So, what're you playing?

[Fabricated]

Axiom Verge is pretty good. It's metroid though; not a "metroidvania".

[Hawkbit]

I'm saving that one for when I get a PS4, I think.

[schild]

Axiom Verge is pretty good. It's metroid though; not a "metroidvania".

That makes me want to wait til the winter sale.

[Rendakor]

Axiom Verge is pretty good. It's metroid though; not a "metroidvania".

Could you clarify? What makes it more Super Metroid and less SotN?

[Jeff Kelly]

I need help. I've sunk more than seventy hours into Kerbal Space Program since I've bought it a week ago and I can't stop.

[jakonovski]

I'm 20 hours in on a playthrough of the new Dark Souls 2 pc version. I went with dual wielding. It's not a very good mechanic.



 

[apocrypha]

I need help. I've sunk more than seventy hours into Kerbal Space Program since I've bought it a week ago and I can't stop.

I did this for 6 months. Have you played with any mods yet?

[Jeff Kelly]

No. I'm playing stock KSP at the moment. Mostly because right now nearly all of the mods are broken and in need to be updated for the 1.0/1.02 release.

I've managed to land on (and successfully return from) the Mun and Minmas so far and I'm currently working on my first orbital space station. I can't even remember the last time I've been so engrossed in a game that I can't think about anything else and that makes me stay up until 4 a.m. on a workday.

[apocrypha]

Heheh, yeah, I totally know that feeling

Space stations are tricky. Watch your part count! And docking without some mods is really hard, or it was in 0.9 anyway.

[Jeff Kelly]

The docking tutorial is almost impossible to complete. So much so that people are complaining about it on the forums. So yeah.

I'll probably use a docking mod and Kerbal Engineer or something like it. In stock KSP things like thrust to weight, specific impulse and maximum delta v for stage is very hard to gauge and compare for different designs. Which wasn't a problem before but becomes increasingly so for planetary missions.

I'd basically need something that can tell me how much delta-v a stage design can put out and how much I need to do certain things (approach, orbit landing, takeoff etc.) which is hard to do with stock KSP.

[Velorath]

Kickin' it old school with some Myth II: Soulblighter lately.

[Lucas]

Have been playing The Witcher 2, I'm in Flotsam: I dunno, so far I'm having an hard time getting into the story. Hopefully I'll be able to get out of that quest hub soon enough, I really don't like it that much.

I absolutely hate the combat system, I'll probably drop the difficulty level all the way down to easy.

[Malakili]

More Diablo 3 Season 3, Windward, Elite and back to playing some Counter-Strike: GO, which just continues to be one of the best shooter on the market. 

So yeah, it's 2015 and I'm playing a Diablo game, an Elite game and a Counter Strike game. 

[Fabricated]

Axiom Verge is pretty good. It's metroid though; not a "metroidvania".

Could you clarify? What makes it more Super Metroid and less SotN?

It is literally metroid with alien body horror and 8-bit graphic glitch stuff instead of suit tranformations. It's not a "metroidvania" with equipment or levels or any silly extraneous shit. It's straight up metroid/super metroid reskinned.

[Paelos]

More Diablo 3 Season 3, Windward, Elite and back to playing some Counter-Strike: GO, which just continues to be one of the best shooter on the market. 

So yeah, it's 2015 and I'm playing a Diablo game, an Elite game and a Counter Strike game. 

It hasn't been an impressive year for games. I'm playing nothing honestly.

[Rendakor]

Axiom Verge is pretty good. It's metroid though; not a "metroidvania".

Could you clarify? What makes it more Super Metroid and less SotN?

It is literally metroid with alien body horror and 8-bit graphic glitch stuff instead of suit tranformations. It's not a "metroidvania" with equipment or levels or any silly extraneous shit. It's straight up metroid/super metroid reskinned.

Thanks.

[squirrel]

Project Cars. Horribly addicted to Kart racing. Once you're confident and turn off all the assists it's crazy town. I imagine Formula Cart and Formula 1/Ford will be equally satisfying.

Oh. And Diablo III. And EVE. There's also a massive backlog. I try not to look at it.

[Sky]

There is no backlog.

There is no backlog.

[Paelos]

I just bought the D3 xpac for $20 off gamestop thanks to Malakili's direction. Weird that it was a physical copy and digital codes wouldn't work for my region, but whatever. It'll get here next week.

[Lucas]

Have been playing The Witcher 2, I'm in Flotsam: I dunno, so far I'm having an hard time getting into the story. Hopefully I'll be able to get out of that quest hub soon enough, I really don't like it that much.

I absolutely hate the combat system, I'll probably drop the difficulty level all the way down to easy.

Ok, so, experiencing a " 180° " with the game. Now I REALLY like it. It definitely gets a lot better after you clear some of the sidequests in Flotsam and you finally concentrate on the main one. Currently playing Act 2: the description about the political situation, both present and past with the related characters, is nicely laid out. Sure, we're still talking about "videogame writing" but it's better than average. Plus, combat is more enjoyable now that I went further in the talent trees.

One thing that I don't like, but that is common in a lot of CRPGs, is the "build up" phase, when you have to stop with the main quests, run around gathering resources or whatnot in order to purchase all that shining equipment (be it a weapon, armor, bombs, potions, etc.) that you know you'll need during the final fights of the chapter against tougher enemies. In this particular case, it's even more lame considering how you can just steal from anyone and anywhere.

[Jeff Kelly]

There is no backlog.

There is no backlog.

There is no backlog and there is also currently no pile of unplayed games on my HD/desk/steam account 

[Zetor]

Been playing a whole lot of Telepath Tactics -- I backed it on KS way-back-when. The out-of-combat UI can be a bit clunky at times and the battles take way too long (up to two hours in some cases!), but when it works, it works. The lack of RNG and the strong combat / battlemap design make it one of the best SRPG experiences I've had, despite the bugs and performance problems.

Plus, who can say no to a final battle with 18 player-controlled units?!

[Montague]

Playing SWTOR taking advantage of 12x experience. Sith Warrior and Smuggler down, working on the Imperial Agent next.

I got Witcher 3 for free after buying the new video card, but I can't be arsed to download it yet. 

[Lucas]

Have been playing The Witcher 2, I'm in Flotsam: I dunno, so far I'm having an hard time getting into the story. Hopefully I'll be able to get out of that quest hub soon enough, I really don't like it that much.

I absolutely hate the combat system, I'll probably drop the difficulty level all the way down to easy.

Ok, so, experiencing a " 180° " with the game. Now I REALLY like it. It definitely gets a lot better after you clear some of the sidequests in Flotsam and you finally concentrate on the main one. Currently playing Act 2: the description about the political situation, both present and past with the related characters, is nicely laid out. Sure, we're still talking about "videogame writing" but it's better than average. Plus, combat is more enjoyable now that I went further in the talent trees.

One thing that I don't like, but that is common in a lot of CRPGs, is the "build up" phase, when you have to stop with the main quests, run around gathering resources or whatnot in order to purchase all that shining equipment (be it a weapon, armor, bombs, potions, etc.) that you know you'll need during the final fights of the chapter against tougher enemies. In this particular case, it's even more lame considering how you can just steal from anyone and anywhere.

Just finished it (in about 44 hours); it was a great ride. I enjoyed the writing and how things developed. So much superior compared to Dragon Age. Yeah, the "info dump" at the end was probably a bit excessive, but somewhat justified by the relationship between the two characters. I sped up a little toward the end with the last couple sidequests (read a walkthrough), but that's just because I can't wait to start the third chapter  

My choices:

Oh, by the way: I played Witcher 1 with italian dubbing, but the second episode only had subtitles, no voiceovers, so I switched to Polish and...it's been awesome, loved the voice actors (watched tidbits of english dubbing here and there and didn't really like it that much) 

[Lucas]

Have to restrain myself from playing too much Pillars of Eternity: it's so beautiful and masterfully done   . Writing is great, love the environments, it's everything I wanted from that particular KS.

[Ironwood]

Counterpoint :  Currently playing Pillars of Eternity and hating it.

It's not fun.  It's confusing.  The combat is terribad.

[schild]

It's 1999 in a box.

Expecting otherwise, I think, was a mistake.

[Malakili]

A bunch of friends and I fired up Planetside 2 again this weekend.  The game is quite a bit better than the last time we played.  I could definitely see us playing this regularly from now on.

[Paelos]

I'm playing D3 which means I get to watch several F13 people shower themselves periodically in legendaries on my screen.

[Shannow]

My backlog is ridiculous.

That being said I download an updated version of Curse of the Azure Bonds (well coded for modern window machines) and am playing through that between CS:GO and MWO rounds. Nostalgia!

[Sky]

Minecraft is the enemy of the backlog. Even took me away from GTA V, which I'm really loving, too.

[Lucas]

Counterpoint :  Currently playing Pillars of Eternity and hating it.

It's not fun.  It's confusing.  The combat is terribad.

Yes, combat is not its strongest point: I always thought that the extremely safe approach they have taken when it comes to class/abilities isn't necessarily the most fun one; in that regard, I prefer D:OS combat. But, playing on Normal, I can concentrate on other things (immersion, story and writing in general). I'm playing with a simple dual wielding fighter build (more quick DPS, less tank); eventually, I'll play it again with a Chanter, Cipher or Monk, which are more peculiar when it comes to combat mechanics.

[apocrypha]

I have abandoned the concept of the backlog. Does this mean I've got games that I'll probably never play? Yeah, it does, I can live with that.

Talking of Minecraft, the f13 server has had a new, custom modpack installed and is running as nicely as ever. If anyone wants to come and join me, Sky and Nix in building crazy things and making weird machines please do.

[Signe]

I'm playing Fallout 3 on the 360 for all the bits I missed (like DLC) and Fallout: New Vegas for the bits I missed and the mods.  These are two of my favourite games.  Why aren't they making me a new one?  :(

[Ragnoros]

These are two of my favourite games.  Why aren't they making me a new one?  :(

Likewise. General buzz is to expect an announcement at E3.