General Gaming Megathread: What are you playing?

Just finished with Ducktales. It was fun little (short) platformer with great music and looks.

I guess dishonored is next on my list.
 
Played some <s>Diablo Clones Inc.</s> Torchlight, which was free at GOG a little while back. The main campaign was rather short. Also a bit odd that the main story dungeons don't scale, but all the side dungeons do, meaning you level up doing them and get too powerful for the main campaign... until you get to the <s>Sinfest succubi</s> Dark Zealots, which can pretty much one-shot you regardless. Skills are poorly balanced, and item progression is jumpy. When you've done the main plot you can apparently continue with infinite random dungeons, but I'm wondering if there's any point.

Started the other day on Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, which I found in a thrift shop. I was pleasantly surprised to find that unlike Beyond Good & Evil, it installed with no problems on Win 7. I also like the game pretty much but it's damn hard in places. I'm currently stuck in the fight with sand-zombie Dad and endless cohorts, and it's not like the game lets you save right before it, either.
 
Since my 100% complete F3 is still set on hold and currently the same thing goes for my Skyrim run i've only played Dota 2 and recently Day of defeat source.. I really want to get F3 and skyrim done so i can mod the shit out of New vegas.. But that is looking grim right now :P

Also i can't be arsed to finnish Metro last light.. It feels so easy and lacklusting compared to Metro 2033.. But maybe it is due to the current level i am on.
 
I am replaying Saints Row 3, I don't have a way to get SR4 yeat so I am just refreshing my memory on all the crazy shit from the third game.

Made Molotov Cocktease from the Venture Bros, because... Why not?

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Rome II: Total War.

The goods;

-Massive map with varied factions and tons of units/technologies, with far more historical accuracies than in Rome 1 (no more Ramses II-era Egyptians fighting Romans!). That's what I've been waiting for the most and it does not dissapoint

-Looks really, really good. Especially the campaign map.

-Many neat new systems, from internal politics to unified provinces and armies getting permanent bonuses.

-Epic voice acting.

The bads;

-You need a NASA supercomputer to get the highest settings. I have it on High and it gets choppy at times, despite me being able to play Shogun II on Ultra very well. Very poor optimisation.

-Long turn times, albeit that's to be expected given the 80ish factions. Still long.

-AI is very hit or miss; in battles it will maintain formations but will sometimes send half its army to chase light cavalry. it will actually seek diplomatic deals with the player, but will refuse any trade agreements unless you give them half your treasury. Oh and it likes filling its army with slingers meaning you can annihilate it with 3-4 cavalry units.

-Battles are way too fast. Even massive brawls involving 5-6K troops take 5 or 6 minutes at most. Also, every unit now has a spammable special ability, so for those 5 minutes you'll have to ckick like a madman. What's the point of them making all those ultra-detailed animations if you never have time to actually see them?

Overall, it's enjoyable, a very solid base but it desperately needs patches and mods. As of now its inferior to Shogun II and Medieval II but once the rough edges get polished it has the potential to be the best Total War ever.
 
Playing Outlast and it is a good game.. Sadly it is hard to scare me so besides the creepy feeling i miss out on a lot of what the game is about :(
 
Atomkilla said:
Time to try out the latest Restoration Project.
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I'm also replaying Fallout 2, but I haven't installed the Restoration Project, apparently I can't because Fallout 2 is installed to my Steam Directory already, and I'm unsure on what to do.
 
AlphaPromethean said:
Atomkilla said:
Time to try out the latest Restoration Project.
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I'm also replaying Fallout 2, but I haven't installed the Restoration Project, apparently I can't because Fallout 2 is installed to my Steam Directory already, and I'm unsure on what to do.
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You should check out the thread dedicated to RP, in the modding section. I don't think you're the first person with the problem, and it has been solved already. If I'm not wrong.
 
Damn, the Restoration Project really is something.
A near perfect experience so far. I believe that if the killap and the crew release another small update in the future fixings some little holes and oversights, this will be an amazing mod, but I see why some people aren't fans of it. It really does make a world a lot bigger, a thing some people will find over-the-top.

I'm personally enjoying it though.

...but remind me to never try playing Fallout 2 with a female character again.
 
So I indeed won a Bronze on yesterday's daily Challenge in Rayman Legends. And also I just beat the game, great plataformer, nice art, good use of the 2D, great music, controls like butter.... just an incredible game.
 
I'm kinda pissed about how Valve is handeling CS-Go.. Random "friends" kicking everyone they can so they get 7 days cooldown from competive play = awesome for someone that only plays competive.. 10 hours in 3 weeks for a game i play a lot is not so much fun..

If only i could get my money back from this crap :P


Edit: Got an urge to play some neverwinter nights again but i have a feeling i won't touch it after i install just like 90% of the games now days.
 
Walpknut said:
So I indeed won a Bronze on yesterday's daily Challenge in Rayman Legends. And also I just beat the game, great plataformer, nice art, good use of the 2D, great music, controls like butter.... just an incredible game.
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Aye, just as good as Origins. I really, really liked the musical levels. The one that remakes Eye of the Tiger with mariachis must be seen to be believed. Also most bosses were pretty well designed. The Living Dead Party levels have been a big roadblock to me, all those effects make my eyes ache. Overall, as far as platformers go, it's hard to beat those two games.

Also, I'm both pleased and angry to say that Splinter Cell Blacklist is kicking my ass. It's not like Conviction at all, stealth is very much possible but by no means easy, and getting into gunfights at Realistic difficulty is hopeless as enemies have more HPs than you. You need patience in this game. Big pet peeve is the spaced-out checkpoint and save system, one tiny mistake can cost you 20 minutes of sneaking around dispatching mooks.
 
CthuluIsSpy said:
What's wrong with playing with a female character?
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Compared to the male character, it's badly written.
Not all the time, mind you, but at moments the dialogue doesn't get any better than:
1) Let's barter.
2) Let's fuck.
3) Goodbye.

Of course, this is exaggerating a bit, but you see my point. I understand this is post-apoc, there is New Reno yadda yadda yadda, and the game offers a variety of options to the player, and there is nothing wrong with allowing a character, both male and female, to be promiscuous as much as they want.
But it simply should have been done better. Dialogues with certain characters are basically set up as if your character would gladly spread their legs to almost anybody. I don't mind being able to do that, but I mind feeling like I need to.
 
Not exaggerating that much, I did a female character run and my character maxed out her sex stat before she hit New Reno. I would say the issue is more that gender differences are very rarely explored in Fallout 2 in ways other than the aforementioned hijinks compared to Fallout 1 where it was more subtle.
Though it is worth it when you get introduced to Myron and crush his dreams amongst other things.
 
Alphadrop said:
Not exaggerating that much, I did a female character run and my character maxed out her sex stat before she hit New Reno. I would say the issue is more that gender differences are very rarely explored in Fallout 2 in ways other than the aforementioned hijinks compared to Fallout 1 where it was more subtle.
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True and true.

Alphadrop said:
Though it is worth it when you get introduced to Myron and crush his dreams amongst other things.
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I'm in Broken Hills now, and after I finish with the area, I'm going to pay a visit to Myron.
 
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