I use GMG all the time Bill, in fact my housemate's brother works for them. Great site, not always a massive saving but I usually check them first if I'm about to buy a digital copy of a game.
I use GMG all the time Bill, in fact my housemate's brother works for them. Great site, not always a massive saving but I usually check them first if I'm about to buy a digital copy of a game.
I think I know precisely what I mean
when I say it's a schpadoinkle day
That's where I purchased BL2 for $37 and got the preorder bonus.
I'm reading bad things about RE6. The game is a stream of quicktime events and cut scenes... bleaaah.Originally Posted by darkshadow
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
It's as much a stream of whatever the fuck you just wrote, as your posts are a stream of intelligence and equality.
ie you like it? Reviews and ratings have it around 70%, mediocre to good. It's cool how game designers will applaud mediocrity to cover their own future mediocre offerings.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Criterion is releasing a NFS game at the end of Oct that combines NFS Most Wanted with Burnout style gameplay!!! Been looking forward to a game like this since Burnout Paradise in 08.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
I'm having a blast playing through RE6 with my friends, there's not enough games that does offline co-op anymore.
No one playing Xcom?
GOTY , not kidding.
its one of the, if not *the* best remake I've played so far.
it doesn't alter the original too much yet its very modernized
remake done right.
It's got some really obnoxious issues though. Playing with a 360 controller fixes the awkwardness of the PC controls (which were quite poorly done)...with the exception of the terrain height adjuster which is still awkward. It is quite impossible to assault a large UFO site with mouse+keyboard, because the roof keeps getting in the way of the view and you can't select where you want your squad to go.
Other than that, fantastic game. I'm glad I'm not playing it on Ironman mode, that's all I have to say. My worst enemy isn't any of the aliens, it's the budget.
ya, you have to satellite rush, I don't like that too (so far I didn't manage to NOT lose at least 1 country)
there are mods out there than unlock a different approach though, developers decided not to activate it but its still in the game
basically everytime an abduction event starts, instead of having to choose 1 out of 3 possible targets, 3 UFOs will spawn
if you manage to take care of them all, nothing will happen, if you manage to shoot down 1, you will have to choose between the remaining 2 abduction sites.
its actually pretty cool, because you start to invest more on fighters.
of course you still have to put sats everywhere because you won't be able to spot them if you don't
I'm probably not as far as you are, but I only have satellites on two continents (just 4-5 total). Certainly the source of my budget woes, but I haven't lost a country yet. You have to rotate through the abductions effectively, and when one gets critical or near critical, you do a major mission, or drop a new satellite over it (assuming you didn't have one over it before, a contributing factor to why they're going up anyway). The more you can see and are forced to ignore, the more panic is going to rise.
I lose a lot of newbies though. It's pretty tough to raise one up to the levels of my vets. I give them high quality equipment when the vets are wounded or off rotation, but they always get hurt and die way too easily.
Maybe I subconsciously take higher risks with them?
The biggest problem is I've only ever had two Assault units, and one of them just died. I have tons of Supports and Heavies. Thanks to that, my go-to spread is usually:
- 2 Snipers (with vastly different specialties, one ultra long and an overwatch/pistol specialist)
- 2 Supports
- 1 Heavy
- Whoever else is available which is either another Heavy or my often wounded Assault (or a newbie, who tends to get pasted on that mission or the next).
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I've just finished Dishonored, probably the best game I've played in this year.
Number of works of fiction that made me shed at least one tear: 3Thou seeketh soul power, dost thou not?TOX: 33524385841A92B08787EEBEBA2DB51ED293C4F15A2E292F3F C92165E82388281433A77EA8FE
I'm also playing through XCOM right now.
I had to reload one of my earlier save, because i'm struggling to keep up with all the threat since i didn't sat rush early.
As for combat, i've seen having a lot of success with 3 snipers and 1 of each of the other class. I started out with 1 of each and just added a sniper whenever i get a bonus slot. I take the 2nd tier ability that let sniper attack targets within squad mates sight range for all of them and i don't think this comp would work as well otherwise. I also just got the skeleton suit upgrade, which come with a grappling hook that allows all my sniper to quickly get to higher ground to take advantage of the aim bonus.
Does it play like a ripoff of Assassin's Creed? That's the vibe I'm getting from the game which has kept me from giving it a try.
I'm playing Metro 2033 on PC. It has a "Walking Dead" feel where you're fighting to survive in a desolate wasteland against other humans and hordes of monsters but with limited ammo and supplies that require you to conserve and pick your battles and methods of attack.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
You should watch some videos of game play, Dishonored actually feels/play a lot more like Bioshock with a heavier focus on melee combat.
I finally lost a country in XCOM. China. Not happy about it. Some of my best squad members are Chinese. Now I won't get any more. Not once was I ever offered a mission there. I gotten about 5 for Nigeria, which I also don't have a satellite over. I just don't understand.
I was going to throw a satellite over it once I had more capacity, but the council report killed that idea. They withdrew just shy of a few days before I could have held onto them.
I'm building better armor and better weapons, but I already feel like I lost somehow.
I finished the game with -1 country on classic, I believe you either have to play the tutorial (and get that extra workshop) or you have to be extremely lucky and get the right missions/council missions
I found dishonored to be more similar to the crossover between half life 2(general feel of the city, plus Tallboys) and Thief(emphasis on stealth) series. maybe a bit bioshock(i found bioshock to be boring game, while dishonored is extremely fun to play). It has absolutely nothing to do with AC series.
Heck - it is even similar to Deus Ex(but set in steampunkish universe, with magic instead of augmentations) - with so many ways to finish objectives in it - stealth, finding secret pathways(multiple secret pathways), combat, heck - even talking. There are literally tons of ways to finish intermediate objective(for example bypassing single Wall of Light can be usually accomplished by: possessing enemy, using rat and rat tunnels to bypass it, get around it using roofs balconies etc., rewiring it with item, powering it down by removing Whale oil tank.)
There are three different endings(which are Good, bad, very bad) and diffirent ways to finish off your targets(not necessary kill them) - for example - you can swap drinks and one target will poison himself(while attempting to poison someone else), you can also knock him out and brand him as heretic, or outright kill him.
Number of works of fiction that made me shed at least one tear: 3Thou seeketh soul power, dost thou not?TOX: 33524385841A92B08787EEBEBA2DB51ED293C4F15A2E292F3F C92165E82388281433A77EA8FE
@Ryll and Kray
How did you guys do on the alien base mission (the one that requires skeleton key). I managed to get through it, but my troops all got hurt really badly because of grenade spams.
@Xel
I only mentioned Bioshock because Dishonored art style, steampunk world and even down to the instant consume item pick ups remind me of Bioshock. I actually forgot about Thief, that's a pretty good example to compare it to.
@DD
I went extremely cautious, but it was my two snipers that saved the day. I ended with only two wounded (one gravely) among my assaults and supports, but I did lose one of my men to a highlight[mind controlled comrade, thanks cowardly sectiod commander] before I was able to get a new firing angle with my squad sight sniper. I got greedy. I tried for a stun first (which failed at 80%!) and it cost me one of my squaddies.
I knew I should have brought an alloy S.H.I.V. with me. Cover was sparse.
Anyone playing XCOM managed to stun a Crysalid, or is it not an option? I've gotten close enough, but the arc thrower didn't highlight as being usable.
edit: Oh, I guess it isn't possible. Had not lost anyone trying so far, so good to know so I can keep it that way.
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