Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play
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So I picked up Valkyria Chronicles due to the 75% off coupon, and I have to say this is a good melding of story and gameplay. So far it looks like it deserves all the glowing reviews on Steam. It is a story game set in a world based heavily on late 1930's Europe. In it there is extensive dialog interspersed with turn based, third person shooter action. If it sounds odd, you're right. On the other hand, it works well. Basically you get a turn with a limited number of command points. You spend CPs to allow your characters to perform actions. When you select to spend a CP on a character you then switch to a third person view where you can move freely within the bounds of your character's Action Points. At any point within that you can perform an action, e.g. fire a gun, throw a grenade, heal, etc. Where it diverges further from an XCom style game is that while a character is moving, any enemy that has LOS on it will be firing at them, so don't run out in front of a tank or a machine gunner.
There are RPG, character building elements I understand, but I haven't gotten to them yet. The UI is a little clunk because the game was originally released for the PS3, and then ported to PC. It is one of the best ports I've run across though.
Anyhow, this is well worth the $5 in my opinion.
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Linkages: http://store.steampowered.com/app/294860/.
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I have that one, have only played a little bit I like it.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I have that one, have only played a little bit I like it.
While I was playing it I was thinking you'd like it with your penchant for story oriented games.
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@Kelly aww, it's not on sale anymore. Or did you have a coupon code or something?
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@RojoLoco said:
@NattNatt said:
@RojoLoco said:
@Kelly aww, it's not on sale anymore. Or did you have a coupon code or something?
a coupon in inventory, think I've got one if you want it..?
I hate to take a man's hard earned coupon (I checked my inventory, no love).
Surprisingly, my account is NattNatt there too...I'm not gonna use it, so it'll just expire in mine lol
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@NattNatt If you really want rid of it, I suppose I could put it to good use... you know, just so it wont expire. Is it a text code or do we have to exchange it through steam?
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@RojoLoco said:
@NattNatt If you really want rid of it, I suppose I could put it to good use... you know, just so it wont expire. Is it a text code or do we have to exchange it through steam?
exchange through steam, it's an item in my inventory! About to go home now, but send me a Friend Req and i'll send it over
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@NattNatt Nice, thanks!
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@RojoLoco said:
@NattNatt Nice, thanks!
no worries! Assuming you're one of the ones that sent me an invite? No need to guess who ScotAlanMiller is....
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I'm looking for the next great mmo but everything has fallen short
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@JaredBusch said:
I run a D&D 5e game every other Tuesday evening using Hangouts and roll20.net.
I am currently playing Dragon Quest I on my iPad. Will likely finish that soon and move on to Dragon Quest II.
This is my absolute all time favorite console game series ever.
I'm playing a Deathwatch campaign on roll20. It's pretty fun
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@wirestyle22 said:
@JaredBusch said:
I run a D&D 5e game every other Tuesday evening using Hangouts and roll20.net.
I am currently playing Dragon Quest I on my iPad. Will likely finish that soon and move on to Dragon Quest II.
This is my absolute all time favorite console game series ever.
I'm playing a Deathwatch campaign on roll20. It's pretty fun
Oh boy... Space Marines.
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@coliver said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@JaredBusch said:
I run a D&D 5e game every other Tuesday evening using Hangouts and roll20.net.
I am currently playing Dragon Quest I on my iPad. Will likely finish that soon and move on to Dragon Quest II.
This is my absolute all time favorite console game series ever.
I'm playing a Deathwatch campaign on roll20. It's pretty fun
Oh boy... Space Marines.
I'm actually a way bigger fan of Orks but I'm biased because of Dawn of War 2. Even though that game had massive problems.
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@NattNatt I am el_rojo_loco on Steam... there should be a request from me.
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@coliver said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@JaredBusch said:
I run a D&D 5e game every other Tuesday evening using Hangouts and roll20.net.
I am currently playing Dragon Quest I on my iPad. Will likely finish that soon and move on to Dragon Quest II.
This is my absolute all time favorite console game series ever.
I'm playing a Deathwatch campaign on roll20. It's pretty fun
Oh boy... Space Marines.
now i want to watch starship troopers again..
http://www.dorkadia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Screen-Shot-2013-06-28-at-13.24.54.png
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@JaredBusch said:
@coliver said:
@wirestyle22 said:
@JaredBusch said:
I run a D&D 5e game every other Tuesday evening using Hangouts and roll20.net.
I am currently playing Dragon Quest I on my iPad. Will likely finish that soon and move on to Dragon Quest II.
This is my absolute all time favorite console game series ever.
I'm playing a Deathwatch campaign on roll20. It's pretty fun
Oh boy... Space Marines.
now i want to watch starship troopers again..
http://www.dorkadia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Screen-Shot-2013-06-28-at-13.24.54.png
Such a great movie.
