The "What are you playing?" topic.

[SillySirius]

Pictures speak louder than words. Fists only say one thing.

I downloaded Oblivion based on a thread I read here. Fun game, I can't seem to find many torches or lock picks however! I also can't sell any stuff I have stolen! Other than that, I am having a great time with it!

I was riffing an old PSA.

You have to join the Thieves Guild to sell stolen items.Lame but thats the way it is.

And then only to a fence.

[A Nerd]

I was riffing an old PSA.

You have to join the Thieves Guild to sell stolen items.Lame but thats the way it is.

And then only to a fence.

I meant no insult silly yet sirius one! :) I was just provided a lame quote/proverb written by myself!

I will drop the stolen stuff then. My character is a knight. Where do you find torches and lockpicks? The mazes in the game are so dark!

[SillySirius]

I meant no insult silly yet sirius one! :) I was just provided a lame quote/proverb written by myself!

I will drop the stolen stuff then. My character is a knight. Where do you find torches and lockpicks? The mazes in the game are so dark!

I didn't take it that way.I figured i better explain since i don't know what the average age of the posters here are.

Loot is random as far as i remember,and scaleable with your level,but you should still be able to find picks and torches.

If i remember containers respawn either every 3-7 ingame days.So you could go around rechecking areas if your having a hard time finding them.Though i also seem to recall that you are more likely to find those items in dungeon containers but i could be wrong.

That is also the reason that you don't want to drop any of your stuff off in containers that are not in a house you own,FYI.

Some shops carry them too and they should be pretty cheap.I think there is some kind of outfitters store in the market district of the imperial city you could check out and in a couple other cities.Its been a while since i played so sorry for being vague.

[A Nerd]

I didn't take it that way.I figured i better explain since i don't know what the average age of the posters here are.

I am glad to hear it. Don't worry, I am quite mature! ;)

Loot is random as far as i remember,and scaleable with your level,but you should still be able to find picks and torches.

If i remember containers respawn either every 3-7 ingame days.So you could go around rechecking areas if your having a hard time finding them.Though i also seem to recall that you are more likely to find those items in dungeon containers but i could be wrong

I didn't know this! I did notice as I played last night however, that as I went thru the containers in a fighters guild I found alot of good stuff. I got killed, and had to do it over again and all the stuff was different! Much to my dismay, not as good! Respawning would be great! I found a great mace the first time and a mediocre axe the next.

Some shops carry them too and they should be pretty cheap.I think there is some kind of outfitters store in the market district of the imperial city you could check out and in a couple other cities.Its been a while since i played so sorry for being vague.

None in the city I am currently in. To the east of the Imperial City. I haven't been anywhere else yet so I will check it out! Thanks for the tips! :)

[Prussian to the Iron]

After seeing footage, I thought that he knocks them out at least? Maybe he does kill them? He uses some sort of thermal scanner and after bad guys are taken out they go off the scanner, obviously indicating that they are dead, not knocked out.

Not a thermal scanner, not that I've seen at least. its some sort of scanner thing that makes people blue, red if armed. and i dont think people go off the scanner when you beat them up. plus you can see them rolling around after you beat them.

I would gess at least some of them probably died eventually, but not immediately. and thats all that matters.

[Splitpersonality]

Mafia 2 demo, this game is fun as heck...

but the driving @.@

[Monk]

Back in October of last year i bought a $10 logitech gamepad to play Street Fighter 4 on my PC with. Aside from a strange design that sorta made my hand hurt after hours playing with it, it was a really good piece of hardware. Since i never really liked the way the keyboard controlled, and an old 360 controller just felt a little off, the classic d-pad of the logitech gamepad was an incredible fit. Sadly, the poor thing died after nearly a year of consistent use. Really down since I loved playing fighters with that thing, was the only way I could play it competently

Thinking about investing back into a 360 now that my fighting itch has been left unattended, but in the meantime i'm playing Victoria 2 on and off, Starcraft 2 and a tooling about in some of the expansions for Sims 3.

[Prussian to the Iron]

duuuude.....PS3 is the way to go man. I've had to have my 360 fixed 3 times in the past 3 years, the PS3 I've had 4 years and the only time I ever needed repairs was a few months back, and that was because of a long weekend playing basically from 10AM til 4-6AM every day with my friend, without turning it off except for that 4 hour cooldown while I slept, and there was little ventilation as well.


PS3 costs money to fix to send it back to sony, but its such a rare thing to happen (RRoD is by far the more encountered error, the YLoD is very rare to get, and odds are that you won't ever get it. my friend has his just as long, and he plays even more than I do, and he still hasnt had a problem.

[Splitpersonality]

My girlfriend bought me a madcatz joystick for the ps3 for my birthday, using that to play SSF4 now :o

[naut]

STALKER: Priboi Story. I love exploring the zone with my trusty Mosin Nagant rifle.

[Prussian to the Iron]

just beat Arkham Asylum. Cool game overall, for the price, I would reccomend anybody to buy it. But it is geared more towards batman fans and action fans, but aren't we all one or both of those deep inside?

ending was sorta anti-climactic. basically just beat up some henchmen, pull the Joker down, hit him thrice in the face, then repeat 3 times. ending vids were still epic though.

[Fragony]

Started a new character with Demon's Souls I am tired of getting slapped around, is it even possible to beat this game as a magic heavy character, everything completely tears you apart with a single hit. Me needs shields and heavy armour, I don't like playing combat-heavy builds in rpg's I like the nimble ranged characters but the frustration has won. heh good game

[Monk]

Super Street Fighter 4

Good god, it took me ages to get good in the first (as pevergreen can attest. I think the first time we played he beat me 7 times in a row, easily). Now playing on a new platform (360) alongside the balance changes, the game feels incredibly different. It's hard to explain how: but it feels as if throw ranges have been reduced across the board (aside from throw based specials like Zangief's piledriver) and the technical system is a lot more clunky and difficult to work with. One of my favorite defenses against throws in SF4 was to simply mash punch through them, but that doesn't work anymore.

Overall though i feel this game is much easier to acclimatize to than the first was, as i've managed a positive win-loss ratio in the three days since receiving it. Good stuff!

[Fragony]

Started a new character with Demon's Souls I am tired of getting slapped around, is it even possible to beat this game as a magic heavy character, everything completely tears you apart with a single hit. Me needs shields and heavy armour, I don't like playing combat-heavy builds in rpg's I like the nimble ranged characters but the frustration has won. heh good game

MUHAHAHA good thinking, I am fully armoured and guess what, just about everything still kills me with a single hit godallmighty what am I doing to myself. I love this game you absolutely dread every encounter, with the dark and depressing gameworld and the hidious creature design this is one scary game.

[Monk]

Bought some microsoft points, go to add them to my account - turn on 360 and find xbox live is down. ARGH! *flips table*

Thinking about picking up AC2 soon, i absolutely HATED it on pc when i had the chance to play it. It played like an incredibly restricted port with awkward controls, maybe on the consoles it's better? I spotted it for $18 used, think I might! Any suggestions from those who've played it on the consoles?

[Fragony]

Got it on the ps3, got boring really fast. Controls are fine except for the huge annoyance that is your character jumping of walls when he should go up.

[Prussian to the Iron]

what? I loved it on PS3. though I do admit at times the platforming can screw you over, I usually didnt have it happen.

however, its really easy and quick. died a few times, but it toom me like 5 days.

[Fragony]

It's a quality title, but it just isn't my kinda thing, it's depressingly easy for a game that wants to be tactical, and the missions aren't very interesting. For 18$ it's worth a try at least though, it got tons of value if you like this kinda thing.

edit: if you have a ps3 get Demon's Souls. Truly extraordinary. It is absolutely sadistic when it comes to difficulty but totally awesome.

[Monk]

Got it on the ps3, got boring really fast. Controls are fine except for the huge annoyance that is your character jumping of walls when he should go up.

Yeah i felt some of that too when i had the opportunity to try it, i was hoping it was simply due to the keyboard and odd key combination i had to struggle with. Guess there's more to it than that.

Thanks for the quick feedback guys, think i'll pick it up since the price is a steal.

[Husar]

You do know that if you buy it for PC it will require a constant internet connection to play, right?

[frogbeastegg]

MUHAHAHA good thinking, I am fully armoured and guess what, just about everything still kills me with a single hit

If you want to try the heavy route, try thinking hoplite. I had lots of fun with that build, and found it worked well. Use a big shield and a spear with body armour, and maybe a helmet once your character develops a bit. The shield will cover most of you and take most of the damage. You can attack with the spear while holding the shield ready, which you can't do with a lot of other weapon types. Body armour will help absorb some of the blows that get through. Leaving your arms and legs bare or lightly armoured will make it easier for you to keep your equipment weight under the threshold at which your agility is cut down; keeping your agility so you can roll is important because some attacks will smash through your shield. If you can't wear body armour and remain below the threshold ditch it, since the big shield and roll are most important. The purple flame shield is awesome for this build and you can get it quite early on. You'll need to work on your strength before you can use it easily though, so plan for that from the beginning.

I started as a soldier and found it very well suited to this build as it begins the game with the right equipment. Just take some of the armour off and away you go.

Thinking about picking up AC2 soon

I really enjoyed that game, such a sense of freeedom to bounding around the rooftops and running up walls. I liked building up my castle town, getting new equipment and trying it out on hapless guards, and just generally soaking up the sights. I had no problems with the controls except for a couple of the assassin's tomb sections, and that was mainly down to the nasty fixed camera angles.

Mind you, I liked the first one too. Well, except for that massive chain of annoying fights near the end and the 'die if you touch water' thing. I spent a lot of time exploring and messing around in the game world so I didn't chase through the story quickly enough for reptition to become a major issue.

[Hooahguy]

I would have gotten AC2 if it wasnt for that dang copyright protection- why wont they take into account that there are people who dont have constant access to the internet?

[Fragony]

Not thinking about hoplites is the hardest part, always. But the knight starts out fine and can use a spell or miracle without having to waste points, and no points wasted especially on the ever useless luck. And he looks brutal from the go YAY for knights. Soldier spear is awesome but it burns stamina like crazy, if there are two or god forbid three enemies one will run right through your defence.

Did I already say that I like this game.

[Monk]

You do know that if you buy it for PC it will require a constant internet connection to play, right?

I wasn't planning on buying it for PC.

[Beskar]

I would have gotten AC2 if it wasnt for that dang copyright protection- why wont they take into account that there are people who dont have constant access to the internet?

It isn't too bad, luckily, namely because most PC's are online a lot, especially in this MMO-era.

However, the game has been really cheap at lots of places because of it.

[frogbeastegg]

Not thinking about hoplites is the hardest part, always. But the knight starts out fine and can use a spell or miracle without having to waste points, and no points wasted especially on the ever useless luck. And he looks brutal from the go YAY for knights. Soldier spear is awesome but it burns stamina like crazy, if there are two or god forbid three enemies one will run right through your defence.

Hmm, I never used magic much on that character. It didn't feel necessary; my spear handled most things and my long sword sliced up the rest. Using the jab attack doesn't take much stamina and it's quick. The uber attack (both shoulder buttons? Been months since I played) was much too costly and gave little in return. Clever use of terrain and positioning kept the enemy manageable most of the time, and when it didn't I broke out the sword.

I admit that I was instantly taken by the presence of mostly accurate armour and fighting styles instead of the usual spiked shoulder guards and "I don't know how to use weapons so let's have the characters swing them like baseball bats" rubbish, and was completely content to revel in using traditional arms for my first character. I had a little military history fangirl moment when I saw how the spear and shield worked in this game; it's the first one I can think of to do it accurately. Even mount and blade doesn't. Squeal indeed.

I plan to do a royal at some point and unload with the magical uber-death then. There's something so ridiculous about exploring such a grim game as a girly-girl princess prancing around with a fairy wand that I have to do it.

I sometimes wonder about combining heavy armour with one of those massive two-handed weapons. That would be hard to play, something of a glass cannon I expect.

That's one of the things this game really nails: all characters are viable and there are loads of different builds. No matter how many you try there always seems to be another neat one that needs trying.

Did I already say that I like this game.

It's the one game which makes me glad I own a PS3. Would love a good sequel.

[Fragony]

With a royal you will rofl your way through the early parts, that princess has one mighty spell and solid magic recovery from the go. This game is really starting to challenge Thief as my all time favourite, as a fellow Thief-fan you just know that's an insane claim to be made. But it's soooo moody and brutally difficult and most of all scary.

[Meneldil]

Playing Red Alert 3 Uprising. Even as a mindless RTS it gets tedious fast. For some reason I keep playing similar games even though they kind of bore me: Supreme Commander, Empire Earth 2, Red Alert 3... Hopefully SC2 will be a bit more entertaining.

[CountArach]

Still playing through Dragon Age, though I haven't had much time in the last fortnight. I also bought Dragon Quest IX on DS earlier this week and after clocking up a few gameplay hours I have to say that I'm really quite enjoying this for the moment. I'll put up something more substantive as I get more into it but so far it seems really well done.

[Monk]

I really enjoyed that game, such a sense of freeedom to bounding around the rooftops and running up walls. I liked building up my castle town, getting new equipment and trying it out on hapless guards, and just generally soaking up the sights. I had no problems with the controls except for a couple of the assassin's tomb sections, and that was mainly down to the nasty fixed camera angles.

Mind you, I liked the first one too. Well, except for that massive chain of annoying fights near the end and the 'die if you touch water' thing. I spent a lot of time exploring and messing around in the game world so I didn't chase through the story quickly enough for reptition to become a major issue.

Did you happen to play it on the PC? If you did I don't know how you can say those things, since controlling the game with a keyboard is about as broken and annoying as it gets. My copy for 360 arrived way earlier than expected, been too busy to play it much but I can already feel an immense difference. The AC franchise was definitely built with a controller in mind, it just feels right.

edit: if you have a ps3 get Demon's Souls. Truly extraordinary. It is absolutely sadistic when it comes to difficulty but totally awesome.

sadly I don't, but you're making the game's case quite well, sounds like a blast.