Re: The "other game thread"

[Kittrina]

It is the place I would recommend DefiasRP to go rather Argent Down.

A lot of people from DB are already on Prologue, (Garodin Silversmith, Exilius, Drathun) to name the ones I know.

Gunnell got kicked off the staff team there for going power crazy so no worries there.

Why... Am I not surprised?

Oh god, Gunnel. That brings back memories.
Like claiming he and his relatives claimed every plot of land in Gilneas.
Kicking guild members for liking different football teams.
And so on.

[Nifty]

I miss Gunnell, he was hilarious.

[Kittrina]

He was our Charlie Sheen. You just watched in horror and amazement.

[Guest]

Kicking guild members for liking different football teams.

Perhaps he indulged himself in far too much green street. I know it went around the 13-15 year old population here like wildlife and became their gospel.

[Flo]

Naa, Hamill said that Arkham City was his last ever venture into Joker.

Not to mention his own support for the petition of him voicing Joker in Alan Moore's The Killing Joke if its ever put to animated film ;p

It's not the first time Hamill mentioned he would quit Joker, he'll probably 'return' if he likes the offered role enough. And with the tons of voicework he's been doing recently, I wouldn't put it past him.

[Vaell]

I don't know. I think he'll come back for a couple of lines and won't play a major part.

[Chase - Esou]

Conveniently forgetting he died in Arkham City? Don't get me wrong, I know the Joker is easily resurrectable, but I know the team behind Arkham could turn the other villains into foes of equal proportion. Plus, if Joker was back in Arkham 3, you'd from the start sort of expect that he'd be the main villain in the end, unlike 2 where it was veiled and uncertain.

[Edit] Nvm, just read it's a prequel and not by Rocksteady. There goes my hype

[Flo]

Just sayin' that it'd be pretty cool if he showed up as his pre-clown persona the Red Hood and that we, oh I dunno, maybe accidentaly end up shoving him into a vat of chemicals?

But that's just wishfull thinking, really. Most we can speculate on right now is who the other 7 great assassins are; Talia (& Ra's), Deadshot, possibly Bane.

Also, the main antagonist apparently has been confirmed as Black Mask.

The game world will be approximately twice as big as it was in Arkham City. The north half of Origins' map will be similar to the setting of Arkham City, although it won't have giant prison walls surrounding it and Amusement Mile won't be flooded. There will also be more Christmas decorations, giving it a sort of Batman Returns vibe.

The south half of the map will be New Gotham, which is described as a classier part of town with more skyscrapers. Given the larger setting, players will be able to move about faster thanks to the Batwing offering a mode of fast travel. Players will need to dismantle hacked towers that emit jamming signals though before they can fly to certain regions.

While most of Batman's combat and stealth techniques will be familiar to those who played earlier games in the series, one of his new toys is the "remote claw," which allows players to shoot two targets, then pull them towards one another. This will be useful for stringing foes up, bounding two of them together at once, or making large object crash into thugs. You can also use the remote claw to set up slick traps, like dangling an explosive barrel from a perch, then luring guards under it with a sonic batarang.

Arkham Origins will feature plenty of detective work including side missions where Batman has to solve cases. These can involve watching security footage where you'll have to view the same events from different angles and slow down the playbacks until you can gather some clues.

Aaand the open world hype continues, kind of hoped they would steer back to the tight narative from Asylum. Oh well.

[Vaell]

I've seen a couple of people that say Bioshock Infinite was predictable. Yeah, look at this page... It's so in depth. People predict one twist and think they know the lot...

Bioshock 1 has something in it that they had PLANNED for Bioshock Infinite. Insane.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=533205

[Coppersocket]

HNNNGGGGH
http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/04/10/dark-souls-2-gameplay-reveal-12-minute-demo
Day 1 Preorder. Oh my god.
Can't wait to get my hands on this!

[Raenmar]

Friends keep telling me to play Bioshock (starting with the first one obviously). Today they linked me some of the Bioshock Infinite soundtrack and it's so beautiful <3 I really feel like I'm missing out now. Someone's gonna give me the first one when we get back to school. Not sure whether to play the second though, apparently it's disappointing.

[Arabella Greene]

Friends keep telling me to play Bioshock (starting with the first one obviously). Today they linked me some of the Bioshock Infinite soundtrack and it's so beautiful <3 I really feel like I'm missing out now. Someone's gonna give me the first one when we get back to school. Not sure whether to play the second though, apparently it's disappointing.

Don't bother with the second.
Just play the first and Infinite.

[Feydor]

looks pretty shit

[Vaell]

looks pretty shit

I knew the gameplay would be utter wank. I'm still buying it for the world etc.

[Melnerag]

Let me advertise XCOM : Enemy Unknown

Great game. Go try it!

[Kittrina]

Let me advertise XCOM : Enemy Unknown

Great game. Go try it!

I wish more games were as brutal and unforgiving as XCOM. Here, create a team of people. Name them. Personalise them. Watch as they earn nicknames. Now watch them DIE BECAUSE OF THAT MISTAKE YOU JUST MADE AND NO YOU CAN NEVER HAVE THEM BACK BITCH.

[Melnerag]

Hear hear! If you have not played XCOM on Classic difficulty, Ironman mode...you have not lived.

[Guest]

Game is looking good too.

[Amaryl]

Hear hear! If you have not played XCOM on Classic difficulty, Ironman mode...you have not lived.

you mean: you haven't died.

[Quin]

[Coppersocket]

I want, I want so goddamn much.
Dark Souls was such an incredible game, and this'll probably be even better. I'm so fucking hyped for this.

[Guest]

Those signs claiming that I should beware of anything, that the first big demon boss evidently is linked with the message "NEED CHEST" etc kind of ruins my immersion when I try to teach myself how to play Dark Souls.

Also, I'm pretty sure my class is something like Warrior Jumper, and that stacking points in stamina migth help me last long enough to learn what stats I should be putting points in.

[Coppersocket]

Honestly you can play Dark Souls with any build, and any item setup- that's the biggest charm about it. It's not about levels, or items, it's just about how good you are as a player- it's also the immersive feeling of adventure.

It's such a lovely game, and I'm unsure how far you actually got in to the game, but once you get past like 2-3 bosses you start to realize just how emotionally connected you start to become with the game. It becomes your own adventure into the world, and it's something I've yet to experience in any other game aside from possibly Diablo 1.

The feeling of always being on edge as you might get ambushed at any time, the feeling of having to take it easy so you're sure you don't get every enemy in your proximity in your face trying to bash you to shit (which they usually will), the exploration to overcome obstacles and the moral choices of killing characters for their items, what covenant to join, and once more, the adventure. Traps making you have to pay attention to your surroundings, bosses with very exploitable patterns (unfortunately) that come across as extremely difficult when unaware of how they behave.
Not to mention how punishing the game is, if you, the player, cannot adapt to the gameplay itself.
Oh and the secrets! Secret passages only revealed if you hit certain walls, some passages only opening up if you do certain things in a certain place, and such. Lovely, lovely secrets! (gotta love online, gives you hints)

Not to mention invasions, jolly cooperations and dare I say...

☼ PRAISE THE SUN ☼

If there is a modern game I do truly love, it is Dark Souls. It's a game very dear to me.

As for putting points in Vit/Endurance, I'd probably suggest doing that on your first play through if you have trouble countering or backstabbing enemies, equally so able to roll.
Be sure to not equip too heavy armor:
25% of your current max weight limit or below gives you Light rolls
26-49% of your current max weight limit or below gives you Medium rolls
50-100% gives you fatty rolls, you don't want these unless you need high poise for a boss, or just doing a fatty character.

If you want to plan your character ahead in terms of stats then
http://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls/
I'd suggest not raising your STR over 26 and no stats over 40 unless you've filled them all out to that, as the benefit of each stat is greatly reduced (some don't really give anything important at all) beyond that point.
I'd also greatly suggest that you do not put any points what so ever in resistance.




Edit:
Some of my personal favorite videos of Dark Souls

[Antistia]

People buy/pirate Supreme Commander Forged Alliance and then play it vs me & Bridlington. You know you want to.

[Dréfurion]

People buy/pirate Supreme Commander Forged Alliance and then play it vs me & Bridlington. You know you want to.

No.

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