Game: What game are you currently playing??

[Inazuma]

Tropico 4 Modern Times

[Buffalobiian]

Yeah you do get too powerful too easily. I set it to the hardest difficulty and it is still too easy. I think it made them detect you more readily, it didn't make them any harder to kill or any greater in number. I think it's the same reason I got tired of Borderlands 2... it stopped being challenging too quick.

Did you play till the end, or try True Vault Hunter Mode? I was playing some chars solo and some for teamwork.. and it can be pretty hard against certain things. Mech-mancer is fun at zapping everything but needs a buddy to revive her every now and then (same with Assassin class - which is why we play those two together - one does loads of elemental/area damage while Assassin takes them down on low health). Axton can tank much better.. but still dies more than I'd like him to.

I haven't played for a while though. Even if I get bored of it afterwards, I must play through to the 3rd playthrough and get the lvl50 versions of the items I want. There's this random-elemental rifle that I want to get.. and I've decided that I'll play that mission with BL2 in a sandbox program over and over until I get the element I want. After that, I'll trade it with a friend so it won't get deleted upon termination.

[Animeniax]

Did you play till the end, or try True Vault Hunter Mode? I was playing some chars solo and some for teamwork.. and it can be pretty hard against certain things. Mech-mancer is fun at zapping everything but needs a buddy to revive her every now and then (same with Assassin class - which is why we play those two together - one does loads of elemental/area damage while Assassin takes them down on low health). Axton can tank much better.. but still dies more than I'd like him to.

I haven't played for a while though. Even if I get bored of it afterwards, I must play through to the 3rd playthrough and get the lvl50 versions of the items I want. There's this random-elemental rifle that I want to get.. and I've decided that I'll play that mission with BL2 in a sandbox program over and over until I get the element I want. After that, I'll trade it with a friend so it won't get deleted upon termination.

No, I lost interest in the game to the point I just ignored the side missions and finished the main story. It didn't help that I only recently played the first Borderlands not long ago, and the 2nd isn't different enough so it felt like a really long time playing the same game.

I might go back and play on tvh mode at some point, but it's doubtful.

[KrayZ33]

BL2

with my assassin borderlands got frustrating rather than boring for me

near the end I was a 1-shot... died frequently out of nothing, didn't even matter whether I went for the Bee or any other shield
thing is though, that enemies didn't last more than 1 shot too

and tvh mode was when I fully stopped because it was so annoying to die from stray bullets

meleeing was suicide for me, and most of the time even with a +100% melee dmg weapon I wouldn't 1-shot enemies didn't even matter whether I did 500k or 1 million damage.
well, it is a co-op game after all

everything was so item dependent

however. it was fun for a single playthrough

[Buffalobiian]

BL2

with my assassin borderlands got frustrating rather than boring for me

near the end I was a 1-shot... died frequently out of nothing, didn't even matter whether I went for the Bee or any other shield
thing is though, that enemies didn't last more than 1 shot too

and tvh mode was when I fully stopped because it was so annoying to die from stray bullets

meleeing was suicide for me, and most of the time even with a +100% melee dmg weapon I wouldn't 1-shot enemies didn't even matter whether I did 500k or 1 million damage.
well, it is a co-op game after all

everything was so item dependent

however. it was fun for a single playthrough

My friend played Assassin and says that class is the must vulnerable and also reliant on team play. After playing a few characters, I'll have to agree.

[animus]

Dota 2 Master Race.

[Penner]

Took a break from Far Cry 3, haven't played it since Wednesday last week i think.

Started playing Dishonored instead now and so far so good.
Totally loving the artstyle and just the whole world of it in general.

The way they made it makes it look really awesome without being super demanding (spec wise) it seems, since i have everything on max and i have a damn near constant 120-130 fps (on a 120hz monitor) and it is smooooth. :P

[fahoumh]

I started Borderlands a few weeks ago and it's been a pretty fun game so far; I try to play as much as I can but this time of the year really cuts into my "alone" time where I can just be a bum for a few hours and play video games.

[shinta|hikari]

Dishonored is pretty meh. I guess you need to be a fan of stealth games to like it. I tried to do "less" kills at first, then just started plowing everything down because it was easier and more fun to be honest.

The ending sucked. Is it any better with a no kill playthrough.

[Shadow Skill]

Maybe better with a no Shinta| Hikari playthrough :P

[Xelbair]

there are 3 endings to this game: 2 bad ends(high chaos - depends on your last action) and one good end(low chaos). Good end is pretty good.

[shinta|hikari]

I see. Does it have more to it than still pictures and narration?

[Xelbair]

Endings are still pictures + narration, but whole level is different. Plus good end was acutally good.

[KrayZ33]

Planetside 2

BR 30 soon and I have to say, its really a great game.
it has more "battlefield moments" (if you know what I mean) than battlefield itself. so many large battles, no lags, nice hit detection

~60v~60v~60 battles (or bigger) are actually pretty common and nothing looks cooler than laser fire during nightbattles

Attacks on outposts and bigger stations that last for 3hours from time to time, a line of 10 tanks on a hill that give artillery support for the infantry troops and huge dogfights with more than 5-15 planes above them. that feeling....

[Assertn]

Got WiiU and been playing NintendoLand. Holy shit that game is so much fun with 5 people.

[Xrlderek]

Is it worth getting into the older xcom? No mouseover descriptions, no scrollbar and all the other fancy stuff newer games have tilts me but I'm sure I'd get used to it in 4-5h or so and I've heard it's much better than the new xcom so... Liked the new xcom but the plot progression is just weird, they list all stuff as priority research and nag you to do it ASAP but if you do the game progresses way too fast and you get fucked, wish it was more out in the open how much time you have to do stuff.

Like when I researched the new facility to scan for hidden UFOs, I didnt know that was what it would do, and I had nothing good enough to take them out, hence 3-4 missed UFOs a month fucking up everything. Then I start saving too much and it's not really fair gameplay by me and ruins the game. Started ironman now though because apparently I am too weak to restrict myself from savescumming, and will hold off on priority research as long as possible. I'm sure the 80% hit chance with shotgun one step away from the enemy will still tilt me for a while though.

[Animeniax]

Finished Far Cry 3... interesting endings. Spoilers to follow:











You have to make a choice between "staying" with Citra and saving your friends. Both choices leave someone dead and you feeling kind of empty and cheated. Still, good way to end the game.

[UChessmaster]

Just finished the walking dead, that`s what a next gen console game should be.

[Uchiha Barles]

Path of Exile went into open beta recently. It's a free to play, but not pay to win, arpg in the vein of diablo and torchlight, and for my money, exceeds both D3 and TL 2 in quality. The developers were able to raise 2.2 million in donations and have been working on the game for 6 years. What they achieved is a well polished gaming experience, with an extremely deep customization system that lets you build any type of character you want.

I'll try to describe the skill tree, but first, take a look at it yourself:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree

Click and drag, and scroll your mouse wheel to zoom in or out. When you choose a class, you're not really given access to a set of abilities that is exclusive to your class. Instead, you're given a stats based on the class you picked, and a position on skill tree, based on the class you picked. For example, the Witch starts with 30 INT, 14 STR, and 14 AGI, and her progress in the chart begins as shown on the image below:

witch_skill_tree.png

Each of the circles you see represents one "skill" so to speak. They're improvements to your character that come in the form of stat boosts, ability modifications, utility buffs, etc. Each skill costs 1 skill point, and you receive at least one skill point per level. If you pay attention to the skills, they're more or less organized in nuclei containing closely related skills roughly matching up with what you expect from say, a figher, a holy warrior, a mage, etc. No matter where you start, you can select skills and reach any nucleus you choose, allowing you to build almost any kind of fantasy archetype you can think of.

There's an ability system which is separate from the skill system, in which you socket ability gems into your gear, the only prereqs being that you have the proper stats to equip them. I'll skip describing it in detail, but will say that the interplay between the skill tree the ability system is a result of pure genius. The gameplay itself is smooth as a baby's high knee. The experience thus far isn't vastly different than the other options out there, but somehow, it's just better.

If you're into arpgs, you really, really should try this out. Here's the wikipedia page which details the features of the game:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_of_Exile

And here's the official site where you can register an account then download the beta:

http://www.pathofexile.com/

[Ryllharu]

So...it is a blatant copy of Final Fantasy X's sphere grid? Gotcha.