Sadly is very laggy, but worth a try. Some good gaming concepts, tho the heroes are kind in the low number.

 

Not laggy at all for my shitty laptop.

/shrug

 

Nah, I didn't meant performance I meant connection lags.

 

Not interested in that, but I'll bite your hand off for an Overwatch key

 

I agree, I will sacrifice Jons virginity for an Overwatch key.

 

If you find someone giving Overwatch keys, lemme know lol

 

Haha. I hear we're not far from a beta. I never get into blizz closed betas though :/

 

Trailer for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [PC/XBOX/PS4] just popped up online.

Here's the known info, so far, from Game Informer:

Spoiler

-Takes place in 2029, 2 years after Human Revolution

-Listed as single-player, no mention of multiplayer

-Jensen is part of a covert, goverment-sponsored task force called Task Force 29, a new bracnh of Interpol, to combat a new breed of terrorism

-Jensen doesn't full trust Task Force 29, also feeds intel to another covert organization called the Juggernaut Collective

-In true Deus Ex fashion, you often receive conflicting missions, neither can be fully trusted

-Boss encounters are designed in a way to allow players to approach any way they want (stealth, full combat, etc)

-Eidos won't comment on which ending it considers canon but is trying to string together different parts of each ending for the overall background of Mankind Divided
-Story is in many ways a story of redemption for Jensen

-The story they're telling is building to events that take place in the original Deus Ex

-With Mankind Divided, they're exploring the original game's past; "Is the depiction of past events from the original Deus Ex true? Will we discover stuff we never knew?"

-Added a lot of diversity to the environments

-Females are also now part of the regular enemies in the game

-One of Jensen's missions takes him to Utulek Station in Prague, now a ghetto for augmented individuals

-It is nicknamed "Golem City", based on the real life Kowloon Walled City

-Shops line the streets, temporary housing units stacked on one another reaching upwards toward the sky; claustrophobic atmosphere

-Mission to track down a leader of an aug group, but police have captured the informant

-Can choose to butter up the informant's wife for clues or cause a scene with the police

-Alternatively Jensen can bypass this area of the game altogether and find the leader's hideout on his own

-Mentions Jensen engaging in tense conversation with the leader, resulting in a diplomatic solution or violence

-Transhumans (augs) referred to as "clanks" by police

-"You can go full combat or full stealth throughout any part of the game"

-Side quests meant to be more meaningful; ex. players can choose to make deals with criminal organizations and its mob boss might call in a favor later interrupting main missions

-Doesn't want fetch quests, the team sees the extra quests as a way to explore the main themes of the game more deeply

-Features twice as many augmentations as Human Revolution

-Aug examples:

• Tesla: little darts pop out of Jensen's knuckles allowing him to tag enemies and take them out quietly
• Silent Run: Allows Jensen to move quickly across any floor without making a sound (can combine with cloaking)
• C.A.S.I.E.: Allows Jensen to analyze the mental state of individuals, helping him to respond adequately in conversations
• PEPS Gun: Non-lethal weapon that pops out of Jensen's bionic arm and fires a concussive blast allowing him to knock an enemy out, kill him or flee

-Augmentation features can be assigned on the d-pad for quick selection

-Augmentations consume a fixed amount of energy, when Jensen stops using them he regains a portion of it

-Can still refill his augs completely with bio cells, Eidos wants the recharge mechanic to encourage using augs more liberally

-New remote hack augmentation allows Jensen to activate shortcuts through areas to pass enemies

-No plan for Human Revolution saves to carry over, but Eidos is planning for a franchise now, want to expand further after HR's success

-No plans for a Deus Ex MMO

-Eidos noted fans who played stealthily enjoyed the game more so spent several years iterating on gunplay

-Mankind Divided's moment-to-moment action plays out like a series of set-piece moments, a 'remarkable feat' considering nothing is scripted

-Jensen can adjust his weapons at any point mid-battle, changing ammo type, firing pattern, scopes, etc

-Some enemies have external tech like exoskeletons and mechs to combat Jensen

-Variety of enemies have a diversity of weapons, augments, or other high-tech combat tools, some have high-jump abilities, etc

-Focused on making A.I. more aggressive, flanking, etc

-Certain elements of the environment now react to combat

 

All I read was stealthy. I'm in.

 

So...I'm looking for a good MMO to get into. Past history would be SWTOR, EVE, and LOTRO. What did I love from each?

The gameplay of SWTOR was probably my favorite. Balancing could have been done a heckuva a lot better, but the fastpaced/action style of the game really appealed to my competiveness. I also enjoyed the PVP and how that could play into RP.

Which leads me to LOTRO. LOTRO had one of the best Roleplay communities/systems for players out there. Unfortunately, the gameplay is just too clunky for me to enjoy it. I want PVP to play a role in my RP. Kinda hard to do when the game itself is kinda borning.

EVE online is probably my favorite for immersiveness and backstabbing.

So, those are what I liked. What did I hate?

SWTOR: Balancing as mentioned, but also a lack of RP mechanics in the game world. I'd also include the community has really gone downhill recently. It's hard to enjoy RP in a world filled with "High school drama." If I'm gonna RP in star wars, I wanna RP in star wars. Not a CW show.

LOTRO: As mentioned, gameplay.

EVE: Too damn complicated and boring. The immersiveness is awesome, but the slowness of gameplay/learning curve is annoying.

So anyone have any suggestions?

 

Guild wars 2, ragnarok 2

 

Play Destiny.

 

I hope you're joking. Destiny is the biggest let down of all time for someone who came from an MMORPG background. So annoyed, I had so much hope for that game.

Wildstar has fantastic gameplay. I stay away from RP and PvP though so you'd have to ask someone else about that. The world is zany and much more light hearted and ridiculous than ToR (until Treek at least <3 ).

Actually, if Dreamworks decided to try their hand at making a zany 'space' (it's on planet, no actualy ship stuff AFAIK) western, I'd imagine it looking a lot like Wildstar.

GW2 is great too, but I could never get over my favored playstyle (stacking bleeds) being utterly useless in large groups (which is where you should be having the most fun in that game) because enemies have a cap on how much bleed 'debuffs' they could have. So frustrating...

 

You should be annoyed that you're not play Destiny. Destiny is awesome.

 

Trying out GW2. I played the original back in the day.

What's the PVP like in GW2? Is it possible to level through PVP or better off just playing PVE?

 

You poor man....

 

Destiny is a wasted game. Excellent gameplay mechanics but terrible content.

 

I should clarify that I agree with that. The gunplay is superb, the visuals are beautiful (though uninspired), but everything else just made me angry.

 

You could try TERA, Pasta. The aiming and dodge elements make for a great blend of traditional mmo combat with action rpg style. That said, the community is worse than WoW, there is virtually zero roleplay, and its economy is broken with thousands and thousands of paid vanities flooding the market. On the plus side, PVP in TERA is fun as shit. Seriously. Sorc bombs for the win.

You might also try FF Realm Reborn, which is absolutely fantastic in terms of both gameplay and roleplay. Sadly, the story is utter shit, pvp is stupidly unbalanced, and the end game content is nonexistent (although that might have changed with Heavensward). On the plus side, it's a subscription game, with no exploitable pay2win system.

 

So I've been playing Endless Space a lot lately, and it's a lot of fun. And I've heard good things about the upcoming StarDrive 2, so I'll probably look into that. Can anyone recommend some other turn-based 4X space games?