What game are you playing thread

[Lucien21]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

Call of Duty 4 on the PS3.

Superb.

Call of Duty 4

They say size isn't everything...but when the quality is this good I nearly believe them.

Finished the single player mission on Normal level. Including the bonus level after the credits (No Harrison Ford in the bonus mission though- Shame)

It is a Very Very Very good game that is Very Very Very short game. It took about 5-6 hours to complete the single player game.

It was fun. There are some excellent missions in the game. My personal fav was the sniper mission in Chernoybl, however the helicopter gunship levels (There are a LOT of helicopters in this game) were not bad and the opening level on the ship was cool.

Basically the single player is lots of fun.

It also unlocks an arcade mode where you can play the levels for points. Everytime you shoot a bad guy a +10, +100 type score appears.

I also unlocks a cheat mode depending on the amount of intel you collected in the game you can play COD Noir (i.e in Black and white) or a variety of other cheats.

The multiplayer is fun which is just as well as £44 for 6 hours of single player is criminal. (Actually i'm starting to notice a pattern. Halo 3 and now COD4 had VERY short single player games and are only saved due to extensive multiplayer games. Personally I'd rather have the longer single player experience.)

8/10 The actual game experience is 10/10 but knocked 2 points of for lack of length

[Talysia]

Flitting between Final Fantasy VII (thanks to the thread here, I wanted to revisit my misspent youth) and Star Ocean: Till the End of Time.

[MinasTirithGuard]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

Call of Duty 4

They say size isn't everything...but when the quality is this good I nearly believe them.

Finished the single player mission on Normal level. Including the bonus level after the credits (No Harrison Ford in the bonus mission though- Shame)

It is a Very Very Very good game that is Very Very Very short game. It took about 5-6 hours to complete the single player game.

It was fun. There are some excellent missions in the game. My personal fav was the sniper mission in Chernoybl, however the helicopter gunship levels (There are a LOT of helicopters in this game) were not bad and the opening level on the ship was cool.

Basically the single player is lots of fun.

It also unlocks an arcade mode where you can play the levels for points. Everytime you shoot a bad guy a +10, +100 type score appears.

I also unlocks a cheat mode depending on the amount of intel you collected in the game you can play COD Noir (i.e in Black and white) or a variety of other cheats.

The multiplayer is fun which is just as well as £44 for 6 hours of single player is criminal. (Actually i'm starting to notice a pattern. Halo 3 and now COD4 had VERY short single player games and are only saved due to extensive multiplayer games. Personally I'd rather have the longer single player experience.)

8/10 The actual game experience is 10/10 but knocked 2 points of for lack of length

I watched some of my friends play this on the XBox 360. The graphics were amazing, almost HL2 quality, and I liked how the main character was an SAS soldier through part of the game.

However, I was really disappointed how the game took a turn towards a James Bond movie near the very end. I thought the point of the Medal of Honor/Call of Duty/Battlefield games was that you are a small cog in the much greater gears of war, not the savior of humanity?

I'm not one to always complain about political correctness, but did anyone else think the "bad" Russians looked Arab?

[x//ada\\x]

playing Yoshis Island on DS ... i know its sad but im addicted to all the mario games.. anyone got any games that they could recomed to get me off mario???

[Commonmind]

Originally Posted by MinasTirithGuard

I watched some of my friends play this on the XBox 360. The graphics were amazing, almost HL2 quality, and I liked how the main character was an SAS soldier through part of the game.

However, I was really disappointed how the game took a turn towards a James Bond movie near the very end. I thought the point of the Medal of Honor/Call of Duty/Battlefield games was that you are a small cog in the much greater gears of war, not the savior of humanity?

I'm not one to always complain about political correctness, but did anyone else think the "bad" Russians looked Arab?

They've since deviated from the design style they incorporated in the previous Call of Duty titles. Those games were meant to emulate the feeling of being a small part of a larger force. The intention was to simulate the type of environment one would've found themselves in had they been a part of the actual war.

Call of Duty 4 is not only fictional, but focuses on much smaller, more specialized groups of infantry; i.e. Special Forces consisting of 6-8 man assault squads and small sniper teams. Where before Infinity Ward was reenacting a war, here they are telling a story, and as such it feels much more personal. If you keep this in mind while playing the game you may find it a bit easier to swallow, but if you're expecting the same sense of scale found in the previous games you will be sadly disappointed. While the battles are epic and grand, gone is the sensation that you're a part of a larger group that's taking part in a larger fight.

However, I personally find the game still retains a sense of realism, as modern-day skirmishes are being fought in the very same way depicted in CoD 4. We no longer have ground wars on the same scale as we had during the World Wars, and there are times where small groups of soldiers and special forces units actually decide the outcome of major battles.

[Commonmind]

Originally Posted by x//ada\\x

playing Yoshis Island on DS ... i know its sad but im addicted to all the mario games.. anyone got any games that they could recomed to get me off mario???

Super Mario Galaxy (only a few days away!!)

[Commonmind]

Originally Posted by MinasTirithGuard

I'm not one to always complain about political correctness, but did anyone else think the "bad" Russians looked Arab?

The Russians and Middle-Eastern terrorists were in league with one another; there are parts of the game where you'll encounter them together. If you pay attention during some of the battles you'll actually hear some of them speaking both languages.

[tangaloomababe]

Well I have gone back to my old old old games. I got a copy of Phantasmagoria which I have to run in Win 95 compatibility mode but its kind of fun. Then its of to Simon the Sorcerer. Yes nostalgia!

[MinasTirithGuard]

Originally Posted by Commonmind

The Russians and Middle-Eastern terrorists were in league with one another; there are parts of the game where you'll encounter them together. If you pay attention during some of the battles you'll actually hear some of them speaking both languages.

Thanks for clearing that up. Don't get me wrong, the game looks super fun, those were just my first impressions.

[Snowdog]

Originally Posted by vampress13

Oblivion: elder scrolls, and i started some zombie game on the 360, but i didnt like it

I still play Morrowind from time to time. Unfortunately I can't run Oblivion.

[Lucien21]

Originally Posted by tangaloomababe

Well I have gone back to my old old old games. I got a copy of Phantasmagoria which I have to run in Win 95 compatibility mode but its kind of fun. Then its of to Simon the Sorcerer. Yes nostalgia!

Couple of decent games those.

Currently playing:

Sam & Max Season 2 Episode 1

Ice Station Santa

[Overread]

Originally Posted by x//ada\\x

playing Yoshis Island on DS ... i know its sad but im addicted to all the mario games.. anyone got any games that they could recomed to get me off mario???

you want off mario - try golden sun - its a GBA title, but brilliant, well constructed RPG (and cheap now); another would be FF tactics - out soon, all of the fun of the advanced version, with a less strick battle rules system

[Kissmequick]

Now I'm over my WOW addiction ( oh alright, my addiction to the forums lol)
I'm playing a lot of Dawn of War and I'm waiting for my Old Man to let me get hold of his copy of Mark of Chaos. Waiting with baited breath for WAR.

[Durandal]

Originally Posted by Snowdog

I still play Morrowind from time to time. Unfortunately I can't run Oblivion.

Ah, Morrowind. I lost a vast swath of my life to that game. Great, great times.

At the moment, I'm playing Forza Motorsport and Icewind Dale.

[tangaloomababe]

Lucien: Never played Sam and Max. I brought a set of lucas games that had sam and max in it also Day of the Tentacle (which I loved) and Indiana Jones, which was also really good fun, but I never got around to Sam and Max. Hope your enjoying it.