The General Pooter Games Thread.

[Learn2Eel]

Yeah that's what I am thinking as well, after all, I haven't played a good stealth game since Dishonored!

[Psychosplodge]

I haven't played a good stealth game since the original Deus ex

[Wolfshade]

Tropico 5 beta testing open now!

[Psychosplodge]

They're still making those?

[Wolfshade]

apparently

[Psychosplodge]

Genuinely surprised.

[Wolfshade]

It is always a game that I think, hmm, I would like to try that, but not enough to part with money....

[Psychosplodge]

I got a couple of the early ones once they went white label, they're really slow.

[Learn2Eel]

I haven't played a good stealth game since the original Deus ex

Dishonored was a good game, though not really a true stealth game I feel. Still, it's the closest thing I've played to one in ages. The last stealth game I played from beginning to end was the original Thief: The Dark Project: Gold Edition. What's funny is that I played that game as a 5 year old mostly!

[Psychosplodge]

Not played it, not saying it isn't good, just haven't played that one.
maybe when its a fiver on steam.

[Psychosplodge]

http://i60.tinypic.com/fp772w.gif

[eldargal]

Skipping Thief 'cos of the whole 'no woman, no purchase' thing I have going now but my best friend who has been playing Thief as long as I have was incredibly disappointed in it. Something about it being a 'disjointed, incoherent turd'.

Tropico 4 was fun.

[Learn2Eel]

Not played it, not saying it isn't good, just haven't played that one.
maybe when its a fiver on steam.

I recommend trying it out, I don't know what it costs at the moment but it is a pretty darn high quality game. If you fail at stealth then the game will actively punish you for it in later stages, which I thought was cool.


Skipping Thief 'cos of the whole 'no woman, no purchase' thing I have going now but my best friend who has been playing Thief as long as I have was incredibly disappointed in it. Something about it being a 'disjointed, incoherent turd'.

Tropico 4 was fun.

That's sad to hear. I'm guessing the end part with (not a spoiler because it happens in every Thief game) Daemons/Undead turns into an action game, which I think was what the reviews said. Kind of sad as even in the original Thief you could stealth through the last missions, albeit with great difficulty.

[Gotthammer]

https://24.media.tumblr.com/b26bdff06642dabf6ce227a987dae6ab/tumblr_n1m7v4DOii1qdus3io1_1280.jpg


Gandhi has been historically the most aggressive character in Civilization due to an original bug in the first game that caused him to go all-out once he reaches democracy. They just kept the thing going ever since.

http://www.realclearworld.com/blog/angrygandhi.jpg


To further explain this bug, because I was chatting with mothmonarch about Civilization and other strategy games last night and I never got around to explaining this fully, but I love this story:

Gandhi’s AI in the original game had its aggression set to the absolute minimum (0 on a scale of 0 to 10, I believe, I may have this wrong but the basic idea I’m about to explain is accurate, as far as I can tell). Adopting democracy lowers an AI civ’s aggression by 2 points, so when someone who is fully peaceful loses two points of aggression, they should still be nice and polite, right?

Except this is an old DOS game, and so computer math is in place. What actually happened was that Gandhi’s aggression level ticked backwards two steps, from 0 to 255. On a scale of 0 to 10, Gandhi is now 255 points of pure nuclear rage.

And that’s the story as I recall it, but again I may have gotten some details wrong, so feel free to correct me! After that, as the original poster said, the devs loved the bug so much that they just kept it in as a running joke!

[Psychosplodge]

That sounds like a reasonable explanation for why what should be a peaceful leader needed wiping out as soon as you met him every game.

[Kirsten]

https://24.media.tumblr.com/b26bdff06642dabf6ce227a987dae6ab/tumblr_n1m7v4DOii1qdus3io1_1280.jpg



http://www.realclearworld.com/blog/angrygandhi.jpg

genius

[Wolfshade]

awesome

[Wolfshade]

Stop press!

http://store.steampowered.com/sharing/


Share you steam library with your family.


Steam Family Library Sharing allows family members and their guests to play one another's games while earning their own Steam achievements and saving their own game progress to the Steam Cloud. It's all enabled by authorizing shared computers and users.

[Psychosplodge]

Yeah won't be doing that.

[Wolfshade]

How come?

[Psychosplodge]

Cause the two people I'd trust enough to let them use it, one would moan at me for bumping her off to use my own games if she was mid game, and the other can just use my PC directly when I'm not on it.

[Wolfshade]

Fair engouh. I am hoping to leech my bro-in-law's library :)

[Psychosplodge]

Extensive?

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Ain't no one getting my library. :p

[Wolfshade]

Extensive?

Like the great library at alexandra

[Psychosplodge]

cool.

I was just going to have a look at how many games i've got but turns out my profile is set to private.

[eldargal]

Like the great library at alexandra

Destroyed by Christians?

[Wolfshade]

Destroyed by Christians?

Book burning is hardly new :)

What I was going for was a description of its vastitudioscity.

[Learn2Eel]

Tough decision for me tomorrow, good thing is I do have all day today to think about it.

1) Buy Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (PS4) or Thief (PS4) and grab Thor: The Dark World.
2) Buy an Imperial Knight.

Hmm!

[Wildeybeast]

Apparently thief is not very good.

[Psychosplodge]

Tough decision for me tomorrow, good thing is I do have all day today to think about it.

1) Buy Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (PS4) or Thief (PS4) and grab Thor: The Dark World.
2) Buy an Imperial Knight.

Hmm!

Its no contest. get the imperial knight.
The games will eventually go down in price, the knight will go up.

[eldargal]

Grab tomb Raider, Thor: More Thor and an Imperial Knight and stuff Thief.

[Psychosplodge]

http://i59.tinypic.com/20z8olc.gif
http://i58.tinypic.com/w2g94y.gif

[60-second swordsman]

Man, that's awful. Hope someone gave him the nutkicking he deserved.

[Psychosplodge]

So last night I spent hatching level one eevees on white 2 to make use of evolution stones from that game, rather than evolve them on Y.
Then I can eventually train a full team of eeveeloutions :D

And lose massivley no doubt :D

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

The amount of people I know that want Eevee teams...

I love my Ghost team, bar Sableye. I just can't seem to breed a good IV Adamant Prankster one.

[Psychosplodge]

Just need a glaceon now.

I dont even know anything about IV breeding.

I just hit things till they fall over.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I have a 6IV Shiny Japanese Ditto, possibly the best thing for breeding ever.

[Psychosplodge]

:eek: how the **** did you get that?

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

My mate got it, can't remember how, then gave it to me. :D

[Aenir]

got Pokémon X here, specializing in the orig 151 Got Blastoise, Charizard, and Venusaur as my main core with the final 3 usually being dugtrio, Snorlax, and Pidgeot! :D

[Learn2Eel]

Ended up getting the Knight, I will have three of them by the end of March I realized anyway. Besides, as soon as inFamous: Second Son comes out any interest I had in Tomb Raider/Thief would probably disappear.

[eldargal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f74AQUeXfBY
Batman Arkham Knight, with playable Harley Quinn if you pre-order. so I'm pre-ordering it. This one is made by the people who made Asylum and City not the meh that was Orgins so yay. I just hope they include more than three female characters in a significant speaking role out of 20 or so 9Origins) and mayb give us a playable Batgirl too.

[Psychosplodge]

got Pokémon X here, specializing in the orig 151 Got Blastoise, Charizard, and Venusaur as my main core with the final 3 usually being dugtrio, Snorlax, and Pidgeot! :D

How many you got so far?
I can't think what my current y line up, spent last night on heartgold...


Ended up getting the Knight, I will have three of them by the end of March I realized anyway. Besides, as soon as inFamous: Second Son comes out any interest I had in Tomb Raider/Thief would probably disappear.

Good choice. but infamous? really?

[Learn2Eel]

How many you got so far?
I can't think what my current y line up, spent last night on heartgold...

Good choice. but infamous? really?

I don't get it? inFamous 1 and 2 are both great games. Second Son might not be getting the same amount of attention as Titanfall but tonnes of people are convinced it is going to be the highest quality launch window exclusive. Besides, how can you not like a game with this in it;

http://24.media.tumblr.com/7dacdc8b2edbb7e6e2b21d8b43ecf3a3/tumblr_n1olnp8pxZ1r8tgs3o1_500.gif

[Psychosplodge]

Felt a bit meh tbh...

[Learn2Eel]

Eh, any game that has Flash-esque wall-running at vertical, diagonal and horizontal angles all under an awesome neon effect is a winner in my books.

[Psychosplodge]

But how can that beat the idea of falling towards the ground at terminal velocity and saving yourself by grappling there?

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

got Pokémon X here, specializing in the orig 151 Got Blastoise, Charizard, and Venusaur as my main core with the final 3 usually being dugtrio, Snorlax, and Pidgeot! :D


How many you got so far?

I have over 2/3rds of the Pokedex completed. :D
1st gen done, 2nd gen done, 3rd gen done, 4th gen half way, 5th gen quarter done, 6th gen done.



I can't think what my current y line up, spent last night on heartgold...

Gengar (Shadow), Chandelure (Lumiere), Aegislash (couldn't name because a friend gave him to me), Dusclops (Husk), Froslass (Elsa), and Sableye (Stitch)

I am the Ghost Trainer. :p

[Learn2Eel]

But how can that beat the idea of falling towards the ground at terminal velocity and saving yourself by grappling there?

Is that Just Cause 2?

[Psychosplodge]

That's a lot of pokemon TDA...


I think so?
It's something I played at a friends. Run around an open environment, blow stuff up, parachuting, steal cars, planes, bikes etc. slection of guns.
airship nightclub you can shoot up...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

That is Just Cause 2. :)

I have a lot of friends to barter with, so I've managed to get them all fairly quickly.

[Psychosplodge]

The Foundation, which is led by our very own font obsessed and mia member fuzzbucket is currently fighting live on planetside 2 here (http://www.twitch.tv/planetside2europe)

[Psychosplodge]

That was scary...

[Gotthammer]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a97e54e2240431bb691c354d78dd924/tumblr_n1nmbdLTgE1r8kbpjo10_r1_250.gif http://25.media.tumblr.com/011262ecd460ea282d2e36f1dd4e157a/tumblr_n1nmbdLTgE1r8kbpjo1_r1_250.gif

http://31.media.tumblr.com/a3b9d8ac031a30bd2bc9f76928831920/tumblr_n1nmbdLTgE1r8kbpjo2_r1_250.gif http://31.media.tumblr.com/b1e159637503bbe43b094278191eccd1/tumblr_n1nmbdLTgE1r8kbpjo5_r2_250.gif

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http://25.media.tumblr.com/013adb2cea0b9ca61022433c3750e842/tumblr_n1nmbdLTgE1r8kbpjo6_r2_250.gif http://24.media.tumblr.com/8b84801d440fe48ff10618bb4465cefe/tumblr_n1nmbdLTgE1r8kbpjo7_r2_250.gif

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[Psychosplodge]

And the full event I linked to from last night

part 1 (http://www.twitch.tv/planetside2europe/b/508519482)

part 2 (http://www.twitch.tv/planetside2europe/b/508536947)

If you do nothing else, checkout a few minutes starting from 35:30 ish in part two.

[ElectricPaladin]

Check this out.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_3xrqjTyes

[eldargal]

Looks really nifty, but male hero.><

[Psychosplodge]

You know what lets you have a female character?

Planetside 2 and you can be pro xenos...

[Slinkyskink]

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So much...capering..I think either my heads gonna explode... Or I'm gonna die laughing. Either results in death.

[Gotthammer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Y5xLvYdMM

[eldargal]

Oh! I meant to send that to you the other day but was distracted.:( She's hilarious.

[Gotthammer]

Dont' worry, I've been meaning to send it to you for a while too :p

[Psychosplodge]

Team Rocket were the goodguys (http://it-started-to-rain.tumblr.com/post/79153909859)... (contains spoilers to all pokemon games)

[Wolfshade]

Started a new game of Empire: Total War as Russia, invaded Crimea....

[eldargal]

Classy.

[Psychosplodge]

Who you playing as?
Seems an odd place to start your expansion?

[Wolfshade]

Russia, sorry added that to the original post.

[Psychosplodge]

Was it Ottoman at that time?

[Wolfshade]

No, though you start off at war with them any way (they are an Ottoman Protectorate IIRC) then Sweeden declared war as I wouldn't trade a terriotry for 20 turns of military access :/

Paradox's East vs West: A Hearts of Iron Game, Cold War grand strategy game has been cancelled :(

Goat Simulator goes live 1st April.

http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2014/03/Goat-Simulator-610x343.jpg

[Psychosplodge]

Transferred 120 pokemon to Y yesterday, just about the same number again to move tonight.
Then an unknown number from white and then all my old pokemon barring ones with HM moves will be in my newest game!

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Awesome. :)

[Psychosplodge]

Its bloody time consuming though. has to be in box one.
can only do one box at a time.
lots of loading, shuffling, saving and cartridge swapping.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Yeeeeeey....

[Psychosplodge]

Though your avatar reminds me I need to go revive the helix fossil on heartgold and transfer that...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

All praise the Helix Fossil.

[Aenir]

http://v.cdn.cad-comic.com/comics/cad-20140219-09083.png

[Bigred]

FYI

There is now a dedicated computer games lounge (http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/forumdisplay.php?27-Video-Games-Discussion) for talk of any and all video games related topics.

And this thread is headed over to it's new home.

Have fun!

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I laughed too hard at that Aenir.

[DarkLink]

Its bloody time consuming though. has to be in box one.
can only do one box at a time.
lots of loading, shuffling, saving and cartridge swapping.

You would think they would fix that, but noooo..... worst feature of those games. Other than not having all the pokemon in one game.

[Psychosplodge]

FYI

There is now a dedicated computer games lounge (http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/forumdisplay.php?27-Video-Games-Discussion) for talk of any and all video games related topics.

And this thread is headed over to it's new home.

Have fun!

But no one ever goes there, we'll get no new people :(



You would think they would fix that, but noooo..... worst feature of those games. Other than not having all the pokemon in one game.

or at least one generation/pair of games aye.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

You would think they would fix that, but noooo..... worst feature of those games. Other than not having all the pokemon in one game.


It's to encourage connecting with people.

[Learn2Eel]

A whole bunch of people managed to snag inFamous: Second Son a week early, and many of them have been posting their impressions/reviews and even live-streams over on Neogaf. The reaction so far has been immensely positive, with Neogaf practically frothing at the mouth over the game and some of the spoiler content they have seen; i.e. some of the unknown powers. I can't wait!

[Psychosplodge]

Feeling Nostalgic?

You're welcome (http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/the-23-best-vintage-video-games-you-can-play-in-your-browser)

[Psychosplodge]

http://i61.tinypic.com/2gujjpk.jpg

[Psychosplodge]

So last night dumped a load of mightyenas, foongus, and magikarp into wondertrade. Got so many starters back :D

[lattd]

I've been dumping loads if chimchars piplups and over rare starters on wonder trade. Received a level 40 shiny carracosta in return rather happy. However the amount of froakies I've breed without a shiny is crazy! Did get perfect iv's though.

[Psychosplodge]

HI.
perfect IVs you say? :D

I was dead chuffed when I got a piplup other day.

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HI.
perfect IVs you say? :D

I was dead chuffed when I got a piplup other day.

[lattd]

Yea 12 health and 6 in everything else, will be in my team unless I get a shiny froakie, have a few other starters with near perfect iv's too.

[Psychosplodge]

I still haven't even considered breeding for IVs yet.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Does this 6iv Froakie have Protean? This is a must. :p

Also, I throw Luvdiscs into the Wonder Trade. :D

[lattd]

You evil evil man :P no it sadly does not but after 150 froakies with no shiny and no protean it's better than nothing :)

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Correction: I have two Protean Froakies, not sure of their IVs though.

[Kirsten]

I am playing some Hawken on Steam, seems like a decent game on the face of it, but it keeps crashing, and there seems to be very little customisation available, so not for me. Might have to try Armoured Core V

[eldargal]

Played Europa Universalis IV for the first time since I bought it, it's much improved from III and the diplomacy system is actually quite good. Played as Austria with the ultimate goal of forming the Holy Roman Empire into a single political state and gaining All The Powers which is a long term thing of slow expansion and alays helping other member states to gain authority and all this nonsense. verything was going slow and steady and then I inherited the second most powerful state in Western Europe (Burgundy) after their king died and we had a royal Marriage. I was totes chuffed. Basically tripled income, land and military capacity overnight.

Such a fun game.

[Kirsten]

the world desperately needs more tank games and mech games. I am surprised nobody really makes any. tank games in particular, there must be more!

[Psychosplodge]

Planetside 2 Kirsten, you can have a hover tank,

https://assets-cdn.soe.com/uploads/dcsclient/000/000/009/028.jpg?v=0.0

or a M1 abrams knockoff,

http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/20111118_4ec6a0d82b01b.jpg

or a redalert mammoth tank knockoff...

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4251/prowler.png

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

No mech games? Titanfall?!!? That really big release that people keep ranting about?!?

[Kirsten]

I might try Planetside

Titanfall wont run on my PC because I have a 32bit operating system, don't have an Xbox One, and the 360 version isn't out yet.

[eldargal]

I'd totes get Titanfall if it had a single player campaign, fairly sure it doesn't though.:(

[Psychosplodge]

IS it just another multiplayer shooter? how disappointing.

[Kirsten]

yeah Titanfall is multiplayer

[eldargal]

Poo.

[Psychosplodge]

I've already got two...

*shrugs*

[Kirsten]

can you do a lot of vehicle driving in Planetside or is it secondary to infantry stuff?

[Psychosplodge]

Once you cert (earned through experience) into reducing the vehicle spawn timer, and providing your faction controls enough resources you're limited to how good you are and can keep your vehicle alive.
If you join an outfit (The foundation - Vanu, Ceres ;)) you'll normally find a gunners seat available for you somewhere :D

[Kirsten]

seeing as it is free I might give it a go

[Psychosplodge]

You will die a lot, think I've got twenty days of play and just reached a KD of 1 :D
best to find even numbered fights so you're not getting spawn camped, or stood waiting for a base to flip.

[Kirsten]

I shall see how it goes, downloaded a few free to play games lately, none have entirely grabbed me

[Psychosplodge]

Try and get the sony launcher rather than the prosiebian one.
Apparently if you do want to use the shop it works better, plus other minor advantages.
I unfortunately am stuck with the prosibian one as too time invested to switch...

[Kirsten]

I don't know what any of that means...

[Psychosplodge]

the f2p account you have to sign up to to play. I think if you download it through steam these days you get a sony one. If you download it direct with an EU IP address you get a prosibian (or similar) launcher. which is an eu company running it on behalf of sony. But apparently its better to have the sony one, and you cant just transfer you have to set up from scratch

[Kirsten]

well the downloader says Sony Online Entertainment in the top left of the download box...

[Kirsten]

don't think I will be bothering with Planetside, I did the tutorial, pressed the instant action button as told, and then died seven times firing a grand total of one shot.

[DarkLink]

Don't try Dark Souls either, then.

[Psychosplodge]

don't think I will be bothering with Planetside, I did the tutorial, pressed the instant action button as told, and then died seven times firing a grand total of one shot.

Ah don't play instant action.
The best time to pick it up is really late at night or about eleven in the morning on a weekday while its quiet.

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don't think I will be bothering with Planetside, I did the tutorial, pressed the instant action button as told, and then died seven times firing a grand total of one shot.

Ah don't play instant action.
The best time to pick it up is really late at night or about eleven in the morning on a weekday while its quiet.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Titanfall wont run on my PC because I have a 32bit operating system, don't have an Xbox One, and the 360 version isn't out yet.
Some retailers here have it.

[Gotthammer]

Mass Effect developer makes emotional plea to eliminate social injustice in games (http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/19/5528066/mass-effect-manveer-heir-gdc-social-injustice).

[Kirsten]

Some retailers here have it.

I very much doubt it, not out until April 11th

[Psychosplodge]

I very much doubt it, not out until April 11th

Was offered the xbox version last night.

[Wolfshade]

I couldn't get Crusader Kings to run last night :( might just have to bite the bullet and get CK2....

[Psychosplodge]

Isn't it about time you bought lords of the realm?

[Wolfshade]

Isn't it about time you bought lords of the realm?

Oh it is coming to be 10 years old. I can run that :)

Sorry lost a decade

20 years, to GOG.com!

[Psychosplodge]

lols
its almost like the game total war was based on, except you have to actually make your weapons and feed your people to raise an army...

[Wolfshade]

Micromanagement! Huzzah!

http://www.gog.com/game/lords_of_the_realm_royal_edition

I like the look of Banished

http://dl.pcgamer.com/PCG%20large%20images/Banished%20photo%20diary/banished-pubtimelapse.gif

First their was Goat Simulator (release date 1st April) now there is Bear Simulator

(https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1330754003/bear-simulator)

Thinking of CK2 Rajas of India out next week

[Psychosplodge]

Yeah banished looks interesting.

[Wolfshade]

EG speaks highly of it.

Does Steam do an Easter sale?

Actually, it doesn't matter everything is on hold until I buy a new house. I am going to push for a hobby room.

[Psychosplodge]

They do a spring sale iirc.

[Kirsten]

360? nobody will have that stock for a fortnight yet.

[Psychosplodge]

xboxone sealed bnib

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[Kirsten]

yeah the Xbox One version came out last week, the 360 version isn't available until the 11th of April, which was my original point regarding why I wont be playing it at the moment.

[Psychosplodge]

oops didn't read that bit :D

[Kirsten]

bad splodgy

[Wolfshade]

Purge with fire

[Psychosplodge]

I offer my sincere apologies.

If its multiplayer only, how long are the xbox360 servers going to be online for?

[Wolfshade]

Urgh multiplayer.

[Tyrendian]

anyone else merrily destroying the world with their very own death plague? Plague Inc. Evolved is great fun, if a little creepy towards the end...

[Psychosplodge]

Is it like the pandemic flash game?

[Tyrendian]

yup, just with way more detail, including some funky plague types like the Neurax Worm or a Nanovirus. It's still in Early Access though, so it's not completely polished. Haven't encountered any major bugs yet though, so that's more than can be said for most AAA titles on final release :)
Currently they're working on the Necroa Virus - which will let you turn people into Zombies :D

[eldargal]

Banished is fantastic if you like the more planning involved city builder game. You will **** up your first few towns while you get the hand of things. It's the sort of game you play listening to audio books or music, not a whole lot of action.

[Wolfshade]

I always worry with alpha testing and beta testing that some games never become "finished" they just exist in a limbo of iterations.

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Also, anyone else noticed Payday 2 is free to play 'till Sunday.

[Tyrendian]

yeah saw that... too bad none of my friends are especially interested in it for some reason, and that's basically required for Payday...

[Wolfshade]

Urhg multiplayer.

Looking at Banished it is $19.99 which is £12.11, but no, being sold in the UK for £14.99 what is with that 25% increase? Grumble Grumble Grumble

[eldargal]

Tempted to buy Payday 2, they say they are going to release a female PC but they have been saying that for like a year...

Which reminds me, i GTAV ever does that with DLC or something please let me know.

[Psychosplodge]

a better replacement for simcity than the modern iteration?

[eldargal]

Well it's medieval so if you like modern cities, no.:) It's the work of one man so it's not on the same scale. I wish it had a demo actually, I love it but I know it won't be to everyones taste.

[Psychosplodge]

Urhg multiplayer.

Looking at Banished it is $19.99 which is £12.11, but no, being sold in the UK for £14.99 what is with that 25% increase? Grumble Grumble Grumble

Cant you buy it at $19.99 direct off the developers site?

[Wolfshade]

But I steam

[Tyrendian]

I'll probably wait for either a demo or a sale on Banished... its both my kind of game and my kind of setting, but I'll restrain myself (maybe...)

[Psychosplodge]

It comes with a steam key, and a drm free download from the developer...

[Wolfshade]

Oh reily?

[Psychosplodge]

according to the website

[Gotthammer]

Now this looks like it could be very fun:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RsoPUmlss0

[eldargal]

Explore planets, kill things and build colonies and stuff? Oh my.

[Psychosplodge]

Now this looks like it could be very fun:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RsoPUmlss0

If thats persistant ultiplayer, we should have a Bols server XD

[eldargal]

With a female protagonist! almost forgot that.

[Wolfshade]

With a female protagonist! almost forgot that.

Psh, without a male lead I'm not interested...

[eldargal]

Well you can have one of them as well by the looks of it. Shoudl have left it out for realism purposes though, everyone knows men are rubbish at planetary exploration. Tripping over their penis and always trying to fornicate with the flora. Floral sex.

[Gotthammer]

From the Steam page:


In single player there are 3 distinct selections

Story Mode – Story mode is the main meat and bones of the game, it is the action-adventure-rpg-somewhat-4X segment, offering npcs, missions, colony building, farming, ranching, training, diplomacy, and of course, a storyline that you can follow or ignore. This story features a 17X8km world map with many unique character, landscapes, biomes, locations, and over 100 types of potential enemies. Even though we’ve made it seem like a very action oriented game in the trailers, in reality, players can choose to not fight so much as to just plant a farm, make some food, keep the colonists alive, negotiate with the sentient aliens, and defend the perimeter from the local life forms. That can still eventually arrive at the ending. And yes, there is an ending.

Adventure Mode – This mode is based on a procedural map generated from a seed. Currently, it comes in a 40X40 kilometer map. Players will be able to complete random missions, defeat bosses, and explore different landscapes in the mode and eventually be able to setup conditions that they want to play (such as tower defense or attack an alien camp). This mode will also feature survival gameplay. The randomization in this mode will eventually pull in player made objects and locations so that a world will always feature something new and unique.

Build Mode – In this mode, there are no enemies and an infinite amount of building material. It also currently comes in a 40X40km map. Players will be able to build whatever they want in this mode, including everything in the Creations Editor. Think of this as the perfect testing ground to test everything you build. Or…it’s your place to build your garden without ever worrying about the pesky aliens.



Multiplayer allows Local Area Network and player hosted servers. It features several modes but some are still on the drawing board or going through technical trials so the final result is still in flux. Players playing multiplayer should be able to bring at least one of their created objects into multiplayer games, be it a sword, gun, or vehicle.

Coop – Coop comes in many selections, such as adventure mode, tower defense mode, build mode, etc. This is pretty much an open world sandbox with a max of 32 players (this number still needs to be stress tested).

Versus – This mode allows teams of up to 16 players to battle against 16 players from another team. We allow full terrain manipulation in this mode. Currently, it's a point based system where one team wins if they reach a certain point level based on kills, built objects, resources mined, etc.

[Wolfshade]

Well you can have one of them as well by the looks of it. Shoudl have left it out for realism purposes though, everyone knows men are rubbish at planetary exploration. Tripping over their penis and always trying to fornicate with the flora. Floral sex.

Look, I slipped and fell into that tree. One mistake and it haunts you forever....

[Kirsten]

after some unexpected money today, I bought a WiiU, which I was planning to get soon anyway using my hefty staff discount. but it is having a disk read error and we have no more in store so I have to wait a week while a replacement is ordered :'(

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Tempted to buy Payday 2, they say they are going to release a female PC but they have been saying that for like a year...

Which reminds me, i GTAV ever does that with DLC or something please let me know.




I doubt it, and you're seriously limiting yourself if you just play games with female protagonists.

[eldargal]

Yeah but I'm so over being forced to play as men. There are some exceptions I'm willing to make (Batman, Hitman and Thief if they ever get the old VA back).

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

You're hardly forced. Does someone have you at gunpoint demanding you to play it?

[eldargal]

Of course I'm forced. If 90% of AAA games don't let me play as a female my choices are be forced to play as a male or not play them at all.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

You must not play many games...

[eldargal]

Not as many as I used to. Not going to support an industry that treats 47% of it's demographic like we are worthless.

[YorkNecromancer]

You're hardly forced. Does someone have you at gunpoint demanding you to play it?

Ah, the cheerful sound of male privilege at its finest... :rolleyes:

My favourite thing related to stuff like this in gaming that I discovered recently was the ratio of male to female police officers in 'LA Noire'. Almost the entire department is male, with the justification of 'REALISM! THERE WAS MORE SEXISM IN THE PAST!', until someone pointed out that the LA police force of the time was 37% female, what with WW2 making many otherwise eligible men into corpses, and thus unavailable for hire.

Because a lot of the time, reality is unrealistic... :)

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Not as many as I used to. Not going to support an industry that treats 47% of it's demographic like we are worthless.

Which is why Magic the Gathering is ace, it has males, females, things with no gender. It's just aimed at everyone.

*ignores YorkNecromancer trying to judge me*

[eldargal]

Ah, the cheerful sound of male privilege at its finest... :rolleyes:

My favourite thing related to stuff like this in gaming that I discovered recently was the ratio of male to female police officers in 'LA Noire'. Almost the entire department is male, with the justification of 'REALISM! THERE WAS MORE SEXISM IN THE PAST!', until someone pointed out that the LA police force of the time was 37% female, what with WW2 making many otherwise eligible men into corpses, and thus unavailable for hire.

Because a lot of the time, reality is unrealistic... :)

Yup, that is another problem with realism, it usually isn't and the people talking about usually can't tell. People will accept costumes and equipment that are pure Hollywood pop culture historical gear without even blinking or all manner of concessions to the medium (that whole game balance thing) and yet you try and make it more inclusive and it erupts into nerdrage.

[Wildeybeast]

I notice AC Unity seems to have another male protagonist. In a game where the gender of the protagonist makes no difference whatsoever, it's pretty shocking that there has only been one female protagonist in what will be eight games.

[eldargal]

Figures. AC is also on my exceptions list but it is still really disappointing, there was a lot of anticipation that they would give us another female protagonist based on the success of Liberation and a few progressive statements from people within Ubisoft.

[YorkNecromancer]

*ignores YorkNecromancer trying to judge me*

It's okay; I'm not judging you. You have to remember, the key problem of privilege is being unaware that you are privileged. We assume that our experience is a universal one; that no-one else experiences it differently, and thus any of us may experience an uncomfortable cognitive dissonance when someone points out 'Your experience is different to mine'.

The key is to try to avoid words to the effect of 'Well, I don't see the problem.' This is because the unstated implication of 'I don't see the problem' is 'so there isn't one'.

Of course, if you don't see it, that doesn't mean it's not there. It might mean that. But it might also mean your sight is defective.

Check the available facts first and find out which one it is.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I work at a f'ing Wetherspoons scraping the bottom of the barrel for minimum wage, which basically means they'd pay me less if they could. How am I privileged?

If anything, you're the privileged one.



Of course, if you don't see it, that doesn't mean it's not there. It might mean that. But it might also mean your sight is defective.

God?

[Psychosplodge]

after some unexpected money today, I bought a WiiU, which I was planning to get soon anyway using my hefty staff discount. but it is having a disk read error and we have no more in store so I have to wait a week while a replacement is ordered :'(


Which version did you opt for?

Also does anyone know how to deal with mega-absol?

[Wolfshade]

Also does anyone know how to deal with mega-absol?

Have you tried kicking it?

[Psychosplodge]

Have you tried kicking it?

Yes.
Didn't work.

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Have you tried kicking it?

Yes.
Didn't work.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Use Fighting, Bug, or Fairy.

So Mach Punch would be good as it is priority.

[Psychosplodge]

Fairy? That dazzling gleam/sylveon didn't do much...

Mach punch you say?
Is there a 60 power fighting TM that I can teach Scyther? cause thats a fighting/bug type isn't it? (got one with technician)

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Bug/Flying

So Fury Cutter would work well with Technician, but X Scissor might just be decent to use, you still get STAB, and 2x power.

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Struggle Bug is also good, but it's a Special Attack.

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As is Silver Wind. :)

[Psychosplodge]

Oops. Right, fury cutter and X-scissor.
Yeah I think I've maxed the normal attack on the training minigames.


Also

https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/10153076_492434730863250_655654008_n.jpg

[eldargal]

Lol.

I'm sure there were some games I was really looking forward to this year, but apart from Dragon Age Inquisition I can't rememeber any of them because the new Star Wars The Old Republic expansion has blown it all from my mind with its mind blowing awesomeness.:rolleyes:

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Yes, I have all the time in the world for you and Zelda.

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The Old Republic is gaff. IMO. But whatever floats your boat.

[eldargal]

I love it, story driven MMOs ftw. They did a big graphics boost last year too which has made it 100% prettier.

The new galactic starfighter flight sim thing they added also looks fun but I've only played it once and performed terribly so probably not the best judge.:rolleyes:

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

As a Beta-Tester for TES:O, and a former SWTOR player, I just think that it looks gimmicky. It's the problem I have with WoW too. It just looks like MMO's for kids.

Also, TES:O is possibly the biggest story-driven MMO thus far to date.

[eldargal]

I've not played the beta so I couldn't say, seen a lot of people come away fairly dissatisfied with TES:O but that isn't indicative of anything, people who don't like things are always more vocal. I'm going to check it out when it's released anyway.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

You should. It's a lot of fun.

Then again, the fanboy in me is crying out, so maybe I'm not the best judge either. :p

[Kirsten]

Which version did you opt for?

I picked up the basic white one because it was all we had in. was pretty unimpressed with the fact that despite it being advertised as an 8gb hard drive, it seems fully half of that is taken up with the operating system, so with no data on there other than my profile, I only had 3.7gb free to use. but I have returned it now anyway since it was faulty and am waiting for a black 32gb one to come in this week, the store manager phoned another store and asked them to post a spare one over. should arrive in a few days.



https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/10153076_492434730863250_655654008_n.jpg

I have that book, it is so good. need to go door to door with it


I've not played the beta so I couldn't say, seen a lot of people come away fairly dissatisfied with TES:O but that isn't indicative of anything, people who don't like things are always more vocal. I'm going to check it out when it's released anyway.

yeah I know a few people who tried it and really didn't think much of it. curiously too some of them hated skyrim and said Online was too much like that, and some of them loved Skyrim but didn't like Online either. I was looking forward to it until the cost was announced.

[eldargal]

My main concern is that Skyrim really comes into it's own with mods so having a TES game without mods will be kind of odd.




yeah I know a few people who tried it and really didn't think much of it. curiously too some of them hated skyrim and said Online was too much like that, and some of them loved Skyrim but didn't like Online either. I was looking forward to it until the cost was announced.

It was a surprise actually, SWTOR really shows the subscription model has outlived its usefullness. People want a more casual option as well, having a sub only model was a strange choice. Not many people want to pay 240usd a year (60 for the game, 15 month fees) for an MMO when you can play others for free with micro transactions.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

They said early on that Modding would be a thing.

[eldargal]

They said early on that Modding would be a thing.

Good.:) Now they just need to sort out the payment thing.:p I will say I don't like some of the female armour in some ofthe creenshots I've seen, plunging neck line and whatnot for the women. Bit of a regressive step compared to Skyrim in general.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I had a Nord female Sorceror as one of my characters (guess the name for prizes), I didn't think the robes I wore were sexualised at all, if anything they felt too plain, that was more than likely due to not being an epic high level.

The price isn't bad, it's the same as WoW.

[eldargal]

It's some of the light armour I think rather than robes, not all of it either just a few pieces.

WoW had years at the peak of the subscription models popularity to build up support though. SWTOR really caught the end of it and suffered for it. A lot of people just won't pay 15usd a month. WoW has also had a declining subscription base from it's peak and it is widely believed it will go F2P before long.

I expect it will follow a similar trajectory to SWTOR. Big lauch, much subscription. Decline over next year, goes F2P within two.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Well portions of WoW are F2P.

Still no takers on the name? It's rather obvious.

[eldargal]

Tzeentcha.:p

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Nope, think more your brain, what would you name a blonde Nord female sorceror?

[eldargal]

Frigga.

[Psychosplodge]

I picked up the basic white one because it was all we had in. was pretty unimpressed with the fact that despite it being advertised as an 8gb hard drive, it seems fully half of that is taken up with the operating system, so with no data on there other than my profile, I only had 3.7gb free to use. but I have returned it now anyway since it was faulty and am waiting for a black 32gb one to come in this week, the store manager phoned another store and asked them to post a spare one over. should arrive in a few days.


Yeah that's a bit bad they don't tell you that.
The Black one looks better anyway. I'm still contemplating getting one.

[Wolfshade]

Ex 22:18 - suffer not the witch to live

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Elsa.

[eldargal]

That works too.:)

[Psychosplodge]

Ex 22:18 - suffer not the witch to live

Doesn't the new testament make that irrelevant?

[Wolfshade]

No

[Psychosplodge]

I'm pretty sure that was the point weren't it?
Otherwise you'd be following Judaism...

[Wolfshade]

No

[Kirsten]

Yeah that's a bit bad they don't tell you that.
The Black one looks better anyway. I'm still contemplating getting one.

yeah, the black one will fit in with all my other black consoles, tv, and stand.
I was a lifelong Nintendo fangirl until the Wii, which I grabbed on launch day and after a few months barely played again. The Wii U seems like a good device to me, and I do miss Nintendo gaming, some things they just do better than the others. With Mario Kart 8 out in May, buying the console now gives me a few months to ensure I have enough Wii remotes and such like for some big multiplayer evenings. then smash brothers and HD Zelda on the horizon, the Virtual Console games. there is finally enough to justify it for me personally.

[Psychosplodge]

Since the days of the N64 I've said all you need is a PC and a nintendo and you'll get 95% of the decent games...

[Kirsten]

pretty much yeah. I have a PC and six consoles and a 3DS, but yeah...

[Psychosplodge]

I have a growing collection of retro machines.
They all live in a big box :D

[Wolfshade]

Nah you are doing it wrong, just build an emulator machine

[Psychosplodge]

But then this happens

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/1911850_434563110011827_352239773_n.jpg

[eldargal]

I remembered one of the games I am excited for, the Tomb Raider sequel.

[Wolfshade]

http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/19/5528066/mass-effect-manveer-heir-gdc-social-injustice

[Gotthammer]

Been posted twice already:

By me in this thread. (http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?37238-The-General-Pooter-Games-Thread&p=405535&viewfull=1#post405535)

And by EG in the feminism thread (http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?32827-A-Crash-Course-in-Feminism-Mk-II-(or-why-everyone-should-be-a-feminist)&p=405766&viewfull=1#post405766) :p

Mind you it is worth a read :)

[eldargal]

Yep. It shows why Bioware is so beloved even if they are far from perfect. they know that, they keep on trying and they keep on improving and if they screw something up they don't say 'Why ar you criticising us? We're on your side! no pleasing some people, you
re all cray cray!' they apologise and do better.

[Kirsten]

Facebook buys Oculus Rift developer for two billion dollars in a mixture of cash and stock. I love the idea of them paying in actual cash, imagine a truck full of bank notes driving up to the office, 'where do you want the cash?'

[Psychosplodge]

In coins...

[Kirsten]

now you are just being silly...

[Wolfshade]

Facebook buys Oculus Rift developer for two billion dollars in a mixture of cash and stock. I love the idea of them paying in actual cash, imagine a truck full of bank notes driving up to the office, 'where do you want the cash?'

And on the same day Notch abandons Oculus Rift + Minecraft.

[Psychosplodge]

No, I'm just remembering that post that was on tumblr/facebook claiming samsung or apple paid the other damages like that

[Kirsten]

yeah that thing about the trucks full of coins for settlement wasn't true unfortunately. I wish it was, it would be amazing.

[Psychosplodge]

I'll pretend I didn't read that.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

N@zi gold!

[eldargal]

That reminds me, tehre is a new Wolfenstein game being released this year I think?

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

The New Order, yes. :D

[eldargal]

Might get it (despite the male protagonist:p) if the reviews are decent. Grew up playing Wolfenstein.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

It's a lead-on from the last game.

[Kirsten]

yeah I am kind of looking forward to Wolfenstein, or at least the idea of it. but the last one wasn't terribly well received, so it is more a 'wouldn't it be nice if it were good' than real hope.

my replacement Wii U came today. and they sent the wrong one. going to order it on the website on payday.

[Kirsten]

going to have to get Goat Simulator, it looks majestic...

http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/03/26/goat-simulator-launch-trailer

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

yeah I am kind of looking forward to Wolfenstein, or at least the idea of it. but the last one wasn't terribly well received, so it is more a 'wouldn't it be nice if it were good' than real hope.

I didn't get a chance to play it, it looked okay. No Metro 2033 though. (which had a similar theme, less tech)


my replacement Wii U came today. and they sent the wrong one. going to order it on the website on payday.

I hope there were fists involved.


going to have to get Goat Simulator, it looks majestic...

Robbaz has been going on about it, it looks hilarious.
Also, my friend just posted this trailer on Facebook. What a coincidence. :p

[Wolfshade]

going to have to get Goat Simulator, it looks majestic...

http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/03/26/goat-simulator-launch-trailer

I've been harping on about it for ages! There is also bear simulator as well on kickstarter :)

[Wolfshade]

Some amusing tid-bits from surfing the pooter game nets.

Titanfall will force all cheaters to play together away from non-cheaters!

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Another goat sim pic:
http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2014/03/goattop.jpg

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Wolfenstien:
http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2014/03/WolfCE.jpg
Today, Bethesda announced Wolfenstein: The New Order Panzerhund Edition, which includes almost everything you’d want in a fancy, pricey special edition of a game. For $100, you’ll get a footlocker-style box containing an assortment of maps, case files, and an x-ray. You’ll also get the obligatory figurine, an 8-inch, hand painted statue of a robotic dog, which you’ve probably seen in trailers and other marketing. The only thing missing in the special edition is the game itself.

[Wildeybeast]

Surely if it doesn't include the game it isn't a special edition of the game at all, rather just a box of related merchandise/tat?

[Wolfshade]

That's what I thought too, most peculiar.

[Wolfshade]

Dead Space is free on Origins until May...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Boooooo. Origin.

[Wildeybeast]

Why does everyone hate Origin? Besides the fact it is EA, I've never had any issues with it.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Because I want my games in one place...

[Wildeybeast]

That's not what EA wants.

Edit: Well, actually it is because they just want you to buy EA games, but you know what I mean.

[eldargal]

Why does everyone hate Origin? Besides the fact it is EA, I've never had any issues with it.

The only problem I've had with it was they screwed up something so it caused ME3 multiplayer to crash upon entering the lobby which was a pain in the bum but they fixed it. Franky I have more concerns over how Steam sales devalue games in the minds of consumers than about Origin. Of course I still buy from steam sales so whatever.:rolleyes:

[Gotthammer]

http://31.media.tumblr.com/0a10b73c96e343266d0c591c9c67debf/tumblr_mj08w8BAzj1ql2603o1_500.jpg

[eldargal]

HA!

[Psychosplodge]

Charity auction sunday evening.

Saw an unknown box of metal gear solid goodies go for £550.
several other boxes from game companies went for the hundreds of pounds.

Quite surprised that people were willing to bid so much blindly.

[Wolfshade]

Goat Sim goes live today!

[Gotthammer]

https://31.media.tumblr.com/152bad8375247a468d8d91c9968325ed/tumblr_mkkvojRyPT1rwnp75o1_500.jpg

https://31.media.tumblr.com/582493553550a705a5665d9ce640b90e/tumblr_mkkvojRyPT1rwnp75o2_500.jpg

https://24.media.tumblr.com/5f4a1dc0a4b9fb514df7379037bd9a65/tumblr_mkkvojRyPT1rwnp75o3_500.jpg

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Hah. Oh Half Life 3...

[Kirsten]

thoroughly recommend Luftrausers, new favourite game. while I wait for my Wii U to arrive at the very least.

It is highly addictive, cool graphics, music, loads of weapons and gear, great fun.

[Gotthammer]

So Elder Scrolls Online early access is going well… (https://24.media.tumblr.com/ab73eb1c21e76844b3de1856c4846f7d/tumblr_n39w00RT0O1sqy8ilo1_1280.jpg)



Luftrausers is that sort of arcadey bullet-hell type game isn't it? Looked interesting, might have another look if you say it's good.

[Kirsten]

it is yeah, I am enjoying it.

so, after my initial Wii U being faulty and the replacement being the wrong one, the new Wii U I ordered from the website has been lost by the courier between the Birmingham depot and the Isle of Man...

[Psychosplodge]

You aren't having much luck with this are you?