Video Games...Discuss Them

**Saya** · 10-28-2008, 01:51 PM

And I also received Fable II in the mail yesterday and started a bit today. I haven't played much though. I just go to the gypsy camp. Love it so far. The game looks and plays great and it is also very funny at times. The dog is awesome as well. Will play more in the coming days.

**Skitch** · 10-28-2008, 03:36 PM

The dog is one of the best additions. Notifying you of treasures, danger, dig up spots...fetching the rubber ball...

:lol:

**D_Davis** · 10-28-2008, 04:34 PM

Quoting Saya (view post)

D, the demo for Tomb Raider: Underworld just went up on XBL. It's about 1,3 GB though. I downloaded it and just finished it. It is really good. The demo takes place in Thailand and the ruins / environment looks absolutely amazing. You fight a bunch of tigers in the demo and they look fantastic as well. Lara moves a lot faster compared to Legend, which is nice. And she has a bunch of cool new moves like wall jumping. Oh, yeah you can also customize the game in some areas (enemy health, damage to Lara, ammo and time for saving grabs). I'm really impressed by the demo and will buy this game day one. Can't wait to play the full game.

/drools....

I am so glad that Crystal D revamped this series.

**Saya** · 10-28-2008, 04:53 PM

Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)

/drools....

I am so glad that Crystal D revamped this series.

Yeah, it's looking real good. The only thing that can use some more work is the camera when you are on a ledge or bar near a wall.

Gamersyde put up a playthrough video of the demo:

Part 1
Part 2

**megladon8** · 10-28-2008, 07:15 PM

"Resistance 2" is making me want a PS3.

**bac0n** · 10-28-2008, 07:35 PM

Wow, Fallout 3 looks totally awesome. But I'm afraid to get it, as I wouldn't have the time to really enjoy it. Oh, bother.

**D_Davis** · 10-28-2008, 07:46 PM

Quoting megladon8 (view post)

"Resistance 2" is making me want a PS3.

The first one was okay - fun on co-op, but nothing that I found remarkable. The second one looks like it will be fun.

**megladon8** · 10-28-2008, 08:13 PM

Weird, I seem to be getting a copy of "Fallout 3" for free.

I never ordered it from Amazon.ca, yet I got an e-mail today notifying me that it's on it's way.

I checked the payment portion of the bill, and there's no credit card number, nothing.

So I called my credit card company to see if there'd been a recent transaction with Amazon, and they said no, that I still have the full credit amount available to me - nothing's been spent.

And yeah, the package is definitely on it's way, there's even a tracking number.

**Skitch** · 10-28-2008, 10:27 PM

Don't worry Meg, I'll buy it off you for $20.

**megladon8** · 10-28-2008, 10:34 PM

Quoting Skitch (view post)

Don't worry Meg, I'll buy it off you for $20.

Nah, don't worry about it.

I'll play it.

**Spaceman Spiff** · 10-28-2008, 10:40 PM

Quoting megladon8 (view post)

Eh, I'm really not interested.

Like "Oblivion", I'm just not interested in a game that's so big and detailed I have no freaking idea where to start, where to go, what to do or how to go about anything.

Play the first two.

They are incredibly deep, atmospheric and engrossing sci-fi masterpieces, and not at all Oblivion-like. The first Fallout also has what has to be one of the greatest endings in any work of art that I've ever experienced. Masterful stuff.

They're edgy games too, especially in the second when you can make profit in the slave market and the drug trade.

**Duncan** · 10-28-2008, 11:13 PM

I only buy one game per year and Fallout 3 is going to be it.

**D_Davis** · 10-28-2008, 11:22 PM

Following the main story in Oblivion is very easy - it tells you where to go and marks everything on your map for you. There is even a GPS-like system that tracks your movement in real time. It's a great system that holds your hand as much as you want it to. You can totally ignore the main story, or totally ignore the side quests. It's up to you, but what ever you should choose to do the game tells you exactly where to go. The map and quest system is quite good.

**D_Davis** · 10-28-2008, 11:22 PM

Quoting Duncan (view post)

I only buy one game per year and Fallout 3 is going to be it.

Probably a good buy.

**megladon8** · 10-28-2008, 11:23 PM

"Call of Duty: World at War" features a mode where you fight against Nazi zombies.

No joke. Fast forward to 18:35 in this video to see some of it.

**Spaceman Spiff** · 10-28-2008, 11:29 PM

Quoting Duncan (view post)

I only buy one game per year and Fallout 3 is going to be it.

Nice.

I do urge the rest of you to give the previous 2 Fallouts a try. Due to poor marketing and retarded gamers, the games never really saw an audience, but they (along with Planescape Torment) represent the very best RPGs ever made. Plus, they're old enough so that even your crappy rigs should be able to run them no problem. (That is, if you aren't using the worst OS known to man - I don't think I need to tell you what that is.)

**EyesWideOpen** · 10-29-2008, 12:38 AM

I just got the email from gamefly saying their shipping me Fallout 3 so i'll be giving it a chance. I know nothing of the franchise other then it was made by the Oblivion people which i didn't care for so i'll be going in fresh.

**megladon8** · 10-29-2008, 10:47 AM

Someone explain this to me, please...

Why is "Fallout 3" all like, 1950s and stuff? The music, the art design, the spoof ads for nuclear safety.

The story takes place in 2277. So...what the hell is all this 1950s stuff still doing around there?

I get the feeling it wants to capitalize on "BioShock"'s success.

**Sven** · 10-29-2008, 10:52 AM

Quoting megladon8 (view post)

I get the feeling it wants to capitalize on "BioShock"'s success.

If anything, BioShock is heavily derived from the other Fallout games.

**megladon8** · 10-29-2008, 10:54 AM

Quoting Sven (view post)

If anything, BioShock is heavily derived from the other Fallout games.

See I wouldn't know that, I haven't played them

But "BioShock" takes place in the '40s/'50s, whereas "Fallout 3" takes place in 2277.

So my question still stands - what's with all the '50s art-deco and jazz music?

**Morris Schæffer** · 10-29-2008, 11:37 AM

Quoting megladon8 (view post)

See I wouldn't know that, I haven't played them

But "BioShock" takes place in the '40s/'50s, whereas "Fallout 3" takes place in 2277.

So my question still stands - what's with all the '50s art-deco and jazz music?

Society has stagnated after the nuclear fires? Remaining rooted in the 50's? When did the bombs drop in Fallout 3?

**Saya** · 10-29-2008, 11:47 AM

Cool little secret from Dead Space (story spoiler):

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**Skitch** · 10-29-2008, 12:19 PM

Quoting megladon8 (view post)

Nah, don't worry about it.

I'll play it.

Weell, I'm just lookin' out for yah. Let me know if you, um, need a hand.

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**D_Davis** · 10-29-2008, 01:21 PM

Quoting megladon8 (view post)

See I wouldn't know that, I haven't played them

But "BioShock" takes place in the '40s/'50s, whereas "Fallout 3" takes place in 2277.

So my question still stands - what's with all the '50s art-deco and jazz music?

It's also a play on American culture in the 1950s - everyone worried and concerned about the atomic age.

The Fallout games have always excelled as humor and satire, in addition to their genre defining game play.

**Morris Schæffer** · 10-29-2008, 06:26 PM

Fallout 3 sounds so mouth-wateringly tantalizing, but since I gave up on Oblivion after two hours, I guess Bethesda's latest isn't for me either?

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