What Game Are You Currently Playing?

I've been thinking of getting a PS4, but the two games that would most entice me (The Last of Us and Dragon Age: Inquisition) I own for the PS3 [I may buy a GOTY version of DAI].

Banner Saga, Kingdom Come: Deliverance and The Witcher 3 all look good, and I might buy Tomb Raider, but it's a surprising lack of games I want given the console's about a year and a half old.

As an aside, how well does the 500GB hard drive last? With my 40GB PS3 I've often had to delete installed game data.
 
And there's the white/black question. I know Michael Jackson said it doesn't matter, but still....
 
thaddeus6th said:
As an aside, how well does the 500GB hard drive last? With my 40GB PS3 I've often had to delete installed game data.
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If its anything like the Xbox One, with 500GB, not long if you're an "enthusiastic" gamer. If you only plan on playing up to 9 or 10 games on it, you should be fine. Games are becoming larger (one of mine is about 70GB). I have 5.5GB left on my internal hard drive which isn't enough for another full game install. I didn't want to uninstall anything so I bought a 1 Terabyte external hard drive from amazon for £30 - which will keep me going for a long while.

I'm still playing Destiny - still a little too enthusiastically. I'm at a high enough level to take part in the long and intense 6-person raids now, which is where the teamwork and social side of the game really open up. I've had some brilliant runs with Australian, UK, US and Canadian players.

My partner bought me a bundle of games a month ago, which I've installed but not yet played: Alien: Isolation --- Ryse: Son of Rome --- Wolfenstein: The New Order
 
Your girlfriend sounds like a wise and generous lady.

I tend to buy relatively few games but play the hell out of them. Hmm. Cheers. I'll probably buy one relatively soon [I wasn't going to buy Bloodborne... but now I see you can make a character with a monocle. That's tempting].

Multiplayer isn't my style. The only time I've ever (recently) enjoyed it was the bare-minimum pawn-swapping of Dragon's Dogma.
 
thaddeus6th said:
Your girlfriend sounds like a wise and generous lady.

I tend to buy relatively few games but play the hell out of them. Hmm. Cheers. I'll probably buy one relatively soon [I wasn't going to buy Bloodborne... but now I see you can make a character with a monocle. That's tempting].

Multiplayer isn't my style. The only time I've ever (recently) enjoyed it was the bare-minimum pawn-swapping of Dragon's Dogma.
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Ha! Yes, she is! :) She gets shoes from me and I get Video Games (y)

If I really like the game, I'll play it to death; hunt all the achievements and secrets. That's why I haven't touched the other games yet, because I usually only ever play one at a time.

I find multiplayer hit and miss. I stopped playing Call of Duty games on multiplayer because of the sheer number of unsavoury humans I found blaring down the mic, not to mention the children who really shouldn't be playing that sort of game. However, Destiny has found a way to encourage good teamwork and communication for the benefit of all involved. I've had some genuinely nice folk help me out just for the sake of it too, no incentive.

I don't want to get games like Witcher 3 or Dragon Age: Inquisition at the moment because I know they'll absorb me for a long time. I'm still recovering from Skyrim :eek: they're perfect if you're in it for the long haul though.
 
Inquisition is now weird for me. I'm going to wait for a PS4 GOTY/Ultimate edition, which means I'll probably have 1-2 years without it, then get it again with much better graphics [and hopefully far less in the way of loading times].

I've sunk hundreds of hours into Skyrim. Just imagine the current-gen Elder Scrolls game we'll get (although Fallout's probably next. And there's Mass Effect 4).

I'll also see about trying some independent games. Banner Saga's been very well-received, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance looks promising. [I do prefer physical copies, though. That way the game data can easily be deleted and re-installed later].
 
Bugg said:
...was planning on going back to play XCOM: Enemy Within
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I'd really recommend trying it with the mod; I think they got the balance of the strategic game quite wrong in the vanilla version. Long War does much more than change the balance, however. There are huge numbers of new items, including new MEC suits, the alien AI (both strategic and tactical) has been completely reworked, new skill trees, new solider types, etc., etc. And did I mention that it's also punishingly hard? ;)
 
cyberpunkdreams said:
I'd really recommend trying it with the mod; I think they got the balance of the strategic game quite wrong in the vanilla version. Long War does much more than change the balance, however. There are huge numbers of new items, including new MEC suits, the alien AI (both strategic and tactical) has been completely reworked, new skill trees, new solider types, etc., etc. And did I mention that it's also punishingly hard? ;)
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Shall definitely give it a go at some point. I've just reached the endgame in Xenonauts. For me, it's been the best X-COM-type game since Terror from the Deep. I absolutely love it, even at its most hair-tearing, swear-inducing, infuriating moments. Hoping to complete it tonight.

Once that's done I have a choice to make. I've picked up Wasteland 2 and both Legend of Grimrock games in Steam sales over the past couple of weeks, so need to make a choice between those. I'm leaning towards Legend of Grimrock II at the moment.
 
^^ Those other games are going to have to take a back seat now that Pillars of Eternity has arrived . . .
 
Pillars of Eternity sounds good, but it's PC-only, which is a shame.

On the other hand, Banner Saga is someday heading for the PS4, and Kingdom Come Deliverance is (after an initial PC release) also heading for consoles, which is good to see.
 
Bugg said:
Shall definitely give it a go at some point. I've just reached the endgame in Xenonauts. For me, it's been the best X-COM-type game since Terror from the Deep. I absolutely love it, even at its most hair-tearing, swear-inducing, infuriating moments. Hoping to complete it tonight.
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I'm finding Xenonauts pretty difficult even on the 'Easy' setting. I've not got much hair left (although that's more genetic then Xeno-related:D)
 
Foxbat, that's real commitment to aerodynamics ;)
 
Championship Manager 97/98

Yes, that's right. 1997/98!

i have played subsequent CM games over the years, along with it's offshoot Football Manager. But with every new release came more features, added complications and lots of faffing about. Whereas with 97/98, you simply bought/sold players, picked match-day teams, selected a formation, and then off you go with the game!

I have no doubt the latter versions are equally as good, if not better: especially with the additional features etc. But for me, I just wanted something more straightforward - a lite version in fact. And as a consequence I've been playing CM97/98 for almost 20 years (now via an XP VM), and have still to win the European Cup!
 
Foxbat said:
I'm finding Xenonauts pretty difficult even on the 'Easy' setting. I've not got much hair left (although that's more genetic then Xeno-related:D)
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:D Yeah, I feel your pain - it's rock hard. I think it took until about month 4 for me to have enough money to start doing the things I really wanted to. I finished it the other day, finally. Took about 40 hours . . .


Pillars of Eternity is stunning. For any fans of Baldur's Gat 1 & 2 or Icewind Dale it's a must.
 
I saved up for a year so I could get a PS4 solely because I held off getting AC4. I adore the franchise. I picked it up a couple weeks ago and am loving ac4 Black Flag. I'll then pick up AC: Unity.

I have The Order 1886 and The Last of Us but I'll wait till I've finished the AC games before starting them. Looking forward to Alien Isolation, too, and May looks great for upcoming release dates of Star Wars and Mirror's Edge 2

pH
 
Phyrebrat said:
I saved up for a year so I could get a PS4 solely because I held off getting AC4. I adore the franchise. I picked it up a couple weeks ago and am loving ac4 Black Flag. I'll then pick up AC: Unity.

I have The Order 1886 and The Last of Us but I'll wait till I've finished the AC games before starting them. Looking forward to Alien Isolation, too, and May looks great for upcoming release dates of Star Wars and Mirror's Edge 2

pH
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Hey Phyre, I just finished Alien: Isolation the other night... you're in for a treat. Without spoiling it, I will just comment that its very long. Take a spare pair of boxers too!
 
Remedy said:
Hey Phyre, I just finished Alien: Isolation the other night... you're in for a treat. Without spoiling it, I will just comment that its very long. Take a spare pair of boxers too!
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Good! :D I'm a total Dead Space fan, and apparently Alien kicks it into a cocked hat! I'll probably do it after AC: Unity if I can get it for a reasonable price. ;)

pH
 
We're replaying Diablo 3 with the Reaper of Souls expansion. The mindless "kill that thing" is reassuringly good for letting my brain work through other writing related stuff. There just isn't enough couch-co-op RPG out there. :( In between killing all the things there is much Minecraft happening.
 
Just finished the remastered reboot of Tomb Raider (PS4). Rather enjoyed it. First experience with a touch-screen. I still think they're witchcraft.

I think The Witcher 3 may be my next game.
 
millymollymo said:
We're replaying Diablo 3 with the Reaper of Souls expansion. The mindless "kill that thing" is reassuringly good for letting my brain work through other writing related stuff. There just isn't enough couch-co-op RPG out there. :( In between killing all the things there is much Minecraft happening.
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I thought Diablo 3 was great in co-op, as was Torchlight 2. We've recently been playing Divinity: Original Sin in co-op and it's really, really good fun - I'm enjoying it far more that way than I did when playing it single-player. Worth a look if you're after a different kind of co-op RPG :)

I'm 70 hours into Pillars of Eternity and still loving it - so much so that I'll probably re-play either Baldur's Gate or Planescape Torment once I've finished it.
 
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