Ranger33
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Joined: 8/11/2012 Status: offline
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Like the title says, let's hear about what you've been playing lately! Can be wargames, regular games, even boardgames if you like. I just upgraded my gaming rig so I've been going back and playing some old games at higher settings and a brand new one. Was going to include some screenshots but I can't seem to get them to appear correctly (trying to link from Steam screenshot library). DOOM 2016: Talked about it a lot in the other thread. The single player campaign is a blast. Feels much closer to the original games than Doom 3. There are upgrades for your suit and weapons, but they only add to the fun. You get upgrade points in a lot of ways related to each level like finding secrets and completing challenges, which encourages thorough exploration of each level and replaying them to get every last point. The game introduces new enemies, weapons, and features at a perfect pace to keep things interesting. The difficulty is just right on Ultra-Violence for me, you have to constantly be moving to dodge attacks and going in for the melee kills to generate extra health as needed. It's like a gory ballet with demons and explosions. I tried Nightmare difficulty but it beyond my current abilities, literally one misstep and you are dead. However it wasn't unfairly impossible, it just requires a certain level of skill to stay alive. And it must be noted, since I bought this game to test out my new gaming PC build, the graphics are excellent. While "pretty" isn't the right word, the special effects and lighting really bring the locations to life. I was just in the forge level and I could feel the heat coming off the screen. All while running butter smooth (if your setup can handle it). I'm also really excited to play with the SnapMap feature. You can easily whip up a new map in a few minutes, or take the time and hand craft a really good level. Some people have even come up with new game modes like a Horde mode, a Harvest Moon level, tower defense, etc. Endless Legend: I have this game and Age of Wonders 3, and have never played either one beyond the tutorials because they didn't run great on my old system. I flipped a coin and Endless Legend won out to be played first on my new system. All I can say is wow, where has this game been all my life. One of the best 4x games I've ever played. I did play Endless Space quite a bit but found it to be too limited in some ways. Legend definitely takes a step in the right direction. It has elements from a lot of other games but does them all with a higher amount of polish. You build cities, design your own units, recruit and level up heroes, do quests, pacify local tribes to get access to unique units/bonuses, research interesting technologies, it's all there and then some. All of this handled by one of the best UI's I've ever seen. It's just so elegant and clean and functional at the same time. I plan on picking up all the expansions next time they go on sale, since each race has unique mechanics which makes them all play a bit differently. What have y'all been playing?
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