What are you playing?

[Splinterdog]

I've gone back to Rise of The Tomb Raider with the season pass, to squeeze one more drop of combat from the game in Baba Yaga.
And I finally got Lara to dress more appropriately for the conditions in Siberia.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I’ll decide later today what I’m playing. I can tell you what I am NOT playing anymore. I am only 75% through with Ghost Recon: Wildlands, but I am done, FINISHED. The final straw was another infuriating mission that requires great investment of time infiltrating a Unidad base to steal a helicopter with a special cargo without being detected. Twice I had to restart because I was discovered.

Twice more I got the helicopter and had to fly through a valley to avoid surface to air missiles. Of course, this particular helicopter is designed to be a huge cheat for the AI, because it handled like an elephant on ice skates. Bang into at least one valley wall, impacting handling? Check. Get shot down by other helicopters near the end because of lack of handling? Check. Start out yet again an hour earlier at the beginning of infiltration? Check.

I’m done with it. This trend of the game to set you way, way back in the game is absolutely bull$4!t.

 

[64K]

I’ll decide later today what I’m playing. I can tell you what I am NOT playing anymore. I am only 75% through with Ghost Recon: Wildlands, but I am done, FINISHED. The final straw was another infuriating mission that requires great investment of time infiltrating a Unidad base to steal a helicopter with a special cargo without being detected. Twice I had to restart because I was discovered.

Twice more I got the helicopter and had to fly through a valley to avoid surface to air missiles. Of course, this particular helicopter is designed to be a huge cheat for the AI, because it handled like an elephant on ice skates. Bang into at least one valley wall, impacting handling? Check. Get shot down by other helicopters near the end because of lack of handling? Check. Start out yet again an hour earlier at the beginning of infiltration? Check.

I’m done with it. This trend of the game to set you way, way back in the game is absolutely bull$4!t.

Doesn't sound like a challenging game to me. More like a frustrating mess. I would walk away from a crap game like that and never look back. Too many fun games out there to play.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Doesn't sound like a challenging game to me. More like a frustrating mess. I would walk away from a crap game like that and never look back. Too many fun games out there to play.

Yep. It has ceased to be any fun. When your last checkpoint was an hour and 15 minutes ago at the beginning of a mission, then it’s not challenging, just piss poor development.

 

[metalfiber]

I’ll decide later today what I’m playing. I can tell you what I am NOT playing anymore. I am only 75% through with Ghost Recon: Wildlands, but I am done, FINISHED. The final straw was another infuriating mission that requires great investment of time infiltrating a Unidad base to steal a helicopter with a special cargo without being detected. Twice I had to restart because I was discovered.

Twice more I got the helicopter and had to fly through a valley to avoid surface to air missiles. Of course, this particular helicopter is designed to be a huge cheat for the AI, because it handled like an elephant on ice skates. Bang into at least one valley wall, impacting handling? Check. Get shot down by other helicopters near the end because of lack of handling? Check. Start out yet again an hour earlier at the beginning of infiltration? Check.

I’m done with it. This trend of the game to set you way, way back in the game is absolutely bull$4!t.

This might help get you though the hard part. rename the file .zip and unzip it.

Dang dude, i'm going to have to look at the name first instead of the pic...last i seen you was an emu.

Already done with ACOdyssey?

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands - Trainer +7 v20200130 {FLiNG}

gtrainers.com

 

[Splinterdog]

I feel the same way a @rtwjunkie
GRW is beautiful to look at, I've had some fun playing it, but in the end the checkpoint system is a complete mess. I don't play games for masochism.

 

[Frick]

I’ll decide later today what I’m playing. I can tell you what I am NOT playing anymore. I am only 75% through with Ghost Recon: Wildlands, but I am done, FINISHED. The final straw was another infuriating mission that requires great investment of time infiltrating a Unidad base to steal a helicopter with a special cargo without being detected. Twice I had to restart because I was discovered.

Twice more I got the helicopter and had to fly through a valley to avoid surface to air missiles. Of course, this particular helicopter is designed to be a huge cheat for the AI, because it handled like an elephant on ice skates. Bang into at least one valley wall, impacting handling? Check. Get shot down by other helicopters near the end because of lack of handling? Check. Start out yet again an hour earlier at the beginning of infiltration? Check.

I’m done with it. This trend of the game to set you way, way back in the game is absolutely bull$4!t.

Isn't Ghost Recon supposed to be like a semi realistic tactical shooter? Never played any of the games, but from the outside it feels like every instalment is closer to like CoD than the previous one.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Isn't Ghost Recon supposed to be like a semi realistic tactical shooter? Never played any of the games, but from the outside it feels like every instalment is closer to like CoD than the previous one.

That would be a correct assessment on your part! The first and two addons was a fairly realistic and good, though challenging game. Then the two Advanced Warfares came after . They were a little less good, but for me, they were close enough to the feeel of the first game to feel like pure Ghost Recon.

GR: Future Soldier for me was much more arcadey. Now Wildlands is a mess with checkpoints which are so far apart that death means replaying huge parts of the game. Additionally, it has been simplified into even more arcade like elements.

So yeah, it’s been a downward trend.

 

[Vayra86]

That would be a correct assessment on your part! The first and two addons was a fairly realistic and good, though challenging game. Then the two Advanced Warfares came after . They were a little less good, but for me, they were close enough to the feeel of the first game to feel like pure Ghost Recon.

GR: Future Soldier for me was much more arcadey. Now Wildlands is a mess with checkpoints which are so far apart that death means replaying huge parts of the game. Additionally, it has been simplified into even more arcade like elements.

So yeah, it’s been a downward trend.

I agree. You shouldn't take GR:W too seriously, or not seriously at all. It cán be immersive if you want to feel like the badass infiltrator squad but that is where it ends, really. I never bothered much with all the unlocks and story BS, its cringe worthy, same old Hollywood hero crap we've seen a million times. But the small voice overs while infiltrating are good. Some story missions had some pretty cool settings, too, like the submarine sabotage missions. And a lot of base infiltration/extractions/escorts. Escorts are always shit, not just in GR W, but GR:W does manage to make you jump of a cliff IRL. The other stuff IMO was pretty decent, gameplay wise. Car chases work OK. Air combat is half decent. Surface to air as well. Gunplay is OK.

You also have to casually ignore the teammates that can just shoot straight through anything for called shots. They might say 'need a good position' but half a second later they can blast straight through concrete walls.

I've always played this game as the Ubisoft Weather and Climate simulator, the sightseeing is awesome, the weather conditions are extremely well done, travelling the world is nice. And then just casually pick some place to shoot or infiltrate along the way. That, IMO, is the best approach for this game. If you take it seriously, it quickly becomes a joke.

But damn son.. 75%. You deserve a medal

Isn't Ghost Recon supposed to be like a semi realistic tactical shooter? Never played any of the games, but from the outside it feels like every instalment is closer to like CoD than the previous one.

CoD, I can't agree on that one, or my idea of what CoD is supposed to be is completely off. But this is not a go-wild, shoot anything you like kinda game. If you play it that way, it becomes GTA with 5 wanted stars very quickly, and you know how that ends. Is it simplified, sure. But the flow of gameplay is radically different from CoD.

 

[Splinterdog]

Great minds think alike on the Silent Spade mission.

 

[rtwjunkie]

its cringe worthy, same old Hollywood hero crap we've seen a million times.

Don’t forget the Predator mission. I was like WTH?! I promptly skipped that bit of fantasy that was dragging the game down even further.

I've decided to play a nice change of pace game, one that promises to tug at heart strings like one of my favorites, What Remains of Edith Finch. The game is Last Day of June

Spoiler: Last Day of June Trailer

 

[Splinterdog]

Don’t forget the Predator mission. I was like WTH?! I promptly skipped that bit of fantasy that was dragging the game down even further.

I've decided to play a nice change of pace game, one that promises to tug at heart strings like one of my favorites, What Remains of Edith Finch. The game is Last Day of June

Spoiler: Last Day of June Trailer

Kind of buggers up the realism, but then this is quite fashionable nowadays. Why not throw in a zombie here and there?

 

[redditboy]

currently i'm playing LOL, CS GO, PUBG and hs

 

[rhythmeister]

Pocket Billiards, Horizon 4 too

 

[SN2716057]

Restarted with We Happy Few, hopefully the game is finished by now.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Restarted with We Happy Few, hopefully the game is finished by now.

Yeah, it’s been finished awhile, and has 1 DLC.

 

[Cvrk]

@Vayra86 Pathfinder: Kingmaker - you know this looks exactly like the time of game i always enjoyed playing, except it is not. This turn based combat just ruins me! I need more hack & slash. There was a game that i loved so much ...i have been googling it to tell you just can't find it..also similar to your game .
It was with 4 players in a party, 100% single player. same camera, skill tree, came out about 2015 or something...but it had more hack & slash to it. Similar to Pillars of Eternity

@rtwjunkie they just released the last DLC. It is a 8 player battle royale system when only one can get to the extraction point. Give it a try and let us know how it goes.

EDIT!!! SWORD COAST LEGENDS....thats the one. Man i loved this game os much. Until i got stuck..but i mean really stuck like a bug or something cuz the quest won't progress...and i had to look it up online.

 

[Splinterdog]

Grid Autosport has some nasty racing AI, but at least I beat them a few times by playing them at their own game.
They like to block you and slam into you on corners, not to mention their rubber bands.

 

[denrick]

I'm playing Devil May Cry 5 on the PS4.

 

[IceScreamer]

Just completed Dragon Age: Origins and all the DLCs, man, definitely among the best games I played, spent a total of 113 hours, no regret.

 

[64K]

Just completed Dragon Age: Origins and all the DLCs, man, definitely among the best games I played, spent a total of 113 hours, no regret.

It really is a gem. I plan to replay it again soon. I don't know if you already know this but the Morrigan character is modeled by Claudia Black and she does the voice as well. She is one of my favorite Sci Fi characters. She plays a character in Far Scape and Stargate SG-1 and in the movies Pitch Black and Queen of the Damned.

 

[IceScreamer]

It really is a gem. I plan to replay it again soon. I don't know if you already know this but the Morrigan character is modeled by Claudia Black and she does the voice as well. She is one of my favorite Sci Fi characters. She is a character in Far Scape and Stargate SG-1 and in the movies Pitch Black and Queen of the Damned. She's one of my favorite characters.

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Yep, after I finished I looked up the models/voice actors and read up on the lore. When I get the time I'll give DA II a go and Inquisition eventually, mostly for Morrigan in Inquisition. She really is an interesting character. Tho, my favorite character so far is The Architect, from Awakening, that guy is something else, I can't really put my finger on it.

 

[Rahnak]

It really is a gem. I plan to replay it again soon. I don't know if you already know this but the Morrigan character is modeled by Claudia Black and she does the voice as well. She is one of my favorite Sci Fi characters. She plays a character in Far Scape and Stargate SG-1 and in the movies Pitch Black and Queen of the Damned.

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She also does Chloe Frazer, a badass character in the Uncharted series (major role in Uncharted 2, appears in 3 and is a playable character in Uncharted: Lost Legacy).
Really has a lovely voice.

 

[SN2716057]

Some more GTA5

 

[Sithaer]

Restarted with We Happy Few, hopefully the game is finished by now.

I have that game on 'hold' currently but plan to finish it sometime later,found it kinda fun and got Bioshock vibes from it.

Currently playing Witcher 3 Goty and I have to say I'm somewhat 'intimidated' by the sheer size of this game,now I'm not sure if I can finish the main game+dlcs until September 13 since I like to take my time with story based games.

Longest games I've played were the Mass Effect serie and the first 3 toook me around ~100 hours and Andromeda around 90 till I called it done enough.
Witcher will break those records I bet.

As a side game and to play something different every now and then I will throw in Serious Sam first+second encounter HD,those games just never get old for me in regard of simple fun and play trough them every few years like its a ritual.