The "What are you playing?" topic.

[Xiahou]

I picked up Vanguard out of curiosity. It's a bit glitchy still and is a bit of a system hog- but it really looks great. If WoW was too shallow for you( ), you might like this game- crafting is extremely in depth. I've also been enjoying diplomatic missions which basically are card games that involve you spending points in various categories of persuasion to push the argument in your favor. The stronger an argument (card) the more points it takes to play and they also give points to your opponent to use against you. It's challenging, but probably not as complicated as I made it sound. Everything has it's own sets of equipment as well- fighting, harvesting, diplomacy, ect.

Of course, then there's the 15 or so races and about as many different classes, 3 major continents, flying mounts, ships, player owned houses and who knows what else. I don't know if Ill be able to play enough to make the subscription worthwhile- but for now it's alot of fun.

Here you can see my current characters as well as level and eq stats.

[Kekvit Irae]

*clicks the link to Vanguard*

....

*is mesmerized by boobage at the top banner* :heartg:

[Andres]

Surely shopping is a key feature of most strategy games and RPGs? I'm off to San Mona in JA2, partly to pay Tony the arms dealer a visit. I also like to surf the JA2 laptop, to see whether Bobby Ray has got any decent kit yet. Yes, shopping is a key feature of most games I like... well, and looting, I suppose.

That reminds me. At a certain time, I had massive amounts of gold in Oblivion. I started to put objects in my showcases in that big house (in Skingrad?). Afterwards, I wanted to have every set of armour, to expose it, watch it. I started to pay attention on clothes. After all, it looks better to walk around in towns wearing expensive shoes, an expensive shirt etc than to walk around in some armor set. My money was disapearing and I started to loot dungeons and such to have more money to be able to buy another set of fancy armour/weapons/clothes...



Oh my, oh my... What is wrong with me? A game that makes me kill people in order to be able to buy clothes and jewelry?

*** Joins anti-videogames movement. ***

[English assassin]

That reminds me. At a certain time, I had massive amounts of gold in Oblivion. I started to put objects in my showcases in that big house (in Skingrad?). Afterwards, I wanted to have every set of armour, to expose it, watch it. I started to pay attention on clothes. After all, it looks better to walk around in towns wearing expensive shoes, an expensive shirt etc than to walk around in some armor set. My money was disapearing and I started to loot dungeons and such to have more money to be able to buy another set of fancy armour/weapons/clothes...

Dude, you got a capitalist work ethic, in a computer game???

Funnily enough after a while I couldn't be botherered selling things and just kept dumping stuff on the floor in my room in the thieves guild, which is rather like real life too I'm afraid..

What we need is a "meaning of life" mod where you can give all your gold away to the poor and find Nirvana, or an "economics" mod where a load of starving peasants loot your house, set up a commune, and bury you in the back garden...

[Husar]

That reminds me. At a certain time, I had massive amounts of gold in Oblivion. I started to put objects in my showcases in that big house (in Skingrad?). Afterwards, I wanted to have every set of armour, to expose it, watch it. I started to pay attention on clothes. After all, it looks better to walk around in towns wearing expensive shoes, an expensive shirt etc than to walk around in some armor set. My money was disapearing and I started to loot dungeons and such to have more money to be able to buy another set of fancy armour/weapons/clothes...

I did the same in Morrowind and now in Gothic 3 I kept certain types of armour and weapons just for the good looks and so that I can dress appropriately depending on where I am...

[frogbeastegg]

Cooking Mama

But but but it's fun! It's a set of touch screen based mini games, much like warioware! Brilliantly unique. Makes me hungry though ...

Hehe, I only considered the game because I saw a bunch of gamers posting endless love for it on another forum. They made it sound like such fun. Hehe, it was really quite hilarious: a collection of men sat about admitting they felt like freaks buying the game and loving it. I'm the only girl I know of playing it.

And whoever mentioned the game about shopping, go and stand in the corner until you are ready to apologise for suggesting such a horrendus concept! :shivers at the thought of the boredom of shopping now available in a portable, handheld form ready to be inflicted on unsuspecting frogs at any time:

[Andres]

And whoever mentioned the game about shopping, go and stand in the corner until you are ready to apologise for suggesting such a horrendus concept! :shivers at the thought of the boredom of shopping now available in a portable, handheld form ready to be inflicted on unsuspecting frogs at any time:

[Duke Malcolm]

Ah, now it is a long streak of EU2 and Galactic Civilisations 2.
In the former I have already, as Scotland, conquered the British Isles, Norway, bits of France and Portugal, and vassalised a few Germans, colonised some of South and Central America, the Windies, Indonesia, and North India, oh and some of West Africa...

In GalCiv2, the British Empire (renamed, edited with the Union Flag and everything) is currently doing very little, because it CTDs from time to time...

[RabidGibbon]

Nostalgia trip time!

I've scored me a free copy of X-Com Enemy Unknown (I had it for the playstation back in the previous millenium) and I'm really getting back into it. A little tip for those Orgahs who find themselves recruited by the men in black... never, never be the first off the Skyranger!

In other news [snip: link to underdogs removed] is a very neat little strategy game which I'm enjoying, although at £0.00 you might want to think about it before shelling out.



EDIT: no links to the Underdogs, please. The site offers for download a lot of games which are, technically speaking, pirated. Froggy.

[Kekvit Irae]

I've scored me a free copy of X-Com Enemy Unknown (I had it for the playstation back in the previous millenium) and I'm really getting back into it. A little tip for those Orgahs who find themselves recruited by the men in black... never, never be the first off the Skyranger!

I loved X-Com and X-Com: Terror From The Deep. I sent so many of my poor special ops to their deaths. Most of them were newbies.

[Kekvit Irae]

That reminds me. At a certain time, I had massive amounts of gold in Oblivion. I started to put objects in my showcases in that big house (in Skingrad?). Afterwards, I wanted to have every set of armour, to expose it, watch it. I started to pay attention on clothes. After all, it looks better to walk around in towns wearing expensive shoes, an expensive shirt etc than to walk around in some armor set. My money was disapearing and I started to loot dungeons and such to have more money to be able to buy another set of fancy armour/weapons/clothes...



Oh my, oh my... What is wrong with me? A game that makes me kill people in order to be able to buy clothes and jewelry?

*** Joins anti-videogames movement. ***

I spent many hours in Daggerfall trying to coordinate my character's dress style.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Viking Ivasion,Shoghun Total War, BF2, and Castle Invasion :D :)

[Caius]

I will buy BF1942.

[Xiahou]

*clicks the link to Vanguard*

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*is mesmerized by boobage at the top banner* :heartg:

Well then, you'll be happy to know that the female character creation screen has a full two sliders dedicated to the breasts- 1 for size, and 1 for lift.

Seriously though, I'm still really enjoying this game- it's got tons of depth. It still has some minor glitches and performance problems, but I haven't come across any real game-breakers yet.

It's real purty lookin too:

[Kekvit Irae]

Well then, you'll be happy to know that the female character creation screen has a full two sliders dedicated to the breasts- 1 for size, and 1 for lift.

Makes me glad I play Dark Age of Camelot, a game where the girls are fully clothed when no equipment is worn.

[Xiahou]

Makes me glad I play Dark Age of Camelot, a game where the girls are fully clothed when no equipment is worn.

Actually, Vanguard is conspicuously underwear free as well- when not wearing any EQ, you just appear in "street" clothes.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I'm playing some Metal Gear Solid on my new PS2, and then I'll work through the rest.

Also almost done with Ace Combat 5.

[Caius]

Castle Siege :D

[The Spartan (Returns)]

Coh
AoE3
Oblivion (someday. will look for mods perhaps)

[Kongamato]

Does anyone have the new expansion for GalCiv II yet? It recently became available and I'd like to hear about how the game has changed.

[César Victor]

Shadow of Rome. Can't get enough of that limb removing good old fashioned fun! Also, Bully, God of War and Pro Evo; I alternate between the 4 at the moment with a bit of Smackdown vs. Raw inbetween.

[frogbeastegg]

My ownership of Okami was delayed. The shops in town had none left on release day; alas, that's not a sign that it was selling in bulk. They'd only ordered a couple of copies in. Huh. So I hit amazon, and since it was Friday night when I ordered it was obviously going to take a few days before it arrived.

This is where amphibian stupidity kicks in. Get ready ...

I still have a few colossi left to kill, and I'm enjoying that game a fair bit. But. But but but, I have this nagging craving to play a traditional console Japanese style RPG. Random turnbased battles, manga styling galore, levelling up, one of those mad Japanese plots - the whole works. It's a craving I've been fighting since I hit the last 5 hours of Shadow Hearts weeks ago.

Yes, so, with a couple of days until I get my eagerly awaited Okami, and with Shadow of the Colossus in progress and nearly completed, what do I do?

I start playing Dragon Quest VIII. A 60 - 120 hour game

I love it! Okami sits untouched, SotC is back in its box, and somehow I've managed to play 16 hours in 8 days.

The plot is basic, a fairytale like concoction about a cursed king and princess tavelling to find the one who laid the curse on them. Yet for all that I'm enjoying it considerably; it has charm, and it's executed so it is frequently funny. The characters are full of personality, aided in good part by the excellent voice acting. The world itself is enjoyable to explore; I've spent so much time wandering about off the roads that I'm overleveled for the point of the game I'm at. The battles are neat; they're fast, no massive animations or such here to drag them out and make then dull. What's more they are big - 4 characters in your party, and up to 8 enemies at once! As you only have 4 characters total you never need to worry about unused characters falling behind. This limited number also allows each character to have more development time and personality devoted to them.

When you don't want to work at advancing the plot there's loads to do; I've found treasure hunting, alchemy (make new items out of old ones), famous monster hunting, a casino, and I know that there's a monster arena where you can pit teams of monsters you have defeated against others to win prizes.

The graphics deserve special mention; as any screenshot will reveal, this game is stunningly beautiful for a PS2 game. It looks even better in motion.

Anyone else played it?

[naut]

Mount & Blade 0.808, Battle for Sicily mod. Fairly cool. Some good concepts; looting, land grants, many factions and cultures. Very fun.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Dropped Metal Gear for Knights of the Old Republic, and finished the Ace Combat 5 campaign in the meantime. I think I'll continue to unlock content there between KOTOR sessions (which seem very unstable).

[CountArach]

Oh noes! I started playing Civilisation 4: Warlords again! I am screwed...

Just... one... more... turn...

[Lorenzo_H]

Oh noes! I started playing Civilisation 4: Warlords again! I am screwed...

Just... one... more... turn...

Hey! I love that game!

[Vuk]

What is Vuk playing?

Mario and Tank Master on the original Atari.

BF2 Hard Justice, BF2 Allied Intent, BF2 PR, BF2AF, and BF2 on the PC. (The only platform worth seriously gaming on imho).

DXMP on the computer.

Thief II fanmissions also on the computer.

Super Mario Bros 2 on Nintendo (The original).

Deus Ex and Thief II are the two best games I've ever played, and I suggest them to all!

[Taurus]

- Battlefield 2
- Battlefield 2142
- Counter Strike: Source
- Pro Evolution Soccer 6

[Fragony]

Deus Ex and Thief II are the two best games I've ever played, and I suggest them to all!

Played the first Thief Vuk? Even better then the second, much more sinister and dark. Thief 2 has the better fanmissions though.

[Vuk]

Played the first Thief Vuk? Even better then the second, much more sinister and dark. Thief 2 has the better fanmissions though.

Ya, I played Thief I. I didn't like it as much as Thief II, I dont know...I think Thief II was higher quality (don't get me wrong, I love Thief, I just don't like it as much). Also, you can do more with the Dromed 2 engine than you can Dromed. Thief I is a great game thoug.