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Everything seems to be 360 for me at the moment which is surprising as I tend to play the PC more generally. I just got Kane and Lynch along with Call of Duty 4, was still playing Mass Effect and Assassing Creed and MAss Effect prompted me to start playing KOTOR again which is 360 friendly. Playing KOTOR also prompted me to watch my Star Wars collection from Episode I - VI.

On the PC I'm still on LOTRO as well as MTW2, HOI2 (was back into SWG for a little bit but it keeps crashing on me) and I just started the beta of a new strategy game so that is taking my time up now.

I have tried Call of Duty 4.
And it turned out to be total **** unfortunately. Never have played such a stupid, scripted game.
One step awy from the sripted way and you get mysteriously shot by an enemy (who was not/could not be there), grenade-killed (frequency and accuracy of grenade throwing is really ridiculous). You empty half a clip into an enemy who then as soon as you turn away shoots you in the back with his pistol:laugh:

I know its a mainstream game mostly for children but...
I do not understand how this could be such a popular title. Its not neither challenging nor whatever else. No choice left for a player. Superenemies with superaim coming your direction in endless waves no matter what.

Ohhhmmm...I shall install Neverwinter nights

BRKO wrote:You empty half a clip into an enemy who then as soon as you turn away shoots you in the back with his pistol:laugh:

At least that is a lot better than cheap tricks such as giving a certain enemy invulnerability just because it is part of the story for you to end up incapacitated by him and the fact that no matter how careful you are in shooting every dead person, that body you shot before suddenly rises up and blows himself up with a grenade, injuring you as a result.

Not to mention that if you shoot an enemy, he goes down but is still moving, just shoot it again. The one good thing I've learned from Call of Duty 1 & 2 is to shoot them, even though they're down, to ensure that they're really dead.

BRKO wrote: I know its a mainstream game mostly for children but...
I do not understand how this could be such a popular title. Its not neither challenging nor whatever else. No choice left for a player. Superenemies with superaim coming your direction in endless waves no matter what.

I like the Call of Duty series, with the exception of 3, but I don't think it plays like a kids game. I'm 22 years old but I still find them fun. In fact, I prefer them to other shooters where certain weapons are purposefully underpowered to force you to use several other weapons. Not to mention that there is a sense of realism where you can only carry 2 weapons instead of 8.

Anyway, I'm re-playing Half Life 2 and currently playing Call of Duty 4.

BRKO wrote:
I know its a mainstream game mostly for children but...
I do not understand how this could be such a popular title. Its not neither challenging nor whatever else.

Hmm don't know about that. The tutorial mission is a training mission to gauge what level you should play on. I always play my games on normal level and it took me about ten attempts at beating the clock to get the option to play on normal :laugh:Not everyone has lightning quick reactions! I couldn't accept having to play the game on easy so kept retaking the mission until i got a good enough time to play on normal.

I enjoyed Call of Duty and Call of Duty 2 (not so much with call of duty 3) nd they are the best WWII shooters I've played. I'm 37 but don't really consider myself a child Not all the time at least....

America's Army
Unreal 2004
KOTOR I & II
Oblivion
Morrowind
NWN 2

morrowwind

Right now, I'm playing the Witcher, Psychonauts, Homeworld and Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy).

Psychonauts is a brilliant game. Good choice.

Still hunting around for PlanetScape: Torment. Any idea where I can get it Des? (I don't mean online options)

Loki[D.d.G] wrote:Psychonauts is a brilliant game. Good choice.

Agreed. Not to mention that it came from the same guy who created the Monkey Island series, Tim Schafer. Gosh, I miss those old Lucasarts adventure games. Why did Lucasarts abandoned adventure games for Star Wars games?

Loki[D.d.G] wrote: Still hunting around for PlanetScape: Torment. Any idea where I can get it Des? (I don't mean online options)

Not that I know of. Sorry. That game is almost non-existent in physical stores.

DesR85 wrote:Agreed. Not to mention that it came from the same guy who created the Monkey Island series, Tim Schafer. Gosh, I miss those old Lucasarts adventure games. Why did Lucasarts abandoned adventure games for Star Wars games?

It wasn't all bad at least. BioWare did all the hard work and Lucasarts enjoyed all the money...

DesR85 wrote:Not that I know of. Sorry. That game is almost non-existent in physical stores.

*Sigh* Go figure.

Loki[D.d.G] wrote:It wasn't all bad at least. BioWare did all the hard work and Lucasarts enjoyed all the money...

True, but Lucasarts can still focus on Star Wars games and adventure titles at the same time, right? Their adventure line was doing decently until for some reason, management decided to focus on Star Wars titles instead and ditched developing adventure games. Maybe because of the large Star Wars fan base, I don't know but ditching a line which isn't loosing money does raise some eyebrows.

DesR85 wrote:True, but Lucasarts can still focus on Star Wars games and adventure titles at the same time, right? Their adventure line was doing decently until for some reason, management decided to focus on Star Wars titles instead and ditched developing adventure games. Maybe because of the large Star Wars fan base, I don't know but ditching a line which isn't loosing money does raise some eyebrows.

The way I heard it Adventure games had been on decline for some time. Grim Fandango was the the death blow. Basically they created a great game that got great reviews, but still didn't sell. What else were they supposed to do? SW seems like a solid choice.

AvatarOfLight wrote:The way I heard it Adventure games had been on decline for some time.

Sadly, that does seem to be the case. However, one of the latest titles did well in my book, and that is Psychonauts.

Loki[D.d.G] wrote:Sadly, that does seem to be the case. However, one of the latest titles did well in my book, and that is Psychonauts.

Good game, though it's more like half platformer and half adventure if you ask me. Still, not bad for Tim Schafer, though.

If I may poke my head in here for a game nod, Assassin's Creed has really held my interest. I'm far more into it than I was TES: Oblivion. It's tactical, beautiful, and even though I'm only half way through, the fact that not everything is as it seems is keeping me hooked.

Only thing that irks me about this game is the repetitive scouting in cities and the guard AI in some areas, but if anyone was on the edge of buying this game like I was, I'd say go for it.

Mz_Trixter wrote: out n' buy HoMM V

Actually, I don't recommend. What I've gathered from personal experience and from discussions from different forums, there has some bad coding been made in HoMM V, and thus the game is very, very laggy even if your computer is better than recommended requirements. It seems that one should have top of line computer to actually be able to play it without lag. And the lag is so bad, that it's almost unplayable.

Just a warning before you run to shop to buy it, you probably will get dissapointed.

Right now, I'm just replaying Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Contracts and some free MMO, Pirate King Online.

Right now, at the moment in which I am writing this I, am playing nothing. :laugh:

The games I play are called: Heroes of Might and Magic V ; Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II ; Dawn of War - Dark Crusade

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Anyone here gonna try out the Football Manager Live beta version? I'm on the verge of signing up, so I guess I'll add it to the list of games I'm currently playing.