What have you beaten recently? What are you playing? [Archive] - Page 2

Airbozo

01-21-2011, 05:07 PM

I really enjoyed that one. Now you are going to make me want to play it again. I like the time period and starting in the battle was pretty cool.

I also liked the time period. I wish there were a little more leeway in how you have to resolve some situations. Sometimes the storyline didn't seem to match up. Like having to shoot up the entire town to escape when the brothers would have known that was a sure way to NOT be able to reclaim your home.

Starting in the battle was actually the hardest part of the game. I kept dying throughout the entire battle scene, over and over. Once the story moved into the wild west theme it seemed to get easier. Although it took me about a dozen times to win my first gun fight. After that it took me no more than 2 try's.

Want to hear something funny? I never used bullet time until about 80% of the way through the game and never played the older brother (the one with 2 guns) unless I had to. Even when I played that brother I only used the slo-mo shooting once or twice. I completely forgot about it and had to check the manual as to why the indicator in the top right kept changing and then counting down.

LOL!

EDIT: If you do fire it up again we should duel or try some of the other multiplayer modes.

NightrainSrt4

01-21-2011, 08:44 PM

If I can find it that would be cool. I never played multiplayer with it. Just have to figure out if it was one of the games I traded away. It isn't in my stack so I'm thinking it was.

I actually only used the older brother. I didn't care much for using the younger brother if I remember correctly. I don't remember there being a particular reason for it though.

CorsePerVita

01-24-2011, 10:16 PM

Got back into Forza 3 on xbox 360 now that i have live again.

DynamoNED

01-26-2011, 03:19 AM

I finally beat Fallout 3 GOTY Edition, and have been chipping away at Fallout: New Vegas, Borderlands, & Just Cause 2. So many quality games, so little free time...

NightrainSrt4

01-26-2011, 09:03 AM

Just beat Eternal Sonata on the PS3 last night. Took a while as things are getting busy again.

Was a pretty good game. I liked the battle system, but every battle was a tank and spank, so there wasn't any point in using anyone but your most powerful characters, characters that can build up another character, or a healer. I wish there was a bit more strategical battles, or at least ones that made you think a bit more.

The enemy variety was a little lacking. It was mostly palette swaps of the same few creatures. But honestly I didn't really notice, as every enemy pretty much plays the same.

I make it sound bad by reading it but I really did enjoy it for what it was. I kept a save before the final bosses so I can go back and do the bonus dungeon some time along.

Now to choose Valkyria Chronicles, Metal Gear Solid 4, Bayonetta, or Nier for my next adventure. Hmmm. . .

PauL

01-29-2011, 06:25 PM

Well this is what Ive spent my last two weeks playing. Have one head-to-head challenge left but damns he tough.

GRID

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/1142/grdh.jpg

Game is a few years old but its quite fun and pretty realistic. Only annoying thing I found was the teammate that you hire to race for your team. You'd think a teammate is their to help win, but no, I think he messed me up more than anyone. A few times we would be fighting for first place, then he comes a long and totally hits me and I get wiped out. Like wtf..

x88x

01-29-2011, 08:51 PM

You mean there's no "make my teammate let me pass him" button like in F1? ;)

NightrainSrt4

01-30-2011, 09:07 AM

Beat Bayonetta on Normal. Pretty fun game. The fiance didn't care for all the sexual overtones, but I really liked the game. It felt a lot like Devil May Cry to me, which after looking it up isn't surprising.

It is a very short game though. But it feels like one of those games you play over and over, not to beat, but to perfect.

The boy 4rm oz

01-30-2011, 10:22 AM

I love GRID, I'm about 3/4 the way through it right now, haven't played in a while though. I recently started playing Burnout Paradise, it's a great way to have so random, high speed, crashing fun :D.

slaveofconvention

01-30-2011, 11:28 AM

I am trying, REALLY hard, to get into Fallout New Vegas but it's boring me half to death - am I missing something (everyone seems to be raving about the game) or have I just gotten too used to fast paced instant gratification with the COD games I've been beating to death recently....

x88x

01-30-2011, 06:24 PM

or have I just gotten too used to fast paced instant gratification with the COD games I've been beating to death recently....

Probably. As a test to confirm, try Fallout 3. ;) I will admit New Vegas doesn't do quite as well in the character-development department. It's still a great game though! :D

Airbozo

01-31-2011, 01:49 PM

Finally finished Bioshock 2.

It was quite funny. I had been playing on my desktop gaming rig and had not played for a while. I got a new laptop last year and have been playing games on that for quite a while. Well I decided to move my gaming rig into a new water cooled case and before I did, I went through the process of backing up all my save game data and all my personal files (very few since that rig is only for gaming). Burned a couple of data CD's for easy access and them started moving the parts. I then loaded Bioshock 2 on the laptop, down loaded the updates and then moved my save games onto the laptop. I fire up the game and continue from where I left off and got about 15 minutes in before I finished the game....

LOL!

I spent hours prepping to play the game only to finish in 15 minutes... hehe

NightrainSrt4

02-07-2011, 04:36 PM

Beat Bayonetta again, this time on Hard. I didn't notice any framerate problems on Normal, but it definitely comes through on Hard.

Now to beat it on infinite climax. Haven't wanted to play through a game this many times in a long time (since the original Ninja Gaiden on xbox), but I enjoy the fighting in this game. I just skip through the cut scenes as I just watched them the first time through.

Stranger

02-10-2011, 02:58 AM

Okay, I beaten GTA San Andrea and now I’m playing COD modern warfare second episode and True crime.
http://rukusan.com/writings/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Max-Payne.jpg

The boy 4rm oz

02-10-2011, 06:03 AM

Finished downloading Test Drive Unlimited 2 through Steam this morning, awesome game and it looks great, even though my laptop can only run it at nearly medium lol.

xr4man

02-10-2011, 01:15 PM

(since the original Ninja Gaiden on xbox

oh crap! i almost spit coffee out my nose on this statement. i rememebr playing THE original ninja gaiden at the video arcade back when low end computers cost thousands of bucks and windows didn't exist yet. my friend ken could beat it on 1 quarter.

anyway, i recently finished up redneck rampage. i spent years collecting just the right hardware to get it run properly. yay dos 6.2!!!

next up is redneck rampage, suckin' grits on route 66.

Munty

02-11-2011, 06:12 AM

Anyone risked C&C4? Biggest disappointment since Oblivion for me (yes I didn't love Oblivion, it just wasn't good enough to succeed Morrowind which was perfect!) I also made the unfortunate mistake of buying this game off Ebay for £2.25 so of course it ha already been linked to someone else's account making it unplayable... Luckily I got the guy to provide his details and was able to play all the way through the GDI campaign before the password he gave me stopped working :(

Anyway, I was prepared for it's crappy, non-C&C formula way before I bought it thanks to every single preview and review of the game slating it. Still hard to believe just how much they've managed to ruin such an amazing franchise though. And it's not like they were trying something new for the future either as this was the final game of the series! There is no justification either by the devs or in the game itself as to why all these ridiculous changes have occured.

Red Alert has always been the camp game in the franchise, no.3 was absolutely gushing! So why all of a sudden did they decide that the Tiberium series needed an infusion of gayness as well? I actually ranted about this game on another site so much that it was considered a review by the other members there :p

Anyway, the only thing I found worth doing in this game was grinding for achievements so I'm not too disappointed that I can't complete the Nod campaign. Kane wins in the end of the GDI campaign anyway so what's the point of this game? And how can it be the last game if SPOILER he reopens the gate and invites the aliens to return at the end?

On a side note, I've been trying to play GTA4, Episodes from Liberty City (on PC) but it lags terribly even though the main game is perfectly fine. Google tells me that thousands of people have the same issue but last time I checked there was no solution so I guess that was a waste of money. AND it's another game that requires linking to an account so I had to mess around cracking it ebfore I could even play the damn thing.

To follow the theme, I also bought East India Company as a trade-in from Gamestation (UK store) and that required account verification as well so no dice! What's the deal with all this verification, protection and other various bull? Like it's enough to stop people making illegal copies of it anyway, just takes longer to do (I'm not condoning or supporting this mind you) It's just a cheap trick to force people to buy the game new as once it's been used then it's completely worthless to everyone but the initial buyer.

Bah, rant over...

altec

02-11-2011, 03:17 PM

Finished downloading Test Drive Unlimited 2 through Steam this morning, awesome game and it looks great, even though my laptop can only run it at nearly medium lol.

If you don't mind me asking, what are the specs of your laptop?

Also playing TDU 2. And Goldeneye for the Wii.

The boy 4rm oz

02-12-2011, 11:48 AM

If you don't mind me asking, what are the specs of your laptop?

I have a Dell Studio 15 1555 running an Intel P8600 2.4GHz duel core, 3GB DDR2 RAM and a Radeon HD4570 running at 1366x768 res. The game plays fairly well with everything on medium without AA and at my highest possible res. Sometimes it does lag out though so I knocked everything down to low except car detail just to go a little easier on my aging laptop. I'll have my new PC as soon as they fix Sandybridge anyway so gaming graphics isn't a huge thing for me right now, just as long as I can play the game i'm happy, the cars look pretty nice on medium anyway :D.

NightrainSrt4

03-04-2011, 10:19 AM

Just started playing NFS: Most Wanted again, and remember why I got so frustrated before. Be driving along at 180mph beside a Cobalt that runs headfirst into another car. I keep going at that rate and with 4-5 seconds he's right back beside me. WTF?

I can't stand games that try and increase the difficulty by being cheap. It shouldn't be a valid way to do so. Ya, a Cobalt is going to hit 200mph+ in 2-3 seconds from a dead stop.

x88x

03-04-2011, 02:33 PM

NightrainSrt4

03-04-2011, 06:50 PM

Lol, I can deal with that, being a game and whatnot. Then again they are accelerating while plowing through light post after light post, tree after tree. They just cheat.

If you go less than a hundred they will just barely stay ahead of you, but if you go near 200 they'll go like 10 above you to always be there. Bleh.

altec

03-05-2011, 04:50 PM

Thursday while at a thrift store I found a copy of Duke Nukem 3D - Complete Version for $3. Time to bring back some memories!

OvRiDe

03-06-2011, 04:31 PM

Command & Conquer 4: Tiberium Twightlight. :(

sigh.. why EA .. why?

SXRguyinMA

03-06-2011, 05:03 PM

eh it's ok Curtis, just come do some more BC2 and let me get your tags!

diluzio91

03-06-2011, 11:31 PM

im still comin for yours will... one of these days....
ps, override, you need to watch behind you more often. ;)

SXRguyinMA

03-07-2011, 01:24 AM

I just finished playing.

I hate it when you're playing rush, and it's 2v2, and the attackers sit in the back and snipe and mortar until the buildings fall! I went 27-5 in the last game, but we lost because they sat and sniped. It's RUSH for a reason!

ANYWHO :whistler: I'm 1/2 way to lvl 32, with a 1.05 k/d ratio, with over 5k kills. I'm havin fun :D

Munty

03-07-2011, 05:46 AM

SXRguyinMA

03-08-2011, 10:19 AM

I have it, but I think I've only played it 2 or 3 times, not really my thing

d_stilgar

03-08-2011, 11:57 AM

I'm playing Left4Dead2 and as an achievement hunter I could really use some people to play with to tick a few hard to get boxes! Anyone else have this game? I love it but would be way more fun with the same people than randoms...

I have it and would consider myself to be pretty good at it. Let's see here, yeah, 469 hours logged. Here's my profile (http://steamcommunity.com/id/adventrising/). Feel free to add me. Next week is spring break for me, so I should be able to play. I also need to get my portfolio done so I can make it into 3rd year, but I should have a little time to play.

Luke122

03-08-2011, 07:05 PM

I finally got around to playing Mass Effect, and LOVED IT. So much in fact that I just picked up ME2, and I'm now playing through it as well.

Definitely looking forward to playing it every chance I get.
:)

Drum Thumper

03-10-2011, 12:51 AM

Beat: the original Doom. On a Linux box. Because I could.

Currently playing: Bioshock 2. Nuff Said.

msmrx57

03-10-2011, 01:22 AM

Need For Speed - Undercover

x88x

03-10-2011, 02:18 AM

Beat: the original Doom. On a Linux box. Because I could.

Heheh..reminds me of this past weekend. I was over at PLAR's and he loaded up SuperTux to test how well some graphics cards were working..so I grabbed my phone and loaded it up on there. :D ..the sad thing is that he was only getting about 2x the FPS that I was. I guess there's only so much you can do with that game's graphics. :P

PauL

03-12-2011, 02:29 AM

Just finished Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Hands down the scariest game I've ever played. Not gonna lie, the game got my heart beating quite a few times. Unfortunately I did not understand the story line too much, but the gameplay was great, espcially for an indie game. A lot of great puzzles and frightning moments. Highly recommend Amnesia if you arent scared of the dark or monsters :)

The boy 4rm oz

03-12-2011, 02:41 AM

I just finished all the campaign championships in Test Drive Unlimited 2 and have found all the secret cars. Now I just need to do the transportation missions and find the rest of the photo locations.

Munty

03-12-2011, 06:49 AM

I have it and would consider myself to be pretty good at it. Let's see here, yeah, 469 hours logged. Here's my profile (http://steamcommunity.com/id/adventrising/). Feel free to add me. Next week is spring break for me, so I should be able to play. I also need to get my portfolio done so I can make it into 3rd year, but I should have a little time to play.

YEah you're going to be a lot better than me but hey I'm still there for the fun :D MY profile is actually not on my own steam account as the fool that sold it to me had already registered it. How can so many people out there not realise that said game is now worthless before selling it anyway?

Anyhow, this guy was sound and actually refunded my cash as well as transferring his STEAM account to my email so all ends happily. Shame I now have 2 accounts I can't merge though, hate STEAM...

Anyway invite sent from account name alex_firmin or something like that... We're in different timezones so will have to plan a time to hook up if you fancy a game so just let me know ;)

NightrainSrt4

03-13-2011, 12:19 PM

Beat Mafia II. Really enjoyed the game. Had all the elements of GTA that I enjoyed, but without all the extra pointless crap. Was short, but I enjoyed the story.

Picked up a copy of the first, and will play that soon. Maybe it will help me understand the hate for the second. I quite enjoyed it, so I should be in for a treat if the first was better.

d_stilgar

03-13-2011, 04:06 PM

Anyway invite sent from account name alex_firmin or something like that... We're in different timezones so will have to plan a time to hook up if you fancy a game so just let me know ;)

Hmm, not seeing the invite. It is too bad about the account thing. I get it though. I love steam, but it's effectively killed the second hand market for games. The good thing, though, is that more money gets into the hand of the developers instead of a bunch of middle men, and games tend to be cheaper than if purchased in store.

Munty

03-14-2011, 06:44 AM

True, also the more money the dev houses get the better their new releases should be. In theory... Still hate the thing though, GFWL as well... EA ruined C&C4 even more by adding a one-time registration too. Have they really convinced themselves that anyone will happily buy that pos new?!

EDIT : seems there are two accounts with an identical name. Just checked my invites and the one I'd sent for BoomerBile said it had been inactive for over a year! Just added you through your profile instead and now my invites say BoomerBile (1) and BoomerBile (2) which is very odd... Will delete t'other one. Let me know when you're on and we'll pop some heads off :D

NightrainSrt4

03-14-2011, 07:46 AM

Big day yesterday. Also finished up Nier. I had been near the end for a while. I liked the game. The way the areas in the world were set up had kind of a Zelda like feel.

The story was interesting. Different. And then it puked the story all over you at the end. It tells you about files that explain things, during one of the final cut scenes. I did not read them at that time. I didn't even know the game was giving you files that explained things along the way, until that point. I wasn't going to break up the flow of the ending by stopping to read them. Just seemed awkward. But after finishing the game and being confused as hell I read the synopsis and such. The story would have been really really cool, if they had just conveyed it to the reader better. Shoot, if they had done the black screen white text before the credits that would have been fine too.

I will probably play it again, but I'm not sure I'm fond of them leaving things out of the story to put them in subsequent playthroughs. I'm all for finding ways to keep people playing your game after beating it, but I'm not sure about leaving bits of the story out. Then again, maybe it doesn't work until you already know a little about it. I guess I won't know until I play it again. Which I will, eventually.

Interesting game even if they dump a pile of plot twists without adequate explanation in the narrative on you at the end of the game.

Kayin

03-14-2011, 03:11 PM

Currently addicted to Monster Hunter Freedom: Unite for PSP. Bloody good game...

Vertigo

03-18-2011, 01:51 AM

Still playing World of Warcraft, I've been playing a lot of old stuff and freebies lately though. Plants VS Zombies, Dungeon Overlord, Planescape Torment, Final Fantasy VII, and Might & Magic VI.

x88x

03-28-2011, 08:45 PM

Working my way through Crysis 2 atm. :D Definitely a worthy successor, and many, many, gameplay things fixed from the original as well.

The boy 4rm oz

03-29-2011, 02:40 AM

I can't wait to get my hands on Crysis 2 :D.

NightrainSrt4

03-29-2011, 07:49 AM

Beat Batman: Arkham Asylum a couple days ago. Really liked it. Wished it was a bit longer, but only because I liked it so much.

Playing through Zelda: Ocarina of Time now. I've got two copies for n64, but I was having a hard time with the blurry colors and being able to easily see whats next, so I tossed it on the pc with high res texture pack and am using my 360 controller. Controller took a bit getting used to, but second nature now. I still don't think it holds a candle to A Link to the Past, even with upgraded graphics. Too many wtf do I do now moments. I remember looking everywhere for hours as a kid.

x88x

03-30-2011, 01:46 AM

Wow, I have to say, I am impressed with Crysis 2. 16 hours of gameplay (only losing maybe ~20 minutes to a couple deaths) and I'm not done yet! Granted, I have a much slower method of playing than some people...snipe + cloak + silencers :twisted: ..but even if you did it run-and-gun, it would probably be at least half that. That is quite impressive for a modern FPS. :D And the story's actually not bad either! Not on par with, say, the Fallout games, but compared to the normal fare for FPSs, it's practically Shakespeare. :P

x88x

03-31-2011, 01:43 PM

I started playing through Just Cause 2 last night. ...that game is #$@! FUN! :D

Also, 18 hours on Crysis 2 and counting. I keep expecting it to end, and then there's another mission. :P

The boy 4rm oz

03-31-2011, 08:33 PM

I have been playing 'Zombie Atom Smasher' on steam recently, a very fun game. Still been playing a bit of TDU2, 50 hours and counting.

x88x

04-03-2011, 04:18 AM

Hahaha, so, it turns out I only had ~10-20 minutes of gameplay left in Crysis 2. :P Beat it now. And I have to say, overall I was very impressed. There were bits I liked better in the original that were sacrificed because of its console compatibility, but the graphics excellent, the gameplay was very enjoyable and I think about as versatile as Crysis, the nanosuit was managed much better than in Crysis, imo, the story was actually pretty well done, and actually mattered to gameplay (unlike in Crysis), and ~18.5 hours of gameplay....that's phenomenal!

d_stilgar

04-03-2011, 06:54 PM

I've been playing Revenge of the Titans (http://store.steampowered.com/app/93200/). It's pretty fun and was worth the sale price I paid for it.

Note: For any of you that purchased the Humble Bundle, this should be in your account automatically at some point.

Beta-brain

04-04-2011, 03:31 PM

Bioshock, I have always avoided using a keyboard and mouse to play anything other than simple point and click adventure games but I know that you can't beat a mouse for accuracy in shooters so I bought a Fang keypad and Logitech G9 gaming mouse and have played Bioshock through all difficulty levels, it's a brilliant game with great game physics and you can lay some wicked traps, you can buy it for just £3.99 on amazon now which is a bargain if you've never played it and don't worry about DRM limitations they have been removed now and the fix has been made server-side when you first activate the game, I'm a keyboard/mouse convert from years of consoles and have got Crysis waiting on the shelf when I've eventually had enough Bioshocking 8)

Kayin

04-21-2011, 12:38 PM

Just got Final Fantasy IV Complete for PSP.

Whaler's Heading is now a chore.

x88x

04-21-2011, 01:40 PM

Finished Portal 2 the other day. Awesome game. :D I particularly liked the...lower levels... ;)

NightrainSrt4

04-21-2011, 06:17 PM

Story mode in Mortal Kombat. :up:

Shao Kahn is cheap.

Fuganater

04-21-2011, 06:25 PM

Just beat: Assassins Creed II, Starcraft II

Started playing: Magica

Will probably buy some new games once my new PC is built.

The boy 4rm oz

04-22-2011, 02:47 AM

Still playing TDU2 but have started Just Cause 2, loving it :D.

Munty

04-22-2011, 04:19 AM

I'm playing Crysis (the first one) and it took me a while to figure out that really the only way to play is stealth! Once I had that in mind then I've been really enjoying the game and am now about half way through it but I absolutely HATED the level with tanks (in which the player also has a tank) I cursed my way through the entire mission as the tank v tank situation is a joke, it's as if they took a chunk of gameplay from a completely different title. Why put an elite commando with a nanosuit capable of cloaking in a big ol' tank and have him charge into enemy lines of more than a dozen tanks of their own? Honestly didn't enjoy a single moment of the level till they finally ran out of tanks and I could go stealth again. I even resorted to stealth for the last few armour units by crawling up to them and placing explosives, was a real chore though... I'm hoping the remainder of the game returns to the earlier levels where the player is rewarded for the use of stealth.

Munty

04-22-2011, 02:16 PM

I just completed Crysis... Wow am I glad I got it cheap... The game has essentially 11 levels, not too many right? Well I could have played a much better game if it had only got 8 levels... The one in the tanks I've already mentioned and it was ****e. Then later there's another one in a VTOL thing which is similarly crap. The suit may as well not exist on this level as from start to finish you're stuck in a poorly armed aircraft with no maneouverability and pointless secondary objectives. Another mission doesn't even receive a satisfactory in-game explanation for why it exists at all. Of course when dealing with aliens there's bound to be some kind of bio-mechanical mothership/complex type level but in this case it served as nothing more than a time-wasting, frustrating maze... The enemies appear to be some kind of ghosts or gelatinous slimer-like creatures, there is no real purpose to any of the level and it is absolutely linear in every single sense. Add to that it's dark, repetitive and confusing and it would have been much better left out of the game completely...

Add to these 3 wasted levels the fact that the last level culminates with a BUGGED BOSSFIGHT! Yes that's right, they didn't playtest the last mission... As always it's a very 1990's console 'shoot the big boss here then here then here for a remarkable chain reaction' scenario but in this case... Well it just doesn't work. After I had trouble getting my 'supergun' to do what it was meant to do I resorted to a walkthrough to explain how I am supposed to achieve a lock on. I found nothing helpful as it is apparently very simple. So I played again, and again, and again... Until a quick google of my problem revealed literally dozens of posts on various sites by hundreds of gamers with identical problems.

That isn't even the worst part of this sad story. The worst part is that I bought the 'maximum edition'. That means I have to play through a whole second game! Please can somebody tell me that Crysis Warhead is an improvement on the original???

88, What's no.2 like? Any pointless missions? Game-breaking bugs?

d_stilgar

04-22-2011, 10:59 PM

Beat Portal 2. Really really really really good game. Really Really short, again. I recommend playing it for sure, but I'm not sure it was worth the $45 pre-order cost.

The boy 4rm oz

04-23-2011, 11:38 AM

x88x

04-23-2011, 05:26 PM

I quite enjoyed Crysis myself, even though it did have the few pointless levels.
Me too. The tank level was a bit annoying though, mainly because the tank was so hard to control and would blow up if you took it too fast off any ledges... :whistler:

IIRC, Warhead is very similar to the parts of Crysis that you liked, Munty. ;) IE, no alien spaceships and no tanks or flying. I can't comment on the bugs, though, as I never experienced any in any of the three games.

I quite enjoyed both Crysis and Crysis Warhead, but imo Crysis 2 is a much better game. The story is better, the suit controls are a lot more intuitive, and there's a lot more of it there. It took me just over 18 hours to beat it. I'd say that's pretty good value. :D My personal favorite change was in the suit controls. They made it a lot easier to actually use all the functions of the suit. Instead of having different 'modes', for 'speed', you just hold down shift while running, for 'strength', for jumping or hitting you just hold down the key longer, and to steady shots you just hold down shift. Then, for cloak you just hit another button (I forget what it defaulted to and I think I changed it). Made for awesome sniping. Just cloak, get in position, line up the (head)shot, then uncloak-shoot-cloak really fast. That way, you don't lose all your suit energy when you shoot, and even when they do realize they're getting shot at, they can't see who's shooting them. :twisted:

Like The boy 4rm oz mentioned, though, with the Crysis games you do actually have to pay attention to the plot if you want the game to make sense. Most of the crop of FPSs out there these days are pretty devoid of plot, and even when it is there, it usually has little to nothing to do with the actual missions. That's actually one of the reasons I really like the Crysis games. Yes, the plot in Crysis and Warhead wasn't quite as well done as I would have liked, but it was there, it was internally consistent, and it affected the gameplay. And that's a good thing, imo. So, I guess if that's what you didn't like about Crysis, you'll really hate Crysis 2, because they made the plot even more connected to the gameplay. Personally, I loved it. :D

AmEv

04-25-2011, 12:19 AM

I'm excited to play Portal 2 myself, but not $50 excited.

PauL

04-25-2011, 03:24 AM

Portal 2 was pretty awesome, finished the game up last night. Took me 10 hrs to beat singleplayer, a couple levels really had me stumped for awhile. I only payed $15 for the game (Amazon sale + giftcard), so I definitely got my moneys worth and I haven't even tried coop yet.

I've been playing Assassins Creed Brotherhood off and on for the last couple weeks. Enjoying so far, but school has been keeping me busy. Hard to believe, but sometimes it feels like there is too much stuff to do lol.

Purchased Bulletstorm today from the D2D, only played for about an hour but it looks interesting. I noticed a lot of people say the game was fun just not worth the $60 price tag, so for $20 something, it was hard to pass up.

Fuganater

04-25-2011, 03:39 AM

I'm excited to play Portal 2 myself, but not $50 excited.

So I take it your not an avid gamer?

NightrainSrt4

04-25-2011, 07:50 AM

To distract myself from trying to upgrade for f@h, even though the fiancee gave the thumbs up, I started playing Demon's Souls again. Completed the game on the character I was using before.

Such an awesome game. From when you first start, to when you come back after a while, it gives such a great feeling when you get creamed every time within 30 seconds of the level to when you start to figure things out (again) and just walk right through everything.

Can't wait for Dark Souls.

Munty

04-25-2011, 02:54 PM

Glad I'm not the only one who saw some levels as unnecessary :p And I must agree that so far Warhead seems to be a slightly more sensible game. I was devastated to be put in control of a hovercraft for one level though, didn't like that at all... No weapons at all but virtually impossible to damage. Add to that the fact that the guy you are chasing will never actually get away and there's only one very long, windy, confusing route to reach the finish... I just got out and ran the whole way in the end :D

Made for awesome sniping. Just cloak, get in position, line up the (head)shot, then uncloak-shoot-cloak really fast. That way, you don't lose all your suit energy when you shoot, and even when they do realize they're getting shot at, they can't see who's shooting them. :twisted:

I'm loving the clock-snipe-cloak thing but I must say it does suck in the originals that you lose all your energy when shooting. Obviously you'd want to uncloak and fire so you're able to immediately recloak but as a player I certainly don't want to do it manually as you put yourself at risk a lot longer. Sounds like no.2 will be an improvement in that area...

Like The boy 4rm oz mentioned, though, with the Crysis games you do actually have to pay attention to the plot if you want the game to make sense.
I agree, a game with a plot is a very good thing. Blowing stuff up is fun and all but it's more fun with direction. Honestly though I don't have a great deal of good to say about the plot in the original but I haven't finished Warhead yet.

I find that the length of the original campaign is rather lacking and if anything it should be a chapter of the campaign not the entirety of it. I think the allocation of manpower is also very odd at times. One level you're a lone commando then you're being supported by tanks, aircraft and fullscale marine platoons before being once again alone in the very next level...

The focus of the story is of course the fact that there is an alien vessel on earth (or building, I never understood which) which is switching on and attacking everyone. That said, we never learn anything about them, their origins, their arrival on the planet, presence elsewhere in the universe, strengths, weaknesses, what they are (not carbon based that's for sure!) and wtf their vehicles and weapons are. How can a game include such a detailed alien race with so much to offer and then fail to disclose even the tiniest scrap of information about them?

To me, this is a game that was never finished so of course there was going to be a Crysis 2. if it sold well... And that's kind of the key isn't it. They weren't really thinking about the players but about future financial projections. Let's cut the game short and send it out then we can make another one if it sells or cut our losses if it doesn't.

I agree it's nice to see a plot in a FPS but I disagree that it was a good one. IT all comes down to aliens attacking earth after all and that's pretty much every FPS out there except the US special forces vs. communist adversaries setting. Oh no wait, it had that too... :facepalm:

Munty

04-26-2011, 02:39 PM

Completed Crysis Warhead and I have to say it's an improvement on the first. Given that I did enjoy the first one for the most part it's fairly obvious that I've liked this one too! There was the hovercraft mission which was completely pointless and one rather redundant mission which is spent travelling through a mine but even these are less pointless than the tank and VTOL missions from the first one.

Additionally the PC is far more memorable and actually has a personality of his own which is a distinct improvement over the original. Nomad was a very bland rank and file elite soldier whereas Psycho is far deeper and easier to relate to. There are even moments in the cutscenes where you see huge chunks of his character emerging and the inclusion of a backstory between him and O'Neill (an NPC in Warhead) is another nice touch that adds further dimension to the story if not the plot.

Being a parallel to Crysis there were no surprises but that was expected and I think the plot was handled pretty damn well with some good missions along the way although maybe the game could've been longer, a problem in the original too...

So what about Crysis 2? I'm told it's an improvement on both of the originals so I'm inclined to think I'd enjoy that even more. It's nice to see a franchise that seems to better itself with each release, I just hope they don't go too far...

x88x

04-26-2011, 04:32 PM

It's nice to see a franchise that seems to better itself with each release, I just hope they don't go too far...
..wait, what? You hope they don't make the game too good?? :?

Munty

04-26-2011, 07:34 PM

Of course that's not what I meant :p My point is, Crysis is improving with each release as the changes being made are good. A lot of franchises will eventually go too far by changing too much or changing the wrong thing however, thus creating a game which is a significant step backwards when compared to it's predecessors. What I'm saying is, Crysis = good, Warhead = better, Crysis2 = very good, Crysis 3 = crap. As a hypothetical example ;)

x88x

04-26-2011, 09:42 PM

Ah. Well, I have faith in Crytek. ;) I've played every one of their games (Far Cry and the Crysis games...interestingly, Crytek had nothing to do with Far Cry 2...) and every one has been better than the last...and improved (imo) the right things. :D

Munty

04-27-2011, 03:39 AM

The boy 4rm oz

04-27-2011, 04:18 AM

I was thinking about Far Cry actually after I finished Warhead yesterday. Is that worth a play too? I'm not usually a huge fan of FPS but I did enjoy my time with Crysis for the most part and I remember Far Cry being one of the big names when it was new. Did it live up to the hype or will I be a bit disappointed if I move from Crysis back to that?

I loved FarCry 2. Being able to light grass on fire to smoke out enemies was awesome fun. I also liked the self heal mini cut scenes where your character pulls bullets from his/her wounds with pliers. The story in FarCry 2 is good and dependent on the character you choose and the buddies you keep alive the game is never the same the second time around.

Munty

04-27-2011, 05:12 AM

I read reviews on both Far Cry games after my last post and am currently winning 2 low bid items on Ebay :p They both sound and look pretty good so we'll see and maybe I'll win them! Seems odd that no.2 is nothing to do with no.1 though...

x88x

04-27-2011, 01:30 PM

Seems odd that no.2 is nothing to do with no.1 though...

Yup...nothing to do with each other and they were made by different studios. Ubisoft (who made Far Cry 2) claimed that it was the "true sequel" to Far Cry, but since nothing about them is similar, I'm not really really sure where they're trying to pull that from..

That aside, both are good games, imo. Completely different, but both are good.

Munty

04-27-2011, 05:08 PM

Well I just managed to get a copy of each off ebay and it's cost me precisely £5.33 so I don't really care if I like them to be honest! I also spent another £40 on Play.com but meh it was worth it :D

Fuganater

05-09-2011, 08:12 AM

Portal 2 is on sale for $30 at GameStop... Just got my copy today and can't wait to play it :D Happy Birthday to meee!

EvaRoy

05-10-2011, 03:02 AM

I'm playing portal 2 too. That’s an awesome game with many stages. I’m waiting to finish trophies stage in order to play dragon age or mass effect.

diluzio91

05-10-2011, 12:44 PM

I finally finished Bioshock and Dirt 2.

Munty

05-10-2011, 02:32 PM

I got both FarCry's in the mail about a week ago and put down the original after a matter of minutes... A lot of reasons but basically I just think it's a bit crap :p FarCry 2 looks a lot better but I haven't played it yet so I'm basing that on the boxshots and manual (plus the map - I love wen games include maps :D)

Other new titles included Dead Space which I LOVE and have already started to play through for the second time! I completed the oldish Star Wars Republic Commando today and it has a lot of good points but does have a few flaws as well. A sequel is well overdue though and the original gameplay with some next gen graphics and a longer campaign with co-op/multiplayer options would be just incredible.

I also got hold of the original Starcraft (as I realised I currently don't have a copy!) and Warcraft 3 which I'm currently playing. Not a patch on no.2 and the move from isometric to 3D has been implemented appaulingly imo. It's a cartoony game with an awful story that I just don't care about. To make matters worse they've added 2 new races (often a sign of desperation in sequels!) and neither of them are any good. Clicking on the sheep doesn't even make them explode anymore... So disappointing...

Metro2033 and STALKER Call of Pripyat finish off my latest shopping spree but the latter still hasn't arrived yet :( The other game I got was a copy of Left4Dead2 so I could play it on my own Steam account after previously buying an already activated copy (the guy gave me his account though so now my mate uses it and we can play together :D

So far, FarCry is a fail, Replublic Commando is a pass, Warcraft 3 is a fail and Dead Space is a tremendous pass. Metro2033, STALKER, Farcry2 and Starcraft still need judging though of course the iconic Starcraft shouldn't struggle to satisfy me after a quick revisit :D

blueonblack

05-10-2011, 03:15 PM

So far, FarCry is a fail, Replublic Commando is a pass, Warcraft 3 is a fail and Dead Space is a tremendous pass. Metro2033, STALKER, Farcry2 and Starcraft still need judging though of course the iconic Starcraft shouldn't struggle to satisfy me after a quick revisit :D

Having played both Farcry games through more than once I have to disagree on that count. The original had a MUCH better storyline and the environments and enemies were a lot more varied. The graphics in Farcry 2 are orders of magnitude better, obviously, but for sheer gameplay and fun I have to say the original was a lot better in my book.

Like anything, it depends on what you're looking for.

x88x

05-10-2011, 05:56 PM

Having played both Farcry games through more than once I have to disagree on that count. The original had a MUCH better storyline and the environments and enemies were a lot more varied. The graphics in Farcry 2 are orders of magnitude better, obviously, but for sheer gameplay and fun I have to say the original was a lot better in my book.

I agree. Granted, they're very different types of games, with Fary Cry being more of an open-world FPS with Far Cry 2 being more of a GTA-style RPG. IMO the story is better (more developed, etc) in Far Cry than in Far Cry 2, but that has less to do with the story in Far Cry being particularly good and more to do with the story in Far Cry 2 being just plain awful. :P That being said, I did enjoy playing through both of them. OOC, Munty, was there anything in particular that put you off Far Cry? Just wondering since, like bOb mentioned, it does have a pretty wide variety of environments and enemies..the things you dislike might go away later in the game.

Munty

05-10-2011, 08:45 PM

I honestly made it mere moments into the game before it tipped my frustration meter (sadly that's not too hard but it does take a lot to make me put a game down this quickly!)

I didn't expect any more graphics wise than I got as it's an oldish title by now. Gameplay is also not too bad and the binoculars are a particularly handy tool.

On the flipside, it was the actual level design itself that put me off very fast. Running through sewers, fine. Using machete to kill stupid occupants of small outpost as they filed through the same door their friend just died in, fine. Being met on a beach by 6 troops and two vehicles, fine (as I had a vehicle too and I MGd em all down :p) But having a rocket firing, fast moving patrol boat far enough off shore that it's nigh impossible for me to hit it yet close enough that it is able to hit me no matter where I try to hide? Well that was my first turn off and it took me ages to kill the guy firing at me with the crappy gun you start out with...

The next and final hurdle I had to overcome (made worse by the fact the rockets had nearly killed me, health doesn't regenerate and there are no medkits anywhere to be seen) was an abandonned aircraft carrier crawling with troops packing MGs. I think there's something like 10 enemies, one of whom has a rocket launcher and another 2 are in a boat. All are heavily armed and miles away from me and my crap gun.

Now, before it's said that I gave up because it's too hard, that's not quite true. I managed to kill all of these enemies the first time I played this part of the level and then I moved to the carrier. I jumped down a small ledge and died instantly... We're talking 6 feet or so...

After a shaky start with a rocket boat and heavily armed aircraft carrier I simply figured that this was setting the scene for things to come and I decided to cut my losses there and then. Sure I could've played further in and in time I will, right now though I have so many other, better games to be playing I don't want to waste my time with it.

Flame away :p

x88x

05-10-2011, 09:31 PM

I jumped down a small ledge and died instantly... We're talking 6 feet or so...

If I'm thinking of the right spot, I think that's just a "you weren't supposed to go down here and there's no way up so we just put an instant-death zone at the bottom" situation.

The difficulty and enemy AI were definitely two of the aspects that they had to work on balancing after Far Cry...as Yahtzee put it:

While the scenery was expansive and pretty, you couldn't spend much time admiring it before finding your body attempting to occupy the same space as ten million billion bullets fired by enemies with telescopic x-ray vision who could see you hiding in a bush 9,000 yards away

Fortunately, once I got my hands on the sniper rifle, I could also see and kill the enemies from 9,000 yards away. :twisted:

Munty

05-11-2011, 06:22 AM

Thank God it's not just me! I was expecting some less than generous responses given that I clearly gave up on this game very early on :D I'd love a sniper rifle, it'd almost certainly save the game for me even at this early point. I'm guessing it'll be some time before that's an option though won't it?

EDIT : Hey I've just been reading some faqs and walkthroughs and such and they all mention medpacks you can pick up but so far I haven't seen any... I passed one med box thing in a hut very early on in the first little hamlet but I couldn't use it as I didn't need to and I couldn't carry it either. Not having carryable health items is one of my big problems with this game (especially with non-regenerative health) so can someone clear this up for me as it may help...

blueonblack

05-11-2011, 09:09 AM

I passed one med box thing in a hut very early on in the first little hamlet but I couldn't use it as I didn't need to and I couldn't carry it either.

Yep, that was the medkit. And no, you can't carry any, just have to limp along damn near dead and hope you find one. And yes I recall that $&*(@ boat very clearly. I HATE those boats, but that one was the worst. When you DO get the sniper rifle it's a lot of fun picking them off the boats from the shore. :D (A little bit that I was happy to see was just as fun in Far Cry 2)

Munty

05-11-2011, 10:56 AM

Well the good news is I've given the game a revisit and cleared the first three levels with minimal frustration :) I'm still not particularly impressed with the level design but there are becoming fewer suicidal moments like the first rocket boat...

On the first reload (just before the carrier) I managed to take out all of the opposition without a single shot fired in return which was nice. I think there were only 8 in the end though, not the 10 I thought there were...

Anyway the next level on the ship went fairly well but these enemies are in some pretty tricky places and I kept getting clipped from the gantries as I ddin't know where they were shooting from!

I now have a sniper rifle but only 10 rounds which is disappointing but I guess I'll just save them up till I really need them as the M4 is doing a pretty good job right now anyway.

I'm still by no means being won over by this game but at least I can play through it now and give it a fighting chance. It's going to be fighting for play-time with a few other games I'm already playing but with 3 levels done and 17 to go I guess it shouldn't take me too long anyway. We'll see hey :p

x88x

05-11-2011, 09:44 PM

with 3 levels done and 17 to go I guess it shouldn't take me too long anyway. We'll see hey :p

Awww, he hasn't met the thingies yet... :whistler:

Munty

05-12-2011, 03:34 AM

Haha nope, not yet! Just the good ol humies to fight so far. I'm not following the story at all actually as I've been watching Dragonball on my other monitor and the voices on FarCry are so quiet I can't hear anything but gunfire :p

Just a query for those who've played this game. If you were taking some american bird on a trip in your yacht when it got blown up with a rocket launcher and you nearly died before being washed up on an island where you hear people discussing how important it is that you die... What would you do when you found yourself a new boat? Would you really follow the instructions of some doctor who just happened to leave a radio right near the point you entered the sewers?

I'd be on my way home after the end of level 2 personally. To hell with the broad and to hell with the island! Worst story ever :p

x88x

05-12-2011, 03:44 AM

That depends....did she pay up front? :P

Munty

05-12-2011, 06:58 AM

I guess not, the protaganist must have some serious debts to settle when he gets home though or it's still not worth it! It does beg the question though doesn't it, at what point do you turn tail and run home? When your vessel is destroyed by a rocket? When mercenaries set out to kill you? when you unearth a devious plot by a mad scientist? When you start fighting with mutants? Hmm... For me it would be the rocket...

The boy 4rm oz

05-18-2011, 05:05 AM

Started and finished Bad Company 2 over the past weekend. I started Assassin's Creed II as well, loving this game, loved the original as well.

Fuganater

05-18-2011, 05:08 AM

Just finished Portal 2. Was pretty fun.

Munty

05-18-2011, 07:39 AM

Finished watching all 153 episodes of Dragonball a few days ago so I'd call that about a fortnight :p

Also been playing Warcraft 3 and hating every minute of it. I posted up a rant of my feeling s here for anyone who's curious as to why... http://www.strategycore.co.uk/forums/Warcraft-III-t8936.html

I installed Metro2033 to follow up this disappointment and sadly wasn't wowed the way I was hoping to be. Right from the get go it had issues with loading the game (which are apparently very common) then there were driver incompatabilities (again very common) which forced me to drop it down from very high settings to just high and it made a BIG difference to quality. Again there is a link to this rant here > http://www.strategycore.co.uk/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=6649&view=findpost&p=104397

One of my big problems with this game is that there is no really useful display of health (or even ammo unless you're fighting) instead you have to check your watch to see how close to being dead you are. On mentioning how stupid this seemed (due to stopping mid firefight) someone linked this image so its clearly not just me.
http://www.pressstarttoplay.net/comic/comics/060313.jpg

Anyone else played this as I do like it but it crashed again even on High settings last time I played so I'm giving it a break and will be trying out Farcry2 today.

x88x

05-18-2011, 09:52 AM

I never had a problem with Metro 2033 stability, so I can't help you with that. I never really found the health meter to be an issue, tbh. I was too busy enjoying the atmosphere and interesting weapons and mechanics. :whistler: ..oh, and trying not to get myself killed...

Munty

05-18-2011, 10:11 AM

lol well that's kind of the problem it's posing for me 88. Don't know when you played it but if you remember the beginning you fight a room full of bandits quite early on. I think there must be 6-8 of them at least as it took me a while to kill them all! I had trouble with it because every time I stuck my head out I got hit by a magic homing bullet but I never knew how badly I'd been hurt. The screen goes red and there's a heartbeat as well when things go pearshaped but I still had no idea what health I had left. Miraculously I managed to get through this part of the game without dying on my first try but it's pure luck that I didn't die because I honestly don't understand how I'm supposed to know what my health is... As far as I can tell its either a green light which is good or a red one which is bad right? lol that helps doesn't it! Another thing that's bugged me about the beginning of the game is the massive amount of prescripted events that take complete control over the character. There have already been 2 or 3 occasions on which I've been thrown out of a vehicle or similar by these mutants and I was convinced that it was game over and I'd died but in fact I hadn't and it was just part of the game. I don't get it... There was also a point where I was told to tap E but I don't know why, I guess the monster was trying to eat my face or something, who knows!

Anyway I do want to play this game so stability is the key. Did you use max settings when you played as a lot of people (ie. not just me!) have had varying issues on max. For me the game would crash after about 1 minute on very high settings but on just high it was stable for a long time. Until it crashed again... It's as if the game is actually consuming my GPU and then running out of memory or something odd but it's not just crashing the game it's the whole system. Nothing else is now or ever has given me similar problems...

x88x

05-18-2011, 10:31 AM

Yeah, I was running it on full settings.

As for the quick-time-events, there are a lot of them in the first 20 minutes or so, but after that I don't remember any. I actually never finished the game...I should probably get around to doing that some time... I don't remember the health system exactly, tbh, but I don't remember having any issues with it. *shrugs*

woodskat

05-19-2011, 08:40 AM

I have recently finished:

1.MK9
2.God Of War all three parts
3.Crackdown 2
4.Kane and Lynch 2

Munty

05-19-2011, 12:44 PM

Now playing FarCry 2 having put down Metro2033 till I can figure out how to get it running properly! Got to say I'm really enjoying it as an open-world freeroaming FPS. I get the feeling I'll be playing it for a long time as there's an awful lot to do but that's a good thing right?!

It takes me back to days of playing Mercenaries on the old PS2 which I also loved and in many ways they're quite similar games. All that's different is the tech levels essentially as Mercenaries was a pretty standard Gulf War sort of engagement whereas FarCry2 is more of an internal African Conflict.

It's not even vaguely related to FarCry so I don't know why they gave it the same name. Personally the original (I know its different dev houses) still isn't doing anything for me wheras this one is doing almost everything for me. I'm generally not a huge FPS fan, despite my recent purchase of maybe 7 FPS... But open world titles like Mercenaries, FarCry 2 and the STALKER trilogy are totally my kind of games and I'm enjoying every minute of this one.

As a bit of a heads up, does anyone know what's so buggy in this game as everyone everywhere has it down as one of the buggiest tittles in the world but I've been ok so far. Just would like to know what I have in store :D

x88x

05-19-2011, 04:40 PM

I get the feeling I'll be playing it for a long time as there's an awful lot to do but that's a good thing right?!
I'll be interested to see how long it holds your attention. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it and finished it, but it gets a bit repetitive after a while....what with most of the missions being essentially the same...

As a bit of a heads up, does anyone know what's so buggy in this game as everyone everywhere has it down as one of the buggiest tittles in the world but I've been ok so far. Just would like to know what I have in store :D
IDK, I don't remember ever having any stability problems with it. *shrugs*

Munty

05-20-2011, 03:33 AM

I'll let you know 88 but yesterday I scouted 20/57~ outposts and collected almost 60 diamonds out of 221 (so probably about half of the ones in the Northern sector? I've also done 4 jobs for the gunshops and another 3 assassination ones so I've made quite a dent in the 'background' of the game.

That said I've only done 2 missions in the main storyline so I figure by doing all the diamonds and outposts en-route to my next main objective there should only be a few things to pick up at the end of the map before I move south.

Guess what I'm going to do now? See you all later lol

Munty

05-20-2011, 10:23 AM

Ok I need some advice on this game from someone else who's played it and I think here is as good a place to start looking as any! 88, you've played it, lend me a hand would ya :D

So first off... Big Ol' Spoiler alert!
So I've finished the main missions in the northern province and reached the part where I have to 'choose' whether to defend the church or Mike's bar. I chose to save my buddies but after they and I all died I figured it wouldn't have mattered which I chose as it's a scripted death fest anyway...

But now I realise that my best buddy (Josep) is dead and I've only done something like 4/12 buddy missions so far. I guess I make a new buddy down south but I think I've missed out anyway as it says in the wiki that Josep will give you 2 extra missions 'Fuel the Violence' and 'The Lemon Beater' neither of which I've done.

If he's now dead surely that means I've missed the chance to do them doesn't it? I haven't saved yet though so I guess I could go back. Would mean doing lots again later though :( Any thoughts appreciated, I really want 100%!
Spoiler over, thanks in advance for any advice :p

The boy 4rm oz

05-20-2011, 11:06 AM

Munty

05-20-2011, 02:18 PM

Thanks Oz, I figured it out in the end and had to reload from just before I started the last mission of the first part :( It's the missions in Mike's bar which are the buddy quests (I've noticed the icon there but never visited for the work!)

Anyway I'm not at the point where I've done all the assassination jobs (cellular antennas) all the available gunshop jobs, all but the last main mission for the area and 5 of the eight buddy quests. The sixth one I'll do later but for now I have to stop playing as the sun is in such a place that I can't see enough in game anymore lol

I'm puzzled about how I can get hold of the last two buddy jobs though as they need to come from the guy who was until recently my 'rescue buddy'. That means he wasn't ever in the bar offering jobs as he was off in the wilderness waiting to save my ass I guess. I've now managed to swap rescue buddies by doing jobs for one of the other buddies which put her 'history' above my old guys. When I go to the bar now it's her in the widerness but... he hasn't come back yet...

I need him to be in the bar in order to do those last jobs and I'm nearly out of stuff to do in the north now! I've unlocked all the safehouses, scouted all the outposts and found all but 14 diamonds! When the sun has gone I can do all of that tonight and leave the game ready to go to the southern province next time I load it up. But I can't GO to the next province until I've done this guys mission so what next?

x88x

05-20-2011, 02:18 PM

I have played the game also with multiple characters and as far as I know each buddy has a few missions exclusive to them. So you losing your current buddy shouldn't effect you getting bonus missions from another.
/\That, iirc. So, you won't be able to get the bonus missions from the one, but you will get other unique ones from others, later.

Munty

05-20-2011, 03:09 PM

Just turned up something else that's puzzled me. You know how I thought I was so nearly done up north? Turns out I only have 4 buddies when there should be 6! So not only do I need to find these extra 2 buddies (I already have intel which should lead me to them!) I then presumably have an extra 2 missions for each of them. On top of that, apparently only 4 people can spawn in the bar at any one given time so that'll be an issue too when I have all six. I don't really want to kill any of them after all :(

The boy 4rm oz

05-20-2011, 10:30 PM

The extra 2 buddies are found when you go down south if I recall correctly. Oh and be careful. When you go down south there is a little intermediary "joining" landscape, you will find a few diamonds there. This all happens after the incident at Mike's Bar and you are running.

Well I have played about 20 hours of Assassin's Creed II over the week (since Saturday last week) and am probably 75% of the way through the missions with all the Armour and weapons (minus one). I have nearly all the art work and only about 30/100 feathers. I will be moving over to the final area later this afternoon but for now, homework calls :(.

Munty

05-21-2011, 04:39 AM

Thanks Oz I found the last 2 up north so there are 6 up top and I'm not sure how many extra down south. I think another 6 but looking at a guide I found maybe only 4?

Anyway I've now done everything up top except the last 2 buddy missions as the last buddy won't spawn in the bar (I have to kill my rescue buddy to be able to do these which is a MAJOR design flaw with the game...) then I just have 4 more diamonds to collect and the top map is finished and its on to the south part! Can't help thinking it's a bit stupid that you can't ever come back north but meh, can't be helped I guess.

Thanks for the info with the desert, there are 4 diamonds there which luckily are marked on my map ;) So I should be on the southern part very soon but I may take a break from the game after that as I've been really cramming in playtime on it lately which can't be healthy ;)

x88x

05-21-2011, 06:11 AM

Anyway I've now done everything up top except the last 2 buddy missions as the last buddy won't spawn in the bar (I have to kill my rescue buddy to be able to do these which is a MAJOR design flaw with the game...)

No, that would be a design decision, not a design flaw. Just because you don't like the way they made the game doesn't mean they screwed it up. :P

The boy 4rm oz

05-21-2011, 06:22 AM

Considering that your buddies do die you get to do the missions eventually.

Munty

05-21-2011, 06:29 AM

No, that would be a design decision, not a design flaw. Just because you don't like the way they made the game doesn't mean they screwed it up. :P

But if it makes it impossible to obtain 100% completion then it's a flaw surely? I have to watch my character do enough questionable things as it is, I shouldn't be forced to murder someone I resued immediately after they've just saved my life simply to make room in a half empty bar for another 'buddy' to give me missions. Should I? :neutral:

Anyway it's screwed either way as I've booted up this morning and done absolutely everything there is to do yet I can't move on as the final buddy won't spawn in the bar... I got myself killed, shot my rescue buddy in the head then went to the bar but nothing changed. Went to my safehouse and accepted the new character as my rescue buddy but still nothing changed. Went to the bar and now there are only 3 people there (best buddy and 2 others whose missions I've done) the fourth space is now open as the new rescue buddy is out in the wilderness and my previous acquaintance is dead.

Nothing happens though, that last person never arrives no matter what I do. I've spent a few hours finishing up today AFTER killing the guy and accepting the new buddy, expecting it to eventually sort itself out. It doesn't... I then killed my new rescue buddy and accepted the next one. Rested in my shack for several days, still no change. There are now only 2 people in the bar!

So what can I do? I can't finish this mission later because the buddy will be dead and I'll have missed out on 2/40 side missions. Bye-bye 100% completion, on a game that will have taken 40 hours to play through. Don't get me wrong I'm still really enjoying it but like it or not this is a flaw, not a decision...

The boy 4rm oz

05-21-2011, 09:47 AM

When I played through I only got my buddies at triggered events so it may be possible that you have missed the trigger or completed a mission before it was meant to be completed. Either way even if you do travel to the south area you can come back at any time and may find your buddy then. Unless they have changed something in a patch this was the way it was for me.

Munty

05-21-2011, 02:22 PM

I had to reload to an earlier game but I figured it out. Basically there are 6 buddies in the North and you're only guaranteed to meet 2 of them (maybe 3) The other three are prisoners of the enemy soldiers in various locations... Now once you go south you'll NEVER see any of those buddies again, regardless of whether you left them locked up or if you let them out, if you did their jobs or not. Hence my desperation to do the missions before leaving the north...

Turns out the bar only has space for 4 of your six buddies, as I already mentioned. Your best buddy is always there and your rescue buddy is never there. That means in order to do missions for your rescue buddy you need to either kill your best buddy so rescue gets a promotion, otherwise improve relatiosn with your rescue buddy until they outrank your best buddy and replace them, or as I did improve relations with another buddy by doing their jobs until rescue buddy is demoted.

In this way I got jobs done for best buddy and the other 3 I'd already found, then with one space in the bar I went and rescued the fifth and did their missions. The mistake I made with the sixth seems to have been rescuing them before killing my rescue buddy and accepting the new one (therefore making space in the bar) By doing it the other way round and killing my rescue buddy first it seems to have forced the newly rescued buddy to immediately warp to the bar and I got the missions done :)

Working on the second map now having completed the north and central parts completely (though I still need to unlock one more underground location in the north if that's counted) I'm not as keen on the southern map as the northern one so far but I'm sure it'll get better as I find my footing over the course of some missions. Big annoyance so far though is an enemy wielded mortar which is practically impossible to track down! I googled the location of a guy who was giving me trouble in the end and chopped him up with my machete as that's how angry it had made me searching for him while trying not to explode :p Enemy cars and boats have 'nade launchers in the south too which is great when I have them but particularly challenging when the bad guys do :D

blueonblack

05-21-2011, 05:20 PM

Oooooooooo.... The Invisible Mortar Guy! I HATE Invisible Mortar Guy.

Kayin

05-21-2011, 05:59 PM

Had to replace my PSP to finish FFIV: TCC today. On the Lunar Surface, with all secret summons, currently inside the Giant of Babil. When I get its firmware updated, tis on like Donkey Kong.

Also, have over 1000 Sirens to farm with. Life (on this game) is good.

x88x

05-21-2011, 09:58 PM

Enemy cars and boats have 'nade launchers in the south too which is great when I have them but particularly challenging when the bad guys do :D

Only some of them. IIRC, all of the boats do, but there are three different types of trucks, one with a normal machine gun, one with a big heavy gun, and one with a grenade launcher.

The boy 4rm oz

05-22-2011, 02:06 AM

Only some of them. IIRC, all of the boats do, but there are three different types of trucks, one with a normal machine gun, one with a big heavy gun, and one with a grenade launcher.

You can also upgrade your jeeps using diamonds that you collect so they have the grenade launcher too, as long as you get the jeep from a safe house it will be equipped with whichever weapon you unlock.

Munty

05-22-2011, 06:45 AM

Aye, having plenty of diamonds from doing so much up north I've got a repair manual for the defender (is SOOO worth it!) and all of the accessories (camo, ammo belts, syringe pack, etc) I haven't spent much on weapons yet but I have an uzi for a sidearm and a very nice scoped assault rifle for primary (forget the name) It's a shame the sniper rifle doesn't fit in the specialist weapon slot as I wouldn't really call it a primary one. I'd rather carry that than a mortar/rocket launcher/flamethrower etc. but I want something for automatic fire too with a little more punch than my uzi. Perfect world I'd have an uzi, my assault rifle and a sniper rifle on me at all times. Invicnible ;)

As for the mounted weapons I'm not entirely sure when they upgrade but it's something to do with mission progress (when you get that 'safehouse upgraded' message for doing main missions your best buddies way) In the north you get the safehouse vehicles upgraded to the 50 cal MG which is personally my favourite over the grenade launchers anyway. I believe the GL upgrade for your safehouse upgrades is the last one you get but there are plenty already being driven around by the baddies so I just use theirs! Personally I think that's a bad upgrade as it's impossible to engage at close quarters with a GL so I'd rather keep the 50 cal :(

Anyway I managed to do all the gunshop missions yesterday and have a few more assasination jobs before they're all out of the way too. I have 3 out of 5 buddies in the south so I'll be doing their missions next before moving onto finish the main story. I'm not using maps for the south area (yet) as like I said, the game marks down which ones you've found as you go. That means it'll be easy to fill in the gaps later. For now I'm just securing safehouses and scouting outposts as I go, picking up diamonds every so often when I see the blip. Already found about 20 more so a lot of them are quite easy anyway. By roadsides, shacks, etc...

The boy 4rm oz

05-22-2011, 08:37 AM

Have you found any of the gold AK47's yet :D?

NightrainSrt4

05-22-2011, 09:55 AM

Beat Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time. I really like it. I'm not sure if I liked this one better than Tools of Destruction, probably equally I suppose.

Started playing Infamous. I'm liking this one as well. I'm liking it so much better than Prototype.

Munty

05-22-2011, 10:42 AM

Have you found any of the gold AK47's yet :D?

2 actually, can you believe the first one started jamming up?! I went looking for them thinking they'd last forever but I guess not. Got a new one to replace my jammed one and then stored it in my shack before the end of the first half of the game, which is lucky as you lose any equipped weapons in the transition :p

The boy 4rm oz

05-22-2011, 10:50 AM

I just started playing Zeno Clash then, a wierd little game haha.

I think there are 5 gold AK47s in total.

blueonblack

05-22-2011, 11:06 AM

Been playing Borderlands obsessively since buying it, and you you know what I *don't* miss from Far Cry 2?? Weapons that wear out like they were made in a Playskool factory in the Bangladesh. I love finding a weapon and knowing it will always work perfectly. :)

x88x

05-22-2011, 11:24 AM

lol, I know what you bean, BoB. I can understand shooting for more realism by actually requiring regular maintenance on your weapons or something, but am I seriously to believe that all of the armed people running around there have guns that are such wrecks that they fall to pieces after firing 20 rounds? :P

Munty

05-22-2011, 12:01 PM

I third that motion, but it is of course in place for gameplay reasons more than realism I think... Once you buy a weapon from the gunshop you can get it brand new from the armoury next door forever. That means you can essentially trade it in every time you pass one in the future and never have your weapons wear out. The enemy guns are crap because (I think) the designers didn't want us to be able to get hold of good weapons too early in the game. For example, the gun I'm using now for my primary (the scoped assault rifle) I found on a corpse before I was able to buy it.

If there was no reliability factor, or if I was able to repair it forever, then I would have been able to have that gun earlier than they want me too. Plus there are probably about 10 gunshop missions in all and it took till the 9th one to unlock this particular gun so by getting it early I would've been essentially cheating the game out of some of it's vast potential of content ;)

diluzio91

05-22-2011, 04:54 PM

finally finished bfbc2 (campaign) and started on dragon age origins. Most recently? I'm stuck because i dont have a medic, and not enough healing poltuces to get past the renault in redcliff... (my first renault, my party is allistor, myself (rouge) morrigan, and leiliana.) and i get the renault down to ~25% hp and run out of healing items. not to mention the giant frickin horde they set on you...

Edit... went back and got a ton of healing potions... now im good. used morrigan to add frost damage to everyone and used song of valor to nerf my mele fighters...

Kayin

05-23-2011, 12:05 PM

Had to swap replacement PSP for a PSP-3000 to continue. Busted firmware and wifi switch.

This one is brand new so I'm covered.

Thought about a PSP Go but honestly with no way to import my purchased games it can kiss my hinder parts.

The boy 4rm oz

05-23-2011, 11:00 PM

I purchased a PSP Go this time last year Kayin. Purchased it cos I was going away on a trip and wanted something to keep me entertained on the plane. What really made up my mind was the 10 free games they were giving away at the time :D. But yeah for what you pay and the cost of games for it its is a rip off, I have not purchased any additional games for mine.

NightrainSrt4

05-24-2011, 09:38 AM

Playing Terraria. It's like a 2D SNES-type Minecraft with a bigger emphasis on combat. Really fun so far.

Munty

05-24-2011, 10:03 AM

IS that the one being advertised on Steam right now? I saw it and thought it looked rather entertaining if it is :)

The boy 4rm oz

05-24-2011, 10:57 AM

Yes it is being advertised on Steam, a few mates of mine at Uni play it, pretty cool time killer.

NightrainSrt4

06-01-2011, 10:40 PM

Finished inFamous on the good side. A bit of repetition but the new powers kept it fresh. Can't wait to see what the evil story is but I picked up Beowulf for $5 so I'll probably try that first.

The boy 4rm oz

06-02-2011, 12:27 AM

Finished Assassin's Creed II and have started Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.

Munty

06-02-2011, 07:15 AM

I can't believe I managed to not mention the fact that I managed my 100% game of FarCry 2 :D But I did! I continued enjoying the game right to the end but the little niggly bits of gameplay that had existed for the whole experience did gradually get more and more annoying.

Rapidly respawning enemies (literally 20 new badguys 3 minutes after you last passed through an area) the inability to jump or climb if the ledge is above knee-height... Honestly there wasn't much beyond those issues which bugged me about this game though, and despite people constantly pointing out how buggy it is I only recieved one CTD throughout more than 30 hours of gameplay so I guess I got lucky for once!

Anyway I used maps to get the diamonds but the rest was easy enough, though it got pretty repetitive on more than one occasion due to fairly limited mission types. Travel was ok, though driving was made particularly difficult thanks to the immediate respawn of enemies. I found myself taking the bus 9 times out of 10 to avoid patrols which would simply add time to an already inexplicably long journey.

I never found the actual gameplay itself to be too difficult but there were still moments where I jumped in over my head and had a bit of a struggle on my hands. The buddy system is great in that they'll come to your rescue when you're incapacitated. It's a nice feature and it was done really well.

All the little animations like reloading, healing, switching seats in a vehicle and clearing jammed weapons were great and they added just the right amount of realism to a genre that can be very wishy-washy.

The story was sadly the real let down with this game (quite a blow after 30 hours of gaming!) and the character never has any real choices to make, nor a personality of his own at any point in the game. The characters you deal with are similarly 2-dimensional with the repeating pattern of 'work for a, work for b, kill boss a, kill boss b, move to c and d' pretty much continuing throughout the entire game.

The purpose of this game is to kill an arms dealer (and therefore stop the flow of guns and the war itself) yet every mission that you do is intended to directly fuel the flames of the conflict. Our protaganist has no capability to turn down a job, even if it means killing the boss of the good guys who he's just finished helping. Put simply, he's an idiot. He's betrayed by everyone in the game at some point yet the ending is completely unexpected given the developments to this point.

So yes, great experience, endless amounts of fun to be had, great replayability, but lousy story and totally anti-climatic ending. Still I enjoyed it for 30 hours so I can forgive that the ending sucked I guess... Not sure what's next on my to-do list but I'm playing a bit of online Freelancer now which has long been a staple of my gaming diet :D

PauL

06-11-2011, 09:45 PM

Officially completed ALL of Mafia II. Was kind of bored the other day so I fired up Mafia II to start, and ultimately, finish Jimmy's Vendetta (DLC that I bought during Steam's Xmas sale). Not sure why I stopped playing in the first place cause Mafia II was truly a fun game, I only wish I knew what kept bringing me back; the scenery and driving for cars of that era is top notch and I was suprised I put nearly 40 hrs into the game. Definitely got my $20 worth lol

The boy 4rm oz

06-12-2011, 05:33 AM

Started playing Bad Company 2 online. Still playing Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. Downloaded Serious Sam HD the first and second encounter during the week so may give them a go aswell, got they cheap on Steam a while ago and never got around to downloading them. Thank god for un-metered, unlimited downloads at uni lol.

altec

06-12-2011, 07:31 PM

just got Dead Space 2 today. Gonna start playing tonight! :)

billygoat333

06-12-2011, 10:02 PM

Just started playing Penumbra: Overture. I love the atmoshere of the game.

KateWills

06-13-2011, 06:50 AM

I go through super mario galaxy it was an interesting game and at the moment I am playing Crysis.

NightrainSrt4

06-14-2011, 11:03 AM

Beat the campaign of Killzone 2. I enjoyed it. The graphics were nice for a PS3 game, not that I really care about that stuff as long as I can see what's going on.

Almost done with The Darkness. Really fun game and interesting story. Will finish this once the fiance gets back as she's been watching the story along with me.

Started Assassin's Creed 2. I didn't care for the first one once it opened up and was just running back and forth. I really liked it up until that point and was told this one was better. Really enjoying it so far.

pcclan

06-14-2011, 02:47 PM

started duke nukem forever around 10 pm MDT last night finished it around 6 am MDT this morning

farlo

06-14-2011, 05:23 PM

beat fable 3 on pc a couple weeks ago

Airbozo

06-14-2011, 06:08 PM

Just acquired Splinter Cell Conviction and Fallout New Vegas.

I love the Splinter Cell series and am digging this one so far. Never finished the first Fallout so lets see if I can make it through this one...

diluzio91

06-14-2011, 07:16 PM

Finished up dragonage 1, debating whether to play da2 or fable 3......

The boy 4rm oz

06-14-2011, 09:46 PM

Airbozo

06-15-2011, 10:12 AM

Finished the story campaign on Assassin's Creed Brotherhood last night, I enjoyed, I have enjoyed all 3 dames so far. Now I need to go back through and get all the collectables and purchase all landmarks. I also need to go back and get all the feathers in Assassin's Creed 2, only thing I have left to do.

I loved all 3 as well. Great change of pace from the war games.

I actually bought all of the landmarks early in the game thinking I needed to to finish. I only have a few flags left to find now.

xr4man

06-15-2011, 10:57 AM

i'm planing on starting redneck rampage on route 66 once i finish this term at school. then i have to decide if i want to play hexen or rise of the triad. i'm also leaning towards duke nukem 3d.

farlo

06-16-2011, 02:30 PM

finished portal 2

d_stilgar

06-18-2011, 01:18 PM

DynamoNED

06-18-2011, 07:14 PM

@d_stilgar: Magicka is a lot more fun if you have someone to co-op with online. If you want someone to play with, hit me up on Steam; I'm CG||Mjr_Boothroyd .

The boy 4rm oz

06-19-2011, 02:10 AM

I finally got around to giving TF2 a go and I must say it is pretty fun. You get none of those rage quits and hack accusations you get in so many other games, must be the graphics and overall fun game play.

Collinstheclown

06-20-2011, 09:27 AM

Just beat RF:Armageddon. Pretty fun game, lots to destroy. I like throwing a building at an enemy any day lol. It was a pretty predictable game for me, I've followed the Red Faction series since the first one came out.

I agree with most ratings I've seen and give it 7/10 overall. I'd wait a bit and get it at a cheaper price if your interested in it.

I got the pre-order deal and got 1,2, and 3 for PC. Good times replaying the older stuff. RF1 is still the best IMO, since it's the only game you could destroy ANY wall.

d_stilgar

06-20-2011, 07:57 PM

@d_stilgar: Magicka is a lot more fun if you have someone to co-op with online. If you want someone to play with, hit me up on Steam; I'm CG||Mjr_Boothroyd .

Added you as a friend. My handle is Boomerbile, username adventrising.

I finally got around to giving TF2 a go and I must say it is pretty fun. You get none of those rage quits and hack accusations you get in so many other games, must be the graphics and overall fun game play.

You should also add me. I love TF2 and play at least once a week for a few hours.

billygoat333

06-21-2011, 12:17 AM

Downloading the fear collection on steam, got it 50% off. Never played it, looking forward to it!!

x88x

06-21-2011, 02:54 AM

Personally I loved FEAR and FEAR 2. Never played the other one though...

While they are both severely lacking in the plot and atmosphere areas, both FEAR and FEAR 2 I think really nailed the gameplay aspect. There's just something about the way the firearms work in those games that really clicks with me.

The boy 4rm oz

06-21-2011, 03:19 AM

You should also add me. I love TF2 and play at least once a week for a few hours.

I already have you as a friend :D. My user name is the same as my forum name.

Fuganater

06-21-2011, 03:46 AM

I'm playing Revenge of the Titans and some other stuff, Magicka and Spiral Knights.

Revenge of the Titans is fun, but I didn't realize at the beginning that things like money carried over from level to level, so screwing up at the beginning can make the game literally impossible later on.

Spiral Knights is fun to play when I'm watching a movie or TV show windowed on my computer as well. It's pretty mindless.

Magicka is sorta fun. I'll have to play some more to see if I really love it.

I saw your comment about Revenge of the Titans and I was like "what game is that". After further investigation its basically a sweet tower defense game. I love it. Some parts are pretty hard but you get used to it.

Also Magicka is really really fun. I had to take a break though because it gets really hard when your alone. It really is a team game.

xr4man

06-21-2011, 04:22 PM

i finally beat the last boss in redneck rampage saturday night. so i loaded up redneck rampage route 66 and found my hard drive had some bad sectors. so now i have to build a new dos box and reload everything. which is fine since i found out i only had a 266 mhz processor and 50M of ram. so the new machine will have the 450mhz proc and 256 m ram.

billygoat333

06-22-2011, 12:46 AM

Catly

07-12-2011, 06:39 AM

I have beaten Twilight Princess, Dante's Inferno and black-ops. The hardest was Ninja Gaiden 1.

xr4man

07-12-2011, 08:40 AM

i finally beat redneck rampage suckin' grits on route 66.

gotta replace my cd drive and then i can load up hexen.

gerry

11-02-2011, 07:50 AM

Well, I finished my last mission of COD MW2 and these days I’m playing GTA San Andreas. Also I’m counting my fingers for release of COD MW 3.

Vertigo

11-02-2011, 08:54 AM

Right now I'm working my way through the Might and Magic series, currently I'm on Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven. But I've got about 15 games qued on Steam that I'm going to be playing through, since I quit raiding in World of Warcraft I've got a lot of free time lol.

The boy 4rm oz

11-02-2011, 09:25 PM

Finished the BF3 campaign, Finished the Modern Warfare campaign (wont touch online), playing NFS Hot Pursuit (the latest), BF3 online, Metro 2033 and a few other things.

Twigsoffury

11-03-2011, 01:03 PM

Finished Ghost Busters (pretty good game actually! little funky control style but its pretty sweet bustin ghosts and its a good story line)

Turok I beat awhile back, thats another pretty good game, although the dinosaur AI is a little strange.

Metro2033 ftw.

about to start up on battlefield 3 : ) (hope my s@#ts up to the task)

Twigsoffury

11-03-2011, 03:36 PM

It's flossin at high settings with a few ultras.

: )

x88x

11-04-2011, 08:18 PM

On the other end of the scale..
In my meager free time the last few days I've been playing through Bastion. Quite a fun little game. :D

billygoat333

11-04-2011, 08:58 PM

I have been playing BF3 online (I started the campaign and got bored lol), Portal 2, started playing Oblivion but haven't really done much other than get past the sewers/first dungeon and get out in the open world. I still haven't finished FEAR yet... :think

need to get back on that game. That game is creepy!

x88x

11-04-2011, 09:23 PM

I still haven't finished FEAR yet... :think

need to get back on that game. That game is creepy!

Yeah...for the first playthough.. IDK if I'm just incredibly jaded or what, but after the first playthrough of FEAR, none of the FEAR games freak me out anymore. They rely entirely too much on the "Holy ****, I didn't think that would happen!" reaction....and then proceed to do the same thing over and over... I will say, though, the gun mechanics in those games are spot-on. :D

billygoat333

11-05-2011, 01:54 AM

The AI is pretty awesome as well. I kept getting surprised be baddies flanking me until I figured out what they were doing lol.

The boy 4rm oz

11-05-2011, 03:17 AM

I have been playing Bastion on and off as well, got about half way through and moved onto something else. I have a bad habbit of not finishing games I start. I finished Portal 2 as well a while ago.

Vertigo

11-06-2011, 07:44 PM

CURRENTLY IN THE QUE
Alice: Madness Returns
Arcanum
Bioshock
Bioshock 2
Cthulhu Saves the World
Evil Genius
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point
F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate
LIMBO
Magicka
Mechanarium
Overlord
Overlord II
Overlord: Raising Hell

billygoat333

11-06-2011, 09:29 PM

lol A lot of those are on mine too. I gotta stop playing Portal 2 and switching to BF3, haha I keep forgetting to parachute from high buildings. /suicide.

AmEv

11-06-2011, 09:55 PM

Well, the only one I had money for, and love, is the Minecraft.

No money (or account) for ANY steam games :(

I'd do that Steamgifts thing; however, I must have $50 in games in order to do it.

billygoat333

11-06-2011, 11:10 PM

Lol just wait til they go on sale around black friday/christmas, most games are dirt cheap on steam.

Beat Portal 2. Anyone wanna play the co-op with me?

AmEv

11-06-2011, 11:43 PM

I'd love to; again, lack of funding for games. sad-lol.

*sigh* The only reason I could afford even Minecraft is I bought it at the 2-for-1 deal.

Anyway....
The other game I love to play is the C&C 1st Decade.
Maybe we could throw together a TS party some time?

billygoat333

11-06-2011, 11:54 PM

Heck yeah that would be fun. I think I still have a copy kicking around somewhere from when they made it a free download.

AmEv

11-07-2011, 02:17 AM

I know that someone made a nocd patch for TS.

Hey, EA made it freeware, no more need for licensing.

We just need to organize a time.

Just can't wait for RA2 to become freeware *shakesinexcitementandsleepdeprivation*

NightrainSrt4

11-07-2011, 09:57 PM

Playing Rocksmith. Pretty sweet to have a game that lets you play any electric guitar. Definitely a fun way to keep motivated and keep practicing.

It can be a bit frustrating when you finally get a section of the song and it immediately ups the difficulty. I wish it let you play it a few times all the way through before doing that, to instill that feeling of accomplishment, and not go all Demon's/Dark Souls punishing on your arse, lmfao.

billygoat333

11-07-2011, 10:50 PM

I was wondering about that game, how well it would work. Functions ok?

NightrainSrt4

11-08-2011, 08:49 AM

Seems so. I was never anything more than a beginner, and it's been a few years since I picked up my guitar, but yeah, it seems to work pretty well.

When I hit the right note it picks it up, when I miss it knows too. I had a tough time getting it to register palm mutes, but I'm getting better at it, so it was just me being a noob.

I wish it had the option for you to pick a set difficulty. The scalable difficulty is an intriguing thought, but switching to a higher difficulty for a section the second you nail it never gives you a chance to play through a whole song and feel that accomplishment. The leveler is interesting as well, but again, if you nail a section once it levels you up, and can put you with something you aren't ready for.

I say all this, but it has motivated me to play / practice for more than three hours a day since Saturday night. I am getting noticeably better.

I just wish it let me play through a song once or twice at the current difficulty while nailing it, before letting me know, "Hey, the song is really much harder then that. Here's some more notes, noob". But even then, I feel like less of a noob than trying to practice / learn on my own.

Outlaw

12-13-2011, 06:38 AM

Homefront over the weekend on normal, 3/4way on hard now. Bought it Thurs with steams sale on it.

Fuganater

12-13-2011, 06:56 AM

I just beat Duke Nukem Forever. Boobies, guns and blowing stuff up. Doesn't get any more basic than that.

billygoat333

12-13-2011, 04:01 PM

Homefront over the weekend on normal, 3/4way on hard now. Bought it Thurs with steams sale on it.

I was looking at it on that steam sale. What did you think?

I have been playing Atom Zombie Smasher (indie game from one of the humble bundles) and it is sooooo addicting. lol

The boy 4rm oz

12-14-2011, 06:13 AM

Since I can't get my Skyrim fix because I refuse to pay $90AUD for it (I have a copy coming from the UK, only cost me $44AUD :D) I started playing Oblivion again.

Outlaw

12-14-2011, 12:28 PM

I was looking at it on that steam sale. What did you think?

I have been playing Atom Zombie Smasher (indie game from one of the humble bundles) and it is sooooo addicting. lol

Overall, I like it. Keep in mind I am coming from long time player of CS and CSS.

Pros:
1. Play was cool but similar to most other FPS like COD but with the vehicle options like BF (from what i've read, never played).
2. Graphics were pretty impressive even on Medium settings for my PC to play smoothly. With my sig pc on Medium it wouldn't do much over 60fps even in low action scenes.
3. Quite a few weapon (gun) choices after killing KPA or getting to a depot. Ammo can be limited though.
4. Story line is good in my opinion.
5. Vehicle/alternate weapon choices are cool and fairly easy to control. Helicopter takes a little getting used to in multiplayer as it isn't the same as single.
6. AI is not half bad. Just when you think you cleared an area, there would be KPA, or they would find a way to come from behind.
7. Worth 7.50, not so sure about the 30 they still want when not on sale.

Cons:
1. It is quite directed and there isn't any free roam in campaign mode. It is very closed off to exploring maps.
2. The biggest thing I didn't like was how short campaign was. It was definitely made for multiplayer.
3. My PC struggled at points even on medium settings. My PC isn't new by any means though. Maybe I just need a reinstall?..
4. Campaign is really short.
5. Normal seems a little too easy. I wouldn't call myself the best FPS player, but I think I am decent. I was able to "walk" through most of it.
6. Hard was pretty hard in certain chapters where I had to restart the scene 3-6times to complete.

Others to note:
1. Graphic Content. This isn't necessarily bad or good but something to note if kids are around... mass graves, dead bodies, blood splatter.
2. Verbal Content. Same as above. Definitely military based... F this, f that type of talk.

My kids (under 10) didn't really pay attention to the game when I played but I did where headphones (partly because the wife made me).

Bottom line:
If you can get it on sale (if not already bought), I think it was fun and if you can get enough for a lan or find a multiplayer near you populated, it would be worth checking out.

Maybe/Hopefully they will lower the price and turn it into episodes (or more chapters) like Half Life did. The way they ended it was crappy imo.

Hope that wasn't too much.

billygoat333

12-14-2011, 08:00 PM

Since I can't get my Skyrim fix because I refuse to pay $90AUD for it (I have a copy coming from the UK, only cost me $44AUD :D) I started playing Oblivion again.

I have been super addicted to Oblivion too, I stopped playing BF3 because of it! lol.

And Outlaw, thanks for that awesome review. :D exactly what I was looking for.

Outlaw

12-15-2011, 03:37 AM

np, glad to help

Technochicken

12-22-2011, 11:12 AM

Currently playing Half Life 2 (thanks Fuganater), and switching to TF2 whenever I get a little too creeped out.

AmEv

12-22-2011, 05:35 PM

Minicraft.

Only problem? No save feature!

PauL

12-24-2011, 06:37 AM

Finished playing Trine 2 with my brother today. Slightly disappointed with the ending, it felt so easy for a final boss/levelm especially compared to Trine. I remember it took us a good number of tries to do the final level. I also missed picking up items opposed to reading scrolls from chests...it just felt so much more exciting to open a chest and finding an item I guess lol. I can't really comment on the game length of Trine 2 v Trine cause I played on offline mode and it didn't track time but it did feel a little longer. The graphics are definitely still beautiful and they added a few new environments but gameplay wise, I think I enjoyed the first Trine a lot more. I don't know if it's how they designed the game or just how my brother and I played, but it felt like we used the wizard 90% of the time to levitate each other across obstacles whereas in Trine the wizard was used more for actually creating boxes/planks/triangles to navigate through the game (if that makes sense). Overall, Trine 2 is fun, but I don't see myself replaying it like I did with Trine and probably wouldn't recommend buying it for $15.

altec

01-02-2012, 09:58 PM

I'm playing RAGE, and Duke Nukem Forever right now. Took advantage of the buy-two-get-one at Gamestop, and used $50 in gift cards. Still had twenty cents left...

Liking RAGE. Seems like a heck of a long game!

Duke Nukem wasn't worth a 12+ year wait as a fan, but it is still a good laugh, and fun. Although only two weapons is ticking me off...

NightrainSrt4

01-08-2012, 06:00 PM

Beat Bastion. Enjoyed it quite a bit. Got a bit samey near the end, though they do give you quite a few weapons to change it up a bit, and you can invoke the idols to make it more challenging if you'd like.

Fuganater

01-08-2012, 06:12 PM

Just beat Read Faction: Guerilla. Now to download Read Faction: Armageddon!

Atomgirl

01-18-2012, 06:41 AM

These days I’m playing COD MW 3. I have just completed “Hunter Killer” mission and now playing on “Persona Non Grata”.

d_stilgar

01-18-2012, 02:23 PM

I beat Tiny Bang Story a few days ago. Really good, although quite easy, game. I would recommend it to anyone trying to get a child or SO into gaming, especially point-and-click adventure games.

I typically just play the same games I know and love for forever, which is why I still play TF2, L4D2 and others often even though there are plenty of newer games out.

But at the same time I need to work through my Steam library. I have . . . let's see here . . . 155 games and I've beaten maybe 20 of them. Some I will never beat. I got them in bundles of cheap stuff and they are just not fun. Others I got bored and will probably never finish either. But there are a bunch that I've just never played even. I'm thinking I should start up a gaming podcast of sorts where I help other poor gamers like me (oh the irony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UorDzCJ4cNI) in that statement) by making videos whenever there's a good sale or when there's a Humble Bundle, as well as reviewing games and free games, and old games, and giving tips on how to get good deals on computer parts.

For now though, I'm playing NightSky and it's proving to be pretty good, but doesn't hold my attention for long.

billygoat333

01-18-2012, 02:30 PM

I have been playing Revenge of the Titans. Game got super addicting, was pretty hard too! Starting to get a little boring though.

d_stilgar

01-18-2012, 04:42 PM

I have been playing Revenge of the Titans. Game got super addicting, was pretty hard too! Starting to get a little boring though.

What irritated me most about that game was that you could make a mistake in your upgrade tree early and it really screws you later. Same with money. Since it carries from one mission to the next you can do really well early and use it later when you really need it. But without it the game is nearly impossible. I think I need to restart.

billygoat333

01-18-2012, 08:03 PM

I had to restart for that very same reason. If you don't manage your money well, it screws you over later on. I wish on the boss levels you could use two upgrades on the tech tree. would make life a bit easier.

billygoat333

01-26-2012, 04:03 AM

The boy 4rm oz

01-27-2012, 06:05 AM

Recently finished Deus Ex: Human Revolution, a very enjoyable game. I started playing GTA 3 on the PC as well, very very fun game :D.

Neodymium

01-27-2012, 01:17 PM

Played MOH (again!) and finished the game (again!)...this time trying the Tier 1 mode (again! - but never completed) - 4th try! Also playing Gears of War 3 :D

Airbozo

01-27-2012, 02:46 PM

Just started Duke Nukem Forever. It is such a good laugh. Still, I can see the fail in the game mechanics even. I have been enjoying it though, I only paid 5 bucks for the game haha can't complain at all.

Just started Duke Nukem as well. Kind of a flashback to the originals (the only shareware games I ever paid for outright).

I also tried to start Rage, but 95% of the textures are blue so it is not playable on my system. I spent about 6 hours trying several different fixes, but nothing works. I have to try and get my money back for that game. Fry's won't take it back because it is open and I used the key. Steam has not responded yet and neither has bethesda... May have to go Duke Nukem on em...

DevStan

02-15-2012, 01:59 AM

I have just beaten “God of War 2” and these days I am playing “God of war 3” on my PS3, and it’s very hard to play.

halcyonforever

02-15-2012, 05:40 PM

Been playing Sims 3, I enjoy doing legacy challenges (trying to see what can be accomplished in multiple generations) and killing off the excess sims that multiple generations create.

xr4man

02-15-2012, 08:54 PM

just loaded up call of cthulhu and found my 5 year old save game on my server. thank goodness i don't have to escape the deep ones in the hotel again.

Luthien

04-16-2012, 11:33 PM

Last game was FFIV on psp. I beat the game but haven't finished the bonus area for all characters. Edge's part is a real pain. I've been annoyed with it so I haven't worked on it in a while. I mostly play Guild Wars and will be playing Guild Wars 2. There is no release date set yet, but have the pre-order (Kayin bought it for me as a birthday gift) so I get to play during preview weekends.

d_stilgar

04-17-2012, 03:00 AM

I just got Nuclear Dawn and love it. It's pretty fun and the games can go for a long time. The only thing I hate about it is that there's only so much you can do as one person, so you can go and kill lots of people on one side of the map and recap a bunch of points, but then you're stuck as one class, so you can't also destroy all the buildings on that side of the map, and while I'm doing that it seems that the rest of my team can't keep a handle on the other side of the map.

Really the biggest weakness of the game is that a crappy commander will really kill your team, no matter how good they are as FPS players.

Still, it's so fun to play.

The boy 4rm oz

04-17-2012, 04:12 AM

Just finished Medal of Honor, Crysis 2, DoWII. Currently playing Assassin's Creed Revalations and DoWII Chaos Rising.

d_stilgar

05-04-2012, 07:42 PM

I've played Halflife, Halflife 2, and Episodes 1&2 over the past week. It's so good.

TheGreatSatan

05-22-2012, 11:07 PM

Just beat Crysis 2 and Crysis Warhead

billygoat333

05-22-2012, 11:37 PM

I still have yet to play Crysis. Need to get on that. I played the crap out of Plants vs. Zombies trying to get all the achievements. Only need two more but got bored with it, now I am back to Finishing the F.E.A.R. games.

TheGreatSatan

05-23-2012, 09:47 AM

I'm thinking of retrying Rage

x88x

05-23-2012, 10:01 AM

Man, every time I try Rage I always just end up getting angry.

... :D :whistler:

AmEv

05-23-2012, 10:37 AM

00
\_/

I see what you did there...

TLHarrell

05-23-2012, 12:22 PM

I'm working my way through Halflife 2 again. Getting back into City 17 and the squad combat portion... fun stuff. I have had Episode 1 for forever and didn't finish it. I intend to do so after HL2.

d_stilgar

05-23-2012, 12:25 PM

I'm working my way through Halflife 2 again. Getting back into City 17 and the squad combat portion... fun stuff. I have had Episode 1 for forever and didn't finish it. I intend to do so after HL2.

I recently (last month?) played through all the Halflife games. Really fun experience.

AmEv

05-23-2012, 02:07 PM

Working my way through Sonic Generations.

Seems very promising from what I've seen so far.

I'm working on soldering up an X1 controller so I can play it a little better.

(Thanks again TGS!)

d_stilgar

05-23-2012, 11:22 PM

I played Super Monday Combat (free to play) up to level 20.

The Good: It's pretty fun. It's a little hard to figure out at first, and the tutorial level isn't that great, but once you start to get the hang of it it's really quite fun to play and even at a relatively low level I was doing quite well on my teams. It essentially is . . . Dota played from a 3rd person perspective view, but not quite. It's a tower defense with heroes that can level. The concept is nice and it's much easier to understand than Monday Night Combat is. MNC is difficult. I get online and will die a million times, even when I'm trying to be careful and play smart. People can just come in and kill you really easily and you never see it coming and have no time to react or escape. Super MNC is a real step forward from its predecessor as far as gameplay and mechanics are concerned.

The bad: There's something I really hate about most free-to-play games, and it's particularly bad in Super MNC. Let's say that I like the game, and want to give the developers money so that I can have access to all the game's content. Well, that's going to cost me $160. Since when has any game ever been worth $160? It's completely insane. It's one of those things that really disenfranchises the people who are probably the biggest fans of gaming and games. I would happily pay $30 for everything in game, but wouldn't be surprised or angry if they were asking $50, which is the cost of most modern games. But instead they make it too expensive for a person to actually buy the game. It's an irritating trend and I see it dying soon. Too many companies are going to jump on the bandwagon and go broke from it.

AmEv

05-23-2012, 11:53 PM

^It NEARLY happened with VVVVVV. Originally came out at $15. People were saying it's a great, quick game, with some frustrations...

But some were saying $15 was a little overpriced for a platformer.
Got reduced to $5.

I can see every Valve game for $160. An entire game? A single, entire game? NO.

The boy 4rm oz

05-27-2012, 04:53 AM

Playing Diablo III right now, loving it.

farlo

05-28-2012, 11:27 AM

finished diablo 3 on nightmare difficulty last night.

The boy 4rm oz

05-29-2012, 08:40 AM

I'm halfway through act 3 on nightmare myself. Just got my staff or herding all crafted as well.

Yeticorn

06-01-2012, 11:18 AM

Finally sat down and got through to Act II Hell as a demon hunter. Having fun though I'm skeptical about whether it's engaging enough for me to keep plowing through after I hit Inferno :/

altec

06-01-2012, 09:42 PM

Finally played Portal 2. Was a blast! This is, in fact the first newer game I've gotten to play on my new computer. It played it great!

Vertigo

06-06-2012, 05:12 PM

Well, I've solod my way through Diablo 3 in Hell now. And yeah, it's fun but it's missing something. I'm going to have to agree with Rock Paper Shotgun on this one.

Also, Skyrim I've played through three times. And I can see myself giving it another playthrough in a year or so. Such a good game.

Bopher

06-07-2012, 06:44 AM

Just beat Mass Effect 3 with a new character. Working on Mass Effect currently. I have #2 in the mail on its way so I can import from 1 then beat 2 then import to 3 and beat it. I love these games and wish I had known about them before. And I haven't had to really spend to much on them, ME1 I got with the remainder of a rebate gift card from my cell phone, 2 was paid for using Amazon Gift Cards earned through swagbucks.com. And I got ME3 used for $25 at the local game store. Guy even rung it up wrong, it was marked $35. I went back and showed him the mistake he was like, "I'll split the difference with you if you've got $5." I didn't have five on me so he said, "Eh just come back and be a loyal customer" Can't really beat that. Now I'm working on earning some more amazon cards so I can get the Microsoft points to get the online code for ME3 so I can try out the Multiplayer modes.