The General Gaming Thread!

[Triscuitable]

I like the Steam thread, and I enjoy the stuff that goes on there. But I can't ever talk about just games in general, and feel like people want to go on this tangent, or even care. So I made this thread. We're here to talk about nothing more than video games. Be it your Xbox, your PS3, your PC, your iPod, 3DS, or even Atari 5200, it'll be spoken of here. So just bring up your subject, you'll see the exposition up here in consequent threads. So here's...

The General Gaming Thread

And other stuff. Seriously, just fill this thread.

[psilontech]

/(Technically vidya because it be online)\
I've recently been invited to an Axis and Allies knock-off game by one of my buddies, the game being hosted over at gamesbyemail or something like that. I haven't played in ages and I'm fairly certain that I'm going to be completely decimated playing as Germany as I've generally played as the USSR or the US in games long past. Better part of a decade past.

His group has supposedly been playing over there for quite some time, pulling in random folk from the site to fill the one-person gap in their ranks for a full game. It's going to be a slaughterhouse - I think my only real chance is to get lucky and snag Heavy Bombers and Rockets early on. Tips?

*Edit:

Allright, USSR turn 1 is in, now turn now.
He did NOTHING but purchase infantry and reinforce Karelia, my original target. As it stands, Karelia is stacked at 17 Infantry, 3 Armor, 2 Fighters as well as the AA and Factory that was already there.

So I'm faced with a decision:
A) Do I gamble on good rolls and potentially steamroll the game by turn 2 and go head-first into the grinder with EVERYTHING?
B) Derp and just go around it an blitz into Moscow, guarded by a single infantry?
C) Drag my feet and counter-infantry build-up to try and tech up to Heavy Bombers?
D) Trick Question, all of these suggestions are stupid and I should do something else?

[Trixie]

I like the Steam thread, and I enjoy the stuff that goes on there. But I can't ever talk about just games in general, and feel like people want to go on this tangent, or even care. So I made this thread. We're here to talk about nothing more than video games. Be it your Xbox, your PS3, your PC, your iPod, 3DS, or even Atari 5200, it'll be spoken of here. So just bring up your subject, you'll see the exposition up here in consequent threads.

What about Pong?

Also, IMHO, 'general' gaming can suggest things like football or golf, maybe a third word can be added to point to electronic gaming? </suggestion>

[Dumbledore lives]

So I'm faced with a decision:
A) Do I gamble on good rolls and potentially steamroll the game by turn 2 and go head-first into the grinder with EVERYTHING?
B) Derp and just go around it an blitz into Moscow, guarded by a single infantry?
C) Drag my feet and counter-infantry build-up to try and tech up to Heavy Bombers?
D) Trick Question, all of these suggestions are stupid and I should do something else?

Personally I would herp and derp around until I had lost the game because of some bad luck and mostly bad placement of units. You on the other hand should try to get to Moscow, and once there just kind of dissolve the opposition.

Never trust luck or probability, it will always, what's the term sneak into the back alley and service drama, and a very short game would not suit drama at all.

[factotum]

What about Pong?

Pong? Hah! New-fangled rubbish! *Real* gamers play Spacewar! on their PDP-1s and like it!

[Wookieetank]

Roguelikes is where its at. All hail ASCII!

[Valaqil]

Roguelikes is where its at. All hail ASCII!

Roguelikes are pretty cool and all (seriously!) but I love my old-school text adventures.
+50 Internet points to anyone who knows this _without_ looking it up.

You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully.
>

[Phase]

Pssh. Both are for casuals.

You are an ampersand. You are standing adjacent to a comma, a comma, a g, and an asterisk. It is dark, you are likely to be eaten by a Sigmund.

[Forbiddenwar]

World of Goo on Android $2.99 but get the free version first to test if it works.

[arguskos]

A) Do I gamble on good rolls and potentially steamroll the game by turn 2 and go head-first into the grinder with EVERYTHING?

Do you have a serious chance to win by doing this (by seriously, I mean better than 60%)? If not, don't even think about it.

B) Derp and just go around it an blitz into Moscow, guarded by a single infantry?

I like this one.

C) Drag my feet and counter-infantry build-up to try and tech up to Heavy Bombers?

Eeeeeh, if he infantry rushes you, he could just steamroll you. I'd suggest flanking/early aggression. Punish his massive build up in one location by striking somewhere critical that he can't defend.

D) Trick Question, all of these suggestions are stupid and I should do something else?

My default strategy in all games is either A). Win, or B). Herp so hard I Derp. Do either of these, they're both great plans.

[Volatar]

I have picked Supreme Commander up again. I bought it when it first came out. I didn't like it. 5 years later I am loving it.

[Cespenar]

Pssh. Both are for casuals.

Meh. The real hardcore gamers simulate it in their heads.

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

Meh. The real hardcore gamers simulate it in their heads and them go out and program it themselves. In binary.

Fixed it for you.

[arguskos]

Meh. The real hardcore gamers simulate it in their heads and them go out and program it themselves. In binary. In Minecraft. Underwater.

Corrected Djinn's correction.

[Jahkaivah]

Meh. The real hardcore gamers simulate it in their heads and them go out and program it themselves. In binary. In Minecraft. Underwater. During a timed escort mission.

Just the following the logical next step.

[Thufir]

Roguelikes are pretty cool and all (seriously!) but I love my old-school text adventures.
+50 Internet points to anyone who knows this _without_ looking it up.

It sounds familiar. Is there a bull in the gully? Is that quote, in fact, from the Very Big Cave Adventure?
Because I loved that game. And the bull in the gully.

[Shas aia Toriia]

Not sure the split with Steam was necessary, but I'm glad we won't have to put up with people whining about being off topic anymore. Hopefully this thread can stay alive.

[Valaqil]

It sounds familiar. Is there a bull in the gully? Is that quote, in fact, from the Very Big Cave Adventure?
Because I loved that game. And the bull in the gully.

Good enough for me. +50 points to Thufir. It's from the Colossal Cave Adventure. You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.

[Cespenar]

Looking at the crowd, I hereby claim this thread in the name of roguelikes and text adventures!

[Wookieetank]

Looking at the crowd, I hereby claim this thread in the name of roguelikes and text adventures!

I'll give that a +1

[Thufir]

Good enough for me. +50 points to Thufir. It's from the Colossal Cave Adventure. You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.

A bit of quick googling indicates that the Very Big Cave Adventure is pretty much just the Colossal Cave Adventure with some graphics added.
Sadly I never actually got very far with it. I only remember it for the bull puns.

[Volatar]

Looking at the crowd, I hereby claim this thread in the name of roguelikes and text adventures!

Dwarf Fortress > all.

[factotum]

A bit of quick googling indicates that the Very Big Cave Adventure is pretty much just the Colossal Cave Adventure with some graphics added.

I think it was meant to be a spoof of Colossal Cave, not just the same game with graphics--hence the weak joke in the title.

[Triscuitable]

Looking at the crowd, I hereby claim this thread in the name of roguelikes and text adventures!

We're starting from point A, and we'll work our way from there.

Thing is, I've been playing Infinity Blade II an awful lot lately, so my mind's been occupied by how I can swipe my thumb to parry scary looking not-swords. And all the ridiculous amounts of not-blood coming from where you stab people.

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When you kill him, you'll slice his thigh open for not-blood, and stab him in the skull from midair with a spectacular spray of nothing but energy. It's like Super Sentai, and sparks.

[Cespenar]

Dwarf Fortress > all.

"Good", or even "great" and "excellent" don't cut it anymore on the Internet, does it?

[The Succubus]

Speaking of old school adventures, I heard an absolutely joyous bit of news recently - Codemasters are resurrecting the Dizzy games.

Although if they pull an EA and turn a classic game into a half-butted FPS, I will go nuclear.

[polity4life]

/(Technically vidya because it be online)\
I've recently been invited to an Axis and Allies knock-off game by one of my buddies, the game being hosted over at gamesbyemail or something like that. I haven't played in ages and I'm fairly certain that I'm going to be completely decimated playing as Germany as I've generally played as the USSR or the US in games long past. Better part of a decade past.

His group has supposedly been playing over there for quite some time, pulling in random folk from the site to fill the one-person gap in their ranks for a full game. It's going to be a slaughterhouse - I think my only real chance is to get lucky and snag Heavy Bombers and Rockets early on. Tips?

*Edit:

Allright, USSR turn 1 is in, now turn now.
He did NOTHING but purchase infantry and reinforce Karelia, my original target. As it stands, Karelia is stacked at 17 Infantry, 3 Armor, 2 Fighters as well as the AA and Factory that was already there.

So I'm faced with a decision:
A) Do I gamble on good rolls and potentially steamroll the game by turn 2 and go head-first into the grinder with EVERYTHING?
B) Derp and just go around it an blitz into Moscow, guarded by a single infantry?
C) Drag my feet and counter-infantry build-up to try and tech up to Heavy Bombers?
D) Trick Question, all of these suggestions are stupid and I should do something else?

Well if these other players know the game then you know the UK is going to reinforce Karelia with fighters to open the flood gates a turn or two from now where Russia just goes meat-grinder mode into Eastern Europe or Ukraine. The only real mitigation for that is to take Moscow, prevent the dispensation of Russian moneys, and force that Karelian army to move to the rear to retake Moscow rather than attack.

Those are my two cents and they are likely too late.

[Wookieetank]

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So I'm faced with a decision:
A) Do I gamble on good rolls and potentially steamroll the game by turn 2 and go head-first into the grinder with EVERYTHING?
B) Derp and just go around it an blitz into Moscow, guarded by a single infantry?
C) Drag my feet and counter-infantry build-up to try and tech up to Heavy Bombers?
D) Trick Question, all of these suggestions are stupid and I should do something else?

I'd go with D and kill Gandolf

[Mx.Silver]

Although if they pull an EA and turn a classic game into a half-butted FPS, I will go nuclear.

"Why? Sure, those old genres were great fun back in the day, but they just aren't relevant in the modern gaming world. We don't want people to stop playing the old games - we're big fans of the original and we're definitely paying as much homage to it as we can - but time has moved on. That's why the goal is to provide a challenging action shooter for today's gamers as well as fans of the original."

[Triscuitable]

"Why? Sure, those old genres were great fun back in the day, but they just aren't relevant in the modern gaming world. We don't want people to stop playing the old games - we're big fans of the original and we're definitely paying as much homage to it as we can - but time has moved on. That's why the goal is to provide a challenging action shooter for today's gamers as well as fans of the original."

Besides, last time anyone tried the opposite, it turned out horrible, sold moderately for a series known to sell CONSOLES, and ruined the developer's good name, and developers in general. I'm looking at Halo Wars.

However, X-Com is one of those games that looks promising for the concept. I hate to say it, but I may prefer this over the original. It's Irrational, after all, these are the guys who made Bioshock, and just when you thought "underwater society gone bad" was unbeatable, they make "liberal supremacist city complex in the sky". Then they take a series known for unique setting, and put it in an even more unique setting.

Take this into consideration, should X-Com have been a strategy game again, then would it have sold? RTS games are all the rage, but the only really well known TBS franchises nowadays (that haven't undergone a dramatic treatment) are Civilization and Total War. Besides that, you'd have to remind me. This way, the console generation can experience something PC gamers cherish like forbidden fruit, and possibly pick up the original to see it's roots.

I've been watching too much (Enough?) MLP:FM; I imagined that horse as Pinkie Pie.

Pinkie Pie would say "Physics? Are you crazy?"