What game are you wasting time on?

[mediocrepoet]

I just moved so I haven't had much time to game lately, but I played a few rounds of Shotgun King last night. It's fun and quirky, basically a turn based roguelike (new roguelikes, not traditional) that relies on chess movement, shotgun spread, and RNG boons for both sides after each round that modify the board and your stats.
It won't keep you engrossed for a significant amount of time, but worth checking out if you want something bite sized and original to kill up to a few hours with. A full successful run of the "campaign mode" probably takes roughly 20-30 minutes if I had to guess. I had one successful full run and a few attempts and clocked in an hour of playtime. There's also an endless mode and something else I haven't unlocked yet.

EDIT: Clarified/corrected time estimate for gameplay.

 

[Kabas]

Monk promotion quest was definitely the most annoying one. Finally finished with the class promotions and is currently halfway done with the Serpent Temple.
My dudes so far:
-Gourk Barbarian. Second highest kill count on the team and is currently the only guy on the team who doesn't know any magic. Just bought a blacksmith trait for him so that he can learn item repair skill.
-Human Paladin is both a decent fighter and a good enough secondary healer. She only suffers from somewhat mediocre stats but access to two guild trainers at the same time should help compensate for that.
-Dwarf Monk i focused purely on a spiritual magic so far. Considering switching focus to unarmed fighting skill once i finish with mastering the healing magic. Also suffers from mediocre stats.
-Omphaaz Warlock has the highest kill count so far, twice as high as my barbarian. This elephant is out for blood and thus will focus on the Fiend Magic and then Stone right after mastering the Sun Magic. Despite having the Ancient lore trait i still didn't get an access to artifact skill for some reason.
-Gnome Bard, also just got promoted and already maxed out Dex and Int. Made me realise that i really understimated the usefulness of Int attrubute. She will be focusing heavily on the moon magic now.
-Whiskah Ranger. Doesn't feel useless but at the rate things are going the Serpent Temple will be cleared by the time he finally learns the cure posion spell.
The game is still fun to play, just need to take occasional breaks.

 

[Jack Of Owls]

Replayed Quake (Id's original levels) after many years. On a modern source port (Ironwail) on an OLED display at 120 FPS it's almost a completely different game. Gone is the gloom of the original release. Some people dislike Sandy Petersen's 4th episode but I felt it really keeps you on your toes like none of the other episodes with all the traps and surprises; in fact the most I've ever seen in a game. Some enemies like the dreaded hopping blue blobs (almost impossible to kill once they get hopping) keep that tension right up until the final episode. I don't remember any of this stuff back in 1997. However, the end boss Shub-Niggurath was a disappointment. Brilliantly conceived but buggy as fuck. I guess you're suppose to jump through the portal and telefrag it. Sometimes it worked, most often it didn't. I replayed that ending at least ten times to understand why I was able to get the "Congratulations!" screen 3 times without firing a shot at the boss and other times jumping through the portal right into a pool of red hot magma. Now I'm gonna hit the mods starting with Arcane Dimension because I got the quake bug and the modding community is in the Top 5, up there with Doom and Thief, imo.

 

[Axel_am]

My initial Divinity Original Sin co-op playthrough fell apart as me and the other guy haven't been able to synch our schedules. Not for lack of trying on my part. Co-Op in CRPGs are a different beast. You can't really start the game and finish it with somebody else in one session. Or even in ten. The difference in knowledge about the game is also a factor. Maybe DLC content specifically for co-op can fix this.

Right now I'm going through the original Pillars of Eternity on Path of the Damned. My party just entered Twin Elms and are about to proceed with Act 3. My aim is to - resolve my conflict with Thaos, deal with The Master Below, defend my position as Master of Caed Nua and proceed further into the White March.

Progress is slow and battles are tougher. I'm starting to feel the pressure but I am determined to reach my goals.

 

[Avonaeon]

Got through Halo 2 of the master chief collection, and it's a pretty good game. A lot more story, which I liked from the first one. The anniversary cutscenes looks amazing, so I switched to those when they happened, but mostly played with OG graphics otherwise, mostly because it ran real bad with the anniversary graphics. Overall the level design is a lot less copy-pasty, but still quite samey when it comes to the alien stuff, but not unbearable as with the first one. A few places were so dark I couldn't see where to go though, so I'd switch to the anniversary graphics, just to see if it was signposted differently, which is usually was. Fidelity wise I actually preferred Halo 1, and I can't really explain why.
I liked playing sections as an alien, but it sometimes got a little confusing since you're so used to shooting all the aliens, but now all of a sudden some of them are friendly.
Overall, I enjoyed it more than Halo 1.

 

[BruceVC]

I have decided to play Fallout 1 as my next game, I have never played that or FO2

But Im leaving on Wednesday for about 7 days for a work trip so I will start when I come back, I was researching some mods for FO1 and the only one that seems recommended is the Fixit mod which I have installed?

So until I get back I started on King Arthur Wargame 1 Druids DLC. Its excellent and has the same mechanics as KA1 and it has added some additional ones. I set the victory criteria as conquering all the provinces and making sure I have 10 knights so it should be challenging

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[Vyadhis]

What's the best way to play Doom 64 outside of the offical remaster?

 

[Sigourn]

What's the best way to play Doom 64 outside of the offical remaster?

What don't you like about it?

 

[Semiurge]

Quake I Enhaced Edition, aka QuaKEX

I'm currently in Scourge of Armagon and there's some things I've only now noticed - the decals from gunfire, the random fly buzzing where there are corpses starting from the second episode, and the fact that some gremlin corpses seem to gib by themselves after a few seconds. That could well be a bug, but it would also make sense. The gremlins also seem to prefer fighting each other once they've stolen a weapon.

The centroids seem to have even more pathing problems than other enemy types, it was already too easy to exploit corners against others. Oh, they and the gremlins also have glowing shaders now despite the models being orherwise untouched.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

I have a problem.

 

[Caim]

No. You have completed the game, and now you are free.

Until it gets updated of course.

 

[Jaesun]

I actually backed the System Shock remake and now very slowly going through the game (I'm a story fag so I have to find all the data logs and stuff). I am really liking how the finished game turned out. I think they so far got that delicate balance of preserving the old but also bringing it up to date. Very happy I backed this.

 

[AlwaysBrotoMen]

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart - mediocre game with good graphics. Not worth playing

Witcher 3 - Campaign is a bore fest and the main character sucks. It drags too long.
World Building ++++
Characters -------
Witcher 1 >>>>>>> Witcher 3
Most Overhyped video game of the past 10 years.

Yakuza Like A Dragon - boring story with awful dialogue. Drags on too long. Most of the characters are downright cartoonish and all the NPCs always want to fight with you without any reason. This is the first yakuza game that bored me to death. Side missions are similar to previous yakuza games.

Lost Judgement - I like the combat but the story drags on too long with unskippable stupid side missions which affect the flow of the main story. Everything is copied and pasted from yakuza games.

Yakuza Ishin is a good game with a decent story. I did not like the combat. There were many parts of the story which were nonsensical. This game is inspired by Japanese folklore/history and it was a breath of fresh air away from Kamurocho.

 

[Avonaeon]

Finished Halo 3 and it's OK. It feels significantly dumbed down, like the way characters talk to you or the oversized HUD. The story is still the best part, but it's not as good as Halo 2. The level design feels very intuitive, as every turn I took turned out to be the right way, but backtracking unfortunately made a return. Out of the 3, it also had a bit more variation in its environments. Graphically it looks a fair bit better than Halo 2, but one thing that really stood out in a bad way was the last driving sequence, which just seemed slapped together at the last minute.
And Ron Perlman's character looks

 

[Vyadhis]

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart - mediocre game with good graphics. Not worth playing

Witcher 3 - Campaign is a bore fest and the main character sucks. It drags too long.
World Building ++++
Characters -------
Witcher 1 >>>>>>> Witcher 3
Most Overhyped video game of the past 10 years.

Yakuza Like A Dragon - boring story with awful dialogue. Drags on too long. Most of the characters are downright cartoonish and all the NPCs always want to fight with you without any reason. This is the first yakuza game that bored me to death. Side missions are similar to previous yakuza games.

Lost Judgement - I like the combat but the story drags on too long with unskippable stupid side missions which affect the flow of the main story. Everything is copied and pasted from yakuza games.

Yakuza Ishin is a good game with a decent story. I did not like the combat. There were many parts of the story which were nonsensical. This game is inspired by Japanese folklore/history and it was a breath of fresh air away from Kamurocho.

Again and again I've tried so hard to get into the Witcher 3 but I get so bored. I can't get into the combat and the story feels like a slog. I don't understand why people orgasm over these games, there's no depth or nuance to the gameplay and the story just wasn't doing it for me. Yay I guess because in an age of tranny bait games we have a protag who's masculine, isn't portrayed as evil and who fucks lots of women. Cool, I guess.

 

[Lyre Mors]

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart - mediocre game with good graphics. Not worth playing

Witcher 3 - Campaign is a bore fest and the main character sucks. It drags too long.
World Building ++++
Characters -------
Witcher 1 >>>>>>> Witcher 3
Most Overhyped video game of the past 10 years.

Yakuza Like A Dragon - boring story with awful dialogue. Drags on too long. Most of the characters are downright cartoonish and all the NPCs always want to fight with you without any reason. This is the first yakuza game that bored me to death. Side missions are similar to previous yakuza games.

Lost Judgement - I like the combat but the story drags on too long with unskippable stupid side missions which affect the flow of the main story. Everything is copied and pasted from yakuza games.

Yakuza Ishin is a good game with a decent story. I did not like the combat. There were many parts of the story which were nonsensical. This game is inspired by Japanese folklore/history and it was a breath of fresh air away from Kamurocho.

What a waste of like a hundred(s)+ hours there. You sound like you hardly enjoyed any of it. Stop playing videogames, or play something you actually enjoy. How depressing.

 

[AlwaysBrotoMen]

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart - mediocre game with good graphics. Not worth playing

Witcher 3 - Campaign is a bore fest and the main character sucks. It drags too long.
World Building ++++
Characters -------
Witcher 1 >>>>>>> Witcher 3
Most Overhyped video game of the past 10 years.

Yakuza Like A Dragon - boring story with awful dialogue. Drags on too long. Most of the characters are downright cartoonish and all the NPCs always want to fight with you without any reason. This is the first yakuza game that bored me to death. Side missions are similar to previous yakuza games.

Lost Judgement - I like the combat but the story drags on too long with unskippable stupid side missions which affect the flow of the main story. Everything is copied and pasted from yakuza games.

Yakuza Ishin is a good game with a decent story. I did not like the combat. There were many parts of the story which were nonsensical. This game is inspired by Japanese folklore/history and it was a breath of fresh air away from Kamurocho.

What a waste of like a hundred(s)+ hours there. You sound like you hardly enjoyed any of it. Stop playing videogames, or play something you actually enjoy. How depressing.

Most of these were recommended by codex

 

[Vyadhis]

BG1 non-EE on insanity is starting to filter me. I killed the insane cleric guy (Bassilus?) but whenever I get ambushed by tons of skeletons or archers I have to save scum. Its a good thing I'm not into no save no reload playthroughs but I'm starting to feel cheasy. Kagain and MC proffed into bows are my mvps. Viconia is really dependable too. Monty is fine, I gave him crossbows, Edwin is as well but Xzar kinda feels like wasted space right now. I love having magic users but maybe I should pick up Shar-teel instead and dual her for backstabbing.

I'd just need to leave Xzar in a building, right?

 

[502]

Replaying Quake II with Nightdive's update. The leap attack doesn't bother me. Super shotgun is love.

And mere weeks after finishing the legacy Mass Effect trilogy I'm playing Legendary Edition.

 

[Vyadhis]

Replaying Quake II with Nightdive's update. The leap attack doesn't bother me. Super shotgun is love.

And mere weeks after finishing the legacy Mass Effect trilogy I'm playing Legendary Edition.

The series has its flaws but was kind of the last hurrah of Bioware before they went absolutely to shit. Not ashamed to say that the trilogy is a guilty pleasure of mine, the first game especially does a great job replicating the feel of 80s scifi.

 

[Be Kind Rewind]

If you know you know.

 

[Be Kind Rewind]

Mafia Remake or Definitive Edition (don't know what it's called). It's not the definitive edition of the game, the original is. Still, it's solid enough for me to keep playing. I just stick to missions and don't really explore anything else. I beat the race, and a couple of missions after that. I think the quest with the Church shootout is where I left off.

Why do you hate yourself? Maybe you deserve this as punishment for playing BG3 but you're playing the crap version willingly. Weren't the Turkish genocides enough?

 

[Abu Antar]

I have played the original a couple of times. Wanted to test this one.

 

[Fargus]

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart - mediocre game with good graphics. Not worth playing

Witcher 3 - Campaign is a bore fest and the main character sucks. It drags too long.
World Building ++++
Characters -------
Witcher 1 >>>>>>> Witcher 3
Most Overhyped video game of the past 10 years.

Yakuza Like A Dragon - boring story with awful dialogue. Drags on too long. Most of the characters are downright cartoonish and all the NPCs always want to fight with you without any reason. This is the first yakuza game that bored me to death. Side missions are similar to previous yakuza games.

Lost Judgement - I like the combat but the story drags on too long with unskippable stupid side missions which affect the flow of the main story. Everything is copied and pasted from yakuza games.

Yakuza Ishin is a good game with a decent story. I did not like the combat. There were many parts of the story which were nonsensical. This game is inspired by Japanese folklore/history and it was a breath of fresh air away from Kamurocho.

What a waste of like a hundred(s)+ hours there. You sound like you hardly enjoyed any of it. Stop playing videogames, or play something you actually enjoy. How depressing.

Most of these were recommended by codex

This is why you dont follow codex recommendations bruh

 

[Spacer's Nugget]

Silent Heroes: Elite Troops of WWII (2005): checked the game for completionism's sake and got hooked. Somewhat different from the game it spin-offs from, but presents varied enough mission scenarios, featuring the same systems-driven sandbox I love so much in the game series.

Also playing through levels of Daikatana (2000) with weapon cheats, and occasionally noclip'ing around the maps to check them out.

Up next: Zortch (very nice find, it's also dirty cheap) and The Last Exterminator demo (when it's released later next month).