So, what're you playing?

[Khaldun]

I finally got started on Metal Gear Solid V.

I don't really know the backstory so some of the overwrought, overserious stuff about that is off-putting. I like the gameplay well enough. Though there have been situations where I've wanted to Fulton *myself* out and wondered why that doesn't occur to Snake.

[Yegolev]

1.25 hours of Moon Borderlands was successful in taking my mind off of CRAP.  Otherwise, Mad Max a little.

[Druzil]

I started playing Duelyst which seems to be a mix between a CCG and a turn based unit strategy game.  I like both of those things, so mashing them together should be my kind of game, in theory.   I haven't played enough of it to get a good feel for it yet, but it at least has some decent tutorials and looks nice.

Played through Grow Home which was really great.  It only took me ~2.5 hours to 'finish' but then I spent another 4 hours 100%ing everything just because it's so fun to move around in the world as you progress along.

I kind of want to play Moon Borderlands but I talked myself out of buying it over the sale in favor of actually playing games I've already bought.   I should have bought it...

[lesion]

Though there have been situations where I've wanted to Fulton *myself* out and wondered why that doesn't occur to Snake.

Try this while on top of a cargo container when your Fulton can lift it.

[Yegolev]

I kind of want to play Moon Borderlands but I talked myself out of buying it over the sale in favor of actually playing games I've already bought.   I should have bought it...

Do you like CL4PTRP?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] I actively use his soundboard for all my phone sounds

[schild]

I kind of want to play Moon Borderlands but I talked myself out of buying it over the sale in favor of actually playing games I've already bought.   I should have bought it...

Do you like CL4PTRP?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
[ ] I actively use his soundboard for all my phone sounds

Funny, I was just thinking I should have bought it also. I miss Borderlands.

[apocrypha]

I missed Borderlands. I bought Moon Borderlands. I got bored of it after an hour. YMMV.

[Rendakor]

I missed Borderlands. I bought Moon Borderlands. I got bored of it after an hour. YMMV.

This. The ZOMG AUSTRALIA was really jarring and the low grav/air mechanics added nothing to the game.

[Khaldun]

Though there have been situations where I've wanted to Fulton *myself* out and wondered why that doesn't occur to Snake.

Try this while on top of a cargo container when your Fulton can lift it.

Oooooooooooooooooooh. What an amusing idea.

[Zetor]

As part of the pre-hype for XCOM 2, I started to play through EW for the first time. I decided I'd go for the "4 squad members only on classic diff" challenge because it can't be THAT bad, right?

Needless to say, 2 of my veterans unavoidably got bit by some seekers in a random abduction mission (is there any way to detect them btw? The respirator item just makes them fire 6 damage plasma bolts instead, so that's probably a bad idea) and a third one got grazed by a sectoid bolt. Hey, only 2 damage on each, should heal in a few days.

Almost immediately after I get back to base, the first terror attack hits. Since three of my veterans are out for 4-5 days, all I have is my sniper, two squaddies (an assault and... another sniper who'd probably just take up space) and random rookies probably facing down a shitton of chrysalids/drones/whatever. Ah, XCOM, I missed you so.

[KallDrexx]

Just finished replaying Quake 1, and played the first unit of Quake 2. 

God I forgot how much fun Quake 2 was, and the level design was so good.

[Jade Falcon]

As part of the pre-hype for XCOM 2, I started to play through EW for the first time. I decided I'd go for the "4 squad members only on classic diff" challenge because it can't be THAT bad, right?

Needless to say, 2 of my veterans unavoidably got bit by some seekers in a random abduction mission (is there any way to detect them btw? The respirator item just makes them fire 6 damage plasma bolts instead, so that's probably a bad idea) and a third one got grazed by a sectoid bolt. Hey, only 2 damage on each, should heal in a few days.

Almost immediately after I get back to base, the first terror attack hits. Since three of my veterans are out for 4-5 days, all I have is my sniper, two squaddies (an assault and... another sniper who'd probably just take up space) and random rookies probably facing down a shitton of chrysalids/drones/whatever. Ah, XCOM, I missed you so.

The battle scanner you get a LT.Sniper will reveal them.

[Zetor]

Yea, figured... ofc I had to choose the height advantage talent instead. The game rewarded me by having the first council mission be... the one in Newfoundland. Yep, that one. O Canada!  

[Mandella]

Tharsis. Fair warning -- stay away if death by RNG is something that drives you into a rage.

But there *is* a strategy to maximize your odds, and it can be won, though I don't think there is any strategy that will get you to Mars more than say one out of three times.

But I keep trying.

[Ironwood]

Diablo.  Lots and Lots of Diablo.

[Yegolev]

LEGO Dimensions with the wife.  Mad Max, then Fallout 4, and a little Dragon Fin Soup.

[Merusk]

Diablo and I picked-up Star Trek Online for an hour or so a day since MH has run dry on Heroes I want to play.  STO has done a lot of changes in the 9 months since I last played and I'm lost as fuck and popping like a balloon. Whee.

[MisterNoisy]

Picked up the PC release of Dragon's Dogma.  Same good times, way less fucked-up framerate.

[Sky]

I've seen lots of you folks playing that, but it looks so dated compared to the Witcher.

[lesion]

Yeah but it's also got incomprehensible Japanglish cutscenes and double-jumping.

[Sky]

In that case yay Witcher! Tee tay time!

[Gimfain]

Finally played through shadowrun returns, a forgettable experience after playing dragonfall and hong kong.

[TheWalrus]

LEGO Dimensions with the wife.  Mad Max, then Fallout 4, and a little Dragon Fin Soup.

How is Dimensions? Playable with kids? Review this bitch for me! 

[Merusk]

My review:

Don't go down the road of starting ANY of the current trend of collectibles games unless you have a LOT of disposable income to dedicate to a single experience. Dimensions, Skylanders and Infinities have passed-through this house in the last 3 years, totaling about 2 grand in expense for 5 games.

[TheWalrus]

Oooooook. Fuck that.

[Merusk]

Good Choice.

[Hawkbit]

We did $300-ish on the very first iteration of Skylanders; I told the kid never again. I just gave them all away to a friend's kid who loves the series.

It's pretty insidious - parts of the first Skylanders game were locked off by types that we didn't have. So of course we had to buy those types, but within the types some are better than others.

Very expensive, moderate fun.

[Merusk]

Yeah, I only fell into the trap because the boy's birthday is December 24th. Combining Birthday and Christmas along with the Buy-one-Get-one-50% off sales that happen that time of year saved a lot of money. Plus it gave his Aunts and Grandmother something to buy him. That was the first two years of Skylanders.

Then my wife started buying Infinities. It was her money, so OK, not a HUGE deal for me since it's her allowance she's blowing. Then this year she did Dimensions while the boy blew his accrued allowance on Infinities 3.0 and asked me to buy Skylanders. Meanwhile the wife was eyeing Amiibos.

I decided at that point we're done. There's figures all over the damned house that get used 2-3 months out of the year and it's an ever-growing clutter problem. While the 1.0 sets work with the later sets there's always new sculpts, just like GW minis. I think there's about 110 goddamn figures and lego-minis strewn through the shelves of the entertainment console. Yeah, we're done.

The figures are neat and all, but ultimately problematic outside of the game because of clutter and storage. Even DLC isn't this nefarious.

[Signe]

I played Black Desert Character Creator today.  I love the hair.  When I was done, I went back to The Secret World.  I still have that problem where it doesn't disconnect me if I'm idle too long and it's always running until I restart, which is about once a week.  I've racked up nearly TWO HUNDRED hours and have only been playing like a week.  I'll probably quit in a couple of days when I've racked up a THOUSAND hours.  Or so.

[schild]

I'm playing Crashlands.

[Yegolev]

I can summarize LEGO Dimensions.

1. Mechanically, it is a Traveler's Tales LEGO game.  Smash everything, enjoy funny dialogue, collect shit.
2. Figures On A Pad.  You can have seven at once, and the FOAP are now the characters you can select in game.  These can be physically swapped out at any time.
3. The game requires you to be within arm's reach of the pad most of the time.  Especially during boss fights and other puzzle situations.  This bullet is the one that annoys me most.
4. Main story only requires the main characters to complete.  These are Gandalf, Wyldstyle, and Batman.  Specifically, this is Batman from the LEGO Batman games, not the Batman from The LEGO Movie.  The difference is appreciable.
5. The game areas that I have played are large and meaty.  The wife and I did the Simpsons level & world, and it's pretty big compared to our expectations from Skylanders.
6. Character juxtaposition amuses me.  Can be funny, such as with Owen from Jurassic World and Unikitty in game together, Unikitty remarks that he looks like Emmet but isn't a Master Builder.  YMMV in the humor department.

[Velorath]

Mostly Diablo right now. Also halfway through rewatching every Bond movie (with Diablo keeping me entertained through most of the Roger Moore movies).

[PalmTrees]

Playing some FTL and feeling the shame of losing a game set on easy.

Also some Wolf Among Us. As a long time Fables readers I don't like the choice for Bigby's voice, the actor's(don't know his name but I hear him alot) voice just isn't deep/tough enough. I'm only two chapters in but it's pretty engaging.

[apocrypha]

Also Diablo, and daily quests in HOTS.

[Gimfain]

Lots of darkest dungeon.