Octopus Overlords

And yeah, I mean, it's one thing to have exclusive loot as part of a DLC. That much is understandable as other games have done so. But when it's done in a way that reduces fair chances for the players of the base game from getting good loot, that reaally isn't fun. And it isn't like you see the loot and can be tempted to upgrade to the DLCs in order to get said loot. Rather, it's invisible. Meanwhile, throughout the game, there'd be times I'd get very little loot, even out of the majestic chests, such as health and energy potions, money, and what I'd call 'junk loot'. Very rarely would I ever get blue loot. I think it only happened a handful of times, and this would explain why. And it's not like you can buy that kind of loot from a merchant; it's only obtainable as loot drops. It'd be more honest if they made the loot visible to show how much you're missing while showing which DLC it's from. But I don't think most games ever put DLC loot in the same loot table for reasons such as those. Either way, the RNG is heavily stacked against the player if they have the base game, which is not cool. It's not like the DLCs are cheap either. They're the price of the base game at $25 each.

I don't hold any nostalgia for these games given I didn't play it when it first came out. This experience felt so below par, and I didn't even have any expectations to begin with.

Its a new page. What game are you talking about?

The same game I've been talking about in my last several posts: Titan Quest. Or more precisely, Titan Quest Anniversary Edition. Or Garbage Edition.

From the makers of Terminator: Resistance:

I am in a bit of gaming rut, so I decided to go retro... by playing Hot Wheels Unleashed. I know, I'm turning into a kid again, even though I've never really gotten into Hot Wheels. When I grew up I was not in the US, so I'm more into Matchbox, Majorette, and Tomi instead of Hot Wheels.

Rumpy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 12:15 am The same game I've been talking about in my last several posts: Titan Quest. Or more precisely, Titan Quest Anniversary Edition. Or Garbage Edition.

One of those games where you're expected to slog through the same game 3 times just play the highest difficulties. No thanks.

Kasey Chang wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:38 am

Rumpy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 12:15 am The same game I've been talking about in my last several posts: Titan Quest. Or more precisely, Titan Quest Anniversary Edition. Or Garbage Edition.

One of those games where you're expected to slog through the same game 3 times just play the highest difficulties. No thanks.

Yeah, once it dawned on me it was going to be that type of game, I wasn't compelled to keep going. Not that I would have been able to anyway with an unkillable boss mind you.

With a lot of games like that, I've reached a point of skipping the first playthrough entirely if possible. In Borderlands 1/2, for instance, I'll download a 'clean' save (nothing modified, etc) right at the end of the first playthrough for the character I want, then just play the second playthrough.

Only took a years-long hiatus and 48 hours of total play time for me to complete the UEF campaign in Supreme Commander.

Today I discovered that the Steamlink client can be started up in windowed mode and run as a remote desktop app. I don't know how I didn't realize that sooner since that's obviously what it was always doing with the Big Picture mode on top, but I didn't know the client just gets full permissions on the remote computer. That may not be so great from a security standpoint but it sure is practical, and I suppose I could lock it down to my home network since I never play from outside locations.

I bet in the last year of my life I'll still be getting new games.....and still not playing them, but playing older games.

Playing through a couple levels of "Doors Paradox", a simple Puzzle game where the objective is to escape each level by opening the door, and you do that by solving the puzzles that locks each level's doors, by discovering hidden parts that you need to reassemble to reveal clues that will let you solve the other puzzles on the level, eventually to opening the portal onto the next level. Each one is not hard, and if you want, you can skip a particular puzzle. Got this free on Amazon Prime freebies a while back. There appears to be like 60 levels, but frankly, I'm kinda bored after 8.

Tried out Hero's Hour for a bit. I can see how that's kinda fun, as it is basically an updated version of HOMM, but with the battles turned to almost real-time. But the basic idea is still the game: build up your cities, hire heroes, take your units out and conquer the map, with the caveat that every week your enemies get stronger, so you can't dawdle.

For grins, tried "space warlord organ trading sim" (also given away on Prime Gaming) and interface is kinda horrible and there's no manual or tutorial explaining things. You're supposed to wait for "orders" before buying stuff then fulfill the orders. So I guess I was supposed to get one of each? I guess later they'll want me to match bloodtypes or something. Hah! Again, Ui's horrible.

A lot of the same old eastern style bullshit we get these days but the graphics show off Unreal 5 engine.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 1:10 pm A lot of the same old eastern style bullshit we get these days

What?

Danger! Danger, Dae Hawkinson!

hehe Just seems many asian games are same'ish to me. No break outs. Make money stay in lane stuff.

16:10 The Invincible is the only one that looks interesting to me in that video.

In this one Banishers and maybe EXEkillers looks interesting.

Isn't Lords of the Fallen the first souls-like by From Software?

GreenGoo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 4:47 pm Isn't Lords of the Fallen the first souls-like by From Software?

Deck 13, the people behind The Surge.

Oh interesting. I liked the Surge. My first Souls-like, I think. A good beginner's Souls-like, imo.

So is this a remake? A remastering?

I finally figured out my Wolfenstein conundrum. I could have sworn O owned and played them..the first 3...but I could only find where I owned the first tow and couldn't figure it out.

So I own Wolfenstein New Order and Wolfenstein Old Blood......but not Wolfenstein 2 New Colossus. I played it somehow though as I can remember parts of it. SO must have donr it when I had EA Play or some gaming stream service active. is all I can figure.

So that finally frees me up for the rest and I was able to pick up Youngblood on sale yesterday for $5. I think Id given it a pass because its not BJ but his female empowered daughters that they seemed to have to make one gay so it appeals to the modern world. Nothing wrong with gay but they seem to think they have to be gay to be a strong fighting woman or some such I dont agree with. Women are awesome on their own...take Kate from the spy games and such . Plus Id heard it was a bit like Far Cry Dragon that I could never get into with its graphics. It also came out right after I lost my wife and wasn't into life or games or political correct stuff in my games. I was just done with fooling with the world at that point in time.

Anyways screw it I love the games and decided to grab it. Is Youngblood a pretty cool worth my time to bother with game of should it just stay in my backlog? Theres really nothing after it for now in the main series.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:02 pmI think Id given it a pass because its not BJ but his female empowered daughters that they seemed to have to make one gay so it appeals to the modern world. Nothing wrong with gay but they seem to think they have to be gay to be a strong fighting woman or some such I dont agree with.

Riight. Because there's no conceivable reason a gay person would hate Nazis, I suppose?

Chraolic wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:33 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:02 pmI think Id given it a pass because its not BJ but his female empowered daughters that they seemed to have to make one gay so it appeals to the modern world. Nothing wrong with gay but they seem to think they have to be gay to be a strong fighting woman or some such I dont agree with.

Riight. Because there's no conceivable reason a gay person would hate Nazis, I suppose?

No its just as stated that a woman doesn't also have to be gay to be tough and fight nazis on her own as a woman.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:30 am No its just as stated that a woman doesn't also have to be gay to be tough and fight nazis on her own as a woman.

There are two main characters in the game, right? And one of them is gay? So is the other sister not tough and fighting Nazis? Or is it just that main characters in action games aren't allowed to be gay according to you, or something? I can't even understand what you're going on about.

Chraolic wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:35 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:30 am No its just as stated that a woman doesn't also have to be gay to be tough and fight nazis on her own as a woman.

There are two main characters in the game, right? And one of them is gay? So is the other sister not tough and fighting Nazis? Or is it just that main characters in action games aren't allowed to be gay according to you, or something? I can't even understand what you're going on about.

You're either misunderstanding or looking for something that isn't there. I assumed they were both gay. Perhaps thats where the fault lies yes? Ive not played and just now own it and plan to start it soon.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:02 pm
So that finally frees me up for the rest and I was able to pick up Youngblood on sale yesterday for $5. I think Id given it a pass because its not BJ but his female empowered daughters that they seemed to have to make one gay so it appeals to the modern world. Nothing wrong with gay but they seem to think they have to be gay to be a strong fighting woman or some such I dont agree with.

I've read maybe half a dozen reviews of this game (back when it was out originally and shortly thereafter) and I can't recall a single one of them commenting in any capacity about the characters. Instead, it was described as a mediocre co-op shooter than arguably required a partner to play - which is why it's the only Wolfenstein game I've skipped.

Between this and your comments on the Unreal games last week, I gotta ask - are you ok my dude?

Between this and your comments on the Unreal games last week, I gotta ask - are you ok my dude?

I honestly dont know any more. Life is kinda falling apart around me. Hoping it improves soon. Have stuff planned that will help. Bit as of now..shrug. Kinda running around with my eyes crossed.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:24 am

Between this and your comments on the Unreal games last week, I gotta ask - are you ok my dude?

I honestly dont know any more. Life is kinda falling apart around me. Hoping it improves soon. Have stuff planned that will help. Bit as of now..shrug. Kinda running around with my eyes crossed.

I hope, after all of these years of all of us prodding you, that you realize that the thing that you need that would actually help is talking to a therapist. I've got to make arrangements for a new one sometime next week myself.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:14 am I've read maybe half a dozen reviews of this game (back when it was out originally and shortly thereafter) and I can't recall a single one of them commenting in any capacity about the characters. Instead, it was described as a mediocre co-op shooter than arguably required a partner to play - which is why it's the only Wolfenstein game I've skipped.

I played it solo and didn't have any problems with it. I enjoyed it about as much as any of the other Wolfenstein games I've played (which is approximately all of the modern ones). As long as I can punch, stab, shoot, curbstomp, detonate and generally annihilate swarms of Nazis, I'm not all that demanding of my Wolfensteins.

In related news (as in I spent 75 hours with Youngblood), sometimes I don't know whether Steam really understands me.



Just how many hours do I need to put into a game for it to recognize that maybe it is relevant to me?

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:08 am

Chraolic wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:35 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:30 am No its just as stated that a woman doesn't also have to be gay to be tough and fight nazis on her own as a woman.

There are two main characters in the game, right? And one of them is gay? So is the other sister not tough and fighting Nazis? Or is it just that main characters in action games aren't allowed to be gay according to you, or something? I can't even understand what you're going on about.

You're either misunderstanding or looking for something that isn't there. I assumed they were both gay. Perhaps thats where the fault lies yes? Ive not played and just now own it and plan to start it soon.

<snicker> If you assumed they were both gay, why would you say 'they seemed to have to make one gay' ?

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 5:02 pm I think Id given it a pass because its not BJ but his female empowered daughters that they seemed to have to make one gay so it appeals to the modern world.

It's an action shooter. Is there enough character development and interpersonal drama for sexual orientation to have any impact at all?

And if not, and it makes some players feel good to have a gay heroine, why's that a problem?

Paradox Tectonic had their announcement event for Life by You today.



It looks like an open-world Sims-esque life simulator, with an integrated suite of modding tools. It is currently available for pre-order on the Epic Games Store, with an early access release coming up later this year (Sep 12, according to the EGS page).

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/life-by-you

Saw this article about a PS gamer going PC, but it doesn't address my primary reason for having switched 99% of my gaming to console.

As long as I’ve been a gamer, I’ve always stuck with home consoles. From the NES to the PlayStation 5, consoles were always my gaming home base, and I was happy with the convenience of it. When it comes to PC gaming, though, I’ve always watched from afar, jealous of the buttery-smooth frame rates and graphics, but intimidated by the parts, drivers, settings, and prices.

Specifically - gaming from the couch with 7.1.2 Home Theater surround w/o headphones - especially after Work From Home during the Pandemic, and I didn't want to spend more time at the computer after a full day.

Back when I wanted a PC so bad and started out with one all those reasons to not was my reasons to want. I was really into computers even without one and read all I could all the time about them. I loved it all. Now not so much. Prefer to just play. But Ive not fussed with any of that stuff in a decade other than video drivers and replacing the video card once.