The General Pooter Games Thread.

[Kirsten]

none whatsoever

[Gotthammer]

https://31.media.tumblr.com/d98621c281f01b8b702631fb1f4d3b0e/tumblr_n2wkxqSUJN1r8vza5o1_250.gif

[eldargal]

The greatest glitch ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pQ_ZozZIio

[Psychosplodge]

https://31.media.tumblr.com/d98621c281f01b8b702631fb1f4d3b0e/tumblr_n2wkxqSUJN1r8vza5o1_250.gif

lols


After a long break from it, put a good six hours or so into E:TW yesterday.
Started entirely at peace. four independents promptly declare war. Gobbled two up straight away, other two in central america still exist purely by geography, they still have armies approaching them. Then Russia decided to attack me.
First three territories bordering my eastern borders surrendered. Sweden promptly petitioned for an alliance and invaded northern Russia. In the south I've passed Crimea.
I have an army consisting of 6xguards regiments 2xLifeguards 4xGreenjackets and filled out with line infantry approaching Moscow :D

[Wolfshade]

Playing CivV(G+K) playing with Germany and I've turned into a warmonger :(, which on one had is fun but everyone hates me. I've won several cities through peace before I got my army to the fight, which was useful. Though really struggling to get my happiness up to positive numbers.

[Wolfshade]

Goat Sim reviewed - 30% (http://www.pcgamer.com/review/goat-simulator-review/)

The worst gaming goat since that one in Broken Sword. This is a dumb, limited novelty game that's not worth the asking price.

[Psychosplodge]

Still not played enough Civ5.
Not played any G&K at all.
I just don't seem to have the mindset for on going long campaign games anymore. I'm kinda in the place where I can just turn my brain off for a couple of hours and shoot people in the face... It's why I'm still in my "first" E:TW campaign, well the closest I've come to finishing one anyway. I started a few others to get hang of it, see whats new and all that, but this is first proper go.

[Kirsten]

I quite enjoyed a bit of Goat Simulator. it needs more content for the price certainly, and a better tutorial on how to actually do some of the stuff, but it has had some hilarious moments.

[Wolfshade]

I've been playing the marathon game mode, so each age is about the length of a normal game. Things cossts much more and take much longer to build/research. but always means that you need a massive army to defeat the barbarians who are crazy.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I enjoy Civ 5, I am also playing as Germany, and currently I am a very popular person. Probably not when I roll onto modern era and start building my Panzer legions. :D

[Psychosplodge]

I've always played longer games on bigger worlds in all the civs. It always leads to massive amounts of management.

E:TW has reached the point where I'm making 40k profit a turn, and also my fleet of first rates is awesome.

[Wolfshade]

once you are making money in ETW you can forget everything and just build armies to dominate europe & india, then the navy just to protect the trade posts.

In reality the naval game is worth very little. In my last game as russia, the first time I built a navy was for "Operation: Liberty" to bring liberty to the americas

[Psychosplodge]

I wiped out the foreign navies by taking their home ports.
Then built one fleet to finish them off. I've only built a quality fleet now to defend my indiamen now russia declared war, but it turns out they haven't really got any ships any way...

[Wolfshade]

Well they start out without any ports so need crimea, before the ones up by archangelansk develope.

[Psychosplodge]

Ah. That'd do it...

[Wolfshade]

Yes it is a pain, playing Russia you have to make the land grab for crimea for an easy port, or ignore the naval side of things until you need a boat to transport armies to the new world, UK and other islands.

[Psychosplodge]

I'm not sure I understand.
How come you aren't playing as Great Britain?

[Wolfshade]

Been there done that. It is too easy to take out France.

Wait until they are embroiled in a war and have their armies facing Austria/Prussia then just waltz in and bonus.

[Psychosplodge]

I didn't even consider that, I just knew I needed their NA territory to secure the 13 colonies...

[Wolfshade]

You can knock out France and Spain quite easily, then the colonies in the new world will form new factions which is a great limit for them. Though the trouble is trying to keep Paris and Madrid as they will both revoult against your rule even with excempting them from tax. So be prepared to loose two armies to sit in the capitols for quite a while.

I did play one game where Hannover wiped out France, which was really surreal.

[Psychosplodge]

I didn't have any trouble with paris that i recall.
Madrid I think I might still have an army sat there. Probably unnecessarily by now.

[Wolfshade]

As Britian I wanted to ally with portugal and march up through the penisular with line infantry supported by a light infantry and a squad of green jackets, though alas that wasn't to happen. Portugal got squished and by the time I had researched riflement France & Spain weren't in Europe...

[Psychosplodge]

Oh dear.
Portugal still exist in mine.
They're just sat doing nothing except killing their own peasants...

[Wolfshade]

Sounds like a plan...

[Psychosplodge]

*snort*
I think I'll go into maritime trade quicker next time. build up the economy faster.

[Wolfshade]

I always think this then end up with a war and forget to protect my fleets...

[Psychosplodge]

ah...

[Wolfshade]

Could go someway to explain why I tend to ignore them and leave the new world till the end, don't need no boats that way.

[Psychosplodge]

I might try that next.
I went for simultaneous invasions of India and North America.
It left me quite stretched at first. Then I had to get the economy in gear to support the troops.

[Wolfshade]

What a Noob! Only fight one war at a time, unless it invovles a minor nation and/or the barberry states (or the phony war as I call it)

[Psychosplodge]

Well it worked out ok so far...

[Psychosplodge]

Invasion of Russia successful.
Expect Sweden to attack me next, or possibly the united provinces.
For some reason I can't successfully defeat a particular army in mexico.
Re fought it half a dozen times and always ends in defeat for me, not used to this. Every where else just throwing troops over the walls has worked. got a feeling their general must have stupid high morale.
So I'm importing my first artillery battery from London. 3x24lb howitzers and 3x24lb foot cannon. That'll teach the buggers.

[Wolfshade]

As long as you have the range for it. Have you tried just seiging them?

I keep playing wiht random settings and ended up playing Japan vs. Ethiopia , small world with 2 islands, Japan + 2 city states on the one and Ethiopia and 2 city states on another.

We both had 1 militaristic city state on each island and mine was slightly smaller.

So we built up unaware of each other's presence, my attacking of barbarians got me an ally with my city states, one of which just kept spawing military units for me which was nice. We built up unaware of each other until I sent frigates to find Ethiopia.
By which point my economy was generating so much money i could just focus on producing production rather than gold. Lots of luxuries gave me a very happy poppulation so had a number of golden ages which helped me. I ended up running out of buildings and wonders to build so had periods of just pure research in my four cities to the point where my technology rating was brilliant. This coupled with my gold output ment that I could buy the other two states off to become allies, so then I had another civ spawining military units for me :). I then built the UN a vote was called and I won :)

I hadn't planned it, but Tokoyo was my only city without at least 1 wonder to its name and that was that, a little disapointing by my first game without a war...

[Psychosplodge]

I'd hope I have the range :eek:
Only used artillery in the quick battles as it slows the shanksmare psuedoblitzkreig.
Seiging leads to them sallying. same problem.
I've butchered armies with a fraction of the enemy IDK why this one is giving me so much trouble.

When I had a 1vs1 small civ5 game I can't remember who I was but I know the Americans wouldn't stop attacking me...

[Wolfshade]

From what I recall, with my foot artillery placed as far forwards as possible (obviously depending on map) you can take out the nearest wall of the fort, anything behind that is out of range.

[Psychosplodge]

I suppose that'll do. Then I can stand around taunting them till they're in Howitzer range then push some cavalry through the breach.

[Wolfshade]

That's what I do, make a breach, they then either line up behind it or just infront (some times the AI does wierd things) then I charge a wedge of horse through them. Supported by foot to shoot them if the charge fails. (Though hopefully the charge will be enough to break them).

While they are distracted by the frontal attack, I send a company over a side wall to take the flag (or two) Grenadiers or Guards are good for that.

[Psychosplodge]

Not how I usually do it but we'll see how it goes...

[Wolfshade]

The suicide squad, at the least starts to take down the 2m inute counter and depending how well occupied the fort is it can add support fire to the rear of the enemy foot.

Though obviously, if the fort is full then you wouldn't want to do that...

[Psychosplodge]

I usually do that while all the others are fighting on the battlements.
If theres cavalry I'll throw them into the nearest building to deal with the pesky horsemen first, then jump on the flag.

[Wolfshade]

Yup yup :) Buildings are brilliant vs horse.

I just wish the E:TW map was bigger, or if not bigger had more provinces, like split France into 5 regions or something rather than the one.

[Psychosplodge]

Needs more Africa to invade...

[eldargal]

If you like E:TW but prefer Empire building to battle sims try Europa Universalis IV. It is amaze and incredibly addictive. Spans from the year 1444 to 1821.

[Wolfshade]

I've got 1 and 3 (chronicles) but haven't played 3 yet.

Really want to play Crusader Kings 2 though.

[Psychosplodge]

I'm rather fond of the battles, just not used to losing anymore.
I think I've seen the Japanese equivalent of europa played, its very complicated looking.

[eldargal]

I've got 1 and 3 (chronicles) but haven't played 3 yet.

Really want to play Crusader Kings 2 though.
IV is bestest! The economy system is much easier to get the hang of and isn't based on arcane mysteries from the dawn of time.

[Wolfshade]

I will bear that in mind if I ever have any money and it coincides with a steamy sale.

- - - Updated - - -

Oh also, GameSpy is closing so if you use them (or more over your game does) then no more multiplayer action. This could be patched unless you know it is a THQ game like DoW I or II...

[Psychosplodge]

gamespy?

[Wolfshade]

You might remember seeing this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/GameSpy_-_Official_Logo.png


In April 2014, Glu announced that it would shut down the legacy GameSpy servers on May 31, 2014, so its developers could focus on work for Glu's own services. Games which still use GameSpy will no longer offer online functionality or multiplayer services after the shutdown. While some publishers have planned to migrate GameSpy-equipped games to other platforms (such as Steamworks or in-house services), some publishers, such as Nintendo (who used the GameSpy servers as the basis of its Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection platform for DS and Wii games) will not, particularly due to the age of the affected games

[Psychosplodge]

oh that.
Back in those pre steam days I only ever played direct connection LAN games.

[Wolfshade]

Well yes I don;t multiplayer, well maybe some old school hot seating...

[Kirsten]

in the last few months I have been regularly checking the Playstation weekly releases now that I have playstation plus, and a PS4 (my PS3 having a full hard drive for years). I have come to notice that they do an awful lot of profile pics you can buy that are aggressive or outright insulting. In a medium in which there is already terrible behaviour by the online community, selling pics to gamers that say things like 'stop running your mouth' or 'xxx adult gamer' 'I suffer from rage' seems like a really terrible idea...

[eldargal]

Yeah that's a bad idea.><

[Kirsten]

there is even one for 'I love girl gamers' which just seems odd

[Psychosplodge]

do you not love girl gamers?;)

Finally killed them mexicans last night. howitzered them to death then mopped them up with infantry.
Also rangers are awesome against indians.

[eldargal]

Either good, or creepy depending how it done. So probably creepy.:rolleyes: Also need to move on from teh 'girl gamer' thing. Gamers are gamers, some of them are women and some of them are girls.

[Kirsten]

yes but honestly I would be wary of anyone who declared they did with an avatar. it seems like a nice enough sentiment but then I imagine how gamers might say it and it becomes creepy...
and the 'xxx adult gamer' one is just all kinds of wrong.

[Psychosplodge]

It just means he's sat in his boxers scratching his balls between lives :D

[Kirsten]

I think I just threw up a little bit

[Psychosplodge]

XD

[Kirsten]

replacement replacement Wii U posted today, hopefully it will arrive on Monday.

[Psychosplodge]

fingers crossed :D

[Gotthammer]

http://youtu.be/GzTPdIld_gQ

Gravity Ghost (http://gravityghost.com/), indie orbital mechanics puzzle game (by Erin Robinson). Footage of the pre-release demo looks really nice:


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

[Kirsten]

ok that is just mean, Game have sent me a Wii U starter pack (extra stylus, slip case, and a screen protector) in the post with nothing else.

[Wolfshade]

Trollolololololololol

[Psychosplodge]

The wii u might turn up by courier?

[Kirsten]

I suspect it has been sent royal mail this time. previous order I got a confirmation text from the courier to say it was on its way, whereas I haven't this time. it is a god thing though, because the couriers don't do next day delivery to the island (so it couldn't arrive today anyway) and don't deliver at the weekend. whereas if it has gone royal mail it could come tomorrow. the problem is that in the email I got confirming the previous order was cancelled, and the new order issued, the replacement order is not the same as the original. so I am now trying to chase up the two missing items.

[Psychosplodge]

You know amazon delivered the one I got the wench for her birthday correctly first time on time gift wrapped...

[Kirsten]

thanks for sharing.

[Psychosplodge]

Just helping :D

Seriously though, do you still work for game?

[Kirsten]

I still work there yeah.

[Psychosplodge]

You'd think they'd get your order right then wouldn't you?

[Kirsten]

well I didn't tell them that, I have kept my customer side separate to my work side. they should get it right regardless.

[Psychosplodge]

True they should.
I'd assumed you'd bought from game to get your discount.
TBH they never got it right when I bought my 3ds...

Is it just down to living in the IoM?

[Kirsten]

I bought the first preowned one from the store I work in to use my discount. when it turned out to be faulty I got a refund on to a gift card whilst waiting for a replacement. when the replacement turned out to be the wrong one I decided to use the gift card on the website instead of waiting for someone to get round to sending one to the store.

[Psychosplodge]

ah. you managed to sort it yet?

[Kirsten]

no replies as yet no. It seems like the wii remotes that I ordered two of have gone up in price since the original order, so I suspect somebody has decided that the replacement needs to match the amount I spent, rather than what I actually ordered. waiting for them to get back to me though.

[Psychosplodge]

Thats off as it should match the price on the purchase date

[Kirsten]

yeah I will be chasing it up anyway. if the emails let me down today then I will phone them up, I can get the staff customer service number from the store and start chasing them directly.

[Psychosplodge]

queue simulator 2015 (http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/queue-simulator-2015-might-be-the-most-british-video-game-ev)

[Psychosplodge]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VzeetRwrc7w

[Gotthammer]

That mini N64 is seriously impressive work.

[Psychosplodge]

yep.
but who has vacuum formers laying around?

[Psychosplodge]

Forgot to mention, launched my invasion of mohghul india last night. they have about twelve regions in the northwest, only the ones bordering me have any real development. We'd previously been allied from my initial invasion of India in about 1706.
Only played the first turn of the invasion so far, put six territories to siege initially. three surrendered straight away. I've got enough armies to take each individually so see what happens when I end the turn :D

[Gotthammer]

https://24.media.tumblr.com/632fae78c87a577f6aa085a0f0534df5/tumblr_n2976wBI3a1rygc5yo1_500.gif

Next gen looks so real.

[eldargal]

Lol.:)

[ElectricPaladin]

I know this is totally low-tech and completely behind the curve... but does anyone else here play FTL? I was introduced to this fun, but brutally addictive ******* of a game last night by a so-called "friend" and now I can't stop playing it. Anyone got any pointers?

[Wolfshade]

Since we like city building games.

1849

https://indiegamestand.com/store/788/1849/

Gameplay:
1849 is a city management game set during the California Gold Rush. Your task is to build towns, populate them with workers, and make sure that they are housed, fed, and entertained. You’ll have to manage and coordinate extensive production and trade networks to make sure your towns thrive.

This Early Access build of 1849 is only available for PC and Mac desktops, but it will be available for iPad and Android tablets at launch.


Key Features of 1849:
- A campaign mode that traces the development of the Gold Rush from mining camps to bustling cities. Each city scenario presents players with unique starting conditions, victory goals, and obstacle events. The current version of the game includes the first five scenarios with more being added as we approach launch.

- Vivid old west towns with buildings lining the streets directly inspired by California’s Gold Country.

- Over 50 resources that players can dig up, farm, refine or manufacture as they build complex towns and cities.

- Classic city management simulation tailored and built specifically to be just as enjoyable on a tablet as it is on a PC.

- Developed by SomaSim, a new studio dedicated to producing deep simulation games for today’s players.
https://indiegamestand.com/media/screenshots/788/originals/makingiron_web.gif
https://indiegamestand.com/media/screenshots/788/originals/1849_feb14_13.jpg

[eldargal]

Needs more wimmins.

[Wolfshade]

Maybe they will come later for the saloon?

It looks a lot like Pharoah, if you ever played that.

[Psychosplodge]

I know this is totally low-tech and completely behind the curve... but does anyone else here play FTL? I was introduced to this fun, but brutally addictive ******* of a game last night by a so-called "friend" and now I can't stop playing it. Anyone got any pointers?

I did a good stint when it came out. It's addictive but I never managed to kill the boss.
Invest in sheilds and try and get a high numbered laser cannon. also fire manually not automatically so you can time your shots for maximum advantage.
I wish they did a pursuit mode where you just kept going as long as you were able rather than the boss thing.

[eldargal]

Yeah I liked Pharaoh a lot. I'd just prefer a system like Banished where anyone can do any job regardless of gender because, you know, it isn't the 1840s anymore.

[Wolfshade]

I do mean to get banished, but haven't got around to it yet.

[Psychosplodge]

Its on the list.

[Houghten]

I got banished once. And then thrown in a dungeon in the place I was banished to.

[ElectricPaladin]

I did a good stint when it came out. It's addictive but I never managed to kill the boss.
Invest in sheilds and try and get a high numbered laser cannon. also fire manually not automatically so you can time your shots for maximum advantage.
I wish they did a pursuit mode where you just kept going as long as you were able rather than the boss thing.

Yeah, a pursuit mode would be interesting...

I don't mind never winning. I've been hunting Morgoth (playing Moria, then Angband) for the last twenty freaking years and I still haven't beaten it.

Phfft. People who play this new-fangled "Dark Souls" thing think they've got it bad...

[Psychosplodge]

Oh yeah target their O2 and suffocate them XD

[Wolfshade]

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Brilliant game, though buggy as hell :( is now £3/US$5 on Amazon. If you don't have it, buy it, buy it now.

Linky: http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Masquerade-Bloodlines-Online-Game/dp/B00D6K43VS/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1398368826&sr=1-1&keywords=vampire+the+masquerade

Then install it, but don't play it first install the fan made patch pushing it up to version 9.0.

Link: http://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/4647/61625

This was a great game by Troika, though it was released with no polish :( These fan made patches have been restoring content and unfinished items. Then on top of that improved textures and sounds.

All exciting, time to re-install and enjoy the embrace.

[eldargal]

Frozen mod for GTAV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UFJzrYoxtg
They should make this official DLC, render the characters better and I will buy the hell out of all of it.

[Psychosplodge]

Theres probably more likely a L4D2 skin? And possibly a voice set?

[Kirsten]

finally got the chance to play Metroid: Other M. all I can say is noooooooo. what have they done to Samus? going to go play Metroid Prime and pretend this never happened.

[Psychosplodge]

Legendary ET game (http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/27/hidden-e-t-the-extra-terrestrial-video-games-found-in-new-mexico-desert-4710276/) found

[Mr Mystery]

Well, bought Stick of Truth, and comfortably completed it within a weekend.

It might be short, but my word it's a right laugh! So much stuff I can't go into not only because of spoilers, but because it'd probably get me banned.

Decent little RPG, and I'm looking forward to any and all DLC for it. Like Crab People.

[Psychosplodge]

I'm waiting for it to drop below £20, then I'll probably pick it up.

[Kirsten]

I am playing the original NES Zelda, along with Trials Fusion and Rayman Legends.

[Psychosplodge]

You hipster you :p

[Wolfshade]

Have you guys played the Brutal Doom mod yet? If not why not?!

[Psychosplodge]

Brutal doom?

[Wolfshade]

http://www.moddb.com/mods/brutal-doom


In development since 2010, the 18th Cacoward winner and Moddb 2012 MOTY Editors Choice of Creativity Award Brütal Doom takes Doom into a whole new level. It makes the game much more violent than before. There's much more blood, plus it adds unique gibs, death animations, dismemberments, headshots, executions, fire and explosion particles, flares, shadows over all objects, and much more.
The whole world becomes more real and interactive.You can kick severed limbs and heads (and sometimes, use it to activate some traps in the map earlier, or even kick them against enemies to do some damage), you can shoot enemies' heads to deal more damage (and cause more gruesome deaths) you can destroy most things in the the scenario (trees, lamps, hanging bodies, etc), you can paint the floor, the walls, and even the ceiling with blood, you can push the explosive barrels to make traps, or grab them and use like an explosive weapon, you can silently take down enemies from behind and perform stealth kills, the chainsaw actually cuts the enemies in two. When you find the berserk pack and get super strength, you can perform cinematic executions and RIP AND TEAR your foes with your bare hands. Some enemies will scream in anguish and try to crawl away when near death, and they can be used as human shields, and much, much more

Everything in Brutal Doom is extremely intense. Everything sounds louder, looks bigger, moves faster, and hits harder. You can even fell the impact of explosions. Enemies are harder and smarter, and weapons and explosions are loud as ****. Your weapons have been upgraded to a deadly arsenal, completely throwing the vanilla Doom's "progressive weapon system" through the window. Every weapon is powerful and have it's pros and cons, and a weapon will never be outclassed when you find a new weapon.You have new abilities too. With any weapon selected, you can press Q (default bind) to kick enemies at close range and send them away. Press F (default bind) to taunt enemy players, and Z or X (default binds) to wave to other players in cooperative modes.
Brütal Doom will make the good an old Doom have a new and fresh look. It will give you a reason to play all the Ultimate Doom, Doom 2, and Final Doom levels again. This mod also works with almost every megawad and map pack around. Take a breath, and prepare to RIP AND TEAR HUGE GUTS!!!!!


http://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/20/19741/thumb_620x2000/DELICOUSGUTS.jpg

[Psychosplodge]

Not sure I've even got a copy of original doom anymore

[Wolfshade]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/2280/

[Mr Mystery]

I am playing the original NES Zelda, along with Trials Fusion and Rayman Legends.

There's an element of the second Zelda game included in Stick of Truth......

[Kirsten]

once I finish the first it will be on to the second. I have them both on the Gamecube special edition disc, but I downloaded them for Wii U. I love the original, you get no help whatsoever, not even an overworld map, it just starts the game and looks at you expectantly saying 'well off you go then, what are you standing around for?'

[Psychosplodge]

So it arrived?

[Kirsten]

yeah had it ten days or so now

[Psychosplodge]

You enjoying it?
Picked up a wii move remote at weekend to play some of the minigames, and they're too addicitve

[Kirsten]

loving it yeah, it definitely needs more games, but I have Windwaker, Mario 3D World, Rayman Legends which are all fantastic, Nintendo Land is amazing with friends, the ability to play Wii games really boosts the catalogue. plus NES Remix on virtual console, NES Zelda, SNES Zelda, Metroid Fusion...

also got Child of Light today and everybody must buy it at once. right now. go play it. it is astonishing.

[Psychosplodge]

And mariokart 8 is coming soon :D

[Kirsten]

yup, end of this month. so excited.

[Psychosplodge]

I'm gonna have to get myself a wii u

[Kirsten]

yes you are.

[eldargal]

https://24.media.tumblr.com/80fcc9cb7e7bcd2a34025f84e381ed3e/tumblr_mzpxq2feak1qlnd2vo1_500.jpg

saffaux reblogged a post about lady armor in video games and I wanted to see how my latest gaming obsession fared when it came to female armor designs.

I never really noticed but apparently they changed the Carapace Armor designs for ladies in the expansion, taking away the weird boob cup thing going on in Enemy Unknown.

It makes me happy to know one of the designers, at some point during the creation of Enemy Within, saw the boob cups and thought “that’s ****ing stupid. Let’s fix it.”

Good on you, Firaxis Games/2K.
Source (http://kedasederragar.tumblr.com/post/84508535922/theangelwithnoface-this-extra-life-saffaux)

[Mr Mystery]

I've been playing Arkahm Asylum again.

Every bit as awesomely awesome as I remember!

[eldargal]

I found it a bit flat personally. Not as bad as I feared but a distinct but small step back from Arkham City. I did like that the Riddler trophies were blackmail information though, made it much more interesting to track down and also more realistic I thought.

[Gotthammer]

I thought something seemed different in Xcom about the skins but couldn't place it. Good work on that :)



https://31.media.tumblr.com/b8a640f0444a00acd8ccfca1c8a0f6da/tumblr_n3z907zc8O1qb9a09o1_1280.png

[Lord Asterion]

I thought Asylum was the best one, i liked the tight focus it had and it made a lot more sense than having half a city were only a few thugs roamed the streets

[Kirsten]

I planned to get stuff done this evening, then I bought Heroes of Might and Magic V for £4 on gog...

just realised I haven't even brought my washing in from the line and it is nearly midnight...

[Tyrendian]

ye HoM&M will do that... repeatedly...

[Kirsten]

I played 2 and 3 an awful lot. didn't get in to 4 at all. but they are all on special offer today, so I decided to grab 5 for old times sake, and yeah, they suck you in.

[Gotthammer]

https://24.media.tumblr.com/41f50142cf6a9b549ab553a457b6a299/tumblr_n43r8kherZ1s0udieo1_400.gif

[Kirsten]

wow...

[Wolfshade]

3 was awesome, 4 was wtf?!, 5 was great, and 6 won't run on my machine :( Though it is in my steam account!

[Psychosplodge]

Well, bought Stick of Truth, and comfortably completed it within a weekend.

It might be short, but my word it's a right laugh! So much stuff I can't go into not only because of spoilers, but because it'd probably get me banned.

Decent little RPG, and I'm looking forward to any and all DLC for it. Like Crab People.

Started playing this at weekend, on the third day, and this game is awesome. It's literally like playing an episode.


https://24.media.tumblr.com/41f50142cf6a9b549ab553a457b6a299/tumblr_n43r8kherZ1s0udieo1_400.gif

Yep that seems like GTA 5 physics

[Kirsten]

3 was awesome, 4 was wtf?!, 5 was great

pretty much my view yeah, not tried 6 though.

[Wolfshade]

Did you get gold edition with the dwarves and orcs?

[eldargal]

Yep that seems like GTA 5 physics
Ah but it isn't SUPPOSED to be realistic physics, its a satire of physics in our society.

[Psychosplodge]

Ah but it isn't SUPPOSED to be realistic physics, its a satire of physics in our society.

Yeah, I'll accept that :D

[Wolfshade]

If we don't have to have historical representations in our games we don't need actual physics....

[Kirsten]

Did you get gold edition with the dwarves and orcs?

yeah, just playing through the first campaign at the moment, not tried the expansions.

[Wolfshade]

Darfs have dragons!

[Kirsten]

black dragons?

[Wolfshade]

Magma ones
http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120301202242/mightandmagic/en/images/3/3c/Magma_dragon.jpg

Roar!

Not as good as:
http://pixieandrotter.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/animals-dressed-as-other-animals-2.jpg

[Psychosplodge]

best dragon

http://i61.tinypic.com/20g1lxd.jpg

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

It's between him and Paarthurnax for me.

[Wolfshade]

Your dragon looks like a white box with a red cross...nt a dragon at all :p

[Psychosplodge]

best dragon

http://i61.tinypic.com/20g1lxd.jpg


your dragon looks like a white box with a red cross...nt a dragon at all :p

ftfy

[Kirsten]

Magma ones
http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120301202242/mightandmagic/en/images/3/3c/Magma_dragon.jpg


not as cool as black dragons.

[Wolfshade]

If you prefer the one race of dragon over other types does that make you a racist?

[Kirsten]

I love all dragons, it is just that black dragons in Heroes of Might and Magic are awesome.

[Wolfshade]

Most damage, flyer, immue to magic boom!

Magma dragons do the same damage, but have more hit points but only immune to fire

[Kirsten]

When I got Heroes 2 for my birthday the manual's first page was a message from the staff thanking you for buying the game and talking a bit about it which was awesome, and the last line was 'watch out for black dragons'. the Warlocks were always my favourite faction, followed by the wizards. not played enough of 5 yet to know who is in it now or what they have access to.

[Wolfshade]

Ah, the dudgeons (where teh black dragons come from) have some great thing there scouts are scary.

[Kirsten]

I shall have to try a map as the Dungeon faction.

[Wolfshade]

The Warlock campaign is where you start then.

[Kirsten]

might finish the Haven campaign first, though I got to the mission with the new hero and he is a)male, and b) level 3, so I am much less interested, compared to my awesome queen character who was max level and loaded with skills.

[Wolfshade]

IIRC all the story arcs come together.

Everyone knows it is all about converting everything to skeletons though...

[Psychosplodge]

3DS ruby and sapphire remake announced (http://kotaku.com/pokemon-ruby-and-sapphire-remakes-announced-for-novembe-1572895904)!

[Wolfshade]

Nintendo post full years loss : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27308862

Wii U blamed.

[Kirsten]

it is a shame, I love my Wii U and it has completely taken over from my other consoles since I got it. it is a superb console, it just suffers from a lack of games. plus I know from working in Game that calling it the 'Wii U' was a bad move, a lot of people view it as an upgrade to an existing Wii, and say they don't want to buy a tablet to go with their old console. calling it something new would have gone a long way I think.

[Psychosplodge]

I think you're right.

Even a Wii 2 would have shown it was some sort of progression, the U is pretty meaningless.

[Wolfshade]

Yup silly name, sounds like an upgrade.

- - - Updated - - -

Also damnit Kirsten I now need to play HoMM again

[Psychosplodge]

http://i57.tinypic.com/2z8vslj.jpg

[Kirsten]

mwahahaha

[Wolfshade]

I wonder if VI will run on my laptop...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

But the question is, and I am so divided on this...
Treecko, Mudkip, or Torchic?

I like them all...

[Psychosplodge]

I've got my Torchic in final form from my original copy of Ruby, so I think the question is mudkip or treecko and thats no question at all

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Swampert and Sceptile are both ace.

It depends on whether I want a Sp Attacker or a Tank. I would've had Blaziken, but only if I could get access to Speed Boost as an ability.
To be fair, if imports from X and Y are allowed, might just use my Combusken that has Speed Boost.

Swampert or Sceptile though... Tanky Frog or Ninja Lizard.

[Psychosplodge]

hmm yeah when you put it like that...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I think I'll take Swampert. He has a lot of strong moves and only 1 weakness. Although, that is a 4x weakness to grass.

- - - Updated - - -

And none of the Gyms or the Elite Four are dedicated Grass Trainers! Superb.

[Gotthammer]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/a0dab3e347a4311dbe6ae1ed5ff8169c/tumblr_n5855f2cca1r94e9jo1_400.gif

[Psychosplodge]

I think I'll take Swampert. He has a lot of strong moves and only 1 weakness. Although, that is a 4x weakness to grass.

- - - Updated - - -

And none of the Gyms or the Elite Four are dedicated Grass Trainers! Superb.

and a decision is made



http://24.media.tumblr.com/a0dab3e347a4311dbe6ae1ed5ff8169c/tumblr_n5855f2cca1r94e9jo1_400.gif

Someone was telling me about doing that against a dragon on a bridge on an indy game the other day. Wish i could remember the game.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I just killed that guy because I don't suck at games. xD

[Gotthammer]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/bb41e1db5782571caa3c21dc6bfac30c/tumblr_n54uj9xmQj1qdvatvo1_400.gif http://24.media.tumblr.com/b2b2bf8a07ee4f461610fd0f94652057/tumblr_n52zb8sXma1s4ume2o1_400.gif


And on a more serious note: preview of Hoenn soundtrack (http://jessibobbins.tumblr.com/post/85205165321/telemiscommunicator-jerryterry-a-snippet-of)?

[eldargal]

*flails* Adawbs.

[Psychosplodge]

I want a kitten with an off button.
It seems so much more efficient,

[Cap'nSmurfs]

Dark Souls 2 ate my head for a bit there. What a game.

[Wolfshade]

Installed and played the first level in HoMMVI, and it is what I expected, nice easy tutorial focusing on combat and resource gathering, not too difficult. The only trouble is that now I want more and won't be able to get more till Saturday night. Boo.

Also:

What happens if LucasArt met BtVS http://andrewscaife.tumblr.com/post/84840471350/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-as-a-lucasarts-point-and

[Gotthammer]

https://24.media.tumblr.com/902d5dbbf07236fb2ae8d4a895a92751/tumblr_n2m1cvb5QX1scc7t1o1_1280.jpg

I don't get why it's so hyped..?

[eldargal]

Big Dog lobbyists have sunk a lot of money into its marketing campaign.;)

[Kirsten]

that is genius

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

And on a more serious note: preview of Hoenn soundtrack (http://jessibobbins.tumblr.com/post/85205165321/telemiscommunicator-jerryterry-a-snippet-of)?

Why does that sound like Year 3000?

[eldargal]

Bought Bioshock Infinite on Steam sale, 75% off. Read some pretty scathing critiques of various elements of it so it will be interesting to see what I think of it.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

It's pretty meh. It didn't need half of the plot elements which left it contrived and pointless.

[Gotthammer]

http://vimeo.com/92000406



Players will control young female protagonist Nuna and her arctic fox as they try to rescue her homeland from an endless blizzard. Upper One calls itself the first indigenous-owned video game developer and publisher in the U.S. and Never Alone's inspiration comes from the centuries-old stories and folklore of the Iñupiat people native to the region. Priced at $15, it comes out this fall for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

[eldargal]

Nifty.

[Psychosplodge]

Started playing Dragon age Origins again this weekend (original playthrough was halfway through when did an hdd upgrade and the dragon age files wouldn't transfer) Started with the DLC.
Discovered

Leliana is awesome.
Legendary elven pseudo dragons are easy to kill even on hard.
Golems are nigh impossible to kill even on casual, also the harvester or whatever it's called. Just nope.
I'm Not a very good darkspawn.

And then onto the main quest!
All I'm saying is dwarven politics suck.

[Gotthammer]

Orzemarr? More like Borezemarr am i rite?! Eh? Eh? :p


https://24.media.tumblr.com/f14db9a43835b254a02b3e4dc96b7e95/tumblr_n57bzbThoO1r99lieo1_500.gif

[eldargal]

Bahahaha!

[Psychosplodge]

Orzemarr? More like Borezemarr am i rite?! Eh? Eh? :p



Well I did manage to bed the two dwarven lovelies, but ancestors damn it, where's the honour?

[eldargal]

Assassins Creed: Liberation aka Feminist Facestab is 33% off on Steam apparently if anyone is interested.

[Psychosplodge]

I got bored of assassins creed with the second one, but I did enjoy having a sail round committing piracy on IV for half an hour or so.

[Gotthammer]

http://37.media.tumblr.com/840d6ac0268bfc533c5c03457663c2c5/tumblr_n4dvuzncGY1rwnp75o3_r1_1280.jpg

http://37.media.tumblr.com/e8999cb8c1c1d229a337129623e23a41/tumblr_n4dvuzncGY1rwnp75o2_r1_1280.jpg

http://37.media.tumblr.com/137359768357bed6e4e8539766d7fdaf/tumblr_n4dvuzncGY1rwnp75o1_r1_1280.jpg

lol BioWare :P

[eldargal]

Still probly better than Dragon Ages 'lets cuddle in our underwear to [ENJA] awkwardly for 30 seconds then fade to black'.:p

[Gotthammer]

Lol true, but I'm looking forward to Inquisition - I mean with the latest graphics the underwear's going to look so realistic now ;)

[eldargal]

You'll be able to make out the eyes on Lelianas nug knickers.:p

[Gotthammer]

Is it bad I'm hoping Schmooples appears more than, say, um... any of those characters whose names I can't remember? >.<

[eldargal]

No, no it isn't. If Leliana doesn't introduce Schmooples to the Inquisitor by saying 'May I present my Dwarven bunny-pig, Schmooples' I will be very disappointed.

[Gotthammer]

Yay! :p

[Psychosplodge]

You'll be able to make out the eyes on Lelianas nug knickers.:p

Lelianna's got nug knickers? This is what I missed playing on a CRT tv the first time round, the things I've missed...

[Wolfshade]

Dlc?

[Psychosplodge]

I don't think so, unless you mean a PC mod?

[Wolfshade]

No idea.

[Kirsten]

may have bought Might and Magic Heroes 6...

it is on special offer direct from Ubisoft online, ten euros for the complete edition with all three expansions.

[Gotthammer]

Half Life 3 confirmed.

https://31.media.tumblr.com/71bd6686c8da76c6aba51db69922ea82/tumblr_mp2l61qb8I1spavteo1_500.jpg

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

:O

[Psychosplodge]

Half Life 3 confirmed.

https://31.media.tumblr.com/71bd6686c8da76c6aba51db69922ea82/tumblr_mp2l61qb8I1spavteo1_500.jpg

Nope, valve are apparently incapable of releasing amy game with a 3 in the title

[Kirsten]

Markus Persson tries 'Omegle' (the 'You' in this conversation)

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd380/KirstenIGMB/A_0x8-rCYAAyOt1_zpsf1e69fde.png

in case you didn't know, he created Minecraft...

[Psychosplodge]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LPO1DAib294

[Gotthammer]

http://media.tumblr.com/8d05d57852757f1ac5b9e439845632f9/tumblr_inline_mzfftlesO31qjc29h.jpg

[Wolfshade]

What do you get if you cross Mount and Blade: Warband and Warhammer FB?

http://www.nexusmods.com/mbwarband/mods/5890/?



13 factions to join or fight these are :-
Empire, Lizardmen, Tomb Kings, Badlands Goblins, Pirates, Orc, Dwarfs, Bretonnia, Chaos,
Dark Elves, High Elves, Araby and Skaven.
Every faction has tons of new armours, items, mounts which you can buy from merchants.
Each faction has its own troop types and lords which are close to their warhammer armies.
Big monsters to hire or fight including Trolls, Ratogres, Ogres, kroxigors and Ushabti.

The ability to become a player character of every faction race in the game.
All new character creation system, bring a warhammer background to your character.
Item Race Restrictions, Player can only wear items which relate to their race.
The player has the chance to obtain magical weapons and armour for themselves.

[Psychosplodge]

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

[eldargal]

What do you get if you cross Mount and Blade: Warband and Warhammer FB?

http://www.nexusmods.com/mbwarband/mods/5890/?
Meh, no female Dark Elves.

[Gotthammer]

https://24.media.tumblr.com/2cc95db8e092220ee6838f4964420354/tumblr_msqikzwyDl1r10s59o1_500.jpg

[Psychosplodge]

lols.

I want a pokemon game with all the regions, all open from the start no storyline or team whatever, just a free roaming pokemon collecting game.

[Psychosplodge]

New mario zelda crossover sneak peak leaked

http://i61.tinypic.com/344be3t.gif

http://i57.tinypic.com/33vlwcl.gif

[Gotthammer]

http://data3.whicdn.com/images/51736482/large.gif

[Gotthammer]

http://youtu.be/Odax7F3tWhM

[Psychosplodge]

http://i60.tinypic.com/syxmj5.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/21c0t2.jpg

[Wolfshade]

???

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

What is it highlighting?

[Psychosplodge]

A nineties style see through 3ds?

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

But it's zoomed in on a specific area.

[Psychosplodge]

yeah it shows something, that looks like the ribbon cable that attaches the top screen to the bottom...

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

It is also inferior to my golden Zelda 3ds.

[Psychosplodge]

Which is nice but inferior to my original zelda 3ds :D

http://i61.tinypic.com/5kpyj4.png

[Wolfshade]

Which is nice but inferior to my original nokia :D
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-asJZ4Coj-dw/UiZhLOQ34dI/AAAAAAAAAhw/g-NvNbJCSsA/s1600/old+nokia1.jpg

[Psychosplodge]

Nah if you were going to do that you should have linked an original gameboy :D

[Wolfshade]

I prefer different sorts of handhelds...

[Gotthammer]

https://24.media.tumblr.com/346ea5d25221932d2dfab0edacca445d/tumblr_n5yag4H83J1r28k5co1_1280.jpg

https://24.media.tumblr.com/3854d3faedf48f66c1cdd3a9d06b6fa5/tumblr_n5yag4H83J1r28k5co2_1280.jpg

Leighton McDonald (http://www.behance.net/leightonmcdonald) owns you all:


For this project, I’m redesigning the Nintendo 2DS. Some features will be stripped, like the 3D cameras at the back, for size reduction and pricing goals. I want to make this the Gameboy Micro of the DS family. It’s smaller than a Galaxy Note 2, but large enough for pleasant sized screens; making it the most pocketable DS on the market.


Also:

https://31.media.tumblr.com/ade3cadde031ec366a906481879f640d/tumblr_n5ryog5O6h1qlqdm4o1_500.jpg

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I hate just Gen 1 things.

Also, that 2ds redesign looks ace.


Also also, at least I can see my screen 'splodgy. :p

[Psychosplodge]

I prefer different sorts of handhelds...

*wink wink nudge nudge*


https://24.media.tumblr.com/346ea5d25221932d2dfab0edacca445d/tumblr_n5yag4H83J1r28k5co1_1280.jpg

https://24.media.tumblr.com/3854d3faedf48f66c1cdd3a9d06b6fa5/tumblr_n5yag4H83J1r28k5co2_1280.jpg

Leighton McDonald (http://www.behance.net/leightonmcdonald) owns you all:




Also:

https://31.media.tumblr.com/ade3cadde031ec366a906481879f640d/tumblr_n5ryog5O6h1qlqdm4o1_500.jpg

That's impressive, and I hope the laptop is a trolling attempt, because otherwise that persons typing is too good.

[Gotthammer]

No they are merely a Pokemon master :p

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Hardly a Pokemon Master if you only recognise the first generation... :rolleyes:

[Gotthammer]

Who says they don't? They clearly love the first gen and cartoon a lot but that doesn't indicate lack of knowledge of later generations.

[Psychosplodge]

I don't care, I have two victinis :D

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I have caught 718 different Pokemon. :p

[eldargal]

I have caught...0.:p

[Psychosplodge]

I think I'm in the mid 400s I really ought to catch the rest...

[White Tiger88]

I have caught...0.:p

Now thats a lie.....we all know you are Super Girl, Pokemon master!

[eldargal]

Nope seriously, when I said the names Pokemon, Pikachu and Psy-duck were the sum totality of my Pokemon knowledge I wasn't joking.:p

[White Tiger88]

Nope seriously, when I said the names Pokemon, Pikachu and Psy-duck were the sum totality of my Pokemon knowledge I wasn't joking.:p

Psyduck is the most bad *** pokemon......... Psyduck gets all the ladies!!! (No really it is kind of a series joke....)

[Psychosplodge]

Its time you got a 3DS EG, embrace the spirit of collecting...

[White Tiger88]

Its time you got a 3DS EG, embrace the spirit of collecting...

Should we start a cultist chanting now to get her to join us?

Also i just noticed my Pokemon 3DS XL is a metalic blue that matches alpha legion...........

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

That means that you need a team of Hydreigons.

[White Tiger88]

That means that you need a team of Hydreigons.

I see what you did there!!!! U FUNNY MAN!!!

[Gotthammer]

Then & now:

https://31.media.tumblr.com/d58890ec0f8106c4d504d20775dd0123/tumblr_n5y8qxA7Uz1qzi7clo1_1280.jpg

[eldargal]

'But games had more character back then'

:rolleyes:

[daboarder]

'But games had more character back then'

:rolleyes:

depends on the game

[eldargal]

Well yes but there are plenty of characterful games today. Just loathe the obnoxious, idiotic fandom nostalgia thing.

[White Tiger88]

Well yes but there are plenty of characterful games today. Just loathe the obnoxious, idiotic fandom nostalgia thing.

I think we need to sit you down & have you play the Original Mario start to finish with no save..... :D