Video Games What video games are you currently playing?

  On 4/13/2012 at 5:07 PM, eugene said:

  On 4/13/2012 at 2:32 AM, Xyrofen said:

Anyone else been playing Tribes: Ascend? It's release from open beta was officially today at 2 pm EST. I went back four pages and saw no mention of it.

It's pretty fun and is on the free-to-play model.

 

is it completely free to play or is there some ultra extreme weapon shop where you can use real cash to buy weaps ?

nm, looks like a typical pay cash to get l33t gear bullshit.

  On 4/13/2012 at 5:27 PM, eugene said:

  On 4/13/2012 at 5:07 PM, eugene said:

  On 4/13/2012 at 2:32 AM, Xyrofen said:

Anyone else been playing Tribes: Ascend? It's release from open beta was officially today at 2 pm EST. I went back four pages and saw no mention of it.

It's pretty fun and is on the free-to-play model.

 

is it completely free to play or is there some ultra extreme weapon shop where you can use real cash to buy weaps ?

 

nm, looks like a typical pay cash to get l33t gear bullshit.

You can buy any of the gear with xp. The only thing that requires cash are skins.

I haven't put a dime into Tribes and I fucking destroy most of the time. Tribes is a skill based no pussies will survive mans game, it requires more multitasking, precision, quick thinking than any good shooter team gaming has seen in a while.

Dirt 3 is such a beautiful racing game by the way.

And Battlefield 3 is confirmed to be more fun with friends in smaller servers.

  On 4/11/2012 at 2:30 PM, Squee said:

Rockstar Games is one of the few companies that can turn shit into gold. Their track record is amazing - GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, GTA IV, The Lost and the Damned DLC, The Ballad of Gay Tony DLC, Red Dead Redemption, Undead Nightmare DLC, Bully, Table Tennis (YES!) and so on and so on. I can't think of another company that has made so many awesome games, and their ability to tell compelling stories is beyond what any other company has ever dared to do, and this is why I'm positive that Max Payne 3 is in the right hands. Also, their use of the Euphoria engine in their last couple of games has been the icing on the cake, and they're also using this for Max Payne 3.

The most positive statement ever posted by Squee.

I have been obsessed lately with this game called Heroes of Migh and Magic, and it´s number IV that´s my favourite at the moment. This is of course a part of my series of "re-visiting childhood games".

But this version i´ve been obsessed with is mainly due to its atmosphere that the earlier games just don´t have, and the ones that came after this one well you can pretty much just forget about them..

This one is great for me because of the whole other-worldly map qualities, of course the music plays a big part too, and it's nice and relaxed and calm, which makes it a perfect game to play when stoned!

Another thing I´ve begun to become obsessed with is the stories they´ve written for the campaigns. Pretty much all through the game you get lots of texts popping up telling you the general story that´s going on. Ok I´ll admit some are stupid and cheesy, but they will surprise you now and again with the fact that you´re actually interested in them (or I am at least).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_might_and_magic_iv

  On 4/13/2012 at 7:13 PM, Enter a new display name said:

  On 4/11/2012 at 2:30 PM, Squee said:

Rockstar Games is one of the few companies that can turn shit into gold. Their track record is amazing - GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, GTA IV, The Lost and the Damned DLC, The Ballad of Gay Tony DLC, Red Dead Redemption, Undead Nightmare DLC, Bully, Table Tennis (YES!) and so on and so on. I can't think of another company that has made so many awesome games, and their ability to tell compelling stories is beyond what any other company has ever dared to do, and this is why I'm positive that Max Payne 3 is in the right hands. Also, their use of the Euphoria engine in their last couple of games has been the icing on the cake, and they're also using this for Max Payne 3.

 

The most positive statement ever posted by Squee.

That's because they make good products.

How is Ascent compared to Tribes 2?

Is there a "Shazbot!" shout ?

YES of course.

It wouldn't be tribes without Shazbot.

Compared to T2, they did a much better job with the physics. I hated how soupy T2 was compared to T1.

  On 4/13/2012 at 5:10 PM, Ego said:

God I hate those Max Payne trailers. Apart from the cover system (ugh) and procedural animations (ok cool) you could almost put the same boasting marketing crap on Max Payne 1 footage. Reimplementing 10 year old game features is not innovation.

Agreed. Remedy explained pretty well why they wouldn't make another MP sequel in the alan wake references, but god damnit.

I'm back into Fallout New Vegas. I rented the ultimate edition. I already own New Vegas, but it was either pay $10 per dlc, of which there is 4, or pay $10 to rent the ultimate edition with all of the dlc on the disc. So I just have to beat all of the dlc within a week. 1 down (Old World Blues), 3 to go.

I started Mass Effect 2 on the PS3. I'm 3 hours in and the game has frozen 3 times. Anyone had issues with it? I'm running the latest version.

Legend of Grimock

great dungeon crawl so far. only 14 bucks.

there's another game based on SCP on the way

http://scpcb.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/alpha-version-coming-soon/

  On 4/14/2012 at 9:27 AM, trananhhung said:

I started Mass Effect 2 on the PS3. I'm 3 hours in and the game has frozen 3 times. Anyone had issues with it? I'm running the latest version.

I've done multiple playthroughs of Mass Effect 2 on PS3 and it didn't freeze on me at all. Strange that it's freezing up on you.

i started playing portal 2 for the second time, but then i realized it was a waste of time

  On 4/14/2012 at 9:52 AM, thanks robert moses said:

Legend of Grimock

 

 

great dungeon crawl so far. only 14 bucks.

definetly going to get this, eye of the beholder style crawler. and you're supposed to be able to create your own maps as well, might be cool.

played some tribes ascend just now, really good!

I just bought a TV this week (after not having one for two years), hooked my Wii, and am really laying into this game. I love it so much. I'm not sure that anything has capture my attention as much as this, ever. The playability, all of the hidden items and power-ups, the music, the genius level design--everything. Nintendo needs to pull another Megaman and make more 2D games. Imagine if they did this with the Mario franchise, Zelda and Metroid? They'd make a fortune. So much of Nintendo sales is about nostalgia. Why don't they recognize this and take advantage of it? The average gamer is, like, 35 years old or something. We want 2D!

  On 4/14/2012 at 6:53 PM, Alfred E. Neuman said:

I just bought a TV this week (after not having one for two years), hooked my Wii, and am really laying into this game. I love it so much. I'm not sure that anything has capture my attention as much as this, ever. The playability, all of the hidden items and power-ups, the music, the genius level design--everything. Nintendo needs to pull another Megaman and make more 2D games. Imagine if they did this with the Mario franchise, Zelda and Metroid? They'd make a fortune. So much of Nintendo sales is about nostalgia. Why don't they recognize this and take advantage of it? The average gamer is, like, 35 years old or something. We want 2D!

er... like New Super Mario Bros and Donkey Kong Country Returns?

New Super Mario Bros is ok...but its still rendered in 3D (never played the new DK). I guess I'm talking 8bit. I don't think anything has surpassed Super Metroid or Link to the Past...Super Mario World. These are the kinds games I think most fans would like to see brought back to life.

  On 4/14/2012 at 9:52 AM, thanks robert moses said:

Legend of Grimock

this, and also Neverwinter Nights

lol

  On 4/14/2012 at 6:04 PM, 747Music said:

  On 4/14/2012 at 9:27 AM, trananhhung said:

I started Mass Effect 2 on the PS3. I'm 3 hours in and the game has frozen 3 times. Anyone had issues with it? I'm running the latest version.

 

I've done multiple playthroughs of Mass Effect 2 on PS3 and it didn't freeze on me at all. Strange that it's freezing up on you.

no freezing either.

trananhhung: do you have the bluray or the downloaded one? I have had some framerate issues and some wierd glitches when flying vehicles and such, but nothing crazy. No freezing at least.

Finished from dust. Now installing journey

  On 4/14/2012 at 6:41 PM, missingsense said:

  On 4/14/2012 at 9:52 AM, thanks robert moses said:

Legend of Grimock

 

 

great dungeon crawl so far. only 14 bucks.

definetly going to get this, eye of the beholder style crawler. and you're supposed to be able to create your own maps as well, might be cool.

 

played some tribes ascend just now, really good!

grimrock is really fun! my groups keep getting killed by spiders, fucking spiders.

still trying to find the perfect mix of classes. enjoying the fuck out of it...it really takes me back to the early days of my gaming life

everyone should go buy it

i had beta access to tribes but didn't have any time to play it!! i should really get on it.

  On 4/14/2012 at 5:20 PM, kaini said:

there's another game based on SCP on the way

http://scpcb.wordpre...on-coming-soon/

niiiice, think you and i are the only two on here that care