Friday's Dance

Gusington · October 30, 2016, 06:21:33 PM

The AI in Charlemagne and the rest of Attila TW is quite crotchety and easily annoyed in a Clint Eastwood sorta way. Beware.

Martok · October 30, 2016, 09:10:33 PM

Quote from: Gusington on October 30, 2016, 06:21:33 PM
The AI in Charlemagne and the rest of Attila TW is quite crotchety and easily annoyed in a Clint Eastwood sorta way. Beware.

Truth.

If I'm unable to make any progress with Mercia, I may give the Emirate of Cordoba a go the next time around. I've heard they're a pretty decent faction to play as.

Gusington · October 30, 2016, 09:31:21 PM

Yeah there are some good Córdoba AARs on he web.

As Mercia my guess would be to use the whole of the British Isles as your 'base' as in previous TWs...I don't know if taking over all the isles would hand you a minor victory though. My guess is no.

Martok · October 30, 2016, 11:50:07 PM

Probably not. As Mercia, you do get handed the objective of forming England, which (at the very least) involves taking over Northumbria and Wessex, but I don't believe that counts as an actual victory condition.

JudgeDredd · October 31, 2016, 01:51:23 AM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 28, 2016, 03:07:33 AM
Civilisation VI - see if I can beat back the Greeks with their superior weaponry who just surprise DoW'd my arse
F1 2016 - see if I can get past Monaco
Mafia II - having completed Mafia I (again), it's onto Mafia II before I get tore into Mafia III
DCS - honest
Steel Beasts - with Asid - I promise Asid if there's a meeting, I'll try very hard to make an appearance

Happy weekend everyone and watch out for the Ghosts and Goblins

Yaay. I did everything on my list last weekend. Yep - even DCS, if only to take off and fly around in the Frogfoot with no idea what I was doing.

Tuna · October 31, 2016, 06:27:54 AM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 31, 2016, 01:51:23 AM
Yep - even DCS, if only to take off and fly around in the Frogfoot with no idea what I was doing.

Hook up with Nef and I next weekend. We use Asid's Teamspeak. We can talk you through it ;)

Anguille · October 31, 2016, 06:58:03 AM

I mostly played Star Trek: Birth of the Federation this weekend....also some Master of Orion CtS and Horizon.

Jarhead0331 · October 31, 2016, 08:50:12 AM

It was almost exclusively Titanfall 2 for me with a little bit of DCS mixed in.

jamus34 · October 31, 2016, 09:02:59 AM

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on October 31, 2016, 08:50:12 AM
It was almost exclusively Titanfall 2 for me with a little bit of DCS mixed in.

How you looking TF 2? I liked the concept of the original for what it was but there just wasn't a whole lot of meat on the bone

Jarhead0331 · October 31, 2016, 10:45:24 AM

Quote from: jamus34 on October 31, 2016, 09:02:59 AM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on October 31, 2016, 08:50:12 AM
It was almost exclusively Titanfall 2 for me with a little bit of DCS mixed in.

How you looking TF 2? I liked the concept of the original for what it was but there just wasn't a whole lot of meat on the bone

I'm enjoying it a lot. Its got a fully featured single player campaign this time around, in addition to the MP modes. The campaign is very well done, and is definitely more than just a MP training mode. The maps are beautiful, and the weapons are very satisfying to use and shoot. Some of the maps are a little more "puzzle-like" than I would prefer, but I get that they are trying to showcase the parkour elements that are so heavily featured in the game.

I haven't tried any MP games yet, but I will eventually once I'm finished with the campaign. I do wish it had some SP skirmish modes against bots, but that does not appear to be included.

Nefaro · October 31, 2016, 10:53:03 AM

Quote from: Tuna on October 31, 2016, 06:27:54 AM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 31, 2016, 01:51:23 AM
Yep - even DCS, if only to take off and fly around in the Frogfoot with no idea what I was doing.

Hook up with Nef and I next weekend. We use Asid's Teamspeak. We can talk you through it ;)

Definitely.

The learning curve for the Su-25T is mostly about weapons employment IMO. Luckily, most of them use the same laser guidance system.

JudgeDredd · October 31, 2016, 01:00:16 PM

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on October 31, 2016, 10:45:24 AM
Quote from: jamus34 on October 31, 2016, 09:02:59 AM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on October 31, 2016, 08:50:12 AM
It was almost exclusively Titanfall 2 for me with a little bit of DCS mixed in.

How you looking TF 2? I liked the concept of the original for what it was but there just wasn't a whole lot of meat on the bone

I'm enjoying it a lot. Its got a fully featured single player campaign this time around, in addition to the MP modes. The campaign is very well done, and is definitely more than just a MP training mode. The maps are beautiful, and the weapons are very satisfying to use and shoot. Some of the maps are a little more "puzzle-like" than I would prefer, but I get that they are trying to showcase the parkour elements that are so heavily featured in the game.

I haven't tried any MP games yet, but I will eventually once I'm finished with the campaign. I do wish it had some SP skirmish modes against bots, but that does not appear to be included.

Talking about weapons, I noticed one of the weapons I was using "as a pilot" had a particular "tinny" sound when getting to the last few rounds of the mag - just like Rl...I thought that was a pretty cool example of attention to detail.

I agree with JH. Very satisfying so far and amazing graphics.