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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Chinaski » Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:11 pm

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DP wrote:Still playing KOTRII. :dono:
Awesome game. Love the storyline too.
Yeah, pity they didn't have time to finish it though, there are a few dead ends that should have been explored.
Like what? I can't remember.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Trolldor » Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:15 am

Empire Earth II - The computer cheats! They have six workers, I have 24, and they still build and expand faster than I do!
Except for once... he he, then I managed to reach Industrial while they were still in bronze age... boo-ya-kasha!
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Don't Panic » Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:26 pm

FrigidSymphony wrote:
DP wrote:
FrigidSymphony wrote:
DP wrote:Still playing KOTRII. :dono:
Awesome game. Love the storyline too.
Yeah, pity they didn't have time to finish it though, there are a few dead ends that should have been explored.
Like what? I can't remember.
The whole HK-47/HK-50 arc, there was meant to be a factory where the robots were being made but they didn't have time to make it, there are a few places where you find doors that you can't open, there were meant to be rooms and levels behind a lot of them but, again, they ran out of time.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Trolldor » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:10 am

DP wrote:
FrigidSymphony wrote:
DP wrote:
FrigidSymphony wrote:
DP wrote:Still playing KOTRII. :dono:
Awesome game. Love the storyline too.
Yeah, pity they didn't have time to finish it though, there are a few dead ends that should have been explored.
Like what? I can't remember.
The whole HK-47/HK-50 arc, there was meant to be a factory where the robots were being made but they didn't have time to make it, there are a few places where you find doors that you can't open, there were meant to be rooms and levels behind a lot of them but, again, they ran out of time.
Games are meant to be modded. :levi:
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Don't Panic » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:39 am

born-again-atheist wrote:
DP wrote:
FrigidSymphony wrote:
DP wrote:
FrigidSymphony wrote:
Awesome game. Love the storyline too.
Yeah, pity they didn't have time to finish it though, there are a few dead ends that should have been explored.
Like what? I can't remember.
The whole HK-47/HK-50 arc, there was meant to be a factory where the robots were being made but they didn't have time to make it, there are a few places where you find doors that you can't open, there were meant to be rooms and levels behind a lot of them but, again, they ran out of time.
Games are meant to be modded. :levi:
All well and good on PC games, but I have that on Xbox so no mods available.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Trolldor » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:58 am

Believe it or not, it can be done (if you have the time and patience).
They've got user-made mods for Fable on the X-box, entire areas and items and character changes and what not.

This is the problem with console games, their lack of mods and extra features force the game to lose a lot of its replayability.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Don't Panic » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:59 am

born-again-atheist wrote:Believe it or not, it can be done (if you have the time and patience).
They've got user-made mods for Fable on the X-box, entire areas and items and character changes and what not.

This is the problem with console games, their lack of mods and extra features force the game to lose a lot of its replayability.
Any suggestions as to where to start looking? (I have fable on Xbox too, I think.)
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And those Zumwalts are already useless, they can be taken out with an ICBM.
The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome. I mean the idea that such complexity can arise not only out of such simplicity, but probably absolutely out of nothing, is the most fabulous extraordinary idea. And once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened, it's just wonderful. And . . . the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Trolldor » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:13 am

No idea. :lol:

Usually they're "private" mods, shared between friends.
I found the fable ones by accident. Chances are there aren't any you can find, best just getting the PC version.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Pappa » Mon May 11, 2009 10:37 am

SimCity Creator on the Wii.

Not really done much with it yet though, just getting the hang of what to do.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by leo-rcc » Mon May 18, 2009 7:15 pm

Pacman.

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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by AshtonBlack » Tue May 19, 2009 6:17 am

Ok......update.

Now playing, occasional CoV/CoH, going a bit retro with MOO3.

At work when I get 5 mins, I piss about with this: Travian. But we've all seen that sort of game before.

I'm looking at picking up a couple of games for the XBOX 360, any recommendations?

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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Trolldor » Tue May 19, 2009 7:43 am

AshtonBlack wrote:Ok......update.

Now playing, occasional CoV/CoH, going a bit retro with MOO3.

At work when I get 5 mins, I piss about with this: Travian. But we've all seen that sort of game before.

I'm looking at picking up a couple of games for the XBOX 360, any recommendations?
Depends what you're looking for. I've about sixty.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Trinity » Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:04 am

Haven't played anything for a while but keep getting the urge to play Silent Hill again. I have played all of them (tho haven't finished the Room) and again and again..... I got a bit obsessed for a while....there's something about those games.

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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by The Curious Squid » Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:31 am

Trinity wrote:Haven't played anything for a while but keep getting the urge to play Silent Hill again. I have played all of them (tho haven't finished the Room) and again and again..... I got a bit obsessed for a while....there's something about those games.

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I went down the other survival horror franchise route, Resident Evil games :D The second one is still my fav. Not a huge fan of 4 & 5 though.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Trolldor » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:33 am

I haven't found any survival horror games really worth looking in to.
The closest was alone in the dark (Xbox 360) but that was far too action packed for my liking... far, far too action packed. I don't mind having enemies lunge on top of cars, but when you can just run away from them far enough to throw a bottle full of petrol and then shoot it which IRL DELETES FUCKING EVERYTHING, the 'horror' is lost.
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