So, what're you playing?

[Ironwood]

I've almost caught up with you Jeff and I've still got quite a bit of food, but it isn't being replenished as quick as it used to, that's for sure.

Some of these puzzles tho;  badly, badly written.

[Jeff Kelly]

Cemetery gate was probably the most stupid one so far

[Sky]

I saw a couple people picked up Endless Legends and it looked pretty interesting. If I hadn't blown my entire year's game budget the last couple weeks, I'd be in.

[Ironwood]

Cemetery gate was probably the most stupid one so far

Yes, that's Number 2 of the ones I'm thinking about.  The Axe one was also really annoying, since I figured out the solution then went to 'check' on the net as to how many times I needed to do it, only to find out the horrible truth....

[Jeff Kelly]

The axe? Could you jog my memory?

[Rasix]

Get a room, you two.  

I have to figure out something to play tonight.  FFXIV has an entire day of downtime before the big patch.  Maybe I'll actually log in to my 7 days free of WoW.  Eh.. maybe not.

[Ironwood]

Actually, it's about ethics in games journalism.

ok, ok, I'll take it to PMs !

But when YOU CAN'T GET THE AXE, DON'T COME CRYING TO ME !!

 

[Rasix]

No, no.  Carry on. I'm just being a jerk.  Or messing with you.  One of those.

[Bunk]

Too many games this time of year. Currently playing Beyond Earth, Fantasia, Borderlands TPS, Destiny, Sims 4, and on a whim reinstalled New Vegas last night. Good thing I live alone.

[Signe]

Get a room, you two.  

I have to figure out something to play tonight.  FFXIV has an entire day of downtime before the big patch.  Maybe I'll actually log in to my 7 days free of WoW.  Eh.. maybe not.

I re-subbed to try out the rogue and I'm annoyed that I can't do it RIGHT NOW!  Anyway, tonight I'll play xbox, probably a demo of that FF Lighting or that other one wot name I forgot.  :)  Just because.  I dl'd the new freebie, Darksiders 2, but at the very beginning it tells you to run at a wall and press A to jump but it just won't work!   

[Flood]

I saw a couple people picked up Endless Legends and it looked pretty interesting. If I hadn't blown my entire year's game budget the last couple weeks, I'd be in.

Saw it mentioned a couple of posts up and then your post - I bought it right after release and have been playing it off and on since.  It's pretty, the overall TBS mechanics are fun enough and the races are cool and all.  I like it - my only complaint is that it's slooooow.  Caveat that may be somewhat due to my CPU power (or lack thereof) but the unit movement speed is slow, and most annoyingly there's a little hidden delay after the AI turn finishes.  You think you should be able to activate parts of the UI but...no wait another 1-2 seconds.  To me anyway it makes the overall pace of the game sort of plod along.  I'm wondering if a CPU upgrade would make a noticeable difference.  Anyway, yes it's a good game and I was pleasantly surprised by how well done it is.

Just picked up Dungeon of the Endless.  Going to give it a whirl and take a break from Wasteland 2.  After an initial spurt of optimism and a month of Patron status I gave up on ArcheAge due to the mad amount of bots / hackers / exploits blah blah.

Edit: use the correct abbreviations

[Sky]

Ah, I thought it was tbs.

[Flood]

Ah, I thought it was tbs.

It is, I'm sorry.  Used the wrong acronym.

[PalmTrees]

I was about to ragequit Banner Saga after a story event caused one of the characters to lose all their levels and their equipped item, but then after the next scene the game ended. It was a righteous rage, and then they pulled the rug out from under me. Bastards got me twice. Definitely a "to be continued" ending though and pretty unsatisfying. If they had added a part one in the title I think it would've been a bit more acceptable. Game was decent overall and not too many of my refugees died of starvation. Their system of using one currency as xp and money really constricted things and, while fitting with the refugee theme, was often frustrating.

Still playing FF14 as well. I'm prepared for an onslaught of ninjas tomorrow with the update.

Up next in the steam backlog is dues ex: human revolution: director's cut.

[Malakili]

I'm playing in the beta of a new MOBA called Shards of War and am really surprised by how fun the gameplay is.  WASD movement, aim with your mouse.  Left click is your primary attack. Everything including your basic attacks, as a result, are a skillshot.

It has some similarities in terms of mechanics to Heroes of the Storm actually (which I don't like as a game at all).  Shared team levels, no item buying, etc.  But the game is actually just really fun to play on it's own.  The controls are really snappy and responsive. 

[Pennilenko]

Sounds like Smite.

[Fabricated]

Mordor is really fun but I'm doing everything but advancing the plot. My favorite thing so far is releasing and branding tons of caragors and having them massacre huge groups of orcs since the sound they make when being mauled make me laugh like a sociopath.

[ezrast]

I'm playing in the beta of a new MOBA called Shards of War and am really surprised by how fun the gameplay is.  WASD movement, aim with your mouse.  Left click is your primary attack. Everything including your basic attacks, as a result, are a skillshot.

It has some similarities in terms of mechanics to Heroes of the Storm actually (which I don't like as a game at all).  Shared team levels, no item buying, etc.  But the game is actually just really fun to play on it's own.  The controls are really snappy and responsive. 

Looks neat; I've been waiting for someone to adapt the Bloodline Champions control scheme to a game that's just slightly more accessible.

[Malakili]

Sounds like Smite.

It isn't over the shoulder the way Smite is, it's more like a traditional MOBA in terms of camera.

[Rendakor]

Top down RTS camera with WASD? Sounds .

[Malakili]

Top down RTS camera with WASD? Sounds .

In practice it works pretty well in my opinion.  It's a bit like that old Alien Swarm mod, if anyone played that.

[jakonovski]

Trying to get properly into Dragon's Dogma w/ Dark Arisen. Sometimes I hoard good games and stop playing them just in case there's a drought later. Which there never is.

[Hawkbit]

DD base game was one of the best games I've played in the last two years.  DA gets markedly harder,  more like a pseudo-Dark Souls but with stupid AI followers that die all the time.  I didn't get far into it.

I have two weeks off work/school in December and I might glue myself to that game for a third playthrough.

[Draegan]

Has there been any decent 4x type builder games released since Civ5 and whatever shitty Civ is out now?

[lamaros]

Has there been any decent 4x type builder games released since Civ5 and whatever shitty Civ is out now?

No. Civ 5 BNW is still the best.

Though no one here seems to have given much of a review to Endless Legends yet. Maybe that's good.

[Tebonas]

I played it for three whole evenings now, but I already see the light at the end of the tunnel. A fun game, but I doubt it has staying power for more than a few weeks. Incidently just like its predecessor Eternal Space.

Its still worth its money, but I doubt its going to be a classic you will replay every now and then.

[Quinton]

While reading about Civ:BE I learned that Civ5:BNW was supposed to be pretty great... and so far it is a ton of fun and eating all my free time.

[Ironwood]

Mummies everywhere.

[Jeff Kelly]

There are also two Magma Golems 

My absolute favourite moment so far. Stepping out of the pyramid to see a huge desert and a sea of mummies sauntering towards me. Then I accidentally bumped into one of the magma golems   which he didn't take kindly

You can either kill all of the mummies yourself for maximum XP or let the area of effect ability of the magma golems help you dispose of them. (They burn quite nicely)

[Jeff Kelly]

God that final boss fight is such bullshit. Not enough to ruin what is otherwise a great game but close.

[Ironwood]

Which one ?   

[Jeff Kelly]

The trickster fight. Especially phase 2. The Wyvern was easy.

[Ironwood]

Yeah.  He's a real dick as far as I can see.  My party ain't there yet (tho I will be tonight), but the youtube I watched had some bloke who was totally tooled up using no less than 3 'heal and raise everyone' gems.

Arg.

Got a real itch to start again with an optimized 'Me' party, but I'm literally about to enter the castle, so I'll just finish it off.

[Jeff Kelly]

I tried it for maybe an hour last night until I gave up and decided to go to bed.

Phase 1 is essentially like every other encounter you had with that damn Leprechaun. He's running from you, opening and closing doors, pulling levers and activating all kinds of traps while chucking bombs at you. Only that the bombs deal significantly more damage than the last time you met him. You also have less room to dodge and maneuver because the whole lair is riddled with fireball and spike traps.

Once you manage to beat him he reverts to his dark wizard self (the same guy that rode on the back of the wyvern and that you sometimes encounter along the way). Now he starts to summon mirror images of himself that attack with the same spells and special attacks he has. The mirror images have a lot less health than him (two hits kill them) but they deal as much damage as he does and worse there is no upper bound on how many he can summon. It becomes a very annoying shell game at that point. If you are not quick enough to kill them and if you can't keep track of who is the real one you'll end up dealing with dozens of his copies and you'll eventually get overwhelmed by his army of clones.

Oh and in both phases the boss will also sometimes summon monsters to aid him. So you'll also have to deal with the medusas and the siren archers and the flying squids throwing dark bolts at you and such. He also has a shield similar to the one from Grimrock 1 that randomly grants him immunty to attacks.

Did I mention that you also cannot escape because the only exit from his lair will be blocked by a gate once the fight starts?

I gave everyone 4 health potions, two potions of resurrection, I had two blue crystals left and gave my party all kinds of elemental shields and I still didn't manage to kill him and only once got to phase two. It's an immense difficulty spike compared to pretty much everything else in the game.

At a certain point I said "this is bullshit" and turned it off. 'Looking forward' to trying it again when I get home from work.

[Jeff Kelly]

The dungeon master/eye of the beholder control scheme Grimrock uses is not well suited to deal with that level of chaos.