So, what're you playing?

[schild]

Mighty Quest for Epic Loot is shit.

Who asked for a company to make Diabloville?

[Lantyssa]

Your former employer most likely.

[schild]

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[Soulflame]

Look at what you did.  You made Schild flip all the things.

[Rendakor]

New Leaf and misc 3DS nonsense.  Do we need a Friend Code thread?

Yea.

[Soulflame]

You'll pry my apples from my cold dead hands!

[Lantyssa]

Hah!  Had I donated $50 I would have just earned another possible grief title.

[Yegolev]

That's not how it works.

[Lantyssa]

Yeah, I know.  I'm sure he'd find something less likable by digging through all my posts.

[Sky]

Yeah, I know.  I'm sure he'd find something less likable by digging through all my posts.

I read that quickly and 

[Rasix]

My most recent Dwarf Fortress expedition is going down in flames quite spectacularly.  I've gone from near 100 population down to 12.  Just got some migrants though. 

[MrHat]

Ploughing through some indie games I had sitting in Steam before the Civ5 xpac comes and takes away my life.

Mark of the Ninja was so fantastic.

Playing Hotline: Miami and it's also extremely enjoyable.

I just wish Hotline had the friends list High Score comparison like Mark of the Ninja so I could see how much better Bhodi is at gaming than me.

[HaemishM]

Finally bought Mass Effect 3 on sale this weekend. Started a game, had to go through hoops just to get the goddamn save file from ME2 in the right place for the import. Fuck you, EA and Bioware for not even bothering to include any goddamn instructions on how to do this with the goddamn game. Something is very very off with the graphics. ME1 with its faux film grain looked better. The characters in this one just look TOO hi-def, too well-defined and bright. Uncanny valley effect maybe.

Played until I got to Mars, then decided I'd try to push through Arkham City before I touch this again. Finally found a sweet spot where performance on my machine isn't total shit and it still looks great. The map is kind of useless but it does scratch my Batman itch. There may actually be TOO much to do in the game. I started a Riddler side mission, was given a point on the map to go to for rescuing a hostage and yet there doesn't appear to be shit there. Goddamn Riddler.

[rk47]

haemish just play online co op for me3 before the community dies out.

[PalmTrees]

Been playing Neverwinter, but I'm burning out on that. Between the long queue times and the high failure rate of queue groups at the end boss it's just becoming too frustrating.

Trying to finish up my last storyline in Swtor, but it's slow going. Game's been making me fall asleep. At least I'm not staying up too late.

Started Portal 2 and been enjoying it so far.

[HaemishM]

haemish just play online co op for me3 before the community dies out.

I do not play Mass Effect (or Bioware for that matter) games for community or multiplayer.

[Rasix]

The ME3 multiplayer was pretty decent.  I had a lot of fun with it.

[Reg]

Playing the multiplayer is also the easiest way to get your War Readiness number high enough to get all of the options at the end of the game. Be warned though that the damned number will decay back to 50 after a couple of days.

[Rasix]

Well, that ended somewhat like I expected.

[Velorath]

haemish just play online co op for me3 before the community dies out.

I do not play Mass Effect (or Bioware for that matter) games for community or multiplayer.

You're missing out on what is arguably the best part of the game then.

[Venkman]

Not sure it's the best part, but it's certainly an equal part. Haemish, I was much against the multiplayer in ME3 at first, almost through the whole thing. I only tried it because once I heard they caved on the ending and announced the DLC, I had no interest in finishing the campaign but still had interest in playing.

It really is hella fun. I was mostly reminded of L4D, but with tighter environments and a broader array of enemy types. I was never really good enough for the Gold level, but I made plenty ample progress just on Bronze and occasionally Silver.

[Ingmar]

haemish just play online co op for me3 before the community dies out.

I do not play Mass Effect (or Bioware for that matter) games for community or multiplayer.

You're missing out. It's fantastic.

Playing the multiplayer is also the easiest way to get your War Readiness number high enough to get all of the options at the end of the game. Be warned though that the damned number will decay back to 50 after a couple of days.

Actually, no, totally unnecessary now, but still loads of fun.

[Jeff Kelly]

I play X-Com on my iPad. 2k released the game yesterday.

It's a pretty good port that has all of the features of the PC or console. They had to scale down the graphics a bit (less effects, lower res textures) but the rest of the game is basically the same as the PC or console version.

Control scheme is decent although you need two taps/steps more than you'd need on the console or PC to prevent accidentally executing orders.

For example on consoles you'd move the cursor with the stick and execute orders with buttons. On the iPad you tap to place cursor and tap to give orders so you have an additional step to execute a move (tap for destination and then tap move) or an order (select order then tap execute)

It's OK and it doesn't feel clunky, I'm positive that it could have been streamlined a bit though.

The multiplayer is missing but will be released later on free of charge.

The game itself is XCom as we already know it with the same missions and base building, they included all of the voice overs and videos/cut scenes which brings the game to more than 4 GB on the iPad. It's also a universal version so it should also work on the iPhone, I haven't tested how good it handles on an iPhone.

A few annoyances: most cut scenes can't be skipped which is a major annoyance during the tutorial, voice overs can't be skipped which is equally annoying and you only have 5 slots for saves you can use iCloud saves though.

The game is priced at $18, which seems high but I'm OK with it since I basically get a full featured AAA title that has all of the features of the desktop and console versions.

[Nebu]

In defense of Haemish, I played ME3 initially as multiplayer and found the solo game to be much more engaging.  The multiplayer component is really only enjoyable when shared with friends. 

[Reg]

Playing the multiplayer is also the easiest way to get your War Readiness number high enough to get all of the options at the end of the game. Be warned though that the damned number will decay back to 50 after a couple of days.

Actually, no, totally unnecessary now, but still loads of fun.

I heard somewhere that if you had some of the DLC you could easily get your score high enough to not need more than 50% war readiness but I figured that Haemish probably hasn't got any of the stuff yet.

[Shannow]

Or pick up Aliens vs Humans for 2.99 and play the original Xcom on your Ipad. The interface is somewhat clunky though.

[HaemishM]

Playing the multiplayer is also the easiest way to get your War Readiness number high enough to get all of the options at the end of the game. Be warned though that the damned number will decay back to 50 after a couple of days.

Actually, no, totally unnecessary now, but still loads of fun.

I heard somewhere that if you had some of the DLC you could easily get your score high enough to not need more than 50% war readiness but I figured that Haemish probably hasn't got any of the stuff yet.

I don't expect I'll pay any money for the DLC. I felt dirty enough paying EA for this, and the only reason I bought it was the discount (only $9.99) and a sense of completeness - plus I really want to see if the Internet's opinion on the horridness of the ending is valid (and no, I don't know what the ending is yet - I've somehow managed to not get it spoiled for me).

The multiplayer I haven't even considered playing. I just have so much other stuff to play I don't want to spend time on it that I could be spending playing other games.

I'm taking another burnout week off of LOL so I figured I'd boot up Metro 2033 at lunch yesterday. WTF? I get that they are trying to tell me a story but I think out of 45 minutes of gameplay, I ended up actually playing maybe 5-10 minutes.

[Sky]

I enjoyed ME3 multiplayer quite a bit and I normally hate that kind of thing with randoms.

I should go back and finish teh single player some day.

[Ingmar]

Playing the multiplayer is also the easiest way to get your War Readiness number high enough to get all of the options at the end of the game. Be warned though that the damned number will decay back to 50 after a couple of days.

Actually, no, totally unnecessary now, but still loads of fun.

I heard somewhere that if you had some of the DLC you could easily get your score high enough to not need more than 50% war readiness but I figured that Haemish probably hasn't got any of the stuff yet.

I don't expect I'll pay any money for the DLC. I felt dirty enough paying EA for this, and the only reason I bought it was the discount (only $9.99) and a sense of completeness - plus I really want to see if the Internet's opinion on the horridness of the ending is valid (and no, I don't know what the ending is yet - I've somehow managed to not get it spoiled for me).

The multiplayer I haven't even considered playing. I just have so much other stuff to play I don't want to spend time on it that I could be spending playing other games.

I'm taking another burnout week off of LOL so I figured I'd boot up Metro 2033 at lunch yesterday. WTF? I get that they are trying to tell me a story but I think out of 45 minutes of gameplay, I ended up actually playing maybe 5-10 minutes.

If you liked the first two games and the characters in general, you really should get at least the Citadel DLC. Tell me you at least installed the free ending-fix DLC?

[HaemishM]

Tell me you at least installed the free ending-fix DLC?

Oh yeah. It was free after all.

[Segoris]

haemish just play online co op for me3 before the community dies out.

I do not play Mass Effect (or Bioware for that matter) games for community or multiplayer.

Me neither, but this is an exception. It really was very well done with absolute minimal annoyances that usually comes with multiplayer games with strangers.

In defense of Haemish, I played ME3 initially as multiplayer and found the solo game to be much more engaging.  The multiplayer component is really only enjoyable when shared with friends. 

In defense of fun things, Nebu hates everything which means that this could be translated to be the most praise Nebu has given, while not talking about DAoC, that I have seen

[Yegolev]

Path of Exile.  Hadn't played it since April and the improvements in the visuals are very noticeable.  Melee doesn't suck anymore, at least from my experience with my tanky-tank marauder.  Also took advantage of the full respec to eliminate some chaff in my necro-witch.

Gran Turismo 5.  Now that I know 6 is coming out, I need to figure out if I should buy a wheel or not.  Of course, I've procrastinated this long.
The Red Bull X2011 is really just unfair.

[Sjofn]

Playing the multiplayer is also the easiest way to get your War Readiness number high enough to get all of the options at the end of the game. Be warned though that the damned number will decay back to 50 after a couple of days.

Actually, no, totally unnecessary now, but still loads of fun.

I heard somewhere that if you had some of the DLC you could easily get your score high enough to not need more than 50% war readiness but I figured that Haemish probably hasn't got any of the stuff yet.

When they added the free "sorry we fucked the ending" DLC, they also lowered the various thresholds for the various endings. If you're loading from a ME2 save, odds are pretty good you don't need to do a thing to raise your readiness in order to get All The Options (I assume a ME2 save where EVERYONE IS DEEEEEEAD might need some help).

[Xanthippe]

Well, that ended somewhat like I expected.

How anyone can get past the horrible graphics of Dwarven Fortress to play it is beyond me. I suppose that might be the point; to keep out the riff raff?

Any good DF type games only with a decent interface on the horizon?

[Quinton]

There are a bunch of  DF-inspired games, in various stages of development, but most of them don't seem to capture the insane richness of the DF experience yet.  And, sadly, often the UI is still rather wonky (Gnomoria selection UI and menus, I'm looking at you).