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rk47
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Toned down the incoming and outgoing damage in Requiem back to 100% / 100% Now it feels slightly fair. Ran around picking herbs around Whiterun, trying out alchemical solutions for cash and training. Using speechcraft to get better prices perks. Slowly getting up to 5k and blow all of it in Archery training. Decided I need more money, goes on a thieving spree - the Jarl's palace, any home, shops. I walk in and grab what I could and stuff it into a barrel behind the market.
Whenever I do this, the NPCs would say 'What a poor girl, sifting through trash...'
Haha, if only they knew what's inside. Around twenty silver jugs worth 50 coins each. Over a 50 stones-heavy herbs ready for mixture, some pieces of jewelry worth more than 1000 gold altogether, pouch full of gems, and a few dozen of fine clothings looted from the nobles' wardrobes fetching between 40-60 gold pieces in the retail market. I probably need an assistant, carrying the gold coins alone would weight me down. Ysolda was only willing to join in after I handed her a Mammoth Tusk. She wanted to be a merchant, this is the perfect opportunity to learn from practice.
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Colonel Sanders is back in my wallet
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Flood
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Finished up the bounty hunter story in swtor, and that's all eight done. Might get the rest of my guys to max level. Have civ5 and x-com sitting around, gonna get started on one of those soon.
Fire up X-Com. I bought it during the summer sale and ripped right through a normal playthrough. (Hello snipers) Easily the best game I've purchased in 2-3 years. Since I finally stepped into the now and purchased a wireless 360 controller for my PC, I've been playing all the titles I had held back on due to "consolitis". Kingdoms of Amalur, Warhammer 40k Space Marine, Batman Arkham City, Dishonored, Tomb Raider. If I had the cash I'd be picking up PayDay 2 for some sweet multi. Otherwise waiting for Wildstar and Hex.
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Greet what arrives, escort what leaves, and rush in upon loss of contact
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ghost
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Picked up Cube World and ran around a little bit swatting flies. It didn't grab me.
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Nebu
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Picked up Cube World and ran around a little bit swatting flies. It didn't grab me.
It's a great idea that's missing a game. Too much hunting for fun and not enough actual fun.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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ghost
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Dang. I was hoping you were going to tell me it got fun.
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Nebu
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Dang. I was hoping you were going to tell me it got fun. Maybe after the 'miracle patch'.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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Kotor 2 + restored content mod.Bought it for 5 bucks during a steam sale and clocked in around 85 hours. I enjoyed this one and whilst Kotor 1 is a fine game, I think I prefer the sequel just a little bit more. The first thing I thought of, to best describe the differences between Bioware (Kotor 1) and Obsidian (Kotor 2), was this comic. I'll now do a pros and cons list about Kotor 2: Pros* Better mood and atmosphere * Companion influence system and its rewards * Better companions * Actually utilize all of your companions (unlike the first one, where you pretty much pick two and stick with them) * Crafting and upgradable items * Skills actually matter more in this game, especially the 'Persuade' skill * Moar HK-47 Cons* Even with the restored content bug fixes, I experienced a few bugs and crashes. Go go Obsidian QA! * The restored content utilizes several amateur voice actors/actresses. While I respect the fact that the modders wanted to create a more complete version of Kotor 2, I wish they would have omitted the amateur 'lawl-I-recorded-my-voice-talent-on-a-shitty-mic' voice acting. Holy hell, it was horrendous. * The very first part of the game was an absolute bore. Fortunately, if you so desire, there's a mod that allows you to skip it. The story really starts to gain momentum after it. * I don't think that widescreen resolutions are supported out-of-the-box. I think the only mod that adds widescreen support may actually conflict with the restored content mod. I'll admit, I'm not 100% sure though. Overall, I was pleased and glad I gave this a whirl. Recommended. The Walking DeadI don't always embark on an emotional rollercoaster, but when I do, I prefer to do so in the manner of compelling story telling. Highly recommended.
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Yegolev
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I want to play games but I only really have time to look for the money rock in AC, and walk a few steps in ToME.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Nebu
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I want to play games but I only really have time to look for the money rock in AC, and walk a few steps in ToME.
Do what I do... give up sleeping. It's not healthy, but it improves morale.
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"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
- Mark Twain
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Malakili
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Diablo 3 expansion announcement has prompted me to go back and play a bit of that. Lost a level 52 HC yesterday to my own stupidity. Such is life.
Also still playing Payday 2 with friends and some DOTA 2.
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jakonovski
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I bought Inquisitor from the Greenlight sale. It's a janky 2d arpg, but something in it fascinates me. Maybe it's the plot, you supposedly get to interrogate sinners. We'll see, so far I've just killed a bunch of giant bats.
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I want to play games but I only really have time to look for the money rock in AC, and walk a few steps in ToME.
Do what I do... give up sleeping. It's not healthy, but it improves morale. You're talking to someone with children. Sleeping is already off the table.
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Cyrrex
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I started playing SWTOR again for some reason, as a F2P. The Sith Warrior story is really good, sometimes excellent. I just hit 44, which is the highest I ever got in this game. Belsalvis (the prison world) was surprisingly fun, thought for sure I was going to hate it. I am actually thinking about throwing a sub their way for a month or two, to remove some restrictions. I find that I am slightly underleveled.
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"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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schild
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On the topic of the Steam Greenlight Sale - I can not recommend Rogue Legacy enough. What a fucking game.
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Lakov_Sanite
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On the topic of the Steam Greenlight Sale - I can not recommend Rogue Legacy enough. What a fucking game.
It's a great game but I was a bit disappointed I was able to cheese out the final boss as easily as I did.
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~a horrific, dark simulacrum that glares balefully at us, with evil intent.
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Yegolev
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I want to play games but I only really have time to look for the money rock in AC, and walk a few steps in ToME.
Do what I do... give up sleeping. It's not healthy, but it improves morale. You're talking to someone with children. Sleeping is already off the table. Normally sleep is the first thing to go but this school year is tougher. Learning a new job, I need my brain working at peak. Or at least as close as it can get these days. I did start Amnesia again, though. Because that's not stressful. EDIT: Listening to Steve Roach now.
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« Last Edit: August 30, 2013, 08:06:00 AM by Yegolev »
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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jakonovski
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I'm game rambling this weekend. First I started on Splinter Cell HD trilogy that I got from work and decided it was worthy, then played some PSplus NFS: Most Wanted and decided it was unworthy (it's an arcade racer where you stop constantly due to crashes). Finally, my PSplus tally gave me the euro version of Demon's Souls, which I fired up for a while. Started out on a dex/int dude and cleared the Boletarian Palace until the first shortcut. I think I like its look better than Dark Souls.
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schild
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I would say that Demon's Souls is flat out better than Dark Souls. The tighter design yielded more highs than the Dark Souls world structure.
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Velorath
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I agree and think I said as much early on in the Dark Souls thread. Still enjoyed Dark Souls, but preferred the tighter focus, replayability, and level design of Demon's Souls.
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schild
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Demon's Souls had, what I would argue, as the best level design found in any game ever. Every last bit of it oozed love for the game. Stupid thing practically had a soul.
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jakonovski
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I can't really say either way overall, but I do like the free roaming ways of Dark Souls.
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Jeff Kelly
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Rayman: Legends and Guacamelee.
After a few hours in Rayman is already my favourite of the year so far. The cartoonish levels and characters are made extremely well, with lots and lots of attention to detail and they all have a certain kind of weirdness and charm to them. The game is hilariously funny and ridiculous and great. Each time you get bored by a certain trope or game mechanic they replace it with something even weirder and probably more awesome.
It's also pretty old school as far as gameplay and difficulty level are concerned. There are levels that are easy enough for you to fool around, explore and admire the scenery but there are also lots of levels that are hard and really challenging. So far I've never encountered a level though that was unfairly hard. You always get a sense that it's doable even though it might be hard. Controls are precise and you'll not miss a beat even in the time trial or very challenging levels. You'll also be grinning to much to be able to throw the controller at the wall.
Legends uses a new engine which means that everything looks better than it did in Origins, there's a lot more going on on screen and in the background and for me at least the game looks really great (I own the ps3 version). I like it more than Mario Galaxy so far. By the time you get to the first musical bonus level (a speed section played to the rhythm and tune of "Black Betty" as sung and played by Rayman's enemies, look it up on youtube it's hilarious) you're either completely in and are grinning like a maniac or you're out because you don't like the style.
Haven't had the time to play much guacamelee yet but so far it seems to be in tune with Rayman as far as general weirdness and humor is concerned.
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HaemishM
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Finally finished up the campaign in Saints Row The Third. Absolutely loved it especially BERT FUCKING REYNOLDS.
Trying to decide what to rotate to now. I'm still playing a game of Football Manager 2013 - I'm in the 2014/2015 season and I've been fired by Partrick Thistle and hired by recently-relegated Russian side Mordovia. Over 120 hours into this game and haven't tired of it yet. And I finally hit Bronze III in LOL.
So what do I play next? Finish Skyrim or Baldur's Gate 1? Actually finish a game of Crusader Kings 2? Start another Civ 5 game? Burn through Dishonored and its DLC? Or Sleeping Dogs? Dive into Ultima VII or The Witcher 1?
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Ingmar
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Finished SR4 and more or less finished Fire Emblem, so I'm working on my Sith Warrior and trying to decide what else to squeeze in before the inevitable HEXplosion.
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT. Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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naum
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OOTP14 - Still bereft of soul and color of the Football Manager games. Also, the UX makes my eyes hurt.
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"Should the batman kill Joker because it would save more lives?" is a fundamentally different question from "should the batman have a bunch of machineguns that go BATBATBATBATBAT because its totally cool?". ~Goumindong
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Engels
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Started playing Witcher 2, then got stuck at the first mob boss (the kraken thingie). After 23 tries over 2 days and looking for hints on the internet, I give up. I have no idea how you guys managed to get past it. Pity, because despite the fact that the voice acting is bad and the animation is dated, the story itself was compelling.
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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jakonovski
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It was a trick fight, you just had to use the trap spell or something.
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Mrbloodworth
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There is a side research/quest for an item that can help, other than that its mostly an environmental fight. Doing all the prep work helps a great deal.
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rk47
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Yrden. Roll. Stab Tentacle.
When he starts getting low, prepare for QTE.
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Colonel Sanders is back in my wallet
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Engels
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Yep, tried all that, I still die all the time. I'm getting old I think. Commands seem unresponsive and heck if I can accurately predict where the tentacles are gonna come down since to run from a tentacle you have to look away from the tentacle. There's a 1.4 GB mod out there that's meant to vastly improve combat responsiveness but you have to start from scratch since you can't load a save game from it. And screw that.
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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Rasix
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I've heard that combat mod makes a few parts of the game near impossible. So, I might not use that.
As far as that fight, yah, just set traps and stand in a line behind the trap. I think it'll try to hit you. Been a while, though, I could be wrong. Those tentacles come down just about everywhere. Make sure you have the one craftable krayt trap, as that gives you a free tentacle down. It's a rough fight, I wasn't particularly good at it. It took me probably 5-10 tries. A few were just learning where to place the traps.
I think there's a potion you can also down to reduce krayt's poison. Regen will help too. But yes, not a particularly fun fight. The last fight with a big beastie is a lot easier.
Just playing GW2 until my CPU arrives. Then I'll give the new PC a workout with something. Fucking fedex. Every other part came 2 days ago via UPS.
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« Last Edit: September 04, 2013, 06:21:14 PM by Rasix »
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-Rasix
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Mrbloodworth
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Tentacles always land in the same places. Did you get the (quest) trap?
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rk47
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Tentacles always land in the same places. Did you get the (quest) trap?
Speaking of tentacles, I tried the Estrus mod in Skyrim. I think I lost it when the victims started to do their hentai routine from ripped sound clips.
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Colonel Sanders is back in my wallet
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Engels
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inflicts shingles.
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I sincerely appreciate the outpouring of advice for this polish nightmare. I feel obligated to give it another try. I mean, ffs, I've only seen one tit so far.
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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rk47
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I sincerely appreciate the outpouring of advice for this polish nightmare. I feel obligated to give it another try. I mean, ffs, I've only seen one tit so far.
Aye i agree TW 2 is rough trip. I can see why a lot of ppl hate it, but I felt it was fair until that point. Boss fights is a terrible idea. Especially with the amount of load times i had to suffer back then. Everytime I wanna replay TW2 I think of the Kraken and decided not to bother.
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Colonel Sanders is back in my wallet
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