Video Game Thread 2.0

[Witchyjoshy]

Alternate reality game.

Oh, I see now.

Huh.  Yeah, that is kinda disappointing :/

[Askold]

EVERYONE GO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1964463742/the-mandate

A friend of mine linked it on facebook yesterday and after taking a look at the game I just had to throw some money at it. It's rpg-strategy-adventure-management game where you play as the captain of a ship. And I really do mean that you play as the captain, not a fleet commander, not a fighter pilot (and you are certainly not commanding a capital ship like  a fighter as some Star Trek game did.)

You command the ship, manage the crew and one of the things I love about it is that they force you to delegate. For example: Want to command ship-to-ship fighting? One of your officers must lead the boarding party/defence or vice versa.

The crew members gain experience and skills and have different personalities, though they are not immortal and it appears that the redshirts are going to die a lot. (though you can toggle wether or not the officers are immortal if your are afraid of losing your dearest and most long timed npcs...)

Also, I love the shield effect as the weapons force a hole into them. I don't care if they physics behind it are stupid, it is so incredibly cool looking and will be a fun feature.

It seems I'm not the only one excited about this as Angry Joe, Totalbiscuit and some others are also promoting the game.

Oh, and one of the first voice actors hired is the guy who played Filch the in Harry Potter movies and apparently also was in the Game of thrones series though I haven't watched it. His voiceover in the trailer was pretty good.

[Witchyjoshy]

It kinda reminds me of FTL if it was a modern game instead of retro game.

This is a good thing.

[Askold]

It kinda reminds me of FTL if it was a modern game instead of retro game.

This is a good thing.

I love FTL, but though the games have similarities this one takes the captain a bit further (In FTL you are basically a faceless entity that controls the crew rather than having a captain) and I'm hoping that Mandate will have more freedom of action and ability to affect the world. In FTL you are running from the rebels which takes over most of your time and energy. I'm hoping that Mandate gives you time to exploration as well. Possibly some base building as well, judging from the fact that the developers said you can design your own space stations.

[Witchyjoshy]

Well I did say "modern game", which (to me) carries the implication of more complexity and depth (despite what some gamers of my generation seem to believe)

[kefkaownsall]

i liked not having a face in FTL made me make up my story about us being a doomed Star fleet

[Art Vandelay]

I gave Far Cry 2 another chance, and I'm really glad that I did. I, in my infinite genius, finally managed to figure that that treating it like a typical First Person Shooter is going to get you shredded twice over in the space of 30 seconds (assuming you have a buddy to rescue you). Instead, approach slowly and carefully and pick off the bulk of the enemy soldiers with a sniper rifle. It'll make life a million times easier.

[ironbite]

Ahh so the Skyrim method of dealing with a large number of enemies.

[Art Vandelay]

I thought the Skyrim method was to yell at them.

You know, that needs to be a thing in more games.

[RavynousHunter]

I thought the Skyrim method was to yell at them.

You know, that needs to be a thing in more games.

Hey, sometimes the enemy forces need a good scolding.

[chitoryu12]

I gave Far Cry 2 another chance, and I'm really glad that I did. I, in my infinite genius, finally managed to figure that that treating it like a typical First Person Shooter is going to get you shredded twice over in the space of 30 seconds (assuming you have a buddy to rescue you). Instead, approach slowly and carefully and pick off the bulk of the enemy soldiers with a sniper rifle. It'll make life a million times easier.

I've got a file on the hardest difficulty that's about 5% complete right now. You basically die almost instantly, which makes the checkpoints along the roads feel like utter scumbags personified.

[Askold]

Hey, when I first posted about Mandate kickstarter it was at 300'000 dollars out of 500'000 and with 11 days to go and uncertain if it is going to make it...

Now it's at 443'000 and there's still 8 days left! Wow. Then again Kotaku and Angry Joe did both make positive reviews about the project so it has been gaining more exposure and fans at a fast pace.

[Art Vandelay]

I gave Far Cry 2 another chance, and I'm really glad that I did. I, in my infinite genius, finally managed to figure that that treating it like a typical First Person Shooter is going to get you shredded twice over in the space of 30 seconds (assuming you have a buddy to rescue you). Instead, approach slowly and carefully and pick off the bulk of the enemy soldiers with a sniper rifle. It'll make life a million times easier.

I've got a file on the hardest difficulty that's about 5% complete right now. You basically die almost instantly, which makes the checkpoints along the roads feel like utter scumbags personified.

It's why I went with the 2nd hardest difficulty. Even then, simply chancing upon an armed Jeep while driving down the road is still pretty likely to ruin your day.

[RavynousHunter]

Apparently, Mojang is sucking worse than usual.  For the past two days, no one playing on Minecraft 1.6.4, be it modded or vanilla, has been able to connect reliably to any 1.6.4 servers, myself included.  Checking the #minecrafthelp on Twitter, they're telling us to "wait while the issue is resolved."  I try to be patient, but I kinda LIKE playing on the only MC server I've been able to tolerate outside my own personal one I ran for my girlfriend and I.  Its ONLY 1.6.4, too.  Doesn't affect 1.7 servers, or anything below 1.6.4.  Its that version, fucking SPECIFICALLY.

Mojang.  Get.  Your.  Shit.  The fuck.  Together.

[Sleepy]

Seriously, fuck you in the ass, Minecraft. I just love having it crash on me 2-3 times in one sitting, and crashing so badly that I have to restart since absolutely NOTHING I do will terminate the fucker.