Anyone picked up any new games recently?

I just got S.T.A.L.K.E.R, and Halo 2. :)

Halo 2 works with the Xbox 360 pad (As you'd expect it to) and i also got the Bioshock Demo yesterday and played the 30 minutes of gameplay allowed, and i must say it has me tempted, with less than 48 hours to wait aswell. ;)

Plus Lost Planet has been begging me to buy it, as well as Colin Mcrae's Dirt, but that is out soon enough on PS3, so i may wait. :D

Next month we have Medal Of Honor: Airborne, UT 2007, World In Conflict, Timeshift, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, i'd better start saving.


Liam

Haven't bought any games in ages, hardly have time to play anything anymore and of course, the PC is limited to what it can handle.
I just read about Brothers in Arms new game, Hells Highway. I liked the first one, and I am considering getting this one.

Just bought Bioshock about 1/2 hour ago. See my ridiculous justification for doing so reason here. :D I'm seriously considering putting it on a DX 9 machine upstairs and compare the graphics with my DX10 machine downstairs. I suspect it may be like comparing crabapples with Royal Galas....

Of course, one being upstairs and the other one being downstairs should not affect the graphics.....at least.....maybe.....uh.....er.....the last time I checked. :confused: :eek: :D

I got GRAW: 2 recently very fun game lots more weapons than the first one, and I also picked up ARMA: Combat Operations a few days ago great game but still a bit buggy crashes alot.

I guess I need to upgrade to vista now if I wanna see X10 in World in Conflict (been waiting for that game)

And I am gonna wait for MOH: Airborne when I get my PS3

World In Conflict has been slated as the game to bring DX10 to life, and put it out there for everyone and their dog to see. :D

Have any of you guys played Shadowrun yet? It is cross-platform to the 360, and i may get it, and then get one of my friends to buy it for 360 just to play online cross-platform co-op. :D


Liam

I just saw the demo for Medal of Honor: Airborne. Like a good one...a lot less linear than most FPS's. I greatly disliked MOH:Pacific Assault....failed to grab me and I thought the AI absolutely sucked hockey pucks. Airborne looks like a vast improvement.

I downloaded and played a bit of the World in Conflict Demo. The storyline is excellent but I wasn't overly excited about the game play. Too much hype IMO.

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I just saw the demo for Medal of Honor: Airborne. Like a good one...a lot less linear than most FPS's. I greatly disliked MOH:Pacific Assault....failed to grab me and I thought the AI absolutely sucked hockey pucks. Airborne looks like a vast improvement.

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I played through the first level, and thought it was great, PA was a let down, but they seem to have taken a leaf out of the Call Of Duty book with the controls, objectives, map, etc.

Usil, WIC is overhyped, i didn't expect it to feel like it does, looking at the screenshots, it was unexpected to say the least.

I picked up Shadowrun, great game, good array of enemies, magic, weapons, and using a 360 pad you can assign each special ability to the shoulder buttons...currently playing as a troll with a minigun and using gust (Pushes enemies into the air with a short burst of power) and Summon (Summons a minion to do your bidding). :D


Liam

Farcry 2 is coming out in Q2 2008. I absolutely LOVED Farcry which surprised even myself because I am not one to like monsters in FPS'. But the graphics and game play were incredible in that game. No way I'm gonna miss out on Farcry 2! It seems unbelievable! Read about it in the link, I'm sure you'll be surprised at the amazing things this game can do.

I don't think it will be as good without Crytek, probably end up a lot like GRAW...which was a good game, but had nowhere near the impact or staying power of the original Far Cry...it still looks good today....if Ubisoft wanted to bring it to the PS3 i wouldn't say no. :)


Liam

Well according to the article, it looks like its gonna be a lot better than FarCry and it'll bring something totally new to PC gaming.

Well, if it's better than Crysis (Some reviews are calling Crysis a stepping stone, and it looks awesome by itself) then heck, i'll buy 2 copies just incase i scratch one, or wear-out the first. :D

Everyone is eagerly anticipating the Crysis demo to check if their systems can run it, i just hope 2 doesn't have higher requirements than the stepping stone.


Liam

Did anyone get Medal Of Honor Airborne yet? It was released here today, so i guess america will already have it, i'm gonna pick it up ASAP after playing the demo. :)


Liam

Just started playing Graw 2. Not sure how old it is, but I just finished the original Graw and the game play is quite a bit more fun.

I've played in on PS3, excellent game, got the first one free with my graphics card and enjoyed that too.


Liam

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Did anyone get Medal Of Honor Airborne yet? It was released here today, so i guess america will already have it, i'm gonna pick it up ASAP after playing the demo. :)
Liam

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Haven't picked it up yet...still in the middle of Bioshock.

The MOH: Airborne trailer looked terrific and I'm sure I'll probably try it out. However, one thing is bothering me. Supposedly you can direct your parachute jump to different locations in the battlefield below. If I remember right, you CAN'T do that with the type of chutes they used in WWI. You drop pretty much wherever the chute/winds take you.....little to no directional control. If you could, the U.S. would have had a lot less casualties during the airborne operations on D-Day. I guess for the sake of the game's non-linear play, one has to suspend disbelief for awhile.

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Haven't picked it up yet...still in the middle of Bioshock.

The MOH: Airborne trailer looked terrific and I'm sure I'll probably try it out. However, one thing is bothering me. Supposedly you can direct your parachute jump to different locations in the battlefield below. If I remember right, you CAN'T do that with the type of chutes they used in WWI. You drop pretty much wherever the chute/winds take you.....little to no directional control. If you could, the U.S. would have had a lot less casualties during the airborne operations on D-Day. I guess for the sake of the game's non-linear play, one has to suspend disbelief for awhile.

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I'm sure you meant WWII.
In any case, if you take into account that you can use medic packs to instantly heal yourself, than being able to direct an undirectable chute is not that crazy. :p
If you want reality, than this game is not for you. Try Graw2 which I am in the middle of right now and which I find extremely entertaining (and quite realitic).

hi all i am a big fan of FarCry, MOH and the rest, i can see that all of you have missed a great game here it is called company of heroes http://www.companyofheroesgame.com/
it is great in all aspects, i am sure that you will enjoy it as much as I did :)

I hear Dx 10 is a big hit on your frames per sec. with not much better graphics... just a bunch of hoopla and hipe and not making gamers real happy.... any ideas ?

All good here, i wouldn't expect great performance from the low-end DX10 cards though. (2400 series, and 8400/8500 series)


Liam

I took the plunge and got myself Crysis. Who would have thought it would work on my antique, but it works satisfactorily. Of course, the graphics are on Low, but that doesn't stop me from playing.
So far, it's a great game. I'd recommend it!

Far Cry 2 is coming out in March. Looking forward to that one as well.