Video Games What video games are you currently playing?

  On 1/28/2012 at 11:23 PM, StocKo said:

I've been playing Starcraft again later these days...And I still suck at it. I'm trying really hard to get better but the IA humiliates me every time Can anyone recommend me some tips/websites/tricks/whatever ? Thanks in advance !

Scout right away. That way you know what your enemy is building and you can then build units that counter what they're building. Also make as many bases as you can to maximize resources. That way you can build or rebuild armies fast.

  On 1/28/2012 at 11:23 PM, StocKo said:

I've been playing Starcraft again later these days...And I still suck at it. I'm trying really hard to get better but the IA humiliates me every time Can anyone recommend me some tips/websites/tricks/whatever ? Thanks in advance !

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  On 1/29/2012 at 5:11 AM, Enter a new display name said:

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  On 1/29/2012 at 3:58 AM, iep said:

um shit, play more RTS i guess? SC ain't a beginner rts...

Yeah one of the few RTS I really got into was AoE 2, so I took the habit of spending 3 hours building cities, increasing my technology and stuff - it first surprised me how fast the Starcraft gameplay was.

  On 1/29/2012 at 4:14 AM, 747Music said:

Scout right away. That way you know what your enemy is building and you can then build units that counter what they're building. Also make as many bases as you can to maximize resources. That way you can build or rebuild armies fast.

Thanks will try it ASAP !!

trying 2 betas, warhammer:wrath of heroes, and Super MNC on steam.

I'm looking forward to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Anyone play the demo yet? All of the gameplay videos look great. I may pass on Final Fantasy XIII-2 for now and finish a few games and then KoA:R which will keep me busy. So I won't really be missing FFXIII-2, which I am looking forward to, but not that much.

Finally got Gran Turismo 5 (got the XL Edition with all the DLC), and for some strange reason, Bejeweled 3 - been playing the hell out of Diamond Mine mode - really makes Bejeweled fun and challenging.

I got around to beating Portal 2 over the holidays. Definitely ranks as one of the best games I've ever played (except for the bad indie song at the end.)

Also tried out a game called Achron which was pretty mind bending. RTS game, like starcraft, but you can travel back and forth through time and change things, cause paradoxes, and be able to pull off some really fucked up stuff like building units in the present, going into the future when they're done and then send them back into the past before the technology is even available for either players! Game looks really ugly and it slaughters the CPU with the real-time time travel mechanics, though.

  On 1/31/2012 at 8:18 AM, Entorwellian said:

Also tried out a game called Achron which was pretty mind bending. RTS game, like starcraft, but you can travel back and forth through time and change things, cause paradoxes, and be able to pull off some really fucked up stuff like building units in the present, going into the future when they're done and then send them back into the past before the technology is even available for either players! Game looks really ugly and it slaughters the CPU with the real-time time travel mechanics, though.

Thought you meant this for a second ...

  On 1/31/2012 at 3:02 PM, mcbpete said:

  On 1/31/2012 at 8:18 AM, Entorwellian said:

Also tried out a game called Achron which was pretty mind bending. RTS game, like starcraft, but you can travel back and forth through time and change things, cause paradoxes, and be able to pull off some really fucked up stuff like building units in the present, going into the future when they're done and then send them back into the past before the technology is even available for either players! Game looks really ugly and it slaughters the CPU with the real-time time travel mechanics, though.

 

Thought you meant this for a second ...

LOL, that's what I thought too. Damn, I'm old.

  On 1/29/2012 at 5:11 AM, Enter a new display name said:

  On 1/28/2012 at 11:23 PM, StocKo said:

I've been playing Starcraft again later these days...And I still suck at it. I'm trying really hard to get better but the IA humiliates me every time Can anyone recommend me some tips/websites/tricks/whatever ? Thanks in advance !

 

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but the IA humiliates me

Intelligent Artifacts?

Iraqi Airways?

Irrational Americans ?

I'm still trying to beat Majora's Mask. I am using assisstance with this because its a pain in the ass to explore with a limit of 3 days (at most when you play the inverted song of time...you get 2 hours 42 minutes of real time game play before you have to revert time back and save).

  On 1/30/2012 at 3:09 AM, 747Music said:

I'm looking forward to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Anyone play the demo yet?

It's gonna be pretty good, I think. Demo is buggy as hell but apparently it was made by a third party before most of the fixes were implemented. Overall it looks to be a fun looty hack and slash :D

just finished braid for the second time. great game, read a little bit about the stars you can collect and will probably have to try once again to get those.

also check this out: http://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox360/943284-braid/faqs/53842

just skimmed through it but that's a huge ass analysis right there.

suffering from thinking in weird world physics irl now

  On 1/31/2012 at 9:50 PM, missingsense said:

suffering from thinking in weird world physics irl now

Back when I played Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 every single day I would imagine how Tony Hawk would do board slides and grinds on various things around me in irl. My mind would explode when I was driving past buildings. So many skate-possibilities.

But yeah, Braid is an amazing game.

We're all sons of bitches now.

  On 1/31/2012 at 3:02 PM, mcbpete said:

  On 1/31/2012 at 8:18 AM, Entorwellian said:

Also tried out a game called Achron which was pretty mind bending. RTS game, like starcraft, but you can travel back and forth through time and change things, cause paradoxes, and be able to pull off some really fucked up stuff like building units in the present, going into the future when they're done and then send them back into the past before the technology is even available for either players! Game looks really ugly and it slaughters the CPU with the real-time time travel mechanics, though.

 

Thought you meant this for a second ...

Love that game. I even have a t-shirt of the box art. I heard there was an iphone/ipad remake of it that was pretty good!

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 on the ps2

it's awesome

Started a game in New Vegas finally. No problems/glitches so far. I wonder how long I can say that for. My PS3 might be magical though, cuz I never had any glitches in Skyrim.

Still rimming the sky... it has become my new goal to steal everyone's shoes and throw them in a lake.

  On 2/1/2012 at 5:24 PM, 747Music said:

Started a game in New Vegas finally. No problems/glitches so far. I wonder how long I can say that for. My PS3 might be magical though, cuz I never had any glitches in Skyrim.

i rarely experienced glitches. the only ones that were really annoying were the occasional freeze/restart problem. But even that was a fairly rare occurrance.

Skyward Sword on the Dolphin emu @ 1600p is very cool. Just passed the first dungeon.

  On 2/1/2012 at 11:45 PM, Forestranger said:

Skyward Sword on the Dolphin emu @ 1600p is very cool. Just passed the first dungeon.

can it be played with kb + mouse?

yes dolphin is really really good but hardware-heavy. mostly cpu, but not TOO bad. most stuff is super smooth here.