LadyCrimson

I'd never heard of it until last night when I saw it as the big Steam feature. First thing I thought was "That looks like the Overlord guy!" Second thought was "hmm, looks interesting." I found a couple reviews that thought it was ok, but their descriptions didn't sound terribly appealing to me. So I'm glad to hear thoughts from someone's trying it out here. Sounds like it's a cheap Steam sale wait for me. Or at least the $20-$30 price point.

As long as it has crates. Can't not have crates.

I have no idea what to start with. I tended to like magic+skills like sneak, or a sort of battle-mage, so I usually went with Breton's or the Dunmer in Morrowind & light armor. Been so long tho, I don't really remember how it all works. It'll be fun re-learning.

Came home with a giant black cat and his bonded grey buddy (grey one isn't quite as big but still large). The black one is seriously huge, first thing you notice. More than 2 feet head to butt and 19" tall when sitting up straight on haunches - but he's lanky so not super heavy. Both 6 years old. There were a few others I thought about but rescuing a pair like that (not a lot want two older cats at once) felt right. They're gentle/mellow & adorable (which also suits me well). I'm happy.

After a year with no cat, I'm ready for a new furball to love. Going to the Humane Society this morning to have a looksee. There's some purebreeds I'd love to have, but I just can't do it with all those abandoned kitties already needing homes. Might even get an older one if I find one I like. Older kitties need love too.

Start Stalker:Pripyat. Test/remap keyboard UI. Run around a bit, talk to some guy. Head to where he tells me to go. Kill a couple dogs, admire some scenery. Enter safe zone spot, talk to a couple NPC's. Say "cool, looks like something I might like" then exit game. Sigh. What is wrong with me lately.

Don't know why people get so excited about a leaked video...if they want to see the game before spending cash, they just have to wait for release day, when all the YouTuber's will upload stuff a few hours later. People are so impatient... I'm not personally concerned about "intros" and voice acting to begin with. I just care about that explore factor, like I've mentioned already. But the console-friendly controls/UI *is* something I haven't liked the trend of, when it happens. I understand it, but I don't like it.

Yeah, I know. But it makes me wish they'd work more on that before more lighting/other texture stuff. I find it really disconcerting to have almost-realistic looking spots in the game, or at least the uber-clarity of the overall image, and then turn around and suddenly be facing some rubber-skinned, horrible looking npc.

It's always makes me a bit nervous putting a new shiny in the rig, wondering/hoping that everything will be fine with it when I turn it on. :D I have two dx11 games now...probably not the bestest, but they look nice. Still, despite all the new stuff, I'm still of the opinion that the AA/AF are two of the biggest appearance-difference makers. If you put everything back on low/dx9 except with a high AA/AF, it still looks pretty darn good/shiny.

I'm not a big action gamer so I'm still easily impressed w/their current graphics that some of you take for granted by now, probably. Still, here's some of my initial graphic reactions to Metro 2033, dx11/ultra settings etc. using the gtx590: Nice details of the brick wall. Not bad. Nice texture of the gloves/sweater sleeve! Awesome! But... the wrist skin looks rather rubbery. Wow, look at...wait, what's wrong with those fingers? Is that too much tessellation or something? Gross. ....all this gorgeous texture, shadow & lighting they can do now, and they still can't do skin/hands/faces right. Maybe by DX30...

Certainly the most amusing.

Bought Stalker bundle, Metro 2033, and Overlord/Raising Hell (since I could never get RH for my pc version back when...) on steam. I figure with my current super short, barely start let alone finish attention span, that should at least hold me over until Skyrim.

Exactly! ...if I can't have one in every port for the lol's, I doubt I'll mess with that side of the game much. I just want to kill & loot & explore. Please please let the exploration aspect be awesome/interesting.

Margin Call. A talky, must-pay-attention film that was compelling to watch. Stayed fairly low-key but still managed to convey tension & "thriller" aspects from the tension. No action, no car chases, no huge melodrama, no robots. Stark, almost over-contrasted cinematography for mood, I loved it. They did a good job keeping the characters human, yet still not exactly likable, and the top notch actors were great...a few might even be Supporting Actor nominee nods if the home on-demand release (done while still in theatrical release) doesn't prevent it. A refreshing change from all the comic hero/CGI movies.

I'm not bipolar but I have a couple of consistent time periods in the year that are of the "don't shower for days, stay in bed, dark thoughts, shuffle around in bathrobe" variety. Their severity varies year to year but yeah...always kinda sucks to feel it coming on. Hope this cycle doesn't last too long for you. At least there are vid games & the internet now. Rolling up my sleeves to see if I can't clean out my very neglected webservers this weekend.

This was asked and I think it was Todd who confirmed no in depth companion story arcs But apparently we get 100's of choices on who we can marry, to be our house or travel maids/butlers! .... I was hoping I could have a male stud in every town, waiting for my beck and call, but somehow I doubt it'll work like that.

Wasted time making this. Happy (early) Halloween people.

Can't focus on any one game for long anymore/lately. An hour, maybe two, and I drop it, play something else. Repeat, then stop altogether. FNV may have been my last hurrah for obsessive marathon gaming....unless Skyrim grabs me in the same time-sucking way. So right now...I'm off to read a book.

Hopefully I'll be not gaming (become more & more a possibility) or dead by then.

I disagree. It's very fun, at least for one playthrough, as a singleplayer game. Even better on the harder difficulties - at least as a Hunter or Siren (imo). It's just that the very very ending kinda sucks. Respawn rate made it fun to run over the same idiot bandits near a town, over and over and over again, sometimes. I was looking at that Halloween sale yesterday, thinking about using it to take a look at the action games I'd never pay full price for, but I'm so indecisive, even for 6-10 bucks. L4Dead series, single player? ( I know they use AI for the others) Deadscape? Bioshock series?

Holy Crow, what a ballgame! Game 7 here we come! Almost wish this series would last another week.

I'm still not sure I "get" the new mechanics but I'll figure it out eventually. Haven't noticed a crouching-specific option but maybe it's built in or has weird wording. It was a bit too overpowered before...altho in the SP game at least, eventually I hardly have to ever fight myself to doesn't matter too much. Do you know if having a high Persuasion will prevent the bickering Heroes from actually leaving, like before? In the 1st game they'd still complain periodically but they'd never actually leave. Or at least, they never did when I played.

The character bodies/faces are tons better than WoW. I think (especially w/the new changes) it holds up well considering the age of the game, as Hurlshot mentioned. Shots of Far Cry (2004) & other older games - it's not like those look uber by today's standards either.

Don't own a console but from what I've seen, seems like it'll look just fine overall on them. For the console abilities, it seems pretty spiffy/they did a good job in that regard. It's not like most sit 2 feet from their 40-60" TV anyway. My CPU may be a little old at this point but mine still better eat it alive on ultra or I'll be mildly unhappy (w/my rig, not the game).

Finally got around to M&B:Warband. Based on experience w/the 1st game, I thought my horse & lance would be enough to take on 11 bandits solo at lvl1, for some exp. & loot to hire some Heroes. Then I realized the lance was refusing to couch for some reason and by the time I'd adjusted my thinking, I was dead (well, unconscious at least). They must've changed speed or weapon requirement or something for the lance to couch, I guess. The next group of looters, however, felt my wrath and were all beaten unconscious, taken prisoner and sold.