Hearthstone babble and other random gamesFollow

Lol, my son picked this up in the Steam Sale and has been playing. I've been hearing the same curses from him.

My longest stretch was right around 100 days, but that guy was boring because i didn't want to take any chances with him. If I had a computer atm I might be tempted to load up the game again. I've not defeated the bosses in the down below yet.

Finished Watch Dogs the other day. I liked it although I like the game genre as a whole and so wasn't huffy about "Like GTA but with..." I thought it had enough unique bits to set it apart in the "open world modern crime" family of games. The plot wasn't anything great and, like many of these games, felt like it went on too long. I think the issue is that the chapters are too short. You'll have a goal like "Rescue the girl from the warehouse" and to do that, you first need to hack a system in some office to get the warehouse location. Ok, fine. But then it always gets stretched with junk like "Oh, the uplink is dead so now find three satellite dishes" and "the file was encrypted so find this guy who..." blah blah blah. It starts feeling ridiculous and I really think if they just made getting through the office take three times longer it would make for a better plot than adding three contrivances just to pad game time. That's not just Watch Dogs but a general complaint about gaming these days. Anyway, I'll give it a B+. If I didn't live in the Chicago area, I'd probably give it a B.

Started playing Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. It's a nicely done game, looks pretty and voiced in an appropriately Transformer-y way. Since you're still on Cybertron, everyone transforms into futuristic looking vehicles rather than semi-trailers and VW bugs. I'm not versed enough in Transformers lore to get into how "accurate" it is but it seems like if you're a fan then this should be a fun experience (so far). I'm not in love with the shooting mechanics which are serviceable but not really satisfying. I'm also not thrilled about how often it has you switch characters; in a few hours of play time I've been Bumblebee, Optimus, Cliffjumper and Jazz. Others might dig that aspect more but I like sticking with one person (or robot as the case may be).

That's oddly specific.

Sold! I actually read some of the Darkness books when the series was early. I don't rightly remember why he has writhing masses of tangly snake arms anymore because it's been to long. But I remember the series being fairly interesting.

How's the new box working for you?

Falskaar is the "expansion" mod. I'm also a fan of Deadly Dragons. I didn't do much graphic modding that I can remember.

[Edit: No idea if either is available via the Steam mod thingie but you can use both that and Nexs mods without conflict]

Edited, Jul 8th 2014 9:31pm by Jophiel

I'd go find the actual Hearthstone thread, but why bother? Paladin is popular now that Kolento hit #1 Legend with it. I'm still plodding along with basically the same deck. Ranked play gets stressful for me so I usually just play until I earn enough for an arena run. I think my deck could make Legend, maybe with a couple tweaks, but I don't think I'm dedicated enough to grind it out.

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/14832730/curse-of-naxxramas%E2%84%A2-creeps-out-on-july-22-7-17-2014?cid=social_20140717_28006146

Naxx comes out July 22 (next Tuesday). To expensive for my blood (I have enough saved for one wing). Based off their projected prices.

wow holy spammers

That style of games should find a solution to the ********** all over the ground" problem.

Perhaps smaller sections with reward chests at the end instead of everything dropping stuff.

Watched a Let's Play od Diablo 3 Hardcore. Made me roll a new HC character. We'll see how far I get this time. Usually I start getting too greedy at level 60+.

I just wish that your hardcore character migrated to softcore after you died.

Yeah, softcore is just boring to me now. Hardcore makes the leveling process more interesting, since you can die and lose your progress. Crusader gets all the abilities I enjoy using by level 30 so it's not a huge investment for me to get to that point.