Gaming Community

[OregonCoastGamer]

Just curious what games people are playing- mainly online or multiplayer games. It would be cool to play with some other Xotic PC'ers, who must also be as avid gamers as I am :wink: . If your interested, please post your games and contact program nicks. If you aren't interested in forming a gaming community, then just post your games. Thanks :D .


Currently Playing Online:

1) Quake Wars: Enemy Territory (-Inferno-, Xc!amation vent server)

2) Kohan II: Kings of War ([LAG]*XandersBlade*)

Xfire Profile- Alyosha16
Comrade- Beach_shark15@hotmail.com
MSN IM- akostrikin@hotmail.com

Although I only have two online capable games on my laptop at the moment, I have plenty more sitting around I would be willing to install.

[Abstaman]

Currently playing Shadowbane. It is a free to play MMORPG with the best PvP in any online MMORPG I have played.

Also, I'm anxiously awaiting the release of Age of Conan.

That is all... ;)

[robamb2002]

Well they won't take full advantage of these beasts, my favorite online game is still Diablo II, a instance based mprpg. I have recently started playing Ikariam which is a blast if you like REALLY LONG RTS(on the scale of months/years), plus its free :D

[OregonCoastGamer]

:shock: I was expecting some more intense games to show upon here.... The games you mentioned are classics, but I myself am more into playing the best looking games on the market; that's partly why I wanted this laptop to begin with. My oldest game, that I currently still play, was made in 2004 (Only because its the best RTS game I have ever played). The rest have been released in the last year or so. Thanks for your posts! Keep them coming :D .

P.S.-Also awaiting Age of Conan myself 8) .

[Justin_W@XoticPC]

The main game that i play is World of Warcraft. Haven't really played any other games in a while. Besides a few demos here and there :D

[Prasad007]

I don't exactly have the best internet connection :P
So online is a no-no for me :(
But I just finished Portal! :)
And currently playing Unreal Tournament 3, Bioshock, Command And Conquer Tiberium Wars Kane Edition, and The Witcher :D

[TraNceD.gURL]

On the PC, I'm only playing Guild Wars right now with any semblance of regularity. But I'm planning on getting Crysis as soon as I get my lappy. And a bunch of console games, that nobody is gonna be interested in, such as DDR (PS2), GH3 (PS3), Halo 2 (XBox), Okami (PS2). That's pretty much it.

[OregonCoastGamer]

Guild Wars is an MMORPG that I do have :lol: . I haven't played it for a while now.... sorta waiting on GW2 to come out. That games going to be awesome (Free to Play and all). I may be sharing a Dungeons and Dragons Online account with my little brother pretty soon. It's a pretty cool game if you haven't played it before and I think their monthly fee is down to ten dollars a month if you sign up by April :D . I would recommend any of you to check it out if you haven't already (The game can be bought for about 6 dollars including shipping on Amazon.com and that gives you a month free by itself).

[jameslee]

i play everquest 2 my self. i have tried many of the others like wow and guild wars just to name a couple. guild wars was ok but wow was to cartoonish for me to stay with. just my 2 cents

[Justin_W@XoticPC]

Aren't all games kind of cartoonish like? Has anyone had a chance to try out The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar? Was thinking about playing that as my off game when i'm not playing WoW if it's good.

[OregonCoastGamer]

My younger cousin plays LOTRO and he likes it. I played the beta, but I myself wasn't as interested, considering I already know the story so it wasn't anything new. The game was produced by the same people who made DDO (which I loved), and the integrated voice chat and graphics are big pluses. WoW does have the most "cartoony" graphics for a recent MMO (probably a developer idea) and there are other games with much more "realistic graphics". I think theres a trial for most MMOs so I would look around.

[kpauls]

I play World of Warcraft, TF2, and have gone back and replayed HL2 / ep1 /ep2.

However I'm also finding this machine to far surpass my developer workstation so I easily fire off 2-3 copies of Eclipse 3.3 and hack to my heart's content.

[nootz]

I played BioShock on my laptop np2090
with 512 Nvideavideo and 1 gig of ram,
all effects...(with one more gig
it won't crash...heheheh)
and its amazing!
Also World of Kungfu and Nine Dragons.
Now I am off to check out Ikariam.

[RaderCad]

Well once we get the beast, NP9262, I will be making up for almost eight years of not playing games. Yes, I know, but I had a choice: keep the house and white picket fence and die in my customized command chair or get off my lazy behind and go out and get a life. Sigh! I am still here, so I guess it worked. :)

I use to be in the top ten for years in Unreal Assault. Did OK in Counter Strike also. Still use the same 'handle' here in these forums as I did then. Anyway, being in Mexico and trying to connect to servers in USA is kind of iffy at best, especially in the afternoon or evening when school is out. Would be nice to try and hook up at some point, but I have a lot of single player games to get through. Such as: FEAR all of them (update update), The Orange Box, and Quake 4. Then I will think about getting Crysis; by then it should come down in price with a few updates and maybe a new episode. Would like to try the game Mass Effect as it looked pretty cool and is coming out soon enough.

End of story.

[OregonCoastGamer]

I just recently did some video editing with my lappy and it worked very smoothly. Here's my first creation on my NP5792.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEXbu7J1A2Q

[OregonCoastGamer]

Recently started playing two new games:

Time Shift, 30-60 FPS Maxed 1920x1200, $20.

Trackmania- Nations Forever, 40-60 FPS Maxed 1920X1200, Free.

Two great looking games and ones FREE!

[Justin_W@XoticPC]

Glad to hear the update OCG! I (gulp) quit World of Warcraft about 2 weeks ago and have since had the chance to play Call of Duty 4, Crysis, Assassin's Creed, working on World in Conflict and Gears of War. All which have been very fun games. Also tried Race Driver:GRID which wasn't very good imo. Any other recommended games you suggest i try?

[OregonCoastGamer]

I would suggest you give Mass Effect a shot.... I think it would tickle your gaming fancy :p.

[Justin_W@XoticPC]

That's another one i have on my list to play, thanks for the suggestions :)

[emike09]

Gears of War
Crysis
Asassins Creed

All running maxed out, except Crysis, which is Very High, 1024x768 No AA, 30fps.

I think I'll go try Mass Effect out.

[Justin_W@XoticPC]

I just bought Battlefield 2142 and spent most of my time this weekend playing that. I used to play a lot of CS: Source before WoW and i definitely think BF: 2142 is much better than CS.

I'm really bummed that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/starwars2007/index.html) won't be out for PC. I played Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy & Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast which were both really fun fighting with a lightsaber.

I might try out Mass Effect next weekend :)

[OregonCoastGamer]

Battlefield type games are great! I have been addicted to Enemy Territory: Quake Wars for quite a while and am now playing with a competitive team. Never played CS:S, but I hear its quite popular (Almost picked up TF2 this week). Well, enjoy your gaming ;).

[Orion]

mass effect was a very enjoyable game. made by the same folks who did knight of the old republic, so if you liked that, youll probably like mass effect.

im playing age of conan right now, and sins of a solar empire. also, i just picked up titan quest again. (think diablo but with way better graphics)

[OregonCoastGamer]

Heres a free game I just heard about http://www.playsaga.com/ . It's apparently an online mmo/rts/rpg... a real mouthful I know lol. I will probably give it a try and just was giving you guys a heads up if you like free stuff as much as myself :p.

[RaderCad]

Just installed the Orange Box. While installing the single player games and registering through Steam I noticed that the games came up in 64 bit enabled mode. Great news! I guess the steam anti game copying paid off for the gamers as well as the developers, first time that has paid off for me.
I did note that one has to go into each game, configure the settings and start a game to work in offline mode. I just turned off all the online stuff in steam so I can come up in offline mode and get the games to work.

[OregonCoastGamer]

Sounds like more of a pain for those who can't play online :p.... and I wouldn't be so sure it is anti-copy proof ;).

[Anewbus]

I'm not an avid gamer by any measure, but when time permits I sometimes like to mess about with MoH or CoD. On those I pretend I'm attacking politicians and other things I don't like. :) Just serves to release some stress and it works sometimes. Of course, I also set to "god mode" because I'm a lousy player in that I get killed before the game even begins!
I also like Myst, Riven, Schizm because the graphics are neat and I like to ride the different vehicles and work the different devices and the soundtrack is kind of cool too.
I also like golf. (Certainly can't afford the real thing).

I'm not sure the Lappy I am getting can handle on-line gaming. It's a Force 3298 V2 with a T8100 Peneryn CPU, 2GB RAM, Nvidia 8600GT w/ 512mb and a 320GB 5400 rpm HD. I have a desktop I can use for that. I do have a wired connection cable internet. I suppose it may be able to since it is considered a mid-range gaming/desktop replacement laptop.
I've tried on-line gaming in the past and it is neat because you meet folks and it can be fun, but I'm such a terrible player, basically nothing more than cannon fodder and can never seem to find a section for clueless, newbie, uncoordinated blokes like myself. :)

I used to play the Wing Commander series, but those don't run anymore on newer PCs. I really miss the Wing Commander games.

[The Bill]

I'm really bummed that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/starwars2007/index.html) won't be out for PC. I played Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy & Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast which were both really fun fighting with a lightsaber.

You play JKA? Love that, any clans or servers you stick to? I play on Dread and WoV'Classics, drop by sometime.

Company of Heroes is a pretty fun game, its an WWII RTS, great community etc (Available for download on Steam =X).

Btw, Wing Commander runs on Vista =/ Doesn't it?

[kpauls]

mass effect was a very enjoyable game. made by the same folks who did knight of the old republic, so if you liked that, youll probably like mass effect.

I hate the online distribution model for Mass Effect.

I'm not buying it because the idea of my download rights expiring is bullcrap.

[RaderCad]

Yes that is right, I got caught up in 'play it until you drop mode' and finished. Already went thought it twice. Now I am looking for more. Just ordered Crysis and F.E.A.R. (the one with all of the fear games in it.) I guess I will have something to play as I have purchased C.O.H. online from Steam (both games.) I always play in offline mode so it works anywhere I go. About Steam: I did run into an update that ended up disabling the AI in HL2. It was a 64 bit problem and had to run it in 32 bit mode. Drag on, some update Valve, good going......

I have been looking at what others play and they have some good choices. I may get some of the mentioned games (installed here in the USA first) to take back to Mexico and play when we go back down there after summer. I noticed that the Mass Effect was even on a tighter online registration/download/server/security system than Steam, so I gave it a pass (for now.) I am making up for the last five years of non-gaming in a big hurry.

Charge on NP9262, still very low temps even gaming. Nothing over the low to mid 50's during game play, excluding the HD's that are remaining under 50, so far. I imagine that Crysis will really stress the old GPU so I will monitor those temps.

I loved the early (DOS based, extended memory management and all that BS) Wing Commander Series myself. There were issues with the later games and windblows 98. Just shows how far the inter program interface & stability and GPU's have come since then.

[telestroud]

EVE Online About 4 yrs now and it is still an exelent challengeing friendly envirment. I have been in Veto for about 2 1/2 yrs now, a corporation in game. Pirate ops FTW.

[ErAqiMoN]

I started with Call of Duty 2 a couple years ago.
Now I play COD4, and nothing else.
It's a blast.:rolleyes2:
www.ats-warzone.com (http://www.ats-warzone.com)

Drop by and says hi anyone.

My Player Name: |ATS|ErAqiMoN

[Lymn]

- Battlefield 2
- Battlefield 2142
- Crysis
- Mercenaries: World in flames (when it comes out)
- Warhammer Online (when it comes out)
- Misc demos from fileplanet...

[Rancit]

I have been playing a lot of Combat Arms, a free FPS from Nexon. If anyone has it or wants to try it, add me on it, Rancit. I also play BF2, WoW, and have a large variety of other games such as HL2, TF2, Track Mania, some RTS's and other related games.

Let me know if you want to play any of them with me.

-CGamer

[OregonCoastGamer]

Combat arms was a tad too simplistic for me, but if you haven't heard about Quake Live yet... be looking for it. Basically it will be a browser based Quake 3 Arena and is totally free :).

[Rancit]

I have never played quake before, I started gaming with aoe2 then halo ce and onward...whats so great about quake and do you know anything about BF2 heroes? I'll probably be playing that for sure.

[OregonCoastGamer]

I know of all games ;). My first game was civ 1... squares w/ poorly drawn pictures lol.

[caocao]

Online, COD 4 only!

Other games I play (single players):

Crysis, Orange Box, Bioschock, Assassin Creed.

[Rancit]

http://tnt-squad.com/
My BF2 Squad mates, they own 2 BF2 servers and 2 AIX servers and 1 AA server, as well as Ventrilo. Jump by and say hi, we also play a lot of Combat Arms, although there are hackers, we are most of the time playing against each other due to the vast amount of players usually online.

[PSRT]

I've gotten really into Company of Heroes as of late. Hit me up on Xfire if you want to play a game, I'm Pliskin9 on Xfire and PSRT in CoH...

[The Bill]

CoD4 is fun online, but ever since that silly instant-level 55 crack it's just shot the ranking systems excitement down the tubes.

Assassins Creed is an awesome game, can't wait for a sequel.

Currently I eagerly await the much distant future release of Half-Life 2: Episode 3 :D

Currently I jam around in GMod10 and the Taco N' Banana community X:

[Rancit]

add me on steam guys, email: 15.kirby@gmail.com
XFire: Rancit0

[The Bill]

You use Xfire, that's fantastic! I get in arguments all the time defending Xfire and how great it is, its just such a useful tool, IMO... :D

[Rancit]

Guys check this out, its brand new, I am about to try it out. It just might be my savior from Alt+Tab!

http://www.playxpert.com/

Youtube "PlayXpert" for videos

[OregonCoastGamer]

Seems like a nice program, but too bad it's not x64 compatible yet. I will be tying it out when it comes out for my OS. Nice find :).

[wildman]

I play the typical Crysis, COD 4 and Assassins Creed. Im usually heavily involved in Guild Wars. I have two guilds there and have a group of friends managing them right now. I have about 3 more months in Iraq and I should be back to playing since the satellite connection does not support the gaming experience that I would like. Guild Wars 2 should be out by then and Ill be hitting it hard.

[RaderCad]

Quick wasn't it....... Only about 60 days for All of; the half life 2 series, the F.E.A.R series and Crysis. I've actually played all the games at least two times. Crysis much more than that.
My favorite game so far is Crysis. It is like being in a movie. Made the rest of the games look dated in the graphics department. Sure the Paradise Lost started out looking like a slide show, until I lowered the resolution. But what the heck, it was all those snow flakes, falling rocks and other effects that gave the problems. That and the fact that the developers did not have to time to optimize some sections. Nevertheless it is a fantastic audio visual experience that completely blew me away. Now I know what all the talk was about. Can't wait for the next Crysis game to come out.

[RaderCad]

Crysis Warhead is out:

I am downloading as I write. Although my bandwidth is limited 90-100 KB (big b for bytes) I will likely have it all down tonight.... Stoke!

Comes with a new multi player game called Crysis Wars review said it was playable online for the old team death mach type of thing. I may let it continue loading after I play Warhead for a couple of times........

[robamb2002]

Anyone out there play Lord of the Rings Online? I just got it for christmas and am having a good fun time with it. Everyone in my fam pitched in for the unlimited supscription so I'll be on the Silverlode servers if anyone wants to stop by and say hi! or do some questing :)

[OnTucsonTime2]

Currently I am playing Left 4 Dead and Diablo 2. I just dusted off my old gaming rig so I might get back into Oblivion for a bit and a couple driving games. I'm mainly trying to find something to do until Diablo 3 comes out, after that I'll drop everything else for awhile. :wink2:

[potent]

I am just about only playing L4D as I have a very strange zombie fetish... its quite worrying actually...

[OnTucsonTime2]

I am just about only playing L4D as I have a very strange zombie fetish... its quite worrying actually...

I used to be all about head shots (rifle or shotgun) but I have since switched to removing limbs and watching all the different ways they can fall :eek:

[potent]

my highlight is actually crowning the wife...
OOPS, I meant the witch :p

[OnTucsonTime2]

My first night playing my buddy says to me "You've got the shotgun, you can get the Crowning achievement" So I turn my light off, sneak up behind a pole and get right behind her and start unloading, as he's reviving me he says "You know, that works better if you have the upgraded shotgun"

[potent]

you should have shot him in the face and said that hes lucky you didnt have the upgraded shotgun :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[PSRT]

Are there still no Company of Heroes players on this board?

[Justin_W@XoticPC]

Are there still no Company of Heroes players on this board?

Haven't actually played Company of Heroes yet as I mostly play BF2142 in my free time.

[PSRT]

Haven't actually played Company of Heroes yet as I mostly play BF2142 in my free time.

CURSES!!!!

And by the way, dude, BF2142?! Really?? You must be a glutton for punishment...did Dice ever fix the Titan moving problems?

[Justin_W@XoticPC]

CURSES!!!!

And by the way, dude, BF2142?! Really?? You must be a glutton for punishment...did Dice ever fix the Titan moving problems?

Not sure, i mostly play Conquest (no infantry) maps.

[OregonCoastGamer]

Anyone play COD4? I picked it up to prep myself for the release of Wolfenstein http://www.wolfenstein.com/ . I played the ET games competitively for a few years, and I guess they sold out to COD's successes :(. I also got L4D if anyone still plays it lol.

[Justin_W@XoticPC]

Hey OCG!
I played the single player version of COD4, but haven't tried multi-player. I still remember the old days of playing the DOS version of Wolfenstein3D on my old 486 computer! It's crazy how far gaming and technology has advanced just in the past 10 years. Still haven't played L4D, but it's on my list of games to play. :D

[OregonCoastGamer]

L4D is like the Diablo of FPS, click wise. I love a good slaughter of mindless zombies :).

[Brodkill]

L4D is the shit

[Emp454]

I'm kinda stuck for choice between Crysis and Fallout 3.

Guy behind the counter didn't help much:
"Fallout felt too much like Oblivion, I mean, I was messing around on Fallout and kept thinking, why aren't I playing Oblivion? So yeah... Crysis I feel is just another generic shooter. Well, I don't know what to say to you mate. Then again I'm more a console gamer"

hmmm...

[OnTucsonTime2]

I still remember the old days of playing the DOS version of Wolfenstein3D on my old 486 computer! It's crazy how far gaming and technology has advanced just in the past 10 years.

Wow, Now I feel old. Please tell me I'm not the only one who started on a Vic20 and was thrilled when I got my first 8086.

[Mauler]

I've been playing Lord of the Rings Online on and off since beta. Mature player community, developers respectful for the source material, PvE/PvP opportunities, overall spam-free comfortable gaming experience.

[robamb2002]

^^ I'm in love with LOTRO! which server do you play? I'm on Silverlode :)

[Anewbus]

I haven't played anything beyond COD2 yet. Not sure if I can on my little FORCE?
I don't play games on-line because I'm not anywhere near good enough for it. I get killed the second I log on and every second after that. Besides, I'm not willing to pay $13 per month or whatever for that.

I miss the Wing Commander series!!!!!:-/:( I'm wondering if there is any easy way to play it on a 2.1GHz XP machine?

[Mauler]

^^ I'm in love with LOTRO! which server do you play? I'm on Silverlode :)

Firefoot. :)

Wing Commander series! That brings back memories. Couple of my computer purchase decisions were based on Wing Commander/Strike Commander series. There's a special place in my heart for them. :) They were definitely ahead of their time.

I had been playing flight/combat/space sims since the days of F-15 Strike Eagle on Commodore 64, F-16 Falcon on XT/AT machines, monochrome wire-frame-only version of Microsoft Flight Simulator, etc. We've come a long way.

[OregonCoastGamer]

I have been somewhat dormant in terms of gaming, but this is the one that should be getting the carpal tunnel syndrome going again :p, http://www.brinkthegame.com/ . This game gives me hope for something that is not trying to knock-off COD or CS. I will be pre-ordering asap myself. Check it out!

[Meta-4]

I've spent most of this year playing Mass Effect 1 and 2, my favorite games by far. Anticipating the release of Starcraft II and Diablo III though along with FFXIV. Once my laptop comes in I would like to pick up a copy of Tropico 3 and Dragon Age.

[Justin_W@XoticPC]

I have been somewhat dormant in terms of gaming, but this is the one that should be getting the carpal tunnel syndrome going again :p, http://www.brinkthegame.com/ . This game gives me hope for something that is not trying to knock-off COD or CS. I will be pre-ordering asap myself. Check it out!

This game was just featured in the Game Informer magazine too. It does look to be a pretty promising game :D

[Tarfun]

I used to play lots of games, The Witcher, System Shock 2, Elder Scrolls 3 and 4 etc BUT now I have games in the wrappers on the shelf...

Because just after it went live in EU I got a weeks free trial of Lord of the rings Online... basically hardly played anything else since then. I cannot compare it to other online games but it has a great story, a way forward in sense of story to come, mature fun community etc etc...oh and lifetime subs too.

So you might say I like it.
Plus it looks fantastic on my new G51-JX A1. I never had DX10 before and that makes it look even nicer.
er no I dont work for Turbine or Codemasters

/fanboy gush off

[OregonCoastGamer]

Here is a short mash up of some old online gaming I do on my lappy. I only really got into online FPS once I had the computer to handle them ;).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3KDN1xjVU

[Braeyn]

Nice man, I can't wait til the g73 wait is over and I can start making some videos like that myself. I use to be a really avid gamer until the stork dropped a couple of bundles in my lap.

[Mekhit]

Nice man, I can't wait til the g73 wait is over and I can start making some videos like that myself. I use to be a really avid gamer until the stork dropped a couple of bundles in my lap.

Haha same here!

[singleshot71]

Nice man, I can't wait til the g73 wait is over and I can start making some videos like that myself. I use to be a really avid gamer until the stork dropped a couple of bundles in my lap.
Bought mine a ps3 to distract them from my computers lol

[Mekhit]

LOL unfortunately mine's too young to be interested in my console..she always wants to type on my keyboard.

[jaydeee]

I like WoW, Lineage2, Ceasar 5 if its the latest LOL
GTA for short game :)

[rastamandom]

Next BIG thing
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/reddeadredemption/news.html?sid=6253799&mode=previews&tag=result;title;0

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=XxXZMONEYZXxX&annotation_id=annotation_983530&feature=iv
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[Mekhit]

Next BIG thing
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/reddeadredemption/news.html?sid=6253799&mode=previews&tag=result;title;0

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=XxXZMONEYZXxX&annotation_id=annotation_983530&feature=iv
:notworthy:notworthy:notworthy:notworthy:notworthy :notworthy:notworthy

Eh, I'm just not as impressed lately with some games. I miss the games with the epic story lines (hence why I love FF games - except online...ew) and the long hours. Most games you can beat in 6-12 hours. Pathetic. What happened to games like the 2nd Star Ocean where you were fifty hours in and barely halfway through?? People just want too much instant gratification.

[UntilMoraleImproves]

Personally, I'm working through STO and then will be waiting impatiently for Diablo III.

[Mekhit]

Right now I'm playing GoW 3, FFXIII, and WoW (VERY casually)...waiting on Diablo III

[jbermi]

I am just getting back into gaming. I have been playing torchlight, finished it a few times already, one of the few games that runs on this POS laptop.

CIV 4, Dragon Age wil be the first games on the new laptop.
diablo III would be nice, I haven't played since the first one, and Civ 5 whenever that comes out.
I like the age of empire series, too. seems like its been forever that AoE 1 came out.
I am not much of a shooter type gamer, use to be(like when wolfenstien 3d first came out in 92-93), but was never that good( i sucked something awful)

[UntilMoraleImproves]

I am just getting back into gaming. I have been playing torchlight, finished it a few times already, one of the few games that runs on this POS laptop.

CIV 4, Dragon Age wil be the first games on the new laptop.
diablo III would be nice, I haven't played since the first one, and Civ 5 whenever that comes out.
I like the age of empire series, too. seems like its been forever that AoE 1 came out.
I am not much of a shooter type gamer, use to be(like when wolfenstien 3d first came out in 92-93), but was never that good( i sucked something awful)

Diablo II was a lot of fun. Especially after I beat it a couple of times and then edited my character's stats and ran through it with an unstoppable merchant of death.

[SGTSlaughter]

Currently playing:

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II & the Chaos Rising expansion
Battlefield : Bad Company II (ClobberinTime)
WoW (Finangus, Blackhand server)
FF XIII
Ninja Gaiden II (never beat it lol)
Dragon Age : Origins

Anxiously waiting for:

Diablo III
Starcraft II
Star Wars : The Old Republic
Deus Ex : Human Revolution
Half Life 2 : Episode 3 (they had better be making this)
New Legend of Zelda game
Metroid : Other M

[rastamandom]

Eh, I'm just not as impressed lately with some games. I miss the games with the epic story lines (hence why I love FF games - except online...ew) and the long hours. Most games you can beat in 6-12 hours. Pathetic. What happened to games like the 2nd Star Ocean where you were fifty hours in and barely halfway through?? People just want too much instant gratification.

i dont have so much time for gaming but was always fascinated with games graphics and its progress tru time, from C64 and game Aztec Challenge ,Amiga -Space Ace and then with PCxt and Prince of Percia (ah en LOTUS y Leisure Suit Larry) stil have Phantasmagoria (and 15GB of old amiga games maybe all of them :biggrin:...thil some thing like Oblivion i love Heroes and Diablo (plaing Futbol Menager for years) but i always look in to new graphics improvement

[Mekhit]

I'm just not impressed anymore I guess. There's a few out there that do, don't get me wrong, but for the most part they always seem...lacking. I do want to try to the new Prince of Persia thats coming out just because I've played them all. I've already beaten ME 1 and 2, DAO (not really into the expansion, I hear it's the same ole song and dance with nothing new)...I dont' do shooters. Never have really. I"ll borrow them from a friend, but will never buy them because they're too damn short.

[jbermi]

it also seems lately more games are ported from consoles to PC, not the other way around, meaning less games just unique to the PC. PC's for now will still trump consoles in sheer power and graphics, due to be customizable and upgradeable, but i think in the game department, consoles passed PC's, I think.

[rastamandom]

I'm just not impressed anymore I guess. There's a few out there that do, don't get me wrong, but for the most part they always seem...lacking. I do want to try to the new Prince of Persia thats coming out just because I've played them all. I've already beaten ME 1 and 2, DAO (not really into the expansion, I hear it's the same ole song and dance with nothing new)...I dont' do shooters. Never have really. I"ll borrow them from a friend, but will never buy them because they're too damn short.

it's true tere is so many new games that are just bad copy of others, and im not shame to admit that i never buy game in my life, and yes thets normal for me:eeek2:

[jbermi]

http://prisonbreak.deepsilver.com/

this looks interesting. march 30th release. loved the tv show. but in my experience games based off movies, etc. sometimes don't do well. and others do rather well. its a crapshoot. but it looks like the writers from the show did most of the story for this game.

[singleshot71]

errrrr, stupid question to follow.....How fast does your internet connection must be to play online games? MW2 or Crysis? I have Verizon wireless card and get good signal (broadband) just about every where I go. I stream movies and watch videos online without any hiccups so far. Usually I get speeds of around 100-300 kbps...

[UntilMoraleImproves]

errrrr, stupid question to follow.....How fast does your internet connection must be to play online games? MW2 or Crysis? I have Verizon wireless card and get good signal (broadband) just about every where I go. I stream movies and watch videos online without any hiccups so far. Usually I get speeds of around 100-300 kbps...

That's not a stupid question but it is a hard one to answer. It really depends on what kind of responsiveness you're seeing. If the game is lagging, stuttering, freezing, etc, then you probably want to upgrade your connection. I have Verizon FiOS pumping at 35/35MB. That might be overkill for the home but it is a pretty good price for the service.

[singleshot71]

That's not a stupid question but it is a hard one to answer. It really depends on what kind of responsiveness you're seeing. If the game is lagging, stuttering, freezing, etc, then you probably want to upgrade your connection. I have Verizon FiOS pumping at 35/35MB. That might be overkill for the home but it is a pretty good price for the service.
Well, I live in the part of the country where the BIG boys won't run highspeed cable or DSL. The only highspeed connection is through Verizon wireless AIR CARD. It does really well watching tv on hulu.com , but I was just wandering of there was a minimal speed that servers would impose b4 letting you online? Guess I will have to try and see, I just didn't want to sign up for some kinda service and not be able to use it:(

[UntilMoraleImproves]

Well, I live in the part of the country where the BIG boys won't run highspeed cable or DSL. The only highspeed connection is through Verizon wireless AIR CARD. It does really well watching tv on hulu.com , but I was just wandering of there was a minimal speed that servers would impose b4 letting you online? Guess I will have to try and see, I just didn't want to sign up for some kinda service and not be able to use it:(

If there is a limitation, it should be published in the system requirements.

[Maverick494]

Well, I live in the part of the country where the BIG boys won't run highspeed cable or DSL. The only highspeed connection is through Verizon wireless AIR CARD. It does really well watching tv on hulu.com , but I was just wandering of there was a minimal speed that servers would impose b4 letting you online? Guess I will have to try and see, I just didn't want to sign up for some kinda service and not be able to use it:(

it's not really about speed. Its more about your latency, which has more to do with your route to the host and some other things, speed is only a minor issue there.

I can tell you I just switched to clear and it is an air card type service and I can game fine in WoW/MW2/ST:O. There are a few times that I have had some issues, but that was when the entire seattle market went down.

[Fr0st]

Yeah like Maverick said, overall speed (like up/down speeds in kbps or mbps) really isn't that much of an issue - just about anything above 56k can handle modern gaming. The real issue is latency between you and the server (or between you and other players in a P2P multiplayer game like Modern Warfare 2). The closer you are to the server (or other players) the better your performance will be.

If you stick to playing on servers nearby your location (the ones which show up as the lowest ping to you in the server browser) you should be fine with your connection. :)

We have a 5mbps down/3mbps up, although we typically get more like 10 mbps down and 1mbps up. :P

[kingtz]

I used to be really into Everquest 2, but I quit last year. I had an uber raiding Assassin, and a semi-raiding Wizard, with a Warden for fun. Good ol' days.

Now, I play mostly "Dragon Age" and "Bad Company 2".

[Slowboto]

http://prisonbreak.deepsilver.com/

this looks interesting. march 30th release. loved the tv show. but in my experience games based off movies, etc. sometimes don't do well. and others do rather well. its a crapshoot. but it looks like the writers from the show did most of the story for this game.

Saw a few reviews and they said this game is complete crap. Best to stay away from it.

I'm a big time gamer but mostly on consoles. When I finally get a G73 it will be the first time I've had a good computer that can handle good computer games. The computers I've had in the past normally couldn't even handle FPS on low settings. I'll probably still play most FPS on the consoles just because most of my friends play on there too but it will be nice to have the computer as an option for once.

I used to play a ton of WoW but stopped a few years back after getting burned out again from raiding. Still I'm a huge fan of Blizzard and can't wait until Starcraft II is released. Diablo III is another one I'm anticipating although I'm sure it is at least another year or two away. I know they are shooting for next year but they are too notorious for delaying games. Still I prefer the delays and them making sure it is high quality over just rushing it out and have it not be as good.

I bought the Witcher a little while back thinking my desktop could handle it but apparently mine sucked so bad that it would not allow me to play the game at all. It will be nice to play that finally.

Probably try out Crysis just to see what it was like.

[OregonCoastGamer]

errrrr, stupid question to follow.....How fast does your internet connection must be to play online games? MW2 or Crysis? I have Verizon wireless card and get good signal (broadband) just about every where I go. I stream movies and watch videos online without any hiccups so far. Usually I get speeds of around 100-300 kbps...

As long as you don't have anything running in the background you should be set. I used to play online FPS with dial-up believe it or not... but I did ping 400+ to local servers lol. I would say that 100-300kbs (768-1.5mb connection I am guessing) speeds is pretty much the minimal for gaming smoothly. Unless you are living with a large group of people who also use your connection or you feel the need to instantly download an HD movie... I wouldn't worry too much ;). (if you ever get the chance to switch to a dedicated line, it might be a smart move, but I haven't had much experience with wireless ISP)

[Anewbus]

As long as you don't have anything running in the background you should be set. I used to play online FPS with dial-up believe it or not... but I did ping 400+ to local servers lol. I would say that 100-300kbs (768-1.5mb connection I am guessing) speeds is pretty much the minimal for gaming smoothly. Unless you are living with a large group of people who also use your connection or you feel the need to instantly download an HD movie... I wouldn't worry too much ;). (if you ever get the chance to switch to a dedicated line, it might be a smart move, but I haven't had much experience with wireless ISP)

I used to play a tiny bit of FPS on-line, but I use cable which for me resulted only in getting killed quicker and even 2 seconds after spawning 35% of the time!:laugh: That's why these days I wish I could play MoH, CoD, etc. on-line, but I don't have the skills required. I get killed at nearly the same rate playing off-line. (That's why it isn't long everytime I play before I rig it for "god mode" and just bang around making messes and watching the characters limp and whimper when I wound them instead of killing them. What's Ironic is sometimes I can imagine how they feel since there are days I limp around too).:laugh: I also have been known to enter an on-line FPS battlefield and started feeling bad for those I was shooting at.

Question: Are there on-line FPS games where you can talk voice to voice while playing? I think that would be kind of cool.

[Maverick494]

Question: Are there on-line FPS games where you can talk voice to voice while playing? I think that would be kind of cool.

Well if you use Team speak/ventrilo you could do it no matter the FPS. CoD4: Modern Warfare 2 has built in voice chat as well. I am sure there are others with built in voice chat these days.

[Fr0st]

Well if you use Team speak/ventrilo you could do it no matter the FPS. CoD4: Modern Warfare 2 has built in voice chat as well. I am sure there are others with built in voice chat these days.

Any source engine based game (Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead/2, Counter Strike, all source mods) have built-in VOIP. Most big name games do. Recently Bad Company 2 comes to mind with built in VOIP.

[Slowboto]

Voice seems like a fairly common feature these days, I would imagine most newer FPS have it.

Of course once you hear that first little kid/moron going on about stuff you could care less about you may not be as thrilled with voice features. I'm assuming there might be far fewer little kids though on PC games just because they tend to require decent comps that cost a lot more than consoles.

[Maverick494]

Voice seems like a fairly common feature these days, I would imagine most newer FPS have it.

Of course once you hear that first little kid/moron going on about stuff you could care less about you may not be as thrilled with voice features. I'm assuming though there might be far fewer little kids though on PC games just because they tend to require decent comps that cost a lot more than consoles.

lol I wish that was true, but sadly it's not.

[Slowboto]

lol I wish that was true, but sadly it's not.

Well thanks for killing that dream quickly :laugh:

I can only hope then it is easy to mute people. Please don't kill that dream, lol.

[Anewbus]

I just got Delta Force Extreme (I know I know - I'm way behind the times, but I'm not an avid gamer).
I can't seem to get into any of the vehicles using the default keyboard commands. I've even tried changing one and that didn't work. When I aapproach the vehicle a little box says "control" and I press the correct key combo and nothing happens.
Is there a trick to make this work?

[Fr0st]

Voice seems like a fairly common feature these days, I would imagine most newer FPS have it.

Of course once you hear that first little kid/moron going on about stuff you could care less about you may not be as thrilled with voice features. I'm assuming there might be far fewer little kids though on PC games just because they tend to require decent comps that cost a lot more than consoles.

I would say that on average there are less kids, but the ones that are here are SUPER annoying. They're usually obnoxious /b/tard wannabes who know a couple internet memes and think they are hilarious. Considerably more obnoxious than your typical prepubescent Xbox Live kiddy.

Thank god for mute features, though :)

[Slowboto]

I would say that on average there are less kids, but the ones that are here are SUPER annoying. They're usually obnoxious /b/tard wannabes who know a couple internet memes and think they are hilarious. Considerably more obnoxious than your typical prepubescent Xbox Live kiddy.

Thank god for mute features, though :)

Mute has saved me much anguish on Live, looks like it will do the same for me on the PC as well.

Anewbus no idea what is going on with your game, did you try to Google the issue and see if others have had the same issue? Not familiar at all with that particular game.

[powerpack]

Welcome Liza.

[singleshot71]

BC2 has voice, and little kids, and stupid ppl that leave their mic open thru the whole game!!! I hear them getting killed rather than the guy sneaking up behind me!!!!!! I just switch teams and hunt the bastards down....hahahahahahahahahahah TARDS

[tracyk859]

Thanks for the post.
Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.