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[Frayzurr]

Right,

Me and a Friend have been staying at eachother's houses nearly every night for the past few weeks.
Gaming our little sad hearts out on the PS3 and PC.
But we're getting proper bored of the games we've got and want some suggestions of Games we should get.
Maybe even review them after.. Would be pretty epic.

Anyways, Any tips or suggestions. PLEASE! :]

[Mr. Hobo]

Any specific genre? Borderlands is pretty fun with friends
Bioshock 2 looks promising

[Oaken]

Mass Effect 2....as long as you played the first one.

[Mr. Hobo]

Mass Effect 2....as long as you played the first one.

It lacks multiplayer?

[iargue]

Starcraft - One of the most epic pc RTS style games ever invented. It includes extremely balanced gameplay, everything has a counter, and a streamlined process (If done right, you will always be doing something). Want to see how badass the game gets? Watch some pro games. Happens to be Korea's national sport.

Borderlands - A great fps/rtg split. Its good for leveling up with a teamate, and kicking some ass. You get great game play style, shittons of weapons, and its all in an fps style with rpg bonus's on the side. Good for fun until you beat the game.

Tom Clancys Hawx - An amazing flying simulation. Lots and lots of fun, you can team up with your friend and have him as your wingman as you fly thousands of planes, and take on missions that test not only your flying skill, but your fighting skill as well.

Diablo 2 - A really good rpg style game (3rd person view). It has an epic loot system, really fun leveling mechanics, and lots of cool bosses to rape face with. Should be good for a hundred or so hours of gameplay. The only thing it lacks is a good dueling system.


Solo games - (That are good enough for you guys to play next to each other)

Oblivion - Deffinately the greatest RPG game in the entire world, with hundreds of abilities to level up, great graphics, and so much to do, this game seriously can be played for 200 hours without even getting bored, or finishing the game. The main story line doesnt have to be done, and even if you do it, the rest of the world is open to be explored and raped.

Fable 2 - While it does have a Co-Op system, the fact that you cant rotate your view with a partener in the game kinda turned me off of it. The game is epic, and lots of fun.

Assassins Creed 2 - YOUR A FUCKING ASSASSIN. Nuff said (Great innovative gameplay, with thousands of hours of stuff to do)

[Oaken]

I didn't see multiplayer mentioned . Having read it again I can see he is probably looking for Multiplayer games.

[Joanna]

Pfffft. Screw multiplayer when you can play games like Oblivion and Mass Effect 2.
Just saying.

[Elindoril]

Pfffft. Screw multiplayer when you can play games like Oblivion and Mass Effect 2.
Just saying.

Except sitting there and watching someone else play WORDS WORDS WORDS isn't very enjoyable.

[iargue]

Pfffft. Screw multiplayer when you can play games like Oblivion and Mass Effect 2.
Just saying.

Mass Effect 2 is inferior.

Except sitting there and watching someone else play WORDS WORDS WORDS isn't very enjoyable.

They have two computers. Stupid. Hence how they can play mutiplayer.

[Elindoril]

They have two computers. Stupid. Hence how they can play mutiplayer.

And please explain to me how two people playing separate session of a single player game considered Multiplayer?

[iargue]

And please explain to me how two people playing separate session of a single player game considered Multiplayer?

I never said it was multiplayer. But they can both play the game seperately, and enjoy trying to beat the game faster/become stronger.

[Elindoril]

I never said it was multiplayer.

Hmmm...

They have two computers. Stupid. Hence how they can play mutiplayer.

Anyways, sitting there paying more attention to the game than their friend is a pretty stupid idea, why bother inviting them over in the first place if there will be limited interaction between the two?

[Frayzurr]

I can sense an arguement coming. Heh!
Yeah. We have got 2 computers.
Plus a few laptops.. Maybe servers.. ;]

We've also go the PS3 too.
I went and took out Harry Potter 6.
It's pretty epic !

[iargue]

Hmmm...




Anyways, sitting there paying more attention to the game than their friend is a pretty stupid idea, why bother inviting them over in the first place if there will be limited interaction between the two?

Dude. You need to learn to read better, what i was saying, "We know they have two comptuers, because they where playing multiplayer games together".

Some games are worth playing solo.

Adding counterstrike to the list - Amazing fps gameplay, awesome weapon buying system, and realistic weapon fire. Counter Terroist vs terroist action style.

[bigtymerz05]

COD 2 if you like shooting games.

[iargue]

COD 2 if you like shooting games.

Do you mean, Call of Duty 2, or Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2?

[Elindoril]

Dude. You need to learn to read better, what i was saying, "We know they have two comptuers, because they where playing multiplayer games together".

Some games are worth playing solo.

No dude, YOU need to learn to read better, they are asking for Multiplayer games in which they partake in games where multiple people are playing at the same time, not playing single player games on multiple units.

Like I stated before, there is no interaction between the two besides a few words every so often, as they would be paying more attention to WORDS WORDS WORDS than each other.

[iargue]

No dude, YOU need to learn to read better, they are asking for Multiplayer games in which they partake in games where multiple people are playing at the same time, not playing single player games on multiple units.

Like I stated before, there is no interaction between the two besides a few words every so often, as they would be paying more attention to WORDS WORDS WORDS than each other.

Excuse me, where do they say multiplayer only?

Right,

Me and a Friend have been staying at eachother's houses nearly every night for the past few weeks.
Gaming our little sad hearts out on the PS3 and PC.
But we're getting proper bored of the games we've got and want some suggestions of Games we should get.
Maybe even review them after.. Would be pretty epic.

Anyways, Any tips or suggestions. PLEASE! :]

Yes. Obviously they would like multiplayer games, that doesnt mean that they cannot play a single player game. Maybe you wouldnt enjoy playing a single player game, but some people do enjoy spending time over at a friends time, playing seperate games, and chatting to each other. I've played a dual game of Oblivion with my friend, and we had lots of fun laughing when they other guy got caught stealing at the same time as I did, and each one of us would chose a different path, and see which won offered better benefits.

[Joanna]

Mass Effect 2 is inferior.

Logic Please??

[Elindoril]

Yes. Obviously they would like multiplayer games, that doesnt mean that they cannot play a single player game. Maybe you wouldnt enjoy playing a single player game, but some people do enjoy spending time over at a friends time, playing seperate games, and chatting to each other. I've played a dual game of Oblivion with my friend, and we had lots of fun laughing when they other guy got caught stealing at the same time as I did, and each one of us would chose a different path, and see which won offered better benefits.

That really doesn't seem all too much more enjoyable, I play Single Player games when I'm alone, since it's a game made for one person at a time, if I'm going to be interacting with other people. setting up a lan and playing like Diablo 2 or some MMO would seem more fun.

Also, not everyone has a hard on for Oblivion.

[iargue]

Logic Please??

Sure.

Ammo - In Mass Effect, you can shoot all you want. Sure, you have to take breaks (No spread forever), or your gun will overheat, but you dont have to count your ammo. Thats a godsend. No more, sitting behind cover, aiming until you can be sure you can hit. Shooting once and making sure its dead to conserve ammo. The gameplay was fast and simple. In Mass Effect 2, they introduced this bullshit called "Thermal Clips". What does this mean? It means that you have to run around, collecting ammo after you kill someone, you have to conserve your shots. Not only do they hardly give you enough ammo, they fail to let you purchase more after missions (To stock up), and they give you different ammo for weapons you dont even use (I only use the pistol, why do I have 250 submachine gun bullets, why are they still dropping after I am full on ammo?). They used this horrible implementation of ammo, as a method of including their "Heavy Weapons". Its stupid. They should have just added Heavy Weapons ammo only. Now the gameplay is slow and sluggish, spending several minutes finding ammo, and sometimes not being able to win a fight for a long time, due to having no ammo, and hiding behind cover while your abilities "recharge"


Weapons - In Mass Effect, you can find weapons, or find a dealer and buy some sweet weapons. You where given rate of fire, accuracy, damage, and shots before you overheat. You could review each weapon, decide which suited you best, and use that weapon. Then you could even customize the additions to that weapon, giving it more damage, more shots before it overheats, or even improve your radar. In Mass Effect 2, you rarely find any weapons on a mission, and you cant even buy weapons. They dont tell you anything about the weapon. You gain a nice little "backstory" on the weapon, and thats all you know. Damage, ammo clip size, accuracy. None of that is known to you. Its a guessing game. I have 53% of the game completed (Side missions and planet scanning included) and I have 1 (ONE) pistol upgrade. Thats it. One pistol improvement.

Amour - In Mass Effect, this could either give you more shields, or give you more damage reduction, or even give you biotic protection. You could enhance it allowing it to boost your abilities, heal you, or reduce damage from certain types. In Mass Effect 2 - This does not exist.


Planet Scanning - A once optional thing, that you just press a button with and its done, we are not faced with a FORCED part of game play. If you want any upgrades at all (Which replace weapon/Armour buying I guess). You have to scan fucking planets. Not only is it more time consuming now, but its also necessary. So you have to sit here, dragging your mouse across the screen, watching a meter and clicking waiting for a probe to land, and starting again. Best not miss a mineral patch either. Its really really pointless, annoying, and infuriating.

Powers - In Mass Effect, this assumed the role of an RPG. After you level up, your given skill points to invest in a large chart of abilities. Ranging from Upgrading your weapon damage, increasing your hp/shields, giving you new powers, improving your teamates. Each point gives you immediate benefits, with special powers unlock every so many points put into the skill. Until you "Master" something. In Mass Effect 2, every time you level up, your giving 2 squad points, and have an option of placing it in 5 different categories. Each category has the same ranking system, first upgrade is 1 point, second is 2, third is 3, and the last one costs 4. This means that lots of times when you level up, you get no benefits at all, because you Only have 2, of the 3/4 points you need, and have to wait another god damn level to get any benefits at all. This means that fighting isnt as it should be, because your not really gaining any levels. The boosts they provide are retarded "+15.00% to health" which gives me like 12 hp. Yippe. "+5.00%" to damage...I dont see any effect, and I dont even know what fucking damage I do in the first place.

Dialogs - This is mostly the same between Mass Effect, and its sequel. But the big issue is that in the second one, after you as a question, it doesnt go away, and alot of the time, you just keep getting the same script repeated to you... Lazy on their part.

One thing that I did like is that they removed the Mecho gameplay. That thing was 100% OP, and really just wasted lots of my time trying to get over a fucking mountain. Also, the fact that you can do paragon stuff during talking. Of course, when you can do it is predetermined, and doesnt ever change, options to do paragon still exist at 100% regenade, and vice versa, and you can only do renegade sometimes, and paragon other times. Pointless.

All in all, the stripped out alot of the RPG elements, making it around 90% a shooter game with lots of dialog, a crummy weapon and ammo system.

That really doesn't seem all too much more enjoyable, I play Single Player games when I'm alone, since it's a game made for one person at a time, if I'm going to be interacting with other people. setting up a lan and playing like Diablo 2 or some MMO would seem more fun.

Also, not everyone has a hard on for Oblivion.

I also enjoy the competition of multiplayer games alot more then playing a single player game, but you cant just discredit it automatically for everyone. Hence why I offered both types of games in my recommendation. I dont know what he enjoys, so I try to offer many different things.


And also, EVERYONE should have a hard on for oblivion.

[Joanna]

Sure.

Ammo - In Mass Effect, you can shoot all you want. Sure, you have to take breaks (No spread forever), or your gun will overheat, but you dont have to count your ammo. Thats a godsend. No more, sitting behind cover, aiming until you can be sure you can hit. Shooting once and making sure its dead to conserve ammo. The gameplay was fast and simple. In Mass Effect 2, they introduced this bullshit called "Thermal Clips". What does this mean? It means that you have to run around, collecting ammo after you kill someone, you have to conserve your shots. Not only do they hardly give you enough ammo, they fail to let you purchase more after missions (To stock up), and they give you different ammo for weapons you dont even use (I only use the pistol, why do I have 250 submachine gun bullets, why are they still dropping after I am full on ammo?). They used this horrible implementation of ammo, as a method of including their "Heavy Weapons". Its stupid. They should have just added Heavy Weapons ammo only. Now the gameplay is slow and sluggish, spending several minutes finding ammo, and sometimes not being able to win a fight for a long time, due to having no ammo, and hiding behind cover while your abilities "recharge"


Weapons - In Mass Effect, you can find weapons, or find a dealer and buy some sweet weapons. You where given rate of fire, accuracy, damage, and shots before you overheat. You could review each weapon, decide which suited you best, and use that weapon. Then you could even customize the additions to that weapon, giving it more damage, more shots before it overheats, or even improve your radar. In Mass Effect 2, you rarely find any weapons on a mission, and you cant even buy weapons. They dont tell you anything about the weapon. You gain a nice little "backstory" on the weapon, and thats all you know. Damage, ammo clip size, accuracy. None of that is known to you. Its a guessing game. I have 53% of the game completed (Side missions and planet scanning included) and I have 1 (ONE) pistol upgrade. Thats it. One pistol improvement.

Amour - In Mass Effect, this could either give you more shields, or give you more damage reduction, or even give you biotic protection. You could enhance it allowing it to boost your abilities, heal you, or reduce damage from certain types. In Mass Effect 2 - This does not exist.


Planet Scanning - A once optional thing, that you just press a button with and its done, we are not faced with a FORCED part of game play. If you want any upgrades at all (Which replace weapon/Armour buying I guess). You have to scan fucking planets. Not only is it more time consuming now, but its also necessary. So you have to sit here, dragging your mouse across the screen, watching a meter and clicking waiting for a probe to land, and starting again. Best not miss a mineral patch either. Its really really pointless, annoying, and infuriating.

Powers - In Mass Effect, this assumed the role of an RPG. After you level up, your given skill points to invest in a large chart of abilities. Ranging from Upgrading your weapon damage, increasing your hp/shields, giving you new powers, improving your teamates. Each point gives you immediate benefits, with special powers unlock every so many points put into the skill. Until you "Master" something. In Mass Effect 2, every time you level up, your giving 2 squad points, and have an option of placing it in 5 different categories. Each category has the same ranking system, first upgrade is 1 point, second is 2, third is 3, and the last one costs 4. This means that lots of times when you level up, you get no benefits at all, because you Only have 2, of the 3/4 points you need, and have to wait another god damn level to get any benefits at all. This means that fighting isnt as it should be, because your not really gaining any levels. The boosts they provide are retarded "+15.00% to health" which gives me like 12 hp. Yippe. "+5.00%" to damage...I dont see any effect, and I dont even know what fucking damage I do in the first place.

Dialogs - This is mostly the same between Mass Effect, and its sequel. But the big issue is that in the second one, after you as a question, it doesnt go away, and alot of the time, you just keep getting the same script repeated to you... Lazy on their part.

One thing that I did like is that they removed the Mecho gameplay. That thing was 100% OP, and really just wasted lots of my time trying to get over a fucking mountain. Also, the fact that you can do paragon stuff during talking. Of course, when you can do it is predetermined, and doesnt ever change, options to do paragon still exist at 100% regenade, and vice versa, and you can only do renegade sometimes, and paragon other times. Pointless.
.

And also, EVERYONE should have a hard on for oblivion.

Agreed... and SUPER Agree.

I mean, I still loveddd the game. I thought it was brilliant. If I wasn't in class I would go into detail, but maybe later.
You make sincere and valid points. I thought they fixed a lot of the stupid that was in Mass Effect... but I guess I didn't really pay that much attention. I was just super excited that there was a new game... and that there is going to be another.

[iargue]

Agreed... and SUPER Agree.

I mean, I still loveddd the game. I thought it was brilliant. If I wasn't in class I would go into detail, but maybe later.
You make sincere and valid points. I thought they fixed a lot of the stupid that was in Mass Effect... but I guess I didn't really pay that much attention. I was just super excited that there was a new game... and that there is going to be another.

It always sucks when you love the first game, but the second one doesnt live up to the name. .

If there is one thing that I do know, it is video games. XD. I'm an avid gamer, who somehow still manages to game despite having a girlfriend and a job (And soon school again). With the amount of games that I play, I am very used to disappointment. I cant still enjoy the game because I enjoy the combat style, its very well done (Except for the ammo bullshit). I honestly think the RPG system is fake though. My HP doesnt bother to go up.

[Joanna]

My favorite part might be that I bought a hamster for the loft. Lol. Just Kidding.

[iargue]

My favorite part might be that I bought a hamster for the loft. Lol. Just Kidding.

Still waiting to have sex like in the last one . What was the point of me sleeping with ashle in the last game, if she still hates me in this one? I figured she would join my crew when I met up with her