What other games are we all playing?
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Somewhat belatedly, I've (re)started playing Skyrim (Special Edition), and I'm enjoying it, even if it seems almost willfully overwhelming.
I'm not sure that I'll stay the course, but it's proving to be entertaining enough for now. I've not applied any graphics mods yet - there's loads of them around - as the graphics seem 'good enough' for me at the moment.
The voice acting is pretty solid and some parts funny. It'll be interesting to see how this one holds my attention compared to Starfield - which I do dip back into now and again, but after 150 hours had had enough of it - and my value for money.
I'm not sure that I'll stay the course, but it's proving to be entertaining enough for now. I've not applied any graphics mods yet - there's loads of them around - as the graphics seem 'good enough' for me at the moment.
The voice acting is pretty solid and some parts funny. It'll be interesting to see how this one holds my attention compared to Starfield - which I do dip back into now and again, but after 150 hours had had enough of it - and my value for money.
More on that Hearts of Iron 4 front. I got me the latest DLC and gave Sweden a shot. What a knitshow. Norge went civil war. And I don't even know why the commy Norge declared war on me when Germany declared. You know the border between Sweden and Norway? And maybe how little manpower there is in Scandinavia?
Yeah, no way to defend that. Maybe give up the middle and defend north (mines) and south?
Then Japan, but I went a path I had already explored before. I wasn't too keen on civil wars.
Then US. Democratic path seemed boring, so I started communist attempt. It ended in civil war, too. I thought I might end up in a "sanctioned" social democrat state with the potential to overthrow empires. Ah well.
Germany it is again. Playing as a "nice" fascist. Anschluss of course. But left the other countries intact. Poland has become a communist peasant republic (a common course, these peasants seem to stomp "sanational" Poland (whatever sanational means).
Czech republic has stayed democratic so far and allied into little entente with yugoslavia which I turned to the brown side, sorry. I had option to annex, but chose to puppet them and they resisted. It takes guts to say no to my 150 divisions, I respect that.
Romania and Hungary were eager to join my defensive alliance. I would invite more, but any other member just increases the chance of ultimate shenanigans.
Italy is NAPed. The King Edward Brits are unaligned and offered me to backstab Italy. I declined, I need my pasta fresh.
Japan is rampaging in Asia, I don't care. I supported the Spanish nationalists and won the war by moving my 3 divisions pixel by pixel.
Finland is unaligned(?) and got the Winter War. The Finns don't like me but accepted 6 of my trained mountaneers and a fighter squadron. I counterattacked immediately and drove them to Leningrad but got stalled by brutal Russian bombing campaigns. I withdrew to Viipuri, ordered the fighter squad to intercept, split my force in half, ordered prduction of AA guns and reequipped them with Flak battallion. I marched one group to south the other to a fort in east. I am confident to hold that line until the Reds turn white from all the bleeding out. The flak eats the early soviet tanks for brekkie.
The north seems to have solidified around Oulu for now. If that collapses Finland is lost - I just hope I tie more force than they send north, the supply up there is atrocious. That is my only hope. Well, Finlands only hope.
What happens next in the big game I don't know. I've built a decent power base and industry. The strategic bommers still have to roll out the factories, but it wouldn't be Germany if I didn't let Wernher play with rocket toys. Just where to point them at is in the stars. Stalin wasn't mad despite I sent the volunteers to Finland. Russia already lost 200K manpower and is down to 400K (I peaked in save) - they would need to change their recruiting. Their stability doesn't look good though. One push to Moscow and they're done, I guess.
Yeah, no way to defend that. Maybe give up the middle and defend north (mines) and south?
Then Japan, but I went a path I had already explored before. I wasn't too keen on civil wars.
Then US. Democratic path seemed boring, so I started communist attempt. It ended in civil war, too. I thought I might end up in a "sanctioned" social democrat state with the potential to overthrow empires. Ah well.
Germany it is again. Playing as a "nice" fascist. Anschluss of course. But left the other countries intact. Poland has become a communist peasant republic (a common course, these peasants seem to stomp "sanational" Poland (whatever sanational means).
Czech republic has stayed democratic so far and allied into little entente with yugoslavia which I turned to the brown side, sorry. I had option to annex, but chose to puppet them and they resisted. It takes guts to say no to my 150 divisions, I respect that.
Romania and Hungary were eager to join my defensive alliance. I would invite more, but any other member just increases the chance of ultimate shenanigans.
Italy is NAPed. The King Edward Brits are unaligned and offered me to backstab Italy. I declined, I need my pasta fresh.
Japan is rampaging in Asia, I don't care. I supported the Spanish nationalists and won the war by moving my 3 divisions pixel by pixel.
Finland is unaligned(?) and got the Winter War. The Finns don't like me but accepted 6 of my trained mountaneers and a fighter squadron. I counterattacked immediately and drove them to Leningrad but got stalled by brutal Russian bombing campaigns. I withdrew to Viipuri, ordered the fighter squad to intercept, split my force in half, ordered prduction of AA guns and reequipped them with Flak battallion. I marched one group to south the other to a fort in east. I am confident to hold that line until the Reds turn white from all the bleeding out. The flak eats the early soviet tanks for brekkie.
The north seems to have solidified around Oulu for now. If that collapses Finland is lost - I just hope I tie more force than they send north, the supply up there is atrocious. That is my only hope. Well, Finlands only hope.
What happens next in the big game I don't know. I've built a decent power base and industry. The strategic bommers still have to roll out the factories, but it wouldn't be Germany if I didn't let Wernher play with rocket toys. Just where to point them at is in the stars. Stalin wasn't mad despite I sent the volunteers to Finland. Russia already lost 200K manpower and is down to 400K (I peaked in save) - they would need to change their recruiting. Their stability doesn't look good though. One push to Moscow and they're done, I guess.
That’s been said before
Ah, Napoleon. A brilliant mind.That’s been said before
Been listening to the "Dan Allen Gaming Podcast" over the last couple of days. Specifically the ones with the Baldurs Gate 3 Voice Actors. Doing so has managed to get me replaying it, and weirdly I think I'm actually starting to enjoy it more than I ever did.
Also the narrator, Amelia Tyler, is mad as a box of frogs and seriously awesome.
Also the narrator, Amelia Tyler, is mad as a box of frogs and seriously awesome.
I fell in love with the voice actor of Femshep. Jennifer Hale gave me so unique moments with Mass Effect and The Long Dark. These roles were so believable. A voice actor can have major influence on a game.
Trisha Helfer as Edi in ME3 did it for me
But for performance acting, Troy Bayliss and Ashley Johnson...in fact the entire cast of The Last of Us (1&2) were so far above par it's ridiculous
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the words "as Edi in ME3" are completely unnecessary IMOTrisha Helfer as Edi in ME3 did it for me
But for performance acting, Troy Baliss and Ashley Johnson...in fact the entire cast of The Last of Us (1&2) were so far above par it's ridiculous
Troy Bayliss ? I was watching him a couple nights ago kickin' in WSB on his Ducati. (those single sided swingarms are cool) circa 2000-08/9 were the good years.
If I got the wrong Troy, so sorry. I was looking for some Ben Spies races but his only year in WSB was 2009 so I settled on some Bayliss/Corser/others hotly contested races. Sorry I digressed. woohoo
On another note EDH: Now that I got Mitterrand Hollow done, I'll move out to Pleiades then on to Running Man and Flame Nebula iirc. I nailed the landing on MH first try but I cheated and used my Sidewinder; watched New Africa rise and fall over and over. Very fun.
Been doing at least one battle a night with GHPC
GL HF
If I got the wrong Troy, so sorry. I was looking for some Ben Spies races but his only year in WSB was 2009 so I settled on some Bayliss/Corser/others hotly contested races. Sorry I digressed. woohoo
On another note EDH: Now that I got Mitterrand Hollow done, I'll move out to Pleiades then on to Running Man and Flame Nebula iirc. I nailed the landing on MH first try but I cheated and used my Sidewinder; watched New Africa rise and fall over and over. Very fun.
Been doing at least one battle a night with GHPC
GL HF
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Good news: Finland is saved. A white peace has been reached. It is btw a democratic country.
My Pascist (pacifist fascist) playthrough continues. Sweden had decided to form Northern Defense council, joined Comintern (what the...?) and declared war on Finland. Due to the supply in the North they didn't even take Kemi, instead Sweden has garrisoned its Eastern coast.
Soviet Union finally decided to declare war on Germany after gobbling up eastern Poland. I did not agree to that. The Nordic countries followed shortly.
The Panzerdivisionen have been sent to the Danish border. Königsberg was in a precarious situation since I had garrisoned only sparsely. Situation has eased with the arrival of the heroic mountaineer divisions, the savious of Finland.
Instead of pushing Denmark I decided to push north from Hungary through Eastern Poland. The Soviet Western lands are a big exclave. Half the way is done, being lazy I gave an automated order and failed to close good pockets.
On the Northern front I decided for a naval eradication campaign. I have the high ground with radar stations but we're far outmatched in fighters. The battle of Jylland will be a bloody air campaign. Strategic bombing has commenced in Sweden to underline that taking war to your neighbours is an invitation to domestic destruction. The Swedish submarine fleet was quite decimated - a solid cover of 400 bombers in naval missions keeps the Baltic Sea safe. Sweden also lost numerous light ships with their havies seriously damaged. Ost- and Hochseeflotte cooperated to secure the sea successfully.
Socialist France formed anti-fascist block with Belgium and Switzerland. Understandable, it is surrounded. But futile - you cannot deter nations insisting to have peace.
My Pascist (pacifist fascist) playthrough continues. Sweden had decided to form Northern Defense council, joined Comintern (what the...?) and declared war on Finland. Due to the supply in the North they didn't even take Kemi, instead Sweden has garrisoned its Eastern coast.
Soviet Union finally decided to declare war on Germany after gobbling up eastern Poland. I did not agree to that. The Nordic countries followed shortly.
The Panzerdivisionen have been sent to the Danish border. Königsberg was in a precarious situation since I had garrisoned only sparsely. Situation has eased with the arrival of the heroic mountaineer divisions, the savious of Finland.
Instead of pushing Denmark I decided to push north from Hungary through Eastern Poland. The Soviet Western lands are a big exclave. Half the way is done, being lazy I gave an automated order and failed to close good pockets.
On the Northern front I decided for a naval eradication campaign. I have the high ground with radar stations but we're far outmatched in fighters. The battle of Jylland will be a bloody air campaign. Strategic bombing has commenced in Sweden to underline that taking war to your neighbours is an invitation to domestic destruction. The Swedish submarine fleet was quite decimated - a solid cover of 400 bombers in naval missions keeps the Baltic Sea safe. Sweden also lost numerous light ships with their havies seriously damaged. Ost- and Hochseeflotte cooperated to secure the sea successfully.
Socialist France formed anti-fascist block with Belgium and Switzerland. Understandable, it is surrounded. But futile - you cannot deter nations insisting to have peace.
As one of my other KickStarters came to fruition yesterday, I've started a game on the release version of Universim.
Originally slated as a 'God' game, it feels like a city, civilisation simulator with some powers available to directly affect the gameplay. Astonishingly, it's been optimised well enough that I can still play it on my late 2013 iMac.
The game appears to run on rails, there is a research tree that directs the game towards the future through a set number of ages. I'm not convinced that there are various viable options, but as I play it as a software toy rather than a game, that's not a big problem (to me).
Only waiting for one remaining KS video game now, Little Devil Inside. Hmmm .........
Originally slated as a 'God' game, it feels like a city, civilisation simulator with some powers available to directly affect the gameplay. Astonishingly, it's been optimised well enough that I can still play it on my late 2013 iMac.
The game appears to run on rails, there is a research tree that directs the game towards the future through a set number of ages. I'm not convinced that there are various viable options, but as I play it as a software toy rather than a game, that's not a big problem (to me).
Only waiting for one remaining KS video game now, Little Devil Inside. Hmmm .........
I've got that Troy Bayliss's autograph from when he guested in the British superbikes for a couple of seasons (early 90's). My wife and I used to marshall at Thruxton many moons ago. Like many, he fell off in the wet at Church corner which was our regular marshalling gig, shared our sandwiches and coffee sheltering from the rain under the big tree
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Soviet Union really botched it. Their baltic satellite declared onto the People's republic of Poland. They were never friends of mine and the city of Danzig's fate was always precarious but it opened just another wound on the ailing body of the Soviet Union. Poland entered into agreement out of necessity and removed its hindering borders for my eastern army to pass through.
While I mostly only passively supported the frontline polish troops pushed up to the Baltic. I just commited some dive bombers and air superiority.
I had to put real production into fighters to gain an upper hand in air superiority. After Jyyland's air cover fell, I issued some special operations aimed at Odense landed the paras, invaded the beaches and cut off Jylland from Sweden and conquered swiftly the rest of Denmark.
Being the sore losers that they are, the Comintern made a landing in the demilitarised, neutral city of Danzig. Poland and Germany are really furious, now. I have initiated advanced nuclear research. This has to end.
Sweden has now 0 manpower left, the south is cratered with bombing assaults (now day and night). And Soviet Union is down to 5% stability, manpower down from some 4m to 2.5m. Only inter-war planes fill their incomplete wings. Maybe a landing at Leningrad or Sevastopol could just finish the job?
While I mostly only passively supported the frontline polish troops pushed up to the Baltic. I just commited some dive bombers and air superiority.
I had to put real production into fighters to gain an upper hand in air superiority. After Jyyland's air cover fell, I issued some special operations aimed at Odense landed the paras, invaded the beaches and cut off Jylland from Sweden and conquered swiftly the rest of Denmark.
Being the sore losers that they are, the Comintern made a landing in the demilitarised, neutral city of Danzig. Poland and Germany are really furious, now. I have initiated advanced nuclear research. This has to end.
Sweden has now 0 manpower left, the south is cratered with bombing assaults (now day and night). And Soviet Union is down to 5% stability, manpower down from some 4m to 2.5m. Only inter-war planes fill their incomplete wings. Maybe a landing at Leningrad or Sevastopol could just finish the job?
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What makes a country crumble? It used to be stability in Hearts of Iron 4. Sweden capitulated and they had 30 still when i last looked. Soviet Union sits at 0% stability and 0% war support for months now. Got suspicious when the strategic bombing didn't finish the job. I blame the DLCs.
Anyway, breakthrough has been achieved. We flood the men eastwards, maybe it'll be the capital that topples the aggressors. So many pockets to create.
The SU had originally declared war on me, but I'm sitting in the aggressor section of war participants? I must have lost the agitprop war at some point. Toughest nut was Riga and the river protecting it. I should maybe build some of these amphibious divisions.
After that peace? I have commisioned the first reactors and rocket installations.
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Ah well, I looked it up: it's victory points versus a collapse target. Pretty standard for a HOI game. I could swear they changed that in HoI4. It means gobbling cities. Due to the low war support it can't be a high percentage. I guess the thought of just bombing the enemy into submission wasn't the plan. Schade.
Anyway, breakthrough has been achieved. We flood the men eastwards, maybe it'll be the capital that topples the aggressors. So many pockets to create.
The SU had originally declared war on me, but I'm sitting in the aggressor section of war participants? I must have lost the agitprop war at some point. Toughest nut was Riga and the river protecting it. I should maybe build some of these amphibious divisions.
After that peace? I have commisioned the first reactors and rocket installations.
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Ah well, I looked it up: it's victory points versus a collapse target. Pretty standard for a HOI game. I could swear they changed that in HoI4. It means gobbling cities. Due to the low war support it can't be a high percentage. I guess the thought of just bombing the enemy into submission wasn't the plan. Schade.
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I wish I lived near any kind of motorcycle race track or road race course. I watched a lot of racing videos back when I rode a lot more; SBK, TT type road racing, MotoGP, ama, etc etc.I've got that Troy Bayliss's autograph from when he guested in the British superbikes for a couple of seasons (early 90's). My wife and I used to marshall at Thruxton many moons ago. Like many, he fell off in the wet at Church corner which was our regular marshalling gig, shared our sandwiches and coffee sheltering from the rain under the big tree
I started watching again. Fun and exciting
Really? Back then F1 and the odd motorbike race were popular, but in the end it's just ppl driving in circles. The rare interesting tracks like Monte Carlo don't warrant my interest today anymore.
I think I'm gonna pick up the Rogue Trader soon again but first I need to figure out these HoI4 runs. The German Pascist playthrough drowned in a multitude of conflicts. I pulled back my divisions to have someone else determine the fate of the broken Soviet Union. In the West - nothing new.
Tried another go at Raj, it is simply too long-winded for my taste. The Princley State debuff stifles anything proactive. Another botched Communist USA run - it may be actually impossible to go communist after unlocking the two intervention paths. The guy boosting communism is unavailable when picking these paths.
I had good understanding with communist Mexico, then they went for their neighbours so we had to intervene. Result was a puppeted Mexico and liberated Guatemala. I need these markets to sell my revolutionary weapons to. British Empire is going red, too. Germany has turned democratic. I might end up with Japan alone as evil empire. I have no idea how to use carriers properly.
All the amphibic tank and Halbkette research turned out to yield only specialist battalions. I have discarded these plans again.
Tried another go at Raj, it is simply too long-winded for my taste. The Princley State debuff stifles anything proactive. Another botched Communist USA run - it may be actually impossible to go communist after unlocking the two intervention paths. The guy boosting communism is unavailable when picking these paths.
I had good understanding with communist Mexico, then they went for their neighbours so we had to intervene. Result was a puppeted Mexico and liberated Guatemala. I need these markets to sell my revolutionary weapons to. British Empire is going red, too. Germany has turned democratic. I might end up with Japan alone as evil empire. I have no idea how to use carriers properly.
All the amphibic tank and Halbkette research turned out to yield only specialist battalions. I have discarded these plans again.
Really ??
2019 Ulster GP
I actually prefer road races over track but I like both. The races across the British Isles are some of my favorite because there are roads around my part of the world I've rode on that are very similar to those on this video. (I'll try to refrain from off topic from now on to the best of my ability)
GL HF
Road race, yes. That's like hazard sight-seeing. Personally I enjoyed Tour de France mountain sections, but since they were all doped back then I haven't bothered anymore.