What Video Games Have You Been Playing #16: Retirement Party For The Active Mind

[Timsup2nothin]

I just got a discount code from GoG for an adventure game called Firewatch. I'm reasonably intrigued, and if this discount is significant I might be buying that. Anyone played it?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I just got a discount code from GoG for an adventure game called Firewatch. I'm reasonably intrigued, and if this discount is significant I might be buying that. Anyone played it?

No but I was intrigued. Seems like a cool walking simulator.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

No but I was intrigued. Seems like a cool walking simulator.

That's what I was thinking. I'm committed to getting the new X4 expansion so I'm likely to buy this along with it, I've just been too lazy to scrounge up the on-line purchase devices. Hitting me with the expires in two days discount code will probably push me over, so good marketing move GoG.

 

[Synobun]

I just got a discount code from GoG for an adventure game called Firewatch. I'm reasonably intrigued, and if this discount is significant I might be buying that. Anyone played it?

Since you tend to spend $5 on a game and then play it for 20 years, Firewatch is a terrible choice. You'll get a few hours out of it. Less than five.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Since you tend to spend $5 on a game and then play it for 20 years, Firewatch is a terrible choice. You'll get a few hours out of it. Less than five.

I'm trying to broaden my horizons beyond the discount rack...though I must admit that I was thinking my mysterious discount code better be like 75%, which would make the price five dollars.

Zero on the replayability meter I take it though?

 

[Synobun]

I'm trying to broaden my horizons beyond the discount rack...though I must admit that I was thinking my mysterious discount code better be like 75%, which would make the price five dollars.

Zero on the replayability meter I take it though?

A one-and-done, pretty much. I guess you might could replay it years later once the memory loss has robbed you enough.

Don't get me wrong, it's very pretty and the story isn't terrible. But it's short and quite linear.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Alzhiemer's; meet new people, see new places, play new games...

 

[cardgame]

Put about 20h into bannerlord in its first 48 hours of availability

Very fun game with a lot of potential and also a lot of early access problems so don't jump on it if you can't deal with bugs

@warpus have you tried it?

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Put about 20h into bannerlord in its first 48 hours of availability

Very fun game with a lot of potential and also a lot of early access problems so don't jump on it if you can't deal with bugs

@warpus have you tried it?

When I first got Mount and Blade it ran continuously for about eight days. My gf was out of town and one of my sons was staying with me. We'd play until our eyes bugged out, then turn over the controls and get caught up in watching until we fell out on the nearby couch. It was so bad that we took turns eating.

 

[H4run]

Put about 20h into bannerlord in its first 48 hours of availability

Very fun game with a lot of potential and also a lot of early access problems so don't jump on it if you can't deal with bugs

@warpus have you tried it?

So far I only encounter one bug when doing the rival gang leader in Asarai. The game is just amazing, now going around doing tourney while trading, I haven't bother to be vassalage yet.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

DBZ: Kakarot is pretty fun. It sticks closely to the story of the show and there is a really good mix of doing things : story exposition. The combat is fun, even for someone who is a complete n00b at fighting games like me. It's definitely a melee fighting game but there's some strategy involved to beyond mashing buttons and it has RPG combat elements like how you have a party instead of fighting by yourself. One big complaint with the game is that the side missions give such low rewards they are almost worthless, so that makes leveling up between boss fights a challenge. It took me about 10 tries to beat the final battle with Raditz.

I'm not even a DBZ fan any more but this game was seriously the exact DBZ RPG game I used to wish for back in the day and it seemed decently fun so I got it. Before this, almost all the DBZ games were pure fighting games which makes sense but is worthless to fans who are not into regular fighting games like me.

 

[Takhisis]

When I first got Mount and Blade it ran continuously for about eight days. My gf was out of town and one of my sons was staying with me. We'd play until our eyes bugged out, then turn over the controls and get caught up in watching until we fell out on the nearby couch. It was so bad that we took turns eating.

Several years ago it suddenly went for free on GOG and people were egging me on to take it. I resisted and when the giveaway was over I was publicly thankful that no CFCer had realised they could gift it to me for free. I'm glad I dodged that bullet.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Several years ago it suddenly went for free on GOG and people were egging me on to take it. I resisted and when the giveaway was over I was publicly thankful that no CFCer had realised they could gift it to me for free. I'm glad I dodged that bullet.

M&B is like crack.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

My Firewatch discount turned out to be sixteen bucks off and at four bucks I figured even a one play wonder was worth it. Also got the new expansion for X4, which I will get around to playing someday, GalCiv II complete, and Space Empires IV complete. I've heard that SEIV was really the peak of that franchise and I liked SEV so that seemed like an easy couple bucks to shell out, and on my old machine GCII was in the rotation with CivIV, SMAX, and Colonization. I just couldn't bring myself to install it on the new machine through Stardock's private Steam knockoff. Now have it on GoG so won't have that problem again. Also picked up a GoG freebie called Symmetry.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I liked Firewatch. More than worth $4, imo.

Almost 7 years later, I started a new game of Dishonored. One of my favorite games. Outstanding setting; good stealth gameplay; lovely art style (I'm reluctant to call it 'unique', but it's stuck in my memory more than any other FPS or RPG I've played, which is more than a few). I'm seeing the edges of objects more than I remember.

 

[H4run]

M&B is like crack.

Lit and enjoy the crack then, you need a good crack to stay at home, come on Tim BUY IT.

 

[tjs282]

My younger son (he'll be 11 this year) asked me today if I would install the software to run Star Wars The Old Republic on this PC, so he can play online with one of his friends.
Allegedly it's free to install/play, but given that it's BioWare/EA, about whom I have read so many good things over the past couple of years (just in case it wasn't clear...), I'm obviously now wondering where's the catch (and how they fund it?).

I've looked through their EULA and the T&C, but not much the wiser. Anyone here have any input?

 

[Synobun]

My younger son (he'll be 11 this year) asked me today if I would install the software to run Star Wars The Old Republic on this PC, so he can play online with one of his friends.
Allegedly it's free to install/play, but given that it's BioWare/EA, about whom I have read so many good things over the past couple of years (just in case it wasn't clear...), I'm obviously now wondering where's the catch (and how they fund it?).

I've looked through their EULA and the T&C, but not much the wiser. Anyone here have any input?

If you've played Runescape, it's similar to that. You can technically play for free, but there's level caps and limitations. That all goes away if you pay for premium, and I think you get some other stuff too that helps speed up the early game. Also, the expansion content costs.

For the amount of entertainment I got out of it, paying for a month of premium was worth it. I played alone and burned through the story content for two classes, and there are six of them. So total dedication to just story would take in the neighbourhood of two to three months. Since he wants to play with other people, there's content like raids that he can participate in that would extend the gameplay quite a bit.

The game is child friendly, as far as I could tell. Stays within the confines of the movies in terms of gore and language.

RE: the expansion content:

Luckily, the developers of the game have changed their business model, and you no longer have to buy each expansion individually. As of 2020, the first two expansions are free to all players. To unlock the other three expansions, all you have to do is subscribe once, and you will unlock all current and past expansions. So let’s say you are a free-to-play player who is getting near the end of the second expansion and you want to play the other expansions, or you are a returning player who hasn’t played since launch: you’ll only need to subscribe once for about $15 and you will automatically unlock all three later expansions permanently. Nice! Even if you unsubscribe the next month, you’ll lose some of the subscriber perks, but you’ll retain access to the expansion stories you unlocked and the ability to level to max-level on all your current and future characters. This is why it’s highly recommended to to subscribe for at least one month if you plan on playing the expansions.

So if you subscribe for one month, you unlock all the expansion content and you unlock the level cap for your characters, even if you go back to free afterwards.

 

[yung.carl.jung]

you need a good crack to stay at home

qft and new sig

 

[HEF]

Sega Genesis Mini

This compilation contains a list of games at a time the compact disc was becoming an important component in gaming consoles; the amount of data/memory the system can hold and faster gameplay.
Capable hardware increased the on-screen display to 16 bits and dynamic controllers that pre-date the modern controllers of today.

In my informed opinion, the gems in this collection are; the titles with denote all-time favorites:



Beyond Oasis
Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Columns
Earthworm Jim
Ecco the Dolphin
Eternal Champions
Landstalker
Light Crusader
Monster World IV
Phantasy Star IV
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
Street Fighter II: Championship Edition
Tetris
Virtua Fighter
World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

...many more titles that I haven't discovered yet!


Correction: 16 bit is how much information pixels can display on-screen, not the color palette.