Video games

[Jim]

Oh, sorry, my fault.

I was talking about the Revolution.

I wouldn't be asking the same questions twice. 

Getting lost, I loved it. In a sick sort of way. But, the most fucking annoying thing was the...Urshilaku Camp, or whatever it was called. Fuck, that was a bitch to go to, especially seeing as you had to go back and forth...Was that the one? Between the mountains, past the shipwreck...I forget. Good times though!

But. Later in the game, getting lost was very hard, once you had either the magic trousers, dagger or, if you were a very lucky thief, those boots...Up you levitate, above the mountains, and just look at the guide map. Be the arrow. 

One thing that I'm very glad that they'll be getting rid of is the fucking repitition of monsters. How many times can you fight a pterodactyl before it gets boring?

Not very many, I'll tell you that. Annoying bastards!

[Gunner80]

I'm trying to get through Dragon Quest 8 - "Journey of the Cursed King." I'm about 45 hours in with another 75 to go.

[-Jack-]

I'm trying to get through Dragon Quest 8 - "Journey of the Cursed King." I'm about 45 hours in with another 75 to go.

You ever play DWVII? Now thats a fun game.. that I just stopped playing cuz i ran out of motivation. You really gotta push through a game thats 80+ hours long with ghetto graphics like that.. but i did get pretty far. Id recommend it to ya

[Evolution]

Tonight I was bored so I rented the WPT Offical Poker computer game. 

It's fun for about 30 minutes, then falls flat in an instantaneous moment. 

I like the concept of the idea, but a game that no matter how good you are you can still be screwed by luck, makes it a bad idea in action.

[Kujo]

I bought  The Godfather for XBox last friday, so I got absolutely nothing accomplished this weekend.

[Gunner80]

I'm playing a great game called Shadow of the Colossus. One of the few great original titles out today.

[pilferk]

I've been playing Oblivion for my Xbox 360.  It's one of the best games, never mind RPG's, I've ever played.  Huge doesn't begin to describe it.  I'm 45 hours in (at least) and have worked on maybe 1/4 of the main quest, at the most.  Master of the Fighters Guild, Champ of the Arena, and working on becoming the Arch-Mage.

Then, this past weekend, we picked up Kingdom Hearts 2...so I'm taking a bit of a break from Oblivion and having a go at that.  So far, so good.  It's as good as the original, which is saying quite a bit.

[Skeletor]

and working on becoming the Arch-Mage.

You big geek Might have to check Oblivion at some point, but I'm a bit suspicious about the angle/player point of view. It's the same as with Morrowind, right? I'm more of a classic Baldur's Gate / Jagged Alliance fan, with the isometric (?) viewpoint. But I guess that's part of the past these days.

The screenshots I've seen look good though - I doubt my computer can handle it in a very high resolution...

[Jim]

I've been playing Oblivion for my Xbox 360.  It's one of the best games, never mind RPG's, I've ever played.  Huge doesn't begin to describe it.  I'm 45 hours in (at least) and have worked on maybe 1/4 of the main quest, at the most.  Master of the Fighters Guild, Champ of the Arena, and working on becoming the Arch-Mage.

The major improvement on Morrowind is the depth of the side quests. They're great! In Elder Scrolls III they were like... A woman asks you to go and kill a witch who stole her ring, and then she gives you 20 gold. They were bollocks. On Oblivion, I can spend hours just doing the side quests! Pirates, haunted houses, drug rings (nice bit o' Skooma), kidnapping, ghost towns... the attention to them is amazing. I've almost finished the Mages Guild, probably about a third of the way through the main quest and I've done one Fighters Guild quest... I'm also in the Thieves and Dark Brotherhood. The last few hours I've been wandering about trying to get as many daedra artifacts as possible. You can get some quality stuff. Absolute quality!

I'm about 40 hours in, level 18. Redguard (always). Knight (My first time without a custom class, I thought that maybe they had grouped some skills together for a reason... Nope. Hand to fucking Hand to progress my level...pfft).

Whoops, looked like I turned into a geek for a moment there. Now, where did I put my WoW...

(...But seriously, I don't play WoW... Seriously)

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

lucky.

im waiting for my fickiniggabitch super 2000? (ok maybe not 2000...) PC.
i need to sell my laptop first

then i'll play oblivion 

[Jim]

I think that I'm going to sell my laptop, buy a PC.

But I'm playing Oblivion on the 360 right now. Any idea what is missing from it that's on the PC version? Anything special...

[Gunner80]

I think that I'm going to sell my laptop, buy a PC.

But I'm playing Oblivion on the 360 right now. Any idea what is missing from it that's on the PC version? Anything special...

Nothing besides higher resolutions. That is if you're using a X1900XT.

[Jim]

Oh, really? Some arsehole I know said that the 360 version wasn't 'the full game.' Whatever that means.

[pilferk]

and working on becoming the Arch-Mage.

You big geek Might have to check Oblivion at some point, but I'm a bit suspicious about the angle/player point of view. It's the same as with Morrowind, right? I'm more of a classic Baldur's Gate / Jagged Alliance fan, with the isometric (?) viewpoint. But I guess that's part of the past these days.

The screenshots I've seen look good though - I doubt my computer can handle it in a very high resolution...

It's default view is First Person, but it is playable in 3rd person.  My wife gets "motion sick" when watching FPS type games, so when she's around I play in 3rd person.  It works....with some switching off to FPS for range or magic and occasionally to find the right "clicky".

It is the best RPG I"ve played since Ultima IV...and that's saying something considering I think U4 is the best RPG ever, bar none.

It is a PC resource HOG, that's for sure.  On the Xbox 360, though.....in HD...it looks stunning.

[pilferk]

I think that I'm going to sell my laptop, buy a PC.

But I'm playing Oblivion on the 360 right now. Any idea what is missing from it that's on the PC version? Anything special...

The construction kit and the free user mods.

Other than that, not a thing.

You COULD argue the PC can play the game at a higher resolution...with a screaming rig and $350 graphics card(s).

But I don't know many people who have 50 inch widescreen monitors hooked up to their PC's.? Now, you COULD, of course, hook that PC up to your 50 inch TV....but I'm not a fan of trying to do Keyboard/Mouse gaming in my living room....and even wireless USB controllers (which are supported in the PC version of Oblivion) would mean having my PC within reach of our little kiddies.? And that wouldn't be smart....



Bethesda has also committed to patching both the PC and Xbox360 versions (you'll need the Hard Drive, of course) as well as release new content (horse armor, new quests and areas, etc) for both PC and Xbox360 via the Xbox live marketplace.

I've also heard that they're planning, especially given how well the title has sold, finding a way to release the expansions for 360 AS expansions (and not just as the GOTY edition like they did with Morrowind).

A good Oblivion resource: www.oblivionportal.com

[R4tfink]

Not really on the current topic....but i dont give a fuck! 

Anyone got Resident Evil 4 yet? This is the best game i have played. The other day i played it for 11 hours straight.

Awesome game, never really been a big fan of this series of games but i am definately going to go back and check the others out after playing this.

[plasmabeam]

I'm playing a great game called Shadow of the Colossus. One of the few great original titles out today.

I beat SotC about a month ago, and I'm on #16 in hard mode. Great game, indeed. What was your favorite Colossus.

[plasmabeam]

Not really on the current topic....but i dont give a fuck!?

Anyone got Resident Evil 4 yet? This is the best game i have played. The other day i played it for 11 hours straight.

Awesome game, never really been a big fan of this series of games but i am definately going to go back and check the others out after playing this.

I got it the week it came out for Gamecube (January 05). I played the hell outta that masterpiece of a game. I beat the main game twice, spent tons of hours playing The Mercenaries, beat Assignment Ada... aww man that game kicked ass. The gunplay just never got old, and those bosses were incredible. 

[-Jack-]

Not really on the current topic....but i dont give a fuck! 

Anyone got Resident Evil 4 yet? This is the best game i have played. The other day i played it for 11 hours straight.

Awesome game, never really been a big fan of this series of games but i am definately going to go back and check the others out after playing this.

Not to be a dick.. but I totally thought RE4 was lame. Not a bad game at all, but certainly not a real resident evil game. Call me old school but I prefer the pre-rendered graphics and tank controls of the original series.

[pilferk]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12515895/

Quite possibly the dumbest, most fucked up, most assinine name for a console ever THOUGHT of, never mind chosen.

The Nintendo Revolution is not the Nintendo Wii (pronounced "we...)

What the hell are they thinking?