What are you playing?

[HD64G]

Did you ever try Tyranny? If you want a condensed RPG with some very original design, that's the one Great pick up on a sale.

Torment's still on my bucket list too...

It is in the backlog for now but thanks for the advice. I will think of it the next time I will decide what to start playing.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I finished Close to The Sun. I have to say, color me impressed by the small studio Storm In a Teacup. Their motto is keep it simple. The game is simple. It has a simple theme and premise, which you follow through. The story was tight, the voice acting excellent and the suspense just right. They even managed a little light horror in there without me messing myself, so it succeeded in not being too much.

Based on what you had to do, which was traverse several levels of the ship Helios with three intermediate goals. The atmosphere was well represented, if a little dark mostly, but power mostly out will do that. I was able to do just enough exploring to whet my appetite and still stay on track. Puzzles were just about right. Trial and error only a few times got it for me.

Finally, the approximately 7 to 8 hour length was just right for this story. Object interaction when on the run sucked though. If you didn’t click just exactly in the correct spot you got delayed...and killed. Cue chase scene again, take 14.

I give this game a solid B+.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

more Fallout 4 GOTY as usual... recent progress so far: unlocked Gun Nut LV4, Armorer LV4 & Science LV4.

 

[psyko12]

After playing Division 2 for a while and getting tired of the crashing (known issue with no fix from them after the Basin update), went back to Monster Hunter: World and was greeted with a Witcher Collaboration. IMHO one of the best collabs they have done (after Behemoth/Extremoth from FFantasy).

How they tailored in the Witcher mechanics into the monster hunter game structure is awesome.

 

[SN2716057]

GTA5 (in the process of modding)

 

[rtwjunkie]

I’ve started in on some Ghost Recon Wildlands. Playing solo. After researching the matter, many say it can be played solo. It actually can, and Im doing it , but it requires a great deal of caution, recon and planning. The execution has to be slow and deliberate and on your terms. That said, it’s been a good time waster.

 

[metalfiber]

Still doing the Assassin's Creed summer. I got though Assassin's Creed 3 and now i'm playing Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag. I had a heck of a time in trying to get Black Flag to run at the max of 60 fps. It would stutter and fps would fall into the 40s and back up, it was a mess. I tried the low preset graphics and that did nothing. To make a long story short i finally cut off Physx Particles and now it runs just fine with every other setting maxed out. I forgot how good Black Flag was. It's a heck of alot better than Assassin's Creed III Remastered, combat wise especially. I'll break up the Assassin's Creed summer with Rage 2 after Black Flag.

 

[moproblems99]

I’ve started in on some Ghost Recon Wildlands. Playing solo. After researching the matter, many say it can be played solo. It actually can, and Im doing it , but it requires a great deal of caution, recon and planning. The execution has to be slow and deliberate and on your terms. That said, it’s been a good time waster.

I have been alternating Wild Lands and AC:Odyssey while I search for a new game.

 

[amit_talkin]

Going to play Witcher 3 expansions.

 

[Abaidor]

I recently finished Doom 2016 on hard and had great fun with it running great @ 4K on my 1080Ti. I might play some of the arcade levels too for fun since I can't picture my self playing it again on nightmare.....too many great games on my backlog.

Now I picked up the Witcher series and I am currently finishing Chapter III on The Witcher 1 Enhanced Edition......Initially I got the Witcher 2 (GOTY) and was planning to play this only and skip the other 2. Then I read up a bit on the lore and decided to get number 2.....then I read more and decided to try the first game in the series (Enhanced Edition) and got stuck....I thought it would look absolutely terrible being so old but it is actually nice at 4K! The only problem is that the game is too easy at medium difficulty but I am just playing for the story anyway....

 

[Rahnak]

Finished Brutal Legend yesterday. Pretty interesting game and a shame it took me almost 10 years to play it.
Next up is Shadow Warrior 2 and after having a pretty good time with the first game (the remake/reboot), expectations are high.

Also a question for my fellow gamers: Do you typically play more than one single player/story drive game at a time or do you stick to just one?

 

[rtwjunkie]

Initially I got the Witcher 2 (GOTY) and was planning to play this only and skip the other 2.

That got me curious: what made you initially pick out just The Witcher 2 to play out of all 3 (since it sounds as if you hadn’t played any of them)?

Finished Brutal Legend yesterday. Pretty interesting game and a shame it took me almost 10 years to play it.
Next up is Shadow Warrior 2 and after having a pretty good time with the first game (the remake/reboot), expectations are high.

Also a question for my fellow gamers: Do you typically play more than one single player/story drive game at a time or do you stick to just one?

Shadow Warrior 2 is IMHO an improvement in every way over the first.

To answer your question, I mostly play strictly one game at a time, although occasionally I have one on the side to dabble in if a particular day I feel I need a change of pace.

 

[64K]

Finished Brutal Legend yesterday. Pretty interesting game and a shame it took me almost 10 years to play it.
Next up is Shadow Warrior 2 and after having a pretty good time with the first game (the remake/reboot), expectations are high.

Also a question for my fellow gamers: Do you typically play more than one single player/story drive game at a time or do you stick to just one?

I'm usually playing 2 games at the same time. I spend a couple of hours gaming on my desktop at home just about every day and I probably shouldn't admit to this but I bring my gaming laptop to work when I know it's going to be a slow day and play a different game. My job is what would be classified as hurry up/ slow down and I have a private office so I don't disturb anyone at work.

 

[moproblems99]

Also a question for my fellow gamers: Do you typically play more than one single player/story drive game at a time or do you stick to just one?

If the game is that good, I stick to one. Partially because I don't have a ton of time to game so I don't want to lose the story between plays. Otherwise, I'll play games from different genres at the same time.

 

[Vayra86]

I’ve started in on some Ghost Recon Wildlands. Playing solo. After researching the matter, many say it can be played solo. It actually can, and Im doing it , but it requires a great deal of caution, recon and planning. The execution has to be slow and deliberate and on your terms. That said, it’s been a good time waster.

Don't worry about that, by about level 10-12 you can literally play this game GTA/Rambo style

But, its much more fun going in-character - slow and with planning as you describe it. I played the whole game solo... and with limited tools it really is that much more fun. I used to impose limitations upon myself every time I played to spice things up. Example; 'must use that plane to escape'. 'no alerts' etc.

I've really come to appreciate this game a lot, there is quite a lot of detail beneath the surface that is very well done. The map's design is a good example. Some areas you'd think 'why waste all this space' and then at some point it suddenly makes sense... and at the same time they've taken great care to provide a huge amount of stunning vista's everywhere you go. I've seen many, many open world maps that fail on all counts with these things.

 

[SoNic67]

Quake 2 modes. Tried the RTX, slow as expected on my GTX1080, and that reminded me of how fun it was. Added HD def textures and Beserker mod...
With that it can use up to 6 TMU in OpenGL

 

[Ahhzz]

I'm usually playing 2 games at the same time. I spend a couple of hours gaming on my desktop at home just about every day and I probably shouldn't admit to this but I bring my gaming laptop to work when I know it's going to be a slow day and play a different game. My job is what would be classified as hurry up/ slow down and I have a private office so I don't disturb anyone at work.

I might on occasion have installed Rimworld in a random folder in my "Projects" folder for use on days when my Projects aren't as present as other days....

 

[Vayra86]

Crap, I broke the game already...

Fancy Math: fast shield recharge
Grounded the Bee: +2581 bonus damage when at full shield
Fiber: indirect shots deal massive damage.

I'm shooting at feet and the ground now for a whoppin' 80k dmg and over... at level 30 Three shots killed the final boss... and in the event of death, there is always a Deathtrap summoned to make a kill somewhere

Oh... and did I mention my shield effects also transfer to Deathtrap?

Best of it all, I reckon these two drops are unique/fixed drops from two quests as well so I get an upgrade every playthrough/difficulty...

 

[Stealthyboy]

Just started my third play through of Detroit Become Human and so far I'm on the road to the ending where I don't kill anyone who is essential.

 

[droopyRO]

Bouncing back and forth from The Division 2 and Dishonored 2.
I never thought i would like a game like The Division 2, but played in co-op with a buddy is very entertaining. Dark Zone solo is more stressful but the loot is better.
Dishonored 2 is almost as good as the first one, but man that frame rate is choppy. Even locked at 60 fps the game feels like 30 fps.

 

[moproblems99]

Dishonored 2 is almost as good as the first one, but man that frame rate is choppy. Even locked at 60 fps the game feels like 30 fps.

I really liked the first one but have stayed away from the second.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I really liked the first one but have stayed away from the second.

If you liked the first, the second shouldn’t disappoint. Not only is it 3 times longer than the fairly short first one, but levels are mostly bigger, with one in particular being one of the most brilliant level designs I have ever seen!

Also, playing as both Emily and Corvo brings two substantially different play styles. And of course don’t forget playing low chaos and high chaos. For me it had multi-playthrough and is maybe just a smidge less than the brilliant first one. It goes in my top 20 with the first one.

 

[SN2716057]

Currently playing the following games.. Although ACO a little less, atm.

What is your top 20, rtwjunkie?

 

[moproblems99]

If you liked the first, the second shouldn’t disappoint. Not only is it 3 times longer than the fairly short first one, but levels are mostly bigger, with one in particular being one of the most brilliant level designs I have ever seen!

Also, playing as both Emily and Corvo brings two substantially different play styles. And of course don’t forget playing low chaos and high chaos. For me it had multi-playthrough and is maybe just a smidge less than the brilliant first one. It goes in my top 20 with the first one.

I think I am going to get KCD back going. I think I am about 60% through it....but the relearning curve...

 

[jallenlabs]

BFV is really all I play at the moment. Back log is building up...