[Macros]

I always thought those games should have two modes
Arcade mode for the casual gamer
Oh shit! Mode for people who don't mind a challenge and getting shit on on a regular basis

[Mentalist]

Slow Ben, on 17 October 2012 - 08:37 PM, said:

Thanks for the spoiler tags Ment.


Alpha's been in my "to play" pile for a long damn time now. This thread isnt moving it up the list.

it's nothing major. silly letter s.

[POOPOO MCBUMFACE]

MTS, on 20 October 2012 - 01:13 AM, said:

AI up to standard.

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Total War

Pick one.

Not that I mind. I'm absolutely terrible at RTSs and Total War's abysmal combat/strategy AI is the only thing that brings it down to a level I can actually beat Looking forward to this one; cinematic ~emotional engagement~ stuff is all well and good, but hopefully the game underneath is as good as ever. After Shogun 2's quality, I have no reason to assume otherwise.

[MTS]

POOPOO MCBUMFACE, on 20 October 2012 - 11:26 PM, said:

MTS, on 20 October 2012 - 01:13 AM, said:

AI up to standard.

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Total War

Pick one.

I can dream, can't I?

[Morgoth]

So sans internet I decided to purchase XCOM a couple of days ago, and man is that game fun. It suffers somewhat from a lack of variation in lvl design, but it's still great!

I've taken to naming my characters after forum members, which adds another level of amusement to the game. Macros, an assault marine from Ireland was a murdering beast and my first soldier to hit Major. Alas, the very next mission he stumbled into a group of Cryssalids hiding in the backroom of a liquor store and was subsequently eviscerated. It's the way he would have wanted to go.

Col. Vengy Boy suffered a much sader fate. Having recently led his squad through a heavy mission in an alien complex, he was forced to take a squad of mainly rookies to deal with an abduction attempt in Russia. The aliens were present in what seemed at first to be overwhelming force, and the squad soon consisted of only a severly wounded Col. Boy and an Iraqi rookie who'd conducted himself surprisingly well.

With a well aimed rocket Col. Boy leveled the playing field, and suddenly light was visible at the end of the tunnel. But no happy endings were forthcoming. The last rookie panicked under fire and in a fit of frightened shooting scored a critical hit on poor Vengy, killing him and the mission too.

[Sindriss]

Naming mine after marines and soldiers from malazan books

[Tapper]

Ah, naming issues.

Empire: Total War allowed this for ships. I went for actors and actresses, but at some point I ran out of names at the fore of my mind, so when I called one siege mortar ship The 'HMS Ron Jeremy', I kind of quit that habit too.

Marines might actually be a good way to deal with XCOM: both types of soldiers die like one day flies.

[Morgoth]

I'm experiencing surprisingly few losses playing on normal. I guess I should finish up and go for Classic.

With the mighty Bottle, a Chinese heavy and Cause, a SA Assault storming ahead, with the sniper Stone Monkey covering from afar, Mezla the support healing any wounds taken, and the Psycic mobile sniper IH dealing with the more unpredictable situations. I've been trying to use a lower lvl soldier for each fight to spread around some more experience, but it rarely seems necessary.

[Illuyankas]

Mine got Chrysalided, I'm guessing. I KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN EVENTUALLY

[POOPOO MCBUMFACE]

XCOM was surprisingly fun. Don't think it tops the original, but what does? It did a few things better and is well worth playing. Not sure what the replay value will be like, though

This was my squad because I am a child who reads too much Jerkcity:

Spoiler

WEEDLORD BONERHITLER, my first troop in Operation Devil's Moon and the hero who landed the final blaster bomb on the Ethereal Boss Dude Thing
Slippery Jim, flamboyant sniper. Absurdly powerful late-game with about a hundred kills to his name
Dear Doctor Dong, the man with the healing touch and the healing soul. Chosen One and pinnacle of human evolution. So there I was in the kitchen with a dong around my waist like a belt when there went the door and it was Dear Doctor Dong with a prescription of you-know-what hompf hompf moo
COVERED IN BEES, Assault hero, spent most of his time lying on the ground bleeding out or panicking. I never quite got the hang of Assault troops.
FEMALE STRENGTH PENALTY, psychic Heavy
DISGUSTING FEMALE WHORE, shameless woman, Sniper tied with Slippery Jim in kills and competence

[Morgoth]

I now have a second psycic, Malarion the Scotish support. I guess he'll have to be promoted and take Mezla's spot.

[Serenity]

POOPOO MCBUMFACE, on 30 October 2012 - 10:45 PM, said:

XCOM was surprisingly fun. Don't think it tops the original, but what does?

This! The original, and especially 'Terror from the Deep', are two of my all-time favourite games. I'm really enjoying the new one, although it has been dumbed down (er, I mean streamlined) a fair bit. I miss having multiple bases, and them getting invaded by the aliens. Plus the inventory is so restricted. Still, it's easily the best game of its type I've played in years. I'm tending to ignore the 'priority' research projects for as long as possible, cos they seem to want to rush you through the game too quickly. I'm naming my soldiers after characters in the Alien films . . .

What about this: http://www.xenonauts.com/

[Morgoth]

My only complaint is that the world feels too untouched by the alien invasion. I don't mind streamlined, though I would have liked a broader skill selection for each class. And the ship vs UFO combat is pretty uninspiring.

[Wolfy]

Serenity, on 31 October 2012 - 10:38 AM, said:

What about this: http://www.xenonauts.com/

Oooh looks interesting, I was not aware of this project.
Now if only I wasn't currently strapped for cash...

This post has been edited by Wolfy: 01 November 2012 - 12:37 AM

[Sindriss]

Been playing a lot of Dota2 the last half year. Man, I love that game. Can easily recommend anybody to pick it up if they like that genre of games. Also, I feel obliged to say LoL sucks in any message that discusses MOBA games.

[Morgoth]

I played a lot of dota(relative to the general populace, not high end DOTA players) back in the day. Twas a lot of fun, but the community was awfull, and everything I hear tells me it has, if anythign, gotten worse.

I'm intrigued by how LoL has set out to deal with it though, building what can pretty much be desribed as a player run legal system. At least they're taking visible steps to counteract the problem.

[Lucifer's Heaven]

Morgoth, on 01 November 2012 - 08:22 AM, said:

I'm intrigued by how LoL has set out to deal with it though, building what can pretty much be desribed as a player run legal system. At least they're taking visible steps to counteract the problem.

Regardless of what you think of the game, you can't deny that was a great idea. It's apparently a really effective measure. The community is a fair bit better, and some very large percentage of those that get told off don't reoffend. And they can just deal with so many more complaints than they otherwise could.

[Gothos]

DotA2 and similar games... well, I loved me some DotA back in Warcraft 3, but only single player, and that was years ago. As I understand it, the DotA/LoL community isn't exactly easy on the newbies, and the learning curve is long with so, so many heroes to choose from... I don't know, man.

[Chance]

Ran through Dishonored and Xcom a while back fun ones next to no replayability. So its back to Hoi3 Their Finest Hour which really does make a difference but not enought to make the game worth it without heavy modding guess I'll have to either update or build anew for it.

This post has been edited by Chance: 03 November 2012 - 02:09 PM

[Morgoth]

I finished XCOM. Excellent game all in all, and I'll be trying for Classic Ironman next. Poor Stone Monkey, my insanely efficient sniper died at the very end of the last mission. His head was blown of by the weak willed Macros wielding his trusty alloy cannon.