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 ;-)
What other games are we all playing?
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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.
What is danmaku-style?
Bullet-hell videogames. Like R-type, or more appropriately those that fill the screen with stuff to dodge between:
Returnal isn't really that full on.
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Apart from the Odyssey Alpha I've played quite a bit of Vermintide 2 lately. The new free expansion Chaos Wastes is good, I was skeptic at first, since I didn't really like Winds of Magic, that also had you start fresh, but Chaos Wastes is way less grindy and just long enough for an evening session to complete.
Valheim too, but it has peaked for now, went through all the current content, explored most of my map, and finished most of my building projects - still play it with my wife and my kids from time to time.
Valheim too, but it has peaked for now, went through all the current content, explored most of my map, and finished most of my building projects - still play it with my wife and my kids from time to time.
Oddly, was trying to find something as well, and ended up with a cocktail of Rocket League, and wait for it: Planet Explorers. They totally screwed that up multiplayer wise, and yet the single player is still quite refreshing. RL is frustrating and it properly tilts me, but PE, tranquil enough to stop me being a moody git. 
I still play Atlas as well, some allure about boats, and high seas. Looking forward to Odyssey though. Haven't touched Alpha, I'm being patient for the full experience!
I still play Atlas as well, some allure about boats, and high seas. Looking forward to Odyssey though. Haven't touched Alpha, I'm being patient for the full experience!
Oddly, was trying to find something as well, and ended up with a cocktail of Rocket League, and wait for it: Planet Explorers. They totally screwed that up multiplayer wise, and yet the single player is still quite refreshing. RL is frustrating and it properly tilts me, but PE, tranquil enough to stop me being a moody git.
I still play Atlas as well, some allure about boats, and high seas. Looking forward to Odyssey though. Haven't touched Alpha, I'm being patient for the full experience!
Oh wow, i got Planet Explorers years ago before the whole kerfuffle. IIRC bought copies for the kids as well. We played it a little then forgot about it. So the whole issue with multiplayer being dropped never really bothered us.
Finally took some time to play Alien:Isolation. What an astonishing anomaly of game design that turned out to be. It's like modern gaming developed along some alternate timeline, a far superior timeline in my opinion, where all the right lessons were learned from the past, all the right decisions were made with respect to the new opportunities afforded by the future, all the right iterations and departures made from established design tropes; and somehow ONE game from this alternate timeline slipped through an interdimensional portal into our world. Nobody makes games like this. Nobody is even trying to make games like this.
It is far from perfect, and it made a lousy first impression in the opening hour or so, but wow the authority with which all the elements of the game come together is just undeniable. Every nuance of every feature feels so well considered, and (most importantly) so utterly indifferent to what you are "supposed" to do in game design right now.
Limited savegame options and specific checkpoints? Got em.
Mission-critical text and expository story embedded in terminal screens which do not pause the game when you are reading them? Yes, and the resultant paranoid speed-reading creates a type of dramatic tension you never ever see in modern games.
Extensive inventory management with encumbrances and multiple combinatorial opportunities for different items? Uh, no thanks - we decided to seamlessly integrate our inventory and crafting system into a consumables-based inventory where you are continually assembling useful objects piece by piece as you scrounge suitable components.
Complex Immersive Sim systems which interact to allow for multiple emergent approaches to solving problems? Cool, but no we didn't need that for this type of game - we're just gonna use beautifully presented minigames ala WarioWare, and make them juuuust cognitively, mechanically, and time taxing enough that you're going to still be able to split your attention between doing them and listening fearfully for any signs of incoming danger, and feel super-relieved each time you successfully complete a task.
OK, well kickass guns? Ya gotta have kickass weaponry, right? Nah. Oh, so you're doing more of an Amnesia: The Dark Descent thing, where there are no weapons and no combat, just hiding and running away? Oh heck no, there's a surprising amount of combat and a number of classic iconic weapons, from shotguns to flamethrowers, it's just that conventional weapons are entirely the wrong tools for most of the situations your character has found herself in, and recognizing when and where to use said weapons will be a major part of your decision making. The weapons will be largely useless and almost never necessary, but you will nonetheless find yourself clinging to them like a security blanket.
And so on. Anyway yeah I've enjoyed it. Haven't finished it yet - took a break when I reached the Reactor Core because it got to be a bit overwhelming with how stressful it had become - but very impressed so far. I've heard some people say the game overstays its welcome so I guess we'll see.
It is far from perfect, and it made a lousy first impression in the opening hour or so, but wow the authority with which all the elements of the game come together is just undeniable. Every nuance of every feature feels so well considered, and (most importantly) so utterly indifferent to what you are "supposed" to do in game design right now.
Limited savegame options and specific checkpoints? Got em.
Mission-critical text and expository story embedded in terminal screens which do not pause the game when you are reading them? Yes, and the resultant paranoid speed-reading creates a type of dramatic tension you never ever see in modern games.
Extensive inventory management with encumbrances and multiple combinatorial opportunities for different items? Uh, no thanks - we decided to seamlessly integrate our inventory and crafting system into a consumables-based inventory where you are continually assembling useful objects piece by piece as you scrounge suitable components.
Complex Immersive Sim systems which interact to allow for multiple emergent approaches to solving problems? Cool, but no we didn't need that for this type of game - we're just gonna use beautifully presented minigames ala WarioWare, and make them juuuust cognitively, mechanically, and time taxing enough that you're going to still be able to split your attention between doing them and listening fearfully for any signs of incoming danger, and feel super-relieved each time you successfully complete a task.
OK, well kickass guns? Ya gotta have kickass weaponry, right? Nah. Oh, so you're doing more of an Amnesia: The Dark Descent thing, where there are no weapons and no combat, just hiding and running away? Oh heck no, there's a surprising amount of combat and a number of classic iconic weapons, from shotguns to flamethrowers, it's just that conventional weapons are entirely the wrong tools for most of the situations your character has found herself in, and recognizing when and where to use said weapons will be a major part of your decision making. The weapons will be largely useless and almost never necessary, but you will nonetheless find yourself clinging to them like a security blanket.
And so on. Anyway yeah I've enjoyed it. Haven't finished it yet - took a break when I reached the Reactor Core because it got to be a bit overwhelming with how stressful it had become - but very impressed so far. I've heard some people say the game overstays its welcome so I guess we'll see.
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Generally, the reactor core is where people have a nervous breakdown. Too much to bear in one go!
I am getting fed up with the driving licence points system in Project cars 2. Which is all based on how well/carefully you drive. But this also means, that it all goes out the window, if some idiot rear-ends you.
The funny thing is: You can cheat, the points system. Simply set up you own race and be the only one in the race.
The funny thing is: You can cheat, the points system. Simply set up you own race and be the only one in the race.
Was it in VR or 2d? It is quite decent in VR considering it's a fan-made mod
GitHub - Nibre/MotherVR: This Mod brings current generation VR support to the game Alien: Isolation
This Mod brings current generation VR support to the game Alien: Isolation - Nibre/MotherVR
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Windows 7 on the 4TB drive, Manjaro on the 1TB drive, and 16TB storage drive.
Guess there's a new Proton version out. Might try E: D/+ in Manjaro again. SLI is trash in Linux though and my Titan Black cards are getting a bit old for single card use.
Recently I've been playing more on the Switch, when I play video games.
Guess there's a new Proton version out. Might try E: D/+ in Manjaro again. SLI is trash in Linux though and my Titan Black cards are getting a bit old for single card use.
Recently I've been playing more on the Switch, when I play video games.
I don't like horror in general but that game is a piece of g art. And if it's just for the retro-oriented prop details from the original movie.
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I’ve gone back to Terminator: Resistance, given it another run as it was recently patched on PS4 ahead of this PS5 enhanced edition.
The better, tougher AI and item balancing in this patch have certainly improved the experience in line with the PC version.
The first 2/3 of the game, when you face off against say 2x Endoskeletons, it’s really tricky to not die, they are just as tough as you’d expect.
Pros:
Cons:
The better, tougher AI and item balancing in this patch have certainly improved the experience in line with the PC version.
The first 2/3 of the game, when you face off against say 2x Endoskeletons, it’s really tricky to not die, they are just as tough as you’d expect.
Pros:
- Faithful to the source material, this feels like the ‘Terminator 3’ we actually wanted to see.
- Set in the Future War.
- Superb soundtrack and use of Brad Fiedels score.
- The atmosphere during the night levels in particular, with the moody lighting is sublime.
- They nailed the look and sound of all the plasma based weaponry.
- H/K’s.
- Various generations of the T units to take on.
Cons:
- Very short campaign, it is possible to complete it in around 6 hours, 10-20 if you are a completionist.
- Somewhat dated ‘PS3’ era graphics.
- The voice acting ranges from serviceable/OK to downright terrible.
- Fallout 3 stylised inventory management, but it is extremely light.
- If you are not a fan of T1/T2 you probably will not enjoy this.
- Levels set during daylight do not have the same atmosphere or impact as the night missions give.