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General => General Chat => Topic started by: Saxif on January 13, 2014, 01:53:53 am
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A game worth checking out if you like 4x games, though it is actually hex based. You conquer shards, in an astral screen and then conquer and explore lands in a hex based screen and then fight battles in another hex screen with a huge variety of units. Can be brutal at times but very fun, indie title.
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Yea, I saw that in the Steam sale and picked it up, not played it yet though. Actually bought quite a few games in the sale so got a good few stacked up to play now :-)
Currently revisiting Skyrim as the DLC was cheap :-)
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Looks interesting Sax, might pick it up if it's in a future sale. But I went a bit mad in the Steam sale and bought more than enough to keep me occupied for the time being! Currently I'm having a blast in Borderlands 2. I usually suck at FPS, mostly because I tend to get motion sick. But the art style of Borderlands 2 seems to suit me and it has custom FOV, so I've been blasting away merrily.
Also enjoying Torchlight 2 and ... unexpectedly .... Portal 2. I say unexpectedly because I thought the crazy camera angles would cause me a problem. But it's been fine so far and the puzzles are very nicely paced (I think I'm about half way into the story).
That's the good thing about the Steam sale, I've been able to take a punt on titles I wouldn't risk at full price.
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Portal 2 was fun, Stephen Merchant was v funny on it as well :-)
Was a good steam sale this year, lots of bargains!
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Yasrp I picked up Eador, Dragons Lair, Anno 2070, Shadowrun Retruns, Space Hulk, and The Walking Dead.
Played Space Hulk and Eador so far and a little Shadowrun.
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I loved playing The Walking Dead and picked up Season 2 (only 1 episode available which I haven't played yet). While your decisions won't really influence the situations you get in (afaik) they do make for a personal story. I've been tempted to play it again to see how making different choices would change the story, but I feel it's best played with sticking with the choices (and consequences) you made initially.
Also been tempted by Shadowrun Returns & Space Hulk, but guess I'll wait for another sale to buy them. Got some other games instead: just finished Bioshock Infinite which was great (the end is a bit of a mindfuck) and about halfway through Hitman Absolution which is really fun, but is starting to get harder now. Found Far Cry 3 to be a little disappointing so far, but I'm not that far in yet, so maybe it gets better), but I was pleasantly surprised by what little I've played of Tomb Raider so far.
Stupid sales keep me buying stuff while I still have loads of games to finish :P.
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What is Blackguard like eKo?
Xan said it looked a bit like xcom but done fantasy style?
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Yeah i liked Walking Dead s1 too, also like the tv show (though going a bit off the boil atm). I think you are right in that it's pretty linear, but the game remembers your choices and does link them back in which is pretty nice. not got s2 yet, might wait for a sale again !
Space Hulk was pretty fun I thought, worth a fiver or whatever I paid. Though got a bit samey after a while.
Bioshock Infinite I also completed (+got the DLC, all for ?10 which was a total bargain), very good FPS and pretty as anything. But story wise it really was a bit stupid :)
Picked up Max Payne 3 also and have Hitman Absolution still to properly try to get into as well !
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Nudging eKo, what is Blackguard like? :)
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Try the demo :P. I only played the demo and combat is hex & turn based so it's kinda x-com fantasy style yeah. Difficulty is rather hard, so if you like a challenge play it on hard!
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Played a bit last night, gonna try again tonight, seems ok but not willing to go further yet. I think it might bloom but we'll see ...
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I liked it tbh, not quite worth ?30, certainly worth ?15 though, might spring for ?20 at a push. Really good character development regards lvl progression, fun battles though it is more a chessboard map than a more open terrain XCOM style map. If they'd mixed the lvl progression with the Eador game and replaced what now seems slightly clunky combat in Eador with this then you would have a ?30 game!
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Might be worth picking up in a sale then ? Are they still working on it/making it better etc? (sounds like it from the brief amount I read)
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I would pick it up in the sale, er will ... If I were you though I'd play the demo, there is 4 - 6 hours free game play in it, so no loss, no point going for the purchase if you haven't played the demo tbh. I haven't been following it tbh, demo finished and I still have other games to play/start ... but will keep my eye open for the next sale.
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Yer, too many games not enough time :-)
p.s. have you all gone back to wow again yet ? ;)
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not yet las - I'm in the final 3 months of my degree so not really playing much apart from the quick blast in Planetside 2
I'm hoping come June time I'll have more time to play, be nice if a new game arrived which we all wanted to play :)
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Good luck with the studies Brigh.
Not sure what games are launching soon, other than Elder Scrolls Online which I think is due out in April. At first I wasn't that tempted (not a big fan of Oblivion / Skyrim etc) but I hear it has 3-faction persistent world PvP with keep seiges, similar to Daoc. I'm trying to find out more now that the NDA has been lifted - opinion seems to be pretty polarized.
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Yeah, Elder Scrolls kinda sounds a bit disappointing from what i read so far, but as you say it's pretty split opinions.
I did try PS2 again Brigh but couldn't get into it. Just seems the learning curve is more than i remember in PS1 and you are food for everyone else who knows what's what. I realise it's just a case of sticking around and figuring it out but decided i CBA :)
Am looking forward to Titanfall, though that's much more FPS it looks like a game I can play fairly casually and still have some fun. Other than that I'm just working through my backlog of Steam purchased sale games and playing Rocksmith 2014 (which is actually pretty good if you are into guitar, check it out Cern if you can put up with the awful game like interface).
Good luck on the final three months of your studies Brigh :D
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I was about to start a discussion about Elder Scrolls, I heard it is good from a friend of mine, an old DAoC vet, though a much 'lighter' player than we were. I had a pass to play last weekend in the beta but it was a busy weekend for me and I didn't get round to using it, still open beta soon. My pc is getting a bit long in the toof, wonder how it'll hold up tbh ... never did upgrade it in the end ...
Also good luck Brigh, you actually at Uni? If so which one and what are you studying? I am assuming as you have a deadline it isn't Open Uni?
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Same here with my computer Sax. Upgraded a my gfx card a while ago and recently fitted a new SSD, but I have an old Q6600 cpu letting the side down. Doesn't really cut it for gaming anymore. I'd like to upgrade my cpu, ram and motherboard, but all the socket 1150 and chipset compatibility nonsense with the upcoming "Haswell Refresh" cpus is putting me off.
I'd heard about the Daoc comparisons with ESO and the fact that a lot of ex-Daoc devs are on the team, including Matt Firor as producer. I haven't followed any of the development news so I had just assumed ESO would be Skyrim MMO with a PVE focus. So it's a surprise to hear it has quite a strong PvP angle too. But unless I upgrade my PC any mass PvP is going to be an unplayable slideshow probably.
Edit: watched a few mass PvP vids from ESO and the action does seem rather smooth even with large numbers of players on screen. The video reviewers are probably running pretty powerful rigs, but it seems good for a beta.
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Careful Cern, I can almost hear you whisper that it might finally be daoc ii ;)
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Careful Cern, I can almost hear you whisper that it might finally be daoc ii ;)
Hehe, no, I'm long over that :)
Well almost .... there's always Camelot Unchained ;)
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Also good luck Brigh, you actually at Uni? If so which one and what are you studying? I am assuming as you have a deadline it isn't Open Uni?
Doing a ICT degree and yep it's with the OU as I work full time as well it was my only option - add a 7 month old son into the mix and it really drains on any social time :)
Brigh :D
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Cool, I can't even imagine how tiring all that must be!! Good luck Brigh :)
Las - You've gone and become a cynic ;D What ever happened? ;p
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I forgot about camelot unchained actually, looks like they are making decent progress
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I forgot about camelot unchained actually, looks like they are making decent progress
Yeah, it's looking pretty good. It's DAOC2 in all but name really, probably the last throw of the dice for old school RvR. It seems that they have their priorities right, getting the engine optimised for RvR, taking the best aspects of Daoc and building on them, keeping it focused on the RvR and not getting distracted by what the theme park MMOs are doing.
I think I might make a builders pledge of some sort and get involved in the betas. I didn't pledge for the original Kickstarter as I didn't know if it'd be vaporware or not and didn't have the spare cash at the time to take a punt. But it seems they are making genuine progress and are on schedule, so I think I'll get behind it.
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Theres a new Thief out, which looks pretty good. But same as whats been said before my computers getting on... especially since i had to downgrade my gfx card :p Last one fizzed so using one from my last computer. Though it doesn't matter, i've sort of given up gaming for now atleast. Multilayer games, no trying to convince myself i'm fine with losing :P Sometimes i don't care, other times a hole might appear in a wall. Not healthy for me, or walls
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Thief got mixed reviews, so will prolly wait for a sale before I pick it up (though i think i will as i have great memories of the original). As for GFX card can't you 'borrow' Carco's ? (or loot some of his gold!), I seem to recall you doing that once or twice ;)
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Blackguard is now available in a Humble Bundle (https://www.humblebundle.com/) deal btw for only $6.13 (along with Tesla Effect, Always Sometimes Monsters, Insurgency, Grid 2, Euro Truck Simulator 2). Pay more than $12 and you get Saint's Row IV thrown in as well. I got 3 keys for Insurgency, so if you're interested, you can claim them here (https://www.humblebundle.com/?gift=GuVaxvfDzcFCnnSA).
Since I was interested in Blackguard and liked the previous Saint's Row games, I payed for the full package. You now get superpowers in Saint's Row and superspeed & superjump are awesome, feels like playing CoH again ;D.
I also got the new Space Hulk (Ascension) game , but it ain't easy, my space marines are dieing in the tutorial :P.
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Nice bundle eko, will give that some thought :) Let me know how you get on with Space Hulk, I got the original last year and enjoyed it - just not sure I want to get the upgrade if you like!