I finally finished Bioshock Infinite. It came free with my computer and I'd played it nearly all the way through... then got a wild hair that I missed something and went back... I think I've been through the bulk of it 4 times but kept quitting and starting over... maybe I just liked wallowing in the horror of it. It's a dark game, upsetting even, and the ending doesn't let up on that.

Now I'm on to the original Call of Duty... and still playing my way through the Final Fantasy games when I'm in the mood.

Quote from: Bradford C. Walker;892059All Blizzard games have been under DDoS attacks due to Lizard Squad making it so, allegedly in retaliation for shutting down a private WOW server recently.

Probably not a server issue as my wife's PC runs it just fine. Same server, of course. I'll be tinkering some more with it.

Quote from: Simlasa;892491and still playing my way through the Final Fantasy games when I'm in the mood.

Had a chance to play Bravely Default on the DS? Good stuff in my opinion, if you like the older style.

Quote from: Simlasa;892491I finally finished Bioshock Infinite. It came free with my computer and I'd played it nearly all the way through... then got a wild hair that I missed something and went back... I think I've been through the bulk of it 4 times but kept quitting and starting over... maybe I just liked wallowing in the horror of it. It's a dark game, upsetting even, and the ending doesn't let up on that.

It's a great game, hands down. And yet, while I appreciate it for too many things to count, I also happen to have three very serious problems with it:

1. It's often appraised as being a game offering multiple walkthroughs and "each time a different experience". In reality, as far as I can tell it's a linear scenario, where you have literally zero influence over how and what happens, or even doing things in different order. You're predestined to face X at location Y, get item V at location Z, learn Q at point W and you really can't move past a certain stage without doing this or that. All "difference" is meaningless, finally you're still gonna be what you are and do what you have to do.

2. The formula of the game (FPShooter) is what bothers me most. You're leaving a pile of corpses behind you and this stands in a serious contrast with the story. I mean, just think about it, you're walking there hand in hand with a young girl (no spoiler version). Bullets fly, rivers of blood flow, people die screaming, burned to a crisp, fall down from great heights and if you choose to use "powers", they face even worse fate. Come on! It's enough to leave an adult scarred for life.
First Person Sneaker, along the lines of Thief or Dishonored, where killings are optional would be far better solution as far as I'm concerned.

3. ...btw, you're a Juggernaut, a bloodthirsty monster who takes no shit from noone and singlehandely decimates the population of a small city in both ranged and close combat. That one moment you're an alcoholic puking your liver out, and next you're an equivalent of Terminator is a minor problem... The real one is that you happen to give away you-know-what because you're threatened by people you don't want to mess with. Seriously, you jump, you fall down, you run like a wind, you sell an ocean of hot lead to whoever's buying, you use weapons you see for the first time in your life like a pro, you dodge bullets and kill people while eating snacks... You're a goddamn warhero, a veteran soldier slash butcher... And yet you feel threatened by some "gangsters".

These things bother me seriously, in this otherwise splendid game. I'm curious about your opinion concerning these "problems".

...btw, I couldn't help but notice that there's something different about you... A new haircut?

So I'm going to try and get back into Hyrule Warriors, as a friend of mine said he'd give me his 3DS code to download (if I understand correctly) that version's exclusive content onto the Wii U version (which I have and he doesn't). I'm looking forward to it, as I barely touched the game after I bought it a while back (not because I didn't like it, but just because it fell by the wayside for me in a rush of other things).

Been playing Guild Wars 2 but grew tired of it. Last night I purchased the Mass Effect trilogy and will give that a try. (Choice was between Mass Effect and Bioshock Infinite. I was in a spacey mood so...)

Was a long time World of Warcraft player but dropped it years ago, a few months before Panda came out. Glad I did since I heard the game went down hill badly. Last night I saw a Youtube video on "Top 20 problems in WoW" and it sounds like the game is shit now.

Quote from: Doughdee222;892760Been playing Guild Wars 2 but grew tired of it.

GW2 has fun combat and rewards exploration, but I found both visuals and storytelling lacking. WoW may look cartoonish and have the writing sophistication of a 1990s Image comic, but somehow it works for me.

Quote from: Doughdee222;892760Last night I purchased the Mass Effect trilogy and will give that a try. (Choice was between Mass Effect and Bioshock Infinite. I was in a spacey mood so...)

There's a classic I've never played. How do you like it?

Quote from: Doughdee222;892760Was a long time World of Warcraft player but dropped it years ago, a few months before Panda came out. Glad I did since I heard the game went down hill badly. Last night I saw a Youtube video on "Top 20 problems in WoW" and it sounds like the game is shit now.

I hated, hated, hated Mists of Pandaria, but Warlords of Draenor was a great expansion. If anything, garrisons made grinding easier, and the storyline was compelling for an invested WoW canon fan like myself.

Prepping to re-start Neverwinter Nights 2 after a multiplayer playthrough puttered out. Main hurdle is getting up the urge to restart and work through back to where left off.

Trying to get back into Champions Online. Again...

Just finished a playthrough of D&D Towers of Doom and Shadow over Mystara. Yep. Still mean games.

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;892580Had a chance to play Bravely Default on the DS? Good stuff in my opinion, if you like the older style.

It certainly looks pretty. I'll check it out.

Quote from: JesterRaiin;892669It's a great game, hands down. And yet, while I appreciate it for too many things to count, I also happen to have three very serious problems with it:

1. It's often appraised as being a game offering multiple walkthroughs and "each time a different experience".

Yeah, that's just plain untrue. Like I said, I've been through it multiple times now... it's on rails and the same stuff always happens. There's only one path through the game. There ARE a few decisions that alter later scenes in minor ways, like whether or not you kill the old soldier when he asks you to... but only in the smallest of ways. There's only one ending (AFAIK).
Nothing much in the way of conversation either. Just canned dialogue.

Quote2. The formula of the game (FPShooter) is what bothers me most.

I had issues with that too. Particularly when the secondary character decides you're a 'monster' because of the violence... despite you're having no choice at all in how to proceed. It's 'kill or be killed' the whole time and a lot of the power-ups favor bloody melee attacks.
All the way through I was imagining how much better it would be if it had Deus Ex like pathways where you could choose stealth and non-fatal solutions over straight gunplay... and repercussions depending on what you chose.

Quote3. ...btw, you're a Juggernaut, a bloodthirsty monster who takes no shit from noone and singlehandely decimates the population of a small city in both ranged and close combat. (snip) You're a goddamn warhero, a veteran soldier slash butcher... And yet you feel threatened by some "gangsters".

I dunno... I could make arguments for the character having bottomed out, maybe thinking it was the best decision for _____. But yeah, it was out of character with EVERYTHING else. A similar item was the character of Daisy Fitzroy... who seems to be a heroic revolutionary until the game suddenly decides to make some point about something and next thing you know she's got a gun to some kid's head. I thought that was a lame way out of that corner.

I agree with you on all those points... mostly it's a fascinating setting and story, interrupted by forced interludes of combat and some klunky plot moves.
It reminds me of the old Alice game... which a friend bought based on the art/subject matter... then gave to me when she realized that most all situations in it were solved by combat. It too had a great setting and interesting story... but they couldn't think of any way to make it a game except to have you kill various things.

Quote from: The Butcher;892805I hated, hated, hated Mists of Pandaria, but Warlords of Draenor was a great expansion. If anything, garrisons made grinding easier, and the storyline was compelling for an invested WoW canon fan like myself.

I actually really liked Mists of Pandaria... just not so much as an expansion to WoW. It looked great and had some fun storylines/quests. But, as always, I wished the attention had been spent on developing the older areas and making them viable for return play... like giving me new things to do in Duskwood.
I stopped playing and doubt I'll return... not because of the content but because I don't find it to be much fun unless I'm playing with RL friends. The random PUGs with hostile jerks just isn't worth the aggravation.

Quote from: The Butcher;892805There's a classic I've never played. How do you like it?

I'm liking it so far. As with, I suppose (not a ton of experience here), most of these First Person Shooter games there is only a thin illusion of choice. The plot is going to unravel A-B-C no matter what. Sure, there are side quests you can choose to take or not and you can choose to do them in whatever order, but the main stuff is linear. In addition, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or not but my character is perpetually poor, he can buy only the smallest items at the different vendors. Doesn't seem to have hurt him any though. So far only one combat scene has given me trouble, took several hours of trying before I could win past it.

I got a wild hare (hair?) and started playing Deus Ex Invisible War (again), then wondered what I'd get if I searched 'Deus Ex MMO'... and that led me to playing Anarchy Online... which I'm enjoying a lot. It's a bit like excavating ruins, but it's not thoroughly abandoned... I've yet to engage with any other players and join a team though.

Got my hands on the "new" 3DSXL and loving the crap out of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate.

Quote from: CRKrueger;878839and you should, it's an incredible mod, one of the best M2TW mods, which is out of a community filled with good mods.

Thanks, I'm the unit stats, recruitment and integration guy, when I'm not doing a bit of scripting or whatever other random task I pick up.

There's another major update in the works, a host more units (probably about 20 new ones), along with a lot of mechanical/gameplay and UI updates.

Quote from: Simlasa;894827I got a wild hare (hair?) and started playing Deus Ex Invisible War (again), then wondered what I'd get if I searched 'Deus Ex MMO'... and that led me to playing Anarchy Online... which I'm enjoying a lot. It's a bit like excavating ruins, but it's not thoroughly abandoned... I've yet to engage with any other players and join a team though.

Oh hey Anarchy Online! One of the first free to play MMOs. Sadly the tutorial area is now a mere shadow of comprehensiveness and usefullness it used to be.

Once you get out into the game propper watch out for scammers and PVP raiders trying to sucker you. There are, or at least were, quite a few hidden areas where you could do unfolding story quests. I used to play escourt though one area as it was really hard for low level players.

Fun game and not very bandwirdth hogging. But it is REALLY grindy and equipment and stat centric. You need to have a general plan for your stats as late in the game boosting is the only way to access some stuff.

Quite a lot to do as a free player too.