The Screenshot Thread - December 2017

Chaz 2017-12-18 15:32:02 UTC #42

Is it timed? I must get on there with the bro’s and hunt it down if so.

Tritagonist 2017-12-18 18:29:14 UTC #43

Doesn’t seem to indicate that on the official website, but it’s certainly possible with these kinds of things.

I haven’t seen any of the Predator and Alien stuff, so unfortunately it all fell a bit flat for me. I took the quest not knowing about any event, discovered the crashed ship and only then figured it looked out of place. When I continued the mission, night fell. When I encountered the alien, through thermal-vision, I figured there was something special going on as it behaved unlike anything else. That first time it sent poor Nomad into a bit of a tough spot. But it’s mechanics are extremely limited, so I took it down quite easily the second time around.

Still, as an idea this is … decent, I guess. It’s just a bit weird to have it pop up in this game which, unlike reviews like that of Kotaku suggest, is actually quite serious.

FieldyGB 2017-12-18 18:54:49 UTC #44

Erm I may have dreamt that but thought I had seen it somewhere. Would prefer if it was though seeing, as you say Tritagonist, the game otherwise takes itself at least somewhat seriously.

MiniMatt 2017-12-18 19:13:34 UTC #45

Noting @EPICTHEFAIL call for more space shots, I don’t think we’ve had much Kerbal in this thread over the years. We can never have enough Kerbal.

Crush puny aerodynamic forces with moar boosters:

Burn up in the upper atmosphere:

Test flying carpets:

Visit strange new worlds:

Employ kitten designers:

Naramsin 2017-12-18 22:35:39 UTC #46

MiniMatt 2017-12-18 22:52:33 UTC #47

Mirrors Edge right, @Naramsin?

Never played, yet one of those games that seems to have informed an entire genre

Chaz 2017-12-19 22:53:04 UTC #48

Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth

A medieval tale of intrigue and plotting etc. It’s a point and click adventure with Mass Effect style conversation bits. Apparently choices you make early on can affect things later on. Quite nice artwork and stuff, nice to play something a bit different for a change. I think you play as three different characters as you go through the story.

I’ve not read the books, but apparently the game follows them quite closely, even allowing you to make the same choices as those made in the book, as well as different ones of course.

Kiril 2017-12-19 23:00:53 UTC #49

Is it any good of a game? I love the books, and its on my Christmas sale list.

Chaz 2017-12-20 12:04:50 UTC #50

I got it 50% off in a recent snap sale on Steam.

So far in terms of it’s gameplay credentials, it’s a relatively simple point and click adventure with dialogue choices with consequences type of thing. What really sells it for me is the setting and all the plot and intrigue etc, but I guess if you’ve read the books you’ll know all that side of it. I haven’t got that far into it yet.

There’s going to be 3 books forming the game, but only two are done at present, with the second one only just having been released (probably the reason for the snap sale). I’ve only just done the 1st of 7 chapters of the 1st book, and that has been just over 1.5 hours of play so far. You get all 3 books with the game, they’re not dlc’s. So presumably there’ll be a fair few hours of play there all in all.

alms 2017-12-20 23:24:22 UTC #51

Trapper’s Homestead at dusk

Getting there

BadManiac 2017-12-21 21:38:16 UTC #52

Morrowind with Tamriel Rebuilt. Some remarkable worldbuilding goes into this mod! Sorry for the crosshairs in some of them

Aitrus 2017-12-22 06:40:59 UTC #53

Nice shots! Love seeing Morrowind. Tamriel Rebuilt is amazing, and I believe that team is still plugging away at continued releases, 15 years later.

Jaz_Rignall_s_Hairdo 2017-12-25 23:57:34 UTC #54

Supersize 6880*2880 Pics

Gone back to TW3 to play Blood and Wine. It’s like coming home.

Even if the main quest is not up to the standard of Hearts of stone (yet), the writing is always - always - lucid and concise, and Geralt’s character is a prime fictional/RPG hybrid, both a blank canvas on which to project and an aloof, cool, powerful presence. Sometimes however, he forgets to put on his make-up.

Having delved into RPG’s a little more I can understand the criticism that it doesn’t fully rise above the open world trappings, but… even just the costumer design makes every session rewarding. The entrance of the giant at the start of the campaign (not pictured) seems better ‘action cinema’ than a lot of ‘action cinema’.

Most of all, I have a thing about the great outdoors, so far as lush vegetation and wildflowers go. Whilst it’s grey and barren outside, the wonderful scenery is as close to a fix as I will get my. Ansel is pretty good fun too.

Happy Christmas to all RPS’ers…

…and good night to all.

Tritagonist 2017-12-26 18:47:06 UTC #55

Nice shots, very fitting for the season - except for sunny Toussaint, obviously.

In Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Nomad takes some time to visit some local celebrities in their fancy mansions.

alms 2017-12-26 22:22:18 UTC #56

Destroyed Forestry Outlook, going up the path to its twin brother, still intact.

Coming back to Trapper’s after a week-long quest, dawn.

alms 2017-12-28 09:13:34 UTC #57

looking hard, for moments of shine
(Sunset, Fishing Huts, three wolves.)

(Crows circling over a dead wolf’s body, sunset.)

from twilight to twilight

utter mundane

(Starry Sky over Camp Office (and the Canuck flag))

TheDreamlord 2017-12-30 09:56:05 UTC #58

Absolver, which I got this week in the sale and I must admit I am really liking it so far. I am slowly learning how the game works. It is fairly complex if you want to use its system of stances properly and to your advantage, but I have a feeling so far that it is a bit needlessly convoluted.

Blackice 2017-12-30 20:41:46 UTC #59

Been attempting to not crash in all of my racing games, using my new wheel. A few shots from Assetto Corsa

Blackice 2017-12-31 20:22:54 UTC #60

Next up, F1 2016. Definitely taking a bit of getting used to - I think I was faster with the controller!

alms 2018-01-01 20:45:40 UTC #61