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The fiancee and I have started the Wildstar head-start. Very much enjoying it. Other than that, I just finished Arkham City, so on to Harley's Revenge, followed by Arkham Origins, and rather excited (save your "Origins is bad" comments, I've heard them and don't care, I'm playing it anyways).

 The Fragile Breath wrote:
save your "Origins is bad" comments.

If youve not played Origins yet then you should have no problems, I think the majority of them were patched out. I quite liked Origins myself, granted the story was a bit meh but it allowed for some really cool characters to be used.


I've been playing Payday 2 while it was free, pretty decent game. It is a game made for co - op though, the ai on singleplayer is so bad it elongates the missions when it doesn't need to. But yea played 7 hours so far, paid around £7, I'm not complaining. Just need to get a game with my mates and it should be much better.

Arkham origins is good. Very derivative but still a good game. As good as city? No. Did it deserve the gak reviews it got? Not at all especially when COD gets 8-10 every year for doing the same thing.


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 johnscott10 wrote:

 The Fragile Breath wrote:
save your "Origins is bad" comments.

If youve not played Origins yet then you should have no problems, I think the majority of them were patched out. I quite liked Origins myself, granted the story was a bit meh but it allowed for some really cool characters to be used.


I've been playing Payday 2 while it was free, pretty decent game. It is a game made for co - op though, the ai on singleplayer is so bad it elongates the missions when it doesn't need to. But yea played 7 hours so far, paid around £7, I'm not complaining. Just need to get a game with my mates and it should be much better.

Yeah I have the same issue when I played it on ps3

It seems to me that people come down on sequels that don't improve on the previous sequel. Harder than usual. Initial game gets them hooked, second game often reaches the peak of the series, third game often falls short by either trying something new that doesn't work as well or just failing to actively improve everybody's favorite second game. Then it gets bashed, hard. Much worse than if it were a stand alone or it's own thing. Same with remakes of old games, they don't capture the imagination the same way so they immediately suck.

I only played the first one of those batman games, playing through the plot was fun but I had zero tolerance for achievements/sidequests.

Was just playing 'Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition' since there was a sale on it some time ago. It's kind of hard but nothing too serious yet. We'll see if I eat my words soon enough. I think the bigger problem is this game was poorly ported from xbox to PC. It would've been better if all the on screen command didn't tell me to use a joystick or press the A button or similar. The game isn't too hard if you can force the enemies to fight you one by one on a stairway or something. I figure most people complain about hordes of baddies pinning them down.

"Dead Space" on Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini.

Controls can be a bit twitchy, but that might well be my fat fingers on a small touchscreen. I find that when low on ammo, I can fire again rather than re-load.

Other than that, the graphics and storyline are good, especially when considering that I'm playing on a phone.

Also been hooked by the dreaded "Candy Crush Saga".

I completely forget I started playing Republic Commando.

Holy feth, that game can be difficult some times.

 GrimDork wrote:
I'm probably going to wait to do any real building in star bound until it releases, so nothing gets wiped. Having enough fun exploring sector X working through the various qualities of ore and so on. When the game IS fully released... gonna build the gak out of the wiring and skyhook stuff.

I plan on building an Yggdrasil World Tree whose top functions as a space station, including a ring around the entire planet.

I stopped playing starbound after all the wipes. Plan to go back to it soon ish though.

Melissia do it, take screen shots, and post them!

 GrimDork wrote:
Melissia do it, take screen shots, and post them!

I will eventually. I'm hoping they redo the oxygen and temperature mechanics though.

What don't you like about them as they are now?

 Melissia wrote:

 GrimDork wrote:
I'm probably going to wait to do any real building in star bound until it releases, so nothing gets wiped. Having enough fun exploring sector X working through the various qualities of ore and so on. When the game IS fully released... gonna build the gak out of the wiring and skyhook stuff.

I plan on building an Yggdrasil World Tree whose top functions as a space station, including a ring around the entire planet.

Ever read "A Rainbow of Mars" by Niven? You may want to be careful about making Yggdrasil skyhooks...

 GrimDork wrote:
What don't you like about them as they are now?

I can't make a space station that has oxygen inside it and no oxygen outside it. Warmth is similar-- I have to place torches or campfires down, tehre's no hi-tech methods of having a higher temperature, or of regulating a building's internal temperature.

I want to build a room in an asteroid field that has an oxygen generator in it, for example, and pipe oxygen to everywhere else in my asteroid base.

Ahh. I could see that. Wonder if they could write air like it's water. Make a display option so you can see it flowing. I guess air would go everywhere instead of with gravity though. The nanostove is really hot, but it's obviously a cooking implement and not just a light.

Air would be affected by gravity- but if there could be a system where each 'block' of air can infinitely generate other 'blocks' of air and gravity only causes it to be more or less dense, or possibly that Air simply has a 'Thicker' allowance due to gravity... Then have places coded as Hard Vacuum where air can't propagate.

I was probably trying to oversimplify too much, I was mostly concerned about the air behaving to go out the roof in an asteroid base etc.

Holy crap started a new glitch with intent to farm... ye gods the matter manipulated is bad at digging

I have been playing ff14 with the girlfriend. She got us both a subscription for something to do together.

If anyone plays it and is on moggle give a shout.

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Yep more dark souls. I'm starting to see why it's hard. I'm getting the hang of it though. Surprised it's so hard so early in the game. Well this is probably no different than xcom. Just gotta power through.

mega_bassist wrote:I completely forget I started playing Republic Commando.

Holy feth, that game can be difficult some times.

Yep, it can, but it's still one of the best SW games. Great characters, a fair bit of funny dialogue, and awesome droid-blasting action. I just wish they'd have made a sequel, I want to know what happened to Sev...

flamingkillamajig wrote:Yep more dark souls. I'm starting to see why it's hard. I'm getting the hang of it though. Surprised it's so hard so early in the game. Well this is probably no different than xcom. Just gotta power through.

I just downloaded this yesterday, and it's certainly been a wakeup call. I'd heard how nasty it could be, but seriously, it's about the only game I've played where 3 NPCs against a PC is actually an unfair fight in favour of the computer. The most surprising moment was when I went full Skyrim mode. 'oh, skeletons. One hit kill, surely.' BAM 'there, got him.. no, he's back up. No, don't do that... NOOOOO!' I died. It was not pleasant.

That said, I love the game. I tend to get annoyed with games where you can run everywhere, swing a sword for hours on end and not get tired. As much as Dark Souls was a shock, the 'realism' of the mechanics is refreshing.

@paradigm: The funny thing is there's a lot of strategies behind each of the fights you go to. Also you may need to farm the baddies for souls and then go back to the same campfire to level up or go to a merchant or something. Then you buy the gear that'll help you win the fights more easily. For instance the fire bombs help a ton against some hordes but can even take out some sword and shield elite skeletons or spear and shield. Sword and shield skeletons tend to be easier since all you need to do is attack as they're about to. You basically have to watch for an opening in their attack. Then there's the deal with using stairways to force them to come at you one at a time.

Currently my issue is killing the black knight dude guarding that one passage. I got one hit away from killing him with firebombs and then died. I was so p*ssed off. Still haven't killed that b*stard yet. Then there's the secret passage and that fat demon you need to kill that can kill you in maybe one hit (I'm guessing ranged weapons are the way to go). Finally I remember going up the staircase to when there's a final baddie that can also kill you instantly I think.

So yeah I may need to farm souls to level up and get better gear. We'll see.

Yeah, I figured out the soul farming trick earlier today, and levelled up a few times from that. I've not yet any merchants yet so I'm stuck with the basic/scavenged gear, and annoyingly I haven't got a ranged weapon yet (apart from firebombs, which I can't work out how to equip).

The combat is certainly refreshingly tactical, not just mental button mashing, and the thinking element is a nice change from 'run at them and hit them'. The spear guys are annoying as they seem to do a ton of damage when they get an opening, and you have to manoeuvre round their shields to not get repelled and left open.

Encountered my first Dragon earlier. It came from behind and one-hit-killed with its flame attack. I have no idea how I'm going to approach that one...

Given that it was free (thanks, Xbox Live) I really have no complaints whatsoever, and really, I'm amazed at how good the game is. I may look into getting the second one soon if I see it cheap.

 Paradigm wrote:
Yeah, I figured out the soul farming trick earlier today, and levelled up a few times from that. I've not yet any merchants yet so I'm stuck with the basic/scavenged gear, and annoyingly I haven't got a ranged weapon yet (apart from firebombs, which I can't work out how to equip).

The combat is certainly refreshingly tactical, not just mental button mashing, and the thinking element is a nice change from 'run at them and hit them'. The spear guys are annoying as they seem to do a ton of damage when they get an opening, and you have to manoeuvre round their shields to not get repelled and left open.

Encountered my first Dragon earlier. It came from behind and one-hit-killed with its flame attack. I have no idea how I'm going to approach that one...

Given that it was free (thanks, Xbox Live) I really have no complaints whatsoever, and really, I'm amazed at how good the game is. I may look into getting the second one soon if I see it cheap.

Once you've equipped fire bombs in your inventory use mouse wheel to flip between your different items. To get to the equipment menu as well as most other menus press the 'End' key on your keyboard.

Oh wait you're playing on xbox live. Nevermind then I have no idea .

What's funny is there was a bridge crossing with skeletons fire bombing at it as well as a few skeletons in the tower. I wanted to see if it was possible to leave a message saying "You shall not pass!" or "Gandalf! Nooooooooo!!!!!"

I just bought Distant Worlds as it is reputed to be one of the best, if not the best, 4X games ever made. It currently holds the record for the most expensive game that I have ever bought at £37, and even then it was even on sale..

Good god its complicated and I only roughly know what I am doing which has so far seen me getting repeatedly brutalised by pirates within my starting solar system system long before I have even thought about branching out into the rest of the galaxies 700 stars.

So holy sh*t more 'dark souls'. After beating the first demon I managed to get past the dragon (but not kill it) and then get to the top of the cathedral (after blacksmith and fire and then I killed the two gargoyles and rang the bell. It took me quite a few hours to do so but I'm getting the hang of it. Still gotta say those huge black knight guys are pretty scary esp. when you don't have fire bombs handy or something. They say lightning is good against him but I dunno yet. I don't exactly have it in vast quantities.

I'm so glad bosses don't return or the mini-bosses for that matter. That would make this game super hard.

 flamingkillamajig wrote:
So holy sh*t more 'dark souls'. After beating the first demon I managed to get past the dragon (but not kill it) and then get to the top of the cathedral (after blacksmith and fire and then I killed the two gargoyles and rang the bell. It took me quite a few hours to do so but I'm getting the hang of it. Still gotta say those huge black knight guys are pretty scary esp. when you don't have fire bombs handy or something. They say lightning is good against him but I dunno yet. I don't exactly have it in vast quantities.

I'm so glad bosses don't return or the mini-bosses for that matter. That would make this game super hard.

Yesterday I managed to reach a similar point, I think. I was able to sneak past the Dragon and his guys (largely thanks to discovering the ladder down to the Campfire and back up) but keep getting killed by either a Black Knight at the top of the tower or a giant Boar thing in the passageway. I'm thinking stealth might be the way around it, it's a shame I picked the Knight (heavy armour is loud!)

And I agree about being glad the bosses don't respawn, that would make things a heck of a lot harder.

I've been playing Democracy 3 quite a bit lately. Although it is essentially a bureaucracy simulator, it's weirdly fun.

Crusader Kings 2. Ah, it's great playing as the Norse Jarl of Carinthia, becoming the Byzantine Emperor, losing all your lands to a Mongol invasion and being forced to take refuge in a backwater county in Wallachia. What more could you ask for?

Still Hearthstone, but with a smattering of Torchlight 2. Which kicks Diablo 3's skinny ass, all day long. I've been buying a lot more iMac games recently because my PS3 had an argument with the pavement and lost, badly....