sorophx

it's just a flesh wound

the spiritual successor to the original Ghost Recon is slowly taking shape. when the AI is a bit more sophisticated, it could actually be fun to play in coop. for now, I'm just doing killhouse runs to get the hang of the controls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra8p-b6ux_w

I'm playing on Windows. were you asking about my PC specs, though? I have an i5-3570K, with a GeForce 680. You advance time by fast travelling, so you can just make a few hops from camp to camp to get the sun down.

still playing Wildlands on a regular basis, I'm nowhere near done with the story (about half way through), because I just like driving or flying around the map clearing out enemy bases and checkpoints. this actually may be the game that portrays, what being CIA's Ground Branch operative is like, most accurately. I find myself leading local guerrillas into battle and relying on them more than on my own team mates (the latter being almost completely useless anyway) almost on every objective. first I soften the enemy up with a mortar barrage, then I send in a small squad of guerrillas to create a diversion on one flank, and finally conduct a full-on assault from the opposite direction with two other squads. works great every time. but enough talk, here are some pics. this was an interesting moment. I had to tail a vehicle without attracting any attention, and it just happened to merge with a cartel convoy delivering drugs somewhere (the vehicle in question is between the truck and the trailing Humvee in the pic). usually I destroy these convoys, but this time I had to restrain myself to not fail the mission, so we drove in a column for a couple of miles, until the target separated from the convoy. I believe this is what they call "emergent gameplay" also, had to kidnap someone's girlfriend three girls, one gun. I swear I was gentle,

depends on how you chose to play it, I guess. when playing Shogun or Medieval I would always find myself skipping combat in favor of doing more stuff on the map screen, finding diplomatic solutions and moving my armies around.

yeah, same, I've become disenchanted with RTS games. they're mostly about resource management and tactics rather than strategy (with notable exceptions, like the Total War game). and if I wanted tactics I'd play a team-based shooter or a TB game.

I may have Russian prices in my GOG store, if they do have regional pricing, I am not in Russia, but at least on Steam half of my games are region locked to Russia and its neighboring countries

really? interesting, South Park is one of the most well received Obsidian games.

just bought Tyranny on GOG, since it's only 10$, I've heard mixed things about it, though. some say it's a very good RPG, while others say it's unplayable due to many game breaking bugs. what's the general consensus on these forums?

you could turn the forums themselves into a game. have a game, that plays itself (many websites out there with similar games, where you basically create a character and by doing certain stuff can influence his life but can't directly control him), where each forum member has an avatar. generate adventures for the avatar, and keep a journal on the user's profile page on the forums, where he can read how his character is doing (something similar to sending out vault dwellers in Fallout Shelter). maybe add the ability to give your character new equipment, which can be earned by doing something on the forums (be a member for a number of years, have a certain amount of likes etc.). add achievements to the forum, which are earned by the character reaching certain milestones (complete a number of objectives without dying, reach a certain level etc.). achievements will reward the user with new userpic borders, unique badges or something. maybe even add the ability to pit one user's avatar against another

yeah, these cuts from E3 are cringe worthy and amusing at the same time. just when I though a company couldn't embarass itself more I see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2v0LHI1O0g

still playing TESO from time to time, and this game can be very pretty at times, but I think I mentioned that before this last one is from the best mission I've completed yet. really fun for some reason, even though mechanically it was the same as other missions before it: kill a bunch of groups of enemies, press a few in-game triggers, fight a boss - but this one stuck with me. I hope there are more of these in the game (I not nearly done with the content still, and I've hit max level a couple of weeks ago)

since we don't have a dedicated E3 thread, I'll just put this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFv8wwDrUa8 very interesting concept and setting

I don't think DCS has anything in common with Ace Combat. The F/A-18C will probably be modeled as realistically as the A-10C is, which means you'll have to read the manual to even take off and land successfully

I'd be more interested in a new Trespasser game

by the looks of it it will be exactly like Wildlands. not a bad thing, necessarily, since Wildlands itself plays a lot like the first Far Cry

I think you guys need a new thread. just sayin'

the thing is, I like replicas more than I like 'homages'

doesn't sound like it did in the 80s, though. the arrangement is modern, which makes it sound 'fake' pretty much like in that Turbo Kid movie

anyway, been playing a lot of TES Online lately, and overall I like it quite a bit. some of the environments look amazing the writing is bad, in general. story-related quests are nothing to write home about, but sometimes you can find gems here and there.

don't forget Rogue Trip!

DOS is one of those game that I know I should play through at least once but every time I try I have to force myself to play it for more than 10 minutes. it's so bad in almost every aspect, that getting to the good stuff (engaging tactical combat) seems impossible

I've always been bad with traps... should've told you before you recruited me!

as far as combat goes, OWL (Original Waste Land) had terrible controls, I agree. as far as exploration, I don't have any other games from that time to compare it to. I only played Scorched Earth and Street Rod