The video game thread

[Dionysian Beast]

I have Turok. Not too shabby, but it's a bit hard to get used to shooting at enemies that jump at you from your blind spots, so I haven't got that far in it.

 

[John Doe]

Oh, for sure. I bet a few months down the road, I'll go down a route and find an exit I hadn't seen before.

How many cars have you got so far?

So Burnout finally caught on to the open-ended evironment thing?

 

[Spaceboy]

So Burnout finally caught on to the open-ended evironment thing?

Yes, and it's more or less awesome.
Depending on how picky you are.

 

[Never]

Have you played the fourth one? I played a demo for it and thought the idea was pretty neat. Being trapped in your apartment, in first person, and being able to see the outside world but not interact with it really did make me feel a bit creeped out and claustrophobic...and the only way out is a mysterious hole in the bathroom wall that leads to Silent Hill. Way cool premise, but I never played the final game to see how good the rest of it was.

I have!

Great idea, but a few WTF implementations.

For instance, you have limited inventory. You can cart around guns and metal pipes, but are unable to carry a coin, a bottle of chocolate milk, a bottle of wine, and a matchbook at the same time.

Though the graphics are improved, the controls are less responsive than in two and three. I'd try to run away from a ghost, and find myself running into walls, or trapped between a garbage can and a staircase. This is on an X-Box.

Lastly, the story isn't as compelling as the first two. The first SH is a father trying to save his daughter, the second is a man trying to get over his wife's death, and SH4 is just a guy who's a loser. I don't say that in a "I dislike the character" way but a "the point of the story is that he's a loser" way.

That said, it's still a fun, scary game. I wish I had someone to play it with.

SH5 is supposed to come out in 2008 or 2009.

 

[John Doe]

Yes, and it's more or less awesome.
Depending on how picky you are.

Moderately picky. GTA, Battefield and NFS have pretty much set my standards for open-ended evironments.

 

[Spaceboy]

I have!

Great idea, but a few WTF implementations.

For instance, you have limited inventory. You can cart around guns and metal pipes, but are unable to carry a coin, a bottle of chocolate milk, a bottle of wine, and a matchbook at the same time.

Though the graphics are improved, the controls are less responsive than in two and three. I'd try to run away from a ghost, and find myself running into walls, or trapped between a garbage can and a staircase. This is on an X-Box.

Lastly, the story isn't as compelling as the first two. The first SH is a father trying to save his daughter, the second is a man trying to get over his wife's death, and SH4 is just a guy who's a loser. I don't say that in a "I dislike the character" way but a "the point of the story is that he's a loser" way.

That said, it's still a fun, scary game. I wish I had someone to play it with.

SH5 is supposed to come out in 2008 or 2009.

You continue to impress me.
Not that you are trying to, of course.
Those are the kinds of games I love to play "with" someone.
Sort of like the Resident Evils. Games you want to play and have someone there to get creeped out with.
Have you ever played a Fatal Frame? I rented the first one and it seriously creeped me out, perhaps more than any other game.
It's debatable, the shadow babies with knives in the first Silent Hill creeped me out a lot. And reading what I just wrote, I'm surprised it was creepy and not laughable.

 

[Spaceboy]

Moderately picky. GTA, Battefield and NFS have pretty much set my standards for open-ended evironments.

Having to drive back to an event if I fail it because of the lack of a restart button really bugs me. For an open environment driving game, sometimes driving to everything can be tedious.

 

[Never]

You continue to impress me.
Not that you are trying to, of course.
Those are the kinds of games I love to play "with" someone.
Sort of like the Resident Evils. Games you want to play and have someone there to get creeped out with.
Have you ever played a Fatal Frame? I rented the first one and it seriously creeped me out, perhaps more than any other game.
It's debatable, the shadow babies with knives in the first Silent Hill creeped me out a lot. And reading what I just wrote, I'm surprised it was creepy and not laughable.

Crept.

I've heard of Fatal Frame. Doesn't one of them have incestuous twin sisters?

I'm not a fan of horror/slasher movies or many horror games. One of the reasons I became fell in love with the Silent Hill games was the way they did so much with so little. It's easy to make my palms sweaty when I'm fighting off a zombie horde with a chaingun, but scaring me with a bit of fog and radio static takes skill.

 

[John Doe]

Having to drive back to an event if I fail it because of the lack of a restart button really bugs me. For an open environment driving game, sometimes driving to everything can be tedious.

You're talking about Paradise? NFS Underground 2 and Carbon let you jump right to the event or the PC versions did anyway.

 

[Spaceboy]

Crept.

I've heard of Fatal Frame. Doesn't one of them have incestuous twin sisters?

I'm not a fan of horror/slasher movies or many horror games. One of the reasons I became fell in love with the Silent Hill games was the way they did so much with so little. It's easy to make my palms sweaty when I'm fighting off a zombie horde with a chaingun, but scaring me with a bit of fog and radio static takes skill.

Well now I feel stupid.
I'm not sure about incestuous twin sisters....but I think you'd like it. It's all about the creepy factor. You're weaponless, except for a camera that you use to take pictures of, and thereby seal away, the ghosts. Which means that you usually have to get within striking distance of the dead people that can easily hurt you. Add in a lot of creepy visuals, like something standing in front of a mirror behind you and then not being there when you turn around, and you might not want to play it with the lights off.

You're talking about Paradise? NFS Underground 2 and Carbon let you jump right to the event or the PC versions did anyway.

Yeah, Paradise.
There's no jumping into, out of, or back to events.
Everything must be driven to.
But I guess it adds a dash of realism to a very unrealistic game.

 

[John Doe]

I've heard of Fatal Frame. Doesn't one of them have incestuous twin sisters?

Eh?

I'm not sure about incestuous twin sisters...

Awww.

 

[Never]

Fatal Frame II = twin sisters that love one another. LOVE one another.

 

[John Doe]

Fatal Frame II = twin sisters that love one another. LOVE one another.

All night long?

 

[Never]

All night long?

I'd like to believe so.

But they're underage japanese girls, so it's more implied than anything else.

 

[Dionysian Beast]

So Burnout finally caught on to the open-ended evironment thing?

Yup. I never thought it'd grow on me this much over such a short period of time, but I have to say, it's fucking great.

 

[John Doe]

I'd like to believe so.

But they're underage japanese girls, so it's more implied than anything else.

That's even better.

Not the implied part but the rest.

 

[Dionysian Beast]

A note on horror games... anyone ever played Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth?

I have it on PC, and I have to say it's probably the creepest fucking game I've ever played. And I really enjoy playing fucked up games (Manhunt, Condemned, etc.), but this game's managed to truly disturb me on many occasions.

It's not too old, so the graphics are pretty well-done, and it's very Lovecraftian, so the level and dept of the thrill and suspense is not too surprising, and the story doesn't suck.

http://www.callofcthulhu.com/

 

[PublicAffection]

We have... *ahem*

A PS2, XBox, XBox360, Super Ninteno, Nintendo Gamecube, Nintendo 64. And two computers. All are up and running - ready for the next weak gamer to walk into the room and say, "Oh-ho! What is this?"

I'm currently playing Munch's Oddysee on XBox; my hunny is playing Call of Duty 4 on the PC, and Assasin's Creed on the 360; and we are both tearing it up on Guitar Hero 3 on the PS2.

 

[Spaceboy]

XBox320

Is that the discount version?
Seriously though, that's a lot of game systems.
Now I wanna come over.

 

[PublicAffection]

Is that the discount version?
Seriously though, that's a lot of game systems.
Now I wanna come over.

lmao. Sorry. New keyboard. Damn numbers keep moving around.

Yes, we have a lot of systems. And a ton of games. You are welcome to come over!

 

[Doulton]

I finished GTA San Andreas, finally. But now the gyms aren't working and I put on weight to date a cop and I'm stuck fat
Just started playing Bioshock too. It's creepy. Good, but still a FPS, so I get bored with it quickly. Need to get a cool RPG soon.

 

[MechaBlade]

I've just got a regular 27" CRT, but a pretty smokin' surround set-up.
It works, though a ginormous LCD would be nice.
I'm sure Mecha will be in here shortly to brag about his TV.

17" monitor.

 

[Never]

A note on horror games... anyone ever played Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth?

I have it on PC, and I have to say it's probably the creepest fucking game I've ever played. And I really enjoy playing fucked up games (Manhunt, Condemned, etc.), but this game's managed to truly disturb me on many occasions.

It's not too old, so the graphics are pretty well-done, and it's very Lovecraftian, so the level and dept of the thrill and suspense is not too surprising, and the story doesn't suck.

http://www.callofcthulhu.com/

I played it on the X-Box: Pure Shit.

 

[Spaceboy]

17" monitor.

I thought sure you had an awesome set-up.

I played it on the X-Box: Pure Shit.

I'd heard that.
That it was pure shit, not that you played it on Xbox and thought that.
That would just be creepy.

 

[Dionysian Beast]

Well, that's quite informative. And why was it pure shit?

I don't listen to what people have to say about games. I play them myself. My opinion may or not be the same as theirs once I do so, but just assuming that if others don't like something, I won't like it, either, seems silly to me.

I played The Club and DMC4 demos. The Club's pretty cool, plays much like a modern day third person shooter arcade game. Decent graphics, nice shooting action, overall not to shabby.

DMC4 has very awesome graphics and visuals, which isn't all that surprising. The game play is, well, similar to the previous games. Rather fun to play, but the demo is quite short, and the boss mode is very fucking hard.