What game are you wasting time on?

[TripJack]

I came in expecting a game that was about sneaking in high security places

thief is a game about sneaking in high security places it's just that sometimes the security is zombies and clinking whispering laughing armored skeletons instead of boring old humans

but fair enough if that's not your thing

 

[baturinsky]

Btw, fight is stupidly easy in both Thief 1/2. You just strafe behind the enemy and smack him a dozen times while he is fencing with the air.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

That depends on what you're fighting. Most enemies can be dealt with that way, but not all.

 

[sser]

Gauntlet and more Gauntlet. Wasteland 2 when I can drum up a reason to do so, which is rare. Last time I played (melee) enemies ganged up on another side of a wall, which I could promptly shoot through. Like shooting fish in... on... on another side of a wall. And then I ran into some ranged enemies who promptly sprinted alllllll the way down off their towers/high-ground and ran allllll the way around a cliff face and up the hill and across the jutted rock just to stand next to my guys. With his sniper rifle. Fucking wicked AI, yo.

 

[Raghar]

Just playing eador. I'm just on shard where I can get Monstrologist guild, when I win the shard.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Kenshi.

Was up and about building a base, repelling bandits, and then the messed up pathfinding buggers it all to Prosperland and back.

 

[adddeed]

A mix of Black & White 1 (still amazing more than a decade later, was so ahead of its time on so many areas), Age of Wonders 3 and Legend of Grimrock.

 

[sbb]

Gauntlet and more Gauntlet. Wasteland 2 when I can drum up a reason to do so, which is rare. Last time I played (melee) enemies ganged up on another side of a wall, which I could promptly shoot through. Like shooting fish in... on... on another side of a wall. And then I ran into some ranged enemies who promptly sprinted alllllll the way down off their towers/high-ground and ran allllll the way around a cliff face and up the hill and across the jutted rock just to stand next to my guys. With his sniper rifle. Fucking wicked AI, yo.

Damn, you've got 15 hours on Gauntlet. I don't think I'll ever make it there, what's been driving you?

 

[sser]

Gauntlet and more Gauntlet. Wasteland 2 when I can drum up a reason to do so, which is rare. Last time I played (melee) enemies ganged up on another side of a wall, which I could promptly shoot through. Like shooting fish in... on... on another side of a wall. And then I ran into some ranged enemies who promptly sprinted alllllll the way down off their towers/high-ground and ran allllll the way around a cliff face and up the hill and across the jutted rock just to stand next to my guys. With his sniper rifle. Fucking wicked AI, yo.

Damn, you've got 15 hours on Gauntlet. I don't think I'll ever make it there, what's been driving you?

A sense of fun, mostly.

 

[sbb]

Gauntlet and more Gauntlet. Wasteland 2 when I can drum up a reason to do so, which is rare. Last time I played (melee) enemies ganged up on another side of a wall, which I could promptly shoot through. Like shooting fish in... on... on another side of a wall. And then I ran into some ranged enemies who promptly sprinted alllllll the way down off their towers/high-ground and ran allllll the way around a cliff face and up the hill and across the jutted rock just to stand next to my guys. With his sniper rifle. Fucking wicked AI, yo.

Damn, you've got 15 hours on Gauntlet. I don't think I'll ever make it there, what's been driving you?

A sense of fun, mostly.

Huh.

 

[DalekFlay]

Codexers enjoying video games??? THE HORROR!!!

 

[Siveon]

Just bought Super Smash Bros. 4, beat Beneath a Steel Sky, and I'm going to start playing Wasteland 1. For some reason I'm still on the 2nd story of Front Mission 1, so I should beat that so I can FINALLY get on to my other DS games.

Super Smash Bros. 4 is a perfect fit for just wanting to play something on the go, but that "slider" thing can be a real pain. Probably one of my first purchases for a full-priced game that I actually enjoy - how about that. Beneath a Steel Sky was surprisingly short, even for a guy that's shit at puzzles, and the story was pretty good. I'm off to a good start on Wasteland 1 - dying. It's a real treat. Next time perhaps I'll make my own team instead of being a lazy bastard and going in guns-blazing.

I was also playing The Witcher, but it didn't hold my interest that much. Alchemy and stuff was great, but those MMO-like quests is really keeping me away.

Codexers enjoying video games??? THE HORROR!!!

"RPGCodex. Everything is shit, sometimes."

 

[DalekFlay]

I was also playing The Witcher, but it didn't hold my interest that much. Alchemy and stuff was great, but those MMO-like quests is really keeping me away.

Yeah, the quests are mostly boring. It's a shame. I still like the game though, for atmosphere and the stand-out quests that do exist.

 

[Siveon]

I was also playing The Witcher, but it didn't hold my interest that much. Alchemy and stuff was great, but those MMO-like quests is really keeping me away.

Yeah, the quests are mostly boring. It's a shame. I still like the game though, for atmosphere and the stand-out quests that do exist.

Truth. I had more fun reading the monster lore than actually fighting the monsters.

Combat isn't outright bad either, but it's just so unfocused. It's like the devs asked themselves: "to ARPG, or not ARPG, that is the question..." - and kept saying that as a mantra through the course of development. It didn't help that they used the Aurora Engine of all things. I heard Witcher 2 went full ARPG (for the worse) so I kind of wish they just decided to improve what they had in mind. Maybe remove auto-targeting but keep the timing based combat? Ah well, it's in the past.

 

[DalekFlay]

Truth. I had more fun reading the monster lore than actually fighting the monsters.

Combat isn't outright bad either, but it's just so unfocused. It's like the devs asked themselves: "to ARPG, or not ARPG, that is the question..." - and kept saying that as a mantra through the course of development. It didn't help that they used the Aurora Engine of all things. I heard Witcher 2 went full ARPG (for the worse) so I kind of wish they just decided to improve what they had in mind. Maybe remove auto-targeting but keep the timing based combat? Ah well, it's in the past.

Witcher 2 having worse combat really depends on whether you like action games or not. I personally prefer its moderately good action combat, roll-focused as it may be, over the pretty non-existent combat in the original game. I mean, it has no tactics, it has no challenge, it has no action, it's just there. I think that's a greater crime.

 

[belated]

Finished Gabriel Knight 2 the other day so back to Betrayer now.

 

[murloc_gypsy]

I go looking into a chest in her room: 1 gold piece extra. Lying bitch.

The real question of character is: did you take it?

I didn't get to 100k gold by NOT stealing every piece of loot I could get my hands on. Though there's barely anything worthwhile to spend it on in Saradush

 

[bussinrounds]

Anything had to be better than that timing your clicks bullshit in the first Witcher.


Why not just have some restraint and not roll around on the ground constantly in 2 ? (haven't played it)

Would the combat still be shit ? It's gotta be more than just the rolling that makes it suck, no ?

 

[Darth Roxor]

Btw, fight is stupidly easy in both Thief 1/2. You just strafe behind the enemy and smack him a dozen times while he is fencing with the air.

There are some games which I feel can be said are objectively excellent, and Thief is one of them.

I can say with utmost sincerety and conviction that whoever doesn't like Thief has bad taste in games.

Whoever actively hates Thief is a raving dumbfuck.

And whoever actively hates Thief for "reasons" such as "the combat is easy!!!" or "the levels are corridors!!!" ought to be shot on sight.

 

[Diablo169]

Currently playing New Vegas through since i've never sat down and actually dug into the game for more then a few hours. Bizzarely enough looking at the steam group Infinitron is playing it too.

 

[Humppaleka]

Tropico 3. I love the whole premise of this game. The music is awesome too.

 

[Jasede]

Why not Tropico 4? Serious question. I remember liking 1 but never tried the others, but I figure 4 > 3.

 

[baturinsky]

Tropico 4 is Tropico 3 with some extra buildings, and more importantly, different campaign.

 

[Jasede]

Different or better? Like, should I bother with 3 or go straight to 4?

 

[Abelian]

Playing some Fantasy General after not having touched it for several years. Unfortunately, I can't get the music to play even after mounting the CD image in DOSBox.

Edit: found solution to music issue here. It turns out I had to mount the iso as CUE/BIN pair.