The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Fridge => Topic started by: Littlefoot1616 on April 21, 2005, 05:59:22 AM
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Hey gang!
Being a video gamer myself, I was wondering about teh rest of you guys and gals who might be interested in a little playtime of the virtual variety! ;) Be it arcades, consoles, PC, handheld, modern, retro or otherwise, whad'dya seen in a game and what d'ya like? (and dislike obviously). What sorta games make you wanna pick up a pad (or arm your mouse and keyboard) and cause a bit of virtual mayhem! :D :^.^:
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I love adventure games, because I like taking characters all over the terrain.
Nick
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The only time I really played any video games at all was with one of my friends through grade school. He had Nintendo, PS...just about every single one, and we really liked Super Smash Brothers. :D Poor Pikachu...I never did well with him, or Star Fox either so they went through many lives when I was behind the controller. :lol: That was years ago though....good times.
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I Have the Gamecube version of that game and Fox kicks butt when I'm playing him :D
Nick
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I got both Playstation 1 and 2 myself. I'm at my best at racing and fighting games, and I'm getting good practice at some flight simulation games. My siblings have their own variety of fighting, racing, and RPG games.
Anyway, my best games are Tekken (I have 3 and TTT, and my brother has 2, 4, & 5), Soul Calibur 2, Gran Turismo 1 & 2, and Ace Combat 4. I'm never truly good at first-person shooter though.
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I'd actually like to try a game via internet (I've never done so far, with the only exception of chess). However, I'm more into strategy games like Cossacs, American Conquest etc.
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Wow! Quite a range of players we have! I'm mostly an action/adventure player myself. Anything fast and furious that's requires a quick eye to keep up. Games like Burnout 3: Takedown, Devil May Cry, Soul Calibur 2, Super Smash Bros Melee (Link rocks ;) ). I'm probably more into the single players than multiplayers but if they have a multiple player option, it's always a benefit.
Any particular game series people are into? My personal favs are:
Sonic the Hedgehog (past and present)
Devil May Cry
Resident Evil
Metal Gear Solid
Final Fantasy
The Legend of Zelda
I could go on for ages about games I like but I'll spare you all the lecture LOL :DD
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I've more of the RTS game player. I love playing Command and Conquer. got most of them for the PC, my latest is Act of War: Direct Action. Very good game I say myself
I am into first person shot em ups. racing games and any other game that has my interests. any game I start I try to finish. I have faced many games and beaten them. once I know the game I have a pictured memior on things. Like on Final Fanstarys 7, 8 and 9.
-Threehorn
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I'm much the same way. I also have a photographic memory, so I can remember practically every detail in the game, once I beat it. I like Star Fox, any Mario game, and sports games. i like playing tournaments, so I play SSMB: Melee a lot.
Nick
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Ditto that! Once I've played a game and clocked it, I can memorise pretty much everything. With some of the old retro games, I used to know them so well, I planned my movements, attacks and evades to the music! Yesterday I went and bought Max Payne 2 and Onimusha 3 for PS2 (2 for £20 deal...bargain ;) ) Completed Oni 3 already thru renting it but didnt have time to check out the extra features. Nearly cleared Max Payne but it's putting up quite a fight! I'll crack it though! Havent met a game I couldn't beat :D
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Is there anyone around here who loves strategy games such as Cossacks, American Conquest, Gettysburg etc.?
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I used to play poker online. :lol: That's a strategy/memory game isn't it? :p
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LOL I guess so! :rolleyes: Can't say I'm much of an online gamer but then again, I've never really had the equipment or the net capacity to do it. My computer's close to the stone age of technology and i doubt my folks will appreciate the bill for Net Playing with the PS2 <_<
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Space fedration is a good online game. It has five types of game severs for the GC one of the four games. I play Real Time on it 1 turn every 8 seconds with a max of 20 turns stored.
That game is where you manage planets, colnysis, income, food and build ships to defend yourself against many other people that online. almost all the time there is 200 to 300 people online on it and over 2000 players in all. BUt the catch to getting different races is that you have to have a paid account but the free account is good enough for building up a fleet and burning your enermies to the ground and steal their planets
-Threehorn
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Don't go in for online play, I prefer to plug in the disc and fiddle with the controller.
Nick
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Yet there are some games that would be perfect if only the computer wasn't so stupid with an AI-IQ next to zero. This is why I would love to try to play some of these games against a more capable player.
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I know what you mean but certain 1P games have a very well-programmed AI system. The recent Metal Gear Solids are good examples. For those of you who don't know MGS, it's an espionage game (basically don't get spotted), but if you do, the enemy hunts you down. It's really clever as one enemy can spot you but he'll radio for backup and then you've got 6 men to deal with instead on 1 and as long as you're in sight, more will keep coming! The enemy perform real millary tactics like fan outs, snakes, and room clearances. It's great to look at but flipping annoying trying to escape from! :angry: Obviously there are tricks and tactics you can use to wriggle your way out so it makes it more exciting that annoying.
In a sense, computer AI can only go so far otherwise the computer would out-wit the player everytime and then the game would become unenjoyable. There's nothing worse than getting to a certain boss and he out does you EVERY time! :mad
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But I was not so much thinking of the kind of games where you are one character running, jumping, hiding, shooting etc. but more of a strategy game where you have to build armies, to form alliances, built up your infrastructure, lead the armies into battle etc. In those games the AI is usually very small (even on high level) and if at all the computer beats you through masses rather than tactics.
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Like Gods and Monsters and games loike that?
Nick
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I don't know that game, so I'm not sure if it meets the genere. It would be more like Cossacks, American Conquest, or Gettysburg, strategy games which don't suffer from the common drawback of lacking tactical possibilities, but do suffer from poor AI.
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i see. I've never played any of them, So i Wouldn't know
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Can't say I do either. Wot kind of strategy games do you mean Malte? Things like Gods, Black and White, Sim City (where you play God over an area) or war game strategies like Command and Conquer or Age of Empires?
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Those games I mentioned are similar to Command and Conquer or Age of Empires, but they have less of the "rioting mob running to the middle of the screen trying to kill everything that is moving without any tactic or strategy effect".
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Does anyone of you have Lord of the Realm III?
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Sorry. I'm pretty poor at strategy games.
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So am I if it comes to action games ;)
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Action, I'm good at. Strategy- not so good.
Nick
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I'm terrible at action games. Strategy I can do. :D (I gave Malte a run for his money at chess.)
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Indeed! We need to meet for a "return-match" ;)
Do you play any computer strategy games too?
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I'm pretty much at my best in some racing games.
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As long as it's got action in it I'm happy whether it be hopping from platform to platform, exploration or just hacking up some bad guys I'm cool with it. I love fast-paced stuff where attacks fly in from every angle; y'know, the kinda games that despite having a chair to sit on the only part you use is the edge! LOL :lol My recent new game purchase (besides Max Payne 2 and Oni 3) was Devil May Cry 3. I adore it! Slick moves, cool one-liners and nothing but non-stop action! ;) That and the main character's a bit of a bad-ass which makes it even more fun! :DD
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Any games people prefer to be seen still on the shelves of a store or ever bought a game that is about as much fun as watching a fly on the wall? I'm generally a good judge of games but I bought one that was absolutely diabolical. Its called Twin Calibur for PS2...it was the WORST game I have ever seen created! You just shoot oncoming enemies using the analog sticks (joysticks to all you non-PS2 owners :P: ) to aim and the X button to fire...that's it. You don't even move your character! <_< It wasnt even worthy enough to be a frisbee or a doorstop let alone a video game! :angry:
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Now that's something that shouldn't even be on PS2...
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I was gonna put this as a poll but I thought it would be a waste of a topic but can I get a show of hands from all y'all gamers out there...what console(s) do you own or what do you prefer playing games on?
I'm a console man myself coz most of the time, my computer I have at the time is incapable of running games coz it's just too old! <_< I have a PS2 (if you havent already guessed) and my brother's got a Gamecube. I've got quite a few other older consoles like Nintendo 64, PS1, Gameboy, the old Sega Megadrive (Genesis in the States) and I did have a Sega Master System but that doesnt work anymore. :( What about everyone else? What'd you use for a bit of gaming fun?
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As most people can guess, I have a PS 1 and 2, and they work fine for me and my family.
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Gamecube for me. and I Also have the old nintendo NEs system.
Nick
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Is there a check for none of the above because I don't own a game system, period. :rolleyes:
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You dont have to own a console to enjoy a bit of virtual fun Arvens! :^.^: Hey Nick! As a Cube owner, you've gotta tell me you've got Smash Bros Melee! Please enlighten me and tell me you have (or to anyone who's played it at least). That has to be my favourite beat 'em up ever! :D
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Oh...and on that note... LINK RULEZ! No contest! :p :P: :lol :DD
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Anyone been listening in to the E3 show in Los Angeles last week or so? The next gen consoles have been officially announced and there look like a huge line up for forthcoming games! Can't wait for them to start hitting the shelves! ;)
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Being a video gamer myself, I was wondering about teh rest of you guys and gals who might be interested in a little playtime of the virtual variety! ;) Be it arcades, consoles, PC, handheld, modern, retro or otherwise, whad'dya seen in a game and what d'ya like? (and dislike obviously).
I play games nearly every day, mostly of the console and handheld variety, though I use the computer occasionaly. I do love retro games, and play the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Super one, along with original game boy games. For the game boy ones though, I usually use a game boy advance SP, as my original game boys have served me well throughout their lives. They can still work, but I've given them the remainder of their lives to play out in peace.
I haven't been to an arcade in a very long time, as I use arcade emulators nowadays. When I did visit them though, I played multiplayer adventures like X-Men and Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom. I played as Dazzler and the Cleric respectively.
I play a variety of games, but I prefer ones with unlimited decision time to make a move, in other words, traditional and tactics role playing games. Some of which have timed hits (doing certain actions at certain times for a critical effect) but they're fun to do anyway.
I'd actually like to try a game via internet (I've never done so far, with the only exception of chess). However, I'm more into strategy games like Cossacs, American Conquest etc.
Is there anyone around here who loves strategy games such as Cossacks, American Conquest, Gettysburg etc.?
But I was not so much thinking of the kind of games where you are one character running, jumping, hiding, shooting etc. but more of a strategy game where you have to build armies, to form alliances, built up your infrastructure, lead the armies into battle etc. In those games the AI is usually very small (even on high level) and if at all the computer beats you through masses rather than tactics.
Those games I mentioned are similar to Command and Conquer or Age of Empires, but they have less of the "rioting mob running to the middle of the screen trying to kill everything that is moving without any tactic or strategy effect".
Age of Empires II is the only strategy game I've played, and is the only offline computer game I play. It works online, but I've never used that feature. That is also the online computer game I have that requires a disc to install and isn't downloaded.
I like the strategy genre, despite not so much as some others. I spend the first bit of time making a lot of walls, then proceed to towers that fire arrows. I rarely make units that are machines like trebuchets, and instead prefer mounted and long range fighters for battle. For those that know my RPG preference of being a healer this is no surprise, but I make many, many healing units, which, in Age of Empires II, are Monks for being on foot, and Missionaries which are mounted. I like to keep my units healed rather than making many new ones due to the old dying. I am also a big fan of converting enemy units with those healing units, their secondary feature. Although, by using the Heresy upgrade, units die instead of being converted. When the enemy does that, yeah, they lose their units, but they keep me from using them against them.
I prefer fast moving, long range, though less protected units so I can escape easily and fight from a safe distance. It is a long time before I launch a siege. Walls are always a first priority, and I want many, if not all, defensive upgrades for both the walls and buildings, and the units. Making units cause more damage is very low on my priority list.
Tactics RPG's remind me a bit of Strategy ones, although there is that unreal element of being able to take an eternity to choose a move, something not available in any realistic strategy game I've ever seen. Having only so much time to make your move makes me a bit more nervous, and increases my chance of making an error, though I still play things like that at times regardless. How else can I improve?
Any particular game series people are into? My personal favs are:
Sonic the Hedgehog (past and present)
Devil May Cry
Resident Evil
Metal Gear Solid
Final Fantasy
The Legend of Zelda
My favorite games series would have to be:
Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy Tactics (not as much Crystal Chronicles)
Lunar
PokÈmon (not as much Mystery Dungeon)
The Legend of Zelda
Megaman (not as much Battle Network, Starforce, or Zero)
Super Mario (mostly just the RPG's like Legend of the Seven Stars and Paper Mario)
Kingdom Hearts
and a few others
Can't say I'm much of an online gamer but then again, I've never really had the equipment or the net capacity to do it.
Same here. I can only play 2D ones, and I play Pokemon World Online. My family can only use 200 megabytes a day for usage, or else our internet connection starts malfunctioning. Just loaded a page of text uses so many kilobytes. We have unlimited uage from 3-6 AM, which is the only time we can use things like XBOX Live. Still, I bought an XBOX Live card just recently, as, little sleep or not, I do intend to play Final Fantasy XIV, which is usable online, when it is released.
Any games people prefer to be seen still on the shelves of a store or ever bought a game that is about as much fun as watching a fly on the wall?
Aye. Yo Bro for the Turbo Express. You play as a teenager on a skateboard shooting alien plants with a slingshot. You have no other options besides firing little whatever-they-are from it. The game had zero fun factor for me whatsoever. There are no in-game instructions, no mission objectives, no anything. I have played it for hours shooting plants and never proceeded in the storyline. Oh wait, there isn't one! There is no opening scene, you just appear on a skateboard and start shooting. The instruction manual may have explained some things, but I got it used and didn't get one. Still, such deficiencies need to be taken into account. Who knows? Maybe the manual explained the whole thing. Still, I believe all games should have some sort of in-game tutorial/instructions in case there is no physical manual.
I was gonna put this as a poll but I thought it would be a waste of a topic but can I get a show of hands from all y'all gamers out there...what console(s) do you own or what do you prefer playing games on?
I answered the systems owned thing in a poll in the gamer section, but as for my prefered playing preferences, I'd say the PlayStation (original), PlayStation 2, XBOX 360, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and the Dual Screen, or "DS" for short. I use my computer gaming-wise only for PokÈmon World Online, and the occasional use of Age of Empires II.
As a Cube owner, you've gotta tell me you've got Smash Bros Melee! Please enlighten me and tell me you have (or to anyone who's played it at least). That has to be my favourite beat 'em up ever! :D
Oh...and on that note... LINK RULEZ! No contest! :p :P: :lol :DD
I have that. I prefer Jigglypuff and play as no one else so I can retain the skill of a single character and not get mixed up with different styles. Many can master many, but I would get overwhelmed trying to learn how to play as multiple characters. In games, I am a big fan of causing status ailments and great movement capability, and Jigglypuff's sleep technique and small body provides those respectively. With my style of gameplay, raw power is of little interest. And yes, Link is a very good character to play as. Stronger than many, faster than many, very agile, a good long-range attack, he is certainly the favorite of numerous people I know.
Quite an interesting thread. Glad I found it. Later!
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i love strategic games like age of empires and star wars galactic battle grounds (the star wars equivalent of age of empires). i like putting myself in the worst sorts of conditions and then making my way up using strategic maneuvers (sending in 2-3 men at a time instead of sending an entire army)
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I also enjoy playing strategy games. It is perhaps one of my most favorite kinds of games. Of all the strategy games I have, my favorite would definitely be the Civilization game series. I have played Civilization 3 (the complete edition) and Civilization 4 (along with the expansion packs Warlords and Beyond the Sword).
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I like a blend of different types of games.
Although I don't like turn-based RPG games, there are a couple games I have enjoyed playing playing in the past that are turn-based: the classic Pokemon games (Red and Blue) and Digimon Digital Card Battle. I've also played a Yugioh game that was turn-based as well, but I never got too far in that.
I do enjoy platformer games, such as Spyro and Scaler, as well as casual games like Bejeweled 2 and Blaster Ball (can't remember what version because it's been years since I've played it), and strategy games once in a while such as checkers and 3-D Logic.
I like PC games like Halo and Zoo Tycoon, console games like Dino Crisis and Zoids Battle Legends (haven't played it in years), and retro games like Super Mario Brothers and Super Mario World.
There's a lot more games I've played and liked to play than I have mentioned here.
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I absolutely love gaming! I've loved it ever since I played Treasure Mountain on my old computer and have since evolved. I own too many consoles to remember, but I am almost always on either my Xbox 360 Live or Wii. My gaming calling is definitely fighting games. I'm good at shooters as well, but fighting has always been my true niche. I don't know why, but give me a fighting game and I go completely nuts and obliterate anybody I play. My all time favorite fighting game has to be Mortal Kombat. I've loved it ever since I was five and continue to enjoy it today. I also enjoy Tekken, Soul Calibur, and Street Fighter.
I pretty much like just about any game type after fighting, shooters being my second favorite.
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OK...who's the wise guy who resurrected this ol' fossil of a topic?! :lol :DD Blummin' 'eck...bin over 4 years since this old relic was last posted in! :! Good to see it again though :D
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I like best rpg's, some rts's, and a few other genres of games. some puzzle games, some casual games perhaps. a few fps games. Adventure games, especially ones with lots of comedy in them like Sam and Max hit the road, day of the tentacle.
The rpg's I dislike are those that often have random encounters. Ever x number of steps poof a monster or a group appears, you are yanked out of the game and into another screen, battle them, then once the battle is over, if you win, poof, you're back where you were.