The Evil Computer Games thread

So 6 months after getting it, I finally started Fallout: New Vegas (it was that or watch E3 :pac:). Does killing everyone and stealing everything in the first village muck up the game much? I really wanna be a good Guy

flyswatter wrote: »

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.

Honeybadgers don't give a FÚCK! :pac:

Basically, you go into every situation guns blazing. You shoot first, ask questions later. If hostages die, meh!

PseudoFamous wrote: »

"Congratulations Nintendo Customers, you get four more games which have exactly the same gameplay as their prequels. Don't worry about graphics, we're not going to improve them. And guess what: We'll still charge you full price!"



That's a terribly deluded argument. You essentially just said that they saved a conference which was supposedly about the latest and greatest in gaming because in the past they gave you good games, despite not actually giving you anything new today. If all of nintendo's target audience is this conceited, I worry for society.

I'll preface this by saying I have yet to watch the Nintendo conference.

I'm worried about Nintendo as a company. There's only so long that their fans will accept the same games over and over again. And the Wii U has the potential to cripple them, for being too tech savvy for the market that bought the Wii, and too gimmicky for the people that moved to Xbox/PS3 when the Wii came along.

I also agree that it's a completely idiotic argument to say a company wins because of past achievements.

And anyway, Watch Dogs from Ubisoft has "saved" the Expo. (Even though it didn't really need saving seeing as Microsoft, EA and Ubi at least were pretty decent while not being earth shattering.)

Now... to watch Sony and Nintendo conferences...

PseudoFamous wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBiNx749Zw

"Who wants to play as a pusssayy!!"

ahahahah!

Is it weird that I've spent the first few hours just stealing stuff? I walked into Hadvar's house and took everything in sight. Pots, pans, bread, swords. :pac:

Main guy's voice is a bit annoying though.

Initially, I felt that dislike was a bit undeserved so I had to check YouTube just to verify. I never remember Tommy Vercetti being so damn angry at everything. Now I feel like I should download San Andreas on Steam again (since Vice City on PC has god-awful camera control which takes away so much of the good )

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I'm probably in the minority of GTA fans that doesn't really care for VC at all. I find it far too cartoonish, Tommy controls like a stick figure or something, doesn't feel like he has any weight to him. Kinda irritating.

I guess it didn't help that I played SA first, but shur you'd have that!

While my recollection of the series is a bit hazy (beyond the fact that they were fun, although GTA IV was a letdown for me in that regard), I guess Vice City was still in that madcap antics phase. At least, I don't recall any of the GTA games prior to San Andreas being particularly serious.

It's been way too long since I've played them (other than San Andreas because the Multi Theft Auto mod is bloody brilliant ) - I should try GTA IV again, if only in the hope that there is some opportunity within the game to punch that idiot Roman in the face :pac:

jefreywithonef wrote: »

Several years late to the party but today I started GTA Vice City. So far I've enjoyed the references to Scarface and Carlito's Way. :cool: Main guy's voice is a bit annoying though.

Egads man, that's Ray Liotta you're after slandering!

I recently bought Fallout 3, out of sheer boredom and I never got it when it came out. I really liked it.

But,

wnolan1992 wrote: »

How does it hold up? I was thinking of picking it up myself a few nights ago when I was browsing games on Gamestop. Is it a big loss not having played any of the other ones do you think?

Buy Fallout New Vegas (game and all DLC), you can get the Ultimate Edition for around 40 squid now.

I also think Oblivion is essential before playing Skyrim, it's so bizarre in comparison with Skyrim now.

Also:

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Oddly, I think I'd be completely lost playing Skyrim had I not played Dragon Age. Very similar games AFAICS.

Same question about New Vegas though, will I be completely lost storywise or will it be easy enough to pick up?

Spoiler

It's bad. Really bad.

No, New Vegas starts you off with a completely new story, much like Skyrim does. Of course previous Elder Scrolls games set you up somewhat for the mechanics, but they're all pretty easy to pick up and play. Once you've got a hang of one Bethesda RPG, barring a few tweaks, you'll understand them all.

I also found New Vegas more enjoyable than Skyrim (says the guy who's played Skyrim for probably 100 hours...)

I think the number one thing I want in the next gen consoles is for them to be quiet. I have the Slim 360, and unless you install the game on the HD(at which point it's almost silent) it's far too loud. So annoying at night when you can't have the TV up too loud, but the hum of the console encroaches on the ambiance....