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#3561 User is offline   Mentalist 

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Posted 14 September 2019 - 03:23 PM

Wrapped up "Dust: an Elysian Tail" last night.

Now just need to finish "Bound by Flame" and I can move onto "GreedFall"
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View PostJump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 14 September 2019 - 04:22 PM

What did you think of Dust?
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Posted 14 September 2019 - 07:17 PM

View PostAptorian, on 14 September 2019 - 04:22 PM, said:

What did you think of Dust?

It's a pleasant game. Cartoony, but not in a bad way. A bit on the easy side. Plays wonderfully on K+M. Plenty of backtracking once you unlock new moves, but nothing ridiculous. Doesn't really outstay its welcome. I'd recommend it.
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View PostJump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 16 September 2019 - 06:35 AM

Act 3 of Bound by Flame. Combat is getting more difficult, but there's a story explanation for why the enemies are boosted, and I get a quest that'll weaken them. That's encouraging.
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View PostJump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 16 September 2019 - 07:37 AM

View PostBfuckinK, on 13 September 2019 - 06:35 PM, said:

Does it lag on console?



Occasionally. Not in system view at all ever, but on galaxy map with a lot going on, yeah, a little bit.

View PostMalankazooie, on 14 September 2019 - 02:28 AM, said:

A warm, out of the oven, ooey-gooey, chocolate chip cookie for the first forum member to reply with the game I'm playing (tall, cold, glass of milk complimentary).Posted Image

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Vaughan Adventures.

Also why pick silly Beastmaster? Go Siren. COME ON AND SLAM. I've been speccing down the Brawl tree so far. My mate is playing Moze and we have a minigames where I will slam enemies into the air and he clay pigeons them out of the sky.



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Posted 18 September 2019 - 07:29 AM

The Birb Brains and my Peace Turtles now have a border which is souring relations. It's awkward because the only way I can gain any trust from them is to guarantee their independence, but they also border a Fallen Empire who have holy places just outside of their system, so the Birb Brains keep trying to settle these gaia worlds and getting slapped for it. So if I guarantee their independence, I'll also inadvertently get myself in the shit with the big boys.
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Posted 19 September 2019 - 08:19 PM

Bound By Flame. The last areas are a boss gauntlet. And the last boss is a proper, multi-stage, PITA.

Was up till 3 AM last night trying to finish the game, but I suspect it won't happen until the weekend. At this point (30 hours in), I'm too deeply committed not to see the game to its end.

EDIT: 2 hours later, all I can do is quote Fiddler (or was it Hedge?) from RG

Spoiler

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The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
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View PostJump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 21 September 2019 - 08:03 AM

Woo-Hoo! took me like 5 hours total (another 3 hours tonight), but I FINALLY beat that final boss.

Might do an evil run later on Easy, just to see if there's any major differences in the story. And try actually using the heavy weapons this time.

Combat got a bit tedious in Act 3, but that's probably due to me sticking with daggers + magic, and not even trying to master the heavy weapons after mid-way into Act I. If I actually tried to learn how to handle the axes, hammers and swords, the game might've had a decent chunk more variety.
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View PostJump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.
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Posted 21 September 2019 - 07:07 PM

Played around an hour if Untitled Goose Game. It's wonderful and very chill.

Playing as a cheeky goose is a novel concept.
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Posted 22 September 2019 - 06:27 AM

Stellaris: the Birb Brains done goofed and researched warp drive. Now I have dimensional horrors feasting on the galaxy with 160k fleets. My strongest is 20k... Is this the end for the Tortle race?
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Posted 22 September 2019 - 09:21 AM

View PostMaark Abbott, on 22 September 2019 - 06:27 AM, said:

Now I have dimensional horrors feasting on the galaxy with 160k fleets.


Yeah, that was fun. I managed to beat them in the end but it took a while.
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Posted 22 September 2019 - 12:22 PM

My Space Turtles struck back. One dimensional anchor is down. Now I'm building my fleets up to strike at the other one; seems like Torpedo Corvettes do a lot of damage to them but die very fast. Cruisers and Battleships are the way.
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Posted 23 September 2019 - 07:19 AM

Disaster. The Ruphaari (fallen empire to my west) awakened and I am the nearest galactic power to them, so they declared war on me and rocked up in my outer systems with a 250k fleet. Apparently the galaxy has lived in fear of peaceful space turtles for long enough.

Kind of irritating that they aren't taking on the Unbidden given the whole galactic threat thing...



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Posted 23 September 2019 - 07:32 AM

Is this still Stellaris you're talking about?

How friendly is that game to people who aren't big strategy or 4X players?
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Posted 23 September 2019 - 07:35 AM

View PostAptorian, on 23 September 2019 - 07:32 AM, said:

Is this still Stellaris you're talking about?

How friendly is that game to people who aren't big strategy or 4X players?


Yeah, Stellaris. It has a two-level tutorial (levels as in how much handholding there is) - level 1 is hints and tips here and there, level 2 is full blown explanations for stuff.

It didn't take too much learning, but it is heavily RNG reliant. You can spawn with your home system next to a 17k pirate fleet if you're unlucky, and if you do you'll have to deal with pirate raids from the off.



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Posted 23 September 2019 - 09:37 AM

I love Stellaris, though it's been a little while since last I dove into it.
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Posted 23 September 2019 - 12:41 PM

View PostBfuckinK, on 23 September 2019 - 08:31 AM, said:

I suck 5 day unwashed ballsack at RTS games but this one has always tempted me and even more so now that it is on console.



It's not RTS in quite the traditional sense. Combat is mostly RPS.

View PostMorgoth, on 23 September 2019 - 09:37 AM, said:

I love Stellaris, though it's been a little while since last I dove into it.


How do I survive a belligerent awakened fanatic spiritualist crusade against me? Pls halp or me die



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Posted 23 September 2019 - 06:54 PM

About half way through the story campaign if Borderlands 3. The actual gunplay is great but I'm starting to have my doubts about the rest of this game.

The story is paper thin and what's there is bad even by borderlands standards. And there's so many little quality of life issues that I don't understand how made it through QA. Lack of vendors and quick travel stations, stupid inventory management, go here go there mission design, etc.
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Posted 24 September 2019 - 06:45 AM

View PostMaark Abbott, on 23 September 2019 - 12:41 PM, said:

View PostBfuckinK, on 23 September 2019 - 08:31 AM, said:

I suck 5 day unwashed ballsack at RTS games but this one has always tempted me and even more so now that it is on console.



It's not RTS in quite the traditional sense. Combat is mostly RPS.

View PostMorgoth, on 23 September 2019 - 09:37 AM, said:

I love Stellaris, though it's been a little while since last I dove into it.


How do I survive a belligerent awakened fanatic spiritualist crusade against me? Pls halp or me die



The few times I've survived something like that it's always been through attrition and outmaneuvering. Your fleets repair and replenish, theirs do not. So hits and retreats, followed by another smaller fleet attacking their systems to draw the main fleet away. When they leave the system, scan the battle remains to get that sweet sweet tech. Rinse and repeat until you get your ships up to par with theirs, and their fleet down to a manageable level. Deep layers of fortifications in your systems too.


All that comes to naught though if you don't have the size and industry required to keep up that kind of pressure.


If you do survive though you'll be practically invincible.
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Posted 24 September 2019 - 07:05 AM

Up to Chapter 12 of Valkyria Chronicles 4. I think there are 18 chapters in all. Also finished Chapter 4 of Trails in the Sky SC.

And then played a couple of hours of Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch on Switch last night, because I really needed to start another long-ass JRPG Posted Image :lol:
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