General Gaming Megathread: What are you playing?

[Ragemage]

Playing Pillars of Eternity and Dragon Age: Origins pretty much simultaneously. I'm enjoying myself greatly. Playing as a Wood Elf Cipher in Pillars and as a Rogue Human Female with the Noble origins. It's actually my first time ever playing as a female character.

 

[MercenarySnake]

Playing Pillars of Eternity and Dragon Age: Origins pretty much simultaneously.

Ugh I found Dragon Age: Origins boring and the combat shit, never got past the part with the woman after the portal that's a lore info dump. How do you do it?

 

[DerGogan]

After reading the Geralt-Saga and the short stories I started a replay of the witcher games.

Now at the end of the third chapter of Witcher 1, but doing a little break.

During this break I completed my old Mafia 2 playthrough (didn't play this for over a year), my Watch Dogs playthrough and now in the middle of the 2012 Tomb Raider, which I really enjoy.

Thinking about playing Rise of the Tomb Raider after this or continue with the Witcher games.

 

[eissa]

metro redux, this was used to be having a groundbreaking graphic back in 4 years ago..

not sure why the texture seems like a fallout 4 character. though the atmosphere, immersion , the diffculty and the story remain awesome as always.

now i cry, this games were developed by people whom budget is basically as same as an indie studio. Ushanka salute to you, 4a games.

As i said before, i feel really immersed.

truly a perfect end to the dilogy.

 

[Ragemage]

Ugh I found Dragon Age: Origins boring and the combat shit, never got past the part with the woman after the portal that's a lore info dump. How do you do it?

The combat's not that spectacular, I'll agree with that. I play it on easy for a reason. I mainly play Origins for the lore, the choices throughout the story, the sheer amount of choice when it comes to developing your character, the amazing companions, the romance system, etc.

I'm not entirely sure what woman from a portal you're talking about. I can't really think of any "lore dump" characters because a lot of the lore can be found through scrounging for books and whatnot. The in-game codex has over 200 entries in it, as an example. There isn't really a need for a lore dump character due to this. Sure some characters will talk about lore, but that's usually because it's something they know a lot about. Most of the companions you find come from specific backgrounds and really only talk a great deal about said backgrounds. Like Wynne is from the Mage's Circle, so most of her lore dialogue revolves around the Mage's Circle. That sort of thing.

I also appreciate the fact that in Origins you can indeed be pure evil, and even though in the end you're forced to fulfill destiny there's multiple ways to tackle it and you don't have to be the one to do it, unlike, say, Skyrim for example where you are absolutely the chosen one and are forced to be the one to kill Alduin.

 

[Irwin John Finster]

The combat's not that spectacular, I'll agree with that. I play it on easy for a reason. I mainly play Origins for the lore, the choices throughout the story, the sheer amount of choice when it comes to developing your character, the amazing companions, the romance system, etc.

I'm not entirely sure what woman from a portal you're talking about. I can't really think of any "lore dump" characters because a lot of the lore can be found through scrounging for books and whatnot. The in-game codex has over 200 entries in it, as an example. There isn't really a need for a lore dump character due to this. Sure some characters will talk about lore, but that's usually because it's something they know a lot about. Most of the companions you find come from specific backgrounds and really only talk a great deal about said backgrounds. Like Wynne is from the Mage's Circle, so most of her lore dialogue revolves around the Mage's Circle. That sort of thing.

I also appreciate the fact that in Origins you can indeed be pure evil, and even though in the end you're forced to fulfill destiny there's multiple ways to tackle it and you don't have to be the one to do it, unlike, say, Skyrim for example where you are absolutely the chosen one and are forced to be the one to kill Alduin.

Yea Dragon Age: Origins is one of my favorite games ever made. It is still a great game. And then Dragon Age 2 destroyed the entire franchise

I'm planning on getting into Underrail again.

As i said before, i feel really immersed.

truly a perfect end to the dilogy.

Yea the metro games are great. I want to read the book someday when I have time. Metro and Stalker have amazing atmosphere and both worlds would be great setting for an RPG.

 

[Brivoo]

I bought Hyperlight Drifter during the sale and so far I can say with utmost confidence that it is basically okay.
It's very pretty and I enjoy the exploration aspect; the combat reminds me of Dark Souls, insofar that it's more about bashing your head against the wall until one or the other gives out than strategy or tactics.

You respawn at the start of the room if you die and all enemies respawn as well; this can get very irritating if it's a large room with traps and the like, but in small or medium rooms getting back into the action is pretty quick and easy. You get a dash ability that apart from mobility is basically used for dodging which, much like Dark Souls, is vital if you plan to stay alive for any extended period of time. There's various firearms that you get from defeating the bosses but the starting pistol has no range limitations and a large clip (which can be upgraded to be even larger) so there's no reason to use anything else.

The available upgrades are mostly for combat and are all useful in their own way, depending on your playstyle; the only one that's only for movement is the chain dash, which is a bitch to figure out and almost useless outside of challenges, since you can already chain three dashes in a row without the upgrade.

The exploration's fun, if a bit plagued by the combat; the fact that the game often likes to throw large, trap-riddled rooms at you and that dying resets everything in the room swiftly becomes very irritating. Despite that, the map is littered with eye-candy, secrets, and collectibles, so it keeps you occupied.

The map is open-world, divided into four 'zones' with a hub-town at the center; you can pretty much explore them in any order as the puzzles are pretty much only solved by dashing or hitting a switch with your gun and enemy types are often unique and exclusive to certain areas; however the game does subtly suggest you start with the northern area and the boss there drops the only other gun aside from the starting pistol that has a type of switch linked to it, so it might as well be considered level 1.

Also much like Dark Souls, the game opens with a cutscene which provides no explanation to our given context, continues with (admittedly very pretty) visual storytelling and a few NPCs that give snippets of backstory for their respective areas and nothing else. I haven't reached the end of the game yet, but it's not like it matters; I still don't really have a clue as to what's going on.

TL;DR It's a really brightly coloured, top-down version of Dark Souls.

 

[MercenarySnake]

I'm not entirely sure what woman from a portal you're talking about.

I'm talking about that village shaman woman after that portal from the beginning of the game disappears. Haven't played the game in a long time so I can't be more specific but she kept droning on and on.

I don't know the combat just keeps me away from it, I would like to figure a way but I don't want it to turn into a piss easy interactive story.

I mean I'm a storyfag but I enjoy my gameplay too, I just don't like those 10 minute info dump sequences like Tali's one moment during the first Mass Effect.

 

[Ragemage]

I'm talking about that village shaman woman after that portal from the beginning of the game disappears. Haven't played the game in a long time so I can't be more specific but she kept droning on and on.

I think you're thinking of a different game here mate. There is no "village shaman" in any of the towns. Unless you're talking about the Dalish Elves, but both their storyteller and their leader are men, so that doesn't add up. If you're hung up on just the very beginning of the game then you should just try a different Origins story. There's 8 of them after all. That or you're thinking of Inquisition which does have portals, but that's the 3rd game in the series.

Honestly even on easy the game can still be challenging. Especially when it comes to the bosses. There's still quite a bit of strategy. Kind of like Pillars of Eternity in that regard. I wouldn't feel bad about it, and neither should you. It's worth it for the story, it really is.

 

[eissa]

Yea the metro games are great. I want to read the book someday when I have time. Metro and Stalker have amazing atmosphere and both worlds would be great setting for an RPG.

what is interesting is, the writer of metro novel were pretty much upset and little furious when his work were liscensed to make a fps games. he originally want it to be rpg like fallout 1 and action-rpg like deus ex. Unfortunately, the 4a games doesnt really have any experience of rpg. they took the inspiration from stalker (and logically since they're former stalker developer) and linearity of half life. Because as Dmitry gluskovsky said, the novel does include very limited amount of firefight, and more so againts human. so what he want is a game that is very heavy on exploration and dialogue which is what we hope from rpg.

 

[Irwin John Finster]

what is interesting is, the writer of metro novel were pretty much upset and little furious when his work were liscensed to make a fps games. he originally want it to be rpg like fallout 1 and action-rpg like deus ex. Unfortunately, the 4a games doesnt really have any experience of rpg. they took the inspiration from stalker (and logically since they're former stalker developer) and linearity of half life. Because as Dmitry gluskovsky said, the novel does include very limited amount of firefight, and more so againts human. so what he want is a game that is very heavy on exploration and dialogue which is what we hope from rpg.

That would be the best direction for the series in my opinion. The Metro games are great FPS games, but the game world is so rich and wonderful that it has much more potential as an RPG.

 

[MercenarySnake]

I think you're thinking of a different game here mate. There is no "village shaman" in any of the towns. Unless you're talking about the Dalish Elves, but both their storyteller and their leader are men, so that doesn't add up. If you're hung up on just the very beginning of the game then you should just try a different Origins story. There's 8 of them after all. That or you're thinking of Inquisition which does have portals, but that's the 3rd game in the series.

Honestly even on easy the game can still be challenging. Especially when it comes to the bosses. There's still quite a bit of strategy. Kind of like Pillars of Eternity in that regard. I wouldn't feel bad about it, and neither should you. It's worth it for the story, it really is.

Yeah it was this intro

http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Dalish_Elf_Origin

Honestly I didn't remember too much because I found it dull maybe that's why. I'm gonna have to try to get into it again. I tend to find some fantasy settings boring so it depends on the content, setting, etc.

 

[Ragemage]

snip .

There's so many different origins, I really think you should give it another go. Me personally, I think the Dwarf Commoner and Dwarf Noble are the best ones because not only do they help you understand the whole good/evil/neutral choice system the best, they can also teach you both combat and lore in a fun way. Dwarf Noble especially leads to some consequences further down the road depending on how you played it early.

 

[Irwin John Finster]

Yeah it was this intro

http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Dalish_Elf_Origin

Honestly I didn't remember too much because I found it dull maybe that's why. I'm gonna have to try to get into it again. I tend to find some fantasy settings boring so it depends on the content, setting, etc.

There's so many different origins, I really think you should give it another go. Me personally, I think the Dwarf Commoner and Dwarf Noble are the best ones because not only do they help you understand the whole good/evil/neutral choice system the best, they can also teach you both combat and lore in a fun way. Dwarf Noble especially leads to some consequences further down the road depending on how you played it early.

Gotta agree with RageMage here. Dragon Age: Origins is a wonderful game. The opening questline of the game is completely different depending on the character you choose, and it has implications later in the game as well. That takes clear effort and Bioware definitely made effort to craft the Dragon Age universe.

I usually play with a human noble character, and I think that opening quest is very nice.

Sadly for me, Dragon Age 2 did to this series what Fallout 4 did to Fallout.

 

[CerberusGate]

Sadly for me, Dragon Age 2 did to this series what Fallout 4 did to Fallout.

I also went with Human Noble first and found the game's world to be interesting while having bits of decent writing here and there (even when the Bioware formula was present).

I blame EA for most Dragon Age 2's failings. I do acknowledge that unlike Obsidian though, Bioware completely caved under the low development time.

 

[R.Graves]

Playing Doom. The last level of "Knee Deep In The Dead" feels so out of place. The other levels were like labyrinths and the final level of episode one is so straight forward. The fuck happened?

 

[Zerginfestor]

Playing War Thunder, Killing Floor 2, and even...Dead Island. After many years of gathering dust in my cyber-library, once I got to playing it again, it was actually..pretty fun! Especially playing as Sam B.

 

[aenemic]

After reading the Geralt-Saga and the short stories I started a replay of the witcher games.

Now at the end of the third chapter of Witcher 1, but doing a little break.

As I absolutely love the Witcher games I've been thinking of reading the books as well. How are they? Would you recommend them?

I definitely recommend picking up Rise of The Tomb Raider if you liked the first game. It's more of the same but better in pretty much every way. A lot more to explore and do, and a much better character developement system.

 

[Kohno]

Is the new episodic Hitman thing worth anything? I'm kind of interested in trying it out, but I'm not really sure if I want to just buy bits and pieces with mere hopes that if they suck the upcoming stuff'll be better.

 

[DerGogan]

As I absolutely love the Witcher games I've been thinking of reading the books as well. How are they? Would you recommend them?

I definitely recommend picking up Rise of The Tomb Raider if you liked the first game. It's more of the same but better in pretty much every way. A lot more to explore and do, and a much better character developement system.

Yeah, definitley recommended.
Had a blast with the novels and loved them so much, right the moment after finishing them, I wanted to start over and read them again
But decided to read the first Jack Reacher novel instead.


Finished Tomb Raider today and downloaded Rise of the Tomb Raider. Maybe I'll finish my old Hitman - Absolution playthrough first. It's taking lots of space on my SSD