What are you playing?

[StrayKAT]

Awesome, i'll game all night long so I'll take the time to mod it a bit

It's still an older Unreal engine so it isn't going to drastically improve, but there are texture enhancers and such. The only reason why I mentioned time is that one of the texture mods is over a gig or something. And the thing that will make or break you is the story (not gameplay or visuals).

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I was almost hoping MEA would be a joke and it was about Conrad somehow getting to Andromeda to spread the Gospel of the Shepard. That's who I wanted it to be in the original MEA trailer.

Ahahahaha! I wish. Problem is Conrad is on the Citadel when Earth starts burning. They would have had to write him out of Mass Effect 3 (maybe 2 as well? not sure where they split) before writing him into Andromeda. I think Conrad would be out of place in Andromeda though. It would be worth it for the "Gospel of the Shepard" though.

edit: For the record, ME1 is also the shortest. Not sure what a new person will do, but I can complete it in 12 hours or so. Even less if I skip things. OTOH, ME2 and ME3 are 40+ hour games.

Taking it all in, they consistently take about this many hours for me to beat:
ME: ~40
ME2: ~60
ME3: ~60
MEA: ~100 (only played one match of multiplayer)

ME likes to crash if it runs out of memory (32-bit and not large address aware) so be careful with the mods.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Ahahahaha! I wish. Problem is Conrad is on the Citadel when Earth starts burning. They would have had to write him out of Mass Effect 3 (maybe 2 as well? not sure where they split) before writing him into Andromeda. I think Conrad would be out of place in Andromeda though. It would be worth it for the "Gospel of the Shepard" though.

Yeah, you’re correct, the mission to Andromeda was launched before ME2 was finished, and of course prepared for years before already.

 

[StrayKAT]

Ah yeah, forgot about the timeline. Missed opportunity.

That's my headcanon though.. Conrad is jamming out to Johnny Cash in that trailer and goes out preaching.. eventually causing a huge war with the residents who don't like him very much.

edit: Looks like kryptoptr's "Weapon and Armor Fixes" stuff finally made it to Skyrim SE. That's about the last must-have mod I was missing from LE. It's the best time to play modded Skyrim SE now.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

@rtwjunkie only did the main quest & loyalty quests. Didn't count the extra hours from the side mission (which I regret not doing so), hence my rather short playthrough... For the 4th playthrough, which I'm playing now, I've soaked in a good 20 hours or so now, still finding the Archon's flagship, haven't travel to Elaaden & haven't found the missing Turian, Asari & Salarian Ark. Currenly lvling up all the characters, acquire powerful weapons & better armors specifically to rekt the Archon's sorry arse. ;D

 

[StrayKAT]

Ugh... not sure what happened, but Skyrim/FPS view made me nauseous. Seems to happen from time to time. Not good if you consider yourself a gamer. :\

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Seems like Skyrim did similar to me when starting off every time I played it. I get over it in a while though.

 

[AltCapwn]

Ugh... not sure what happened, but Skyrim/FPS view made me nauseous. Seems to happen from time to time. Not good if you consider yourself a gamer. :\

That's sad :/ I've played over 300 hours in this game and loved it.

 

[Disparia]

Finished up Saints Row 2 for the first time. Starts much better than it ends, both in terms of the experience and technical issues that will wear on your patience. Definitely smell the roses along the way as the ending is meh.

 

[Mindweaver]

I'm playing Rainbow Six Siege because of the free weekend and it's my nephews favorite game right now and he has been asking me to get it... lol I played some last night and it has a steep learning curve.. I mean, I didn't know what I was doing half the time.. It has pretty average graphics and it's not that demanding. I was running around 135fps on average with everything maxed. It has a HD texture pack for free I might try, but with my limited 3.5gb on my gtx970 I don't know.

 

[StrayKAT]

That's sad :/ I've played over 300 hours in this game and loved it.

I've played it a lot too, but this is the first time it caused this (usually it's faster FPS that does this to me). Maybe it's just that I haven't gamed in awhile and not used to it.

 

[jormungand]

I'm playing Rainbow Six Siege because of the free weekend and it's my nephews favorite game right now and he has been asking me to get it... lol I played some last night and it has a steep learning curve.. I mean, I didn't know what I was doing half the time.. It has pretty average graphics and it's not that demanding. I was running around 135fps on average with everything maxed. It has a HD texture pack for free I might try, but with my limited 3.5gb on my gtx970 I don't know.

I really want to buy the game but right now i have my hands full of MHW plus i haven’t finished the witcher 3 dlcs and AC.O but i really liked the gameplay from the first free time they let people play it.

 

[StrayKAT]

I'm playing Rainbow Six Siege because of the free weekend and it's my nephews favorite game right now and he has been asking me to get it... lol I played some last night and it has a steep learning curve.. I mean, I didn't know what I was doing half the time.. It has pretty average graphics and it's not that demanding. I was running around 135fps on average with everything maxed. It has a HD texture pack for free I might try, but with my limited 3.5gb on my gtx970 I don't know.

Rainbow Six always kind of had a learning curve to me. I'm ashamed to say I never had to patience to be very good at it.

 

[jormungand]

Im gonna give my own impressions and opinion of MHW and what i feel till now towards the game in general.
....remember english is not my native language so excuse my grammar and short vocabulary to express everything i want to.

Lets start from the base,
Hardware - i know that many have complained about all the high end requirements to run the game appropiatly, and its true.
But like i said before it runs smooth or thats what you feel when playing it. Of course this is my own experience with my specs.
Somehow they should release a patch making the game better optimized so everyone can enjoy it with no problems running it at 1080p
being the most common resolution nowadays.

Now lets go for the main matter...

You have the story campaign, challenging missions, lot of quests that comes along with a huge amount of hrs ingame for enjoy,
add to that the co-op option, something to make the game more interactive and fun.

MHW is not a triple A game ....but whats a triple A game for you when most of the common known AAA dont deliver what
we are waiting for.
MHW did it!! everything we like from the series and more, making it more appealing for new gamers that want to try their first time
in this franchise.
I wont make a comparison among them but bringing the point can help many to understand or have a glimpse of what Monster Hunter is.
Being a RPG it doesnt have the inmersion and seriousness from the witcher series storyline neither the wicked ambient and rough gameplay of Dark Souls.
It is in his own league Action /adventure RPG with a refreshing gameplay to enjoy a fantasy world of collosus monsters and beautiful enviroments


Graphics + Maps design >
they go oustanding well together, I dont know if ive been hyped since the announcement
of the MHW release for pc but sincerely i feel like they delivered what all veterans were waiting for.
Its beautiful and colorful in all aspects. The interaction player - map is great. Maybe first timers in the game dont get what im talking
but can have that kind of feeling too. The maps are created in such way you can escape but you can be chased too through narrows passages
for big monsters and that makes it more interesting, cuz you can watch a Big one ( ANJANATH for ex.) crouch, and crawl after you. But you can lure them to zones
where youll have more advantage for the fight like traps or high points for jumping on them etc.

Gameplay >
My hardware does his best to push those 60fps at 1440p, and i have no complains in my experience.
It feels MONSTER HUNTER theres nothing that makes me think the opposite.
They made the game, lets not say easier for 1st timers but in a way practical for veterans...
lets put as example just something and many veterans are gonna laugh if they get my point..
WHETSTONES!!!!!!! ffs WHETSTONES !!!!!!! THANKS YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!
For those who dont know you had to farm and go to expeditions to look for the most basic item in the game , WHETSTONES.
the crafting of potions most of the times goes auto like traps or flashbombs once you get them.
PICKAXE IS NOW INFINITY TOO!!!!! and like whetstones doesnt take a cel in your inventory.
MHW always have been a grinding, farming game in which you need the farm and dedicate more time and attention than the main story itself.
In this one we have Investigations, bounties research, arena challenges and each one gives you different elements, prizes, loot and items that youll need .

If you try to go through the main story only, youre gonna hit the wall faster than you thought . Plus IMO the repetitive gameplay is not worthless
is made to nurture your skills because rushing to reach highrank will take you nowhere. We have plenty of weapons and fighting styles but
the essential point in MH is the Monsters. You need to learn everything about them like fav spots on the map, speed , attack patterns, resistance and weakness to elements
and of course you have to like them, that way youll gonna enjoy the fight and the hunt.
Dont blame the game , dont blame the monsters if you get your a.. kicked.

In my experience the game is well balanced. if youre not prepared
( SKILLS-GADGETS-WEAPONS-ARMOR-ELEMENT RESISTANCE WISE + EAT A NICE COOKED DISH TO INCREASE YOUR HP>STAMINA>DEF>AT)
youre gonna get punished real hard.
Another thing to add is the feeling and style of a japanese RPG. Reading and putting attention to dialogues and specifications of items helps a lot.
Forging and upgrading is a must and then youll realize that killing a monster 1 time wont give you enough materials to upgrade your weapon or forge
the full armor set you want.

I dont have the knowledge to make such wonderful reviews like..... @rtwjunkie and many others from our What are you playing Thread,


But i said i was gonna make the effort to give my best opinion and here it is.
Its the game worth $60, for veterans i think that 200% , for first timers in this franchise yep 100%
call it whatever you want , console port, console gam, bad optimized whatever....
But theres something you cant take from it and is that IT is a success. the game didnt dissapointed those i know that where waiting for it and was
well received for those who played it for 1st time. I hope they continue delivering and making this awesome world bigger, more challenging and beautiful.
Just want more content, dont care on graphics improvements at all. I just reached High rank after 34 hrs and my interest in the game is just growing.



Thanks for reading.

 

[Mindweaver]

I really want to buy the game but right now i have my hands full of MHW plus i haven’t finished the witcher 3 dlcs and AC.O but i really liked the gameplay from the first free time they let people play it.

Yea, I'm thinking about getting the Witch 3 on the next sale, but I've never played the other 3.

Rainbow Six always kind of had a learning curve to me. I'm ashamed to say I never had to patience to be very good at it.

I don't have the patience either.. I just want to shoot some stuff and they have a whole game plan and stuff.. lol

 

[jormungand]

the witcher worth every penny. You cant go wrong with that unless is not your kind of game. But i will give you an advise, youll need time on that one.
The more you play it the more you want to explore everything and try to make all quests.

 

[Canon]

Just booted up Project C.A.R.S and give it a whiz for the first time in quite a while, still think it's great. I was reminded of the fun I had playing it when I got an e-mail from the community forum to say they were sending out the final payments to supporters in September. I don't know if any of you took part in this but my goodness it seems like a dream (to me, I know some had issues). I paid a very small price to gain access to the alpha/beta stages of C.A.R.S and was a frequent visitor to the forum, so I was happy to donate my money hoping that it would turn out well, in return for this I got placement in the game, if I recall AI with my name or something like that, maybe even a billboard... I don't recall. Already that's pretty awesome, after all, I just wanted to play the game but to follow this up I would randomly find deposits some times exceeding 40 EURO in my paypal account from WMD/SMS, they were collecting portions of the revenue and sending it back to those that backed the project in the early days.

At an estimate I probably got a 400% return on my purchase, a great game, perks and some free steam DLC keys, what's not to love?

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

still on & about in Mass Effect Andromeda... correction; the asari ark is not called the Periphona but it's Leusinia. =w= Done that via Cora's Loyalty quest. Now, time to bring Elaaden to 100% Viability & ally with Clan Nakmor before deploying an outpost.

 

[Vayra86]

Ugh... not sure what happened, but Skyrim/FPS view made me nauseous. Seems to happen from time to time. Not good if you consider yourself a gamer. :\

Shitty FOV and no mouse smoothing does that to ya - and being tired helps alot too.

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Currently rockin' Grim Dawn once again, trying my luck on a Mage Hunter. Levelling with Word of Pain = mighty fast. One cast = screen cleared

Still amazed by all the freedom of choice and progression options you get. I could tweak this build in two dozen different ways still... If you haven't played this yet and like ARPGs... don't miss out

Warning, runs on a single thread and puts 100% load on it But, 100-120 fps all the time

Before:

After (1 sec later):

An example of the fun stacking you can do - look at the on-attack effect that's easily 3x stronger than the original spell (a devotion any class can access)... I have about 900% elemental dmg stacked on this. Going to get *much* more still

 

[StrayKAT]

Shitty FOV and no mouse smoothing does that to ya - and being tired helps alot too.

Maybe that's it. I actually adjusted the FOV later and feel better... But I adjusted it for different reasons. Default Skyrim FOV is actually setup for 16:10.. it's a bit wonky on all of the 16:9 displays these days.

 

[psyko12]

My new timesink
MH:W for the PC heh. Trying to get my bearings with the controls too LOL (veteran from old world)

Ep 01 of my mis adventures (forgive me it's raw, I'll be editing future episodes and will be adding voice overs in the future )
CONTAINS SPOILERS, watch at your own risk, if you aren't far off with the game.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Finished Dishonored: Death of the Outsider. Amazing. Probably the best series, start to end, since Mass Effect trilogy. Starting "Original Game+" for the final achievement.

 

[rtwjunkie]

After 25 hours I thought I had finished We Happy Few. Turns out I was only playing as Arthur. There are two more people whose stories you intersect with that you play in Acts 2 and 3.

Here are a few more pics as Arthur:

I let the Doctors all kill themselves, using berserk darts I crafted. Hilarious!

Playing in Act 2 as his friend, Sally Boyle. This is extremely tough, as she needs to keep going home to lessen her guilt of being away from baby, and must feed him regularly too. It ups the challenge!

 

[StrayKAT]

I've only seen the ads for We Happy Few.. I thought it was a smaller indie game. It doesn't look like it. Looks like Bioshock actually.

 

[EntropyZ]

Maybe that's it. I actually adjusted the FOV later and feel better... But I adjusted it for different reasons. Default Skyrim FOV is actually setup for 16:10.. it's a bit wonky on all of the 16:9 displays these days.

Any game that takes away my 85/90/105 FOV makes gives me nausea or something. Even if higher FOV makes more objects show up on the screen (which also lowers overall FPS), I'll sacrifice that to be able to see more in either direction. Saves me from getting wrecked when something silent sneaks up.

Speaking of which, I just realized something, in pretty much every game the enemies just LOVE to happily spout out some nonsense and announce themselves. I always see/hear them coming. AI isn't a strong point for most game devs, but come on... The concept of sneak attacks/backstabs for NPCs is lost on everyone, the surprise is gone and there are rarely any moments that make you feel scared for your life.

"I'll bury you!" - Famous last words.

*Scene missing*

*Proceeds to loot your stuff and leave your carcass to rot get markedfordelete once the engine unloads the area*