| 1 FEB 2011 at 8:37pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (28 JAN 2011 5:50pm)
I'm currently trying out Drakensang : River of Time. It's off to a slow start, so far. Not seen much action after much exploring. Let's hope it soon picks up or I'm moving on to 2 Worlds 2 or Dragon Knight Saga.
Is it any different than the first Drakensang?
I've been reading some reviews for Two Worlds 2, and it seems the fans are loving it.. but I can't help to think of my reaction when I played the first one.. So no, I will wait for Dragon Age
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 1 FEB 2011 at 9:23pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | I have Two worlds 2, finally startign to get into it since my foot fracture kept me away from gaming a bit at my desk.
I'm finding it very fun, a lot of things from the first seem fixed/better in this one.
I loooove how you can mix spells and effects in this game, really making things more unique on your own.
The graphics are also very very nice at high details, lots of high res textures and good lighting/shadows.
I'd say if you like open world rpgs and want one to tide you over until Skyrim, it'd fit the bill nicely.
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| 2 FEB 2011 at 1:12am |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Sorry to hear about your foot injury S, hope it is better
interesting re 2 Worlds.,... i have looked at pics of the first one but that is as close as i have gotten...got any screeneis of 2?
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| 3 FEB 2011 at 2:36pm |
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Status : Online | Playing DEAD SPACE 2. This game is really amazing with a very good and eerie atmosphere. Got 9/10 on EDGE.
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 3 FEB 2011 at 6:11pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By eragon (3 FEB 2011 2:35pm)
Playing DEAD SPACE 2. This game is really amazing with a very good and eerie atmosphere. Got 9/10 on EDGE.
Good to hear you're enjoying Dead Space 2 Taurnil. It will definitely be my next game after Silent Hill 5. Happy Gaming.
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| 3 FEB 2011 at 6:27pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | So.. after a gaming hiatus, I managed to start and finish a game in one day- Heavy Rain .
It happens that a friend has a PS3 and had bought the game, so I did a marathon at her place...
The game is perfect.. I understand some may be skeptical about these kind of games for fear of being just an interactive movie...while it may feel like a movie, the choices you make during the game, the action, the suspense, it all makes you care for the main characters, and its impossible to not keep thinking of what will happen next.
the graphics are superb, the models are so realistic that sometimes it made me think they were real actors... the cinematics alike are really well done, keeping the rythm of the game going.
Heavy Rain does have the same feeling of claustrophoby, suspense, and terror as Indigo Prophecy...the life of the characters really are at your hand, and sometimes we don't have time to make the most rational choices (I admit here that I loaded sometimes to go back and make a different decision).
The story sticks with you after you're done with it. Although I managed to save all the main characters I keep thinking I could have done perhaps better choices.
I totally suggest this game for story afficcionates like me. You are not God, but your actions do really have a say in the way the story goes. I never thought I would get to play the game, as I don't own a PS3 and I don't really dont plan on having one... so if you're like me, just get a friend who has a PS3 to buy the game, or share, I dont know... but do play it!
Now I realize I should have posted this in the Adventure Games section... :
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 3 FEB 2011 at 7:09pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Inesrocks (3 FEB 2011 6:27pm)
Now I realize I should have posted this in the Adventure Games section... :
Maybe you can copy it and post it there too- but it is kinda a hybrid, tho isn't it? Glad to hear you enjoyed it, and now I hate the idea of having console-only exclusives even more!
/me sulks.
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| 3 FEB 2011 at 7:36pm |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Inesrocks (3 FEB 2011 6:27pm)
So.. after a gaming hiatus, I managed to start and finish a game in one day- Heavy Rain .
It happens that a friend has a PS3 and had bought the game, so I did a marathon at her place...
The game is perfect.. I understand some may be skeptical about these kind of games for fear of being just an interactive movie...while it may feel like a movie, the choices you make during the game, the action, the suspense, it all makes you care for the main characters, and its impossible to not keep thinking of what will happen next.
the graphics are superb, the models are so realistic that sometimes it made me think they were real actors... the cinematics alike are really well done, keeping the rythm of the game going.
Heavy Rain does have the same feeling of claustrophoby, suspense, and terror as Indigo Prophecy...the life of the characters really are at your hand, and sometimes we don't have time to make the most rational choices (I admit here that I loaded sometimes to go back and make a different decision).
The story sticks with you after you're done with it. Although I managed to save all the main characters I keep thinking I could have done perhaps better choices.
I totally suggest this game for story afficcionates like me. You are not God, but your actions do really have a say in the way the story goes. I never thought I would get to play the game, as I don't own a PS3 and I don't really dont plan on having one... so if you're like me, just get a friend who has a PS3 to buy the game, or share, I dont know... but do play it!
Now I realize I should have posted this in the Adventure Games section... :
How did you manage to end it in just ONE day? :-? Beside this the game is awesome. If you want tell us in spoilers what have you succeeded throughout the game especialy the ending!
....set the controls for the heart of the sun....
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| 3 FEB 2011 at 8:43pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | How? Well, I started at 11am, finished at half past midnight. Only stopped to eat basically
The game is not that long anyway, and coicidentally, I think I also finished Indigo Prophecy quite fast (dont remember if it was in one day or two).
Anyway... major spoilers ahead!!
Spoiler AlertAs I said, I managed to save all characters. let's start:
I did all the Origami trials with Ethan, including killing the drugdealer.
Maddison survives the fire in the building, as I put her inside the fridge before the explosion.
I (Shelby) saved Karen from being drowned inside the car.
I did not kill Nathanie'ls father.
As to the ending sequence...
After getting the final clue, Ethan goes to the warehouse.
Shaun is almost covered in water, but I find a metal bar to break the lock. I get to save Shaun and it happens that I didn't die afterall (despite drinking the poison).
Meanwhile, Jayden fights with Shelby (who he had found out was the origami killer)under the rooftop of the warehouse. I save Shelby from falling but at the end of the fight he falls and dies.
Maddison arrives at the warehouse and she sees the police are there, waiting for Ethan to exit the building (they still think Ethan is the killer). Maddison tries to persuade them he is not the killer, but to no avail.
Eventually, she finds a way to enter the warehouse, hugs Ethan and the three of them leave the warehouse.
The police does not do anything and let them leave.
The final cutsenes..
Ethan, Shaun and Maddison enter their new apartment.
It is sunny.
Jayden is still having problems (hallucinations) but has become famous, after the world takes knowledge he was the one behind the true investigation of the Origami Killer.
I didnt wait for the credits to end, so I don't know if there were any extra scenes.
That's it.
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 3 FEB 2011 at 9:43pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | There are a TON of very very different endings for the game.
Mine was quite similar to yours, of course I also loaded back on some things I fudged up on because I really wanted the best/good ending.
Just wondering, since you didn't mention it,
Spoiler Alert In your ending, did you not see Karen go to the grave site of Shelby and spit on his grave? I saved her as well and after finding out the truth this is what she did in my ending. Apart from that I got the same things, Jayden becoming famous but having his problems still and the other three characters moving into their house together, etc..
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| 4 FEB 2011 at 9:34pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Stiler (3 FEB 2011 9:43pm)
There are a TON of very very different endings for the game.
Mine was quite similar to yours, of course I also loaded back on some things I fudged up on because I really wanted the best/good ending.
Just wondering, since you didn't mention it,
Spoiler Alert In your ending, did you not see Karen go to the grave site of Shelby and spit on his grave? I saved her as well and after finding out the truth this is what she did in my ending. Apart from that I got the same things, Jayden becoming famous but having his problems still and the other three characters moving into their house together, etc..
Spoiler AlertYeah, the same happened to me regarding Karen. I just forgot to mention it
You know, founding Shelby as the killer was so surprising for me. Maybe I'm just naive but during the scenes where he takes care of that baby, or when he goes and saves Karen from the rough guy at her place, I couldn't help but wonder "I like this guy! He seems like a good person!".
So yeah, I guess I could trust a killer... :-[
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 5 FEB 2011 at 12:42am |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Yeah, one thing though, and I'm hoping the movie differs somewhat in this regard:
Spoiler AlertIt felt kind of like the game had lied to you the whole way though. That "twist" just felt so badly written. Mainly because this WHOLE time you were playing as the killer and you hear the inner thoughts of characters. Now you're telling me this whole time, While Sheldby is interacting with victims families, etc that he wouldn't have thought about being the killer and other things? It just felt like the game artificially lied to you about that. That's the only aspect of the game that annoyed me in the end, it just takes you a step back when you find that out and then you wonder "why didn't he ever once think about it or mention it?
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| 5 FEB 2011 at 6:21pm |
Taurnil MithrandirJourneyman
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Status : Online | Well, I played the game 4 times and all different endings came forward. This is a game where everybody MUST play.
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| 5 FEB 2011 at 6:56pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Not much time for gaming, but I have done some painting. What do you think of the overall design of these?
[IMG]http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6816/51699001.jpg[/IMG]
(note: I do see the mold line on the centermost mech, also, I'm not done with them, there are still some details that needs to be painted, and I'm going to re-do the eyes on the one in the centre, I tried to "wet blend" its eyes, which did not work out as well as I had hoped).
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| 5 FEB 2011 at 7:03pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Fnord (5 FEB 2011 6:56pm)
Not much time for gaming, but I have done some painting. What do you think of the overall design of these?
[IMG]http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6816/51699001.jpg[/IMG]
(note: I do see the mold line on the centermost mech, also, I'm not done with them, there are still some details that needs to be painted, and I'm going to re-do the eyes on the one in the centre, I tried to "wet blend" its eyes, which did not work out as well as I had hoped).
Nice. The one on the right is a bit out of focus on the pic, but nice! What kind of terrain are they moving on though? Seems metal. Are you spray-painting these?
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| 5 FEB 2011 at 8:10pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | These will move on a hex-grid ( http://www.g4g.it/g4g/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/megamek_battletech_01.jpg ) which I guess makes the game look a lot less interesting than warhammer ( http://warhammer.evdawg.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/deployment.jpg ), although terrain rules exists as well (though they are, according to most "hard core" battletech players not as good as the hex rules).
I'm usually spraypainting my models either white or black depending on the colour that they are supposed to have, but as it has been a bit too cold for spraypainting the last few weeks, I simply painted these white.
Also, I have to say that out of all the colours that I have tried to paint, yellow is by far the hardest, closely followed by white. Painting green or blue is incredibly easy in comparison, and red has a few tricks to it that makes it relatively easy.
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| 6 FEB 2011 at 8:14pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Magicka is now finished. It clocked in at just over 4h, but darn, it was fun.
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| 6 FEB 2011 at 11:41pm |
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Status : Offline | Glad you enjoyed it, i am just starting the uncut version of Culpa Innata, which is a combo adventure and action game sorta i was too lazy to post this in the AG section
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| 7 FEB 2011 at 9:44am |
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Status : Offline | I finally finished chapter 2 of the witcher, yay for me
Meanwhile i started my third playthrough of Mass Effect, going for a 'neutral' character.
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| 7 FEB 2011 at 10:51am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By markornikov (7 FEB 2011 9:44am)
I finally finished chapter 2 of the witcher, yay for me
Congrats. [smiley=thumbup.gif]
Chapter 3 is easier, and I'll join you with my replay when you enter chapter 4, which is very different and fun. or so I feel)
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"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 7 FEB 2011 at 3:38pm |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Mass Effect rocks, it is such a cool game..i never did play the add on material, i may try it out, as i did download and store it but never went back into the game to try the expansion. I am sorry they only released that one expansion but i guess they went ahead and focused on ME2.
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| 7 FEB 2011 at 7:26pm |
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Status : Offline | Near the end of Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes on the DS. Very, very solid game; I've enjoyed every minute of it.
Remember, procrastinate now. Don't put it off!!
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| 7 FEB 2011 at 10:37pm |
FnordSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I simply can't find the time to play X at the moment (it is one of those games that you need to find 1½-2h to play), so I've decided to find something less time consuming, and save X for the summer.
So instead I started one of those games that I feel embarrassed to not have finished: Star wars KOTOR 2. There is a fan patch that fixes & restores a lot of things for this game:
http://deadlystream.com/forum/topic/240-tslrcm-17-released/
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| 8 FEB 2011 at 4:22am |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Yes that is the culmination of the great work of two of the most skillfull modders for KoTOR2, it is a great help, as it fixes many of the bugs. enjoy that is a great game and now you can see a lot of the "lost" content that was not put in to the original game release..but the devel team left the content IN the game files so it was accessible once we learned how to activate it.
Have fun...let me know if you hit any snags ..we can probably find a fix for things that may pop up.
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