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Kanan said:
Always nice to see a fellow trekkie. I hope the new show will be amazing.
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Thanks, yeah i hope the new show lives up to expectations too, Can't wait.
 
Finished Grey Goo. I liked it but the Goo faction is definitely my least favorite because of the lack of defenses and having to be spread out all over the map.

Probably going to be playing Starbound, Stardew Valley, or Banished in the near future.
 
FordGT90Concept said:
Finished Grey Goo. I liked it but the Goo faction is definitely my least favorite because of the lack of defenses and having to be spread out all over the map.

Probably going to be playing Starbound, Stardew Valley, or Banished in the near future.
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I enjoyed GG as well. Overall a lotta unexpected RTS fun. I haven't played it since I wrapped up the campaign...but I should go back because they've added quite a bit.

Speaking of Stardew Valley and Banished...have you looked into Rimworld? If not you totally should...and the last update gave the game spherical maps. So think Dwarf Fortress with graphics and a fairly decent GUI, with PA-style spherical maps...set in a western sci-fi theme that evokes inspiration from Firefly. I actually stay away from this game because I'm afraid it'll consume me. What I did play was pretty damn good. Though at the time I was in more of an RTS combat mood than I was for a sim like this. But I do know that sometime soon, I will get into this...and probably lose all track of time. :D

I've recently been playing a newly released indie gem of a space 4X that copies a couple things I normally dislike....Turn-based game play and combat. But it plays so well and really suits my needs right now more so than Distant Worlds Universe or Stellaris are ATM.

That game is Stars in Shadow. Its very fun, simple graphics-wise, easy to get into, and enjoyable to manage and work through!! If you need a more casual 4X space game...or really loved Moo but need something fresh. This might be it. There's a lot of things this game does right, and its focus on the tactical turn-based combat is entertaining. I like that it didn't try to go overboard with its ideas or execution, but rather took a path less traveled in the current 4X release arena, be it AAA or indie. Due to graphical design it runs on about any system after 2010 too. It'll be an excellent game while I'm traveling for work.

For a more casual gamer that's gotta stop frequently for various reasons, this game has been a treat. It doesn't replace DWU or Stellaris, but those games require a level of focus, attention and involvement that can feel like a burden at times...SiS feels simpler, easier and more fun...because it is on the first two and is for me on the last one.

I've also found and tried out epic Star Wars mods for Sins Rebellion and Stellaris. But I'm hesitant to get any further into Stellaris until the next series of changes and patches come out...I keep feeling put off by it because I know its constantly changing and sometimes in major ways. Its a good thing...but I don't play enough to want to.continually adjust. Though I gotta say I should've loaded these mods sooner...I've had some fun stomping around as the empire and rebellion in the Sins mods. :D
 
I just wishlisted Rimworld. Saw @Mussels play it a few times and was intrigued. Might as well get it when it goes on sale.
 
Final Fantasy V 2015 PC release. The only other release I've played is in Final Fantasy Anthology for the PS1, where FF V is completely overshadowed by FF VI. Steam sale made it cheap enough to give a second chance though.

Someone is really pumped about leveling his piano skills:
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mcborge said:
I kinda based the design on the USS Franklin from star trek beyond.
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Very nice!

To me, the Franklin looked to be a recent follow on to the first Enterprise (NX-01), and thus very old.
 
7 days to die... shit just got real. For the first time, I was legit overwhelmed during a horde night and got rekt. Ferals, cops, football players and dogs were abundant. The corpses of the lesser zombies littered my... er... porch, making it difficult to move. I've taken to wearing heavier armor now, and I'm not bothering with silly first aid bandages anymore. I've gone straight to medkits. I'm also trying to improve my health as best I can... I got my farm going. I'm cranking out potatoes, corn and cotton. Potatoes and corn for meat stew, corn and cotton for grain alcohol and bandages for medkits. Unfortunately, one requirement of medkits are blood bags... which I usually fill up myself. You can only make two at a time or you lose wellness and tons of health. Still, I don't intend to get hurt enough for blood bags to be a problem.
 
rtwjunkie said:
Very nice!

To me, the Franklin looked to be a recent follow on to the first Enterprise (NX-01), and thus very old.
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A lot of people thought the Franklin was an NX class in the preview trailers prior to the films release when we got a better look at it, but the Franklin seems to be a fair bit smaller then the NX-01. I agree though, it does share a strong resemblance with it.
 
@FordGT90Concept out of curiosity, how many hours did you take to finish Grey Goo? Did you have to retry any mission?

@Jizzler I love FF V, though I only played the Advance version release for the GBA. It's sad that it's overshadowed by FF IV and FF VI maybe because it's story is less deep compared to the two but I always thought it was a good game and had a much more interesting system (ie. the job system) compared to FF IV. The in-game musics are awesome too. What is weird though, is why is the game (also III, IV and VI) region-locked on Steam? It doesn't make any sense to me.
 
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EzioAs said:
@FordGT90Concept out of curiosity, how many hours did you take to finish Grey Goo? Did you have to retry any mission?
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Steam logged 18 hours but I'd guess at least five of that was minimized.

I think I retried two missions: one was because I didn't have a clue what I was doing, second because it was genuinely challenging on easy (second from last campaign mission).
 
Mad max
Dark souls 3
Mafia lll
 
...Life is Strange indeed...

Beat the game, all kinds of emotions are swirling around in me. If I were ever to replay this game again, I would probably still make the same decisions except for the last one. Although, I could just look up what the result of the other choice on YouTube. I'll probably just do that instead.

Now, back to NBA 2K17. Hopefully I'll be able to finish the season and playoff before mid February.
 
Some mindless mayhem and fun.. ignore the dumbass video's FPS issues, it's YouTube, FPS in game has no rubber banding but it does in the uploaded video.. odd.

 
Rimworld looks insanely interesting, but I don't like the entire early access thing. To me that is just eternal beta testing, which is fine in the case of Dwarf Fortress, but I don't want to spend close to €30 on being a beta tester for a beta that will never stoo being a beta.
 
EzioAs said:
...Life is Strange indeed...

Beat the game, all kinds of emotions are swirling around in me. If I were ever to replay this game again, I would probably still make the same decisions except for the last one. Although, I could just look up what the result of the other choice on YouTube. I'll probably just do that instead.
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Never got passed the tutorial, or whatever was that.... the nasty girls where blocking the entrance to my dorm building. I had the option to spray them with water, or talk to them etc... Never got passed that part. did not know what to do ....that was like the first 15 minutes of gameplay.

Anyways , so many games but i don't know what to play! I need something. Dishonored 2 would be nice, but Jesus that is expensive !! Maybe i'll play Dishonored 1 again ? NAH!
I remember playing the fist part of the game until i get back-stabbed by my friend or whatever... and then the story got weird really fast. I played up until the end ,never finished it . I lost my patience.
Looking at the list of games AAA titles that will come out in 2017. WAW! There is nothing out there . Mass Effect Andromeda(in december maybe when they drop the price tag) and that's it for me :))
I can see it now... MA Andromeda game of the year. Bioware knew what they were doing launching the game in 2017 - no competition. They would have lost the battle against Overwatch in 2016.
 
Grey Goo for €6.99, Stronghold Crusader 2 and Homeworld Remastered Collection in a $10 Humble Bundle... Lots of strategy for me in the forseeble future. :D
 
I'm in the stone age, killing neanderthal-looking cave-people and various beasts, sometimes with the help of my favorite beasts - jaguar and black cave lion.
Far Cry Primal. :D
 
Forget Primal, I haven't even bought Far Cry 4 yet. It's crazy to think that a game released more than 2 years ago is still pretty expensive. FC3 base price drops significantly pretty early, IIRC.
 
I bought Far Cry 4 for 300 kn (40€) on a discount somewhere in june 2016 and practically finished the game two weeks ago. It's a good game with certain glitches like purple textures on trees where they meet sky :mad:... But yes, it's fairly expensive for a not so recent game.

The good thing about the whole FC serial (I played & finished 1, 3, 4 and am playing Primal) is that they are not one of those games that you'll finish in two or three weeks after 10 hours of playtime.
 
Please tell me that price is at least for the Gold Edition/including Season Pass cause otherwise, it seems a bit to steep for just the base game.
 
It is just a base game. Otherwise, the "regular" price over here is 449 kn (60€). That's Croatia, where technical stuff, including software, and cars are far more expensive than in any other country on the planet.
 
Finished it yesterday (PC)

 
I noticed something about the performance issues with 7 days to die. I got curious and loaded up gpuz to see what was going on during the game. To my surprise, even though the FPS was below 60, the card performance was capped due to utilization. I then noticed the vram (2GB) was pretty much saturated. I did a quick and dirty OC to 1700MHz and the game appears to perform better now. Gonna push the vram to whatever I can get it to now...

I noticed GPU Boost doesn't affect the vram... at least not on the earlier cards. I've long considered gpu oc more or less irrelevant with the introduction of GPU Boost, but... it doesn't touch the vram, so my manual overclocking is still relevant, it seems!
 
Finished Dirt Rally masters at total difficulty. TBH it was won in the early stages when I couldn't win but drove like a psycho anyway, so that was fun.

Back to project cars LMP1 this season.
 
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