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Started final attack in me3. Just awesome.Just wondering....at the bar, did any of you have the balls to say to Steve, "I'm eye candy too." I was wtf lol
I've been fighting off his gay advances all game. Had to be real careful in all my choices. Dude I'm with Liara. I'm not gay. None of the chicks give me the option to flirt after I chose someone. Why do they keep insisting I bang the gay guy?As a side note that was annoying that the 2 new characters that we could have a LI with were both gay. It felt a lot like pandering even though I know it was there in the first 2.
I read in the ME wiki that you could hook up with the reporter without impacting your existing relationships but I forgot about it and missed my window I guess.

 
I could not resist and snagged Dark Souls for 12.99 new and the latest Kingdom Amular for 18 bucks new off Amazon.

I will get around to playing both of those a I have no plans of going PS4 till 2015.

 
Started final attack in me3. Just awesome.Just wondering....at the bar, did any of you have the balls to say to Steve, "I'm eye candy too." I was wtf lol
I've been fighting off his gay advances all game. Had to be real careful in all my choices. Dude I'm with Liara. I'm not gay. None of the chicks give me the option to flirt after I chose someone. Why do they keep insisting I bang the gay guy?As a side note that was annoying that the 2 new characters that we could have a LI with were both gay. It felt a lot like pandering even though I know it was there in the first 2.
I read in the ME wiki that you could hook up with the reporter without impacting your existing relationships but I forgot about it and missed my window I guess.
I got the reporter, liara said she knew about it but it did not impact our hooking up at all. Can't believe I just typed that :bag:
 
I could not resist and snagged Dark Souls for 12.99 new and the latest Kingdom Amular for 18 bucks new off Amazon. I will get around to playing both of those a I have no plans of going PS4 till 2015.
Two great games. Did you play Demon Souls? If so you know what is waiting for you in Dark Souls. Kingdoms is an underrated game because too much attention was placed on the company's mess instead of the solid game thy produced.
 
Started final attack in me3. Just awesome.Just wondering....at the bar, did any of you have the balls to say to Steve, "I'm eye candy too." I was wtf lol
Hell to the no! I also did everything I could to keep Kaiden off my squad in ME3, I saved him over Ashley on Virmire in ME2 because protecting the bomb seemed more mission critical, even though I knew he was an ideal squad mate for the final mission in ME3, I was committed to Jack at that point* and I didn't want him to get the wrong idea. *If I play through again (a distinct possibility) I would probably opt to hook up with Tali. She's just darn cool and a bit of a booze hound which is right up my alley.
Tali is the wall flower girl. She's real shy and cute until you get her in bed and then bam. She takes control.One thing I think they missed the boat on was more banter if you had multiple hook ups. It'd be cool if Ash and Liara and Tali all had more cat fights because they all had the Shepard at one point. There was one comment made on the fuel reactor mission. I had Ash and Liara. They had some good cattiness in their banter.
YouTube it. Someone put together clips of all the cat fights.
 
Started final attack in me3. Just awesome.Just wondering....at the bar, did any of you have the balls to say to Steve, "I'm eye candy too." I was wtf lol
Hell to the no! I also did everything I could to keep Kaiden off my squad in ME3, I saved him over Ashley on Virmire in ME2 because protecting the bomb seemed more mission critical, even though I knew he was an ideal squad mate for the final mission in ME3, I was committed to Jack at that point* and I didn't want him to get the wrong idea. *If I play through again (a distinct possibility) I would probably opt to hook up with Tali. She's just darn cool and a bit of a booze hound which is right up my alley.
Tali is the wall flower girl. She's real shy and cute until you get her in bed and then bam. She takes control.One thing I think they missed the boat on was more banter if you had multiple hook ups. It'd be cool if Ash and Liara and Tali all had more cat fights because they all had the Shepard at one point. There was one comment made on the fuel reactor mission. I had Ash and Liara. They had some good cattiness in their banter.
YouTube it. Someone put together clips of all the cat fights.
I tried can't find any good ones.
 
Started final attack in me3. Just awesome.Just wondering....at the bar, did any of you have the balls to say to Steve, "I'm eye candy too." I was wtf lol
I've been fighting off his gay advances all game. Had to be real careful in all my choices. Dude I'm with Liara. I'm not gay. None of the chicks give me the option to flirt after I chose someone. Why do they keep insisting I bang the gay guy?As a side note that was annoying that the 2 new characters that we could have a LI with were both gay. It felt a lot like pandering even though I know it was there in the first 2.
I read in the ME wiki that you could hook up with the reporter without impacting your existing relationships but I forgot about it and missed my window I guess.
I got the reporter, liara said she knew about it but it did not impact our hooking up at all. Can't believe I just typed that :bag:
I can't believe how much reading that makes me want to do another play-through.

 
So what games would you guys consider 10's?

Are there any? Is there such a thing as a flawless game?

The only one I can think of is Knights of the Old Republic. Maybe Uncharted 2.
Can't really speak for this generation of PS3 or XBox as I have not played many. Perfect 10's in my mind from the past would have been Zelda: Ocarina of Time and recently Mario Galaxy and Mario Galaxy 2. My past gaming has consisted of mostly Final Fantasy type games. See my comment/question below.

I think you may be confused about what kind of game it is. From what I've read, it takes less than 20 hours to complete the entire game/story, it's certainly not a '20 hour grind to get 1 hour worth of story material' RPG/MMO type game. I'm guessing it's pretty similar to the Uncharted games as far as story/grinding goes, as in there'll be lots of story and the only grinding there is occurs on the two hardest difficulty settings.
Just wondering about something you stated here. How long do games take now to complete? I know I "overplayed" it but Final Fantasy II and III took me more than 20 hours to beat. Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, I'm pretty sure, took me more than 20 hours to beat. Zelda definitely took me more than 20. I'm paying $60+ to play a game, that is supposedly great, and I am looking forward to The Last of Us but for 20 hours, that seems like a downer. Is this typical with PS3 games and XBox games?

 
I think you may be confused about what kind of game it is. From what I've read, it takes less than 20 hours to complete the entire game/story, it's certainly not a '20 hour grind to get 1 hour worth of story material' RPG/MMO type game. I'm guessing it's pretty similar to the Uncharted games as far as story/grinding goes, as in there'll be lots of story and the only grinding there is occurs on the two hardest difficulty settings.
Just wondering about something you stated here. How long do games take now to complete? I know I "overplayed" it but Final Fantasy II and III took me more than 20 hours to beat. Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, I'm pretty sure, took me more than 20 hours to beat. Zelda definitely took me more than 20. I'm paying $60+ to play a game, that is supposedly great, and I am looking forward to The Last of Us but for 20 hours, that seems like a downer. Is this typical with PS3 games and XBox games?
To be honest I couldn't say. So many games have been made this generation that interest me that I really have no reason to pay $60 for any video game, as I can play a multitude of games released years ago that I can buy for $20 and just wait for a game like The Last of Us to drop in price to $30 or so.

But to attempt to answer your question, from what I've read The Last of Us clocks in at around 17 hours to finish, though it does have multiplayer which hypothetically adds to that, but personally multiplayer is of little interest to me. If you're interested in getting value for your money's worth, they're are plenty of RPGs made these days that offer 50+ hours of original gameplay, and from what I understand some games like Skyrim offer 100+ hours of original gameplay. But I think 15-20 hours of excellent original gameplay is better than 50-60 hours of decent/mediocre gameplay, which is why I can definitely understand why people are more than willing to pay $60 for The Last of Us, as Naughty Dog's reputation for making games is pretty elite, especially for this generation.

 
[Just wondering about something you stated here. How long do games take now to complete? I know I "overplayed" it but Final Fantasy II and III took me more than 20 hours to beat. Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, I'm pretty sure, took me more than 20 hours to beat. Zelda definitely took me more than 20. I'm paying $60+ to play a game, that is supposedly great, and I am looking forward to The Last of Us but for 20 hours, that seems like a downer. Is this typical with PS3 games and XBox games?
It really depends on the game and how much you want to do. There is a big big difference in play time between beating a game on an easy setting vs getting 100% trophies/achievements. I got the following:230 hours out of Fallout 3150 hours out of Demon Souls120 hours out of Dark Souls110 hours out of Kingdoms of Amalur145 hours out Borderlands 160 hours out of BL235 hours out of Bioshock 170 hours out of Bioshock 2(multi player)30 hours out of Uncharted 150 hours out of Lego Lord of the Rings120 hours out of Skyrim
 
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I've been fighting off his gay advances all game. Had to be real careful in all my choices. Dude I'm with Liara. I'm not gay. None of the chicks give me the option to flirt after I chose someone. Why do they keep insisting I bang the gay guy?
I rarely if ever talked to him. He died in a shuttle crash during the final mission, but I was ok with that. As I played all three games back to back to back, by the end, I just wasn't up to trying to complete every conversation tree. I was in "It's a war dude. Everyone lost someone. Buckle up and get busy with, you know, avoiding extinction" mode. I just wasn't up to the whole "Wah, my husband died. Wah I'm sad" thing.
 
Just wondering about something you stated here. How long do games take now to complete? I know I "overplayed" it but Final Fantasy II and III took me more than 20 hours to beat. Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, I'm pretty sure, took me more than 20 hours to beat. Zelda definitely took me more than 20. I'm paying $60+ to play a game, that is supposedly great, and I am looking forward to The Last of Us but for 20 hours, that seems like a downer. Is this typical with PS3 games and XBox games?
The guy at GameStop said he has over 300 hours in Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen and he isn't through it yet. So it really depends on the game. There are some really, really incredible values out there.
 
Dark Souls is sensational, but it's also the sort of game that many people will hate. It is seriously hard and features a nearly-vertical learning curve. I am a huge fan of this franchise. At the same time, it is a fact of life that some people will spend 3-4 hours never being able to get out of the starting area and will just throw the disc away. If this game clicks with you, prepare to sink 100+ hours into the most well-crafted world you've ever encountered in a video game.
After reading several reviews like this on the boards (or maybe your's over and over IK ;) ) I had amazon ship it my way. Haven't had a chance to get started yet but I guess some pre-reading on the wiki is in order?
 
Dark Souls is sensational, but it's also the sort of game that many people will hate. It is seriously hard and features a nearly-vertical learning curve. I am a huge fan of this franchise. At the same time, it is a fact of life that some people will spend 3-4 hours never being able to get out of the starting area and will just throw the disc away. If this game clicks with you, prepare to sink 100+ hours into the most well-crafted world you've ever encountered in a video game.
After reading several reviews like this on the boards (or maybe your's over and over IK ;) ) I had amazon ship it my way. Haven't had a chance to get started yet but I guess some pre-reading on the wiki is in order?
All the reading in the world isn't going to save you. ;)
 
Fired up Counter-Strike last night for the first time in years. What a perfect game... other than having to listen to idiots on their microphones (I know they can be muted but I forget how).

 
I have never played a Mass Effect game but got Mass Effect 3 from Best Buy for $8 this week. Is there any reason that the game won't make any sense to me or that I might not enjoy it?

 
Dark Souls is sensational, but it's also the sort of game that many people will hate. It is seriously hard and features a nearly-vertical learning curve. I am a huge fan of this franchise. At the same time, it is a fact of life that some people will spend 3-4 hours never being able to get out of the starting area and will just throw the disc away. If this game clicks with you, prepare to sink 100+ hours into the most well-crafted world you've ever encountered in a video game.
After reading several reviews like this on the boards (or maybe your's over and over IK ;) ) I had amazon ship it my way. Haven't had a chance to get started yet but I guess some pre-reading on the wiki is in order?
I assume you have not played Demon Souls from this post.

It terms of reading the wiki, you basically just want to read up on some basic tactics (use your shield!), and maybe try and see what order to approach the game in terms of which location to attack (note that the game does not tell you where to do for the most part, you have to explore but don't think of it as an open world setting like skyrim, it is much tighter).

Also, the quick indication you are going he wrong way early is getting your ### handed to you over and over again :)

If you are not a big fan of mapping, print out a demon souls high level map for yourself so that you can see how everything connects.

Also read up a bit on "World Tendency". It is an interesting game mechanic.

http://www.kouryakubo.com/darksouls_en/

 
I have never played a Mass Effect game but got Mass Effect 3 from Best Buy for $8 this week. Is there any reason that the game won't make any sense to me or that I might not enjoy it?
I wouldn't recommend just jumping into 3. Too much carry over in the story from the first two.
 
Demon's Souls, for when you have to make absolutely sure that you never unclench your butt for the duration of a game.I think Dark Souls improved so much on Demon's Souls even though some mechanics were simplified and others were replaced - I think the simplicity makes the story and combat mechanics more rewarding.

 
I have never played a Mass Effect game but got Mass Effect 3 from Best Buy for $8 this week. Is there any reason that the game won't make any sense to me or that I might not enjoy it?
You can certainly start with 3 as it gives you a 15 minute walkthrough where you can make the pivotal decisions that carried over from ME1 & ME2. Personally I think you miss a lot with of great story and game from the first two.

 
Demon's Souls, for when you have to make absolutely sure that you never unclench your butt for the duration of a game.I think Dark Souls improved so much on Demon's Souls even though some mechanics were simplified and others were replaced - I think the simplicity makes the story and combat mechanics more rewarding.
I prefer pretty much all the mechanics in Dark Souls -- the weight requirements for rolling are better, the additional elements (lighting for example) are better, it's cool that everybody can access pyromancy early on even if it's OP, and estus flasks are more balanced that grass. And I've mentioned this before, but I absolutely adore the world design in Dark Souls. It is cool as hell that you can start from Firelink Shrine and go all the way through Blightown to Lost Izalith and back to the Catacombs / Tomb of the Giants and Darkroot Garden and New Londo Ruins and The Great Hollow and Ash Lake without a single cutscene or loading screen anywhere. This game has the very best sense of "place" of any game I've ever played.

Dark Souls also has better boss fights. Almost every boss in Demon's Souls is either easy or can be cheesed or glitched. The fight with Dragonslayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough is better than anything in Demon's Souls and is my favorite boss fight of all time.

I just wish they had kept the same weapon scaling and stat requirements from Demon's Souls. That game had a much better variety of viable character builds.

 
Then again, IMO the best level of the franchise is world four in Demon's Souls. You get through 1-1 and figure that you're now an unstoppable demigod because you can totally slaughter dreglings and blue-eyed knights, and you know from the wiki that there's a crescent scimitar in 4-1, so you go there immediately. And then that very first skeleton completely wrecks your ####. Again. And again. And then you get past that guy and get ruined when you stupidly trigger a couple of them at once. And then you manage to get past that first batch of enemies, and you ask yourself "Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I mess with that black skeleton with the dual katanas?" And the answer is that you get a quick trip back the nexus.

I love that level, and I could just stand there and watch the clouds blow overhead all day. That should have been a dynamic theme.

 
I have never played a Mass Effect game but got Mass Effect 3 from Best Buy for $8 this week. Is there any reason that the game won't make any sense to me or that I might not enjoy it?
You can certainly start with 3 as it gives you a 15 minute walkthrough where you can make the pivotal decisions that carried over from ME1 & ME2. Personally I think you miss a lot with of great story and game from the first two.
I started it today and understandably, I wasn't sucked in or engrossed by the story yet. The graphics were pretty cool and the fighting was a little loose but seems like there could certainly be some strategic elements to it.

 
Fired up Counter-Strike last night for the first time in years. What a perfect game... other than having to listen to idiots on their microphones (I know they can be muted but I forget how).
:goodposting:

Still my all-time favorite game. It was a perfect balance of arcade and realism in an FPS with lots of strategy and teamwork mixed in.

 
I have never played a Mass Effect game but got Mass Effect 3 from Best Buy for $8 this week. Is there any reason that the game won't make any sense to me or that I might not enjoy it?
You can certainly start with 3 as it gives you a 15 minute walkthrough where you can make the pivotal decisions that carried over from ME1 & ME2. Personally I think you miss a lot with of great story and game from the first two.
I started it today and understandably, I wasn't sucked in or engrossed by the story yet. The graphics were pretty cool and the fighting was a little loose but seems like there could certainly be some strategic elements to it.
Yea jumping right into ME3 is not going to immerse you to the scale of what you are fighting.
 
[Just wondering about something you stated here. How long do games take now to complete? I know I "overplayed" it but Final Fantasy II and III took me more than 20 hours to beat. Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, I'm pretty sure, took me more than 20 hours to beat. Zelda definitely took me more than 20. I'm paying $60+ to play a game, that is supposedly great, and I am looking forward to The Last of Us but for 20 hours, that seems like a downer. Is this typical with PS3 games and XBox games?
It really depends on the game and how much you want to do. There is a big big difference in play time between beating a game on an easy setting vs getting 100% trophies/achievements.I got the following:230 hours out of Fallout 3150 hours out of Demon Souls120 hours out of Dark Souls110 hours out of Kingdoms of Amalur145 hours out Borderlands 160 hours out of BL235 hours out of Bioshock 170 hours out of Bioshock 2(multi player)30 hours out of Uncharted 150 hours out of Lego Lord of the Rings120 hours out of Skyrim
Good lord. Judging by the amount of hours you spend indoors.....I'm guessing you might look like this.

 
It might be time to get on this PSPlus thing.

Uncharted 3, XCom, and Little Big Planet Karting are free starting tomorrow. Saints Row: The Third coming soon.

 
Just finished up my second ME2 playthrough and started right into ME3. Combat controls seem a little looser the ME2, having a hard time aiming in that first mission, but getting the hang of it. About 2 hours in and enjoying so far.

Any downloadable content (besides the doesn't completely suck ending) that i just have to have?

Been playing ME since it was first released on XBOX360 only, actually had to buy the game and borrow my friend's xbox, so i'm pretty excited to finish it up.

 
Any downloadable content (besides the doesn't completely suck ending) that i just have to have?
The Citadel DLC is generally regarded as one of the best DLC packs out there.
I just wish the DLC was out there sooner. Having ended the whole ME3 experience with somewhat of a bad taste, I just could not bring myself to going back and doing that, and I loved ME.

 
Question for the knowledgable in here. I am not a gamer in any sense of the word. But, I need something for work and hoping you guys can give me some ideas where to look.

I'm looking for a good example of a game(s) that takes place in and around a realistic sports stadium. Not all that concerned with the game play only the area itself. I want to see faithful renderings of parking areas, entrances, stairwells, concources and the field too.

Does anyone know where I can find some examples like this? The examples probably need to be online walkthroughs at least initally so I have a sense of what I'm looking at.

Thanks tons for any help at all.

 
STEADYMOBBIN 22 said:
Thanks for the free fable. I actually had fun playing this when it came out. Sold it while it was still worth something
Traded mine in for NBA 2k11 after I finished it. Fable 3 wasn't bad, but wasn't great. Can't beat getting it for free, though.

 
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Flying Spaghetti Monster said:
Finished Metro Last Light over the weekend. Good game, OK story and without a doubt the most explicit naked lap dance in the history of gaming (only slightly sarcastic).
This is how to promote a game right here.
 
Mad Cow said:
FreeBaGeL said:
The Tick said:
Any downloadable content (besides the doesn't completely suck ending) that i just have to have?
The Citadel DLC is generally regarded as one of the best DLC packs out there.
I just wish the DLC was out there sooner. Having ended the whole ME3 experience with somewhat of a bad taste, I just could not bring myself to going back and doing that, and I loved ME.
I know its $15 and I know its the principle but I broke down and got it. It is the best thing ever created for fans of the whole series. I couldn't stop grinning the whole time.
 
simsarge said:
Question for the knowledgable in here. I am not a gamer in any sense of the word. But, I need something for work and hoping you guys can give me some ideas where to look. I'm looking for a good example of a game(s) that takes place in and around a realistic sports stadium. Not all that concerned with the game play only the area itself. I want to see faithful renderings of parking areas, entrances, stairwells, concources and the field too. Does anyone know where I can find some examples like this? The examples probably need to be online walkthroughs at least initally so I have a sense of what I'm looking at. Thanks tons for any help at all.
What are you plotting a terrorist attack, wth mang?Any sports game o er the past 10 years are pretty accurate and can be seen during instant replay.
 
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simsarge said:
Question for the knowledgable in here. I am not a gamer in any sense of the word. But, I need something for work and hoping you guys can give me some ideas where to look. I'm looking for a good example of a game(s) that takes place in and around a realistic sports stadium. Not all that concerned with the game play only the area itself. I want to see faithful renderings of parking areas, entrances, stairwells, concources and the field too. Does anyone know where I can find some examples like this? The examples probably need to be online walkthroughs at least initally so I have a sense of what I'm looking at. Thanks tons for any help at all.
What are you plotting a terrorist attack, wth mang?
Unfortunately, my mind went there too. "For work"....yeah, ok.

 
simsarge said:
Question for the knowledgable in here. I am not a gamer in any sense of the word. But, I need something for work and hoping you guys can give me some ideas where to look.

I'm looking for a good example of a game(s) that takes place in and around a realistic sports stadium. Not all that concerned with the game play only the area itself. I want to see faithful renderings of parking areas, entrances, stairwells, concources and the field too.

Does anyone know where I can find some examples like this? The examples probably need to be online walkthroughs at least initally so I have a sense of what I'm looking at.

Thanks tons for any help at all.
What are you plotting a terrorist attack, wth mang?
Actually, the exact opposite. I want to be able to put soldiers and first responders in a game based stadium "world" and practice every concieavble scenario and contingency.

 
simsarge said:
Question for the knowledgable in here. I am not a gamer in any sense of the word. But, I need something for work and hoping you guys can give me some ideas where to look. I'm looking for a good example of a game(s) that takes place in and around a realistic sports stadium. Not all that concerned with the game play only the area itself. I want to see faithful renderings of parking areas, entrances, stairwells, concources and the field too. Does anyone know where I can find some examples like this? The examples probably need to be online walkthroughs at least initally so I have a sense of what I'm looking at. Thanks tons for any help at all.
What are you plotting a terrorist attack, wth mang?Any sports game o er the past 10 years are pretty accurate and can be seen during instant replay.
Everything I can find on line is all on the field stuff though

 
simsarge said:
Question for the knowledgable in here. I am not a gamer in any sense of the word. But, I need something for work and hoping you guys can give me some ideas where to look. I'm looking for a good example of a game(s) that takes place in and around a realistic sports stadium. Not all that concerned with the game play only the area itself. I want to see faithful renderings of parking areas, entrances, stairwells, concources and the field too. Does anyone know where I can find some examples like this? The examples probably need to be online walkthroughs at least initally so I have a sense of what I'm looking at. Thanks tons for any help at all.
What are you plotting a terrorist attack, wth mang?Any sports game o er the past 10 years are pretty accurate and can be seen during instant replay.
Everything I can find on line is all on the field stuff though
I don't think you will find what you are looking for. As far as I know, it doesn't exist.

 

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