What Game Are You Playing At The Moment?

listener · 04-08-2010, 04:44 PM

The characters and storyline for ASC2 brought me into the game though. I felt as though I actually was Ezio. Plus freerunning never gets old, neither does pulling off a wicked assassination. I love games that pull me into the story, ala god of war 3 etc, games that actually have a creative premise that dont make you feel like you have to beat it for the sake of beating it, but rather interest you enough to complete it because you want to.

standardman · 04-08-2010, 08:29 PM

I had a couple of games of StarCraft 2 I'll post properly tomorrow but, yeah, I need to get on that beta.

Tombo · 04-09-2010, 03:00 AM

I have a friend that's close with a lot of guys at Blizzard. I'll give him a call tomorrow and see if I can get a key for you. After all, you seem to be the KatG forums gaming guru.

Tombo · 04-09-2010, 03:09 AM

Also for the 3 people that haven't gotten it, Steam is having a free Modern Warfare 2 (multiplayer only) weekend going on now through Sunday.

standardman · 04-09-2010, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Tombo

I have a friend that's close with a lot of guys at Blizzard. I'll give him a call tomorrow and see if I can get a key for you. After all, you seem to be the KatG forums gaming guru.

<3 thank you!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tombo

Also for the 3 people that haven't gotten it, Steam is having a free Modern Warfare 2 (multiplayer only) weekend going on now through Sunday.

Totally forgot to post this but i'll taking part in it too. I'm pretty vocal about my problems with Modern Warfare 2 but a free weekend is always worth a play.

standardman · 04-09-2010, 09:00 PM

I downloaded, played and uninstalled Modern Warfare 2; that game is broken and no fun. The steam page refers to it as the 'definitive multiplayer experience', guess they never played Team Fortress 2.

I went to an event Thursday night organised by the guys of PC Gamer UK. I've been reading that magazine since I was a mere standardboy and I play most of my Team Fortress 2 on their server, so I leapt at the opportunity to play them in person.

I had blast! The room was full of powerful PCs with packed steam profiles and even consoles. As the PCG guys welcomed us, they gestured towards two tables with four/five networked PCs facing each other and the game they were running was none other than Starcraft II!

I played two rounds of 2v2 - won the first entirely due to a good defence and my aggressive team mate, I was about to play my second game when Tim Edwards (the editor of PC Gamer) sat down and asked who wanted to play. We ended up on the same team, both as Protoss (snooty space elves) vs two Terren (space hicks) players.

I tried the old proxy pylon trick on the first guy very early on (drone teleports in buildings but can do other things while they appear - allowing you to tele in many at once - pylons allow you to build structures around them), planting turrets around the pylon just outside his base. Before he knew what was happening, I had five turrets and a barracks shutting him down and even started building my new base as I was destroying his.

I basically had no army at this point but my team mate kept the other guy at bay and harassed his supply chain - allowing me climb up the tech tree without conflict. This is where I discovered one of Starcraft II's most spectacular new one-at-a-time units - the Protoss mothership; it's a giant, regal flying saucer that glows a cool blue and cloaks my units underneath it, can teleport all my units to it's position and fire a BLACK HOLE that instantly sucks everything not bolted down in it's range into oblivion.

So me and the editor of PC Gamer attacked the poor guy with two massive armies from both sides, cloaked under a mothership each. Once we met in the middle, we finished him off by simultaneously firing both of our black holes in a speculator unlight show of doom. Fantastic!

Starcraft II is an unusual feeling - both new and familiar - it's not the revolution that the original was and I kept wanting to zoom out, but it's the asymmetrical yet balanced game I love and I was amazed by how polished the game is, even in the beta phase. It's also gorgeous - Starcraft II looked like how I remember the original.

The rest of the night was TF2 and even some prophunt, had a fun time meeting the guys I'm used to playing online as well as new people and TF2 is even more hilarious in the same room. All nice chaps.

Oh and GOG.com are having a sale on some RPGs.

Tombo · 04-10-2010, 03:50 PM

The phone call has been made and I'm waiting to hear back. I'll let you know when I find out!

And yea, MW2 is sorta bleh nowadays. I don't know if I'm jaded after dealing with all the cheaters or because of the p2p type of connection system that has you kicked from a game cuz the host is torrenting porn. So, I still enjoy using my "jihad quad" in Bad Company and watching the punkbuster servers calling out who's being banned for having a cheat. Oh and Last Stand mode on Dawn of War 2 is pretty fun too.

standardman · 04-10-2010, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Tombo

The phone call has been made and I'm waiting to hear back. I'll let you know when I find out!

And yea, MW2 is sorta bleh nowadays. I don't know if I'm jaded after dealing with all the cheaters or because of the p2p type of connection system that has you kicked from a game cuz the host is torrenting porn. So, I still enjoy using my "jihad quad" in Bad Company and watching the punkbuster servers calling out who's being banned for having a cheat. Oh and Last Stand mode on Dawn of War 2 is pretty fun too.

Thank you dude!

The host thing was a nuisance! Games would frequently stop, find another host, reconnect then start again - how is that acceptable in a modern FPS?

I real need to try that mode, only just started playing DOW2.

Kydizzle · 04-10-2010, 11:54 PM

yo, i mentioned this on that new KATG gamerz thread, but I'll throw it up here too.

Team Fortress 2 rules, so lets all play a match or two together sometime, maybe on a private server or whatever.

steam id is: kydizzle

YAY!

TheInfamousBiGD · 04-11-2010, 12:30 AM

Excuse my ignorance... What is "Steam"?

04-08-2010, 04:44 PM	#3451 (permalink)
listener Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 115	The characters and storyline for ASC2 brought me into the game though. I felt as though I actually was Ezio. Plus freerunning never gets old, neither does pulling off a wicked assassination. I love games that pull me into the story, ala god of war 3 etc, games that actually have a creative premise that dont make you feel like you have to beat it for the sake of beating it, but rather interest you enough to complete it because you want to.
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04-08-2010, 08:29 PM	#3452 (permalink)
standardman Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 5,442	I had a couple of games of StarCraft 2 I'll post properly tomorrow but, yeah, I need to get on that beta.
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04-09-2010, 03:00 AM	#3453 (permalink)
Tombo Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: West Texas Posts: 49	I have a friend that's close with a lot of guys at Blizzard. I'll give him a call tomorrow and see if I can get a key for you. After all, you seem to be the KatG forums gaming guru.
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04-09-2010, 03:09 AM	#3454 (permalink)
Tombo Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: West Texas Posts: 49	Also for the 3 people that haven't gotten it, Steam is having a free Modern Warfare 2 (multiplayer only) weekend going on now through Sunday.
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04-09-2010, 09:00 PM	#3456 (permalink)
standardman Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 5,442	I downloaded, played and uninstalled Modern Warfare 2; that game is broken and no fun. The steam page refers to it as the 'definitive multiplayer experience', guess they never played Team Fortress 2. I went to an event Thursday night organised by the guys of PC Gamer UK. I've been reading that magazine since I was a mere standardboy and I play most of my Team Fortress 2 on their server, so I leapt at the opportunity to play them in person. I had blast! The room was full of powerful PCs with packed steam profiles and even consoles. As the PCG guys welcomed us, they gestured towards two tables with four/five networked PCs facing each other and the game they were running was none other than Starcraft II! I played two rounds of 2v2 - won the first entirely due to a good defence and my aggressive team mate, I was about to play my second game when Tim Edwards (the editor of PC Gamer) sat down and asked who wanted to play. We ended up on the same team, both as Protoss (snooty space elves) vs two Terren (space hicks) players. I tried the old proxy pylon trick on the first guy very early on (drone teleports in buildings but can do other things while they appear - allowing you to tele in many at once - pylons allow you to build structures around them), planting turrets around the pylon just outside his base. Before he knew what was happening, I had five turrets and a barracks shutting him down and even started building my new base as I was destroying his. I basically had no army at this point but my team mate kept the other guy at bay and harassed his supply chain - allowing me climb up the tech tree without conflict. This is where I discovered one of Starcraft II's most spectacular new one-at-a-time units - the Protoss mothership; it's a giant, regal flying saucer that glows a cool blue and cloaks my units underneath it, can teleport all my units to it's position and fire a BLACK HOLE that instantly sucks everything not bolted down in it's range into oblivion. So me and the editor of PC Gamer attacked the poor guy with two massive armies from both sides, cloaked under a mothership each. Once we met in the middle, we finished him off by simultaneously firing both of our black holes in a speculator unlight show of doom. Fantastic! Starcraft II is an unusual feeling - both new and familiar - it's not the revolution that the original was and I kept wanting to zoom out, but it's the asymmetrical yet balanced game I love and I was amazed by how polished the game is, even in the beta phase. It's also gorgeous - Starcraft II looked like how I remember the original. The rest of the night was TF2 and even some prophunt, had a fun time meeting the guys I'm used to playing online as well as new people and TF2 is even more hilarious in the same room. All nice chaps. Oh and GOG.com are having a sale on some RPGs. __________________ Last edited by standardman; 04-09-2010 at 09:28 PM.
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04-10-2010, 03:50 PM	#3457 (permalink)
Tombo Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: West Texas Posts: 49	The phone call has been made and I'm waiting to hear back. I'll let you know when I find out! And yea, MW2 is sorta bleh nowadays. I don't know if I'm jaded after dealing with all the cheaters or because of the p2p type of connection system that has you kicked from a game cuz the host is torrenting porn. So, I still enjoy using my "jihad quad" in Bad Company and watching the punkbuster servers calling out who's being banned for having a cheat. Oh and Last Stand mode on Dawn of War 2 is pretty fun too.
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04-10-2010, 11:54 PM	#3459 (permalink)
Kydizzle Administrator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: bklyn, ny Posts: 500	yo, i mentioned this on that new KATG gamerz thread, but I'll throw it up here too. Team Fortress 2 rules, so lets all play a match or two together sometime, maybe on a private server or whatever. steam id is: kydizzle YAY!
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04-11-2010, 12:30 AM	#3460 (permalink)
TheInfamousBiGD Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dominican Republic Posts: 811	Excuse my ignorance... What is "Steam"?
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