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General Discussion => General Discussion Boards => Technology and Gaming => Topic started by: Andy on December 29, 2007, 04:35:13 pm
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The release of Halo in 2001 was immensely popular amongst gamers and continued through 2004's release of Halo 2. With the September's final addition to the trilogy I wonder, is Halo the best shooting game of all time. With Halo and Halo 2 becoming such a success, are Bungie going to be able to continue getting millions of fans buying they're games or have they done their dash? Is their movie going to work?
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oh, it'll work alright, Halo is now a classic FPS, no one will forget it, even if it is just the name. Halo (and all its associates) will sell well...
but, even tho it is vastly popular, i personally think it is very lame, a super-soldier who run around and shoot at practically everything he sees then saving the world, numerous times, i'm getting sick of it.... it's not worth the money, time nor effort.
there is no need to rank games, they achieve little for our needs, there are many more things that require our attention, rather than wasting time showing off to other people going "ZOMG I PLAY BEST GAME EVER! WOOT"
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I don't tend to like games where you just shoot at people for no apparent reason (I know it has a plot, but I can't be bothered finding out what it is), I prefer games like Brain Age and so on. That said, Halo is very good for what it is, not to mention successful.
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RTS FTW!!!!!
cant wait till Starcraft II.... seriously.....
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I enjoy a rather random assortment of games:
Chess, Civilization, Pro Evolution Soccer, Tribal Wars, Star Control II
I guess they all have an element of strategy and tactics, except Star Control II which is mainly an RPG game. I enjoy many RPG games, but they're not games that I pick up and play again, so usually they don't get mentioned.
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Halo ftw. When I was in year 9 (or 8 ? :p) , I was pwn at halo.
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I enjoy a rather random assortment of games:
Chess, Civilization, Pro Evolution Soccer , Tribal Wars, Star Control II
PES 4 has to go close to being the best football game ever made, it beats newer versions of PES and all FIFA games.
Some of my favourites over the years have included: Football Manager (and Championship Manager), Oblivion, Jade Empire, Gran Turismo (possibly my vote for the best game ever made), Harvest Moon, Commander Keen, Jazz Jackrabbit, Duke Nukem , Myst and Kings Quest!
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lol yeah dos games were great fox, commander keen, jackrabbit 2 and who can forget wolfenstein lol
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I love Harvest Moon!
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I'm fairly curious to see what kind of games members of this community play. Given that you lot are all rather computer-savvy (or savvy enough to spend copious amounts of time here :P), I'd expect a lot of people would partake in the pleasures of the computer...
So anyway, after that waste of keyboard strokes (and this one too)...what games do you play?
To get the ball rolling: I mostly play Team Fortress 2, Garry's Mod DarkRP, Counter-Strike 1.6/Source and DominiaMUD. Occasionally I'll strap get it on with some Command and Conquer 3, Civilisation 4 and Supreme Commander. That said...my recent addiction must be Project Euler :(
I tend to stay away from the MMORPGs...not a huge fan of farming slack'n'hack games. I like to play those sorts of games in a smaller environment where you actually know who you're playing with.
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I'm a Warcraft III / Starcraft junkie. I reckon I'm pretty good at ladder but I mostly play customs. I can't wait till SC2 comes out that's gonna be awesome. ;D
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Oh hell yes; that seems to be driven by hype atm! Let's see if the hype was deserved when it does come out! Blizzard has a history of releasing good games, infrequently. Let's hope they release a sequel worthy of the title.
Some of my recovering Starcraft-addict cousins have started playing it again in preparation -.-
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It's a pity the 'surprise' factor will not be there when it is finally released, seeing as all the units they've made so far are on www.starcraft2.com. But it still looks pretty awesome, especially the capital units.
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I play lots of random games: Need for Speed, Juiced, Sims 2, Fable, Oblivion....I can't wai until Spore's released :).
I don't really like shooter games though.
I used to play Starcraft, Diablo, KKND 2 etc. Although that's probably only because of my 3 brothers lol, still they are enjoyable games.
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Neopets. xD
Currently neo, tribal wars, failing at project euler, wii games. <3 zelda games even though I haven't played them all (no phantom hourglass because I don't have a nintendo DS, haven't played majora's mask either x_x). and playing through super mario galaxy and will start metroid (they were my xmas pressies) when I have 60 stars or so :P
I used to like age of empires but then I realised I couldn't do the battling part very well.
I also have played other games like tribal wars (don't know what type they're called x_x) that get boring after a month because they're repetitive (like tribal wars :P) which I don't play any more. The one I used to play the most is at www.mech.vg. All other virtual pet sites are crap =)
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I play lots of random games: Need for Speed, Juiced, Sims 2, Fable, Oblivion....I can't wai until Spore's released :).
I don't really like shooter games though.
I used to play Starcraft, Diablo, KKND 2 etc. Although that's probably only because of my 3 brothers lol, still they are enjoyable games.
OMG, yeah Spore looks so good! And I forgot to mention I play Diablo II as well.
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I don't play video games anymore. :-[
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i rarely do. my computers are too crap to play anything post 2000, unfortunately.
games i have been known to play in the last year or so are Age of Empire 2, Heroes of Might & Magic 3, Civilization 3. Heroes 3 is easily the most fun; i play multiplayer with a friend at college ;)
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
It's free and I'm still playing since it came out
EDIT: And I'm hooked on guitar hero
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Counter- Strike 1.6 + Counter-Strike Source FTW!!!!!
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Don't play very often anymore.
Like Halo, Call of Duty 4
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CS, WC3, BioShock, Crysis, and some Wii Games
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i was meaning to ask someone, don't you get tired using wii?
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subsidised daily exercises for the lazy and easily impressionable ... ;D
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i was meaning to ask someone, don't you get tired using wii?
No. :)
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Lately i play - CSS/WoW/CoD4 on PC... guitar hero on ps3... halo3 + mass effect on xbox 360
However all time favorites have to be Zelda on SNES, then Ocarina of Time on n64... also FF7-10.
hmm... reading over that i think it needs a key
{Legend-
CSS = Counter Strike:Source
WoW = World of Warcraft
CoD4 = Call of Duty 4
FF = Final Fantasy}
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Lately i play - CSS/WoW/CoD4 on PC... guitar hero on ps3... halo3 + mass effect on xbox 360
However all time favorites have to be Zelda on SNES, then Ocarina of Time on n64... also FF7-10.
hmm... reading over that i think it needs a key
{Legend-
CSS = Counter Strike:Source
WoW = World of Warcraft
CoD4 = Call of Duty 4
FF = Final Fantasy}
Wow, you're back! Where'd you go? And are you going to beat Odette's post count? (Cuz I can't ;))
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my biceps got really hard after 200 hours of wii tennis
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PES 4 has to go close to being the best football game ever made, it beats newer versions of PES and all FIFA games.
I tend to like FIFA games better.
Some of my favourites over the years have included: Football Manager (and Championship Manager)
Suxor. :P
My favourite games include Dig Dug :D, NFS (and yes I like the fact that there is no "Free ride" part anymore),
Counter Strike is good, Tekken is better than mortal combat and all games alike and Tiger Woods PGA Tour games are good on Playstation (as are most from the EA Sports range on Playstation).
My current fav is Canis Canem Edit. Buy it, it's good.
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i was meaning to ask someone, don't you get tired using wii?
Wii is stupid.
The motion thing was cool for a week, then died out and became shit like I was trying to tell people it would.
It kind of reminds me of Fall Out Boy. One song, then they got annoying.
And Wii is killing Super Mario! Leave the kid back at N64. Or is there no other games that would sell on wii because is has uber shit graphics?
I honestly, would buy a Playstation 2 over a Wii, and people are comparing it to Playstation 3! Bahaha
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Yeah, Wii's s*t. :p
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Yeah, Wii's s*t. :p
Actuaries are homo.
:(
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but seriously, how can you compare a Wii to PS3? It's like comparing a P1 133MHz with 64K L1 Cache to a Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn Core.
Wii is good I guess for inexpensive gaming. :)
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but seriously, how can you compare a Wii to PS3? It's like comparing a P1 133MHz with 64K L1 Cache to a Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn Core.
LOL
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Actuaries are homo.
Watch yourself :police:
"homo" is against the code of conduct ;)
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i was meaning to ask someone, don't you get tired using wii?
Wii is stupid.
The motion thing was cool for a week, then died out and became shit like I was trying to tell people it would.
It kind of reminds me of Fall Out Boy. One song, then they got annoying.
And Wii is killing Super Mario! Leave the kid back at N64. Or is there no other games that would sell on wii because is has uber shit graphics?
I honestly, would buy a Playstation 2 over a Wii, and people are comparing it to Playstation 3! Bahaha
Yeah it seems like that stupid EyeToy thing for the PS2 a few years ago. It looked really cool at first but all it really was was just 12 mini-games that could each keep you occupied for about 10 minutes.
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seconded
the true spirit of wii is that YOU actually play the game YOURSELF, not bloody stupid controllers
comparing to other "generic" consoles that focus so heavily on the graphics and bots, etc, wii brings back the entertainment quality of games, its made for fun, not a brain exhausting exercise in virtual reality... (but a somewhat physically exhausting exercise for those who are "unfit" :D)
ok that was a bit exaggerated, but u get the gist :P wii = fun, if i have money i'd buy it, but i dnt.... :(
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Meh, Wii is still a piece of crap. LOL
I'd like to see Wii run Battlefield lol.
But anywho, i'm really not a gamer so I can't argue. kthxbai :p
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wii brings back the entertainment quality of games, its made for fun, not a brain exhausting exercise in virtual reality...
Lolwut? Did you say quality? That is a gross overstatment.
And fun? No, Super Mario is not fun. It is dead. And the Wii isn't helping the poor fellow.
And I actually find it more fun to play a car racing game, for example, that has excellent graphics, doesn't require you to dance around like a fairy on crack and is actually better in gameplay because the makers have spent some time on it rather than going "oh well, that'll do."
which explains why the Wii has nearly tripled ps3 sales.
Actually, that would be because PS3 is way over priced Wii is cheap crap.
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Lolwut? Did you say quality? That is a gross overstatment.
And fun? No, Super Mario is not fun. It is dead. And the Wii isn't helping the poor fellow.
And I actually find it more fun to play a car racing game, for example, that has excellent graphics, doesn't require you to dance around like a fairy on crack and is actually better in gameplay because the makers have spent some time on it rather than going "oh well, that'll do."
*wonders*
first thing, there are two different kind of quality, one is where you completely render yourself into the virtual reality, as most common games are, the other is where you simply have fun, and you simply enjoy the notion of having fun. older classical games become obsolete because of their age and technological advancements, not because they are no longer "fun"
wii games are different to other console games, not because wii game designers take very little effort, its because their focus is different, and just because the way interaction occurs is different to normal consoles does not make the players "fairy on crack".
which explains why the Wii has nearly tripled ps3 sales.
Actually, that would be because PS3 is way over priced Wii is cheap crap.
any evidence to support your claim?? (lol i did a brendan ;D)
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games i have installed: gears of war, farcry, company of heroes, cnc3,cs1.6, fifa08,nfscarbon,WC3: DotA, cnc:renegade, gta: san andreas
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Crysis, warhead, farcry2, supreme commander, red alert 3, dawn of war 2, and fear2.
Personally, my favorite would have to be supreme commander, experimental units FTW!
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i used to dota . XD
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Hey truetears, werent you the top player in Australia?
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Hey truetears, werent you the top player in Australia?
lol no, my friend henry was the best, i was just the tactical planner / ward whore for our clan XD