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These are some games that I'm thinking about buying, any opinions or other recommendations would be appreciated.

Dragon Age
Morrowind
Oblivion
Skyrim
The Witcher 2
Europa Universalis 4
Civ 5 G and K and BNW(I have vanila only)

Some of these games are old but I feel like I should play them anyway. From what I hear they are all worth playing, agree?

Best game of the last few years for me so far as been Path of Exile. Best dev team of all time.

Currently playing The Witcher 1. I picked it up for a tiny amount of bitcoins at www.steambitshop.com (http://www.steambitshop.com) and I would recomend the site to anyone who wants cheap steam games for btc(who doesn't? :p)

edit: btw I have no association with the website, I just really liked being able to buy games with btc.

Oblivion and Skyrim are both awesome, if you like games who focus mostly on exploration and don't mind filing the gaps with your imagination. However, if you plan on playing both, I'd suggest starting with Oblivion. If you start with Skyrim, the other one might seem "old" and lacking of some functionnality.

I've only actually bought 3 games this year so far; Bravely Default, Dark Souls 2 and Castlevania LoS2. Bravely was awesome, though a lot of repetition near the end brings it down a little for me. Just a little. Dark Souls 2 is my least favourite out of the 3 Souls games, but its still better than 90% of other games on the market right now.

If you're going to buy an elder scrolls game, check out oblivion and then skyrim. Morrowind was great but now it will feel dated and some things are a pain in the ass that were made much better in the sequels (alchemy for example.)

Also check out Age of Wonders III.

Get some Sup Com FA on that list and some UT2k4/UTC and you'll have yourself one hell of a list.

Sup Com = supreme commander? Have you tried Planetary Annihilation? I snagged it for 30 bucks last weekend on sale, it still has a ways to go but it's pretty awesome so far.

Can confirm. PA is awesome.

Just watch the original kickstarter trailer and you'll see why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhEYvOYceNs

Yeah, I got PA, needs a lot more work and balancing before it's near Sup Com FA's quality though. It is better than Sup Com 2, they face-planted on the economy system for that one.

Also im wanting to buy this game:

Watch Dogs (Best Game of May)

Of course, Pearce does have some motivation behind his actions. A stylish vigilante, he is on a quest for revenge thanks to a hacking gig gone wrong that resulted in the murder of his niece

Sup Com FA, we should play it together one of these days. I never see anyone on public match make servers anymore :(


1v1 land war, rich resources, Seton's Clutch?

You like the long game eh? Try your hand at an arty game :P

Eventually, I'd beat you. Aeon > UEF for the long game landwar. (Infinite resources vs not infinite resources)

I'd like to add Assassin's creed II to OP's list. The recreation of Rennaissance's Italy is truly wonderful, and the missions are quite cool too.

Did you check out watchdogs?  It is a pretty awesome game, I play it on the 360 but it is more directed towards PS4s.  You could play it on PC, you get all the features, but it appears to require some pretty good hardware to run on ultra.

I've been reading that there is a big community of people who have modded Morrowind to keep it up to date graphically as well as improving the UI and such. Has anyone tried any of these out?

Wow, just checked out Age of Wonders III. That looks awesome. RPG strategy hybrid!


These look good as well. Sup Com FA isn't too expensive either so I'll probably try that before PA I think.


I have AC:Brotherhood on my wishlist atm, I guess that's the one after II? I'll add II as well because I do want to play a game based in that era.


I'll probably wait a while for this one to come down it price. No rush for me, I have tons of games to get through first.

Careful. The eco in sup com fa is confusing at first. A lot of people can't handle a supply / demand resource system. Personally, I think it's best (as in reality, you don't have an infinite amount of resource storage).

I don't buy games, there's a ton of great free ones. Moe than I can ever try out.
I recommend Smite if you like MOBA, great free game to play with friends as a team.

How would you say it is compared to SC1? I played that a lot like fifteen years ago or something like that. Does it require a high APM to be good, or is it more strategy?

You mean starcraft? Starcrat is unbalanced, which leads to 'spamming' keys. Supreme commander is the continuation of Total Annihilation, and it plays a bit differently. It's a lot less twitchy and lot more strategic imo, but that's not to say it doesn't have it's flaws.

Sup Com/ Sup Com FA allow you to pre-plan through templates, this helps you focus on whats going on rather than having to balance running defences/offences with building resources. You can just place the templates down and get to it.

Diablo 3 and start craft 3

I believe you meant StarCraft 2, unless you have access to a beta nobody has heard about :P
It's indeed a great game, if you like strategy and sci-fi. The story is cool too.
And playing the first Starcraft is good when you are in need of a vintage game :)

Start craft 3? Srysly?

Going down the line.. I like Starcraft 2, its not all about zerg rushes, drops in the mine line, proxy building and stim packs.
There's a lot of potencial in the game, even for the ones with less than 200 APM. I remember that the actual Korean ledaer in the WCS defeated the best Americas-region player (a girl btw) and his APM only raised in the moments of "microing" the combat. The battle appeared to be lost, but he did a nice strategy with all the protoss skills and abilities.

Starcraft 1 plus the expansion brood wars was the best, sometimes I play it (offline) again just to remember the good old days.

If you like medieval games then I'm sure would love to play Mount and blade if you haven't already. Mount And Blade: Warband is my favorite which I would recommend anyone who likes the traditional RPG and medieval game. If you enjoy history then you could further the experience by installing a few mods which just makes the game feel like a real simulator.

Other than my suggestion, I would recommend getting Morrowind and Skyrim.

You liked Morrowind more than Oblivion?

There are lots of games worth buying. And there are lots of crappy F2P games.

I seriously can't understand the people who defend online games that make you pay for cheats in order to play on even terms.

NEO Scavenger is a pretty good game if you like scavenge-survival games you should definitely try it.

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Yeah, I'm not a fan of spamming keys at all. Pre-plan templates sound good.


Actually yeah I played the demo of that a while ago and I really liked it. Thanks for reminding me about that game. I'll add it to my list of games to play.

The elder scrolls series is a must play and is probably the best series of games.

Then when i had time to play love strategies and FRP-RPG and some FPS.

Maybe best FRP-RPG for me is lands of lore, strategies that is tough one old series starcraft and warcraft 2, FPS in old days doom was LEGEND.

Now days i played booth starcraft 2, like it. For FPS my older kid loves that more then I now. I all in RPG n MMORPG (if I find time for this), mainly play DOTA2 every second day 1 game.

Now kids are more fun then playing games.

Since you have one Paradox game on the list.... the rest of them (Victoria II and Crusader Kings II, esp.). :) They also have a Mount & Blade line which uses a very dated-looking engine, but is interesting, kind of a first-person-slasher mixed with RTS battles and a difficult-to-describe-but-very-RPG, semi-RTS meta-game (if you grab M&B, definitely get the Floris mod!)... I believe they've licensed the engine out to another company actually using it to create some kind of ship-focused game soon (maybe already out), and while the idea's super-cool, I'm pretty skeptical. EU4 is good and very polished (relatively), but honestly, I'm not particularly fond of it. CK2 is more arcade-like and a good bit goofy (esp. with DLC, though they made an awesome step toward tangential learning with boat-loads of Wikipedia links), while Vic2 is unbelievably clunky and complicated, which I kind of like. EU4 has a very tedious voting system for Catholics (it's not terribly powerful... really, you could completely ignore it, but it "feels too wrong" to ignore it), but if you're not Catholic, you either need to select a late start date (so you can go Protestant) or choose a non-West nation, which has pretty severe disadvantages. Switching from Catholic to Protestant early on can be devastating, too, especially if you're a large empire by then. Outside that, though, it's a very well-made game.

AoE3, I didn't particularly like, either (I was expecting to!). You may want to consider something more like Eador, which is a TBS with the AoE combat style and a fascinating part-RPG meta-game (the earlier Eador:Genesis is superior for user-experience [new one has very slow animations you'll want to use Cheat Engine to speedhack] while MotBW has a better graphics engine) -- Eador has more flavor, too, IMO. There's also the Armored Princess series (fun fact: she's not really armored at all and almost naked), though this is much less Civ-like -- you don't build any kind of empire. AP can be quite difficult, fwiw. Heroes of Might and Magic is another decent one if you're shopping for something AoE-like.

Definitely go ahead and grab Skyrim. Morrowind was my favorite, but it's pretty dated, and even though I'm nostalgic, it's clear the systems they implemented in Skyrim and Oblivion are superior. Aesthetically, I hated Oblivion (blood and fire, blood and fire, blood and fire -- okay, a magic painting -- blood and fire, blood and fire, blood and fire), but it's a solid game otherwise.

Dragon Age is interesting. I'm not sure I'd recommend it. I had fun playing Origins. It's kind of simple compared to others on the list, but it's still fun. I'm not sure what I'd call it for the sake of suggesting... it's really not casual, but it's definitely not hardcore, either. It focuses on character development and does it fairly well, but the story itself, I don't even remember. I only played it once through, and mods out weren't well-developed at the time... maybe there's some cool stuff, these days.

If you're into story and character development, though, it may be worth having a look at the Walking Dead series for "something different." I've edited and added to this about four times, now, though, so I'll shut up, now. ;D

Can someone recommend a good kingdom building type browser game?

You won't find a good browser based one as most of the time they're crappy cash shop games but there are all sorts of games series like Settlers, Sim City and Stronghold that deal with that type of building genre which I really like actually :D That said, I think some of the latest building games have been really sucky lately they simplified them too much and now there are less features overall :(

Oh yes, Tropico 5 is a pretty good game to play, you're an island dictator and you have to build it until you win various objectives or you can just play in a sandbox mode, I don't think that Tropico 5 was that much of a leap from Tropico 4 though.

Was planning on getting that days ago but I kept putting it off lol

Missed it ::)

I always played the multiplayer UMS games. Diplomacy, Cat vs. Mouse, and all those fun games. Tower defense matches were great.

I remember getting pretty decent at risk and destroying everyone almost every time.

I'd recommend the first fable. Amazing game and story, you'll be surprised by all the twists and turns.

It's a shame! Well, you could not have played anyways if you downloaded yesterday; for some reason all those who did can't get the game to activate in Origin.

Hope that's fixed soon, I haven't played Battlefield since Battlefield 1942 ten years ago :D

Just found an origin key for it, for only 17500 dogecoins. In case you're still interested ;)
http://www.stuffcoins.com/details/13840-battlefield-3/ (http://www.stuffcoins.com/details/13840-battlefield-3/)

Cool, thanks for the link. CS > BF imo though. Who needs vehicles ;D

Has anyone played The Forest?

No, is it any good?

Sniper Elite V2 is currently free on Steam!

If anyone has played both Rust and The Forest I'd be interested to know which one they think is better.

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If anyone asks me to buy or not to buy this HB, I would say to don't buy.
Most of them are games that already went in a previous HB and are old games that you probably already got trough a Steam deal.

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can someone tell me what version of call of duty they are upto now lol ??
i loved cod4.. stopped playing after cod6.. god knows what number it is these days?
i played on ps3.. but ya.. pc.. console, either to their own.

Skyrim for sure, you can experience a lot of awesome things traveling through the skyrims world.

Skyrim "official trailer" (watch all) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9eGtyqz4gY

Elder Scrolls series are pretty good, they should be played by everyone.

Yeah, it's amazing the amount of freedom these games provide, and how they've managed to create a credible world full of its own mythology and histories; much like Tolkien's Lord of the Rings but in an interactive medium.

I like games like Fallout and Elder Scrolls because it's not just the campaign. There are lots of sidequests, dungeons etc.

Has anyone had any experience with the modern mods for Morrowind that are supposed to make it feel not so old? It seems there is a large modding community out there, is it worth it to buy it and try to dive in and educate myself on all these mods?

I'd argue the true freedom comes in the modding tools. Blizzard, for example, releases amazing modding tools for their games, but as soon as they declared they'd go Apple on custom map releases, I put on my avatar face. Very few people have resources to develop a AAA-grade game with all the licenses and staff it requires, but it's possible for a good many hobbyists (or even just one) to create a remarkable, game-changing (pun intended!) mod.

Yes! Grab the Nexus Mod Manager, which makes mod management a no-hassle experience where you can install, enable, disable, install, and uninstall with very little effort. Hell, pirate it first if you have doubts -- NMM works with pirated copies.

Recent games are getting dull.

Classical games like heroes of might and magic still one of best of all times.

Correct me if I am wrong, and give a recommendation.

HOMM series is awesome. Give Armored Princess a try if you're itching for more of the same (though AP lacks the empire-building aspect). Alternately, as someone who also loves HOMM, you might enjoy the Paradox Interactive catalog. I don't think I could recommend them enough to "thoughtful" gamers willing to lose themselves in online wikis (well, outside Dwarf Fortress, which is unfortunately [for me] gearing itself toward Adventure Mode improvements lately, though there's also Liberal Crime Squad, a bizarre cross between DF and GTA, though it's more like some of those early & awesome drug games of DOS I'm unable to find these days). Paradox doesn't have at-all short games, though, and they often have a good many frustrations involved. Lemme know some other games you like and I could almost definitely fire off some games you'd more likely enjoy.

Kohan II is an oldie largely ignored you may or may not enjoy. It's fairly unique, with an unusual system of resource management. Dominions 4 is also probably worth a gander, though it's fairly ugly and cumbersome.

I would pirate it and try it out before I bought it on steam or something but since I regularly use bitcoin on my computer I don't touch anything that might have malware.

Even the thought of buying it and downloading all these third party mods makes me scared.

I need to set up two separate computers I guess. One for gaming/entertainment and a secure one for email/bitcoin ect.

That's another great thing about NMM. Aside from their own moderation, you generally don't have any kind of files which can carry effective malware being used, but rather just changes to game assets. The only executables you ever may have to touch might be a script extender, like SKSE for Skyrim, but these have all been around for a good many years. If you're going to pirate games, though, it's definitely reasonable to run them in VM.

I talked to a scene group a few months ago going over the risk of "fake" scene releases carrying a malware payload (since they don't even sign their releases), and though they're fairly large, they've said it literally hasn't come up, which I've found very surprising given distribution to consumers generally happens on third-party sites like TPB rather than on the scene sites which often still rely on ancient usenet-type technology. What generally happens (if anything, and usually not), they say, is that another group plagiarizes their DRM-circumventions and just changes the loader to show the "faker scene's" name. They still give the cookie-cutter "users need to be responsible for whatever they run on their machine, and diligently check it" response, though.

Is running games in a VM a viable option? That sounds like it might be good. I'd be afraid of it being a bit slow though.

It will be a bit slower (it's dependent on a lot of things and can vary a lot game-by-game, sometimes even unplayable or with some annoying glitches esp. with display) and is generally inadvisable unless you're using pirated software. For mods, I really wouldn't worry about running in VM, especially given how old most mods are for the games you're considering. The "good mods" have probably been downloaded 50k+ times by now over a couple years, at least (pirated software often is, too, though, though sometimes those stats are artificially inflated by malware distributors). Obviously, it's still not 100% safe, so it's up to you.

One of the alternatives is to run sensitive software (like crypto wallets) in a VM when needed rather than running GPU-intensive software on the VM, given GPU drivers are allegedly more finicky. I've heard there's malware in the wild affecting VM-running PCs going both ways (affecting main OS if malware is executed in VM under certain conditions and vice versa), so it's still not 100% safe. I've never actually heard from someone affected by something as sophisticated. You're going out of my area of interest/"expertise," though. ;)

If you're looking to be risk-free, I'd suggest just buying before trying. The chance of getting a mod with malware while using NMM and maybe a script extender is pretty darn close to 0% while I'd say pirated software with many downloads has a malware payload chance closer to .1% based on personal experiences.

OTOH with VMs, it's sometimes, of course, essential to use it, especially when playing older games and sometimes with emulators. If you're on Win7+, for example, you'd probably want to have a copy of WinXP on hand to use play your older games. WinXP is generally a solid choice for games in VM given its relatively low resource usage (esp. if you can find a lite version) and high compatibility.

Dota 2, Sleeping dogs, Just cause 1 & 2, Mafia 1 & 2 and battlefield.

What do you guys think about The Forest? People say it's pretty good.

I really like the idea of survival and building your own protection but I don't really like the whole zombie thing. If the game is really good I'll probably still check it out, but I'd really prefer a different premise.

Rust also sounds really good in theory, but again with the zombie thing :S

Damnit! My laptop's CTRL key just got broken  :(

Just try Plants vs Zombie its nice game.

PC master race represent. As usual, nobody mentions Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. I really don't get why it has so little players - it's the most innovative and fun FPS to come out in quite a while. Super high skill cap, incredibly fun and high re-playability.

As for RPGs I hope you guys played Dark Souls 2. My favorite RPG experience in quite a while.

I downloaded Dark Souls 2 today, i'm going to play it soon.

See you in a couple of days.  ;D ;D It's the most addictive and amazing game I've played in a decade. Couldn't stop until I beat it.

Just wait until Star Citizen gets finished you guys, you will have no life, I think I'm specifically trying to make money just so I can build a computer powerful enough to run it now >_<

What do you guys think about watch dogs?   I got it on xbox 360 (horrible decision, best is to get on PS4) and I've been doing campaign and free roam.  Pretty epic, I haven't even started on the online gameplay yet, so will update then... if anyone wants to play together or talk about it... thoughts? :)

Phastasy Star Online 2 anyone?

My nick and League of Legends!

I finished Watch_Dogs on my 360, pretty good but i don't have online connection.

I tried out Chivalry on Steam when they had the free weekend recently. I thought it was pretty good from playing the training exercise. I didn't get to play the multiplayer though. I would have been destroyed anyway lol.

Yep, you will definitely get wrecked as a new player. Hell, I have 180 hours played and still get destroyed by higher-rank players. But the game is just ridiculously fun and its high skill ceiling allows you to continue learning and never get bored. The really good players can pull off some really crazy stuff, like ducking under your attacks and hitting you with an overhead at the same time, or even jumping over an attack.

Does anyone here plays guitar hero?

I heard that alot of people were having issues launching the game and many got huge framerate drops when doing simple things like driving. So in it's current state it's an unoptimised piece of poop.  :P

Mafia games are pretty good, i hope they'll release Mafia 3.

Which is quite unexcusable considering the launch was delayed for like 8 months because they were afraid to compete with the launch of GTA 5.

Today i started playing South Park: Stick of Truth played only like 15-20 minutes, game's pretty fun.

Oblivion is great, much better than Skyrim imo. Few games I've enjoyed as much as it.

+1, I bought Skyrim when it came out and played 80 hours. Haven't picked it up since then. Meanwhile, I played through oblivion for 150 hours, then my hard drive died so I lost everything...and I came back and started a new character. I just love the atmosphere and the quests in oblivion, I think those two things are so superior to Skyrim. Currently trying to get all the mods up to make Oblivion look good before I play again.

It really made me look down upon Ubisoft. That, and UPlay. I have heard even people with top-tier video cards haven't been able to max out the game.

After playing Skyrim the graphics are a let down. But the gameplay and story - best one around. :)

yups i agree with you, Skyrim graphics not good when compared gameplay maybe developer want give new game with  old school vision

When i play games, i don't give a damn about graphics. The most important things are gameplay and story.

That game is hilarious. :D I'm glad they put much time in it.

Yeah events and conversations are pretty fun.

That's why I want to do in a step by step fashion: Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim. That way the graphics will only get better and won't take away from the experience at all.

I'm currently playing the Witcher 1 now and at some point I'll do The Witcher 2 and 3 in that order as well. I think it's the best way.

I have the Witcher, never came around to play it, is it any good?

I know I'm jumping in here but if you can stand the rather grindy RPG gameplay, the storyline for the witcher is excellent.

Hm, might just give it a try then. :)

Witcher games are among the bests computer RPG for adult recipients available. Every RPG fan should test it. All Witchers are on sale sometimes and I bought them both for like 6 dollars with bitcoins recently.

Agreed ! Witcher 3 is coming out in about 8 months, so if you didn't play previous ones now is time to play them :)

I'm planning to get them. However, is there too much grinding? That's one of the things I hate about some RPGs.

Today i started playing Civilization V, there are wonderful mods in the steam workshop but they require Gods and Kings or Brave New World DLC. And there is a 75% for Civilization Franchise on Steam. Should i buy Brave New World or Gods and Kings?

Yeah, I just noticed the sale. I have Civ 5 with no expansions. Hmm... 75% is very tempting....

I'm probably going to but Brave New World DLC, there are pretty good mods in the Steam Workshop like Arstotzka Mod, Elder Scrolls Mod etc.  ;D

What do you mean you can't find Watch Dogs? Steam has it on the front page still I believe. It's pretty expensive though at the moment. Steam summer sale is coming soon too :D

I just ended up buying both of them for btc from this thread on here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=468366.msg7257455#msg7257455 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=468366.msg7257455#msg7257455)

Couldn't resist the sale :P

Definitely recommend buying Steam games for btc from this shop btw. I don't have any affiliation with them but they are my go to source for games now.

I bought Brave New World from Steam, it's awesome!

I'm finding it ok but I'm not loving it to be honest. Right about in the middle of it right now. It's pretty good but I had really high expectations I guess.

Anybody here still playing FlyForFun?

I remember there was a guy who's dad went bankrupt and lost his computer store because he kept buying in game currency in that game. Something about spending it on some girl or something.

I think I might have read it on Something Awful, but I'm not sure.

Oh that sucks, never though people would spend so much money into games..

Well, changing from my local currency to USD, I already spent 94USD in Elsword.
The game has a system much like TF2: you can get for free containers(in Elsword, Ice Sculptures; in TF2, crates) and the item to open it is a thing that costs a bit more than 1 buck to open.(in Elsword, Ice Burner aka IB; in TF2, Keys) The idea behind this is a gamble system to get nice and unique visuals with a very rare drop chance. From those 94$, all the 35$ I spent yesterday I will dump everything on IBs.
But Elsword keeps putting more and more things into the game, its impossible to not dump more money in it to not get behind. Just to keep things up, at least 30USD must be spent, because there are some itens that can't be traded, neither can be get for free. One of these is the expansion of your skills shortcut, or the so called B-Bar. You go from 4 skills to 8 skills, what in a hack'n slash game like this is a must have.

I think the guy from the FlyForFun game spent around $20,000 USD or something.

I think spending money on games is alright in moderation. But some people go too far. Also if you're already rich it doesn't really matter. But this guy ruined his business for nothing.

Wow, just wow. I can't even imagine why it would be necessary even more than 1000USD.
If I ever spend 500USD on Elsword this will be probably 10 years playing it if not more.

My friend spend almost $50,000 on WOW and RO.

Irrational action from gamer these day.

I'm sure much more people spend that amount on cigarettes and alcohol every few year.
Almost everyone has their expensive hobby or vice, if they can afford it it's not a problem really.

How does one manage to spend that much on WoW? Buying gold I guess? There's only so much gold can do though isn't there? What's the point of having so much gold?

What is RO? Ragnarok Online?

Sleeping Dogs

Yes, RO is ragnarok online, very famous couple game.

cod 1..............

it was really a long game..

I would recommend that you wait for AC:Unity and Dragon Age Inquisition.

I'm also waiting for Shadow of Mordor just because i love LOTR.  ;D

But for the mean time Dragon Age Origins is a good game to play plus Mass Effect and Skyrim with Mods.

If you like GTA you could try playing Saints Row III and IV, they are a lot of fun. DUBSTEP GUN. LOL!

You should, no, you must buy TES III + IV + V. That will be an experience you certainly won't regret. Even Morrowind is still an amazing game, even though it was released more than 10 years ago.

You don't need to buy anything.
http://imgace.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/the-best-things-in-life-aaarr-free.jpg
Happy pirating.  8)

Morrowind is really a good game. Its far better then Oblivion if you take to consideration the time difference. And like always The Witcher is a game you must paly. Especially that a third game with Geralt will be released in around half year from now.

Fallout 4 should be the most mod-friendly and otherwise amazing game released to date. Biggest issue with FO3/FNV, outside constant crashing and goofy texturing scheme which'll definitely be resolved due to engine changes from Skyrim, was that they're 32-bit. There's been some game dev push toward 64-bit exclusives (last year's announcement by Stardock that Galactic Civ III will be 64-bit comes to mind), and with mod-heavy games like what Beth pushes, which can easily run into RAM walls (even with 4GB LAA workaround), it'd be a revolutionary step forward, even ignoring the improvements of just bringing the heavily updated Gamebryo (now "Creation") engine from Skyrim to Fallout.

It'll be a huge disappointment if they stick with 32-bit. No gaming PC should still have a 32-bit CPU or OS at this point, and certainly not in 2+ years when it's released. Then again, I guess I'd be happy just if FO4 took advantage of multiple CPU cores. It's kind of cool how Beth's games are years behind current game tech but still look damn good, even if buggy as Hell.

Lol that's just hilarious. Going through the hassle of finding a torrent and downloading for weeks because noone ever seeds if you can just go and pick up the games for 10 bucks on Steam and DL them over night at full speed is something only people with absolutely no money at all still do.

Heck by playing Team Fortress and CS:GO and selling the item drops on steam you can actually fund your gaming by playing games.

I bought Skyrim for $4.99 (with bitcoin too :P) from the Steam summer sale! Woohoo!

When I get time to play it I'll be happy. Not sure when that will be, but at least I got it cheap and it's waiting for me. :P

The only version of SKyrim worth purchasing now is Legendary Edition and It was painfully expensive on summer steam sale, I am gonna wait for another sale with this game to finally play it!

Contemplating CS:GO for 7.50. Is it worth it? Are the drops better than dota 2?

How much was it? and how low it would had to be for you to buy it? And most important: shouldn't you save your money to be able to go smoe place on Monday?? ;)

In TPB, create login, set to auto-sort by seeds. Then search game just like with Steam and click magnet icon near game you'd like (ideally, you'd want to be familiar with uploaders and scene names). When finished, right-click title, open folder. Extract contents from archive (or mount image file using something like DaemonTools). Run installer, then drag&drop contents of crack folder to game directory. Nothing difficult there, and roughly same number of clicks.

Torrents offer some greater advantages than no-cost, though. Groups like KaOs use extreme compression techniques with their torrents for those with exceptionally slow Internet connections like myself. Rather than a 9GB download, it becomes a 3.5GB download with the caveat that it takes an hour to reconstruct the original files (though that's obviously superior to spending 2+ more weeks having it suck down all bandwidth while sleeping). Since moving and using a couple hard drives to death, I've actually pirated games I bought on Steam just so I can play them faster. The variety of groups all with different niches provide a rich variety of torrents which Steam's centralized distribution model doesn't match -- while I'm mostly just interested in cutting download times down, there are other groups which specialize in things like bundling together many known-compatible game mods.

Lack of dev/pub funding from pirating's a completely solvable problem, I think (Kickstarter/similar are a solution, I think, but we all know the issues with pre-orders and it doesn't solve some of the other user issues Steam and publishers have). The creator of Game Dev Tycoon, maybe a year ago, released his own game on TPB on day of release - a "pirate's edition" which pointed out the game was pirated (it didn't remove any content or prevent progress) and gave the dev more insight into the number of copies pirated vs. purchased (the statistic was insane, IIRC - something like 97% pirated). What it failed to include was a Bitcoin URI, which would've made the experiment much more interesting. I "pirate" TPB by using Adblock (otherwise, pages take up too much bandwidth), but they include cryptocurrency URIs in their pages which make giving value for value received very simple. When game-embedded crypto URIs are not available (so... 100% of the time), I'll still buy their game directly through the publisher with all the bullshit (CC#s, address, yada yada yada) that involves, but it's an inconvenience I doubt many take.

Wrong, I usually download everything within hours.
Heck, wasting time playing while you could work and earn much more money in the same time is better.  :D

Also for ubisoft games the pirates usually get the better experience, because they don't have to deal with the Uplay shit

but then you can't play multiplayer  :-\


you don't have to download it the first day it gets out

wait a few days, jeez..

That depends on the game.
Btw if you have time to play the multiplayer of every major title, great for you.
I barely have enough time to play 1 game.

Said everything.
Its not like someone would buy Starcraft2 just for the Campaign.
Or buy a battlefield for local coop.

I personally like waiting for sales on Steam rather than pirating. $2-$7.50 dollar games is pretty good and a viable alternative imo.

Pirate games have no multiplayer, but I usually "borrow" games that are heavily single player focused.

Damn steam is annoying me
I get so addicted and these mad sales don't help, Still have about 40 games I havent played

Yeah. I've had the same problem before. I have to really stop myself from buying too many games before I've finished the ones I'm currently playing or plan to play in the next little while. I'll always be able to buy new games later, and the prices are only going to go down so I can convince myself to wait. But it's not easy. Getting caught up in Steam sales is very easy. :P

I have just started to get back into Fallout 3 and I have installed tales of two wastelands which is the best mod I have ever played. It combines both new vegas and fallout 3 so you can travel between each wasteland...with the same character companions etc.


I'm looking to upgrading my computer now though because it has become bogged down and struggles to run some games. So if anyone could suggest a good up to date computer with a good graphics card and sound card that would be really helpful.

Hehe, this is relevant. http://www.dorkly.com/post/64641/the-true-purpose-of-steam-sales

Point of that comic: You already have more games that you can ever play. True.

I think I have only played 20% of my games...its ridiculous and yet I still buy more.

TBH the game that I still play the most (80%) is free to play, dota 2. In my opinion it is just more fun and addictive than the others

Steam Sale is about to end. So, let's sum up what we have bought and what we didn't.

I got civ 5 for 15$ with all the DLC, and payday 2 for 5$

I got Baldur's gate 2 Enhanced Edition for 6 bucks. I never played the Baldur's gate series and my friends kept saying its the best RPG there is. I played through the first one with them, now we're going to play number 2.

Go and play watch dogs best gamer ever i played.. :)

I've heard mixed things about Watch Dogs. Some say it's great, others say it was over-hyped. Also, it was commonly agreed that GTA V was better. Any opinion on that? I personally loved GTA V but haven't played Watch Dogs.

Personally I think that just cause 2 is actually a better game than GTA V, because of the much larger world, it is more open world, and there are many climates to explore. There is also grappling hooks and more different kinds of vehicles, but not as big of a variety of cars.

I see your into those kind of games you should get diablo 3,world of warcraft,and fallout they are all open world kind of games diablo is just like world of warcraft but have a different platform,classes,and weapons I play it on my xbox but on pc its amazing!!! Fallout is set in the future when the world has died to an waste land and you have to run around defeating crazy bosses and enemys from robots to lizards. I most likely prefer Fallout New Vegas for the best gaming experience.

This is why you shouldn't read about a game before hand. Only a bit, I've played it because I saw the release on TPB (totally forgot about it).
I was impressed, although there are some mysteries left unsolved there.

Can't wait for Witcher 3 release

Diablo 3 and open world don't belong in the same sentence. ;)

It's pretty much the exact opposite of open world.

If you like Diablo 3 you should try Path of Exile. It's generally considered a much, much better game by people who play ARPGs.

You should also try Torchlight II plus its mods.  :)

if you want to play the whole series of elder scroll, it's a good deal, I lost morrowind because my english was worse than now, but many people talk of it as the best of all.
Oblivion was amazing but I didnt finsh it. The caves were too equal one to each other.
For me the winner is skyrim, yes it's full of bug, I didn't find no one who bother me, so I finished it in around 300 hour of gameplay.

You missed out. If anything I would say skyrim is the worst out of those games. so much small details in oblivion and morrowind. Of course morrowind is the best sword rpg game I've ever played.

Can't wait for Elite :)

Not gamed for a while, going to return soon. 

After doing the PC FPS for many years I ventured to Star Craft II Multiplayer... thing is I suspect I be n00b now lol

Replaying Darksiders on a higher difficulty.
When I finish it, I'll play Darksiders 2 for the first time.

Well, if you like good Hack'n Slash with a lot of puzzles, that game is for you.
The history starts good and ends good, but between the history is kind weak.
Don't know about Darksiders2 though.

Darksiders 2 is nice plus it has challenging puzzles but at some point it feels kinda repetitive IMO.  :)

Diablo 3 is an utter failure.

Anyone who played Diablo 2 knows that.

People who play Wow think its the greates thing on earth.

Diablo is Diablo and should have nothing to do with Wow.

well op if you already try the watch dogs please leave a comment on it how you feel while playing it.. :)

best hacker :D

If you haven't tried Path of Exile yet and you liked Diablo 2, you should probably do so. It's basically exactly what Diablo 3 should have been. It was made by a group of hardcore Diablo 2 players. The dev team is amazing and interacts with the community all the time. Best dev team I've ever seen in gaming by far.

Oh and it's 100% free to play with no pay to win aspects whatsoever.

I haven't heard much about this one, so I'll have to take a look at it. Open-world games are definitely my favorite kind of games.

Save your money, buy bitcoins.

I have bought zero games. I mean what's the point? Buy a bunch of games for cheap, not have enough time to play them do to life, even years later. For those who do play them, it's rushed just to get to the next game. It's kind of a waste of time.

This thread is about gaming. Not complaining and double posting and old-quoting.
So, just fuck off and stop trying to get free posts so you can get into a ad campaign.

And about your complain, I play and enjoy every single game that I waste more than one hour.

I got:

Skyrim $4.99
Civ 5: Brave New World $7.49
Civ 5: Gods and Kings $7.49

I actually had to make sure I didn't buy anything else. I don't want to load up on games when I still have lots to play. I might get something else before it ends if it hasn't already. But I'm happy with my self restraint this time :P

I just watched some youtube videos of it, Im gonna check it out looks really cool.

Is there a Cow Level? J/k

No, seriously - is there a cow level?

I tried Titan Quest when it came out as a substitute for D3 but was unsatisfied, and D3 was a total disappointment, but never tried Path of Exile. Will give it a shot - thanks for rec.

No Cow level yet, but when Act 4 comes out I bet there will be a secret "Rhoa"(it's a monster in the game based on the kiwi bird) level.

They do mini-expansions every four months and target a major Act addition about once a year. It's crazy how hard they work at putting out content.

PoE is a really deep and complex game. The economy is amazing really unique with no gold, just consumable orbs that do different things like attempt to upgrade your equipment and such(keeps inflation in check). The skill tree is the most ridiculous thing you'll ever see in a game and the amount of customizing you can do when you make a build is amazing. You can even build whole characters around a single unique item.

I'd say the worst part of the game is the start though. There is accuracy in the same and when you start your character really sucks and it feels weird for some people missing attacks after playing D3. Also you start really slow in general and as you progress your walking and attacking/casting both speed up a lot and the game gets more smooth.

Also, it's a really hard game and almost everyone has to scrap their first character after a while a redo it in order to progress to the end game. Rebuilding characters is part of the fun of the game though so don't worry about that happening.

You can tell a game sucks if you don't have to restart at least once. ;D Hopefully, will finish 4.5GB download before next two-years-in-the-making Dwarf Fortress update comes out, otherwise might get sucked back into that. :P

Im definetly going to have to give this a go. One of the worst things I feel in Diablo 3 is they get rid of the permanet skill tree. Yea sometimes you have to junk a character or two or make them mules but thats what makes the game fun, not just changing a rune here and there. Diablo 3 also sucks because of Bind on account. Im gonna check POE out in a few days I will let you know how it goes, appreciate the advice.

Skyrim - its old now maybe wait for new game
The Witcher 2 - not sure if its latest but if so go for it, if not do 3

good and cheap games i can suggest on steam:
the walking dead part 1 and 2 [really, its one of best experiences i had!]
TERA [free mmorpg - i had so much fun with it then got everything i could and sold my cahracter aroudn year ago] im sure it has alot of new stuff now

Let me just vouch for TWD. I played the first season, can't wait to play the second one.

Runescape and diablo 2 back in the day

People often compare hardcore mode on PoE to playing a roguelike. If you like a good challenge it's perfect. You really have to know the game inside and out or it's certain death. it's the type of game where knowledge = power.

Regular non-hardcore mode is fun too. Hardcore mode is pretty stressful at times. Losing a high level character that you've been working on for a month(or more) is like being punched in the gut, lol. But it keeps people coming back for more punishment :P

I only bought

Don't Starve
Defy Gravity
(x2) Terraria
PAYDAY: The Heist DLC

I was hoping for an encore sale...

Counterstrike source

You should try this: Divinity Original Sin
it's more complicated than one would think.

Skyrim is an amazing game that even when you beat the game and get bored you can explore all the (mostly) amazing mods on the nexus

Also If you like Elder Scrolls games you'll probably like Fallout.

Skyrim is a great game with tons of content, i think i has a 100 hours of game content if im not mistaken.  ;D

Plus it has great support from the community via mods, if you have a capable pc you should try its different enhancing mods.

The best thing about it is the vastness of the in-game world and the mythology that surrounds it.

After finishing the main storyline, I've spent many hours just chilling around the lakes and mountains, or finding books in people's house to learn more about Skyrim.

Amen. That is the strength of Elder Scrolls and any other open-world RPGs. You just continue exploring and discovering more interesting stuff. And if you somehow manage to find and do everything there is to do...you can always reroll a different character. There are so many different perk/race combinations to play.

Any Mafia fans here? I'm waiting for Mafia III for years  :(

Did you see that video on youtube comparing Mafia II to Watch_Dogs graphically? With Mafia II having more detail even though it was made like 12 years ago?

Here it is if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5t0_WVinF8

Pretty funny.

Anyone looking for a challenge should try Divinity Original Sin. No more question markers.  :D

Path of Exile is pretty refreshing. I haven't had too much time to play with it, but it looks like they really did do away with a "main" gold-like currency pretty well. I've played with a few others trying to do away with a main currency and they always felt very restrictive, but PoE does more of a hybrid system than completely doing away with "normal currency." The crafting/selling hybrid system is totally unique, too, AFAIK. Haven't cracked into much of the game, though - haven't found a rare item or map mod, yet.

Pleased that the skill tree is completely overwhelming at first glance. Nice to be able to sit back and study something again, restudying it over and over as I progress and want to work with the items and gems I have without everything being intuitive and obvious. Multiplayer being very clearly opt-in is nice, too, though I'd guess it's necessary on highest difficulties (did first roll on Ambush to get working knowledge of game).

I wouldn't say multiplayer is ever necessary really. It will get too hard for a lot of builds at some point, but if you're intent on progressing further in maps or on to Atrizi you can always respec your character to a build that's better. But everything is definitely meant to be soloable and all of the end game content is done solo often. It's still really hard though and 99.9% of people will never get to the very end game. In general though it's all about using knowledge of the game to gear up and build properly for the end game. Defense is critical in PoE. It's a game that is constantly trying to kill you when you're not paying attention.

I too like the fact that you can just play solo without being forced to group. The only time grouping really makes sense is when you're trying to move up the ladder of maps, since you'll get a higher quantity of maps dropping when you're in a group and 6 people can run one map so it cuts your map rolling costs by 5/6ths(you use the currency to roll mods on high level maps, it gets very pricy). Or I guess if you get stuck on a boss or something you're just a couple of clicks away from joining a group. In hardcore it's safer so people definitely tend to group up for the big bosses.

Just read that the next mini-expansion is coming in August so I'll be sure to get back on for the new leagues. PoE is like the type of game you can end up playing for years.

DAYZ Standalone

For those who think Oblivion is better than Skyrim (yes, it is less boring): you have to try Nehrim, a free total mod for Oblivion. And there will be a Skyrim total mod called Enderal.
Nehrim is so much better than Oblivion, some plots and quests are epic. Drawbacks: it's only 99% polished, even with the last patch, and it starts in a dark mine plagued by trolls.
There is also possible to play Morroblivion (I didn't yet), which is Morrowind with Oblivion graphics.

Shovel Knight is some nice new game, i will try it soon

Path of Exile is awesome, I played it religiously for half a year. Once you get used to it, my favorite part is running whatever new hardcore league is currently up and doing races. I would literally die and start over in the Nemesis league over 40 times - I didn't care that I lost all my progress because it was so competitive and fun to progress and learn. And Races are just the most competitive thing I've played in the longest time - you compete against thousands of other players, and to get into the top 10 or 20 position for a race is just an awesome feeling. Plus you get rewards if you do well over the Race season as well.

The game just has such a refreshing amount of depth compared not just to Diablo 3, but to any non-indie release. Sure, it doesn't look and feel as flashy as the more polished AAA games, but it will take you literally over a year to learn everything in the game. And if you only play hardcore, it will probably take you a very long time just to reach the end-game part when you start running maps. I haven't even progressed that far because I haven't played the normal league at all.

Yeah. I can't wait for the new leagues. I really want to see what GGG will come up with this time. I really liked Nemesis league. You always had to be paying attention or you would die. Corrupted blood, storm herald ect will get you easily.

I didn't really play much Invasion league but a lot of people said it was too hard, which is pretty amazing considering how hardcore the player base is.

I'll probably be playing PoE every four months as long as they're putting out content. Which is going to be a long time by their estimation. Full expansion with Act 4 is going to be insane when that comes.

The only thing I don't really like is the archaic trading system of having to go meet people in town and spam chat channels, but they are fixing that soon. Other than that it's probably one of the best designed games of all time.

Agree, one of a kind game. Spend hundreds hours there, lvl around ~86 hardcore

Idunno, I think it looked comparable to D3, but that might just be from still feeling bitter over pre-ordering it. D3 had all sorts of over-the-top lighting effects, but the 3D models in PoE are pretty well-done and level design has each place feeling unique. It's even nice how "sub-maps" give a break from sprawling zones you need to poke in every nook and cranny of, instead being relatively linear experiences where you "know" where you're supposed to go. I don't think I've ever played a game out of NZ (and I've played at least 300 different games in my life), so it's been really surprising to see how polished it is, especially without pay-to-win or upfront costs. Sometimes, it does feel a bit like they copied straight out of D2. Pit of Sins or w/e it was called felt just like the harem in Act 2 of D2 (well, without ancient tomb and whatever the inside of that was called, with the book at the end, which I'm pretty sure was the hardest part to solo in D2). Soon after Sin, there's a place literally called "The Den," which looked pretty damn similar to The Den early in D1 where you kill all the mobs and then there's a little lighting effect and calming music when you kill everything in there. I was actually surprised that didn't happen - I actually made sure I killed everything in there just to be sure. :D

I decided to go with the paradoxical-seeming choice of a necro ranger (with all the benevolent "I put you out of your misery like I would any wounded animal" speech) with Vaal Skelly Summon & Raise Zombie in the lineup. Haven't died except when I decide it's time for a smoke and try playing one-handed, but that's still on the easiest difficulty. :D

Trade system's a PitA. Glad they're changing that. I'm never in the mood to spam trade until I find someone willing to trade a particular support gem I found and already have for one I can use. Dev came in chat yesterday to mention 2.0 would allow total respecs, so now I just want to try leveling up a bunch of different builds as fast as I can, then reallocate the points at 2.0 update to fix all the mistakes I learned were mistakes.

Overall, really excited by it. Can't wait to give it another go when I'm finished working today. I haven't gotten into the race leagues, even (or had a real chance at the month-long league), but might give it a go since Ambush is going away late tomorrow my time.

Yeah, I always thought PoE looked pretty decent. Especially considering they wrote their own engine from scratch and have been working on it since 2007. The whole story being GGG is pretty amazing, and I'm really happy to see them having success with their product. They even won Gamespot PC game of the year last year which was pretty cool.

I used to play games when I was a kid but not anymore, I really have no time for it

Only play games like Dota, the rest of the MMORPG is taking too much time..

there are a lot of MOBA's now, of course on top are LoL and Dota, but there are many more like Smite and Marvel Heroes, also Gearbox recently announced a First Person Moba, i wonder if this would click, IMO i think its not compatible with the Moba format.  :-\

Path of exile and marvel heroes are fun game.. but both get a little bored after awhile..

Good thing Path of Exile's dev team releases mini expansions ever four months :) and new leagues with new properties as well. August is coming soon and we'll see some new content.

Such game requires too much dedication and you end up wasting more time than needed. I've played it (a bit) and I like it.

Skyrim is a great game ,  evne if u finish the story u can continue playing , i have at that day 130Hours of playing :p

Ellder Scrolls series are great, you should try other Elder Scrolls games too. My favorite is Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and Morowwind.

you can try Amnesia, The House, Qvadriga, Dark souls, I like playing horror series.

If you like horror games you should play the Silent Hill series too.

If you like horror series have you ever tried Penumbra or Outlast? These are pretty great horror games. Recommended.

Also try Daylight, I have enjoy it. If you can actually enjoy a horror.  :D

Daylight and Outlast are two of my favorite horror games so intense. I think I prefer Outlast though.

Heh - if we're on horror games... Outside those mentioned, Lone Survivor scared the piss out of me. (not literally... not that I'd admit to )

Recently started playing Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.

It has a mix of God of War + Shadow of Colossus + Prince of Persia,  the only thing that I'm not very happy with the game is the autoplace cameras. This shit ALWAYS give the worst position to see the where are your enemies.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow this game is ok. Playable so far i played it for several hours.

I never could get into Path of exile to much information at one time and found that the interface was cluttered and the community are not the most helpful or friendly. (could just had a bad experience)

Oh, I love the community. You'll always get 3-10 responses to a question, but only 1-2 of them are legitimate. It's a game in itself trying to figure out who's BSing you. There's an ongoing campaign to get the devs to state "there is no loli level" instead of cow level.

I quit playing after Ambush/Invasion expired, then played a day when the new 1mo races came out, but it just takes up way too much time at once -- too addictive and I don't want to be in one of those situations where I play it a few weeks straight to realize the experience peaked about 100 game hours ago. Desyncs from requiring online-only are a PitA, but that's mostly on my side.

Their support staff is amazing, though. I asked if there was a way for my account to not be geo-IP checked since my IP address frequently changes and it randomly resolves to a different nearby town (if the server detects someone logging in from a different location based on geo-IP, you have to re-enter your password, then go through a kind of "activation email" process), but they didn't have a decent process to do this with. The CSR went ahead with a really kludgey solution where he had me create a new account. Characters were transferred to the new account and he then manually re-created my old account with a code solution to prevent the check from happening properly, and then my characters were switched back over to the re-created "old" account. Only other place I've had service like that is Bitfinex. :D

Oh my god, did anyone here that the dota 2 international 2014 will be streamed on espn. Jesus that is massive.

Yeah. GGG is probably the greatest company I've ever seen in terms of customer service and community interaction.

And yeah I agree with you that the game can be addictive. If you don't want to spend all that time playing it was probably good of you to stop right then while you still had the power. :P

Ofc, the prize pool is the biggest ever saw on e-sports. Valve is swimming in money from the "Compendium" thing.

I watched some of it. Pretty fun. I play Dota 2 sometimes but I'm not too much into it.

I would try playing it online(I played only the training), but my internet connection seens more like a sine function, sometimes my ping is X, other times it gets to X+300.

Choose a server which is closest to you, you should get like 50-100 ping max..

No, not really. if the problem is his connection it doesn't matter which server he uses.
Yeah Dota 2 can be fun, but I stopped playing once I've been put into teams frequently with very bad people.

Played Distant Worlds Universe and previously-mentioned Divinity Original Sin.

I have no idea who the target audience for DWU would be, but it's pretty well thought out. It's what I'll call a GalCiv-like (or Sins-like... I confuse the two), but with surprisingly well-made AI and playing even more like a sim -- actually, the AI will manage as much or as little of your empire as you'd like (starting out, you'll probably want that to be almost everything unless the tutorials are helpful), with you being able to fine-tune what it does with a comprehensive automation/policy screen. Empires also have a well-made private sector which'll efficiently build ships and mining bases in sectors you control.

DWU's big issue is just that it's horribly, horribly slow, unlike any other game I've played. They have no issue plopping you down with one planet on one solar system you have absolutely nothing interesting to do with for the first 20 minutes of gameplay. That's after waiting 2-5 minutes for the game to load (similar to the length of time it takes BTC Core to load).

In its favor, it really is very well-detailed. It's a thinking game, where you're generally planning more than executing. It's not at the point where there's anything more fun than planning in the game (generally, you plan so something interesting happens, but in DWU, at least after the galaxy's been pretty well picked clean of explorables, you plan so you can plan again, but nothing interesting ever happens), though, so I'm not sure if it has much advantage over writing up a grocery list. That said, I keep playing it for some reason... might be worth a look if waiting for GalCiv2 without beta access.



I don't have much to say on DOS. It plays a lot like Baldur's Gate (but feels much more "fluid" -- click-to-move system isn't nearly as maddening) and has a very similar sense of humor. Probably up your alley if you enjoyed Black Isle games.

Finished playing Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. The history starts good, the middle sucks, the final is OK.
The gameplay is not too much evolutive, you'll find yourself ding the same cmobo a lot of times.
And god, the "Forgotten One" is a ridiculous boss. It forces you to do aerial combos(what you simply don't have), secondary weapons doesn't work against him and there's no health and magic recharge before him after the first battle. They simply tried to make him a difficult boss, but it became an annoying boss, since you have 30 ground combos and only 2 aerial combos.
I hope that the second game that will come soon is better, but doesn't lose the essence of a Castlevania game.

Congratulations to newbee for winning this years International 2014 Dota 2 tournament. They have won a little over 5 million dollars. The finals weren't very exciting, but a win is a win.

Anyone here has anything to say about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2?
I liked the first one, and I would buy that if the second game was stills good.
I'm trying to see some review videos, but of course, its always better to receive a word from someone that is not being paid for playing it.

I played Catslevania 2 and the dlc all the way through. The point is: if you're a fan of the genre, you'll like it, no doubt about that. I'd just say that story is better in Castlevania cause it's simpler, but that doesn't mean that story in second part sucks. But, gameplay elements, graphics and pretty much everything else is better in Castlevania 2. So, if you really enjoyed the first part, you won't regret playing the second either.

Does anyone here know if there would be Darksiders 3? tnx

Since THQ (publisher) went bankrupt and Vigil Games (developer) is now basically dead. Darksiders brand now belongs to the Nordic Games. They said something about continuation of this series but for now I find it highly unlikely.

ahh, thank you.

Yep, Darksiders 1 & 2 were awesome games, indeed. Just my style, I must admit. Also, Castlevania series, Assassin's Creed series and Prince of Persia series are awesome games as well. I would definitely suggest those games :D

I played Prince of Persia few times, but I've never finished it!  ;D I finished Castlevania both parts, awesome game. AC finished all before AC3. AC3 had too long intro...:-/ Do you have some games of this style to recommend? thank you

You should definitely play entire Prince of Persia series, it's too good to miss. Some other similar games I'd recommend are: Batman series (3 parts) and Prototype series (2 parts). Also, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is awesome game. They're all kinda similar. Definitely try out, mate.

I would definitely try Prince of Persia to complete in near future. :-) Batman series I have in mind, also. I didn't tried Protoype and Xmen but tnx for recommendation. I'm big fan of this genre - hack'n slash so I want to sort out some list of this type of games.

I feel a bit behind on the times saying this, but I just discovered Mount & Blade and am playing it to the point of exhaustion. Despite its flaws, the game is really, really fun for me.

Yep, I know what you mean. It's my favorite genre also. Why not play AC 4 or AC: Unity? I mean, you said you played to AC3, why not further? Like, you know it's good!

I know it's good, but honestly, I prefer parts to AC3. Newer parts aren't in that style, in my opinion. You played those new games of AC?

Yes, all except the last one (Unity), I'm waiting for some serious patches and optimizations from Ubisoft, cause it's laggy as hell. Although, it looks impresive and all that, but gameplay is nowhere near AC2 and AC4, as I managed to see. Try AC4, you won't regret it.

I heard that newer parts are all laggy because I tried AC3 and it lagged at very good configuration. After I installed some patch, it worked fine. :-)

Trust me, AC 4 was way to awesome to miss... The graphic is beyond excellent and gameplay is very very addictive.

Bundle Stars has all 3 of the Batman games +DLC for 10 bucks. http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/batman-complete-bundle/
Steam's Christmas sale starts on the 18th.

I play fracas  :)
http://www.old-games.com/screenshot/2166-10-fracas.jpg

Thanks man. I could really get this. Can't believe it's that cheap :D

Definitely: Dragon Age Inquisition
You need about 60-80 hours just to complete the main missions. Finally a game, that I can't beat in a single day.

The same I say about Darksiders 2.
Was playing it, I have over 30 hours of game, I'm a bit o near o the end of the history, but gosh, there are so many things to get.
And even after you finish it there is New Game+

I've played a bit of that.
The games are incomparable. Darksiders 2 is good, but DA is better.

Ah yes, I only mentioned it because its nice and got a nice open world.
Maybe FarCry4 will be a another good long game.

You haven't played FC4? It took me around 12 hours to beat, if I'm correct.

You saved my money, was thinking in buying it but I need long term playing.
By saying this, I have the feeling that the 3 was better right?

100% completion takes around 30-40 hours at most. Dragon Age 100% takes around 100-140 hours I would say (depends if you skip dialogues and cut scenes)
I haven't beat FC3 back in the day. I downloaded a torrent of it just to try it out for a few hours, didn't have time back then. Yes, indeed it was, but 4 is a "worthy" successor if I might call it that.

Outlast O_O
Play it at your own risk :')

Been caning Shadows Of Mordor lately. The whole Nemesis system has been executed pretty well.

Apart from that, usually play a few online matches of BF4 if I don't want to get overly sucked into a game for a few hours at a time. Got a heap of others to play again in my Steam library.

I play Hitman Absolution

Skyrim is totally worth it!! You will have a lotf of  fun... and when you get bored you can download some mods that make skyrim much funnier... Play it  is a good game... you can try metro last light another of my favorite games

Steam sale starts today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr2GdRBDOmU

Finally, the gems thing was ridiculous.

final fantasy 7, come on  :o

S.T.A.L.K.E.R

IMHO the best game of all times and peoples  :)

Wrong. That's just your personal opinion. Reviews are mixed, and the average grade is 8.

Going to get today Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.
It got a 50% sale right now, and I love those fun small indie games.

I build a new gaming pc for new games. I can't wait for GTA 5. Plus have few gpus I can crossfire just in case.

I love emotionally touching stories. Games like Child of Light or Tale of two Brothers are amazing in my opinion. You should check it out.

Don't go for crossfire unless you need to. Buy a very powerful single GPU.
Such setups can be a pain (I have one). I'm talking from experience.

Yeah I read somewhere that the hassle of configuring crossfire for some games is not worth it. But yet again I have a few gpus laying around so might as well use them instead of buying a better single gpu.

Sell them all if you can and buy the latest/best single GPU.

I should. But I think my r9 280x is enough for 1080p gaming right now.

Walking Dead game?

God Bless the last release of the Nvidia Drivers(that came day 10).
Finally it removed all the BSOD I was facing with my GT 730M.

I don't know about being best of all times but Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl was definitely a game I had a lot of fun playing. Got it for free in one of those PC magazines  ;D
The PC game that I've enjoyed the most to this day, however is without a doubt Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. That game was freaking unbelievable, unlike anything I had played up to that point. I spent so many hours exploring that massive world, there was just so many things you could do. Just thinking about playing the game used get me so excited lol :D

Does anyone play The Talos Principle? It's very good logical game from Croteam (creators of Serious Sam).

Old school games
dos games

Boring

Stranded deep  8) simple game but not easy

Life is Strange is an excellent story telling game. Try it out.

WHat is a great online rpg out right now?

Besides d3.


SOmething more along hte line of D3 or a game that I can get entraped in.

I havent been able to find a game like that in a long long itime

Steam Week long Deals http://store.steampowered.com/search/?filter=weeklongdeals

Door Kickers is a great game at that price http://store.steampowered.com/app/248610/

Got myself addicted to this game:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OEzaoH7xkMc/U0zyPvn4GAI/AAAAAAAAVKw/aAoNire2GA8/s1600/SanctuaryRPG-pic-6.png

SanctuaryRPG

Call of duty...

That must be very CPU consuming. Did you overclock it?

good old text adventures   :D

This is more than a text RPG, it has ASCII Art!

Have to play Dying Light need some time to upgrade your character but fighting zombies man. 

I've found the game to be rather easy and I've beat it in 2 days I believe.
It was (is) a nice game though.

reminds me of the old days of playing MUDDS.

I need to get a new computer to play medieval engineers, that game is insane!

love any rpg game but old ones are the best
remember eye of beholder, dungeon hack or land of lore 1

those cod story are great (even if it's all scripted), but the multi sucks... whytf is this wall still standing  ???.

I have an idea of a "stupid" game : it would be a building simulator, you can design with "law" of physics and co... and then build it, like goat simulator :D.

Already fried several CPUs, ended up having to play it on low graphics settings :(

I currently only play CoD AW. Ill need to get some better hardware and upgrade my PC before I can get "serious" with this whole gaming thing :D

After seeing some people completing the Demo I got pretty "meh" with it.
Its just Dead Island with parkour and stealth elements.

Opinions on RYSE SON OF ROME?

need recommendation on some good rpg game to play have some spare time in next period

Well it depends if you want some action RPG or a old style RPG.
Dragon Age: Inquisition is recent and its pretty good.

Yeah Dragon Age is a pretty solid rpg, only played Origins so far will have to check out Inquisition

@azguard If you're a fan of the early Fallout series I'd recommend Wasteland 2.

10x played it also will try Inquisition, cuz i finished origin with all DLC

I played cod all series and sniper elite ;D
Anyone have good recommendations first person game?

Wolfenstein: The New Order
http://store.steampowered.com/app/201810/

 Surprisingly nice from start to end :D

I REALLY miss playing the original RTCW and then Enemy Territory. Those games were tuned so perfectly for multiplayer. I spent every available moment I could spare playing them. [Penguin server (with 64 player max.) made it feel almost like a real war.] The Battlefield franchise is the only one that came close to rivaling Wolfenstein's awesomeness, IMO. All the other franchises felt clunky and boring to me. (Except for Tribes. Tribes was great too.)

That's a decent game, I enjoyed playing it (beat it in 1 day though).
Total War Atilla is a good game, check it out.

I recently finished Deus Ex for the first time. Wow!

Unreal Tournament maybe :-\

By the way guys, if you are annoyed with the operation table in Dragon Age: Inquisition you can skip the stupid waiting period for them to complete by changing the day on your calender on Windows.

Are you ready for hotline Miami 2?

the first was epic! I'm wating the number 2 as hell

solitaire and spider solitaire

Finished "The Darkness II"
Really nice game, although the end is a bit of predictable and sad, the gameplay is pretty good and the history is decent even that the whole game you keep tearing apart your enemies.

I play alien shooter 1 and 2.

I just completed dragon age :D

Gonna go back and give

skyrim
fallout
knights of the old republic

a couple of playthroughs

Currently: The Witcher

Okay guys, I don't know about you, but I've genuinely tried to play through Dragon Age: Inquisition, but the story has been butchered beyond believe, they've taken the Bioware MMORPG appraoch to everything, grind grind grind, bits of dialogue, grind grind grind, bits of dialogue, cutscene, grind grind grind slight progression in all the characters' stories. It's like they knew they didn't have an interesting story so like with many Final Fantasy games ( yeah I fucking went there ) they pan out the story as much as they can through horribly tedious uninteresting quests which make me wonder what game everyone else was playing that I wasn't.

I tried to like this game but Bioware has been totally butchered by EA, it's lost it's soul and I'm not even going to bitch about the demographically and politically charged choice of characters and romance options, the ones they've provded are dull they barely talk, they get their introductions to make you go "Ooohh cooL" and then it's only until you've grinded past several quests that you get one piece of interesting story out of them whereas for those who haven't played Baldurs Gate 2 the characters would chat with you and amongst themselves constantly, it didn't matter where you were and it didn't rely on stupid scripted triggers.

I can't praise this game, I think I need to go and buy Elite: Dangerous so I don't lose my mind of the boredom I've suffered and play other games that at least have fun gameplay mechanics to mess with, the worst part about Inquisition is they have in fact done away with the majority of the storyline from the previous games, particularly Origins. It's actually pretty hilarious because one of the most blatant 'design choices' that EA have made is they've gotten rid of any desire demons because sexual content is baaaaaaad kids and you're too immature to be able to handle it :P which is heavily ironic because sex and violence is what dragon age origins fucking sold itself on.

Edit: I totally forgot that Dragon Age had a god mode, at least I can enable that to make things less tedious so I don't have to travel back and forth between camps constantly, or maybe not the console doesn't even seem to work, it appears that all these 'cheat sites' have just copy and pasted everything from Dragon Age 1 and 2 without even bothering to test them properly.

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You're still playing Terraria? Why haven't you moved on to Starbound yet?

I have to admit that I haven't tried starbound yet. Terraria with friends took away 400 hours and it still feels fresh, somewhat scary...
But I'll keep Starbound in mind.

Maybe also interesting:
http://www.pcgamer.com/terraria-otherworld-is-a-new-terraria-game-but-its-not-a-sequel/

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Lately I've been playing 'Heroes and Generals'. If you like WWII games with infantry, tanks and planes you might want to give this one a try. It has Americans, Germans and Soviets, sometimes in a 3-way war! It's free to play too. (Or, pay to win. Depending on how you look at it.)

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