What are you playing?

[jboydgolfer]

been playing Bloodborne on PC recently. Always wanted to play it, but i was too lazy to put the kids PS4 in my office desk. Then i found out about PSNOW , now i have been rocking bloodborne, on Win10 with nearly zero system impact. The PSNOW serviec is free for 7 day trial for new accounts, or accoutns that have never redeemed the 7 day trial, so i have been loving free bloodborne, legitimately on Windows 10. The best thing is , unlike with steam, or other DRM's, you dont need to Download & install the damn titles, you just need to wait for the buffer, and boom, your playing Single or Multiplayer bloodborne, or whatever other Playstation title you chose from the nearly 700 available...Red dead redemption , bioshock, lots of fun games, free during the trial period, i highly recommend to anyone who hasnt tried it, took 5 minutes to install, & create the PSN account, and a Debit card on file (but as long as you disable auto renew, you'll not be charged).

PSNOW 7 Day trial Link

 

[cucker tarlson]

some nice views from bf1,looks great bu they could do better in some areas like dynamic weather and day and night cycle

 

[Mighty-Lu-Bu]

Man, SWG...it's been a looooong time. How's that private server in 2018? Not even sure I still have my discs...

Sanctus Reach has been a riot. I'm playing a mix of GC3 and SR. My home productivity is through the floor at the moment too!

So for the last 5+ years I have been playing on and off on the SWGEmu Basilisk server, but I was getting sick and tired of all of the AFKers. I joined Infinity about 8 months ago and at that time there were about 150-200 active players. The community is pretty awesome and they are actively fixing bugs and balancing the game-play; for example Bounty Hunters now have some special tools and abilities against Jedi and Mandalorian armor now has inherent resistance against lightsaber damage. Professions like Carbineer and Pikeman have been made viable because they have gotten pretty good buffs. One of the bigger changes that will be launching this fall is that the timeline will be shifting from between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back to between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens- the Rebels will then be the New Republic and the Empire will become the First Order which will bring out new armor, weapons and what not, but the core gameplay will remain intact.

A couple weeks ago, it was annouced that the SWG Aftermath server was going to be merging with the Infinity server and that just got completed- now there is a larger dev team and we got over 100 new players. All and all, SWG Infinity is hands-down the most ambitious private server I have ever played on and it seems like our population is growing every day. Plus, in addition to the balancing changes and new content, there are a slew of QoL changes such has being able to accept up to 6 missions at any time, being able to migrate your stats whenever and more. If you were ever into SWG, I suggest that you check it out. You can always PM me if you want some more info and remember, if you don't have the original discs, you can buy them online for about $10.

 

[Keullo-e]

Yay! The Legend of Dragoon continues

 

[ShurikN]

Took a small break from Grim Dawn, and some random Vita games to try Forza Horizon 4 demo. Looks like my cup of tea (loved the first TDU). Aimlessly wandering the roads, cruising and chilling. Works well and looks nice
I'll probably get it once it's around $30. Thought about getting it now, but I gotta save money for December and PS Classic release.

Also a huge kudos to MS for putting out a demo. Wish all games had this.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Enjoyed the prologue and first mission of Styx: Shards of Darkness. Love the Dishonored and Assassin's Creed references.

Finally reached level 25-100 in Payday 2 (the absolute maximum).

Been playing Star Control: Origins all day and I'm loving it. It's kind of like if Spore (space age) and Mass Effect had a baby. Less about action, more about exploration and story, yet not as bland as No Man's Sky or Spore. I barely scratched the surface so far.

 

[Kursah]

Enjoyed the prologue and first mission of Styx: Shards of Darkness. Love the Dishonored and Assassin's Creed references.

Finally reached level 25-100 in Payday 2 (the absolute maximum).

Been playing Star Control: Origins all day and I'm loving it. It's kind of like if Spore (space age) and Mass Effect had a baby. Less about action, more about exploration and story, yet not as bland as No Man's Sky or Spore. I barely scratched the surface so far.

I'm really itching to pick up SC:O...kinda regretting not picking it up sooner when I had the cash to do so!

Draginol (aka Brad @ Stardock) mentioned yesterday on Explorminate's Steam Forum that he was considering making a 4X out of the IP and game engine to show off the real-time 60fps simulation of 1,000's of other entities, planets, ships, civilizations, etc. that are all doing their thing. Sounds like it could take what made Distant Worlds interesting and give it more fun gameplay aspects. I love GalCiv3, but damn do I wish it had combat...especially something like Sword of the Stars-style or Ashes of the Singularity or Sins of a Solar Empire. Hell top-down battles from SC:O in 4X instances like Polaris Sector could work quite well too! I'd be curious to see how colonization, economy, trading, diplomacy, etc. would work out in such a situation.

I've actually been getting into SOASE Rebellion casually, while still working through the first campaign in Sanctus Reach and my new playthru in GalCiv3. Too many fun games, not enough time.

 

[ozkisses]

Forza Horizon 3 (4 out in October) for awhile but changing jobs to shift work means I drift and offroad in real life now ON THE MOTORWAY! Really can't get my sleep pattern right hehe

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I'm really itching to pick up SC:O...kinda regretting not picking it up sooner when I had the cash to do so!

Draginol (aka Brad @ Stardock) mentioned yesterday on Explorminate's Steam Forum that he was considering making a 4X out of the IP and game engine to show off the real-time 60fps simulation of 1,000's of other entities, planets, ships, civilizations, etc. that are all doing their thing. Sounds like it could take what made Distant Worlds interesting and give it more fun gameplay aspects. I love GalCiv3, but damn do I wish it had combat...especially something like Sword of the Stars-style or Ashes of the Singularity or Sins of a Solar Empire. Hell top-down battles from SC:O in 4X instances like Polaris Sector could work quite well too! I'd be curious to see how colonization, economy, trading, diplomacy, etc. would work out in such a situation.

I've actually been getting into SOASE Rebellion casually, while still working through the first campaign in Sanctus Reach and my new playthru in GalCiv3. Too many fun games, not enough time.

Honestly, Star Control: Origin is more my style. I thought Sins of a Solar Empire was a good game but it's not something that can suck me in and keep me interested like Star Control: Origin has already managed to do. It's more narrative driven than a 4X RTS can be. 4X tends to get bogged down in empire building.

 

[Arrius]

Been trying to "play" BfA but my graphics card has been failing me. Just ordered an MSI 1050ti Gaming 4G and hopefully, it will save me from the stone age graphics I was forced to play for the past weeks.

 

[Keullo-e]

Heavy Rain (PS3), perfect game for this weather.

edit: Also on disc 4 in Legend of Dragoon, took only 2 days to play through disc 3

 

[Ahhzz]

enjoying a bit of time in War Thunder Man, some people have put in some SERIOUS hours in that game....

 

[StrayKAT]

Neato.. I just realized those tags under our posts. "Gaming Expert". Never seen that feature on other boards before.

enjoying a bit of time in War Thunder Man, some people have put in some SERIOUS hours in that game....

I never even heard of it. My Thrustmaster gets almost zero playtime... but "MMO" scares me.

 

[Ahhzz]

Neato.. I just realized those tags under our posts. "Gaming Expert". Never seen that feature on other boards before.



I never even heard of it. My Thrustmaster gets almost zero playtime... but "MMO" scares me.

lol there's not a lot of interaction with other people, chatwise anyway. I haven't really dove into whatever passes for community. I assume there are clans or whatnot, so people can run missions together, but I really haven't looked, and they don't throw it in your face to do. all I've done so far, is leveled a few planes up, probably wasted research time in ones that don't matter, and gotten aggravated at the tanks

 

[Keullo-e]

Neato.. I just realized those tags under our posts. "Gaming Expert". Never seen that feature on other boards before.

TPU just knows what we are.


Seems like this is also a rainy day, so let's fire up PS3 and continue Heavy Rain.

 

[HD64G]

Getting to the end of Blackguards (fantastic turn-based & RPG game with good story and above-the-average dialogs) and started the 1st Bioshock game a week ago (not bad at all until where I reached).

 

[Ahhzz]

Getting to the end of Blackguards (fantastic turn-based & RPG game with good story and above-the-average dialogs) and started the 1st Bioshock game a week ago (not bad at all until where I reached).

I just watched a Gameplay vid of that Blackguards 2 yesterday Looks pretty good, may have to check it out

 

[hat]

Wing Commander 3... I tirelessly battled with ePSXe to get it working properly (and later found out there was a PC version, heh). The flight mechanics are... awful... it's worse than Air Combat/Ace Combat 1. Though I played it a lot as a kid, and I'm determined to give it a fair shake. I find it very difficult to chase that little laggy ass green circle I'm supposed to shoot lasers at with the choppy flight mechanics that start up with a slow turn that accelerates into a fast turn. In stark contrast to the Ace Combat series, my wingmen probably score more kills than I do.

I do have one question though, for anyone who might know the game. When I select my wingman, sometimes they do a little animation when I move my cursor over them. Sometimes they don't. Why? Is there some significance to this?

 

[HD64G]

I just watched a Gameplay vid of that Blackguards 2 yesterday Looks pretty good, may have to check it out

I have the #2 on the backlist in steam library and will install it once I finish the 1st one. I hope it is at least on the same level. If it is even better, it will be very nice game of that special genre.

 

[Ahhzz]

I have the #2 on the backlist in steam library and will install it once I finish the 1st one. I hope it is at least on the same level. If it is even better, it will be very nice game of that special genre.

Cool! I'll keep an eye out, see if you have any take on it once you give it a try

 

[Dinnercore]

After finishing Flatout 100% with all races first place...

I´m now enjoying the havoc in Flatout 2!

I still like the look of this 2006 title today. Looking way better then what nvidia wants you to think MODERN graphics look like without RTX.

But screenshots can not capture the fun this game really is. And one of the best parts is the soundtrack. It really gets you in the mood for this kind if destructive, aggressive, arcade-racing action.
Steam keys for Flatout 2 are very cheap, I can only recommend giving it a shot.
The AI is one of its few weak points, often it works fine, BUT it features very obvious rubber-banding to catch up with you or to let you catch up to it depending on the position. Which all in all is not that bad and kind of fair in a game where you can crash 'flatout' into the woods at any moment and drop from 2nd to last.
It is not very aggressive either and lets you push it around as you please.

 

[Ahhzz]

I have the #2 on the backlist in steam library and will install it once I finish the 1st one. I hope it is at least on the same level. If it is even better, it will be very nice game of that special genre.

Hmmm... I did some reading, and came across several threads that recommended trying BG1 first, and then moving to 2, as there are several story plotlines that continue, and a small number saying 1 was better than 2.
In continuing to read, it looks like for the $30 I'd spend on BG, I might be better throwing it at Pathfinder: Kingmaker... have you seen that one? Anyone else tried it out? ( I know it's brand new, but really looks fun...)

 

[HD64G]

Hmmm... I did some reading, and came across several threads that recommended trying BG1 first, and then moving to 2, as there are several story plotlines that continue, and a small number saying 1 was better than 2.
In continuing to read, it looks like for the $30 I'd spend on BG, I might be better throwing it at Pathfinder: Kingmaker... have you seen that one? Anyone else tried it out? ( I know it's brand new, but really looks fun...)

I would not spend $30 on BG for sure. Get it on a sale up to $10 when possible. Divinity Original Sin 2 easy buy up to $40 though. Pathfinder is unknown quantity to me.

 

[Ahhzz]

Got DoS 2 from the Kickstarter, started it a few times, can't seem to lock down a solid chunk of time to play, really need to get back to it heheh

 

[INSTG8R]

I grabbed Hob today as it was on sale. Very interesting game. It’s pretty has a very nice soundtrack but as a game it gives you no hints or help in where to go or what to do so it’s a lot of running around, trial and error and figuring things out for yourself in a pretty, complex and sometimes dangerous environment.