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currently playing final fantasy v

No doubt it's been mentioned in this thread or others already, but has anyone played Blade Runner on pc? I found a copy of it recently in an opshop ("thrift store" for you americans) been really digging the atmosphere of it. Some of the gameplay is a bit iffy but still a great game

YES i played that at a friends house when i was like 12 IT WAS THE GREATEST THING EVER

tetris battle

words with friends

World of Tanks

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  On 1/16/2012 at 9:10 AM, disparaissant said:

YES i played that at a friends house when i was like 12 IT WAS THE GREATEST THING EVER

Feel like this game should've been part of my childhood...always loved Blade Runner + adventure games + the timing fits as this came out round about the time of Curse of Monkey Island & Grim Fandango bit later (only the 2 best games ever). Might be too early to call this yet, but I think you might be right!

  On 1/16/2012 at 10:14 AM, usagi said:

I really liked the way the lighting worked in the voxel-based rendering. it was also the first game I ever played that had multiple endings based on your choices. it was both faithful to and divergent from the movie, in that it captured the feel of it but the story itself was a different one, albeit set in the same universe and with some of the same characters.

The way the fog fx interact with the characters as they emerge into lit areas, totally nailed this aspect from the movie. It says on the cover "the first real time 3D adventure game" lol...wasn't sure what that meant but you've cleared that one up for me. Real-time though? That's pushing it hehe

  On 1/16/2012 at 10:14 AM, usagi said:

one of the little details I loved was that if you go to Ray's apartment and hang out in the balcony overlooking a murky, flickering beam-lit drop, a really nice moody tune plays that I think is a recreation of one of the original movie scores.

I actually stopped playing to admire that for a moment

It sounds so much like the Vangelis' version. Awesome for a recreation. They mustn't have been able to get the rights to the original score?

Re: music fitting the mood, I like when this plays:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqXB67dLCbY

I finally started playing LA Noire. Bleurgh, so disappointing. LIE. DOUBT.TRUTH. CASE X: Hmmm... the perp seems to be holding back some info. Press "doubt". INCORRECT. Reload, press "lie". CORRECT. CASE XX: Hmmm... the perp seems to be holding some info back. Press "lie". INCORRECT. Reload, press "doubt". CORRECT. FUCK YOU SHITTY GAME WASTE OF MONEY. Rock paper scissors, the 50's edition.

worms+ in dosbox

ufo:enemy unknown in dosbox

eye of the beholder 2 in dosbox

lands of lore in dosbox

Well I loved the shit out of L.A. Noire, despite it being really repetitive, and the gameplay was kind of flawed. You probably should be able to have some enjoyment out of the setting/story/characters/voice-acting etc... They really nailed those things.

I appreciated the suggestions given the last page or two, did pick up Portal 2 last week and in hooked. Picked up Unchartered 1 and 2 and will start those soon!

  On 1/16/2012 at 4:49 PM, kaini said:

worms+ in dosbox

ufo:enemy unknown in dosbox

eye of the beholder 2 in dosbox

lands of lore in dosbox

sound...

the Metal Gear HD collection is delayed till feb 3rd for europe... everywhere else got it more than 3 months ago apparently.

Been enjoying Shadow of the Colossus/Ico HD thing though, SotC seems a bit repetitive, once the initial shock has worn off.

yeah, i gotta say, SotC pissed me off more than it amazed me (which it did btw, the visuals and concept were fantastic)

  On 1/16/2012 at 3:01 PM, Gocab said:

I finally started playing LA Noire. Bleurgh, so disappointing. LIE. DOUBT.TRUTH. CASE X: Hmmm... the perp seems to be holding back some info. Press "doubt". INCORRECT. Reload, press "lie". CORRECT. CASE XX: Hmmm... the perp seems to be holding some info back. Press "lie". INCORRECT. Reload, press "doubt". CORRECT. FUCK YOU SHITTY GAME WASTE OF MONEY. Rock paper scissors, the 50's edition.

Me too, just started. I actually am enjoying it but I didn't have high expectations. I think I am enjoying it more for the atmosphere and story than anything. The game, if boiled down to actual game abstraction, rules, winning scenarios, dynamics etc. is just a steaming pile of nothing, but fuck if it isn't a nice experience. Kind of like heavy rain.

Also just finished dead space 2. Fucking awesome, I the part when you go back to the ishimura, that was creepy as fuck.

I started playing fallout new vegas and accidentally killed the first lady I went on a mission with to kill the lizards, she fucking like jumped down a cliff and was getting attacked by them so I tried to kill them and just ended up 1-shotting her. But whatever, thats what the game is about, no going back, just fly with it. I've never reloaded a save in a game like this and I never will, fuck anyone who says otherwise.

still need to finish uncharted 1(got stuck on the boss guy on the ship) and start mass effect 2.

Was anyone else here disappointed with zero punctuation's top 5. I mean, infamous 2? Over dead space 2, batman, uncharted 3, dark souls, la noire, ass creed, witcher 2, amnesia? come on! Seriously.... and I mean driver san francisco at number 2? I haven't played it but it looks kind of repetitive and silly.

ahh another new vegas player! welcome aboard! im currently lvl 8 (going on 9), and just went through Nipton.....stumbled upon a site with a ton of Reavers and barely made it out alive...gonna come back to that later.

Deathclaws are such a bitch in this game. I have no idea how to combat them aside from try to sneak a critical shot from a perch thats inaccessible to them.

yeah man, they are hella tougher. FO3 once you were lvl 20+ you could put down deathclaws easy. The New Vegas deathclaws seem to have a far, far higher damage resistance.

  On 1/16/2012 at 3:01 PM, Gocab said:

I finally started playing LA Noire. Bleurgh, so disappointing. LIE. DOUBT.TRUTH. CASE X: Hmmm... the perp seems to be holding back some info. Press "doubt". INCORRECT. Reload, press "lie". CORRECT. CASE XX: Hmmm... the perp seems to be holding some info back. Press "lie". INCORRECT. Reload, press "doubt". CORRECT. FUCK YOU SHITTY GAME WASTE OF MONEY. Rock paper scissors, the 50's edition.

Seems weird that people want to hate it so much when the last 10 years of FPS games seem completely the same, bar small cosmetic changes. Fuck, even GTA has followed the same formula for years now. I fucking adored LA Noire and all my friends totally hated it. This is probably a douchey hunch but I watched several friends play it and they all sucked so hard. A week later: "Nah man that game sucks... it's all the same..." I finished it in a week getting nothing under 4 stars on every case, first try. I just enjoy these puzzles much more than any FPS (which I can't play at all.) Also the game isn't REALLY about reloading to get all the correct answers, it's about the writing, the style, and the story! Nice and refreshing!

I absolutely loved LA Noire, and may be one of the only people on earth that wish it was longer. I wish they didn't remove the burglary desk. There was another desk they removed too, and I wanna play it damnit. After beating the game, I immediately went and got all of the available dlc.

I'll be starting a game in New Vegas after I finish Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. Which is a pretty cool game. And I bought it for a whopping $7.

im torn as to whether i should purchase LA Noire based on what ive seen said here and other places...im not a huge fan of GTA sandboxes..they seem to get old veryquickly for me personally...but then again, L.A. Confidential is one of my favorite movies and I have a strong feeling this game captures a lot of that atmosphere.

  On 1/17/2012 at 8:02 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

im torn as to whether i should purchase LA Noire based on what ive seen said here and other places...im not a huge fan of GTA sandboxes..they seem to get old veryquickly for me personally...but then again, L.A. Confidential is one of my favorite movies and I have a strong feeling this game captures a lot of that atmosphere.

Correct.

It's one of my favourite films as well, and I reallly adore the visual aspect of film noir. I don't feel it delivers, especially on the film noir promise, I tried playing it in b&w, but stylistically it's not there. everything but the facial animations in this game feels stiff / fake, there's no immersion. I only did the reload thing in the beginning to get a feel for the mechanics of it. If the game didn't tell me I got questions wrong it would've been much more interesting.

this might be a longshot, but could anyone maybe link me to a review of Noire that seems pretty honest/straight to the point? the only one Ive seen is by Yahtzee, where, while entertaining, isn't really informative at all.

Maybe it is better than I give it credit for, I think I'm mostly pissed because I feel the makers didn't trust the players to think for themselves.

  On 1/17/2012 at 8:57 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

this might be a longshot, but could anyone maybe link me to a review of Noire that seems pretty honest/straight to the point? the only one Ive seen is by Yahtzee, where, while entertaining, isn't really informative at all.

Pretty spot on review.

Now that I'm watching that review again I suddenly rememebred how brutal a game LA Noire is. It's not just the violence but the fact that a lot of the cases are about rape, pyromaniacs etc. It might have its hiccups but it's one of the few games I've played that's not afraid of letting the player know that this is a game for a mature audience.