2013 Video Games Thread

[RendeR]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

You can't be the surgeon, silly. You're the patient.

SI

^^^ Winner.




*Sorry TK, this was simply hilarious!*

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Autumn

Also, Mckerney, go sign up in my werewolf game you $&#@

I unfortunately don't really feel interested in playing werewolf currently and don't want to sign up for a game if I feel I'm unlikely to involve myself in i that much.

[mckerney]

Homeworld Acquisition and Plans - Gearbox Software Community

Well shit.


Paradox was third in the bidding, would've been happier with them getting it.

[oykib]

Philadelphia turns skyscraper into a game

[Jughead Spock]

Injustice: Gods Among Us is quite good. If you have any inclination towards a fighting game, it is well worth it. Very solid fighting system, deep, and well done overall. If it were a Marvel license, it'd be geek-heaven for me. But DC's ok.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

I know this is the 2013 thread, but I'm behind the times.

Finished The Witcher 2 yesterday. One of the best games I've ever played. That being said, Chapter 3 was disappointingly short compared to the first two, and difficulty balancing was pretty weak throughout. What started as a very challenging game became a complete cakewalk about halfway through. The final two bosses in particular were disappointing in terms of difficulty. The story also wrapped up pretty weakly - for a game with a ton of political intrigue and mystery unravelling throughout, a simple dialogue at the end with thirty or so options simply narrated the loose ends to me. I almost expected him to say "and I would have gotten away with it too, of it weren't for you meddling kids."

Despite that, it was a phenomenal game that I would recommend highly to anyone.

Finished this a couple weeks ago, completely agree about chapter three. It felt more like an epilogue than a third act with there being little involvement in the political intrigue.

Went with Iorveth as well for the second act. Not sure if I'll end up paying it again to see way happens with Roche. I think I prefer the idea of following one story for Geralt, at least until I finish the series.

I'm really curious to see where the story goes in the next installment. It seems like Geralt's story may not be falling in line with what was being set up at the end of the last game. Suppose he could join it later, though it seemed like a rather urgent situation.

[Matthean]

Grim Dawn's alpha testing is coming soon.

[mckerney]

I backed that one. Don't think I have alpha access but I'll have to check.

EDIT: Nope. Just did enough to get the game on release, not alpha or beta.

[mckerney]

More Kickstarter games updates!

Save 10% on Shadowrun Returns on Steam

Shadowrun Returns is up for preorder on Steam for $17.99.

http://tormentrpg.tumblr.com/post/49...old-reactivity

Torment: Tides of Numera hit its final stretch goal for expanded reactivity, length and depth along with a player stronghold, hitting $4.5 million off of paypal and other contributions.

[Matthean]

The one reason I'm pausing on Grim Dawn is that the unique bosses which appeared in the higher difficulty settings in TQ felt more like a mouse test than a fight. Some of them hit for so much damage off of one hit that you felt like you had to dodge just about everything. So far in PoE it hasn't been that way. There's things that suck, ie reflect mobs, but you can still deal with them.

[Coffee Warlord]

Europa Universalis IV Sign-up

Yes. I'm whoring myself. I HAVE NO SHAME.

More referrals you get for signing people up for the Europa Univsalis 4 newsletter, the more random free crap they give you.

[MizzouRah]

Good stuff...

[mckerney]

Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Greenlight

Great to see that Papers, Please was greenlit on Steam. Played the beta for a few hours the other night and it is strangely enjoyable for a game where you are checking passports at a border crossing.

[mckerney]

Games by Lucas Pope

Link to free download of Papers, Please beta.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by mckerney

Games by Lucas Pope

Link to free download of Papers, Please beta.

Fuck you. This game is addictingly fun. Simple in concept, but if you "roleplay" it it's awesomely addictive...imagining yourself as that border guard.

[mckerney]

Playing Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon and the main character had this exchange.

“What’s with the needle doc?”
“Listen, this will make you more like Sloan. Powerful but without the side-effects.”
“No Doc. No way. I swore an oath to a special lady.”
“Your... wife?”
“No, Lady Liberty. She taught me that winners... don't use drugs.”

So yep, it's been pretty much what I was hoping for.

[MizzouRah]

Splinter cell: Blacklist

[SnowMan]

Just doesn't seem right without Ironsides.

[CraigSca]

Don't Starve is an awesome game. 14.99 off of Steam.

[tarcone]

Anyone interested. gog.com is having a 60% off sale on classic EA titles. Alpha Centauri, ultima and what not.
$2.69 per title. And they work on mac as well as windows 7 and 8.

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by mckerney

Games by Lucas Pope

Link to free download of Papers, Please beta.

Fun little game, but all my relatives keep getting sick and dying. It's awfully hard to process enough passports correctly to be able to afford the necessities.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Izulde

Fun little game, but all my relatives keep getting sick and dying. It's awfully hard to process enough passports correctly to be able to afford the necessities.

Random luck. None of my ever got sick - but even then, isn't that part of the point of it?

[PackerFanatic]

Originally Posted by SnowMan

Just doesn't seem right without Ironsides.

Totally agree - but I am so amped for this game.

[mckerney]

Amazon Germany and GamesOnly.At List GTA V For PC, Special Edition detailed | Cvgworld

Hopefully this means there won't be too much of a delay for the PC release.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by CraigSca

Don't Starve is an awesome game. 14.99 off of Steam.

Agreed. Been playing it for a while with the beta access and it's a great survival game. I really like how learning what you can build works and I love the art style.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Random luck. None of my ever got sick - but even then, isn't that part of the point of it?

Yep, that's pretty much one of the main points of the game.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by mckerney

Yep, that's pretty much one of the main points of the game.

You not worker in capitalist hell - you worker in Communist paradise of Astorzla. State take care of you.

[cartman]

Does anyone here have a link and/or hints to getting the Hi-Res textures installed to GTA 4 when using Steam? The ones I've seen haven't worked for me.

[mckerney]

EA takes helm from LucasArts, will exclusively develop future 'Star Wars' games | The Verge

Damn.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by mckerney

EA takes helm from LucasArts, will exclusively develop future 'Star Wars' games | The Verge

Damn.

Coming soon - "The Sims: Star Wars"

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Coming soon - "The Sims: Star Wars"

We'll get "The Sims 4: Padawan Katy Perry's Coruscant Sweet Treats" and no Star Wars game from Obsidian.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by mckerney

EA takes helm from LucasArts, will exclusively develop future 'Star Wars' games | The Verge

Damn.

It'll be a $100 expansion pack on SimCity 5.

[BrianD]

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Coming soon - "The Sims: Star Wars"

That sounds just cool enough to get me to pay for the disappointment.

[Matthean]

Have a Sim City building the Death Star

[Comey]

ESPN has begun counting down the top 25 sports games of all time.

Playbook's Top 25 sports video games ever - ESPN

[Izulde]

I loved Bulls vs. Blazers. Played that one a lot.

[BillJasper]

Originally Posted by Comey

ESPN has begun counting down the top 25 sports games of all time.

Playbook's Top 25 sports video games ever - ESPN

I really like NFL Street. Too bad it didn't get a current-gen incarnation.

[sterlingice]

I never played NFL Street but I really liked NBA Street

SI

[sterlingice]

Shadow of the Eternals, what's being described as the "spiritual successor" to Eternal Darkness kicked off their crowdfunding campaign. Loved Eternal Darkness and it completely flew under the radar because it was on the Gamecube.

Don't know much about Precursor games except that Denis Dyack, who used to be the Silicon Knights president is there.

Shadow of the Eternals

SI

[korme]

Can't wait for GTA V.

And I'm supposed to be saving money- I need to get out of this thread ASAP

[mckerney]

Anyone with PlayStation Plus should definitely grab Sleeping Dogs.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by mckerney

Anyone with PlayStation Plus should definitely grab Sleeping Dogs.

I'm interested to see how they handle PS Plus on the new system. I held off a few months on buying PS Plus just because I wasn't sure what you'd really get out of it. Have had it for a year now and absolutely love it. Lots of great perks for what you're paying.

[spleen1015]

What perks?

[PackerFanatic]

I had PS+ for a bit, I really need to get it again. Automatic system updates, lots of free games, lots of discounts.

[Neon_Chaos]

Mizzou, last i heard the PS4 PSN was going to be completely separate from the PS3 PSN right?

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

What perks?

What does one full year ($50) of PlayStation Plus look like? [Note: These are just the complimentary games, not the features or discounts.] : Games

The biggest one is the "free" games on PSN each month. New games available every month, if you add them to your account while they're being offered you have access to them as long as you are subscribing to PS+. If your ain't lapses you won't have access to them anymore but will get any previous titles back if you renew. Above is a link to a list of the games you would have had access to if you had been a subscriber for the last 12 months at a cost of $50.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Neon_Chaos

Mizzou, last i heard the PS4 PSN was going to be completely separate from the PS3 PSN right?

Yes. PS3 games made for a Cell processor aren't going to be able to run locally on the PS4s x86 architecture. Sony will probably offer a streaming service for PS3 games on the PS4 but haven't announced just what their plans for it are or if you will have access to any games you bought on PS3 automatically or at a reduced price.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by mckerney

Yes. PS3 games made for a Cell processor aren't going to be able to run locally on the PS4s x86 architecture. Sony will probably offer a streaming service for PS3 games on the PS4 but haven't announced just what their plans for it are or if you will have access to any games you bought on PS3 automatically or at a reduced price.

Right. I guess my point was that I'm looking forward to seeing if they offer something similar to the current PS+ on the new system. From what I've seen, it's been a very successful model for them and I haven't found many users that don't love it once they get it.

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Right. I guess my point was that I'm looking forward to seeing if they offer something similar to the current PS+ on the new system. From what I've seen, it's been a very successful model for them and I haven't found many users that don't love it once they get it.

I'd be shocked if PS+ doesn't cause Microsoft drop the gold requirement for online services. If Sony continues with similar deals and the next XBox still needs a monthly fee for watching Netflix I can't see it doing very well.

[mckerney]

A few games I've finished recently:

Go Home Dinosaurs! - A decent enough tower defense game. Seemed like it really wanted to be the next Plants vs. Zombies to the point where I'm kind of surprised it wasn't named Gophers vs. Dinosaurs. Also would have been more charming if it hadn't been trying so hard to be charming as the voices could get anything. Works as a waster though or something to play with half your attention (I played through most of it during the NCAA tournament waiting for boring games to end).

Waking Mars - Very enjoyable adventure game about exploring underground caves on Mars and investigating the dormant plant life the with puzzles being how to activate the different species. Nothing is itto difficult and I thought the atmosphere of the caves was great.

Catherine - Uhh, I'm still not sure what to think of this one. A very strange game and not quite the story I was expecting. The puzzle parts are unique and challenging, though the boss stages... let's just say bosses included baby with a chainsaw, a butt monster and what may have been an aborted fetus.

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon - Loved this one. Great shooter mechanics and a cheesy 80's action movie story and world. Hope this sells well and there are more of this kind of projects in the future.

Also doing an engineer play through of Torchlight 2
and finally really getting into Dark Souls which is an amazing game. The combat is the best of any action RPG I've played by far and manages to be difficult without every feeling unfair. Beating a difficult bids or enemy gives the same sort of feeling as SpaceChem with progression from, "There's no way I can beat this," to, "Hmm, maybe if I try this..." and finally, "I AM A GOLDEN GOD!"