Discussion questions:
What video games have you played recently?
What are your favorite video game genres?
Question of the week:
What game have you completed recently and what are your thoughts on it?
(Same as last time.)
Been into Civ 6 lately. Sometimes I kind of have to go like “ok, this is a strategy game and that’s what I’m treating it as” because the way they portray civilization can be a bit… I think maybe colonial-centric is the phrasing I’m looking for. I feel it’s very in need of a win condition that comes from deep alliances and not just faux forced diplomacy “only one person can be the winner” kind of thing. But if I treat it as a competitive strategy game with a civilization-based outfit on and don’t take the cultural influences too seriously, it’s fun enough and has a lot of depth to it for improving at the strategic elements over time. So I can really sink a lot of hours into it, if I let myself.
it’s fun enough and has a lot of depth to it for improving at the strategic elements over time. So I can really sink a lot of hours into it, if I let myself.
I guess that’s what counts in the end!
i’ve only been playing factorio lately. this is my current seablock map. trying to get the train based city blocks going. i’ve got basic resources going and about to start science blocks.
Helldivers II, Deep Rock Galactic, Dead Space remake, Mount & Blade: Bannerlord 2, Chivalry 2.
I like FPS, RTS, and the like. Not exclusively shooters, but swords and sorcery.
I haven’t completed the remaster, but I’ve played Dead Space before. I didn’t find the original scary (I played it after being spoiled by better graphics), but the remaster is definitely making me appreciate the original’s horror.
I have been summoned I see.
Playing Currently:
Stellaris (I just bought the Astral Planes DLC on sale)
FFVII Rebirth
EDIT: Desynced - I forgot I was playing this one, hah. Scifi factory builder with modular buildings and programmable unit behaviours.
Favourite Genres:
Factory Games
City/Colony Builders
RPGs (MMOs or JRPGs mostly)
Completed Recently:
I just finished my latest Rimworld run, where I did a Neolithic/Tribal to Spacer tech run. Rimworld is my favourite game ever made, I do runs through it very regularly, but wanted to finish up my current game before the latest DLC hits in a month or so.
I have at least a thousand hours in Rimworld and I can’t imagine that pace slowing down a whole lot. The funny thing is I actually hated it the first couple times I tried to get into it, before something just clicked.
Ooooo, I love MMORPGs.
I still love 'em, even now (despite everyone hating 'em).
Same, I enjoy the genre a lot still despite the fact that most MMO players seem to spend more time hating them than playing them.
I am a bit tired of the genre being totally dominated by fantasy though. I miss Wildstar and Secret World.
Holy cow, Makan returned?!
On topic, I actually have something to say this time. I’ve recently finished Mafia (remastered one) and Mafia 2 (original). And good golly gracious are they something else! I’ve not felt this invested in a story in a long time. Feels like I’ve watched a high quality movie or TV series. The endings don’t pull punches and while you come into the game expecting heartbreak, it still slaps you in the face. Excellent stuff, even without communist themes or anything remotely close
I made an apology thread too.
But yeah. I’m back.
Welcome back!
Good to see you again!
@Makan Recently played through the Mass Effect series for the first time and I feel very conflicted about it. I rate 7/10 overall and 3>1>2 for the series.
Currently playing a mix of dwarf fortress and helldiver’s, waiting for Millennia in 2 weeks
Helldivers 1? First one?
I meant 2, that being said I do think 1 is the better game right now
I’ve been playing quasimorph, mtg arena, and dragons dogma dark arisen (late to the party there).
My favorite Ludo-hauntology is if Dragon Age had more than one good game in the series, origins alone is my favorite series. I also have discovered the Like A Dragon series and appreciate the compassionate way it portrays working class, un-housed peoples, and everyone else on the periphery of society.
The last game I finished I was BG3, it was awesome how reactive it is.
Hauntology?
What’s that?
I know what “ludo” means (video games or games in general). Not sure what hauntology is but I’ve heard the term. I’ll look it up but I also want to know what it is in your own words, comrade.
It’s from Derrida. It’s basically a past vision of the future that never came to pass which we now can look backwards at with familiarity for yet it continues to haunt the culture.
Nice!
Also, nice username. ;)
@Makan I have finished Disco Elysium recently and I regret not playing it earlier.
Hands down one of the best games I’ve played ever. Really want to do another run through it, there’s just so much to explore in it. I really love the world building in it, just sucks you in completely.
What’s sad is not that no game has writing as good as Disco Elysium. It’s that no game even tries. Especially AAA games for whatever reason have had nosediving writing quality for a while.
Yeah, the writing in it is just outstanding. It really shows how games can be a real meaningful art form.
@WallCactus@[email protected]
Tagging those that were here before. Cheers!
Thanks for the tag!
No problem!
Also, aren’t you on JFC?
What’s JFC?
Jedi Council Forums
Never heard of it, but I’ll have to check it out and pull a Jaina to get my account name back /humor
It’s great! Join and I give you a DM on what my account there is. We have a few MLs there too.
love you babe!
Yay!
Tagging more that were here last time:
Done!
@Makan I’m playing pathfinder wrath of the righteous, As soon as my busy week is over I’m going to start playing again.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is one of the best games I’ve ever played.
I also enjoyed Pathfinder: Kingmaker but not as much as its sequel.
I should play Owlcat Games’ newest Warhammer 40K video game as well!
League of Legends. I don’t play it for fun, I play it for ego boosting and a sense of accomplishment in reaching higher ranks. It’s such a toxic piece of crap but I’m stuck with it because I’m addicted to the drug of the victory screen. Nothing beats the catharsis of writing an essay to your teammate when you get angry at them.
Ugh, I hate toxicity (no offense or anything).
And yeah, if it helps you with, I guess, feeling good, go for it!
I was considering making a thread about it, but I made a minecraft 1.7.10 modpack awhile ago and wanted to post it here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AqIwFSfZlFJbkTiNsCJvLyTWzOYh
It’s a hardcore pack that takes a lot of the mechanics of the base game and completely redoes them. Here are a few of the changes
- Sprinting speed is now the default. Sprinting now doubles your speed (where before it only increased by 15%)
- Better movement. Use LeftALT to grab ledges, crawl on the ground. Hold shift to charge a super jump
- Damage Invulnerability is completely disabled, both you and the enemies can attack you as fast as they want (careful of lava!!)
- More enjoyable early game. Wood tools were replaced with stone tools, and stone tools were replaced with flint tools
- Lowered mob spawn rate by A LOT but increased the mob cap by a lot as well. Non-zombies spawn 4x slower than base rate
- Optionally disable hunger mechanics, reverting to Alpha where food gives you hearts directly. This is on a per-player basis.
- Zombies are faster (to match your increased speed), spiders have 75% damage reduction and more health (bring bane of arthropods!)
- Enchanting is removed completely. Now you can craft enchanted books, and some crafting recipes will apply enchantments automatically
- Science theming on mods with a touch of magic. Build a realistic electrical grid to power chemical fusion then go to space
- Meticulously balanced economy. Zombies drop money which can be used to buy materials through Universal Value (EMC)
- Anti-kitchen sink design. Every mod inclusion had a lot of thought put into how it would affect the experience.
- Anti-grind design. Yes you CAN grind if you want, but if you hate doing things over and over again, there’s always a better way.
- Long-term gameplay in mind. Designed to be played for years, unlike other packs that quickly get stale after you beat them.
- New additions periodically added. For example, a recent change brings the 3x3 crafting table into your inventory
You can make Minecraft modpacks?
Never played Minecraft… perhaps I should.
I don’t condone piracy, so you can legally obtain a copy of 1.7.10 online
Gotcha, gotcha.
I’ll warn you though, the base game fucking sucks. It might be worth doing a playthrough just to learn the vanilla mechanics, or you can just say fuck all that and jump right into the superior experience and deal with the learning curve that comes with it.
Sounds good.
I’ve never ever ever played Minecraft and even actively avoided it because I didn’t want to get too addicted as a result.
I have been playing a lot, as usual, FFXIV. We are finally consistently seeing Ultima so maybe we’ll clear UWU soon?
It’s funny because even though I have 5200h of FFXIV, I’m not sure I’d call mmos my favorite genre. Most of them annoy me a lot after a week or so.
Oh, I loved Final Fantasy XIV when I played it but it was too expensive for me at the time when I did.
I hear the story-line is great.
Finished replaying God of War 1, planning to replay the 2nd soon
God of War Ragnarök?
nah, the “OG” god of war 2