XCOM 2
that is it
with a little bit of KyzBPs WitP PBEM
and some whisky
have a good weekend chaps
XCOM 2, plus testing the new builds of Victory & Glory and Last Days of Old Earth
I'll be driving 4 hours across the province to our annual Guyz Weekend of gaming and beer.
There will be:
Beer
Mercs:Recon
Beer
DVG's Warfighter
Beer
Munchkin
Beer
Cards Against Humanity
Beer
Fief1429
Beer
Big honking steaks
Scotch
Port
Beer
Halo
Beer
World of Tanks on Xbox
Maybe some orange juice just before the drive home on Sunday afternoon.
Pretty simple...Xcom2 and super bowl....
CMANO, AAR for Keflavik Capers coming soon.
I think i'll mainly pursue my smoothly going campaing of Grand Ages: Rome...very relaxing game.
Also the discussion about Dawn of Andromeda made me want to play some more Horizon where i'll try to complete two quests i haven't completed yet (Gargals and Barsig i think).
Still hooked on WitP:AE. Otherwise, itching to play one of two 4X space games I got on sale a long time ago but never got into. Which would be the better to try first: Space Empire 5 or Sword of the Stars 2: Enhanced Edition....?
Megadeth!! Great pic for the morning!
May check out Xcom 2. The strat-o-matic link got me thinking about either it or Diamond Mind.
How the hell did I miss this thread?
Sonuva!!
World of Warships: The new time suck
Iracing: Zandvoort this week
Armello: Have heard good things about this
Quote from: bboyer66 on February 05, 2016, 08:28:01 AM
World of Warships: The new time suck
They're having some discount cost on ships up to Tier 7 this weekend.
I think it just started.
Less game Silver to grind for a brief time.
I'm NefariousK in-game if you wanna add. Some of us have been grouping up here & there.. plus Tuna got a Teamspeak server. O0 I take back all those terrible things I said about his lineage. :))
Quote from: bboyer66 on February 05, 2016, 08:28:01 AM
Armello: Have heard good things about this
It's a fairly unique board-gameish experience.
No doubt watching
XCOM2 finish installing will be a big part of this afternoon. The Hard Drive was churning along during my shower this morning, but not much downloading -- but the dl wasn't finished either, still a few gigs to go.
DC3:Barbie vs Barth
Some more
Evochron maybe. Depends on how much XC2.
Probably not more
Empyrion for a while, due to XC2. But who knows.
Mario Cart 8, Super Mario Maker, and deciding if I want to download Super Smash Bros or Splatoon.
I had every intention of getting sucked into XCOM 2 this weekend but after playing it for 45 minutes last night I returned it via Steam refund.
I started a Viking campaign in Crusader Kings 2 with the new Conclave DLC the other night. With all my other obligations I only intended to play a little to justify buying it but its got its hooks into me. There's been a ton of changes since the last time I played as a viking. Not sure if they are new in Conclave or not. I've noticed some of the new Conclave diplomacy changes but not enough to know if I really like them or not. My first child is about to reach the age where he will start his education. One of thew things that I didn't really like before was how the vanilla education system worked, really excited to see how the changes work.
I'll also be playing my Aurora Let's Play and Elite. IF all goes as a planned, I'll be setting out into the great unknown in both games this weekend.
Quote from: Kushan on February 05, 2016, 09:02:52 AM
I had every intention of getting sucked into XCOM 2 this weekend but after playing it for 45 minutes last night I returned it via Steam refund.
whoa, whoa, whoa!!! you cant just leave that unexplained!!
Quote from: Nefaro on February 05, 2016, 08:26:36 AM
How the hell did I miss this thread?
Sonuva!!
Naval Action and maybe some boardgames.
Mad Max.
An XCom 2 return????
What what what
Quote from: MengJiao on February 05, 2016, 09:49:16 AM
Naval Action and maybe some boardgames.
I got
Silent Victory in earlier this week.
Need to punch out the counters and start hunting Japanese shipping. ^-^
The wife will be out of the house most of the day tomorrow and I got all my homework done so.... Something different for a change, either start CMRT's Russian campaign or go back to Skyrim to get some more Falmer ears. They make great coasters. But Sunday, it'll be wings, drinks, and football.
Definitely X-Com 2 and mebe some Steel Beasts Pro if I can work out how to update my vintage version of the game. I'll also spend the weekend loading games on my new PC, the first one I've owned in about five years. Like a kid in a candy store. :D
I will be giving X-COM2 a try, finish up the tutorial in Evochron Legacy, play a bit of Helldivers co-op with friends, give American Truck a try.
Wurm Online. I've kind of become the unofficial custodian of our alliance's academy so I have plenty of duties now, and I've just expanded the farm and started a few breeding programs, so plenty to do!
American Truck Simulator. My truck simulator infatuation has begun all over again. I took out a $100,000 loan so as long as I can complete just a couple more jobs without getting any goddamn speeding tickets I'll be able to buy my first truck and start my business! \o/
Going out tomorrow night so can't imagine I'll have time for much else.
8 player battle in Sails of Glory tonight. Teaching some new players how to play X-Wing tomorrow. Sighting in the new rifle on Sunday. Some more Naval Action and Rise of the Tomb Raider as time permits.
Quote from: undercovergeek on February 05, 2016, 09:26:15 AM
Quote from: Kushan on February 05, 2016, 09:02:52 AM
I had every intention of getting sucked into XCOM 2 this weekend but after playing it for 45 minutes last night I returned it via Steam refund.
whoa, whoa, whoa!!! you cant just leave that unexplained!!
Without going into a rant of everything I don't like about it; its really just boils down to me not liking the mechanics. I like the mechanics of Xenonauts much more. I went in XCOM 2 blind, had I known they just copy and pasted XCOM UE/EW I probably would have passed.
Quote from: Bison on February 05, 2016, 08:54:02 AM
Mario Cart 8, Super Mario Maker, and deciding if I want to download Super Smash Bros or Splatoon.
go for splatoon! it's great play and cool to look at while your kids are playing the heck outta this gem! the big N outdid itself with that game!! :)
after grabbing '
chaos reborn' on steam-sale maybe sometime with that or i'll go back to
diablo 3 - like the last 2 weeks now... helluvagamethatis.... :uglystupid2:
cheers!
chem!
I'm going to get both eventually and a few other titles all in due time. I just setup an old 500 GB hard drive on the system so now I've got plenty of space to download a bunch of Nintendo goodness.
Quote from: IronX on February 05, 2016, 01:06:42 PM
Definitely X-Com 2 and mebe some Steel Beasts Pro if I can work out how to update my vintage version of the game. I'll also spend the weekend loading games on my new PC, the first one I've owned in about five years. Like a kid in a candy store. :D
OOooo! New Hardware Fun! 8)
Quote from: Kushan on February 05, 2016, 03:32:34 PM
Without going into a rant of everything I don't like about it; its really just boils down to me not liking the mechanics. I like the mechanics of Xenonauts much more. I went in XCOM 2 blind, had I known they just copy and pasted XCOM UE/EW I probably would have passed.
Okay that's reasonable -- EU/EW does change and simplify a lot of the original UFO/X-com mechanics, which is a big reason why Xenonauts (and some other things) went on into development anyway.
I didn't like some of the changes, but I could live with them in exchange for some other things (like high grade production values); and on PCs they can be modded, which XCOM2 was designed from scratch for. (With the Long War team offering some preliminary mods out of the gate.) But if I just couldn't accept the changes, and didn't want to (or couldn't) mess with modding, and/or thought the mods didn't or couldn't do enough, I'd not buy either, or refund on discovering changes remained the same. O:-)
XCOM 2 followed by some more XCOM 2.
Horizon
Some SB (to be decided) plus FWW MP with Cyrano
FoG MP with Sauron, Ian C, and GianFC
Rule the Waves
Mount and Blade 'Genkujo' mod
CM (maybe CM:Black Sea)
Time permitting, may even start a Civ5 game (Brant - it's all your fault! ;)), and some SB scenario design for FWW.
@Cyrano - If you're up for it, I may want you for scenario testing as and when the scenario sees the light of day. Clue: I've got to find a way to properly represent black powder rifles and the same for bees... ;)
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
Birth of the Federation
Attila TW: Age of Charlemagne
Distant Worlds: Universe
Pillars of Eternity
Cities: Skylines
beta-testing
Even with my nice long weekend, I know I won't get to all of them, but it's nice to have choices (and a plan, of sorts). :D
Quote from: Martok on February 06, 2016, 04:24:27 AM
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
Birth of the Federation
Attila TW: Age of Charlemagne
Distant Worlds: Universe
Pillars of Eternity
Cities: Skylines
beta-testing
Even with my nice long weekend, I know I won't get to all of them, but it's nice to have choices (and a plan, of sorts). :D
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Played WITE as the Soviets defending against the Axis onslaught during my gaming time yesterday. Finally finished up my Barbarossa defense. Trying to figure out if I want to play another campaign as the Soviets giving the Axis AI more teeth or play a full campaign as the Axis to see how much I can conquer & hold.
Got a couple of hours in this morning on CK 2 Charlemagne. I am playing as the titular ruler. I married the King of Lombardy's daughter. That led to an alliance between our kingdoms that immediately embroiled me in a war against the Umayyads in Spain. The Duke of Aquitaine rebelled, in an effort to gain more power. The High Chieftain of Saxony declared war on me for Thuringia and brought five of his friends with him. And my Spymaster, the Queen Mother, just came back from Paris after murdering her son, my brother, leaving me with a vast new kingdom and the ability to (maybe) quash rebellions and settle things with the Saxon heathen. All this in the first three years of game play.
I'm hopelessly addicted to Mario Cart 8 online racing and local Super Smash Bros battling with the kids.
Pillars of Eternity-- finished up the crazy cultists quest under Dryford village with a ton of loot. Very Baldur's Gate-ish.
I need to resume my pillars campaign
Finally got chance to get my hands on XCOM 2 - love it
Last mission was having to hack the enemy network in an abandoned factory. Taking it as slow as possible, Gus, MD and random soldier out front, Bob on the roof providing sniper cover. After killing the first guards, reinforcements land and hide behind the factory wall, until Gus spots a fuel tank and explodes the whole front wall, killing 3 more and opening the factory up. Bob takes out 3 guards from a house roof and then makes his way to ground level to provide support - MD enters the factory and spots another team led by a sectoid - man theyre much more mean and nasty in this one, little cartoon guys from the first game are hardcore baddies in this one. Random soldier runs for the data console and steals the data, getting wounded on the way. Gus is mind controlled by the sectoid but only 'disorientated' not actually controlled so hes ok, just reduced stats - he has some kind of mass shredding auto cannon as the heavy weapons guy and disintigrates 2 baddies, whilst Bob takes out the leader with a pistol shot to the face. Data hacked, all baddies dead, jobs done until a last security team come through the door - id left everyone out of cover because i thought this was the last turn - wrong!!! A guard jumps through the window of the data room and kills random soldier, Bob gets shot running for some cover and MD is fully mind controlled by a new sectoid and starts shooting at Gus. MD is a valid target for the guys but im not going to kill him, just hide in cover - fortunately he was nearly out of ammo before i lost control of him and i dont know if the AI reloads or not because he stopped shooting, just advancing menacingly on the Gus - we need to take out the sectoid, Gus lobs a grenade right at its fight and its turned to ketchup, MD is returned to my control and Bob just looks cool - its done, victory - great mission
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Operation Spider Face? Is that a reference about Bawb's Stache? ::) Sounds like fun. More please.
Don't let me die!!
lol it was close at one point, i was 'Noooooooooooooooooooooo' and the advent missed - its really odd how just a name change and a moustache makes you care for these little guys more
As Star said to mirth..."use me wisely."
ill try and get a pic of you in full 'lead farming' mode
Once nice touch you can't see in the screenshot, is that while you're busy checking and promoting your troops, the transport is riding the craft elevator down into the hanger.
The operation name generator is HUGELY entertaining. (That was true in XC1, too.)
Thanks for not lighting me up whilst I was 'away' geek :)
Quote from: MetalDog on February 08, 2016, 07:22:48 PM
Thanks for not lighting me up whilst I was 'away' geek :)
Never going to happen!! Curiously you got mind controlled again in the next mission and managed to throw a grenade at huw who was right next to you, you almost sneakily just popped it in his pocket!! You both made it though - mad dash to rope up to the extraction vehicle under enemy fire but we made it along with the VIP
You've been promoted to the groups ranger - sword on your back and some badass melee skills - huws joined Bob on the sharp shooter register
YES I'm a sharpshooter! \o/
MD watch what you're doing in future, please. Tch.
Always when I am in control of my faculties, Huw. ;)