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[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:
Anyone play the new Xcom game that came out during the summer? I am wanting to get it, but if it sucks a@@ I do not want to waste the money.

I played the original Xcom back in high school and could not stop playing it, and yes that was 22 years ago.[/quote]

You mean the turn based tactical X-Com?

Yes!

Its awesome. [/quote]

I am going to go pick it up then. I have picked it up three times at the store and just have not bought it. I will buy one tonight

Thanks Orion.
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There is an ego shooter though that semmingly sucks donkey balls, so caveat emptor.
[/quote]

What is an “ego shooter”? I do not play a lot of games, and really have not had much time with young kids and no game room to send them to. I am selective in my games, and when I buy one I play it over and over and over again. Almost got divorced over World of Warcraft. My wife though loved watching me play Skyrim because it was like watching a movie. You did not know what would come up next.
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An Ego shooter is like Doom, which really set the standard.

You just run around in the ME, ME, ME perspective and kill people.

[/quote]

The whole game is an ego shooter, or just a portion of it?
[/quote]

No, there is X-Com which is precisely as you remember it, I played it too in Highschool


Well, no underwater stuff


There is X-Com The Bureau or some such which is an Ego Shooter that got voted down somehwat fiercely. [/quote]

No consistent base assualting in the revamped XCOM though, but they did add in a sudden base defense mission with the new expansion, the failure of which leads to a direct fail state for the game, it’s also really hard and people will be lost. It’s one of the most fun parts of Enemy Within. The new multi-part council missions with the psionic squad-member (like the ones in the slingshot DLC with Zhang) are fun too, nice settings for them.[/quote]

Hey, must get DLCs then, because yes, Base assaults only make sense.

But, when the original came out, you were like 2.

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[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:
Anyone play the new Xcom game that came out during the summer? I am wanting to get it, but if it sucks a@@ I do not want to waste the money.

I played the original Xcom back in high school and could not stop playing it, and yes that was 22 years ago.[/quote]

You mean the turn based tactical X-Com?

Yes!

Its awesome. [/quote]

I am going to go pick it up then. I have picked it up three times at the store and just have not bought it. I will buy one tonight

Thanks Orion.
[/quote]
There is an ego shooter though that semmingly sucks donkey balls, so caveat emptor.
[/quote]

What is an “ego shooter”? I do not play a lot of games, and really have not had much time with young kids and no game room to send them to. I am selective in my games, and when I buy one I play it over and over and over again. Almost got divorced over World of Warcraft. My wife though loved watching me play Skyrim because it was like watching a movie. You did not know what would come up next.
[/quote]

An Ego shooter is like Doom, which really set the standard.

You just run around in the ME, ME, ME perspective and kill people.

[/quote]

The whole game is an ego shooter, or just a portion of it?
[/quote]

No, there is X-Com which is precisely as you remember it, I played it too in Highschool


Well, no underwater stuff


There is X-Com The Bureau or some such which is an Ego Shooter that got voted down somehwat fiercely. [/quote]

No consistent base assualting in the revamped XCOM though, but they did add in a sudden base defense mission with the new expansion, the failure of which leads to a direct fail state for the game, it’s also really hard and people will be lost. It’s one of the most fun parts of Enemy Within. The new multi-part council missions with the psionic squad-member (like the ones in the slingshot DLC with Zhang) are fun too, nice settings for them.[/quote]

Hey, must get DLCs then, because yes, Base assaults only make sense.

But, when the original came out, you were like 2. [/quote]

It is definitely worth it, there’s a ton more variety in UFO landing sites as well, not just forest and woodland stuff any more.

I went back and played the original for a bit after buying Enemy Unknown when it first came out and hearing all the flack about base assaults being gone and the change to interceptors and stuff. I didn’t play all too much of it because I was too focused on the newer one, but I’m glad that they’ve added a base assault in with this expansion.

The new terrorist EXALT thing they have going is kind of fun, but they don’t really become a threat later on, they don’t progress quickly enough to pose much of a problem, just an inconvenience, stressful early game though.

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[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:
Anyone play the new Xcom game that came out during the summer? I am wanting to get it, but if it sucks a@@ I do not want to waste the money.

I played the original Xcom back in high school and could not stop playing it, and yes that was 22 years ago.[/quote]

You mean the turn based tactical X-Com?

Yes!

Its awesome. [/quote]

I am going to go pick it up then. I have picked it up three times at the store and just have not bought it. I will buy one tonight

Thanks Orion.
[/quote]
There is an ego shooter though that semmingly sucks donkey balls, so caveat emptor.
[/quote]

What is an “ego shooter”? I do not play a lot of games, and really have not had much time with young kids and no game room to send them to. I am selective in my games, and when I buy one I play it over and over and over again. Almost got divorced over World of Warcraft. My wife though loved watching me play Skyrim because it was like watching a movie. You did not know what would come up next.
[/quote]

An Ego shooter is like Doom, which really set the standard.

You just run around in the ME, ME, ME perspective and kill people.

[/quote]

The whole game is an ego shooter, or just a portion of it?
[/quote]

No, there is X-Com which is precisely as you remember it, I played it too in Highschool


Well, no underwater stuff


There is X-Com The Bureau or some such which is an Ego Shooter that got voted down somehwat fiercely. [/quote]

No consistent base assualting in the revamped XCOM though, but they did add in a sudden base defense mission with the new expansion, the failure of which leads to a direct fail state for the game, it’s also really hard and people will be lost. It’s one of the most fun parts of Enemy Within. The new multi-part council missions with the psionic squad-member (like the ones in the slingshot DLC with Zhang) are fun too, nice settings for them.[/quote]

Hey, must get DLCs then, because yes, Base assaults only make sense.

But, when the original came out, you were like 2. [/quote]

It is definitely worth it, there’s a ton more variety in UFO landing sites as well, not just forest and woodland stuff any more.

I went back and played the original for a bit after buying Enemy Unknown when it first came out and hearing all the flack about base assaults being gone and the change to interceptors and stuff. I didn’t play all too much of it because I was too focused on the newer one, but I’m glad that they’ve added a base assault in with this expansion.

The new terrorist EXALT thing they have going is kind of fun, but they don’t really become a threat later on, they don’t progress quickly enough to pose much of a problem, just an inconvenience, stressful early game though.[/quote]

If you do it right, yes, but the first terrorist attack is no fun.

Later on I am just like pew, pew but the first one is Noooooooooo!!!, Noooooooooo!!!.

Except the one with the bridge, I always clean that up pretty quick


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[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]Big Kahuna wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:

[quote]orion wrote:

[quote]dmaddox wrote:
Anyone play the new Xcom game that came out during the summer? I am wanting to get it, but if it sucks a@@ I do not want to waste the money.

I played the original Xcom back in high school and could not stop playing it, and yes that was 22 years ago.[/quote]

You mean the turn based tactical X-Com?

Yes!

Its awesome. [/quote]

I am going to go pick it up then. I have picked it up three times at the store and just have not bought it. I will buy one tonight

Thanks Orion.
[/quote]
There is an ego shooter though that semmingly sucks donkey balls, so caveat emptor.
[/quote]

What is an “ego shooter”? I do not play a lot of games, and really have not had much time with young kids and no game room to send them to. I am selective in my games, and when I buy one I play it over and over and over again. Almost got divorced over World of Warcraft. My wife though loved watching me play Skyrim because it was like watching a movie. You did not know what would come up next.
[/quote]

An Ego shooter is like Doom, which really set the standard.

You just run around in the ME, ME, ME perspective and kill people.

[/quote]

The whole game is an ego shooter, or just a portion of it?
[/quote]

No, there is X-Com which is precisely as you remember it, I played it too in Highschool


Well, no underwater stuff


There is X-Com The Bureau or some such which is an Ego Shooter that got voted down somehwat fiercely. [/quote]

No consistent base assualting in the revamped XCOM though, but they did add in a sudden base defense mission with the new expansion, the failure of which leads to a direct fail state for the game, it’s also really hard and people will be lost. It’s one of the most fun parts of Enemy Within. The new multi-part council missions with the psionic squad-member (like the ones in the slingshot DLC with Zhang) are fun too, nice settings for them.[/quote]

Hey, must get DLCs then, because yes, Base assaults only make sense.

But, when the original came out, you were like 2. [/quote]

It is definitely worth it, there’s a ton more variety in UFO landing sites as well, not just forest and woodland stuff any more.

I went back and played the original for a bit after buying Enemy Unknown when it first came out and hearing all the flack about base assaults being gone and the change to interceptors and stuff. I didn’t play all too much of it because I was too focused on the newer one, but I’m glad that they’ve added a base assault in with this expansion.

The new terrorist EXALT thing they have going is kind of fun, but they don’t really become a threat later on, they don’t progress quickly enough to pose much of a problem, just an inconvenience, stressful early game though.[/quote]

If you do it right, yes, but the first terrorist attack is no fun.

Later on I am just like pew, pew but the first one is Noooooooooo!!!, Noooooooooo!!!.

Except the one with the bridge, I always clean that up pretty quick
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I expect the game to lose more of it’s shine again once everything stops being new after 1-2 playthroughs, but I think I’m okay with that, there’s still a lot more to play around with. I could always try to complete it on Impossible, that would take up a lot of time.

Have you tried to Arc stun one of the EXALT operatives? Kind of surprised me when I first tried that.

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This looks bad ass:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1719019/amazing-spider-man-venom-sinister-six-spin-off.jhtml

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[quote]GeneticSynergy9 wrote:
This looks bad ass:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1719019/amazing-spider-man-venom-sinister-six-spin-off.jhtml[/quote]

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1719044/casting-venom-spiderman-spinoff.jhtml

Who in the hell came up with this list??

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[quote]jbpick86 wrote:

[quote]GeneticSynergy9 wrote:
This looks bad ass:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1719019/amazing-spider-man-venom-sinister-six-spin-off.jhtml[/quote]

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1719044/casting-venom-spiderman-spinoff.jhtml

Who in the hell came up with this list??[/quote]

Worst list ever


Tom hardy would make a pretty good Brock, would have to play him a bit like Tommy in Warrior. Word on the street was they were trying to take the Flash Thompson Venom route a while back. I am a huge agent venom fan but they need to go the black spidey/brock/separation route first.

That dude who played Rorschach in Watchmen would make the best Carnage/Kasady everrrrrrrrrrr

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Treated myself to a 2ds today with Pokemon Y and Donkey Kong Country. Pretty good shit so far.

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Speed Demos Archive started their annual Awesome Games Done Quick yesterday. It’s a week long speedrunning marathon with proceeds going to cancer research.

www.speeddemosarchive.com

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For all you tech fucks, a peek into CES 2014

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: O

PS4 just got its first must have title for me.

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[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:

: O

PS4 just got its first must have title for me.[/quote]
Oh my I hope it’s good. I don’t know if I can take another hurt so soon after what they did with Colonial Marines.

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^I just read a preview. I’m pretty sure it made me shit my pants.

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Mmmmm yes.

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Michael Douglas cast as Hank Pym? I did not see that coming


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May be hope for Man of Steel 2/ Superman vs Batman yet as it’s been delayed.

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[quote]GeneticSynergy9 wrote:
This looks bad ass:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1719019/amazing-spider-man-venom-sinister-six-spin-off.jhtml[/quote]

Venom short film:

Wouldn’t have thought of Ryan Kwanten as an obvious choice for Eddie Brock, but he does a decent job in this.

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Needed to consult my fellow nerds. Just finished my grad school apps so I now have time for video games again.

Keep in mind this is for the PS3. Should I get The Last of Us, Diablo 3, or AC4?

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[quote]GrizzlyBerg wrote:
Needed to consult my fellow nerds. Just finished my grad school apps so I now have time for video games again.

Keep in mind this is for the PS3. Should I get The Last of Us, Diablo 3, or AC4?[/quote]

The Last of Us. Single player was my favourite gaming experience of this console generation, incredibly satisfying and gritty multiplayer also.

I got Diablo 3 but i’ve yet to complete it because my interest kind of fizzled out in the last act.

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[quote]GrizzlyBerg wrote:
Needed to consult my fellow nerds. Just finished my grad school apps so I now have time for video games again.

Keep in mind this is for the PS3. Should I get The Last of Us, Diablo 3, or AC4?[/quote]

AC4 has become my favorite Assassins Creed. Shit is just fun plain and simple.