OT: Video Games VI

usiel

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Might have to try, looks like Starship Troopers…
Oh against the bugs it is totally Starship Troopers. Also with the whole subservient take on democracy which is hilarious.

Great thing is the difficulties levels since I think there is something for the casual folks or those where it is a running death gauntlet. Player at the higher levels it can feel like one is constantly getting killed. Also some literal epic extractions that I still remember somehow surviving and able to dive into the extraction shuttle as the time runs out.

Against bots its like being in the future Terminator franchise time except much more equal in fire power compared to movie franchise.
 
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Just bought another 16gb of ram for the laptop, which is only 6 months old. It has 16 base, but Skylines 2 seems to be pushing it, and Civilization VII recommends 32, so here we go.

I'm going to do the install myself since it doesn't look too bad. I am nervous about taking the bottom of the case off thought.

It'll be fine, right?
 

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Just bought another 16gb of ram for the laptop, which is only 6 months old. It has 16 base, but Skylines 2 seems to be pushing it, and Civilization VII recommends 32, so here we go.

I'm going to do the install myself since it doesn't look too bad. I am nervous about taking the bottom of the case off thought.

It'll be fine, right?
I need to do the same on my Alienware to upgrade ram and storage….there are probably videos on YouTube depending on make/model.

Mine looks pretty straightforward….but still right….lol….
 
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Oh against the bugs it is totally Starship Troopers. Also with the whole subservient take on democracy which is hilarious.

Great thing is the difficulties levels since I think there is something for the casual folks or those where it is a running death gauntlet. Player at the higher levels it can feel like one is constantly getting killed. Also some literal epic extractions that I still remember somehow surviving and able to dive into the extraction shuttle as the time runs out.

Against bots its like being in the future Terminator franchise time except much more equal in fire power compared to movie franchise.
It's great man. Love HD2, very easy to jump in and play for one round or spend hours on it. Once you find a crew that knows what it's doing it's a ton of fun... still fun but less fun if you get grouped with people who don't want to work as a team and just charge off on their own.
 

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It's great man. Love HD2, very easy to jump in and play for one round or spend hours on it. Once you find a crew that knows what it's doing it's a ton of fun... still fun but less fun if you get grouped with people who don't want to work as a team and just charge off on their own.
That tracks with my experience as well. I have noticed post that last big patch no one is ever on the game coms which makes it slightly less fun. The other day I tried to keep track of the other three I'd catch up but before I knew it they'd move on so I ended up being a rear guard so was dying a bit more than I like but when the mission ended I ended up having double the kills of the next highest.

What are your favorite loadouts?
 

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I got way, way into V Rising

Semi-isometric (because if you use controls you can move camera) but Diablo style, except it’s a light survival and base building game too. You’re a vampire and only need blood so it’s not hard to refill, your bases are locked into territories so it’s not a Minecraft type of freedom, you just build a base to make the stuff to kill the guys to upgrade the base etc. and so on…. but it’s really good. Great balance, can do it solo, engaging but not short lived, I’m definitely over 100 hours just enjoying myself and working to the end.

Game rules. You’re motivated to fight a ton of bosses but they’re not Souls level challenging just good fights, and it ramps up at a good scale. Likewise you’re motivated to go out and harvest resources or build your own in-house to upgrade to beat down new baddies. It’s a great loop and they refined it pretty well from a satisfaction standpoint, especially if you’ve played nearly any MMO.
 
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