Torchlight is loads better than Diablo 2
If you're into that sort of thing
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Torchlight is loads better than Diablo 2
If you're into that sort of thing
It feels more like Diablo I, and its seriously needs MP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nessus
Besides, isn't most of the Torchlight dev team former Blizzard employees?
Morrowind. Great game with both expansions included for like $10 at WalmartQuote:
Originally Posted by termite
Scarlett finally slept long enough for me to finish Portal, the new ending is a lot more creepish than I thought it would be. But the Portal 2 spoiler covers point to portals outside, that seems pretty sick :D:up:
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I've been playing L4D2 pretty much everynight (thanks Angel for introducing me to L4D)...
Anyone else on here playing?
I haven't played L4D2 for a while, I should try getting back into it.
Been a bit, you had a chance with this yet? I'm curious to hear your impressions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ziggy Stardust
I have a hard time getting into it. Partially due to competition of the EU3 Mamluk campaign I started while waiting for Victoria to arrive, partly because I'm a bit stretched for time at the moment. This isn't the kind of game you play when you have half an hour to spare.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wraith
edit: I also ordered NHL 09 for PS2 which I suspect won't help.
See what happens when I start ordering online? :D
Finshed ME2...but lost Tali and Theed on the suicide run.. two of my favorites :(
They will be missed in ME3..especially Tali who's been with us from the start.
Guess it's a testament to how engrossing the game is that it upsets me.
(or more a testament to what a dork I am for caring ;))
I liked the ending and how it's not so black and white as the first.
No clue whether the one I got was the Paragon or Renegade ending...I like how it's more ambigous..feels more real somehow.
My impressions so far are: it's best not to figure out this game by using England, the Netherlands or France. It's also not a war game! I need to remind myself. Playing the Netherlands I went: Yee haw! Lets subdue them belgiums and had a long fight with no result. Independence? Ha! Not a war game. Not a war game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wraith
Can you recommend an easy county to start off?
Also, it's a bitch the manual only came on cd, like it always is with old games. I want a papery thing, not alt-tabbing every effing time.
Been a while since I played it, but the manual isn't really worth Alt-Tabbing for anyway. There are some really good Vicky manuals and resources online though: http://www.paradoxian.org/vickywiki/index.php/Main_Page
UK not the best nation to start with, I've heard that the Netherlands can be good though. IIRC after being scared off from the UK when I first loaded it, I eventually learnt the game using the USA - not many major external threats, plenty of industriial/political opportunities to learn through, got the Civil War to fight.
I don't think I've ever played any Paradox game as England or France. They're too difficult to run before you get the hang of things, and too easy afterwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ziggy Stardust
I think Austria was a pretty good country to start with. You'll be big enough that you'll mostly be left alone, but not so big that things become too difficult, and you have a lot of options for how you want to play the game.
It's been a while, so I don't remember everything about this game, but I do remember that you should crank up your taxes at the start. Remember, if you let your people have money, soon they'll go around getting ideas, and nobody wants that. You should also look at getting the best health care as early as possible - it pays for itself in the long run.
I remember I started with Savoy. Of course, I quit without getting the hang of the game, so. . .
Used to like Portugal in EU3.
Spain didn't bother me overmuch, and there was plenty to keep busy with exploration-wise and whatnot.
Is it Vicky in which Austria gets dragged into the whole reunification of Germany?
Just starting Dragon Age: Origins by Bioware. Generally like any Bioware games, the classic Baldur's Gate was my favourite and I've been after this game since it was launched.
Austria can easily avoid getting dragged into the unification. They're pretty much the only Germanic state that can stay out of it if Prussia starts going nuts. France always gets dragged into it though. That might be one of the reasons I liked Vicky - every game of mine seemed to feature France getting repeatedly gang-raped by everybody else.
Rapist!
Knew it was coming. :p
Prussia started it. I just joined in.
Of course you knew it was coming - satisfaction is always guaranteed here at Lolli's House ofPleasurePain.
Ok, thanks I'll try that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wraith
Later. I got NHL 09 in the mail today. Watching the WO gave me an itch to scratch. So, it'll be a while.
It's been a good month for gaming so far.
The Wii is getting Fragile Dreams and Red Steel 2, 360 and PS3 get BC2 and Just Cause 2, and the DS picks up the new Pokémon games, along with Shin Megami Tensei and Infinite Space.
March isn't normally a big month, so all this stuff dropping is super cool.
I got accepted into the Lego MMO beta, so I'm going to be all over that for a bit. Finishing Guildwars will have to wait.
Finally got around to reinstalling Civ4. I'd forgotten quite a bit Like how the game was explicitly tailored to keep people from using my preferred ultra-cultivation expansion style.
Splinter Cell Conviction looks orgasmic ♥
I've not really lasted in a Civ game since Civ 1/II. I played the original Civ for years until II came out, played that for years too. Got Call To Power and found that rather disappointing, by the time III came out I played it for the bit and got the impression "same game, better graphics" and didn't bother for long. Same with IV. Same too I guess with Colonization, played the original for years and years, then off-and-on for a decade or so afterwards until the Civ IV-based version came out, which got played for weeks and I was bored again.
Just can't regain that same magic. :(
Just spent most of the afternoon playing http://www.crayonphysics.com/
Addictive.
Heheh np. I'm Angel_Mapper on Steam if you want to add me, my bf and roommate can totally fill in a 4 player game with us, we play both of them a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImAnOgre
God of War III tomorrow :)
Red Dead Redemption delayed again :(
Finished ME2 yesterday, absolutely fantastic. Probably the best game I've ever played. Gonna buy ME1 today, work through it, then import that Shepherd into ME2 and play again. Having free time is nice.