Online Gaming - Page 4

Alex P · 06-03-2008, 02:20 PM

It is insane isn't it? Games devour time... I being biased to Xbox lol would say it is an excellent choice to get one lol

The system used for multi-player and downloading and so on is called LIVE, and it can vary on price but the average is around £34.00 a year.... That is sweet deal, to begin with it may not get used as much but you know how it is... Game collections tower high above everything else and you'll soon be living on it, I think the cool part is once you have completed all the missions/secrets/stages/levels of a game, it maybe one of those games that isn't really re-playable.... But multi-player makes it fresh and new....

Oh and tips.... If you are gonna get an xbox... I would suggest getting the 360 ELITE (the black console) Not because it is full HD... But yeah that is one of the bright sides, but the larger hard drive and also reliability.... Oh and station it Vertical... NOT horizontal...

Ok thats all from xbox tip corner lol...

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OH! Also wireless controllers man! Recent hot weather we been having? Get to sit out in my back yard have a smoke, get some rays... Enjoy the air and smell of the garden flowers, while poppin mofo's on GTA IV

dauer · 06-03-2008, 02:24 PM

The best weather effects I've seen in any game are in Second Life now that they've incorporated Windlight ( YouTube - Windlight - Portucalis - Second Life ), unfortunately the in-world 3d modeling tools are awful and the imported sculpt maps are too low rez/ sculpted prims are not given priority over other prims making the rest of SL frequently pale in comparison. I hope they incorporate Nimble ( YouTube - Nimble 3D Cloud System preview ) eventually.

Lately I've been playing more civ iv and I'm about to revive the spore thread because the creature editor comes out on the 15th. Yay. I've got the pay version pre-ordered.

Oh yeah and I played through all of the HL2 games and Portal. Portal was incredible. I didn't like HL2: ep 1 that much but I liked HL2 and HL2: ep 2.

I've started designing maps for combat:si. One of the devs is setting up my maps in a rezzer in the official combat:si combat sim. I'm going to be working with someone else to host team tournaments that take place on the maps.

-- Dauer

edit: Tao, there's a pretty active pc gaming community too. If you look at for example CoD 4, CS:S, TF2, WoW there's a lot of activity. Heck, there are some free HL2 mods that only require Source to run which have large communities of their own.

Alex P · 06-03-2008, 02:27 PM

Spore looks... Ok Dauer.. I got ideas and such in my head when you started the thread on that... But now there are screen shots and stuff... I think Sims 3 is gonna be EA's big game for now... :\

dauer · 06-03-2008, 02:32 PM

Yeah one thing they did with Spore, graphics-wise, is they made the characters more "cute" to appeal to a larger audience but I don't think that will effect gameplay too much. Based on the scope of the game I think it's unlikely they dumbed it down, just tried to make the interface more intuitive.

I would have liked to see more true evolution rather than earning parts but just the same I think it will be pretty good. I think the amount of content creation they're allowing will appeal to a lot of people without becoming a necessity for those who're more interested in just getting into the game.

Alex P · 06-03-2008, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by dauer

Yeah one thing they did with Spore, graphics-wise, is they made the characters more "cute" to appeal to a larger audience but I don't think that will effect gameplay too much.

Fickle place is the game world... I got split feelings on it now, but without images I was like "ZOMGZ! I WANTS TEH SPORZEZ!" Now I'm like... "That will be a good filler while I'm waiting for Sims 3." How many other people will have that thought or simular? So I am not sure it will effect the gameplay, maybe slightly the sales rate, but I am sure it will effect it becoming a classic......(roll on Spores 2?

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Originally Posted by dauer

I would have liked to see more true evolution rather than earning parts but just the same I think it will be pretty good. I think the amount of content creation they're allowing will appeal to a lot of people without becoming a necessity for those who're more interested in just getting into the game.

With you on that part. Earning should be devlope....

dauer · 06-03-2008, 02:47 PM

I think it's more likely they'll release a string of expansions than a spore 2 based on what they're releasing and how they've handled The Sims. There are some things that won't be in this that I think a lot of people will want like creatures with true flight, ocean-dwelling creatures. As far as I know all the textures draw from a library so they'll be able to add to that, add more creature parts, more space missions and so on.

I think the effect of the game design will be both positive and negative. On the one hand they'll drive away some gamers. On the other hand they'll bring in those who don't game as heavily. In the end I'm guessing some of those gamers who're turned off will end up purchasing it anyway based on the reports of friends, reviews. But based on conversations I've had with some people about TF2, there will be those gamers who won't touch it at all because of the game design.

-- Dauer

dauer · 07-06-2008, 08:48 PM

I recently ordered a copy of Age of Conan. I may wait a month or two to start playing so more of the bugs get smoothed out but I haven't decided. I think I will play as a conqueror first. They seem fun.

I've been playing forumwarz. I'm not providing a link because it is NSFW and will offend some folks. It's a free browser-based game that's based on internet culture.

I tried rappelz with some friends and quickly abandoned it. I picked up Civ IV a while back too and have been playing that some.

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine · 07-06-2008, 11:07 PM

I'm currently "killing time" with Mabinogi (game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) (I've included the Wikipedia article about it instead of the actual site because I've found it rather addicting.) My offline friends introduced it to me (Tyler is also playing with the Spore Creature Creator which he downloaded.)

Tyler plays a few different games while he has time on his hands (he has to do something while America's working on her PhDs) and he introduces me to the ones he feels I'd be interested in.

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

dauer · 07-07-2008, 12:43 AM

Mabinogi (video game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The close parenthesis didn't register in your URL. That should work better.

Vajradhara · 07-07-2008, 08:11 AM

i was in the beta for Age of Conan, fantastic effort in the MMORPG category.

i've not gotten the full copy yet... i'm more keen in beta testing games than playing them, it would seem. i'll probably pick it up here in the next few months but economics are slim currently.

i've found the World of Kung Fu which is a browser game as well, free to play and pretty fun.. the interface is a bit clunky and it's still pretty new.. think it's been out in English for only a few months.

i'm going to log off and play Civ 4 with the expansion to celebrate my birthday! cya when i've conquered the world

metta,

~vajra

dauer · 07-07-2008, 09:24 AM

Vaj,

Happy birthday!

I was in CB2 for WoKF. It was fun but then it was still possible to gank in sulin garden and stone forest. The community was mostly children and the grind got pretty bad even when grouped. Since then they've upped the exp rates. I did like the classes in that game. The fist class was a lot of fun. WoKF helped me to realize that f2p are bad for me. I end up spending more than I would on a p2p. AoC is the first p2p mmorpg that I'm trying. The combat system along with the way the story line is developed and the variety on the spec trees looks fun. A friend of mine who used to work for funcom said it's likely the level cap will get pretty high and I'm hoping that will mean a lot more content.

-- Dauer

Vajradhara · 07-07-2008, 06:37 PM

as they say... content is king.

metta,

~v