Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.

'Safe'


Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.

PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.


omnis_audis - Dec 24, 2014 8:14:13 am PST #23905 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

BSG (Hoshi)

This early in the game, cards are precious. Without them, we fail checks. I am partial to option 1. But not strongly. Both suck.


Laga - Dec 24, 2014 8:16:23 am PST #23906 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

BSG (Helo)

Food is renewable but without Zarek on the crew it's not a certainty.


NoiseDesign - Dec 24, 2014 7:58:31 pm PST #23907 of 26134
Our wings are not tired

BSG (Apollo)

We Lose the food.

I think that is option one. My flight is about to take off so I can't check.


billytea - Dec 25, 2014 12:37:56 pm PST #23908 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

BSG

Quick update, my internet connectivity is not so reliable here. I will update things when I get home tomorrow.


Laga - Dec 26, 2014 10:42:18 am PST #23909 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Merry Christmas, Gamers!


Kalshane - Dec 26, 2014 12:06:11 pm PST #23910 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Holy crap does Dragon Age: Inquisition have a lot of content. Granted, there's a ton of glorified fetch quests, but I'm approaching hour 90 and still have 3 zones I've barely done anything in, one I've mostly finished off, and a bunch I've done about half the stuff in. And I still have at least one main quest to unlock and complete (Not sure how close to the end I am as I'm trying to avoid spoilers.) and two companion quests to do. I've also only taken down one of the ten (optional) dragons.


Laga - Dec 26, 2014 1:35:35 pm PST #23911 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

nice! I've been watching D play Far Cry 4 and it seems to be similar in terms of richness of content. I feel like I watched him play and explore all kinds of territory for at least 5 hours and then he pulled up the map and it looked as if he'd uncovered less than 1/15th of it.


amych - Dec 26, 2014 1:47:35 pm PST #23912 of 26134
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Holy crap does Dragon Age: Inquisition have a lot of content.

It's like Skyrim levels of crazy. And (neither seeking nor avoiding spoilers) I gather that I'm roughly at the end of act 1 of 3. SO MUCH GAME.


Kalshane - Dec 26, 2014 7:57:14 pm PST #23913 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Okay, based on how much blank space there is left on Solas' walls, I'd guess I have two major story arcs left.

I did have one immersion-breaking moment which I find incredibly frustrating. (spoiler for elf inquisitor): I made the wrong choice on a War Table mission and my entire clan got wiped out. Which, okay, fine, I made a mistake and actions have consequences, but none of my companions or advisers actually acknowledge what happened outside of the little war table report. You'd think that someone would have a reaction of some sort.


Rayne - Dec 26, 2014 8:36:58 pm PST #23914 of 26134
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire

I've been having some bad experiences with Dragon Age: Inquisition. 1) I can't even count how many times my audio has stopped when I approach NPCs. The NPCs will move around, but the subtitles and dialogue no longer play. 2) I lost 5 hours when my saves didn't actually save. No autosaves existed during that time either even though the save icon appeared often. That was so frustrating for me!

On the nitpickly front, it just feels too much like Skyrim. I don't feel like I'm playing a Dragon Age game.

But, I a took a break for a few weeks (for the wedding and Christmas), and I'll probably start playing again this week.