The "What are you playing?" topic.

[Hooahguy]

you think you're ringtone is embarassing? mine, while funny as all hell in the right company, is downright embarassing in more formal company:

(skip to to 0:48 and thats where my ringtone starts)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ew06J05pkk

That must be really bad in formal company!

My ringtone is "Am I Evil" b Diamondhead (starts at 3:27)
Some nice, classic metal.

[Fragony]

Standard Nokia tune me so oldschool

[pevergreen]

Standard Nokia tune me so oldschool

Nothing wrong with that.

Mine is a self-made combination.

Starts off with Oasnis yea(0:00 - 00:42), ending of the Pure Pwange intro (0:42 - 0:46), Boten Anna (0:46 - 1:02), What is love (1:02 - 1:10), Can't touch this (1:10 - 1:20), Beds are Burning (1:20 - 1:36), Rainbow Road (1:36 - 1:40), Chopper's phone stuff (1:40 - 1:52)

^_^

[Prussian to the Iron]

Done, sadly. I am now too spoiled as Uncharted 2 sets a standard. Incredibly good game. Can't wait for part trois to see what kind of trouble Blake gets himself in next time, No one lives Forever and Uncharted should get married, damnya I can't aim if I'm laughing. Why can't more games be funny.

hey,



just got that in an e-mail. thought you'd like to see it :)

[Motep]

Decided to stop playing demon's souls as it simply eats up too much time. So now I am back down to EUIII every once in a while.

[naut]

Anyone played DeathSpank? It's pretty awesome.

[Fragony]

hey,



just got that in an e-mail. thought you'd like to see it :)

I know I know can't wait, they got A LOT to live up to, gonna be great. What kind of trouble is the most reckless hero in video-game history going to get himself into this time? Curse of the Pharaos I bet

[Motep]

Victoria II and QWOP

[Hooahguy]

I went back to playing Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter.
I havent played that game in three years. I didnt like it at first because it was too tactical and you died too easily, and I was used to COD-type games where tactics didnt really matter.
But now that Im slightly more mature, Im really appreciating GRAW. Its hard, but a very fun game. Lots of tactics involved (though I wish the cover system was better for the PC version), and Im enjoying firefights a lot. I mean, in other games firefights are quick and painless and are usually over with quickly, but here they are prolonged, and you need to use cover a lot to survive. Just recently in the 2nd mission, one firefight in the town square took my a full eight minutes to clear out the square since I had to move slowly and clear out all the enemy fighters using my team and flanking maneuvers.
The physics in the game feel real. When an enemy is killed, he doesnt fall with any ridiculous ragdoll animations (at least not that Ive seen so far). The graphics are nice, for a game that was made in 2007 (I think).

Anyhow, I must say, surprising a group of enemies and taking them down with a few well-placed shots before they can react is rare, but extremely satisfying when it happens.

A truly excellent modern tactical shooter.

[Fragony]

Started over with Assasins Creed 2. It's really way too easy, being caught is an inconvenience. Grab enemy, slit throat, repeat untill they are all dead no matter how many there are, use medicine when you are about to die, there isn't anything more to it. Having to face 3 enemies should be certain death in a stealthgame, easily butchering up to 20 is just wrong. The stealth-mechanics are really solid but it really hurts the game never having to use them. I want to sit on a rooftop having to watch paterns, I want the need to plan a strategy.

The Thief 4 team should steal some of AC2's ideas as the gameworld and how you get around in it is awesome, but vica versa dito being reckless should be punished harsly unless you are really lucky. Could have been a stellar game, pity

[Prussian to the Iron]

I went back to playing Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter.
I havent played that game in three years. I didnt like it at first because it was too tactical and you died too easily, and I was used to COD-type games where tactics didnt really matter.
But now that Im slightly more mature, Im really appreciating GRAW. Its hard, but a very fun game. Lots of tactics involved (though I wish the cover system was better for the PC version), and Im enjoying firefights a lot. I mean, in other games firefights are quick and painless and are usually over with quickly, but here they are prolonged, and you need to use cover a lot to survive. Just recently in the 2nd mission, one firefight in the town square took my a full eight minutes to clear out the square since I had to move slowly and clear out all the enemy fighters using my team and flanking maneuvers.
The physics in the game feel real. When an enemy is killed, he doesnt fall with any ridiculous ragdoll animations (at least not that Ive seen so far). The graphics are nice, for a game that was made in 2007 (I think).

Anyhow, I must say, surprising a group of enemies and taking them down with a few well-placed shots before they can react is rare, but extremely satisfying when it happens.

A truly excellent modern tactical shooter.

as in, original GRAW?

I liked it sorta. I still had a PS2 when I played, thats how long ago it was. But as I recall, I could never get past some mission (I think it was the last one) at some train station. IIRC it was a glitch, I needed to killall the bad guys, but I did and it still didnt let me finish. eh.

[Hooahguy]

Yes, its the first GRAW. Ill go onto the 2nd if I beat the first, but I hear GRAW2 for PC is almost impossible.

[Prussian to the Iron]

IIRC, the one time I played any campaign of GRAW II (Xbox admittedly), it wasn't too hard. in fact, if you stick to cover I dont rememeber it being dificult at all.

[Hooahguy]

Well, GRAW for PC is much more difficult since the cover system isnt as developed as the xbox version, plus its not 3rd person for PC.

[Fragony]

Yes, its the first GRAW. Ill go onto the 2nd if I beat the first, but I hear GRAW2 for PC is almost impossible.

You are going to be disapointed with GRAW2, dumbed beyond recognision, all tactical aspects removed in favour of a lineair shooting gallery. There are two excellent expansion for GRAW that take you to the desert and the tropics, get these instead, they still look incredible and still had a rabid internet community (who will tear you apart) last time I checked.

Started playing Enslaved, reminds me of Beyond Good&Evil but without the stealth. Being reminded of B G&E is ALWAYS a good thing. Shame it didn't sell

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I have way too many videogames.

Single player:
still have a muscovy -> Russia game in EU3 DW I want to finish (want to westernize and crush Prussia
Starcraft 2 campaign (mostly finished I think)
Battlefield Bad Company 2 campaign (not that great, may just give up and play multiplayer)

Multiplayer
People have asked me to to play Starcraft 2, Civ 5, a cool Mount & Blade warband mod called Mount & Musket, Left4Dead2
I've been meaning to play some TF2 and the borderlands GOTY I got in the steam sale
I've been currently playing World of Tanks

I need like a month off from work.

[Prussian to the Iron]

I'm almost done with Assassins Creed: Brotherhood.

Overall it was a very good game, I liked the whole shop renovation, aqueduct building, and landmark buying thing, those were really cool. Probably the best part though is making your own Assassins Guild in Rome.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

After you get your first few recruits, you are able to call them in to aid you in battle (or even get them to assassinate someone you cant reach or need dead before you get your guy. or just for coolness). They are capable of being sent out on missions across Europe, and even to Calicut and Constantinople, to fulfill contracts aiding the Brotherhood (like attending a Templar ball, removing an informant, turning someone to our side, etc.) as well as several story-driven missions (which are my favorites), such as a whole storyline about ruining Isabella of Spain's inner circle, and finally assassinating her, helping Henry VII of England against the Yorks, and recovering lost information from a misssing Assassin in Moscow.

You are then able to upgrade the Assassins when they gain new levels, which doesn't feel too fast or too slow, eventually up to the point where they become full Assassins, capable of taking down any enemy you send them against.

Other than some new gameplay mechanics though, it is basically AC2 with extra stuff. But IMO there is enough extra stuff that it warrants its own game. Plus there's MP, which I'll be playing after I beat the campaign.

[Hooahguy]

There are two excellent expansion for GRAW that take you to the desert and the tropics, get these instead, they still look incredible and still had a rabid internet community (who will tear you apart) last time I checked.

Wait, there are expansions for GRAW? I thought there were only for the original GR, not GRAW.

Anyways, Im about halfway through GRAW, and Im really wishing there was a better save system. Fighting your way to the objective just to die just as you are about to achieve it and have to start all over from the last objective is really, really, annoying. But also worth it because it gives me more playing time and chances to perfect my "style."

[Fragony]

Wait, there are expansions for GRAW? I thought there were only for the original GR, not GRAW.

Anyways, Im about halfway through GRAW, and Im really wishing there was a better save system. Fighting your way to the objective just to die just as you are about to achieve it and have to start all over from the last objective is really, really, annoying. But also worth it because it gives me more playing time and chances to perfect my "style."

Original GR my bad

Anyway, Metal Gear Solid 4 is incredible. I already know that he won't survive it this time, trailer-wisdom. Poor Snake, we have known eachother since I got a MSX2, but now he's old, tired, and probably has 1 year to live at best (cancer?). Kinda funny how that makes it all the more epic, cleverly done can't wait to see how they wrap things up. Well that was about the intro level. Think I'm going to enjoy this.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I got recently EU: Rome. So far I have enjoyed it. I have 2 campaigns going: 1) as Carthage I want to win the Punic Wars and 2) as Seleucid Empire I want to restore the empire created by Alexander.

[Furunculus]

bioshock2, near the end, loved it all.

as good as the first, if not as fresh an idea anymore.

worth the shekels.

[Prussian to the Iron]

I wanna get Bioshock 2...how much is it now? $20? I can afford that....maybe I'll get it soon.

[Fragony]

I wanna get Bioshock 2...how much is it now? $20? I can afford that....maybe I'll get it soon.

Already at 10 in euros here in Dutchland, was gravely disapointed in the first though, dumb game considering it's heritage, very very shallow just another shooter

[Skullheadhq]

EUIII: Divine Wind

[Prussian to the Iron]

Already at 10 in euros here in Dutchland, was gravely disapointed in the first though, dumb game considering it's heritage, very very shallow just another shooter

you mean you were dissapointed in Bioshock 1 due to its heritage? explain?

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

you mean you were dissapointed in Bioshock 1 due to its heritage? explain?

It was billed as a spiritual successor to System Shock 1 & 2, and (apparently) it failed to live up to those games. I never played them because 1) they're old and 2) the parts of one of them that I watched in a "Let's Play" sequence convinced me I'd be too scared to get through it.

[Fragony]

Uh-huh, I can honestly say that the most inspiring entertainment I enjoyed wasn't a book, wasn't a movie, was a game called System Shock 2. A truly haunting game. Might not have the greatest plot-twist ever but it's certainly the most memorable. It was also brutally hard making what was already scary borderline unbearable. People who played it still get jumpy when they hear monkeys. Best game ever made second only to Thief. Maybe I could have enjoyed Bioshock more if it didn't remind me all the time of what isn't, it isn't a bad game, but not being 'bad' screams in the face, It just isn't brilliant

Something has gone terribly wrong, and you are so very very alone.

And screw 'it's old', rebirth mod makes the graphics really nice, nothing can draw you in like the Dark-engine, you can almost touch and smell the place, feel it's temperature. And the sound is still unmatched by anything even today. Get it play it love it, join us.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I could easily overlook it being old if I knew I wasn't going to be too terrified to get past level 1.

[pevergreen]

Warcraft 3
Hegemony: Phillip of Macedon (is good)
Attempting to play Eu3, keeps crashing.
Attempting to start KOTOR 1, never actually played the darn thing.
Super Meat Boy
Mount & Blade: Warband
and maybe some Vicky 2 and Star Wars: Battlefront 2

[Prussian to the Iron]

battlefront 2? my lil bro plays that all the time. PC? maybe you 2 can play.