2016 was supposed to suck, but man. It does not suck.
What I’m playing right now: The Witness, Oxenfree.
They are both pretty spectacular.
Both have their flaws. The Witness, I feel, is way to obtuse in how it guides the players to the puzzles that teach you the rules. That criticism aside, I think it’s pretty spectacular.
Oxenfree is a really compelling story that does some properly innovative stuff with dialogue, but the way the main characters undersell the terrifying spookiness of the supernatural happenings… it really takes me out of the moment.
Both those qualms aside, I’m loving both these video games. I’m hoping to get through both games this weekend.
What are you guys and girls playing?
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More Dark Souls 2 SotFS, then probably finishing That Dragon, Cancer
Rise of The Tomb Raider. Writing. Maybe something else in my abominable pile of shame 😛
U wot m8? XCOM2, duh.
As soon as it’s downloaded…
*Turns to family*
GET OFF THE BLOODY INTERNET >.
Even with no one home, mine’s going at 210kb/s. NBN can’t come soon enough.
I’m getting fibre to the premise on the 3rd of March 😀
1.4 MB/s here, 4 hours and 16 minutes
I can’t wait till we have internet so fast that the bottleneck is the hard drive itself
I started preloading yesterday morning, and it’ll hopefully be done by around 5pm this afternoon. Probably just in time for my FIL to arrive, when I should be social and not just attach myself to my computer for two days. FWP.
I bought Far Cry 4 when it was on sale on Xbox Live last weekend and it took ages to download and install the 32 gigs so I didn’t get around to playing it until last night. So, with any luck, I plan to play a lot of Far Cry 4.
Me too…. $16… Bargain
I opted to spring for the extra $10 to get the DLC season pass too, no idea if I’ll even play it, but I figured why not.
Yep bought it too and sold my disc copy (thankfully I didn’t have to re-download it)
Why was 2016 supposed to suck? By all accounts 2015 was the year of delays and 2016 is when all the great games actually get released.
On topic, I’ll be playing FF Explorers, Mugen Souls Z and Breath of Fire III mostly. I do want to start Darkest Dungeon so that may end up being a thing too.
Thinking about picking up that cheap Wii U bundle, so maybe that.
Otherwise, Elite Dangerous and Diablo 3 on the Xbone
Come splatoon with us! It’s stupid how much I’m still playing this nearly year old game…
Also as a diablo fan, get the bayonetta pack!
Also, Ive been wanting to play.more d3 since they introduced the Aussie servers, but my account was stolen and I can’t bring myself to rebuy the pc version. Is the xbone one good? I just got one for Christmas, and the exclusives I’ve bought so far have left me a little disappointed.
I haven’t played enough on the PC to compare them properly but the XBOX version feels really good. I’ve heard a lot of people say this is what it should have been.
I’ve played Diablo 3 on PC and consoles, and I prefer consoles. No need to worry about having to log on and being ‘always online’ (and getting an untimely disconnect while playing hardcore), feels great to play with a controller, and it’s super fun when playing couch co-op.
If you’re looking for a good Xbone (timed) exclusive, you can’t go past Rise of the Tomb Raider. It improves on the original in every way. If you liked the first one, you should pick it up.
Xcom 2, every spare second I have.
Having some fun with Diablo 3, maybe giving Helldivers bit of a go since it is free on PS Plus.
Diablo, Warframe, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Witness… Oh god where did all these games come from?! 😛
There was some decent games in the Ubisoft bundle so might try and finish Grow Home (which is super charming BTW) and give the Crew a shot as I’ve been looking for a racing game.
Fallout 4
Radneck Rampage (Well visiting ferntree gully anyway)
MPQ
Renowned explorers
Started playing The Witness last night. The game is pretty cool but so far the difficulty seems to be over rated. Done the starting area and two and a half of the others so far without any real difficulties at all. I’m waiting for the moment when it gets harder.
LAN party tomorrow, which means RB6: Siege, DayZ and maybe a little Black Ops 3.
After that, I’ll probably play some more Rise of the Tomb Raider. Really enjoying it so far.
I love it how you’re having a LAN and then only playing online games. Oh how LANS have changed… Just to clarify this isn’t a criticism just a note. My LAN’s involve a lot of DOTA2.
I do get the irony, it’s more so the fact we enjoy playing as a squad against other players, but by actually meeting up for a “LAN” party we can do it while shit talking, drinking, eating etc :p
Platinum for Lego Dimensions (Yes I am a giant man child)
Maybe some Helldivers with the community reinvigorated due to Plus.
Might play some more of the swapper. it was only $3 on xbox live and it’s a decent little puzzle platformer and I’m reading too much into the story. Other than that, might start some design work for a prop I want to make.
Fractured Space, Adventure capitalist, Heroes of the Storm, Rocket League, and then to finish the weekend off probably some Rise of the Tomb Raider, its been staring at me long enough
I just splurged a bit in the recent Humble and GMG specials so I might bounce between Helldivers, Dragons Dogma, and maybe finally mess around with some Dead Rising 3
…thankfully the latest Nvidia update stopped the constant crashing in Windows 10 as long as I have SLI disabled so I can play proper 3D games again!
Might reinstall pillars of eternity and HOMM 3
I’m not entirely sure. Diablo 3 probably. I started Rise of the Tomb Raider when it came out on Xbone but didn’t make it far. Maybe I’ll dive back in to that.
Rise of the Tomb Raider, Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth.
Will keep me busy for a long time.
Digimon!
Star Wars Battlefront. Still.
Don’t care who sees, but I’m going to get an emulator and get an ISO of Dave Mirra 1 and 2 for the DC as I can’t get them legit anymore. Dude was found dead today 🙁 Used to play that all the time. Crack open a few tinnies, tonight, play a few rounds with some mates in remembrance of one of our heroes when we were teens. RIP Dave Mirra. 🙁
But after that… a whole lotta XCOM 2
Yeah I just heard about that. RIP Dave.
Sad sad day indeed !!!
Stuck in a rut. Played far too much Trails of Cold Steel far too quickly & need a break.
Probably try to finish Alien Isolation, love the atmosphere but the gameplay is frustrating & it’s a few hours too long.
Also near the end of Super Meat Boy & for the first time I have no idea what I need to do. Had trouble pulling things off before, but I’m actually stumped.
Agree with you re Alien Isolation being too long. The first 2/3 or so is brilliant, the last 1/3 felt like they were just trying to stretch it out way beyond where it needed to go.
More MGS 5, and I’ll play chapter 3 of Life Is Strange.
Grim Fandango, never played it when it came out, nows my chance. Got the entire weekend to do it.
might go back to crusader kings 2
My wedding is tomorrow, so sadly not too much gaming! My groomsmen are coming tonight though, so we’ll have some PS4’s set up with a couple of TV’s to play Rocket League, Minecraft and maybe Black Ops III.
Hopefully that gaming will take my mind off how goddamn nervous and excited I am to be getting MARRIED TOMORROW?!?!?!
Congratulations! and enjoy your last days of uninterrupted gaming.
Haha, thank you! And one of the best things about her is that she’s a gamer too. She knows that after our honeymoon I’ll be loading up the games I’ve missed!
Best of luck on the wedding mate.
Also don’t let your mates take your mind off of the wedding too much. I’ve been a groomsman a few times now and let just say the bride isn’t too happy if the groom is hung-over from a night with the boys the night before the wedding.
Haha. Thanks, friend! Thankfully my groomsmen are all pretty sensible guys! Unless we work a drinking game into Rocket League, I should be just fine!
Unfortuntely My Kitchen Rules is back which my wife insists on watching for some inexplicable reason so my 3DS is fully charged. I think i’ll try and finish the National Pokedex but my chances are still pretty low.
If I can get on the TV I’ll keep plugging away at Fallout 4.
A lot of Dota 2 and Age of Mythology.
XCOM 2
Rushing through to get to postgame on NG+ of Dragon’s Dogma… although I’ve already stuffed a few things up which really annoys me. Got Final Fantasy Explorers, gonna go through that a bit .
Homefront the revolution beta tonight hopefully, then probably diablo 3 or rainbow six siege
So I finally finished Fallout 4. Have a lot to write about it. At the moment I’m going through some smaller games to clear up the backlog. Like Oddworld remake, Shantae, etc.
Want to start up some streaming again for hardest mode games like Dead Space 2 or X-Com.
XCOM 2……that is all !
Time to kick some alien ass, or more likely have a team wipe within the first few levels and stare at the screen wondering how did it come to this.
Apologies in advance to anyone who’s name/likeness I use that is going to die a horrible horrible death.
I already have the letters ready to send the widows.
XCOM: 2 Many @blaghman
Scholar of the First Sin – trying to somehow make it through Belfry Sol!
Also Far Cry 4 and Saints Row IV Re-elected