VIDEO GAME THREAD

[Kaiju]

I think my faith in Destiny has been restored a bit. Last two nights I've raided twice with the same 2 or 3 guys, super laidback, know what they're doing, and the raid has never been easier for me. It makes so much of a difference when you have guys who know exactly what their role is even with RNG picking it for them.

[Trine Larsen]

So, I got a free game to download choices are: Destiny, Far Cry 4, Little Big Planet ('Cause it's cute. Shut up.) Suggestions?

[Dave]

LittleBigPlanet didn't really do much for me (I played 2, though, not 3). Far Cry games are pretty fun. Destiny has become like crack to me, it takes a lot of work to upgrade your characters and a lot of repetition involved.

[Jack Pummels]

If you're going to play with friends, then Destiny. If you like crazy shooters to play alone, then far cry, if you have family and want something everyone can enjoy, then little big planet

[Dave]

Bought Dragon Age on Friday. By Monday night I've played 24 hours o.O

Game is huge. I've unlocked Skyhold and my specialisation class, as well as what appears to be 95% of quests in the Hinterlands. Still so much more to do. Found the dragon in the Hinterlands. Tried to fight it. Ran away quickly.

[jacegryphon]

Wait, you're at Skyhold at 24 hours?  Slow down, you're moving too fast.  I was at 38 hours before I got there, lol.

[Dave]

I got there about 4 hours ago. I'm not moving too fast I needed more stuff to open up. Now I have a lot of new areas which I'll explore before going onto the next story stuff.

[jacegryphon]

I did everything I possibly could at my level before closing the breach, and that put me getting to Skyhold at 38 hours.  And then I opened up more areas than I had already cleared, and I was just like "Jesus Christ this is a huge game..."

[Dave]

Well, I probably left a few things. I wanted to get to levelling my specialisation so I found out I had to do it after getting Skyhold, so I just advanced that far.

So far, one thing's disappointing me a bit: the characters. While there are a few that are fun and interesting (Dorian, Sera, Varric, Iron Bull, and I recently met Cole, who despite the emo hair cut seems pretty cool), for the most part I don't really want to go talk to Cassandra, Solas, Vivienne or Blackwall, or the other half dozen non party members you can converse with. A budding romance with Josephine has my character talking to her a lot, as the politics are pretty interesting. I noticed a few romance options with Dorian but I think he and my character are best suited as bros (after the awkward conversation with Giselle about rumours of manlove, they kind of just said lolno we bros). The straight romance options for males appear to be Cassandra and Josephine, which is disappointing. Not against RPing gay but I just feel that it makes more sense to be friends with the guys.

I'm playing as a warrior too which may not have been the best move. I mixed and matched for a little but respecced a little while ago to focus on being a Champion and just having Guard all the time, so running as a tank while Iron Bull destroys, Varric or Sera turn enemies into pincushions, and Dorian just blows everyone up.

[Dave]

I also sent Leliana on a 16 hour mission. Just 12 hours to go!

[jacegryphon]

Yea, I went warrior, and I love it.  Just incapacitate **** w/ stuns and pound on 'em.  I'm working on the romance w/ Josephine as well, but I plan to play through again and go for the Sera romance line.  But yea, I basically take Sera, Iron Bull, and Dorian with me for my party, and outright ignore everyone that's not giving me sex (see also: everyone except Josephine).

[Dave]

I'm torn what my second will be. Perhaps a mage that sides with the templars. For the lulz.

[jacegryphon]

My warrior has been very diplomatic and sided with the mage and welcomed everyone warmly.  My rogue is gonna be a ****, side with the templars, and only welcome people that impress her.

[Dave]

Yeah, most of my decisions have been diplomatic or stuff that would directly benefit the inquisition without putting someone else out. Except Alexius. I decapitated that guy.

[jacegryphon]

Yep, he had it coming.