What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 6/3/2015 at 9:00 PM, autopilot said:

I'll definitely look into Stalker. I remember hearing they were good back in the day but I was a console pleb back then. Totally gonna check them out now.

 

So Clear Sky should be avoided but the other two are good?

Yeah pretty much. If you decide to avoid Clear Sky you wouldn't be missing much. But definitely check out Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Pripyat. SoC has some similarities to FO3 but actually pre-dates it by a year and a half. As before, it's worth checking into the mods as well, especially the Stalker Complete mod.

I have nothing to say about graphics really, as I played Alien: Isolation at 60fps on my pc and loved it, so if it's done right, count me in. That said, I wish more developers would stylize their graphic styles a bit more, rather than realism for realism's sake. Real life is realistic--let's go a bit fantastical with the game worlds, 'k? Like those aliens, or the working joes.

No Man's Sky, for example, looks absolutely incredible. Put me up for that!

  On 6/3/2015 at 11:53 PM, Bechuga said:

I have nothing to say about graphics really, as I played Alien: Isolation at 60fps on my pc and loved it, so if it's done right, count me in. That said, I wish more developers would stylize their graphic styles a bit more, rather than realism for realism's sake. Real life is realistic--let's go a bit fantastical with the game worlds, 'k? Like those aliens, or the working joes.

 

No Man's Sky, for example, looks absolutely incredible. Put me up for that!

Amen!

Also, I would think that Fallout is a hard game to show off in a trailer. It's a very slow and static game compared to so many other games (just look at GTA) so making a captivating trailer for it must be extremely hard. But hey, I really like the setting they've chosen and I love the universe. Sign me the fuck up!

Fallout has its own legion of followers (or mutants) so they don't need a trailer to sell it. The trailer is pretty much preaching to the converted (or the irradiated?).

  On 6/3/2015 at 6:52 PM, Gocab said:

Game trailers usually have better graphics than the finished product. Juss sayin.

pretty much, perhaps they're aiming for a nintendo wii U exclusive release.

ho ho ho, mothafokkrz, you want some of this.

Regarding Stalker: SoC, as much as I adore it, the first hour or so is like dragging your balls through rusty nails, particular the first mission where you need to clear out a yard of bandits. It gets better once your gear is a bit more respectable, trust me.

can't believe I woke up at 6:00 am to see that trailer. I'm not morbidly disappointed. Gotta say, I really loved the DLC from NV. Dead Money, Old World Blues. Those were vivd, strange and colorful. Old World Blues especially, with all of its crazy technology stuff. If the institute is a big deal in Fallout 4 then probably there will be more of that. The thing that always wowed me was how most of the population in fallout games lived primitively and then you'd suddenly get this intrusion of super high tech stuff.

Obsidian Entertainment is what makes the games good.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (released for Xbox in 2004 and for PC in 2005)
Neverwinter Nights 2 (released for PC in 2006)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (released for PC in 2007)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (released for PC in 2008)
Alpha Protocol (May 28, 2010)
Fallout: New Vegas (Oct 19, 2010)
Dungeon Siege III (Jun 21, 2011)
Wheel of Time (Future game, co-developers)
South Park: The Stick of Truth (2014)
Pillars of Eternity (2014)

  On 6/4/2015 at 1:20 AM, WeAreOceans said:

Regarding Stalker: SoC, as much as I adore it, the first hour or so is like dragging your balls through rusty nails, particular the first mission where you need to clear out a yard of bandits. It gets better once your gear is a bit more respectable, trust me.

Yeah even though there's no XP system you'll find yourself upgrading your gear pretty much after every time you complete a main quest.

I also like the fact that individual weapons are quite versatile for as many as there are, thus allowing you to fight more efficiently with a smaller arsenal. I prefer this to becoming a walking pile of guns like in classic shooters, since it adds to the realism. But I've rambled on about this game enough.

It's added to the wishlist and I'll definitely be giving it a try. So if I'm not mistaken there's no XP/attributes/min maxing and it's all just a matter of getting better gear? (kinda like Far Cry 3 if you started with all the skills and didn't have to earn em?)

Cuz I'm totally cool with that and that seems like it would fun. I already get my stat-obsession fix with Borderlands 2.

the RPG system in the Stalker games is subtle and mostly hidden, you don't have to involve yourself in it at all. the real appeal of Stalker is the atmosphere and the combat, literally stalking.

So fallout4, dark souls3, expansion for bloodborne... this is a good time

E3 is getting close, huh? I'm pretty fucking excited.

We need a thread tbh. I would make one but I don't have thread-editing powers anymore, which would be kind of handy in a thread like that. To update the OP with conference times etc.

if dark souls 3 isnt on the PCim gonna be raging. Anyway, gave dragon age inquistion 20 hours of my time, i hate it. looks shiny, but the combat is incredibly dull, and im pretty much just bored as fuck with it.

Playing with a combat system as interesting and satisfying as dark souls has pretty much ruined other RPG's for me. i started to replay skyrim with some mods and all the dlc and couldnt get even 10 hours into that either.

can you imagine a game which has the world of skyrim and the combat of dark souls? huge and open, but unlike skyrim, which ultimately felt boring as fuck because you could explore anywhere from the outset, so there was no wonder or mystery in it, certain areas have much harder enemies, so it might take you 40 hours of levelling before you could even reach a certain city? that would be unbelievably cool.

  On 6/4/2015 at 1:57 PM, Squee said:

E3 is getting close, huh? I'm pretty fucking excited.

halflife3 confirmed

  On 6/4/2015 at 2:38 PM, messiaen said:

can you imagine a game which has the world of skyrim and the combat of dark souls? huge and open, but unlike skyrim, which ultimately felt boring as fuck because you could explore anywhere from the outset, so there was no wonder or mystery in it, certain areas have much harder enemies, so it might take you 40 hours of levelling before you could even reach a certain city? that would be unbelievably cool.

the world and lore and pure style of DS is far superior to Skyrim imo. and I like Skyrim.

Skyrim is great, but it has lots of issues. I think the combat system is pretty decent though. The AI is a bit whatever though. If enemies were more dynamic in their fighting and strategy it would be more engaging. It's really predictable though, and very unnatural.

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Skyrim's biggest pitfall is the repeitive and recycled content, really. The same caves/tombs/forts/camps with the same enemies, just with bigger health pools and damage output as it gets harder. Other than that I do enjoy the Elder Scrolls games, but once I start getting used to the pattern and rhythm of the game I lose interest very quickly. They at least do a decent job of hiding little interesting things round the world like cabins full of cool shit, unique NPCs here and there, slightly off the wall quests, secret items and the like. ES games basically eat up a few weeks of my life then I never touch them again (I never get that excited about mods).

  On 6/4/2015 at 4:27 PM, WeAreOceans said:

Skyrim's biggest pitfall is the repeitive and recycled content, really. The same caves/tombs/forts/camps with the same enemies, just with bigger health pools and damage output as it gets harder. Other than that I do enjoy the Elder Scrolls games, but once I start getting used to the pattern and rhythm of the game I lose interest very quickly. They at least do a decent job of hiding little interesting things round the world like cabins full of cool shit, unique NPCs here and there, slightly off the wall quests, secret items and the like. ES games basically eat up a few weeks of my life then I never touch them again (I never get that excited about mods).

That's every RPG ever made you're describing there.

And to be fair, I actually think Bethesda are pretty good at creating an interesting environment that keep you hooked. Actually they are pretty unmatched when it comes to map variety in RPGs, and they also manages to have their games packed with content in every game they've ever made.

Like in Skyrim there's this whole enormous Dwarven Ruins world ("Blackreach" - I think), that's only part of a sidemission (as far as I remember), and could easily be missed. That tells you a bit about confidence in map and content creation.

I only got bored of Fallout 3 because I hit the level cap. If the game had allowed me to level on forever, I would have completed everything on the map. Ah, those were good times...

  On 6/4/2015 at 2:04 PM, Friendly Foil said:

We need a thread tbh. I would make one but I don't have thread-editing powers anymore, which would be kind of handy in a thread like that. To update the OP with conference times etc.

I'll make a thread as we get closer to E3 :)

  On 6/4/2015 at 5:21 PM, Squee said:

 

  On 6/4/2015 at 2:04 PM, Friendly Foil said:

We need a thread tbh. I would make one but I don't have thread-editing powers anymore, which would be kind of handy in a thread like that. To update the OP with conference times etc.

I'll make a thread as we get closer to E3 :)

 

Yassss.

Mighty No. 9 in 60fps trailer

That figure would look cool next to my Mega Man amiibo...