Arriba! What games are we playing this Cinco de Mayo?

Nefaro · May 04, 2012, 05:01:10 PM

Dungeon Crawl - Stone Soup

Been goin at it for a few days straight. Just found the large amount of options in the editable settings files, so things are getting even better. 8)

TheCommandTent · May 05, 2012, 07:44:51 AM

Skyrim, BF3 and probably some boardgaming tonight.

Kushan · May 05, 2012, 12:05:40 PM

Attempted to see the Avengers last night, so didn't get much gaming in. Elemental Fallen Enchantress, if I can get it installed, and the Warlock demo will take up most of the rest of my free time the rest of this weekend

Toonces · May 05, 2012, 02:41:42 PM

I played the crap out of Skyrim last night. I'm not sure where I'm at as far as quests; I think I almost finished The Companions storyline.

Arctic Blast · May 05, 2012, 07:31:41 PM

I think I might install and try out Super Monday Night Combat on Steam. And probably some more BF3. Might try and finish off FEAR 3, too.

LongBlade · May 06, 2012, 09:08:48 AM

I took the bait and bought Orion Dino Beatdown on Steam for $8. So far I'm finding it buggy. I was hoping it would yield a nice Left 4 Dead multiplayer coop experience but I can't get into a mp game without a problem right now so I'm not able to give much of a report.

Tpek · May 06, 2012, 10:02:25 AM

Quote from: LongBlade on May 06, 2012, 09:08:48 AM
I took the bait and bought Orion Dino Beatdown on Steam for $8. So far I'm finding it buggy. I was hoping it would yield a nice Left 4 Dead multiplayer coop experience but I can't get into a mp game without a problem right now so I'm not able to give much of a report.

I got it too. It's really quite a bad game isn't it?
Terrible graphics, lack of sound, insane difficulty that won't even let you check 1% of the game.
Very little to do in it. No tutorial or explanation of gameplay.

Gusington · May 06, 2012, 10:23:05 AM

No sound? How does that happen?

LongBlade · May 07, 2012, 08:03:28 AM

Quote from: Tpek on May 06, 2012, 10:02:25 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on May 06, 2012, 09:08:48 AM
I took the bait and bought Orion Dino Beatdown on Steam for $8. So far I'm finding it buggy. I was hoping it would yield a nice Left 4 Dead multiplayer coop experience but I can't get into a mp game without a problem right now so I'm not able to give much of a report.

I got it too. It's really quite a bad game isn't it?
Terrible graphics, lack of sound, insane difficulty that won't even let you check 1% of the game.
Very little to do in it. No tutorial or explanation of gameplay.

I saw you had it on Steam and decided to take the bait despite the fact that you weren't chatting about it. Bummer. We could use a Left 4 Dead set to dinosaurs :(

Tpek · May 07, 2012, 11:06:31 AM

Quote from: LongBlade on May 07, 2012, 08:03:28 AM
Quote from: Tpek on May 06, 2012, 10:02:25 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on May 06, 2012, 09:08:48 AM
I took the bait and bought Orion Dino Beatdown on Steam for $8. So far I'm finding it buggy. I was hoping it would yield a nice Left 4 Dead multiplayer coop experience but I can't get into a mp game without a problem right now so I'm not able to give much of a report.

I got it too. It's really quite a bad game isn't it?
Terrible graphics, lack of sound, insane difficulty that won't even let you check 1% of the game.
Very little to do in it. No tutorial or explanation of gameplay.

I saw you had it on Steam and decided to take the bait despite the fact that you weren't chatting about it. Bummer. We could use a Left 4 Dead set to dinosaurs :(

If you want a better game try that Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon. It's not exactly perfect, but much more fun and actually playable.

If you want a really good game with jetpacks, power armor, vehicles, base defense and various side-objectives, go for Section 8 Prejudice :)

LongBlade · May 07, 2012, 11:16:12 AM

Quote from: Tpek on May 07, 2012, 11:06:31 AM
If you want a better game try that Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon. It's not exactly perfect, but much more fun and actually playable.

If you want a really good game with jetpacks, power armor, vehicles, base defense and various side-objectives, go for Section 8 Prejudice :)

Thanks. I've saved Earth Defense Force in my wishlist to look at later.

Section 8 Prejudice? Hmmm. IIRC JH liked the original Prejudice. I've not played it. Will need to look at it.

Really what I was looking for was more of a multiplayer coop shooter. L4D was great and I'd love to see something like it in a different setting.

Toonces · May 07, 2012, 01:16:47 PM

Having completely become a Steam-borg, I picked up the Total War Complete pack from Steam Saturday night so I don't have to bother with CDs anymore. I had most of the games in the pack except for Alexander, all the DLC for Napoleon, and I didn't have Empire at all.

I installed Empire yesterday. Neat game! I think I can see myself really getting into it.

I also downloaded my first mod, The Last Kingdom, for M2TW. From what I've seen so far it is also quite nicely done. But, I think I'll probably dive head first into Empire and lose myself for a while.

On a side note, it appears that you can play Poland/Lithuania and this would be around the same time as that book With Fire and Sword that I told you all about a few weeks ago (and by the way, I finished THAT on Saturday, finally...awesome book and I very highly recommend it. It's long, but it was a very good story- very violent towards the end). So, in addition to Mount and Blading Fire and Sword you can also Empire it.

I also played the shit out of King Arthur last night and I am starting to feel good about possibly beating the original campaign. I didn't devote enough time to Pendragon, though (sorry about that guys) so that's my gaming project for today.

Gusington · May 07, 2012, 01:49:42 PM

Be careful with Empire, Toonces. She can be a wily beast. So much potential...

Arctic Blast · May 07, 2012, 02:55:25 PM

Super Monday Night Combat is horrid. Well, the GAME is actually a fun team based 5 on 5 shooter with a lot of things going on. Couple a server browser (can't join a game manually) that takes forever with games that can't be joined once they start (and crybaby loser teammates who rage quit the second things aren't looking great, thus dooming the entire team to a loss) and it's just a mess. Oh well, it didn't cost anything.

Now to find something else to fill time until Diablo 3...

Nefaro · May 07, 2012, 08:28:09 PM

Quote from: Toonces on May 07, 2012, 01:16:47 PM

On a side note, it appears that you can play Poland/Lithuania and this would be around the same time as that book With Fire and Sword that I told you all about a few weeks ago (and by the way, I finished THAT on Saturday, finally...awesome book and I very highly recommend it. It's long, but it was a very good story- very violent towards the end). So, in addition to Mount and Blading Fire and Sword you can also Empire it.

Empire TW starts in 1700, which is awhile after the Time of Troubles. Something like ~100 years? Anyway.. it starts with Peter the Great running Russia and is right around the time when their war with Sweden happened, Russia being originally aided by Denmark and Poland who were both quickly defeated.