What are you playing?

[RCoon]

I would love to get back into that game. I haven't really touched it since they did the overhaul on the skill system (can't remember what it's called) I don't have anyone else to play with either so if i did return it then it would be just me solo'n planets with my rhino

I try to play a few times a week, generally I just grind the newly released frames if I don't have them.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I try to play a few times a week, generally I just grind the newly released frames if I don't have them.

Im still sitting on a chunk of ingame currency from the time I got that 50% off coupon or something. Though I've already spent a lot of what I had before

 

[Frick]

@FordGT90Concept I've been intrueged by Oxygen Not Included. How big is the download?

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Not very. It is using 1.2 GB installed. I'd have to reinstall it to make it tell me actual download size.

 

[Frick]

Not very. It is using 1.2 GB installed. I'd have to reinstall it to make it tell me actual download size.

Likely 700MB or so, if going by other Steam games.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Grim Dawn is on sale at humble bundle, thinking of picking it up. Anyone playing it? Any info or should I stay away? Thanks

I really enjoyed the game. I think I put a solid 500 hours into the game. If you played and enjoyed Titan Quest (same group that made Grim Dawn) or even were a fan of Diablo/Diablo II (I can't speak for Diablo III - couldn't bring myself to play it).

There are a lot of guides out there on ways to maximize your damage and what builds are best. I just like to screw around when I find a new, high-end weapon that would go good with another build.....then I start a new character and go from there.

The game's maps do not randomize, like Diablo II, the map you run through the first time is the same the second/third/fourth/etc... time you go through it. There are three difficulties for Grim Dawn: Normal, Elite and Ultimate.

 

[Gorstak]

Grim Dawn is on sale at humble bundle, thinking of picking it up. Anyone playing it? Any info or should I stay away? Thanks

Same people that made Titan Quest, built this game too, but the predecessor was a much better game. You also probably wont be able to play it normally on an intregrated gpu solution, you'll need at least a gt 730. If you buy it, you will find yourself constantly looking at the minimap to find the exit to next area and holding your left mouse button to mince everything. It stops raising eyebrows about good drops very quickly. Also, even though the graphics demand a much stronger solution then titan quest, the game is somehow uglier then TQ. It was too late to ask for a refund for me when the game finally came out, as I got it in early access. Was so hyped about it. It does have a decent multiplayer builtin, but if you're into that, I'd sooner recommend something like divinity: original sin.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Same people that made Titan Quest, built this game too, but the predecessor was a much better game. You also probably wont be able to play it normally on an intregrated gpu solution, you'll need at least a gt 730. If you buy it, you will find yourself constantly looking at the minimap to find the exit to next area and holding your left mouse button to mince everything. It stops raising eyebrows about good drops very quickly. Also, even though the graphics demand a much stronger solution then titan quest, the game is somehow uglier then TQ. It was too late to ask for a refund for me when the game finally came out, as I got it in early access. Was so hyped about it. It does have a decent multiplayer builtin, but if you're into that, I'd sooner recommend something like divinity: original sin.

I wouldn't say uglier, I'd say darker and more of a drab atmosphere.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Just started "Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure" and I like where this is going:

 

[Frick]

Same people that made Titan Quest, built this game too, but the predecessor was a much better game.

How so? While I liked Titan Quest it didn't grip me like Grim Dawn did. To me Grim Dawn is essentially a much refined Titan Quest. And the graphics are definitely better, for some reason my eyes never liked TQ, it's the only game that made me fatuiged to play. GD I can play for hours on end without problem.

 

[cucker tarlson]

surprise

 

[Cvrk]

Grim Dawn is on sale at humble bundle, thinking of picking it up. Anyone playing it? Any info or should I stay away? Thanks

He makes a good point

I played it on multiplayer co-op and it was worth every cent. A very good hack & slash, 10x what Diablo 3 is. So if you liked Diablo this is high above it.

As a single player experience i won't touch it.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

More Destiny 2 for this week.

 

[cucker tarlson]

More Destiny 2 for this week.
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It's a swell game if you get it for free

I'm liking the mechanics of Odyssey more and more,it looks like a pretty polished and well thought-out game. I'm playing on hard with exploration mode. Was Origins that good too ?

besides,it just looks great and I'm averaging ~80 fps at 1440p Ultra. Either it's well optimized or 1080Ti is a beastly card.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I'm liking the mechanics of Odyssey more and more,it looks like a pretty polished and well thought-out game. I'm playing on hard with exploration mode. Was Origins that good too ?

Yeah, it’s one of the best big-studio games I have played in a long while. To answer your question, Origins was very good, but Odyssey is an improvement in every category except visuals, which are about the same. It’s like they used Origins as a practice for making Odyssey.

Just going through some screenshots from prior to completion of the two main quests (still playing Odyssey, btw, although I've also started playing just the single player portion of my 2 year old The Division I got for free and never played).

One of my favorite parts of Odyssey (and all AC games to an extent) is the attention to representing or recreating historical locations. Here, Marathon.

Spoiler: More Odyssey Screenshots

My favorite group of Lieutenants

Brasidas (real historical general for Sparta during the Peloponnesian War) and Mater!

This is the attention to detail they showed. Life happens everywhere, just like these people knocking down olives.

This is SPARTA! "I'm home!"

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Finished "Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure," good game overall but obviously only if you like point and click adventures.

I've been itching to get back to "Oxygen Not Included" since starting Demetrios so that's what I'm heading back to...

As a single player experience i won't touch it.

Yeah, that's all I did and it's totally unremarkable from that standpoint: basically a button mashing dungeon crawler.

 

[sam_86314]

Been wanting to try this game for a while now, and it's finally come to PC.

I've been playing Sunset Overdrive for about nine hours now and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. The humor, the action, and the movement are all great.

The port is pretty decent. Performance wise, my 1070 gets around 80-100FPS on max settings with the internal resolution set to 1440p. The controls could use some work, and the graphics settings menus are laughable.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

@cucker tarlson got the game for free & paid the expansion pack on a discount. Somewhat a decent bang for my buck. Got a few of my buddies interested in Destiny 2 since they too got the game for free.

 

[Vayra86]

He makes a good point

I played it on multiplayer co-op and it was worth every cent. A very good hack & slash, 10x what Diablo 3 is. So if you liked Diablo this is high above it.

As a single player experience i won't touch it.

Odd, I think Grim Dawn nailed the single player progression as well. Most builds have some way to level quickly, and you get a great idea of the relative strength of each build per playthrough. There is also no annoying farm involved, you just run through and pick up sweetness along the way.

Either way, super nice to see more people are discovering the game. Its so underrated, needs more exposure. To me its the Diablo 2 remake I've waited for since D2. It has the same depth and freedom.

I'm stuck with Shadow Warrior 2 again...

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I'm stuck with Shadow Warrior 2 again...

Stuck? I found that a healing electric sword killed everything that wasn't electric resist or immune with ease. When you run into one of those, switch to toxic sword then back again. Also really important to have all of the health skills taken.

 

[Vayra86]

Stuck? I found that a healing electric sword killed everything that wasn't electric resist or immune with ease. When you run into one of those, switch to toxic sword then back again.

Oh no not 'stuck in'... stuck with as in hard to let it go Second playthrough now, Level 63, most weapons tick at 450-500 DPS Doing Insanity 3 atm

Healing electric sword? Wut. Ryuken has innate life drain but not electricity. And Arm of Orochi has innate force waves... Or is there a weapon I'm missing?

BTW you can also just have a life drain mod on your armor, which is the ticket to godhood Most of my arsenal is raw physical and pure crit based.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Too busying getting electrocuted to attack. I think the Ka-Ge comes from the Christmas DLC mission so you can get it fairly early on. The infused gem is Life on Kill + Critical Chance. The other three gems are stacking electric buffs. The movement buffs allow me to break contact when the situation gets too hot to heal.

I hit the Gimp with it for 125 damage and then 13-14 damage for ~17 seconds after that from electrocution.

I play on Way of the Wang so all of my armor upgrades are +Karma Gain%. Level too slow without them.

I would use Ryuken if it didn't have the "Only [Common] and [Rare] upgrades allowed."

 

[Vayra86]

Too busying getting electrocuted to attack. I think the Ka-Ge comes from the Christmas DLC mission so you can get it fairly early on. The infused gem is Life on Kill + Critical Chance. The other three gems are stacking electric buffs. The movement buffs allow me to break contact when the situation gets too hot to heal.

I hit the Gimp with it for 125 damage and then 13-14 damage for ~17 seconds after that from electrocution.

I play on Way of the Wang so all of my armor upgrades are +Karma Gain%. Level too slow without them.

I would use Ryuken if it didn't have the "Only [Common] and [Rare] upgrades allowed."

Ahaa, yes you have an electricity gem on it there. And yes, I have Nobitsura too, great weapon for movement/survival.

Ryuken is awesome, because Rare upgrades can potentially be stronger than yellow/orange ones. They don't have negative affixes. You get innate life % on hit which is essential against the tougher baddies, after all, on-kill is only after the fact, not during the fight, and they can roll 2x positive affix just as easily as higher rarity gems. If you've been tossing out all your blues... think again. Ryuken also has built-in crowd control, since all your crits cause a knockdown (Chi Blast). With the right gems I think this is the strongest melee in the game.

I guess its showcase time I switched to pure melee yesterday. At Insanity 3, -% Karma is no problem whatsoever. I get 2 levels per mission on average...

Life drain is a must have for survival: 5.9% currently. On everything.

Behold the Force Slash goodness
Crits for 300, 60% crit chance
Some dmg resist for good measure...

Here's my Nobi (yep, electricity too, pure coincidence )

And here is Ryuken, not in its best shape. The fire mod is quite useless, so there is potential for another 12-13% crit or crit bonus, or both...

An example of best in slot gems

 

[silentbogo]

Finally got fed up with latest Quake Champions updates and decided to leave it alone until next year (or later).

Now I'm catching up on Shenzhen I/O. Got through the main campaign already, only 6 more puzzles left to finish Avalon City!

Spoiler: Work in progress...

 

[Solaris17]

been playing shadow of the tomb raider after the thread @rtwjunkie made. I am in love I dislike her character model but not enough to ignore the game completely, to date I have played every single TR game and I wont let this be an exception. I think they did a super good job on it and im totally addicted!