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General discussionWhat game(s) are you playing right now?(11184 posts)(11184 posts)
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Posted February 20, 2015
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Enebias: Now, I have started the Axis campaing with an Italian sniper. When was the last time you could play as an Italian? Personally, I never played a game that allowed me to do so.
Mario jokes aside, there have been many, many strategy games which allow this. Outside of the TBS genre, though, you're right, there probably aren't many games with Italian protagonists.
Posted February 20, 2015
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NoNewTaleToTell: I know some people will ask "why does stuff like that matter?", but details and nuances like that are way more important to me than things like great graphics.
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Enebias: I couldn't agree more. Details are what can differentiate a good game from a masterpiece!
Imo, Fallout is one of the games that does it better: based on your character build and your choices, it seems you play trough completely different games!

Imo, the second installment improved this even more: while in the first you have to follow a fixed path, in the second you are just thrown into the world, free to do whatever you want, and the vast amount of different factions and settings can change in hundreds of different ways, from the smallest of details to radical variations.
I definitely agree, and I can already tell that I'll be giving Fallout another playthrough just to see what a "normal" character is like. I've already completed the first main quest (finding the water chip) and the conversations that take place when turning in the chip are hilarious.

When turning in the chip with a Intelligence/Charisma 1 character the Overseer talks to you like you're a dog who fetched a tennis ball (that's right, give me the chip! no not that, the chip!). When returning to the Overseer afterwards to get started on the second main objective of the game I imagine he is supposed to give a long winded slightly cryptic speech, but for my character he basically worded it like "Mutants bad! Vault Good! Mutants want to hurt vault! Go stop bad mutants!".

I'll definitely be giving Fallout 2 a playthrough when I'm done with Fallout 1, I really have been missing out by not playing this series.
Posted February 20, 2015
Hitman 2

Man, this game is kicking my ass. I don't remember it being so difficult back in 2004ish when I played through it.

One thing that ticks me off is the freehand sniper rifle. Normally a sniper would place the rifle on it's legs for stabilization, but here it's as if our 47 is just holding the rifle in his hands causing it to bob. Of course I'm just complaining because I'm terrible at the game!
Posted February 20, 2015
The Escapists.

Loving it.

Getting my ass kicked! :P Literally. Someone just caught me going through his stuff and beat the shit out of me.
Posted February 20, 2015
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djdarko: Hitman 2

One thing that ticks me off is the freehand sniper rifle. Normally a sniper would place the rifle on it's legs for stabilization, but here it's as if our 47 is just holding the rifle in his hands causing it to bob. Of course I'm just complaining because I'm terrible at the game!
Hitman 2 is one of my favourite games of all times! :)
At first I had a few problems with the Sniper rifle, too, then I noticed that it was due both to the quality of the weapon and for a few bad habits I retained from modern shooters.
If you crouch the bobbing will be more than halved, and I usually missed because I didn't consider phisics: if you want to hit the target, you must aim at the point of the trajectory where he will be when the bullet arrives. It is kinda obvius, but the fatser-than-light sniper rifles usually found in videogames made me forget that; when I realized it, I never missed a target again! :)
Also, the Russian standard sniper rifle just plainly sucks, while the Custom Walther is surgically precise.
Posted February 20, 2015
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Enebias: snip
I'll have to try it out again, I was trying to get the 2 Military bosses with 1 shot during mission 3. Harder than hell, but it supposedly can be done.
Posted February 20, 2015
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Enebias: snip
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djdarko: I'll have to try it out again, I was trying to get the 2 Military bosses with 1 shot during mission 3. Harder than hell, but it supposedly can be done.
That's precisely the mission where I learned how to use a sniper rifle! :)
Getting those two with one shot is way easier than it looks... if you find the right spot. You should scout the entire map! There is a certain place where they are sitting ducks. ;)
Posted February 20, 2015
With my backlog finished (yay!) I can freely choose games to play so I decided to play those not available digitally: Submarine Titans and Best & Bumpkins. I recommend both and encourage to vote for them:
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/submarine_titans
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/beasts_bumpkins
Posted February 20, 2015
Got Xcom Enemy Within on PS3. Played the original years ago, and I have Xenonauts, so I'm familiar with the basic setup, but I've never played any of the newer Xcom games. Anyone got any tips on keeping my teams alive, I'm all ears.
Posted February 20, 2015
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Emob78: Got Xcom Enemy Within on PS3. Played the original years ago, and I have Xenonauts, so I'm familiar with the basic setup, but I've never played any of the newer Xcom games. Anyone got any tips on keeping my teams alive, I'm all ears.
Be very careful busting the fog of war. If you uncover a group they will scatter, giving you time to react, so have cover in mind when you move forward. Get those satelittes up and the engineers needed for the sat relay. It's fun as hell.
Posted February 21, 2015
Some games at same time.

Today and finally, I found the water chip on Fallout 1, and now I'm free to explore the wasteland! Some mutant giants around, arff
Posted February 21, 2015
Went back to school starting this past Monday, so I'm finding myself with much less free time.

Whenever I get a moment I'm playing Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory.
Posted February 21, 2015
Instead of Batman, I play, Dead Island Riptide, some. But to finish it, not sure. Maybe boring me... I will see how it goes! :o
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Posted February 21, 2015
Fallout 3 and Skyrim, oh and a bit of Mount and Blade... and RollerCoaster Tycoon... I want to play darkest dungeon but... I'm afraid that I'm going to keep loosing haha.
Posted February 21, 2015
Working my way through the F.E.A.R expansions I never got to play back when they were new. I finished Extraction Point (really enjoyed it) and working on Perseus Mandate. It's just as good so far but damn those super fast agile soliders absolutely wreak you on the hardest difficulty.
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