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who wants to play some mtg arena?

I hope they do something new with Hitman next season. The Patient Zero bonus campaign at least had some interesting twists, but everything else is starting to blend together, same elements just arranged differently.

Endless Space 2 exists in this frustrating zone between "braindead cakewalk" and "incredibly frustrating", not because of the clever AI at all but because the AI gets such ridiculous cheats to make up for being absolutely useless. You're pretty much railroaded to play a militarist every time because the AI never knows how to wage war.

Actually that's any 4x in general these days. At least Stellaris lets you roleplay your fantasies out

Currently just waiting for ck2 to update because every fresh expansion Paradox releases has it's share of game-breaking bugs until at least the first patch.

Waiting for mfuckn smash

Munchlax wrote:Waiting for mfuckn smash

same

I went a bit insane and bought a bunch of Smash-branded gamecube controllers and the adaptor in anticipation

also HOI4 is rather boring

Frozen Synapse 2 also feels incredibly unfinished and held together with duct tape. I guess I'll revisit in the new year and see if it has improved.

Ikarrus wrote:I went a bit insane and bought a bunch of Smash-branded gamecube controllers and the adaptor in anticipation

I own two official adapters, 5 Sm4sh controllers and 6 original controllers (1 black 1 purple 4 silver)
I literally don't remember why I have so many, I think I just didn't realize I still had the originals and found them after buying new controllers

Just finished Neir: Automata

This game is incredibly japanese, strange, depressing and difficult to describe. But it's also pretty cool, and one of the more novel games I've ever played.

The secret lore was a bit hard to follow when I've never played the other Neir games but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

it's "nier"
also I swear I'm picking up cata again despite my crippling fear of failure

cant be worse at it than me

Could always get some mods to tweak the difficulty to your liking

I just bought skyrim for the first time, because it was on sale on the switch.

Todd don't let me down

Shadowflame909 wrote:I just bought skyrim for the first time, because it was on sale on the switch.

Todd don't let me down

why not on pc for the mods?

also unironically wondering if i should try the new csgo battle royale mode, especially since its gone f2p

Smash bros in just over an hour

Ikarrus wrote:Smash bros in just over an hour

gonna be playing it this saturday with the boys ?

PERSONA 5 MAN CONFIRMED FOR SMASH

Deitus wrote:

Shadowflame909 wrote:I just bought skyrim for the first time, because it was on sale on the switch.

Todd don't let me down

why not on pc for the mods?

also unironically wondering if i should try the new csgo battle royale mode, especially since its gone f2p

It was on sale and my PC doesn't run it very well.

I can't find anything decent to play anymore so I'm taking a trip to the past and started playing the geneforge series. It's actually pretty good for how dated it is and if you can stand dos era graphics, some clunk, and no music it's actually pretty rad so far. Haven't really got far into it yet but I'm having fun.

Running Witcher 3.
Shifting between amazement at how much better it is than shitrim and disappointment due to lack of lizards, stealth, and sex mods.

DemonFiren wrote:Running Witcher 3.
Shifting between amazement at how much better it is than shitrim and disappointment due to lack of lizards, stealth, and sex mods.

downloaded this a while back since i kept hearing about it, launched it for 30 seconds, got dropped into a tutorial with a bunch of NPCs I didnt know who were talking to me like i knew them, quit out of the tutorial and never touched it again
would still like to play it but cant find a reason to, sell me on it

PKPenguin321 wrote:

DemonFiren wrote:Running Witcher 3.
Shifting between amazement at how much better it is than shitrim and disappointment due to lack of lizards, stealth, and sex mods.

downloaded this a while back since i kept hearing about it, launched it for 30 seconds, got dropped into a tutorial with a bunch of NPCs I didnt know who were talking to me like i knew them, quit out of the tutorial and never touched it again
would still like to play it but cant find a reason to, sell me on it

The NPCs know you because of two previous games. Also because the whole thing is based on a series of novels.

Once you get past that shit and into the world you'll see scenery porn, get good music, combat is (obviously) more dynamic than anything Beth could come up with unless you're a filthy caster spamming quen and axii, even the fucking minigames (gwent and brawling) are decent. Also, if you explore the world you might bump into hopelessly overleveled opponents that you can still beat if you play it reasonably smart.
Which ties directly into my favourite thing about combat: dodging and countering (and deflecting arrows, of course). It helps make the game feel less like TES' "walk up to an asshole, click on him 20 times, he drops, walk up to next asshole".

Story-wise it's 90%. It's in that weird place where the world is really fucking grim, but then you walk into a cave full of farting trolls who sound like they've been voiced by youtubers. Still, it manages to make you feel like your decisions actually matter, and it makes you decide a lot. Feels like half the contracts have an alternate resolution, and probably more of the sidequests.
Money is also scarce if you're maintaining and replacing your equipment (I went from 15k to broke making new sets of witcher gear and upgrading the old) so you have a reason to pick the higher-reward, but prick-ish options.

Playing the occasional touhou game
I used to be really good at these. Now I'm not

>pick up duskers again
>realise there's no goal to work towards
>realise RNG is the source of half the "difficulty" in the game
>realise clunky controls are the source of another 25%
>realise I can't fix any of it with mods because NO MODS
>drop duskers again

DemonFiren wrote:>pick up duskers again
>realise there's no goal to work towards
>realise RNG is the source of half the "difficulty" in the game
>realise clunky controls are the source of another 25%
>realise I can't fix any of it with mods because NO MODS
>drop duskers again

It’s a good 2-3 hour gimmick game exclusively because of its atmosphere then it drops off when you realize that your “goal” of working towards what happened to the universe isn’t really a goal because all the logs you find on the derelicts don’t actually form a story



The controls adding to the difficulty of the game is kind of the point tho

Crusader Kings with Holy Fury

It's so considerably better now I can't stop playing

Started as a Count in Byzantium, finding out I can restore the Roman empire, then restoring Hellenism and building it up from scratch starting as a secretive cult, destroying Christianity and reforming Hellenism with the Emperor as its head, forming new orders and societies and generally become an unstoppable war machine

it's really fucking cool

used to play ck2 with friends but one of their computers got fucked up and we can't go without him so now I just be sad instead

Ok here's the thing with me and Europa universalis and ck2, maybe you guys can show me how I'm wrong; from what I played, it seems like the game really just wants you to follow history. Like, it seems like there is one good path to take by reenacting the crusades or the discovery of the America's or some other shit while the other choices seem lesser or outright detrimental in comparison, and it just seems kind of railroaded instead of more like "you own this country and can do whatever you want to make it a world power" that I was thinking it would be. How true is this?

There are some advantages to taking things historically, but there is nothing stopping you from deciding that crusades aren't worth your time, the new world is unnecessary and France should really colonize Siberia instead
That is, unless you care about doing things the best way, because historically accurate stuff just works out better, numbers wise, in these games. You'll find it cheaper and often easier to do, with a lot more support in the game mechanics for actual history and a few specific alternate history paths(Such as Byzantium's comeback, holy roman empire reforming, and staying within certain borders)

They also have the AI try to be somewhat historical, and in EU some nations get a bonus to encourage them to become more like they were historically(Only AI though, no player bonus)

So yeah, you can do anything you want. But you'll get rewarded if you stick to the script

half the time france gets fragmented and bordergore ruins everything and suddenly france is ruled by cathars and the byzantine empire is 30 seperate states, I prefer historical accuracy to a complete mess.

playing empyrion
of course the first thing I'm trying is to remake some ss13 map or other

got deep rock galactic it;s great

ROCK AND STONE

I think I'm suffering from vidya midlife crisis. Like despite having quite a lot of time to play, I can't engage with a long story or open ended games anymore.

I've bought all the dlcs for Stellaris, I've played few hours, it was fun, I did enjoy it. But, then, I stopped playing, and I can't bring myself to load the game up and continue.
So I've bought most of the new dlc's for CK2. Because I did play CK2 a lot back in the day, I've finished it at least four times, and have good memories of it (like when my main character died and I woke up being the king of Norway). So I've played few hours, learned the new mechanics, it was fun. And then...I just....that's all.

I've bought Final Fantasy 12, because I never played it. Clocked 6 hours, it was great. But that's that, I don't feel like going back. I've bought Yakuza 0, what a god damn fine game it is, but after 8 hours, pooof.

I don't remember what was the last single player game I've finished. I think it was Hitman 6. Perhaps of its disjointed mission based nature? I'm definitely gonna get Hitman 7, when it's on sale.
But all games I play now are multiplayer. SS13, MTG Arena, Warthunder (that's more of a self flagellation at this point), and Rocket League. And that's it.

Help.

Lumbermancer wrote:I think I'm suffering from vidya midlife crisis. Like despite having quite a lot of time to play, I can't engage with a long story or open ended games anymore.

I've bought all the dlcs for Stellaris, I've played few hours, it was fun, I did enjoy it. But, then, I stopped playing, and I can't bring myself to load the game up and continue.
So I've bought most of the new dlc's for CK2. Because I did play CK2 a lot back in the day, I've finished it at least four times, and have good memories of it (like when my main character died and I woke up being the king of Norway). So I've played few hours, learned the new mechanics, it was fun. And then...I just....that's all.

I've bought Final Fantasy 12, because I never played it. Clocked 6 hours, it was great. But that's that, I don't feel like going back. I've bought Yakuza 0, what a god damn fine game it is, but after 8 hours, pooof.

I don't remember what was the last single player game I've finished. I think it was Hitman 6. Perhaps of its disjointed mission based nature? I'm definitely gonna get Hitman 7, when it's on sale.
But all games I play now are multiplayer. SS13, MTG Arena, Warthunder (that's more of a self flagellation at this point), and Rocket League. And that's it.

Help.

I went through that, just wait it out
eventually you'll just play it when you want

tempted to prematurely quit empyrion because it's always the one block you need that isn't in the game

Lumbermancer wrote:I think I'm suffering from vidya midlife crisis. Like despite having quite a lot of time to play, I can't engage with a long story or open ended games anymore.

I've bought all the dlcs for Stellaris, I've played few hours, it was fun, I did enjoy it. But, then, I stopped playing, and I can't bring myself to load the game up and continue.
So I've bought most of the new dlc's for CK2. Because I did play CK2 a lot back in the day, I've finished it at least four times, and have good memories of it (like when my main character died and I woke up being the king of Norway). So I've played few hours, learned the new mechanics, it was fun. And then...I just....that's all.

I've bought Final Fantasy 12, because I never played it. Clocked 6 hours, it was great. But that's that, I don't feel like going back. I've bought Yakuza 0, what a god damn fine game it is, but after 8 hours, pooof.

I don't remember what was the last single player game I've finished. I think it was Hitman 6. Perhaps of its disjointed mission based nature? I'm definitely gonna get Hitman 7, when it's on sale.
But all games I play now are multiplayer. SS13, MTG Arena, Warthunder (that's more of a self flagellation at this point), and Rocket League. And that's it.

Help.

Either get some old stuff you may not have played yet, like the entire final fantasy series(the MMO 14 is practically single player until about halfway through), secret of mana, chrono trigger, old Hitman games, other Yakuza games, and so on. There's almost 30+ years of games out there by now, there has to be something in there that you want to play that you haven't already gone through
Or get some of the extra hard games that are fun to play but will force you to put in a shitload of time to get better at them so you can get to the ending

Ck2’s best with friends, i always played with this guy who knew I was a retard but he knew so much about all the different kingdoms both in game terms and in historical terms and just went on and on, fuck I miss him

So I'm now the Augusta and Pontifex Maxima (I have several matrilineal bloodlines) of the restored Roman Empire, control 90% of Europe and Africa, 300k levy, +100gpm income, and It's starting to feel like lategame Stellaris, where nothing can really challenge me any more despite 200 more years are left in the game. I can literally wage war against the rest of the world and still win.

I thought it would be harder to keep such an expansive empire together in ck2, but you snowball all the same. It's disappointing

The hard part is mostly the AI mismanaging their parts of your kingdom, and you can't just own everything yourself
Vassals are tards, but you're essentially forced to use them

And then eventually your ruler dies and the next heir is a lunatic moron, then the vassals all try to fight you

Unless everyone is a viceroy, in which their little mini-empires get reset every time one of them dies

All my vassals love me, I get +10 opinion from bloodlines, +10 for being the roman emperor, +15 for being the religious head, and +20 sex appeal from artifacts, no matter what traits my character gets

Nobody fights me, factions never get larger than 20% of my strength. Every proconsul and commander (And thus almost every imperial elector) in my realm is of my dynasty. Even if my heir of choice did not succeed me, I'm always playing as the roman emperor.

My realm is stable af despite being 3000+ size and 60 direct vassals and has been for the last 100 years. Christianity is destroyed and I just took the remainder of Islam's holy sites. Maybe I'll see if I can't overthrow the Chinese Emperor before the game ends.

IkeTG wrote:got deep rock galactic it;s great

ROCK AND STONE

For Karl!

New for honor hero comes out in 11 days hyyyyype

I thought that game died a long time ago

I'm a little late to the party with Hearts of Iron 4.
But deposing the Nazis by '37 and turning Germany into a democratic member of the Allies in an effort to "Keep ze peace" in Europe has been fun.
Admittedly it took the Road to 56 mod to flesh it out.

Well, I finally found the difficulty option for ck2 squirrelled away in the options menu

XSI wrote:I thought that game died a long time ago

they brought it back, its not incredibly popular but it has a few thousand people playing at any one time and you can still find matches so

Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and Skyrim

I also tried to make Wubli proud by bringing Argentina to glory. But they're hard to play.

8 days till the new for honor hero releases btw

Even China falls at my feet. I overthrew the Chinese Emperor and installed my own son.



My territory extends all the way to India; I rule over most of the southern half of the map.

The 700s start is pretty lame. I think I'll try out the 800s start and see if the HRE actually forms.

been playing DFO since they did another jumping event and also 95 cap is in a month, im hoping i can get one heblon and one beast piece and maybe partially towards my second for each beforehand so i wont have to grind for too long before starting tayberr's. for the jumps i decided to do a bender and godfather since bender is generally considered the best support aside from the saders (not to mention he was one of my favorite classes in old dfo) and godfather is one of the best synergies available even in the eastern versions, though that makes me worry that they'll be facing some heavy nerfs soon. ill be giving the epics to the bender since im told that luke upgrades are SLIGHTLY better than harlem epics but getting that as well as other things will be on the backburner while i save gold to fund my sader, since he still needs a UmA (which ive been saving LT keys for for when they come back, so hopefully i wont have to drop a huge sum to buy one), one more DI plat, a decent stat/DI pet (though the petit saint will work for now) and a +3 DI/apoc title (which i actually hope doesnt come TOO soon since i still have some christmas titles im hoping to sell in the nearish-to-medium future when the value rises, though thats an inherent gamble), and thats not even mentioning getting amps, which i really REALLY hope i wont have to do to get into tayberr's once i finish (or maybe before?) the heblon and trine sets and would far prefer to do when i actually get tayberr's pieces since those are likely to last a longass time. still need to look into exactly how fiend war/harlem epics/hell grind all meshes together but hopefully i wont have to fuck with it too much.

also thinking of getting back into warframe since i havent played fortuna yet and also didnt realize my favorite frame mesa got primed (on my birthday no less), though that kinda sucks in a way since 1) the pieces are fucking expensive and 2) when i left off i was like 99% complete through forma-ing base mesa and the peacemakers, but grindframe will be grindframe

also also still sucking at cdda. god i hate feral predators.

TheWiznard wrote:

IkeTG wrote:got deep rock galactic it;s great

ROCK AND STONE

For Karl!

LEAVE NO DWARF BEHIND

3 days till new for honor hero releases plus 3 reworks for other heroes let’s goooo