What Games Are You Playing?

ShamrockRig said:

there hasn't been a real forza game since motorsport 7, horizon are spin off arcade like games. Its more track/sim orientated, simcade i would say. Been playin a few hours now, seems pretty good

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Thanks for the information. I might look into it.

Here is a nice review for those of you guys who are obsessed with Forza Motorsport.

ING Forza Motorsport Review

I played enough in FM to get through the entire first Builder's race (1st place in all three for the series win, the last race I won literally in the last tenth of a mile, or so). This was not easy, by far, and I still have partial driving assists enabled and only level 3 opponents.

I'll probably end up needed to (finally!) invest in a racing wheel set up to make this worthwhile. This was not easy by any means using an XBox controller on my PC (and stick drift made it worse).

Graphics are superb, though. Gameplay is smooth as silk almost always. Racing line, though, sometimes leaves a little (or lot, depending) to be desired.

One piece of advice - yes, it makes the game take a lot longer, but do as many laps as you can when practicing (I practiced on all three tracks of that first Builder's series until the practice ended). It really helps you hone in on where your problem areas might be, and helps build your car levels up much, much faster, in the process.

Assassin's Creed Mirage and Starfield right now.

johnlgalt said:

I played enough in FM to get through the entire first Builder's race (1st place in all three for the series win, the last race I won literally in the last tenth of a mile, or so). This was not easy, by far, and I still have partial driving assists enabled and only level 3 opponents.

I'll probably end up needed to (finally!) invest in a racing wheel set up to make this worthwhile. This was not easy by any means using an XBox controller on my PC (and stick drift made it worse).

Graphics are superb, though. Gameplay is smooth as silk almost always. Racing line, though, sometimes leaves a little (or lot, depending) to be desired.

One piece of advice - yes, it makes the game take a lot longer, but do as many laps as you can when practicing (I practiced on all three tracks of that first Builder's series until the practice ended). It really helps you hone in on where your problem areas might be, and helps build your car levels up much, much faster, in the process.

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Your expressions suggest that you are having fun.

partlow said:

Assassin's Creed Mirage and Starfield right now.

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You're in luck because I have to wait until the price reduces.

Yeah, I'm putting in most of my time into Starfield, and I'm having a tough time of it because I chose Very Hard lol.

I really, really, really want that Guardian.

Started playing

Firas said:

You're in luck because I have to wait until the price reduces.

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I decide not to go out to eat for a few.... weeks LOL

Currently playing Cyberpunk 2077 so I can get to the Phantom Liberty DLC

I'm in Act 2 now - Automatic Love, but currently doing side missions to build up my character.

Is it worthwhile to play Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege?

Dru2 said:

Currently playing Cyberpunk 2077 so I can get to the Phantom Liberty DLC

I'm in Act 2 now - Automatic Love, but currently doing side missions to build up my character.

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Ha, Still Act I here. It took me forever and a day to find the gun mod to make a weapon non-lethal, so I could start taking out Cyberpsychos without killing them.

And then today I read that Update 2.0 / Phantom Liberty nerfs the benefit of that route (as the armored vest you got is not any more powerful than any other clothing because all armor stats now are not tied to clothing, so it's basically useless, unless you actually want to wear it.

GDIT!

johnlgalt said:

Ha, Still Act I here. It took me forever and a day to find the gun mod to make a weapon non-lethal, so I could start taking out Cyberpsychos without killing them.

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The way I do it is whittling their health down to near nothing using heavy weapons then use small arms weapon to "incapacitate" them. That other way, cause I'm going the Net Runner route is to again, use heavy weapons to whittle their health, and use the contagion Cyberware to incapacitate them. Either works like a champ

In the original release you could take them out with a single Cyberware hack, but the game developer fixed that exploit

I forget which hack it was, but I did post about it here or ten forums. It was also listed in the first patch notes.

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And then today I read that Update 2.0 / Phantom Liberty nerfs the benefit of that route (as the armored vest you got is not any more powerful than any other clothing because all armor stats now are not tied to clothing, so it's basically useless, unless you actually want to wear it.

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Not surprised since they've been nerfed the gear after the original game. I was pretty god-like until they nerfed the game. Had some really stylish gold outfits with all gold mods as well gold gear and mods. Now they have it where only certain clothing items would work with certain clothing mods

That was from the original game. Don't know what they did now as this is the first time playing since the initial game patch. One thing I noticed up front is you no longer have to travel to a drop box to get paid by fixers like you did before. That's new (to me).

Anyway, I'm on the Evelyn quest so I'm off to meet the Voodoo boys. I think somewhere around that quest you I can start the Liberty DLC.

Dru2 said:

The way I do it is whittling their health down to near nothing using heavy weapons then use small arms weapon to "incapacitate" them. That other way, cause I'm going the Net Runner route is to again, use heavy weapons to whittle their health, and use the contagion Cyberware to incapacitate them. Either works like a champ

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Same for the first way, just making sure that the final weapon used is a non lethal one. I have had instances in older play-throughs where a heavy weapon got them too close to the edge and they end up dying anyway, even with a light weapon. The non-lethal mod prevents that 100% if you use it as the last weapon on them, but only if you also don't accidentally shoot them again when they start falling lol. I never thought about contagion, though, I tend to pack heavy cyberware, but I may have to try that one - only have the last one left, though, so....

It's a lot of very precise maneuvering, at times, with this game, which is why I've been in love with it since day one (I suspect you and I share that love for this game, too). And it's not just a matter of dialog choices, every single step is a choice on how to proceed, making this game easily re-playable many many times, even with the exact same character build every time.

Dru2 said:

That was from the original game. Don't know what they did now as this is the first time playing since the initial game patch. One thing I noticed up front is you no longer have to travel to a drop box to get paid by fixers like you did before. That's new (to me).

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Try modding any clothing. I'll wait.

As for not having to travel to drop boxes, you'll still need to for depositing items for certain quests, as well as picking up bonuses for quests that you perform superbly in their eyes. But, yeah, direct payments makes sense - I mean, you pay for things through direct payments, so they should as well. One of many enhancements that makes the game infinitely better, for sure.

I have gotten up to the Transmission quest, but for the first time, I sided with NetWatch instead of the VDBs. I want to see how this plays out, as I've always, in the past, taken out that guy. It's interesting. But I suspect it's gonna be hard as hell at the end of Transmission. Probably gonna have to fight my way out lol.

Inquiring about Resident Evil 4, However, I got no response.
So I picked up two new games.




Resident Evil 4 ROCKS
Fort Solis is pretty amazing; you guys should check it out.

Can you give more details as to why it rocks?

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And, as for me, I think I'm done buying games for the near future - I have 4 AAA titles already that I'm working my way through:

• Diablo IV
• Cyberpunk 2077 with the Phantom Liberty addon-on / DLC
• Starfield (with the newly released patch a couple of days ago)
• Forza Motorsport

I haven't even played Diablo in almost a month now, lol. So much going on in the world of games....

johnlgalt said:

Can you give more details as to why it rocks?

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And, as for me, I think I'm done buying games for the near future - I have 4 AAA titles already that I'm working my way through:

• Diablo IV
• Cyberpunk 2077 with the Phantom Liberty addon-on / DLC
• Starfield (with the newly released patch a couple of days ago)
• Forza Motorsport

I haven't even played Diablo in almost a month now, lol. So much going on in the world of games....

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I should note that I have never played a horror game before, even though I have just started this one.
However, the physics and graphics on this one are incredible.

Sorry, I'll provide additional details later.

You're in for a treat then. lol

Enjoy! Look forward to your thoughts once you've gotten in a bit.

Firas said:

I should note that I have never played a horror game before

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Since my heart attacks, I can’t afford the shock value. Seems that anything these days can kick my heart in the guts. My Rock’n’Rolla days coming back to haunt me.

johnlgalt said:

As for not having to travel to drop boxes, you'll still need to for depositing items for certain quests, as well as picking up bonuses for quests that you perform superbly in their eyes. But, yeah, direct payments makes sense - I mean, you pay for things through direct payments, so they should as well. One of many enhancements that makes the game infinitely better, for sure.

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Thanks for the info. I hadn't made it where I need to drop off packages or pick up bonuses. Though I thought I would have gotten a bonus for stealthing my way through a bar to assassinate a target without killing or alerting anyone else of my presence

I actually enjoy stealth mode rather than running and gunning. A bit more challenging but a lot of fun. Choice in Cyberware is key.

johnlgalt said:

I have gotten up to the Transmission quest, but for the first time, I sided with NetWatch instead of the VDBs. I want to see how this plays out, as I've always, in the past, taken out that guy. It's interesting. But I suspect it's gonna be hard as hell at the end of Transmission. Probably gonna have to fight my way out lol.

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I'm at that point now, and.... am at the paralysis through analysis stage

My first two playthroughs I hadn't given the option much thought, I just went with what the VDBs wanted.

Now - what to do??? Anyway, I read somewhere that if you want to max Johnny, don't side with NetWatch, but...