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Red Orchestra 2 for some hot KAR 98 action.

A bit of Savage lands, a Skyrim/minecraft hybrid, but its very much an early access game.

I have also just bought a founders pack for Armoured Warfare which is downloading now. Hopefully it will be worth it.

Why do you think it's not your type of game?

A few things got me negative, the need for a joypad (Im a PC head!) but I adapted, still felt uneasy though.
Also the fact it simply throws you right in, no real idea what to do
The dialogue also was not great, even from the few characters I met.

I think its a slow burner?

 Ratius wrote:

Why do you think it's not your type of game?

A few things got me negative, the need for a joypad (Im a PC head!) but I adapted, still felt uneasy though.
Also the fact it simply throws you right in, no real idea what to do
The dialogue also was not great, even from the few characters I met.

I think its a slow burner?

You really don't want to try playing DaS2 on a keyboard and mouse, controller is really the only way it's designed to be played.

The throwing you right in without any direction is exactly how the Souls games are designed. The director of the games taught himself English through reading Western fantasy novels, so that disjointed effect on storytelling has carried over into the games. Also lore is not really explained, but you can piece it together as you play, and the mechanics are pretty simple, L1/R1 for basic attacks, L2/R2 for heavy attacks.

As for building your character, I suggest getting your Strength or Dex to the minimum required for the weapon you're using and then start leveling Vigor to 20, Adaptability to 25, and Endurance to 20. This will let you spend your soul levels on Vitality which increases your equipment load (which determines how quick or slow you are), and then to up your Str or Dex as needed for new weapons. Be aware though that if you die a lot without gathering your souls from your previous death, it can kind of screw you over. They implemented a stupid mechanic called Soul Memory which is essentially how many souls you've accumulated over the course of the game. So you can have a high Soul Memory, but a low Soul Level which can hinder you if you get invaded or are trying to coop with people.

What system do you have it on, and do you have Scholar of the First Sin or regular DaS2? If you're playing it on PC, do you have the 32bit or the 64bit version of the game (They're both named Scholar of the First Sin on Steam).

Slow burner is definitely an apt descriptor. The rewards in the game don't come very often, but when you get them you feel like you actually accomplished something.

Slow burner is definitely an apt descriptor. The rewards in the game don't come very often, but when you get them you feel like you actually accomplished something.

Nicely confirmed Alf!
I'll plug away, Im on PC 64 bit, vanilla but with an xbox pc contoller

 Ratius wrote:

Slow burner is definitely an apt descriptor. The rewards in the game don't come very often, but when you get them you feel like you actually accomplished something.

Nicely confirmed Alf!
I'll plug away, Im on PC 64 bit, vanilla but with an xbox pc contoller

Dang, I can't offer to help then . The version of the game you have is the "harder" version. It's the same game that was released on PS4 and Xbox1. Those games are more difficult and have different enemy placement. It's essentially a release designed for people who beat DaS2, but have since upgrade to a newer console. Unfortunately on the PC, the 64bit game is completely incompatible with the previous version.

Hmmm, didnt know that at all

Thanks though for the interest
I'll die a few times more so hehe

Way of the Samurai 3.

 Ratius wrote:
Hmmm, didnt know that at all

Thanks though for the interest
I'll die a few times more so hehe

I only know that because I almost bought the 64 bit version to play with my friend that already had the game.

Good luck! Also if you see yellow markings on the ground, those are people who've aligned with the Covenant of the Sun (aka Sunbros). They are players who are willing to help you through content and to fight a boss.

I really need to get myself a controller. I have Rogue Legacy and the Dark Souls games that really need it, and I play a couple other games that would benefit from the control a, well, controller gives.

I think it's generally that if you need to aim precisely, you want mouse'n'keyboard, but if you need to move precisely, you want controller.

So. got into Marvel Heroes and picked Cap as my primary. I like him. Probably will level deadpool as well.

Its an interesting game, I must say.

GTA 5 has me pissed off at the dailies again. One on One deathmatch which screws up your HUD, and two easy ones. I'm almost at the monthly mark.....

War thunder has me annoyed at the whole team for going bombers in a domination map, and expecting to win.

Today I killed someone in BF4 with a flashbang grenade. I feel kinda bad for the guy, really.

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Today I killed someone in BF4 with a flashbang grenade. I feel kinda bad for the guy, really.

Was he not prepared to deal with how flashy you where?

 Trondheim wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Today I killed someone in BF4 with a flashbang grenade. I feel kinda bad for the guy, really.

Was he not prepared to deal with how flashy you where?

I think so!

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Trondheim wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Today I killed someone in BF4 with a flashbang grenade. I feel kinda bad for the guy, really.

Was he not prepared to deal with how flashy you where?

I think so!

Well then the fault was his/her/it alone then

Roling around in my new shiny tank on War thunder, so much fun using my Panzer 4 G. Finaly I can do the on shotting and not be the one getting one shotted. That and killing T 34s are great terapy

Gone back to WoT because I'm a masochist.

There's a problem when you're having to use a TD as a line-breaker because all the heavies on your team are camping back at spawn.

 Doctadeth wrote:
So. got into Marvel Heroes and picked Cap as my primary. I like him. Probably will level deadpool as well.

Its an interesting game, I must say.

Deadpool is having a major rework soon, I'm told

I've been working on Reed Richards. - I wasn't a fan of him for a while, but his 'Signature Ability' is absolutely devastating.

I've been sort of bouncing around between games right now. I just replayed both metro 2033 redux and metro last light redux. Still amazing.
I've also been thinking of picking up one of the "STALKER" games, but I'm not sure which one.

Peer pressure has forced me to dive into Heroes of the Storm, and I'm enjoying a lot more than I thought I would. While the moba concept has always been appealing, I hated DotA back when it was a Warcraft III map and couldn't stand what I saw of LoL and the like once they became their own thing. A lot of the accessibility changes really work wonders, especially team-leveling and objective-based play. This is proving to be the only competitive game where I still have fun when I'm losing. The pacing on the matches is tuned super tight, and you always feel like you're doing something productive. I've honestly never had an online game pull me in like this that wasn't an MMO.

Played 175+ successful battles in Street Fighter X Tekken's Kumite Burst mode.... only to have the PS Vita crash on me... I reload the game and check the records... so under Kumite Burst mode? ... 0 .... ugh... at least the trophies I unlocked are saved to the PlayStation Network.

Also finally tried Terreria. Really liking it!

 djphranq wrote:
Also finally tried Terreria. Really liking it!

Glad you like it. The game has plenty of content and it's a peeve of mine for people to call it 2D minecraft. 1.3 definitely held up to my expectations and then some.

I played more of Siv 5, and the main struggle I have to cope with is not being able to have more than one army unit on a tile. (Which also means no army units by putting 3 of one kind on one spot, but I can manage.)

Incase you have missed Shogun 2 Total war until now and want to jump in.

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/18408/

Got it for a friend, and he was pleased. Shogun 2 is in my opinion the single best Total war game, and that is disregarding all the great aditional content that is avalibal

So yeah, this just happened the other day.

I guess tanks can teabag as well!

Sadly it seems that I must agree to something in Dutch to view your tank bagging

I just get an error page in Dutch (which Chrome translated for me).

 Avatar 720 wrote:
I just get an error page in Dutch (which Chrome translated for me).

Bah, for shame. It showed for someone else I linked it to... Although he was Dutch as well

Currently playing:

Dying Light & Alien Isolation.

Alien Isolation is by far the best horror game I've played in a good long time.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Currently playing:

Dying Light & Alien Isolation.

Alien Isolation is by far the best horror game I've played in a good long time.

Alien Isolation is a fantastic game, hide and seek was never so serious.

 Silent Puffin? wrote:
Red Orchestra 2 for some hot KAR 98 action.

A bit of Savage lands, a Skyrim/minecraft hybrid, but its very much an early access game.

I have also just bought a founders pack for Armoured Warfare which is downloading now. Hopefully it will be worth it.

Just started playing RO2. Any tips?

Got Attrition: Nuclear Domination for like $0.14.

I can't say I enjoy it. It's interesting enough, but I didn't expect anything really worth longterm enjoyment for that low of a price. I wouldn't spend the $0.99 on it (normal price) but for what I did pay for its good enough for the standards that come with it.