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[GasClown]

Cracker - looking forward to this... out this month I think.

[Axe99]

I'm not surprised about that, looks really good, enjoy .

GasClown, on 28 December 2015 - 02:37 AM, said:

Axe - have you had a chance to play Homeworld yet? I ended up getting it on the weekend and just had a little bit of a play with it. Completely forgotten how to play it (I guess it's been a very long time). So good in ultra widescreen... very 'cinematic'.

Sorry, completely missed this post, must have been the post-Christmas haze, wasn't ignoring you, just oblivious .

[GasClown]

I bought one of those Humble Bundle things again - Tom Clancy one...

Got:

Rainbow Six
Rainbow Six 3
Rainbox Six Las Vegas
Rainbox Six Las Vegas 2
Ghost Recon
Ghost Recon Future Soldier
Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Splinter Cell Conviction
Splinter Cell Blacklist

All for $10 or $14 or whatever AU. Still a cracker deal! Eat that PS! lol

[GraphicX]

future soldier is excellent.

[GasClown]

GraphicX, on 15 January 2016 - 07:44 AM, said:

future soldier is excellent.

Yeah - I remember Saints saying that. To be honest, I've played most of the games anyway, but I'll always go back and play the Splinter Cell games (I'm a stealth tragic). Future Solider I haven't and I think I haven't played Vegas 2 either, might have even skipped the first one as well, can't remember. Definitely played all the Splinter Cells though.

Still though - can't complain for that money. Only thing I'm complaining about is UPlay. lol

[SmokeyPSD]

I used to love Rainbow six/Rogue Spear but haven't really played any of the installments since then. How is the series at this point?

[GasClown]

SmokeyPSD, on 15 January 2016 - 12:43 PM, said:

I used to love Rainbow six/Rogue Spear but haven't really played any of the installments since then. How is the series at this point?

I haven't played the one that's out now... it looks good. Aro and Live seem to be the only ones playing it around here atm so probably best to ask them.

[Axe99]

Deffo give the two Vegas games a play, they were great back in their day, and given how few tactical FPS games we get, I can't think of anything that's surpassed them gameplay-wise in SP at least.  I enjoyed the Splinter Cells as well and Graph and Saintsy are spot on when they talk up GRFS - a good deal indeed Clowny .

[GasClown]

Sniper Elite games - good? There's a deal on Steam, that's all. Number 2 sounds good as it's set in WW2 - should I just get that for US$6 rather than getting all 3?

[Axe99]

I haven't gotten around to playing them, but what I've heard is that they were solid, and a little bit different.  Games only get cheaper over time, so if not sure getting one now and others later isn't a bad way to go about it.

[Aromaci]

Sniper elite 2 was good. haven't played the 3rd.

[GasClown]

No worries - will get it then. It looks like it has a bit of stealth in it as well... and I feel like a bit of WW2. Funny 10 (or so) years ago, I probably would have said the opposite.

[GraphicX]

i've got sniper elite V2 (think that's what it's called) & it's good.  i think some game site gave me the steam key for free, i definitely didn't pay for it.

[GasClown]

As said - ended up getting it. Gotta wrap up a few things before I will start downloading it. Will give it a little whirl tonight. Also gave GRFS a spin earlier today and really enjoyed it. Seems like it'll be a great game (thus far).

Splinter Cell (original) I had a small go of yesterday. My first game I had some troubles with (flickering mainly) but it was quickly rectified by a guide - basically just changing some ini files which was nothing unusual (for me). Also (by the looks of things) it doesn't have controller support but the kb/m controls felt good. I guess I could do a search online for that as well but it doesn't really phase me all that much.

[GasClown]

No XCOM thread?

[GraphicX]

gonna have to watch that vid tonight.

xcom 2 is really growing on me, but it's in no way worthy of the reviews it has received.  the game is so unbalanced it's not funny & the story is still pretty wishy washy.

[Axe99]

Glad to hear it's growing on you at least .  Looking forward to playing it when they sort out the control options (I read on the 2K forums that not only did it not have normal gamepad support, mouse/kb support could be a bit iffy as well!)

[SmokeyPSD]

It's surprising the performance, optimization, controller problems etc that Xcom 2 is having. What hope does the PC platform have if a large dedicated release can't get things like this right. I thought this was exactly not supposed to happen with it being such a high profile title. Glad I didn't pick it up on release.

[Axe99]

SmokeyPSD, on 11 February 2016 - 02:53 PM, said:

It's surprising the performance, optimization, controller problems etc that Xcom 2 is having. What hope does the PC platform have if a large dedicated release can't get things like this right. I thought this was exactly not supposed to happen with it being such a high profile title. Glad I didn't pick it up on release.

Aye, fully agree - Paradox titles are pretty much the only games I pick up at launch.  The others, I let the devs get them sorted before giving them a run - have a much better experience that way.

[GraphicX]

not just a high profile title, but a sequel that's not so different to the (polished) original.

played more last night, really enjoying it but a bit on the unbalanced stuff i mentioned;

- had a round v 22 aliens using my squad of 6.  it included a massive robot/mech warrior thing.  passed the round flawless with nobody even being grazed

- had a round where our ship was under attack, ended up being v 29 aliens & i had a squad of 9.  as above not a single person was injured

in adding new things they've really lost a ton of balance & actually removed a lot of tactics & thinking.  early in the game it was the other way round with it being a tad on the difficult side, but now with explosives in particular it's too easy.  that's without a ton of the other abilities at disposal which can lead to your 1 character on their 1 turn attacking at least 3 times, maybe 4.  it's almost like call of duty adding kill streaks etc where something that was such a positive ended up breaking the game.  i guess it will make me look forward to replaying divinity & wasteland more though & appreciate them more as both those games are just brilliant.