What Video Games have you been playing II: Have you finished that backlog?

[Takhisis]

GOG has opened itself to Linux. Señor Takhisis will have to deal with this.

 

[SouthernKing]

Kingdom Hearts, which I'm replaying in preparation for KH3.

 

[Commodore]

Just beat FTL and I think I'm done with it for the time being. Fun game, but a bit too luck based for my taste. I'm considering State of Decay, but a voice in my head screams at me to not get any games until I have beate every single one in my steam library first, which would probably take a year or two.

Would you recommend FTL though? I have been going back and forth between whether or not to get it since it came out, but I just can't seem to make a decision.

 

[Quackers]

Haven't been ladder ranked. My crew and I are still practicing the game. How about you?

Started playing the ocassional game last week (but i'm on HotS).
I'm now ranked platinum. But we White man can't play sc2 very well

 

[Hygro]

Started playing the ocassional game last week (but i'm on HotS).
I'm now ranked platinum. But we White man can't play sc2 very well

That's why ;D Gotta play more!

Platinum is probably above my level but if you wanna go back a version and play I'm Hygro#1362

 

[FriendlyFire]

Started playing the ocassional game last week (but i'm on HotS).
I'm now ranked platinum. But we White man can't play sc2 very well

Should have been born Korean then.

 

[cybrxkhan]

When people talk about SC2 I keep thinking at first they're referring to SimCity 2000.

 

[Zack]

They're clearly talking about Supreme Commander 2.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Would you recommend FTL though? I have been going back and forth between whether or not to get it since it came out, but I just can't seem to make a decision.

That depends on what you're looking for. It is fun, but it's pretty short, frustrating, unfair and random. The biggest problem is that even the shop locations and inventory are randomly generated, so you really can't plan ahead or save up for equipment that isn't there and you can get into unwinnable situations through no fault of your own. I once made it pretty far and had a relatively easy ride and then I eno****ered enemies that were practrically invincible to my weapons and I had no chance to upgrade. Dying is part of the fun if you are into this sort of thing and it can create an air of desperation. It can also just piss you off.
Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

 

[Quackers]

That's why ;D Gotta play more!

Platinum is probably above my level but if you wanna go back a version and play I'm Hygro#1362

When it comes down to SC2 I can play 1 maybe 2 games at my highest level. After that gaming fatigue sets in and my concentration falls.

Should have been born Korean then.

I know rite

 

[Commodore]

That depends on what you're looking for. It is fun, but it's pretty short, frustrating, unfair and random. The biggest problem is that even the shop locations and inventory are randomly generated, so you really can't plan ahead or save up for equipment that isn't there and you can get into unwinnable situations through no fault of your own. I once made it pretty far and had a relatively easy ride and then I eno****ered enemies that were practrically invincible to my weapons and I had no chance to upgrade. Dying is part of the fun if you are into this sort of thing and it can create an air of desperation. It can also just piss you off.
Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

No that was actually a very helpful comment. It sounds like it has a lot of "artificial difficulty" built into it which is something I despise in games. I don't mind a good challenge, but when they build in difficulty just for difficulty's sake I hate it. I also don't like the idea of games having unwinnable situations the player did not create. If I lose, it should be because of my own bad decisions, not because I got screwed by a random number generator.

 

[Phrossack]

I'm thinking I might redo ME2's suicide mission. I installed the Kasumi DLC and some others after the fact, and it struck me that she seems like she was always meant to be a part of the complete crew but the devs left her out so they could charge more for the DLC. So I'll redo it with her in the squad. I'm just not sure who the most important characters for ME3 will be- I know Legion is critical- and whom to put in what positions during the mission, but oh well.

 

[Arakhor]

Seriously, just play for the story and the game. Don't worry about ME3 yet. You can have as many play-throughs as you like, but you can only do it for the first time once.

 

[bhsup]

I'm just not sure who the most important characters for ME3 will be

Like it is even debatable.

 

[Ajidica]

I don't have ME3, but did they ever make a volus or elcor party member?
If not, they really should have.

 

[bhsup]

Volus in multiplayer, yes. Not in single player, though.

 

[Phrossack]

Seriously, just play for the story and the game. Don't worry about ME3 yet. You can have as many play-throughs as you like, but you can only do it for the first time once.

I just kinda feel like I lost an absolutely critical squad member before I even got to know him/it/them because I got cheated out of another squad member. That and Jack just wanted to mope forever after a squabble. I'm fine if Jack, Jacob, and maybe Samara die, but Legion? No.

Like it is even debatable.

Maybe I'll get that when I get 3.

 

[bhsup]

I just kinda feel like I lost an absolutely critical squad member before I even got to know him/it/them because I got cheated out of another squad member. That and Jack just wanted to mope forever after a squabble. I'm fine if Jack, Jacob, and maybe Samara die, but Legion? No.

Garrus and Tali are pretty huge, so ensure they made it. After that, well, I wouldn't want an ME3 without Grunt. That said, my playthrough where I whacked almost everyone in ME2 was really interesting because they had different people take their roles and you get new dialogue.

Maybe I'll get that when I get 3.

"Citadel" DLC. Wonderful, wonderful, feel good nostalgia DLC that just blew me away.

Here is J.E.B. Shepard's group photo from it...

Spoiler :

 

[Zack]

That depends on what you're looking for. It is fun, but it's pretty short, frustrating, unfair and random. The biggest problem is that even the shop locations and inventory are randomly generated, so you really can't plan ahead or save up for equipment that isn't there and you can get into unwinnable situations through no fault of your own. I once made it pretty far and had a relatively easy ride and then I eno****ered enemies that were practrically invincible to my weapons and I had no chance to upgrade. Dying is part of the fun if you are into this sort of thing and it can create an air of desperation. It can also just piss you off.
Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

I actually thought it wasn't even that hard up until the final boss, who is insanely hard.

It's why I could never get into Dark Souls. Got sick of smashing the same tedious trash mobs over and over just to try the boss fight again.

 

[azzaman333]

No that was actually a very helpful comment. It sounds like it has a lot of "artificial difficulty" built into it which is something I despise in games. I don't mind a good challenge, but when they build in difficulty just for difficulty's sake I hate it. I also don't like the idea of games having unwinnable situations the player did not create. If I lose, it should be because of my own bad decisions, not because I got screwed by a random number generator.

I wouldn't say that's the case for FTL. There's quite a bit of luck involved, but I always find that when I die I'm thinking about what I could've done to avoid it rather than thinking the game screwed me. It's a game that rewards flexibility in strategy rather than sticking to a single plan no matter what.