What games are you playing at the moment.
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Finally finished Read Dead Redemption, well the story at any rate. I might go back to it at some stage to finish the challenges. Alan Wake next once I get some time
Michael
I'm sorry to say that I'm still plugging away at Mass Effect 2 - for some reason I've felt a bit less motivated to finish it than I did with the first. I think it was something to do with messing up my chances with Miranda - WHY WHY??? So gutting
I've actually been playing Ace Combat 6 and Forza III on the XBOX 360 - seemingly pretty easy to jump in and out of.
Star Wars: The Old Republic sits at the top of my most wanted list at the moment.
That and possibly also Crysis 2 and Civ V.
Michael Brookes
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Michael Brookes
Game Director
Pioneer and loving it! Even if it is a bit buggy, its slowly getting there!
Go on Michael, download it and give it a go, I promise I wont tell anyone!
http://pioneerspacesim.net/download
Even if it is a bit buggy, its slowly getting there! Go on Michael, download it and give it a go, I promise I wont tell anyone!
http://pioneerspacesim.net/download
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Yeah I picked up Alan Wake last night - not bad - the camera control gets a bit frantic when you're getting attacked but otherwise kinda cool so far.
Red Dead is sitting on the Coffee table for later on... Still haven't finished ME2 tho...
i dont normaly like grand thieft auto games but despite being almost the same i really enjoyed red dead... loved it. didnt enjoy alan wake however..... i think u need to change the order ur playing them in! : )
Heh - I think Red Dead will get picked up this evening I think. Just finished Alan Wake - it was a little unfulfilling but interesting enough to keep me engaged. In all worth the play IMO.
after 3 months of on off play and all of the last week i've finaly finished the elite like dark star one on the 360. well i say finished but it lets u play on after the end which is always nice.its nowhere near as good as frontier but i enjoyed it and until/unless elite 4 comes out it will do me.
I personally thought that Dark Star One was a disappointment. It felt like a bubblegum space shooter that just got horribly repetitive.
Now Red Dead Redemption - I am utterly utterly hooked. What a game and what an environment. It's lovely - totally immersed in the western thing. Brilliant game and deffo better than Alan Wake.
dont get me wrong, like i said its no where near as good as frontier but due to the lack of anything else in a simliar mold for the 360 it'll do
i'd still much rather have elite 4 or even a remake of frontier for the xbox live market place (hint.....) as for red dead, told ya! im not often right so i'll enjoy it while i can
i did enjoy shooting those pesky women who kept trying to steal my horse out in the middle of nowhere after i stoped to help them. serves em right for being ungratful
Completed ME1 and about halfway through ME2, nice story
Check out the books as well
They're a nice compliment to the story - I'm currently reading the third one in preparation for ME3dont get me wrong, like i said its no where near as good as frontier but due to the lack of anything else in a simliar mold for the 360 it'll do
as for red dead, told ya! im not often right so i'll enjoy it while i can
i did enjoy shooting those pesky women who kept trying to steal my horse out in the middle of nowhere after i stoped to help them. serves em right for being ungratful
ah see I'm nice - I drill the guys waiting for me with my Dead Eye and then let her run - good for the Karma
I like to be the nice guy!Michael Brookes
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im thinking of getting the new f1 game,just waiting to see some reviews
I've got it - I've been playing it on easy for the last couple of days. It's not bad but I think I will be investing in a steering wheel as playing with a console controller is a little innacurate at times. I got it via Steam as that seemed to be the best price (for once they aren't trying to rip off gamers... surprising...).
It's damn purdy and fairly rewarding - I need to work up the cahoones to play on a harder level tho - I don't like losing
Currently I'm playing a completely forgotten game/gem called Azrael's Tear.
It's sort of a hybrid between System Shock and traditional adventure game, casting you in the role of a futuristic tomb robber equipped with a highly computerized helmet riddled with sensors and varied scanning equipment (an aborted military project), an assault rifle and your own brain. Make no mistake, however - action elements are mostly optional and very minor in this game, the romanticism of the profession of rogue archaeologist is also absent, along with acrobatics, rolling boulders and pair of large, polyhedral bewbs - here you're member of a newly arisen (due to tectonic upheaval unearthing many previously unknown sites, combined with availability of aforementioned hi-tech gear) caste of individuals, who are in it for profit and have no compunctions about making lives of the competition nasty, brutish and short.
Your adventure starts with you entering a site in Scotland which is evidenced to be a probable resting place of Holy Grail. The plot, however, seems to be very different and much darker than the usual fare - as far as I can tell at this moment. There is a lot of emphasis on dialogue (which doesn't boil down to just exploring dialogue trees), atmosphere, and the game seems to incorporate a lot of choices - from what I've heard, there are several different possible endings. The helmet's capabilities are put to good use as well, as constant textual feedback you receive through your HUD and consisting of results of various scans as well as the computer interpretation of various data expands your senses far beyond those of an ordinary man.
From more technical side, the game was released in 1996, is fully 3D, has excellent voice acting, midi music of I_can't_believe_it_isn't_cd_audio quality, and will make your computer cry blood when ran in DOSBox. On the other hand running it natively makes it work at mental pace, so you'd do best by sticking with DOSBox and purchasing sizeable amount of liquid helium to help your CPU cope with this new challenge.
It's sort of a hybrid between System Shock and traditional adventure game, casting you in the role of a futuristic tomb robber equipped with a highly computerized helmet riddled with sensors and varied scanning equipment (an aborted military project), an assault rifle and your own brain. Make no mistake, however - action elements are mostly optional and very minor in this game, the romanticism of the profession of rogue archaeologist is also absent, along with acrobatics, rolling boulders and pair of large, polyhedral bewbs - here you're member of a newly arisen (due to tectonic upheaval unearthing many previously unknown sites, combined with availability of aforementioned hi-tech gear) caste of individuals, who are in it for profit and have no compunctions about making lives of the competition nasty, brutish and short.
Your adventure starts with you entering a site in Scotland which is evidenced to be a probable resting place of Holy Grail. The plot, however, seems to be very different and much darker than the usual fare - as far as I can tell at this moment. There is a lot of emphasis on dialogue (which doesn't boil down to just exploring dialogue trees), atmosphere, and the game seems to incorporate a lot of choices - from what I've heard, there are several different possible endings. The helmet's capabilities are put to good use as well, as constant textual feedback you receive through your HUD and consisting of results of various scans as well as the computer interpretation of various data expands your senses far beyond those of an ordinary man.
From more technical side, the game was released in 1996, is fully 3D, has excellent voice acting, midi music of I_can't_believe_it_isn't_cd_audio quality, and will make your computer cry blood when ran in DOSBox. On the other hand running it natively makes it work at mental pace, so you'd do best by sticking with DOSBox and purchasing sizeable amount of liquid helium to help your CPU cope with this new challenge.
i went and bought it and all i can say is blimey its hard! ive been playing it on easy with all the driving assists on but im still pretty inconsitent. i am driving for lotus thou..... its got until friday to impress me as fifa 11 will be out but along with fallout new vegas and fable 3 october is gonna be an expensive month thou that should be it for games for me this year : )