Hearthstone babble and other random gamesFollow

So you just get stats as you level?

That sounds pretty boring to be honest.

It's not that different from WoW's BGs. When you're equally skilled, they can take a long time. But the bigger the skill/performance gap, the faster the match.

Sorry 'bout that.

But yeah, WSG was always the best BG...

I have been playing City of Steam. A nice, browser-based F2P MMO set in the world of Steampunk.

It uses the Unity 3D engine to provide AAA-quality graphics in your browser.


Edited, Jan 25th 2014 12:08pm by Bludwyng

Probably because those three were absolutely horrible and retarded. Strand you could tell within 2 or 3 minutes who would win 999/1000 times and then you just had to wait out the rest and the other two were PvE and lolvehicle **********

WSG with idiots meant no action, just waiting and a few people on each side killing themselves over and over. Especially in the days before time limits, nothing is quite as painful as a 2 hour WSG in which virtually nothing happens.

Usually, when there were that many idiots in the game, stealth caps were easy enough.

No it's not more popular then LoL, its in Open beta til March 25. It has had a really long open beta period becuase the company making the game is small. But its gaining popularity and I think it has around 4 million subs. They just partnered with Tencent so the game will probably get mildly popular.

Like I said its a 3rd person MOBA, every ability is a skill shot and its a bit faster paced then traditional mobas. If your a fan of FPS its a bit easier to get into than LoL/DotA2. Also some of the mechanics are easier to learn, like items have 3 levels each but don't combine to make other items like the other 2 games. It's F2P but if you like the game before open beta ends you can purchase the "God pack" which unlocks all the god that are released in Beta (which is at like 47 atm).

Right now they release a new god every 2-3 weeks, after beta ends they say probably about once a month. They do a pretty good job of making sure power creep isnt an issue for new gods. There is a built in game viewer/caster mode and they host a small tournament every Saturday for EU and Sunday for NA.

There are 4(6) game types. Conquest(and Conquest League aka rated), normal MOBA map. Assault, a copy of ARAM from LoL. Arena, its a big round arena, you have creeps you want to get into the other teams portal, you gain points for killing opposing gods and creeps, it's pretty much nothing but constant team fights. Lastly is 3v3 Joust, it's 3 v 3 in a single lane map with a jungle on each side, each side has 2 towers and a base. There were 2 more modes, 1v1 Joust and Domination, but they took them out because lack of interest. Domination was a square map with 3 towers to capture and hold for points first team to lose all their points (starts at 500) loses.




Edited, Jan 25th 2014 4:10pm by BeanX

I wrapped up my final game from my Backlog Alphabet project tonight.

I distinctly remember one other game making me sick to my stomach and giving me a head ache - it had orcs in it. Now another one did the same this weekend.

I twice sat down to play Sanctum 2 (was free on steam for the weekend). Both times I had to get up and walk away from my computer after only about 10mins. I thought I was going to puke.

I think it's close-up 1st-person view and a camera that swings around easily, freely and frequently that gets to me. I played Sanctum (the first) without any problem.

Anyone else had game-play that their body didn't agree with?

I didn't do anything to try and fix it at all with this particular game, though a birds-eye-view would probably have helped.

It only dawned on me with this game that there was a pattern emerging with different types of games and my stomach's ability to tolerate them.

Not sure if this is an old age thing or what.

I might have to take up knitting.

Actually, I think I quit playing Sanctum pretty quickly for that reason. It was just a really unpleasant camera.