[Video Games] What are you playing? (Omikron Edition)

Stuck on the Volcano Serpent in Elden Ring. Died like 15 times in a row. Dickin me.

 

I hate YouTubing how to beat a boss, but without doing it for the ones that stump me these games would be unplayable for me.

 

This seems like a good place for this. One of the legends of gaming, and one of the brightest humans on the planet, John Carmack was interviewed by Lex Fridman recently. This is an awesome interview that goes over his early games, relationship with Romero, Occulus, his friendship with Musk, etc. The guy is a great interview. You ask him a question and he just runs with it, so if you've got 5 hours to spare (lol). The bookmarks are in the video description if you want to cut to anything specific. Seriously, it's great :

 

Currently playing season 3 of tribes of midgard. I enjoy it quite a bit.

 

15? Those are rookie numbers.

 

I think the original devs' grandkids are developing that game now.

I think I have enough of a system to run that even with my "archaic" GTX 1080, but I'll probably wait until later this year or next to build a new PC with something like a 4070 or 4080 and play it.

I completely forgot about this game. It always looked interesting, but I always stick to Steam games for some reason, so I never bought it and forgot about it. I was waiting for Gal Civ IV to release and decided not to get it until it got on Steam... if it didn't, then, oh well, I may still buy it in the future, but no rush.

I used to play this game a ton before the Odyssey release. It's not for everybody and can get boring, but it's one of those "lose yourself out there games". And yes, there was always a fear of jumping to other star systems that scared the hell out of me. And that was even before the Thargoids really made an appearance. I was so scared to encounter them, I never even went in any direction I knew they'd be. I've never fought one. LOL. Unfortunately the Odyssey update was/is a disaster from what I've heard with tons of bugs, and the game lost a lot of the old school players. I may fire it up again for giggles, but whenever I leave that game and come back, my biggest fear is docking a ship through the "mailslot". Well, the larger ships anyway. It's a nightmare because you've forgotten all the controls, so I usually buy a cheap ship and practice. The other aspect of the game is there's a lot of "not much to do" out there and openness combined with repetitive missions. It's about the biggest grind of a game i've ever played.

This one seems interesting, so I'm going to keep my eye on it. I just added it to my wishlist to see how it goes from a reviews standpoint and to do some more research. Thanks!

What kind of system did you end up building? I keep reeding rumors about nVidia possibly throwing out price cuts on the current gen cards in a couple of weeks possibly - but only rumors - so they can clear out more inventory before the next gen stuff arrives.

 

Yeah, but docking computers are for rookies! lol. Once you get docking down with practice, you really don't need a docking computer (and from what I understand, there's a possibility those even fail), but my problem is I forget all the keys/controls after being away for a few months and if you're piloting one of those Anacondas, those things are so big, you have no room for error trying to fly through the mailslot. That actually scares me the most about going back to the game. I mean really, they couldn't make those landing openings larger? lol. I may return to the game - who knows, but the Odyssey reviews have been a disappointment. Oh well, at least I can at least say I got to Beagle Point before fleet carriers were introduced and then bought a fleet carrier. LOL. I just looked and I've dumped over 2300 hours into this game. A lot of that was probably done during the past couple of years during COVID lockdowns, and really a lot of it is just me sitting around doing nothing while the game ran, but still. Damn. For a while, that was the only game I played almost daily for a few years. lol.

 

Been playing Into the Breach again since the update came out with new mechs, enemies, pilots, tile types, mech upgrades and missions. There’s so much value in the update that I would have paid for it.

My favorite game that has come out in the last 10 years. I have 600 hours in it (granted, some were just leaving the game sitting while I ate or worked) and I also played it a good 50 hours on the Switch.

It’s also available on iOS and Android free with your Netflix subscription.

 

Anyone have a Steam Deck? I'm considering one. Thoughts?

 

Pretty much everything I've read is positive -- its major criticisms seem to be battery life which is poor especially on demanding games, the 7" LCD display too small/ should be OLED, and expensive for the model with adequate memory and power. There is another company making a similar handheld with an 8" OLED and I think that is going to be the sweet spot for displays moving forward.

 

Sounds interesting - I may look into it during Steam's Winter Sale. Unless there's a really good game out, that's about the only time I buy games.

I just started playing a game called Interstellar Space Genesis. If anybody wants to play a game like the old school classic Master of Orion series, this may be it. The only negative I have with it is you can't build massive fleets and that's kind of boring. lol.

One thing I've noticed about a lot of the games I play nowadays, no matter the genre, is that most of them can be really fun to play, but then you realize they're kind of superficial and repetitive... no depth to the gameplay and really no real reason to do another playthrough for the most part. That sucks. It kind of screams of games that get rushed out.

 

what are some chill games to play to unwind for at night? i'm looking for some to just pick away at for a bit each night, nothing to intense/challenging, i'm not trying to break my keyboard/controller and rage quitting lol

 

Check these out (Some of my favorites):
Hades - Sweet roguelite game, very well made
Tribes of Midgard - Hybrid slasher / tower defense
Vampire Survivors - incredibly simple yet addictive game
Bloodstained Ritual of the Night - Classic Metroidvania
Divinity Original Sin and sequel - A+ Classic RPG
Pathfinder: Kingmaker and sequel - A+ RPG with more kingdom management elements
Bioshock Infinite - FPS - oldie but an incredible game
Forced Showdown - Hybrid roguelite with some unique deck building tactical elements
Dishonored - Stealthy action game with incredible world building
Horizon Zero Dawn - Action game, less stealthy, also incredible world building
The Last Spell - very addictive tower defense
Metal Gear Solid V - Mission based action game, great story and characters, some base building
Shadow of Morodor/ War - Great action LOTR game, nice story, very unique "Nemesis" system
Valheim - simple survival, base building game
Witcher 2/3 - Masterpiece action RPG
Wolfenstein - great FPS / story
The Witness - Stright puzzle game
Xcom 2 - Fun squad based turn based tactical game / base building
Watchdogs - GTA clone with emphasis on hackers / hacking things.

 

I finally started playing Kingdom Come : Deliverance a few nights ago after buying it eons ago. I put it on hold because I started reading about some bugs and glitches in the game. I've encountered a few that did detract from the gameplay, but nothing game-ending yet. I have to say, the game is pretty incredible in how it tries to immerse you in the story. I generally don't care much about the story in most games (with a few notable exceptions), but this game forces you to almost live the story of the character you're playing. And then if you get its DLC "A Woman's Lot", that becomes bittersweet as there were, at least for me, a few "damn" moments directly related to just the plot as it forces you to play as a completely different character in the story. But doing so is like viewing your character's timeline through the eyes of another NPC. It's bittersweet in a way, though, because it basically puts your main character's story/main quest on hold while you play as this other character. Many people didn't like it because it's not an easy game and at times the DLC is brutal in terms of difficulty. This is magnified by the save system which can be annoying since, in order to save a game, you actually need a potion. lol.

The only negative I've seen to this game so far has been a few crashes and glitches here and there along with that save system (I guess), and the combat system seems a bit hokey so far. Also when the character in the aformentioned-DLC tells you her story is going to be a long one, believe her, because you become her and start the DLC... and there's no escaping it. You'll be playing for hours as her. I don't mind, but there are several stories on Reddit and elsewhere where people are pissed at this and have rage-quit the game. I honestly don't mind where I (accidentally) started the DLC despite the long detour since it made me appreciate the storyline to that point even more. All-told, though, this has been a pretty damn good game so far. Hopefully I'm nearing the end of the DLC (which has been good, somewhat difficult, but possibly needlessly long and errand-intensive), and can get back to playing the main character whose story has barely begun from what I can tell.