And it was great!

Oh you sweet summer child…

Somebody didn’t watch Terminator 2

Brigador is amazing! The flavor text is so good I went out of my way to purchase it all (in game money, but still). Even better, it gives you hints of powerful combos to try out, amongst the many many possible combinations. It’s a fantastic blend of Mechwarrior, with Syndicate graphics, with a brilliant soundtrack. Such a gem!

If you enjoy zombi bashing but don’t care for all the depressive atmosphere of Dying Light, but would rather kick some ass, I would recommend Dead Island (1 or 2). The close combat fighting is visceral and fun and while the story has some real drama at times, it’s generally upbeat.

Seriously, I’ve had Dying Light for years not every time I get too brought down by the overall vibe and constantly feeling so weak. Whereas DI had me shredding a tear at least once but you kick ass throughout.

With the hours I’ve spent flying my drone in Ghost Recon : Wildlands, I’m 0% surprised at the games skills IRL, nor their effectiveness on the battlefield. I’m just mighty curious at how easily spotted they are compared to the video game ones.

Only slightly related, but it’s hilarious to hear my surgeon wife being told to start practising her gamepad handling skills on video games so she can better operate using the robot. Well, sweetheart, let me show you what more than thirty years of practice look like! :,D

I’m right there with you on that one. For years I’ve dreamt about a post-apo game where you rebuild and look forward to the future, instead of wallowing in misery and barely getting by.
I think a 4X game, or better, something like a Heroes of Might & Magic might be the right scale to do it, but so far nobody seems to have seen the niche waiting to be filled. I dream of filling it myself but I simply don’t have the energy for a project that scale. I’m no ConcernedApe or Tarn Adams, ha !

I read some really racist xit yesterday on here, under the pretense of “my historical accuracy is so offended!”
It was almost hilarious, like a really average greentext on 4chan.
So I guess that’s nice to see such rabid reaction. And just for that I appreciate the game being there and not bending over.

Well, it doesn’t work on my phone.

I’m here once again to remind everybody that IRC is still here and still the best.

Huge fucking maps with lots of vehicles to get around it and so many people. Absolute, constant mayhem! One dude taking off in a bomber and the rest of the squad riding on top of the wings back in 1942… Flying a helo over the jungles of Vietnam dodging rockets while my mate was gunning anything in sight in the back and fixing our flying piece of junk in between fights… That one time I was driving an artillery tank and an enemy was driving away with the flag in a jeep. No way to catch up, but I managed to barrage his ass to oblivion from across the map… Bad Company 2 was the last time I played. Before they got acquired by EA. Fuck EA.

He’d have to send a body double though. It’s a bit more difficult than paying kids to do his gaming.

Don’t we have enough wars already?

You spelt “China” wrong.

You mean “threaten”, right?

Had given up on it two years ago and with the release of the second decided to revisit. The combat is clunky as fuck, but I really do enjoy the heart of the game, for lack of a better word.

I just wish it crashed less T_T No real saves and constant full freeze with hard reboots is not fun.

Which should tell you how much I do enjoy what I get to play that I’ve sunk about thirty hours so far. Getting my first horse and hunting game in the woods to feed the sick, being ambushed by a gang of three brigands and their dog to fend them off, barely. Stumbling upon a burnt hut in the woods and discovering a treasure… The sense of discovery and exploration is spot on. Losing all that because fuck knows what, not so much.

Imagine me spending the last two weeks working full time to figure out what the fuck was wrong with our network / API manager when I could have just told them “nothing I can do about it”? Damn!

Started Grim Dawn (ARPG) and Genesis Order (AVN, although I suppose that one is fairly recent).

Yeah I was into Wurm Online before Minecraft arrived a few years later. My problem was I couldn’t really afford the time involvement WO required. I get the odd email from WO once in a blue moon telling me about its evolutions.

I love that people “forget” this was Notch’s previous game.

I actually wanted to stop Steam showing me EA titles altogether, but apparently, ignoring EA isn’t enough to make it happen?

For the goons, it’s fine arse though.

About… 85% would you say?

That does look like a bit of fun!

Was more of a general rule of thumb.
I’ve no ill will towards Obsidian and I’m definitely looking forward to a first person fantasy game that’s not Bethesda junk! But yeah, I’ll judge when reviews hit Steam and not a moment sooner.

Well, the first question you gotta ask these days is “is it really Obsidian, though”.

I really enjoyed the few times in Witcher 3 where I arrived to a quest giver and Geralt was “oh yeah, lucky you I came across this earlier on”. Alas, the few times it happened were so unexpected I completely missed it apart from the “quest complete” kinda pop-up.

Most of the Dark Souls are like that, ain’t they? I’m too weak sauce to ever reach those levels, though. Black Myth Wukong has you starting Heaven’s entire army, so I guess that qualifies too (I’m assuming you end up fighting a god at the end, but again, I’m not worthy)

Imagine not knowing what “big naturals” means, and calling people retarded over it. It doesn’t make you sound like a grown up, you know.

That second animation with the guy casting twenty thousand magic missiles to destroy one dude is fucking pathetic. I mean, the animation is fine, but I wish magic was a bit more awe inspiring…

I vividly remember a downloaded game telling me they had run out of available licences, once. Can’t remember exactly, but I’m pretty certain it was on Steam. How you run out of numbers still rascals me, all these years later. And I say this as a software dev.

“Hey guys, I think this PC thing might not be a fad after all!”

Some people insist on having a nametag on 4chan.

It’s Far Cry with an amazingly immersive Pandora skin. It’s not shite, it’s just… solidly mediocre fun? Unsurprisingly consistent?

Like, they are endlessly perfecting the formula, like any other AAA company that has found something that works.

“Listen, I have gamer friends! Heck, my best friend is a gamer! I understand you. You can totally trust me!”

That’s what the ignore option is for. I just wish I could do it for entire companies.

As someone who played roguelikes in the 90’s then got frustrated with ancient UI/UX, and therefore also bounced several times, I can confirm that the latest efforts and co-operation with Kitfox have really improved things.
My latest efforts had me playing for several hours almost entirely with the mouse and having fun!

(and then I got stuck in the first basement mission with no way to reach the mission objective; that was less fun)

武昌？Is this an attempt at rehabilitating Wuhan’s image internationally? Because that sounds like a good plan, haha!

In the words of the wise : do NOT feed the trolls.

Is the game good? I don’t care what the engine is. The game’s good! Let’s play the game. Well, that’s the issue Bruce, isn’t it? The games are not as good as you think they are.

Nesmith explained that the studio can’t focus on the needs of modders when creating a core game. Maybe you should wonder why so many of those mods are corrections, bug fixes and extensions to the engine though. Maybe that’s a hint?