What are you playing?

[StrayKAT]

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.

Well, technically, real life beserkers were seen as "magical" once too (drug induced, more like).

The dialogue sounds cool. Bethesda is easily topped on that. As much as I like them, they suck at it.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Well, technically, real life beserkers were seen as "magical" once too (drug induced, more like).

The dialogue sounds cool. Bethesda is easily topped on that. As much as I like them, they suck at it.

True that, Bethesda dialogues are not really very good. It takes a highly modded npc like Inigo, who has so much dialogue recorded that he almost has a personality, to show Bethesda what they could have done on any of their games.

IMHO, Piranha Bytes did pretty good with a much smaller budget for having dialogue: and I don't hear the same damned voice actor every 3 people.

 

[StrayKAT]

True that, Bethesda dialogues are not really very good. It takes a highly modded npc like Inigo, who has so much dialogue recorded that he almost has a personality, to show Bethesda what they could have done on any of their games.

IMHO, Piranha Bytes did pretty good with a much smaller budget for having dialogue: and I don't hear the same damned voice actor every 3 people.

I liked Serana at least.. that was a better effort, but it still wasn't very interactive. Although all of your dialogue with her does create an invisible tally at the end of the story. But that needs mods to be really good.

I'll keep this game in mind. Strapped for cash atm. I'm probably gonna miss out on these new Halloween sales too :\

 

[GreiverBlade]

It takes a highly modded npc like Inigo, who has so much dialogue recorded that he almost has a personality.

for me :

Onean/Neisa (a bit too much sometime but the work on the voiceover is tremendous ... and cute at the same time .... which is why it is too much )

the new version for Onean is ... er...


Recorder (a little out of topic but hyper funny ) the intro is hilarious and the voicing is a bit more adapted to the lore, also check at 2m29 s

in addition of Inigo

 

[HammerON]

Wolfenstein II New Collosus

How are you liking it (or not)?

 

[erixx]

Hi!
Well the story, mechanics and ...visuals are just more of the same. I like (loved) the past European setting, not sure about America with it's dull cardbox cities.
I won't spoil some of the story arguments, but that is a strong point, it is quite crazy, in a Tarantino way.
Let me play some more before posting more.

btw I got it with a nice discount on GMG, because prices are insane.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Hi!
Well the story, mechanics and ...visuals are just more of the same. I like (loved) the past European setting, not sure about America with it's dull cardbox cities.
I won't spoil some of the story arguments, but that is a strong point, it is quite crazy, in a Tarantino way.
Let me play some more before posting more.

btw I got it with a nice discount on GMG, because prices are insane.

I've been to Roswell several times. It's just a fairly small high desert town, architecture is distinctly Spanish influenced, as well as Southwestern. And not sure I've ever heard New Orleans of all American cities referred to as cardbox. New York, I can believe, though.

I look forward to getting into the game to see what Bethesda did to these cities. Those are the only locations that have been released to people that haven't played yet. I look forward to the excitement in here, although I will have to wait. Thanks for the update and rundown of the game!

 

[StrayKAT]

I've been to Roswell several times. It's just a fairly small high desert town, architecture is distinctly Spanish influenced, as well as Southwestern. And not sure I've ever heard New Orleans of all American cities referred to as cardbox. New York, I can believe, though.

I look forward to getting into the game to see what Bethesda did to these cities. Those are the only locations that have been released to people that haven't played yet. I look forward to the excitement in here, although I will have to wait. Thanks for the update and rundown of the game!

A lot of cities have old world sensibilities at their core (often downtown areas), but they do often get corrupted by modern urban "sameness". New Orleans is probably an exception.

 

[Vayra86]

Beat heroic kil'jaeden in Warcraft :legion last night

SOAK!

 

[Cvrk]

I'm playing a game with William J. Blazkowicz, a woman who breastfeeds her baby while smoking a cigar, fat girls in leather jackets lot's of nazis ....everything about and only if you are born in the USA, nothing for the rest of the world.

The game's performance is to perfection. You will see fps drop for a second, but the transition from max fps to whatever else, is perfect. You never notice anything. Most of the times it's stuck at 75.
Only seen such incredible smoothness in Doom. I guess Vulkan will do this to a game. But in this case,it's even way better.

There are a few drawbacks. You can't play the game, because the game is unplayable. If you get around this hiccup you should be just fine.
Unlike Wolfenstein Old Blood witch had major improvement in the lighting section....this is same 100% just like New Order. A spec of light in the middle ,the rest all shadows and darkness. The sun never shines., everything is grey/black. You will see the enemy when they open fire....to late. You are dead. Also you can adjust the brightness levels . This helps, and makes everything around you look even more grey.
Depending when the game feels like it, after you die before pressing the E button to re-spawn, the game gets stuck. Closing from task manager is the only solution. Also before almost every major cutscene same freezes.
My last boss fight,was weird to ...after don't know how many times i got killed, finally at the end i get 2 bosses spawned .... don't worry it was a bug. If you get close to the window the helicopter comes the bosses disappear and you can jump in for the ending of the level.
The dialog is horrible.But we are not here for this....i just need a gun to shoot stuff. I'm used to Mass Effect Andromeda level of writing ... part that bothers me the most, yet another game where you are 100% american blood and it's all about the usa.

Really wanted a continue to Old Blood...as i remember you are on the little boat escaping the city in flames full of nazi zombies heading to castel Wolfenstein. Maybe this will come next year.
The secret to this one is , never stay in one place more than 3 seconds, never die so you won't have to reload the save and turn the brightness up. And you are good to go for another shooter with an angry soldier, and not to many guns that kinda all look the same.

 

[EzioAs]

So...this is what I've been playing today.

GG...

 

[Cvrk]

Giving Wolfenstein a break up until they add more updates i find myself looking at some very interesting and peculiar things:
- a map of a some kind of lab

- Windows 95'

- Charlie from Lost

- Not one, but two versions of Petyr Baelish

yes it's actually him

- and a copy of Alan Awake , because why not this is a Microsoft game

Kid you not, the second best game in 2017 (Mass Effect Andromeda Nr.1), since the year for me already coming to a close ,with no other releases in sight.

If i was 10 years younger playing this would leave me very impressed . Needless to say , still em. Never touched it , considering it to be a boring incredibly comercial over the top product-pusher Microsoft creation. Boy.... was i very wrong. Not abut the product-pusher, at every step there is a phone,windows os etc belonging to the same company ...wrong i was about the greatness of this game.

Story told very very well, good written dialog, cutscenes in real film with real actors 10 minutes long each chapter. Not to hard fighting, good cover system, power-ups , skill tree , plenty of time to relax yourself from the shooting, lots of great eye candy moments . Overall a great game full packed with action , and pretty girls without over exposed cleavages

You don't have time to get bored . For me a complete under the radar game.
Quantum Break is an extremely well polished , bug free, smooth experience. 10 hours in, and i don't have many more screens to show you guys. But i hope you get the idea.
Yeap the game for me,is indeed this good

 

[cucker tarlson]

Yup, I enjoyed the hell out of Quantum Break.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Giving Wolfenstein a break up until they add more updates i find myself looking at some very interesting and peculiar things:
- a map of a some kind of lab

- Windows 95'

- Charlie from Lost

- Not one, but two versions of Petyr Baelish

yes it's actually him

- and a copy of Alan Awake , because why not this is a Microsoft game

Kid you not, the second best game in 2017 (Mass Effect Andromeda Nr.1), since the year for me already coming to a close ,with no other releases in sight.

If i was 10 years younger playing this would leave me very impressed . Needless to say , still em. Never touched it , considering it to be a boring incredibly comercial over the top product-pusher Microsoft creation. Boy.... was i very wrong. Not abut the product-pusher, at every step there is a phone,windows os etc belonging to the same company ...wrong i was about the greatness of this game.

Story told very very well, good written dialog, cutscenes in real film with real actors 10 minutes long each chapter. Not to hard fighting, good cover system, power-ups , skill tree , plenty of time to relax yourself from the shooting, lots of great eye candy moments . Overall a great game full packed with action , and pretty girls without over exposed cleavages

You don't have time to get bored . For me a complete under the radar game.
Quantum Break is an extremely well polished , bug free, smooth experience. 10 hours in, and i don't have many more screens to show you guys. But i hope you get the idea.
Yeap the game for me,is indeed this good

I have to agree with you big time! I have about 12 hours in it, got sidetracked, but it is on the top of my get back to list. It has good story, great writing, excellent dialogue (live action and voice acting), as well as a great science fiction setting. Very fun!!!

 

[cucker tarlson]

I got this collectrs edition one for (what would be equivalent of) ~$25. Like you said, the game is polished, one of the best looking games to date, plus the time control in a fps game done very well.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I got this collectrs edition one for (what would be equivalent of) ~$25. Like you said, the game is polished, one of the best looking games to date, plus the time control in a fps game done very well.

I did too! It was a huge steal on Amazon, because the standard game was selling for way more on Steam!

 

[stinger608]

Man, been wanting Quantum Break since it's release. I got a discount at Amazon, so I pulled the trigger.

Naturally, the collector's edition was cheaper than the standard edition on steam.

 

[Frick]

Got the system back up, now that an i3 4130 replaced the G3220, trying some machine empires in Stellaris. Much better performance.

 

[ShurikN]

Focusing currently on 2 singleplayer games:

Black Mesa.
Love the fact that I can recognize all the cult locations and that the game is really fast paced now. But the AI is simply horrible. Original Half-Life had an amazing AI. This however isn't even on HL2 level which in it's own is mediocre, and it's using the same engine.

Singularity.
The concept is nice, the shooting is standard, the action and horror are fine, but damn I haven't played an UE3 game in a looong time and now I remember what I hated i all of them. THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME! All are dark, gray and brown and the textures are simply awful. Having fun with it atm but cannot get over the fact how much I hate UE games. And the sad part is UE4, aside from better textures and tech in it, still looks bland af.

 

[stinger608]

Man, been wanting Quantum Break since it's release. I got a discount at Amazon, so I pulled the trigger.

Naturally, the collector's edition was cheaper than the standard edition on steam.

Jesus, it's "out for delivery" today.........Well, it's pushing upwards of 8:00 and the damn UPS still hasn't shown up! Man, by the time it gets here I'll be ready for bed.

This old man is lucky to stay up until 9 most weeknights. LOL

EDIT: About 2 minutes after posting this, they finally showed up.
Hell, I should have posted a couple of hours ago.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Underrated and unappreciated game, though it runs like crap (40 fps on GTX 1080 1440p) it's worth the visuals. I also learned that if removing that horrible upscaling gives you lower fps than it should, turn it on and then turn it off again, should run 10% faster than before. It'd be pretty hard on the R9290 at 1440p though. May wanna use that upscaling to get 30 fps in more damanding areas.

On another note, Andromeda really continues to impress me.I didn't care much for ansel in the Witcher, but this is what it was made for.

some moar

Playing andromeda got me thinking about the good old days of PC gaming. Certainly,there were games we'll always all look back at and say "first time I played that was amazing" but now playing mass effect on a 1440p 144hz monitor with variable refresh rate and being able to freeze it any time and look around the scene just tapping the ansel keys makes me think we've had a really good spell of progression copmared to how the games were played 10 or 7 years ago.

 

[cucker tarlson]

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this game + ansel = unbelievable

 

[NTM2003]

Want to play the new cod, people on steam are the worst when it comes to game reviews calling people poor and slow pc with a high end 1080 really ? Sorrry I had to say something about it. Let me know if the new cod is wroth getting.

 

[ShurikN]

Want to play the new cod, people on steam are the worst when it comes to game reviews calling people poor and slow pc with a high end 1080 really ? Sorrry I had to say something about it. Let me know if the new cod is wroth getting.

I played the beta and it was boring as hell, even in matches when I was owning. If you played one modern CoD, you played em all. Also it ran like a charm on my laptop in 1080p (see system specs)

 

[NTM2003]

Yea I don’t trust theses idiots on steam reviews there mostly spoiled kids but I may give it a try I don’t think it will go on sale this year for the steam holiday sales