade or two to repell them. I guess the laborious shuffling of units is somewhat realistic, but damn.
I played a bit with the Scourge of War tutorials. It feels realistic, despite its aged graphics, but man ... even just commanding a brigade of 5 regimnets is a lot of work in making sure everyone is where they're supposed to. :D
I think the best option for a fix of Civil War battles at the moment that is still somewhat playable is Universal General: Civil War.
Quote from: Tamas on July 18, 2020, 07:34:35 AM
BTW they have recently replaced default graphics on their Squad Battles titles to improve them. Well, I am not sure.
:unsure:
Not a fan of the changes. The terrain looks better in places, but the unit graphics look IMHO worse than the previous art. It's especially annoying that you can't easily tell commander units apart because every single unit is represented by 3 figures on the counter, even if it's a 2 man team, or a single commander.
There should be a backup of the unit graphics in the install folder, so you can restore them.
There's Age of Rifles, too. :)
Now that's a game that deserves a proper remake. I tried playing it again a few years ago, but I can't play with such a tiny view anymore. :(
Quote from: Syt on July 18, 2020, 07:55:00 AM
Now that's a game that deserves a proper remake. I tried playing it again a few years ago, but I can't play with such a tiny view anymore. :(
Not sure what you mean, it's full screen for me.
I mean it shows only a small part of the map.
Quote from: Syt on July 18, 2020, 08:58:09 AM
I mean it shows only a small part of the map.
Ah right, yeah that's not great.
Quote from: Syt on July 18, 2020, 04:09:56 AM
Not much there beyond the John Tiller games. Scourge of War: Waterloo, maybe.
Wargamer's list:
https://www.wargamer.com/articles/napoleonic-war-games/
QuoteWhat are the best Napoleonic War Games?
Scourge of War: Waterloo
Holdfast: Nations at War
Napoleon: Total War
JTS Napoleonic Battles Series
Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle
Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory
L'Empereur
March of the Eagles
Victory and Glory Napoleon
Campaigns on The Danube
Wars of Napoleon
Some of these are grand strategy/operational games, and Holdfast is a multiplayer FPS.
Thanks. I liked the sandbox nature of BoN. I had a great time making a Poltava map and armies. Not really playable, but still.
The lack of any good current games, let alone one with scenario editor, is quite lamentable. :(
I liked the ambition of Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition with its procedurally generated battles. Unfortunately I can't find my key for this one anymore, so I can't download it. And I don't think I want to spend another 37.99 on it :D
https://www.matrixgames.com/game/crown-of-glory-emperors-edition
Screw it I bought both games. :P
It's funny how this Budapest '45 scenario (Mor I) pretty much perfectly covers the area where I lived most of my life: :D
(https://i.ibb.co/mHjxR3F/exmple.jpg)
There are plenty of typos (and you didn't even see the scenario briefings. They have added a lot of user made scenarios but gawd they could have proofread them at least), but it is kind of cool.
Yeah typos are part of the deal with JTS games. When I got Modern Campaigns: North German Plain I liked the detail of the map, but there were quite a few errors in place names. I mentioned that I was from the area in the JTS section in the old Wargamer forum and that I would be happy to provide a list of corrections.
I was told that there were no typos because all the location names were taken from NATO maps. :rolleyes: Must have been shitty scans, because there were several cases of e.g. mixing up t and f and such. And in the later Danube Front Salzburg is spelled Salzberg ...
Played about an hour of Carrion. Really good fun so far, but I wouldn't consider it very challenging yet. It keeps gradually adding mechanics which is nice. Movement is surprisingly smooth, considering you're an amorphous mass of mouths and tentacles that keeps expanding as you consume more humans. My aim with right stick is crap as usual, but it gets the job done.
Quote from: Syt on July 18, 2020, 07:39:02 AM
Ok, I'm kinda done for now with Campaign Corinth. I pushed the Rebs across the bridges. I managed to cut off 5 or 6 regiments or so on "my" side and wipe them out. There's just artillery and a small handful of infantry left in Ripley. Some of my units suffered 30% casualties. The regiments that followed my Northern force now hook South and work their way through the forest to get in my rear. It's not really a threat, but more, like, tedious to take a brigade or two to repell them. I guess the laborious shuffling of units is somewhat realistic, but damn.
I played a bit with the Scourge of War tutorials. It feels realistic, despite its aged graphics, but man ... even just commanding a brigade of 5 regimnets is a lot of work in making sure everyone is where they're supposed to. :D
I think the best option for a fix of Civil War battles at the moment that is still somewhat playable is Universal General: Civil War.
I finished the battle since I had only 15 turns to go. I drove the Rebels out of Ripley, and repulsed their rear attack. In the North and South we had some stand offs. The battle ended with a major Union victory. I killed 13 Confederate leaders, including Earl van Dorn. Unfortunately, I lost General Rosecrans. With winning the major victory which in the context of the campaign means that the Rebel armies never manage to form up for the push to Corinth, and the Union army moves south. Which means the campaign ends after two battles unceremoniously with sending me back to the main menu. :D
I guess it's more challenging when you play against a human player or if you give the AI side an advantage on the balance slider.
Quote from: Syt on July 24, 2020, 05:14:11 AM
Played about an hour of Carrion. Really good fun so far, but I wouldn't consider it very challenging yet. It keeps gradually adding mechanics which is nice. Movement is surprisingly smooth, considering you're an amorphous mass of mouths and tentacles that keeps expanding as you consume more humans. My aim with right stick is crap as usual, but it gets the job done.
This has showed up on Gamepass, ended up spending most of my day with it :D
I am playing with keyboard and mouse, seems to work well.
Quote from: Tamas on July 18, 2020, 06:39:53 AM
. Early war stuff, French equipment that you basically never see in wargames
MMP recently released the new Croix de Guerre. Separate infantry and weapons squads for French, Vichy, Free French + 40 era vehicles.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on July 25, 2020, 11:46:24 PM
Quote from: Tamas on July 18, 2020, 06:39:53 AM
. Early war stuff, French equipment that you basically never see in wargames
MMP recently released the new Croix de Guerre. Separate infantry and weapons squads for French, Vichy, Free French + 40 era vehicles.
Cheers. Funnily enough they seem to be releasing a WW2 in Hungary operational game as well.
Quote from: Tamas on July 25, 2020, 03:00:09 PM
Quote from: Syt on July 24, 2020, 05:14:11 AM
Played about an hour of Carrion. Really good fun so far, but I wouldn't consider it very challenging yet. It keeps gradually adding mechanics which is nice. Movement is surprisingly smooth, considering you're an amorphous mass of mouths and tentacles that keeps expanding as you consume more humans. My aim with right stick is crap as usual, but it gets the job done.
This has showed up on Gamepass, ended up spending most of my day with it :D
I am playing with keyboard and mouse, seems to work well.
Finished it. Great fun.
It's very good. :)
I've been playing Banished with Colonial Charter mod and a few smaller mods. Also was playing Civ 6 a bit, got back into that. I also play HOI4 a lot, often playing Japan.
I beat Disco Elysium the other day. Awesome game, reminded me a lot of Planescape: Torment. :cool:
Been getting back into Kerbal Space Program after a long time away. I've gotten about as far as I've ever done before, plus a little. I've explored and landed on Mun and Minmus and sent out a probe into the Kerbol system. Now I'm almost ready to start exploring outside the local Kerbal area.
I finally dug into the space plane area too. It's fun to have a flight simulator built in where you have to build your own planes from scratch.
Space planes are in there by default? I thought they were mods only?
Thats where my kerbal experiments fell down. Got too wrapped up in mods.
Quote from: Tyr on August 14, 2020, 03:40:05 AM
Space planes are in there by default? I thought they were mods only?
Thats where my kerbal experiments fell down. Got too wrapped up in mods.
Long ago that was true, now it's part of the base game.
Quote from: frunk on August 13, 2020, 10:22:50 PM
Been getting back into Kerbal Space Program after a long time away. I've gotten about as far as I've ever done before, plus a little. I've explored and landed on Mun and Minmus and sent out a probe into the Kerbol system. Now I'm almost ready to start exploring outside the local Kerbal area.
I finally dug into the space plane area too. It's fun to have a flight simulator built in where you have to build your own planes from scratch.
Been playing some kerbal as well. Fun little game. steep learning curve on some stuff (docking ships for me) but once you get the handle of it it's not too bad
Quote from: HVC on August 14, 2020, 09:34:36 AM
Quote from: frunk on August 13, 2020, 10:22:50 PM
Been getting back into Kerbal Space Program after a long time away. I've gotten about as far as I've ever done before, plus a little. I've explored and landed on Mun and Minmus and sent out a probe into the Kerbol system. Now I'm almost ready to start exploring outside the local Kerbal area.
I finally dug into the space plane area too. It's fun to have a flight simulator built in where you have to build your own planes from scratch.
Been playing some kerbal as well. Fun little game. steep learning curve on some stuff (docking ships for me) but once you get the handle of it it's not too bad
Do you have any of the DLCs? If so, do they add much?
Quote from: frunk on August 16, 2020, 01:48:30 PM
Quote from: HVC on August 14, 2020, 09:34:36 AM
Quote from: frunk on August 13, 2020, 10:22:50 PM
Been getting back into Kerbal Space Program after a long time away. I've gotten about as far as I've ever done before, plus a little. I've explored and landed on Mun and Minmus and sent out a probe into the Kerbol system. Now I'm almost ready to start exploring outside the local Kerbal area.
I finally dug into the space plane area too. It's fun to have a flight simulator built in where you have to build your own planes from scratch.
Been playing some kerbal as well. Fun little game. steep learning curve on some stuff (docking ships for me) but once you get the handle of it it's not too bad
Do you have any of the DLCs? If so, do they add much?
First one doesn't add much, a scenario editor and some parts. The second DLC adds robotic stuff (pistons, hinges and motors) and science things. Makes career mode easier since more science.
a new game is coming out soonish I think, so money might be better spent on that.
Foxhole - a new update was released last week. Lots of new vehicles, tech revamp, structure improvements, logistics improvements, map overhaul, and a lot more. Game is still in Beta but this is the first time it has felt like a game nearing release - although I think the devs have said it is still about a year out. I think there is a steam sale because tons of knew players. There are just under 2000 players on at a time atm.
With the second wave crashing around me I finally got into Classic.
Created an undead Warlock, which is now level 24.
I can definitely see the allure of vanilla, and also why WoW became what I later played in Cata. The overtuned elite quests are a nice challenge and there's a lot of spontaneous partying going on. OTOH, I've spent a couple hours waiting for a group to enter Shadowfang Keep, with no success.
Been playing a bit of War Thunder tank battles at the moment. I'm still in the 2.0 range with my USSR tanks, but it's a decent diversion in arcade mode.
I tried a "realistic mode" battle yesterday. Oddly, the game becomes much harder when your tanks don't drive like race cars, your turret turns slower, your crew skill (or lack thereof) has a bigger impact on your performance, enemies don't have helpful markers above them at all times, and the aim cursor doesn't indicate whether or not your shot will penetrate.
I noticed Mass Effect: Andromeda was on sale fox like six bucks via Origin so I figured I'd give it a shot.
So far, I really enjoy it. I'm not sure why it got so much hate? :hmm: Maybe it was just super buggy when it got released and the thing with the weird facial animations? If so, all of that seems to have long since been fixed. My main character does look a little weird, though... the character creation tool doesn't do the best job of modeling what their face will look like once you actually get into the game.
I've never understood why it got so much hate either.
I've been toying with getting it myself, but I heard the story and dialogue are pretty bad? I care more for that than graphics bugs.
Quote from: frunk on August 13, 2020, 10:22:50 PM
Been getting back into Kerbal Space Program after a long time away. I've gotten about as far as I've ever done before, plus a little. I've explored and landed on Mun and Minmus and sent out a probe into the Kerbol system. Now I'm almost ready to start exploring outside the local Kerbal area.
I finally dug into the space plane area too. It's fun to have a flight simulator built in where you have to build your own planes from scratch.
I said that I was almost ready to explore outside the Kerbin area almost a month ago, but I still haven't done that. I've been busy setting up a Minmus refueling station and waiting for Eve to come around Kerbol.
I've also had my first Kraken explosion. Clipping parts and Grabbing tools make for a bad combination.
Well it was going to be Touch of Evil, but they sent another copy of The Coast expansion.. :mad:
I'd like to say I've been replaying Skyrim (Special Edition, this time), but in truth, all I've been doing since last Sunday night was modding the game :P
And now I found out I made a mistake in my mods (actually, two, one I did not understand clearly before Thursday, but it's inconsequential for now) and I have to find which one was problematic.
I think I'm having just as much fun with the modding part than the playing part :P
EDIT:
At least, I know the game is (well, was) working right, I created my character and go to the beggining of my new adventure. :) It looks beautiful. I may upload screenshots later. :)
Quote from: celedhring on September 05, 2020, 09:31:16 AM
I've been toying with getting it myself, but I heard the story and dialogue are pretty bad? I care more for that than graphics bugs.
that's what I've been told by a long time Mass Effect fan.
I think I can be considered a long term fan and I don't think it was particularly problematic. Of course, it was completely different story wise from anything in the original Mass Effect series.
I tried playing Among Us and it just made me hate people.
Arkham LCG & starting Gloom of Kilforth.
Going to run Zoey and Ursula for a Girls Night out with the Zealot.
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Quote from: Eddie Teach on October 14, 2020, 08:07:28 PM
I tried playing Among Us and it just made me hate people.
So now you are powerful?
Quote from: The Brain on October 19, 2020, 05:32:53 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on October 14, 2020, 08:07:28 PM
I tried playing Among Us and it just made me hate people.
So now you are powerful?
People are stupid and annoying too boot.
Quote from: 11B4V on October 14, 2020, 11:30:10 PM
Arkham LCG & starting Gloom of Kilforth.
Been tempted by Gloom for a long time, would love to hear your thoughts.
Quote from: celedhring on October 20, 2020, 02:18:03 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on October 14, 2020, 11:30:10 PM
Arkham LCG & starting Gloom of Kilforth.
Been tempted by Gloom for a long time, would love to hear your thoughts.
Ill try and get a run through this weekend. The artwork is stunning.
I've been playing Rule the Waves 2 again recently. I don't have much free time, so the only games I can play anymore are those that start up quickly and can be played in short increments, and where I can save and step away at a moment's notice. I also love RtW2's gameplay: designing ships, building a navy that where all the ships complement each other (or not...), and then facing off against easy (i.e., Russia) or hard (i.e., UK, USA) opponents. I'm not great at the game, but I usually can get by.
I picked up FM21. I did try to learn FM20 but got distracted, so doing a fresh start. Managing Feyenoord at the moment. I let my staff handle a lot of things as I slow pick things up. Had a rather fun match against PSV Eindhoven - was behind 0-2 after 10 minutes, but scored 3.2 by half time and won 4-3. Just had my second Europa League group match against Viktoria Plzen. I lost one of my key midfielders after 10 minutes to a hamstring injury. 85 minutes in I was out of substitutions (since when can you swap 5 times? I'm sure it used to be 3 times :unsure: ) when the guy I put in for the injured dude ALSO got injured, and I had to finish with 10 men. Still scored the 1-0 during the 4th minute of injury time. :cool:
New 5 change is because of Covid, most leagues kept it for their new season this fall.
Ah ok. I havent followed football much these last, um, 15 years. :blush:
Fun things: losing your playmaker after a red card in the 4th minute in an important group match. :bleeding:
I have to say schedules are rough thanks to Covid. Seasons start in like September. And pretty much from October through December my team has two matches per week (league and Europa League). Only breathers are occasional breaks for international matches (and then many of my players are traveling to their national sides). Still, Feyenoord is on a roll at the moment, leading the Eredivisie after an unexpected win away at previous leaders Alkmaar, Still, need to win at Plzen to secure the next round in Europa League, and I have 3 matches in 7 days coming up (Europa League, league, and national cup where I play another team from Eredivisie). :lol:
Mostly focusing on setting the lineups for each match; haven't dabbled in transfers much. Well, don't have a budget for that, anyways. Also, I'm half a mill over my salary budget, so I suppose I might get sacked at the end of the season. :P
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on November 21, 2020, 12:12:54 PM
I've been playing Rule the Waves 2 again recently. I don't have much free time, so the only games I can play anymore are those that start up quickly and can be played in short increments, and where I can save and step away at a moment's notice. I also love RtW2's gameplay: designing ships, building a navy that where all the ships complement each other (or not...), and then facing off against easy (i.e., Russia) or hard (i.e., UK, USA) opponents. I'm not great at the game, but I usually can get by.
I finally checked it out after your post. I'm thoroughly hooked.
I've started my second Italy campaign now that I'm learning the ropes. AH was dealt with right at the start. For some reason France hates my guts, and I'm trying to use Treaty limitations to turtle and catch up to them. This means no one has BBs yet and I've got the only BC (it's 1915).
I will still have to deal with about twice as many pre-Dreadnoughts as I've got, but they should be relatively easy to trade for a few older, suicidal DDs. That's my tactic so far in fleets battles. Swarm the Bs, then use up-armored CAs and my own Bs to mop up. I build lots of cheap CLs as scouts and point defense for the big guys.
started playing the Witcher, but couldn't resist and ended up playing Witcher 3.
Now that is a well made game
-Hell Let Loose
-Suzerain
And tonight Metro: Exodus.
How do you like Suzerain? It kind of looked like a modern take on Hidden Agenda?
Quote from: Syt on December 13, 2020, 07:49:01 AM
How do you like Suzerain? It kind of looked like a modern take on Hidden Agenda?
Yes, but more fleshed out and a fantastic soundtrack.
It's a really cool game.
Thanks, I'll add it to my wishlist. :)
Playing some Valheim. Very pleasant as these games go. Still in Early Access but very playable.
I got on the Skyrim train this past summer (SSE on PC) and have spent a fair amount of time playing and probably an equal amount of time mucking around with mods.
Quote from: The Brain on February 25, 2021, 05:29:21 PM
Playing some Valheim. Very pleasant as these games go. Still in Early Access but very playable.
This game is very cool and chill. Worth the $20 imo.
What is so special about it? Out of all the games in the punch-trees-to-make-a-pick-so-you-can-pick-rocks genre, what makes it stand out?
Quote from: Habbaku on March 01, 2021, 01:42:30 PM
What is so special about it? Out of all the games in the punch-trees-to-make-a-pick-so-you-can-pick-rocks genre, what makes it stand out?
I haven't played all the competition, mostly just Conan: Exiles. My impression is that if you're playing a game in the genre that you're happy with there's little reason to switch to Valheim. That being said it's simply competently made. I think they made the right choice when it comes to the style of graphics (low-res textures with nice lighting etc). The environments, especially the Black Forest, are nice. There's little aggravation (from what I've seen so far). Viking stuff is always a plus. The sailing mechanics seem to make sense. It's made by Swedes.
On Steam there's currently 114k reviews, of which 96% are positive.
That last sentence doesn't really say why a person should be excited about it.
This fellow got sucked into Valheim and has several informative posts on the game :
http://bhagpuss.blogspot.com/
Quote from: Jacob on February 25, 2021, 11:02:38 PM
I got on the Skyrim train this past summer (SSE on PC) and have spent a fair amount of time playing and probably an equal amount of time mucking around with mods.
Have you used Legacy of the Dragonborn https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11802 (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11802) yet? It is both a quest mod, a player-home mod, and a sort of a meta-mod, in that it gives you a reason to play the game's quests for a reason other than following the main quest. I like it a lot.
Quote from: Habbaku on March 01, 2021, 01:42:30 PM
What is so special about it? Out of all the games in the punch-trees-to-make-a-pick-so-you-can-pick-rocks genre, what makes it stand out?
I've not played any of the other games in this genre except Minecraft many years ago. Started playing this because my brother got into it and we've started a dedicated server so we can work on our in-game projects without having to both be on at the same time.
This game is very accessible and pretty chill. There is some combat, and progression is based around several bosses you must defeat, but you can do it entirely at your own pace. Building things is easy. There's a lot here to discover and exploration is rewarding. Overall, it's easy to play, relaxing, and quite fun in co-op. Plus at $20 it isn't expensive.
It's a good, solid game in early access when other games in early access are complete trash fires, so a nice foundation to build on. If you don't normally play this type of game, like me, it would be worth a shot to see if you enjoy it. I think it is best played with a friend or three, though.
Haven't played it yet, but from what I gather it's not as hardcore as some other survival/crafting games out there, meaning you don't have to fill your health/thirst meters every few minutes, but rather food & drink serves as a (desirable) buff. This article explains it somewhat: https://www.pcgamer.com/valheim-is-better-because-it-rejects-boring-survival-systems/
Quote from: grumbler on March 02, 2021, 07:39:25 AM
Have you used Legacy of the Dragonborn https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11802 (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11802) yet? It is both a quest mod, a player-home mod, and a sort of a meta-mod, in that it gives you a reason to play the game's quests for a reason other than following the main quest. I like it a lot.
Not yet. I've heard of it and looked at it, and it's on my list to consider for my next playthrough. But... there are a lot of mods on the list to consider for my next playthrough :lol:
Legacy of the Dragonborn is likely the only way I'd play Skyrim again, when I have the inclination. It adds enough content for a complete new game. :D Also I'll get Inigo as my follower.
How grindy is Valheim? I read that if you play it solo (i.e. how I would play it), you have to grind for hours to make even basic stuff.
Anyhow, I fired up Dwarf Fortress again (with Lazy Newb Pack, so it's more comfortable). Now that's a survival game! :D
I've never survived more than 30 minutes of Dwarf Fortress.
Quote from: Solmyr on March 03, 2021, 04:52:16 AM
Legacy of the Dragonborn is likely the only way I'd play Skyrim again, when I have the inclination. It adds enough content for a complete new game. :D Also I'll get Inigo as my follower.
How grindy is Valheim? I read that if you play it solo (i.e. how I would play it), you have to grind for hours to make even basic stuff.
Anyhow, I fired up Dwarf Fortress again (with Lazy Newb Pack, so it's more comfortable). Now that's a survival game! :D
I haven't found Valheim to be grindy at all.
Yakuza Kiwami 2, Yakuza Remastered 3, and Valheim. All on PC. Great fun. There's something inescapably cheesey about the Yakuza games that helps make them a lot of fun; I can see the Sleeping Dogs connection, but I think Sleeping Dogs is still the ne plus ultra of this style of game. I cranked up the Definitive Edition the other day, and it still holds up.
Quote from: Scipio on March 05, 2021, 10:52:40 AM
... I think Sleeping Dogs is still the ne plus ultra of this style of game. I cranked up the Definitive Edition the other day, and it still holds up.
:hug: :wub:
Quote from: Jacob on March 06, 2021, 11:32:29 AM
Quote from: Scipio on March 05, 2021, 10:52:40 AM
... I think Sleeping Dogs is still the ne plus ultra of this style of game. I cranked up the Definitive Edition the other day, and it still holds up.
:hug: :wub:
It is a gem. :hug:
just finished Witcher3 and its expansions...
what a ride.
Worth every hour I put in.
Quote from: Jacob on March 06, 2021, 11:32:29 AM
Quote from: Scipio on March 05, 2021, 10:52:40 AM
... I think Sleeping Dogs is still the ne plus ultra of this style of game. I cranked up the Definitive Edition the other day, and it still holds up.
:hug: :wub:
Lots of love for your work here too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9IPzJWfaj4
Quote from: Oexmelin on March 06, 2021, 05:02:04 PM
Lots of love for your work here too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9IPzJWfaj4
Quote from: garbon on March 06, 2021, 11:51:21 AM
It is a gem. :hug:
:hug:
I haven't quite given up on making another game in the same conceptual space as Bully and Sleeping Dogs one day. It's a bit of a road to travel, but it's not impossible.
Still having a blast in Valheim. It's just plain fun.
Since last Friday I've put almost 40 hours into Loot Hero (though not much in recent days). :blush:
It's a weird mix of deck building, auto battler, tile placing and base expansion.
RPS's review explains it quite well:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/loop-hero-review
I've mostly been listening to podcasts while playing - it's quite relaxed, and most decisions are based around placing tiles, choosing gear, and level ups. Will certainly not appeal to everyone as later runs in Chapter III and IV can become a tad grindy.
I've beaten the boss, and feel I've gotten my money's worth, and I may return periodically to clear out the remaining achievements, including taking on the secret bosses, though they seem to be quite the grind fest. But it's chill, so there's that.
I do love the C64 style color palette (generally less vibrant than, say, NES), esp. with the CRT filter (can be deactivated), hits me right in the nostalgia muscle.
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And it has an excellent retro soundtrack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O4C8J4bcXw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hm3HYpta8E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad2keGL3blw
Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvF_T-YzBE7jwiFhAxz5mzyTMCQPmaotq
I've picked up Chivalry II and been playing an hour here and there. It's silly, but I find it fun. I haven't played Chivalry I much, so can't compare.
Main modes are 32 v 32 and 20 v 20 and Free For All. I've played 32 v 32 so far only. Maps are either chains of objectives with one team attacking, the other defending or death match.
There's 4 basic classes: archer, vanguard (big weapon) + fire thorwable, basically a molotov cocktail, footman (halberds, lucernes etc) who also acts as healer, and knight (swords, plus team buff).
You get three basic attacks: swing, stab, overhead. You can feint from one into the other, and modify the arcs with mouse movement. E.g. You can move your mouse so that the overhead strike goes diagonal, or turn the mouse when doing a sideswing, increasing your arc, or hit enemies quicker (e.g. when you swing right to left while also turning left). If that sounds confusing, the game has a tool tip that explains that the WASD movement is your feet and mouse turn in attacks is your hips.
There's also kicks and jabs you can use to interrupt enemy attacks. And of course you can block and try to parry.
Combat is chaotic, bloody and occasionally hilarious. Occasionally a 1v1 duel develops, but most of the time you want to gang up on enemies and likewise don't want to be caught out attacked by multiple enemies. Going behind enemies in group fights to attack them from behind is a quite valid strategy (until their friends attack you from behind). Playing in 3rd person view is advised, as you have much better view of the area compared to 1st person.
You can unlock more weapons by leveling up, but I don't feel (so far) that there's any severe disadvantages going in with the basic weapons (though crossbows feel more damaging than normal bows, but I suppose the load speed makes up for it). You also get secondary weapons, all weapons can be thrown, and you can pick up any weapon you find on the battlefield. There's cosmetics you can unlock with currency you earn in game, or with special currency you buy with real money. I feel they're mostly "eh", so I just use the earned currency to pretty up the class I focus on slightly.
I'm enjoying it, chat this early in the game's lifetime is not (yet) toxic (though I have voice chat deactivated, because fuck that). It's mostly a huge silly bloody brawl where sometimes you chain a kill streak and sometimes are taken out by a crossbow before you got anywhere. I imagine this might be tough if you're very competitive and/or have a low tolerance for this kind of guff. It's easy to drop in and out, though I guess there's a bit of a skill ceiling if you want to master combat.
I've been playing Ghost Recon Wildlands in Ghost Mode (with permadeath and other more immersive changes) and without AI teammates. It makes the game a lot more interesting.
Died twice already by falling off a bike. :blush:
I played my first game for 3 months on Friday afternoon. A spot of witcher 3 for an hour.
Then discovered for some reason my game had stopped saving 😔
Btw, here's a review for Chivalry that sums it up quite well: https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/chivalry-2-review/
One thing I like is that it respawns you in groups. In some online games people trickle in as a steady line (most notably when playing with randoms in small groups like in Overwatch), only to be picked off one by one. You may have to wait up to 16 or so seconds to respawn, depending on how many else are dead, but you will have a bunch of mates to charge back in as a group which increases chances of survival a fair bit.
Currently playing Anno 1800 again. It is a city builder with a complex economy. You settle on islands in Europe, Caribbean, Arctic or East Africa and build houses and Industries. The game is mainly about optimization of your islands. The AI opponents are just there for some flavor (they give you quests etc)
Quote from: Zanza on June 24, 2021, 04:52:11 AM
Currently playing Anno 1800 again. It is a city builder with a complex economy. You settle on islands in Europe, Caribbean, Arctic or East Africa and build houses and Industries. The game is mainly about optimization of your islands. The AI opponents are just there for some flavor (they give you quests etc)
I play it once in a while. I usually play without opponents as a pure builder game, and it's quite chill.
The weaker opponents just add some flavor by having more quests and trading opportunities. It's not like you run out of islands to develop. I never play with the harder opponents, at best with the medium ones.
I think it's enjoyable until Aristocrats. Then, it becomes a chore.
Aristocrats must be from one of the earlier Anno games (maybe 1602, 1404 or 1701?). Anno 1800 has farmers, workers, artisans, engineers and investors on the main islands (and researchers and tourists if you have the DLCs).
Investors! Can never remember their name.
Greedfall.
It's a RPG set in a fantasy world. Except this time, it's set in the mid 1600s, magic&black gunpowder :wub: . The concept is very exciting. The combat mechanics tend to be repetitive and the game has uneven difficulty, with enemies not clearly marked as to how difficult they might be for your current level. This is the studios first game, and it's a good entry. Hopefully, there'll be some more games in this universe and they'll rework the mechanics.
I got it for 20$, imho well worth its price.
Going to put my FF14 ramblings in here from now on. :P
The Hildibrand Manderville side quests are not integral to anything, give no XP and only reward with a few emotes and similar. But they still come highly recommended. And ... yeah, it's a ride. :lol:
- the gentleman inspector is presumed dead, and he has taken leadership of a group of zombies, but he didn't die and actually just lost his memory (see below as to how it's fixed)
- he stumbles through an investigation with the help of his enthusiastic catgirl assistant with us and otehrs doing the actual work
- he does bring an NPC's story (we had previous side quests trying to cure his baldness) to a happy end
- in the second "episode" he runs into an actually competent competitor (inspired by Sherlock Holmes) and there's an ongoing arc about a mysterious duelist, and ... yeah, it's weird and silly and I love it. :D
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:D
A couple of friends of mine were obsessed with FF14.
Myself, I've been fooling around with Elite Dangerous. Nothing too serious, just flying around doing courier missions and cargo deliveries, admiring the sights. I used to play the old Elites a lot when I was a kid.
I've become a lot more relaxed about doing group content, but yesterday a group triggered my imposter syndrome. I was using my other current class to clear some optional dungeons (which is an efficient way to level that class, too). I was fairly rusty on playing that class, though, and which skill rotation I should use and which one attack gives bonus damage from which angle. On top of that I died twice to obvious mechanics which was embarrassing.
At the end one player said, "Cool, this was a super smooth run." Other player: "Yeah, easily best random group I played with."
My thought: thanks for carrying me, guys, I had no idea what I was doing half the time. :blush:
Thing is, if you're not a dick about it, making a few mistakes when you can then just carry on without drama is still pretty good.
Picked up For the King on sale over the weekend. It is fun mindless game you can get lost in. It was great for a rainy weekend.
SPI's Highway to the Reich.
It has Panzers, Paratroopers and XXX Corps......
Quote from: 11B4V on October 18, 2021, 08:37:07 PM
SPI's Highway to the Reich.
It has Panzers, Paratroopers and XXX Corps......
And those goddamn Fallschirmjagers who arrive just in the right time and place to fuck up your whole plan... or their whole plan, depending on the side you are playing.
Quote from: grumbler on October 18, 2021, 09:41:10 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on October 18, 2021, 08:37:07 PM
SPI's Highway to the Reich.
It has Panzers, Paratroopers and XXX Corps......
And those goddamn Fallschirmjagers who arrive just in the right time and place to fuck up your whole plan... or their whole plan, depending on the side you are playing.
:lol: yes quite.
Quote from: 11B4V on October 18, 2021, 08:37:07 PM
SPI's Highway to the Reich.
It has Panzers, Paratroopers and XXX Corps......
XXX Corps? :perv:
Quote from: 11B4V on October 18, 2021, 08:37:07 PM
SPI's Highway to the Reich.
It has Panzers, Paratroopers and XXX Corps......
I remember Victory Games had Hell's Highway that was fun - on paved roads motorized units had basically huge movement (unlimited? - been too long). The goal was to break out on the initial turns and try to get as far up the road as possible - flanks be damned.
Yea, good game there too.
Ok, I may have reached the point in FF14 where I either quit or need a break. I've reached what is called the ARR patch content (i.e. the end game content patched in between the A Real Reborn release and the expansion Heavensward. The main scenario questline (MSQ) continues, and the game throws a whole bunch (10-20?) dungeons and group trials at you. Some of them are based on previous dungeons and bosses, though heavily revamped, and often a continuation of a previous story, so it's not just "old content, but harder". Trial bosses get new mechanics etc.
And of course I could just continue the MSQ, but I look at the dungeons list (and the 7 or so open quests attached to some of them), and I'm thinking "ugh." I've gotten over my anxiety when grouping up with people, but I can't be bothered. Learning the mechanics of each place, at warp speed, because most parties will rush through the content gives me a headache (and this is still pretty straightforward stuff) and stresses me out (during this phase, avoid these attacks by doing this, also, in the final phase there are some mechanics you have to mitigate properly or risk a party wipe). It's all low stakes and even wipes don't matter much at this low level, but UGH.
I like pretty much everything else about the game, except this content. It might be different if I could do dungeons at my own pace. And the thought of farming them for currency, or to level new classes really, really wearies me.
And that's why I don't miss playing MMOs.
Now don't get me wrong. I've really enjoyed my time with the game. And there's plenty of activities outside of dungeons/raiding to explore (crafting is its own minigame with skills etc), additional classes to level, and dungeons generally are not very difficult during the main story, so you will be able to make it through the end. Generally, if you can find groups through the Duty Finder (the game's version of queuing for PUGs), it will be quite manageable, and for harder (optional) challenges you will need to go through the Party Finder (where people advertise what they're looking for) or join a "static", i.e. a regular group of people who learn to play together as a team.
So I should clarify that the difficulty of dungeons and trials is not putting me off, but I just don't find them fun. I know people are farming their daily dungeons, and many think, "yay, new combat challenge" when they unlock them or, "ooh, wanna see the story of this", and I'm thinking mostly, "Ugh, let's get it over with." The wait is rarely more than a few minutes, and the runs are usually 10-20 minutes, so it's not a huge time commitment.
It's a shame, because I enjoy pretty much everything else around the game. The community is super friendly and helpful (including during dungeons, if you ask for info or just joke around), the world is cool, and the story was interesting, and I can see why so many people have flocked to the game in recent months and years. Some of the grinds are fine for me (e.g., daily quests from "beast tribes"), but looking at my quest log with a bunch of dungeons waiting to be cleared, and looking at the number of dungeons later in the game (optional and story wise) this is a deal breaker for me. :(
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SPI's Highway to the Reich.
It has Panzers, Paratroopers and XXX Corps......
I remember Victory Games had Hell's Highway that was fun - on paved roads motorized units had basically huge movement (unlimited? - been too long). The goal was to break out on the initial turns and try to get as far up the road as possible - flanks be damned.
That one is on the list to revisit. I have the redone counters for it off CONSIM. Though it's after GMT's next war series and MMP's Battalion Combat Series.
Been playing the new Pathfinder game (Wrath of the Righteous). It does feel a lot like "more of the same" compared to Kingmaker, with lots mores classes and such. However, I've found out I might be over all these Infinity Engine revival games. The story and faithfulness to pen and paper RPGs are nice, but combat feels dated and gets really boring really quick, and there's too much of it.
I've played quite a bit of Noita lately. Haven't gotten past the Hiisi Base yet, where the difficulty seriously ramps up.
The crazy wand combinations along with the endless variety of the particle physics makes it an enjoyable ride.
Quote from: 11B4V on February 15, 2019, 07:13:51 PMArkham Horror LCG
Oh and this looks cool
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/the-call-of-cthulhu-illustrated-by-baranger?fbclid=IwAR1zpW2nLP4Fk3JPQAo17jIFKP4k5D-fJBkF9bXwV5eYXWQiBqVtfZ70yD4
I got Arkham Horror LCG last month as a way of playing Cthulhu-themed games with my homies at houses other than mine, since Mansions of Madness is just too unwieldy to transport with all its expansions.
It's pretty fun. I only have the core set so far but I'm enjoying it solo. Planning on trying it with my wife this weekend and friends soon-ish.
Playing games exclusively on Steam Deck now.
Diablo 2 Resurrected plays great on the Deck. I'm a bit burned out on D2 now though so I've stopped after a month of it being my main game.
Now I've just started Final Fantasy XIV Online. Plays great as well and I'm enjoying playing an MMO for the first time in years. The game was also built for controllers so it feels good.
Finished the latest halo a few days ago. Was nice
I decided to give The Outer Worlds another try this weekend. I played two hours, had lunch, and then decided to give Drox Operative 2 a quick try - and ended up playing most weekend. :Embarrass:
I didn't quite gel with the first game, and even though the 2nd one seems to be firmly "more of the same", it clicked for me a lot better.
The premise is simple - ARPG (Diablo) in space. You're a Drox Operative, from the Drox Agency, and your job is to pacify a randomized sector. The sector is populated with a number of races who essentially play a 4X game against each other: colonizing planets, espionage/sabotage, basic diplomacy, warfare, etc. Pacifying can take various forms: allying with everyone (and them to each other), being allied to the last remaining faction, making everyone afraid of you, becoming "legend" by killing a number of legendary monsters/enemies, or conducting a number of Drox missions (which are usually, "have these two factions go to war with each other", "make those guys the strongest faction" etc.
Once you "win" a sector you can move on to the next, more difficult, sector with your ship.
The maps are filled with treasure chests various derelicts, anomalies, and caches that might spit out enemies or goodies, you gain standing with factions by doing quests for them (bring good x to planet y, bounties, kill x number of enemies, attack other faction etc.). If you ignore quests, some of them can escalate. If you fail to protect a colony from raiders, it could be wiped out. A colony with unrest might rebel and secede. Etc.
Nevertheless, at the end of the day, the main gameplay is moving around the map and making things explode. I admit I find the turn based combat of Relic Space a bit more interesting (and it's quite possible to screw yourself by ending your turn within range of too many enemies who rip you to shreds before you get to go again in classic roguelike fashion). However, DO2's real time combat is a bit more chaotic and fast paced. Real downside is the mouse cursor - it's dark purple, in front of a dark (or purple-ish) space background and is extremely easy to lose int he heat of combat. The issue has been raised a lot with the developer, but it seems they never added a high visibility option. <_<
There's a decent amount of weapons and equipment variety, plus potions energy/shield boosters, and of course you're chasing for ever bigger numbers. The ship upgrade system is a bit weird. Instead of buying new ships, you invest skill points in unlocking more slots (heavy, medium, light) which will then give you a bigger ship. I'd much rather buy/capture new ships. Each race you can play as has a different base ship model and race specific skill trees to unlock. The one I play as has a bonus to minions fighter combat, so I'm roaming the map with 3 light and 3 normal fighters who help shredding enemies quite nicely, while I take shots with whatever is the weapon with the biggest number on it.
It's repetitive, and not exactly story heavy. However, weighing which factions to support/oppose adds some spice (your initial facorite might end up at war with everyone else, or someone else might be far ahead of them), and I think the Drox missions might be the more challenging ones - making two factions go to war if they don't have contact with each other or sit on different ends of the map can be hard.
Apropos maps - before each round you get to choose the size of the sector. Smaller sectors are better for leveling - large ones have you reach the current sector's cap at some point, and then it becomes a bit tedious to clean up everything/uniting the factions. When you finish one sector, the game recommends the next sector to start at one level below your current ship's level which (at sector 3) seems fine, though the difficulty of enemies does ramp up, and you will start thinking about adding much more resistances/defences than you had initially.
One thing I appreciate (and I'm not sure if this was in DO1) is that you don't have to pick up quests to fulfill them. If a faction has a bounty on someone and you kill that enemy because you randomly ran into them, you can complete the quest. Also, unless the quest requires delivery of something to a specific place, you can just claim your rewards from your diplomacy screen which helps a lot with the tedium of running back and forth to your quest givers.
Only trade seems a bit useless - usually races don't have better gear than what I already have/looted, and often I can't sell everything because they run out of cash. You can still donate stuff to them for free which gives you reputation with them at least.
It's overall a fairly repetitive game, with some strategic decision making thrown in, and dangling the carrot of new unlockable races (if you help minors to ascend to becoming regular factions) helps, too, but mostly this feels like a nice little game to play while listening to podcasts and the like.
I decided to take on the Spaghetti track in Trackmania. It's a rather infamous ~2 hour track in a game that considers tracks longer than 1 1/2 minutes to be lengthy
After a couple 10 minute test runs I completed it in 2:12:11, which was 11 seconds short of Gold Medal. The track itself isn't that difficult apart from lots of blind jumps/turns and sections that can cause you to go down a wrong path which is potentially disastrous. I might make another attempt to get a sub two hour.
Nice. :)
I remember on Audiosurf, using some extra long songs to create tracks (12-30 minutes), esp. of the metal variety, would become quite strenuous, so kinda dreading a 2+ hours course. :D
Quote from: Syt on October 24, 2023, 08:11:13 AMNice. :)
I remember on Audiosurf, using some extra long songs to create tracks (12-30 minutes), esp. of the metal variety, would become quite strenuous, so kinda dreading a 2+ hours course. :D
Yeah, I used to love Audiosurf but I don't think I ever tried anything longer than 4 or 5 minutes.
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. I got it cheap. I loved Wildlands so I'm having fun so far.
Quote from: The Brain on October 25, 2023, 05:21:23 AMGhost Recon: Breakpoint. I got it cheap. I loved Wildlands so I'm having fun so far.
Have you played Cyberpunk?
I loved Wildlands as well. I thought world-building was really on point, and Ghost Mode (hardcore) was quite fun.
I recently started playing Cyberpunk and it's definitely stimulating that same part of the brain for me.
Quote from: Iormlund on October 25, 2023, 07:20:06 AMQuote from: The Brain on October 25, 2023, 05:21:23 AMGhost Recon: Breakpoint. I got it cheap. I loved Wildlands so I'm having fun so far.
Have you played Cyberpunk?
I loved Wildlands as well. I thought world-building was really on point, and Ghost Mode (hardcore) was quite fun.
I recently started playing Cyberpunk and it's definitely stimulating that same part of the brain for me.
I have played a bit of Cyberpunk. I liked it (it was fairly recently, so I came to it with realistic expectations), and I will likely play more at some point.