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[chocolate_muffin]

Haven't played that in years. XD

Its great stress relief! If anyone can recommend a game where you need as little thinking and get as much blood, let me know

[Pandora's_Box]

Its great stress relief! If anyone can recommend a game where you need as little thinking and get as much blood, let me know

Gears of War 2 is pretty damn bloody. Especially when you use the chainsaw instead of the bullets to kill.....things.

It's pretty much a no-brainer game. You go where the game leads you and you shoot (or shred to pieces) everything that jumps in front of you.

[SoulReaver]

for those who don't mind top-down RPGs (like Baldur's gate or Diablo) here's one I can heartily recommend :
a Bard's Tale

it dates back to 2005

gameplay is actually quite generic (hack'n'slash with the usual RPG stats) and the graphics are ok (they were standard for its time) but its uniqueness lies in the dialogue & voice acting which is top notch. it features Tony Jay - the same man who voices the Elder God in Legacy of Kain series - as the narrator and Cary Elwes as the "hero". these two provide most of the dialogue throughout the game but even the NPCs are perfectly done with the appropriate accents (story's set in a mythical version of medieval Scotland - I think)
it is actually a spoof of the genre. the "hero" himself (the bard) is more of an anti-hero (he's only out to serve himself not save the world) in fact he's the typical cynical ******* just like we like 'em. during quests you're given 2 dialogue options when talking to NPCs ('snarky' and 'nice') and as can be expected being nice doesn't always yield the best result, depending on the npc (nor is it as fun -). tbh I found myself reloading savegames just to see how different dialogue branches played out, the dialogue is that good the game routinely breaks the 4th wall (the bickering between the narrator & the bard alone is worth playing the game )

if you're a fan of both RPGs and Monty Python, this game's for you

[chocolate_muffin]

Gears of War 2 is pretty damn bloody. Especially when you use the chainsaw instead of the bullets to kill.....things.

It's pretty much a no-brainer game. You go where the game leads you and you shoot (or shred to pieces) everything that jumps in front of you.

Mmm... chainsaw. I remember good old Doom with the chainsaw
Shall have to try Gears of War some fine day.

[PeteJ]

How is the 360 so profondly different from the X-Box?

Originals weren't made out of bubblegum like 360s.

[Pandora's_Box]

Yummy bubblegum!

Question. Wasn't Heavenly Sword supposed to be released on PC? Has it been already and I'm just not in the loop?

Anyone played Assassins Creed?

[AvatarIII]

u can hook mouse+keyboard to a console ?

is this a ps3-exclusive thing ?

i used to do it occasionally on my PS2, not a lot of people realise you can do it. infact i have a wireless mouse/keyboard on order to go with my ps3

Heehee, I'm probably the only person here who still plays Diablo 2 (exp)

i play that occasionally, it's one of the few games i can go back to and enjoy on my very obsolete pc...

[Promethius30]

Yummy bubblegum!

Question. Wasn't Heavenly Sword supposed to be released on PC? Has it been already and I'm just not in the loop?

Anyone played Assassins Creed?

Yup good game gets boring fast tho very repetitive i hope AC2 has some stuff to make it worth playing for longer than the original

And heavenly sowrd is not PC yet I don't think one is planed either

[Vampyr]

I'm amused/ashamed to say I'm an EVE Online addict, seeing as I have three accounts and bought a second monitor for my computer just so I could run two accounts simultaneously.

I also play: Crysis/Crysis Warhead, Command and Conquer 3/Kane's Wrath, Gears of War, and Doom 3.

[Pandora's_Box]

Yup good game gets boring fast tho very repetitive i hope AC2 has some stuff to make it worth playing for longer than the original

That's one of my major qualms with the game. It's super repetitive. And while some may like the slow and steady, secret ninja assassin type of gameplay, I'm finding it tiresome. But I'll finish it just because I started it.

However another thing that's getting on my nerves is the freaking "awareness" monitor.

And heavenly sowrd is not PC yet I don't think one is planed either

You're right, it's not. Blast. I've heard both bad and good things about that one and had wanted to play it eventually. Oh well.

[Pandora's_Box]

:: scowls ::

Stupid Portal.

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

:: scowls ::

Stupid Portal.

The Cake is a lie.

[Missster.Freeman]

:: scowls ::

Stupid Portal.

Have some cake. I saved a piece.

The Cake is a lie.

Spoiler:

Lies.

[Pandora's_Box]

The Cake is a lie.

Have some cake. I saved a piece.

:: scowls ::

Stupid posters-who-think-they're-soooooooooooooooo-clever.

I'm this close to shooting myself with the portal device. Stupid physics engine. Stupid "momentum is conserved between portals". The momentum is not taking me where I want to go!!!!!!!!!

[SoulReaver]

You're right, it's not. Blast. I've heard both bad and good things about that one and had wanted to play it eventually. Oh well.

here's a bad thing : it's supposed to be short. I mean ultra-short. in the sense, it's not a game it's less than an expansion :/

I'm this close to shooting myself with the portal device. Stupid physics engine. Stupid "momentum is conserved between portals". The momentum is not taking me where I want to go!!!!!!!!!

brilliant "momentum should be conserved", yeah. easiest game btw (finished it in a afternoon (ok so I finished it by nightfall))

which level are you stuck at ?

[Pandora's_Box]

here's a bad thing : it's supposed to be short. I mean ultra-short. in the sense, it's not a game it's less than an expansion :/

So I've heard. It's...what?...7 hours of gameplay?

brilliant momentum should be conserved, yeah. easiest game btw (finished it in a afternoon (ok so I finished it by nightfall))

which level are you stuck at ?

18. I've played for a grand total of 2 hours now, 30 minutes of which I've spent on this level.

It's not hard. My "person" just isn't doing what I want her to be doing.

[SoulReaver]

So I've heard. It's...what?...7 hours of gameplay?

that sounds more like Republic Commando (I played that on PC & a friend of mine also played it on console (he owns several consoles) and called it an "expansion", and he also played Heavenly Sword & said it was noticeably shorter -)

18. I've played for a grand total of 2 hours now, 30 minutes of which I've spent on this level.

It's not hard. My "person" just isn't doing what I want her to be doing.

can't remember the levels by #
is this level still in the training part ?

[Pandora's_Box]

I have decided that the best part about Portal is the song at the end.

Priceless.

Now to get my hands on the Portal:2 demo.

[SoulReaver]

I have decided that the best part about Portal is the song at the end.

Priceless.

+1

btw it is said there's a way to get to the cake during the game, in fact there's even a vid on youtube about it but I suspect it's been doctored & that it's all a false rumour. were you able to confirm/disprove this ?

[Pandora's_Box]

+1

btw it is said there's a way to get to the cake during the game, in fact there's even a vid on youtube about it but I suspect it's been doctored & this is all a false rumour. were you able to confirm/disprove this ?

I didn't get cake. All I got was the candle snuffed out and then the song.

But I seem to remember someone telling me that it's possible to doctor levels in the PC version.

I must investigate this.