Mr. GOH!

Nothing about Destiny interests me at all.

TheMightyEthan, on 28 Apr 2014 - 8:54 PM, said: That said, I do actually have an interest in playing it if for no other reason than it's a major thing in gaming, but it's more of a "something I feel I should experience" rather than something I "want" to play. I actually already own it on Steam, and was getting ready to give it a go tonight, just came to check the forum before I booted it up. I had been going to play it a month or two a go, but I spent like an hour trying to get DSFix to work and by the time it was working I'd lost my motivation. That's how I felt until I put more than an hour into a Dark Souls playthrough back in January. I tried getting into it for over year, but just didn't feel it until I passed the initial area. Now, I love Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2. I generally do not enjoy games that require tons of repetition, like really difficult platformers, like Meatboy, even. I'm also not a huge action gamer, and I generally suck at action games, and I've found the souls games' difficulty to be more than manageable. The background story of the world in Souls games is told by the environment, a sort of grand scale example of what you find in Fallout 3. The narrative followed by the player character may seems a bit bare, but I think it becomes clear sooner or later that there's a lot more going on than meets the eye. That said, the satisfaction I get from playing a Souls games comes from three sources, in no particular order: 1. Exploration of the game world 2. Customization of the player character to effectively overcome challenges 3. Understanding and overcoming challenges that were very difficult at first, whether it's learning the timing and attack patterns of a tough new enemy, clearing and optional boss after retooling the player character's equipment, or mastering the most efficient way to avoid enemies in an enemy-infested area. The game excels in all three areas, especially the third. In a gaming landscape in which single player games are usually quite easy and the player character's power is unearned by the player outside of the game narrative, it's a strange experience as a player learning how best to use the controls and customization systems to make the player character powerful and effective. That said, the Souls games aren't for everyone, but I think most dedicated gamers should probably try them.

I am playing Dark Souls 2. Well, I started Dark Souls 2, but girlfriend's mom is staying with us the weekend, so I've had no time to do anything more than get to Majula.

I played about 45 minutes and really think it looks and plays well. It's more Dark Souls, so I am a happy camper!

I had no choice. Played it for about 45 minutes last night and can't WAIT to sink my teeth further in.

The action queue was good, but I thought it clashed terribly with the direct control you have over character movement.

Ethan: you're absolutely right that KOTOR PC had the same system as KOTOR console. Does not change the fact that Bioware designed the system to be console-friendly. DA2 was also much more console-y than DA:O, as Bioware and EA had given up trying to make a modern Baldur's Gate. But it was always a clunky system. Better to go full action system or full tactical system, even though that would mean DA3 would end up being a button a masher, since EA doesn't believe the mass of gamers would play a tactical combat game.

You may be the only person alive who thinks that the weird KOTOR/Origins console combat system was a good RPG combat system. I mean, it was just a kluge adopted by Bioware when they started making their games for consoles and console gamers who, they believed, did not want to deal with traditional tactical combat views and party-based RPG combat.

I am on board with this game 100%. Alpha Centauri was fantastic, Civ V has grown into its greatness; good heritage and a great team (presumably), so so I am optimistic.

BASSETS UBER ALLES

I imagine the Doom of Valyria, (including the volcanoes in which dragons were found by the ancient Valyrians) is magical and therefore the topography of Valyria may not be subject to traditional geologic interpretation.

It will be $40 eventually.

Says the man for whom $560 is not too much to spend on Halo.

I want to preorder DS2 PC even though I will have zero time to play it until late May.

"Monetary policy" and "budget" are distinct concepts, too. One deals with money supply, the other with expense planning.

Unity may be a codename rather than the official name. It might still be AC5. Then again, that might mess with marketing the baby brother AC game for last gen consoles and their huge install base.

I'm down with the French Revolution setting.

It'll be $400 or less before the next Halo.

I had an okay time with MGS1 as a teenager, but I only played MGS2 after MGS3 and it just was not as good. I don't hate MGS at all; I respect the series and understand that it's not to everyone's taste. I just think most folks would prefer MGS3 to the others. And given Ethan's hesitancy to try MGS based on earlier games not aging well, I think he should try the HD version of MGS3. I think the core systems of MGS3 have aged pretty darn well, and that MGS3 is a rollicking good time with fun stealth, great level design, and wonderful bosses.

I wonder if the baby brother AC game will be on PC, too.

I played about half of MGS1 and MGS2 and watched let's play videos of the rest of 2 and all of 4. I mean, watching a let's play of 4 is not much different than 'playing' it. Never played Metal Gear Rising or the Vita game, of course. Trust me, Ethan; MGS3 is the only one you'd really like. Get it on Vita.

Maybe I'm just dense, but why is it so great that you can offload gameplay clips to a thumb drive? Is it so you can post it to the internet using services other than Twitch (and any other services built into the PS4 OS; I have no idea if you can post these clips from the console directly to YouTube or whatever)?