What game are you wasting time on?

[Great Deceiver]

I have to wonder why some people (mainly critics) prefer the reboot and this over, say, Underworld and Anniversary, which mixed shooting with lots of good ol' fashioned puzzle solving.

Actual puzzles are anathema to 'modern game design'. People want to be herded through a corridor, press A for awesome and be positively reinforced with the occasional pavlovian switch, to make them think they're clever.

 

[Sceptic]

Finished Neverwinter Night 2. [OC]

Why do you people keep doing this to yourselves

I don't usually do evil playthroughs but this game has me intrigued.

MotB evil playthrough is GLORIOUS and totally worth it. I'd take a break before replaying the game though.

Also, what's the "conversation" you referred to in your post?

 

[sullynathan]

Fuck me, Far Cry 3 is really bland. Its eating at my soul

 

[Daemongar]

Also, what's the "conversation" you referred to in your post?

The conversation with Myrkul. For some reason, it was long with the Angel gal, short with Spirit Shaman and Red Wizard. I was looking forward to this, and I suspect the conversation is longer if you don't have 100 in your influence on your companions, but I don't know. I had a 60 influence on the Angel, while the others I had 100.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Which one of these I should try to play, Worlds of Legend:Son of the Empire, Veil of Darkness or Shadowlands (this one I have actually played as a kid)?

On an isometric binge?

Of these three, Veil of Darkness is most likely to entertain you. Just keep in mind that it's an Adventure Game with minor 'role-playing' aspects thrown on top of it. Good luck finding the werewolf!

Worlds of Legend is all about solving lever/pressure plate puzzles while building up spellchains to kill your enemies. If you've played the original (Legend, or Four Crystals of Trazere) then this is just more of the same.

Shadowlands I know the least of, but if you played it as a kid it should at least be worth a go.

 

[markec]

Finished Dex, now playing Grim Dawn while waiting for Black Desert.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Finished Neverwinter Night 2. [OC]

Why do you people keep doing this to yourselves

Because I rather play this Kodex Kult Klasik than another Codex GoTY like FO4. Like that site was prestigious in the first place...

FEAR I always felt I was running out of ammo

Running out of ammo in FEAR?
If you have gun X in the inventory and pick the same gun from the dead enemy - you get half the magazine.
But you get way more if you drop your gun, pick the enemy gun and then - pick the one you dropped.
Problem solved.

 

[pippin]

And F.E.A.R. Jump scares are derpy ass hell, but gunplay is really solid.

FEAR's jumpscares made me laugh. I don't know, I guess being exposed to modern horror flicks makes me find this sort of thing like really tryhard comedy, as if everything was a really bad sequel to Scary Movie. Besides, those really felt out of place since I always felt I was running out of ammo and medkits. In my opinion, a more sci fi-ish approach could have been better than the spooky scary bullshit.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

On an isometric binge?

Considering it.

Shadowlands I know the least of, but if you played it as a kid it should at least be worth a go.

Shadowland's trick is in it's lighting system, that is used in puzzles and if remember correctly it also affected monster behavior, with some monsters being attracted to light sources while others avoided those. Game also had magic system where you had to drain item durability to replenish mana.
I'll probably try it first.

FEAR's jumpscares made me laugh. I don't know, I guess being exposed to modern horror flicks makes me find this sort of thing like really tryhard comedy, as if everything was a really bad sequel to Scary Movie. Besides, those really felt out of place since I always felt I was running out of ammo and medkits. In my opinion, a more sci fi-ish approach could have been better than the spooky scary bullshit.

Those scares really feel like they were pasted in at last moment from completely different game, don't they?

 

[sullynathan]

Even though Far Cry 3 was boring a lot and bland, I liked the ending. It was very unexpected that the game killed you for chasing the pussy.

 

[Bahamut]

Never played old Metal Gear MSX games so i decided to give them a shot, just finished the first one and besides driling this theme into my skull

It really made me appreciate Metal Gear Solid more, still the game is pretty basic and has some annoying stuff (like keycard juggling) but it was nice to see the origins of ideas that where expanded in later games.

Now started the second one, and damn i really like the intro animation


While the first one felt bit barebones, the second feels like a "modern" MGS game, only in 2D

 

[Sceptic]

Because I rather play this Kodex Kult Klasik than another Codex GoTY like FO4. Like that site was prestigious in the first place...

Prestigiousness or lack thereof of this place has nothing to do with my question: why are you such a masochist. I don't know about FO4, but just because it's terrible doesn't make NWN2 OC any less terrible, and you could've skipped straight to MotB, then played SoZ and MoW, all 3 of which are varying degrees of great. But eh it's your time.

The conversation with Myrkul. For some reason, it was long with the Angel gal, short with Spirit Shaman and Red Wizard. I was looking forward to this, and I suspect the conversation is longer if you don't have 100 in your influence on your companions, but I don't know. I had a 60 influence on the Angel, while the others I had 100.

I don't remember how much influence changes this, but there were IIRC quite a few stat checks in there, and if you don't have them you probably won't notice Myrkul lies a couple of times. It's a great conversation, and in my case I hadn't read any spoilers so I had no idea it was coming up, and was quite shocked when I realized who I was about to talk to. I think it helps that it comes very close to the talk with the Founder, which is also another of my favourite moments in the game.

 

[rhophiehalul78]

I'm wasting my time on Dota 2 (thousands of hours already) playing with my friends and XCOM trying to get all achievements (still a long ways to go).
I also waste my time on Civ5 using several mods and trying playing as different nations.

 

[groke]

 

[Blonsky]

Godfather 2
This game makes mob life look boring. To easy, to stupid.

 

[pippin]

Rise of the Triad: Dark War is the only thing keeping me entertained these days when it comes to vidya.

 

[SirSingAlot]

Stardew Valley

no time for moar words. must plant , fish and derp

 

[Ovplain]

Finally picked up Underrail, gonna start it now.

 

[Mustawd]

Why the sad face?

 

[BLOBERT]

AOD BROS

AFTER A FEW FALSE STARTS BRO THE MERCENARY IS AN HONEST AND LOYAL MAN WHO LOOKS FOR ANY POSSIBLE REASON TO MURDER AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE

JUST FINISHED ANTIIADES WITH THREE HP LEFT AND BLEEDING IT WAS GREAT

 

[burn_classic_rpgs_in_hell]

Alpha Protocol.

Also have stuck in the first dungeon of Baldur's Gate 2. This thing is unkillable.

 

[CryptRat]

Digging through that again, playing with the DosBox :

I wanted to replay Dragon Wars and to play Wasteland for the first time. I couldn't manage to make Dragon Wars work, so it will be Wasteland. Looks cool so far.

 

[Mero16]

I sunk into the neverending hole of Sims 3, since I was finally able to find a fairly good torrent for it and get it running. I have also been steadily putting time into GTA4, which I've been enjoying a lot more than GTA5. Also just started Zone of the Enders 2, and I've enjoyed the first hour or so I've played so far.

 

[Ovplain]

Really enjoying Underrail, though I did restart the game with a new character. Started out with a chemical/energy pistols one and just got tired of the difficulty.:S Running with a psi build now, it's way easier, not too easy though, and I'm having a blast!

 

[Brutan]

I'm playing Pillars of Eternity right now. Man it's a great game with the latest patch and expansion.