Yup, I love that game.Originally Posted by Maledict
Is Tales your favourite Torcer?
“Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bomc,” I said. “We have a protractor. Okay, I'll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string.”
From Amazon, or Gamestop, or?
I guess I will sell the ones I have so far. I need to take about an hour or so and finish up this tom clancey war thingy. I forget the name of it (has voice commands). I haven't had a chance to play crap lately, been flying too much.
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Gamestop; I resisted used games at first, but sometimes the deal is too good to pass up.
“Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bomc,” I said. “We have a protractor. Okay, I'll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string.”
Anyone recommend a good,cheap FPS?
"With your shield, or on it"
If you're looking for a multiplayer game, Unreal Tournament III is currently available for $12 on Steam.
Thanks Yaxa!
"With your shield, or on it"
Man, I remember when Unreal Tournament first came out. Those were the days.
Thanks for the tip Torcer
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I would only recommend Gamestop in a few situations, Amazon will save you more money overall. I'll make a post about it later, when I have more time to tease Torcer.
It just occurred to me that the Red Alert 3 expansion is out now, so I went ahead and downloaded that. It's only 20 dollars, but supposedly doesn't have multiplayer as a result. I expect it to be short but enjoyable.
Finally started playing Uncharted last night. It looks awesome, has a nice story, but I really seem to suck at shooters. Bad guys keep killing me wtf
Only did a 1-hour session though, I'll just have to practice some.
And EQ2 is still lots of fun, though I'm playing very little these days. Got to lvl 28 or so, looked into crafting a bit (anyone got a good link explaining crafting in depth?), and it's just the right median between old EQ1 "put stuff into a box and click combine, giving yourself carpal tunnel syndrome" and WoW "just click here to make 200 of it".
And for some reason, Little Big Planet didn't really kick it for me like I expected it would, based on all the rave on the web. I must be missing something.
SackBoy is cool though.
I bought two things last month that I expected to be talking about right now, but something else came up! Friend of mine got a PS3, along with GTAIV, with intentions to play it online. I figured now was as good a time as any to try GTA out myself and see what all the fuss is about, and it has proven to be one of the longest non-rpgs I have played.
I've found it to be extremely flawed, but still a lot of fun where it counts. The controls and camera are at times awkward, the AI is transparent and annoying, etc etc. I hate how the AI is apparently coded to merge in front of you for no reason at high speeds. It is very obvious. I also hate how cops will ignore people shooting at you, or possibly shoot back but with very little effort, but the second you so much as shoot a pigeon you have twenty guys all over you.
I do however like the "world building", there are tons of awesome little details in everything you do. The first thing I did when I started playing was watch 15 minutes of fake tv. Many of the mission types are also a lot of fun, and the friend conversations are at times great.
Niko has not impressed me as a character as much as I thought he would based on all the raving for this game, nor has the story been as amazing as the hype declares it is. Both are still enjoyable, but people have been getting carried away with how good it all really is.
I also picked up and subsequently beat Braid on Steam the other day. I thought it was pretty good! Again, it didn't live up to the hype that surrounded it. While the music and art was good, it did not blow my mind with its artsy philosophications like I expected with the way people went on about it.
It did, however, have some really ingenius puzzles. Most of it was short and easy, but there were a few I had to stop and think about for awhile that were delightful to finally solve. The final level was also pretty charming.
It's about customization and user generated content. The most famous level is probably The Azure Palace. Try it out, if nothing else.
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Picked up Left 4 Dead yesterday. So far, I'm having two major issues.
Firstly, I get random stuttering, where the game will essentially freeze for 5-10 seconds. Not entirely sure what the problem is, or whether it's a video issue or has to do with my crappy onboard sound (which has caused problems in the past).
Secondly, in an effort to make the campaign a little more exciting, I tried playing online a few times. However, each time the lag is essentially unbearable (for myself and everyone else playing), and I end up getting disconnected after about 5 minutes.
The game feels like it has potential, but the performance is.. well, not what I've come to expect from a Valve game.
My gaming sort of just... stopped. Altogether.
Haven't logged into any online game in the past 10 days or so, (EQ2 still up until the 10th),
Played some more Uncharted but the 2nd jetski ride (where you have to drive it and then stop to shoot... bleh) got me like 30 times so I got bored and stopped that.
Went back to Burnout Paradise but it's always the same old, just with different cars, so far. I'll probably have to work up to the highest license and see what happens.
Haven't played on the PSP in several months,
the DS is gathering dust as well,
and there are still a bunch of PS3 games I started but never finished. Got quite far in some too (GRID for example - I think I only have the last series to beat right now)
Games are just not doing anything for me right now.
I must be dead.
Dragon Quest V for the Nintendo DS. An old school JRPG, with a very traditional battle system and typical clichéd plot. The game is gorgeous, one of the prettiest on the DS, and is FUN! I heartedly recommend it to NES and SNES era JRPG fans.
“Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bomc,” I said. “We have a protractor. Okay, I'll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string.”
Playing through Fable 2 trying to finish every quest.
After that I'm going to see if I can handle Bioshock.. I'm a wimp when it comes to creepy stuff. Hell, L4D freaks me out at times!
-Des!
I almost picked up Fable II for $30 at Amazon, but since it’s an X-Box 360 pack in, I expect I’ll be able to pick it up for about $15 in several months. Hopefully L4D comes down in price soon.
“Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bomc,” I said. “We have a protractor. Okay, I'll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string.”
I still haven't found time to play DQ4. Most people say 5 is better, out of the two, what do you think Torcer?
I could say which rpg I plan on playing next, but I am about to get buried in an avalanche of 3rd person action games, and there is no telling if I will actually commit.
I just finished Resistance: Retribution for the PSP. It was more fun than I was expecting, although repetitive. The levels are short and linear, and obviously meant to be played in short bursts. The graphics were actually really impressive for a PSP game as well.
The story was good but the plot wasn't. That probably doesn't make much sense. I liked the new character Grayson, I liked the way his story was told: the narration in between levels, the intel and journal entries, all good. The plot as it relates to the rest of the Resistance universe didn't feel like it really went anywhere though.
Back in WoW for ~once per week, hanging out with my old EQ guild (or what's left of them) for good old times' sake. I'll probably try and get some of the old-world achievements done (need roughly 300 quests on each continent, lots of faction, dungeons, all that stuff I missed as a casual 1-hour-per-day player on my way to 60 back then).
The only other game I played since my last post was indeed GRID, for 2 hours or so.
I really don't know what's wrong with me.
Within the past week or so I've played:
Left 4 Dead (both of my previous "issues" have been resolved)
Team Fortress 2
Guitar Hero: Metallica
and most recently, Free Realms (with my nephew)
Just set up a Gamefly account last weekend, as well. Should have some games arriving in a day or two. I'm gonna try to get caught up on all the Wii games I've missed.
just playing Warhammer and civ3 still (discovered further nice scenarios like colonisation). Wii i don't touch anymore.
Staple of the "games to try" is ca. 10-12 high, but have no NEED to play anything but WAR. DDO servers will prolly stop before i try it.
I'm currently playing The Book of Unwritten Tales, a (German) point & click adventure that pokes fun at typical fantasy and gaming clichés. I'm enjoying it a lot, but like most German adventures, it'll probably get low scores internationally. The humor should translate pretty well, though.
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