Summer gaming tips

Admiral Drason · Post by **Admiral Drason** » 2007-05-17 12:34am

So I'm done with Uni for the semester and will have a disposable income. I have a higher end PC, 360 and a DS.

So do you guys have any recomendations in games?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-05-17 12:36am

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl.

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2007-05-17 12:46am

What type of games do you like - FPS, RPG, RTS (Get C&C3),...?

If you're looking for a fun, free game try downloading the FS2 SCP (I'll be enjoying it when I get home along with PS:Torment).

Admiral Drason · Post by **Admiral Drason** » 2007-05-17 12:56am

My little bro already has Pokemon Diamond and Pearl so that wont be a problem.

I like FPS and RTS, although RPG isn't out of the question. I've been looking at WoW but am afraid that I will be sucked into its crack like addictivness.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2007-05-17 12:58am

Mass Effect

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2007-05-17 02:07am

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is made of awesome.

Acidburns · Post by **Acidburns** » 2007-05-17 03:57pm

I'd recommend:

RTS: Company Of Heroes
FPS: Battlefield 2142 or Red Orchestra

I'd personally hold off of WoW, I think Pirates of the Burning Sea is looking pretty good and it could make it out before summer is over.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-05-17 07:54pm

Isn't PotBS June/July? Fucking Flash and his econ/pirate addiction wants that pretty bad.

Is there anywhere I can look for more information on Mass Effect? The official site is full of irrelevant lore nonsense and trailers about the FPS combat which doesn't interest me. The map part of the trailer suggests there will be many more planets than say KotoR, but I don't know any more.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2007-05-17 10:25pm

Any DS game with wifi multiplayer is a winner.

Admiral Drason · Post by **Admiral Drason** » 2007-05-18 10:19am

Acidburns wrote:I'd recommend:

RTS: Company Of Heroes
FPS: Battlefield 2142 or Red Orchestra

I'd personally hold off of WoW, I think Pirates of the Burning Sea is looking pretty good and it could make it out before summer is over.

Already have CoH, played it almost every night during the winter months.

And I'm real iffy with getting another EA game after having BF2 become such a load of crap. I might look into Red Orchestra though.

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2007-05-18 03:54pm

I'd like to recommend "Crackdown"

for the the 360 there are a lot of things you will like about it. It's fun, it's nice, it's bloody, it's extremely violent and just about anything you would come to expect in an "M" rated game.

Count Dooku · Post by **Count Dooku** » 2007-05-18 04:31pm

Hotfoot wrote:Mass Effect

You bet! Here's to hoping it comes out before August!

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-05-18 05:48pm

Drooling Iguana wrote:Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is made of awesome.

Both Phoenix Wright games kick Hotel Dusk's proverbial ass. Dusk was okay, but Phoenix Wright is made up of win.

Medic · Post by **Medic** » 2007-05-18 06:50pm

Fasting for Ace Combat 6.

I'm serious.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2007-05-18 09:55pm

General Zod wrote:
Drooling Iguana wrote:Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is made of awesome.
Both Phoenix Wright games kick Hotel Dusk's proverbial ass. Dusk was okay, but Phoenix Wright is made up of win.

That statement is clearly faulty. It contradicts the evidence.

Hotel Dusk actually had a good story with interesting characters. Phoenix Wright was just a march through a gallery of anime cliches, although admittedly the first game wasn't as bad as the second in that regard (I played them out of order and wish I hadn't.)

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2007-05-21 06:47am

Drooling Iguana wrote:Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is made of awesome.

Seconded. Only had time to play it like half an hour but first impressions were good (as in, hard to stop playing)