The "What are you playing right now, and progress" Topic.

[Shadow of Death]

Played a bit of No Man's Sky yesterday on my new computer. Not too bad so far.

I'll probably be playing some Vive games today, after I finish configuring it. Also, Fallout 4, now that I'm on a computer that can max it out and add mods to it besides. Probably Just Cause 3, since I couldn't run that game on my last computer (not enough RAM).

 

[SubrosianDimitri]

Recently got Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics, a revamp of the original (and fantasitic) roguelike which came out 4 days ago.

As a PC port of a Vita title, it runs fairly well, though it has some technical issues with frame rates and longer load/generating times than the original game.

I'm not sure if I can recommend it or not, and since my computer is broken, I have to get a new one before I can play it again to form that opinion.

 

[D96]

I recently bought Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor for $10 (Game of the Year Edition, too) and I've been enjoying that. My dad has a copy for his PS3 and I played a little bit of it, but now I'm out slaying Uruks on my own time. I just finished with the first zone and moved onto the next one.

I'm trying to do that achievement (? At least I think it's an achievement) where you get killed by a generic Orc and you make him rise all the way to Warchief. Of course the guy I chose is a creepy SOB who doesn't talk, he just laughs and smacks his lips. It's really unsettling but it's also so cool to see this weird guy rise through the ranks. I helped him in a mission to intimidate some other orcs and it just worked so well with his...charm.

 

[SmokeRulz]

As usual, I'm all-in on my 3DS, mostly playing it at work during my breaks, and then sometimes here at home while resting. I just polished off Ace Attorney 6 last night and will now move on to Dragon Quest VII. I will probably alternate between it and SMT4 Apocalypse once I get my hands on it, along with my daily plays of Badge Arcade and Pokemon Shuffle. Eagerly awaiting the last Hyrule Warriors Legends DLC, and I have even more 3DS games coming out later this year that I intend to play, like Corpse Party. Hopefully I'll be done with at least one of those RPGs by then. Come November, Pokemon Moon will likely not be leaving my 3DS for months.

I got backlogs on my Wii U and Steam account I'll hopefully take care of. Some day............

 

[Crym4x]

currently playing Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, with the DLC , never had so much fun being a sadistic theme park creator/GOD sometimes i will play by the rules XD

 

[SubrosianDimitri]

Got Dragon Quest VII and I'm loving it so far, though it does seem weird that the first hour or so has no enemy encounters whatsoever. It's nice to be able to play this entry without needing to invest in a rare and expensive copy of the PS1 version. Navigating the overworld is a bit confusing for me since you have 360 degree camera control, but the map doesn't rotate and there's no compass or anything like that, which makes me wish it was an overhead view like Dragon Quest IX.

 

[PixelGrip94]

I just recently finished Watch Dogs now, but I'm unsure where I'm gonna go next. I've got Bloodborne and Metro Redux left to play, but I honestly don't have much of a drive to play either, especially having to simultaneously deal with school. Guess I'll play it by ear.

 

[Shadow of Death]

I've played Fallout 4 for a few hours so far on my new computer, with texture mods (purty). I've disabled both Vsync and limited FPS to 90, because if you disable Vsync and let your framerate get too high, it starts running too fast. I've seen it hit 200+ and you start moving at doubletime and enemies can be a bit harder to deal with as they are also sped up.

Bethesda needs to update their engine again to decouple framerate from game speed. This is a problem that mostly went away from games back in the 90's FFS.

I did end up playing some Vive games as well. My nephew ended up playing that ILM Star Wars Lightsaber game several times in a row. I hope they make a proper game out of that.

I plan on going through with that GTAV overhaul mod later today. I haven't run the game vanilla on my computer yet, but I'm pretty sure the ~15FPS hit won't be a problem.

 

[PixelGrip94]

So I decided to go with Bloodborne after all, and surprisingly I'm really enjoying it. I've had 2 or 3 rages, but that's a lot less than I was expecting being this far into the game. I think I'm about halfway through just beating Rom: The Vacuous Spider the other day (anyone feel free to correct me). To be honest, I feel like the game is a lot easier than Demon's Souls or Dark Souls, but I'm not sure if it's because the difficulty was lowered slightly or if it's because I've played enough of the previous two games to have any sort of clue what the hell I'm doing. I expect to beat it by the end of the month, but I'm not entirely sure. We'll just have to see.

 

[SubrosianDimitri]

I'm re-reading a few of my VNs, specifically Planetarian, A Kiss for the Petals, Hatoful Boyfriend, and CLANNAD

 

[Shadow of Death]

Fallout 4. I've hit Level 37 I think. I stopped playing it months ago when one of my main drives failed and I resorted to installing games on an external. I already had issues running the game on Medium...

I now run it Maxed out with texture mods plus supersampling. And it still maintains 40+ at all times. I actually have it capped at 90FPS so the animations don't run sped up (At above 120FPS I think, characters, including your own, start running at higher speeds, as do the little graphic animations).

 

[SubrosianDimitri]

Made a ton of progress in Dragon Quest VII, I've unlocked the ability to change vocations (character classes), and so far my team consists of a Paladin, Sage, and Pirate. I intend to power level some other classes later to increase my spell arsenal since (unlike abilities) those don't seem to be limited to your current vocation.

 

[PixelGrip94]

So I decided to go with Bloodborne after all, and surprisingly I'm really enjoying it. I've had 2 or 3 rages, but that's a lot less than I was expecting being this far into the game. I think I'm about halfway through just beating Rom: The Vacuous Spider the other day (anyone feel free to correct me). To be honest, I feel like the game is a lot easier than Demon's Souls or Dark Souls, but I'm not sure if it's because the difficulty was lowered slightly or if it's because I've played enough of the previous two games to have any sort of clue what the hell I'm doing. I expect to beat it by the end of the month, but I'm not entirely sure. We'll just have to see.

So I've beaten Bloodborne by this point and got the true ending by killing the Moon Presence. That was on Sunday of this week, less than a week after my post above. At the end of it all, I'm frankly surprised that I beat the game in such a short time and, I'm not gonna lie, I felt that the Moon Presence was the easiest boss I'd ever faced. I can't recall a boss that I beat on the first try except for the Moon Presence and I find that to be a little disappointing. Still, I did enjoy the game overall and would recommend it to anyone who wants a gaming challenge or any Dark Souls fan.

The next game on my list is Metro Redux, but if I'm perfectly honest, I have absolutely zero interest to play it. Maybe my interest in the game faded after having so many games to play before it or maybe the fact that it's basically another shooter that I don't care to try despite the positive reviews that made me purchase the game in the first place, but I don't see myself bothering to play it due to this inexpicable lack of interest. Not really sure what game to play at this point since I feel the exact same way about Crysis 2, which I got from Leaptrade earlier in the year for the exact same reason as Metro Redux. If anything, I want a new game to play, but I don't really have any money right now on account of the boatloads that I've been spending on other stuff be it life related or things that I honestly shouldn't be buying but buy anyway because I want it and it's my money and shut up. And with Christmas on the way, I need to start shopping for gifts and won't have a lot of money to buy anything for myself that isn't essential. Wow, I turned this into a friggin' blog post but whatever. Thanks to anyone who cared enough to read this far. I'll post the next time I have a game to post about. Maybe I'll find a good one that I want on sale or something.

 

[PixelGrip94]

So I've beaten Bloodborne by this point and got the true ending by killing the Moon Presence. That was on Sunday of this week, less than a week after my post above. At the end of it all, I'm frankly surprised that I beat the game in such a short time and, I'm not gonna lie, I felt that the Moon Presence was the easiest boss I'd ever faced. I can't recall a boss that I beat on the first try except for the Moon Presence and I find that to be a little disappointing. Still, I did enjoy the game overall and would recommend it to anyone who wants a gaming challenge or any Dark Souls fan.

The next game on my list is Metro Redux, but if I'm perfectly honest, I have absolutely zero interest to play it. Maybe my interest in the game faded after having so many games to play before it or maybe the fact that it's basically another shooter that I don't care to try despite the positive reviews that made me purchase the game in the first place, but I don't see myself bothering to play it due to this inexpicable lack of interest. Not really sure what game to play at this point since I feel the exact same way about Crysis 2, which I got from Leaptrade earlier in the year for the exact same reason as Metro Redux. If anything, I want a new game to play, but I don't really have any money right now on account of the boatloads that I've been spending on other stuff be it life related or things that I honestly shouldn't be buying but buy anyway because I want it and it's my money and shut up. And with Christmas on the way, I need to start shopping for gifts and won't have a lot of money to buy anything for myself that isn't essential. Wow, I turned this into a friggin' blog post but whatever. Thanks to anyone who cared enough to read this far. I'll post the next time I have a game to post about. Maybe I'll find a good one that I want on sale or something.

...yeah so considering what I said my last post, I hypocritically started to get back into Star Wars Battlefront. Maybe it's because the game is an online shooter so I feel like there's enough difference with every match to warrant the interest to play it. Plus, I just started getting really good too. I went from a 1:1/1:2 K/D Ratio to a 3:1 in a couple of days. Will probably keep playing that until I find something new to play that's story driven.

 

[Shadow of Death]

Still playing Fallout 4. I've passed level 50 (and something like 2 days, 8 hours of play time) a while ago, and started playing on Very Hard difficulty. I just break out my upgraded Gauss Rifle whenever the going gets tough. With my emphasis on Luck, I can do pretty well in VATS. If I had higher Agility I wouldn't run out of AP so fast though (I use non-automatic rifle class weapons, and only get one to two shots even with a full metre), I also put some emphasis on my settlements, so between them all, I've probably got like 80 or something, total settlers now? I've got a few with a dozen or more, that much I know.

I also took a break from F4 a while back to play JC3 some more (mostly because at the time, F4 didn't have a script extender). The world is large, and there is a LOT of places to conquer. I still have over half of it left to do I think, and I put many hours into it already. I still play it occasionally though. I unlocked the jet powered Wingsuit some time ago, and it can make the game even easier.

 

[Sutekh94]

Recently got back into PAYDAY 2, where me and my friends are now trying to beat all the heists on the new One Down difficulty. Let me just say that the Hotline Miami heist on that difficulty is insane. And/or maybe it's the fact that me and most of my friends are out of practice, since, for the most part, we haven't played the game since early this year.

 

[fah_q2]

I've been playing Kingdom Hearts 1.5 remix for the past 3 weeks. I went ahead and got the platinum trophy for it (it was not worth it). Now i'm playing Bioshock remastered for PC, it seems to work for the most part after the patches and only crashed once after 6 hours of playing.

After this, I might play Lords of The Fallen that I got for psn+.

 

[D96]

I've been playing Kingdom Hearts 1.5 remix for the past 3 weeks. I went ahead and got the platinum trophy for it (it was not worth it). Now i'm Bioshock remastered for PC, it seems to work for the most part after the patches and only crashed once after 6 hours of playing.

After this, I might play Lords of The Fallen that I got for psn+.

Oh yeah, the Bioshock Collection had slipped my mind! I've been meaning to try it out. It's mainly just a graphical upgrade, right? How does that compare to the originals?

 

[fah_q2]

Oh yeah, the Bioshock Collection had slipped my mind! I've been meaning to try it out. It's mainly just a graphical upgrade, right? How does that compare to the originals?

Yeah it's mostly just a graphical upgrade, I don't see a lot of difference from the original though. I guess the difference, at least in the PC version are achievements and steam cards.

 

[D96]

Yeah it's mostly just a graphical upgrade, I don't see a lot of difference from the original though. I guess the difference, at least in the PC version are achievements and steam cards.

I figured as much. Still, those are excellent games and I hope to get them and post my progress here soon.

 

[SubrosianDimitri]

Finally got Harmonia, about an hour and a half in, and so far...

Spoiler

The story is told from the perspective of a robot in a post-apocalyptic world who wakes up in an abandoned factory where he was built. He ends up in the care of a young priestess named Shiona and wants to learn how to express emotions. At least I think Shiona is a priestess, she lives in a chapel and her clothing gives off a clergy vibe, helped by the crosses on her clothing. Anyhoo, she names the robot Rei (Which I'm sure will be symbolic by the end), and so far he's gotten a bowl of soup, met the townsfolk, and severely pissed off the local shopkeeper.

Also, Shiona is giving off so many death flags that I'd be more amazed if she's alive at the end of this story, especially since this is a story by Key.

 

[PixelGrip94]

I started a Final Fantasy marathon in November, but II slowed me down, and III brought me to a temporary stop.

Can't believe I read this so late. Anyway, me and a friend of mine also started a Final Fantasy marathon of sorts a couple months ago. However, we didn't start with the original Final Fantasy just because we're on gonna focus on the home console releases, particularly those on the PlayStation be they ports or otherwise, so we started with FFV since I managed to get my hands on a copy of Final Fantasy Anthology. Unfortunately, the PS1 copy of FFV from the Anthology doesn't work very well on PS3, freezing every so often (conveniently right before or at a save point) and we don't have a PS1 memory card for his PS2 so we've stopped playing until either of us comes up with the money to just get the digital version from the PlayStation store. At this point, it still hasn't been done, but less because we are poor and more because we've kinda forgotten it by now and replaced it with a Disney animated films marathon. *shrugs*

 

[Shadow of Death]

I'll probably try out Skyrim Special Edition when it comes out tonight. I'll probably play for an hour or so, then upload footage of it.

 

[PixelGrip94]

I'll probably try out Skyrim Special Edition when it comes out tonight. I'll probably play for an hour or so, then upload footage of it.

I've heard great things about Skyrim, but never tried it on account of it being similar to Fallout (at least based on what my friends who've played it said) and I wasn't too big a fan of Fallout personally. I didn't find it too engaging to walk around a deserted wasteland for 10 hours and only find a couple missions that I could do without getting mauled by creatures leveled higher than me. Maybe I'll try it out if I decide to get Gamefly, something I've been contemplating due to the lack of money I have to buy anything except essentials but haven't fully decided on yet.

 

[Shadow of Death]

I've heard great things about Skyrim, but never tried it on account of it being similar to Fallout (at least based on what my friends who've played it said) and I wasn't too big a fan of Fallout personally. I didn't find it too engaging to walk around a deserted wasteland for 10 hours and only find a couple missions that I could do without getting mauled by creatures leveled higher than me. Maybe I'll try it out if I decide to get Gamefly, something I've been contemplating due to the lack of money I have to buy anything except essentials but haven't fully decided on yet.

Well, Skyrim is a pretty fun Action Fantasy game IMO. Look up gameplay vids, neh? It has the same 'problem' as the modern Fallout (or most, really) games in that if you venture too far, too early, you'll get your arse handed to you by enemies much tougher than you. Much of Skyrim does level with you though, but there are areas and enemies that are scripted to be at minimum levels. For example, I wouldn't advise tussling with Giants until you're stronger and/or more experienced. I posted a video a few days after the game initially released years ago where I'm a level 8 mage fighting two giants. I had to dodge, jump, and weave around because if I got hit even once, well, this happens.

Generally, those that like Fallout (the modern ones) will like TES and vice-versa. I mean, Fallout 3 was based around Oblivion's engine, and Fallout 4 was based around the Creation Engine made for Skyrim. Skyrim Special Edition is just taking the modifications they tested for Fallout 4, and porting them over to Skyrim. Honestly, even with all the DLC included, and the updated visuals, the game isn't worth full price. Not when you can get the regular version of the game a lot cheaper. I wouldn't have bought it, but being a PC user with all the DLC for the original version of the game, I got the SE free anyway.

Console users get mods this time around too. Granted, PS4 had its modding knees cut out from under it by Sony when they allowed it with the caveat that it couldn't use external resources (textres and meshes and the like).

 

[PixelGrip94]

Well, Skyrim is a pretty fun Action Fantasy game IMO. Look up gameplay vids, neh? It has the same 'problem' as the modern Fallout (or most, really) games in that if you venture too far, too early, you'll get your arse handed to you by enemies much tougher than you. Much of Skyrim does level with you though, but there are areas and enemies that are scripted to be at minimum levels. For example, I wouldn't advise tussling with Giants until you're stronger and/or more experienced. I posted a video a few days after the game initially released years ago where I'm a level 8 mage fighting two giants. I had to dodge, jump, and weave around because if I got hit even once, well, this happens.

Generally, those that like Fallout (the modern ones) will like TES and vice-versa. I mean, Fallout 3 was based around Oblivion's engine, and Fallout 4 was based around the Creation Engine made for Skyrim. Skyrim Special Edition is just taking the modifications they tested for Fallout 4, and porting them over to Skyrim. Honestly, even with all the DLC included, and the updated visuals, the game isn't worth full price. Not when you can get the regular version of the game a lot cheaper. I wouldn't have bought it, but being a PC user with all the DLC for the original version of the game, I got the SE free anyway.

Console users get mods this time around too. Granted, PS4 had its modding knees cut out from under it by Sony when they allowed it with the caveat that it couldn't use external resources (textres and meshes and the like).

Well, like I said, I'll probably give it a try if I decide to get Gamefly. Until then, I think I'll give it a pass and look for something else to occupy my time. I've looked into Shadow of Mordor and it looks pretty interesting. Plus, I've heard the combo system is similar to that of the Batman Arkham games which was insanely fun for me to play so I'm thinking of giving that a shot too.

 

[Redness]

Riders of Icarus:
LVL 16
20 mounts
2 pets
3 characters
Character names:
Redness
Velvet Remedy
Littlepip
Enemies killed:
150
Enemies pacified: 78

 

[Shadow of Death]

^Lemme guess, Littlepip did most of the killings? Velvet had a hand/hoof in the pacification? I don't know how the game works XD

Nothing much played lately, except mobile games because once again, computer troubles. I was playing Skyrim SE in 4K downsample to 1080p, and the game crashed a few times, and the next time I booted up my computer it...didn't. Dead CPU *sighs*.

 

[Avering]

Dead CPU *sighs*.

Didn't you just got it? Meaning warranty is still applicable?

As for games, I also mostly played mobile in the last few days. FF Tactics: War of the lions is on android.

 

[Shadow of Death]

Didn't you just got it? Meaning warranty is still applicable?

As for games, I also mostly played mobile in the last few days. FF Tactics: War of the lions is on android.

Yeah, NCIX is servicing it. I'm covered for free servicing for a year, including them handling the replacement parts. They didn't have any in stock, so I have to wait. I took it in on Saturday. I hope I get it back this week.

 

[PixelGrip94]

With the opening to Kingdom Hearts 0.2 being released the other day as well as the news of the 1.5+2.5 PS4 Remaster, I got back into Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories for the sake of getting the Platinum trophy. I'm nearing the end of the game and I honestly don't think I've ever had this much fun with it, and this is the 4th time I've played it (1st: PS2 English, 2nd: PS3 Japanese, 3rd: PS3 English).

After this, I think I might try KH2FM on Lv 1 Critical just to test myself and give me something to do.

 

[SubrosianDimitri]

So, I just finished Harmonia, and now I can never look at the color orange the same as I used to.

Spoiler: What went down

Shiona was shot and hit at point blank by a hand grenade, but she didn't die from the explosion, because she's actually a robot. In fact, everyone in the town was a robot. The only one who isn't a robot is Rei himself, which I somehow didn't see coming.

Still, Shiona died from her "wounds" (big shock considering all the death flags she raised in the first 20 minutes), along with Tipi, the other voiced female character. I also kind of killed the shopkeep by showing him a film his son made for him. The rather lengthy post-credits scene seems to show everything being fixed though, so all's well that ends well I suppose.

Didn't really cry a ton at this one, at least, not immediately. My eyes feel like they're trying to fight back tears while I'm writing this (just finished the game 20 minutes ago).

 

[fah_q2]

I started playing Metroid Prime 2 this week on the Ishiiruka version of Dolphin, it seems to run well for the most part with some framerate drops on a few areas.

 

[super hurricane]

Playing Gotcha Force on the Wii, currently stuck on the one with the three satellites constantly bombarding me with lasers and healing each other, awhile the camera angle goes bonkers at random times.

 

[Shadow of Death]

Tried Enderal, the Skyrim Total Conversion mod. Recorded a vid of it, actually. My voice recording sucked though, that'll teach me not to test before every video I guess ~_~

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Get it here!:

Enderal

This is a total conversion mod by the German team SureAI. The mod is available in both English and German, though being a German based team, the English text sometimes suffers a bit. The voice work seems solid, especially considering it's made for free and all.

The installation process is fairly straightforward. The mod download is close to 8GB, and they do offer a torrent. The launcher works well, streamlining the process of installation and updates.

Sorry for the less than stellar voice recording though. I used the same settings as I did with my Skyrim Special Edition, but it came out awful this time. I really should have tested it first, but I figured "Why wouldn't it work?" and I was in a rush to play it a bit before I broke for lunch. Alas. Ah well, lesson learned I suppose.

 

[Rich Jammer]

Got myself The Witcher 3 game of the year edition for USD 26.00 on the PSN double sale. Right now I just finished the first story mission and busy leveling up.

 

[Tox]

Just started my 4th play through of Persona 4, on the good ol' ps2. Might play MGS3 again soon. Got Skyrim on PS4, so that's been fun

 

[SubrosianDimitri]

On my second run of Arc Rise Fantasia. Just defeated the second to last boss after a very difficult fight. He's got some seriously powerful attacks up his sleeve, including one that the party doesn't want you about (which they normally do when a big attack or spell is coming) which will probably kill you if you don't defend. And this ain't gonna get any easier when I get to the final boss. Also, the music was freaking amazing!

 

[D96]

With Xbox's Black Friday sales up, I looked around and decided to pick up a few games. One that I grabbed was Oddworld: New N' Tasty (which, if you're unaware, is a remaster of a PS1 game). I wanted to revisit an old game I liked to play way back when on the PS1, and so far I've been impressed. The graphical update is neat and the quirky and tricky gameplay is back the same as ever. Gotta say though, I remember that game being hard as a kid and maybe it's just that I suck but it still seems tough to me. I haven't played a ton of it yet but I've just made it outside Rupture Farms and the outdoor scenery is fantastic. Definitely looking forward to progressing further in this game.

 

[PixelGrip94]

I recently got every trophy for KHRe:COM except for the normal difficulty trophy. Just need to play each story one more time on normal difficulty and I'll have the Platinum. Then I'll try Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 on Lv 1 Critical