What game are you wasting time on?

[PulsatingBrain]

Found a pretty major issue with the Oblivion XP mod.

One of the ways it rewards experience is when you become more famous or infamous. But rather than happening once when I first put on the Gray Fox Cowl, it's happening everytime. And it's an absurd amount too. It has been over a full level every time and I was already level 22.

Played around with this a little and worked out exactly what was happening. One of the effects of the Cowl is that it makes your fame drop to zero, and your infamy shoot up to 200. Then when you take it off, both stats return to their normal state, meaning that the mod is clocking all your fame points again every time you remove the item.

Strangely, the mod does reward xp for infamy points too, but doesn't activate xp when you place the item on (which knocks infamy to 200).

Which seems to indicate that the mod does have some type of special behaviour for this item, but it's just not done correctly.

 

[Gamezor]

Diablo was based on roguelikes, they originally wanted to make something like NetHack but with graphics, but then almost accidentally stumbled onto real time click-fest combat and loved it. The rest is history. However, by doing this, they abandoned the intelligent gameplay of NetHack for something mindless and grindy.

I wouldn't call d3 mindless, but it could be considered 'grindy' depending on how fun the game is for you.

I definitely had to do some maths to progress at some key difficulties/rift levels. You have to balance damage with mitigation, and figure your way through your skills, active and passive, and combine with the right item stats/abilities, or you simply won't progress. I'd recommend staying off walkthrough and icy-veins type sites, because that would be mindless.

Your strategy will vary as you level up, and you will want to roll with whatever the RNG hands you, but the game essentially plays and feels the same from level 1 on. If you are having fun, your progression is just part of the gameplay loop. If you aren't having fun, and are just trying to reach 'the end'... I can see d3 being grindy as fuck.



also want to apologize for spamming the fuck out of this forum today... i've been trapped in a hotel room and finally signed a lease on a new place

I might give d3 another look. What game mode should I play for max fun starting lvl 1? I get overwhelmed with the shear amount of stuff. Do you play single player?

 

[gamerguy]

play a seasonal character online... it gives you the most options and the seasonal objectives and rewards are fun

it will become a regular char when the season is over


honestly the game will teach you what you need to know, but if anything just be aware of the difficulty level you are playing

you will be turning up the difficulty as you progress, and when you reach the cap, greater rift difficulty can still be turned up



unless you just want to play through the story... which is fun and easy and you don't have to think much

 

[Gamezor]

play a seasonal character online... it gives you the most options and the seasonal objectives and rewards are fun

it will become a regular char when the season is over


honestly the game will teach you what you need to know, but if anything just be aware of the difficulty level you are playing

you will be turning up the difficulty as you progress, and when you reach the cap, greater rift difficulty can still be turned up



unless you just want to play through the story... which is fun and easy and you don't have to think much

nah ive done the story and found it myeh

 

[gamerguy]

if you are a combatfag like me, do seasonal and push rifts


edit: console versions play great with a controller, but the mouse is more precise for some abilities, and the ladder isn't full of cheaters on PC (if you care)

 

[Kabas]

Typhon managed to live up to the hype.
Loot he dropped was very dissapointing, unfortunately.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

I liked Heretic 1 more than Dark Forces. But I also wanted more of that Doom-ish design and Heretic provided that for me.
The sequels for both games are way better and provide much more enjoyable experiences in every single aspect, though.

 

[Azalin]

With the hype around chatGPT and AI in general I decided to play Terminator Resistance and its dlc Annihilation Line to prepare for the inevitable.Pretty decent FPS with rpg elements,the graphics are ok,the core gameplay is decent,the story is good,enemy variety is a bit limited due to the source material,oh and there are two girls you can fuck.All in all not great but an enhoyable experience

 

[markec]

Finished Yakuza Kiwami 2, I found the game to have a overall better core gameplay, but storywise its a mixed bag. My issue with Kiwami 1 was that it had a good story done in a clumsy way. Basically you had characters introduced and then either completely forgotten or their arcs solved in the same chapter. Not really giving enough time to build up characters and their storylines. But the overall main story was still good.

Kiwami 2 on the other hand does much better time with building up characters and flow of the storytelling but the main story is a mess. Too much plot points feel forced just to build more personal emotional connections. I can say the more I played the main quest the more I disliked it. Also there is a moment near the end where one character sacrifices himself and the scene is done in such a way that it resembled like a scene from a parody movie and made me laugh at loud.

Still its a good game and I would rate it as good as Kiwami 1, with gameplay being slightly better and story slightly worse. Yakuza 0 is still the best game in the series.

Now on to Yakuza Remastered 3.

 

[NecroLord]

Going to start up Unreal and the Return to Na Pali expansion.
Good stuff.

 

[Krivol]

I had some FPS itch so I'm playing:

- Ashes 2063 - really great Doom mod in a post-apo setting.
- Brutal Wolfenstein 3d - I like Brutal Doom and I like this - when I was young I played W3d to death and even felt sick even thinking about replaying this game, but modded is great fun for me.\
- Doom 64 - got it for free on Epic, so why not? I remember playing some WAD recreation of D64 on gzDoom, but this plays perfectly. Really worth it (and really worth the money )
- Borderlands 3 - ok, this game can be fun but... it's so long! I want fucking endgame already! I made a mistake doing every side quest possible - the main quest is too easy now and I feel bored even if gunplay is usually fun in this game.

Also:
- NHL 09 - there are no NHL games for PC today, so you could play 04 with mods or 09. As I played 04 to death, I decided to try 09. It's so fucking easy... 10-0 games on the highest difficulty are quite common. Still gives me some fun.
- HoMM3 with mods (WoG, HotA) - just wasting some time on scenarios and generated maps...

I really need some strategy games and RPGs fast!

 

[KIss My Ass]

My problem is I keep telling myself I'm gonna play somethin but then I don't. The will just isn't there.

 

[Norfleet]

After thinking for awhile i decided that if i am in a Diablo mood i might as well finally complete the original one. It plays almost like roguelike of sorts compared to all the later Hack'n'Slashes.
Played as a warrior before that and made the mistake of completely ignoring magic. Definitely won't be repeating the same mistake again, i am going with the sorcerer now. Not sure if i will be fine with focusing on Int>Vit while ignoring Dex and Str.

You say this ilke you have a a choice in your stats in Diablo. Every class has a fixed stat cap and you will max out every stat.

I only later learned that these warnings about the Butcher were the dev's way of saying that you're not supposed to fight the butcher immediately but instead should come back to him later after getting stronger.

That's codswallop, every class can kill him the moment they find a ranged attack just by shooting him until he dies.

 

[Jack Of Owls]

Still playing The Last of Us Pt 1 for PC. All technical problems I was having were resolved with patches, driver hotfixes and cranking up my cpu's liquid cooler's fans to 2000 RPM. Now I'm actually enjoying myself. Playing on Hard so crafting and healing packs are rarer and I like it like that. Was worried this game didn't have any boss fights, then just as I started to get bored again, I encounter my first Bloater. Now that muthafucker was a BOSS. Had to use all my molotov cocktails, my nail bomb, a shotgun and an upgraded revolver to bring him down. Now I can beat my chest. I think I'm still in the first quarter of the game. I needed something like this to bring me out of my gamer's hiatus (which lasted several months) and get me back to the the Codex.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

NBowb

 

[Kabas]

Kinda burned out from Titan Quest after reaching the fourth act. I am still using the same 2-3 abilities i was using during my 20 hours of playtime and i lost all hope of finding anything exciting in terms of loot.
Last interesting item i got was early in the Egypt chapter, a blue posion dagger that almost convinced me try going Dream/Rogue instead of Dream/Hunter.
Will put this playthrough on hold for now.

Still playing Chronicon occasionally, trying all the other classes. I found myself not minding replaying the same acts over and over again as this game has plenty of cool abilities and nice loot to play with. Like a special mech-priest set for mechanist that turns the killbot summon into an actuall KILLbot that can oneshot bosses on lower enough difficulties.

Really wanna try that Last Epoch game. Unfortunately, my laptop can't run it without insane stuttering

 

[Machocruz]

Got my PS3 out of the closet in preparation to do some old co-op games with friends. Saw that I still had Resident Evil Revelations 2: Episode 1 on the hard drive and decided to check out Raid mode for a bit. Always was interested in it and played it for a bit back when the game released, but something else pulled me away. Cool mode but grindy, as most leveling up games are these days. I have Claire at lvl11 after several cumulative hours of play and I still only have the starting two weapon slots open, the others unlock at around 25 and 65 iirc. Unlocked Jill (wetsuit) yesterday by getting max medallions on the first gauntlet of missions. On the surface, the mode seems deceptively easy. Enemies mostly spawn a good distance away from you and movie fairly slowly, and you come in with what looks like an abundance of ammo (at least with my usual pistol and sniper loadout), but in practice you can find yourself under pressure and your resources withering before you realize it. It's a weird dichotomy. The weapon game is probably the most enjoyable aspect, acquiring new guns, putting skill mods on them, deciding what suite of weapons you want to bring to a mission, and switching to the right tool for the right moment. It's key to success as the missions get harder, along with map and enemy spawn knowledge

I got back into The Last of Us, which I posted about here before. Played on PSNow stream service a couple years ago but they took it off, so I had to start over on a PS3 copy a friend gave. Well past the days of peak hype and dick sucking, I can say that it is a good, involving game. Not OMG Citizen Kane Nauty Gods I'm Cumming, but it did deserve some of the praise. Probably one of the least popamole AAA console games from that era (and one of the best alongside Dead Space, Arkhamy Asylum, Dying Light); you will slip up and it will kill you, probably numerous times, although some of those times you will be the victim of jank or bullshit. The much lauded story is good for what it is, a soup of post-apocalyptia cribbed from other media, but they aped it well. They nailed scenery and tone. I intend to see it to the end this time.

Was surprised to see that PS3 games don't look like complete stone-age ass to me yet. Rev 2 was never a looker, but two generations later it's crispy enough. TLoU still looks legitimately good, given the aged lighting and resolution. Locations are still impressively detailed and dense with structures and objects while maintaining adequate naturalism.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Titan Quest

Can you redistribute skill points in that game? It's been in my backlog for a while, but if I have to follow a guide to make a non-trash character, I may just skip it entirely

 

[Average Manatee]

Titan Quest

Can you redistribute skill points in that game? It's been in my backlog for a while, but if I have to follow a guide to make a non-trash character, I may just skip it entirely

Skill points but not classes. You choose 2 classes to combine in a single character and those are set (though mods can reset them).

 

[Kabas]

Titan Quest

Can you redistribute skill points in that game? It's been in my backlog for a while, but if I have to follow a guide to make a non-trash character, I may just skip it entirely

Skill points but not classes. You choose 2 classes to combine in a single character and those are set (though mods can reset them).

From personal experience, it's kinda easy to choose suboptimal or unfun combination of classes if you're going in completely blind.
Previously i tried Warfare and Nature build. Realised that i am not enjoying this combo only after completing Greece.

 

[Jack Of Owls]

Is Bob gay in the original The Last of Us for PS3 too or is that something they revised for the PS4/PS5/PC era? Ellie stole one of his gay porn magazines and was leafing through it in the truck.

 

[curds]

I completed the main quest in Morrowind after 16 years of playing on-and-off. Not fucking about with mods really did help with my investment in the game.

Having said that, I will probably never play this game without a bunch of rebalance and quest mods ever again, lol.

Couldn't be bothered with the expansions right now, but I was craving more TES so I've started playing Oblivion.

After having completed Morrowind I have to say that I think Oblivion is kinda over-hated. Obviously it is a decline from MW in terms of world-building and writing, but the changes in game mechanics are either improvements (combat, stealth, NPC behaviour), or they were poorly implemented in Morrowind, too (levelling system, persuasion, lockpicking). I couldn't give a shit about missing spears, pauldrons, individual left and right gauntlets.

 

[Krivol]

Kinda burned out from Titan Quest after reaching the fourth act.

Yeah, this game is too long for its own good... It's also a problem with Grim Dawn with all DLCs - there is no way to go the typical "Diablo 2 route" - finishing the game on all difficulty levels without getting bored to death.

 

[Abu Antar]

I'm playing Devil Survivor: Overclocked. I reached the third day, and a fourth party member has joined our characters. Time to grind some money, and fuse a few demons for upcoming battles. The Demon Compendium finally unlocked. I was worrying that it wouldn't be a thing in this game, but it just took time to unlock it.
I am trying to cover as many enemy weaknesses as possible, while removing as many weaknesses as possible from my own party. It's lots of fun, but not having items to use is something that I am not used to in this type of game. It's not a big issue, as you have many demons that can heal your groups.

 

[Dadd]

Anyway, still in a Diablo/Hack'n'Skash mood so i am back to Titan Quest.

Enjoying my Dream focused build so far, more than Warfare/Nature i attempted previously. Phantom strike is a fun ability.
Following the suggestion to dump points into mastery until i get damaging aura and upgrade for my AoE skill. After that i intend to go Hunter and focus on spears, that passive that grants extra attack chance sounds very good.
Found a nice kopesh that confuses and drains mana, killed that damned two-headed dog and just reached Delphi. I am having a comfy time.

This game looks much better than I remember.