What are you playing?

[Ahhzz]

http://www.frostpunkgame.com/

Ok, that looks freaking impressive

@Kursah this looks like something you might enjoy. Whacha think?

 

[rtwjunkie]

I've decided to set aside both puzzle games, despite being fun, because of Elex, a game which i waited on for about a year and a half. I bought on GOG, and so far I am loving it!! I can see myself spending Skyrim time in this one! Those of you who know my hours in Skyrim will understand what I mean.

I love the mix of post apocalyptic modern world, yet swords and axes and some magic, as well as technology. It is like mixing Skyrim and Fallout worlds. The sense of discovery of a new world has been sorely lacking, and is much appreciated.

Pics:

 

[GreiverBlade]

I've decided to set aside both puzzle games, despite being fun, because of Elex, a game I which i waited on for about a year and a half. I bought on GOG, and so far I am loving it!! I can see myself spending Skyrim time in this one! Those of you who know my hours in Skyrim will understand what I mean.

I love the mix of post apocalyptic modern world, yet swords and axes and some magic, as well as technology. It is like mixing Skyrim and Fallout worlds. The sense of discovery of a new world has been sorely lacking, and is much appreciated.

Pics:

i was tied on Elex ... might give it a go later

and judging by your time and mine in skyrim .... that one might be also a good one for me

 

[Frick]

I've decided to set aside both puzzle games, despite being fun, because of Elex, a game which i waited on for about a year and a half. I bought on GOG, and so far I am loving it!! I can see myself spending Skyrim time in this one! Those of you who know my hours in Skyrim will understand what I mean.

I love the mix of post apocalyptic modern world, yet swords and axes and some magic, as well as technology. It is like mixing Skyrim and Fallout worlds. The sense of discovery of a new world has been sorely lacking, and is much appreciated.

Pics:

I thank you because it made me look it up and this os what RPS have to say:

"Magalan – a planet that sounds like the name of an early 80s high street shop that would have rented you a telly – has been ravaged by some evil space goop or other, turning a once Earth-like civilisation into warring bands of Character Classes, addicted to Blue Space Goop and all very cross about something. ELEX is very definitely about something.

You play Jack Videogames, a man whose generic nature has caused him to rise to the very middle of obviousness, his peculiarly unruly right eyebrow a threat to the opposing forces on his homeworld. Abandoned by his Angry Goop Colleagues, he’s shot, falls off a cliff, and is then stripped of his armour and weapons. For some reason he decides to get better, and get his revenge, or not, or something – the game really doesn’t sweat the details."

Sound hilarious.

 

[rtwjunkie]

obviously written by a jaded person who doesnt know how to enjoy a game if it isn't $59.99 AAA.

pretty decent review here.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Playing ICEY. Think side-scrolling Stanley Parable with combat. Pretty much what it is. I like it.


@rtwjunkie if Elex does turn into a Skyrim/Fallout for you, please update.

 

[rtwjunkie]

@rtwjunkie if Elex does turn into a Skyrim/Fallout for you, please update

I certainly will. Still getting a feel for it, since it doesn't push you on any certain quest or.direction.

 

[Ahhzz]

I certainly will. Still getting a feel for it, since it doesn't push you on any certain quest or.direction.

I like open ended.... I prefer the STALKER model to the Metro model. Does this compare to either?

 

[rtwjunkie]

I like open ended.... I prefer the STALKER model to the Metro model. Does this compare to either?

I think it is more a case of STALKER as far as the questing goes.

On another note, this game is hard. Enemies of animal and human and mutant variety will eff you up bad....low level enemies are not placed just for your low level. It means picking your fights for your pitiful weapons which are all you have the skills to handle.

Best advice? Learn to run away and around potential freaks of nature and scavenge old buildings and houses (beware of mutants tho), and find alot of old tech, because you will need every bit of currency to buy equipment.

Yep! Jetpack!

 

[StrayKAT]

I think it is more a case of STALKER as far as the questing goes.

On another note, this game is hard. Enemies of animal and human and mutant variety will eff you up bad....low level enemies are not placed just for your low level. It means picking your fights for your pitiful weapons which are all you have the skills to handle.

Hard in what way? Like do they require tricky tactics or is it just the feeling of being outleveled?

I never heard of the game btw. I guess I'm kind of out of it. I was planning on starting up existing games after this new Windows update came out, but now I want a new hard drive. Time to wait.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Hard in what way? Like do they require tricky tactics or is it just the feeling of being outleveled?

Good question! How does an ant feel coming into our house, assuming an ant could think like us?

I'd say out leveled. After 8 hours and hitting level 6, the enemies don't get any easier. I still feel like the ant in my house. Despite slow and steady stat improvements, I'm still not strong enough or dexterous enough or smart enough to use most of the weapons or armor or other items in game. I still have to be careful, big time....yet still die repeatedly. Probably it's how things would be for real.

I like that. I am having fun!

 

[ne6togadno]

I certainly will. Still getting a feel for it, since it doesn't push you on any certain quest or.direction.

Good question! How does an ant feel coming into our house, assuming an ant could think like us?

I'd say out leveled. After 8 hours and hitting level 6, the enemies don't get any easier. I still feel like the ant in my house. Despite slow and steady stat improvements, I'm still not strong enough or dexterous enough or smart enough to use most of the weapons or armor or other items in game. I still have to be careful, big time....yet still die repeatedly. Probably it's how things would be for real.

I like that. I am having fun!

oh come on
it is piranha game.
work your way to better armor and focuse on lvling one weapon only. dont go where you die from 1-2 hits and you'll be good to go.
also before joining any faction make sure you've finished all prerequirement quests for other factions as they will be locked when you hit "i'll join"

 

[rtwjunkie]

oh come on
it is pirania game.
work your way to better armor and focuse on lvling one weapon only. dont go where you die from 1-2 hits and you'll be good to go.
also before joining any faction make sure you've finished all prerequirement quests for other factions as they will be locked when you hit "i'll join"

You're correct, it IS a Piranha game. I already am getting all the pluses I can from different factions before joining one. That is good advice, btw.

As to where to go, there is no "easy area" where you won't die from one to two hits.

Also, there is no leveling up a weapon per se. You need improved character stats for improved or better weapons.

 

[ne6togadno]

As to where to go, there is no "easy area" where you won't die from one to two hits.

i know there is no "easy areas" it is all one area after all but still you dont go full yolo on pack of orcs/shadow beast before you get at least pants and non rusty weapon.
you stick to scavengers/rusty biters/cant remember their name in risen and bring me this run/run here and there quests till you get lvls and some gear. then you go for hero thingy
it is pattern in all piranha games but still their stories hook you hard enough that you dont bother to care if the game is unfolding the same way as the previous one from same studio.
i love their older games. i will get this one as soon as i can afford it

 

[Vayra86]

When I was 10-12 years old I started playing the tabletop Warhammer and later Warhammer 40K (still have the models, Space Marines, Tau, Bretonnia and Lizardmen ). Then in 2000, Total War: Shogun got released and I was hooked.

Back then, having those two experiences, I dreamt of a Total War on the scale of Warhammer, its entire setting, all the races, and being able to actually play that massive grand scale war.

And here we are, today... tears of joy

http://store.steampowered.com/app/617810/Total_War_WARHAMMER_II__Mortal_Empires/

...and its better than I could have possibly dreamt at the time Massive recommend if you like the Warhammer setting. Game is fantastic.

 

[GreiverBlade]

soooo .... ME:A since i got it for reaaaalll cheap i thought "why not the digital collector edition for 9.99$ more" full collector edition for 14.99$ instead of 70$

(original femshep syndrome .... even in ME:A my main character is a green eyes, freckled redhead ... also i find easier to play in ME:A a female protagoniste rather than male as in ME:1/2/3, first contact related .... maybe? ) also, "Dat Blasto's shirt" woohoo!

not much glitched .... and that's the only reason i installer 388.0 drivers from nVidia .... otherwise i would still be on initial "win10" driver release ... (most funny crash i ever had also : "your graphic card has been removed physically" something like that, hilarious...) glad i did wait a bit and didn't took it day one ... even if the facial animation would not have bothered me

37hrs so far in it

Voeld is nice ... i feel almost at home


also the Nomade is awesome.... how i missed the Mako .... how i love that one ...

that paint job remind me something ... (even all covered in snow)

ohhhhhh .... seriously?

(i like that for fun i did a ME:1/2/3 perfect Tali run ... aka : no romances in ME:1, Tali in ME:2 and managed to get the Geth and Quarian/Tali to survive in ME:3 during the event on Rannoch)
she was my favorite character in ME original (despite the deception about her "unmasked" picture ... how could they do that that was hilarious how much they were uninspired and took a poor choice to represent her unmasked)

edit: on a serious note .... i find the Pathfinder job way more exciting than what cmdr. Shepard did ... ok saving the whole universe is nice but that's kinda "cliché" although ME original is better in many aspect over Andromeda ... i just love the new "refreshed" ME taste ... ok the plot is not "excellent" but it's far from being "meh" as i've read before.

nonetheless ... it will make me replay the whole trilogy later

 

[StrayKAT]

edit: on a serious note .... i find the Pathfinder job way more exciting than what cmdr. Shepard did ... ok saving the whole universe is nice but that's kinda "cliché" although ME original is better in many aspect over Andromeda ... i just love the new "refreshed" ME taste ... ok the plot is not "excellent" but it's far from being "meh" as i've read before.

nonetheless ... it will make me replay the whole trilogy later

I didn't care about that either, but it's not what made ME great anyways. It's probably why I like ME2 the most, because it knew it's strengths the most. Which is just being a Dirty Cop in Space. Not saving the universe, but saving the universe while being an asshole and banging your crew. It's simple and stupid fun.

As for story, I think Casey Hudson put it best: "the funny thing is that people will say 'other than gathering your crew and building your team and getting ready for this mission, there's not much story there.' But that is the story."

edit: Oh and I also liked the Hammerhead (ME2 vehicle) more too. At least the maps had some gameplay involved. I never understood the love for Mako or ME1's exploration. I could make game worlds like that myself. But designing a level takes a little more care. Hammerhead's real problem is it was just an add-on and not very large.

 

[kurosagi01]

I know not many people like Ubisoft atm but no-one playing South park The fractured but whole?? I'm enjoying it atm lol

 

[AlienIsGOD]

Beat heroic kil'jaeden in Warcraft :legion last night

 

[Frick]

obviously written by a jaded person who doesnt know how to enjoy a game if it isn't $59.99 AAA.

pretty decent review here.

Or a person who likes good writing.

 

[silentbogo]

$#it... Halloween sale has started and I couldn't resist buying at least one game from my wishlist. Got Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, even before I finished half of the games I bought on summer sale. Barely started Witcher 3 few days ago...

 

[rtwjunkie]

Or a person who likes good writing.

Obviously not. The dialogue options are deep and varied, leading to quite long conversations. It's actually pretty good. I smell the snobbery of someone in that article that thinks anything less than a AAA title is not worth playing. You're an Indy guy, you should understand.

Let's also not forget that RPS are the whiners that create mass hysteria about new titles in the last 3 years that are "broken" or "unplayable", causing untold numbers of people with no life to also fill forums and reviews about their supposedly unoptimized and broken titles. Games that I have had no trouble playing from day 1. I'm not doing anything special...just playing the games. That's why I call bullshit on most of those people. I even called out RPS in one of my reviews (Dishonored 2), meant to expose their idiocy.

As to the game itself, I will liken it to Wasteland 2/ Fallout NV ( without the humor) for the feel of the atmosphere. Despite the use by all factions of swords and axes, and the Berserkers using magic, bows and swords, technology is in use by every faction.

More screenshots this weekend.

 

[Ebo]

I just started to play AC Origins today after it was released. I havent played more than ½ hour but so far it seems okay.

 

[erixx]

Wolfenstein II New Collosus

 

[yogurt_21]

$#it... Halloween sale has started and I couldn't resist buying at least one game from my wishlist. Got Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, even before I finished half of the games I bought on summer sale. Barely started Witcher 3 few days ago...

trying to resist myself, still have a few games yet to play that were recent purchases mad max being one of them. Hopefully my resolve will hold