On Wed, 2 Mar 2022 09:40:25 +0000, JAB <no...@co.uk> wrote:
On 01/03/2022 22:17, Justisaur wrote:
*** Kingdom Come: Deliverance
and mechanical, its characters are robotic and its narrative never
draws you in.
One of the more disappointing things for me was its lopsided scale,
which is a perfect exemplar of the game's uncertain footing. On the
one hand, the game wants to be an extremely realistic take on 14th
century Bohemia; on the other, it squeezes the entire kingdom into a
5x5 mile square - only a few hundred people and a handful of villages
- all squeezed together into a tiny valley. It's one of those things
we overlook in most video games because we accept there's technical
and artistic limitations that force this smallness into the game's
design. But this artificiality of scale works against any hopes of
creating a 'realistic' world, which only contrasts poorly the other 'realistic' efforts, such as the abysmal combat model.
Oh well, it could have been worse. They could have gone all
'Robinson's Requiem' with injuries, for instance. ;-)
Spalls Hurgenson <spallsh...@gmail.com> writes:
And that's what I did for my summer vaca^h^h^h^h^ the past month. And
you?
What Have You Been Playing... IN FEBRUARY 2022?* Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
Well, it's a Star Wars game which is a plus but... Jumping puzzles and spanking and I like neither. Weak writing. Never seen before
aliens. Weird starship design.
I didn't buy a game for my birthday like I usually do after reading
what JABs new strategy about not buying a new game after playing one
he has for a certain amount of time. Makes sense! Especially when
the only new game I was interested in was Elden Ring but after
struggling with Dark Souls III I decided to pass.
I bought some cheap Steam and GOG games that got good reviews.
Oh and Panzer Corps 2 and Tiny Combat Arena that I am looking forward
to playing because I am a former PC flight sim nut.
On 08/03/2022 23:56, PW wrote:
[snip]
I didn't buy a game for my birthday like I usually do after reading
what JABs new strategy about not buying a new game after playing one
he has for a certain amount of time. Makes sense! Especially when
the only new game I was interested in was Elden Ring but after
struggling with Dark Souls III I decided to pass.
I bought some cheap Steam and GOG games that got good reviews.
Well my strategy is still paying off and I'm hoping that not only will
it mean I spend less on games, never to really play them, but also (and
more importantly) I will actual enjoy the games I do play more instead
of enjoying a game and then getting distracted by something else.
Oh and Panzer Corps 2 and Tiny Combat Arena that I am looking forward
to playing because I am a former PC flight sim nut.
I have toyed with buying Panzer Corps 2 but ultimately decided against
it as I have Panzer Corps and although I thought it was ok it didn't
really grab me. Also I have Battle Academy which has a similar feel even though it's more of a skirmish style game.
On 08/03/2022 23:56, PW wrote:
[snip]
I didn't buy a game for my birthday like I usually do after reading
what JABs new strategy about not buying a new game after playing one
he has for a certain amount of time. Makes sense! Especially when
the only new game I was interested in was Elden Ring but after
struggling with Dark Souls III I decided to pass.
I bought some cheap Steam and GOG games that got good reviews.
Well my strategy is still paying off and I'm hoping that not only will
it mean I spend less on games, never to really play them, but also (and
more importantly) I will actual enjoy the games I do play more instead
of enjoying a game and then getting distracted by something else.
Oh and Panzer Corps 2 and Tiny Combat Arena that I am looking forward
to playing because I am a former PC flight sim nut.
I have toyed with buying Panzer Corps 2 but ultimately decided against
it as I have Panzer Corps and although I thought it was ok it didn't
really grab me. Also I have Battle Academy which has a similar feel even >though it's more of a skirmish style game.
On 02/03/2022 05:04, PW wrote:
On Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:01:12 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
What I've mostly been playing this month is "drag way-to-big TV into
house, buy new furniture and re-arrange everything so TV fits into
house, then drag TV back out when it breaks" but I've already detailed
that particular adventure in earlier posts. But I found a few moments
to get in some video-gameplay too; not very much, but at least I got
some time in front of the computer.
*--
Isn't there a game for that on Steam? I am not kidding. Can't
remember the name now.
I presume you thinking of Unpacking.
I have toyed with buying Panzer Corps 2 but ultimately decided against
it as I have Panzer Corps and although I thought it was ok it didn't
really grab me. Also I have Battle Academy which has a similar feel even
though it's more of a skirmish style game.
Do you count games you got for free? Epic givaways etc.? I pick those
up, but I'm really only interested in a few, and I can usually tell in
way less than 10 hours if I'm going to like those when I try them.
I bought BA since I saw you were playing it. I thought I saw some DLC
for it but I guess I was seeing things.
Haven't played it much yet. I see BA2: Eastern Front is $40 with
very positive reviews but I like the new JAB plan :-)
Hi,
Still hooked on playing Unreal Tournament 2004 on-line with my
brother. It amazes me how many servers and how many new to me maps
there are. Not many humans playing though but it is fun with bots and
my brother.
On 09/03/2022 20:16, PW wrote:
I bought BA since I saw you were playing it. I thought I saw some DLC
for it but I guess I was seeing things.
Haven't played it much yet. I see BA2: Eastern Front is $40 with
very positive reviews but I like the new JAB plan :-)
BA is good and there's I think five DLC's for it. Covering some of the
usual suspects, although strangely enough the eastern front isn't one of >them, but it does have both Blitzkrieg France and Operation Sealion
which is nice to see.
BA:2, I gave it a miss as although I think I'd enjoy it I'm not sure it
adds enough to BA to justify the price. I'd also say that unlike BA the
devs seemed to have given up on it very quickly as there's only one DLC
for it. If you know anything about Slitherine, and there normal DLC
policy for games like this, then it suggests that BA:2 wasn't a great
success so they decided to focus their efforts elsewhere.
So at the current price I'd find it hard to recommend BA:2 especially as
BA seems to be on sale quite often. As you already own BA, I find it
even harder to recommend unless you really enjoy the eastern front setting.
On Tue, 08 Mar 2022 16:56:37 -0700, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
Hi,
Still hooked on playing Unreal Tournament 2004 on-line with my
brother. It amazes me how many servers and how many new to me maps
there are. Not many humans playing though but it is fun with bots and
my brother.
I used to adore the Unreal Tournament series; it was one of those
go-to games that had a permanent place on my hard-drive that I would
play whenever I couldn't decide how else to spend my time. My
enjoyment of the games - and the genre as a whole - started to
diminish once voice-chat started becoming the norm though. These days
I only install the games once every four years; I name the bots after
the US presidential candidates and let them fight it out for a few
rounds. There has so far been a 75% correlation between the winner of
these bouts and the winner of the election ;-)
Elite Dangerous, Deep Rock Galactic (free weekend), and D&DO.
On Tue, 01 Mar 2022 17:21:55 -0600, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Elite Dangerous, Deep Rock Galactic (free weekend), and D&DO.
*--
What do you think of Deep Rock Galactic Ant? How far into the game did
you get?
I have it, bought it a little while ago and haven't played it much.
Just tried to play it single-player. I thought it might be fun
on-line once I learned my way around but stopped playing it.
PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
On Tue, 01 Mar 2022 17:21:55 -0600, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Elite Dangerous, Deep Rock Galactic (free weekend), and D&DO.
*--
What do you think of Deep Rock Galactic Ant? How far into the game did
you get?
I liked it. I played its training, failed my first solo mission, and then played with strangers online.
I have it, bought it a little while ago and haven't played it much.
Just tried to play it single-player. I thought it might be fun
on-line once I learned my way around but stopped playing it.
It's easier to play with others than solo.
On 13/03/2022 06:24, Ant wrote:*---
PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
On Tue, 01 Mar 2022 17:21:55 -0600, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Elite Dangerous, Deep Rock Galactic (free weekend), and D&DO.
*--
What do you think of Deep Rock Galactic Ant? How far into the game did
you get?
I liked it. I played its training, failed my first solo mission, and then played with strangers online.
I have it, bought it a little while ago and haven't played it much.
Just tried to play it single-player. I thought it might be fun
on-line once I learned my way around but stopped playing it.
It's easier to play with others than solo.
I have seen it but it came across as a game that although it can be
played solo it's really a game designed to be played in a co-op mode.
My gaming habits really don't fit into that very well. Even in WoT I
enjoyed the few games I played in a platoon (you can create small teams >within the larger team) but I always felt that I was in some way letting
my platoon mates down as I tend yo want to play a few battles and then
do something else. Shame really.
* Others
I played a little of Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077. The latter had a big >upgrade last month which by some accounts has some nice improvements so
I'm thinking of trying to finish it finally.
Cyberpunk is back to $60 on Steam. Last years (or two years ago?)I would not compare it, Cyberpunk actually is quite ok, most of the bugs
version of Duke Nukem Forever.
Am 15.03.22 um 03:37 schrieb PW:
Cyberpunk is back to $60 on Steam. Last years (or two years ago?)I would not compare it, Cyberpunk actually is quite ok, most of the bugs
version of Duke Nukem Forever.
are fixed...
Am 15.03.22 um 03:37 schrieb PW:
Cyberpunk is back to $60 on Steam. Last years (or two years ago?)I would not compare it, Cyberpunk actually is quite ok, most of the bugs
version of Duke Nukem Forever.
are fixed...
It is $30 now at GOG, $60 still at Steam. I think I am going to wait
until it goes down to about $20. Might take another year or so
though!
PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> writes:
It is $30 now at GOG, $60 still at Steam. I think I am going to wait
until it goes down to about $20. Might take another year or so
though!
You can probably get a GOG key for Cyberpunk for around $20, from
cdkeys.com or similar. I think that's about what I paid last
fall. Someone here mentioned the possibility, maybe rms?
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