;D Hay guys I'm been wondering. what are the game every one playing on their console?
and what are you looking forward to play?
I'm now playing wolverine x-man origin good game better then the last game, wolverine for the PS2
boy that let me down. but since now the games are gating better and since E3 it look like it gonna be a good year
I only play PC stuff in general. And it's still World of Warcraft.
I've been playing Peggle lately and it's also on the PC. Yes, Peggle is a great game.
WoW on the PC, Peggle on the iPhone and Fallout 3 on the 360.
PS3: Infamous
360: Fallout 3
Wii: Wii Punch Out
Ipod Touch: Space Ace (retro goodness)
PSP: Tiger Woods 10, Rock Band Unplugged
I lost my DS :( but if I ever find it I am buying GTA: Chinatown Wars
My next purchase is Ghostbusters, out this tuesday but probably wont buy it for a month or so
:shootgun: those are good game
mine for the 360 modern warfare 2 that look intresting and mass effect 2 :tealc.can wait
I'm also predominantly a PC Gamer and I'm still playing Oblivion. I just closed my first Oblivion Gate 2 days ago, that's after 90+ hours of playtime. But I have a long list of games that I have bought but haven't played yet. (I like to finish one before I start another and Oblivion has been taking me a very, very long time.) Mass Effect, Splinter Cell 3, Psychonauts, Timeshift, A Bard's Tale, Sins of a Solar Empire, Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar, Red Faction 1 and 2, plus a few more that I can't remember...
Oblivion gets better once all those darned gates are closed for good.
Here's my updated list:
PS3: Infamous
360: Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers
360: Ghostbusters the Game
PSP: Patapon 2
PC: EvE Online
GC: Metroid Prime 2
PC: Halo (sorta)
PC: Oblivion
King
How is the Ghostbusters game? Worth it?
Any Wii players out there? They're starting to come out with "serious" games for it. Like Conduit and a new Metroid game.
I found my old StarCraft disk the other day - and the expansion disk I never played, so I loaded those up.
I just had a second Seagate hard drive die on me which cost me about 20+ hours of Oblivion play time (and this is the second time so that's about 40+ hours of Oblivion advancement lost). So now that my spirit is crushed I have shelved Oblivion and started blowing things up and away instead. Just beat Timeshift, now playing Republic Commando.
I'm trying to get myself worked up to start Knights Of The Old Republic. I've heard it's fun, but when I think about the time I'll have to invest in it, I keep convincing myself to put it off until later.
Quote from: Jaames on August 25, 2009, 03:19:49 PM
I just had a second Seagate hard drive die on me which cost me about 20+ hours of Oblivion play time (and this is the second time so that's about 40+ hours of Oblivion advancement lost). So now that my spirit is crushed I have shelved Oblivion and started blowing things up and away instead. Just beat Timeshift, now playing Republic Commando.
Try Western Digital drives. They have served me very well over the years.
Just finished the Force Unleashed tonight. Short game but very well crafted story. I think I might pick up Oblivion this week.
I picked up a computer game(It's called 'Beyond good and evil' and apparently made by the same guy who made the Rayman games) at a garage sale while I was at my sister's over the summer and just started playing it about two days ago.
For a two buck game, it's pretty awesome. You get to expose a government conspiracy, fight guys who, with no helmets on, slightly resemble Borg and do all this other cool stuff while being a reporter for a resistance-type newspaper. If you ever have the chance, you gotta get it, it's super fun!
I don't play video games all that much, I usually feel like I've got to much to do to be playing video games (generally true), but when I do I most often return to two of my favorite games Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (the first one, occasionally the second) and Age of Empires 2.
Currently:
PS3: Batman - Arkham Asylum
XBox: Fight Night Round 4
Wii: Wii Sports Resort
PSP: right now using various homebrew console emulators to try old games I never played but should have. Working my way through Fire Emblem for GBA and Chrono Trigger for SNES.
NES (not kidding): Tiny Toons Trouble in Wackyland
** Yes I still have it and it still works.
PS2: um, it's mostly become a DVD player. So Stargate Atlantis Season 2
Wii: Animal Crossing City Folk
** I have the Ghostbusters game, but haven't tried it out yet.
Pulled out my N64 (still my favorite system, just for the games) and have been trying to beat Jet Force Gemini, a game I loved when I was a kid and was never able to beat at the time. I've really been enjoying it.
Quote from: Rico on August 25, 2009, 07:37:11 PM
Quote from: Jaames on August 25, 2009, 03:19:49 PM
I just had a second Seagate hard drive die on me which cost me about 20+ hours of Oblivion play time (and this is the second time so that's about 40+ hours of Oblivion advancement lost). So now that my spirit is crushed I have shelved Oblivion and started blowing things up and away instead. Just beat Timeshift, now playing Republic Commando.
Try Western Digital drives. They have served me very well over the years.
That is what I switched to. A 640GB Western Digital Caviar Black Drive. I moved my "third" replacement Seagate drive to backup/DVR storage.
Quote from: Jaames on June 23, 2009, 01:54:10 PM
I'm also predominantly a PC Gamer and I'm still playing Oblivion. I just closed my first Oblivion Gate 2 days ago, that's after 90+ hours of playtime. But I have a long list of games that I have bought but haven't played yet. (I like to finish one before I start another and Oblivion has been taking me a very, very long time.) Mass Effect, Splinter Cell 3, Psychonauts, Timeshift, A Bard's Tale, Sins of a Solar Empire, Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar, Red Faction 1 and 2, plus a few more that I can't remember...
I don't know what I was thinking, I bought 4 more games over the last couple weeks. Halo 2, Mirror's Edge, Tomb Raider: Underworld, and Bioshock. My wife already calls my computer my mistress...
Quote from: cassious on August 25, 2009, 09:14:10 PM
I picked up a computer game(It's called 'Beyond good and evil' and apparently made by the same guy who made the Rayman games) at a garage sale while I was at my sister's over the summer and just started playing it about two days ago.
For a two buck game, it's pretty awesome. You get to expose a government conspiracy, fight guys who, with no helmets on, slightly resemble Borg and do all this other cool stuff while being a reporter for a resistance-type newspaper. If you ever have the chance, you gotta get it, it's super fun!
That is a great game!
Beyond Good and Evil 2 is supposedly coming out sometime in 2010. The original is a game that I have heard many great things about but never played; it was a critical darling that did very poorly in sales. I'd like to try it sometime.
PS3: Batman - Arkham Asylum (finished story mode, now trying to get all the challenge medals before playing through again on hard mode. I usually never play through a game a second time on a higher difficulty, but this game is so good I want more!)
XBox: Beatles: Rock Band
PSP: Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core & Final Fantasy Dissidia
PC: Plants Vs. Zombies
Thought I'd resurrect this old thread and see what my gamer trekkie friends are playing lately.
My list:
PS3: Red Dead Redemption (awesome western sandbox style game, created by the same developers that brought us the Grand Theft Auto games, and very similar in scope and style to those games. Loads of fun.)
iPhone/iPad: Swords and Poker 2 (cute little puzzle game based on making the best poker hand with fantasy RPG elements)
PC: Mass Effect 2, FPS RPG game. Ai War: Fleet Command & Zenith, RTS game that I'm having fun with. Forged Alliance, yet another RTS game. Tidalis, Puzzle game I featured on my Blog. Portal, (only because its free again) Starcraft 2 BETA my 3rd RTS game but not having as much fun with as compared to Ai War.
iPod Touch: We Rule, Fun social kingdom builder. Having a load of fun playing around in this game. Space Miner, a sort of RPG space game I guess with action and pew pew. Train Conductor, a great time strategy game. Angry Birds, action. Words with Friends, and etc.
N64/GC: Nothing atm
Retired from MMOs right now or I'd mention Eve Online. No, I am not playing all of these everyday, but I mix it up just to make it interesting.
King
I am playing through all the Fallout 3 expansions. Love that game!
Blackride, I played through the Fallout 3 and the expansions too. I agree, it's a pretty good game. However, I got totally hooked on Modern Warfare 2, especially the online, multiplayer action! I know this makes me a bit twisted, but after a very frustrating day at work, I like coming home and taking all that agression out on virtual enemies. Sick, huh? :)
Quote from: QuadShot on June 02, 2010, 07:46:00 AM
Blackride, I played through the Fallout 3 and the expansions too. I agree, it's a pretty good game. However, I got totally hooked on Modern Warfare 2, especially the online, multiplayer action! I know this makes me a bit twisted, but after a very frustrating day at work, I like coming home and taking all that agression out on virtual enemies. Sick, huh? :)
Just think....your boss may be on the other end XP
King
ds Pokemon pearl im a Pokemon fan
game cube call of duty finest hour
wii sonic and the secret rings
xbox knights of the old republic
Getting hooked on Plants vs Zombies. My friend has it on her Ipad and then I found a web version on Popgames.com. They give you a lot of great playing time before they end it trying to get you to buy the full version. I'll have to get it for my ipod when I have some money again. It's a great game! :laugh:
Well i've just completed Assasins Creed Brotherhood and darn good game it was too. All i need to do now is decide wether to go back to Star Wars Unleashed 2 which is a bit boring or go and buy the latest Assasins Creed.
Currently playing STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, Team Fortress 2, and Terraria (not all in the same day). My list of games is a bit big atm....
King
i am looking to find a version of "asteroid: the triangle of doom" for DS. still looking... :)
Yay I love this thread.
Right now I'm also hooked (again) on Plants vs. Zombies on my iPhone. I am basically grinding cash to build up my Zen Garden, a tedious but fun process. I did download and try Order and Chaos for the iPad but pretty much hated it. Hated the controls, hated the limited options for abilities and talents...just thought it was a shoddy and lame ripoff of WoW.
On the consoles I've been loving the new Marvel Pinball games for Pinball FX2 (Xbox Live Arcade). They recently released new Captain America and Fantastic Four tables, and I'm still enjoying the Spiderman, Wolverine, Blade, and Iron Man tables as well. Great game if you like video pinball.
I haven't been doing too much gaming lately. I have LA Noire that I'm taking a break on, and the new Mortal Kombat which doesn't really get played unless I have a certain friend over that loves fighting games. Both those are on the PS3.
The new Deus Ex game is out next week but it is getting bad reviews already. A shame because I loved the original all those years ago. Not much I'm looking forward to this holiday yet either...seems like shooter fans will have alot to enjoy, with the new Halo, Gears of War, and Modern Warfare all coming out around the same time, but I don't care about any of those games. I'm dying to play the new Oblivion game, Skyrim, which is tentatively out early next year, and the new Mass Effect game which I think is this holiday.
Just Got the Lastest total war, i love the way these guys put a game together. The AI is quite good too.
Playing Red Faction: Armageddon and The Hunted Demon Forge
Finally defeated Battleheart for my Ipod. That game kicked my ass! Finally got two more fighters too!
http://www.play.vg/games/4-Asteroids.html (http://www.play.vg/games/4-Asteroids.html)
little triangle of DOOM!
rock-> :dstar :shootgun: <-me
Just started James Bond Blood Stone. Pretty good game especially as it has Daniel Craig & Judi Dench doing the voice work.
Finally decided to buy "Rift" and give another MMO a go. It's a really beautiful looking game.
Played around a bit with Age of Empires Online, it's free to play (the basic game at least). Fun so far!
I'm playing Deus Ex Human Revolution on the PS3. Amazing game so far: great story, immersive RPG elements, huge interactive environments with many ways to complete your missions. Very fun, I anticipate this taking up alot of my gaming time until the new Batman game comes out in October.
Still hooked on Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer. Of course, until Nov. 8 when Modern Warfare 3 comes out!! :) Yes, it's a great way to blow off the steam of a CRAP boss every night. Come home, fire up the XBox, and vicariously pump several rounds of high grain lead into an avatar of your boss! (Ok, MAYBE I've got a slight problem!)
Hello my name is Tyna and I have addiction to Plants vs. Zombies! :skull
How's your zen garden Tyna?
I only have a few plants. I keep selling them. I like the little snail. The music is very soothing! I keep wondering if a zombie is going to crash the place.
Any idea if they're making a sequel?
Quote from: Zarabeth32 on August 31, 2011, 11:53:07 AM
I only have a few plants. I keep selling them. I like the little snail. The music is very soothing! I keep wondering if a zombie is going to crash the place.
Any idea if they're making a sequel?
They are indeed, in fact now that Popcap (the makers of PvZ) are wholly owned by video game juggernaut Electronic Arts, (in one of the biggest buyouts of video game history) I would imagine that a sequel will be hitting our computers, consoles, phones, tablets, and hell probably places we havent even thought of, before we have time to sing "There's a zombie on my lawn."
And on Origin only too! -_-...
I am getting a little tired of EA owning everyone these days, or at least it feels like they do.
King
I'm currently replaying a few games on my SNES, as my 360 is in Germany, being repaired.
Quote from: Roddenberry on September 08, 2011, 08:18:29 AM
I'm currently replaying a few games on my SNES, as my 360 is in Germany, being repaired.
That's cool, I just downloaded a N64 emulator for my iMac that so far seems to run pretty great, though Zelda Ocarina of Time crashes on startup. The other few games I've tried run well, and it's fun playing them with an Xbox 360 controller. What games are you playing on the SNES?
Just got finished a four hour session with Dead Island on my PS3. What an awesome game, I had to force myself to stop and go to bed. It's kind of a combination of World of Warcraft and Left for Dead, a first person perspective role playing game that has you leveling up powers, abilities and weapons as you complete quests and try to escape a zombie infested resort island in the South Pacific. Really fun, addictive combat is the highlight, with beautiful environments and really scary, realistic enemies. I can't wait to play some more.
Right now I'm playing Deus Ex:Human Revolution on the XBox...it's pretty good so far, finally got to where I can do some side missions. The best part is I can still throw bodies around like in the old XBox one.
Quote from: Chris-El on September 14, 2011, 05:45:30 AM
Right now I'm playing Deus Ex:Human Revolution on the XBox...it's pretty good so far, finally got to where I can do some side missions. The best part is I can still throw bodies around like in the old XBox one.
I got that game and set it aside...I played the first hour or so and it didn't hook me yet. I kind of regret the purchase, but I'm sure I will eventually sit down with it, since I really enjoyed the original game on my Sega Dreamcast. I think I need to stop listening to video game podcasts...they get me all caught up in artificial hype and excitement, when I really can't afford to be buying all these $60 new releases. Especially because I have a pretty big pile of unfinished games from the last three years to work on.
Joby - just wait a couple months for the prices to come down. And/or at least get Windows on that Apple machine and buy the PC versions. Not only better visually than console versions - they are cheaper too!
Quote from: Rico on September 14, 2011, 08:31:40 AM
Joby - just wait a couple months for the prices to come down. And/or at least get Windows on that Apple machine and buy the PC versions. Not only better visually than console versions - they are cheaper too!
Steam is also a good resource for getting games cheap. Just requires time and patience :). but since you have so many games, I think you have time on your side :P
King
Quote from: Rico on September 14, 2011, 08:31:40 AM
Joby - just wait a couple months for the prices to come down. And/or at least get Windows on that Apple machine and buy the PC versions. Not only better visually than console versions - they are cheaper too!
I've tried gaming on the iMac and it's been an experience...I think I might be a "Console 4 Life" kind of guy: I just can't get the hang of Mouse/Keyboard configurations for games. I know some offer gamepad support but alot don't...Oblivion and Dragon Age 2 for example. It's also why I pretty much sucked at raiding in WoW. I just can't get used to the mouse/KB. I think part of it is being left handed as well as years of playing with sticks and pads.
Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on September 14, 2011, 08:36:23 AM
Steam is also a good resource for getting games cheap. Just requires time and patience :). but since you have so many games, I think you have time on your side :P
King
Yes, I just need to exercise some self control, not the easiest thing for me unfortunately. There's not alot for Mac on Steam but the selection is growing day by day.
anyone here heard of minecraft? most of the kids at school are crazy about it.
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on September 14, 2011, 09:05:44 AM
Quote from: Rico on September 14, 2011, 08:31:40 AM
Joby - just wait a couple months for the prices to come down. And/or at least get Windows on that Apple machine and buy the PC versions. Not only better visually than console versions - they are cheaper too!
I've tried gaming on the iMac and it's been an experience...I think I might be a "Console 4 Life" kind of guy: I just can't get the hang of Mouse/Keyboard configurations for games. I know some offer gamepad support but alot don't...Oblivion and Dragon Age 2 for example. It's also why I pretty much sucked at raiding in WoW. I just can't get used to the mouse/KB. I think part of it is being left handed as well as years of playing with sticks and pads.
Can't get used to a mouse and keyboard?!?! I'm left handed too and I can't get used to a gamepad! LOL! Anyway, I just like the flexibility of a PC a lot more than a console.
Quote from: Rico on September 14, 2011, 07:10:57 PM
Can't get used to a mouse and keyboard?!?! I'm left handed too and I can't get used to a gamepad! LOL! Anyway, I just like the flexibility of a PC a lot more than a console.
Yeah, is that weird? I'm talking about for gaming, for situations where you have to have fast reactions and use the keyboard without looking at it. I'm a pretty fast typist, but I still only mostly use my two index fingers and have to look at the keyboard. Not great for gaming where you have to have one hand on the mouse and be watching the screen. The other thing is that until recently, I've never had a computer that could play modern games. It was always cheaper, at least with the initial outlay of cash for the hardware, to have a console, so thats the way I went for all my gaming, and my PC was only ever able to play games that were years and years old. Even my last computer was a laptop, and not able to handle current games beyond WoW. Now I have my iMac, which is a powerhouse, and I've been playing some games on it, but the ones that don't have gamepad support are going to take a whole lot of getting used to.
I do like the customization of games for the computer, and I've been experimenting with Far Cry 2, a fist person shooter thats been out for a couple years now, but I really can't say that I like WASD movement or the arrow keys either. Give me a gamepad any day!
A guy playing a shooter type game with a mouse and keyboard typically destroys a gamepad player. Microsoft found this out when they tried to link players on consoles with those on a PC.
Quote from: Rico on September 15, 2011, 08:12:28 AM
A guy playing a shooter type game with a mouse and keyboard typically destroys a gamepad player. Microsoft found this out when they tried to link players on consoles with those on a PC.
Some games *apparently* have managed to find a balance between the two on the FPS front.
King
Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on September 15, 2011, 08:22:43 AM
Quote from: Rico on September 15, 2011, 08:12:28 AM
A guy playing a shooter type game with a mouse and keyboard typically destroys a gamepad player. Microsoft found this out when they tried to link players on consoles with those on a PC.
Some games *apparently* have managed to find a balance between the two on the FPS front.
King
Really? What games? Most don't even allow cross-platform play.
Quote from: Rico on September 15, 2011, 08:29:54 AM
Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on September 15, 2011, 08:22:43 AM
Quote from: Rico on September 15, 2011, 08:12:28 AM
A guy playing a shooter type game with a mouse and keyboard typically destroys a gamepad player. Microsoft found this out when they tried to link players on consoles with those on a PC.
Some games *apparently* have managed to find a balance between the two on the FPS front.
King
Really? What games? Most don't even allow cross-platform play.
*smacks forhead* the games I was referring to are in development like Counter Strike: GC. My bad. Although I could have sworn the Modern Warfare games allowed cross-platform action.
King
The big cross-platform one that was tried was Shadowrun when Microsoft was touting their Windows Games initiative. And after the console owners got "PWNED" they kind of gave up on that idea. :)
Quote from: Rico on September 15, 2011, 08:12:28 AM
A guy playing a shooter type game with a mouse and keyboard typically destroys a gamepad player. Microsoft found this out when they tried to link players on consoles with those on a PC.
Yeah it's the mouse that confers that speed and accuracy advantage, but it's mostly the keyboard that gives me trouble, or rather having to use the keyboard one handed, with my weaker hand. I don't play those competitive shooters anyway, so I wish the games I really want to play on my computer, like Oblivion and Dragon Age 2, offered gamepad support.
Quote from: turtlesrock on September 14, 2011, 07:03:37 PM
anyone here heard of minecraft? most of the kids at school are crazy about it.
Yeah that game has been in beta for forever now! Or did they finally release a final build? That game is the first ever to make millions of dollars before it was officially even released. I've heard it's awesome but haven't tried it yet. I'm kind of afraid of addiction, I've heard it is very compelling.
I've just completed James Bond blood stone which was pretty good. Now I'm waiting for Batman Arkham City to be released :)
Finished Deus Ex. It was pretty OK, a bit to linear for me compared to the last one. But, there's lots of cool upgrades for your character and the visuals are pretty great.
Arkham City looks to be great. I love beating up thugs as Bats.
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on September 15, 2011, 10:44:17 AM
Quote from: turtlesrock on September 14, 2011, 07:03:37 PM
anyone here heard of minecraft? most of the kids at school are crazy about it.
Yeah that game has been in beta for forever now! Or did they finally release a final build? That game is the first ever to make millions of dollars before it was officially even released. I've heard it's awesome but haven't tried it yet. I'm kind of afraid of addiction, I've heard it is very compelling.
My younger son Eric has played Minecraft for quite awhile now. He really loves it.
Quote from: Chris-El on September 18, 2011, 05:57:39 AM
Finished Deus Ex. It was pretty OK, a bit to linear for me compared to the last one. But, there's lots of cool upgrades for your character and the visuals are pretty great.
Arkham City looks to be great. I love beating up thugs as Bats.
I actually preordered the new Batman, something I never do but I was trading in games to get Dead Island and got more money for them by putting $5 down on it. Batman is a day one purchase for me, I loved the first one. Looking forward to the addition of Robin and Catwoman as playable characters.
now i have started to play minecraft. great, now i am addicted to it!
Quote from: turtlesrock on September 25, 2011, 06:19:34 PM
now i have started to play minecraft. great, now i am addicted to it!
I'm playing Terraria, which is almost as bad x_x.
King
Went back to Mass Effect 1, gonna finish that game then hit #2.
Quote from: billybob476 on September 26, 2011, 09:28:21 AM
Went back to Mass Effect 1, gonna finish that game then hit #2.
Wow you're in for a treat if you've never played those games. My advice is don't get discouraged by ME 1, the sequel is about 1000x better than the first game and the first game is pretty darn awesome. Mass Effect 1 has it's problems, but they are all resolved in the sequel. Mass Effect 2 is about as close to a perfect video game as I have ever played.
Awesome, I've restarted ME1 3 times, gonna do it this time!
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on September 26, 2011, 09:51:53 AM
Quote from: billybob476 on September 26, 2011, 09:28:21 AM
Went back to Mass Effect 1, gonna finish that game then hit #2.
Wow you're in for a treat if you've never played those games. My advice is don't get discouraged by ME 1, the sequel is about 1000x better than the first game and the first game is pretty darn awesome. Mass Effect 1 has it's problems, but they are all resolved in the sequel. Mass Effect 2 is about as close to a perfect video game as I have ever played.
What Joby said :)
King
I've played through ME1 fully 2 times and I've started I don't know how many profiles (probably 6) and played through at least the citadel and maybe one planet after.
I'm planning on getting an X-Box 360 eventually so I can play ME2 (I don't think my PC can handle it) and probably ME1 again, and ME3 when it comes out. Also Gears of War 3, though I may co-op that with a friend sooner, but we are waiting for the price to drop a little and we don't exactly have time right now either to make the price worth it, but that's what we did for Gears 1 and 2.
LOVE THIS GAME !!!
http://youtu.be/X5SMd3OzWUk (http://youtu.be/X5SMd3OzWUk)
Sadly Andreas Katsulas died shortly after the game was finished. He was G'Kar on Babylon 5, Commander Tomalak on TNG, and Sykes (one armed man) The Fugitive.
Another awesome trailer!
http://youtu.be/FJRAUC7-QUE (http://youtu.be/FJRAUC7-QUE)
I'm on to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and it's AWESOME!!!!!
I'm way behind and just started Assassins Creed on the xbox 360
Skyrim all day baby. Working on about seven hours sleep in the past 48 hours and anticipating some more tonight. This game is becoming an obsession.
Playing....well, actually not much at the moment, bit busy. But pretty much Words with friends and a couple other ones.
King
Replying Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Still love the game.
WoW - always WoW - ok gotta go. :roflmao
Anyone get a look in at the new Star wars game yet?
Quote from: Sheppard on November 16, 2011, 07:29:56 PM
Replying Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Still love the game.
Oh yeah! Classic! I love all the Zelda games
Quote from: Sheppard on November 16, 2011, 07:29:56 PM
Replying Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Still love the game.
What system are you playing it on? I heard the 3DS remake of that game (in 3D) is one of the primary reasons to buy that little handheld. That and now the new Mario.
Anyone going to play the new Zelda for Wii, Skyward Sword? It's getting some mixed reviews.
I wanted to try out an on-line version of the old game 'Ultima 4' - but found the site was taken down. :( Oh well.
Quote from: Bromptonboy on November 17, 2011, 07:53:19 AM
I wanted to try out an on-line version of the old game 'Ultima 4' - but found the site was taken down. :( Oh well.
Free here:
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_4 (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_4)
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on November 17, 2011, 07:38:38 AM
Quote from: Sheppard on November 16, 2011, 07:29:56 PM
Replying Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Still love the game.
What system are you playing it on? I heard the 3DS remake of that game (in 3D) is one of the primary reasons to buy that little handheld. That and now the new Mario.
Anyone going to play the new Zelda for Wii, Skyward Sword? It's getting some mixed reviews.
Pulled out the N64 actually. And unfortunately no I won't be playing Skyward Sword cause I don't have a Wii.
Quote from: Rico on November 17, 2011, 08:27:14 AM
Quote from: Bromptonboy on November 17, 2011, 07:53:19 AM
I wanted to try out an on-line version of the old game 'Ultima 4' - but found the site was taken down. :( Oh well.
Free here:
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_4 (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_4)
Cool! Thanks a million! Loved this old series (many a lost hour playing them into the night).
Quote from: Sheppard on November 18, 2011, 09:04:30 AM
Pulled out the N64 actually. And unfortunately no I won't be playing Skyward Sword cause I don't have a Wii.
- Ah...I'm TRYING to be a better person! But you buys just keep HANDING me the joke material!!! :)
Quote from: Sheppard on November 18, 2011, 09:04:30 AM
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on November 17, 2011, 07:38:38 AM
Quote from: Sheppard on November 16, 2011, 07:29:56 PM
Replying Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Still love the game.
What system are you playing it on? I heard the 3DS remake of that game (in 3D) is one of the primary reasons to buy that little handheld. That and now the new Mario.
Anyone going to play the new Zelda for Wii, Skyward Sword? It's getting some mixed reviews.
Pulled out the N64 actually. And unfortunately no I won't be playing Skyward Sword cause I don't have a Wii.
Wow a working N64! That controller has got to be the weirdest piece of hardware ever made. What's even weirder is that you get used to it and it is actually pretty functional.
@Al, *sigh* ;)
My family and a few friends still have functioning N64s, one of the greatest pieces of hardware of my childhood. Pity that modern consoles will never function like them, now with all this friggin DRM and internet requirements... =\
King
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on November 18, 2011, 12:02:32 PM
Wow a working N64! That controller has got to be the weirdest piece of hardware ever made. What's even weirder is that you get used to it and it is actually pretty functional.
I don't mind the controller a bit. And I take good care of my toys. The N64 actually is the newest system I have. Besides that I only have a NES, which works perfectly as well. Oh my Dad still has an Atari Super Pong as well. My brother and I played that one a lot when we were young before my mother let me get a NES and then the N64. I'm not exactly the biggest gamer in the world I should say.
I just started Assassins Creed:Revelation. It's pretty great so far. I love these games, the old world cities are done so well.
Skyrim on my MacBook. This game is so involved I think I will be playing it for years! I'm still in Whitehall running errands for people!
Quote from: Bryancd on December 31, 2011, 06:07:12 AM
Skyrim on my MacBook. This game is so involved I think I will be playing it for years! I'm still in Whitehall running errands for people!
You can make a whole game out of the side missions they came up with for Skyrim. I think I played 30 hours before I even touched any major quests.
still playing minecraft... i'm working on a as-close-to-life-size-as-i-can-get model of warehouse 13.
I got through the first dungeon of The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword over Xmas. I'm hooked on Zelda again! Been a long time for me since I enjoyed a straight up Zelda title.
Playing Modern Warfare 3. People have been down on ths game for some reason. I always like this series, it's like playing a Michael Bay movie, complete with Hans Zimmer music!
Quote from: Jobydrone on December 31, 2011, 03:25:30 PM
I got through the first dungeon of The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword over Xmas. I'm hooked on Zelda again! Been a long time for me since I enjoyed a straight up Zelda title.
How do you like using the motion control with the Wii controller?
It's fine, there's some interesting game mechanics that come from using the wii motion + controls, like picking what direction you have to hit enemies from, or manipulating puzzle pieces to fit in a board. Nothing earth shattering, but new and different is good.
So I now have a new 27" iMac with a much better graphics card and can play games like Skyrim in Boot Camp and it looks AMAZING!!!!!
Nice! Where did you buy your iMac Bryan? Online with Apple??
Quote from: Rico on January 18, 2012, 09:00:51 AM
Nice! Where did you buy your iMac Bryan? Online with Apple??
Just walked into a Best Buy on my way home and threw down the cash! :) It was easier and faster and the price was a little lower by $80 or so.
Which graphics card do you have?
I'm curious how you went about installing Windows...I think there's a way to download a trial version of Windows 7 and install using bootcamp, but everything I've read says you have to have an actual Windows install disc.
It's the 2.7GHz Quad Core with AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 512MB. I bought a copy of Windows 7 with the disc and did a standard and easy install.
Ah mine's the 4670 or some numbers similar to that. I don't think Skyrim would do too well on my card, but older less intense games should run if I ever wind up finding a Windows disc I can use.
I started playing the Ghostbusters Game for my PS3. Love that it's like a movie with all the original actors and a few new voices added in. Would be nice if Bill Murray came on board for the next movie. :o
Z
Quote from: Zarabeth32 on January 18, 2012, 09:43:16 AM
I started playing the Ghostbusters Game for my PS3. Love that it's like a movie with all the original actors and a few new voices added in. Would be nice if Bill Murray came on board for the next movie. :o
Z
That was a very fun game but I finished very quickly. I really liked the ghost catching mechanics...Fun!
I went old school and am playing Final Fantasy 2 on Wii. I just love the classics.
i found some addicting flash games on the internet, but warning, they are really addicting.
http://www.addictinggames.com/action-games/fireboyandwatergirl.jsp (http://www.addictinggames.com/action-games/fireboyandwatergirl.jsp)
beware, there are also sequels. *lightning crashes in the background*
Skyrim. Loving it.
Appaullo
Tribes Ascend and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. Some great FPS goodness. :)
King
Playing Syndicate until tonight ... then ME3
Quote from: X on March 05, 2012, 06:17:21 PM
Playing Syndicate until tonight ... then ME3
you getting ME3 at midnight Chris? I heard Syndicate was really good but I'm not a huge multiplayer gamer so will probably skip it.
I'm trying to. My Preorder isn't at a midnight store and the closest one is in downtown boston and one of the three major release locations in the country. I don't know if I can get it and get back to the trains in time.
Sounds like it would be fun to check out a big midnight release if they're going all out. How much is a cab if you miss the last train?
Quote from: Jobydrone on March 05, 2012, 07:14:22 PM
Sounds like it would be fun to check out a big midnight release if they're going all out. How much is a cab if you miss the last train?
About 30
Wow that's like three DLC packs! Just kidding, but yeah probably too much to pay for a pre release party. Unless of course, Jennifer Hale is there or something equally cool.
Rapidly becoming overwhelmed by Skyrim. Contemplating going back to Freecell...
EDIT: or maybe Ultima. 1. On an 8-bit emulator for true nostalgia points.
I've been playing Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. It's the most recent game of the series. Patrick Stewart does the voice of Zobek and is the narrator. The graphics are amazing. Gabriel is voiced by Robert Carlyle. If anyone else has played this let me know. If you like games like Castlevania, you've gotta play this. The boss battles are a bit tough at times but it's worth playing. There are lots of puzzles too. It can get frustrating at times but it's also really fun.
http://youtu.be/0y8F0dQM1DI (http://youtu.be/0y8F0dQM1DI)
Thought I'd revive this old thread with a new post. :)
Still playing Skyrim. I'm a level 36 Nord and I'm a werwolf. Good game if you like huge maps and somewhat open-ened RPGs on the console.
Angela and her husband Jim have talked me into playing Star Wars The Old Republic. We're on Harbinger if anyone has toons on that server. I have a level 3 Imperial Agent and a level 2 Jedi Guardian. Angela has a level 16 Bounty Hunter and about five other characters she's building up. I think I prefer playing an Imperial at this point. The quests seem more fun. I keep getting lightside points... doh. Maybe my character is a good person who's just on the wrong side of the war. :)
Fun stuff! If you get the downloadable content for Skyrim (Dawguard I think it's called) I think you can be a Vampire Lord if you ever get tired of being a werewolf. Cool powers like turning into mist and limited flight/teleportation. Also supposed to be some great story involved. Did you finish the main quest yet? I keep meaning to get back to that game but there's so much left to do it would probably take 25 more hours to finish. I finished the main story, the Thieves guild, Mages guild, and the Fighters guild, but still have so much left to do, like the Assassin's guild, and the whole story line that involves the two warring factions around Skyrim. It's amazing to me how much content there is in that game.
Right now I'm playing Far Cry 3, probably 3/4 finished there, and Sleeping Dogs, also about 3/4 done. Both on 360, both great games.
Quote from: Jobydrone on January 02, 2013, 08:15:21 AM
Fun stuff! If you get the downloadable content for Skyrim (Dawguard I think it's called) I think you can be a Vampire Lord if you ever get tired of being a werewolf. Cool powers like turning into mist and limited flight/teleportation. Also supposed to be some great story involved. Did you finish the main quest yet? I keep meaning to get back to that game but there's so much left to do it would probably take 25 more hours to finish. I finished the main story, the Thieves guild, Mages guild, and the Fighters guild, but still have so much left to do, like the Assassin's guild, and the whole story line that involves the two warring factions around Skyrim. It's amazing to me how much content there is in that game.
Right now I'm playing Far Cry 3, probably 3/4 finished there, and Sleeping Dogs, also about 3/4 done. Both on 360, both great games.
I'm currently working on all the side quests that I can before finishing the main quest. I'm trying to build up all my characters skills before I capture the dragon and kill the other one, which is what I'm suppose to do next. I finished the Mage's Guild quests (I'm now Arch Mage), I joined the Bard's Guild as well as the Fighter's Guild. I'm currently looking for some killer in "The Pale" for the fighter's guild. I have NO idea where this person is and I'm wandering around killing all the bandits I come across hoping he's among them.
BTW, maybe it's cheating but I found a dog that belongs to a Daedric Prince. I was suppose to reconcile him to his master, but I didn't finish his quest and he's still with me. Now I have two companions, my character's husband and this dog, which helps me do what I do best—ranged fighting. My bow skills are very high and I pick off the people that my tanks go after. :D The dog is annoying as heck. He sometimes blocks my exit in small tunnels or nooks, he prevents me from sneaking, he barks too much and sometimes he picks fights with my character's husband: Belrand. The dog doesn't die and I can't make them stop fighting, so I let the boys beat each other up while I continue through a dungeon crawl or whatever I'm doing when they start fighting. After I draw agro, they come back to help. BTW, Belrand is uglier than homemade soap, I mean he'd make a freight train take a dirt road, but he's an awesome battle mage and he's very kind. He's not bad looking when he's wearing a helmet with a face guard. :D Good old Belrand. :)
I did buy the homestead content for Skyrim. I built a nice place near a lake and Lydia is my Stewart. I have a carriage and a bard as well. You can adopt children, but I have one of those in real life that no one can replace...I don't need a virtual one. :D
Have you run across any bugs in this game? I have found that some of the missions cannot be completed. Not sure what the deal is with that. :/
Yes one of the worst bugs I encountered involved the Fighters Guild, where I got to near the end and couldn't advance any further...everything got stuck and it wouldn't give me the next quest. After alot of research I found that it was caused by completing a random quest in a dungeon that was critical to the fighter's guild questline, and then advancing the fighter's guild questline to a certain point BEFORE the dungeon had respawned all the creatures (which happens in 30 days of in game time.) So I had to revert to an old save before I started the Fighter's Guild questline, wait 24 hours 30 times (fun stuff, that) and then proceed to complete the Fighter's guild quests again. I would have just said to heck with it but my character was stuck as a werewolf and the only cure is finishing that questline.
Quote from: Jobydrone on January 02, 2013, 01:18:47 PM
Yes one of the worst bugs I encountered involved the Fighters Guild, where I got to near the end and couldn't advance any further...everything got stuck and it wouldn't give me the next quest. After alot of research I found that it was caused by completing a random quest in a dungeon that was critical to the fighter's guild questline, and then advancing the fighter's guild questline to a certain point BEFORE the dungeon had respawned all the creatures (which happens in 30 days of in game time.) So I had to revert to an old save before I started the Fighter's Guild questline, wait 24 hours 30 times (fun stuff, that) and then proceed to complete the Fighter's guild quests again. I would have just said to heck with it but my character was stuck as a werewolf and the only cure is finishing that questline.
I think this has happened to me too! Did it involve a certain character that ordered you to bring him... "something".... to cure the lot of them? A scrap occurred while you were gone and you couldn't deliver the "something" because of the unfortunate result of said scrap? LOL. Sorry for the cryptic question. You can PM me if you can't answer here. :D I also can't seem to cleans the fires at the Mage's Guild. It won't let me activate them. DANG that's frustrating.
That said... um...it's still a good game. :D
Quote from: Jen on January 03, 2013, 09:12:51 AM
Quote from: Jobydrone on January 02, 2013, 01:18:47 PM
Yes one of the worst bugs I encountered involved the Fighters Guild, where I got to near the end and couldn't advance any further...everything got stuck and it wouldn't give me the next quest. After alot of research I found that it was caused by completing a random quest in a dungeon that was critical to the fighter's guild questline, and then advancing the fighter's guild questline to a certain point BEFORE the dungeon had respawned all the creatures (which happens in 30 days of in game time.) So I had to revert to an old save before I started the Fighter's Guild questline, wait 24 hours 30 times (fun stuff, that) and then proceed to complete the Fighter's guild quests again. I would have just said to heck with it but my character was stuck as a werewolf and the only cure is finishing that questline.
I think this has happened to me too! Did it involve a certain character that ordered you to bring him... "something".... to cure the lot of them? A scrap occurred while you were gone and you couldn't deliver the "something" because of the unfortunate result of said scrap? LOL. Sorry for the cryptic question. You can PM me if you can't answer here. :D I also can't seem to cleans the fires at the Mage's Guild. It won't let me activate them. DANG that's frustrating.
YES that's exactly what happened to me. It's been a long time but I'll never forget being stuck there, you get back to the guild in the city and everyone is dealing with the death of the main guy, and you never get the next quest. You're hosed, unless you do what I did, going back to a save before you started the fighters guild questline...and depending how much you've played since you fist encountered the bug it could be alot of progress you'll lose. If you decide to forget it, you're stuck being a werewolf and can never finish that questline. It's a horrible bug and I cannot believe after all this time they haven't fixed it.
I also remember having the same problem with the Mages guild fires, but I think I was doing something wrong and figured it out...it's not a bug just poorly designed. Keep trying.
AH DANG. And you know what the worst thing is about that particular Skyrim bug? I can't drop the disgusting item the deceased fighter's guild leader told me to bring him, because it's a quest item! It weighs 4lbs! Yuck! I have to look at it everytime I go through my inventory! I guess I'm destined to be a werwolf because I... am... NOT going back to an early game save. :D I jump all over the place, with regards to quests, I don't do the quest lines all the way through. I jump around. I wouldn't know where to start or what I'd have to redo. :) Poor Belrand (my character's husband). He's always so freaked out when I turn into a shewolf—he takes off on me. It's the only thing he's a chicken about. :D
Guess I'll just keep plodding away. Thanks for the info and the tip about the Mage's Guild.
I've mentioned this in another thread, but I ran into a HUGE bug on Mass Effect III that has prevented me from completing the game. My profile is corrupted on EA's servers, or so the gaming forums I've scanned suggest. Apparently it's a common bug. I will have to save my gamer profile to a USB stick then delete my profile from the console's hard drive. Afterward, it was suggested that I reinstall it, using the stick, and the issue will be corrected. I'm willing to try that, but I'm so worried that I'll screw up and won't be able to recover my profile from the thumb drive. I've been playing Skyrim and SWTOR instead, when I have the time to play games. But Mass Effect is my favorite series and I'm a completionist. I will eventually have to give that solution a try and risk losing all my gamer accomplishments/saves.
If you ever get Mass Effect 3 working again, your would get the most out of the story if you download the free extended ending, and the two DLC packs Leviathan and From Ashes. From what I've read, these three DLC packs greatly enhance the overall impact and sense of closure to the story, and are best experienced as cohesive elements of the game rather than tacked on at the end. I wish I could erase my memory of hte game and go back and play again with all that content added.
I'm pretty sure Microsoft saves your gamertag profile server side, so you can't screw up so bad that the profile is unrecoverable. You can lose all your game saves though so make sure you don't erase your whole hard drive.
Hubs is playing through an old Tomb Raider game on his PS2. We need to get the XBox 360 fixed, and then I really want to get Lego Lord of the Rings. I'm also a casual WoW player... more casual than I'd like to be, honestly.
Karen
Would you believe I am playing Mass Effect for the first time?! It's great!
I liked the first Mass Effect. I was a little less impressed with 2, and I don't think hubs has finished 3 yet. Or maybe he has and I wasn't home. Then again, I'm often less than impressed with game sequels.
Karen
I messing around with Halo 4 after finally beating Assassins Creed 3.
Finally got around to Skyrim. I'm a level 9 Nord.
You guys are playing some of the best games of all time...Skyrim and Mass Effect. Interested to know how u felt about AC3 Chris, I know your a huge fan of the series and 3 (actually the seventh game in the series if you count mobile versions) was a controversial title last year.
I just started Ni No Kuni on PS3. It's an epic collaboration between Take Five studios, storied Japanese RPG developer, and Studio Ghibli who did the animation for the classic Japanese movies Howls Moving Castle and Ponyo. I am about three hours into it and so far this game is incredible. The art is incredibly gorgeous and detailed, with the cities, characters, monsters, and outdoor environments all designed by the brilliant animators at Ghibli. I've never played a game before that feels so much like directly controlling a cartoon. The kids watched me play and were totally transfixed. The gameplay is a mix of classic JRPG exploration and combat with a Pokemon "gotta catch 'em all" twist that is really fun. At 40 hours+ just to finish the main story and double that to do everything ill be playi g this one for a long long time.
I am a big Elder Scrolls fan in general. I'm actually itching to go back and play Morrowind after Skyrim.
Is Morrowind downloadable through Xbox Live now or do you have to break out an old original Xbox? (or do you still have a backwards compatible Xbox 360, lucky!) My backwards compatible PS3 (80 gig) is still going strong which I am very grateful for, believe it or not I still have a pretty big backlog of PS2 games I fully intend to play one day.
I played Morrowind but didn't get far on my old Xbox, and then when the Xbox broke I never went back to the game. It was my first exposure to the the Elder Scrolls series and I was just starting to get the hang of it when I had to stop. That's a game I'd probably really enjoy going back and playing, the question is does it hold up after the awesomeness that was Oblivion and Skyrim?
A lot of longtime fans claim Morrowind is the best of the series. I guess you just have to look at it in the context of the time it came out. You can get the PC version on Steam for 20 bucks: http://store.steampowered.com/app/22320/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/22320/)
Quote from: Jobydrone on January 28, 2013, 05:30:26 AM
You guys are playing some of the best games of all time...Skyrim and Mass Effect. Interested to know how u felt about AC3 Chris, I know your a huge fan of the series and 3 (actually the seventh game in the series if you count mobile versions) was a controversial title last year.
In general, I liked it. There were some parts to this game, like the naval missions, which were fun and new, and some tedium as well. The setting was nice, I do want to see what happens after the end of this game, what is the path forward? I did like that they simplified the combat mechanics, that was always a pin in the older games.
Quote from: billybob476 on January 28, 2013, 06:48:04 AM
A lot of longtime fans claim Morrowind is the best of the series. I guess you just have to look at it in the context of the time it came out. You can get the PC version on Steam for 20 bucks: http://store.steampowered.com/app/22320/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/22320/)
I do think Morrowind is the best, but it may have to with how differnt it really was to RPGs out at the time (2001). The freedom was unprecedented. I would buy a "remastered" version of that game a'la Halo Anniversary Edition in a second.
Just don't bother with the original Elder Scrolls: Arena. Jankiest controls ever :)
The Elderscrolls I: Arena gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydOdkc6ETY8#ws)
I'm currently playing Mark of the Ninja & Saints Row: The Third. Saints is my first GTA-open-world style game I've ever played and I'm enjoying it immensely. I picked it up with the Humble THQ bundle a while back. Its crazy insane but it clearly knows it and revels in that fact. Mark of the Ninja is a well polished 2D stealth action game and it is really well done. On PC/Xbox if your interested and I highly suggest you check it out. You can be ultra-stealthy and not kill anyone if you want or a brutal assassin, it lets you choose.
Also been playing Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic from GOG with a couple friends of mine. Really old-school 4X game that's been very enjoyable.
I maxed my character in skyrim before hearthfire came out and now I'm just jumping in occasionally with Skyrim, Borderlands 2, Halo 4, Call of duty BOP2, and magic the gathering.
Having tons of glitches with Hearthfire, won't let me adopt a kid even though I have a full house with bedrooms and fully furnished.
Quote from: Chris-El on January 28, 2013, 11:44:16 AM
Having tons of glitches with Hearthfire, won't let me adopt a kid even though I have a full house with bedrooms and fully furnished.
That Skyrim child services department is tough :)
Is Dawnguard out yet?
Quote from: billybob476 on January 28, 2013, 11:48:19 AM
Quote from: Chris-El on January 28, 2013, 11:44:16 AM
Having tons of glitches with Hearthfire, won't let me adopt a kid even though I have a full house with bedrooms and fully furnished.
That Skyrim child services department is tough :)
Is Dawnguard out yet?
Dawnguard was the first expansion
Oh, my bad. I meant Dragonborn.
Yeah, it's pretty cool. You get to go back to Solstheim (expansion in Morrowind). The dragon riding is pretty lame, but otherwise a great expansion.
See I was told Mass Effect 2 was a lot better then Mass Effect, and I think Mass Effect is great. It took a while getting used to and I am not a fan of the squad based stuff, but the story is great fun and the environments and missions are a blast. That tank thing with the canon is AWESOME! I wanted to play and finish Mass Effect so I could carry my character into 2.
Playing your way through is the way to do it. Mass Effect has an awesome story.
I was in the same boat as you, I thought 1 was awesome (and it is) but the gameplay improvements they made in 2 really do improve the experience. It's just a much more enjoyable game to play.
Quote from: Bryancd on January 28, 2013, 03:40:19 PM
See I was told Mass Effect 2 was a lot better then Mass Effect, and I think Mass Effect is great. It took a while getting used to and I am not a fan of the squad based stuff, but the story is great fun and the environments and missions are a blast. That tank thing with the canon is AWESOME! I wanted to play and finish Mass Effect so I could carry my character into 2.
Mass Effect 2 is slightly (and I stress slightly) controversial because it backsteps from some of the RPG mechanics they had in the original Mass Effect. The sequel's game mechanics generally feel and work differently than the first one, is the best way to describe it. BUT, that said, I feel like many of the changes were for the better and I personally think its the best of the 3 games. The majority of the game is still Mass Effect, just improved. Story is great, environments and missions are great and the conversation system is much better in the sequel.
Also, you think that Tank with the cannon was awesome? There's an even better version in the sequel. I won't say anymore. :).
Sweet! And I am not a huge RPG fan, I prefer more FPS games, so I heard 2 was more like a FPS.
Quote from: Bryancd on January 28, 2013, 04:02:01 PM
Sweet! And I am not a huge RPG fan, I prefer more FPS games, so I heard 2 was more like a FPS.
Yeah, the 2nd game has a much better combat system, though the story and universe is just so much more greater than the combat itself that I always rushed through it to enjoy more of the story.
Did u need to buy DLC to get the tank in mass effect 2?
The hugest most massive disappointment about ME 3 was not being able to import my Sheppard from ME1 and 2...the choices were saved but I had to redo her face and body. And no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get it exactly right. Did they ever fix that bug?
Nice to have u in the gaming thread Bryan!!!
Quote from: Jobydrone on January 28, 2013, 05:49:10 PM
Did u need to buy DLC to get the tank in mass effect 2?
The hugest most massive disappointment about ME 3 was not being able to import my Sheppard from ME1 and 2...the choices were saved but I had to redo her face and body. And no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get it exactly right. Did they ever fix that bug?
Nice to have u in the gaming thread Bryan!!!
I think that was a console-only bug but I don't recall them ever fixing it. But I kind of quit paying attention to what EA does these days so my info could be out of date.
As far as that Tank, I think it was free DLC unlocked when you bought it New. So long as you did that, it would unlock, but I'd have to check. I know I didn't pay for DLC to unlock the tank though.
I got about 3/4 of the way through King's Quest 1 for my next podcast last night. Only got eaten by alligators once.
http://www.gog.com/gamecard/kings_quest_1_2_3 (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/kings_quest_1_2_3)
I am playing ALIENS: Colonial MArines and despite complaints from some players and graphic issues with the console version I am having a lot of fun playing on my iMac. Graphics look great, gameplay is smooth. Alien AI isn't the best but the other marines you fight are pretty clever. I have been wandering around Hadleys Hope and it's very cool to see it recreated perfectly from the film.
I had no idea you could play this on a Mac too. That's pretty cool!
I am playing on Windows 7 on the partioned HD. :)
Quote from: Bryancd on February 19, 2013, 08:42:13 AM
I am playing on Windows 7 on the partioned HD. :)
Ahh - well, then you are really playing on Windows not a Mac.
Yes, I just always think if it from a hardware standpoint.
This game has gotten absolutely slammed in reviews, glad to see you're enjoying it Bryan. From what I've seen the troubles may be due to several total reboots during the development cycle, where they had to start over practically from scratch more than once, until someone at Sega finally said "Get it done already" so some compromises were made. I'll play this when the price drops hit (possibly in a few weeks based on the reviews) or maybe give it a rental
Been playing Miasmata lately. Miasmata is sort of the anti-Far Cry 3. First person survival game where your trying to cure the plague that you've got with plants you discover around the island. There is a creature on the island with an intelligent AI, apparently, that will hunt you on the island and you have to avoid it. You only have limited melee weapons and nothing else to defend yourself with. I've been playing for a couple hours and I have yet to see the creature though. Still, it's an unsettling experience for how lonely you feel on the island.
So I've been playing Lord of the Rings Online MMO since December and I'm totally addicted.. anyone else playing this game?
I played it for a while...I really enjoyed it, just don't have the time to dedicate to MMOs lately.
Yeah sadly my time with MMOs is at the very least on a hiatus. I spent the last few weeks re-playing through the King's Quest series for my show. What a ton of fun. I think I'm going to give KQ6 a peoper playthough though, that one was always my favourite.
Yes, I'm still playing WOW. I also grabbed Torchlight 2 off Steam last weekend when it was on sale. Cool game.
Last night I finished an epic play through of "Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch," on the PS3. I haven't played a game like this in a really long time. I've generally not enjoyed Japanese role playing games. Ever since I started gaming, I've always been drawn to the more American style of RPG, going all the way back to the gold box Dungeons and Dragons games and in more recent years the Bethesda produced RPGs like Fallout and Elder Scrolls or Bioware's Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and the like. In fact the last pure JRPG I played to completion was all the way back in the PS2 era, Final Fantasy 10. But Ni No Kuni is something really special. It's a combined effort from Level Five, who've a long history of creating unique and interesting combat and gameplay systems for Japanese role playing games like Dark Cloud, Dragon Quest, Rogue Galaxy, and White Knight Chronicles. The thing that makes this game so special, though, and what drew me back to the genre, is that studio's collaboration with the premiere Japanese animation producer, Studio Ghibli, who are the creators of such wonderful films as Ponyo, Howl's Moving Castle, and My Neighbor Totoro. Ghibli did all the animation for this game, and it's chock full of high quality cut scenes and painted environments that just radiate with Ghibli style and substance. The characters look just like Ghibli creations, and the story is truly moving, sad, and exciting. I really felt for the characters and wanted to see how the story ended. I don't think I've ever played a game that is so much like actually playing an animated film before.
The actual gameplay is really fun too...at the start you travel alone but very soon into the game you meet your other party members. You use monsters that you fight but eventually can befriend along the way, called familiars, (alot like Pokemon), and there are hundreds of unique looking and really fun monster designs to find and capture. After a monster becomes your familiar, you can name them, level them up along with your party members, feed them to make them stronger in different stat areas, equip them with weapons, manage their abilities, and eventually evolve them into different, more powerful forms along branching paths. It's truly amazing how much detail went into the level system for these familiars. The main character and all the party members have their own unique spells and abilities as well, and while they start out weak and need to use their familiars to fight for them, by the end of the game the main party have epic and powerful abilities and powers that sometimes make the familiars seem a little bit lacking.
I've been obsessed with finishing this game for a couple weeks now, to the consternation of my wife who's been banished from the TV after the kids go to bed for all that time. My game clock says I've played this for over 50 hours. If you have a PS3 (this is a Playstation exclusive) and have ever been a fan of RPGs or Studio Ghibli, you absolutely HAVE to try this game. I know the length is daunting, but believe me when I say it takes something really special for a guy with a wife that hates gaming and four kids to commit 50+ hours to a game like this. You'll be glad you did.
I got totally sucked into the new SimCity. Played until 1am last night. Despite reports I only had one minor issue logging in (I assume the server I chose was too busy, flipped to another and all was well) and the game was solid for my 4 hour play session.
It is both simpler and more complex then previous installments in the franchise. I've only scratched the surface thus far and I think I'll be playing this one for quite awhile. It's as quirky as I've come to expect from a SimCity game and the graphics are awesome looking.
Based on my initial playthrough this is a recommend. I think I'll be doing a UMBCast on it in the coming weeks like I did for the new X-COM.
Cool! Sims were never my thing but there's alot of buzz about this game. Looking forward to hearing your impressions.
Your one of the lucky ones. The reports I keep getting is that people still can't unlock their preorder, have to suffer through long queues or can't login at all. Its a nasty launch and they haven't even added the Europeans to the mix yet. Of course, they could have avoided this mess but *shrug*
That said, the gameplay footage I've seen looks pretty good. I like the simulation engine they're using. I like the look and graphics and the new stuff they added. But I feel like this SimCity (5) is missing features that would make this a short-lived game for me. Such as the ability to change terrain and the lack of larger cities.
They're focusing more on making multiple cities which compliment each other. Depending on your intended play style (multi or solo) you can view your region as a single large subdivided city. Apparantly a patch is rolling out across all servers of the course of today which will address stability issues.
Going though a major release right now at work might be making me a lot more understanding then I'd be otherwise.
Quote from: billybob476 on March 06, 2013, 11:47:44 AM
They're focusing more on making multiple cities which compliment each other. Depending on your intended play style (multi or solo) you can view your region as a single large subdivided city. Apparantly a patch is rolling out across all servers of the course of today which will address stability issues.
Going though a major release right now at work might be making me a lot more understanding then I'd be otherwise.
Which its fine that they want to do a multiple cities complimenting each other, but the fact that the cities freeze in time whenever you leave one to go to another makes that idea less attractive to me. Sure, its to encourage multiplayer but there aren't enough multiplayer features to really make me want to play with friends. The interaction I've seen is pretty limited, it feels more like Facebook's "friends" interaction they have in games like farmville and that was never a very good feature.
I'll let you know when I start up a second city in my region.
http://www.destructoid.com/amazon-has-pulled-simcity-from-its-store-248072.phtml (http://www.destructoid.com/amazon-has-pulled-simcity-from-its-store-248072.phtml)
Ongoing server troubles have resulted in SimCity getting pulled from Amazon.com. Not even Diablo 3 got pulled from an online retailer during its troubles. It also has a 1 star average rating now. People are not happy.
How about you Billybob? Able to login?
I didn't play last night but the two nights before that I had no issues. Trying now (obviously off-peak), I got in no problem. It appears the download is still available as of now, they simply put up a note.
QuoteImportant Note on "SimCity"
Many customers are having issues connecting to the "SimCity" servers. EA is actively working to resolve these issues, but at this time we do not know when the issue will be fixed. Please visit https://help.ea.com/en/simcity/simcity (https://help.ea.com/en/simcity/simcity) for more information.
http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Arts-41018ted-Edition2-SimCity/dp/B007VTVRFA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362743772&sr=8-1&keywords=simcity (http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Arts-41018ted-Edition2-SimCity/dp/B007VTVRFA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362743772&sr=8-1&keywords=simcity)
While this isn't a great launch, there may be a bit of overreaction here.
Seems like they messed up a bit. I still can't understand how beta testing doesn't give them a good feel for things like this? I'm sure in a fairly short time period they will get it all scaled properly. One of the reasons I tend to stay away from new game launches. Now, where is my copy of Sim City 2000 at? :)
SC2000 is right here: http://www.gog.com/gamecard/simcity_2000_special_edition (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/simcity_2000_special_edition)
Quote from: Rico on March 08, 2013, 09:30:48 AM
Seems like they messed up a bit. I still can't understand how beta testing doesn't give them a good feel for things like this? I'm sure in a fairly short time period they will get it all scaled properly. One of the reasons I tend to stay away from new game launches. Now, where is my copy of Sim City 2000 at? :)
EA did a very closed BETA testing, they had maybe 40 people logging in at the same time from what I heard. I agree with you though, a public BETA test would have avoided a lot of these problems from cropping up. Not all of them, but it certainly wouldn't be the current issue that it is.
They definitely didn't load test well. One thing they've mentioned is that they didn't expect average play session length to be as long as it has been. Also some heavier server side processes have been bogging things down.
Can't decide if SimCity is worth $60 as it stands right now. I am so interested in this game but it just doesn't feel right to give EA that much after this fiasco of a launch. Cheetah speed is still disabled almost 5 days after launch?
Mostly playing Team Fortress 2 and Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition at the moment. I also have about a million games in my backlog.
I think best bet is to wait six months for patches to apply, new content to load, servers to stabilize, and the price to drop.
Quote from: Jobydrone on March 09, 2013, 04:19:56 PM
I think best bet is to wait six months for patches to apply, new content to load, servers to stabilize, and the price to drop.
That would be my suggestion as well.
I doubt it will take 6 months to work most of the kinks out. Maybe a couple of weeks - a month at most. Also, if your friends are playing right now then you might want to join in sooner.
Oh that's true, you can't really enjoy this solo
From what I've seen.
Quote from: Rico on March 10, 2013, 07:41:06 AM
I doubt it will take 6 months to work most of the kinks out. Maybe a couple of weeks - a month at most. Also, if your friends are playing right now then you might want to join in sooner.
Well, I would wait a couple months either way just to make sure EA actually does fix its problems and won't pull the plug on this game. And even then, it must be stressed that EA can and will pull the plug on this game at any time. They have a history of being cutthroat with game servers as soon as they are unprofitable. Which I can understand from EA's perspective but its something I always stress in relation to games such as these. By the sounds of it, this game will never be offline capable if the Maxis PR rep is to be believed. Which I consider to be a tragedy but there isn't much we can do about it.
Quote from: Jobydrone on March 10, 2013, 08:20:58 AM
Oh that's true, you can't really enjoy this solo
From what I've seen.
I've been playing just fine solo. You can create a private region and manage multiple complimentary cities on your own. It's actually quite fun.
Quote from: billybob476 on March 10, 2013, 07:39:30 PM
Quote from: Jobydrone on March 10, 2013, 08:20:58 AM
Oh that's true, you can't really enjoy this solo
From what I've seen.
I've been playing just fine solo. You can create a private region and manage multiple complimentary cities on your own. It's actually quite fun.
Yeah, I've heard that. You still have to login to their servers - right? Any trouble with that still?
They rolled out quite a few new servers and patches over the weekend. I can't say for sure but EA has acknowledged the issue and will apparently be giving all SimCity owners a free game this week.
Again, the only trouble I've had is intermittent minute or so long disconnects. They don't stop you playing, your city simply syncs to the server when the game reconnects.
Seems like the server problems eclipsed real gameplay issues and bugs. There are a countless number of Reddit posts complaining about traffic jams/bugs, services being slow to respond or not responding at all (fire/police/water/sewage/power, especially those that are region-shared), as well as other quirks and weirdness.
Also lots of people are annoyed by the smallish size of the city lots. In the past they have stated they might expand city sizes in the future. We'll see.
At this point SimCity 4 seems like more fun until they resolve these issues. Even Cheetah speed is still turned off as of right now.
It really is too bad, because the core gameplay is tons of fun.
The plot thickens, some are reporting that EA and Maxis may have been lying about the server needed to do the simulation computations that necessitated the always-online DRM. Stressing the mays here however.
http://t.co/SHXIcgdSbe (http://t.co/SHXIcgdSbe)
Also: the gameplay may not be quite as good as it first appears...
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Miscellaneous-Issues/Traffic-quot-AI-quot-This-is-why-services-and-traffic-are-broken/m-p/737060?ClickID=cnkqanq7izske7isflpanfavll4vlwfnpnka#U737060 (http://answers.ea.com/t5/Miscellaneous-Issues/Traffic-quot-AI-quot-This-is-why-services-and-traffic-are-broken/m-p/737060?ClickID=cnkqanq7izske7isflpanfavll4vlwfnpnka#U737060)[
Another RPS article discussing why the Sims in the game are not very smart and how the Glassbox engine is doing some very peculiar things when you start to pay attention to how it works.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/13/simcitys-sims-dont-seem-that-smart-after-all/ (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/13/simcitys-sims-dont-seem-that-smart-after-all/)
Maybe SimCity needs its own thread!
I'm playing the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. It's pretty cool, lots of fan service moments like ordering Metroplex around. Gameplay pretty much like the first one.
I'm really looking forward to Injustice, even though I'm not a fighting game fan...it just looks like so much fun. Gonna beat some butts as Superman.
Count me in on Injustice! Do you play On Xbox live? the multiplayer could be really fun. I picked up Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe when it was on sale for five bucks over Xbox Live...flawed but fun game.
Quote from: Jobydrone on March 13, 2013, 03:37:56 PM
Count me in on Injustice! Do you play On Xbox live? the multiplayer could be really fun. I picked up Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe when it was on sale for five bucks over Xbox Live...flawed but fun game.
Yeah, remember we played some Mass Effect 3 way back when. When this comes out I'm up for playing.
I'm currently focusing my attention on Torchlight II and that's proving to be a lot of fun.
Any Starcraft players here? Never heard it mentioned and a big new expansion dropped recently. I've been thinking about giving it a try.
Quote from: Jobydrone on March 17, 2013, 03:23:56 PM
Any Starcraft players here? Never heard it mentioned and a big new expansion dropped recently. I've been thinking about giving it a try.
I have Starcraft 2, not sure if I'm gonna get the expansion or not, it's been a while since I played it.
I still need to go back and finish the single player from the first game before I hit heart of the swarm.
On a Sci Fi TV note, remember Kerrigan is voiced by Tricia Helfer, Six from BSG.
Never played any of the Starcrafts, with as much as I enjoyed xcom last year I think I should give it a try.
I got Wings of Liberty when it came out (Premium one too, not cheap) but I can't get the expansion right now due to lack of funds. That said, everything I've heard is that you should get it. Few bugs here and there but a successful launch all in all. Unlike a bunch of high profile releases here lately....
I just finally bought Wings of Liberty a week or so ago for only $20. Need to dig into it. I've become patient with buying games. If you wait a bit they drop a lot in price. I played a pretty good amount of the first Starcraft game so I'm looking forward to getting back into that world.
Quote from: Rico on March 18, 2013, 08:30:50 AM
I just finally bought Wings of Liberty a week or so ago for only $20. Need to dig into it. I've become patient with buying games. If you wait a bit they drop a lot in price. I played a pretty good amount of the first Starcraft game so I'm looking forward to getting back into that world.
This is a great strategy, especially lately when game prices sometimes drop as much as 50% in a few short weeks. I have a hard time waiting with games I'm super excited for. I'm pretty resigned to being a day one adopter for whatever new consoles release this holiday...saving up now!
I've heard the single player campaign in the original Starcraft 2 and the recent expansion are top notch, which is what's tempting me to try, since I've no interest in the competitive multiplayer scene.
Oh and I just downloaded the new Star Wars Pinball tables for Pinball FX 2 over Xbox Live...man they are so good. There's three tables for ten bucks, one based on Empire Strikes Back, one on the Clone Wars animated series, and one on Boba Fett. So far I've been really into the Empire and Boba Fett tables and not as enamored of the Clone wars but they are all fantastic. The music is incredible, the gameplay intense. The only little knock is the voice actors imitating the original actors...the voices are extremely repetitive and some of the voices are not very good. And for some crazy reason, at the begining of most games on the Empire table, there's a Darth Vader voice saying "the Rebellion needs you!" which makes no sense. But this game is so great...and it's available on PC/Mac, iOS, Xbox, and PS3.
Quote from: Jobydrone on March 18, 2013, 08:49:24 AM
Quote from: Rico on March 18, 2013, 08:30:50 AM
I just finally bought Wings of Liberty a week or so ago for only $20. Need to dig into it. I've become patient with buying games. If you wait a bit they drop a lot in price. I played a pretty good amount of the first Starcraft game so I'm looking forward to getting back into that world.
This is a great strategy, especially lately when game prices sometimes drop as much as 50% in a few short weeks. I have a hard time waiting with games I'm super excited for. I'm pretty resigned to being a day one adopter for whatever new consoles release this holiday...saving up now!
I've heard the single player campaign in the original Starcraft 2 and the recent expansion are top notch, which is what's tempting me to try, since I've no interest in the competitive multiplayer scene.
I've also heard that blizzard has hired the best "female behind" modelers in the industry for Heat of the Swarm :)
I'm lame...I'm still plinking away at Skyrim and Mass Effect 3. I just offed a major dragon (I'm remaining spoiler free) and returned to "the real world". I have no idea if I reached the end of the game or if I should return to someone to get a pat on the back. Esh. I did get an Achievement of Dragon Slayer. Nice title. Posting this on our FB Group page too, to see if my gamer Anomalies have any additional tips :D
On a separate note, I am also playing Star Wars: The Old Republic with Angela and her husband, Jim. I have an Imperial Agent and a Jedi Knight, but they're only level 6 and 7. Angela and Jim can't play very much and we prefer to work together, otherwise I think I'd be ranked higher. :/ I'm itching to play again. It's a lot of fun. I wish Star Trek Online turned out to be more than it is. I eagerly anticipated that game and I hear it turned out to be a total bomb.
Quote from: Jen on July 12, 2013, 11:32:20 AM
On a separate note, I am also playing Star Wars: The Old Republic with Angela and her husband, Jim. I have an Imperial Agent and a Jedi Knight, but they're only level 6 and 7. Angela and Jim can't play very much and we prefer to work together, otherwise I think I'd be ranked higher. :/ I'm itching to play again. It's a lot of fun. I wish Star Trek Online turned out to be more than it is. I eagerly anticipated that game and I hear it turned out to be a total bomb.
Star Trek Online is OK. My son LOVES it. I got to the highest level and gave up. I have a few characters on TOR, I like that a bit more than Star Trek Online...it captures the universe in a MMO game setting a bit better.
I used to be a huge WoW nerd, so for me not to enjoy a Star Trek MMO it has to be pretty, pretty, pretty, bad. It never hooked me at all.
I have a good Skyrim tip for you Jen, although its fairly obvious and you might already know this. Minor, minor spoilers here, not even worth covering up: If you have gotten to the part of the story where you fairly early on meet the Dragon Monks at e top of the big mountain in the middle of the map, after you finish their training section, you can go back and talk to the main leader up there and he will give you a clue about the location of a new shout power, and mark it on your map. You can keep going back to him over and over until you have all the shout runes in the game.
From what you described it sounds like you've finished the main story but there's probably tons left for you to do, and I've heard there's two pieces of (rather expensive) DLC that are excellent and combined add about another 12-15 hours of gameplay, new quests, and areas to enjoy. For you, that would translate to about another year or two of gaming so it's definitely worth picking them up! ;)
Tonight I finally pulled the trigger and activated a ten day free trial I've had on my WoW account for Mists of Pandaria. It feels really, really weird being back in WoW. My characters are completely different, they've totally changed the talent systems and I was pretty confused at first. I'm playing my Mage, and I've got some new abilities and some others have gone away, but fundamentally not much has changed. It's still a lot to wrap my mind around.
As far as what I've seen of the new content, it all seems very familiar. I'm about half way to 86 now, and the quests I've completed so far are very well done. They've mastered the ability to lead you from area to area while expertly keeping content and story going along the way without a lot of backtracking, getting lost, or feeling like you are aimlessly wandering. The exploration is the most fun. The art in the game is simple and lovely, and there's lots of humor in the writing if you take the time to talk to the NPCs you run across as you visit new areas.
The worst thing I've experienced is the realization that my computer is on its last legs. It can barely run this game now, and WoW has traditionally been one of the most forgiving games when it comes to supporting old hardware. I really need a new system.
It remains to be seen if I'll re-up my sub when the trial runs out. I'm going to play as much as I can over the next ten days and we'll see. so far I'm really enjoying being back in Azeroth.
Welcome back Joby! What server are you on now and what's character's name? I'm still on Earthen Ring playing my mage Reico - just not online very often.
My two 85s are Horde on the server Rivendare. One of the benefits of coming back to the game is that Blizzard offered me a bunch of incentives, one of which is bumping any of my toons up to 85 if I choose. I am pretty sure I have a couple alliance toons on Earthen Ring, I think my Dranei Priest is still in the Trek SF Guild unless you booted me. And I might have a Dwarf Hunter I abandoned somewhere in the Burning Crusade content. Maybe I'll use that Blizzard buff to level one of my toons so he can play with Reico if you have time over the next week or so.
Actually I have to pull the trigger and buy the game and resub if I want to use those benefits so we'll see if that happens. Kind of depends on my wife's level of patience which is not that high lately lol.
So now Im playing Fable 3, which came free with my replacement Xbox last time I red ringed and I never got around to playing it. It's actually pretty fun in parts but not different enough from Fable 2 to warrant a sequel in my book. It's pretty buggy as well, I'm surprised a lot of the messiness was left in and never got patched. But it's cool enough to keep me playing for now. It's a pretty game though, with an almost cell shaded feel to the art that is very appealing. The spell effects are neat too. All in all I'm enjoying it.