What are you playing?

[rtwjunkie]

Now that I finished Deus Ex: Mankind Divided I am back at The Solus Project.

Who knew this would slowly and and in subtle ways morph from a space survival adventure game to a gentle survival horror game? Not me, that's for sure!

The sounds in the game are incredible, contributing perfectly to the atmosphere. That plus the way clues and discoveries happen, there has become, in the post 20 hour mark, a general sense of dread, although still coupled with an excitement of discovery and brain-teasing puzzles. I've almost forgotten the survival elements, LOL. I still need to go through screenshots to find a few.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Adding some screenies of The Solus Project.

You realize within first half hour of play, you are not the first species to have been on Solus.

 

[INSTG8R]

Wow that is pretty! Looking it up now! Quick Q tho. Worth grabbing with "The Ball"?

 

[rtwjunkie]

Spoiler: Spoiler: Look at your own risk

Here I thought I was fucked.

A few seconds later I was positive.

The planet in The Solus Project is unstable in many ways: tornadoes, extreme lightning, earthquakes, tremendous heat during the day, deep cold at night, meteor showers, and food is available but scarce. Thankfully, water is abundant.

weeping angels from Dr. Who, anyone?

 

[INSTG8R]

Bought it...Invert Look isn't working....I am disappoint...

 

[rtwjunkie]

Bought it...Invert Look isn't working....I am disappoint...

Nice! No one can accuse you of not making a decision quickly.

 

[INSTG8R]

Nice! No one can accuse you of not making a decision quickly.

I am just such a game hoarder... It's a disease...I have 333 games and counting on Steam alone...

 

[rtwjunkie]

Completed The Solus Project. Highly original and gripping, but was a little disappointed in the ending. Ok, the ending was the way it is based on all the clues you pieced together in game, and based on that it makes sense, and you know what happens next....I just wanted it spelled out.

One area this game truly excelled at is sound. Not only is the music a perfect mood and emotion tool, it, along with strange things happening, really heightens your unease or dread. Also, ambient sounds feel directional, accurate, and perfect in always making you feel where you are is real. So, the real star is the sound!

 

[Drone]

Playing Lost in Shadow for 2 hours a day (for more than a week so I bet it's 17-18 hours in total by now) and I'm only 50% through Lol I had no idea that the game has more than 100 levels. Toughest puzzles ever, creepy enemies and soundtrack that always sends chill down my spine. Haha playing it in the dark room at night with headphones on is the way to go:

Atm in the Dark Tower:

Warped dimensions create some cool visual effects with lots of blur and distortions. Game mechanics itself depends on refraction and diffraction of light. Sometimes lights and shadows are interchanged and it's hard to focus on puzzle solving, enemy dodging and avoiding deadly traps.

Main character and environment can turn to 3D which makes everything completely different. Seriously, this it the most physically and geometrically accurate game ever. Lost in Shadow truly synthesizes science and art.

 

[Keullo-e]

Final Fantasy V (Steam), haven't played that in a loooooong time! I consider myself as some kind of a FF veteran since started playing the series in the 90's, and for me, that is one of the hardest games on the series. And once again, controls with the Xbox 360 gamepad is somewhere near perfect.

 

[EzioAs]

Final Fantasy V (Steam), haven't played that in a loooooong time! I consider myself as some kind of a FF veteran since started playing the series in the 90's, and for me, that is one of the hardest games on the series. And once again, controls with the Xbox 360 gamepad is somewhere near perfect.

I love FFV (played the GBA version). Some people may hate the job system for being a bit too grinding but I love it. I remember it being quite difficult as well especially near the end. It's too bad that older FF titles are region restricted on Steam, otherwise, I would've bought and played III, IV and VI.

 

[lorraine walsh]

Kentucky Route Zero act IV, which actually means I'll be replaying all of Kentucky Route Zero.

 

[kurosagi01]

I love FFV (played the GBA version). Some people may hate the job system for being a bit too grinding but I love it. I remember it being quite difficult as well especially near the end. It's too bad that older FF titles are region restricted on Steam, otherwise, I would've bought and played III, IV and VI.

You would like the brave series on 3DS if you haven't played it.
Installed Witcher 2 on Saturday to give it a go to see what the "big" deal is and i can sort of understand it now,the gameplay is addicting..i should probably start with the 1st game but i don't think i would like to deal with the blocky gameplay.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I've been jumping between a lot of games from Bad Rats to Sanctum 2.

 

[EzioAs]

You would like the brave series on 3DS if you haven't played it.

Too bad I don't have a 3DS. I'm not familiar with the Brave series. Is it a game based on the Disney movie?

I've been jumping between a lot of games from Bad Rats to Sanctum 2.

I never got into Sanctum 2. Tried it for about an hour but it just doesn't strike me as good as the first one. If you've played the first one, do you think Sanctum 2 is better once you've spent more time on it?

 

[kurosagi01]

Too bad I don't have a 3DS. I'm not familiar with the Brave series. Is it a game based on the Disney movie?

No its not based on the Disney movie haha its got the classic JRPG Final Fantasy gameplay with job system and a bit of a twist to make it different. The game was developed by Square-enix and id highly recommend it if you ever considered getting a 3DS somepoint,even a used 1st gen dropped in price a lot these days.
Bravely Default and then Bravely Second which i am currently playing at very slow pace,took me 20 hours just to finish prologue and chapter 1.

 

[EzioAs]

@kurosagi01 it does look pretty interesting and the 3DS (and DS) does have some RPGs I've been meaning to try. I'll have to look further for a used 3DS though. A new one costs about as much as a GTX 1060 and no offense to the console, but I've been meaning to replace my GPU for quite some time now.

 

[Guitar]

I've been trying to get into Overwatch because I stopped playing CS:GO, but I personally don't think it is a very good game.
I have been grinding Rocket League as usual.
Since I can't play Battlefield One until release now that the beta is over, I've gotta find something else. I might continue to fuck around with Overwatch to try and at least get my money's worth (I have probably 8 hours or so total in it so far)...maybe try to get a squad of friends to play with because then it might actually be better.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I never got into Sanctum 2. Tried it for about an hour but it just doesn't strike me as good as the first one. If you've played the first one, do you think Sanctum 2 is better once you've spent more time on it?

I'm the opposite: love Sanctum 2 but can't get into Sanctum. The reason: Sanctum 2 has progression. That's really what drives me to keep playing it because there's several towers yet to unlock and over a dozen perks. The DLC though is nuts (they added buffer units).

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Got all achievements in Regency Solitaire (beating it on hard was the worst) and Super Sanctum TD (10,000 kills was the worst). I got two achievements in Payday 2 that was I was aware of when I started playing it years ago but deemed too difficult to bother getting ("I Ain't Got Time to Bleed" and "The Man With the Golden Gun").

I think I'm going to play through Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition next and that will probably keep me busy for days. I'm really feeling the itch to replay Witcher 3 and Watch Dogs (ha, that's a heist in Payday 2--pretty sure the heist predates the game) though.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

playing The CREW. got it for free since Ubisoft is giving it away FOC for a whole month till next rotation.

 

[NDown]

Just finished Doom on Nightmare difficulty, a pretty rad experience but i fucking hate that eyeballs demon and mancubus

Thank god for the Gauss Cannon

the Solus Project is kinda intriguing but rtwjunkie's last screenshot kinda makes me stay away from it lol

Honestly dont know what to play now, Nier:Automata is the only game i've been looking for in the upcoming years

Hope it doesn't disappoint when it finally comes out

 

[okidna]

Been playing EVERSPACE in the last 2 days. It's still in early access but the game is challenging and fun, also visually stunning. If you like arcade space shooter and roguelite gameplay then check this game out.

Screenshots here : http://steamcommunity.com/id/okidna/screenshots/?appid=396750

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

I have been addicted to Grim Dawn lately. Was part of the Alpha/Beta contributors and gave up on it due to lacking content.
Came back to it due to an expansion pack release call "The Crucible" and wow it is really good now. POE/Diablo III/Sacred Level of good. They have really made this game into a finished product with a ton of character optimization.

 

[64K]

Just finished another playthrough of Half Life 2. Damn that game is fun! Cool weapons and very good AI.
12 years old but still very much playable.