Video Games

crasskris · Post by **crasskris** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:41 am

Ted the Flayer wrote:Spears are pretty awesome weapons, and it's a shame there aren't any in Elder Scrolls anymore.

The range and speed of spears was awesome, especially in combination with stealth, an invisibility potion and a mild acrobatics booster (or a downhill slope). You could charge an enemy, jump over him, drink the potion and turn mid-flight, and then backstab him into oblivion before hitting the ground.

Good times...

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 12:18 am

Ted the Flayer wrote:Any WoW players here?

Does Warcraft II count?

I'm thinking of picking the game back up in the semi-near future (buying a car first, then a new laptop). Also, I want to be a panda.

The only way I'd ever play a panda is if Jack Black voiced him, and he could massacre hoards of poachers and people who think the Ellen Show is fun with a pink Uzi.

Ted the Flayer · Post by **Ted the Flayer** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:02 am

But their females are pretty...

DragonChild · Post by **DragonChild** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:25 am

Ted the Flayer wrote:Any WoW players here?

I'm thinking of picking the game back up in the semi-near future (buying a car first, then a new laptop). Also, I want to be a panda.

Anyway, I'm thinking of being a hunter because every server needs more huntards, amirite? However, I'm looking at the wikis, and I can't make any goddamn sense of the new talent system (This isn't Diablo 2! What the fuck?!). Could anyone explain to me how this works? Also, how the fuck can you balance 5 pets and not have them be massive underleveled (and from the looks of it, different pets matter more than they used to. Back when I played, you picked a bear or a cat or you were doing it wrong. Now there's way more animals, and some of them seem insane. Aren't Devilsaurs gigantic? Maybe I'm not remembering that right. Also, taming Crommagus? Is Petopia shitting me?)

I want to mostly solo because I hate most people. Maybe some small-scale grouping. I would like something that can kill a lot of time, but I already have 2 jobs and don't have time to take up any raiding.

The new talent system is pretty simple. I haven't actually played come Mists, but I'll try to explain it. First you pick one of the three classic specs (or four, if you're druid). You automatically get stuff as you level up, and all of the "+% crit" and "+damage to these moves" that used to be choices are just baked into your class, and a gift for being you. Then, every fifteen levels, you get a choice of three abilities, which are the same three choices you get regardless of spec.

K · Post by K » Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:36 am

Should I buy Conquest of Elysium 3? It's 9.99 on Steam.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:09 pm

Ted the Flayer wrote:But their females are pretty...

Wait, the panda females are pretty? Well, I won't argue that, pandas are demons in the sack. But to me, pandas and orcs are just strange bedfellows.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:07 pm

K wrote:Should I buy Conquest of Elysium 3? It's 9.99 on Steam.

Well, this is Illwinter, so even though the game is simpler than Dominions 3 it still manages to have tons of entirely needless micromanagement. It's fun every now and then, and I would definitely snatch it at $5.00, which it will probably be on sale for at some point in the next month or two. But it wouldn't be a crime to buy it at $10.00, either, if your need for a new timewaster is more immediate.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:56 pm

Well, that was...interesting.

A friend of mine I hadn't seen in about a year dropped by. We hung out. It was fun! He's doing pretty well, I'm doing pretty well.

He took a look at my shelf of games, and noticed the Gamecube section had Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles.

"You know, me and a couple of guys were talking about how we never got a chance to play this, even though we wanted to."

"Oh? It's allright. I have a couple of gameboys around here somewhere, with those cables."

"Really? OH DUDE LEMME BORROW 'EM!"

Turns out him and his friends have been on this huge semi-retro gaming kick where they get each other to play stuff they missed out on. One guy had never played Sonic Adventure 2. Another had never tried Eternal Darkness. Someone else hadn't ever had the pleasure of Okami or Shadow of the Colossus.

All of which are on the shelf. If it keeps up like this, I'm going to start renting games out.

So, did anyone else never get the chance to play a game they'd wondered about?

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:29 pm

Maxus wrote:So, did anyone else never get the chance to play a game they'd wondered about?

Yeah, Sega Saturn games - I really wanted to play Guardian Heroes, Nights: Into Dreams and... there was one where you play futuristic fire-fighters and it seriously looks awesome.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:11 am

I played Nights a few times at a friends' house. And Panzer Dragoon. I sucked at 3D controls when I got the shot at it (10 years old? Hadn't ever done 3D before? About like that) but I remember how striking it was.

Leress · Post by **Leress** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:40 am

Maxus wrote: So, did anyone else never get the chance to play a game they'd wondered about?

The Arc the Lad Collection. I just started with the first one and will probably go through the rest. I started with Twilight of the Spirits and wanted to play the rest. Also a couple of translated SNES japanese RPGs (Eternal Filena, Tenchi Muyo, Cyber Knight 1 and 2, Der Langrisser) and Langrisser 2 for Genesis. Also Romancing Saga and Metal Max for PS2.

I still want to play the Shadow Hearts series.

Maxus wrote:I played Nights a few times at a friends' house. And Panzer Dragoon.

Don't play Panzer Dragoon Mini for game gear. There was a lot of disappointment in such a small game.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:52 am

Noted.

Aryxbez · Post by **Aryxbez** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:03 pm

Ah....Metal Max for the PS2..how awesome you were, yet bad I was at the end game.

Always been wanting to play the first two Fallout games, kinda got to play Legend of Mana for the Playstation with a friend. Someday, I plan to basically go on a large retro kicker through the PS1-2 library of games, and get/play all the ones I haven't gotten to yet, which are mostly RPG's if I'm recalling correctly. Someday, I'll also reacquire Final Fantasy Legend II, and play the first one as well. Oh, and SNES games like Actraiser and Bubsy are games I have the option of playing in meatspace.

I really really really want to get a copy of Conker's Bad Fur Day for the N64.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:29 am

ECCO THE DOLPHIN IS THE BEST VIDEO GAME EVER MADE END OF PERIOD NO DISCUSSION ALLOWED

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 6:42 pm

The Quest for Glory team has a kickstarter for another QfG-esque game.

WHY DO I HAVE TO BE BROKE RIGHT NOW

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:15 am

Got Marvel vs. Capcom Origins.

Forgot how damn hard Onslaught was, and am now wondering how the hell I beat him when I was like six.

So I can beat him now.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:38 am

Shrapnel wrote:ECCO THE DOLPHIN IS THE BEST VIDEO GAME EVER MADE END OF PERIOD NO DISCUSSION ALLOWED

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:42 am

STUPID CONSTANTLY MOVING STAGE CRUSHING ME BETWEEN STONY PILLARS WHILE SCARY ASS ALIENS HUNT FOR YOUR SOUL

Ted the Flayer · Post by **Ted the Flayer** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:19 am

Shrapnel wrote:
Ted the Flayer wrote:But their females are pretty...
Wait, the panda females are pretty? Well, I won't argue that, pandas are demons in the sack. But to me, pandas and orcs are just strange bedfellows.

I have a liking for females with generous hip curves. I can't deny that.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 3:24 am

Ted the Flayer wrote:
Shrapnel wrote:
Ted the Flayer wrote:But their females are pretty...
Wait, the panda females are pretty? Well, I won't argue that, pandas are demons in the sack. But to me, pandas and orcs are just strange bedfellows.
I have a liking for females with generous hip curves. I can't deny that.

Notably, the males basically look like Jack Black as a panda. Slightly more or slightly less based on your various appearance choices.

I play, free "trial" right now, which, so far as I can tell is "no real limit to characters, just don't go past level 20." I have a goblin warlock in the mid teens, and play infrequently, but I'll probably try a panda soon.

RadiantPhoenix · Post by **RadiantPhoenix** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:00 pm

I have discovered something that is probably the most obnoxious videogame mechanic ever.

See those three bars? The green one, the yellow one, and the purple one?

Those are the 'points' you have that let you actually play the game. It takes two minutes to get a point back, and you pretty quickly get up to needing, like, ten points for so much as clicking through a cutscene... and the entire game is cutscenes, and each one needs to be clicked a whole bunch of times (like, a dozen) consuming ten points with each click!

(The game this is from is called "Legacy of a Thousand Suns", for anyone who cares, but I've seen other games with this mechanic)

Chamomile · Post by **Chamomile** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:42 pm

That's a facebook-style energy system, right? I've seen those misused a lot.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:17 pm

Welcome to casual gaming! That's a super common mechanic in mobile games, too. I've played quite a few.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:45 am

So I got the Dark Souls Artorias DLC. And, like, five dollars of ME3 multiplayer packs because I didn't have much else to spend points on.

Plus side, I got the Volus Adept, the new batarian, and a couple of new guns.

I'll let folks know how the Dark Souls expansion is...

K · Post by K » Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:00 am

Can anyone suggest any good cheap or free games, maybe of the indie persuasion? I want to play some new stuff, but dumping $40+ a game for the usual over-produced and under-delivering crap is kind of annoying right now.

I like strategy and RPGs, but a good adventure game is also in my wheelhouse.