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KeithTalent

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Sweet, looks like we will have some more L4D2 players soon. :thumbsup:

KT
 

Dankk

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King's Bounty Platinum Edition for $6.99 is an awesome deal. Both The Legend and Armored Princess were a lot of fun.

Agreed. I really like the series so far. I actually just bought the 1C Complete Pack a few days ago, which comes with all of the King's Bounty games. I started playing Legends and now I'm hooked. I'm surprised to see no love for King's Bounty in this thread.

It's a fun little RPG with turn-based combat. Part of the appeal is you can assemble your own army, by mixing and matching different kinds of troops to carry into battle. There are tons of side quests and little things to explore around the maps. The graphics are definitely a bit kiddie-looking, however it's very beautiful. Great soundtrack too.

Recommended. Play Legends first, and then play Armored Princess, which includes the Crossworlds expansion.
 

sticks435

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I really liked the first one. Is the sequel that bad that it's not even worth it at that price?

KT
It's absolutely nothing like the first one. Like so different they shouldn't have named it FarCry at all. Crytek sold the rights to Ubisoft after the first one. The engine was pretty impressive, especially the realtime spreading fire, but the gameplay around it is pretty terrible. There are these "outposts" that serve as checkpoints while driving, the problem is that they are full of bad guys that you have to kill first, and they respawn after like 5 minutes. So a usual mission involves driving somewhere, having to kill a bunch of guys in order to save, driving to the actuall mission desitation, then having to drive back through the same checkpoint and killing the guys again. Or dying and respawning right inside the checkpoint and getting shot up.
 

Texashiker

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Sweet, looks like we will have some more L4D2 players soon. :thumbsup:

KT

More noobs without mics and who dont understand the concept of "teamwork", just what we need.

The left 4 dead 1 & 2 community can always use more people
 

maniacalpha1-1

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I got L4D1 and King's Bounty Platinum. Wanted to get Far Cry pack but I need to save some to see what pops up on last days.
 

CPA

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If Jamestown was lesser I'd go for it. I really like 2D shooters, I'm just not very good at them. Lol.


I love them too. The old 1941 and 1942 games are classics. This game has gotten great reviews and it's the first game from the indie studio that produced it. Just that alone is worth $5.
 

crownjules

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How is Guardians of Graxis? I'll play the demo later but just looking for some feedback. Is it like that other card-based RTS that EA put out a year or so ago? BattleForge or something?
 

KeithTalent

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It's absolutely nothing like the first one. Like so different they shouldn't have named it FarCry at all. Crytek sold the rights to Ubisoft after the first one. The engine was pretty impressive, especially the realtime spreading fire, but the gameplay around it is pretty terrible. There are these "outposts" that serve as checkpoints while driving, the problem is that they are full of bad guys that you have to kill first, and they respawn after like 5 minutes. So a usual mission involves driving somewhere, having to kill a bunch of guys in order to save, driving to the actuall mission desitation, then having to drive back through the same checkpoint and killing the guys again. Or dying and respawning right inside the checkpoint and getting shot up.

Hmmm, well that does not sound very fun at all. :hmm:

More noobs without mics and who dont understand the concept of "teamwork", just what we need.

The left 4 dead 1 & 2 community can always use more people

Hey we all had to start somewhere! As long as they are not trolls/griefers then I'm usually ok.

Every time I try to join a game your in, it's always full. Lol.

Heh, yeah, it's tough to get playing with others with only 8 max people per game. Happens to me all the time.

KT
 
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Sooo buying L4D bundle says you get extra copy to gift, but when you go to check out it says you won't receive extra to gift. ??
Oh. Looks like it only applies to 1, not 2. What the shit is this?
 

gorcorps

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Don't buy FC2 KT... I agree that it's abysmal at any price. I couldn't find a single part of the game I enjoyed and quit after a couple hours.

Batman is nearly at the jump price for me for GOTY edition. Played the standard version on the 360, but would definitely like to try it on PC with some DLC. As cheap as it sounds... I would have jumped at $5 but I doubt I will at $7.50
 

Barfo

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Sweet, looks like we will have some more L4D2 players soon. :thumbsup:

KT
I got it as a gift last year, installed, waited like forever in some lobby, got matched with some random douches, didn't have any fun, uninstalled. Should I try it again?


More noobs without mics and who dont understand the concept of "teamwork", just what we need.

The left 4 dead 1 & 2 community can always use more people

I like teamwork but I'm not too fond of using the mic, is it really that important?
 

dpodblood

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I got it as a gift last year, installed, waited like forever in some lobby, got matched with some random douches, didn't have any fun, uninstalled. Should I try it again?




I like teamwork but I'm not too fond of using the mic, is it really that important?

You really don't need a mic to be a good team player in L4D. Just stick with the group, carry your weight, and heal your teammates.
 

KeithTalent

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I got it as a gift last year, installed, waited like forever in some lobby, got matched with some random douches, didn't have any fun, uninstalled. Should I try it again?

You definitely should. There are douches arond, just like in any game, they are just feel bit more pronounced here as there are fewer players and you really do have to work closely. I don't find it too difficult to get a good match going.

A mic can help, but it's not vital as long as you can hear.

KT
 

KeithTalent

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Ok, guess I'll skip FarCry 2.

Just perused the King's Bounty wikis and those games sound kind of cool. Have not played a game like that in ages.

KT
 

DaveSimmons

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Just perused the King's Bounty wikis and those games sound kind of cool. Have not played a game like that in ages.
One thing I like about them is you have one roaming hero, no home castle(s) to defend, and no cheating enemy AI that is ever-increasing its armies faster than you.

In the Heroes of MM games I often felt like I had to rush the computer's castles sooner than I wanted to, before the cheating AI out-created armies to the point where it was impossible to win.

In KB, if enemy hero in castle X is level 20, he _stays_ level 20 with the same armies, and you can pick when you want to go after him, at your own level 15 (tough) or your level 25 (easy).
 

KaOTiK

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Ok, guess I'll skip FarCry 2.

Just perused the King's Bounty wikis and those games sound kind of cool. Have not played a game like that in ages.

KT

The King's Bounty games are awesome and I highly recommend them. I sunk like 80 hours or something in the first one alone
 

Imp

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FarCry 2 gets a bad rap, but personally I liked it. A good game for just messing around and killing some dudes. I also really like the health system, and gun wear system they implemented.

It was good except all the damn checkpoints respawn too quickly! I clear one out, then they occasionally respawn as I'm driving past it.


Nothing interesting today.

Call of Duty: MW2 - Wow. Why did no one tell me about this! Like it way more than the first one, and holy shit on the second level.
 

KeithTalent

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Sweet, going to grab those when I get home tonight. Thanks fellas.

KT
 

zinfamous

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The KB games are quite good. I think I sunk 80 hours into the first one in one play-through. I paid 2x for that package back ~X-Mas? and it was well worth it.

I started AP right after, and got a bit burned out so haven't picked it up in some time. plus, as mage, it is much, much harder. Even warrior can be rather difficult early on.

The first one has some great humor at times. But there are some random balance issues in certain maps, dungeons (one of the early mage towers, which you can't hope to begin until mid levels, is a bit of a breeze until the very end, where the boss is ~10 levels higher than everything else)
 
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