I meant for true nostalgia :D
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I meant for true nostalgia :D
aah
I started playing Grim Dawn yesterday as well. what I think of as Titan Quest style game, but everyone else calls Diablo-esque :p
it is actually made by some of the old Titan Quest team though. I bought it on early access from Steam, but waited until it was finished to play it. looks great, good combat, and surprisingly modern and varied soundtrack. the music has really grabbed me. possibly a bit easy so far, only the first two difficulty levels (of four) are available from the beginning, but I am really enjoying it. you can use a gamepad, but it doesn't tell you how to actually use it. initially it seemed like I needed to use the mouse as well, but eventually found that if you click the right stick, it becomes a mouse cursor, and the left and right triggers act as left and right mouse buttons.
I grabbed Black Desert Online, and have had fun with it (through about six hours). It's definitely a more involved game than something like WoW, but with a lot less hand-holding, too, so I need to find some good guides. I do like how the combination of NPCs, PCs, PCs' workers, etc. creates a feel of a world that's "lived in." I've been hanging around the first town I came to, running around it doing all kinds of stuff.
The Energy system is a bit rough when you're used to a lot of freedom. You have a certain amount that regens over time and you'll get some back with quests. It's used for gathering, crafting, certain conversations, and other stuff. You also spend Energy to post comments in the General chat, and requesting a chat ban review will chew half your Energy instantly (probably to prevent people from abusing it). So rather than do that with the people posting ads for websites, it's better to just Block them (no Energy cost).
I'm tempted by Division... but that'll have to come down the line.
Sadly, after just having replaced a monitor that decided to go bad, there was a freak accident with my desktop PC. Some Monster got in it, caused a quick enough short to cause it to shut itself off. I tried cleaning it all out with the limited stuff I have available, but it seems the CPU and/or mobo might have been wrecked, so now I have to go get a new pair. Pretty sure the rest is okay, though. RAM might be questionable, but I think I cleaned it well enough. Video card is pretty well covered, didn't seem to be much get over where the drives were. Everything powers on now, but the CPU LED stays red and there's no BIOS beep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMY0IETkDrU
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I love how embedding it bypasses the age login requirement on youtube :D
well I have never played Minecraft, and I play SNES games on my actual SNES, so I am safe :p
same, still lol'd though :p
testing out the Battlefleet Gothic: Armada beta, and while I'm not straight up bouncing with excitement it's definitely a good game and well-done adaptation.
Graphics are, for me, kinda meh - I was hoping for much better textures from the trailers, but it's nowhere near bad enough to really be a negative point, just also nowhere near good enough to be a real positive. They just are what they are.
Good performance for a beta, and haven't seen any real bugs.
Ship handling feels appropriately sluggish but they do have an extra maneuvering gauge used both for All Ahead Full and High Speed Turns, which allows for some fancy maneuvering when needed - well done there! Weapons are also a decent adaptation from the TT, including infinite-range torpedoes zooming across the map, various small craft, firing angles for various weapons are present as are differing efficiencies at varying ranges. Feels nicely like BFG.
Campaign looks to have some pretty cool mechanics, and there's a kind of persistent-progression system for both single player skirmishes and multiplayer.
sounds good, I am looking forward to trying this
The Division has gotten quite low review scores for such a big release. I am still tempted though, sounds pretty interesting.
Queue simulator?
I believe it's had some launch issues, and is pretty much just like a normal shooter, only third-person instead of first-person, with limited maps and minor RPG elements added. That's not to say it can't be fun (I think it might be fun to play), but it does seem a little underwhelming given all the hype it's built up. I found a video from two years ago with footage... this one's been coming a long time, it would have had to be revolutionary not to be a let down. So merely being "fun to play" might not get it great reviews.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
Hasn't it also been criticised for rather small maps as well?
had a bit of a binge on old games, and a new one. was keeping a load of 360 games in the hopes that they become backwards compatible on Xbox One, then last weekend thought, wait, I can just get them on PC for a few quid each. saves me shelf space and hanging on to stuff that may or not be playable. so I picked up the two Lords of Shadow games, Shadow Complex Remastered, Kingdoms of Amalur, Future Soldier, and the new Salt and Sanctuary on PS4. 2D Dark Souls, looks awesome.
Did you manage to download Xcom 2 and was it any good?
I did, really enjoying it so far. bit more variation than the previous one. Not quite as much variation as I had hoped in the soldier classes, but that might change later with added abilities. some really great changes cancelled out by some bad ones. a lot of missions you start the game in concealment, so the enemy doesn't know you are there, and the grid is clearly marked with where they can detect. so you can set up ambushes using overwatch. get your soldiers surrounding them, then move one in to sight, they all scatter like they did in the previous game, and trigger your overwatch. very satisfying when it works. on the downside, once you are detected, all the enemies have detected you, it isn't isolated to an area of the map. also, a great many missions have a turn limit, so the concealment allows a stealthy approach, but you need to move forward a lot...
Not sure. I think so, but when I see gameplay videos, it seems like it's not too bad if you use the varying elevations and stuff. But I might just be thinking of the "Dark Zone."Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychosplodge
Sounds good thanks. Which is nice because I was a little disappointed they didn't revamp Terror from the Deep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
I haven't got too far yet, but if there is anything you want to know I can have a look
or me, I've gone through XCOM2 in its entirety. Brilliant game that. And I even liked the turn timers a lot, in the context of the rest of the game - they don't usually force you into suicide, but they also apply a bit of pressure on you to prevent the old boring Overwatch creep. And the amount of pressure feels like it's usually just right, at least to me and also depending a bit on the map you roll up. Procedurally generated maps (and really good they are too!) instantly double the quality of the game compared to EU/EW, and there's sooooo many little details that further make the game great...
I haven't struggled with the timers so far, they do seem to be pretty well worked out. but I do resent them being there, especially when it is giving you the option for a stealthy approach. it is a shame there isn't an extra class or two in there, but they do seem a bit more varied than in Enemy Unknown, I am liking them so far. I think the DLC adds a class per pack as well
yeah the five classes we have are maybe a bit few, even though they are very nicely done imho. But, let's not forget the awesome amount of modding support XCOM2 has.
Hate the timers? There's a mod for that (or rather a bunch of mods that do everything from make them longer, to make them start only when you are revealed, to kill them entirely).
Hate the fact that there's even a way to lose the game via doomsday mechanic? Mod it.
Want more classes? Mods (you'll have to find reasonably balanced ones yourself tho, if you want that is).
Want a different UI? Mods.
Want even more map variety? Mods.
Want a humungous Sombrero for your elite strike team to wear? Mod.
Want a gun that shoots Corgis? That was literally the very first mod that appeared in the Steam Workshop.
I am not a huge fan of mods to core gameplay really.
continuing my whirlwind tour of old games, I am now playing the Shadow Warrior reboot, which is tremendous fun and pretty funny. will be finishing this one, and looking forward to the sequel later this year.
Has anyone found the Chinese submarine in fallout 4? I've seen one brief reference to it in a youtube video. Is it worth going looking for?
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I don't want to google it and end up spoilering it
Tanks as girls dating sim, looks ridiculous and funny at same time
[url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/379980/[/url]
http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/st...g?t=1457560481
...what?
tonight I shall be pre-ordering Battlefleet Gothic and Dark Souls 3, and probably picking up Farcry Primal, see if it is actually any good.
Dodgers playing it on you youtube. I think i need to watch the whole thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
the reviews on Steam are pretty good
Resident Evil; Origins for me this month.
First and Resi Evil 0 remastered for the PS4.
Luvverly.
I am waiting for the re-release of 4 and 5 later in the year
currently downloading Battlefleet Gothic and Farcry Primal, don't know if the Battlefleet beta is still ongoing, will have to see. Shall be trying Primal over the long weekend though. it sounds utterly ridiculous, but the series has never let me down before, so we shall see.
yeah BFG is still in Beta, although the Devs are being rather big idiots about it, haven't said a thing about the actual release date (which was supposed to be yesterday, and Steam apparently lists it as released, but it is in fact still a beta which is poor practice not far short of an outright scam)
Steam just says pre-order, release March 2016
maybe some sort of last minute issue came up?
I am playing this classic I loved as a kid:
[url]http://www.kongregate.com/games/moly/gorillas-bas[/url]
gorillas throwing exploding bananas at each other
I am liking Primal so far, absolutely beautiful, and a nice combination of familiar gameplay with a new wild setting. Battlefleet Gothic is not what I expected, it isn't turn based, which is crazy. Plus it took me ages to realise that once you start attacking an enemy ship your ship will move about on its' own according to what mode it is in. so they start circling each other. seems like it might rather take the strategy out really, but we shall see.
well you can still order moves manually and your ship will fire - and you can set priorities for enemy vessels so that your guys focus their fire on the right target...
I know, but the fact they just fly around shooting by themselves kinda spoils it a bit for me. I may well still enjoy it, it looks like it could be good. I just need to get it right in my head that it isn't actually Battlefleet Gothic you are playing, it is a different game in the same universe.
new launch date for Gothic of April 21st. Beta will be open right up to launch. Orks launching in a few days, and pre-orders will get Space Marines and one other dlc fleet (unannounced) for free.
Yeah, it's got an interesting story to it, some quests, and the reward is kind of nice. The quest to locate it is kind of random to come across, but will help you locate it. There's a kid on a pier, I think near the General Atomics Factory? Says there's a sea monster that pokes up its eye, and that gives you the quest to investigate, which marks it on your map.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychosplodge
Also, since there's water involved, remember to keep some Rad-X/Rad-Away around, just in case.
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Sounds like it could still be a fun game. On the plus side, being different from the tabletop game means people won't skip on the tabletop game when it finally returns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
Though I suppose I'll have to come up with new tactics, because using Cobras' torpedoes to direct enemy ships where I want them to do likely isn't going to be as viable with this system.
It's weird going back to older games in a series. I mean New Vegas looks a lot different to how I remember it:
https://36.media.tumblr.com/813e06d7...5stto1_540.jpg