I did 220 hours on FFX. Brilliant game. I'm playing Pokemon Gold at the moment. It's as good now as it was when i was a kid.
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I did 220 hours on FFX. Brilliant game. I'm playing Pokemon Gold at the moment. It's as good now as it was when i was a kid.
Aside from trying to get the last FAQ done, I'm gonna be putting in a few weeks playing X3 Reunion once I finish work. Gonna take that long just to learn how to play the damn thing... :p
Oh ya!!! FFX is great, if only my machine wouldn't have got all screwed up and quite playing PS2 games!!! It just means more Wipeout though...
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Originally Posted by phl0w
I'm stuck on like the third stage... and I'm pissed off because it never seems like the game provides you with enough silver matter to knock out the boss!!! I'm like "c'mon, c'mon!!!! Give me some silver crap you peace of $#!+!!!! :D
@ Hellfire - Let me know how you go with X3... My brother bought it last year and I played it briefly but the system specs appeared to be too high for me in order to get the thing running nicely... it also seemed to have a fairly steep learning curve and I remember reading somewhere that back around when it was released it was fairly buggy!
Tell me if its worth the investment in time and ill dust it off the shelf :)
If you don't mind me jumping in... You've heard right, the game is pretty demanding on hardware requirements (maybe not so much as it was then, but if you haven't got a better system since then...), but yes, it's well worth it! The universe is immensly huge and looks awesome - probably the best looking space you can get these days. About the learning curve: It IS steep, but give it a day's work and you'll be set to take on whatever business you want to get into. The thing is: X3 is time consuming as hell. It's neither fast paced nor does it make you rich within a short period of playing time. And about bugs: It should run well if you install the patches they released.
Ben
Not at all, G'Kyl, thanks for the info :) Sounds like something that I might give a second look... I definitely dug the setting and general vibe I got from the game. As I said it was just the system reqs plus what seemed to be a pretty daunting amount of time needed to fully understand all the ins and outs.. but I'll give it a crack when I get my new laptop for sure!
It's patched up to version 2.0.0.3 I think and they say almost all of the bugs are fixed. I must have spent several months playing X2 and loved it, hopefully this one is as good.
Learning curve is like a brick wall, you're thrown straight in and expected to experiment with everything until you find something that works for you. I'll probably start off trading or bounty hunting until I can get some factories or complexes together. Usually once you've got a number of profitable factories running you'll have a virtually limitless credit supply. Then just get a fleet of M2s and M1s and rip up anything you like :)
I play only seven games, and I'm very strict about it.
1) WipEout Pure (no other WipEout games at the moment)
2) Bemani, namely IIDX and DDR/ITG. I'm actualy training to be tournament ready for IIDX and DDR/ITG. I'm probably more enthusiastic about IIDX than I am for WipEout but it's not by much.
3) Guilty Gear (latest version, which is currently Accent Core)
4) Kingdom of Loathing
5) Cave Story (currently doing a 3hp minimal item run)
6) Misc. console game if I'm hanging out at my bf's house or at a friends house, etc
7) Misc. indie game to keep up with the scene. I'm more into indie games than mainstream games, save the exceptions of Guilty, WipEout, and IIDX/DDR/ITG. I typically find this game from www.tigsource.com
I used to avidly play F-Zero GX, PSO for GC (never went online), and few others here and there.
Also, I've seen Ico mentioned a few times, and figured I'd mention that I'm a bit of a connoisseur for games, and can recommend some great esoteric stuff, such as Ico, Rez, Every Extend Extra, doujin shmups, Phantom Dust, DoomRL, and many others.
Thanks for the info Hellfire :) Soon as I get my new laptop, hopefully within next month or so, I'll give it a good crack!
My brother recently bought the original call of duty for pc so Ive been playing on its multiplayer a lot.
Fired up Fantavision (PS2) this morning because I couldn't sleep anymore due to the heat. Haven't played this for about 2 years. Amazing puzzle game. Requires quick thinking and reflexes and is the most viscerally rewarding experience. Anybody lucky enough to own this extremely rare 1st gen PS2 title should get it out and start playing again! =)
Will go and check out some 2nd hand stores today. See if I can get myself some PSX, DC or N64 games.
Edit: Well, didn't find anything of interest in the retro department, but picked up a mint copy of a boxed, 1st press Ridge Racer V for EUR 4.90,- \o/
I'm a Nintendo fanboy so I don't play a lot of PSP games. I only have 4 games for the PSP :(
Anyways, I play: Pokemon(all versions but currently playing Pearl), Socom, Battlefront 2, Metroid Prime Hunters, Mario Kart DS and Bounty Hunters
i play;
Gran Turismo HD - got GT5 Prologue on order :hyper
Forza Motorsport 2
Transformers on ps2, the one by atari, not the :turd one from japan
*when wipeout comes out on ps3 good and proper in 2008, they should release a special ps3 with it
The topic says other than WipEout, ah well...Quote:
Wipeout Pure & 3SE - cant wait for HD and pulse
I got a cheap copy of Gradius V and am totally into it right now. Although it reminds me a little too much of Ikaruga, which is odd since Treasure is usually known of making games with unique styles. Also, as I mentioned in another topic I started Rapid Racer on PSX again (of course with a negcon).
I think I'll finally contribute to this topic.
I haven't been playing many games recently, when I have it's been Pure or SE (WO1 is bust). But!
In the past I have been a fan of the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight Series.
Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight is the best nostalgia game for me.
Jedi Academy was cheesy and cartoony, but fun, especially in Multiplayer. But Outcast was a bit moody - however, overlooking the boredom of not being able to wield a lightsaber at the beginning, it's a great game.
Really looking forward to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, looks like it'll be a blast. May have to be a PS3 in the end to play it sadly, but at least there's HD and PS3 Wipeout!1111one11oneeleven
I love my Sci-Fi, and to prove it, I can tell you that I love StarCraft. I can think of few things that can better the experience of thrashing a Korean war god with a sneaky Zerg Rush. Or something. (StarCraft II soon, yay!)
Yay for Escape Velocity too! Started off as a Mac-Only title (weird for a system with a game deficiency) and then came Nova for the PC. Yay for Sci-Fi and relatively open ended games!
For a while in my shameful past, I indulged in the oddities of 'RuneScape'. Got quite good at it too, level 93/94 out of a maximum level of 126. Looking at the highscores now, all my old friends are now among the highest ranking players. Odd, I'd be up there if I still played it.
Go even further back and I can pick up a few murky memories of the Need for Speed series. Ah, I loved NFS3 and NFS4, and when it came out NFS6. Porsche Unleashed was just shocking though, a game devoted to a brand. That would be like a Wipeout with blatant adverts. ;)
Ha, well, there are my Game Periods of the past. The mighty eons of discovery in the internet world and my fascinations of each of these games. (To a lesser extent with RuneScape, I have to say).
I may reckon i ve brung in my luggages several fps ps2 games to fit with my recent ntsc console... COD and MOH various episodes... Wipeout-pause for me ? after those non-stop WipEout racing&talking days in Vermont :sonar
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other than wipeout? i pretty like hitman series, many fps such as half life and doom, racing like gt and outrun2 (one of the best arcade games), and old beat'em up like tekken(its amazing psp version) and mortal kombat.
I'm also fan of the two "ac" games: ace combat and armoured core..
hmmm, well i used to only play counterstrike and counterstrike source CAL-O p4k. (miss you guys). right now i still play old school phantasy star for gamecube, love the series, hope they remake car revolution though. other than that just army of two and wipeout.
Freespace (well what did you expect from me?)
Other than that I don't really play any games, not even wipeout any more, I'm usually busy with my latest blender creation and when I need a break I'll either watch TV, read a book or go on freespace because it doesn't involve booting up another game playing thing. Hell, I can't even watch CGI programs any more because I keep thinking about how they animated the characters.
School holidays are meant to be a rest, I feel even more tired now than before I started them.
Lately i have been playing some sims, GTR thanks to Rob, then got GTR2, i do play Counter Strike, but mostly because thats what most people play online, including friends, also finished CoD in veteran and the epilogue was a lot of fun, Crysis was good to but really gave my PC a hard sweat.
....but lately this has been whats getting my 2 hours of rest after work:
Lock-On Flaming Cliffs:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=knstEsaVOMU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rK3p3_eYXM4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yzKFxsY-ykU
i havent played Ace Combat, any series except i think a lot of years ago in Playstation a couple of times, but i recommend Lock On, specially if you like modern combat jet simulators, and i use this controller (i do have a controller fetish, but it adds a lot to the immersion in a game), i LOVE IT:
http://cougar.frugalsworld.com/cougarpics.php
if flying a sim is this different to a jet game i cannot imagine the difference of a sim and reality; after doing some tandem paragliding, you cant beat the feeling of being in the air, now i need that sensation in hypersonic speed!!! :D