Looking to get a game soon...

[FrostedxB]

Well I'm pretty bored of the bunch of games I have. I beat the shit outta them all and will probably sell a bunch. (I mean, I'm so bored that I found sitting in a bar listening to convo's and drinking beer in Fallout 3 to be fun(yes, it was more fun then Modern Warfare 2))

So I'm thinking PGR4 since I can get it for 5 bucks from Gamestop, and maybe FarCry 2 since thats only 25.

Are either of these really entertaining though? I've been seeing mixed things for FarCry 2 so I'm not too sure about it...

 

[Reginald]

I wouldn't bother with Far Cry 2. As you seem to squeeze every inch of life out of a game, FC 2 is very repetitive.

Try Mass Effect which is very cheap these days and for the obsessive has plenty of side-quests to do and lots of weapons to collect and lots of encyclopedia-style codex pages to read. And it's a great game and story too.

 

[Ren.182]

Far Cry 2 is fine for the first hour maybe. Then its just very repetetive.

What kind of games are you into?

 

[FrostedxB]

I play almost anything (save stuff with swords/middle ages). In particular, my faves are Fallout 3/Borderlands/GTAIV so I guess open world games?

I've been told many times that Mass Effect is amazing, but theres something that doesn't seem appealing. Maybe I'll have to fool around with it to get a better idea.

 

[the cow says moo]

I didn't enjoy FC2 much. You have to be a very patient person, IMO. For me, it pretty much consisted of me getting a mission and walking around for ten minutes looking for a car. After I found one, I would have to drive to the other side of the map for thirty minutes, constantly being attacked by other cars full of black people. I would have to blow up their cars, then jump out of my car to do repairs. Again, this takes thirty minutes to drive to the objective. Once I get there, I'm killed pretty much right away and have to go back to before I even got the mission. Very frustrating.

I was also going to recommend Assassin's Creed 2, but it seems you don't like games with swords.

 

[Wanted Bob]

Want an open world game with tons of stuff to do? Try X3: Reunion (this is a half-serious suggestion, as the difficulty curve and slow gameplay turns 90% of gamers away, but the sheer amount of things possible in that game is incredible). That said, if you are interested, they have a demo so you can get a taste of it: http://www.gamershell.com/download_12858.shtml

STALKER may also be your cup of tea.

 

[FrostedxB]

I want STALKER but don't have the PC capable of running it. Yes, I should've said it earlier, this is for good/ entertaining 360 games. Though I may try X3 tomorrow.

 

[VirusType2]

Hitman Trilogy
GTA Trilogy

(might have those for consoles as well, idk)

 

[FrostedxB]

Got and played the crap outta both of those, although I wonder if Blood Money was on 360?

 

[Paulaner]

Try X3: Reunion

^ This.

 

[kupocake]

Try Mass Effect which is very cheap these days and for the obsessive has plenty of side-quests to do and lots of weapons to collect and lots of encyclopedia-style codex pages to read. And it's a great game and story too.

I'm so late to the party with Mass Effect that I played it through and completed in the last week. The sequel has already leap-frogged its way over everything else in the packed quarter 1 schedule.

There's so much that's empirically bad about Mass Effect but I'm somehow able to overlook it all. It's just so immersive. If you found Fallout 3 decent, I find it difficult to see how you wouldn't enjoy Mass Effect on some level. But then... I wasn't really that impressed by anything Fallout 3 showed me. Mass Effect has the interesting storyline and (half-decently acted) characters that Fallout 3 completely lacks in my eyes... and everything that Mass Effect gets wrong? It's all equally tedious in Fallout 3.

 

[VirusType2]

Yeah, from what I've read about Mass Effect, I'm definitely going to be getting it for PC. Sounds ****ing epic.

I hope they bring ME2 to PC, but I won't hold my breath.

 

[Barnz]

what, you can preorder ME2 from Steam - are you living on moon

 

[Wanted Bob]

I agree, it took me about 2 years (!!!) to FINALLY click with Mass Effect but when I did it was superb. Looking forward to getting the sequel, but will probably wait a little first (so many things to play and so many other games to choose from).

 

[VirusType2]

what, you can preorder ME2 from Steam - are you living on moon

That's great it's coming to the PC. D

I don't buy games when they are new and expensive, and I don't use Steam, so, yes. I live on the moon, and it's awesome.

I guess I can put this here:

Casey Hudson, the man at BioWare in charge of the Mass Effect franchise, told IGN that “We are already at work on Mass Effect 3, building the first bits of the story, putting that together. We always wanted to make sure that we got the entire trilogy of games done within this console's lifecycle. We didn't want to take forever with it.”

BioWare is hinting that players will again be able to use their save game from Mass Effect 2 in order to get the player's choices into the third game but the company is also interested in making sure that as the final installment rolls around, players get to understand the universe in which they act and get to actually see how humanity is becoming one of the forces that shape it for the better.

Ever since the first Mass Effect was announced, BioWare has talked about the trilogy structure it is using, saying that the first game will introduce the universe and the major players, the second game will offer a darker story and a fall from grace, while the third will wrap up all the loose ends and will bring closure to the series.

 

[Bad^Hat]

I wouldn't bother with Far Cry 2. As you seem to squeeze every inch of life out of a game, FC 2 is very repetitive.

Try Mass Effect which is very cheap these days and for the obsessive has plenty of side-quests to do and lots of weapons to collect and lots of encyclopedia-style codex pages to read. And it's a great game and story too.

Uhh.

FC 2 is very repetitive.

Try Mass Effect which is very cheap these days and for the obsessive has plenty of side-quests to do

Uhhhhhhhhh.

Far Cry 2. Repetitive. Mass Effect. Side quests.

UUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Spoiler

 

[the cow says moo]

There's no Mako in Mass Effect 2.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Hat, the repetitive mako segments in ME were usually optional. the few parts that were necessary were at least pretty cool.

I, honestly, found drivin' around on alien worlds pretty fun. Needed more water on some of them.

Hell, when you find a planet that is really cool you go 'oh damn'.

but then again I enjoyed both FC2 and ME.

 

[kupocake]

I, honestly, found drivin' around on alien worlds pretty fun. Needed more water on some of them.

It was only really the worst of the lo-fi, jagged terrains that made Mako driving utterly deplorable. My main dislike was the identikit structures you could 'explore'. There was the mine one, the two types of base and maybe one other locale. Because of them, Halo's Library had nothing on the kaleidoscopic repetition of the sidequests.

 

[Bad^Hat]

There's no Mako in Mass Effect 2.

We're... not talking about ME2?

Hat, the repetitive mako segments in ME were usually optional. the few parts that were necessary were at least pretty cool.

I was referring to the fact that whoever I quoted stated ME's abundance of side-quests as a strong point, while calling another game repetitive.

Edit - Also, the necessary parts were still pretty samey. I think I encountered maybe 2 or 3 different base maps which occurred every damn time you had to go inside on a planet mission. Entry room --> small corridor --> large room with inevitable combat and tons of oddly-placed crates for convenient cover --> another corridor that splits into two rooms, one of which has the bad guy (*shoot him* lol renegade) and the other has items or some crap. Every damn time.

 

[Warped]

go for RPGS, best stories, longest games, usually the cheapest too if you can wait it out. I got Rogue Galaxy PS2 for $5 brand new. Dragon Age is like $20 if you know where to look, and theres a ton of used games everywhere man. don't buy new unless its a new release (Mass Effect 2, FFXIII, etc)

 

[kupocake]

Edit - Also, the necessary parts were still pretty samey. I think I encountered maybe 2 or 3 different base maps which occurred every damn time you had to go inside on a planet mission. Entry room --> small corridor --> large room with inevitable combat and tons of oddly-placed crates for convenient cover --> another corridor that splits into two rooms, one of which has the bad guy (*shoot him* lol renegade) and the other has items or some crap. Every damn time.

I'm hardly well versed in RPGs, but they all seem like that to me, and usually worse than Mass Effect (which certainly is no more repetitive than Fallout 3)

 

[FrostedxB]

I'll grab ME since its only 20 bucks at gamestop anyway. A few questions though, are the weapons all energy/laser guns or are there a few ballistics still?

How slow is the intro? I really hated the Vault/GOAT/ other beginning things in FO3.

 

[unozero]

They're not really lasers it's kinda a weird system

 

[kupocake]

I'll grab ME since its only 20 bucks at gamestop anyway. A few questions though, are the weapons all energy/laser guns or are there a few ballistics still?

My understanding is that the answer is yes and no. Functionally, they may as well be 'lasers', since there is no ammunition in the game. But the in-universe explanation is that they're ballistics propelled by the same technology behind the mass-drivers that have made space travel possible IIRC. At any rate, you have pistols, shotguns, assault rifles and sniper rifles available, and they're not campy zappy guns by any means, though they're not the most amazing action game weapons either.

How slow is the intro? I really hated the Vault/GOAT/ other beginning things in FO3.

After character creation (which only has to be as in depth as you want it to be) The game starts en-route to a mission and you're into the action very quickly. It slows down for more story / exploration after that mission, but you usually have the luxury of getting the short list of main objectives done and pissing off if you're really getting bored.

 

[FrostedxB]

So I sold seven games and got a grand total of 28 bucks for them. Ended up buying Mass Effect and GRAW (original, cause I like originals more (even though the first Ghost Recons owned but thats another story)) Cost 25 bucks in all.

New controller battery charger ftw(another 20 bucks). Games seem more and more meh lately.

 

[Acepilotf14]

What did you sell? You only got 28?

 

[FrostedxB]

Mistake, more then seven games

XBOX 360:
Forza 2
Open Season:The Game
GTAIV
Alone In The Dark
PES2008

PS2:
Jet Li Game (Rise of the Dragon?)
Resident Evil 4
Rugby
GRAW (I don't use PS2 anymore or I would've kept it)

$28 isn't bad since a few games only were worth a quarter (yes $0.25) and most were worth a few cents over a dollar. Five for GTAIV and four for RE4 though.