What game are you wasting time on?

[Hagashager]

Haven't played much of anything substantial since the start of the new year.

I recently tried to start up a Hardcore Minecraft game (it's a guilty pleasure) but it doesn't feel as good as one of the multiplayer worlds my friends and I had a few years ago.

The problem with MC is I've built some pretty spectacular places over the years and yet absolutely none of them are ultimately accessible. MC is a functionally meaningless game after a certain point.

 

[NecroLord]

I'm playing some Daggerfall.
My favorite Elder Scrolls game in the series, right here.
Dungeons are absolutely gargantuan, offering a true dungeon crawling experience.
When you hear that Skeleton scream "YAAAAAAARGH!" or the Ancient Vampire and Lich sounds...
Truly the most ambitious game in the franchise. It's fucking YUGE!

 

[Socrates]

The steam version of Dwarf Fortress at the moment. I'm not sure if I hate it or love it.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Playing Earth 2160. It's pretty mediocre. The UCS campaign is really fun (which is a good thing, because the previous Lunar Corp campaign sucks), but then they had to follow it with the Alien campaign which is so boring.
You can tell that the devs never actually played a RTS game, because if they did then they would know that sitting on a resource point with a couple of units for 20 minutes while you're protected by OP defensive structures so you can build an army of OP units that have no supply limit and are incredibly tanky and damage dealing is a shit play style.

Its just not a good RTS. What's frustrating is that there are some really nice ideas, but they are undermined by the devs' sheer incompetence.

 

[Avonaeon]

Finally completed Project IGI. This game was really tough and especially the final mission was hard. Got to the final room twice and failed, before getting it the third time Feels great to have finally beat it, as I tend to give up on games that are hard.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

3 hours into Shadow of Mordor -- bros, killing orcs, mangling them, stabbing them slashing them, bleeding them to death, killing them all... feels so good. Is this what paladins mean when they talk about smiting evil?!?!

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

So I beat Earth 2160.
It ends on a cliff hanger. I guess the devs really thought there was going to be an Earth 2170.
Overall, mediocre but in the worse way as there were some really neat ideas. Looks like that cliffhanger is going to continue hanging, because its been 18 years and I don't see anyone continuing the franchise after that mess. Especially after the company who made it got shut down in 2015. They made crap games anyway.
That said, it is pretty funny reading the steam forums and the reviews and discovering that people actually thought they had to register to play the game and give their personal details to a dead company. Instead of just...unchecking the box.

 

[Fink]

Got bored of D:OS for now. Don't know if I'll return to it any time soon. Second time I've dropped this game. I might just move on to the sequel.

In the meantime I'm playing Blackguards, shovelware-ish tactical RPG based on The Dark Eye PnP game.

I'm having fun. Combat is enjoyable, but it is also quite literally the ONLY thing the game has to offer - and the game is supposedly around 40 hours long. I'm craving some exploration. Not sure if I'll see it through to the end, either.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Blackguards, shovelware-ish

so this is what it has come to

 

[Catacombs]

Second time I've dropped this game. I might just move on to the sequel.

If you didn't like the first, you might not like the sequel.

 

[mold]

Returned to the first RPG I ever tried (and didn't like): Champions of Krynn. Really fucking painful at first, but after a while I got used to things and it's been all right. Combat isn't great - most encounters just require disabling enemies before they do they same to the PCs and there's really no tactical depth to any of it. It's been a long time since I read any Dragonlance books but my impression was that dragons were to be taken seriously, but this game drops multiple dragons at once on low level PCs who then swat them like flies. I'm only past Jelek, though, so maybe things get more interesting later. In any case, the game has been more engaging than many of the newer games I've tried in the past few months. My progress is very slow, but I keep coming back to it every day. Must be that old school charm... (I still kinda adore the setting, too. I'd love a game set right after the Cataclysm.) This game, along with Stonekeep, made me ignore most older RPGs, but now I'm curious.

I'm also replaying Underrail (no trading, fists+versatility, very fun), and played through My Brother Rabbit but it was too easy and too cute.

 

[Fink]

Blackguards, shovelware-ish

so this is what it has come to

By shovelware I mean: low-budget, unambitious, some jank, frequently on sale for less than $5, appears in bundles often and is neither critically acclaimed nor a big seller. The game itself is decent, I don't mean to denigrate it.

Second time I've dropped this game. I might just move on to the sequel.

If you didn't like the first, you might not like the sequel.

Makes sense. But I'm a big believer in giving things a try, when it comes to RPGs, anyway.

For the record, I do actually like DOS, just don't love it.

 

[NecroLord]

Is this what paladins mean when they talk about smiting evil?!?!

Exactly.
Those goody two shoes just don't want to admit it.

 

[Renfri]

Replaying Fallout New Vegas for fourth time. But I have played through DLCs only once before, so paying extra attention to them. I didn't remember how frustrating gameplaywise Dead Money DLC really was, I remembered it be somewhat annoying, but holymoly and fucking hell. Luckily story and characters were awesome. And Honest Hearts DLC: its literally one cool character. Not much else going on in that one. Now off to other DLCs and more...

 

[Abu Antar]

Blackguards, shovelware-ish

so this is what it has come to

By shovelware I mean: low-budget, unambitious, some jank, frequently on sale for less than $5, appears in bundles often and is neither critically acclaimed nor a big seller. The game itself is decent, I don't mean to denigrate it.

Second time I've dropped this game. I might just move on to the sequel.

If you didn't like the first, you might not like the sequel.

Makes sense. But I'm a big believer in giving things a try, when it comes to RPGs, anyway.

For the record, I do actually like DOS, just don't love it.

Shovelware means shit, and Blackguards is far from shit.

Anyway. I beat Dragon Quest VII on Nintendo 3DS. A chill experience, in a traditional jrpg way. No bullshittery, just tradition up the wazoo.

In Mortal Online 2, our guild Alliance went to clear the highest level boss of the game. Shit's not that easy, though. We found our enemies there, and a 20ish vs 20ish fight ensued by the entrance. We were victorious, but basically all our horses died. Our healers did great, and the front liners did even better. With that out of the way, we entered the dungeon. They came back again, before we hit the boss room. Chaos ensued, and we won again, this time at around 30 vs 30. People were swinging their weapons all over the place. There's no auto attacking here. It's all manual, and everyone were hitting both friend and foe. For the third time, they came back with 60 men, and we had to find a choke point, and killed them in a very sneaky way. We killed them when they tried passing a bridge. Shoved many off it, to their doom. The thing is that you lose everything when you die, so we had a loot fest. Lastly, we defeated the boss, and got enough money to be able to besiege two enemy factions. The most scary part was escorting the person that we gave all the loot to on the way back, but the way back went better than we thought. The faction we thought with before decided not to attack a fourth time.

 

[Fink]

Shovelware means shit, and Blackguards is far from shit.

By that definition Skyrim and GTA 5 are shovelware. I think my definition fits better. The use of the word "shovel" implies bundle fodder to me

 

[Abu Antar]

Shovelware means shit, and Blackguards is far from shit.

By that definition Skyrim and GTA 5 are shovelware. I think my definition fits better. The use of the word "shovel" implies bundle fodder to me

Not to me, because it's not bundle fodder to me.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Shovelware means shit, and Blackguards is far from shit.

By that definition Skyrim and GTA 5 are shovelware. I think my definition fits better. The use of the word "shovel" implies bundle fodder to me

all games are bundle fodder eventually, especially in the current market. the game pass fodder games are going to be the new xbox live arcade type stuff too.

 

[Sigourn]

Finished Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009).

Pros: It makes you feel like the goddamn Batman.
Cons: Detective Mode is anything but a Detective Mode; boss fights are lame and require you to repeat the same basic routine from three to infinity times depending on the boss and how good you are at the game; exploration is limited to Riddler Challenges, of which the majority consist of picking up a glowing question mark, and what's left consist of "riddles" that are as much of a riddle as asking Google who's the current POTUS.

But I enjoyed it a lot.

 

[std::namespace]

mouse mouse wheel just broke...

 

[Dr1f7]

Finished Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009).

Pros: It makes you feel like the goddamn Batman.
Cons: Detective Mode is anything but a Detective Mode; boss fights are lame and require you to repeat the same basic routine from three to infinity times depending on the boss and how good you are at the game; exploration is limited to Riddler Challenges, of which the majority consist of picking up a glowing question mark, and what's left consist of "riddles" that are as much of a riddle as asking Google who's the current POTUS.

But I enjoyed it a lot.

lol u fell for the psyop

 

[Spike]

Got bored of D:OS for now. Don't know if I'll return to it any time soon. Second time I've dropped this game. I might just move on to the sequel.

In the meantime I'm playing Blackguards, shovelware-ish tactical RPG based on The Dark Eye PnP game.

I'm having fun. Combat is enjoyable, but it is also quite literally the ONLY thing the game has to offer - and the game is supposedly around 40 hours long. I'm craving some exploration. Not sure if I'll see it through to the end, either.

If that isn't a relatable feeling regarding D:OS...I have dropped it like three or four times now. It's such a slog. I just started Baldur's Gate 1 and said screw it. Though, I will return to it to complete it because the encounters are fun.

Blackguards for what I understand is liked around here. Which is funny, because I got it for free from some bundle or some bonus deal or whatever. And it turns out combat rocks. Who'da thunk?

 

[BruceVC]

I just completed Pillars of Eternity 1&2 and I had a great time, it took me about 170 hours to complete both games

Obsidian was really successful in creating a new IP with lore and certain mechanics. The best parts of these games was the depth and choices of the main narrative and the strategic nature of hard battles that only exist in similar party based RPG. I created full reviews of these games in the official White March thread

Now Im going to play Shadowrun Returns, I have never played this franchise before but it looks good?

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

I just completed Pillars of Eternity 1&2 and I had a great time, it took me about 170 hours to complete both games

Obsidian was really successful in creating a new IP with lore and certain mechanics. The best parts of these games was the depth and choices of the main narrative and the strategic nature of hard battles that only exist in similar party based RPG. I created full reviews of these games in the official White March thread

Now Im going to play Shadowrun Returns, I have never played this franchise before but it looks good?

Skip the first game and go directly to Dragonfall and then Hong Kong

 

[Jack Of Owls]

Installed the Onealex mod (based on GWX 3.0) for Silent Hunter III because I wanted to see what the current state of the art in WWII sub simulations was. Ultimately it's too hardcore for me but I wish I could use whatever widescreen mod they're using in the vanilla game. I'm afraid my only experiences with completing sub sims were Silent Service and Red Storm Rising on my old C64 (both superb, immersive sims for their time and probably still playable today) but Onealex goes waaaaay beyond that. Still, I'd love to get back into the genre if I can get the base game looking pretty as the modern SH3 mods without changing beginner level mechanics. The level of detail is astounding.