What game are you playing? Thread

All in One wrote

I've had a small Minecraft relapse after not really touching it for almost two years. I'd forgotten just how relaxing it can be. Still makes me a little sad that I can never truly recreate the feeling of wonder I had when I first discovered it.

Despite what people say about its fanbase, Minecraft is an amazing game in both premise and execution. I've talked to elementary kids at the school I used to volunteer at, and they're about as obsessed with it as I was with Lego back in the day.

Me, I've been on somethin' of a Halo binge myself. 343i surprised us by releasing Halo Wars on Steam, so I pmuch spent the past two days marathoning that and H5: Forge. Does this mean we'll see more Halo games ported to the PC? I hope so!

malmon wrote
All in One wrote

I've had a small Minecraft relapse after not really touching it for almost two years. I'd forgotten just how relaxing it can be. Still makes me a little sad that I can never truly recreate the feeling of wonder I had when I first discovered it.

It's just not the same without friends playing it as well :/

Modded Minecraft w/ Friends on a private server is :ok_hand: 

We typically take a month every year and just play a mod pack and enjoy it thoroughly until the server can't handle our shenanigans anymore.

21 days later

I finally got around to trying out the original Star Craft after Blizzard made it free. For the most part I'm enjoying it but coming off of II I'm still trying to adjust to not being able to select more than ten units at a time or hotkey armies. It's been hell on my logistics.

DiRT Rally. That is until the game closes and Steam won't let me open it again because the free weekend is over.

malmon wrote

DiRT Rally. That is until the game closes and Steam won't let me open it again because the free weekend is over.

Do ya like it? I could toss you a spare key if ya want. :3

Backlash wrote
malmon wrote

DiRT Rally. That is until the game closes and Steam won't let me open it again because the free weekend is over.

Do ya like it? I could toss you a spare key if ya want. :3

Oh yes! I kinda wish it had the customisability of Xpand Rally (if you ever happened to play it), though. I won't ask for a key yet - perhaps I can complete the entire game without one ;D

Just got Bayonetta on Steam, I've never played it before so I'm kind of excited.

Sleepy wrote

Just got Bayonetta on Steam, I've never played it before so I'm kind of excited.

you're in for a good time, ive been playing it a lot recently and its a blast.

they also ported vanquish to steam and if you own bayonetta i think its 25% off.

proxy wrote

you're in for a good time, ive been playing it a lot recently and its a blast.

they also ported vanquish to steam and if you own bayonetta i think its 25% off.

I'm excited for the Vanquish port, it comes out on my next pay day so I'm definitely getting it.

Also I've been enjoying Bayonetta, even if I'm pretty bad at character action games.

13 days later

I'm still trying to beat vanilla Skyrim, then when I'm finished with it (don't know how long), I'll upgrade it to Special Edition for improved graphics and start modding when I get the chance.

LucianDreamer wrote

I'm still trying to beat vanilla Skyrim, then when I'm finished with it (don't know how long), I'll upgrade it to Special Edition for improved graphics and start modding when I get the chance.

Even if you're just going vanilla, you should probably still install the unofficial patches. They fix a lot of stuff! Also, modded Skyrim can look far better than SE 😉

a month later

Now that I'm finally getting kinda bored of Skyrim, I think I might pick up a decent VN or somethin'. World End Economica sounds interesting, but I've also still gotta finish Sunrider Academy.

Decisions, decisions... I definitely wanna start reading more, though. ^^

Backlash wrote

Now that I'm finally getting kinda bored of Skyrim, I think I might pick up a decent VN or somethin'. World End Economica sounds interesting, but I've also still gotta finish Sunrider Academy.

Decisions, decisions... I definitely wanna start reading more, though. ^^

World End Economica's pretty good so far, especially if you're interested in business, stock exchanges and space colonies. I'd say give it a spin.

Speaking of VN's, Umineko keeps just getting more interesting. Definitely have to recommend the version with updated character art, though.

Backlash wrote

Now that I'm finally getting kinda bored of Skyrim, I think I might pick up a decent VN or somethin'. World End Economica sounds interesting, but I've also still gotta finish Sunrider Academy.

Decisions, decisions... I definitely wanna start reading more, though. ^^

There's a VN called Yu-No that I started sometime ago, don't know if you've ever heard of it. I still haven't played much beyond the prologue but the art and soundtrack are top notch. It's also a point-and-click adventure so it feels a bit more like a game than most VNs.

Open sea, air and underwater battles with beautiful graphics and life-like detail of units. I had quite a blast with the A.I., particularly in the ship training missions where as soon as I sunk the first wave, things started to get very interesting.
Battlestations Pacific

LucianDreamer wrote

Open sea, air and underwater battles with beautiful graphics and life-like detail of units. I had quite a blast with the A.I., particularly in the ship training missions where as soon as I sunk the first wave, things started to get very interesting.
Battlestations Pacific

Ooh, I played that game too! 😃

Sadly it won't run on my Windows 10 machine 'cuz of GFWL, but I played both of those games to death back in the day. The soundtrack was top-notch to boot; I know the term "cinematic" gets thrown around a lot, but the faction-specific music really made it feel like playing a movie.

18 days later

I've gotten a bit addicted to Birth by Sleep. Part of that is to be expected since it's my first time really delving into it but that game's combat is just so damn satisfying.