What are you playing?

[Vayra86]

Diving into CIV VI: Gathering Storm today. Game has come a long way, as it usually goes, at this point its actually worth playing, two expansions post launch

Look! Volcanoes

 

[Drone]

Completed Asura's Wrath and saw the true ending. It's just mindboggling. Final boss battle Asura vs Chakravartin is the most epic and iconic battle I've ever played.
Chakravartin throws rocky planets, K-type main-sequence stars, blue giants, neutron stars but even that didn't stop Asura. He just destroys everything lol
This game has the biggest boss ever. It seemed that Chakravartin was sitting in the center of the Milky Way 27000 light years away and was visible from Earth!
Asura's Wrath reminds me of Xenoblade Chronicles because in these games the main villain is god of the Universe and only protagonist can kick his ass once and for all. In Xenoblade it's "homs vs mechons" in Asura's Wrath it's "demigods vs gohma" but in both cases it was because of the creator which appeared only in the final moment.

Game mechanics is good, it requires lightning fast reflexes and if you got hit once or twice you're dead. It's really tough and punishing but game gradually teaches you so you get better and better until you don't suck at it anymore. Level design and graphics are awesome and unique. Anime, science fiction, rail shooter, beet 'em up, fighting and much more in just one game.

"I remember now... you bastards! Curse you all! Is this what Gods do!?...There is no need...For Gods that only take...FOR GODS OF DEATH!!

"I understand it all now! The true reason for my wrath! I could not stand it! There is always some fool who wants to rule the world! Always forcing others to do what they cannot do for themselves! That's why I pray to no one! Nor will I be prayed to! But above all else I will never forgive you for making my daughter cry! This is your end!!"

Story, music, art and movies are the strongest parts of this game. Asura is a true hero, always does what is right and always suffers for that. Really cool and tragic character, his hatred and anger makes this game unforgettable. His screams still ring in my ears. I'm not emotional but my heart shrank when Asura looked back at fragile Earth .. I mean Gaea and realized he's not coming back.

I..I couldn't bear to see you suffer. No more crying. Smile. My wrath... is finally... gone. Durga...I'll be home...soon.

 

[Cvrk]

How soon you forget how unforgiving 2033 was when it released. Very few people could play it while having great visuals. It was like it was the new Crysis.

Metro never ever had great visuals, and it still does not. That's the major problem. Mediocre graphics at best with incredible demanding specs for no reason.

Look at the faces, skin,face animation eye movement(or any lack off) the monsters skin and hair. Object on a table, wood surface, plant surface, rocks and ground or even the weapon that you hold on your hands. Clothing details that look like Modern Warfare 3 since 2011(no joke).
Metro has very old graphics. This does not feel like 2019.

This game was postponed since 2017. Even then it would have struggled from a visual point a view to put up a fight.
However now, after Odyssey, God of War, Red Dead Redemption 2 and the new Resident Evil 2 Remastered - Metro does not hold a candle.

And the fact that it breaks graphic cards it so much worse.

The incredible good news is I got it to work flawlessly. (and I am not the only one). Scanline sync
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/rivatuner-statistic-server-scanline-sync.252975/
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With a proper sound system Metro Exodus has great audio positioning. One of the best ever heard in a game actually. The water surface and the small duration when you fall in by accident is very beautiful and realistic!

 

[ArbitraryAffection]

Metro never ever had great visuals, and it still does not. That's the major problem. Mediocre graphics at best with incredible demanding specs for no reason.

Look at the faces, skin,face animation eye movement(or any lack off) the monsters skin and hair. Object on a table, wood surface, plant surface, rocks and ground or even the weapon that you hold on your hands. Clothing details that look like Modern Warfare 3 since 2011(no joke).
Metro has very old graphics. This does not feel like 2019.

This game was postponed since 2017. Even then it would have struggled from a visual point a view to put up a fight.
However now, after Odyssey, God of War, Red Dead Redemption 2 and the new Resident Evil 2 Remastered - Metro does not hold a candle.

And the fact that it breaks graphic cards it so much worse.

The incredible good news is I got it to work flawlessly. (and I am not the only one). Scanline sync
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/rivatuner-statistic-server-scanline-sync.252975/
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With a proper sound system Metro Exodus has great audio positioning. One of the best ever heard in a game actually. The water surface and the small duration when you fall in by accident is very beautiful and realistic!

Whaaat! have you played Metro Last Light and the Redux? I really have to disagree with you I think the graphics are far from mediocre. Some of the best I have seen actually. I was gonna post just a cool WF screenshot but now I just had to dig out my old Last Light screenshots!!

Spoiler: Honestly i think it is far from mediocre. Warning: lots of images!

And here was me using the Fluctus in a normal mission, it's hilarious to walk around with an a massive arch-gun XD I was thinking about upgrading my 570 to a 1660 T but all I really play is warframe. And... getting 144fps at 1080p here with max settings and particles on ludicrous.

Spoiler: Particleeezzzz

I really don't think I need a new graphics card just yet xD

 

[ne6togadno]

@Vayra86

 

[witkazy]

Always use protection s' all i'm sayin'

 

[SN2716057]

FC New Dawn

Spoiler

 

[las]

Apex Legends and Metro Exodus right now.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

reaching the final part of Metro Exodus... After completing it, hopefully I can use back the weapons I unlocked during my first playthrough... while collecting missing notes, letters & postcards...

 

[The N]

Middle Earth: Shadow of War

Playing it for last 6 months and not yet ended. Some busy schedule. Also downloading Metro Exodus.

 

[Kovoet]

Update tomorrow for ghost recon wildlands

 

[Animalpak]

TT Isle of man, Battlefield 5, V-Rally 4
The Surge

 

[Kursah]

Total Annihilation (with and without Escalation mod, but with the community patches) has been my fix as of late. I want to get back to Far Cry 5, but I just got pulled back into starting the ARM campaign in TA over again, which means I gotta do CORE after that. But why stop there, got Tiberian Sun from CNCNet.org installed and updated, trying to avoid starting another campaign run until I'm done with TA. I really enjoy both of these titles.

Then as luck would have it, a buddy of mine on Steam pointed out that Fragile Allegiance is on Steam and was on sale for $2.49... had to pick it up.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/383100/Fragile_Allegiance

Very cool and forward thinking game from the 90's. I can't wait to give it some serious screen time, for now just been going through the tutorial and getting a grip on all the stuff and things I have to memorize since there's no hover popups to tell you what things do lol. I love the old school feel of this game, it fits right in with my current gaming scene.

Also picked up the latest GalCiv 3 expansion, Retribution, that's queued up after I get over my classic RTS fix. They still haven't done anything with combat, which is a shame and my biggest annoyance in the game now. But apparently late game is much better, smoother, faster...we shall see...

 

[ShurikN]

Diving into CIV VI: Gathering Storm today. Game has come a long way, as it usually goes, at this point its actually worth playing, two expansions post launch

It was the same for CIV 5. Game became great only after the second exp.

 

[Sybaris_Caesar]

Wanted to get into the whole point and click adventure thing after downloading Deponia The Complete Trilogy or sth that I got for free a few months back. Are all point and click games this complicated? Jesus christ! The first few level was straightforward. Even though I found out by chance that boiling silver spoon with green sock makes it blue. After that it's been nothing but looking up guide or walkthrough to continue. Maybe p&c are just not for me.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Wanted to get into the whole point and click adventure thing after downloading Deponia The Complete Trilogy or sth that I got for free a few months back. Are all point and click games this complicated? Jesus christ! The first few level was straightforward. Even though I found out by chance that boiling silver spoon with green sock makes it blue. After that it's been nothing but looking up guide or walkthrough to continue. Maybe p&c are just not for me.

Lol, no there are a wide variety of difficulties in adventure games. The more convoluted ones have difficult combinations like that. Some merely have you solve puzzles as you progress a story. Some allow WASD movement, like first person games, while others truly require clicking where you want to move. Deponia is made by Daedalic, who happen to make some of the more obtuse Adventure games. Normally I would not recommend their games for first timers.

Maybe something like Obduction, or Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, or The Raven, or The Book of Unwritten Tales or even Rime. These are all high quality Adventure games with a story that are not too difficult to do for new Adventure gamers.

 

[ShurikN]

There's nothing that beats Monkey Island when it comes to P&C adventure games, with other LucasArts games coming close (Grimfandango, Day of the Tentacle)
First two Broken Sword games are quite good, although the puzzles are not as complicated or innovative as LA games. Something quite nice for newcomers is Full Throttle. It's relatively short as well.

 

[Ahhzz]

I'll second the Book of Unwritten as enjoyable P&C, without rtoo much "WTF??!"

 

[SN2716057]

I also highly recommend Full Throttle & Grim Fandango. The Room (1,2,3) are neat too.

 

[Rahnak]

Oh man. Still have the 2nd Deponia to finish. And the 3rd one after that. Also King's Quest. And 3 Broken Sword games.

 

[las]

It was the same for CIV 5. Game became great only after the second exp.

Does Civ 6 have a steeper learning curve or has the game become easier, compared to 5?

 

[ShurikN]

Does Civ 6 have a steeper learning curve or has the game become easier, compared to 5?

Ughhh that's kinda hard to answer. I would go and say that the game is different in some of it's main mechanics, but essentially I think the learning curve hasn't changed. It got a more complex but nothing you can't master.

OT
Preparing myself for CP2077 with Deus Ex Human Revolution. It's really interesting so far. Going for a less lethal approach, although I do a bit of killing here of there.

After Resi Evil 0 started RE1, and it's much more enjoyable than 0. There's less ammo, red zombies are a pain, burning mechanics are interesting... all in all quite good.

Playing a bit of Sniper Elite 3, it's okayish, but definitely not as fun as SE 2.

 

[Keullo-e]

Back to Final Fantasy IV (Steam), now farming for Onion equipment which does probably take forever. I just need those to beat the superbosses..

 

[rtwjunkie]

Well, now that enough additional content has landed for AC: Odyssey I’m going beyond the 200 hour mark where I left off a couple months ago.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Back to Final Fantasy IV (Steam), now farming for Onion equipment which does probably take forever. I just need those to beat the superbosses..

Do you have "The After Years" as well? I'd recommend it.

Well, now that enough additional content has landed for AC: Odyssey I’m going beyond the 200 hour mark where I left off a couple months ago.

You're really into it! Nice.