I finished Quake 2: The Reckoning, the first expansion pack for Quake 2, and started with the second one, Ground Zero. Just like the expansions for Quake 1, it’s pretty much just more Quake. A few new or changed enemies, some new weapons, and I was blasting my way through the Strogg. Just like the base game, I played on Hard, and it’s not really that difficult, much easier than Quake 1. The biggest difference is that you get tons of ammo in Quake 2, so you’re never completely running out.
In Pillars of Eternity, I’m almost done with the second Act, so hopefully I can finish the game in the next couple of days. I don’t think I’ll immediately go into the White March expansion. I got about 100h combined with this and Baldurs Gate 1, these last few weeks, so I want a break from RTwP games. Like I mentioned last week, everything feels much smoother here than Baldurs Gate was, so I’m enjoying it a lot more. The AI pathing is still complete trash though.
Was anything ever done to mod in controller support to Pillars of Eternity from the console versions? I’m building a list of RPGs I’d like to play after BG3. Also, I’m pretty sure the game uses its own roleplaying setting and rules, but is it as complicated as 2e from those old Infinity engine games?
I’m probably not the right person to ask these things.
The game doesn’t have official controller support, according to the Steam Store page, so you’d have to map controller buttons to KBM. There’s a guide on Steam, so I guess you can play it that way, but I don’t know how good it is.
As for the rules, I’ve only barely scratched the surface for anything D&D related, so I can’t really know or compare. To me, it’s complicated, but it offers more information about everything. Keywords in tooltips are highlighted, so you can either click or mouse over, for further explanation about something. There’s a log, that can show rolls, but I’ve barely used it. RTwP with often 10+ characters in a fight, there is just so much spam. The basics for 5e from BG3 felt extremely easy to understand, even for me. Just like BGEE, I’m going through PoE basically higher number better (ignoring that THAC0 stuff in BGEE), and it’s working, although with lots of save scumming.
Got in late in last week’s thread so reposting. Got Gotham Knights on sale this week. It’s fine. All the technical issues seem to be gone. Enjoyable enough for $15aud. Also having a go at SYNCED, I like the aesthetic and could be a fun one for quick sessions. Doesn’t run very well though, getting pretty frequent frame rate dips even on low and on low it looks pretty rough.
I’m on my second playthrough of Baldurs Gate 3, this time with a Dragonborn Fighter ( Half Elf Gloomstalker was my first ). I’m still not sick of the game even if I already have 100 hours in it.
Also picked up Remnant From the Ashes to play together with my SO. So far it’s a fun game even if the story is still very confusing and we had trouble joining each others session. Had to set the session to public, Friends Only didn’t work. Thankfully it is possible to change it back to Friends Only afterwards.
Just beat the campaign for 2077 for the first time on Thursday. Been playing starfield for 2-3 min at a time hoping it won’t keep stuttering to a complete halt, but it does every time. But no matter my buddy sold me his old components after his most recent upgrade. So while it won’t hit the recommended specs it should cross the minimum and hopefully no more freezing! In the meantime bdl3, 2point hospital, battletech.
Currently nothing. Finished Metro 2033 Redux yesterday. Most likely will read witcher the last wish some more today and maybe this week will start with metro last light or stalker 1
Palia. I saw a reference to this multiplayer online game on a news site. I’m an older player and enjoy the calm, combat-free experience. There’s a lot of grinding, though. On a different note, has anyone who is playing Starfield also played Space Engineers or Empyrion Galactic Survival? I’ve played both and wonder how it compares to them.
Still on a space game kick. Finished up Freelancer and started playing No Man’s Sky’s recent “Voyagers” expedition. It’s still got over a month left so I highly recommend checking it out if you haven’t played the game in a while. Just to see whats new; It’s come a long way.
And picked up Hardspace: Shipbreaker on sale for when NMS starts getting monotonous.
No, I played it at release and was HOOKED. I remember clearing a 3 day holiday weekend so I could play through the whole thing (for the second or third time) in one sitting.
I had somehow missed that a HD remaster was released a couple years ago, so I gave it a shot and got sucked right back in. Still a fantastic game, even if the cut scenes and voice acting are a little dated.
For anyone who hasn’t played it, it’s abandonware now.
Undead Nightmare on PC emulated with Xenia. Had just finished the original Red Dead Redemption using the same. Finally went for it when Rockstar made it obvious there wasn’t going to be a PC remaster (and I upgraded my PC so I could play it at non potato fps since emulating is pretty intense). Had just started Cyberpunk 2077 but had stopped as I didn’t want to get too far along since the new expansion was going to add/change a lot.
Anyway it was awesome to finally play RDR. Always wanted to but never had a console (nor did I want one) to play it on. Undead Nightmare looks to be good fun too though I’m maybe just an hour into it. Just killing time til Cyberpunk expansion drops.
I’ve been playing Darkest Dungeon. I just reinstalled Death Stranding to test an AAA Windows title on Linux and it works so I think I’ll start that up. I feel ready for a walking simulator replay.
I’m eyeing Starfield as well, might see if I can get that running.
I was super addicted to Darkest Dungeon whenever I first got it. I never ended up finishing it, but I loved the art style and the community mods that are out there.
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I finished Quake 2: The Reckoning, the first expansion pack for Quake 2, and started with the second one, Ground Zero. Just like the expansions for Quake 1, it’s pretty much just more Quake. A few new or changed enemies, some new weapons, and I was blasting my way through the Strogg. Just like the base game, I played on Hard, and it’s not really that difficult, much easier than Quake 1. The biggest difference is that you get tons of ammo in Quake 2, so you’re never completely running out.
In Pillars of Eternity, I’m almost done with the second Act, so hopefully I can finish the game in the next couple of days. I don’t think I’ll immediately go into the White March expansion. I got about 100h combined with this and Baldurs Gate 1, these last few weeks, so I want a break from RTwP games. Like I mentioned last week, everything feels much smoother here than Baldurs Gate was, so I’m enjoying it a lot more. The AI pathing is still complete trash though.
Was anything ever done to mod in controller support to Pillars of Eternity from the console versions? I’m building a list of RPGs I’d like to play after BG3. Also, I’m pretty sure the game uses its own roleplaying setting and rules, but is it as complicated as 2e from those old Infinity engine games?
I’m probably not the right person to ask these things.
The game doesn’t have official controller support, according to the Steam Store page, so you’d have to map controller buttons to KBM. There’s a guide on Steam, so I guess you can play it that way, but I don’t know how good it is.
As for the rules, I’ve only barely scratched the surface for anything D&D related, so I can’t really know or compare. To me, it’s complicated, but it offers more information about everything. Keywords in tooltips are highlighted, so you can either click or mouse over, for further explanation about something. There’s a log, that can show rolls, but I’ve barely used it. RTwP with often 10+ characters in a fight, there is just so much spam. The basics for 5e from BG3 felt extremely easy to understand, even for me. Just like BGEE, I’m going through PoE basically higher number better (ignoring that THAC0 stuff in BGEE), and it’s working, although with lots of save scumming.
Just playing the payday 3 beta this weekend, otherwise I’m playing runescape
Got in late in last week’s thread so reposting. Got Gotham Knights on sale this week. It’s fine. All the technical issues seem to be gone. Enjoyable enough for $15aud. Also having a go at SYNCED, I like the aesthetic and could be a fun one for quick sessions. Doesn’t run very well though, getting pretty frequent frame rate dips even on low and on low it looks pretty rough.
I’m on my second playthrough of Baldurs Gate 3, this time with a Dragonborn Fighter ( Half Elf Gloomstalker was my first ). I’m still not sick of the game even if I already have 100 hours in it.
Also picked up Remnant From the Ashes to play together with my SO. So far it’s a fun game even if the story is still very confusing and we had trouble joining each others session. Had to set the session to public, Friends Only didn’t work. Thankfully it is possible to change it back to Friends Only afterwards.
Started Thymesia. Feels a bit less polished than other Soulslikes but still enjoyable.
Just beat the campaign for 2077 for the first time on Thursday. Been playing starfield for 2-3 min at a time hoping it won’t keep stuttering to a complete halt, but it does every time. But no matter my buddy sold me his old components after his most recent upgrade. So while it won’t hit the recommended specs it should cross the minimum and hopefully no more freezing! In the meantime bdl3, 2point hospital, battletech.
Currently nothing. Finished Metro 2033 Redux yesterday. Most likely will read witcher the last wish some more today and maybe this week will start with metro last light or stalker 1
Baldur’s Gate has held a month-long vice grip on me that will finally come to a close in idk 30-40 more hours when I finish act 3 ololololol
Palia. I saw a reference to this multiplayer online game on a news site. I’m an older player and enjoy the calm, combat-free experience. There’s a lot of grinding, though. On a different note, has anyone who is playing Starfield also played Space Engineers or Empyrion Galactic Survival? I’ve played both and wonder how it compares to them.
Still on a space game kick. Finished up Freelancer and started playing No Man’s Sky’s recent “Voyagers” expedition. It’s still got over a month left so I highly recommend checking it out if you haven’t played the game in a while. Just to see whats new; It’s come a long way.
And picked up Hardspace: Shipbreaker on sale for when NMS starts getting monotonous.
Ooh, was this your first time with Freelancer? It’s amazing that it’s twenty years later and it might still be the benchmark for non-HOTAS space sims.
I enjoyed Shipbreaker much more than I thought I would. Not typically my style of gameplay, but the setting is fantastic.
No, I played it at release and was HOOKED. I remember clearing a 3 day holiday weekend so I could play through the whole thing (for the second or third time) in one sitting.
I had somehow missed that a HD remaster was released a couple years ago, so I gave it a shot and got sucked right back in. Still a fantastic game, even if the cut scenes and voice acting are a little dated.
For anyone who hasn’t played it, it’s abandonware now.
Game: https://archive.org/details/Freelancer_201807
HD mod: https://www.moddb.com/mods/freelancer-hd-edition/downloads/freelancer-hd-edition-v06
Undead Nightmare on PC emulated with Xenia. Had just finished the original Red Dead Redemption using the same. Finally went for it when Rockstar made it obvious there wasn’t going to be a PC remaster (and I upgraded my PC so I could play it at non potato fps since emulating is pretty intense). Had just started Cyberpunk 2077 but had stopped as I didn’t want to get too far along since the new expansion was going to add/change a lot.
Anyway it was awesome to finally play RDR. Always wanted to but never had a console (nor did I want one) to play it on. Undead Nightmare looks to be good fun too though I’m maybe just an hour into it. Just killing time til Cyberpunk expansion drops.
Have been glued to BG3 for quite a bit now. I am thinking about booting up the old Portal games again, just as a small break.
I’ve been playing Darkest Dungeon. I just reinstalled Death Stranding to test an AAA Windows title on Linux and it works so I think I’ll start that up. I feel ready for a walking simulator replay.
I’m eyeing Starfield as well, might see if I can get that running.
I was super addicted to Darkest Dungeon whenever I first got it. I never ended up finishing it, but I loved the art style and the community mods that are out there.
Ctrl Alt Ego. It’s a great little game that isn’t little. It’s a very complex immersive sim.