What are you playing now?

[Rostere]

Bought a few games from Gamersgate...

 

Against Rome (RTS in the "easy" category)

Spellforce 2 Gold (to satisfy my curiosity)

Beyond Good & Evil (heard a lot of good stuff about it. Can't go wrong at $5)

Post Mortem (Point and click adventure)

Still Life (Point and click adventure)

Archon Classic (Remake of the Westfall/Freeman oldie)

Druuna (Serpieri - nuff said)

Syberia (Looked good in the reviews)

Syberia 2 (Because it came bundled with the first one)

Disciples II Gold (Because my old discs are getting worn and scratched)

 

I guess I'll make up my mind which one to play first when they are all downloaded

 

Edit: Oh btw, all together, 10 dollars or so more than Dragon Age

 

I'd take Syberia over Dragon Age, actually... It's a close one but Syberia is a very good game.

[LadyCrimson]

Any suggestions for a relatively recent shooter type game that doesn't have a complicated/confusing weapon/gear UI interface? ie I tried Crysis but I don't like it.

[Oner]

Mass Effect 2?

[LadyCrimson]

Mass Effect 2?

heh, from videos I've seen, it does sort look like a 3rd person shooter at times.

I don't have patience for story-RPG's much anymore...all the dialogue trees, story cut scenes/interactions/decisions blah blah. So I thought I'd try more shooters or mixed genre games...

[Calax]

Battlefield bad company 2 possibly. or Killzone 2 if you have a PS3

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Any suggestions for a relatively recent shooter type game that doesn't have a complicated/confusing weapon/gear UI?

 

NecroVision: Lost Company might be worth looking into.

[RPGmasterBoo]

Whoever said there's no free month with the WoW expansions was right, I've looked over the boxes thoroughly and there's no mention of such a thing.

 

Which is why I won't be buying them, because to keep on playing this game and be even remotely competitive (with the stratospheric level progression post lvl 60) I'd need to buy both expansions and around two more months subscription which in these parts is just under 70 euros (+15 I paid for the original game). Not to mention Cataclysm which is going to make max level characters obsolete by the time it shows up. Looking at it, its really daylight robbery considering the content of the expansions and how old the game is now. 100+ euros overall, plus the huge investment of time... not worth it.

 

That said I'd recommend this game for everyone to try out, I've really had a lot of fun with it. On the other hand the people can be extremely irritating, there are simply too many kids/spoiled brats playing.

 

My char is lvl 51 now and quickly burning through those last few levels.

[213374U]

That said I'd recommend this game for everyone to try out, I've really had a lot of fun with it. On the other hand the people can be extremely irritating, there are simply too many kids/spoiled brats playing.

In my experience, the people you play with is what makes or breaks an MMO. If you can find a group with similar interests and playstyle, you might as well write off the next few months of your social life. Otherwise, those games are boring as ****... or worse.

[RPGmasterBoo]

That said I'd recommend this game for everyone to try out, I've really had a lot of fun with it. On the other hand the people can be extremely irritating, there are simply too many kids/spoiled brats playing.

In my experience, the people you play with is what makes or breaks an MMO. If you can find a group with similar interests and playstyle, you might as well write off the next few months of your social life. Otherwise, those games are boring as ****... or worse.

 

Ultimately, yes. On its own WoW is a finely made game, though excruciatingly boring at times. If I had 5-6 regular people to play with that I know in "real life" I'd probably emerge from my room this time, next year.

 

Thank god this wasn't around when I was 16, it would have ruined my life.

[Amentep]

I bought Far Cry 2 and Red Faction: Guerilla on the cheap. Far Cry does my noggin in. I'm having some real difficulty with it, even on the easier settings. The checkpoints, the psychic AI, the weight of the controls. It's demoralising.

 

I sold Far Cry 2 back after two weekends of trying to play it. Besides it giving me motion sickness when I drove around, I was total crap at killing anything, ever. Really liked the idea for it though.

[Gfted1]

A mages teleport is REALLY nice...

 

I cant tell you how spoiled Ive become by my teleport and mage food/water. Ive given up on a level 60 something DK and a level 40 something Druid just because I find it so inconvenient to use mundane transportation like the zepplins.

[Gorgon]

Napoleon Total war.

 

It's ok, although every faction but France seems to be starved of unit types. Fire by rank and platoon firing drills are gone. I don't know why, they added extra usages for line infantry. Light infantry can't place sachel charges anymore, although the AI still does it, you cant.

 

There is a really annoying camera shake effect every time your artillery fires that can't be turned off. They added more voice acting during battles and a better campaign map soundtrack. Hearing your line infantry go 'are we all going to die sarge ?' when under strength, or 'help. mommy !' when about to be charged by cavalry was pretty funny.

[Calax]

That said I'd recommend this game for everyone to try out, I've really had a lot of fun with it. On the other hand the people can be extremely irritating, there are simply too many kids/spoiled brats playing.

In my experience, the people you play with is what makes or breaks an MMO. If you can find a group with similar interests and playstyle, you might as well write off the next few months of your social life. Otherwise, those games are boring as ****... or worse.

 

Ultimately, yes. On its own WoW is a finely made game, though excruciatingly boring at times. If I had 5-6 regular people to play with that I know in "real life" I'd probably emerge from my room this time, next year.

 

Thank god this wasn't around when I was 16, it would have ruined my life.

When the story does progress to cata you'll still need to have BC and Wrath to move up there. A lot of the problems most people had with the leveling game go away once you hit BC because they learned A LOT in the 2 years before BC came out about quests, Cata is going to make it even better.

 

Yes the game is a large investment, but it can be worth it.

 

On that note: Raiding the past few weeks has been rocky but we finally saw Arthas last night at the top of Icecrown Citadel. Wow... just... wow, this is going to be a rough fight.

[Calax]

Added:

They just announced in WoW that 10 man and 25 man raids (the same raid, just with slightly different loot tables and different people requirments, 10man loot being lower than 25 man) will now have the same loot and lockouts, meaning that we won't have to kill the same bosses twice for progression.

[Gfted1]

 

Meh, better loot should be harder to get. Its almost like they are making the game too easy to cater to everyone.

[Oner]

It was harder to get for 5 years...

[Gfted1]

But it effectively kills 25 man raiding. Why bother when you can get the same gear facerolling a 10 man raid?

[Calax]

speed. They have a point in that as of last month not a single straight 10man guild was able to kill lich king, at all. The way they're going to try to set it up is so that 25 mans get much more of the gear than the 10mans (including badges and money).

[Mamoulian War]

Added:

They just announced in WoW that 10 man and 25 man raids (the same raid, just with slightly different loot tables and different people requirments, 10man loot being lower than 25 man) will now have the same loot and lockouts, meaning that we won't have to kill the same bosses twice for progression.

 

 

LOL

[Morgoth]

I bought Clive Parkers Jericho for 5

[SteveThaiBinh]

I'd take Syberia over Dragon Age, actually... It's a close one but Syberia is a very good game.

Did you find Syberia 2 as much of a disappointment as I did? It was okay while I was playing it, but it lacked the spirit of the first and the ending was, in its own way, even less satisfying that Syberia's.

[HoonDing]

I'd take Syberia over Dragon Age, actually... It's a close one but Syberia is a very good game.

Did you find Syberia 2 as much of a disappointment as I did? It was okay while I was playing it, but it lacked the spirit of the first and the ending was, in its own way, even less satisfying that Syberia's.

Imo Syberia can easily stand on its own the way it is, without the sequel. The ending is beautiful and keeps up the mystery of the game.

 

I find Syberia 2 is worse mainly because Kate no longer changes throughout the journey the way she does in the first game... and Hans Voralberg turns out to be a pretty disappointing character. It could've been more interesting if something was actually done with the subplot concerning the private detective that is sent after Kate, instead of the few boring cutscenes.

 

That said, though, Syberia 2 has more creative puzzles, and the landscapes are breathtaking. Supposedly there're plans to make a Syberia 3... let's see how that goes.

Edited April 28, 2010 by virumor

[RPGmasterBoo]

Since I wasn't ready to invest the 100+ euros needed to really "play" WoW, after two weeks of constant playing I've decided that enough is enough - and canceled my subscription/uninstalled it.

 

In short, its a very addictive and expansive game. There's always something to do and some of the stuff is really inspired. The actual core PvE gameplay, barring instances is a mindless grindfest and its a great achievement on Blizzard's part that in general - you don't see it as such. The colorful backdrops change often enough, the mobs cycle often, there's the occasional pretty scenery etc. etc. By all accounts it should have been garbage, but that could have been said for Diablo as well.

 

I felt that there was great potential for role playing there but considering the average WoW or just MMO player, its wasted. You only need to see a couple of players with names like "Minislut" for your immersion to get blown to bits, and whatever Blizzard claims about its "strict policies" in the two weeks I saw everything from gold sellers, bots, offensive names, griefers/gankers/ninja looters - you name it.

 

On a more humorous note, I couldn't cancel my subscription without filling out a questionnaire as to why I was leaving?? Jesus. And after selecting a reason from a drop down menu, a box appeared with a counter argument, persuading me to stay.

Sick.

[RPGmasterBoo]

I bought Clive Parkers Jericho for 5€ today, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

Blade Runner FTW!

 

You can also ask Oner what he says in the noodle bar scene.

Edited April 29, 2010 by RPGmasterBoo

[Oner]

I bought Clive Parkers Jericho for 5