Video Games

[BrewingTravisty]

Ark Survival.

Ark survival doesn't really count though, it's not set in that time period. It's a sci-fi survival game. Plus cave men and dinosaurs aren't from the same time period xP

You would love Just Cause then.

Same thing as with Ark but I do have to say I loved Turok haha me and my friends spent way too many hours with that game.

The FC platform has the potential to really up the survival-type experience, but doubt they went real in-depth with it. I think FC at its core will always be heavy on the FPS aspects... the crafting in the other FC games is just a way to slow you down so as not to become to powerful right away, no real benefits to the gameplay, excepting the few syringes that give you better abilities, but I never use them.

I agree, they really could do some awesome stuff with the survival aspect of the game. From what I've seen they have upped the crafting and gathering aspects of the game a lot of previous games. And the pet taming system looks pretty awesome. I used the syringes when I remembered I had them in FC4 lol

 

[Psylocide]

I agree, they really could do some awesome stuff with the survival aspect of the game. From what I've seen they have upped the crafting and gathering aspects of the game a lot of previous games. And the pet taming system looks pretty awesome. I used the syringes when I remembered I had them in FC4 lol

My favorite (like you, when I remember I have them) is the Focus Syringe.

Gives you the chance to dodge bullets when you're moving, so I'll equip a stupid fast smg (vector .45 acp) and just run around hip spraying and barely ever get hit, haha.

 

[RRL]

To the best of my knowledge it's only myself, rhetorik, drunkle, and now you. It would be a small clan.

I played D3 as well but for some reason it keeps freezing / crashing in the desolate sands... "fixes" keep saying to restore my graphic cards to a previous update for the fix but in doing so it messed with the other games I play, so I just uninstalled D3 for the time being until that BS is fixed. been playing a little bit of WOW and COD black ops 2 on the wiiu lol

 

[BrewingTravisty]

My favorite (like you, when I remember I have them) is the Focus Syringe.

Gives you the chance to dodge bullets when you're moving, so I'll equip a stupid fast smg (vector .45 acp) and just run around hip spraying and barely ever get hit, haha.

I love the focus syringes haha that and the hunting one, I'd either go the spray and pray route or if I wanted to feel like a tactical genius I would use the Hunter one, scope out a camp and then sneak up, throw a piece of meat to distract, disable the alarm and then play clean up for the tiger haha. That's one thing I'm really looking forward to when I start playing Primal is the pet system. It looks like it could play a huge role tactically. I thought it might just be a gimmick until my friend got a press copy for his channel and I saw him play.

 

[TheCADJockey]

The only time I've ever really been into using consumables in games was when I played an alchemist/archer in Skyrim and could make nasty poisons/potions. Had a blast putting poisons in peoples pockets and having them derp out uncontrollably while I killed them.

I'd be completely absorbed in a game that was difficult and revolved around a strong survival system. Even if it was right down to hunting, gathering, building shelter that could be destroyed or health affected by something as simple as weather. Eh, maybe too much to ask for in a game. Will see. Excited to try my first FC game regardless.

 

[Psylocide]

I love the focus syringes haha that and the hunting one, I'd either go the spray and pray route or if I wanted to feel like a tactical genius I would use the Hunter one, scope out a camp and then sneak up, throw a piece of meat to distract, disable the alarm and then play clean up for the tiger haha. That's one thing I'm really looking forward to when I start playing Primal is the pet system. It looks like it could play a huge role tactically. I thought it might just be a gimmick until my friend got a press copy for his channel and I saw him play.

Yeah, my 'tactical genius' method is to use the hunter syringe, plant mines in bottle necks and roads leading into the outpost... then sneak in some c4 in other places.

Blow the first c4 when I'm on the other side of the outpost... snipe a few dudes, and let the mines/remaining c4 charges clean up.

 

[BrewingTravisty]

Yeah, my 'tactical genius' method is to use the hunter syringe, plant mines in bottle necks and roads leading into the outpost... then sneak in some c4 in other places.

Blow the first c4 when I'm on the other side of the outpost... snipe a few dudes, and let the mines/remaining c4 charges clean up.

Blowing everything up is always fun lol I like to take a bow in sometimes too and pretend I'm a stealthy ninja. I almost always get seen though and set off the alarm cause I'm not as stealthy as I like to pretend xP

 

[Venari]

I'd be completely absorbed in a game that was difficult and revolved around a strong survival system. Even if it was right down to hunting, gathering, building shelter that could be destroyed or health affected by something as simple as weather. Eh, maybe too much to ask for in a game. Will see. Excited to try my first FC game regardless.

This sounds a lot like Ark Survival. And it's not a game set in the Jurassic era...to the best of my knowledge, you're simply somebody who wakes up naked on a beach on an alien planet with some sort of implant in your arm.

it's kinda like minecraft in that it just drops you in and you need to figure out what's what all by yourself. The weather can either freeze you or dehydrate you, and you'll need to craft the appropriate clothing, or build a home, which will insulate you.

 

[drainbamage]

I've been playing Primal for the last couple hours. No strong feelings one way or the other yet, seems like there will be a really strong focus on material collection and crafting (which was a big part of other games as well, and I get that you're a literal hunter-gatherer, but still...).

And is there really no way to block with your club? Seems like a pretty standard function.

 

[akthor]

Untrue, only Far Cry 4 started having all the gathering and crafting BS. The other Far Cry's were traditional fps like Crysis.

 

[hunter_le five]

Untrue, only Far Cry 4 started having all the gathering and crafting BS. The other Far Cry's were traditional fps like Crysis.

Untrue, FarCry 3 had that dumb crap as well.

 

[akthor]

No where's near as bad I was at least able to play thru it.

I paid $60 for far cry 4 and only played it for about a 1/2 hour. Drive to 15 villages to collect enough pieces of crap to have a machine gun. Such BS.

 

[carloscede2]

I got The Division, Fifa 16 and Star Wars Battlefront for 110 and that having in mind that Im in Canada where is impossible to find something on sale lol

 

[drainbamage]

Untrue, only Far Cry 4 started having all the gathering and crafting BS. The other Far Cry's were traditional fps like Crysis.

Untrue, FarCry 3 had that dumb crap as well.

Yeah, don't you remember having to kill 4 sharks just to build a floccing grenade bag (or whatever)?

 

[Rhetorik]

I got The Division, Fifa 16 and Star Wars Battlefront and that having in mind that Im in Canada where is impossible to find something on sale lol

Umm... what are you talking about?

 

[carloscede2]

Umm... what are you talking about?

I dont know man I heard video games and wanted to share my experience, does anyone play those games?

 

[TheCADJockey]

I dont know man I heard video games and wanted to share my experience, does anyone play those games?

The Division, Fifa 16 and Star Wars Battlefront

I don't soccer.

I picked up SW:Battlefront and played it for a few hours at most. It seems a little easy and the advancement didn't show anything to get me excited. I'd like to put a little more time into it, it was fun.

I don't know anything about The Division. I heard a few people talk about it here and there. How is it? Heard it is an RPG? I'm really fiending for a good RPG to play.

 

[Rhetorik]

I dont know man I heard video games and wanted to share my experience, does anyone play those games?

I meant the "can't find games on sale" part. That's boloney!

 

[TheCADJockey]

I meant the "can't find games on sale" part. That's boloney!

Bologna

 

[drainbamage]

I got The Division, Fifa 16 and Star Wars Battlefront for 110 and that having in mind that Im in Canada where is impossible to find something on sale lol

Still play Battlefront some, usually when drinking and not feeling like concentrating too hard on anything. Wish they'd release the new map packs, because the default ones are pretty limited.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Heh. We pulled out Battlefront after the horrible Super Bowl this year. Decided to shoot some people while we were completely wasted. My friend hadn't seen it before and man... wish you could've seen his reaction when Darth Vader came stomping over the hill towards him. Dude lost his ****.

 

[drainbamage]

Heh. We pulled out Battlefront after the horrible Super Bowl this year. Decided to shoot some people while we were completely wasted. My friend hadn't seen it before and man... wish you could've seen his reaction when Darth Vader came stomping over the hill towards him. Dude lost his ****.

Do you ever play the Hero Hunt mode? I was playing, several beers in, and it dropped me in a match with only one other guy. I killed him off fairly quick and got spawned as Princess Leia (who has that perk to spawn her own health regen item) and dominated the rest of the match, even after a couple other people jumped in. Dude had to have been getting pissed about it.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Do you ever play the Hero Hunt mode? I was playing, several beers in, and it dropped me in a match with only one other guy. I killed him off fairly quick and got spawned as Princess Leia (who has that perk to spawn her own health regen item) and dominated the rest of the match, even after a couple other people jumped in. Dude had to have been getting pissed about it.

If I tried it, it was just while wasted that night. I haven't got to play as a hero.

 

[drainbamage]

If I tried it, it was just while wasted that night. I haven't got to play as a hero.

Basically it is one hero vs. everyone else as regular players. Whoever kills the hero becomes the hero next, and whoever gets the most kills as the hero wins.

It is either lots of fun (if you frequently get the hero and can stay competitive) or incredibly frustrating (if your kills keep getting jacked by someone else, or if one a-hole *cough* runs the whole match).

 

[carloscede2]

Still play Battlefront some, usually when drinking and not feeling like concentrating too hard on anything. Wish they'd release the new map packs, because the default ones are pretty limited.

I feel like the game lacks of customization as well as classes, engine is awesome but it doesnt feel like that epic Battlefront II where you could do more things.

I don't soccer.

I picked up SW:Battlefront and played it for a few hours at most. It seems a little easy and the advancement didn't show anything to get me excited. I'd like to put a little more time into it, it was fun.

I don't know anything about The Division. I heard a few people talk about it here and there. How is it? Heard it is an RPG? I'm really fiending for a good RPG to play.

I dont even play Battlefront anymore honestly. And the division, I played the beta and yes, its an rpg, kind of a gta in an inefected city and you kind of have to do a bunch of missions to improve the different departments in the city(army, medical wing, IT, etc). I already pre ordered it. I think it offers a different theme and its worth buying.

 

[h22lude]

Just put my first pc build together. Went really well. Did have some issues with Windows install, only because I installed win7. I called microsoft and got a replacement key from an old laptop. Took a while to get the iso working. I guess Microsoft is trying to do away with win7. It was hard getting it all working but I did it. Upgraded to win10 and everything is great.

My original parts list was not what I ended up with. Found a few sales I couldn't pass up.

Original list:
I5-6500
Asus z170 gaming board
Asus strix gtx 970
Evga 650
Samsung 850 evo

Found i5-6600k with free gigabyte z170 hd3p board. Had to scoop that up. Found gigabyte gtx 970 g1 gaming for $70 off. Had to get that over the strix.

This machine can run a lot of games on ultra. I'm waiting for Fallout 4 to go on sale again. Not sure I will be able to run that on ultra but I bet on high.

 

[Venari]

After all this time I STILL haven't beaten the Paladin Class Challenge for hearthstone's Naxxramas adventure.

EDIT: nevermind, after attempt #985765435678765434567876543456789 I finally got it.

 

[Rhetorik]

This machine can run a lot of games on ultra. I'm waiting for Fallout 4 to go on sale again. Not sure I will be able to run that on ultra but I bet on high.

You might be able to ultra... just turn off god rays

 

[FatDragon]

Any other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s on HBT? After playing Shadow of Chernobyl six or seven years ago and Call of Pripyat maybe three years ago, I finally installed Clear Sky and I've been getting into it. It may not have been received as well as the other two, but I'm definitely enjoying my S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fix.

Side question: After three and a half years running happily with my factory overclocked Radeon 7850 I'm not in great need of a GPU upgrade, but I'm starting to get the itch and want to do some research. It would need to be single-slot, similar power draw to the 7850, and reasonably priced (maybe up to $250). Basically, I'm hoping for something that will perform in 2019 like the 7850 performs today - plenty of power for games 1-2 years old with decent graphics quality, adequate for the newest stuff with some graphical compromises. Anyone have any suggestions, or would I be better off waiting until some of the current stuff goes down in price as newer stuff gets phased in?

 

[hunter_le five]

Any other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s on HBT? After playing Shadow of Chernobyl six or seven years ago and Call of Pripyat maybe three years ago, I finally installed Clear Sky and I've been getting into it. It may not have been received as well as the other two, but I'm definitely enjoying my S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fix.

Loved Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky. Unfortunately I never was able to get Call of Pripyat to run on my machine, which is quite old. Whenever I get around to building a new PC, CoP will probably be among the first games I play. SoC is still one of my favorite games.