What video game are you currently playing?

David_Cody · Post by **David_Cody** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:25 pm

h-comics wrote:I just pick up Dead Island today,I heard it was pretty good from a buddy of mine.WTH i give a try and hope it good and worth the cash.

Jesse

I've read some mixed reviews on this. The one I did read carefully didn't like it. I guess many of the weapons you create have a very short shelf-life and then to repair them costs a lot of money. It also said that "throwing" weapons at the zombie was very difficult and frustrating.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:11 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:Went ahead and bought the DLC for Assassin's Creed II. Battle of Forli is the first DLC and is very short composed mainly of just fighting your way through to certain points.

It is small pieces like this (ACII) and others like the MANY missions in Mass Effect II that I have not finished (or uh, even the main campaign) which should distract me from buying ANY games and the reason I did not pick up Dead Island (360) or Resistance 3 (PS3) in the Post Exchange today for $59.95 (NO tax which is an automatic $5.00 savings over GameStop or any civilian store). Plus the fact that I am a total sucker for something like Dead Island and by all means should wait for a couple of weeks to purchase or at least until a 'after first sale day review' which I have found to be a much more damning review than the 'hands on exclusive' reviews that you see in magazines and some online sites like IGN.

Gears of War 3 and Batman Arkham City are exceptions to this rule and WILL be purchased on 'first sale day'.

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:53 pm

anyone like the Gears of War series? I tried it and found it really slow

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:12 pm

See above post.

(edit: see post on previous page lol)

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:42 am

45 Minutes of Dead Island's gameplay video. Enough to make me want to go right out and buy it... must resist.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/09/04/de ... tid=955540" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I would turn off the volume as the two chatting as in commentary are just babbling.

I wish I could figure out how to embed this video, a thousand pardons.

etos45 · Post by **etos45** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:24 am

Squirrel wrote:anyone like the Gears of War series? I tried it and found it really slow

Gears of War is a GREAT co-op game. If you work well with a friend there are lots of opportunities to flank the enemy and there is something just so rewarding about that. I don't know if I'd say it's a great shooter, because I've played better, but it's a great overall game. The story is really good, the controls feel solid, and while it can be hard at times, it's never so hard that you can't get through it after a few tries. I just hope they haven't made any changes to 3 to make any of that not true.

Portal Still Alive is my game right now. I've always heard that the Portal games were fun, but for some reason I never tried them until a few days ago. It's some addictive stuff.

David_Cody · Post by **David_Cody** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:18 pm

Seems that Ice T is in the game and was given a limited edition GOW3 console and unboxed it on YouTube yesterday.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/08/ice-t ... o-awesome/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Have never played GOW. Is it co-op only?

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:02 pm

Dead Island's out tomorrow over here so will be going to the shop straight after work followed by an eve of zombie slaughter.

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:01 pm

david_albuq wrote:Seems that Ice T is in the game and was given a limited edition GOW3 console and unboxed it on YouTube yesterday.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/08/ice-t ... o-awesome/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Have never played GOW. Is it co-op only?

You can play GoW single-player or co-op. Both can be fun and frustrating in equal measures.

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:05 pm

Started on Ocarina of Time 3D. Wow. All the charm of the original with added eye frying 3D effects. I have no problems with any of the health issues reported with the 3DS so am having a lot of fun with it.

Also enjoying RE: Mercenaries 3D. How can anyone not love shooting zombies and their derivatives in the face or the intimates and watching them writhe around on the floor before stamping on their head?

etos45 · Post by **etos45** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:07 pm

david_albuq wrote:Have never played GOW. Is it co-op only?

For me personally, it's not enjoyable as a single player game. You really need to be playing with someone you can coordinate with, but it does offer single player if that's the route you like to go.

David_Cody · Post by **David_Cody** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:47 pm

Drift wrote:Started on Ocarina of Time 3D. Wow. All the charm of the original with added eye frying 3D effects. I have no problems with any of the health issues reported with the 3DS so am having a lot of fun with it.

Also enjoying RE: Mercenaries 3D. How can anyone not love shooting zombies and their derivatives in the face or the intimates and watching them writhe around on the floor before stamping on their head?

My 25 yo nephew bought both those games and he says they are fantastic. He grew up with Zelda and Ocarina was his fav.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:42 pm

ian_house wrote:Dead Island's out tomorrow over here so will be going to the shop straight after work followed by an eve of zombie slaughter.

I just decided, screw it. I am picking it up in about 15 minutes on my way to class. mhuahahahah

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:12 am

Knightt wrote:
ian_house wrote:Dead Island's out tomorrow over here so will be going to the shop straight after work followed by an eve of zombie slaughter.
I just decided, screw it. I am picking it up in about 15 minutes on my way to class. mhuahahahah

Good call!

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:13 am

etos45 wrote:
david_albuq wrote:Have never played GOW. Is it co-op only?
For me personally, it's not enjoyable as a single player game. You really need to be playing with someone you can coordinate with, but it does offer single player if that's the route you like to go.

Agreed, don't mind playing coop with some mates by alone it's pretty boring.

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:22 am

Knightt - add me on xbox and we can play some COD and zombies

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 5:29 am

Dead Island is pretty fun, lots of slicing and dicing!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:26 am

Squirrel wrote:anyone like the Gears of War series? I tried it and found it really slow

I kinda feel the same way (about the first game). I did like the use of cover and the main story was pretty good, but I found the gameplay a little stale. I haven't played the second one yet, so maybe they have improved on the original design.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:52 pm

ian_house wrote:Dead Island is pretty fun, lots of slicing and dicing!

Yep, I like it. The attack button could be a bit more reactive and there are nothing but 'go fetch' missions so far but I did travel a bit on the island (thank goodness for DRIVING ability) and found a big honkin' zombie on top of a gas station that knocked me around a bit, not unlike a few real life fistfights that I have been in where my vision blurs, I get knocked on my *SQUEE* and I fumble with reality as I try to stand back up. LOL

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:55 pm

Squirrel wrote:Knightt - add me on xbox and we can play some COD and zombies

Been trying, no joy. And then I noticed I had your username wrong. Will try it later because I have a social engagement at my wife's work to attend. Oh joy... gotta get dressed up and no swearing. yeesh

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 6:22 pm

Knightt wrote:
Squirrel wrote:Knightt - add me on xbox and we can play some COD and zombies
Been trying, no joy. And then I noticed I had your username wrong. Will try it later because I have a social engagement at my wife's work to attend. Oh joy... gotta get dressed up and no swearing. yeesh

DetroitSquirreL is my xbox name

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:20 pm

Squirrel wrote:Add me if you'd like -- DetroitSquireL

Squirrel wrote:DetroitSquirreL is my xbox name

Ok, dude... which one is it.

I've added a DetroitSquirrel (lowercase "L") and it went through and the player has CoD but that means nothing these days.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:28 pm

going old school

mario 3 best game ever

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:43 pm

Knightt wrote:
Squirrel wrote:Add me if you'd like -- DetroitSquireL

Squirrel wrote:DetroitSquirreL is my xbox name
Ok, dude... which one is it.

I've added a DetroitSquirrel (lowercase "L") and it went through and the player has CoD but that means nothing these days.

it WAS detroitsquiRel because the regular spelling wasn't available when I signed up originally....but today I changed it to detroitsquiRRel

And I accepted your friend request

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:21 pm

DetroitSquireL

DetroitSquirreL

DetroitSquirrel

detroitsquiRRel

You are not making this easy, man.

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