Video Games

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#121

ROFL. :laughing:

I’ve tried several MMORPG’s this year, most of the time I’ve spent on World of Warcraft, can be either good or bad depending on your server, but was annoyed with how I reached the maximum level and then the expansion came out a day later. I tried Puzzle PIrates, it was alright.

I tried Toon Town, the player community, surprisingly, is filled with emotional teenagers who can’t seem to shut up about how much they hate life. And it’s just another Disney money-making scheme in my opnion. They don’t even have “How to Quit” information anywhere on their site, so you have to call them to cancel, and their services delay closing your account by trying to distract you with offers.

Finally, City of Heroes. My best online gaming experience so far. Did not meet a single jerk in that game, the customization was awesome, but I quit because of lack of PvP and the staff fixing AE farming.

I tried Portal. Loved it. It’s hilarious. Go play it now. (“The Enrichment Center promises to always provide a safe testing environment. In dangerous testing environments, the Enrichment Center promises to always provide useful advice. For instance, the floor here will kill you. Try to avoid it.” )

Going to the electronic shop later, wonder what I should buy…

#122

A few days ago, I went back in time to explore some Back To The Future games on the NES, SNES, and Gamecube.

Let me start by going back in time again, all the way to 1985, to the original Nintendo with the first Back To The Future game, titled Back To The Future.

So, I got to see Hill Valley again, which has no hills or valleys. :laughing: Man, the perspective of this game is weird. It’s a bird’s eye view that tries and make the main character looks like he’s standing up, but to me, it looks like he’s crawling on the floor… lol

This was the '80s back from the '50s, if that makes sense. The game might seem pretty bad, but Nintendo was significantly worse.

Next, never released in America is Super Back To The Future 2 for Super Nintendo. Doc, in this game, looks like that flying dog from The Neverending Story. Marty McFly always have this cheesy, hip-hop jocker face that’s like, “Yeah, you like this? You like what I’m doing here?”

What I like in this game is that even though it is obviously very ‘Japanese,’ it is still a recognizable Back To The Future game. But, I feel like I fall down after every step I take to another new lower level.

This game’s all hoverboard. It’s a pretty smart move.

Finally, I ended my adventure with the Universal Theme Park Adventure, which features a Back To The Future: The Ride level, making it like a Back To The Future: The Ride - The Game.

So, even though, in terms of the universe of the movie, where I was going, in the ride - the future - I don’t need roads, but luckily, there’s a road. It’s still better than no roads, better than nothing.

What got me to this game was probably when my friend told me about it, like, “There’s this game, and for like 10 seconds, you get to race and flies around in the DeLorean.” To me, that was already awesome. I didn’t care how bad it was till I tried it. I legitimately thinks that this is one of the worse game I have ever seen, but I like that if you get left too far behind, the other DeLorean stops, waits for you, and at times, even turn around towards your DeLorean. :laughing: It’s as if it was made by a mum. “Okay, now, I’m making a race, and the opposition DeLorean will make the player feel like he’s close.”

Concluding thoughts. The third game had me yearning for something, despite its quality. Its premise was good, so at least it did something right. It’s actually amazing that of all the Back To The Future games, the aped Nintendo one is actually the best. So, despite the inferior system it was built for, it at least gives a good gaming experience, especially for Back To The Future fans.

It kinda makes sense because, much like the adapted movie trilogy, the third one is the worse, even though it was made in 1844. :laughing:

#123

I went to the store and considered buying The Sims 2:Deluxe Edition for twenty dollars (I’m one of those people who waits for game prices to lower, I rarely buy a game over twenty dollars.) but I saw how many expansions there were, all of them being twenty dollars each and I thought, “What the heck, why do I need to spend this much money to have a complete gaming experience?”

#124

FounderofAzn- I know the expansions do add more depth to the game, but it’s not as though The Sims 2 needs the expansions. Just having the original as it is is enough to have hundreds of hours of enjoyable gameplay.

The Sims 3 is more different than I thought it would be, but I’m really enjoying it so far! Today’s my first chance to get really stuck into the game as it took me a while to demolish all the houses and kill all the Sims that were already there- I like to start with a clean neighbourhood. :laughing:

#125

By definition of ‘killing the sims,’ do you mean deleting them or actually killing them, virtually? :wink:

That’s the other fun part of The Sims series. A twisted :smiling_imp: part but, fun. :slight_smile:

#126

Dragon of Omnipotency- A bit of both. :laughing:

#127

lizardgirl-Ah, well that’s good to hear. :smiley: I’ll give it a try next time I shop.

Dragon of Omnipotency-Aren’t we all guilty of it?

#128

Alright, let’s talk about another genre of video games with a hipper side; those starring musicians. Not games where you have to play music, like Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, but games where you have to rescue Aerosmith. If you want to make an Aerosmith game today, it’s very easy. Everyone already has the toy instruments, you just have to throw in the Aerosmith songs in, but it wasn’t always like this.

The first Aerosmith game was 1994’s Revolution X. You’re not playing as Aerosmith, but rather, you have to rescue him. With a gun, you have to light up the streets with lead. I’m presuming the main character rescuing the star is a fan of Aerosmith; only a fan will react this way in the game.

I like the way the enemies use rollerblades - quickest way to date your game, or make a game about Aerosmith. :laughing: There’s some skin shown in the game as well. No nudity, just butts with undergarments on. :stuck_out_tongue: I could imaging if this is displayed in an arcade shop, the owner sees that one scene in the game with that bikini girl in the cage and he would be like, “Yes! Yes, publicity! That’s right, come on down to my shop!”

And while people die everywhere, what’s Aerosmith doing? Rocking on a stage. Rocking while people die around them. :laughing:

Next, Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker - an actual game on the Sega Genesis. Game, concept and design by the pedo… I mean the pop sensation himself. :slight_smile:

In this one, Mikey has ‘Michael Jackson dancing powers’ to defeat the bad guys. :laugh: Yeah. It actually has a very similar plot to the Aerosmith game, but it’s almost the same as the story in the movie under the same title.

Overall, this game is pretty cool. There was one part of the game where the robots are literally dancing to their deaths. The robots are like, dancing away while Michael’s using his dance moves before they go boom.

Next, Journey on the arcade. The game starts out with the player choosing one of five planets to travel to. Each planet features a minigame starring one of the Journey band members (which is pretty cool) with the objective of collecting his musical instrument (or, in the case of Steve Perry, a microphone). Once the instruments are collected Journey performs a concert. Not bad of a game if you like the band. Kinda a dull game if you don’t.

Finally, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, the game on the PlayStation 2. There’s really no need to make 50 Cent’s arms that big. Like his normal arms aren’t big enough.

Looks like for a rapper, you first make an album, then you get some sort of commercial, then you get a video game and finally, you do a movie with the thousands of dollars you made. That’s your career. :laughing:

But, in my opinion, it’s possibly the worse 50 Cent game I’ve ever seen. You shoot stuff, you look like a tough punk, and that’s about it.

Concluding thoughts: When 50 Cent makes a video game, it’s like, “Let’s make it as bada** as possible,” while when every other band makes a video game, it’s like, “Let’s make it look as weird as possible.”

#129

Prototype = epicz0rz.

#130

I…I love Moonwalker that game was FREAKING AMAZING back in the day. <3

(and I actually despise Michael Jackson :stuck_out_tongue: )

#131

Does anyone play World of Warcraft? What happens to a WoW player if his mum suddenly cancels his subscription when his character had just hit level 80?

Check this vid out to find out:
collegehumor.com/video:1915521

Don’t worry, it’s clean (just a little disturbing), probably because it was not made by the College Humor guys, I guess.

#132

For whatever odd reason, me and my sister have randomly gotten addicted to playing Super Mario Sunshine for GameCube. :laughing: It was like, our favorite game back in 2004, and in the past two weeks alone we’ve beaten and restarted it over seven times. I absolutely love that game… maybe 'cuz there’s so many random memories tied to it, and we’re always making up stories as we play it…

little chef

#133

Was that boy possessed by Satan or something? Would have fit perfectly into “The Exorcist” if a spot ever opened up. So glad I quit WoW, there are some real nutjobs who take that game too seriously.

But the subscription getting cancelled just as my character hits 80, I think I’d be a little annoyed too. Not that annoyed though.

#134

haha~ that’s how I am with games. I haven’t played Super Mario 64 in years, and now I’m playing like MAD. xD I think that the only games I have really been consistent with are my Mother/EarthBound and Pokemon games.

#135

Sometimes, movies based on video games can be disappointing, so I thought, let’s play video games based on the best movies. Yesterday, I was playing games based on movies that won the Best Picture Academy Award.

First, The Godfather: The Game.

Basically, you’re playing a side character that’s joining the Corleone Family. You’re not Al Pacino or Diane Keaton. Unlike Grand Theft Auto, I don’t feel guilty about killing the cops because they are all corrupted. Also, each office also has a name, so you’ll know you have just beaten up a guy named “Donal Bagley” (sounds Irish) instead of just some random cop NPC on the streets.

I actually want to see Marlon Brando going like, “We got a problem! One of the soldiers, he is just beating up random people for the last 20 minutes! Doesn’t he know his missions? His objectives? We’ve clearly put his objectives on the map.” :laugh:

Next, Platoon.

Even though the movie has a really serious story, the game is like any NES war game where the character just rush in and attack. This game was extraordinary hard - even though, I guess, Vietnam wasn’t easy to start.

There’s a contradiction here: Where the heck is his platoon? I also have no idea the Vietnam was entirely fought in a topiary maze. :laughing:

Finally last but not the least, Rocky Legends on the PS2 and XBox.

One nice thing about this game is, obviously, you can play as Rocky and work your way to the title belt, or you could play the story of Clubber Lang - the Rocky spin-off that should have been.

There was a nice little cinematic with the fight between Ivan Drago and Alexei Baluk where I felt like I watching the first level of Goldeneye. :stuck_out_tongue: Other than that, the boxing is by far the least interesting aspect of this game. It’s like a fan fiction compared to a professional novel.

So, conclusive thoughts:
It doesn’t matter if the movie does well or not; a game based on it will most likely blows.

~ Flare

#136

my favourite ever videogame is tennis and baseball and which ilike the most and i play more often these games.
thank you.

#137

Finally bought The Sims 2-Deluxe Edition. Holy heck, this is so addicting.

#138

Yeah! So much so that after playing for just 3-5 days, I left the disc stuffed in its case, leaving it to eat up dusts! :smiley:

~ Flare

#139

I remember my bro used to play Sims 2 a lot. We would have fun preventing the Sims from using the loo, or figuring out inventive ways to kill them (like removing the ladder from the pool so a Sim can’t get out and drowns, or distracting them so the gas on the stove gets left on and burns the house down :smiling_imp:). Good times, good times.
I just purchased a new copy of Just Cause for five bucks a while back. It’s a GTA-clone except you play this Latino federal agent who can do cool things like parachute out the back of a plane and land on vehicles. Can’t wait to install it once I get my fanwork outta the way. :slight_smile:

#140

Oh, The Sims 2… I thought we were talking about The Sims 3: Collector Edition. I threw it piled up on top of other junks.

The Sims 2, however, was, I admit, a real addictive weed.

~ Flare