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Topic: What are you playing in the Dog Days of Summer? (Read 14668 times)
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
Posts: 15542
The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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Just wondering what people are up to, game-wise as of late.
Eve Online (sort of)
Titan Quest
HoMM5 (though not as of late)
Counterstrike: Source
City of Villains trial (I won't be subbing, but it's nice to try out)
Warrock open beta (hackers are still annoying, though much less prevalent. Also, flying vehicles are a bitch)
Baldur's Gate + expansion - I've always wanted to bring an evil caster up through the saga, so I'm picking up where I left off a few months ago....this would be a lot faster if I just had a cheap laptop with which to play games at work with...but alas, bills.
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« Last Edit: July 27, 2006, 02:37:23 PM by Strazos »
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Hutch
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Posts: 1893
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City of Villains
A Tale in the Desert
Titan Quest
Mostly the above. Also getting some time are:
Civ 4
SimCity 4
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Plant yourself like a tree
Haven't you noticed? We've been sharing our culture with you all morning.
The sun will shine on us again, brother
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schild
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Picked up CivCity: Rome, Summon Night and Tekken: Dark Resurrection today.
Also playing Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth and Blade Dancer (I don't know why).
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Rasix
Moderator
Posts: 15024
I am the harbinger of your doom!
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PS2 (bulk of playtime):
Shadow of the Colossus: Very good, but makes me sad to play it (haven't touched since Shadow Hearts trilogy arrived in the mail).
Shadow Hearts series: Nearly done with 1. This is better than any FF since the SNES, seriously.
Kingdom Hearts: The camera angles finally broke it for me. Seriously, worst in any game I've ever played.
PC:
Deus Ex: Still a gold standard.
EVE: only skill training atm, no desire to deal with 0.0 right now.
Borrowed Vampire: Bloodlines from schild and beat it a couple times. Great game, especially when you have a machine that can kind of run it. I've stopped playing HoMM5 due to the, IMO, bullshit AI.
PSP:
Field Commander: Excellent game. I think I owe schild a review of this. Still, no reason you shouldn't buy this on blind faith; it's that fun.
And playing lot of tennis. Yah, really smart in 100+ degree weather.
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« Last Edit: July 27, 2006, 02:50:54 PM by Rasix »
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-Rasix
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stray
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Posts: 16818
has an iMac.
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Just messing around with Hot Shots Golf 4. I'm doing other things besides gaming for now.
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Engels
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Posts: 9029
inflicts shingles.
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PC:
Deus Ex: Still a gold standard.
Did you play the 'sequel' or are you refering to the old classic? I am just wondering if anyone played the sequel and thought anything of it. |
I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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geldonyetich
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Posts: 2337
The Anne Coulter of MMO punditry
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Short answer: Only the shadow knows what I'll play next. The XFire link below will do its best to tell the tale.
Long answer: Thus Far I've played City of Heroes/Villains (subscription lapsed), Dungeons and Dragons Online (subscription canceled), Guild Wars (why DDO's subscription was canceled), Half Life 2, and currently X3: The Threat (but probably not for long). Contimplating tickling my inner game developer with a NWN mod.
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Rasix
Moderator
Posts: 15024
I am the harbinger of your doom!
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PC:
Deus Ex: Still a gold standard.
Did you play the 'sequel' or are you refering to the old classic? I am just wondering if anyone played the sequel and thought anything of it. Classic. I've never played the sequel. I've yet to hear that the story is worth playing through what I've heard is a terrible game. |
-Rasix
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WayAbvPar
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Titan Quest
EVE Online
Battlefield 2
Winning Eleven 9 (Xbox)
One of these days I will go back and play Oblivion. And Vampire: Bloodlines. And HL2. God I waste a lot of money on games I barely play.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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schild
Administrator
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No you don't. 3 Games is Not Wasting Money On Games.
3 games a week is, but I'm aware I have a problem.
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Merusk
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Badge Whore
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I picked-up Dragon Quest VIII for $30 last friday, and that's been getting 99% of my gametime. Still raiding in WoW, but taking a break from the day-to-day playing as I'm sick of whiny guildmates who want you to cheese them or their 3rd alt through some low-level BS instance that's not required, or whose items they'd replace in a week anyway.
When those two bore me I've fired up MoM, Civs4 or logged-in to Eve to switch skills.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Kail
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PC:
Deus Ex: Still a gold standard.
Did you play the 'sequel' or are you refering to the old classic? I am just wondering if anyone played the sequel and thought anything of it. I thought it was okay. Fun enough to keep me entertained until I finished it. I didn't think the original was Digital Jesus or anything, though, so I wasn't expecting the sequel to blow me away. As for what I'm playing now, I just got a DS, so I'm catching up on those games. New Mario Bros, Mario Kart, Metriod Prime, and Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Shitty Interface, mostly. I've also been messing around playing through all the Quest for Glory games sequentially. And I fired up Evil Genius for a bit to remind me why I can't stand that game. Waffling on re-subscribing to WoW yet again. |
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schild
Administrator
Posts: 60350
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Wow. Tao's Adventure. We have a winner.
That's a truly bad game. It makes Blade Dancer look epic awesome.
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Samwise
Moderator
Posts: 19324
sentient yeast infection
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I finished "tycoon mode" on The Movies this morning. Planning to make a couple of movies so it'll all be worth it.
Then on to CoC:Dark Corners and Age of Empires 3.
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WayAbvPar
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No you don't. 3 Games is Not Wasting Money On Games.
3 games a week is, but I'm aware I have a problem.
You are forgetting the hardware upgrades I made to play them (1 for V:B and HL:2, 1 for Oblivion). |
When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Morfiend
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Posts: 6009
wants a greif tittle
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Im currently playing:
Oblivion, messing around with mods.
Titan Quest, I havent fired it up in about a week though. Its not holding me the way Diablo 2 did.
and Burnout: Revenge on my xbox360.
I am thinking about picking up Prey for PC, not sure yet though.
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
Posts: 15542
The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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Oh, I'm also playing:
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow, Tales of Phantasia, Pokemon Emerald, Metroid Prime: Hunters on my DS. I also have Gunstar Super Heroes (GBA) and Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes (Xbox) on the way from Gamefly.
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Lemming
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Posts: 73
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Currently Playing:
Disgaea
FFXI
Quest for Glory Anthology
Civ4
ES4: Oblivion
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Yoru
Moderator
Posts: 4615
the y master, king of bourbon
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Work Quest, mostly, with some Sleep Fighter II Turbo Championship Edition stuck in there.
Occasionally I've been playing a few rounds of CS:S, The Ship, or Slay. Logging in to Eve now and then to check skills, but that's about as far as that goes.
I'm trying to be good and resist buying any new games until after AGC since I have way too much to do and way too little time to do it in until after then.
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Yegolev
Moderator
Posts: 24440
2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Lots of damn work. AIX Jones and the SAP/Oracle Upgrades of Doom. I can't be too irritated, though, since the 96-hour upgrade of the production system I worked on last week went rather well, only blowing the window by about 12 hours and going into Monday. Then I started on-call that Monday morning, so I have been working out of the home office this whole time and haven't gotten dressed since the 18th. I guess that's pretty sweet outside the lack of sleep.
In between saving The Company, I play a few games.
# PC active:
Titan Quest -- I have long since burned out of D2:LOD, and this is pretty refreshing even if it's a buggy-ass system hog.
EVE -- I'd tell you what I have been doing except it would violate corporate security. Or something.
# PC idle:
Oblivion -- Might start playing again soon, depending on how TQ goes.
Thinking about trying to install and run Sam & Max Hit the Road.
# PS2 active:
Atelier Iris 2 -- This game is fucking awesome. You might not understand how so if you don't play a lot of JPCRPGs.
We <3 Katamari -- Still setting records. Still need to roll up the King and Queen.
# PS2 idle:
Shadow Hearts 2 -- Also fucking awesome. Will restart once AI2 is done.
# PS2 recently finished:
Grandia III -- Terribly mediocre.
# Cube semi-active:
Fire Emblem -- Everyone else in my house hates tactics games. Even the dog.
Killer7 -- It's actually pretty cool, but maybe not deep.
Pikmin -- I don't like Pikmin. Sorry. I play it on request.
# Cube forbidden:
I am never, ever playing Mario Kart:DD again. Sick. Of. It.
# DS:
Princess Peach
# Xbox active:
Phantom Dust -- You need to play this game. I replaced some of the battle music with "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" and "The Ecstasy of Gold". Rock.
# Xbox idle:
Cthulu -- I'll play it again one day.
# Xbox recently finished:
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness -- My second favorite, after Symphony of the Night.
I am pretty sure I am forgetting something. You see, Mr. Powers... I love gaaaaaaames.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Signe
Terracotta Army
Posts: 18942
Muse.
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I stopped playing everything mostly while I got ready to move. Then we moved and I didn't play anything. Then I wasn't playing anything while I found new places for all my old stuff. Now whenever I sit at the computer to play a game, I just sit there. It's hard to get started again. Almost every MMO I have has mods and I forget what they do.
Sometimes I stare out the window at people playing golf.
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My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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Riggswolfe
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I have been going through a PS2 RPG kick lately.
PS2:
Recently Finsihed : Dragon Quest VIII. Well. mostly. I need to do the extra content and re-finish it.
Working on:
Suikoden IV and will play V after. IV is fun, though the storyline is kind of boring. I hear the story in V is better.
I fired up Magna Carta: Tears of Blood. But I kept saying "Damn that's a cute chick." Then it was a guy. This happened with damn near every character. So I have put that one up for now.
Other than that I am playing alot of console co-op with my girlfriend. We did Halo 1&2, and Perfect Dark Zero. We're now playing the Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance series.
I need to find some other good RPGs. I have kicked around picking up the Shadow Hearts games. Or maybe the Xenosage series...
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"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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Hoax
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Posts: 8110
l33t kiddie
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Lessee...
TitanQuest has pretty much died for me, never was the right level with others some classes are so much better etc. I was running another build through to 2nd difficulty and I made it towards the end of act1 & got bored.
RayCrash is pretty fun, once you get good at it. I'm fairly good now adays and the skill elements are entertaining me for now. The game is shallow and pointless and I will get bored soon.
At that point it may be time to figure out wtf happened to Gunbound they made North American servers and it was more complicated then just logging back in. I haven't played since then.
I've also got Gunz on my desktop, but I haven't gone back yet, I dont know if I feel like re-learning butterfly right now.
Still haven't broken down and read the EvE forum (which will undoubtedly lead to a resub) nor have I bought Source yet even though I know I should. I think I may try that Navy game w/ the 10 page review that Stormwaltz or somebody posted but it sounds like it may be too complicated/slow to keep my interest.
On the PS2 we're mostly playing World Cup 2006, I miss Street2 some times and dread whatever day in August it is that the new Madden comes out. Although tbh American Football is one of the least fun sport's video games there is.
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« Last Edit: July 27, 2006, 09:19:56 PM by Hoax »
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A nation consists of its laws. A nation does not consist of its situation at a given time. If an individual's morals are situational, then that individual is without morals. If a nation's laws are situational, that nation has no laws, and soon isn't a nation.
-William Gibson
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Moaner
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Jagged Alliance 2
Galga on XBLA
I keep meaning to play Chromehounds too.
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PSN: Happy_Hedonist, SteamID: Happy Hedonist
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Tebonas
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Posts: 6365
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Titan Quest, but I think I am in the last playing frenzy before losing interest altogether.
Galactic Civilization 2, didn't leave my hard disc since I got it.
HoMM5, when I can't see space ships anymore for a change of pace.
ADOM since there is finally a MAC version and I can put my powerbook to gaming use.
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Megrim
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Posts: 2512
Whenever an opponent discards a card, Megrim deals 2 damage to that player.
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Counter-Strike 1.6 & Medieval: Total War. I wish they'd make good pc games nowdays.  |
One must bow to offer aid to a fallen man - The Tao of Shinsei.
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Cyrrex
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Posts: 10603
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On 360:
Fight Night Round 3 - I like this game so much that I wrote a 4 page review of it for no reason whatsoever.
Oblivion - Technically haven't touched it in about a month, but I will get back to it. I promise. Maybe.
PC:
HL2 - Not sure why.
I'm a bit jaded with all my PC games lately.
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"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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raydeen
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Sacred Gold
Children of the Nile
NWN
CoX
EQ
WoW
Oblivion
No particular order there and EQ has pretty much fallen off the list once the catasses and grind killed my will to play. There's also the occasional bout with my aging PS1 and DC games when I get real bored.
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I was drinking when I wrote this, so sue me if it goes astray.
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Riggswolfe
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On 360:
Fight Night Round 3 - I like this game so much that I wrote a 4 page review of it for no reason whatsoever.
That game has gotten more play on my 360 than any other game, even Oblivion. I have no idea why it is so damn fun but it is. After you cause your first flash knockdown, or get your first win by bloodying the other guy, you're hooked. Or at least I was. |
"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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Cyrrex
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On 360:
Fight Night Round 3 - I like this game so much that I wrote a 4 page review of it for no reason whatsoever.
That game has gotten more play on my 360 than any other game, even Oblivion. I have no idea why it is so damn fun but it is. After you cause your first flash knockdown, or get your first win by bloodying the other guy, you're hooked. Or at least I was. Yeah. I don't even know how to do a flash KD, prolly cuz I haven't even looked at the manual yet. But damn, it is a pretty game and the actual boxing part works just like you'd want it to. I've only just gotten into it, and I'm already pretty sure this will go on my all-time top 10 list. If I had such a list. |
"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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GenVec
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Picked up Dawn of War and Winter Assault after months of putting it off. Single player campaigns were pretty good, but after three games online I swore i'd never touch it again.
Tried Heroes of Might and Magic V and got to the Warlock campaign before quitting because of the overwhelmingly cheesecake plot and voice acting.
Devoted a week to Silent Hunter III, which i'd describe as the most innovative title i've seen this summer. I've never played a sub sim before, and the amount of detail that went into that thing is amazing. That said, being a German U Boat captain after 1942 sucked balls - and the game models it perfectly. Quit playing after a week.
Went through three Gal Civ 2 campaigns just to play around with the AI and see how good the AI's game theory is. Had a bit of fun, but preferred Civ 4 for single player, and online.
Tried Wurm Online. The appeal of being able to dig a ditch in an "MMO" (sort of) wears off pretty quickly in a game without such extraneous features as... character models.
And now i'm flailing about aimlessly looking for the next big thing.
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Surlyboi
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eat a bag of dicks
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CoH
Oblivion
Lots of work
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Riggswolfe
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Yeah. I don't even know how to do a flash KD, prolly cuz I haven't even looked at the manual yet. But damn, it is a pretty game and the actual boxing part works just like you'd want it to. I've only just gotten into it, and I'm already pretty sure this will go on my all-time top 10 list. If I had such a list.
It basically works just like in real boxing. You essentially get really lucky and hit the other guy perfectly. If there is a way to do it on purpose I don't know. I've had the game since release day and probably done 3 flash knock downs and been the victim of 1 or 2. In every case it was basically a punch landing right on the other guys chin. Usually an uppercut of some kind. |
"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Oblivion - I'll finish the main plot, someday.
BF2 - Fear the 'nade launcher.
But since my cable is out and my sound is gone (soliciting feedback in the $1500pc thread, plz), nothing. I got another bunch of games from my dad for the xbox, but they're mostly shooters. Dipped into Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, which wasn't too bad (except for the whole shooter with thumbsticks thing). Also played a little bit of Enter the Matrix, which annoyed me (no camera control). Fight Night makes me want to buy a 360, I love me some boxing. Rocky for the xbox wasn't too bad, other than the clay avatards.
So basically I'm just playing guitar right now. Learned Betterman (Pearl Jam), Ice Cream Man (VH), and bits of Dead Skin Mask (Slayer) and Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) last night.
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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The last month or two I've played:
Call of Cthulu (X-Box) Finished it, totally worth the time and effort.
Killer 7 (Gamecube) - Couldn't make it out of the first hour before sending it back
NFL Head Coach (X-Box) - Review coming on Game Angst when I can get the time to write it
Hitman Blood Money (X-Box) - Review already on Game Angst
Ghost Recon 1 (X-Box) - Fun, but I got it for $3 used, so it could suck and I'd still get my money's worth
UT2k4 - At work during lunch... because it's still one of the best multiplayer shooters around
Games I got cheap and want to play but haven't done much more than load up:
Crimson Skies (X-Box)
Deus Ex 2 (X-Box)
Top Spin (X-Box)
Obliviion (PC) - Borrowed from a friend and haven't touched it yet
Games I'm playing the most:
EA's FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany (X-Box) - I got the futbol fever. Other than graphic slowdown, the game's damn good.
The Movies: Stunts and Effects (PC) - Finished a tycoon game for the expansion, and am in production on Episode 4 of the Stalin Monologues.
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