Have fallen back into a Crusader Kings 3 binge. Will happily go 6-12 months without playing it, then sit there and crack out 40+ hours of gameplay over two weeks before losing interest again. Rinse and repeat.
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What are you currently playing?
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Every time I do this it takes me another month to relearn how to play.
BEaston
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Nodebuster
Takes at least 3 run throughs before I re-learn enough to 'properly' play the game. So many little nuances that help/hinder your gameplay.
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It's not bad. I think the main problem people had were the ending left them a bit unsatisfied and the very little use of Giancarlo Esposito. Just doesn't hold a candle to the religious cult villains of Far Cry 5.
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I always like to play tall with Brittany as a refresher. Usually by the time I feel comfortable again I've managed to weasel a few cheeky marriages in west Francia that are exploitable.
Now I'm trying to resist the urge to go play again myself.
Jatz
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I could not get into 6 at all. Just felt worse to FC5 in pretty much every way.
Well that was fun. 8 hours all up including a lunch break for pizza. We ended up playing:
Quake
Overwatch 2
Team Fortress 2
Counter-strike 2
Unreal Tournament 2004
Dawn of War
Age of Empires 2
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Man that is so cool. I haven't done that since we were teenagers. We'd always have to start with Red Alert 2 and Age of Empires 2 because once we got to Day of Defeat we wouldn't play anything else.
BEaston
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Day of Defeat 3.1 beta has claims to be one of the greatest video games of all time.
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We stopped playing mostly once it went to Steam. I think that's when it became Source? Naturally most of us had dodgy keys so couldn't upgrade.
Omaha beach with bots was absolutely nuts. I loved the Kalt map because I had an awesome camping spot to lock down the flag on the bridge. Forest and Anzio were great maps too. What was the snakey town one with the British? That was fun as long as your team didn't get beaten back to the spawn because you were never getting out.
BEaston
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Nah it went to source later. It first changed from a HL mod to an officially released game on steam ie "DoD retail". This was the start of the downfall though, as they really dumbed the game down for a wider audience. It was still good but the beta days were the best. Had a pretty fun AU community as well, clans etc.
Later on they released the source version as a remake using the new Source engine from Half Life 2.
Yeah it was good fun! The second time I've done this in the last decade. It's so hard to organise around adult lives!
We also played Mario Kart on the Switch. Four-player splitscreen. They don't make 'em like they used to!
I usually start with Sigurdr in 867 and take the viking pillaging approach until West Francia starts to dissolve, wrestle ownership of West Francia, switch to Catholicism to prevent the inevitable holy war, and then eventually jump over to becoming Norman once onagers are needed.
Current play through is also an 867 start with Hermenexildo Gutierrez Menéndez as part of the Struggle for Iberia. Downside is there's a bit more sitting around waiting because you're not able to annex others as easily, and obtaining gold isn't as simple as going on a raid.
jannissary
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this rocks, i remember playing UT04 on the computers at school during IT classes, formative experience for me
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Oh that's what it happened then. I remember me and my friends all had the same HL key and one by one the servers must have been switching to retail. Optus I think were one of the last to fall. By then eventually Call of Duty had launched and we all moved over to get our WW2 fix and I think a lot of other DoD players did too because you'd say many of the same clans and players.
BEaston
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Yep. Both CoD and WoW took the majority of the player base.
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SW: Outlaws
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Callisto Protocal
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Have now finished and platinumed Road 96 and won the stanley cup in NHL 24. Have started The Plucky Squire and am a few hours in but unsure if I'll continue. Not sure what to play next.
Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics
Still playing it a few games here and there.
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Arkham City
Black Myth Wukong
Will need to watch a youtube walkthrough, kinda going around in circles at this point lol
Injustice 2
Rocket League
WWE 2K23
MK 11 - MK 1
So I reinstalled MK 1 wanting to try to get back into it with the new story DLC and the free editions (for us plebs who aren't upgrading the content just yet). I've only played it for 17 hours or so since launch last year on ps5 (stopped playing it constantly after a month......... while I fully dropped it by April). In contrast my total game time for MK 11 (across PC/PS/Xbox - minus the Nintendo Switch version, although I've played it quite a bit as of late on that system) stands at 1828 hours. I find MK 1 to be like SF V, yes it's still Mortal Kombat but the kameo system is lame AND I find the game play a lot slower and it drives me nuts.
Still playing it a few games here and there.
AFL 23
Arkham City
Black Myth Wukong
Will need to watch a youtube walkthrough, kinda going around in circles at this point lol
Injustice 2
Rocket League
WWE 2K23
MK 11 - MK 1
So I reinstalled MK 1 wanting to try to get back into it with the new story DLC and the free editions (for us plebs who aren't upgrading the content just yet). I've only played it for 17 hours or so since launch last year on ps5 (stopped playing it constantly after a month......... while I fully dropped it by April). In contrast my total game time for MK 11 (across PC/PS/Xbox - minus the Nintendo Switch version, although I've played it quite a bit as of late on that system) stands at 1828 hours. I find MK 1 to be like SF V, yes it's still Mortal Kombat but the kameo system is lame AND I find the game play a lot slower and it drives me nuts.
just picked up the OG resident evil bundle on GOG first time playing the og ones and those tank controllers are so rough ahaha i have no idea how im gonna get through it but its honestly great so far
side note a mirror was fully working and functioning in a game from 1996 idk why i found that great but i truly think we have taken such big declines in gaming in 2024
side note a mirror was fully working and functioning in a game from 1996 idk why i found that great but i truly think we have taken such big declines in gaming in 2024
i also am doing a playthrough on it on youtube relaunched a channel just recently would love if yall could hope on over also just lmk if this isnt allowed ill edit it out but gotta make that bread ahah
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whats your thoughts on it?
Quivorir
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I really liked it. I didn't finish all the characters stories in my playthrough but did enough to feel satisfied with my ending. I'll watch the rest on youtube when I can find time. I'd definitely recommend playing it. Its a short game, I'd guess I got the plat in around 10 hours of play time.
