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bought warp yesterday and the joy of exploding humans from within has not diminished yet.

 

also still playing through portal 2 but i don't find it to be the kind of game I can play for long peroids

  On 7/9/2012 at 8:54 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

bought warp yesterday and the joy of exploding humans from within has not diminished yet.

 

also still playing through portal 2 but i don't find it to be the kind of game I can play for long peroids

 

I was thinking about warp - so it's pretty fun?

I'm kind of bummed. I've been living my life in DayZ as a survivorman up in the NW hills of the map for the last few days, or could it be weeks? I was far away from the murderous chaos happening way down south. Well tonight my camp was infiltrated by a man, and I was forced to murder for the first time. I was proud of having over 200 zombie kills, but now I am a murderer of human life.

 

It was pitch dark, middle of the night. I had night-vision goggles and he didn't. Before I realized it, I was stalking him thru my camp, the instinct I'd grown to follow had taken over and before I could control my moral human instincts he was laying infront of me dead, blood spraying everywhere as if Tarantino himself had directed that horrifying scene.

 

I tried to gut the human corpse, as it was my natural way of handling the wildlife I kill to cook and eat. But I couldn't gut him. It was useless, there was no positive way out of this situation. I feel like the game is over for me now. I left my campsite to find untainted grounds a little farther north, but it's like I'm now being haunted by this innocent mans ghost wherever I go. I stared up at the clear night sky, the bright stars, the scarce clouds drifting by and then I logged.

 

And I am still being haunted by my choices.

You had to do it man, you had little to no choice about it, let the guilt go dude, LET THE GUILT GO!

I've been dropping in on the Shootmania beta. Excellent fun, very fast paced and simple but easy to get swept up in it for hours... so Trackmania all over again!

Now playing Panzer Dragoon Orta. This game is very impressive! :o

  On 7/9/2012 at 12:37 PM, usagi said:

  On 7/9/2012 at 8:17 AM, Squee said:

Has anyone tried this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BswJKtn_9o

Scared the fucking shit out of me. I quit after I died the first time.

The game is free to download - just make sure to read the ReadMe.txt before playing. Also, before anyone points out the obvious, then yes, it is heavily inspired by Amnesia but this game jumps directly to the point instead making you walk through tons of corridors.

 

oh shit. I have to play this. I love good scares.

 

I made a friend and his girlfriend play it yesterday. I took some fucking awesome photos of them playing it.

Trent Reznor is doing the music for Black Ops 2, seriously? What happened to that guy

  On 7/10/2012 at 6:14 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Trent Reznor is doing the music for Black Ops 2, seriously? What happened to that guy

 

His neck happened.

lol

lads, I have another odd question. I am thinking of purchasing the original two Fallout's from GOG.com as they are pretty damn cheap. Would you recommend them if I enjoy FO3 and F:NV? I figure if they are enjoyable enough, should give me a nice distraction from the more expensive titles in my eyes as of late.

 

Also, how long do they tend to be? I really like my bang for buck in terms of play time.

  On 7/9/2012 at 11:44 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 7/9/2012 at 8:54 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

bought warp yesterday and the joy of exploding humans from within has not diminished yet.

 

also still playing through portal 2 but i don't find it to be the kind of game I can play for long peroids

 

I was thinking about warp - so it's pretty fun?

 

grab the demo. i like it but can't guarantee you will. its quite hard which i like and exploding people is F U N

 

 

looking forward to trying magic & might demo tonight

 

 

i will probably also pick up closure at some point too. that has potential based on playing the demo. a light based game - if there is light then the floor exists and you can walk, if not you fall.

Edited July 10, 2012 by Jimmy McMessageboard

  On 7/10/2012 at 6:17 PM, Squee said:

  On 7/10/2012 at 6:14 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Trent Reznor is doing the music for Black Ops 2, seriously? What happened to that guy

 

His neck happened.

 

i was never a huge NIN fan, even though I def respect his legacy so to speak...but is he horrible now? I thought his work on the American adaptation of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was pretty spot on. No good? Or is it more the fact that he doesn't necessarily make shit music now, but that its much less impressive than his previous release set?

 

edit: to follow up with my Fallout purchase question, Ive been hearing opposing claims that there is a time limit on game play? Was this later changed? One of my most hated pet peeves with gaming is goddamn time limits.

Edited July 10, 2012 by Smettingham Rutherford IV

  On 7/10/2012 at 8:48 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

  On 7/10/2012 at 6:17 PM, Squee said:

  On 7/10/2012 at 6:14 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Trent Reznor is doing the music for Black Ops 2, seriously? What happened to that guy

 

His neck happened.

 

i was never a huge NIN fan, even though I def respect his legacy so to speak...but is he horrible now?

 

I have no idea. I've never listened to NIN. But his fucking neck, man...

Smet have u played Borderlands? I find it like Fallout w less technical worries and more focus on infinite weapons combinations and just shooting the shit out of everyting. It's a little light on story, but it's all about the looting. Very cool DLC to boot. Already preordered the sequel so I'm def a fan.

 

 

Btw I thought Reznor peaked w Downward Spiral so...

  On 7/10/2012 at 8:56 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Smet have u played Borderlands? I find it like Fallout w less technical worries and more focus on infinite weapons combinations and just shooting the shit out of everyting. It's a little light on story, but it's all about the looting. Very cool DLC to boot. Already preordered the sequel so I'm def a fan.

 

 

Btw I thought Reznor peaked w Downward Spiral so...

 

I was under the impression that it was pretty much a multiplayer game? Is that accurate? If it is, is the MP community still pretty large?

 

also, I was referring to the original Fallout PC games, not the new-gen ones. Not to be rude, jus' saying...but yeah Borderlands seemed interesting but Ive never really been able to get into MP games.

  On 7/10/2012 at 9:08 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

  On 7/10/2012 at 8:56 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Smet have u played Borderlands? I find it like Fallout w less technical worries and more focus on infinite weapons combinations and just shooting the shit out of everyting. It's a little light on story, but it's all about the looting. Very cool DLC to boot. Already preordered the sequel so I'm def a fan.

 

 

Btw I thought Reznor peaked w Downward Spiral so...

 

I was under the impression that it was pretty much a multiplayer game? Is that accurate? If it is, is the MP community still pretty large?

 

also, I was referring to the original Fallout PC games, not the new-gen ones. Not to be rude, jus' saying...but yeah Borderlands seemed interesting but Ive never really been able to get into MP games.

i've heard that Fallout 2 was actually the best out of them all. and no Borderlands doesn't force to to play MP. haven't played in awhile so im not sure if the community is still there or not. chances are though that it is.

  On 7/10/2012 at 11:18 PM, usagi said:

Definitely worth getting the first two Fallouts imo. Havent played them myself but I plan to.

 

so do you say this based upon friend's recommendations?

 

 

Im just always edgey when I like a new adaptation of an old franchise and I get the "pfffft, original game X was where it was at. makes the new flashy graphic games look like shit." Then I buy the original, play it, and get pretty disappointed.

 

like the early Elder Scrolls (i have yet to play morrowwind though) never clicked with me, but theres nonstop shittalk about Skyrim from my oldskool nerd gamer friends.

 

But the whole Fallout mythos just seems awesome.

Edited July 10, 2012 by Smettingham Rutherford IV

Borderlands actually scales up the difficulty the more players u have. There is tons of fun to be had in single player, the Island of Dr Ned kept me busy for weeks. There was a big weapons mod community, which will probably carry over to the sequel, as Gearbox has basically said they will leave them alone, but not produce an SDK.

Aparently Neckznor just made the main theme of Blops 2, not the whole OST

  On 7/10/2012 at 11:49 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

  On 7/10/2012 at 11:18 PM, usagi said:

Definitely worth getting the first two Fallouts imo. Havent played them myself but I plan to.

 

so do you say this based upon friend's recommendations?

 

 

Im just always edgey when I like a new adaptation of an old franchise and I get the "pfffft, original game X was where it was at. makes the new flashy graphic games look like shit." Then I buy the original, play it, and get pretty disappointed.

 

like the early Elder Scrolls (i have yet to play morrowwind though) never clicked with me, but theres nonstop shittalk about Skyrim from my oldskool nerd gamer friends.

 

But the whole Fallout mythos just seems awesome.

for the fallout games, you can't really compare 3 to the other two. since technically they aren't the "same" game. for the most part all they have in common is the name. but if you do end up getting them and it turns out you hate them your out of only a couple bucks. not 60.

 

As for Morrowind, you gotta play that game. i am one of those Morrowind elitists but i hate the people that are so narrow minded like you describe. the first two sucked. and personally i don't like Oblivion but Skyrim was a pretty good game (and definitely MUCH better than Oblivion), but i still play them all pretty regularly. the reasons i like Morrowind the most is because it was longer, had more things to do (i think there were about 20 something guilds and thousands side quests), and had a MUCH larger and enriching story. but Skyrim and Oblivion have one big thing, better Game mechanics and graphics.

 

Morrowind was a true adventurers game and was very unforgiving. you dont get a compass that tells you where everything is. you have to use the natural land marks that people give you and find things yourself. this i love a lot but i also realize that not everyone does. its also a game that really throws you into the "you can do anything you want" deal. when you start you are given your one story quest and when you go turn it in the next story quest literally is "go do whatever you want." this can be cool but also frustrating. it took me about 3-4 new games before i actually did anything and was able to actually start the story. your decisions actually mattered too, in the sense that you could fuck up your game and not realize it until too late. people that are part of quests can be killed, they aren't "knocked out." for the main story ones it will tell you real quick that you fucked up but for side/guild quests it wont. so if you accidentally killed someone of importance you won't be able to advance the quest.

 

HOLY SHIT, i didn't realize how much i wrote. and the scary thing is i could go on for another couple pages. lol well, it goes to show you i love that game. so to sum up, for me - Morrowind>Skyrim>Oblivion. but in the gaming world, They all rock. its really just a, "you pick which one is your favorite" kind of game.

Fallout 2 is great, but totally diff than 3. It's a top down adventure, and fucking hard. Morrowind is wicked as well, but Skyrim's gameplay makes it better for me.

I've kept my word. Currently playing:

 

 

I ought to give Call of Pripyat another try though. Only played through the beginning so far.

Been playing the hell out of DayZ for the past month. I've had most of the loot in the game, but never get attached to shit, because it's always more fun to use it to kill people with.

 

I haven't read the whole thread, but I'm guessing you guys have already gone through the DayZ phase. Anybody down to play with my group?