Hey everyone. Hope you all had a good week and relaxing weekend. I actually didn’t game much this weekend as I was preparing to move apartments and also went on a weekend trip with friends, but I did squeeze in some Xcom 2 today. Hope everyone has a productive week.
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My kids talked me in to playing minecrap. I’m 46 and I’ve never played it once before this weekend. Im mining, then I’m crafting.
Also playing the usual, GTA:SA multiplayer. I’ve been playing it since it released in 2006 or 2007 i think. And i suck at it still.
Im not a g#mer, let alone a G*mer. Ever see people who cannot pass training levels/skill building levels? Where every single jump is a trial by fire for the person holding the controller?
That’s me. I grew up w a single button and an 8way joystick. Then i got a Nintendo, which has two buttons. Thats 100% more buttons. I never got past this level of skill. I bought both Zelda TOTK and BOTW because of how cool they looked and how much fun i might have. And Im so bad at those games. I can’t remember moves to save my life. Im all thumbs, or all left feet or something. So i just fuck around in SAMP.
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And Im so bad at those games. I can’t remember moves to save my life. Im all thumbs, or all left feet or something. So i just fuck around in SAMP.
This is what I do when I play a fighting game.
I just don’t have the skill to pull off those timings. Makes immensely frustrated
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Blue prince continues to consume me, I am working on what I think is the final big puzzles which require quite a bit of learning the lore of the world to solve which I’m really enjoying.
Just installed STALKER Gamma the other day, doing a one life play through as my first
You’re hardcore
Thx 😁 I really got into Stalker when Stalker 2 came out (I saved gift card money to be able to afford it) and my love for the setting keeps on growing. Whats your history with the game?
GAMMA was my first Stalker game. I’ve spent probably a hundred hours in it and would still only consider myself a beginner. Stalker 2 was such a let down coming out of GAMMA, I un-installed 2 after maybe 10 hours and immediately reinstalled GAMMA.
Thats fair, at release 2 was pretty rough but its gotten significantly better, and will continue to do so. What specifically didnt you like about it?
I think the gunsmithing, crafting, base building, scarcity, and survival elements are what sets GAMMA apart. The Zone feels a lot more alive and punishing.
I love the setting and atmosphere too, I just think GAMMA does it so much better.
Thats fair I feel like progressing in Gamma will be way way harder than in Stalker 2. Also, have you read Roadside picnic the old Soviet boom Stalker was based on?
I have not, guessing it’s pretty good given it kinda spawned a genre.
I’ve seen both A Visitor to a Museum and Dead Man’s Letters but not Stalker itself. I’d guess both those movies were pretty heavily inspired by it.
Finished main storyline missions on No Man’s Sky. I was heading back from second galaxy to my main base, flew to a space station and while I was doing stuff, a squiddy boy landed, I did a quick search on the rarity and bought it off the pilot. Turns out, it’s the most rare regular exotic in game and some people have been playing for thousands of hours and haven’t seen one. I clocked 40 hours at the point that I saw it. Lucky as fuck. It’s ugly and I probably will only use it to show off on the Anomaly but it’s really cool that I snagged one.
I won the crab game.
I’m almost through Chrono Trigger for the first time in 25ish years.
Oblivion is as good as it was when I was in high school.
unsure if good or bad thing.
i just got off work and made dinner but then I played a game of Super Mega Baseball 3 and listened to “Type 56: The Story of China’s Army” youtube channel
Finished up the main campaign for Battletech (2018) and now I’m kinda bouncing between things trying find the next thing to stick with.
Andor hype had me playing Partisans 1941 a bit. Set up a PS3 emulator and played a little MGS4. Just plinking away at games until something grabs me lol.
Would you recommend Battletech? I’ve heard a lot of people hype up Roguetech, but not much about the base game itself.
It delivers on the whole “running a mercenary outfit” fantasy imo. The tactical combat is pretty similar to the tabletop game, and there’s a light management layer. The pilots have little to no interaction (just random single choice events), but there’s a support cast that have a little more flavor.
I had to restart once since it felt like some of the pilot builds were a lot more useful than others - it took quite a few mistakes to figure out what worked well. The mechs are simple enough to respec, so it invites experimentation - pilots can’t respec and are kinda annoying to replace (maybe I was running too lean of a crew idk)
Overall, if that sounds appealing, it’s probably worth it on discount or
Terra Invicta
By the same people who did the Long War XCOM overhaul mod. Anybody into 4x sci-fi solar system simulation/management should check it out. Still in EA but has come a long way from release.
How is it wrt tedium compared to Long War, which imo often felt long for the sake of length itself?
It is incredibly tedious, micromanagey, many confusing and/or obscure mechanics. I wouldn’t say its long for the sake of being long, but in the later game the micromanagement required gets a little ridiculous in my experience.
Still scratches a hard sci-fi itch that I haven’t found from a game in a long time.
Lol you’ve confirmed all my worst fears, I’ll steer clear and maybe watch a let’s play at some point. Thanks!
If you’re looking for someone who plays extremely well/efficient and edits their content so its easier to watch than just watching someone play a spreadsheet simulator, I’d go with PerunGamingAU. I think he’s considered one of the technically best Youtubers that make content by the community and he cuts out the long boring parts.
Nice, thanks for the rec, might check it out when I get home
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Blue Prince is pretty good ngl
Playing Pokemon Silver because it dawned on me that I never ran Sudowoodo for more than one gym, despite it being a major player for a large chunk of your quest. Also tired af after a long work week and plenty of exercise.
Currently seeing if I can make Ledyba work, but even Sunkern has been more reliable on story modes. Why is Ledian’s evolution so far away? It’s not like it evolves into a good Poke? Great visual design, so I soldier on.
