September third Torchlight 2 comes to Xbox One so yeah I'll be playing that for a while.
It's a fun hack and slash loot arpg, realy liked the first one too.
It's a fun hack and slash loot arpg, realy liked the first one too.
What other games are we all playing?
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Playing Monkey Simulator 2019 (Ancestors). I'm currently a pack of one very old monkey, one sterile super sexy monkey, and two children who are doomed to starvation. Good times.
Got attacked by a giant eagle, a sabre toothed tiger, some big pig, and some bees. Human kind is in jeapordy at this point.
Got attacked by a giant eagle, a sabre toothed tiger, some big pig, and some bees. Human kind is in jeapordy at this point.
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I've been playing Phantom Doctrine for a bit. Somebody recommended it to me and I have to say I bloody love it!
To describe it simply, it's an XCOM, but it's 80's spies - instead of resistance vs. aliens it's CIA vs. KGB (you can play either side - there's even multiplayer). Well, that is not entirely correct - the main antagonist is somebody different (no spoilers), and CIA and KGB cells are trying to solve it, and stepping on each others' toes.
Instead of resources and whatnot (I haven't played XCOM in years, I don't know what resources are there), you gather intel and counter-intel, send spies around the world to investigate, interrogate, assassinate, etc...
You are connecting the pieces of intel (I mean literally - it's a minigame where you have a pin board, a bunch of pieces of intel, photographs, etc and you are connecting everything with pins and thread until it makes sense.
And then you go on mission in true XCOM-like style. The mechanics are pretty much the same except one single thing that made this game for me - there is no RNG. Yes, the one thing that was making me crazy in XCOM.
No RNG, pure tactics. If you aim at somebody, you're going to hit them, unless they duck into cover and vice versa - if your agent get caught in the open, they're done. In XCOM I was save scumming because the game screwed me over and it felt unfair. Here I will happily take a defeat, because I know that I screwed up.
And it gets intense, don't get me wrong, and the game doesn't give anything for free. But it is entirely up to my tactical awareness and forethought, not because the game decided that 85% hit chance isn't enough.
Well, long story short, I absolutely love it. The game is much slower than XCOM, though (and most of the negative reviews are about the game being kind of boring) but I really don't mind the tempo, I don't mind sitting for ten minutes and looking for clues in gathered documents and then go to the board and try to make sense of it all. I think it's awesome and most importantly it really captures that 70s/80s "romantic noir" espionage atmosphere.
So I guess this is my review of sorts.
If you like XCOM (or the other game with a big and a duck) but want a more grounded, serious, "all skill, no luck" game with interesting mechanics and story, go for it. Or at least wishlist it and wait for a sale, it's kind of expensive for what it is.
To describe it simply, it's an XCOM, but it's 80's spies - instead of resistance vs. aliens it's CIA vs. KGB (you can play either side - there's even multiplayer). Well, that is not entirely correct - the main antagonist is somebody different (no spoilers), and CIA and KGB cells are trying to solve it, and stepping on each others' toes.
Instead of resources and whatnot (I haven't played XCOM in years, I don't know what resources are there), you gather intel and counter-intel, send spies around the world to investigate, interrogate, assassinate, etc...
You are connecting the pieces of intel (I mean literally - it's a minigame where you have a pin board, a bunch of pieces of intel, photographs, etc and you are connecting everything with pins and thread until it makes sense.
And then you go on mission in true XCOM-like style. The mechanics are pretty much the same except one single thing that made this game for me - there is no RNG. Yes, the one thing that was making me crazy in XCOM.
No RNG, pure tactics. If you aim at somebody, you're going to hit them, unless they duck into cover and vice versa - if your agent get caught in the open, they're done. In XCOM I was save scumming because the game screwed me over and it felt unfair. Here I will happily take a defeat, because I know that I screwed up.
And it gets intense, don't get me wrong, and the game doesn't give anything for free. But it is entirely up to my tactical awareness and forethought, not because the game decided that 85% hit chance isn't enough.
Well, long story short, I absolutely love it. The game is much slower than XCOM, though (and most of the negative reviews are about the game being kind of boring) but I really don't mind the tempo, I don't mind sitting for ten minutes and looking for clues in gathered documents and then go to the board and try to make sense of it all. I think it's awesome and most importantly it really captures that 70s/80s "romantic noir" espionage atmosphere.
So I guess this is my review of sorts.
If you like XCOM (or the other game with a big and a duck) but want a more grounded, serious, "all skill, no luck" game with interesting mechanics and story, go for it. Or at least wishlist it and wait for a sale, it's kind of expensive for what it is.
God help me, but I've started playing Minecraft again.
All that digging in NMS made you nostalgic?
I know the feeling, the Minecraft bug bit me earlier this year. Between the underwater update and the “village and pillage” update, the game had changed quite a bit.
With the announcement of Kerbal Space Program 2, the KSP bug latched on hard. So far, I’ve discovered that since the last time I played, Squad has dropped the delta-V requirements for launching from Kerbin and landing on the Mun. Next up: Minmus.
Yeah, same here. I used to play a lot of Minecraft, but haven't revisited in years until now and oh wow has it changed a lot! I'm fooling around with a couple mods that take the sting out dying in Survival (Gravestones & VoxelMap minimap) but otherwise keeping it pretty basic. It's weird how compelling this game is once you get into it.
@Chris Simon, yeah, that was exactly it. NMS is good, but Minecraft is king
![[VR] Mad Mike](https://forums-cdn.zaonce.net/data/avatars/m/27/27910.jpg?1553527108){kind=avatar}
In the last month I completed dead space 3, Lara croft GOL, battlefield ,3 and 4 campaigns (3 rubbish ,4 great) and next up is going back to finish dark souls.
Also playing division, destiny 2, dying light and starting NMS VR and fallout 4 VR.
Some of those are gonna take years
Also playing division, destiny 2, dying light and starting NMS VR and fallout 4 VR.
Some of those are gonna take years
Once I get my new PC, I think I'll give it another go myself. There are some pretty cool photorealistic lighting mods I'd love to try but never had the hardware to support them.
Bards Tale: Director's cut is out on macOS and it looks and plays very good to me.
Bard's tale now there is a blast from the past
There is a remastered version of the three original games as well.
I can see the appeal but it is not a game I really played. The new RTX patch looks beautifulYeah, same here. I used to play a lot of Minecraft, but haven't revisited in years until now and oh wow has it changed a lot! I'm fooling around with a couple mods that take the sting out dying in Survival (Gravestones & VoxelMap minimap) but otherwise keeping it pretty basic. It's weird how compelling this game is once you get into it.
@Chris Simon, yeah, that was exactly it. NMS is good, but Minecraft is king
I need to see what cool, exclusive games there are on PC. For example, are there any modern versions of WWII submarine games with the look and feel of Silent Hunter? Oh, and Stronghold 2 (where you build castles) is an old favorite of mine - anything new in that regard? I guess you can tell when last it was that I played PC games, LOL.
I hear good things about U-Boat, though I haven't tried it, yet. I play Cold Waters and although it is not WWII and it is not a real submarine sim, it's kind of awesome and the sonar and torpedo mechanics are really well done.
As for building castles, if you liked Stronghold 2, there's... well... Stronghold 3.
Wait, what? Are you finally coming over to the light side?
Fear not, that console thingy wont go to waste. It'll make a smashing foot rest whilst sitting at the PC
Submarine type folks are still playing SH3 with the GWS mod...and a bit of SH5 occasionally. The new kid on the block, U-boat isn't too bad...but I find it more like 'The Sims do U-boats' as there's a great amount of crew management involved rather than traditional Silent Hunter stuff. It's pretty good though and very enjoyable.
Screenie from SH5...with mods.
The mods sort any of them out... Subsim.com ...the place of all things submarine
Definitely look at Uboot sub sim, we have a topic about it right here:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/uboat.447466/
UBOAT on Steam
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Not as in depth as Silent Hunter 2/3 but still very good submariner game.
Very good Polish developer as well, very active and in constant contact with the community.