LadyCrimson Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I wish Wilhelm would stop dropping his stuff 30 miles away from his "corpse" (meaning one often can't reach/get to them). In fact, I think Borderlands series needs to tighten up the drop pattern altogether. There's no need to make them go flying in a huge radial pattern that starts from half a mile in the air and drops down like a shower of meteors. Sigh. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entrerix Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 had the hot hand and was able to get to the hoop for easy buckets in transition. this sounds like awesome gibberish Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Pssh. For a basketball player it's common terminology! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofAnakin Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Far Cry 3 is pretty addictive. The only problem is, like with a lot of these sandbox-style games, I get distracted doing all the other little things that I go days between playing the main story missions, then inevitably forget details about the main story. For instance, my latest game saw me burning marijuana fields and I had to sit back and try to remember why I was doing it. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Far Cry 3 is pretty addictive. The only problem is, like with a lot of these sandbox-style games, I get distracted doing all the other little things that I go days between playing the main story missions, then inevitably forget details about the main story. For instance, my latest game saw me burning marijuana fields and I had to sit back and try to remember why I was doing it. " burning marijuana fields " !!! Is nothing sacrosanct in gaming anymore ? "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Dark Souls. Getting further along than I did when I played it on PS3, but I see myself getting distracted again. Probably by adventure games. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serrano Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Far Cry 3 is pretty addictive. The only problem is, like with a lot of these sandbox-style games, I get distracted doing all the other little things that I go days between playing the main story missions, then inevitably forget details about the main story. For instance, my latest game saw me burning marijuana fields and I had to sit back and try to remember why I was doing it. http://youtu.be/K3JikfDJx2M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Far Cry 3 is pretty addictive. The only problem is, like with a lot of these sandbox-style games, I get distracted doing all the other little things that I go days between playing the main story missions, then inevitably forget details about the main story. For instance, my latest game saw me burning marijuana fields and I had to sit back and try to remember why I was doing it. http://youtu.be/K3JikfDJx2M That was hilarious "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serrano Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) The whole show is actually on youtube. It's called Robin Williams - Weapons of Self Destruction and it's brilliant from start to finish. Edited January 9, 2013 by Serrano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorstUsernameEver Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Far Cry 3 is pretty addictive. The only problem is, like with a lot of these sandbox-style games, I get distracted doing all the other little things that I go days between playing the main story missions, then inevitably forget details about the main story. For instance, my latest game saw me burning marijuana fields and I had to sit back and try to remember why I was doing it. Keep getting distracted. Some of the later story sequences are absolutely abysmal. The developers probably didn't realize they wrote that, but you get raped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Just finished Mirror's Edge. My thoughts, the short version: Ewww, someone spilled some crappy fighting in my awesome parkour game. The long version: The game is very good when it doesn't pretend to be something else. The parkour stuff is really well done with controls that are easy to master yet comprehensive enough to allow you to get really sweet free runs going. Much of the game revolves around dying a bunch of times as you experiment and figure out the proper route, then putting together a good clean run. The game falls apart when it forces you to fight. Many of the fights can be completely avoided by simply running past your enemies and getting the heck out of dodge, which is exactly what the game should allow you to do. Unfortunately there are several battles that are unavoidable and force you to use the game's mediocre at best combat system. What's worse is that it breaks up the cool running action. Still, there are moments of brilliance where I am able to calculate the optimal route on the fly on my first try and there are bullets spraying all around me, people chasing me, and I'm running like the wind, jumping over obstacles, wallrunning, triangle jumping, and other manner of pure badassery. Those moments are adrenaline pumping and pure joy and it's worth slogging through a bit of crappy combat to experience those thrills. On the down side, the game is really short. I beat it in about 7 hours and I'm sure people can do it in much less time. Even with speedruns to extend gameplay, that pathetic an amount of content is simply unacceptable. If and when Dice make a sequel they need to address 2 issues: 1) The game needs to be MUCH longer. 2) The game should NEVER force you into combat. All combat should be optional. There should ALWAYS be the option to simply hightail it out of there. Now I'm getting going on Icewind Dale 2. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katphood Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Playing the Duke Nukem Forever DLC 'The Doctor Who Cloned Me'. It's a lot better the the original campaign, but the gameplay is still crappy. There used to be a signature here, a really cool one...and now it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'm still chugging through BG1. I'm only 10k off the xp cap so I'll be heading towards BG2 fairly soon. Strangely enough I cannot remember anything at all about Durlag's tower though I'm sure I've played it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majek Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Starting CoH. May as well play it if it's in my steam library. 1.13 killed off Ja2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Played some Space Empires IV, sadly the AI's fleets are gone or so it seems so I'm taking creative options for genocide (so blockade a planet, plague it or blow up the star in the system). Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I thought I'd try out the Siren in Borderlands 2. Low level is not all that different from when I played my Assassin. I guess that's a criticism I can level at it, the classes are very samey until level 10 or 15. I thought I'd do a Siren run for my DLC playthrough since melee was getting tired, but I'm not in the mood to run through everything again just yet. So I went back to Dark Souls. Backtracking a bit to get Heavy Soul Arrow was the best decision I made. Oh look, it's a Tower Knight. A giant scary looking guy I was not expecting. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I thought I'd try out the Siren in Borderlands 2. Low level is not all that different from when I played my Assassin. I guess that's a criticism I can level at it, the classes are very samey until level 10 or 15. I thought I'd do a Siren run for my DLC playthrough since melee was getting tired, but I'm not in the mood to run through everything again just yet. Yeah...I'd agree. The class skills don't develop very well until lvl 15 or higher, making the gameplay feel very much the same early on. The one least affected by that, perhaps, is the Commando, since his turret is useful even at the start. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 The melee Assassin fails to shine until like level 31, sadly. But I guess that's a flaw of building a character that isn't benefited by the core game mechanic of loot. The best melee gun is the Law pistol and you will not replace that until you get a higher level Law in NG+. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Tale, you play adventure games. Go play The Journey Down, then tell me if I should buy it or not Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Why are so many FPS shooters military oriented? By that I mean the look/setting, the army looking clothes, uniforms, jeeps. I don't mind military archetype characters (in fact I quite like them), but the semi-realistic military setting is so boring, outside of a strategy game. And zombies are no better. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) Tale, you play adventure games. Go play The Journey Down, then tell me if I should buy it or not Yeah, and tell me too while you're at it. Meanwhile I just romped through the goblin fortress in ch1 of Icewind Dale 2. My party: Female Half-Orc Barbarian Lev 7 Male Human Fighter Lev 7 Female Aasimar Morninglord of Lathander Lev 6 Female Half-Orc Druid Lev 5 Fighter Lev 1 Male Halfling Rogue Lev 7 Male Half-Elf Enchanter Lev 7 My mage, being an Enchanter excels at buffing the party but lacks many of the traditional zorchy spells like lightning bolt and fireball. The barbarian and fighter are melee, all other characters use missile weapons (crossbows for the priest and mage, sling for the rogue, longbow for the fighter/druid). I basically buff my party out hardcore, haste both melee characters, bless, barkskin, bull's strength, barbarian rage, cast a bunch of summons, then just hack through enemies at lightning pace. Having 4 missile using characters helps disrupt enemy casters until my melees can get there to finish the job, though a hastened barbarian with the dash feat gets there pretty quick on her own. Edited January 10, 2013 by Keyrock RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Why are so many FPS shooters military oriented? By that I mean the look/setting, the army looking clothes, uniforms, jeeps. I don't mind military archetype characters (in fact I quite like them), but the semi-realistic military setting is so boring, outside of a strategy game. And zombies are no better. Fantasy fulfillment. And the fact that the military is where most armies fight. And a shooter with only 6 bad guys that you shoot in a corral doesn't really scream "fun". Also, because of the nature of games, you have to be the "Specialist" because you're the one who pops off headshots every 20 seconds. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Fantasy fulfillment. And the fact that the military is where most armies fight. And a shooter with only 6 bad guys that you shoot in a corral doesn't really scream "fun". Also, because of the nature of games, you have to be the "Specialist" because you're the one who pops off headshots every 20 seconds. I was thinking more along the lines of ... why can't I be shooting a dragon or mutated slugworm with my sniper instead of some stereotyped commie insurgent or whatever. Or why can't I be on a planet made of sanddunes, or 80% water, with both human spacefarers and oddball aliens, instead of some dull jungle or real-world location. It's not the "military combat" I mind (kinda goes with guns and shooting) but the setting it's put into. eg, I want more escapism/variety in the shooter, not army reality. 1 “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Just finished Mirror's Edge. My thoughts, the short version: Ewww, someone spilled some crappy fighting in my awesome parkour game. The long version: The game is very good when it doesn't pretend to be something else. The parkour stuff is really well done with controls that are easy to master yet comprehensive enough to allow you to get really sweet free runs going. Much of the game revolves around dying a bunch of times as you experiment and figure out the proper route, then putting together a good clean run. The game falls apart when it forces you to fight. Many of the fights can be completely avoided by simply running past your enemies and getting the heck out of dodge, which is exactly what the game should allow you to do. Unfortunately there are several battles that are unavoidable and force you to use the game's mediocre at best combat system. What's worse is that it breaks up the cool running action. Still, there are moments of brilliance where I am able to calculate the optimal route on the fly on my first try and there are bullets spraying all around me, people chasing me, and I'm running like the wind, jumping over obstacles, wallrunning, triangle jumping, and other manner of pure badassery. Those moments are adrenaline pumping and pure joy and it's worth slogging through a bit of crappy combat to experience those thrills. On the down side, the game is really short. I beat it in about 7 hours and I'm sure people can do it in much less time. Even with speedruns to extend gameplay, that pathetic an amount of content is simply unacceptable. If and when Dice make a sequel they need to address 2 issues: 1) The game needs to be MUCH longer. 2) The game should NEVER force you into combat. All combat should be optional. There should ALWAYS be the option to simply hightail it out of there. If you haven't tried them yet, look into the time trials. They've got some excellent stuff there that's more demanding of your execution than the main game is. Since you've just gone through the game, do you remember how many times you actually have to take someone down? I can't remember how many enemies you have to interact with. I remember two required fights and three or four more that I think you can do without fighting, but become much easier if you take down a guard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 IMO it's because it's familiar (which may not appeal to you, but it means you can take more things for granted in development because there are implicit assumptions made). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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