1 hour ago, The Moose said:

Got Doom 2016 for a couple of quid...

Maybe a bit controversial, but I think this was the best of the modern series.

16 hours ago, 7neophyte7 said:

Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2, best WW2 game I have ever played.

I have thought about getting this more than a few times.

War in the East looks kind of sweet! Never even heard about it. I've got to check that out!

This thread really turned out to be gold!

At one time, I blew through a book a day, but nowadays I probably only average two or three a week. I have to say I was overjoyed when electronic books, kindles and etc became a thing, as previously, my walk-in closets were filled to the ceiling with books, carefully rubber banded together by series.

Biggest fire hazard, ever.

Now, with my Amazon Prime account, I can just download zillions of the things at any time of the day or night, a far cry from when I haunted bookstores for hours as a kid.

2 minutes ago, HiFlyer said:

At one time, I blew through a book a day, but nowadays I probably only average two or three a week. I have to say I was overjoyed when electronic books, kindles and etc became a thing, as previously, my walk-in closets were filled to the ceiling with books, carefully rubber banded together by series.

Biggest fire hazard, ever.

Now, with my Amazon Prime account, I can just download zillions of the things at any time of the day or night, a far cry from when I haunted bookstores for hours as a kid.

2-3 per week is pretty darned decent reading. Good for you! I am more of a periodic reader where I sometimes can read for hours on end only to skip reading for months. I've also discovered Amazon, but really like having books in the shelf as well.

I've been reading the Horus Heresy series, and have told myself to get all the books in physical copies (some are rather hard to come by - ordered a bunch in the beginning of May but have yet to see them arrive..).

2 hours ago, Gregg_Seipp said:

I'm reading books.  LOL.  Sigh.

That's a given for me. Never less than a couple on the go.

Funnily enough, in the middle of a burst of bookcase building and re-organizing. For our final working years my wife and I had a couple of secondhand-book shops, so I managed to build up a pretty good library (sounds posher than it is). Can't imagine life without books. Could live without the PC and the sims, but not the books.

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12 hours ago, scotchegg said:

Bought it recently in a Steam sale but waiting until it gets patched nearer to its potential.

Until then RDR2 and Fallout Online are keeping me busiest. And Virtua Fighter Online on PS4.

During these last months there is big update. I hope there will be a DLC?

12 hours ago, Waldo Pepper said:

RDR2 is awesome.  You can rob a train, rob banks,  defend a damsel,  bow / rifle hunt small and big game,  fish for bass,  trap gators,  hunt bounty's,  watch your horse's nuts disappear when it's cold out.    Take in a show in St. Denis,  so much to do.   The story is so deep.  You build relationships with the characters and end up caring about what happens to them.

It's probably the best game I've ever played.   Seriously people,  don't miss it.  When this game ended I just sat there for while,  taking it all in.  Red Dead Redemption 1,  is still worthy of play due to it's story.

 

This game is stunning! I played it twice.

7 minutes ago, Alaska738 said:

You can rob a train, rob banks,  defend a damsel,  bow / rifle hunt small and big game,  fish for bass,  trap gators,  hunt bounty's,  watch your horse's nuts disappear when it's cold out.    Take in a show in St. Denis,  so much to do.   The story is so deep.  You build relationships with the characters and end up caring about what happens to them.

Maybe that's the next generation of flight sim...character level integrations.  "Dark Cargo:  Congo" or "GeoWar Pilot: Senate".  Destinations, overheard conversations, etc.

One of the books I'm reading now was because of visiting the Greek Islands in FS2020 and wanting to learn more about them.  There are great books on them...fiction, non-fiction, historical.  Places look so amazing in the sim, it makes you want to know about the people that live there.  So, next time you visit a place...

BTW, I have both a Kindle and an iPad.  I prefer reading on the iPad but the Kindle is my "everywhere" device.

Must admit, although I used to be a complete bookworm these days I've got lazy.  I listen to audiobooks whilst flying. Best of both  worlds.

7 hours ago, Dominique_K said:

I play Skyrim (vanilla) more or less once every two years 😄. Have you tried its predecessor Oblivion ? Quite nice too.

The Witcher didn’t hook me. I hate QTE !

Besides Skyrim, the Dragon Age series is really good, specially the last installment Inquisition. Very cheap now when in sale.

I‘ve only played Skyrim and that excessively. Actually that excessively that I became hesitant when it comes to start playing such big games. It‘s just so time-consuming. That‘s why I didn‘t play Oblivion and why I‘ve also put off playing Cyberpunk. The only other games that I spent un unreasonable amount of time with in recent years were the Witcher III (what‘s QTE by the way?) and Red Dead Redemption 2. And City Skylines. And AC Black Flag. Oh well, I guess I‘m not that resolute then 😅. 

Looks like I need to get into Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Hunter: COTW now. Maybe even some of the Euro/American Truck Simulator stuff. This on top of running a championship with two buddies from Australia in F1 2021. 

I would highly recommend "the crew 2" if you enjoy playing racing games.  This game includes SO MANY types of vehicles including boats, planes, motor bikes.  It is open world and has great graphics.  Check it out in steam.

Just now, Shack95 said:

I‘ve only played Skyrim and that excessively. Actually that excessively that I became hesitant when it comes to start playing such big games. It‘s just so time-consuming. That‘s why I didn‘t play Oblivion and why I‘ve also put off playing Cyberpunk. The only other games that I spent un unreasonable amount of time with in recent years were the Witcher III (what‘s QTE by the way?) and Red Dead Redemption 2. And City Skylines. And AC Black Flag. Oh well, I guess I‘m not that resolute then 😅. 

😄

 Quick time event when you lose partially the control of the Witcher to perform some tasks. I am bad at that and find it irritating.  And I was not hooked by the story. RDR2 I wait for a sale, as buying a game is a hit or miss, I tend to buy them when they are under 15 Euros.