Ultimate Videogame Topic 3: The Next Generation

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Post Post #1525 (ISO) » Sat Dec 20, 2014 5:25 pm

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Come on, Reck, Five Nights on the big screen, the sound up, the lights low. Very atmospheric and fun.
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Post Post #1526 (ISO) » Sat Dec 20, 2014 5:35 pm

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Get Metro Redux, it's on sale right now Reck and looks AMAZING~ in high def.
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Post Post #1527 (ISO) » Sat Dec 20, 2014 5:51 pm

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prison architect opinions anyone?
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Post Post #1528 (ISO) » Sun Dec 21, 2014 4:35 am

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thought it was kinda boring
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Post Post #1529 (ISO) » Sun Dec 21, 2014 6:23 am

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In post 1525, Sudo_Nym wrote:Come on, Reck, Five Nights on the big screen, the sound up, the lights low. Very atmospheric and fun.

come on reck, I'll sit there with you bb
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Post Post #1530 (ISO) » Sun Dec 21, 2014 8:55 am

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In post 1376, Untrod Tripod wrote:so Dragon Age 3 dropped yesterday?

I bought it, but it's 25 gigs of digital download so I guess I'm starting tomorrow

also they make you use Origin, which can fuck right off

and a month and two days later I'm starting this game
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Post Post #1531 (ISO) » Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:08 am

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I've been enjoying Dragon Age 3, but it takes a bit to get rolling.
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Post Post #1532 (ISO) » Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:52 am

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I'm trying to play through the entire series again before I start Inquisition. Currently a bit over halfway done with origins. Forgot how much fun I had with this.
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Post Post #1533 (ISO) » Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:53 am

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I loved Origins, but I couldn't bring myself to play it a 12th time. One of my existing characters just had to do.
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Post Post #1534 (ISO) » Sun Dec 21, 2014 10:55 am

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In post 1527, Chevre wrote:prison architect opinions anyone?

Love it.

I've had the alpha for over a year now and basically every other month, I start it up and play for several hours. It's a great game. It ticks all the right boxes for me... the management, the building... jeez, I spend HOURS of my time in the planning mode, just mapping out how I want my cell blocks to look, trying to chart out a maximum efficiency design... it's addictive.

Speaking of which, I might pick up Evil Genius. It looks pretty similar and it's cheap.
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Post Post #1535 (ISO) » Sun Dec 21, 2014 11:19 am

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In post 1533, Sudo_Nym wrote:I loved Origins, but I couldn't bring myself to play it a 12th time. One of my existing characters just had to do.


This is only the second or third time I've played through it, and it's been a few years since the last time.
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Post Post #1536 (ISO) » Sun Dec 21, 2014 2:57 pm

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In post 1534, xRECKONERx wrote:
In post 1527, Chevre wrote:prison architect opinions anyone?

Love it.

I've had the alpha for over a year now and basically every other month, I start it up and play for several hours. It's a great game. It ticks all the right boxes for me... the management, the building... jeez, I spend HOURS of my time in the planning mode, just mapping out how I want my cell blocks to look, trying to chart out a maximum efficiency design... it's addictive.

Speaking of which, I might pick up Evil Genius. It looks pretty similar and it's cheap.


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Post Post #1537 (ISO) » Wed Dec 24, 2014 5:52 am

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In post 1531, Sudo_Nym wrote:I've been enjoying Dragon Age 3, but it takes a bit to get rolling.

why does the combat get worse with each installment?
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Post Post #1538 (ISO) » Wed Dec 24, 2014 7:32 am

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Because they keep changing the engine. It's not like the combat in the first Dragon Age was that great; I remember it being really slow.
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Post Post #1539 (ISO) » Wed Dec 24, 2014 8:56 am

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it was slow the way BGII was slow

this is just Diablo III but less smooth
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Post Post #1540 (ISO) » Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:06 am

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I liked the combat in DA2. The encounter design was terrible, but the combat itself in terms of ability usage felt really fluid. In DA3 it typically feels like too much of a hassle to use the tactical camera, but combat feels pretty boring if you don't micromanage a little bit.

I'm on my second DA3 playthrough now. Rogue Archer Nightmare run. It's not too bad so far. I figure I just have to massively outlevel "that one boss," and I'll be home-free! :]
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Post Post #1541 (ISO) » Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:42 am

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Which boss fight do you mean? I'm still on my first playthrough (needed to upgrade my computer, so I started late) playing as Knight-Enchanter Mage, and the only boss I've had significant difficulty with was
Denam during the attack on Haven. Alexius wasn't that bad, but the teleporting made him annoying.
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Post Post #1542 (ISO) » Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:50 am

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Yeah, that's the boss fight. On my Hard playthrough I just finished I had to cheese the encounter by continuously running back to
the Chantry
and exploiting that some of the enemies would deaggro. :p

If you're playing as a Knight Enchanter, the game is trivial on basically any difficulty from what I understand (i.e., once you're past that boss fight and have unlocked specializations). Make an on-hit guard armor for added hilarity. Do the same for Vivienne for more silliness. I think (this one's not a story spoiler)
one of the locked doors in Redcliffe may always have Fade-touched Obsidian, which I think always gives the effect
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I picked Knight Enchanter just because I really liked Arcane Warrior in the first game, but it is a little ridiculous. So far, I haven't bothered making my endgame armor, since I haven't gotten the tier three stuff yet, but turning damage into barrier is a bit ridiculous. Good aim with a fire mine basically makes you invincible for the rest of combat.
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Post Post #1544 (ISO) » Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:59 am

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Also (about the attack on Haven)
I'm told that the fight is a lot easier if you side with the Templars, since Fiona is a lot squishier than Denam. But I've also heard that the boss at the end of the Templar arc is harder than Alexius, so maybe it washes.
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Post Post #1545 (ISO) » Thu Dec 25, 2014 6:14 am

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I got christmas money. Should I drop 350 on an oculus rift?
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Post Post #1546 (ISO) » Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:52 pm

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In post 1544, Sudo_Nym wrote:Also (about the attack on Haven)
I'm told that the fight is a lot easier if you side with the Templars, since Fiona is a lot squishier than Denam. But I've also heard that the boss at the end of the Templar arc is harder than Alexius, so maybe it washes.

I've actually heard the opposite. I've been dreading going the
templar path
on my nightmare run for just that reason. :p

Denam
himself isn't that hard if you can isolate him from his support. He's pretty slow and you can avoid his abilities if you don't have to worry about other units staggering you.
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Post Post #1547 (ISO) » Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:19 am

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So someone gave me South Park: Stick of Truth for Christmas and I finished it last night.

10/10 game, best RPG I've played in a long time, absolutely hilarious.
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Post Post #1548 (ISO) » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:45 pm

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Anyone else been playing around with the Halo 5 Beta? This week its AR + Magnus loadout locked for those who don't like playing BRs.

Its decent enough, still get the feeling that they are adding new things to make it not be the same old game, but I miss Halo 2 and 3 still where it was very pure basic BR type play.
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Post Post #1549 (ISO) » Tue Dec 30, 2014 3:58 pm

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In post 1547, Natirasha wrote:So someone gave me South Park: Stick of Truth for Christmas and I finished it last night.

10/10 game, best RPG I've played in a long time, absolutely hilarious.
game was fuckin great

what choices did you make?
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