Time to get funky, Grogheads!
DCS, Star Citizen, Arma 3, and GTA 5 with LSPD First Response mod. It's amazing, really.
Have a safe and happy New Year all!
Red Dead Redemption with a side of Red Dead Redemption and a buttered Red Dead Redemption.
If I need a break probably some painting of my Mice and Mystics minis (which I am way behind on) and some 4x / grand strategy games (Vicky 2, Stellaris or endless space 2)
Excellent song!
After playing a game of Pandora: First Contact, i've decided to try Civilization: Beyond Earth during the holidays. I had it in my library (bought it once when it was on sale) and i wasn't in a hurry to try it as the reviews weren't great. Bit mistake! I've played two campaigns in 2 days and intend to continue playing for a while. It's my favorite Civilization game so far. Great game imho.
Gonna be a straight-up Ubisoft fanboi and play around with The Division and TC: GR Wildlands and Rocksmith 2014.
Oh, and get washed away by all this damn rain.
Warframe as always
The Colonists - a nice little Settlers/Anno crossover
Objects in Space - basically a freeform submarines in space sim
Final Fantasy 15 - just got it on the PS4 for Christmas and I'm pleasantly surprised with it so far
I've heard things about Objects in Space I keep thinking about that one.
Anyhoo...
I am off this weekend as of NOW, and on the agenda:
Book of Demons
Field of Glory II
That's it so far. I might pick up some stuff on Steam Sale but we'll see.
^Tell me all about Book of Demons.
I will be playing some more Ultimate General: Civil War, some Wings!, some futzing around with the Iron Harvest alpha and perhaps some Scythe: Digital Edition.
Went through the tutorials yesterday and it is weirdly atmospheric game.
If I am feeling really ambitious (I am not right now) I may start a Shogun: Fall of the Samurai campaign, modded with the Total FotS mod.
I just picked up Scythe the other day, Gus. We can do some mp eventually!
Relatedly, I've been playing a little Lords of Waterdeep (with its two expansions) recently, which is as close to Courtier as available currently (and better in some ways), and anyone who has Twilight Struggle already for multiplayer will have a Playdek account. The whole set is for sale at just under $12, and I'm liking it a lot!
Up to 6 people can play, and I'd like to see a full Grog match going with it. :smitten:
(Relatedly, I'm still going with my Age of Wonders 3 match, with both expansions, against Yskonyn, where we had hoped we'd get more Grogs in the match, but alas. Not too late to restart that, though, if anyone's interested! The pbem functionality is beta, but seems to be working flawlessly for us so far!)
Well picked up Afghanistan '11 yesterday and it has kept me busy and happy. Really like it so far. Just got through all the tutorials and now on to the real campaigns.
Curious to what you think of Scythe, Pratt. I liked what I saw but it seems a little, I dunno...obtuse? Like...intentionally obtuse...
Quote from: Gusington on December 28, 2018, 02:51:45 PM
Like...intentionally obtuse...
OBVIOUSLY THIS MUST BE MY KIND OF GAME! ....I MEAN OBTUSELY! :D
Just picked up ATOM RPG from Steam, so I'm eager to give a go this weekend. I have read that it is pretty much an early Fallout clone. In a positive direction.
Groggy
Got myself an rx580 for an enthoo pro m compy case as a Christmas present for myself because of this sh*tshow of a year. It'll look a big ugly though until I bother to get some more upgrades. Got myself into an assessment for train driving, god knows how that will go because there's a medical....and pushups...with a buggy tricep.
Foodwise, trying to decide a healthy Thai thing to make today, five spice vegetable stew, red curry with tofu and snake beans or cauliflower yellow curry. Gaming wise I'm deep into thrones of Britannia with the new update, bit of siege, getting back into koth in Arma 3
^Sounds...gassy
I picked up Scythe as well but haven't had much time to spend on it. Currently not home on my own rig. Looks good from my initial inspection however. Plus watching some of the let's plays on YouTube make me want to buy the actual board game as well. Can't seem to find it anywhere at brick and mortar stores.
^Yeah it actually made me interested in the board game too.
Quote from: JasonPratt on December 28, 2018, 04:02:52 PM
Quote from: Gusington on December 28, 2018, 02:51:45 PM
Like...intentionally obtuse...
OBVIOUSLY THIS MUST BE MY KIND OF GAME! ....I MEAN OBTUSELY! :D
...Good Lord, you were not even slightly kidding, Gus... :o :hide: I
think I eventually made sense of about 70% of it (based on a study where I thought of a bunch of figures until I found one that felt about right.)
^I'm used to you now. I liked what I saw so far in the tutorials in Scythe but I know in an actual game it will get muddled. I can feel it. The game is still very interesting to me though. If you wanted to start a PBEM game I am ready...I think there is PBEM available, anyway.
In other news I just won the Battle of Culp's Hill in Ultimate General Civil War! I think I may be ready to start a full campaign now. I've played about 2/3 of the custom battles and about 1/2 of the historical ones. I may even be ready to up the difficulty :)
I'm gonna chew on it through a couple of solo games until I feel like I understand the mechanics better. Or the implementation of the mechanics rather. Or the theory of the implementation of the mechanics rather. Or... :hide:
^'Obtuse.'
Obtusensitivity! :D
I like that word. But not the phenomenon.
Quote from: Gusington on December 28, 2018, 01:39:07 PM
^Tell me all about Book of Demons.
I will be playing some more Ultimate General: Civil War, some Wings!, some futzing around with the Iron Harvest alpha and perhaps some Scythe: Digital Edition.
Went through the tutorials yesterday and it is weirdly atmospheric game.
If I am feeling really ambitious (I am not right now) I may start a Shogun: Fall of the Samurai campaign, modded with the Total FotS mod.
Book of Demons is a homage to 90s hack-and-slash like Diablo, you have three classes Warrior, Rogue, Mage. It's set in the Paperverse, where the graphics are more like a pop-up book style. Instead of having items and inventory you have cards for your armor, weapons, spells and potions. What makes this unique is the "Flexiscope." you can customize the length of your game session. Very small to Very large. All the while you progress to the final boss- The Archdemon.
Now even though it has cards, you're not restricted to when you can change your hand, and if you find runes you can upgrade your cards to more powerful ones, and it's not a deck builder.
I played the Warrior, and now have the Rogue and the Mage going as well. Each one is different in their game play style. I like the Rogue and Mage because you have to almost play it like a turn based game (it's RTS).
There's a demo, give it a shot.
https://return2games.com/#
Thank you, Reich.
I've been playing Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire and it has been a wonderfully engrossing RPG. It captures the feel of a fantasy world similar to the Caribbean when multiple countries plus the natives were shifting in alliances and limited wars. The dialogue choices are far better than most RPGs. If you think through how the other people are acting, it gives you an idea of how you should respond. Sometimes there are as many as 12 dialogue options when responding to an NPC.
I've split my weekend between doing a full reinstall and update of Prepar3d and all of my addons and Assassin Creed Odyssey. I'm ready for Odyssey to be over, 80 odd hours into this play through, 135 hours total (restarted a few times). I want to hit max level so I can finish dismantling the cult before I go into the last chapter. Have 2.5 levels to go, but I'm feeling the late game Ubisoft grind. once I finish up the family questline I'll probably put the game down for a bit and go back later to finish up the Atlantis questline.
Going to get some Stellaris and Cities Skylines in tonight and Monday..in between the inevitable time in odyssey.
So! -- when does the non-stop gaming orgy start, AB?! :D
What are you playing as Airboy?
Quote from: Sir Slash on December 30, 2018, 12:02:20 AM
What are you playing as Airboy?
I'm playing a wizard. If I played a second time, I would play a ranger-archer. Your party does not need a fighter. You pick up a priest almost immediately. You pick up a wizard fairly fast. The last core person you must have is an archer. I've found in the Pillars combat system that offensive magic is not overwhelming. Your priest and mage often do best to buff and debuff plus low level distance weapon bombardment. But archers dealing physical damage is pretty essential. The fighter is mostly a blocker. He has to armor up and take defensive stances to survive. The rest of the party deals most of the damage. I've gotten through Pillars 1 and am 20+ hours in Pillars 2 using this party design.
Quote from: Gusington on December 29, 2018, 03:10:49 PM
Thank you, Reich.
Your welcome. It's not for everyone but it has its charm. Scythe sounds interesting.
Scythe is definitely interesting. Hopefully I will be able to figure out its UI and mechanics.