Video Games

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:21 pm

I went on a nostalgia kick and downloaded the original Perfect Dark.

Proximity Pinball.

Holy. Fuck.

For those who don't know, Perfect Dark gives every weapon have two firing modes. For the basic handgun, it's 'shoot' and 'pistol whip'. For the shotgun, it's single-shot and double-shot. There's a lot of that, alternative modes you'd expect.

For one of the game's bread-and-butter assault rifles, the secondary turns it into a proximity mine which is thrown away, leading to much simple multiplayer mirth as someone tries to pick up the gun and gets blown up.

The basic grenade's first mode is a four-second fuse, and the secondary is proximity pinball, where it's thrown and it begins bouncing like a tennis ball and it detonates when it's near a viable target, even if that's you.

Games have come a long way since this came out, but...I dunno. I wish we had more of this kinda of creativity and innovation and less space marines.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:34 pm

Fuck you. How can I get off if I don't see a Space Marine shooting an Alien in the face every six seconds for the rest of my life.

If it doesn't have space marines, it's probably not even a video game, you fucking nerd.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:16 am

I got Oblivion and Lego star wars for my 360 for 10$ at best buy.

I was wondering if there are any recommendation for games I need to buy.

I have a kinect and have a few family frieendly games (party games, dance games, exercise.)

I don't really care about the rating or type (sports, rpg, sports.) My only rule is no games that require extra equipment (guitar hero, etc.. )

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:31 am

Bioshock

Red Dead Redemption--even the Undead Nightmare pack is good for 30 dollars if you have an Xbox live account. Even if you don't, the actual Undead Nightmare DLC is a damn good buy for ten dollars. It's a whole lot of game.

Assassin's Creed is a good series. First one is a little monotonous, the next two more than make up for it.

Batman: Arkham Asylum, the Mass Effect Games, Dragon Age 1 is popular, too.

You can find Bioshock and Assassin's Creed 1 for cheap. Overlord's a good buy for under ten bucks--you play an evil overlord newly resurrected and now have to get even with the seven heroes who overthrew you, rebuild your Mighty Tower and all. You have two options to play through: Dark Lord and Evil, based on whether you actually do evil things throughout the game.

If you're after a nostalgia kick, there's some games for download on Xbox Live (Which, okay, you pay for online multiplayer. But downloading DLCs and games and such are free, apart from the cost of buying them). Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Banjo-Kazooie, and suchlike.

PhoneLobster · Post by **PhoneLobster** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:46 am

I dislike mass effect. But wouldn't recommend against it, I could see people enjoying it. I will call them stupid for doing so, but still.

But do not buy Dragon Age. It is unrepentant shit in every respect and you have an incredibly high chance of wanting your money back. I got it for free and I want MY fucking money back.

Most of the rest of his recommendations are probably fine too. I've encountered a lot of X-Box games via their PC ports and I am trying to remember but I think that Borderlands might be X-Box and I'm pretty sure that Flat Out is X-Box too.

But for the love of god, don't say I didn't warn you the fuck away from Dragon Age.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:56 am

PhoneLobster wrote:I dislike mass effect. But wouldn't recommend against it, I could see people enjoying it. I will call them stupid for doing so, but still.

But do not buy Dragon Age. It is unrepentant shit in every respect and you have an incredibly high chance of wanting your money back. I got it for free and I want MY fucking money back.

But for the love of god, don't say I didn't warn you the fuck away from Dragon Age.

I'm not much of a fan, myself. Notice I said it's popular.

I can understand your criticisms of Mass Effect, but I still enjoy the game. For Dragon Age...lot of folks like it, so it's worth checking out to see if he does, as well. Borrowing it might work best...

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:57 am

Indeed, I don't 'get' Dragon Age, couldn't finish it, so much about the game made me rage.

I *think* the worst was all the fights where you were badly outnumbered, even as you had half a dozen other guys sitting back in your camp. Maybe, just maybe, that was the worst of it.

Psychic Robot · Post by **Psychic Robot** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:59 am

dragon age is good what's with the hate

Guyr Adamantine · Post by **Guyr Adamantine** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:06 am

Doom wrote:Indeed, I don't 'get' Dragon Age, couldn't finish it, so much about the game made me rage.

I *think* the worst was all the fights where you were badly outnumbered, even as you had half a dozen other guys sitting back in your camp. Maybe, just maybe, that was the worst of it.

Also, that Grey Warden who murders a recruit unwilling to do their bullshit entrance ritual. NOBODY FUCKING BLINKS AT THIS. And these guys are supposed to be heroes?

Zinegata · Post by **Zinegata** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:26 am

Dragon Age 1's story is good if you like Batman from "The Dark Knight". Its fighting system is so-so.

Dragon Age 2 is bad all around.

PhoneLobster · Post by **PhoneLobster** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:15 am

Guyr Adamantine wrote:...bullshit entrance ritual...

That hardly needed a spoiler box. Basically by that point the story and dialog had alternately bored and angered me to the point that I did not indeed blink. I was well past the giving a crap phase and waiting for some sort of redeeming mechanical feature to make the shite story worth it.

It did not manifest.

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:21 pm

I'd second a recommendation for Borderlands. I bought it for the PC for rather cheap and I've played the shit out of it.

Another cheap game I recommend is FEAR, and FEAR: Extraction Point. Fuck the sequels, as their gameplay is far weaker. I've played the fuck out of FEAR and will likely continue to for some time.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:36 pm

Borderlands is pure fun...not a perfect game, but the fun factor is very high if you realize the game is not to be taken seriously.

FEAR never did it for me. The flying deathkicks were just annoying (although I hate every game where melee attacks are more lethal than rocket launchers to the face).

Blicero · Post by **Blicero** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:51 pm

I liked Dragon Age I a lot. It was Bioware's first game that I felt was almost as good as Baldur's Gate II. It suffers from a lot of flaws and something of a mixed creative vision, and its main plot is kinda shite, but I still had a lot of fun with it.

That being said, I would recommend you only play it on the PC. The Playbox versions are really neutered down and not nearly as enjoyable.

DAII's demo bored the shit out of me, and I have resolved never to buy it for less than 5ish dollars.

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:30 am

Doom wrote:Borderlands is pure fun...not a perfect game, but the fun factor is very high if you realize the game is not to be taken seriously.

FEAR never did it for me. The flying deathkicks were just annoying (although I hate every game where melee attacks are more lethal than rocket launchers to the face).

I'll admit the flying deathkicks are silly, but it is the same setting that has SNAKEFIST . Still, what appealed to me are the cover-leaning, the bullet time, and the enemy AI. I'm sure that AI for shooters has improved since, but Replica soldiers are always fun (for me) to fight, mainly due to how they react.

FEAR: Extraction Point added a lot more of the special weapons, so you actually got to use them, often in fun ways. Such as the Subway scene that emulates the Lobby Scene from the Matrix.

Sir Neil · Post by **Sir Neil** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:55 am

Kaelik wrote:Fuck you. How can I get off if I don't see a Space Marine shooting an Alien in the face every six seconds for the rest of my life.

If it doesn't have space marines, it's probably not even a video game, you fucking nerd.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:57 am

I like Mass Effect, except for the bits where Shepard impersonates a conspiracy theorist who refuses to take their meds, and the main plot missions of the second game.

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:29 am

If you want to try perhaps the most fun/surreal/retarded gaming experince ever made, try E.Y.E divine cybermancy.

Featuring a plot that is WAY more convoluted than Deus Ex, as translated from french to english by a platoon of Apes and google translate, an RPG system with 12 starting upgradable cyber implants, psi powers, 20-25ish guns, even more cyber implants, like 16 stats that may or may not do.. stuff, brainhacking (also, the ATMs can hack you back), poor translations, confusing tutorials and dialogue that mostly runs to people swearing and insulting each other constantly.

For example, it takes quite a bit of conversation tree gymnastics to avoid telling one of your bros that it's good that someone killed his wife, because she was a fucking slut.

Also you randomly tell some guy that you're going to cut his "moron fucking face off and wear it as a party mask"

oh and the game also has a massive tech tree of stuff.. that you can research that does.. something. Unlocks guns? I have no idea, I haven't figured it out

What summed this game up for me is when I tried to hack the door in the tutorial, tried my best (please for the purposes of this example accept that I'm not a massive retard), got owned by the door, had a huge 'You got Pwnzed' smile-y face splashed over my view that I couldn't work out how to get rid of, and got an achievement for sucking.

That's atleast 3 and maybe more design decisions that a AAA title would never even consider doing, and it's pretty awesome.

Still, I am 100% totally confused every second of playing this game.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:11 am

Shield-shield-overflow-overflow-attack, win all hacking games with no hack skill, go home and have soup. To get rid of the smiley, open up the hack menu and hack yourself. Though, you may have figured this out already, in which case my advice is useless, but there it is.

Also, that game is a fucking acid trip. It's convoluted, and the translations suck, so I feel like it's a dystopian future where everyone has gone retarded in the middle of a war and are still trying to kill eachother. I love it.

Doom wrote:FEAR never did it for me.

FEAR has one of my favorite gaming moments. I punched an enemy grenade, killing myself (suicide, grenades change ownership and explode when you damage them), the original thrower, and three of his teammates that happened to be standing nearby.

Metro 2033 is probably another; I was sneaking through a level with throwing knives, and I come to a room where there are twos guy around campfire, one off to the side, and one around a corner. One knife in each of the two around the campfire, step into the room, one knife in the guy off to the side, turn to the corner where the other guy is, he steps through and I put my knife in his arm. The game decides this would be a great time to play a voice clip, so this guy whose three friends I just killed and stuck in the arm says, with a heavy Russian accent, "what a crock of sh-" and then I put my final knife in his face.

It was just awesomely authentic and great timing. If I were in that situation, I would probably call bullshit too. That, and the accent; everything sounds hilarious when Russians say it.

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:19 am

DSMatticus wrote:Shield-shield-overflow-overflow-attack, win all hacking games with no hack skill, go home and have soup. To get rid of the smiley, open up the hack menu and hack yourself. Though, you may have figured this out already, in which case my advice is useless, but there it is.

Also, that game is a fucking acid trip. It's convoluted, and the translations suck, so I feel like it's a dystopian future where everyone has gone retarded in the middle of a war and are still trying to kill eachother. I love it.

Yeah I just mask whenever they have attack left otherwise attack and that seems to work (because they always overflow in more attack so you kill their attack and defence at the same time with mask). Mostly I don't bother and shoot them/it/everything and that seems to work.

It is seriously weird/awesome though. Playing Co-op with a bunch of japanese who you cannot understand further adds to the madness.

Guyr Adamantine · Post by **Guyr Adamantine** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:43 am

cthulhu wrote:If you want to try perhaps the most fun/surreal/retarded gaming experince ever made, try E.Y.E divine cybermancy.

Featuring a plot that is WAY more convoluted than Deus Ex, as translated from french to english by a platoon of Apes and google translate, an RPG system with 12 starting upgradable cyber implants, psi powers, 20-25ish guns, even more cyber implants, like 16 stats that may or may not do.. stuff, brainhacking (also, the ATMs can hack you back), poor translations, confusing tutorials and dialogue that mostly runs to people swearing and insulting each other constantly.

For example, it takes quite a bit of conversation tree gymnastics to avoid telling one of your bros that it's good that someone killed his wife, because she was a fucking slut.

Also you randomly tell some guy that you're going to cut his "moron fucking face off and wear it as a party mask"

oh and the game also has a massive tech tree of stuff.. that you can research that does.. something. Unlocks guns? I have no idea, I haven't figured it out

What summed this game up for me is when I tried to hack the door in the tutorial, tried my best (please for the purposes of this example accept that I'm not a massive retard), got owned by the door, had a huge 'You got Pwnzed' smile-y face splashed over my view that I couldn't work out how to get rid of, and got an achievement for sucking.

That's atleast 3 and maybe more design decisions that a AAA title would never even consider doing, and it's pretty awesome.

Still, I am 100% totally confused every second of playing this game.

The dialogue is just as odd in french, apparently. I'm just starting, but beside the confusing interface and universe, I'm totally digging it.
It feels like a Heavy Metal comic, only without tits.

PhoneLobster · Post by **PhoneLobster** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:47 am

Guyr Adamantine wrote:It feels like a Heavy Metal comic, only without tits.

So then like nothing we have ever imagined?

Guyr Adamantine · Post by **Guyr Adamantine** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:28 pm

PhoneLobster wrote:
Guyr Adamantine wrote:It feels like a Heavy Metal comic, only without tits.
So then like nothing we have ever imagined?

The creators are obviously fans of everything science-fiction. It shows.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:31 am

So, in an effort to keep Redemption Multiplayer interesting (And because I've been bored all day) I've taken to avenging myself upon the white devils.

That is, one of the unlockable mounts if you do the extra stuff is a buffalo. The one after that is an albino buffalo--different from a true white buffalo.

The game includes a few character models for Native Americans and tomahawks.

So I've taken to entering PVP frays riding on a huge ivory-colored buffalo and tomahawking people in the face.

It's tacky, yes, I know. But today's been slow. Enjoyable, but slow.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:24 am

Having played the entire Beta several times through, I cannot recommend Deus Ex Human Revolutions enough. It's genuinely as good as the first, if it's anything like the substantial part I've already played, if not even better.

Particularly the "moral choice" system is better than has yet existed in a game.

Only complaints from the Leaked Beta, which also seem to apply to the game as a whole based on reviews:

1) Money economy largely pointless, you will never be able to spend it all, even if you choose the "don't sell out your principles for money" options where they arise, and never loot things for sale.

2) Boss fights seem really pointless, especially for me, as I used nothing but non lethal takedowns the entire fucking game up to the first boss fight (which is the last thing you do in the beta) and then had to be forced into a closed room mandatory no surprise fight.

All they need for a perfect game, is to Half life the cut scenes, and allow you to surprise murder the bosses somehow.

Obviously, this is just Beta, but I'll be gone from this forum a lot until I beat it a few times, and then I'll be back to confirm/deny these musings that are pretty much just me not being able to sleep waiting for it.