What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

[QQQ]

Started metroid prime recently. Way cool. Took a while to get used to the motion controls but they don't feel too bad now.

 

Also brought call of duty advance warfare, haven't played one since black ops 1 and fancied something to throw on and have a few rounds online when I don't want to invest in a long game/deep story because I don't have much time to play video games any more. I've always enjoyed the games dispite the stigma so its nice to go back to it.

[triachus]

haven't played ftl for a while so i gave it a spin, it turned out to be a 5 hour nightly violent screamfest where i almost destroyed my pc and myself both physically and emotionally.

total games played: 100

total victories: 4

 

 

I feel your pain

 

But I tend to redo the first zone a lot tho, and I also dont know how to spend my scrap very well.

Edited April 11, 2015 by triachus

[Bechuga]

Playing Glorkian Warrior, containing spiffy art by James Kochalka, elf king of comics. Basically Space Invaders but with Kochalka quality over it. Fun! The voice of the main character is funny too.

 

[usagi]

I disconnected my computer, boxed it up and stuck it in a cupboard.

 

Dark Souls was eating my life up. from the moment I installed it a week ago, I've played for at least 8 hours every day, which, working a 9-5 job and getting 3 hours of sleep a night, was just insupportable.

 

more broadly, I've spent way too much time on video games/internets/computar for like the last 10 years of my life. for someone with aspirations/goals that they can't seem to get started on, I need a change, and I'm just not able to manage my time well enough to live with the temptation of losing myself in a gameworld most of my free time.

 

edit: when Bloodborne gets ported or HL3 actually comes out, I'll probably come back.

Edited April 12, 2015 by usagi

[triachus]

I'm giving System Shock 2 a try and I'm a little overwhelmed, lol. All that arms/tech/psy stuff, can't decide what to go for...

 

Any tips, anyone?

[Bechuga]

or HL3 actually comes out, I'll probably come back.

 

So that's never then.

[DorkingtonPugsly]

 

About to do the Shadow of Yharnam boss in bloodborne. (6th)

Ah hahaha, good luck! You will be cursing those fuckers

 

Took me 4 tries tilll I learned everything they did and how best to go about it.

After that I did darkbeast in one try and rom took like 10 tries.

Now about to do Logarius.

[usagi]

I'm giving System Shock 2 a try and I'm a little overwhelmed, lol. All that arms/tech/psy stuff, can't decide what to go for...

 

Any tips, anyone?

don't bother with the psy approach for your first playthrough. tech is pretty useful. but if you're confused, nothing's more straightforward than shootin' shit, so go for pewpew skillz.

[ambermonk]

Yeah, on SShock 2 I would focus on spending your cyber modules on the Tech discipline more than any other, because there are a lot of secure doors and storage crates you're gonna wanna hack into. As for weapons, I'd only bother leveling up Standard guns, cos the Assault Rifle is king - everything else beyond that except for the Grenade Launcher and Crystal Shard are pretty much crap.

I've spent way too much time on video games/internets/computar for like the last 10 years of my life. for someone with aspirations/goals that they can't seem to get started on, I need a change, and I'm just not able to manage my time well enough to live with the temptation of losing myself in a gameworld most of my free time.

This has been my exact plight for some time now. It's probably been the very reason I haven't devoted more time to making tunes, working out, socializing, finding a better job, etc.

[usagi]

sounds like it's time to box up your computer.

[ambermonk]

I might have to...

It's a good laptop too, I'm sure any avid gamer would buy it in a heartbeat.

[Adieu]

Joe Rogan used to be an avid Quake player, but he gave up video games, because they are too much of a time sink. It's true. Even Sumail who is a dota professional at 15 years old says that dota is a waste of time if you aren't going to go pro.

 

In reality I think that if you want to enjoy games you should just schedule time for yourself to play games, and not overindulge.

[Rubin Farr]

So Kojima wasn't fired by Konami? They've backtracked and re-added his name to company credits. Wtf is going on in Japan

 

http://m.ign.com/articles/2015/04/02/konami-is-adding-kojimas-name-back-on-metal-gear-solid-products

[Hugh Mughnus]

So Kojima wasn't fired by Konami? They've backtracked and re-added his name to company credits. Wtf is going on in Japan

 

http://m.ign.com/articles/2015/04/02/konami-is-adding-kojimas-name-back-on-metal-gear-solid-products

Probably someone up top realized it's a really bad fucking move because Kojima is a legend, and made amends with the man.

 

Either that or their legal team realized there are some items they legally have to credit Kojima for and adjusted those products accordingly.

 

 

Probably the latter.

Edited April 13, 2015 by StephenG

[doublename]

Just don't fuck up Silent Hills.

[auxien]

I disconnected my computer, boxed it up and stuck it in a cupboard.

 

Dark Souls was eating my life up. from the moment I installed it a week ago, I've played for at least 8 hours every day, which, working a 9-5 job and getting 3 hours of sleep a night, was just insupportable.

 

more broadly, I've spent way too much time on video games/internets/computar for like the last 10 years of my life. for someone with aspirations/goals that they can't seem to get started on, I need a change, and I'm just not able to manage my time well enough to live with the temptation of losing myself in a gameworld most of my free time.

 

edit: when Bloodborne gets ported or HL3 actually comes out, I'll probably come back.

 

Damn, Dark Souls will do that though.

 

Rewarding yourself with game-playing could be a compromise, once you get started with other things. Like a contract with yourself where you say "I can play this weekend if I finish this track before then" sort of thing. But gaming really does take up a lot of some people's lives, it's hard to cut back when you're in that world though

[triachus]

GTA V released on PC today

 

looking good

 

 

 

 

 

 

fuck the police

[cear]

ive been waiting for it to update for the last 2 hours :(

[WeAreOceans]

I disconnected my computer, boxed it up and stuck it in a cupboard.

 

Dark Souls was eating my life up. from the moment I installed it a week ago, I've played for at least 8 hours every day, which, working a 9-5 job and getting 3 hours of sleep a night, was just insupportable.

 

more broadly, I've spent way too much time on video games/internets/computar for like the last 10 years of my life. for someone with aspirations/goals that they can't seem to get started on, I need a change, and I'm just not able to manage my time well enough to live with the temptation of losing myself in a gameworld most of my free time.

 

edit: when Bloodborne gets ported or HL3 actually comes out, I'll probably come back.

 

Sometimes you need to make that kind of decision if consuming certain media is eating up a lot of your time, especially if you're neglecting the important things like goals, socialising, living well. Hope you get your shit back on track.

[Berk]

hotline miami,

 

pretty cool

[Perezvon]

Tried to get into Mass Effect for the third time now. Even bought it for a few quids, what the hell. But I still can't. It just bores the shit out of me a few hours in everytime. I don't even like its lore that much.

 

Maybe I'll try again in a few months. I don't know why it gets so repulsive for me...

[Squee]

Tried to get into Mass Effect for the third time now. Even bought it for a few quids, what the hell. But I still can't. It just bores the shit out of me a few hours in everytime. I don't even like its lore that much.

 

Maybe I'll try again in a few months. I don't know why it gets so repulsive for me...

 

Is it Mass Effect 1?

ME1 is a bit of a mess. A beautiful mess, though. But it's slow as fuck. Read the story on a Wikipedia page and then skip straight to ME2. Now that's a great fucking game.

[Perezvon]

 

Tried to get into Mass Effect for the third time now. Even bought it for a few quids, what the hell. But I still can't. It just bores the shit out of me a few hours in everytime. I don't even like its lore that much.

 

Maybe I'll try again in a few months. I don't know why it gets so repulsive for me...

 

Is it Mass Effect 1?

ME1 is a bit of a mess. A beautiful mess, though. But it's slow as fuck. Read the story on a Wikipedia page and then skip straight to ME2. Now that's a great fucking game.

 

Yeah a tedious mess. Counting hours when playing a RPG is not a good sign!

 

I guess I could try going straight to the second one then. Hopefully I'll be okay with the default storyline.

[Friendly Foil]

ME2 pretty much starts everything over anyway so it doesn't matter much. ME1 really picks up at the end but if you dislike the game it's not really worth it. Very slow paced but also a lot more open than the sequels.

[Squee]

ME2 pretty much starts everything over anyway so it doesn't matter much. ME1 really picks up at the end but if you dislike the game it's not really worth it. Very slow paced but also a lot more open than the sequels.

 

But the "open world" isn't interesting. At all. They overpromised and underdelivered. When they presented they game they showed the galaxy map and said, "You can visit all the planets you see here". What they left out of that statement was that 90% of the planets were nothing but a codexes/codices and some of the planets that you COULD visit were wastelands.

 

New ME players can get a summary of what happened in ME1 in ME2.