What are you playing now?

[HoonDing]

I am forced to play Cishonored in windowed mode, no way to change resolution. What is this bs, Bethesda?

[GhostofAnakin]

Finished the Trespasser DLC already.  That was incredibly quick.  Unless I missed a bunch of optional content, it took me about two play sessions to finish it.  What a rip off for $15.

 

The actual content was ... okay.  I'm not that big into the elven lore though; I preferred the dragons and the black city and the darkspawn lore more.  Just not a fan of where they took the series.  Out of the three DLCs, it had the most cutscenes/story, but I actually think it was the worst of the bunch.

[Enoch]

Dragon Age 2: Legacy. 

 

I'm mid-Chapter-2 in the main game, and it's still got my interest.  The start of the Chapter was a bit of a drag, though.  It's an instance where the compulsion to explore every corner of the game environment works against my enjoyment of the game-- it gets especially tedious when all the maps are the same ones I explored in the previous chapter, and when you've got do it twice because stuff changes with the day/night cycle.  Plus, the core plot motivation is noticeably weaker-- why should I go around beating up thugs in Darktown now?  I'm rich, dammit!  But, as I said, I got through that and I'm still having fun with it. 

 

Anyhow, I've played through most of the non-plot-critical quests open to me, and advanced the plot-critical ones as far as Leandra's death. That seemed like a good spot at which to blow off the Viscount and go do a family-centric side mission outside of Kirkwall.  

 

It's interesting how the game is framing and re-framing it's main conflict.  (I.e., the Mage-Templar thing.)  In chapter 1, a player who doesn't come in wholly devoted to one side or the other is probably going to be at least moderately pro-Mage.  You're playing a refugee whose father was an apostate mage, with a sister (or self) who is also an apostate, hiding out in the slums in part to avoid the attention of the Templars.  That's a starting point built to establish sympathy for the other apostates you meet.  I followed along with that, trying to role-play it appropriately as a Rogue Hawke.  I made a few moderately pro-Templar choices, where the mages in question seemed especially dangerous, but I was otherwise pretty nice to wizardy types, and maxed Friendship with Bethany in short order.  (Among those dangerous mages:  Anders.  I didn't appreciate him roping me into the insane risk of fighting a bunch of Templars inside the Chantry, so I've been either avoiding him or repeatedly reminding him that I consider him an unstable menace.) 

 

Chapter 2, though, presents a different situation.  Hawke is now wealthy nobility, with something to lose in a town where the real power resides in the Templars.  And, in my game, anyway, Bethany is off in the Circle, and apparently finding it not so bad.  I've followed the prompts offered-- Hawke has now seen first-hand the temptations that spirits in the Fade offer on Fenriel's quest, and she's watched a deranged blood mage murder her mother.  Between that and the backstory offered by folks like Fenris and Merrill, she's now thinking that the Templars have the right idea.

 

The approval minigame remains annoying, but, with a tiny bit of peeking at the wiki, I've managed to get folks pretty much where I want them (friendly with Varric, Avelline, Fenris, and Bethany; unfriendly with Anders and Merrill), with the exception of Isabella.  I'm not particularly fond of the character and haven't used her much (in part due to skill overlap with my melee Rogue main character).  And when I have, I've been pretty inconsistent in making decisions that she likes or dislikes.  She's on the slightly friendly side of the grey zone right now. 

 

Still pretty early in the DLC; not much to report there yet.

Edited September 16, 2015 by Enoch

[melkathi]

I tried to motivate myself to play some Pillars. But everytime my mouse cursor hovers over the game, I remember that I am in Defiance Bay, accidentally got thrown into the Dozen and I have to check for an older savegame which may be a long time before. Then I think "Meh" and look for something else to do.

So I tried to play some Endless Legend. I start a game. Click next turn a few times and start to wonder wwhether there is a script for the computer to play the first boring 200 turns for me. So I think "Meh" and look for something else to do.

 

Maybe gaming just isn't for me.

[Keyrock]

I built a Lasertower factory complex in Patriarch's Conclusion.  It's an ore mine, chelt space aquarium, rastar refinery, and lasertower factory all connected, so it only needs energy cells (conveniently found at either of 2 solar power plants in that same sector) to operate.  I built the complex for 2 reasons.  First, I can make some good money as there are several military outposts around that want to stock them but currently don't on account of there not being a lasertower factory anywhere near, hence demand.  Second, I'm going to use lasertowers myself, likely in the very same sector, to set up defenses.  I've settled on either Patriarch's Conclusion or Contorted Dominion as the sector where I'll put my HQ.  The 2 sectors are right next to each other and I kind of consider them both to be my home, so they will both be "core" sectors to me.  I'm going to plant a bunch of lasertowers for defense around both sectors, a bunch near every gate, some toward the center where the shipping lanes cross, and some near all my facilities.  I'm going to make my core sectors so heavily defended that my allies, and just everyday non-aggressive pilots, can feel completely safe traveling into them to do business or just passing through (but really, they should stop and buy some of my wares, my prices are unbeatable!).  Any enemy so much as entering one of my core sectors will be straight up committing suicide.  I want them turned into debris within seconds.

 

I'm almost at the point where money is no longer an object.  My dozen or so stations and complexes pull in decent steady income and with my fully armed Tiger I can do the super lucrative combat missions that go a little something like this:  "So and so did some terrible stuff to me a while back and is a wanted fugitive.  Homeslice is flying in a heavy corvette or a frigate and has a fighter escort so he's very dangerous.  Also, you only have 12 minutes to get the job done."  That would be a problem if I wasn't flying arguably the most powerful frigate in the galaxy that also has a jumpdrive.  Jump to sector > target fugitive's ship > fire all IBLs > kaboom > get paid 3 million for about 2 minutes of work.  Good times.  I only wish those missions popped up more often.

[ShadySands]

I tried to motivate myself to play some Pillars. But everytime my mouse cursor hovers over the game, I remember that I am in Defiance Bay, accidentally got thrown into the Dozen and I have to check for an older savegame which may be a long time before. Then I think "Meh" and look for something else to do.

So I tried to play some Endless Legend. I start a game. Click next turn a few times and start to wonder wwhether there is a script for the computer to play the first boring 200 turns for me. So I think "Meh" and look for something else to do.

 

Maybe gaming just isn't for me.

I feel that way all the time but it usually passes in a month or so

[melkathi]

 

Maybe gaming just isn't for me.

 

 

So I shouldn't worry and there is no need to see a doctor?

[Labadal]

I had an entire year that was like that. I also feel this way on some occasions that pass quickly.

 

Sometimes, I come home excited to play. I turn on the PC and look at the stuff I have, and then after 5 minutes, I just feel like I have absolutely no urge to play. I then go to the living room to start up one of the consoles but usually say **** and end up watching a TV show, go to the gym or read a book. 

Edited September 16, 2015 by Labadal

[Keyrock]

 

So I shouldn't worry and there is no need to see a doctor?

 

Is the rash on the outside or the inside? 

[Nonek]

Mona Sax in the Fall of Max Payne is probably one of the few female protagonists i'd say was done right, likeable, deadly and intelligent. It's rare to see well done femme fatales nowadays when they are usually reduced to thuggery or squeeing idiots.

[aluminiumtrioxid]

Sometimes, I come home excited to play. I turn on the PC and look at the stuff I have, and then after 5 minutes, I just feel like I have absolutely no urge to play. I then go to the living room to start up one of the consoles but usually say **** and end up watching a TV show, go to the gym or read a book. 

 

Yeah, that's familiar.

 

A proof of how far I have fallen is that nowadays, most of my gaming consists of occasional 20-minute bouts of Blizzard games. Ew.

 

Mona Sax in the Fall of Max Payne is probably one of the few female protagonists i'd say was done right, likeable, deadly and intelligent. It's rare to see well done femme fatales nowadays when they are usually reduced to thuggery or squeeing idiots.

 

...I'm pretty sure the squeeing idiots weren't meant as femme fatales.

 

If you meant "female characters in general" by the term, I still think we have a pretty decent selection.

[Malcador]

Think I've destroyed my wrist enough with D3, so will finish off SRHK, cooled off on that game. Then will finish off Grey Goo.

[GhostofAnakin]

To those who have finished the Mad Max main story, can you access the garage afterward?  The garage page is blanked out and inaccessible to me after finishing the main quest, so I can no longer upgrade the engine (haven't maxed out the V8 yet) and can't build any new Archangels.

[Rosbjerg]

but usually say **** and end up watching a TV show, go to the gym or read a book.

 

Yeah I think its related to too little physical exercise and/or lack of diverse stimuli. If Ive been sick or indoors for too long I get that exact feeling.

 

Also crusader kings 2 After The End mod (post apoc America). As reformed Norse republic run by the Rossmount dynasty.

[Nonek]

 

Mona Sax in the Fall of Max Payne is probably one of the few female protagonists i'd say was done right, likeable, deadly and intelligent. It's rare to see well done femme fatales nowadays when they are usually reduced to thuggery or squeeing idiots.

 

...I'm pretty sure the squeeing idiots weren't meant as femme fatales.

 

If you meant "female characters in general" by the term, I still think we have a pretty decent selection.

 

 

No I meant what I said, the subtle humour employed by femme fatales has morphed into the usual squeeing idiocy that dominates all manner of media now.

 

To those who have finished the Mad Max main story, can you access the garage afterward?  The garage page is blanked out and inaccessible to me after finishing the main quest, so I can no longer upgrade the engine (haven't maxed out the V8 yet) and can't build any new Archangels.

 

I'm afraid i've uninstalled Mr Anakin, sorry about that.

[Fighter]

I tried to motivate myself to play some Pillars. But everytime my mouse cursor hovers over the game, I remember that I am in Defiance Bay, accidentally got thrown into the Dozen and I have to check for an older savegame which may be a long time before. Then I think "Meh" and look for something else to do.

So I tried to play some Endless Legend. I start a game. Click next turn a few times and start to wonder wwhether there is a script for the computer to play the first boring 200 turns for me. So I think "Meh" and look for something else to do.

 

Maybe gaming just isn't for me.

 

This happens to me all the time. I've barely played anything the whole summer. But eventually I end up going on a gaming binge.

[melkathi]

I spend the better part of a year without time for gaming. Now I do have time...

 

Bah. Played a bit of Age of Wonders 3. Finally want to finish at least one path on hte Commonwealth campaign so I can move on to the expansion campaigns.

[GhostofAnakin]

Started Metal Gear Solid V.  That prologue was like a trip on acid (or what I'd assume a trip on acid would be like -- I've never done drugs *whistles innocently*).

 

Maybe this plays a part later on, but what was the point of me creating a new face for Snake?  If it's a spoiler for the story, don't tell me.  But if it's something that doesn't really spoil the story, spill it.

[Fighter]

Maybe this plays a part later on, but what was the point of me creating a new face for Snake?  If it's a spoiler for the story, don't tell me.  But if it's something that doesn't really spoil the story, spill it.

 

I've heard it's for multiplayer.

[Lexx]

It is partly for the story and mainly for MGO. Also after the end of the game you can play singleplayer with your face instead of big boss.

[Katphood]

I am thinking of jumping back into Destiny with The Taken King being released and all. I am not much into casual shooters but this is basically Tetris with guns.

[Raithe]

To those who have finished the Mad Max main story, can you access the garage afterward?  The garage page is blanked out and inaccessible to me after finishing the main quest, so I can no longer upgrade the engine (haven't maxed out the V8 yet) and can't build any new Archangels.

 

I just checked, and the garage is available to me... So I can still upgrade car stuff if I want.

[Nordicus]

More versus matches on Duelyst. Mirror-matching my Vanar against another Vanar and the player, while lower rank than me, still in a rank that means this guys wins pretty frequently. Then I see him make bad trades and moves from Round 1. But even then, the end of the match caught me by surprise:
 
"Okay, I might have a chance to kill him next round unless he pulls some insane combo"
*Guy summons a 5 mana golem...*
 
"Hmm, okay, that might prove a threat-"
*...right next to an attack-provoking vortex that had been sitting there for several rounds...*
 
"Okay, that's not a smart move dude, he's essentially useless for one turn unless you have something else like a dispel-"
*...and does not summon or cast anything else...*
 
"Err, better start running then and buy some time, because this next damage is lethal"
*and does not move from his spot*
 
Come on now, this is not your first game, might as well have pressed the Concede button early. Vanar is considered complicated to play but that was... something special
 
tl;dr, basically turn-based strategy equivalent of this


Edit: RockPaperShotgun giving away 10'000 Duelyst beta keys by the way

Edited September 17, 2015 by Nordicus

[GhostofAnakin]

Hmm.  Playing through MGSV and somehow my silencer broke on me while I was in the middle of clearing out a town.  Now I've got half the enemies still walking around, and I have to do so with a gun that everyone within a mile can hear.

[Mikey Dowling]

Hmm.  Playing through MGSV and somehow my silencer broke on me while I was in the middle of clearing out a town.  Now I've got half the enemies still walking around, and I have to do so with a gun that everyone within a mile can hear.

You can order a supply drop from the iDroid. They usually come pretty quickly, it just cost GMP to do so (yet not much, really).