Video Game Thread

[Primaleick]

Here you can talk about all video games and systems way back to the classic "pong" to...one of my personal favorites "Resident Evil 4" and games that are in the works. Classic systems such as Atari to Todays systems and even your thoughts on the next generation consoles. PC games as well too.

And I know I cannot be the only gamer on here so let's get started.

Games I'm most looking forward to are:
Resonance - Xbox, it's coming out March 1st...but it keeps getting pushed back :(
WWE WrestleMania 21 - Xbox, March 8th...looks pretty cool :)
Doom 3 - Xbox, March 8th...they say that it's going to be better on Xbox, but not as pretty as PC.
Red Ninja: End of Honor - Xbox
LEGO Star Wars - Xbox April 26th, maybe...I have to play it first.
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - Xbox May 5th
Conker: Live & Reloaded - Xbox, May sometime
The Suffering: Ties That Bind - Xbox, second quarter of 05
Batman Begins - Xbox, September 16th

Hitman: Blood Money - Xbox, last quarter of 05
Knights of the Temple - Xbox,same as above
DOAX 2 (Working Title) - Xbox, 2006
Spriderman 3 - Xbox maybe Xbox 2, 2007

Some of them are also coming to PS2 but I usually get the for Xbox.

PS2 games:
Tekken 5 - February 25th
God of War - March 22nd
Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 - April 12th
Darkwatch - May 3rd
Destroy All Humans! - May 24th
Fear & Respect - November
James Bond 007: From Russia With Love - 4th quarter 05
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2 - same as above
Campfire - TBA 05
Nightmare Creatures 3: Angel of Darkness - same as above
Tomb Raider VII - same as above
The Living Dead :George Romero Project - 1st quarter of 06
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 2007, it'll probably be on PS3

GameCube:
Geist - June 1st
The Legend of Zelda - June 1st
Camelot RPG - TBA 05
The Darkness - 2006

I'm also saving up for PS3 and Xbox 2 or whatever they're going to call it. I'm getting excited about the PS3 though, Sony and Toshiba are doing wonders with that system...it should be really cool.

I've been a gamer since the early Atari 2600 days...it amazing how far we've come since then.
I gotta have my games. :D

So, what are your thoughts on video games or the systems? what are you most looking forward to?

[Pip_The_Great]

Sadly, I only have a PS1, so I haven't been able to play a new game in about four years.

[Ka D'Argo]

i haven't played any video games recently but am usually a huge gamer.
I am really looking forward to doom III for xbox when it comes out, i'm gonna get the special edition version because it comes with doom I and Doom II. sweet!

One of my all time favorite games was on the xbox and it was Deus Ex: invisible war. Great game, so detailed and involved that you could play it over and over again and probably never have the same experience.
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[Primaleick]

One of my all time favorite games was on the xbox and it was Deus Ex: invisible war. Great game, so detailed and involved that you could play it over and over again and probably never have the same experience.

Mee too! I have that one on my Xbox hard drive...cool game.

[Ka D'Argo]

I tried to play the first one but it was really dumb, i didn't feel like i was actually doing anything. witgh invisible war i felt like i really in the middle of it all.

im glad someone agrees with me that it is a cool game
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[LiLOrion]

Doom 3 for Xbox has been pushed back. :(

And my brother just scratched the hell outta our Halo 2, so now I gotta get another one cause thats what he plays on Xbox Live.

I cant wait for Resident Evil 4 to come out for Playstation 2 (or so they have claimed) cause of course I got rid of my Gamecube before I knew it was coming out.

Did you get your Xbox modded? I've been wanting to do that (and of course with this Halo 2 scratching I really wish I would have) but I'm thinking I'm going to probably get rid of the Xbox and PS2 when the newer versions come out, so I dont want to waste the money now.

[DRD2001]

I got fed up with a lot of pc games. The one that really ticked me off didn't have a pause feature, you had to go to escape everytime you walked away from the screen, which took freaking forever and they didn't have cheat codes. Yes, I cheat. I don't ever play against people online and I am playing the game to relax and enjoy. I can't do that if I'm either getting my character killed every 5 minutes or I have to play for 40 hours just to build up my assests to be able to do anything like buy, sell or leave town. The company who ticked me off about the pause feature said, " Our game is more realistic than any other game, and there are no pause buttons in real life." If I wanted real life, I wouldn't be on the computer 12 hours a day. Duh!

[Ka D'Argo]

i like the old computer games i.e. quake ( awesome game!) and stuff like that. i think i like them because when they came out they were original. i used to play unreal tournament online and thought it was the best ever! then they came out with the other versions and they sucked.
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[Owlman]

Right now I'm playing Second Sight on PS2. Great game.

Madden 2005
WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw
WWF: No Mercy (possibly the best wrestling game ever) N64

All Time Favorites:
FF VI
FF VII
FFV
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Fallout
Fallout 2
WWF: Smackdown! 2
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Secret of Mana
Legends of Wrestling 2
Mutant Leauge Football and Hockey

Crap you should never play:
Legends of Wrestling 3
Jimmy Johnson Football

[Primaleick]

Doom 3 for Xbox has been pushed back. :(

And my brother just scratched the hell outta our Halo 2, so now I gotta get another one cause thats what he plays on Xbox Live.

I cant wait for Resident Evil 4 to come out for Playstation 2 (or so they have claimed) cause of course I got rid of my Gamecube before I knew it was coming out.

Did you get your Xbox modded? I've been wanting to do that (and of course with this Halo 2 scratching I really wish I would have) but I'm thinking I'm going to probably get rid of the Xbox and PS2 when the newer versions come out, so I dont want to waste the money now.

I heard Resident Evil 4 might not be as good on the PS2, but then I heard it may be better so I don't know...how could they frell up Resident Evil 4? anyways it's coming out for PS2 the 4th quarter of 2005...here's a screen shot of it. I don't know, it looks pretty to me :D
http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/421600404/2.jpg

Yes, I have my Xbox modded, as well as my PS2. I play all my games off the hard drive for both systems. The only thing different about the PS2 is that it's not modded, it works pretty much like the Xbox but without a mod chip. You need the online adapter, a hard drive and a special disc...it's great for not having to worry about your discs getting frelled up, plus the hard drive loads way faster than the disc :)

I wouldn't sell your systems when the new ones come out. I sold many classic systems in the past and lost alot of cash. I bought my PS2 and Xbox on launch, Xbox was $800 and PS2 $500 keep in mind that is Canadian :rolleyes:

You know what I'd get for them now? about $75
it just ain't worth it to me...but it's up to you.
I'm going to keep mine as collectors items when I'm through playing with them.
Besides, there's alot of cool games coming out even after the next generation systems come out.

[TheBladeRoden]

I could never sell any of my stuff. I still have my Virtual Boy. My NES's whereabouts are currently unknown :(

[Primaleick]

Dang, I forgot about my most anticipated game right now...

Jade Empire - for the Xbox, it's coming out April 16th. I don't know how I forgot about it, I have it for my wallpaper. :headbang:

[LiLOrion]

The only reason I sell the systems I dont play anymore is cause when I upgrade to the Xbox2 and Playstation3, both of them claim they are going to play games from the older systems. I just hope both these new systems will be able to be modded, cause next time round - I'm modding. :)

I must admit though, I miss playing Kid Icarus on Nintendo.

[MrVesham]

Miss? Playing games on Nintendo? Why do that, emulate! =]

[matt_boy]

I just got GT4 yesterday. I had forgot just how hard those games are. 16 tests for the first figgin licence.

Lately I've played KOTOR2 which rocked and Fable which I have been totally unable to get into. (Both Xbox) I stopped playing City of Heroes a couple months ago. That's a killer game I just needed the sub-fee for something else. Which is why I haven't bought World of Warcraft. I was in the open Beta for it and that game just rocks all other online-rpgs imo. Doom III for the computer was awsome. Along with killer game-play the story and mood setting they did was well above anything I had seen so far (Haven't played HL2 yet).

[Primaleick]

Don't worry LiLOrion, I'm sure someone out there will figure something out for the nex-gen systems ;) ...they could even be working on something now.

matt_boy, Halo 2 rocks! I found it a little slow at first but it gets going pretty fast...It's pretty short I found though, just as it's getting really good, it ends but isn't that with most games? I never want good games to end.

[Primaleick]

Sorry, did you mean Half Life 2? my bad, it rocks too. :D

[Owlman]

Primaleick forgot, well, Primal (PS2)

Great game with a good story, and Hudson Leick lending her incredibly sexy voice to a sexy character called Jen.

[Primaleick]

:headbang: :goof: me :smash:

Hey I am a dumb blonde, gimme a break...wait, can guys be dumb blondes too? ;)

PRIMAL! = my favorite to end all favorite video games...EVER!!
Hudson is perfect in this... frell, Hudson is perfect in everything :D
She's a Goddess :love2:

[Nessus]

Lately, I've been picking up a lot of import PS2 RPGs off of usenet. Stuff that will never making stateside, so I don't consider it too shady. Tales of Rebirth; Top o Nerae! Gunbuster; VM Japan; Suigetsu to name a few. It's great, since I don't understand a lick of Japanese, play these games is just like living my life, I'm constantly confused, I need a quide just to wipe my ass, and I laugh like an idiot at things I don't understand. :D

[Primaleick]

I just got "Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30" for the Xbox...it's :cool:

I also got "Fight Night: Round Two" for PS2 I haven't played it very much yet but it looks really good.

And one more..."Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age" for the Xbox...I haven't played it at all yet, just to see if it worked on my hard drive. I think I could get into it. I wanna finish Brothers in Arms first.

Counting down the days for "Cold Fear" :D

[Primaleick]

Hey did anyone get their new power cord for their Xbox? I just got mine today...it's pretty neat looking, alot different than the orginal one...as long as it gets the job done :)

[Ka D'Argo]

I just bought Project: Snowblind for xbox. That game sucks. I thought it would be good because the same people that made deus ex made this game. I played the game for three days about 2 hours a day and beat it in that time. there is not difficulty levels. The graphics are good but it is very dull.
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[Primaleick]

I was going to get that one, but for some reason I held back...I glad I didn't get it now.

[Ka D'Argo]

yeah good thinking. The next game i might get just for fun will probably be Scrapland for xbox (i don't really play my ps2 anymore) by American Mcgee. He made the pc game Alice. It is supposed to be a robot GTA. It didn't get very good reviews but i don't always trust the critics, they said some games were bad and i loved them and they have said some games were great and i hated them. Like whats the deal with Panzer Dragoon Orta Boring!!
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[Primaleick]

Yeah, same here...the critics sometimes don't know what they're talking about. I've played many games that they hated and I loved, and the other way around.

I played the first Panzer Dragoon for the Sega Saturn. It was pretty good ...for it's time, I probably wouldn't be able to stand it now. As far as the newest one? I never tried it.

The best thing to do when you wanna buy a game is to check out in-game action first...find out as much info as you can on it, then if think you'll like it rent it first then buy it if you think it's worth buying. Me I don't buy games anymore...don't have to, I just rent and put them on the hard drive.
Except for GameCube games...but I VERY rarely buy one of them...Resident Evil 4 was an exception :) I was going to get the Cube modded but it's not worth it for me, most the games I play on either Xbox or PS2 or both.

Plus with the new systems just around the corner...ahhh video games...what a great time to be a gamer :D

Hey did you hear that Sony might be revealing the PS3 sooner than E3?
Here's a little write-up I found about it from ign.com

Sony Revealing PS3 Next Week?

RUMOR: If the new system is shown early, just who will see it?
by David Adams
March 8, 2005 - Sony will unveil the PlayStation 3 to its key executives in an internal meeting next week, according to a story on GamesIndustry.biz. The article reports that the news comes from "senior sources" close to Sony at this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.



Sony has already stated officially that the PlayStation 3 will be revealed for the first time at this year's E3 in Los Angeles, where rivals Microsoft and Nintendo are also expected to reveal their next console offerings.

Apparently, next week's meeting is for Sony executives only, and even the company's top developers are not invited to the event.

Sony did not return our request for comment by the time of this writing.

If the internal meeting is indeed happening, it seems likely that not only are the PS3's specifications finalized, but a software demonstration should be part of the presentation -- Sony has sent advanced software kits to developers both here and in Japan already.

Either way, we're just a few months away from E3, where the PlayStation 3 will make its first public bow at last. We'll be there, of course, bringing you every tasty detail -- as well as back with more updates in the meantime.

[Owlman]

I wish I had more money so I could buy Devil May Cry 3

[Primaleick]

I haven't tried Devil May Cry 3 yet...I'll probably get it when I get all these new games done...it looks pretty damn good what I've seen of it though.

[Owlman]

I'm gonna play some GTA:SA here in a second. But first, I need to finish my Smackdown! vs. RAW season. I just need to beat 'Taker to unify my World Title and his WWE title at Mainia, and I'll be done.

Of course last time we fought, I clocked him with a chair, and then hit my finisher (The Evenflow DDT/DDT9). He sat right up and stomped my ass, so this should be interesting.

[Primaleick]

:lol

Ahhhh, San Andreas...now that's one VERY sweet game. I've played and still play that one for hours on end.

Yeah, I'm gonna get back to my game too...
nice talking with ya :)

[Ka D'Argo]

Yeah San andreas is prretty cool, i just don't like it as much as vic city. Sure there is more to do and its a lot bigger. But i just love the whole 80's miami scene. Vice City is a great game
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[Nessus]

Has anybody here seen the new Zelda trailer posted over at gamespot?
http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/thelegendofzelda/preview_6120155.html?q=1&tag=gs_hp_flashtop_story

THIS is why a gamecube is an absolute necessity! :drool:

[Ka D'Argo]

Did you hear the cool extra for the new zelda. I read it is electronic gaming monthly. If you preorder The new zelda ( i guess at eb) you get a bonus disk that has the entire version of windwaker. Except windwaker is now in the same style as the new Zelda, so instead of the cartoony graphics you can play windwaker as a grown up link and it even has two new dungeons that weren't in the original. Thats pretty cool for a pre-order bonus!!!


Oops i think its just for the japanese release. Of course it is they always get the cool stuff.
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[Nessus]

holy shit, no i didn't hear that. If they really went to all that trouble to almost completely remake windwaker, I'd be very suprised if they didin't bring it over stateside. I'll have to do some research on that.

ETA: lol, ok, I knew there was no way they were going to do a complete remake of WW. It was just some early april fools joke I guess. As of now a bonus disc hasn't been announced.
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=920769&topic=19734894
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=920769&topic=19734272

[Ka D'Argo]

Well I can't check your links right now, my work blocks certain pages that i can go to. But I know i read in the april 2005 edition of Electronic Gaming Monthly that is said that, i saw screen shots and everything. I have never played windwaker but they showed a screen from the original and then the remake . It was a scene with a big vulture or something. It looked really good.
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[Ka D'Argo]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! Now i'm pissed. I just saw an article on how it is a prank. That makes me mad i was really looking forward to that.

http://www.nintendocentre.com/gv/content/news/322 :boom:
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[Nessus]

hehe, well, check when you get home, check the release date that EGM gives for the bonus disk. April 1st.

If you believe them, then I have an iglo in texas I'd like to sell you. :)

[Nessus]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! Now i'm pissed. I just saw an article on how it is a prank. That makes me mad i was really looking forward to that.

http://www.nintendocentre.com/gv/content/news/322 :boom:
Ya, something like that would be too good to be true in this fundamentally flawed world of ours. :cry2: :spin:

[Ka D'Argo]

Well I have to hand it to EGM. they pulled that off quiet well. That would have been an awesome game
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[Primaleick]

That is the second reason I bought a GameCube...the new Zelda looks amazing. Thanks for the links.

Just imagine The Wind Waker redone though...oh my God that would have been something.

I always wonder can graphics get any better? just wait until the new systems are launched...I still can't get over how far games have come since Pong :D

[Ka D'Argo]

well i remember when n64 came out. and as i squinted trying to make out exactly what was going on i thought to myself "man These graphics are the best can they ever get better?" well my friends im glad to say they can and my eyes are thankful for it.

I saw a movie on sci-fi about a video game that plugs into your spine and you are put into the game, and if you stay too long you could be in the game for ever. Not the best acting but it was a cool idea. has anyone seen it.
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[MotorWerk]

Some years ago I actually made a bit of money by playing Quake II. Even won a grand tournament at the Playing Fields in London... great fun.

[Ka D'Argo]

Quake and Quake II are the coolest games. they were so dark and evil looking i loved em. Unfortunatley they don't stand the test of time.
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[Nessus]

I saw a movie on sci-fi about a video game that plugs into your spine and you are put into the game, and if you stay too long you could be in the game for ever. Not the best acting but it was a cool idea. has anyone seen it.
Are you talking about Existenz, or whoever they spelled it? Ya, I thought it has pretty cool, especially for a skiffy tv movie.


I always wonder can graphics get any better? just wait until the new systems are launched...I still can't get over how far games have come since Pong
They ran a cover story in Gameinformer magazine a few months back about the new Elder Scrolls game, Oblivion, that is the first nex-gen game to move into production. You have to see the screen caps to truely understand how amazing this game is going to look:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/theelderscrollsivoblivion/screenindex.html

[LiLOrion]

For anyone here that likes First Person Shooters...Star Wars Republic Commando is a pretty good game.

Its like Halo (only without vehicles) and you also get three other commandos to boss around. It might be considered a short game, though I think Halo 2 was shorter.

It does have online play, I guess maybe thats why they make games with online play kinda short, cause they figure you can play online and make up for it. :)

[Ka D'Argo]

Yeah I hate that. Project snowblind was way too short and so was MEch assault II lone wolf. I don't play online and it sucks that i\the story line is so short. thats probably why i liked deus ex so much. that game was so long and involved.
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[LiLOrion]

How was Project Snowblind? I'm thinking of picking it up.

[Primaleick]

I haven't tried Project Snowblind but I think it was Ka D'Argo that said it wasn't very good.

[Owlman]

I still claim that Smackdown!: Here Comes the Pain, is the best wrestling game ever. SD vs RAW would beat it, but the story mode is kinda lame.

Stay the hell away from Legends of Wrestling 3

ALso, to be even more random: They need to remake Mutant Leauge Football!

[Jim Reaper]

http://www.darwinia.co.uk/

I'm currently hooked on this beautiful, brilliant game. You can read a review here (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58149)

[faustus]

I think I'm addicted to world of warcraft

[MrVesham]

http://www.darwinia.co.uk/

I'm currently hooked on this beautiful, brilliant game. You can read a review here (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58149)
The demo absolutely freaked-the-hell-out with my tablet. It would conflict with the drivers in such a way to cause the tablet to quit responding to movements unless I held the pen away for a few seconds. If I could play the retail version without that happening, I'd like it but I'm just not playing an RTS (or any game for that matter, but especially RTSes) with a mouse.

[Jim Reaper]

Some bloke fell asleep playing Halo 2 on X-Box Live.

http://www.abum.com/?show_media=4307&file_type=Movies&file_id=1062253719.wmv

[DRDaid]

Has anyone managed to unlock the Handcannon in Resident Evil 4? I can never seem to get a five star rating with Leon on the waterworld, or with Ada and Hunk in the castle. Any advice would be appreciated.

[Primaleick]

I haven't played through any of the bonus stuff yet, I finished the main game then started on a different game. I will go back and play all the bonus stuff from RE4 when I have no new games to play, so I'm sorry I can't really help you...

But there might be something in this that may help you.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/game/535840.html

[Primaleick]

Well, I just got "Cold Fear" it's pretty good, not as good as Resident Evil 4 but it's good.

I got it for the Xbox because I heard that the PS2 version the load times are long when you go into a room. I was going to get it for PS2 anyways because I'd just be putting it on the hard drive but then I remembered that some PS2 games don't work on the HD so I got it for Xbox...I wish I would have taken that chance and got it for PS2 though because my left trigger finger is killing me.

You see, in order to have the behind the shoulder view you have to constantly hold down the left trigger button and the Xbox trigger buttons are stiffer than the PS2's ...after playing this game for 3 hours straight I couldn't use my finger for awhile:lol

Oh well, it's still a pretty good game...who says you can't get injured playing a video game :lol
Also with Fight Night Round 2 when you do a haymaker you've gotta roll your right thumb on the right analog stick...that has caused me a blister so I gotta stay away from that game for awhile ;)

I'm getting Narc Tomorrow :)

[faustus]

I'm getting RE4 tomorrow yaaaaay

[Owlman]

I'm suprised at the numerous Terminator 2 references in GTA: San Andreas

I guess they kind of ran out of crime movies to reference.

[Jim Reaper]

LEGO Star Wars (http://pc.ign.com/objects/694/694422.html). Looks...er...interesting. Certainly not your run of the mill (ie. shite) Star Wars game.



More fun with Lego:

GTA: Lego City (http://ia200117.eu.archive.org/hdd1/movies/gta_lego_city/gta_lego_city.mov)


http://www.spiteyourface.com/

[Owlman]

Playing "The Punisher" right now.

Takes place after the 2004 movie, with Frank going to New York to take down other mafias. Tom Jane is back as the voice of Castle

It plays like the game "Dead to Rights", except Frank can dual wield almost any weapon. That includes two pump action shoutguns or two M16s!

Very bloody kills.

[Ka D'Argo]

I just picked up a copy of Star wars Republic commando for xbox. great game it is really cool. your squads ai is out of this world. there was actually one time when we were in a shootout and i accidentally moved in front of one of my men and he actually told me i was in his way. its really cool they will heal themselves and everything it is realy impressive. the visuals are great and the dialogue isn't stupid. the only problem is that it is kind of hard. i am stuck on one level right now and it is killing me. but if you like squad based shooters this is a good one. plus it tells alot about star wars.
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[Jim Reaper]

The Gamers Prayer

O Carmack
Who art in QuakeCon
Hallowed be thy nick,
Frags by the ton,
Cybergames won,
Broadband be as it is
in Korea.
Give us this day our
daily gib,
And forgive us our
bunnyhopping
As we forgive those who
spawn-camp against us.
Lead us not into warez
But deliver us from AOL
For thine is the headshot
The power up and the gore,
Until Half-Life 3.
Ping timeout.

[MrVesham]

Hah, great. And damn straight. Doom 3? Yeah, didn't/wouldn't pay for it. Half-Life 2? Payed for it, gonna pay for Aftermath, gonna continue shelling out money as long as Marc Laidlaw is around. Anyway, recently upgraded so I've been playing through HL2 again at 1280 (max for this old screen else I'd go to 1600) with 8xAA, 16xAF (sweet lord!). I thought that game looked fantastic before but with those settings pumped up it just has a little more impact. Same in HL2DM.

One thing about HL2DM - do these people that play the game not do anything else with thier lives? I'm not exactly terrible at it but some servers I cant walk a foot without being "derezzed" by a damn Combine Ball.

[Silent_Cid]

Hah, great. And damn straight. Doom 3? Yeah, didn't/wouldn't pay for it. Half-Life 2? Payed for it, gonna pay for Aftermath, gonna continue shelling out money as long as Marc Laidlaw is around. Anyway, recently upgraded so I've been playing through HL2 again at 1280 (max for this old screen else I'd go to 1600) with 8xAA, 16xAF (sweet lord!). I thought that game looked fantastic before but with those settings pumped up it just has a little more impact. Same in HL2DM.

One thing about HL2DM - do these people that play the game not do anything else with thier lives? I'm not exactly terrible at it but some servers I cant walk a foot without being "derezzed" by a damn Combine Ball.


Some of those players have been playing DM for a while and it is second nature to them. Doom 3 is really good on the computer, all the dynamic lighting physics, and engine is really well put off. Depending on your computer settings, they have a setting of detail that was really extreme that you had to have a very high end computer to push out the quality of it. Very well made.

Soon the expansion for HL2 will come out and nothing big patch for half life is on it's way too. Which you should get.

[MrVesham]

Yes, telling newly met people what to do is a great way to introduce yourself. Be proud.

[Fyodor]

Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2
Fallout 1, 2 and BoS for PS2
Resident Evil 1 & 4
Pretty much any "adventure" game for either PS or GC

[oorat]

it was kinda cool the other night, i played halo 2 for the first time with a couple buddies of mine. I won most of the games, but i had a major handicap, my controller was broken, i could only go diagnolly forward to the left and diagnolly backwards to the right. not sure if that makes me that good, or just means theyre that bad.

[Jim Reaper]

http://hlcomic.com/archive/index.php

"This comic strip is based on the ground-breaking PC game Half-Life 2, by Valve software, and is created with the brilliant Gary's Mod (http://www.garry.tv/garrysmod/) tool, which allows users to enter the game and basically play God by spawning and manipulating physical objects, posing character models, creating special effects, and taking pictures.

Those who have never played Half-Life 2 will be in the dark on a lot of the goings-on in the comic strip, as much of the dialogue and situations are pulled directly from the game or are based on the game's plot, history, and background. For those who someday plan to play Half-Life 2, read this comic with caution as there will be major spoilers.

Concerned is the story of Gordon Frohman, former Black Mesa entry-level employee, survivor of the Portal Storms and the Seven Hour War, and now earnest and hard-working citizen of City 17. Frohman is a simple guy trying to earn an honest buck in a post-apocalyptic world ruled mercilessly by hordes of heavily armed alien hybrid soldiers (called Combine) bent on draining the Earth of its last natural resource and exterminating the human race. He also enjoys playing backgammon.

Gordon Frohman arrives on the scene a few weeks before Doctor Gordon Freeman -- scientist, hero, anti-citizen, and star of Half-Life and Half-Life 2 -- first appears in City 17. Due to the similarity in their names, Frohman is often initially mistaken for the crowbar-wielding Freeman, though due to Frohman's chatty nature and general incompetence the error is usually sorted out fairly quickly.

While Gordon Freeman is brought to City 17 to free the remaining human population from the iron grip of the Combine, our mild-mannered Gordon Frohman has no such goals. In fact, he rather likes the Combine, thinks City 17 is a great town, and absolutely idolizes Dr. Wallace Breen, whose television show he watches religiously.

Frohman progresses through the world of Half-Life 2 in much the same way Freeman eventually does, though Frohman is motivated by different reasons. Frohman's adventures begin in the train station of City 17, just like Freeman's, and he soon meets Barney Calhoun, Alyx Vance, visits Dr. Kleiner's lab, makes his way through the canals, arrives at Black Mesa East, then travels through Ravenholm -- while apartment hunting -- up Highway 17, through Nova Prospekt, and then finally back to the City 17 he loves so dearly.

Naturally, Gordon Frohman doesn't command the respect and admiration that Gordon Freeman does, and thus is not given access to the weaponry and transportation that the rebels later provide their scientist cum action-hero with.

All good things must come to an end, however, and one day, the much-anticipated Gordon Freeman shows up and threatens to turn Gordon Frohman's beloved City 17 into a battleground. The revolution begins and it's all-out war with the ultimate fate of the human race in the balance.

There goes the neighborhood."


This is absolutely brilliant. :lol

[MrVesham]

Thank ya Jim, that's fantastic stuff. (Love the little Raising The Bar and Sybex strat-guide -related jokes, too - glad they're there.)

[Owlman]

Just beat Silent Hill 4.

Gonna try Silent Hill 2 next.

I really like the complex religon research that went in to Silent Hill 4 and the sexual/psychological aspects of Silent Hill 2.

Oh, and please don't ever play Dead to Rights 2. The first was a Max Payne rip off, but a good Max Payne rip off

[milatchi]

I really haven't had much time for gaming lately between school and work. The last game I played was Tekken 5. It's nice, but it's no Tekken TAG Tournament. The next game I'll probably play will be Quake IV.

Other top favorites:
Chrono Trigger
Tekken TAG Tournament
Quake
Super Mario Bros. All-Stars

[Boron]

I'm strictly a PC gamer, and I have spent more money on games than I care to think about. I've got some that I play over and over, and NEVER get tired of them, and others that are about as much fun as a farting contest in a small room.
I'm looking forward to "Call of Duty 2", now.

[Jim Reaper]

Behold, the future of gaming...If certain people get their way...


Take Two Interactive release Stacker (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43441)

[Fyodor]

I MUST have that game.....

[MadWombat]

The girl I have been dating go me a game called Guitar Hero for an early christmas present and I have to say that this game is by far one of the most entertaining games I have ever played.

Guitar Hero (http://www.guitarherogame.com/)

Its like the DDR dancing games, But with a guitar and a kick ass soundtrack instead.

[Ka D'Argo]

well...it happened. I am now an addict of World of warcraft. I was a skeptic at first but now i cant get enough of it.

[MrVesham]

You'll come to hate the grind very shortly. When that happens, play a little EVE. =]

[AgentSun]

YES! VIDEO GAMES!

People are speaking my language. :-D

I'm looking forward to a lot of things....I'm going to rent Darkwatch tonight, hopefully they'll have it at Blockbuster. I've been waiting to play this game since September.

I'm tired of being the only girl I know who loves video games as much as I do. For that matter, I'm tired of not having friends who don't understand video games.

[AgentSun]

oh btw, it looks like i'm going to be writing more video game reviews next summer :) sigh. so much work to do.

[Owlman]

Just finished playing some Silent Hill 2 in the dark. Good stuff.

Probably be stalked by Pyramid Head in my dreams tonight.

[Fyodor]

It's been 6 months from when I bought Resident Evil 4, and if you don't count Playing through Baten Kaitos it's been in my GC non-stop...

I still have my Tales of Symphonia practically untouched. I guess that's my next stop.

[Ka D'Argo]

I'm gonna repeat what i said in a much earlier post. My favorite game to this day is Deus Ex: Invisible War. This is a RPG-esq first person shooter, with by far the best story line i have ever played through. It is on the old gen xbox. the graphics are good and the voice acting isnt bad at all. The variety of weapons are almost endless from guns to the many different types of gernades. You guys have got to check this game out if you havent...it is kinda old.

[Fyodor]

I remember playing it on PC and I was impressed with its interactivity (is that a word?)

[Ka D'Argo]

its the best word to describe the game.

[TheBladeRoden]

I miss Deus Ex, I wish they'd make a PC only sequel

[Ka D'Argo]

yeah they tried to make a offshoot of the game with snowblind. that game sucked. i would love to see a pc only sequel. that would be great

[Jim Reaper]

I much preferred the original Deus Ex. I felt that Invisible War was dumbed down too much for my liking...

I'm currently re-playing System Shock 2 (http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=3924), but now I remember why I stopped playing it. It really is the scariest game ever made...

[AgentSun]

Right now my favorite game is F.E.A.R.....it's just stunning.

[AxezCore]

The game that's been stealing most of my freetime the last few months is World of Warcraft, and by the looks of it it's just gonna keep stealing...

[AgentSun]

WoW ranks up there as one of the most beloved games of all time, along with the Final Fantasy series, though pinpointing one game in particular is hard.

[MrVesham]

Been playing Descent 2 again through D2X-XL (http://www.descent2.de/d2x.html) as I patiently await being able to play Descent in Doom3 (http://www.chmodoplusr.com/IntoCerberon/).

[Fyodor]

Just picked up a copy of God of War... wow.
A hack&slash game with a lot of depth and skill needed.

And Claudia did a voice for it...

[Jim Reaper]

If anyone's interested, the alpha version of the Goldeneye: Source mod for Half-Life 2 was released the other day. Whilst it still needs some severe tweaking, it's good enough to send me giddy with nostalgia. :cool:


http://www.goldeneyesource.com/

[Ka D'Argo]

I have pretty much given up playing my xbox (which used to be attached to my hip). but now since i have been playing WOW I have had no wanting to play any other video game.

I cant wait til the expansion set comes out. Burning Crusade is going to be suer cool. they are adding 2 new races to the game. The horde has the blood elves ( i want one) and the alliance race is yet to be released. Plus they are upping the lvl cap to 70 and adding a whole new world and adding a new trade job, jewel-crafting. Its going to be awesome!

But right now i am happy lvling up my night elf hunter...hes so cool