Screenshot thread: 2011 - September 2017

Blackice 2017-09-05 09:55:34 UTC #19821

AC Unity is certainly a looker; I might play it just for the environments, if it turns up cheap somewhere.

More NMS (sorry!)

Another hex planet, visited as part of the new story chain (which I’m quite enjoying)

Approaching my first portal

And I like this one because it’s just about the most derivative NMS shot you can get! Alien looking plants that I’ve seen dozens of times before? Check. Three ships flying overhead in formation to nowhere in particular? Check. Planet hanging in the sky that’s unrealistically way too close? Check!

Tritagonist 2017-09-05 15:27:31 UTC #19822

XCOM 2, I assume? Great art style. Yet another reason to be annoyed at BioWare’s troubled attempt to continue the Mass Effect series: we need more squad-based sci-fi games, RPG or otherwise, not fewer!

Anyway, speaking of squads - here’s some more Ghost Recon: Wildlands.

Serenegoose 2017-09-06 01:57:51 UTC #19823

Downloaded some custom map packs for the total warhammers. Whilst the AI doesn’t always navigate them perfectly, it does an OK enough job, and the new maps are cool enough to be absolutely worth the minor tradeoff.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/845970274590121767/132627A5F523F44926B23279E5396180B2123898/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|2048:1152&composite-to%3D*%2C*|2048%3A1152&background-color=black

A moshpit of greenskins.

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One of the things I like about playing dwarves is that they screenshot a lot more easily than other factions. Their armour and blocky formations are visible from space.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/845970274590122286/1712A6CEEECDF1122E9D39633F50CE7AC07A83C8/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|2048:1152&composite-to%3D*%2C*|2048%3A1152&background-color=black

The main clash, across the narrow point at the bend of a river.

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However even in a relatively complicated custom map that the AI could’ve easily simply died at, the orcs flanked through that forest and tried to come in on my right flank too, needing some responses. AI in this game isn’t the best, but the AI is absolutely terrified you will think it doesn’t know how to flank and will do it all the time. Also pretty good at trying to run their lord away through their own forces so you can’t follow them and chase them down - compare to earlier games where the general will charge in first onto pikes.

All in all, I’ve had some great luck with the downloadable map packs so far, so if you play yourself and generally ‘prefer a vanilla experience’ - absolutely the same, but I’d recommend it anyway.

On a different note, how’s wildlands treating you, tritagonist? I’m sort of waiting for a £20 ish price point but it’s something me and a few friends are waiting on, just to have some co-op shootins to play.

Tritagonist 2017-09-06 07:16:35 UTC #19824

ETS has certainly become more martial since I last gave it a spin! Nice.

It’s almost made for just that purpose. It’s a pretty basic game with a simple mission structure that is copied and pasted a dozen times over the map, with a lot of gear options of questionable value and AI that, while you can make them pretty strong, are still as dumb as they were in the 90s. But it’s also a pretty world to muck around in, and I very much see it as the kind of game I wanted Operation Flashpoint to be all those years ago, in which I’d load up its mission editor and just add random NPCs to towns so me and some friends could have a bit of fun battling with them with tanks, helicopters, the works.