What are you playing right now?

[Shyandquietguy]

Been playin' Gap Monsters and just finished. By using a skip. :(

[Dr. Boogie]

The push/pull system was kind of tough at first since it does rely on really quick timing, but once I got it down, I could fight those 100 dude battles so quickly. I had to flip the difficulty all the way up and then it was way challenging.

I get pushing to break through blocks, but pull is almost useless unless your opponent is a total maniac who's always pushing. And keep in mind this is all on easy, when you get a little icon telling you when your opponent is pushing/pulling. As far as I can tell, there's no other indication beyond that. Really, all I wind up doing is using push for some blocks, and otherwise just mash the weak attack button all the time to break through when the other guy tries to pull.

And I did eventually find the sword in the stump. I never bothered to look there originally because of all the invisible collision in the game, but I haven't used it that much because I already pumped up another draw-style sword that didn't have the big negative def stat on it.

[OxBlood]

As far as I remember, you can read the animation of your enemy to determine wether to push or pull, at least I think that´s how I always did it.

Alice 2 is really not a bad game so far but it seems to be way too long for it´s own good, it really drags.

[mew barios]

all this diablo talk has me playing through diablo 2 again. i guess at some point they patched it so you don't need a cd in your drive anymore, but i'm surprised they didn't do something like implement a system to sell increased storage space. i was living off ramen when i was playing this regularly but i woulda robbed a hobo for $5 or whatever if it meant doubling that pitiful storage bin

[Shrubfest]

I downloaded a thief demo, but I can't get it to work.

My lack of gamer skills has failed me even earlier than I expected.

[Sam]

I downloaded a thief demo, but I can't get it to work.

My lack of gamer skills has failed me even earlier than I expected.

This turns me on.

[k0k0]

I know how to get thief working on windows 7, but I know nothing of the demo. I say find the full game and follow these steps:

1) Install by running setup.exe -lgntforce to bypass the "This won't run on windows NT" message
2) Right click on Thief.exe, selected Compatibility, and Run As Administrator and XP Compatibility Mode.
3) Start Thief up, opened options menus and quit, just to generate config files.
4) Unpack DDFix into Thief folder (for me, e:\games\ThiefG)
5) Replace the stock Thief.exe with pre-patched Thief.exe from http://www.saleck.net/Downloads/Thief-TheDarkProjectGold/DDFix-Thief1.zip It's necessary as the DDFixGUI does not do very well with 64bit windows. Manually patching the .exe with a hex editor is possible, but this was much simpler.
6) Right click on the new Thief.exe, select Compatibility and Run As Admin and XP Compatibility Mode again.
7) Unpack http://www.filefront.com/13839558/DarkWidescreen-v6r3.zip into Thief folder and rand DarkWidescreen.bat, setting up the resolution (1680 by 1050, 100 FOV)
8) The game should work and even show the cutscenes.

It'll be a pain in the ass, but that's how to get thief running on a modern computer.

[Shrubfest]

Well, it was running without any comp modes for a bit, but then just freezes. So far, changing to xp, 98 or 95 has LESS success. Not sure if the fix will help, but I'll try!

(I was only playing the demo because I'm absolutely gash at gaming, but I figured a demo was a good place to start practising. I'm afraid of the full game)

[k0k0]

Oh yeah, the full game is pretty daunting I suppose, if you don't play a lot of games.

[Shrubfest]

Update: It worked in concept, but as i wasn't starting from a full game it demands a cd.

I'll come back to it when I've gained courage enough to tackle the whole thing.

[Grislygus]

Been playin' Gap Monsters and just finished. By using a skip. :(

I BEAT THE WHOLE DAMN THING WITHOUT A SINGLE SKIP AHAHAHAHHAHA

Took me back to sitting around my nintendo and taking turns playing Fire n Ice with my friends in between Trog sessions

[Sam]

Shrub you could tackle me anytime and I will Thief you all night long. :love

[Tadao]

I downloaded AVA and plan on playing it, but I have to masturbate first.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Freddy krueger is the new character in mortal kombat.

[ThrashO]

Anyone played Minecraft? The game is destroying my life right now :(

I built this:

http://www.underground-gamer.com/imagebucket/SkullMountain.jpeg

And yes, it took crazy long. The inside is bananas.

[Esuohlim]

The only reason I'd play Minecraft is if I wanted to fuck other people's shit up that they worked so hard on

[Fathom Zero]

milhouse you don't play games

what are you doing in here?

[k0k0]

Minecraft is nones the cool. It's all about Terraria.

[OxBlood]

Got my copy of Xenoblade Chronicles today...it´s a little odd that everyone has a british accent but whatever, it´s a great game with a lot of elegant design choices. About 6 hrs in so far.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Got my copy of Xenoblade Chronicles today...it´s a little odd that everyone has a british accent but whatever, it´s a great game with a lot of elegant design choices. About 6 hrs in so far.

Want to play that real bad.

[k0k0]

I'm getting mine tomorrow, when this download finishes. I am not paying any money to Nintendo until they bring it to the states. They can bite my ass. On a brighter note, Europe will be getting The Last Story and Pandora's Tower also.

[OxBlood]

Aren´t there bootdiscs or something for the Wii? It can´t be that complicated gettin a PAL-Game to run, right?

Oh and if anyone wants to know anything about the game I´d be glad to help :)

[k0k0]

Yeah, I softmodded my wii when I thought they wouldn't bring tatsunoko vs capcom to the US. I still enjoy the japanese version more though! It took all of 10 minutes for me to fix it to where it would play PAL/NTSC-J games, plus games off a hard drive. I don't pirate games for my wii unless they don't come to America.

[darkvare]

i tried playing a bit of mario party ds but thosse lame coincidences that always make me lose at the end always turn me away from thesse games

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Aren´t there bootdiscs or something for the Wii? It can´t be that complicated gettin a PAL-Game to run, right?

Oh and if anyone wants to know anything about the game I´d be glad to help :)


Does it tie into the rest of the Xeno series at all? The ending to Xenosaga episode III would lead me to believe it is.

[OxBlood]

Heh, that´s something I can´t really answer, I never played the Xenosaga game and I´ve yet to finish my Xenogears-Import ;)

All I know is what we all know about the world, two gigantic beings´ corpses form the two continents, one is home to the organics, the other the machines. Maybe it´ll get clear later on but you´d have to tell me about XS3´s ending I guess.

[MarioRPG]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Homm3boxart.jpg
Still so much fun, just reinstalled.

[mew barios]

i just played metroid fusion for the first time. i was way happier before i saw samus pining for some guy who used to tell her what to do and whining about her computer being a meanie.

[Tacobot]

Been playing Deus Ex and that's been great. I especially like that the main character agent JC Denton can go to a bar have a long political/philosophical conversation with the barman and then without hesitation order a forty ouncer o beer. The man knows what he likes.

[OxBlood]

13hrs into Xenoblade and loving it. This is, what FF13 should´ve been like in terms of pacing. Instead of waiting 25 hours for the game to finally just let you do your thing while boring the hell out of you with mediocre automatic battles and rather useless story-sequences that serve only for you to learn to hate each and every character of the main cast, Xenoblade gives you the gigantic plains with lots of monsters and quests and collectibles after 3 hours while making the journey to and from said grassy plains highly enjoyable.

Those guys from Monolith Soft deserve a fucking medal. Or ten.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Homm3boxart.jpg
Still so much fun, just reinstalled.

AWWWW YEAAAAHH.

I was just about to play this last night too.

[Zomboid]

http://images.wikia.com/fallout/images/d/d1/Boxart.jpg

[Nick]

http://i.imgur.com/vjKyO.jpg

[Rongi]

I beat Chrono Trigger like a week ago. And Final Fantasy Tactics for the 3rd time two or three days ago

God, what is with Squaresoft RPGs having such easy final bosses? >:

[k0k0]

Did you ever play Lost Odyssey for the 360 Rongi? It's a good jrpg.

[ThrashO]

MOAR MEINKRAMPFT (it is taking over my brain)

http://www.underground-gamer.com/imagebucket/CASTLEGREYSKULL.jpeg

This game is absurd. I cannot stop playing.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

And Final Fantasy Tactics for the 3rd time two or three days ago

God, what is with Squaresoft RPGs having such easy final bosses? >:

Did you get the gold escutcheon though?

[Rongi]

Do you get that in the Deep Dungeon? I got everything there. I couldn't steal any of the Marquis' genji gear because the PSP version doesn't let you >:

Also, k0k0 I don't own a 360

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

You get it from the fight where you fight the other worker robot guy. You have to put your robot next to one of the pedestals, jump on his head then onto the pedestal. If you FIND ITEM(or whatever it is where you find items if you land on a spot) you get a gold escutcheon. It has the same name but the armor value is way better. I think there is a gold lance or some shit on the other pedestal too.

edit: found a better explanation

Ultimate Javelin and Escutcheon:
Yes, there is another version of the Javelin weapon, and of the Escutcheon Shield. They are called the same things by the game, but I assure you, they are very different!! Both of these items are found at Nelveska Temple. To get them, make sure you have someone with the following requirements:

1. Move-Find Item (Chemist's Movement Skill)
2. At Jump height of at least 4 (Equipping Germinas Boots helps here)
3. Low Brave (30 or less, Rafa and Beowulf have fairly low brave, so they'd work)
4. A Dragon (including Reis), Tiamat, Morbol, Worker 8 or some other big monster in the battle with you.

Now enter the battle there. Let the two Hyudras fly off the pillars, then kill them. Now put Worker 8 or your monster up next to the pillars and your Move-Finder should be able to jump on top of them and reach the tops of the two pillars. On top of them, you'll find a gold Escutcheon, and a tan Javelin. If you're brave is too high, or you just get unlucky, you might get a normal, weak version of either item. If this happens, just reset and try again. You can also fidn some other interesting items here like a Sasuke Knife somewhere back on the green hill behind the temple, and a Nagrarock in the very back of the cave where Worker 7-New starts.

What's so good about the Ultimate Javelin and Escutcheon? Well, first of all, The ultimate Javelin has an attack power of 30!! That makes it one of the best weapons in the game, second only to the Chaos Blade!! And the Escutcheon has a Defense power of 75 and a magic defense of 50, making it easily the best shield in the game!! Be SURE to get these items, but remember, if you're already past Nelveska Temple, you can't get any of these...

[k0k0]

Fun little diversion if you're at work and bored. A flash mini-golf game that is pretty awesome looking and was fun to see what all the holes would do.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/dampgnat/wonderputt

[OxBlood]

Passed the 30 hour-mark in Xenoblade yesterday. The design of that game is still amazing. They actually manage to make each location more beautiful and interesting than the one before it and most locations are even nicer at night.

Also, Xenoblade manages to create these tense moments that you normally only get at the very end of a JRPG when the party hast to make that final desperate attempt to stop whatever they fight against not only once or twice but I think 3 or 4 times over the course of these 30hrs, partially thanks to the great music in the game.

I´m up to 6 Partymembers now and each of them is quite unique in the way they handle and what they do well. You got your designated Tank, Offensive Halftank, DOTer, you got plain DDs...The only thing I don´t like is that while the Main Character is not use- or powerless, he´s nowhere near the strongest guy in the group since all his useful skills rely on you not getting the attention of the enemies, which in turn means you have to take along the Tank as your second fighter. And since you just can´t afford not to take a healer along that pretty much limits your Party-Choices, at least when it comes to Bossbattles. None of that is a problem, since your inactive Partymembers also get XP, AP and SP (at a slightly reduced rate until you unlock a certain skill), but it annoys me nonetheless, especially since one Partymember has such good offensive moves that it makes sense you actively play him when just questing or running around.

Still, this game is a 10 in my book, it does so many things right than so many other games got wrong in the last years, it´s amazing how they could´ve missed all these easy fixes to year-old problems.

[OxBlood]

...whoops

[Mad Melvin]

Ballad Of Gay Tony

Pretty good so far. A bit harder than GTA IV and The Lost And The Damned. Also, i'm eagerly waiting for my copy of Alice: Madness Begins. I have high hopes for it and I have managed to avoid spoilers and such.

Oh yeah, and I tried the demo of the new Driver game. What a piece of shit. Shifting into another persons body? Who the hell wants that shit in a driving game?

[Phoenix Gamma]

Deus Ex: Yellow Edition.

It's pretty good. Controls are a little spotty. I might try switching to gamepad. I just wish the game was a little more generous with points so I could get more augments. You "level up" and end up stuck deciding between something AWESOME like cloaking and something practical like boosting your battery recharge. Then you decide FUCK THAT I'M GETTING THE CLOAK until you realize it only lasts three seconds, and now you have to either augment your battery life or augment the stealth to stop hogging up your battery. Meanwhile you're missing out on shit like seeing through walls and getting line of sight added to your radar or lifting heavy shit.

"BUT PEEGEE IT'S A GAME ABOUT CHOICES"
BUT ASSHOLE I WANT EVERYTHING >:

Also everyone but Adam looks derpy as hell. Other than that, slick game.

[Guitar Woman]

The only augs you need are silent running, cloak, and regeneration. Sink all your upgrade sodas into those.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Deux Ex Yellow Edition = Human Revolution, which just came out today. There are no sodas :< Lots of beer though.

Also, fucking hacking is annoying, especially with level caps.

[k0k0]

So far I ended up putting all of my points into hacking. Hopefully it pays off because my dude can't do any super stuff yet. I pretty much crippled myself right off by going stealth/non-lethal/stun gun. So I'm crouching around with a baby stun gun all over the place. I did finally buy a tranq gun, but I still end up using stun most of the time. Really fun game though, so far.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I kept most of the guns I've found since I upgraded them early on. But since I play stealth, I end up hoarding them, then never using them until boss fights (WHICH FUCKING SUCK, BY THE WAY. THEY REALLY FUCKING SUCK.) I played a lot of MGS so stealth with a peashooter is something I'm used to. Though I do crack a good share of skulls along the way. My favorite map so far has to be the one where you sneak into the base leading up to the first boss. There are a lot of great little moments there.

As for upgrades, I haven't upgraded past 4, which I've still only seen a handfull of. Haven't relied on cloak as much as I'd like (this isn't TF2 :( ) but the icarus parachute upgrade is VERY handy for shortcuts, and the line of sight radar is nice.

There was one mission where I was in a whore house. I snuck into one room and a guy and a girl were on the otherside of the doorway. The guy heard me and shouted. I barreled through the door, mashing on Takedown hoping to knock him out before he shot me. Except the whore ran through the door first and ate a knuckle sandwich right to the face. Then I was out of energy (WHY DON'T THE OTHER BATTERIES RECHARGE???) so I had to shoot the other guy. I heard someone coming my way, so I dumped the bodies (yes, even the unconscious hooker) off the balcony and parachuted down after them. :lol

[OxBlood]

Sounds like fun :) I should get mine today though I fear, they´ll only have the stupid german version. And while Adam sounds more natural in german (his VA isn´t doing the whole Snake-on-downers-voice thing) I don´t fucking want to play it in german...guess I´ll take the german PS3-Version and buy another english 360 version later or something like that. Honestly, fuck Square Enix. It´s just plain annoying. The ggoerman version has german, french, italian and spanish selectable but no fucking english. What in the name of Nyarlathotep am I supposed to do with an italian dub? Or a french one at that, this isn´t fucking Switzerland...god that annoys me.

[darkvare]

i got crimecraft from steam since it was free and i'm actually enjoying it

[OxBlood]

Right, so I got my copy of Deus Ex 3 yesterday and played through the first mission and the Detroit-Hub after that. This is one good game, really. A lot to do, well written, even the german dub is okay so far, Jensen´s VA actually read dialogue, not just lines (still gonna get a UK-360-Version).

Concerning Augmentations, I put most of my praxis (why the strange name, never heard that in english) points into hacking which is a fun little minigame and since there´s no lockpicking or electronics-bypassing anymore, hacking seems to be WAY more important than in DE1.

At first I was really pissed about the absence of Skills, you know, Low-Tech, Swimming, etc. But it seems like they integrated most of them into the Aug-System and just got rid of the weapon-skills which kinda makes sense, given Jensen´s past, he should know how to handle regular weapons quite well.

The only thing I regret is not picking the Taser in the beginning. The stupid Tranq-Rifle is nice and all but there´s no fucking ammo for it :lol



All in all, a great experience so far.

[Fathom Zero]

I'm at the first boss and I officially hate it. I hate it and its lack of ammo and melee weapons.

[k0k0]

I just hated dealing with the bosses so far. I have no experience using these lethal weapons since I'm going through the game non-lethally knocking everyone out. Then they force me into boss battles where I have very little protection from damage and have to use weapons I have no experience wielding. Still fun though.

[Dr. Boogie]

The best way I've found to deal with bosses (at least the first one) is to hold onto those little explosive packets and blow those up near him. I think two of those will do the trick.

[Phoenix Gamma]

The bosses clobber anyone specced and geared for stealth. Shit sucks.

I felt pretty boss getting the achievement for shaking down that one asshole in Malik's mission on y first go. Then I punch him fir being a dick. Wanted to do that to te boss during that one debate in his office. Won that on my first go, though, so there was no need I guess.

I really like Jumping the rooftops in Chinese Midgar. Shit's awesome.

[k0k0]

The first boss was a lot tougher than the second. Maybe because I had 3 different lethals that I was saving just for the next boss I fought (I picked points so that I could carry the full amount). So I am pretty much carrying around 3 non-lethals and 3 lethals at all times. And only use the lethals for bosses. Would be easier if I knew when I was reaching a boss so that I could just start picking them up.

[OxBlood]

I think it took me about 8 tries to beat the first boss...he´s stupid. you can´t let him near you, you can´t be in the open when he´s firing and if you throw grenades at him, the throws 20 back...now, I´m not a non-lethal Jensen, but I´m a hacker, which means no heavy weapons for me, only handguns and light automatics, avoiding combat if possible...not a good setup for the boss.

[Fathom Zero]

I did it on the hardest difficulty, too. If I step out for a second, I'm blown away. Thankfully he was a stupid fuck and walked away as I kept spinning around him using a column. I hit him with the explosive bomb-bag looking thing then used the machine pistol I found there. Then I hit him another time with a concussion grenade and unloaded six shells from the shotgun into him. After that, he started throwing three grenades at a time. I just stepped out of cover to put a few more in him and he went down easy.

Shortly after, my "demo ended." ;)

I was nervous about the game all of the sudden, so I decided to use my internet powers and sample it. It's pretty good and I think I'll end up getting it. :D Even with the fucked bosses.

I'm gonna go back and silently slaughter everyone in the police station. Or walk into the middle of a big room and use my Typhoon. Either way. :lol

[Phoenix Gamma]

I turned the difficulty down from normal to easy and unloaded a whole clip on the boss, and that killed him. Then turned it back up to normal. It wasn't a "man this is really hard" thing, it was a "man, this isn't very fun, I want to get back to the fun part" thing. I'm gonna do a second playthrough and deal with them then. I just want my first play to be fun before I start obsessing over achievements and shit.

I was at work today wondering what would happen if I went up to Sarif and offed him with a silenced pistol. I think I'll go try that now.
EDIT: oh, I didn't realize that I can't use weapons OR takedowns in the office. Lame.

[k0k0]

I hope there's not an achievement for not killing people. I used a non-lethal blast gun and it ended up killing a guy because a dumpster flew up and hit him. Ruined my streak and I had saved over my main save before realizing he was dead. After that I started using several save files.

[Dr. Boogie]

I hope there's not an achievement for not killing people. I used a non-lethal blast gun and it ended up killing a guy because a dumpster flew up and hit him. Ruined my streak and I had saved over my main save before realizing he was dead. After that I started using several save files.

There is one for no killing, but I don't know if a dumpster flying into somebody because it was pushed by a gun will count toward that. I guess you'll just have to play to the end to find out.;)

[timrpgland]

I'm picking up my copy of Deus Ex 3 tonight.

Been playing WoW for season 10... ugh.

[k0k0]

I just beat Deus Ex. I'm thinking I'll have to replay it again in a few months, after the winter games all come out, so that it won't be so fresh in my mind. It was a great game though, super ending(s) that made sense. And by the end I really did feel like a total badass. I was worried that the praxis points wouldn't be coming fast enough, but really at the end, I was having trouble finding something to put points in because I got everything I wanted.

[OxBlood]

I too just finished DE3. Impressive rebirth of a beloved franchise if you ask me. Almost flawless, a lot of fun, rather compelling story (still, it´s pretty easy to tell where they go with it at any given time but how it makes one think about some things is pretty well done).

Gameplaywise it´s true to the original but streamlined to fit the times better and I think it succeeds at that. I was a little disappointed that there was no second "wave" of Augmentations, what you can see once you start is all you´ll get and k0k0 is right, after 2/3, you simple fill slots with all those Praxispoints.

Very good game, highly reccomend playing it if you even remotely liked the original.

9.5/10, Goty so far along with Xenoblade.

[k0k0]

I'm trying to get into xenoblade, but none of my televisions have composite/component in except for a standard definition tv and for some reason xenoblade shows in widescreen format on it, so all the letters are smaller. For my 360 I use the vga cable on my big screen, but wii I am having trouble seeing what item names are and everything. It is still a nice game so far though.

[Mad Melvin]

You should start a new topic for DE3. I don't wanna read spoilers when checking this thread you jerks.

[Fathom Zero]

K8uLT_EIJjs
hulolololollolololol

[Pentegarn]

I shouldn't find that so humorous, but I do for some reason.

[Fathom Zero]

Text-to-speech will never not be funny.

[Pentegarn]

Good point actually

[k0k0]

I remember back when I first figured out the diary program for windows 3.1 had a text to speech deal. I made so many prank calls as a robot. I miss the days of no caller ID.

[LordSappington]

Borderlands was $7 with all DLC on Steam, so my two friends and I got it to play online together. Well, they started without me, so when I joined, I was level 1 to their 6, and couldn't do their quests and got raped constantly. Apparently my connection is shit when I make a server, so that's out.
We started a new game, but they then went and got way ahead of me again, so I can't even do much damage to anything! So, I just went offline and beat the entirety of Dr. Zed or whatever. Because fuck you guys; I'm going to take ALL THE KILLS NOW.
Also: "Hey guys, get near my turret; it'll regen your health and ammo!"
"LOL NO"
My friends are retarded.

[k0k0]

Your friends do sound pretty retarded. I remember when I was going through borderlands we made a pact not to play it when the others weren't so we all went through together. It worked out really well and we all got into kind of a machine rhythm with how we did things, knowing how to act in each situation. We went through the whole game twice with our characters and got them all up to max level. Was a great time. I can't wait for borderlands 2.

[LordSappington]

When I first played it, I wasn't too impressed, but this time seems more fun. The only problem is that my friends have a mentality like "Grab everything before anyone else can; run ahead of everyone to win!" while I'm trying to keep everyone alive and provide support. I'm trying to tell them that I'M the damn Soldier; they're the Sniper and Siren, so THEY should hold back while I aggro, instead of them rushing forward and getting smacked around.
At least I'll get my small moment of asshole triumph on them with all my overpowered weapons.

[Mad Melvin]

I played through Borderlands recently with a friend aswell. Fun game. I have no idea what the plot was though, since I had no intrest in reading walls of boring text. I mainly focused on killing enemies with a sweet sniper rifle that had bullets made of acid. ACID!

[OxBlood]

Finished Deus Ex HR. I guess I´ll play it again on Hard, then switch back to Xenoblade until Dead Island and Spacemarine get here next week...

[k0k0]

I'm waiting on reviews for dead island before I buy since the next few months are going to be video game heavy events for me.

[LordSappington]

I thought it was kinda weird how much emphasis the ads put on them holding guns, when all the things I read about the game emphasized that there would be very few guns, and focused on melee combat.
But that's just my weird observation.
As for the Borderlands plot: There's a big ol' hidden Vault full of treasure rumored for generations. You and your party are looking for it. Stuff happens along the way. The Vault ends up to just have a big vagina monster in it and nothing else.

[k0k0]

The vagina monster drops a few guns but usually nothing of note. My favorite part of the game came from the knoxx dlc.

[OxBlood]

I'm waiting on reviews for dead island before I buy since the next few months are going to be video game heavy events for me.

I can just go and get it since I don´t have to pay full price for it AND one of my best friends is my Zombie go-to guy, whatever it is with zombies, he´s the man you need for coop and stuff...we´re both actually :D

I guess if Z-Day really comes someday we´ll die like everybody else but we´d have fun while fleeing our impending doom :lol

[k0k0]

Yeah, and when the apocalypse comes I'll be ready because I played lots of doom as a kid.

Of course both things have about the same chance of actually happening.

[Sam]

Yeah, and when the apocalypse comes I'll be ready because I played lots of doom as a kid.

Of course both things have about the same chance of actually happening.

UM ONLY IF THE APOCALYPSE TAKES PLACE ON MARS, JEEZ. :rolleyes

[Shyandquietguy]

I've been playing Borderlands like a mofo and will not be surprised if I come out with a complexion of a ten year long meth user.

Good god, this eight dollar thing saved my week off.

[OxBlood]

Yeah, and when the apocalypse comes I'll be ready because I played lots of doom as a kid.

Of course both things have about the same chance of actually happening.


But the Inca!!!...Wait...Maya!

[LordSappington]

Turns out that Borderlands multiplayer isn't much fun at all. I tend to take things slow, while my friends are practically playing a goddamn speed run with all the quests. I had to reset my skills, because what the fuck is the point of setting up to heal teammates if they won't stand still for a second?
God, I haven't been this stressed at a team game in a long time.

[k0k0]

It's not that fun because your friends are retarded. Me and my buddies took it slow, let everyone read the quest notes, split loot evenly and never got far ahead. Good luck beating Crawmerax if you guys aren't able to work together.

[Dr. Boogie]

Yeah, you definitely don't want to try coop in a game like that unless you have someone willing to experience the game along with you, rather than guys blazing through the slow parts to get loot.

[LordSappington]

It's really disappointing. I might just be overreacting right now, though, so I'm going to stop playing for a bit and try again when I'm not stressed so much.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

but then your other dudes are gonna have higher level than your dude.

[darkvare]

by the middle point my character was pretty much sweating bullets for infinite ammo my turret healed me so i was pretty much unkillable

[Shyandquietguy]

I got an awesome shotty which has saved my ass by second wind so many times that it's not even funny.

Borderlands is literally the closest I'll get to being up to date gaming wise.

In the mean time I'm trying to ID my mobo so hopefully I won't have to go through replacing that just so I can be an inch or two more relevant without killing my savings.

[Zomboid]

I'm most of the way through Fallout 2 now. I don't know what I'll play next, but I dug out my copy of STALKER, and I got a mouse for my laptop, so I could finally play games with MattJack and Sam on Steam.

[Sam]

IF YOU TOLD US YOUR STEAM NAME, BRAH.

[Nick]

Its probably Zomboid.


Maybe.

[Sam]

NICK, YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH.

[Nick]

IM JUST GOING OFF HIS XBLA TAG




OOPS

[LordSappington]

Bought myself a 3DS. So far I love it; it's sleek, shiny, and has a bunch of neat features.
Still playing Borderlands; it got better for a bit, but now that we're playing Moxxi's Underdome Riot, it's gotten much much worse. My best mate, playing Mordechai, is generally cool; we work together well, and he stands still so I can actually use my healing abilities with him.
My other friend, playing Lilith, got his hands on several obscenely powerful guns with x4 elemental chances. So, he's now just zipping across the stadium, exploding stuff, taking all the kills, and generally being an ass. I finally stopped trying to heal and revive him because fuck it.
Also, if anyone's up for some Borderlands, Killing Floor, or TF2, my Steam is lordsappington. Yaaay

[k0k0]

I wouldn't do Moxxi ever again. it was about 4 hours of stupidness just to beat one room completely at the highest level. It's probably one of the worst dlc addons. But it's ok because the rest of the borderlands dlc is some of the best dlc.

[LordSappington]

I really like it so far. Moxxi is hilarious, but as usual I'm not getting drops worth shit.
As an interesting side note, this was posted from my shiny new 3ds. Turns out you can even stream netflix!

[Fathom Zero]

I'm convinced that the 3DS is just a ploy to fuck with people's depth perception such that they get into horrible, lethal accidents, thus culling the world population of the lesser among us.

[Zomboid]

IF YOU TOLD US YOUR STEAM NAME, BRAH.

I think it's LucIsSoBadass. I can't add anyone myself until I get a game.

[Phoenix Gamma]

I've been playing the original Zelda on my 3DS because Star Fox 64 3D isn't out yet.

Also Groove Coaster on iPhone is pretty baller.

[OxBlood]

Gah, Space Marine is out and my dealer doesn´t have it yet...annoying...same with Dead Island..

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Gah, Space Marine is out and my dealer doesn´t have it yet...annoying...same with Dead Island..


Is it a Black Market game Ox?

[kahljorn]

KEEP IT ON THE DOWNLOW

[OxBlood]

What? No, a friend of mine runs a video store thats all. Seems like the german version is out, I ordered the UK-Version, it´s about 10 bucks cheaper.

[kahljorn]

A STORE IN AN ALLEY BEHIND A DUMPSTER

OX IS A NARC

is there a place in germany that isnt retarded about videogames?

[Dr. Boogie]

I decided to go for all the achievements in WotS3, even the really annoying "find every sword and learn all the moves" ones. I really like this game and I'm hoping like hell the fourth one makes it stateside. Also, the push/pull meter is present on every difficulty. I must've been high when I said it didn't.

Started playing Shadows of the Damned. It's fun, but I'm about halfway done after playing for a little over 2 hours.

[OxBlood]

A STORE IN AN ALLEY BEHIND A DUMPSTER

OX IS A NARC

is there a place in germany that isnt retarded about videogames?

Yeah, basically that video store and...maybe one more online retailer that doesn´t give a shit about release-dates. I wonder how long until the publishers close him down :lol

[k0k0]

I decided to go for all the achievements in WotS3, even the really annoying "find every sword and learn all the moves" ones. I really like this game and I'm hoping like hell the fourth one makes it stateside. Also, the push/pull meter is present on every difficulty. I must've been high when I said it didn't.

Started playing Shadows of the Damned. It's fun, but I'm about halfway done after playing for a little over 2 hours.

The only thing I hated about playing the game about 60 times was the amount of times I had to fetch old woman panties. It seemed like that quest just pissed me off. Other than that, the game was great. I'm glad you got into it more. I wish I had all the achievements, but it takes forever to learn a sword.

[Dr. Boogie]

Learning? Nah, I just bought all the scrolls I could afford, learned all the skills for a sword, then I'd kill the shopkeeper, take back my money, leave town, and start it up again until I knew everything. Takes a little while, though not nearly as much time as getting the swords themselves, and a whole lot less than trying to learn the skills the honest way.

The one quest I hated, and I never wound up seeing it through, was the one where you have to cut all the women's dresses with your sword without hitting them, all while they run around like idiots. Whoever came up with that quest is an asshole.

[kahljorn]

so basiaclly the quest was to get women naked without killing them with no ramifications whatsoever and you have a problem with this

[Dr. Boogie]

Not naked, you just cut off a couple extra feet of fabric so their legs are exposed above the knee. The trick is finding the exact distance to stand from them so you don't wind up slicing them in half, and using a sword that had the right attack that'll hit in the right area.

I was getting paid the same amount for that job as I was for transporting a letter to a messenger who was 50 feet away. Those women can undress themselves.

[k0k0]

I became an expert at doing that but only with one sword. I can't remember which. I'd always cut the dress of my wife. (I married the slut)

[Dr. Boogie]

Doesn't she always steal your stuff when you leave her alone?

[k0k0]

Well, the slut I'm with steals money to see the fortune teller. But I have enough money so that doesn't matter too much.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I wish the fortune teller would tell her that her thieving ways are going to get her killed from behind.

[Mad Melvin]

After Deus Ex I decided to pick up Alice: Madness Begins. It's ok. Level design is a bit too unimaginative at times, considering it's supposed to be Wonderland. There have been a few really cool ideas though, and I like the parts where you go back to the real world. Creates a nice contrast. The controls and camera work well enough, so the platforming stuff isn't too frustrating, and the graphics are decent. Oddly, when opening the weapons menu for example, it's choppy as hell. The game itself runs fine, so I don't get it.

HD version of the original Alice is a nice bonus too. Played it for a bit and it still seems like a solid game.

[OxBlood]

My biggest complain about the design of Alice 2 is that they didn´t use the London-Setting enough. The contrast is gorgeous and really adds to the weirdness and the looming feeling of insanity that comes with the game...

[MarioRPG]

I keep trying to get back into Super Meat Boy but it's just making me mad and not in the good way it used to.

Also heroes of might and magic 3 is still sweet, the artifacts they added in the expansions get a little ridiculous at times though.

[darkvare]

anyone has a recomendation for a 5 dollar game on steam?

[Mad Melvin]

X-COM: UFO Defense
X-COM: Apocalypse
Splinter Cell
Commandos 2
One of the Lucasarts point & click adventures
Oddworld pack

[Dr. Boogie]

anyone has a recomendation for a 5 dollar game on steam?

Well I liked Fortix. It's sort of a less daunting version of that arcade game, Qix. They've got a demo for it and the sequel on Steam.

I guess it's down to $0.99 now. Geez, I feel like like a sucker for buying it years ago for five bucks.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Anyone going to get Dead Island?

It looks like a 4 person Dead Rising 2.

[Dr. Boogie]

I'm kind of looking at it, but the word is that it's really buggy, so much so that even the Day 1 patch won't have cleared up all the issues.

[Fathom Zero]

It looks like it's gonna be as good as Deadly Premonition. I'm getting B-Game vibes from it.

I'll check it out.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The thing I'm still skeptical about is that I haven't seen any gameplay on it yet, only cinematics.

[Fathom Zero]

Well there's plenty of gameplay footage, (which I am unable to put here, at the moment.)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I'll try looking online then, I've been checking the xbox marketplace and they didn't have any up.

[darkvare]

the gametrailers review is up has plenty of gameplay

[Dr. Boogie]

What I'm hearing is that it's fun, but it definitely has that budget title feel to it, along with the distinct feeling that it was rushed out the door.

I'll probably pick up the PC version, for what it's worth.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Really? I read somewhere that it was supposed to come out in like 2006 or something. Hopefully they would have had enough time to polish it up since then.

I'll check out gametrailers review when I get home too.

[Nick]

Yeah, it's been in dev for aaaages now. I thought it was never going to come out.

[OxBlood]

I haven´t heard anything about bugs from the guys who already have it. All in all it seems to be a very good title if you´re into the whole Zombie-thing and the coop is just the icing on the cake for me :)


I don´t know which character to play though...probably the rapper-guy

[k0k0]

My question is, can you co-op through the whole game?

[kahljorn]

I've been thinking about picking up dead island as well :D

coop sounds fun but what the hell is it all about?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

It sounds like its 4 player co op the entire game. I saw some video of the gameplay and was kinda disapointed. It looks like age of conan battling(which isn't bad, just not for me in a zombie game). I might be totally lame and get the new dead rising 2 game.

[OxBlood]

In terms of gameplay, Dead Island is a melee-centered survival horror game in an open world enviroment as far as I know. You can hack away at your opponents (watch your stamina), throw things at them or unleash your mighty rage-attacks. Your weapons need to be maintained, firearms are not very common (it´s a holiday resort after all) and fighting the zombies is most of the time not as effective as trying to bypass them as one reviewer put it.

Killing the undead and completing quests (of which there seem to be a lot) nets you XP. Level up and you can put upgrade points into one of 3 skill trees. I don´t know if those trees are unique to each character or if it´s just one. You can also upgrade your weapons via blueprints and money, find collectibles and so on and so forth.

Aparently the game takes around 20-30 hrs to complete and it is playable in coop from start to finish.



...and I still don´t have it which slowly but surely makes me angry.

[k0k0]

I can get it if I want, but I am just wondering why you would put any points into firearms if it's focused on melee and it'll just hinder you. I'm looking all over online for information about that kind of stuff but nobody explains it.

[Fathom Zero]

Because there are humans you come across that are hostile and will shoot you.

It's Borderlands with guns. And I hated Borderlands.

[kahljorn]

a zombie game without guns just sounds horrible

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I looked at some of the skill trees, they look kind of dumb.

[Fathom Zero]

I just realized I said it was Borderlands with guns, when I meant it completely the opposite. I think I have Alzheimer's.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

FAILZHEIMERS......

:(

[King Hadas]

Bought Saints Row/Saints Rows 2 for twenty bucks. Didn't like the first one at all but the second one is great. The first one uses the GTA concept and becomes an inferior off brand. The second one takes the concept and polishes it to near perfection. SR2 is better than GTA4. Also SR2 has the best character customization of any game I can think of. Your character is evil as fuck as well which is pretty interesting.

[Fathom Zero]

And Cockney accents. Can't go wrong with those.

[k0k0]

Yeah, saint's row 2 was excellent. My dude was hugely fat with a mullet and I had the slider for his tits just low enough not to become pixelated. He wore a tube top and short shorts. Cockney accent of course. My roommate's character looked like an alien grandma.

[OxBlood]

I played about 4 hours of Dead Island yesterday. This is one good game, let me tell you.

First, it has guns but not many which is awesome because this game somehow manages to create a feeling of dread and threat I haven´t seen in a while. All while the sun shines down on you and the ocean sparkles in the distance. I actually stopped and listend to the survivors cowering in the wooden shacks on the beach, trying to be as quiet a possible, going insane or just losing it crying for their mommy. Those pixelated beings are terrorized and I believe it.

The combat is actually really fun cause it tries to be a little more realistic since you simply won´t HAVE firearms in a place like that (or anyplace outside the US or the middle east for that matter ;)). As a European I can really relate to that, when we think "improvised defense" we think in terms of tools and kitchen appliances :lol

Anyway, combat is fun, the weapons are varied from planks over diving knifes and hammers to deodorant-bombs, they´re moddable, upgradable and they break quickly which adds to the survival aspect of the game since this really is a survival-horror game. You also tactically cripple the Zombies, break or cutt off their lims to slow them down and kick the shit out of them. It´s especially fun to kick them into the pools watching them struggle to get back out :)

The skilltrees look a little bland at first glance but they´re pretty usefull as far as I can tell. Each character has a different focus (and they all have different skill trees mostly), one even functions as a sort of Paladin (for lack of a better word), improving teammates and things like that. Oh and that character also always carries a gun (but she can only use it in Rage-Mode).

Even the quests in this game seem good as they all make sense so far. Fetch medical supplies for the girl bleeding out on the floor, help repair the generators for the lighthouse, look for survivors of a plane crash, things like that.


As far as I can tell from my brief experience with the game, this is a definite must-buy for any Zombie fan :)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I'm playing as sam b. Just got to the lighthouse. Have you played online at all yet ox?

[OxBlood]

I´m also playing as Sam for now but I guess I´ll play Purna online. Haven´t tried it yet though. My normal Co-op buddy doesn´t have it yet and maybe it´s a good idea to wait for the day1-patch...

[Sam]

I love Dead Island.

Also playing as Sam B.

"WHO DO YOU VOODOO BITCH?"

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

When I got to the first Thug you fight my game Daggerdale'd real bad. After that it hasn't glitched again.....yet

[OxBlood]

I´m really starting to like Sam´s Skillset, as he´s the only Character that can take normal enemies out of comission for 6 seconds...just like that and he has that hilarious head-jump :D

By the way once I got to the second Act, I got really angry at Capcom. I always though no one was able to make a hot, sunny city scary and threatening (I´m looking at you Resident Evil 5 you piece of crap) but Techland just casually walks in and nails it. The city is GOOD. Really good.

[zerothree]

I'll be spending the whole day playing Jet Grind Radio, MvsC2, Sword of the Berzerk, and Shenmue.

Happy 12th Birthday Dreamcast.

Oh, and Starfox 64 3D.

[kahljorn]

maybe ill get dead island. did you buy it on xbox 360 billiam?

i almost want to get it for my computer since i just upgraded ;/

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I didn't but I'm thinking about buying it this weekend. just a rental for the time being.

[k0k0]

Fucking red box near my house only had a choice between Driver San Francisco and Warhammer Space Marine. I decided to go inside the walgreens and get a block of cheese instead.

[Zomboid]

Still playing Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl. It's pretty fucking hard until you get the hang of combat and some better guns. It really lacks personality and is pretty dry, but it's fun enough to keep going with until I beat it.

[Mad Melvin]

Still playing Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl. It's pretty fucking hard until you get the hang of combat and some better guns. It really lacks personality and is pretty dry, but it's fun enough to keep going with until I beat it.

I strongly recommend that you download L.U.R.K. mod for it. It makes the game creepier and fixes all the things that annoyed me in the vanilla version.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/lurk

[Fathom Zero]

I recommend you skip Shadow and move right on into Call of Pripyat.

It's... really up there with me. I HOLD IT IN HIGH REGARD, in other words.

[Mad Melvin]

You fool. Shadow Of Chernobyl is awesome, but I really dislike the vanilla version of it. Too buggy, the enemies have supernatural eyesight and the guns don't seem to have any punch to them. The plot is kinda forgettable too, but the atmosphere is just amazing. With the L.U.R.K. mod, it's a really cool experience, 'cause it addresses all the things I just bitched about. And then some!

[Fathom Zero]

I grant full disclosure and say that I've not modded Shadow of Chernobyl. I loved it a lot, though.

But Call of Pripyat just blows away every PC game in years for me. The sound design, the weather effects, all of it. Everything is immersive. I started playing it in my apartment's living room on my big-ass TV with my surround sound stereo system hooked up and it blew my mind. Blew everyone else's mind, too, because after a while, I was attracting a crowd. Seriously, I can't laud Pripyat enough.

[Zomboid]

Alright, I'll install that mod and finish this one before trying Pripyat. I'm a few areas in right now, but I think that I still have a ways to go. I fucking love the arena. Every game needs an arena area.

[kahljorn]

i love the mods too. I don't play it without mods :(

at first i just used weapon mods to make the enemies actually die when they get shot in the head. Then i tried those alife mods. Really make it more fun.. there's a few that completely change the whole game -- some even change the storyline.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Star Fox 64 3D. I still got it after all these years. Unlocked Expert in only a few playthroughs. The graphics are so fucking pretty.

[Zomboid]

i love the mods too. I don't play it without mods :(

at first i just used weapon mods to make the enemies actually die when they get shot in the head. Then i tried those alife mods. Really make it more fun.. there's a few that completely change the whole game -- some even change the storyline.

Yeah, the gun thing really put me off, initially. I snuck up on this old building filled with enemies, and had to put two clips into a guy before he finally keeled over. Then I got a shotgun from one of my dead allies, which was great, but even that seemed pretty weak. I mean, a blast from a sawed-off shotgun should cut right through a guy in a rain jacket.

[kahljorn]

:lol yea that really pissed me off and totally ruined the experience for me.
I think LURK has a weapon mod so its probably a good one to start off with.
only thing about weapon mods is that it makes you die faster too :O until you get combat armor or something :O i remember finding a stash of like 2 really good combat armors and after that i just rocked a shotgun with slugs and killed everybody.

[Mad Melvin]

:lol yea that really pissed me off and totally ruined the experience for me.
I think LURK has a weapon mod so its probably a good one to start off with.
only thing about weapon mods is that it makes you die faster too :O until you get combat armor or something :O i remember finding a stash of like 2 really good combat armors and after that i just rocked a shotgun with slugs and killed everybody.

Yeah, In LURK you only need one shot to the head, or 1-2 in the torso area (if they are not wearing bodyarmor). Another cool feature is, that sometimes the enemies receive a fatal gutshot that doesn't kill them right away. They're bleeding for a while and trying to limp away before they die.

[OxBlood]

I´ve crossed the sewers in Dead Island and heck, the game get´s a lot harder once you reach the city but I really like it that way. What I don´t like is that I never have enough money to keep my weapons maintained properly.
One funny thing I actually agree on with a friend of mine...the game is more fun offline without coop-buddies. It´s nice to play with them but most of the enviroment seems to be built for one player only and the whole atmosphere is gone once you go online of course...


I also got my copy of Space Marine the other day and played that for a bit too. Solid but immensly stupid in both gameplay and story but that´s to be expected of a warhammer game I guess. Which doesn´t mean I don´t like the game, it´s pretty fun, even the Multiplayer is kinda okay so far. Takes forever to level though and you have to get to level 4 before you can customize anything. What I like about it though is that you can steal your killer´s equipment, so if some highlevel asshole kills you, you can get the same stuff he hast...until you die again.

[Dr. Boogie]

Just about finished with Shadows of the Damned. Good game, even though it is pretty short. Really could've used a new game+ mode, what with a single playthrough being around 6-7 hours. Still, I did laugh at how many different takes there are of Steve Blum saying, "Taste my big boner!"

Started up Dynasty Warriors 7 the other night. I like the new changes, particularly the ability to equip different weapons at any time so you don't wind up stuck with anything crappy.

[Mad Melvin]

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Never played it, and decided to give it a whirl when I saw it on sale in Steam. I googled a few essential mods to improve the gameplay and graphics. Weird game. Everything seems very static and fake, NPC AI is pretty bad, there are too many useless dungeons and there aren't that many intresting quests, but somehow i'm extremely addicted. I like stealing shit from peoples houses when they sleep and the Dark Brotherhood missions were awesome. Despite all it's flaws, a pretty good game.

[Dimnos]

Once I beat the dark brotherhood missions my interest dropped fast. :\

[OxBlood]

What´s it with Dead Island. Everytime I get to a new setting, it´s still beautiful and creates a great mood. Even the Jungle which I thought would suck is really cool. And Dr. West is there so we´re all set I guess.

[k0k0]

Started my second playthrough of Deus Ex, the asshole playthrough. Whereas before I was nice and did everything good, this time I'm a dick to everyone. I killed all the cops in detroit and sold their weapons. So now I'm about to head to china with 35k in credits. Don't know why I took the time to pick up a weapon, run it to the guy, sell, then run back so many times, as money really isn't too useful in the game. But it was fun amassing a fortune before I even get very far. And seeing all the dead cops laying around the streets is so funny. The civilians are all scared of me too as I walk by.

I am kind of disappointed that during the police station mission, I killed every person in the station, yet nobody at sarif reprimanded me. Nobody really gave much of a shit that I was an asshole murderer who killed an entire police station. Sure, the papers talk about it, but that's just a few paragraphs. Also, the 'stealth' kills are anything but. During my first playthrough I didn't do one stealth kill so I didn't know, but they alert everyone in the area. It's fucked. So I've taken to doing knockouts and then just using my silencer on their face while they're asleep.

[OxBlood]

Finished Dead Island. Act 4 feels rushed and the enviroment is stupid but the other three make up for that. Very unclean programming, feels like a PC game most of the time but it´s still the best Zombie game you can get.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Ahem, 2nd best zombie game

hoLadZotBuE

[darkvare]

oh pc mods how easy can you turn serious stuff into hilarity

[OxBlood]

Ahem, 2nd best zombie game

hoLadZotBuE

I suspect you refer to Fist of the dead star being the best? ;)

I just wish, Project Zomboid would get some more...people to program it :lol

[kahljorn]

man that was awesome

i wish i had the pc version now

[MarioRPG]

For, what is it now, the third time in this thread, I've started up Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. My friend finally gave it back... so long, studying!

[LordSappington]

Started up Minecraft 1.8
Our friend got his server back up, and one of my friends is upset that I left their shared house to go make my own. Apparently, it makes it like it's single player and they'll never see me again. I just hate sharing a house with people, because then they end up using my stuff and I don't get to build how I like it.
Also, I got Deus Ex today; will begin tomorrow.

[LordSappington]

I have no idea what I'm doing in Deus Ex. I like it, but it seems like I keep getting sidequests that require me to have hacking skills way higher than I do now, and other such stuff. For instance, right now I have to get into the morgue in the police station. How the hell am I supposed to do that? The manbaby at the front desk bitched me out and won't let me through, and when I finally sneaked in through the back, I was greeted with a hacking console two levels higher than I was, and the cops saw me and started taking me out. I just don't get it.
ALso, my buddy and I bought a Warhammer 40K starter kit; he got Orkz, and I got Space Marines. So far, it's been a blast.

[Fathom Zero]

and when I finally sneaked in through the back, I was greeted with a hacking console two levels higher than I was, and the cops saw me and started taking me out.
There is a route that requires no hacking skills. One would figure that since you decided not to put your points into hacking, then you'd at least pay attention to other ways of doing things.

Matter of fact, I can tell you how to do it all from memory, I know that police station so well.

[executioneer]

i just beat portal 2 last night

wish i'd completely abstained from the internet the entire time it was out, so maybe i'd have been surprised by more than a few things in it

[OxBlood]

The first thing to know about Human Revolution is: Hacking is the only skill you´ll ever need ;)

Started Gears 3 yesterday and finished today...this is quite a short game and the ending is...just bad. Don´t really want to play any multiplayer with this one so...maybe some coop and horde...

[Nick]

What, how did you get it so early. :(

The multiplayer on GoW3 is so good compared to 2. It feels like a more fleshed out GoW1 multiplayer.

[dextire]

i just beat portal 2 last night

wish i'd completely abstained from the internet the entire time it was out, so maybe i'd have been surprised by more than a few things in it
But Cave Johnson was still great, right?
That's one game where I'm really glad I bought it the first day it was out.

[k0k0]

I really hope amazon ships gears 3 to me tomorrow. Or else ordering it from amazon with the release date shipping was a waste. I could easily just pick it up from somewhere. Anyone have any experience with amazon for games? It's my first time with them and it's not showing that it's shipped and the deliver date is tomorrow. Makes no sense. It says "Shipping soon". Anyways, when I do get the game, first thing I'm going to do is buy the 'Garish' weapon skin so I can kill people with my flowery weapon. Maybe even the 'Deadly cute' pink one for the same reason.

[Dr. Boogie]

I ordered LA Noire with Amazon and went with the release date shipping. They had a foul-up with the shipping, so it got to me on Wednesday instead of Tuesday. And they sent an apology letter, and they refunded my shipping, and they gave me a $5 voucher. It was pretty awesome.

[k0k0]

I'd rather not have that happen to me though. I paid 99 cents for the release date shipping and don't care enough about that refund. Plus I fear if I have it pushed back another day, my online gears buddies will get antsy and start the co-op without me. That's the only downside to this 4 person co-op is that if 1 dude is ready, the other 3 will probably go on ahead without him.

[Fathom Zero]

If you preorder anything on Amazon, it will get there day-of, unless there's unforeseen circumstances, of course.

[executioneer]

But Cave Johnson was still great, right?
That's one game where I'm really glad I bought it the first day it was out.
wouldn'a done me any good to have bought it day one

not enough PC :(

[LordSappington]

There is a route that requires no hacking skills. One would figure that since you decided not to put your points into hacking, then you'd at least pay attention to other ways of doing things.

Matter of fact, I can tell you how to do it all from memory, I know that police station so well.
I dunno; the city layout confuses me so much, I can't figure much out. I blew my chance with Haas, and my friend told me he jumped from another rooftop onto the police rooftop, but I can't find any building I can climb up, no matter where I go. I broke in through the sewers, but the cops immediately started trying to kill me, no matter how stealthy I tried to be. I jsut really suck at this damn game.

[Fathom Zero]

Try the back entrance.

[OxBlood]

If you preorder anything on Amazon, it will get there day-of, unless there's unforeseen circumstances, of course.

I never order games I really want on Amazon, simply because they ship on or to release day which is...well, too late. I prefer to have my games as early as possible. That whole release day stuff is stupid anyway. As soon as my retailer gets the game, he should sell it. Luckily, some shops see these things the same way I do and don´t give me that "Noooo, we have to wait two more days for no real reason, sorry!"-Bullshit.

[Fathom Zero]

EHHHHH GERMANY IS STUPID

AMERICA RULES :sunglasses

MY PRODUCTS ARE DELIVERED TO ME AT THE TIME ADVERTISED.

[OxBlood]

EHHHHH GERMANY IS STUPID

AMERICA RULES :sunglasses

MY PRODUCTS ARE DELIVERED TO ME AT THE TIME ADVERTISED.


That´s how it works here too most of the time, but as I said: Getting a game on release-day is...not how I like it, I want my games sooner ;) I´m not talking weeks here, getting a game a whole week before it´s released is good but sad at the same time. The retailers HAVE the games but they´re sitting on them like hens on an egg for NO reason, that´s what I hate about the whole thing.

You get your games, you give them to me, simple. You don´t wait for some artificial date.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I played the gears of war 3 beta multiplayer. I really didn't like it because it just felt clunky. Can't compare it to other gears game but just against other FPS.

Felt like a ham fisted goon but with a gun but with ham handed interface controls.

[Dimnos]

Warhammer space marines is giving me a hard on for the time being.

[Zhukov]

I have promised myself not to buy it since I already have too many unfinished games lying around.

I'll buy it when it gets around to dropping in price.

[LordSappington]

I just started a new game and it's working a hell of a lot better. I did a better job getting my augs, and actually saved the hostages, then went through the police station easily after convincing Haas.
Now that I know what I'm doing, this game is fantastic.

[kahljorn]

so i downloaded the rift free trial :O

[Pentegarn]

What's your take on Rift?

I played it for awhile, my advice to you is search for collectibles to sell on the auction house, that's where the real in game money is

[kahljorn]

do you still play it?

its kinda fun so far. did some major rift type events that were fun although they lasted forever

although im kinda pissed cause the game deleted my character ;/ got to level 12 or so, come back today and its gone

[Pentegarn]

I wonder if that is how the demo version works?

Nah I stopped playing just short of hitting 50, just lost interest because it is exactly like WoW in how you level and get gear. I was leveling quickly because I had done it all before only it was on WoW :lol

[mew barios]

i finally got around to messing with one of my saturns, i was testing it out with this game called mr. bones and for some reason it's pissing me off just enough that i don't want to stop playing it

[kahljorn]

my other characters saved. I guess the server I had it on isnt appearing on the server list.

but so far i like it lots of options. So hard to decide what to play though ;/

[Pentegarn]

The server was probably down it sounds like.

If you like mages with a ton of options, i would go with elementalist chloromancer mix, lean more toward elementalist and you have tank, dps, and heals covered while soloing

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

what the hell is a chloromancer?

[k0k0]

It's a class that chloroform's you to death and then necromances your dead body to fight for him. Not to be confused with the class that uses chlorox bleach and a cat's manner of jumping to predict the future.

[kahljorn]

i wish the weapons could grow more. i remember having most of my weapons maxed by the second area

[Esuohlim]

I think I'm finally bored with Anti-Idle, after like 5 goddamn months. Got to level 3700 or so. :\

[Pentegarn]

what the hell is a chloromancer?

They are a life based damage dps class that has a secondary heal sub effect to most of their spells due to a buff they get

[Pentegarn]

As an aside I am playing the castlevania gameboy advance games, just beat Harmony of Dissonance and started Auria of Sorrow. When I beat that I will play Circle of the Moon last cause it is my least favorite of the 3.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

As an aside I am playing the castlevania gameboy advance games, just beat Harmony of Dissonance and started Auria of Sorrow. When I beat that I will play Circle of the Moon last cause it is my least favorite of the 3.

I want to play the ones with Soma because I'm so sick of this assholes on Castlevania HoD thinking they're superior to my Jonathan Morris.

[Dimnos]

Khal... quit paying for that shit and come play some dominion.

[kahljorn]

:(

i kinda hate lol to be honest

fucking only person on my team with kills/positive and i have to deal with people shit talking me ;/

[Zomboid]

Has anyone talked about the last Fallout DLC yet? It wasn't bad, but Old World Blues was by far the best out of all of them; in fact, OWB was about as good as Point Lookout, for me.

That "Courier's Mile" portion of this last one, though...Holy fuck, were those enemies damage sponges. You'd think that I could go in, at level 47, and kill a few guys without needing to use the unique gauss rifle from across the fucking map, in sneak mode.

[Dr. Boogie]

Started playing Dead Island. I went with the throwing guy because I though throwing weapons would be a bigger boon than the other skills on account of you can throw anything. So far, though, I'm finding that the best strategy is to kick enemies to the ground, then stab them in the face until they die. Kinda makes throwing seem inefficient when you can easily knock enemies down and hit them for bonus damage.

On the other hand, his rage skill makes it easy to wipe out hordes of zombies at once.

[Pentegarn]

I bet as the zombies get more advanced the throwing skill will pay off

[OxBlood]

Logan´s throwing is aparently about the most powerful thing in the game. You can skill it to do splash-damage, I think that´s the key or something, haven´t played him yet.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Started playing Dead Island. I went with the throwing guy because I though throwing weapons would be a bigger boon than the other skills on account of you can throw anything. So far, though, I'm finding that the best strategy is to kick enemies to the ground, then stab them in the face until they die. Kinda makes throwing seem inefficient when you can easily knock enemies down and hit them for bonus damage.

On the other hand, his rage skill makes it easy to wipe out hordes of zombies at once.

Sam B is where its at. Also just kicking people is the best skill in the game.

[kahljorn]

i love just running at fools and jump karate kicking them and then their heads explode and they die :(

man i need to play this game again :(

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I was on for a good amount of time playing last night. :(

[Emu]

Right now I'm playing Space Harrier in the Sega Ages pack for Saturn in between sessions of Breath of Fire 3. Modern gaming bores the piss out of me lately :(

[LordSappington]

I can't think of Dead Island without thinking of that Fist of the Dead Star.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Right now I'm playing Space Harrier in the Sega Ages pack for Saturn in between sessions of Breath of Fire 3. Modern gaming bores the piss out of me lately :(

I still need my stupid goo titan sword >:


Played about 4 hours of the Battlefield 3 beta last night. Really like it, just have to get used to the class adjustments. Like the assault drops med packs now. The support throws ammo packs and revives.

The biggest change I really didn't like is how with recon you have to hold your breath with the Left analog stick to steady yourself.

[darkvare]

the retro lancer is here controller added for size comparaison
http://ist1-3.filesor.com/pimpandhost.com/3/5/0/4/35040/D/6/b/h/D6bh/30092011101.jpg

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

They finally released NHL jerseys for XBOX avatars. <3

[darkvare]

is there a jersey from the mighty ducks of anaheim?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I think they're just the the regular Anaheim Ducks logo. They dropped the Mighty off it.

[OxBlood]

I played some Binding of Isaac (Steam) last night. This is one weird game but it´s still pretty good. Kind of a mix of Zelda and a Roguelike. Hard but fun. Sadly there´s no way to reconfigure the controls yet...as a Leftie, I don´t like that.

I also got Soul Calibur 4 the other day since it was cheap and I have been challenged to a fight in that game...so yeah. It´s really strange coming back to a series if you only know the first installment (Soul Blade back in the PS1-Days)...I have no idea where all these people came from and why Lee Long has been replaced with Maxi or whatever the name of the nunchuck-wielder is...at least Mitsurugi and Cervantes are still there...

[Fathom Zero]

Playing Metal Gear Online after what I think was a 2+ year hiatus. I wonder if my stuff is still there.

[Shyandquietguy]

I just played Mount and Blade for five hours straight. I'm getting killer with the bow and my highest consecutive difficultly shots have been 6.0. All time 8.1.

[k0k0]

Mount and Blade Warband was so much better than Fire and Sword for me. It pissed me off that you couldn't start your own country in Fire and Sword. Anyways, after playing the right way for 90 hours, I maxed out my character with a hex editor and just went rambo on everyone's asses. Not that you need it once you fully level up a whole army, but the goods prices were way too much to feed all those bastards.

[Dimnos]

Picked up a cheap used copy of alpha protocol. Its a cool game. I dont know what all you bitches were crying about glitches for. Aside from the mass effect thing where it almost always takes a few seconds to load the detail on all the weapons, armor, walls, and such, I haven't seen any. It runs just fine. In fact, probably better than mass effect because it has yet to even lock up on me. Even the story isn't total crap and the conversation system is rather neat.

Different strokes I guess. :\

[Dr. Boogie]

I thought it was a decent game. It was interesting to see how your choices early on would affect things further down the road, and using the intelligence market mechanic to bend the levels to your advantage was neat. It just needed a bit more work with balancing, what with the pistol being the ultimate weapon and everything else being reserved mainly for knobbing around.

[Zhukov]

Started playing Starcraft II since my internet is now fast enough to play online again. I was never amazing, but I was proud of the rank I earned - a few months hiatus means I am now shit compared to the children that I play against.

[Tacobot]

Dark Souls. The open world seems pretty cool so far, i was worried it all look kinda the same but in the six hours i'v played i think they change up the environments quite a bit.
but in a game where a lot of the fun is the exploration i wont spoil any locales i'v seen here.

I also like the some of the other changes they've made so far. Like using estus flask to heal yourself and how you can only refill the flask at the bonfires, but when you use the bonfire it respawns all the enemies in the world. so you have to make from one bonfire to the next with limited healing items. unlike the first one where you could just carry a butt-ton of herbs and just constantly heal yourself, now you have to worry about every little bit of damage you take.

[LordSappington]

I think I'm on the very last bit of Deus Ex, and of course I ran out of goddamn fucking virus programs.

[executioneer]

i'm a lot earlier on in deus ex, but i had loads of fun knocking out cops and stuffing them into ventilation ducts just a bit ago

also i don't see how running out of virus progs is even possible, i have so many of them already

must be a lot of tough hacking later on

[k0k0]

Hacking does get kind of tough later in the game. I found my dude, even specced as full hacker, failed a couple later ones. And a lot of them that I didn't fail I had to use programs to get past.

[Fathom Zero]

DARK SOULS. PLAYING AS DEPRIVED. KILLED LOTS OF BOSSES AND NOT SO BOSSES. LEVEL 27. 11 HOURS IN.

DIED A BAJILLION TIMES.

THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER.

[OxBlood]

Yup, Dark Souls is awesome. 5hrs into the game, haven´t seen any real Bosses yet (Tutorialboss and Taurus don´t count), making my way up the belltower to Boss I. Oh and I´m playing as a Warrior. The Drakesword is a real blessing, I tell you.

[Fathom Zero]

I missed out on the Drake Sword, coz I just killed the damn thing with 300 arrows.

[OxBlood]

Ow...not good :D. Still, did it drop anything? Special Souls, Cheese-grinder of the ages or something?

[Fathom Zero]

A few thousand regular souls. :( And I used the thing that upgrades your estus flask by mistake. It gives you five humanity, though, so I made sure to use it to upgrade some important bonfires. If I wasn't going to heal for more, I was going to make sure I had more of the damn things.

I'm level 47 now and the latest areas I've unlocked are the one with the ghosts that you can conveniently travel to with the elevator under the initial bonfire and the other is the poisonous town underground, which seems like they recycled a lot from Demon's Souls, but made everything way deadlier. I found both entrances to it - one of them is fairly straightforward in that you unlock the entrance after you beat the boss of the Depths (fucking sewer bugeye things). I actually found the other entrance by just exploring, and you can get to it from the cool Valley of the Drakes. I killed the poisonous dragon and got what he dropped, though - a dragon scale to upgrade the weapon I didn't have. >: Oh well. There's always NEW GAME +.

[Nick]

I'm playing RAGE, it's pretty awesome. id did a great job on it.

[Mad Melvin]

Fallout: New Vegas. Finally got all the DLC's. Finished Honest Hearts. Didn't like it. The Burning Man is a mysterious and eerie character in the main game, and Honest Hearts removed the mystery almost immediately. No build up or nothing. I do not approve of this. When talking about Fallout DLC's, it wasn't as bad as Operation Anchorage or Mothership Zeta, but it was still pretty lame.

Next up, Dead Money.

[k0k0]

So it's kinda like the story me and my friend's had about 'the dead man', a scary being that sneaks into your house and fucks with you. Then during a sleepover one of the 4 of us wets the bed. Everyone denies doing it, so they blamed it on the dead man. Why the hell would the dead man wet the bed? It turns out it was just one of my asshole friends <--- possibly me, I don't remember.

I guess that's nothing like the burning man, but I just remembered that in my head. Back to video games!