Thread for Gamers: Yes, Yes, XCOM 2 is here...

[The Rich Port]

Anyone here have, or still play, Tom Clancy's EndWar?
I played that last weekend and boy oh boy, did the fucking Russkies piss me off during my assault on Moscow. Can't do shit with my troops because artillery keeps on blasting them to pieces before they even get near Alpha, so I spend ten minutes managing to kill half their guys and then the mega legions come in guns blazing and rather than destroy my Xbox in rage, I have to quit.

Egh, Tom Clancy.

I guess I like his Splinter Cell games and played the one... Ah, goddamit, what was the name of that fucking game... It was a third person shooter on the Xbox 360. Came out early in the generation... Ghost Squad or something like that.

I remember being interested in EndWar but never playing it because of the reviews saying the strategy elements weren't very good. Everything kinda gets blurry before Skryim, really. XD

A big problem I have with Tom Clancy is that he's obsessed with realism and traditional values on soldiers, to the point that...Well, his stories and video games get generic. I may have played quite a few Tom Clancy games... I wouldn't remember them even if I tried really hard. I know for a fact I owned all the Rainbow Six games, but man do they fucking blur together really fucking hard.

Sam Fisher stood out to me as a great video game protagonist because he was the first cynical Tom Clancy protagonist. He was cynical and made fun of just about everything, from his fellow soldiers and agents, to this bosses, to the country he's supposed to be protecting, to foreigners. He knows he's basically a glorified assassin, but that's what he feels is his purpose in life, his destiny, and it allows him to live comfortably, and he has no illusions about either his line of work or of his impact on the world. He basically doesn't exist. If he dies, nobody will remember him... Except for his family and friends, which is why he does what he does.

He's equal parts simple and complex, as opposed to being overly simple (the Rainbow Six characters, for one...) or overly complicated (the games after Double Agent, where he suddenly is a weird jingoistic mass murderer who somehow was discovered and now his enemies, who can't possibly know who he is, are coming after him because CONSPIRACIES).

[Wisconsin9]

Anyone here have, or still play, Tom Clancy's EndWar?
I played that last weekend and boy oh boy, did the fucking Russkies piss me off during my assault on Moscow. Can't do shit with my troops because artillery keeps on blasting them to pieces before they even get near Alpha, so I spend ten minutes managing to kill half their guys and then the mega legions come in guns blazing and rather than destroy my Xbox in rage, I have to quit.

Oh, I haven't played that in ages. Hell, I even got a headset to use the voice commands. Eventually I gave up on them, on account of they're shit, but the headset has served me faithfully ever since.

[The Wolven League]

Hmm, just found a very helpful guide for getting Ghost/Shadow/Clean Hands/Mostly Flesh and Steel in Dishonored all in one run on YouTube. It's called "Naked Stealth". The guy literally beat the game in like two hours and got all four of those very difficult trophies.

I already have Clean Hands, and I'm currently playing TLoU Remastered, but since Ghost, Shadow, and Mostly Flesh and Steel are all I need to get Platinum, I'll definitely be using that guide in a G/S/MFaS run after I finished TLoU. You guys should take a look at it if you're interested in any of those trophies/achievements

[New Naephak]

☐ Not rekt

☑ Tyrannosaurus Rekt

[Zeinbrad]

Anyone here have, or still play, Tom Clancy's EndWar?
I played that last weekend and boy oh boy, did the fucking Russkies piss me off during my assault on Moscow. Can't do shit with my troops because artillery keeps on blasting them to pieces before they even get near Alpha, so I spend ten minutes managing to kill half their guys and then the mega legions come in guns blazing and rather than destroy my Xbox in rage, I have to quit.

Egh, Tom Clancy.

I guess I like his Splinter Cell games and played the one... Ah, goddamit, what was the name of that fucking game... It was a third person shooter on the Xbox 360. Came out early in the generation... Ghost Squad or something like that.

I remember being interested in EndWar but never playing it because of the reviews saying the strategy elements weren't very good. Everything kinda gets blurry before Skryim, really. XD

A big problem I have with Tom Clancy is that he's obsessed with realism and traditional values on soldiers, to the point that...Well, his stories and video games get generic. I may have played quite a few Tom Clancy games... I wouldn't remember them even if I tried really hard. I know for a fact I owned all the Rainbow Six games, but man do they fucking blur together really fucking hard.

Sam Fisher stood out to me as a great video game protagonist because he was the first cynical Tom Clancy protagonist. He was cynical and made fun of just about everything, from his fellow soldiers and agents, to this bosses, to the country he's supposed to be protecting, to foreigners. He knows he's basically a glorified assassin, but that's what he feels is his purpose in life, his destiny, and it allows him to live comfortably, and he has no illusions about either his line of work or of his impact on the world. He basically doesn't exist. If he dies, nobody will remember him... Except for his family and friends, which is why he does what he does.

He's equal parts simple and complex, as opposed to being overly simple (the Rainbow Six characters, for one...) or overly complicated (the games after Double Agent, where he suddenly is a weird jingoistic mass murderer who somehow was discovered and now his enemies, who can't possibly know who he is, are coming after him because CONSPIRACIES).

I don't think Tom Clancy was involved in any of the games besides the fact his name was on the box.

[The Rich Port]

Egh, Tom Clancy.

I guess I like his Splinter Cell games and played the one... Ah, goddamit, what was the name of that fucking game... It was a third person shooter on the Xbox 360. Came out early in the generation... Ghost Squad or something like that.

I remember being interested in EndWar but never playing it because of the reviews saying the strategy elements weren't very good. Everything kinda gets blurry before Skryim, really. XD

A big problem I have with Tom Clancy is that he's obsessed with realism and traditional values on soldiers, to the point that...Well, his stories and video games get generic. I may have played quite a few Tom Clancy games... I wouldn't remember them even if I tried really hard. I know for a fact I owned all the Rainbow Six games, but man do they fucking blur together really fucking hard.

Sam Fisher stood out to me as a great video game protagonist because he was the first cynical Tom Clancy protagonist. He was cynical and made fun of just about everything, from his fellow soldiers and agents, to this bosses, to the country he's supposed to be protecting, to foreigners. He knows he's basically a glorified assassin, but that's what he feels is his purpose in life, his destiny, and it allows him to live comfortably, and he has no illusions about either his line of work or of his impact on the world. He basically doesn't exist. If he dies, nobody will remember him... Except for his family and friends, which is why he does what he does.

He's equal parts simple and complex, as opposed to being overly simple (the Rainbow Six characters, for one...) or overly complicated (the games after Double Agent, where he suddenly is a weird jingoistic mass murderer who somehow was discovered and now his enemies, who can't possibly know who he is, are coming after him because CONSPIRACIES).

I don't think Tom Clancy was involved in any of the games besides the fact his name was on the box.

Honestly, I don't care who's writing the Splinter Cell games anymore...

I don't get why the hell Clancy got so popular to begin with.

[Landenburg]

I don't think Tom Clancy was involved in any of the games besides the fact his name was on the box.

Honestly, I don't care who's writing the Splinter Cell games anymore...

I don't get why the hell Clancy got so popular to begin with.

Because you get to be the big badass secret agent who kills everyone. At least, that's what I remember from Tom Clancy games.

[The Rich Port]

Honestly, I don't care who's writing the Splinter Cell games anymore...

I don't get why the hell Clancy got so popular to begin with.

Because you get to be the big badass secret agent who kills everyone. At least, that's what I remember from Tom Clancy games.

Hey, don't knock it.

Sam made that FUN and not like I was leading some poor soldier guy to his inevitable death for my own arrogant benefit.

:/

[Soldati Senza Confini]

I don't think Tom Clancy was involved in any of the games besides the fact his name was on the box.

Honestly, I don't care who's writing the Splinter Cell games anymore...

I don't get why the hell Clancy got so popular to begin with.

His novels dude, his novels.

I happen to have the Rainbow Six (1998 hardback edition) novel in my personal library. I enjoy it.

[The Rich Port]

Honestly, I don't care who's writing the Splinter Cell games anymore...

I don't get why the hell Clancy got so popular to begin with.

His novels dude, his novels.

I happen to have the Rainbow Six (1998 hardback edition) novel in my personal library. I enjoy it.

Meeeeeeh...

I guess the Jack Ryan novels are fun and all... Military.

I guess I'll pick up Rainbow Six.

That's about the international special forces unit, right?

[The Carlisle]

So Darkest Dungeon released today/yesterday. Really fun and hard game. RNG based strategy/RPG. Lovecraftian horror elements galore. A game where you have to manage your teams mental health as well as its physical ones. Manage and strategize, plan for the journey ahead. But be careful. Sometimes luck is not on your side. But you always have a hand in the decision. Debuff your foes, make them weaker with curses, blind them for a turn, cause them to bleed out or waste away from poison, or destroy their chance to hit you. Kit your crew with trinkets found along the journey improve their damage/skill chance/dodge. But be careful, the better the item is, the more you sacrifice for its benefits, whether its less health/dodge/resists chance/etc. The game is hard and unfair. Sometimes, it will make you scream and rage. Even the best laid out plans fail sometimes to the chance of the die. But don't fret. The game will always give you a choice, even on the precipice of disaster. Actions cost something, either retreating from a losing battle to fight another day, missing the reward/exp/and game stress in order to save your heroes from death; OR you can press on, complete the challenge but with the cost of a death or two. And even if you suffer the most horrifying defeat, the game will always be there, waiting for you to come back and take up the fight again against the horrors infesting the Darkest Dungeon.

[Imperial isa]

His novels dude, his novels.

I happen to have the Rainbow Six (1998 hardback edition) novel in my personal library. I enjoy it.

Meeeeeeh...

I guess the Jack Ryan novels are fun and all... Military.

I guess I'll pick up Rainbow Six.

That's about the international special forces unit, right?

Counter-terrorist and which game you going for ?

[Greater New Finland]

I have Fallout 4, COD MW2, GMOD, Cities SKylines, Europa Universalia IV, Making History: The Calm and the Storm, Just Cause 2, GTA V, Saints Row IV, Civilization V, a bunch of games on Steam, (user is Empiur) SimCity, Minecraft, Arma 2, and a bunch more.

I also have a PS4 in which i have Don't Starve, Battlefield 4, Just Dance 2014,2015,2016, Call of Duty Ghosts, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty Black Ops 3, Minecraft PS4 Edition, Guitar Hero Live, Injustice, Star Wars Battlefront, and a few other game. phew thats a lot. so lol.

[Corrian]

The current Humble Bundle seems quite nice. Tempted to get it soon.

(Kinda ignored this thread lately)

[Greater New Finland]

Frankly, from what I've seen from Sniper Elite, it doesn't look like it's capable of reproducing good sniping techniques, or at least all of them.

Usually, the reason you have to relocate is because enemies usually can hear your sniper shot, and will move towards your position in search of the origin, usually in the general direction they heard the shot come from.

Military sims usually reproduce ideal sniping conditions better.

For example, one time in ARMA 2, I got sent to harass some guys out in a field behind some trees.

I was at extreme range, hiding behind some trees, and they seemed to be resting, standing by or receiving orders.

Either way, I had a shooting gallery on my hands. The key was to mask my shots.

I was at extreme range, so sound and muzzle flash were non-issues, but it's quite possible they'd be able to tell where the shots were coming from by judging from where the hits were coming from, or at least what my favorite targets were (side of the car or a certain position, for example.)

I took one guy down, then waited. They were panicking, taking cover, searching for me. They seemed to believe I was on the left of where I actually was... So I let them think that. I let them calm down, think I was relocating or retreating since they figured me out. After a couple minutes... Next shot. Another guy goes down. This time, they spray the area where they think I am with bullets. I again let them think they got me, and let them proceed with their safety spray of bullets. After they were satisfied with the number of holes they put into a nearby hill... I wait a couple more minutes... And then take another shot.

Three kills out of seven. Now they're really freaking out, and they get into their vehicle and retreat from the area, clearing the way for an advance that flanked the enemy in a nearby town.

That makes me want to try ARMA again.

Me too but the sensitivity REALLY bugs me.

[The Rich Port]

That makes me want to try ARMA again.

Me too but the sensitivity REALLY bugs me.

Soldiers are sensitive, tho.

You gotta be really gentle.

[Hirota]

That makes me want to try ARMA again.

I've been rather tempted by Squadon Steam early access.

The humble bundle is really good if you don't own a Civ game, or the latest XCOM. I own all of them, so it's not so good for me.

[Wisconsin9]

That makes me want to try ARMA again.

I've been rather tempted by Squadon Steam early access.

The humble bundle is really good if you don't own a Civ game, or the latest XCOM. I own all of them, so it's not so good for me.

I own everything in that bundle except for Ace Patrol,Civ III, and Starships. :/

If they were offering Alpha Centauri, I'd grab it in an instant.

[Esternial]

Been awhile since I've played ARMA 2. Switched over to ARMA 3 for awhile, then I gave up and settle for DayZ Standalone.

Also played the DayZ ARMA 2 Mod, which was possibly the most fun ever. My friend and I spent a long time on one particular server, repairing a broken Blackhawk helicopter. Managed to get it to work again, so we took off and flew around playing Flight of the Valkyrie through direct communication.

Of course our brazen show of superior was met with a well-placed round in my pilot friend's cranium. All I could do was cringe as we fell back down to Earth.

DayZ Standalone has been fun, too, though. My two mates and I have applied all sorts of tactics to take down other hostile survivors.

Why'd you switch back from ARMA 3?

One of my mates doesn't have the hardware to run it :p

[Czechanada]

Why is Target Assist Bleeding Into Multiplayer PC Games

Progress, levelling the playing field and stuff. It'll be the norm soon.

It's regress, not progress. I'm a proponent of user freedom in allowing anyone to use whichever peripherals they wish, but each peripheral should be given equal opportunity to rise and fall on their own merits.

Someone wouldn't be given arbitrary advantages if they chose to play tennis with a badminton racket.

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so players with a controller getting to cheat isn't a worry because it can be turned off

never mind that anyone not forced to probably won't, given that the article notes that people are using controllers on PC specifically to take advantage of the aim assist

:^)

and no, it's too fun

Okay but in competitive tournaments (note: NOT casual play), you should be forced to turn off aim assist. Actually, in competitive play, you should use the same layout as everyone else.

Why should casual play be exempted? The point of casual play is to have fun, and it's more difficult to have fun when other players are granted arbitrary advantages.

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I've been rather tempted by Squadon Steam early access.

The humble bundle is really good if you don't own a Civ game, or the latest XCOM. I own all of them, so it's not so good for me.

I own everything in that bundle except for Ace Patrol,Civ III, and Starships. :/

If they were offering Alpha Centauri, I'd grab it in an instant.

I was briefly considering that Bundle for Beyond Earth, but I'm wary of the Bundle's chosen charity. Food charities tend to be more detrimental than beneficial for the food economies of country as they often damage the local agricultural industry in said country by decreasing demand and lowering prices of food.

[United States of Great Liberion]

I play XCOM: Enemy Within and China always leave the council xD

[Ardavia]

Frankly, from what I've seen from Sniper Elite, it doesn't look like it's capable of reproducing good sniping techniques, or at least all of them.

Usually, the reason you have to relocate is because enemies usually can hear your sniper shot, and will move towards your position in search of the origin, usually in the general direction they heard the shot come from.

Military sims usually reproduce ideal sniping conditions better.

For example, one time in ARMA 2, I got sent to harass some guys out in a field behind some trees.

I was at extreme range, hiding behind some trees, and they seemed to be resting, standing by or receiving orders.

Either way, I had a shooting gallery on my hands. The key was to mask my shots.

I was at extreme range, so sound and muzzle flash were non-issues, but it's quite possible they'd be able to tell where the shots were coming from by judging from where the hits were coming from, or at least what my favorite targets were (side of the car or a certain position, for example.)

I took one guy down, then waited. They were panicking, taking cover, searching for me. They seemed to believe I was on the left of where I actually was... So I let them think that. I let them calm down, think I was relocating or retreating since they figured me out. After a couple minutes... Next shot. Another guy goes down. This time, they spray the area where they think I am with bullets. I again let them think they got me, and let them proceed with their safety spray of bullets. After they were satisfied with the number of holes they put into a nearby hill... I wait a couple more minutes... And then take another shot.

Three kills out of seven. Now they're really freaking out, and they get into their vehicle and retreat from the area, clearing the way for an advance that flanked the enemy in a nearby town.

Been awhile since I've played ARMA 2. Switched over to ARMA 3 for awhile, then I gave up and settle for DayZ Standalone.

Also played the DayZ ARMA 2 Mod, which was possibly the most fun ever. My friend and I spent a long time on one particular server, repairing a broken Blackhawk helicopter. Managed to get it to work again, so we took off and flew around playing Flight of the Valkyrie through direct communication.

Of course our brazen show of superior was met with a well-placed round in my pilot friend's cranium. All I could do was cringe as we fell back down to Earth.

DayZ Standalone has been fun, too, though. My two mates and I have applied all sorts of tactics to take down other hostile survivors.

>dayz
>ever

But in all seriousness, I never could get into DayZ.

I tried it once, and then went back to regular Arma 2. Playing Escape from Chernarus with ACE2 and some friends is much more fun.

Also, Invasion 44, because you can drive a Churchill tank and fight Germans, yo. Or drive a Tiger and fight the Americans/British, I suppose.

[CITY18]

so players with a controller getting to cheat isn't a worry because it can be turned off

never mind that anyone not forced to probably won't, given that the article notes that people are using controllers on PC specifically to take advantage of the aim assist

:^)

and no, it's too fun

Okay but in competitive tournaments (note: NOT casual play), you should be forced to turn off aim assist. Actually, in competitive play, you should use the same layout as everyone else.

I agree with the target assist should be turned off but why can't i use my scroll wheel or square button as a jump key?

[Czechanada]

http://testyourmight.com/threads/future ... st-1999319

Warner Brothers is dropping support for Mortal Kombat X on PC.

[The Huskar Social Union]

http://testyourmight.com/threads/future-of-mkx-on-pc-kp2-mkxl-confirmed-console-only.58181/page-7#post-1999319

Warner Brothers is dropping support for Mortal Kombat X on PC.