Re: What games are you playing?
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 3:34 pm
"If you can't do it in C, it's not worth doing!" to paraphrase some nutter who was actually talking about Fortran. Though as much as I like C, I grow weary of having to do every small thing in such a long-winded manner: it seems that no amount of libraries and macros really dull the pain. I'd look into D, which seems really interesting, but it's still not widely supported and I'm lazy. And stay away from Lisp, you'll go blind.
The next gen consoles are quite pricey. Says the one who'll think nothing of spending £250 on a graphics card but will baulk at the idea of spending the same on a complete console!
I think one good thing about achievements is that they often incite you to explore bits of a game that you might've otherwise passed by: sometimes it can just end up being rather pointless grinding, but other times it's really enjoyable. One of the few good things about Steam (not a fan of DRM, so in general it's a Bad Thing in my view) is that it has achievements! But I wish it actually counted playing time properly: time that the game is paused and minimised is not time that I'm playing it, curiously enough... which doesn't matter if it's just a few minutes, but I tend to leave it overnight and forget about it. Hmm, what else can I moan about! And, yeah, playing pirated games online: what could possibly go wrong...?
I've been playing a fair bit of Saints Row 4 over the past few days, and it's been surprisingly enjoyable so far. Yes, it's very silly, but it's fun. A bit of grinding here and there, it'd be nice if more quests were unique, but most of the variations are good fun. I particularly enjoy the Tron-esque 3D takes on old 2D platformers. I'm still surprised I got into this series so much because on the face of it, it seems so much like it's just not my sort of thing at all, but I think the humour pulled me in: and they do have a fair bit of exploration potential too.
The next gen consoles are quite pricey. Says the one who'll think nothing of spending £250 on a graphics card but will baulk at the idea of spending the same on a complete console!
I think one good thing about achievements is that they often incite you to explore bits of a game that you might've otherwise passed by: sometimes it can just end up being rather pointless grinding, but other times it's really enjoyable. One of the few good things about Steam (not a fan of DRM, so in general it's a Bad Thing in my view) is that it has achievements! But I wish it actually counted playing time properly: time that the game is paused and minimised is not time that I'm playing it, curiously enough... which doesn't matter if it's just a few minutes, but I tend to leave it overnight and forget about it. Hmm, what else can I moan about! And, yeah, playing pirated games online: what could possibly go wrong...?
I've been playing a fair bit of Saints Row 4 over the past few days, and it's been surprisingly enjoyable so far. Yes, it's very silly, but it's fun. A bit of grinding here and there, it'd be nice if more quests were unique, but most of the variations are good fun. I particularly enjoy the Tron-esque 3D takes on old 2D platformers. I'm still surprised I got into this series so much because on the face of it, it seems so much like it's just not my sort of thing at all, but I think the humour pulled me in: and they do have a fair bit of exploration potential too.