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[TamerVirus]

Finally got around to playing Fallout 4.
Good as an open world FPS
No so good as a Fallout RPG

[nenjin]

But if streaming services get to the point where it's easier to stream a game than to own it....? What does that mean for all the big releases and the PC gaming market? A rise in prices to own PC games directly in order to push people toward a "much more cost effective" subscription based agreement?

I don't see any reason why a streaming service necessarily has to be subscription based and not ownership based. It's like Buying a game on Steam; once you've paid, you can download and play at any time without further payments. Buy a game on a streaming service and be free to stream it at any time without further payment.

Well, that's the route Sony wanted to go. I can only assume it serves as form of DRM. You don't ever own the game, you can't pirate it and you can't resell it. And you pay a subscription for this privelege. To me it seems to align with all the big ticket gripes of the AAA gaming industry, neatly wrapped up in one bundle.

[Persus13]

But if streaming services get to the point where it's easier to stream a game than to own it....? What does that mean for all the big releases and the PC gaming market? A rise in prices to own PC games directly in order to push people toward a "much more cost effective" subscription based agreement?

I don't see any reason why a streaming service necessarily has to be subscription based and not ownership based. It's like Buying a game on Steam; once you've paid, you can download and play at any time without further payments. Buy a game on a streaming service and be free to stream it at any time without further payment.

Well, that's the route Sony wanted to go. I can only assume it serves as form of DRM. You don't ever own the game, you can't pirate it and you can't resell it. And you pay a subscription for this privelege. To me it seems to align with all the big ticket gripes of the AAA gaming industry, neatly wrapped up in one bundle.

Last I checked, Sony's streaming service did not require you to purchase games. You just pay a flat monthly fee and get access to their library.

As for why they went with a subscription model, probably because they want to be Netflix for games, and charging a monthly fee means that if a bunch of people sign up just for one game, they still make money.

[Yoink]

In Celebration of Violence. Probably the most fun I've had with an action-roguelite since I don't remember when. Dark soulsy swing-parry-dodge combat plus riskofrainish modifier acquisition and class unlocks plus spells and gods and whatnot work together surprisingly well.
Still have to get any further than the third area, most often due to wasting my Estu surges in the transition dungeons.

Oh boy, this looks sick. Wishlisting. Thanks for pointing it out.    

[Sime]

Although I have followed this "Other Games" sub-forum  for several years, I have only just started to play Dwarf Fortress.

[Kagus]

Just finished my first playthrough of The Witcher 3. Haven't done much of the DLC stuff yet, got kinda caught up in the main storyline. Also ended up making a number of choices with the knowledge that I was planning on doing another, different run through the game.

Ending left me feeling a bit... Empty. It's eating at me.


Welp, time to start the series from game no. 1 and get a closer relationship to the characters before playthrough 2!

[SQman]

Rimworld with tons of mods.
Last time I decided to tackle the ancient danger, and it turned out it was a bunch of cryptosleep caskets and insectoid hives. Very liberal usage of flamethrowers and ridiculously fast Gallimimus mounts saved the day, and only half of the map turned into lifeless ashland. Unfortunately all I got from that was a granny who lost a leg to bugs (I let her go), a teenage girl with no skills, and a fat guy with herpes.

Then I had a massive orc invasion that was stopped by an android exotic goods caravan that I ordered. Four orcs were captured. One of the prisoners had a bionic supercock, so the only logical thing to do was to amputate it and fix my obese friend's spicy weiner problem. One of my colonists was also missing an ear, so she's now walking with mismatched ears.

I used to be a moral manager, a merciful god. Now I pacify misbehaving colonists with lethal force, amputate potentially useful (or bionic) body parts of prisoners, make carbon composite out of human flesh, use orcs as sex-slaves, feed my colonists nothing but onion. I heard the rim changes people, and I knew my turn will come, but I didn't think it would be so sudden.

[CABL]

Rimworld with tons of mods.
Last time I decided to tackle the ancient danger, and it turned out it was a bunch of cryptosleep caskets and insectoid hives. Very liberal usage of flamethrowers and ridiculously fast Gallimimus mounts saved the day, and only half of the map turned into lifeless ashland. Unfortunately all I got from that was a granny who lost a leg to bugs (I let her go), a teenage girl with no skills, and a fat guy with herpes.

Then I had a massive orc invasion that was stopped by an android exotic goods caravan that I ordered. Four orcs were captured. One of the prisoners had a bionic supercock, so the only logical thing to do was to amputate it and fix my obese friend's spicy weiner problem. One of my colonists was also missing an ear, so she's now walking with mismatched ears.

I used to be a moral manager, a merciful god. Now I pacify misbehaving colonists with lethal force, amputate potentially useful (or bionic) body parts of prisoners, make carbon composite out of human flesh, use orcs as sex-slaves, feed my colonists nothing but onion. I heard the rim changes people, and I knew my turn will come, but I didn't think it would be so sudden.

Do you use Rimjobworld mod? I mean, there's a relatively tame mod that adds naughty bits, but it doesn't add sex slaves, AFAIK.

[Egan_BW]

Huh. PTW.

[AzyWng]

Did you do that because orcish sex slaves were mentioned?

Anyway, I’ve been wandering the Mojave.

Almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[JimboM12]

... did someone summon me? i heard orcish sex slaves.

im currently running through kingdom come again. i took advantage in the beginning and grinded certain skills up with no pressure and unlimited time. and as soon as i could i spent an entire ingame day practicing with captain bernard and have gotten to a reasonably badass level.

[Kagus]

Playing the first Witcher game in order to build up my background and understanding of the setting and characters, and maybe do that save file transfer thingy to boot.

It's just... Well, the series has really come a long way since the first entry. Hoo boy. At least I'm not dumb enough to try and focus on my swordplay for this playthrough...

[Egan_BW]

Did you do that because orcish sex slaves were mentioned?

Maybe.

[Telgin]

Finally finished Mega Man X6 and moved on to X7.  Getting a game over during the intro level due to the janky controls and camera was a rude reminder to me on just how bad this game was.  I was looking for something a little relaxing after that last train wreck. 

At least I know X8 is better, even if I detest the character design in it.

[Senator Jim Death]

At least I know X8 is better, even if I detest the character design in it.

Mega Man in general existed in its own untouchable, indescribable, unapproachable world of sequels and spinoffs until that one Capcom released a while back that broke the series back open to non-players again. History sorta keeps repeating for those games. The first couple of games are classic, and then a few more come out and you kinda wonder where the series went wrong. Then they reboot everything and things are cool for a game or two. Then they're six or eight sequels in and you don't even recognize the games any longer, and they added voice acting or some spinoff happens and how it's an incomprehensible mess. It's like an old college friend that became a really popular fursuiter or something: okay, guy, I'm happy that you're loved by so many people, but I just can't get into this thing you're in to. And I actually LIKE platformers. At this point, I'm honestly sorta surprised they haven't tried getting into the metrovania genre with that series. I might actually play that even with hammy acting and gaudy character design.

As you can probably tell, I am playing nothing right now. Nothing I will admit to playing, at least.