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Nintendesert

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Mar 28, 2010
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I think I need to startup a game of Pirates! too. I need some ocean sounds right now in my life.
 

Skott

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Oct 4, 2005
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I'm playing a variety of games currently. I switch back and forth between them as my interest demands. Sometimes playing only one a day and sometimes several a day.

Jagged Alliance 2 v1.13 mod
L4D
L4D2
Empire Total War
Mount & Blade: Warband
Istaria (The MMO formerly known as Horizons)
 

JoshGuru7

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Lord of the Rings Online
Dragon Age
Left 4 Dead
Plants vs. Zombies
Altitude
Borderlands
Civilization 4
Defense Grid
Diablo II: LoD
Dawn of Discovery: Venice
 

melek-taus

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Apr 1, 2010
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cod mw 2

cod mw

rising force online equilibrium server


these are the games i play mostly and i also try every new game that comes out. But many dont stick with me. As they just bore me.

Waiting on a new elders scroll if it ever comes. I so loved morrowind and oblivion.

Also hoping for fable 2 for pc.
 

cplpro

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Feb 13, 2009
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Just paused FF XIII (I will resume it later)
Borderlands
BF:BC2
AvP (looking forward to the new movie)
 
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Mass Effect 2, Sam and Max 301(first episode of the new season). Went back and replayed Titan Quest and the expansion Immortal Throne. Also playing old RPG/RTS hybrid Spellforce 2, but not really into it that much.

Not many other games I am interested in right now. Want to play Command and Conquer 4 and Supreme Commander 2, but am waiting for a sale/price drop. Neither sounds worth paying full price for.
 

matas

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Aug 8, 2005
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Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl with Stalker Complete mod. I had the game on steam for 2 years but didn't play it since I was doing all the Half Life games. With the mod its pretty cool. It's a much more imaginative and immersive game than I thought it would be.
yeah I beat this game with the same mod recently. It was a lot more involved story wise than I thought.
 

Modular

Diamond Member
Jul 1, 2005
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I, like many others, am playing quite a few games at a time.

Matto 4 (a mod for Far Cry)
Half-Life: Opposing Fronts
Deus Ex
STALKER:SOC
GTA:IV
Spore (I've really got to finish this one)
And others...
 

Jinru

Senior member
Feb 6, 2006
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Games I recently beat:
Deus Ex
FFTactics

Currently playing:
M&B: WB
Xenogears
 

atulhost

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Mar 27, 2010
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You will laugh at me but to be honest ():) I still play that old NFS Porsche in evolution mode. And I am eagerly waiting for the launch of WRC 2010. Please provide any updates on it.
 

Adrenaline

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Jun 12, 2005
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I will install BF:BC2 some time this weekend.

I plan on starting FF13 this coming week as well.
 

Skurge

Diamond Member
Aug 17, 2009
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You will laugh at me but to be honest ():) I still play that old NFS Porsche in evolution mode. And I am eagerly waiting for the launch of WRC 2010. Please provide any updates on it.

Polyphony digital got the WRC license, so you'l only see it in GT5.


Been playing
Mass Effect2
Dirt2
Beyond good & evil
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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Act of War. For some strange reason it was a bitch to get working. I dunno why. It always worked in Windows XP before. And the expansion wont play at all.
But the game itself is probably the best RTS ever. Shame it was compared to Generals, because Generals had rotten gameplay and Act of War was damn good.
Been playing the campaign and some skirmishes.

Also tried to start another game of BG2, but unfortunately I think I finally played it out. Not interested anymore. Sad its finally come to this. May have to give up my PC gaming days forever.

Started another game of Test Drive Unlimited. Again, nothing new. All played out. They came out with an expansion pack but it was just more cars, most of which sucked ass except for the Lamborghini Countach and the Mercedes Benz GTR.
They should have had twice as many missions in the race, speed, and time games.
The model and hitch-hiker missions sucked ass and I dunno why they even had them. Fucking annoying.

TDU 2 is coming out one day, will look forward to it.
 

Via

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Jan 14, 2009
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Nothing at the moment- I always redo my harddrive before I do my taxes with Turbotax, just in case there's something buried in there that nothing can find.

But before that:

I tried hard to get through Spellforce 2, but I finally found myself not coming back to it anymore. It's a pretty game with some neat ideas, but in the end the RPG/RTS combo leaves the depth of both parts a bit lacking.

Still stubbornly click on the X2 icon once in a great while, but my gaming sessions are pretty short anymore - maybe a mission or two and a little econ management.

I re-installed X3 and tried hard to get into it. The latest big patch seems to change the interface a lot from when I last tried it. But the result was the same - a few hours of honest effort before giving up in frustration.

Since I'm evidently smart enough to understand and really enjoy X2 why the %^&* can't I get X3?

Still play a game of Bloons every now and then.
 

JeffNY35

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Dec 16, 2009
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From most to least played:

League of Legends - so addictive. despite being bloody frustrating at times I keep playing over and over.

Witcher Enhanced Edition - Directors cut has boobs! Plus I never actually beat the original game so replaying.

Dragon Age origins: awakenings - Pretty good but I havent touched it in a week.

BC2 - Was addiciting for a couple weeks, suddenly lost the motivation to play.

ME2 - Was replaying on the hardest difficulty but havent touched it in couple weeks.
 

Skurge

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Aug 17, 2009
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Started another game of Test Drive Unlimited. Again, nothing new. All played out. They came out with an expansion pack but it was just more cars, most of which sucked ass except for the Lamborghini Countach and the Mercedes Benz GTR.
They should have had twice as many missions in the race, speed, and time games.
The model and hitch-hiker missions sucked ass and I dunno why they even had them. Fucking annoying.

TDU 2 is coming out one day, will look forward to it.

Where do I find that expansion?
 

ibex333

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Mar 26, 2005
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I am currently playing Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War Chaos Rising. (Already beat single player campaigns for the original and expansion) The skirmish is a riot. Haven't tried multiplayer yet, because this is a friend's copy, hence I cant go online. I am planning to buy my own copy any day now, so I can start playing against people online.

IMO, Dawn of War is one of the very best RTS of all time. Whether DOWII is as good as the 1st one is arguable, but it is still an awesome game, and I think it may be just as good, albeit in it's own way. I am still struggling with myself on this... Never mind, it's single player is probably worse.. Definitely worse. But multiplayer is kickass, and singleplayer is still worth anyone's time.

The reason why I think DOW is so damn good is because Relic did a truly awesome job at conveying the sheer violence, brutality and chaos of war. Every time I play this fucking game I get so worked up, I feel like screaming DIE DIE DIE!!! FUCKING DIE! ARRRGGHHH!!!! All I hear in my head is the sound of the heavy bolter tearing the enemy apart.... If you seen that "Angry German Kid" video on utube, that's pretty much how I feel on the inside. When I exit the game and walk away I feel like punching the wall or something.. It's really hard to control emotions....

I know how all this sounds, but I am a very nonviolent person in RL, and I would never hurt anyone. I am just talking about how the game makes me feel. ; )

Anyway.. did I already mention Dawn of War is absolutely amazing? The original DOW had an absolutely EPIC singleplayer campaign... The music, the voiceovers.. The quotes... I still cant forget it all now. Desperation.. Story.. Thrill of victory..
I use the quote "Blessed is the mind too small for doubt" on many forums as my sig. There is so much hidden meaning in these words... It can be interpreted by many people in different ways.. You can see a lot in it, or you may see nothing at all.

In DOW and CoH, one Tank can decide the game under right circumstances. There is a concept of flanking units from back where the armor is weaker.... There is morale.... Show me how many other RTS have that!! This is actually how it should be, but you'll be surprised how many lame RTS out there miss this concept. 10 marines killing a Battlecruiser in Starcraft?!!!! A hoard of assault rifle infantry defeating tanks in Command and Conquer? Forget it.... They all WISH they were Dawn of War. C&C trying to copy Raptors with Tiberium troopers... Srarcraft 2 doing the same for the Terran units.... But who was the FIRST to introduce melee jumppack infantry in RTS? Dawn of War off course! (Ok fine Tiberian Sun had this first, but there it was poorly executed, and didn't work even remotely in the same way)

There is no lame resource collecting with drones, workers, harvesters, peasants or SCVs in DOW. No "turtling in" and hoping for a counter attack when the enemy drains his resources... You sit idle and wait? You lose. End of story. It's all about capping victory points which encourages charging into the action, and going out there to get what's yours and win.

I feel that Warhammer Dawn of War deserves a place in the hall of fame of greatest games of all time.
 
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JeffNY35

Senior member
Dec 16, 2009
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I am currently playing Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War Chaos Rising. (Already beat single player campaigns for the original and expansion) The skirmish is a riot. Haven't tried multiplayer yet, because this is a friend's copy, hence I cant go online. I am planning to buy my own copy any day now, so I can start playing against people online.

IMO, Dawn of War is one of the very best RTS of all time. Whether DOWII is as good as the 1st one is arguable, but it is still an awesome game, and I think it may be just as good, albeit in it's own way. I am still struggling with myself on this... Never mind, it's single player is probably worse.. Definitely worse. But multiplayer is kickass, and singleplayer is still worth anyone's time.

The reason why I think DOW is so damn good is because Relic did a truly awesome job at conveying the sheer violence, brutality and chaos of war. Every time I play this fucking game I get so worked up, I feel like screaming DIE DIE DIE!!! FUCKING DIE! ARRRGGHHH!!!! All I hear in my head is the sound of the heavy bolter tearing the enemy apart.... If you seen that "Angry German Kid" video on utube, that's pretty much how I feel on the inside. When I exit the game and walk away I feel like punching the wall or something.. It's really hard to control emotions....

I know how all this sounds, but I am a very nonviolent person in RL, and I would never hurt anyone. I am just talking about how the game makes me feel. ; )

Anyway.. did I already mention Dawn of War is absolutely amazing? The original DOW had an absolutely EPIC singleplayer campaign... The music, the voiceovers.. The quotes... I still cant forget it all now. Desperation.. Story.. Thrill of victory..
I use the quote "Blessed is the mind too small for doubt" on many forums as my sig. There is so much hidden meaning in these words... It can be interpreted by many people in different ways.. You can see a lot in it, or you may see nothing at all.

In DOW and CoH, one Tank can decide the game under right circumstances. There is a concept of flanking units from back where the armor is weaker.... There is morale.... Show me how many other RTS have that!! This is actually how it should be, but you'll be surprised how many lame RTS out there miss this concept. 10 marines killing a Battlecruiser in Starcraft?!!!! A hoard of assault rifle infantry defeating tanks in Command and Conquer? Forget it.... They all WISH they were Dawn of War. C&C trying to copy Raptors with Tiberium troopers... Srarcraft 2 doing the same for the Terran units.... But who was the FIRST to introduce melee jumppack infantry in RTS? Dawn of War off course! (Ok fine Tiberian Sun had this first, but there it was poorly executed, and didn't work even remotely in the same way)

There is no lame resource collecting with drones, workers, harvesters, peasants or SCVs in DOW. No "turtling in" and hoping for a counter attack when the enemy drains his resources... You sit idle and wait? You lose. End of story. It's all about capping victory points which encourages charging into the action, and going out there to get what's yours and win.

I feel that Warhammer Dawn of War deserves a place in the hall of fame of greatest games of all time.

I played the DoW II SP, liked it alot but once I beat it I felt like there was no reason to keep going. I dont like playing those types of games online and being able to play the different races would of made it a much more complete game, IMO.

How does the expansion compare?
 

ibex333

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Mar 26, 2005
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@JeffNY

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying because you CAN play many diffferent races. You got Eldar, Orks, Tyrranids, Space Marines, and now Chaos as well.

The chaos faction makes an already good game even better. Relic did a good job with them. Check it out when you get a chance.
 

JeffNY35

Senior member
Dec 16, 2009
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@JeffNY

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying because you CAN play many diffferent races. You got Eldar, Orks, Tyrranids, Space Marines, and now Chaos as well.

The chaos faction makes an already good game even better. Relic did a good job with them. Check it out when you get a chance.

But not in single campaign.