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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by GeneticJen » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:23 am

dj357 wrote:I've a LAN party coming up with a bunch of mates this weekend and the specs are all over the shop so I've been going back in time to find good games that will be fairly cross-compatible. It's been an awesome trip :) I've come across a crapload of awesome old games and some of them aren't even too shoddy looking!

CoD 1 & 2, Half-Life with Opposing Force and Blue Shift, CounterStrike, Age of Empires 3, Star Wars Battlefront I and II, Alpha Centauri... so many awesome games :)

I also just re-discovered the sheer jaw-dropping awesomeness of Half-Life 2 and Portal, it's been a good few weeks!
LAN? Christ, it's been a while. HL2 and Portal are just... wow. I played through Portal for the millionth time a few weeks ago, and I finish HL2 every once in a while as well.

Can I haz episode 3 plz? (Or HL3).

Oh, found this:


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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Animavore » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:25 am

I want Portal 2 so badly I'm going to explode.

The bastards pushed the date back :lay:
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by GeneticJen » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:29 am

lol it's Valve though, so you should have expected a delay and you should be happy that it's such a short one!

I loved the official announcement:
This two month slip not only marks the shortest delay in Valve's proud tradition of delays, it represents the approaching convergence of Valve Time and Real Time.

This convergence spells doom for humanity, but it will not affect the new Portal 2 release date.

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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Animavore » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:32 am

Gamespot's preview a couple of days ago.

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/port ... e=previews
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by GeneticJen » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:35 am

I'd buy it even if it were exactly as good as the original. But with extra gameplay mechanics, a longer single-player campaign, and a co-op campaign just as long, how could this not be a winner? I hope the writing is as funny. GLaDOS is one of my favourite game characters.

By the way, get this on your PS3 and Valve will give you the Mac/PC version for free. :)

This has been a crazy pre-order year for me so far.

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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Animavore » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:39 am

This can be played across platforms, too. I didn't think that was possible. Uber win.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Animavore » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:43 am

The Curious Squid wrote:Ani, have you played Dead Space?
Tell us what you think of that one. I was thinking of getting it next week.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by GeneticJen » Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:45 am

Animavore wrote:This can be played across platforms, too. I didn't think that was possible. Uber win.
Having the saved game online is brilliant. Steam ftw.

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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by dj357 » Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:40 pm

Peter Harrison wrote:
dj357 wrote:I've a LAN party coming up with a bunch of mates this weekend and the specs are all over the shop so I've been going back in time to find good games that will be fairly cross-compatible. It's been an awesome trip :) I've come across a crapload of awesome old games and some of them aren't even too shoddy looking!

CoD 1 & 2, Half-Life with Opposing Force and Blue Shift, CounterStrike, Age of Empires 3, Star Wars Battlefront I and II, Alpha Centauri... so many awesome games :)

I also just re-discovered the sheer jaw-dropping awesomeness of Half-Life 2 and Portal, it's been a good few weeks!
LAN? Christ, it's been a while. HL2 and Portal are just... wow. I played through Portal for the millionth time a few weeks ago, and I finish HL2 every once in a while as well.

Can I haz episode 3 plz? (Or HL3).

Oh, found this:
Yeah I cannot wait for Episode 3 and Portal 2 looks like it's gonna be even better than the original :) I love the addition of the radio transmissions in the latest updates to Portal so I enjoyed that additional challenge in my playthroughs :)
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by GeneticJen » Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:09 pm

Yeah, the radios were appreciated (and the transmissions were creepy).

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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Animavore » Mon Jan 31, 2011 2:51 pm

I just got Dead Space 2 :dance:

See you all in a couple of weeks :hehe:
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Alan C » Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:13 am

Civ V and Bad Company 2 online.
I'm also playing through a Gothic 3 nostalgia kick, being more thorough than the first time I played and going for a different ending.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Animavore » Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:40 am

Killzone 3 beta is being released for PS3 tomorrow guys.
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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by GeneticJen » Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:53 pm

Animavore wrote:Killzone 3 beta is being released for PS3 tomorrow guys.
I've got my Move and Sharp Shooter ready to go. Fucking release the full game already! :ab:

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Re: What are you playing now?

Post by Animavore » Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:09 pm

Peter Harrison wrote:
Animavore wrote:Killzone 3 beta is being released for PS3 tomorrow guys.
I've got my Move and Sharp Shooter ready to go. Fucking release the full game already! :ab:
Any details on it?
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