General Gaming Megathread: What are you playing?

Soviet Travolta said:
Grabbed Jagged Alliance 2. Having played Fallouts and FOT, i always read how superior was combat supposed to be in JA2...So it was time to give it a try, GOG.com and all.

Can't say i'm hooked for now. While i kinda appreciate the cheesy 80ies action B-movie mood (damn the music you have on the laptop is spot on!), i feel terribly lost in front of the interface, even after reading the manual. And of course, the anguish of creating a character and composing a squad while you still barely get how stats will function when ingame. It seems i got used to those modern friendly learning curves...

I'm gonna try harder getting used to it, but i'd be curious to know if anyone had this first impression too.
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yeah, I know exactly what you mean. while I have huge respect for JA2, knowing what kind of game it is and having played it a couple of times, I just can't get into it.

if I had played it when I was younger and still had the time and patience to learn how such a game works, it'd be different. but I first tried it only recently and while it's a lot of fun at first, things really felt a bit overwhelming after a while.

gonna try it again someday, maybe with a walkthrough at hand. I know, it's cheating...
 
^It's not cheating it's metagaming ^____^

Anyway, I'm doing an nth replay of TOEE now, sadly the 5.5.0 beta Co8 pack seems to be very buggy atm.
 
Still playing GTA IV!
I must say that it is simply one of the best in the series, i am really enjoying it. the most things i have enjoyed so far:
The Cabs: The best addition IMO since you don't have to drive to your destination everytime you fail a mission.

The Targeting System: Much improved, the gun play feels a lot better!

What i don't like:

Activities: i really hate it when you are in the middle of the street, waiting for a cab and suddenly one of your friends calls you to go play darts, bowling etc. with him for the 10th time! sure, you can skip it, but it is still annoying and you will lose respect.

Weapon sounds: probably one of the shittiest weapon sounds i have ever heard in a game!
Seriously, i don't understand why they couldn't put more decent sounds for the weapons. Take Saints Row 2 for example, the gun sounds simply kills GTA IV's.
 
I just finished Silent Hill 4: The Room, using an extensive walkthrough. Somehow not as spooky as previous games. I suspect it's because you get regular glimpses into the normal world, whereas in previous ones I always kept wondering if the entire world has gone to hell.

Overall not bad, not bad at all.
 
Serge 13 said:
Still playing GTA IV!
I must say that it is simply one of the best in the series, i am really enjoying it. the most things i have enjoyed so far:
The Cabs: The best addition IMO since you don't have to drive to your destination everytime you fail a mission.

The Targeting System: Much improved, the gun play feels a lot better!

What i don't like:

Activities: i really hate it when you are in the middle of the street, waiting for a cab and suddenly one of your friends calls you to go play darts, bowling etc. with him for the 10th time! sure, you can skip it, but it is still annoying and you will lose respect.

Weapon sounds: probably one of the shittiest weapon sounds i have ever heard in a game!
Seriously, i don't understand why they couldn't put more decent sounds for the weapons. Take Saints Row 2 for example, the gun sounds simply kills GTA IV's.
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It took me a while before I noticed, but if you look through your fone, there's an option to turn on "free mode" or some thing similar and people won't call you until you turn it back on.
 
SupermanOctopus said:
It took me a while before I noticed, but if you look through your fone, there's an option to turn on "free mode" or some thing similar and people won't call you until you turn it back on.
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I just finished the game today! :D
But thanks, i will keep that in mind for my second playthrough! :mrgreen:
 
Serge 13 said:
Started playing MGS 4 and i must say that i am enjoying it!
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MGS 4 is one of the best games I've ever played. It's basically a 20 hour long "Thank You" to MGS fans, and Kojima managed to tie up all the loose ends quite nicely.
 
I can't stop playing Dune 2 after only finishing Dune 1 a few days ago.

It's boggling my mind. The sound and graphics are primitive and the controls are so behind it's very taxing to play. Not only am I lacking things like rally-points or hotkeys, but I can't even drag a box to select multiple units at once. I have to put about twice the effort into this game to win as I do the average game...

...yet I'm loving it for reasons I can't explain. Maybe it's, because it was the first RTS and also the first Westwood game both of which I love. You can definitely see the fundamentals of every Westwood franchise in this ancient game.

It's probably just, because I love the Dune Universe.

Also for those who like decent strategy (for an old game) and like some adventure I would suggest Dune 1. Both 1 and 2 are freeware which is how I got them.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

*EDIT*

I just read that both 1 and 2 are known for their soundtracks. Playing 1 I had no sound and figured that the game was made before sound. Playing 2 I can only get the soundcard to make music which of course sounds like annoying beeps. I've tried all the different sound options in setup too...
 
rcorporon said:
MGS 4 is one of the best games I've ever played. It's basically a 20 hour long "Thank You" to MGS fans, and Kojima managed to tie up all the loose ends quite nicely.
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Yeah, the game is sweet alright but the thing is that i have only played MGS 1 & 2 :(
I only played the begining parts of MGS 3 on my brothers ps2. I was afraid that i would miss something from the story so i just went to gametrailers and checked the MGS retrospective. and after i learned about the story in MGS 3....damn, i wish i had time to play the whole game...the sweetest story ever!
 
Serge 13 said:
Yeah, the game is sweet alright but the thing is that i have only played MGS 1 & 2 :(
I only played the begining parts of MGS 3 on my brothers ps2. I was afraid that i would miss something from the story so i just went to gametrailers and checked the MGS retrospective. and after i learned about the story in MGS 3....damn, i wish i had time to play the whole game...the sweetest story ever!
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You'll probably miss a lot of the references / characters in MGS IV then.

I can't suggest getting MGS3 and playing it enough. It's easily my favourite MGS, and you'll gain a whole new appreciation for part 4.
 
The Vault Dweller said:
...The Vault Dweller really loves the old Dune Games...
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I love them too; I have always been a "builder" in such games, and Dune is very cool for me as it allows you to build walled in bases with turrets etc placed at corners etc - I love a good looking base. :)

(And the whole Dune universe is very cool - read the books, played the games, saw the movies/TV-series)
 
rcorporon said:
Serge 13 said:
Yeah, the game is sweet alright but the thing is that i have only played MGS 1 & 2 :(
I only played the begining parts of MGS 3 on my brothers ps2. I was afraid that i would miss something from the story so i just went to gametrailers and checked the MGS retrospective. and after i learned about the story in MGS 3....damn, i wish i had time to play the whole game...the sweetest story ever!
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You'll probably miss a lot of the references / characters in MGS IV then.

I can't suggest getting MGS3 and playing it enough. It's easily my favourite MGS, and you'll gain a whole new appreciation for part 4.
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well, i did watch the retrospective on gametrailer.com. its a summary of the whole story in mgs3. i just hope that thats enough because i dont have access to ps2 right now.

edit: this is my first post with the ps3 browser. :mrgreen:
 
Finished Vampire Bloodlines as a Malkavian, great dialogue options :D

Just installed Quake I (Darkplaces) ,going to play it in Co-op with a good friend should be fun.

(A bit of nostalgia for the old folks...)
 
Just finished MGS4 and i must say that i enjoyed every second of it! again it had those moments where my jaw dropped luke this: :jawdrop:





I think i will be going for Battlefield: Bad Company after that!
 
Replaying Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries here...I had to install it on a Windows XP partition but it was well worth it. I forgot how much I missed a Mech game. Fortunately, it seems like an Ex-FASA exec bought back the Shadowrun, Crimson Skies and Mechwarrior IPs.
 
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