Video Games

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 5:25 am

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Someone mind giving me some pointers on Fable? I want to emphasize will use, but thus far it seems that it kind of blows. (Right now I have 1 rank in magical power, and I have force push and lightning known, I'm very early in the game). The first time I tried to kill a hobbe with lightning it took all of my mana and the bastid was still standing. Is there an effective way to get good at magic and what is it, otherwise I'm going to concentrate on skill instead because bows seem to do the most damage thus far...

The magical shield is the best spell, followed by the speed spell. If you are willing to sword things, that is a pretty excellent combo.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:16 am

DragonChild wrote: When enemies hit the barrier, they don't interrupt your combo. This makes it very, VERY easy to rack up lots of XP.

I missed that on my first read, that's a pretty huge bonus. I will get that as a spell.

I decided to fall back to a more balanced character, heavy on strength but decent in other categories as well. Since I only had learned Magical Power 1 and Force Push, I decided to not start over.

DragonChild · Post by **DragonChild** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:47 am

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:
DragonChild wrote: When enemies hit the barrier, they don't interrupt your combo. This makes it very, VERY easy to rack up lots of XP.
I missed that on my first read, that's a pretty huge bonus. I will get that as a spell.

I decided to fall back to a more balanced character, heavy on strength but decent in other categories as well. Since I only had learned Magical Power 1 and Force Push, I decided to not start over.

Quite frankly, as soon as you get magical barrier, enough XP starts to roll in that you can be an everything character. It's... kind of crazy. Probably more than a little broken. But admit it, you want the lightning bolts AND the swordplay, right? </shameless>

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:45 am

Also, does Fable 1 have the effects where you get taller from skill exp spending and beefier from strength exp spending? I've got all 4's in physical stuff and I still look skinny. Also, I've eaten like 20 pies and the common folk keep commenting on how bony I am.

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:38 pm

From what I recall you get beefier from boosting your health and by eating pies and stuff. I know that a lot of running in-game can make you lose weight, as well.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:27 pm

So, after hitting level 46 (of 50, or, really, 250) on Red Dead Redemption's multiplayer (after some months of off-and-on playing), I have some notes about my first real experience with MMO.

1) The way to do it an keep your sanity is to play with friends, or pop on when you've got a few minutes. I'm nerdy, but I'm not so nerdy as to claim this is HIGH ENTERTAINMENT (although some of the battles with other players can be fun) or something profound. For screwing around, though, it's not bad.

2) I discovered I can't stand bullies in a damn game. The other day, I ended up bringing up some Sniper Justice (not my favorite gun except for cases like this) to someone who was harassing a newbie who was just trying to play the damn game. I think what persuaded him to stop was when I shot him from the wall of El Presidio (the big fortress in Mexico with all the cannons)...when he was standing a ways on the U.S. side of the river. It was dumb luck to make that shot, but he couldn't know that.

3) Can't win 'em all. When I had twenty minutes to dick around before leaving for work, I got onto a game which had two other people in it. They double-teamed me and I couldn't even -move- further than fifty feet because they'd take me out. So, hey, I quit.

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:35 pm

On point 3: That's generally how I dealt with things. I remember being kept up hours at night because the ex wife kept getting ganked in Everquest and would refuse to log out and come back in the morning, she'd rather sit there and cry and talk shit to the people doing it. It's not very entertaining to corpse-camp someone who doesn't log back in.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:43 am

Well, I hit level 50 on Red Dead Redemption multiplayer and decided to go back to level 1 and get better stuff this time around.

I did a gang hideout and the early levels are so close together I went from level 1 to level 5.

Then a pair of dudes came for me and, I could not kill them. I got repeated headshots on them and they didn't die. One of them killed me with the throwing knives, and I decided to follow point 3 and not even try. I don't know if you can hack or mod or whatever redemption, but when you shoot someone three times in the head in a game which idolizes headshots, and they do not die, something's fucked up.

I hate cheaters.

Now just have to bootstrap myself back up to where I can be a credible threat to another player.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:03 am

Another Fable tip, after you up your guile to 3 or so, go to a vender, supposedly the shmuck next to the Bowerstone gates is best, buy up their entire stock of something, then sell everything back, and keep doing this as long as your attention can hold. Merchants in the game sell low when they have a lot of something, and buy high when they have none. It's easy to get to tens of thousands of gold in just a few minutes. I'm using Will potions at the moment, but eventually I should be able to use gems.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:00 pm

I got Icewind Dale II last night, and have been playing it. One of the other adventuring parties you meet early on is incredibly meta. They bitch about fetch quests and killing rats.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:26 pm

name_here wrote:I got Icewind Dale II last night, and have been playing it. One of the other adventuring parties you meet early on is incredibly meta. They bitch about fetch quests and killing rats.

Why not? The cool kids are doing it. The human noble starting background on Dragon Age has you sent to go get your dog, and killing rats, and etc.

TheNotSoEvilNecromancer · Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:41 pm

@name here:

There's another funny conversation available with those adventurers involving a dead cat that requires a bit of searching.

Blicero · Post by **Blicero** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:37 pm

Maxus wrote:
name_here wrote:I got Icewind Dale II last night, and have been playing it. One of the other adventuring parties you meet early on is incredibly meta. They bitch about fetch quests and killing rats.
Why not? The cool kids are doing it. The human noble starting background on Dragon Age has you sent to go get your dog, and killing rats, and etc.

IW2 was released in 2002.

I played the first thirdish of IW2, but then I just got bored with all of the constant hackandslash. Same as with the first game.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:18 am

In reference to my old post about getting a console, I've decided to get the 360 + kinect bundle.

Anyone know of any good games for a 5-year-old? Kinect games would be an extra awesome. Dance games would be for good and for awesome.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:29 am

Cynic wrote:In reference to my old post about getting a console, I've decided to get the 360 + kinect bundle.

Anyone know of any good games for a 5-year-old? Kinect games would be an extra awesome. Dance games would be for good and for awesome.

Dance Central is pretty fun and it's more or less the flagship of the dance games

But 5 is a little young for almost all video games.

There's some downloadable puzzle games that're easy to play. You can also get Sonic the Hedgehog and some other retro games that're simpler to play, if you get the downloads.

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:28 am

I'm mostly looking at the kinect series of sports games and stuff. A lot of them are hard but the kid is strangely patient with video games. If only I could have her be patient for board games...

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:30 am

Note on Fable: I just did the coliseum. Screw the part where you fight two rock trolls. I'm pretty good at smacking their rocks back at them, but I'm not so good when the other troll hucks a rock at me and knocks me off my feet when I'm doing so.

Psychic Robot · Post by **Psychic Robot** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:56 am

the purpose of the coliseum is to game it for max XP. go all the way to the end, save the game, and then reload the mission. grab the fire ring spell and go to town

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:14 am

...Wait, you can hit their rocks back at them? How did I somehow miss that?

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:24 am

PR: I am aware of that trick, I decided to not do that. I'm already overleveled anyway. (I'm not sure why Whisper keeps calling me "Farm Boy" when I'm well into my 50's).

Meikle: Yeah, it actually does a lot of damage when you do so. Your timing has to be perfect though. Although at this point I'm killing earth trolls in 4-5 hits anyway, it's more important for rock trolls.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:34 am

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:Note on Fable: I just did the coliseum. Screw the part where you fight two rock trolls. I'm pretty good at smacking their rocks back at them, but I'm not so good when the other troll hucks a rock at me and knocks me off my feet when I'm doing so.

The trolls were easy. Get to level three or higher evil, donate 35,000 gold to the Temple of Avo and grab the Sentinus. Make sure you've used all the elixers of will you can find, and leveled you Will and Shield as much as is feasible. With full Will and your shield on, go up to Troll #1, standing in ground zero and just wail on it, it won't take long. Repeat with Troll #2. Slow Time is optional.

What I wish is that the Arena were open after your finish the quest, for the only shop in the game with bright plate, if nothing else.

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:48 am

Yeah, well I didn't do all that before I went to the coliseum. I'm a little bummed I missed the bright plate though.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:24 am

Same, since there's a demon door that requires it. Apparently if you dick around Witchwood enough you can run into a trader with some, but... yeah.

also: is there anyway to shut the guildmaster up?

Count Arioch the 28th · Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:20 pm

A side note on somewhat video-game related stuff: My mom treated me to Dave and Buster's a while back. I wish we had one closer to where I lived, the food was decent and the games were fun.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:29 pm

Hook Coast sells the bright plate too.

Count, are you playing standard or Lost Chapters?