>>18646

I thought this for about 6 months. They really needed a similar TV advertising campaign in the UK to what they did with the Wii.

Speaking of PS3, I just realised I've never checked my message inbox. I just checked it now, and found my first bit of hate mail. I feel quite proud.

>>18648
If you ever play an online FPS even slightly well you'll get loads of shitlords hatemailing you.

This one time I was playing Black Ops (don't judge - I bought it for the zombies. Mostly.) and I somehow stumbled into a glitch where my character didn't die when he should have and just kept running about like the goddamn terminator. Naturally the match soon became me stabbing enemies whilst they emptied machine guns and rocket launchers into me (sometimes even killing themselves with the explosion - but not me). The amount of 'wtf hax' hatemail was golden. One guy even had genuine hacks and offered to boost my character for the 'secret'.

>>18649

It is bad on Fifa. So many sore losers and winners, so I stopped playing.

The most rage that I've had in a single exchange was from a guy on MW2, though. I'm not one to use the this kind of vernacular but "CoDbabbies" seems to fit most of the userbase.

>>18649
>>18650
The best hatemail comes from playing Demon's/Dark Souls. I think because there is some weird expectation of honour, and if you don't bow before duelling with the person you've invaded it's considered poor form.

The hatemail I got was from my first and so far only online match on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle. Apparently I'm a "spamig bitch", even though the most popular character's fighting style is based pretty much solely around spamming punches.

>>18632

That seems like a very accurate dipiction of an average day in Americana. Also give me a bloody time code.

Dyslexi is better.

>>18596
I wouldn't play Eve for 30 days if you paid me £200. I'd want something more akin to the wage of a decent accountant. It's about as interesting as accounting.

Played solidly for 6 years, flunked my final year of uni because of it. Now i think its boring and shit.

gg life

I remember watching some YT videos on EVE years back and thought it looked like good fun. Managed to get myself sent an invite and downloaded/loaded it all up.

I think I played for about 10 minutes before deciding that there were too many buttons and too many menus.

They've changed their PS3 Dust game to become a lot more like what people have posted here regarding the menu on the left. I've found it a lot more complicated to use from how it was originally and stopped playing.

I am a bit of a simpleton, in fact, my 'friends' cruelly call me 'Simple Tim' because my name is Timothy but I just felt like there was nothing intuitive about it.

Still, have enjoyed looking at the pictures in this thread and reading a bit about it all again.

>>18625
No, it isn't only you who is simple. I gave it 30 minutes and I never played it again.

>>18626
You could say the same about dwarf fortress though, and I've played that for god knows how many hours.

>>18544
> and have to ride on a special coach at the back of the trains so you don't disrupt the machines.
Mage's Caboose. And once I hit Magic Aptitude 100, the conductor told me to sod off.
> so magic is quite overpowered
Dark Necromancy is. With MA = 100 and the Harm spell you can cut through enemies like a hot knife through butter. Even in real-time mode. Just be sure to stock up on fatigue restorers.
> Makes for a different experience every time.
Make a stupid character and annoy the constable in the first village.

I tried playing Arcanum and I fucking hated it, I am so frustrated right now because of it.

>>18599
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I wanted to like it so much but it was awful to play.

>>18599
Why?

>>18603

The UI was confusing and horrible and I couldn't fight anything. Also the lack of auto-save was annoying, I'm too used to it nowadays and kept having to restart after dying.

>>18501
A lot of it is down to the custom OS and drivers. Consoles tend to use the hardware more efficiently, because there's less background programmes running.

No longer needs the Kinect. New SKU for 350 quid.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27396499

Exactly the same amount they were peddling the original for with Titanfall bundled a few weeks ago.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-04-11-amazon-asda-drop-titanfall-xbox-one-bundle-to-349

Is there anything that Microsoft hasn't back-pedalled on relating to the Xbox One?

>>18584

How underwhelming it is compared to the previous consoles?

>>18584
Thats the Kinect buggered again then. Why should anyone make an effort if a large majority dont even have the device?

>>18584
That happened faster than expected.

>>18354

So I pre-ordered myself a copy on Steam, and got another for no specific reason, maybe trading.
Well now I'm skint and want to sell it, anyone interested? A lot cheaper of course.

Anyway, I'm hyped as fuck, the first is the only game I had pre-ordered and instantly became my most favourite after playing it.
Tried not to read anything about it but had a little peek and am just more excited about the things I've heard, how it's a proper sequel like they're meant to be made.

>>18374
How much are we talking here, pal o' mine?

Well there's a lot of buzzwords like unmemorable bosses, soulless etc, but I think they've done a fantastic job and am loving the shit out of it, maybe even more than the first.

I think its a bit of a slow burner. It took me a while to enjoy Dark Souls and each new area was punishing.

I have a similar feeling with this game now. I've yet to complete it and I'm currently drudging through the underground section after Drangleic castle. Dark Souls was a lot more enjoyable for me when I had an idea of how the game plays out and I could plan my route or what items to pick up. I know there are some NG+ additions which should be something to look forward to.

>>18458

I also literally cannot wait, which is why I'm currently playing it in order to practise my skills so that I can more fully enjoy the new release.

Also, I only had time to install linux on my laptop and it's the only game I can play atm. Lucky I did have like five spare hours in which to compile the necessary files needed to run it and dwarf therapist.

>>18463

God yeah, I had a serious palaver trying to get it to work on Ubuntu, probably shouldn't have used that as my introduction to Linux though.

I've been playing a bit more recently in anticipation but it eats up time, also I have been checking for updates every single day.

Soon

>>18463
>I'm currently playing it in order to practise my skills so that I can more fully enjoy the new release.

You might find your efforts in vien. In the past Toady has changed key aspects of the game that literally made 'practice' obsolete. I think it was the 2012 update that overhauled the way military worked and was controlled (there were a few others too which I forget).

I find it pretty difficult to make sense of Toady's updates so I don't really know whats in store for the next release. The only thing I know about is the changes to trees, which I'm obviously looking forward to (I prefer building above ground wooden forts).

>>18495

Fair point, as I understand it, this release is pretty major, with huge changes to the game from the roots up, lots of interactions, social changes, the new trees, new combat system. It's going to be damn good.

I imagine old saves will not be compatible either.

>>18496
>I don't really know whats in store for the next release
I was half expecting ridicule at my willingness to tell you how to do things while at the same time expressing no understanding of the matter.
Any practise is practise.
Forgive me, please.

>>18355
Solid ages prematurely

>>18340
The voice is a little strange. According to Hideo he's meant to sound older than previous incarnations of Snake though that doesn't explain how Old Snake sounded better than that with Hayter.

Still, the game looks amazing in my view. Genuinely the only game trailer I've seen that makes me want to get an Xbone or PS4 (I'm still not going to but before I had absolute zero interest).

>>18357

That's a genetic disorder, not actual aging. Snake and Big Boss spent very different lives.

http://imgur.com/a/w7184

that is all

>>18493
Wot a lad is are snake.

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I still play EU,3.

>>18366
I did manage a game as Russia on Victoria 1 in which I miraculously didn't need to press F12 and still stormed the Balkans, successfully held off Nigel from my shores and managed to get to the French border.

I just bought this game in the Steam sale and half the bloody content is DLC only! I wanted to reform Judea FFS!

I'm not sure if I'm upset at myself or Paradox right now, but when I figure it out someone's getting messed up, big time.

While not necessarily political, DEFCON is a riot with a few friends.

That post was too long for me to bother reading, but a complete absence of spaces after punctuation keeps catching my eye.

Hello Emily, how are you?

Someone posted something similar about demons grabbing your genitals in a /b/ thread. Bearing in mind where this has been posted I guess this is part of some kind of ARG rather than, uh, anything more genuinely insane and interesting.

i HAVE NO WILLY.

>>18379

Well I'm sold. Up for a bit of rumpy pumpy?

>the eternally tense and excitingly war torn region known as "Scandinavia". A largely fictional realm based on the ancient land of Hyperborea.

Not sure if you're taking the piss. If you are you're doing an odd job of it.

Well I thought it was amusing.

>>18325

Indeed I was. I've just always thought Scandinavia was a bit of a weak sauce choice for a sequel, but there's not much to mock the region for other than its semi-mythologised status. So there's basically nothing.

>>14245

Or 10. Or 8. Or 7. Or 6. Or 4.

Fucking smartarse.

>>14265
No matter what your opinion of it is, WoW has actually broken the MMO market. Blizzard own this market and there isn't much that can be done about it. Aside from the fact that the MMO market is naturally a monopolistic entity, Blizzards budgets are an order of magnitude larger than their competition.

Really desperately tempted to buy this lads.

Cheapest I can see it for online is about £33. I'm broke and bored out of my tits recently so if I buy a new game, I want it to be one that will last me a good while as well as be entertaining.

How's the duelling and WvWvW aspects? Is the average skill level stupidly high such that it will prevent me enjoying myself if I jump in and try to play it? I've never been much into PvP in MMOs, it has always seemed to me that FPS deathmatches offer much fairer competition. What's it like in this case?

I suppose the most important aspect for me though is the kind of loot and gear on offer. Oblivion and Skyrim barely managed to satisfy my constant craving for newer, shinier gear, but I seem to be getting mixed opinions on how the gear progression is in GW2. Some seem to think it's perfectly balanced while others tell me you'll be wearing the same shit for 40 levels before getting the decent stuff... What's the truth? As far as I can see personally there's plenty of variety.

Sell it to me chaps... I want it but I don't want to feel the bite of buyer's remorse. And if so, any of you chaps playing it that I can tag along with on some dungeons or something?

>>11083
>But mark my words, in a year and a halfs time, GW2 will have more players than WoW.
GW2 launched August 28th, I can't find accurate user figures but it's down a bit from 400,000 as best I can tell. WoW has something like 7 million.

Right, so. We never agreed a wager but I'll settle for a quick blowie. Gender not that important. Location negotiable.

>>14304

You level fast in this game so I'd honestly wouldn't bother getting the best gear for your level as you level. When I started playing the only thing I used which was the best at the level were weapons I crafted just to boost my crafting. Once you hit the level cap you can focus on getting the best loot. That said they introduced a new kind of gear which is better than the end game gear on release, but that stuff takes time to get so you'd want to get a full exotic set first then work on ascended.

WvW and sPvP can require some skill depending on what you fight. If you join hot joins in sPvP you'll have a barrel of the mix, some good players that will dominate you and some which you'll stomp. Same with WvW, if you follow your servers zerg you'll come across either smaller enemy zergs or even bigger ones which run away or crumble as soon as one of them die. At the same time you'll come up against a guild group and die before you know what hits you.

From there you'll have a trial and error learning moment where you'll start to avoid dying or live longer in such fights. It doesnt take much skill or thought you just need to learn the basics and what to look for.

But before you jump into PvP I'd focus on leveling and getting the best gear you can first, then have a mix of pvp and pve. And most importantly... enjoy the playthrough, try not to rush things.

http://www.mmorpg.com/giveaways.cfm/offer/498/Elder-Scrolls-Online-Beta-Key-Giveaway.html

>>18303
If anyone on .gs wants a key then here is one: KAGLHFNYT3CA7FYPADCF
Register here https://account.elderscrollsonline.com/register/account-information

I signed up ages ago with no intention of ever buying it/ paying per month. I participated in an earlier test and was not particularly impressed but then again I do not really like MMO games that much.
I would get it if a bunch of my mates did but otherwise will not bother.

>>18303

Ever since I first got into school the day after I emerged from the sewers beneath the Imperial City, I've thought it'd be great if me and my buddy could go on a hike to Anvil together. But I'm not sure how fun that hike would be if I have to bump into Jean d'Bumblefuck and his shitlord pals every 5 minutes.

Needless to say, I don't think I'll be playing this so much I try to press a button to open the door to my room.*

Seriously, this happened.

>>18305
Cheers mate, will give it a go.

I just had a go, I thought it was pretty good to be honest.