The "What are you playing?" topic.

[Meneldil]

HoI2, with both expansions.

Can't say I really like it. As France, I spent 1 years supporting the Republicains in Spain through trade (how come I can't join them in the war?). Then I spent 2 years modernizing my army and building lots of Somua-35 and B1-bis. Germany invaded an annexed Poland in 3 days. I declared war, and then the game turned into an annoying micro-management hell hole. This is the second time I try to do something with HoI2, and the second time I find myself overwhelmed by all the fights going on at once. I can't figure out whether I'm winning or losing, as there's about 15 "Victory/Defeat" messages poping-up per minute.
And I'm only fighting on one front of roughly 6 provinces (actually, only in France and Germany, as neither Italy nor the Belgium/Netherlands joined the fight). I can't imagine playing with the US, USSR or Germany, and having to deal with Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Europe and what not.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

HoI2, with both expansions.

Can't say I really like it. As France, I spent 1 years supporting the Republicains in Spain through trade (how come I can't join them in the war?). Then I spent 2 years modernizing my army and building lots of Somua-35 and B1-bis. Germany invaded an annexed Poland in 3 days. I declared war, and then the game turned into an annoying micro-management hell hole. This is the second time I try to do something with HoI2, and the second time I find myself overwhelmed by all the fights going on at once. I can't figure out whether I'm winning or losing, as there's about 15 "Victory/Defeat" messages poping-up per minute.
And I'm only fighting on one front of roughly 6 provinces (actually, only in France and Germany, as neither Italy nor the Belgium/Netherlands joined the fight). I can't imagine playing with the US, USSR or Germany, and having to deal with Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Europe and what not.

To be fair, that's probably how the French government at the time felt, too.

(But I couldn't figure out HoI2 anyway, wars in Vicky are confusing enough)

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

HoI2, with both expansions.

Can't say I really like it. As France, I spent 1 years supporting the Republicains in Spain through trade (how come I can't join them in the war?). Then I spent 2 years modernizing my army and building lots of Somua-35 and B1-bis. Germany invaded an annexed Poland in 3 days. I declared war, and then the game turned into an annoying micro-management hell hole. This is the second time I try to do something with HoI2, and the second time I find myself overwhelmed by all the fights going on at once. I can't figure out whether I'm winning or losing, as there's about 15 "Victory/Defeat" messages poping-up per minute.
And I'm only fighting on one front of roughly 6 provinces (actually, only in France and Germany, as neither Italy nor the Belgium/Netherlands joined the fight). I can't imagine playing with the US, USSR or Germany, and having to deal with Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Europe and what not.

Trust me, you get used to it eventually.

[Monk]

With the untimely death of my 360 I've been forced to contemplate my future in gaming, it's been a great year for my xbox and although I may eventually return to console gaming in the future (namely when i have the money to replace my poor 'box) I've returned to PC gaming. You might ask what the first thing I did upon coming back to it, well, bought Mass Effect for PC of course!

That's right. I enjoy that game so much that when it was denied to me I bought it a second time. Mainly because the sequel is coming in Jan and I'm unsure if I'll be securing another 360 before then. So to be on the safe side, i grabbed ME-PC off of steam. Need to get my canonical Shepard back!

Aside from that I checked out the Left 4 Dead new mini-DLC, Crash Course. I was unimpressed. It feels a bit like Death Toll in its pacing, although nowhere near as memorable. The biggest highlight for me was all the new dialogue they recorded for the survivors, but that can only amuse me for so long. Versus on CC is pretty engaging but other than that, it feels a bit like it's too little too late. Bring on the sequel, i guess.

[Prussian to the Iron]

With the untimely death of my 360 I've been forced to contemplate my future in gaming, it's been a great year for my xbox and although I may eventually return to console gaming in the future (namely when i have the money to replace my poor 'box)

what happened to the xbox? red ring of death? cuz they fix that for free.

[Monk]

what happened to the xbox? red ring of death? cuz they fix that for free.

E74 Error indicating a general hardware problem*.

More specifically the DVD-drive has failed completely. It was being finicky about reading disks all week and finally it died, once and for all. I looked into getting a replacement but all signs point to "more trouble than its worth".



*About as helpful as having a "Problem" light if you ask me.

[Prussian to the Iron]

i'd reccomend calling them. youre not gonna lose anything, and it costs nothing, even to ship it, to get it fixed if it is their fault, which it sounds like it is.

no use in not trying right?

[Monk]

i'd reccomend calling them. youre not gonna lose anything, and it costs nothing, even to ship it, to get it fixed if it is their fault, which it sounds like it is.

no use in not trying right?

Sorry, i've long since voided my warranty. You can read about my adventures in the Hardware-Software forum.

I've been working inside and tinkering with this thing since July, I am thoroughly tired of it and just don't want to mess with it anymore. It's one of the early model 360s that has long since been outpaced by the newer parts released in today's xboxes. Fixing this thing again, well, i'd be buying time at best until something else broke in it.

If I ever venture back into the world of the 360, i'll just buy a new one with the fancy new chipsets.