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Finite True

#5301 January 07, 2013, 09:02:27 am

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I just got done playing Spent, and I've been making some headway on...

Quote from: Warped655 on January 05, 2013, 12:57:35 am

Completed Saints Row 3....

Well, I'll be damned. I was right about to mention I'm getting somewhere on that game. You completed it with DLC, right?

Quote from: earlchip on December 29, 2012, 12:04:04 am

I'm playing too right now bc I bought some of the DLC (gangstas in space, purple ops). I'd suggest co-op but I'm on PS3 and I think you're playing the computer version

I'm on the PC version of Saints Row the Third, too. But I totally recommend the Ethical Reality Climax DLC even for a console gamer. It's a lot of laughs if you have any sort of grasp on Japanese culture, and the challenges were pretty deadly in Hardcore difficulty with a low level character.

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Belross

#5302 January 07, 2013, 08:52:42 pm

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I am downloading Anachronox from GoG.com as it was on offer the other day.

yessssssss

As for me, I spent the first 4 days of my winter break playing the new XCOM for 16 hours a day. That game is fucking awesome. Too bad I got kinda burned out on it from playing it so much.

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Puppet Master

#5303 January 09, 2013, 01:12:50 am

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I just played through KOTOR 2. Overall it's really good, but the end has a pretty unfinished feel. The first one is probably a little bit better, but I think that it was a really solid sequel that did a good job of not being just a rehash of its predecessor. Now I'm going to take a little break before starting up one of the other games that I accumulated during the Steam Sale.

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tristero

#5304 January 09, 2013, 06:08:26 pm

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i'm most of the way through borderlands 2, and it's a decent shooter, but there's so much wasted potential and so many annoying voice acted internet memes

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ATARI

#5305 January 09, 2013, 06:26:29 pm

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Quote from: Belross on January 07, 2013, 08:52:42 pm

yessssssss

As for me, I spent the first 4 days of my winter break playing the new XCOM for 16 hours a day. That game is fucking awesome. Too bad I got kinda burned out on it from playing it so much.

i remember playing the original dos whatever x com is it like that? that game was p sweet except it was super hard when i was 7

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Belross

#5306 January 10, 2013, 03:52:49 am

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Quote from: ATARI on January 09, 2013, 06:26:29 pm

i remember playing the original dos whatever x com is it like that? that game was p sweet except it was super hard when i was 7

Yes and no. Same premise, more streamlined, less difficult/complex, but in a good way since they got rid of a lot of "fluff".

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Warped655

#5307 January 12, 2013, 01:36:01 am

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Quote from: Finite True on January 07, 2013, 09:02:27 am

I just got done playing Spent, and I've been making some headway on...

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Completed Saints Row 3....
Well, I'll be damned. I was right about to mention I'm getting somewhere on that game. You completed it with DLC, right?

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I'm playing too right now bc I bought some of the DLC (gangstas in space, purple ops). I'd suggest co-op but I'm on PS3 and I think you're playing the computer version
I'm on the PC version of Saints Row the Third, too. But I totally recommend the Ethical Reality Climax DLC even for a console gamer. It's a lot of laughs if you have any sort of grasp on Japanese culture, and the challenges were pretty deadly in Hardcore difficulty with a low level character.

Yeah I beat SR3 on PC and with all of the DLC. Thanks to DDay who bought it for me.

The DLC was actually pretty good and I was OK with it not being the kind that continues the story but rather just expands with side stories.

SR3 spoilers:

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I went to save shaundi at the end BTW. But I still can't help but feel like that second in command STAG chick was sort of right. That 'Boss' is pretty much a terrible person and the world would likely be better off without him/her BUT I think that the way she went about trying to prove it was wrong and psychotic.

I wonder which ending will end up being 'cannon' for the sequel, Saints Row 4. (which seems to exist in development currently)

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#5308 January 12, 2013, 05:02:37 am

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whoa my boss char was the best person in the world idk what you're talking about.

Quote from: Warped655 on January 12, 2013, 01:36:01 am

Yeah I beat SR3 on PC and with all of the DLC. Thanks to DDay who bought it for me.

The DLC was actually pretty good and I was OK with it not being the kind that continues the story but rather just expands with side stories.

SR3 spoilers:
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I went to save shaundi at the end BTW. But I still can't help but feel like that second in command STAG chick was sort of right. That 'Boss' is pretty much a terrible person and the world would likely be better off without him/her BUT I think that the way she went about trying to prove it was wrong and psychotic.

I wonder which ending will end up being 'cannon' for the sequel, Saints Row 4. (which seems to exist in development currently)

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as said by someone itt a few months back, if you take the don't save shaundi route the game kind of gives you a "WELP you fucked up". it's more subtle than that, but it's not the fun party "good" ending. it's worth trying both endings though, for the extra mission

also I didn't think the STAG woman was supposed to be right. I mean, in terms of SR game morals. STAG was portrayed as a pretty awful organization, at least as bad as the Saints. I think the ending was more about misunderstanding/coming from opposing sides but actually being fundamentally the same (trying to build a perfect Saints world thru anarchy vs trying to bulldoze a perfect world via military takeover). if you play as a female char with the hispanic voiceset I think you get some different lines in the mission where you pose as Cyrus, and they kinda hint that the boss and the STAG lady come from similar bgs

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Warped655

#5309 January 12, 2013, 06:26:38 am

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Quote from: earlchip on January 12, 2013, 05:02:37 am

whoa my boss char was the best person in the world idk what you're talking about.

Quote from: Warped655 on January 12, 2013, 01:36:01 am
Yeah I beat SR3 on PC and with all of the DLC. Thanks to DDay who bought it for me.

The DLC was actually pretty good and I was OK with it not being the kind that continues the story but rather just expands with side stories.

SR3 spoilers:
Spoiler (Click to reveal)
WOOT SPOILER TAGS WORK!
I went to save shaundi at the end BTW. But I still can't help but feel like that second in command STAG chick was sort of right. That 'Boss' is pretty much a terrible person and the world would likely be better off without him/her BUT I think that the way she went about trying to prove it was wrong and psychotic.

I wonder which ending will end up being 'cannon' for the sequel, Saints Row 4. (which seems to exist in development currently)

Spoiler (Click to reveal)
as said by someone itt a few months back, if you take the don't save shaundi route the game kind of gives you a "WELP you fucked up". it's more subtle than that, but it's not the fun party "good" ending. it's worth trying both endings though, for the extra mission

also I didn't think the STAG woman was supposed to be right. I mean, in terms of SR game morals. STAG was portrayed as a pretty awful organization, at least as bad as the Saints. I think the ending was more about misunderstanding/coming from opposing sides but actually being fundamentally the same (trying to build a perfect Saints world thru anarchy vs trying to bulldoze a perfect world via military takeover). if you play as a female char with the hispanic voiceset I think you get some different lines in the mission where you pose as Cyrus, and they kinda hint that the boss and the STAG lady come from similar bgs

Saints Row 1-3 Spoilers:

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Don't get me wrong I don't like STAG either. I played and beat every past SR though. The original purpose of the saints (end gang warfare in Stilwater) is basically corrupted by Boss. Yeah, he/she was betrayed by the guy who created the Saints in the first Saints Row but I kind of empathize with Julius more than Boss becasue he was just 'wrong' in his very misled attempt to fix the world though more gangs while Boss is just about domination and revenge. Boss isn't evil of course he/she empathises plenty with people and occassionally helps people but he's/she's still hurting the world far more than helping it to a degree that putting him/her down would arguably be justified in a pinch. If not finding a way to perminantly jail him/her would be more humane if potentially costly.

EDIT: Basically, Boss could be argued to be a lesser of 2 evils at best.

Last Edit: January 12, 2013, 06:28:33 am by Warped655

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DoctorEars

#5310 January 13, 2013, 04:12:56 am

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I recently got a PS3, so I've basically been playing most of the exclusives I've never had a chance to play. Just wrapped up Infamous, and now I'm working on Infamous 2. I really fucking enjoyed the first one, and the improvements they made in the second one (basically everything I disliked = fixed or made better) have pretty much made it one of my favourite series. Super enjoyable.

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Carrion Crow

#5311 January 13, 2013, 08:44:46 pm

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Why the hell aren't you playing the Uncharted series!?

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MaD

#5312 January 13, 2013, 09:18:31 pm

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a friend of mine got me a copy of dota 2. Does anyone else play this? Personally, I've never been a big fan of RTS games, but I figure it's free so why not give it a shot.

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DoctorEars

#5313 January 14, 2013, 02:54:52 am

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Quote from: ed on January 13, 2013, 08:44:46 pm

Why the hell aren't you playing the Uncharted series!?

Already played through the Uncharted series on a friends console. I'll play through them eventually on my own console but I'm starting with the ones I haven't played!

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Warped655

#5314 January 14, 2013, 03:33:49 am

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I'm finally starting up Human Revolution. I'm wondering does lethality vs non-lethality effect story/ending in any way? I just want to get the 'good' end if it isn't particularly a pain in the ass to get.

What is more fun? Lethal or non-lethal?

I play a lot of shooters, so 'lethal' would be what I'm used to, but I also can enjoy non-lethal stealth at times. Though usually I mix it up in game where you can go either route. It seems I can only go one route initially which is irritating. You'd think they'd give me all the standard lethal and non-lethal equipment and let be choose as I go.

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#5315 January 14, 2013, 07:10:42 am

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Quote from: MaD on January 13, 2013, 09:18:31 pm

a friend of mine got me a copy of dota 2. Does anyone else play this? Personally, I've never been a big fan of RTS games, but I figure it's free so why not give it a shot.

i don't play this but i used to play dota 1 (the original, wc3 mapmod) sometimes. it's a pr challenging/steep for a beginner so uh my best advice is that if you a. don't want the hate of the nerds/everyone and b. want to know at all what the FUCK is going on -> read some tutorials for beginners, choose a recommended easy melee hero, play some or lots of scenarios against computer...once you are ready, try your first game and become suprised at how unready you are after the computer skirsmish matches... hah hah...

idk dude like there are some nice things in that kind of RTS but it's ultimately competetive teammatches - type of games, imagine street fighter tournaments but in teams (so if you fuck up, chances are you fuck up the rest of the team's game), ergo steep learning curve. also idk about dota 2 community but the worst kind of egoistic, awful internet assholes plague the dota 1 so who knows if you get rabidly-assholish-otherwise-mute players in public games?? god only knows. good luck!

EDIT basically post summed to: cool that you got it free, now if you wanna enjoy it on any level, learn a shitton before you even begin playing. play a shitton against computer (i think it's probably possible in dota 2) before trying multiplayer even if they probably in no way emulate real matches/dynamics/players.

also dota 2 is pr much EXACTLY like dota 1, just prettier.

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Warped655

#5316 January 14, 2013, 10:48:45 pm

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution spoilers (first mission)

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True to Deus Ex form, I just found out there were hostages I could save that the game did not make immediately clear were savable and they ended up dead. I've finished the mission now. Contemplating going back and seeing if I can't figure out how to save them anyway.

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Warped655

#5317 January 14, 2013, 11:11:21 pm

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I hate replaying sections of games like that BTW... but I also hate getting 'bad end'.

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#5318 January 15, 2013, 04:36:29 pm

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Quote from: Warped655 on January 14, 2013, 03:33:49 am

I'm finally starting up Human Revolution. I'm wondering does lethality vs non-lethality effect story/ending in any way? I just want to get the 'good' end if it isn't particularly a pain in the ass to get.

The game was just unmemorable enough to be kinda blurry looking back on it, but I'm reasonably certain that a save ten minutes before the end gets you all the endings.

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What is more fun? Lethal or non-lethal?

I play a lot of shooters, so 'lethal' would be what I'm used to, but I also can enjoy non-lethal stealth at times. Though usually I mix it up in game where you can go either route. It seems I can only go one route initially which is irritating. You'd think they'd give me all the standard lethal and non-lethal equipment and let be choose as I go.

Again, blurry, but I'm pretty sure the most enjoyable way is generally a mix of both, basically whatever feels right for the location. I remember there being some sections where the stealth doesn't really work at all, to the point where I distinctly remember thinking that sticking religiously to an all-stealth, zero-kill playthrough would be insanely tiresome. But there were still a good deal of sections that were designed with stealth in mind, so you can probably still get through most of the game stealthy without it completely losing all fun. Just sticking to one or the other exclusively probably won't be particularly fun.

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#5319 January 15, 2013, 08:16:26 pm

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OK. Thanks Hundley for the heads up.

I noticed the beginning mission had a fairly stealth friendly vibe.

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Which is good because I did not want to kill these guys since apparently they were just dumb regular folk. (though the hostage taking thing does kind of make me consider if these are among the few that actually "deserve" death if anyone deserves it in this game)

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#5320 January 16, 2013, 12:45:03 am

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I think every mission in DE:HR has good stealth options, however they tend to be somewhat simplistic, in that it's usually pretty easy to see how you'd do it steathily, but it usually boils down to waiting until people are isolated to take them out. They don't support tons of creativity I guess.

Also the boss battles are apparently terrible, because the developer outsourced all the boss fights to another studio, so they aren't consistent with the rest of the missions and tend to be somewhat flat and boring (I didn't play the game that much, so that's just what I've heard. The outsourcing is true, but how boring they actually are I can't vouch for).

yes coulombs are "germaine", did you learn that word at talk like a dick school?

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