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Splinterdog · Dec 28, 2020

Frick said:
It's by a wide margin the second best Deus Ex. I'm really struggling with Mankind Divided as it's just not as good. Everything feels slightly worse, from gameplay to UI and even graphics somehow despite the game technically looking better.

I know it's subjective and IGN gave MD a 9.1. I've never played it but you can certainly notice the graphical improvements they made over 3 years.
I'll pick it up ultra cheap when I've finished HR.

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Sybaris_Caesar · Dec 28, 2020

This shit is so relatable. Galloping through the woods trying to do a quest. Enemy music hits. Cue wasting 15 minutes trying to find the enemy. Find a campsite nearby and wait 5 more mins to see if they show up lol

DeathtoGnomes · Dec 28, 2020

Khonjel said:
This shit is so relatable. Galloping through the woods trying to do a quest. Enemy music hits. Cue wasting 15 minutes trying to find the enemy. Find a campsite nearby and wait 5 more mins to see if they show up lol

sounds like the 2nd Edition DnD DM is trying to be creative... :eek:

lexluthermiester · Dec 29, 2020

DeathtoGnomes said:
sounds like the 2nd Edition DnD DM is trying to be creative...

I actually did that to a party once. They were messing with me so I messed back. Moral of the story, don't piss off the Dungeon Master!

rtwjunkie · Dec 29, 2020

Splinterdog said:
I know it's subjective and IGN gave MD a 9.1. I've never played it but you can certainly notice the graphical improvements they made over 3 years.
I'll pick it up ultra cheap when I've finished HR.

Edit:
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It does look better, but gameplay is a step down from HR...and damn the maps are small. It feels like they had extreme time constraints (which it turned out they did) so they did the best they could.

Even so, it’s about 88% as good as HR, so that’s a pretty high mark. It really shouldn’t be missed. I enjoyed it enough to play twice in a row, and a third time halfway through a year later. I need to finish it again.

Sithaer · Dec 29, 2020

Finished Witcher 1, put in a good ~55 hours.
It was really slow at start and I had to get used to how it works but it was alright and at least now I know more about the story.

'that and I can use the savefile in Witcher 2'

Already installed Witcher 2 but I'm gonna take a short-ish break before I start a long game yet again so I grabbed Life is Strange Before the Storm deluxe edition on GoG for 5 euro.

Splinterdog · Dec 30, 2020

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has got me hooked much more than Cyberpunk (and in fact so has Human Revolution) and I like that they upped the graphics so it looks less cartoonish and also added the cover system.
Feels like the original in many ways, they both do in fact.

Rahnak · Dec 30, 2020

Still playing Odyssey. 91% done with the main game, according to stats. It's simultaneously enjoyable and disappointing. In my opinion it's a downgrade from Origins in many ways (thankfully not in any big way, just small things), similar in others and the only thing where its surpasses it it's the world itself. It's bigger, prettier and more detailed. It's been very fun to discover.
My biggest gripes are the equipment system and level cap and they're sort of tied together. I don't see the point of increasing the cap to 99 and it actually hurts the game. It should've been a NG+ feature. As for the equipment system.. it's pretty broken. Epic equipment is useless for anything other than borrowing the looks to apply to other gear, it doesn't scale properly. You can increase the level, which in turn increases the base stat (armor/damage) but not the others stats, from what I can tell. Not to mention, since the cap is so high, it's prohibitively costly to increase all your equipment as you level up (EDIT: Turns out it the other stats do scale as well. So that's nice. Still pretty expensive to keep leveling up though).
In Origins I hit the level cap probably about the 65-70% mark and then focused on maxing my epic gear. I ended the game with epic gear in every slot. In Odyssey I'm fairly close to the end, nowhere near cap at level 62 (level 60 would've been a good cap) and between my two fighter/stealth builds I only have a single epic equiped because it boosts my stealth damage a lot.
Thankfully while this is annoying it's not too detrimental to my experience. I collect the epic gear for the looks and keep it stored in the boat.

Splinterdog · Dec 31, 2020

"This means something."

SN2716057 · Dec 31, 2020

I've recently received the inserts from VR Optician so I could play without my glasses and the first game I tried was Arizona Sunshine. It's no Left 4 Dead, luckily, but it still is creepy af at times.

Chomiq · Dec 31, 2020

Bought Sakura Wars on PS4 last week. Finished it two days ago. Sort of a dating sim mixed with mech action. It was fun, story was good and had a lot of comedic as well as hearth warming moments.
Now started Sakura Wars So Long My Love on PS2 with pcsx2. This one's more than a decade older but is still fun. I'm surprised that dating sim aspect is really toned down all things considered. Mech action is turn based with some tactical elements. Story is great and characters are well written. While the dialogue options are better indicated thanks to your character icon showing emotions and impact, the qte minigames that require you to move sticks in correct direction can sometimes be a pain. Still, game doesn't really punish you for not getting it right, so in the end it's all good.
Edit.
Best advice during a last stand against enemy "put your hands on your boobs and start massaging" "ok, will do!". It actually worked.

Splinterdog · Jan 1, 2021

The next best thing to being there.
Monument Valley, but no sign of Gordon though.

lexluthermiester · Jan 2, 2021

Splinterdog said:
Monument Valley, but no sign of Gordon though.

Nice!

Frick · Jan 2, 2021

Got Horizon Zero Dawn for like €18 on Epic (with a coupon) and I've played the intro and honestly I'm glad I got the RTX2060, because the game is gorgeous, and if it holds up as well as it has so far it will be very, very, good.

After changing the FOV to 100 it became playable. I really dislike the OTS view where the character is off to the side.

Ah ok the camera moves around. That's not annoying at all.

Ok so about 5 hours in and yes. This game is excellent.

Susquehannock · Jan 2, 2021

Still rocking the 3dfx powered Quake 2: Ground Zero mission pack.

Splinterdog · Jan 2, 2021

Some shameless self promotion from Ubisoft, but why not? It's their game.
And I do like playing with cranes.

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Rahnak · Jan 2, 2021

I just finished everything in the base Odyssey and I'm nearly done with the "The Lost Tales of Greece" DLC and man, the quest "One really, really bad day" is the funniest thing by far in Odyssey. Chikaros had me laughing so hard I had to pause mid-fight.
Legacy of the First Blade is up next and then Fate of Atlantis.

I'm curious to see how the story would play if I had choosen Alexios, but the game is far too long for a second playthrough. Is it just a simple swap between the siblings?

Deleted member 202104 · Jan 3, 2021

I've decided to focus and finish up AC:Odyssey. I think I'm getting too old to play more than one game at a time. :cool:

rtwjunkie · Jan 3, 2021

Rahnak said:
I just finished everything in the base Odyssey and I'm nearly done with the "The Lost Tales of Greece" DLC and man, the quest "One really, really bad day" is the funniest thing by far in Odyssey. Chikaros had me laughing so hard I had to pause mid-fight.
Legacy of the First Blade is up next and then Fate of Atlantis.

I'm curious to see how the story would play if I had choosen Alexios, but the game is far too long for a second playthrough. Is it just a simple swap between the siblings?

Yes, it is a simple swap, but.....in the English version you also get one of the worst accents ever recorded for a game if you play as Alexios. So, I guess he has THAT going for him, LOL.

Smilies seem to be gone. Hmmmm...

harm9963 · Jan 3, 2021

Cyberpunk 2077 for now .

biffzinker · Jan 3, 2021

rtwjunkie said:
Smilies seem to be gone. Hmmmm...

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Sybaris_Caesar · Jan 3, 2021

Khonjel said:
This shit is so relatable. Galloping through the woods trying to do a quest. Enemy music hits. Cue wasting 15 minutes trying to find the enemy. Find a campsite nearby and wait 5 more mins to see if they show up lol

Okay I found out that the spot I heard enemy music was a witch ritual spot. Three wannabe witches turn into a talking horse, a talking pig and a mute chicken (all thanks to literal pussy-juice infused drug ointment :twitch:

). You have to make love (in actuality lockpick :laugh:

) an animal to continue when two demons show up. I fight the demons and in the morning find two common bandits. Trying to google a non-lethal way to take them down spoiled me that this quest is kinda shit. You get fucked either way. Thank god for unlimited save mod and I saved so many times. During my googling I find that one of the main quest I have currently active is time-sensitive. Cue galloping halfway across the map half-asleep and half-"I'm quite hongry" to finish the quest.

moproblems99 · Jan 3, 2021

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Stay on topic please.

Sybaris_Caesar · Jan 3, 2021

moproblems99 said:
Stay on topic please.

If one reply constitutes as off-topic then your reply and mine to you now is also off-topic innit? StAy oN tOPic PleASe.

lexluthermiester · Jan 3, 2021

Susquehannock said:
Still rocking the 3dfx powered Quake 2: Ground Zero mission pack.

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