What are you playing?

[Kursah]

Are you aware of the existence of this?
http://www.battlefleetgothic-armada.com/

I found it pretty good - single player that is

I bought it on EA or release. I got a handful of hours into it. Not a bad game but I lost interest after a few missions into the campaign. I never tried MP either. Not a bad game, overall good graphics, great presentation, and fun combat.

After playing BSGD, even though it plays differently it has me thinking I'll try to get back into BGA once I'm done. I still like BSGD more at this point, and for some reason even though I'm an RTS fan, I really feel the turn-based WeGo system is more fun. It definitely allows more time to plan out tactics. And having a little Z axis control is useful here. Ramming isn't the same or nearly as fun as Battlefleet Gothic Armada.

To be honesty even BSGD is even sitting on the backburner as I continue to dig into my Stellaris 2.0 playthru. So far having a better time with it than I've ever had before 2.0. A lot has changed and most of it for the better IMHO. There's definitely some bugs and issues, but they're patching it fairly quickly. If you didn't like Stellaris before, now is a good time to try it. If you liked or loved it before, you're in for a big change. They did allow folks to roll back to 1.9.1 though.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Finished Wolfenstein 2, got I nice surprise at the end - I realized collecting all those enigma codes allows me to use the machine which cracks them and reveals the location of some nazi generals which you then go on missions to take down. Brilliant idea for a side quest.

Spoiler: this is nasty

It is a nice idea for extra killing missions. I just suck at the enigma machine...badly.

 

[Capitan Harlock]

I'm still playing Pillars of Eternity.
Restarted to play Dragonball Xenoverse 2 after last update and dlc .
With a Friend of mine we started playing Deep Rock Galactic and is GREAT .

 

[cucker tarlson]

It is a nice idea for extra killing missions. I just suck at the enigma machine...badly.

Lol. Why ? It's pretty easy.

 

[Drone]

Another exclusive gem Arc Rise Fantasia

People complain that North American version has "lazy" voice acting but in actuality it's ok.

Beautiful open world + JRPG mix. Gonna take 70-80 hours to complete lol

Brilliant level design, enemy ai, great story, tough bosses, giant open world, tons of hours of side quests / grinding / farming and lvling up.
Interesting characters, superb soudtrack, lots of skills and all.
No bugs/glitches just a perfect solid gameplay

 

[Vayra86]

I bought it on EA or release. I got a handful of hours into it. Not a bad game but I lost interest after a few missions into the campaign. I never tried MP either. Not a bad game, overall good graphics, great presentation, and fun combat.

After playing BSGD, even though it plays differently it has me thinking I'll try to get back into BGA once I'm done. I still like BSGD more at this point, and for some reason even though I'm an RTS fan, I really feel the turn-based WeGo system is more fun. It definitely allows more time to plan out tactics. And having a little Z axis control is useful here. Ramming isn't the same or nearly as fun as Battlefleet Gothic Armada.

To be honesty even BSGD is even sitting on the backburner as I continue to dig into my Stellaris 2.0 playthru. So far having a better time with it than I've ever had before 2.0. A lot has changed and most of it for the better IMHO. There's definitely some bugs and issues, but they're patching it fairly quickly. If you didn't like Stellaris before, now is a good time to try it. If you liked or loved it before, you're in for a big change. They did allow folks to roll back to 1.9.1 though.

Stellaris 2.0 is awesome. I did play a lot of it before 2.0 and it was nice, but now? I think it surpassed Civilization in terms of mechanics, options and look and feel. Almost gutted Im on holiday now

Finished Assassin's creed Origins.
Taste is difficult notion. However since here it's all about gaming, I would like to place in balance what can you get right now for the same money. Hard to overpass AC Origins in terms of value. No such thing as a perfect game, but for what is worth in 2018 the content and spectacle is huge.

One important thing comes to mind: we are very far away from actual intelligent A.I. Year after year, they keep bring new games, and the biggest AAA titles always create open world games where, in their advertisement, the worlds are more full of "life" and real as ever.
In reality,it all feels incredibly empty, repetitive and dull. Blows my mind,since I know nothing of creating a video game, how this multi billion company Ubisoft was not able to implement more than 4 different dialog lines for static npc's that you randomly interact with in the world. Yeah, if you bump in or pass by them for the entire duration of the game you get 2 type of voice acting, from 2 type of actors (female and male - so 2 salaries where paid ) that say 2 different things. Total of 4 lines. What would have been the effort to bring in 50 actors and give them enough dialog so while running around with Bayek and interacting with npc you will feel that is a more real world ?
The npc barely move, everything is very still and dull, and the world does not feel alive at all. And bare in mine, AC Origins has the most realistic open world in an open game that was ever created. If you like open world games, this is the epiphany of these types of games! Ubisoft has managed to crush the competition with the best open world experience, that is still super bad becuase I guess the technology is not there yet..... ? I don't know.

I always like to look at a video game, and to determine either how good it is , by placing myself in the shoes of a non-gamer person. If I would give Origins to a person who does not play video games,would it be good ? I strongly believe the answer is clearly NO.
Open worlds don't have the technology to impress or to be fun. They are made for us, gamers... because we approach them from a different point of view.
My mom played Xbox Kinect and has a blast. I know some one else from my family that loved Fifa, and a colleague of mine at work really enjoyed playing with his daughter Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. That's why people in general just like @Drone will probably like Fantasia (or whatever that game is ) more than any of these open world expensive AAA titles. And that's why games that from a blind spot, don't take themselves so seriously and just deliver on exactly what they where made for.
Open world games like Origins will not deliver, and probably wont do so for many years to come. As you can see they are very much put aside. Giving Mario an award at the end of 2017 rather then Origins. The industry and people are no longer impressed with open world.

Coming back to just what Origins was:
- The story was kinda bad, up until the end and kinda boring,it had a strong turn .
- After you embark on the quest with Cleopatra, you can stop and lvl up some more. But for me it was pointless,cuz the story kinda pushes you on....you are always on the run and just focus on the main events. From an immersion point of view, your just not gonna stop, lvl up on side quests for 4 more days and then get back to the npc to trigger the next moment of the story. Once you start that part you need to go all the way, and that is what I did.
- One of the final bosses is an elephant. Very sad,and I was completely against it...almost deleted the game, cuz I did not want to hurt the elephant. Seriously Ubisoft, they had to make the bad guy an animal that is almost extinct and tortured in real world as it is ?! That was disgusting!
- There is a lot of hard work and searching to get the final outfit (the hidden one)

This is me running around on what seams to be a very small portion of the map. Still it took 1 hour ....so yeah the map is big:

I will once again recommend you pick up Guild Wars 2. If you want to see how open world is supposed to be done, this game has it in abundance. Voice lines alone go from hilarious to perfectly immersive and all voice acting is ridiculously good, few AAA games can match it. And then there is the sheer size of it ... Coming back to GW2, I keep finding more and more awesome content.. and still have so much to discover. And that is even with 100% map completion of the vanilla game! And Im hooked on PVP now too. It is so much better than it used to be, almost everything is viable and balance is superb.

 

[EzioAs]

Still playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. I think I've gotten pretty far now. If I just focused on the main missions, I probably would've beaten this game a week ago but this game and Human Revolution really does itch you into exploring and trying various actions.

Quick question: If you've played any 2 (or all) of these games, which would you recommend first?

1. NieR: Automata
2. Final Fantasy XV
3. Assassin's Creed Origins

They all have attractive prices and I think I might grab one of them.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Still playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. I think I've gotten pretty far now. If I just focused on the main missions, I probably would've beaten this game a week ago but this game and Human Revolution really does itch you into exploring and trying various actions.

Quick question: If you've played any 2 (or all) of these games, which would you recommend first?

1. NieR: Automata
2. Final Fantasy XV
3. Assassin's Creed Origins

They all have attractive prices and I think I might grab one of them.

I haven’t played the first two. I can highly recommend Assassin’s Creed Origins. IMHO, clearly the best of the series, and all around a great open-world semi-RPG.

For a very detailed and objective view, read @Cvrk multiple posts in this thread where the good and bad are detailed very well.

 

[EzioAs]

I haven’t played the first two. I can highly recommend Assassin’s Creed Origins. IMHO, clearly the best of the series, and all around a great open-world semi-RPG.

For a very detailed and objective view, read @Cvrk multiple posts in this thread where the good and bad are detailed very well.

AC Origins does seem as fun (or even better) than Black Flag (which would probably be my favorite AC in terms of gameplay), but I've played the FFXV demo as well and I think it's a good game too (seems to be about as fun as the classics). NieR seems to pair the fast-paced combat that I love (think DMC or Bayonetta) with stylistic open world so it seems like a really solid choice as well. Plus, I think it's the only game among the 3 that will have it's base price remain high for quite some time.

 

[Capitan Harlock]

Still playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. I think I've gotten pretty far now. If I just focused on the main missions, I probably would've beaten this game a week ago but this game and Human Revolution really does itch you into exploring and trying various actions.

Quick question: If you've played any 2 (or all) of these games, which would you recommend first?

1. NieR: Automata
2. Final Fantasy XV
3. Assassin's Creed Origins

They all have attractive prices and I think I might grab one of them.

I like too both Deus ex Human Revolution and Mankind Divided that i need to finish.
Talking about the other games i can talk only for Nier after finishing the main story a lot of times .
Don't think is going to be similar to Devil May Cry of Bayonetta because is a little bit more technical in terms of game play.
Just take your time because you need to explore a lot for some stuff and play the games at least 5 times or your not gonna play the full story XD.

 

[GreiverBlade]

a little bit of

weeeee Mercy's wings, OW portrait ring and a lil' B'Cruiser

a pinch of
tutorial was fun ... not too boring

finally decided to start playing HoTs... bucket loads o'fun.... since i'm not into LoL anymore and MxM, Paragon got ... annihilated (oh well at last Epic did refund all I've spent on Paragon .... NCSoft on the other hand ... )

and a slight slice of (just before i swapped my name )
i prefer having a POTG with Reinhardt .... but D.VA is my most played, so, it was a logical choice for a 1st match after a long break (PV.AI to be safe )

i browse some new skin and i notice ...

uh? 1k coin Nova Widowmaker skin? gotta farm ... and then i remember it's the 20th anniversary of SC...YES! Nova does not even reach Kerrigan's awesomeness ... (pre zergification ofc)
now i just wait till ....

get's out of PTR ....

mobile gaming? trying WoWs Blitz + Armored warfare assault (too bad AWA does not support my Shield Tablet, probably due to the custom ROM and Root) not bad at all plus got some goodies for free

Still playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. I think I've gotten pretty far now. If I just focused on the main missions, I probably would've beaten this game a week ago but this game and Human Revolution really does itch you into exploring and trying various actions.

Quick question: If you've played any 2 (or all) of these games, which would you recommend first?

1. NieR: Automata
2. Final Fantasy XV
3. Assassin's Creed Origins

They all have attractive prices and I think I might grab one of them.

NieR: Automata! ... or ... FFXV, the 1st one being one of my top 5 favorite games of 2017 and the second being on my wishlist since windows version announcement .... (just my luck, they always end up going out when i am broke )

 

[FordGT90Concept]

If you just do story in DXMD, game is very short. If memory serves: Dubai -> Prague -> Golem -> Prague -> Switzerland -> Prague -> London

I left out the submaps of Prague like the Subway mission that don't advance Prague's state.

 

[Recon-UK]

Might reinstall BF3,, last played a month or two back and it was great fun.

Video.

 

[ShurikN]

Still playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. I think I've gotten pretty far now. If I just focused on the main missions, I probably would've beaten this game a week ago but this game and Human Revolution really does itch you into exploring and trying various actions.

Quick question: If you've played any 2 (or all) of these games, which would you recommend first?

1. NieR: Automata
2. Final Fantasy XV
3. Assassin's Creed Origins

They all have attractive prices and I think I might grab one of them.

Nier > those other two games.
But Nier excels only when you finish it multiple times. So if you dont like that kind of thing, skip the game.
The story is probably better as well

 

[Recon-UK]

Nier > those other two games.
But Nier excels only when you finish it multiple times. So if you dont like that kind of thing, skip the game.
The story is probably better as well

I want to get Nier.

I have Deus Ex MKD to do, also some old Thief games and that latest one.

 

[ShurikN]

I want to get Nier.

I have Deus Ex MKD to do, also some old Thief games and that latest one.

I quite enjoyed the latest Thief even with all the negativity it received.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Game Dev Tycoon just got an update after a long drought. Discovered it doesn't support > 96 kHz sound.

 

[EzioAs]

I decided to skip my plan on buying one of those games. I figured I still have some number of games (and some long ones too) that I should play first and then bought those games later when they're probably much cheaper than they are now

I quite enjoyed the latest Thief even with all the negativity it received.

Will play that game sometime this year, probably June afterwards. Tried the original Thief but didn't quite get into it so I figured maybe the modern version suits me better. So far, my plan after finishing Mankind Divided is AC Chronicles China > Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen > (back to a shorter & different game)

 

[Ruru]

Me and my roommate are playing Final Fantasy XIII with our own PC's and drinking beer. Happy weekend tech-buddies!

 

[EzioAs]

Finally done with Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The story, the setting, the buildup and the tension in this game (and Human Revolution) are just one of the finest I've seen in video games. This is one of the few games where I feel totally immersed within the world. The levels feels a bit step down compared to Human Revolution but it's still pretty good and I got through the game with the only two things I care about

Hopefully they are developing the sequel right now cause the ending does somewhat portray it. I feel like I'm missing out on the series by not playing the original Deus Ex. I know it's highly regarded and I already have it in my Steam library. Maybe I'll try it out sometime in the future, but for now, time to play something shorter.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Do it! The original Deus Ex is old yeah, but it has aged better than most. Remember, DXHR, DXF, and DXMD are all prequels to DX.

DX is much shorter because although it has open environments, there's really only one (akin to Detroit) that's worth exploring and you'll probably be done there in less than an hour. It's much less dense than the newer games.

 

[Capitan Harlock]

If you wanna play the first as it should, look for the hd mods so you don't kill your eyes XD.
I played it like this and is worth it.
This is one of the mods http://www.moddb.com/mods/gmdx

 

[cucker tarlson]

I started Watch Dogs, which Ubisoft made free some time ago. I actually played through the prologue that time but I didn't like it. I decided to give it another try and I'm really liking it this time. There's a lot to do in the open world, the skill tree is pretty big and combat is pretty good too. I loved WD2, this is clearly not as big a game, but I misjudged it the first time I tried. I actually think it's better than WD2 in some respects, not overall though.
On the bad side, the game has horrendous aliasing. I gotta use TXAAx4 to make it look smooth again, on a 1440p 24" display (!). Fortunately it runs pretty well even with AA cranked up that high, I'm still averaging between 70-80 fps using max. settings.

 

[Recon-UK]

Just played through HL2 EP1

 

[GreiverBlade]

better late than never .... restarting Diablo III made me want a little bit more .... so i bought (finally) Reaper Of Souls expansion

Crusader is fun .... almost like it more than Wizard (although my only 60 is a Barbarian the Wiz is 55 ) Diablo III did age well and still look nice (damn theses cinematics are gorgeous ... )


resized to 1440p otherwise it would be above 2mb, my oddball of a screen max resolution is 2880x1620 (and i thought it was a 2560x1440 )
oh lol i just realized that resolution is actually 3K