What are you playing right now?

[LordSappington]

I kinda liked Operation Anchorage...

[Chojin]

killer7 is fucking weird but i kinda like it

[Zomboid]

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.

Dead Money sucks. The other two are good, though. Old World Blues is on par with Point Lookout, I think.

[LordSappington]

I think I liked Fallout 3's story and settings better, but I liked the actual weapons and system better in New Vegas. Mash 'em together, and I'd be very very happy.

[OxBlood]

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 +.

What Area would you reccomend as the second place to travel to? I don´t wanna deal with the fucking ghosts, I hate enemies like that and I only have one Transient Curse item left anyway...Sure, I have the strange ghost-knife-thing but killing ghosts with that is tedious to say the least.

The last few hours, I just went back and forth between the fire by the smith near the church and the chruch itself, killing the skelly-knight over and over to upgrade some of my stuff...sadly I can´t ascend my weapons because I need some Ember for that...any idea where that thing might be?





Oh and I got my 10€ copy of Rage the other day. It´s...very good but I don´t know why it is good...it SHOULD be bad by all means...weird.

[executioneer]

Dead Money sucks.

well I liked it :(

[Fathom Zero]

Jesus Christ, Oxblood. My whole life has been a blur. Since I got it Tuesday afternoon, I have spent 56 of the past 90 hours playing it. I don't know if I'll ever see color properly again.

Honestly, I just ran back and forth from area to area, pushing a little bit at a time in each direction, similar to how I did it with the different worlds in Demon's Souls.

I know that after the twin Gargoyles, I went back to Firelink and poked around in the Catacombs for a long time. I may have killed the boss there, during that push. Things there are weak against Divine weapons, by the way. After that, I went back to the smith, ran around the Titan, because I couldn't kill it yet, and I went into Darkroot Basin, exploring around there. The Hydra freaked me out, so I ran in the other direction and came across a Black Knighht standing in front of a tunnel. That tunnel opened up a bunch of things.

More than anything in this game, I love the sensation of falling down the ravbit hole, as it were - barrelling down a tunnel, constantky moving forward, seeing how deep and how lost you can get.

At some point, you'll probably need the Basement Key, unless you've got that Skeleton Key item. That key should be your next goal, after poking around a bit. I can't remember where to find it, but the info should be available online. My mind is going numb from the constant running. I'm Level 74, I think.

:eek

[Dimnos]

killer7 is fucking weird but i kinda like it

Have you battled the power rangers yet?

[OxBlood]

Jesus Christ, Oxblood. My whole life has been a blur. Since I got it Tuesday afternoon, I have spent 56 of the past 90 hours playing it. I don't know if I'll ever see color properly again.

Honestly, I just ran back and forth from area to area, pushing a little bit at a time in each direction, similar to how I did it with the different worlds in Demon's Souls.

I know that after the twin Gargoyles, I went back to Firelink and poked around in the Catacombs for a long time. I may have killed the boss there, during that push. Things there are weak against Divine weapons, by the way. After that, I went back to the smith, ran around the Titan, because I couldn't kill it yet, and I went into Darkroot Basin, exploring around there. The Hydra freaked me out, so I ran in the other direction and came across a Black Knighht standing in front of a tunnel. That tunnel opened up a bunch of things.

More than anything in this game, I love the sensation of falling down the ravbit hole, as it were - barrelling down a tunnel, constantky moving forward, seeing how deep and how lost you can get.

At some point, you'll probably need the Basement Key, unless you've got that Skeleton Key item. That key should be your next goal, after poking around a bit. I can't remember where to find it, but the info should be available online. My mind is going numb from the constant running. I'm Level 74, I think.

:eek

Got it, found the Caprademon and the depths too, beat the dragon, went to Blighttown, got scared of the fatties and ran home with my 20.000 Souls...Level 30 now, but I guess my Character doesn´t have enough structure. Bit of strenght, bit of endurance, basic healing and offensive magic, main weapon is still the stupid drake sword, I hate that thing by now...

[Zomboid]

well I liked it :(

Sorry:(. I guess I was more let down than anything else. I haaaated the cloud stuff and those damn holograms. I thought the story was OK, but it got buried under all the shit.

[Fathom Zero]

Got it, found the Caprademon and the depths too, beat the dragon, went to Blighttown, got scared of the fatties and ran home with my 20.000 Souls...Level 30 now, but I guess my Character doesn´t have enough structure. Bit of strenght, bit of endurance, basic healing and offensive magic, main weapon is still the stupid drake sword, I hate that thing by now...

Lots of people really are shitting on it, but it's still something good early on, especially if you haven't found your focus. I built a Divine Lucerne, (which I like, because it keeps dudes at a distance), and it was really good for going against the bads in Blighttown and any zombies you may find. It also scales with Faith, in addition to Strength and Dexterity, so if you're apt to use miracles, you can double up on your combat effectiveness. Likewise, if you use other magics that are governed by Intelligence, having a Magic (and then Enchanted) Weapon will prove useful to you. Magic and Enchanted weapons also have the best scaling rating. They have an A, I think.

I say I think because I haven't been able to find the dude that enchants weapons yet. Or he's dead. I can't find any information on him, unfortunately.

With the Divine Weapons, though, I went to the bonfire in the Depths and ground the slimes for a short while. They don't drop souls, but they do drop Large Titanite Shards and Green Titanite Shards. They do it pretty frequently, too.

So now I have a Divine Lucerne +9 (it requires a White Titanite Slab to cap off, which I haven't found) that does 200 or so damage to pretty much every enemy and a potential to do another hundred if the enemy happens to be weak to Holy damage. Also, don't make the mistake I did and make a Raw Weapon. They're stupid, especially since you say you've already finished the Depths. You're gonna need that Divine Damage.

[OxBlood]

Yeah I build myself a divine Longsword a while ago (though I´m going for a strength-build I think) simply because I love the utility a longsword offers (thrust, slash, good range when two-handed) and I like it so far. Right now I´m back at the Asylum farming 20.000 souls for the...well, the farmingspot in the woods, the I´ll go back to the deptsh for the slimes and their greentitanite :)

I beat up the Moonlight Butterfly yesterday and I have to say, the mood the music creates for that fight is just eerie. This faceless, calm enemy, just slowly flying around you...that was way more creepy than any other boss so far, yes creepier than the gaping dragon...which I beat with two other guys so the honor of killing is not really mine...

[Fathom Zero]

I have to say - it's both exciting and exasperating to have to do all this without any sort of guide. Take that experience of being the one of the first handful of people to be as far into the game as I am, then also considering that it's probably one of the most difficult video games ever, and it's rather nerve-fraying. I'm only able to play it for an hour or an hour and a half at a time since the day before yesterday.

EDIT: I made a graph detailing my experience so far.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4241/unledqgo.png

[OxBlood]

I think I killed 3 Bosses today...The Blighttown Boss, the Hydra and the Catacombs Boss AND I joined the Covenant there and got a sweet Sword :) Oh, the second Asylum Demon too, so 4 Bosses. Not bad.

But I fucking HATE the catacombs and the giants graveyard too.

"Hey, we made the Catacombs pretty dark, it´s hard to see anything, what should we do with the next area?"

-"Oh, I know! Let´s make it totally pitch-black!"


Fucktards, really now.


I just don´t know where to go next. I could go to:

The forest again
Sen´s Fortress
The demon ruins
or
The Giant´s Graveyard

I don´t wanna go to Sen´s yet, that dungeon is fucking awful as far as I can see...

[Sam]

I HAVEN'T EVEN BEATEN THE FUCKING TAURUS DEMON YET. >:

[stevetothepast]

FUCKING HELL

[Fathom Zero]

The Giant's Tombs are fucking awful. You use the lantern you pick of the necromancers to light up the area, but you equip it in your left hand, which leaves you without a shield. It's also an endgame area, anyway, so you'll just kill yourself over and over unless you care to grind for White Titanite Chunks. In that case, the flailing bone pillars drop it on occasion and it's not very far from the bonfire there.

The Demon's Ruins are also part of the endgame. I'm there right now and I had to fight about three bosses to get to the dude I really need to kill. I'm so playing this mthrfckr online soon, because there's gonna be a ton of people needing help and I can score some free humanitude. You can actually run into the water by the Hydra and if you go back far enough, you run into a golden golem that you should kill. You'll get something good out of it. Also, going back to the forest and killing the wolf, as well as finding the enchanted ember would be useful.

Sen's is going to be the next area you must go to, so prepare well and upgrade the blacksmith's bonfire as much as you can because you're going to need a lot of estus flasks.

In my game, I got a legendary sword by forging a +10 Broken Short Sword with the Wolf's soul. It's quite useful, but the required attributes are pretty high. And I've been so used to my Lucerne that having such a short range feels so weird. But it does give me something to use my Demon Titanite on, so it'll be pretty useful soon.

Sam, do an attack jumping off of the tower you can climb up. I'm told that's what most people are doing. But I just rolled around a lot and was finally able to take him down. There's a later part in the game where you fight seven at a time, though, so I'd get used to slugging it out if I were you. You'll have better weapons at that point, but still.

[Sam]

Right after I posted that I did the dive with a Battle Axe, then finished the fight rolling backwards in knight armor and throwing fire bombs. FIRE BOMBS WORKED VERY WELL, AND I WISH I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF IT LAST NIGHT.

Now I'm on the bridge with that damn dragon. I got the Drake Sword but I'm wondering if I can arrow him to death.

[Fathom Zero]

You don't need to go that way and you can get past him later. You go through the bridge under him.

I beat one of the Lord bosses. It was fucking difficult, logistically. I won't spoil anything, though.

I made it through the Duke's Archives, which is where another one of them is. In the Crystal Caves place now. WHO THE FUCK THINKS INVISIBLE FLOORS IS A VALID DESIGN DECISION? >:

[Zomboid]

I might get that game, but I was also considering Gears of War 3 and that Castlevania game that came out last year. SAM, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

[OxBlood]

So I guess I´ll first go to the forest, then to Sen´s. I put my Demon Titanite in my Gravelord Sword. Just wanted to check a Player Note and then bam - the Gravlord himself.

BTW, I think it was pretty stupid to enable all the online features only when you´re human. NO ONE is human in this game, why would you be? It´s not like it´ll last longer than 10mins anyway...

[Fathom Zero]

I might get that game, but I was also considering Gears of War 3 and that Castlevania game that came out last year. SAM, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I'm not Sam, but I'd say get Dark Souls and Gears of War Trois, but pass on the Castlevania. As I remember people saying, it's 'alright'. I had Darksiders at the time, so I didn't really feel up for such a similar game.

As for the other two, I suppose it's down to whether you like shooters or RPGs more. Both have great online modes, but there is a danger there for Dark Souls' online to drop off after a while when people have traded it in, whereas there's always gonna be people to play with on Gears. So get Dark Souls sooner, I guess. Not that I'd begrudge someone their love for Gears. The bits I've played with my friend are spot on.

[Fathom Zero]

So I guess I´ll first go to the forest, then to Sen´s. I put my Demon Titanite in my Gravelord Sword. Just wanted to check a Player Note and then bam - the Gravlord himself.

BTW, I think it was pretty stupid to enable all the online features only when you´re human. NO ONE is human in this game, why would you be? It´s not like it´ll last longer than 10mins anyway...

I'm trying to think of the incentives to be human, but I can't remember everything. I know that if you are, you can summon certain NPCs to help you, as well as other people. I think there are also certain things that happen and ways to interact with people. Plus, if someone invades your game, you can kill them and take their stuff.

I did spend pretty much all of Demon's Souls in soul form, though, so I dunno.

The Gravelord Sword is wicked though I wish I could get more of those Eyes so I can rank up and get that other thing from him.

Did you happen to find the way to the Catacombs' blacksmith? He does Fire and Chaos weapons - the embers of which you get in the Demon Ruins. The Chaos Ember is where the Ceaseless Discharge died in the lava and the Flame Ember is a ways past the Capra and Taurus Demons in addition to the millipede-type things that break your weapons with their acid. It's in a chest down a path to the left of the orange door that'll open up after you run through Sen's Fortress and Anor Londo.

[OxBlood]

I found the Catacombs Blacksmith by accident, yeah but it will be a fucking pain to get to him if I´m not in the Catacombs...and I HATE that place, I really hate it. What does he need a flame ember for though, he already does Flame weapons when you meet him...?

Concerning the Eyes...the Toads in the sewers drop those...another one of those enemies that was made out to be sooo horrible...none of them ever gave me problems. Their Curse-Mist takes them forever to do so you can just kill them without any resistance whatsoever.

Classic death this morning before work: Worked my way through Sen´s until I stumbled across a chest. Now I knew Mimics were in the game so, smart as I am, I attacked the chest and wouldn´t you know it, it was a Mimic. The fight went really well, then I rolled backwards down a bottomless shaft and died. Fuck. I bet that Mimic had the lightning-spear I read about.

[Fathom Zero]

Oh yeah, that's why I don't have that weapon. Fuck. Same exact thing happened to me. Fortunately, you can forge lightning weapons later, so you can survive without it now. From what I hear thouh, everyone online has one and they just pump all of their stats into endurance and turtle behind a shield with the lightning spear and poke you do death. Assholes. I'm trying to think of a decent counter. The Giant Fire Ball pyromancy seems to work well against all things.

[OxBlood]

Can´t you just kick their shields or backstab them? I haven´t had any invaders yet and 8 out of 10 summonings fail too but then again, as I said, I´m never in Human form anyway so who cares :D

Also, I read somewhere that the Eye of Death stuff that you´re supposed to do as a Servant of the Gravelord simply doesn´t work. I´ve only tried it once and I just died a few minutes later because well, I´m not gonna sit around waiting for other people to invade me so some skeleton killed me while I was walking around...

A nice little thing though: If you die while cursed, your statue appears in other peoples games, that´s where these leafy statues in the sewers come from :)

[Zomboid]

I LOVED Darksiders, though. I'm kinda torn. I guess I'll just grab whichever I see first. Except for Gears, which I'll get after the price goes down; I'm only interested in that one for the story--never was big into Gears multiplayer.

[Fathom Zero]

I think you could have a lot of fun with Dark Souls, then. I'm just usually hesitant to recommend it to people because of its difficulty, not all of which is balanced. Most of the time, deaths are pretty cheap.

But the online in Dark Souls is really cool and persistant. It's also damn near a third of the game, too, considering all of the signs on the ground, ghosts of other players, and all of the covenant quests that require you to help or fight other people in some way. I let my XBL lapse, so I'm kinda sad and lonely right now, but I'm gonna pick up one o' them three month cards soon.

[Zomboid]

I got Dark Souls but haven't played it yet. It sounded good anyway, but Castlevania is like $20 at Best Buy (which is not where I was), and Gears 3 was not worth the price tag, considering I'd only spend 10-15 hours with it. I'll pick up CV later on and Gears 3 when it's a Platinum Hit, or something.

What kinda sucks is that Arkham City will be out soon, and then Skyrim follows that. Too many big fucking games.

[OxBlood]

Between Gears 3 and Castlevania...pick Castlevania it´s the better game by far. And no, I don´t care about the online and be honest, you already have Gears 3 two times already, just with other numbers at the end ;)

[k0k0]

Sadly, I have to pick and choose games now too. I had saved up 600 dollars to spend on all the games I'd love, but then I had to have surgery. Now I've made a list of what I get, and then pick up the rest when they're cheaper. It goes->

Gears 3, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Saint's Row 3.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I played some battlefield 3 this past saturday night. Ended up talking to this guy that sounded like Paul Scheer. Now he's super annoying though.

[executioneer]

holy crap arkham city's only a week away :eek :eek :eek :eek :eek

[k0k0]

Yeah, Arkham City was a hard one to cut from my list, but I can only get four. I'll be playing it in december probably.

[Fathom Zero]

I'm on the last boss and I CANNOT beat him. I need to be online and get help because it's really fucked up. I'm level 97 and I fucked myself out of the only way I can beat him.

RANT RANT RANT

HINT - WHEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUY THE PYROMANCY FLAME AND PYROMANCY SPELLS, DO IT. DO IT AND GET THE IRON FLESH SPELL. IT IS IMPERATIVE. IF YOU MAKE THE MISTAKE OF NOT GETTING IT AND DO THE CHAOS COVENANT FIRST, THEN TALK TO THE GUY AND SAY YES TO WHAT HE ASKS, HE WILL DISAPPEAR AND WILL BE UNABLE TO BE BOUGHT FROM EVER AGAIN.

Otherwise, if you're not absolutely perfect with your parries, you will fucking die. At most, I've gotten two in a row, then I die because I miss one and he chews away half my health in one hit and all of my stamina if I try to block another. Then the third hit in his combo kills me. That's if I manage to dodge the opening unblockable blow at the beginning. If not, I don't even get to parry and get one hit in on him.

The only other thing I can do is max out a fast weapon in something with a low stamina cost, so I did a Lightning Estoc +4 really fast. You end up with a lot of chunks at the end of the game and you can have the serpent break them down into shards if you need to.

I've been fighting him for the better part of eight hours, with a long walk back to him after I die. Fuck this fucking guy. If you have the good fortune to be able to play online, you'll no doubt be able to summon help. I envy you - very much so.

[Zomboid]

I made a thief for my first character. Good?

[Fathom Zero]

You can unlock a ton of doors early on, which is pretty useful. I dunno how good the Thief is otherwise, though. I started as a Deprived because I wanted the flat stats to build anything on.

I think you can get the Pyromancy Flame from the start if you have the Skeleton Key. It's a good thing to have if you don't want to build a magic user because the power of the spells doesn't scale off of any stats, but rather how mnay times you've upgraded the flame with souls. And, as I said in my little thing above, the final boss practically necessitates it.

[Zomboid]

I went back and switched to Bandit. MO' AXIN'!

[Dimnos]

What game are you guys talking about? That new demon souls game?

[Fathom Zero]

Dark Souls, brah. Shit's crazy in here.

[Zomboid]

Holy shit, this game is fucking unforgiving. I can't recall a game where I've died so many fucking times in the part immediately after the tutorial. THOSE FUCKING SKELETONS KEEP COMING, AND THEN I ACCIDENTALLY WALK CLOSE ENOUGH TO WAKE UP MORE! I'm trying to steal whatever it is that the giant one and his little buddies are protecting, though.

[Fathom Zero]

It's either the Binoculars or the Zweihander, from what I remember. If you're into two-handed greatswords, it'll be kickass.

Otherwise, you're not even supposed to go that way, not that the game tells you that. :lol

[Zomboid]

Well, I ended up in the catacombs at one point, but then I made a swift retreat because I wanted to get that fucking treasure.

[Fathom Zero]

Hate the Catacombs. Evil lives down there, man.

I still haven't beaten the last boss. He's still cheap as all hell. But I found a suit of armor, (Havel's), that'll help eventually. I just need to level my endurance so I can actually wear the damn thing and keep mobile.

[Zomboid]

I'm in that town full of dead things, and evidently there's some bosses in the area. I really wish I could sell this shit that I keep finding. I can't use the scimitar or zweihander effectively, but I don't wanna just drop them.

[Fathom Zero]

Don't drop them! You'll be able to sell them eventually. That was actually the thing I hated most about Demon's Souls. At the end of the game, if you didn't regularly drop shit, your inventory would get so fucking cluttered. At least this time, you'll get some souls out of it.

[OxBlood]

Didn´t Demons Souls have a inventory-weight too? I remember having to drop things because I was overburdened...glad they got rid of that, now it´s just cluttered.
But yeah, you can either sell your stuff for (VERY few souls later on) or just stash all that crap into the bottomless box (2k Souls at the second blacksmith).

Alright, I let Nito be Nito and switched to Chaos Servant for my active Covenant. Gravelord Sword and Chaos Fireball? Yes please, that thing can twoshot a Taurus Demon more or less :) Speaking of Taurus Demons: What the fuck is going on down in the Demons Ruins? There´s cows everywhere and Capras too. Though I gotta say, Capra Demons are extremely easy if you encounter them alone and have enough space to walk backwards, it´s all you need. 3, 4 hits with the Gravelord and they go down.

I also found a fire ember and I don´t yet know whom to give it to...I suspect, the flame-smith in the Catacombs? I still hate that place! But it reminds me that I wanted to get another flame-weapon, I just have a Flame-Morningstar, simply because it was the only upgradable weapon I had on me when I discovered the blacksmith...

And I´m still trying to stall going to Sen´s or New Londo but...apart from the forest and the valley of drakes, there´s nothing...wait, there´s this secret area in the giant tree! AHA!

[Fathom Zero]

The Hollow is cool, but Ash Lake is fucking beautiful. Wait'll you see it. Same thing with the endgame Kiln area. Some of the most beautiful, haunting environments in any game ever. And you'd be correct - both the Flame and Chaos Flame Embers go to the Catacombs blacksmith.

And I have a Lightning katana-type now. It's better than the Estoc, but each swing uses more stamina. I think I might use it when I try to pick apart the endboss.

And at the level I was at when I went back to the Demon Ruins for realsies, I just hit the Capra Demons three times with my Divine Lucerne and they crumbled. :) Make sure to get to the second level of the Chaos covenant AS FAST AS YOU CAN. There's an important guy might die if you don't.

[Zomboid]

I've been fucking around in Undead Burg for a while. I got chainmail and leveled my guy up to 15, but I need a better weapon. This battle axe is good, but I'm trying to take out that guy at the bottom of the spiral staircase; he kills me in one hit, so I unequip all of my armor and dash around his attacks, but I'm doing fuck all for damage and he eventually clips me. Son of a bitch.

[Fathom Zero]

The Taurus Demon? As I understand it, you can just grab a bunch of firebombs and toss them down at him from above. Or are you talking about the guy with the giant club that looks like a talon? That guy is called Havel and you are in no shape to fight him. Yer literally tens of hours away from killing him.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, the club guy. I'm not gonna stop until I take that son of a bitch down.

[OxBlood]

I think I killed Havel with a Butchers Cleaver+10 and I still don´t get what the fuzz is about, the guy is slow as a mountain and never even hit me...maybe he didn´t use all his skills when I fought him (was around level 30 I guess but all that counted in that fight is that I was medium speed with around 24 Str with said Cleaver...as I said, same with the frogs. Big buildup and nothing to back it up *shrugs*

[Fathom Zero]

Yeah, he killed me once, but I thrashed him shortly thereafter.

I'm wearing his armor now so I can fight the endboss. The whole set is about 60-something, though, so I'm just using everything but the helm. Instead, I'm wearing a helm that gives me some more equip load. Now I'm a big medium-speed dude with a huge weapon and a lot of poise. I'm going to rock this guy.

[Fathom Zero]

YES. I AM A WINNAR. I'M THE BEST, MAN. FUCK YOU, GWYN.

[Fathom Zero]

91 hours and 47 minutes of the past 6 1/2 days and I beated it.

NG+ now. Yay.

[k0k0]

I saw a video before the game came out of a guy who got the game on before release and beat the first boss with his fists. He kept punching it in the ass over and over. It took about 40 minutes.

It looked like he got a special item or weapon or something for beating it that way.

[Zomboid]

I killed Havel. Then I went into some Dark Basin place, through a door that he was guarding, and saw some horribly tough ice monster guys, so I ran back into Undead Burg until I get some fire weapons.

[Fathom Zero]

They're crystal golems. Not sure if they're meant to be icy, but they're related to stuff later in game. I never tried any fire weapons on them, though, so that'd be pretty interesting. You were also very close to a Hydra, too. If you wandered close to the golems, that was what would've been shooting at ya.

[Zomboid]

I got the Drake sword.

[kahljorn]

ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN HOW MUCH SHOULD I BUY THIS GAME

[Fathom Zero]

eleventy-six

[Zomboid]

I killed a black knight and got his sword. Boooo ya!

[Fathom Zero]

What are your thoughts on the game, Zomboid? Are you digging it?

[Zomboid]

I'm pretty hooked. It's fun. It seems like leveling up doesn't do a whole fuck of a lot, though.

[Fathom Zero]

Well, as far as I know, the cap for the stats is 99. So the theoretical level cap is 792.

I'd be driven mad to do that, though.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

dammit

http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd498/htka77/IMG_0275.jpg

Want to play Dead Rising 2.5 now

[Zomboid]

I've come across the blacksmith after killing the fuck out of everything in the undead parish. I'm looking around, trying to find a way to get behind or above that drake so I can fuck it up.

[Fathom Zero]

As you climb up the ladder by the rats, there's a spiral staircase that you fight a Black Knight at the top of. He drops a chunk, btw. You should be able to take out the dragon from there.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, that's the black knight whose sword I took. I've picked up a few things for upgrading swords and armor. The dragon is...kinda far away from there. There's one spot that allow me to drop down, and I just land on the wrong side of the portcullis.

[Fathom Zero]

Bummer. You should be able to shoot him with arrows from that gap, though.

In my game, I hit him once with an arrow and he glitched out, screamed, and disappeared, leaving me with a bunch of souls and no Drake Sword. :(

[Zomboid]

I tried to hit him from there, but he disappeared. Fucker. I got some keys and went down into the bottom part of Undead Burg. I explored everywhere, rescued a sorcerer, and eventually went through some fog to get raped by the Capra Demon. I went through and was instantly in a fucking boss fight.

[Fathom Zero]

:lol

The Darkroot Garden and the boss there are a bit easier. Afterward, you get a Divine ember that'll let you upgrade weapons further.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, I went there instead; I can easily get back to the Capra Demon later by taking the shortcut from that one main hub. Still, I was pissing around in the garden and got killed by a giant guy in armor and some frogs...that's when I turned it off for the night.

[Zomboid]

What's the deal with the weapons? Is there even a sword better than the drake sword?

[Fathom Zero]

Not early on, but the Drake Sword doesn't scale with any attributes, so it becomes useless the further into the game you get. Whereas other weapons have stat bonuses the more you have of a certain attribute.

[k0k0]

Ok, I got Dark Souls due to you guys' incessant loving up all over it. I'm only going to play it for a couple of hours a day because it sounds like a pretty depressing game and I'm plenty depressed as it is. I'll start it later.

[darkvare]

i want dark souls i freaking loved demon's souls and honestly once you have a mastery of the mechanics is a fairly easy game

[Zomboid]

I'm only going to play it for a couple of hours a day...

Yeah, good luck with that.

[Fathom Zero]

You won't put it down until you beat it the first time. Then you take a looooong break like m'self.

[Esuohlim]

Fathom I thought you were too poor to own a console made after the 90s

[Fathom Zero]

I traded in like a bajillion games

[Fathom Zero]

And look! Team Fortress had a massive update. One game to another. Good thing I'm off from work.

[k0k0]

Yeah, I played for about 4 hours today. Didn't get too far when I look back at it. And it doesn't seem like leveling up does much. I lost about 4000 souls, which is a lot for me when I walked into the taurus boss mist without thinking about it. Then died on the way back the 4th time I didn't kill him.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, I lost a bunch when I walked into the battle with that giant butterfly. WHEN WILL I LEARN?

[k0k0]

What kind of poison do those mice give? The ones before the warthog. The first time I fought them, I got poisoned for reals. The second time it just showed a purple drop and nothing was happening. So I just walked it off. I'm a bandit and I got the spider shield that negates poison (I think), so that might be it. But no idea. I thought I was pretty clever today when I got one of those bad skeleton knights stuck climbing the ladder down as I whooped him in the ass over and over til he died.

[Fathom Zero]

If the bar accumulates enough, you become poisoned. Either bar falls off after a while.

[k0k0]

Good to know. I totally freaked out and the next time instead of wandering into the den of rats that all bite me at once, I pulled them out one at a time very carefully. The game is fun and not as depressing as I thought it would be.

[Nick]

X-Men Destiny is 5 hours long. Is Silicon Knights even trying anymore?

[LordSappington]

Did anyone play Rage? How was it?

[k0k0]

One of the things you're missing if you don't play Dark Souls online is all of the helpful advice people give you. Like when I'm going to a possible dark spot and I see someone scrawled a note. I check it and it says "need head". Good advice! That's what a lot of people tend to put. My favorite happens to be "head ahead". I eventually gave in and when bored at a campfire I jotted down my own. A solitary "head". Hopefully someone will read it and be enlightened on what to do next.

[Emu]

X-Men Destiny is 5 hours long. Is Silicon Knights even trying anymore?

The only good things Silicon Knights ever did were Twin Snakes and Eternal Darkness.

[King Hadas]

And Blood Omen. Their track records damn good, Too Human and now X-men Destiny are their only flops I know about (I haven't played either). Not sure why they've started turning out garbage.

[OxBlood]

Soooo, my XBL got hacked and hijacked to buy FIFA-Crap. Great. It´s just 12 bucks but still, I can´t use that Gamertag for a few weeks now...hmpf.

[k0k0]

It happened to me a while back. They charged 150 dollars worth of microsoft points to my account. It was horrible and it took them 2 months to get it sorted out.

[Zomboid]

Killed the Capra Demon, the Bell Gargoyles, and the Moonlight Butterfly. I'm also rocking some pretty awesome armor that I got from those knights with the rapiers.

[k0k0]

I have killed all 3 of those too. I'm on the Gaping Dragon. I've managed to get him down pretty far before dying too, so I know it's possible with my equipment. I'm using a +5 Halberd and a grass-something shield which gives me faster stamina boost. As for armor, just regular leather right now. After killing the moonlight butterfly I got the fuck out of that area, as the giant/plant combos were killing me too much. I'll go back after I do some other junk. This gaping dragon is pretty mean though. Not as mean as whatever the thing was that was almost one-shotting me with water while I was killing crystal golems.

[OxBlood]

It happened to me a while back. They charged 150 dollars worth of microsoft points to my account. It was horrible and it took them 2 months to get it sorted out.

Guess I´ll play some PC or PS3 then...or maybe go out and meet people...hrrmm...daunting.

[Dr. Boogie]

I think he meant it was horrible spending that time trying to get his account restored and the fraudulent charges taken off his credit card.

[k0k0]

It was pretty easy getting the charges taken off by going to the bank. Waiting for microsoft to get them back to me didn't work. I waited over a month for microsoft before just going to the bank and getting them reversed that day. The thing that made it horrible was that I couldn't play online with my account for those 2 months. When any multiplayer game would come out. Sure, I could create another account, but really didn't feel the need to. That said, I still like using xbox live more than any other service.

[OxBlood]

The thing that made it horrible was that I couldn't play online with my account for those 2 months.

My thoughts exactly. Online OR offline for that matter in my case. My account simply isn´t my account anymore for now.

[LordSappington]

I've got one friend on the Minecraft server our friend runs who is a magnificent douchebag. He takes a really nice mountain/cliff, makes a lot of rooms with no rhyme, reason, purpose, or design, puts random lava streams everywhere, and then "borrows" materials from our chests. So, I placed a few pressure plate TNTs in his house; if detonated, they won't cause any real damage to anything major, but it should bring me a few yuks.

[Fathom Zero]

The only good things Silicon Knights ever did were Twin Snakes and Eternal Darkness.

You forgot Legacy of Kain. You better hope you forgot Legacy of Kain.

[Emu]

I've never played any of the LoK games. Besides, I thought they were Eidos?

[Fathom Zero]

They're pretty antiquated now, as far as mechanics go, but easily one of the best Playstation era platformer.

And Eidos published them. :D

[King Hadas]

Silicon Knights only developed the first Blood Omen. Soul Reaver and everything after that were done by other people. Blood Omen was great though.

[Fathom Zero]

jawohl. Soul Reaver's my favorite, though Kain's still a pimp.

[Phoenix Gamma]

My friend and I played through a leaked copy of Arkham City. It's a lot better than the original, though I still think the combat is incredibly shallow. The ending was actually really good and probably not what a lot of people are expecting. Bosses are a liiittle better this time.

[kahljorn]

I ALMSOT BOUGHT DARKSOULS TODAY BUT THEN I HAVE SCHOOL STARTING NEXT WEEK SO I WAS LIKE I BETTER NOT BUY THIS SHIT OR I WONT GO TO SCHOOL :(

FUCK IM SO RESPONSIBLE

[k0k0]

That is responsible! I'm probably 20 hours in after 3 days. I'm playing in moderation, but it is hard with this game. It doesn't help that my xbox won't read the fucker that well and I have to open and close the cd tray dozens of times before it works. But that happens with a lot of my discs lately.

[OxBlood]

Blood Omen is one of my favorite games of all time. A real shame it´s so bad in terms of technology...

Watched a Dark Souls Speedrun yesterday...1:26:55hrs. Kinda impressive, the guy did the whole game with only the Drake Sword, a few basic Pyromancies (plus Chaos Fireball) and rather easy to obtain armor.

[kahljorn]

That is responsible! I'm probably 20 hours in after 3 days. I'm playing in moderation, but it is hard with this game. It doesn't help that my xbox won't read the fucker that well and I have to open and close the cd tray dozens of times before it works. But that happens with a lot of my discs lately.

that happens to me too. try shaking your xbox around :lol

cd drives go bad in them a lot. there's directions to replace tem online for just a few dollars

[Zhukov]

It's probably just a dirty lens.

[kahljorn]

YOURE PROBABLY JUST A DIRTY LENS

[Emu]

That is responsible! I'm probably 20 hours in after 3 days. I'm playing in moderation, but it is hard with this game. It doesn't help that my xbox won't read the fucker that well and I have to open and close the cd tray dozens of times before it works. But that happens with a lot of my discs lately.

Go trade that shit in right now and buy a slim. It's about to die.

[Fathom Zero]

I'm looking at your sig, Emu, and it's reminding me to play Folklore again. I remember really liking the design and such, but I think I got stuck on an impassable part when I picked it up years ago.

Pretty game, though.

[Emu]

I haven't encountered any real brick walls yet. Mostly it's just if Attack 1 doesn't work, use Attack 2. If Attack 2 doesn't work, use Attack 3. etc.

[k0k0]

Go trade that shit in right now and buy a slim. It's about to die.

It's been like this for about a year and a half. It ain't going nowhere. And I don't have enough for a new game at the moment. Buying a slim is kind of out of my price range.

[kahljorn]

mine is like that and if i shake it it starts working again ;/ i think theres a part in it that beomes loose like a wormdrive thing or something i dunno i cant remember. Anyway I looked it up and you can order a cd drive on ebay for 8 bucks or so and replace it but you have to be careful because they might accuse you of "modding" so you have to transfer the code on your old cd drive to the new one.

[k0k0]

Yeah, from what I heard you have to get the exact same model and use something to make your system think that it's the original. A lot of scary shit opening these cases. I replaced the drive to my original xbox and ps2, but the 360 is a bit more daunting to me. I don't want to fuck it up or be accused of modding on my account, so I'll just wait until I get a windfall or end up saving a little cash after all the big games come out. Til then, I can take 15 minutes out of my day to open and close that fucker til it spins. It assures me that I'll stick with a game and not just flip it off after 30 minutes of playing.

[Zomboid]

I stumbled into the Valley of the Drakes. Uhh...it's kinda difficult in there.

[k0k0]

I found that too at a lower level. Then I ran away crying. I ended up finally going through blighttown. Although fuck was it hard to get through the poison/endlessly respawning flies and I only had one purple moss left in the end. I had to get the fuck out of there after beating that giant lava fucker and the 8 taurus demons. Now I'm back on top farming souls from a really good spot, so now I can use the dark knight halberd! 32 strength and 18 dexterity, although I haven't put any points into my health or stamina since I got the thing. :/

Honestly, the trip through blight town and then back up through blight town is a dick and a half. Trying to fight all those things while on a narrow walkway. Then the poison at the bottom.

[kahljorn]

if its ever not working and you're getting mad try turning it off and flipping it over, then turning it normal again. For some reason that works for me ;/

actually maybe dont do this i dont want to be responsible for xboxes breaking :(

[Esuohlim]

if its ever not working and you're getting mad try turning it off and flipping it over

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

[Zomboid]

What the fuck is up with that area past the door that required the Crest of Artorias? There are phantom dudes that I can't even hit.

[Fathom Zero]

Those are guardians of the forest. Run past all of them and in the stone arch, talk to the cat that should be sitting up above you. You can join the covenant and become one of them, thus making them friendly. The translucent ones don't reappear if you happen to kill them, though.

I would join that covenant regardless, because one of the NPCs there will venture to the bottom of Blighttown near the bonfire and the Valley of the Drakes entrance. He sells a bunch of the rarer items and weapons.

Also, if you happen to attack him, a ninja will come to defend him. Kill the ninja and you get a ring that lets you do backflips and stuff instead of just roll around. :eek

[k0k0]

Only one translucent respawns and he's the easy thief one. I've been farming those for 7k souls every few minutes. I never joined their covenant because I'm too busy killing them over and over. I will find this cat you speak of.

I just killed the hydra...it was sadly the easiest boss I've fought. And he used to hurt me so badly before I got that gold trimmed robe armor. Was a cool looking boss though.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, I've been killing those guys like crazy. I also upgraded the winged spear to +5 in order to eventually use the moonlight butterfly soul on it. I think I'm gonna upgrade a sword to divine to kill skeletons for when I go to the catacombs.

[k0k0]

Watch out once you get to the tombs in the catacombs..there's a titanite demon down there and also a black knight right after that. And then another black knight after that one. I hate the catacombs. I'm just going to go there after I do sen's fortress.

[Zomboid]

I spent a while upgrading. I'm at level 44 or something like that now, and I'm wearing the Eastern Armor. Still have that fucking Drake Sword. I'm gonna try to kill the Hydra.

Oh, and I went back to the Asylum and spent like an hour dying before finally killing the Stray Demon. That rusted ring should help!

[Fathom Zero]

The Hydra is so easy to kill, it's really sad. He's got two attacks - the magic missile one and one where, if you're close, (and you should be if you want to kill it), it throws the heads at you and they stick in the ground. Get a shield that blocks 100% physical damage and you've won.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, it was easy. I also killed the Gaping Dragon. Onto Blight Town now. I hate it already, and I've only just gone past the big guys with clubs.

[OxBlood]

I think the Hydra can´t even hit you most of the time. Its heads always went right over me or somewhere to the side (I died once cause I fell into the lake :D)

Still nothing new on the 360-Gamertag-hack-affair, but I got Arkham City for the PS3...probably gonna take a look at it tomorrow, looks like I´ll be working late today...kinda nice sometimes when it´s all quiet in the office :)

[k0k0]

I fell in the lake the first time I went to fight the hydra also.

Zomboid, once you finish the bottom of blight town and ring the bell, don't stop there. If you keep going through the demon lair place, you get probably the best armor I've seen yet from the boss called Ceaseless Discharge. Makes you look like a ringwraith.

[Krythor]

Do any of you nerds play the Football Manager games by Sports Interactive? It's probably more of a British thing but I dunno, a good game is a good game. Anyway, the 2012 one is out soon (or might already be out.) I would want it except I'm still playing 2011 and haven't yet achieved my goal of making Burnley the richest club in the world. I think last I checked they were #8 or #9.

I've clocked over 30 days of game time. If I lose a month of my life to a game released once a year I'm losing 1/12th of my life. I hate myself.

[Fathom Zero]

I almost want to play them but it's more that they're sports games than that they're British.

[darkvare]

so i went to my e-mail account and saw an e-mail about league of legends and thought it was phishing like so many i get for my battle.net account everyday but as it turns out i had an account i didn't knew about and has a skin unlocked lol

[k0k0]

So far Dark souls hasn't been super hard for me. Sure, at the beginning it's tough because I didn't know how to lure things out as well. But really there aren't a ton of unfair things that happen. I feel overpowered. I'm level 55 with the +5 black knight halberd and it just slices through everything easily. Those silver knights just fall over in 2 hits. The only real part that pissed me off was in this new place I'm in (anor londo), there were 2 silver knight snipers and I had to walk a narrow upward slope to get to them while they both shot at me. Then I had to fight them separately once I hit the top. It was not a fun thing to do more than once. I finally got it my 4th time by making one chase me so he fell off the narrow path they were on.

[Fathom Zero]

Have you done the portrait yet?

[k0k0]

Not yet. I just cleared out all the rooms of the silver knights and am about to go through the white mist inside the castle. I decided to save that for tomorrow. Am I about to get unbearably beaten on?

[Fathom Zero]

I couldn't say. Probably in the Duke's Archives, though.

[Zomboid]

Fuuuucking Blight Town. I haven't used the Bonfire since the first time I lit it. I killed whatever that thing was, and I'm trying to find the second bonfire. There HAS to be one before the boss, right? 'Cause I found the boss room.

[Zomboid]

I spent waaaay more time in Blighttown than I wanted to. Oh well. Bug girl is dead and I got that gold-hemmed stuff. I should probably join a covenant again. I left the white one because I wanted to join one that attacked folks.

...but that big lava demon guy killed me in one hit. I was wearing shadow armor and my Eastern helmet--was great for speeding around bug bitch and slashing.

[Fathom Zero]

The second bonfire is between the two ways to get up to the top. It's in the entrance to a small channel. Seriously, just run past the elevator and it'll be on your immediate left.

[Zomboid]

Yep, found it. I sorta just dropped down from a higher section and rolled to safety. The problem was that I had no idea how to get down from the part with that tentacle boss--still don't, actually, aside from the method that I used.

[k0k0]

Something fucked up when I fought the ceaseless discharge. After I got the gold hemmed stuff, I ran all the way back to the entrance to the fight (where the mist is) and then he attacked and it came nowhere near me. I ran and hit his arm and he just kind of died. All of his health went down at one time. I looked online and it looks like it's a glitch.

Doing the forest hunter thing now. They keep calling me to invade people's games when they enter the forest. I hate it! But I want that fog ring for 3 kills. They always make me fight people who are just totally better than me because they specced themselves out really well. I don't have any sorcery. I can't even figure out how to cast anything and I'm just getting beaten all over the place when I get summoned.

[executioneer]

fucking god arkham city was so awesome

still need to beat the riddler missions and the identity thief killer and probably i'm forgetting something else but god DAMN is this game awesome

better than the original, even, if only for having a seriously awesome ending instead of a kind of a letdown ending

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I have no intention of playing dark souls but I love reading this thread now hearing about it.

[Fathom Zero]

It's fiendishly evil. Better than Demon's Souls in certain ways. Easily in my Top-5 favorite games ever.

[k0k0]

I just figured out why I can't cast pyromancy spells. I killed the guy who give you the pyromancy flame. I tried to help him by attacking the barrel he was in, then he got pissed and attacked me. I thought he was a bad guy so I killed him. Now I'm reading up online and trying to figure out how to get pyromancy to work. I fucked myself over. I'll never get an iron flesh spell to combat the dicks online who kill me.

[Fathom Zero]

yups

Unless you start the game with the Pyromancy Flame, that's the only way to get it. Unless, for whatever reason, you kill someone online that's using it to kill you. Might drop it that way. :\

[k0k0]

This kind of blows. I hope I can beat some of the last bosses without pyromancy. I mean, I've survived so far, but it's getting tougher and my black knight halberd is max level. Oh well, I'll figure it out. I really just want to use the pyromancies to kill fuckers online who I need for this ring. Only 1 kill left.

[Fathom Zero]

The very last boss, you couldn't possibly, though Iron Flesh would've helped. I was able to without it, though it required much more work and I was at Level 102.

It would have helped with the Taurus and Capra Demons down in the Demon Ruins after you beat the Ceaseless Discharge.

[Zomboid]

I just figured out why I can't cast pyromancy spells. I killed the guy who give you the pyromancy flame. I tried to help him by attacking the barrel he was in, then he got pissed and attacked me. I thought he was a bad guy so I killed him. Now I'm reading up online and trying to figure out how to get pyromancy to work. I fucked myself over. I'll never get an iron flesh spell to combat the dicks online who kill me.

Yeah, I killed that guy, too. I thought he was a dead guy with a soul item. Fuck.

[Fathom Zero]

Have any of you made it to the Kiln or Ash Lake yet?

[k0k0]

I went through ash lake, yes. Got to the dragon at the end, got a dragon head and warped back. Now I'm going through the giant's tomb again, now that I can cast the light spell.

[zerothree]

I've been playing Dark Soul's since it came out and I feel like I've gotten nowhere so far. I'm only lvl 32 and I just took out the Gaping Dragon and started Blighttown. Blighttown can S my D. Those fucking dark mutant things with the poison blowguns that can peg you from a mile away and give you the toxic debuff are the bane of my existence.

But goddamnit, I can't stop playing that game. Hands down my top game of the year. I just wish I could farm titanite faster to upgrade my gear more and that douche nozzles online would quit being so cheap and using the fog ring then sneaking up and one-shotting me almost as soon as I turn human. All I want to do is kindle a damn bonfire.

Oh and as for the Pyromancer NPC, just do a roll into the barrel he's in so ya don't accidentally aggro him.

[k0k0]

Yeah, I found out about the pyromancer way too late. Once he's dead, he's dead. I did finally figure out how to fight people online. I use my spell to change into a tree/mushroom/vase/whatever, then whenever they pass by, because they're stuck wandering til they kill me, I attack and they're just like "what the fuck". Fun stuff, but takes some waiting and several people have quit in order to reset since they couldn't find me.

[Dr. Boogie]

Oh and as for the Pyromancer NPC, just do a roll into the barrel he's in so ya don't accidentally aggro him.

http://scratch.mit.edu/static/projects/messyb/669505_med.png

[Fathom Zero]

Yeah, I found out about the pyromancer way too late. Once he's dead, he's dead. I did finally figure out how to fight people online. I use my spell to change into a tree/mushroom/vase/whatever, then whenever they pass by, because they're stuck wandering til they kill me, I attack and they're just like "what the fuck". Fun stuff, but takes some waiting and several people have quit in order to reset since they couldn't find me.

THERE'S A SPELL THAT DOES THAT? I didn't even know. THAT'S AWESOME.

[Zomboid]

Yeah, that's awesome. Also, new guy, you can buy titanite shards from the blacksmith near the forest/undead parish.

I was upgrading Astora's sword before I noticed the Faith requirement. Shit.

[darkvare]

all this talk about dark souls made me play demon's souls and i had a laugh about feeling ovepowered at level 52 while i'm getting my ass kicked at level 92 over here

[k0k0]

THERE'S A SPELL THAT DOES THAT? I didn't even know. THAT'S AWESOME.

There's a lady who sells a bunch of cool spells, but she's kinda hard to find. In darkroot basin, you kill all of the golems, then go down to where the hydra was. There's a cave if you go all the way north and in that cave is a golem. (For some people, the golem isn't there supposedly. He wasn't there for me the first few times I wandered into the cave. (Just quit and come back and he'll be there.) After you kill him, he has a lady inside who says she'll teach you magic if you say yes to whatever she says. Then she disappears. After that, if you go back to the area where you fought the 4 regular golems, there will be a summoning sign on the ground. It shows up even if you're hollow. Summon her and you can get the light spell, the invisibility spell (like the fog ring), the mimic spell, and some other spells that help a lot. But if you don't kill all the golems in that area, and you call her forward, and one hits her she won't ever come back.

[Fathom Zero]

Oh man, I didn't even know that the Pyromancy witches in Blighttown, Demon's Ruins, and Izalith were the same witch sisters from the trailer.

Jesus, you can skip whole chunks of the story and not even notice.

[k0k0]

I beat the game finally.
I didn't like the ending. It just seemed really anti-climactic and like I went all that way through all that shit for nothing. Oh well, I went through the first 2 bosses in a matter of 20 minutes on new game plus. I'm not sure if I'll keep playing it.

[Fathom Zero]

I still need to do most of the covenant stuff, get most of the weapons, talk to NPCs, etc. Demon's Souls had the same kind of ending.

[OxBlood]

Finished Arkham City the other day. Pretty nice but the story is not as good this time.

[executioneer]

i thought the story was BETTER, you're crazy

[OxBlood]

I´m not crazy, I´m mentally enhanced by a weaker form of insanity, but thank you nonetheless :P

I just thought the game cycled through villains too quickly for how important they are. That and well, the whole Endgame just sucks, the choices there suck (don´t want to spoil anything).

[Dimnos]

Finally getting around to playing dead space 2. Man there are a lot of exploding babies on this space station.

[darkvare]

i finished arkham city and the ending sucked ass me angry

[executioneer]

YOU SHUT YOUR HOR MOUTH I LOVED THAT ENDING

[Rongi]

i'm playing with my d*ck

[executioneer]

is it the slim version

[OxBlood]

YOU SHUT YOUR HOR MOUTH I LOVED THAT ENDING

It was...unexpected, I´ll give the game that but still...don´t you dare to read the spoiler if you haven´t finished Arkham City.

I mean yeah, it looked like Joker´s dead. Okay. We all know he´s not dead since that´s not possible in the Batman-Universe. And even if he is, he won´t be for long, he´s way too important. My guess is, the corpse was just another impostor.

Which brings me to the final Boss. Clayface? Really? Why Clayface? The battle wasn´t that bad but you can´t use such an unimportant character as the final boss, you just don´t do that when designing a game.
Any other major character would be more fitting. Ra's for example, hell, Penguin would´ve been better for that or even Mr. Freeze or Bane or whatever.
As they did it, Joker sends in a henchman, you beat him up and J apparently dies, Credits (Phonecall that has no significance), the end.

That was one huge letdown, I don´t know what you liked so much about it.

Did I miss something while the Credits rolled after the voice-message with "Only you"?

[executioneer]

apparently you can find a positive pregnancy test and Harley also sings a lullaby to (i'm assuming) joker's child in the credits

[OxBlood]

Wat.

[executioneer]

RkCN9u4jJfk

[OxBlood]

That´s...scary. Fucking scary.

[Rongi]

no for real i actually just spent 5 hours playing Breath of Fire 4 on my friend's PS3

[OxBlood]

I see nothing wrong with that, Bof4 is a great game. You might want to play it on your own machine though, I mean what about the saves? ;)

[darkvare]

you can copy them to a usb and pass them from ps3 to ps3

[OxBlood]

Oh, okay. Thought it would be tied to a profile or something.

[mew barios]

on a recommendation i played a few hours of this xbox game called second sight. so far i kind of enjoy its stealthy actiony psychic power nonsense.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Jumped back into TF2 because Halloween. Also, Kirby's Return to Dreamland is fucking wonderful. The new power ups are all superb, especially water. I really, really like it.

I also played this browser game called Doodle or Die. It's like pictionary where one person draws something, the next person describes it, and the next person draws the description. Here's one of my favorites from last night:

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/316547_660684725853_50206259_33784343_2136472667_n .jpg

I have no idea what heroine relapses look like :(

[zerothree]

Finally ejected Dark Souls from out of my PS3, as I picked up Sonic Generations today. I almost had a nostalgia-gasm and I'm only two stages in so far. Hell, even the modern Sonic stages are a lot of fun. Easily the best Sonic game since Sonic Adventure (Suck it, fans of SA2).

[Zomboid]

I haven't had as much time to play Dark Souls lately. When I do play, I find myself spending like an hour getting back into my groove and remembering where I was going to go next, or what I was going to upgrade. I made a +5 winged lightning spear, which is pretty effective, but I also just made Quelaag's fury sword, so that could be fun, too. I have two of the Lord Souls already, so I think it's back to Anor Londo next.

I should really visit that Ash Lake place that I keep hearing so much about, though.

[Supafly345]

Adam Wagner (5:07:15 PM): I wanted to see a final super spooky monologue from shodan
camacazio (5:07:47 PM): eh system shock isn't about plot or atmosphere it's about running around shooting things with big guns
camacazio (5:07:57 PM): that's why i switched to Halo
Adam Wagner (5:08:49 PM): Indeed, I transitioned into call of duty almost seamlessly, though it was a huge relief to finally have graphics
Adam Wagner (5:09:28 PM): seriously, why did they suck so much back then, only a bunch of scrubs would want graphics like that
camacazio (5:10:04 PM): considering that a game is only fun if it looks pretty too, i cannot believe you finished system shock 2
Adam Wagner (5:12:28 PM): it was way ahead of its time when it came out in 1991, nintendo took a big risk with their first ever game for windows 95
Adam Wagner (5:13:42 PM): so its historical and you have to keep up with them if you want to be a game master and not a scrub

[Mad Melvin]

Batman: Arkham City.

Holy shit this is awesome.

[darkvare]

new miss fotune skin released for LoL
JQCP85FngzE

[Fathom Zero]

:lol why must you persist with that ineffectual champ?

[k0k0]

I want to buy Batman so bad, but in 9 days Skyrim is out. And right now it's one or the other. I don't have the money for both. So Skyrim is the winner. I just gotta find one of my 80+ games to play until Skyrim comes out. I wish I could just go to sleep for 8 days.

[Fathom Zero]

SKYRIM. I'd have it then, but you can't trade in Xbox 360 and PS3 games on Steam.

[k0k0]

I didn't think about trading games in. I feel so bad trading games in. I sold all of my nes games except for super dodgeball and river city ransom and I still regret it.

[darkvare]

:lol why must you persist with that ineffectual champ?
she is only ineffective if i'm not using her

[kahljorn]

IM A DRAGON

[Fathom Zero]

STFU WITH THAT NONSENSE

[kahljorn]

IM A DRAGON

[executioneer]

IM A DRAGON MY BALLS ON THE GROUND

[Zomboid]

Yeah, between Skyrim and Arkham City, I'm gonna go with the game that'll give me over 100 hours of play time.

...(Skyrim)

[executioneer]

idk i got like 28 hours out of arkham city so far and i haven't even cracked open the predator challenges or beat 3/5 of the riddler stuff yet

GOOD THING I DONT HAVE TO DECIDE 8-)

[Dimnos]

If you think Batman is going to be short, buy it used from gamestop and beat it within a week to return for a full refund...

[kahljorn]

IM A DRAGON

[OxBlood]

Heroes 6 is...hard! I can´t even beat the second Tutorial-Mission on normal...okay, maybe I could whittle them down slowly by dying over and over but that´s not how it´s supposed to be...

The game even warns me that if I take too many weeks, I will face unbeatable enemies...that´s...FUCKING STUPID!

Still, I love you, Heroes of Might and Magic 6, even though you have no Town-Screen (yet...Ubisoft apparently will patch one in later). And of course, Heroes 3 still reigns supreme, blahblah.

[Dimnos]

In what fucking world are you a god damn dragon? :<

[kahljorn]

IM A DRAGON

how come you never play LOL?

did you get baned again

[executioneer]

i never play lol because lol sucks >: :h8rts

[darkvare]

noone was talking to you

[executioneer]

of course, i'm not an expert on shit games so why would you talk to me about LoL

[Sam]

I NEVER PLAY LOL BECAUSE IT'S POODICKS.

[Zhukov]

I played it for about 5 minutes before I realised I would hate it.

[kahljorn]

NO YOURE POODICKS

[Dimnos]

I have been knocking ot some console titles recently. Right now, Uncharted 3 multi player I have all my attention. any of you with a ps3 should get in on it with me. Vare...

[k0k0]

I don't have a ps3 and I'm saving all of my boners for skyrim.

[Zomboid]

Same here. FUCK THA PS3.

[darkvare]

I have been knocking ot some console titles recently. Right now, Uncharted 3 multi player I have all my attention. any of you with a ps3 should get in on it with me. Vare...
i'll rent it on sunday, right now i downloaded dc universe which went free to play and i found some annoying glitches :\

[Rongi]

I see nothing wrong with that, Bof4 is a great game. You might want to play it on your own machine though, I mean what about the saves? ;)

I don't have a PS3 :(

I'm still playing BOF4. Idk why I like this game so much, there's tons of crappy filler puzzles and not a big variety of enemies you fight during random encounters. The story is ok, kind of typical JRPG thing where the main character has a mysterious past and you have to save the world from some effeminate evil guy.

[Emu]

You might like BOF3 better. I haven't played 4 but from what I hear 3 is basically a slightly more lighthearted version of 4 with a better dragon system and story.

[Rongi]

I like the game, I am just much more aware of its limitations than I was when I was 10 years old (the last time I played it)

I think after I beat BOF4 I'm going to play Threads of Fate, another game I loved as a kid

[kahljorn]

yea i liked breath of fire 3 better than 4.

man i regret selling all of my psx games but i guess it doesnt matter since breath of fire 3 is on the pc.

i still have breath of fire dragon quarter though :lol

[k0k0]

All this talk of old rpgs got me playing 'Albert Odyssey: The Legend of Aldean' again. Got it running on a saturn emulator since I don't want to go through the trouble of hooking up the saturn to a monitor. It's such a great rpg. Sure, the talking sword and some bits are cheesy, but it's really great.

[OxBlood]

I only played Bof3 in the PSP-Version but the only thing it really did was make me run over to the PSN and buy Bof4...then again, I never played 3 and loved 4 when I got it on the PS1 back in the day. Nostalgia-Bonus I guess.

[Phoenix Gamma]

Playing Sonic Generations on steam to hold me over until Zelda. I think the best description is that it's the Beatles: LOVE album; it's all the stuff you know and love, remastered and kiiiiiind of remixed/mashed up, but not so much that it's totally different. Also half the members are gone so there's no big comeback so don't overreact ya fucker.

The graphics are pretty as hell. There are some stages that make your eyes cum rainbows. The controls are iffy though, and I don't like how most of the game's content is recycled Challenge levels, because I guess Sega didn't want us to have too many levels without paying for DLC first.

Also, it's 2011 and Sega still can't optimize their PC games for shit.

[Esuohlim]

I started Mother 3 again, which I haven't played since the patch came out three years ago. We'll see if I'll get past Chapter 2 this time :rolleyes

[Fathom Zero]

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http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/602/33249410150432478397082.jpg

[Esuohlim]

:lol Ever since I saw that on Facebook I think it's been on my mind

I think the problem I had last time was that the whole first chapter is way more story than gameplay and I got kind of bored.

[Fathom Zero]

I like how I had no reason to change Boney's name.

dearest blowjobs

[Dimnos]

Just started Dark Souls.

The painfully long amount of time it takes to go from swinging your weapon to being able to dodge is killing me. Does one of your stats help with this? Or is that just one of the ways that this game is hard and I just need to get used to it?

[k0k0]

It depends on what you're wearing. If you're under 25 percent burden, you should roll faster and move a lot faster. I you're under 50, it's decent, 75, it's pretty bad. And over 100 is a baby's pace.

[Fathom Zero]

You probably have things that are too heavy for you.

[Dimnos]

Ok. So it is an adjustable stat type thing and I am probably just fucking it up.

Is there a point of holding onto crap to sell to someone later?

Do you ever get more moves or skills with your weapons? Or is it just fast and strong attack only?

I kind of feel I need a ranged weapon in my 2nd slot. Is this just dumb?

Sorry about all the questions. This game just kind of dumps you into it and doesnt seam to explain much. Or maybe it just flat expects you to have played the first?

[k0k0]

It expects you to learn everything as you play, which is stupid for a game with complicated controls. I couldn't figure out how to jump for a long time.

It all depends on how heavy the weapons and armor you are using in regards to how fast you are at rolling/moving.

You don't get extra moves or skills with any weapons. I mean, you can upgrade them to get extra damage on them once you find a blacksmith, but that's about it. They do have combos, which I'm sure you've noticed. Some weapons have 3 different hits for each button press.

Nah, it's not dumb to need a ranged. It's easier to switch to ranged real quick while fighitng, so it's actually good.

[Fathom Zero]

Ok. So it is an adjustable stat type thing and I am probably just fucking it up.

Is there a point of holding onto crap to sell to someone later?

Do you ever get more moves or skills with your weapons? Or is it just fast and strong attack only?

I kind of feel I need a ranged weapon in my 2nd slot. Is this just dumb?

Sorry about all the questions. This game just kind of dumps you into it and doesnt seam to explain much. Or maybe it just flat expects you to have played the first?

It explains various basic controls in the tutorial. The flying strong attack is probably something people forget about, but it's not the most necessary. Forward on the stick plus a strong attack does a sweeping move, but leaves you open a little at the end.

The only thing I can tell you that you should learn how to do fast is parry with the shield. It will be mandatory later in the game to survive, and the last boss can't be beat without it, unless you have a certain number of skills.

But seriously, the fun of it is not being told anything. The game wouldn't have been nearly as amazing for me if I bought it and played it now. Everyone would have already made guides for it and let me spoil everything.

[Phoenix Gamma]

The Skyward Sword demo from E3 leaked, so I've been playing that. I'm feeling really good about this one. There was one puzzle involving those eyeballs from the trailer that actually had me pretty pissed off for awhile until I felt stupid after I solved it. I can't remember the last time I didn't cruise control through a Zelda, even a new one, so that felt pretty good.

[Esuohlim]

Playing Mother 3 just makes me want to play Earthbound instead :(

[Dimnos]

But seriously, the fun of it is not being told anything. The game wouldn't have been nearly as amazing for me if I bought it and played it now. Everyone would have already made guides for it and let me spoil everything.

Can you at least tell me if there is someone who will buy my crap? Or can I just drop what Im not going to use?

[k0k0]

Later on in the game someone will buy it (eat it) and give you souls for it. Hold onto it til then.

[OxBlood]

Hooo...Just got my copy of Skyrim...magic Lizardperson is goooo.

[k0k0]

I gotta wait til probably 9 pm on Friday to get it. :( Fucking UPS guy putting me on the last stop. If I didn't have a discount through amazon for 25 dollars off, I would have just gone to the store.

[Dimnos]

Later on in the game someone will buy it (eat it) and give you souls for it. Hold onto it til then.


Where is this faggot? Im tired of carrying all this crap. And what the fuck do I do about sekllies that just wont fucking die. The red looking mofos in the catacombs that will get back up even after you smash their health bar to nothing. Queers. :posh

[k0k0]

The guy you sell to comes after you ring the second bell. The skeletons won't die unless you kill them with a holy weapon or unless you kill the dude in the robe with the lantern.

I may start playing Dark Souls again til skyrim time.

[Zhukov]

The Skyward Sword demo from E3 leaked, so I've been playing that. I'm feeling really good about this one. There was one puzzle involving those eyeballs from the trailer that actually had me pretty pissed off for awhile until I felt stupid after I solved it. I can't remember the last time I didn't cruise control through a Zelda, even a new one, so that felt pretty good.

Oh cool. I was worried about that, thinking I didn't want to waste money on a short game that was too easy.

[kahljorn]

so hows skyrim? considering pirating it ;/ but i do have school.
but im doing horrible at maths ;9

:lol

[Esuohlim]

KAHLJORN I WILL DO ALL YOUR MATH HOMEWORK FOR THE PRICE OF A FULL-TIME JOB'S SALARY

[kahljorn]

the homework is fine :(

but im only getting B's on my tests

[Zomboid]

I finally had time to sit down and play the shit out of Dark Souls, over the past week or so, and I finished it tonight. That final boss was a bitch. I had some pretty good gear by then, though, so it wasn't TOO bad. I loved my Lightning Winged Spear +5. The chaos scythe was also pretty handy. AND THE DRAGONSLAYER BOW. Fuck, that game has a lot of different weapons to use.

Dimnos - I suggest getting armor that's heavy enough that you don't take forever to get up after a roll, but not so light that you're undefended. Later on, once you're more adept at dodging and such, it can be fun to have light armor and just run around bosses and enemies, slashing as ya go, but that took me a while to get skilled enough for.

And definitely consider where you're spending your points for leveling up. If you're not gonna use magic (which I didn't), fuck faith and intelligence. You can still beat everything without it.

[Zomboid]

And now...I'll try to run through it again before getting Skyrim on Friday or Saturday. I just kept playing after beating the final boss, and I got to the first bell in like 20 minutes.

[Fathom Zero]

It felt so good raping those gargoyles during the second run through. I stopped short of Sen's Fortress, though. I don't have it in me to go through Blighttown again, I think.

[OxBlood]

so hows skyrim? considering pirating it ;/ but i do have school.
but im doing horrible at maths ;9

:lol


So far, it´s pretty good. I´m about 5hrs in with my little Argonian Mage. I can´t comment on the voicework cause I´ve got the german version (WAY better dub this time).

The framerate is a little inconsistent at times (PS3), some textures are blurry and the NPC still look awful but apart from these minor optical things, I like it a lot.

Spellcasting is way more fun this time and with the right perks you can doublecast a spell (sadly no spell combinations like fire+lightning) for increased effect. Even though they got rid of spellcrafting, the spells that you DO get feel pretty good and they make more sense this time. Fire burns for bonus damage, Ice saps Stamina and Lightning burns the enemy´s mana.
The whole Perk-System feels really rewarding and not having to sleep to level is nice too. AND, other than in Fallout 3 and Vegas, you can save yourPerk-Points for later in Skyrim. Really nice. Right now I´m trying to focus my dude on fire magic but I´m one point short of destruction magic for that...ah well, soon.

The new menu system is a mixed bag for me. It´s not a good idea to get rid of icons in an inventory-system and replace it with a simple text list and the new Favorite-List is slower than the ring-menu from Oblivion but looking at your favorites stoppes time so it doesn´t really matter.

What else...oh, the main plot appears to be not shit this time which is kinda refreshing. Learned my first dragon word and killed my first dragon. I wish they wouldn´t talk while fighting you though.

[Pentegarn]

Maybe it is the German dub, but I would think Dragons talking to you while you fight them would be cool. Dragons are kind of known in various lore for their trash talking

[OxBlood]

I hope they got better voice acting in the english version, but it kinda suprised me hearing them talking to me. To me, Dragons are more like animals, giant, fire breathing animals.

I´ve also seen another one flying around in the distance, aparently guarding a tower or something but I´m not crazy enough to try and face him...I got no new Dragon Words to learn anyway and I´m not sure if you "waste" the dragon if you don´t have an unknown word stuck in your skull...