Sounds like you've been infected by the building creator bug. Might want to consider Satisfactory or Cities: Skylines in the future. Both of these are constructing civilization megalomania on 'roid rage
What other games are we all playing?
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Sounds like you've been infected by the building creator bug. Might want to consider Satisfactory or Cities: Skylines in the future. Both of these are constructing civilization megalomania on 'roid rage
I hate being inflicted with Multiple Account Disorder.
I have several games with alts. The common factor is that one can progress more rapidly in the early stages, but the grind becomes tiresome afterwards. With Elite, I have one alt that was purchased for exploration, and the other to replicate the new player experience. The exploration alt moved to Colonia, so I could play there without the travel time. The next alt is now frozen at the moment before the major engineering grind. Unless it wants to travel (it doesn't), it's being held as a second bubble account for when Frontier burns everything.
Yes, the accounts have personalities. I have plenty to spare.
I want my discoveries credited to my main account. The exploration account has done it's grind, and is enjoying it's expat life in Colonia. The third account just feels left out.
Time is the key currency in all games. Use it well. Alt accounts can result in MAD.
I have several games with alts. The common factor is that one can progress more rapidly in the early stages, but the grind becomes tiresome afterwards. With Elite, I have one alt that was purchased for exploration, and the other to replicate the new player experience. The exploration alt moved to Colonia, so I could play there without the travel time. The next alt is now frozen at the moment before the major engineering grind. Unless it wants to travel (it doesn't), it's being held as a second bubble account for when Frontier burns everything.
Yes, the accounts have personalities. I have plenty to spare.
I want my discoveries credited to my main account. The exploration account has done it's grind, and is enjoying it's expat life in Colonia. The third account just feels left out.
Time is the key currency in all games. Use it well. Alt accounts can result in MAD.
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Am in a (brief hopefully) Elite lull - got bored with the Odyssey Alpha because of the very limited scope atm, and my motivation to play my main account has dropped significantly since the Alpha hit - cannot wait to play the full package but that'll be a while off still.
Spending quite a bit of time in FS2020, and have rekindled my interest in Forza Horizon 4 again, despite having most SP events and amassed 500+ cars. The way its online season events work is pretty good, and unlocking hard to get cars still motivates me sufficiently. Best simcade ever.
Also on my second playthrough of CP2077, since patch 1.2 it's more enjoyable since that reduced some of the jank and it looks prettier than ever.
Spending quite a bit of time in FS2020, and have rekindled my interest in Forza Horizon 4 again, despite having most SP events and amassed 500+ cars. The way its online season events work is pretty good, and unlocking hard to get cars still motivates me sufficiently. Best simcade ever.
Also on my second playthrough of CP2077, since patch 1.2 it's more enjoyable since that reduced some of the jank and it looks prettier than ever.
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I have also encountered Twitch Disorder.
I started my own streaming channel, and ran out of voice, and enthusiasm rapidly.
Result: a couple of no-voice run-throughs of a Starting Sidewinder playthrough. Exceedingly boring. Streaming on my Discord is more fun. I can reach my friends, and show them gameplay far more easily and pleasantly.
I'll just let the channel sit there. It's more fun to play games, than it is to exhibit them.
I started my own streaming channel, and ran out of voice, and enthusiasm rapidly.
Result: a couple of no-voice run-throughs of a Starting Sidewinder playthrough. Exceedingly boring. Streaming on my Discord is more fun. I can reach my friends, and show them gameplay far more easily and pleasantly.
I'll just let the channel sit there. It's more fun to play games, than it is to exhibit them.
Little bit of Airport CEO. 
It's a good mix, isn't it. The belt spaghetti boggled my mind. But that didn't hinder me to do that thing in 3D with Satisfactory. A nice mix too, You start in unknown map and explore. It's always the same map but exploring it was super satisfying for me. And the sounds the machines make are giving it the right clang.
I don't use alts. I do playthroughs. Grinding secondary accounts to help a main one is borderline cheesy. Often, the early game is the best part and I just stop playing once I deem a PT "done". As when I develop a campaign far enough to steamroll the enemies in Total War, can produce anything and there is no real option to explore anymore, completed my charcter goals. Or just when the current PT becomes boring. Playthroughs can take 100 or hundreds of hours but that is very rare. And it needs to be something that doesn't require brain-dead grind like ED. I like games that offer their arsenal of variety quickly or consistently rather than gate it behind several tight sphincter roadblocks.I hate being inflicted with Multiple Account Disorder.
I have several games with alts. The common factor is that one can progress more rapidly in the early stages, but the grind becomes tiresome afterwards. With Elite, I have one alt that was purchased for exploration, and the other to replicate the new player experience. The exploration alt moved to Colonia, so I could play there without the travel time. The next alt is now frozen at the moment before the major engineering grind. Unless it wants to travel (it doesn't), it's being held as a second bubble account for when Frontier burns everything.
Yes, the accounts have personalities. I have plenty to spare.
I want my discoveries credited to my main account. The exploration account has done it's grind, and is enjoying it's expat life in Colonia. The third account just feels left out.
Time is the key currency in all games. Use it well. Alt accounts can result in MAD.
Lots of Star Wars stuff on sale at Steam. Squadrons is 50% off. Lots of the shooters are $5 or less.
Also, World Of Tanks is now on Steam.
Also, World Of Tanks is now on Steam.
I watched a playthrough on youtube. Not sure what the right word is.. the liberal SJW messaging was too strong not just to be coincidence there. Will wait for it to be free on the epic games store otherwise they'll make more. If only they went back to classic storytelling that could have been so good.
I've been on a retro binge.
ME 1-3.
Fallout 3, NV, 4.
Bioshock 1-3.
Metro 1-3.
Kotor 1-2.
Civ 2, cuz I modded it so heavliy.
System Shock 1 and 2 enhanced.
Deus Ex 1-3.
BG 2 with the wife in co-op.
Tomb Raider latest trilogy.
ME 1-3.
Fallout 3, NV, 4.
Bioshock 1-3.
Metro 1-3.
Kotor 1-2.
Civ 2, cuz I modded it so heavliy.
System Shock 1 and 2 enhanced.
Deus Ex 1-3.
BG 2 with the wife in co-op.
Tomb Raider latest trilogy.
X-Plane 11 with the CowanSim Hughes 500E flying from Southern Indiana at Clark Regional KJVY to Jamaica MKJS in real weather. Might need a few stops to refuel. It includes the Garmin GNS 430 and 530 to help or install the Reality XP GTN 750 for more modern avionics at additional cost.
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Is that this obscenely expensive game which cost 70 coins worldwide ($, €, £) citing "next gen prices"? I think it might hint at an answer to your unanswered question here ;-)
Indie game/Early Access Astrox Imperium --- aka the solo player of EVE Offline -- is currently at a really great bargain at 40% disount for $9 USD on Steam.
This has been quietly baking for a while in the Steam oven. And has finally matured to point where it's finally an engaging experience. Will be jumping in on Steam's sale but won't be playing this for a while thanks to irl obligations atm. But the game performance, gameplay and graphics are looking very promising at this point of its alpha state. It's likely to become the next addicting space sim sandbox with light RPG campaign storyline. Latter is still WIP.
But it's exactly the right scratch for the itch ppl get from wanting to play a personal, tactical 1st POV of Stellaris. With the insane micromanagmenet buidling mindset of Space Engineers/X4.. Tons of quest and sandbox content ranging from tactical ship/fleet to station base/empire building. Without losing any of the strategic empire expansion picture and hours invested in the micromanagment of your ships/fleet and empire alliances.
So this Steam sale is a great steal if you've got a Stellaris/EVE/X4/SE mindset. It's also a great way to support a financially struggling, one man Indie dev who is genuinely interested in producing a solid space game. IMO this alpha is proof a game doesn't require dev support to the tune of a Fortune 500 investment. Where hundreds of millions of dollars get invested into dev resources. Or require a AAA sized dev team to produce a truly engaging and addictive space sim.
edit: Seems the Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation sandbox scenario is also being bundled with base game at discount for $17. The MQ is basically Hardspace: Ship breaker with the gameplay scope of X4/SE/Stellaris. A good review of this game scenario in this 2018 video
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHf7z4JwDEQ
This has been quietly baking for a while in the Steam oven. And has finally matured to point where it's finally an engaging experience. Will be jumping in on Steam's sale but won't be playing this for a while thanks to irl obligations atm. But the game performance, gameplay and graphics are looking very promising at this point of its alpha state. It's likely to become the next addicting space sim sandbox with light RPG campaign storyline. Latter is still WIP.
But it's exactly the right scratch for the itch ppl get from wanting to play a personal, tactical 1st POV of Stellaris. With the insane micromanagmenet buidling mindset of Space Engineers/X4.. Tons of quest and sandbox content ranging from tactical ship/fleet to station base/empire building. Without losing any of the strategic empire expansion picture and hours invested in the micromanagment of your ships/fleet and empire alliances.
So this Steam sale is a great steal if you've got a Stellaris/EVE/X4/SE mindset. It's also a great way to support a financially struggling, one man Indie dev who is genuinely interested in producing a solid space game. IMO this alpha is proof a game doesn't require dev support to the tune of a Fortune 500 investment. Where hundreds of millions of dollars get invested into dev resources. Or require a AAA sized dev team to produce a truly engaging and addictive space sim.
edit: Seems the Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation sandbox scenario is also being bundled with base game at discount for $17. The MQ is basically Hardspace: Ship breaker with the gameplay scope of X4/SE/Stellaris. A good review of this game scenario in this 2018 video
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I JUST discovered Soulcalibur. I cannot BELIEVE that I've missed out on this game back when I was on PS3!!! I must have heard about it but assumed it was something else. It's like the perfect mix of DOA and The Sims, something both my wife and I can enjoy and play together on the big TV. It's not worth the full price IMO, but the current $8.99 Steam Sale ($13 for deluxe version which includes favorite 2B) is definitely worth it to me.
Hey Frontier - give us a character creator like SC6 has, and then you too can sell use clothing DLC at silly prices, and silly people like me will buy it, LOL.
Hey Frontier - give us a character creator like SC6 has, and then you too can sell use clothing DLC at silly prices, and silly people like me will buy it, LOL.
Is it good? I've got my eye on it. Heard good things. Is it worth getting?
Just got Pathfinder: Kingmaker
A nice callback to the old days of Baldur's gate 1 and 2 and i'm still playing BG3 EA, but whereas BG3 is EA and limited to the first act only, P:K is a full game, even if less graphically spectacular.
A nice callback to the old days of Baldur's gate 1 and 2 and i'm still playing BG3 EA, but whereas BG3 is EA and limited to the first act only, P:K is a full game, even if less graphically spectacular.
I dived into Foxhole and commited myself to the Warden cause. For Callahan!
After watching Foxhole LPs I decided it might be something I'd like to play, just the hurdle to connect to people to take. It's a very good example of team-based competitive wargame on a grand scale.
After watching Foxhole LPs I decided it might be something I'd like to play, just the hurdle to connect to people to take. It's a very good example of team-based competitive wargame on a grand scale.
You have to really like "challenging" games. And danmaku-ish style games. And rouge-ish games. If those boxes are all ticked, then it's amazing (imo).
I wouldn't call Returnal relaxing per se, but it makes one's heart race, and i've not had something requiring such focus since probably Resogun.
Great atmosphere, i like the theming and mystery, RNG punishes you sometimes, but then it can be fun trying to play with what it generates.
It's really going to split opinions, as i can see loads calling it too hard, and dont like the core game design: but then they've probably never played Rogue / Nethack / Moria / Angband, like true rogues, as even Issac or Enter the Gungeon are kinda more forgiving.
So ponder hard, dont get it if you just like the idea of it.