Time for some hot Dixie music :dreamer::
Not much time for playing this weekend...will try to finish the battle of Numantia in
Imperium: Great battles of Rome.
Enjoy your weekend
Quote from: Anguille on August 27, 2021, 01:49:36 AM
Time for some hot Dixie music :dreamer::
Not much time for playing this weekend...will try to finish the battle of Numantia in Imperium: Great battles of Rome.
Enjoy your weekend
Well she cheered me up anyway :smitten:
Back to take on Dominions 5 again and very gradually doing a bit better though how MA Ulm copes with ethereal troops and magic users still eludes me in my noob journey ....
Titanfall2 - Shame but the servers keep kicking me out after I kill a few pilots. Seems now the DDOS is gone the servers are failing under the weight of player numbers. Playing on US servers and did not miss a beat. Finished the campaign for TF2 last weekend.
Steel Division 2
World of Warships submarine try outs as well as the antagonist of the submarine - Destroyers and Cruisers.
Star Citizen - trying the new weapons/power and scan systems.
Some Attila Total War, with the Byzantine Expedition mod, starting date in Sicily and southern Italy around 750 AD. Liking it so far.
Then moving on to some Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition to try out the two new expansions and new factions: Lords of the West (Burgundy, Sicily) and Dawn of the Dukes (Poland, Bohemia, Lithuania) + a ton of new SP campaigns.
May also [finally] get around to firing up Mount and Blade: Bannerlord.
Shadow Empire
Action PC Football - getting psyched up for kick off!
Quote from: Destraex on August 27, 2021, 07:14:30 AM
Titanfall2 - Shame but the servers keep kicking me out after I kill a few pilots. Seems now the DDOS is gone the servers are failing under the weight of player numbers. Playing on US servers and did not miss a beat. Finished the campaign for TF2 last weekend.
Steel Division 2
World of Warships submarine try outs as well as the antagonist of the submarine - Destroyers and Cruisers.
Star Citizen - trying the new weapons/power and scan systems.
Sounds good. World of warships, BoX Prokovakia (with tanks!), FG II and some boardgames
Well after dealing with the prep and a medical procedure earlier this week, " (If you're over 50 you know what I'm referring to ::)) today is just relaxation. Tomorrow and Sunday I return to the fray that is back to school (One more bloody week to go...) :uglystupid2:
So, with that done, I am playing Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom - completed the Qin Dynasty Campaign. First there was a construction of the grand canal, then the construction of Xingyang- The First Emperor's City with a grand palace. Next was an expedition that was successful to the lands of Annam, followed by going to the north to construct a portion of The Great Wall, and finally returned to Xingyang to complete the first emperor's final monuments- a grand vault (which contains the terracotta army), and a grand tumulus. It is now the time of the Han Dynasty Campaign.
But aside from that? I dunno.
Enjoying Pathfinder: Kingmaker so far; it's been ages since I've touched anything roleplaying related and enjoying how this game will pull no punches if you half-ass something.
So, I spend all my dosh on Acid Flasks and Alchemist Fire and Enlarge Person potions and go ham on fools in the first few turns of melee. And save, save, save!
CJ did you get...er...probed? I narrowly avoided my first probing earlier this year. Feel better.
That said I bought Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom last winter for like 99 cents from GOG, haven't played it yet. Are you enjoying it? Sounds like a yes from your description.
My 8th century Byzantine campaign in modded Attila: TW is going much better than I anticipated, probably because I fired it up on a whim tonight after a few beers.
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Passed the 5-0 mark this year, so...yeah...it's time for me too... :-[
'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure' or some such.
After some GI issues a doctor wanted me to get one 6 months ago but because I am under 50 my insurance said 'rein it in there, doc.'
Thankfully.
Most likely some Aliens: Fireteam Elite with friends, which inexplicably got an extra word added to the title at some point before launch. It's a pretty generic and cheap game, but it's surprisingly grown on me. The basic gameplay is satisfying and the presentation and atmosphere is nice and really nails the Aliens feel, even if the animations and player faces are pretty janky. Probably not really worth playing solo though.
Also some Dominions 5 online turns where I'm mostly just getting absolutely cratered. Might have to try out Pathfinder since it's free this weekend.
Quote from: Gusington on August 27, 2021, 08:24:07 PM
'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure' or some such.
After some GI issues a doctor wanted me to get one 6 months ago but because I am under 50 my insurance said 'rein it in there, doc.'
Thankfully.
Can only hope I go to my "depth plumbing," with aplomb.
"Lol at the old fart on the table. Hush, you...he's wearing an ascot."
Some Old World and maybe a bit of Skyrim. I've had Skyrim forever and have barely touched it.
I might also fire up some JTS Soviet Afghan War, which I've also hardly touched.
Or instead of playing anything, just browse the Steam store and add more things to my wishlist :uglystupid2:
How are you liking Old World?
I'm really enjoying it.
The character management is probably my favorite part of the game. Yes, you're the king, but that doesn't make you all powerful. Many of the decisions you make have an impact on the characters of your own household as well as those of the aristocratic families. When you train a settler and found a city, you have to decide which family of the aristocracy you're going to give it to. This has wide ranging effects, such as giving the city bonuses towards certain types of production and improving the relations of the family you select, while possibly causing resentment amongst other families.
Having a happy aristocracy provides all kinds of benefits while an upset family will cause issues form slower production to outright rebellion.
I've heard someone describer the game as the child of Civilization and Crusader kings, but I don't think that does it justice. The people and empire management or so tightly intertwined, this game is really its own man so to speak. Even the civ like parts of fighting, founding cities, improving tiles is different enough from civ that it doesn't feel like a carbon copy.
I also love the art style. One of the biggest turn offs with Civ VI for me was the art style. Old World's style is fantastic. The paintings and character portraits really help you feel like you're in the ancient world.
There's also neat little touches like the in game music not playing until you discover culture.
My one warning is that some people are reporting performance issues on rigs that should have no problem running the game, but mohawk is constantly patching the game, so I'd imagine they'll get the optimization worked out soon. For what it's worth, it runs on my potato pc fairly well.
I'll stop babbling, needless to say this game is fast becoming a favorite, and Mohawk is constantly updating it, and I'm excited to see what they add.
I'd read the game manual linked on this page as it goes through just about everything you need as well as provide strategies : https://oldworldwiki.org/wiki/Guide,_manuals_%26_links (https://oldworldwiki.org/wiki/Guide,_manuals_%26_links)
Keep babbling Capn! I didn't care for the Civ VI art style either. And I'm a big fan of subtle little details like the cultural/music one you mentioned.
I never liked the Civ dynamic of having spearmen fight tanks, as an example, and always enjoyed more focused Civ campaigns set in specific eras.
Sounds like Old World is exactly that.