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    What games are you playing this week? 2017-03-20

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      billyfish24 @obsidianspider
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      @obsidianspider Track&Field 😀

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        PetroRie @EctoOne
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        @EctoOne said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-03-20:

        @PetroRie said in What games are you playing this week? 2017-03-20:

        This game really reminds me of Metal Gear Solid The Phantom Pain.

        TBH I like the gameplay way more then in MGS. While I know that MGS has a big Story part, it was kinda killing the flow when you had to fly back to base every so often. On the other hand I didn't really liked it that you can get the weapons/attachments in GRW so easily.

        Also it is way easier to use the EMP drone to capture trucks. Just destroy the support cars with grenades/grenade launcher after they stopped. That method has the chance to give you more resources, because the more damage the truck takes the lower the reward. Although idk if it's an problem on PC/Playstation, but for me it was frustrating because the Drohne was sometimes unavailable due to bugs.

        Most of those weapons in GRW you'll never going to use them at all. Thanks for the tip I'll try it with the EMP and see how it works out. If you damage the truck you'll still get the same amount of resources, you'll get the half if you destroy the truck. The bug you mentioned is also in the PS4 version of the game.

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          backstander @PetroRie
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          @PetroRie
          Thanks for the strategies. I've been wondering how I was going to get the "Pull!" achievement lol. That's a great idea!

          I haven't even used the flare gun ones but maybe I should give it a try and I like the idea of using the explosive drone on the vehicles protecting the convoy trucks!

          The only thing I hate about this game are the bugs, sometimes I cannot use my binoculair or drone. On the PS4 there is also an annoying driving bug, some say it has something to do with the controller. Whenever you drive the car is extremely slow. Thank god I always can request a helicopter lol.

          I'm playing the PC version but sometimes after playing awhile, I won't be able to my drone or be able to tag a bad guy or use my binoculars. Then after a while those will start working again.

          I haven't came across the slow driving issues on the PC version but sometimes playing co-op, our games get out of sync and I'll have a suppressor on but on my friend's game it is off and when I take it off it will be on in his game or in my game I'm in the car with him but in his game I am running beside the car flipping all over the place haha.

          An another cool thing to do is to try to do all the missions without getting spotted, in my opinion this really adds something to the experience. The game would be more challenging if they had achievements/trophies for each mission you completed without getting spotted.

          I agree and I love sneaking around in this game but I also enjoy battling a bunch of enemies with the rebels help.

          I really wish they added the following:

          Yes...I also agree with your list!

          This game really reminds me of Metal Gear Solid The Phantom Pain

          I haven't played Phantom Pain but now I might need to pick it up! I think this game reminds me of Far Cry 2/3/4 but with co-op support!

          I also have seen that bug you mentioned!

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            backstander
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            I've also noticed another bug in GRW. It is hard to explain but I'm play with an Xbox One controller on my PC but since I'm on a PC, I have access to my keyboard and mouse so when I need that perfect shot with my sniper riffle, I'll grab my mouse and if I'm crouched and I use my mouse to fire, I will stand up. This ends up causing me to get spotted easier lol!

            I also have random bugs where I can't exit the vehicle I'm in using my XboxOne controller (instead I'll just keep switching seats) so I have to use the E key on the keyboard to exit. Or I can't fast travel using my XboxOne controller and instead I'll have to use right click on my mouse.

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              EctoOne @PetroRie
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              @PetroRie
              Weird, it was half the amount when the truck took a certain amount of damage. Whatever.
              Also another method for the Pull Achievement, there is one story mission where someone comes in by Heli very slow (in fact he was stuck in mid air when I did the mission regular). I replayed that mission for the cheevo because I already had stolen every supply heli at that point. :)
              I tried it with my second character that I had to make for the buggy Shotgun achievement, but with the small radius of the mortar I wasn't able to hit, and I wasn't into the mood to just level up my rebels for that.
              Anyway, time for Mass Effect, woo-hoo. See Ya in a week or so unless it sucks. :D

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                A Former User
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                Mass Effect? Ooh.
                I remember one of my friends telling me about the game, but I've never played it myself.
                Is it for the Xbox 360?

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                  EctoOne @A Former User
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                  @itsnitro the first 3 games are. It's one of my favorite series.

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                    A Former User
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                    Nice! Still hanging with an Xbox 360. Hope to sell it one day.
                    Speaking of Xbox, is there a way for the pi to run games like Mass Effect? Or can it only be done on a PC?

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                      PetroRie @A Former User
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                      @itsnitro Have you seen the hardware specs of the Raspberry Pi 3 lol. It's not powerful enough.

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                        EctoOne @A Former User
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                        @itsnitro
                        If you're into space, action rpgs, you should really give it a try. The option to import your character through all 3 games is such a great feature. I wish more games would do that instead of just releasing plain sequels. Kinda sad that it is not possible to import the save into the new game, even though they mentioned that way back then. Still, I played the game for 8 hours straight now and it's amazing. Took me 4 1/2 hours just to get access to the galaxy map. It's so freaking big and beautiful, and I really like the soundtrack.
                        There are two things I have problems with tho. First: The character editor sucks, especially for male characters. I prefer to play as females because I find it more badass when they shoot things. But here you can make your twin as well and I accidentally made mine look like one of the crew. It was confusing in the beginning.
                        Second: Speaking of crew members, Mass Effect is all about relationships and stuff. And sadly so far I don't like anyone in my crew compared to the old games.

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                          blackshadow
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                          ahh mass effect...i love that game the 3rd one got some shit off people for the ending but to be honest i wasnt that bothered by it still loved everyone of them speaking of which the new one is out i think

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                            EctoOne @blackshadow
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                            @blackshadow
                            True, the extended ending DLC cleared some things but it wasn't necessary I find. Still gotta love BioWare for doing it and even for free. Probably my favorite Company when it comes to game development, they listen to the people and react rather quickly.

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                              GtBFilms
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                              I picked this little retro beauty up on the local Gumtree:

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                              The bargain price (£25 GBP is roughly $32 USD) was because it was 'broken' but I reckoned these things are built like tanks so might be fixable and worth a punt. Turns out 'broken' meant Windows XP was corrupted and the guy didn't know how to use the recovery discs.

                              So this week I have mainly been installing and playing the excellent early Westwood Command and Conquer games - which still play really well today (on old hardware at least).

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                                obsidianspider @GtBFilms
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                                @GtBFilms Ahh. I still have my old Red Alert CDs and StarCraft too. I should see if my old laptop still boots up to try to play them.

                                📷 @obsidianspider

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                                  meleu @obsidianspider
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                                  @obsidianspider two years ago I got a nostalgia session with WarCraft 2. The good thing is that there's a free version of this game (available here: http://en.war2.ru) and it runs pretty fine on my Linux with wine/playonlinux.
                                  And their server is still active. :-)

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                                    backstander @meleu
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                                    @meleu
                                    Have you tried Stratagus to play WarCraft II in RetroPie/Linux?
                                    https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Stratagus

                                    Also I think WarCraft II might work in Dosbox but I've never tried it.

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                                      backstander
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                                      @EctoOne @PetroRie
                                      There was a 4.64GB update to Wildlands yesterday. I played it for a bit last night and it felt like it was running smoother on my PC. I only played for about 45min but I didn't have any of those bugs except I'm still having the standing-up-after-shooting-my-sniper-riffle-with-my-mouse-button-when-I'm-crouched disease.

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                                        EctoOne @backstander
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                                        @backstander
                                        Yeah I've seen the patch notes when I went to bed after playing for 13 hours (and I'm not even done with the first real planet) and I didn't see anything about the drohne/binoculars bug (which is the one that annoyed me the most). But sin I'm pretty much done with the game, I don't care. Also, I'm pretty happy that I didn't spend the extra 40€ for the gold edition, because the DLC descriptions didn't seem that interesting to me. Maybe I'll get them some day when they are on sale.

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                                          backstander @EctoOne
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                                          @EctoOne
                                          After me and a friend finish Wildlands, my friend is going to get Andromeda so I'll probably be coming over to his house to check it out.

                                          because the DLC descriptions didn't seem that interesting to me. Maybe I'll get them some day when they are on sale.

                                          That's usually what I do with most games. I'm actually still waiting for a good price for the Fallout 3 DLCs before I pick those up.

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