What Are You Currently Playing? (May 2007)

[Connavar]

Its alittle shame you arent playing M"TW, its so great. So many new things even from Rome Total War.

[Snowdog]

Originally Posted by Connavar of Rigante

Its alittle shame you arent playing M"TW, its so great. So many new things even from Rome Total War.

I just couldn't get into Rome. To play M2TW I'd need a new graphics card and it would have to be AGP if I don't also want to get a new MB. I am tempted because they're doing a Warhammer mod for it which looks a hell of a lot better than the recent Warhammer game which bombed.

At the moment though, I've got more important uses for the money.

[McMurphy]

I haven't moved on for some time now, so, mainly, I am still playing Jak X but only online at this point. Otherwise, I have been a bit too busy with work to dedicate myself with a newer purchase.

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by Snowdog

I just couldn't get into Rome. To play M2TW I'd need a new graphics card and it would have to be AGP if I don't also want to get a new MB. I am tempted because they're doing a Warhammer mod for it which looks a hell of a lot better than the recent Warhammer game which bombed.

At the moment though, I've got more important uses for the money.

Who wouldnt enjoy playing Julius Cesar's clan and taking revenge on Brutus and crushing The Senate

Several times playing M2TW i have thought, they MUST make Rome Total War 2 as soon as possible!!!

[Snowdog]

No-one knows (who's talking) but the betting seems to be on Napoleon: Total War being the next one. My favourite era would be ancient Greece, but that's pretty unlikely.

[Sir_Sparhawk]

i have to agree with you there snowdog on the favourite era

[Quokka]

After a brief pause due to the spontaneous combustion of my motherboard, Im back playing Empire Earth, solo random maps. I havent played an RTS in years and Im finally starting to get the hang of it, I've stopped trying to build Fort Nox and am having fun keeping a raiding party of calvary constantly moving. Now if I can just start producing enough civilians I might just have a clue. Ideally Im hoping to get some more practice with EE then update to EE3 or something similar and start playing online, at the moment I think id just get kained

[UltraCulture]

I've mainly been playing Forza 2 recently, but hopefully some time this month a certain little gem of a game is going to be available on XBOX Live Marketplace....



Speedball 2



What a game this was all those years ago on the Amiga, it's graphically upgraded for the Xbox with downloadable content.

Also upgraded version for PC to be released(not sure on release date.)

I cant wait.

[Joel007]

I've just started working my way through Prey (PC) at the moment, I like the portals and gravity changes. It would probably be more creepy if I played it for longer at a time but I find it hard to get into the game atmosphere after being at work all day.
Worms 3D (PC) is fun too, I still haven't perfected the Bazooka and Grenades but I'm getting there
Red Steel (Wii) is an interesting game, I'm looking forward to seeing what else they'll be able to cook up for the gun/sword controls in the future. As it is I'm going for 100% accuracy and headshots.

[Hypes]

I just finished the storyline inFreelancer, a brilliant action/rpg space game from 2003. It's extremely open-ended, and the game is just about beginning after a 20-hour completed stint of main plot. Awesome game!

Other than that, it's mostly multiplayer Company of Heroes (IMHO, the best RTS game out there at the moment) or Steam games such as Garry's Mod.

[Talysia]

Going back to Final Fantasy XII after finishing (the rather easier than I thought) Wild Arms 4.

[Snowdog]

Now we know what the next Total War game will be: Empire: Total War - Preview: Empire: Total War - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by Snowdog

No-one knows (who's talking) but the betting seems to be on Napoleon: Total War being the next one. My favourite era would be ancient Greece, but that's pretty unlikely.

Napoleon : TW would be awesome. Edit: Only now i saw your latest post about Empire:TW!


Hehe my fav era is Ancient Greece too.

I mean to play Sparta vs Athens for example. Phalanx!

Hehe would be fun if there was a historical battle mode for the famous 300 battle. Time trial style, how long you can survive against Xeres's horde

[Rane Longfox]

Finally, a Total War game with naval battles It was the only thing missing from Medieval 2...

[Lenny]

Just been playing two demo's I've downloaded from PSN - DiRT and Folklore.

DiRT is a racing game... prettyish, but not a touch on Motorstorm, I have to say. The physics aren't the best, and (unlike Motorstorm) tracks aren't left in the dirt, which you'd think would be in, especially with the games title being what it is.

Folklore is, well, a typical JRPG. Very pretty, and a bit strange. I've only played five minutes, and will play some more tomorrow, but I'm already liking it. The whole battle system involves you using "Folks" you are given at the start, to fight other folks, and kind of steal their soul (a shadow of the Folk pops up above them, in red, when the Folk is down). Now this makes very nice, and clever, use of Sixaxis - you latch on with R1 to create some sort of light connection with the shadows, and then jerk the controller up. This is followed by an animation of the character whipping the connection up and ripping the shadow from the Folk. The bigger the creatures, the more times you have to do it, as if it's harder to do. I think it's rather clever, to be honest.