What are you playing?

[rtwjunkie]

I've played it for a bit as well and was left with the same feeling. The graphics is nice though.

I also did about 2 and a half hours. It was boring beyond belief...and felt like work to play. I can't play a game for that long and it not be fun, waiting for that promised "fun" I'll have later.

I don't understand how so many reviewers loved it. For anyone who did enjoy it, I commend you for sticking with it long enough for it to be fun.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Initially, it starts better than DA II, but the story of DA II really picks up and I thought the build up to the last part was great. To be honest, what I don't like about DA: Inquisition is the map looks too generic and there's no interesting town or place. Then again, I only played it for a short time.

I've played it for a bit as well and was left with the same feeling. The graphics is nice though.

I also did about 2 and a half hours. It was boring beyond belief...and felt like work to play. I can't play a game for that long and it not be fun, waiting for that promised "fun" I'll have later.

I don't understand how so many reviewers loved it. For anyone who did enjoy it, I commend you for sticking with it long enough for it to be fun.

If ya'll didn't get to Haven, you should at least play long enough to get there. Until you leave Haven the first time, you're still playing the tutorial.

 

[RejZoR]

Finally started playing Alan Wake. Good thing about waiting for so long to play such games is that I can run it at insane graphics quality with 8x FSAA and still get 300 billion frames per second. The game looks breathtaking and making sure it runs smoothly, I'll probably have a better experience than on release day. Now, lets experience the nightmare

 

[BiggieShady]

Playing a MMO without any time to do so, as always ... progressing slowly, messing around and looking at pretty graphics ... thankfully Black Desert is a sandbox kind of MMO

 

[Frick]

Finally started playing Alan Wake. Good thing about waiting for so long to play such games is that I can run it at insane graphics quality with 8x FSAA and still get 300 billion frames per second. The game looks breathtaking and making sure it runs smoothly, I'll probably have a better experience than on release day. Now, lets experience the nightmare

I max it too but I honestly find the graphics almost offputting. At least the face animations.

 

[RejZoR]

Maybe so, but many games even today don't render vegetation so nice and dynamic. Or the lake water. I was like wooooow when I walked around that cabin in the middle of lake. And lets don't start with shadows. I've only seen such quality shadows in games released recently, not back when Alan Wake was released. Besides, I like the fact engine is a bit clunky in places (like facial animations), it gives it that unique Max Payne-ish feeling and I quite like that.

 

[manofthem]

Finally started playing Alan Wake. Good thing about waiting for so long to play such games is that I can run it at insane graphics quality with 8x FSAA and still get 300 billion frames per second. The game looks breathtaking and making sure it runs smoothly, I'll probably have a better experience than on release day. Now, lets experience the nightmare

Alan Wake, a game I've had installed since forever ago but haven't yet dabbled in it. Nice to hear it looks pretty, I love a visually impressive game. I hope it's tense, I love a tense game. I need to stop making excuses and start it up.

 

[Drone]

Alan Wake, a game I've had installed since forever ago but haven't yet dabbled in it. Nice to hear it looks pretty, I love a visually impressive game. I hope it's tense, I love a tense game. I need to stop making excuses and start it up.

AW is pretty tense when you start to play it, just play it on the hardest difficulty and try to collect everything (it even has Twin Peaks references). Unfortunately, it has monotonous and linear gameplay (you're doing the same things over and over again and face the very same enemies) but it has pretty interesting boss battles and a very interesting plot which totally makes up for all the cons this game has. AW: AN has more "open-world" stuff and more enemies. It's less scary than original but it has pretty awesome level design (especially observatory).

 

[peche]

i've noticed that i have metro 2033 and haven't played none of these games, so i might start switching over them, could be nice you know, but i don't know if the last light is the first of that saga, and also i don't have metro last light...

Regards,

 

[RejZoR]

Here and there I decide to do gaming marathons so I can finish the long lists of games I own. Last summer I've finished the FEAR trilogy. Lately I've finished Daikatana and now I'm playing Alan Wake. Then the American Nightmare one. Then I might actually start Mass Effect trilogy. I just realized I still have to finish Dead Space 3...

Tried to play Bioforge, Another World and Evolva today and all 3 annoyed the hell out of me. So I skipped to Alan Wake...

Right, remembered Metro 2033 is also on the list

 

[rtwjunkie]

i've noticed that i have metro 2033 and haven't played none of these games, so i might start switching over them, could be nice you know, but i don't know if the last light is the first of that saga, and also i don't have metro last light...

Regards,

2033 is the first one. Last Light is the second part of the story.

 

[Ahhzz]

i've noticed that i have metro 2033 and haven't played none of these games, so i might start switching over them, could be nice you know, but i don't know if the last light is the first of that saga, and also i don't have metro last light...

Regards,

Peche, I apologize if I'm repeating a response, but I tried the Metro series, and all it did to me, was make me go and reinstall S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat. A couple of mods really up the game (Complete comes to mind first off). I prefer the open-map style of play, even if you can follow the storyline if you wish. Metro was too much a straight line with little allowed off the path. But, it is an exciting looking game, expecially the Redux versions

Sorry, I do tend to instantly point people at Stalker when they talk about Metro

 

[peche]

2033 is the first one. Last Light is the second part of the story.

so i might install it and have great times!
also i have wolfestein old blood, but im not sure if the new order is part o f a saga?

Peche, I apologize if I'm repeating a response, but I tried the Metro series, and all it did to me, was make me go and reinstall S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat. A couple of mods really up the game (Complete comes to mind first off). I prefer the open-map style of play, even if you can follow the storyline if you wish. Metro was too much a straight line with little allowed off the path. But, it is an exciting looking game, expecially the Redux versions

Sorry, I do tend to instantly point people at Stalker when they talk about Metro

well, thats another great point for this question, i guess i have to see if get stalker first or install metro,



Regards,

 

[rtwjunkie]

also i have wolfestein old blood, but im not sure if the new order is part o f a saga?

Well, Old Blood came out in 2015 as an independant expansion for the 2014 release of Wolfenstein, the New Order.

However, Old Blood is a prequel to New Order. So, since it happens first, there is no reason you can't play that one first.

I held off on New Order till about 8 months ago (IIRC), and I'm sorry I waited. It was nothing but fun!!! I enjoyed the hell out of it! Old Blood is nearly as good.

Go for it, Enjoy!

 

[peche]

Well, Old Blood came out in 2015 as an independant expansion for the 2014 release of Wolfenstein, the New Order.

However, Old Blood is a prequel to New Order. So, since it happens first, there is no reason you can't play that one first.

I held off on New Order till about 8 months ago (IIRC), and I'm sorry I waited. It was nothing but fun!!! I enjoyed the hell out of it! Old Blood is nearly as good.

Go for it, Enjoy!

thanks for your help sir, you know, somethimes my world spins so fast and i miss some great titles and sagas!

Regards,

 

[Dethroy]

After long time I've finally started playing Daikatana from GOG using latest community patch v1.3 beta. While the game still has few tiny issues here and there and some issues with sidekicks, it's actually not as bad as everyone were saying. Level design is actually really good. First level, the Mishima Fortress is a bit dull, but Greece and Norway look magnificent. And the modern San Francisco also looked nice. I thought Alcatraz will be boring, but was surprisingly interesting level. And not just from design perspective, also from artistic one. Despite outdated graphics for today's time, some of the scenery were just jaw dropping. Especially Ancient Greece. Temples, rocky cliffs, the beaches, caves etc.

This game was so ahead of time it's why it kinda failed because of it since tech just wasn't there yet to utilize such features properly. I mean, it has sidekicks you can independently control, order them to do things, pick selective weapons, organize their ammo pickup. Sure they don't play massive role in the gameplay, but they work with you and help gun down enemies. The game also has useful RPG elements where you upgrade yourself through several perks and you can even decide to ignore some of those and use Daikatana sword which upgrades itself with usage. These are things we've only seen in FPS games several years later. Maybe it was terrible gameplay wise on release, but this moment, I really like it. It's not a bad game at all.

I bought the game on release and in spite of all the critique it received I really enjoyed the game.

 

[EzioAs]

What I'm not playing is Thief: Gold. I gave it a shot; installed mods which makes the game looks better, push myself to finish the first mission hoping the next one would be better...it did not. The labyrinth and sort of generic dungeon-like level design makes me feel somewhat cramped and claustrophobic. In both the first and second mission, I had a very difficult time figuring out where I am. Plus, the shadow/darkness is also a bit too much sometimes that it's very hard to see. Increasing gamma didn't help much. I'm not really asking for games to hold my hand like most modern titles do, but this game is just too much of a chore to me. I thought it would at least aged well (like the original Splinter Cell or Half Life), but apparently, it did not. Sorry if I somehow offended anyone (ie. fans) in the thread. It was not my intention, these are just my take on the game.

What I am playing is Prince of Persia: Sands of Time I got for free on Uplay (thank you Ubisoft). Link: https://30years.ubi.com/en-US/operation-index

A couple configuration here and there and the game renders properly at 1080p and Xbox One controller support (can't navigate menus using a controller though).

I've played The Two Thrones, 2008 and The Forgotten Sands and I'm really looking forward to this one and hopefully, Warrior Within in the future.

 

[Frick]

What I'm not playing is Thief: Gold. I gave it a shot; installed mods which makes the game looks better, push myself to finish the first mission hoping the next one would be better...it did not. The labyrinth and sort of generic dungeon-like level design makes me feel somewhat cramped and claustrophobic. In both the first and second mission, I had a very difficult time figuring out where I am. Plus, the shadow/darkness is also a bit too much sometimes that it's very hard to see. Increasing gamma didn't help much. I'm not really asking for games to hold my hand like most modern titles do, but this game is just too much of a chore to me. I thought it would at least aged well (like the original Splinter Cell or Half Life), but apparently, it did not. Sorry if I somehow offended anyone (ie. fans) in the thread. It was not my intention, these are just my take on the game.

Play Thief 2 instead. Much, much better, and more focused on the "thief" part.

 

[EzioAs]

Play Thief 2 instead. Much, much better, and more focused on the "thief" part.

I asked one particular person on Steam and he said Thief 2 was the best as well but it was far from perfect. It's the only Thief he recommended; the rest of them gets a thumbs down. His reviews of the series (and all games in general) are very rational and detailed so I'll trust him adding my own experience of the game.

Plus, I don't have Thief 2 (and 3). I'm putting aside the Thief series for now. I want to play something different to get over the sour experience.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Plus, I don't have Thief 2 (and 3). I'm putting aside the Thief series for now. I want to play something different to get over the sour experience.

I thought it was you asking about any modernizing mods for Thief 3 (Deadly Shadows)?

 

[erixx]

Ducati 90 years http://ducati.ridevideogame.com/
and
Valentino Rossi (former MotoGP series) http://motogpvideogame.com/

both worth every penny

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Ducati 90 years http://ducati.ridevideogame.com/
and
Valentino Rossi (former MotoGP series) http://motogpvideogame.com/

both worth every penny

@erixx How do they compare to MotoGp 15 ?

i do like the look of the Rossi game though i am loathe to give him any of my money. (I was his greatest fan till he kicked Marquez off his bike.) I like that theres cars and bikes in the game, so i may have to bite my lip and buy it after all.



RIP Louis Salom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Salom

 

[erixx]

Indeed RIP for the young hero...

The Ducati game is like Ride, just new content.
VR46 The Game is a very big evolution of MotoGP15. The Houston track (only one I tested last nite) is amazingly detailed! Many finetuned things everywhere in the game. The car and dirttrack are fun but a minor feature. If you hate Rossi you will have a hard time, there is nearly no mention of Spanish and foreign riders, LOL. There is an DLC with Real 2015 events, I wonder if the "kick" (which it was not) is included, hahaha

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

Thanks

 

[EzioAs]

I thought it was you asking about any modernizing mods for Thief 3 (Deadly Shadows)?

I didn't specifically asked about mods for Thief 3 and the mods I downloaded was for Thief: Gold