Ultimate Videogame Topic 3: The Next Generation

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Post Post #1150 (ISO) » Thu Aug 07, 2014 12:31 am

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Science save with Mun orbit and Minmus landing in hand.
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Post Post #1151 (ISO) » Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:04 am

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Bigger rockets. Once you have the mainsail the mun is easy.
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Post Post #1152 (ISO) » Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:34 am

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I already have a Mun-landing-capable rocket designed.
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Post Post #1153 (ISO) » Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:03 am

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Bigger rockets are better than pretty much anything else imho.
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Post Post #1154 (ISO) » Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:44 am

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Whichever branch gets you closer to ion thrusters. Ion thrusters are god.
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Post Post #1155 (ISO) » Thu Aug 07, 2014 5:06 am

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So I love super complex games and have always been curious about KSP - but how much of the game is experimenting with weird stuff and how much is just copying builds from guides and stuff?
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Post Post #1156 (ISO) » Thu Aug 07, 2014 5:22 am

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so far I have done all of this by myself without looking at any builds (you can see my rocket in the ksp thread). It just depends if you want to follow a build or not.
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Post Post #1157 (ISO) » Thu Aug 07, 2014 5:29 am

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That depends on whether or not you use guides. If you wanted, you could download mechjeb+a rocket capable of going anywhere, tell mechjeb to fly it there*, and it would go there. Alternatively, you could not download KSP and get a similar experience.

Whether or not you use guides is up to you. I would recommend using the following:
The ingame tutorials. (I think they've been updated as of .24 and are now even more helpful)
Wikipedia's pages on rocket science/orbital mechanics**

*I think. I've never actually used mechjeb but I hear it does everything for you.
**Most of those things you can figure out on your own and it feels much better than if you looked them up (For example, I discovered bi-elliptic transfers on the way back from the mun when I didn't have the fuel for a hohmann transfer and it was glorious), but some things you should know going in, for example, the tsiolkovsky rocket equation. (Not that you'll necessarily be plugging in numbers, but it helps to have an idea of what affects your delta-v in what way)
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Post Post #1158 (ISO) » Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:18 am

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you guys are too smart for me. I just add thrusters and bracers till the ducid thing flies. Which is the fun part. i vastly prefer the designing to the piloting.

I think the first time i landed on mun i had 16 solid fuel boosters. With 8 firing in the first stage.
And i have no idea what those words you guys are saying mean. But i made it to the mun and back. yay me. might start playing again in which case i may ask for science-y help
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Post Post #1159 (ISO) » Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:08 pm

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I have a ton of unclaimed keys I might as well give to people here, PM me if you want any of these:
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Post Post #1160 (ISO) » Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:47 am

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Post Post #1161 (ISO) » Sun Aug 10, 2014 10:10 am

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Parama, I'll take Giana & ReignMaker if you don't mind
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Post Post #1162 (ISO) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:49 am

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Almost missed this flash sale... assuming some of you may have as well, anyone want:

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart

Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden

9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

Nightmares from the Deep: The Siren's Call

Enigmatis: The Mists of Ravenwood
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Post Post #1163 (ISO) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:42 am

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I saw that bundle, from what I've heard they're basically all glorified hidden-object games though
I got Abyss from some other bundle anyways
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Post Post #1164 (ISO) » Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:50 am

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I looked at trailer for the Enigmatis and it looked interesting
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Post Post #1165 (ISO) » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:56 pm

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So for a while me and the Fallout series have been like skew lines, but I think I want to get into it. I see they are all on Steam; how and where should I start?
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Post Post #1166 (ISO) » Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:04 am

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Fallout 2 is my default recommendation, but 1 is fantastic too. 3 is good but very different and doesn't have the same soul as the first two.
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Post Post #1167 (ISO) » Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:05 am

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New Vegas is good too - I wouldn't fuck with the spin-off games aside from that.
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Post Post #1168 (ISO) » Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:22 am

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Post Post #1169 (ISO) » Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:40 am

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i always find it hard to get excited about a game trailer that doesn't feature any gameplay.
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Post Post #1170 (ISO) » Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:16 am

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I agree, unless its teasing that the game is coming in the near future. Like that one.
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Post Post #1171 (ISO) » Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:20 am

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If it's coming in the near future it may be a bad sign they're not showing the game though.
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Post Post #1172 (ISO) » Fri Aug 15, 2014 3:40 pm

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In post 1165, Chevre wrote:So for a while me and the Fallout series have been like skew lines, but I think I want to get into it. I see they are all on Steam; how and where should I start?


Fallout 1 is amazing; it's one of the best RPGs ever, IMHO.

Fallout 2 is a little weirder; the gameplay is improved, but the story is a bit more tongue in cheek, introduces a lot of the weirder elements of the franchise, and has the worst tutorial section ever.

Fallout 3 is something of a dividing line in the fandom; it's very different from the first two in story and playstyle- I think the gameplay is fine (though it's basically Oblivion with guns), but the story is the weakest of the series.

Fallout: New Vegas is great; it's an improvement on Fallout 3's gameplay and has a much improved story line- as an RPG, I'd say it's second in the series, behind only the original.

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Post Post #1173 (ISO) » Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:36 pm

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I've been thinking about trying to put together a Team Scum streaming group on Hitbox... might be cool to do regular streams/schedules of different games with different personalities.
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Post Post #1174 (ISO) » Sat Aug 16, 2014 4:38 pm

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i speedrun Dynasty warriors 8 on twitch. i could setup a hitbox account thoo >_>
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