What video games have you been playing? 4

[Takhisis]

I have a +3 to Stinginess because of my Caledonian genetics. Me no fork-out-o, chop chop.

 

[Arakhor]

Well, if you're on GOG anyway, you might as well look around for a summer bargain.

 

[Zack]

My flatmate's been enthusing about the new Shadowrun Returns expansion, set in Hong Kong. I hear that that's available on Windows, Mac and Linux too.

The combat in the Shadowrun games is terrible, though. It's not XCOM.

 

[Arakhor]

Isn't it tactical group combat, much like the classic Black Isle Infinity/Aurora Engine games?

 

[Takhisis]

You're double-teaming so that I get to downloading the X-COM game now instead of during the weekend. You shall not succeed at this.

 

[Zack]

Isn't it tactical group combat, much like the classic Black Isle Infinity/Aurora Engine games?

It's turn-based.

 

[Ajidica]

It's turn-based.

Which makes it superior.

Anyhow, I broke down and pre-ordered it (even though it comes out tomorrow).
I was going to buy it anyhow (any game that has a cyberpunk theme is already dangerously close to the "shut up and take my money" zone) and given how good a job Harebrained Schemes did with Dragonfall, I'm confident they will do a good job with Hong Kong.

 

[Zack]

I mean, I also prefer turn-based to the "tactical" real-time combat, but it's poorly implemented in the Shadowrun Returns games.

 

[Ajidica]

The combat got a lot better in the Dragonfall Directors Cut. The dramatically overhauled how armor works. But, in general, I have no complaints with the mechanics (only some of the balance, a street samurai plus rifle takes things down like nobodies business), it is over slick, easy to use, and relatively intuitive.

 

[GreekAnalyzer]

Been playing both New Vegas in preparation for the Fallout 4 drop as well as my perpetual addiction to TF2

 

[gay_Aleks]

I'd be a lot more hyped for Fallout 4 if it was being made by Obsidian.

True, but patience. After all DLCs for FO4 are released, Bethesda will probably give Obsidian 4 hours and a broken down PC that can run only Win 98 to create Fallout: NOLA.

And everyone will love it.

 

[Zack]

The combat got a lot better in the Dragonfall Directors Cut. The dramatically overhauled how armor works. But, in general, I have no complaints with the mechanics (only some of the balance, a street samurai plus rifle takes things down like nobodies business), it is over slick, easy to use, and relatively intuitive.

It's just very basic, simple, easy. It's not bad, per se, but if you're looking for that kind of combat, play XCOM. You should play Shadowrun because of story and RPG, not the combat.

 

[Civ'ed]

this autumn is not good on my wallet. Fallout 4, Grand Ages Medieval, Anno 2205...

 

[Kessey]

Bulletstorm, and loving every minute of it!

 

[Takhisis]

True, but patience. After all DLCs for FO4 are released, Bethesda will probably give Obsidian 4 hours and a broken down PC that can run only Win 98 to create Fallout: NOLA.

And everyone will love it.

The first two Fallout games can run on DOS, man.

 

[Ajidica]

It's just very basic, simple, easy. It's not bad, per se, but if you're looking for that kind of combat, play XCOM. You should play Shadowrun because of story and RPG, not the combat.

I think we are saying the same thing from different angles.
XCOM is better at combat than Shadowrun, full stop.
Shadowrun's combat is functional enough to be interesting yet doesn't overpower the game. Plus, there is less ragequitting when my highly promoted Sniper gets geeked by a couple of Floaters.

Played two hours of Shadowrun Hong Kong. Like all of the Shadowrun games, the writing is good, the art direction is spot on, and you inevitably get wrapped up in some grand mystery. The developers seem to be trying to make it a bit more open world than the last two games, not sure if I like it or not so far.

 

[gay_Aleks]

The Master is dead! The Master is dead!

*one cool explosion later plus some epilogue*

...You're a hero, but you must leave.

Ah well. This updates my Fallout-Kill-List, which so far is:

The Master
President Eden
Colonel Autumn (sorry dude, what did ya expect?)
Caesar
Lucius.

Now all that reminds is President Richardson. Hi guy! Meet my gun!

 

[GoodSarmatian]

I took a month long break from The Witcher 3 after a couple of wonky patches. I'm just now returning to it. Velen and Novigrad are mostly finished, but Skellige is relatively new. There have been some really good improvements since I last played it.

 

[Zack]

Been playing lots of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Enjoying it, but I can't stop myself from always thinking how much better it would be if it was a single-player game.

 

[EgonSpengler]

Been playing lots of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Enjoying it, but I can't stop myself from always thinking how much better it would be if it was a single-player game.

I know what you mean. I only played the MMO a little, but it was definitely an inferior experience to KOTOR. Multiplayer RTS and 1st- and 3rd-person shooters seem to work pretty well. Multiplayer RPGs, meanwhile, all seem to suffer from being multiplayer. And I've tried several of them.