Author Topic: What computer games do you play? (Read 1048853 times)

1839cc · « **Reply #50 on:** Wed, 02 September 2009, 18:58:55 »

Star Control II.

Or The Ur-Quan Masters, as it's known these days.

joniho · « **Reply #51 on:** Sat, 05 September 2009, 13:50:52 »

Currently playing Heroes of Newerth, which is a stand-alone game based off of the Defense of the Ancients mod for Warcraft III. There are a lot of gameplay and UI improvements that are pushing DotA players to transition over. It also works on PC, Mac and Linux too so it's very accessible.

It's currently in a closed beta but I have two invites left if anyone is interested. If you've never played DotA before, it's a game with one of the highest learning curves.

timw4mail · « **Reply #52 on:** Sat, 05 September 2009, 18:09:34 »

I'm currently playing through the Half Life series. I beat Half Life2, and Episode 1, so Now I'm just working on beating Episode 2, and Half Life.

Art · « **Reply #53 on:** Fri, 14 May 2010, 12:21:33 »

I usually play racing games online. I like easy flash games

kishy · « **Reply #54 on:** Fri, 14 May 2010, 12:28:23 »

Quote from: timw4mail;115131

I'm currently playing through the Half Life series. I beat Half Life2, and Episode 1, so Now I'm just working on beating Episode 2, and Half Life.

Absolutely great games. Assuming you played them in the correct order:

HL
Opposing Force/Blue Shift (order not terribly important)
HL2
HL2 Ep1
HL2 Ep2 (haven't played this yet, though I do have it)

You really get to see one of the better video game "stories" unfold right from the beginning. It's a very "satisfying" series to get through because you actually follow the characters and how they develop through it (though OpForce and Blue Shift don't really go anywhere, they're still decent games)

Rajagra · « **Reply #55 on:** Fri, 14 May 2010, 14:01:07 »

Quote from: kishy;182340

You really get to see one of the better video game "stories" unfold right from the beginning.

Spoiler...

kishy · « **Reply #56 on:** Fri, 14 May 2010, 14:40:39 »

Haha I love that clip.

Joking aside it's a great series, and depending on how you play the game (pay attention to what's going on, or just run through killing stuff getting frustrated when the gameplay slows you down) you'll either notice it or remain oblivious to it.

Mith · « **Reply #57 on:** Sat, 15 May 2010, 07:01:21 »

Nolifing Runescape since 2004...
Hmm, occasionally little Diablo II and StarCraft I.
Sometimes CS 1.6 and Quake Live at LAN-parties, but that's about it. I would play more FPS but I seem to get sick after 20 or so minutes of gameplay. Got something to do with my vision.

Really looking forward for StarCraft II.

noctua · « **Reply #58 on:** Sat, 15 May 2010, 09:48:42 »

for ages, AOE (Age of Empires II + III)

audioave10 · « **Reply #59 on:** Sat, 15 May 2010, 15:27:58 »

Stalker (modded and with my script changes)
Fallout 3 (modded)
GTA 4
Oblivion (heavily modded)

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #60 on:** Sat, 15 May 2010, 17:05:34 »

Quote from: ripster;182733

Games that run on the computer.

Not PS3?

Not Apple Touch?

Not a crappy Console Port?

Let me get back to you on that.

Uh... there's many good games for computers. Better than stupid consoles. The DOS versions of games with redbook audio were always superior. I'm surprised so many people forgot the good old classics of the past, which, are still superior to shoddy games made today. In fact, I think I'm going to play some lands of lore 1 later on my 300PL.

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #61 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 00:56:50 »

Quote from: ripster;182819

Looks exciting.
Show Image

I'd rather take a crowbar and hijack a car.

That's just the "shop screen". The game itself is one of those weird 3D/2D things:

Then there was good old stonekeep with "wahooka"

And this is a pretty fun DOS game, rayman:

It has a cool map editor. I was using it on my thinkcentre S51.

Nox was a cool game in its day:

There was some community that made a map editor and such, but it only worked on windows 9x or NT 4.0 if I recall. I'll have to try it some time, back then I never had a slew of computers.

hyperlinked · « **Reply #62 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 02:08:31 »

What games give you motion sickness the worst?

For me I just discovered my nemesis. I can't play Portal for more than 30 minutes at a time or I start getting nausea. It surprised me how sick it made me because there's not a lot of bobbing in Portal. There's something else about how the movement is done that is getting to me.

The only other game that really gave me fits was an old Lucasfilms FPS, Dark Forces. I'm sure others will bother me too, but I don't play much.

The odd thing is that I have very little susceptibility to motion sickness in real life and have always had a really good ability to suppress dizziness by tuning out inner ear stimuli.

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #63 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 04:57:14 »

Quote from: hyperlinked;182848

What games give you motion sickness the worst?

For me I just discovered my nemesis. I can't play Portal for more than 30 minutes at a time or I start getting nausea. It surprised me how sick it made me because there's not a lot of bobbing in Portal. There's something else about how the movement is done that is getting to me.

The only other game that really gave me fits was an old Lucasfilms FPS, Dark Forces. I'm sure others will bother me too, but I don't play much.

The odd thing is that I have very little susceptibility to motion sickness in real life and have always had a really good ability to suppress dizziness by tuning out inner ear stimuli.

Do you have seizures?

I don't get motion sickness from any game, maybe it's because of the large DPI on some games. I find it a lot easier to play on CRTs with low resolutions opposed to LCDs with high DPI.

hyperlinked · « **Reply #64 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 04:59:18 »

Quote from: EverythingIBM;182864

Do you have seizures?

No, but sometimes my head explodes.

javifast · « **Reply #65 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 05:14:14 »

I usually play car simulation games.
Grand Prix 4
RFactor
GTR

whininggit · « **Reply #66 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 05:49:40 »

I'm currently playing Grim Fandango. Absolute classic. I started playing again from scratch in March, on Windows 7, and it still plays flawlessly despite being a Windows 95/98 era game. The graphics look a little dated, but actually not that bad, and the story, musical score and overall design outweighs any roughness to the graphics.

Once I've finished Grim Fandango I might move onto Sam & Max. I have the original DOS game and also the first series of the new episodic games. Those too, I recommend.

If I'm not playing that sort of game, I like to have a quick mess around in one of the GTA series games. Hardly ever play the missions though; prefer to go on a mindless rampage.

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #67 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 06:04:49 »

Quote from: whininggit;182880

I'm currently playing Grim Fandango. Absolute classic. I started playing again from scratch in March, on Windows 7, and it still plays flawlessly despite being a Windows 95/98 era game. The graphics look a little dated, but actually not that bad, and the story, musical score and overall design outweighs any roughness to the graphics.

Once I've finished Grim Fandango I might move onto Sam & Max. I have the original DOS game and also the first series of the new episodic games. Those too, I recommend.

If I'm not playing that sort of game, I like to have a quick mess around in one of the GTA series games. Hardly ever play the missions though; prefer to go on a mindless rampage.

I remember seeing Grim Fandango being sold alongside Lords of the Realm 2 at futureshop. That was a glorious time when all of the games were special and you could pick up something that was fun.
However, I never bought the fandango game; I didn't have a "3D card" installed in my 300PL at the time. And when I got a TNT one, I couldn't figure how to set it up, so, we just returned it. Damn! I was very young at the time though, so, give me a break.

Instead I just frown as I enter bestbuy or futureshop... nothing good anymore. I think they even stopped selling age of empires 2 last year.

Well, better finish building my repertoire of old games and finish them all. Almost finished caesar 3...

Rajagra · « **Reply #68 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 06:44:43 »

Quote from: hyperlinked;182848

What games give you motion sickness the worst?

Half Life 2 gets to me if I start playing it after a long break. Once I play it for a while I seem to build up some tolerance.

Nothing worse than a sudden impulse to vomit just as you're starting to enjoy yourself.

kishy · « **Reply #69 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 21:21:37 »

Haven't seen Grim Fandango mentioned for a while. That was a great game, I believe I have it on my dedicated Win98 gaming rig, if not it was in the queue of games to install.

vils · « **Reply #70 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 21:31:45 »

I still play the Close Combat series (3-5). Apart from that I long to replay Max Payne and return to the castle of wolfenstein. My last computer overheated when played upon and I still haven't got my DVD player to work on my Facit machine (some stange odd0 error messages are making life hard).
But when everything works I have years of game releases to catch up with.
It'll be fun.

Tr0j4nM4x1mus · « **Reply #71 on:** Sun, 16 May 2010, 21:31:45 »

pretty much any FPS ...all the COD's ...Wolfenstein...Bioshock.... and my all time favorite
Quake 3 ftw

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #72 on:** Mon, 17 May 2010, 00:27:10 »

Quote from: Tr0j4nM4x1mus;182990

pretty much any FPS ...all the COD's ...Wolfenstein...Bioshock.... and my all time favorite
Quake 3 ftw

I liked Hexen, which was based on the quake engine. The old wolfenstein was cool: the 3D one kind of bored me. Can't make a classic any better.

Quote from: kishy;182974

Haven't seen Grim Fandango mentioned for a while. That was a great game, I believe I have it on my dedicated Win98 gaming rig, if not it was in the queue of games to install.

There were a lot of great games from that era: which is why I'm surprised people forgot about them and play the trash on the market today.

type_dancer · « **Reply #73 on:** Tue, 18 May 2010, 16:26:02 »

First real post... I got started gaming in Gemstone III/IV. Still love it though I'm not currently active. EQII overlapped when I had time for 2 games. Now I have time for neither sadly.

After finding out about Mechanical keyboards I wonder how I survived a purely text game with a logitech. (Any game really)

I do still play PS3 games (Buzz/Heavenly Sword/Rock Band) and like short fun games for breaks at work (TextTwist type)

We also love board games and having game nights with friends. That is where I have the most fun. (Ever tried Jungle Speed? Serious fun)

My husband is dreading the day my chosen mechanical gets here once I find it. That is, until he tries it

DreymaR · « **Reply #74 on:** Wed, 19 May 2010, 02:25:43 »

One thing that annoys me is that people ask about other's interests and yet show no interest in communicating! "I play MBD, ADHD, D2 (8 years now), MCI, FTL, GTFO... the list goes on and on!". If these people really wanted to talk about games with other people, they'd realize that not everyone else knows what abbreviations they use in their particular game community.

I mean, it's one thing when we're rambling on at the D2:HU boards - then it's all acronyms but that's inside the group and there's a FAQ handy to get inside the lingo.

Some abbreviations can be safely assumed well-known, such as FPS, (MMO)RPG, PS3 and other generic gaming terms.

(In case someone didn't get the joke: D2 is Diablo 2; HU is the Hell Unleashed mod. I've stopped playing it since I got my Playstation 3. So much fun to be had there!)

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #75 on:** Wed, 19 May 2010, 22:57:42 »

Quote from: type_dancer;183738

First real post... I got started gaming in Gemstone III/IV. Still love it though I'm not currently active. EQII overlapped when I had time for 2 games. Now I have time for neither sadly.

After finding out about Mechanical keyboards I wonder how I survived a purely text game with a logitech. (Any game really)

I do still play PS3 games (Buzz/Heavenly Sword/Rock Band) and like short fun games for breaks at work (TextTwist type)

We also love board games and having game nights with friends. That is where I have the most fun. (Ever tried Jungle Speed? Serious fun)

My husband is dreading the day my chosen mechanical gets here once I find it. That is, until he tries it

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