I've been plaing alot of Team Fortress 2 lately. Just received another free update that added a bunch of cool stuff to the game. I'm surprised no one here plays besides me, I mean it is F2P now :-)
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Yeah every time I play I get ganked by mobs with flame throwers. Looks fun but I just stopped. There's only so much arse kicking like that I can take.
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Rome 2 announced. I have one full year before I have to quit my job and disappear for three years :-):-):-)
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I play it every now and then. Usually when I don't want to think about what I'm doing haha.

I have been playing the HELL out of Magic The Gathering 2013. I miss playing it for real :-)
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Damn MTG, wow that has been many years. I haven't played it in probably 10 years. I stopped collecting when they changed the face on the cards.
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Just finished a replay of Mass Effect 3, paragon engineer.

I thought people whined too much about the old ending. It wasn't Hollywood. But it was interesting. (I entirely concede the point about choices through 3 games dissolving into almost no variety in the end game though.)

But the one they replaced it with? 5 minutes of Admiral Hackett spewing the most hackneyed "work together" monologue that's ever been written? GAH! The magic rescue of crew members sacrificed in the previous ending? Awful.

They gave in to the lowest common denominator mob gamer forum whiners and botched it.
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Wait they changed the ending on ME3?
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Yup, by way of a free DLC. It's not different in substance enough to recommend playing through. I just wanted to try an engineer + Ashley spec rather than sniper + Tali.
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Why would they change it? The game was done, it was over. They screwed the pooch with the idiotic ending that made no sense and that should be the end of it. They won't be winning back my business with some pandering ending change. I've already traded me3 in to gamestop and see no reason to ever play it again...
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Ah word, thanks. Yea I didn't really care one way or the other with the ending. It was fine, I just like the gameplay.
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Anyone playing The Secret World? I've got about a dozen hours logged in the last couple weeks and I'm strangely unable to decide whether I like it or not.
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I assume that is a beta testing of some sort? I'll look into it.
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Nope. Been released for a week and a half.
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Explain the game to me, it seems like they mashed every popular game I have seen in the last 5 years into ONE game. I see mages, assassins, monsters, robots, dragons, swords, AK-47's......the trailer is crazy and I understand absolutely none of it. Did they take bits and pieces of every game and make it an MMORPG or something?
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I've had it recommended by 2 friends. But I'm still dubious about it...

EDIT: To quote reddit about it: "I want to like this game, but my relationship with Funcom has been like Charlie Brown playing football with Lucy."
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They did something relatively clever. There's no class system. It's all skill based. The skill tree divides at the first level into ranged/magic/h2h (3 weapons each.) So you end up with 9 top level skill categories. You can equip two 'weapons' at a time, so that gives you some flexibility. You earn points to build up into whatever kind of spec you want. You can't really gimp yourself since you can conceivably rank all the way up in everything. Many (most?) of the quests are replayable after a 1 day lockout for more xp.

However, taking a page from GuildWars, you can only have 7 active and 7 passive skills 'live' at any given time. So, while your capabilities keep building, your actual load-out has to be tweaked. There are recommended profiles that you can use (pure dps, ranged, support, heal, tank, etc. or hybrid), but you're under no obligation to.

crafting is there, but the mechanic is sparse. based on deconstructing items into raw materials then using 'toolkits' (which determine max quality level) to build items. There's no "trade XP" notion at all. Still not sure how it'll pan out. I'm ending up with lots of raw materials from deconstructing things I don't want to bother going to a vendor and selling.

Combat mechanics are pretty fluid, a little button mashy. But there's some nice complexity that doesn't get all AoC.

The setting is "modern fantasy" and in the PvE zones, the three different factions are intermixed transparently. Starting zone is the same, etc.

There are also some puzzles involved in the side quests. Not "minigame" nonsense. Actual puzzles that you have to exercise some brainsauce to figure out. They give you an in-game browser to do 'research'.


I think I like it. But I'm not going to get really addicted to it. Skill points come pretty fast and the more advanced stuff takes some willpower to save up for (rather than just spending them wide and shallow.)

I think they've layed the groundwork for some interesting stuff. The base mechanics are there, the questing is solid without being overly grindy. The plot chain is solid, and some of the npc conversations are absolutely hilarious.

7.5/10 ? maybe 8?
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heh. yeah I still have a warm place in my heart for Anarchy Online. If the graphics update (which is definitely coming any year now) is half as good as it looks I'll dive back in. They do a lot right.
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Picked up Spec Ops: The Line on Amazon for 50% off. It is a gritty freaking game.

I will say no more in case anyone else is picking it up. It is a tough one - made me feel kind of sick...taking a break for a little while.
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Wow, how have I not seen this thread? Love it. I've got my pre-order for DOA. Very excited. I'm currently working through Batman Arkam City and really like it.
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Yeah I finished it, did NOT like where the story went. You'll have to let me know what you think.
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