What game are you wasting time on?

[Darth Roxor]

imagine playing mm6, a game where you spend most of the time holding A, typically at chokepoints, with a full caster party

lmao

 

[Kruyurk]

because apparently might-oriented characters suck in comparison to magic ones.

Hmmm...
Almost like every other setting with magic and spellcasters.

I don't know of any setting where casters don't suck.

A properly nuanced and unbiased opinion.

 

[Kabas]

imagine playing mm6, a game where you spend most of the time holding A, typically at chokepoints, with a full caster party

If you put it this way it does sound very stupid

Anyway, i am back to playing Ashes

This should be a golden standard for a NPC traders.

 

[octavius]

Was trying to get into a M&M6

as far as dungeon crawlers go i would prefer something closer to Doom.

That's highly ironic, since few CRPG feel more like Doom than MM6 does. Play it real time, with whole party equipped with bows, then strafe and shoot.

 

[Kabas]

That's highly ironic, since few CRPG feel more like Doom than MM6 does. Play it real time, with whole party equipped with bows, then strafe and shoot.

Didn't have any issues with the gameplay itself(funnily enough i already played it in real time). By "prefer something closer to Doom" i meant something that doesn't have any towns at all.
After thinking this through i realised that all my pet peeves are the usual rpg chores that are associated with towns. You're spending vastly more time than necessary in them on stuff like inventory management or trying to find the water expert or something and generally just stand in the way of me exploring the dungeons and genociding goblins.
Abandoned my might & magic 8 for similar reasons, Arcomage was the only town activity i found fun.

Unironically Ashes does it's "towns" better.

 

[Krivol]

i realised that all my pet peeves are the usual rpg chores that are associated with towns.

This exactly. Don't get me wrong, I love games like Fallout where wondering towns is the main part of the gameplay, but usually entering the town and seeing 10000 NPC to talk to just to find 3 quests and a trader is a big "let's stop today's session" for me. I know it builds the immersion, but dear developers - if you are not going to make your city special, detailed and explorable (like in - for example - Gothic) don't bother and do something like in Betrayal at Krondor (M&M, Solasta, I'm looking at you).

 

[Jack Of Owls]

MM6 had the most satisfying loot system of any RPG I played... unfortunately, too fucking satisfying. Once you got a certain hideously overpowered magical crossbow the game was a veritable faceroll and became unsatisfying to continue. MM7 corrected this problem and was better overall, imo.

 

[octavius]

After thinking this through i realised that all my pet peeves are the usual rpg chores that are associated with towns. You're spending vastly more time than necessary in them on stuff like inventory management or trying to find the water expert or something and generally just stand in the way of me exploring the dungeons and genociding goblins.
Abandoned my might & magic 8 for similar reasons, Arcomage was the only town activity i found fun.

I see your point. When first playing MM6 both my gaming buddy and me hated New Haven and thought a menu town would have been better.

 

[__scribbles__]

Finished KOTOR. It was ok, there really isn't anything to add. It's a Star Wars game using a D20 system. Too competent to be truly bad but too dull and inoffensive to be good.
It's worth mentioning that I finished the sequel before this one, which probably fucked with my expectations, though I knew to expect something more in line with the OT.

It's the 10th cRPG I've finished this year.

 

[Hag]

Had some uncommon envy of platforming, so started with the Messenger. Still at the very beginning but so far so good, good design, visuals are nice and tune is catchy, even found a couple not very well hidden secrets. The first boss was a laugh but it did augur well, still managed to kill me once so it did its job. Writing is good, and I like the little demon trashing you when you die. Brings on old Spacequest memories. More game should mock the player when he dies.
Only minor annoyance is the controls that sometimes feel heavy, but that may be my gamepad that's getting old. Not a very big deal for now. Looking forward to play again this evening.

 

[Chippy]

https://www.gog.com/game/warhammer_...tm_medium=email&utm_source=salesmanago&r=true

DOW:2 with every DLC (I think) currently available for £13.79 / $17.70 on GOG. From memory I think all these shitty DLCs are only available in multiplayer or the arena battles. Still a good deal though.

 

[Wayward Son]

Currently in my second playthrough of Fallout 2. Getting near the part where it became a trudge last time so hopefully that doesn’t happen again.

 

[Kabas]

Currently going through the second episode of Ashes: Afterglow

The very first proper level after the tutorial was absolutely perfect. Feels like a more refined version of the first episode
After that first you're quickly get thrown into a large hub area with a bunch of sidequests to tackle and secrets to find. Pretty nice.
Not sure how to feel about the introduction of crafting but i do appreciate that getting a triple barrel shotgun doesn't require you hunting for some super specific parts and instead only costs junk.
The only thing i didn't like are the NPCs. They talk too much now.

Feeling a bit burned out from playing all these shooters to be honest. i crave novelty so after a few certain RPGs failed to grip me i decided to try SOVL.
It's a free wargame-like game. Was mentioned in Free strategy & tactical games thread.

Never played warhammer tabletop or the likes but i found it to be very fun. Had the most success with the dwarves so far.
This game is buggy unfortunately.

 

[Fedora Master]

Northern Journey is just the average Scandinavian boy's walk to school, isn't it?

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Last few days I've been grinding away at the Knight's Honor achievement in Dark Souls on PS4. I picked up the trilogy pack mainly for the other 2 games, but this achievement is a nice goal to set to fuck around with the game for a while, since I've already completed the game in multiple ways on the PC version. Because you have to go into NG++ for all the souls, it also means you wind up having a wide range of weapons and abilities.

I'm currently nearing the end of NG+. All that remains here is to get Seath's tail (Moonlight Greatsword), then complete the game, grab a third Sif's soul and get to the giant blacksmith to forge the Greatshield of Artorias.

I briefly considered going for the all rings achievement, but that's just too ridiculous, and so many of them are not really fun items anyway. It's much more fun to build an epic arsenal of weapons.

 

[Hag]

The Messenger does not disappoint. Solid platforming, beautiful visuals and catchy music. Levels are varied and never too long, bosses are numerous and enjoyable. There is also some rhythm, with tricky areas mixed with more relaxed ones, and when you get it right sometimes you cross the screen flying full speed dodging everything and it feels so good. Still haven't reached the metroidvania part, so we'll so how it opens up, but so far I'm having a blast.

 

[NecroLord]

I am playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat. Good stuff. Like its predecessors, highly atmospheric and tense. More side missions and generally a more "open" game. It's very easy to get rich in this game. You can go artifact hunting, but you need a Veles detector. Also, emissions can now spawn new artifacts, emissions are also more frequent and require you to find shelter in order to survive.
There are also many caches to be found, containing a wide assortment of goodies. Some get rewarded to you after completing missions, while others can only be found by you.

 

[NecroLord]

Once you have enough money, you should talk to Nimble (a stalker you find sitting on a chair in the upper area of Skadovsk) and ask him to procure a weapon and armor for you. He charges premium prices though, but it is justified because he is a good businessman and the gear he provides is top notch. You have to wait a day (depending on the item you ordered) for your item to arrive. I like the unique Lynx sniper rifle (extremely powerful gun too, second only to the Gauss Rifle), the exoskeleton (you can't sprint in it, but there is an upgrade available if you find the 3rd tier tools in Pripyat) and the Carabiner (unique Spas-12 shotgun).

 

[BruceVC]

I completed Daggerfall Unity this weekend after about 280 hours. Its an amazing RPG and its become my 5th best RPG of all time. Its gets a well deserved 80/100 on the highly respected " BruceVC game rating system ". I included a detailed summary in the official DFU thread


But I have now decided to play Gothic 2, I played it once before about 12 years ago but I never finished it because I decided to be a mage and I couldnt defeat most of the dragons with that class so I gave up after completing maybe 60-70% of the main quest

This time I will become a paladin or fighter

 

[NecroLord]

Finished Call of Duty: World at War.
Man, this game is really grimdark!
Game introduces gibbing and lots of blood (if you fire at someone with a powerful, high caliber gun, they'll lose limbs and even blow their heads off!)
My second favorite after the legend Call of Duty 2. Play this shit! The franchise really went downhill after Modern Warfare 1. All kinds of stupid shit like "advanced warfare", robots, spaceships, lasers, fuck that! World at War is classic Call of Duty awesomeness, this franchise should've stayed a World War 2 one!
Anyway, the real star here is the Zombies mode. Unlocked after you complete the game, this mode pits you against waves of zombies. Yeah, you get to purge zombies with WW2 weaponry! Play this in Co-op with your bros, mates, girlfriend, whatever! It's just really fun, almost cathartic.


Also listen to these two pieces:

 

[Khor1255]

On days I'm off work I usually start the day playing the original Age of Empires.

My son is trying to get me into console games but although the graphics and even the gameplay look cool on some of them I haven't gotten the controls down and that takes the fun out of it. Feels like work.

 

[Wayward Son]

Started playing God Eater 3 again. Nice Monster Hunter clone with more anime aesthetics, set in a post-apocalyptic setting. I played the original God Eater on my PSP, oh God, 10 years ago now or somewhere around there? Anyway, really like the enemy design, as well as the customization options. Story is interesting enough to keep me engaged (especially after the last couple missions I did) but it does have a really slow opening. Biggest negative is that, at least so far (chapter 2), missions are ridiculously easy. Like I’m talking being given half an hour to do a five minute mission where I’m never in danger of dying. Boss fights get me close to dying a couple times but that’s probably mostly cause of my aggressive play style.
Bonus points for actually stabbing with spears rather than only slashing.

 

[Abu Antar]

Abu Antar!? Have you stopped playing games!? Asked no one.

In Devil Survivor 2, I reached the third day of the game. Catching demons, fusing demons, and following the story is fun. Tactical is fun, albeit it relies a lot on monster weaknesses. Make sure to have the right demons for the right fights, or you will be obliterated. On the other hand, if you do have the right demons and skills, you will wreak havoc on the battlefield. Some grinding is required if you want to set up your team right.

Like A Dragon: Ishin! I think this one must have bombed really hard. I looked at some of the trophies that I have obtained, and the percentage of number of players who got them is very low. Sub 10%. I'm at chapter 6, with around 21% completion. The story is slowly ramping up, and there are lots of side quests to be beaten. I have beaten 30 side quests, learned a lot of moves at dojos, and played lots of min games (fishing, farming etc), too. I'm having a great time with the game. With all the styles getting more moves as you level, variety increases. Even unarmed combat style is useful. The most fun fights are the wanted men you can chase down, and the arena fights. In the arena, you cannot heal, and have to battle fairly challenging opponents without rest. (Difficulty will ramp up, I have only done the early rounds.) There are also dungeons that you can unlock. I feel like they are mostly there to give you extra materials.

I beat the RPG Mode of Granblue Fantasy: Versus. I'm kind of bad at fighting games, but this mode was fairly forgiving. It allows you to level up your characters, and you also have a CPU support character. I don'tlove the controls, but overall everything was functional. I also did a few versus mode games, and Arcade games. I didn't try online.

Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate was pretty cool. Some cool missions, and a decent challenge if you're not prepared. I like the that you're not just a squad of six. You can actually have a lot of marines with you. There were a decent amount of environment types for missions. The soundtrack set the right mood for the game, too.
I will play the new one some day.

Caves of Lore. Let me start by saying that the character graphics can be off putting. Other than that, I would say that this is a slam dunk for a one man team. Party-based, focus on exploration and combat. To be honest, I don't read much of what is being said. Not that the writing is bad or anything. I'm just hooked on the core loop. The game uses a learn-by-doing character leveling system. I know some people dislike that. In my opinion, it works well. There are also people who can train you, in exchange for cash. Combat is fun. Not too simple, but not overly complicated. There are difficulties to choose from. I am not playing on the highest difficulty. More prestigious codexers will have to tell you about their experience with that. I hope to see this fairly high in the GOTY voting, but I don't think enough codexers will have played this, for that to become a reality.

Axiom Verge 2 is a decent metroidvania, but not as good as the first game. Levels are fine, music is fine, but powerups are a little predictable. I do like cthe drone thingamajing you have, and at one point, you will be controlling it. It's funny that I like using the drone more than the actual main character. A decent game, if you're into the gnere. Took me 7ish hours to beat.

Trek to Yomi. I'm done with this one. Again, I liked everything but the combat. It is annoying. I thought that I was alone, but two other guys that I know are also playing it. They asked for my opinion, and they both agreed on combat not being the high point of the game. Took me 5ish hours to beat.

 

[ferratilis]

About a week ago, I bought all DLC for Titan Quest and started a playthrough, hoping to play said DLC. After reaching level 37 and getting into the Atlantis expansion, I just couldn't keep up. Despite the beautiful visual design, great music and atmosphere, there's just something mind-numbingly boring about its gameplay that sucked all life out of me, exacerbated by the fact I picked one of the more boring mastery combos (Defense + Hunting). I still think it's one of the most beautiful isometric games out there, but one that I just can't enjoy anymore (with Grim Dawn being a thing). So the money spent on DLC was wasted, but whatever.

So, last night, I started another Grim Dawn character and it was immediately evident that GD was made with gameplay being the top priority, while TQ is more of a looker.

 

[NecroLord]

Playing Kotor.
Started as a Scout, then I will go with Guardian when it's time for the second class.
Taris is actually a pretty good planet. It's under Sith occupation and you have to rescue Bastila and then try and find a way to get out of here alive.
Now I've got Zaalbar and Mission Vao with me as companions and we're in the Undercity sewers trying to locate the back way into the Vulkar compound.
Watch out for those nasty Rakghouls and their attacks that can poison you.
My starting stats are: Strength - 15 (main stat since I will switch to Guardian later on), Dexterity - 10 (don't need Defense all that much, a strong Offense is a good Defense!), Constitution - 14, Intelligence - 14 (I like skills and I want to improve HK47 with the Repair skill), Wisdom - 10 (I am not a caster, my force points are better spent on buffs), Charisma - 14 (I will max the Persuade skill because it is very useful, also a better Force Power DC and some more force points).