Video Games...Discuss Them

[Winston*]

Finished Uncharted 2. Got to be one of the best video games ever, right? So much excitement.

Started on Lost Odyssey. The music in this game is hilariously similar to Final Fantasy music. Also there's a character that is an anime James Woods, so that's cool.

[Morris Schæffer]

Finished Uncharted 2. Got to be one of the best video games ever, right? So much excitement.

Right eh? It's endlessly spectacular.

[D_Davis]

beat Heavy Rain.. like Mass Effect there's like 10 different endings you could get... what a game... on my second play through

I like that the creator said he hopes that people only play through HR once, so that they experience their one story and don't try to go back and game the system for the other endings.

[Dukefrukem]

I like that the creator said he hopes that people only play through HR once, so that they experience their one story and don't try to go back and game the system for the other endings.

He really said that??

[Dukefrukem]

Just for #1.

ok.. well here are the 5 crucial decisions you need to make.

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The Rachni Queen: Shepard's team found a research facility dedicated to restoring the race as a bioweapon for Saren (the bad guy), and in the end the commander had to decide whether to extinguish the rachni, or trust the last surviving queen's promise that they'd behave this time. I chose to kill them all.

Wrex, Alive or Dead: There's a decision to kill your crew member or let him live, I killed him.

Kaidan or Ashley?: The team's initial confrontation with Saren ends with someone needed to destroy the enemy's facility, but it was likely to be a suicide mission. You choose between Ashley and Kaidan, and whoever was selected ended up dead. I chose Kaidan.

The Council's Fate: Mass Effect ends with an assault by Saren and Sovereign on the Citadel: Shepard, coordinating the human Alliance defense efforts, had to choose whether to put humanity first and leave the ruling Council to its own devices or sacrifice countless human lives in order to preserve the Council's safety. The former would result in humanity becoming the dominant political force in the galaxy, while the latter would grant human equal representation on the Council. I did not save the council.

Who's the Boss?: Whether or not the Council survived the Citadel assault, Shepard played a part in selecting humanity's new representative: Politician Representative Udina, or Captain Anderson. I chose Anderson.

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[Dukefrukem]

Got to be one of the best video games ever, right? .

Yes.

[Ezee E]

ok.. well here are the 5 crucial decisions you need to make.

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The Rachni Queen: Shepard's team found a research facility dedicated to restoring the race as a bioweapon for Saren (the bad guy), and in the end the commander had to decide whether to extinguish the rachni, or trust the last surviving queen's promise that they'd behave this time. I chose to kill them all.

Wrex, Alive or Dead: There's a decision to kill your crew member or let him live, I killed him.

Kaidan or Ashley?: The team's initial confrontation with Saren ends with someone needed to destroy the enemy's facility, but it was likely to be a suicide mission. You choose between Ashley and Kaidan, and whoever was selected ended up dead. I chose Kaidan.

The Council's Fate: Mass Effect ends with an assault by Saren and Sovereign on the Citadel: Shepard, coordinating the human Alliance defense efforts, had to choose whether to put humanity first and leave the ruling Council to its own devices or sacrifice countless human lives in order to preserve the Council's safety. The former would result in humanity becoming the dominant political force in the galaxy, while the latter would grant human equal representation on the Council. I did not save the council.

Who's the Boss?: Whether or not the Council survived the Citadel assault, Shepard played a part in selecting humanity's new representative: Politician Representative Udina, or Captain Anderson. I chose Anderson.

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Nice. I did the opposite with the Rachni Queen and Wrex. The latter three I chose the same as you.

[Winston*]

I did the opposite to Duke for all those events except the last one.

[number8]

Played the God of War III demo. Woo...

I scored a 150+ hit combo pretty easily. Is... Is this normal?

[Dukefrukem]

Played the God of War III demo. Woo...

I scored a 150+ hit combo pretty easily. Is... Is this normal?

No. That should be fairly hard to do... esp on your first run through.

You're a natural button masher!

[Spun Lepton]

I suspected this day would come. Xbox owners, get your mocking hats on.

My PS3 shat its pants and died tonight. I can still watch DVDs and Blu-rays, but anything accessing the hard drive gives me an error. I'm pretty sure the warranty is expired, too. Ugh.

[megladon8]

That sucks, Spun. Hopefully Sony has a good return/repair system going like Microsoft does.

I've actually known a few people now whose PS3's have conked out. Especially the lenses for reading the discs. They just fail to recognize that there's anything there.

[[ETM]]

My PS3 shat its pants and died tonight. I can still watch DVDs and Blu-rays, but anything accessing the hard drive gives me an error. I'm pretty sure the warranty is expired, too. Ugh.

Are you sure it isn't the date bug?

[Dukefrukem]

Are you sure it isn't the date bug?

was just gonna post this.

[bac0n]

That sucks, Spun.

[KK2.0]

Spun, If you own one of the older 60-80GB "fat" models it may very well be the case, Sony's official twitter went silent for a long time, hopefully they'll come up with a solution.

IT ONLY
DOES
MILLENIUM BUG


:P

[Scar]

Spun-

I've got two friends who are having issues w/ their PS3's right now due to the bug. They can't access COD:MW2 online, and are having other issues as well. Can you play any games?

[[ETM]]

Sony is advising everyone not to turn the consoles on at all for the time being, and they are planning of fixing things within 24 hours.

[Scar]

Sony is advising everyone not to turn the consoles on at all for the time being, and they are planning of fixing things within 24 hours.

Wow.

[number8]

Just the old PS3s? I have a Slim and it works fine.

[[ETM]]

Not even all the chubby PS3s, apparently quite a number of them are unaffected, just like the slims.

[Dukefrukem]

from Sony

In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.

[Scar]

Not even all the chubby PS3s, apparently quite a number of them are unaffected, just like the slims.

My current PS3 is one of the last 'chubbies', and it works fine.

*knock on wood*

[Spun Lepton]

Are you sure it isn't the date bug?

Yes, I read the article today, it's that bug. God damn it, Sony.

I got the error, literally -- LITERALLY -- when I was firing up Dragon Age Origins to play the FINAL QUEST. Fuck you, Sony. GRRR!

[Spun Lepton]

Apparently the issue has been fixed, with no data loss. Phew! I was worried, due to the nature of the error, that I was going to lose whatever was already saved on my drive. Not the case.

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