What video game are you playing?

[ACamp1900]

From what I read today it seems if I attack the Brotherhood I can war with them a bit.. I'll try that soon and see.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

I liked 4 much better than 3 I know that but damn, all other open world games, Elder Scrolls, GTA, Witcher usually had at least a bunch of side stuff to do... I mean even the help a settlement stuff seems to have gone away.

That may be a bug. There are supposed to be radiant quests available from every remaining faction at the end of the game. Have you seen Preston Garvey recently? He normally approaches you with those quests:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DZZsp7zNHDQ" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[ACamp1900]

That video's great!!! lol

Is that the actual voice actor? It sounds a lot like him.

Yes I've talked to him a number of times and I can only trade with him now... we will see if destroying the Brotherhood does anything, they're major d bags in this game anyway (clearly all the Saux fans became BoS peps in this universe)

 

[ACamp1900]

Yesterday I just walked around with Piper and cleared a bunch of downtown strongholds I never got around to clearing before.

 

[Rack Em]

The World Health Organization is going to recognize “Gaming Disorder” as a health issue. Just throwing that out there for y’all.

 

[ACamp1900]

The World Health Organization is going to recognize “Gaming Disorder” as a health issue. Just throwing that out there for y’all.

I saw that... lol

 

[ACamp1900]

Sidenote:

I'm a semi completionist, meaning if I finish a game like this I like to do everything but I don't always finish them (Never completed a total Elder Scrolls game for example)... but with that said I know some here are really into doing everything.

For those who I am referring to: Did Fallout 4 drive you crazy as it was really impossible to do everything without multiple playthroughs/saves?? It slightly irked me and I immediately thought of some here who openly like to experience everything.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

For those who I am referring to: Did Fallout 4 drive you crazy as it was really impossible to do everything without multiple playthroughs/saves?? It slightly irked me and I immediately thought of some here who openly like to experience everything.

Yes, it annoyed me too. There are some sneaky work-arounds that allow you to max affinity with every follower and maintain good relations with all factions except the Institute. That's what I did on my one and only play-through, and it includes all content except the pro-Institute stuff (which I have no interest in anyway). But it's almost impossible to do naturally, so you have to do a bunch of research beforehand.

 

[ACamp1900]

I stopped a year or so ago when it came to the fork in the road and I couldn't decide... I got back from Christmas, felt like playing it again, and just said, "to hell with it, the Institute is garbage, Shaun or no Shaun." I went straight there and put one in his head (I was surprised it was that easy) and that was it... but I had a lot of missions available at that point. I did not know that move would wipe out the majority of the 3rd Act.

 

[wizards8507]

That was one thing I could never master in the first one.

I'd get into a fighter during Supremacy or Walker Assault and try to target ground troops, but I'd end up kamikaze-ing myself into the dirt after having done almost zero damage.

Yeah, I'm not very effective at taking out infantry but I'm pretty solid at ship-to-ship combat as well as ship-to-objective (walkers, tanks, etc.)

 

[ulukinatme]

SO I played Fallout 4 for the first time in a long time... sided with the Minutemen and destroyed the Institute and suddenly the game just seems.... over?? A few other missions disappeared, I got a decent cut scene and now there seems to be nothing left to do at all... no side missions, nothing... I can't even get more minutemen 'helps a settlement' mission now.

Kind of frustrating... Any help from ulk or others who played this game? Are there any DLCs that are worth it? I'm having fun playing all of a sudden and bam, game ends.

There's probably still plenty of side missions and hidden things you haven't done yet. Have you explored the entire map and gone to ever POI? Have you been through the maze at least once? Did you do the DLC? I don't care for the Radiant quests myself (I think Whisky touched on them from Preston Garvey and others). Radiant quests to me are just about pointless. There's no story to them, little variation, they're basically just mind numbing repetition where the only thing that changes is the scenery. Bethesda catered to the fanboys that wanted the unlimited levels with that one. I prefer limited levels and crafting a character that isn't god in everything. More specialized, if you will.

I like Fallout 4, but I was a bit disappointed with some of the changes they made that were a departure from all the previous games. Removing Karma really pissed me off. They really mailed it in with the dialogue changes too, abusing the "But thou must" trope. I like knowing that my dialogue choices actually lead to other outcomes or effect the game, but more often than not dialogue choices A, B, C, and D all lead to outcome A. That's annoying as fuck.

 

[dublinirish]

There's probably still plenty of side missions and hidden things you haven't done yet. Have you explored the entire map and gone to ever POI? Have you been through the maze at least once? Did you do the DLC? I don't care for the Radiant quests myself (I think Whisky touched on them from Preston Garvey and others). Radiant quests to me are just about pointless. There's no story to them, little variation, they're basically just mind numbing repetition where the only thing that changes is the scenery. Bethesda catered to the fanboys that wanted the unlimited levels with that one. I prefer limited levels and crafting a character that isn't god in everything. More specialized, if you will.

I like Fallout 4, but I was a bit disappointed with some of the changes they made that were a departure from all the previous games. Removing Karma really pissed me off. They really mailed it in with the dialogue changes too, abusing the "But thou must" trope. I like knowing that my dialogue choices actually lead to other outcomes or effect the game, but more often than not dialogue choices A, B, C, and D all lead to outcome A. That's annoying as fuck.

i played two of those telltale games (borderlands and GOT) and was enjoying them til i read online that my actions/choices i made have no actually zero effect on the storylines. i deleted them then

 

[ACamp1900]

There's probably still plenty of side missions and hidden things you haven't done yet. Have you explored the entire map and gone to ever POI? Have you been through the maze at least once? Did you do the DLC? I don't care for the Radiant quests myself (I think Whisky touched on them from Preston Garvey and others). Radiant quests to me are just about pointless. There's no story to them, little variation, they're basically just mind numbing repetition where the only thing that changes is the scenery. Bethesda catered to the fanboys that wanted the unlimited levels with that one. I prefer limited levels and crafting a character that isn't god in everything. More specialized, if you will.

I like Fallout 4, but I was a bit disappointed with some of the changes they made that were a departure from all the previous games. Removing Karma really pissed me off. They really mailed it in with the dialogue changes too, abusing the "But thou must" trope. I like knowing that my dialogue choices actually lead to other outcomes or effect the game, but more often than not dialogue choices A, B, C, and D all lead to outcome A. That's annoying as fuck.

I THINK I have explored the entire map, if you mean found every building and such... there are a few blank spots on the map but when I have searched around there I have found nothing. What is "The Maze"???

I did start a war with the Brotherhood yesterday so there's that... my hope is the settlements missions start back up after the war, at least that'd be something. I'm really enjoying this game now, much more than Fallout 3, which I never really cared for overall.

 

[GowerND11]

Anyone play FIFA18? This weekend I finally started a manager mode. I really like the new negotiation feature, as well as being able to delegate negotiations. They can be a little tedious, and it would be nice if you could speed it up without having to skip the conversations, but nice added feature.

 

[wizards8507]

Anyone play FIFA18? This weekend I finally started a manager mode. I really like the new negotiation feature, as well as being able to delegate negotiations. They can be a little tedious, and it would be nice if you could speed it up without having to skip the conversations, but nice added feature.

I think there's a huge opportunity for a video game developer to allow roster management and other similar functions for console games to be done on a PC.

 

[ACamp1900]

Anyone play FIFA18? This weekend I finally started a manager mode. I really like the new negotiation feature, as well as being able to delegate negotiations. They can be a little tedious, and it would be nice if you could speed it up without having to skip the conversations, but nice added feature.

I'm like eight years into my Manager Mode on Legendary... about six or so years with Celtic and now the manager of Newcastle...I have a beastly team right now. I'm also the manager of Scotland and won the Euros one year. I like the new negotiations too but they get old, they need real press conference cut scenes and they need to keep year to year stats of players.

 

[GowerND11]

I'm like eight years into my Manager Mode on Legendary... about six or so years with Celtic and now the manager of Newcastle...I have a beastly team right now. I'm also the manager of Scotland and won the Euros one year. I like the new negotiations too but they get old, they need real press conference cut scenes and they need to keep year to year stats of players.

They really do need those features, I agree. It's a step in the right direction, which is nice, but more depth, and add press conferences, lifelong stats.

 

[dublinirish]

Anyone play FIFA18? This weekend I finally started a manager mode. I really like the new negotiation feature, as well as being able to delegate negotiations. They can be a little tedious, and it would be nice if you could speed it up without having to skip the conversations, but nice added feature.

yeah i play on PS4: my gamer tag is : newpath2helicon1

I generally only play FUT and Pro Clubs drop in games for the lolz

 

[Cackalacky]

So no one is playing Elder Scrolls?

 

[greyhammer90]

So no one is playing Elder Scrolls?

Do they still charge a monthly fee?

 

[ACamp1900]

So no one is playing Elder Scrolls?

I still have Oblivion and Skyrim, haven't played either in at least a year but that can always change... I still have not beaten either though I believe I'm right at the end of Skyrim.

 

[NorthDakota]

I think there's a huge opportunity for a video game developer to allow roster management and other similar functions for console games to be done on a PC.

I play fifa on PC. I never use the keyboard and mouse but depending on what you are getting at here, you might be on to something.

 

[ACamp1900]

yeah i play on PS4: my gamer tag is : newpath2helicon1

I generally only play FUT and Pro Clubs drop in games for the lolz

someone here has the gamer tag, 'boninyomomma' or something like that... lol

 

[Cackalacky]

Do they still charge a monthly fee?

No. There is an ESO membership but its not required. It allows you to access all the DLC and costumes, crown crates and stuff. Nothing to improve the character or skills. You still have to do that in game. It does give you an unlimited craft bag and 1600 crowns each month.

 

[Cackalacky]

I still have Oblivion and Skyrim, haven't played either in at least a year but that can always change... I still have not beaten either though I believe I'm right at the end of Skyrim.

Ah ok i am talking ESO:Morrowind

 

[wizards8507]

I play fifa on PC. I never use the keyboard and mouse but depending on what you are getting at here, you might be on to something.

Let's say you play FIFA on console and you want to create a custom player. Doing that on a PC or even your mobile phone is way faster than dicking through the menus with joysticks and triggers.

I play Overwatch a lot. I'd love to be able to log into my account during a slow day at work and change up my hero skins. All of this could be easily synced up with cloud saves.

 

[IrishLion]

I think there's a huge opportunity for a video game developer to allow roster management and other similar functions for console games to be done on a PC.

EA briefly went this way with online dynasty/franchise in NCAA/Madden. There were some quirks and limitations, but if they would have kept making NCAA games and stuck with it for Madden, it would have been great with yearly improvements and bug fixes.

It was super convenient to take care of weekly recruiting on the computer in NCAA. Scouting and assigning points was a breeze with click-and-drag.

It was good for getting everyone through offseason tasks quickly, as well, if you were in a large online dynasty like IE had for a while. The only downside was that "Position Changes" didn't differentiate between the different OLB positions, and it didn't always account for Athletes properly when you tried to switch them to a true position. So, you could do it online and think you got your LB positions set up properly, only to get on the console and see that you have 7 ROLBs and zero LOLBs. Then you get assigned a walk-on at LOLB and have to cut someone good. That sucked.

 

[greyhammer90]

No. There is an ESO membership but its not required. It allows you to access all the DLC and costumes, crown crates and stuff. Nothing to improve the character or skills. You still have to do that in game. It does give you an unlimited craft bag and 1600 crowns each month.

How does combat feel? Are the quests good or are they pretty standard MMORPG fare?

 

[dublinirish]

Let's say you play FIFA on console and you want to create a custom player. Doing that on a PC or even your mobile phone is way faster than dicking through the menus with joysticks and triggers.

I play Overwatch a lot. I'd love to be able to log into my account during a slow day at work and change up my hero skins. All of this could be easily synced up with cloud saves.

i spend a lot of time on the FUT companion app. it's a nice time waster and I can mess around with my squad.

Anyone on here ever play Championship/Football Manager back in the day? or still play the latest ones?

 

[ACamp1900]

EA briefly went this way with online dynasty/franchise in NCAA/Madden. There were some quirks and limitations, but if they would have kept making NCAA games and stuck with it for Madden, it would have been great with yearly improvements and bug fixes.

It was super convenient to take care of weekly recruiting on the computer in NCAA. Scouting and assigning points was a breeze with click-and-drag.

It was good for getting everyone through offseason tasks quickly, as well, if you were in a large online dynasty like IE had for a while. The only downside was that "Position Changes" didn't differentiate between the different OLB positions, and it didn't always account for Athletes properly when you tried to switch them to a true position. So, you could do it online and think you got your LB positions set up properly, only to get on the console and see that you have 7 ROLBs and zero LOLBs. Then you get assigned a walk-on at LOLB and have to cut someone good. That sucked.

This was a nice feature... you could even sim season games online too if I remember right. What sucks is after the pulled the plug Ben whateverhisnamewas (the lead producer who always did their media) stated that the NCAA they were planning was styled to have massive customization, meaning conferences, playoffs/no playoffs, stadiums, logos. All this stuff was going to be introduced apparently. If only we could have got that last game... if all that was true it could have held us out for years.

Anyway, I'm predicting now, and almost posted this yesterday, we will hear word of an upcoming CFB game this summer. Not saying it'll come out this year, but some sort of announcement of a future game will come around June or so, just a gut feeling.