In a few days, the final two components will arrive to finally get a fully capable desktop PC again after roughly six months limited to a tiny chromebook wiped and replaced with Linux.
It took a while to have the spare cash to get a new/used system off of ebay with the intention of transferring the bulk of my higher end parts from my old desktop to that one, only to realize that the new desktop used a Lenovo 10 pin Power supply, so I’d have to order an adapter to be able to install my 750 watt PSU in order to install my 3060 Graphics Card.
That should be arriving this week, as well as an extra 16 gigs of ram to add to the 16 already in it.
So when all is said and done, what should be my celebration game after six months of being limited to an ex-chromebook with 4 gigs of ram?
- EU4
- HOI4
- KSP
- XCOM 2 (war of the chosen)
- Rimworld
- Civ VI
- Uboat
Those are the ones that I’ve been missing the most these last six months. Which game, say you?
I’ve been playing Phoenix Point recently, and while a lot of the game feels a little half baked in comparison with XCOM2, I have found that I really really like their trajectory based shots. Gone are the days of missing a 60% shot on a guy in no cover or missing a 90% shot with the barrel of your gun touching the ayy’s forehead. If they’re in the aiming circle they’re getting shot. On the other hand, getting them inside the circle is a bit more of a project, because shots will hit intervening cover. So you might only have half of an arm and some fingies visible past cover on your target, but if your guy has good aim you can still hit it.
Anyway, good game, I recommend it on sale if you’re an XCOM fan, I bought it at full listing price but I feel it’s probably not really worth that. It’s Julian Gollop (main creator of classic XCOM)'s response to the new-Xcom we got from Firaxis.