The Gaming Thread

[isolation_years]

^yeah ie only recently started playing them actually, so this is my 2004



but i completely see your point. i tried a few "realistic" games but none of them are the full package. there was one for ps3 that was good but no buildings explode and the levels are huge with no enemies , sniper ghost warrior or something looked good for air affecting bullets, but it was only snipers.

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

Anyone been playing Alan Wake for the Xbox 360?

Good game. Some of the coolest cliffhangers left to video gamers, period.

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

yeah, i was scared because of the retarded soldier that couldn't duct tape his flashlight onto his weapons

The game may had been extremely dark, but I enjoyed that. Didn't you know that duct tape doesn't work on Mars?

 

[Belac]

The game may had been extremely dark, but I enjoyed that. Didn't you know that duct tape doesn't work on Mars?

I knew it!! No wonder my rolls of tape keep unraveling out here...


Flashlights are uber-easy to add to your weapons in Doom 3 though. a few lines of code and away you go.

 

[isolation_years]

i feel sometimes that i am the only person who has never modified a PC game


i dont know the first thing about programming or anything though too haha

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

For most games you don't need to understand code whatsoever, you just need to look at a few files in the games and look for connecting factors...I taught myself quick how to follow the basics back with with Jedi Knight Dark Forces 2.

 

[isolation_years]

sounds cool actually


got donkey kong country returns (fucking awesome)
muramasa (wii, also great)
suikoden 3 (starts off good, i wish i had 2 so i could import my data)
saints row 2 - havent tried but looking forward to it

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

Hehe, changing the chainguns projectiles to concussive rounds, making landmines look like Sam & Max etc. There was no end to the goofy fun that could be achieved.

 

[Nanain]

pictionary online

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

Replaying Dragon Age Origins and its dlc / expansion. Going my typical route of being a spell caster this time around.

 

[isolation_years]

tried spellcaster recently and love it, almsot bought the expansion but i heard it was really easy, couldnt justify it haha

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

Personally I've been scooping up everything Bioware has to offer as of late.

 

[Nanain]

pacman

 

[isolation_years]

yeah when i got a new PC i tried mass effect 1 and 2 plus dragon age, loved em



although mass effect 1 and 2 arent quite as good as people make them out to be, those sidequests, ugh (go to generic planet #18568956809356 to find 6 guys to shoot)
and how about the second one and its like..........8 weapons total

still great though

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

The only thing I disliked about mass effect was the rooms that all looked so similar, and how you knew you were going to fight due to debris in a room you could take cover behind. Loved everything else about the second one, I'm hoping they keep it as is and don't listen to rpg loyalist that complained about the removal of items stats inventory etc, and keep pushing it further in the story rich, interchangeable events from the players choice with the 3rd mass effect, and leave all the textbook rpg stuff to dragon age 2.

 

[Alteredmindeath]

Splatterhouse/P3

 

[Nanain]

buscamina

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

Kinect for 360 is way more fun than it should be.

 

[isolation_years]

The only thing I disliked about mass effect was the rooms that all looked so similar, and how you knew you were going to fight due to debris in a room you could take cover behind. Loved everything else about the second one, I'm hoping they keep it as is and don't listen to rpg loyalist that complained about the removal of items stats inventory etc, and keep pushing it further in the story rich, interchangeable events from the players choice with the 3rd mass effect, and leave all the textbook rpg stuff to dragon age 2.

good call actually, id be cool with that, keeps them sorta seperate franchises while perfecting both sides of the coin



neverwinter nights 2 on steam, bought it, now i can finally find out what all the fuss is about

 

[PhlegethonVeins]

good call actually, id be cool with that, keeps them sorta seperate franchises while perfecting both sides of the coin



neverwinter nights 2 on steam, bought it, now i can finally find out what all the fuss is about

Exactly. I don't understand why people get so upset about them abandoning the 'tried and true' method with Mass Effect 2. Sure, the combat plays more like a Gears of War game than an rpg, but it still has its own separate identity, and personally I don't like relying on dice rolls for hits in an game involving guns(this is the one thing that bugged me about fallout 3 and new vegas over the glitches). The game is still very much an RPG, and on top of it they're striking some truly awesome and new ground with the imports of previous games saves to completely change the world around the player.

I still love all the classic RPG stuff, and I feel its implanted well in Dragon Age, while still toppling new ground.

It comes down to, as someone who has played RPGs a good portion of my life, I've gotten tired of applying the same overall formula to every entry in the genre, and I'm excited to see newer games break away from it, yet still having a few great games embracing it.