thanks, no demo for the pc version but the gameplay on youtube looks fun, ill give it a go

Watch the intro cinematic.

If you have a 360 or PS3 I'd say get it for that. PC versions are so iffy, if it doesnt work you loose your money. If your have a console version and it doesnt work just keep returning it for new disks till you get one that works.

Oh, and don't get it through Steam, please and thank you.

Why shouldnt he get it on steam ? They usually give good offers.

I really enjoyed Conviction. It's pretty watered-down in terms of stealth elements, so if you liked the hardcoe stealth that was present in the previous SC games, you'll be disappointed. If you found the older ones boring, then you'll eat this right up (I happen to enjoy all of them). It's packed with action and has a great story. It's basically "24 the Game".


It's got an awesome story, great writing, great setting, fantastic voice acting, but really mediocre gameplay. The hack n' slash elements are cool, but most of the game is an RTS. I'd recommend picking it up if you can find it cheap and if you can tolerate the gameplay.

I've started to get into TES lately but I have a question.

Is Diablo any good? I've heard of it sometimes when RPG's are mentioned and they have a Diablo 1 and 2 pack in my local Target.

Also, is Battlefield Bad Company any good? I played the demo on PSN and it was awesome. But I thought Mafia 2 was awesome after playing the demo :facepalm:

I have Red Faction and the Saboteur. They're both okay games, not spectacular, with similar premises--run around in a sandbox style world and break stuff. The main difference is that in Red faction you can break ANYTHING, while in the saboteur you pretty much break the same 4 or 5 buildings over and over. Breaking stuff in Red Faction is really fun for the first couple hours, but I never actually finished the game, 'cause the story is terrible and once you get over the initial thrill of knocking over towers with a sledgehammer it gets rather repetitive.

If you're looking for a TES style rpg, don't bother. Diablo is a hack 'n slash action rpg and I wouldn't recommend it if you're hoping for a game with a interesting world/story.

I'm on the opposite side of the spectrum, the first F.E.A.R almost made me piss my pants in fear. The expansins were decent, the first one was just as scary and the second one had nothing to do with anything. F.E.A.R 2 was just cheap, no real scary moments, just freaky mutants jumping out and yelling "Boo!". That's a cheap scare, and a huge copout, so I never really finished F.E.A.R 2, the FPS aspect was still good, but the cheap scares just got annoying.

That laser gun that cuts people to pieces in the second expansion was really awesome though, or was that in the first? Anyway, it was a cool weapon.

I have my dislikes about Steam. So every chance I get I gotta say "Don't support Steam"



I enjoyed almost all the Splinter Cell games. I never got to play Pandora Tomorrow, but all the other ones I enjoyed. I like marking targets and then running into a group, hand-to-handing one and then mark executing the others. Like some James Bond business.



Diablo 2 is a pretty awesome game. I'd say one of the bestest games ever made. Its nothing like Morrowind or Oblivion, but its a realy good game. Point and click style. Gotta go item hunting to make your character godly. Its all about the items. There are three difficulties, Normal, Nightmare, Hell. You have to do NJormal to get to Nightmare, and beat Nightmare to get to Hell. After you beat the game, the story that is, on Hell difficulty, that is where the game truly begins. If you get it, you gotta play it online, a must imo. Borderlands tried to copy Diablo 2, but diddnt do it as great. I wonder if theres more people playing Diablo 2 than Borderlands.



I heard that the Diablo 2 story is good. I cant comment on it from experience, as I've no idea about the story expect there is a bad guys and you gotta kill em. Of all the hours I've put into Diablo 2, I have never payed attention to or tried to pay attention to the story :shrug:

I guess the story must have not been that great at all.

If anyone was wondering, the http://store.steampowered.com/app/31170/ is fun and worth getting at the current 86% discount.

The deal lasts until the 20th.

I'm not sure if you're referring to the first or second, but both games are awesome. If you have the choice of the two, definitely go for the second one. I still play it regularly with a friend.

Red faction is ok but it is just so much the same all the way through.

I have to disagree, I liked the first BBC. The second felt almost like a (and I hate to say it) COD spinoff. While the first one had this unique desperate atomsphere and treasure hunt feel that couldn't be broken. I never finished the second one because it didn't bring me back to the old BBC that I enjoyed

I'm talking about multiplayer. It's nice to have the single player component and all, but to me a Battlefield game is all about the multiplayer.

I didn't read through these if anyone said this but is the new Medal of Honor any good?

did anyone try the reborn campaign for FEAR 2?

The multiplayer is so-so. But the single player is just pure awesomeness. It is so far the only game that actually felt realistic and not like an hollywood film. Its by far better than the MW2 campaign, and the ability to lean in all directions when you are crouched makes you feel less like a robot and more like a human. If you thought MW2 was the best game ever, you probably wont like this game though.

Is Plants VS Zombies good? I saw the Retail version and I can get it for a good price this weekend, it also comes with Peggle and Zuma, I think the full version of thsoe 2 games?

How is Plants VS Zombies?



More realistic than Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising?

I was reading someones post/blog about Dragon Rising and they had a mission to blow up something in a base, they could have ran in and killed everyone but he camped out in the hill in the trees and just watched the patrol routes and then when he had it memorized and timed he ran in, planted the C4, and then dipped back into the hills. That is friggin ridiculously awesome, but its gotta be your type of game.

PvZ is a very fun and addictive game, and comes with a lot of content; a 50-level campaign mode, lots of minigames and puzzle/survival modes, a zen garden for making in-game money. My main/only real problem with it is that for the most part it's very easy. Which I guess is potentially a plus if you're really terrible at strategy/defense games. I haven't played Peggle or Zuma, but I've heard the words "fun and addictive" applied to those many times as well, so if you're getting PvZ for a good deal by itself AND with full versions of those two, I'd say it's probably a bargain.

I can get it for $15 this coming weekend, usually it'd be $19.99. Its either GRAW 2 for $15, PvZ (with Peggle/Zuma) for $15, or Bully Scholarship Edition for $15. Leaning towards PvZ though.

So, uh, New Vegas?

Well honestly I can sum it up in a sentence, a better version of Fallout 3 in a different setting. Like many people expected they fixed a lot of the little things.So a few things that really make this game great are writing,characters, world, and quests.The world just feels so much better,it make FO3 seem like there seem like its 10 people in the entire map.Its filled with plenty of different and interesting people.New Vegas its self is done extremely well,the slums actually feel like slums even for a world that has been blown to hell.Have not reached the Strip yet though. Storyline and dialogue is up to par of Obsidian's usual work. The quest are meaningful and plenty, its not all 'hey I am down on my luck please help".

I am about 6 hours in and everything meshes and blends together so well.Obsidian really 1 uped Bethesda with this game.

My only gripe so far is it was tough for me to make a good looking character.Yea I know you get shot to start the game but still I prefer not to look worse than a ghoul.

Edit:If you are on the fence about getting it I say get it,even if you were slightly disappointed by Oblivion or FO3.

Knowing why you didn't like Fallout 3, I think you may like New Vegas better. You've said you hated how much of a wasteland Fallout 3 was. Well, I've only explored a small portion of the map at the moment (most of the south west portion of the map), but so far it feels much more populated. Judging by the area I've played in so far, there are more actual towns, but fewer dungeons in-between. And the ones that are in-between, are pretty small. If you don't mind that then you'll probably like it more. Again, that's just judging by what I've explored so far in the 4-5 hours I've been playing, the rest of the wasteland could be totally different for all I know.

Yeah I think I'll like it a lot more than FO3. More factions, weapons and better rpg elements.

Now I just need the money.

OF:DR had its issues, like the AI thats almost game breaking. Also MoH isnt an sandbox type game, so you really can't do the type of stuff.

I have one issue with Operation Flashpoint.The level I stopped at has no walls.The visual part is there but the enemies can see and shoot right through it.