So, what're you playing?

[Ironwood]

Just to make the comparison between NWO and other D&D based games more jarring, i just finished replaying Icewind Dale 1 and am starting IWD2.  I remembered IWD1 fairly well overall, but thus far don't remember anything that's happened in 2, so it's almost like playing a new game!     Doesn't take long to get back into the ole min maxing of D&D that's for sure.  Most bizarre weapon I picked up in 1 was a +3 bastard sword that has a 10% chance of casting Fireball....at the target you are meleeing.  Hello friendly fire.  Bastard sword indeed....

Mate, don't bother.

IWD2 was pretty much a reskin of IWD1.  It's an utter waste of your time.

[Merusk]

MOO3 was designed by a MOO superfan with no experience in games of any kind. Like they found a guy who was super into MOO and just let him direct MOO3.

Which doesn't explain why he destroyed space combat like that.  Maybe the turn-based tac. sim wasn't his favorite part and he always did "auto-resolve combat"?

[Yegolev]

MOO3 was designed by a MOO superfan with no experience in games of any kind. Like they found a guy who was super into MOO and just let him direct MOO3.

This sounds sure-fire.  Although it depresses me when I think about trying to make a game myself.

Still no luck in getting Warframe off the ground.  I moved my entire Steam tree to a new 2TB disk specifically for Steam. home movies, and ISOs and it's still spending 20+ minutes consuming an entire core without launching.

Updating my various Steam games is making me want to play them.  Might attack Dawn of War again.  Or Arx Fatalis, never did finish that.

Otherwise, it's LEGO City.  I keep finding new things to collect.  It's insidious if you have some OCD.

[Khaldun]

Alpha Centauri, ah me. What a great game that was. I think the best factions and tech trees really of any game of that kind.

[proudft]

It certainly had the best nukes.  (Whatever they were called.) 

[Paelos]

Planet Busters?

[Stormwaltz]

MOO3 was designed by a MOO superfan with no experience in games of any kind. Like they found a guy who was super into MOO and just let him direct MOO3.

As I understand it, there were two problems. The first was that the lead designer was primarily a board monstergame designer, who also wrote computer game strategy guides. In fact, he coined the term "4X."

The second was that he left the team under mysterious, probably political reasons 3/4 of the way through. The remainder of the team then tried to simplify the original design, but did it... poorly. As in, some systems were removed ("Imperial Focus Points"), but other systems that interacted with them ("the AI takes over everything you don't spend IFP on") were not.

[Ingmar]

It certainly had the best nukes.  (Whatever they were called.) 

Planet busters, IIRC. I liked nerve staples the best, though.

[satael]

Alpha Centauri, ah me. What a great game that was. I think the best factions and tech trees really of any game of that kind.

"Please don't go. The Drones need you. They look up to you." 

I still remember alot of the datalink etc. voiceovers from that game (and it's still my favorite Sid Meier game to date)

[schild]

I, uh, Mars: War Logs.

[koro]

I, uh, Mars: War Logs.

[Ingmar]

Alpha Centauri, ah me. What a great game that was. I think the best factions and tech trees really of any game of that kind.

"Please don't go. The Drones need you. They look up to you." 

I still remember alot of the datalink etc. voiceovers from that game (and it's still my favorite Sid Meier game to date)

Still my favorite Civ probably. I think I used to use Chairman Yang as my avatar here? Somewhere, anyway.

[Lantyssa]

Both it and the expansion were great.  Alpha Centauri is another one I'd like just a graphical update but nothing else done to.

[Yegolev]

I, uh, Mars: War Logs.

Is this a console or PC game?  Yes, I know it's available on PC.

[schild]

Dunno about console. Playing it on PC.

[Rasix]

The lady in the video for that game sounds like a French Stephen Hawking.  Looks janky.  How janky is it?

[jakonovski]

The lady in the video for that game sounds like a French Stephen Hawking.  Looks janky.  How janky is it?

It's hella janky but it's got heart. I'm about 5 hours in and enjoying myself, but it definitely requires a charitable mood and a willingness to fill in the gaps of the story in your mind.

[Yegolev]

How about something from someone that doesn't enjoy SimCity so much?  Because

[jakonovski]

Such cruel words!

[Ingmar]

Going to wait to hear what Rasix thinks before I buy. 

[Rasix]

I'm waiting for a Steam sale on this one I think.   I've still got games in my queue.

I should be done with Walking Dead soon.  The episodes are in pretty digestible chunks.  That being said..

[schild]

So. Mars: War Logs.

The story opens following this kid. You're not playing this kid, but you save him from buttrape. Need I say more?

[MisterNoisy]

Still just shooting things in Defiance.  Apparently AMD is giving me a copy of FarCry 3 Blood Dragon, despite the fact that I bought my 7950 a while ago, so looking forward to that - it looks hilariously awesome.

[Yegolev]

Warframe solo is a nice difficulty.  It's fun and interesting.

[rk47]

So. Mars: War Logs.

The story opens following this kid. You're not playing this kid, but you save him from buttrape. Need I say more?

Scarlet Blade has better Story.

[Rendakor]

Picked up Soul Sacrifice for the Vita; it's a action game in the vein of Monster Hunter where you play as a sorcerer, using spells and conjured weapons to kill big ass monsters. The twist is that every time you defeat a monster you can choose to either spare it or kill it; letting it live increases your max health (or maybe defense) while killing it increases your attack. You also obtain either good or evil life essences depending on your choice, and those unlock passive bonuses you can apply to your character. I guess you're supposed to pick either good or evil, but I've been replaying all of the boss fights to get both souls for maximum ability unlocks. I'm not very far but it's pretty cool so far; I'm going to try the coop out with a couple friends tonight.

Still playing a lot of POE as well. My LA duelist is 58 now; made it to Merciless and farmed Ledge a bit because I was underleveled and starting to feel that. He's back to being an unstoppable slaughtering machine, so I think I'll push on this weekend and finish Merc and figure out what the map system is all about.

[Trippy]

Picked up Soul Sacrifice for the Vita; it's a action game in the vein of Monster Hunter where you play as a sorcerer, using spells and conjured weapons to kill big ass monsters. The twist is that every time you defeat a monster you can choose to either spare it or kill it; letting it live increases your max health (or maybe defense) while killing it increases your attack. You also obtain either good or evil life essences depending on your choice, and those unlock passive bonuses you can apply to your character. I guess you're supposed to pick either good or evil, but I've been replaying all of the boss fights to get both souls for maximum ability unlocks. I'm not very far but it's pretty cool so far; I'm going to try the coop out with a couple friends tonight.

You can be Neutral as well. If you look at your sigils you can see that some only give a bonus if you have a "Neutral Arm".

[Signe]

So. Mars: War Logs.

The story opens following this kid. You're not playing this kid, but you save him from buttrape. Need I say more?

Scarlet Blade has better Story.

By "story" you mean buttrape, right?

[rk47]

no - there's no rape. you're all mistaken ! just watch the radicalthon vids!

[Bzalthek]

"Examinate"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiGlqwtzpmk

[Phred]

I, uh, Mars: War Logs.

Is this a console or PC game?  Yes, I know it's available on PC.

Kind of looks like one of those games designed for a controller with maybe a vague nod towards kb+mouse.

[Rendakor]

You can be Neutral as well. If you look at your sigils you can see that some only give a bonus if you have a "Neutral Arm".

Yea that's how I'm playing now, simply because I'm doing each boss twice to Save and Sacrifice since there are good and evil souls you need for some of the sigils. I just unlocked the ability to pay to lower either level, but haven't really messed with it yet (stopped playing right after I unlocked it).

[Yegolev]

I, uh, Mars: War Logs.

Is this a console or PC game?  Yes, I know it's available on PC.

Kind of looks like one of those games designed for a controller with maybe a vague nod towards kb+mouse.

I'll get it on a console, then.  Thanks.


EDIT: Warframe, solo.  I beat the first boss and got his loot, only to die in a terrible hallway miscalculation during the exit.  Trying to level the sword is getting me in trouble.

[Lucas]

When I'm at my girlfriend's, like now, I bring with me my netbook, so I have to stick to oldies. Lately, among other titles, I've been playing the adventure game Sanitarium (available at GOG): dunno how I could miss this jewel when it was originally released (1998).  It's one of the most atmospheric and original adventure games I ever played (I would rank it up there with Fahrenheit and Gabriel Knight). I think I'm almost halfway through: maybe the ending will suck, but so far it has been a great ride.

http://www.gog.com/gamecard/sanitarium

[Rasix]

Walking Dead made me cry. 

Also playing LoL ARAMs (new queue is awesome) and SWTOR.   After I finish Walking Dead I think I'll with another gerund + noun game.