What Game Are You Playing At The Moment?

rhesusattack · 03-28-2010, 11:23 AM

Man, I have been so disinterested in gaming lately for some reason. I keep playing shit like MW2 and a few others, but absolutely nothing is keeping my attention right now. Maybe because every damn game I play has some sort of shooting in it? I kind of feel like I need something new, but I can't figure out what that would be. I've kinda been in the mood to check out FFXIII, but I do NOT want to play that on 360. I am looking forward to the new Splinter Cell, but again, more shooting. Is it just a crutch of games to feature shooting shit so prominently? Anyone got any unique suggestions, popcap and pc games aside?

standardman · 03-28-2010, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by rhesusattack

Man, I have been so disinterested in gaming lately for some reason. I keep playing shit like MW2 and a few others, but absolutely nothing is keeping my attention right now. Maybe because every damn game I play has some sort of shooting in it? I kind of feel like I need something new, but I can't figure out what that would be. I've kinda been in the mood to check out FFXIII, but I do NOT want to play that on 360. I am looking forward to the new Splinter Cell, but again, more shooting. Is it just a crutch of games to feature shooting shit so prominently? Anyone got any unique suggestions, popcap and pc games aside?

Chime.

hellbent · 03-28-2010, 04:43 PM

anyone with $38 and interest in a bc2 4 pack?

unrealrob · 03-28-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by rhesusattack

Man, I have been so disinterested in gaming lately for some reason. I keep playing shit like MW2 and a few others, but absolutely nothing is keeping my attention right now. Maybe because every damn game I play has some sort of shooting in it? I kind of feel like I need something new, but I can't figure out what that would be. I've kinda been in the mood to check out FFXIII, but I do NOT want to play that on 360. I am looking forward to the new Splinter Cell, but again, more shooting. Is it just a crutch of games to feature shooting shit so prominently? Anyone got any unique suggestions, popcap and pc games aside?

You sound like a guy on the verge of becoming disilusioned with gaming - and rightly so, in my opinion. If I get you right, you want a 360 game that doesn't prominantly feature shooting and is at least good? Wow. I'm gunna have to take a few minutes here...

Ok, I enjoyed Braid. It was short, but pretty cool. Standardman is right, Chime is good. If you like that, Luminus might be a good bet - my gf fucking loves that game. I dunno man, maybe give Dragon Age a try?

Maybe going back to the likes of Roller Coaster Tycoon or Sim City would do some good? Oooo, maybe even one of the Kings Quest iterations?

Junkenstein · 03-29-2010, 02:39 PM

Played a bit of Metro 2033. The game is nice enough. Nothing groundbreaking but good. Technically speaking, if you have a pc, check it before you buy it, 'cause it has a tiny bit of the "Crysis" syndrome. Meaning that it will look awesome if your computer is godzilla, and it will be quite lame if you have an average pc. Also if you dont have an nvidia card you might have a couple of issues starting it up. I dont seem to be able to implement dx11... Heh.

In a case of impulse buying i got Just Cause 2. Damn you steam. Again.

ThisIsMyUserName · 03-29-2010, 03:30 PM

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Played a bit of Metro 2033. The game is nice enough. Nothing groundbreaking but good. Technically speaking, if you have a pc, check it before you buy it, 'cause it has a tiny bit of the "Crysis" syndrome. Meaning that it will look awesome if your computer is godzilla, and it will be quite lame if you have an average pc. Also if you dont have an nvidia card you might have a couple of issues starting it up. I dont seem to be able to implement dx11... Heh.

In a case of impulse buying i got Just Cause 2. Damn you steam. Again.

I didn't think the Nvidia cards supported DX11 yet?
I have an ATI and threw in an old 8800GT for Physx. Works pretty good.

In Metro I found a lot of really annoying scripted spots where you just get destroyed by a group of creatures that respawn and block your path, and you're somehow supposed to know you should have left via a certain route/staircase/window. It's really frustrating and I don't think I've seen a scripting problem like that in a game before. Not fun.

standardman · 03-29-2010, 06:37 PM

The brilliant Empire: Total War is on sale on Direct2Drive for $10.50 or £10.50 (huh?).

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In a case of impulse buying i got Just Cause 2. Damn you steam. Again.

If it makes you feel any better, steam was even cheaper than in store with my discount.

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I didn't think the Nvidia cards supported DX11 yet?
I have an ATI and threw in an old 8800GT for Physx. Works pretty good.

Could have sworn they had support for it. If not, they need to hurry the fuck up.

rhesusattack · 03-29-2010, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by unrealrob

You sound like a guy on the verge of becoming disilusioned with gaming - and rightly so, in my opinion. If I get you right, you want a 360 game that doesn't prominantly feature shooting and is at least good? Wow. I'm gunna have to take a few minutes here...

Ok, I enjoyed Braid. It was short, but pretty cool. Standardman is right, Chime is good. If you like that, Luminus might be a good bet - my gf fucking loves that game. I dunno man, maybe give Dragon Age a try?

Maybe going back to the likes of Roller Coaster Tycoon or Sim City would do some good? Oooo, maybe even one of the Kings Quest iterations?

I think you might be spot on there. I've actually considered maybe getting back into the RTS genre, or something I can play on my pc that's less demanding hardware-wise. I have been turning more and more to XBLA lately also. Shadow Complex has been fun but, again, there's so much shooting...

Borknagar · 03-30-2010, 12:52 AM

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In Metro I found a lot of really annoying scripted spots where you just get destroyed by a group of creatures that respawn and block your path, and you're somehow supposed to know you should have left via a certain route/staircase/window. It's really frustrating and I don't think I've seen a scripting problem like that in a game before. Not fun.

the monsters dont respawn, they are limited in number on the encounters (with exception of like 2 or 3 rooms). so if you go through a place, and monsters come out, theyll generally be in packs or 5-14. you can (and i do) sit in a corner, let them come to you and kill them, they will stop coming.

and some levels have different paths that lead to the same place ultimately, some ways will be harder (more monsters/traps) and others are straight through. my friend played the game and then watched play some, he had taken different routes to get the same point. main difference is just loot.

hellbent · 03-30-2010, 04:51 AM

i dont know if this has expired yet, but $20 off any $40 game on the ea store if you use promo code PAXEAST842 - US residents only
i bought bfbc2 for $30, was looking at c&c4 but metacritic users keep crapping on it.

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