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Gamers, what are you playing these days?
- Thread starter scorpionldr
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Halo 4 was fun... Kind of disappointed me though. I know I'm in the minority that I play halo for the epic and difficult campaign modes... So I was hesitant after beating halo 3 in a week after it came out. ******* at gamestop assured me that halo 4 was "easily twice as long" as halo 3. I beat the game in two sittings.
Personally, I think Halo 4 is the second best campaign in the series. I like Halo:CE the best, but Halo 4 is literally right next to it. Halo 2 still has the best multiplayer and maps, though...
I like the original best. Don't get me wrong, halo 4 was fun and had a neat storyline. Just still felt secondary to multiplayer mode. It was just way too short.
I did not try the Wii U but I was disappointed. I was wishing for a new nintendo console different from the wii.
In other words, I wanted a remote you don't have to point everywhere. The remote is too important on the wii and imo. it does not work that well for many (if any) games.
Sure it was all innovative and cool at first. Zelda is a "classic" remote game. So is pretty much every game in which you have to control a character. It's fun for mini-games, racing games and not much else.
The wiiU gamepad tablet is just ridiculous.
On the other hand I see they just launched the Wii U Pro controller, anybody got info on which games work or doesn't work with that?
That's obscene. I barely spent more on my entire system than he did on his GPUs. I never buy the newest fanciest stuff. I don't have that kind of money.
You don't need a machine half that nice to run games nicer than a 360 or a PS3 would.
Hey, not all that far off, the last PCs I built were in ~04 and ~08, seem to remember AGP still being an option in 08 with PCIE starting to really take over then.
XBox, no. PS3, plenty. Can only think of one who had a flailing PS3, the fix needed a replacement Bluray drive. Even have a couple of mates who have Gen1 PS3s with PS2 comparability.
Could certainly argue the point that PCs can die off in that time too!
Just trying to be level, as someone who enjoys both PC and console gaming!
My friend actually has a first get PS3 (bought it within a week of release) that still goes strong, never had a single issue, and he uses it for hours and hours on end in a terrible environment (dusty, bad ventilation, humid) as it's used for media streaming and stuff a lot.
I'm really surprised it's still kicking.
Depends on what you consider cost-effective I guess, but towards the end of a consoles life-cycle you can play most of the games you want on a pretty cheap PC, you pay a fraction of the cost for the games if you've smart about it, and you can use it for other stuff too. If you get a half decent laptop with a dedicated graphics card, you'll pay probably twice what you would for a console. You do get the screen too though
But yeah, outside of a social situation (mates in front of a TV) I can't remember the last time I gamed on console by myself, probably not long after Halo Reach came out.
Also, anybody notice that Diablo III is on Sony's website as a PS4 release game?
Looks like Blizzard are finally going to give the console market a crack, WoW on console anyone? Took them long enough...
Looks like Blizzard are finally going to give the console market a crack, WoW on console anyone? Took them long enough...
D3 is another one I've meant to have a crack at, don't know how many hours I sunk into Diablo and Diablo 2!
Can't remember who to credit for the quote but: "Have you ever noticed that dungeon crawler games are the gaming equivalent of a trip to Ikea?"
I found the Diablo games weren't quite as bad for the hoarding and repetitive nature that some games had.
I'm a horrible person. Since Minecraft 360 was released, I've been trying to get my best friend to play it, and he had always declined (Ithink cause at the time he was trying to do the same thing to me with WoW). Last night I finally got him to get it, so we started a new map. I had to work all day today while he had a day off, so upon coming home and logging into our world, I find a giant castle with all the ameneties, a pimped out mine, and fenced-in roadways running all over the place...
I feel like a drug dealer who just got someone to try crack for the first time.
If you go into it expecting OoT, you will be disappointed. If you take it as its own standalone game that happens to loosely share the same universe as OoT, you'll be much better off. I really enjoyed it with all of its cool sidequests and whatnot, but
I love the atmosphere of the game. Very dark, melancholic and even disturbing at times, which comparatively leaves OoT vanilla feeling, imo.
I couldn't even really try to compare the two as they are very different in so many ways, and I couldn't even really say which I like more. I can understand why people may not like it, because it is a very, very strange game at times, but I just happen to be one of the people who adores it.
And being able to go back and defeat all the bosses repeatedly to your hearts content? Hell yeah.
Is it sad that I compare every game I've played since it came out to ocarina of time? I seriously still think it's possibly the greatest game ever made. Other than FFVII. ****, I'm starting to feel old.
Is it sad that I compare every game I've played since it came out to ocarina of time? I seriously still think it's possibly the greatest game ever made. Other than FFVII. ****, I'm starting to feel old.
And about the highlighted part? Yes. Lots and lots of yes.
It can't be that odd. I have gold standards for video games as well.
Kotor I/II are my RPG standards, and all RPGs must live up to those games. I compare turn-based RPGs to FF II/III.
Bioshock and Mass Effect had awesome stories for "shooter" type games, and I compare a lot of games to them.
Chaos Theory was an awesome shooter as well, and stealth type games get compared to it or Arkham Asylum.
All hack and slash games get compared to OoT/MM. I loved ALTTP, but I actually borrowed it, Illusion of Gaia, and the Final Fantasy games after I was old enough to grip their stories.
I think it is in our nature to classify things. We have an innate desire for things to have their places in our minds. It, in my opinion, is why stereotypes, the best bass for metal, etc. all come into being.
Kotor I/II are my RPG standards, and all RPGs must live up to those games. I compare turn-based RPGs to FF II/III.
Bioshock and Mass Effect had awesome stories for "shooter" type games, and I compare a lot of games to them.
Chaos Theory was an awesome shooter as well, and stealth type games get compared to it or Arkham Asylum.
All hack and slash games get compared to OoT/MM. I loved ALTTP, but I actually borrowed it, Illusion of Gaia, and the Final Fantasy games after I was old enough to grip their stories.
I think it is in our nature to classify things. We have an innate desire for things to have their places in our minds. It, in my opinion, is why stereotypes, the best bass for metal, etc. all come into being.
