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March 02, 2014

Gaming Thread 3/2/2014
— Gang of Gaming Morons!

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NEWS

• In this new gen of consoles, Microsoft strikes first with bundling a game with the console. They're releasing a limited run of TitanFall branded console box. Other than giving away a free copy of TitanFall, I don't see the point of this (as people would be buying both at this point anyways) but okay I guess.

• For an IP they don't own and it's not exclusive to them, Microsoft really is going all out to pimp TitanFall.

• SEGA slashing profit forecast by just over a third. I own two pachinko machines, I've got no room for more

• On one hand, Konami has dropped the price on the "next" gen retail release of Ground Zeroes to $30 to make it on par with the digital release. On the other, that was on the hot heels that it came out that this is what everyone expected, a demo that's about 2 hours long.

• So Dean Hall, creator of DayZ is bouncing from the project by the end of the year. Should be interesting in how far along the game is when that happens as it's in a very rough alpha shape atm.

• EU is still trying to save you from you by looking at Free to Play games. This is way out of my wheel house and I couldn't get anyone to respond when I tried to ask some questions but this sounds to me that this is more encompassing than just going after the F2P market.

• GOP gonna GOP. Now, if the GOP wants to get rid of the tax break for the videogame industry, sure fine but when you frame it that making "violent" videogames makes you disqualified, I Can't help but read it as"Dear young people, FUCK YOU".

• We finally get a release date for the upcoming Trials Fusion, out of April 16th for PC, 360, Xbox One and PS4.

• YAY! Finally getting an official English release of the first Shin Megami Tensei game. It's hitting the iOS on March 18th for $7.99.

• So Swrve released a paper saying that 0.15% of mobile gamers pay about 50% of all in-game purchases. Whales, I'm okay with you for making gaming cheaper.

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Stuff I've been playing

This game called Out There came out last week on iOS and damn is it a good little game. It's a mash of space exploration/resource management and random events. For $4, it's a lot of bang for the buck.

Also in the Xbox One update preview thing so I've been testing that out and it fixes most of the quibbles people have with the UI and features outside of no external HDD support

Also got to play some Plants VS Zombies: Garden Warfare and if EA's servers weren't crap, that game would be a ton of fun. It needs a balance patch but the few rounds I did get to play is a really competent game and quite a bit of fun.

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New Releases

South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3, 360, PC) - After countless delays due to the whole THQ going tits up, Obsidian's game finally comes out. And since the US is cooler than everyone else, all of the versions here are being released uncut.

Walking Dead: Season 2: Episode 2 (PC, PS3) - Well, at least it didn't take 4 months for a new episode of this to be released like the Fables game. Wonder if this one will be an hour long like the second episode of Fables.

Awesomenauts Assemble (PS4)- A console finally gets a version of Awesomenauts that is up to date. Could never get into this game myself but I know it has it's fans.

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Posted by: Gang of Gaming Morons! at 12:06 PM | Comments (143)
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1 What happened to the cosplay babe?

Posted by: Dastardly Dan at March 02, 2014 12:10 PM (2iVM3)

2 Blaming violent video games for crazies is only slightly less dumb then blaming guns.

Posted by: Adam at March 02, 2014 12:11 PM (Aif/5)

3 Been playing a lot of Star Trek Online lately as well as Don't Starve. I had a chance to try betas of both Elder Scrolls Online, which I hated, and Wildstar, which I loved. ESO looks beautiful but and if you like Elder Scrolls game you might like it. Wildstar has cartoonish animation but its a pretty fun and fast paced game that doesn't take it self too seriously. I have been tempted to get Banished or Starbound on steam, does anyone have experience with either of those?

Posted by: Drew in MO at March 02, 2014 12:13 PM (cGlgB)

Good I'm ready for the next part of TWD. Someone mentioned Banished last week. And I looked at it and decided to give it a shot. Its not a bad game. I've only done one town on a small map on easy. I've only had one period where I was having trouble with food production and started having a bunch of people die off. I did manage to correct that though. I'll probably give higher difficulty a shot sometime.

And Stick of Truth is really tempting me. I just don't want Butters dangling a floppy wiener in my face.

Posted by: buzzion at March 02, 2014 12:15 PM (LI48c)

5 yeah, I liked the Wildstar beta. Doesn't do anything new outside of the standard themepark mmo but what it did was really nice.

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 12:17 PM (bStrg)

6 EA's servers are fucked for a game launch? The hell you say.

The hell you say.

I thought Titanfall was an Xbox exclusive for some reason.

Posted by: alexthechick - come for the Global Warming stay for the SMOD at March 02, 2014 12:18 PM (Gk3SS)

7 Ok, I have a question. I bought the Xbox 360 for Halo, loved the whole Halo series. I was wondering if I should buy PS4 for Last of Us. I saw the game and started to get sucked into it, but realized I have nothing to play it on. I had thought about buying an Xbox 1 but none of my games will work on it, so I am mad at Microsoft. None of my games will work on the PS4 either, but I'm not mad at Sony.

Posted by: Megthered at March 02, 2014 12:18 PM (iR4Dg)

8 I thought Titanfall was an Xbox exclusive for some reason.

Posted by: alexthechick - come for the Global Warming stay for the SMOD at March 02, 2014 04:18 PM (Gk3SS)

console wise it is but it does have a PC release

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 12:19 PM (bStrg)

9 Being broke, I've decided to spend a couple weeks on Star Trek Online myself. It's better thought out than the last two star trek TV series and the last two movies, IMHO. I think it still needs work.

BTW, is there a moron fleet anywhere? I saw a ship called the "Ace of Spades" in Bajor's sector yesterday.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at March 02, 2014 12:21 PM (kwc/t)

10 Drew my girl and I have been playing banished and it is a very fun,addictive little game. the content wears thin after a bit but the author is working to make it mod-able which will be awesome it was the top selling game on steam last week so there's that

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 12:22 PM (emQ8O)

11 Going to buy a downloadable PC game from Amazon today, like soon so it downloads while I'm out doing errands, don't know what to buy. I got Civ3 a couple weeks ago, like it, but want something newer. Cost matters, but only up to a certain point, I have Amazon gift card quatloos that I don't count as real money, just don't want to get ripped off. Thinking maybe that South Park game?

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 12:23 PM (ZshNr)

12 ESO's bugginess doesn't seem to have improved over the last few weeks at all. It is beautiful but frustrating, and the interface seems a little harder to use than the last beta. I can't actually remember if it had a minimap last time, but if it did they got rid of it, and the main map isn't that useful. Simplifying the quickbar was a good move, but it also seems much harder to manage. Oh and they are live-streaming players now, and the NDA is no longer in effect. Crafting supplies and drops are still pretty imbalanced - rare is too rare, you're left simply unable to do a lot of things. Some crafts are much easier to get supplies for. There are still some odd bugs, like random non-chest containers are still an account-wide unlock (at least in some areas) - so if you loot an area, make a new character and go there, it's pre-looted. Tons of interface errors. I wish I could quickslot /reloadui. Some of the characters and dialogue are very good, but there are still gaps, and a number of quest-breaking bugs, including main quests. Yeah, it's a beta, but most of the bugs are the same as last time AFAICT. Is the new P vs Z on PC now? I haven't looked, I ignored it when it came out only for apple or other devices or whatever it was. The original was fun but had flaws (like single user account you had to delete to start a new game at the first level).

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 02, 2014 12:24 PM (qyfb5)

13 Ok, I have a question. I bought the Xbox 360 for Halo, loved the whole Halo series. I was wondering if I should buy PS4 for Last of Us. I saw the game and started to get sucked into it, but realized I have nothing to play it on. I had thought about buying an Xbox 1 but none of my games will work on it, so I am mad at Microsoft.
None of my games will work on the PS4 either, but I'm not mad at Sony. Posted by: Megthered at March 02, 2014 04:18 PM (iR4Dg)

The Last of Us is amazing and if you were planning on getting a next gen console, then there you go. I'm holding out to upgrade until Destiny comes out and I'm planning on going PS4 for that and The Order (still pissed about that horrible new trailer for it).

I'm peeved that neither the XBox One or PS4 is backwards compatible since my plan was to trade in my PS3 for a PS4. I do sort of understand the compatibility issues but still.

Posted by: alexthechick - come for the Global Warming stay for the SMOD at March 02, 2014 12:25 PM (Gk3SS)

14 also if you don't watch any playthroughs or walkthroughs then there is a steep learning curve if you look up all the tricks then it's not so tough it is a very relaxing zen kind of game

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 12:26 PM (emQ8O)

15 I watched this on Netflix recently. Unicorn City A movie for gamers. D&D Roleplaying Goofy fun. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1734589/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 02, 2014 12:27 PM (IXrOn)

16 I watched Unicorn City recently, too. Not bad for a low budget flick. Now I'm on Season 5 (each "season" is basically an hour long) of The Guild, another geeky/game type Netflix show. I'm not even a gamer, I think I gravitated to them because they're generally apolitical and harmless, unlike so much other stuff.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 12:29 PM (ZshNr)

17 I must say if you like stealth games then Thief looks truly badass

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 12:29 PM (emQ8O)

18 Is the new P vs Z on PC now? I haven't looked, I ignored it when it came out only for apple or other devices or whatever it was. The original was fun but had flaws (like single user account you had to delete to start a new game at the first level).

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 02, 2014 04:24 PM (qyfb5)

Do you mean PvZ 2 or Garden Warfare? PvZ 2 hasn't made the leap off of mobile yet and ATM, Garden Warefare is only on the 360 and One

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 12:30 PM (bStrg)

19 How about The Stronghold Collection? Anyone played it? Is that a more modern Civilization type game?

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 12:30 PM (ZshNr)

20 Wish Netflix would get the rights to Ecstasy of Order: Tetris Masters as that is one doc that needs more viewers

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 12:32 PM (bStrg)

21 Being broke, I've decided to spend a couple weeks on Star Trek Online myself. It's better thought out than the last two star trek TV series and the last two movies, IMHO. I think it still needs work. BTW, is there a moron fleet anywhere? I saw a ship called the "Ace of Spades" in Bajor's sector yesterday. Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at March 02, 2014 04:21 PM (kwc/t) Badonkadonk (kwc/t) First of all, it has good points, like overall space combat, lots of options, tons of story material, and lots of places to explore. Second, it's a Cryptic game, so it's a bug fest and some of them will simply never be fixed. Thirdly, I don't know of a moron fleet, maybe there should be one. I play irregularly so I am only a member of a pretty dead fleet to avoid being spammed with fleet invites.

I actually have a lot of tips and tricks about the game, there's a lot to learn. For example, you can trade dilithium gathered in-game for C-Market coins normally bought with cash. Duty Officer missions, if you haven't started them, can be highly lucrative, especially on the Klingon faction side (but both really - the Klingons can just clean up with Contraband, which can be turned in for dilithium). The Chat window? There are custom channels you can add to it for fleets, tips and tricks, faction information, duty officer jobs, etc. You just missed out on the free Dyson Sphere ships if you just joined, but they have things like that a lot. The Summer event was super-easy and the ship wasn't bad, the Winter event was pretty annoying.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 02, 2014 12:33 PM (qyfb5)

22 I am still holding out hope for an old Sega game to come back to life, Herzog Zwei please come back to me Also there was an old turned-based game with a character called Nei that was in your party, and when she died I cried, like literally. Her twin eventually joined your party, but it was never the same I will have my revenge on those who took Nei from me, and from those who keep Herzog Zwei out of my grasp

Posted by: Tom_Ohio at March 02, 2014 12:33 PM (Zz48T)

23 I'm looking forward to Destiny, but it will be out for the 360, so I couldn't use that excuse for this one. I am on the fence about getting another console device. I am not in their age demographics for marketing, but I do enjoy a game with an interesting story. And sometimes I just want to shoot things.

Posted by: Megthered at March 02, 2014 12:33 PM (iR4Dg)

24 Nah, the Stronghold games are more akin to the Total War series

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 12:33 PM (bStrg)

25 I've got Ace's Amazon window open in another tab. I think I'm going to skip first person shooters, and consider only strategy/adventure/rpg-type games. First game to get a critical mass of votes (3 should do it, I would think), will be purchased immediately, pending availability on Amazon. You control my fate, act wisely.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 12:35 PM (ZshNr)

26 Daily reminder: Tecmo Super Bowl is the greatest sports video game ever.

Posted by: Daily Reminder Guy at March 02, 2014 12:35 PM (6j8ke)

27 Thanks Dude

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 12:36 PM (ZshNr)

28 Do you mean PvZ 2 or Garden Warfare? PvZ 2 hasn't made the leap off of mobile yet and ATM, Garden Warefare is only on the 360 and One Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 04:30 PM (bStrg) Badonkadonk (bStrg) Well, I guess that answers the question - still not interested in any of it. Too bad.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 02, 2014 12:36 PM (qyfb5)

29 I've got Ace's Amazon window open in another tab. I think I'm going to skip first person shooters, and consider only strategy/adventure/rpg-type games. First game to get a critical mass of votes (3 should do it, I would think), will be purchased immediately, pending availability on Amazon. You control my fate, act wisely. Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 04:35 PM (ZshNr)

You could always go with Sim City 4. The old, good one, not that new crap.

Posted by: alexthechick - come for the Global Warming stay for the SMOD at March 02, 2014 12:38 PM (Gk3SS)

30 25)

Might and Magic X

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 12:39 PM (bStrg)

31 I've never played a Sim City game since 1, will take a look.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 12:40 PM (ZshNr)

32 I'm rather pleased with myself. I'm on my fourth playing of Skyrim, and this time, I managed to complete Alduin's Bane on the first attempt! This time I knew to concentrate on my Smithing, and enchantment, so I had dragonscale armor and a dragonbone mace with fire and soul trap enchantments, plus both Marcurio and Serana as followers ...

Posted by: Empire1 at March 02, 2014 12:43 PM (wyKf7)

33 I haven't been a gamer since Quake III. Right now sitting here drinking Blackheart rum and Coke Zero, listening to Moby channel on Pandora.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 12:45 PM (4+AaH)

34 What happened to the cosplay babe? Posted by: Dastardly Dan at March 02, 2014 04:10 PM (2iVM3) I think Ace nixed it.

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 02, 2014 12:47 PM (AymDN)

35 Ace nixed a Cosplay babe? He's dead to me. What? You were all thinking it.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 12:48 PM (4+AaH)

36 empire1 awesome skyrim despite all its flaws is one of the greatest games ever made now if only they will get on with fallout 4

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 12:48 PM (emQ8O)

37 saints row 4 for a goofy fuckoff fest of silly fun

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 12:49 PM (emQ8O)

38 Woah, wait! Don't buy a PS4 to play The Last of Us! The Last of Us is a PS3 game, not a PS4 game!

Posted by: Matthew Broderick at March 02, 2014 12:51 PM (uaEZS)

39 35 Ace nixed a Cosplay babe?

He's dead to me.

What? You were all thinking it.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 04:48 PM (4+AaH)

Yeah, because The Dude couldn't figure out that there was a line between appropriate and inappropriate.

Posted by: buzzion at March 02, 2014 12:51 PM (LI48c)

40 Stupid sockpuppets...

Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at March 02, 2014 12:51 PM (uaEZS)

41 Anyway, to cut a long story short I threw a five and a four which
beat his three and a two, another double six followed by a double four
and a double five. After he'd thrown a three and a two I threw a six
and a three.

Posted by: Arnold J Rimmer at March 02, 2014 12:52 PM (hO8IJ)

42 I bought a full arcade machine off of Craig's list. A Strikers 1945 cabinet in working order, but the red gun was out on the CRT and the joysticks a bit wonky. I bought a tube rejuvenator and that fixed the color on the monitor, and I put a 60 in 1 PCB in there, and it is a ton of fun and super nostalgic. It is amazing the difference between games published in 1982 and 1984. And the difference between the PCB on the original game and the 60 in 1. The new one is about 1/4 the size, yet has so many more games. The sounds bring back memories. I have about $400 total in the machine now.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 12:53 PM (4+AaH)

43 Forgot to mention I replaced the joysticks, too. The kids are all into their PC games, minecraft, mostly, but they dig the cabinet with the arcade classics.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 12:54 PM (4+AaH)

44 Love Skyrim. Hated Fallout 3. I know it's the same basic premise, but I've never liked the post-apocalyptic stuff, so I shouldn't have gotten it in the first place. My mistake.

I'd prefer Skyrim on the PC, because you can use console commands to get past some of the glitches you just have to accept on the 360, but I can't afford a new PC at the moment. So I cope. ::sigh::

Does anyone know if a new Elder Scrolls game is coming out any time soon?

Posted by: Empire1 at March 02, 2014 12:55 PM (wyKf7)

45 Woah, wait! Don't buy a PS4 to play The Last of Us! The Last of Us is a PS3 game, not a PS4 game!
Posted by: Matthew Broderick at March 02, 2014 04:51 PM (uaEZS)

Not so fast.

http://bit.ly/1dQYXqB

Posted by: alexthechick - come for the Global Warming stay for the SMOD at March 02, 2014 12:57 PM (Gk3SS)

46 All I have to do is move the connector from one PCB to the other, I can play the original game, too. Only real issue is that there are no graphics on the cabinet except for the marquee, otherwise it is painted black. A little beat up, I may sand it down, repaint it, and order some multi arcade graphics off of eBay.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 12:57 PM (4+AaH)

47 Yeah, because The Dude couldn't figure out that there was a line between appropriate and inappropriate.

Posted by: buzzion at March 02, 2014 04:51 PM (LI48c)

pretty much this

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 12:58 PM (bStrg)

48 I also grabbed Banished when it showed up on Steam. Fun little building/ strategy game. I did have one large citizen die-off in my first town. The game definitely rewards planning ahead and punishes short-sighted actions. Go into winter with a food shortage and watch the starving begin! Can't wait for the South Park came to finally be released!

Posted by: Pilot141 at March 02, 2014 12:58 PM (nPwzA)

49 I have about $400 total in the machine now.

That's a lot of quarters.

Posted by: HR at March 02, 2014 12:58 PM (hO8IJ)

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 04:57 PM (4+AaH)

should have setup MAME in that cabinet

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 12:58 PM (bStrg)

51 Started on an interview track with Zenimax back in December. Have not actually talked to anyone the yet, but supposedly they are interested. Elder Scrolls release is holding them up, they say. Kids would think I was a hero if I worked there.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 12:59 PM (4+AaH)

52 at this point, I'm saving my money for an Omega Neo Geo

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 12:59 PM (bStrg)

53 empire1 how about new vegas I thought that was much better they are working on fallout 4 now to be out sometime im 2015 so a new elder scrolls won't be out for at least two years after that it's just how Bethesda rolls

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 01:00 PM (emQ8O)

54 I had a buddy that built an arcade machine for someone else. Wired up all the buttons, using a computer, and just dumping in a ton of classic arcade games into it. Not sure how it eventually turned out though. I know they also had the ball on it too that is required to do the arcade bowling or golf wired in as well.

Posted by: buzzion at March 02, 2014 01:03 PM (LI48c)

55 @50 my original plan was to go MAME. I had a friend that was all into it probably ten years ago. There were a TON of cabs for no working machines for under $100 for a while, I didn't pull the trigger, they all disappeared. As I looked into MAME, seems the Linux version has all but disappeared, and versionitis has crept in, and you have to make sure that the ROM rip and the MAME you are running are friendly, and it is all a bit fiddly. I hate fiddly anymore. I just want shit to work. The PCB was $65 bucks and worked plugnplay to the JAMMA connector in the cabinet. Power supply, monitor, controls, they just worked.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 01:05 PM (4+AaH)

56 #45

Dubious rumor. They ruin the believability by claiming 'Beyond: Two Souls,' which tanked, is getting ported also. Seems like someone has an Ellen Page obsession.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 02, 2014 01:05 PM (bPxS6)

57 Son went ahead and got a Steam account of his own to play Neverwinter with Eldest Kidlet, so that's is one more possible account for making a Neverwinter guild.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 02, 2014 01:07 PM (GDulk)

58 I'm still on "Grim Fandango".

It is not easy - from a technical standpoint. I am on a 64bit Windows 7 here. It does not play well with 32bit crapplications especially of the Windows 95 generation. So I have to save often in case the next screen is where the sound / music (usually) gets in an infinite loop or (more rarely) the whole app freezes up.

I just started Year Three. I can think of one serious critique of the game, especially in Year Two - there's just too much walking from frame to frame. My GOD this is boring. Why not a map system to teleport from place to place? Even Kings Quest III had that.

Otherwise I like the noir details; it's a very funny story with some scary bits.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 02, 2014 01:07 PM (30eLQ)

59 Wow, Sunday's at the HQ are starting to be the BEST day of the week. Gardens, Guns, NASCAR and now Games. I am overloading! Someone cancel the Oscars, PLEASE. I don't want to listen to stupid ghey jokes and Ellen whatever.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2014 01:07 PM (0FSuD)

60 Dubious rumor. They ruin the believability by claiming 'Beyond: Two Souls,' which tanked, is getting ported also. Seems like someone has an Ellen Page obsession.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 02, 2014 05:05 PM (bPxS6)

Ellen Page wasn't in The Last Of Us, no matter how hard Naughty Dog tried to make you think she was.

Posted by: alexthechick - come for the Global Warming stay for the SMOD at March 02, 2014 01:08 PM (Gk3SS)

61 Wait, I forgot FOOD and Books!

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 02, 2014 01:08 PM (0FSuD)

62 Rain of Lead --

AAACK! Not until 2017? I may be dead by then! Oh, well, by that time I may have a PC that can handle Skyrim, and be a Skyrim expert. My life story -- always behind the times.

I hate post-apocalyptic, btw, because these days they are too close to reality, and I play games to get away from excessive gloom and doom. FRPG suits me a lot better.

Posted by: Empire1 at March 02, 2014 01:08 PM (wyKf7)

63 I am really starting to hate the soft keyboard on the iPad. I don't know what is different but it seems to not type what I want. Grr. Cabs for NOT working machines. If I can find a non op cab for a horizontal layout for under $100' I may do another with MAME for the kids. Have a perfect PC for it sitting around.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 01:09 PM (4+AaH)

64 This thread is a disappointment. It's Gayer than Charlie Brown being raped by a dildo. Later.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 02, 2014 01:09 PM (4ElUX)

65 62 Rain of Lead --

AAACK! Not until 2017? I may be dead by then! Oh, well, by that time I may have a PC that can handle Skyrim, and be a Skyrim expert. My life story -- always behind the times.

I hate post-apocalyptic, btw, because these days they are too close to reality, and I play games to get away from excessive gloom and doom. FRPG suits me a lot better.

Posted by: Empire1 at March 02, 2014 05:08 PM (wyKf7)

Not out until 2017. Not stable until 2019.

Posted by: buzzion at March 02, 2014 01:09 PM (LI48c)

66 Okay, have checked out most mentioned titles. Skyrim and Thief seem great, just wondering if they'd be too advanced for a 43 year old relative noob. I might get SimCity4 along with whatever else I get as a fallback. Piqued my curiosity.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 01:10 PM (ZshNr)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at March 02, 2014 05:09 PM (4ElUX)

This racist little fuck needs to get his ass banned.

Posted by: buzzion at March 02, 2014 01:10 PM (LI48c)

68 damn, forgot to link the new To Love-Ru Darkness trailer for the upcoming Vita game

http://youtu.be/dqY7Tb5yA1E

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 01:12 PM (bStrg)

69 I got Neverwinter on Steam the day I got Civ3. Didn't really know what Steam was, but a big game for free was nice. I've played for a couple hours, still pretty clueless but have had some minor successes.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 01:12 PM (ZshNr)

70 I have a good buzz going after town rum and cokes. Either I am becoming a lightweight or I am mixing these just right.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 01:13 PM (4+AaH)

71 empire1 have you tried kingdoms of Amalur? it came out just after skyrim it was completely overshadowed but highly underrated good story VERY deep questline graphics are cartoony but in a fun way CHEAP lots and lots and lots of fun

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 01:13 PM (emQ8O)

72 Okay, have checked out most mentioned titles. Skyrim and Thief seem great, just wondering if they'd be too advanced for a 43 year old relative noob. I might get SimCity4 along with whatever else I get as a fallback. Piqued my curiosity. Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 05:10 PM (ZshNr)

Skyrim is amazing and the learning curve for it is fairly forgiving. Of course, I finally caved and got the 360 version due to a lovely congruence of gift card and price drop so I can't speak for the PC version.

Posted by: alexthechick - come for the Global Warming stay for the SMOD at March 02, 2014 01:14 PM (Gk3SS)

73 71 empire1

have you tried kingdoms of Amalur?
it came out just after skyrim
it was completely overshadowed
but highly underrated
good story
VERY deep questline
graphics are cartoony but in a fun way
CHEAP
lots and lots and lots of fun

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 05:13 PM (emQ8O)

And there will probably be no more of them made.

Posted by: buzzion at March 02, 2014 01:14 PM (LI48c)

74 Lincolntf --

If Skyrim isn't too advanced for me (70yo noob) I doubt it would be too much for you. :: grin:: I'd be glad to give you a hand, if you wish. empire one thousand one at hushmail dot com.

Posted by: Empire1 at March 02, 2014 01:14 PM (wyKf7)

75 Speaking of unexpected dick (carried over from an earlier thread)... here's MUMR on another game-thread

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 02, 2014 01:14 PM (30eLQ)

76 I know these is never a really huge thread but its nice to be able to talk games with people who aren't leftist nihilistic hipsters. I will often go to kotaku to read about game stuff but being part of gawker they pretty much shovel on as much far leftisms as they possibly can.

Posted by: Drew in MO at March 02, 2014 01:15 PM (cGlgB)

77 And there will probably be no more of them made.

Posted by: buzzion at March 02, 2014 05:14 PM (LI48c)

no probably about it, the IP is dead

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 01:15 PM (bStrg)

78 #60

I didn't say she was but Page herself made accusations of the character being based on her. Apparently, she believes she has an exclusive on grown women who look like androgynous teens. What I was suggesting was that the person who cobbled together the rumor has a certain obsession that undermines the claim. Unless there was already a standing commitment, porting 'Beyond: Two Souls' is highly improbable. There is no shortage of far more successful PS3 titles that would better serve selling the PS4. An 'Uncharted' enhanced collection, for example, would be very attractive to those who never owned a PS3.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 02, 2014 01:16 PM (bPxS6)

79 One thousand one should be 1001. The usual no spaces rule applies.

Posted by: Empire1 at March 02, 2014 01:17 PM (wyKf7)

80 An 'Uncharted' enhanced collection, for example, would be very attractive to those who never owned a PS3

This. Uncharted 1-2 is why I got a PS3 in the first place.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 02, 2014 01:17 PM (30eLQ)

81 Two not town. Jeebus.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 01:18 PM (4+AaH)

82 Is this the Skyrim title we're talking about? "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim"

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 01:18 PM (ZshNr)

83 Lincoln, yes.

Posted by: buzzion at March 02, 2014 01:19 PM (LI48c)

84 Put a new laser in my 3DO this week and finally got some play time on it. My conclusion is that it was a 'meh' system anyway, and that a 2x CD drive is way too slow. Compared to PS1 and Dreamcast a few years later, it was an inferior system, disc-based or no.

Posted by: --- at March 02, 2014 01:19 PM (MMC8r)

85 yep

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 01:19 PM (bStrg)

86 Lincoln, yeah -- at least I am.

Posted by: Empire1 at March 02, 2014 01:20 PM (wyKf7)

87 All prepped for winter storm Titan. Yeah, these named winter storms are stupid. Just about time to stick a pizza in the oven.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 01:23 PM (4+AaH)

88 lincolntf...!?! you DON"t have skyrim??/ get thee hence, get the legendary edition with the DLC's it's not much more in price and it adds moutains of content trust us(skyrim players) will agree you will not be sorry

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 01:24 PM (emQ8O)

89 As I looked into MAME, seems the Linux version has all but disappeared, -------- I got it from some Ubuntu repository a month or two back.

Posted by: --- at March 02, 2014 01:25 PM (MMC8r)

90 Skyrim on PC = vastly expanded gameplay through mods that add whole regions to the world.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 02, 2014 01:25 PM (qyfb5)

91 enough mods to make a magical naked waifu

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 01:26 PM (bStrg)

92 Heads up for any of you guys in Phoenix:
Video Games Live is in town next Sat and Sun!

Posted by: Jabari at March 02, 2014 01:27 PM (eLSfW)

93 A lot of games are better on PC just because of the amount of modding people can do. I am really waiting for GTA V to come out on PC to see the amount of modding that people will do to it. Sadly some of the recent things said almost make it sounds like they don't plan on releasing a PC version.

Posted by: Drew in MO at March 02, 2014 01:27 PM (cGlgB)

94 @89 yeah I know you can get one, but the whole thing has moved to Windows and while I am a Windows guy, that seems like a bad platform to run it from Like I said, fiddly. But I still may do one. I have a fanless PC that would work well for this application, but then I have to het a jamma connector board and all that. We shall see. Our playroom has room for another cabinet.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 01:29 PM (4+AaH)

95 not a real gameroom without a pachinko machine

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 01:30 PM (bStrg)

96 Kinda OT but in the nerd zone. Saw the trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy last night. Looks very funny. I like Chris Pratt.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 01:31 PM (4+AaH)

97 Oh, why do I have to come to this thread so late?

Tom_Ohio, there IS an updated version of Herzog Zwei! It's calle AirMech and it's free to play. You can check it out on Steam.

Posted by: Viridian at March 02, 2014 01:39 PM (mpHZX)

98 Okay, pizza going in the oven, it's from Aldi. When it is done, rum and coke refresh, and time to watch Machete Kills from the redbox.

Posted by: blaster at March 02, 2014 01:44 PM (4+AaH)

99 I think my last posted self-destructed, now on tablet. Bought Skyrim, it's gonna be a while I think, I looked at it for 3 minutes and it still hadn't hit 1%. I've got stuff to do for a while, hopefully it'll make some progress while I'm gone. Thanks for the suggestions, look forward to being battle-axed in the back by one of you someday.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 01:45 PM (ZshNr)

100 yo any good FPS's coming out soon?

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 02, 2014 01:52 PM (At8tV)

101 between shooting and guitars I haven't been gaming life is catching up to me

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 02, 2014 01:53 PM (At8tV)

102 TitanFall is about it

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 01:54 PM (bStrg)

103 then the new Wolfenstein in May

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 01:55 PM (bStrg)

104 will check steam for it I need a break and a good game will always do it I saw a trailer the other day for some new game which is supposed to scare the hell out of everyone based in an asylum I think

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 02, 2014 01:55 PM (At8tV)

105 103 then the new Wolfenstein in May ooooooh, that's right will definitely be playing it nck will be too busy with getting ready for spain and then HS to care about gaming...I may steal her sager

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 02, 2014 01:56 PM (At8tV)

106

Posted by: navycopjoe at March 02, 2014 05:55 PM (At8tV)

TitanFall is EA so you're stuck with Origin

Outlast? That's all ready out. Pretty good till it loses the plot at the end.

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 01:58 PM (bStrg)

107 navycopjoe that one is called the evil within and yes it is supposed to be badass it is made by the gut that made resident evil 4 (the best one) very survival horror it's on my must have list (if it doesn't flame out)

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 01:59 PM (emQ8O)

108 "Angry Joe" Vargas reviewed the new "Rambo" video game recently. He... didn't like it. But his loss is his viewers' gain! Bonus points for the Weird Al "UHF" references.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 02, 2014 01:59 PM (30eLQ)

109 Just to be clear, Skyrim isn't multiplayer, LincolnF, I hope it wasn't purchased with a wrong understanding. It's totally worth it though.

Posted by: .87c at March 02, 2014 02:00 PM (rodq5)

110 Hahahaha! Drudge headline references Obama's Chicken Kiev.

Posted by: Judge Pug at March 02, 2014 02:01 PM (6Nj7A)

111 Okay, have checked out most mentioned titles. Skyrim and Thief seem great, just wondering if they'd be too advanced for a 43 year old relative noob.
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 05:10 PM (ZshNr)

If you're referring to the original Thief: The Dark Project from 1998, it's one of the all-time classic games, but it does demand a fair amount of patience, reflex, and perseverance.

Posted by: DKCZ at March 02, 2014 02:02 PM (kDEap)

112 #84

The 3DO never lived up to its promise but you have to keep it in context of when it hit the market. CD-ROM was still newish as a PC peripheral, and the only widely available CD-ROM gaming systems were add-ons for the Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 systems. Myst was doing a lot of business as much for its being a CD-ROM demo as a game worth playing. The amountof hassle involved in getting it working properly on a PC made the 3DO version impressive by comparison. You just stuck the disc in and it just worked, with better color depth than was then supported on the PC version.

The only aspect of my 3DO I regret is buying it too early for nearly $400. A year later it would be down by at least $100 and dropping as the months passed. But I'd sold off my TurboGrafx system and all its stuff, feeling I'd done everything worth doing with it, and was eager for a big jump.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 02, 2014 02:08 PM (bPxS6)

113 Skyrim multiplayer is in the pipeline, right? IIRC, April.

Posted by: Beagle at March 02, 2014 02:08 PM (sOtz/)

114 Been playin' Earth Defense Force 2025 non-top ever since I got it on Friday.

It is all kinds of fun. Got a graphics bump (the original was a Dreamcast game), more enemies, more weapons.

It' s a tad repetitive because all you do in all of the 50+ missions is kill bugs and giant robots, but the emotional ROI you get out of it is totally worth it.

Posted by: Carlos at March 02, 2014 02:12 PM (LW4Ow)

115 beagle lets be clear elder scrolls online is NOT skyrim multiplayer if you get it on that basis you WILL be disappointed it is an mmo set in the elder scrolls universe yery different 60.00 game with 15.00 a month sub fee

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 02:12 PM (emQ8O)

116 And Alphadia Genesis on my tablet. Playin' a darn good jrpg on it.

Posted by: Carlos at March 02, 2014 02:13 PM (LW4Ow)

117 and yes elder scrolls online does come out in april they are having a closed beta this weekend there might be one more before the game goes live if you want to give it a try it's not hard to get a beta key to play it for a couple of days if you think think you might like it I suggest you give that a try because ESO is VERY VERY different from skyrim

Posted by: rain of lead at March 02, 2014 02:15 PM (emQ8O)

118 @115 K. Disappointed. For Skyrim noobs I suggest alchemy as soon as possible. Ingredients are lying around and potions can do anything. Best way to make money and makes every sort of player super powerful at high levels. If you see Skyrim videos on the Internet from the early days guys will pick up crappy enchanted iron swords and leave vampire dust. Bad move in weight and value.

Posted by: Beagle at March 02, 2014 02:21 PM (sOtz/)

119 Wow. Fuck the EU. If you are giving someone your credit card, you are being charged for something and it's on you to pay attention to what you're doing.

Posted by: Methos at March 02, 2014 02:22 PM (hO9ad)

120 hmm Apogee has been bought by Interceptor http://bit.ly/1kJZIWZ

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 02:23 PM (bStrg)

121 Wow. Fuck the EU. If you are giving someone your credit card, you are being charged for something and it's on you to pay attention to what you're doing.

Posted by: Methos at March 02, 2014 06:22 PM (hO9ad)

it's for the children

Posted by: The Dude at March 02, 2014 02:24 PM (bStrg)

122 I am still holding out hope for an old Sega game to come back to life, Herzog Zwei please come back to me

Check out mmogrinder.net. It's many episodes back but here's a game name of Air Mech, or something similar which basically is PvP Herzog Zvei.

Also there was an old turned-based game with a character called Nei that was in your party, and when she died I cried, like literally.

Phantasy Star 2. And you should include a spoiler tag for stuff like that.

Or Palma exploding.

Posted by: Methos at March 02, 2014 02:33 PM (hO9ad)

123 Merovign: I have a tier 5 escort that I dislike, my character's an engineer, I may switch over to a cruiser if I get enough dilithium. I have the Ambassador-class ships from one of the earlier events, although I need advice on a decent loadout so I can actually survive a fight with the Borg.

Would loading a cruiser up with transphase torpedoes work?

I have a mishmash of weapons on the escort, with 3 various cannons and a torp launcher up front, and 3 plasma turrets in the rear weapon slots. I had trouble with the Cardassian Front mission until I switched to turrets, then everything became easy mode. Then I got the quest chain in Gamma Orionis space, and everything became hard again.

Maybe just being an engineer in a tactical ship is doing things the hard way?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at March 02, 2014 02:40 PM (kwc/t)

124 Okay, Thanks, I see that it's not multiplayer, that's cool. I once again assumed incorrectly and thought that pretty much all of the newish games had that capability. I've never played m-p, so I probably wouldn't have anyway.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 03:03 PM (ZshNr)

125 Maybe just being an engineer in a tactical ship is doing things the hard way? Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at March 02, 2014 06:40 PM (kwc/t) It is. It's possible but the Tactical character's abilities work well with the Escort and less so with the Cruiser, and vice versa. The thing I actually like least about the game is that it's completely made for "spreadsheet gamers," with a bazillion combinations of abilities and equipment, some of which are strong and others weak, and some work better against some enemies than others. There are websites (and parts of the STO forums) dedicated to optimal builds and ability use. I play a variety of different classes and ships so I am far, far away from trying to memorize those builds. When I do equip a ship I at least refer to them, though I'm sure I'm not as optimized as the people who obsess over that. Most MMOs are built for that kind of person, because the obsessives will give a lot more input and feedback on the process. My sole Engineer character has an old Odyssey T5 Cruiser from the Odyssey giveaway a couple of years ago, which is actually not perfectly ideal but it works pretty well. Also if you're having trouble it's easy to spend some time in lower-level areas to get the hang of it. Turrets are more often found on cruisers because the cruisers turn slowly and can slot more guns - turrets do little damage but can fire any direction. On the other hand, Escorts usually face the enemy so rear turrets can at least get some hits in. Different types (phaser, plasma, polaron, etc) are also better agains different kinds of shields and armor. I think it's too complicated but "spreadsheet gamers" eat that stuff up because they have an edge when they do hours and hours of homework. Feels too much like a job to me. The "use your abilities" part is especially important for engineers. I was in a T4 Constellation with my engineer, and while I usually ignore/avoid PVP areas I was in one, and attacked by the huge T5+ Romulan super-warbird and a couple of T4s, and it drove them nuts they *could not kill me*. I couldn't kill them either, of course, but those defensive and repair abilities mean a lot. They also completely ****** *everyone* on both sides out of the area mission awards because of their dickishness, but that's why I avoid PVP areas.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 02, 2014 03:05 PM (qyfb5)

126 Also the "event ships" in STO are nice because you don't need to spend dilithium. See my note above about dilithium, there are lots of ways to get it, especially with duty officer missions (sending your crew on missions while you do other things, basically at no or little cost to you). I've got cruisers, escorts, destroyers (tactical science ships), carriers, the Risian Corvette, and the Odyssey (for a couple of characters anyway) for "free" basically by doing certain missions or event missions (the event missions tend to be longer, i.e. do a short mission every day for 23-25 days during the month+ event).

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 02, 2014 03:08 PM (qyfb5)

127 16% of Skyrim has downloaded in the last couple hours.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 03:12 PM (ZshNr)

128 Not mentioned but the new Thief game is getting weak reviews. Very disappointing, I may play Dishonored again and wait for a price drop. I started playing Skyrim on PC recently and really enjoying playing with dozens of mods, though after a point the PC really struggles with it. Whoever mentioned the Rich Merchants mod, thanks, makes selling loot much less frustrating.

Posted by: waelse1 at March 02, 2014 03:23 PM (3tdM4)

129 I play some STO, I just hang out in a huge fleet so I can take advantage of all the people who play much more than I do building all the cool fleet things. Haven't been into it much lately. In the MMO space I've recently fallen into Final Fantasy XIV, totally surprised with how easy it's been to get into and how much fun I've been having. Looking forward to Titanfall in a couple of weeks, I was quite impressed with the demo after not expecting much of it. For Thief it sounds like if you really like stealth games, you'll like it. If you don't, you really won't. Have a friend of mine that absolutely loves it and she's a huge stealth game fan.

Posted by: damasca at March 02, 2014 03:31 PM (K0Azp)

130 Skyrim is a very big game. I also modify carrying capacity in Skyrim, as well as the *moderately* richer merchants. I don't make it infinite or anything, but I find it too frustrating to have to spend too much time managing inventory, though when I carry isn't realistic.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 02, 2014 03:31 PM (qyfb5)

131 Actually I got a friend hooked on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, as MMOs go it's not too bad. Still grindy / crowded, but less so. It still tries to push you into teams but there's a lot of solo material. The crafting is limited in frustrating ways and not balanced (i.e. most equipment crafting will spend all your money and makes usueless stuff compared to drops, biotech crafting makes you a ton of money and is useful almost right away). Also each character is basically limited to one crafting specialty.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 02, 2014 03:34 PM (qyfb5)

132 I love stealth games, the much-maligned-by-fanboys Thief 3 was completely my happy place. I also liked Deus Ex 2 better than 1, which just proves I'm the Fanboy Antichrist, I guess. My understanding is people who hated that game made the new one. It looks a lot more like Assassin's Creed, which I could not stand.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 02, 2014 03:36 PM (qyfb5)

133 By "modify" do you mean you do something in-game, that's totally allowable, to allow yourself to carry more stuff? Or does it disqualify you from anything?

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 03:42 PM (ZshNr)

134 124 Okay, Thanks, I see that it's not multiplayer, that's cool. I once again assumed incorrectly and thought that pretty much all of the newish games had that capability. I've never played m-p, so I probably wouldn't have anyway. Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 07:03 PM (ZshNr) A lot do which sucks. Because one the games they are doing it to aren't really mp designed. And then that it's little more than a way for them to get more money from you by allowing you to buy stuff for multiplayer, either weapons characters upgrades or maps. And they also shorten the single player missions when they do this as well.

Posted by: Buzzion at March 02, 2014 03:48 PM (mXfeP)

135 There's nothing to be disqualified from. It's a single-player game. In early versions there was something about using the console that affected Steam achievements, but that was apparently a bug. Achievements don't really do anything, BUT there's a mod that sets up more achievements that actually affect your abilities, interaction with NPCs, etc.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 02, 2014 03:49 PM (qyfb5)

136 But the South Park game has no floppy wieners in it at all!

Posted by: r.r. martin at March 02, 2014 03:51 PM (hn5v5)

137 I've been starting my playthrough of the new Thief, and so far I'm quite liking it. Playing on Master difficulty with a bunch of the custom difficulty options (especially no Focus powers), it feels very much like the old games to me. If you leave Focus on, I imagine its probably going to feel a good bit like Dishonored which is also an excellent game, but not what I'm looking for out of Thief. I'm on the third chapter and have done several side missions as well (though most of these are quite small), so there's still certainly time to sour on the game, but from what I've seen so far, I'm pleasantly surprised.

Posted by: tintex at March 02, 2014 03:55 PM (n36K8)

138 Got it, thanks. Managing inventory is what annoyed me about the older games I used to play.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 02, 2014 03:58 PM (ZshNr)

139 Been fooling around with War Thunder, a FTP game like World of War Planes. The flight model is better, the various modes feel better, and the maps have presence and playable scale. The current youtubes of Ground Forces plus aircraft on the same map look hilarious. Can't wait for that to break closed beta.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at March 02, 2014 04:03 PM (kAvHW)

140 I am an old gamer. Red Storm Rising, M1 Tank Platoon, Civ 1, D&D Gold Box, Baldurs Gate and Falcon 4.0. My mmorpgs are Asherons Call, Tabula Rasa, World of Warcraft, and Lord of the Rings. There used to be a wow factor to them now not so much.

Posted by: drunkineastmesa at March 02, 2014 04:17 PM (l7HsE)

141 "the GOP wants to get rid of the tax break for the videogame industry"

Really? Then how about getting rid of the tax break for the movie industry?

Posted by: The Liberty Dude at March 02, 2014 04:49 PM (iAWQF)

142 I have Urban Terror on my laptop, it's a F2P shooter, which is why I don't care much for Titanfall, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor and the likes.

Posted by: Carlos at March 03, 2014 03:06 AM (LW4Ow)

143 OoO final fantasy!

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