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Started Wasteland 2. I'm still getting used to it. I based by characters off characters in a roleplay thing I'm doing.

Played some Rocket League tonight. - Even got to join in a couple of games with Geek And Sundry online.

Got the lowest score in each game, which was bleh, even though I scored in the second.

Not bad for the first time playing against actual people though.

 infinite_array wrote:
I'm watching HD cuts of MGS3 and Peacewalker in preparation of getting MGSV. I'm hoping the lesser amount of time put in understanding the story will mean the apparent twist/disappointing ending won't be so bad.

I'm also contemplating picking up a refurbished ps3 to play some of the last gen games I missed out on as an xbox user - Valkryia Chronicles, KH remixes, Demons Souls.

And to anyone with an Android who wants a mobile game that'll suck up your time, get Shattered Pixel Dungeon.

There's Valkyria Chronicles for PC now if you are interested. And yes, this one has superior quality to the PS3 version. Obviously.

#PCMasterRace

Oh, I heartily recommend the Valkyaria Chronicles. It's one of my all-time favorite games, and I don't say that lightly.

What's good about Valkyria Chronicles? From what I've seen the story and writing seem to be quite rubbish with numerous failed attempt at aesops and other dumb things.

It's not the story that's the best part (although I personally rather liked it), it's the gameplay. It works well and is loads of fun. It's only a pity there aren't as many defensive missions. Think x-com mixed with a 3rd person tactical shooter mixed with final fantasy (but one of the better ones, like 4).

It's also somewhat unique (IMO) by being a story heavy game, where you can chose to skip the story and just play the game.

Is it on steam and is there FE/TW style perma-death for characters?

Yes, and yes (except for ones needed for the story, but they can get removed from the battle). It's pretty easy to keep them alive on the easier difficulties though. At 0 health, they have like 3 turns or something before they die, do if you can get someone to evacuate them before then, then they will be fine.

edit: a;though that can be very hard if they got seperated from the group, or there are shock-troopers covering the area where they fell. You can get some saving private ryan-esqe moements when you are trying save a character you care about.

I'll have to have a look at it sometime.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:

edit: a;though that can be very hard if they got seperated from the group, or there are shock-troopers covering the area where they fell. You can get some saving private ryan-esqe moements when you are trying save a character you care about.

Knowing myself and my Fire Emblem experiences, ALL OF THEM must survive the war.

 TheDraconicLord wrote:

 Co'tor Shas wrote:

edit: a;though that can be very hard if they got seperated from the group, or there are shock-troopers covering the area where they fell. You can get some saving private ryan-esqe moements when you are trying save a character you care about.

Knowing myself and my Fire Emblem experiences, ALL OF THEM must survive the war.

Dear lord, not Fire Emblem...the memories...1 hour into a mission and that totally unimportant side character you will never use again dies? BETTER RELOAD THEN.

So, apparently the goats in Wasteland 2 occasionally do the windhelm scream.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
So, apparently the goats in Wasteland 2 occasionally do the windhelm scream.

Wilhelm scream. Windhelm is a large city in Skyrim.

Alternatively, it's when you fart in your friend's helmet before he puts it on.

 Avatar 720 wrote:

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
So, apparently the goats in Wasteland 2 occasionally do the windhelm scream.

Wilhelm scream. Windhelm is a large city in Skyrim.

Alternatively, it's when you fart in your friend's helmet before he puts it on.

Well, large...

If you go by game-size then yes, describing any of the settlements in Skyrim as 'large' is like an estate agent describing a portable toilet as 'spacious', but I imagine that in lore it actually lives up to its alleged title of 'city'.

After I got my heaten hands on a Ps4 and a copy of bloodborne I have been playing a bit of that, and I dare say for once I am pleased with a game that throwes you to the wolves from the start.

Was going to buy Blood Bowl 2, but noticed it wasn't seen as an improvement over the first one.

Playing through the DOW Retribution campaign as Orks. Almost to the end, and can't wait to see what the final mission is like!

Also playing through Bioshock. I'm stuck on the part where I have to take pictures of Splices. The camera mechanic is pretty cool though.

 SkavenLord wrote:
Playing through the DOW Retribution campaign as Orks. Almost to the end, and can't wait to see what the final mission is like!

Savor it. The campaign is almost identical for all races, so there is little replay value.

Something that might interest SkavenLord.

I've just started plaing "System Shock" again, thanks to now being able to download it from GoG.Com.

hoy boy, it's weirder than I remember. A 'shooter' from 1994 where the mouse doesn't exactly let you look up or down [there's a control on the screen for that] but does control aim and movement, 'c' does not toggle crouch [there's a control on the screen for that] and although the typical 'WASD' keys can control movement, the side to side is a strafe, not a turn.

Other than that, it's actually more of a roleplay than a pure shooter.

You are a hacker who has been caught, but instead of the anticipated punishment, you are sent to hack the AI on a space station. with the promise that if you are successful, you will be given a military-grade operation to allow you to increase your skills, and a complete pardon for your previous crimes.

The game starts with you waking up after a 6 month post-operation 'healing coma' and finding that all the crew seem to be (un)dead and the robots are out to kill you. the AI is powering a laser to fry the Earth, and you are the only one who can stop it.

[Dude! insist on the operation BEFORE the hack! That way, they have to wait the 6 months, and as soon as you are done, you are out of there!]

 Conrad Turner wrote:
Something that might interest SkavenLord.

I've just started plaing "System Shock" again, thanks to now being able to download it from GoG.Com.

Considering his Avatar is the AI from System Shock 2, Shodan, I hope he already played both of them

Had a bit of a dabble in MGSV ... not interested at all to play more of it.

Just some more Hearthstone and started playing more of Fallout New Vegas. Never played much of it, with F4 on the horizon, now is the time!

 TheDraconicLord wrote:

Considering his Avatar is the AI from System Shock 2, Shodan, I hope he already played both of them

Which was why I was giving him the call-out that it is now available again. But Shodan is the AI from the entire series, not just SS2 [and no, that's NOT tricky!] I played both of them when they came out first myself, but these days I find myself hankering for those old games. System Shock, X-Wing, Fallout, Descent, Wing Commander, Beneath a Steal Sky. At least, that'll keep me going until November the 10th.

Just play a game of Dawn of War: Soulstorm Ultimate Apocalypse (mod).

IG (me) and Daemons( a friend) vs Space Wolves and Daemons (bots).

I have learned to respect the Basilisk Magnus and Earthshaker Platforms, they wiped out the Wolves' base, and then a daemonic horde featuring my personal reaver titan wiped out the enemy daemons. It was a fun game, and I have lots of suggestions for the mod but they're all a lot to ask for, and would be rather hard to implement.

 TheDraconicLord wrote:

Had a bit of a dabble in MGSV ... not interested at all to play more of it.

Just some more Hearthstone and started playing more of Fallout New Vegas. Never played much of it, with F4 on the horizon, now is the time!

That's a good one. I love NV.

 Conrad Turner wrote:
Something that might interest SkavenLord.

I've just started plaing "System Shock" again, thanks to now being able to download it from GoG.Com.

hoy boy, it's weirder than I remember. A 'shooter' from 1994 where the mouse doesn't exactly let you look up or down [there's a control on the screen for that] but does control aim and movement, 'c' does not toggle crouch [there's a control on the screen for that] and although the typical 'WASD' keys can control movement, the side to side is a strafe, not a turn.

Other than that, it's actually more of a roleplay than a pure shooter.

You are a hacker who has been caught, but instead of the anticipated punishment, you are sent to hack the AI on a space station. with the promise that if you are successful, you will be given a military-grade operation to allow you to increase your skills, and a complete pardon for your previous crimes.

The game starts with you waking up after a 6 month post-operation 'healing coma' and finding that all the crew seem to be (un)dead and the robots are out to kill you. the AI is powering a laser to fry the Earth, and you are the only one who can stop it.

[Dude! insist on the operation BEFORE the hack! That way, they have to wait the 6 months, and as soon as you are done, you are out of there!]

Haha. Actually, I've played the second one before. It was pretty fun! I tried finding the first one, but I heard it was abandonware, so unless I downloaded it illegally, I couldn't get it (then again, if it's on GoG, I guess that works) Actually, I think the first one looks even scarier than the second!

 Ashiraya wrote:

 SkavenLord wrote:
Playing through the DOW Retribution campaign as Orks. Almost to the end, and can't wait to see what the final mission is like!

Savor it. The campaign is almost identical for all races, so there is little replay value.

Yeah, it's a shame. Well, good thing the multiplayer is still pretty cool.

Indeed it is. Very cool, in fact.



Not flawless, hence why I saw the need to mod it, but certainly not bad.

So, a question I pose to people here. I'm thinking of buying either Ark or Empyrion. I'm leaning towards Empyrion, but I do enjoy dinos as well.

I've been playing Fallout: New Vegas recently. Added a few mods and so far I'm loving it.

I played it a fair bit a year or two ago without mods and it was fun, but mods just make it so much better. I'm not very far into it yet, basically just got to Novac and picked up Boone, but I did do a fair few side missions around Goodsprings and Primm before getting on with the main story.

 Ashiraya wrote:
Indeed it is. Very cool, in fact.



Not flawless, hence why I saw the need to mod it, but certainly not bad.

Almost as many hours as what I put into 'xcom: enemy unknown'. Almost but not quite.

I just downloaded DoW 1 for free on Steam. I NEED TO BUY IT

 flamingkillamajig wrote:

 Ashiraya wrote:
Indeed it is. Very cool, in fact.



Not flawless, hence why I saw the need to mod it, but certainly not bad.

Almost as many hours as what I put into 'xcom: enemy unknown'. Almost but not quite.

I have 4480 hours on my main WoW character.