Video games...what ya playing? And what are you looking forward to? (2 Viewers)

[Chaka]

Alan Wake - Had this one for awhile and just started yesterday after finishing KOTOR 2. So far it is very cool. It has a serious Stephen King/Twin Peaks vibe going on and the setting is incredibly well done. Great job visually representing a horror story atmosphere.

I really enjoyed Alan Wake when I played many moons ago. It really has a unique feel that no other game I played had before. The story is top notch and it just drips with atmosphere.

Glad to hear someone else enjoyed it. I am only in the first chapter but if it keeps going like this I am really going to enjoy this one.

 

[Chaka]

And can someone tell me WTH is up with the in thread search feature? It works for #### ever since they revamped the board.

 

[Kfloamy]

My bro in law got a ps4 for his birthday this weekend. Hooked it up, plugged it in, signed up, popped in MLB the Show 15. The sound wouldn't work. Menu music and sounds worked in ps4 environment but when he started game it was all staticky/crackled. You could tell it was the sounds of the game because of timing, but you couldn't understand a thing. He ran and bought an optical cable to hook to soundbar since he'd us that anyway. Now, he has menu music and sound through bar, but when he starts game (has tried MLB and The Last of Us) he gets no sound. Then when he backs out of game to PS4 menus he doesn't even have menu music and sounds anymore. Can anyone help????

 

[flysack]

Looking forward to Star Wars Battlefront

Ditto. Could be amazing if they do it right. I know that's a big if.

Q: how is this different from the previous Battlefront(s)? Is it just a new reboot for the 4th gen consoles?

 

[IvanKaramazov]

My bro in law got a ps4 for his birthday this weekend. Hooked it up, plugged it in, signed up, popped in MLB the Show 15. The sound wouldn't work. Menu music and sounds worked in ps4 environment but when he started game it was all staticky/crackled. You could tell it was the sounds of the game because of timing, but you couldn't understand a thing. He ran and bought an optical cable to hook to soundbar since he'd us that anyway. Now, he has menu music and sound through bar, but when he starts game (has tried MLB and The Last of Us) he gets no sound. Then when he backs out of game to PS4 menus he doesn't even have menu music and sounds anymore. Can anyone help????

That's one I haven't heard before. I'm guessing its an issue with his specific soundbar. Otherwise it would be a more commonly-known issue.

Edit: if it does crackly/staticky sound through both the soundbar and television, then he probably has a defective PS4. Return it.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

And can someone tell me WTH is up with the in thread search feature? It works for #### ever since they revamped the board.

Greg Russell, on 10 Mar 2015 - 2:37 PM, said:

I go to google and start my search with: site:forums.footballguys.com

And then add whatever other keywords I'm looking for.

Edit to add: Since I have a google search bar on my browser, once I used it for this once, now I can just type "site" and it pops up the previous search and autocompletes it, so I can then just replace the other keywords. So it's pretty quick and convenient, don't need to remember the exact string.

 

[flysack]

This War of Mine sounds like 'The Last Of Us' meets 'Call of Duty.'

NYer review of "This War of Mine"

This War of Mine....begins with the same quotation every [chapter/level], a paraphrasing of Hemingway at his most macabre: “In modern war you will die like a dog, for no good reason.”


Not that the surviving residents of the shell-pocked building in which much of the game takes place are likely to come by a whole lot of Hemingway. “We miss books,” Katia, an ex-journalist, says, in the game’s opening scenes. “A good book could help us forget the horrors of war.” Those horrors are visible both outside the building, in the burning silhouette of a war-withered city—the game was inspired by the siege of Sarajevo, which lasted from 1992 to 1996—and inside, where hunger, sickness, and boredom flourish.


This War of Mine is largely homebound. It establishes a regular rhythm of existence: nighttime is for roaming and scavenging, daytime for eating, sleeping, and bartering (all of it to keening electric-guitar accompaniment, as though the XX, or some equivalently mournful group of musicians, were holed up with you). Even if Katia got her hands on a book, she might soon trade it to a haggard local for some fuelwood or bandages. These are the essentials of survival in the besieged city. Without wood, she cannot light her stove, either to cook the scraps of meat that she catches in traps or to heat the room. Her challenge, and yours, is not to escape but to endure.

ETA: It's got "overwhelmingly positive" reviews on Steam ($19.99 price is nice too).

The first review is pretty good -

For three or four days now, I have played nothing but "This War of Mine". I am a veteran of Iraq and I remember all too well the hardships it brought upon the civilians, especially in the beginning of the war. I remember being heartbroken at the sight of children crying and begging for food on the side of the road.
This "game" puts you square in the middle of the experiences of those civilians. It is a brutal, kill or be killed world - where an act of unimaginable violence may let you live another day, but it can also break your heart and soul. Some days, you are offered a chance at compassion - and if you take that chance, risking your own safety and resources for others, you may find you feel a bit better about yourself.

Then there are the times where you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. You are unarmed, scavenging for anything to save your friends, and you peep through a keyhole and see a soldier brutally beating - and possible worse - a woman. He has an AK-47, you have a lockpick and a rumbling stomach. So you sit there and watch - afraid that any noise may turn his violent attention upon you. When it is all done, you hide until he leaves and then, shamefully, pick over the bloodied body of the woman for anything she may have scavenged before the soldier got to her.

This is "This War of Mine" - a dark, beautiful, haunting, exhilerating, and horrible tale.

 

[flysack]

Wow. Another steam player's experience playing This War of Mine -

Entered a building with other people.

The building's description had said "Danger" which ment hostiles. Bandits.
I grabbed my knife and was ready for those bandits.
I saw one bandit and after breaking in through a window, she ran calling for backup.
One guy showed up with a shotgun and chased me off but I waited.
He searched, and couldn't find me and then I got the drop on him.
We fought, he couldn't shoot, and three stabs later he fell.
I grabbed the shotgun and went inside.
My friends needed food, and these bandits were killers. They deserved what they got.
I grabbed food, supplies, and another bandit showed up!
I fired at them with the shotgun, and they dropped with a gurgling scream.
One bandit ran after me! Surely they had a knife!
No... she ran past me to the man's corpse.
She was crying. She called me a murderer.
I fired again and she dropped.
There was silence then, and I had to hurry up and grab the rest of the supplies before more bandits showed up.
I opened a closet, and snagged the food.
But, the inventory of the closet said "Private"
Someone owned this wardrobe?
I looked outside toward the other building, and between the two.. a garden someone built?
One guy had mentioned they were running low on meds.
This.... no.. it couldn't be. It just couldn't be!
This wasn't... this wasn't an abandoned building being picked clean.
This was another group's safehouse.
These people are.... were.... survivors!
...and "I" was the bandit.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Sounds awesome

 

[NCCommish]

Mafia 2 very GTA.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Mafia 2 very GTA.

Absolutely. But so was Red Dead and The Godfather, both great games.

But I get what you're saying. I'm pretty worn out on the bad play control and even worse shooting mechanics of GTA and it's clones.

 

[NCCommish]

Mafia 2 very GTA.

Absolutely. But so was Red Dead and The Godfather, both great games. But I get what you're saying. I'm pretty worn out on the bad play control and even worse shooting mechanics of GTA and it's clones.

Yeah but with Red Dead it wasn't as in your face a clone. Anyway the story and voice acting are pretty good. I am going to go back and work AC Blackflag and come back to this.

 

[flysack]

This War of Mine is surprisingly addicting.

It's more tactical than action packed. The gameplay is similar to the scavenge missions of State of Decay and similar games, only there's moral quandaries involved - do you make weapons and Mad Max an elderly couple out of their food stock? You're hungry. You may starve. Well?

You have limited supplies - you need food, wood, medicine. Where do you scavenge tonight? Some places have more food than wood, some more wood than medicine, etc. Others are guarded, others aren't.

It's simple in execution, but hella addicting. Definitely recommend for $19.99. Hours of fun.

 

[Frank Drebin]

So it looks like Dragon Age Inquisition has a save game issue where it deletes previous autosaves and mission points and only keeps a couple. Ended up stuck with a non-ideal party in an area that can't be traveled from fighting a tough guy (the nightmare). I can't seem to win this, so to revert back I have to go back to a 2 month old previous manual save point. About 24 hours lost on playtime (3 levels up in smoke), which is pretty much a game breaker for me. Horrible design.

Did you find the Supply Crate in the cave right before the fight with the Nightmare? It's just to the left of where you respawn when you die. It definitely helps to have a full arsenal of potions (especially health) for that fight.

Yeah - but I can't get the guy under 30k before I croak. So I end up with a half complement of potions going in (my guys were on fumes to start). Maybe I can backtrack a bit to get a bit better there, but still it doesn't seem like it's likely. Stuck with only one magic guy and little in the way of electricity.

I'm a mage. My party was Dorian (pretty much loaded with Spirit), Bull and Varric. I didn't use much electricity at all. My guy is pretty well balanced and I tend to use fire, ice and electricity in equal measure. I believe I also used the Focus power once during the fight too. I imagine you would need 2 mages in the party of 4 to be effective against him though. Varric kept getting his butt kicked, but his poison abilities seemed to help. or I could be imagining that...

 

[Chaka]

This War of Mine is surprisingly addicting.

It's more tactical than action packed. The gameplay is similar to the scavenge missions of State of Decay and similar games, only there's moral quandaries involved - do you make weapons and Mad Max an elderly couple out of their food stock? You're hungry. You may starve. Well?

You have limited supplies - you need food, wood, medicine. Where do you scavenge tonight? Some places have more food than wood, some more wood than medicine, etc. Others are guarded, others aren't.

It's simple in execution, but hella addicting. Definitely recommend for $19.99. Hours of fun.

I have been looking at this one for awhile now and will definitely pick it up at some point.

It's roguelike in that if you die you start over from the beginning, correct?

Are the level designs and resources radomized for each playthrough?

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I watched a few videos of This War of Mine.

Pass. Looks incredibly tedious and boring. Looks like a more annoying, less fun 2d version of Sate of Decay. Even the item icons and menu look ripped from SoD.

 

[Kfloamy]

My bro in law got a ps4 for his birthday this weekend. Hooked it up, plugged it in, signed up, popped in MLB the Show 15. The sound wouldn't work. Menu music and sounds worked in ps4 environment but when he started game it was all staticky/crackled. You could tell it was the sounds of the game because of timing, but you couldn't understand a thing. He ran and bought an optical cable to hook to soundbar since he'd us that anyway. Now, he has menu music and sound through bar, but when he starts game (has tried MLB and The Last of Us) he gets no sound. Then when he backs out of game to PS4 menus he doesn't even have menu music and sounds anymore. Can anyone help????

That's one I haven't heard before. I'm guessing its an issue with his specific soundbar. Otherwise it would be a more commonly-known issue.

Edit: if it does crackly/staticky sound through both the soundbar and television, then he probably has a defective PS4. Return it.

TV and sound bar both

 

[Borden]

There's a game that was talked about in this thread awhile ago that's a midevil game (PC) that you have to keep your royal bloodline going or something. What game was that? It's been bothering me. I'm trying to avoid searching through 100 pages of this thread to find it

 

[Borden]

Also, Witch 3 for $39 if you preorder.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/ca/en/pc/games/action/witcher-3-wild-hunt/

 

[jwb]

There's a game that was talked about in this thread awhile ago that's a midevil game (PC) that you have to keep your royal bloodline going or something. What game was that? It's been bothering me. I'm trying to avoid searching through 100 pages of this thread to find it

Crusader Kings (probably II)

 

[Borden]

There's a game that was talked about in this thread awhile ago that's a midevil game (PC) that you have to keep your royal bloodline going or something. What game was that? It's been bothering me. I'm trying to avoid searching through 100 pages of this thread to find it

Crusader Kings (probably II)

Spoiler

Yes sir. Thank you.

 

[steelerfan1]

http://www.easports.com/pga-tour'>Rory McIlory PGA TOUR

 

[flysack]

This War of Mine is surprisingly addicting.

It's more tactical than action packed. The gameplay is similar to the scavenge missions of State of Decay and similar games, only there's moral quandaries involved - do you make weapons and Mad Max an elderly couple out of their food stock? You're hungry. You may starve. Well?

You have limited supplies - you need food, wood, medicine. Where do you scavenge tonight? Some places have more food than wood, some more wood than medicine, etc. Others are guarded, others aren't.

It's simple in execution, but hella addicting. Definitely recommend for $19.99. Hours of fun.

I have been looking at this one for awhile now and will definitely pick it up at some point.

It's roguelike in that if you die you start over from the beginning, correct?

Are the level designs and resources radomized for each playthrough?

I'm on my second playthrough now. You can randomize or choose your starting characters, home, and various conditions such as the length of days until the ceasefire and how long and terrible winter will last.

Let me clarify: the game is a story. You start with a set of characters in a large house with scattered resources. The story has an arc. It begins in warm weather, with an abundance of resources to be found around town. Then it gets cold. Eventually winter hits and things get dire. You need to keep the shelled house warm or people will freeze to death. As the winter and war drags on, there's less and less places to scavenge, less resources, and you may have to make moral sacrifices. These will weigh heavily on your spirits though and your characters will begin to see nothing but futility. Similarly, if you help people or trade, your spirits will raise and all the characters will feel like they're going to make it. The object is to make it to the ceasefire, which ends the game. This can be anything from a month to 80 days.

My first playthrough I started with 3 guys, none of whom made it to the ceasefire. Two got shot by people, 1 froze to death. New people will come and ask to stay with you though. In all I played a total of 9 characters, only 1 of which survived the war -- barely -- he was out of food, near starvation, and sick.

There's also a lot of twisted events. Just now I was scavenging in a supermarket and overhead a conversation. So I sneak up to a door and peak through. Inside the room I watch/listen to a soldier trying to pick up a young girl who's looking for food. When she isn't into it, he beats her and drags her off to rape her. I had no weapons. The soldier was heavily armed with an automatic rifle and armored. If I had interfered, even with a surprise attack, I would have gotten one punch in at best, then would have been shot to death and the girl probably would have gotten raped anyway. So I had to watch him beat her then drag her off, begging to be left alone. When I returned to the house, the entire group were pretty shook up, especially the women. Interesting, the men thought it sucked, but understood why my guy couldn't interfere. The women were just destroyed by it, and it made them sad for days.

Even though there's only one arc to the story, there's definitely a lot of replay here.

ETA: yes, resources are randomized. Also I've seen some new places to visit I didn't see on my first playthrough. And the ones I saw the first time have different things/people. For example, I visited a church in my first game and it was inhabited by a gang of armed thugs. In the second game the priest is still living there instead, and open to trade.

 

[flysack]

I watched a few videos of This War of Mine.

Pass. Looks incredibly tedious and boring. Looks like a more annoying, less fun 2d version of Sate of Decay. Even the item icons and menu look ripped from SoD.

You know, I was worried about that myself, having played SOD.

It's not. While they share similar mechanics, it's a very different game.

I also was skeptical/negative about the graphics at first too, but it works for the aesthetic of desperation.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Rory McIlory PGA TOUR

I'm ready for this one.

I had thought about checking out The Golf Club, but reviews are very mixed.

 

[Borden]

PayDay 2 is coming for us console people.

http://m.ca.ign.com/articles/2015/05/07/payday-2-crimewave-edition-hits-ps4-and-xbox-one-next-month

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

PayDay 2 is coming for us console people.

http://m.ca.ign.com/articles/2015/05/07/payday-2-crimewave-edition-hits-ps4-and-xbox-one-next-month

Been out for the 360 for like a year.

Would not buy again.

 

[Chaka]

And can someone tell me WTH is up with the in thread search feature? It works for #### ever since they revamped the board.

Greg Russell, on 10 Mar 2015 - 2:37 PM, said:

I go to google and start my search with: site:forums.footballguys.com

And then add whatever other keywords I'm looking for.

Edit to add: Since I have a google search bar on my browser, once I used it for this once, now I can just type "site" and it pops up the previous search and autocompletes it, so I can then just replace the other keywords. So it's pretty quick and convenient, don't need to remember the exact string.

Thanks for the advice and it works great but it really doesn't substitute for being able to search a topic for specific content and having the results show up chronologically on one page.

Selecting the This Topic option in the current search button on any thread works for ####. For example a simple search for Alan Wake (or +Alan +Wake or "Alan Wake" or multiple other variations) using the This Topic options yields zero results. None, and there are at least a dozen posts on that game in here (that I had to sift through individually using the google).

A search for just the word Wake brings up a Mad Cow post saying that he has never had to experience waking up with a hangover (lucky him).

Maybe it's just operator error but if not why is it so damn difficult to bring back the old thread search function? Y'know the one that actually worked?

Sorry, wrong forum. :endrant:

 

[Kfloamy]

My bro in law got a ps4 for his birthday this weekend. Hooked it up, plugged it in, signed up, popped in MLB the Show 15. The sound wouldn't work. Menu music and sounds worked in ps4 environment but when he started game it was all staticky/crackled. You could tell it was the sounds of the game because of timing, but you couldn't understand a thing. He ran and bought an optical cable to hook to soundbar since he'd us that anyway. Now, he has menu music and sound through bar, but when he starts game (has tried MLB and The Last of Us) he gets no sound. Then when he backs out of game to PS4 menus he doesn't even have menu music and sounds anymore. Can anyone help????

That's one I haven't heard before. I'm guessing its an issue with his specific soundbar. Otherwise it would be a more commonly-known issue.

Edit: if it does crackly/staticky sound through both the soundbar and television, then he probably has a defective PS4. Return it.

TV and sound bar both

Yes...he told me today that now the sound will start on the game but then it starts breaking up and eventually goes out completely. Then there is no sound at all on games or PS4 screens.

 

[Herc]

My bro in law got a ps4 for his birthday this weekend. Hooked it up, plugged it in, signed up, popped in MLB the Show 15. The sound wouldn't work. Menu music and sounds worked in ps4 environment but when he started game it was all staticky/crackled. You could tell it was the sounds of the game because of timing, but you couldn't understand a thing. He ran and bought an optical cable to hook to soundbar since he'd us that anyway. Now, he has menu music and sound through bar, but when he starts game (has tried MLB and The Last of Us) he gets no sound. Then when he backs out of game to PS4 menus he doesn't even have menu music and sounds anymore. Can anyone help????

That's one I haven't heard before. I'm guessing its an issue with his specific soundbar. Otherwise it would be a more commonly-known issue.

Edit: if it does crackly/staticky sound through both the soundbar and television, then he probably has a defective PS4. Return it.

TV and sound bar both

Yes...he told me today that now the sound will start on the game but then it starts breaking up and eventually goes out completely. Then there is no sound at all on games or PS4 screens.

sounds like a defective ps4

 

[TheAristocrat]

Rory McIlory PGA TOUR

I'm ready for this one.

I had thought about checking out The Golf Club, but reviews are very mixed.

The Golf Club is pretty fun. You don't get super mega power boost shots. It's just you against the course, which is fun. Accuracy is difficult at first but gets easier with time (especially hitting with heavy winds).

If fiddled around with the course creation tool but usually just default to the certified courses. You can play tournaments or tours as well which is fun.

I'd say it's an overall solid golf game without the super duper power up shots of other golf games. 3.5/5.

 

[igbomb]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

 

[Chaka]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.

Ridonkulously good value.

 

[Insein]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.

Ridonkulously good value.

I picked up Witcher 1 and 2 in a Steam Sale in 2012 for $25. Still haven't played them.

 

[NCCommish]

I think I will go back to DA Origins and play a mage character this time. I really liked the game and it managed to keep me interested until the end. Something few games seem to be able to do lately.

 

[Chaka]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.

Ridonkulously good value.

I picked up Witcher 1 and 2 in a Steam Sale in 2012 for $25. Still haven't played them.

Nothing wrong with that. In fact TW1 is a very difficult game to get into mostly because the voice work was so horribly flawed in the original release that they had to go back to formula and redo most of it and it was re-released as an "Enhanced Edition" (i.e. they fixed their colossal #### up). But even in the EE the prologue dialogue is still godawful, I started it and was so disappointed with it I walked away for maybe 6 months. A friend convinced me to push through so I did and it turns out that it is one of the most intricate story driven games that I have ever played. It has an ME level of depth to TW universe (something I am pretty sure you appreciate) and the first game is a little clunky (just like ME...TW1 is more clunky actually) and will feel dated in 2015 (just like ME, maybe...probably more-so) but pushing through it is, IMO, just as worth it.

Frankly TW may be my favorite RPG, even over ME (and I think you know how I feel about the ME series). I have played through both TW1 & TW2 twice now...just like ME1 & ME2 & ME3.

 

[Insein]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.

Ridonkulously good value.

I picked up Witcher 1 and 2 in a Steam Sale in 2012 for $25. Still haven't played them.

Nothing wrong with that. In fact TW1 is a very difficult game to get into mostly because the voice work was so horribly flawed in the original release that they had to go back to formula and redo most of it and it was re-released as an "Enhanced Edition" (i.e. they fixed their colossal #### up). But even in the EE the prologue dialogue is still godawful, I started it and was so disappointed with it I walked away for maybe 6 months. A friend convinced me to push through so I did and it turns out that it is one of the most intricate story driven games that I have ever played. It has an ME level of depth to TW universe (something I am pretty sure you appreciate) and the first game is a little clunky (just like ME...TW1 is more clunky actually) and will feel dated in 2015 (just like ME, maybe...probably more-so) but pushing through it is, IMO, just as worth it.

Frankly TW may be my favorite RPG, even over ME (and I think you know how I feel about the ME series). I have played through both TW1 & TW2 twice now...just like ME1 & ME2 & ME3.

Yea, I know I have to get er done. Just finding the time to get amped up for it.

 

[flysack]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

Thanks. These are like Betheseda sandlot games, right? I know very little about them, but the price is sweet.

 

[flysack]

I think I will go back to DA Origins and play a mage character this time. I really liked the game and it managed to keep me interested until the end. Something few games seem to be able to do lately.

Maybe I need to give this another shot. I bought it on release (DVD) and played like 1/3rd and dropped it. Maybe because I was spoiled by Skyrim and every other RPG felt amateurish in comparison.

 

[Insein]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

Thanks. These are like Betheseda sandlot games, right? I know very little about them, but the price is sweet.

No. Much more like Mass Effect 3rd person RPGs that are heavily story driven.

 

[igbomb]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.

Ridonkulously good value.

Yep. The comparisons to ME was enough for me to pull the trigger.

 

[Drifter]

Mafia 2 very GTA.

Absolutely. But so was Red Dead and The Godfather, both great games.But I get what you're saying. I'm pretty worn out on the bad play control and even worse shooting mechanics of GTA and it's clones.

Yeah but with Red Dead it wasn't as in your face a clone. Anyway the story and voice acting are pretty good. I am going to go back and work AC Blackflag and come back to this.

Mafia 2 has super clunky driving mechanics and awful missions.

Watch cut scene.

Drive for 5 minutes

Watch cut scene

Drive for 5 minutes

Bad non-challenging fight

Watch cut scene

Drive for 5 minutes

Watch cut scene

Drive for 5 minutes

Rinse and Repeat

 

[Insein]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.Ridonkulously good value.

I picked up Witcher 1 and 2 in a Steam Sale in 2012 for $25. Still haven't played them.

Nothing wrong with that. In fact TW1 is a very difficult game to get into mostly because the voice work was so horribly flawed in the original release that they had to go back to formula and redo most of it and it was re-released as an "Enhanced Edition" (i.e. they fixed their colossal #### up). But even in the EE the prologue dialogue is still godawful, I started it and was so disappointed with it I walked away for maybe 6 months. A friend convinced me to push through so I did and it turns out that it is one of the most intricate story driven games that I have ever played. It has an ME level of depth to TW universe (something I am pretty sure you appreciate) and the first game is a little clunky (just like ME...TW1 is more clunky actually) and will feel dated in 2015 (just like ME, maybe...probably more-so) but pushing through it is, IMO, just as worth it.Frankly TW may be my favorite RPG, even over ME (and I think you know how I feel about the ME series). I have played through both TW1 & TW2 twice now...just like ME1 & ME2 & ME3.

Yea, I know I have to get er done. Just finding the time to get amped up for it.

Fired it up. Got done in 20 mins what took me an hour and a half in 2012. So that's a good start. Now maybe I can figure this thing out.

 

[Chaka]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.Ridonkulously good value.

I picked up Witcher 1 and 2 in a Steam Sale in 2012 for $25. Still haven't played them.

Nothing wrong with that. In fact TW1 is a very difficult game to get into mostly because the voice work was so horribly flawed in the original release that they had to go back to formula and redo most of it and it was re-released as an "Enhanced Edition" (i.e. they fixed their colossal #### up). But even in the EE the prologue dialogue is still godawful, I started it and was so disappointed with it I walked away for maybe 6 months. A friend convinced me to push through so I did and it turns out that it is one of the most intricate story driven games that I have ever played. It has an ME level of depth to TW universe (something I am pretty sure you appreciate) and the first game is a little clunky (just like ME...TW1 is more clunky actually) and will feel dated in 2015 (just like ME, maybe...probably more-so) but pushing through it is, IMO, just as worth it.Frankly TW may be my favorite RPG, even over ME (and I think you know how I feel about the ME series). I have played through both TW1 & TW2 twice now...just like ME1 & ME2 & ME3.

Yea, I know I have to get er done. Just finding the time to get amped up for it.

Fired it up. Got done in 20 mins what took me an hour and a half in 2012. So that's a good start. Now maybe I can figure this thing out.

#1 sleep with as many women as possible, Geralt is good at that.

 

[Insein]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.Ridonkulously good value.

I picked up Witcher 1 and 2 in a Steam Sale in 2012 for $25. Still haven't played them.

Nothing wrong with that. In fact TW1 is a very difficult game to get into mostly because the voice work was so horribly flawed in the original release that they had to go back to formula and redo most of it and it was re-released as an "Enhanced Edition" (i.e. they fixed their colossal #### up). But even in the EE the prologue dialogue is still godawful, I started it and was so disappointed with it I walked away for maybe 6 months. A friend convinced me to push through so I did and it turns out that it is one of the most intricate story driven games that I have ever played. It has an ME level of depth to TW universe (something I am pretty sure you appreciate) and the first game is a little clunky (just like ME...TW1 is more clunky actually) and will feel dated in 2015 (just like ME, maybe...probably more-so) but pushing through it is, IMO, just as worth it.Frankly TW may be my favorite RPG, even over ME (and I think you know how I feel about the ME series). I have played through both TW1 & TW2 twice now...just like ME1 & ME2 & ME3.

Yea, I know I have to get er done. Just finding the time to get amped up for it.

Fired it up. Got done in 20 mins what took me an hour and a half in 2012. So that's a good start. Now maybe I can figure this thing out.

#1 sleep with as many women as possible, Geralt is good at that.

The redhead at the beginning is my first target. Don't know how long that takes though.

 

[thecatch]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.Ridonkulously good value.

Yep. The comparisons to ME was enough for me to pull the trigger.

Witcher 2 is like ME; Witcher 1 is much more old school - think Baldur's Gate rip off.

 

[Chaka]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.Ridonkulously good value.

Yep. The comparisons to ME was enough for me to pull the trigger.

Witcher 2 is like ME; Witcher 1 is much more old school - think Baldur's Gate rip off.

Never played Baldur's Gate but I think TW1 is very much in the vein of ME1 in both story and gameplay.

Brilliant story with clunky mechanics, dated graphics, repetitive maps etc (TW IMO does have much better decision points & consequences IMO)...sounds awesome, doesn't it?

 

[NCCommish]

Mafia 2 very GTA.

Absolutely. But so was Red Dead and The Godfather, both great games.But I get what you're saying. I'm pretty worn out on the bad play control and even worse shooting mechanics of GTA and it's clones.

Yeah but with Red Dead it wasn't as in your face a clone. Anyway the story and voice acting are pretty good. I am going to go back and work AC Blackflag and come back to this.

Mafia 2 has super clunky driving mechanics and awful missions.

Watch cut scene.

Drive for 5 minutes

Watch cut scene

Drive for 5 minutes

Bad non-challenging fight

Watch cut scene

Drive for 5 minutes

Watch cut scene

Drive for 5 minutes

Rinse and Repeat

Sounds like my GTA experience.

 

[thecatch]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.Ridonkulously good value.

Yep. The comparisons to ME was enough for me to pull the trigger.

Witcher 2 is like ME; Witcher 1 is much more old school - think Baldur's Gate rip off.

Never played Baldur's Gate but I think TW1 is very much in the vein of ME1 in both story and gameplay. Brilliant story with clunky mechanics, dated graphics, repetitive maps etc (TW IMO does have much better decision points & consequences IMO)...sounds awesome, doesn't it?

I don't quite share your affinity for W1, but I liked it. But it has nothing in common with ME from a gameplay perspective. It's an isometric RPG.

 

[Chaka]

Witcher 1 on Steam for $1.49.

Witcher 2 for $2.99

Promotion due to Witcher 3 coming out.

That's over 100 of gaming for under $5.Ridonkulously good value.

Yep. The comparisons to ME was enough for me to pull the trigger.

Witcher 2 is like ME; Witcher 1 is much more old school - think Baldur's Gate rip off.

Never played Baldur's Gate but I think TW1 is very much in the vein of ME1 in both story and gameplay. Brilliant story with clunky mechanics, dated graphics, repetitive maps etc (TW IMO does have much better decision points & consequences IMO)...sounds awesome, doesn't it?

I don't quite share your affinity for W1, but I liked it. But it has nothing in common with ME from a gameplay perspective. It's an isometric RPG.

Doesn't isometric refer to top down perspective? Maybe I don't understand the definition but from my understanding of it TW1 isn't even a little bit isometric. It's a 3rd person perspective not top down like, say, Dragon Age Origins.

ETA: And a lot of people don't share my affinity for TW1...even I don't entirely. It was a very good first effort but it is definitely a flawed game, for me the truly impressive part (the part that kept me wanting more) is the depth of the universe they created not the stellar gameplay (but I feel the same way aboue ME1). They improved the game play significantly in TW2 and managed not to sacrifice the depth of the story.