What games are you playing?

[ratsapprentice]

How I wish we got KOTOR 3 instead of a MMO...

SWOTOR was really good. I wouldn't mind KOTOR 3 though... maybe Disney will push for it?

 

[j'nuh]

Snagged This War of Mine on ps plus. Great little game, although combat is frustrating as hell if you get outgunned.

I think it's intentional. It forces you to view violence and combat as an act of desperation rather than an easy way to loot. I spent the whole game staying well away from combat until my resources hit nearly rock bottom.

People saying Witcher 2 isn't phenomenal are weirdos.

Word. I love the dark fantasy setting, the politics, the story, the lore. The combat is a little kooky and hard to get used to at first (I gave up on the game in frustration the first time, but came back months later), but when you get the hang of your spells it starts to come together and keeps its challenge better than most RPGs. But I think probably better than nearly every other RPG is game length. Witcher 2 was long enough to feel you got your moneys worth, but didn't break the narrative with endless copy+paste side quests and dungeons (looking at you Skyrim).

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I've been sinking so much time into Mafia 3.
There's so many side missions, and while all pretty samey (interstate this guy, take out enforcers, take out stashes of whatever) I'm not finding it boring like with Shadow of Mordor/Mad Max.
Love the characters in it and the whole setting is just brilliant.

 

[MrTea_32]

Been playing Resident Evil 7 and it's a really good game.
Great atmosphere so best played with a set of headphones if possible.
Think I'm near the end now, it really reminds me of no 1.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Little big planet 3, as it's one of the free games on PS+
Fry and Laurie are the narrators, tutorials are so much more bearable when it's Hugh Laurie, with his George from Blackadder voice, telling you to press X to jump, etc

 

[Lé Ddanno]

https://www.humblebundle.com/monthl...90eda7db829377b8b4569&utm_content=cta_button0

Bargain

 

[comprar]

I think they'll sooner make a Linux only ***le than VR.

 

[saulan]

Bought Cities: Skylines on sale last week. Have had quite a lot of fun with it so far. Might be interested in some of the expansions later down the line. On my first city I tried hiking up the tax rate after getting a decent sized city and then everyone left and massive debt ensued. Lesson learnt.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Bought Cities: Skylines on sale last week. Have had quite a lot of fun with it so far. Might be interested in some of the expansions later down the line. On my first city I tried hiking up the tax rate after getting a decent sized city and then everyone left and massive debt ensued. Lesson learnt.

Some mods really improve that, most importantly the one that lets you assign where each lane goes.

 

[saulan]

Some mods really improve that, most importantly the one that lets you assign where each lane goes.

That would be great, I find a lot of the time the traffic is just the cars being useless and only using two of the four lanes available.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

That would be great, I find a lot of the time the traffic is just the cars being useless and only using two of the four lanes available.

The system the game uses is logical but not intuitive. The cars use lanes based on the number of lanes leading off a road and destinations. For example if you have a 3 lane highway with 1 lane going off and a 2nd going off later, the cars for the 1st turning off will be in the "slow" lane and the cars for the 2nd turning off will be in the middle lane, they filter across as they pass the junctions. If there are 2 lanes coming off the 3 lane highway then cars turning off will occupy the 2 slower lanes. There is a guide somewhere but once you understand that, it makes road planning much easier and explains why some lanes are just never used.

 

[SelimNiai]

PC people. I have bought Motorsport Manager and whan I can play it I like it, however every time I do it freezes. The screen freezes but I can hear the game carrying on in the background as usual and I am stumped as to why. Here are my specs and the games reccomended specs, is that the reason, I know little of CPUs and graphics etc to know myself.

My specs

Windows 10 Home
Intel Core i3-4005U CPU @1.70GHz
Intel HD Graphics Family 4400 (DirectX 12.0 runtime version, Hardware supported version 11.0)
12gb ram

The games

MINIMUM:
OS: Microsoft Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit).
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.5 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: nVIDIA GT 335M, 512MB or AMD Radeon HD 4670, 512MB or Intel HD 4000 series
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 16 GB available space

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Microsoft Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20GHz or AMD FX-6300, 3.5Ghz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2GB or Intel HD 500 series.
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 16 GB available space

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Looking at the info seems to be the processor IMO.

What game setting are you playing it on?

 

[SelimNiai]

Looking at the info seems to be the processor IMO.

What game setting are you playing it on?

Ive tried it on every graphical setting going.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Your graphics and CPU don't look up to the task of running any games that put even moderate demand on the system, that and motorsport manager is pretty poorly optimised as it is. General rule of thumb, laptops are not good for games unless you spend an absolutely ridiculous amount on them. Games are for consoles or Desktop PCs (preferably own built or specialist built rather than off the shelf crap like Dell put out).

 

[SelimNiai]

Your graphics and CPU don't look up to the task of running any games that put even moderate demand on the system, that and motorsport manager is pretty poorly optimised as it is. General rule of thumb, laptops are not good for games unless you spend an absolutely ridiculous amount on them. Games are for consoles or Desktop PCs (preferably own built or specialist built rather than off the shelf crap like Dell put out).

Yeah It seems that way though it plays Football Manager, Crusader Kings 2 fine. Upon further tries it seems that my RAM dedicated to graphics might be causing it, its only got 128MB of dedicated Video RAM.

Looks like I need to start saving up for a new one with a better graphics setup

 

[Sker]

Yup, probably a combination of graphics and CPU, the older onboard graphics like that intel isn't that great..

You should be able to get a relatively cheap laptop with a 950M / 970M on it which will pretty much run anything

 

[welshoptimist]

I'm playing heroes of might and magic 4 , no specs needed there XD

 

[Lé Ddanno]

Might need a retro thread for games that decrepit.

 

[ratsapprentice]

I played the **** out of HOMAM 3 back in the day.... was awesome.