Videogames: The Official Thread

[chairkicker]

you're in for a treat

[xxx-xxx-xxxx]

just came back from a Nintendo event and got to spend a decent amount of time with the Wii-U. The gamepad is surprisingly comfortable to hold, but all the games i played were basically glorified minigame demos (nintendoland) I did get to play the new Rayman, and it was pretty great--actually had better graphics than Origins.

Also, ZombiU had the worst control lag i've ever experienced in a game (worse than like Onlive) but the Nintendo rep assured me it was just a beta. We'll see.

[Kuboaa]

The iPad is basically the best platform for playing board games ever, according to the people that actually play board games that I heard on this one podcast.

I play so much Ticket To Ride on my iphone at work when I'm bored, I'm assuming it's even better on an ipad
everyone should pick that app up, it's awesome, but then again the actual board game is awesome as well

[reepicheep]

Erotic arcade ads





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[an otter]

this is classy as fuck

[tth]

has anyone played Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords

[Shalabi]

So Arkham City is worth $10?

[Paul E. Pasta]

for sure

[roygbiv]

Is that Paulie walnuts

this is classy as fuck

[a-10 warthog champion]

soooo good thing my girlfriend is out of town for a month because it's going to take a while to figure out what i picked up during the steam sale

[Cobra Calling]

Everyone should just pre-order Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch.

http://www.ninostarter.com/home

[Legion]

soooo good thing my girlfriend is out of town for a month because it's going to take a while to figure out what i picked up during the steam sale

mine was out of town this weekend and I randomly cycled between the first hour or two of Far Cry 2, Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim, and Dead Island

too much choice can be a bad thing

[Blackeyed]

Everyone should just pre-order Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch.

http://www.ninostarter.com/home

This is sexy. I hope they add in a few more things to the package. Plush doll, book and DLC characters (?) seems a little paltry for $110 price tag.

[a-10 warthog champion]

soooo good thing my girlfriend is out of town for a month because it's going to take a while to figure out what i picked up during the steam sale

mine was out of town this weekend and I randomly cycled between the first hour or two of Far Cry 2, Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim, and Dead Island

too much choice can be a bad thing

i ended up with:


Left 4 Dead 2
Costume Quest
Saints Row: The Third - Gangstas In Space
Psychonauts
Galactic Civilizations II
Space Pirates and Zombies(SPAZ)
Capsized
Zeno Clash
FarCry 2
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Mirror's Edge
Saints Row: The Third - Genki Bowl VII
Dear Esther
Saints Row: The Third
Ys The Oath in Felghana
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Payday: The Heist



mostly working through saints row

[chairkicker]

Everyone should just pre-order Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch.

http://www.ninostarter.com/home

This is sexy. I hope they add in a few more things to the package. Plush doll, book and DLC characters (?) seems a little paltry for $110 price tag.

game looks so bad, though

[BlackSugar]

I loved saints row 2 and played it inside and out, up and down
saints row 3 however left me totally cold

in other news my buddy phil has now demanded that everytime we hang out, I must play some bulletstorm for his entertainment. such a fun game, with the caveat that I haven't played very many fps games so my standards are low. but its just so ridiculously entertaining

[DestructoBot]

has anyone played Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords

been a few years, but i used to play it a bunch

[Cobra Calling]

game looks so bad, though

game looks so beautiful, though

[Brunch Served 11-2pm]

Expected to quickly tire of Guild Wars 2 this weekend like I do with most MMOs, but the wealth of secrets with some pretty clever platforming was really doing it for me.

[fester]

soooo good thing my girlfriend is out of town for a month because it's going to take a while to figure out what i picked up during the steam sale

mine was out of town this weekend and I randomly cycled between the first hour or two of Far Cry 2, Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim, and Dead Island

too much choice can be a bad thing

i ended up with:


Left 4 Dead 2
Costume Quest
Saints Row: The Third - Gangstas In Space
Psychonauts
Galactic Civilizations II
Space Pirates and Zombies(SPAZ)
Capsized
Zeno Clash
FarCry 2
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Mirror's Edge
Saints Row: The Third - Genki Bowl VII
Dear Esther
Saints Row: The Third
Ys The Oath in Felghana
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Payday: The Heist



mostly working through saints row

man I bought too much stuff

Dawn of War 2: Retribution - Last Stand Alone DLC Complete Pack
Kohan: Ahriman's Gift
Bulletstorm
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Risen
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction
Red Faction: Armageddon
The Longest Journey
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity
Psychonauts
Stacking
Costume Quest
Crysis 2 Maximum Edition
Cave Story+
FEAR 3
Orcs Must Die + Artifacts of Power and Lost Adventures
Wizorb
Legend of Grimrock
Batman Arkham City
Ys Origin
Dead Island (NA)
Alan Wake
Trine 2
Saints Row: The Third
Crusader Kings II

[BlackSugar]

holy cow how much did that all cost?

[fester]

Somewhere around $125 I think. Batman, Saints Row, Crusader Kings, and Dead Island were the only ones that cost more than $5 or $6.

[a-10 warthog champion]

i got wizorb right before the summer sale started so i didnt really count it


and yeah, something feels off with saints row three. like they saved all the weapons and missions for dlc. and the city feels really small.

i thought i had just barely made it anywhere in the game and then i saw i had completed like 30 of 37 missions.

i tried to stick to things under $10, otherwise i probably would have picked up sins of a solar empire

also regret not getting red faction

[fester]

The Sins of a Solar Empire version I got is the old one, so it was $5. Never played the franchise before.

[a-10 warthog champion]

yeah i spent less than $70 i think, although that's still more than i realized over the course of the week.

should i bother with left for dead or am i cool with just lfd2

[Shalabi]

Dead Space 2 feels like a disappointment just through the first chapter.

[a-10 warthog champion]

i really want to play the x games but whatever variant of x3 i have is so goddamn buggy and confusing that i had trouble getting like the scripted parts of the early missions to work

[a-10 warthog champion]

but fuck it, im getting a joystick after work so i can play that and fuckin il2 and shit

[fester]

I bought the x3 bundle last year but I haven't dug into it yet. The learning curve sounds pretty intimidating.

[Brunch Served 11-2pm]

Suddenly realised I haven't really seen head or tail of my girlfriend today, walk into her room to find she's bought Rollercoaster Tycoon from GOG for a fiver. Might do the same.