What game(s) are you currently playing?

I don't believe that was one of our Kickstarter stretch goals, so I'm afraid I can't commit to that, sorry!

Yup. I just redeemed one for my wife yesterday.

NOTE FROM Lord Ba'al: This post and a few of those following were moved from the thread What kind of gamer are you?.



pen and paper rpgs are so much fun. I've played D&D as both a player and a DM and had a ton of fun in both cases.

As a player, putting together your character the way you want, figuring out the strengths and weaknesses of your choices is awesome, and the complexity of it makes it that much more satisfying when you roll a 20 and decapitate every orc within a 360 degree radius around you. With a scroll. As a mage. The "Rule of Cool" is always in effect in my D&D games, that being, if its badass enough and the DM can figure out a way to make it work it's in no matter how ridiculous.

As a DM its amazing to see players interact with the story and world you've created. I once had five grown adults arguing over what to do with these bears they encountered because it turned out the dude they just killed had raised them from cubs and the city guard would probably kill them if they found them. Blows were almost exchanged. XD

On topic: I would say I'm a gamer who likes complexity and depth, and a good story is always a bonus. I can't count the times I've put down a FF game after beating the Big Bad and immediately started a new 100% run. That said...I also love Mario games for their time tested, simple game play, and I will NEVER turn down a LoZ game (who else is hyped for Hyrule warriors?) or Pokemon.

I've been tempted a couple of times. Is it worth the $40 or should I wait for a sale?

I've played divine divinity way back in the day and bought it when it came back on steam. I lol'd when I found out they hadn't fixed the item dupe bug and scorpion traps were still insanely OP

I will add it to my wishlist.

On a side note, I've been back and forthing between Planetside 2 (MMO FPS) and Gnomoria (DF with graphics). If you like management games like Dwarf fortress, simcity (to an extent), and dungeon keeper you might like Gnomoria.

Also, reading up on Dungeon Keeper, it sounds a LOT like a game called Dungeons. Almost identical, in fact. Dungeon hearts, invading heroes, monsters for them to fight through. There are some differences, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here, but a big one is the goal is to actually draw heroes in and satisfy their needs for gold, monsters to slay, magic, and gear. Once they have a nice full bar you knock them out and drain their souls to make your dungeon more...dungeony.

I quite enjoyed Dungeons, so I would recommend that if you have a Dungeon keeper itch but want something a bit more current (2011).

 I do enjoy the tactical aspect as well, and quite often if there isn't a decent battle AND a good sized, communicating platoon around I'll just log off right away. If there is though I can play for hours. Do you have a platoon or do you just group up in a squad?

As for the complexity of DF, Gnomoria has a touch of that, but not nearly as much since DF has almost 15 years headstart content wise. That and the UI in Gnomoria is waaaaaay nicer. If you can put the time in to those types of games to learn the nuances then you can blow whole days building your kingdom.

Well, Dungeons are in essence just a Dungeon Keeper rip-off. Yet Dungeon Keeper is better.

For people who wants something more current I would recommend War for the Overworld (another candidate for Dungeon Keeper spiritual successor), and Dwelvers.

I have 487 hrs on record for Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition
The only other game I had played more was City of Heroes, before it shut down; I think it was somewhere in the 600+ range.

Nothing else comes close, but I have many in the 100-200 range.
I imagine if Steam had been around back in the 90's when I played games like Empire Deluxe, Warcraft, or X-Com, the time played would be up in the 400-600 triple digits.

Yet, somehow I still found time to serve in the military, attend college, and hold down a job - and even had girlfriend(s). 

I bought all Sims expansion pack there was when it first came out and played them like they were crack daily for almost a year.Sims 2 came out and it was a big letdown, prettier graphics but worse game play. I still play the new ones now every once and again but I get frustrated over some quirks in the game. The last saved game I have is my couple with 2 boys and she is pregnant with a third one, I really want a girl but no matter how far back into the game I go she always ends up with another boy. It was a very successful game in every other way, so I cannot bring myself to delete it but I doubt I will ever play that one again. Next time I play Sims, I will start from scratch and leave it there for sentimental reasons only, I did name the first boy by Ba'al's first name in real life(Don't say it if you know it, please), so that alone merits its space in my memory.

I did play Myst years later than it when it came out and was quite in awe of how eerie it felt to play that game.

I am currently still playing Theme Hospital, hit that epidemic level, ugh and planning on doing the last Monkey Island.