What are you playing now?

[Diamond]

Neverwinter Nights 2 

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That

[BattleCookiee]

On the bright side,

1. we get to play game, not QA it

2. we get to play it with less bugs,

3. and most importantly, will not be sick of it in the end

 

First off all; being payed to play games (even if it is 2000x the same level/part) is probably a damn nice job (except with bad games)

 

Hell, we need to do it ourselves with the modern RPG's (KOTOR2, Vampire, Dungeon Siege2 come to mind) and for that testing we pay $50,-

If you work they might actually listen to your comments on ingame-bugs too

 

And on the 3 notes above:

1. So?

2. Watches Kotor2 box, or recalls his DS2 Beta Version Copy. Can't really imagine that...

3. If a game is good, 20x the same area still doesn't bore (trust me, I know...)

[Nartwak]

Right now I'm playing Space Empires IV Gold, Vampire - The Masquerade Bloodlines, and Civilization III.

[Baley]

Gun.

[Joseph Bulock]

On the bright side,

1. we get to play game, not QA it

2. we get to play it with less bugs,

3. and most importantly, will not be sick of it in the end

 

First off all; being payed to play games (even if it is 2000x the same level/part) is probably a damn nice job (except with bad games)

 

Hell, we need to do it ourselves with the modern RPG's (KOTOR2, Vampire, Dungeon Siege2 come to mind) and for that testing we pay $50,-

If you work they might actually listen to your comments on ingame-bugs too

 

And on the 3 notes above:

1. So?

2. Watches Kotor2 box, or recalls his DS2 Beta Version Copy. Can't really imagine that...

3. If a game is good, 20x the same area still doesn't bore (trust me, I know...)

 

On point one, while I am always looking for bugs and breaking things and all that, I do get to play for fun occasionally, reporting how things could be more fun, or which areas are so good that they bring me to tears. RPG's are pretty fun to QA, just because they have so much content that it's harder to get tired of them.

 

On point two, yes will be playing a game with drastically less bugs. Anyone who thinks a release version or even a beta version of a game could compare to a pre-alpha title or even an alpha title has obviously never touched a real alpha version of a game.

 

On point three, on a good game, you eventually can go back and enjoy a game that you have QA'd. However, no matter how great the game is, a QA tester will be sick of it. It

[Darque]

On point two, yes will be playing a game with drastically less bugs.  Anyone who thinks a release version or even a beta version of a game could compare to a pre-alpha title or even an alpha title has obviously never touched a real alpha version of a game.

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I was in a beta test a few years back... I can only imagine the horrors an alpha version test could be. :ph34r:

[Dark Moth]

Age of Mythology: the Titans

 

Alas, it seems I won't be getting AoE: 3 this year. I don't have XP.

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[Missy]

Age of Mythology: the Titans

 

Alas, it seems I won't be getting AoE: 3 this year.  I don't have XP. 

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I never did get round to playing AoM The Titans. I liked AoM but I think I lost interest for some reason, probably due to something else being out at the same time or something.

 

I'm debating getting AoE III since I do love the AoE games...I'm having a lot of fun with Civ IV though...

[kirottu]

Currently playing Anachronox. Good fun so far.

[Volourn]

NWN - playing and modding. Outside of posting on the 'net, all my computer time is spent doing that.

[Darque]

I didn't like AOE or AOE 2 for some reason (seemed bland to me)... but my brother picked up AOE 3 and I have to say it looks fairly impressive

[Missy]

I didn't like AOE or AOE 2 for some reason (seemed bland to me)... but my brother picked up AOE 3 and I have to say it looks fairly impressive

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I lost a lot of hours to AoE II. Lots of fun. I'm having difficulty maintaining my willpower and not ordering AoE III...Give me strength!

[Darque]

Split the difference, buy it on ebay and save a buck or two

[Missy]

Split the difference, buy it on ebay and save a buck or two

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At the moment it would be more expensive to buy it on ebay than it would from play.com! It's

[Gabrielle]

I prefer Rise of Nations over AoE, I found it more fun to play.

[~Di]

Currently playing Anachronox. Good fun so far.

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Awww, great choice. I just love Anachronox. It's always on my Top Ten All-Time Fav list. Innovative, brilliant, chuckle-out-loud humor. Just a wonderful game.

[Calax]

Tie Fighter

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tell me how you got it to work PLEAAASSSE!

(runs off to find disc that's scratched byond repair)

[CoM_Solaufein]

I prefer Rise of Nations over AoE, I found it more fun to play.

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Rise of Nations is good. Another similiar type game is C&C Tiberian Sun.

[BattleCookiee]

Add Deus Ex to my "currently playing list"

 

And about AoE III.

 

AoE was good

AoE II was very good

AoM sucked

AoE III sucks very badly

[Gabrielle]

Ah yes C&C. I liked that one and Red Alert 2.

[Darque]

Red Alert 2 was awesome

[Gabrielle]

I should clean the dust of those games and reinstall them.

[Darque]

I think I used to have a red alert 2 avatar once now that I think about it..

[Calax]

Tiberian sun died a horrible death because of a few things like the fact the entire game looked like it should be in 2800 or somthing. And it was JUST A TAD bit unbalanced.

 

You look at Red Alert though that game was fun!

 

Generals is... not command and conquer.

[Kor Qel Droma]

I can remember playing Red Alert on dial up on my old PC against my buddies from work. That was pretty cool at the time, along with the first Gabriel Knight game and Warcraft. Red Alert was my favorite of the three though.