Gamers Thread

[angelic-rage]

i think he is. lets just hope he keeps his face shut.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Bah. I predict another fail on his part. He always makes his games out to be the masterpieces and the majority of them are mediocre at best...The Movies was such a fucking joke...

But he knew what he was doing with Populous and Black & White.

 

[waif]

Oblivion is epic win on the scale of Diablo.

And the next Fable game will fail to kick ass. If I remember correctly, the hook of the first one was that people reacted to your character. Oh, wow.

 

[angelic-rage]

lol good point

 

[waif]

A lot of games are like that. "Oh, look, our AI reacts when you shoot it!" Not impressed. Especially when the AI proceeds to just sit around while you kill it.

 

[Evil?]

Ok, I have a question for those people out there who have a bit more know-how than I. I am looking to upgrade my video card. I have been told that the nvidia 9600gt is a good card price/performance wise. I don't have a ton of cash, but I would like to make a decent upgrade from my old 7800gt.

My question is what version should I get. Newegg has like 36 different varieties. There are a few that stand out. Some are better than others, but not by much. I am just wondering if it is worth paying $50-$60 for a card that isn't that much better than the one behind it.

I have been primarily looking at the XFX and EVGA cards. Here are a few examples and a link to all of them. If someone could take a look and give me some feedback that would be great.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150277
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150290
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130334
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130345
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000380048+1305520548+106792522+1067937365&name=GeForce+9600GT

Have been looking at the 8800GT as well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130319

 

[rms]

A lot of games are like that. "Oh, look, our AI reacts when you shoot it!" Not impressed. Especially when the AI proceeds to just sit around while you kill it.

huh? Fable was the only game where youre negative and positive reactions affected your ending...I really am starting to think you just post to sound smart when you have no idea what you're talking about. Fable was one of it's kind, from what I understand though, it's incredibly short which is fucktarded for a 50$ RPG

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I think the hook to Fable was the more of all the choices in the game. You can be good or evil, what quests to do, who to kill. But it really failed at pulling that off...

 

[Melodeath]

I'm pretty sure Fable isn't still $50 lol

But yeah, it was at one time, which, I assume, is what you were saying.

 

[angelic-rage]

gotta love zero punctuation

 

[waif]

huh? Fable was the only game where youre negative and positive reactions affected your ending...I really am starting to think you just post to sound smart when you have no idea what you're talking about. Fable was one of it's kind, from what I understand though, it's incredibly short which is fucktarded for a 50$ RPG

The AI thing was a general complaint. But Fable's hook was the way people reacted to your moral choices...choices that had been present in other games since the 90s, I should mention. But from what I've heard (reviews, friends, etc) that didn't even work all that well, and it certainly didn't make up for the fact that the rest of the game was really average. Which is why I'm dubious about a sequel, since sequels tend to repeat and amplify the errors of their forebears.

 

[angelic-rage]

not always

 

[waif]

Not always.
AOE 2 springs to mind as a game that improved on it's predecessor. AOE 3 springs to mind as a game that screwed it up. CoD4 repackaged CoD2 with some slight improvements and terrorists instead of Nazis, but CoD2 was a slight downgrade from the original Call of Duty (imo).

Deus Ex 2, anyone? Enjoyable, until you realize how much better the first was.
Sim City 3000? FUCK pipes.
Jak 3?
The latest Rainbow Six?
Quake 4?

Oblivion? Fantastic. Slightly less fantastic than Morrowind, imo, but w/e

These are just what spring to mind right now.
Anyhow, that's me being a negative asshole.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

After a hazardous voyage, former prisoner Leopold Tuborg, a Dunmer pickpocket, arrives at Seyda Neen. His first act as a free man is to snatch a very valuable limeware platter right before the eyes of the guards.

Before heading off to Balmora, Tuborg takes a moment to collect local mushrooms. A sharp scream pierces through the tranquil forest and a man falls dead from the sky. (Seriously, that is the greatest moment of any game, ever.)

As the thief he is, Tuborg immediately proceeds to loot the corpse. He takes the silt strider to Balmora an expensive robe, nice shoes, a funny hat and three scrolls of Icarian Flight richer.

In Balmora, Tuborg joins the Thieves' Guild and the Mages' Guild. Conveniently enough, local Khajiit chemist Ajira happens to need just the kind of mushrooms that our protagonist came upon in the swamps and forests near Seyda Neen.

Bored and frustrated, Tuborg pays a visit to the local strip club. He soon grows tired of the annoying blue light and the lack of brain cells in his fellows there, and leaves on a random 'business' trip to Caldera, which turned out to be almost fruitless save for a cool gothic robe he came upon.

Back in Balmora, Tuborg pays a visit to Ra'virr the trader. He purchases a black scarf, the kind worn by robbers. Tuborg turns around and puts on the scarf, and then attempts to rob Ra'virr. At first, Ra'virr seems to think that it's some kinda joke and gives me a warning. Tuborg thought that he wasn't appearing antagonizing enough, and drew his sword to show that he was serious. Ra'virr responded by beating him to death with a huge hammer, and so ends the short life of Leopold Tuborg, the dunmer pickpocket. But I have a feeling he'll be back through the magic of reloading.

...I've forgotten how much I love this game.

 

[waif]

After a hazardous voyage, former prisoner Leopold Tuborg, a Dunmer pickpocket, arrives at Seyda Neen. His first act as a free man is to snatch a very valuable limeware platter right before the eyes of the guards.

Before heading off to Balmora, Tuborg takes a moment to collect local mushrooms. A sharp scream pierces through the tranquil forest and a man falls dead from the sky. (Seriously, that is the greatest moment of any game, ever.)

As the thief he is, Tuborg immediately proceeds to loot the corpse. He takes the silt strider to Balmora an expensive robe, nice shoes, a funny hat and three scrolls of Icarian Flight richer.

In Balmora, Tuborg joins the Thieves' Guild and the Mages' Guild. Conveniently enough, local Khajiit chemist Ajira happens to need just the kind of mushrooms that our protagonist came upon in the swamps and forests near Seyda Neen.

Bored and frustrated, Tuborg pays a visit to the local strip club. He soon grows tired of the annoying blue light and the lack of brain cells in his fellows there, and leaves on a random 'business' trip to Caldera, which turned out to be almost fruitless save for a cool gothic robe he came upon.

Back in Balmora, Tuborg pays a visit to Ra'virr the trader. He purchases a black scarf, the kind worn by robbers. Tuborg turns around and puts on the scarf, and then attempts to rob Ra'virr. At first, Ra'virr seems to think that it's some kinda joke and gives me a warning. Tuborg thought that he wasn't appearing antagonizing enough, and drew his sword to show that he was serious. Ra'virr responded by beating him to death with a huge hammer, and so ends the short life of Leopold Tuborg, the dunmer pickpocket. But I have a feeling he'll be back through the magic of reloading.

...I've forgotten how much I love this game.

on the other hand...

Tod, the Dunmer rogue, arrives in Seyda Neen. Not adequately reading through his directions, he is unaware of the silt strider and thus wanders off for Balmora. He encounters a weird eyeball-looking thing, which he manages to kill with his new sword. Along the way he encounters a damsel in distress, who was robbed by a dashing outlaw with whom she wants to hook up. Accepting this epic quest, he wanders off in the general direction of Pelegiad, where he arrives at the inn and talks to the outlaw, whose name has been lost to time. He then returns to the damsel and tells her where to hook up. She attempts to give him more directions, but he isn't paying attention. He returns to the road, but goes the wrong way and winds up back near Seyda Neen. Noticing a door set in a hillside nearby he ventures in, where he is accosted by an outlaw, whom he manages to slay. He then proceeds further into the cavern, where he gets killed by said outlaw's outlaw buddies. He then realizes that he forgot to save at any point, and thus Tom, the Dunmer Rogue, is forever lost.

 

[Ender Rises]

What the fuck game are you guys talking about?

In other news, Jade Empire is a cumtastic RPG.

 

[waif]

Morrowind. Best game ever. So epic.

 

[Ender Rises]

Ah.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

on the other hand...

Tod, the Dunmer rogue, arrives in Seyda Neen. Not adequately reading through his directions, he is unaware of the silt strider and thus wanders off for Balmora. He encounters a weird eyeball-looking thing, which he manages to kill with his new sword. Along the way he encounters a damsel in distress, who was robbed by a dashing outlaw with whom she wants to hook up. Accepting this epic quest, he wanders off in the general direction of Pelegiad, where he arrives at the inn and talks to the outlaw, whose name has been lost to time. He then returns to the damsel and tells her where to hook up. She attempts to give him more directions, but he isn't paying attention. He returns to the road, but goes the wrong way and winds up back near Seyda Neen. Noticing a door set in a hillside nearby he ventures in, where he is accosted by an outlaw, whom he manages to slay. He then proceeds further into the cavern, where he gets killed by said outlaw's outlaw buddies. He then realizes that he forgot to save at any point, and thus Tom, the Dunmer Rogue, is forever lost.

Heh. I remember that 'epic' quest, and that smuggler cave. Shoulda taught (sp) you to read all those huge text blocks that invade your screen from time to time, and also to save often.

I really like Morrowind though, it's one of few RPGs I've played that actually is an RPG.

 

[waif]

Go out and get the collectors edition; game and both expansions (including the absolutely amazing Viking-themed Bloodmoon expansion) for $20 at most. Runs on anything.