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Made in gb
Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon






Pretty chunky update to Fallout 4. Now I have a Nailgun, a Gauss Enhanced saw blade Launcher, various Grenade Launchers. Oh. And a Baseball Launcher which sets the Baseballs on fire.

Have they no regard for how much havoc I’m gonna cause?


Automatically Appended Next Post:
And just ran into an Enclave patrol, which gave me a decent kicking before I succeeded.

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Norn Queen






Dublin, Ireland

On a real Switch binge of late, specifically Streets of Rage 4 and Lego Star Wars Skywalker saga
Star Wars is fantastic.

Dman137 wrote:
goobs is all you guys will ever be

By 1-irt: Still as long as Hissy keeps showing up this is one of the most entertaining threads ever.

"Feelin' goods, good enough". 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut





Thanks to a certain bit of media hitting the small screen, I've been back in that whacky wasteland of the Fallout universe.

Actually playing 4 on PS5, and slowly trying to get NV, 3 and older games to work on Win 11.
   
Made in gb
Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon






The new weapons are fun, but unfortunately the missions were a bit meh, and just thinly veiled ways to give you those new weapons.

Given one involves hacking Pipboys on dead Gunners, I had been hopeful of a new Vault to go clear.

Also, why didn’t Fallout 4 allow me to clear Vaults and set them up as settlements?

   
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak





Manor lords.
An amazing game sofar!

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A Mostly Renegades and Heretics blog.
GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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Executing Exarch




Been playing Stellar Blade. It's a lot of fun. Great mechanics. Some of the character animations look a bit goofy during cutscenes (characters talking sorts of scenes, not battle scenes), but aside from that I have no complaints.

I strongly recommend it.

It does look like it might be a bit short (though I can't be sure since I'm not close to finishing it yet) if you just race through the main missions. But there are also a lot of optional side missions that you can run if you want. They give you something else to do, and also flesh out the world lore.
   
Made in ca
Rampaging Carnifex





Toronto, Ontario

Eumerin wrote:
Been playing Stellar Blade. It's a lot of fun. Great mechanics. Some of the character animations look a bit goofy during cutscenes (characters talking sorts of scenes, not battle scenes), but aside from that I have no complaints.

I strongly recommend it.

It does look like it might be a bit short (though I can't be sure since I'm not close to finishing it yet) if you just race through the main missions. But there are also a lot of optional side missions that you can run if you want. They give you something else to do, and also flesh out the world lore.


What other games would you say it's similar to? Is it 3rd person RPG? Open world? I've been looking for something kinda like Horizon and Stellar Blade looks like it might fit the bill.
   
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 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Eumerin wrote:
Been playing Stellar Blade. It's a lot of fun. Great mechanics. Some of the character animations look a bit goofy during cutscenes (characters talking sorts of scenes, not battle scenes), but aside from that I have no complaints.

I strongly recommend it.

It does look like it might be a bit short (though I can't be sure since I'm not close to finishing it yet) if you just race through the main missions. But there are also a lot of optional side missions that you can run if you want. They give you something else to do, and also flesh out the world lore.


What other games would you say it's similar to? Is it 3rd person RPG? Open world? I've been looking for something kinda like Horizon and Stellar Blade looks like it might fit the bill.


It's a third-person action RPG like Horizon Zero Dawn. But I'd be cautious about drawing similarities. A good chunk of Horizon revolves around ranged attacks, or manipulating robot beasts. But Stellar Blade is very heavily focused on melee action. You do eventually get a ranged weapon. But for the entire first section of the game, your only weapon is your sword.

The gameplay is heavily focused on reading enemy attacks, picking the proper response, and making your own attacks without getting smacked around. Enemies often hit hard, which means that screwing up a counter can cost you a good chunk of your health. Button mashing attacks will do the same thing, since enemies that you're attacking can often launch their own attacks at you while you're hitting them.

There's a demo available that covers the early part of the game (it was accidentally released early, automatically deleted from Playstations that had downloaded it, and then officially released a little later). It includes the intro and tutorial section, and the first level proper of the game up through the first boss fight (which is *not* the end of the level). And it saves your progress (right up until just before that boss fight, unfortunately), and you can carry that progress over to the full game. It also has a boss rush mode where you're given an Eve with a large number of purchased skills, and fight bosses one after the other. I didn't check that mode out, though. Prior to the game's release, the developer - Shift Up - noted that some gamers had spent a disturbing amount of time (as in, dozens of hours) playing the demo just wandering around the section of the first level that's in the demo, and slaughtering enemies.

Given the noise over the game, it's worth noting that even the reviewers that bad mouth the game generally praise the gameplay before adding comments about how Eve's looks will lead to the downfall of civilization.

So far I've seen six maps. Two of them are standard level maps (albeit very big ones) that guide you toward a destination, though you do have the option to go poking around in odd corners along the way. And there are times when your path will open up into an area where you're required to complete various tasks before moving on. Two are large wasteland areas that you freely wander around in (I haven't actually had the opportunity to do that in the second one yet, though I recently had to pass through a very tiny part of it). One is a friendly city / quest hub. And the last is a very linear map where I could only use my gun (presumably to force players to get acquainted with it after spending so much time using their sword). After a certain point in the game, you'll have the opportunity to go back to earlier levels (not the tutorial level).
   
Made in nz
Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws






New Zealand

Doing yet another playthrough of Vampire: The Masquerade; Bloodlines. This time as a Ventrue, I wanted to play a Tremere but had a brain fart and accidentally chose Ventrue. This realisation made me want to finally do a "stuck up", donkey-cave, money/power-hungry Ventrue, but I haven't managed that much so far (except for one inhuman exception). I usually RP a Toreador "Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire" as Toreador is the clan I identify the most with, or a Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire Malkavian as I guess I identify with them too due to having a tenuous hold on my sanity a bit, lol. and it's such a fun way to play. Love the scene with the Stop Sign in Downtown. I'm finding it hard to be a dick mostly because almost all the characters are so likeable, despite many of them being heavily satirical lampoons on stereotypes. There's a reason why VTMB replaced Blaz Blue: Continuum Shift in my top five favourite games: that or Cyberpunk 2077; it's a toss-up between those two.

It's amazing that a rushed game on Xbox and PC from 2004 with such wonky animations, jankiness, and combat is so much more immersive and entertaining than so many AAA games that come out today. Troika deserved much better in my book. Love VTMB and Arcanum despite all their problems.

"The best way to lie is to tell the truth." Attelus Kaltos.
My story! Secret War
After his organisation is hired to hunt down an influential gang leader on the Hive world, Omnartus. Attelus Kaltos is embroiled deeper into the complex world of the Assassin. This is the job which will change him, for better or for worse. Forevermore. Chapter 1.

The Angaran Chronicles: Hamar Noir. After coming back from a dangerous mission which left his friend and partner, the werewolf: Emilia in a coma. Anargrin is sent on another mission: to hunt down a rogue vampire. A rogue vampire with no consistent modus operandi and who is exceedingly good at hiding its tracks. So much so even the veteran Anargrin is forced into desperate speculation. But worst of all: drive him into desperate measures. Measures which drives Anargrin to wonder; does the ends, justify the means?

 
   
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Executing Exarch




More progress for me in Stellar Blade. I finished the map that I had left off on, and now I'm doing more open world exploration. I've got a new map waiting (had it pretty much right from the start of the new batch of open world exploration), but it's on the back burner at the moment while I roam around.

And one of the things that happened while I was roaming around is that I unlocked fishing! Yes, I can now pick up a rod and reel, and fish. It's a bit goofy, but there are a few side missions that ask for it. And you can sell the fish for some cash (not that I have any money issues). There's also a codex that tracks the kinds of fish that you've caught, and an achievement for catching a certain number of them.

I'm finding the game story interesting. I don't want to talk about it because I haven't finished the game yet, and I don't want to accidentally spoil something that's important. But the more I play, the more it becomes apparent that there are some big secrets. Eve's mission hasn't changed yet from "Kill the biggest naytiba," nor is there yet any reason to think that it will. But the game is making it clear that she has a lot of very important holes in her knowledge of the world. And I'm not talking about stuff like not understanding why people on the surface like wine.

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Made in ca
Rampaging Carnifex





Toronto, Ontario

I ended up buying Stellar Blade so we can gush over the game together, Eumerin

The combat is excellent. I may actually try a Souls game again after bouncing so hard off Demons Souls back when that came out. I just unlocked the R1 attacks and been having lots of fun with those. The sound a successful parry makes is so satisfying. It's a joy making EVE kick ass.

The story I'm finding pretty good, I'm mystery of Mother Sphere and the Final War has been really interesting. Still peeling the layers but l'm really curious to see where it's going.

EDIT: the music is phenomenal. I've caught myself humming along a few times now. The songs are just so catchy.

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Executing Exarch




 creeping-deth87 wrote:
I ended up buying Stellar Blade so we can gush over the game together, Eumerin


Nice! I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying it!

EDIT: the music is phenomenal. I've caught myself humming along a few times now. The songs are just so catchy.


It is, and it's not just action music like you might expect. There's a lot of variety in the music, and it really adds to the game.
   
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Savage Minotaur




Baltimore, Maryland

Knee-deep into a Tamurkhan playthrough in Warhams 3.

Love how the chieftains unlock units that are generally out of the faction (Dreadquakes!!!), or give abilities to the army. The Skin Wolf chieftain giving his parent army "Stalk" is pretty devastating when surrounded by enemies or attacking a large group of army stacks.

Haven't even touched the new factions yet.

"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
 
   
Made in gb
Assassin with Black Lotus Poison





Bristol

 nels1031 wrote:
Knee-deep into a Tamurkhan playthrough in Warhams 3.

Love how the chieftains unlock units that are generally out of the faction (Dreadquakes!!!), or give abilities to the army. The Skin Wolf chieftain giving his parent army "Stalk" is pretty devastating when surrounded by enemies or attacking a large group of army stacks.

Haven't even touched the new factions yet.


Stalk can also be a godsend in siege battles if it is a large map with multiple entry points. In my recent Aranessa playthrough (using the mod to increase the number and variety of living units available to her) I had to crack Clan Angrund's capital with Belegar sitting in it with a full stack including his ethereal heroes. Set up my army out the front on one side and promptly took out the towers with cannons and managed to waste quarreller ammo with a hero, then snuck in Aranessa with Stalk over a wall in the back and started capturing locations in the city which caused the AI to pull its forces way back to try and find and kill her. Then I was able to blow open a gate and get my handgunners on the walls facing inwards, with Sartosan pirates guarding the routes up. As the dwarf army rerouted to try and come back they were shot to death piecemeal and I was able to slowly grind them down as Aranessa kept many of them searching throughout their own city. Definitely cheesy and exploiting the dumb AI, but it felt fitting for a pirate to use such sneaky tactics.

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The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.

Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
 
   
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Savage Minotaur




Baltimore, Maryland

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
 nels1031 wrote:
Knee-deep into a Tamurkhan playthrough in Warhams 3.

Love how the chieftains unlock units that are generally out of the faction (Dreadquakes!!!), or give abilities to the army. The Skin Wolf chieftain giving his parent army "Stalk" is pretty devastating when surrounded by enemies or attacking a large group of army stacks.

Haven't even touched the new factions yet.


Stalk can also be a godsend in siege battles if it is a large map with multiple entry points. In my recent Aranessa playthrough (using the mod to increase the number and variety of living units available to her) I had to crack Clan Angrund's capital with Belegar sitting in it with a full stack including his ethereal heroes. Set up my army out the front on one side and promptly took out the towers with cannons and managed to waste quarreller ammo with a hero, then snuck in Aranessa with Stalk over a wall in the back and started capturing locations in the city which caused the AI to pull its forces way back to try and find and kill her. Then I was able to blow open a gate and get my handgunners on the walls facing inwards, with Sartosan pirates guarding the routes up. As the dwarf army rerouted to try and come back they were shot to death piecemeal and I was able to slowly grind them down as Aranessa kept many of them searching throughout their own city. Definitely cheesy and exploiting the dumb AI, but it felt fitting for a pirate to use such sneaky tactics.


I mislabeled the ability in my original quote. What I meant to say is it gives the "Stalking" army stance to his parent army, allowing ambushes when colliding with another stack, like Skaven and Alith Anar.

I forgot that "Stalk" is a unit ability for battlefields, while Stalking is the campaign movement.

So moving and ambushing Nurgle armies when the ability is paid for! I think it lasts for 2 turns.

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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
 
   
Made in gb
Assassin with Black Lotus Poison





Bristol

 nels1031 wrote:
 A Town Called Malus wrote:
 nels1031 wrote:
Knee-deep into a Tamurkhan playthrough in Warhams 3.

Love how the chieftains unlock units that are generally out of the faction (Dreadquakes!!!), or give abilities to the army. The Skin Wolf chieftain giving his parent army "Stalk" is pretty devastating when surrounded by enemies or attacking a large group of army stacks.

Haven't even touched the new factions yet.


Stalk can also be a godsend in siege battles if it is a large map with multiple entry points. In my recent Aranessa playthrough (using the mod to increase the number and variety of living units available to her) I had to crack Clan Angrund's capital with Belegar sitting in it with a full stack including his ethereal heroes. Set up my army out the front on one side and promptly took out the towers with cannons and managed to waste quarreller ammo with a hero, then snuck in Aranessa with Stalk over a wall in the back and started capturing locations in the city which caused the AI to pull its forces way back to try and find and kill her. Then I was able to blow open a gate and get my handgunners on the walls facing inwards, with Sartosan pirates guarding the routes up. As the dwarf army rerouted to try and come back they were shot to death piecemeal and I was able to slowly grind them down as Aranessa kept many of them searching throughout their own city. Definitely cheesy and exploiting the dumb AI, but it felt fitting for a pirate to use such sneaky tactics.


I mislabeled the ability in my original quote. What I meant to say is it gives the "Stalking" army stance to his parent army, allowing ambushes when colliding with another stack, like Skaven and Alith Anar.

I forgot that "Stalk" is a unit ability for battlefields, while Stalking is the campaign movement.

So moving and ambushing Nurgle armies when the ability is paid for! I think it lasts for 2 turns.


Ah! Well, campaign stalk stance is also a really good ability, especially against some army types. Anyone who is using a lot of missile troops or war machines gets royally fethed by ambushes where they can't defend their vulnerable elements, and of course denying reinforcements.

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The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.

Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
 
   
Made in nz
Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws






New Zealand

Re-downloaded Rogue Trader Warhammer 40,000 and am having fun with it again. A lot has been fixed with patches, and it's much better now.

Spoiler:
I Just managed to escape Commorragh; I seem to be one of the few who enjoyed that part of the game. but I'm glad to be back on my ship.


I like my Iconocast Rogue Trader a lot. I heard the game goes more downhill from the 4th part, though. which is a shame.

"The best way to lie is to tell the truth." Attelus Kaltos.
My story! Secret War
After his organisation is hired to hunt down an influential gang leader on the Hive world, Omnartus. Attelus Kaltos is embroiled deeper into the complex world of the Assassin. This is the job which will change him, for better or for worse. Forevermore. Chapter 1.

The Angaran Chronicles: Hamar Noir. After coming back from a dangerous mission which left his friend and partner, the werewolf: Emilia in a coma. Anargrin is sent on another mission: to hunt down a rogue vampire. A rogue vampire with no consistent modus operandi and who is exceedingly good at hiding its tracks. So much so even the veteran Anargrin is forced into desperate speculation. But worst of all: drive him into desperate measures. Measures which drives Anargrin to wonder; does the ends, justify the means?

 
   
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Savage Minotaur




Baltimore, Maryland

 Adrassil wrote:
Re-downloaded Rogue Trader Warhammer 40,000 and am having fun with it again. A lot has been fixed with patches, and it's much better now.

Spoiler:
I Just managed to escape Commorragh; I seem to be one of the few who enjoyed that part of the game. but I'm glad to be back on my ship.


I like my Iconocast Rogue Trader a lot. I heard the game goes more downhill from the 4th part, though. which is a shame.


Regarding Commoragh:
Spoiler:
I despised the in-game cinematic pauses to remind you that you are in pain. But there is solid loot to be had in that place. I also hate the tired trope of having gear taken from you in game when you get imprisoned.

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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
 
   
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Executing Exarch




Ghosts of Tsushima is finally getting a PC release this week, but it's pre-emptively getting treated liked Helldivers 2. The multi-player mode will require PSN. According to the developer, single-player mode won't. But Sony is apparently delisting the game from countries that don't have access to PSN. This is despite the fact that the game has been on pre-order in those countries for some time now. Players in those countries who pre-ordered are having their purchases refunded.

Sony's getting very heavy-handed all of a sudden.
   
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General






So what does that mean? I need to get a playstation login to play it on PC?

 
   
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Pyre Troll






 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
So what does that mean? I need to get a playstation login to play it on PC?


if you want to do multiplayer, thats what it sounds like
and that is assuming that sony doesn't try and pull the helldiver crap again in a couple months when they think people have moved on and no longer care as much
   
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Helldivers 2 is probably pretty safe. The backlash wasn't nearly as much of an issue as running afoul of some EU consumer protection laws against rescinding services after purchase. They can likely get away with it if its part of the deal up front for Ghost.
   
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Pyre Troll






Perhaps so. Guess the question now is if anything kicks off because of all the forced refunds in the no longer eligible to buy it countries
   
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Executing Exarch




The dev for Ghosts of Tsushima is stating that PSN will not be required for single-player. It will only be required for multi-player.

At the same time, Sony is saying that you can't even buy the game if you live in one of the many countries where PSN isn't available. If you live in one of those countries and had pre-ordered the game, your pre-order has been refunded.

Stupid, heavy-handed nonsense involving a game that has a very well-regarded single-player campaign, all because of a multi-player mode that people don't really care about, afaik. It's basically the publisher screwing over both the devs (reduced sales) and some players just so that Sony can shoot itself in the foot (since Sony also gets less money because of the reduced sales).
   
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And not just the sales for those games. I've been considering getting another console alongside our Nintendo, and the Playstation was the one I had in mind.
Sony pulling this crap has now convinced me to not do that.
   
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Executing Exarch




I've noticed that Victoria 3 is on sale, and heavily discounted. You can buy it and all of the existing DLC for less than a new video game.

Which begs the question - is it good? I haven't played it myself, and reviews of it have been erratic at best. So I'm curious whether anyone has played it here, and whether you enjoyed it.
   
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Executing Exarch




No responses. I guess no one who regularly checks in here has played it.

Interesting.
   
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak





Vic 3 has early paradox game syndrom..aka it is an incomplete mess until about 2-3 years in and requires a shitton of additional DLC.

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A Mostly Renegades and Heretics blog.
GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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I have never heard of it
   
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pontiac, michigan; usa

I've been playing Terra Invicta as Humanity First. I think i'm much closer to the end-game. I've learned some things by myself and also through people on the steam forums for the game.

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