Video Games

Morzas · Post by **Morzas** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:59 pm

Psychic Robot wrote:Question. Dynasty Warriors is pretty much a terrible series of terrible games. And yet I find myself loving them nonetheless. Am I the only one thus afflicted?

I loved playing those games with my brother. It's like Final Fight in China.

Psychic Robot · Post by **Psychic Robot** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:31 am

I have moved on to Mass Effect. Awesome game. Needs some work, but awesome nonetheless. A pity it wasn't longer, though. I fucking hated that bitch Ashley, though. Man, I would have smacked her up if I could have. Not only was she annoyingly xenophobic, but she tried to get in my pants and then had the nerve to shoot Wrex. Wrex, of all people!

I let her die. Happily.

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:33 am

You can save him too, btw.

Psychic Robot · Post by **Psychic Robot** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:38 am

I know. My friend warned me about it in advance because my rage would have been epic.

Ganbare Gincun · Post by **Ganbare Gincun** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:54 am

Psychic Robot wrote:I know. My friend warned me about it in advance because my rage would have been epic.

So you are playing ME1 and then moving to ME2, or have you already played/beaten ME2 and want to see how the series started?

Psychic Robot · Post by **Psychic Robot** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:02 pm

Playing ME1 and moving to ME2. My friend has been pestering me to play it so we can discuss the game.

Count Arioch the 28th · Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:48 pm

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the most beautiful game I ever played.

Jilocasin · Post by **Jilocasin** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:19 pm

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the most beautiful game I ever played.

Best Castlevania Ever.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:08 pm

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the most beautiful game I ever played.

I love it too.

The only downside is it doesn't have a great replay value without me imposing arbitrary restrictions on myself. Once you learn one or two really cool tricks, you have to actively not use them lest the game become too easy.

I think what I like most about that game is remembering the time before I discovered said tricks.

Edit:
So, I'm curious: why did you bring it up? Did you just play it for the first time?

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:23 pm

WHAT IS A MAN?

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:15 pm

Sadly, I didn't get online much when I used to play it, so I missed out on all the memes.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:30 pm

I haven't actually played it. So I only have the meme.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 3:54 pm

Replaying Bioshock.

And oy. The wrench is becoming my primary weapon.

Admittedly, now I'm at the geothermal power plant, so I'm late enough in the game to have all those bonuses to damage and speed and stealth happening. But it feels strange to take down splicers more quickly with a big wrench than the upgrade machine gun.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:03 pm

Maxus wrote:Replaying Bioshock.

And oy. The wrench is becoming my primary weapon.

Admittedly, now I'm at the geothermal power plant, so I'm late enough in the game to have all those bonuses to damage and speed and stealth happening. But it feels strange to take down splicers more quickly with a big wrench than the upgrade machine gun.

That was how I played the first time. Sneaky Sneaky bash.

Count Arioch the 28th · Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:32 pm

Maxus wrote:Replaying Bioshock.

And oy. The wrench is becoming my primary weapon.

Admittedly, now I'm at the geothermal power plant, so I'm late enough in the game to have all those bonuses to damage and speed and stealth happening. But it feels strange to take down splicers more quickly with a big wrench than the upgrade machine gun.

First time I played Bioshock I used the wrench exclusively. Then again, I played on Easy because I suck at videogames, a later replay one Hard resulted in me dying a lot relying on the wrench.

Count Arioch the 28th · Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:34 pm

RobbyPants wrote:
Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is the most beautiful game I ever played.
I love it too.

The only downside is it doesn't have a great replay value without me imposing arbitrary restrictions on myself. Once you learn one or two really cool tricks, you have to actively not use them lest the game become too easy.

I think what I like most about that game is remembering the time before I discovered said tricks.

Edit:
So, I'm curious: why did you bring it up? Did you just play it for the first time?

Replaying it. And I beat Galamoth for the first town without using the cheater rod and the Alucard shield the other day. At level 33. I'm slightly proud of myself, I'm terrible with videogames.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:47 pm

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:
Maxus wrote:Replaying Bioshock.

And oy. The wrench is becoming my primary weapon.

Admittedly, now I'm at the geothermal power plant, so I'm late enough in the game to have all those bonuses to damage and speed and stealth happening. But it feels strange to take down splicers more quickly with a big wrench than the upgrade machine gun.
First time I played Bioshock I used the wrench exclusively. Then again, I played on Easy because I suck at videogames, a later replay one Hard resulted in me dying a lot relying on the wrench.

I'm playing on Normal because I don't have much experience with FPS's, but I'm a competent gamer.

The wrench does have some benefits. Especially what with the Bloodlust tonic

And thanks to clubbing everything to death, I tend to have the ammo to spare to use on Big Daddies, but I've lately found that any Big Daddy can be take down with a lot of strung-up zapwire crossbow bolts and the Grenade Launcher. Being able to use the grenade launcher in melee helps a lot.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:54 pm

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Replaying it. And I beat Galamoth for the first town without using the cheater rod and the Alucard shield the other day. At level 33. I'm slightly proud of myself, I'm terrible with videogames.

I think that's pretty decent. I know Galamoth is the hardest boss. Of course, if you really want to cheat, just put on the circlet that makes you heal from electric damage.

Wesley Street · Post by **Wesley Street** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:10 pm

Playing Red Dead Redemption. Cool game with lots of neat options for a sandbox. However the repeated "save my cart!" or "shoot down my girlfriend from the tree before she strangles to death!" moments are as tiresome as the dating in GTA4. Or the working out/eating in GTA3.

I like the survivalist options... except for treasure hunting. There should be a rule against programming poorly drawn maps in 3rd-person shoot 'em ups. Leave that crap for Myst.

The atmosphere is excellent and I actually get a kick out of playing poker and liars dice in-game. Blackjack sucks.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:10 am

Wesley Street wrote:Playing Red Dead Redemption. Cool game with lots of neat options for a sandbox. However the repeated "save my cart!" or "shoot down my girlfriend from the tree before she strangles to death!" moments are as tiresome as the dating in GTA4. Or the working out/eating in GTA3.

I like the survivalist options... except for treasure hunting. There should be a rule against programming poorly drawn maps in 3rd-person shoot 'em ups. Leave that crap for Myst.

The atmosphere is excellent and I actually get a kick out of playing poker and liars dice in-game. Blackjack sucks.

Tie a lady up and leave her on the train tracks for a train to splatter.

Princess · Post by **Princess** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:20 am

Symphony of the Night is quite unballanced. Final Boss can be defeated in 6 seconds without any cheating.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 12:20 pm

I think you can do it in less than six if you have two Rings of Varda and a Crissagrim and you're high level (60+ or so). It's been years since I've done it, but I do remember counting seconds in my head as I fought him. I could have sworn I did it in something stupid like two seconds or so.

Ultimately, that's why I said that the only way I enjoy it now is if I impose arbitrary restrictions on myself.

Wesley Street · Post by **Wesley Street** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:02 pm

Maxus wrote:Tie a lady up and leave her on the train tracks for a train to splatter.

Dastardly!

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 5:41 pm

Wesley Street wrote:
Maxus wrote:Tie a lady up and leave her on the train tracks for a train to splatter.
Dastardly!

I figured that out on my own. My little sister had been watching the Retro Cartoon channel and I saw...Penelope Pitstop? Someone, in that scene.

Then I was over at my cousin's house, noodling around on RDR and gave it a try. Then got the achievement, then had to wait until my cousin stopped laughing.

I did not know he makes a squeaky wheeze after a while.

Goldor · Post by **Goldor** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:50 pm

I can't get enough of Dead Rising too lately, got it from a friend as a gift and have spent the last few days wasting my time on it when I'm not at school or work.

My favorite combo item so far really is the Shotgun and Pitchfork, it's just so fun running around and sticking zombies with those things ;0). What about the rest of you? Anybody got any fun combo items they like?