Deathshead420 wrote: Farcry 3 is epic so far. It really impressed me with what they did.
Ahhhh, I'm holding off on putchasing that....I think my girlfriend is "surprising" me with it for Christmas
As for me, I picked up Halo 4 over the weekend. I'm really enjoying it thus far...but it's a huge change of pace from what I'm used to. I haven't played a Halo game since Halo 2, and the only FPS I've been playing recenrly is BF3 on PS3. It's been good, though!
Farcry 3 and Halo 4 both look good. There's too many games out there!
Well at the moment i am playing the minecraft Feed the Beast mod pack on my server **shameless self promotion** PM for whitelist information if you are interested **end of shameless self promotion**.
Also i got the humble THQ bundle to play through and have been playing a bit of saints row the third with friends and FTL: Faster Than Light when i am ment to be productive, i am begining to think that i play too many games.
I've really been bouncing around a whole lot lately. Nothing is taking hold of me for very long. I'll got from Dark Souls, to binding of isaac, to castle crashers, to blops 2, to borderlands 2, so on and so forth.
Metroid Prime 2. Sadly, all my GameCube save files had become corrupted so I had to start over. Right now I'm at the Sanctuary Temple, but I'm stuck on the fight against that stupid Spider Ball Guardian.
Dragonborn DLC, its pretty cool, very weird creepy atmosphere. especially if you go there before the 'dragonborn' quest is properly triggered. Touched one of the glowing rocks and was geniunely creeped out by what happened.
Wouldn't have been nearly so creepy if i had triggered the questline properly. I.e. Got attacked by cultists in one of the regular towns and picked up the letter. I just went straight to windhelm as i guessed that's where the ship would be.
Skyrim DLC is a bit overpriced. It's $20 iirc. You can get a whole game out of the bargain bin for that. If they have a sale one day I might pick some up.
Beat Rage. Decent shooter overall but not much of an ending. Not even a final boss. Going to try and finish up the "Legends of the Wasteland" stuff which is kind of like it's Spec Ops.
Been playing a little hotline Miami, it's fun, great music. I can't see what the controversy is about, as brutally violent FPS games have been around for a long time now.
Also gonna play me some condemned: criminal origins!
ACIII
Baldur's Gate 2
Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising
Minecraft
Lego Lord of the Rings
Madden 13
Black Ops 2 Multiplayer (occasionally, though i've been raging hard core at that game which sucks cause a month ago I enjoyed the hell out of it).
Cave_Dweller wrote: Baldur's gate 2 is one of the best PC games ever. Some rich gameplay there, not often rivaled.
I was a bigger fan of Icewind Dale 2 (liked 3rd edition better than 2nd), and Neverwinter Nights, but even though I prefer both of those games over Baldur's Gate 2, BG2 is fantastic nonetheless
Crusader Kings 2. I was the King Edward III of England's son, Richard II. I decided to take Wales and half of England for myself. I betrayed him and created the Kingdom of Wales when my father was fighting in France.
I play currently Dishonored. I need to say that this is the best game 2012 for me. The character and the athomsphere are just plain awesome. The gameplay is simple but effective.
I can only reccomend it.
KamikazeCanuck wrote: Skyrim DLC is a bit overpriced. It's $20 iirc. You can get a whole game out of the bargain bin for that. If they have a sale one day I might pick some up.
I am still playing Skyrim, i have put mmo levels of time into that game (at least 400 hours). For me the DLC's are easily worth the money, in economic terms the utility they provide is easily worth the investment. You mention bargain bin games, what's that, about 12 hours of fun? I think it's pretty obvious what the waste of money is.
Picked up Dishonoured for £0.89 a few weeks ago, it was pretty good but it just feels quite cramped, even more so than Human Revolution which it resembles closely. Unlike Skyrim the designers seem to have planned for every strategy the gamers might attempt and for some reason, i find it stifling. The art/general visual quality (as opposed to fidelity) is amazing though. The setting is also very interesting even if the characters dont seem that deep. The gameplay mechanics are all polished to a mirror sheen, and navigating the levels as Corvo is a joy. Just wish it was more open was less about the missions and more about the world.
KamikazeCanuck wrote: Skyrim DLC is a bit overpriced. It's $20 iirc. You can get a whole game out of the bargain bin for that. If they have a sale one day I might pick some up.
I am still playing Skyrim, i have put mmo levels of time into that game (at least 400 hours). For me the DLC's are easily worth the money, in economic terms the utility they provide is easily worth the investment. You mention bargain bin games, what's that, about 12 hours of fun? I think it's pretty obvious what the waste of money is.
Picked up Dishonoured for £0.89 a few weeks ago, it was pretty good but it just feels quite cramped, even more so than Human Revolution which it resembles closely. Unlike Skyrim the designers seem to have planned for every strategy the gamers might attempt and for some reason, i find it stifling. The art/general visual quality (as opposed to fidelity) is amazing though. The setting is also very interesting even if the characters dont seem that deep. The gameplay mechanics are all polished to a mirror sheen, and navigating the levels as Corvo is a joy. Just wish it was more open was less about the missions and more about the world.
People have since told me the last DLC is so big that it's worth it.
You picked up Dishonoured for a buck? Are you sure you didn't accidently steal it?
Resident Evil: Revelations is turning out to be very enjoyable, with well balanced gameplay and intense boss encounters. It treads the line between the early and modern titles almost to perfection (I'm not a big fan of the mission based structuring); and the replacement of the money system with interchangeable weapon upgrades feels more natural to the Resi experience. Other slight gripe was the enemies seem a little same-ish so far, but otherwise I'm scoring this very highly; Capcom please take note!
ExNoctemNacimur wrote: I'm on a real LOTR high right now, so I've been playing Third Age Total War, a mod for Medieval II Total War. It's absolutely amazing!
Glad to see more people playing this mod May I ask what faction?
I play the game mentioned above myself, for the moment my Dale empire is somewhat troubled by both Rhun and Mordor
Been playing Mechwarrior Online like its going out of style.
Had some really epic fights. If you like big stompy robots and stuff thats free give the open beta a try.
ExNoctemNacimur wrote: I'm on a real LOTR high right now, so I've been playing Third Age Total War, a mod for Medieval II Total War. It's absolutely amazing!
Glad to see more people playing this mod May I ask what faction?
I play the game mentioned above myself, for the moment my Dale empire is somewhat troubled by both Rhun and Mordor
I've tried a few factions, but so far I've stuck with Dale. They're just so fun!
Indeed, although I find the early game somewhat hard. You really need the better troops you get later on to stand a chance, unless that is just me being a bad general.
Indeed I find the Dwarfs, Harad and Rhun to be the ones who from the start have the chance to hit hardest. While the likes of Dale and to a certain degree Rohan and Eriandor can have a difficult time dealing with the hordes pouring out of Isengarnd the Misty Mountains
Just finished the campaign for the Shimatsu faction on Shogun 2. Epicness is the only word that can describe the last battle that was fougth outside Kyoto
Picked up Fallout New Vegas game of the year edition. Was initially extremely shocked by how bad it was but i am getting into it now. The game plays alot better in the indoor sections imo, they are quite tense and brutal. The dialogue is well written and surprisingly convincing despite Oblivion's hideous graphics/animation.
I actually really hated Fallout 3, iirc i never played it again after dying for the first time about 2 hours in. It just seemed so bland despite the inherent zaniness of the fallout license, it was also missing the fantastic writing of the previous games. If i'm honest i don't even really like the whole Kitsch 50's Americana thing either which isn't that helpful.
Perkustin wrote: Picked up Fallout New Vegas game of the year edition. Was initially extremely shocked by how bad it was but i am getting into it now. The game plays alot better in the indoor sections imo, they are quite tense and brutal. The dialogue is well written and surprisingly convincing despite Oblivion's hideous graphics/animation.
I actually really hated Fallout 3, iirc i never played it again after dying for the first time about 2 hours in. It just seemed so bland despite the inherent zaniness of the fallout license, it was also missing the fantastic writing of the previous games. If i'm honest i don't even really like the whole Kitsch 50's Americana thing either which isn't that helpful.
I agree with the 50s theme. It was tolerable for FO1,2 and tactics because the graphics were ancient and the games were excellent(especially tactics). Part 3 was extremely grim looking and the wasteland got old quick in addition to bug central. That said I played the daylights out of 3 and the dlcs, I got/played NV but still need to get GOTY for the dlcs.
Beat Assassin's Creed 3. The plot just really falls apart in this one. The most evil person in it is George Washington so why am I helping him? Several changes were made to the play controls that just messed up everything too.
picked up Anno 2070 on steam. not bad, pretty fun but the games take days to complete. the tax income fluctuates so much its hard to pin down a strategy at the moment. Im on the second to last scenario mission and im -2k credits for upkeep. so I started a new single mission game to see if i can the hang of not dying to upkeep problems.
I have a bad habit of playing about 20 games at the same time.
At the moment:
FarCry 3
Hitman: Absolution
Skyrim
Mass Effect 3
Uncharted 2 (yes, I know I'm behind times here. Only just bought a PS3)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3DS
Terraria
FTL
Binding of Isaac
and probably more that I've forgotten... I really need to start completing one game at a time.
I'm resumed my game of FFXIII just for the sake of finishing it, but I'm really struggling to find the motivation to get to the end despite being on the last disc.
For me it's the most badly misjudged game in the main series since the Playstation era, and I hope they make drastic alterations for the next standalone entry (XV?).
Haha great minds think alike. Started Path of Exile last night and LOVE it. Brilliant game.
Dungeonland on the other hand was quiet the letdown. Cool game, cool idea, but an absolutely bug infested mess. Not going to touch it for like a month till they work out the networking issues.
Perkustin wrote: Picked up Fallout New Vegas game of the year edition. Was initially extremely shocked by how bad it was but i am getting into it now. The game plays alot better in the indoor sections imo, they are quite tense and brutal. The dialogue is well written and surprisingly convincing despite Oblivion's hideous graphics/animation.
I got a regular copy of New Vegas free when my wife got 2 other games. I'm playing it on the 360 and got the majority of the achievements on one playthrough, with a few save and loads for the various faction related achievements. I'm currently trying to do a speed run for the Hardcore achievement. It's a good game but the bugs in it don't do it any favours (random freezes, saves that won't laod, necessary NPCs going missing etc.). Right now the game hasn't persuaded me that the DLC is worthwhile.
KamikazeCanuck wrote: Beat Assassin's Creed 3. The plot just really falls apart in this one. The most evil person in it is George Washington so why am I helping him? Several changes were made to the play controls that just messed up everything too.
Same. I had a good time with it, but found myself tapping the trigger to block/counter a few times. This is the first AC game where Ive gone with a heavy weapon (the axe) so that was fun.
On the new Need for Speed: Most Wanted now. Its pretty damn good so far. Just smashing cruisers with the SVT Raptor.
I find it so hard to just run down a street without just climbing up random crap. I think if you hold B it stops that but then how is that better than just not holding A like you used too? Bah!
Its a shame too because the first game was so much better. I got fed up with the quick time events to hijack vehicles. The Irish pilot's accent seemed to hit just about everything from Irish, to Scottish, to Australian to South African. It was unintentionally hilarious!
I finally completed Ghost recon Future Soldier's campaign earlier on Elite. Yesterday one part of the last level was almost controller throwingly frustrating, today I beat the level third time through. Just a few challenge related achievements to get through. I might finish up Space Marine next week.
Its a shame too because the first game was so much better. I got fed up with the quick time events to hijack vehicles. The Irish pilot's accent seemed to hit just about everything from Irish, to Scottish, to Australian to South African. It was unintentionally hilarious!
I finally completed Ghost recon Future Soldier's campaign earlier on Elite. Yesterday one part of the last level was almost controller throwingly frustrating, today I beat the level third time through. Just a few challenge related achievements to get through. I might finish up Space Marine next week.
The first one was one of the best open world games ever. That's why I bought the second one without even thinking about. Big mistake. I just want them to release the first Mercenaries as one of those downloadable classic Xbox games on XBLA.
The first one was one of the best open world games ever. That's why I bought the second one without even thinking about. Big mistake. I just want them to release the first Mercenaries as one of those downloadable classic Xbox games on XBLA.
If they'd do that I'd be very happy, the first one was miles better than the second. The problem is that with Pandemic no longer existing who gets the rights to release it?
KamikazeCanuck wrote: The first one was one of the best open world games ever. That's why I bought the second one without even thinking about. Big mistake.
I'm positive EVERYONE had the exact same thought process and reaction
The first one was one of the best open world games ever. That's why I bought the second one without even thinking about. Big mistake. I just want them to release the first Mercenaries as one of those downloadable classic Xbox games on XBLA.
If they'd do that I'd be very happy, the first one was miles better than the second. The problem is that with Pandemic no longer existing who gets the rights to release it?
I don't know. What do the bad reviews not like about it?
I'm not very far in yet (not collecting familiars at this point and at the
very first of the quest hubs), but I love the style of the game.
Some of it seemed to be the idea of leveling the familiars - especially the later ones.
Some of it seemed to be other things I would almost consider basic (if not always used) RPG elements, like random encounters.
Really, even the negatives seemed like good things to me, and some of the other reviews agreed.
Regardless, I am mostly curious about thoughts and opinions; I will most likely be buying it in any case.
I have not read anyone stating that it should be avoided, more that it is an actual game and not a Ghibli story to walk through.
That is not at all a bad thing, as I read it.
Black Ops 2 on PS3, cannot drag myself away from the damned thing, but when I do
-Assassins Creed 3
-Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots
-Space Marine
and Finally DoW Retribution!
I don't know. What do the bad reviews not like about it?
I'm not very far in yet (not collecting familiars at this point and at the
very first of the quest hubs), but I love the style of the game.
Some of it seemed to be the idea of leveling the familiars - especially the later ones.
Some of it seemed to be other things I would almost consider basic (if not always used) RPG elements, like random encounters.
Really, even the negatives seemed like good things to me, and some of the other reviews agreed.
Regardless, I am mostly curious about thoughts and opinions; I will most likely be buying it in any case.
I have not read anyone stating that it should be avoided, more that it is an actual game and not a Ghibli story to walk through.
That is not at all a bad thing, as I read it.
I'm only near the start. I play maybe 2 hours a week
I enjoy it. It's like Final Fantasy, Pokemon, and something called Tales ? (I'm not familiar with the third)
Mercanries 2: World In Flames(Already mentioned above) which I am enjoying a fair bit other than the ocasional freeze.
Lost Odyssey, this game boggles my mind as to how good it is. Its one of the best party based games I'v played in a while. Considering playing it a second time if I can't get all the achievments just because I like to fully complete games I enjoyed.
As best as I can tell EA still own the rights to whatever Pandemic created but they only kept on a small number of staff when they closed Pandemic to work on The Saboteur, most of the other Pandemic employees ended up at 343 working on the Halo franchise.
I'm playing Space Marine atm on the hardest difficulty and hope to finish that up the week. Then I'll go back and replay it for some level specific achievements and to find whatever servo skulls I missed (I hate collectibles in games ). I'm thinking about picking up Hitman Absolution too because it just dropped in price a bit on Amazon.
Soladrin wrote: When I get home from work I will most likely be playing Fix the internet and Yell at your provider.
Looking forward to it.
That's always a fun game. Before I moved I had no problems at all with my provider, when there was a fault with the line they had an engineer out the next day. The internet we currently have is abysmal, the wireless connection drops for no reason and the router randomly loses connection even when wired. But it does nicely tell us that the error has been resolved after we open the browser again.....and again.....and again. Needless to say when this contract expires we'll be more than happy to take our business elsewhere.
Just finished up Space Marine and while I enjoyed it for the most part it wasn't without its faults.
Spoiler:
why did the final battle with Nemeroth have to be a series of quick time events? I just comes across as lazy, maybe this is what inspired 6th Edition to be more cinematic.
From a plot and canon point of view a few things just stood out as badly written. For a Captain of the Ultramarines surely any Warp taint would have been long discovered, especially when the Chapter has the services of Tigurius. I'm surprised that Titus never thought to say that it was his faith in the Emperor that protected him. If the belief is that anything that can withstand the Warp is tainted by it then what does that mean for the Grey Knights, Librarians, psykers and even the Emperor?
Coolyo294 wrote: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Best one in the series, IMHO.
I was once scolded by a group of my friends for saying this exact thing. Glad to know I'm not alone, I've recently replayed this also and I'm now replaying Skyward Sword and Minish Cap, been on a real Zelda kick since my copy of Hyrule Historia came home
I'm also currently playing Dead Space 3, fleeting plays of Dark Souls (when I can keep my temper ) and actually LotR: The Third Age for the Gamecube. (Which is actually probably my favourite LotR game I've played thus far.)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, because I felt a hankering for a post apocalyptic style RPG and it was the first to hand (...figuratively seeing as I've got it on steam).
Twilight Princess
Windwaker
Majora's Mask
Ocarina of Time
Skyward Sword
This is if you don't include the Gameboy and Gameboy Advance titles, as Minish Cap and Oracle of Ages/Seasons would probably try and squeeze in there due to the frequency I played them as a kid.
For me it's Majora's Mask, then Ocarina of Time (really those two are pretty well tied in awesomeness) Windwaker, Twilight Princess and I haven't actually played Skyward Sword due to not having a Wii.
Deathshead420 wrote: You should download some mods for it. ^^^^ makes it much better imo.
0.o Assuming that I haven't already?
I felt that the loot system was better than the previous two games, so I didn't install a better loot mod this time around. However it would be nice to find a mod that adds lootable armour/artifacts as rare drops (as in really rare as I would assume that stalkers would sell these pretty quick).
...Something that decreases the chance of the tougher mutants spawning would be nice too. I mean them appearing at all is based on if you complete the hunter quests, but its annoying to have to reload a previous save every time a Pseudo Giant appears during the end game and kills everyone (play it on the hardest difficult and watch as a clip of Gauss rounds do feck all damage). =)
Ni No Kuni: Mix "Studio Ghibli" (creator of masterpieces like"Spirited Away" and "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Ponyo") with Level 5 (creators of one of my favorite RPGs: Dark Chronicles or Dark Cloud 2 for the yanks ) together with a Pokemon like battle-system, including the capturing and evolving.
Crysis 3 : A prime example of how not to make a FPS game.
Whats wrong with it?
I'm curious also. I've only heard good things thus far.
As for me, I played through Halo: ODST for the first time this weekend. Other than the short campaign (about 6-6.5 hours), I loved everything about it. Easily my second favorite of the series.
Crysis 3 : A prime example of how not to make a FPS game.
Whats wrong with it?
* Horrid character and story that gives away its secrets way to easily if you pay attention.
* Less than good enemies, with the exception of certain enemies this utterly breaks the game for me.
* A main character that never should have had the front seat in the story.
* Silly ending and too many quick time events
Currently playing Dawn Of War: Soulstorm. That game is excellent, playing Space Marines atm, and I have four more races to kill off, and so far, Sisters of Battle were the hardest to kill.
On the PS3, Dust 514, I like it, I'm playing with a friend so we are in the same squad and we have each other's backs at all times but when you are on your own, the game sucks. Really sucks because you end up being spawn killed the whole time.
Also playing Dead Space 3 and I love it.
Gotta say Metro 2033 is awesome! Great storyline and super creepy atmosphere. Game actually scared me but good in a few spots. Makes my video card cry in pain, though.
Fallen Enchantress, only just started getting into it. Seem to have a lot of depth and customization options, picked it up yesterday on sale on Steam.
Started playing Dragon Age Origins (Hitman also arrived). I have to say that I'm really enjoying it, its a shame that there is no voice acting for the main character though.
Tried to play dota 2 doesn't seem to run very well, i reckon i will probably just uninstall. A bit disappointing considering Torchlight 2 seemed to run really well, must be something to do with the source engine.
Oh btw, I already have 10 dotas to gift if there are still 10 people that want one and don't have one .
Back to WoW again....sigh. But it's awesome. Very casual now, but that's why I like it again, I just don't have the time to get into deep strategies etc. anymore...and with recruit-a-friend, I get 60 days of free play, a free flying mount and 300% xp. Yay!
Sigvatr wrote: Back to WoW again....sigh. But it's awesome. Very casual now, but that's why I like it again, I just don't have the time to get into deep strategies etc. anymore...and with recruit-a-friend, I get 60 days of free play, a free flying mount and 300% xp. Yay!
Not playing bloody much, thanks to taking one more course than usual this quarter and one of those courses being graduate level. A tiny smattering of DOOM and a wee bit of MechWarrior Online and Path of Exile here and there.
Doing a few matches of MWO mostly every evening, but only for a hour or so. It's a neat game that doesn't consume too much time and is relatively easy to put down.
Other than that, I've finally picked up Fallout 3 again after realising that I never finished it and how much I like the setting. Got me some mods for it, too - damn, it's crazy how much some people have altered the game.
Also, I'm currently downloading Dungeon Defenders which until now I've never heard of before. Usually this sort of stuff really isn't my genre, which explains why this game is actually news to me, but after having my P&P group recommend it to me and hinting at potential multiplayer games, I checked out the videos and then the demo, and it actually looks fun. For those who don't know, it can probably be best described as a sort of "tower defense RPG action hack&slay". Very cartooney graphics, lots of colours, but genuine fun to play. Plus, it's cheap - about 12 bucks for the main game, although you may spend more if you're interested in any of the DLC (-> additional levels and customization options / more classes).
Oh, and a friend and I finished the Colonial Marines campaign yesterday. Without spoiling too much, the ending was a bit anti-climatic and I'm convinced I could've written a plot that was less silly and perforated - and I say that whilst usually having lots of trouble coming up with a "golden thread" for a story.
Still enjoyed the visuals tho. One of these days I gotta peek into its versus multiplayer modes.
Lynata wrote: Also, I'm currently downloading Dungeon Defenders which until now I've never heard of before. Usually this sort of stuff really isn't my genre, which explains why this game is actually news to me, but after having my P&P group recommend it to me and hinting at potential multiplayer games, I checked out the videos and then the demo, and it actually looks fun. For those who don't know, it can probably be best described as a sort of "tower defense RPG action hack&slay". Very cartooney graphics, lots of colours, but genuine fun to play. Plus, it's cheap - about 12 bucks for the main game, although you may spend more if you're interested in any of the DLC (-> additional levels and customization options / more classes).
My lady and I play this one too - fun free game from PSN.
Can play a map or so and stop, or mess around for hours.
Or we did until Ni No Kuni ate my free time.
Devoured shamelessly.
I feel the series has desensitised me to epic. As the openings got bigger and bigger, I got less and less enthused. Ascension is the biggest opening yet, dwarfing 3's god and titan felling opening, and yet... it was okay.
Juts finished my first run through of Dragon Age Origins an looking forward to playing through the DLC (I did rush to play Witch Hunt after beating the campaign though )
Trondheim wrote: Tomb Raider : Oh this game actually surpassed my expectations, a very fine game to pass the days with.
The first twenty minutes or so made me want to throw my PC out the window. What's with it and QTEs? After that it's the best game I've played this year...although that's not really saying much. Had a lot of fun for the 10 hours it took me to do everything except collect random crap.
I liked those, I never gave them much thought. I liked the look and feel plus the atmosphere was great. But I suppose tastes will vary on the mater of QTEs
I just found that repeating the same QTE 3 times (and in one case 8) killed the tension.
If people like QTEs, good for them, but give me and the millions of gamers like me the option to turn them off and have good old cut scenes.
QTE need to be simple. GoW, iirc, did it right - you could focus on the action because the right direction was indicated by a flaming border at the top, left, right, or bottom, just in your field of view.
Nearly 120 hours in I'm still playing Kingdoms of Amalur. Just finished the second DLC and I'm back to the main quest. I'd say I'm maybe 3/5ths through the game.
I'm loving it. Playing it on PS3 (my PC would look at Kingdoms and implode at the hardware requirements, yes my PC is that old). I liken it to Skyrim, which I also have, if Skyrim had interesting combat mechanics. And wasn't first person, which is a terrible PoV for melee combat.
It's no spectacle fighter like, say God of War, and it's not a totally open world like, say, Just Cause 2 (which everyone must play!), but it's a good RPG with fun involving combat, interesting characters, and a LOT of things to do. I'm very much against DLC as a concept, but even I was enjoying the game enough to fork out for the two expansion DLC's.
If I have one criticism it's that everyone in the game is the same age (appearance wise). You talk to old fathers who look like bronzed gods who want to rescue their young runaway daughters who look like 25-year-old super models, and then you meet the 25-year-old super model's mother... who is also a 25-year-old super-model. There's a fethton of variation in character models, just not in how old they look. It's bizarre!
Bioshock 1 (360), Assassin's Creed III (360), Kingdoms of Amalur (360), and Darksiders (PC).
Kingdoms of Amalur is by far one of the best games I've played in the past year or so. I don't have any of the DLC for it yet, but I've been going through as many of the quests I can and finding all of the various stones in the world. It's taken me at least 50 hours, and I've got about 10 more levels of questing to get through before the end of the game (based on the guidebook for the game, and no I'm not using the guide, I got it cheap because I pre-ordered the big collector's edition one).
My only issue with it is that I feel a melee character can easily be played on any system (console or PC), but I think that a sorcerer needs to be played on the computer. They've got too many spells. Also Chakra are cheap as hell lol.
Can anyone comment on the finesse builds? I've yet to play with them.
I forged my own, as I did my trusty long sword. I suggest getting the DLC, especially the Teeth of Naros. It's great.
I probably will, I just play KoA so infrequently... :-\ I played it a lot when it came out to about August, and I pick it up about once every other month, play it for about 2 weeks (so 16 hours a week) and then put it down lol.
Playing "Gears of War: Judgment".
I finished the campaign (and the supplementary campaign "Aftermath") yesterday. Pretty nice.
I'm quite enjoying the new "Overrun" game mode as well. It's like a competitive "Horde" mode! It needs some tweaking though to be something truly great.
Its really fun, it just suffers from prequel syndrome. The developers just jammed in new great things and you kinda wonder where they've been for the first three games
Been playing Metro 2033 still, game overheats my GPU something wicked. Can only play this game for 30-45 minutes before my computer fans scream and sounds like the box is going to melt down!
Also some Fallen Enchantress but its very bleh, more of a chore to play than anything.
Some Multiplayer Mass Effect 3, which is very enjoyable. Really enjoy the co-op multiplayer shooters.
Also picked up Left 4 Dead 2 for $5, its good but gets tiresome quickly. If you could level up like in ME3 it would be a slam dunk.
Have been playing Hearts of Iron 3 as Germany. It gets rather old fast how the AI keeps 150-3k strong units against +100k strong battlegroups and then running around like headless chickens capturing zones causing about +10 pop-ups to appear per game hour .
DA's Forever wrote: Its really fun, it just suffers from prequel syndrome. The developers just jammed in new great things and you kinda wonder where they've been for the first three games
Actually, a majority of the stuff not appearing in the post-Judgment continuity makes sense.
The Markza and Booshka are both UIR weapons, not COG weapons and the UIR was the first human "nation" to be wiped out by the Locust. Following Emergence Day there likely was not too much of a demand for "new" weapons which would require alternative training (the Markza being a designated marksman rifle versus the Longshot being a "proper" sniper rifle platform) by the COG for their soldiers.
It's also worth mentioning that the game has some fun with the "prequel syndrome". In Aftermath(which takes place during/right before the events of Gears 3), Baird comments on the appearance of Ragers(who utilize defiled Markzas as "Breechshots") with "I wonder where those guys were at all this time? Not that I'm complaining, mind you...". The Onyx Guard skins for MP as well have some commentary where it suggests that the Onyx Guard were "the COG's worst-kept secret during the Pendulum Wars" but then "disappeared completely until the Azura incident"(which refers to Gears 3).
I played on the Dakka MC and Tekkit servers for a bit. While my Pc can handle MC at 70+ fps the only net access I have is via a laptop which cant handle MC even on lowest settings. So won't be on any of the servers for a while.
XD I just got there and my pacifistic run already in tatters (...something inside me just just tells me that throwing people off of the Statue of Liberty is a fun). Though I've set it down for now as I'm finding that steam doesn't handle mods very well (ref taking two hours to get the thing to work...). =/
I may just head into town and see if I can pick up a disc second hand. =)
Found an unplayed copy of Black & White in a pile of old stuff and hoped I'd found a buried treasure but meh, I don't think I'll go back to it. This was probably great back in the day but not so much now.
Just got God of War: Ascension (taking a break from Kingdoms of Amalur to play it).
So far:
Graphics? Completely out of this world. The best a GOW game has ever looked. Gameplay? Extremely fun. The combos and weapon progression is fun, and even though I'm not a fan of the rage meter, I'm having a blast playing it. Story? Incomprehensible! I don't know what the feth is going on. First I'm fighting against someone that I apparently hate yet have no real reason why (other than they're obviously evil and voiced by Nikka Futterman, which always means they're evil), and now I'm in an extended 'three weeks earlier' flashback, and have been for more than I was in the present, and I just got done riding a massive mountain sized snake... rollercoaster... (?) and don't know what I'm doing there either. This game's story is terrible.
Right now I'd give it a C, as the story was interesting in the other 5 GOW games (even if Chains of Olympus wasn't that great).
When you quit a game in anger (or fury!) they call it "Rage Quitting". So what do you call it when you quit a game out of disappointment, or simply just being sick of it?
I ask because that's what I just did with God of War Ascension. After muddling my way through a strange boss-fight against... some sort of person with another person growing out of his stomach (after which I got the trophy "Quaid!") I then messed around with the new life cycle ability (which is just busywork from what I can see and about as integral to gameplay as the fast boots from GOW3).
Anyway, I came to the next bit and walked around a corner away from where I was meant to go to look for more hidden chests. I got to the edge, looked to see if there was somewhere I could jump to... and the planks beneath me gave way and I died instantly. Not warning. No rumbling to show it was about to fall. No chance to do anything about it. I just walked to the edge and died straight away. I didn't even have any words. I was just shocked.
I held down my PS button, selected "turn off controller" and turned off my TV.
This is without a shadow of a doubt the worst GOW game in the series. Chains of Olympus was brief, sparse and a little dull, but I can forgive that as it was the first PSP GOW game and, more importantly it wasn't a bad game, I just didn't like it all that much. This one though? Why am I still fighting in this extended flashback? Is most of the game told in flashback? Why even have the starting section if it's all going to take place before that happens? Wouldn't it have been better to build up the threat of the Furies before we see them later? It's hard to get scared of the Furies when you kill one of them in the first 20 minutes and then spend the rest of the game in a flash back pretending to be worried about one of the people you just killed? And who are these characters? When the various gods came after you in GOW3 there was a sense of danger. "Oh, here comes Hades! Ok, let's fight Helios! Ha! That's Hercules, voiced by Kevin Sorbo no less - awesome!" whereas in Ascension its "Oh... there's... Kuato from Total Recall I guess... and... an Elephant man. Why is there an elephant man? I'm going to find an Oracle because some dude with glowing eczema who I met only once and never told me his name said so... yay?"
The game lacks any context. I knew what I was doing and why in the other games. Here I haven't a clue other than "find the oracle, now find something else", all of which is meaningless because I obviously still get caught by the Furies and then have to fight them. It'd be like starting God of War 2 with the fight against Zues, having you nearly kill him, and then going "2 days earlier" and have you go through the whole game.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. I have been slowly going through the series slowly and now I'm up to this game. Not that far in to it. Tried online, it's pretty cool.
Finally picked my copy of Dishono(u)red back up. I have reached the last mission ('low chaos', apparently). One thing that shocked me about the game is that if you're canny with what powers you upgrade early on and aren't worried about being spotted a couple times you could easily speedrun the game in about 90 minutes, and that's including stealth. Without stealth i reckon I could beat it in half that time. I gotta say by far the strongest part of that game is Emily(I mean this in a totally non-paedo way), there are no lengths i wouldn't go to to protect that adorable little creature. I have never been so charmed by a videogame character ever.
Somehow the game still felt a bit limited to me, i was just as often stymied as i was offered a new avenue. It's certainly no Hitman (even if, unlike hitman, you never truly feel you've missed the 'Right Way' to do something) more Deus Ex 2 or Human Revolution.
Started playing Sleeping Dogs (recommended by Ross Watson, of all people). It's a lot of fun. It has all the usual GTA problems - the AI drives perfectly and cars handle (as Yahtzee would say) like there's another heavier car strapped to the top of them, but it's loads of fun.
Still playing Dragon Age and wanting to beat Alister's head into the ground for being such a whiny little gakker. Trying to do my evil playthrough and I've managed to alienate or kill 5 team mates
Trying to figure out what ending I should actually have for this that would suit my character (who isn't best pleased at being kicked out of her clan and then conscripted against her will);
Spoiler:
Let Morrigan get frisky with Loghain so I can leave the kingdom in ruins with a potential heir to the throne being born to a witch, and another potential heir off pouting because I wouldn't let him kill Loghain, and a duplicitous Queen on the throne
Spoiler:
Just continue and let Loghain take the bullet for me after final battle, leave his bitter two-faced daughter on the throne with Alister off moping somewhere (this will have to be done because I want that achievement ) so my character and Leliana can disappear off into the sunset together
Spoiler:
Let Alister kill Loghain, take the crown and imprison the Queen knowing that the kingdom is now significantly weaker for it (she betrayed me when I went to rescue her so it seems fair that I betray her)
My preferred choice would have been
Spoiler:
Let Morrigan bear Loghain's child or have Loghain take the bullet for me (leave me to die will you? How about you end up being used to save my life), put Alister on the throne (I can't imagine he'd be thrilled with Loghain surviving the battle) and have the Queen locked up. That way everyone is unhappy and the kingdom is suitably screwed over
Beat Metro 2033. This could have been a good game but it wasn't. Needed some more time in the oven. I can not recall having spent more time wandering around trying to figure out were to go.
The Grumpy Eldar wrote: Been playing the Company of Heroes 2 beta. It's pretty fun. Though the mortars are pretty OP/annoying.
Now I'm imagining an American after action report from WWII:
"At 0933 we faced down elements of the Panzer Grenadier 7th and 8th Battalions. They had set up three (3) MG42 positions across the ridge. Bravo Company was ordered to use direct fire bazooka attacks to dislodge the German position. They were successful, although took several casualties (6 WIA/1 KIA) from enemy mortar fire. Mortars are OP and should be totally nerfed in the next patch."
The Grumpy Eldar wrote: Been playing the Company of Heroes 2 beta. It's pretty fun. Though the mortars are pretty OP/annoying.
Now I'm imagining an American after action report from WWII:
"At 0933 we faced down elements of the Panzer Grenadier 7th and 8th Battalions. They had set up three (3) MG42 positions across the ridge. Bravo Company was ordered to use direct fire bazooka attacks to dislodge the German position. They were successful, although took several casualties (6 WIA/1 KIA) from enemy mortar fire. Mortars are OP and should be totally nerfed in the next patch."
Well only the Russians and Germans are in the game, it's set on the Ostfront/Eastern Front. So either it'd be a German or Russian after action report.
Grenade launchers are truely OP. That squad can whipe a whole Grenadier/Conscript squad with one blow. While an incendary bombardment doesn't even do that. On top of that they are cheap for Russians and they could spam them early game. It's like hitting your head against a brick wall if someone does that.
Started playing Uncharted Waters Online. If you were a fan of the series back in the day they actually did the series total justice in MMO form. At first glance it coems off as "just another Korean grind MMO with pay to win", but it's actually deceptively good. Totally captures the feel of the original.
KamikazeCanuck wrote: Cool. I'm jonesing to play that one but I've restricted myself from buying any games until I finish the ones I have.
Yeah I'm in the same boat, I still have Hitman lying about unplayed, Episode 1 of Dead Rising was downloaded free on April 1st, and my wife and I are just getting back into Halo 4 online so there'll be no new games for a bit.
Playing through NHL 13 Be A Pro, switching between my Goalie (whom I'm terrible with) and my Right Wing Sniper... My win loss records on both are terrible... :-\
And BioShock Infinite... and once I fix my graphics card issues... lots more games
I picked up Sang Froid this weekend from Steam. So far I really like it. It's a strategy game where basically you play a lumberjack that is fending off attacks from wolves and werewolves. You setup all of your traps during the day to survive the night time onslaught, and use strategy to it's fullest simply because the bad guys are just plain more powerful than you in a straight fight.
The art direction and story are very unique and well done IMO. On the plus side the cost of entry is under 15 bucks so overall its a deal.
Demigod wrote: I picked up Sang Froid this weekend from Steam. So far I really like it. It's a strategy game where basically you play a lumberjack that is fending off attacks from wolves and werewolves. You setup all of your traps during the day to survive the night time onslaught, and use strategy to it's fullest simply because the bad guys are just plain more powerful than you in a straight fight.
The art direction and story are very unique and well done IMO. On the plus side the cost of entry is under 15 bucks so overall its a deal.
I was a bit confused about Steam's description. It talks about customization, but it seems to make it clear that you don't really customize your character so much as you customize his skills and stats?
Beat Halo 4 it was surprisingly good. Perhaps this series needed a hand off to a new team. It was such a refreshing change of pace to not be shooting Covenant all the time. I hope they put in different bad guys every new game from now on.
Not sure about the ending though, it didn't really make sense. Well, a lot of the story didn't really make sense but the gameplay was good.
And, while to the purely gamers this will be a great annoyance, most of the halo story makes sense if you read the novels, though Halo: reach burned a lot of bridges to form a much worse story, wish they'd stuck to the book on that one.
I've lately started to get my fighting game itch back but I'm unsure of what game to get to scratch it... I'm a Soul Calibur veteran (1 to 4) but not sure if it's still the game for me. Are there any big fighting games coming out or should I just pick up the latest Mortal Kombat?
Not sure about the ending though, it didn't really make sense. Well, a lot of the story didn't really make sense but the gameplay was good.
My opinions ~exactly, really good Halo gameplay but a Garbage, incomprehensible, story imo. Loved the soundtrack/new music-writer as well, Marty o'donnell has disappeared up his own butt since H2 imo.
Playing the FREE Injustice iPhone/iPad game. It's a ton of fun, you don't HAVE to buy anything, but once you get playing, you'll probably WANT to buy the $5 character booster pack: it gives you Harley Quinn and 2 intermediate level characters. My two were an upgraded Solomon Grundy and the first level Wonder Woman. For those who don't know how it works, each character has a few different available levels, mixed between bronze, silver and gold. Some, like Batman and Superman, only exist in gold. Others like SG are in Bronze and Silver, and WW are in Silver and Gold. Both versions have different specials and built in abilities. I've been addicted to it since I learned about it Sunday night.
Guild Wars 2, and a lot of it lol. Finally hit level 60.
So far I have 2 issues one being down to me. First one is bank space, holy crap does it run out fast.
Second being in race choice, I really don't like the Charr/Asura/Sylvari leading me to not roll those races hence making me miss some personal stories.
KamikazeCanuck wrote: Beat Halo 4 it was surprisingly good. Perhaps this series needed a hand off to a new team. It was such a refreshing change of pace to not be shooting Covenant all the time. I hope they put in different bad guys every new game from now on.
Not sure about the ending though, it didn't really make sense. Well, a lot of the story didn't really make sense but the gameplay was good.
My wife and I skip through the cut scenes so the only things that I really know about the Halo universe come from some of the novels (which are more interesting than the games at times). I'll be honest, I was sorta meh on the new enemies. The crawlers were like the Flood but armed, the Knights are like more annoying Elites the way they teleport when injured instead of hopping about, and the Watchers were like the Sentinels from other Halo games but have the challenge of giving out shields or respawning the enemy. Even the weapons felt like replicas of existing ones (light rifle-battle rifle, scattershot-shotgun, binary rifle-sniper rifle, suppressor-SAW, boltshot-plasma pistol minus EMP). At least the Covenant ones had something that made them unique
I did feel that the Covenant were a better enemy, they use different troops with different tactics to attack you. The Prometheans spam Crawlers at you while Watchers throw up shields for the Knights to grenade spam you, or respawn enemies.
But that's just my two cents.
Anyways, its finally spring here, the yard work has started, some of my family are coming to visit and there are a whole raft of household projects that need done and we have guests with us this week so farewell gaming time for a bit
It still nice to have something new to shoot. I've killed a lot of Covenant in my day. I was happy when the war ended in Halo 3 so I wouldn't have to fight them anymore.
I still vastly prefer fighting the Covenant, or to be more precise, Elites.
The biggest beef's I've had with the halo series was the lack of Elites in Halo 2 ( NOBODY CARES ABOUT BRUTES) and the giant retcon of the fall of reach novel, which I still think is the best Halo novel.
Soladrin wrote: The biggest beef's I've had with the halo series was the lack of Elites in Halo 2 ( NOBODY CARES ABOUT BRUTES) and the giant retcon of the fall of reach novel...
Completely agree with this, but I think Contact Harvest was my favorite. Glasslands was really good, too.
As for me, I started replaying Dead Island with my brother. That game is waaay more fun in co-op
Soladrin wrote: The biggest beef's I've had with the halo series was the lack of Elites in Halo 2 ( NOBODY CARES ABOUT BRUTES) and the giant retcon of the fall of reach novel...
What sucks the more is that imo the Halo 2 elites were the best. The 'Ultras' (iirc, the white doods) in that game were the best enemies i've had the pleasure of fighting. The brutes were really cool in that game, their bezerk charge was absolutely terrifying, but nothing on the elites. The elites in Reach felt a little too puny (you could easily take on 5 or 6 at a time, in H2 2 elites at once was a real battle) and dont get me started on the H3 brutes.
Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate. Fantastic game. Though I actually fainted for once the other day. For anyone who understands this, the Half Stun skill is bloody worthless. Damn stun...
I'm playing war thunder, WW2 flying MMO. Tons of fun.
On another note, while I enjoyed the story of halo 4, I felt that the actual dynamics were rather lackluster, and quite repetitive. I also felt that the multiplayer was more of a reskined COD, with none of the addictiveness of previous games in the series. just my two cents.
Took a glimpse into the turn-based F2P browser strategy game Jagged Alliance Online. I actually only did this because I'm backing for Shadowrun Online (made by the same company, using the same engine) and wanted to get an idea of what I could expect from the final product, meaning what level of anticipation would be warranted.
I was pleasently surprised by what I saw so far (even though JAO is all about gunfights, whereas SRO aims for something more) and already have a team of 3 mercs (Raven with a Sig SG550 for long range sniping, Buzz on a machine gun, and my custom character as a SMG-wielding commando acting as bait or flanker) ... guess I'll throw a few more missions this evening.
matapata98 wrote: On another note, while I enjoyed the story of halo 4, I felt that the actual dynamics were rather lackluster, and quite repetitive. I also felt that the multiplayer was more of a reskined COD, with none of the addictiveness of previous games in the series. just my two cents.
I normally play SWAT on LIVE so I don't much notice the other modes, but from what I have played it seems the assault rifle does more than just make noise now
Soladrin wrote: The biggest beef's I've had with the halo series was the lack of Elites in Halo 2 ( NOBODY CARES ABOUT BRUTES) and the giant retcon of the fall of reach novel...
What sucks the more is that imo the Halo 2 elites were the best. The 'Ultras' (iirc, the white doods) in that game were the best enemies i've had the pleasure of fighting. The brutes were really cool in that game, their bezerk charge was absolutely terrifying, but nothing on the elites. The elites in Reach felt a little too puny (you could easily take on 5 or 6 at a time, in H2 2 elites at once was a real battle) and dont get me started on the H3 brutes.
Couldn't agree more. In the end, the brutes in Halo 2 were easy as hell since you could 2shot them in the head. (one shot to knock off the helmet).
Halo 3 was IMO the worst halo when it comes to actual gameplay. Fighting that many brutes just felt terrible. I actually prefer fighting drones over them.
Soladrin wrote: Halo 3 was IMO the worst halo when it comes to actual gameplay. Fighting that many brutes just felt terrible. I actually prefer fighting drones over them.
Yup. To be completely honest, I think the Drones killed me more than anything else in the game! I honestly felt like ODST was the best of the original series.
...Now I'm going to play through ODST again when I get home I just wish my friends still played it...I really liked playing the Firefight mode.
Sigvatr wrote:It's a cool attempt but it becomes Pay-To-Play pretty soon - at least back when I played. Pity.
Hmmh, I'm only at level 14 now, but so far wasn't even tempted to buy anything for real cash - although, for the record, I wouldn't mind shelling out a few bucks if I actively enjoy a game. Fair trade and all; when I feel entertained, I'm quite willing to reward the developer, up to a certain degree/amount.
I heard that they may have dropped some stuff you originally had to pay for, such as healing and repairing, which is currently done for no cost at the conclusion of a mission. Or should I expect something else later down the road? What was it that drove you away? Right now, the only thing I see where I absolutely have to spend gold is more merc slots in the team, but apparently you even get some gold just for logging in regularly...
But for Shadowrun Online, I'm aiming to play on the box-purchase campaign server, where a cash shop will be non-existent and everything is available only for ingame currency. Can't wait until that one goes live.
I'm playing an excellent new game called 'Cluedo', which is a spiffing game about trying to find out who murdered Mr X.
Being serious though, I'm quite into Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Academy (take the mick out of me all you want for playing an ancient game! *sob*). It's the best game EVER!
Melissia wrote: Playing Castle Crashers and Rainbow 6: Vegas 2.
Very fun co-op titles.
Vegas 2 was one game that I played for about a year, and ignored everything else. I liked the changes they made to the game (especially the sprint) except for reducing the co-op campaign from 4 player to 2 player.
Playing Skyrim again with Dragonborn, and a crapload of new mods. I love that even with 290+ hours in, I still randomly stumble on stuff I've never done before.
Demigod wrote: I picked up Sang Froid this weekend from Steam. So far I really like it. It's a strategy game where basically you play a lumberjack that is fending off attacks from wolves and werewolves. You setup all of your traps during the day to survive the night time onslaught, and use strategy to it's fullest simply because the bad guys are just plain more powerful than you in a straight fight.
The art direction and story are very unique and well done IMO. On the plus side the cost of entry is under 15 bucks so overall its a deal.
I was a bit confused about Steam's description. It talks about customization, but it seems to make it clear that you don't really customize your character so much as you customize his skills and stats?
Saw a wtf is.. on totalhalibauts channel and want to get this too. So you enjoyed this?
Farcry 3 is an excellent game. Two criticisms: the game does not allow you to save anywhere. This makes the early game needlessly frustrating. I recommend bringing an assault rifle as back up as, strangely, the 'Loud' gunplay is incredibly easy. Shotguns are also pretty good.
Second, in the early game before you have a couple of the upgrades, namely the crouch-walk fast one, the stealth can be INCREDIBLY frustrating. You move almost literally at a snail's pace when crouched by default. Enemies also have an annoying habit of coming straight for you as soon as you fire a shot, they have the directional hearing of bats. (this also makes the bow, sadly, almost useless mechanically, you might as well bring a silenced assault rifle/smg/sniper, they'll hear all the same). So being able to crawl away fast is a necessity for stealth play.
However once you have all the stealth/takedown upgrades the game is an absolutely blast and almost literally filled with possibilities in the combat. I would recommend holding off on 'Heavy beatdown' until you're facing Hoyt's mercs, stealth killing the pirate heavies with a precision shot to the back of the head adds a thrilling challenge. The merc heavies have no weakness so are just bullet sponges.
EDIT: I intentionally avoided most of the health upgrades as they made the game incredibly easy, I would recommend upgrading to 3 lozenges and improving healing but playing until you feel you really need more health.
Perkustin wrote: Farcry 3 is an excellent game. Two criticisms: the game does not allow you to save anywhere. This makes the early game needlessly frustrating.
Bah! I was hoping that they wouldn't have carried this over from the last one, it was always hateful trying to get to a safe house to save your progress
Perkustin wrote: Enemies also have an annoying habit of coming straight for you as soon as you fire a shot, they have the directional hearing of bats. (this also makes the bow, sadly, almost useless mechanically, you might as well bring a silenced assault rifle/smg/sniper, they'll hear all the same).
Another annoying mechanic that was in the last game, and sadly many other games also. The is more of a reaction to suppressed shooting in the last two Rainbow 6 games than unsuppressed fire, then again both are Ubisoft titles.
I thought that Farcry 3 was good up until the second story arc was introduced, that's when it peaked for me. I can see why the writers felt the need for the bigger villain and all, but I just don't think that the second half of the game was executed well enough. For me the second island didn't come across as having the same amount of content as the first did. I'll be buying Blood Dragon though. It may not be the same size as its predecessor, but I'm hoping that it feels a fuller game. ...With dinosaurs.
I just installed KOTOR, and after having spent the better part of an hour trying to get the resolution to be compatible, got it to work. It'd be nice if Steam patched older games to be compatible with newer resolutions, but its endearing to have to jump through hoops to get older games to work, as long as you can replay them in the end. Despite canon saying the player was a goody two shoes I think I may play as a self serving pychopath this time around. ...Because Obsidian says I can, and that the whole concept of dark and light's just a silly thing that Hollywood came up with.
I am finally playing Space Marine, and feeling like a bit of a goon, as I installed it and bought all this multiplayer DLC...and it turns out no one's playing the multiplayer anymore.
I'm on with Dishonored atm, wicked game, though I think I'm close to the end which is disappointing as it doesn't feel like I've had the miles out of it yet.
kitch102 wrote: I'm on with Dishonored atm, wicked game, though I think I'm close to the end which is disappointing as it doesn't feel like I've had the miles out of it yet.
Very good game though.
Close to the end as in you've been back to the castle, or close to the end you're nearing the lighthouse? I felt that it was a well structured game, but yes, it does come off as a bit short. That's not to say I didn't play more than the requisite eight hours in my first play through. The background of the world was pretty nice, though the Heart makes you feel bad at times. Stop killing the wales!
Seaward wrote: I am finally playing Space Marine, and feeling like a bit of a goon, as I installed it and bought all this multiplayer DLC...and it turns out no one's playing the multiplayer anymore.
I never tried the multiplayer because I bought it pre-owned It never struck me as having a long term following sadly
Seaward wrote: I am finally playing Space Marine, and feeling like a bit of a goon, as I installed it and bought all this multiplayer DLC...and it turns out no one's playing the multiplayer anymore.
I never tried the multiplayer because I bought it pre-owned It never struck me as having a long term following sadly
Been playing a lot of ME3 multiplayer, really fantastic fun, love it all the way.
Playing some Warframe, but it's meh. It's free so I really can't complain. It has some good points, but it ends up just another mission in another bland tech-hallway shooting generic enemies. Like the samurai swords, though.
Also beat Metro 2033 finally, sweet game, really loved it, was so much fun even though it made my graphics card cry in pain. Really looking forward to the sequel, but I shan't be pre-ordering it.
Now playing LA Noire, quite amazing so far, just, wow. Like being in an interactive movie, the voice acting and faces are top shelf, without question. Also, cops can steal cars and not go to jail!?
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Wyrmalla wrote: I thought that Farcry 3 was good up until the second story arc was introduced, that's when it peaked for me. I can see why the writers felt the need for the bigger villain and all, but I just don't think that the second half of the game was executed well enough. For me the second island didn't come across as having the same amount of content as the first did. I'll be buying Blood Dragon though. It may not be the same size as its predecessor, but I'm hoping that it feels a fuller game. ...With dinosaurs.
I just installed KOTOR, and after having spent the better part of an hour trying to get the resolution to be compatible, got it to work. It'd be nice if Steam patched older games to be compatible with newer resolutions, but its endearing to have to jump through hoops to get older games to work, as long as you can replay them in the end. Despite canon saying the player was a goody two shoes I think I may play as a self serving pychopath this time around. ...Because Obsidian says I can, and that the whole concept of dark and light's just a silly thing that Hollywood came up with.
All the KOTOR games are solid gold PC gaming right there, my friend. Loved every moment!
Not been playing a lot at the moment with Aura recuperating from wrist surgery, but had the odd go on Skyrim (loving the legendary update) and even a couple of new alts on WoW via a RP realm. My last go at the game, if RP doesn't catch my interest I think that will be me and MMO's until either World of Darkness arrives, or Titan gets a reveal and turns out to be something I might be interested in.
Just got through Kotor 2 playing as a dark Jedi. It was fun... till Chris Avellone started calling me out on my morals, then I just begrudgingly played the punch clock villain because I'd set out to be one. I think I'll give it another replay as a good character now though. Its a well constructed game (using the restored mod), though I'm hesitant to give it an immediate replay considering how involved it can be. Still, that wookie annoyed me, so I guess I want to see what Mira and the Handmaiden (because nobody's patched the gender thing yet) are like.
I would say though that the modded M4-78 was a big of a drag and something I wouldn't want to replay (though I'd do so anyway just to make the game feel more complete). ...I'm surprised just how boring the majority of that world felt, but I can accept that that's a result of the mod's author's not having much to work with. ......It still annoyed the hell out of me having to go through a world that was 80% fetch quests though. =)
Wyrmalla wrote: Just got through Kotor 2 playing as a dark Jedi. It was fun... till Chris Avellone started calling me out on my morals, then I just begrudgingly played the punch clock villain because I'd set out to be one. I think I'll give it another replay as a good character now though. Its a well constructed game (using the restored mod), though I'm hesitant to give it an immediate replay considering how involved it can be. Still, that wookie annoyed me, so I guess I want to see what Mira and the Handmaiden (because nobody's patched the gender thing yet) are like.
I would say though that the modded M4-78 was a big of a drag and something I wouldn't want to replay (though I'd do so anyway just to make the game feel more complete). ...I'm surprised just how boring the majority of that world felt, but I can accept that that's a result of the mod's author's not having much to work with. ......It still annoyed the hell out of me having to go through a world that was 80% fetch quests though. =)
I suspect you'll find that Chris A ain't all about the good characters, either. Part of the beauty of KotOR 2. He's discussed the game - guardedly - on various boards before, and it's not difficult to get the impression that he finds Star Wars' morality system ridiculously childish, and that KotOR 2 was an intentional deconstruction of the black-and-white heroes-and-villains take.
Wyrmalla wrote: Just got through Kotor 2 playing as a dark Jedi. It was fun... till Chris Avellone started calling me out on my morals, then I just begrudgingly played the punch clock villain because I'd set out to be one. I think I'll give it another replay as a good character now though. Its a well constructed game (using the restored mod), though I'm hesitant to give it an immediate replay considering how involved it can be. Still, that wookie annoyed me, so I guess I want to see what Mira and the Handmaiden (because nobody's patched the gender thing yet) are like.
I would say though that the modded M4-78 was a big of a drag and something I wouldn't want to replay (though I'd do so anyway just to make the game feel more complete). ...I'm surprised just how boring the majority of that world felt, but I can accept that that's a result of the mod's author's not having much to work with. ......It still annoyed the hell out of me having to go through a world that was 80% fetch quests though. =)
I suspect you'll find that Chris A ain't all about the good characters, either. Part of the beauty of KotOR 2. He's discussed the game - guardedly - on various boards before, and it's not difficult to get the impression that he finds Star Wars' morality system ridiculously childish, and that KotOR 2 was an intentional deconstruction of the black-and-white heroes-and-villains take.
^^ Oh yeah, I'm just saying that by the end I felt like a complete tool, despite the game explaining that my character's actions were justified. Obsidian's my favorite developer and it waf nice to see their take of the game. Contrast it to the first one and you see Bioware's hollywood styling, compared to Obsidian making a more realistic (or at least ones with with more depth) set of characters.
which sucks cause a month ago I enjoyed the hell out of it).
May I ask what faction?
