What are you currently playing?

Gears Tactics on Windows 10 through Game Pass.

Good first step for a franchise. I am glad they have made a game like this but they need to fix a few things.

Doom 2016.

Not a great game to play when you're feeling kind of mellow.

Halo 3.

First time. On Legendary.

Think I may need some help on a few details. Like not sure range works here, I'm in situations where I have the exact same gun as they do, my reticle isn't glowing red, and they cur me down. Do those crosshair colors even mean anything?

Halo Reach.

Forget the burning dumpster fire Doom Etenal, Halo is the REAL fps king.

Originally posted by cdtm
Halo Reach.

Forget the burning dumpster fire Doom Etenal, Halo is the REAL fps king.

What makes you say Doom Eternal’s bad?

Originally posted by MooCowofJustice
What makes you say Doom Eternal’s bad?

Because it's bad.

Doom 2016 was good, Eternal went and ruined it.

Regardless of your Eternal hot take, Doom has pretty much been in its heyday this whole gen. Halo has not; the 343 games are universally panned when compared to Bungie's foundation of the series. It's got one last shot with Halo 6 Infinite, but after the taste that Halo 5's campaign and REQ system left in people's mouths, has some pretty tough shoes to fill.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Regardless of your Eternal hot take, Doom has pretty much been in its heyday this whole gen. Halo has not; the 343 games are universally panned when compared to Bungie's foundation of the series. It's got one last shot with Halo 6 Infinite, but after the taste that Halo 5's campaign and REQ system left in people's mouths, has some pretty tough shoes to fill.

5 was actually considered better then 3 or Reach on by a group on the Halo forums.

Crazy talk imo.

Eternal, from what I can see, has a fair number of people who feel as I do, while literally no one hated 2016.

Originally posted by BackFire
NWN is one of the most acclaimed games ever. I was never able to get into it though.

You monster.

I love it.

Originally posted by cdtm
5 was actually considered better then 3 or Reach on by a group on the Halo forums.

Crazy talk imo.

Eternal, from what I can see, has a fair number of people who feel as I do, while literally no one hated 2016.

I had a lot of fun with Halo 5. The campaign is a bit strange and they re-use a boss encounter but it was still fun.

Arena mode was fun and I have heard people enjoy it a lot. Warzone was a neat addition but it was a bit hampered with the REQ system.

Personally, aside from Halo Reach, I prefer 343 games.

Originally posted by Smasandian
I had a lot of fun with Halo 5. The campaign is a bit strange and they re-use a boss encounter but it was still fun.

Arena mode was fun and I have heard people enjoy it a lot. Warzone was a neat addition but it was a bit hampered with the REQ system.

Personally, aside from Halo Reach, I prefer 343 games.

You didn't like Reach?

The campaign?

Edit: Oh, you meant you like Reach, but not 3.

But wait, you don't like Combat Evolved as much then? Never met someone that didn't put 1 and 2 on a pedestal.

Originally posted by cdtm
Because it's bad.

Doom 2016 was good, Eternal went and ruined it.

Mmm. Outright bad? No. Imperfect? Absolutely. There is obvious poor game design evident in the game. That one enemy sticks out especially, though I can’t remember it’s name right now.

I don’t think Doom 2016 has enough going for it to be declared better, though. I’d place them on about equal footing. Maybe say Eternal’s better if only for its higher production quality and what it was able to accomplish with world building and story expansion.

Originally posted by cdtm
You didn't like Reach?

The campaign?

Edit: Oh, you meant you like Reach, but not 3.

But wait, you don't like Combat Evolved as much then? Never met someone that didn't put 1 and 2 on a pedestal.

Sorry, probably could of written it better. I enjoy all Halo games aside from ODST.
I find Halo Reach the best of the Bungie produced games.

I can't say which one is the best but I prefer 343 games because I find the environments much more interesting while the combat is still good. I enjoyed Halo 5 added movement, which enhanced the combat even more.

I only played Halo 1 a few years after it was released. I didn't have an Xbox and played shooters on PC. I was massive fan of the Half Life series so when I played the Halo PC port, I couldn't understand why everybody ****ing adored it. The level design is so damn bland compared to FPS on PC.

Nowadays, I can understand why people loved Halo 1. The combat is very good for an Xbox game but the environments neutered it. Even Halo 2 and Halo 3 (which was much improved) still had copied/pasted, boring environments where its just a slog to run through. I find Reach doesn't feel that way for some reason.

Originally posted by Smasandian
Sorry, probably could of written it better. I enjoy all Halo games aside from ODST.
I find Halo Reach the best of the Bungie produced games.

I can't say which one is the best but I prefer 343 games because I find the environments much more interesting while the combat is still good. I enjoyed Halo 5 added movement, which enhanced the combat even more.

I only played Halo 1 a few years after it was released. I didn't have an Xbox and played shooters on PC. I was massive fan of the Half Life series so when I played the Halo PC port, I couldn't understand why everybody ****ing adored it. The level design is so damn bland compared to FPS on PC.

Nowadays, I can understand why people loved Halo 1. The combat is very good for an Xbox game but the environments neutered it. Even Halo 2 and Halo 3 (which was much improved) still had copied/pasted, boring environments where its just a slog to run through. I find Reach doesn't feel that way for some reason.

I played Combat Evolved on PC too. Apparently, it was a broken port as textures didn't show up at all, and hasn't been fixed under original graphics to this day.

I didn't get it at first either, but came to appreciate the combat on higher difficulties. Compared to Duke Nukem 3d or classic Doom, it's a different experience. You really need to use tactics and make good use of cover.

F.E.A.R. is a close comparison, but without the bullet time to fall back on.

Yeah, the combat is good and still different than most first person shooters.
And I hope they still make them and I'm really interested in Halo Infinite. It's on a new engine and they have been working on it for years.

Borderlands the Pre Sequel.

Lucky the Epic version supports cross play with Steam. And I get to use Jack where they only have their vanilla edition on Steam.

Hmm, I can try out thosr BL2 dlc characters too now. Never was interested enough to buy the Mechromancer, but now why not?

Halo 3.

The days before the left trigger being standardized to aim-zoom.

F.E.A.R. had the right analog stick click, Halo uses a face button. I keep hitting left trigger and throwing grenades.

Just Shapes and Beats. Best game of the past decade.

Still playing thru only my second ever playthru of Skyrim at a snail's pace... Been playing it for at least three months now. At this rate the new PS5 will be out before I finish it. Going for the platinum trophy.

Only have one trophy left to get before platinum pops: Oblivion Walker. Which is the one where you have to collect 15 daedric artifacts. Only have 3 artifacts remaining and then the hard-earned platinum will be mine.

That was the last one I needed for platinum and then the game bugged and I couldn’t get it.