Seeing as we all seem to want stuff to chat about, but no-one is precisely sure what's going on at the moment aside from waiting for Civ:BE...
What games are you currently playing and/or have been playing recently?
For me:
- Civilization 5: Brave New World. I never really got into Civ5 & didn't play Gods & Kings all that long, but I'm finding myself increasingly hooked on Brave New World. It's sad that Civ5 took a full two expansions to get the basic Civ formula "right" and make a genuinely "just one more turn" game out of this thing, but it seems to have done the trick. I'm rather enjoying it.
- Elder Scrolls Online. I was playing this a lot at first, but have scaled it back into just being part of my rotation of games for now. My "main" is only up to about level 25 (out of 50).
Mini Review: The opening zones feel a lot more like an elder scrolls game (with freedom) than everything thereafter so far. It goes from being an open exploration game on the first two islands where nothing is likely to kill you outright and you're free to just explore around to find all the nooks and crannies... to being a tiered and heavily balanced progression/theme park ride like every other MMO. I'm taking another crack back at it, but I think it says something that starting new characters in the other factions and taking on THEIR starting areas appeals to me more than continuing to play my "main" through the next leveling zone worth of theme park ride content. I've not given up on the game yet, but I'm waiting to see if anything else can hold my interest.
- UFO: Enemy Unknown. I don't have the expansion. Just wanted to play back through the original. I'm up to just shy of shooting down the battleship with my firestorm (waiting for my hyperwave detector to finish construction - firestorm is already lined up and ready to go).
- Crusader Kings II. Toyed around with an English count for a while (rose to duke pretty quickly under William the Conqueror... still working my way up).
That's all for now.
Once the baby gets here, I imagine some of this will need to be scaled back for a bit, but I'm bound to find time to play something... at some point... maybe...
What games are you currently playing and/or have been playing recently?
For me:
- Civilization 5: Brave New World. I never really got into Civ5 & didn't play Gods & Kings all that long, but I'm finding myself increasingly hooked on Brave New World. It's sad that Civ5 took a full two expansions to get the basic Civ formula "right" and make a genuinely "just one more turn" game out of this thing, but it seems to have done the trick. I'm rather enjoying it.
- Elder Scrolls Online. I was playing this a lot at first, but have scaled it back into just being part of my rotation of games for now. My "main" is only up to about level 25 (out of 50).
Mini Review: The opening zones feel a lot more like an elder scrolls game (with freedom) than everything thereafter so far. It goes from being an open exploration game on the first two islands where nothing is likely to kill you outright and you're free to just explore around to find all the nooks and crannies... to being a tiered and heavily balanced progression/theme park ride like every other MMO. I'm taking another crack back at it, but I think it says something that starting new characters in the other factions and taking on THEIR starting areas appeals to me more than continuing to play my "main" through the next leveling zone worth of theme park ride content. I've not given up on the game yet, but I'm waiting to see if anything else can hold my interest.
- UFO: Enemy Unknown. I don't have the expansion. Just wanted to play back through the original. I'm up to just shy of shooting down the battleship with my firestorm (waiting for my hyperwave detector to finish construction - firestorm is already lined up and ready to go).
- Crusader Kings II. Toyed around with an English count for a while (rose to duke pretty quickly under William the Conqueror... still working my way up).
That's all for now.
Once the baby gets here, I imagine some of this will need to be scaled back for a bit, but I'm bound to find time to play something... at some point... maybe...
