It's the big one Elizabeth, Friday Gaming Thread!!

[Barthheart]

Ha! You aint going to squirm outta it that easy, Bart.......... >:D

Basturd!  >:(

[Apocalypse 31]

I caved in and got the new Wolfenstein. Not too bad for a mindless hallway shooter, but maybe not worth $60. There is a mechanic that let's you play the game stealthy or guns blazing, unlike other hallway shooters.

Getting my feet wet with War Thunder Ground Forces. Finally unlocked some tanks that can kill.

I've also finally gotten around to the ArmA 3 campaign. I'm on Adapt, but losing steam. The missions are tedious,  there is always a curve ball, and I'm starting to feel like the commanding officer is trying to get me killed or getting ready to betray me.

[JudgeDredd]

I've also finally gotten around to the ArmA 3 campaign. I'm on Adapt, but losing steam. The missions are tedious,  there is always a curve ball, and I'm starting to feel like the commanding officer is trying to get me killed or getting ready to betray me.

The game is difficult - even in easy it's hard. The accuracy of "spray and pray" and snipers is soul destroying.

But I would say (aside from the difficulty) that the missions are superb. They are very tense. I never liked (in any of the ARMA games) where I had to command troops. It just never worked out right for me and I always dropped the games when it got to that stage...but I haven't with this one.

The story is good and believable. trouble is, it's so damn hard, even on easy!

[Apocalypse 31]

I've also finally gotten around to the ArmA 3 campaign. I'm on Adapt, but losing steam. The missions are tedious,  there is always a curve ball, and I'm starting to feel like the commanding officer is trying to get me killed or getting ready to betray me.

The game is difficult - even in easy it's hard. The accuracy of "spray and pray" and snipers is soul destroying.

But I would say (aside from the difficulty) that the missions are superb. They are very tense. I never liked (in any of the ARMA games) where I had to command troops. It just never worked out right for me and I always dropped the games when it got to that stage...but I haven't with this one.

The story is good and believable. trouble is, it's so damn hard, even on easy!

It's always been a problem with OFP games.

I found a solution that is working: Difficulty-AI Difficulty-Custom then turn down the accuracy to .10. It makes firefights much more intense.

[undercovergeek]

Is that in settings or one of the config files?

And how does it change combat?

[Apocalypse 31]

Is that in settings or one of the config files?

And how does it change combat?

In the settings.

They no longer laser beam snipe you from 3km away. They still shoot a bunch, just dont hit as much

[WallysWorld]

Dawn of Discovery after buying it two years ago, I'm finally getting around to playing it.
CMFI
Silent Hunter III

[Toonces]

So far it's been Skyrim FTW!

[Nefaro]

I've also finally gotten around to the ArmA 3 campaign. I'm on Adapt, but losing steam. The missions are tedious,  there is always a curve ball, and I'm starting to feel like the commanding officer is trying to get me killed or getting ready to betray me.

I've debated picking up ARMA 3 sometime, but the futuristic setting/equipment doesn't entice me much.  Kinda wish they'd go back to the 80s setting of Op Flashpoint.  :'( 

I'll just play some ARMA 2 if I ever actually feel the need - didn't play it much yet anyway.

[JasonPratt]

Last night I finished the latest Tex Murphy game The Tesla Effect, which I thought I had pre-bought earlier but I guess not.  :P

It's a monstrously huge game at almost 14 gigs, but that's due to the high-def 1080p video of course, which tends to show ALL THE WRINKLES on people.  :))

For fans of the Tex Murphy games, I'd say it's pretty great; no actual knowledge of the previous games is necessary (thanks to how the plot is set up), but they definitely help and the game was certainly made for the fans. I'm not sure the overall plot hung together completely in the end, but it's no worse in that regard than any previous game. Somewhat less atmospheric than previous games, but still involves a dead-beat private investigator saving the world in the end.

And yes, it thoroughly explains (eventually) the ending of the previous game (Overseer, actually a literal retelling/remake of the very first game Mean Streets), so that cliffhanger is resolved. Though reading the attendant novel would be a quicker way of going through the story I expect.

It's meant to be a grand finale to the series (though for some reason its scope seems a little more restricted than previous entries), but room is left open for further games or novels someday. How Chris Jones has not yet become a successful character actor in Hollywood is beyond me; as always he's ridiculously talented and charismatic as Tex. Previous standard actors return to acquit themselves well (though it's hard not to suspect that one actor's role was radically minimized due to having put on a lot of weight in the 16 years since the last game OH MY GOD I FEEL SO OLD!!) and the guest stars generally do a good job as usual. Even James Earl Jones returns briefly as God (aka the Big PI in the Sky) for a cameo in the introduction. (Chris himself does NOT return as "Inspector Burns" the pyromaniac, but the character is sort of spiritually present.)

Definitely worth the full $20 on Steam (and I suppose other outlets?) for Tex fans; others nostalgic for classic hotspot hunting adventures in cheap 3D engines and hung together with full-motion video on lots of greenscreening, may wish to wait for a sale.

[JasonPratt]

Oh, and all Tex Murphy games are available at GoG, though there's no point playing the first one (Mean Streets) as it's upgraded and retold in Overseer. Still, the only way to get the 2nd game Martian Memorandum is to buy them both as a package.

[vyshka]

Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm beta patch
Distant Worlds: Universe

and as always probably some Diablo 3.

I will probably spend some time reading as well. I just finished On Basilisk Station (free as ebook), and I'm about a 1/4 through Rick's The Generals.

Managed to play some Distant Worlds: Universe and played Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm beta patch. I even spent some time playing World of Tanks for the 1st time in about a year. I think I managed a couple of missions in Door Kickers as well.

Finished reading The Honor of the Queen, book 2 of the Honor Harrington series. Since I have been reading the Honor books, my civilization is appropriately a monarchy named Manticore in my DW:U game.

[undercovergeek]

Is that in settings or one of the config files?

And how does it change combat?

In the settings.

They no longer laser beam snipe you from 3km away. They still shoot a bunch, just dont hit as much

this may rekindle some interest in the game - do you set both settings to .10 (i thinks theres precision and skill)