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Anyone play any games? Looking forward to new releases? Any recommendations? Place video game discussion here.
Also, anyone play Hearthstone?
Also, anyone play Hearthstone?
I've been hooked on Crusader Kings 2 for years - I love the "choose your own adventure" style character building (with some really fun writing) along with the political/military simulation. It's a steep learning curve, but once you get past the overwhelm of trying to understand why anything is happening and how to get Cassus Bellis, the game turns into an epic multigenerational story. Looking forward to CK3, that might be the first game in decades that I'll only wait for a 50% off sale (instead of 65-90%)... I'm cheap, and have patience.
Thea (1 & 2) are more fun rpg's with strategy elements.
I used to play all the sports games back in the day, but I don't have time/hate EA. I used to love the 'Road to the Show"/play a character approach.
Been doing Civ 6 with my teens lately - I'm pretty impressed with it.
Invisible, Inc. is a fun squad game - cool art style, quick missions, some challenging gameplay. Recently got Mutant Year Zero, haven't played it much. Both are in the spirit of X-Com, which I'm a fan of, too.
As a mid 40s man, I'm not ashamed to say video games is my main relaxing hobby. Elder Scrolls Online is a phenomenal game if you're able to tolerate an MMO atmosphere.
I wanted to like Outer Worlds, and I did sort of as the setting/story was interesting, but I found the combat and inventory management tedious at best, and the tiny font even on my 65 inch TV just isn't good for these old eyes, and stopped probably halfway through the story.
The Civ franchise is always a consistent good time (although it doesn't change much from release to release).
Fortnite's a good way to show my grandson how 'pro' I am lol.
A sports gamer is definitely a gamer I work with games and sports games are taken quite seriously at my workplace, and there’s a ton of prestige in beating each other in them.I've always been more of a sports gamer, which I realize isn't actually a gamer. I never had the patience with fantasy or adventure games.
Anyone play any games? Looking forward to new releases? Any recommendations? Place video game discussion here.
Also, anyone play Hearthstone?
This is a good idea, that people are starting some specific interest threads. I think I will start a comic book one and maybe a general collecting one, surely there must be some of us in here. I know @Guardian17 is as much into Marvel Comics and the MCU as I am, at the very least
I play Hearthstone!! Or at least I used to. Currently playing Gods Unchained which is also a card game but in Beta. It is Hearthstone meets MtG (Digital but you can trade and sell your cards through blockchain). Has a bunch of potential but their client is still buggy. I do have high hopes for it though and already managed to sell enough cards to make more than I put in
Outside of that I am FIFA all day!!
Edit: forgot to mention Football Manager which is probably the game I have sunk most hours into out of any game throughout my life.
I have played hearthstone a bit. I like the concept of the game, and am (too) intimately familiar with the WOW universe, but it just hasn't hooked me. For card game I play elder scrolls legends, which has a few differentiating features from hearthstone that I prefer, but unfortunately that game is likely on its last legs as they've pulled development/support from it.
For anyone who has a nintendo switch and is exercise averse, like I am, I recommend Ring Fit Adventure. It actually has made me look forward to a 30 min exercise session for the first time in over 20 years. It's pretty cheesy but it's succeeded in tricking my mind and body into thinking i'm playing a video game instead of exercising.
I like Hearthstone due to a long relationship with the Warcraft series, and it's a game I can play on my phone. I used to play lots of card games when I was a teenager, I was never any good at them though (except Pokemon I'm almost ashamed to say, I won a couple of local tournaments). It's moving into a bit of a pay-to-win type of game now, though, but I'm sort of insulated against that because I have enough of the more expensive cards to build decent decks with them. At this point, I'm usually more interested in watching the tournaments on Twitch and YouTube than playing.
I've seen some stuff about Gods Unchained, but I don't think I can control my spending enough so I'm going to stay away
I encourage you (and the other Hearthstone folks) in this crowd to give Battlegrounds a try, it's Hearthstone's "auto battler" genre entry, it's a lot more simplified and it's very accessible. And it's a lot of fun. Probably spent 95% of my Hearthstone time in that mode.
Good to know, I’ll add that to my portfolio! Lol!A sports gamer is definitely a gamer I work with games and sports games are taken quite seriously at my workplace, and there’s a ton of prestige in beating each other in them.