Nocturnal Video Games

RolandIRL

last thread i saw for video games was back from february and only about computers afaik. let's include the console n00bs in this one (even though it is inferior to PC :P)

so what games are the nocs playing these days? i've been a bit busy with exams atm but i'm working on getting I-War 2 working on my laptop so i can play it with the xbox controller. no joystick port in my laptop
i've been playing Unreal Tournament 99 a few times with my brother in the last week. totally kicking his ass even if he can't admit it been adding more mods to it lately. best game of the series imo.

Doctor DooM

I'm all about the Street Fighter.

ALL about it.

Part of the Irish SF scene and we record loads of vids with commentary.

I also love RPGs too but rarely have the time to invest in 30+ hour games these days.

FewFew

Currently no game is really holding my attention... but that's probably because I have Fallout 3 just sitting there and I refuse to buy anything until I finish the dastard! Plus I got a new xbox and didn't transfer my save files, so I'm slowly playing through all my old games again.

Delirium

Just finished Fable 2 on the xbox which was a bit of fun. Liked the idea of control a character from child to adult.

Currently playing the first assassins creed game. Really like the way that the fighting works in the game as well as the attention to detail in the cities.

reallyrose

Fewcifur wrote: »

Currently no game is really holding my attention... but that's probably because I have Fallout 3 just sitting there and I refuse to buy anything until I finish the dastard! Plus I got a new xbox and didn't transfer my save files, so I'm slowly playing through all my old games again.

Yay fallout!

I'm playing New Vegas at the moment. It's very similar to FO3, looks the same but with a few gameplay changes. Traits (remember them from FO2?) are back and there is some huge complicated system for upgrading your weapons and ammo that I haven't worked out yet.
Also, you can go to New Vegas and gamble aaaaaaall of your money away.

FewFew

koth wrote: »

Just finished Fable 2 on the xbox which was a bit of fun. Liked the idea of control a character from child to adult.

Currently playing the first assassins creed game. Really like the way that the fighting works in the game as well as the attention to detail in the cities.

Currently playing Fable 2 aswell. Seems a tad tooooo easy. Interesting though. I'm just at the start of the game and already own two wives and have married four businesses. It's a bit tooo easy. Once you get your fireball at the start it's allll grand, unlike other RPGs where you seem to be struggling all the time. Maybe it'll get harder, but it's certainly a bit lightweight.

I couldn't stand the first Assassins Creed. I hear number 2 solved all the problems. I may go back and play it, what with the new xbox and need for points.

reallyrose wrote: »

Yay fallout!

I'm playing New Vegas at the moment. It's very similar to FO3, looks the same but with a few gameplay changes. Traits (remember them from FO2?) are back and there is some huge complicated system for upgrading your weapons and ammo that I haven't worked out yet.
Also, you can go to New Vegas and gamble aaaaaaall of your money away.

Oh I really want to get that, but pesky Fallout 3 is a killer. Glad to start it again, my original character was a mess, he was like the incredible hulk with a massive IQ... yet I played him like a sniper. Or something. Certainly I didn't find the game as easy as some colleagues.

Delirium

Fewcifur wrote: »

Currently playing Fable 2 aswell. Seems a tad tooooo easy. Interesting though. I'm just at the start of the game and already own two wives and have married four businesses. It's a bit tooo easy. Once you get your fireball at the start it's allll grand, unlike other RPGs where you seem to be struggling all the time. Maybe it'll get harder, but it's certainly a bit lightweight.

Agreed, but it was perfect for me to get back into games.

I couldn't stand the first Assassins Creed. I hear number 2 solved all the problems. I may go back and play it, what with the new xbox and need for points.

Now I'm really looking forward to trying out AC 2:D

RolandIRL

Yeah, i'm finding Fable 2 a bit too easy, with other RPGs, i've died a few times before finishing the game. not once did i die in Fable. kinda pissed off at it for that. the story in it is a bit weak as well. I'd like all RPGs to have a brilliant story like KOTOR.
that had a brilliant story and good gameplay. Plot

you being Revan was such a twist in the game. was not expecting it at all

No RPG has made me feel that since

FewFew

koth wrote: »

Agreed, but it was perfect for me to get back into games.

Now I'm really looking forward to trying out AC 2:D

Yeah, it is a nice way to ease yourself in. I've a mate who only got into xbox etc a year or 2 ago. Mad for the likes of Call of Duty, Gears, Assassins Creed etc... but he just won't touch an RPG. He's played and finished Fable 1-3, but he got bored of Fallout after 10 minutes and won't even turn on Oblivion.

Yeah, Assassins Creed Brotherhood is meant to be great too... think Lz was on about it recently. Or maybe Doom?

whiteman19 wrote: »

Yeah, i'm finding Fable 2 a bit too easy, with other RPGs, i've died a few times before finishing the game. not once did i die in Fable. kinda pissed off at it for that. the story in it is a bit weak as well. I'd like all RPGs to have a brilliant story like KOTOR.
that had a brilliant story and good gameplay. Plot

you being Revan was such a twist in the game. was not expecting it at all

No RPG has made me feel that since

DAMN... when you quote a spoiler you can read it! Bah! Anyhows, I keep meaning to try KOTOR... is it playable on a 360?

RolandIRL

yeah it's backward compatiable. it's also available on PC as well

Handsome Bob

What about the old school games? Remember Batman 89 on...what was it......the snes? No no, Batman Returns was on the Snes (awesome game too).

Anyway, both games fcuking ruled.

Funny story though, my brother just bought the old school game Ghost and Goblins on ebay, and has spent the past week obsessively playing it. I cannot play a game like that, it won't let you save!! :mad:

RolandIRL

^^ remember the amiga and the atari? have so many good memories of playing worms, mortal kombat, defender and rampage (to name a few) on them

we didn't have a manual for MK so anytime "Finish Him" came up, we'd be guessing the fatality moves occasionally we'd get it right, and then spend ages wondering how we done it

Handsome Bob

Man, I could never get the Fatality, too much presure! The WWE Smackdown games had the right idea, press L1 for the finisher and bob's your uncle. :pac:

RolandIRL

i'd hate that, there's so sense of achievement with just pressing one button. gotta work towards it

Rhyme

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Funny story though, my brother just bought the old school game Ghost and Goblins on ebay, and has spent the past week obsessively playing it. I cannot play a game like that, it won't let you save!! :mad:

Ghosts and Goblins is as hard as Optimus Primes dick, great game.

Spent the last week doing thesis research, prep and pitch for college so I had to dig out the most aesthetically pleasing game to play... Okami (and a bit of Goldeneye Wii which is ugly as sin)

FewFew

Okami is fantastic! On the Wii, tis lovely

reallyrose

Might and Magic 6 for eva.

I love this game. It's a 90's RPG for the pc. The graphics were a bit crap, but seemed great at the time. Most of the puzzles were infuriating and the AI had a habit of making the bad guys run away and hide in random corners when they were low on health so you couldn't kill them and take their stuff.

I. Love. This. Game.

I still play it every year or so.

FewFew

Classic RPGs? Ah sure ya might as well start busting out your Secret of Mana and Chrono Triggers then loike. Ah memories.

RolandIRL

I love morrowind, never finished the main quest, but just went around robbing people combat system was shít though.

might check out Might and Magic. i love hard puzzles in games Tomb Raider was one of my favourite games as a kid. pity they don't make as good a game like them anymore just mindless shooting games that don't need any skill. i still play TR2 and even though graphics don't compare to nowadays, it still ranks high in my games list

FewFew

whiteman19 wrote: »

I love morrowind, never finished the main quest, but just went around robbing people combat system was shít though.

might check out Might and Magic. i love hard puzzles in games Tomb Raider was one of my favourite games as a kid. pity they don't make as good a game like them anymore just mindless shooting games that don't need any skill. i still play TR2 and even though graphics don't compare to nowadays, it still ranks high in my games list

Pft, screw Tomb Raider and get into the God of War games. Ya pussy.

Is Morrowind related to Baldur's Gate? I never finished Baldur's Gate, but I did get serrrrriously addicted to it. In the end my head nearly exploded due to so many choices, I mean, who was I to cut someone from the team and replace them with a busty Amazon barbarian goddess, who turned out to be a pain in the ass. Great game though.

RolandIRL

don't have a playstation so no God of War for me. and don't diss the old TR games. They're brilliant

I don't think they're related. Morrowind is part of the Elder Scrolls series (Oblivion is part of that as well). i think you can get the earlier games for free

Arena - http://download.cnet.com/The-Elder-Scrolls-Arena-10th-anniversary-full-install/3000-7539_4-10281566.html
Daggerfall - http://download.cnet.com/The-Elder-Scrolls-Chapter-II-Daggerfall/3000-8023_4-10964310.html?tag=mncol;1

Micky Dolenz

Red dead redemption, undead nightmare.

FewFew

Hmmm, I wonder if Baldur's Gate ties in with anything... it seems to. Must research.

Ah, gosh, played TR2 and just hated the controls, couldn't even get into the game.

whiteman19 wrote: »

don't have a playstation so no God of War for me. and don't diss the old TR games. They're brilliant

I don't think they're related. Morrowind is part of the Elder Scrolls series (Oblivion is part of that as well). i think you can get the earlier games for free

Arena - http://download.cnet.com/The-Elder-Scrolls-Arena-10th-anniversary-full-install/3000-7539_4-10281566.html
Daggerfall - http://download.cnet.com/The-Elder-Scrolls-Chapter-II-Daggerfall/3000-8023_4-10964310.html?tag=mncol;1

RolandIRL

did you play it on the PS or PC?
the controls on it are a bit hard at first, but you get used to them.

FewFew

whiteman19 wrote: »

did you play it on the PS or PC?
the controls on it are a bit hard at first, but you get used to them.

Both I think. It wasn't so much that they were hard to figure out, more that they were sluggish.

RolandIRL

you should try playing it again. they've brought out patches to make it faster, and run without the CD.

reallyrose

whiteman19 wrote: »

I love morrowind, never finished the main quest, but just went around robbing people combat system was shít though.

I did the same thing. I rose to be the head of most of the guilds, all my skillz were over 9000, I had the best of everything before I remembered the main questline. The main boss was a total pushover.
I just gave him a gentle push and he died and fell over.

Fewcifur wrote: »

Hmmm, I wonder if Baldur's Gate ties in with anything... it seems to. Must research.

Dragon Age: Origins is meant to be a "spiritual" sequel to Baldur's Gate.
I could never get into Baldur's Gate, the companion you get at the start annoyed the face off me.
Dragon Age is great though. Even if it is a dating sim with an RPG build around it.
I love Zevran, the heartbreaking man-whore. ;_; Why won't he love meeeeeeeee?

RolandIRL

reallyrose wrote: »

I did the same thing. I rose to be the head of most of the guilds, all my skillz were over 9000, I had the best of everything before I remembered the main questline. The main boss was a total pushover.
I just gave him a gentle push and he died and fell over.

i did the same sort of thing in Oblivion. i rose to the head of the Mages Guild, and then i enchanted loads of items to make me invisible. enemies couldn't see me and was able to kill them so easy

FewFew

reallyrose wrote: »

I did the same thing. I rose to be the head of most of the guilds, all my skillz were over 9000, I had the best of everything before I remembered the main questline. The main boss was a total pushover.
I just gave him a gentle push and he died and fell over.



Dragon Age: Origins is meant to be a "spiritual" sequel to Baldur's Gate.
I could never get into Baldur's Gate, the companion you get at the start annoyed the face off me.
Dragon Age is great though. Even if it is a dating sim with an RPG build around it.
I love Zevran, the heartbreaking man-whore. ;_; Why won't he love meeeeeeeee?

Hah, sounds like Leisure Suit Larry... with Dragons!

Ah, I was the same with Oblivion, I was mad into all the side quests and rose up in the guilds etc. I think it was mainly due to my fear of the demon yokes.

Nevyn

Planescape torment and Bloodlines.

Bloodlines is the worst buggiest abortion of a game ever put up for sale, you had to crack and hack it to continue the game, but that aside it is a wonderful game to play. Bases in White wolf's world of darkness before they ****ed it over and offering a range of different vampire clan chars and many different endings, it is a joy to play.

johnboysligo

no rts fans? :eek:

Black and white 2 does it for me still looks great and it can just soak up what seems like days at a time :P
Red dead redemption is probably the only console game that recently kept me up for hours just to see whats next.

but they cant compare with the epic that is diablo 1 that game soaked up many nights infact I sometimes went to school without any sleep because of it

reallyrose

johnboysligo wrote: »

no rts fans? :eek:

Red Alert 2 for the win.


*sends all her engineers into johnboysligo's construction yard.*

The engineers are a distraction because I was ACTUALLY sending all my spies into all your buildings.

Rhyme

reallyrose wrote: »

Red Alert 2 for the win.


*sends all her engineers into johnboysligo's construction yard.*

Mind-control a civilian bus, fill it with engineers and Ivans (or Chrono-Ivans), drive it into enemy base, beautiful.

FewFew

johnboysligo wrote: »

no rts fans? :eek:

I was always a massive RTS fan, but I don't really like the modern ones. Thought AOE 3 was cack, thought C&C 3 was rather iffy too. Last RTS I actually enjoyed was Dawn of War. Still... must get Star Craft 2, I have still have faith in its brilliance.

reallyrose wrote: »

Red Alert 2 for the win.


*sends all her engineers into johnboysligo's construction yard.*se I was ACTUALLY sending all my spies into all your buildings.

I used to love building an army of attack dogs... sure they always got killed, but how terrifying when they actually strike!

Rhyme wrote: »

Mind-control a civilian bus, fill it with engineers and Ivans (or Chrono-Ivans), drive it into enemy base, beautiful.

Wow, that's genius.

Micky Dolenz

Dead rising 2

What's not to love? Zombies and a shopping mall full of make shift weapons.

FewFew

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Dead rising 2

What's not to love? Zombies and a shopping mall full of make shift weapons.

Is that good? I loved the idea of the first game, but I tried to play it again recently and it's just not that enjoyable. Sure hitting zombies is a bit of fun, but the controls are manky and it's just a bit awkward.

reallyrose

Rhyme wrote: »

Mind-control a civilian bus, fill it with engineers and Ivans (or Chrono-Ivans), drive it into enemy base, beautiful.

Make rocketeers one by one, stick them over the middle of a lake. Once you have a large green cloud of them (I'd always play as green), send them as a rain of death on all enemies.

RolandIRL

johnboysligo wrote: »

no rts fans? :eek:

Total Annihilation and SW:Empire at War...the only two i've ever loved. TA is the best RTS i've ever played. thank god it works on windows 7, or else i'd probably cry

FewFew

whiteman19 wrote: »

Total Annihilation and SW:Empire at War...the only two i've ever loved. TA is the best RTS i've ever played. thank god it works on windows 7, or else i'd probably cry

Must look into those two games. Also Supreme Commander? Is that a game? Is that an awesome game?

Nevyn

Dark Omen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOHWMExDOg

FewFew

All the way through I just kept saying "I hope this is an RTS, I hope this is an RTS... it better not be WoW, it better not be WoW!"

EDIT: Sorry, I thought that said Warcraft. Ah cool, now I still hope it's an RTS... Dawn of War for those scared of space!

Nevyn

yes it was an RTW

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Omen

Warhammer: Dark Omen is a real-time tactical wargame and the sequel to Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat. It is a seminal exemplar of a game of the real-time tactics genre.

Rendered entirely in a freely rotatable- and zoomable isometric 3D overhead perspective, the game features terrain, terrain features and buildings, and support for the first-generation Voodoo 3dfx 3D accelerator card effects. The 3D terrain and features are combined with 2D sprites ("billboarding") to render the hundreds of individual units simultaneously on-screen on the limited hardware of 1998. Dark Omen is based on the Warhammer Fantasy Battle miniature tabletop wargame rules and situated in the Old World in the Warhammer Fantasy world and makes use of the vast background, creating a storyline that develops over the course of the game through illustrations and voice-acted conversations.

RolandIRL

Fewcifur wrote: »

Must look into those two games. Also Supreme Commander? Is that a game? Is that an awesome game?

thought i replied to this earlier. stupid internet cutting out :mad:

supreme commander is the spiritual successor to Total annihilation. i haven't played it much myself, cos it was so laggy on my laptop, though i tried it out anyway to see how it'd work on an integrated graphics card
don't bother getting it for xbox as it's supposed to be slow as hell and RTS does not belong on a console. it can only be played with keyboard & mouse. it's blasphemy to try it with a 360

Rhyme

whiteman19 wrote: »

...RTS does not belong on a console. it can only be played with keyboard & mouse. it's blasphemy to try it with a 360

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like an RTS game on the Wii with full Wiimote functionality re: point, click, drag and hotkeys. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Samuel B. Rhyme esq.

RolandIRL

-_-

no controller has enough buttons for RTS games :P they really dumb it down to make it work. keyboard and mouse is the only way.

Rhyme

Stick a few toggle on/off pop-up menus and you only need 6 or 7 buttons tops (I really thought this through when I got my Wii first )

RolandIRL

but then there's no point for shortcuts/hotkeys like on a keyboard. it takes longer to say select all your units than pressing Ctrl + A

I just don't see why the consoles don't have the ability to plug in a mouse and keyboard. it'd open up their market a lot for people who want to play recent games but don't the great PC to play it like me. it'd be much better control. i prefer the mouse anyday over the thumbsticks of a 360 controller

FewFew

I dunno, the aul Wii-mote might work. Maybe. Don't think the Wii could handle the graphics on most of these fancy modern RTS though.

Must try find some RTS legends for my Mac. I refuse to run boot camp just for games... I imagine it'd make my baby awfully ick to put windows on it.

Rhyme

Removing the necessity of the keyboard opens up the Wii market though which is, essentially, a casual one. The reason why the Wii Zapper and other attachments work is because they augment the gaming experience, not alter it and keep the casual market in their comfort zone.

Ugh market theory pushing back into my brain. Back to Okami, pretty pretty colours. Burble.

RolandIRL

i'm not saying make the keyboard & mouse necessary to play games, but have it as an alternative contoller, and not just for the Wii, but for all consoles.

i like the 360 controller and all, but it's not as precise as moving a mouse to locate a target.

FewFew

Rhyme wrote: »

Removing the necessity of the keyboard opens up the Wii market though which is, essentially, a casual one. The reason why the Wii Zapper and other attachments work is because they augment the gaming experience, not alter it and keep the casual market in their comfort zone.

Ugh market theory pushing back into my brain. Back to Okami, pretty pretty colours. Burble.

Okami is great! I wish he was MY wolf god! Weeeeee!