What Game Are You Currently Playing?

I may have bought:

Endless Legend bundle (including all expansions)
Dungeon of the Endless
Endless Space: Disharmony
Age of Wonders III
Company of Heroes Complete

Damn you Steam, and your Summer Sale :mad: :rolleyes: :ninja:
 
^^ Think it ended on 4th July so you may have missed it.

I'm now completely addicted to Endless Legend - possibly the best 4X game I've played yet. Looks great, has a wonderfully intuitive and informative UI, and I love the various races and lore. Dungeon of the Endless is also fantastic, which has completely surprised me as it didn't really sound like my kind of thing. Maybe my thing has changed :eek:

Haven't played any of the others I bought in the sale as yet (well, that's not strictly true: I played Company of Heroes years ago, and I've played vanilla Endless Space but not the Disharmony expansion).
 
Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence on the PS4. Don't play many proper strategy games, being a console peasant, but rather enjoying it.

Unlike the Azai, who made a fatal error incurring the wrath of Saito clan. Asakura: you're next.
 
Company of Heroes 2 - OMG so much RTS goodness...
Offworld Trading Company - an awesome economic strategy game.
Invisible Inc. - one of the best turn based strategies!
 
AlexanderSen said:
Invisible Inc. - one of the best turn based strategies!
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That's a really good game - it was my go-to after I'd played XCOM 2 to death earlier this year :)


I'm currently addicted to the new Master of Orion. Despite all the bitching and moaning about some aspects of it, I think it's great fun. Very polished, very intuitive, and some outstanding voice work (from the likes of Mark Hamill, Michael Dorn, John De Lancie, Dwight Schultz) means it's got loads of personality (something I couldn't say about other recent space-based 4X-ers). It's not as complex as some of those other games, but I'm finding that something of a breath of fresh air at the moment. The AI seems decent to me - even on the Normal difficulty it declares war on me if I expand too close to its borders, or insult it via diplomacy once too often, or even just become friendly with one of its enemies.

It could do with some work in a couple of places, for sure - the late game micro-management, the planetary invasion mechanics, add a few more events to spice things up occasionally. The choice to make combat real-time instead of turn-based (like MOO 2) seems to be the main bug-bear but I actually quite like that part as it's more involving than any of the other recent similar games I've played like Stellaris and Galactic Civilizations (where you just sit back and watch). Nothing's perfect - but I'm having a whale of time with it.
 
I recently played XCOM2 -- I liked it a lot, but found it far too quick and easy. I've gone back into Company of Heroes 2 a little as well, but I don't like it as much as the first one. My main things recently have been Shadowrun: Hong Kong (epic!), KSP (probably needs no introduction) and Life Is Strange (which is ohmygodthebestgameever (apart from Mass Effect)).
 
Bugg said:
That's a really good game - it was my go-to after I'd played XCOM 2 to death earlier this year :)


I'm currently addicted to the new Master of Orion. Despite all the bitching and moaning about some aspects of it, I think it's great fun. Very polished, very intuitive, and some outstanding voice work (from the likes of Mark Hamill, Michael Dorn, John De Lancie, Dwight Schultz) means it's got loads of personality (something I couldn't say about other recent space-based 4X-ers). It's not as complex as some of those other games, but I'm finding that something of a breath of fresh air at the moment. The AI seems decent to me - even on the Normal difficulty it declares war on me if I expand too close to its borders, or insult it via diplomacy once too often, or even just become friendly with one of its enemies.

It could do with some work in a couple of places, for sure - the late game micro-management, the planetary invasion mechanics, add a few more events to spice things up occasionally. The choice to make combat real-time instead of turn-based (like MOO 2) seems to be the main bug-bear but I actually quite like that part as it's more involving than any of the other recent similar games I've played like Stellaris and Galactic Civilizations (where you just sit back and watch). Nothing's perfect - but I'm having a whale of time with it.
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I've been looking at Master of Orion, but I don't think my computer will run it well enough.

I've been back on Mechwarrior Online. It's fun for a while, but then it feels like pointless grinding if I play too long.

I've also been trying to play Starcraft 2 on Brutal. It is killing me quickly and often.
 
cyberpunkdreams said:
I recently played XCOM2 -- I liked it a lot, but found it far too quick and easy. I've gone back into Company of Heroes 2 a little as well, but I don't like it as much as the first one. My main things recently have been Shadowrun: Hong Kong
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You found XCOM 2 easy? Blimey :D I played it through on Commander and Legend difficulties and found it rock hard. It's the game that got me back into gaming, I enjoyed it so much. According to Steam those two playthroughs took me 118 hours, the only game I've got that's gone anywhere near three digits so far :eek:

Love the Shadowrun games, too. Dragonfall was excellent. I'm midway through Hong Kong.



Vince W said:
I've been looking at Master of Orion, but I don't think my computer will run it well enough.
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That's a shame. I didn't realise it was all that demanding, although I suppose there must be a lot of stuff going on 'under the hood'.
 
Bugg said:
You found XCOM 2 easy? Blimey :D I played it through on Commander and Legend difficulties and found it rock hard. It's the game that got me back into gaming, I enjoyed it so much. According to Steam those two playthroughs took me 118 hours, the only game I've got that's gone anywhere near three digits so far :eek:

Love the Shadowrun games, too. Dragonfall was excellent. I'm midway through Hong Kong.
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Admittedly I've not tried it on the hardest difficulties yet, but I am a veteran of XCOM:Enemy Within with the Long War mod, which was basically impossible. 779 hours sunk into that, according to Steam, and I never managed to complete a campaign. Completing XCOM 2 in ~30 hours was a breeze in comparison. Still fun though, and I loved the soldier customisation.

A lot of people seem to prefer Dragonfall to Hong Kong, but I can't really understand why. Dragonfall was great, but I just found HK exceptional. Maybe it's just me.
 
Bugg said:
That's a shame. I didn't realise it was all that demanding, although I suppose there must be a lot of stuff going on 'under the hood'.
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I just took a look at the requirements and it seems my computer will run it passably. There's also a sale where I get MOO 1,2 and 3 as well so I think I'll give this a go. :)
 
cyberpunkdreams said:
Admittedly I've not tried it on the hardest difficulties yet, but I am a veteran of XCOM:Enemy Within with the Long War mod, which was basically impossible. 779 hours sunk into that, according to Steam, and I never managed to complete a campaign. Completing XCOM 2 in ~30 hours was a breeze in comparison. Still fun though, and I loved the soldier customisation.

A lot of people seem to prefer Dragonfall to Hong Kong, but I can't really understand why. Dragonfall was great, but I just found HK exceptional. Maybe it's just me.
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I started playing Long War, and I was enjoying it, but I knew it was going to take so long I'd probably never get anywhere near finishing it. Might be tempted again if an XCOM 2 version appears, though.

I haven't completed Hong Kong yet, so my favourite may change. I certainly like the setting in Hong Kong better, and the artwork is so atmospheric.


Vince W said:
I just took a look at the requirements and it seems my computer will run it passably. There's also a sale where I get MOO 1,2 and 3 as well so I think I'll give this a go. :)
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I also got MOO 1, 2 and 3 with it, and have been playing MOO 2 a bit as well. It's a shame they don't offer a demo version of the new one to try it out, although I suppose you can get a refund if you try it and don't want it, so long as you don't play for more than 2 hours. Good luck, hope you like it! :)
 
I'll be getting XCOM 2 at some point, but (being a PS4 player) I may wait a bit, see if a DLC-laden version emerges, as happened with the previous game. I have a horrendous history (even worse with consoles) of buying something a few months before a better version comes out.
 
Chris Guillory said:
I haven't scrolled too far back, but nothing on Deus Ex. Nobody? I'm considering picking it up this weekend, but may just play the Witcher.
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I think the problem with Deus Ex is the one-time-use items you have to pay extra for, the pay to win content and more changes to come with microtransactactions in mind. Which sours the experience of an otherwise competently made game. It also kind of goes against the underlying theme of the Deus Ex franchise.
 
Bought the latest expansion of World of Warcraft. The intro quests for the demon hunters and the 100-lvl character entry onto the Broken Isles is pretty cool. Bored again with the rest of the game already.
 
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