>>143246
>helmed by developer Firaxis

ohhhh I can see trees endless forests of tech trees.

Checking

>>143252
It will be glorious.

>>143048

Why is it just now that people think these Bioware games are uncomfortably heavy-handed and silly?

>>143182
Because its more exposed when there isn't an overall plot, engaging gameplay or detailed world to enjoy.

>>143182
What the other guy said: Bioware romances, barring Baldur's Gate 2, have always been terrible, but until Mass Effect 1 there was always something else going for it. Then they switched to a generic space shooter series (cept Mordin, he's cool), raping KOTOR with an MMO, and DARKER, SEXIER, BETTER.

>>141161
True. And the 5% of humanity that survives can be taken out the up close and personal way.

Alien Dancing Gizmo (South Park N64)
Scottish Resistance (TF2)
Laptop Gun (Perfect Dark)
BFG9000 (Doom)
.50 Cal (COD4)
Do we have unlimited ammo?

the spur from cave story...
Medigun from I'M PRETTY SURE YOU KNOW...
and that's all i really need. maybe the crossbow from half life? i'd think that the grav gun would be OP, but that too.

>>143047
You revisit a temple ONCE in Skyward Sword. I may not be able to remember most of the filler in Twilight Princess, but I sure as hell remember slogging through it. Majora's Mask is an incredible game, but focusing entirely on sidequests for every title would be stupid: Skyward Sword's main questing blows a lot of Majora's Mask out of the water entirely.

Skyward Sword definitely takes WAY too long to get to the good parts, though. The whole "find your bird" quest is just tedious.

Right, so. "Perfect" Zelda game:

Skyward Sword story and love interest
Majora's Mask sidequests
Twilight Princess character count (and character assistance, sad they just left the four heroes to... who knows)
Wind Waker exploration
Ocarina of Time music inclusion
LttP world size
LA character interest

Note that these are talking about scale and style, not directly lifting elements.

I'd also like to see something where you have a Light/Dark world kind of setup. However, the "Dark" world is a barren world with just you and your "helper" where you start, with the very rare denizen (think Spirit Realm or Twilight Realm writ large), and after you defeat it you get the same world as "Light", vibrant and inhabited.

Kind of like Wolf/Twilight mode in TP, but not only can't you interact, you also can't see anyone. Everything looks barren and deserted. You get thrust into the Dark world in order to keep it from seeping into the Light, then get tossed into the Light world and have to plug the Dark world up (a reversal of other Zelda games.)

Message too long. Click here to view the full text.

Autosage, new thread: >>143079

that sounds sugoi. i thought company of heroes' level of looting and emplacement-manning was impressive enough, this is a good next step

>>142784
When it comes to interacting with your environment & equipment, it makes Company of Heroes look like Starcraft. Whole 'nother order of magnitude; you basically have to play it as a real-time firefight simulator, rather than a typical RTS.

Found a thread at http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/89832/blitz-on-men-of-war-assault-squad-is-out-nsf56k-or-shermans/p1 with some good tips a few screens down in the OP post, plus this fun vid:
Faces of War Don't Stop

Bear in mind that it's 1: using footage from a previous game, not that you can really tell, and 2: is all in-game stuff. Nothing scripted.

Things I have figured out today:
-Having 2-3 AT guns a good distance behind your fortified positions (i.e. about half the typical distance between two control points) tends to pay off big-time. Their power, accuracy and range are all fantastic- great for defense & direct-controlled fire support.
-Maybe remove medics from their squads & keep them hanging back on standby? Need to test this more.
-You can click the icons for the equipped weapon/grenade/cannon ammo to quickly change them.
-To specify how you want to place sandbags, barbed wire, etc: RIGHT-click and drag. Confused me for the longest time.

>>142750
It is, there are few other games where I can jump 60 feet into the air on to the back of a dragon and loose hell fire on to quite literally hundreds of soldiers a minute.

Or have an aerial duel with a Cyclops.

Or watch the world end and not try to stop it, simply join it in shedding blood and wrath.

It's simply one of the greatest games there is, now if you are thinking of 2, I understand completely.

>>142753
It still plays like crap though.

>>142754
Of this I cannot deny, it's gameplay has not aged well.

However the 2 fixed everything in that regard.

Aside from the bullshit combo system.

Man, if they just remade the first, fixed the graphics and gave it 2's controls sans it's combo system it'd be fucking magic.

It's such a shame they fucked up 2 so irrevocably.

>>142304
Much the same. The only game from this year I've played so far are Portal 2, Human Revolution, Skyward Sword, and Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars. And I've only finished Portal 2 (and even then I haven't even started the co-op).

Yes Portal 2 and HR a lot of other people are considering games of the year, but it really wouldn't be fair for me to call them that when I've played so little else to compare them to.

Obviously the GOTY is Monmusu Quest.

As of right now, Dark Souls or Skyrim.

I would join, but I curse pathfinder games to never start.

Despite Pathfinder not having Warforged, the Nosmir is interested.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nosmir

I'd be interested, if you still want to do this

Now I can finally add these two to the list!

REIGN: Imagine a game where getting enough power to control a vast army/group/company was not only a core game mechanic, but a necessary part of it's progression. That's REIGN. A game that uses the One Roll Engine and is generally one of the best fantasy games made. There are enemies so powerful that you basically have to TREAT THEM LIKE COMPANIES. Yes, there are demons that can only be fought with a goddamn army.

[b]Unknown Armies:[b] They're armies. And they're unknown. OOOOOOOOO SCAARY! But no really, this is actually a game that helped inspire a lot of stuff in White Wolf's Mage: The Awakening. The basic premise is that you're an ordinary person. Then SOME DAY, you wander into the occult underground and wind up getting involved in some pretty bad shit. One important fact about this game going in: The Combat Chapter of the game BEGINS with a list entitled "6 Ways to Prevent Fighting". And if you think that's just there to provide superficial fluff as to encourage "roleplaying". Well no, it isn't. Knifes in this game always deal 1 wounds worth of damage even on a miss, and guns deal 1d100 damage (usually capping around 50/60) and you have, at most? 20 health.

The system is ridiculously lethal and ENCOURAGES players to find another way. It's not even like DH where you have to play "smart" to survive, if you initiate a combat every chance you get, you're probably gonna die.

I got myself Munchkin Quest, some dice, and some Munchkin cards. They are all in the mail, so I don't have them with me. I got nothing hobby-related from anyone else. :(

>>142364
Unknown Armies' take on violence really is impressive, does a great job of prodding your brain away from action movie visions and into a more realistic PoV. One standout favorite was a note explaining that mechanic you mentioned, where knives will always do at least 1 damage. Paraphrasing from memory:

"Imagine a 10-year-old kid is holding an uncapped sharpie pen. You're wearing a white suit and white gloves, and have to take the pen from them by force. That's not going to happen without them getting some black marks on your suit and gloves."

Ah, well shut my mouth then.

>>142139
i recognize naja and bonesaw guy and the deathworm stage idea is pretty great

I'm not against considering really obscure stuff at all. SMB got me to go find Flywrench and have a good... 20 minutes of fun!

>>141749
basically

Good news for those who bought/grabed the keys I posted:

>We've just added five classic Humble Indie Bundle 3 games to Humble Indie Bundle 4! If you've already purchased it, visit your download page now to download VVVVVV, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, And Yet It Moves, and Hammerfight including all of their soundtracks! If you haven't bought Humble Indie Bundle 4 yet, you can nab this bundle-in-a-bundle by setting your price higher than the average.

>>141965
Ballin'. The third Indie Bundle was one of my favorites of the bunch.

>>139834
I love this game. Nobody ever wants to play it with me.

My picks:
Tomba!
Blast Chamber
Unholy War
War of the Monsters
Threads of Fate

>>141980

Everything is great about this game except the programming.

>>142001
Yea its spotty has hell but could have been patched had Sega not abandoned the poor thing so quickly. Closest thing we will ever have to a Burn Notice game though.

>>140620

I think you might be overthinking it if you believe there was ever more of a purpose to them other than "neat unlockable".

>>140629
It's just odd that there's SO MANY. Considering how hard they are to get (the room itself is a secret, and they've only released a couple codes officially) you'd think it was something more than character models. It's still pretty neat though.

What, no hints?

Too casual.

What is bro-op, and why would a person need to fill out a resume just to enter an online gaming community?

I may sound redundant, but don't bother with this.
He's pretty much copypasting this in every board he can. I just discovered this same thread on Fighting Amphibians.
The FA answer went as you can imagine it.

>>141803
>fish with tits
Nope.

Last time I clicked on a url with "lemon" in the name it didn't go so well.

Oh good grief, I played this game. The only good part is when the old pirate shark starts singing about how pirates say "Arr!"