The Gaming Thread

[Broomjockey]

Finished Deus Ex, contemplating self-torture by playing Tomb Raider: Legend and Underworld. May also see if I can give Bayonetta a rent.

[Broomjockey]

It's the most addictive game I've played in years!

Heh. I've got it for PC, and despite a massive laundry list of complaints, issues, glitches, and annoyances, I've got 3 characters above lvl 40 (one at 50, the cap), and 2 at around level 5 (just wanted to try the class really quick). I'd say that speaks well that despite everything, I've played it that much.


My chief complaint about the game though, is that there's no patch notes for the PC version after the first, and I know there's been at least 3. Thanks, I like to know what they've actually fixed.

[Jack T. Chance]

Right now, I am completely and totally hooked on Borderlands for the Xbox 360! It's the most addictive game I've played in years!

[Gravekeeper]

That's because LOTRO was designed around grouping, not solo players, which was the biggest turn-off to me when I played it.

Yeah, that kinda ran me off in the end too. I'm a big soloer and all but LOTRO isn't a solo game. You *can* solo fairly easily, but the content provided for solo'n is pretty much "go to x and kill/get y of z" until the end of time.

Also if you're coming off another mmo, like we were, LOTRO does absolutely nothing to stand out in the crowd. Yes its a solid game with lots of features and really not many overt flaws, but like I said its such a by the numbers mmo design that it feels like everything else you've ever played. Makes no real attempt to stand out in any way.

[Eric the Grey]

I like LOTRO- it's a good looking game, good gameplay, fun. My leveling group fizzled out over the holidays (understandable) and I just sort of wandered off after that. I normally play solo so I don't know why the loss of group effected me. I don't think it actually had anything to do with the game itself.

That's because LOTRO was designed around grouping, not solo players, which was the biggest turn-off to me when I played it.

See, I tended to play when there wasn't a lot of people on, or at least, not at my level, so I tended to be stuck a lot with nothing I could complete except for grinding, which I hate with a passion.

Although, Once I got to the point where I could do monster play, the grouping problem seemed to go away for the most part, although there were still times where I could not find a group to do anything with.


Eric the Grey

[LewisLegion]

18 days until Mass Effect 2

(Yes, I'm counting down. I can't wait!)

And my ME2 Comic should be delivered tonight!

[lordlundar]

So far, it's a superhero game. I haven't seen anything terribly different than City of Heroes/City of Villains.

That's because of it's background. Jack Emmeret was the lead designer of both CoH and Champions Online. When he left CoH (some feel to avoid the lynch mob that was coming) he claimed he was going to make a superhero themed game that was going to be far superior to CoH. He left halfway through the development but gave strict guidelines to be obeyed so his "vision" would be realized. The result was Champions online, a weird mashup between CoH and WoW, with some unique features that don't work quite right.

[Jetfire]

I think it was mentioned around here somewhere, but since I read about it, I've been playing Champions Online on Tuesdays when WoW is down.

You can play for free up till level 15, and can only have 2 characters at a time, but I figure it's enough to figure out all the different archtypes and get a good feeling for the game overall.

So far, it's a superhero game. I haven't seen anything terribly different than City of Heroes/City of Villains.


Eric the Grey

I love Champs Online. It's my away game when I don't feel like playing EQ for a bit (EQ is still my primary game). I've got a lifetime sub to it too so I'm all set with that.

I'm also in the STO beta, and honestly at the moment, it isn't grabbing me as much as I expected it to. I love Star Trek and would love a Sci Fi MMO, but STO feels more like it's 6 months from release, and not the 1 month to release it actually is.

Outside of SOE and Cryptic's games, I haven't really done much gaming. EQ, EQII and CO are enough for me I think. (ok and occasional time in Free Realms )

[NightAngel]

LOTRO is basically WoW with an actual storyline. Its a solid game but its so by the numbers that it'll be remarkably familiar for any WoW player.

If you want slow leveling, no content and hours of suffering on end try Aion. =p

Horrible waste of a game. Stunning graphics, beautiful animation.....annnnd absolutely awful game beneath it. Such a waste. =/

I like LOTRO- it's a good looking game, good gameplay, fun. My leveling group fizzled out over the holidays (understandable) and I just sort of wandered off after that. I normally play solo so I don't know why the loss of group effected me. I don't think it actually had anything to do with the game itself.

I tried Aion in beta also- it didn't grab me either. I hear the issues that people have with it and realize I probably would have regretted trying to play it long term anyway.

So, my DK and I will be rampaging across Azeroth until either SW:TOR or The Secret World come out at least.

[Eric the Grey]

I think it was mentioned around here somewhere, but since I read about it, I've been playing Champions Online on Tuesdays when WoW is down.

You can play for free up till level 15, and can only have 2 characters at a time, but I figure it's enough to figure out all the different archtypes and get a good feeling for the game overall.

So far, it's a superhero game. I haven't seen anything terribly different than City of Heroes/City of Villains.


Eric the Grey

[Gravekeeper]

I'm back in WoW. I tried LOTRO and ALLODS then went briefly ROM but they didn't hold me long.

ALLODS is good but it's new (in beta-no NDA that I'm aware of) and needs some revamping on the combat system- takes WaaaaaY too long to kill anything. Makes leveling really slow. I may revisit it at a later time.

LOTRO is basically WoW with an actual storyline. Its a solid game but its so by the numbers that it'll be remarkably familiar for any WoW player.

If you want slow leveling, no content and hours of suffering on end try Aion. =p

Horrible waste of a game. Stunning graphics, beautiful animation.....annnnd absolutely awful game beneath it. Such a waste. =/

[NightAngel]

I'm back in WoW. I tried LOTRO and ALLODS then went briefly ROM but they didn't hold me long.

ALLODS is good but it's new (in beta-no NDA that I'm aware of) and needs some revamping on the combat system- takes WaaaaaY too long to kill anything. Makes leveling really slow. I may revisit it at a later time.

[Gravekeeper]

19 days until Mass Effect 2!!

<3

Fallout 3 will have to do me till then. And then ME2 will have to do me till the Dragon Age expansion in March. -.-

[LewisLegion]

19 days until Mass Effect 2!!

[RichS]

After this past semester, I finished both Batman: AA and World of Goo on their Story modes. I actually played Batman twice through Story mode, the first on medium, the second on easy - I just wanted to play through it again.

I also put together an old machine destined for recycling, and have rescued it for some DOS - Win9x gaming. So far, I've installed both Crusader games, Dark Forces, Duke Nukem 2 and 3D, and I'm working on more. I actually heard one of my daughters say "Cool!" during playing Screamer (old DOS 3d racing game, pretty good graphics for the time it was made) ...

Now, I want to put in a better graphics card in my kids' computer so I can be able to play games that I can't install in 64-bit Win7. It'll have to wait until tax refund time, though, and my classes for Winter are going to start soon.