Re: Games Discussion Thread
Tried out the free games that got put on Steam (besides Global Agenda, since I already had it).
So far, Champions Online: Free For All is the most fun for me. Even with the limitations I have as a 'silver' member, I still managed to create a decent character. So far I'm having fun, then again I'm only level... 12, I think? ANYWAYS. Definitely liking the 'Behemoth' Archetype. Takes quite a bit of punishment as well as deals quite a bit. May have to work on my energy pool, though.
Loving the Super Speed travel power, though I kinda wish I went a little bit faster. Not much, just a little.
Doubt I'll ever spend money on the game. Maybe for Adventure packs, but that'd probably be about it, and that'd only be if I felt arsed to try them in the first place.
Anyone looking to team up, look for 'Terran Ranger'.
Alliance of Valiant Arms is the runner up. It's a fun FPS, but it can get really stupid really fast. Either you're on the competent side, or you're not. I have yet to join a match where both sides were competent.
..... actually, I take that back. There was ONE match. Both sides managed to keep the Tank from reaching it's destination in the Escort match. Afterwards, the map switched to an Annihilation one and everybody sort of silently agreed to a knife battle. IT WAS EPIC.
ANYWAYS. The downsides to this game for me are
1) I keep running into fuckers whose ping allows them to shoot me before I can see them or long after I'm around a corner.
2) the majority of players seem to lack SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. I.E., they'll keep running to the SAME GOD-DAMNED SPOT TO GET SNIPED BY THE SAME GOD-DAMNED SNIPER. They'll keep doing it 'til the match is over. Though, sometimes this works in my favor, and gets me easy knife kills on idiot snipers.
Moving on: Spiral Knights.
Meh. Didn't have to get it on Steam, but I figured 'why the fuck not'.
Fun game that I should play more often than I do, my only problem with it is that to really have fun with it, you NEED a good group. Oh, and the energy crap. Sure I can just buy shit off the auction house, but DAMNIT, I WANTED TO CRAFT THAT. FUCK YOU AND YOUR 100+ ENERGY REQUIREMENT.
Finally, Forsaken World.
Yeah..... haven't played much of this. May give it a real go when I've got the time and desire to try, but my buddies who wanted me to try it with them went ahead and played it for an hour without me. Afterwards, they apparently decided to never play it again. So, yeah......
If for nothing else, I'll give it a go just because of the Vampire class. I don't think this isn't really a rare or even uncommon class to have in a game, but at the same time, it's not exactly a common class, either.