[EAST] PC Freeplay - Help us decide on the games

taumeson

We're about to compile the PC images for PC Freeplay. What would you like to see this year?

macrogeek

L4D2, Magic the Gathering, Team Fortress 2, BF: BC2,

itzerokewl

Starcraft 2 as well

FireWater

L4D1&2, TF2, SC1&2, Monday Night Combat, CoD4, Black Ops, Killing Floor, CS:S

feitocomfruta

It's probably a ridiculous suggestion, but I have yet to try out Minecraft, so perhaps some form of that, seeing as how the gamer community at large seemed to achieve geek sexual climax over the game in the past few months.

MelesMeles

Minesweeper!!

Or, if that doesn't appeal, what about an old classic like Unreal Tournament 2004?

m4hleon

SC2, L4D2, and Civ V

schuss

L4D2, Starcraft 2, Civ 5, League of Legends, BF:BC2, UT Black or 2004, Team Fortress 2

zerzhul

SC2, L4D2, Civ V, Monday Night Combat, Goldeneye: Source, TF2, UT2004

benswimming

Is there a way to set the defaults in games to play LAN instead of internet? I saw so many people playing on the internet against people, instead of playing together in a LAN game.

territoires

zerzhul wrote: »

SC2, L4D2, Civ V, Monday Night Combat, Goldeneye: Source, TF2, UT2004

Goldeneye Source is a top-drawer suggestion!

macrogeek

I'd suggest adding all the machines to the same Steam Group so that people can easily play LAN games. last year all the users were PAX####, but there was no quick way to find another LAN user.

Scorpius

I'll reinforce TF2, Civ 5, SC 2, and Monday night Combat

BigRed

Civ5 isnt a good choice

Remember, the time limit is 45min for playtime on a freeplay machine at a time. Try and suggest games that fit in around that.

Rdr

Just chiming in what many others are saying...TF2, SC2, MNC, Goldeneye: Source, L4D2, BF: BC2 (maybe with the new Vietnam?)

It'd be cool to have Civ5 and Minecraft but like BigRed said.

It's not a tumor

Gears of War. The 2nd one is better but only one of them is on PC. Maybe some AC Brotherhood for the multi.

RazorD

Do you want casual games too? Super Meat Boy would be awesome..

<Omicron-8643>

RazorD wrote: »

Do you want casual games too? Super Meat Boy would be awesome..

Good god... If SMB is your idea of casual, I'd hate to see what you play for a challenge.


More on topic, I came to also suggest Minecraft. While I realize the futility of limiting single player to 45 minutes, is a local PAX server out of the question? It would be terribly neat to see what would pop out of the PAX hivemind.

Landerolin

<Omicron-8643> wrote: »

More on topic, I came to also suggest Minecraft. While I realize the futility of limiting single player to 45 minutes, is a local PAX server out of the question? It would be terribly neat to see what would pop out of the PAX hivemind.

That's actually a really cool idea - rather than having 45 minutes to play a discrete game, how about seeing what can be done as a whole over the weekend with a number of people contributing 45 minutes at a time? Hell, you could probably get some sort of grant for carrying out a "Functional Test of the Greater Internet F*ckwad Theory in a Positive Bias Sample".

Or something like that.

MelesMeles

Landerolin wrote: »

<Omicron-8643> wrote: »

More on topic, I came to also suggest Minecraft. While I realize the futility of limiting single player to 45 minutes, is a local PAX server out of the question? It would be terribly neat to see what would pop out of the PAX hivemind.

That's actually a really cool idea - rather than having 45 minutes to play a discrete game, how about seeing what can be done as a whole over the weekend with a number of people contributing 45 minutes at a time? Hell, you could probably get some sort of grant for carrying out a "Functional Test of the Greater Internet F*ckwad Theory in a Positive Bias Sample".

Or something like that.

I have no experience with the crafting of mines, but I'd be interested in playing around with it at East too, especially in a PAX-only persistent environment like that.

3ricG

Amnesia the Dark Descent

FireWater

Sounds like a pretty good slew of games.

Maybe add TFC for some fun hunted play?

Wadu

Another vote for SC2 and an easy way to create and join a game with the person sitting next to you. Whether this is through steam or the actual game browsers. Often we would enter the freeplay area as a group of 3 or 4 and getting a game going with just us 4 in it was more difficult than it should have been.

antherem

I agree with many of the previously suggested choices, especially TF2 and L4D2.

I'd also suggest making sure there's some casual stuff on there, like PvZ or Peggle. They work great for luring less hardcore-gamer friends into the freeplay room.

f0cus

League of Legends would be a pretty great choice, IMO.

Siberian

SC2, TF2, L4D2, MNC, League of Legends, BF2:BC w/ Vietnam DLC

Darkshy

SC2
Super Street Fighter 4
League of Legends
Super Meat Boy

VoidCircuit

Must haves:
Starcraft 2
Team fortress 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Call of Duty, Black ops

aneksi

Yet another vote for SC2!

I am looking forward to kicking some Terran butt at PAX!

taumeson

Minecraft? Interesting. We'll have to see.

Thanks for the suggestions. Any other indie or casual games worth mentioning?

FireWater

Dystopia maybe.

mouseydew

Too bad about the 45 min limit. Would be awesome to play old games like Oregon Trail. Or even way old like the text only games such as Wishbringer. Carmen Sandiego, Duke Nukem... can't seem to think of other titles.

itzerokewl

You can play Oregon Trail in less than 15 minutes...we proved it last year in BYOC

BigRed

itzerokewl wrote: »

You can play Oregon Trail in less than 15 minutes...we proved it last year in BYOC

DONT FORD THE RIVER!

Pookiepoo

BigRed wrote: »

itzerokewl wrote: »

You can play Oregon Trail in less than 15 minutes...we proved it last year in BYOC

DONT FORD THE RIVER!

Get everyone killed in 15 minutes or get to your destination in 15 minutes? I forget the objective.

League of Legends would be so practical. Free download and if people have accounts they can just log on and have access to all their perks. Games are usually 25-40 min.

CS Source, TF2, HL2:Deathmatch etc never get old either.

Cyant

http://www.archonclassic.com/

grkpektis

starcraft 2, civ 5, amnesia, super meat boy

Malfeis

I'd put my vote in for Monday Night Combat - good for quick drop-in games.

The Smartest Man?

Monday Night Combat
TF2
Starcraft II
Minecraft
Super Meat Boy
Altitude (A very nice quick-play multiplayer)
Magicka (A bit buggy atm, but hells-of-fun to be had)
LFD2
Worms Reloaded

lucek

OK I was going to joke minecraft but /|\huuuu?

UEAKCrash

Landerolin wrote: »

<Omicron-8643> wrote: »

More on topic, I came to also suggest Minecraft. While I realize the futility of limiting single player to 45 minutes, is a local PAX server out of the question? It would be terribly neat to see what would pop out of the PAX hivemind.

That's actually a really cool idea - rather than having 45 minutes to play a discrete game, how about seeing what can be done as a whole over the weekend with a number of people contributing 45 minutes at a time? Hell, you could probably get some sort of grant for carrying out a "Functional Test of the Greater Internet F*ckwad Theory in a Positive Bias Sample".

Or something like that.

This is the coolest idea. There should be one PC set up with minecraft on it that everyone has to take turns with.