What game are you wasting time on?

[Menckenstein]

Rock & Roll Racing

 

[Trash]

Fo reals

Crusader Kings II

 

[Jaesun]

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Armored Brigade. Every day.

 

[Captain Shrek]

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Jaesun. Do you really have a life? Seriously dude. This picture says something about your friend circle. You must codex and these people a bit too much.

I mean come on! When I make parties (although I hate MAKING parties; but that's just me) I name them randomly. I wonder what the other guys on the codex do...

 

[anus_pounder]

Afterfall Insanity, Spore, Batman Arkham City, Skyrim, Payday, Saints Row 2, Alice Madness Returns and Battlefield 3.

 

[Jaesun]

Jaesun. Do you really have a life? Seriously dude. This picture says something about your friend circle. You must codex and these people a bit too much.

I mean come on! When I make parties (although I hate MAKING parties; but that's just me) I name them randomly. I wonder what the other guys on the codex do...

Those are the test characters who bug test my mods. And they are the people who fight against the pop-a-mole, and are on my BRO list.

 

[pipka]

Fate of the World.
Nice indie political sim. Pro-ecological, where you try to alleviate fuel crisis by systematical genocide.
The premise is quite simple: deploy agents in the region, analyse problem, choose appropriate social cards(yes, it's a card game), hope that hell won't break loose, end your turn.
The difficulty comes from the amount of info you have to process and random disasters:
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/59693 ... 4CB98F04A/

 

[Burning Bridges]

Governor Of Poker 2

Pretty good if you want to learn how to play poker, and it's got a nice campaign game too, you must unlock cities, buy houses etc.

http://www.governorofpoker2.net/

 

[Black Cat]

E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy.

Kind of a blind run, as I only played it a little while before to see whether I liked it or not. Trying to clear it on the hardest level using nothing but PSI powers and a sword. It's pretty fun. I love the art, though I kind of wish fighting under those rules was more than summoning clones and hiding somewhere, maybe exchange SMS with a friend on my cellphone meanwhile.

So far all my deaths where by falling down really big holes.

 

[ghostdog]

I'm totally wasting time on playing Xenogears, man. And I feel like my IQ has fallen like 50 points, man. SO in the mean time I'm playing Castlevania in the NES and try not to thing about it. What a shame. Also I'm playing BGT, like for these last 2 years, reached ToB though, and I'm feeling somewhat disgusted because the design has fallen from the level of James Ohlen to the level of Toddler/Gaider. Also, I'm drunk.

 

[sea]

Got Dungeon Siege III (along with the first two and DLC) because it hit my favoured price point during today's Steam sale. Like the demo, it's a lot of fun provided you have a 360 controller to play with... simple and no-frills sort of game but the combat is pretty fun and the game has a good sense of pacing, always moving forward in terms of locations you visit, plot points, and quests.

I can see why some people hated it because it's nothing like the first two, but for $20 I can't complain. It's actually still kind of shocking to play an Obsidian game that isn't completely broken or unpolished. Technically and as far as game balance and mechanics go, it's been rock-solid for me.

 

[Palikka]

ADOM. Once a year, every year.
This time was able to finish it with a high elf wizard (fuck yeah!) making it my third normal finish, twice with an orc archer and once with that high elf wizard.

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Lefl          St:44  Le:37  Wi:34  Dx:42  To:27  Ch:31  Ap:22  Ma:30  Pe:30 L+
DV/PV: 81/33   H: 552(552)    P: 684(684)    Exp: 48/18825970   DrCh  Sp: 109
Blessed Invisible Bloated
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            Background Information
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Name: Lefl                Race: male High Elf       Class: Wizard
Eye color: blue           Hair color: silver        Complexion: light
Height: 6'5"              Weight: 34 pounds
Age: 228 (grown-up, 21 years of unnatural aging added in)
Star sign: Falcon         Birthday: 22/Falcon (day 232 of the year)

YOUR HISTORY:
        Your parents belong to the nobility. They are rich, respected,
 wealthy and own more than they can count.
        As a child you lived through happy days. Your parents tried to ease
 your life as much as possible and gave you a lot of comfort.
        During your youth you had a lot of fun playing with other kids of
 your age. You always were a natural leader and the center of interest.
        As a young adult you were a credit to your family. Your parents
 supported your plans and were very understanding. They tried to help you
 along your way with all means at their disposal.
        You decided to become a Wizard.


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                                  Inventory
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total weight: 7788 stones                Carrying capacity: 39075 stones

Head          : uncursed metal cap [+6, +8]                           [50s]
Neck          : uncursed amulet of perseverance {Wi+3}                 [3s]
Body          : blessed ancient mummy wrapping [+1, +5] {Ap-8}        [60s]
Girdle        : uncursed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+12}    [30s]
Cloak         : uncursed cloak of invisibility (-1, +0) [+1, +0]      [30s]
Right Hand    : blessed sword of sharpness (+3, 4d8+6)                [35s]
Left Hand     : uncursed tower eternium shield (-1) [+13, +4]         [70s]
Right Ring    : blessed ring of ice                                    [1s]
Left Ring     : blessed ring of the High Kings [+2, +3]                [1s]
Bracers       : blessed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8}                [10s]
Gauntlets     : uncursed gauntlets of strength (-1, +0) [-1, +4] {St+3}[40s]
Boots         : blessed seven league boots (+1, +1) [+1, +0]          [30s]
Missile weapon: blessed elven long bow "Sun's Messenger" (+15, +15)   [30s]
Missiles      : bundle of 52 uncursed arrows (+0, 1d6)               [104s]
Tool          : uncursed crystal of knowledge                          [1s]


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Stuff
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total weight: 7293 stones   Carrying capacity: 39075 stones

Helmets ('[')
   blessed diadem of beauty [+0, +0] {Ap+4}                           [35s]
   uncursed helm of water breathing [+0, +2]                          [30s]
Shields ('[')
   heap of 2 uncursed large eternium shields (-1) [+11, +5]          [108s]
Gauntlets ('[')
   blessed blue dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +2]               [10s]
   heap of 2 uncursed pairs of thick gauntlets (-1, -2) [+2, +1]      [30s]
   uncursed red dragon-hide gauntlets (-2, +0) [+0, +2]               [10s]
   uncursed elemental gauntlets (-1, +0) [+0, +3]                     [10s]
   uncursed black leather gauntlets [+2, +1]                          [10s]
Cloaks ('[')
   blessed cloak of defense [+4, +0]                                  [20s]
   uncursed cloak of adornment [+0, +2] {Ap+4}                        [40s]
Girdles ('[')
   blessed girdle of greed [+3, +0]                                    [7s]
   blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0]                                [15s]
   uncursed adamantium girdle [+0, +5]                                [18s]
   uncursed girdle of giant strength [+0, +0] {St+12}                 [30s]
   uncursed girdle of carrying [+0, +0]                               [15s]
   blessed girdle of strength [+0, +0] {St+4}                         [15s]
Boots ('[')
   uncursed boots of sneakiness [+0, +2] {Dx+2}                       [20s]
   uncursed eternium boots [+0, +8]                                   [55s]
   uncursed boots of speed (-1, +1) [+2, +0] (+8 spd)                 [20s]
Necklaces (''')
  <snip>
Bracers (',')
   blessed bracers of defense [+2, +0]                                [10s]
   uncursed bracers of toughness [+0, +0] {To+4}                      [10s]
   uncursed bracers of speed [+0, +0] (+4 spd)                        [10s]
One-handed weapons ('(')
   blessed hatchet (+0, 1d6+1)                                        [50s]
   uncursed adamantium spear (+1, 1d8+6)                              [36s]
   blessed mithril spear of mayhem (+0, 3d8+5)                        [40s]
   uncursed stone axe (+0, 1d7+1)                                    [170s]
   blessed dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion" (+3, 3d6+6) [+4, +4] {To+3}
   heap of 2 uncursed pick axes (+0, 1d6+1)                          [150s]
   blessed sword of sharpness (+1, 4d8+1)                             [35s]
   blessed adamantium scimitar (+0, 1d8+8)                            [28s]
   uncursed pick axe (+0, 1d6)                                        [75s]
   uncursed eternium dagger (+0, 2d4+9)                                [5s]
   uncursed eternium dagger (+0, 2d4+7)                                [5s]
   uncursed adamantium spear (+1, 1d8+9)                              [36s]
   uncursed eternium long sword (+2, 2d8+7)                           [20s]
   blessed phase dagger (+0, 1d4)                                      [5s]
   uncursed spear of devastation (+1, 5d8+6)                          [50s]
   uncursed dagger of mayhem (+3, 3d4+8)                              [10s]
Two-handed weapons ('(')
   uncursed rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance" (+15, 4d8+10) [-2, +0]   [50s]
Missile weapons ('}')
   heap of 3 uncursed short bows (+1, +0)                             [60s]
   uncursed light crossbow of accuracy (+11, +0)                      [70s]
   uncursed short bow of accuracy (+6, +2)                            [20s]
   blessed short bow (+1, -2)                                         [20s]
   uncursed short bow (+1, +2)                                        [20s]
   uncursed short bow (+1, +1)                                        [20s]
Missiles ('/')
   <snip>
Tools (']')
  <snip>
Rings ('=')
  <snip>
Wands ('\')
  <snip>
Potions ('!')
   <snip>
Scrolls ('?')
   <snip>
Books ('"')
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Food ('%')
 <snip>
Valuables ('$')
   11530 gold pieces                                                 [115s]
Gems ('*')
   <snip>

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                                Weapon Skills
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Melee weapon           Lvl   Hit   Dam   DV   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Unarmed fighting         1    +1    +0   +0   basic                42
Daggers & knives         1    +1    +0   +0   basic                50
Clubs & hammers          1    +1    +0   +0   basic                50
Maces & flails           1    +1    +0   +0   basic                50
Swords                   9    +7    +5   +3   excellent            2108
Axes                     6    +4    +3   +1   skilled              459
Whips                    1    +1    +0   +1   basic                50
Pole arms                6    +6    +2   +5   skilled              56
Twohanded weapons        1    +1    +1   +0   basic                50
Staves                   2    +2    +0   +2   basic                80

Missile weapon         Lvl   Hit   Dam   Ra   Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---   ---   --   -------------  --------------
Slings                   1    +2    +1   +0   basic                24
Bows                     1    +2    +1   +0   basic                13
Crossbows                0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
Thrown axes & hammers    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
Thrown daggers           0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
Thrown rocks & clubs     0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            10
Thrown spears            0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14
Boomerangs & scurgari    0    +0    +0   +0   unskilled            14

Shields                Lvl   DV               Level          Required marks
---------------------  ---   ---              -------------  --------------
Shields                  6   +12              skilled              42


Damage caused with your melee weapons:
--------------------------------------
Right hand: +75 bonus to hit, 4d8+29 damage


Damage caused with your missile weapons:
----------------------------------------
Ammunition: 52, base range: 12, +59 bonus to hit, 1d6+36 damage


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                                   Skills
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Alchemy ..................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Backstabbing .............100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Bridge building .......... 10    (poor)         [+3d5] (mr)
  Climbing ................. 96    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Concentration ............100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Courage ..................100    (superb)       [+1]
  Dodge .................... 66    (good)         [+1]
  First aid ................ 89    (great)        [+1d3]
  Haggling ................. 70    (good)         [+1d3]
  Healing ..................100    (superb)       [+1d3]
  Herbalism ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Listening ................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Literacy .................100    (superb)       [+2d4]
  Stealth ..................100    (superb)       [+1d5]
  Survival ................. 63    (good)         [+1]
  Swimming ................. 51    (good)         [+1d3]
  Tactics .................. 87    (great)        [+1]
  Two weapon combat ........ 51    (good)         [+1]
  Ventriloquism ............ 78    (great)        [+1d3]


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                                   Spells
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Acid Ball           :   313,  18pp     (Effectivity: +17)
   Acid Bolt           :   638,   7pp     (Effectivity: +17)
   Bless               :    70,   6pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Burning Hands       :   227,   4pp     (Effectivity: +34)
   Calm Monster        :   639,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Cure Critical Wounds:   988,   9pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Cure Light Wounds   :  1048,   3pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Cure Serious Wounds :    79,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Darkness            :   801,   3pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Farsight            :   722,  10pp     (Effectivity: +8)
   Fire Bolt           :  1047,   5pp     (Effectivity: +22)
   Fireball            :   830,  10pp     (Effectivity: +10)
   Frost Bolt          :  1677,   6pp     (Effectivity: +18)
   Ice Ball            :   795,  13pp     (Effectivity: +10)
   Improved Fireball   :    85,  21pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Invisibility        :  1088,   5pp     (Effectivity: +5)
   Knock               :  1052,   7pp     (Effectivity: +6)
   Know Alignment      :   843,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Light               :   910,   1pp     (Effectivity: +8)
   Lightning Ball      :   659,  15pp     (Effectivity: +16)
   Lightning Bolt      :  1019,   6pp     (Effectivity: +21)
   Magic Lock          :   699,   4pp     (Effectivity: +5)
   Magic Map           :   980,  23pp     (Effectivity: +7)
   Magic Missile       :  1564,   4pp     (Effectivity: +25)
   Mystic Shovel       :   654,  59pp     (Effectivity: +7)
   Remove Curse        :   513,  30pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Revelation          :   961,  20pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Scare Monster       :   778,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Monster        :   768,   5pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Poison         :   658,   4pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Strength of Atlas   :  1673,   5pp     (Effectivity: +16)
   Stun Ray            :   603,   4pp     (Effectivity: +6)
   Summon Monsters     :   262,  18pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Teleportation       :   493,  11pp     (Effectivity: +17)
   Web                 :   605,   8pp     (Effectivity: +3)


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                            Effects of Corruption
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

You have become extremely thin and nimble (1/2 weight, DV: +6).


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              His further life:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

After he leaves the Drakalor Chain he is welcomed by his people with great
honors. They acknowledge his noble deeds, his valor, his cunning and his
great skills that helped to prevent the complete destruction of the world he
knows. He is crowned to be the king of all high elves and lives a long and
prosperous life full of love, happiness and pleasure.

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              His achievements during his adventures:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lefl, the high elven wizard, saved the world with his brave efforts and
became a great ruler while saving himself 6 times.
He scored 11148440 points and advanced to level 48.
He survived for 0 years, 86 days, 5 hours, 51 minutes and 56 seconds (95070
turns).
Lefl visited 109 places.
His strength score was modified by +17 during his career.
His learning score was modified by +18 during his career.
His willpower score was modified by +17 during his career.
His dexterity score was modified by +16 during his career.
His toughness score was modified by +18 during his career.
His charisma score was modified by +13 during his career.
His appearance score was modified by +15 during his career.
His mana score was modified by +13 during his career.
His perception score was modified by +11 during his career.
He was unnaturally aged by 21 years.
He was the champion of the arena.
He brought back joy into the life of a tiny girl.
He left the Drakalor Chain after completing his quest and became a great
leader and famous hero.
5002 monsters perished under his attacks.
The following 23 artifacts were generated during his adventure:
  the si
  the dwarven rune axe "Rolf's Companion"
  the scythe of corruption "Moon Sickle"
  the golden gladius "Death's Sting"
  the elven long bow "Sun's Messenger"
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Water
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Air
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Earth
  the heavy crossbow "The Far Slayer"
  the lead-filled mace "Big Punch"
  the elemental gauntlets
  the ring of the High Kings
  the phial of Caladriel
  the crown of science
  the ancient mummy wrapping
  the ankh
  the rune-covered club "Skullcrusher"
  the bracers of war
  the Chaos Orb of Elemental Mana
  the robes of resistance
  the shining long spear "Soaker"
  the rune-covered halberd "Wyrmlance"
He possessed the following intrinsics:
  He was fire resistant (gained through an item).
  He was poison resistant (gained through items).
  He was cold resistant (gained through an item).
  He was lucky (enhanced through an item).
  Fate smiled upon him.
  He was sleep resistant (gained through an item).
  He was able to control teleportation.
  He was invisible (gained through an item).
  He was stun resistant (gained through items).
  He was resistant to death rays (gained through items).
  He was shock resistant (gained through an item).
  He was able to see invisible things (gained through an item).
  He was immune to acidic attacks.
  He was immune to ice attacks (gained through an item).
  He was able to resist confusion attacks (gained through an item).
He had the following talents: Alert, Charged, Durable Magic, Extended Magic,
Greased Lightning, Mighty Aura, Miser, Pious, Potent Aura, Quick, Shield
Expert, Shield Specialist, Strong Aura, Strong Healer, Strong Magic,
Treasure Hunter, Very Pious, Very Quick.
He had a final speed score of 109 (final base speed: 119).
He was a messiah of Corellius.
He asked for 5 divine interventions.
He was a holy champion of Order.
He was tainted by Chaos.

The following monsters were vanquished:
 
      5 ancient blue dragons
      1 Ancient Chaos Wyrm
      1 ancient karmic dragon
     10 ancient minotaurs
      1 Ancient Stone Beast
      1 bunny master
      1 cat lord
      1 Chaos Archmage
    125 chaos servants
      1 greater black unicorn
     143 large spiders
     10 lich kings
      1 master lich
      1 minotaur lord
      1 moloch
   101 ochre jellies
    180 orcs
    189 rats 
      1 Snake from Beyond
      1 undead chaos dwarven berserker
      240 wolves
     62 writhing masses of primal chaos
    106 zombies

 

[Suchy]

Not playing much atm, but when I do, I play LA Noire. The beginning was terrible (extremely linear), but later it kinda grew on me. Poor gameplay, but for once I enjoy the story and good writing in general. Also best voice acting since Bloodlines.

 

[Quilty]

Armored Brigade. Every day.

You often mention this game, so I'm intrigued. Why is it so much fun to play? It looks like it could be interesting, judging from the screenshots. What's the AI like?

 

[circ]

ADOM. Once a year, every year.
This time was able to finish it with a high elf wizard (fuck yeah!) making it my third normal finish, twice with an orc archer and once with that high elf wizard.

I've never finished it. Maybe I shouldn't keep playing it with illiterate barbarians, but that's shown the highest survivability usually. Until they meet a rust monster thing and fucking die.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Armored Brigade. Every day.

You often mention this game, so I'm intrigued. Why is it so much fun to play?

Mostly because it doesn't require clicking a lot, can run in background when working/browsing the internets, is on tactical level, is moddable, planning is important, has command delays - dependent on HQ proximity and radios, has artillery and air support delays, different types of armour and ATGMs, heigh map, a los tool, ability to set engagement ranges, has adjustable passage of time, unlike in Close Combat games, the air support is interactive - planes can be shot down or chased away, etc.
Also, the game scale is highly flexible - you can play on a map that is 2-15km x 2-15km. You can field either platoons and sections or whole companies.

It looks like it could be interesting, judging from the screenshots. What's the AI like?

Passable. I think it's better than in CC, especially as the game has more polished mechanics than CC - for example you can't find units by following tracers, so you don't have such an advantage over AI - spotting by detecting a source of fire is handled by game mechanics - each weapon has it's "signature" stat.
I don't get the beating up a retard impression typical for CC but still it's not comparable to BftB AI or human intelligence.

ADOM. Once a year, every year.
This time was able to finish it with a high elf wizard (fuck yeah!) making it my third normal finish, twice with an orc archer and once with that high elf wizard.

I've never finished it. Maybe I shouldn't keep playing it with illiterate barbarians, but that's shown the highest survivability usually. Until they meet a rust monster thing and fucking die.

Sounds like you're dying pretty early, then. Elven wizards or priests are the best IMO, especially that you can use-train them with swords and stuff like that. Damn, I haven't played ADOM for a long time.

 

[circ]

Pretty early. I get to the Arena and become champion and I think I get a sword for that. Buy a shitload of rat tails so I'm set for food for life and then go deeper and die.

Anyway, playing:

Civ V for a few days. OH GOD DOES IT SUCK. But frankly I don't have anything else to play that I haven't played through 7 times.

It crashes like a motherfucker. That's after updating to latest drivers. What now publishing rep? Maybe it's incompatible with my mouse and keyboard? Or maybe it's meant to be played with a gamepad! That's it!

Anyway, the AI is beyond dumb. Iroquois get a neat-ish ability where they treat forests in home territory as roads, except when you automate workers, they ignore that and build roads anyway. LOL WUT? Or then I'm attacking the other guy's city with fucking scouts, and he has much beefier troops, but he decides to fucking SCOUT my lands and sit there getting shot at by my cities? WHY ARE YOU SO STUPID? Once I completely destroyed 5 opponents with two scouts. Um yeah.

I eventually came to the conclusion that despite dumbing down and what have you, though it's nice cities are not barbarian cake anymore, Civilization sucks and has always sucked. Way to break immersion completely when after a few hours of playing, I'm running around with fucking infantry vs everyone else who is still stuck with stone age warriors. A good Civilization game would have consisted of taking real life days to get through eras, not as it eventually turns out in some cases, 15 minutes. Why would I build musketmen when I can wait a short while or hell use a scientist and get riflemen? What kind of breeze through Civilization did Meier initially conceive anyway?

Well, I think I'll give this Anno 2070 demo another try and see if there's any game underneath.

 

[hoopy]

Played Terraria for a while, got fed up. Decided to try the new YogBox, was doing well until my chest was erased when I fixed the guild building (Tale of Kingdoms mod). Uninstalled.

Bah.

 

[circ]

Oh. Shitcraft. Carry on.

 

[Heresiarch]

Skyrim. 150 hours and still counting. Not min/maxing and playing as a mage means the game is still fairly fun without me overpowering over everything. Shitty RPG without stats but good dungeon hiker. Will probably finish the main quest and the unification quest then move on.

Waiting for Arkham City with an easier crack. Right now it seems the only way to play AC is using some very troublesome way to hack through it.

Also, just downloaded all the DLC for Mass Effect 2. I stopped playing it while still need to get Tali in my team, and without any of the side quest finished. Will pick the save up and continue it as I WANT to finish the whole ME story and ME3 female shepard with new hairstyle looks so sexy.

 

[MasterSmithFandango]

Playing "Write term papers and study for exams" before winter break.

 

[MetalCraze]

Heresiarch, there is a normal crack for Arkham City for nearly a week now. Incl. scene release.
But the game seems to be the same boredom as Arkham Asylum. You just twitch RMB and nothing else. Terrible.

Some Anno 2070:

A new version of OFP Remake Demo from yesterday:

And on and off for several weeks now - Dangerous Waters:

Also have Race07 Finally Completely Milked Edition installed but haven't played it much yet.

It's still totally inferior to GTR2, but ironically one of the best games this year (together with Anno 2070)

 

[Wyrmlord]

Thanks for the heads up on Anno 2070. I like that sort of game.

 

[MasterSmithFandango]

Re: Fo reals

Crusader Kings II

I hate you...