What game are you wasting time on?

[Silly Germans]

I've enjoyed CoJ2 a lot at the time. It looked good, it was different, competent, engaging... It might not hold up very well, but I wouldn't know.

My view on CoJ 2 turned a lot more to the negative after i played them in direct succession recently, you really get hit before the head when you start playing it directly after CoJ 1. It feels extremely adjusted for consoles and generally for the Call-of-Duty audience. If you compare CoJ 2 only to other games of that type it comes of well, but if you start thinking of what it could have been, if they had improved on CoJ 1, you realize that it is major decline. It disappoints as a direct gameplay-sequel/story-prequel.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Started my 3rd attempt at Tides of Numenara. Determined to stick with it this time and at least try to get into it. I don't know why but I always seem to abandon it pretty quickly

ALso about 2 hours into Dead Rising 3. Got it on sale for £7.50. It seems pretty good actually and I think I'll probably complete it, although some of the Steam reviews mention their saves being wiped which is a little worrying. Probably going to look into backing them up myself

 

[Darth Roxor]

I don't know why but I always seem to abandon it pretty quickly

Maybe because it's shit

 

[PulsatingBrain]

I don't know why but I always seem to abandon it pretty quickly

Maybe because it's shit

You're probably right. This will be my last crack at it I think. I'll give it a few more hours and hope something about it grabs me by then

 

[Voids]

Started my 3rd attempt at Tides of Numenara. Determined to stick with it this time and at least try to get into it. I don't know why but I always seem to abandon it pretty quickly

ALso about 2 hours into Dead Rising 3. Got it on sale for £7.50. It seems pretty good actually and I think I'll probably complete it, although some of the Steam reviews mention their saves being wiped which is a little worrying. Probably going to look into backing them up myself

I'm getting ready to try it again too. The massive lore dump at the beginning is mind numbing.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

Been playing Days Gone, a game that exists. It feels like someone took The Last of Us and turned it into a real game instead of a walking sim. Unfortunately it's still not very good.

The aiming was pissing me off. Most games will lower the sensitivity when you aim but this one doesn't seem to, so when you hold left trigger and nudge the stick the reticle flies all over the place. It's just a mess. I finally swallowed my disgust and turned auto-aim on.

Baseball bats and other weapons breaking after a dozen hits is another thing that will never not piss me off. I had a wooden bat as a kid and I must have smashed 100 mailboxes with that thing. It never broke.

People complained about scavenging for gas but I like it. It makes you have to plan your trips. In the Mad Max game, all the survival aspects were quickly obviated by the base upgrades that gave you free unlimited resources. Besides there are gas cans everywhere so far so you never have to look too much.

 

[Abu Antar]

Now that Genefroge 3 and Eye of the Beholder 3 are beaten (let us never speak of these games again), I started up System Shock Enhanced Edition. It's still fun, I dig the music and the gameplay. And SHODAN is still a cool villain.
Wasteland 3 will be my next focus, and I'm going to dabble with Geneforge 4 soonish. I still want to beat the whole series this year.

I also beat Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness on PlayStation Vita. It's serviceable. It's not on the caliber of SteinsGate or some of my other favorite VNs, but it's a decent time waster I played in 20 minute sessions before going to bed. It was good enough for me to platinum it.
I only have 2 more games before I can "retire" the system. It will never truly be retired (emulation!), but I'll have beaten all games that I own on it. The two games left are Danganronpa 2 and Oneshika: Tainted Bloodlines.

 

[Catacombs]

Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun

 

[DalekFlay]

Played the Outer Worlds' first expansion. It's more Outer Worlds, shocker.

Installed Baldur's Gate afterward, thinking it was finally time for a replay with BG3 coming. Haven't played it in 15 years probably. Loaded it up and... oof, it's pretty rough. Also I forgot how boring it is at first, with extremely bland dialog. It's funny people bashed Pillars for being bland when this is a classic. I might struggle through until it gets more interesting but damn...

 

[Abu Antar]

Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun

Lords of Xulima, Blackguards, Geneforge, Arcanum, Temple of Elemental Evil are a few recommendations pff the top of my head.

 

[Kabas]

Erannorth Reborn, a deckbuilding card game.
A certain someone here said it was good and so i finally ended up trying it.
It looks remind me of those western porn games you can see on patreon.
You have a lot of races and classes to unlock with some of the more interesting ones(Summoner,Noble) gated behind DLCs. You also have a lot of perks to specialise you further like focusing on doing specific type of damage/effect or giving you an access to some special cards. I found that the best race/class combos are the ones that give you additional sources of damage to minimize the chances of you running into something that has immunites to everything you have. Like, mixing Undine with a Shadow so you have an access to Water cards in addition to Piercing, Poison and Dark.
You have multiple modes to play ranging from different gauntlets to semi-open world where you can choose your fights.
Never was much into deckbuilding card games but i found this one rather addicting.

 

[Strange Fellow]

Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun

Knights of the Chalice.

 

[Catacombs]

Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun

Knights of the Chalice.

Ah, shit! I can't believe I forgot to include it. Great game.

 

[d1r]

Playing wow classic, but not everyday, kinda tired of mmo now, waiting for Lineage3

Isn't Black Desert Online a game that comes close to L2?

 

[Vlajdermen]

I gave Return to Castle Wolfenstein another shot, I'm back at the X-labs which is the point at which I quit last time, and it's really growing on me. I love how hefty the guns feel and how slow you move compared to something like Blood. It's exactly what I was looking for in that thread about vidya with slow, heavy, lumbering combat.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun

Realms of Arkania HD

 

[Catacombs]

Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun

Realms of Arkania HD

Blade of Destiny?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun

Realms of Arkania HD

Blade of Destiny?

Yeah, sure.

 

[Ghulgothas]

Been working my way through Black Mesa as a palette cleanser after seeing my first Underrail playthrough through to the end. It took some time getting my mod suite to play nice with it, it may be in 1.0 but it sure as hell isn't mod friendly yet.

I don't think I can't remember the last time I played a game that was this elevated by it's own soundtrack.

 

[JDR13]

Been working my way through Black Mesa as a palette cleanser after seeing my first Underrail playthrough through to the end. It took some time getting my mod suite to play nice with it, it may be in 1.0 but it sure as hell isn't mod friendly yet.

I don't think I can't remember the last time I played a game that was this elevated by it's own soundtrack.

Black Mesa is great. Never tried any mods with it though. Which ones are you using?

 

[Ghulgothas]

Never tried any mods with it though. Which ones are you using?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2171469409

A modest collection. Classic Headcrabs has resulted in some crabless zombies, but everything else works as-intended. The HD-Restyled Sleeves with Weapon Reanimations are a must-have.

 

[JDR13]

Never tried any mods with it though. Which ones are you using?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2171469409

A modest collection. Classic Headcrabs has resulted in some crabless zombies, but everything else works as-intended. The HD-Restyled Sleeves with Weapon Reanimations are a must-have.

Thanks. I'll definitely be using the On a Rail Uncut mod next time I play. Not sure about the others as I like most aspects of the vanilla game the way they are.

 

[BLOBERT]

Anyone got a some recommendations for a good, fantasy-themed, turned-based crpg?

Games I've played that meet the criteria:

Age of Decadence
Avadon
Avernum
Divinity: Original Sin I and II
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (turned-based mod)
Shadowrun

BRO

ULTIMA 5
GRIMOIRE

 

[BLOBERT]

BROS

FINISHED SURGE 2

COMPETENTLY DONE SCI FI DARK SOULS

COMBAT AND GEAR PROGRESSION ARE FUN

STORY IS SERIOUSLY BAREBONES

IMPLANTS AND MANAGING POWER SUPPLY ARE MECHANICS THAT ADD A LITTLE TWIST TO THE FORMULA

COMBAT BASED ALOT ON PARRY MECHANICS AND REMOVING LIMBS

MOST GEAR UPGRADES ARE FROM SEVERING APPROPRIATE BODYPART WHICH WILL GIVE YOU THE APPROPRIATE ARMOR OR WEAPON AND UPGRADE MATERIALS

CUTTING OFF LIMBS TAKES ENERGY THOUGH AND TO SIMPLIFY THINGS TAKES AWAY FROM YOUR POTENTIAL ABILITY TO HEAL

SOME IMPLANTS AFFECT GAME PLAY REMINDS ME OF NIER AUTOMATA WHERE LOCKING ON TO BODYPART AND DIRECTIONAL PARRYING INDICATORS ARE ABILITIES GAINED BY IMPLANTS

OVERALL DEFINITELY DONE ON A BUDGET BUT FUN ENOUGH

 

[Abu Antar]

My bro was on a visit. We watched a lot of Premier League, but more importantly, my hacked SNES Mini was used extensively. We beat both Pocky & Rocky 1 and 2, plus The Legend of the Mystical Ninja 1 and 2. Good times were had. I might play the third game on my own. We're looking into more co-op SNES games, but have beaten most of them.