Need something to keep me busy till Deus Ex comes out. I finished Dead Space 2 which I thought was frakking amazing. But now...
I got a few weeks till school starts again and I'm leaning toward maybe a shooter or even a simulation game. As for the former, has anyone played Singularity? I see it's on Steam now for 30 dollars which seems a good deal. So if anyone can recommend it I'd appreciate it. As for the latter, anyone play either Civ 5 or Total War: Shogun 2? Both seem kind of interesting. I'm looking maybe for an RTS that is not as fast paced as SC2 and I can just sort of take my time with. Too many simulation games are paced too fast for my tastes.
And my concern with shooters is just how many of them are rather generic.
So my plan is to be kept busy till Deus Ex, then I hope Deus Ex keeps me busy until Skyrim. And Skyrim will definitely keep me busy until D3.
For a good shooter Half-Life/2 and the episodes are 2nd to none. Of course there is a very good chance you have already played them but if not, invest.
Ah, yes I have actually. Several times through. Games like that make you wish you could selectively wipe your memory just to experience them again for the first time.
I thought about trying Fear 3 but I never played the first two and the story actually looks like a bit of a turn off. I hate like supernatural antagonists. One of the only things I didn't quite like about Dead Space 2 was Isaac's dead girlfriend who constantly heckled me throughout the game.
-if youve never done mass effect and like a little bit rpg, both 1 and 2 are 10/10 for me. When youve finished the first one, you wanna jump on the second and when you finish the second you wonder how come you played the one, this is such a great game, it is one ill remember all my life. 3rd person RPG/action
-far cry 2. Some people find its a pain for each mission to drive or get to the spot but i enjoyed it. Else then that you find diamond or get them from mission, you buy youre equipement that you want, load yourself up and go hunt the baddies. I like it because there is always stuff to kill, you know, respawn. So if you are patient and that driving often to get to one point to another (and can get attacked), discovering a really beautifully crafted world, it is really an enjoyable experience, online and offline. Its an open world so if you like sandbox youll be served.. if not then perhaps a linear shooter would be for you. 1st person FPS
-civ 5 is fun but can be boring if you dont know how to play it, took me a couple of game to figure out how to actually be good haha. Because youll do some mistake at first, slowing youre civilisation mostly or making a random game without disactivating some winning condition and the computer will reach them super fast, making the game end when you were not even near to finish it. RTS
-Fallout 3 is a shooter with rpg feature, lot of text and LOT OF PLAY TIME. really one of my favorite. If you gotta choose between new vegas and fallout 3, go with fallout 3 game of the year to get all the DLC at the same time. Its a really enjoyable experience. Its an open world so if you like sandbox youll be served.. if not then perhaps a linear shooter would be for you. 1st or 3rd person RPG
-Battlefield : Bad compagny 2 : Really a great fun there mostly in multiplayer. Single player was fun, i enjoyed it but where the fun is , its in multiplayer. Its not that big of a pressure to get awesome score like COD. You just take a jet and try to kill stuff or simply snipe them. You get rewarded for point by playing youre class and unlock tons of goodies and you customize youre equipement, played a damn long time. 1st person FPS
-Just cause 2 : For the laugh. Its like a grand theft auto style, with a bigger world and more thing you can do. You got a grappling hook at all time and a parachute. You can link stuff with youre grapple together... like a grandma and a car. I had tons of good laugh with the game. You got mission, you drive, you fly , you shoot, make carnage etc. Its again an open world... since im a fan of open world. On steam it often get a good deal on it. picked it up for like 5 to 7 bucks i think. 3rd person Action
-deadrising 2 : pretty much for the same, easy to play with a friend and easy to play alone, mass murder a ton of zombie in different way. Pretty fun and can last long. 3rd person Action
-darkspore : many rejected that game. Youll start and the first level youll be ... meh... not that good.. empty. But keep playing, its really a couple of hours in that it got very fun. At first all enemies die easily. After a while they get stronger, really stronger. You need to think who you bring , what status the enemies will be weak/strong against, customizing youre characters etc. I liked it alot in fact and even better with a buddy. Diablo style action
-darksider : really good looking, really fun to play , gave me some hours of real fun. Its a mix between devil may cry meet zelda. You get to do crazy combo with different item and solve some puzzle and fight bosses like zelda. 3rd person Action
-borderland : really fun, diablo kind of loot and equipping yourself, pretty big mostly with all the expensions, you can play again , 4 classes with different talent tree but its a shooter. It was really really fun. Get it with all the expansions and youll have a blast playing it. Hurray for the self ammo regenerating , over sized magazine bullet storm soldier that i made, was fun spraying ... puking even, bullets to the enemies haha. You accept quest really easily, do them , shoot alot, get loot, equip yourself and kill some moar.1st person FPS
-total war : shogun 2: i do have it, i played it a little while, my army became powerful and on one battle i died, leaving me to do alot of turns without doing anything. I didnt really understand how it worked and played only a night hehe. Graphic a really fun but its alot of strategy, less action. You move them, do ambush , purchase troup etc. But since i failed at understanding how to play correctly, its mixed feeling for me. RTS
-Titan quest gold : like a diablo but in greece. you encounter medusa, cyclops, satyr etc. The places you go are not randomely generated so once you know youre way around, its easy to do speed run. Its a tad old too now but nonetheless fun to play through a couple time and mess with different classes and powers. Diablo style
-command and conquer 3 : tiberium wars or command and conquer: red alert 3. Some will itch at the idea of red alert 3. With the patches the jap are a tad less annoying but still, if you never played the serie, there is still legit fun to have in there, its rts like starcraft but the computer is less likely to launch devastating assault on you, you got more time to prepare and act. RTS
-splinter cell serie: if you never did them, they are legit fun too. Using youre gadget , sneaking and killing. There is a nice story and some real fun moment. Of course you wont really empty clip. Playing it on the PC is funner because you can save often and reload if you totally messed up something. 3rd person Infiltration.
*SPECIAL* it is not for every gamers
STALKER : shadow of chernobyl : its an fps, mixed with rpg with it. You can pick gun, repair them, craft some stuff, loot youre munition type. Its a tad old too, the graphic aint that great. Its an immerssive experience to do, you close youre light, put youre headset and enter the world. I really liked the serie, its really atmospheric and sometime scary. Youre weapon can jam like in farcry 2, you can eat and drink etc. Its really a special game here, not sure you will like it. 1st person FPS/RPG
Wow, thanks so much man. I have played some of your suggestions but not at least half of them. Definitely curious about Stalker, somewhat about Borderlands, and perhaps Command and Conquer.
Wow, thanks so much man. I have played some of your suggestions but not at least half of them. Definitely curious about Stalker, somewhat about Borderlands, and perhaps Command and Conquer.
if you want instant fun and perhaps youre friends joining you, borderland is the way to go.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. got some expansions to it too but shadow of chernobyl is the first box that got out, easily findable on steam, not anymore in shops. Like i said, the graphic are outdated. The story take place some years after the explosion of chernobyl and there is alot of strange phenomena occuring around. You scavenge the land, meeting enemies , neutral people or wild life etc. You got a stamina bar for running and it deplete faster the more you carry. You will need to scavenge alot and make good care to not get too much intoxicated with radiation. You need to make sure to keep youre gear in good condition too, its a survival game while you do the plot and sidequets. It is dark and brooding, filled with misery and survival of the fittest. I really loved that game but not alot played it. There can be plenty of action when you know where to look at but usually its action/scavenging/exploring/doing missions . It can be really fun but do keep in mind that its a FPS/RPG.
EDIT: forgot about one game
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II = This game is an RTS but with a twist. It is a kind of DOTA if you like but against the computer? Lemme explain. You got the same angle as a RTS. You get to choose the hero with whom you wanna do his story, you can gather gear from him, level him up etc. So you go around the map looking like an RTS (somewhat closer to youre character though) and you go around the level with him, each character have unique skills and abilities and you take horde of enemies with them. The best description would be to watch a video of gameplay. No rush, a nice campaign, i liked it!
Bulletstorm is freaking awesome, but also freaking short. It makes Link a sad hero of time.
Torchlight is pretty good.
Magicka was fun for a little while, but it got old fast. *Shrug*
If you got an Xbox 360, you might wanna try a Kingdom for Keflings. It's a wierd game, so get the demo before you get the full game. (It's an arcade game, fyi.)
My personal favorite RTS of all time is Total Anihiliation. Every once in a while I will reinstall it and play a couple matches. No RTS has ever come close to the sheer fun of TA. And the graphics of modern day games only recently reached TA's. (And TA came out in the 90's.)
Also, I heard Crysis was pretty good.
And if anybody else already made these suggestions, ignore them and listen to me.
Bulletstorm is freaking awesome, but also freaking short. It makes Link a sad hero of time.
Torchlight is pretty good.
Magicka was fun for a little while, but it got old fast. *Shrug*
If you got an Xbox 360, you might wanna try a Kingdom for Keflings. It's a wierd game, so get the demo before you get the full game. (It's an arcade game, fyi.)
My personal favorite RTS of all time is . Every once in a while I will reinstall it and play a couple matches. No RTS has ever come close to the sheer fun of TA. And the graphics of modern day games only recently reached TA's. (And TA came out in the 90's.)
Also, I heard Crysis was pretty good.
And if anybody else already made these suggestions, ignore them and listen to me.
torchlight : for a reason i dont know, i cant get into this diablo copy. i think perhaps its because of the guns or the graphic? i know alot of people loved it, its a nice suggestion too.
bulletstorm : its not bad i think but it doesnt last long like you say and it get repetitive really quick, its a good rent at the videostore though. doing brutal combo and push someone in the spike is really satisfying.
magicka : funny as hell, if you got a buddy, play that if you can. There is alot of reference to different game, fun mechanic but yeah , it can get old fast, loved it.
Total Anihiliation : oh come one man , its old like warcraft 2 . But yeah it was pretty good, not sure its findable again haha.
crysis 1 : really great, the story gave me chill and the graphic was breathtaking too. A good blast. But it is doable in a night. Multiplayer is meh.
crysis 2: more hyped then what it is mostly. Graphic with DX11 are breathtaking again but yeah, one play through is more then enough and multiplayer aint really worth it imo.
edit: for torchlight i think its a mixed feeling on everything. The character, i found them unnapealing in their look. I was stuck with a companion and i hate that. Magic was not bad. There was old blunderbuss gun, i hate those. The graphic were not to my liking, remembering me a little of WOW but just a tad , a small tad less cartoony. I didnt like the design of the armor i found or the weapons. Its confusing too when you get a scroll to port you in a kind of random dungeons? you kinda lose track of what you gotta do with the quests if you dont read them carefully. Lot of shop that dont get that much info on. So i perhaps got a bad start on it, almost no explanation, i have it on my steam list with 8hours of play but never continued, when i cant find my character interesting, i lose the will to play. It is only my opinion though, i know the game got alot of praise so it might be worthwhile to someone to check it out. Same goes for Torchlight 2 i guess, i watched every trailers and interview, even the one showing the berz and alot of content and still cannot get to like it, i think its the graphic again and the characters, i just cant like it...
@lolx2 I don't mind games with outdated graphics. I still play a lot of my games from the early 90's.
I remember watching my brother play Splinter Cell and one thing I noticed about it that I thought would bug me is sometimes if you do something wrong, you don't know about it till much later as if you left a body in the open or something. And I'm pretty patient with most games but I think that would bug me to be discovered for something I did some time ago.
@Link
I do have an Xbox but I'm playing games on my PC lately cause I finished building it and it's just so much fun!
Eh I'm still really not sure what to go with but I appreciate you all for your time in trying to help me.
Total Anihiliation is old, yes. But considering how few people actually played it, and how epic it was, even compared to today's games, it is definitely worth hunting down.
Trust me, TA is the best RTS from the 90's and one of the best RTS games of all time. Warcraft 2 doesn't hold a candle to it. Warcraft 3 would be a better game to compare it to. Hell, polish it up a little and you could release it today.
As for Torchlight, I liked it. I think Blizzard North/Condor/Runic did a great job on it, especially considering they didn't have the funds they used to have under Activision-Blizzard's wings. I would strongly, strongly suggest to everybody to get Torchlight 2.
Edit: Oh, and another cult classic: Kohan! Both Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and Kohan: Ahriman's Gift, as well as the sequel Kohan 2: Kings of War were all great.
Crysis 2 was definitely overhyped. It's pretty, but that's about it. I wouldn't recommend it. I liked playing splitscreen coop Borderlands with my friends, but online was kinda weird, and after you beat the main story and the DLC, it's all kinda meh. The Zombie Island DLC looks cooler than it is. Still, it was a somewhat enjoyable couple hours. Dunno.
I'm really liking The Witcher 2, if you're into that kind of game. It's a more northern European western RPG and has very detailed worldbuilding. Stealth/sneaking is very viable in some situations, but not all. Crafting bombs and traps is lots of fun, though. If you play on anything above easy, you have to strategize a great deal. I didn't play the first one yet, I heard the controls are finicky, but even the second one takes some getting used to. For me, at least, it was a learning curve. A lot of back-and-forth to my journal to figure things out. I didn't even realize meditation mode existed until I accidentally discovered it before I fought the boss of act one.
(And it has elves. I know you hate elves. They are somewhat non-traditional in several respects, but are mostly the high faerie creatures of Tolkien--it's kind of a trapping of northern European folklore.)
Torchlight is okay, but, as I'm sure you've read, it gets bland after a while. No point rehashing that, I guess.
left 4 dead 2 doesnt last long if you dont have buddies but real fun to have there
killing floor is a left 4 dead 2 counter strike mix : you play online with people, you kill mobs each round and you earn money to buy moar! I like it but what i HATED is the voice over. OMG OMG i want to strangle someone. I was a dedicated medic BLOODYSHINE!!! AAAAAH I STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES!!!!
edit : well for game like witcher 2 i tried not to propose since he wanted a shooter or rts but its definately a real good one to play.
I'm really liking The Witcher 2, if you're into that kind of game. It's a more northern European western RPG and has very detailed worldbuilding. Stealth/sneaking is very viable in some situations, but not all. Crafting bombs and traps is lots of fun, though. If you play on anything above easy, you have to strategize a great deal. I didn't play the first one yet, I heard the controls are finicky, but even the second one takes some getting used to. For me, at least, it was a learning curve. A lot of back-and-forth to my journal to figure things out. I didn't even realize meditation mode existed until I accidentally discovered it before I fought the boss of act one.
I've considered this game actually. Can I play it with my Xbox controller if I get it through Steam? I never played the first one but was always curious about it. Also, is the gameplay anything like Dragon Age? Cause that game seriously drove me insane with it's weird ass controls and automated combat system.
Hmm, well I talked to you a lot about Dragon Age so you know how I felt about it. But you say this game is quite different? I don't know why but when I looked at the screens it just reminded me a lot of that game.
TW2 is more mature in many ways than DA and is slightly less "magical", in my opinion. There's less of a focus on magic and mages and stuff (although it's there, sometimes heavily, in some quests), and more of a focus on gameworld politics, romance, friendships, that kind of thing. It's also graphically grittier and you control no one but yourself. There's a point in the end of the first act that determines which legion (the Scoia'tel or another group that I can't remember) follows you throughout the rest of the story and whose leader acts as an adviser/friend throughout the dialog.
I'm pretty sure that if you get an xBox controller, it will work with this game on PC. I've seen YouTube videos that show xBox symbols where keyboard symbols would have appeared for me. You might even be able to get it for xBox, although I haven't seen it anywhere. (Edit: Yeah, you can get it for xBox, if you'd prefer that.)
It's different in every possible way. The combat style is very action driven, as I said before. You use combos (left/right clicks) and signs (magic) and can also quickslot bombs/traps that you find/buy/make. The story gives you 2 major paths to choose from and several minor options aswell.
Hmm, also I've never played the first one. And I like games a lot for their story. Would you recommend reading up on the plot before going in or does the game reference the first one adequately enough.
Also I'm still trying to learn if I can play it with my Xbox controller. I don't know if this game came out on Xbox and usually if it already had then automatically steam would let you do that.
I got a few weeks till school starts again and I'm leaning toward maybe a shooter or even a simulation game. As for the former, has anyone played Singularity? I see it's on Steam now for 30 dollars which seems a good deal. So if anyone can recommend it I'd appreciate it. As for the latter, anyone play either Civ 5 or Total War: Shogun 2? Both seem kind of interesting. I'm looking maybe for an RTS that is not as fast paced as SC2 and I can just sort of take my time with. Too many simulation games are paced too fast for my tastes.
And my concern with shooters is just how many of them are rather generic.
So my plan is to be kept busy till Deus Ex, then I hope Deus Ex keeps me busy until Skyrim. And Skyrim will definitely keep me busy until D3.
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I thought about trying Fear 3 but I never played the first two and the story actually looks like a bit of a turn off. I hate like supernatural antagonists. One of the only things I didn't quite like about Dead Space 2 was Isaac's dead girlfriend who constantly heckled me throughout the game.
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-far cry 2. Some people find its a pain for each mission to drive or get to the spot but i enjoyed it. Else then that you find diamond or get them from mission, you buy youre equipement that you want, load yourself up and go hunt the baddies. I like it because there is always stuff to kill, you know, respawn. So if you are patient and that driving often to get to one point to another (and can get attacked), discovering a really beautifully crafted world, it is really an enjoyable experience, online and offline. Its an open world so if you like sandbox youll be served.. if not then perhaps a linear shooter would be for you. 1st person FPS
-civ 5 is fun but can be boring if you dont know how to play it, took me a couple of game to figure out how to actually be good haha. Because youll do some mistake at first, slowing youre civilisation mostly or making a random game without disactivating some winning condition and the computer will reach them super fast, making the game end when you were not even near to finish it. RTS
-Fallout 3 is a shooter with rpg feature, lot of text and LOT OF PLAY TIME. really one of my favorite. If you gotta choose between new vegas and fallout 3, go with fallout 3 game of the year to get all the DLC at the same time. Its a really enjoyable experience. Its an open world so if you like sandbox youll be served.. if not then perhaps a linear shooter would be for you. 1st or 3rd person RPG
-Battlefield : Bad compagny 2 : Really a great fun there mostly in multiplayer. Single player was fun, i enjoyed it but where the fun is , its in multiplayer. Its not that big of a pressure to get awesome score like COD. You just take a jet and try to kill stuff or simply snipe them. You get rewarded for point by playing youre class and unlock tons of goodies and you customize youre equipement, played a damn long time. 1st person FPS
-Just cause 2 : For the laugh. Its like a grand theft auto style, with a bigger world and more thing you can do. You got a grappling hook at all time and a parachute. You can link stuff with youre grapple together... like a grandma and a car. I had tons of good laugh with the game. You got mission, you drive, you fly , you shoot, make carnage etc. Its again an open world... since im a fan of open world. On steam it often get a good deal on it. picked it up for like 5 to 7 bucks i think. 3rd person Action
-deadrising 2 : pretty much for the same, easy to play with a friend and easy to play alone, mass murder a ton of zombie in different way. Pretty fun and can last long. 3rd person Action
-darkspore : many rejected that game. Youll start and the first level youll be ... meh... not that good.. empty. But keep playing, its really a couple of hours in that it got very fun. At first all enemies die easily. After a while they get stronger, really stronger. You need to think who you bring , what status the enemies will be weak/strong against, customizing youre characters etc. I liked it alot in fact and even better with a buddy. Diablo style action
-darksider : really good looking, really fun to play , gave me some hours of real fun. Its a mix between devil may cry meet zelda. You get to do crazy combo with different item and solve some puzzle and fight bosses like zelda. 3rd person Action
-borderland : really fun, diablo kind of loot and equipping yourself, pretty big mostly with all the expensions, you can play again , 4 classes with different talent tree but its a shooter. It was really really fun. Get it with all the expansions and youll have a blast playing it. Hurray for the self ammo regenerating , over sized magazine bullet storm soldier that i made, was fun spraying ... puking even, bullets to the enemies haha. You accept quest really easily, do them , shoot alot, get loot, equip yourself and kill some moar.1st person FPS
-total war : shogun 2: i do have it, i played it a little while, my army became powerful and on one battle i died, leaving me to do alot of turns without doing anything. I didnt really understand how it worked and played only a night hehe. Graphic a really fun but its alot of strategy, less action. You move them, do ambush , purchase troup etc. But since i failed at understanding how to play correctly, its mixed feeling for me. RTS
-Titan quest gold : like a diablo but in greece. you encounter medusa, cyclops, satyr etc. The places you go are not randomely generated so once you know youre way around, its easy to do speed run. Its a tad old too now but nonetheless fun to play through a couple time and mess with different classes and powers. Diablo style
-command and conquer 3 : tiberium wars or command and conquer: red alert 3. Some will itch at the idea of red alert 3. With the patches the jap are a tad less annoying but still, if you never played the serie, there is still legit fun to have in there, its rts like starcraft but the computer is less likely to launch devastating assault on you, you got more time to prepare and act. RTS
-splinter cell serie: if you never did them, they are legit fun too. Using youre gadget , sneaking and killing. There is a nice story and some real fun moment. Of course you wont really empty clip. Playing it on the PC is funner because you can save often and reload if you totally messed up something. 3rd person Infiltration.
*SPECIAL* it is not for every gamers
STALKER : shadow of chernobyl : its an fps, mixed with rpg with it. You can pick gun, repair them, craft some stuff, loot youre munition type. Its a tad old too, the graphic aint that great. Its an immerssive experience to do, you close youre light, put youre headset and enter the world. I really liked the serie, its really atmospheric and sometime scary. Youre weapon can jam like in farcry 2, you can eat and drink etc. Its really a special game here, not sure you will like it. 1st person FPS/RPG
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if you want instant fun and perhaps youre friends joining you, borderland is the way to go.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. got some expansions to it too but shadow of chernobyl is the first box that got out, easily findable on steam, not anymore in shops. Like i said, the graphic are outdated. The story take place some years after the explosion of chernobyl and there is alot of strange phenomena occuring around. You scavenge the land, meeting enemies , neutral people or wild life etc. You got a stamina bar for running and it deplete faster the more you carry. You will need to scavenge alot and make good care to not get too much intoxicated with radiation. You need to make sure to keep youre gear in good condition too, its a survival game while you do the plot and sidequets. It is dark and brooding, filled with misery and survival of the fittest. I really loved that game but not alot played it. There can be plenty of action when you know where to look at but usually its action/scavenging/exploring/doing missions . It can be really fun but do keep in mind that its a FPS/RPG.
EDIT: forgot about one game
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II = This game is an RTS but with a twist. It is a kind of DOTA if you like but against the computer? Lemme explain. You got the same angle as a RTS. You get to choose the hero with whom you wanna do his story, you can gather gear from him, level him up etc. So you go around the map looking like an RTS (somewhat closer to youre character though) and you go around the level with him, each character have unique skills and abilities and you take horde of enemies with them. The best description would be to watch a video of gameplay. No rush, a nice campaign, i liked it!
Torchlight is pretty good.
Magicka was fun for a little while, but it got old fast. *Shrug*
If you got an Xbox 360, you might wanna try a Kingdom for Keflings. It's a wierd game, so get the demo before you get the full game. (It's an arcade game, fyi.)
My personal favorite RTS of all time is Total Anihiliation. Every once in a while I will reinstall it and play a couple matches. No RTS has ever come close to the sheer fun of TA. And the graphics of modern day games only recently reached TA's. (And TA came out in the 90's.)
Also, I heard Crysis was pretty good.
And if anybody else already made these suggestions, ignore them and listen to me.
torchlight : for a reason i dont know, i cant get into this diablo copy. i think perhaps its because of the guns or the graphic? i know alot of people loved it, its a nice suggestion too.
bulletstorm : its not bad i think but it doesnt last long like you say and it get repetitive really quick, its a good rent at the videostore though. doing brutal combo and push someone in the spike is really satisfying.
magicka : funny as hell, if you got a buddy, play that if you can. There is alot of reference to different game, fun mechanic but yeah , it can get old fast, loved it.
Total Anihiliation : oh come one man , its old like warcraft 2 . But yeah it was pretty good, not sure its findable again haha.
crysis 1 : really great, the story gave me chill and the graphic was breathtaking too. A good blast. But it is doable in a night. Multiplayer is meh.
crysis 2: more hyped then what it is mostly. Graphic with DX11 are breathtaking again but yeah, one play through is more then enough and multiplayer aint really worth it imo.
edit: for torchlight i think its a mixed feeling on everything. The character, i found them unnapealing in their look. I was stuck with a companion and i hate that. Magic was not bad. There was old blunderbuss gun, i hate those. The graphic were not to my liking, remembering me a little of WOW but just a tad , a small tad less cartoony. I didnt like the design of the armor i found or the weapons. Its confusing too when you get a scroll to port you in a kind of random dungeons? you kinda lose track of what you gotta do with the quests if you dont read them carefully. Lot of shop that dont get that much info on. So i perhaps got a bad start on it, almost no explanation, i have it on my steam list with 8hours of play but never continued, when i cant find my character interesting, i lose the will to play. It is only my opinion though, i know the game got alot of praise so it might be worthwhile to someone to check it out. Same goes for Torchlight 2 i guess, i watched every trailers and interview, even the one showing the berz and alot of content and still cannot get to like it, i think its the graphic again and the characters, i just cant like it...
I remember watching my brother play Splinter Cell and one thing I noticed about it that I thought would bug me is sometimes if you do something wrong, you don't know about it till much later as if you left a body in the open or something. And I'm pretty patient with most games but I think that would bug me to be discovered for something I did some time ago.
@Link
I do have an Xbox but I'm playing games on my PC lately cause I finished building it and it's just so much fun!
Eh I'm still really not sure what to go with but I appreciate you all for your time in trying to help me.
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Trust me, TA is the best RTS from the 90's and one of the best RTS games of all time. Warcraft 2 doesn't hold a candle to it. Warcraft 3 would be a better game to compare it to. Hell, polish it up a little and you could release it today.
As for Torchlight, I liked it. I think Blizzard North/Condor/Runic did a great job on it, especially considering they didn't have the funds they used to have under Activision-Blizzard's wings. I would strongly, strongly suggest to everybody to get Torchlight 2.
Edit: Oh, and another cult classic: Kohan! Both Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and Kohan: Ahriman's Gift, as well as the sequel Kohan 2: Kings of War were all great.
How did I just play this game for five hours??
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like "how could have made 4 playthrough of postal 2 in a single week without losing a bit of sanity from it"
I'm really liking The Witcher 2, if you're into that kind of game. It's a more northern European western RPG and has very detailed worldbuilding. Stealth/sneaking is very viable in some situations, but not all. Crafting bombs and traps is lots of fun, though. If you play on anything above easy, you have to strategize a great deal. I didn't play the first one yet, I heard the controls are finicky, but even the second one takes some getting used to. For me, at least, it was a learning curve. A lot of back-and-forth to my journal to figure things out. I didn't even realize meditation mode existed until I accidentally discovered it before I fought the boss of act one.
(And it has elves. I know you hate elves. They are somewhat non-traditional in several respects, but are mostly the high faerie creatures of Tolkien--it's kind of a trapping of northern European folklore.)
Torchlight is okay, but, as I'm sure you've read, it gets bland after a while. No point rehashing that, I guess.
killing floor is a left 4 dead 2 counter strike mix : you play online with people, you kill mobs each round and you earn money to buy moar! I like it but what i HATED is the voice over. OMG OMG i want to strangle someone. I was a dedicated medic BLOODYSHINE!!! AAAAAH I STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES!!!!
edit : well for game like witcher 2 i tried not to propose since he wanted a shooter or rts but its definately a real good one to play.
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Overall I found it very entertaining and fun.
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I'm pretty sure that if you get an xBox controller, it will work with this game on PC. I've seen YouTube videos that show xBox symbols where keyboard symbols would have appeared for me. You might even be able to get it for xBox, although I haven't seen it anywhere. (Edit: Yeah, you can get it for xBox, if you'd prefer that.)
Also I'm still trying to learn if I can play it with my Xbox controller. I don't know if this game came out on Xbox and usually if it already had then automatically steam would let you do that.
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