I have it, but I think I've only played it 2 or 3 times, not really my thing
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I have it, but I think I've only played it 2 or 3 times, not really my thing
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. 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munty
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.
:)
Beat: the original Doom. On a Linux box. Because I could.
Currently playing: Bioshock 2. Nuff Said.
Need For Speed - Undercover
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. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Drum Thumper
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 :)
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.
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by d_stilgar
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 ;)
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munty
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
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.
Currently addicted to Monster Hunter Freedom: Unite for PSP. Bloody good game...
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.
Working my way through Crysis 2 atm. :D Definitely a worthy successor, and many, many, gameplay things fixed from the original as well.
I can't wait to get my hands on Crysis 2 :D.
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.
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
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
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.
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!
I've been playing Revenge of the Titans. 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.
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)
Just got Final Fantasy IV Complete for PSP.
Whaler's Heading is now a chore.
Finished Portal 2 the other day. Awesome game. :D I particularly liked the...lower levels... ;)
Story mode in Mortal Kombat. :up:
Shao Kahn is cheap.
Just beat: Assassins Creed II, Starcraft II
Started playing: Magica
Will probably buy some new games once my new PC is built.
Still playing TDU2 but have started Just Cause 2, loving it :D.
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.
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?
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.
I quite enjoyed Crysis myself, even though it did have the few pointless levels. If you know the story line they really do make sense and the situation is expanded on in Warhead where you play as an entirely different character.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munty
The original Crysis took me about 6 -8 hours to complete on medium (with some stuffing around), Warhead around the same. Warhead also features a lot of fixes on game play issues,
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by The boy 4rm oz
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
I'm excited to play Portal 2 myself, but not $50 excited.
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.
So I take it your not an avid gamer?Quote:
Originally Posted by AmEv
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.
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
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by x88x
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by x88x
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:
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...