So, what're you playing?

[Sky]

I really hope they add some QoL changes for the expansion.

I learned the level of QoL I require to play a game longer than twenty minutes.

[Draegan]

I got into the Strife beta yesterday and I'm about to give it a whirl tonight. Strife is from S2games (makers of HoN) and is advertising to be a second gen MOBA. From what I gather it's a more casual foray into the MOBA genre. Closer to LOL than DOTA2, it has some interesting features like crafting gear outside matches and enchanting thing. Some shared gold etc.

Anyway, very very early beta, no NDA. You can watch people streaming it if you're interested.

[Kail]

Tried to power through Cyanide's quirky real time RPG, Of Orcs and Men... didn't go well.  I didn't really grok the systems, but the setting seemed interesting, at least.  A kind of fantasy allegory for modern race relations issues, with orcs and goblins standing in for various minorities, touches (a bit, at least) on issues like cultural assimilation vs. violent revolt, "peaceful coexistence" vs "losing touch with your roots" and so on.  It wasn't great, but it wasn't completely horrible, and I kind of liked the goblin character.

AND THEN (storyline spoilers)
So that pretty much killed my playthrough.

Giving Dishonored a shot.  I'm not sure if I love it or hate it yet.  Just finished the first mission, and it seems pretty neat so far.  It does kind of bug me when these games give you a million different ways to kill people and then say "oh, but if you use any of them, you get the bad ending" so I've got to use nothing but tranquilizer darts and surprise hugs for the entire game.  Fortunately, that blink power is fucking ridiculous by itself, so I'm not feeling too hard done by yet, but we'll see how it goes.  I do wish the game was a bit more open, but it seems fun so far.

Also ran through Redshirt, which was kind of meh.  Weird cross between Facebook and Star Trek, where the entire game is basically played out via Facebook posts and status updates.  Interesting idea, but not really executed well.  My ex (the game's equivalent of a Vulcan) starts posting shit on my timeline about how I'm so ugly I'm probably descended from a Wampa or something, because she's pissed that I dumped her for a Gelatinous Cube.  But then we got sent on an away mission and met a three mile long blue cylinder of perfect energy which caused her to ascend to a higher plane of consciousness, so now I don't have to figure out how to unfriend her.  CRISIS AVERTED.

[Rasix]

Anyone have suggestions for playing NWN 2?  I didn't get very far when the game was first released.   Can you just jump straight into the expansions or do you need to really play the base game first?

I think I'm just really burnt out on GW2 right now and have thus been trying to clear out some of my backlog.

[Velorath]

Just skip to Mask of the Betrayer. Maybe read a synopsis of the story for the base game.

[Flood]

Giving Dishonored a shot.  I'm not sure if I love it or hate it yet.  Just finished the first mission, and it seems pretty neat so far.  It does kind of bug me when these games give you a million different ways to kill people and then say "oh, but if you use any of them, you get the bad ending" so I've got to use nothing but tranquilizer darts and surprise hugs for the entire game.  Fortunately, that blink power is fucking ridiculous by itself, so I'm not feeling too hard done by yet, but we'll see how it goes.  I do wish the game was a bit more open, but it seems fun so far.

Keep going, give it a chance.  I felt the exact same way when I was playing.  Of course I want to stop time and attach a sticky claymore bomb to a roving guard!  But, yeah bad karma ending.  You can still off a few people if the need arises (such as quest targets etc.) but as long as you keep it under control you'll still get the low chaos ending.  Overall I found Dishonored a really fun game, one of the better purchases I've made in the last couple of years.

So I'm late to the party here but - Warframe.  A lot of Warframe.  A whole lot.  Surprisingly it's easier with KB + mouse.  I started with Mag, but I've moved on to cheesedick Rhino, plus I've got a Frost Prime and an Oberon cooking now.  I've got an assload of mods but I'm still missing some of the uber imba ones.  It's a fun game, and well designed for being FTP.  I'll probably burn out soon, since I've been playing so much.  If anyone wants to do some missions / towers whatever my game name is: Mandelbrot.   

 

[Reg]

If I'd just jumped to Mask of the Betrayer I wouldn't have enjoyed it nearly as much as I did. They went to a lot of trouble tying up loose ends from the previous game and I wouldn't have appreciated it.

[Samwise]

Still fucking about with FTL, but now that I've unlocked everything (good god is the type B crystal ship wonderful) and gotten all the achievements it might be time for something new.  I'm overdue for a AAA title, and have Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite, and Last of Us all sitting in a pile waiting for me.  Any endorsements?

[HaemishM]

Bioshock Infinite

Do you have a deep seated desire to punch Ken Levine in the dick? Do you want one?

[Rasix]

Still fucking about with FTL, but now that I've unlocked everything (good god is the type B crystal ship wonderful) and gotten all the achievements it might be time for something new.  I'm overdue for a AAA title, and have Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite, and Last of Us all sitting in a pile waiting for me.  Any endorsements?

I don't think you can really go wrong with any one of those. I think I enjoyed TLOU the most, followed closely by Dishonored and Bioshock Infinite.  TLOU was just the best and most coherent overall experience (my personal GOTY), while Dishonored had a few minor issues (here's some rad killing devices.. now don't use them if you want the best ending) and Bioshock Infinite had some plot wankery and disjointed gameplay.  Still fun, however.

[Ironwood]

Due to Elena being ill for the last four days, we sat together and finally finished Batman:Origins.

What an utter fucking rip off that game is.  Totally underwhelming in every department.

Back to playing Minecraft a lot.  Would really like to find a nice Multiplayer server out there.

[Sky]

EQN:L and SWTOR, but the last couple nights I've wanted something different. Yesterday I fired up Civ V to just play a simple little game as England on an archipelago. While I still wish the game had the flavor and vastly different factions of you-know-which, it's better than it was at release and I'm enjoying it. I go in intending to just isolate and dominate the seas and end up trying to play civs off each other (and dominate the seas).

And then as I'm building up a scenario where I'm going to take out Germany and the Vikings by allying with Songhai...I find Songhai has been spying out my tech in London...so now maybe I'll just have to set them up as a sacrificial goat in the war and let Germany and the Vikings have the leavings.

[Druzil]

Probably in the minority but I am anxiously awaiting the Castlevania release tomorrow.  Love the series and especially LoS, so my expectations may be a bit too high this time around, we shall see.

I bought Knights of Pen and Paper a Steam sale or two ago and finally fired it up,  I did not expect to like it as much as I do.  There are some quirky issues with completion % and some annoyances with the PC port not utilizing 'hover' and having too many clicks but overall but it doesn't keep the game from being a fun time waster.  Actually thinking about picking it up for my phone as well.

Also a little bit of EQN:L but I think I'll wait for a bit more depth before I spend too much time in it.  Personally I'd like to see it go a little more Wurm Online than Minecraft (more crafting depth/skills) but there's about 100 million reasons that probably won't happen.

[Lucas]

Sill playing Divine Divinity: I think this game will never be over. If anyone claims to have completed it, well...It was just a dream: in some parallel universe, he's still playing it and will keep doing so for all eternity.

But in this universe, beside DD, I'm also re-playing Ultima Underworld 1 on my GF's netbook: still as good as it was in 1992, just incredible. Beside those two, I'm just jumping here and there, but I will probably start playing GW2 a little more seriously sometimes soon.

[Signe]

I remember loving those Ultima Underworld games.  I also remember getting locked in a cell and never finding my way out.

[schild]

Bravely Default.

It's basically FFIV with a job system. Even the pacing of the game is largely the same.

Needless to say, it's really fucking good.

[Rasix]

You have a spare 3DS that you could send me? 

[Ingmar]

You need one for Fire Emblem anyway, get shopping.

[schild]

You have a spare 3DS that you could send me? 

They're pretty cheap at used game stores right now because the 3ds XL exists. I think I saw some for $70. I'm going to be back in that store in a few days, will take a look when I'm there.

[MrHat]

Bravely Default.

It's basically FFIV with a job system. Even the pacing of the game is largely the same.

Needless to say, it's really fucking good.

Awesome to hear.  I am slogging through Mario Dream Team and would much rather play the game I want, TO AMAZON!

[Rasix]

If I'd just jumped to Mask of the Betrayer I wouldn't have enjoyed it nearly as much as I did. They went to a lot of trouble tying up loose ends from the previous game and I wouldn't have appreciated it.

Is the base game still a pain in the ass if you're not rolling a cleric?  I seem to remember that being an issue when I played it.

You have a spare 3DS that you could send me? 

They're pretty cheap at used game stores right now because the 3ds XL exists. I think I saw some for $70. I'm going to be back in that store in a few days, will take a look when I'm there.

That could be an option for me.  I have some things I could trade in.  Although, I  imagine there's not much of a market for release era PSPs.    

[Sky]

I don't know where I said it recently, but I downplayed the impact of GFWL. It never really bugged me too much, I don't mind logging it in if it makes MS happy and keeps them from Starforcey things.

Welp.

I was wrong, I apologize.

Dead Rising 2 is dead because of GFWL. Goddammit I wish I hadn't waited so long. Make sure you investigate any title you buy that has GFWL, it's up to the publisher to patch it out. Capcom isn't going to (goes for RE5, I believe as well). And Steam is still selling these games!

[rk47]

WTF?! For real?!

[Sky]

I've tried a bunch of workarounds people have posted and it seems dead because GFWL can't validate the game.

[rk47]

seriously wtf.
ask steam for refund.

[Sky]

Eh, bought it years ago. And I seem to have finally fucked around enough to get it to launch.

[Goreschach]

They removed the storefront from GFWL. The validation system should still be active. You're probably just having trouble connecting to it, because it's pissy like that and sometimes you need to run an app as admin or install the game on c: or whatever for it to work.

[Ingmar]

If I'd just jumped to Mask of the Betrayer I wouldn't have enjoyed it nearly as much as I did. They went to a lot of trouble tying up loose ends from the previous game and I wouldn't have appreciated it.

Is the base game still a pain in the ass if you're not rolling a cleric?  I seem to remember that being an issue when I played it.

You have a spare 3DS that you could send me? 

They're pretty cheap at used game stores right now because the 3ds XL exists. I think I saw some for $70. I'm going to be back in that store in a few days, will take a look when I'm there.

That could be an option for me.  I have some things I could trade in.  Although, I  imagine there's not much of a market for release era PSPs.    

Honestly if you can swing the XL, it is worth it to have something that is friendly to non-child hand sizes and old man eyes.

[jth]

They removed the storefront from GFWL. The validation system should still be active. You're probably just having trouble connecting to it, because it's pissy like that and sometimes you need to run an app as admin or install the game on c: or whatever for it to work.

I had both Dead Rising 2 and RE5 sitting in my Steam library, never installed, so I tried installing/activating both of them (plus Dark Souls) now. At first GFWL wanted to update itself 3-4 times, but after that all of them activated without problems.

[Falconeer]

Fiddled with Dead Island: Epidemic over the weekend. Keep an eye out for this.

[Velorath]

Made it through Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds in the last few weeks. Started on Secret of the Silver Blades tonight. Also someone finally managed to find a work around to the most recent patch for The Last of Us screwing up the installer, so I was finally able to play through Left Behind. Fifteen bucks is a bit steep I and wouldn't recommend it to anyone other than huge TLOU fans (who likely already bought it anyway), but damn that is some quality DLC there. I played through the first Phoenix Wright game on the iPhone as well during downtime at work.

Still working on Strider, but it feels a bit simplistic compared to most Metroidvania games so it hasn't hooked me. Tried about 15 minutes of Outlast on the PS4 but wasn't really feeling that too much, and still can't bring myself to get back to playing ACIV.

[Tebonas]

No Hillsfar? I know my Wizard took those 2 Hitpoints all the way to the Pools of Darkness 

Playing Hoplite on my iPad and ironically I got into Galaxy on Fire 2 on my PC to bridge the time until the new Shadowrun campaign is supposed to arrive since my complete Baldurs Gate 2 playthough kind of fizzled after I arrived on Spellhold isle.

[Velorath]

I did Hillsfar with my Mage and one of my Fighters. Hadn't really messed around with Hillsfar too much before because the previous times I had played the FR Gold Box games were on the Mac which didn't get Hillsfar. Playing it now actually caused some odd issues I wasn't prepared for. Normally by the end of POR your Mage and Cleric have enough XP to get at least a couple levels past the max in that game. When you go into Curse and train you only get one of those levels, then get your xp dropped down to 1 point below the next level which is kinda crappy. Transferring the characters to Hillsfar and then to Curse automatically leveled them to the appropriate level without xp loss, but my Mage didn't get to pick new spells to learn, so I was able to cast 4th and 5th level spells but didn't know any. Found various scrolls eventually though so it was still preferable to the xp loss.

[Tebonas]

Yeah, the really made sure you preferred to play it with Hillsfar if you got the chance.

Ah, the memories. First time I played I was too young and just gave myself 18 in all stats, I never found out why those Ioun Stones were supposed to be magical. 

[Signe]

Don't play Girl Fight.  I just played a demo and it suckt.  Srsly suckt.