Ultimate Videogame Topic 3: The Next Generation

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Post Post #1625 (ISO) » Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:33 am

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The hard part about the Meat Circus was that you used to have to restart the entire thing if you game over'd, but the steam version only makes you restart the section you were on (I think?) so it's not as frustrating.
Doesn't make the level design better but it's a step in the right direction.
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Post Post #1626 (ISO) » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:31 pm

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Elite Dangerous is pretty awesome :)
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Post Post #1627 (ISO) » Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:22 am

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Seen some reviews for Dragon Age: Inqusition lately that have me intrigued. I love a lot of what BioWare's put out over the years but I got stuck in what I think was the early-mid game of Origins and wasn't gripped enough to go back and get myself out of it so never finished, nor played DA:II. I do love being able to transfer save data through a series, though, so I guess my question is: How significant an impact does the save transfer make on the Inqusition experience? Are we talking characters alive/dead as in Mass Effect or just a few references here and there? Worth my time overall to make the effort for the whole series or just play Inquisition blind?
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Post Post #1628 (ISO) » Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:17 am

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Dragon Age is a lot less continuity dependent than Mass Effect, I feel. Mass Effect was a single narrative across a trilogy, while Dragon Age is unrelated stories in the same world. There's a lot of back story and such to be gained from importing saves, but nothing like "Garrus is dead in this playthrough". There's also the Dragon Age Keep, which allows you to build a save to import without playing the previous games (since DA:I is on a new engine that doesn't support importing directly from the older games).
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Post Post #1629 (ISO) » Wed Jan 14, 2015 3:53 pm

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Post Post #1630 (ISO) » Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:10 pm

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In post 1588, theaceofspades wrote:I haven't actually noticed much team creating based on rank at all. Seems fairly random. Though it's possible i'm just not yet good at picking out stacks.


I reached the frustration part because I keep getting stuck in unbalanced against me games. Had a run of about an hour where everyone I matched was semi-pro or pro ranked. It does seem like its using an ELO type system where your team as a whole gain/loses points which get spread out by how you perform (had a -1 on a game where I ended up +2 in spread and all partners were -12 or worse). Wonder if how you play too (my "bad" games tend to be low kills low deaths instead of a large negative spread) that has me getting put at high opponents.

New maps are okay. Don't like Pegasus though, its too PR swingy. The circular maps are always my favorites just because its balanced enough.
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Post Post #1631 (ISO) » Sat Jan 17, 2015 5:09 pm

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my ranking comment is based on several games in a row where it's me, and 3 people who have 0 games played in the list, against a bronze and 3 onyx. Idk where that comes from
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Post Post #1632 (ISO) » Sat Jan 17, 2015 5:59 pm

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The other problem I have is that assists are too easy to come by. You basically just need to look at someone funny to get an assist, to the point where most games have someone hit 10 assists and its not too out of place to see someone push close to 20.

I dunno, its fun but they need to balance for skill better at release
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Post Post #1633 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 5:44 am

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browser based games i can play during downtime at work, go
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Post Post #1634 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:29 am

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Post Post #1635 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:45 am

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Post Post #1636 (ISO) » Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:22 am

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You fucker quadz, I just lost my whole afternoon playing as a buffalo squashing gummies to get his wallet back.
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Post Post #1637 (ISO) » Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:17 am

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In post 1636, Sudo_Nym wrote:


You fucker quadz, I just lost my whole afternoon playing as a buffalo squashing gummies to get his wallet back.


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Post Post #1638 (ISO) » Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:27 am

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should've put a warning label or something MY BAD
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Post Post #1639 (ISO) » Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:41 am

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I finished Shadowrun Returns last night. Starting Dragonfall soon, I've heard it's significantly better, looking forward to it.

Also trying to finish up The Talos Principle. That game is fantastic. Portal meets Stanley Parable is probably the best way I can describe it.
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Post Post #1640 (ISO) » Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:12 am

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Dragonfall is excellent, though I really like that type of RPG, so I'm biased. I also bought in to the next one on Kickstarter, which is something like triple- or quadruple-funded. The number of stretch goals they're adding is sweet.
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Post Post #1641 (ISO) » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:06 am

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Lightning returns is so weird. You level up by doing quests and not by fighting battles? Ok then...
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Post Post #1642 (ISO) » Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:58 pm

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Post Post #1643 (ISO) » Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:58 am

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Guild Wars 2 is on sale. Also they just announced an expansion.

Pie's current computer isn't good enough to play it but we are thinking about getting it anyway so we can play together once he upgrades. (Plus I'll be graduating soon and therefore ending my self-imposed ban from all things MMO.)
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Post Post #1644 (ISO) » Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:10 am

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I really liked Guild Wars 2, but I dropped out for a variety of reasons. I'd be happy to get back in, if we'll have an actual guild to do things with.
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Post Post #1645 (ISO) » Sat Jan 24, 2015 1:22 pm

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So, who all is playing the game of the year, Huniepop? I know I am!
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Post Post #1646 (ISO) » Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:41 pm

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So to save on HDMI slots on my TV... I now have a PS4 hooked up into an Xbox One that I can play it off of. Miraculously it didn't destroy the universe plugging these two into each other.
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Post Post #1647 (ISO) » Sun Jan 25, 2015 4:29 am

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Post Post #1648 (ISO) » Sun Jan 25, 2015 4:40 am

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Spoiler: This costs less and works just as well
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Post Post #1649 (ISO) » Sun Jan 25, 2015 4:42 am

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I don't understand what you'd hope to do with that, but i don't think it costs less either.
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