What video/computer game are you currently playing?

[Haggis_McMutton]

conquerclub

> can't believe no one said that yet.

[bedub1]

conquerclub

> can't believe no one said that yet.

If you are going to talk about conquerclub you need to move to general. We only talk about off-topics here.

[Army of GOD]

San Andreas

I'm looking to beat it 100% again.

>mfw I just killed Pulaski, that fat pig

[Timminz]

Gran Turismo 5. I've been playing it pretty solidly for almost a year and a half. I would like to get the platinum trophy, although I don't know if it'll happen.

[DiM]

much prefer games of the nature of Risk, Civilization, Chess...the one-move-at-a-time-and-now-it's-your-turn style. Though simultaneous moves are also great. But I don't care as much for real-time unless the strategy is just incredible.

have you tried crusader kings 2? it's extremely complex and awesome.

It doesn't ring a bell. I'll have to check it out. What sort of a "style" is it? The back of my mind is trying to tell me that it's similar to the Age of Empires series?

also any of the total war games are brilliant (assuming you actually take your time and fight all battles and don't autoresolve them)

I enjoyed Shogun Total War a great deal. I haven't played the other editions very much at all.

crusader kings 2 is closer to the total war series than to the AoE series.
here's a video review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09rB7AlDOjI

i too am a big fan of strategies. unfortunately i do not have the time to play them as i like. nowadays i mostly play games that allow me to have quick fun in short periods of time.
for example i'm at work now so i can do a few races in insane 2 or play a few matches in fifa 12.
crusader things is something that can't be played in 10 minute intervals.
i usually save good strategy games for when i have a few free days in a row.

[rdsrds2120]

The majority of my gametime is spent on Battle For Wesnoth (I'm telling you people, if you like strategy games...and I KNOW YOU DO...you gotta get this...it's free!).

Aside from that, I still hit up Zoo Tycoon, Neverwinter Nights, Blood Bowl and FIFA 09 (I don't like the later versions much, as their manager modes blow, and that's what I enjoy).

Strategy games, eh? Have you ever played any Fire Emblem games?

It does not ring any bells...any titles I should look up specifically?

I should point out that I HATE HATE HATE first-person-shooter style games. I much prefer games of the nature of Risk, Civilization, Chess...the one-move-at-a-time-and-now-it's-your-turn style. Though simultaneous moves are also great. But I don't care as much for real-time unless the strategy is just incredible.

Good Christ, Fire Emblem is just that. They're Nintendo based, but you can download emulation software and have the SNES or GameBoy/DS games run on your computer nicely. There are also GC and Wii titles available. I don't know that you'll like the story very much, but the actual gameplay is very Risk and Chesslike, where each piece can move a certain number of squares from a starting position on a board to advance in a turn-by-turn system like chess. The difference, however, is that all of your pieces can move each turn, and like Chess, some are more valuable than others.

Furthermore, and this is perhaps the best (yet most frustrating) part of these game is that you have the same team from mission to mission, so if someone dies in mission 2, they're permanently dead, and you don't get them back. Granted, you get more as the game progresses, but they're usually weaker, as is the consequence of being foolish and letting too many of your people die.

-rd

[greenoaks]

i am trying to play Civ 5 but Steam is giving me the shits

[Army of GOD]

i am trying to play Civ 5 but Steam is giving me the shits

I feel like V was a downgrade from IV. I can't stand their decision to remove religion.

[shieldgenerator7]

I used to play Space Empires V awhile back, a pretty good strategy game,
but now when I do game I'm usually playing some MLP fan game or Pokemon Fire Red to see how overpoweredly I can defeat my opponents.

-SG7 ( )

[greenoaks]

i am trying to play Civ 5 but Steam is giving me the shits

I feel like V was a downgrade from IV. I can't stand their decision to remove religion.

i haven't got to that yet, still trying to register my game of the year version with Steam

[whitestazn88]

slowly picking through skyrim, looking to get mass effect 3 soon, but i don't like to spend money on games when I only play like 2 hours a week. def gonna get the last of us though.

and hoping to get a new laptop/pc sometime in the next few months to play that diablo 3, but i don't want to spend money on a new rig when the one i've got right now is usable for everything i need aside from gaming.

[Woodruff]

slowly picking through skyrim, looking to get mass effect 3 soon, but i don't like to spend money on games when I only play like 2 hours a week. def gonna get the last of us though.

and hoping to get a new laptop/pc sometime in the next few months to play that diablo 3, but i don't want to spend money on a new rig when the one i've got right now is usable for everything i need aside from gaming.

You say "aside from gaming" as if that matters.

[DiM]

i am trying to play Civ 5 but Steam is giving me the shits

I feel like V was a downgrade from IV. I can't stand their decision to remove religion.

+1

i can't stop thinking they did it to somehow become more politically correct and at the same time dumb down the game.

however once i heard they plan an expansion it was clear they only did it for profit.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/02/16/civilization-v-expansion-adds-religion-spies.aspx

once the expansion is out i'll give civ5 another chance and maybe this time it will sit on my hdd more than a few days.

[DiM]

looking to get mass effect 3 soon, but i don't like to spend money on games when I only play like 2 hours a week. def gonna get the last of us though.

don't bother with ME3. it's slightly better than ME2 but still nothing more than a mediocre game (at best).
it's so dumbed down it makes me sick. it's not an rpg it's not a 3rd person shooter. it's repetitive and frankly even the graphics kinda suck. all you do is use the same weapon throughout the game, you always shoot from cover because the level designers made sure you have a crate, a mound of debris, or something else. even advancing from A to B is actually a series of jumps from one cover place to another. a completely artificial feeling. oh and they ruined the illusive man.

[whitestazn88]

looking to get mass effect 3 soon, but i don't like to spend money on games when I only play like 2 hours a week. def gonna get the last of us though.

don't bother with ME3. it's slightly better than ME2 but still nothing more than a mediocre game (at best).
it's so dumbed down it makes me sick. it's not an rpg it's not a 3rd person shooter. it's repetitive and frankly even the graphics kinda suck. all you do is use the same weapon throughout the game, you always shoot from cover because the level designers made sure you have a crate, a mound of debris, or something else. even advancing from A to B is actually a series of jumps from one cover place to another. a completely artificial feeling. oh and they ruined the illusive man.

well gosh, i just wanted another chance at boning tiara or whatever that alien body suit wearing chicks name is. thanks for ruining it for me.