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Grim Dawn. An action rpg by the makers of Titan Quest. It's dual class, so there are a lot of combinations of powers you can make.
I've long been curious about this one, too, but I rarely just "try" long involved CRPGs.How is Tyranny? I've heard good and bad things about it. Anyone played it?
I've spent the past week working on Dragon Quest XI S for the Nintendo Switch--one of the reasons I bought the system in the first place. I'm about 21 hours in and have to say that it's living up to expectations ... but some of the recent story points have really been heartstring-tuggers.
Fun fact, the design of said character is courtesy of my daughter. She didn't care for the stats, but decided on her looks! That's what's important, right?
I had already beaten the game on PS4, but got the Switch version for the extra content. I've been a huge fan of Dragon Quest since I was a kid. Good series, and XI is a really good game.
I started with Dragon Warrior on the NES before Nintendo started giving it away and have kept up with the series since. III, V and VIII are probably the tops in my book, but XI is definitely looking like it will be on par if it keeps up at this level.
In UFC 3 you can sculpt your own face or download one.Any game that let's me make my own character and has visible equipment turns into "pretty pretty dressup" for me. Like, I don't get playing a game just for that (like the literal dollmaker games), but something about being able to design the look of a character I spend a LOT of time doing if its part of a game where I can actually play that character doing something.
Grim Dawn doesn't do anything new, but it does everything right. It has a really good map for example that doesn't bore even though it's not randomized.Not really a fan of Diablo-likes, but I'll take a look. Thanks.
Don't want to piss at your barbecue (is the saying right?), but I've found RDR2 a big disappointment and one of the most overrated games ever. It has some pretty good qualities (story, characters, NPCs), but it's flaws killed it for me. The main ones being:Oh lord... Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to PC...
My poor hard drive!!! My poor family... the neglect I'm about to inflict upon them...
And to think they laughed when I put 4 TB of storage in my new PC...Oh lord... Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming to PC...
My poor hard drive!!! My poor family... the neglect I'm about to inflict upon them...
Don't want to piss at your barbecue (is the saying right?), but I've found RDR2 a big disappointment and one of the most overrated games ever. It has some pretty good qualities (story, characters, NPCs), but it's flaws killed it for me. The main ones being:
1) Linearity. Story progression and missions are extremelly linear. Most missions consist in you following some NPCs ass left and right and shooting stuff when the script dictates so. No choices with distinct consequences, no openess to do it the way you like, nothing. Some Call of Duty stages are more dynamic than this.
2) Theme-park world. This is the most frustrating part, as the setting is beautiful and NPCs reactivity good and life-like. But the game simply don't take any advantage of it. Once you complete first chapter you're swimming in enough money and upgrades that you don't need to interact at all with the world around - no need to engage with the hunting/cooking/surviving/bounty/etc mechanics. The only use those has by then is for innocuous time challenges mini-games and such.
3) Shooting is awful. Really, this is a game about old west gunslingers. How can they made shooting so boring? By half game you'll get tire of the mechanics and wish every shootout end fast.
Don't get me wrong, this is just my opinion. But if you want actual role-playing, choices & consequences, world-interaction and simulation from this game you won't find it. All you will find is a good (but linear) story, characters and dialogues. If that's enough to satisfy you, go for it. I want more from a RPG.
P.S: for comparison sake - the recently released Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is full of bugs, has indie production values (just a 70k budget through Kickstarter), and is unfinished. Yet, it offers a much better role-playing experience than RDR2, IMO, with different character roles and player choices actually producing different consequences in quests and the world.
Fix and Improvement Roadmap!
Greetings Brethren!
The stars are right once again and we indeed have some good news for you!
We wanted to update you on the state of fixes and improvements planned for the Stygian. As you know we have been collecting all the feedback coming from you and would like to share the road map that has been drawn in the light of your feedback.
Here is a list of fixes and improvements that we will work on in the following period:
- The fixing of an array of critical bugs that you've been reporting since launch
- A new save system with the save anywhere and Character Profile function so the player would be able to switch between different characters
- A tutorial system which would show the player the ropes on the first encounters with each of the more complex systems of the game such as combat, rest activities, hunger etc.
- A chance to hit indicator that would show the players how likely they can hit their designated targets
- The disabling of companion skills except combat and crafting related ones
- The disabling of the combat loot system that creates movement difficulties for the players Various tweaks on the balancing of the game
We will test the systems and fixes internally before releasing the patches so unless something very pressing happens, the patches will start coming out at the beginning of next month.
We will contact all our players whose requests would have been met with the new versions and notify them about the progress.
We are planning to have another and a more extended fix period following this one. You will be updated.
Thanks a lot for all your feedback and comments brethren.
This morbid story is far from over.
Team Cultic
I dislike Diablo-style games but Grim Dawn is an exception. The setting and story drew me in; I sunk a lot of time into searching for every secret and scrap of lore. In fact the only reason I stopped playing was because my relationship with Mrs. Savage got serious and the game didn't click for her.Grim Dawn is awesome. Probably my favorite Diablo-style game.
Yes. It really is addictive. The fact that dying can be part of the fun makes it easy to dive back into another game rather than quitting in frustration.Anyone else playing Noita? I'm finding it to be incredibly addictive. Just-one-more-gamitis. It's very hard, but totally blissful when you get your hands on an OP wand for a while (before you blow yourself up with it, naturally).
I learned the same lesson twice. The first time I got the immunity to fire perk like you. The second time, I was sniping one of those burning men while under the surface of water, thinking that made me entirely safe from his blasts. It did, until he scored a direct hit.Yesterday, I got total immunity to fire. That led me to start burning everything combustible in sight, hoping to consume my enemies in flames. Unfortunately, immunity to fire doesn't protect you from the concussive blast damage when things you set on fire explode. Lesson learned.
Anyone else playing Noita? I'm finding it to be incredibly addictive. Just-one-more-gamitis.
Thank you for the endorsement, gentlemen. I may have to move it up a few notches on my Wishlist que.Yes. It really is addictive. The fact that dying can be part of the fun makes it easy to dive back into another game rather than quitting in frustration.
Decided to pick up the Nintendo Switch Version of the Baldur's Gate games that came out today. I think I owned the original when it came out, but recall nothing about it. Hoping to have some fun running around the Realms.
Been playing Super Robot Wars V (V stands for Voyage, not 5. It's like the 50 somethingish SRW game). Happy that finally some of this series is coming out in English (even if you have to import it because it is the Asia region version, because no way in hell they could organize the licenses necessary to release it in North America).
It's silly, goofy and fun.