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[GreiverBlade]

You also have the ability to buy that ValuPack from the Marketplace, but since they merged the servers, it's definitely a hard time getting one

I hear you on the "Way I like to play!". I'm a ranger, always. I'll throw others in for fun, and I do enjoy the Kunochi (female ninja), but the ranger is for me one way or the other

that's what i meant by "sub" and yep i delved a bit in market place ... pretty hardcore xD

27 on the Tamer 16 on the Dark Knight 24 on the sorc and 12 for Kunoichi ....Maehwa well i like it but not that much

 

[Ahhzz]

yeah, didn't like my Maehwa or the Valk....

 

[EzioAs]

After about 56 hours spanning across 3 weeks, I finally beat Final Fantasy XIII. It's pretty decent until the end but as a Final Fantasy game, this is probably my second least favorite. Not to mention that they didn't even have any music from previous games, it's really a bit of an outlier in the series. I can only remember about 2 or 3 music that I think is quite enjoyable to listen. Still, the battle is pretty fun and tactical, and the 'concrete' part of the story is quite good. I don't really understand the majority of it though (which feels abstract and unreal), so I'm gonna have to check wikis and forums after this. This game gets a 7/10 for me. Not the worst game I've played this year but hard to recommend to a lot of people.

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The very few times you get to see her smile

Now, I gotta think of another game to install and play. Thinking of either Alien: Isolation or Mad Max.

 

[EntropyZ]

It's pretty decent until the end but as a Final Fantasy game. Not to mention that they didn't even have any music from previous games, it's really a bit of an outlier in the series. I can only remember about 2 or 3 music that I think is quite enjoyable to listen. Still, the battle is pretty fun and tactical, and the 'concrete' part of the story is quite good. This game gets a 7/10 for me. Not the worst game I've played this year but hard to recommend to a lot of people.

The very few times you get to see her smile

I am going to try and find some time to replay this. I found about 4-5 tracks that are great on their own, but when they are playing during the game it's just wonderful for me. "it's really a bit of an outlier in the series." That's because it's a different universe AFAIK. Fabula Nova Crystallis. The battles do get better once you upgrade your items and you start exploiting enemy weaknesses.

The story was confusing to me at first too, after I finished the game I dived into the wiki for more information to find some sense, in the very start of the game when the characters start spewing strange names for things I was completely lost, not a good start in the story sense, but gameplay wise it's okay. I think XIII was better than Lightning Returns, maybe because of the more memorable music and character interaction, this game gave me the feels, not as much as VII did though (god I love the game when it's modded to shreds).

Haha, Light was following the Square formula where the protagonist is a brooding passive aggressive teenager. O wait I think I am talking about myself... Moving on!

I couldn't stomach XII-2, that game. I spent 2 hours and I quit. It was nothing like XIII, and the slow start didn't make it any better.

I haven't played XV yet, I'm waiting for it to come out on PC, i'll get if Nixxes or whoever makes Square Enix's console ports doesn't screw up the port. The XIII, XIII-2 console ports made for PC aren't good, especially XIII if you turn off some options you get graphical glitches.

 

[EzioAs]

@EntropyZ Yeah, the battles are the real great things about the game. It took quite a while to get to the point where it becomes more challenging and strategic but after that, it's really fun.

I'm not sure I really get that it's supposed to be a part of a new universe. Every main entry in the Final Fantasy I've seen has it's own universe. I was really pointing out how it's an outlier because it doesn't contain any music from previous games at all.

I've checked wikis and discussions and the story made a lot more sense to me. The early stages of the game should've gone through a lot of screening and test because it was very terrible. On the plus side, the game does get better. My favorite part of the game was chapter 7 and chapter 8 where the characters finally face the conflict between them and they underwent some development later.

 

[EntropyZ]

@EzioAs You mean not even so much as a remix right? I don't think it would fit the tone of the game. Lightning Returns seems to have a little bit of the ol' FF mixed in it.

The later chapters are pretty good, I don't know whether to like or dislike the way some of the conflicts seem to end, it's just like when some people like cut to black just before I try and get some answers and I'm like, "WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!". Rarely a game or movie surprises me, I mean the good guys always have to win. XIII almost pulled off surprising me at times. I absolutely love when something isn't predictable and done to death.

I have played quite a bit of Story driven games. And I'm looking for more, but most of the good ones are on consoles which makes me slightly sad.

I still don't know if I am missing Devil May Cry or nah. The last game (DmC: Devil May Cry, and the only thing impressive in it is the gameplay and the final boss battle) just makes me think it's over. After playing DMC4:SE (last good DMC game, character and story-wise) I'm kind of all over the place. I guess the only franchises I care about right now are Final Fantasy and Resident Evil, with the remakes for VII and 2 respectively being developed as I write.

 

[EzioAs]

I've played DMC4 way too much in the past so when they release DMC4: SE, I just ignored it since I thought the extra playable characters are just going to be used in the same story. Just a couple months ago, I heard that they actually have their own campaign (or story) and I've been very interested in playing it. Gotta wait for the game to be on discount though since its price is pretty high to my liking. Too bad they don't offer some sort of an upgrade purchase from vanilla to the Definitive Edition.

Oh, and as for DmC: Devil May Cry, it's probably not a popular opinion but I kinda liked it.

I don't know if I will ever gave RE7 a shot. Seems to be a different game compared to previous ones and without any of the previous characters, I don't think I can accept it as an RE game. A lot of people say it's pretty good though.

 

[Cvrk]

Lan Party over. Waw Zombies saved the day again (or should i say the night). After about 8 hours of Coop disappointment, we had great fun with a custom map of zombies.

Never would i have gaved my money to Ubisoft for Far Cry 4. it has this absolutely horrible coop system. All you do is run around the map hunting / capturing bell towers and outposts. NO story / campaign is involved in the coop experience. You will destroy the game if you clear the map and going to places (stumbling upon areas) that the story should send you there. The coop is useless.
If you wanna pay just for the single player story, i guess that's fine. To eliminate bottleneck i set the resolution to 2560x1440 getting 60 fps steady. At 1080 the cpu starts to do some heavy lifting, and it's incapable of doing any lifting ( 35-55 fps).

But yeah there you have it, i'll probably finish Far Cry 4 when i get a chance

 

[rtwjunkie]

Hit 90 hours in Sniper Elite 4, ever in pursuit of a perfect run, any mission, but unsuccessful. It was just a timewaster, though, for the stealth game I was REALLY waiting for: Styx: Shards of Darkness !! It's a worthy successor to the first one, improving in every way. I have died I don't even KNOW how many times, and I love the challenge!

 

[Drone]

I've never heard of Destroy All Humans!® Big Willy Unleashed before but now I know The first 5 mins of gameplay and I already love this crazy open-world madness with lots of sarcasm and evil sense of humor

Everything rocks in this game: funny level design, unique weapons, super abilities, nice AI.

Crypto and Pox are definitely the most interesting characters I've ever seen And plot is simply amazing!

 

[EzioAs]

@Drone its got almost similar look to Beyond Good and Evil (though different setting, ofc). Man, that game really needs that sequel they teased sooner than later. I need more adventure game.

Got a bit over 2 hours in Mad Max. I honestly thought I wasn't going to enjoy this after my disappointment with Shadow of Mordor but boy, was I wrong. I really love how authentic the game feels. The tone, visual and gameplay just feels very similar to the movies even though they're very different medium. It's also quite challenging too.

 

[jormungand]

@Drone its got almost similar look to Beyond Good and Evil (though different setting, ofc). Man, that game really needs that sequel they teased sooner than later. I need more adventure game.

Got a bit over 2 hours in Mad Max. I honestly thought I wasn't going to enjoy this after my disappointment with Shadow of Mordor but boy, was I wrong. I really love how authentic the game feels. The tone, visual and gameplay just feels very similar to the movies even though they're very different medium. It's also quite challenging too.

I had the same fear on mad max but was a great relief, i really liked the game

 

[mcborge]

I'm currently modding and refitting my old LONE TITAN star ship in space engineers as it was built before the game had oxygen, conveyors or mods, i have a lot of retrofitting to do.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

@Drone
Got a bit over 2 hours in Mad Max. I honestly thought I wasn't going to enjoy this after my disappointment with Shadow of Mordor but boy, was I wrong. I really love how authentic the game feels. The tone, visual and gameplay just feels very similar to the movies even though they're very different medium. It's also quite challenging too.

I was quite surprised by the game, and felt it even went a nice bit further than the movies. Some missions have a bit of a horror feeling to them, and introduce an environment type you don't see in the movies. One area I think they could have done better in though was the Archangels. Most of them I had no interest in.

I went back to playing Doom 2016 last night, after shelving it for months due to intermittent freeze crashes. I noticed it's been patched, so I'm hoping it fixed the crashes. First thing I noticed is every time the initial load screen comes on, I don't get extreme hitching anymore where it transitions from lightning to the Id logo, so there's hope I guess. So far no crashes, but I'm not very far in yet.

 

[purplekaycee]

@Drone its got almost similar look to Beyond Good and Evil (though different setting, ofc). Man, that game really needs that sequel they teased sooner than later. I need more adventure game.

Got a bit over 2 hours in Mad Max. I honestly thought I wasn't going to enjoy this after my disappointment with Shadow of Mordor but boy, was I wrong. I really love how authentic the game feels. The tone, visual and gameplay just feels very similar to the movies even though they're very different medium. It's also quite challenging too.

Looks too similar to the movie

 

[Mussels]

I'm currently modding and refitting my old LONE TITAN star ship in space engineers as it was built before the game had oxygen, conveyors or mods, i have a lot of retrofitting to do.
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i really really want to get into that style of game (and i've played most of them) but there comes a point the mechanics get too complex and its not worth it.

Once one of those games has a good 'auto builder' or templates built in for decent hardware (say, shield/engine clusters etc - custom builders get an advantage, but a beginner can still make shit easily) then it'll take off massively.

 

[mcborge]

i really really want to get into that style of game (and i've played most of them) but there comes a point the mechanics get too complex and its not worth it.

Once one of those games has a good 'auto builder' or templates built in for decent hardware (say, shield/engine clusters etc - custom builders get an advantage, but a beginner can still make shit easily) then it'll take off massively.

The mechanics are still quite basic and out of all these games, to me this is the easiest to build in and with all the mods you can create some really detailed builds, which is all i really do in this game. I don't really play survival or multi player, I'm in it purely for designing ships and putting them up on the workshop.

 

[OneCool]

Life right now!!

 

[Mussels]

The mechanics are still quite basic and out of all these games, to me this is the easiest to build in and with all the mods you can create some really detailed builds, which is all i really do in this game. I don't really play survival or multi player, I'm in it purely for designing ships and putting them up on the workshop.

i want to play them MP with friends, and have it so within 5 minutes people can be building super basic craft to screw around with, and say within 30 minutes be building bigger stuff (assuming creative mode, etc)

so far with these games we've found the learning curve to be in the tens of hours, and thats just not interesting to most people.

 

[mcborge]

i want to play them MP with friends, and have it so within 5 minutes people can be building super basic craft to screw around with, and say within 30 minutes be building bigger stuff (assuming creative mode, etc)

so far with these games we've found the learning curve to be in the tens of hours, and thats just not interesting to most people.

Space engineers is really not that complex a game and it comes with plenty of tutorial scenarios to help get you started, also it has one of the best creative modes of all these kind of games. If you don't want to have to build your own ships or stations, there are thousands to choose from on the workshop. I've uploaded nearly 400 ships myself.

 

[Derek12]

Mass Effect 2

 

[Drone]

Having fun playing Destroy All Humans!® Big Willy Unleashed

Flying saucer, body snatching, transmogrification, telepathy, hypnosis, stealth technology .... Seriously this game has everything

I like side quests and exploration in this game. They fit perfectly and nothing feels forced.

 

[mcborge]

Turok 2: seeds of evil, remaster... You just can't beat the classics.

 

[Ahhzz]

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I'm really liking Homefront: Revolution. The way you change the barrel and mods in the field on guns adds an element to combat I haven't seen before. I'm also playing it on the hardest difficulty so the enemies aren't push overs and it requires some strategizing. The sneaking mechanic feels realistic (can't rely on it) and useful when applicable. That said, I don't care for the whole North Korea invading USA plot. That's about as probable as finding mermaids on Antarctica.