Ok, this is a week of quite a few things happening, and I'm just getting back into DDO, so I'm gonna be a little crazy and terse here.
First, we have Caves of Qud. I'm a roguelike guy, a fan of games like GearHead, ToME and ADOM (though I never got far in ADOM), so I love it. Basically picture Dwarf Fortress's adventure mode (only a little more polished since the game focuses exclusively on it), in a mix of Fallout and The Mutant Epoch (no, it's not exactly the same, but I'm actually kinda poorly read on my post-apocalypse, so that's the most well known similar example I have), with all sorts of crazy mutations and fun combat, with loads and loads of survival (for instance, finding food and water) tossed in there.
Second, Eclipse Phase apparently released their third printing, as well as updating their pdf's. As Eclipse Phase is incredibly awesome, I recommend checking it out.
Third, Section 8: Prejudice released for PC. It's awesome. The co-operative swarm mode is great, though I haven't gotten far in the campaign yet (courtesy of my insistence of playing it through on hard difficulty the first time). The only downside from its predecessor is the lack of locational damage for armor (at least as far as the HUD goes it's been removed, though I can't be quite sure without a fair deal more testing than I've had time to do), but it's still the same great game, now with reduced price.
Fourth is Stellar Wind, which I somehow missed reviewing when I first got an offer to. Given that it looks like it was sent to me during April, which was pretty busy, I'm not too surprised, though I do wish I had reviewed it, since it's pretty awesome. If you like sci-fi, and Eclipse Phase is too dark and harsh for you, Stellar Wind provides an Asimov style game that's got lots of good
First, we have Caves of Qud. I'm a roguelike guy, a fan of games like GearHead, ToME and ADOM (though I never got far in ADOM), so I love it. Basically picture Dwarf Fortress's adventure mode (only a little more polished since the game focuses exclusively on it), in a mix of Fallout and The Mutant Epoch (no, it's not exactly the same, but I'm actually kinda poorly read on my post-apocalypse, so that's the most well known similar example I have), with all sorts of crazy mutations and fun combat, with loads and loads of survival (for instance, finding food and water) tossed in there.
Second, Eclipse Phase apparently released their third printing, as well as updating their pdf's. As Eclipse Phase is incredibly awesome, I recommend checking it out.
Third, Section 8: Prejudice released for PC. It's awesome. The co-operative swarm mode is great, though I haven't gotten far in the campaign yet (courtesy of my insistence of playing it through on hard difficulty the first time). The only downside from its predecessor is the lack of locational damage for armor (at least as far as the HUD goes it's been removed, though I can't be quite sure without a fair deal more testing than I've had time to do), but it's still the same great game, now with reduced price.
Fourth is Stellar Wind, which I somehow missed reviewing when I first got an offer to. Given that it looks like it was sent to me during April, which was pretty busy, I'm not too surprised, though I do wish I had reviewed it, since it's pretty awesome. If you like sci-fi, and Eclipse Phase is too dark and harsh for you, Stellar Wind provides an Asimov style game that's got lots of good