What game are you wasting time on?

[good fucking shit happen]

I'm sort of in between games at the moment, looking for something that will get me excited to play. So I'm kinda half-playing a few games but not *really* getting going with any of them.

Those games are great. It sounds like you should take a break from video games as a whole if none of those games can grab you. The slow-motion action shooting porn of FEAR, the art house Pathologic 2, adventure horror of STASIS... If none of that can hook you then what can?

Realms of Arkania HD

That along with Gorasul and Sabotain make up the holy RPG Codex trinity. Being a 2007 member he must have already played those though.

 

[good fucking shit happen]

Ignore the Polish homosexuals who claim that ELEX is a top tier game.

 

[BLOBERT]

BROS LOLOLOL I GET A NEW PC FIRST THING I DO IS GET TWENTY YEAR D GAMES MAXED OUT

BATTLEFRONT 2 CLASSIC IS PRETTY WHEN DONE UP

QUAKE TOO RTX LOOKS GOOD

SO DOES BANNED DOOM 4 MODS

THEN I MAXED SETTINGS IN DARKPLACES QUAKE AND WHATEVER DUJENUKEM SOURCE PORT I USE

NOW IM FUCKING WITH MAME HLSL

NEXT UP MAYBE UNREAL

 

[otteaux]

Just finished up Divine Divinity, which I thought was pretty great. Pissed I hadn't played it earlier. So now I've moved on to Beyond Divinity, which I'm enjoying but am severely annoyed with the combat. I would've preferred just playing as a solo character as opposed to having to deal with both my main and the Death Knight.

Voice acting is really... something. It'd be bad in any other game, but for the campy nature of Divinity it actually works OK.

 

[JDR13]

I'd say that CoD 2 is worth a play, it's my favorite CoD game (for what it's worth), compared to those set in modern days, you aren't as cluttered with accessories, alternate fire mods and all that and you get some pretty massive firefight. Though you have to be ready for only two weapons (which isn't much of an issue since there aren't a lot of viable weapons anyway) and regenerating health

This conversation inspired me to reinstall CoD 2. I finished the first Russian mission, and I'm currently playing the first British mission in Africa. It hasn't aged as badly as I was expecting. It feels weird that there's no sprint key, but it's cool that you can lean which is rare in modern games.

Funny that there's a British captain named John Price like in Modern Warfare. I guess it's supposed to be his grandfather or something like that.

 

[Krivol]

I'd say that CoD 2 is worth a play, it's my favorite CoD game (for what it's worth), compared to those set in modern days, you aren't as cluttered with accessories, alternate fire mods and all that and you get some pretty massive firefight. Though you have to be ready for only two weapons (which isn't much of an issue since there aren't a lot of viable weapons anyway) and regenerating health

This conversation inspired me to reinstall CoD 2. I finished the first Russian mission, and I'm currently playing the first British mission in Africa. It hasn't aged as badly as I was expecting. It feels weird that there's no sprint key, but it's cool that you can lean which is rare in modern games.

Funny that there's a British captain named John Price like in Modern Warfare. I guess it's supposed to be his grandfather or something like that.

That running after german tanks with explosives... IMO UO was the best part of CoD franchise.

 

[Frank Capicoli]

Project Diablo 2: Early in November this mod came out for Diablo 2 so I figured I'd give it a try. I haven't played Diablo 2 in quite some time, vanilla probably 8+ years ago and whatever the latest release of MedianXL was 3-4 years ago. There are a lot of balance changes in Project Diablo 2 that allow more character builds to be viable I went with a Mindblast Assassin for example instead of just doing trapsin. More areas in the end game were given TC85 and a map system introduced so there are choices other than Chaos sanctuary, Baal, or trio farming. Overall the changes feel like a continuation of developing Diablo 2 instead of a muddled mess like a lot of mods turn into.

 

[Apostle Hand]

been playing need for speed undercover

however I don't think I can beat it with dodge charger R/T

 

[Azalin]

Finished Final Fantasy 9 using the moguri graphics mod,it's the last of the classic FF games and the last the series creator was involved.It has an old school charm to it,the characters are good,the main is plot is ok and the gameplay is mostly familiar to the veterans of the series.The games does feel to drag on a bit towards the end but for the most part is enjoyable.I did run into a bug concerning the mod,during the ending sequence the game crashes and I had to uninstall the mod to see it.All in all not as good as FF6 or Chrono Trigger but enjoyable,recommended for a sale.

 

[Jvegi]

IWD 2 I'm updating my log in the IWD thread. This is my main game atm, chapter 3 after about 2 months of playing. The game is good, I guess. No it's not. Yes, it is. Although... The first one was better, I'll elaborate after I'm done with this one in a few months.

I'm also playing a couple of games with my kid. Ori and the Blind Forest. It's very nice. I tried playing Shovel Knight and that other dark knight platformer game. They didn't grab me, but I might give them another chance, because Ori is lots of fun. You get lost and have to learn new things and that's iritating at the beginning, but after a while it becomes the main component of the fun you're getting. I'm also playing Inside. It's cool. Limbo was better, but I'm not complaining.

There is No Game is a spoof, unpredictable point-and-click adventure game. I'm enjoying it, but even such a unusual game cannot avoid the ordinary pitfalls of all the other games in the genre. Both in writing and puzzle design. I's worth your attention.

 

[d1r]

Yakuza 7

Spoiler

Mahjong

 

[Abu Antar]

More Underrail and Ho Tu Lo Shu. I'm making steady progress on both, which I am happy with. For me, Underrail is unparalleled when it comes to solo, turn-based combat. I'm having a blast. The combat in Ho Tu Lo Shu is also fun, but I am now really strong and can dish out heavy damage. I still got my ass handed to me on my first run.

In Yakuza 5, I am finally in control of Akiyama, my bro. I love his fighting style. It's fun and fast paced. I wish he got his own game. Will Both Kiryu and Kasuga are bros, so is Aki. Also, poor Haruka...

In Slime Rancher, the credits rolled but I'm still playing. I'll probably keep playing for another 10-20hrs and then move on. The game has its charm, but it won't hold me forever.

I also decided to start Tales of Xillia 2. They've added choices you can make in scenes/dialog, but I don't know how important these choices are. As is par for the course when it comes to Tales games, I met a very annoying little girl. She's not even useful, because she's not even a party member. So far, I prefer the first game.

Last but not least, I am also progressing through Unlimited SaGa. Save states are helping immensely, but I am also building my characters a bit differently. The focus is to improve exploration skills like lock picking, defuse and more. I can handle the wheel in combat, but chests blowing up in my face and traps killing me was a real pita when I have previously tried to get through the game.

EDIT: I forgot about Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines. It's my last Vita game to beat. The game is VERY Japanese. I can state enough how Japanese this one is. I'm very early on. Your protagonist and his whole clan get cursed and sacrificed. You'll play different generations. I think that your protag dies after two years and then you get a new one. Combat is turn-based and party-based. It's also class based. My current party consists of a martial artist, fencer and a dancer. We'll see how this one goes. I'm enjoying for now.

 

[Achiman]

I just finished Quake II with RTX enabled or someshit (made the guns shiney and some lighting) Never played this back in the day and it was breddy gud for bursts of an hour or so.
Got Heavy rain for $11 dollarydoos to try out and before that I finished Troubleshooter which was suprisingly very good.

 

[Gamezor]

Still playing Thea. I can’t see myself completing more than one full play through of this, but we will see.

I like the slav mythology and world building. Writing is good and encounters are interesting. Art is cool. I like the rpg elements.

The survival game aspects are interesting. Unlike most 4x you can’t see the full tech tree and don’t really know what to do in order to win. But afaik the tech tree is the same every time and the encounters are similar every time. So after a couple play throughs you will have seen it all. Early on though, this hidden info aspect improves the game.

You can unlock different gods to play as but the two you randomly start with seem to have samey passive bonuses. If they are all like that you probably just get slightly different story beats.

There seems to be some kind of maybe soft cap on population increase. I built tons of structures to increase pop increase chance. When few people died I immediately got more but no one since then.

Card game combat gets old but it is different and can be fun. Inventory and crafting management are big components and are tedious unless you like that kind of thing. It desperate needs a minimap, a way to auto equip best stuff, and a way to bookmark rare resources on map.

Most turns you just explore, attack, choose non combat option, and autoresolve. Then equip if any good drops. So often no interesting decisions to make.

This was mostly complaining but I like the game and it’s worth a play through at least. I am maybe 1/3 of the way through in my current game? Playing on normal bc if not I would have to min max equipment more and that would make me quit.

 

[pakoito]

Yakuza 0, it's like a movie with interruptions for brawler sections. A few years back I'd told you it wouldn't be my kind of game. Right now it's just okay.

 

[Azalin]

Finished Delores:A Thimbkeweed min-adventure it's what it says a free mini expansion/sequel for Thimbleweed Park,it nice and less than an hour long.It's free so recommended

 

[Gamezor]

Yakuza 0, it's like a movie with interruptions for brawler sections. A few years back I'd told you it wouldn't be my kind of game. Right now it's just okay.

Yeah I started playing this and was sort of shocked how many cutscenes I had to sit through to just play the fucking game. Gave up like 45 minutes into it.

Yeah, I know, I'm the guy who also played through most of the MGS games and Death Stranding.

 

[pakoito]

Yakuza 0, it's like a movie with interruptions for brawler sections. A few years back I'd told you it wouldn't be my kind of game. Right now it's just okay.

Yeah I started playing this and was sort of shocked how many cutscenes I had to sit through to just play the fucking game. Gave up like 45 minutes into it.

Yeah, I know, I'm the guy who also played through most of the MGS games and Death Stranding.

I played through the first episode and it amounted to ~10 trash mob fights and one midboss followed by a boss, plus some time I spent on the arcade. 20m of total playtime out of 3h?

 

[JDR13]

I played through the first episode and it amounted to ~10 trash mob fights and one midboss followed by a boss, plus some time I spent on the arcade. 20m of total playtime out of 3h?

You lasted longer than I did. I quit during the first karaoke segment and never looked back.

The fact that games like Yakuza are popular only shows how different my taste is from the mainstream.

 

[Machocruz]

Yakuza 0, it's like a movie with interruptions for brawler sections. A few years back I'd told you it wouldn't be my kind of game. Right now it's just okay.

Yeah I started playing this and was sort of shocked how many cutscenes I had to sit through to just play the fucking game. Gave up like 45 minutes into it.

Yeah, I know, I'm the guy who also played through most of the MGS games and Death Stranding.

Fo' serious? I just installed the game, but i'm not in the mood for the sound of that. I played the original Yak on PS2, and while 'story-rich', it didn't seem like I had to sit through too much of it.

 

[pakoito]

I played through the first episode and it amounted to ~10 trash mob fights and one midboss followed by a boss, plus some time I spent on the arcade. 20m of total playtime out of 3h?

You lasted longer than I did. I quit during the first karaoke segment and never looked back.

The fact that games like Yakuza are popular only shows how different my taste is from the mainstream.

It's a power fantasy for Japanese businessman, so it has to be played in short bursts between dinner and bedtime. It's also story-heavy, so they cannot put too many skill checks if they want people to advance the plot.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Bioshock Infinite - I was worried about this being one big escort quest, but actually you don't have to look after her at all and she's actually pretty helpful. Definitely my favourite shooting from any Bioshock. It actually has some weight to it and some interesting weapons. Overall I'd say it's an above average game but i doubt I'll play it again after completion.

Lost Planet 3 - General opinion of this game seems to be fairly low but this is my second time through it and something about it really appeals to me. There's a lot of running around the base though.

Aside from that I'm still fucking around with Bannerlord, but I'm not really commiting to any characters because so much is incomplete. The combat is already better than Warband though

 

[Ezekiel]

Pretty sure I've now beaten the record I had eighteen to twenty years ago.



One of these days I'll try to get to 100,000.

 

[Jason Liang]

I started playing Duel Links seriously. This was a tough match vs the AI on Shiranui with my Dark lord Fortune Lady:

 

[J_C]

Playing the Walking Dead Season 2. I got traumatized in the very beginning, when I had to kill a dog, almost uninstalled.