I just played the first part of Project Brazil. It's really good, there are some things that are a bit buggy, but it's super high quality for a fan-made thing.
Currently i think i have video game ADD. No game feels very appealing right now. I've been playing shadowrun returns dragonfall but then switched to Grey Goo. The human and Beta factions are super similar except in base building.
Personally i can't wait for 'Act of Aggression' since it seems like 'Act of War' and i never got to play 'Act of War'. Then there's 'Total War: warhammer' which couldn't disappoint me worse than 'Age of Sigmar' has for fantasy.
Right now i'm wondering if i should try Galactic Civilizations 3 or maybe Xcom: enemy within again. If i go for xcom my neighbors will know because of all the loud cursing i'll be doing.
It'd be hilarious to try out stealth archer again in skyrim. I should just hide in some shadows and pick off guards randomly if i get bored. Wonder if they'd even notice. The funniest thing to do is take a stealth potion and gear and fight a dragon with it. The dragon won't be able to find you and usually they're the best at spotting you. It's totally possible to shoot a dragon via stealth until it goes down and wracking up stealth criticals while doing so.
I always thought one-shotting the giants with a dagger was amusing. Or max stealth where you do the pooch shadow thing in the middle of a pitched fight was kind of hilarious.
When I start tagging guards out of boredom I usually try to step back and reassess if I should be playing another game .
There was a mod that added in needs like water and food, one of the additions allowed wood elves to be cannibals and harvest people for meat. The cool thing is that gives you two damage granted items so you can always have poison wee.
GrimDork wrote: I always thought one-shotting the giants with a dagger was amusing. Or max stealth where you do the pooch shadow thing in the middle of a pitched fight was kind of hilarious.
When I start tagging guards out of boredom I usually try to step back and reassess if I should be playing another game .
There was a mod that added in needs like water and food, one of the additions allowed wood elves to be cannibals and harvest people for meat. The cool thing is that gives you two damage granted items so you can always have poison wee.
A magic assassin that abused daggers, invisibility and sneak is the most fun character I have ever played in any RPG. You can just waltz straight into a room of hostile NPC's, and proceed to slit all of their throats one by one.
Took a long time though to earn enough perks to make the build work, assuming you're not cheating. I used to go a certain Dwemer ruin with a burst steam pipe, cast the constant effect healing spell and used the Atronach spell absorption standing stone to recharge my magicka. Then I'd just tape the triggers on my Xbox controller down and go paint some miniatures.
Playing the Witcher 3 and ARK, enjoying both so far. Cant spend as much time on them and should probably just focus on one, but where is the fun in that? Besides, ARK is just like the Witcher but with bigger monsters and guns
Co'tor Shas wrote: I picked up Mount and blade warband, so I'll be playing that a soon as it finished dowloading.
It's a pretty good game! Have fun!
Oh, and here's a few tips:
- You won't be able to join the armies without fame. You can increase your fame by fighting in tournaments, doing work for lords, and winning battles. You could also join an army as mercenary work, but the nation will have to be looking for mercenaries in order for you to join.
- There are some pretty cool mods out there. I know there's one for Lord of the Rings ("The third age" or something like that), Game of Thrones ("A clash of kings"), and Warhammer Fantasy ("Warsword conquest")
- You'll need money for your armies. One rewarding but risky way to get money is to go to a nation's towns, and loot the whole thing. Keep in mind, the kingdom's lords will hunt you down if they spot you and early in the game, they WILL overpower you. Looting towns away from castles should decrease your chances of being chased by a lord.
Co'tor Shas wrote: I picked up Mount and blade warband, so I'll be playing that a soon as it finished dowloading.
There was a thread on that game here a while ago which went on for a good few pages, so you may want to look into that for tips and mods to look out for. If you CBA reading this waffle at least go download Open BRF .
With the mods they're a mixed bag. A lot of the supposed good ones feel either incomplete or are just an asset free for all thrown together. Notably though if you're into the multiplayer, which admittedly isn't fantastic, there's the mods North and South (a mod of the Napoleonic Wars mod which changes the setting to the American Civil War and is overall more polished than the actual DLC) and Full Invasion (which has players defending a location against the enemy as they play as various factions including 40K Imperial Guard, Roman Legions, WWI Troops, etc. ...Though you'll seriously only play something else other than the Japanese or Lord of the Rings fighting against villagers or Medieval Knights once in a blue moon. Its more casual than the other multiplayer mods, put easier to drop into given the randomness). I will say in regards to multiplayer, if you actually care about roleplaying or tactics go find a regiment (clan) to join. The public games are usually just a shambles of two sides slamming into each other and trolls, infrequently rounded up and crudely following the orders of a moderator.
But yes, as far as single player goes I'd recommend a few. Brytenwalda is what the Viking Wars DLC started out originally as. It lacks the story mode and some mechanics, but is more developed in terms of the armoury. Viking Wars is literally built upon that mod though, so if you play the mod first you'll notice a lot of similarities (as in particular quests are reused...).The Game of Thrones A Clash of Kings mod is fairly good. Of course it only follows the books up to the start of a Clash of Kings and carries on a few events from that and the following novels based on certain quests, so you may be at odds with it if you care about the canon too dearly. Overall though its definitely one of the more polished mods, with a load of additional story relevant quests for you to find .Gekokujo: The Japanese mod. Has a lot more polish and content than most, particularly in that it has appropriate animations for Katanas. Not much changed from Native from what I could see, but it didn't fail spectacularly either.
Mods I wouldn't recommend. Wait, hang on that list's too long. High rated mods which suck in my opinion. Perisno: the aforementioned "let's throw everything and anything together and call that a world" mod. Lots of things to do though, but the assets are all over the place (also its punishing for new players as there's far too many bandits and random 70 strong veteran groups who for no apparent reason want to kill you). The Third Age: Its a bit clunky, and has you spending a lot longer than Native recruiting troops (hope you have a fast horse to evade the enemy with...). Besides that the map's not super developed and it would have been nice had it expanded beyond the realms of the free peoples into Sauron's lands more. Anno Domini 1257: whilst not strictly a bad mod it falls foul of what a few mods, including Brytenwalda, do by having a massive map crowded with dozens of factions. The base game keeps it to a handful for a reason. One, so when you join a faction you aren't at war with literally thousands of enemy troops, and two, so you aren't spammed with update messages constantly (picture this. You receive an update for every siege, raided village or battle occurring on the map. Now picture hundreds of different armies and locations thrown together... You'll miss everything important in that mess). Warsword Conquest: the Warhammer one. Another throw random assets together and see what sticks mod. Balancing's a bit crap in this one too, and really its running on the setting over having much substance. 1860s Old America: Interesting setting. Mechanics are all right. Falls flat when it comes to the combat a bit though, in that the shooting has a 50/50 chance of actually working or your guys will just miss constantly. Its been updated since I last looked at it though, so it may be more polished. Special shout out to Requiem, the modern post-apocalyptic Zombie mod. Though it has potential I'd recommend you only download it for a quick look. Its an obvious Beta, with so much left unfinished. Like a lot of mods its probably abandoned now though.
Of course that's all just my opinion and IIRC all of the above mods can be found on Moddb. Importantly, and this is something that a lot of players don't seem to be aware of, download and learn how to use the Open BRF program if you intend to play as a female character. That allows you to open up the game's resources files and among other thing's has an option to convert armour which don't have a female mesh (which is a few in the vanilla game, even more so in the DLC and mods) to have one. Its something like right click the armour, go to select then "convert to female", though I'd hazard that this only works for the body, hands and feet slot. Don't try it on anything else or the program will crash. Though you can ctrl click or scroll click multiple items to make converting loads of sets easier. ...I say all this as if you do intend to play as a female character it'll become glaring around the time that she suddenly has a tiny head on the hulk's body the first time she puts on a set of armour just how much the developers/ modders give a damn about sexual equality (though hey the game does point out how odd it is to play a woman in the various settings...).
Still slowly playing Pillars of Eternity and some World of Warships.
When will the damn levels of Od Nua end?! I know it's called the "Endless Paths of Od Nua" but feth you game! I'm absolutely OCD with sidequests, I feel I must complete them all. I've been trying to complete the damn thing but it never ends. I've reached level 13 and I'm so tired of the damn thing D:
TheDraconicLord wrote: Still slowly playing Pillars of Eternity and some World of Warships.
When will the damn levels of Od Nua end?! I know it's called the "Endless Paths of Od Nua" but feth you game! I'm absolutely OCD with sidequests, I feel I must complete them all. I've been trying to complete the damn thing but it never ends. I've reached level 13 and I'm so tired of the damn thing D:
What if...that quest was designed to troll completionists D:
TheDraconicLord wrote: Still slowly playing Pillars of Eternity and some World of Warships.
When will the damn levels of Od Nua end?! I know it's called the "Endless Paths of Od Nua" but feth you game! I'm absolutely OCD with sidequests, I feel I must complete them all. I've been trying to complete the damn thing but it never ends. I've reached level 13 and I'm so tired of the damn thing D:
What if...that quest was designed to troll completionists D:
I believe it was 15 levels, but you aren't supposed to complete them all in one go, unless you start it fairly high level.
Dark Lord Seanron wrote: Trying to juggle Witcher III and Dark Souls 2 - Scholar of the First SIn
The Witcher III is really fun, I haven't been too involved with the first two (I have them, but haven't really touched them) but I can get into the story and enjoy the mechanics of it.
As for Dark Souls II, it's not really my type of game, but I can see why others get into it.
Anyway, I've been making more progress on Blood Bowl, and have gotten far into Far Cry 4 and Arkham Knight, both of which I'm loving right now
TheDraconicLord wrote: Still slowly playing Pillars of Eternity and some World of Warships.
When will the damn levels of Od Nua end?! I know it's called the "Endless Paths of Od Nua" but feth you game! I'm absolutely OCD with sidequests, I feel I must complete them all. I've been trying to complete the damn thing but it never ends. I've reached level 13 and I'm so tired of the damn thing D:
Oh you will be pleased to know that you only have two more levels of Endless path to go, but the last two levels are abject frustration and hair pulling frustration. I spent more than a fair share of patiecent on that particular quest line. Remember to bring enough stuff to kill of pesky spirits and such.
Bromsy wrote:I believe it was 15 levels, but you aren't supposed to complete them all in one go, unless you start it fairly high level.
I am near the end of chapter 2 (at least I assume so) when I decided to do the blasted things. After meeting a vampire that was talking to me in an unknown language I decided to poke around the web. Oh look, I gain that knowledge in a particular part of the main quest... reload, back to questing, back to Old Nua. So far, so good, I hope I'm good enough for the last 2 levels, 14 and 15.
Trondheim wrote:
Oh you will be pleased to know that you only have two more levels of Endless path to go, but the last two levels are abject frustration and hair pulling frustration. I spent more than a fair share of patiecent on that particular quest line. Remember to bring enough stuff to kill of pesky spirits and such.
Gaaah, if there was one thing that pissed me off was a certain stunt: I'm walking and suddenly *BAM* spawn of spirits everywhere around you. I have my main character always scouting ahead for a blasted reason
Bromsy wrote:I believe it was 15 levels, but you aren't supposed to complete them all in one go, unless you start it fairly high level.
I am near the end of chapter 2 (at least I assume so) when I decided to do the blasted things. After meeting a vampire that was talking to me in an unknown language I decided to poke around the web. Oh look, I gain that knowledge in a particular part of the main quest... reload, back to questing, back to Old Nua. So far, so good, I hope I'm good enough for the last 2 levels, 14 and 15.
Trondheim wrote:
Oh you will be pleased to know that you only have two more levels of Endless path to go, but the last two levels are abject frustration and hair pulling frustration. I spent more than a fair share of patiecent on that particular quest line. Remember to bring enough stuff to kill of pesky spirits and such.
Gaaah, if there was one thing that pissed me off was a certain stunt: I'm walking and suddenly *BAM* spawn of spirits everywhere around you. I have my main character always scouting ahead for a blasted reason
Well those tend to be annoying as hellfire I agree with, I had my party rocking exceptional grade weapons and aromour when I reached lvl 15, still took me six sepperate tries to kill of the damned things. But the spirits in lvl 15 will not come totaly ouf of the blue, but non the less. Be carefull with the position of your party I say
Had my first major setback in warband. I decided to attack some nords to try and get in with the people they were at war with, and they absolutely destroyed me. They had maybe 5 more people than me, but with my random assortment of units, it did not go as planned.
Nords are scary business. Their huscarls can do a ton of damage before going down, which is exactly why I tend to join them before making my own nation. The main problem with Nords though is that they move really slowly, having no mounted units. IMO, it's worth it to show up late but become a living wrecking ball when you do arrive.
Of course, I ended up fighting a group of ragtag enemies and watched a huscarl get killed by a forest bandit
Nords are broken as feth. I once made an extremely OP Nord character with 20+ strength and 10+ in power strike (was a,very high level). With a poleaxe, I could kill just about any NPC in one hit. Two hits if they had a shield (first strike shattered the shield). Ditto for horses (armoured horses taking 2-3 hits).
The sole purpose of my troops was to form a shield wall and act as a roadblock for the enemy, so I had enough space to swing my poleaxe. I often got more kills than the rest of my army combined.
Well those tend to be annoying as hellfire I agree with, I had my party rocking exceptional grade weapons and aromour when I reached lvl 15, still took me six sepperate tries to kill of the damned things. But the spirits in lvl 15 will not come totaly ouf of the blue, but non the less. Be carefull with the position of your party I say
Bastards killed on my first try. That felt GOOOOD.
Well those tend to be annoying as hellfire I agree with, I had my party rocking exceptional grade weapons and aromour when I reached lvl 15, still took me six sepperate tries to kill of the damned things. But the spirits in lvl 15 will not come totaly ouf of the blue, but non the less. Be carefull with the position of your party I say
Bastards killed on my first try. That felt GOOOOD.
Oooo nice! Well done sir. What lvl was your party?
Well those tend to be annoying as hellfire I agree with, I had my party rocking exceptional grade weapons and aromour when I reached lvl 15, still took me six sepperate tries to kill of the damned things. But the spirits in lvl 15 will not come totaly ouf of the blue, but non the less. Be carefull with the position of your party I say
Bastards killed on my first try. That felt GOOOOD.
Oooo nice! Well done sir. What lvl was your party?
Well those tend to be annoying as hellfire I agree with, I had my party rocking exceptional grade weapons and aromour when I reached lvl 15, still took me six sepperate tries to kill of the damned things. But the spirits in lvl 15 will not come totaly ouf of the blue, but non the less. Be carefull with the position of your party I say
Bastards killed on my first try. That felt GOOOOD.
Oooo nice! Well done sir. What lvl was your party?
Oh, and that final boss? feth you game. Just... feth you. Party instant killed in the first attack? This is Final Fantasy's levels of bullshitery.
Oh my! Colour me inspired then, I managed that particular figth once I reached lvl 12 so kudos to you. I played as a figther dedicated to caving skulls in with axes and great swords. I had a custom party for the most part but kept the mage that you meet early on in the first town. And yes.... I know its quite inspiring indeed but the loot it awesome
Oh my! Colour me inspired then, I managed that particular figth once I reached lvl 12 so kudos to you! I had a custom party for the most part but kept the mage that you meet early on in the first town. And yes.... I know its quite inspiring indeed but the loot it awesome
Screw fighting, I'm taking the easy way out. I managed to talk my way into convincing the blasted thing to let me help it so it can go free, let him rip the world to shreds for all I care
Oh my! Colour me inspired then, I managed that particular figth once I reached lvl 12 so kudos to you! I had a custom party for the most part but kept the mage that you meet early on in the first town. And yes.... I know its quite inspiring indeed but the loot it awesome
Screw fighting, I'm taking the easy way out. I managed to talk my way into convincing the blasted thing to let me help it so it can go free, let him rip the world to shreds for all I care
Haha yea.... I sorta just wanted to cave someones head in after Odin knows how many levels chocked full with spiders, spirits, cultists and what not. Next time I will try that approach
Well, it was going well. I had rebuilt my forces a bit more intelligently, captured a castle, and got recognized by the king of swandia. Then another country delcared war, and It was a 70ish vs 500+ seige. That did not go well. Now it's time to rebuild my forces (again)
Co'tor Shas wrote: Well, it was going well. I had rebuilt my forces a bit more intelligently, captured a castle, and got recognized by the king of swandia. Then another country delcared war, and It was a 70ish vs 500+ seige. That did not go well. Now it's time to rebuild my forces (again)
As soon as you have finished your native run through I suggest the Prophesy Of Pendor mod - still in my mind the most complete and comprehensive mod, you can even make your own knighthood order (which I start as soon as I get my first castle granted to me) - just stay the hell away from elves till you are mid-late game, they wreck armies hard.
Bromsy wrote:I believe it was 15 levels, but you aren't supposed to complete them all in one go, unless you start it fairly high level.
I am near the end of chapter 2 (at least I assume so) when I decided to do the blasted things. After meeting a vampire that was talking to me in an unknown language I decided to poke around the web. Oh look, I gain that knowledge in a particular part of the main quest... reload, back to questing, back to Old Nua. So far, so good, I hope I'm good enough for the last 2 levels, 14 and 15.
Trondheim wrote:
Oh you will be pleased to know that you only have two more levels of Endless path to go, but the last two levels are abject frustration and hair pulling frustration. I spent more than a fair share of patiecent on that particular quest line. Remember to bring enough stuff to kill of pesky spirits and such.
Gaaah, if there was one thing that pissed me off was a certain stunt: I'm walking and suddenly *BAM* spawn of spirits everywhere around you. I have my main character always scouting ahead for a blasted reason
Well those tend to be annoying as hellfire I agree with, I had my party rocking exceptional grade weapons and aromour when I reached lvl 15, still took me six sepperate tries to kill of the damned things. But the spirits in lvl 15 will not come totaly ouf of the blue, but non the less. Be carefull with the position of your party I say
Position is a joke in half the fights in that game. You get your guys carefully set up so that you can block the enemy with a choke point...
And then the beetles "tunnel" (i.e. instantly teleport) over to your party's designated target (you know the one - the one party member who always gets attacked even if he or she spends the entire battle sitting in the corner twiddling his or her thumbs). Or the spirits teleport past your front line to hit the designated target, and clone themselves.
That's probably the thing I hate most about PoE.
As for the Endless Paths...
I've been working on it as I play sporadically. But I'm getting sick and tired of the locked doors that can't be picked and traps that can't be disarmed because they're too high level. I specifically went with a rogue class for my protagonist so that I could deal with the mechanical crap, and dumped all of my points into the skill for those tasks. And it's still not enough.
It's too bad. I find the plot interesting. But I *really* don't like the nuts and bolts of the game's system.
Endless Paths were good, but don't go to the last level unitl you're VERY high level. The endboss there is the hardest enemy in the game and easily one-hits a lvl 9 party.
Co'tor Shas wrote: Well, it was going well. I had rebuilt my forces a bit more intelligently, captured a castle, and got recognized by the king of swandia. Then another country delcared war, and It was a 70ish vs 500+ seige. That did not go well. Now it's time to rebuild my forces (again)
As soon as you have finished your native run through I suggest the Prophesy Of Pendor mod - still in my mind the most complete and comprehensive mod, you can even make your own knighthood order (which I start as soon as I get my first castle granted to me) - just stay the hell away from elves till you are mid-late game, they wreck armies hard.
Ally with the noldor. Capture their ranger parties, talk to each prisoner, release them until you get to a +20 relationship. Then you can go to their castle and recruit noldor troops.
Telltale's Game of Thrones. A new episode came out and I was looking for something decent to play. I've ran through the first two episodes of it now and its shaping up pretty well. I have most of their recent games, yet haven't managed to play any of them bar the first episode of The Walking Dead. What I've played of this series is encouraging though. ...Even if not knowing how choices will pan out, or even if they will at all, leaves me a bit disheartened (what the hell was that key for in episode 1...). Two episodes in though I can say that I'm noticing that the game's falling back on standard RPG mechanics of not being able to take a moderate position, rather unless you chose one of two approaches NPCs give you flak for being non-committal. Well excuse me if I don't want to sound like a dick with every word out of my mouth or if I don't want to just roll over all the time...
...Not that anything bar the major choices matter of course.
I bet by the end of the game all your player characters are dead, raped or ruined for life and not in any particular order.
I wish those witches would stop fellating the GoT cash cow and put some more effort into Tales from the Borderlands, instead of making us wait for months on end.
BrookM wrote: I bet by the end of the game all your player characters are dead, raped or ruined for life and not in any particular order.
I wish those witches would stop fellating the GoT cash cow and put some more effort into Tales from the Borderlands, instead of making us wait for months on end.
Thank you for implanting that mental image in my head. Thanks a lot.
Yeah, another vote for Prophesy of Pendor. It's good stuff! Also, yes ally the Noldor.
Also find Qualis gems, find all the Qualis gems!
Mod adds more enjoyable repeatable quests/activities, roving factions that are effectively bandits but way stronger... The difference between having gear and not having gear is waaaay more noticeable, feels like playing an MMO and just starting out and running up against someone in raid gear... ouch. With no levels and poor equipment, you'll bounce off even similarly sized forces until you catch up.. but the plus side is that you can attain a level of personal power that mocks what you could do in Calradia. My armored archer rides around on a nearly immortal horse shrugging off all but the nastiest of crossbows shot by expert archers. He's a bit bowlegged when he gets to ground level but whenever I get back to it he's gonna find another handful of qualis gems to get a badass sword as well as a god-bow (the bow is literally a god that told me to use it to beat roving barbarins, no joke!).
BrookM wrote: I bet by the end of the game all your player characters are dead, raped or ruined for life and not in any particular order.
I wish those witches would stop fellating the GoT cash cow and put some more effort into Tales from the Borderlands, instead of making us wait for months on end.
Agreed. I finished the first couple of chapters of their GoT game, and then set it aside until after the full thing is released. There's no real payoff for playing the individual chapters. New Tales from the Borderlands chapters, however, would be played immediately - if they were releasing any. So far they've released five GoT chapters, but only two ToB chapters. And the first chapters of the games were released only a week apart.
"Yeah, it was a long wait, now shut up!" The first thing Marcus said when they finally released the second Tales of the Borderlands episode. Bleh I say, bleh.
Hopefully, when the GoT stuff is finally done they can focus on getting us the rest of ToB in a more timely fashion.
BrookM wrote: I bet by the end of the game all your player characters are dead, raped or ruined for life and not in any particular order.
I wish those witches would stop fellating the GoT cash cow and put some more effort into Tales from the Borderlands, instead of making us wait for months on end.
Agreed. I finished the first couple of chapters of their GoT game, and then set it aside until after the full thing is released. There's no real payoff for playing the individual chapters. New Tales from the Borderlands chapters, however, would be played immediately - if they were releasing any. So far they've released five GoT chapters, but only two ToB chapters. And the first chapters of the games were released only a week apart.
I'm playing the episodes the day they release, but I have no desire to replay them, unlike Life Is Srange (I have a pattern of playing each episode on the day of release, then replaying the entire game up to that episode, which I have repeated for all 5 episodes ). Playing the game just feels like a chore, but thats probably because I've been spoiled by Life Is Strange's rewind mechanic and I have a bad habit of quitting the game and reloading a checkpoint (often having to replay 5+ minutes) just because I changed my mind about a line of dialogue I chose. I really hate how Telltale games have a timer to force you to choose dialogue quickly.
The only character I'm becoming really invested in is Asher, and thats because I'm playing him as a cheeky bastard who flirts with anyone and everyone (including Daenerys Targaryen) and never backs down from a fight. (I had him head butt a morbidly obese Pit Fighter. )
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: I'm playing the episodes the day they release, but I have no desire to replay them, unlike Life Is Srange (I have a pattern of playing each episode on the day of release, then replaying the entire game up to that episode, which I have repeated for all 5 episodes ). Playing the game just feels like a chore, but thats probably because I've been spoiled by Life Is Strange's rewind mechanic and I have a bad habit of quitting the game and reloading a checkpoint (often having to replay 5+ minutes) just because I changed my mind about a line of dialogue I chose. I really hate how Telltale games have a timer to force you to choose dialogue quickly.
The only character I'm becoming really invested in is Asher, and thats because I'm playing him as a cheeky bastard who flirts with anyone and everyone (including Daenerys Targaryen) and never backs down from a fight. (I had him head butt a morbidly obese Pit Fighter. )
Where GoT gets particularly annoying is when you pick a particular response option... and then belatedly realize that what the character is saying is completely different from what you thought they were going to say.
On another note, I've been playing around with Beyond Earth again. The Little Islands map is rather quirky to play on.
The player set-up distribution could use some work, though. It seems like all of the AI players are always distributed evenly around the map... except for the one who lands practically right on top of me, and complains every single time I complete an expedition or found a new colony (because I'm so close to his territory).
Also had an amusing situation the other day in which Elodie handed over four cities to get a peace treaty... and then immediately complained that my cities were too close to her territory.
More xcom enemy within and more BS. I was doing fine had one country away from full panic and had a few unfortunate missions which killed off one of my vets for no ****ing reason and another which was a total waste as i lost the bomb disposal mission and had to leave a vet behind. If that wasn't bad enough everybody worth a **** was in medbay esp. my heavies when one day after bomb disposal failure i'm forced into a terror mission. Basically i face chrysallids in ridiculous numbers and have to deal with the threat of 2-3 impregnating civilians while the rest come at me with zombies everywhere. Once again only alien grenades so i was way, way ill equipped for this right now of all times. Personally i'd like whoever designed 3-4 missions within a 4-5 days timespan to be shot by firing squad.
Wyrmalla wrote: Telltale's Game of Thrones. A new episode came out and I was looking for something decent to play. I've ran through the first two episodes of it now and its shaping up pretty well. I have most of their recent games, yet haven't managed to play any of them bar the first episode of The Walking Dead. What I've played of this series is encouraging though. ...Even if not knowing how choices will pan out, or even if they will at all, leaves me a bit disheartened (what the hell was that key for in episode 1...). Two episodes in though I can say that I'm noticing that the game's falling back on standard RPG mechanics of not being able to take a moderate position, rather unless you chose one of two approaches NPCs give you flak for being non-committal. Well excuse me if I don't want to sound like a dick with every word out of my mouth or if I don't want to just roll over all the time...
...Not that anything bar the major choices matter of course.
After having somehow screwed the mission given to me by a god no less I have been forced to go back and redo a quest in PoE, now th quest itself was quite simple but damnit game! MY Barbarian did not become a warrior of renow due to his brains.... Need more resolve
SkavenLord wrote: Was going to buy Morrowind now that it's on sale on Steam... until my fething Steam wallet card tore off part of the code. There goes 20.00$
Well, my luck in mount and blade has finally turned around, I now control a city and two castles, with a steadily growing army. Although the swandians seem to have the innate ability to piss off everybody so it's constantly fighting a multi-front war...
BTW thanks for all the advice/suggestions everybody. I just realized I forgot.
2BlackJack1 wrote: Got Alien Isolation. The only scary parts are androids coming out of nowhere and being not sure when to run out of cover from the Alien.
YOU ARE BEING HYSTERICAL. CALM DOWN PLEASE BEFORE YOU HURT YOURSELF.
Just started playing Elder Scrolls Online. I want to play a stealthy archer (which is what I typically play in Elder Scrolls anyway) so went with a Bosmer Nightblade). But I want to pick my faction and not be locked by race so bought the Adveturers Pack.
Which faction would people recommend? Which regions are the most interesting and fun, quest and geography wise? I'm partial to Ebonheart Pact because Skyrim and Morrowind.
2BlackJack1 wrote: Got Alien Isolation. The only scary parts are androids coming out of nowhere and being not sure when to run out of cover from the Alien.
YOU ARE BEING HYSTERICAL. CALM DOWN PLEASE BEFORE YOU HURT YOURSELF.
One thing I should add is the death cutscenes are pretty creepy, but frustratingly common.
Melissia wrote: Warframe, Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal, Terraria, Tropico 5, and Stardrive 2 are my last five played games right now. All of them quite good.
So are the Tropic games like simcity? I have 4 but have yet to play it.
Co'tor Shas wrote: Well, my luck in mount and blade has finally turned around, I now control a city and two castles, with a steadily growing army. Although the swandians seem to have the innate ability to piss off everybody so it's constantly fighting a multi-front war...
BTW thanks for all the advice/suggestions everybody. I just realized I forgot.
Ugh, I hate the Swadians. Their knights are pretty good fighters though.
But yeah, congrats on the new castles! Did you side with a nation, or start your own?
Melissia wrote: Warframe, Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal, Terraria, Tropico 5, and Stardrive 2 are my last five played games right now. All of them quite good.
So are the Tropic games like simcity? I have 4 but have yet to play it.
A little. But not very much.
You select every building that's built, aside from the shacks that the people build on their own if they can't live in something nicer that you built. You essentially run the economy, and determine whether your island's income comes from tourism, industry, sucking up to the foreign powers, etc... The game requires balancing the various factions - both internal (greens, religious, military, etc...) and external (US, USSR, Europe, Middle East, and China). Annoy the US or the USSR too much, and they'll invade you.
The game doesn't take itself too seriously, and has a lot of humor sprinkled throughout.
GTA V, ran into a hacker yesterday, who was fairly nice for once, having a little fun. Then did some War Thunder, the new night maps are amazing, with the light effects off the spotlights being really cool, and not being able to see 3/4 of the enemy force also means planning is key.
Binding of Isaac rebirth, did another chest run, I want to do a mega-satan run but CBF.
Minecraft. hm, looking to try and finish my road, and also do the top two floors of my wizard tower/lighthouse.
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: Just started playing Elder Scrolls Online. I want to play a stealthy archer (which is what I typically play in Elder Scrolls anyway) so went with a Bosmer Nightblade). But I want to pick my faction and not be locked by race so bought the Adveturers Pack.
Which faction would people recommend? Which regions are the most interesting and fun, quest and geography wise? I'm partial to Ebonheart Pact because Skyrim and Morrowind.
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: Just started playing Elder Scrolls Online. I want to play a stealthy archer (which is what I typically play in Elder Scrolls anyway) so went with a Bosmer Nightblade). But I want to pick my faction and not be locked by race so bought the Adveturers Pack.
Which faction would people recommend? Which regions are the most interesting and fun, quest and geography wise? I'm partial to Ebonheart Pact because Skyrim and Morrowind.
ESO makes me scream out in rage with it's "lore".
Meh. It doesn't make sense to me that each race would only ever live in and fight for their home province. Some people emigrate, some people might be political exiles and fugitives. In all the Elder Scrolls games there are NPCs of all races scattered throughout the world whatever the province, whether it's Skyrim, Morrowind or Cyrodiil.
And the numbers of players playing a race in the "wrong" faction will be balanced out by the fact that you have to pay extra for the privilege, buy the adventurers pack like I did or the imperial edition. Most players won't bother, so it'll only ever be a minority.
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: Just started playing Elder Scrolls Online. I want to play a stealthy archer (which is what I typically play in Elder Scrolls anyway) so went with a Bosmer Nightblade). But I want to pick my faction and not be locked by race so bought the Adveturers Pack.
Which faction would people recommend? Which regions are the most interesting and fun, quest and geography wise? I'm partial to Ebonheart Pact because Skyrim and Morrowind.
ESO makes me scream out in rage with it's "lore".
Meh. It doesn't make sense to me that each race would only ever live in and fight for their home province. Some people emigrate, some people might be political exiles and fugitives. In all the Elder Scrolls games there are NPCs of all races scattered throughout the world whatever the province, whether it's Skyrim, Morrowind or Cyrodiil.
And the numbers of players playing a race in the "wrong" faction will be balanced out by the fact that you have to pay extra for the privilege, buy the adventurers pack like I did or the imperial edition. Most players won't bother, so it'll only ever be a minority.
It's more to do with how Cyrodiil isn't a jungle, and with how somehow the Daedra manage to invade Nirn with 5 out of the 6 towers still active.
Got to the finale stretch of PoE, and by Odin! I hate cowardly evil doesr whom sees the need to hide behind 20+ feet tall living statues!!! After several tries I gave up out of sheer frustation. Need to rearm and retool my party me thinks, thankfully I have a abundat pile of alternative weaons and armour. But I wish I had taken more front line figthers with me and less characthers with ranged weaponry
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: Just started playing Elder Scrolls Online. I want to play a stealthy archer (which is what I typically play in Elder Scrolls anyway) so went with a Bosmer Nightblade). But I want to pick my faction and not be locked by race so bought the Adveturers Pack.
Which faction would people recommend? Which regions are the most interesting and fun, quest and geography wise? I'm partial to Ebonheart Pact because Skyrim and Morrowind.
ESO makes me scream out in rage with it's "lore".
Meh. It doesn't make sense to me that each race would only ever live in and fight for their home province. Some people emigrate, some people might be political exiles and fugitives. In all the Elder Scrolls games there are NPCs of all races scattered throughout the world whatever the province, whether it's Skyrim, Morrowind or Cyrodiil.
And the numbers of players playing a race in the "wrong" faction will be balanced out by the fact that you have to pay extra for the privilege, buy the adventurers pack like I did or the imperial edition. Most players won't bother, so it'll only ever be a minority.
It's more to do with how Cyrodiil isn't a jungle, and with how somehow the Daedra manage to invade Nirn with 5 out of the 6 towers still active.
Oh, so you were making a non sequitur.
Which Alliance zone would people say is the nicest?
Doing the WT level 4 grind to enter. Doing the ME 410 for the germans first so I can get a decent multi-role platform. Then I want to try and pick up the fighters. Once I have the ME 410, Essentially its just roll down with the 4s and get the HO.
Also. Wake island makes me want to cry. My teams don't even KNOW how to fight it properly.
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: Just started playing Elder Scrolls Online. I want to play a stealthy archer (which is what I typically play in Elder Scrolls anyway) so went with a Bosmer Nightblade). But I want to pick my faction and not be locked by race so bought the Adveturers Pack.
Which faction would people recommend? Which regions are the most interesting and fun, quest and geography wise? I'm partial to Ebonheart Pact because Skyrim and Morrowind.
ESO makes me scream out in rage with it's "lore".
Meh. It doesn't make sense to me that each race would only ever live in and fight for their home province. Some people emigrate, some people might be political exiles and fugitives. In all the Elder Scrolls games there are NPCs of all races scattered throughout the world whatever the province, whether it's Skyrim, Morrowind or Cyrodiil.
And the numbers of players playing a race in the "wrong" faction will be balanced out by the fact that you have to pay extra for the privilege, buy the adventurers pack like I did or the imperial edition. Most players won't bother, so it'll only ever be a minority.
It's more to do with how Cyrodiil isn't a jungle, and with how somehow the Daedra manage to invade Nirn with 5 out of the 6 towers still active.
Oh, so you were making a non sequitur.
Which Alliance zone would people say is the nicest?
No, I was simply saying how those things break a lot of canon from all the previous games, and I dont even care about the time travelling books!
I have almost table-flipped with the Pillars of Eternity's Chapter II end
Spoiler:
I was very pleased with the Council scene, how I had the oppurtunity to protect Animancy and help the Duc reach a decision. I've heard nothing but good things from Lady Webb about him so I wanted to meet the Duc. I was happily wondering how this would change the land, how Chapter III could be different if I accused Animancy and he banned it from Dyrwood.
NOTHING mattered, the bad guy shows up, kills the Duc, feths up everything and goes away. feth sake.
TheDraconicLord wrote: I have almost table-flipped with the end of Pillars of Eternity's Chapter II end.
Spoiler:
I was very pleased with the Council scene, how I had the oppurtunity to protect Animancy and help the Duc reach a decision. I've heard nothing but good things from Lady Webb about him so I wanted to meet the Duc. I was happily wondering how this would change the land, how Chapter III could be different if I accused Animancy and he banned it from Dyrwood.
NOTHING mattered, the bad guy shows up, kills the Duc, feths up everything and goes away. feth sake.
I know rigth, it was very VERY unamusing to watch all my hard labors come unraveled! I think I went on a murder spree afterwards
Automatically Appended Next Post: Found out I am two levels below what is needed to kill the end boss..... And with no way out of the damp pit of damnation the cretin decided to hide inn I need to restart my quest for vengance!! Much hair has been torn out in sheer rage at this moment in time
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: Just started playing Elder Scrolls Online. I want to play a stealthy archer (which is what I typically play in Elder Scrolls anyway) so went with a Bosmer Nightblade). But I want to pick my faction and not be locked by race so bought the Adveturers Pack.
Which faction would people recommend? Which regions are the most interesting and fun, quest and geography wise? I'm partial to Ebonheart Pact because Skyrim and Morrowind.
ESO makes me scream out in rage with it's "lore".
Meh. It doesn't make sense to me that each race would only ever live in and fight for their home province. Some people emigrate, some people might be political exiles and fugitives. In all the Elder Scrolls games there are NPCs of all races scattered throughout the world whatever the province, whether it's Skyrim, Morrowind or Cyrodiil.
And the numbers of players playing a race in the "wrong" faction will be balanced out by the fact that you have to pay extra for the privilege, buy the adventurers pack like I did or the imperial edition. Most players won't bother, so it'll only ever be a minority.
It's more to do with how Cyrodiil isn't a jungle, and with how somehow the Daedra manage to invade Nirn with 5 out of the 6 towers still active.
Oh, so you were making a non sequitur.
Which Alliance zone would people say is the nicest?
No, I was simply saying how those things break a lot of canon from all the previous games, and I dont even care about the time travelling books!
Well remember the good old catch all excuse that history can be rewritten because of the Elder Scrolls (for instance Vivec's origin going from him being a prostitute/ gang member who joined up with some nobody mercenary to having always been a god who had done so many epic things before he even met Nerevar) . Not that that is an excuse for them messing up their own canon of course, but I suppose it can help soothe that pain. Though I will say that that clause does explicitly account that Cyrodiil was a jungle, but was turned into what it was in Oblivion through the bending of the scrolls by the Imperials (*cough* retconning *cough*).
Hey at least they have an interesting way of handling these mistakes.
TheDraconicLord wrote: I have almost table-flipped with the end of Pillars of Eternity's Chapter II end.
Spoiler:
I was very pleased with the Council scene, how I had the oppurtunity to protect Animancy and help the Duc reach a decision. I've heard nothing but good things from Lady Webb about him so I wanted to meet the Duc. I was happily wondering how this would change the land, how Chapter III could be different if I accused Animancy and he banned it from Dyrwood.
NOTHING mattered, the bad guy shows up, kills the Duc, feths up everything and goes away. feth sake.
I know rigth, it was very VERY unamusing to watch all my hard labors come unraveled! I think I went on a murder spree afterwards
Automatically Appended Next Post: Found out I am two levels below what is needed to kill the end boss..... And with no way out of the damp pit of damnation the cretin decided to hide inn I need to restart my quest for vengance!! Much hair has been torn out in sheer rage at this moment in time
It's really disappointing that the only challenge in that game comes from being underlevelled.
The Mount and Blade Warband Iron Europe mode. Its based on the Napoleonic Wars DLC, but the setting is WWI. Its not as active as the DLC, but the least I can say is that you can actually hit the side of a barn with your gun unlike Napoleonic Wars. It'd be nice to see it developed and to have a larger player base, though as it is right now it'll do.
I played it for a bit and wound up picking the sniper class. Let the grunts fight it out in the trenches. Me? I go find a nice rock and sit there plinking off nameplates. Seriously, players in that game have a supreme aversion to turning around and looking at the guy standing on top of a hill 10 metres away... As a bonus this mod actually includes a zooming scope, unlike others, so you can properly snipe (along with the aforementioned guns being semi-accurate this time, though the terrain hit boxes are weird at times, leading to things like barbed wire stopping bullets...).
It'd be nice to see them implement more countries, more weapons, gas attacks, trench weapons (there's units with Trench armour and knives, but that's about it. Armoured sniper and machine gunners would be cool too, but a tad OP), and hell cavalry would be nice too, though that'd somewhat mess with the attrition of the foot soldiers taking trenches. =P
Currentky chasing down the last quest part needed to build my reputation with Definace bay following the untimely demise of a important figure. Still wanting to chocke the person whom had the finale say when it came to how they built the story in this game
Had a few tanks tied up on some battles with the T-64 as they panicked with bounces off the turret, then a BMPT-Terminator remembered he was zippy and could kill me all alone, screw the other MBTs hanging back as my T-64 had done a couple of minutes delaying action, lost a couplke of allied tanks who went too far forward, got killed by those tanks, mainly that "Terminator"
T-64
BMPT Terminator the 30mm auto cannons are what kills you fastest.
Played a bit of GTA San Andreas.
- AI driver runs over pedestrian.
- AI driver flips out and drives into walls.
- Ambulance arrives ramming into 4 cars and a few pedestrians.
- Pedestrian is saved and walks away as if nothing has happened. Meanwhile, the cars the ambulance hit explode and are on fire.
I've also made a pedestrian grinder by standing on a car while another car that's trying to ram me drifts in a circle around the car I'm standing on. People walk into the car's path, get hit, and next thing I know, I have 1000$ by doing almost absolutely nothing.
ARGH. What is it with players and domination fights in War Thunder. I always get the team that don't care that domination is won by landing, or who can't land because they will be "exposed" to fire.
Lost my last 3 matches because of it, and lost a wager.
Giving Skyforge a try. Why not? It's free-to-play.
Didn't do much yet, but what I did, I loved it! Very fun MMO with an ARPG combat system, kinda like Tera.
The look of the game is also something I greatly enjoy: Sci-fi but with plenty of fantasy designs. Hell, your starter classes are fantasy-like but very sci-fied: Paladin (Tank), Cryomancer (Ice Mage - DPS) and Lightbringer (Healer)
Edit: Aaaand I forgot to mention a very important detail: You can switch class any time you want. The level up system is something out of Final Fantasy X / XIII with several nodes you unlock and after you reach a certain point with one of the base classes you gain access to all the others.
LOVE this system!
Doctadeth wrote: ARGH. What is it with players and domination fights in War Thunder. I always get the team that don't care that domination is won by landing, or who can't land because they will be "exposed" to fire.
Lost my last 3 matches because of it, and lost a wager.
This seems to be common in Warthunder, that and just standing around while allies get torn to shreds by enemy fire, but could have been saved by players actualy assiting ones team mates
A couple hours of Verdun, considering that it was on sale for £8. God that game is frustrating, but dayum is it satisfying when I finally manage to storm the enemy trench and rampage along it with a 10 round Lee Enfield rifle shooting unsuspecting Krauts in the back. And then I rage at my team for cowering back in No Man's Land, failing to take advantage of the opening I create when I massacre half the enemy team.
Then a couple hours of Elder Scrolls Online. Got fed up when a series of quests sent me back and forth three times across half the length of the island of Auridon.
Spent half an hour in Life Is Strange finding the last of the collectible photos of Episode 4.
Also been watching some episodes of Hannibal (tv). Gawd damnit, they cancelled the show for a second time.
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: A couple hours of Verdun, considering that it was on sale for £8. God that game is frustrating, but dayum is it satisfying when I finally manage to storm the enemy trench and rampage along it with a 10 round Lee Enfield rifle shooting unsuspecting Krauts in the back. And then I rage at my team for cowering back in No Man's Land, failing to take advantage of the opening I create when I massacre half the enemy team.
I somehow feel like that is the most accurate game portrayal of WWI combat ever.
I got the Warsword Conquest mod for Warband, which for anyone who doesn't know is a Warhammer Fantasy mod. I did a playthrough of Lizardmen, but I started to get lag spikes in battle for reasons I'm not sure of. I'm thinking it's all of the Cold Ones I have running about, and the pirates' guns probably don't help.
Besides the lag I have been having a blast, my army taking on several armies at a time and winning, and we haven't lost a single castle once. (It probably helps we are on our own island, but still)
2BlackJack1 wrote: I got the Warsword Conquest mod for Warband, which for anyone who doesn't know is a Warhammer Fantasy mod. I did a playthrough of Lizardmen, but I started to get lag spikes in battle for reasons I'm not sure of. I'm thinking it's all of the Cold Ones I have running about, and the pirates' guns probably don't help.
Besides the lag I have been having a blast, my army taking on several armies at a time and winning, and we haven't lost a single castle once. (It probably helps we are on our own island, but still)
I love Warsword Conquest! The addition of firearms is pretty nice, and it's cool how you don't even need Napoleonic Wars to use them.
I think it might be the Cold Ones causing your lag, but I'm not entirely sure. I remember having to restart my laptop because of lag, and my army having around 8 cold one riders.
Just got in some games of Insurgency, after an hour or two of Attila: Total War. I love Insurgency, but I just can't get consistent. Some games I can carry a team, others I embarass myself. But its always fun, aside from the odd cheater and spawn camps(that can be avoided, usually).
Playing Terraria on expert off and on. I was doing pretty well, beat the Eater of Worlds and a couple of goblin invasions without too much difficulty. So I thought, "Skeletron's next! He can't be too bad, I'm pretty well equipped."
Just bought the bioshock trilogy on steam, and currently going through the first one. I'm kind of surprised actually. I was expecting a watered-down (pardon the pun) version of System Shock, but Bioshock seems to have its own charm to it that's keeping me interested. That, and the graphics in Bioshock are better. SO much better.
SkavenLord wrote: Just bought the bioshock trilogy on steam, and currently going through the first one. I'm kind of surprised actually. I was expecting a watered-down (pardon the pun) version of System Shock, but Bioshock seems to have its own charm to it that's keeping me interested. That, and the graphics in Bioshock are better. SO much better.
Bioshock is probably one of my favorite games of all time Glad you are liking it. The whole atmosphere and story is fantastic. Bioshock II was a bit of a letdown for me, but it had it's interesting points.
SkavenLord wrote: Just bought the bioshock trilogy on steam, and currently going through the first one. I'm kind of surprised actually. I was expecting a watered-down (pardon the pun) version of System Shock, but Bioshock seems to have its own charm to it that's keeping me interested. That, and the graphics in Bioshock are better. SO much better.
Bioshock is probably one of my favorite games of all time Glad you are liking it. The whole atmosphere and story is fantastic. Bioshock II was a bit of a letdown for me, but it had it's interesting points.
Not to me. I was just happy I got the chance to visit Rapture again.
Trondheim wrote: Roling around on War thunder with my Stug42, its an mixed bag of enjoyment and rage as T 34s seemes to be a contant bane for me.
I had to get a break from them hence Ark
Seems majority of time I get "one shot" by them
Well thats understandebal. It can get a bit frustrating at times and yes, that happens a lot to me too. For some reason they seem to be given guided rounds that constantly hits my ammo storage and thus blowing up my tank.
Did my dailies on GTA online, Might do the airport gang attack on solo a bit later (due to online foolishness) Just going to grab War Thunder, do my daily on that, just bought my ME 410E, now I need to pick up the new bomber, and research the fighters to get to level 5.
What I liked about Bioshock 2 is that you got to set up trap rooms/kill rooms because you knew they Big Sisters were coming. That was some satisfaction in setting up a perfect room.
I got Civ 5 along with Besiege, and those have been fun. I got to Ipsilon Stage 14, and have been stuck there for now, because as far as I can tell I need to make a decent sized bomb carrier to wipe out 80% of that castle.
Been playing Dawn of War 2. I never execute guardsmen with commissars, so it certainly was nice to find out I could eliminate
enemies by executing them.
thenoobbomb wrote: Drove a tank through a house in BF4. Someone had placed AT mines in it for some reason. Feth!
Maybe to stop someone bulldozing their home with a tank?
It's a Chinese countryside village, and none of the homes even have interior! How are these people able to afford anti-tank mines?!
Putin probably granted it to them, to ward of some underhanded attack from the west .
I was as a Russian, in a Russian tank...
...damnit Putin!
Well no one said he was the sharpest tool in the shed Or maybe some Western sympatetic goverment usuper planted it to prevent you from coming to the help of the abused locals
Just beat the Ipsilon map by suicide plane bombs. I did skip the crane stage, because I haven't figured out a decent design for one yet, but I'll come back to it.
Playing Verdun as a German MG player, defending my trench and laying down suppressive fire...and someone on the opposing team started complaining I was camping.
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: Playing Verdun as a German MG player, defending my trench and laying down suppressive fire...and someone on the opposing team started complaining I was camping.
Camping.
...
In a WW1 game.
...
With an MG...
That's all WWI was, dontcha know? Both sides just shouting to each other that they're camping bundles of sticks and exchanging tales of how they fethed the opposing side's mothers.
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: Playing Verdun as a German MG player, defending my trench and laying down suppressive fire...and someone on the opposing team started complaining I was camping.
Camping.
...
In a WW1 game.
...
With an MG...
That's all WWI was, dontcha know? Both sides just shouting to each other that they're camping bundles of sticks and exchanging tales of how they fethed the opposing side's mothers.
Speaking of which, when I can get my hands on the German Stormtrooper SMG I can really feth with the unlucky sods on the opposing team.
I learned the Engram "Grenades" and "Improvised Explosives Device"Some tribe who keeps giving me grief has their main base in a cavern...........so I IED the entire cave system from their front door to the entrance of the cave
Now building my second FOB on side of a cliff......
Edit
Ark still has me hooked badly. Also a one man tribe against them ALL
SkavenLord wrote: Just bought the bioshock trilogy on steam, and currently going through the first one. I'm kind of surprised actually. I was expecting a watered-down (pardon the pun) version of System Shock, but Bioshock seems to have its own charm to it that's keeping me interested. That, and the graphics in Bioshock are better. SO much better.
The third one is also excellent. I hope you got the Buried at Sea DLC with it. I ironically just bought it on sale recently, and it really closes the circle of the games (which is a bit sad, since the studio has in fact folded).
So, did my GTA run yesterday. Just really have lost the drive for it now as there's a resurgance in hacking again.
War Thunder was fun, had two games where we won by just a few tickets. Marvel heroes is interesting, but annoying. I like Cap, but I dunno if I could run with him through all of the campaigns. Hulks too.....unbalanced. Going to try Thor and Iron man today.
Did a modded playthrough of DST with a friend. I was xenomorph which had some perks like night vision and no sanity loss for night time, but only has 60 sanity and lesser combat damage to go with bonus fire damage. My friend was Wilton the Skeleton and lost sanity to hounds, attracted them, and ran faster when near them.
We got to day 45-ish, and went to the swamp to get the skeletons there to upgrade Wilton with the bone shards, but hounds showed up and after a miserable existence of him reviving himself at Graves with no sanity, more hounds finished us off at our base at day 50.
Ratius wrote: Tried to get into Dark Souls 2 yesterday. Just dont think its my type of game.
BF4 still going strong, been playing vanilla maps of late. Still brill.
Why do you think it's not your type of game?
Bought Guilty Gear Xrd Sign and Destiny last night to add to my new ps4 collection. Also downloaded the 2 demos available for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Eyes of Heaven, which is a 3d arena brawler that is very... very... jojo. It's a great fighting game, Jojo influences aside, and I just need to wait until they release it in the states so I know wtf I was actually doing.
A few things got me negative, the need for a joypad (Im a PC head!) but I adapted, still felt uneasy though.
Also the fact it simply throws you right in, no real idea what to do The dialogue also was not great, even from the few characters I met.
A few things got me negative, the need for a joypad (Im a PC head!) but I adapted, still felt uneasy though. Also the fact it simply throws you right in, no real idea what to do The dialogue also was not great, even from the few characters I met.
I think its a slow burner?
You really don't want to try playing DaS2 on a keyboard and mouse, controller is really the only way it's designed to be played.
The throwing you right in without any direction is exactly how the Souls games are designed. The director of the games taught himself English through reading Western fantasy novels, so that disjointed effect on storytelling has carried over into the games. Also lore is not really explained, but you can piece it together as you play, and the mechanics are pretty simple, L1/R1 for basic attacks, L2/R2 for heavy attacks.
As for building your character, I suggest getting your Strength or Dex to the minimum required for the weapon you're using and then start leveling Vigor to 20, Adaptability to 25, and Endurance to 20. This will let you spend your soul levels on Vitality which increases your equipment load (which determines how quick or slow you are), and then to up your Str or Dex as needed for new weapons. Be aware though that if you die a lot without gathering your souls from your previous death, it can kind of screw you over. They implemented a stupid mechanic called Soul Memory which is essentially how many souls you've accumulated over the course of the game. So you can have a high Soul Memory, but a low Soul Level which can hinder you if you get invaded or are trying to coop with people.
What system do you have it on, and do you have Scholar of the First Sin or regular DaS2? If you're playing it on PC, do you have the 32bit or the 64bit version of the game (They're both named Scholar of the First Sin on Steam).
Slow burner is definitely an apt descriptor. The rewards in the game don't come very often, but when you get them you feel like you actually accomplished something.
Slow burner is definitely an apt descriptor. The rewards in the game don't come very often, but when you get them you feel like you actually accomplished something.
Nicely confirmed Alf!
I'll plug away, Im on PC 64 bit, vanilla but with an xbox pc contoller
Slow burner is definitely an apt descriptor. The rewards in the game don't come very often, but when you get them you feel like you actually accomplished something.
Nicely confirmed Alf!
I'll plug away, Im on PC 64 bit, vanilla but with an xbox pc contoller
Dang, I can't offer to help then . The version of the game you have is the "harder" version. It's the same game that was released on PS4 and Xbox1. Those games are more difficult and have different enemy placement. It's essentially a release designed for people who beat DaS2, but have since upgrade to a newer console. Unfortunately on the PC, the 64bit game is completely incompatible with the previous version.
Thanks though for the interest I'll die a few times more so hehe
I only know that because I almost bought the 64 bit version to play with my friend that already had the game.
Good luck! Also if you see yellow markings on the ground, those are people who've aligned with the Covenant of the Sun (aka Sunbros). They are players who are willing to help you through content and to fight a boss.
I really need to get myself a controller. I have Rogue Legacy and the Dark Souls games that really need it, and I play a couple other games that would benefit from the control a, well, controller gives.
I think it's generally that if you need to aim precisely, you want mouse'n'keyboard, but if you need to move precisely, you want controller.
thenoobbomb wrote: Today I killed someone in BF4 with a flashbang grenade. I feel kinda bad for the guy, really.
Was he not prepared to deal with how flashy you where?
I think so!
Well then the fault was his/her/it alone then
Roling around in my new shiny tank on War thunder, so much fun using my Panzer 4 G. Finaly I can do the on shotting and not be the one getting one shotted. That and killing T 34s are great terapy
I've been sort of bouncing around between games right now. I just replayed both metro 2033 redux and metro last light redux. Still amazing.
I've also been thinking of picking up one of the "STALKER" games, but I'm not sure which one.
Peer pressure has forced me to dive into Heroes of the Storm, and I'm enjoying a lot more than I thought I would. While the moba concept has always been appealing, I hated DotA back when it was a Warcraft III map and couldn't stand what I saw of LoL and the like once they became their own thing. A lot of the accessibility changes really work wonders, especially team-leveling and objective-based play. This is proving to be the only competitive game where I still have fun when I'm losing. The pacing on the matches is tuned super tight, and you always feel like you're doing something productive. I've honestly never had an online game pull me in like this that wasn't an MMO.
Played 175+ successful battles in Street Fighter X Tekken's Kumite Burst mode.... only to have the PS Vita crash on me... I reload the game and check the records... so under Kumite Burst mode? ... 0 .... ugh... at least the trophies I unlocked are saved to the PlayStation Network.
djphranq wrote: Also finally tried Terreria. Really liking it!
Glad you like it. The game has plenty of content and it's a peeve of mine for people to call it 2D minecraft. 1.3 definitely held up to my expectations and then some.
I played more of Siv 5, and the main struggle I have to cope with is not being able to have more than one army unit on a tile. (Which also means no army units by putting 3 of one kind on one spot, but I can manage.)
Got it for a friend, and he was pleased. Shogun 2 is in my opinion the single best Total war game, and that is disregarding all the great aditional content that is avalibal
I can't say I enjoy it. It's interesting enough, but I didn't expect anything really worth longterm enjoyment for that low of a price. I wouldn't spend the $0.99 on it (normal price) but for what I did pay for its good enough for the standards that come with it.
Did my daily today, some random in a Content-capture, and a movie and golf for GTA:O
Marvel heroes, I finally got past Dr Sinister, only to find that the AIM facility is hard as Captain America, cause most of the mobs have ranged attacks, or have debuffs for CC. Star Spangled strike is good tho.I think I need to level up a couple to 35 at least more 40 tho. Pondering unlocking either Deadpool or the Human Torch.
Chipped away a bit at Hearthstone last night. Also put in some time in Street Fighter X Tekken. I'm finding that game to be one of the easier fighters that I've played in a while. Manged to go through arcade mode with a ryu/ken pairing without having to continue. It didn't even seem like the AI got any better as the matches progressed. But there was a sudden spike in activity with the last fight. Compared to the other matches, the AI with the last fight seemed to use more specials and supers. I may try again tonight and click it up a notch above medium.
Will be playing some Clash of Clans to ight too. I have 29 walls I want to upgrade before moving on to TH9.
Back into Star Wars: The Old Republic. They released Togruta as a playable race, and I had the need to make something who can set people on lightning, so a new Sith Sorcerer was born.
And, wow, is that an Easy Mode class. Walk into room, set everything on lightning, loot bodies.
Managed to get to 3-1 in my latest arena run before the servers went down for the tavern Brawl update/scheduled maintenance. It has no mustard or consecration but apparently running 2x Leper Gnomes in arena is OP
Play it patiently, if you play it like a standard FPS you will get nowhere.
Its probably best to start of as a rifle class as you wont be taking up valuable class slots while you are still learning and riflemen are useful at long/medium range which is where you want to be anyway until you learn the maps. Once you know your way around a bit better best 'learning' class is the German elite assault with the STG 44 although they tend to be quite sought after slots so failing that something with an automatic rifle (engineers or elite riflemen) would suit a new player quite well. Stay away from Squad leaders, commanders and tank crew until you know how the game works and you have ideally practiced with them offline.
Gameplay wise always fight near to or even in the current objectives (pressing T will show you where they are) and don't try to play as a lone wolf, that kind of play style only really works if you know the map very well. A handy tip for telling friend from foe is that Germans (and Japanese if you are playing RS) run/sprint with their weapon in 1 hand while Soviets (and US) run/sprint holding their weapon in 2 hands.
RO2 can be extremely unforgiving; getting shot repeatedly by unseen enemies and spawn killed by arty doesn't make for a calm gaming experience but RO2 is a game that rewards skill, patience and teamwork. I haven't played any another multiplayer FPS with any regularity for about 2 years now.
carlos13th wrote: I have been avoiding bot heavy servers so far, doesnt seem as fun.
MG is the most important class. When the MGs are doing their work supported by Riflemen giving out ammo etc the MG can clear whole areas or stop an advance.
I am a huge fan of the MG personally. If no MG I go squad commander or rifle man.
Playing as MG forces you to make the most of cover as you will get shot at straight off the bat.
As for bots, I hate playing them too. I remember the first time my friend played without me he was playing against bots. I got a message saying he had killed over 100 players because everyone online was so dumb. He was pretty proud until I told him the game has bots then hit him.
carlos13th wrote: I have been avoiding bot heavy servers so far, doesnt seem as fun.
They are good for training though and they aren't that bad if they have a few players. They are really good for grinding out weapon and class levels though.
carlos13th wrote: I have been avoiding bot heavy servers so far, doesnt seem as fun.
MG is the most important class. When the MGs are doing their work supported by Riflemen giving out ammo etc the MG can clear whole areas or stop an advance.
I am a huge fan of the MG personally. If no MG I go squad commander or rifle man.
Playing as MG forces you to make the most of cover as you will get shot at straight off the bat.
As for bots, I hate playing them too. I remember the first time my friend played without me he was playing against bots. I got a message saying he had killed over 100 players because everyone online was so dumb. He was pretty proud until I told him the game has bots then hit him.
Yeah the MG seems to work best when you get somewhere safe near an objective get behind cover then just shoot anything wearing the wrong uniform you can see.
Got into Aliens: Colonial Marines. Sure, other games are better but I'm enjoying my time, and besides some flaws that make in unfluffy (slaying xenomorphs by the dozen) I think it's not that bad.
Been playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. It has this weird gimmick for when you're not playing the main story where you centre the DS camera on a circular object, and it can open dungeons to go through. The size of the object on the camera even determines the dungeon's difficulty.
2BlackJack1 wrote: Got into Aliens: Colonial Marines. Sure, other games are better but I'm enjoying my time, and besides some flaws that make in unfluffy (slaying xenomorphs by the dozen) I think it's not that bad.
Actually, I need to install Colonial Marines... It seems like something that I would enjoy despite reviews and some folks' opinions (which I usually disregard; I'd rather feel that the fire burns by touching it myself).
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Played some Terraria on the PC tonight. I'm enjoying the game moreso than it's Vita counter part... mouse and keyboard controls are just so much nicer. There is still plenty I need to figure out. It took me a bit to figure out why a door I had in my little hut wouldn't work.... turns out it was because there was a flower blocking it from opening ha.
A:CM is something of a guilty pleasure of mine, bad story and broken mechanics aside, the level design is lovely, Hadley's Hope in particular.
I've wrapped up Aliens: Isolation myself yesterday, still got four achievements left to unlock, still need to find a few of those Nostromo logs and a few name badges.
What the hell is with people and not following the mission. Just got dumped from a server because I wanted to WIN the mission, not screw around. War thunder irritates me sometimes.
BrookM wrote: A:CM is something of a guilty pleasure of mine, bad story and broken mechanics aside, the level design is lovely, Hadley's Hope in particular.
I've wrapped up Aliens: Isolation myself yesterday, still got four achievements left to unlock, still need to find a few of those Nostromo logs and a few name badges.
I was really disappointed with Colonial Marines after having played Rebellion's "Aliens Versus Predators". I enjoyed that game immensely.
Been playing lots of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on my Xbox. Yeah, I play Call of Duty. Wanna fight about it?!
Armoured Warfare which isn't actually that bad. Its basically WoT but with modern vehicles and perhaps a semblance of balance, at the very least you get bonus exp for being in a low tier vehicle.
I played Magic Duels against Geek And Sundry last night on t'interwebs. It was my second game past the tutorial, I drew 3 monsters over the course of the game and died horribly :(
BrookM wrote: A:CM is something of a guilty pleasure of mine, bad story and broken mechanics aside, the level design is lovely, Hadley's Hope in particular.
I've wrapped up Aliens: Isolation myself yesterday, still got four achievements left to unlock, still need to find a few of those Nostromo logs and a few name badges.
I was really disappointed with Colonial Marines after having played Rebellion's "Aliens Versus Predators". I enjoyed that game immensely.
Been playing lots of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on my Xbox. Yeah, I play Call of Duty. Wanna fight about it?!
No....pretty sure a lot of people play Call of Duty.
Doing a Let's Play of Morrowind. Haven't published any of the vids yet (want to build up a nice backlog first) but I'll post here with a link when I've put the first one up.
Been playing playing Prophesy of Pendor (thanks again for the recommendation). Quite fun. I have a good amount of land (3 towns in fact) and powerful armies in all the holds and stuff, but I seem to be spending most of my time trying to get lords over to my side.
@Co'tor Shas, yeah I think there's a lot of that. Especially if you want to be your own king without having everyone come at you all at once.
Have you battled any of the unique spawn/heroic enemies/armies like Wolfbode or the others? The second question (if you've done that) is, what have you done with your Qualis gems?
If I ever resume my playthrough I'm gonna need several more... I want another potion so I can get 30 strength for certain gear in my inventory, I could *really* use a good one handed sword, and there are a couple of other things. Would have to wait for Wolfbode to respawn though. What a fun fight, I think it took me more than two arrows to drop him and that's unheard of against any other unit. A couple of horses maybe.. but not people.
I've fought the Barkley (IIRC) guy twice, the first time it was right after fighting off an army, so I got trashed, the second time I was properaly prepared and it was him who go the trashing. I haven't decided what to do with it yet, I was thinking of unlocking the noldor arms and armour, but I'm not sure if there is another way to do that.
I think you gotta spend one to buy from that vendor. Another buys the tip to see the elves and compete in their tournament (may be able to win gear there?). Then there's the potion, and the buying/enhancing gear. If you have the stats and bankroll to buy and equip noldor gear, it would probably be pretty useful. I think there's a neat trick you can do with a guildmaster if you have one of those gems in your inventory, but there's a good chance you'll lose it so it isn't really advisable w/o a lot of reloading
Skyrim on pc for the first time, with a modest number of mods installed. Still at Helgen but I'm surprised so far. Running the game on medium graphics, and its running extremely smoothly. Was not expecting that, my pc has struggled at times with Attila Total War and Fallout New Vegas.
Current mods installed are:
Hunterborn/Hunting in Skyrim.
Frostfall.
Falskaar.
Wyrmstooth.
Perkus Maximus.
I did have Sky UI activated but for some reason the script extender turned itself off somehow which deactivated SkyUI.
Also had to remove some of the optional extras in Hunterborn, like craftable candles and lanterns because they were causing incompatibility issues. Couldn't get past the first loading screen without a CTD.
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: Skyrim on pc for the first time, with a modest number of mods installed. Still at Helgen but I'm surprised so far. Running the game on medium graphics, and its running extremely smoothly. Was not expecting that, my pc has struggled at times with Attila Total War and Fallout New Vegas.
Current mods installed are:
Hunterborn/Hunting in Skyrim. Frostfall. Falskaar. Wyrmstooth. Perkus Maximus.
I did have Sky UI activated but for some reason the script extender turned itself off somehow which deactivated SkyUI.
Also had to remove some of the optional extras in Hunterborn, like craftable candles and lanterns because they were causing incompatibility issues. Couldn't get past the first loading screen without a CTD.
Are you using the new steam version of SKSE? If so i don't have any experience with it so can't comment. If not, remember to use the dedicated 'Skyrim(SKSE)' launcher, which you can create a desktop icon for, or if you're using Nexus Mod Manager it's a drop down option in the top right, 'Launch Skyrim' -> 'Launch Skyrim(SKSE)'. If you use the default Skyrim launcher (The one with Dragonborn hanging out in some mountains) which you get when you click on the game in the Steam library SKSE will not switch on. Also if you start Skyrim (Even SKSE!) while exited from Steam, Steam itself will automatically bring up the default launcher, simply hit 'Exit' and run SKSE again, should get you straight to the Bethesda splash screen. The main menu will say something like 'Ver 1.93.2 (SKSE) 1.72.3' in the bottom left if SKSE is running properly.
It's weird...haven't played Skyrim in a couple years (x360), so when I started ESO a month ago it felt nostalgic. Now I'm playing Skyrim on my pc, I'm getting the exact same feeling again.
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: Skyrim on pc for the first time, with a modest number of mods installed. Still at Helgen but I'm surprised so far. Running the game on medium graphics, and its running extremely smoothly. Was not expecting that, my pc has struggled at times with Attila Total War and Fallout New Vegas.
Current mods installed are:
Hunterborn/Hunting in Skyrim.
Frostfall.
Falskaar.
Wyrmstooth.
Perkus Maximus.
I did have Sky UI activated but for some reason the script extender turned itself off somehow which deactivated SkyUI.
Also had to remove some of the optional extras in Hunterborn, like craftable candles and lanterns because they were causing incompatibility issues. Couldn't get past the first loading screen without a CTD.
Are you using the new steam version of SKSE? If so i don't have any experience with it so can't comment. If not, remember to use the dedicated 'Skyrim(SKSE)' launcher, which you can create a desktop icon for, or if you're using Nexus Mod Manager it's a drop down option in the top right, 'Launch Skyrim' -> 'Launch Skyrim(SKSE)'. If you use the default Skyrim launcher (The one with Dragonborn hanging out in some mountains) which you get when you click on the game in the Steam library SKSE will not switch on. Also if you start Skyrim (Even SKSE!) while exited from Steam, Steam itself will automatically bring up the default launcher, simply hit 'Exit' and run SKSE again, should get you straight to the Bethesda splash screen. The main menu will say something like 'Ver 1.93.2 (SKSE) 1.72.3' in the bottom left if SKSE is running properly.
Cheers. at first that option didn't appear in Nexus MM so I downloaded SKSE again and now it's all working. I know for a fact that I downloaded it a couple months ago...
Mount and Blade Warband, or rather Mount and Blade Warband with hackers. Damn is that game useless when it comes to that sort of thing. Kicking players isn't a ban, they can just relog in a few seconds. Even worse in that the hackers can just remove your ability to kick them too. I'm remembering how dire the community for that game is now. =/
Wyrmalla wrote: Mount and Blade Warband, or rather Mount and Blade Warband with hackers. Damn is that game useless when it comes to that sort of thing. Kicking players isn't a ban, they can just relog in a few seconds. Even worse in that the hackers can just remove your ability to kick them too. I'm remembering how dire the community for that game is now. =/
Native, Napoleonic, or North and South?
I play a lot of Native and Napoleonic so it sucks if they are starting to attract hackers.
My God does Sky UI make a difference in Skyrim. This must be the BEST inventory interface I've ever used in an rpg.
And Damn, those nostalgic feels...
"Some may call this junk, me I call them treasures..."
- me, when I walk through the door at the Riverwood Trader despite not having played Skyrim for going on two years.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I'm starting to remember why Skyrim was such a time sink on x360.
Now imagine that time sink at an order of magnitude greater for pc, with role play mods like hunting and skinning animals, frostfall which adds gameplay mechanics involving keeping yourself warm and dry to survive exposure, and two new regions in Falskaar and Wyrmstooth.
Wyrmalla wrote: Mount and Blade Warband, or rather Mount and Blade Warband with hackers. Damn is that game useless when it comes to that sort of thing. Kicking players isn't a ban, they can just relog in a few seconds. Even worse in that the hackers can just remove your ability to kick them too. I'm remembering how dire the community for that game is now. =/
Native, Napoleonic, or North and South?
I play a lot of Native and Napoleonic so it sucks if they are starting to attract hackers.
None of those, it was The Deluge mod. Apparently that mod's server's are so open that hackers can make it so the "kick player" poll leads to the "change number of bots" one. You'd think that if a player's kicked a few times though the system would kick in a temp ban on them as otherwise you're left with those people and the player numbers tank.
So not any of the "main" mods as it were at least. However I did a quick search on hacking the game and there's entire sub-forums dedicated to it. Wonder why players can voice spam "blee" constantly? The game doesn't pick up modified files somehow.
Jumped on a Napoleonic Wars server and considered applying as an admin out of spite for all the RDMers. Thought better of it when I looked at the server's site and seen that it had dozens of admins, but none were ever online. That and its easier to just give up on those servers for a while and let all the idiots fall off of my radar. Pity that there aren't many public servers up these days, especially for smaller, but great mods like Iron Europe. Shame that those mods are so much better than Napoleonic Wars, yet because they aren't official DLC they have crap player bases. :/
Well, to be fair, vanilla skyrim can be a real pushover compared to earlier games. Without mods I cam breeze through it. I just wish I had the DLC's for PC, especially after my 360 disk cracked...
Yeah, the problem for me is actually having money in the account for that. (Credit cards for the time being are a no go for funding). Fortunately Hearthfire is the cheapest DLC, and it's the one I want the most.
So yesterday I logged into GTA online to be greeted by a hacker using the car gun. Then another went around spawning UFOs and random space rocks everywhere. Then I tried to relog onto a different server, it wouldn't do it.
2BlackJack1 wrote: Yeah, the problem for me is actually having money in the account for that. (Credit cards for the time being are a no go for funding). Fortunately Hearthfire is the cheapest DLC, and it's the one I want the most.
Though they don't include adoption mechanics, house mods are a good alternative if you don't want to pay for Hearthfire. I think there's also a build your own house mod, and if you look carefully, you should be able to find a castle mod or two that doesn't need Dragonborn or Dawnguard.
While it's likely obvious, avoid Steam Workshop for house mods though. While there are some good creations, if a creator pulls their mod, and you lose whatever you stored in that building, it'll be tough getting all that stuff back.
2BlackJack1 wrote: Yeah, the problem for me is actually having money in the account for that. (Credit cards for the time being are a no go for funding). Fortunately Hearthfire is the cheapest DLC, and it's the one I want the most.
Though they don't include adoption mechanics, house mods are a good alternative if you don't want to pay for Hearthfire. I think there's also a build your own house mod, and if you look carefully, you should be able to find a castle mod or two that doesn't need Dragonborn or Dawnguard.
While it's likely obvious, avoid Steam Workshop for house mods though. While there are some good creations, if a creator pulls their mod, and you lose whatever you stored in that building, it'll be tough getting all that stuff back.
2BlackJack1 wrote: Yeah, the problem for me is actually having money in the account for that. (Credit cards for the time being are a no go for funding). Fortunately Hearthfire is the cheapest DLC, and it's the one I want the most.
Though they don't include adoption mechanics, house mods are a good alternative if you don't want to pay for Hearthfire. I think there's also a build your own house mod, and if you look carefully, you should be able to find a castle mod or two that doesn't need Dragonborn or Dawnguard.
While it's likely obvious, avoid Steam Workshop for house mods though. While there are some good creations, if a creator pulls their mod, and you lose whatever you stored in that building, it'll be tough getting all that stuff back.
Damn, I lost all my stuff...
*Opens console*
Gak! Completely forgot about that. Forget what I said.
I got tired of dodging spoilers, so I finally picked up "life is strange" and ouch. I know why it's a episodic game because after chapter 2, I need a brake and maybe a teddy-bear. I feel like I am making all the wrong choices.
Got some 40k armor/weapons mods, and I found out they are rather OP. (Makes sense fluff wise, but is a bit of a let down.) They not only add up to 100+ defence, but are made out of 6 gold for crafting and provide a speed boost. Haven't seen the weapons but I imagine they're in the same boat.
Co'tor Shas wrote: They're not too expensive on steam, and it goes on sale like once a month, so I doubt you'd have to wait long.
I got the entire game with all dlcs for £15. 6 months later it was on sale for like £5.
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nomotog wrote: I got tired of dodging spoilers, so I finally picked up "life is strange" and ouch. I know why it's a episodic game because after chapter 2, I need a brake and maybe a teddy-bear. I feel like I am making all the wrong choices.
God Damn I love that game. Just wait till you get to ep 4. Oh, and be NICE to Victoria. If you're nasty to her you might regret it later.
The sound track is the reason why I got out and fixed up my mom's old guitar. I want to learn how to play now because of LIS, will probably spend an hour or two on it this morning.
If you're enjoying the game, you might be happy to hear that the developers plan on doing a Life Is Strange season 2, but with new characters. They also want to do Remember Me 2.
nomotog wrote: I got tired of dodging spoilers, so I finally picked up "life is strange" and ouch. I know why it's a episodic game because after chapter 2, I need a brake and maybe a teddy-bear. I feel like I am making all the wrong choices.
God Damn I love that game. Just wait till you get to ep 4. Oh, and be NICE to Victoria. If you're nasty to her you might regret it later.
The sound track is the reason why I got out and fixed up my mom's old guitar. I want to learn how to play now because of LIS, will probably spend an hour or two on it this morning.
If you're enjoying the game, you might be happy to hear that the developers plan on doing a Life Is Strange season 2, but with new characters. They also want to do Remember Me 2.
The sound track makes me cry. Though honestly like 70% of the game makes me cry.
nomotog wrote: I got tired of dodging spoilers, so I finally picked up "life is strange" and ouch. I know why it's a episodic game because after chapter 2, I need a brake and maybe a teddy-bear. I feel like I am making all the wrong choices.
God Damn I love that game. Just wait till you get to ep 4. Oh, and be NICE to Victoria. If you're nasty to her you might regret it later.
The sound track is the reason why I got out and fixed up my mom's old guitar. I want to learn how to play now because of LIS, will probably spend an hour or two on it this morning.
If you're enjoying the game, you might be happy to hear that the developers plan on doing a Life Is Strange season 2, but with new characters. They also want to do Remember Me 2.
The sound track makes me cry. Though honestly like 70% of the game makes me cry.
Have you played Episode 4 yet?
When you do, the track Mountains (Message to Bears) will become an emotional gut punch.
If you're enjoying the game, you might be happy to hear that the developers plan on doing a Life Is Strange season 2, but with new characters. They also want to do Remember Me 2.
Remember Me was the memory remix game, right? Neat idea, and the memory mechanics were good. But unrealized potential, imo, and the plot wasn't very good. It'll be interesting to see if they can do a better job the second time around.
As for Life Is Strange, I played through the first chapter, and decided to wait until the full game is released to pick it back up again.
nomotog wrote: I got tired of dodging spoilers, so I finally picked up "life is strange" and ouch. I know why it's a episodic game because after chapter 2, I need a brake and maybe a teddy-bear. I feel like I am making all the wrong choices.
God Damn I love that game. Just wait till you get to ep 4. Oh, and be NICE to Victoria. If you're nasty to her you might regret it later.
The sound track is the reason why I got out and fixed up my mom's old guitar. I want to learn how to play now because of LIS, will probably spend an hour or two on it this morning.
If you're enjoying the game, you might be happy to hear that the developers plan on doing a Life Is Strange season 2, but with new characters. They also want to do Remember Me 2.
The sound track makes me cry. Though honestly like 70% of the game makes me cry.
Have you played Episode 4 yet?
When you do, the track Mountains (Message to Bears) will become an emotional gut punch.
I am in the middle of 3 right now and quit hinting I know bad things are going to happen. I already lost one person. It's not like this game will end in sunshine and rainbows.
If you're enjoying the game, you might be happy to hear that the developers plan on doing a Life Is Strange season 2, but with new characters. They also want to do Remember Me 2.
Remember Me was the memory remix game, right? Neat idea, and the memory mechanics were good. But unrealized potential, imo, and the plot wasn't very good. It'll be interesting to see if they can do a better job the second time around.
As for Life Is Strange, I played through the first chapter, and decided to wait until the full game is released to pick it back up again.
A wise decision.
The intervals between episodes are getting longer and longer.
Alien: Isolation - not the best thing to play perhaps just before going to bed by walking down a dark corridor :-).....and loving how the Alien does appear to be unpredictable in it's movement - I 've had a number of deaths where I was moving through an area that had been safe on a previous load (prior to dying) - and it's genuinely scarey!
No and and I just finished the dark room. My saving record just keeps getting worse and worse. That was a unexpected twist at the end. I don't know what will happen, but that is the one place that could survive a storm. Maybe everyone will die?
No and and I just finished the dark room. My saving record just keeps getting worse and worse. That was a unexpected twist at the end. I don't know what will happen, but that is the one place that could survive a storm. Maybe everyone will die?
I think so. I think...
Spoiler:
That Max will have to rewind all the way back to Monday in Jefferson's class to undo the damage to the timeline she caused by saving Chloe's life.
In fact, I think she's stuck in an infinite time loop, endlessly repeating the events of the week, futilely trying to save Chloe, find Rachel and expose the Dark Room conspirators. But everytime she gets to Friday, Jefferson drugs her, which feths with her short term memory. She escapes the Dark Room and wanders up to the light house as the storm hits the town, but the drugs have wiped her memory of the last few days, which explains why in Episode 1 during her "vision" or "nightmare" of the storm she couldn't remember how she got there or what was happening.
It wasn't simply a vision of the future - she actually was there at the light house in person on Friday. Then she accidentally triggers her rewind and sends herself back to Monday with no memory of the week's events.
The only thing that will break the time loop is to let the timeline play out as it always should have: Chloe has to death at Nathan's hands. Chloe is the "bomb" that "turns Arcadia Bay to glass" (exposes the secrets). Her death in a high school bathroom is something that the Prescott's cannot possibly cover up. Nathan will be arrested and beyond the control of Jefferson and Nathan's father; and he'll be able to tell the Cops everything he knows.
The problem is that Max always loses her memory when she rewinds back to Monday. To break the cycle she needs to retain her memories somehow. I think she can do that by bringing back her completed Journal from Friday back to Monday (she retains objects on her person when she rewinds). Maybe Jefferson always takes it from her, so she cannot take it back to Monday and its always replaced by the incomplete Monday version.
This being a game in which "Your choices matter", I expect the player will have a choice in the end:
Let Chloe die to save Arcadia Bay.
Or sacrifice Max: Max intervenes directly. Nathan shoots her instead, and Chloe is saved at the expense of Max's life.
Oh, and In My Mind by Amanda Palmer is almost certainly going to be the song played over the credits. Seems fitting I think.
No and and I just finished the dark room. My saving record just keeps getting worse and worse. That was a unexpected twist at the end. I don't know what will happen, but that is the one place that could survive a storm. Maybe everyone will die?
I think so. I think...
Spoiler:
That Max will have to rewind all the way back to Monday in Jefferson's class to undo the damage to the timeline she caused by saving Chloe's life.
In fact, I think she's stuck in an infinite time loop, endlessly repeating the events of the week, futilely trying to save Chloe, find Rachel and expose the Dark Room conspirators. But everytime she gets to Friday, Jefferson drugs her, which feths with her short term memory. She escapes the Dark Room and wanders up to the light house as the storm hits the town, but the drugs have wiped her memory of the last few days, which explains why in Episode 1 during her "vision" or "nightmare" of the storm she couldn't remember how she got there or what was happening.
It wasn't simply a vision of the future - she actually was there at the light house in person on Friday. Then she accidentally triggers her rewind and sends herself back to Monday with no memory of the week's events.
The only thing that will break the time loop is to let the timeline play out as it always should have: Chloe has to death at Nathan's hands. Chloe is the "bomb" that "turns Arcadia Bay to glass" (exposes the secrets). Her death in a high school bathroom is something that the Prescott's cannot possibly cover up. Nathan will be arrested and beyond the control of Jefferson and Nathan's father; and he'll be able to tell the Cops everything he knows.
The problem is that Max always loses her memory when she rewinds back to Monday. To break the cycle she needs to retain her memories somehow. I think she can do that by bringing back her completed Journal from Friday back to Monday (she retains objects on her person when she rewinds). Maybe Jefferson always takes it from her, so she cannot take it back to Monday and its always replaced by the incomplete Monday version.
This being a game in which "Your choices matter", I expect the player will have a choice in the end:
Let Chloe die to save Arcadia Bay.
Or sacrifice Max: Max intervenes directly. Nathan shoots her instead, and Chloe is saved at the expense of Max's life.
Oh, and In My Mind by Amanda Palmer is almost certainly going to be the song played over the credits. Seems fitting I think.
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I don't think it's the second time loop, but it wouldn't surprise me if there was no way out of the loop. I kind of think that because they say your choices matter that in the end you will have no choice. It seems like the whole game is about reinforcing that you don't actually have power. The final nail would be forcing your last choice.
Got done with a relatively quick Hearthstone session... got 1 out of 3 dailies taken care of... not feeling too motivated to finish off the other two right now... they involve me not playing as a Warrior.
About to take on Suffolk Lane (my world in the PC version of Terraria).
Did more of Warsword Conquest, this time as chaos, and I have had some poor luck. Beast men swarm me by villages to get marauders, and trolls guard the border to the Empire. At least I've learned the best way to fight a troll is by rushing up in his face, since his swings are so slow. (Of course, his friends don't like this so they tend to smack you in the head from behind. )
So, finally got a win in tennis. It took something like 9 games to get. I did my parachuting easy, and of course killed someone off the radar in GTA. GTA is now offline for 7 hours while rockstar do some fixes. Apparently hacker protection, and new dailies plus some more content.
Other stuff....
Marvel heroes is fun, just doing legendaries as Cap. I honestly love him! I've used his ultimate 4 times....looking at trying either Deadpool, Cable, or juggi.
Windows keeps spamming me with a little notification icon on my taskbar that pop ups up everytime I boot up, pestering me to "upgrade for free before its too late!"
No. Feth off.
I tried editing the icon settings to hide the icon and notifications but it seems when I reboot the computer, Windows turns the notifications back on. I've only been using Windows 7 for a year now with my new pc that I built for myself (before that I was still using XP on my previous, ~8 year old desktop). I have no desire to change.
Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:Anybody ever play as Egypt? Whats it like trying to defend the Holy Land with Crusade after Crusade bearing down on you?
Its quite doable, just make sure to gain an alliance with the Turks, as they act as a decent blocking force against the crusader forces coming overland. And they have very, very good horse mounted archers and decent enough foot troops to back the cavalry too in a drawn out figth.
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Trondheim wrote: Good times then, I normally play as either Dennmark or as Millan or The Kingdom Of Scilliy
Denmark? You mean those guys that keep moving their armies through my Empire?
Hehe yes those. I tend to sow mayhem in Europa and provoke all but a few of the nations to come after me.
Been playing some more This War Of Mine lately. I wish they would update it to randomize the starting options a bit, though. I would like to try some of the different groups of survivors, but I really don't like starting a game during winter.
Bought Brave New World for Civ 5. Currently trying to re-live my civ 4 days by manipulating all the world's leaders into 2 or 3 groups, and watching them fight it out while I sit back and watch.
It's even easier now that the economic system is somewhat broken now.
I decided not to. I'm trying my best not to spend any more money on the game... its not like I spent much (maybe $5?)... but usually for me that can be the start of a bad cycle...
Been playing saints.row.4. It's a fun game and the super powered make it feel like.crack down but I still miss the mix of grounded and insane that saints row two had.
carlos13th wrote: Been playing saints.row.4. It's a fun game and the super powered make it feel like.crack down but I still miss the mix of grounded and insane that saints row two had.
Then it sounds like Saints Row 3 would be your cup of tea It's pretty much the same graphics as 4, but more grounded like 2 (still ridiculous storyline and all... wouldn't be Saints Row without it)
I decided not to. I'm trying my best not to spend any more money on the game... its not like I spent much (maybe $5?)... but usually for me that can be the start of a bad cycle...
The pre-order is the first money I've spent on HS and I'm happy otherwise to grind out arena runs for more packs but I feel not too bad about spending some money on an otherwise free game
carlos13th wrote: Been playing saints.row.4. It's a fun game and the super powered make it feel like.crack down but I still miss the mix of grounded and insane that saints row two had.
Then it sounds like Saints Row 3 would be your cup of tea It's pretty much the same graphics as 4, but more grounded like 2 (still ridiculous storyline and all... wouldn't be Saints Row without it)
Played SR3 and I felt the same way as I did about 4. Always crazy all the time instead of paced.
I got Fallout: Shelter on my phone, and that's been pretty fun so far. It has some nice features and it's been awhile since I could find a nice city/tower building game for resources like this one, and it's Fallout so it's even better.
Just downloaded a couple new questline mods for NV. Having fun bounty hunting. Still haven't gotten around to exploring most of the Add-on dungeons I got from another mod.
Also, anyone know if when you install a weapons mod after starting a character if the weapons will properly work? On one character you can buy them at the Gun Runners and find htem on NPCs while on my 1st character they still seem missing, It's that huge pack of weapons made by a big mod group.
Overlord Thraka wrote: Just downloaded a couple new questline mods for NV. Having fun bounty hunting. Still haven't gotten around to exploring most of the Add-on dungeons I got from another mod.
Also, anyone know if when you install a weapons mod after starting a character if the weapons will properly work? On one character you can buy them at the Gun Runners and find htem on NPCs while on my 1st character they still seem missing, It's that huge pack of weapons made by a big mod group.
It's generally seen as best practice to make a new character after installing any mods, because most of the time the mods you installed after chargen will not function properly for that character and can lead to game instability.
So I'd say no, they won't work properly if they're installed for use on an existing character.
Was playing skyrim until the Kill the dragon mission after you vist the geezers on the mountain and after 20 tries killing the dragon i am done. Now playing bloodborne at least here it feels that it is my fault when i get killed by a boss
Taking a break from bloodborne, got stuck on shadow of yharnam, and I have been playing to many action games lately, where every tiny movement means mistake.
So now im playing ff14. Yup, I trialed it, my friend got me on the largest guild on the server 500+ people, and now im having a blast.
Jehan-reznor wrote: Was playing skyrim until the Kill the dragon mission after you vist the geezers on the mountain and after 20 tries killing the dragon i am done. Now playing bloodborne at least here it feels that it is my fault when i get killed by a boss
I thought the "kill the dragon" mission was before visiting the Greybeards?
Overlord Thraka wrote: Just downloaded a couple new questline mods for NV. Having fun bounty hunting. Still haven't gotten around to exploring most of the Add-on dungeons I got from another mod.
Also, anyone know if when you install a weapons mod after starting a character if the weapons will properly work? On one character you can buy them at the Gun Runners and find htem on NPCs while on my 1st character they still seem missing, It's that huge pack of weapons made by a big mod group.
It's generally seen as best practice to make a new character after installing any mods, because most of the time the mods you installed after chargen will not function properly for that character and can lead to game instability.
So I'd say no, they won't work properly if they're installed for use on an existing character.
Nah it worked. I just needed to wait for the shops to re-stock. Thanks though!
Jehan-reznor wrote: Was playing skyrim until the Kill the dragon mission after you vist the geezers on the mountain and after 20 tries killing the dragon i am done. Now playing bloodborne at least here it feels that it is my fault when i get killed by a boss
I thought the "kill the dragon" mission was before visiting the Greybeards?
The first dragon you kill is outside the village, at the watch tower with several guards present and you can hide in the castle, the second one is with Delphine, to kill a dragon as it is getting revived by another dragon, that is the one i have trouble with and i do not know if i have a save where i can roam first to get a flame resistant armor.
Played through Alien: Isolation again, managing to get all Nostromo logs, ID tags and all messages this time around, including elusive #146. I also did some digging and found the security code for his locker on his Twitter account of all places.
Jehan-reznor wrote: Was playing skyrim until the Kill the dragon mission after you vist the geezers on the mountain and after 20 tries killing the dragon i am done. Now playing bloodborne at least here it feels that it is my fault when i get killed by a boss
I thought the "kill the dragon" mission was before visiting the Greybeards?
The first dragon you kill is outside the village, at the watch tower with several guards present and you can hide in the castle, the second one is with Delphine, to kill a dragon as it is getting revived by another dragon, that is the one i have trouble with and i do not know if i have a save where i can roam first to get a flame resistant armor.
That's one of the reasons I generally go through ALL of the guilds before advancing that questline. I pay special attention to the thieves guild, and mage guild questlines. Make sure you have properly finished both - got the Archmages gear, and the guildmaster gear from the thieves guild [you will need to do a load of radiant quests for that one and brought the 5 cities back into the fold. There will be 5 new merchants in the ratway when you have done]. this should see you have enough to cast resistances on yourself to mitigate the damage and a high enough sneak to hit it with a bow and do some serious damage on a sneak attack.
Of course, you could also get your enchanting to 100% and do double enchants on all your gear. Flame/frost resistance for preference, then anything that increases your prefferred damage or if using spells reduces their cost. Correctly spec'd armour and the correct skills can mean you cast spells for free.
Because I normally go sneak/archer with enchants and do side quests first, by the time I pick up the main questline to that point, it's a cakewalk.
This is obviously the problem with these open-world games. The developers stand no chance of balancing the game. It could be improved by blocking certain quests until a certain point in the mnain quest is released.
As long as the person knows what they're doing (ie it's not a face hunter) yeah you're in pretty good shape but Lock & Load can make or break their game, mages also have to be the aggro counterpart which is also unusual for that class so it may catch off more players
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I'm so excited I might pee a little. 
Glad you are liking it. The whole atmosphere and story is fantastic. Bioshock II was a bit of a letdown for me, but it had it's interesting points.
