Video Game Thread

[TSD]

Here is what they need to fix in my opinion.



Online play needs to slow down.



AI needs to learn hockey 101.



AI needs faster reaction.



AI needs to learn to "see" passing lanes. In BAP I can't tell you how many times there was a sweet lane to me in prime real estate but by the time I called for it and the game decided to pass to me the lane was gone. However a human player would have seen that lane and sent me the puck (actually with other people I do most the sending).



AI Dmen need to stop being able to blind reach behind them grab Xcrease passes, that or give that ability to human Dmen.

Bring back defense, seriously playing D in NHL12 was like slamming your dick in a door whilst all the other entries if you were good at D you made the opposing team's life suck.



Find a balance with hitting, I have high strength, high balance, decent size, and still get rocked non stop and I am talking about hits that should at best make me just lose the puck

Thats the problem with be a pro single player. If you are playing a Sniper or Power Forward, you literally have to skate it in and create your own scoring chances, or just hope to shovel in rebounds. The CPU sucks at seeing when you are open, and often times they have already decided to do something stupid so thrash the call for pass button all you like, nuthin doin. i.e. I can't count how many times Ive been coming up the middle with a guy on the wing carrying the puck....2 on 1, what does he do? tees up a slap shot from a bad angle shortly after going over the blue line....WHAT THE ****. Although I think that has more to do with line changes. When its deemed time to change lines, you could have a 5 on 0 going and the CPU would just get rid of the puck just over the blue line.

 

[supraman]

Thats the problem with be a pro single player. If you are playing a Sniper or Power Forward, you literally have to skate it in and create your own scoring chances, or just hope to shovel in rebounds. The CPU sucks at seeing when you are open, and often times they have already decided to do something stupid so thrash the call for pass button all you like, nuthin doin. i.e. I can't count how many times Ive been coming up the middle with a guy on the wing carrying the puck....2 on 1, what does he do? tees up a slap shot from a bad angle shortly after going over the blue line....WHAT THE ****. Although I think that has more to do with line changes. When its deemed time to change lines, you could have a 5 on 0 going and the CPU would just get rid of the puck just over the blue line.

Like I said hockey 101

 

[MassHavoc]

Boarderlands 2. That is all.

 

[LordKOTL]

Wake me when they do a remake of Shadow Warrior, Descent, or Heretic.

 

[MassHavoc]

Why so they can **** up the originals?

 

[LordKOTL]

Somehow I think the only game of those that would be easy to screw up is Shadow Warrior, and that's only if the PC simps have their say rather than locking them in a chemical toilet and setting them on fire.

 

[BigPete]

Is it bad that I am addicted to Wii LEGO games? I just finished Harry Potter Years 1-4 and started on Years 5-7.



There is just something relaxing about mindlessly collecting coins and blowing shit up with a magic wand.

 

[Ymono37]

Is it bad that I am addicted to Wii LEGO games? I just finished Harry Potter Years 1-4 and started on Years 5-7.



There is just something relaxing about mindlessly collecting coins and blowing shit up with a magic wand.

I don't think there's anything wrong with it.... I still want to get the second Batman one (and the second HP one). I've played most of them on the Nintendo DS, but I'm thinking of going to a bigger platform for Batman 2.

 

[BigPete]

I don't think there's anything wrong with it.... I still want to get the second Batman one (and the second HP one). I've played most of them on the Nintendo DS, but I'm thinking of going to a bigger platform for Batman 2.

I looked at Batman2 at the store yesterday. Apparently it is the first time ever that they talk instead of grunt and mumble.



HP2 has some wicked graphics with Sirius' head in the fire. The rest is typical Wii graphics though, kind of dark too (I guess it goes with the theme).



I collected or bought nearly every last thing on HP1 but I couldn't get the last 4 bricks in the great hall for some reason. Pissed me off so I gave up and started HP2 last week.

 

[MassHavoc]

Mind numbing is good.... I was addicted to Coin Dozer on my phone for a little while, haha. Still to this day I have never bought a single app for my phone.

 

[Ymono37]

Mind numbing is good.... I was addicted to Coin Dozer on my phone for a little while, haha. Still to this day I have never bought a single app for my phone.

Since I just got an iPhone, I'm late to the game - but Words with Friends always amuses because of my love of crosswords and I actually have been getting into the Simpson's Tapped Out - which is like a parody of Farmville, Animal Crossings and Sim City.

I looked at Batman2 at the store yesterday. Apparently it is the first time ever that they talk instead of grunt and mumble.



HP2 has some wicked graphics with Sirius' head in the fire. The rest is typical Wii graphics though, kind of dark too (I guess it goes with the theme).



I collected or bought nearly every last thing on HP1 but I couldn't get the last 4 bricks in the great hall for some reason. Pissed me off so I gave up and started HP2 last week.

I think with the OG HP I got about an 89% and that was good enough for me... mostly got bored replaying things just to get more "knuts" to purchase unlockables (the ones you could only get through purchasing and not just making achievements throughout the game).



Did a similar thing with the first Batman, too - we'll see how it goes when I eventually pick up the second Batman.



How is the gameplay for the Lego games on Wii? I just got one and have played Lego games only on either the DS or PS2...

 

[MassHavoc]

I can only stand those for so long, and I try to stay away from a lot of them simply because of the data mining and access they grant. It's kind like my harping on people liking everything on facebook because they think it's cool and the way to go, little do they know they are granting all kinds of permissions to anyone and anythign you like. You'll notice there is a nice popup now when you like something that tells you exactly what they get access too. What little I did like before, I've stopped doing it all together now. I used to play DrawSomething a boatload, I stopped and uninstalled when Zynga bought it.

 

[BigPete]

I think with the OG HP I got about an 89% and that was good enough for me... mostly got bored replaying things just to get more "knuts" to purchase unlockables (the ones you could only get through purchasing and not just making achievements throughout the game).



Did a similar thing with the first Batman, too - we'll see how it goes when I eventually pick up the second Batman.



How is the gameplay for the Lego games on Wii? I just got one and have played Lego games only on either the DS or PS2...

Did you go into the "Extras" and activate your red brick cheats? You can get "knuts x2, x4, x8, x10" and make beau coup money in seconds. Then you can buy whatever you want.



The game play is pretty formulaic regardless of platform. The big annoyance during regular level play is watching all the damn story videos. In Free Play you can skip that stuff.

 

[Ymono37]

Did you go into the "Extras" and activate your red brick cheats? You can get "knuts x2, x4, x8, x10" and make beau coup money in seconds. Then you can buy whatever you want.



The game play is pretty formulaic regardless of platform. The big annoyance during regular level play is watching all the damn story videos. In Free Play you can skip that stuff.

Oh yeah, I'm familiar with the multipliers... Still, I think the only ones that were left were ridiculously expensive and I just got too bored to go back and finish.

 

[phranchk]

Just started playin Ratchet and Clank All 4 One. Always loved the series. This one seems to be just as fun.

 

[MassHavoc]

Just started playin Ratchet and Clank All 4 One. Always loved the series. This one seems to be just as fun.

If You are ever interested in multi player online I'm in

 

[phranchk]

I might be up for that. I haven't tried the online/multiplayer yet.

 

[MassHavoc]

I have played coop but not online.

 

[Pez68]

Anyone playing Guild Wars 2?

 

[BigPete]

So I just upgraded from AT&T DSL and a 5.0 mbps download rate to AT&T U-Verse and an 18.0 mbps download rate. Online gaming is crazy now! Downloading media is super fast too!



Sorry, just wanted to brag.