That’s why spoiler tags are great. The non-spoiler version was just me adding an example of how one LGBT-romance option was positively portrayed in ME3.
(I guess I should include a non-spoiler version when including a real spoiler version. (as opposed to me just fucking spamming the spoiler tag).)
Speaking of Star Wars FPS, don’t forget Star Wars Republic Commando. I loved that game. Quirky characters and simple squad tactics, I have no idea why there aren’t more games like this.
I think I was feeling very anti-prequel when Republic Commando came out; I remember playing a demo of it but didn’t get into it. I agree that it’s odd that certain kinds of fun games from that era (10 years ago…) aren’t around as much; the shift away from split-screen console gaming might have something to do with it. The squad thing in the newer Battlefield games is very similar though (issuing commands and having a tactical team) but it’s less Rainbow Six than Republic Commando is, and of course it’s mainly an online thing (there is a single player mode and you do issue commands to your squad and everything but it’s short and not that interesting).
I suspect that online gaming had a lot to do with that.
In any case, I did like Republic Commando. Maybe give it a try sometime when it goes on sale.
Is Battlefield worth a look? When playing FPS games I usually go through the woefully short single player mode, try a few matches, quickly get bored and then play something else. I’m not sure how people enjoy endless rounds of matches on the same set of maps. But I shouldn’t judge of course, Steam tells me that I most enjoy riding around on a horse:
I was tempted by the Star Wars Humble Bundle (which includes Republic Commando), the problem being that I don’t have a Windows computer (nor do I have enough free space for a Windows partition on here anymore, though that’s how I played Fallout 3 & NV). I bet I could find a copy for original xbox for next to nothing though, I do have one of those.
I realized immediately after typing my dissertation on Battlefield that I hadn’t actually explained all that well why I like it but felt too lazy to re-write 
I feel exactly the same about most FPS games - I get bored really quickly. With the Call of Duty games, at least the single-player game is actually quite entertaining (I haven’t played the last 3-4 COD games though), but the multiplayer is just not that engaging and there are 13-year-olds who are way better than I’ll ever be at it, which often makes things not very much fun (when you do get on a roll in a fast-paced game like that though, it does get your adrenaline pumping).
With Battlefield, you are also doing endless matches on the same set of maps (though with overpriced DLC there are at least a lot of maps), but the matches are very different each time depending on a whole bunch of factors, and you feel a sense of accomplishment when your ad-hoc teamwork and tactics/strategy pays off. And that’s just with random matches with strangers - if you knew your squadmates and actually talked to them while playing I imagine it’d be way cooler, but it’s entertaining enough for me as it is (zero commitment or consequences, haha).
It’s something where thinking and strategy pays off big time, but it’s also a constant raging battle going on around you - it’s slower-paced than Call of Duty et al. because the maps are larger, but it’s not slow by any means.
Key for me, it’s also something that requires very little commitment. If you get bored with it (as I do) you won’t forget about the story and all the side quests you started but didn’t finish or whatever the case may be. You can pick it up again months later and enjoy a few rounds, and it’ll feel fresh because it’s always a little different and you can approach things with a different strategy if you want.
At the end of the day, I enjoy it for driving tanks around blowing stuff up including the buildings (and blowing up enemy tanks with RPGs, probably my favorite thing to [try] to do) and the adrenaline rush when you capture enemy objectives.
There you have it. How much and in what way people want to assume a role in an RPG varies greatly, but I think regardless of whether your character is almost an exact copy of yourself or different in every aspect, people are exploring their own identities. That’s why we need diverse options. I’ve personally been a male character in video games for so long (partly out of choice, mostly because there hasn’t been any) that being female feels like a breath of fresh air.
That is just like me. I can never find it in me to be truly evil in role-playing games; if I try, I always end up being chaotic neutral at most, more of an honest thief than a kitty-killer. But I have no problem playing as the exact opposite of my actual social self; sometimes coolly confident and assertive, sometimes wild and spontaneous.
Also, to anyone who is a fan of quality gaming, there are some awesome adventure games on Steam sale right now. The first Broken Sword is 1,70€ (the Remastered version), as is remastered BS2.
You can get all the three Seasons of Sam & Max for only 11,50€. That’s 15 episodes, each a few hours long and 100% hilarious. I actually have yet to play the third season (bad me, no twinkie), but since seperate seasons are 7€ and it’s been years since I played the first two, I’ll probably buy them all. I really have no money to be buying games, but adventure games are my biggest weakness…
There are also Blackwell games on sale. I’ve heard they’re great, my brother keeps badgering me to buy them. What do you guys think?
I bought it anyway 
Still get KotOR, which was the main thing I wanted, and a few others.
Didn’t really want to play Dark Forces again anyway…
Hmm, I’ll take a look. Sounds a little like a shiny version of Just Cause/CoD though we’ll see how annoying playing random matches with strangers is. I am appreciative of a game that puts in a megalodon, through.
I have a dedicated gaming windows box, but that game is so old, it should run great on wine. WineHQ - About Wine
Heh, I played Dark Forces again a couple years ago, it was interesting. I put a lot of time into that game when it came out (in 1995! I was 9) and was still a little bit surprised when I tried it again. It still holds up, IMO, as great game and level design. It’s hard to deal with the super outdated control scheme though - it’s cumbersome and annoying now that we’re used to more fluid controls.
*Feels old*
*Leaves thread*
*Realises Donald is still here. Feels better.*
Wow - didn’t know about that (or the other easter eggs there are other videos for), that’s nuts.
I was going to say I had unlocked a megalodon dog tag in the game, but apparently it isn’t:
Or maybe the video maker misidentified it 
No matter what I unlock I’m pretty much stuck with these though:
(when you kill someone, they see your dog tags - also when you kill someone with a knife, you steal their dog tags - most are hard or impossible to unlock except by doing that)
Eh?
Forgot to reply RE: Wine - I’ve had success with that before on OS X but forgot about it, I might try that as Republic Commando does certainly sound up my alley. Thinking about plugging in my old xbox again made me want to do that though, heh. Not sure if game stop even carries used original xbox games anymore though.
I hadn’t even heard of it until this week. Looks like it might be fun, but then I’m still on the Xbox 360, and also never have time for multiplayer. But I’ll keep an eye on it, especially for when I finally upgrade to current-gen.
Great!
Here are your buying options:
Buy the $60 game, on the day it launches, for access to 12 hunters and three monsters.
Buy the $80 Digital Deluxe Edition, on the day the game launches, for access to 12 hunters, three monsters, three exclusive monster skins, and four extra hunters in the spring. Total of 16 hunters, three monsters, three monster skins.
Buy the $60 game at launch for access to 12 hunters and three monsters and, later in the spring, buy the Hunting Season Pass in the spring for $25 to get four new hunters and three exclusive monster skins for a total of $85. Total of 16 hunters, three monsters, three monster skins.
Buy the $60 game at launch for access to 12 hunters and three monsters and, later in the spring, buy new hunters individually for $7.50 each, up to $30 total for a grand total of $90. Total of 16 hunters, three monsters.
Pre-purchase the $60 game for access to 12 hunters and three monsters—all unlocked instantly instead of through play—and, later in the spring, the fourth Behemoth monster and a Goliath skin. Total of 12 hunters, four monsters and one extra skin.
Pre-purchase the $80 Digital Deluxe Edition for access to 12 hunters, three monsters, four exclusive monster skins, and four extra hunters and one extra monster in the spring. Total of 16 hunters, four monsters, four extra skins.
Buy the $100 PC Monster Race Edition for access to 18 hunters, four monsters, four monster skins. The extra PC content will be available to console players for purchase after 30 days.
Pre-purchase the $100 PC Monster Race Edition for access to 18 hunters, five monsters, four monster skins. The extra PC content will be available to console players for purchase after 30 days.
Unsurprising that Sony Online Entertainment shit the bed.
Yeesh. Fuck it.
I’m still on a 360 too, and I only play XCOM anyway. I have GTA4 but I just can’t be arsed with it.
Well, that and Skyrim, which fucked me over when one of the 24 Stones of Barenziah wasn’t where it was supposed to be, with no way of getting it back, leaving me with 23 undroppable useless items to schlep around. I quit it in a fit of pique. Was pretty much done with it anyway…
Also Fez and Monaco, I guess.
Turns out I’ve got a spare Steam key for Monaco.
First to PM me gets it.
