LadyCrimson

This type of discussion always makes me want that final game in my grubby little hands more than ever, so I can finally see what their plan really is/what it'll be like ... and then analyze it to death. And I mean that in the positive, obsessive play-testing sort of way.

I did not like it. It seemed rather ambitious, but the gameplay was such that I could not play it. Mind you that was a long time ago. It did look a bit crude ... and I don't mean the graphics, but controls/combat perhaps. The crafting aspect, with the farms or something, sounded kinda interesting tho. Any other (not fps) post-apoc games out there these days? Most seem to be zombie games. Why is it always zombies...

I'd still be interested in a RPG that had no "chr. levels" at all ... where half the motivation does not come from watching an xp bar increase. You'd still have skills to improve/acquire, things to craft, item upgrades, quests to do etc. just that the xp/chr. lvl isn't what dictates when you can do/increase those things. Something else does. eg, I'd like another type of carrot. That there will be a carrot, or multiple carrots, seems unavoidable, but another flavor would be nice. I don't really know how to go about it, however.

May have finally "beaten" the truly bizarre sleeping cycle/insomnia I seemed to be enslaved by the past couple weeks. Woke up early this morning, feeling pleasant and energetic for the first time in a while. So plan on showering and heading out to do some hiking about. I have a desire for some meditative time under the canopy of some redwood trees.

Fio's blog entry gets my first ever given, and likely only, "Like." I didn't know tarna much on a personalized level, mostly from posts in the fora here and there etc., but the first time I joined the mod team and was feeling jittery a few times, he was awesomely supportive, helpful, and kind. I've always remembered that. Not just that he was helpful, but his affirming approach. It left an impression that still lasts to this day. Yeah...me too.

If no level cap was actually part of the developer's game design, I'd be fine with that. If it's not, then I prefer such things to be in the form of a mod. I see no reason to have it as an included option, as it's not really a difficulty option, but a personal power-gaming and/or continuation-motivation aspect. I doubt the EZ difficulty would equal railroading over everything at clvl1, and I also rather doubt the game will be so long as to make whatever the "soft cap" it will come with feel overly restrictive. I've had the impression that Obsidian doesn't generally favor "overpowered, hooha" balancing in their game designs, not their general style, but I could be wrong. Assuming it's something that can be done with a mod (not hard coded or whatever the term may be), I'm sure it's one of the first mods that would show up as they're typically simple things to do.

Out of mild curiosity, has anyone tried Fallen Earth before? A post-apoc mmo/mmp sounds kinda cool...altho it sounds a bit time consuming. Maybe there's a better online post-apoc game out there.

...so I'm left wondering if this thread has much useful life left in it ...

Thanks Maria. I think the topic has moved on now ? but adding my reinforcement with a reminder that personalized belittlement re: other company's policies, employees etc. goes against the Forum Guidelines here. Debate the game, not the person.

Should be out running errands, but I'm not yet...soon, soon...

Thread pruned. IndiraLightfoot referred to a couple of the Forum Guidelines a bit earlier, and I'll refer to another one: In other words, it's fine/great to say you didn't like the writing or gameplay choices in a game because they weren't to your personal tastes, or the general discussion of what effect internet abuse may have on the pysche, but around here, best to try to leave actual, personalized belittlement out of it. Thanks.

NW:Online - bought one of the Mystic horse mounts for 750k AD. I still have 3.5 million AD and I wouldn't mind another one if it someone else was selling one for cheap. Not that interested in the upcoming new content at this point ... but still collecting useless pets and mounts? Sure, why not. Nope, I'm not illogically compulsive, not me.

@Raithe - heh, that's a lot of authors for me to look up, thanks. @TN - no, haven't read House of Leaves, but I do like weird ... sometimes. I haven't read much of anything, really, for years (outside of re-reading fave oldies and the occasional short-story collections).

Kryptonite cooler boxes sent via SSTPS (Solar Slingshot Timewarp Package Service) works fairly well, I hear.

Browsed Steam, GoG, new-game reviews/lists, etc. and have come to a couple of conclusions: 1 - I have little desire to replay old favorite games a 5th (or 10th, or 100th) time 2 - new single-player games are largely yawn-inducing in terms of the style or type of gameplay, far as I'm concerned. So ... read any good rousing, actiony sci-fi books or chr.-driven horror lately? It's been a long time since I've kept up on book releases. Who are the happenin' new authors from the past 5-8 years, say?

*looks at Labadal's pics* ...I have no idea what those little food circles are, but suddenly I'm hungry.

Mail me some.

Games that like to make you download large patches on a regular basis should have faster (and more stable) servers. I could cook dinner, eat it, and this still wouldn't be done.

The previous thread. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02c1at396fM

Post limit, which means ... it's time to change! One, two, three!

Mostly all I notice is the cat, which is way cuter than the guy. I preferred that old spice ad. Probably because I tend to prefer shorter/neater hair (and his voice)...and of course, it's just more gigglelicious.

We just watched that too. I kept reading comparisons to Die Hard, but they're all wrong in that. What it really is: "Under Siege: White House." I kept expecting a pudgy Steven Segal to pop out of the woodwork. ...I liked the first scene on the bridge, and the female Secretary that wouldn't take guff. The rest was pretty redonkulous, even just as "lots of violent action."

I live on generic-brand Loratadine tablets. Both for the nose and for the skin reactions - very tiny, itchy bump rashes that randomly flare up on exposed skin for 30-60 minutes then disappear entirely. When a room fan is going, when I'm outside, when I'm sitting on a couch, in a chair...suddenly itchitchitch. Any maple trees around? That slightly fuzzy stuff from their leaves on some varieties can be very irritating to nose and skin, I find, especially in the fall...all that tiny tiny leaf fuzz floating around in the air as dust everywhere.

BL2 - that skill that decreases recharge time from taking damage on the Psycho works great when you're solo, since you're going to be taking damage anyway. When you're playing with another player, however, it doesn't work quite so well...since friendlies can damage you as well as the enemy... At least, it doesn't work well at low clvls. I think hubs killed me three or four times, with guns and grenades.

The Colony (2013) - started off all right but went downhill from there. The very start of the film had music that very much made me think of the 1980's The Thing, and the whole movie is rather like that. Still, it might have been ok, but the plotholes (even for the type of film it is) bring it down too much. Rather a waste of Bill Paxton and Laurence Fishburne. Also saw part of a 1980 film called Battle Beyond the Stars, described as having the intention of being a sort of "Magnificent Seven in space." I remember seeing it as a kid and liking it, with stuff like the feminine voiced AI spaceship Nell and Saxon and Vaughn's over the top acting sticking in my memory long after. Cheesy and cheap effects/sets, capitalizing on the sci-fi craze, it's almost hilarious to watch it now.