Video Games...Discuss Them

[megladon8]

360

Mass Effect
Modern Warfare 2 (multiplayer)
Left 4 Dead 1 and 2


Wii

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time


DS

GTA: Chinatown Wars

[Scar]

PS3
inFamous

Wii
Madworld (casually)

[Spun Lepton]

PS3
inFamous

What powers have you unlocked?

[Scar]

What powers have you unlocked?

I just unlocked the Ratchet and Clank-esque cable slide.

I've farted around a bit finding blast shards and doing little side quests to make the territory safe, even though I'm playing evil the first time through.

[Spun Lepton]

I just unlocked the Ratchet and Clank-esque cable slide.

I've farted around a bit finding blast shards and doing little side quests to make the territory safe, even though I'm playing evil the first time through.

Blast shards are worth finding! The cable slide gets even better when you unlock its healing ability.

I'll warn you, if you do those side-quests, those areas are cleaned up for good. They won't repopulate with bad guys, even after you've finished the game. Although, completing them does give you an enormous boost in powers.

[Fezzik]

XBox 360:

Assassin's Creed II (Eventually. My friend lent it to me but I havent rehooked my console back up yet)

PC:

Left 4 Dead 2
Fallout 3
Team Fortress 2
Mass Effect 2 (next week!)

[Skitch]

360

-Infinite Undiscovery
-Unreal Tournament

[Dukefrukem]

360

-Infinite Undiscovery
-Unreal Tournament

UT? Or UT3?

[Skitch]

UT? Or UT3?

Probably 3. I don't know, the only one on 360.

[Dukefrukem]

Probably 3. I don't know, the only one on 360.

Hmm you're right. I could have sworn they ported UT. So it must be UT3.

[Skitch]

Hmm you're right. I could have sworn they ported UT. So it must be UT3.

Whichever it is, its pretty damn slick.

[KK2.0]

Halo: ODST is almost done. I never play multiple games at once.

I wish i was focused like you, even if i don`t have many games lying around, i still keep switching until i finish them eventually, or drop them for the next new stuff.

Now Playing (PS3)

Demon's Souls
Red Faction Guerilla
God of War 1 (collection, just beat 2)

[megladon8]

So apparently "Mass Effect 2" improves on absolutely everything from the first game, creating a near-perfect and incredibly personal experience.

Side missions are all fully fleshed out now. No more shallow "go here and kill these guys" quests. Every side mission has a full narrative accompanying it, with unique characters and full worlds to explore.

Inventory and skill trees have been streamlined to allow for maximum customization, without making it a daunting task to make a character feel "yours".

And combat has been refined to provide a more shooter-like experience during these sections, while also keeping the looting aspect from the first game.

In other words, this game sounds totally baller.

[Ezee E]

So apparently "Mass Effect 2" improves on absolutely everything from the first game, creating a near-perfect and incredibly personal experience.

Side missions are all fully fleshed out now. No more shallow "go here and kill these guys" quests. Every side mission has a full narrative accompanying it, with unique characters and full worlds to explore.

Inventory and skill trees have been streamlined to allow for maximum customization, without making it a daunting task to make a character feel "yours".

And combat has been refined to provide a more shooter-like experience during these sections, while also keeping the looting aspect from the first game.

In other words, this game sounds totally baller.

I almost want to play out the rest of the original just so that I can have a better Mass Effect 2 experience, since it sounds like something I'll like.

[megladon8]

I almost want to play out the rest of the original just so that I can have a better Mass Effect 2 experience, since it sounds like something I'll like.

Yeah, it sounds like that's the way to go. Apparently the story and characters in "Mass Effect 2" are altered greatly by what you have/haven't done in the first game.

[ledfloyd]

sin and punishment might be the best arcade-style shooter i've played. loads of fun. can't wait for the sequel on the wii.

[megladon8]

"The World Ends With You" is...amazing. Quite simply, brilliant gameplay and design.

Between this and "Chinatown Wars", I'll have a hard time not abandoning my consoles.

The DS is an incredible little device.

[megladon8]

So in "Scribblenauts" you can RIDE CTHULHU.

RIDE.

CTHULHU.

DS > everything else

[Spinal]

Gonna pick up one of them skinny PS3s today. If I can find one in stock locally.

[megladon8]

Gonna pick up one of them skinny PS3s today. If I can find one in stock locally.

They have exactly the same capabilities as the regular PS3's right?

The reason I ask is I remember when the PS2 slim came out, people found there were certain aspects of it that didn't quite work right. I can't remember exactly what they were, whether it was that certain games didn't work properly or what.

I'll see if I can find some info.


EDIT: Here's a Wikipedia article about some of the problems/discrepancies between the original and slim PS2's.

[number8]

No alternate OS is the only difference.

But did anyone here actually installed a third party OS on their PS3?

[Kurosawa Fan]

Gonna pick up one of them skinny PS3s today. If I can find one in stock locally.

It's well worth the money. Streaming a Netflix movie as I speak (for the kids).

[Spinal]

And I did. And it was good.

Got NCAA 10. Looking forward to trying out the Netflix feature.

[Spaceman Spiff]

No alternate OS is the only difference.

But did anyone here actually installed a third party OS on their PS3?

I don't have a PS3, but I would probably want to install ubuntu if I had one.

[megladon8]

This is what the game means, but saying more might spoil stuff that happens in the third act, and I don't know how far you are in the game.

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You mean about the Reapers hiding in "dark space" while waiting for civilization to advance again and have the process repeat?

I guess we are to assume, then, that the Reapers are the only species advanced enough to be able to travel between actual galaxies in the universe? Because everyone talks about "dark space" like it's some kind of giant void where nothing else exists, which they must know isn't true, right? Since they're several hundred years ahead of us, and even we know that there's tons of stuff in the universe beyond The Milky Way

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And yeah, I finished the game this evening.

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I'm going to replay it as a new character because...

a) it's quite simply the best video game sci-fi story I've ever experienced, with more depth and genuine character than most anything I've seen in the medium. Dialogue puts most movies to shame, the moral choices you have to make are actually quite complex, and it left on an incredible note.

b) I MUST have missed a lot of the side quest content, because I beat the game with a time of less than 15 hours. But this seems weird to me, since I was doing every side quest I was handed. So there must be stuff I'm missing, since people have reportedly spent more than 70 hours completing it.

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Bottom line - "Mass Effect" rocks.