The Evil Computer Games thread

Colm!

Wait, you got Mass Effect 3 without properly playing the first two? I wouldn't recommend it. I loved ME3 as a follow-up from the first two...

PseudoFamous

cloud493 wrote: »

Mass effect = I returned it on the same day I bought it, what a load of ****e.

There is no way that you could have formed a solid opinion of the game in less than 10 hours. I have played shovelware for ten hours before deciding it was rubbish. With a broad, dynamic game like Mass Effect, you really have to experience it all before judging, same as with any game.

cloud493

I played through.. whatever 30% of the trophies in mass effect 2 on PS3 are.

SeanIAm

Just after dusting off the old PS2 after getting some great deals in CEX up the North.Oh Kingdom Hearts how I have missed you

Davidius

Civ V is €7.49 here if anybody is interested. That's probably the cheapest I've seen it. It requires Steam and doesn't come with any of the DLC unfortunately.

It is a glorious timesink.

flyswatter

Ordered Crysis 2 and the new Deus Ex game, hopefully they'll improve my dreadful record of getting into Xbox games.

Also, a couple of Football Manager seasons, be grand.

wnolan1992

Why the hell is the game I preordered on play.com for €134.99 on sale for €94.97 on Gamestop?

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/27221241/-/Product.html

http://www.gamestop.ie/Xbox%20360/Games/11503/max-payne-3-special-edition

Starting to think maybe I should change my order...

flyswatter

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Why the hell is the game I preordered on play.com for €134.99 on sale for €94.97 on Gamestop?

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/27221241/-/Product.html

http://www.gamestop.ie/Xbox%20360/Games/11503/max-payne-3-special-edition

Starting to think maybe I should change my order...

You paid that much?

Those prices are extortionate man.

wnolan1992

flyswatter wrote: »

You paid that much?

Those prices are extortionate man.

But a statue! And a keychain!

D'you reckon play will bring the price down or would I be safer off to preorder with Gamestop and cancel the play one?

flyswatter

wnolan1992 wrote: »

But a statue! And a keychain!

D'you reckon play will bring the price down or would I be safer off to preorder with Gamestop and cancel the play one?

Cancel play and order from Amazon!

cloud493

I wasn't intersted in max payne at first, cos the only rockstar game I've ever liked is red dead, and this looked closer to GTA, but... damn it looks fine

flyswatter

cloud493 wrote: »

I wasn't intersted in max payne at first, cos the only rockstar game I've ever liked is red dead, and this looked closer to GTA, but... damn it looks fine

Have you played the first two? Great games, although those two weren't made by Rockstar.

Max Payne's approach isn't anything like GTA really, just a straight ahead 3rd person shooter with lot's of action and Matrix style special effects. Great entertainment.

cloud493

I haven't no. It appealed to me partly cos it looked like a good third person cover shooter

wnolan1992

flyswatter wrote: »

Have you played the first two? Great games, although those two weren't made by Rockstar.

Max Payne's approach isn't anything like GTA really, just a straight ahead 3rd person shooter with lot's of action and Matrix style special effects. Great entertainment.

I'm still a little wary about this one to be honest, I've great time for Remedy as a studio, and really hope R* don't take the soul out of the series.

Have never played the first one, but watched the brother play it on PC back in the day, then played MP2 on PS2 and loved it (game that introduced me to my favourite band in the world ever ) so really hope this one can live up to my expectations.

flyswatter

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I'm still a little wary about this one to be honest, I've great time for Remedy as a studio, and really hope R* don't take the soul out of the series.

Have never played the first one, but watched the brother play it on PC back in the day, then played MP2 on PS2 and loved it (game that introduced me to my favourite band in the world ever ) so really hope this one can live up to my expectations.

Yeah I was half thinking they are going to add a big exploring element into it!

What band were in MP2? Played it a few months ago, can't remember any in it?

wnolan1992

flyswatter wrote: »

Yeah I was half thinking they are going to add a big exploring element into it!

What band were in MP2? Played it a few months ago, can't remember any in it?

Poets of the Fall. Their song "Late Goodbye" is a leitmotif in the game (Mona sings it in the shower, Janitor sings it in the basement of Max' apartment complex) and it's the song for the credits. When I first discovered it I didn't have fast internet, so I used to fire up the game EVERY day for like 3 weeks to listen to the song. :P

Fun Fact: They were the band in Alan Wake as well, under the name Old Gods of Asgard.

PseudoFamous

Mass Effect N7 Edition - PS3 - 30€

Bargain, buy it. Cheaper than the standard edition..

wnolan1992

This is an awesome game!

http://nothingsgonnastopmenow.com/

leemurta

wnolan1992 wrote: »

This is an awesome game!

http://nothingsgonnastopmenow.com/

What did I just play? I'm so confused

wnolan1992

leemurta wrote: »

What did I just play? I'm so confused

"Flllyyyyinnnng high!!!!! On the wiiings of my dreeeams!!!"


Sorry... what was your question?

Davidius

Civ V is free to play this weekend on Steam for anybody who wants to try it. Also 75% off (€10 for GOTY edition, €7.50 for base game). The obvious reason is that they want more people to buy the full price expansion coming out in June.

Massive time sink of a game though, takes a few hours to complete a standard sized game even on quick.

wnolan1992

Davidius wrote: »

Civ V is free to play this weekend on Steam for anybody who wants to try it. Also 75% off (€10 for GOTY edition, €7.50 for base game). The obvious reason is that they want more people to buy the full price expansion coming out in June.

Massive time sink of a game though, takes a few hours to complete a standard sized game even on quick.

I've always wanted to get into the Civ games... I picked up the complete Civ III and Civ IV for about a fiver each a few months ago and have yet to put any time in...


I did manage to finish off Max Payne 3 this week though (review in sig if interested), an awesome game that I'd recommend to anyone.

Unfortunately, I'm on 3 broadband (dongle internet ) so tonight I'm gonna have to go through the hassle of trying to share my laptop internet with my Xbox because the MP Multiplayer is meant to be great craic. Hopefully the inbuilt wifi in the slim console will finally pay off....

cloud493

Resistance burning skies next week

wnolan1992

Started a playthrough of GTAIV tonight, hoping to finally get 100% in it this time. Also trying to get the Liberty City Minute achievement so looks like I'll be reloading the game every time I fail a mission. :P

wnolan1992

Anyone else following E3?

Just finished watching the MSoft conference, very meh. Splinter Cell: Blacklist looks pretty cool, but a lot of the rest of it was Kinect overload.

flyswatter

wnolan, Have you played the new Deus Ex game? I'm playing it at the moment.

wnolan1992

flyswatter wrote: »

wnolan, Have you played the new Deus Ex game? I'm playing it at the moment.

Yes, yes I have. And it is epic. Probably my GOTY for last year.

flyswatter

wnolan1992 wrote: »

flyswatter wrote: »

wnolan, Have you played the new Deus Ex game? I'm playing it at the moment.

Yes, yes I have. And it is epic. Probably my GOTY for last year.

I was halfway through Invisible war and then started playing this. Gonna be hard to go back to that one, this is a better game, engrossing stuff!

wnolan1992

flyswatter wrote: »

I was halfway through Invisible war and then started playing this. Gonna be hard to go back to that one, this is a better game, engrossing stuff!

I never played IW, but I've the original on PS2 and it's one of my all time favourite games. Mainly because it proves you don't need outstanding graphics to make a good game.

HR was brilliant, so much replay value in it as well because there's so many ways to go about certain missions. I must go back and do the honeybadger approach soon.

flyswatter

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I never played IW, but I've the original on PS2 and it's one of my all time favourite games. Mainly because it proves you don't need outstanding graphics to make a good game.

HR was brilliant, so much replay value in it as well because there's so many ways to go about certain missions. I must go back and do the honeybadger approach soon.

What's the honeybadger approach? In the original game I basically just killed everything! A bit more stealth used in this game. I think you have to cos if you go all gung ho you die very easily.