What game are you wasting time on?

[Darth Roxor]

Was Fear 2 all that bad?

it was even worse

avoid like the plague

everyone who says it's 'ok' is fucking retarded and not worth listening to

 

[manifest]

FEAR 2 confirmed absolute trash. I forced myself through a couple of hours and dropped it. FEAR 3 was fun to play through in a single sitting co-op as the ghost. Horrible level design, though.

 

[Kabas]

Ok, i just started the first Fear, lighting still looks great. Another one of those games i remember my dad was playing.
Feels like a bit of fresh air after going from arena shooter like Painkiller to something a bit more immersive.

 

[Darth Roxor]

the first Fear. Another one of those games i remember my dad was playing.

suddenly i feel so old

 

[Jvegi]

I'm not wasting my time on Nox anymore because I've accidentally deleted my installation files. Gone is also F2 and The Secret of Monkey Island, although I've not played them much on those installations. Sad, Nox was fun. I could try to get the files back, but I don't feel like it. I'll come back to it someday and start a new playthrough with a different class.

FFS, System Shock 2 is gone too. I spent more time modding it that playing, but still. So it's learning to play CK2 or doing something productive. I don't know....

 

[Gilius Thunderhead]

Siege of Avalon - really wanted to like this one, as it's clearly a labor of love, but the combat absolutely ruins it. The scenario is rather original, you start in a castle under siege and you get to walk around the place talking to people, asking their opinions on the siege and getting quests. NPC interaction is good, with lots of dialogue, which is competently written. The pre-rendered scenarios are nice too look at, the UI is fantastic and you get to play around with many varied layers of clothing. If you like dress-up RPGs, this one's for you. I'd say overall the game has a particular charm to it. But then, there's the combat, which appropriately for the time tries to mimic Diablo. It turns out more like a schizo RTS where you desperately try to click on your enemies, which conveniently jump around all the time, only to misclick and move in their direction instead, while also trying to kite them because they can kill you in two hits. I've found the Scout/Archer class nearly unplayable. Like Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance (which it somewhat reminded me of), you're better off playing as a mage, although that involves waiting around for your spells to recharge. Not my kind of thing.

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Decided to try this one, as I found some consensus regarding it being the best of the nu-Shadowrun titles. My early experience with Shadowrun was with the SNES game, which was very stylish, even if the gameplay was a bit shallow. Dragonfall is also strong on style and overall I'd say the presentation, including character portraits and music, is top-notch. There's a good variety of character development choices. In my case, I picked a SMG-toting decker. Even though SMG is considered rather lackluster, it complemented my teammates' skills quite nicely, as I could use it to flush enemies out of cover, right into the sights of the heavy hitters. By late-game I became quite a heavy hitter myself, what with all the cyberware I was carrying. So no complaints, there. Combat is generally good if you're into turn-based tactical, but there's a big issue with cover mechanics and visibility. You can only check cover efficiency from four main directions, even though enemies are rarely lined up so neatly, leading to many situations where you're not certain if you're being covered or not. Hiding in one of the hidden tiles (i.e. behind a wall) can make it even more mysterious. A bit short of tactical, turn-based bliss. The missions are moderately challenging (I played on Hard) and fast-paced, which I liked. I felt a bit of a difficulty spike in the middle, but that was because the early missions didn't condition me to use all the tools at my disposal. By the late-game I had so many options, the game felt kind of easy again.

A note about the writing, which some people praise to high heaven. It's generally competent, but sometimes the writers got too high on their own supply. It's not a text adventure, I don't need a graphic description of how someone's forehead furrows or how sweat trickles from their face. I found the effect quite comical in the beginning. There was also quite a lot of non-sensical political "commentary" on relevant subjects like racism and how Christofascist fathers brutalize their daughters. I found it funny, since despite their amalgamation to blacks, Orcs and Trolls do *in fact* have a racial limitation to intelligence. What is the game trying to tell us? Anyway, I'm not a leftist, so I can take the good with the bad.

Not sure if I should try Shadowrun Returns or Hong Kong, if Dragonfall is the best the series has to offer. I'll probably wait a bit.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

A note about the writing, which some people praise to high heaven. It's generally competent, but sometimes the writers got too high on their own supply. It's not a text adventure, I don't need a graphic description of how someone's forehead furrows or how sweat trickles from their face. I found the effect quite comical in the beginning. There was also quite a lot of non-sensical political "commentary" on relevant subjects like racism and how Christofascist fathers brutalize their daughters. I found it funny, since despite their amalgamation to blacks, Orcs and Trolls do *in fact* have a racial limitation to intelligence. What is the game trying to tell us? Anyway, I'm not a leftist, so I can take the good with the bad.

Not sure if I should try Shadowrun Returns or Hong Kong, if Dragonfall is the best the series has to offer. I'll probably wait a bit.

I think the political stuff is in line with Berlin being the anarchy capital or something in the setting.
Shadow returns has a great first half writing wise and mediocre encounterwise, then the quality switches around.
Hong Kong is more or less quare in the middle- some interesting encounters, some entertaining companions but overall something of a step down from DF.

 

[BruceVC]

End of July I started BG1 EE and the last 2 months I have also completed BG2 and ToB

Playing both these iconic IE games has been a memorable and thoroughly entertaining experience, I have made regular updates on the official BG thread and I recommend both these games for all fans of party based RPG

Now I am faced with that riveting but difficult decision that only us fortunate gamers face " what to play next " from my long list of unplayed GOG and Steam games. My own gaming code means I cant play a similar game around mechanics or genre so I cant play a party based RPG immediately, I do this so I dont ever become bored with my true gaming passion which is fantasy RPG

So Im thinking maybe an action game or a good Zombie killing game like Dying Light 2 or End of Days, maybe even an RTS? I will post my choices later when I have decided to get feedback

But I will decide in the next few days and at the moment Im just having fun in RDR2 single player with mods

 

[Abu Antar]

I'm almost done with Beautiful Desolation. Gameplay is pretty chill. Nothing really challenging at all. The world is really pretty, I like the characters that you meet, and audio is spot on. I wouldn't mind playing a role playing game in this setting.

Other than that, I am also playing World of Final Fantasy, and Demon's Rise - Lords of Chaos. WoFF is fan fan service JRPG that has characters and monsters from the whole series, up to Final Fantasy XIII. Demon's Rise is a mobile port of a turn-based rpg, with heavy focus on combat. The game won't blow your mind, but it's a decent enough time waster for a mobile game ported to PC.

 

[GhostCow]

I've been playing Dragon Ball: The Breakers. No idea why it's getting bad reviews on Steam. I played for about 10 hours yesterday and had a blast. Yeah it's gay that they are charging $20 for a game that has a gacha, but the gacha is free so I don't really care.

 

[NecroLord]

Good Star Trek shooter.
The Virtual Voyager Expansion is pretty good. It lets you explore the Voyager and its decks,interact with the crew,go to the holodeck,stuff like that.

 

[Caim]

Good Star Trek shooter.
The Virtual Voyager Expansion is pretty good. It lets you explore the Voyager and its decks,interact with the crew,go to the holodeck,stuff like that.

I put so many hours into this one back in the day. This and Jedi Outcast both ran on the Quake III engine, and me and my lil bro spent so much time just messing around with the console and spawning enemies into maps and have them fight, or create obstacle courses to run through.

 

[Catacombs]

So Im thinking maybe an action game or a good Zombie killing game like Dying Light 2 or End of Days, maybe even an RTS? I will post my choices later when I have decided to get feedback

I assumed you played the first Dying Light? Other suggestions: the Metro series (all the games are at deep discount right now) or Disco Elysium.

 

[BruceVC]

So Im thinking maybe an action game or a good Zombie killing game like Dying Light 2 or End of Days, maybe even an RTS? I will post my choices later when I have decided to get feedback

I assumed you played the first Dying Light? Other suggestions: the Metro series (all the games are at deep discount right now) or Disco Elysium.

Yes I have played all the Metro games, they are my favorite post-apocalyptic games overall and then the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series is next

I have played DY1 and I loved it, especially making weapons and the thrill of going out at night

Have you played End of Days?

 

[Catacombs]

End of Days

I haven't heard of it. A cursory glance at the reviews doesn't make it an attractive choice.
If you're fine with zombie-like survival, you could try The Forest. Though, you're dealing with cannibals rather than undead creatures.

 

[BruceVC]

End of Days

I haven't heard of it. A cursory glance at the reviews doesn't make it an attractive choice.
If you're fine with zombie-like survival, you could try The Forest. Though, you're dealing with cannibals rather than undead creatures.

Oh I loved the Forest, building the camps and tree houses was great fun

And I have to say meeting mutants in the underground caves was truly terrifying,you could hear them but you werent sure where they were ...remember those awful mutant babies. It really was a great survival game

 

[Catacombs]

Oh I loved the Forest, building the camps and tree houses was great fun

If you're OK with multiplayer, I've enjoyed playing DayZ.

 

[BruceVC]

Oh I loved the Forest, building the camps and tree houses was great fun

If you're OK with multiplayer, I've enjoyed playing DayZ.

I made a mistake, I meant Dayz Gone and not End of Days

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1259420/Days_Gone/

 

[Azalin]

Finished single player campaigns in Iron Harvest and its dlcs. It's an rts set in the 1920+ dieselpunk alternate history universe that is also used in the Scythe boardgame.The art style is cool since it's based on the dieselpunk style of the boardgame.I read somewhere a description of Company of Heroes light for this game and it's a good comparison,the gameplay is similar to that game,the base building is a bit barebones,you can supress enemies with fire and the armored units/mechs are powerful.The campaigns in the main game and the dlcs are fine,not bad but nothing exceptional,the German Saxonian being my favourite.The game is still buggy though even if it's 2 years since it's release,it crashed once and in some instances I just couldn't select units and give them orders.There is also a world map mode with turn based map movement and management and rts battles if you want something extra,didn't try the multiplayer.Recommended only for a sale

 

[Ivan]

GMDX

 

[axx]

Playing Titan Quest. Harbinger on legendary difficulty. I'm like a glass cannon, my DPS isn't bad but my resistances are so low I'm getting mauled by some bosses. Currently I can't get past the fire bull on the mountain who is oneshotting me. So looks like I have to buff up my fire and pierce resistances.

 

[Silentstorm]

Crosscode, has a lot of positive reviews, people say it's great, i really don't mind anime art style so i am trying it...waste of money, the worst part is i can see some charm and a way for the game to be good, it's just stuck up in thinking it's more clever than it really is and shoving puzzles everywhere, like, they say it's an action RPG with puzzles, but even on the map you get puzzles, dungeons drag on for having too many puzzles particularly when they aren't hard or you figured it out but it still requires precise timing.

And those dungeons can go for too long, by the 2nd dungeon i was already "Dear God, MORE PUZZLES!?" because guess what, this isn't just a puzzle game, it's a freaking ACTION RPG, even some battles try to feel like puzzles, but none of the puzzles are actually hard, just take time or literal timing to do and there are just so many, i also don't like how so much of the game revolves around trading with hard to get items so i just go with underpowered equipment because fuck grinding for those hard drop items who at times also require planning to get.

For a game that loves puzzles so much and the developer acts like the puzzles are the high point, i really do think the game could cut half or even more puzzles and become better, it's not as if they are that exciting or fun to solve...and again, just so damn many, to a point where dungeons only really overstay their welcome because the developer shoved in so many puzzles.

 

[NecroLord]

Good Star Trek shooter.
The Virtual Voyager Expansion is pretty good. It lets you explore the Voyager and its decks,interact with the crew,go to the holodeck,stuff like that.

I put so many hours into this one back in the day. This and Jedi Outcast both ran on the Quake III engine, and me and my lil bro spent so much time just messing around with the console and spawning enemies into maps and have them fight, or create obstacle courses to run through.

In Jedi Academy,I liked to spawn dozens of Reborn and Rancors and have them fight each other. Fun times.
Have you played Elite Force 2?

 

[Caim]

Good Star Trek shooter.
The Virtual Voyager Expansion is pretty good. It lets you explore the Voyager and its decks,interact with the crew,go to the holodeck,stuff like that.

I put so many hours into this one back in the day. This and Jedi Outcast both ran on the Quake III engine, and me and my lil bro spent so much time just messing around with the console and spawning enemies into maps and have them fight, or create obstacle courses to run through.

In Jedi Academy,I liked to spawn dozens of Reborn and Rancors and have them fight each other. Fun times.
Have you played Elite Force 2?

Yeah, that was fun. But no, even though I have it through GOG. Might get around playing that one eventually.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Just finished The Case of the Golden Idol and it's the best game I've played in years. It's an investigation/deduction type game in the vein of Return of the Obra Dinn, but in my opinion even better. There are 11 cases and they're all fucking great and interconnected, with an overarching story that's very cool. My playtime was around 8 hours and I didn't use any hints.

Took me completely by surprise. If you're even remotely interested in this type of game, you should get it asap. Best money I spent all year.