I wanted to start this one because I won't be playing any games.
Why? Well, the time has come for my eldest daughter to leave home. She's going to university. Not a million miles away admittedly - to Sheffield which is about 200 miles away (4 hours) - but there's going to be a huge hole in the house!
I was trying to find a song that would say goodbye to her and all that she brought to our lives, but the songs I was finding were about boys and girls breaking up.
In the end I choose this because she sang in a local church choir every Friday and we used to bang this out together in the car driving home.
Goodbye Megan
Not sure how much gaming time I'm going to have. Been dealing with a cold the last few days. On top of trying to recover I'll need to be getting ready to leave for a week long vacation on Tuesday.
Whatever gaming time I do manage to find will probably be split between CMANO and Crusader Kings 2. I have a CMANO scenario I am trying to finish up before I leave. I really want to be able to play it while I'm on the plane next week. Couple of other scenarios I have some research for that I'd like to finish up as well.
Still playing my Kingdom of Burgundy game in CK2. I have about 100 years left to go. My expansion has really slowed down. I hold all of the Burgundy area of France,, Switzerland, and a couple of provinces in Lombardy. I also have couple of provinces in Austria and Germany where I inherited the vassals of Dukes who had died. The Holy Roman Empire has been converted to a hereditary monarchy so I don't stand a chance at being elected emperor. I have a couple of more de jure provinces in France and Aquitaine I'd like to pick off but for the most part I'm just going to try and hold what I have and continue the conquest of Europe when I convert the save to EUIV.
JD there's an Abba song my ex plays on the first day of term about packing school bags and watching her leave - forget it's name but it's a tear jerker
I feel or you - mines only 8 and taking her to class every morning feels like leaving a little piece of me behind - God knows how horrible this day will be - big man hugs, safe journey and drink like a Scotsman when you get back
I'll be playing arma 3 and mgs 5 and WitP pbems
Quote from: undercovergeek on September 18, 2015, 02:23:45 AM
JD there's an Abba song my ex plays on the first day of term about packing school bags and watching her leave - forget it's name but it's a tear jerker
I feel or you - mines only 8 and taking her to class every morning feels like leaving a little piece of me behind - God knows how horrible this day will be - big man hugs, safe journey and drink like a Scotsman when you get back
I'll be playing arma 3 and mgs 5 and WitP pbems
oh yeah - it was in that film Mamma Mia :'(
Nobunobu - The Ambition. :buck2: all weekend long!! thanks for the heads-up on this game.
cheers!
I can't imagine what it will feel like when my little girl grows up and leaves the nest. It's going to suck, but I suppose I'll try to look at it not as a goodbye, but just a new chapter in our lives. I'm sure you and Mrs. JD did a good enough job to where she will come back from time to time! Chin-up!
I, on the other hand, am going to switch "gears" this week and play metal gear solid V instead of metal gear solid V. Still loving the game.
Battle of the Bulge and Ortus Regni for sure, and, if it finally got fixed, Armello.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on September 18, 2015, 05:41:51 AM
I can't imagine what it will feel like when my little girl grows up and leaves the nest. It's going to suck, but I suppose I'll try to look at it not as a goodbye, but just a new chapter in our lives. I'm sure you and Mrs. JD did a good enough job to where she will come back from time to time! Chin-up!
I, on the other hand, am going to switch "gears" this week and play metal gear solid V instead of metal gear solid V. Still loving the game.
i have 1% under my belt, cleared the first outpost area, then the guard section in the road, and am now tip toeing towards the hillside base with the AAA cannon pointing right at me
i wanted to be all peace loving but cant resist killing the baddies - i cleared the first area, got the intel on where miller was and could have gotten out without anyone knowing i was there, but then went back and killed everyone before the guard changed - currently the river has 8 bodies in it
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on September 18, 2015, 05:41:51 AM
I can't imagine what it will feel like when my little girl grows up and leaves the nest. It's going to suck, but I suppose I'll try to look at it not as a goodbye, but just a new chapter in our lives. I'm sure you and Mrs. JD did a good enough job to where she will come back from time to time! Chin-up!
I, on the other hand, am going to switch "gears" this week and play metal gear solid V instead of metal gear solid V. Still loving the game.
Yeah - it's a new chapter for us all. We've been subconsciously preparing for it for over a year - but it hit home this morning.
And thank you. I do think we've done a good job. She's a beautiful, young, intelligent and compassionate individual. I think she's well rounded.
Damn - with the "...huge hole in the house" and "...she's well rounded" she'd be pissed at me making people think she's overweight!
This is her on her way to some fancy party - to prove she ain't heavy - she's ma daughter!
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i feel for you JD...wish you courage. Can't imagine yet how hard it's going to be when my children will leave.
JD, my son is two years away from college and my daughter, four years away...it's going to hit us hard here in a few years to lose one and then the other in quick succession. It really sucks to get old.
Especially going to be a pain because my mother in law lives with us...seriously considering an ultimatum if she's still around in four years. It'll either be a retirement home or me taking another path when we hit that fork in the road. I am NOT having an empty nest with her around.
In any case...hey, games, amirite?
I have to get back to both of my AARs (Pool of Radiance and Hapsburg Eclipse)...this week has been insane with work. That's probably it though I've been wanting to get back to both Apotheon and The Fall, both surprisingly fun games.
This weekend it's more VASSAL work.
Followed by some Wing Leader PBEM with SDR.
And finally getting Halo Fleet Battles: Fall of Reach on the table. O0
Some CKII, WoT, and Kerbal Space is I can find the time....
Any game time for me this weekend will be on the high seas playing World of Warships hopefully doing my bit for the Green Team sinking Red ships and not being sunk.
Still stuck in my World of Tanks frame of mind - I'm going to have a Tier 10 at some point in my life even if it kills me (and honestly, running up the Soviet Heavy lines, I'm only 2-3 Tiers away from topping out in both so I'm not starting at zero thankfully).
Corn liquor will be involved to help ease the pain, though.
How can I concentrate on games when there's only ten years left til both my daugthers go to school? Sunrise, sunset, byotches. And without sounding too crass, JD how can your daughter ever think she's fat??
Anyway, more Dragon Age Inquisition and perhaps some Pillars of Eternity.
Quote from: undercovergeek on September 18, 2015, 05:45:07 AM
i have 1% under my belt, cleared the first outpost area, then the guard section in the road, and am now tip toeing towards the hillside base with the AAA cannon pointing right at me
i wanted to be all peace loving but cant resist killing the baddies - i cleared the first area, got the intel on where miller was and could have gotten out without anyone knowing i was there, but then went back and killed everyone before the guard changed - currently the river has 8 bodies in it
I'm at 10% and have at a minimum, 20 hours into it. The game really opens up once you rescue Miller. Keep playing. By the time you unlock missions 7 through 11, there will be so much for you to do and so many weapons, equipment and tools to bring on missions that you really have so many options in how you go about completing your objectives. Once I get a few more unlocks, I'm going to start replaying some of the older missions so I can more easily complete all of the objectives, or try out different strategies I've been wondering about in my head.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on September 18, 2015, 12:45:24 AM
Why? Well, the time has come for my eldest daughter to leave home. She's going to university. Not a million miles away admittedly - to Sheffield which is about 200 miles away (4 hours) - but there's going to be a huge hole in the house!
JD she will always be your little girl :)
Quote from: Gusington on September 18, 2015, 07:56:56 AM
How can I concentrate on games when there's only ten years left til both my daugthers go to school? Sunrise, sunset, byotches. And without sounding too crass, JD how can your daughter ever think she's fat??
Anyway, more Dragon Age Inquisition and perhaps some Pillars of Eternity.
My kids are so small, I'm just glad when they go to sleep. And then I will play XCOM and Wing Leader!
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Quote from: undercovergeek on September 18, 2015, 05:45:07 AM
i have 1% under my belt, cleared the first outpost area, then the guard section in the road, and am now tip toeing towards the hillside base with the AAA cannon pointing right at me
i wanted to be all peace loving but cant resist killing the baddies - i cleared the first area, got the intel on where miller was and could have gotten out without anyone knowing i was there, but then went back and killed everyone before the guard changed - currently the river has 8 bodies in it
I'm at 10% and have at a minimum, 20 hours into it. The game really opens up once you rescue Miller. Keep playing. By the time you unlock missions 7 through 11, there will be so much for you to do and so many weapons, equipment and tools to bring on missions that you really have so many options in how you go about completing your objectives. Once I get a few more unlocks, I'm going to start replaying some of the older missions so I can more easily complete all of the objectives, or try out different strategies I've been wondering about in my head.
O0
looking forward to it - are you killing and maiming or getting in and out without anyone knowing
Quote from: Gusington on September 18, 2015, 07:56:56 AM
How can I concentrate on games when there's only ten years left til both my daugthers go to school? Sunrise, sunset, byotches. And without sounding too crass, JD how can your daughter ever think she's fat??
Anyway, more Dragon Age Inquisition and perhaps some Pillars of Eternity.
shes 45 mins drive from me - ill keep my eye on her ???
someone has to
More World of Warships for me and hope to check out Mechs & Mercs which I just purchased.
@UGC - lol - thanks O0
Where do you live? Town/city - I'm not being creepy! :2funny:
By the way, I'm about 5 or 6% in to Metal Gear Solid V and I've got over 30 hours I think.
The reason I didn't fire MGSV up all week was because - it does take me a while to complete a mission. I try to do them all silently so I spend a load of time watching patterns so see where I can catch a guard on his own. So - that's why I haven't played all week
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i have 1% under my belt, cleared the first outpost area, then the guard section in the road, and am now tip toeing towards the hillside base with the AAA cannon pointing right at me
i wanted to be all peace loving but cant resist killing the baddies - i cleared the first area, got the intel on where miller was and could have gotten out without anyone knowing i was there, but then went back and killed everyone before the guard changed - currently the river has 8 bodies in it
I'm at 10% and have at a minimum, 20 hours into it. The game really opens up once you rescue Miller. Keep playing. By the time you unlock missions 7 through 11, there will be so much for you to do and so many weapons, equipment and tools to bring on missions that you really have so many options in how you go about completing your objectives. Once I get a few more unlocks, I'm going to start replaying some of the older missions so I can more easily complete all of the objectives, or try out different strategies I've been wondering about in my head.
O0
looking forward to it - are you killing and maiming or getting in and out without anyone knowing
A little bit of both. I try to analyze every enemy soldier to see their skills. I fulton extract the good ones and kill the ones who I have no use for. I always try to infiltrate and take down as many enemy as possible quietly, but as my weapons get more capable, I am getting less afraid to engage in protracted firefights.
World Of Warships, likely with some of you fellow Groginati.
I'm a bit amazed at how WoWS has held my attention for more than two months straight. That says something, I just don't know what (or whether it's about me!).
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i have 1% under my belt, cleared the first outpost area, then the guard section in the road, and am now tip toeing towards the hillside base with the AAA cannon pointing right at me
i wanted to be all peace loving but cant resist killing the baddies - i cleared the first area, got the intel on where miller was and could have gotten out without anyone knowing i was there, but then went back and killed everyone before the guard changed - currently the river has 8 bodies in it
I'm at 10% and have at a minimum, 20 hours into it. The game really opens up once you rescue Miller. Keep playing. By the time you unlock missions 7 through 11, there will be so much for you to do and so many weapons, equipment and tools to bring on missions that you really have so many options in how you go about completing your objectives. Once I get a few more unlocks, I'm going to start replaying some of the older missions so I can more easily complete all of the objectives, or try out different strategies I've been wondering about in my head.
O0
looking forward to it - are you killing and maiming or getting in and out without anyone knowing
A little bit of both. I try to analyze every enemy soldier to see their skills. I fulton extract the good ones and kill the ones who I have no use for. I always try to infiltrate and take down as many enemy as possible quietly, but as my weapons get more capable, I am getting less afraid to engage in protracted firefights.
The fight scenes when they go loud are quite intense. I'm
slightly disappointed with the number of hits I can take - but not to distract from the fun when it does go noisy.
Damn Dredd! No wonder you're missing her already. She's gorgeous. You could always go with her. Why not go back to school and learn something new? But probably, she'll be back before you know it maybe with a Grog-Worthy boyfriend. Take it from me, kids are like boomerangs. They come back.
Gaming will be limited for me as this is the Anniversary weekend and so I got to do Anniversary stuff. Fortunately, my wife gets tired of me more quickly than she used to, just like everybody else these days, so I'll do some CM Market-Garden and some Pillars of Eternity when I'm not drooling over Dredd's daughter's pic. Why don't we have a Drooling Emote?
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I fulton extract the good ones and kill the ones who I have no use for.
:D wha?? you can extract people for your own nefarious deeds?
Quote from: Sir Slash on September 18, 2015, 09:48:35 AM
Why don't we have a Drooling Emote?
just picture Mirth or Star
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Quote from: Jarhead0331 on September 18, 2015, 09:06:17 AM
I fulton extract the good ones and kill the ones who I have no use for.
:D wha?? you can extract people for your own nefarious deeds?
Quote from: Sir Slash on September 18, 2015, 09:48:35 AM
Why don't we have a Drooling Emote?
just picture Mirth or Star
Yep...people, and goats.
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why do i not have these balloons??? :o
Wee bit of the creepy there, Sir Slash... ???
Quote from: undercovergeek on September 18, 2015, 12:11:36 PM
why do i not have these balloons??? :o
You get them I think after you've finished your first proper mission (after Miller I think)
Also don't waste them trying to pick up mortars or gun emplacements or containers. You need an upgrade to be able to pick up weapons and you need a further upgrade to pick up vehicles and containers.
And every time you use one, it's costs you - hence my tip not to waste them. To be fair to the game, although the Fulton system shows with anything you can pick up, I think there's a red marker which suggests you won't be able to pick that up.
You need an interpreter (which again I think is your first mission) so you can question guards and find out where the goodies are without having to look for them. When the guard tells you, they show on your map.
You'll also want to upgrade your telescope (or bino's) so that you can see a soldiers stats...that way you can be picky about who you pick up and send back to base after stunning and who you can just kill and dump in the river.
Hope that helps.
CMANO for me, as per usual. Starting NF5: Bardufoss Blues. Another AAR to come from that as well.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on September 18, 2015, 12:40:03 PM
And every time you use one, it's costs you - hence my tip not to waste them. To be fair to the game, although the Fulton system shows with anything you can pick up, I think there's a red marker which suggests you won't be able to pick that up.
The cost for extracting a soldier is only $300 GMP, so I'm never too judicious or frugal in their use. There is actually a percentage showing the chance of extraction. Under ideal conditions, it will read 100%. However, if the soldier is wounded, or if there is poor weather, I have seen the chance of success as low as 30%. If you do not have a clear line of sight to the sky, or if the object is too heavy for your level of fulton device, it will read 0% in red.
Nice fall weather this weekend so it'll be hard to stay indoors. I'll play 7 Days to Die and/or Empyrion - Galactic Survival if anything. I'm really liking these survival/craft games for some reason.
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Quote from: JudgeDredd on September 18, 2015, 12:40:03 PM
And every time you use one, it's costs you - hence my tip not to waste them. To be fair to the game, although the Fulton system shows with anything you can pick up, I think there's a red marker which suggests you won't be able to pick that up.
The cost for extracting a soldier is only $300 GMP, so I'm never too judicious or frugal in their use. There is actually a percentage showing the chance of extraction. Under ideal conditions, it will read 100%. However, if the soldier is wounded, or if there is poor weather, I have seen the chance of success as low as 30%. If you do not have a clear line of sight to the sky, or if the object is too heavy for your level of fulton device, it will read 0% in red.
There you go - 0% if it's too heavy.
I had a wounded soldier die when I used the fulton. I did also send one back who was wounded and he survived.
There's no point in shipping every soldier back from what I gather. I have 30 odd soldiers in the "waiting room" or whatever it's called. I've started only shipping someone back if they have a B rating on something. But yeah - the cost isn't of concern.
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There's no point in shipping every soldier back from what I gather. I have 30 odd soldiers in the "waiting room" or whatever it's called. I've started only shipping someone back if they have a B rating on something. But yeah - the cost isn't of concern.
Right, that's why I said I scan as many of them as I can, kill the ones who are useless and extract the ones who are talented and possess special skills.
How big is your Mother Base so far? I have two command platforms, two R&D platforms, two Support platforms, an intel platform, a medical platform, a combat unit platform and the platform that serves as a conservatory or zoo for the animals that you extract. I'm still short of space and need to expand!
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There's no point in shipping every soldier back from what I gather. I have 30 odd soldiers in the "waiting room" or whatever it's called. I've started only shipping someone back if they have a B rating on something. But yeah - the cost isn't of concern.
Right, that's why I said I scan as many of them as I can, kill the ones who are useless and extract the ones who are talented and possess special skills.
How big is your Mother Base so far? I have two command platforms, two R&D platforms, two Support platforms, an intel platform, a medical platform, a combat unit platform and the platform that serves as a conservatory or zoo for the animals that you extract. I'm still short of space and need to expand!
Got ya.
I haven't seen how to increase my motherbase yet. I don't know if I'm far enough in or at a required level. I haven't looked much into it tbh. After the first main mission, I've been doing side missions.
Talking of animals, I did put some cages (for catching small mammals) around prior to a mission, did the mission and was notified that I had caught 3 animals...pretty cool feature.
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There's no point in shipping every soldier back from what I gather. I have 30 odd soldiers in the "waiting room" or whatever it's called. I've started only shipping someone back if they have a B rating on something. But yeah - the cost isn't of concern.
Right, that's why I said I scan as many of them as I can, kill the ones who are useless and extract the ones who are talented and possess special skills.
How big is your Mother Base so far? I have two command platforms, two R&D platforms, two Support platforms, an intel platform, a medical platform, a combat unit platform and the platform that serves as a conservatory or zoo for the animals that you extract. I'm still short of space and need to expand!
Got ya.
I haven't seen how to increase my motherbase yet. I don't know if I'm far enough in or at a required level. I haven't looked much into it tbh. After the first main mission, I've been doing side missions.
Talking of animals, I did put some cages (for catching small mammals) around prior to a mission, did the mission and was notified that I had caught 3 animals...pretty cool feature.
holy cow! You've played for over 30 hours and haven't gotten to the point where you can start making additions to the base?!?!? Daaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmnnnnn! You need to start playing those story missions, they lead to some of the best unlocks. I do a lot of the side missions too, but I've also done about 10 of the story missions. You won't get D-Dog, Quiet, the Walker and a lot of the other additions unless you play them.
lol
I will do so. I just looked after completing a side mission and there was another...so I did it...then there was another...so I did it...and so on and so on!
32 hours in 1 main mission down (maybe 2 - can't remember) and umpteen side missions
I'm on main missions next week. Just got to get the weekend over with. :(
I so want Quiet :-[
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I so want Quiet :-[
You won't get her until after you play mission 14, I believe.
Blimey...I better get a wriggle on
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My kids are so small, I'm just glad when they go to sleep.
+1 College still a long way off for my tykes -- still, can see how that's a bittersweet moment, JD. Treat yourself to a bottle of 12-year Talisker. If she's made it to college, that's a job well done on your and Mrs. JD's part. O0
In a bit of a gaming funk at the moment. Nothing really holding my attention... May just resort to some Combat Mission, per usual...
w1815 has arrived so will likely play a lot of that. Games are said to last ca. 15 minutes making lots of plays more likely.
Finish up multiple plays of Modern Land Battles for the review.
PBEM Campaign Waterloo...first day is almost done...couple good scraps already...
PBEM CM:AK...the old girl really does still have legs...wobbly though they may be...
My "Wing Leader" arrives on Saturday (punch in the face for Vance) so more rules to read.
Hotseat Blood Bowl 2 with my son. So far, I am really, really, enjoying the BETA...and wondering how they'll manage to screw up the final release...
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My "Wing Leader" arrives on Saturday (punch in the face for Vance) so more rules to read.
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:D Yer welcome!
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My "Wing Leader" arrives on Saturday (punch in the face for Vance) so more rules to read.
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:D Yer welcome!
I've been thinking about picking this up
I got to check single player suitability and AARs
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I got to check single player suitability and AARs
Very solo friendly. Especially to learn the game. There is no hidden info to worry about. All you have to do is play each side as well as you can. The first few scenarios are for learning and feature few desicsions points. This is on purpose. Once you get to the later scenarios, there are 24 in the game and already more free ones released, they are lots of desicsions to make.
Look at SDR and mine AAR in the boardgame section.
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My "Wing Leader" arrives on Saturday (punch in the face for Vance) so more rules to read.
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:D Yer welcome!
I've been thinking about picking this up
I have too, but still haven't brought two or three other air warfare games, created by same guy, to the table yet. There is a point where I have to stop buying and try to catch up. :-\
Plus.. if they release
Cactus Air Force in the next year, that is definitely going to make the pile larger too.
Aside from the EPIC Waterloo game Jim and I have going, I need to get NBS Marengo on the table. I'm playing through NBS Montebello to get my head around the rules before tacking something larger. Crisis on the Right from White Dog Games also arrived this week and I'd like to give that a try, so probably mostly board gaming this weekend.
Need to persuade Jeep Killer to try some more Scourge of War: Waterloo co-op though, and maybe a game of JTS Panzer Battles to get ready for the release of the new West Front game soon.
Finally broke down and bought Witcher 3 and that's become my "play this when you don't have the mental energy to play anything else." I know it''s somewhat un-Geralt like, but I'm becoming quite good at riding down and cutting up enemies while on horseback.
Oh, and JD, they do come back. Frequently. If for no other reason to use the washing machine and cage a free meal. And they bring their dogs and dead beat boyfriends. ;D
Oh...good 😃
Mainly watching the Rugby World Cup - Come on Ireland
However just picked up Battle of the Bulge which looks like a very nice boardgamey type game and I'll probably also have a go at How to Survive or The Walking Dead as I've just started watching The Walking Dead (late to the party I know!) or maybe a bit more of CiV, GalCiv III, Thirty Years War or Pike and Shot - indecision is rife :)
I'm looking forward to the release of Tiller's Campaign series (a tweak or re-tweak or whatever; its new) that focuses on Middle-Eastern conflicts in just a matter of days.
http://www.matrixgames.com/products/582/details/The.Campaign.Series:.Middle.East.1948-1985 (http://www.matrixgames.com/products/582/details/The.Campaign.Series:.Middle.East.1948-1985)
Can't wait, I tells ya.
While I've went and re-bought the newer version so I can play the newest and bestest version, I do miss the opening music and videos....if they would only redo Age of Rifles at some point, I would die a happy man.
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Mainly watching the Rugby World Cup - Come on Ireland
However just picked up Battle of the Bulge which looks like a very nice boardgamey type game and I'll probably also have a go at How to Survive or The Walking Dead as I've just started watching The Walking Dead (late to the party I know!) or maybe a bit more of CiV, GalCiv III, Thirty Years War or Pike and Shot - indecision is rife :)
Lol late to the party...I'd say
We really like The Walking Dead...it's a great series
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Mainly watching the Rugby World Cup - Come on Ireland
However just picked up Battle of the Bulge which looks like a very nice boardgamey type game and I'll probably also have a go at How to Survive or The Walking Dead as I've just started watching The Walking Dead (late to the party I know!) or maybe a bit more of CiV, GalCiv III, Thirty Years War or Pike and Shot - indecision is rife :)
Lol late to the party...I'd say
We really like The Walking Dead...it's a great series
:)
Just about to press buy on Dead Island Collection on Steam with an 80% discount - worth it for someone who is crap at FPS and only plays single player?
Academic question now - just bought it :)
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CMANO for me, as per usual. Starting NF5: Bardufoss Blues. Another AAR to come from that as well.
Waiting!
Heh. I guess I'm the only one counting down the days until my kids leave home. :buck2:
Anyway, I already logged a few hours of ARMA 3 on KotH tonight. Nothing really remarkable, sort of...hard to articulate...the gameplay was kind of stale. Lacked that sense of urgency that comes from a good fight. I bailed out finally as I realized I just wasn't having a lot of fun.
After checking in here I think I'm going to fire up Scourge of War and get my Gettysburg on for a while. Some sandbox Corps v Corps perhaps.
I am also strongly considering firing up either Rome 2 or Combat Mission Black Sea.
I would like to round out the weekend by seeing if Freefalcon will install on Windows 10. If so I might try to rebuild my old install of that and install some of my old campaigns. We'll see.
Whelp it was more ARMA 3 KotH so far today. I'm tiring of the gameplay where the jets are doing whack-a-mole on the helos coming out of spawns.
I'm in a modern shooty-shooty mood so I'm thinking of firing up Operation Flashpoint while I re-download SABOW from Gamersgate. Not sure if I'm up to the challenge of patching that bad boy up today, though. ::)
Or maybe I'll work on the ARMA 2 campaigns some more. Not sure.
Wife is out scrapbooking.. I am home World of Warshipping!!!!.. Might have to peel myself away for a bike ride, get a workout to keep the old ticker working!
I played Dragon Age: Inquisition for about 90 minutes drunk last night. About to play for a bit sober. Let's see what I enjoy more.
Drunk=more fun, always. I've also found that watching history told by very drunk people is also pretty dope.
Shit hot, man. Freefalcon 6 works smooth as a baby's bottom on my Windows 10 rig. Just got done flying a mission in an F-4 over good old Korea. Totally stoked! :smitten:
Quote from: Toonces on September 19, 2015, 04:25:10 PM
Drunk=more fun, always. I've also found that watching history told by very drunk people is also pretty dope.
Shit hot, man. Freefalcon 6 works smooth as a baby's bottom on my Windows 10 rig. Just got done flying a mission in an F-4 over good old Korea. Totally stoked! :smitten:
Did you drop a Laser-guided bucket o' chicken wings on Fat Boy Kim while you were at it? Extra Spicy?
Quote from: Toonces on September 19, 2015, 04:25:10 PM
Drunk=more fun, always. I've also found that watching history told by very drunk people is also pretty dope.
Shit hot, man. Freefalcon 6 works smooth as a baby's bottom on my Windows 10 rig. Just got done flying a mission in an F-4 over good old Korea. Totally stoked! :smitten:
I really need to see if my Falcon 4 Allied Force will work. I wish I could get Free Falcon because it seems to work for everyone, but Allied Force isn't compatible
One attempt at the hill side outpost in mgs 5 - all hell broke loose so I'll try later
Managed to put an rpg in a chopper landing in arma 3 koth - one of those gaming memories
Now to the pbems
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Quote from: Toonces on September 19, 2015, 04:25:10 PM
Drunk=more fun, always. I've also found that watching history told by very drunk people is also pretty dope.
Shit hot, man. Freefalcon 6 works smooth as a baby's bottom on my Windows 10 rig. Just got done flying a mission in an F-4 over good old Korea. Totally stoked! :smitten:
I really need to see if my Falcon 4 Allied Force will work. I wish I could get Free Falcon because it seems to work for everyone, but Allied Force isn't compatible
Freefalcon is stand alone, it doesn't require anything else.
BMS requires original Falcon 4 exe.
I had my Navid machine gun in one of the towers and a helo full of troops landed right in front of me. I had my gun on its tripod and this helo lands right in front of me and I go full auto right on the helo as everyone debarks. I think I got like 6 kills right there as I just totally lit up that landing zone. Man alive did that feel good!
Freefalcon 6 downloads: http://freefalcon6.weebly.com/downloads.html
Drunk was really good but I made more progress in-game sober :/ Then got a blue screen. Maybe I should have the rig take a swig and it will feel better.
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i have 1% under my belt, cleared the first outpost area, then the guard section in the road, and am now tip toeing towards the hillside base with the AAA cannon pointing right at me
i wanted to be all peace loving but cant resist killing the baddies - i cleared the first area, got the intel on where miller was and could have gotten out without anyone knowing i was there, but then went back and killed everyone before the guard changed - currently the river has 8 bodies in it
I'm at 10% and have at a minimum, 20 hours into it. The game really opens up once you rescue Miller. Keep playing. By the time you unlock missions 7 through 11, there will be so much for you to do and so many weapons, equipment and tools to bring on missions that you really have so many options in how you go about completing your objectives. Once I get a few more unlocks, I'm going to start replaying some of the older missions so I can more easily complete all of the objectives, or try out different strategies I've been wondering about in my head.
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looking forward to it - are you killing and maiming or getting in and out without anyone knowing
A little bit of both. I try to analyze every enemy soldier to see their skills. I fulton extract the good ones and kill the ones who I have no use for. I always try to infiltrate and take down as many enemy as possible quietly, but as my weapons get more capable, I am getting less afraid to engage in protracted firefights.
I dont waste time analyzing and capturing anymore...I'm well beyond that (which is apparent by the Devil Snake outfit that I am now wearing - perm. blood and the horn is HUGE).
I will conduct my recon, find a weak point and just kill everyone and steal everything I can extract. Its worth the money. OR - my new favorite thing to do in Angola is to drop a tank and roam the lands in the tank. Typically I will drop a tank and complete every available side quest. There is no more need for farming staff. I'm recruiting A+ members now.
Also, a few days ago I unlocked the gunsmith and I can now customize weapons. It will change the way you play the game.
I just unlocked the gunsmith myself. Very awesome. The game keeps getting better and better. A little over 20% complete now.
The Banner Saga
Van Helsing I
Breach & Clear
How is the Banner Saga?
Superb - But a bit short. I downloaded it Friday (at a steep discount from GOG) and finished it yesterday. It's definitely worth the $6 I paid.
Another weekend of nothing, but MGSV. I haven't even turned my computer on over the last few days!
Finally bought my new rig from Tiger Direct and a new monitor, speakers, etc. from Amazon. Hopefully everything will arrive by this coming weekend to set up.
I have a vague plan of playing through the Arkham series a final time (for a while) in one career stretch, and in parallel finally playing the Metal Gear Solid series. (Probably not MG1 and MG2, though, since I'm unsure if I have the proper copy of MGS2 or MGS3 to play them from.)
Concurrent with this plan, I finished Origins last week and its extended DLC epilogue Cold Cold Heart this weekend; then I started Metal Gear Solid [1] yesterday and based on the walkthrough I should be somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 done already. As most people already know, the game itself is notoriously short -- in fact to get certain achievements you have to beat the game under two hours -- but Kojima likes to flesh things out with massive amounts of plotting.
Frankly I'm glad I'm almost half done already, because while I appreciate the history involved, both in-series and in terms of gaming development history (the game ships with a decent summary of the first two Metal Gear games as if written by a talented 10 year old ::) , so I'm probably not missing any plot that way, and previous plot connections are being referenced in line with the summaries) {inhale}...
...the weaknesses of the game, even at the time, are painfully apparent, and made much worse today by both game design advancements and graphics. Clearly the game was pushing hard on having a constantly rendered 3D gameworld from around the time of Doom or (a little more pertinently comparable) the first Space Hulk, but I can feel it clawing my eyes out. With my mind.
Matters should improve drastically when I get to the first PS2 era game, which I think I've bought a PS3 HD upgrade for. (Otherwise I'll have to break out my archived PS2 system. The PS3 can play PS1 games natively, for some pointless reason, but not PS2 anymore, also for some pointless reason, unless Sony or whoever deigns to convert it, which they rarely do. :tickedoff: )
Anyway, I'm excited to finally be catching up with all the gamers who have lauded the series, and affectionately made fun of it, to the skies (both in equal measure sometimes). It has been on my to-do list for ages.
I finished the CMANO scenario I was working on and got a few matches of World of Warships in on Satruday. Spent last night installing VASSAL modules onto my Surface Pro while I watched my Packers beat Seattle.
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Another weekend of nothing, but MGSV. I haven't even turned my computer on over the last few days!
STOP MAKING SENSE!!!