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 Melissia wrote:
Ordered a Retro Entertainment System on a whim, since I have a ton of NES games. Hopefully my review is of it actually working, once it gets here, because I would love to play some Bionic Commando or any of the other 100+ games in my NES library.

Hope it works out well for you. I have an FC Twin that works a treat for both my N.E.S and SNES games.

Gah, now I remember why overleveling and roflstomping the content in FFT is fun, 'cause otherwise you tend to 'take it in the face and die' from the various special enemy NPCs with fancy RNG instant death/other badstuff attacks. Oh well.

Played some more Destiny, this time in a party with a guy I know from Nationstates.

Much fun!

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Played some more Destiny, this time in a party with a guy I know from Nationstates.

Much fun!

It does look pretty fun.

Shame they're not releasing it for the master race.

More Project Zomboid. Yesterday I went through these events in my head whilst playing the game. A week into this character and I finally find a gun (a Ruger Mini-14 with a nice scope FYI) with four boxes of ammo, my response; "get in there!". Ten minutes later when searching a fridge I come across some BBQ sauce. ...Guess which one I was happier about? Now to continue on the endless quest for a pack of Prawn Cocktail crisps...

Actually with the current guns mod I have installed (realistic Kentucky Firearms, which mods the game to have weapons you'd actually find in the area) I'm still hoping to find one of the proper military weapons. At the moment I have a handful of civilian guns, shotguns, hunting rifles and what not, which are already such a bugger to find in the first place. However, despite the mod author not stating that they're in the game, I did take a wee look at the script files to see that AR15s are a rare spawn. Yes, despite the game being set around one of the region's largest arms depots (Fort Knox) actually finding a gun can be a real bother (I'm assuming that the devs will explain this away in future, though yeah, it does seem silly to set the game in a gun rich state instead of one where the laws are stricter). Once I'm geared up with a couple hundred 12 Gauge shells maybe I'll take a run over to the munitions depots outside of town, or the gun store at the other side of the map and see what happens (zombies use highways to travel between the towns, and in my experience with travelling on one for a couple of miles you can't ever bring enough ammo).

 Seaward wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Played some more Destiny, this time in a party with a guy I know from Nationstates.

Much fun!

It does look pretty fun.

Shame they're not releasing it for the master race.

I don't find it a shame at all, gloating console peasant I am

Just had a guts full of Dayz. So, I got logged off by a server restart. Logged back in to a fresh spawn, when I didn't even have anything bad....

Had a Nagint Mosin, full camo kitout and everything. Damn, admin hates me.

Hearts of Iron 2.

Spent 1936 to 1940 building up my military (1 cav, 1 inf, 1 tank divisions). Such a small country has very backward and limited infrastructure etc. I joined Germany in the Axis Pact to protect me from the Soviets (for now) and made a few territorial gains in Denmark. Currently updating my armies gear and vehicles while I can.

Next stage is building up an airforce but odds are the airforce wont be ready when the reds come.

(playing as finland).

Started and finished Steamworld Dig. quite a fun little game! Definitely worth the 2.50 I paid for it. WIll probably do a couple more runs through it at least.

Still playing LOTRO.

Slogging around the Lone Lands was fun enough, especially getting to fight a clan of Trolls at the end. But I was happy to move on once the time came. 'Porting back to the Shire with my Hunter ability was nice- the Shire is really nicely done in game.

Spent my first cash on the game and moved north to Evendim, where I spent some time being chased by wolves that were higher level than me. Pretty much all of this evening was spent doing chores on a farm for a bunch of lazy hobbits, but it was fun enough in places. The worst aspect of it was that the farm is a maze.

Seem to manage a level per evening of play at the moment, and so far this is the longest I've lasted at any MMO. Weird, because it doesn't have any real variety in enemies- it's all Orcs, Wargs, Trolls and beasts, but the fact that it's Middle Earth seems to hold my interest fairly well. Evendim seems pretty nice. I might put in some extra time to night and see if I can hit level 32.

Just purchased the ps4 destiny bundle. White ps4 is so sexy haha. Finally upgraded from my ps3 and playing destiny with a couple of mates. Really loving it so far.

just saw an ad for destiny, man I wished I used xbox live... and or had an xbox 1 lol.
going through the DG quests again, my werewolf character really wants to chomp some vampires.

Can anyone recommend some good Hack and slash RPGs that aren't too nasty?

Violence isn't much of a issue, but if they're full of Sexual stuff or tons of swearing I won't play them

Something that's a Torchlight-ish level of 'bad' stuff other than blood an violence.

Right now I'm looking into Dungeon Siege. I have a friend who's favorite game is Dungeon Siege 2, are his likings well based?

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
Can anyone recommend some good Hack and slash RPGs that aren't too nasty?

Violence isn't much of a issue, but if they're full of Sexual stuff or tons of swearing I won't play them

Something that's a Torchlight-ish level of 'bad' stuff other than blood an violence.

Right now I'm looking into Dungeon Siege. I have a friend who's favorite game is Dungeon Siege 2, are his likings well based?

Probably Diablo 3, unless youve already played that... Honestly, the game ranges from lulz... boring, to OMFG WHERE DID THAT COME FROM!? while you are leveling a character, depending on where you set the difficulty.

Could try Path of Exile. It's more like Diablo II in feel and gameplay, but with the updates that a modern game should have.

A friend of mine gave me a download code for the 3DS Smash Bros demo. It's fun, but the controls are wonky in my opinion.

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
Can anyone recommend some good Hack and slash RPGs that aren't too nasty?

Violence isn't much of a issue, but if they're full of Sexual stuff or tons of swearing I won't play them

Something that's a Torchlight-ish level of 'bad' stuff other than blood an violence.

Right now I'm looking into Dungeon Siege. I have a friend who's favorite game is Dungeon Siege 2, are his likings well based?

i don't know much about dungeon siege, but i think that titan quest might fit the bill too. it's an older game, but still fun, and if i remember right, it's pretty free of general nastiness.

I've looked into to Titan Quest before. I think that, while it looks interesting, I'm looking for some more 'realistic' graphics for a change. I've played both Torchlights and several of the Fate games and I'm a little sick of the cartooney look.

Diablo unfortunately is out of the question for the moment. A bit to Demonic for my Mother's taste. And seeing as it's here house I can't play games she doesn't approve of here.

I'm a bit lost for gaming right now.

I've been hopping back onto Skyrim for random intervals. I was playing Star Trek Online really heavily for a few weeks, but when I got to max level while still being only halfway through the story missions it got well, incredibly boring.

I'm partway through Deus Ex: the Fall, but I'm not really feeling it right now either.

I'm also seriously considering whether I should be focussing on doing my second playthrough of Dragon Age 2 that I started ages ago.

DA3 is probably going to be my next PC gaming purchase. (Though I'm a bit annoyed the release week is the week I'm away on holiday.)

I'm reading through the latest novel right now and, well, suffice to say.

The world of Thedas is in QUITE a mess as a result of DA2...

 Compel wrote:
I'm a bit lost for gaming right now.

I've been hopping back onto Skyrim for random intervals. I was playing Star Trek Online really heavily for a few weeks, but when I got to max level while still being only halfway through the story missions it got well, incredibly boring.

I'm partway through Deus Ex: the Fall, but I'm not really feeling it right now either.

I'm also seriously considering whether I should be focussing on doing my second playthrough of Dragon Age 2 that I started ages ago.

DA3 is probably going to be my next PC gaming purchase. (Though I'm a bit annoyed the release week is the week I'm away on holiday.)

I'm reading through the latest novel right now and, well, suffice to say.

The world of Thedas is in QUITE a mess as a result of DA2...

Since I can't be bothered to use the google right now, what was the canon ending for DA2 again?

Bromsy wrote:

 Compel wrote:
I'm a bit lost for gaming right now.

I've been hopping back onto Skyrim for random intervals. I was playing Star Trek Online really heavily for a few weeks, but when I got to max level while still being only halfway through the story missions it got well, incredibly boring.

I'm partway through Deus Ex: the Fall, but I'm not really feeling it right now either.

I'm also seriously considering whether I should be focussing on doing my second playthrough of Dragon Age 2 that I started ages ago.

DA3 is probably going to be my next PC gaming purchase. (Though I'm a bit annoyed the release week is the week I'm away on holiday.)

I'm reading through the latest novel right now and, well, suffice to say.

The world of Thedas is in QUITE a mess as a result of DA2...

Since I can't be bothered to use the google right now, what was the canon ending for DA2 again?

Mages all over Thedas revolted, Templars engaged in a war, Inquisition was formed to stop the world-ending apocalypse brought on by the Mage-Templar warfare. From what I've seen of DA3, Hawke and the Warden make an appearance so it's probably pretty impressive how bad things are.

Overlord Thraka wrote:Can anyone recommend some good Hack and slash RPGs that aren't too nasty?

Violence isn't much of a issue, but if they're full of Sexual stuff or tons of swearing I won't play them

Something that's a Torchlight-ish level of 'bad' stuff other than blood an violence.

Right now I'm looking into Dungeon Siege. I have a friend who's favorite game is Dungeon Siege 2, are his likings well based?

Dungeon Siege 1+2+3 are great games. Not really related to each other in any sort of storyline, but all of them are great just on their own. DS1 is older, and it looks it, but it's still a blast. D2 I never really got into much past a few hours of gameplay but it builds on what DS1 did. DS3 is practically unrelated to the previous two games, better graphics, simpler gameplay (it's also co-op), and amazing storyline. Overall the DS games lack a lot of swearing, in fact, it may not even have any, or large amounts of blood. Plenty of violence, but if you're allowed to watch Lord of the Rings, these'll be fine in that regard.

Additionally, Kingdom of Amalur is a pretty awesome game, if not what it was meant to be. I haven't played it in awhile, but there isn't an obscene amount of gore or even blood, along with minimal swearing, and...I think there's zero reference to sex.

I'll dig around in the recesses of games I've played and see if I can come up with some other good ones.

 Frankenberry wrote:

Mages all over Thedas revolted, Templars engaged in a war, Inquisition was formed to stop the world-ending apocalypse brought on by the Mage-Templar warfare. From what I've seen of DA3, Hawke and the Warden make an appearance so it's probably pretty impressive how bad things are.

It's even worse than that.



I've been trying to avoid any spoilers about the game itself (been reading the bare minimum news about it), but I've read the novels and the collected comic book.
Dragon Age: Asunder introduces one of the new companions to you, plus gives details on just how big of a gakstorm the Mage/Templar war has caused. Whereas, The Masked Empire (which I'm only halfway through) seems to be making the backstory of the games setting, Orlais as a whole.

Dawn of War 2. I've forgotten how much better it's campaign is compared to Retribution.

Been playing Diablo 2 Lord Of Destruction as an Amazone, and dear Odin in Vallhalla! It is truly something to mince Undead, monsters and various other things while your amazone is clad in plate maile, and armed with a spear that has slain both the lord of Hate and the Lord of Terror, and various other evil things along the way. Currently level 35 and the last of the prime evils will soon fall to my wrath.

So...ran into a bug with DoW 2 today.
The damned game refuses to find my saved campaign. I mean, it's in the folder, it's where it should be, why will it not find it?

Is there a why to force it see the save file?

I just bought a new Spaceship in Destint. Doesn't do anything extra, but it's much better than that nooby starter ship! :p

The RES I ordered earlier works. I've been careful to gently swab the contact points on my NES cartridges with a cuetip moistened with alcohol, then dried them off before putting them in... and most of them have worked.

Sadly, Castlevania 2 is one of the few that doesn't work, it bugs out. I enjoyed that game, too :/

Still playing FFT. I think I've restarted a few times now. The monster ranching got boring fast as the various critters don't have all that many skills. I think I'll save that campaign by switching it over to a Hero party using all of the cool NPCs I love but hate because they vie for positions with my original peon squad. But yeah I did a bunch of training to unlock dancers and a bard and now DJ Grimsong and his traveling dance act are burning across Ivalice with no stop in sight. It should be pretty interesting when I get to some of the harder solo bosses, they tend to roflstomp things that aren't optimized.

Finished up Saints Row 3. Debating going for 100% completion percentage on a game for the first time since San Andreas.

Damn, but I love Hexos. It's like Super Hexagon except you must kill Hexos himself while you do it!