I just watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_XP9OBWGKo, and now I think I want to get it. Has anyone else played it?

Yes, but only Single Player.

I don't count playing with Mungo0, as multi player (co-op)

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BZZZT... I'm totally NOT a robot. I am capable of independant thoughts. HA HA HA. That was humor.

It's not really post-apocalyptic. Basically a factory [censored] up so a whole bunch of mutants are running around. You are with a team of people (or alone if you play single player) and your goal is to kill the mutants and survive. The game is a lot of fun if you are playing with friends. It has been patched several times with additional free content and therefore has a good bit of maps and many weapons to choose from. I dropped 34 hours into the game so far, but I wouldn't have played it for nearly as long if I was just playing by myself.



It's pretty fun, it was fairly buggy on release but now most of the bugs have been patched out. I don't think it has dropped from the Steam top 10 sellers since release. There is a demo which I would recommend as it is pretty representative of the gameplay.

Oh, I had a lot of fun with Hellgate, but keep in mind I only paid $2.50 for it; however, having had so much fun with it, I would have paid maybe $15 or $20 and not felt ripped off. I highly recommend the Revival patch, as well as some mods, like Seferoth's "Compile Mod" which makes a lot of nice changes. It's set in the not-so-distant future, where demons have invaded Earth. It's less medieval armor than body armor that looks like streamlined classic plate armor. There's a blend of magic and technology, so you'll see things like guns that stream lightning or swords that do spectral damage. There are three factions, Templars, Hunters, and Cabalists, and each faction has two classes you can choose from. In general, Templars are going to wear armor and wield melee weapons; Hunters are going to wear your cover-ops modern military armor and use guns; the Cabalists wear funky kickass stuff and equip focus items (wielded in each hand) to improve their spellcasting abilities. Classes have their own skill trees, and classes within each faction sometimes share a few similar skills. Leveling up gives you points to distribute amongst your attributes as well as skillpoints for your skills. Weapon and armor customization is pretty fun, too, but I'm not very good at explaining it.

http://www.hellgateaus.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=78
http://www.hellgateaus.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=3a3271644f32aba43fb9f3890489a9b8
There's also a modding tool you can download to make your own mods for the game. You have to register to the forums in order to download the files. The next Revival patch will have new improvements and even try to incorporate content that previously had only been available in the multiplayer server world thingy.

I enjoyed the game plenty with single player. I played as the Blademaster class (Templar faction) in 3rd person mode, so it was like a fun futuristic-magic-fantasy romp killing demons, doing side quests,getting awesome gear, and causing general mayhem and carnage. The quests have some standard "go here, kill this" fare, but some of the main quest quests have some interesting puzzles and "minigames" (such as directing troops, using artillery to shoot down a flying demon ship, and exploring a possessed man's demented mind). There are some funny moments. The story starts losing a bit of cohesion toward the end, but I just filled in the blanks with my own creativity. :shrug:

Once you finish the game the first time around, you can go back and do it again with your high-level character and try to get more and better loot. I have some gripes with some of the skills, but I've read that some of the nerfing will be rectified in the upcoming new Revival patch. There are also mods that will tweak some of the classes to improve balance and make certain skills more useful at both low and high character levels. There's a hard level cap of 50.

On my next playthrough, I think I'm going to create a Cabalist character. I have yet to find out if the dialog changes depending on your class's faction, but I think it might since NPCs did say some dialog that seemed Templar-faction specific. I'm also not sure if being in a different faction opens up new quests; my hunch is that it doesn't, which is sort of a bummer, since there is great potential for faction-related questlines and faction conflict.

EDIT: you can play in 1st person or 3rd person, depending on your preference. I play 3rd person, but I can see how 1st person would be useful for aiming projectile weapons (guns).

any opinions on Bulletstorm? It looks good and got a good rating, but what do the people have to say about it?

There's a demo if you're on the xbox 360 or the PS3. For some reason, I don't think a demo was released for the PC, despite Bulletstorm being released on the PC as well as the other two platforms.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/21/bulletstorm-demo-coming-shortly-after-release/, but so far no date has been given. Depending on how on the fence you are Septim007 it may be worth waiting. :shrug:

It's quite good in my opinion. The story is actually pretty good, although the game does end in something of a cliff-hanger. Gameplay wise it's a very solid FPS experience, the only weird thing is that you can't jump for whatever reason.

sweet thanks all. I think I will wait until BulletStorm comes down in price. Too many other interesting games out there that sound better to me. I am actually stoked for the new lords of the rings war in the north game that is supposed to come out this year. if it is anything like the ones on the gamecube, I will definitely getting that!

Anyone have opinions on Spellforce 2 Gold Edition? It is on sale for $10 on Steam and I am considering it. I can also buy it with the original for $12.49 (separate is 9.99 for Spellforce 2 and 4.99 for the original). Would it be worth just the $10 or should I grab them both for that extra discount? I keep buying bad games on Steam: King Arthur, Magnetis, Grotesque Tactics, so I want to check before I buy this.

Anyone played Singularity? I'm thinkin about grabbin it for 360.

Never played the original, but Spellforce 2 is a decent, not great or bad, but decent, RPG/RTS. Some of the RPG segments (when your limited to the game's heros in a traditional party) are boring as hell. Other times, the RPG segments are exciting and fun. The RTS segments of gameplay are a lot more stable at okay. You should feel right at home as long as you've played an RTS before. The Plot is forgettable.

The Stronghold Collection is $20 on Steam, and I seem to remember a friend telling me it was really good. Anyone have any opinions if you've played it?

I've been tempted by but unsure about Steam's sale on Braid, which ends in a few hours. Anyone care to give me some opinions and recommendations for or against?

Braid is an awesome puzzle game. I recommend it. For three bucks you can't beat it.
There's a demo also if you haven't played it yet.

What he said, I'm having fun with it.

"Alpha Protocol" is pretty cheap these days. Those who have played it, what did you think of it?

Edit: Sorry, I see this was discussed in February by Povuholo and others. Still, I wouldn't mind opinions.

As a side note, I finally drank the Kool-Aid this week and ordered the Fallout 3 GOTY edition. We'll see how it goes. I liked Fallout 1 and 2 in the series, and didn't bother with Brotherhood of Steel after reading that it was more of a shooter.

I would say it is definitely worth $20. The games are really good and have a good bit of strategy involved. The campaign is fun too, the only stronghold game I didn't like was Stronghold: Legends.
But if you do buy it, my advice is to make a lot of apple farms, easiest way to fill your granary.

I just finished Alpha Protocol yesterday. I still have the same opinion as before: All the dialogue/consequences stuff is great, but the gameplay itself is not so good. Levels are fairly linear and restricting (can't jump), and stealth is horrible because you're often forced into combat situations and the AI cheats to find you.

I still enjoyed it though.

So is Crysis 2 (on PC) any good? Currently only ~30€ (28￡) on D2D UK. I could use a new no-brains required shooter right about now

First time I played it I thought it was horrible.

I dont know what happened but I decided I'd try it again, so I started over, I completed the game and had fun playing it.

I picked it up last week at a brick and mortar store. You can't beat 5 games for $20 and it is DRM free. I can play it out of the box without a disk in the drive. (after install) I have been having fun with it and do not see any negatives so far. Like ClintostheGreat says "Build a lot of Apple Farms".

is darksiders a good game?

I have it on PC and it seems to suffer from weird bugs, such as randomly saying you got disconnected, or telling you that servers that aren't full, are full even though you can see there are maybe 4/16 players on it.

it has only three graphics presets "High, Advanced, Extreme" and the only difference seems to be the drawing distance.

The SP is kinda fun though.

If you want the retail version, you can get it for 27￡ at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronic-Arts-Crysis-PC-DVD/dp/B002BWONOY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301602153&sr=8-1.

I think it is an average game. Graphics are pretty sweet.

Yes, I really enjoyed my time playing it. Fun action, fun attacks, cool finishing moves, great story. I played it for about 20 hours and didn't do everything I could in the game. I highly recommend it.