What other games are we all playing?

Jezzah

Jezzah
Jezzah said:
Mutant year Zero has popped up in Origin Access now also. That'll be getting played this week by me.
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To follow up on this above. Started playing yesterday. Lovely little game this that plays very similar to XCOM, the setting being post apocalyptic in repair is nice. The characters are mostly enjoyable and nicely voice acted. There is real time stealth which is fun and allows you to position your team for maximum effect or to just loot areas way above your level for much needed items.

But...

The difficulty curve in the early game is brutal. I'm playing on the mid setting and all was fine until I got to where I am now, it's just gone through the roof. There are some particularly annoying robotic tanky enemies that have massive range of movement which can revive dead enemies you've worked hard to down.

I'll bump it down a notch to low and see if it's more manageable.

Overall though it's a nice little game they nailed the story telling through environmental clues nicely.
 

[VR] optimal_909

[VR] optimal_909
Navigare Necesse Est said:
I think GTA III and GTA IV had superb picks of tracks. And I mean music tracks. How is that doing in GTA V? Haven't looked at it.
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I can't think of any GTA that hasn't got superb tracks! Try Radio Mirror Park for GTA V. :)

Jezzah said:
To follow up on this above. Started playing yesterday. Lovely little game this that plays very similar to XCOM, the setting being post apocalyptic in repair is nice. The characters are mostly enjoyable and nicely voice acted. There is real time stealth which is fun and allows you to position your team for maximum effect or to just loot areas way above your level for much needed items.

But...

The difficulty curve in the early game is brutal. I'm playing on the mid setting and all was fine until I got to where I am now, it's just gone through the roof. There are some particularly annoying robotic tanky enemies that have massive range of movement which can revive dead enemies you've worked hard to down.

I'll bump it down a notch to low and see if it's more manageable.

Overall though it's a nice little game they nailed the story telling through environmental clues nicely.
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I also picked it up, but haven't tried it so far. Unless you get those fancy 90+% shots that miss, it can't be worse than XCOM. :)
 
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Chris Simon

Chris Simon
Jezzah said:
To follow up on this above. Started playing yesterday. Lovely little game this that plays very similar to XCOM, the setting being post apocalyptic in repair is nice. The characters are mostly enjoyable and nicely voice acted. There is real time stealth which is fun and allows you to position your team for maximum effect or to just loot areas way above your level for much needed items.

But...

The difficulty curve in the early game is brutal. I'm playing on the mid setting and all was fine until I got to where I am now, it's just gone through the roof. There are some particularly annoying robotic tanky enemies that have massive range of movement which can revive dead enemies you've worked hard to down.

I'll bump it down a notch to low and see if it's more manageable.

Overall though it's a nice little game they nailed the story telling through environmental clues nicely.
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Some fights you can't win by brute-forcing your way through.
Try sneaking around, picking up the enemies separately if possible.
 

Jezzah

Jezzah
Chris Simon said:
Some fights you can't win by brute-forcing your way through.
Try sneaking around, picking up the enemies separately if possible.
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Yeah that's a nice touch in the game that I like. But in the early game after about 2 hours you come across Medbots that I referred to above and also others called shamans which bring in more reinforcements. Both of these are very well tanked and have large range of movement. So on the one hand you have a thing that picks up those you've killed and another thing that spawns in 3 more things each time it uses the ability..

I thought XCOM could be harsh ... but wow. :)
 

Vasea Azure

Vasea Azure
lostagain said:
Is it just about driving a truck around or is there more to it?
Possibly a stupid question, but I really would like to know.
Thanks
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Thats pretty much it, you are driving a 18 wheeler from a to b :D
More seriously yes, you take jobs to transport various stuff, ern money and upgrade/buy/sell trucks. You can also manage your fleet, hire drivers and run a basic business.
 

lostagain

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Vasea Azure said:
Thats pretty much it, you are driving a 18 wheeler from a to b :D
More seriously yes, you take jobs to transport various stuff, ern money and upgrade/buy/sell trucks. You can also manage your fleet, hire drivers and run a basic business.
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Thanks Vasea
I was hoping there was more to it. Like what, I'm not sure.
The graphics sure look good though.
Thanks again.
 

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
Old Duck said:
Ditto that! I remember lugging my huge gaming PC to a friend's house where we'd play Command & Conqueror Generals all day long. He'd make the rest of us pizza, and while we were eating it he'd launch his attack. Sneaky dog!

And then there was 4-way split-screen COD as we all squinted at TV and yelled at each other, "No screen peeking!" Ah, them were the days 🤗
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Oooh, similar here. Except it was usually curries, not pizza, and we'd mix up C&C with AoE and other games.
 

Old Duck

Old Duck
Agony_Aunt said:
Oooh, similar here. Except it was usually curries, not pizza, and we'd mix up C&C with AoE and other games.
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Ever play the Stronghold games? My wife and I used to play against each other a lot. She'd get annoyed because I'd send assassins in to take out her food production when she wasn't paying attention, and I'd get annoyed because she'd build these ridiculous, unrealistic castles that were basically a daisy chain of towers. LOL.

"Calculating!"
 

Cmdr Mander

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Just downloaded Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Edition on Steam. Played the original years ago and quite enjoyed it and figured for the price of four pints it's worth a punt.
 
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