Games thread!

[Apoco]

When someone dose that i move onto my engy class frag usas and rpg

Do you play on PC? If so - what's your origin ID?

We can play a few rounds sometime :noon

[Reaver2145]

@ Apoco i do but im down to my crappy laptop atm.

Now onto the real post as i see quite a few people play skyrim heres a few mods ive found that make it worth playing...unless your on a failbox.

HD Textures (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=607&navtag=file/images.php?id=607&tab=3)

Clear water (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=9209&navtag=file/images.php?id=9209&tab=3)

And last but not least a decent house mod (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=10243&navtag=file/images.php?id=10243&tab=3) as the stock ones are dull.

I also suggest getting the body mod and more detailed faces so you can use the more creative armours and dont look like you've been beaten around a pig sty with the ugly mace.

[Bill86]

@ Apoco i do but im down to my crappy laptop atm.

Now onto the real post as i see quite a few people play skyrim heres a few mods ive found that make it worth playing...unless your on a failbox.

HD Textures (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=607&navtag=file/images.php?id=607&tab=3)

Clear water (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=9209&navtag=file/images.php?id=9209&tab=3)

And last but not least a decent house mod (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=10243&navtag=file/images.php?id=10243&tab=3) as the stock ones are dull.

I also suggest getting the body mod and more detailed faces so you can use the more creative armours and dont look like you've been beaten around a pig sty with the ugly mace.

Feel free to keep posting good Skyrim mods :D

I think some of the leveling is pretty rough too, I still think I'm sitting at 55. I wish there were more enemies in the wide open terrain.

[Reaver2145]

Moar enemy's you say (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=9494)

[Apoco]

Who cares about mods that make the game more challenging and stuff - just give me the "ADULT" mods! :r
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[backwoods357]

Who cares about mods that make the game more challenging and stuff - just give me the "ADULT" mods! :r
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For some horrible reason the term "spor-n" (from spore) comes to mind. :pu

[Reaver2145]

Make it stop MAKE IT STOP though the bouncing boobie physics is pretty good.

[Apoco]

Make it stop MAKE IT STOP though the bouncing boobie physics is pretty good.

:r :r :r

I've seen youtube reviews of some hilarious mods.

There was one that I saw that replaced all dragons with Macho Man Randy Savage. One that made all crabs into Zoidberg. INSANITY!
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[backwoods357]

There was one that I saw that replaced all dragons with Macho Man Randy Savage. One that made all crabs into Zoidberg. INSANITY!
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That's almost enough to make me buy the game by itself.

[Apoco]

:r :r :r

I've seen youtube reviews of some hilarious mods.

There was one that I saw that replaced all dragons with Macho Man Randy Savage. One that made all crabs into Zoidberg. INSANITY!
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http://youtu.be/Xi17PUqz3nQ?t=1m29s

Here's the video I was talking about regarding macho man randy savage.

[Bill86]

Just installed Syndicate, hopefully this will be a decent first person shooter. Looks alright so far.

[Bill86]

So far Syndicate is very fun, played through the first few missions. It reminds me of Deux Ex. I'd say it's a very decent first person shooter, hopefully it has some decent game time.

[backwoods357]

Alex, that video is amazing. I need to buy that game, I'm just scared how much time I will loose.

[Bill86]

And the verdict, 4-5 hours of gameplay. :td

Fun game, but way too short...not much of a storyline either.

[Bill86]

Ugh....just finished Darkness II.....another ~5 hour single player :td

Interesting but got redundant real quick.

[Hem]

Playing Rage right now, kinda like Fallout meets Borderlands I guess

[Starscream]

http://youtu.be/Xi17PUqz3nQ?t=1m29s

Here's the video I was talking about regarding macho man randy savage.

I love it!

[Louistogies]

Mass Effect 3

http://youtu.be/eBktyyaV9LY

http://youtu.be/bG2mdZ23eP8

[Bill86]

Mass Effect 3

http://youtu.be/eBktyyaV9LY

http://youtu.be/bG2mdZ23eP8

Playing the demo on Origin right now. It looks f**king :dr :dr

[backwoods357]

Bioshock infinite to be released Oct 16th. Full gameplay trailer in the link below with details.

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/22564

It's not exactly what I expected/wanted but I think I can cope. ;)

[Louistogies]

Playing the demo on Origin right now. It looks f**king :dr :dr

Play the first two if you haven't already.

[Bill86]

Play the first two if you haven't already.

I did play the first 2 ME's. Great games, loved ME2. ME3 looks spectacular.

[Louistogies]

I did play the first 2 ME's. Great games, loved ME2. ME3 looks spectacular.

Awesome. Midnight release at gamestop. Can't wait to get mine!

[Apoco]

The day 1 DLC release for ME3 pushed me over the edge. I don't think that's cool.

I've been playing BF3 like a madman the last few days.

[Reaver2145]

Ive been rocking out with my pp out on brand bazaar its a gun that should come with a bottle of anal lube and latex gloves as standard.

And as there's only 3 days left for ME3 for me as im not a lucky yank im going to be hitting youtube to watch the cutscenes like the last two games.

I prefer to know the ending at the beginning.

[Bill86]

ME3 time!

[kaisersozei]

Just posted in the Retro Games thread, but so pumped that I had to share here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uHHmTSDCvA

Freakin' sweet!

[Apoco]

The day 1 DLC release for ME3 pushed me over the edge. I don't think that's cool.

I've been playing BF3 like a madman the last few days.

Finally hit 82,000 Engineering XP in BF3 last night. Unlocked the Javelin and went to town :)
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[Reaver2145]

Finally hit 82,000 Engineering XP in BF3 last night. Unlocked the Javelin and went to town :)
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But you cant javelin on metro.

Still this thing produces so many tears is glorious.

Ohh a tan........DENIED

[Apoco]

But you cant javelin on metro.

Still this thing produces so many tears is glorious.

Ohh a tan........DENIED

That's ok - I never play metro ;). Too much grenade/rpg/shotgun spam for my liking.

I've also FINALLY been learning how to control the fighter jet properly. I actually won a dogfight yesterday. It was beautiful.
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[Bill86]

Finished ME3. Heck of a game, time was ~25 hours.

Installing the DLC and going for round 2 :D

[madwilliamflint]

GOING ABSOLUTELY INSANE!

I'm in cali for a month training for a new job. I bought ME3 when it came out, but I've got to sit on my thumbs for another week 'til I get home.

*twitch*

[oooo35980]

Finished ME3. Heck of a game, time was ~25 hours.

Installing the DLC and going for round 2 :D

Did the ending feel like a kick to the junk or what? I've played through it twice now and still waiting for some sort of resolution. There are threads all over the net and you'd think Bioware had burned down these peoples houses instead of just made a crap ending that made no sense.

[Bill86]

Did the ending feel like a kick to the junk or what? I've played through it twice now and still waiting for some sort of resolution. There are threads all over the net and you'd think Bioware had burned down these peoples houses instead of just made a crap ending that made no sense.

I've completed the game twice as well and I am starting my third play through. First time I didn't do side quests just the story line ~25 hours, second play through I tried to get EVERYTHING ~37 hours.

I might be one of the few but I didn't hate the ending. Part of it needed to be and made perfect sense.

The other part....not so much.

I don't want to post spoilers as many people probably haven't completed it yet.

But overall I still have to say it was one of the most impressive games I've played in a long time.

Especially since if you do everything and go for ~98%+ completion (it doesn't tell you % but you know about how much) it has about 40 hours of gameplay.

I find that very impressive, these days I've played MANY of 5-15 hour games and it pisses me off.

Back in the day games lasted much longer. This one definitely delivers.

The only thing that bothered me was the ending wasn't really effected as much as I'd hoped for putting in the extra ~12 hours to try and complete everything.

Either way playing the game three times in a row speaks volumes for it and it's replay value and I'm just talking single player. Not even multiplayer.

[oooo35980]

Pm me your Xbox id if you want and we can do some multiplayer. I agree about the game, amazing game play, but I didn't find very much redeeming about the ending, I honestly think they are setting themselves up to sell some DLC endings.

[Bill86]

Pm me your Xbox id if you want and we can do some multiplayer. I agree about the game, amazing game play, but I didn't find very much redeeming about the ending, I honestly think they are setting themselves up to sell some DLC endings.

Don't play on Xbox. PC only.

About to start a vanguard for my 3rd playthrough.

I tried soldier for a bit but it's so boring.

[oooo35980]

Don't play on Xbox. PC only.

About to start a vanguard for my 3rd playthrough.

I tried soldier for a bit but it's so boring.

Vanguard is definitely not boring, I did sentinel on both play throughs cuz I like watching heads explode in slow motion and I'd heard there is a better ending with 5k ems on ng+ maybe there is but I didn't see it.

[Bill86]

Vanguard is definitely not boring, I did sentinel on both play throughs cuz I like watching heads explode in slow motion and I'd heard there is a better ending with 5k ems on ng+ maybe there is but I didn't see it.

I got the exploding slow motion heads with Infiltrator + black widow sniper rifle with perception scope on the weapon modifier....SICK headshots, and 3 in a row :r

I just started Vanguard, I'll play more later today. Seems like a lot of fun though.

[Reaver2145]

Finished ME3 last night with my me2 save (everyone survived and renegade) and i goto say its a great game but the endings are just crap whatever way i look at it its a bad ending IMO.

And the second thing that grinds my gears is the difficulty i set it to narrative so i could get the full story but its easy as piss it should of been like ME1 full RPG style story with easy-insane diff.

ps. Talis face is revealed but those fingers are creepy as ****.

[Bill86]

I find that different classes are harder than others. IMHO Adept was god awful. Infiltrator was a cake walk. Soldier seemed so-so, vanguard looks like a cake walk too.

Try one of the more defensive classes, maybe that might help.

[oooo35980]

I got the exploding slow motion heads with Infiltrator + black widow sniper rifle with perception scope on the weapon modifier....SICK headshots, and 3 in a row :r

I just started Vanguard, I'll play more later today. Seems like a lot of fun though.

I meant infiltrator lol, sentinel is too much of a hybrid for me.

The endings range from disappointing to astonishingly ludicrous.

[Bill86]

I meant infiltrator lol, sentinel is too much of a hybrid for me.

The endings range from disappointing to astonishingly ludicrous.

I kind of figured that :r

Yeah I'm going to try Vanguard and complete the game for a third time.

Then maybe engineer for more of a challenge.

I don't know, nothing else is coming out right now and the replay value on this one seems to be quite a bit.

[oooo35980]

Did you get the green ending yet? If you wanta challenge Engineer might not be for you, all the toys you get make it pretty easy.

[Bill86]

Did you get the green ending yet? If you wanta challenge Engineer might not be for you, all the toys you get make it pretty easy.

No kidding hmmm

I've seen the 2 endings. Not sure how many there are.

[oooo35980]

If you have 3k ems there is a third one that is beyond stupid, I'll let you find it on your third play through though lol.

[Bill86]

If you have 3k ems there is a third one that is beyond stupid, I'll let you find it on your third play through though lol.

Interesting I think when I completed the game I was a touch short of 3K. Maybe 2,800.

[oooo35980]

Just do a couple MP games, if you win your percentage goes up about 4% if you lose it's more like 2. 3k is hard to get without doing multiplayer, and the MP is much less painful than I had originally feared.

[Bill86]

Just do a couple MP games, if you win your percentage goes up about 4% if you lose it's more like 2. 3k is hard to get without doing multiplayer, and the MP is much less painful than I had originally feared.

Ah so that's how people are getting more endings and such, multiplayer.

I kinda hate when games focus on multiplayer or tie it in to single player. Maybe I'll give it a shot.

[oooo35980]

You can also run the same character through twice, but MP is easier, and I agree with you, it's stupid to have to play MP to get the best ending.

[Bill86]

You can also run the same character through twice, but MP is easier, and I agree with you, it's stupid to have to play MP to get the best ending.

Does NG+ do anything special?

Or is it just the same thing over again at a higher level?

I don't think you can get 50 in one single player game. I finished at 43 with 2800 EMS. Pretty sure I did 95%+ of the content.

[oooo35980]

Same thing, higher level, supposedly with a half decent ending though, and stupid things like fish add to your ems. This is all stuff I read though, when i did ng+ I didn't notice the fish adding to anything and got the same lame endings, ymmv

[oooo35980]

Also if you do MP and raise your readiness you can just reload your 2800 character to see the green ending.

[Bill86]

Same thing, higher level, supposedly with a half decent ending though, and stupid things like fish add to your ems. This is all stuff I read though, when i did ng+ I didn't notice the fish adding to anything and got the same lame endings, ymmv

I heard that too about the fish. Not so sure, didn't try it. I spent all my credits on various sniper rifles and making them all level 5.

[oooo35980]

You can upgrade them to X in ng+ it isn't really worth it though, one piece of armor gives you more increased damage than all the upgrades together.

[Bill86]

You can upgrade them to X in ng+ it isn't really worth it though, one piece of armor gives you more increased damage than all the upgrades together.

Ah got ya, 5 more upgrades per weapon. Yeah I was a bit disappointed on the small impact of weapon upgrades.

[Reaver2145]

As ive been looking for a decent boathouse mod for skyrim one preferably without loading screens and not finding any ive been forced to make one myself.

So this is the start of my houseboat mod which is a lot harder than it looks as there isnt a single model for a exterior shack everything is just flatpack like a ikea chair.

The walls aint hard the roof on the other hand is a nightmare to get right.

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p570/stogie1981/skyrimboathouse.png

[Apoco]

http://www.twitch.tv/team/redbulllan

There's a Starcraft 2 event going on this weekend. You can watch is FO FREE!

[Starscream]

Anyone playing DC Universe online? I downloaded it a few days ago, and it's ok. Glitchy at times, but not a bad experience with it so far.

[Reaver2145]

Oh boy did DICE screw up with the new patch for BF3.

If you use a L85A2 with acog,laser site and forgrip it literally shoots in a straight line from the hip with no recoil or bullet spread.

Heat seekers no longer do ANY damage at all.

They removed the extended mag from the MG36 and put it at 300 kills for some reason god only knows why.

Tanks got a big nerf for no real reason two rockets up the arse or some c4 was enough to kill them before so why nerf them.

L96 is just broken inaccurate now.

870 is no longer 1HK at close range with buckshot (as far as ive found)

Suppression is way over the top now.

And the INVR has somehow and thats a big somehow has become even more useless in this patch.

[VirtualSmitty]

Been playing the Fall of the Samurai expansion for Shogun 2. Quite awesome :tu

[irratebass]

For all gamers: Gamestop has a major tradein special going on now till 4/1 (tomorrow) 50% on ALL trade ins and if you are a powerups member take an extra 30% off on top of the 50%!!!

Hello Mass Effect 3!! Goodbye Saints Row The 3rd

[oooo35980]

Nice deal, unfortunately aside from ME3 nothing has came out lately I'm remotely interested in, just waiting on Darksiders and Prototype to come out.

[Bill86]

I agree, I haven't found anything else. Darksiders II better be less annoying than the first.

[oooo35980]

I agree, I haven't found anything else. Darksiders II better be less annoying than the first.

Darksiders was awesome, it was Zelda for grownups! Complete with the chsinshot and boomerang, I swear it was the most unapolagetic rip-off of game mechanics I've ever seen but still managed to kick ass.

[Reaver2145]

Got myself dead island the other day for a tenner and it was a decent game for the first part but has descended into nothing but escort mission where they either run too fast or walk too slow,cant defend themselves AT ALL, and die from a single hit and ive done 3 IN A ROW for the main quest line.

**** ESCORT MISSIONS

[oooo35980]

Got myself dead island the other day for a tenner and it was a decent game for the first part but has descended into nothing but escort mission where they either run too fast or walk too slow,cant defend themselves AT ALL, and die from a single hit and ive done 3 IN A ROW for the main quest line.

**** ESCORT MISSIONS

I've never met anyone who didn't hate escort missions, why do devs still put them in?

[Bill86]

Darksiders was awesome, it was Zelda for grownups! Complete with the chsinshot and boomerang, I swear it was the most unapolagetic rip-off of game mechanics I've ever seen but still managed to kick ass.

Hmm, me and a few friends that played it were annoyed but the puzzle-esque gameplay.

[Bill86]

I've never met anyone who didn't hate escort missions, why do devs still put them in?

Wish I knew. I played Dead Island for like 30-40 minutes and got terribly annoyed with it.

[oooo35980]

Hmm, me and a few friends that played it were annoyed but the puzzle-esque gameplay.

There are lots of puzzles, they made that game 100% a Zelda clone, but c'mon what other game lets you rip the wings off angels AND the horns off of Demons. I just YouTube it whenever I got frustrated, maybe a bit lame but it kept me from just putting the game down in disgust.

[Bill86]

There are lots of puzzles, they made that game 100% a Zelda clone, but c'mon what other game lets you rip the wings off angels AND the horns off of Demons. I just YouTube it whenever I got frustrated, maybe a bit lame but it kept me from just putting the game down in disgust.

Yeah I just don't like having to youtube games. Seems pointless. I like playing games for the story and combat, not for a challenge or mindf*ck.

I'm hoping the second one is a little less puzzle minded.

Never played Zelda much, 100% PC gamer. No consoles.

[oooo35980]

If you think darksiders was bad you should play Zelda Ocarina of Time. It came out before YouTube and was basically all puzzles, water temple was a PITA. One of the all-time great Zelda Games. It's interesting how games have evolved in the past 10 years or so, back in the day nearly any RPG was full of puzzles, now they are more combat oriented with engaging stories. Wonder where we'll be in another 10 years.

[Bill86]

If you think darksiders was bad you should play Zelda Ocarina of Time. It came out before YouTube and was basically all puzzles, water temple was a PITA. One of the all-time great Zelda Games. It's interesting how games have evolved in the past 10 years or so, back in the day nearly any RPG was full of puzzles, now they are more combat oriented with engaging stories. Wonder where we'll be in another 10 years.

Hopefully in the same direction with the combat and engaging stories. Games like Skyrim (if it wasn't so bugged) and Mass Effect 3 are the types of games that need to continue. Assassin's Creed is a good series too but I haven't been able to get through Revelations, that crowbar handle grab thing is so stupid.

I agree though the future of gaming is looking good. Graphics are getting VERY good these days. What bothers me though really is the games with 5-20 hours of gameplay, too short :td

[oooo35980]

Bethesda is incapable of making a game without nearly game breaking bugs, I'm convinced of that after all the elder scrolls and fallout games. It's like they think games are made more epic by having to reload earlier saves and experience the same content twice or three times in an hour. I personally wasn't wowed by Skyrim all that much, I've sunk way more time into ME3 even with its god awful ending and its fair share of bugs.

Also i think the online component has alot to do with the short game play of some games. who cares about a really good SP experience when you're just going to go online and shoot your friends anyway.

[Bill86]

That's the thing, going online and shooting with your friends is the same game...over and over again. Different guns, different scenery but the same game.

I dunno I got lucky with Skyrim, my playthroughs had minimal problems. I agree it was buggy, and so was ME3 but not too bad. Especially when you consider the depth of Skyrim, what a HUGE game. I didn't mind the ME3 ending but the Skyrim ending was terrible.

To me the online component is just a cheap way of recycling the same game with minimal development and story line. Easy on the testers too surely.... Can't have too many bugs without any involved game play. Certainly aren't taking a risk to come up with something new either :td

[oooo35980]

I know what you mean, call of duty has been the exact same game for going on 6 or 7 years now, and still making money hand over fist. MW4 is going to eventually come out and be basically the same game, it will probably break records too. Hopefully developers like Bethesda and bioware will keep producing buggy, epic, SP games for us to enjoy but ME3 going online has me doubting that. Next thing you know we'll have a fallout MMO and lose another good SP franchise to online play.

[madwilliamflint]

Ok, I can come back now. I finished my first ME3 run on Thursday with a save straight through from 1 and 2. (Infiltrator, Paragon and of course, Tali)

I was so set up by the talk I'd heard to just throw the monitor across the room that it just didn't bother me. I thought it was pretty creative, though I would have liked there to be more variety in the possible endings. It IS awfully odd how it just dumps you back on the Normandy after the conclusion if you want to keep playing.

And that actually is what I liked about the Skyrim ending. Yeah, you saved the world. But then the world is saved. It's still there. You can go back and do stuff pretty seamlessly. It works for me.

I'm actually gonna go start up a second runthrough of ME3.

[Reaver2145]

Talking about Bethesda the original fallout games are still the best ones you can play 1-2 and to some extent tactics though i found them kinda hard to get working on my win7 machine but they play fine on my old XP one.

Fallout 3 never worked right for me and would always crash after a hour to two but it was still a good game even better with some of the mods you can get.

New vegas is iffy at best it just dosnt feel like a fallout no vaults (that you come from) no enclave and far FAR to many energy weapons to early on a laser rifle should be a coveted item in fallout not a dime a dozen.

Oblivion is still amazing with amazing mods.

Skyrim is amazing and the mods are just getting better (i pity people on console that cant get the enchanted elven butt plug mod)

And cod has been able to be the best because of the sheer amount of fanboys and tryhards unlike cod2/4 that has a dedicated community of people and a good amount of great mods unlike mw2-3 which has no mods and a bunch of whiny American (sorry its true) kids that are no older than 10 constantly on the mic.

[oooo35980]

Funny you mention the whiny kids. They are 95% of the reason I stay off Xbox live.

[madwilliamflint]

Funny you mention the whiny kids. They are 95% of the reason I stay off Xbox live.

Yep. I play games when I DON'T want to interact with people. Of course this does tend to make MMOs a bit less interesting then I guess they could be. But it ain't worth it.

[oooo35980]

MMOs are pretty boring anyway. There is something about 40 people standing next to the same NPC, having the same conversation, about the same quest, that makes me not give a crap if I never get it done.

[irratebass]

For all gamers: Gamestop has a major tradein special going on now till 4/1 (tomorrow) 50% on ALL trade ins and if you are a powerups member take an extra 30% off on top of the 50%!!!

Hello Mass Effect 3!! Goodbye Saints Row The 3rd

Well I took advantage of this and glad I did

Traded Saint's Row The 3rd for $32
Traded in my ipod 16G, because I just got an Iphone - $117!!!!!

I paid off ME3 (I had $9 on it)
Picked up a used copy of Skyrim and bought a 12 month Xbox live subscription since I plan on getting rid of cable and picking up Hulu Plus and Netflix

[Louistogies]

I was also pretty disappointing about the ME3 ending. It wasn't the powerful ending I was hoping for. But I'm hoping they release a DLC for the ending. I'm not gonna play again till then.

[oooo35980]

Just do what I do and play until you get back to earth then start a new character.

[Guitarman-S.T-]

Any Gears of War 3 nuts still out there? I am looking forward to Borderlands 2 and South Park: The RPG GREATLY.... but until then I am basically investing and have been investing all my time in some Gears!
-If anyone needs help doing Beast/Horder/Campaign etc etc on Insane look me up! I need another challenge =]

[madwilliamflint]

Any Gears of War 3 nuts still out there? I am looking forward to Borderlands 2 and South Park: The RPG GREATLY.... but until then I am basically investing and have been investing all my time in some Gears!
-If anyone needs help doing Beast/Horder/Campaign etc etc on Insane look me up! I need another challenge =]

I am FIENDING for Borderlands 2.

It's bad. Steam's accounting has got to be broken because it says I've got over 260 hours on Borderlands.

[madwilliamflint]

Well, leave it to Ashley Burch (http://www.heyash.com/) to push me over the edge on Saints Row 3.

That's some hilarious fun right there.

But soon as I get to 'medium' activities I get trounced.

[Apoco]

Well, leave it to Ashley Burch (http://www.heyash.com/) to push me over the edge on Saints Row 3.

That's some hilarious fun right there.

But soon as I get to 'medium' activities I get trounced.

HEY ASH, WHATCHA PLAYIN? :r

I love that series.

I played BF3 for about an hour and a half yesterday - first time that I've played a video game in several weeks.
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[madwilliamflint]

HEY ASH, WHATCHA PLAYIN? :r

I love that series.

I played BF3 for about an hour and a half yesterday - first time that I've played a video game in several weeks.
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So I just crossed into Luchador territory and I'm getting trounced any time I run in to one of Oleg's 'kids' (the ones with the flame throwers most notably.)

Is that just a sign to retreat into conquered territory for a few upgrades/levels?

On another note I'm DYING to replay the penthouse capture mission just to hear the soundtrack from the trailer again.

[Guitarman-S.T-]

I am FIENDING for Borderlands 2.

It's bad. Steam's accounting has got to be broken because it says I've got over 260 hours on Borderlands.

will be the best game of 2012 hands down.

[madwilliamflint]

will be the best game of 2012 hands down.

I sure hope you're right. It's got the potential.

[madwilliamflint]

Oh, and if you've got a taste for TRULY old school RPGs, do yourself a favor and go pick up "Legend of Grimrock" on steam for $15ish. It captures the old Wizardry 1 type theme very well. It plays wondefully.

[Apoco]

I was chatting with a friend today when the topic of Final Fantasy came up.

I realized that I never actually beat FF13-2 - I got distracted. Working on fixing that right now.

[Apoco]

I was chatting with a friend today when the topic of Final Fantasy came up.

I realized that I never actually beat FF13-2 - I got distracted. Working on fixing that right now.

Within half an hour I remember why I had quit.

Non-linear games sound so fun...until you don't know what to do next. I have 16 worlds to chose from - and I can see the % complete in each one but I know that I pick up specific skills in some required to complete others. Ugh :td

[Apoco]

Within half an hour I remember why I had quit.

Non-linear games sound so fun...until you don't know what to do next. I have 16 worlds to chose from - and I can see the % complete in each one but I know that I pick up specific skills in some required to complete others. Ugh :td

I finally just googled a walk through to get me back on track. I had to go back to a specific time period and do a specific quest to move the story line forward. BUT - at least I'm back on the path!
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[Reaver2145]

After MUCH emoness i finally got Fallout 3 working and i goto say what a improvement over new vegas it is.

Unlike new vegas these little things called energy weapons are something to cherish they are hard to maintain and not just given to you at the start of the bloody game a laser pistol in the docs house aye why not just give us some hardened power armour and a turbo plasma rifle to boot.

After doing a small loop around the capital wasteland which for one is a far more believable setting then new vegas i found my stimms where gone and i was resorting to eating anything i could find to stay alive my ammo was being conserved unlike vegas when you have buckets of it and i was using a 10mm SMG instead of the laser rifle i got near the start of the game and i had a good dose of rads to boot.

All in all Fallout 3 is soo much better than NV but still not as good as fallout 1 and 2 the lack of a Frank Horrigan/The Master type just pulls it down a bit.

[Apoco]

My GTX 680 video card came in yesterday.

Dear sweet heaven - this thing is amazing. Ultra high quality EVERYTHING.

[Pseudosacred]

I am FIENDING for Borderlands 2.

It's bad. Steam's accounting has got to be broken because it says I've got over 260 hours on Borderlands.

I had over 400 hours on that game. Every character at max, which I believe was 63?

It is what I compare other RPGs to now. It was put together well.

Everytime I saw a chest I started :dr


They know how to build hype around a game to, their trailers are the best I've ever seen.

Borderlands 2 can't fail...

[Starscream]

Playing through some old games the past few months.
Uncharted was awesome!:tu
Uncharted 2 was not as good, but still a great game.
Batman: Arkham Asylum is my favorite game so far.:tu
Batman: Arkham City has more content than the first. I love it, but my heart goes to the original.
Dante's Inferno started off great, but started to get a bit stale midway through. Plays like GOW 3.
God of War 3 was great.
Transformers: War for Cybertron is good, but I haven't finished it.
GTA IV: Good game and creative, but will never compare to Vice City.
Sonic Generations I had high hopes for, but isn't all that.
Little Big Planet 2 was creative, but also hasn't held my interest.
Assassin's Creed II is great so far, but a little slow on the storyline.
Bioshock was excellent but short. I want to check out the next two games.
MW3 is a lot of fun, but I suck at multiplayer. I bought MW2, but I'm even worse at it than MW3.
Marvel vs. Capcom: Fate of Two Worlds is a good fighting game, but I'm not really into fighting games.

[Apoco]

Assassin's Creed II is great so far, but a little slow on the storyline.

AC 2 has a great storyline as the game progresses. Especially the last 3-4 hours. Don't worry - I'll say no more :)

I'm to a moving puzzle section of FF13-2. It involves timed jumps. I'm not all that skilled with a PS3 controller - so this is 100% maddening to me. I finally just hit save and turned it off last night. But I am determined to finish this game.
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[Louistogies]

Play the Witcher 2 right now. Very cool game so far.

[madwilliamflint]

Play the Witcher 2 right now. Very cool game so far.

I keep reaching for it. I enjoyed a half dozen hours of W1 before I ended up seeing something shiny.

I'm swamped with ME3 (2nd playthrough), Kingdoms of Amablahblahblah and actually Aion and EQ1 now that they're both F2P.

(I loves me some EQ1.

[Bill86]

Anyone know if the Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition is worth a play through? I already played the Witcher 2 regular version.

[Apoco]

EQ1 now that they're both F2P.

(I loves me some EQ1)

I WILL STAY STRONG AND AVOID EQ1!

I played it for 8 years. I can still remember how to get to the bank in Kelethin, where to turn in the bone chips in Kalimdor, and the most efficient route to take in Paludal Caverns to power level a lowbie with a 60+ druid.

The good old days.
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[madwilliamflint]

I WILL STAY STRONG AND AVOID EQ1!

I played it for 8 years. I can still remember how to get to the bank in Kelethin, where to turn in the bone chips in Kalimdor, and the most efficient route to take in Paludal Caverns to power level a lowbie with a 60+ druid.

The good old days.
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I left soon after Kunark actually. I came back briefly after PoP sometime and realized that was stupid.

Now that I've graduated the n00b zone (and they finally "did something" about health recover rates) I'm the only toon haunting Qeynos and BlackBurrow. It's really strange. The freeness keeps me poking my head back in for an hour or two without worrying about commitment, so I end up playing more. Same thing with Aion, only Aion's...dumber.

[Apoco]

I left soon after Kunark actually. I came back briefly after PoP sometime and realized that was stupid.

Now that I've graduated the n00b zone (and they finally "did something" about health recover rates) I'm the only toon haunting Qeynos and BlackBurrow. It's really strange. The freeness keeps me poking my head back in for an hour or two without worrying about commitment, so I end up playing more. Same thing with Aion, only Aion's...dumber.

Lets see - I started in about August of 1999 and quit in early 2007. I replaced that habit with WoW.

The last expansion i remember playing was Prophecy of Ro - there may have been more after but that is the last one I remember. I can still remember the immense frustration of my first raid in Gates of Discord. After the keying process that took WEEKS - the first raid I went on lasted 7 hours. We made it to the one boss at the back of the zone and wiped on him. By then all the trash had reset and we had to quit.

That's right - 7 hours of CLEARING TRASH and then nothing came of it. That was the last raid I went on in Everquest.

My raider was a Froglok Shaman. Before that I had a dwarven warrior and a wood elf bard. The bard was the most fun to solo on because I could circle kite entire groups around. Circle kiting a group of 16-17 monsters was hilarious. Or glitching High Hold Keep by using a shrink potion and hiding under a table while I killed the ENTIRE ZONE.

...seriously, brain. Why can I remember all of this stuff but none of the stuff I learned in school 2 years ago? Lame. :td

[Apoco]

Finally started working on Batman: Arkham City. It is pretty fun.

Sniper Elite V2 came out on Tuesday and I am LOVING IT. If anyone picked it up for PC and is interested in testing out the co-op let me know.
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[Bill86]

Still working on the single player but yeah it's good fun so far.

Couldn't stand Arkham City. The first one was good but I dunno, couldn't get into the second.

[madwilliamflint]

Finally started working on Batman: Arkham City. It is pretty fun.

Sniper Elite V2 came out on Tuesday and I am LOVING IT. If anyone picked it up for PC and is interested in testing out the co-op let me know.
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I Steamed the demo but haven't kicked it off yet. Too busy with other stuff. I figure I play sniper/stealth in every single game that will let me so I'm gonna have to enjoy this.

[iamsolitary]

I tried to log into the Diablo III beta this weekend. I wanted to try out the different classes again before the release next week. Forgot that the beta closed down at the end of April.

I can't wait.

[Bill86]

I have to be honest.....Diablo III just looks terrible. It looks like they used the Starcraft engine and made it all cartoony instead of DARK like the past 2.

I can't see myself liking it at all.

[VirtualSmitty]

Finally started working on Batman: Arkham City. It is pretty fun.

Sniper Elite V2 came out on Tuesday and I am LOVING IT. If anyone picked it up for PC and is interested in testing out the co-op let me know.
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LOVED Arkham City. Logged way too much time into it :r

[madwilliamflint]

Loaded up a bunch of demos with the intention of noodling through them all.

BUT I found myself playing the "Warlock: Master of the Arcane" one for about four hours before it timed out.

Guess that says what it says.

I've never been any good at turn based strategy games like that (RoM, CIV, Sim ___.) I always seem to develop happily along then get insta-trounced.

Steam needs to get off their butt and get C&C Generals. The CD load times on that are awful.

[Whipper Snapper]

Diablo 3 releases tomorrow.
Looks like I won't be around here much...

[Bill86]

Diablo 3 releases tomorrow.
Looks like I won't be around here much...

You think it will be that good?

I'm a HUGE D1/D2 fan but I have minimal hopes for DIII. It looks like they cartoonized it and it doesn't look as "dark" as Diablo II was. I really hope I am wrong.

No Paladin either :td
No Druid :td

[Whipper Snapper]

You think it will be that good?

I'm a HUGE D1/D2 fan but I have minimal hopes for DIII. It looks like they cartoonized it and it doesn't look as "dark" as Diablo II was. I really hope I am wrong.

No Paladin either :td
No Druid :td

I played the beta.
Diablo has always been about the loot, which there will be plenty of.
I don't mind the "color" so much.
It'll be good :)

[Apoco]

Anyone playing Diablo 3 or Max Payne 3 yet? I'm itching to get the hell out of work and go fire up D3!

I've heard good stuff about MP3 - but no PC release yet. I'll hold off for PC :)
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[Bill86]

Anyone playing Diablo 3 or Max Payne 3 yet? I'm itching to get the hell out of work and go fire up D3!

I've heard good stuff about MP3 - but no PC release yet. I'll hold off for PC :)
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Same, 2 more weeks I think. I'll make sure to play it though.

D3, I'm holding out for reviews. We'll see, I might pick it up.

[Apoco]

I got home last night and had Diablo 3 installed and playing by 7. I had to force myself to top at 11. A ton of fun - and I played solo the whole time (aside from when 2 of my friends joined on their level 1 characters just to make my game more difficult).

Gonna try to jump in with some of my friends tonight - but it seemed like a real blast. I just wish it didn't require online access to play a single player game :/. I understand that they don't want item duping since there is an auction house - but why can't there be a separation of "open ladder" where you can play either offline or online and then a "closed ladder" like they did in D2?
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[Hippi3Slay3r]

I got home last night and had Diablo 3 installed and playing by 7. I had to force myself to top at 11. A ton of fun - and I played solo the whole time (aside from when 2 of my friends joined on their level 1 characters just to make my game more difficult).

Gonna try to jump in with some of my friends tonight - but it seemed like a real blast. I just wish it didn't require online access to play a single player game :/. I understand that they don't want item duping since there is an auction house - but why can't there be a separation of "open ladder" where you can play either offline or online and then a "closed ladder" like they did in D2?
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Loads of fun, and to the people on the fence about this game ..... If you liked D1 D2 youll love D3 I also played solo through normal mode and had a great time and unlike the other instalments this one really did challenge me (once I got into Nightmare diff) so give it a shot I think you can evan do a free trial through your battle.net acc :tu :tu :tu



P.S. Battle tag is Cindel#1724

[madwilliamflint]

Loads of fun, and to the people on the fence about this game ..... If you liked D1 D2 youll love D3 I also played solo through normal mode and had a great time and unlike the other instalments this one really did challenge me (once I got into Nightmare diff) so give it a shot I think you can evan do a free trial through your battle.net acc :tu :tu :tu



P.S. Battle tag is Cindel#1724

I tell ya... It's nice. I like it and I don't regret buying it.

But... I'm having a hard time figuring out why it's better than Torchlight.

[Bill86]

To me D3 looked like Diablo + WoW + Torchlight. I played the first Torchlight and didn't like it. To me it was VERY redundant and boring.

What's the verdict on D3, is it too cartoony or WoW-Like? Or is it still pretty dark? Why did they remove the Paladin :bh

[Bill86]

Yeah reinstalled Torchlight to give it a second play through. I have to say my assessment was correct. ~10 hours of quests and such then just a never ending dungeon. Not much story to this game at all. Boring quests too, usually killing something or finding an item.

Diablo 2, for me, was better than Torchlight.

[Apoco]

I don't see D3 as cartoony. I think Diablo 3 stayed true to the Diablo name - it feels similar to Diablo 2.

My Demon Hunter is up to 43 now and is in Act 3 Nightmare. I also started up a couple of hardcore characters - a level 10 Monk and a level 9 Wizard. I'm gonna try to level them about the same pace along with one of my friends.

My complaints so far are really, really minimal. I wish the auction house had an in-game version. I still wish I could use WASD to move (I understand that it would break from the Diablo history...but still).

...that's pretty much it. It is a game that feels solid. It is obvious that they took their time and did it right. Everything has been tested over and over again. I'm at about 20-30 hours put into it so far I think...not anywhere close to tired of it. I keep hoping that I'll find a reason to go home early and play some more :banger

I've played about half of that time 100% solo and half of that time with a group of friends. Fun both ways - although I prefer having a couple of friends on Ventrilo. The most fun was when we all made it to nightmare and raced through Act I in different games. Lamenting the decision of whether or not to take a break to go pee, hearing my friend scream that she is so bad at reading minimaps, and calling out fake updates about where I was to throw them off was just too much fun :)
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[Bill86]

Really? That was my biggest complaint, it looked like they differed from the usual Diablo form. Do you get attributes to choose? I heard they auto-leveled that and you could only pick the skills/talents. Also I've heard there is no cow level :sad

[VirtualSmitty]

I tell ya... It's nice. I like it and I don't regret buying it.

But... I'm having a hard time figuring out why it's better than Torchlight.

My thoughts exactly. I think I actually prefer Torchlight to it and am really looking forward to the second game.

[madwilliamflint]

My thoughts exactly. I think I actually prefer Torchlight to it and am really looking forward to the second game.

I'll agree with the redundant complaint about Torchlight. But the game mechanics are just better. The whole pet thing is a scream and there's all kinds of enchanting/adorning stuff to keep you busy.

When I leveled in D3 and saw the skills screen I was overcome with massive "...really? that's it? THAT'S my customization option?" They really fell down hard on that. Unless something's coming that i haven't seen yet... something huge.

[Apoco]

You pick skills / talents + runes for each skill / talent.

The biggest let down is that you can only pick from ~4 skills per key...unless you turn on "elective mode". Then you can put any of the ~24 skills on any key you please. (Don't ask me why this isn't on by default. I guess it is to keep the noobs from making the game unplayable or something?)

You have 24 skills plus about 6-7 runes per skill (I'm having to estimate because I'm at work). This leaves for ~144 - 168 possible combinations.

I've been reading quite a bit online (specifically on Reddit) about Diablo 3 an the complaints behind it. I'm seeing a lot of people say they feel the game is solid overall - but it just doesn't feel like a Diablo game to them. So maybe I'm completely wrong. But at least in terms of control scheme and such it feels like a Diablo game to me. Past about level 10 (the first hour or so) I haven't felt restricted on my skills in the least.

OH! There's also 3 passive skill slots. You pick from ~10-15 passive skills to go in any of those 3 slots. There's plenty of various combinations you can run. There only seems to be one required skill per class - it is the skill that removes any movement speed effects and what not. It is pretty much required starting about Act III in Nightmare (or at least for me it is).

And yes, you're correct - there is no cow level. There is still a secret level in some form that I haven't researched because I don't want to spoil the surprise - but it isn't a cow level.
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[madwilliamflint]

You pick skills / talents + runes for each skill / talent.

The biggest let down is that you can only pick from ~4 skills per key...unless you turn on "elective mode". Then you can put any of the ~24 skills on any key you please. (Don't ask me why this isn't on by default. I guess it is to keep the noobs from making the game unplayable or something?)

You have 24 skills plus about 6-7 runes per skill (I'm having to estimate because I'm at work). This leaves for ~144 - 168 possible combinations.

I've been reading quite a bit online (specifically on Reddit) about Diablo 3 an the complaints behind it. I'm seeing a lot of people say they feel the game is solid overall - but it just doesn't feel like a Diablo game to them. So maybe I'm completely wrong. But at least in terms of control scheme and such it feels like a Diablo game to me. Past about level 10 (the first hour or so) I haven't felt restricted on my skills in the least.

OH! There's also 3 passive skill slots. You pick from ~10-15 passive skills to go in any of those 3 slots. There's plenty of various combinations you can run. There only seems to be one required skill per class - it is the skill that removes any movement speed effects and what not. It is pretty much required starting about Act III in Nightmare (or at least for me it is).

And yes, you're correct - there is no cow level. There is still a secret level in some form that I haven't researched because I don't want to spoil the surprise - but it isn't a cow level.
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I'll give it some more effort. It's just not pulling me in at all. I can't get enthusiastic about it, which is odd. Maybe Demon Hunter's not for me.

[Apoco]

I'll give it some more effort. It's just not pulling me in at all. I can't get enthusiastic about it, which is odd. Maybe Demon Hunter's not for me.

I'm loving it. I actually got up an hour early today to play before I came in to work :D
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[madwilliamflint]

I'm loving it. I actually got up an hour early today to play before I came in to work :D
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I started a zerk last night after getting only to L15 or so with the Demon Hunter. I really want to like it more than I do.

Now Warlock is soaking up time like almost nothing I've ever played. I'm still no good at it but I'm making progress.

I just wish someone would license a digital download edition of C&C Generals (with zero hour as well.) I'd never ever leave my computer. But the load times on those discs is crazy.

[Bill86]

Anyone played the Torchlight II beta? Seems much better than the first one, yet still not sold on it being a complete game.

[madwilliamflint]

Anyone played the Torchlight II beta? Seems much better than the first one, yet still not sold on it being a complete game.

Wish I had. Didn't know it was out there. As much as I enjoyed 1, I'm not going to submit a counter argument to most of the complaints about it.

[Apoco]

Up to level 59 in Diablo 3 now on my Demon Hunter. 60 is the cap but I still have an entire difficulty to go, too.
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[Bill86]

Can't say much about the story but the gameplay for Max Payne 3 is :dr :dr :dr

Bullet time is back, and it rules :banger

[madwilliamflint]

Up to level 59 in Diablo 3 now on my Demon Hunter. 60 is the cap but I still have an entire difficulty to go, too.
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Played a few levels last night. I'm starting to forget it's there. I fear it's going to go the route of Kingdoms of Amablablabla.

[Apoco]

Played a few levels last night. I'm starting to forget it's there. I fear it's going to go the route of Kingdoms of Amablablabla.

Kingdoms of Amalur's creating company (38 studios) actually shut its doors back on the 24th of May. Sad times :(

Anyway - I got 60 on D3 last night. Gonna try to start up on Sniper Elite V2 again. I've been tunnel visioned on D3 since its release >.>
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[madwilliamflint]

Kingdoms of Amalur's creating company (38 studios) actually shut its doors back on the 24th of May. Sad times :(

Anyway - I got 60 on D3 last night. Gonna try to start up on Sniper Elite V2 again. I've been tunnel visioned on D3 since its release >.>
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I dunno. I don't like to see any of these places close their doors but the game was just not any good. It was polished and entirely vapid.

For the last 4-5 weeks I've actually been, erm... focusing on. well.

EQ2.

ZOMGZITSSOGOOD!!!!1!!1!!11!!ELEVENTY!!

[Bill86]

Can't say much about the story but the gameplay for Max Payne 3 is :dr :dr :dr

Bullet time is back, and it rules :banger

Finished it. A decent story, it led where you thought it would...it had to. The game-play was fun though. I feel like there is more to the game that I missed, admittedly I played it through for the story and rushed it. I'll spend a bit more time and see how things play out next time.

[Apoco]

I dunno. I don't like to see any of these places close their doors but the game was just not any good. It was polished and entirely vapid.

For the last 4-5 weeks I've actually been, erm... focusing on. well.

EQ2.

ZOMGZITSSOGOOD!!!!1!!1!!11!!ELEVENTY!!

It looks like EQ2 will let your webcam watch your face to determine what facial expression your character should hold (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/03/soemote-brings-your-facial-expressions-to-everquest-ii-lets-fel/)

:r :r :r
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[madwilliamflint]

It looks like EQ2 will let your webcam watch your face to determine what facial expression your character should hold (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/03/soemote-brings-your-facial-expressions-to-everquest-ii-lets-fel/)

:r :r :r
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I... I might ACTUALLY be that nerdy.

God help me.

[Apoco]

I... I might ACTUALLY be that nerdy.

God help me.

I'm just waiting for the time where some guy has pointed his webcam at a picture on the wall so that the character has a ridiculous expression the entire time.

I'm envisioning a guy with his mouth gaping open and eyes pointed in opposite directions.
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[Starscream]

Anybody keep up with this year's E3 coverage? Looked pretty lackluster to me this year with a few exceptions. The Last of Us looks pretty cool.

[Pseudosacred]

Borderlands 2 and Halo 4 are the only releases I'm excited for. Borderlands 2, to me, will surpass Skyrim. Borderlands is by far my favorite game

[Apoco]

Anybody keep up with this year's E3 coverage? Looked pretty lackluster to me this year with a few exceptions. The Last of Us looks pretty cool.

Watch Dogs also looked good.

Past that - all that I saw was "KINECTKINECTKINECT" from Microsoft, "Here's a TON of detail about a minigame" from nintendo, and "..." from Sony.

I wasn't able to watch it, though - I just read up on some of the headlines after the fact.
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[Starscream]

Watch Dogs also looked good.

Past that - all that I saw was "KINECTKINECTKINECT" from Microsoft, "Here's a TON of detail about a minigame" from nintendo, and "..." from Sony.

I wasn't able to watch it, though - I just read up on some of the headlines after the fact.
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Pretty good summary there.:D

[oooo35980]

Don't forget Call of Duty blah blah #172. The g4 guy was saying how cool it was that they've "stayed true to the formula that made them successful". Yep that's one way to put it.

[Bill86]

Don't forget Call of Duty blah blah #172. The g4 guy was saying how cool it was that they've "stayed true to the formula that made them successful". Yep that's one way to put it.

:r

AKA Beating a dead horse endlessly for years and years to come.

[smitty81]

NCAA 13 will be out here soon. I really enjoy the NCAA games. EA needs to go back to the basics on their NFL games. To much BS on the NFL games.

[madwilliamflint]

Borderlands 2 and Halo 4 are the only releases I'm excited for. Borderlands 2, to me, will surpass Skyrim. Borderlands is by far my favorite game

I'm FIENDING for Borderlands2.

Just actually bought Command & Conquer "The First 10 years" 'cause I was missing Generals: Zero Hour.

Secret World: Preordered. Perhaps foolish but, meh. It was shiney. I'll know during this weekend's beta if it's money that would've been better spent on a couple boxes of Iron Horses.

I keep getting caught by these "Indy Bundle" things. I like supporting the small scale dev shops but I wish the games didn't just SUCK so much.

Still psyched for Torchlight 2.

D3 still covered in mehsauce.

Warlock is taking WAY too much of my time "eh, I'll play a couple turns...no WAY that was 3 hours! O.O!"

[BeerAdvocate]

I cant wait for the new Assassans Creed. Killing red coats is going to be fun!

[Brutus2600]

Assassin's Creed 3 and Borderlands 2 are going to be two of only a few games this year that I'm a) really excited about and b) will actually play all the way through

[oooo35980]

I almost feel like the Assassin's creed games are rolling out too fast, I mean I know they have a story to tell, but it's like they are making expansion packs and selling them as full games.

[Bill86]

I almost feel like the Assassin's creed games are rolling out too fast, I mean I know they have a story to tell, but it's like they are making expansion packs and selling them as full games.

:hm

I see what you're saying but I can't completely agree, the games have quite a bit of play time. That said it really isn't hard to make a few changes to essentially the same game and come up with a new storyline.

I enjoy the franchise though, reminds me of the Hitman games, speaking of which I can't wait for the new one.

Although I couldn't playthrough Revelations, it's terrible....I'll have to complete it though :bh

[oooo35980]

:hm

I see what you're saying but I can't completely agree, the games have quite a bit of play time. That said it really isn't hard to make a few changes to essentially the same game and come up with a new storyline.

I enjoy the franchise though, reminds me of the Hitman games, speaking of which I can't wait for the new one.

Although I couldn't playthrough Revelations, it's terrible....I'll have to complete it though :bh

Making a few changes and coming up with a new story line used to be called an expansion pack. Because it takes a fraction of the time and effort that an actual full game takes, the cost should be adjusted accordingly, IMO anyway. Another 60 bucks for what is essentially just a story continuation is a major peeve of mine.

[Bill86]

Frankly paying $60 for a game is too much period. Not sure when they made that change but I do not support it at all. I agree with the cost 120%.

They are getting lazier and lazier with games I will give you that as well.

Getting pretty bad, I haven't been IMPRESSED in a while.

[carguy13]

medal of honor - war fighter should be pretty cool, also the new GTA is coming out.

[carguy13]

oh yeah, and diablo 3 was awesome... anyone play that?

[Bill86]

oh yeah, and diablo 3 was awesome... anyone play that?

I'm still boycotting that one.

Pony level? The shame, no cows no diablo.....

No Paladin.....BOOOOOO

1-60, isn't 1-99 either :td

[carguy13]

what a shame... it's a great game. i haven't played any of the others though.

[Bill86]

what a shame... it's a great game. i haven't played any of the others though.

Ah hell, that could be why. Diablo 2 was like 7 years of my life, so the hype for this 3rd one was beyond anything I've ever anticipated.

Blizzard has a bad habit of ruining a good thing.

[oooo35980]

Man if I had a computer that would run D3 I'd be all over it. It may not be perfect but I owe it to Blizzard to try it out after all the years I spent on D1, D2, Starcraft, Warcraft 2, and even a year and a half on WoW after it first came out. I've spent the last couple years just console gaming though so my computer is #1 in storage from the move, #2 broken, and #3 woefully out of date.

If I didn't have my tablet I wouldn't even be able to leech wifi and surf the net.

[Bill86]

:r

I'm still bitter about them breaking up S2 into 3 games and trying to get $140 per person out of the game.

[oooo35980]

Have they even bothered to make the second one yet? I was assuming the other 2 would be expansion packs and be priced accordingly, but haven't heard anything official.

[Starscream]

I cant wait for the new Assassans Creed. Killing red coats is going to be fun!

The naval battles look epic! Can't wait to play this one.

[Bill86]

Have they even bothered to make the second one yet? I was assuming the other 2 would be expansion packs and be priced accordingly, but haven't heard anything official.

Making 2 ....supposedly end of the year. They are priced "accordingly" they sold the first for 60 the next two look like 40 a piece. So $140 for the complete game. The original SC was like $30 for all 3 campaigns. Broodwar was an additional $30 or so for 3 more complete campaigns. $60 for 6 campaigns, so far I've paid $60 for ONE campaign.

Rip off :td

[madwilliamflint]

Making 2 ....supposedly end of the year. They are priced "accordingly" they sold the first for 60 the next two look like 40 a piece. So $140 for the complete game. The original SC was like $30 for all 3 campaigns. Broodwar was an additional $30 or so for 3 more complete campaigns. $60 for 6 campaigns, so far I've paid $60 for ONE campaign.

Rip off :td

I played a couple hours of the first one and got bored fast. I don't know, I like the old classic RTS form from C&C, SC1, TA, etc. They're trying too hard to improve on a really good model.

They won't get any more money out of me for the other two until a couple/few years from now when someone offers a "classic bundle" for short money.

[oooo35980]

I don't know if my tastes have changed or if it was the aforementioned changes to the core game play, but I was never able to get into WC3 or SC2 eithe. Which is odd considering how much time I poured into their predecessors.

[madwilliamflint]

I don't know if my tastes have changed or if it was the aforementioned changes to the core game play, but I was never able to get into WC3 or SC2 eithe. Which is odd considering how much time I poured into their predecessors.

Oh it's them.

Head to GOG and pick up "Total Annihilation" for $6 and you'll see what I mean. Yeah the graphics are a little wonky but it's fun as hell. I jsut spent $15 on "Command & Conquer: The First Decade" from amazon. Just wonderful. The worst thing to contend with in the good old games is some really goofy cutscenes.

No retarded attempts to build in plot trees or RPG elements (whatever that actually means.) Just great turtling and zergling rush tactics :p (well, ok. not JUST that.)

[Bill86]

I don't know if my tastes have changed or if it was the aforementioned changes to the core game play, but I was never able to get into WC3 or SC2 eithe. Which is odd considering how much time I poured into their predecessors.

I definitely couldn't get into SC2, but really it was only because it's been so long and they sold me 1/3 of the game. I really wish they would have kept more of the classic units in the game as well. Thought I do like some of the new styles of play.

If only you could combine SC1 and SC2, that would be a game.

[oooo35980]

Oh it's them.

Head to GOG and pick up "Total Annihilation" for $6 and you'll see what I mean. Yeah the graphics are a little wonky but it's fun as hell. I jsut spent $15 on "Command & Conquer: The First Decade" from amazon. Just wonderful. The worst thing to contend with in the good old games is some really goofy cutscenes.

No retarded attempts to build in plot trees or RPG elements (whatever that actually means.) Just great turtling and zergling rush tactics :p (well, ok. not JUST that.)

I love TA, it is a much overlooked classic.

[madwilliamflint]

I just wish they'd take the data files of some of the classics and apply them over the top of a new engine. (yes, I know it's not QUITE that simple.)

Like... Morrowind for instance. I could never finish that as it was just too buggy on my rig. But put that on the version of the engine that Skyrim's running? That would be amazing! Hell, even Daggerfall for that matter.

These things were classic. Now it's a special effects and "how many gaming mechanics can I jam into this thing?" fest.

Also, get those kids off my lawn. Their baseball belongs to me now.

[Bill86]

Yeah I never got to play Morrowind either. There were so many good older games I'd be up for them getting put on current engines as well.

[BeerAdvocate]

My copy of Age of Empires III Complete Collection arrives from Amazon today!

[kydsid]

Man if I had a computer that would run D3 I'd be all over it. It may not be perfect but I owe it to Blizzard to try it out after all the years I spent on D1, D2, Starcraft, Warcraft 2, and even a year and a half on WoW after it first came out. I've spent the last couple years just console gaming though so my computer is #1 in storage from the move, #2 broken, and #3 woefully out of date.

If I didn't have my tablet I wouldn't even be able to leech wifi and surf the net.


Not a lover or hater of DIII, it is what it is, but my computer is over 5 years old. Now it was a very expensive build back in the day. But it doesn't even meet the min requirements Blizzard lists for the game and runs. If you computer is in or close to the may run, but we won't support category they list it should run DIII just fine, albeit on low resolution.

[Bill86]

Tried playing Ghost Recon, It's hard to get into it. Spec Ops The Line seems interesting though. The graphics are awesome.

[madwilliamflint]

Tried playing Ghost Recon, It's hard to get into it. Spec Ops The Line seems interesting though. The graphics are awesome.

The marketing looks neat but I'm having trouble figuring out what's actually different about them from other recent FPSs.

[Bill86]

It isn't a First person shooter, it is Third person. Just like Ghost Recon, Hitman games...etc.

The graphics are very good, but I just got into it so I can't say much yet.

Seems like they have introduced more environmental combat, which seems interesting. We'll see as I get further into it.

It still is a war game and the genre is so played out. So I don't know if it will go the distance yet.

[madwilliamflint]

It isn't a First person shooter, it is Third person. Just like Ghost Recon, Hitman games...etc.

The graphics are very good, but I just got into it so I can't say much yet.

Seems like they have introduced more environmental combat, which seems interesting. We'll see as I get further into it.

It still is a war game and the genre is so played out. So I don't know if it will go the distance yet.

Cool, thanks. Yeah I'll stay tuned for more impressions. I don't really have room for anything else now that I've jacked my skull so firmly back into EQ2.

But if it's sufficiently compelling I'll tap it.

[Bill86]

Further getting into this game, I don't get it. The "story" seems completely ridiculous. The gameplay is so-so. Shame because the graphics are quite nice. I'm having trouble really getting into it. It looked like something different, but eh...I don't like the direction at all.

[emopunker2004]

The marketing looks neat but I'm having trouble figuring out what's actually different about them from other recent FPSs.

Cool, thanks. Yeah I'll stay tuned for more impressions. I don't really have room for anything else now that I've jacked my skull so firmly back into EQ2.

But if it's sufficiently compelling I'll tap it.

Unlike Bill I love the new Ghost Recon. At least the multiplayer since it's all I've played. I think it's great and requires more thought to be put into it that just running and shooting like in COD etc.

[VirtualSmitty]

I've been plaing alot of Team Fortress 2 lately. Just received another free update that added a bunch of cool stuff to the game. I'm surprised no one here plays besides me, I mean it is F2P now :sh

[madwilliamflint]

I've been plaing alot of Team Fortress 2 lately. Just received another free update that added a bunch of cool stuff to the game. I'm surprised no one here plays besides me, I mean it is F2P now :sh

Yeah every time I play I get ganked by mobs with flame throwers. Looks fun but I just stopped. There's only so much arse kicking like that I can take.

[VirtualSmitty]

Rome 2 announced. I have one full year before I have to quit my job and disappear for three years :r:noon:tu

[Apoco]

I've been plaing alot of Team Fortress 2 lately. Just received another free update that added a bunch of cool stuff to the game. I'm surprised no one here plays besides me, I mean it is F2P now :sh

I play it every now and then. Usually when I don't want to think about what I'm doing haha.

I have been playing the HELL out of Magic The Gathering 2013. I miss playing it for real :(
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[Bill86]

I play it every now and then. Usually when I don't want to think about what I'm doing haha.

I have been playing the HELL out of Magic The Gathering 2013. I miss playing it for real :(
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Damn MTG, wow that has been many years. I haven't played it in probably 10 years. I stopped collecting when they changed the face on the cards.

[madwilliamflint]

Just finished a replay of Mass Effect 3, paragon engineer.

I thought people whined too much about the old ending. It wasn't Hollywood. But it was interesting. (I entirely concede the point about choices through 3 games dissolving into almost no variety in the end game though.)

But the one they replaced it with? 5 minutes of Admiral Hackett spewing the most hackneyed "work together" monologue that's ever been written? GAH! The magic rescue of crew members sacrificed in the previous ending? Awful.

They gave in to the lowest common denominator mob gamer forum whiners and botched it.

[Bill86]

Wait they changed the ending on ME3?

[madwilliamflint]

Wait they changed the ending on ME3?

Yup, by way of a free DLC. It's not different in substance enough to recommend playing through. I just wanted to try an engineer + Ashley spec rather than sniper + Tali.

[oooo35980]

Why would they change it? The game was done, it was over. They screwed the pooch with the idiotic ending that made no sense and that should be the end of it. They won't be winning back my business with some pandering ending change. I've already traded me3 in to gamestop and see no reason to ever play it again...

[Bill86]

Yup, by way of a free DLC. It's not different in substance enough to recommend playing through. I just wanted to try an engineer + Ashley spec rather than sniper + Tali.

Ah word, thanks. Yea I didn't really care one way or the other with the ending. It was fine, I just like the gameplay.

[madwilliamflint]

Anyone playing The Secret World? I've got about a dozen hours logged in the last couple weeks and I'm strangely unable to decide whether I like it or not.

[Bill86]

I assume that is a beta testing of some sort? I'll look into it.

[madwilliamflint]

I assume that is a beta testing of some sort? I'll look into it.

Nope. Been released for a week and a half.

[Bill86]

Explain the game to me, it seems like they mashed every popular game I have seen in the last 5 years into ONE game. I see mages, assassins, monsters, robots, dragons, swords, AK-47's......the trailer is crazy and I understand absolutely none of it. Did they take bits and pieces of every game and make it an MMORPG or something?

[Apoco]

Anyone playing The Secret World? I've got about a dozen hours logged in the last couple weeks and I'm strangely unable to decide whether I like it or not.

I've had it recommended by 2 friends. But I'm still dubious about it...

EDIT: To quote reddit about it: "I want to like this game, but my relationship with Funcom has been like Charlie Brown playing football with Lucy."
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[madwilliamflint]

Explain the game to me, it seems like they mashed every popular game I have seen in the last 5 years into ONE game. I see mages, assassins, monsters, robots, dragons, swords, AK-47's......the trailer is crazy and I understand absolutely none of it. Did they take bits and pieces of every game and make it an MMORPG or something?

They did something relatively clever. There's no class system. It's all skill based. The skill tree divides at the first level into ranged/magic/h2h (3 weapons each.) So you end up with 9 top level skill categories. You can equip two 'weapons' at a time, so that gives you some flexibility. You earn points to build up into whatever kind of spec you want. You can't really gimp yourself since you can conceivably rank all the way up in everything. Many (most?) of the quests are replayable after a 1 day lockout for more xp.

However, taking a page from GuildWars, you can only have 7 active and 7 passive skills 'live' at any given time. So, while your capabilities keep building, your actual load-out has to be tweaked. There are recommended profiles that you can use (pure dps, ranged, support, heal, tank, etc. or hybrid), but you're under no obligation to.

crafting is there, but the mechanic is sparse. based on deconstructing items into raw materials then using 'toolkits' (which determine max quality level) to build items. There's no "trade XP" notion at all. Still not sure how it'll pan out. I'm ending up with lots of raw materials from deconstructing things I don't want to bother going to a vendor and selling.

Combat mechanics are pretty fluid, a little button mashy. But there's some nice complexity that doesn't get all AoC.

The setting is "modern fantasy" and in the PvE zones, the three different factions are intermixed transparently. Starting zone is the same, etc.

There are also some puzzles involved in the side quests. Not "minigame" nonsense. Actual puzzles that you have to exercise some brainsauce to figure out. They give you an in-game browser to do 'research'.


I think I like it. But I'm not going to get really addicted to it. Skill points come pretty fast and the more advanced stuff takes some willpower to save up for (rather than just spending them wide and shallow.)

I think they've layed the groundwork for some interesting stuff. The base mechanics are there, the questing is solid without being overly grindy. The plot chain is solid, and some of the npc conversations are absolutely hilarious.

7.5/10 ? maybe 8?

[madwilliamflint]

I've had it recommended by 2 friends. But I'm still dubious about it...

EDIT: To quote reddit about it: "I want to like this game, but my relationship with Funcom has been like Charlie Brown playing football with Lucy."
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heh. yeah I still have a warm place in my heart for Anarchy Online. If the graphics update (which is definitely coming any year now) is half as good as it looks I'll dive back in. They do a lot right.

[Apoco]

Picked up Spec Ops: The Line on Amazon for 50% off. It is a gritty freaking game.

I will say no more in case anyone else is picking it up. It is a tough one - made me feel kind of sick...taking a break for a little while.

[Ender]

Wow, how have I not seen this thread? Love it. I've got my pre-order for DOA. Very excited. I'm currently working through Batman Arkam City and really like it.

[Bill86]

Picked up Spec Ops: The Line on Amazon for 50% off. It is a gritty freaking game.

I will say no more in case anyone else is picking it up. It is a tough one - made me feel kind of sick...taking a break for a little while.

Yeah I finished it, did NOT like where the story went. You'll have to let me know what you think.

[Apoco]

Yeah I finished it, did NOT like where the story went. You'll have to let me know what you think.

There have been some painful sections. I really can't remember the last time an entire game kept me in this state the WHOLE TIME.

There was a section of the last Medal of Honor game that I've awoken from nightmares about. This could very well give me daymares...

I'm on the last chapter (I believe). I'll finish it up tomorrow. Gonna let my eyes rest for the rest of tonight.

[Apoco]

There have been some painful sections. I really can't remember the last time an entire game kept me in this state the WHOLE TIME.

There was a section of the last Medal of Honor game that I've awoken from nightmares about. This could very well give me daymares...

I'm on the last chapter (I believe). I'll finish it up tomorrow. Gonna let my eyes rest for the rest of tonight.

Finished it up this morning. A truly heartbreaking game.

The story line is EXTREMELY far from happy, but the story line is so strong and well told that I kept playing anyway. Can't say it is a game that I would recommend to most, though...

[Bill86]

Yeah, the story was rough. I liked the game play but really wish it didn't go in that direction.

I think out of boredom I'm going to have to make a second attempt at finishing AC-Revelations before AC3 comes out later this year.

[Apoco]

On to happier games!

Got a chance to rekindle my love for Half-Life Deathmatch 2 last night. Killing one of your friends with a beach ball while screaming at them on Skype is way too fun. It is SO fast paced - I had almost forgotten how fast. I really hit my stride when I picked up a CRT monitor to throw at people - got 8 in a row before they finally took me down :r

Payday: The Heist is hard. I've been playing it with my friend who is pretty good at FPS games and we're really struggling (in a good way). It is far more challenging than I thought it was going to be...but we're loving it right now.

The Binding of Isaac is a dark game but with some comedy thrown in. Really simple & easy to pick up. Plus - it was only like $1.50 on the steam sale!
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[madwilliamflint]

Damn you steam!

I've been oddly haunted over the last few days by the Steam summer sale, as there was NOTHING I wanted.

...that I hadn't already bought.

But today I finally cracked the seal and picke up Fable 3 and RAGE. We'll see.

[Ender]

Anyone looking forward to the new Halo?

[Bill86]

I agree about Payday being HARD. In fact I think I only successfully completed two heists...the first one about 30 times though.

RAGE was okay.....I expected more. Great graphics though and fun game play.

[madwilliamflint]

...RAGE was okay.....I expected more. Great graphics though and fun game play.

Yeah, everything I'd heard said the same thing. The discount (66% or something) brought it into acceptable range.

[Apoco]

I agree about Payday being HARD. In fact I think I only successfully completed two heists...the first one about 30 times though.

RAGE was okay.....I expected more. Great graphics though and fun game play.

We've successfully completed the first two heists. We have gotten to 91% in the third heist...the problem that we have run into is that this police department has 600 swat team members who are also olympic hurdlers and can leap 15 foot gaps in a single bound :r

I'm in the same boat as both of you in regards to RAGE. I figure it will be worth the small amount I paid for it.

Did anyone pick up Dear Esther yesterday? I played through it last night and was riveted by the story telling in it. It isn't erally a game so much as a story that you have pretty graphics to go along with :)
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[madwilliamflint]

I'm in the same boat as both of you in regards to RAGE. I figure it will be worth the small amount I paid for it.
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Put about 45 minutes in last night on RAGE. I'm pretty happy with it. It's hard not to make a Borderlands comparison as far as the setting goes. In fact, even not having played Borderlands in more than 6 months I found myself trying to release Bloodwing about half a dozen times.

BUT I have to say, the fact that the basic bad guys can take two headshots from a pistol at about 5 feet range is a little disconcerting. FPS games have to respect the headshot rule.

[kingcobradude]

Anyone looking forward to the new Halo?
I am. Ill be pre ordering the limited edition. nice to be playing as John-117 again. I hope they bring back the gravity hammer (for grifball)

[Ender]

I am. Ill be pre ordering the limited edition. nice to be playing as John-117 again. I hope they bring back the gravity hammer (for grifball)

Since this is a sequel, there probably won't be much of an appearance from the Brutes which makes me think their weapons will be irrelevant to the story/involvement. The trailer looked pretty cool. The gun that assembles in mid air looked crazy cool. I've already spent my money on the DOA collectors edition, but I'll probably pre-order Halo soon.

[madwilliamflint]

Logged a couple hours on RAGE. I REALLY like it.

[kingcobradude]

Since this is a sequel, there probably won't be much of an appearance from the Brutes which makes me think their weapons will be irrelevant to the story/involvement. The trailer looked pretty cool. The gun that assembles in mid air looked crazy cool. I've already spent my money on the DOA collectors edition, but I'll probably pre-order Halo soon.
the covenant do appear to be remnants of the empire, so brutes could make an appearance. and if nothing else just hav the hammer in multiplayer for grifball and custom games

[Ender]

Yeah, perhaps.

[oooo35980]

I like RAGE, IF I'd never played Borderlands I would like it more. They seem so similar in style to me that RAGE can't keep my interest past a couple hours.

[madwilliamflint]

I like RAGE, IF I'd never played Borderlands I would like it more. They seem so similar in style to me that RAGE can't keep my interest past a couple hours.

Yeah I've got 6 hours in now. It's an easy game to walk away from for a while. Borderlands is far far better and it's perfectly clear RAGE is "the most sincere form of flattery" Id could come up with.

[kingcobradude]

The gun that assembles in mid air looked crazy cool.
which one andrew? there are 2 that do that. theres the light rifle and the scattershot.

[Ender]

I only remember the first one he picks up in the trailer. I'm guessing it was the light rifle. I can't wait to see the other weapons.

[kingcobradude]

thats the light rifle. the scattersot is cool too. its a shotgun type gun that can ricochet

[Ender]

Darn that will be cool. Think of the Slayer match applications.

[kingcobradude]

Darn that will be cool. Think of the Slayer match applications.
especially combined with promethian vision

I am glad forge is back and improved. I have a couple maps I want to remake on halo 4 for a machinama series currently in the planning stage

[Ender]

Wow, you're hard core.

[kingcobradude]

I am mostly having trouble finding recruits for the machinema. it can be more complicated when halo 4 comes out due to the fact ill have to switch between 4 and reach

[madwilliamflint]

Just finished my first RAGE playthrough. How unbelievably MEH.

[Apoco]

Awesomenauts out for PC!

[Obscura]

I picked up Splatterhouse, the graphics are pretty neat, but I had an awful itch to play a really bad horror game. . . in so far, I'm actually enjoying it.

Fairly linear story, but you don't need much since it's pretty much a button masher with a lot of gore.

[madwilliamflint]

Got home late last night, booted up the pc, loaded steam (per usual) and I noticed something funny, had a heart attack, then reached for my wallet.

Dawnguard.

Weekend: Hosed.

[Apoco]

Got home late last night, booted up the pc, loaded steam (per usual) and I noticed something funny, had a heart attack, then reached for my wallet.

Dawnguard.

Weekend: Hosed.

How is it? I considered picking it up - but honestly with the steam summer sale I'm inundated with new games.
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[madwilliamflint]

How is it? I considered picking it up - but honestly with the steam summer sale I'm inundated with new games.
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It's good so far. Problem is with a L55 uberninja with 100 enchanting, 100 smithing, and 100 sneaking, everything's pretty easy.

I didn't get very far yet because Tinkerfest :p (And... I needed to fix my welder.)

I was shocked last night late by two things:

1) Minecraft 1.3.1, which has "trading with villagers" and a couple other new "actually noticeable" features.
2) I found myself starting a new RAGE playthrough so I'd have something I could use to shoot at stuff for a few minutes without having to think too much about it.

I'm basically waiting for Borderlands 2 and Dishonored. Everything else 'til then is a place holder.

[Apoco]

CS: GO beta hit for us preorderers last night. It is fun - I REALLY like the changes they have made to the server finding system. I haven't looked - but I hope that I still have the ability to search for the dedicated servers running custom maps and mods. That is what has kept CS and CS:S going for so long (even CZ - the red-headed step child).

Also put in some time on Trine 2 the other night. Right in line with the original Trine - bed time story in video game format.

Been playing a TON of Just Cause 2 lately. Mindless destruction? Sign me up.
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[madwilliamflint]

For my part, on Monday my desktop exhibited a remarkable flash, followed immediately by a popping sound before dying and filling the room with an acrid stench that's only now dying down.

I pulled the power cable with my feet (faster than bending over) and thought about it.

I've spent too damn much life playing games over the last 35 years.

I'm neither going to diagnose nor replace the thing. I'll pull the hard drives and attach them to my laptop to suck what information I can out of them, then put the whole thing in the basement to hold open doors.

enough is enough.

[Apoco]

For my part, on Monday my desktop exhibited a remarkable flash, followed immediately by a popping sound before dying and filling the room with an acrid stench that's only now dying down.

I pulled the power cable with my feet (faster than bending over) and thought about it.

I've spent too damn much life playing games over the last 35 years.

I'm neither going to diagnose nor replace the thing. I'll pull the hard drives and attach them to my laptop to suck what information I can out of them, then put the whole thing in the basement to hold open doors.

enough is enough.

My point of view is that if I'm enjoying the time, then I'm not wasting it. But if you feel like gaming is stealing focus from more important things to deal with - then cut it off.

Best of luck :tu

(If we played WoW right about now is when I would say "CAN I HAVE YOUR STUFF?" :r)
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[madwilliamflint]

My point of view is that if I'm enjoying the time, then I'm not wasting it. But if you feel like gaming is stealing focus from more important things to deal with - then cut it off.

Best of luck :tu

(If we played WoW right about now is when I would say "CAN I HAVE YOUR STUFF?" :r)
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Heh. Indeed. I'm NOT trying to claim any high moral ground, and the imminent releases of Dishonored, Torchlight 2 and Borderlands2 are going to seriously test my mettle.

But I've just about literally spent 35 years getting home from work/school, plopping myself in front of the computer and pew pew pewing away, sucking away entire days in the blink of an eye. I do so enjoy it. But it's been at the expense of an awful lot.

I even bought a mac laptop last week so I could write on the train. Between that and a couple other things that have gone on in the last week. I'll take the synchronicity.

:)

[madwilliamflint]

So yeah, THAT went well. Bought a new box on Saturday 'cause I couldn't take it any more.

GuildWars2 is really good. v. impressed.
Torchlight 2: the release date announcement is slated for this Friday (bout f'in time.)

[BeerAdvocate]

I know its a "sport" game, but is anyone getting Madden 13 tomorrow?

[Apoco]

So yeah, THAT went well. Bought a new box on Saturday 'cause I couldn't take it any more.

GuildWars2 is really good. v. impressed.
Torchlight 2: the release date announcement is slated for this Friday (bout f'in time.)

:r

I've heard/seen good things about Guild Wars 2. I'm not picking it up for about a week, though. I'll wait and see how server stability is through this next week/weekend and then make a decision from there :)

Finally got around to installing and playing RAGE. Not great...but not bad.

[TJarv]

I know its a "sport" game, but is anyone getting Madden 13 tomorrow?

I will once the price drops a little

[madwilliamflint]

:r

I've heard/seen good things about Guild Wars 2. I'm not picking it up for about a week, though. I'll wait and see how server stability is through this next week/weekend and then make a decision from there :)

Finally got around to installing and playing RAGE. Not great...but not bad.

yeah I liked RAGE. Nothing fancy. Trying DESPERATELY to hit the Borderlands crowd. Frankly I wish it was longer by about 3x.

GuildWars2 is absolutely amazing. Char cap of 5 is cramping my style with 8 classes. (none of those klunky dual class mechanics from 1.) There's a lot of neat things like ad hoc events (a la Warhammer and RIFT.) Your skills are based on what weapon combinations you have equipped. Crafting has recipe discovery in there. Account shared bank. And the classes are truly distinct some with mechanics that literally had me leaning back in my chair wide eyed. I may buy extra slots.

[Apoco]

Max Payne 3 and GTA4 are bundled on Amazon today for $25. I'm thinking of it as "Max Payne 3 for 50% off - GTA4 for free!" :banger
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[Apoco]

Went ahead and snagged GW2 last night. Played for an hour or so - seems fun.
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[madwilliamflint]

Went ahead and snagged GW2 last night. Played for an hour or so - seems fun.
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Yeah I'm an awful lot more crackheady about it than I expected. Can't beat the monthly subscription rate and it really is a top notch MMO.

[Apoco]

Yeah I'm an awful lot more crackheady about it than I expected. Can't beat the monthly subscription rate and it really is a top notch MMO.

It seems like an hour or two is just about the right amount of time for me on that game. I still don't fully get it - very different from most other similar-styled games that I've played.
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[madwilliamflint]

It seems like an hour or two is just about the right amount of time for me on that game. I still don't fully get it - very different from most other similar-styled games that I've played.
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I've got to say, the more I play it the more I like it. I can't abide playing Charr, or those little bug-eyed freak things that look like they're straight out of Final Fantasy Eleventy Billion.

Crafting is solid. The amount of variety in each class is really impressive. I ended up buying extra character slots to have one of each.

For reasons I can't quite put my finger on I've gotten sucked back in to EvE as well. Might be all the Honor Harrington I've been reading (read the full 13/14 book main line twice in the past few months.) So my mind is edging towards things of that nature. It's really changed quite a bit. Mostly for the good.

Still though, I'm only half heartedly playing anything because in two weeks I'm going to disappear into the the Torchlight II and Borderlands II holes.

Then Dishonored coming out in less than a month and I'm just totally screwed. I guess I'll start dating again next year :p

[Apoco]

I've got to say, the more I play it the more I like it. I can't abide playing Charr, or those little bug-eyed freak things that look like they're straight out of Final Fantasy Eleventy Billion.

Crafting is solid. The amount of variety in each class is really impressive. I ended up buying extra character slots to have one of each.

For reasons I can't quite put my finger on I've gotten sucked back in to EvE as well. Might be all the Honor Harrington I've been reading (read the full 13/14 book main line twice in the past few months.) So my mind is edging towards things of that nature. It's really changed quite a bit. Mostly for the good.

Still though, I'm only half heartedly playing anything because in two weeks I'm going to disappear into the the Torchlight II and Borderlands II holes.

Then Dishonored coming out in less than a month and I'm just totally screwed. I guess I'll start dating again next year :p

Oh god....EvE....SPREADSHEETS IN SPACE! :r :r

I've always admired (ninja edit: that's a strong word, but you get the idea) people who play that game. It is a true ass kicker. Best of luck to you :P

[madwilliamflint]

Oh god....EvE....SPREADSHEETS IN SPACE! :r :r

I've always admired (ninja edit: that's a strong word, but you get the idea) people who play that game. It is a true ass kicker. Best of luck to you :P

It's... EvE is great when it's great. But yeah. After a couple weeks I'm reminded why I always end up re-quitting.

What we need is a space mmorpg that's... normal.

Something a bit between Earth & Beyond (god I miss that game) and, yes, spreadsheets in SPAAACE!

[Apoco]

So since I loved "Spec Ops: The Line" so much - I realized that I've finally turned into a gamer that actually cares about story lines.

I've had Heavy Rain forever and couldn't ever find the desire to play - but I put it in on Sunday and it was all I played until last night at 12:30 when I finally beat it. Fantastic story line. Mediocre game play at best - but fantastic story telling. Gonna start trying out some of those games that have been in my "when my tastes change" category for too long. Starting with "Uncharted" tonight to see if it is more my speed now.
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[Bill86]

Checking out Borderlands 2, seems alright. The guns are quite annoying and unrealistic though :td

You shake like you have a serious case of parkinsons with the rifle, hard to hit stuff. The shotgun is accurate to about 15 feet if your lucky....lets hope it gets better but so far a bit frustrating to do something that should be simple.

[Brutus2600]

Checking out Borderlands 2, seems alright. The guns are quite annoying and unrealistic though :td

You shake like you have a serious case of parkinsons with the rifle, hard to hit stuff. The shotgun is accurate to about 15 feet if your lucky....lets hope it gets better but so far a bit frustrating to do something that should be simple.

They mostly start out with only one good stat and the rest are crap. As the game progresses and you get better guns the accuracy/dmg/reload speed/rate of fire/clip size all get better across the board :)

I've been playing it and have enjoyed the gameplay + story + humor immensely :)

[Bill86]

Yeah I can see it getting better, we'll see. First boss fight sucked immensely, I'll admit I pretty much found a way to negate taking any damage and engage them without them hitting me.

Sniping from the area before. Killed 2/3 without taking a shot, probably the only way I could do it. I find the pick ups are a bit spare when needed and abundant when not.