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Really want to Give Witcher 2 another chance but having just played it for ten minutes to test performance i was reminded how awful the combat is.

I may turn on god mode.

I really liked the witcher 2 combat. Particularly with the combat rebalance mod installed.

The steath however was awful and gladly kept to a single section.

 carlos13th wrote:
I really liked the witcher 2 combat. Particularly with the combat rebalance mod installed.

The steath however was awful and gladly kept to a single section.

There was stealth in that section? That blackjack was just about the deadliest weapon I've used all game.

 Perkustin wrote:
Really want to Give Witcher 2 another chance but having just played it for ten minutes to test performance i was reminded how awful the combat is.

I may turn on god mode.

I know the feeling... took me a long time to reach the point where I was until I honestly said "I give up". Amazing how I enjoyed the combat from the first so much more.

MK 8 still... Online races are just too good!

 remilia_scarlet wrote:

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
Played a little Dark Souls...didn't like it. Back to XCom.

it's really unforgiving. once you get the combat down, it's pretty fun. I just picked up Xcom.

I took a break from it to to play xenonauts. Xenonauts is basically like the old xcom from what I heard.

As far as dark souls goes it's fun but it's nice not always going through a huge challenge every fight you go through. Dark souls is rewarding sometimes when you figure something out and succeed and do it well but sometimes it's nice to play a game where not everything is a super huge challenge all the time. I play xcom, warhammer fantasy, xenonauts and dark souls mostly and I find each of those to be challenging (warhammer fantasy is tough with experienced players). I probably actually need a game that is just pure fun and/or stupid right now.

Having another run through of splinter cell blacklist.

still trying to raise my destruction. shadow mere died a few weeks ago, haven't seen it since :(

Shadowmere should respawn either at the pool at the Sanctuary or where he died, about 10 days afterwards.

There is, however, a couple of glitches that 'delete' him from the game on the 360 or PS3, so you might be out of luck (this recently happened to my brother, he's still cross about it).

Also, go to the Soul Cairn. Return Arvak's skull. Summonable Flaming Skeleton Horses for everyone...

oh yeah, arvak's cool. it's just, well, I was kind of using shadow mere to practise fire ball on.

Oh, I see. What a caring horse owner you are.

kept his coat clean. you know, except the ash.
I think that once I get the last few dragon preist masks and the master level spells I'l probably go to solstheim.

 the shrouded lord wrote:
kept his coat clean. you know, except the ash.
I think that once I get the last few dragon preist masks and the master level spells I'l probably go to solstheim.

Brace yourself, disappointment is coming.

 Sigvatr wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:
kept his coat clean. you know, except the ash.
I think that once I get the last few dragon preist masks and the master level spells I'l probably go to solstheim.

Brace yourself, disappointment is coming.

I liked it.

Mainly due to Hermeus Mora, but eh.

Been playing a bit of Spec Ops : The Line, got it cheaply on steam and well. I did not expect much but I was pleasently suprised I dare say, I think its the first game in ages where I acctualy find myself enjoying the story and the surrondings( in a third person shooter that is)

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:
kept his coat clean. you know, except the ash.
I think that once I get the last few dragon preist masks and the master level spells I'l probably go to solstheim.

Brace yourself, disappointment is coming.

I liked it.

Mainly due to Hermeus Mora, but eh.

Solstheim is... different, to say the least, but I think it offers a lot more to characters that are a low-to-middling level (20-30) as includes some new stuff that only those sort of levels can make use of (Nordic/Stalrihm weapons/armour, new shouts, new dungeons and enemies). By the time you're level 45+, you can stomp anything in Solstheim just as easily as anything in Skyrim (with the possible exception of Miraak, the joint highest level NPC on the game) so it gets a little boring.

It's certainly different, though, the whole look and feel of the place is nothing like Skyrim. You'll love it or hate it, it depends.

 Paradigm wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:
kept his coat clean. you know, except the ash.
I think that once I get the last few dragon preist masks and the master level spells I'l probably go to solstheim.

Brace yourself, disappointment is coming.

I liked it.

Mainly due to Hermeus Mora, but eh.

Solstheim is... different, to say the least, but I think it offers a lot more to characters that are a low-to-middling level (20-30) as includes some new stuff that only those sort of levels can make use of (Nordic/Stalrihm weapons/armour, new shouts, new dungeons and enemies). By the time you're level 45+, you can stomp anything in Solstheim just as easily as anything in Skyrim (with the possible exception of Miraak, the joint highest level NPC on the game) so it gets a little boring.

It's certainly different, though, the whole look and feel of the place is nothing like Skyrim. You'll love it or hate it, it depends.

It felt like a nostalgia trip to Morrowind to me, actually. The southern half of the isldand, at any rate. I liked it. Got to hear some familiar music, got to hear some familar Dunmer slang and insults, got to see some familiar Dunmer armor, got to stab some familiar Dunmer assassins... I had a good time.

squidhills wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:
kept his coat clean. you know, except the ash.
I think that once I get the last few dragon preist masks and the master level spells I'l probably go to solstheim.

Brace yourself, disappointment is coming.

I liked it.

Mainly due to Hermeus Mora, but eh.

Solstheim is... different, to say the least, but I think it offers a lot more to characters that are a low-to-middling level (20-30) as includes some new stuff that only those sort of levels can make use of (Nordic/Stalrihm weapons/armour, new shouts, new dungeons and enemies). By the time you're level 45+, you can stomp anything in Solstheim just as easily as anything in Skyrim (with the possible exception of Miraak, the joint highest level NPC on the game) so it gets a little boring.

It's certainly different, though, the whole look and feel of the place is nothing like Skyrim. You'll love it or hate it, it depends.

It felt like a nostalgia trip to Morrowind to me, actually. The southern half of the isldand, at any rate. I liked it. Got to hear some familiar music, got to hear some familar Dunmer slang and insults, got to see some familiar Dunmer armor, got to stab some familiar Dunmer assassins... I had a good time.

Eh, I honestly didn't mind Solstheim. I just wanted to get away from the snow a bit. I found the dragon riding shout kind of disappointing though.

Trying to get something going in Crusader Kings II... it's fun but frustrating.

Starting to enjoy Witcher 2 a bit more, found a mod that gives you 3 perks per level which mostly solves one the games bigger flaws. The flaw being that you have to invest several perks just to remove massive Handicaps, fun idea; don't include those massive Handicaps.

Although i am starting to find the combat just about tolerable i am glad i am just slavishly following a Gamefaq this time, otherwise i'd miss out on a ton of quests/outcomes you'd only find through blind luck. Here's a perfect example of the ridiculously counter-intuitive behaviour the game asks of you:

During a sidequest a shady dude asks you to wear a blindfold so he can escort you to his hideout. This sounds dubious so you can refuse (in game terms wearing the blindfold will put you at an insurmountable disadvantage if you want the full reward).

If you refuse the guy tells you, in no uncertain terms, the blindfold is a 100% deal-breaker. At this you have two dialogue options (paraphrase) 'Ok i'll wear the blindfold' and 'no deal'. The 'no deal' option does NOT say (bluff) 'no deal' or (persuade) 'no deal', there is no (Axii) 'I don't need a blindfold' option. To any logical human being refusing the blindfold a SECOND(!) time and having the dialogue say 'no deal' suggests picking this option would fail the quest.

But due to terrible design this is the illogical option you're supposed to pick. Through no act of persuasion the trader, who has already laboured how he prides himself on secrecy, suddenly give in at your brattish refusal to play ball and just marks the location on your map allowing you to storm in and slaughter them all.

Welp, I'm hooked on the WoW train again.

 Soladrin wrote:
Welp, I'm hooked on the WoW train again.

Gotta catch all the reputation!

Appariently you shouldn't feth with revered dragons.

Still in Rogue Legacy.

This gak is worse than crack. Gotta defeat all the bosses, including the remixes, gotta show them who's da real melon-fething boss!

And gather gold. Always more gold. You can NEVER EVER have enough gold. MORE GOLD FOR THE UPGRADES!

I still haven't quite gotten used to the controls. I was completely expecting to go in there with the mouse buttons being used and WASD-Space as the movement controls, but it's all reversed- old school computer controls, I guess, from before there were peripherals. I keep jumping or dropping instead of moving or attacking.

Luftrausers, however, is amazing. Submersible engine and Melee body and you become a living torpedo. Machine gun, Melee, and Turboboost, and you can just death spiral all over the screen.

Found a game to get me off of Mario Kart 8. Shovel Knight, Damn this game is fun! Soundtracks good too!

Just completed my first run of Rogue Legacy... this thing is like Crack, damn it. Only a few more achievs to complete but now I can take it a bit more slowly

85 Kids aint bad! From what Ive seen the game is outright brutal at times! Looks like a blast, Its on the wishlist to pick up at some point.

Started up a new Skyrim character. My main character is a stealthy Wood Elves huntress/enchantress that likes to strike from the shadows, so I decided to go for a totally different angle with this new one - a Breton heavy-armor wearing, great-weapon wielding Battlemage. I named her Gwennyr, which I'm very proud of as it has a nice Celtic/Arthurian feel to it.
I also installed the "Random Alternate Start" mod so I don't have to play as the Dragonborn again.
I've already slain 3 dragons and gotten to level 12. I'd forgotten how addictive and plain out fun Skyrim is. There are things I need to do today, but screw that! I've got quests to finish and dragons to slay!

~Tim?

Oooh, thanks for reminding me about that mod. You can even turn dragons off entirely with that one,can't you? I may have to do that soon, let it plunk me down in the wilderness and have fun surviving