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the people at CERN also made an idle clicking game in the vein of cookie clicker

 

 

http://particle-clicker.web.cern.ch/particle-clicker/

Yeh been playng a bit of Skyrim too. I should do a replay with a different character but I love using the bow too much. Not overly keen on magic, potions and swords.

Both Borderlands 2 & Dishonored are free on Steam this weekend. You could easily power thru Dishonored before time runs out even though the game is better enjoyed more slow & methodical. I'm cramming as much B2 time in as I can during this free weekend and enjoying the hell out of it. Definitely has that addictive factor that a good MMO or Diablolike has, but actually fun combat instead of just watching screen maths.

  On 8/23/2014 at 9:06 PM, Pennywise said:

Yeh been playng a bit of Skyrim too. I should do a replay with a different character but I love using the bow too much. Not overly keen on magic, potions and swords.

I'm an archery twat too. but I recently got into conjuration. summoning those sexy flame atronachs is fun.

 

edit: I'm killing smithing and enchantment too at the moment, mainly out of OCD tendencies.

Edited August 24, 2014 by usagi

I'm sure I tweak the game more than I play it but .... so pwetty !

 

 

Though my CPU/GPU now hates me.

Playing skyrim makes me think about how awesome the next fallout game will be. I fucking hope so anyway

i think my wish is futile as this mechanic is too ingrained in most of those kinds of games but i really hope that they will remove the "fast travel" thing and design a game (whether new fallout or elder scrolls) so the actual exploration will not be a repetitive chore forcing you to use fast travel, so that traveling in dangerous terrains will have a meaning. instant teleport to explored location really kills the immersion in those games and the games themselves are kind built around it. having vehicles would actually solve this nicely.

^ well, there are horses in Skyrim (although your follower still has to foot it after you, kind of annoying). and fast traveling is optional. but I'm glad it's there, I don't want to trudge all the way back home after completing some quest eons away. but yes, it does take away something from the immersion and wanting to explore the world. there ought to be some way - besides random encounters - to make it more interesting and less repetitive.

 

  On 8/24/2014 at 3:04 PM, mcbpete said:

I'm sure I tweak the game more than I play it but .... so pwetty !



Though my CPU/GPU now hates me.

 

it really is so good-looking. I've got all the settings maxed out and I'm always stopping and taking in the scenery when I'm out in the wilderness. I completed the Eldergleam sap quest last night and when I got inside the sanctuary and saw the big old tree itself I spent a good minute just staring at it. plus climbing mountains in the midst of snowstorms is amazing.

 

I played 100+ hrs of FO3 just prior to this and while it still looks pretty good, going from comparatively low-res textures of that to this is still blowing my mind a bit.

 

  On 8/24/2014 at 3:15 PM, Pennywise said:

Playing skyrim makes me think about how awesome the next fallout game will be. I fucking hope so anyway

 

same! it makes me wish FO4 was here right now. the mechanics are so much more refined, I hope they carry over to FO4 with even more additional improvements from the interim.

 

I have to say though I'm welcoming the break from the Fallout universe. after The Pitt I kind of needed to step away a bit (I'm still annoyed about not being able to resolve that properly - there's no way to free the damn slaves, that's all I wanted to do). I'll probably never truly tire of exploring post-apocalyptic ruins and all the horrors contained therein, but the natural medieval beauty of the Skyrim world is a breath of fresh air.

  On 8/21/2014 at 12:44 PM, jasondonervan said:

 

  On 8/20/2014 at 8:58 PM, Joyrex said:

Broke down and bought Diablo III for PS4... FUN! Never knew how much fun Diablo was!

 

Welcome to the club!

 

 

I've put a fair amount of time on the PC version, and I was apprehensive about how it would fare playing on a controller, but Blizzard have done a great job - the UI is clean and easily readable from the sofa, and it runs at a fine tick - no stuttering. The equipping wheel is a little fussy but not a deal breaker.

 

Cool. I'm ashamed to say I put about 400hrs into the pc version before I was forced to start over with xbox. Never thought I would like the controls but I love it. Really looking forward to my ps4, I'd be glad to give you my ps4 info once I'm up and playing if anyone wants to co-op. Also looking forward to the new content included with console ROS.

Looking forward to Velocity 2X next week on PS4. The developer seems to have confidence in it, he thinks it will be a contender for Game of the Year. We shall see! Looks fun.

 

 

Anyone with Black Ops 2 for Wii U can rejoice, we got Nuketown! You know, the DLC from 2012...

Jumped back to Dark Souls to try to make some more progress through the game, finally made it through Sen's Fortress (fuck you, you stupid swinging axes and fuck you too giants) and made it to Anor Londo... This game has beaten the shit out of me more than any other game I've played (and I don't think I'm very good at this game in general) but god damn if it isn't rewarding when you finally do make progress... Praise the motherfuckin' Sun

Edited August 26, 2014 by ghOsty

dark souls 2 i found much more fun after getting better at the game from finishing dark souls 1.

 

 

but yeah my first playthrough of dark souls 1 took me about 120 hours or something stupid, i was not very good at it at the beginning.

 

the thing that fucked me up the most on the first one was

 

 

 

Ok, Nintendo really is drunk, combining Pokemon with Tekken?

 

That's more of Nintendo milking their franchises - they don't have the resources to do it, so they farm it out to a third party. They've been doing it for years - the Game Boy Zelda games (Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages) were done by Init Creates and Capcom.

 

I think the success (or otherwise) of the Pokemon Card game on iOS will hopefully open their eyes to finally consider developing for other platforms.

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  On 8/26/2014 at 5:37 PM, Joyrex said:

That's more of Nintendo milking their franchises - they don't have the resources to do it, so they farm it out to a third party. They've been doing it for years - the Game Boy Zelda games (Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages) were done by Init Creates and Capcom.

 

I think the success (or otherwise) of the Pokemon Card game on iOS will hopefully open their eyes to finally consider developing for other platforms.

Agreed. They do seem to pick odd Japanese genres to do mashups:

 

Pokemon Conquest - Pokemon x Nobunaga's Ambition

Shin Megami Tensen x Fire Emblem

Zelda x Dynasty Warriors

Pokemon x Tekken

 

Obviously these are successful franchises in Asia, we'll see how they sell here...

Mario Kart 8 DLC!!
16 new courses. Kind of drooling. Mario Kart 8 nailed the art of revamping retro courses.

 

http://store.nintendo.co.uk/wii-u-ddc/the-legend-of-zelda-x-mario-kart-8-aoc-pack-digital-download/10991121.html

 

Each Add On Content pack will contain two new cups, each with four courses, which, in total, increases the number of available courses by 50 percent. The Add On Content packs include classics like Wario’s Gold Mine from Mario Kart Wii, as well as new courses, some taking place in the worlds of The Legend of Zelda and Animal Crossing. New vehicles will also arrive with each pack, including the Blue Falcon kart representing the F-Zero franchise in the first AOC pack.

 

Mario Kart 8 Pack 1 - Released: November 2014

 

Pack 1 includes:

•3 Characters: Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach, Link
•4 Vehicles
•8 Courses

 

Mario Kart 8 Pack 2 - Released: May 2015

 

Pack 2 includes:

•3 Characters: Villager, Isabelle, Dry Bowser
•4 Vehicles
•8 Courses

 

As a bonus for purchasing both packs - as a bundle or separately - you can get eight different-coloured Yoshis and eight different-coloured Shy Guys that can be used right away.

lol just not noticed dlc pack 2 has a release date of may 2015. uh.

^nice! I wish the characters weren't so shit though, the original roster is already pretty lame (no dry bones, boo etc.)

 

MkDS was the shit

  On 8/27/2014 at 1:26 AM, Akiak said:

^nice! I wish the characters weren't so shit though, the original roster is already pretty lame (no dry bones, boo etc.)

 

MkDS was the shit

 

lol yeah. and then baby Mario, baby luigi. baby peach, metal mario.

plus there's no battle courses (not that I really care about battle but obviously a few people do).

it seems as though they had their priorities in making polished and with heaps of great courses (which is a good thing!) and ... cut a few corners on battle and character roster : )

recently got Castlevania : Double Pack for the GBA.

have played and loved the DS ones. finally playing these ones for the first time. Harmony Of Dissonance is pretty great so far. it feels a lot more rooted in oldschool castlevania and the levelling up/RPG elements of the great are a bit underplayed, which is fine! the game makes you rely on dodging and darting around and speeding up your reflexes. it's also fun playing in such a bog standard Dracula castle setting again ^-^

  On 8/27/2014 at 1:36 AM, bitroast said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 1:26 AM, Akiak said:

 

^nice! I wish the characters weren't so shit though, the original roster is already pretty lame (no dry bones, boo etc.)

 

MkDS was the shit

lol yeah. and then baby Mario, baby luigi. baby peach, metal mario.

plus there's no battle courses (not that I really care about battle but obviously a few people do).

it seems as though they had their priorities in making polished and with heaps of great courses (which is a good thing!) and ... cut a few corners on battle and character roster : )

this is Nintendo 2015, few 1st party titles mean much more DLC on a regular basis for pretty much any title they can to make up lost revenue. This next year will decide Iwata's fate.

i just bought call of duty black ops 2 for wii u and i'm playing it and the disc is constantly spinning and thinking. a bit noisey i think. is it normal?

  On 8/27/2014 at 1:59 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 1:36 AM, bitroast said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 1:26 AM, Akiak said:

^nice! I wish the characters weren't so shit though, the original roster is already pretty lame (no dry bones, boo etc.)

 

MkDS was the shit

lol yeah. and then baby Mario, baby luigi. baby peach, metal mario.

plus there's no battle courses (not that I really care about battle but obviously a few people do).

it seems as though they had their priorities in making polished and with heaps of great courses (which is a good thing!) and ... cut a few corners on battle and character roster : )

this is Nintendo 2015, few 1st party titles mean much more DLC on a regular basis for pretty much any title they can to make up lost revenue. This next year will decide Iwata's fate.

 

 

Maybe Iwata should resign just to the role of hosting the Iwata Asks. It's the only time I actually have a clear sense of what Iwata actually does (because it has his name clearly labelled next to his questions)

 

That's right! (laughs)

Everyone: (laughs)