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Post #499 (isolation #5) » Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:28 am
Postby zoraster »
In post 498, GreyICE wrote:Nope. Not worth my time anymore. I've done the beta dance, watched good feedback be ignored, or mixed with bad. I no longer believe devs use Beta for gameplay feedback. Look at Wildstar. It's launching in what, a few months, they'll overhaul the gameplay or something?
No, it's just a technical test. I'm not spending my time dealing with hardware issues.
Note: Xenonauts has been in beta nearly a year, has incorporated multiple gameplay fix suggestions, and is an amazing game. All rules have an exception, but an AAA title ain't gonna be it.
I'm with GI. Admittedly, paid betas are particularly obnoxious, but even free betas aren't worth my time.
Also, Sid Meier Humble bundle is a pretty good deal if you don't already have Civ 5 (or, as in my case, you have Civ 5 but none of the DLC). $15 for stuff with Brave New World, $10 for all but Brave New World (including Pirates, which I thought was a fun game). Anything at all for Civ 3 and 4.
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Post #552 (isolation #7) » Thu Feb 20, 2014 6:58 am
Postby zoraster »
i liked dragon age origins a lot, but i will say that it did not exactly go against fantasy tropes (the dwarves are ax swingers who live in mountains, the elves are arches who live in the forest, etc). But it feels epic, there's intrigue, and you're constantly propelled down a story-path without feeling like you're just treading water.
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Post #555 (isolation #8) » Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:13 am
Postby zoraster »
In post 553, Natirasha wrote:Yeah, DAO isn't really unique--it follows the 'Bioware flowchart' pretty much exactly and is mostly generic fantasyland, but its also really really well-written and an enjoyable tromp. The combat is kinda boring unless you like the old isometric style stuff(I don't), but you can turn it in easy and just breeze through. Its also the last good game Bioware made before EA really took them over.
I thought ME2 was good. I wish I could play ME3 without getting motion sick.
I feel like some of the hours on this are pretty off. Like I spent way more than 33m on Football Manager 2011.
In post 716, Rhinox wrote:Anyone here play Clash of Clans? I just started playing it a few days ago. Just was wondering if anyone else was playing and wanted to join a mafiascum clan or anything (or even if we already had one). If anyone doesn't know about it, its actually a fun little "free" strategy game for iOS and Android. Gameplay is pretty basic and simple. Its kinda similar to a game like Travian (if you know of that one) in the way you spend resources and time on building and upgrading, but the gameplay is much different. You design the layout of your own village to best defend from attacks, and when you attack you place troops where you like to exploit the enemy's defenses (or lack of). Theres IMO a lot of strategy in how you set up your base and deploy troops to attack.
Its pretty fun so far. Its been out for a while. The TV commercial I've been seeing a lot lately is pretty cool:
(I think thats the right one I'll check when I get home)
God I wasted so much time on Travian. I started playing that game my 1L year of law school and showed it to a few friends. If you stood in the back of the classroom, you could see a half dozen people with timers counting down. In the end, I realized it was just so soul sucking, though not before wasting a year (and "winning" the game).
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Post #750 (isolation #12) » Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:17 am
Postby zoraster »
i have a confession to make: I have never played either of the Baldur's Gate games. I'm kind of in the mood for something really statsy, so I'm looking at the enhanced versions on steam.
1. Interface is incredibly important to me. I have fond memories of games I used to play that I've tried playing now and the interfaces keep me from enjoying it. Will I be annoyed at the presumably still pretty old game despite "enhancements"?
2. Do I need to play 1 to Play 2?
3. Worth my time and money?
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Post #755 (isolation #14) » Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:04 am
Postby zoraster »
i mean, i played Sim City 2000 a bunch back in the day, but when I tried it from GoG, I couldn't stand the interface. Just because I was okay about it back then doesn't mean I'm okay with it now.
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Post #756 (isolation #15) » Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:05 am
Postby zoraster »
also, i wish I could set steam to never show me (a) Early Access games or (b) blocky 8-bit games. I will never buy either. Except by accident. Because I apparently already own Monaco.
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Post #776 (isolation #17) » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:38 am
Postby zoraster »
so I spilled scotch on my ancient G15 keyboard (got it in 2006 anyway). My keys mostly work except for the keypad, but I use the keypad pretty extensively and some of the keys have become harder to press in recent years, so I'm thinking about getting a mechanical keyboard. While I game a fair amount, I want to make sure it's still comfortable to type. Anyone have experience with these? I was thinking of one of the Cherry Browns like the Logitech G710 as I think having a tactical sensation would be nice but without the sound as that might drive my wife nuts).
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Post #785 (isolation #18) » Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:17 pm
Postby zoraster »
so i ended up getting a Logitech G710+. I haven't really used it for gaming yet, but I LOVE typing on it. It'll take some getting used to before I really enjoy its full potential (I'm still mashing buttons down more than I need to), but it's so... satisfying.
I just wish there was something good between the $80 tenkeyless versions and the $120 with keypad. I feel weird paying 40 bucks for a keypad, but there we go.
Although the gender-switching men could partially talk the talk, they completely failed to walk the walk. The researchers found that all the men in their study moved around in a very different way than the women. The men moved backward more often, stayed farther away from groups, and jumped about twice as much as the women did. When it came to moving around, the men behaved similarly whether they gender-switched or not. So if you’re trying to figure out if that female Night Elf is really a man, focus on how they move around. As study author Mia Consalvo, a professor at Concordia University, says, “movement is less conscious than chat, so it can be an easier ‘tell’ for offline gender.”
In post 937, zoraster wrote:Got Enemy Within for $10. Considering Skyrim at the same price. I dont' think I'll like it, but for ten bucks, maybe worth a shot?\
Skyrim is a game that will almost most definitely get its own flash sale or daily sale, it did during the Winter Sale. Wait a couple days, it will drop to like 5 or 7 bucks. Also, I would get the legendary edition, since it has all of the dlcs.
This is the principle of steam sales. Wait for daily sales and flash sales for your games , if they haven't gone on sale by the end of the sale, then buy them on the second last day.
I don't really know why i'd bother with the legendary edition unless it makes the base game significantly more fun rather than offering EVEN MORE content, as if I'll play through the whole base game.
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Post #1108 (isolation #30) » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:30 pm
Postby zoraster »
been playing some multiplayer games with matchmaking (CSGO). It's been fun, and I'll often get some cool teammates, but there's definitely enough racist, homophobic stuff to make things occasionally suck. I never know what to do in those situations. Nobody wants to hear a shrill lecture or anything, but I hate to just leave it out there like I think that's just okay.
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Post #1146 (isolation #32) » Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:52 am
Postby zoraster »
yeah it's a little tough with the keyboard but it's okay. the bigger issue is the one with lots of those old games... the resolution is tiny, and if you alt-tab for any reason i can't get my DOSBox to reexpand. That's okay though. Working on the stupid cloaking torpedo exercise that I remember failing about 20 times when I first played the game.
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Post #1398 (isolation #35) » Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:36 am
Postby zoraster »
don't most gamers have quad cores (or more if you use AMD)? My machine is 3 years old and it wasn't even an option to get a dual core when I was looking, and my machine wasn't top of the line or anything.
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Post #1412 (isolation #37) » Fri Nov 21, 2014 1:51 pm
Postby zoraster »
things are made obsolete when software is put out that can't use it. also, who uses an HP ProDesk for gaming? doesn't even have a graphics card. i'm not saying that all computers use quad cores. just that anyone who games is getting one.
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Post #1595 (isolation #39) » Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:50 am
Postby zoraster »
The issue is how to get people to believe that their choices matter. Obviously there are the big choices that are scripted in a couple of branching ways (Do you save Ashley or not-as-hot-guy-who-no-one-knows-the-name-of-but-probably-isn't-a-racist?), but Bioware games have a ton of stuff that doesn't have anything to do with that so it's nice to have some of the choices matter in some game-specific way. The problem of course is that it's limiting, particularly the ME ones (I don't feel like being an asshole this time, but dammit I need Renegade points!)
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Post #1934 (isolation #45) » Mon Jun 29, 2015 2:29 pm
Postby zoraster »
So I've been playing through KOTOR on my ipad. While the controls are slightly worse on the Ipad than the PC, it's still really easy to use. And it's such an awesome game to pick up and just play for a few minutes advancing the story. Already about 14 hours in.
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Post #2016 (isolation #46) » Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:08 am
Postby zoraster »
Anyone have any offline ipad game suggestions? Leaving tomorrow on a trip to europe for about 17 days and only taking my ipad and kindle, so figure a few games wouldn't be bad. Currently I have:
KOTOR (already done one run through)
XCOM Enemy Unknown
Bloons TD5
Kingdom Rush
Geometry Wars 3
Loot & Legends (though not positive I can run this without wifi)
Commute
Monument
Table Tennis
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Post #2165 (isolation #52) » Thu Nov 05, 2015 1:23 pm
Postby zoraster »
And really, it seems most awesome to be in charge and making meta calls about strategy and what not, but to do that would probably take an immense amount of time and dedication, rivaling a real time job... which I'm sure would be full of backstabbing, gossip, etc.
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Post #2184 (isolation #53) » Sat Nov 14, 2015 5:13 am
Postby zoraster »
If talking generally, Sonic is a good choice. On this board in particular, it almost has to be a Touhou character. I can't distinguish them, but Vi has told me many, many times that they "aren't anime."
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Post #2227 (isolation #56) » Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:26 pm
Postby zoraster »
I guess it's accurate of the games listed, but it's not that accurate with all games considered:
Spoiler: Games
Rank Game
1 Star Wars: KOTOR
2 Mass Effect
3 Portal
4 Uncharted 2
5 Team Fortress 2
6 Mass Effect 2
7 Civilization V
8 Dragon Age: Origins
9 The Last of Us
10 Portal 2
11 Diablo II
12 Half-Life 2
13 Mass Effect 3
14 Starcraft
15 World of Warcraft
16 Half-Life
17 Baldur's Gate II
18 Hearthstone
19 Assassin's Creed II
20 Call of Duty 4
21 BioShock Infinite
22 BioShock
Uncharted 2 was my wife's baby. She worked on that one more than any other game, so I don't know if I rated it too highly because of that or I should feel guilty for not rating it higher.
Any system that makes me rate CoD4 and Assassin's Creed in my top 20 isn't comprehensive enough. Those are two games I enjoyed like popcorn, nothing more.
My guess is that the MMO portion of it will only be satisfying in a few large, urban walkable cities like SF and NYC or potentially on a college campus. But the quick skirmish thing could potentially be a way to play laser tag with friends for a lot less, since consumer laser tag guns are pretty awful.