What Game Are You Playing Right Now?

GuD · 10-14-2013, 12:55 AM

Don't play this if you like games to be fun. It's a side-scrolling action/platformer roguelike-styled game (dying means starting over completely) except you get to keep any equipment you find and spend gold on skill upgrades. There's three starting classes that you play at random. It's pretty hard the first few playthroughs but it does get easier and if I can give any advice it's this: find out what your favorite class is and only upgrade skills that affect them. Every time you buy a skill point you level up, which means the enemies scale accordingly. You can't "relocate" skill points so after a certain level no matter what class you have your skills are gonna be scaled too far behind the enemies to have a chance. If you don't get to play your favorite class you can always just run away from everything while looking for treasure. I ended up having to erase all my data after my first playthrough because no matter what class I played I was too weak. The first level's a castle which is usually pretty easy, then there's a forest, the tower, and then the dungeon and the final boss. The plot sucked, didn't make any sense yet somehow got kinda preachy. Oh well.

I finally more or less "beat" it in that I have every skill fully upgraded, all of the runes, and all of the equipment, which is kind of a bummer because it was just starting to get fun. I wish they expanded more on it, like you beat the castle area and it's associated levels and bosses, now there's a new area with different levels and bosses. Meh, a man can dream but for 15$ on steam or amazon this game delivers. Who knows, maybe a DLC/Expansion will arise.

djchameleon · 10-14-2013, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by gunnels

Y has utterly consumed my weekend. Pretty sure I've spent a couple of hours using the Amie feature alone.

I finally picked up my copy of Y today and the guy at the store said that he was having more fun with Y than X. He has both copies.

LoathsomePete · 10-14-2013, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by WhateverDude

Don't play this if you like games to be fun.

I dunno, I put about 35 hours into it and I've had great fun.

GuD · 10-14-2013, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

I dunno, I put about 35 hours into it and I've had great fun.

Eh, the first 5 or so hours for me were pretty awful. After I erased my data and started again while focusing on making specific classes stronger I started to have fun with it. I wish it was longer, though. I got kinda bored playing the same bosses and monsters over and over.

Ninetales · 10-15-2013, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I finally picked up my copy of Y today and the guy at the store said that he was having more fun with Y than X. He has both copies.

Are there major differences besides the usual cant-catch-some-pokemon-here deal?

I got X yesterday and a 3ds so im now living the pokelife. Just beat the second gym and Im loving every second of it. Like between the trainer and amie functions how am i ever going to finish. Im sitting here at work now just wondering wtf im going to do with this eevee. only 6 more hours and im free

On a related note does anyone know if Vulpix is in the game and where? I sort of like its evolved form a little bit and wouldnt be against having one.

djchameleon · 10-15-2013, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

Are there major differences besides the usual cant-catch-some-pokemon-here deal?

I got X yesterday and a 3ds so im now living the pokelife. Just beat the second gym and Im loving every second of it. Like between the trainer and amie functions how am i ever going to finish. Im sitting here at work now just wondering wtf im going to do with this eevee. only 6 more hours and im free

On a related note does anyone know if Vulpix is in the game and where? I sort of like its evolved form a little bit and wouldnt be against having one.

I don't know the differences. I'm just going on word of mouth from him. I didn't ask him specifically if there were any major differences. He just claimed that he was having more fun with Y than X.

Vulpix didn't make the cut.

Check out this link to find out who did though

Pokemon X and Y Pokedex - List of All Pokemon in X and Y - VGChartz)

Ninetales · 10-15-2013, 12:40 PM

well thats really sad. Thanks for that list tho I was wondering how many old pokemon were in this one.

There seems to be a lack of fire pokemon which is really forcing me to have diversity in my team. Ill probably end up only having like 3 fire types on my squad. For shame.

Mr. Charlie · 10-15-2013, 05:22 PM

Mostly GTA V. It's a stunning game in many ways but the realistic vehicle damage, snitching NPCs and overly agressive, lightning speed cops make it difficult to just mess around and have fun.

Also started Wind Waker HD on the Wii U which is just lovely.

LoathsomePete · 10-16-2013, 12:53 PM

The Dark Mod

After seeing and reading about how shit the next Thief game is looking to be, I figured it was about time I gave this mod a go. Before you needed a copy of Doom 3 to play it and I couldn't find my disc set and I really didn't feel like buying it just to play a mod so I let it slide off my mental radar. However the game is now released as a stand-alone total conversion that doesn't require Doom 3 so I figured it was time to give it a go.

First impressions are pretty good, it captures the atmosphere of the original Thief games and looks pretty, even by today's standards. A few hiccups here and there but nothing game breaking. Definitely a worthy successor to one of the greatest stealth games ever made and certainly worth your time.

Downloads | The Dark Mod

calcol28 · 10-16-2013, 02:06 PM

I'm playing League of Legends (Username is Cyric Daye), TERA online, Guild Wars 2, Sims 3 and whatever I can find for the Playstation 2 at the moment... I had to sell my PS3 after it got the yellow light of death and I haven't had the money to afford a new one... I guess I'll just save up for the PS4, then!

10-14-2013, 12:55 AM	#6021 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	Don't play this if you like games to be fun. It's a side-scrolling action/platformer roguelike-styled game (dying means starting over completely) except you get to keep any equipment you find and spend gold on skill upgrades. There's three starting classes that you play at random. It's pretty hard the first few playthroughs but it does get easier and if I can give any advice it's this: find out what your favorite class is and only upgrade skills that affect them. Every time you buy a skill point you level up, which means the enemies scale accordingly. You can't "relocate" skill points so after a certain level no matter what class you have your skills are gonna be scaled too far behind the enemies to have a chance. If you don't get to play your favorite class you can always just run away from everything while looking for treasure. I ended up having to erase all my data after my first playthrough because no matter what class I played I was too weak. The first level's a castle which is usually pretty easy, then there's a forest, the tower, and then the dungeon and the final boss. The plot sucked, didn't make any sense yet somehow got kinda preachy. Oh well. I finally more or less "beat" it in that I have every skill fully upgraded, all of the runes, and all of the equipment, which is kind of a bummer because it was just starting to get fun. I wish they expanded more on it, like you beat the castle area and it's associated levels and bosses, now there's a new area with different levels and bosses. Meh, a man can dream but for 15$ on steam or amazon this game delivers. Who knows, maybe a DLC/Expansion will arise. __________________ I spit bullets in my feet Every time I speak So I write instead And still people want me dead ~msc Last edited by GuD; 10-14-2013 at 01:26 AM.

10-16-2013, 12:53 PM	#6029 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	The Dark Mod After seeing and reading about how shit the next Thief game is looking to be, I figured it was about time I gave this mod a go. Before you needed a copy of Doom 3 to play it and I couldn't find my disc set and I really didn't feel like buying it just to play a mod so I let it slide off my mental radar. However the game is now released as a stand-alone total conversion that doesn't require Doom 3 so I figured it was time to give it a go. First impressions are pretty good, it captures the atmosphere of the original Thief games and looks pretty, even by today's standards. A few hiccups here and there but nothing game breaking. Definitely a worthy successor to one of the greatest stealth games ever made and certainly worth your time. Downloads \| The Dark Mod __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

10-15-2013, 12:40 PM	#6027 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	well thats really sad. Thanks for that list tho I was wondering how many old pokemon were in this one. There seems to be a lack of fire pokemon which is really forcing me to have diversity in my team. Ill probably end up only having like 3 fire types on my squad. For shame.

10-15-2013, 05:22 PM	#6028 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	Mostly GTA V. It's a stunning game in many ways but the realistic vehicle damage, snitching NPCs and overly agressive, lightning speed cops make it difficult to just mess around and have fun. Also started Wind Waker HD on the Wii U which is just lovely.

10-16-2013, 02:06 PM	#6030 (permalink)
calcol28 Groupie Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 24	I'm playing League of Legends (Username is Cyric Daye), TERA online, Guild Wars 2, Sims 3 and whatever I can find for the Playstation 2 at the moment... I had to sell my PS3 after it got the yellow light of death and I haven't had the money to afford a new one... I guess I'll just save up for the PS4, then!