What are you playing right now?
- Thread starter Surtur
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- Jan 30, 2018
Prey.
GOG recently added a ton of new games to their catalog (and at deep discounts) and this was one of them. Another one was System Shock 2, which I got for 97 cents. I replayed through SS2 in like three days and still really enjoyed it, so I wanted something similar. It was between Prey and Dead Space but I don't remember the latter having much exploration, so I went with Prey. I originally 'tried it' when it was first released in 2017, liked it, but lost interest midway through.
I'm only a couple of hours into it and already I'm starting to lose interest again. The lore of the game's world history plus the mystery of what TranStar is up to is interesting. The art direction is great, though even with its outdated graphics and lighting SS2 manages to be much more atmospheric, as everything in Prey is very sterile and brightly, overly lit. Exploration is fun because the areas feel well designed and logical, like they're actual places people would work at and live in, which is something I really like and that System Shock 2 shared, plus the game is designed so that most obstacles have more than one way around them.
Unfortunately, I'm finding most of the core gameplay to be underwhelming and unengaging. Combat feels very basic, with the guns in particular being disappointing and lacking any sort of kick to them. Typhon abilities aren't much better, with Mimic Matter being the only one that feels inspired. Enemies are also kinda bland and not very interesting. The whole 'mimic' thing also quickly loses its appeal and once the novelty is gone they become dumb jump scares or you quickly recognize them (oh, look, two of the exact same items side by side, gee I wonder where the mimic could be).
Lastly, looking at this as the closest we'll probably get to a System Shock 3 (I never really cared for BioShock) I miss tsundere SHODAN insulting me and giving me backhanded compliments as I completed objectives
GOG recently added a ton of new games to their catalog (and at deep discounts) and this was one of them. Another one was System Shock 2, which I got for 97 cents. I replayed through SS2 in like three days and still really enjoyed it, so I wanted something similar. It was between Prey and Dead Space but I don't remember the latter having much exploration, so I went with Prey. I originally 'tried it' when it was first released in 2017, liked it, but lost interest midway through.
I'm only a couple of hours into it and already I'm starting to lose interest again. The lore of the game's world history plus the mystery of what TranStar is up to is interesting. The art direction is great, though even with its outdated graphics and lighting SS2 manages to be much more atmospheric, as everything in Prey is very sterile and brightly, overly lit. Exploration is fun because the areas feel well designed and logical, like they're actual places people would work at and live in, which is something I really like and that System Shock 2 shared, plus the game is designed so that most obstacles have more than one way around them.
Unfortunately, I'm finding most of the core gameplay to be underwhelming and unengaging. Combat feels very basic, with the guns in particular being disappointing and lacking any sort of kick to them. Typhon abilities aren't much better, with Mimic Matter being the only one that feels inspired. Enemies are also kinda bland and not very interesting. The whole 'mimic' thing also quickly loses its appeal and once the novelty is gone they become dumb jump scares or you quickly recognize them (oh, look, two of the exact same items side by side, gee I wonder where the mimic could be).
Lastly, looking at this as the closest we'll probably get to a System Shock 3 (I never really cared for BioShock) I miss tsundere SHODAN insulting me and giving me backhanded compliments as I completed objectives
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Loved the System Shocks and felt the same about Prey and kinda just stopped playing in the middle of it. Something about it is just kinda meh and it just doesn't keep you captured. So System Shock 3 is dead? Eh, probably for the best.
I'm way too much into Rimworld right now and love what the mods can make out of it. It's kinda like SciFi Dwarf Fortress that doesn't suck. Wish there was a Z-Axis. One mod lets you build androids and an mod to that mod adds Terminator like pawns, where with a 3rd mod you can grow skin in a vat for. Unbalanced but fun times.
I'm way too much into Rimworld right now and love what the mods can make out of it. It's kinda like SciFi Dwarf Fortress that doesn't suck. Wish there was a Z-Axis. One mod lets you build androids and an mod to that mod adds Terminator like pawns, where with a 3rd mod you can grow skin in a vat for. Unbalanced but fun times.
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I don't actually know anything about System Shock 3, it's just that it's been flopping back and forth between life and death for the last 20 years, so I assumed we'll probably never gonna actually see it completed.
And, yeah, I can't really explain what exactly it is about Prey that makes me lose interest in it. SS2 had some of the same problems but managed to keep me enthralled. Maybe it really was just SHODAN calling me an insect that kept me going.
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Grim Dawn. Just finished the Ashes of Malmouth expansion. Great stuff.
Just started the second expansion Forgotten Gods. Looks baller. It's even better knowing a team of 10 people do amazing work than the fart buffers that comprise of Blizzard now with their s a n i t i z e d Diablo 3.
Just started the second expansion Forgotten Gods. Looks baller. It's even better knowing a team of 10 people do amazing work than the fart buffers that comprise of Blizzard now with their s a n i t i z e d Diablo 3.
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Etrian Odyssey 4
I just finished 3 after months of not playing it because of poor skill/class choices on two characters, after playing to the first ending its easy to see why people say this is the best one.
I've only made it up the the end of the first Maze in 4, but its been pretty solid. Its felt much more forgiving than the other games so far though. I'm not sure how I feel about the change to leveling and skill distribution yet, makes me feel like I shouldn't invest in any skills if they don't unlock something in the next tier. I'm glad they got rid of the common skills and having to invest in chop/mine/take though.
Also probably the best use of 3D on the 3DS I've seen I think.
The music and art direction are kind of a letdown, 1-3 had gorgeous sprites and fantastic synthesized music while 4 has boring 3d models and the music is underwhelming.
Soul
Soulless
I just finished 3 after months of not playing it because of poor skill/class choices on two characters, after playing to the first ending its easy to see why people say this is the best one.
I've only made it up the the end of the first Maze in 4, but its been pretty solid. Its felt much more forgiving than the other games so far though. I'm not sure how I feel about the change to leveling and skill distribution yet, makes me feel like I shouldn't invest in any skills if they don't unlock something in the next tier. I'm glad they got rid of the common skills and having to invest in chop/mine/take though.
In the other games certain skills would need you to invest points elsewhere to open up; like getting a passive parry for your Hoplite in 3 would be to level Provoke to 5 and that Parry for you to skill into. Now its seperated between skillsets for level 1-19, 20-39, 40+ with branching still being used to open up skills.
The music and art direction are kind of a letdown, 1-3 had gorgeous sprites and fantastic synthesized music while 4 has boring 3d models and the music is underwhelming.
Soul
Sir Wesley Tailpipe
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My daughter got me a $75 Playstation Store card as an early Father’s Day gift Friday night, so I got the MediEvil remake, Dark Souls III Complete and Spider-Man: Game of the Year Edition on PS4 and finally grabbed Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time for PS3 to finish off the Future trilogy at long last.
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Was playing deadrisng 3 but it got kinda boring then again I've been playing It all weelend =/
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Republique its an interesting game. Episode 3 is kinda annoying so far though with all its back tracking and maze like areas.
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I got Rune Classic on sale the other day. The combat's a little dated but I'm liking it. I'm a sucker for Norse mythology and here's a game all about vikings. The dismemberment system's still pretty unique; it's awesome to knock off a skeleton's head and watch him blindly attack enemies, or cutting off a goblin's weapon arm and watch him try to flee. It's not perfect; half the time the dismemberments feel like I got lucky rather than me using it as a strategy of some sort, but it's cool. It's an engaging game in its own right even if it's dated.
The Penultimate Warrior
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Wreckfest - really enjoying it because it doesn't try to be anything other than a game where you smash into other cars.
Dishonored 2 - first few hours felt like a chore, but once I had more powers and a better understanding of the game's mechanics, it became a much better experience.
Dishonored 2 - first few hours felt like a chore, but once I had more powers and a better understanding of the game's mechanics, it became a much better experience.
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IceCreamForCrow
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Gears of War on my old 360
Classic
There was something special about that game. The atmosphere, the color and art direction, the emphasis on cover to cover shooting and crowd control. And the main characters all had great banter.
I still remember the Berserker scaring the shit out of me when I was younger.
