What game are you wasting time on?

[Blonsky]

Warlords 4 Heroes of Eteria
I am just trying to finish the campaign as fast as posible, because the game is crap.
It has no diplomacy, barely any economy and a really stupid combat system. You can pick which unit goes into combat but cant replace him or remove him once its injured, until all the enemies are dead or youre unit dies and you get to pick another one. The heroes and units can level up but because of the combat system it can take 3 side missions before any unit in youre retinue gets a level.
I just hope there isnt alot more missions in the campaign.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Decided to pick up Ys Origins again. Got to the same part I was at before, and put it back down. Game gets stupidly grindy later on. Well, instead of grinding you can try finish a 3 hour boss fight without getting hit more than 3 times. Fucking hell.

 

[J_C]

Learing Kerbal Space Program step by step. This game is amazing.

And started The Witchening 3 of course.

 

[MilesBeyond]

For reasons that are unclear to me, I've decided that this summer I want to try and do the entire Enroth world story. So, in order, HoMM 1 Knight campaign, HoMM 2 Roland campaign, M&M 6, HoMM 3 Shadow of Death campaign, HoMM 3 RoE campaign, M&M 7, HoMM 3 Armageddon's Blade campaign, HoMM 4.

I can't remember if M&M 8 factors in there or not. Also I might slot in the various Heroes Chronicles in appropriate spots. Also I'm seriously considering skipping HoMM 1 because I played the first two campaign missions last night and it... kind of irks me. Though that being said I suppose it's a point in the game's favour that it was still monstrously addicting, but there's so many little things that bother me that Heroes 2 fixes.

Also I may not do HoMM 4 because technically that's not Enroth anyway and I was never a huge fan of the game. I understand they were trying something different but unfortunately in doing so they ended up doing something that felt like a poor man's Age of Wonders. I mean, it's not necessarily a bad game, and the soundtrack alone makes it worth the price (at least, the price GOG charges...) but playing it always just gives me a craving for AoW.

 

[octavius]

For reasons that are unclear to me, I've decided that this summer I want to try and do the entire Enroth world story. So, in order, HoMM 1 Knight campaign, HoMM 2 Roland campaign, M&M 6, HoMM 3 Shadow of Death campaign, HoMM 3 RoE campaign, M&M 7, HoMM 3 Armageddon's Blade campaign, HoMM 4.

I can't remember if M&M 8 factors in there or not. Also I might slot in the various Heroes Chronicles in appropriate spots.

Chronologically within the game world the six first Chronicles happen before HoMM 1. The Chronicles are also much easier than the other campaigns, except maybe the first half of the HoMM 3 campaign.

 

[MilesBeyond]

For reasons that are unclear to me, I've decided that this summer I want to try and do the entire Enroth world story. So, in order, HoMM 1 Knight campaign, HoMM 2 Roland campaign, M&M 6, HoMM 3 Shadow of Death campaign, HoMM 3 RoE campaign, M&M 7, HoMM 3 Armageddon's Blade campaign, HoMM 4.

I can't remember if M&M 8 factors in there or not. Also I might slot in the various Heroes Chronicles in appropriate spots.

Chronologically within the game world the six first Chronicles happen before HoMM 1. The Chronicles are also much easier than the other campaigns, except maybe the first half of the HoMM 3 campaign.

Oh, goodness, yes. Frankly I was shocked at how easy the Chronicles were. Frankly I'd say they're easier than even the first half of RoE. That at least had Steadwick's Fall, which while not exactly difficult is certainly way beyond anything in the Chronicles.

I'm mostly reluctant to do the Chronicles because I feel like six HoMM 3 campaigns will make the plunge into HoMM 1 all the more painful.

 

[octavius]

Pirate Utopia, an XL Expert difficulty map for Price of Loyalty.
Of the standalone maps for PoL, this is defintely the most detailed and intricately designed map I've played so far, rivaling the best user made maps. (HoMM 3 also had one outstanding map, which was based on Greek mythology and which name I can't recall now).
Only flaws is Barrow Mounds (Ghost under player control break the game) and find the Ultimate Artifact (buried pirate booty) victory condition.

On one of the first turns of the game one of my three starting heroes landed on this little island, driven there by the sight of a beautiful chest (of which you can still see the "shadow":

At the time I thought that under that palm tree would have been a nice place to bury treasure.
Many turns later that was excactly where the treasure turned out to be.
Still, I got a new record score: 387.
One of the things I really like about the HoMM games is how the score is based on a mix of turns spent and the difficulty you choose.

 

[Abelian]

HoMM 3 also had one outstanding map, which was based on Greek mythology and which name I can't recall now

Myth and Legend, and it's sequel Pandora's Box from Armageddon. It makes sense to have a map set in Ancient Greece, since so many creatures from the series are from Greek mythology (centaur, medusa, titan, minotaurus, cyclops, phoenix, pegasus, etc).

Have you tried the HoMM 3 fan expansion Horn of the Abyss? Pirate's Utopia is included as one of the scenarios and now you can play as the pirate faction .

 

[octavius]

HoMM 3 also had one outstanding map, which was based on Greek mythology and which name I can't recall now

Myth and Legend, and it's sequel Pandora's Box from Armageddon.
It makes sense to have a map set in Ancient Greece, since so many creatures from the series are from Greek mythology (centaur, medusa, titan, minotaurus, cyclops, phoenix, pegasus, etc).

Myth and Legend it was. I don't think I got around to play Pandora's Box, though. I can't even remember if I played AB, or just bought it. So many good games at that time...

Have you tried the HoMM 3 fan expansion Horn of the Abyss? Pirate's Utopia is included as one of the scenarios and now you can play as the pirate faction .

It's on my play list. But I may give it a try earlier than I planned, as that mod looks very intriguing.

 

[Mustawd]

Currently playing:

Telepath Tactics - delicious tactics ol gameplay that punishes bad decisions.

Witcher 1 - New to the game. Almost uninstalled after 10 minutes, as the VO is shit, and the combat is simplistic. But glad. I stuck with it. The open world is full of shit to do.


Valiant Hearts - Totally screwed up. Thought I had read "Vagrant Hearts", which I thought looked interesting and charming. Anyhow. It's a nice visual novella. Not one iota of difficulty tho....

 

[adddeed]

Witcher 1 - New to the game. Almost uninstalled after 10 minutes, as the VO is shit, and the combat is simplistic. But glad. I stuck with it. The open world is full of shit to do.

1. Game is not open world.
2. You're playing an RPG, combat always gets progressively more complex in these games and Witcher is no exception.
3. Stop being a dumbass.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Decided to pick up Ys Origins again. Got to the same part I was at before, and put it back down. Game gets stupidly grindy later on. Well, instead of grinding you can try finish a 3 hour boss fight without getting hit more than 3 times. Fucking hell.

Huh, weird. I finished it twice with Yunica now, and never grinded on purpose. I do have a habit of clearing out entire rooms of enemies as I explore because I enjoy the minute-to-minute combat a lot (though never on purpose - I just do it naturally as I explore around), and a couple of boss fights were fairly drawn out compared to, say, Ys I&II bosses, but never to the extent that your post seems to imply.

I played on Hard though. Maybe it gets worse on Nightmare, I dunno.

 

[Astral Rag]

Currently playing:

Witcher 1 - New to the game. Almost uninstalled after 10 minutes, as the VO is shit, and the combat is simplistic. But glad. I stuck with it. The open world is full of shit to do Sex Cards to collect.

Fixed

 

[Mustawd]

Witcher 1 - New to the game. Almost uninstalled after 10 minutes, as the VO is shit, and the combat is simplistic. But glad. I stuck with it. The open world is full of shit to do.

1. Game is not open world.
2. You're playing an RPG, combat always gets progressively more complex in these games and Witcher is no exception.
3. Stop being a dumbass.

1. whatever *shrug* point is there is enough stuff to do to capture my attention
2. Plz let me know when it stops being a click fest, aka simplistic
3. K'

 

[DwarvenFood]

I wanted to play The Witcher 3, but am unable to, because nowadays when I play games, I have an audience in the form of my 2.5 year old son and The Witcher is a bit too hardcore for him to watch.

Heh, I know how that is

Incidentally, my small one took a liking to (watching me play) Paper Sorcerer - guess there is something about that art style. Quite happy with that actually, having fun with the game.

 

[RedScum]

Started playing Fallout New Vegas again. This time with a explosive focused character, t'is fun to create your own homemade bombs and use them to wreak havoc.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

The Aeons of Death mod for Doom got updated last month. Mostly bugfixes, some new clown-like enemies, ONE new gun and one new powerup.

But that powerup makes Brutal Doom seem kinda tame. In-game it appears like a black pentagram, but there's also a "soul counter" at the top of the screen that counts how many souls you've collected. Once that meter reaches 666 - well, you can see the results yourself:



By far the best part about this upgrade, though, is that you can now pick and choose which "groups" of enemies appear in-game. Don't want monsters from Quake 1 & 2? No problem. Hexen 2? Gone. Half-Life 1 & 2? Bye-bye. (Because far too many of the enemies from Quake-engine games have perma-shields that really screw up the flow of the game.)

Now I have to go dig up some more decent Doom .wads to play with this beastie.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Best Painkiller ripoff I ever seen.
Better than original.
Not only that 666 souls mutation but overall... just add Impaling Gun and day is saved.

 

[baturinsky]

GTA V. I'm starting to sympathise Trevor. It scares me.

 

[Ovplain]

Football Manager 2014 like a motherfucker, 150 hours in the past two weeks.:S

 

[Horus]

Learing Kerbal Space Program step by step. This game is amazing.

I always wanted to try that but i was scared because of shitty computer. From 1 to NASA how powerful computer does it require?

 

[Horus]

Football Manager 2014 like a motherfucker, 150 hours in the past two weeks.:S

FM, only thing more addicting than heroin.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

GTA V. I'm starting to sympathise Trevor. It scares me.

trevor is genuinely the first, one and only gta character who's not a retard, a complete moron or totally delusional. it's actually sane, thinks clearly and does and says what we all would ever could.
i wub trevor.

 

[J_C]

Learing Kerbal Space Program step by step. This game is amazing.

I always wanted to try that but i was scared because of shitty computer. From 1 to NASA how powerful computer does it require?

Well I have a AMD Athlon II X4, AMD HD6870 and 8 GB RAM. Average rig and it runs at max settings, but I assume it runs on a much weaker PC.

 

[Icewater]

does and says what we all would ever could.

u wot m8