What are you playing now?

[Keyrock]

 

 

 

 

"pillage and sacrifice" , that does sound fun and different

 

 

Who doesn't like a good sacrifice?  Other than the sacrificee, of course.  

[HoonDing]

I got annoyed with Of Orcs and Men as I kept getting killed, so I stopped playing it and then deleted it off my machine. Its not a good enough game for me to go back and relearn new skills or understand the combat properly.

 

So tonight I will be installing Alan Wake, I have always wanted to play it

IIRC it's easy as pie

 

Altair -> defensive skills (except when he's alone against multiple Orc enemies)

Styx -> offensive skills (that skill that boosts his critical chance upgraded with +50% dodge is game breaking especially combined with multi-dagger skill)

[mkreku]

For fun I downloaded Borderlands 2 to my 2+ year old netbook (http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/Eee_PC_1215N/) and tried to run it. Imagine my surprise when it actually started. Not only that, it was entirely playable. At medium settings!

 

I've enjoyed my old netbook quite a bit over the years, but this was probably the first time I've been properly impressed by it.

[BruceVC]

 

I got annoyed with Of Orcs and Men as I kept getting killed, so I stopped playing it and then deleted it off my machine. Its not a good enough game for me to go back and relearn new skills or understand the combat properly.

 

So tonight I will be installing Alan Wake, I have always wanted to play it

IIRC it's easy as pie

 

Altair -> defensive skills (except when he's alone against multiple Orc enemies)

Styx -> offensive skills (that skill that boosts his critical chance upgraded with +50% dodge is game breaking especially combined with multi-dagger skill)

 

 

I hear you, I stared getting the hang if it but still found I had split my points too evenly between attack and defense so I wasn't effective in either. This became apparent in certain fights, like  against the Shaman. I was about 10 hours into the game. Also every level seemed the same from a gameplay perspective. A linear path from A to B with  the same types of monsters just in different size  groups...goblin, dogs or humans . I may install it again, but I doubt it

[pmp10]

Metal Gear Rising.

Maybe I got a bit caught up in the hype but the end result is a little disappointing.

It certainly can deliver some great moments but the sheer amount of flaws in gameplay design mar the whole experience.

[HoonDing]

 

 

I got annoyed with Of Orcs and Men as I kept getting killed, so I stopped playing it and then deleted it off my machine. Its not a good enough game for me to go back and relearn new skills or understand the combat properly.

 

So tonight I will be installing Alan Wake, I have always wanted to play it

IIRC it's easy as pie

 

Altair -> defensive skills (except when he's alone against multiple Orc enemies)

Styx -> offensive skills (that skill that boosts his critical chance upgraded with +50% dodge is game breaking especially combined with multi-dagger skill)

 

 

I hear you, I stared getting the hang if it but still found I had split my points too evenly between attack and defense so I wasn't effective in either. This became apparent in certain fights, like  against the Shaman. I was about 10 hours into the game. Also every level seemed the same from a gameplay perspective. A linear path from A to B with  the same types of monsters just in different size  groups...goblin, dogs or humans . I may install it again, but I doubt it

I agree level design and stealth mechanics are... rudimentary, but one needs to take into account this game was developed on a shoestring budget (even compared to Game of Thrones from same developer), still setting, combat and characters ultimately were good enough to make the game worth buying on release. I really would not mind a sequel.

[BruceVC]

 

 

 

I got annoyed with Of Orcs and Men as I kept getting killed, so I stopped playing it and then deleted it off my machine. Its not a good enough game for me to go back and relearn new skills or understand the combat properly.

 

So tonight I will be installing Alan Wake, I have always wanted to play it

IIRC it's easy as pie

 

Altair -> defensive skills (except when he's alone against multiple Orc enemies)

Styx -> offensive skills (that skill that boosts his critical chance upgraded with +50% dodge is game breaking especially combined with multi-dagger skill)

 

 

I hear you, I stared getting the hang if it but still found I had split my points too evenly between attack and defense so I wasn't effective in either. This became apparent in certain fights, like  against the Shaman. I was about 10 hours into the game. Also every level seemed the same from a gameplay perspective. A linear path from A to B with  the same types of monsters just in different size  groups...goblin, dogs or humans . I may install it again, but I doubt it

I agree level design and stealth mechanics are... rudimentary, but one needs to take into account this game was developed on a shoestring budget (even compared to Game of Thrones from same developer), still setting, combat and characters ultimately were good enough to make the game worth buying on release. I really would not mind a sequel.

 

Now I feel bad, I didn't realize the financial restraints involved in the development

 

Okay I'll give the game another go after a while,

Edited February 23, 2013 by BruceVC

[ShadySands]

So bored that I'm giving WoW a try... wish me luck

[Hurlshort]

Decided to start on on the F:NV DLC, beginning with Dead Money.  So far so good!

[ShadySands]

So bored that I'm giving WoW a try... wish me luck

 

Scratch that.

 

On to BG:EE

[Labadal]

Finished the weakest part of Arcanum, The Black Mountain. It is boring as hell and I hate those traps. I can avoid them without much trouble, my party members on the other hand...

[Nordicus]

Decided to start on on the F:NV DLC, beginning with Dead Money.  So far so good!

You haven't played the DLC before?

[Hurlshort]

 

Decided to start on on the F:NV DLC, beginning with Dead Money.  So far so good!

You haven't played the DLC before?

 

Nope, I'm not really a fan of DLC in general.  I spent 60 hours on the base game, so I was ready to move on to other things.  I usually wait until I get an itch to replay something before I worry about any DLC, and most games that never happens.

[Inyourprime]

Went back to Mount and Blade: Warband, with the mod Prophesy of Pendor mod. I don't think there's a mod out there that matches PoP - it has its' own backstory, heroes, factions, and equipment and it's significantly harder than Warband.

 

Got to hand it to the mod team who made this; I can't imagine the hours spent on it.

[WDeranged]

Still enjoying Oblivion regardless of it's flaws, so many flaws...but I still find the bastardised LOTR representation of Cyrodiil strangely relaxing.

[Humanoid]

Had to abort my first intended DLC-run of NV late last year when I concluded that it was too impractical to continue using my pure explosives-based character - got up to Vegas but having to heal myself every time I used an explosive in VATS got pretty tiresome. I understand why the pseudo-immunity to damage during VATS in FO3 was taken out, but this is one of the unfortunate impacts given the engine behaviour.

 

 

Ended up buying M&B Warband in the end, unfortunately the non-demo version also still graphically glitches out similarly, but fortunately less frequently, to how the demo did. First thing I did was to go find mods to tweak away my biggest annoyances from the demo, that being the requirement to walk around the pointless village/town maps to get quests from them, the way cattle herding works, allowing battle to continue if you get knocked out, and perhaps a bit cheaty, but I changed all the pointless stat allocation from companions (7 dead points in Inventory Management, really?). Also made all tavernkeeps into ransom brokers. It's a fun distraction, but I can't think of another game that is simultaneously as involved but yet so shallow as this.

[Malcador]

Finally managed to shatter China in my Civ game.  I think I'll just burn their remaining cities to the ground, too much pain to secure and hold it all (no body counts like in SMAC though, I guess I can note a body count myself). 

 

Also, finally going to start Deponia.

[Nordicus]

Nope, I'm not really a fan of DLC in general.  I spent 60 hours on the base game, so I was ready to move on to other things.  I usually wait until I get an itch to replay something before I worry about any DLC, and most games that never happens.

Oh, you've been missing out. FO:NV is one of the few games that have been using the DLC business model to dish out quality content post-launch with good bang for buck

[Hassat Hunter]

About the Bio-discussion, I liked ME1 and 3 (2? Not so much), and DA1. TOR's decent, but the support and patching and general lack of any direction is making me super-hesitant to put down money on it. It does feel they're just trying to scrape quick bucks with the CC-market and then leave. If you feel they're gonna drop the game, it's a little hard to give cash, let stand suggest anyone else they should do so.

Having a gigantic amount of bugs, but focus on the one that profits players, hot-fix it in 2 days TWICE (cause it broke) and it still doesn't work? That tells me BioWare in development of TOR is out to 1) get us 2) is super-incompetant. Each single patch seems to improve on this feeling that both are at play.

 

Dragon Age 3? It really depends on the game. DA:O like, yes. DA2 like, no. Different aga... I'll just have to see if it's any good. I don't dislike BioWare, but like any studio, I am not going to buy crap if they publish it, I rather play good games.

 

Having said that, playing TOR. Trying to get most out of the Gree event before it locks down. Grieving in the pvp area seems to have died down completely. And I can't say I am too regretful of that, good riddance.

[Blodhemn]

 

Nope, I'm not really a fan of DLC in general.  I spent 60 hours on the base game, so I was ready to move on to other things.  I usually wait until I get an itch to replay something before I worry about any DLC, and most games that never happens.

Oh, you've been missing out. FO:NV is one of the few games that have been using the DLC business model to dish out quality content post-launch with good bang for buck

I've finally gotten around to the dlc's too. Honest Hearts was bland as can be and Old World Blues is mediocre so far, but still, this type of gaming is enjoyable at the least and even at it's worst, is still better than many games out there.

[Bos_hybrid]

Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires.

 

Like the implementation of stratagems, always fun to lead the AI into traps(ambush/pitfall/rock slide). Too bad you don't actually need to use them once you raise your stats above a certain point(which is when you get the most interesting ones submerge/inferno).

 

Just lost my current games due to all my officers leaving due to my 'evilness'. Time to retry being a tyrant.

[Labadal]

Reached Ashbury in Arcanum. Had Chukka join me for now. Going to do a few sidequests later on, but I'm going to try to advance the story a bit first.

[Mamoulian War]

Playing Resonance of Fate again, and stumbled against a big ****block. My party is to low level, because of my playstyle, to continue the story, so I have to grind a little bit more now :/

 

And having fun with League of Legends and PnP Pathfinder game with my friends, we are learning the game mechanics while playing at home modified PF Society scenarios.

 

It is hard, because one person is absolutely unable to get into his characters and his "roleplay" is absolutely terrible :/ All others are pretty decent, but whenever we got into new gameplay mechanics, we just get stuck for half hour, sometimes more, if complicated rules come into play...

 

Our group has never played PnP RPGs before...

[AGX-17]

Trying the Steampunk scenario in Civ V G&K.

 

....Odd.

 

At least the leaders don't have 598 brass-rimmed monocles attached to stovepipe hats with actual stovepipes and steam whistles sticking out. Yes, I'm calling you out, steampunk cosplayers. You look like buffoons.

Edited February 24, 2013 by AGX-17

[Tale]

Finished up LEGO Lord of the Rings.

 

If you're not already familiar, it's pretty much the definition of a time waster. The LEGO games have a very childlike charm to them that I think even adults can appreciate, but it's not something you're going to feel fulfilled playing. Just amused and entertained.