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Super Aggro Crag posted:I just got laid off so I'm looking for a PC game to help pass the time. I used to play WoW, but once I hit 80 I got bored of doing the same dungeons 5,000 times. My favorite things to do in WoW oddly enough were mining and buying/selling at the Auction House. Are there any (free) MMOs that focus strongly on that aspect of the game? Don't get me wrong, I like grinding, doing quests and dungeons, but the WoW end game content was really boring to me. While not an MMO try Recettear, you own an item shop to pay back debt and it has a little dungeoneering side-quest type deal. It has a free demo as well.
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Cable posted:Hello again. I completed Arkham Asylum yesterday, and I'm looking for more GOOD (and <15$, i'm saving for nv D:) games better played with a controller (I just bought one and fancy using it) that can be bought on Steam. I know this is a very vague request, but anything like batman, max payne or even recettear will be fine. Prototype is a little on the expensive side but it's an absolutely fantastic game with two godawful boss fights. Probably the only game I've ever done every optional challenge in and enjoyed every bit of it besides GTA3/VC/SA. edit - bleh nevermind it's up to $30 again which puts it out of consideration for you. Still a very good game to watch for if it goes on sale again.
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Luminaflare posted:Actually on that note what are some good games where you play the bad guy? I've already played Evil Genius, Dungeon Keeper (games just generally like those two would be awesome as well) and Overlord. Also before anyone suggests Fable, while technically able to be evil you're still saving the world hero style so it's not really evil (3 has this represented the best, you're not evil, just immoral). Fallout: New Vegas is good for this. You can go around murdering literally anyone who you don't like (even quest-sensitive NPCs), wipe out entire villages (which will be properly acknowledged by the game) and just choose to side with the faction that will enslave or murder everyone instead of fighting them.
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Luminaflare posted:While not an MMO try Recettear, you own an item shop to pay back debt and it has a little dungeoneering side-quest type deal. It has a free demo as well. Should have mentioned I'm looking for something that's online as well, so I can play with other people. I'd reinstall WoW but some Chinese hacker got into my account and sold all my poo poo a few months back when I uninstalled it, and didn't feel like fixing the problem. gently caress it I'm just going to reinstall WoW. Super Aggro Crag fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Nov 2, 2010 |
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Should have mentioned I'm looking for something that's online as well, so I can play with other people. I'd reinstall WoW but some Chinese hacker got into my account and sold all my poo poo a few months back when I uninstalled it, and didn't feel like fixing the problem. Get an Authenticator, petition a GM to restore your stuff, and get an Authenticator.
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I loved Sins of a Solar Empire (+xpacs). I'm looking for a real time 4X, space or fantasy preferred; came out in the last decade preferred. Probably going to check out Anno 1404, but sounds like it lacks the SPACE or HURRMAGIC feel I want. I want to check out Rise of Legends, too. Is that pretty much it?
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Chapel posted:I loved Sins of a Solar Empire (+xpacs). I'm looking for a real time 4X, space or fantasy preferred; came out in the last decade preferred. Well... Distant Worlds is a real-time 4X game. It's not a lot like Sins of a Solar Empire though, which isn't really a 4X game at all.
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Chapel posted:I loved Sins of a Solar Empire (+xpacs). I'm looking for a real time 4X, space or fantasy preferred; came out in the last decade preferred. Look no further than AI wars. The pacing and resource model are very similar, and they just updated their engine.
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Chapel posted:I loved Sins of a Solar Empire (+xpacs). I'm looking for a real time 4X, space or fantasy preferred; came out in the last decade preferred. There is also Star Ruler, an indie 4x developed by resident goon Firgof. It's pretty good if somewhat unpolished and it gets updated all the time.
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Osmosisch posted:Look no further than AI wars. Perestroika posted:There is also Star Ruler, This actually kinda irks me that I haven't heard of AI wars. Either way it looks like both of these are almost precisely what I'm looking for. Thanks!
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You're spot-on about the diamond in the rough analogy, it really is that. Whenever I recommend this to someone I preface it with "It seems really lame and tries too hard to be gritty with tits everywhere, BUT..." and I'm sorry for the people who kept insisting it was some kind of combo-brawler (I don't really get why people desperately try to get anyone to play the games they like at any cost). The voice-acting and dialogue is laughable throughout but definitely has an ironic charm to it. However if you can see any good in the game thus far then you probably should come back to it when you're looking for a more point-and-click RPG experience, because after the first act the game really increases in quality and stays great throughout. This is probably the only game besides Planescape: Torment where I actually made choices based on the plot consequences and not for gameplay reasons. Choices you make early on will come back to haunt you, which gives a cool sense of scale and prevents you from just reloading when something unexpectedly blows up in your face. Plus the music/atmosphere is pretty great, even though it's not far from Standard Fantasy the Eastern European influence really gives it a unique feel. And afterwards you and your bros can toss around great quotes like "Did you ever consider that your plan would bring you face to face with A WITCHER?!"
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Looking for a space 4x game that's not overly complicated, basically the civ revolutions of 4x space basically. I liked SotS, but the tactical combat was pretty clunky and anemic. Having real time combat is not a necessity, but I just don't want to be spending ages digging through menus and tables trying to manage an empire. Any suggestions?
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How's No More Heroes? Should I just disregard IGN's score of it? It really reminds me of Kill Bill as a videogame; you hunt assassins as one yourself while the entire thing is a parody/homage of the medium the work belongs to. That seems awesome, but what do you guys think? I was also considering Muramasa, since the graphics make the game look like it belongs in a museum. Way of the Samurai for PS2 is also under my consideration.
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Pikey posted:Looking for a space 4x game that's not overly complicated, basically the civ revolutions of 4x space basically. I liked SotS, but the tactical combat was pretty clunky and anemic. Having real time combat is not a necessity, but I just don't want to be spending ages digging through menus and tables trying to manage an empire. Any suggestions? Galactic Civilizations II has often been called Civ in Space. It's a fairly apt analogy and it's also a very good game. There's also a Civ IV mod that turns it into a Space 4X game but GalCiv2 is probably a better bet. Should be pretty cheap on Impulse.
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Red Octopus!! posted:How's No More Heroes? Should I just disregard IGN's score of it? It really reminds me of Kill Bill as a videogame; you hunt assassins as one yourself while the entire thing is a parody/homage of the medium the work belongs to. That seems awesome, but what do you guys think? I was also considering Muramasa, since the graphics make the game look like it belongs in a museum. Way of the Samurai for PS2 is also under my consideration. I love No More Heroes, but it's not for everyone- the gameplay is pretty simple and you won't find a lot of challenge outside the bossfights. If you're in the mood for old-school brawler sensibilities and a bizarre storyline with a sense of humour you'll love it, though. Way Of The Samurai is brilliant, to me. A single runthrough is only a few hours, but the sheer amount of variability in the world means you'll probably put weeks into it like I did, trying to get every permutation of the plot and the elusive 'best' ending. The combat is incredibly fun, too.
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Red Octopus!! posted:How's No More Heroes? Should I just disregard IGN's score of it? It really reminds me of Kill Bill as a videogame; you hunt assassins as one yourself while the entire thing is a parody/homage of the medium the work belongs to. That seems awesome, but what do you guys think? I was also considering Muramasa, since the graphics make the game look like it belongs in a museum. Way of the Samurai for PS2 is also under my consideration. I can't think of anything good to say about No More Heroes other than it has some good boss design and the quirkiness sometimes works. I was very disappointed in it, to say the least. Way of the Samurai I missed when it was new, and I think it maybe hasn't aged well. The "choose your own adventure" quality of the gameplay is interesting, but I was bored before I even finished my first playthrough, and it's a very short game. It's perhaps too simple, and rather flat and ugly in that early PS2 way. Rollersnake fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Nov 6, 2010 |
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Red Octopus!! posted:Should I just disregard IGN's score of it?
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I'm having trouble deciding between Fallout 3 GOTY edition and Fallout New Vegas, since they're the same price. Any suggestions? I really liked Fallout 3 on the 360, but I never got that far and never bought any of the addons because it felt weird playing with a controller. Fallout NV looks like a lot of fun, though.
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Rollersnake posted:I can't think of anything good to say about No More Heroes other than it has some good boss design and the quirkiness sometimes works. I was very disappointed in it, to say the least. Basically, if you're a fan of Suda51's other works (Flower, Sun, and Rain and Killer7), you'll love No More Heroes. However, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is probably the better game, and if you actually care about good gameplay, that might be the one to try. And yeah, the plot is basically Scott Pilgrim + Kill Bill.
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NewAge posted:I'm having trouble deciding between Fallout 3 GOTY edition and Fallout New Vegas, since they're the same price. Any suggestions? New Vegas, without a doubt. Nicer story, better writing, traits, proper companions, nicer overall graphics. It just blows Fallout 3 out of the water in pretty much ever aspect.
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Perestroika posted:New Vegas, without a doubt. Nicer story, better writing, traits, proper companions, nicer overall graphics. It's decided then. Thanks 
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Pikey posted:Looking for a space 4x game that's not overly complicated, basically the civ revolutions of 4x space basically. I liked SotS, but the tactical combat was pretty clunky and anemic. Having real time combat is not a necessity, but I just don't want to be spending ages digging through menus and tables trying to manage an empire. Any suggestions? Sword of the Stars. The game got average reviews at first but the expansion packs improved on everything and pretty much everyone will tell you it's an entirely different, better game than the originals. If Galactic Civilizations is Civilizations IV then Sword of the Stars is Civilization Revolutions. It has one of the best interfaces I've seen in an 4x game and every action can be controlled entirely with the mouse.
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Perestroika posted:New Vegas, without a doubt. Nicer story, better writing, traits, proper companions, nicer overall graphics. I'd encourage everybody to take this with a grain of salt. It is essentially more Fallout 3, albeit with more fun things and additions like weapon mods, and the story line is a lot more fun because you can actually influence it's outcome, and even be just a straight up evil prick, unlike Fallout 3 where it turns out, yeah, you can be evil, for about 30 minutes until you save the world as Jesus Christ in a power armor suit. That said, New Vegas is retarded buggy, doesn't look at all better or different than Fallout 3 save for a few new textures and models, and the engine is really starting to show its age. Hell, the wasteland is pretty much the DC wasteland, just more desert-y. Fallout 3 GOTY has a lot more content than New Vegas does at launch as well. Both the Pitt and Broken Steel are awesome as hell. I'd probably go with the GOTY, you're probably not going to be missing a whole lot with New Vegas; it's pretty much Fallout 3.2 or something.
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Most/all of New Vegas's problems come down to the lovely engine. In every other aspect it will kick Fallout 3's rear end. The story is better, the combat is better, the companions are better, and your character build has much more impact. In fact the only thing I'd say that I enjoyed less than Fallout 3 was Mr. New Vegas (It might be an unpopular opinion but THREE DAWG is the loving man). If you really can't get both, then I'd still recommend New Vegas. If you can get both, then that's even better! Fallout 3 is good on its own but the Broken Steel, Point Lookout and The Pitt DLC are all definitely worth it.
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I've been watching The Pacific and Band of Brothers, and I'm in a WW2 mood. What are some of the better WW2 games availible for the 360? I remember having played Brothers In Arms on the PC, but I gave up a short while in because it ran so poorly on my PC (engine was poo poo). I've never kept up with shooters on the 360, so I am sort of clueless. I don't mind if it's first or third person, anything goes.
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csidle posted:I've been watching The Pacific and Band of Brothers, and I'm in a WW2 mood. What are some of the better WW2 games availible for the 360? I remember having played Brothers In Arms on the PC, but I gave up a short while in because it ran so poorly on my PC (engine was poo poo). I've never kept up with shooters on the 360, so I am sort of clueless. I don't mind if it's first or third person, anything goes. I'd say Call of Duty 2, or Call of Duty: World at War. I've had a lot of fun with both of them. Whatever you've heard about the CoD games, they can be fun. And they should be cheap these days too.
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How good is the Shining Force series compared to other strategy RPGs? I've got 1 and 2 from the SEGA Ultimate Collection, and after I gave it a spin the other day I was wondering if it's worth trying to get into. In the same vein, should I jump straight to 2 if I don't have any nostalgia invested in the series?
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Frankosity posted:How good is the Shining Force series compared to other strategy RPGs? I've got 1 and 2 from the SEGA Ultimate Collection, and after I gave it a spin the other day I was wondering if it's worth trying to get into. In the same vein, should I jump straight to 2 if I don't have any nostalgia invested in the series? They play pretty differently from most modern SRPGs but are still fairly fun. 2 is probably a better game but to be honest it's not necessarily such a massive improvement that you should skip 1. Just play both unless you really don't have time to.
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Frankosity posted:How good is the Shining Force series compared to other strategy RPGs? I've got 1 and 2 from the SEGA Ultimate Collection, and after I gave it a spin the other day I was wondering if it's worth trying to get into. In the same vein, should I jump straight to 2 if I don't have any nostalgia invested in the series? I loved the whole series back in the day, but man they are hard to play through today. I guess I was just willing to accept 45-minute fights in games that require grinding and have random battles when I was younger. But no, you're not losing anything by skipping the first one. My own question: I really really loved the Avernum and Geneforge series. Are there any other overhead turn-based rpgs that should be on my must-play list?
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I'd like to see someone try to recommend me a game based on previous games I have enjoyed, I can get a Wii, GameCube, PS2, or PC game, although I'd prefer a PC game or Wii game. Here are some of the games I've recently played, ordered roughly so the most of the ones I enjoyed the most are near the top Black and White 1/2 Portal Super Mario Galaxy 1/2 The Zelda series Mirror's Edge Half Life 2 and the episodes No More Heroes 1/2 COD Modern Warfare 2 Overlord 1/2 Fable 1/2 (I've sold my 360 now, so I'm waiting for 3 to come out on PC) Fallout 3/New Vegas Mario and Luigi Time Travel something something Super Smash Brothers Brawl Team Fortress 2 Left 4 Dead Portal 2 (it wasn't that great tbh) Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Blockland Red Octopus!! posted:How's No More Heroes? Should I just disregard IGN's score of it? It really reminds me of Kill Bill as a videogame; you hunt assassins as one yourself while the entire thing is a parody/homage of the medium the work belongs to. That seems awesome, but what do you guys think? I was also considering Muramasa, since the graphics make the game look like it belongs in a museum. Way of the Samurai for PS2 is also under my consideration. No More Heroes is a lot of fun, but the padding is terrible. I recommend you softmod your Wii and install some cheats to get infinite money or something.
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Megaspel posted:Here are some of the games I've recently played, ordered roughly so the most of the ones I enjoyed the most are near the top Good job being full of poo poo. But anyway, as for the other games, you'd probably like STALKER.
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If you rate Black and White 1 and 2 so highly maybe you will enjoy torture or self mutilation? Perhaps other equally terrible games like Daikatana or Big Rigs Over the Road Racing? Joking aside, I'm going to recommend Little King's Story for the Wii. It's a bit like Pikmin and Overlord in that you get a group of lackeys and give them vague orders to do stuff kill this, chop down that, etc). It's actually incredibly fun and charming, and just as good as those games were. Actually, if you haven't played Pikmin, I'd recommend those games too, they were the prime inspiration for Overlord's and Little King's Story's gameplay. And, uh, you've played Portal 2? What? It's not out yet.
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I'm actually a time traveller from the future in the year 2525. I only got to play a leaked demo though. It's fun but it's full of future memes. Black and White was my favouritest game when I was growing up, I dunno why, I just love god/building/dungeon keeper type games, I didn't like BW2 as much but it had that nostalgia thing going for it. I've heard of STALKER but I have no idea what type of game it is. I'll probably download a demo or something, but could you tell us what it plays like? I'll definitely check out Little King's Story, but you've reminded me to play Pikmin. I've been wanting to get the Pikmin games for a while, I've just forgotten to somehow. Cheers.
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Megaspel posted:I'd like to see someone try to recommend me a game based on previous games I have enjoyed, I can get a Wii, GameCube, PS2, or PC game, although I'd prefer a PC game or Wii game. Black and White 1/2 - Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2 or Ghostmaster Portal - Eh, I dunno Super Mario Galaxy 1/2 - Sly Cooper or Ratchet & Clank series The Zelda series - Darksiders Mirror's Edge - Ummm... Dark Messiah of Might & Magic? Half Life 2 and the episodes - Any shooter, really No More Heroes 1/2 - God Hand COD Modern Warfare 2 - Medal of Honor although I've heard nothing but bad things Overlord 1/2 - Sacrifice Fable 1/2 (I've sold my 360 now, so I'm waiting for 3 to come out on PC) - Gothic 4 Fallout 3/New Vegas - Fallout 1 & 2  or any of the STALKER gamesMario and Luigi Time Travel something something - You're trolling me but Spyfox or Pajama Sam Super Smash Brothers Brawl - Powerstone Team Fortress 2 - Eh, I dunno Left 4 Dead - Killing Floor Portal 2 (it wasn't that great tbh) - Shut up Donkey Kong Jungle Beat - Samba de Amigo Blockland - I dunno al-azad fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Nov 7, 2010 |
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Megaspel posted:I've heard of STALKER but I have no idea what type of game it is. I'll probably download a demo or something, but could you tell us what it plays like? STALKER is kind of tough to pin down what 'type' of game it is. It's foremost a shooter but it has a great many RPG elements even in the way you go through the game world as there are 'towns' to barter in, open field areas with enemies/allies and dungeons. You have an inventory, buy equipment, upgrades and interact with characters but there's no leveling, character stats exp or spendable points. It's an FPS/RPG but found a way to remove the parts that would've made the RPG elements more prominent. al-azad posted:Portal - Eh, I dunno The Ball is the closest thing I can think of but I've only played the mod version.
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Augh, I can't find my boyfriend any games he likes (yes I am more of a gamer than him) . . . he really liked Twilight Princess, Okami and Darksiders . . . are there any more good 3D Zelda-type games he could try? I can't get him to play Wind Waker either, it's "too easy" or too cartoony or something . . . aaaagh.
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Megaspel posted:Super Smash Brothers Brawl You might like Jump Ultimate Stars (or Jump Super stars which is the one before that), it's essentially SSB with shonen jump characters and even if you don't like anime/manga it's pretty drat fun. Unfortunately there's no english release but the menus are pretty simple and there's a really good guide online for it.
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Frankosity posted:How good is the Shining Force series compared to other strategy RPGs? I've got 1 and 2 from the SEGA Ultimate Collection, and after I gave it a spin the other day I was wondering if it's worth trying to get into. In the same vein, should I jump straight to 2 if I don't have any nostalgia invested in the series? Shining Force 2 is better in almost every respect: better graphics, a more entertaining story, more balanced levelling, more characters, more variety etc. Unfortunately, SFII has actual random battles whereas SFI only let's you repeat the same battles. While that might seem like an improvement, the problem is that most of those random encounters take place on the overworld map. The A.I. in SFII is only slightly less braindead and fighting enemies on a plain map gets boring quickly. It's still the better game overall.
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