[Chat]ters That's Who

Elki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPlWOtCUDsI

Chu

I'M JUST SAYING JACOB PICK A GREAT BOOK WITH A WEAKER INTRO.

DasUberEdward

uh-huh

Inquisitor

Meeting a game halfway is not always just grinding through boring parts.

In God Hand it was learning that while the game was brutally hard it was fair, my god was it fair, and my hands and reflexes had to be trained to tap into that brillisnt fighting engine.

In the first Assassins Creed it wad turning off the game's entire HUD.

Caveman Paws

Chanus stop being like me and accept the dang compliment!

Someone around here has to pretend like they have self confidence, and it sure as shootin' ain't gonna be me. *spits*

I don't know why I started talking like a sterotypical Texan just then. That was weird.

Jacobkosh

Organichu wrote:

I'M JUST SAYING JACOB PICK A GREAT BOOK WITH A WEAKER INTRO.

I wasn't really suggesting the two were analogous except inasmuch as they both require some meeting halfway

Silas Brown

Inquisitor wrote:

Meeting a game halfway is not always just grinding through boring parts.

In God Hand it was learning that while the game was brutally hard it was fair, my god was it fair, and my hands and reflexes had to be trained to tap into that brillisnt fighting engine.

This is the kind of meeting halfway I enjoy. I've played games that challenged me, games that I swore I could never beat but still went for that "one more round" until I tightened my reactions, or my understanding of the mechanics, or both. I came out feeling like a champion and being really glad I stuck it out.

Chanus

It's probably your new Av, Paws.

And, don't worry, I'm self-confident as fuck. :P

Lawndart

I mean, as someone who gave up on Deus Ex more than a few times, I get why people stop playing it, but it still saddens me much like the "Yeah, I stopped playing Mass Effect halfway through the Citadel because fuck that boring shit" folks do.

Inquisitor

I have enough self confidence for the lot of you.

My current girl has labeled my self confidence as "amazingly attractive."

Jacobkosh

Inquisitor wrote:

Meeting a game halfway is not always just grinding through boring parts.

In God Hand it was learning that while the game was brutally hard it was fair, my god was it fair, and my hands and reflexes had to be trained to tap into that brillisnt fighting engine.

In the first Assassins Creed it wad turning off the game's entire HUD.

yeah, I mean, it can be a lot of things. Sometimes it's as simple (or as complicated!) as getting into the appropriate headspace to appreciate it. As with movies or books or songs, there are plenty of games that I think are terrific but that I absolutely have to be in the right mood to be able to enjoy.

Chu

I liked ME (I think I did, anyway...). I remember a lot of running around on that gigantic platform in the Citadel and all the side doors and relaying messages and shit. I just like... I dunno, maybe I played that game mostly at night.

ME 2 might have been my favorite video game ever, though.

Silas Brown

Lawndart wrote:

I mean, as someone who gave up on Deus Ex more than a few times, I get why people stop playing it, but it still saddens me much like the "Yeah, I stopped playing Mass Effect halfway through the Citadel because fuck that boring shit" folks do.

I just have a hard time taking it on faith that a game will get so much better. I mean, yeah, the Citadel was really fucking boring. I have no idea how I powered through that, because at that point I was pretty certain the game was going to be boring schlock.

Inquisitor

One day I will pick up my ME1 playthrough and finish it. Combat is at least tolerable now thst I rolled a pure spellcaster. The gunplay is subpar.

Silas Brown

Anyway, I do intend to try Deus Ex again, and The Citadel in Mass Effect is a good example of why it might be worth a shot.

So I'm conceding the point, I guess? I'll see, but I'm pretty doubtful.

Chanus

I want to play ME/2 if only to understand half of [chat]. :P

I'll never have the same desire with LoL, though.

Inquisitor

I know this is going to sound incredibly nerdy but...

One of the things I have done to get into the correct headspace for a game decenrly frequently is to only run when it made sense, and otherwise walk. I walked through most of half life 2, assassins creed and other titles. You notice so much more of the world.

Chanus

Inquisitor wrote:

I know this is going to sound incredibly nerdy but...

One of the things I have done to get into the correct headspace for a game decenrly frequently is to only run when it made sense, and otherwise walk. I walked through most of half life 2, assassins creed and other titles. You notice so much more of the world.

I do that with RPGs sometimes... Having it be a choice, in can be enjoyable.

Jacobkosh

Also, for me personally, Deus Ex had the best story in games until Mass Effect came along. In the past three or four years the list of games with stories that I consider really worthwhile has ballooned quite a bit (Alpha Protocol, Assassin's Creed, Fallout, etc.) but DX is still very much up there in terms of the confidence with which it deploys its themes. In 2000, and for years and years afterwards, it didn't really feel like anything else out there.

Chu

I like to go through FPSs (at least, when it comes to urban, mostly indoor settings) with pistol only. Not for like, the difficulty factor, I guess. I just like the imagery. It seems more visceral and tense. It is lame, though, that in a lot of FPSs, once rifles and shotguns become prevalent it's hard to find more pistol ammunition.

Caveman Paws

AC and AC2 I spent a lot of time not even walking but just slowly panning around while I eye-fucked the beautiful everything. Even the most pointless dead end alleyway has a huge amount of detail and effort put into it.

Jacobkosh

Inquisitor wrote:

I know this is going to sound incredibly nerdy but...

One of the things I have done to get into the correct headspace for a game decenrly frequently is to only run when it made sense, and otherwise walk. I walked through most of half life 2, assassins creed and other titles. You notice so much more of the world.

I actually know what you mean. Specifically with Assassin's Creed - I love just walking through those worlds and taking in the sights and sounds.

(Plus, since you spend like half the game on the roofs, moving around the streets is kind of a different, novel experience.)

Honk

A funny thing.

I saw a picture of a tea-party rally. And one guy in particular had a huge sign, with a lot of the common slogans on it. He also had this image:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krsoso5BqX1qzp89jo1_500.jpg

I think he missed the point of it.

tyrannus

Organichu wrote:

I like to go through FPSs (at least, when it comes to urban, mostly indoor settings) with pistol only. Not for like, the difficulty factor, I guess. I just like the imagery. It seems more visceral and tense. It is lame, though, that in a lot of FPSs, once rifles and shotguns become prevalent it's hard to find more pistol ammunition.

you will like the new deus ex

Silas Brown

Maybe I'll try that new texture mod. Part of me feels like I'd be missing out on some of the original game, but it's not exactly a part of the game I'm crazy about.

Mazzyx

Inquisitor wrote:

I know this is going to sound incredibly nerdy but...

One of the things I have done to get into the correct headspace for a game decenrly frequently is to only run when it made sense, and otherwise walk. I walked through most of half life 2, assassins creed and other titles. You notice so much more of the world.

I know a game is great when I start talking to it. I mean right now I am going through Bloodlines. I start mumbling like my Malk when I am wandering around. I get really into it. Even with the shitty combat.

Dragon Age 1 and 2 both did this to me as well. I would read the lines in 1 out loud so I was my own VA. I would grunt or reply without thinking about it to some of my companions when they said things, if I wasn't just laughing. The mass effect games though I love ME2 to death I don't do this. I think its a loss.

In fact, I bet if someone watched me play a single player game they would think I was crazy.

Chu

Anyway when will the people who make Call of Duty make a CCW simulator where you have to jump out of bed and shoot a crazed guy on PCP who breaks into your home to fuck your wife's face?

Home Defense: Defend Harder

This sounds perfect.

Honk

I also saw the movie Paul yesterday, and it was awesome.

tyrannus

Silas Brown wrote:

Maybe I'll try that new texture mod. Part of me feels like I'd be missing out on some of the original game, but it's not exactly a part of the game I'm crazy about.

it doesn't really change anything that makes the game great, so don't feel bad about it!

Mazzyx

Oh man, AC2 I just sit on a bench at times and watch the world. I climb as high as possible just to view the world. That game is one of the games that has actually had me just sit for a few minutes looking over the cities. So much fun.

Jacobkosh

Silas Brown wrote:

Maybe I'll try that new texture mod. Part of me feels like I'd be missing out on some of the original game, but it's not exactly a part of the game I'm crazy about.

The textures are basically just really nice higher-res versions of the original stuff. I am not a big mod guy in general precisely because I'm usually more interested in the game maker's vision than in random player #22471's, but this one really does make the environments a lot more pleasant to be in and it is, so far as I can tell, completely faithful to the original.

Caveman Paws

Skyrim looks really good visually from what the demos show. Not sure if I will have a computer capable of running it by the time it comes out.

Salvation122

I'm bored

Suggest something to do that isn't reading or playing WoW or Starcraft or buying things

Elendil

Organichu wrote:

Anyway when will the people who make Call of Duty make a CCW simulator where you have to jump out of bed and shoot a crazed guy on PCP who breaks into your home to fuck your wife's face?

Home Defense: Defend Harder

This sounds perfect.

Oh no. It was your wife with a glass of water. What have you done.

>LOAD
OPTIONS
ACHIEVEMENTS
EXIT

Mazzyx

Salvation122 wrote:

I'm bored

Suggest something to do that isn't reading or playing WoW or Starcraft or buying things

Play civ 5. I am a whore and got the new dlc. I am playing the new scenario. Its fun playing a game that sits mostly in the classical age for battle and such. Really changes the power of barbarians and such.

Abdy

Inquisitor wrote:

Meeting a game halfway is not always just grinding through boring parts.

In God Hand it was learning that while the game was brutally hard it was fair, my god was it fair, and my hands and reflexes had to be trained to tap into that brillisnt fighting engine.

In the first Assassins Creed it wad turning off the game's entire HUD.

what hud did you want anyway?

I usually hate HUD in games

Honk

Salvation122 wrote:

I'm bored

Suggest something to do that isn't reading or playing WoW or Starcraft or buying things

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbin_lace

tyrannus

i also managed to beat the game without killing a single person!

Lawndart

Salvation122 wrote:

I'm bored

Suggest something to do that isn't reading or playing WoW or Starcraft or buying things

Bake some cookies.

Go walk aimlessly through the nearest park.

Do some physical exercise while listening to whatever music will make you feel like you're in an '80s sports movie montage.

Elki

Organichu wrote:

Anyway when will the people who make Call of Duty make a CCW simulator where you have to jump out of bed and shoot a crazed guy on PCP who breaks into your home to fuck your wife's face?

Home Defense: Defend Harder

This sounds perfect.

Shouldn't it really be a simulator where you write a bunch of scenarios in message boards about all the sorts of situations where it would come in handy? And you have to write a bunch of essays about how guns are no different than any tools. And then you have to walk around for hours and never use it.

Elendil

A Jamaican Bobbin Lace team

now I've heard of everything