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I'm really enjoying Dishonored so far. I've managed to have to kill barely anyone, although with my ineptness, that generally means more than one frantic skedaddle, running into other guards and causing a lot of general chaos. The story isn't anything original, but it isn't bad. I love the dark-steampunk aesthetic mixed with a weird sort mysticism. The abilities I have unlocked so far are quite well done, I love the dash ability when quickly chained. It definitely appeals to my love of collectibles, trying to collect all the runes and bone charms.

Just completed Assassins Creed: black Flag. Still have no idea how it fits in with the present day story other than Shaun and Becca make brief appearances. Still was a good game. Will wait for Unity to be fixed before buying it.

Until then it looks like Skyrim and the Batman games are next to be played

Working on the Moira book quest line.

making progress on xenoblade
was walking through a jungle area taking out lvl 30ish guys for loot and found a bunch of free roaming lvl 98 oh god run away quickly dino things, thankfully they're the enemy type that doesn't attack unless provoked

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
Working on the Moira book quest line.

Are you on PC or PS3? If you are on PC, I strongly suggest looking into modding your game. The mod community is the best part of any Bethesda game (there are still new mods coming out for Morrowind) and will add hundreds of hours of play time to any Bethesda game. If you are on PS3... I suggest getting a copy for your PC from Steam and modding it. That's pretty much what I did, having bought GOTY editions of both Fallout 3 and New Vegas (and Oblivion) for PS3 and then subsequently (after getting a PC that could run them) getting copies from Steam for half off. Haven't done it for Skyrim, yet... but that's due to hardware limitations with my PC.

But seriously: Fallout mods.

Just downloaded Telltales' GoT game and 40K Armageddon to try out

OK, any tips on FO3 mods for a mod novice? I would love to work some magic on this game as I keep falling back into it. I've only just recently started another playthrough, but this time as a complete git. I've already got the good version of the Talon Mercs after me for the first time, and as soon as I've finished the Survival guide, I plan on setting Megaton up for a real housewarming and settling in Tenpenny towers.

Never really modded before, so what would people suggest, where do I get them, and how do I get them to work?

http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/? Is the best place to get mods, and a lot of them--especially the popular ones--can be both downloaded and installed with the nexus mod manager they have available. The only thing you need to be careful of when using the mod manager, however, is load order, as it's not able to work that out for you.

I recommend downloading nude mods and skimpy outfits first. Then maybe get something like bulky power armour or a must-be-compensating-for-something sized gun for your female characters.

 Conrad Turner wrote:
OK, any tips on FO3 mods for a mod novice? I would love to work some magic on this game as I keep falling back into it. I've only just recently started another playthrough, but this time as a complete git. I've already got the good version of the Talon Mercs after me for the first time, and as soon as I've finished the Survival guide, I plan on setting Megaton up for a real housewarming and settling in Tenpenny towers.

Never really modded before, so what would people suggest, where do I get them, and how do I get them to work?

Why would you do that to poor Moira!?


I'd recommend looking at some of the 'backend' type mods- the ones that affect and tweak the basic rules of gameplay and how quests and AI work, before getting any of the cosmetic mods. Cosmetic stuff is neat and often high quality, but at the same time, it doesn't really change gameplay too much, and certain of them can take the game's tone from gritty and rough into downright parodical- especially some of the female model ones, since I'm pretty sure a Raider wouldn't have a wasp waist and tastefully done makeup on her blemish-free, just-been-washed skin.

Got into HotS alpha. Game looks pretty decent.

I'm playing Mass Effect 2 and I must say I can't believe I didn't bother with the powers before. They are so handy!

 Conrad Turner wrote:
OK, any tips on FO3 mods for a mod novice? I would love to work some magic on this game as I keep falling back into it. I've only just recently started another playthrough, but this time as a complete git. I've already got the good version of the Talon Mercs after me for the first time, and as soon as I've finished the Survival guide, I plan on setting Megaton up for a real housewarming and settling in Tenpenny towers.

Never really modded before, so what would people suggest, where do I get them, and how do I get them to work?

I reccommend getting a body replacer first. Even if you aren't planning on putting all the female characters in lingerie (or less). The default FO body is okay-ish, but there are body replacers out there that give it a much better shape and better movement. The Type 3 for females works well, and a lot (I mean A LOT) of the non-porny armors use Type 3 bodies as default, so it's worth looking into. Yes, the porny ones use Type 3 too, but the fact that so many non-porny ones do too makes it a worthwhile download. The Fallout nexus link that was posted is your one-stop shop for almost everything you could want (for FO, New Vegas, Skyrim... heck, they've got all the Bethesda games up there). The nice thing about the Nexus is that you can get a list of the most highly rated mods and download them all direct. Most mods come with an instruction included as to how to place the files into your game to get them working, although if you are on Steam the process is a smidge different than on a non-Steam version of the game.

I'm curious, is the DLC for Fallout 3 available to again? It used to be connected to this Games for Windows Live gak and after they stopped that service I could no longer access them.

The GotY edition includes the DLC, but they're all available separately on Steam, too. The only downside is that all 5 of them are £4 each, and the GotY edition is only £5 more than the base game. Even if you already have F3 on Steam, but none of the DLC, it's still cheaper to buy the GoTY edition.

I got the GOTY edition a while ago hoping that it would allow me to access the DLC again, but no such luck.

 BrookM wrote:
I got the GOTY edition a while ago hoping that it would allow me to access the DLC again, but no such luck.

How do you mean 'access the DLC again'?

 BrookM wrote:
I'm curious, is the DLC for Fallout 3 available to again? It used to be connected to this Games for Windows Live gak and after they stopped that service I could no longer access them.

it should all be stored in steam i think...

are you using XBOX or cpu though? might be x box issue i think.

Ahh well that's one more of those I've managed to avoid (till now).

For Fallout 3 I play on PC, (Don't own a Playstation or Xbox)
I've already downloaded a language censorship mod

 Overlord Thraka wrote:
For Fallout 3 I play on PC, (Don't own a Playstation or Xbox)
I've already downloaded a language censorship mod

A friend of mine from high school wrote some of those swear words! I'm offended that you would be offended by them!

I bought Fo3 GOTY and love it, my only gripe is that it does not play well with Windows 7 and crashes all the time.

I am playing Child of Light. Child of Light is a very, very pretty game.

The writing is not.

 Deathklaat wrote:
I bought Fo3 GOTY and love it, my only gripe is that it does not play well with Windows 7 and crashes all the time.

I had that same trouble. But this little tip fixed it

Go to your Documents folder,
Go to My Games folder
Go to Fallout3
There should be file called FALLOUT, open it
After opening the text document hit Ctrl+f
copy this in the search bar that will appear: bUseThreadedAI=0
Change the number 0 to the number 1
Then directly below that add this (Case sensitive) iNumHWThreads=2

That's what fixed it for me!

Hope it works for you!

^It never hurts to make a backup copy of that folder and store it somewhere else before you modify the original, just in case

Currently alternating between Smash Brothers 3DS and Advance Wars: Dual Strike. Love both of them of course, 3DS for its fun and engaging gameplay and the fact that you can play with your friends, Advance Wars because I TBS's, along with RPG's, are my favorite genre of games, and Advance Wars is one of the best series in the genre out there.

Also, picking up lots of great deals at www.gog.com for when my ASUS G73SW gets repaired and I can play computer games again.

Still playing BF4. But my wife and I are grinding out the last achievements in Borderlands 2. I know this is tantamount to gaming heresy but I am just not a BL2 fan, the game play is repetitive and Jack as a villain is just such a two dimensional character that I can't take him seriously

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Still playing BF4. But my wife and I are grinding out the last achievements in Borderlands 2. I know this is tantamount to gaming heresy but I am just not a BL2 fan, the game play is repetitive and Jack as a villain is just such a two dimensional character that I can't take him seriously

BURN!!

Seriously, I'm a huge BL2 fan, still playing it on and off as it happens, and I do agree with you. Handsome Jack is a little shallow. I just guess it's because he does not have enough 'laugh out loud' one liners for me. Not half as many as Cl4p Trap does anyway...

Just started grinding my way through 'Torchlight' on 360 Arcade. It's stopping me from buying 'Diablo 3' for either my Mac or the 360 and at £9.99 it's a bit of a bargain I reckon.

Edit: just bought Total Annihilation: Commander Pack and Total Annihilation: Kingdoms from GOG for £3.96 for the pair! Old Skool evening of gaming ahead I feel....And with AC/DC's new album on in the background and a beer or three, my evening is complete.

I got bored of both borderlands games very quickly. Playing with friends was fun but the entire game felt so grindy that I lost interest quite quickly.

Anvildude wrote:
Why would you do that to poor Moira!?


I'd recommend looking at some of the 'backend' type mods- the ones that affect and tweak the basic rules of gameplay and how quests and AI work, before getting any of the cosmetic mods. Cosmetic stuff is neat and often high quality, but at the same time, it doesn't really change gameplay too much, and certain of them can take the game's tone from gritty and rough into downright parodical- especially some of the female model ones, since I'm pretty sure a Raider wouldn't have a wasp waist and tastefully done makeup on her blemish-free, just-been-washed skin.

Well, I did try and save her, but she turned aggressive when I mezzed her, so ended up shooting her before I left.

As to the mods, I was looking for the 'backend' ones. I'm not a sex-starved teeny so I can't get excited about having pixels on a screen that look like a nude woman provided you don't look too close or have smeared the screen in vaseline. Anything that adds to the gameplay, adds extra quests or more options for character development I would be interested in, or a general graphical upgrade, but if I wanted to turn the game into porn, well, there's other sites I can go to for that if I needed it.

Nexus looks like a great site. I'll have to spend some time on there looking at what there is and what it does. Thanks.

Alien Isolation - amazing game!