What video games have you been playing V: the return of the subtitle

[Yeekim]

Playing Witcher 3 NG+ on Death March has made me extremely good at the dodge/slash/roll combat in that game. It is infuriating at first, but once you are good at it it is super fun to run circles around several enemies which can kill you in 3 hits.

Started a DM playthrough myself and just prefer to Alt-Axii them, so they take care of themselves. You still get experience that way, too.
Axii is so OP, it is ridiculous.

 

[Omega124]

I live in Cincinnati

I'm so sorry

Although, I do love the New England Alliance's unique tank, the FCS Bragg I think, so that might tempt me.

I mean, let's be fair, all the American factions are basicilly the same. One or two unique units doesn't change that. And the Russians sadly aren't playable in campaign mode. If you don't play as NEA (and why wouldn't you? Northeast best region and hunter green best color ), just don't raze Albany. Please

I remember someone on SA picking apart the game here, including how the alignment system is bugged (and how to fix it). He played as Pacifica because he was from there, was going to do a follow up as the EU because tbh it's the only actually unique faction, but that never happened.

 

[Commodore]

I mean, let's be fair, all the American factions are basicilly the same. One or two unique units doesn't change that. And the Russians sadly aren't playable in campaign mode. If you don't play as NEA (and why wouldn't you? Northeast best region and hunter green best color ), just don't raze Albany. Please

I remember someone on SA picking apart the game here, including how the alignment system is bugged (and how to fix it). He played as Pacifica because he was from there, was going to do a follow up as the EU because tbh it's the only actually unique faction, but that never happened.

You've convinced me. I'm loving the enthusiasm and intensity of your argument. So Shattered Union as the NEA it is.

 

[Omega124]

You've convinced me. I'm loving the enthusiasm and intensity of your argument. So Shattered Union as the NEA it is.

Also, Ohio IS in NEA. I completely forgot about that. I have no idea why, but it is.

Anyways woo. I have a friend who is interested in this game so I told him about this.

 

[Commodore]

Also, Ohio IS in NEA. I completely forgot about that. I have no idea why, but it is.

Anyways woo. I have a friend who is interested in this game so I told him about this.

Thanks. I'll work on the first video on Tuesday since I already have a video planned for Monday.

 

[Civ'ed]

I managed to rig up OpenRCT2. With the help of my GF I've started work on a Japan-themed park.

My coasters AND scenery are like
actually good now

 

[Omega124]

I managed to rig up OpenRCT2. With the help of my GF I've started work on a Japan-themed park.

My coasters AND scenery are like
actually good now

Aka he's enabling my weebetry at the expense of his own sanity, because love.

Atashi wa anata san ga daisukidesu.

Spoiler forum rules dictate I must translate that :

I love you

 

[ls612]

Started a DM playthrough myself and just prefer to Alt-Axii them, so they take care of themselves. You still get experience that way, too.
Axii is so OP, it is ridiculous.

I use the alt-quen to heal because the damage is so ridiculous, and the max level quen skill makes it reflect damage. That and because I use Griffin armor now igni has about 100% change to burn people means that I primarily only use those two signs.

 

[Mouthwash]

I recently got Europa Universalis IV. This game can make an hour seem like a minute like nothing I've ever played before.

 

[Commodore]

Also, Ohio IS in NEA. I completely forgot about that. I have no idea why, but it is.

Anyways woo. I have a friend who is interested in this game so I told him about this.

Yeah, they put northeastern Kentucky in the NEA as well. Although they only put eastern Ohio in the NEA instead of the whole state, which did seem like an odd choice to me.

Anyway, tell your friend I'll be starting on Friday now, instead of Tuesday. I'll also be drastically reducing the rate at which I upload videos. I've been uploading a video a day, but I'm taking it down to one a week since I'm not really getting any views. The first video will also probably be just one or two turns of the game since I have to use Fraps to record and the raw video file sizes are ridiculously huge and take a while to compress. I used Hypercam 4 to record Command & Conquer and I love it since it compresses and encodes while recording and has only slightly lower quality than a Fraps recording. But for some reason Hypercam wouldn't record Shattered Union when I was testing it earlier. I could get it to work when I ran the game in windowed mode, but that looked like garbage in the recording and would have required more editing than I'm willing to do to make it look presentable.

Sorry for rambling on like that, especially since SPOILER ALERT: you're probably going to hear this little rant again in my commentary during the game. I just really don't like Fraps and I hate when I'm forced to use it.

EDIT: Plus, I'm also tossing around the idea of putting together a Dawn of War: Soulstorm tournament and that is definitely going to take some time as well.

 

[cardgame]

Don't use fraps or similar. Use your GPU's capture feature instead, it's vastly superior and should also take up less space.

 

[Commodore]

Started my Shattered Union playthrough at the request of Omega124. And yes Omega, I chose the NEA, just like you asked. I'm almost finished with the editing and encoding and should have the video up within the next three hours or so.

This first episode isn't all that exciting though as it's mostly me introducing the game for those that haven't played it. So once it's up, you all should feel free to pop on over to General Coma's Gaming Corner and check it out.

EDIT: YouTube says 68 more minutes until uploaded.

EDIT2: Video is up now. Omega, I hope you enjoy. I also bought myself a microphone so my audio doesn't sound like garbage anymore.

 

[Omega124]

I enjoyed the shout out in particular. Weeee :3

And you used she too

 

[Commodore]

I enjoyed the shout out in particular. Weeee :3

And you used she too

Glad you enjoyed it. The shout out seemed appropriate since this series is at your request.

Oh and Thunderfall, if you are listening, I was plugging CFC pretty hard in that video. So if you get an influx of new members, I think some compensation is in order. j/k

 

[jackelgull]

Your voice is all wrong

Just kidding. You did sound about a decade older than I expected, but I should've figured you were an old geezer given what you think about the kids these days.

 

[Commodore]

Your voice is all wrong

Just kidding. You did sound about a decade older than I expected, but I should've figured you were an old geezer given what you think about the kids these days.

Geezer!? I'll only be 30 in a couple months. Oh man, I am old.

 

[Omega124]

Right, so now I finished the video. Some things I want to point out.

The m8 was never uncancelled. What happened is that it was supposed to be a replacement for the Sheridan, it git canned, and something else not in this game (based on the LAV) took its role.

There is some issues with the EU faction in terms of poor unit choice. For example, the AMX 30 should be a /heavy/, not a medium It's also from the 60s (which might be why it's classified as a medium, since it's more outdated compared to the other two); the Leclerc is the modern French tank, which is actually probably a better tank than either the Leopard or the Challenger (damn anti French bias, il est stupid). Likewise, they use the outdated Challenger (should be Challenger 2). They do use the most recent Leopard (as long as you aren't hung up by variants, which is more detail than the game gives to any units so I'll let that pass)

The choice of t-55 is probably the weirdest of all the units in terms if time frame. It's a slightly (aka 50s instead of 40s, as it's an updated 54) modernized tank, which the 54 was used in /Korea/ to show how old it is. I don't think there's a single army left in the world that still has a 55. Honestly baffling. Given most of the cheap units date from the 60s or 70s, they should have used a 72.

The JSF is irl the F-35. It's still not operational. It's kind of embarrassing how much money has been wasted on that project, and it's probably not even going to be better than the Raptor (which is curiously absent from the game). The super hornet (which you didn't even talk about at all) is also a curious addition at all since its a carrier based fighter. Since super hornets are deployed in airbases, that's some really poor research tbh. I would have used raptor over the JSF, and the fighting falcon over the super hornet.

The Thunderbolt (II, the first thunderbolt was a fighter in WWII which served similar purposes to the modern one) is the real name for the A-10, actually. That's not a case of AKA 47 for once. Warthog is just a more popular nickname for it. Speaking of bombers, I find it silly the stealth bomber has worse armor than the thunderbolt, since the literal point of the stealth bomber was to make a plane that couldn't be detected on radar. The warthog also ill kelp carries heavier munitions than the stealth bomber to boot. I would have reversed their roles in this game.

The euro fighters are alright. The Nimrod exists, but it wasn't a bomber, it was a radar plane, and was never mass produced. The French Jaguar would probably make more sense in that capacity. For Russia, the Mig 35 didn't pubicilly exist when the game was made, but it was announced two years later and will be introduced in 2018. It too will likely be better than the f-35 the bear also exists, but it's more properly known as a Tu-95 (Bear is what NATO calls it, so makes sense)

I'm not too knowledgable about helis or non tanks to make an accurate "is this real?" statements, although I will concur I found nothing on Zuzana besides it being a Czech name.

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I personally love using air units, because in general I always like fighters (USAF was something young me did want to join) and I try to use them in any game I can. Hence my cringe on how bad the U.S. Fighter roster is

Your strategy is... less elegant than mine, but I guess it works too

 

[Arakhor]

Geezer!? I'll only be 30 in a couple months. Oh man, I am old.

I'm older than you?? You never gave me that impression!

 

[Commodore]

The m8 was never uncancelled. What happened is that it was supposed to be a replacement for the Sheridan, it git canned, and something else not in this game (based on the LAV) took its role.

Thanks. I thought I remembered seeing something about the M8 being revived. Maybe it was one of those deals where there was a push to revive it, but nothing ever came of it.

There is some issues with the EU faction in terms of poor unit choice. For example, the AMX 30 should be a /heavy/, not a medium It's also from the 60s (which might be why it's classified as a medium, since it's more outdated compared to the other two); the Leclerc is the modern French tank, which is actually probably a better tank than either the Leopard or the Challenger (damn anti French bias, il est stupid). Likewise, they use the outdated Challenger (should be Challenger 2). They do use the most recent Leopard (as long as you aren't hung up by variants, which is more detail than the game gives to any units so I'll let that pass)

Yeah, they really did kind of leave out the French didn't they? Maybe that was supposed to be some sort of subtle "the French are cowards" joke from the developers.

The choice of t-55 is probably the weirdest of all the units in terms if time frame. It's a slightly (aka 50s instead of 40s, as it's an updated 54) modernized tank, which the 54 was used in /Korea/ to show how old it is. I don't think there's a single army left in the world that still has a 55. Honestly baffling. Given most of the cheap units date from the 60s or 70s, they should have used a 72.

I know right!? The first time I ever played the game it struck me as extremely weird that the T-55 was chosen over the T-72. Even the T-64 would have been a better choice.

The JSF is irl the F-35. It's still not operational. It's kind of embarrassing how much money has been wasted on that project, and it's probably not even going to be better than the Raptor (which is curiously absent from the game). The super hornet (which you didn't even talk about at all) is also a curious addition at all since its a carrier based fighter. Since super hornets are deployed in airbases, that's some really poor research tbh. I would have used raptor over the JSF, and the fighting falcon over the super hornet.

Yeah, I knew the JSF was the F-35. I've been following that project since it became public knowledge. As to why I didn't talk about the Super Hornet: it's because I don't use it. The JSF is superior in every way. I also imagine the JSF really being an F-22 since they look similar enough and the F-22 is the more logical choice.

I also think it kind of makes sense for Super Hornets to be used in the context of the story. These individual factions all had to do rapid mobilization and probably just scrambled to get their hands on any equipment they could on short notice. With the federal government gone, the Navy no longer has a chain of command, so maybe individual carrier commanding officers picked a faction an turned over their F-18s to their chosen faction. Since the war would primarily be a land based war and there was little need for naval action, the Super Hornets and their pilots were just rolled into their faction's air force.

The Thunderbolt (II, the first thunderbolt was a fighter in WWII which served similar purposes to the modern one) is the real name for the A-10, actually. That's not a case of AKA 47 for once. Warthog is just a more popular nickname for it. Speaking of bombers, I find it silly the stealth bomber has worse armor than the thunderbolt, since the literal point of the stealth bomber was to make a plane that couldn't be detected on radar. The warthog also ill kelp carries heavier munitions than the stealth bomber to boot. I would have reversed their roles in this game.

Agreed. This was just a case of the developers not doing their homework.

The euro fighters are alright. The Nimrod exists, but it wasn't a bomber, it was a radar plane, and was never mass produced. The French Jaguar would probably make more sense in that capacity. For Russia, the Mig 35 didn't pubicilly exist when the game was made, but it was announced two years later and will be introduced in 2018. It too will likely be better than the f-35 the bear also exists, but it's more properly known as a Tu-95 (Bear is what NATO calls it, so makes sense)

The Bear I think was an odd choice for the Russians' bomber. The Tu-160 would have been a more chronologically relevant aircraft, even if it was never mass-produced.

I'm not too knowledgable about helis or non tanks to make an accurate "is this real?" statements, although I will concur I found nothing on Zuzana besides it being a Czech name.

The Zuzana is really the only vehicle in the game I know absolutely nothing about. All the other ones I already had at least a passing knowledge of. Since it is a Czech word, perhaps this is some form of Czech artillery.

I personally love using air units, because in general I always like fighters (USAF was something young me did want to join) and I try to use them in any game I can. Hence my cringe on how bad the U.S. Fighter roster is

Your strategy is... less elegant than mine, but I guess it works too

Don't get me wrong, I loves me some death from above as well; it just doesn't factor into my strategy as heavily. I'm definitely a land warrior. And yeah, my style of combat in any strategy game involves getting right in the enemy's face and smashing through their lines with the heaviest armor and the biggest guns. That's why in Warhammer 40k, I'm near unbeatable with the Imperial Guard, but completely useless with a more finesse based army like the Eldar.

 

[Omega124]

The problem though with calling them Super Hornets, is that the name itself designates them as carrier fighters. If they converted them for ground based landing gears, they would be just regular Hornets. And the U.S. just has way more Falcons than hornets in general, even including Super (there's only about 500 Super Hornets because you don't need much carrier fighters in the first place). Like on the magnitude of about 1000 to /at least/ 4.5k.

My biggest issue with the Bear is more that the EU and Americans, with the exception of the stealth bomber, use more attack aircraft than true bombers. The bear, however, is more similar to a B-52 than anything else, which is clearly not in the game. A more role appropriate plane would be Su 32, which actually did see rl adoption just in time for the start of the game.

The only other turn based war game I game I really play outside of SU is Fire Emblem and Advance Wars, which are both Nintendo and use similar mechanics. of the two, AW is more similar to a traditional war game, and my favorite commanders are Kanbei (who makes every unit in general stronger, in both attack and defense, in return for making you pay more for them than any other commander) and... Eagle (The Air Force commander, who gets the same level bonus as Kanbei, but just for his air units, in return for weaker naval units). So yeah, birds will often be in the sky for me.