Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 2215772 times)

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17040 on:** July 20, 2012, 07:39:43 AM »

One careless move and I'm back to being poor and having no army in Mount & Blade. Fuck. How am I supposed to get back on top?

archnemesis · « **Reply #17041 on:** July 20, 2012, 07:52:51 AM »

If you have a good reputation is should be easy to recruit new soldiers. If you're skilled at fighting you can take down a band of bandits by yourself. If you're playing easy mode you can just reload an old save.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17042 on:** July 20, 2012, 07:59:32 AM »

I'm playing on realistic so no going back. I guess I'll have to build a new crummy army and start from the bottom.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17043 on:** July 20, 2012, 08:00:30 AM »

Also, I'm a bald old woman, so no one respects me despite my renown.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #17044 on:** July 20, 2012, 08:47:46 AM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on July 20, 2012, 07:39:43 AM

One careless move and I'm back to being poor and having no army in Mount & Blade. Fuck. How am I supposed to get back on top?

one time i had a decent army and was playing as a bandit. i decided to raid a village thinking they were just a small lowly village. instead it was filled with crazy villagers and destroyed my army. ended up losing nearly everyone and had to start from scratch

Huff · « **Reply #17045 on:** July 20, 2012, 03:06:50 PM »

Just got max payne but i can't play it until I platinum gundam musou 3

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #17046 on:** July 20, 2012, 03:36:40 PM »

Quote from: Huff on July 20, 2012, 03:06:50 PM

Just got max payne but i can't play it until I platinum gundam musou 3

You're not missing much.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17047 on:** July 20, 2012, 09:21:08 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on July 20, 2012, 08:47:46 AM

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on July 20, 2012, 07:39:43 AM
One careless move and I'm back to being poor and having no army in Mount & Blade. Fuck. How am I supposed to get back on top?

one time i had a decent army and was playing as a bandit. i decided to raid a village thinking they were just a small lowly village. instead it was filled with crazy villagers and destroyed my army. ended up losing nearly everyone and had to start from scratch

I was raiding a village in enemy territory. Everything was going well until a party of 500 dudes showed up and steam rolled me into submission. Lost my awesome armor AND MY HORSE, my money and all 60 of my troops.

Eric P · « **Reply #17048 on:** July 20, 2012, 11:45:15 PM »

persona is a lot of fun

crazy high encounter rate at times though

Diunx · « **Reply #17049 on:** July 21, 2012, 01:49:14 AM »

Dragon Quest 9 is BORIIIING!!!!

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #17050 on:** July 21, 2012, 02:43:12 AM »

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17051 on:** July 21, 2012, 06:04:15 AM »

My new army in Warband is completely dope. I have a noble prisoner. What do I do with him? The Ransom Broker won't buy him.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #17052 on:** July 21, 2012, 10:08:30 AM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on July 21, 2012, 06:04:15 AM

My new army in Warband is completely dope. I have a noble prisoner. What do I do with him? The Ransom Broker won't buy him.

i could never figure out what to do with prisoners either.

I "played" Dear Esther.

I found it to be incredibly pleasurable to my eyes. Narrative wise I enjoyed trying to figure out what the story was all about. My interpretation seems to be a little off from what others think but a lot of the key points seem to be the same. It was cool. Will probably never play it again.

tiesto · « **Reply #17053 on:** July 21, 2012, 10:23:38 AM »

Quote from: Diunx on July 21, 2012, 01:49:14 AM

Dragon Quest 9 is BORIIIING!!!!

Honestly it was probably my least favorite in the series since 2... didn't seem to have the 'charm' the others in the series had, the music was Sugiyama's worst, and the new quest system in the game was fucking stupid. Still had a decent enough time, but after 8 I had so much hype

Speaking of DQ, I've been working on my presentation for Otakon, so I haven't had any time to play games... maybe tomorrow I'll play a bit of Dear Esther.

archnemesis · « **Reply #17054 on:** July 21, 2012, 11:03:46 AM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on July 21, 2012, 06:04:15 AM

My new army in Warband is completely dope. I have a noble prisoner. What do I do with him? The Ransom Broker won't buy him.

Keep him in your party or dump him in one of your castles. Sooner or later his family will pay a very high ransom for him.

archie4208 · « **Reply #17055 on:** July 21, 2012, 12:43:49 PM »

Beat Oath in Felghana on hard after being stuck on the final boss for about an hour. That feel of jubilation when you win.

brob · « **Reply #17056 on:** July 21, 2012, 01:31:08 PM »

started metro 2033 hardcore ranger. never played the game before, but I wont be swayed by some silly little "for experienced players" prompt. haven't died yet! though the game hasn't let me go without a NPC yet, so I imagine this is hella tutorial-easy still.

Timber · « **Reply #17057 on:** July 21, 2012, 02:24:55 PM »

The majority of Metro 2033 is spent following NPCs around, actually. Have fun fighting those translucent exploding testes in the end game on hard mode!

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #17058 on:** July 21, 2012, 02:32:08 PM »

DQ9 is a top-tier DQ game, Tiesto, suck my nut

Diunx · « **Reply #17059 on:** July 21, 2012, 06:31:36 PM »

is fucking boring and the job system SUCKS!!! I have to go on a fucking grindfest everytime I change a job.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #17060 on:** July 21, 2012, 07:34:27 PM »

I've been fucking around way too much lately, all while still buying games left and right... and it's getting really disgusting.

So I've finally finished FFXII-2 (After dicking around for months) and Gravity Rush. My plan now is play Dragon Dogma, hopefully to completion, assuming it's interesting enough. *THEN* I'll go through all the Ys games I've been collecting, namely Ys 1&2 Chronicles, Origins, Falghalakala, and 7. I vow to not touch any other game, not even dumb iOS games, nor buy any more games, before I do this. Because it's getting ridikulus.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #17061 on:** July 21, 2012, 07:37:53 PM »

i need to stop fuck around and finish Halo 3

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #17062 on:** July 21, 2012, 10:34:05 PM »

Finished the first PA game- on the second.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #17063 on:** July 22, 2012, 12:46:02 AM »

Change of plans. I'm gonna start playing Ys first.

Portable gaming

iconoclast · « **Reply #17064 on:** July 22, 2012, 03:59:41 AM »

On one hand, 1 billion has been my goal in Daioujou BL for 8+ months now, so I'm glad I finally cracked ten digits.

On the other hand, this run was awful and I can do so much better, so I'm not at all satisfied. God damn this game.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17065 on:** July 22, 2012, 05:21:06 AM »

just started Alpha BONER-col. This is so good. Next level gaming

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17066 on:** July 22, 2012, 07:23:33 AM »

Duuude I got a king as my prisoner.

And I unlocked an achievement called Holy Diver.

archnemesis · « **Reply #17067 on:** July 22, 2012, 09:12:59 AM »

You're almost ready for the cRPG mod.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #17068 on:** July 22, 2012, 01:57:39 PM »

Playing a woman is the best. At the start of the game the Vaergis king is all like "I ain't giving no woman any castles or nothin" but now like 15 hours later they just hand me fiefs on a platter and I'm like "fuck yes, I am woman hear me roar."

I crush armies with troop counts that triple mine. I'm the fucking queen bitch of Caldaria and it feels sooooooooooo good.

demi · « **Reply #17069 on:** July 22, 2012, 02:50:22 PM »

Just finished Asura's Wrath the first time... game is so enjoyable.

Need to run through like 3 more times though, but thankfully all the non-gameplay scenes are skippable.

Going to buy the DLC right now.

cool breeze · « **Reply #17070 on:** July 22, 2012, 05:25:30 PM »

Arkham City Harley Quinn DLC is baaaad. Might be the most worthless DLCs I've played.

When I heard it's short and reusing content, I thought it'd be like FEAR 2's DLC; a 1 to 2 hour remix of the main game for veterans. This Batman DLC is an hour of really easy brawls. No puzzles, real stealth sections, or anything interesting. It's not like you're playing as Robin for most of it either. What a lazy product. Feel ripped off at $3.50. And they charged $10 for this initially.

demi · « **Reply #17071 on:** July 22, 2012, 05:26:30 PM »

Well normally I'd say I told you so but I told you so

cool breeze · « **Reply #17072 on:** July 22, 2012, 05:28:57 PM »

I know

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #17073 on:** July 22, 2012, 06:15:27 PM »

I'm playing Yakuza 2 after finishing the great Yakuza 4.

tiesto · « **Reply #17074 on:** July 22, 2012, 07:41:08 PM »

Started to play Gunman's Proof for SFC.
Pretty interesting game, at first appearance, it looks like a LttP clone, even using a similar art style. But instead of an open-world puzzle game, it's a score-based action game. You get scored on how fast you finish a dungeon, how much damage you took, and how many of the hidden treasures you were able to find. I'm not huge on scoring aspects in games, but it's an interesting take on the top down action RPG genre.

Plus you fight semi-blackface-looking enemies.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #17075 on:** July 22, 2012, 11:02:01 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on July 22, 2012, 05:25:30 PM

Arkham City Harley Quinn DLC is baaaad. Might be the most worthless DLCs I've played.

When I heard it's short and reusing content, I thought it'd be like FEAR 2's DLC; a 1 to 2 hour remix of the main game for veterans. This Batman DLC is an hour of really easy brawls. No puzzles, real stealth sections, or anything interesting. It's not like you're playing as Robin for most of it either. What a lazy product. Feel ripped off at $3.50. And they charged $10 for this initially.

They lowered the price to $3.50? Consoles or Steam?

Bebpo · « **Reply #17076 on:** July 23, 2012, 02:42:22 AM »

Time Travelers

This is pretty much for Oscar since no one else is aware of what's going on with non-translated Visual Novels. But I'm about 33% through Time Travelers and while I'm enjoying it I don't understand why it exists as a "videogame". By taking a visual novel and making it non-stop cutscenes that you watch and occasionally hit O, they've kind of removed the barrier that separated a VN from a j-drama or anime series. There's no difference between me sitting and playing Time Travelers on my Vita and me sitting and watching the hypothetical Time Travelers anime on my couch between the screen size.

Just seems kind of pointless.

archnemesis · « **Reply #17077 on:** July 23, 2012, 02:44:46 AM »

Can you at least interact with it like in a choose-your-own-adventure novel?

Bebpo · « **Reply #17078 on:** July 23, 2012, 02:57:12 AM »

You get choices but if you pick the wrong one you get BAD END within 60 seconds of it. There's no real plot branching or anything. Just a bunch of lolz fake ends along the way.

cool breeze · « **Reply #17079 on:** July 23, 2012, 02:59:39 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on July 22, 2012, 11:02:01 PM

Quote from: Linkzg on July 22, 2012, 05:25:30 PM
Arkham City Harley Quinn DLC is baaaad. Might be the most worthless DLCs I've played.

When I heard it's short and reusing content, I thought it'd be like FEAR 2's DLC; a 1 to 2 hour remix of the main game for veterans. This Batman DLC is an hour of really easy brawls. No puzzles, real stealth sections, or anything interesting. It's not like you're playing as Robin for most of it either. What a lazy product. Feel ripped off at $3.50. And they charged $10 for this initially.

They lowered the price to $3.50? Consoles or Steam?

Steam (technically Games for Windows Live)

Quote from: Bebpo on July 23, 2012, 02:42:22 AM

Time Travelers

This is pretty much for Oscar since no one else is aware of what's going on with non-translated Visual Novels. But I'm about 33% through Time Travelers and while I'm enjoying it I don't understand why it exists as a "videogame". By taking a visual novel and making it non-stop cutscenes that you watch and occasionally hit O, they've kind of removed the barrier that separated a VN from a j-drama or anime series. There's no difference between me sitting and playing Time Travelers on my Vita and me sitting and watching the hypothetical Time Travelers anime on my couch between the screen size.

Just seems kind of pointless.

Tangentially related, but have you played that 999 sequel on Vita or 3DS? is it any good?

Bebpo · « **Reply #17080 on:** July 23, 2012, 03:01:03 AM »

Backlog. I'll probably play it when the US version comes out so I can join in the community discussion.

rodi · « **Reply #17081 on:** July 23, 2012, 03:23:42 AM »

I'm trying to play Day Z. Really trying.

chronovore · « **Reply #17082 on:** July 23, 2012, 10:27:54 AM »

Quote from: Linkzg on July 22, 2012, 05:25:30 PM

Arkham City Harley Quinn DLC is baaaad. Might be the most worthless DLCs I've played.

When I heard it's short and reusing content, I thought it'd be like FEAR 2's DLC; a 1 to 2 hour remix of the main game for veterans. This Batman DLC is an hour of really easy brawls. No puzzles, real stealth sections, or anything interesting. It's not like you're playing as Robin for most of it either. What a lazy product. Feel ripped off at $3.50. And they charged $10 for this initially.

I enjoyed it but, yeah, it's not $10 worth of content. It was a neat little epilogue, and playing through with Bats' and Robin's differed abilities was enjoyable. Overall, very short.

Robo · « **Reply #17083 on:** July 23, 2012, 02:30:30 PM »

Got the Coldstrike DLC for Renegade Ops and playing through it again on Hardcore. I hope Avalanche makes another one of these—this game is fucking amazing.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17084 on:** July 23, 2012, 09:42:47 PM »

I'm still pissed I didn't get it for 600MSP when it was on sale.

I really hope Avalanche is working on Just Cause 3

chronovore · « **Reply #17085 on:** July 24, 2012, 01:02:12 AM »

Quote from: Robo on July 23, 2012, 02:30:30 PM

Got the Coldstrike DLC for Renegade Ops and playing through it again on Hardcore. I hope Avalanche makes another one of these—this game is fucking amazing.

I don't think it sold well. Didn't Oscar say it sold for shit in the sales thread?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #17086 on:** July 24, 2012, 01:04:08 AM »

I'm playing Kinect games for achievements. Woop woop. Wanna hit 100k GS so bad. 8k to go!

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17087 on:** July 24, 2012, 01:05:11 AM »

Just started up Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The augment system is daunting as fuck seeing as a good amount of them seem like they'd be useful. And I'm the type that takes years to choose an upgrade path and then second guesses myself. Great game so far though, I went with Deus Ex difficulty and its tough as fuck but I'm ok with that.

Also, the game allows you to change the FoV in the game menu. Every fucking non-competitive FPS should do this holy fuck. The default FoV of 70 is awful.

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #17088 on:** July 24, 2012, 02:16:30 AM »

Concentrate on legs and physical strength first. Make it so that when you fall you don't get hurt so easily and that you can lift up heavy objects asap.

archie4208 · « **Reply #17089 on:** July 24, 2012, 08:59:09 AM »

Got sick of Fortune Summoners. The clunky gameplay and overly uguu story did it no favors. I got about 4 hours of play out of it, so it wasn't too bad.

Now I'm trying to decide if I should invest time in Last Remnant or not. I've dabbled in it several times for an hour or so, but I always seem to get distracted.

Also trying to participate in a GAF Dota 2 league and there is a shit ton of drama after one day.

demi · « **Reply #17090 on:** July 24, 2012, 09:13:38 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on July 23, 2012, 09:42:47 PM

I'm still pissed I didn't get it for 600MSP when it was on sale.

I really hope Avalanche is working on Just Cause 3

It's 600MSP again...

Momo · « **Reply #17091 on:** July 24, 2012, 12:10:59 PM »

Playing that hateful story Korean space loli simulator thing

tiesto · « **Reply #17092 on:** July 24, 2012, 01:08:07 PM »

Quote from: Momo on July 24, 2012, 12:10:59 PM

Playing that hateful story Korean space loli simulator thing

Ehhhh? More details please...

cool breeze · « **Reply #17093 on:** July 24, 2012, 01:23:04 PM »

Space Marine

Game doesn't help you acclimate to the warhammer universe at all. Enough cool shit happens and overconfident orcs yell "MOAH SPACE MARINES TA KILL!" that it works without all the knowledge. I imagine it's like playing the Ghostbusters game without knowledge of the other media. Not a knock against the game or anything, because the plot is simple enough, but other times I'm watching a cutscene where

spoiler (click to show/hide)

a magic portal opens and another ultramarine comes out, only he's not a good guy. Something called Warp power opens a portal to allow Chaos forces to enter this dimension. And I guess Warp power is space magic and Chaos is space hell. And the Chaos characters are like Black Lanterns; dead ultramarines resurrected to be evil. And then there are Inquisitor Space Marines, who are the scientists and/or psychic power uses. And there's something called a Codex, which I assume is the Bible. And and the main character holds the Warp energy source and that means he might be corrupted by Chaos or something? I dunno. There's a rad ass giant mech and you smash demons with a huge hammer

[close]

I just came away more intrigued by the universe and wanting to know more. I have those warhammer rts games on steam so maybe those do a better job.

Anyway, the game is really fun. It's awesome how you regain health by playing aggressively. No need to hide behind cover. You can focus on smashing space orcs. Best parts are when you get the jetpack and do the ground pound attack that takes out a dozen enemies at once. Weapons are also really satisfying and powerful. If you get a crowd of orcs rushing you, one shot can take them all out. The visual and auditory feedback makes the game. An example is the sprinting since it's slow and pointless. But I do it anyway because the MC lumbers along and each footstep sounds like he's slamming down an enormous amount of weight.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #17094 on:** July 24, 2012, 01:37:28 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on July 24, 2012, 02:16:30 AM

Concentrate on legs and physical strength first. Make it so that when you fall you don't get hurt so easily and that you can lift up heavy objects asap.

Damn, I've been putting points into Hacking levels lol

cool breeze · « **Reply #17095 on:** July 24, 2012, 01:48:34 PM »

You're better off for the early game, assuming you're playing stealthily and don't hate the hacking mini-game. Hacking stuff nets you tons of experience, too.

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #17096 on:** July 24, 2012, 03:14:13 PM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on July 24, 2012, 01:37:28 PM

Quote from: Stringer Bell on July 24, 2012, 02:16:30 AM
Concentrate on legs and physical strength first. Make it so that when you fall you don't get hurt so easily and that you can lift up heavy objects asap.

Damn, I've been putting points into Hacking levels lol

hacking is good idea too.

Big Barry Jazz · « **Reply #17097 on:** July 24, 2012, 05:11:30 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on July 24, 2012, 01:23:04 PM

Space Marine

Have you tried the online stuff yet? I picked up 20 games in the steam sale and the only thing I've touched so far is Space Marine and most of that has been in multiplayer. Only thing I haven't liked is exterminatus mode as it kinda drags on too long and most the time your teammates think they're John fucking Rambo and end up wasting most your lives. Also, I swear the bonus round of Chaos Unleashed is impossible. Bunch of sadists must have come up with that.

brob · « **Reply #17098 on:** July 24, 2012, 05:17:50 PM »

space marine has multiplayer? like, team deathmatch n such?

Big Barry Jazz · « **Reply #17099 on:** July 24, 2012, 05:35:35 PM »

Hell yeah, and it's fun too, if you can find a game without serious lag.

One thing I didn't bother springing for was the dreadnought dlc. Looks like it'd be pretty dull having to be the one to face off against the dreadnought. That thing is completely broken.

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Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 2215772 times)