Summer has finally started in the UK - its a perfect excuse for drawing the blinds and staying inside!
I hope to be doing a lot of CK2-ing and writing the AAR, getting my teeth into NWAC - it has its flaws but does what it says on the tin, and CMBN PBEM-ing
Watching the Steam sales like a hawk
Drinking Crabbies alcoholic ginger ale with a large measure of Irish whisky and filling the glass with ice
I have invaded the Balkans as the Ottomans in my Empire Total War campaign and will take all of the Serbs Crabbies alcoholic ginger ale in the process.
Probably going to try and play some of The Walking Dead, Civ V and hopefully get in some Warlock multiplayer with some of the other guys around here.
Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue and Fable III. Unless something exciting pops up in the final days of the Steam sale, of course.
I leave this weekend for a full week of Army annual training. So absolutely no gaming for me. :'(
I am not looking forward to living in open-bay style barracks for the next week. I'm not a young kid anymore.
Try and finish my Chinese CiV game. Using a mod with gigantic world map with historical locations and it's taxing my system...
Try out the Arma II Combo I just bought to see how bad I am.
MP game of Warlock Sat. night.
Maybe get a new board game since my wife is out of town for the week....
I'm hoping to finish up the story in Mass Effect 3 this weekend, then move on to popping a few multiplayer cheevos.
After or in between times, I'm gonna play Pocket Planes on my iPag and get some Battlefield Heroes time in on my PC.
Quote from: W8taminute on July 20, 2012, 10:07:08 AM
I'm hoping to finish up the story in Mass Effect 3 this weekend, then move on to popping a few multiplayer cheevos.
After or in between times, I'm gonna play Pocket Planes on my iPag and get some Battlefield Heroes time in on my PC.
What is Pocket Planes? Seen lots of raves about it... Is it really good?
^Pocket Planes is totally addicting. You are the manager of a small airline and start out with a couple of puddle jumpers. You pick you starting airport from the plenty of real world cities given to you in the game.
The goal of the game is to generate revenue by shuttling little passengers and cargo back and forth between cities. As you make money and level up you get access to better planes and better routes with which to make more money with. They've got two kinds of currency in the game: Coins, which are free and earned by your routes, and Bux, which you can either buy for real money, or if you're smart and patient can earn in game for free, albeit at a slow pace.
Coins are used to purchase city airports, advertise your airline at specific cities, pay for fuel during flights (supply is abstracted), and upgrade your airports or buy new airplane slots.
Bux are used to either purchase new planes, or parts and then assemble the parts into a plane.
I started out in Boston and shuttled people and cargo back and forth to Montreal, Ottawa, and Minneapolis for the first week I played. Soon after I bought Philadelphia, Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix, and New York and I'm starting to pull in 28k coins a day, which is not too shabby given my low level.
My next goal is to buy London, so I can try some real money making transatlantic flights.
After saying all of this my short take is: get this free game it's very addictive and it's a strategy game. 'Nuff said. ;D
I intend to play Civilization V: Gods and Kings, Warlock: Master of the Arcane, The Witcher, (& possibly The Witcher 2,) as well as do my dailies in World of WarCraft and World of Tanks.
I'll finish Portal 2, play some of the games I picked up on Steam (Gratuitous Space and Tank, Fallout Vegas) and generally try to get in as much as possible. Also spend some time with Lego Batman 2.
Quote from: W8taminute on July 20, 2012, 10:19:18 AM
^Pocket Planes is totally addicting. You are the manager of a small airline and start out with a couple of puddle jumpers. You pick you starting airport from the plenty of real world cities given to you in the game.
The goal of the game is to generate revenue by shuttling little passengers and cargo back and forth between cities. As you make money and level up you get access to better planes and better routes with which to make more money with. They've got two kinds of currency in the game: Coins, which are free and earned by your routes, and Bux, which you can either buy for real money, or if you're smart and patient can earn in game for free, albeit at a slow pace.
Coins are used to purchase city airports, advertise your airline at specific cities, pay for fuel during flights (supply is abstracted), and upgrade your airports or buy new airplane slots.
Bux are used to either purchase new planes, or parts and then assemble the parts into a plane.
I started out in Boston and shuttled people and cargo back and forth to Montreal, Ottawa, and Minneapolis for the first week I played. Soon after I bought Philadelphia, Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix, and New York and I'm starting to pull in 28k coins a day, which is not too shabby given my low level.
My next goal is to buy London, so I can try some real money making transatlantic flights.
After saying all of this my short take is: get this free game it's very addictive and it's a strategy game. 'Nuff said. ;D
Thanks! Just what I need is another diversion... ;D
GW2 beta weekend.
Pocket Planes sounds similar to the old Impressions' game Air Bucks (http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/air-bucks). Now I've got a hankering to play that old relic again. :-\
Quote from: Gusington on July 20, 2012, 07:51:02 AM
I have invaded the Balkans as the Ottomans in my Empire Total War campaign and will take all of the Serbs Crabbies alcoholic ginger ale in the process.
Hey Gus. I thought the Ottomans started the campaign owning the balkans, except for western Greece. What happened? Anyway I'm back to CMBN- The Road to Monteborg. Damn this is a long campaign. If the US Army would give me a couple of tanks, I'd be in Cherborg by now. Watch-out for those Georgians and Persians on your flank Sultan Gusington.
^^Pocket Planes is kind of like Air Bux but not as complex. I think you would enjoy this game. My favorite airlines business game has to be Aerobiz Supersonic for Super Nintendo.
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No gaming for me this weekend, as I'll be road-tripping my way around the state visiting friends & family. Will try to get in another couple turns in my Armada 2526 Supernova PBEM campaigns before I leave, though.
^Going to see Grandma?
Not much for me this weekend since we're visiting those relative things. However I just got into the End of Nations beta which is downloading now, so I'll be playing that tonight and possibly Sunday night.
I'll probably hop on the SimHQ server tomorrow for some Iron Front 1944 MP. Might play some Secret World if I can find out how to stop the crashes. Might try to save my Polynesian empire from the onslaught of the Germans and the Spaniards in Civ V (but I think it's a lost cause. The Germans took out my only city with iron.)
Quote from: Fetrik on July 20, 2012, 10:34:58 AM
GW2 beta weekend.
Is it open beta or only for those that preordered it?
I was planning on going to the local Air Force base for the yearly air show, but the weather forcast is showing rain and thunderstorms this weekend. Since I will probably be inside all weekend, I'll be playing more Skyrim and Fallout Vegas. I had my first Deadly Dragon mod encounter in Skyrim last night. Fought a shock dragon which I think is one of the new ones the mod adds. Was actually a pretty hard fight, but me and my 2 followers managed to take it down without needing to run to a nearby imperial camp for help. Since I have not actually beat the main quest in Skyrim I plan to focus sometime on doing that.
I also plan on getting back into Crusader Kings 2 after getting it and all the DLC as part of the Steam summer sale.
Just picked up Portal 2 on the Steam sale, so add that to the backlog.
I am playing again the glory of the roman empire campaign. It's probably not the best citybuilder but it's my favorite. I am now in Spain.
As Caesar in tin soldiers: Julius caesar, i am in greece, fighting against Pompeius.
I am also doing my usual armada 2526 supernova pbems.
Quote from: Kushan on July 20, 2012, 02:45:43 PM
Quote from: Fetrik on July 20, 2012, 10:34:58 AM
GW2 beta weekend.
Is it open beta or only for those that preordered it?
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Only those that preordered it and those with beta keys. Many keys have been given out for this weekend.
Quote from: Gusington on July 20, 2012, 11:30:07 AM
^Going to see Grandma?
Yep! Among others, of course, but she's one of the most important ones. :)
Nothing for me. Major deadline approaches.
Set up RSR on my old, but DOSBOX capable laptop. Now, it's back to reading the book, and packing this weekend.
I'm working all weekend with Rimpac, but I do hope to get some evening gaming in.
I honestly don't know what I'm in the mood for. I'd like to play some BMS Falcon. I've started reading Shattered Sword again and have a desire to do some WW2 Pacific wargaming, so I'm strongly considering picking up my War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition campaign where I left off.
Other than that, I just don't know. I have so many games on my HD right now. Maybe some Harpoon, Wargame: European Escalation, and Skyrim or Fallout: New Vegas....so many choices.
The Secret World
Gratuitous Space Battles (and notably it's campaign add-on)
The back-up & long shot list:
Endless Space
Sins Of A Solar Empire Trinity
Torchlight (still waiting on T2 ! >:( )
Fallout New Vegas
Port Royale 3
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Profit
Quote from: Nefaro on July 20, 2012, 10:13:05 PM
The Secret World
Gratuitous Space Battles (and notably it's campaign add-on)
The back-up & long shot list:
Endless Space
Sins Of A Solar Empire Trinity
Torchlight (still waiting on T2 ! >:( )
Fallout New Vegas
Port Royale 3
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Profit
How is Port Royal 3. I've been considering picking it up during the Steam sale. Read some reviews, and most of the big review sites gave it a 3 out of 5 stars.
Finished LA Noire, so now it's on to...well, I don't know what. So many new games! I'm leaning towards either Sniper Elite 2 or CoD : Black Ops. And I started replaying the Dawn of War 2 series last weekend, so that will likely continue.
So far tonight I started Fallout: New Vegas...very cool so far and I'm digging it. But, ultimately I played a ton of Skyrim. What a great game.
I'm going to finish this glass of Captain Morgan's Black Rum and then hit the rack.
Quote from: Toonces on July 21, 2012, 03:08:07 AM
So far tonight I started Fallout: New Vegas...very cool so far and I'm digging it.
Save often.
I forgot this and lost about an hour of the game last night :(
Some Crysis 2 which i bought yesterday. Still damn tempted to buy into Patch of exile beta.