The Gaming Thread

[Broomjockey]

Bizarrely, I'm still playing Deus Ex.

Or rather, playing it again. During Steam's holiday sale, I picked up the Eidos collector's pack for $50. Awesome buy. Played the snot out of Arkham Asylum, eventually hit a wall on hard difficulty, can't get past it yet. So as to not burn myself out on AA though, I played through some of the other stuff in the pack.

Or tried to, anyway. I played Deus Ex: Invisible War, kicked its ass up until the ending, when the game basically forgot that it's supposed to offer me a choice between stealth and combat. Had to respec, lost some of the mods I liked in exchange for the mods I needed, but managed to win still. Also popped in the original Deus Ex, which still kicks ass in every imaginable way.

However, then we get to the games in the pack that I suck at. The Hitman trilogy. What. The. Fuck. On the first one, I can't get through the training. I get up to the orderly in the hallway, he sees me, and I get sent back to the start. Fuck that shit. I do little better on the other two. Tried playing Thief: Deadly Shadows, and did okay, except I keep forgetting to ever save and so I do well, up until I don't, then I die, and have to start from the beginning. *sigh*

Next on that list will be the Tomb Raider games. I've also got Silent Hill: Shattered Memories kicking around. I was originally only going to play it when my friend was over, but he's pretty much abandoned the idea, so I'll need to actually sit and get through the rest of that.

[gunsage]

Dammit! DON'T YOU DIE ON MEEEEE!!!!1

Hey guys, what's up? There are almost too many games to count that I have since last time, but basically what you should know is I have a bunch of newer games (thanks Santa!) and I'm on XBL about every night. One game I'm especially having fun with right now is Bayonetta, but I've bought Left 4 Dead 2, Modern Warfare 2, and a few other things recently as well.

Again, my gamertag is TheGunSage. Check me out if you get the chance.

[Broomjockey]

Reinstalled Deus Ex. Am playing.

Still sweet game. And now due to the rules of the world, someone else somewhere will reinstall it because I mentioned it.

[lordlundar]

NCSoft hasn't officially said, but it's a major ticket MMO for them so odds are it's a subscription setup. Expect roughly $15US per month.

[Rapscallion]

Aion - anyone know what payment schedule for that is going to be? Same as GW as in buy the game and play for free? Monthly fees?

Rapscallion

[Jetfire]

I mainly play EQ and on occasion EQ2. I also play quite a few of the online games on reflexive and popcap. I recently joined my hubby and his friends in his D&D campaign. That's been pretty fun.

Ah another EQ Player. I'm on the Luclin server; my guild has just started poking around Meldraith's Mansion. (Stupid Breakneck). I've been playing for 9 years now, and been to 4 Fan Faires now (all in Vegas).

Sometimes I also head to EQII, Vanguard and Free Realms too, depending on my moods, but EQ is my main game. (Final Fantasy's are also a time sink I play when I don't want the computer. )

I'm also in 2 DnD games; they started as DnD 3.5 games at least, but now they're Mutants and Masterminds games. We've been playing together for years; pretty much as long as I've known the GM. Since our players are scattered all over North America (Fredericton, Toronto, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Trinidad, San Diego and elsewhere), we play on IRC.


*Removed my gaming stories and moved them to the Gaming stories thread. Thanks for the link! *

[RayvenQ]

Keep practicing

I am chuffed now, got my first 100% (albeit on easy but what the hell) on the song Misery Business (By Paramore) Damn that was an awesome match between the game sequence and the song, after a while i hardly even had to look at the screen.

[Jack T. Chance]

Section 8...

Haven't posted in this thread in awhile, but I now have a good reason to!

Besides myself, is anyone else here a fan of Robert A. Heinlein's classic military SF novel Starship Troopers?

And I DO mean the novel, not the movie franchise that deviates wildly from the source material.

If, like me, you are a fan, and have wondered what it would be like to play a Starship Troopers FPS based on the BOOK, not the movies, next month, you'll finally know what that might have been like.

Next month, a new game comes out for the PC and Xbox 360 that will be the closest thing we're ever likely to get to a Starship Troopers game based on the novel!

JOIN SECTION 8!

I just wish there was a playable demo available, 'cuz I don't want to wait 'til August 25th, I want to play it NOW!

[Iced Coffee Man]

Keep practicing

[RayvenQ]

Got my first try of Guitar Hero today, thanks to the place where i rent them from also giving you a guitar to borrow.

Pretty fun so far, although the boss sections are annoying, even on the easy difficulties.

[Nurian]

I got my wife into WoW. In three days, she became a level 30 Paladin complete with Warhorse. Due to Recruit-A-Friend, my Warlock leveled right beside her and now has a Felsteed. I laugh at the image of a paragon of all that's (supposedly) good and holy riding their white horse along side a paragon of all that's (again, supposedly) evil riding a horse from Hell.

[Broomjockey]

Grabbed Secret of Monkey Island on Steam for $10. Never played it before. Totally worth it. Some parts I never would have gotten past without the built-in hint system, some I was just a tool in not figuring it out myself, but I did most of it myself! I's a smart one!

[Teysa]

I mainly play EQ and on occasion EQ2. I also play quite a few of the online games on reflexive and popcap. I recently joined my hubby and his friends in his D&D campaign. That's been pretty fun.

[gunsage]

Yikes. I'm surprised this one got so far pushed back. There's way too much to update, so I'll just stick with the basics. I've been on XBL more lately with the gamertag TheGunSage if anyone wants to hit me up. Mostly I've been doing King of Fighters 98, but I plan on getting various other fighting games and maybe some more FPSs soon.

Beyond that, I'm on Steam but I don't have anything registered yet, so I'll get back to you on that one. I've been working a lot on my game...but I'm not sure where to post the details for that. I may figure it into my sig, but I don't know. Beyond that, I've been adding more and more titles to my backloggery, specifically if I've beaten them or plan on beating them.

That's about it.

[pssorens]

does anyonle play D+D or Shadowrun through IM or any of the web-based systems. Some friends and I are looking for a way to play shadowrun together.