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    What game are you playing now?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Jan 28, 2016.

  1. Xaintrix

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    Right now I'm using Tabletop Simulator to structure an online RPG campaign with friends and start back up some modern board game walkthrough/tutorials I used to do over live streaming. It was great fun and I do miss it.

    Stellaris is a 4X space game that's been eating what little extra time I spend on the PC.

    Been mostly playing some Japanese games over on the Playstation Vita though since now they have south east asian releases in english. Been hooked on SD Gundam G Generation Genesis
     
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    I have a Vive and I love it, if that's any help. If you need good working roomscale, the Vive is where it's at. Oculus does it too now, but it's still better for a seated experience.
     
  3. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    *sigh* Ghost Recon Wildlands. Too brain dead for Prey and LISA...
     
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    downloading tekken 7.
     
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    Going back in time a little, downloaded Payday 2. Its free right now on Steam, not a bad game.
     
  7. hfm

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    Finally finished Doom. Best SP FPS in quite some time. I'm just going back through the missions and mopping up the secrets and stuff I missed. Not sure what I'll pick up next.
     
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    Prey if that's your thing.
     
  9. hfm

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    I might pick something else from my deep backlog before I drop more cash.
     
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    They are quite different games.
     
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    playing Tekken 7 and I find it interesting that most of the non-story mode and offline achievements can be had simply by either getting into the offline modes like arcade battle, treasure battle, and practice mode.

    Most of the achievements I got were simply by button mashing in practice mode.
     
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    Not sure how I feel about that. I mean my general single-player preference likes this, but if it's supposed to be challenging that would be a little disappointing.
     
  13. hfm

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    I definitely want to play Prey. I just have a hard time justifying buying it at full price given so many games in my backlog. hah
     
  14. thegh0sts

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    Getting back into dishonored 2.

    Sent from my SM-T560NU using Tapatalk
     
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    Ori and the Blind Forest. Definitely recommended for anyone who enjoys a good Metroidvania game. It's gameplay is fun, the music is great, and the setting is gorgeous. I'm only three hours in, and already I'm glad that a sequel was announced at E3 (Ori and the Will of the Wisps).
     
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    chugging my way through dishonored 2, killing all those that oppose in my path....and it'll probably score me a bad ending.
     
  18. thegh0sts

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    Finally finished Dishonored 2 with Emily on high chaos :D
     
  19. HTWingNut

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    PlayerUnkown's Battlegrounds. Pretty basic but fun survival game. I suck at it, but at least its seems relatively fair.
     
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  20. thegh0sts

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    Got a crap-ton of games to finish including:

    - Dishonored
    - Homefront: The Revolution
    - MGSV:TPP

    Should be plenty of time before:

    Dishonored: Death of the Outsider in September.
    Destiny 2 PC and Wolfenstein 2 in October (same week as PAX AUS...so won't be playing them right away).
    Battlefront 2 in November.

    God there's so many!
     
  21. Knight666

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    Currently playing real life (I don't recommend it, 1/10, only graphics is good - and diff level is even more retarded). <joker mode off>

    Resident Evil 7 after work. Damn I'm getting older or what cause I always loved to play horror games but currently I've got heart attack every 20 minutes... I think that 6 cups of coffe per day is way too much.
    And PS3 is waiting with two last parts of Devil May Cry series.
     
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  22. thegh0sts

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    picked up far cry primal cos it was on sale at a retailer.

    Decided to try homefront: the revolution again.
     
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    Completely forgot I bought Deus Ex Mankind Divided a while back before life got super busy for a while. Playing through Human revolution again in anticipation of starting that this weekend.
     
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    Try Outlast 2 mate. Started it right after finishing RE 7... and gave up. It's either too immersive or I am just embarrassed to jump scared every second with my girlfriend in the room.

    Big masculinity problem it may get, you know.
     
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    I've never been a fan of the jump scare. I prefer more of the 'creeping dread' sort of feeling, not much has done that for me lately.
     
  26. Deks

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    just finished playing Ori and the blind forest.
    700 deaths, 15 and a half hours to complete the game.
    Really good game (that still runs on my own Acer no less - granted the more intensive scenes resulted in a slide-show in some areas, but still...
     
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    Playerunknowns Battlegrounds has sucked up my life and been the only game I've been playing or can even think about playing. Game is ridiculous.
     
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    Yeah, it really sucks though. I can go along well, have some awesome upgrades, then just out of nowhere, BAM! Dead. I was doing well, and saw someone in the distance who clearly had a sniper rifle (I have yet to find one myself), they didn't see me, I was at their left flank so I approached slowly. Made it within firing distance for a kill. They turned at the last second and killed me. I was so pissed. Total luck on their part.
     
  29. thegh0sts

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    I reinstalled Forza Horizon 3 and I dunno what happened but now it's totally buttery smooth at ultra with dynamic optimization disabled.
     
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    ahh yes the love hate relationship of pubg, its so much fun though, the few occasions ive managed to turn and kill an attacker made me feel like I was a pro, of course that would not last long, my best is 2nd place still yet to eat a chicken dinner.....hmmm maybe the game is bias as I'm a vegetarian. :rolleyes:
     
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    I can't get enough of World of Warships lately, that game is addicting. Player Unknown battle grounds is on my list
     
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    A bit late to the party--I just finished Portal, on to Portal 2 next.
     
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  33. thegh0sts

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    Decided to dip my toes into the deep end of the pool that is 4K gaming with Forza Motorsport 6: Apex and Forza Horizon 3.

    At 4K (high settings with dynamic optimization on) FM6: Apex runs at a buttery smooth 60fps while FH3, also on the same settings can only achieve 30fps. That's still better than FH3 on XB1 since it's pushing 1080p while the PC is pushing 4x the pixel count.

    Not bad for a GTX 1070 notebook :D

    EDIT: was getting hitching at random points in races but by turning off Force Resolution, the races ran smooth. I still get FPS drops in menus but I can forgive that. :p
     
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    You'll finish just in time to be ready for Portal 3 :rolleyes:
     
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    Finished hunting down all the secrets and junk in Doom.

    Moved on to a backlog game, Dragon Age: Inquisition. Definitely having more fun with it now than when I first started playing it back when it came out. Liking it a lot, they did a pretty good job on it. Storm Coast is pretty.
     
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    Not sure if I should continue with my Daenerys Targaryen look-a-like character or start again from scratch with a new character?
     
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    You mean Portal 2 Episode 1, right?
     
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    No, I meant Portal 3! :vbbiggrin:
     
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    Should post pics, tempted to suggest starting a PC Gaming Screenshots thread as not to derail this one.
     
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    [Valve game]

    3

    Does not compute.
     
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  42. killkenny1

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    Lol. It's like the equivalent of dividing by zero.
     
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    The game is fun, if you hack in unlimited Power. Gating the main story behind power grinding was not wise.

    Just my opinion, but I dd it around the time the campaign started asking for 20-50 power to advance, I had to say **** that.
     
  44. hfm

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    I think I have about 85 power built up at this point.

    The one thing that peeves me a little, and I know it's my fault for buying it and letting it lay dormant for so long, is that the three DLC expansions are like $45 separately and $39.99 if I just rebuy the game. It would be nice if when they released the GOTY edition they gave the players that bought it previously a way to get all the DLC for like maybe $25-30
     
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    I just made it through the first major event in DA:I and now have made it to I guess what you could call the second Act I suppose. I have a new "home" so to say. Impressed. It just keeps getting better.
     
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    The 3 is a lie.
     
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    I need to replay that, I recall being way too busy to really enjoy it and rushed through the campaign.
     
  48. thegh0sts

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    will need to see how that fairs in 4K :D
     
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    In about 30 minutes I'll be playing the Star Wars Battlefront Closed Alpha. Anyone else get an invite?
     
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    anyone playing the lawbreakers beta?
     
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