So, what're you playing?

[Tannhauser]

Just got and finished Ultimate General: Gettysburg.  It's 'early access' (unfinished), but I had no crashes and the game ran well.  Did I mention that the map is GORGEOUS!?  Best looking wargame map ever.  Game is a little tough, took me three tries for my Rebs to take and hold Oak and Seminary Ridges.  It's a real time RTS, but you can pause it.  Good value for $10.

[Rendakor]

real time RTS

real time real time strategy

[HaemishM]

Is it RTS in the sense that the battles in the Total War games were real-time with pause?

[Stormwaltz]

I'm starting to understand why hiding hat is a pay to use feature.

Let us know when you find the Fifth Element.

real time real time strategy

If units moved at human walking speed and it actually took 72 hours to play through the battle...

[Yegolev]

Life obstacles win again.  Played a nice chunk of Pokemon Y, though.

[Signe]

Gotham City Imposters because it was free from xbox.

[Tannhauser]

Is it RTS in the sense that the battles in the Total War games were real-time with pause?

Yes, you got it.  Except there isn't anything but the battlefield.  A cool thing about it that your performance in a battle sets you up for the next days battle. So if you do well you will have an improved situation for the next day.

There is still some tweaking that needs to be done.  Cannon don't seem to do a lot and surrounded units of both sides can  merrily ignore such an unpleasant situation sometimes.  Hit the M key and elevation lines appear, showing you the lay of the land, much needed for placement of cannon and defense of hills.

I mean, shit, cost of a movie ticket, works for me.

The reality is that's a real time RTS.  Really.  Assholes. 

[Khaldun]

Just got and finished Ultimate General: Gettysburg.  It's 'early access' (unfinished), but I had no crashes and the game ran well.  Did I mention that the map is GORGEOUS!?  Best looking wargame map ever.  Game is a little tough, took me three tries for my Rebs to take and hold Oak and Seminary Ridges.  It's a real time RTS, but you can pause it.  Good value for $10.

Is it any better than the Sid Meier one? I thought that was pretty good, back in the day.

[rk47]

This looks good.

[Rendakor]

What is that? Reminds me of 3D Custom Girl but I doubt you'd post SFW screenshots if that's what you're "playing".

[schild]

I think it's ESO.

I'm not sure anyone has played that enough to confirm or deny though. 

[Rendakor]

Not sure if I'm falling into the sarchasm or there's a different ESO than Elder Scrolls Online which that very much does not look like.

[Tannhauser]

Just got and finished Ultimate General: Gettysburg.  It's 'early access' (unfinished), but I had no crashes and the game ran well.  Did I mention that the map is GORGEOUS!?  Best looking wargame map ever.  Game is a little tough, took me three tries for my Rebs to take and hold Oak and Seminary Ridges.  It's a real time RTS, but you can pause it.  Good value for $10.

Is it any better than the Sid Meier one? I thought that was pretty good, back in the day.

That's so long ago I really can't pick one over the other.

[Ginaz]

Not sure if I'm falling into the sarchasm or there's a different ESO than Elder Scrolls Online which that very much does not look like.

Your sarcasm detector is broken.

[schild]

Not sure if I'm falling into the sarchasm or there's a different ESO than Elder Scrolls Online which that very much does not look like.

 

[jakonovski]

RE5 became like 10 times more palatable once I discovered a FOV mod. The original is so narrow it's the first game to make me uncomfortable.

[Ragnoros]

Let us know when you get to 6. I secretly wanna play it due to how good 4 was and need someone to tell me it's crap.

[rk47]

What is that? Reminds me of 3D Custom Girl but I doubt you'd post SFW screenshots if that's what you're "playing".

in short: It's Japan's take on Guild Wars 2


Short tutorial vid

:chrisbrown: don't judge me

[Malakili]

Well, we bought a Wii U.  Super Mario Bros U. is an excellent platformer and Mario Kart 8 is the best Mario Kart I've played in a while.  Also got a free copy of Windwaker HD with Mario Kart, so that's nice I guess.  I'm actually pretty happy with the buy so far, it's perfect for the kind of thing my wife and I can play together.  I guess that's the sort of thing Nintendo has excelled at recently.

Also playing Shadowrun Returns.  Just fantastic.  This game makes me realize just how much I don't give a fuck about elaborate cut scenes and tons of voiced over dialog.  Give me dialog boxes all day long.  The experience is so much better than any of the recent RPGs I've played outside of New Vegas.

[proudft]

Finally buckled down and figured out how to mostly-reliably dock in Kerbal Space Program.   After a week of off and on practice I'm now  actually rescuing all those poor little stranded bastards littered throughout orbit.   

[Rendakor]

What is that? Reminds me of 3D Custom Girl but I doubt you'd post SFW screenshots if that's what you're "playing".

in short: It's Japan's take on Guild Wars 2
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Short tutorial vid

:chrisbrown: don't judge me

Looks more TERA than GW2, but that's probably the art style.

[Jeff Kelly]

Currently playing the 'Super Turbo Championship Edition' of Guacamelee. If Drinkbox keeps re-releasing Guacamelee then it won't be long until they have reached Street Fighter Levels of edition-ridiculousness.

Bought it mostly because Guacamelee is now also available on PS4 and XBox 1. For anyone else considering it, Drinkboxs offers an upgrade path for anyone that has already bought the game regardless of platform.

Changes to the 'Gold Edition'

- Two new levels
- Includes all of the DLC and add on content from Gold
- PS4, WiiU and XBox 1 as new platforms
- A lot of minor tweaks and fixes to adjust difficulty curve and levels.

What I've noticed is that the controls are now tighter than on the PS3 edition I've played before, they are still not as tight as they should be but now it's close. They've also tweaked all of the levels to offer a smoother difficulty curve and retuned the monsters and bosses. Jaguar Javier for example is now actually manageable without cheesing the fight and the game has better flow on the whole. They've also added a few new elite monsters later in the game.

Those of you who havent't already played it and might be into a metroidvania brawler should take a look at t it's only 13,99 and the changes and add on content now make it a great game.

[Stormwaltz]

I think if someone had told me years ago, "Borderlands 2 is Trigun: the FPS" I'd have tried it before now. So far the learning curve has been good to me, though steering vehicles via mouselook is actively hateful.

I also tried  the dojinshi game War of the Human Tanks, which I was put off from by the crude UI and character art. It's interesting so far, but it really wishes it were an anime.

[Yegolev]

Let us know when you get to 6. I secretly wanna play it due to how good 4 was and need someone to tell me it's crap.

It's mostly crap.  The first third with Leon and zombies is not terrible, but the rest is poopy.  None of it is RE4.

Got home from another excursion with the in-laws and played some Garden Warfare.  Wife is sick, but made some progress.

The wife said I needed to buy Tomodachi Life, or maybe Tamadochi Life, so she and Shaq can trade me things.

[Signe]

Tomodachi Life

OMG THAT IS SO FUCKING ADORABLE!  Unfortunately, I don't have one of those fancy shmancy Nintendo thingamadingles.  :(

[MrHat]

Playing through the games I picked up during summer sale.

First one was Call of Juarez which was a damn fun diversion.  Enjoyed the narration during game play similar to Bastion.  Fun story telling and light FPS.  Good stuff, easily worth the sale price.

Now I'm playing Banner Saga.  Its like Oregon trail meets tactics mashed with Vikings lore.  Good mixture so far.

[Fabricated]

I think if someone had told me years ago, "Borderlands 2 is Trigun: the FPS" I'd have tried it before now. So far the learning curve has been good to me, though steering vehicles via mouselook is actively hateful.

You get used to it.

It's a pretty fun game but the level cap loot game is...eh. Too much farming superbosses for shit and not enough cool stuff dropping from regular mobs.

Also the writing of the game has uh, tone issues.

[Sky]

Threw a bunch of mods into Skyrim and started up a new playthough, this time as a caster. Trying to finish the Mages' Guild before moving on to Dawnguard, Dragonborn and the modded content. Mods used:

You missed one:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=199219620

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5YwoqTxLKI

[Rendakor]

There isn't a version of that on Nexus and I've no idea how to install mods by hand so unfortunately I'll have to pass. I'm very disappointed about this fact.

[Khaldun]

My feeling of comfort and ease with Dark Souls 2 ended at the Ruin Sentinels. I think I'll get it tonight though.

[Yegolev]

Tomodachi Life is very engaging.  It's like Animal Crossing redone as The Sims, but it's more fun than that sounds.

[Ginaz]

Former wrestling commentator Jim Ross does video games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBXHbTgjVKk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlCRzZxAxVY

[Yegolev]

Update: Tomodachi Life is Animal Crossing redone as The Sims by the guy who invented Wario Ware.  Still way more fun than it sounds.  The degree to which recreations of real-life people imitate their lookalikes is a little bit weird.  One of the most fascinating things to me about this game is the text-to-speech technology.

[naum]

Update: Tomodachi Life is Animal Crossing redone as The Sims by the guy who invented Wario Ware.  Still way more fun than it sounds.  The degree to which recreations of real-life people imitate their lookalikes is a little bit weird.  One of the most fascinating things to me about this game is the text-to-speech technology.

It is uncanny, how the Mii toons parallel their RL counterparts.

A bit creepy though too, watching your little Mii sim world and dispensing goodies to them. Or dressing them up in weird getup 

[rk47]

Horrific.
My friend wants me to play with him.
Now he's no longer my friend.
Just a body in my basement.