Just finished Witcher 3, GOTY.

I don't get it. I know this thing won all sorts of awards but this isn't a game, it's a movie where you occasionally click things. The "open world" is entirely irrelevant, and the main quest line tosses so much EP at you that you'll wonder why you even bothered. It's mostly silly stuff, too. "Come with me while I talk to this guy!"...after the conversation, 200 EP. A few more conversations, *ding* a level. A few more conversations, another *ding*.

The combat is bleh, just spam the ol' left-clicker and you'll kill most things. There's occasionally a puzzle-monster, but you can figure out the "this is where I dodge" timing easily enough.

Beautiful graphics, great voice acting, a fine movie. But game? I just don't get it. I played through the whole main quest...but just don't feel like going back and checking out the 90% (estimate) of the world/quests I missed.

Maybe the side quests would have harder fights?

Quote from: Doom;950193Just finished Witcher 3, GOTY.

I don't get it. I know this thing won all sorts of awards but this isn't a game, it's a movie where you occasionally click things.

I'm actually kinda happy to hear that.  When Witcher 3 came out, I decided to make another attempt at playing through 1 and 2.  I think it was my third try at #1 and, every time, I sit through maybe an hour of "5-minute cutscene, 30 seconds of gameplay, 5-minute cutscene, 30 seconds of gameplay..." before getting fed up and uninstalling it.  I've never made it to #2.  But if #3 is just more of the same, then I'm not missing out on anything that would interest me.

Quote from: AsenRG;950201Maybe the side quests would have harder fights?

Well, they can be harder--there's a level system, and monster levels are clearly identified. So you know when you're outclassed and, yeah, those fights are tough. But there's no treasure to be gained in such fights, the stuff you find is all based on your level, whether you're stomping a ghoul or a wyvern.

Quote from: Doom;950371Well, they can be harder--there's a level system, and monster levels are clearly identified. So you know when you're outclassed and, yeah, those fights are tough. But there's no treasure to be gained in such fights, the stuff you find is all based on your level, whether you're stomping a ghoul or a wyvern.

I was thinking more about the challenge, I admit:).

I was playing Overwatch. Until they destroyed the character I preferred to play.

That game has gone downhill pretty badly in its short lifespan.

I didn't get the Witcher games either. I bought one and two recently, put about four hours in the first and lost interest. Nothing particularly stood out about them to me. I bought the E-book version of the first short story collection as well and found them rather meh.

The first Witcher is pretty far from the best. Witcher 3 is the best but more for the RPG CYOA elements than the fighting for sure. If you could combine their storytelling skill with Dark Soul's combat you'd have video game heaven.

This is right up my ally:

[video=youtube_share;Q4sSjd9UYpM]https://youtu.be/Q4sSjd9UYpM[/youtube]

https://techraptor.net/content/disney-afternoon-collection-capcom

I just play Modern Warfare Remastered nowadays on the PS4. I sometimes play Diablo III if I feel like I want to grind for goodies.

Not really getting to play much of anything at the moment. Though I have made time to pick up the Elder Scrolls Legends and am really enjoying. It scratches the MTG like itch quite nicely and is cheaper, plus I don't have to deal with CCG players face to face which is a pretty big win in my book.

Waiting for that Dark Souls IIi DLC.

I've been playing more NEO Scavenger.

In my first game, I thought I was doing well and started trying to move my hoard of crap by exploring and moving stuff in stages since I didn't have a good way to carry all of it at once. But I tried traveling during a cold night and went a bit too far and it rained and the dark and cold both slowed my pace so I ended up dying of hyperthermia from having gone a bit too far. At end game it was also revealed to me that I had managed to catch various diseases, particularly by eating raw meat.

In my next game, I also thought I was doing quite well. I found a meat cleaver and decent footwear early on, and had a character who could properly process dead animals. I was attacked by a couple of feral dogs who were promptly chopped, skinned and cooked. I found lots of berries and other food, a couple of great buildings to make into forts, all on the first day! Then I got ambushed by a group of four feral dogs, two of them strong ones, and although I slaughtered them all with my meat cleaver, they also covered me in bites, including a pretty bad bite on the shoulder, which I think ended up causing some internal bleeding that I didn't realize hadn't stopped, so when I tried to hold up and rest it off, I ended up expiring from loss of blood by the next morning.

It's a bit like getting to play a solo RPG with the kind of grit I like, but solitaire, and always in a terrible starting situation, and with no combat maps. Pretty fun. :-)

Quote from: Skarg;952433I've been playing more NEO Scavenger.

In my first game, I thought I was doing well and started trying to move my hoard of crap by exploring and moving stuff in stages since I didn't have a good way to carry all of it at once. But I tried traveling during a cold night and went a bit too far and it rained and the dark and cold both slowed my pace so I ended up dying of hyperthermia from having gone a bit too far. At end game it was also revealed to me that I had managed to catch various diseases, particularly by eating raw meat.

In my next game, I also thought I was doing quite well. I found a meat cleaver and decent footwear early on, and had a character who could properly process dead animals. I was attacked by a couple of feral dogs who were promptly chopped, skinned and cooked. I found lots of berries and other food, a couple of great buildings to make into forts, all on the first day! Then I got ambushed by a group of four feral dogs, two of them strong ones, and although I slaughtered them all with my meat cleaver, they also covered me in bites, including a pretty bad bite on the shoulder, which I think ended up causing some internal bleeding that I didn't realize hadn't stopped, so when I tried to hold up and rest it off, I ended up expiring from loss of blood by the next morning.

It's a bit like getting to play a solo RPG with the kind of grit I like, but solitaire, and always in a terrible starting situation, and with no combat maps. Pretty fun. :-)

NEO Scavenger is a neat game. I haven't played it in a while, need to give it another run. It gets a bit easier when you find the city and can trade for items.

Quote from: Darrin Kelley;950383I was playing Overwatch. Until they destroyed the character I preferred to play.

That game has gone downhill pretty badly in its short lifespan.

As an overwatch player who?