It's still on my wishlist, so I'll give it another look come the big Steam Summer Sale.
What other games are we all playing?
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When no doubt the whole process of asking opinions and advice (and then ignoring it) will start all over again...
See that, that's just rude. So I'll take your advice and actually "ignore" you. Shame, as I used to value what you had to say in this forum...When no doubt the whole process of asking opinions and advice (and then ignoring it) will start all over again...
No, that's a joke.
I guess it's OK for you to compare me to a Jehovah's Witness for trying to help & answer your repeated questions, but a bit of friendly banter in return is "rude"? Whatever.And I could count on one hand the number of my posts you've liked, so don't say you used to value what I had to say. Even when I went to significant effort and time into responding to your queries.
But do what you want.
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Just bought Mass Effect Legendary Edition for Xbox One X and it's downloading the 80gb right now.
I've played this trilogy to bits back in my pc gaming days and can't wait to relive this epic story once again.
The reviews are very good and from what I've seen so far ME1 has been greatly enhanced.
Imho the ME trilogy is one of the biggest rpg icons in history next to Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2.
I've played this trilogy to bits back in my pc gaming days and can't wait to relive this epic story once again.
The reviews are very good and from what I've seen so far ME1 has been greatly enhanced.
Imho the ME trilogy is one of the biggest rpg icons in history next to Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2.
An unexpected treat for me since I've been playing the AC Valhalla DLC set in Ireland for the last day or so. A few beautiful Gaelic songs...I wonder if Ubisoft even realised it's sung in my native language of Scots Gaelic rather than Irish Gaelic...the language is Irish Gaelic but intonation is Scots...very strange
Regardless, it brought a tear to my old eyes... memories of a childhood when English was still a foreign language I had yet to learn
Regardless, it brought a tear to my old eyes... memories of a childhood when English was still a foreign language I had yet to learn
Five ways that connect you
Four winds bless you
Three heads you kiss
Two fateful heels that will make your howl feel - under them
On the Hill of Tara standing, Lia Fáil
On the Hill of Tara standing, Lia Fáil
I am the stone heart of Inis Fáil
The heart where secrets are known is hidden
The heart that recognizes all desires
The poet who sings only, under the heels of a true king
I sing the Inis Fáil song
Truly your desire for Ireland, I will break my silence
My cries will be heard in the fertile field In the breath of peace, in the beneficial mist
They brought me to the hill Who begged my will for the five
They are said to protect the country
And directing an Inis Fáil poem
Four winds bless you
Three heads you kiss
Two fateful heels that will make your howl feel - under them
On the Hill of Tara standing, Lia Fáil
On the Hill of Tara standing, Lia Fáil
I am the stone heart of Inis Fáil
The heart where secrets are known is hidden
The heart that recognizes all desires
The poet who sings only, under the heels of a true king
I sing the Inis Fáil song
Truly your desire for Ireland, I will break my silence
My cries will be heard in the fertile field In the breath of peace, in the beneficial mist
They brought me to the hill Who begged my will for the five
They are said to protect the country
And directing an Inis Fáil poem
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An unexpected treat for me since I've been playing the AC Valhalla DLC set in Ireland for the last day or so. A few beautiful Gaelic songs...I wonder if Ubisoft even realised it's sung in my native language of Scots Gaelic rather than Irish Gaelic...the language is Irish Gaelic but intonation is Scots...very strange
Regardless, it brought a tear to my old eyes... memories of a childhood when English was still a foreign language I had yet to learn
Five ways that connect you
Four winds bless you
Three heads you kiss
Two fateful heels that will make your howl feel - under them
On the Hill of Tara standing, Lia Fáil
On the Hill of Tara standing, Lia Fáil
I am the stone heart of Inis Fáil
The heart where secrets are known is hidden
The heart that recognizes all desires
The poet who sings only, under the heels of a true king
I sing the Inis Fáil song
Truly your desire for Ireland, I will break my silence
My cries will be heard in the fertile field In the breath of peace, in the beneficial mist
They brought me to the hill Who begged my will for the five
They are said to protect the country
And directing an Inis Fáil poem
I would imagine they would know that - since I think Julie Fowlis (who sang the 2nd track) is a fairly prominent Scots Gaelic folk singer. Even I've heard of her, and I barely speak a word.
Beautiful, also. Not a big fan of the game myself, but this I like.
It's all the same language at the end of the day...Irish Gaelic was the original Mother tongue...Scot's Gaelic is only a local variation of it...as is Welsh and CornishI would imagine they would know that - since I think Julie Fowlis (who sang the 2nd track) is a fairly prominent Scots Gaelic folk singer. Even I've heard of her, and I barely speak a word.
Beautiful, also. Not a big fan of the game myself, but this I like.
Love Julie Fowlis too
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X4 is a great game, imho, however it is tricky to understand, the UI is more Eve than anything else, however it is fun. I played it for about 350 hours and had a blast but it did not fill the ED / BGSO (yes I'm a Cylon) hole.
TBH nothing filled the gap left after BGSO closed.
I started playing X3:TC, which I've owned for awhile (bought it for a song) but never really tried until now. I still have a lot to learn, but it seems to have potential. It does feel a little "slow" and "stale" to me compared to the fun and not to serious Rebel Galaxy, but maybe that's just because I'm starting out. RG has a sort of Firefly feel to it, especially interacting with NPCs. I've yet to have any meaningful interactions with NPCs in X3 except my flight instructor, LOL.
How are NPCs in X4? I know they are wonderful from a "every NPC is actually doing something that makes a difference in the game" perspective, but do they have character?
I'd recommend AP - they fixed a bunch of stuff in AP and mod support is better. (there's even a mod to play the TC story in AP if you prefer that)
Make sure you install the bonus pack.
That's a good point re NPC character. Yes they do have character, each faction reacts in a different way and each has its own view of you as a friend or a threat. Individually station based NPC have character and can surprise when responding, occasionally. Storyline NPC are more involved than station based NPC. Overall NPC is pretty good.
Got about 25 games against the AI in. I can fairly consistently beat medium, the couple of times I've played hard it kicked my backside. Playing Protoss obvs.
Still a few days before it'll let me rank. That should be amusing.
Tempted. I have the full series plus all DLC and have put a stupid number of hours in to 3 game runthroughs. Am really interested to see #1 in it's new state!
I want my allies to say, "It's a fine day with you around!" Skyrim and Dragon's Dogma spoiled me bad when it comes to NPC interactions. Red Dead, too.
I've yet to find any story in X3, but I'm very much a noob. I'm just kinda toying around with it for now, contemplating what comes after Rebel Galaxy (which I suspect is a relatively quick game to finish).
The trick with X3 (IMO) is to quickly build towards passive income. One you have some auto-traders setup (or even CLS traders - which are cheaper, but more complicated to configure) your options open up a lot. I have a fleet of like 50 mk3 universe traders in my current X3:AP game (and a bunch of factory complexes, etc).... and believe it or not I still find stuff to spend my money on.
There are a few options at the beginning to build towards your first auto-trader. You can of course do trading... but manual trading is not exactly the most exciting thing in the world. Depending on your start I'd recommend passenger transport missions or combat missions (you just need cargo bay life support to do passenger transport). I actually STILL do passenger transport missions even though I have a big empire in my game as the missions can pay millions and millions once you have high rep with factions.
You'll also want to buy some cheap fast fighters to do sector exploration (Teladi sell the software for this)
Roguey's site has all kinds of great guides and info.
In addition to the bonus pack (which is a must have - you'll need to learn to use things like CLS if you get into the game - you can automate SO MUCH of the repetitive stuff in X3) I'd recommend the "better globals" pack which is great for QoL (increases comms distance, docking distance, etc). I have several other mods I use too, but bonus pack + better globals is good enough to start and you can always add more mods later.
For me it's been a while since I played the original trilogy and playing the new legendary edition with the new enhancements is a real treat, feels a bit like coming home again.
They didn't only enhance the graphics, the sound is better too and combat feels much more snappier more solid as to how I remember it.
Although I bought all three games and their dlc back in the days I didn't mind paying 60euros again for this remaster, imho it's more then worth it.
This trilogy is an icon and I'm happy with the "one package, all in" deal.
AP is the one that comes after TC, right? I think I own that. Is each DLC independent, or are they sequential? In other words, is there a story in TC that will be spoiled if I jump into AP without playing TC?
I was thinking about reinstalling Age of Wonders 3 again. Has anyone picked up the dlc's for this game?
Any good?
Any good?
I have all of them. They are good and at this point are probably close to free price wise.