Sounds like my prom night, but I agree! I wonder if it's better/easier/(harder?) with co-op.
Dave
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So @GasBandit is playing a game called "Osiris: New Dawn". I officially hate this game. Why?
Here's the synopsis:
The year is 2078 and Earth’s resources have nearly been depleted. Mankind’s discovery of the near-lightspeed "fold engine" has empowered the Osiris expedition to the Gliese 581 system.
And from my novel:
We left Earth thinking our journey would last only about 30 years or so. Our target was a star in the Libra constellation named Gliese 581. Catchy name, huh? Apparently it was supposed to have a planet that might support life.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Here's the synopsis:
The year is 2078 and Earth’s resources have nearly been depleted. Mankind’s discovery of the near-lightspeed "fold engine" has empowered the Osiris expedition to the Gliese 581 system.
And from my novel:
We left Earth thinking our journey would last only about 30 years or so. Our target was a star in the Libra constellation named Gliese 581. Catchy name, huh? Apparently it was supposed to have a planet that might support life.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Gliese 581 appears in a lot of fiction, since the theorized goldilocks planet drew a lot of people's imaginations.
Dave
Staff member
I had never seen it before.
It was probably tickling around in the back of your subconscious for years.
It was a link to amazon, which the forum software changes into an embedded product view. If you're running adblock, it will block these kinds of embeds.
I'm playing Pokémon Diamond alongside my son who is playing Platinum. They made the old game much harder! I've been telling him for years and he now finally believes me.
I'm backing away from Pokemon for the moment, having discovered Corpse Party: Book of Shadows and Manhunt 2 are available for my PSP. I'm sure neither will be world shaking, but I always burn out quickly when there isn't an actual goal in the game beyond catching them all.
I can only hope for some good, old fashioned October gore, spooks, and the occasional buttering.
I can only hope for some good, old fashioned October gore, spooks, and the occasional buttering.
GasBandit
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I'm not sure if I like Osiris: New Dawn yet or not. Alpha issues aside (actually the game is really stable so far, though the single player campaign is incomplete), it feels like it's trying to hard to cash in on the brief surge of movie popularity of The Martian, the skill tree requires too much grinding, and the content progression is out of whack.
For example, I can now build a SPACE SHIP, but I can't build any kind of land vehicle, because they require diamonds (which requires going into dangerous areas to find, which requires weapons, which REQUIRE DIAMONDS TO MAKE) and "azurnium," which is only found in space (or rarely in meteorites, though I haven't found any in any of the meteorites I've investigated). How does it make sense to make spaceships earlier content than land transportation?
Also, the game is gorgeous - I mean cinematic and breathtaking views... but static. There's no land deformation of any kind, resources are mined from respawning "boulders" at fixed positions, and there's nothing random or procedurally generated about it at all. So, even though Empyrion, Space Engineers and Astroneer are much uglier/simpler looking, I can see myself getting bored of Osiris MUCH faster. Granted, Skyrim has a fixed landscape, too, but Osiris is a survival sandbox with minimal RPG elements, not an RPG with minimal sandbox elements (which is what Skyrim really is). The content won't be there to keep you engrossed for hundreds of hours even when the game is complete, I'd wager.
For example, I can now build a SPACE SHIP, but I can't build any kind of land vehicle, because they require diamonds (which requires going into dangerous areas to find, which requires weapons, which REQUIRE DIAMONDS TO MAKE) and "azurnium," which is only found in space (or rarely in meteorites, though I haven't found any in any of the meteorites I've investigated). How does it make sense to make spaceships earlier content than land transportation?
Also, the game is gorgeous - I mean cinematic and breathtaking views... but static. There's no land deformation of any kind, resources are mined from respawning "boulders" at fixed positions, and there's nothing random or procedurally generated about it at all. So, even though Empyrion, Space Engineers and Astroneer are much uglier/simpler looking, I can see myself getting bored of Osiris MUCH faster. Granted, Skyrim has a fixed landscape, too, but Osiris is a survival sandbox with minimal RPG elements, not an RPG with minimal sandbox elements (which is what Skyrim really is). The content won't be there to keep you engrossed for hundreds of hours even when the game is complete, I'd wager.
FINALLY BEAT PORTAL-man that end song is even more satisfying. ONTO PORTAL 2!
The original Corpse Party is a pretty neat visual novel meets horror story game. I dunno about the sequels.
Portal 2
Edit: Sorry Pez.
The fucking MOMENT Glados goes back online, fucking CHILLS man!
Edit: Sorry Pez.
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Yeah, so far this is weird (relatively speaking). It's like a replay of Corpse Party, but without the parts where you wander around. It's basically a visual novel with selected moments of choice, so far one in the first hour or so. Oh, and more creepy bathtub scenes. (Creepy like "high school girls in a bath together", not ghosty stuff).
I think he was kidding since that part was in the trailers.
it's not like spoiling ... Well, I don't know how far you are.
GasBandit
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The spaceship and Zero-G controls in Osiris are SO BAD. So bad, you guys. So. Bad.
But at least I finally got all the parts I needed to rebuild my lost floating robot orb buddy that disappeared and never came back when my UPS died. I have named him Dipshit 2, in honor of his predecessor.
But at least I finally got all the parts I needed to rebuild my lost floating robot orb buddy that disappeared and never came back when my UPS died. I have named him Dipshit 2, in honor of his predecessor.
figmentPez
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Zero Esc is right, I was just joking since GLaDOS is featured heavily in the marketing of the game. But thank you for caring.
This new version of Dwarf Fortress is confusing and overly complex and far too difficult and I don't like it but I still can't stop playing.
I mean, dwarfs can get alcohol poisoning now. That's, like, contrary to everything dwarfy!
My most recent fortress was lost when two dwarves, who apparently were unhappy about not having a place to worship their respective gods, got into an argument that devolved into a fistfight. One dwarf ended up killing the other, which then led to other dwarves attacking the killer dwarf as well as each other, which then in turn devolved into an all-out free-for-all melee when my military dwarves got involved. Ever seen 200 dwarves kill each other? I have. On the bright side, though, I can say that my military was very well trained, because they were slicing through their fellow dwarves like paper. In the end there were only around five survivors, and they only survived because they all were too injured to stand up, so they couldn't fight each other.
I suppose I could've waited for a migrant wave to see what'll happen then, but I didn't want to wait, so I abandoned the site and started a new fortress.
I mean, dwarfs can get alcohol poisoning now. That's, like, contrary to everything dwarfy!
My most recent fortress was lost when two dwarves, who apparently were unhappy about not having a place to worship their respective gods, got into an argument that devolved into a fistfight. One dwarf ended up killing the other, which then led to other dwarves attacking the killer dwarf as well as each other, which then in turn devolved into an all-out free-for-all melee when my military dwarves got involved. Ever seen 200 dwarves kill each other? I have. On the bright side, though, I can say that my military was very well trained, because they were slicing through their fellow dwarves like paper. In the end there were only around five survivors, and they only survived because they all were too injured to stand up, so they couldn't fight each other.
I suppose I could've waited for a migrant wave to see what'll happen then, but I didn't want to wait, so I abandoned the site and started a new fortress.
Humble Bundle had Auto Mechanic Simulator on sale.
I thought I might like it, since I like dumb games like Farming Simulator. Plus, it reminded of my departed friend, who liked to restore old cars.
What do you know? I kinda like it.
I thought I might like it, since I like dumb games like Farming Simulator. Plus, it reminded of my departed friend, who liked to restore old cars.
What do you know? I kinda like it.
One of the reasons I like Gnomoria: It's like DF-lite. Not as complex, with prettier graphics.
By default, yes. You can install a graphics pack if you want, which makes it look a bit more like, say, Rimworld. I use the default Matrix graphics though, because I spent all that time learning what every ascii symbol represents, so you bet your ass I'm going to use my knowledge, dammit!
AND-I beat Portal 2 DAMN good game, also I feel Red vs Blue took some inspiration from this or vice-versa with the AIs.
Also while looking it up on the wiki, I found it interesting to know that one of the creators of Portal worked on Psychonauts, neat!
Also while looking it up on the wiki, I found it interesting to know that one of the creators of Portal worked on Psychonauts, neat!
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GasBandit
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 -
For the people not watching our streams or who have missed our other posts about it, Terrik, Dei, Snuffles and myself have been 4-player'ing DOS2.
We are complete and utter murderhobos.
There is tons of plot we are skipping over or missing entirely, most of our decisions are based upon "what gets us the most experience," we steal everything we can and kill everyone we're allowed to, pretty much. S'pretty fun.
Dei is a dwarf rogue who carries so many grenades it over-encumbers her, Snuffles is a lizardman archer who usually deals out more damage than the rest of us put together, Terrik is an undead mage who specializes mostly in poison and earth spells - which means the slightest spark ignites everything into a raging inferno - and is a glass cannon (which means he spends 75% of his turns unable to move or act), and my Dwarf has evolved over time... from basically a "paladin in all but name" into a healing-tanking-Ice Mage-necromancer. It's an eclectic build. I don't do as much damage as the others but man have I got a lot of utility, crowd control, and stupidly high survivability.
In most respects, I think the game has improved upon the first one, with two glaring exceptions - the quest log is an arcane, impenetrable mess, and you can't click on the god damn area map to move somewhere far away - you have to actually scroll your view window over there and then click. GAGH.
But those two minor irritations aside, this is easily the best RPG since, well, DOS1. So, I guess, in 3 years?
I might actually re-play it in single player once our multiplayer playthrough is done, just so I can enjoy the story, lore elements, crafting etc. at my own pace.
For the people not watching our streams or who have missed our other posts about it, Terrik, Dei, Snuffles and myself have been 4-player'ing DOS2.
We are complete and utter murderhobos.
There is tons of plot we are skipping over or missing entirely, most of our decisions are based upon "what gets us the most experience," we steal everything we can and kill everyone we're allowed to, pretty much. S'pretty fun.
Dei is a dwarf rogue who carries so many grenades it over-encumbers her, Snuffles is a lizardman archer who usually deals out more damage than the rest of us put together, Terrik is an undead mage who specializes mostly in poison and earth spells - which means the slightest spark ignites everything into a raging inferno - and is a glass cannon (which means he spends 75% of his turns unable to move or act), and my Dwarf has evolved over time... from basically a "paladin in all but name" into a healing-tanking-Ice Mage-necromancer. It's an eclectic build. I don't do as much damage as the others but man have I got a lot of utility, crowd control, and stupidly high survivability.
In most respects, I think the game has improved upon the first one, with two glaring exceptions - the quest log is an arcane, impenetrable mess, and you can't click on the god damn area map to move somewhere far away - you have to actually scroll your view window over there and then click. GAGH.
But those two minor irritations aside, this is easily the best RPG since, well, DOS1. So, I guess, in 3 years?
I might actually re-play it in single player once our multiplayer playthrough is done, just so I can enjoy the story, lore elements, crafting etc. at my own pace.
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