Game: What game are you currently playing??

[KrayZ33]

ya, you have to satellite rush, I don't like that too (so far I didn't manage to NOT lose at least 1 country)

there are mods out there than unlock a different approach though, developers decided not to activate it but its still in the game

basically everytime an abduction event starts, instead of having to choose 1 out of 3 possible targets, 3 UFOs will spawn
if you manage to take care of them all, nothing will happen, if you manage to shoot down 1, you will have to choose between the remaining 2 abduction sites.

its actually pretty cool, because you start to invest more on fighters.
of course you still have to put sats everywhere because you won't be able to spot them if you don't

[Ryllharu]

(so far I didn't manage to NOT lose at least 1 country)

I'm probably not as far as you are, but I only have satellites on two continents (just 4-5 total). Certainly the source of my budget woes, but I haven't lost a country yet. You have to rotate through the abductions effectively, and when one gets critical or near critical, you do a major mission, or drop a new satellite over it (assuming you didn't have one over it before, a contributing factor to why they're going up anyway). The more you can see and are forced to ignore, the more panic is going to rise.

I lose a lot of newbies though. It's pretty tough to raise one up to the levels of my vets. I give them high quality equipment when the vets are wounded or off rotation, but they always get hurt and die way too easily.

Maybe I subconsciously take higher risks with them?

The biggest problem is I've only ever had two Assault units, and one of them just died. I have tons of Supports and Heavies. Thanks to that, my go-to spread is usually:

- 2 Snipers (with vastly different specialties, one ultra long and an overwatch/pistol specialist)
- 2 Supports
- 1 Heavy
- Whoever else is available which is either another Heavy or my often wounded Assault (or a newbie, who tends to get pasted on that mission or the next).

[Xelbair]

I've just finished Dishonored, probably the best game I've played in this year.

[Animeniax]

I've just finished Dishonored, probably the best game I've played in this year.

Does it play like a ripoff of Assassin's Creed? That's the vibe I'm getting from the game which has kept me from giving it a try.

I'm playing Metro 2033 on PC. It has a "Walking Dead" feel where you're fighting to survive in a desolate wasteland against other humans and hordes of monsters but with limited ammo and supplies that require you to conserve and pick your battles and methods of attack.

[Dark Dragon]

You should watch some videos of game play, Dishonored actually feels/play a lot more like Bioshock with a heavier focus on melee combat.

[Dark Dragon]

I'm also playing through XCOM right now.

I had to reload one of my earlier save, because i'm struggling to keep up with all the threat since i didn't sat rush early.
As for combat, i've seen having a lot of success with 3 snipers and 1 of each of the other class. I started out with 1 of each and just added a sniper whenever i get a bonus slot. I take the 2nd tier ability that let sniper attack targets within squad mates sight range for all of them and i don't think this comp would work as well otherwise. I also just got the skeleton suit upgrade, which come with a grappling hook that allows all my sniper to quickly get to higher ground to take advantage of the aim bonus.

[Ryllharu]

I finally lost a country in XCOM. China. Not happy about it. Some of my best squad members are Chinese. Now I won't get any more. Not once was I ever offered a mission there. I gotten about 5 for Nigeria, which I also don't have a satellite over. I just don't understand.

I was going to throw a satellite over it once I had more capacity, but the council report killed that idea. They withdrew just shy of a few days before I could have held onto them.

I'm building better armor and better weapons, but I already feel like I lost somehow.

[KrayZ33]

I finished the game with -1 country on classic, I believe you either have to play the tutorial (and get that extra workshop) or you have to be extremely lucky and get the right missions/council missions

[Xelbair]

I found dishonored to be more similar to the crossover between half life 2(general feel of the city, plus Tallboys) and Thief(emphasis on stealth) series. maybe a bit bioshock(i found bioshock to be boring game, while dishonored is extremely fun to play). It has absolutely nothing to do with AC series.

Heck - it is even similar to Deus Ex(but set in steampunkish universe, with magic instead of augmentations) - with so many ways to finish objectives in it - stealth, finding secret pathways(multiple secret pathways), combat, heck - even talking. There are literally tons of ways to finish intermediate objective(for example bypassing single Wall of Light can be usually accomplished by: possessing enemy, using rat and rat tunnels to bypass it, get around it using roofs balconies etc., rewiring it with item, powering it down by removing Whale oil tank.)

There are three different endings(which are Good, bad, very bad) and diffirent ways to finish off your targets(not necessary kill them) - for example - you can swap drinks and one target will poison himself(while attempting to poison someone else), you can also knock him out and brand him as heretic, or outright kill him.

[Dark Dragon]

@Ryll and Kray

How did you guys do on the alien base mission (the one that requires skeleton key). I managed to get through it, but my troops all got hurt really badly because of grenade spams.

@Xel
I only mentioned Bioshock because Dishonored art style, steampunk world and even down to the instant consume item pick ups remind me of Bioshock. I actually forgot about Thief, that's a pretty good example to compare it to.

[Ryllharu]

@DD

I went extremely cautious, but it was my two snipers that saved the day. I ended with only two wounded (one gravely) among my assaults and supports, but I did lose one of my men to a highlight[mind controlled comrade, thanks cowardly sectiod commander] before I was able to get a new firing angle with my squad sight sniper. I got greedy. I tried for a stun first (which failed at 80%!) and it cost me one of my squaddies.

I knew I should have brought an alloy S.H.I.V. with me. Cover was sparse.

Anyone playing XCOM managed to stun a Crysalid, or is it not an option? I've gotten close enough, but the arc thrower didn't highlight as being usable.
edit: Oh, I guess it isn't possible. Had not lost anyone trying so far, so good to know so I can keep it that way.

[Dark Dragon]

I don't think it's possible to stun the Chrysalid or any of the robotic enemies. The only thing that i see is the upgrade that allow you to mind control the drones, which seem useful if they're able to heal your S.H.I.V the same way they do the UFOs. Stunning the Berserker was surprisingly much easier than i thought, since you can just lure them to your squaddie equipped with AT because they chase anyone who shoot them.

[Ryllharu]

Just finished XCOM: Enemy Unknown for the first time. Damn fine game. Last boss got two very well placed alloy rifle (super shotgun) barrages direct to the face, by a fresh Captain (promoted just before), hah. Went down no problem. She also had the lowest Will of any of my primary squad (thanks to being gravely wounded 3 times early on).

Definitely will play again. 25 hours of frustration mixed with the thrill of success was well worth the price of admission. I don't know what some people are saying the game has no replay value for. I didn't even really explore the tech tree properly.

Godspeed, Col. Xue "DuskWidow" Zhou (super sniper with 80+ kills!). I only had to reload to keep you alive once.
/salutes

[Xelbair]

Godspeed, Sergio 'Arcade' Torres(best heavy ever), you've saved the team may times, and assisted the snipers.

just finished X-com - last boss got overwhelmed with my two snipers(double-tap on one, the other perk on other).

[Shadow Skill]

Currently playing Tera. :/

[Animeniax]

Playing Far Cry 3, about 2/3 through the main story. At first it was a great game, but then the random dumb missions bogged it down like so many other open world RPGs. The game has a lot of elements from Assassin's Creed like opening parts of the world by accessing towers.

The story is intriguing as you develop the main character, but in the end it's the same Western world bullshit. A college-aged white kid fulfills his destiny during his self-discovery, meanwhile saving the native savages from numerous trifling and major problems they cannot handle themselves.

[Penner]

Playing Far Cry 3, about 2/3 through the main story. At first it was a great game, but then the random dumb missions bogged it down like so many other open world RPGs. The game has a lot of elements from Assassin's Creed like opening parts of the world by accessing towers.

The story is intriguing as you develop the main character, but in the end it's the same Western world bullshit. A college-aged white kid fulfills his destiny during his self-discovery, meanwhile saving the native savages from numerous trifling and major problems they cannot handle themselves.

I'm also playing FC3, and i really like it but it's so annoying how this spoiled douche you play as (Jason) is pretty much a master of any and all weapons as soon as he gets his hands on em, and also has the stealth skills of a damn ninja without any training.

I enjoyed it a ton at first but the more "trippy/spiritual" the plot and missions got the less i enjoyed it.
I've just arrived on the second island and getting a tad bored to be honest.

Mind you, just landing on the island itself was a tremendous damn pain in the ass, because the piece of shit wingsuit thing fucked up the fov or something so massively it's insane, it was borderline impossible to hit the targetzone, and when i did it was like a 80% chance of failing because the parachute refused to deploy no matter how much i spammed or held down the fucking button.

Still, aside from some issues the game is pretty damn fun.

I really have to add this aswell: Vaas might be one of the best villains, and just characters in general, that i've seen in ages. That dude is fucking excellent, i love every little bit of his insanity!

[Animeniax]

I'm also playing FC3, and i really like it but it's so annoying how this spoiled douche you play as (Jason) is pretty much a master of any and all weapons as soon as he gets his hands on em, and also has the stealth skills of a damn ninja without any training.

Mind you, just landing on the island itself was a tremendous damn pain in the ass, bebcause the piece of shit wingsuit thing fucked up the fov or something so massively it's insane, it was borderline impossible to hit the targetzone, and when i did it was like a 80% chance of failing because the parachute refused to deploy no matter how much i spammed or held down the fucking button.

Still, aside from some issues the game is pretty damn fun.

Yeah you do get too powerful too easily. I set it to the hardest difficulty and it is still too easy. I think it made them detect you more readily, it didn't make them any harder to kill or any greater in number. I think it's the same reason I got tired of Borderlands 2... it stopped being challenging too quick.

I had the same problem with the wingsuit and the parachute deployment, but finally got it to work and landed ok.

Vaas was cool, but his death sequence was blah.

[shinta|hikari]

My friends and I are playing Tera too.

I have a lvl 33 Mystic and a lvl 45 Berserker. I enjoy playing both, but Mystic is a lot deeper as a class.

I like the battle system, but the story pretty much sucks. The game also requires a lot of grinding for quests.

[Shadow Skill]

Ya I just got to level 12 on my only class Warrior. Exp was fine from level 1 to level 9. Then it became a quest grinding way to level. Not really a fan of experience systems that rely on quests for experience. Plus so many irritating high levels on the Tainted gorge area that it is becoming troublesome to finish the Kirgai quest or w/e it is. Got stolen twice from me.

Graphics are nice, get 30FPS most times. 60 FPS rarely. Can't complain there. Pretty much every social element is present in this game, even Loli maniacs can play it too as a Loli class known as Elins I think, lol.