Topic: Gamer thread

[Sig]

I always imagined hardcore EVE players as having their PCs in front of their toilets and being fed intravenously. The commitment is deep.

[phillyt]

Yeah I think they account for well over half of all western mmo players but I'm betting the same as you, Korea.

I really like MMO characteristics IF I have a group of friends with EXACTLY the same commitment as me. Otherwise I agree they're crap.

I had great fun with Elder Scrolls online, but even when my buddies were on we found ourselves talking and crossing paths, but there wasn't much reason to actually go and do anything together.  We were in different places and ESO is so fast there isn't more than a few story missions that are long enough to bother getting help.  The dungeons were too short to be needed.

[Ursa Doom]

They should just really made it a multiplayer game like Dark Souls but it would play like Skyrim or something instead of an MMO. That's really all people wanted: an Elder Scroll game that can be enjoyed with friends instead of something else that happens to have the Elder Scroll brand.

[Warlord]

In other news, this guy is bullshit.  I think.  At least I like crafting in games.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2014/11/23/dragon-age-inquisition-and-the-problem-with-roleplaying-games/

See, I actually kind of agree with the guy.
I like crafting, but not at a point where it becomes a mini-game within the game, and has the potential to break the game if you don't do it.
What annoys me though, is that I can pick up bowls and platters and such, but I'm unable to smelt them down into Ingots? Why?

That said, I don't like the more basic games such as Dark Souls, and I do really like picking up all the random stuff, and being responsible for creating my own items. I just wish there was less of a crafting economy, where it makes more sense to keep creating helmets (or whatever) because they will earn the most money and easiest to manage the resources that align to them.
The other example is making a billion potions all with different effects, when really all I am going to use is the healing, mana, and anti-poison potions, and the rest I sell.

I like the variety of stuff, and like being able to use it. My problem is most of the 'use' is just to sell to make money.
Crafting in KOTOR 1 or 2 (can't remember which one) to my mind is the right level.


But most of the time I play any party based game, this is so true as to what I spend most of my time doing:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/11/24/ser-timothay-gunn/

[Ursa Doom]

Yeah, when I play a partybased game I tend to treat the party as a stable that needs constant grooming.

[patsy02]

Yeah, when I play a partybased game I tend to treat the party as a stable that needs constant grooming.

It's how I play party based RPGs too, with obsessive micro management.

And total war for that matter, when I get reach a certain income level I'll have a constant trail of depleted units going one way for retraining, and equivalent fresh units marching the other way to keep my campaigning army neat and tidy.

On the topic of MMOs, imagine what MMORPGs like WoW and KoTOR could be like if it had solid real time action mechanics instead of number generating button timing. That would be dank.

[Feanor Fire Heart]

Total War: ATTILA

As a total war enthusiast, how did this dodge my radar?!  Its a new stand along game, not a x-pac to Rome (from what I can tell).  It supposedly will release February.

Its to ignite the dark ages in a new period that Total war hasnt really touched on much. There was the original Rome Total War x-pac with Attila but I am hoping this will bridge the dark ages and stretch from 400 AD to 1100AD.  We shall see.  Also I know they put a ton of new stuff in Rome 2 but I hope they fix/take out a few things.  Like the Dynasty system and the objective markers.  Again we shall see.

http://www.totalwar.com/attila

[Sig]

Patsy, they tried that with Conan. It got praised as a great system attached to a pretty shit game.

[Finlay]

maybe because rome 2 was wank?

[rufus sparkfire]

I'm quite enjoying mount and blade, but it's annoying that my own troops keep riding across my charge path and ruining my lance strikes! Stop it!

[Finlay]

The Mountain That Rides would just lance the fuck out of them.

[rufus sparkfire]

They don't take damage from friendly attacks, so it just makes my horse stop dead.

[Aldaris]

maybe because rome 2 was wank?

Indeed. TW needs to really up their game to get back into my good graces. I'm certainly not buying some DLC for Rome 2, and I'll wait for reviews I trust before I ever buy a CA game again.

[rufus sparkfire]

The other example is making a billion potions all with different effects, when really all I am going to use is the healing, mana, and anti-poison potions, and the rest I sell.

Potions really annoy me. I hate games where you're actually intended to use all the potions of Wombat Resistance or whatever in order to win fights.

[phillyt]

maybe because rome 2 was wank?

Indeed. TW needs to really up their game to get back into my good graces. I'm certainly not buying some DLC for Rome 2, and I'll wait for reviews I trust before I ever buy a CA game again.

I agree.  I disliked Empire, I initially liked Rome II until I played it enough to realize it was crap in the battles (I actually thought the overland map was well done).

rufus:  I like crafting potions, but only if I can sell the garbage ones.

I don't find Skyrim's crafting mechanics burdensome in the least.  They are take it or leave it skills.

[rufus sparkfire]

Oh, I like making potions in Skyrim! But the game doesn't require you to use them (Except for the healing potions). I like making them to sell.

I don't like games where you can't defeat the Giant Doom Fish without a potion of slime deflection.

[S.O.F]

As a total war enthusiast, how did this dodge my radar?!  Its a new stand along game, not a x-pac to Rome (from what I can tell).  It supposedly will release February.

Its to ignite the dark ages in a new period that Total war hasnt really touched on much. There was the original Rome Total War x-pac with Attila but I am hoping this will bridge the dark ages and stretch from 400 AD to 1100AD.  We shall see.  Also I know they put a ton of new stuff in Rome 2 but I hope they fix/take out a few things.  Like the Dynasty system and the objective markers.  Again we shall see.

Attila will only cover 70 years at four turns per year, so no general Dark Ages game.

[Xathrodox86]

I'm thinking about picking up Wolfenstein: the New Order for Christmas. Heard a lot of good stuff about it. Is it worth my money?

[phillyt]

I have heard good things but you will do better to get Far Cry 4 instead.  Game is a straight up blast and a crazy bit of time sinkage!

[Xathrodox86]

I have heard good things but you will do better to get Far Cry 4 instead.  Game is a straight up blast and a crazy bit of time sinkage!

I want to, but there are two things stopping me. A) it's still quite buggy and B) I have only 4GB of RAM.

[phillyt]

Ehhhh... I think the settings for the two should be fairly similar, but there might be an issue there you're right.

I would look into it.  Far Cry is awesome.  I am on PS4 and haven't seen any bugs, but maybe there is on PC.

[Xathrodox86]

Ehhhh... I think the settings for the two should be fairly similar, but there might be an issue there you're right.

I would look into it.  Far Cry is awesome.  I am on PS4 and haven't seen any bugs, but maybe there is on PC.

I'm a PC guys myself, and FC 4 is still glitchy on this platform.

[phillyt]

My rig could have run it and it qualifies as low level at this point.  But the RAM might be a bottle neck.  I am not sure.

[patsy02]

I'm a PC guys myself, and FC 4 is still glitchy on this platform.

That's because it's a minimum effort console port.

What's your specs Phil? Ram is unlikely to be a bottleneck most of the time.

[Ursa Doom]

I get the idea that you should never buy a modern PC game until you made sure it runs fine because the large publishers only care about consoles.