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09 Jan 2017 09:13 #242051 by Matt Thrower

Legomancer wrote: I'm replaying Dishonored on the 360. I really enjoy the game and was planning on a no-stealth playthrough just to see everything go to shit, but stealth is so much fun. Still, last night I got tired of waiting for people to go where I wanted and went nuts with the crossbow. .


I'm currently playing it for the first time. I passed on the game originally in spite of all the positive reviews because I don't, generally, like stealth games. I don't see what's fun about trying to judge whether you're visible to enemies or not based on uncertain criteria, getting it wrong, and replaying the same bits over and over until you're lucky enough to get it right.

Anyway, I picked it up for a pittance in a Steam sale and gave it a try anyway to see what the fuss was about. And it's generally well founded. The sense of atmosphere is top notch. And stealth-wise it works by the clever and intuitive method of giving you routes where you know no-one would normally look. Along ledges, behind barriers, through tunnels. If you're somewhere no-one is likely to look, voila, no-one spots you.

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09 Jan 2017 09:44 #242057 by RobertB
Legomancer wrote:

I'm replaying Dishonored on the 360. I really enjoy the game and was planning on a no-stealth playthrough just to see everything go to shit, but stealth is so much fun.


No-stealth (well, not much, anyway) worked for me. I think I killed every guard in Dunwall.

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09 Jan 2017 10:22 - 09 Jan 2017 10:40 #242060 by SebastianBludd
I finally finished Prototype this weekend because I wanted to play something else but wouldn't let myself start something new until I'd finished it. I was long past sick of it with no interest in any of the sandbox stuff or leveling up beyond what I would need to finish the game. The atmosphere is very GTA by way of "Hot Topic goth", and since I didn't care about the story I just mostly button-mashed my way through the combat.

So then I started 2013's X-Com and, man, what an awesome game. I've played hours upon hours of the original (no Terror from the Deep, it's original or nothing) and I'm continually surprised at how they've tightened up the design while retaining the core of what makes the original great. Playing the original and then the 2013 version is like listening to a really well-executed 4 minute radio edit of a 19 minute song.

Right now I'm a couple months in and I'm trying to research the Skeleton Key so I can assault the Alien Base. I'm really looking forward to that because, in the original, alien base assaults were one of the hardest, most tense parts of an already difficult and nerve-wracking game. I also ran into my first Chrysallids during a Terror Attack and lost a veteran to a Chrysallid Zombie after he rescued a civilian. Other than the three guys that died during the tutorial mission - which I don't count because the tutorial was telling me where to move everyone - I've only lost two soldiers. Right now I'm playing unofficial Iron Man mode where I only save at the beginning or end of missions and I never save/reload to save soldiers.

And be warned, if you join my X-Com team as a Rookie you will be used to trigger Overwatch fire from aliens so my Assault specialist can flank them and take them out with a shotgun.
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10 Jan 2017 02:26 #242149 by Vlad
Templar Battleforce

I fucking love this game. It is not just the best Space Hulk rip-off, I daresay it's also its best adaptation. The missions are just awesome. They are mostly (with some binary choices here and there) linear and scripted, but usually with an element of randomization (like where the enemies spawn, or where certain objectives appear). Like yesterday I was escorting some colonists to a safe area, and we get to that bridge - xenos on our left and right, my dudes are all wounded and overheated, that bridge is just a few steps away - and suddenly it catches fire, making it impassable for the colonists. We can either wait for the fire to subdue or find an alternative route. I decide for the latter option, but leave a dude called Hicks, equipped with some grenades, to cover the retreat. Hicks annihilates dozens of xenos while the rest of the battered group pushes forward. But, man, he's so overheated (and, I imagine, consumed by carnage), he can barely move. I like him, because he's been with me from the start and because Hicks, but enjoy his slow, painful and glorious sacrifice even more.

What's best, practically every mission descends into chaos of one kind or another, and when you make it, it is but barely. Very Aliens-like, which is what you want from the thing.

I even like the writing and the world, it is kind of a mix between Warhammer and Dune (leaning more heavily on WH), and there's a distinct coherency between the story and the level design. And then there's an amazing tech tree - very extensive, and full of cool abilities. For example, you can customize your scouts as snipers or infiltrators, or a mix of both. The engineers can be trained to put up turrets or buff your dudes. Your commander can be a ranged specialist or close combat. There's just a huge array of options. This is my second play-through and I have yet to find any serious imbalances or cheesing options. And, again, the missions are so varied that you need to learn to adapt to whatever the game is throwing at you. It is also quite polished, the guys behind it (basically, a two-men team, as far as I understand) have been steadily updating it for the last two years.
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10 Jan 2017 08:43 #242154 by hotseatgames
I have played a mission or two of that. I liked it.

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10 Jan 2017 14:58 #242187 by stoic
My son and I have been playing new to us Burnout Paradise. Yes, I know that game is 8 years old. But, it was free with Xbox One Gold. So far it's been a lot of fun. I keep getting blown away by online players who have better cars than I do. I refuse to pay for DLC.
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10 Jan 2017 15:39 - 10 Jan 2017 15:57 #242191 by boothwah
This years Xbox store sale brought me :

Borderlands 2 / TPS (Handsome Jack Collection) and Diablo III : RoS - Both for < $20.00

I ported over my important saves from the 360 and now I can hand over my the 360 to my daughter and she can wipe the HD and put whatever she wants on it. I fired up Borderlands 2 and ran around with my level 72- Maya and blew crap up for a bit - I still have the raids to do on that, as I haven't beaten Master G, Hyperion armor guy, or the Dragons on max level. If any of you all play, shoot me friend and I'd love to tackle one of those.

For Diablo, I haven't even fired it up yet, but I;m looking forward to going down the rabbit hole and figuring out this greater rift thing. The 360 version was stale after the RoS patch with no new updates, so it's going to take me a while to digest the skill changes and new armor sets.

I also picked up Dragon Age : Inquisition GOTY Edition - I'm about 4 hours into the game and I think I'm getting sidequest fatigue. Maybe it's just Ferelden and maybe it changes later, but 9/10 of the gameplay outside the story line is:

Go check on this person or place.
There's a body
There's a note on the body
Go back and tell someone they are dead

Also on my gripe list is the crafting system in conjunction with the incredibly bad inventory and equipment management menus. It's really clunky. I don't know if I;m going to finish this one.

I'm still playing Destiny - The Dawning winter event was fun. I like the new scoring system for the strikes - I hit Light level 395 on my hunter without raiding. I'm still horrible in Crucible but it's fun now.
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10 Jan 2017 19:14 #242198 by Gary Sax
Burnout Paradise may be the best car game of all time, IMHO.

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10 Jan 2017 20:10 #242199 by jeb
I had BURNOUT 3: TAKEDOWN on the PS2. I haven't played PARADISE, but man, if it's like TAKEDOWN I bet it's fucking sweet.

I've been playing KEEP TALKING AND NOBODY EXPLODES. Anyone else got this?

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10 Jan 2017 20:13 - 10 Jan 2017 20:14 #242201 by hotseatgames
Paradise is the best Burnout, no question. I don't have Keep Talking, but will get it at some point.

As for my favorite car game of all time, that has to be Test Drive Unlimited. The first one.
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