What are you Playing Now? No really, tell us more...

[Bartimaeus]

Milk Outside of a Bag of Milk Outside of a Bag of Milk

I don't play many visual novels (...pretty much never, in fact), but I liked this one. My impression of the game was that I played as the imaginary friend (or perhaps therapist?) of a paranoid schizophrenic girl trapped inside her room trapped inside her brain with only you, the player, as her guide to try and help make sense of her unstable thoughts and surroundings.

Why I am playing this incredibly esoteric game...I'm not a hundred percent sure - I guess because I saw some stylish-looking pixel art and it had overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam and it only cost a couple of dollars. Money well spent, I suppose.

Edited February 3, 2022 by Bartimaeus

[Bartimaeus]

Re-visiting Bloodborne a little today. Was pretty sloppy for the first half of the video (first try!), but did better as the battle went on.

Would've been pretty embarrassing to die to Cleric Beast, but give me a break, I haven't played this in years. And also, I was using a freaking d-pad because it's on Playstation 1.

Edited February 4, 2022 by Bartimaeus

[Lexx]

Something ain't right here, but I can't really put the finger on it.

[Bartimaeus]

1 hour ago, Lexx said:

Something ain't right here, but I can't really put the finger on it.

Yeah, it looks a little weird because on Playstation 4, it only runs at 30 FPS - on Playstation 1, it runs at 60. That's probably what you're seeing...probably.

[Keyrock]

I'm going through the clock tower area of Circle of the Moon. It's not actually called clock tower in this game but they have this area in pretty much every Castlevania game and it's traditionally called clock tower. Anyway, this is almost always one of the coolest looking and most infuriating to play areas, and CotM is no exception. Medusa Heads are easy enough to deal with on solid ground, but when you're doing a bunch of platforming, well, they can die in a fire. Any enemies that fly in a sine wave pattern in any game: Medusa heads, birds, bats, wisps. They can all die in a fire.

Edited February 4, 2022 by Keyrock

[Bartimaeus]

I never do well against sine wave enemies/projectiles in anything. In theory, I perfectly understand what to do to dodge them, but reality is a little different...

[Chilloutman]

8 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:

Re-visiting Bloodborne a little today. Was pretty sloppy for the first half of the video (first try!), but did better as the battle went on.

Would've been pretty embarrassing to die to Cleric Beast, but give me a break, I haven't played this in years. And also, I was using a freaking d-pad because it's on Playstation 1.

reminds me of my fav:

 

 

[Lexx]

Funny, it really does look a lot like it.

[Mamoulian War]

A double report for two more playthroughs to the end (number 4 and 5)

 

4 - February 3, 19:30 – I have started and finished my "lost" copy of Journey on my PS3. It was just a very short and chilled playthrough, where I tried to get as much trophies as possible. Of course, because it is almost two years, when I played it last time on PS4, I completely forgot few locations of some glyphs and symbols . But despite of that, I was able to get 7 trophies in this run.

 

5 - February 4, 11:00 – Another playthrough of Journey on my PS3 is behind me. The plan was to get some missing collectibles and to get the “surfing” trophy at the Sunken City area. And of course, I missed one collectible again, due to my clumsiness . Also I was able to meet the first companion, so 3 more trophies out of the way. Unfortunately, he did not wanted to play until the end of the game for another one

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

Disco Elysium. I did some investigating, gave a kid some drugs, and missed out on grabbing my gun because I talked to some students about infra-materialism.

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

Finished Disco Elysium. I made a SPIRIT BOMB and used it, went to an almost abandoned fort, and found a bug and a killer. I never did get some guy to give me his sandwich though.

It was very good, probably the best narrative I played in years. While I was a bit unsure at how a dialogue only game would play at first, it really does a good job of making you feel like you're doing detective work. Furthermore, the game seamlessly goes from funny to profound to weird as hell without straining at all. All in all it's one hell of a game and something that feels pretty close to unique. Whatever ZA/UM does next, I'm in.

[Mamoulian War]

So I have decided to try my luck again with longer race in Assetto Corsa Competizione, in a 1 hour race with a mandatory tire change. On Monza with 50 cars on starting grid This time with Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO. Thankfully it was a community race, because Monza T1 is a nightmare at public lobbies, similar to Spa on my last video Anyway. I've messed up the Qualification, and ended up 34th Then after formation lap, I was destroyed again, this time even before crossing the Starting Line So I went to pits at the end of the second lap to repair the damage, and make the mandatory tire change, aaaand then I just tried to have fun driving around, and try to conserve the tires in a driving state until the end of the race. So my lap times were not very stellar To my surprise, after most of the other drivers got into the pits, I jumped over to 20th position, with two cars under 10 seconds before me, which were fighting, and that slowed them down. In the end, I was able to overtake both of them, and finished on a nice 18th place. In the end, what seemed to be ruined race even before it began, was pretty nice and enjoyable experience, where I moved up 16 positions, and had a lot of fun

[kanisatha]

18 hours ago, KP the Torque Dork said:

Finished Disco Elysium. I made a SPIRIT BOMB and used it, went to an almost abandoned fort, and found a bug and a killer. I never did get some guy to give me his sandwich though.

It was very good, probably the best narrative I played in years. While I was a bit unsure at how a dialogue only game would play at first, it really does a good job of making you feel like you're doing detective work. Furthermore, the game seamlessly goes from funny to profound to weird as hell without straining at all. All in all it's one hell of a game and something that feels pretty close to unique. Whatever ZA/UM does next, I'm in.

I also finished the game on Friday. And I agree with you very closely. I think I successfully did almost all of the small side things while solving the case and finishing with no loose-ends left. My ending was quite perfect and very satisfactory, having refused to get on the airship, averted the bloodbath, and a perfect outcome to the shootout with the mercs (though without the spirit bomb). Finding that giant bug was a sweet bonus.

My Harry was 4, 4, 2, 2. What was yours?

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

2 hours ago, kanisatha said:

I also finished the game on Friday. And I agree with you very closely. I think I successfully did almost all of the small side things while solving the case and finishing with no loose-ends left. My ending was quite perfect and very satisfactory, having refused to get on the airship, averted the bloodbath, and a perfect outcome to the shootout with the mercs (though without the spirit bomb). Finding that giant bug was a sweet bonus.

My Harry was 4, 4, 2, 2. What was yours?

3,3,3,3.

[majestic]

Is this some secret code? In that case... uhm. 2,2,4,4?

[PK htiw klaw eriF]

56 minutes ago, majestic said:

Is this some secret code? In that case... uhm. 2,2,4,4?

It's the stat array for The Detective in Disco Elysium. Or maybe it is a secret code, the game is HARDCORE.

[Gorth]

I tried starting a game of Gary Grigsby's War in Russia (Matrix Edition). Playing as the Soviet side, the (German) AI is just a bit... frustrating at times?

Yes, AI is probably the single hardest thing (and I know from experience, it's over the top processing intensive) to get right, but.... arrrrgghh! Frustrating. It manages production and reinforcements just fine, but objectives? It's entirely on a HQ level and there are many HQs, so you get the feel of fighting a brainless horde of huns just swarming you. Once you get an advantage of numbers, they will still try to do "Blitzkrieg", despite being outnumbered 1:10 in a fight, no consideration for casualties. And then there are the Panzer Corps units. Unlike Infantry Corps, they can move up to 5 hexes per turn (operational readiness allowing) and boy does the AI use that. Mostly for suicide missions though. It will repeatedly overextend and send those fast moving units behind your lines, going for Soviet HQ units and rail/road networks. While it causes a few moments of panic at times when a HQ (with its air unit contingent) gets wiped out, it's almost always at the expense of the Panzer unit, which will rush it without any support and ends up dying in a turn or two after. Hence, the label suicide missions. Maybe I should retire the old Dos game and give Gary Grigsby's War in West and  Gary Grigsby's War in the East (2010 edition) a try instead (I have both on my steam account)

 

Edit: Because of the way the AI plays, I ended up the second time in a row having taken the Balkans and laying siege to Budapest in late 1942. Just too soon.

[BruceVC]

I finished NWN EE after 80 hours, as I mentioned earlier it was a great and nostalgic trip back to D&D and the Forgotten Realms

The lore, narrative  and D&D ruleset and the myriad of spells and combat strategies makes this game for me  

It gets a well deserved 65\100 on the " BruceVC gaming rating " system  and I am considering playing the expansions next 

[kanisatha]

I'm starting Solasta today.

Have to admit to being a little bit excited about diving into 5e D&D. I've been playing in 5e games through Roll20 with a group of friends, but playing just my own limited PC hasn't given me a true exposure to all of 5e.

[kanisatha]

11 hours ago, Gorth said:

I tried starting a game of Gary Grigsby's War in Russia (Matrix Edition). Playing as the Soviet side, the (German) AI is just a bit... frustrating at times?

Yes, AI is probably the single hardest thing (and I know from experience, it's over the top processing intensive) to get right, but.... arrrrgghh! Frustrating. It manages production and reinforcements just fine, but objectives? It's entirely on a HQ level and there are many HQs, so you get the feel of fighting a brainless horde of huns just swarming you. Once you get an advantage of numbers, they will still try to do "Blitzkrieg", despite being outnumbered 1:10 in a fight, no consideration for casualties. And then there are the Panzer Corps units. Unlike Infantry Corps, they can move up to 5 hexes per turn (operational readiness allowing) and boy does the AI use that. Mostly for suicide missions though. It will repeatedly overextend and send those fast moving units behind your lines, going for Soviet HQ units and rail/road networks. While it causes a few moments of panic at times when a HQ (with its air unit contingent) gets wiped out, it's almost always at the expense of the Panzer unit, which will rush it without any support and ends up dying in a turn or two after. Hence, the label suicide missions. Maybe I should retire the old Dos game and give Gary Grigsby's War in West and  Gary Grigsby's War in the East (2010 edition) a try instead (I have both on my steam account)

 

Edit: Because of the way the AI plays, I ended up the second time in a row having taken the Balkans and laying siege to Budapest in late 1942. Just too soon.

Matrix Games' The Operational Art of War IV (available on Steam) has the most up-to-date gaming system of all those old operational-level wargames, and it comes with some nice WW II scenarios to play. Some nice WW I and pre-WW I scenarios as well.

[BruceVC]

5 minutes ago, kanisatha said:

I'm starting Solasta today.

Have to admit to being a little bit excited about diving into 5e D&D. I've been playing in 5e games through Roll20 with a group of friends, but playing just my own limited PC hasn't given me a true exposure to all of 5e.

Let us know how it is and how enjoyable and integrated  it is with the 5e ruleset 

[Gorth]

8 minutes ago, kanisatha said:

Matrix Games' The Operational Art of War IV (available on Steam) has the most up-to-date gaming system of all those old operational-level wargames, and it comes with some nice WW II scenarios to play. Some nice WW I and pre-WW I scenarios as well.

Operational Art of War IV... I'll give it a look. Thanks for the tip

Edit: Found it https://store.steampowered.com/app/792660/The_Operational_Art_of_War_IV/ added to my wishlist for now, seeing if there isn't a Steam Sale coming up around Easter

[Malcador]

Replaying Forged Alliance.  Not sure what is with the campaign AI, I'm playing on Hard and the AI seems pretty docile.  Am playing UEF, so at least I get that T3 gatling gun for defense.

[kanisatha]

14 minutes ago, Gorth said:

Operational Art of War IV... I'll give it a look. Thanks for the tip

Edit: Found it https://store.steampowered.com/app/792660/The_Operational_Art_of_War_IV/ added to my wishlist for now, seeing if there isn't a Steam Sale coming up around Easter

You're welcome.

I love playing TOAW4. I do get tired of it after a while, so I play a couple of scenraios, take a break from it, then go back to it again later. Kinda' like how I play Civilization.

And if you are into old-school hex-based WW II naval/carrier battles, Carrier Battles 4: Guadalcanal (also on Steam).

[Gorth]

22 minutes ago, kanisatha said:

You're welcome.

I love playing TOAW4. I do get tired of it after a while, so I play a couple of scenraios, take a break from it, then go back to it again later. Kinda' like how I play Civilization.

And if you are into old-school hex-based WW II naval/carrier battles, Carrier Battles 4: Guadalcanal (also on Steam).

I still play SSI’s Carrier Force on my C64 emulator

 

Yes, I loved those old SSI games on my 64 back in the early to mid 80’s