What are you playing?

dcf-joe · Jul 15, 2016

rtwjunkie said:
Still playing through Black Mesa. Hit 15 hours yesterday and having a blast!

As a general rule I don't touch unfinished games, but this has been in development so long it basically feels complete.

I bought that game too this Summer sale.

I can't tell you how many times I have ran through Half Life 1, Opposing Force, and Blue Shift. Black Mesa is just like polished nostalgia to me!

Tsukiyomi91 · Jul 17, 2016

Playing Megadimension Neptunia VII, Warframe & Prop Hunt in Garry's Mod. (hilarity & massive laughter ensues, bought it during Steam Summer Sales.)

BiggieShady · Jul 17, 2016

I have been playing Just Cause 3 ... Why? Just cause. Stopped doing missions after few tutorial ones and started compulsively to liberate settlements. It's a blast. Figuratively and literally.

Toothless · Jul 18, 2016

YEEESSS THE BEAST IS HERE.

FordGT90Concept · Jul 18, 2016

Played some Subnautica. Got bored.
Played some Fallout Shelter. Got bored.
Replaying Life Is Strange. Not bored.

Commentary says Life Is Strange was inspired by the memory rewriting mechanic in Remember Me. Totally makes sense.

rtwjunkie · Jul 18, 2016

FordGT90Concept said:
Replaying Life Is Strange. Not bored.

Totally loved the game! It's a little teeenagerish, but gripping as hell, with great writing. There's also one point in the game that the decision you face was the only time a game brought me to tears.

Continuing on with Black Mesa. This really is THE definitive way to replay Half Life!! I'm currently on the Surface Tension chapter, which incidentally is what is currently getting updates. I may take a break until they move further along. The team really has done a phenomenal job on this game though!

FordGT90Concept · Jul 18, 2016

rtwjunkie said:
Totally loved the game! It's a little teeenagerish, but gripping as hell, with great writing. There's also one point in the game that the decision you face was the only time a game brought me to tears.

The only thing I really don't like about it is that the game forces you to do some stupid things most players wouldn't do. You know...

purplekaycee · Jul 18, 2016

divinity: original sin & assassins creed syndicate

Damocles · Jul 18, 2016

rtwjunkie said:
Totally loved the game! It's a little teeenagerish, but gripping as hell, with great writing. There's also one point in the game that the decision you face was the only time a game brought me to tears.

Continuing on with Black Mesa. This really is THE definitive way to replay Half Life!! I'm currently on the Surface Tension chapter, which incidentally is what is currently getting updates. I may take a break until they move further along. The team really has done a phenomenal job on this game though!

If you like a good story driven game then you should try Firewatch. I played this a couple of moths ago and it kept me at the edge of my seat.

rtwjunkie · Jul 18, 2016

Damocles said:
If you like a good story driven game then you should try Firewatch. I played this a couple of moths ago and it kept me at the edge of my seat.

Played that a few months ago! Very good game and story.

scevism · Jul 18, 2016

Im on Crysis 3 at the mo. Still a great looking game for the age of it.

And puyo puyo on my super nintendo. :nutkick:

Tsukiyomi91 · Jul 18, 2016

Crysis 3 is obviously, by far the most heaviest pixel-crushing game ever made & the most beautiful at the same time. Currently in Warframe, settling some backlogs. Getting the sand-bender Warframe; Inaros & some new weapons while waiting for new TennoGen Contest skins to be released.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jul 19, 2016

I installed and played The Witcher 3 last night (a bit late to the party i know...

)

It looks great on Sapphire HD 7970 OC boost. (3gb)

As it is a Nvidia sponsored game, would it look any better if i used my GTX 680 ? (2gb)

Damocles · Jul 19, 2016

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
I installed and played The Witcher 3 last night (a bit late to the party i know...)

It looks great on Sapphire HD 7970 OC boost. (3gb)

As it is a Nvidia sponsored game, would it look any better if i used my GTX 680 ? (2gb)

Well, you could enable NVIDIA gameworks so hair and ambient occlusion would look a lot better. The downside of this is reduced performance.

And don't worry about VRAM. Witcher 3 only uses about 1.5 GB on max, 1080p.

NDown · Jul 19, 2016

rtwjunkie said:
Thatbit is! It's meant to be enjoyed and explored inch by inch, at leisure! They went through so much work to place encounters and interesting things in out of the way places, that thise who rush through have no idea just how much they poured their hearts into the game.

Indeed, i even swapped my 290 for the GTX 970 only to play the game to its "fullest"

I'm about 700-800 hours into the game (4th playthrough) and it never bores me even once

going to buy both of the DLC (HoS and Blood and Wine) when the next Steam sale kicks in

purplekaycee said:
Some of my friends are reporting glitches hope you haven't experienced any.?

Yes, i experienced lots of glitches whether it's visual or quest/gameplay related

the notorious "Skellige most Wanted" and "Reason of State" quest are part of them

as much as i love the game, they are still buggy as hell to my experience

here is one of my favorite glitch

Guitar · Jul 19, 2016

I didn't enjoy Life is Strange. Couldn't get past the teenage thing was part of it, but it also just wasn't that interesting IMO.

I have no idea what to play. Haven't played CS:GO (seriously) in a week or so since my Open team stopped playing...not sure if I want to get back into it even though I will. Briefly tried to pick up and play my Vive last night (The Solus Project and some random horror game). One game just spun the camera around 360 (horror), and The Solus Project controls were bad (I skipped through tutorial and was trying to do seated gameplay)...and it annoyed me so I took the headset off and stopped. So I've been playing Rocket League only really. I still need to finish Uncharted 4 as well.

kurosagi01 · Jul 20, 2016

Yesterday started playing Halo 1 from the Halo Master Chief collection with my older brother on Xbone in the "study" room downstairs just because its too hot to be upstairs in the house(british summer not prepared at all),always refreshing playing a fun FPS campaign.

Drone · Jul 21, 2016

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

It's hard to believe that this game was designed in 2002. Realism, graphics and level design are 10/10. Unreal engine aged really well. :eek:

Game logic has some flaws though: you can hide a body in some secret but well-lit place and it'll be found; hide a body in some "overcrowded" but dark room and nobody notices it :rolleyes:

Some gimmicks like diversion cameras and disposable lock picks are totally useless. Split-jump ... I never used that, really. It's not even practical. Everything else is pretty good.

Michael Ironside provided awesome voice acting, hehe. In-game movies are well done as well.
Locations are really cool, it's the only game I've ever played where some levels are set in Azerbaijan.

Stealth elements are absolutely amazing but challenge and thrill is better in James Bond and Metal Gear games.

Verdict: 4/5

It's a cool game even 14 years later.

Yukikaze · Jul 21, 2016

Stellaris. Even my poor GTX750Ti can run it at 4K (with the occasional hiccups with large scale space battles) and it has taken over my gaming life.

Currently playing as the equivalent of space-ISIS:

z1tu · Jul 21, 2016

Yukikaze said:
Stellaris. Even my poor GTX750Ti can run it at 4K (with the occasional hiccups with large scale space battles) and it has taken over my gaming life.

Currently playing as the equivalent of space-ISIS:

I lol'ed at space-ISIS, hahaha good one.

silentbogo · Jul 21, 2016

Re-playing Alien Isolation on my "new and shiny" GTX950.
1080p all maxed out pulls over 100FPS. I guess I don't need a GPU upgrade afterall.

FordGT90Concept said:
Replaying Life Is Strange. Not bored.

Unfortunately, I had an opposite experience with this game. Only played ep. 1, but totally hated it.
I think I should try and re-play it, maybe I just didn't get it on the first playthrough.

Frick · Jul 23, 2016

The lovely Jade Empire. Trying to do an "evil" playthrough, but I just can't bring myself to it. I'm a terrible roleplayer.

FordGT90Concept · Jul 23, 2016

That one is on my to-play list. Haven't ever played it yet.

I couldn't force myself to do the selfish ending in Life is Strange. Kind of disappointed how on-rails it is in Chapter 3-5.

Been playing ridiculous amounts of Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 because DLCs.

silentbogo said:
Unfortunately, I had an opposite experience with this game. Only played ep. 1, but totally hated it.
I think I should try and re-play it, maybe I just didn't get it on the first playthrough.

I kind of felt the same during Episode 1 but I kept going with it. Worth it.

The game really focuses on Chloe and you really only meet her in Ep1. It goes so much deeper in Ep2-4 and Ep5 nicely wraps everything up.

Toothless · Jul 23, 2016

Shadow of Mordor with a lol. @rtwjunkie

He was level 6.

rtwjunkie · Jul 23, 2016

Toothless said:
Shadow of Mordor with a lol. @rtwjunkie

He was level 6.

Thank you, sir, for avenging my death!

I think this and other games that include Steam friends somewhat, even in SP, are way cool.

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