Quinntastic
IE's Microbiologist
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Stop teasing me!
And all of my game cartridges still work... without having to blow on them
I'm sure your mind is appropriately blown.
Stop teasing me!
I have a seven year old son, so it should be no surprise that I've been playing Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U constantly for the past two months.
It's a fun game, though. As someone who grew up during the Super Mario peak of the early to mid 90's, all the video games I ever really enjoy are the Super Mario Bros games. My Super Nintendo still works and I still have it hooked up and play it to this day. I'll be pretty heartbroken when it finally breaks down some day...
Just bought a PS4. Will be getting NHL '15 next week. Any PS4 recommendations?
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I you like baseball at all you have to get The Show,... Last of Us, and I'd suggest get the PSN card, I have more free games than not.
Anyone here with a ps4? I'm thinking of putting my big boy pants on next week and upgrading.
I am buying mine tomorrow. Going to grab Madden with it and then the new Assassins Creed and Dragon Age when they come out. Hope my wife doesn't shoot me.
I am buying mine tomorrow. Going to grab Madden with it and then the new Assassins Creed and Dragon Age when they come out. Hope my wife doesn't shoot me.
Haha. Good luck, I always get so wetty pants about this. I'm so afraid that i'll buy it and then the price gets dropped and a new one gets released.
Haha. Good luck, I always get so wetty pants about this. I'm so afraid that i'll buy it and then the price gets dropped and a new one gets released.
Price probably won't drop till early next year. Talk is February or March.
No chance. PS4 is killing right now.
Might not be upgrading now.
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Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Picked it up yesterday and to be honest, after the first 15 mins, I didn't think I would be able to get into it, which was a huge bummer. I love the LotR lore, the history, the world itself. Huge nerd stuff. Tolkien's "Silmarillion" is my favorite book, which would basically be the Bible to the characters of LotR. I love the creation myths, hearing about the bad guys that were way worse than Sauron, etc.
I struggled with the mechanics and felt overwhelmed at all of the tutorials they throw at you right off the bat. Without spoilers, after a few "intro" missions to get the basic combat and stealth controls down, they throw you into the middle of Mordor and turn you loose. I got flustered because I'm OCD, and here I am, just dropped literally into the middle of the Dark Lord's realm with no idea where to start, really.
I put it on pause for a minute to let the dog out, and came back thinking I would find a place to save my progress and give it another try today.
Well, I started to figure the mechanics out, and then started to figure out how to navigate the world without starting a 10-on-1 fight every 50 yards, and before I knew it, I had played for three hours without realizing it.
It's like Assassin's Creed, but set in one of the most secretive, mythical places in my favorite fictional world. Reading the books, I was always intrigue by the "secrets" of Mordor and the horrors within that you never actually got to hear much about... and now I get to run around that very place, using stealth or going in guns blazing, offing Uruks as I see fit.
Awesome game.
That's exactly what I saw when the first trailer was released. So you'd recommend it? Is it only new gen consoles?
I was interested in checking that Shadow of Mordor out. I really liked the first Assassin's Creed at first, but I felt it got a bit repetitive. Felt like I spent half the game just climbing and climbing. I did like the stealth component though, reminded me of the old Thief game or playing a rogue like in Elder Scrolls.
I highly recommend it, especially if you enjoyed the Assassin's Creed series and/or the world of Lord of the Rings. It's the best of both. Plus, the way the game unfolds and the bosses pop up is way more versatile than anything I've ever seen, due to the Nemesis System. Very cool. Whenever you kill a high-ranking baddie, another, unique baddie takes his place and becomes more difficult to deal with.
The repetitive nature of the first AC was definitely a turnoff, especially after playing the later installments. That's not an issue with Shadow of Mordor so far. The mechanics and some of the gameplay ideas are similar, such as climbing a tower and "striking a forge" to unlock areas of the map, or finding items and dealing with "memories," but the stealth system is better IMO and there is a lot more versatility in combat as well, due to your character's "special powers."
To put it best, it seemed like much of the point of the earlier AC games was simply to climb and look at the awesome graphics and take in the view, and the stories were simply a part of that. So far in SoM, it's the other way around: the story and combat is cool, and the awesome mechanics (stealth, climbing) and settings are just a bonus.
Wasteland 2 came out recently, I'm really thinking about getting it if I've got some extra cash here after an expensive August. Anyone that's played the original Fallout games would probably enjoy Wasteland 2. Those first Fallout games were based on Wasteland and Wasteland 2 is made by some of the same people that worked on those games.
Fallout 1 is the greatest game ever made.
I never got all that into the Fallout games.. another game that everyone seems to love that I'm just 'eh' on thus far is Last of Us... though I'm not that far into it just yet.
for a story based role playing game like Fallout... my fav. ever was Read Dead Redemption.