What Game Are You Currently Playing?

[Foxbat]

today in Oblivion, I killed a unicorn. It wouldn't leave me alone so I had no choice. I'd killed a couple of minotaurs just before the equine encounter so maybe I'd killed its mates. I was reluctant to do it but it doesn't seem to have dented my reputation. Maybe unicorns aren't the nice cuddly things of little girls' dreams but nasty, obstreperous creatures who have it coming to them.

 

[Toby Frost]

I remember that quest being something of a "Hans, are we the baddies?" moment. Was it given by a statue at a shrine? The statue quests are a bit odd and sometimes morally iffy. I think the statue gods are all a bit crazy.

I've been playing a bit of Deus Ex Human Revolution, which is quite decent. The man you play has the obligatory Clint Eastwood voice but looks like an electrician I used to know, with extra cyberpunk bits. It's tough but satisfying when it goes right, and for an old game it looks really good.

 

[Foxbat]

I remember that quest being something of a "Hans, are we the baddies?" moment. Was it given by a statue at a shrine? The statue quests are a bit odd and sometimes morally iffy. I think the statue gods are all a bit crazy.

I wasn’t actually on a quest but it was in a valley I discovered on one of my wanderings. It was situated in an area called the West Wield. My sword had no effect on the unicorn but I was able to kill it with silver arrows. Naturally, I hacked off its horn and intend to sell it to the nearest merchant - not that it’s worth much. Good job there’s no Greenpeace in the Elder Scrolls

 

[smellincoffee]

I started playing RDR2 on release, and....I'm still playing it. Getting Arthur drunk and then stumbling around town getting into fights just doesn't get old, at least when I only have weekends to indulge the habit. I'm seriously tempted by Humankind's free trial or the Fallout 4 sale, though. I haven't tried the Fallout series yet.

 

[Toby Frost]

Not sure if Skyrim wants me to steal pottery or smoke weed:

 

[BAYLOR]

Doom Eternal If you start this game , I suggest playing easy setting first . Even at that level , this game is hard and non stop action . The only rest yo get after you've successful killed off all the demons and monsters on the level your at. , This game is insane, cruel and fun. .

 

[Vince W]

Doom Eternal If you start this game , I suggest playing easy setting first . Even at that level , this game is hard and non stop action . The only rest yo get after you've successful killed off all the demons and monsters on the level your at. , This game is insane, cruel and fun. .

I finished it on Nightmare. Still working on Ultra-Nightmare.

 

[Vince W]

If you want a non twitch game set in space that includes unreasonable personal debt give Hardspace: ShIpbreakers a try. Once you get used to working in zero g it’s rather relaxing.

 

[BAYLOR]

I finished it on Nightmare. Still working on Ultra-Nightmare.

What I find incredibly cruel about this game is the jumping , leaping wall grabbing/scaling acrobatics you have to go though to each certain places and levels. Then there's Demons and monsters . They've really ramped them up quite a bit.

I love the weapons in this game.

 

[Rodders]

I restarted the Hordes in Days Gone, but after 1000 hours, it's getting too easy and a little boring now. I have Horizon Zero Dawn loaded to play next and I just bought Mass Effect 3 from Steam. (I'll get Mass Effect: Andromeda next month.) I still have the entire Mass Effect series to play through now.

On my iPad, i still play Star Trek Fleet Command. I kind of enjoy it, but after three years, I'm not as interested as i was and find the whole thing a little boring.

I also play Star Wars: Heroes. I think because collecting the characters is a large part of the game and that leans into my own hobbies and habits. I strongly suspect I'll be a hoarder in the coming years.

 

[thaddeus6th]

Ironic moment in Wrath of the Righteous. I was liking the much simpler Crusade mechanics compared to the kingdom stuff from last game, and have just unlocked the full (presumably) mode which is, er, very like the kingdom management from last game.

 

[Toby Frost]

What I find incredibly cruel about this game is the jumping , leaping wall grabbing/scaling acrobatics you have to go though to each certain places and levels. Then there's Demons and monsters . They've really ramped them up quite a bit.

But then you'll be able to rip and tear, which I gather is the Doom equivalent of liking Country and Western.

I've been playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which is pretty good. It seems to work best as a stealth game. It's one of those games that's extremely polished but doesn't have anything especially charming or memorable about it, despite being enjoyable.

 

[Venusian Broon]

Wow, getting to see the greybeards on legendary difficulty and survival mode is just possible*. Was a few seconds away from freezing to death on the way up. Got to find warmer clothing/hot food for the next trip up. (Wonder if it's warmer during the day too?)

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* as long as you run past that sodden troll near the top. I (and companion) am still incapable of killing one of those things

 

[Toby Frost]

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is good - up to a point. The style of game more or less encourages players to make a stealthy character. However, at periodic points, it introduces boss fights that can't be completed stealthily at all, and which basically kill the player unless they've gone for a strictly non-stealth approach. It makes me wonder if the game was properly play-tested, as this is surely a massive gap in the logic of it all. Given the amount of money that clearly went into it, this feels like an absolutely basic error. So that's getting uninstalled. Life's too short, etc.

 

[.matthew.]

The style of game more or less encourages players to make a stealthy character. However, at periodic points, it introduces boss fights that can't be completed stealthily at all, and which basically kill the player unless they've gone for a strictly non-stealth approach

And that's why Dishonored was so damn good. The same sort of gameplay options let you deal with the bosses violently or sneakily. My favourite one was where you could arrange for the slaver boss(es?) to be enslaved instead of killing them.

 

[Toby Frost]

Dishonoured was extremely good, a sort of Thief for modern(ish) times. I really enjoyed the second game too, although it was a bit too big and complex for any computers that I own.

 

[.matthew.]

Yea, the second was a really decent sequel that pretty much just built on the things that made the first so good.

Having them swap out the victorian city setting for that tropical island was cool too. Even though the original was better, the change made the whole game feel fresher.

 

[Foxbat]

Today in Oblivion, I was visited by a member of The Dark Brotherhood with an offer to join their group if I carry out a murder for them. I’ve killed a lot of folk so far so what’s one more?

 

[Venusian Broon]

Today in Oblivion, I was visited by a member of The Dark Brotherhood with an offer to join their group if I carry out a murder for them. I’ve killed a lot of folk so far so what’s one more?

Many think the dark brotherhood questline the best in the game.

It is good but I have fonder memories for the second half of the thieves guild quest line.

 

[Foxbat]

I don’t think I’ve come across the thieves guild although they have been mentioned in some rumours. There seems to be a lot to do in Oblivion. Should keep me busy for a while yet