Gamers Thread

[Death Aflame]

Portal was fuckin' amazing. Not so much with the art, though...

By art I am not simply referring to the visual art (character and level aesthetic) but also narrative and gameplay. Portal, seems to me to tie both of those later factors together extremely well and thus propelling the quality of the game as a whole beyond what any single factor could have.

 

[waif]

My kiddo is actually playing this and loves it. I haven't played it yet so watching him go through the levels is baffling to watch . He's gotten quite far for a 7.5 year old! He has The Orange Box and is actually doing good in it all.

Yeah, the Orange Box is beastly.
Portal is amazing in that it takes a minute to learn, and ramps up the difficulty perfectly.

I can't wait for the new Grand Theft Auto to come out.

Does anyone else find GTA overrated?

By art I am not simply referring to the visual art (character and level aesthetic) but also narrative and gameplay. Portal, seems to me to tie both of those later factors together extremely well and thus propelling the quality of the game as a whole beyond what any single factor could have.

IDK, it didn't feel very arty to me. It didn't really have anything to say. Art has something to say. Portal has no real message. It's kinda just entertainment. Top notch entertainment, but still, not really art. Tbh, I don't see most games or movies as art.

 

[mutantllama]

Go to the first few pages.

 

[seedofvengeance]

Does anyone else find GTA overrated?

*Raises hand*... emphatically.

San Andreas was ok, but I absolutely hated the other 2. They bored me and every quest seemed tedious and tiresome. The only fun thing was to put in codes and go on killing sprees, which wore out it's welcome after approximately 27 seconds.

 

[waif]

Yeah...I think the idea of an open sandbox world was great, but there wasn't much you could really do...NPCs are brainless targets, you can't destroy buildings, the cartoony feel of the action and the level of destruction means that losing your ride isn't a big deal, so there's no feel of permanence - everything you do feels like a waste of time. And of course the main game? Forget that shit. Waiting for a game that'll do the sandbox awesomely. Freelancer came kinda close, Morrowind and Oblivion were closer, and from what I've heard, X3 comes damn close if you can run it.

 

[MasterOLightning]

I thought the real value in GTA was in having friends over and taking turns seeing how fast you could rack up six stars and how long you could survive.

 

[seedofvengeance]

27 seconds.

 

[Ender Rises]

GTA is a good timewaster. There are much much much better games.

 

[Death Aflame]

IDK, it didn't feel very arty to me. It didn't really have anything to say. Art has something to say. Portal has no real message. It's kinda just entertainment. Top notch entertainment, but still, not really art. Tbh, I don't see most games or movies as art.

You must not watch many films then, tbqh.

 

[Faint]

Anyone ever play Max Payne? I just had a sudden urge to play it again. One of the most absorbing games I ever loaded on to my pc.

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

Max Payne was awesome when it came out.

 

[DarkBliss]

I'm playing the good old Goblins 3. Still great after all those years.

 

[Carcassian]

The side quests, despite generally great stories surrounding each, were quite derivative after completing more than 5 or 6 them, I agree. However, nearly everything else in the game was great. I especially loved the combat system--though I have seen many who despised it. Also, for a game that is the first in a trilogy the final act was remarkably well done. It stands in polar contrast to the cheap 30 second ending cinema in BioShock, 2k should take notes in that regard from BioWare.

I hated the realtime combat - as it sat unhappily between being neither fluid enough to be a proficient shooter, nor being tactical enough to satisfy the pen n paper RPG fan in me.

When they moved away from the ostensibly turn based combat of the KOTOR series and onto the real time Jade Empire style engine (which made much more sense in a melee / light RPG), I'm afraid they bought season ticket seats in the EpicFail stadium of loss.

 

[Valerie]

Anyone ever play Max Payne? I just had a sudden urge to play it again. One of the most absorbing games I ever loaded on to my pc.

I have both of them, they're amazing. Totally engrossing story.

 

[TheAnonymous]

I played parts of Max Payne 2, which I really really liked. The slow motion was just awesome.

 

[waif]

You must not watch many films then, tbqh.

No. But I admit to not usually watching the artier films...

Anyone ever play Max Payne? I just had a sudden urge to play it again. One of the most absorbing games I ever loaded on to my pc.

Yeah. One and two. Great games. Great gameplay, great style, etc. 2 had a great story as well.

 

[DarkBliss]

I wish they'd make a sequel to Mafia. That was such a great game.

 

[waif]

Never played it. What is it?

 

[DarkBliss]

3d action/adventure that's set in the 1930s. You play a taxi driver who winds up in the mafia. Memorable characters, a great story and voice acting, superb mission design and high replayability. Highly recommended.

 

[TheAnonymous]

Are you kidding? They've been working on Mafia 2 for ages. Should be like a few more months I think untill they'll release it. And yeah, Mafia is a fucking amazing game!