melkathi Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Trying out XCOM. Man is the gameplay terrible... will I have to play a strategy game with a gamepad? Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Started playing last light and HOLY HELL is this an atmospheric game. Although i think the devs need to go back in and retool SOMETHING because THIS keeps happening http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560974708319183589/C26D30B0D0BFBFFB5F34F79BB31E68C14AFBC537/ It's the flickering of the light and I assume it's based around the fact that it can't really refresh very well but I donno. 1 Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) Started playing last light and HOLY HELL is this an atmospheric game. Although i think the devs need to go back in and retool SOMETHING because THIS keeps happening http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560974708319183589/C26D30B0D0BFBFFB5F34F79BB31E68C14AFBC537/ It's the flickering of the light and I assume it's based around the fact that it can't really refresh very well but I donno. I'm really excited about this game, I loved Metro. I'm glad it seems good Edit : Nice review on Gamespot http://www.gamespot.com/metro-last-light/reviews/metro-last-light-review-6408240/?tag=Topslot;Slot1 Edited May 14, 2013 by BruceVC "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Playing "Go Home Dinosaurs!" A fun little tower defence where gophers are trying to protect their BBQ from ravenous hordes of dinosaurs. The pop refrences and terrible puns are priceless. Gopher grunt shoots from his tree stump: "This is my stump. There are many like it, but this one is mine." Gopher with freeze ray: "I see dinos. Get it? Icy dinos?" Though my favourid has to be the laser which is "historically accurate!" Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) Trying out XCOM. Man is the gameplay terrible... will I have to play a strategy game with a gamepad? That's funny, I was playing the original the other night using the OpenXcom mod, and I was having all sorts of trouble getting my troops in cover positions and lined up properly. Edit: I played the new one with the mouse and the only problems I had were with occasional camera glitches. I heard they were fixed, but I haven't checked it myself. Edited May 14, 2013 by Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majek Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Trying out XCOM. Man is the gameplay terrible... will I have to play a strategy game with a gamepad? Try it, i did and i liked it. Took a while to get used to keyboard and mouse when i played it again on PC. Eitherway it takes some time to get used to controls, so just continue playing. 1.13 killed off Ja2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Gave it a bit more time. May play through it, but am glad I did not pay full price for it. Most likely I will return to UFO: Extraterrestrials Gold Edition for the true UFO experience. It doesn't have fancy graphics and may be a bit deadlier, but at least gameplay doesn't feel dumbed down for consols (my soldiers can crouch ). In this new XCOM throwing grenades is a pain. I had enemies with jetpacks jump through a solid concrete roof, then land on the roof they jumped through, so they could shoot at me from a higher elevation... It isn't as bad as UFO: Aftermath, which had random maps that i would generate from scratch when you loaded a game, even while on the map - so if you were taking cover behind a house, saved the game to have dinner and loaded afterwards to continue playing, the house would most likely not be there anymore... Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mute688 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I have an extra copy of XCOM if anyone wants it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I have an extra copy of XCOM if anyone wants it. I would love that Thx "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 dang it, beaten to it.. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Didn't Bendu hook you up with XCOM BruceVC? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Didn't Bendu hook you up with XCOM BruceVC? Yes he did, well spotted. Not to worry then "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mute688 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 dang it, beaten to it.. Seems as if BruceVC already has a copy so if you are still interested Raithe, I can send you the steam activation code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Why did Bruce want 2 copies lol Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 dang it, beaten to it.. Seems as if BruceVC already has a copy so if you are still interested Raithe, I can send you the steam activation code. Groovy. I'd appreciate it then mute688. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Why did Bruce want 2 copies lol I didn't. I forgot I had it, it just shows how neglected my Steam game list is "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Metro Last Light. Has one of the most awkward and unnecessary sex scenes known to man. I could undestand the stripper earlier (long story, but having your player get a lap dance makes sense in context) but the actual sex scene comes later. Basically the only female character in the game (well, beyond the extras) is stuck with you, laments the fact that she feels alone and probably won't survive what's coming, and sits on your lap. Then it's "Go ahead, have some fun" and the screen whites out. No reason for it to be there, beyond "Crap, we need another naked breast!" Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drowsy Emperor Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) What we need is an AAA porn game to outclass and make obsolete in a single stroke every sex/nudity scene in games. It should feature a roster of characters from Kirby to Mass Effect to cover all possible tastes. New characters should be bought as microtransactions, and there should be anonymous multiplayer. ****, with this I'd be a millionaire in a fortnight. Edited May 14, 2013 by Drowsy Emperor И погибе Српски кнез Лазаре,И његова сва изгибе војска, Седамдесет и седам иљада;Све је свето и честито билоИ миломе Богу приступачно. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigranes Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 With always-online DRM. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Metro Last Night 1 Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Why does everyone assume it's the sex scene itself that's stupid? It's the relationship between the two characters that is. You see the woman all of 2 times (well three, but in one she's just background) in the game, one of which she's constantly demeaning you. The next time you see her basically has her as the damsel in distress before you rescue her, and she just goes "Hey, let's bone!". I'd have believed a gay romance between you and Pavel (You meet him in the second level) before this girl decides that she wants you. Bascially I'm saying that it's about as realistic as the hooker in Boomtown who makes the question "You want to sleep with me?" literal. Sad part? The sex is only there for ONE purpose, in one of the endings Either way, the game needed somebody to come in and adjust the pacing a bit. The setting seems ripe for a Borderlands Esque (more serious mind you) MMO. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Her English voice sucks too, she doesn't have a russian accent like everyone else and just sounds so generic. Actually I decided to play the whole thing in russian language with English subs, seems more authentic that way Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 True, although I think that you'd need to have speech bubbles to properly make that work given all the incidental discussions going on in the towns. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Metro Last Night is quite a system hog at max settings, it looks great, but it lags a bit in some areas even at 2560 rez. I guess they weren't joking that the recommended gpu is a GTX Titan Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 On my Intel i7 and GTX 560 it runs and looks well enough on 1280x720, medium textures, no SSAA, and very high tessellation. As for the gameplay, I'm glad for the stealth options and non-lethal takedowns (I hope the Metro has plenty of MRI machines to go around, because, you know, being knocked out for more than half and hour is super bad for you). After one of the mutant sections past the half-way mark, I was literally down to using my military grade ammo against the boss, which as you may well know is literally p***ing money away. Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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