Enoch Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Nearly finished a Civ4 One-City Challenge. In OCC mode, you cannot build or conquer any cities beyond your capital, but the thresholds for certain improvements, like the "must build X Universities before building Oxford U," are removed and the limit on 'national wonders' in said city is increased from 2 to 5. It's a great way to train yourself to be better at certain aspects of the game, like micro-managing individual cities and (especially) keeping the AIs happy with you. I think I'm going to lose this one. I've borked up the diplomatic situation enough that I won't be elected the winner, and my rivals are too close in technology (this is Monarch level) for me to pull off a space race win. The moral victory I'm taking home is that I did successfully manage the diplomacy well enough to survive to the endgame, despite twice being invaded by Augustus' Praetorans.
Tel Aviv Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) Tales of Vesperia still. It's all kinds of ballsy. How often does a JRPG protagonist commit first degree murder . I understand Yuri's reasoning but I'm actually a little shocked, especially by Cumore's death which was genuinely unsettling, probably because Liam O'Brien is so ace. Edited October 9, 2009 by Tel Aviv
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Now on Nar Shadaa with the restored content... eh. Too much fighting. This stuff could have been cut out and I'd be fine with it, or maybe it's just that Nar Shadaa is a ****ty level. It just looks so boring, the music annoys me and the only good thing is how many sidequests there are and how they tie into each other. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
Aristes Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 I haven't been up to playing much until recently. The only gaming I've done is facebook stuff and WoW with guildies. I'm feeling pretty damned chipper recently, though, and so I think I might finish off my game of Fallout 2.
Hurlshort Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 I'm working furiously to get through my Medieval TW game. Scotland currently owns most of Europe and I just finished off Egypt. So far I've conquered England, Egypt, Spain, Denmark, and I'm working on the Turks and the HRE. I still haven't seen the Mongols, I guess they are harassing the Byzantine Empire. Egypt was a pain, got lost in the desert a bit.
entrerix Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) not a computer game, but my group started a new P&P call of cthulu game last night, their planning an expedition to the amazon in search of a legendary tribe known for making sacrifices to a strange creature... what they dont know is that when they return to the university after having experienced a long and harrowing expedition with everything going wrong including a crashed boat, sabatuers, an attack by hostile natives and threatening wildlife, they will be horrified to learn that something came home with them... Edited October 9, 2009 by entrerix Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.
Purkake Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) Everyone loves CoC PnP. There's a ton of awesome campaigns out there like Masks of Nyarlathotep, Day of the Beast and Beyond the Mountains of Madness. Even today's PA is vaguely related(and profanity free!): Edited October 9, 2009 by Purkake
Aristes Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 If I could only convince my PnP group to play CoC, I would be happy. Alas, it's DnD or bust for my friends.
Purkake Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 CoC is better for new players anyway. The mechanical stuff is pretty secondary. But for some reason DnD seems to be the stepping stone for lots of PnP people.
entrerix Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 we play DnD, battlelords, WoD (human only), and Call of Cthulu. we basically just rotate between them, never the same game twice in a row, no campaigns last more than 6 months. it's worked well for us for the past 16 years or so. we actually started with battlelords, DnD was second. we didnt even know rpg's were a thing, we just found a battlelords book on a shelf somewhere and thought it was a totally unique creation, like the worlds most insane choose your own adventure book. Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete.
Matthew Rorie Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 What with the flurry of insane Steam/Direct2Drive deals, my playlist has expanded a bit. I'm still working on Tales of Vesperia, but now I've got Supreme Commander Gold, Company of Heroes Gold, World In Conflict Gold, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and I'll probably borrow my roommate's copy of Batman since he bought it right before he decided to go back to playing WoW 6 hours a night. Matthew Rorie
Purkake Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) Good thing you don't have an actual job to do, eh? I kid, I kid. Edited October 9, 2009 by Purkake
CoM_Solaufein Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Fallout 3 again. Decided to try some adult mods that I saw mentioned in the Fallout 3 thread and some others I found. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is StrengthBaldur's Gate moddingTeamBGBaldur's Gate modder/community leaderBaldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition beta testerBaldur's Gate 2 - Enhanced Edition beta tester Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition beta tester
HoonDing Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Risen! +1 Currently trying to earn a mage education. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
SteveThaiBinh Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 I went the bandits-in-the-swamp route. Spent the first three hours of the game wandering around in the dark before I figured out how to sleep. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
Morgoth Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Currently playing Shadow Complex, and a bit Fallout 3. Good times. Rain makes everything better.
Majek Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 NGS2 team missions with a friend. Good fun. Lag is a bit annoying though. 1.13 killed off Ja2.
Calax Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Still playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. there are a TON of characters. They've even got Pennance (aka Speedball). But they have like one story for 2/3rds of the game and then suddenly radically shift the games direction. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
Maria Caliban Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Psychonauts. This game is ****ing amazing! Yes, it is. "When is this out. I can't wait to play it so I can talk at length about how bad it is." - Gorgon.
Purkake Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Psychonauts. This game is ****ing amazing! Indeed, too bad you didn't play it when it counted. Still nice that people recognize the awesomeness.
karka Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Psychonauts. This game is ****ing amazing! Indeed, too bad you didn't play it when it counted. Still nice that people recognize the awesomeness. I regret it also. But, Br
Maria Caliban Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 As someone who hates combat and 'dungeon crawling', I have to say that the last chapter of Risen is one big stew of combat and dungeon crawling, and I'm loving it. Leaping over spikes, checking each room for switches, crevices that I could shrink into, tapping on bits of the wall to see if I can break them down, and trying to figure out how to get into an area when there's a giant chasm of lava between it and I might not be role-playing, but it "When is this out. I can't wait to play it so I can talk at length about how bad it is." - Gorgon.
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