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HnK416 posted:Seeing as this is a video game thread in TFR, I feel it right to ask a question. Why is there no good Punisher video game? Capcom made a pretty excellent 2D beat-'em-up arcade game in the early 90's (2nd player got to be Nick Fury). The NES Punisher game was also fun as hell.
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And is the damage in Red Faction persistent at all? I mean, after you wreck a city block and you drive off, will you return a few minutes later to fresh new buildings?
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| # ¿ Jun 29, 2009 15:34 |
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On a related note, I've found myself hitting the 360 a bit more often recently, even going through some older titles. I would totally dig getting in some co-op Mercs 2, and I've got most all the big shooters. Gamertag is same as username.
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| # ¿ Jul 20, 2009 20:04 |
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JEEVES420 posted:It sure did look pretty Don't forget having to stop every two miles to kill five dudes at a checkpoint.
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| # ¿ Jul 30, 2009 19:05 |
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Only things I remember from the game are:
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gauss posted:Something TFRers might appreciate is that I did a bunch of trailers for a game I worked on called Darkest of Days. Looking good. I just might have to pick this up so I can go loud and drop tangos. Pretty Little Rainbow posted:Also I hope this is like the Jaguar AVP where you're free roaming around a ship and poo poo and have to go to various parts of it instead of a linear set of levels. Man, why'd you have to bring this up? Now I'm going to have to spend the next couple hours hitting auction sites trying to see if I can find the Jaguar AVP somewhere for a price somewhere south of retarded. It's the only other game I really need to get for the Jag. I picked up most of the other games for $3 each when K*B Toys was liquidating them. Nipponophile fucked around with this message at Jul 31, 2009 around 02:43 |
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Pretty Little Rainbow posted:Haha, does it go for big money because its one of the like 2 good games for the Jag? Exactly. It was the must-have game for the console. (The other was Tempest 2000, best sound to ever come out of a cartridge-based gaming system and trippy as gently caress gameplay and visuals.) Pretty Little Rainbow posted:I want to buy a bunch of the oldschool consoles I never really got to try out like the Jag and poo poo and invite a bunch of friends over and get hammered and try to beat AVP in one sitting or something. I've got a pretty respectable console collection, and for the longest time me and a college buddy kicked around the idea of having a console party at my house. We'd get as many friends as we could to bring TVs and set them up around the place so that people could wander between them and try different stuff. Sadly, we never got around to this. Still have all the consoles though, I'm a terrible packrat when it comes to tech stuff.
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| # ¿ Jul 31, 2009 03:02 |
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Cyrano4747 posted:Seriously, I'd fly across the country for this. Does the Toxx clause apply in TFR? I don't want to go to all the effort and have you wimp out at the last minute... Man, I should dig through some of my boxes of games and consoles sometime. They've been packed away so long, I'm not even sure what I have anymore. I do remember that my sister took my NES and I never saw it again.
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| # ¿ Jul 31, 2009 03:12 |
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Pretty Little Rainbow posted:When I get paid I'm probably grabbing a NES and MiG-29 Soviet Fighter for some reason, I pawned all my video game consoles during unemployment. I managed to hold on to my consoles because they're fairly compact, but I cry manly tears when I think about some of the computers I had to get rid of. I used to have a collection of vintage personal computers from the 70s-80s, stuff like TRS-80s, Commodores, Atari 400s, and an Osbourne portable. I probably had 20-25 of them all together. Cyrano4747 posted:If you build it, they will come. By the time I get my apartment in presentable shape for company, you'll probably be in Germany. Nipponophile fucked around with this message at Jul 31, 2009 around 03:20 |
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Secret Ooze posted:So of the Mechwarrior games listed, which would be worth my gaming dollars? See if you can find a copy of The Crescent Hawk's Inception. That's the last one I enjoyed.
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| # ¿ Aug 10, 2009 02:10 |
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Oh man, the old Dynamix A-10 games were great for that. Nothing quite like limping back home missing an engine and half a wing. Now I have to see if I can get those running again.
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| # ¿ Aug 12, 2009 15:24 |
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Detective Thompson posted:Should I try updating the sound drivers? Yeah, the type of problem you described is almost always driver-related. Bad news is, sometimes new drivers won't fix it.
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| # ¿ Aug 12, 2009 23:33 |
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Bah, Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple II are where it's at. Especially Beyond Castle Wolfenstein, it had stealth infiltration gameplay over a decade before it became the cool thing to do.
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| # ¿ Aug 25, 2009 13:44 |
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I just beat Shadow Complex. I'll second (or whatever) the recommendations for that if you like the Metroid-Castlevania type of exploration platformer. It's fun as hell, though there are some bits I'm sure I'll never be able to pull off the necessary finger gyrations to access. No matter, the game can be beaten without any of the extra stuff.
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| # ¿ Aug 30, 2009 04:30 |
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If I get my new PC in this week, I'm down for sucking hard at some TF2!
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| # ¿ Sep 2, 2009 15:28 |
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Welp, looks like FedEx has screwed me once again. I won't be getting my new computer until Saturday, so no TFR TF2 for me this week.
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| # ¿ Sep 3, 2009 23:05 |
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All you guys suck for playing without me. I'm just saying that this had better turn into a weekly or biweekly thing.
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| # ¿ Sep 5, 2009 04:54 |
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Speaking of computer games, my new machine is in. There's this game I've been hearing about called World of Warcraft, I think I'm going to give it a try.
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| # ¿ Sep 8, 2009 21:36 |
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gauss posted:The things you learn first time out. I can only hope that you get the chance to implement these lessons in the inevitable sequel: Darkester of Days - Even More Darkest 
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| # ¿ Sep 14, 2009 20:35 |
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So would I be correct to assume that STALKER would be worth $5? http://www.direct2drive.com/d2dturns5 These guys are selling it and a bunch of other stuff cheap.
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| # ¿ Sep 15, 2009 14:41 |
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infrared35 posted:Why can't I get the bootable ISO of Ubuntu 9 to run on ANY of my computers? More specifics on how it's not running? Does the CD boot up at all? Are you getting an error screen?
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| # ¿ Oct 9, 2009 17:35 |
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infrared35 posted:I've got some, but no matter which computer I try it in, it says there are no supported burners. Did it come packaged with a specific computer or CD burner? Most of the time, programs like that get crippled so they only work with that specific computer/burner. There should be some freeware/shareware programs you can download that will let you burn an ISO image to disk. I don't know a specific one off the top of my head, but I'll dig around a bit and see what I can find.
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| # ¿ Oct 9, 2009 20:53 |
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I just picked up Borderlands, and might be playing some co-op if I can tear myself away from WoW. My Steam name is the same as my SA name.
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| # ¿ Oct 27, 2009 14:23 |
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Uncle Caveman posted:"Crusader: No Remorse demo system requirements: Pentium 75MHz 8MB RAM (Oh those Origin programmers!)" This and the hard drive nostalgia going on reminded me of an awesome story I read recently. If anybody here played the original Wing Commander on PC, you might remember that every time you finished and quit to DOS, you'd see the message "Thank you for playing Wing Commander!" I'd taken this at face value until a couple months ago, when a dude who was one of the lead developers for Origin posted the explanation. For Wing Commander, they had written their own memory manager that the game ran on top of. Companies had to do this in the late DOS era, since the operating system didn't handle higher memory like modern ones do. During testing, this memory manager would consistently throw an error message when exiting the game. It didn't affect the program at all, since it was done after you quit, but it looked really bad to have an error consistently popping up. As the deadline came closer, they were still unable to track down what was causing this error. So, in desperation, this guy went into the error reporting code for the memory manager, and changed what that particular error displayed when it was thrown. So instead of reporting "Error #xxxxx", it printed "Thank you for playing Wing Commander!" That's how the game shipped.
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| # ¿ Nov 9, 2009 08:54 |
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Here's a trailer with everything you need to know. The potential for awesome is massive. http://kotaku.com/5427100/red-dead-...annel-treatment
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| # ¿ Dec 16, 2009 16:32 |
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Inspector_71 posted:San Andreas is probably my least favorite just because I think it was a little too big, although I did love all the tie-ins to 3. This was my beef with it. Plenty of stuff I love, like the character customization, turf wars, and side missions; but when I kept failing a mission out in the country and having to drive for ten minutes each time to get back to the starting point, that burned me out pretty quick. GTA IV's "retry mission" option sidestepped this perfectly. I'd really like to see the turf war mechanic come back in a future iteration. I enjoyed the hell out of packing a car full of gangstas, rolling up, and starting some poo poo.
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| # ¿ Dec 17, 2009 20:38 |
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Micromancer posted:OK, what's the easiest way to capture GTA:SA videos? Is there a TSR that can do it? I've tried searching for poo poo that will record PC games, but everything I get is plug a console into your dazzle hurrrr poo poo. The Let's Play subforum in Games has a tech support thread stickied that gives all kinds of good info for stuff like this.
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| # ¿ Dec 20, 2009 03:15 |
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serakyu posted:That was the most beautiful song I've ever heard. I just downloaded the full version from EA. The full studio version is even better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT6UkuTiHrE
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| # ¿ Jan 8, 2010 05:46 |
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Inspector_71 posted:So I have Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 1. I've hardly gotten through ME1, but should I finish it before moving onto 2? Absolutely. It's not like you're having to slog through some archaic, broke-rear end game to get to the fun stuff. Mass Effect 1 is good enough to still stand on its own merits, and there's actually some continuity between games that's based on the decisions you make in the first. In fact, I'm probably going to give it another run through before I pick up ME2, just to freshen up. ME1 is one of a very few RPG/adventure type games that I've played all the way through multiple times and am still willing to do so again.
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| # ¿ Jan 27, 2010 05:03 |
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Also, just wanted to mention that I've been waiting for a U.S. release of part of this franchise for almost 15 years now: http://www.sakurawars.us/ Yes, it is a strategy RPG set in the 1920's where members of a musical theater troupe pilot steampunk mecha against the man who united Japan in 1600. Dating sim elements are also included. I preordered this as hard as I possibly could.
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| # ¿ Jan 27, 2010 05:32 |
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Cyrano4747 posted:Well, at least you live up to your screen name. Well, I'd hate to run afoul of rule 10...
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| # ¿ Jan 27, 2010 05:59 |
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Micromancer posted:The loving cursor flying all over the screen instead of aiming at poo poo is retarded. I can see some variance, some amount of you aim here but it hits nearby but the way this is acting there is no way my character would have qualified with any of the guns it is equiped with at boot. Elite fighter my rear end. Keep in mind that not all characters have proficiency with all weapons. If you're using a non-proficient weapon (like a Vanguard using assault rifles), then you'll have poo poo for accuracy. The size of your crosshairs should give you a good idea how accurate you are. If you're stationary and aiming with a proficient weapon, the crosshair should be dead on.
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| # ¿ Jan 31, 2010 03:16 |
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I'd actually planned on playing some Star Trek Online this weekend, but the typical new MMO teething problems meant that their servers were down for a good chunk of the weekend. In lieu of that, I've been playing ME2. Good fun. It'll probably get me to pick up the PC version of ME1 to run through again next time Steam has it on sale. I'm especially digging the mid-cutscene interrupts.
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| # ¿ Feb 1, 2010 22:44 |
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GoldenNugget posted:Only problem I have is with shielded and armored dudes, who I have to just plink at with the machine pistol. Any way to bypass this annoyance? Tell your teammates with Overload and Incinerate to wreck their poo poo.
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| # ¿ Feb 1, 2010 22:54 |
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Video Game Thread: Pretty much just Mass Effect
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| # ¿ Feb 2, 2010 05:51 |
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JEEVES420 posted:I think steam has an anti drunken impulse buy built into it. My credit card statement says otherwise.
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| # ¿ Feb 2, 2010 21:06 |
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I was just checking my bank statement earlier today, and I saw a convenience store (beer) charge followed a few hours later by a Steam charge happen more than once. I mean, am I not supposed to (re)buy all the X-Com games for $2? What kind of crazy logic is that?
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| # ¿ Feb 3, 2010 00:13 |
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So I've played a couple hours worth of Bioshock 2 now... My conclusion? Honestly, I'd rather be playing Mass Effect 2. I'm sure part of it is due to my lack of skill at PC shooters, and I'm sure I'll stick it out until the end, and I'm equally sure it'll have a fairly engaging story, but the game just hasn't reached out and grabbed me like a modern game needs to. I mean, seriously, in this day and age where if you don't have a new release five-star title that waiting for you, you can just download one from any number of legal sources, I am spoiled as gently caress. If a game doesn't do something within the first two hours that makes me think "Holy gently caress, I need to keep playing this" then I don't keep playing it, simple as that. I'm not saying that Bioshock 2 is bad, not at all, but it's extremely similar to the first one so far. Playing it at the same time as ME2 is really driving home the difference between a limited-scope universe with absolutely brilliant character interaction/development and a beautifully realized setting with practically no character depth.
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| # ¿ Feb 11, 2010 05:19 |
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Cyrano4747 posted:favorable review Thanks for that. I'd been thinking about it, and I'll probably pick it up now. Of course, I've been picking up almost everything Steam's been putting or sale for $5 or less, just on the off chance that I'll ever play it in the future.
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| # ¿ Feb 12, 2010 18:13 |
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So I just finished up Mass Effect 2 over the weekend. It's got plusses and minuses, but I think the biggest issue I currently have is that I want to go back and do another run with a different play style, but I also want to lead it in with an appropriate run of ME1 to see how those choices play out differently. It's gonna be retarded in a couple of years when the third one's out, and I'm meticulously playing through the whole trilogy back to back to watch the (minimal) impact of my actions.
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| # ¿ Feb 17, 2010 19:49 |
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I feel like I'm missing out on most of this thread by not having played S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I really don't care much for shooters in general. Am I really losing out for putting it on the shelf? (Thanks to a bulk purchase, I own SoC, but haven't gotten around to playing it yet.)
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