The Gaming Lounge: Beyond - Part 3

[Nathan]

Timesplitters is one of my favorite FPS Titles. I can't think of a FPS game I ever had more fun with. It really sucks.

 

[Havok83]

Timesplitters is one of my favorite FPS Titles. I can't think of a FPS game I ever had more fun with. It really sucks.

Same here. They were bluntly honest when they said no one would accept it but the fans. People these days want the CoDs, Halos and Battlefield when it comes to FPS. Timesplitters would most likely be eaten alive in the current FPS market. I loved it bc it was different and had LOADS of personality. The humor and plethora of options in terms of multiplayer and bots alone helped make it unique

 

[KALEL114]

I hope they at least reconsider going the Kickstarter route. I am positive that it would get funded very quickly. I'd be one of the first to jump on it.

 

[Soapy]

Man has been playing a single game of Civilization II for ten years. These are the results (so far):

I've been playing the same game of Civ II for 10 years. Though long outdated, I grew fascinated with this particular game because by the time Civ III was released, I was already well into the distant future. I then thought that it might be interesting to see just how far into the future I could get and see what the ramifications would be. Naturally I play other games and have a life, but I often return to this game when I'm not doing anything and carry on. The results are as follows.

• The world is a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation.

• There are 3 remaining super nations in the year 3991 A.D, each competing for the scant resources left on the planet after dozens of nuclear wars have rendered vast swaths of the world uninhabitable wastelands.

• The ice caps have melted over 20 times (somehow) due primarily to the many nuclear wars. As a result, every inch of land in the world that isn't a mountain is inundated swamp land, useless to farming. Most of which is irradiated anyway.

• As a result, big cities are a thing of the distant past. Roughly 90% of the worlds population (at it's peak 2000 years ago) has died either from nuclear annihilation or famine caused by the global warming that has left absolutely zero arable land to farm. Engineers (late game worker units) are always busy continuously building roads so that new armies can reach the front lines. Roads that are destroyed the very next turn when the enemy goes. So there isn't any time to clear swamps or clean up the nuclear fallout.

• Only 3 super massive nations are left. The Celts (me), The Vikings, And the Americans. Between the three of us, we have conquered all the other nations that have ever existed and assimilated them into our respective empires.

• You've heard of the 100 year war? Try the 1700 year war. The three remaining nations have been locked in an eternal death struggle for almost 2000 years. Peace seems to be impossible. Every time a cease fire is signed, the Vikings will surprise attack me or the Americans the very next turn, often with nuclear weapons. Even when the U.N forces a peace treaty. So I can only assume that peace will come only when they're wiped out. It is this that perpetuates the war ad infinitum. Have any of you old Civ II players out there ever had this problem in the post-late game?

• Because of SDI, ICBMS are usually only used against armies outside of cities. Instead, cities are constantly attacked by spies who plant nuclear devices which then detonate (something I greatly miss from later civ games). Usually the down side to this is that every nation in the world declares war on you. But this is already the case so its no longer a deterrent to anyone. My self included.

• The only governments left are two theocracies and myself, a communist state. I wanted to stay a democracy, but the Senate would always over-rule me when I wanted to declare war before the Vikings did. This would delay my attack and render my turn and often my plans useless. And of course the Vikings would then break the cease fire like clockwork the very next turn. Something I also miss in later civ games is a little internal politics. Anyway, I was forced to do away with democracy roughly a thousand years ago because it was endangering my empire. But of course the people hate me now and every few years since then, there are massive guerrilla (late game barbarians) uprisings in the heart of my empire that I have to deal with which saps resources from the war effort.

• The military stalemate is air tight. The post-late game in civ II is perfectly balanced because all remaining nations already have all the technologies so there is no advantage. And there are so many units at once on the map that you could lose 20 tank units and not have your lines dented because you have a constant stream moving to the front. This also means that cities are not only tiny towns full of starving people, but that you can never improve the city. "So you want a granary so you can eat? Sorry; I have to build another tank instead. Maybe next time."

• My goal for the next few years is to try and end the war and thus use the engineers to clear swamps and fallout so that farming may resume. I want to rebuild the world. But I'm not sure how. If any of you old Civ II players have any advice, I'm listening.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

Thats some dedication. I dont know if i even own any games i had 10 years ago? Strike that, i do still own my original Shenmue.

 

[Benstamania]

Pretty sure I'll be picking up Lollipop Chainsaw.

 

[Havok83]

Thats some dedication. I dont know if i even own any games i had 10 years ago? Strike that, i do still own my original Shenmue.

really? 10 years ago isnt that long ago. Its the PS2/GC/Xbox era. I still have all the GTA games for the PS2. Oldest game I still own is probably Castelvania: SOTN for the PS1. Definetly one of my favorite game ever

 

[Benstamania]

Also just bought Aliens Infestation. Holy crap this game is good.

 

[Donut]

really? 10 years ago isnt that long ago. Its the PS2/GC/Xbox era. I still have all the GTA games for the PS2. Oldest game I still own is probably Castelvania: SOTN for the PS1. Definetly one of my favorite game ever

I still play plenty of roms on my Wii from time to time. It beats their horrible HD remakes

 

[ProjectPat2280]

really? 10 years ago isnt that long ago. Its the PS2/GC/Xbox era. I still have all the GTA games for the PS2. Oldest game I still own is probably Castelvania: SOTN for the PS1. Definetly one of my favorite game ever

Yep. Dont have any of my old PS2 games and have only 2 or 3 of my old Xbox games, but they aren't 10 years old. I do own the old Resident Evil games, but thats because i rebought them on the PSn. The oldest game i own would have to be Shenmue. I do still have the REmake tho and that was 02 i think? So i guess that one counts.

 

[Electro UK]

I have a boxed copy of Metroid 2, so that's the oldest game I own.

 

[Iceman]

That Civilisation campaign sounds awesome! Haven't played a good strategy game for a long time

 

[Donut]

I still have my Xenosaga Trilogy, Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time, Kingdom Hearts PS2 Games

 

[Iceman]

I'm a crazy hoarder without the space to justify the habit. I've got games from ZX Spectrum & Amiga from the 80s & SNES from the 90s. Didn't even know anywhere to sell them at the time. Also have kept nearly all my PS1 & PS2 games. 360 I will be keeping all good campaign type games but selling sports games, kid games and crap games. Also plan to sell all except the best wii games.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Pretty sure I'll be picking up Lollipop Chainsaw.

I might do that as well, just for the crazy
At least a rental

really? 10 years ago isnt that long ago. Its the PS2/GC/Xbox era. I still have all the GTA games for the PS2. Oldest game I still own is probably Castelvania: SOTN for the PS1. Definetly one of my favorite game ever

Oldest I own is probably Mortal Kombat 1, the NES port, or the Genesis port

I still play plenty of roms on my Wii from time to time. It beats their horrible HD remakes

I think I like SSFII Turbo HD remix more than the original

 

[KALEL114]

Amazon has Rage for $10 for both PS3 and 360.
http://www.amazon.com/Rage-Xbox-360..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1H4MFGYMVE9S4NYC7FDQ

 

[Havok83]

I still play plenty of roms on my Wii from time to time. It beats their horrible HD remakes

what horrible HD remakes are you referring to?

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Amazon has Rage for $10 for both PS3 and 360.
http://www.amazon.com/Rage-Xbox-360..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1H4MFGYMVE9S4NYC7FDQ

How good is Rage?

 

[Soapy]

That Civilisation campaign sounds awesome! Haven't played a good strategy game for a long time

Yeah, me either. Which sucks because that's one of my favorite genres. My current PC can't run any of the modern ones, unfortunately.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

It's one of my favorite genres too. The last Strategy game I played was Age of Empires 3. It was good, though.

Is Rage good, by the way?

 

[zenith16]

How good is Rage?

my friend from my pro gamer team that I used to be in said it's a good game. though from when i played of it and saw of it I still went into a borderlands mindset cause there was alot that reminded of that game. He was more hyped for rage while I and his other buddys were doing borderlands sit downs every week. I think he was one of the few people I know that own it. from what i hear other wise it's a decent game. it just didn't sell as well as borderlands.

 

[Master Chief]

If you're looking for a good shooter, hell yeah. Best shooter to come out of 2011.

The weapons are tons of fun to mess around with (RC bomb cars lol, boomerangs that can decapitate people, exploding shotgun shells etc. etc.) and I really liked the setting. It might look like Borderlands and Fallout but once you get your hands on it you can feel that it's got its own style. It's really shallow though, so don't go in expecting anything more than getting to shoot a lot of people. And mutants.

 

[Havok83]

I heard it sucks on the PS3. Are the technical issues really bad and if they were, were they fixxed via a patch?

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Is it fine on the xbox 360?

I was thinking of getting this, Borderlands game of the year, and either Deus Ex or Crysis 3?

 

[Master Chief]

Yup, ran great on my 360.

Deus Ex > Crysis, always hahah.