Maybe I should have asked "Will I be any good?" Last shooter I played was Crysis 2. Did enjoy Hexen back in the day, though.

LOL yes a bit. Now to run off to some other thread and rip off a ridiculous, long winded and nonsensical theory about who the scum is. Or just admit to being scum. I'm not sure yet.

Off-topic, but it occurred to me this game setting would make a great venue for a "doppleganger" as a variant on the survivor.

Not entirely sure how you'd keep it from being OP though - but the basic idea would be to have them randomly get assigned one power from a pool of powers other people have with some sort of investigative shielding.

Does anything like that exist?

More importantly, I did buy ziggurat as a gift code. Now torn on buying Resonance on the weekend sale - it doesn't come up on sale all that often and it's the game that's been on my WL the longest.

Nah, buy this. It will be a good foil, possibly, for Ziggurat. :P

It is Steam Early access for 5 bucks, so your mileage may vary. But it is just silly, stupid fun. About all I can manage these days. Especially since the future existence of Paradox's Stellaris just leaked.

I think you were the one last game who said you didn't like Bards or 'barians, but it reminds me a bit of Bardbarian, though seemingly in a rogue-lite environment rather than BB's scripted boards.

I am a sucker for that level-up design though, which BB also has.

Bardbarian also seemed to have a Tower Defense component? I am not a fan of Tower Defense games, in general. The bit about disliking bards and barbarians was just me joking about those classes in D&D in particular. I just don't like the way WoTC (or TSR before them) handle the classes.

Eh, sorta but not really. It is probably fair to say it's built on the ruins of a tower defense game, but it's more like a single person MOBA where your character is running around guarding 3 lanes alone with your team of followers.

You can upgrade two of your buildings to add a ranged defender on the roof, but it's a very minor mechanic in the overall game. I'd wager those defenders do like 2-3% of my overall damage in a game. Nice for finishing off mobs I've whittled down if I need to run ahead to stronger mobs, but not a core mechanic.

Training your pet raccoon to run around and pick up bacon/fish/coins is a larger component of the game, I'd say. Having played and loved Orcs must die which was a 50/50 meld of FPS and tower defense (launching orcs into lava was always hilarious), this is really nothing at all like tower defense even compared to that.

A single player MOBA? Wouldn't That just be a BA? :P In all seriousness though, maybe I need to give it another look; I was under a wrong impression.

Can I named mine Marine? ;)

For anyone wanting the TLDR on my life's story, it's basically:

Married 8 years, together for 10+. Started drifting apart a while ago emotionally, even before we had a child together, but in many ways work well together. Probably a mistake to have our daughter rather than just separate 3-4 years ago, but she's a wonderful kid, and decided fairly late I really wanted a child and didn't want to start over trying for a kid in a new relationship at 38 (spouse is a few years older).

Spouse has always had some health issues, but really exacerbated post-partum. HBP, thyroid, you name it. Self-medicates a bit too much plus a handful of scrips. We live in a city in her home state, but a place where family and friends are for the most part both several hours away. Long way away (4+ hours by plane) from my own family and friends. Moved around too much within the city (mostly because it's freaking expensive and rising fast) the 4-5 years we've been here to really establish a neighborhood/community.

She can't work consistently because of health, but not working and the local COL mean we don't have much if any spare money for childcare. So she basically hit a point of physical and mental exhaustion from being isolated and some of her own decision making/reinforcing anxiety and decided to move back home.

Unfortunately that didn't really solve the core problems, and her physical and mental health both continued to spiral. Probably worse and faster when it seemed we were moving towards divorce which is around when the 'voices' started - first ghosts, then angels, then who knows. Her family has a history of sexual abuse in prior generations, likely in that very house, so if there is a such thing as spirits it's not beyond the pale that they would be in that house.

Probably needed to sell the farm sooner (not a literal farm) in terms of spending whatever it would take to get her support and health built up before things broke, but that would have caused other problems.

At this point she probably needs some mental health intervention, and it's critically important I take my best shot at getting the job I'm interviewing for tomorrow - she needs to be back home for the support, and it's one of the few jobs in her town that has enough pay/benefits to carry us if she's going to be unable to work + need childcare support (and getting her own treatment) for an extended period of time.

Anyway, yes, my life is a bit crazy right now. On the bright side, having to talk through what she's struggling with has helped us reconnect in some ways. Whether it's sustainable (or healthy for either of us) only time will tell. But she definitely did worse when we were completely moving apart.

<3 Bler - You are in my thoughts and good luck with the job, it will help in more ways then just employment and location. I sent you a pm.

Hope you knock it out of the park on the interview bler.

Taking the opportunity also to wish sage weathers her storm.

Dang. That sounds a lot more serious than I imagined. It always amazes me through the things some people go in life. Take care of yourself and of your family, bler. Best of luck to you and lots of good health!

I actually didn't mention the worst part here. ;)

But thanks to everyone for the support, not to mention a bit of patience in my freakout moments. In the middle of job interview right now - finished part 1 and waiting for them to call back with part 2.

I wish you luck *thumbspressed*

If anyone wants to enter mrkgnao's GA , I might just put in a bid for you, but you have to set your Wishlist to public and register here first:

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_directory_of_public_wishlists/page1

At the moment I think adalia and I are the only two from this game on the list. So my next entry will be for him in about 10 min.