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[Robsoie]

Didn't tried the quest system that is available during the skimishes so far, as my battles were more focused on taking out the enemy.
So i did as those quests are making a storyline to break a bit away from generic 4X gameplay, but as i didn't read spoiler ahead i wasn't expected what happened on one of the quest

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

one of those quests were requesting me to research librarian and build one, that i did.
The librarian detected a corruption in an IG camp that wasn't existing before and i was tasked to take them out.

That camp spawned right next 3 of my space marines squads that i left at some safe enough distance from an ork "boss tower" (as the thing has 2 tiles of range) from an ork base.

There was a lot of IG infantry squads, a couple of Sentinels and some artillery-like infantry .
My 3 squads didn't lasted long (as the corrupted IG were starting their turn immediately after spawning).

Took a while but i managed to kill them all and move to the next quest that involved visiting 3 specific locations with a librarian, one of them was in an area with an absurd amount of strong critters and a bastion tower.

From there i also noticed it unfortunately managed to to beat the orks by destroying the 2 bases they made in the amount of time it took me to try to beat the current 3 location quest (lost 2 librarians in the insane area that was the 3rd locations).

Hmm, it looks like there some nice quest system, an optional alternate way to win the game (and get some reward from completing each quests), but on small maps it is better to focus on your opponent(s) but maybe on larger map it would be interesting. A bit like on 4X you have different victory condition, not only destroying the AI opponents .
Though having read some spoilers by now, the difficulty near the end of the questlines seems crazy

[Iduno]

This week's free game is Chess Ultra. It apparently works in VR and allows online matches, if for some reason that appeals to you.

[Robsoie]

I've read reports about freezing and framerate issues with that chess ultra.

Looks like it's better to play on https://www.chess.com/  (many thousands of people online + large choice of AI opponents for people that like to play offline) or for a freebie that has a lot of content there's the excellent https://lucaschess.pythonanywhere.com/ 

[Iduno]

So apparently yesterday was Thursday?

2 new games this week:
The Silent Age - A point-and-click adventure game with a puppetcraft (looks a bit like southpark) aesthetic. You time-travel between 1972 (before the world ends) and 2012 (after the world ended). Interesting idea, I'll give it a shot.
Tunche - a "roguelike" (I'd like it if they explained why they thought so) with real-time side-scrolling combat taking place in the Amazon. 4-ish characters with different fighting styles. I can't tell if it's going to be any good or not.

[Robsoie]

Nothing interesting for me this week
But next week there's "Dying Light" that seems to have some good potential, assuming i can make it run smoothly on low settings on my system

[Iduno]

Yep. This week we got Dying Light and Shapez.

Dying Light Enahnced Edition is a game with a unique setting: post-apoc with zombies. They've also got a bunch of DLC bundles on sale, and some for free.

Shapez is a puzzle/relaxation game about making a factory to create a specific type of shape, and making the right quantity of said shape. We had a game with a similar idea back in elementary school decades ago where you made a shape, and a friend had to try to recreate it. Fun times.

[Folly]

I paid for Shapez on Steam a while back.

It's a solid factory-builder. I had fun figuring out the optimal ratios of factory machines, and the tightest ways to fit them together, than copy-pasting those blueprints into sequences that would spit out dozens of the requested shape every second.

But I got burned out quickly around lvl 20, where it starts to request complex shapes that need to be assembled in a very specific order according to some obscure rules about how shape pieces stack on top of each other and connect.

[Rince Wind]

Here in Germany we only get Shapez...

[Robsoie]

Sad such a good zombie game is banned on some countries, i googled a bit and there was this a year ago
https://old.reddit.com/r/dyinglight/comments/qaldxb/the_switch_port_doesnt_seem_to_be_out_yet_in_alot/hh3myjj/

If you're talking about the digital version, then due to nature of content the digital version of the game is currently banned in Germany where European e-Shop is officially registered. This is making it impossible to officially distribute the game in European countries and also in Australia and New Zealand. We are currently working with our partner and local authorities to remove the ban as soon as we can.

The game is available digitally in the US and Asia, and the retail version is available worldwide (except Germany)

Maybe the content is related to exploding zombies head ? Maybe they could simply have made a version without those to avoid the german ban like they did on the sequel apparently.

Very surprised that with all settings on low Dying Light  play that smoothly on my old rig, thoughat those settings it takes a large hit on visual it still look nice enough.

So far it's quite good and rather original, an open world parkour game in the middle of a zombie infested city.
Oh and just got killed by a bunch of extremely ugly and fast jumping/climbing superzombies in a night, as a result of a mission that was still in day suddenly threw me into the night as soon as the cutscene ended just because. 
I knew i should have conquered the nearby safe zone instead of going straight to the objective, oh well at least it respawned me in a safe zone and far away from that hellish location without making me having to go back again. 

[Iduno]

Today we have Mordhau: A multiplayer (up to 80) melee game.

Also: Second Extinction. It's an early-access co-op shooter where you hunt dinosaurs. What's not to love?

[Robsoie]

I had read some reviews about Second Extinction that point that the game has potential but the early access version hasn't seen an update in a full year (and is not worked on anymore) with little to no communication from the devs.

Apparently since the last early access version they switched to work on the 1.0 not-early-access-anymore (and other games they develop) that is to supposed to be released this year (after they missed a release last year)

[Iduno]

This week we have 2 games by the same company:
Beyond Blue is a game about diving to explore the ocean.
Never Alone is a puzzle platformer based on a traditional story (with collaboration with the tribe) about finding the source of an eternal blizzard. Also, they are showing a review that says "unique and wholly original", and the game is based on an existing story. So thumbs up, reviewer.

[Chiefwaffles]

Also, they are showing a review that says "unique and wholly original", and the game is based on an existing story. So thumbs up, reviewer.

?

They're... probably... talking in terms of other games???

[Iduno]

Today's games are Breathedge and Poker Club.

Breathedge: Looks like a jokey/parody space game. "Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage."

Poker Club is a HD 4K ray-traced [these are from the official description, it's not just me making fun of them] poker game. You play poker as a 3-d avatar. They also have a discount on buying more poker chips right now, which is definitely not a red flag for terrible PTW games.