The General Pooter Games Thread.

[Kirsten]

that is crazy

[Gotthammer]

Yeah I mean I can't believe it said they failed the stunt jump :/

[Kirsten]

I know, ridiculous :p

[Gotthammer]

https://31.media.tumblr.com/388c6ef58039ba628d825617a8e09480/tumblr_n5xec5tc9c1sj0peoo1_250.gif

https://38.media.tumblr.com/6598355359366ad520387538d39a70cc/tumblr_n6cchsY0Qy1scljk2o1_250.gif

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[Kirsten]

love that last one

[eldargal]

The kitty one and second last are my favourites.

[Gotthammer]

https://38.media.tumblr.com/a7183a39d0d7496f3845769fbcd51d9b/tumblr_n5jodhG59O1sj0peoo1_400.gif

https://38.media.tumblr.com/65c93e91937a7e4125027efb6c24f6d1/tumblr_ni172pt5jz1rzwigdo1_400.gif

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[eldargal]

Omigosh the first and last lol.

[Gotthammer]

https://33.media.tumblr.com/db7bc93726f108fef2b9be89285f5055/tumblr_n83re7IleB1tzejm1o1_400.gif

[eldargal]

That seems dangerous, but lol.

[Gotthammer]

http://i.giphy.com/ETCk0hS3rg20E.gif

[eldargal]

Best one yet hehe.

[Psychosplodge]

https://40.media.tumblr.com/d59a129c529a87665f589fb2d8dd6268/tumblr_nhs0inT80S1rmmraho1_500.jpg

[Tyrendian]

seems about right... always fun in Audiosurf as well... :D

[Psychosplodge]

Try some cradle of filth or dimmu borgir in audiosurf, its all nice until the fast bits...

[Tyrendian]

oh yeah Dimmu Borgir is fun as well... :)

[Wolfshade]

What is this?

[Gotthammer]

A forum for ants?!

[Psychosplodge]

What is this?

Audiosurf? (http://store.steampowered.com/app/12900/)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4euF_do8vM

[Mr Mystery]

I've got an iPad now.

And I'm on my lunch. Playing Warhammer Quest. This is ace!

[Psychosplodge]

But on the other hand you have to use an iPad...

[Path Walker]

I mucked up my save on WHQ and now have to start all over again, I love it though, its exactly as frustrating and annoying as the board game could be!

I just got the Witch Hunter, so now I have all the DLC, obsesed.

[Mr Mystery]

But on the other hand you have to use an iPad...

Meh.

[Psychosplodge]

https://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbszzuocLr1qep59xo1_1280.jpg


About three things I was absolutely positive. First, I had a pokemon. Second, there was a part of me - and I didn’t know how dominant that part might be - that wanted to be the very best, like no one ever was. Third, Gary Oak was unconditionally and irrevocably a douchenozzle.




Also, Kirsten/Mystery you collecting amiabos yet?

[Kirsten]

Not yet, quite fancy a Zelda, Link, and Samus

[Psychosplodge]

I got a Samus, and fox but not used them yet.
SO got link, toon link, marthius(? or similar) and a pit.

Was looking for a zelda, but everywhere just has peach.

Might get a shiek instead...

Bought some of those infinity storage hexagons. what you can't see on the box is theres a hole and clips to hold infinity's so you need to make plasticard filler pieces to store amiibo figures in them...

[Kirsten]

have you done anything with your Amiibos? even after reading up about them I am still not sure what they do exactly. I do like the figures though, really like Zelda

[Psychosplodge]

I think they're like DLC characters for things like mario kart and smash bros, and possibly hyrule warriors.
But on some games they apparently level up? and they're linkable or something so you can use them on other peoples systems but still with your stats or something?
I'll try and have a go with them sunday.

[Kirsten]

as I understand it they unlock costumes for mario kart and hyrule warriors, and if you use it with smash brothers then the amiibo levels up to provide a high level opponent, kind of like ghost data. something like that anyway.

not entirely sure it grabs me, but they are nice so I might pick a few up at some point

[Gotthammer]

http://38.media.tumblr.com/3b8af6664a088dd94668916942a16b12/tumblr_niz1lusfWL1qb5gkjo2_400.gif

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[Kirsten]

lol

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video game/Pixar mashups, brilliant

http://moviepilot.com/posts/2015/01/27/buzz-in-mass-effect-merida-in-tomb-raider-these-pixar-video-game-character-mashups-are-brilliant-2627754?lt_source=external,manual

[Kirsten]

I was in the mood for some FPS action and lo and behold, CoD Advanced Warfare was half price in Tesco last night.

have played for a few hours now, and mixed feelings. it has some interesting mechanics thrown in, double jumping, wall climbing, a deployable riot shield, your own personal assault drone... but these things can only be used in very narrowly defined parameters. if you try to double jump on to a roof to get a better angle, nope. jumping is for scaling walls when told. the riot shield, despite being a simple fold away device, can only be taken out and used once per mission. same with the drone, and it tells you when to deploy it.

I get every Call of Duty, and they are enjoyable, but at this point they are so scripted they might as well just make films instead. there are loads of quick time events and the prompts are tiny and white, so they don't stand out at all from the background, they aren't even in a central position or anything. so what might be a cool sequence ends up just being a series of deaths as you learn the routine, by the time you do it it is no longer cool.

as usual for these games, your character is the rookie, new to the unit, and you get grudging praise at the end of the mission despite the fact the rest of your squad might as well not actually be there. 'Mitchell press the elevator button' 'Mitchell take out that tank' 'Mitchell, single handedly win this war whilst we sit around at the base and watch you on tv'. so after doing the entire mission yourself, 'not too bad Mitchell, you might turn out ok'. **** you. It is like at the end of Assassin's Creed 2 when, having single handedly foiled the Templars and killed more people than the plague, you are told 'not bad, you can join our gang' screw you, you can join my gang if you like. maybe.

During an early mission in Advanced Warfare, where you are in a simulated environment to get used to your new bionic arm, get up to scratch with the team etc. you can choose your own loadout. but during actual missions? no, you shall use the guns you are told to use. As shooters go, I much prefer Battlefield, which gives a lot more freedom. Sniper Elite is the best series though, choose your own gear at the start of the mission, pick your path, pick your style, actual skill involved in the shooting. think I will go download the Sniper Elite 3 DLC and save Churchill instead.

[Psychosplodge]

I've never got on with CoD. It just seems so dull. My fps of choice is still TF2, with the occasional foray into planetside 2.

[Kirsten]

I find it quite enjoyable most of the time. not enough that I ever get it on launch day, I got Advanced Warfare for £25 and that is the most I would pay for it. will trade it in this coming weekend for about £17 at Game. The reviews stated that this latest one took a leaf out of Titanfall's book and mixed things up a bit, was much more free flowing, varied etc. but the single player is still the same old scripted crap. it gets worse with each new release really, the same few mission types, like the obligatory stealth mission where you simply crawl after somebody else and do exactly what they do or you lose. I know people say 'oh but CoD is just a multiplayer game' but some of us remember when it was a refreshing and powerful single player game that pushed FPS' at the time.

[Kirsten]

in other news, I am a big fan of the Sniper Elite add ons, Na zi Zombies. and now there is a third installment in the series coming, along with the first two games, to PS4 and XB1. the best part, as well as the original main character, it adds a choice of eight others to play as, four of whom are female

[eldargal]

Nice, hope it comes to PC.:)

[Psychosplodge]

http://i.imgur.com/DgFFFsX.jpg

[Kirsten]

Nice, hope it comes to PC.:)

It is on Steam i am pretty sure

[eldargal]

The new one with the wimmins? Nifty.:) I'd play more shooters if they had more female protagonists.

[Erik Setzer]

the best part, as well as the original main character, it adds a choice of eight others to play as, four of whom are female

This reminds me... The best game for making any kind of protagonist, hands-down, is Saints Row. Especially the latter entries. You can choose to be male or female, aren't locked into voice or gestures by gender, can make any body type you want, any skin color (though the voices are a bit limited in ethnic range, but heck, it's still amazing to have six different voices to read all those lines), and you can dress in any outfit you want. Want a female boss with a male voice? You got it! Fat black lady (example from a video about SR3)? Yep! Male boss who likes to wear dresses and style his hair like a 50s housewife? You can do that too! And in SR2, which still had "escort missions" (not the type of "escort missions" you're used to), you could do them as male or female. The latest one, which decided to just let people "romance" any member of the crew (kind of as a poke at Bioware), lets you go for any gender or even a robot, if you're into that.

Even Gat Out of Hell, which doesn't have you playing your "boss," gives you the choice of Gat or Kinzie, so you have male or female characters to play.

And while the stories are pretty silly and crazy, I think the female characters are pretty well-balanced, and actually strong characters.

The games aren't everyone's cup of tea, but heck, if you want fun (and funny) action games that let you go crazy with the type of character you play, it's worth dropping a little money on them. SR2 is when it starts getting good, then SR3 gives more options but starts the spiral into madness (glorious, wonderful madness).

[Kirsten]

Saints Row IV where one male voice option is Nolan North. It is listed as such, and he just plays himself. It is amazing

[Mr Mystery]

The new one with the wimmins? Nifty.:) I'd play more shooters if they had more female protagonists.


Machine gun jubblies?

What? Someone had to.

[Kirsten]

The new one with the wimmins? Nifty.:) I'd play more shooters if they had more female protagonists.

yup, **** Zombie Trilogy, out 6th of March, currently 60% off on Steam, £11.99.

I thoroughly recommend them. unlike shooters like CoD, you have to think about what you are doing, plan your approach and your shots, take your time... the zombies expansions have been ridiculed on sites like IGN for being totally unnecessary, a blatant cash in, totally different to the main game etc. but I think they are great, and being a different experience to the main game is exactly what expansions like that should be about in my opinion. when you are armed with a bolt action or semi automatic rifle having a horde of zombies running toward you is far more worrying then zombies in CoD where you load up on automatic weaponry. you can have a submachine gun or shotgun secondary weapon in Sniper Elite, but ammo is limited. you have to use a lot of booby traps, trip mines etc, and surviving is much more of a concern.

[eldargal]

Sounds interesting, I like shooters with a bit of depth too. Don't carefor zombies at all, terribly boring as a rule but can put up with a lot more than zombies for female protagonists.:)

[Psychosplodge]

While you're calling zombies boring, don't you think it's lazy that every rpg fantasy game fills its dungeons/world with giant spiders?

[Mr Mystery]

TO be fair, if they filled them with Clowns, I'd be too terrified to enter any dungeon.

[eldargal]

While you're calling zombies boring, don't you think it's lazy that every rpg fantasy game fills its dungeons/world with giant spiders?

Yup, thought I think giant spiders are more interesting than zombies. I just don't get the obsession with zombies at all, I find them incredibly boring.

[Mr Mystery]

I love Zombies, but I can't explain why.

I am a bit of a gorehound when it comes to films though. And there is something undeniably cathartic about moral-free wailing on formerly human beings.

[Psychosplodge]

A couple of hours playing the L4D2 gibfest mutation is always fun...

[Kirsten]

TO be fair, if they filled them with Clowns, I'd be too terrified to enter any dungeon.

now I want to make an RPG with a clown dungeon

[Psychosplodge]

Clown elves(harlequins:D)? or just clowns? Now theres a comedy Baldur's gate mod....

[Mr Mystery]

My poor nerves!

[Erik Setzer]

I love Zombies, but I can't explain why. ... And there is something undeniably cathartic about moral-free wailing on formerly human beings.

You just explained it right there. It's the reason zombies are such a draw. They let people get out their urge to commit violence on their fellow people by de-humanizing those people first. No guilt at all, and they get to do what they really want to do to other people.

[Mr Mystery]

So enjoying Warhammer Quest!

Bit of a 'Freemium' thing going on, but extra baddies and areas aren't massive expensive, and I don't hold with buying Gold when I can just Nick off down a Dungeon to seek, uh......charitable donations from the inhabitants.

[Kirsten]

cool, hoping to pick it up at some point

[Wolfshade]

The Lost Vikings Return!

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-lost-vikings-return-to-action-in-heroes-of-the-storm/

Wowsers

[Kirsten]

I saw that, loved those games

[Wolfshade]

You have to because they are awesome (if not super frustrating)

[Tyrendian]

by the way, anyone else picked up Darkest Dungeon?

[Kirsten]

playing Majora's Mask 3D, and it really is beautiful. a big step up from the old one, even more so I think than Ocarina 3D was. playing some Company of Heroes 2 as well.

[Psychosplodge]

Civ 5 mod (http://imgur.com/a/Zz33Q) you might like Kirsten

[Kirsten]

Not a Civ fan, but that looks fun. Though if it were accurate the Steam Packet would suck

[Psychosplodge]

Not if everyone else is in triremes...

[Kirsten]

Triremes would be more efficient

[Psychosplodge]

That bad?

[Kirsten]

Frequently

[Tyrendian]

yeah that unit isn't stellar, but the rest of the stats seem quite good (avid CIV player here :))
gotta get that and play a game with it methinks...

€dit: or I would if the workshop wasn't poopin' out on me today... *sigh*
oh well more Star Trek: Armada 3 then... :)

[Kirsten]

Mario can really jump

http://m.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/31486572

[Psychosplodge]

https://40.media.tumblr.com/d5194b79907adb16ebbaf6b671aa955a/tumblr_nj7qb6nAjr1s2wlkdo1_500.png

[Psychosplodge]

Has anyone else noticed the lack of publicity surrounding Total War: Attila?
I literally hadn't heard anything about it till i saw the popup on steam advertising it on the 17th.
I mean obviously it'll currently be a buggy mess. But I can't remember such a quiet total war release.

[Tyrendian]

Has anyone else noticed the lack of publicity surrounding Total War: Attila?
I literally hadn't heard anything about it till i saw the popup on steam advertising it on the 17th.
I mean obviously it'll currently be a buggy mess. But I can't remember such a quiet total war release.

mh I didn't find it particularly quiet... but that's maybe because I've sub'd the TotalWar youtube channel for the hilarious stuff they sometimes put out, like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H60c_WyAdU

[Tyrendian]

free Warmachine:Tactics demo now available on Steam - was kinda hoping for that, now I can try it out properly - the reviews on Steam don't make me all that hopeful, especially interface wise, and the ridiculous amount of ridiculously priced DLC already out doesn't look nice either (15€ for a paltry selection of Ret units? no thank you...), but I'll give it a chance regardless!

[Psychosplodge]

mh I didn't find it particularly quiet... but that's maybe because I've sub'd the TotalWar youtube channel for the hilarious stuff they sometimes put out, like this one:

I'm used to seeing loads of steam pop-ups on booting, at least for the last two or three games...

[Wolfshade]

[QUOTE=Psychosplodge;478026]Has anyone else noticed the lack of publicity surrounding Total War: Attila?
I literally hadn't heard anything about it till i saw the popup on steam advertising it on the 17th.
I mean obviously it'll currently be a buggy mess. But I can't remember such a quiet total war release.[/QUOTE

There were articles on pcgamer et al last year

[Kirsten]

yup, I knew about it, but I wont be playing any of those until Total Warhammer

[Psychosplodge]

There were articles on pcgamer et al last year

I some how managed to miss them entirely.
oh well at least I've heard of Warhammer : Totalwar before Kirsten mentioned it :D

Also has anyone downloaded pokemon shuffle?

[Kirsten]

32 minutes of the cancelled Legacy of Kain game. gutted, I so want another Kain game


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBN8N2NXfi4&feature=player_embedded

[Tyrendian]

Homeworld Remastered hitting later today, and I has an excite - never got too deeply into the originals, silly me, so I'm rather curious how good this will be! Heard only good things about it after all...

[Psychosplodge]

I can't decide whether or not to make the financial and time commitment to the Elite remake.

[Wolfshade]

I want a ST:BotF remake :(

[Psychosplodge]

a what?

[eldargal]

Star Trek Birth of the Federation. Also, totes, it was a great game.

[Psychosplodge]

What about that startrek online game, is that any good for you?

[Tyrendian]

I for one did quite enjoy it - it's certainly not overly complex or anything, and neither does it look amazingly good by today's standards (especially the ground part, which honestly is very meh all around, but also not what is important about a Star Trek game^^), but it's a fun way to dive into the universe and have some good times with friends.

[Kirsten]

just had a go of the Warmachine Tactics demo on Steam. I am liking the look of it, it has all the rules of the tabletop in place, but with single player missions comparable to things like XCOM, Shadow of the Horned Rat, Valkyria Chronicles etc. not just skirmish line ups. worth giving it a go I would say.

[Wolfshade]

oooh that might be worth a look

[Tyrendian]

if only the controls were as good as XCOM, or it had any kind of artificial intelligence beyond the level of a three year old... as an alpha or maybe early beta it would have been plenty good, but it's rather ridiculous to call the game in its current state "finished" and start releasing (expensive) DLC for it... the faults of Early Access for you :( Don't get me wrong, it's definitely worth a try and it does have great potential once the controls are less dodgy and there is a more meaningful selection of units (not that I expect many more free units to make it into the game - probably lots more DLC coming). But as it is now, I really can't justify the price tag they slapped on it...

[Kirsten]

when it was first released I was expecting it to be half the price it turned out to be. it certainly doesn't seem to be very finished it is true, I noticed a few bugs just doing a couple of missions. worth downloading the free demo though.

[Psychosplodge]

Yeah so I bought Elite: Dangerous at the weekend. Flying is easy-ish, but difficult to master. Combat is still a big no at the moment. Making money is going slowly. The galaxy is immense.

[Psychosplodge]

Bought my first ship. "Upgraded" from the starter ship to the Adder (http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Adder) can make credits space trucking quicker now. The downside is this one sounds like the ******* offspring of a messerschmitt and a tractor. Just need about two million or so and I'm outfitting it to go exploring :D

[Tyrendian]

how does it compare to X3? (I'll just forget Reunion, as is best done...) From a quick skim of the wiki it looks like it's generally more "modern" with a couple more features (yay mulitplayer), but no personal fleet or capital ships?

[Psychosplodge]

It's clearly the same style. I prefer the jump system and supercruise over the speeding up time of X3. There's a lot of similarity. Cargoes are smaller, but so are prices (this is my initial impression for about 15-20 hours play) There's a lot less random attacks/easier to escape so far but that could be my location/cargo I'm carrying. though there is an interdiction mechanic where they pull you out of supercruise. There's a fuel mechanic which I know X3 only had for the jumpdrive. Ship weight matters for fuel use/jump distance.
Binary stars are also annoying as they sometimes mess up your hyperspace jump and damage you. The galaxy is immensely bigger, but I'm not sure how big the populated part is.
Don't think there's any aliens, at least I haven't seen anything to suggest there are any yet.
I think some of the biggest ships might be considered small capital ships I'm not sure I've not seen anything bigger than a T7 transport yet in game.
If it was a steam game I'd say wait, but obviously as a stand alone it might be better getting in early - who knows how long the servers will be up for? if they'll ever discount it?
It's the exploration I've bought it for. I'm just space trucking till I can afford the equipment I want to explore properly.

[Kirsten]

a video about Unity 5 shown at GDC. not massively interesting, but it does show footage from Mordheim and 40k Regicide

http://www.ign.com/videos/2015/03/03/gdc-2015-unity-5-highlight-reel

[Psychosplodge]

Another ED update from last night.

The game is full of sci fi film references. Tannhauser gate, wolf 359, lv 426, omicron persei, vulcan, geaorge lucas station, kahn station, and I saw "Fort Harrison" yesterday which might be a play on Harrison Ford...

Also long distance runs of rare commodities is the way to make money early game.

[Psychosplodge]

BTW I hate White Dwarf stars. When you jump towards them you always exit hyperspace too fast and have to take immediate avoidance action or take damage...

[eldargal]

So do you have a character as such or just a ship?

Edit: Nevermind googled it, you can have a woman pilot, yay! Might check this out, looks like you can't use keyboard and mouse? Will have to dig out gamepad thing.

[Psychosplodge]

You can use keyboard and mouse.
I don't remember ever having the choice, but essentially you're a pair of legs if you view downwards, and a name on a menu screen.

[eldargal]

Might check it out, been waiting for a good space exploration trading game like this that isn't EVE.

[Psychosplodge]

I'm playing it solo, so while you're technically online and the galaxy information is updated, you don't have real people to deal with.

[eldargal]

I approve of that. It's only forty pounds, shall get it. Having a look at the quick start guides, a lot of stuff about how to control your ship and such, not so much about what to do with it to make moneys yet heh.

[Psychosplodge]

Trade rare commodities.
There's a web tool I've been using, I'll link later I've got it bookmarked at home, you have to do long 130ly+ trips, which is hard in the basic ship. But the payout is a lot higher than any regular commodity.
Or if you're good enough you can go pirateing/bounty hunting.
Mining is another option, but pirates prey on you more often than as a trader.
Exploration needs a good couple of million credits dropped into it to get the most out of it. Though if you wanted a lower return you could explore in the basic ship.
Bulletin board cargo runs we need four of these moving/procuring is the way I made enough to buy my second ship (before I'd discovered the rare commodities) because they're paying a higher rate for normal cargoes, and the times are usually quite generous.

[Tyrendian]

sounds like the economic system is a bit simpler/smaller than in X3? as in, you don't produce stuff yourself (aside from mining) and don't have your very own economic empire lategame with dozens of factories and underlings doing your bidding?

[Psychosplodge]

I've not seen any opportunity to buy factories, or anything mentioned about it.
The universe is so much bigger though it would cause you defence issues I'd imagine if you could.

[Psychosplodge]

This (http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk/) is what I've been using to maximise profit, because I'm saving to go exploring :D
It's user updated, so it's accuracy is slightly off for exact quantities/prices, but it tells you where stuff is and can be found.

[Kirsten]

struggling with my tablet memory settings. I have 4gb of free internal memory, and 28gb of free SD card memory, and it tells me I have insufficient memory -.-
played some Bloodbowl (79p amazingly) some Horus Heresy Drop Assault (though I can only play the intro because it wont let me unpack the rest of it, needing 400mb of free space) and some Snotling Fling

Also, Zombie Army Trilogy came out today, everybody must play it. seriously creepy, especially one PS4 where the controller occasionally makes arcane creepy whisperings at you. has a real feel of desperation to it, it can so easily go wrong and you get swamped. nice to have a zombie game where you need headshots as well, makes things tricky when you are trying to snipe shambling, staggering zombie. very tense.

[eldargal]

This (http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk/) is what I've been using to maximise profit, because I'm saving to go exploring :D
It's user updated, so it's accuracy is slightly off for exact quantities/prices, but it tells you where stuff is and can be found.

Neat, should prove useful. Played it for a bit last night, I suck at flying, think I'm going to need to remap controls to WASD for moving about because when I get interdicted (hur) my piloting style can only be described as flailing about in terror until superspeed cooldown runs out.

[Kirsten]

really getting in to Zombie Army Trilogy now. Eight characters to choose from, four male, four female, all with a little bio and different backgrounds as well. I am playing as Beth Coleman, who was a portrait painter until her sitting subject tried to eat her. The games remind me a lot of Resident Evil 4, it feels like a proper zombie game, rather than stuff like Left 4 Dead or CoD Zombies. You need headshots to kill, most enemies you will kill with your sniper rifle, which means no peripheral vision, so you have to keep stopping and looking round you. I am using the M1 Carbine, 15 rounds to a magazine. you can get 15 headshots, drop 15 zombies, feel really good, then realise there are still at least 15 more bearing down on you. gets pretty tense as you frantically reload trying to keep them far enough away to snipe effectively. there are a few siege moments as well that are a lot like Resident Evil 4's that work extremely well. It does creepy very well too, at one point I was moving through a ruined building and could hear a radio somewhere with a message on loop, a desperate voice was pleading in German then in broken English saying 'please... save our souls...' over and over.

[eldargal]

Sounds nifty, also approve of equal numbers of female characters.

Had a mishap in Elite Dangerous last night, was delivering cargo to somewhere and was just about to dock when one of my kittens jumped on the keyboard and managed to hit the dump cargo button which I didn't know was a thing. Dumped cargo, couldn't get paid, got fined for that and also got fined for dumping cargo inside a space station.><

[Tyrendian]

on a related note, a friend of mine got into the alpha for Star Citizen (lucky bugger!) - man that game looks amazing. Holy moly. And it's got voice control for your ship's various functions, which is awesome. Totally looking forward to seeing more of that!

[Psychosplodge]

@ Kirsten, wouldn't it be far less stressful with a mouse and keyboard? :D

@EG, Forgot to warn you to unmap that on the config screen. Btw don't forget to unmap that on the config screen. Don't forget to actually pay your fine within 24 hours or they put a bounty on you. You have to contact the relevant station authorities while landed there and pay it.
Regarding interdiction I just put the dot behind me on the radar boost and run the engines up to full till the cooldown timer has run down. It normally works.

@Tyrendian While star citizrn looks good, it also looks very pay to win and your ship insurance costs actual real money every six months doesn't it?

[Gotthammer]

In light of the controversy that has been extending back for more than half a year at this point, something extremely depressing has come to light.

Not too long ago, Totalbiscuit, a popular games critic who is supported by GamerGate (though he claims to be neutral), wrote a lengthy Twitlonger questioning the theory of media influence, particularly in video games, asking “where are the scientists? (http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sl499g)”

In response, an actual social scientist posted a lengthy explanation of media influence. It’s a very good read, and I suggest anyone who’s interested read it. (https://www.reddit.com/r/GamerGhazi/comments/2yeh1f/in_answer_to_where_are_the_scientists_who_study/) However, what was most important was what was added at the end:


"[added on reflection] Let me also say on other thing. There are a number of us in academia who love games, care about games, and believe games are important. We have been working for years to make games a legitimate tool for education and for study, and we were making progress. People were starting to take games seriously. And then came GamerGate. I have seen the careful progress of a decade come crashing down, and now, when I go to talk about games to industry groups or fellow academics, GamerGate always comes up as an example of how terrible and immature people who play games are. It will take years and years to repair the damage, and it is absolutely devastating to the serious study and application of the power of games to real problems. We are going to have trouble getting grants, getting foundations to fund games, and getting people to take us seriously. It is devastating and makes me very sad.
For many years, people have been fighting for games to be recognized seriously as an art form. GamerGate, as it seems, has caused serious damage to that. Social scientists have been studying the influence of games, not just because of their negative effects, but because of the potential positive effects as well. Games could potentially be a powerful tool to help teach empathy, and increase satisfaction and happiness."


But now that GamerGate has shattered public perception of gaming in academia, we may never be able to fully understand how to allow games to reach their full potential in this regard. But it’s not just media studies in video games that have suffered.

Rebecca HG, also known as 8BitBecca, is a video game archivist. Her work is vitally important to the future of video games, as the passage of time guarantees that physical storage media degrades and becomes unusable. Within decades, many out-of-print games may be lost forever, outside of illegal ROMs.

But now, thanks to GamerGate, video game archiving as a professional practice is all but dead (https://storify.com/8BitBecca/video-game-archiving-post-gamergate):

https://31.media.tumblr.com/8d8ceacd2b241cb6fa1780ceeffa3197/tumblr_inline_nkxokfOzOj1r09uvv.png

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https://31.media.tumblr.com/85b53bd7f0d056f0f188b8efe3e3c498/tumblr_inline_nkxomf15Fw1r09uvv.png


To any reasonable person, this would be devastating. Nobody benefits from this. Academics refusing to take games seriously means that games can never be realized as an art form. Even worse, without academia the task of preserving, understanding, and maintaining the cultural history of games becomes a daunting task. Half of all American films made before 1950 are lost forever, and were it not for the work of archivists and academics, it’s likely we would never have been able to preserve even that much.

So what happens to video games when academics don’t take them seriously at all? What happens when people refuse to archive games or study their cultural significance?

To put it bluntly, video games will have no future. If we do not take care to study the cultural history of games, it may forever disappear to us when cartridges and CDs inevitably die, emulators become obsolete, servers shut down, manuals are lost, and the publisher history fades into obscurity.

This should make any gamer uncomfortable, but unfortunately, this is not the case. GamerGate has not been shy about their disdain for academia in video games, as evidenced by the popularity of anti-academic figures such as the Youtuber known as “Sargon of Akkad”, who is one of the most widely-praised supporters of GamerGate. Just reading the title of one of his videos tells you all that you need to know:

The Professional Cretins of Academia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhKNNnPZmBA)

In this context, GamerGate’s reaction (https://archive.today/OVf8f) to the news that academia is no longer taking games seriously is depressingly predictable (https://archive.today/1JzM4).

https://31.media.tumblr.com/3cae9ec60745b6192a47e17aab401f53/tumblr_inline_nkxq9aUlrb1r09uvv.png

https://31.media.tumblr.com/0950686e890253bd7294d373e0605987/tumblr_inline_nkxqbfVzpc1r09uvv.png

GamerGate is killing video games. And that’s exactly what they want.

via (http://zennistrad.tumblr.com/)

[Psychosplodge]

Well done kotaku *slow claps*

Anyway.

http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/892/892635.png

[Kirsten]

enjoying a bit of Helldivers this afternoon. it is a good game, a lot more depth than the usual twin stick shooters, always been a favourite genre of mine.

It does suffer, in my eyes at least, from a growing 'feature' of many games, ever present online multiplayer. if I want to play with a group of people I will do so. I did half a dozen missions minding my own business, then suddenly three other players turned up mid mission. I was level 2, they were levels 9, 10 and 16. finished the mission, got back to the ship, looking through upgrade choices, and suddenly it announces the next mission beginning. I had to quit back to the main menu to get away from it.

It was one of the major things that stopped me getting very far at all with Watch Dogs, another player suddenly turning up and an announcement that I am being hacked and must find the culprit. no. I am busy, screw them. I don't give and damn, and kindly get out of my game.

Maybe it is just me, but I do not like this forced multiplayer stuff.

[Psychosplodge]

Any one seen any concrete information about Nintendo porting stuff to PC? Or is this just wild speculation from the news outlets because they're apparently looking at developing for 3rd party devices?

[Kirsten]

they have teamed up with somebody to bring games to mobiles. no PC plans that I have seen.

[Psychosplodge]

sounded overhyped

thanks.

[Psychosplodge]

ah yes skyrim mods...

https://40.media.tumblr.com/f86d5ff40b09d5540e54252dd6805e12/tumblr_nl4391nNiS1uoy2m4o1_540.jpg

[Tyrendian]

ah yes skyrim mods...

https://40.media.tumblr.com/f86d5ff40b09d5540e54252dd6805e12/tumblr_nl4391nNiS1uoy2m4o1_540.jpg

whenever anyone mentions Skyrim, I can't help but think of the Week of Madness (http://www.pcgamer.com/skyrim-week-of-madness-day-1-the-world-according-to-sheogorath/) (might have been posted here already, but for those who might have missed it...)

[Psychosplodge]

I think Wolfie posted it in one of the old off topic threads. It does sound chaotic :D

[eldargal]

https://41.media.tumblr.com/3e01f8aeba5ade468109140efff0401a/tumblr_nloikpFBud1uorkafo1_540.jpg
This is a zombie game I could get behind.

[Psychosplodge]

Tall blonde?
50's dress?

Are you really the one on the left and you're plugging your own game?

[eldargal]

Lol no but I do legitimately own that dress (http://www.vivienofholloway.com/women-c70/dresses-c10/1950s-halterneck-navy-polkadot-dress-p170).:p

[Gotthammer]

I own one almost the same :p

I like the premise of the game, shall keep an eye on it :)

[Psychosplodge]

Might be time to fire up Half Life 2 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/290930/) again

[eldargal]

https://41.media.tumblr.com/d722eb60c0ac5eaffc6c545cf4d5e077/tumblr_n628u6M5Ge1qdiyjgo1_1280.png

[Psychosplodge]

It's a graphical comparison nothing more.
There's plenty wrong with the world without manufacturing offence.

[eldargal]

Except it isn't manufacturing anything. It is a graphical comparison, it is also highlighting the gaming industries continued fixation with white, stubbly male protagonists.

The point the tweeter is making is that the only thing to have improved is the graphics. It's not about being offended, it's about acknowledging the ongoing failings of the industry.

[Psychosplodge]

If you do any comparison you get as like for like as possible to make it a fair comparison of the thing you are comparing.

If he wants to make statements about the failings of the industry just make them.

[eldargal]

He did. The post was made as a graphical comparison, the tweeter pointed out it is also representative of the industries failure to evolve with its demographic. It works perfectly well,

[Psychosplodge]

If you say so.

[Kirsten]

picked up Bloodborne today not having really played a Dark Souls before. so far it is quite interesting, character looks cool, weapons are cool. I have a sword whip and a blunderbuss. problems, it explains virtually nothing. I know it paints itself as a hardcore, tough as nails experience, but seriously, if you tell your players nothing, you are just driving people away who might otherwise have enjoyed it and supported you. there is an article on IGN encouraging people to persevere through an incredibly difficult first hour and it starts to get rewarding. no game should require putting up with for an hour in the hopes that it gets good. having some sort of tutorial would in no way cramp their style.I am moving around ok, killed quite a few weird looking dudes. no idea why, they are just there and attacking me. but I don't know where I am, where I am going to, why, or what I am supposed to do when I get there. so there is virtually no incentive to keep playing, aside from the real world money you spent on the game. you can't pause the game, even when playing offline, which is a major **** up for any game, and I have no idea how you save the game, so I just had to turn it off and hope it has autosaved.

[Kirsten]

ok, played it a lot last night and today, starting to really get in to it. after a few hours, a new friendly NPC appeared with whom you could spend your 'blood echoes' to level up. that alone suddenly gives you a purpose, as previously all you had been told was literally 'go out there and kill a few beasts'. with a level up system in place, then you can start grinding and improving, you have clearer targets. I have a far better idea how the game works now too. I killed the first boss on my second attempt and felt massively pleased with myself. bear in mind there are people who have quit playing entirely because they can't kill it at all, that is how hard the game can be. I stand by yesterday's points, it needs to be more newcomer friendly. there really is no reason to be so obtuse. but if you stick with it, it starts to get pretty engrossing.

[Psychosplodge]

That sounds a lazy way of prolonging the game...

[DarkLink]

Welcome to Dark Souls...

I have not played Bloodbourne, but the Dark Souls games are very similar:

13443

Now, if it's anything like Dark Souls, as long as you're willing to work for it, the game is extremely rewarding and a ton of fun. You might need to google some info here and there, and it may not be your type of game, but it's definitely worth trying.

[Kirsten]

That sounds a lazy way of prolonging the game...

not really, it forces you to learn and improve constantly. it definitely isn't perfect, but I am really getting in to it and it is very satisfying when you get it working. it needs a little more plot, I have been playing probably ten or fifteen hours and still have no idea what is going on. I am going around killing monsters and levelling up just because.

[Psychosplodge]

Nicely played r/pcmr

http://i.imgur.com/B3TF2Zq.png

and the reciprical

http://i.imgur.com/aSjZ6ik.png

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There seems a lot of this going round today :rolleyes: :D

http://i.imgur.com/l0MYMDY.png

[Kirsten]

I don't know what is going on there, what am I supposed to be looking at?

[Psychosplodge]

The web address's don't match the content, they've swapped for the day

[Kirsten]

I still don't know what I am looking at, but I shall take your word for it :p

[Psychosplodge]

r/pcmaster race has been replaced by r/cynicalbrit and viceversa, and r/consolemasterrace is looking exactly like r/pcmasterrace.

I lolled anyway...once I'd noticed

[Kirsten]

ok, it is pretty hard to tell with your rubbish pictures :p

[Psychosplodge]

I pasted it straight to imgur, i should have dumped it through paint and put squiggles on...

[Kirsten]

squiggles for the win...

[Psychosplodge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv5bZXauR2M&feature=youtu.be

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lmao

http://i.imgur.com/w5CzKTL.png

[Kirsten]

Half Life 3, so predictable.

If I were Valve, and were actually working on it, I really would send a message like that on April Fools, just to mess with people.

[Kirsten]

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

[Morgrim]

Half Life 3, so predictable.

If I were Valve, and were actually working on it, I really would send a message like that on April Fools, just to mess with people.

I wouldn't tell people I was working on it, I'd finish it and then actually RELEASE it on the 1st of April. Then sit back with popcorn and watch the "This is a prank." "It's totally not a prank!" "Bull, it's a prank!" fights for the next fortnight.

[Kirsten]

yeah, pretty much

[Psychosplodge]

lmao, that would be hilarious. It'd take a couple of days at least to take it seriously...


http://i.imgur.com/rkcYyg1.png


I need to get stickers like this for people...

http://i.imgur.com/nAu9vgX.jpg

[Kirsten]

lol, what if you are of the PC master race, and a console peasant? middle class?

[Psychosplodge]

No, being pcmr doesn't mean you can't play/own consoles, it just means you accept the PC as the superior platform :D

[Kirsten]

hmmmmm

[Psychosplodge]

It's true. It's open to all except console peasants that refuse to see the light.

[Kirsten]

console gaming is excellent however

[Deadlift]

lol, what if you are of the PC master race, and a console peasant? middle class?

What about if you've got a Mac instead ? Lol........queue insults..........and I love my ps4

[Psychosplodge]

Mac heathen...

Did you take your existing PS4(and games) with you or buy a north american one when you got there? I know theres a power difference, but aren't they region coded as well?

[Deadlift]

Mac heathen...

Did you take your existing PS4(and games) with you or buy a north american one when you got there? I know theres a power difference, but aren't they region coded as well?

I bought one here :)

The power difference isn't much of a difference really, most things like cameras, iPads, phones, even my mac will run on 110v to 240v. so all i needed was bunch of plug adapters and that was it.

[Kirsten]

picked up Evolve today in the Easter sale. designed as a multiplayer game, but works fine solo too, the AI is decent. good mix of male and female characters, so interesting abilities. very very difficult to kill the monster though, I lost four of the five missions in the mini campaign.

[Kirsten]

I have mentioned **** Zombie Army before, well now there is **** Zombie Army Thrillogy, Hitler never looked so funky...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=27&v=tB1sFVckGdQ

[Gotthammer]

https://41.media.tumblr.com/80f8527a133934b197e62fe3df254b8b/tumblr_my6xjaZ7fC1qbqlewo1_500.jpg

[Tyrendian]

oh the things you can do in Cities: Skylines...
http://imgur.com/a/T0Wfb
http://imgur.com/a/aKIvx

[Psychosplodge]

60fps 1080p GTA V PC trailer. (http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/52411/watch-the-gtav-60-frames-per-second-pc-trailer)

It's sooooooooooooo pretty

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oh the things you can do in Cities: Skylines...
http://imgur.com/a/T0Wfb
http://imgur.com/a/aKIvx

I think it was the angry mayor.

[Kirsten]

playing loads of Bloodborne still, and the other night I fought a boss that was an enormous fat caterpillar thing called 'Rom the vacuous spider'

which begs the question, how do you know when a spider is vacuous?

[Psychosplodge]

How do you know when it isn't?

[Morgrim]

Eidos Montreal has announced a direct sequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It's titled Mankind Divided and looks like it'll be an interesting follow up. Even if it flops they've recruited the same composer, so judging from previous work and the trailer at least it'll be a great soundtrack. :P


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2kd7F3YFz8

[Psychosplodge]

How about a HD remake of the original Deus ex?

[Kirsten]

I absolutely loved Human Revolution. first time I played it, got maybe two thirds of the way through, enjoyed it, but didn't amaze me. then I started again some months later and it blew my mind. and the music is astonishing, I have the soundtrack saved on my youtube account, main theme is just amazing.

[Tyrendian]

I'd like to play it, but from what I've read the Director's Cut of HR, the only version available on steam, is buggy as hell and not supported in any way... *lesigh* maybe when I see it in a store sometime

[Morgrim]

How about a HD remake of the original Deus ex?

The company linked to a high def mod for the original on their offical social media pages, so I guess they think the fans already have that covered and would prefer them to work on shiny new stuff.

[Psychosplodge]

Did they? I might have to find that out then, though it might be easier to buy it again prepatched of GoG or somewhere.

[eldargal]

Been playing Life is Strange, it's amaze. Only a few pounds per episode, each episode lasts a couple of hours if you just follow the story, more if you go hunting to talk to everyone and collect all the photographs.

[Psychosplodge]

I've spent last couple of nights playing the new 3ds pokemon freebie, it's quite addictive :D

[Psychosplodge]

Turns out I'm the prettiest princess, who became totally badass dodged one assassin with catlike reflexes and stared down another would be killer with my overwhelming physical presence, so I survived to become Queen :D

[Gotthammer]

Most important question tho: Did you end up with Briony or fail miserably? :p

[Psychosplodge]

Fail miserably of course.

[Tyrendian]

There's a pretty neat game called Fractured Space on free weekend on Steam. It's basically Capital (Space)Ship combat with a bit of point capping thrown in the mix, and while it's still in Alpha, as evidenced mainly by the lack of tutorials and the rather lackluster UI, it's hella fun to play. There's a dozen classes to play already, from close-range Brawlers to Snipers (odd concept for a Capital Ship, but hey...). Ship customization is rather limited atm (again Alpha), but there are some weapon and skill variants to choose from already, with more obviously on the way.
The Alpha isn't normally free, although the game itself will be free to play once finished, and it won't be pay2win (or at least so the devs claim, and they seem pretty adamant and commited about it). But anyone who gives it a spin this weekend gets to keep it for free, which I think is a rather nice touch and has skyrocketed the player base from an average 50 people online simultaneously to some 3000 at the moment.
I can definitely recommend it, even in its current state - at least if you grab it for free right now, not sure if I'd be willing to pay for it yet (but if they keep improving it I might just support them by getting a few cool skins or something)

[Kirsten]

I will take a look, ship combat is an idea that always interest me, even if there has never really been one I liked especially.

aah yes, I have seen that before, not a multiplayer fan though.

still, I do love Strike Suit Zero.

[Gotthammer]

Picked up The Marvelous Miss Take (http://misstakegame.com/) last night and it is most fun.

http://misstakegame.com/Images/daisy.pnghttp://misstakegame.com/Images/misstake.pnghttp://misstakegame.com/Images/harry.png


The stealth genre gets turned on its head in The Marvellous Miss Take – the only heist adventure that invites you to steal with style!

Break into 25 unique art galleries as three different thieves in search of the ultimate score, evading guards and using gadgets to get away with your priceless haul. Unlike other stealth games though, there’s no time for waiting in the shadows until the right moment! Wandering guards decide their patrol routes on the fly, security cameras keep watch over everything and even innocent gallery goers just visiting to admire the art might raise the alarm if they see something suspicious. Only quick wits and even quicker reflexes can help you grab the loot and escape unseen – there’s no option for violence and the clock is ticking!

Game features

Organised Chaos – More than your typical stealth game, The Marvellous Miss Take is a fluid, high-speed game of cat and mouse! Random guard patterns require players to think on their feet rather than hiding in the shadows, and one false move means escape can be snatched away from you in seconds.

Wits, Not Fists – Forget violence, takedowns or picking off guards one by one… distraction's the key to success here! Each stage stays tense from the first step to the last, so put your gadgets to good use to keep out of trouble and pilfer everything you can before someone spots you!

The Bigger Picture – Sneak into the 25 multi-floored galleries as one of three different characters, each of which has their own unique skills and goals. Can you escape safely with the maximum amount of loot and grab yourself a perfect ranking?

Artfully Accessible – Streamlined, intuitive mouse controls let you explore the colourful world of The Marvellous Miss Take with ease, making the exciting puzzle-***-stealth action accessible to players of all ages and skills.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj5I_KaTSpU

(skip to 3:00 for gameplay)


The plot is Miss Sophia Take - who I'm reasonable sure is based on EG (rich, likes art, big hat, flails when panicked) - has her family's art collection swindled so she goes about stealing it back and eventually teams up with two other theives to hit up London's galleries. Also not sure I'd agree with the "All ages and skills" of the blurb, it gets pretty tricky and would probs be rather frustrating for ickler gamers. That said had zero actual bugs, controls and mechanics are easy to get a hold of and the graphics and audio are great and fit perfectly.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV7mZpuTbvU

[eldargal]

:O *flails*

[Kirsten]

sounds interesting

[eldargal]

I bought it hehe.

[Tyrendian]

just bought the current Humble Origin Bundle 2, mainly for Dragon Age 2 (that had eluded me for a while), and while there were some other neat games in there that I didn't have (like C&C Generals, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare or MoH Allied Assault), there are a few others that I already own and thus don't need. Specifically, the ones that I got leftover Steam codes for are Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2. Anyone interested in those? Just drop me a pm if you want them...

[Wolfshade]

Just a little thing...


https://youtu.be/7i4d3ignBNQ

[Psychosplodge]

Ultimate (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=430955234)Skyrim mod released.

[Gotthammer]

http://40.media.tumblr.com/372340f3fc6234d2c6c1ee2567cbebd3/tumblr_nnftxs6joC1qa5c1eo1_1280.jpg


Black Ops 3’s protagonist is customizable, including gender. See Ubisoft, it can be done.

For the first time in the franchise’s history, the campaign’s protagonist is fully customizable. In addition to upgrading abilities, changing your character’s appearance and tweaking weapons, players can pick the gender of their Call of Duty hero. “It’s not just a female head on a male body. It’s a different set of animations for the entire game,” Lamia says. Character interaction will even differ based on the protagonist’s gender. “We knew we were going to do fully unique male, fully unique female for all scenes and all the customization that goes for both. Thank God for Blu-ray, right?” Campaign Director and Senior Executive Producer Jason Blundell jokes, adding the game’s protagonist is fully voiced regardless of gender.


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Eitr
System: PC

Year: TBA

Developer: Eneme Entertainment (http://eneme.co.uk/)

Website: eitrthegame.com / forums.tigsource.com (http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=42569.0)

Description: “Eitr is an Action RPG which takes inspiration from games such as Path of Exile, Dark Souls and Diablo. The game will be challenging and require timing and precision to progress through the environments. Players will need to use a combination of blocking, combos, buffs and positioning to succeed in battle.”

http://33.media.tumblr.com/b22ce060141beace4075fe1f0e3c7396/tumblr_nlq44aEOP71tah9pwo1_r1_250.gif


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziuOCGlO4LM

[eldargal]

Looks like I'll be buying my first CoD.

[Psychosplodge]

https://40.media.tumblr.com/7f4341a22c10b6a8c80dea3527d2c347/tumblr_nnfeu9cf9Q1sy38w2o1_540.jpg

[Psychosplodge]

https://41.media.tumblr.com/e162e5c62e7b72257c840d60cbfb3f94/tumblr_inline_nnf591tcsT1s0igd0_540.jpg

[Kirsten]

seems legit.

Kojima hasn't made a good game since the original Metal Gear Solid, so no loss there.

[Psychosplodge]

https://40.media.tumblr.com/5884fad0e029ce2f902c080f4be44ef0/tumblr_nm6uzw9WKk1r6o8kco2_r1_250.png


Not for me but lol'd anyway.

[Tyrendian]

https://40.media.tumblr.com/5884fad0e029ce2f902c080f4be44ef0/tumblr_nm6uzw9WKk1r6o8kco2_r1_250.png


Not for me but lol'd anyway.

hm I've never gotten round to doing that (err him)... whelp guess there's another ME playthrough coming up :)

[eldargal]

https://36.media.tumblr.com/50e877f42060535f5e85f6809e60d175/tumblr_nnr8hgTStj1t0375do1_540.jpg
Batgirl is getting her own story DLC for Arkham Knight.

[Kirsten]

awesome

[Kirsten]

I am playing loads of Dark Souls. I downloaded it for free ages ago and never really played it. But now, after hammering Bloodborne for weeks I have started on it, and really enjoying it. Much easier than Bloodborne too, particularly the bosses. Good character customisation options and good classes too, makes a big difference to how you approach the game.

[Kirsten]

Regicide is interesting. there is a straight forward classic chess mode, and regicide mode and I think one other I haven't tried yet. I have never been any good at chess, partly because I have several friends who are really very good, so I got destroyed every time I played. But Regicide is quite different because you can make ranged attacks and kill pieces without taking them. taking a piece in the usual chess way works as you would expect. but after moving your one piece, you have five initiative points to spend on things like firing snap shots, casting a psychic power, or throwing a frag grenade.

[Gotthammer]

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

Ocelot gun spinning (https://youtu.be/ouN12kctXyI?t=1m3s)

[eldargal]

So Ubisoft have sort of learnt from the poopstorm over the past couple of games and are letting you play a female Assassin in the next game, Assassins Creed Syndicate. But only for about a quarter of the story missions.

[Gotthammer]

Well they're learning... slowly.


Meanwhile over at Nintendo:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbvzyY1FKr0

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

To be honest EG, I don't care if you play a Rat in Syndicate, I just want the game to be finished. NO BUGS, NO DAY ONE DLC, JUST A FINISHED GAME THAT IS ENJOYABLE WOULD BE AWESOME. (Y)

[eldargal]

Well they're learning... slowly.


Meanwhile over at Nintendo:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbvzyY1FKr0
Veeery slowly.

Also lol.

[Psychosplodge]

Apparently the steam Oz sale is coming

http://i.imgur.com/b0Xo1lJ.png

[Kirsten]

lol

[Gotthammer]

https://38.media.tumblr.com/40153c186c11f928ab3535eae179d8cb/tumblr_noaunnlM311s514nio1_540.gif

https://41.media.tumblr.com/7690fed2045f6a17bdc0ca67f1e2561d/tumblr_inline_noauzf40Qq1qj0ncd_540.png

https://41.media.tumblr.com/3ddcaa990fec8f12aaa2069c1694d548/tumblr_inline_noawuulGKU1qkbxy9_540.jpg

[Kirsten]

:confused:

[Wolfshade]

While not strictly computer game, I've just finished building my new pc, only a budget jobby rather than a couple of k rig but ho-hum. Looking forward to playing skyrim on highest settings :)

[Kirsten]

awesome

[Kirsten]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIwbxjuTjh8

[Psychosplodge]

While not strictly computer game, I've just finished building my new pc, only a budget jobby rather than a couple of k rig but ho-hum. Looking forward to playing skyrim on highest settings :)

Mod it before you start!

[Wolfshade]

Dust surival mod for Fallout NV

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/57927/?

Review here: http://steamed.kotaku.com/fallout-new-vegas-turned-into-a-hardcore-survival-gam-1704238717

tl-dr;

This is the post post apocalypse.

Friendly NPCs? No, just cannibals.

So just in case getting sleep, food and water wasn't hard enough, now it is all about survival.

[Psychosplodge]

https://41.media.tumblr.com/8a291caf9fd723e6b857493553c77073/tumblr_nnypma9rL31r6h7u0o1_540.png

[Kirsten]

?

[Psychosplodge]

https://41.media.tumblr.com/8a291caf9fd723e6b857493553c77073/tumblr_nnypma9rL31r6h7u0o1_540.png

http://i.imgur.com/GTPJjiN.jpg

[Kirsten]

Oh I see

[Psychosplodge]

Beautiful PC build here. (http://imgur.com/gallery/AEHCS)

[Kirsten]

nice

[Wolfshade]

enough to make glados glad

[Psychosplodge]

https://33.media.tumblr.com/bdc5a696d221d6ca9e11b901bd02dda1/tumblr_n26cfdUghR1t0qomjo1_250.gif
https://31.media.tumblr.com/996d1e1bd22571fa3cd102bd75314c61/tumblr_n26cfdUghR1t0qomjo2_250.gif
https://38.media.tumblr.com/364aee8c232450bae6c5349f58e2b69f/tumblr_n26cfdUghR1t0qomjo3_400.gif

- - - Updated - - -

https://31.media.tumblr.com/91ef5a19b8fab832cc2ef59c453ffe9c/tumblr_nlsc6epxud1tld2uco1_540.gif

[Kirsten]

that is awesome

[Kirsten]

women's football coming to Fifa 16 :eek:

love a bit of Fifa (the video game obviously, nobody likes the organisation). definitely picking this one up.

[Psychosplodge]

women's football coming to Fifa 16 :eek:

love a bit of Fifa (the video game obviously, nobody likes the organisation). definitely picking this one up.

That's kinda cool, but playing them against male teams would be like putting a conference team against premier league opposition

[Kirsten]

Why would they be playing men's teams :confused:

[Psychosplodge]

Can't you play any other team on the game?

[Kirsten]

Well aside from the horrendous sexism of the suggestion that they are not good enough, the women's teams are national and will compete in international competitions

[Psychosplodge]

Its not sexism, it's the simple difference that most female teams are relatively young(not the players the team), semi-pro and have none of the support in place that modern professional male teams have.

[eldargal]

Yup, because of sexism, and these are video games so **** it

[Psychosplodge]

https://38.media.tumblr.com/335ac196b0cf59fc058232b6fb5556a9/tumblr_mnugn3Jh9x1r3gb3zo1_400.gif

[Mr Mystery]

I have now pre-ordered Batman Arkham Knight, alongside a spangly new PS4.

I'm going to be skint in July, but so worth it! Love the Arkham games, me!

[Psychosplodge]

Fool. :rolleyes:

http://i.imgur.com/y94V3NK.jpg

[eldargal]

I pre-ordered it before it was cool!:p

X-Com Enemy Within is getting a sequel!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E_-2wIJIzQ

[Psychosplodge]

http://i.imgur.com/WiU277V.jpg

[eldargal]

I only pre-order from developers I trust and I've never had a problem.

[Psychosplodge]

Excluding pokemon I don't think I have since the Rome 2 debacle.

[eldargal]

I don't think I pre-ordered Rome 2, I forget. I pre-ordered the collectors edition of Shogun 2 and was a bit disappointed in the game though I'm not sure why so I just bought a Steam version of Rome 2. Didn't have any major problems with it at launch honestly, the long turn time gave me time to do some reading.:p

[Psychosplodge]

I didn't have any technical issues. I was just disappointed in it.
I've still barely played Shogun 2, I should go back to it.

I also shouldn't look at stuff like this (http://imgur.com/a/OGNUT) it makes me want to build again.

[Houghten]

I normally don't even buy a game* within its first year of life, let alone preorder (it takes a while before the first 75% off sale), but I did just preorder Shadowrun: Hong Kong on the basis that I really enjoyed Dragonfall and hunger for more.

*well, not video games. I've Kickstarted a few card games, board games and pen-and-paper RPGs.

[Tyrendian]

yeah I was able to play Rome2 just fine on launch, but that was still a complete debacle, haven't preordered anything since iirc...
XCOM2 can only be awesome though, especially with the greatly improved modding support they promised. Wonder how long it'll take before we see a 40k mod - PDF vs. Orks would be a decent fit for that methinks, depending on how much the "fighting the established occupation" theme is ingrained in the mechanics, as opposed to fighting off an actual invasion... maybe Tau instead, that might work better with the whole pacification thing...

[Mr Mystery]

Fool. :rolleyes:

http://i.imgur.com/y94V3NK.jpg

Shut your noise, you :p

Been wanting a PS4 for a while, and Arkham Knight is designed for that generation of console.

And you can stick a PC up yer bum, as I certainly don't have room for one anywhere else! :p

[Wolfshade]

I pre-ordered it before it was cool!:p

X-Com Enemy Within is getting a sequel!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E_-2wIJIzQ

First Fallout: 4 now this. My wallet :(

[Alaric]

First Fallout: 4 now this. My wallet :(

If you play 40k you should already know the pain :P






SPOILER







The pains in yer bum

[Psychosplodge]

Shut your noise, you :p

Been wanting a PS4 for a while, and Arkham Knight is designed for that generation of console.

And you can stick a PC up yer bum, as I certainly don't have room for one anywhere else! :p

http://i.imgur.com/bdP2fHR.jpg?1

The box to the right fits a full size gpu in and only slightly bigger than a ps4.
neither however would fit up my arse :p

[Mr Mystery]

Well that depends how hard I kick it first :p

But no PC for me. Happy with console.

[Psychosplodge]

:p

One day we'll lure you to the darkside

[Wolfshade]

Space an issue you say... http://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-micro-atx-and-mini-itx-cases-for-your-next-pc-build/

Or, build a big beast put it in the loft and then stream to a dumb small factor/plug pc. No problems.

[Mr Mystery]

What is this...loft you speak of?

[Psychosplodge]

Dominoes introduces the PCMR pizza (https://www.pizzalegends.co.uk/gallery-details/WEREHEREPCMASTERRA) :D

[Kirsten]

that sounds amazingly tasty

[Psychosplodge]

I only do cheese and tomato tbh, but it amused me anyway.

[Kirsten]

whaaaaaaaaaaaat?

[Psychosplodge]

lols, and whats more I only eat cheese or tomato on pizza(with the sole exception of tomato soup), they feature nowhere else in my diet :D

But it still seems an awesome pizza idea

[Kirsten]

dear oh dear oh dear oh dear oh dear