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 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Attila Total War

I'm holding off for some GOTY edition or something... plus I still need to get a decent single player game going of Rome Total War... used to play it plenty with a wargaming buddy of mine. Never did get around to playing single player all the way through... never even finished the tutorial.

But I told myself when I saw Attila was releasing that I'd try out a single player game of Rome first (and maybe Rome II as well) before getting it.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
I really would like to see vehicles in general in FA4. I mean, even if they run of fuel, they could distill ethanol right. And there could be a quest point about an oil refinery/well or something.

So you want Mad Max, the game? Albeit a more lighthearted one.

Hand of Fate. A choose your own adventure style game which uses cards randomly drawn from a deck to generate the story. Its all right, the combat could be better and some times the random nature of the game can really screw you. At times its easy, but overall its fair. You don't know what a card does when you first collect it, you only find this out when its played during a game. Because of this you'll want to gradually phase out the older cards and include the newer ones you gain as you learn which are useful and aren't (also you only gain new cards by succeeding in non completed scenarios, so you'll want to keep playing new cards).

So its decent. Not spectacular and there's room to improve, but I wouldn't say its crap. They'll be adding more cards in future and hopefully expanding on the story mode (at the moment I have three hours in the game and I'm half way through the levels, but there's still a load of cards to discover). Damn that RNG though. Come on no food or gold cards for twelve turns? My character bloody starved to death, twice (he had an item which gives you full health when you almost die the first time)!

Oh and the voice actor totally sounds like the guy who voiced the male Dark Elves in Skyrim. =P

 thedarkavenger wrote:

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
I really would like to see vehicles in general in FA4. I mean, even if they run of fuel, they could distill ethanol right. And there could be a quest point about an oil refinery/well or something.

So you want Mad Max, the game? Albeit a more lighthearted one.

Never played it, so I have no idea, but vehicles would allow for realistically sized wastelands (like a map that is actually the size of a state).

Beat Tomb Raider. Quite enjoyed that one.

Just did some quickie sessions of FTL, Banner Saga, and 100% Orange Juice on the PC.

Co'tor Shas, have you tried playing Interstate '76? Its got that riding around in weaponized vehicles against opponents vibe, and plenty of space. However, its definately not Dystopian or post apocalyptic.

Xcom, Enemy Within. I'm constantly broke, low on sattilites, my gear kinda sucks......

Sounds, interesting, I'll check it out.





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In other news, I've been listening to bizarre Japanese songs while I play new vegas, which makes it absolutely hilarious. I usually get really anxious when ever I'm sneaking around building, but it's impossible to be with this in the background

I installed the comix mod for wow a looo'ooong time ago, one of the first wow mods I ever used. Instantly made the game better and I never uninstalled it once, or played without it.

Sometimes you want a really serious experience, but often injecting a little humor into a game goes a long way

I hate sneaking around buildings in NV, especially at night IRL. I tend to have a podcast playlist on in the background, or a lengthy standup on Netflix. Makes clearing out the repconn test site far less terrifying.

I bit the bullet and tried downloading Robocraft after seeing a guy I like on youtube stream it. That game is insanely addicting! It's to to the point I can even overlook the blatant micro-transactions (which normally make me not even consider playing a game).

I'm only at the very bottom of T3 at the moment though (i.e. everybody still running around in what basically amounts to armored cars with a wall of machine guns on the front), so things could change a lot. I do enjoy my early hover prototype "flying brick" (i.e. a rectangle with a pilots seat on top, hover blades on the corners, and a mass of SMGs hanging off the bottom)

League of Legends.

Playing oddball builds, oftentimes focused on turning tanks or supports in to AP monsters.

AP Leona is fun. NOBODY EXPECTS THE SUN.

Even when you know she's built for AP, you instinctively underestimate Leona's offensive capabilities

That's me finished the DLC for Saints Row IV. - ETD and How the Saints Saved Christmas. I'm not lying when I say they were only about 1 hour or so long each. While it's no doubt going to be fun / hilarious, I won't be getting Gat out of Hell until it becomes < £5.

I think next on the list is Blood Dragon. I know it's supposed to be a lot of fun, but it's not going to have 'The Touch.'

 Compel wrote:
That's me finished the DLC for Saints Row IV. - ETD and How the Saints Saved Christmas. I'm not lying when I say they were only about 1 hour or so long each. While it's no doubt going to be fun / hilarious, I won't be getting Gat out of Hell until it becomes < £5.

I think next on the list is Blood Dragon. I know it's supposed to be a lot of fun, but it's not going to have 'The Touch.'

Blood Dragon is miles ahead of than Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 3.5, in terms of quality.

The only farcry I've played is 2, so I'm going to the game with a relatively open mind.

Currently replaying South Park: The Stick of Truth. All jokes aside, it's a decent RPG.

 Melissia wrote:
League of Legends.

Playing oddball builds, oftentimes focused on turning tanks or supports in to AP monsters.

AP Leona is fun. NOBODY EXPECTS THE SUN.

Even when you know she's built for AP, you instinctively underestimate Leona's offensive capabilities

Even after watching a ton of Purge, I'm still confused by some of the terms.

I know what a Tank is. I know what a Support is. They're pretty self-descriptive. I even understand what a Carry is, and the differences between the lanes. But what does AP stand for? (Or AD in DOTA2, I think).

Playing Attila total war and enjoying it. So far I have been pleanstly suprised, now as I have passed the 80ish turn the game has jumped up a notch. Several factions declared war and moved armies to wage war. Good times good times

Holy Moly Roly Poly I just played a teensy bit of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and videos nor pictures do it justice. Playing it is something else. Totally digging the atmosphere going to try more tonight when there is absolutely no sunlight outside.

 Compel wrote:
The only farcry I've played is 2, so I'm going to the game with a relatively open mind.

Blood Dragon ruins vanilla 3. Hands down.

 thedarkavenger wrote:

 Compel wrote:
The only farcry I've played is 2, so I'm going to the game with a relatively open mind.

Blood Dragon ruins vanilla 3. Hands down.

Blood Dragon is mind numblingly bad, Far Cry 3 is the superior game. In my humble opion that is

 Trondheim wrote:

 thedarkavenger wrote:

 Compel wrote:
The only farcry I've played is 2, so I'm going to the game with a relatively open mind.

Blood Dragon ruins vanilla 3. Hands down.

Blood Dragon is mind numblingly bad, Far Cry 3 is the superior game. In my humble opion that is

I'm curious? In what way?

For me, FC3 characters had no redeeming features, apart from Vaas, who they killed for that precise reason.(Being he was the only good character.) Whereas Blood Dragon's characters were purposefully bad, due to them being a disjointed parody of 80s action culture. Which made them far better. By steeling myself and preparing for terribleness, I found myself doing something strange, actually enjoying the dialogue. I had to play the vanilla game on mute, and still haven't even gotten to the part where Vaas actually dies. The setting is so generic, it hurts. From a mechanical standpoint, there are no differences, apart from laser dinosaurs.

Anvildude wrote:

 Melissia wrote:
League of Legends.

Playing oddball builds, oftentimes focused on turning tanks or supports in to AP monsters.

AP Leona is fun. NOBODY EXPECTS THE SUN.

Even when you know she's built for AP, you instinctively underestimate Leona's offensive capabilities

Even after watching a ton of Purge, I'm still confused by some of the terms.

I know what a Tank is. I know what a Support is. They're pretty self-descriptive. I even understand what a Carry is, and the differences between the lanes. But what does AP stand for? (Or AD in DOTA2, I think).

Ability Power, IIRC.

I never understood the appeal of LoL for me, seems pretty generic. same with TF2.

I dunno if it was because they were generic, but I couldn't really get into either of those games myself.

 GrimDork wrote:
I dunno if it was because they were generic, but I couldn't really get into either of those games myself.

?

Isn't that master chief in your avatar? I mean some consider him to be generic sci-fi shooter.

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As for games i've been playing lots of 'Endless Space'. I've actually been wondering if i should play 'xcom: enemy within' lately but i'll probably do some warhammer fantasy hobbying soon. This would mean gaming would take the back burner.

Well I guess I could have worded that better.

I meant to say something more along the lines of: I dunno if those games are generic, and or if that's why, but I never could get into either of them.

I never really gave them enough of a chance to have played long enough to know if I would consider them generic or not

But no that's not master chief.

Oh i thought i saw a halo tabletop game a while back and it looked partly like your profile pic. Sorry for the confusion.

Tales of Hearts R on the PS Vita.

While annoying, the protagonist is far more likable than the one from Tales of the Abyss.