So, what're you playing?

[Margalis]

Was looking forward to Evil Within but I can't stand stealth.

I don't get how stealth is even supposed to be entertaining. Maybe I'm just not a patient person, all stealth to me just feels like tedium.

[Sky]

Invisible Inc is crazy crazy addictive.

Had my eye on that one.


Evil Within is on my sub-$5 sale list. I liked the old Resident Evils and Amnesia, but Outlast isn't really pulling me in. I'm fairly picky about my horror stuff, though.

Our minecraft host left town, so that's on hold. Dabbling in SWTOR, decided to use the 12x buff to level up a couple alts; one for crew missions, the other for gathering (w/stealth)...also figured I'd better start doing the stories I haven't seen sooner than later. Buckled on Mordor, which was awesome. Runs like butter with everything but ultra textures, lots of fun to just screw around with. Given the not-AC thread I messed around with FFH2 while downloading Mordor and it still holds up so well I guess I'm also up for another run-through of that game!

[Signe]

I adore survival horror games but I absolutely loathe fucked up cameras.  I don't know what to do.  All games are on my "hope someone gives it to me" or "under $10" list. 

[MisterNoisy]

Still a fair bit of Forza Horizon 2.  Aside from being a fun arcadey racer, the game looks spectacular:

[Velorath]

Was looking forward to Evil Within but I can't stand stealth.

I don't get how stealth is even supposed to be entertaining. Maybe I'm just not a patient person, all stealth to me just feels like tedium.

After slogging through the first 3 chapters (took a couple hours) the game has gotten a little better. You start getting more ammo and weapons and if you explore enough you should be able to find enough green goo (the currency for upgrading you character and weapons) to help out. One of the main things is to find the mirror in each area that lets you go back and forth to the hub where you're able to save, which gives you a bit of a safety net so you don't lose a shit ton of progress from a small fuckup.

The other thing that's a bit annoying is that the game doesn't really bother to explain some of the basic mechanics, like the matches. At first you might think that unless you burn a body it might get back up at some point and that you need to burn as many bodies as you have matches to spare. That is actually not true. If you're able to knock an enemy down (or if you think someone is just playing dead), you can light them up with a match to avoid having to use more ammo on them or just to kill them quickly.

There's a lot wrong with this game and I can't really recommend it, but at least it's looking like it won't be a total loss.

[Fabricated]

Thi4f Status: Okay I got to the end and I can completely see where the wheels fell off the wagon and the total team turnovers started fucking the game up.

The game's narrative is decently built up and explained IMO for like 3/4ths of the game, then it's just "fuck it whatever lets get to the end" and they kinda give up explaining what the McGuffin is and what the fuck the point of the girl character was and what the motivations of the badguys are.

The last level's location makes literally no sense and gets literally 0, NO explanation for its existence. Also, there's two sorta factions you're working against towards the end that hate eachother (much like other thief games, but they aren't exactly analogous to the Hammerites/Wildsies or whatever). There's a generic Dr. Claw/Team Rocket Sheriff of Knottingham guy you have as sort of your equal number antagonist over the course of the game. After you confront the badguy of the faction HE IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF, he literally shows up out of nowhere and lets them leave so he can have a boss fight with you.

And the last boss is uh...yeah.

[pxib]

Seconding Invisible Inc., has an intuitive stealth mechanic like Mark of the Ninja but turn based rather than paused real-time. Surprisingly challenging gameplay and addictive pacing. Think of it as a cloak-and-dagger roguelike. The instructions are not particularly well documented during early access, so be prepared to die a few times figuring things out. Then be prepared to die a lot more. In my case, it's usually because I thought it was safe to run rather than walk.

[Sky]

I guess the Ventures got into game design.

[Xilren's Twin]

Trying to finish up my Wasterland 2 play through so i can move on to Legend of Grimlock 2.  Not enought time; hell i havent logged into Hex in weeks (course part of that is waiting for them to actually move forward in a substantial way)...

[Bunk]

Apparently there is a demo available for Fantasia: Music Evolved for anyone interested in rhythm games. The actual game launches Tuesday. I played it at PAX this year and was quite enthralled. Easier to jump in to than an instrument based game (you are conducting the song). Pricing on it is a bit ridiculous ($100 for the game plus all DLC at the start) but I figured what the hell - first thing I've seen to actually justify the Kinnect.

[Jeff Kelly]

Legend of Grimrock 2.

"Just another 10 minutes"
"Why is it four in the morning already?"

amazing sequel

[schild]

What did they improve from the first one?

[Yegolev]

In this one, you fight crime but your partner is a lovable but surly dog.

[Comstar]

I don't get how stealth is even supposed to be entertaining. Maybe I'm just not a patient person, all stealth to me just feels like tedium.

Play ALIEN: ISOLATION.

Now, if you don't like Horror+Stealth+Survival , I can't help you with that. It's my game of the year so far. You don't have to be patient, just terrified.

[apocrypha]

Minecraft again. I don't know what happened, one minute I was all Borderlands, Elite & Kerbal Space Program and then all of a sudden I'm planting carrots and building bookshelves.

[Jeff Kelly]

What did they improve from the first one?

If you liked the first one then it'll be more of that with small improvements all around and more content. Think Eye of the Beholder 2 vs EotB. If you didn't like the first one then you probably won't like LoG 2 because it's basically still the same kind of game and it also kept a few of its flaws (like the soemtimes wonky item progressionm

[Ironwood]

Wait it's out ?

Shit, I may have to look up from my Gnomoria haze.

(Seriously, fuck Gnomoria.  I've played it SOLID for weeks now. SOLID.  I really should put up all the spoilers I've learned in The Thread.)

[Sky]

Play ALIEN: ISOLATION.

I was waiting for you to come up for air and let us know how it is  

Trailers look really good, I dig stealth, horror and the IP....but so many fails in all three categories in the past!

I'm playing the occasional bit of mayhem in Mordor, just a good mindless game to screw around in. Leveling up an agent in TOR while the 12x bonus is on, finally ran into the gear wall at 30 (I'm doing almost no non-class quests) - when the crafted green are a massive upgrade things have fallen a bit behind. Also FFH2, the gameplay holds up so well. Playing Svarts, the Esus/shadow faction. Vampirism rampant to the east, an insane harlequin to the south, tribes of intermixed civ/npc orcs to the west, Lanun as usual bottling up the oceans (think England on steroids...and cthulhu). I was a ways in before I remembered that in FFH2 elves (Svarts are basically dark elves) can irrigate forested tiles. Grassland + farm + forest hammers? Mmm.

[Sky]

Minecraft again. I don't know what happened, one minute I was all Borderlands, Elite & Kerbal Space Program and then all of a sudden I'm planting carrots and building bookshelves.

Hop over to our minecraft server thread and put in your 2¢ about the server setup (Nix's host just sold out and our world is currently in limbo).

F13 server is best 13 server.

[apocrypha]

Hop over to our minecraft server thread and put in your 2¢ about the server setup (Nix's host just sold out and our world is currently in limbo).

F13 server is best 13 server.

It's too secret for me apparently! :p

"The topic or board you are looking for appears to be either missing or off limits to you."

[Sky]

Woops!

[Jeff Kelly]

Wait it's out ?

Since last Wednesday

[Ironwood]

Well, that's my evening fucked then.   

[Signe]

I love horror survival games.  Love. As in  .

I'm playing that freebie Dragon Age Origin.  I never anywhere near finished it but I watched Gordon play it for ages.  It's more fun when you play it yourself!

[Fabricated]

The big "secret" goal for Payday 2's steam group hitting 1.5 million users is...

a promotional tie-in with Lionsgate film to have Keanu Reeves' character "John Wick" from the self-titled action movie that's coming out in the game as a playable character and voiced by Keanu.

[Phildo]

Woah.

[Lantyssa]

Bogus, dude.

[schild]

The big "secret" goal for Payday 2's steam group hitting 1.5 million users is...

a promotional tie-in with Lionsgate film to have Keanu Reeves' character "John Wick" from the self-titled action movie that's coming out in the game as a playable character and voiced by Keanu.

So fucking strange.

[Fabricated]

The only thing I can think of is that it's some really fucked up connection from Overkill to Starbreeze to 505 Games to whatever their hookups are with the movie industry. I imagine it's the same people who connected Overkill with whoever got them the license to The Walking Dead and Giancarlo Esposito for voiceover work.

There's no way this deal wasn't conducted in a club restroom over lines of coke.

[Jeff Kelly]

I've been playing an unhealthy amount of Legend of Grimrock 2. I love that game so far. Especially the puzzles. So far they have all been tricky but solvable with the information the game gives to you. Sometimes when you read up on some puzzle you've been stuck on for hours you smack yourself for it being 'so obvious' in hindsight. So far I haven't encountered a puzzle that I thought was  impossible to deduct the solution from the clues given to you.

If they'd have a better class and item progression (especially item-wise there are fewer options I'd like given the classes) and a few more combat options than just 'circle-strafe' and kite opponents it would be damn near perfect.

[Ironwood]

DAMN YOU !

[Jeff Kelly]

So how much or little sleep did you get last night? 

[Ironwood]

I downloaded it and it opened up the front screen and then I had to be a father for hours so I haven't played it yet !!

Elena wants to play it with me, like we did with the first one, so I'll see what happens tonight.

You make it sound good tho !

[Yegolev]

Destiny daily last night.  I keep getting ascendant energy instead of ascendant shards.

The beginning of Infamous 3 this morning.  It's not un-fun.

[Jeff Kelly]

I downloaded it and it opened up the front screen and then I had to be a father for hours so I haven't played it yet !!

Elena wants to play it with me, like we did with the first one, so I'll see what happens tonight.

You make it sound good tho !

A word of warning if you play Legend of Grimrock with a child. There are a few jump scares in the game especially  and
I don't know how well your kid handles such things or how old she is so you might need to proceed with caution.