What are you playing at the moment? - Page 6

Feek · 23-03-2007, 15:03

I'll have to have a shufti at that..

Garp · 23-03-2007, 18:41

I've been getting back into Eve recently. Bit strange coming back into the game having had a 9 month break (or there abouts). Hopefully once I've got my feet established and my financial situation in game settled I'll start looking at life in the unprotected 0.0 regions. Thats where the game really comes to life, working together for the benefit of every player in your alliance, REAL PvP combat that makes a difference every day to everyones gameplay.

testpattern · 26-03-2007, 12:26

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Originally Posted by Belmit

It's a sort of first-person shooter with strategy, similar in some respects to Deus Ex. You have to complete missions in the wastes surrounding the Chernobyl incident where strange mutant creatures have started appearing and radioactive anomalies occur. I've barely touched it yet but so far have got myself a shotgun and some food and banadages and have some missions to complete. It's interesting in that your gun will deteriorate over time and start jamming, so you have to find a new one, amongst other realistic annoyances. You have an inventory system very much like Deus Ex and can search dead people for new stuff. The graphics are slightly less impressive than Half-life 2 in my opinion but hopefully it'll become more emersive and that won't matter so much. Quite enjoying it so far!

i've read so many mixed reviews i can't decide whether to get stalker or not...got a recommendation yet?

Belmit · 26-03-2007, 13:10

I'm really getting into it now. There are frustrations with it, like still being active in the game while accessing your inventory or PDA, so you might be changing guns when suddenly someone puts a bullet theough your head, but overall I'm happy with it. You get a fair bit of freedom regarding whether you go for the main story straight off or do side missions instead, but what I thought was going to be an open landscape where you just explore and have to find a place to bunk down for the night etc. is more of a penned in affair where you can't cross barbed-wire fences and have to have done certain things before progressing past barricades and deeper into The Zone.

I'm also a little disappointed that you can't fix up and drive the battered vehicles that litter the place, as promised in the trailer vids. Lomping for kilometres, killing bandits all the way to reach a mission destination and then having to turn around and head back for the reward can get tedious. Even if there were just some quad-bikes or something it would have been better.

There's something about the game that just feels unpolished, but maybe it's because it should have been released about two years ago.

On a more positive note, the fact that weapons deteriorate and that you get hungry etc. are nice touches. You can't just load up with ammo and head out into the wilderness or you'll end up dying of hunger, radiation sickness or a bad case of gun rot! I've also recently found my first gun with a scope and I'm pleased to find that you can remove the scope and put it on a new or different gun if you favour one over another, or your current one is falling apart. I've just been given a great protective suit that defends against most climate based injury - rads, chemicals, burns etc. but my next mission takes me into an abandoned lab with 'psi-activity'. In other words, stay longer than a minute and your head bursts. No idea how to get around this one yet!

Davey_Pitch · 26-03-2007, 13:33

Sounds interesting, might have a look at it if my rig is up to it

I've now gone back to Ninja Gaiden for the first time in about 6 months, so jumped into Ninja Gaiden: Black on Hard to ease myself back into it. About halfway through so far, then I'll make a start on the 50 challenges I think

leowyatt · 26-03-2007, 13:36

Haven't even started that yet

Infact I'm considering cancelling my rental, have picked up the game in over 2 1/2 weeks

Daz · 26-03-2007, 13:38

Hit Enchanted Arms a bit at the weekend, mainly to just get it finished as it wasn't doing much for me but the story decided to develop a little without me walking hundreds of miles to make it happen so was reasonably enjoyable.

Week off soon, and that's when I need to hit FF:XII and get through Gears of War before returning it to MB.

leowyatt · 26-03-2007, 13:40

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Originally Posted by Daz

and get through Gears of War before returning it to MB.

we want you on multiplayer before you hand it back mister! If you want coop assistance let me know, working my way through Act 3 on insane now.

Daz · 26-03-2007, 13:49

Will do, ta

Haly · 26-03-2007, 13:54

*coughs and points at the GoW thread she bumped last night*

I'd also be up for some co-op in GoW as I've not played it co-op since when I played it on Davey's 360

23-03-2007, 15:03	#51
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	I'll have to have a shufti at that.. __________________

23-03-2007, 18:41	#52
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	I've been getting back into Eve recently. Bit strange coming back into the game having had a 9 month break (or there abouts). Hopefully once I've got my feet established and my financial situation in game settled I'll start looking at life in the unprotected 0.0 regions. Thats where the game really comes to life, working together for the benefit of every player in your alliance, REAL PvP combat that makes a difference every day to everyones gameplay. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

26-03-2007, 13:10	#54
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	I'm really getting into it now. There are frustrations with it, like still being active in the game while accessing your inventory or PDA, so you might be changing guns when suddenly someone puts a bullet theough your head, but overall I'm happy with it. You get a fair bit of freedom regarding whether you go for the main story straight off or do side missions instead, but what I thought was going to be an open landscape where you just explore and have to find a place to bunk down for the night etc. is more of a penned in affair where you can't cross barbed-wire fences and have to have done certain things before progressing past barricades and deeper into The Zone. I'm also a little disappointed that you can't fix up and drive the battered vehicles that litter the place, as promised in the trailer vids. Lomping for kilometres, killing bandits all the way to reach a mission destination and then having to turn around and head back for the reward can get tedious. Even if there were just some quad-bikes or something it would have been better. There's something about the game that just feels unpolished, but maybe it's because it should have been released about two years ago. On a more positive note, the fact that weapons deteriorate and that you get hungry etc. are nice touches. You can't just load up with ammo and head out into the wilderness or you'll end up dying of hunger, radiation sickness or a bad case of gun rot! I've also recently found my first gun with a scope and I'm pleased to find that you can remove the scope and put it on a new or different gun if you favour one over another, or your current one is falling apart. I've just been given a great protective suit that defends against most climate based injury - rads, chemicals, burns etc. but my next mission takes me into an abandoned lab with 'psi-activity'. In other words, stay longer than a minute and your head bursts. No idea how to get around this one yet! __________________

26-03-2007, 13:33	#55
Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	Sounds interesting, might have a look at it if my rig is up to it I've now gone back to Ninja Gaiden for the first time in about 6 months, so jumped into Ninja Gaiden: Black on Hard to ease myself back into it. About halfway through so far, then I'll make a start on the 50 challenges I think __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

26-03-2007, 13:36	#56
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Haven't even started that yet Infact I'm considering cancelling my rental, have picked up the game in over 2 1/2 weeks __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

26-03-2007, 13:38	#57
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Hit Enchanted Arms a bit at the weekend, mainly to just get it finished as it wasn't doing much for me but the story decided to develop a little without me walking hundreds of miles to make it happen so was reasonably enjoyable. Week off soon, and that's when I need to hit FF:XII and get through Gears of War before returning it to MB. __________________ apt-get moo

26-03-2007, 13:49	#59
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Will do, ta __________________ apt-get moo

26-03-2007, 13:54	#60
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	coughs and points at the GoW thread she bumped last night I'd also be up for some co-op in GoW as I've not played it co-op since when I played it on Davey's 360 __________________ Halycopter