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goobster  ·  2584 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are you playing?

I had planned to spin up the ole XBox 360 and see if it still works, and start another Fallout: New Vegas campaign. But I spent too much time in my workshop building my new whisky bar. (I only play Fallout NV and 3, and Borderlands 2 on my XBox. That's all I use it for.)

Then I saw a deal on the new XBox One for $299... but didn't get it, because it won't buy me the extra hours in the day that I need to play it, as well. :-)

So I stick with WordsWithFriends. I have 11 games going right now. (Usually have between 9 and 15 going at any one time.)

Over Thanksgiving I know I will play a LOT of the card game "13" with my family. A LOT.





veen  ·  2584 days ago  ·  link  ·  

F:NV was the only Fallout I didn't get bored with after an hour. Love the world, the interesting characters, the exploration...that said, I always stop playing when 'Quest Entropy' becomes too high: when I'm so deep into a bajillion sprawling quest trees that I don't know what I'm doing for whom anymore.

goobster  ·  2583 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I always have 10 or 15 different quests in progress, and I just wander around until I bump into someone that moves one of those quests forward.

Personally, I just like to shoot the shit out of the Legion's assassin squads. The .50 cal sniper rifle with exploding rounds is just SO MUCH FUN to let loose on those assholes. :-)

If Fallout:NV had a way for me to build my own shelter/town (as opposed to buying a pre-built "design" kit from Moira), I'd never play anything else.

... which is exactly why FO:4 scares me! I'll never go outside again! :-)

OftenBen  ·  2583 days ago  ·  link  ·  

FO:4 is lacking that bit of extra oomph that makes wandering around shooting legionaries fun.

Isherwood  ·  2584 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Did you ever try Fallout 4?

goobster  ·  2584 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I haven't yet because I'm not willing to shell out $500 for a new box to run ONE game that I really don't have enough time to play.

I'll definitely play it some day. Probably when some friend is upgrading to the XBox Infinity and they give me their old XBox One and FO4 for free.

But I will still love it MADLY when I do get to play it. Building a city?!? In FALLOUT?!? That's the game for me. No doubt.

Isherwood  ·  2584 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Man, I glossed right over "360". It's a fun game that got a lot of flack because it's no NV. You're not missing too much but here's hoping you can play it sooner than later.