The Jan 2013 MONDAY FINISH thread

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Yup.

[Toonces]

I finished a full game of the boardgame Chainmail.  Quite fun and really nice components. 

I didn't finish any computer games.  In fact I'm not really even close.

@Gusington, if you finish Dark Souls you are my hero.  That game is impossible.

[TheCommandTent]

I finished a full game of the boardgame Chainmail.  Quite fun and really nice components. 

Glad you liked it.  I still haven't had a chance to play my copy.  Did you get play solo or with someone else?

[Toonces]

I played solo.  It works surprisingly well.  I played it where if I drew a card that had an action that allowed an additional action, like Knight's Charge, then that side could draw a second card.  For example, Knight's Charge allows a movement card to be played before the charge, so I'd draw a second card, play that for the MP, then the Charge card.

I played the Lewes scenario, and it came down to both sides needing one last point to win, and a significant back and forth for that last point.

[TheCommandTent]

I played solo.  It works surprisingly well.  I played it where if I drew a card that had an action that allowed an additional action, like Knight's Charge, then that side could draw a second card.  For example, Knight's Charge allows a movement card to be played before the charge, so I'd draw a second card, play that for the MP, then the Charge card.

I played the Lewes scenario, and it came down to both sides needing one last point to win, and a significant back and forth for that last point.

Thanks.  Sounds easy enough.  Hopefully this week I can get it out and give it a spin.

[JasonPratt]

Despite some allergies crushing my head early yesterday afternoon, after a nap and some meds I successfully beat the final mission, thus indeed finishing a game by Monday!  ;D

So, my list of finished games comes to:

Portal
Fight Night Champion
Puzzle Quest 1 (not remotely 'finished' in the story, but still a good 25 hours)
Puzzle Chronicles (almost finished the story, with a good 25 hours)
Dawn of War 2 (main campaign)
DoW2: Chaos Rising

That's one more than I needed to 'unlock' buying a new game, but my most recent plan had been to finish fifteen games preparatory to buying the Mass Effect Trilogy.

My most recent plan fell into ruin when I scoped out the final day of sales at Steam, and noticed (the enhanced final versions of) both Witcher games for a total of around $10. (Or maybe $15, I forget the precise details. 75% off whatever the normal Steam price is.)

That series has been on my radar for a long time, and I didn't want to pass up such a ridiculously low sale; so I spent my buy-unlock on Witcher 1 and pre-spent my next buy-unlock on Witcher 2.

This means before I can buy another game, I ought to finish nine more games, two of which can be the Witcher series.


Incidentally, the reason I had gone to Steam was because I was thinking of finally playing the Soulstorm campaign (even though I've definitely played more than 25 hours on that game already between skirmish and mp), and wanted to see if SS was available for a few dollars so I could get an 'archive' version. It wasn't (more like $20!), although I'm sure it and the other DoW1 games will come down for a sale eventually.

At that point I was going to install the recent FPS Space Marine (bought a while back), but then I checked the current sales and etc. ;)

However, once Witcher 1 was downloaded, I did try to install Soulstorm from my DVD, figuring I'd save the Witcher game for later in my finish list. The install itself went fine; but for some reason I can't yet figure out, the game won't allow me to create a 'player': I'll type in the name for a new account, and click the Create button, and all it does is erase the field. It doesn't add the new account to the player list.

I don't recall offhand if I had already installed DowPROSS before I tried to play vanilla, so possibly that was a problem. Running the program as an administrator on WinXPSP2 emulation doesn't help; running the program at lowest resolution doesn't help (at highest resolution the gamescreen tends to get a bit lost around the edges so I thought that might be what was happening to the text in a way--I've seen resolution issues cause that problem before.) I'll need to do some research to see if Win8 itself just isn't compatible for some reason regardless of mode. But I've also uninstalled the game (and DoWPRO) for a fresh install.

Although this brings up the further/new question of what registry cleaner to get for Win8. Hm.

(Also this brings up the option of downloading a VirtualPC shell for WinXP from Windows, which I've been told is available at no cost if I'm using Win8 Pro.)

Naturally, I'm worried now that buying the Steam version of Soulstorm won't allow me to create a new player either; I checked the Steam forum for the game and saw several worrisome problems but not that one specifically.

Oh well... worst case scenario is that I unpack my previous Falcon laptop (which I need to do anyway to continue porting some files over) and install SS on that for a campaign. I just wanted to super-bling the game out once with my new hardware. :)

Thus ends my report for the week!

[LongBlade]

I really enjoyed the single-player campaign in Space Marine, Jason. If you're into the WH40K universe I think you'll have a great time playing it :)

[bboyer66]

 Finished Sleeping Dogs

Just imagine Grand Theft Auto in Hong Kong and you have Sleeping Dogs. The kung-fu fighting part of this game is pretty decent, and the storyline while predictable, is well done. Like most of these sandbox games I was starting to tire with the repetition of some of the missions, but the game ended before I got to the point of saying screw it. Of all the sandbox stlye games I have played, I would put this as my second favorite after Red Dead Redemption which I consider one of the top 10 games of all time.

My next game to finish will be Assasins Creed II on the Xbox. I hope.

[Gusington]

Where the hell have you been??

Toonces I bought anXBox controller for Dark Souls and will be modding it up good and proper...I have high hopes for this one.

[Toonces]

The thing with Dark Souls, the one thing I just can't wrap my head around, is how one thumb-stick works moving your guy, and the other thumb-stick moves the camera.

I guess it's like patting your head and rubbing your belly at the same time.  Some folks can do it no problem, some folks can either pat both, or rub both, but not rub and pat at the same time.  I'm like that guy.  I can't seem to make my guy go where he needs to go while concurrently pointing the camera in the relevant direction.

[Gusington]

That may be an issue. Beyond that I modded the graphics for true PC uberness. If you're interested, check it:

http://gamingtrend.com/game_reviews/dark-souls-prepare-to-die-pc-review-fix-the-bugs-yourself/

[Bison]

I'm pulling for you Gus, but I give you about 2-3 hours before you rage quit.

[Gusington]

You've played Dark Souls?

[Bison]

I played Demon Souls on my PS3.  Brutal.  Very, very brutal.

[Toonces]

Dude, I modded the game before I even started it.

I wish there was some way I could have just given it to you.  It's impossible.