TGIF - F R I D A Y Gaming Thread - what's going down?

Nefaro · August 03, 2012, 12:51:03 PM

Just when I start to enjoy Divinity II, I run into another damn puzzle needed to finish the quest. The first two Divinity games weren't near as cheesy-puzzled as this one. >:(

It also gave me some frustration after installation because, once again, the port-back-from-console leaves me a bit frustrated. The first thing is that they have the graphics engine set to a hard limit of 30fps and there are also constant micro-stutters on moving. While I've mitigated some of that constant stuttering (which most everyone with a video card from the last few years experiences), it's those damnably annoying switch-pulling, platform-jumping, button-pushing crap in the right order that mars an otherwise enjoyable action RPG. Not all quests have them but many of the more important ones do.

I don't want to have to look up some walkthrough and alt-tab back and forth regularly, damn youz! :-\ I want the hack and the slash and the shiny loot and skills to mix & match. :-[

RAWR

Silent Disapproval Robot · August 03, 2012, 01:21:22 PM

Little Secret World, little ArmA II: Czech Republic, maybe some Pride of Nations. And maybe going to the range to play with the new .204.

mirth · August 03, 2012, 01:39:35 PM

Jarhead0331 · August 03, 2012, 02:27:40 PM

Kerbal Space Program...I finally made it to the Mun!!! After doing a few orbits, I'm going to try to make it back to Kerbin. My vessel really was not designed to land on the surface. That's my goal for my next design.

This game is really amazing.

Fighting Farmer · August 03, 2012, 05:20:07 PM

Quote from: tgb on August 03, 2012, 05:42:31 AM
I hope to get some more time in with Warlock and the new DLC, and I just reinstalled Amalur, so hope to be starting that.

You have great taste. I love Amalur. Crappy story but great gameplay. I plan to try the new DLC for Warlock and Dungeons of Dredmor.

Nefaro · August 03, 2012, 06:34:25 PM

Quote from: Fighting Farmer on August 03, 2012, 05:20:07 PM
Quote from: tgb on August 03, 2012, 05:42:31 AM
I hope to get some more time in with Warlock and the new DLC, and I just reinstalled Amalur, so hope to be starting that.

You have great taste. I love Amalur. Crappy story but great gameplay. I plan to try the new DLC for Warlock and Dungeons of Dredmor.

You guys will let me know if someone ever manages to mod in a better camera view angle, right? ;)

Gusington · August 03, 2012, 08:14:44 PM

I am hoping to finish my Empire Total War Ottoman campaign. There is actually a chance I could win if the full army I have marching into Eastern Europe can survive and conquer five regions between Venetia and Transylvania. Fingers crossed.

After that I may try a Napoleon Total War campaign (with Darthmod) as the Greeks.

But I am really jonesing for some RPGing...it's been a while. Either Witcher 2 or maybe continue my campaign in Diablo III. If I can't hold out, then Dawnguard.

Kushan · August 03, 2012, 09:56:56 PM

Pocket Planes: I started playing last weekend. Have a modest little fleet of 10 planes, covering about 10 cities. Its the first game that been able to break me away from Skyrim.

Skyrim: Finished the Legion quest line last weekend. Working on the main quest now since I've never finished it. Think I'm going to start a new character when I eventually get the Dawnguard DLC.

Diablo 3: More inferno item grinding

Toonces · August 03, 2012, 11:17:16 PM

I'm sort of all over the place right now.

I just got IL-2 with the Ultimate Patch 3 mod installed properly, so I plan to play some of that.

I also recently reinstalled War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition and got my old saves loaded up, so I'll be doing some of that, too.

Beyond that, it's really anyone's guess. Oh, I do plan to pick up Dawnguard and torture Gus with some screenshots at some point. LOL.

Arctic Blast · August 03, 2012, 11:58:08 PM

Probably continue my games of Spec Ops : The Line and Fallout New Vegas. Perhaps mix in a bit more Dawn of War 2 as well.

Bison · August 04, 2012, 03:07:53 AM

Messed around with the new Combat Mission Fortress Italy. It's a beauty of tactical simulation goodness. /sigh/ I'm going to be pissed however when I have to fork over the $10 for a f'n engine upgrade patch for CMBN.

LongBlade · August 04, 2012, 09:32:45 AM

Quote from: Bison on August 04, 2012, 03:07:53 AM
Messed around with the new Combat Mission Fortress Italy. It's a beauty of tactical simulation goodness. /sigh/ I'm going to be pissed however when I have to fork over the $10 for a f'n engine upgrade patch for CMBN.

I just fired it up this morning to look at the campaigns. I noticed there's an advanced tutorial to teach tactics. Spend any time with that yet?

Nefaro · August 04, 2012, 11:42:10 AM

Quote from: Fighting Farmer on August 03, 2012, 05:20:07 PM
I plan to try the new DLC for Warlock and Dungeons of Dredmor.

Hey Farmer.. I now have two of the new 'Wizard Keys' from the latest Dredmor expansion. Both found on level 1 so you can probably find a couple pieces of nice loot for your new victi.. ... err.. character. Can only use each one once, but you'll find them fairly regularly. Gotta find the Pocket Dimension tool on the dungeon floor (it keeps respawning if you miss it) and use that to go to your pocket dimension - there's a gate inside with a thing to enter the code into it.

Chrtwenggorzar
Inporrhogorjal

Remember.. if the gate glows red, then you've entered the code wrong so don't go in or you'll be in "Diggle Hell" which is pretty punishing from what I understand. :)

Bison · August 04, 2012, 11:49:16 AM

Quote from: LongBlade on August 04, 2012, 09:32:45 AM
Quote from: Bison on August 04, 2012, 03:07:53 AM
Messed around with the new Combat Mission Fortress Italy. It's a beauty of tactical simulation goodness. /sigh/ I'm going to be pissed however when I have to fork over the $10 for a f'n engine upgrade patch for CMBN.

I just fired it up this morning to look at the campaigns. I noticed there's an advanced tutorial to teach tactics. Spend any time with that yet?

I did. :) However the first few are the exact same as CMBN, so I just moved on to some of the battle pieces. The improvements to the UI are pretty slick. I do have to admit.

LongBlade · August 04, 2012, 12:25:34 PM

Quote from: Bison on August 04, 2012, 11:49:16 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on August 04, 2012, 09:32:45 AM
Quote from: Bison on August 04, 2012, 03:07:53 AM
Messed around with the new Combat Mission Fortress Italy. It's a beauty of tactical simulation goodness. /sigh/ I'm going to be pissed however when I have to fork over the $10 for a f'n engine upgrade patch for CMBN.

I just fired it up this morning to look at the campaigns. I noticed there's an advanced tutorial to teach tactics. Spend any time with that yet?

I did. :) However the first few are the exact same as CMBN, so I just moved on to some of the battle pieces. The improvements to the UI are pretty slick. I do have to admit.

I'm going to try and spend some time with it tonight. Today is now Back To School Shopping Day.