Look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it. You play them video games on a Friday night....
I'm torn in a few directions (see cRPG nerd thread) but basically I'm looking at:
Morrowind with mods
Oblivion with mods
Steel Beasts Pro 3.x that I bought last weekend
Wargame: Air Land Battle with slow-down mod
Edit: crap, forgot
Neverwinter Nights 2!
Not a bad time to be a gamer at all lately... O:-)
Vietnam 65 and Cults and Daggers
I will try to win the current "impossible" mission I am playing in Worldshift. I don't see why some games have such difficult missions...
I will also continue my 2 space campaigns in Armada 2526 and Endless Space.
I'm unleashing the Vikings in airland battle after a trip down memory lane
Might squeeze in a rares run in elite
And some Fallen Enchantress LH - about 20 mini stacks of escaped darklings have just appeared and are wreaking havoc on my mines and outposts
SABOW
CMBS PBEM
Research for my Pike and Shot mod. Read FOG Renaissance Rules and Asian Armies expansion.
Maybe no time for my regular weekend X-Plane flights.
It's going to be a Vietnam 65 kind of weekend.
Civ IV Beyond the Sword has its hooks in me again. I have a solo and a MP game going. IN the solo, I am Asoka and I am at war with Tokugawa, who shares my continent with me. Ragnar has declared on Tokugawa and asked me along. The Viking has taken two Japanese cities and so have I. I am looking to take three more and call it a war for now.
In the MP, I am Hatshepsut. I have completely eliminated Genghis and vassalled Montezuma. I am at war with Alexander and plan to take him off the board. Unfortunately, my friend and competittor has vassalled Boudica and Hammurabi and is at war with Ragnar. A war that I desperately want to join but don't have the spare manpower to get in to.
Talos Principle and causing diplomatic catastrophes in Command Modern Air Naval Operations....
Last night I lost 7 Italian F-105's striking Albania...all I got for my losses was a destroyed parking space. I haven't played CMANO much because of Republic Jr's arrival...but last night as my losses mounted the news headlines were popping in my head....
QuotePresident Alessandro "Sandro" Pertini is unavailable for comment as a covert strike has gone terribly wrong. This morning Italian forces attempted to disable airfields in Gjadër and Kuçovë Albania but suffered severe losses. One source close to the oppositional party was quoted as saying "Its almost as if President Pertini's people have no idea what they are doing. A spokesperson for President Reagan has stated that this situation underscores the need for an increased US defense budget. Another source close to the administration was more candid saying "It is clear that the United States must bear the burden of the defense of NATO countries, especially in light of a founding member unable to perform a relatively simple strike on a 3rd world target."
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F0%2F00%2FPertini_ritratto.jpg%2F225px-Pertini_ritratto.jpg&hash=9b978c5f5409eb6812ace63744b2a5df08f2ddf5)
Wow...harshing both Italy and Albania in one foul swoop.
Continuing my Attila TW campaign as the Geats, holding off northern European hordes and trying to destroy the Burgundians while reestablishing a colony in Britain.
Continuing my Volmar campaign in Armada 2526 Supernova. Gonna colonize every molten rock in the galaxy!
All the talk about Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes lately has gotten me back in the mood for it, so will be firing that up as well.
I also want to play a couple more missions in Klingon Academy. (Just wish the game wasn't so prone to crashing...)
Beyond that, there's a bunch of games singing their siren call: Rome 2, Medieval Total War/Viking Invasion, Star Wars: Empire at War, and Baldur's Gate all sound very appealing right now (and that's just off the top of my head)... ::)
Probably some more Homeworld Remastered, some Vietnam '65, maybe some Steel Armor BoW and some more Shogun 2 and/or Empire TW...
We should be closing on the new house soon, so we really need to start the process of packing and throwing crap away.
I'll be working through my HW2rm campaign, possibly starting another RTW2 gc and maybe getting back into ALB.
Well rejoining the world of PC gaming.... will break out a little
- Darkest Dungeon
- Space Hulk
- Startup a new campaign, not sure which game
PE
Quote from: Martok on March 06, 2015, 08:41:28 AM
I also want to play a couple more missions in Klingon Academy. (Just wish the game wasn't so prone to crashing...)
At least you can play it. It's the one Star Trek game I really regret never picking up. :(
I may play
Horizon (I just started working on my Star Trek mod again). Probably continue my
EU4: El Dorado game. Who knows what else will distract me.
Quote from: republic on March 06, 2015, 07:16:27 AM
Talos Principle and causing diplomatic catastrophes in Command Modern Air Naval Operations....
Oh CMANO. I might set something up and try out the Sea Slug. What else? Probably just boardgames such as Flying Colors.
A few X-Com Long War b14 missions, maybe load beta15 and give that a spin. Plus work on Red Storm updates. Have a few other games on Steam to try out too.
Well, I haven't played a driving game in a while, so either F1 2014 or Assetto Corsa
Also - most likely - is the superb Far Cry 4. Bloody superb.
War in the West can just bally well wait as it pissed me off last night! One of my big problems with WitW (and WitE) is I never seem to know what and when to attack. I'm pretty sure last night I was attacking bigger, fortified formations with a meagre force - and quick assault as well! So I always seem to lose more men than I should
Apart from that, likely not much. I expect I'll be trying to perfect my airbrushing for my models.
JD, is there a way to lift the fog of war? Recon vehicles or aircraft? With big games like that, I know I sometimes forget obvious stuff until I have beat my head bloody against a wall of stupid. ;)
On WitW? Yes - you can play with FoW off
Diablo 3, Battlefield 4, and World of Tanks.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on March 06, 2015, 10:52:27 AM
On WitW? Yes - you can play with FoW off
Sorry. I meant in the context of the game. Like sending recon vehicles or airplanes to scout territory, thus, giving you a look at what's around you.
Yeah you can do lots of recon with aircraft but that seems to come up vague - as in, there be dragons 'ere - but no hard intel. Perhaps it gets better the more you recon, I don't really know. I've only had 7 turns on Op Husky and I wasn't really controlling recon (so wasn't focusing on one or two hexes)
As for units, it seems to be that you find out once you are next to them - but what I actually meant was I don't know what the symbols are. So I need to look at the manual. I did for WitE and went"aaaagh..." - but then I forgot :-[
Gotcha. Seems like it's time to brush up on your counters then :) Might stop you from bringing a knife to a gun fight ;)
Exactly...and sometimes not even a knife! :-\
Today, still wanted by the government, he survives as a soldier of fortune. If you have a problem... if no one else can help... and if you can find him (hint: look down)... maybe you can hire...
Gus Team : SEAL
Black Sea and Panzer Battles with Doug (PBEM)
Campaign Leipzig toonament over at TheBlitz. There really are some cool scenarios in that game.
Dead tree game supplement review.
Must teach the boy "Ambush!"
C&C: Napoleonics...the 100 Days is UNDERWAY!
Best,
Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)
American Civil War 2 keeps drawing me back. Great game.
Attila TW as the Huns. Taking peoples shit away from them and then burning down they're hovels. Never gets old. And if my conscience begins to bother me, I'll do something nice to somebody in Skyrim.
Might not get my new rig this weekend...too much resistance from the wife to do it immediately. Admittedly there is a fence to repair, the house needs painting, and there's trees that need to be removed, though there should be some left to get that damn computer finally. I hope anyway.
If not I have lots of stuff I want to do...Vietnam 65 is definitely one after Boggit's (p)review and the discussions here. Might start Witcher (I) finally. Also moving through a campaign in DA: Origins Enhanced Edition with my dual-wielding Dailish Elf in the blood plate armor (fun stuff).
I do want to get some boardgaming in though...Cruel Necessity, Ottoman Sunset, and Hapsburg Eclipse are all here in my desk bookshelf, mocking me. I should have a copy of the new Hornet Leader coming from DVG for review...I'm hoping it'll get here this weekend!
If we had access to pics of Gus in military attire, I could run it through Premiere and create a video with GUS TEAM: SEAL and run the A-Team theme underneath. Just sayin'.
I do have pictures of me on a range firing an AR 15 in uniform.
Pics or it didn't happen.
I just told you I had pics!
Do we see them here? No? Then TEE HEE it didn't happen! :D
Ok motherhonker. I forwarded the pic to BB to forward to you since I am on my phone at work. If you PM me your address I can send it directly to you.
Received. Response sent, over.
Go nutty.
we love it when you spread nutella on.
It's there and waiting.
Managed to defeat the giant and evil robot in Worldshift! Just happy :D
Im enjoying the nostalgia of the Homeworld games but I'm not finding the challenge they used to have.
Is that because you know each mission inside out or you just evolved into an RTS genius?
I finally cranked through the quest that's been dogging me in Morrowind, only to realize I missed a magic claymore worth 32000 gold. Now I have to think about how much backtracking it's worth to go back and get it. I'll lose about 45 minutes of game time, I think. I guess I'll just do it. ::)
Still cranking on Morrowind. Decided against backtracking to get that magic Claymore...I don't do two handed anyway. I'll hit the dungeon up again if I'm in the neighborhood.
I had to Google how to continue on the main quest, though. It wasn't intuitive. I'm not sure how folks figured it out back before internet. ???
Quote from: undercovergeek on March 07, 2015, 03:50:52 AM
Is that because you know each mission inside out or you just evolved into an RTS genius?
for the most part its because of the years of multiplayer spent with the game.
with HW2 Ive properly run into a wall at mission 11. Ive only played it once but its going to need some super sneakiness.
the HW1 GC isnt that hard when you highjack every ship as you go and your sitting on 100K of RU and hundreds of ships.
you can do that in HW2.
Quote from: MengJiao on March 06, 2015, 09:24:37 AM
Quote from: republic on March 06, 2015, 07:16:27 AM
Talos Principle and causing diplomatic catastrophes in Command Modern Air Naval Operations....
Oh CMANO. I might set something up and try out the Sea Slug. What else? Probably just boardgames such as Flying Colors.
None of that happened much. I got some tactical board games and blew up some stuff after simplifying some rules.
I scored well with the sons of Stockholm in airland battle although the tanks are hopeless, except 4 I left in a tree line on static defence that destroyed 28 units
Had a brilliant to and fro battle with the poles on a new map as the U.S. - I love the us deck although I need to make some changes
Elite I've put away for a while - groups and wings are up next and there's nothing there that affects my gameplay as a lone trader
And I ended up playing many hours of kerplunk with junior, and some Disney infinity who's sandbox mode as made me look forward to skylines even more
UCG: Tellin' ya, Infinity is the stuff and a half. Lately, I've been having the building robot just build me casabas in which Rocket and Barbossa resolve their differences with violence. Although my son's virtual toy box is now nigh as cluttered as that in real life. He's got a bit of my OCD and has carefully laid out all the terrain his purchased into different areas of the box...all under the ever-changing Disney sky.
Actually spent most of the weekend's gaming getting re-acquainted with W@W. How much had I forgotten? Yeah, Abrams can SEE through smoke.
Best,
Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)