What are you playing?
#3001
Posted 01 May 2010 - 06:19 PM
#3002
Posted 06 May 2010 - 06:05 PM
The game has a great concept, but my god does it need to be streamlined. The creator of the game also must have some kind of personality disorder, as he's added everything you could possibly think of to make it as accurate of a fantasy simulator as possible. Water pressure, temperature, gravity, as well as tissue simulation are all in. Actually, I'm not sure if that last one is in the game or if it's in an unfinished update, but I read about it. Tissue is simulated so that it can be damaged in various way for various effects (a smashed rib can be lodged in to liver tissue, ripping it). Also, dwarves can lose their eyelashes, which will cause their eyes to get dirty and brings about the need to manually clean their eyes.
You're also literally managing every aspect of dwarven life. You need farms, lodging (which you need to build furniture for) create tools, make clothes, build defenses against theives and goblins, an efficient water source, a dining hall/meeting place for dwarves to socialize, and more. All those things need resources of their own.
The ASCII "graphics" are a mixed bag. On one hand, it leaves a lot for you to imagine yourself, which is nice if you're into that sort of thing (I am.) On the other hand, it's extremely limiting and just adds to the learning curve since you have to figure out and remember what each little symbol means. I realize dwarf fortress gets it's inspiration from the roguelike games of old, but there's a reason games aren't designed this way anymore. The game overall would benefit with some actual graphics (doesn't need to be fancy) and definitely from a more modern presentation. At least an interface that supported the mouse would be nice. Don't get me started on the menu organization.
I did have fun with it, but when the game asks you to manage so many things with such an antiquated interface, I just gave up. I'll probably end up tackling it again some day when I have more time, but at the moment, I've got more playable games to spend time with.
#3004
Posted 10 May 2010 - 08:09 AM
What am I playing right now? Nothing since my Xbox's at home and I'm in uni. I've got no lectures or seminars next week though so I'm heading home on friday before exams. I've got Alan Wake on preorder so hopefully it should arrive before I get back. I've then got the dilema of whether I want to start playing that or if I should try and complete FFXIII or Bioshock 2 first...
#3005
Posted 11 May 2010 - 04:06 AM
#3006
Posted 11 May 2010 - 10:56 AM
#3008
Posted 11 May 2010 - 10:38 PM
#3009
Posted 12 May 2010 - 12:23 AM
Mike Babcock, on May 11 2010, 11:33 PM, said:
I hate you so much.
Ironsight, on May 12 2010, 05:38 AM, said:
Haven't been keeping up with the expansion pack, how is the Chaos faction then?
#3010
Posted 12 May 2010 - 01:02 AM
#3012
Posted 14 May 2010 - 02:37 PM
#3013
Posted 14 May 2010 - 08:48 PM
but ya, i got a 360 and have halo 3 UT3 and cod4 so if anyone wants to play just add xX kumaRUFF. also, WD, hit me up on PSN when Red Dead drops. i got bored of GTA4 real quickly, so ill need people to keep me into RDR
peace
#3014
Posted 14 May 2010 - 09:52 PM
#3015
Posted 15 May 2010 - 04:22 AM
#3016
Posted 15 May 2010 - 08:41 AM
so played with a bare foot guy until i found something decent XD
ridiculously easy, and looks pretty short, ah well its only an expansion
#3017
Posted 16 May 2010 - 04:09 AM
#3018
Posted 16 May 2010 - 08:22 AM
#3019
Posted 16 May 2010 - 10:33 AM
#3021
Posted 17 May 2010 - 01:45 AM
#3022
Posted 17 May 2010 - 07:30 AM
#3023
Posted 17 May 2010 - 04:06 PM
High points: coming across the pirate that betrayed my family but losing to him, tracking him down a few years later when I have better fencing skills/equipment then defeating him.
Also marrying the English governor's daughter who has huge breastesses.
I know this is a 5 year old remake of an 80s game, but I'd really like to see another remake or a sequel of this with a bit more variety. As fun as this is it's a bit repetitive in some ways.
#3024
Posted 18 May 2010 - 04:52 AM
#3027
Posted 18 May 2010 - 11:14 PM
Mike Babcock, on May 18 2010, 07:05 PM, said:
Well that changed.
So RDR. First off I'll just say that I think the game will have a patch pretty soon, I already came across one glitch and another thing that's just kind of a quirk:
I saw a guy trying to walk through a wall (inside, no less) and a guy who was walking and occasionally running in place on a dirt road.
The other thing is, the lighting behaves strangely when skinning an animal at night. When I skin an animal the camera pans up towards the sky to look at Marston, then when he's done the camera goes back to looking at his back. Since RDR uses HDR lighting, that means the camera's virtual iris becomes large while looking toward the dark sky, but that means there's a weird flicker effect to switch back when it has to become small again when looking toward the ground that's illuminated by the moon. It's just kind of weird, you'd have to see it for yourself.
Those are just nitpicks, but I hope those are the only things that lack polish. So far it's great though, feels sort of like a GTA meets Oblivion due to the way it mimics GTA's set-up for interaction with the world, and Oblivion's free roaming.
#3028
Posted 18 May 2010 - 11:28 PM
#3029
Posted 19 May 2010 - 01:14 AM
Someone Else, on May 17 2010, 10:06 PM, said:
High points: coming across the pirate that betrayed my family but losing to him, tracking him down a few years later when I have better fencing skills/equipment then defeating him.
Also marrying the English governor's daughter who has huge breastesses.
I know this is a 5 year old remake of an 80s game, but I'd really like to see another remake or a sequel of this with a bit more variety. As fun as this is it's a bit repetitive in some ways.
I remember it being pretty awesome but I think I deleted it from my Xbox.
Went back to FFXIII and lost to a boss. Kinda tired of the game now, think I'm gonna leave it to one side and focus on Alan Wake.
#3031
Posted 19 May 2010 - 04:32 PM
#3032
Posted 20 May 2010 - 02:45 AM
I'm glad we were able to level up past donkeys, though, because trying to steal two horses was $@!%ing frustrating. I'm thinking next time let's try some other game modes? Not that free roam wasn't good.
#3033
Posted 20 May 2010 - 11:21 AM
I'm still addicted.
#3034
Posted 20 May 2010 - 03:19 PM
I also ended up getting Sonic Unleashed off Games on Demand. I know it's pretty mixed but I thought I'd get it if it was cheap.
#3036
Posted 20 May 2010 - 08:37 PM
TheEnglishman, on May 20 2010, 05:19 PM, said:
My guy insisted on playing the violin everytime he scored. Prick.
http://www.goldensun-syndicate.net/forum/public/style_images/gssv3/snapback.png' alt='View Post' />Ironsight, on May 20 2010, 10:04 PM, said:
I agree usually, but I make exceptions for World Cup soccer and ice hockey.
#3037
Posted 20 May 2010 - 08:39 PM
http://www.goldensun-syndicate.net/forum/public/style_images/gssv3/snapback.png' alt='View Post' />Ironsight, on May 20 2010, 07:04 PM, said:
>implying there's anything wrong with the genre, and that you're not just a bandwagon hater.
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/5079/1273836712444.jpg
#3038
Posted 20 May 2010 - 09:29 PM
Mike Babcock, on May 20 2010, 07:39 PM, said:
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/5079/1273836712444.jpg
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7824/1274409831979.jpg
>Implying sports games aren't always terrible by nature.
#3039
Posted 20 May 2010 - 09:34 PM
#3040
Posted 21 May 2010 - 02:25 AM
Wow. Just wow. Sonic Unleashed is probably the worst Sonic game I've ever played. The Werehog stages are so poor and tedious. I got to one part where I kept having to repeat the same puzzle because he kept dying from this ridiculous room full of robots. I knew the game wasn't meant to be great but damn. At least Shadow the Hedgehog felt like a Sonic game in terms of the actual gameplay but this is way worse.
#3041
Posted 21 May 2010 - 09:53 AM
Actually SSX 3 was awesome.
#3042
Posted 21 May 2010 - 10:17 AM
#3043
Posted 21 May 2010 - 11:41 AM
#3044
Posted 21 May 2010 - 10:36 PM
#3045
Posted 22 May 2010 - 02:37 AM
Someone Else, on May 21 2010, 09:36 PM, said:
Hahaha! I know! It happened to me too. I lost 3 consecutive horses to 3 different cougars in about 3 minutes at some point or another.
and LULZ when we were in that free roam, I was getting a kick out of that shoot out we had >_> when I was throwing knives at you from above, and you were trying to kill me :3
Next time let's do something productive though. I wanted to go huntin' bears.. or on a crime spree in Mexico.
http://www.goldensun-syndicate.net/forum/public/style_images/gssv3/snapback.png' alt='View Post' />Ironsight, on May 20 2010, 08:29 PM, said:
>implying you've played any current sports games, and AREN'T just bandwagon-hating.
If you had played FIFA 10, the new MLB or NHL 10 you'd know this year's sports games are really good. The biggest problem with the sports genre is that you pay $60 every year for a minor upgrade - but that's different this year. I haven't played FIFA 09 or MLB 09, but I know NBA 10 and NHL 10 are way better than their 2009 counterparts. FIFA 10 is really enjoyable, too, and I'm not even a major football fan.
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7257/dm080529nhlbabcockpress.jpg
#3046
Posted 22 May 2010 - 09:19 AM
So Alan Wake's generally been about creepy goings on in the woods in the middle of the night. However there's one moment near the end of chapter 4 that's so incredibly out of character with the rest of the game it's both incredibly stupid yet incredibly awesome at the same time.
#3048
Posted 23 May 2010 - 03:52 PM
What's that? Auto racing is a sport? What a novel concept!
Oh gee, look at this! Wikipedia agrees too!
#3051
Posted 24 May 2010 - 10:31 AM
#3053
Posted 24 May 2010 - 01:48 PM
TheEnglishman, on May 24 2010, 10:15 AM, said:
@Caael: That shit bit will last awhile.
It being a sport != it's part of the sports video game genre. Racing is a stand-alone genre.
#3054
Posted 25 May 2010 - 03:30 AM
#3056
Posted 25 May 2010 - 09:03 AM
Someone Else, on May 25 2010, 02:30 AM, said:
It was spoiled for me, too. I think, in passing, knowing what was going to happen made the last missions very bittersweet and twice as enjoyable. I was pissed when I first found out, though, only being through half the game and all.
EDIT: Oh yeah, WD, I've got a new TF2 account.
#3057
Posted 25 May 2010 - 09:11 AM
But as long as it's not explicitly detailed, I don't think it's too bad. I'd probably be distressed if I knew anything about the ending before I got to it too, but there's nothing like experiencing it yourself.
Also, now that I beat RDR, I have no motivation to do anything else with it, since the story was the only part that actually engaged me. Multiplayer was much less enjoyable that I hoped. Now I don't really know what game to stick with, I'm in a gaming slump because nothing I have atm is drawing me in anymore.
#3058
Posted 25 May 2010 - 12:08 PM
Mike Babcock, on May 25 2010, 08:03 AM, said:
EDIT: Oh yeah, WD, I've got a new TF2 account.
You could be right. I guess it'd be kinda like
And is that a hint that you want to play TF2 or sumting?
Edit: 19 hours clocked into RDR and only just got into Mexico by the way
#3060
Posted 25 May 2010 - 07:58 PM
#3061
Posted 26 May 2010 - 11:11 AM
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs39/f/2008/344/c/9/I_jizz_in_my_pants_by_HOLIMOUNT.jpg
#3063
Posted 26 May 2010 - 09:35 PM
#3064
Posted 26 May 2010 - 11:03 PM
#3065
Posted 26 May 2010 - 11:13 PM
#3066
Posted 26 May 2010 - 11:30 PM
Someone Else, on May 26 2010, 10:13 PM, said:
Nice. Maybe we can actually do something fun on the multiplayer? Instead of spawn camping 12 year olds. Throwing Knife kills can only be so fun when you haven't got a mic with which to spam native american war calls.
I'll help you get some Free Roam challenges if you like. A few buddies and I found a sweet spot to do the outlaw challenges.
#3067
Posted 27 May 2010 - 10:51 PM
#3068
Posted 28 May 2010 - 01:25 AM
#3069
Posted 31 May 2010 - 11:26 AM
#3070
Posted 31 May 2010 - 05:25 PM
#3071
Posted 31 May 2010 - 06:02 PM
#3073
Posted 31 May 2010 - 08:53 PM
#3074
Posted 31 May 2010 - 08:54 PM
I had a few extra, but I'm not really much of a starcraft fan.. gave them all away; including my own.
#3075
Posted 31 May 2010 - 09:04 PM
Eugine, on May 31 2010, 07:36 PM, said:
Gamestop used to give away beta keys if you prepurchased the game for $5, but I think they've discontinued that. There's less than a week left in beta, although I think they may be bringing the beta back a few weeks before the July 27 release date.
#3077
Posted 01 June 2010 - 08:45 AM
#3078
Posted 01 June 2010 - 12:59 PM
TheEnglishman, on Jun 1 2010, 09:49 AM, said:
Is that so? Well, this is the first major sports title I've ever gotten, so maybe I don't know about that yet. It is quite fun, but there are clearly people either more passionate about it or who spend too much time with it, given the assortment of skills and tricks that always seem to be employed against me.
It also could be that barring a few decent victories, I suck at the game overall, but that's not something I'm accepting right now. Grr.
#3079
Posted 01 June 2010 - 03:59 PM
#3080
Posted 01 June 2010 - 04:23 PM
Golden Legacy, on Jun 1 2010, 11:59 AM, said:
It also could be that barring a few decent victories, I suck at the game overall, but that's not something I'm accepting right now. Grr.
That's me and online gaming in general.
#3082
Posted 01 June 2010 - 10:19 PM
But after you left I held my own against this one dude pretty well if I say so myself. Throwing knives and dynamite, good griefing tools.
#3083
Posted 01 June 2010 - 10:25 PM
#3085
Posted 04 June 2010 - 06:36 PM
Started a Mentor playthrough (Hard mode) not too long ago, trying to challenge myself by also refraining from using healing items OR health boosting items. I'm only on Chapter Two and it's already a ridiculous experience.
#3086
Posted 05 June 2010 - 08:51 PM
Currently
#3087
Posted 06 June 2010 - 01:32 AM
sweet as but the lost age doesnt work at all :joy:
Golden sun, Fire emblem, Final Fantasy Tactics, even though i can play them on my ds so much cooler on my ipod!
Man im set till E3
#3088
Posted 06 June 2010 - 04:49 AM
Also a bit of FFXIII here and there but I dont want to play too much more of it until exams are over.
#3089
Posted 06 June 2010 - 12:36 PM
Matdamon, on Jun 6 2010, 03:32 AM, said:
sweet as but the lost age doesnt work at all :joy:
Golden sun, Fire emblem, Final Fantasy Tactics, even though i can play them on my ds so much cooler on my ipod!
Man im set till E3
I've got a friend who got that GBA emulator to work on his iPod Touch too. The screen is absolutely gorgeous and makes the games come to life in a way that the actual GBA system couldn't. Great stuff.
#3090
Posted 18 June 2010 - 09:01 PM
#3091
Posted 18 June 2010 - 10:33 PM
#3093
Posted 19 June 2010 - 10:41 AM
#3094
Posted 19 June 2010 - 02:30 PM
#3095
Posted 20 June 2010 - 02:59 AM
#3096
Posted 20 June 2010 - 03:43 AM
#3099
Posted 20 June 2010 - 09:21 AM
#3100
Posted 20 June 2010 - 03:07 PM
I really want to pick up RDR. But are you limited to the main story? For example in Oblivion you can be evil instead of saving the world - can you become a bandit or something in RDR?
#3101
Posted 20 June 2010 - 03:49 PM
#3102
Posted 22 June 2010 - 02:43 AM
Playing Galaxy 2. I've got a few stars. Its been alright.
#3103
Posted 27 June 2010 - 05:22 PM
#3104
Posted 27 June 2010 - 08:03 PM
#3105
Posted 28 June 2010 - 09:13 AM
#3107
Posted 28 June 2010 - 04:50 PM
#3108
Posted 28 June 2010 - 05:31 PM
ihatekraden, on Jun 28 2010, 09:13 AM, said:
I just got it in the mail from Nintendo today (my review is here). It's super awesome but still short. I'd say get it.
#3109
Posted 28 June 2010 - 08:00 PM
Zeypher, on Jun 28 2010, 05:31 PM, said:
Nice, detailed review. Thanks, this makes me sure I wanna buy the game now as it sounds like everything I hoped it would be.
#3110
Posted 29 June 2010 - 11:46 AM
#3111
Posted 29 June 2010 - 01:35 PM
#3112
Posted 29 June 2010 - 01:59 PM
#3113
Posted 29 June 2010 - 08:34 PM
#3115
Posted 30 June 2010 - 05:36 AM
#3116
Posted 30 June 2010 - 05:42 AM
#3117
Posted 30 June 2010 - 03:37 PM
Finally got round to it, now I've completed RDR. Glad I did pick it up again and started anew; my previous human warrior (original, right?) character was dull as shit. Now I'm an elf mage bitch. Cool stuff.
#3118
Posted 01 July 2010 - 01:15 AM
TheEnglishman, on Jun 30 2010, 12:42 PM, said:
well when you 'restart' LO after finishing it all the immortal characters start at lvl 50, i'm a dungeon away from disc 4 and havent reached 15 hours playtime yet
#3119
Posted 12 July 2010 - 12:22 PM
#3120
Posted 12 July 2010 - 02:40 PM
#3121
Posted 12 July 2010 - 08:59 PM
#3122
Posted 12 July 2010 - 09:39 PM
One day I may, but not now. You'll be surprised to know that I am actually having more fun with New Super Mario Bros Wii than Galaxy (the first had less favourable reviews).
#3123
Posted 13 July 2010 - 12:09 AM
#3124
Posted 13 July 2010 - 12:44 AM
#3125
Posted 13 July 2010 - 05:41 AM
Someone Else, on Jul 13 2010, 04:14 PM, said:
Yeah man that pretty much sums it up. But I still enjoyed it. Most stars are too easy and its kinda like ohh thats kinda cool how they did that but just as it got good the level ended.
There are some tricky stars to get ones that took me maybe ten to fifteen tries, but not enough.
The green stars are cool after getting 120 I've had a couple ones that the put just out of reach and you have to work the jumps perfect to get them.
But yeah its pretty much a major dejavu or whatever you call it.
#3127
Posted 25 August 2010 - 07:48 AM
#3128
Posted 25 August 2010 - 10:44 AM
#3129
Posted 25 August 2010 - 02:40 PM
It didn't help that I had the Cattleman Revolver equipped rather than any of my newer guns. Was a little bit of a dumb thing to do.
#3130
Posted 25 August 2010 - 02:59 PM
#3132
Posted 25 August 2010 - 05:18 PM
#3133
Posted 25 August 2010 - 05:44 PM
Tim already covered it, just ride in, lasso your guy and ride away.
#3134
Posted 25 August 2010 - 09:09 PM
#3135
Posted 25 August 2010 - 11:23 PM
#3136
Posted 26 August 2010 - 02:37 AM
Someone Else, on Aug 26 2010, 03:09 AM, said:
That's exactly what I did...
#3139
Posted 27 August 2010 - 02:41 PM
getting a ps2 off my friend =D
good times await!
#3140
Posted 27 August 2010 - 03:09 PM
#3144
Posted 28 August 2010 - 01:27 AM
#3147
Posted 28 August 2010 - 06:51 AM
#3150
Posted 06 September 2010 - 06:21 AM
Though I imagine I'll probably pick Golden Sun up again sometime soon.
#3151
Posted 06 September 2010 - 05:15 PM
#3153
Posted 10 September 2010 - 04:17 PM
Zeypher, on Sep 6 2010, 04:15 PM, said:
That's what I've been using. So far, it has the best UI of any homebrew app I've used so far. Very impressive.
But I think I'm gonna have to find myself a PSP emulator so I can try BBS. No way I'm buying a PSP for one game. :\
#3155
Posted 11 September 2010 - 01:23 PM
#3157
Posted 12 September 2010 - 09:07 AM
#3160
Posted 25 September 2010 - 02:18 AM
#3161
Posted 25 September 2010 - 08:20 AM
#3167
Posted 27 September 2010 - 01:28 PM
#3168
Posted 28 September 2010 - 03:34 PM
I've been playing FE:SS on my Wii with a gamecube controller, btw. lulz
#3174
Posted 01 October 2010 - 06:04 PM
#3176
Posted 11 October 2010 - 12:55 PM
#3177
Posted 11 October 2010 - 02:15 PM
#3183
Posted 19 October 2010 - 06:04 PM
#3184
Posted 20 October 2010 - 10:35 AM
#3185
Posted 21 October 2010 - 03:54 AM
Greg got his privileges removed and shoved down a giant hole yesterday after I left the server because I couldn't be fucked just trying to fix the stuff he did, so a few hours later when Keiron left I went down the hole and used a bug to delete the bedrocks so he continuously fell LUL.
#3186
Posted 21 October 2010 - 08:54 AM
It's just that there was no structure to it, everyone just built their own thing so why bother make shit in multiplayer on your own whilst you just get griefed? I'd much rather everone worked on some giant project together to make something fucking awesome.
And by griefed, I mean greg being a dick
#3188
Posted 22 October 2010 - 03:00 AM
#3190
Posted 24 October 2010 - 07:12 AM
#3191
Posted 24 October 2010 - 01:32 PM
#3194
Posted 28 October 2010 - 10:33 PM
Legolastom, on Oct 21 2010, 02:54 AM, said:
Caael, on Oct 21 2010, 07:54 AM, said:
I might be putting my server back online next week, if you guys are interested.
Though I'm thinking more like a massive castle/fort/ruin that blends in with the environment, like it was over-grown with foliage and earth or something.
But it's not like I've got my mind set on that or anything.
#3195
Posted 03 November 2010 - 01:46 AM
#3198
Posted 03 November 2010 - 03:58 PM
#3200
Posted 05 November 2010 - 12:11 PM
wait.
no.
fuck that. i dont have an account.