The Video Game Thread

[ShiningIce]

Welcome to all things video game. Enter and be welcome. Video games, where would I be without em.

 

[kurchatovium]

My favorite games are usually RPG games, but I do like some of the first person shooters. Like Half-Life was a totally awesome game. My favorite RPG's would be Planescape, Baldur Gate series, Icewind Dale 1 and 2, and of course Neverwinter Nights.

 

[ShiningIce]

Ah, you're a computer gamer I take it.

 

[kurchatovium]

Yes almost all of the games I own are computer games. I do have a Sega Dreamcast but they went belly up. So I'm waiting to see if XBOX stands the test of time before investing anymore into a console system.

 

[Neutron]

FS..

Fighting Steel, Silent Hunter 1 and 2, Sub Command, Age Of Sail, Jutland, Tsushima, Great Naval Battles 1 through 5.

 

[maverick83]

My favorites...

Any Final Fantasy except VIII, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Simpsons Road Rage, Worms Armageddon

 

[ShiningIce]

Final Fantasy.............words cannot express how much I owe those games.

 

[Flatfoot]

Final Fantasy. The name alone sums it up. It is the end-all of RPGs, since no other RPG will ever come close to it in quality. Well, I have to admit Planescape: Torment was pretty damn cool, not to mention the older Dungeons & Dragons games, or ADVANCED Dungeons & Dragons games, I should say. Sure, they had EGA graphics, but the stories were awesome! I remember how good I felt, playing through Death Knights of Krynn, and beating Lord Soth, the coolest death knight I've ever seen in fantasy novels.

As far as other video games, I'll play anything with a decent storyline to it. If it doesn't have a good storyline, or a lot of character interaction, it won't hold my interest for long. Also, I don't like first-person shooters. I know it's pretty bad to say this, but all the turning makes me nauseous and gives me a migraine.

Oh, I LOVE fighting games! Something I can probably never get sick of is playing Tekken with buddies. Something funny about that game is that you could set the game on the hardest difficulty, put mittens on, mash the buttons, and be able to beat the computer. Granted, you'll miss out on some of the harder moves and combos to pull off, but most of the moves in that game are cool to see, anyway. So you're bound to see something cool, or you'll just mash the buttons in the right order and see an awesome combo that will make you say, "Whoa! That was cool! How did I do that?" And then you'll never do it again.

 

[kurchatovium]

Yeah I loved Planescape. It had the weirdest and one of the coolest storylines ever.

 

[ShiningIce]

So what was Planescape Torment all about? Is it true you play a zombie?

 

[Flatfoot]

Not a zombie. You play "The Nameless One" an Immortal who has amnesia. One of the more interesting things about the game is that if you die, you just regenerate and wake up a few hours later. In fact, there are some parts of the game where you have to die to go forward.

 

[ShiningIce]

So a god type immortal? an highlander type immortal? Do you have powers? This sounds interesting. 😎

 

[kurchatovium]

You do develop abilities as the game goes on one of the more interesting is being able to talk to the dead.

 

[Flatfoot]

I also like how you sacrifice body parts to Ignus to learn different fire spells. They grow back, after all.

 

[kurchatovium]

So "What can change the nature of a man?".

 

[Flatfoot]

D'AAHH!!! I haven't gotten to that part yet! I've got a strategy guide, and I'm up to the point where I can use the gate to find... crap, it's been so long since I played I can't even remember the witch's name! I need to play it again, and hopefully beat it before I get on ship. Why did I stop in the first place? I think I stopped to play FFX and never got back on to finish it...

 

[kurchatovium]

I forgot the witch's name too. I think I want to play it again as well just for the fun of it.

 

[amk714]

I used to play video games frequently until a couple of years ago, both in the arcades and on my now obsolete SNES. Apparently I have matured--either that or the games got too complicated for me. 😀

 

[ShiningIce]

bump

 

[kurchatovium]

Anybody like the "Conquer the Galaxy" type games? I hear Masters of Orion 3 will be out soon.

 

[ShiningIce]

Never played Orion but would like to