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GuruGuru214
02/27/2011, 04:58 pm
So I've been thinking about this lately anyway, and a discussion in the rating thread made me think this might be an interesting thread, so here's a thread to name all the games that you own but haven't gotten around to playing at all yet. Here's my own list.
Super Metroid
Super Ghouls n' Ghosts
Resident Evil (GameCube)
Wii Fit Plus
Sonic Advance
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 5: 8-Bit is Enough
Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures
Neverwinter Nights
Metroid: Other M
Epic Mickey
Bone
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
Final Fantasy (PSP)
Final Fantasy II (PSP)
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions
Psychonauts
And until a couple days ago, The Beatles: Rock Band would've been on this list.
Origami
02/27/2011, 05:26 pm
My list is too long....far too long >.>
I hope you get to play Psychonauts soon though. Even though I played and finished it I rebought it off Steam and slowly going through it again. Creativity understates the game.
Davies
02/27/2011, 05:34 pm
My list is too long....far too long >.>
Same as, I've got games ranging from titles I purchased during the early 90s through to games I bought a couple of months back. Dozens and dozens of games just gathering dust.
Here's my own list.
Resident Evil (GameCube)
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures
Bone
Psychonauts
I've left in the ones that I've played and you're in for a treat. Especially regarding:
Resident Evil (Remake) which is a little hard to get into at first (and I mean literally hard, as in difficult) but when you do it is nothing short of outstanding and gorgeous to boot (to this very day). A remake that's genuinely superior to the original (which is an absolute classic already and one of my favorite games of all time).
HL2:E2 is excellent but as you've already played HL2 and Episode 1 you'll already know that it will be (it also continues to tie in with Portal which is cool).
Psychonauts may not have the greatest gameplay (not that it's bad) but the writing, characters and charm posses the usual Tim Schafer genius. However, be warned that it can be a bit overwhelming at first as there are so many collectables that serve different purposes and it can initially be confusing.
And until a couple days ago, The Beatles: Rock Band would've been on this list.
I really enjoy that one but it's a crime that using the whammy bar has no effect on the pitch, as it does with other games in the series (it's for stupid legal reasons I believe). Also, if you want some of the greatest Beatles tracks (such as Norwegian Wood, A Day In The Life, When I'm Sixty-Four and In My Life) then you have to pay for DLC which is really cheeky.
mgrant
02/27/2011, 05:47 pm
I've at least started, if not beaten my library of games for the most part; save two ROMs: Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising and Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand. both were games I intended to pick up yonks ago and can't find, hence their ROM form, but I just...haven't gotten around to them. Ditto for BTTF episode 2 actually, been playing MI games instead.
Origami
02/27/2011, 05:49 pm
^
*ahum* you pirate =P
I would've played the Boktai series too if it weren't for the fact that part 3 never got released here and 4 was drastically changed in the western to make it look as a new franchise.
GuruGuru214
02/27/2011, 05:54 pm
How does a ROM of Boktai work without the solar sensor?
is none an option? I always start a game as soon as I get it, but 40% of the time or so I end up stopping before being done.
Davies
02/27/2011, 05:59 pm
Ditto for BTTF episode 2 actually, been playing MI games instead.
You actually just reminded me that I've got Episode 1 and 2 of BTTF sat on my desktop unplayed (well except a 10 minute play of episode 1 when it came out just to see what it's like). For the first time in my history of Telltale games I'm waiting till all 5 episodes are out so that I can enjoy it as one long experience. Is anyone else doing this or has done it with a previous TellTale game?
I'm curious to see if it will feel like playing a proper full length adventure or if it will still seem disjointed and episodic (aside from having to go back to the desktop after each episode obviously).
mgrant
02/27/2011, 06:01 pm
How does a ROM of Boktai work without the solar sensor?
Not actually sure. It probably won't work, but after searching for the game for about four years before caving and downloading a ROM, I figure it can't hurt to give it a try, right?
Davies
02/27/2011, 06:15 pm
How does a ROM of Boktai work without the solar sensor?
More importantly, how does a copy of Boktai work with the solar sensor in Britain?!
WhiteGable
02/27/2011, 06:19 pm
The Ball, the Bone games, and DeathSpank T.O.V.
SunnyGuy
02/27/2011, 06:21 pm
How does a ROM of Boktai work without the solar sensor?
Patch, IIRC R+right/left increased/decreased sunlight. Makes piledriver sequences way too easy >.>
Anyways, just unfinished games or just games that we have but never even touched?
Davies
02/27/2011, 07:18 pm
Patch, IIRC R+right/left increased/decreased sunlight. Makes piledriver sequences way too easy >.>
This sounds like a perfect example of when emulation just isn't able to replicate playing the original on the intended hardware. A bit like playing Donkey Konga without the drums. Can anyone else think of some more examples?
GuruGuru214
02/27/2011, 07:19 pm
Anyways, just unfinished games or just games that we have but never even touched?
Games you've never even touched. I guess you can say unfinished games too, but I think most of us would have lists way too long for that, me included.
skeeter
02/27/2011, 08:22 pm
Operation Winter Sun
Rhiannon
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Sherlock Holmes Jack The Ripper
Ceville - Installed but not played
Simon Sorceror 4
Perry Rhodan
Secret Files 1
Judgement Rites
Journey to the Moon
And that's just off the shelf next to me... There are plenty more around, and so many started but not finished.
DAISHI
02/27/2011, 08:45 pm
You actually just reminded me that I've got Episode 1 and 2 of BTTF sat on my desktop unplayed (well except a 10 minute play of episode 1 when it came out just to see what it's like). For the first time in my history of Telltale games I'm waiting till all 5 episodes are out so that I can enjoy it as one long experience. Is anyone else doing this or has done it with a previous TellTale game?
I'm curious to see if it will feel like playing a proper full length adventure or if it will still seem disjointed and episodic (aside from having to go back to the desktop after each episode obviously).
After getting halfway into Sam and Max Season One, I decided to instead just start playing the entire seasons all at once.
waroftheworlds01
02/27/2011, 09:39 pm
The List of Games I haven't started is about as long as the books I haven't started.
But the longest list is the list of games I haven't finished.
I had this rule once where I would only buy a new game if I finished the ones I already had. yeah, that didn't last long. lol
GuruGuru214
02/27/2011, 10:29 pm
Why the hell not. I present the list of games I've started and haven't finished.
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest
Mega Man X: Command Mission
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Shadow the Hedgehog
Vectorman
Ristar
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Pokémon Ruby (But I've beaten Sapphire and Emerald)
Pokémon FireRed (But I've beaten LeafGreen)
Pokémon Pearl (But I've beaten Diamond and Platinum)
Super Mario Advance 2 (I think?)
Brain Age 2 (Which, like the first game, I will consider finished when I run out of sudoku puzzles)
Final Fantasy III
Sonic Rush Adventure
Super Mario 64 DS
Yoshi's Island DS
Rock Band 3
The Beatles: Rock Band
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (Which is beaten but won't be finished until I get the secret ending)
I also have a list of games that I haven't beaten but have disqualified based on various criteria and a list of games that I've beaten but have yet to 100%.
Hayden
02/27/2011, 11:27 pm
'Portal'.
Yeah, I know.
Rather Dashing
02/27/2011, 11:47 pm
The universe does not want me to play Final Fantasy. Every time I try to play an entry in that series, SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENS.
StarEye
02/28/2011, 12:06 am
If I was to list all the games I should've started, I would've worn out the letters in every alphabet in the world so that writing would become a lost knowledge for the human race.
The universe does not want me to play Final Fantasy. Every time I try to play an entry in that series, SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENS.
Don't worry, that's just the intro.
Davies
02/28/2011, 12:39 am
The universe does not want me to play Final Fantasy. Every time I try to play an entry in that series, SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENS.
Funnily enough, I had the same thing happen to me when I tried to play FFXIII. I put the disc in the drive and booted it up and then the game started. Truly horrifying.
EDIT: Stareye, the intro goes on for 25 hours.
The Highway
02/28/2011, 01:07 am
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Escape from Monkey Island
Grim Fandango
Kings Quest Remakes 1,2,3
Team Fortress 2
Super Mario Galaxy 2
The Dig
CoD 6 (and I never will, mum bought it for christmas because the guy at the shop said "all teenage boys LOVE this game")
GuruGuru214
02/28/2011, 01:14 am
Yeah...I technically own Call of Duty: Finest Hour and Call of Duty 2: Big Red One for GameCube, as well as Call of Duty 3 and Cabela's Big Game Hunter for Wii because my dad wanted them. He beat Finest Hour. I can't remember if he ever finished Big Red One or not. I don't think he ever did get the hang of the Wii controls for Call of Duty 3, and he never even touched Big Game Hunter. Needless to say, I won't be playing any of those games.
Oh, and a while back he bought some random racing game for the Genesis off eBay for no reason. I actually refused to inventory that one, and I inventoried absolutely every post-Atari game I own, including some random submarine game for the NES and some dumb Tecmo basketball game for the Genesis, also both my dad's fault.
On the other hand, he picked up a bunch of NES games from my uncle's house when he moved out to to Salt Lake City, and I need to decide which of those I'm going to claim ownership over. I actually own a copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 now because of that, so it's not all worthless.
CoD 6 (and I never will, mum bought it for christmas because the guy at the shop said "all teenage boys LOVE this game")
Boo, Call of Duty is still an enjoyable series from a single player standpoint. The completely ridiculous story with such elaborate setpieces is something I look forward to each year.
GuruGuru214
02/28/2011, 02:14 am
Some of us just don't enjoy realistic war as entertainment. I don't even enjoy films about war, though I tolerate them far better than video games.
jeeno0142
02/28/2011, 03:30 am
Braid
Gish
Half Life 2
Half Life 2: Ep 1
Half Life 2: Ep 2
Half Life 2: Lost Coast
Half Life 2: Deathmatch
Lugaru HD
Machinarium
Portal 2 (but it's not out yet so that's hardly suprising).
Smashball
Team Fortress Classic
You may notice how most of these are from the humble indie bundles.
JedExodus
02/28/2011, 03:35 am
Thief, i have the whole collection on my shelf giving me evils every time I glance at it
The Gentleman
02/28/2011, 03:40 am
I have at least launched every one of my games once, but I have a list of ones I have not completed yet.
Fallout New Vegas
World of Goo
Star Wars The Force Unleashed
A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Aquaria
Batman Arkham Asylum
BIT.TRIP BEAT
Braid
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 3
Crayon Physics
Crysis
Dark Messiah
The Dig
DOOM
DOOM 2
DOOM 3
Eufloria
Gish
Jack Keane
LOOM
Machinarium
Magicka
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Max and the Magic Marker
Mirror's Edge
Penny Arcade Adventures
Osmos
Overlord
Overlord 2
The Path
Penumbra: Overture
Penumbra: Requiem
Penumbra: Black Plague
Quake 1, 2 and 3
STALKER Clear Sky
Dark Forces 1, 2/Mysteries of the Sith
Republic Commando
KOTOR
Strong Bad
Toki Tori
Tomb Raider Legend
Torchlight
Trine
The Void
VVVVVV
Whispered World
Myst
Riven
Manhole
Uru CC
Spelunx
Cosmic Osmo
GozzoMan
02/28/2011, 05:50 am
Xbox 360:
- Red Dead Redemption
- Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Pack
- Rock Band 3 with Guitar Controller Pro
- Halo 3
- Monkey Island 2 SE
Wii:
- Metroid Prime 3 (18% played, currently not playing)
- Red Steel 2
- The Conduit
PC:
- Machinarium
PS2:
- Psychonauts (played a while... maybe in the end I'll get the xbox version)
GozzoMan
02/28/2011, 05:55 am
Some of us just don't enjoy realistic war as entertainment.
I'm one of them.
Quake-style rage all you want, but realistic war give me the creeps.
I don't even enjoy films about war, though I tolerate them far better than video games.
I enjoy some war films... on a guts-crushing, horrifying, eye-widening, omg-omg-let's-stop-this-foolishness way.
Origami
02/28/2011, 06:47 am
Fortunately there is no such thing as a realistic war game. =P
BrakMan2005
02/28/2011, 07:57 am
Yeah...For me, I 'have' played the game...but, I just got to the 1st save point, then "I'll quit for now and come back to it later"...but I haven't come back to them yet. Lately that is actually a big list for me now. (Well, I can't help that I keep playing the telltale games over and over again.;)) Also, a lot of them "I can't play part 2 now, I haven't even finished part 1 yet!" So...
Halo 3
Gears of War 2
Mass Effect 2
Bioshock 2
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
half of the Kingdom Hearts games
Ninja Gaiden II
most of the God of War games
Valkyria Chronicles II
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
and a bunch more I missed.
Don't worry, I'll get back to these games...someday...
Alcoremortis
02/28/2011, 08:40 am
Games I haven't started:
King's Quest 1-7
Precipice of Darkness Episode 1
Whispered World
Starcraft: Brood Wars
Wallace and Gromit
and two others that I can't remember
Games I haven't finished (and it's been awhile):
Starcraft
Starcraft 2
Total War: Rome
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
...I will finish the Starcraft games eventually. I just forgot all my CDs at home.:D
GuybrushWilco
02/28/2011, 08:44 am
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition (started, but didn't get very far yet, since PC can't play it well)
Magicka
taumel
02/28/2011, 09:35 am
Everything from the humble indie bundles excluding Braid, Machinarium, Gish, World of Goo and Samorost 2.
Davies
02/28/2011, 11:22 am
Here's a real bastard...
I was making my way through Fallout: New Vegas not long ago and got around 60 hours in and then my PS3 broke. Which means I'll have to buy a new PS3 and start from the beginning :mad:
SunnyGuy
02/28/2011, 11:35 am
Games that I own and never played
-ToMI EP3-5
-Wallace and Gromit
Games that I've only touched a couple of times and most and haven't finished
-Madworld
-Zack & Wiki
-Samurai Shodown collection
-Kirby Canvas Curse
-Every pre-PSX Final Fantasy except 4 (save data got erased anyways) and 7 (almost got to the end of disc 1 but Persona 3 Portable came out and I forgot about).
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And I'm sure I'm forgetting many others.
GuruGuru214
02/28/2011, 11:37 am
Here's a real bastard...
I was making my way through Fallout: New Vegas not long ago and got around 60 hours in and then my PS3 broke. Which means I'll have to buy a new PS3 and start from the beginning :mad:
You should be able to send it in for repairs, or at least take the hard drive out of the old one and put it in the new one.
Bunnyman
02/28/2011, 11:51 am
I bought the Resident Evil collection from Gamestop that has 0,1, and 4 but I only played through 4. I tried playing through 0 twice but both time my save data would be corrupted and could not load. I haven't bothered to try Resident Evil 1.
On Steam I have Deus Ex and Human Revolution I haven't started.
I had Bowser's Inside Story for a year before I could play it because the mic on my DS broke. I'm also finally getting to play Company of Heroes. I bought it on a steam sale last September and a few of my friends were playing it. Sadly I couldn't run it until last December because of my computer's hardware.
DrRocketGenius
02/28/2011, 11:56 am
Metal Gear Solid 4 and Call of Duty Black Ops.
MGS4 I'm going to wait until the summer to play because its supposedly a long game.
Black Ops I'm waiting until I get a 3d TV to play.
GeorgeC
02/28/2011, 12:11 pm
Half life 2 : Episode 3.
Seriously, that should have been out ages ago.
Davies
02/28/2011, 12:15 pm
You should be able to send it in for repairs, or at least take the hard drive out of the old one and put it in the new one.
Apparently, if you send your PS3 to Sony to be repaired then they send you someone else's fixed PS3 in return (with a wiped hard drive) and equally if you remove the harddrive yourself and put it into a new PS3, it will automatically be wiped :mad::mad::mad:
Metal Gear Solid 4.
MGS4 I'm going to wait until the summer to play because its supposedly a long game.
You don't play MGS4, you watch it. I'm not even kidding when I say that 75% of that "game" is cut-scenes (much, much more so then 1-3). The ending cut-scene is one and a half hours long. I'm not even joking. I still enjoyed watching though and there are a few sprinkles of Kojima's genius gameplay during the intervals between the movie.
JohanShogun
02/28/2011, 12:25 pm
Hmmm my list isn't very long:
Last Wallice and Gromit Ep,
Civilization 3 (bought a box-set thing, never liked the 3rd one),
SEED 2,
Team Fortress 2 (got an orange box and heard that TF 2 sucked unless you had already played it),
Lure of the temptress.
Once I get a game I usually play it until I feel content with it, I'm also one of those people who enjoy most game types. "Realistic" war shooters are great for relaxing with ;)
Origami
02/28/2011, 12:59 pm
You don't play MGS4, you watch it. I'm not even kidding when I say that 75% of that "game" is cut-scenes (much, much more so then 1-3). The ending cut-scene is one and a half hours long. I'm not even joking. I still enjoyed watching though and there are a few sprinkles of Kojima's genius gameplay during the intervals between the movie.
This is not true. This only applies if you rush through the game blasting your way through and spraying bullets. It's obvious the developers didn't intend the game to be played like this. Try going through every area without being seen. You'll see, by the layout and placement of objects, that there is a deliberate way of clearing an area.
Want to have a lot of fun?
-Try to get 0 alarms
-0 kills
-0 deaths
It's such a rewarding experience.
Davies
02/28/2011, 02:09 pm
This is not true. This only applies if you rush through the game blasting your way through and spraying bullets. It's obvious the developers didn't intend the game to be played like this. Try going through every area without being seen. You'll see, by the layout and placement of objects, that there is a deliberate way of clearing an area.
Want to have a lot of fun?
-Try to get 0 alarms
-0 kills
-0 deaths
It's such a rewarding experience.
I think I know what the problem is here. I played on easy mode and after completing it I heard a critic say that unless you play on at least normal difficulty then the game is nothing more then a shoot 'em up and as such it essentially breaks the game. I didn't want it to be a shoot 'em up but when it's approximately twenty times easier and a heck of a lot simpler to just shoot a bad guy instead of sneaking up on them; then that's exactly what you end up doing.
The one part of the game where you have to sneak (otherwise you get the fail screen) was the most enjoyable part for me, so I think you have a point. It's hardly my fault though, more of a design flaw (assuming you choose easy). As you said, the developers didn't want players to play this way, so they shouldn't have made it possible to do so if you choose easy. Once I get my new PS3 I'm looking forward to replaying it on normal or hard.
Having said that, there is no denying that there's a lot of cut-scenes. At a guess I'd say there's around at least around 25 hours of them.
DrRocketGenius
02/28/2011, 02:38 pm
You don't play MGS4, you watch it. I'm not even kidding when I say that 75% of that "game" is cut-scenes (much, much more so then 1-3). The ending cut-scene is one and a half hours long. I'm not even joking. I still enjoyed watching though and there are a few sprinkles of Kojima's genius gameplay during the intervals between the movie.
Yes, that's another reason I'm delaying playing it. :p My friends told me he cooked an entire meal during one of the cutscenes.
Origami
02/28/2011, 03:46 pm
Having said that, there is no denying that there's a lot of cut-scenes. At a guess I'd say there's around at least around 25 hours of them.
But you can even it out by gameplay though. I did around 8 hours only playing act 1. I really took my time, explored the area and tried to come with strategies to get past unseen.
So you can easily make the game consists of 50% gameplay and 50% cutscenes. And to be honest for me the cutscenes in MGS were always the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. After some intense moments, a time of relaxation. =)
Davies
02/28/2011, 03:54 pm
But you can even it out by gameplay though. I did around 8 hours only playing act 1. I really took my time, explored the area and tried to come with strategies to get past unseen.
So you can easily make the game consists of 50% gameplay and 50% cutscenes. And to be honest for me the cutscenes in MGS were always the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. After some intense moments, a time of relaxation. =)
I hope that you haven't misunderstood me, I absolutely did enjoy my playthrough of MGS4 and would recommend it to people but I would also warn them that if they don't enjoy a heavy story element to their games (and if they haven't at least played MGS1 and 2 already because otherwise the story is incomprensible), that they might want to think twice before diving in.
Ultimately I felt that the game still maintained some fantastic and highly memorable moments. Some of the boss fights were amazing and who could forget the touching homage to MGS1's arctic base. Having said all that, I'm certainly not blind to the game's faults and also it's really not in the same league as MGS1 (although to be fair how could it be, plus MGS 2 and 3 weren't a patch either - as great as they were).
Origami
02/28/2011, 05:28 pm
Having said all that, I'm certainly not blind to the game's faults
I am going to be stubborn here and say...what faults? =P
I thought it was as perfect as a game could've been.
Davies
02/28/2011, 05:33 pm
I am going to be stubborn here and say...what faults? =P
I thought it was as perfect as a game could've been.
There's nothing wrong with that, after all it's your opinion. You have yours and I have mine. I must say though, there's nothing in this life that I think is without fault. Maybe that's just because I'm English.
corruptbiggins
02/28/2011, 06:25 pm
I've actually started all the games in my collection. Finishing them is another matter altogether.
VeronicanPlay
02/28/2011, 11:54 pm
I have plenty I haven't started yet, and plenty I have started but not completed yet.
If I where to make a list it would demand me to remember all the names which I can't, and the list would be way to long.
So lets just stick with, plenty. :p
waroftheworlds01
03/01/2011, 12:11 am
I used to play MGS4 non-stop when I first got it. I must have played through it over 100 times (which is about 1000000 times less than MGS and 1000000000 times less than MGS2 and 3) but when I try to play it now I just can't get back into it. Not sure why. I guess I played the hell out of it to the point where its better off as a memory. I can still play MGS2 and 3 without anyproblems though. Li la lu la lo by the way.
So, I got Xenogears, Resident Evil 2 and 3 on the PSN and haven't started them. I did play them for a little bit a long time ago but never finished. But I coun't that as not started cause I rented them before. Oh, except Xenogears. I hear it was good so figureed I would try it out. Haven't yet though.
Then there's the Commando games I got on Steam. They were on sale. All 5 of them for 5 dollars or something. haven't played them yet. I got the original Mass Effect hoping to play it before Mass Effect 2 came to PS3 but nope. Can't anyway, won't run. Even if I run as adminstrator.
Let's see.... I got the sequal to mark of kri that I didn't start yet. I also got Resident Evil Outbreak 2 that i didn't start yet. There's several other PS2 game that i got for the heck of it. I see that they're slowly dissapearing at GameStop so I wanted to get as many as I could before it was too late. lol But now it seems that's not a problem because of the PSN re-releasing classic game from both PS1 and PS2.
DAISHI
03/01/2011, 12:19 am
Half of Xenogears is good. They ran out of time on the second disc.
Giant Tope
03/01/2011, 12:19 am
Team Fortress 2 (got an orange box and heard that TF 2 sucked unless you had already played it),
...Huh? What does this mean?
GozzoMan
03/01/2011, 12:55 am
Apparently, if you send your PS3 to Sony to be repaired then they send you someone else's fixed PS3 in return (with a wiped hard drive) and equally if you remove the harddrive yourself and put it into a new PS3, it will automatically be wiped :mad::mad::mad:
That's absolutely preposterous.
It's working against the user at any level.
Sony today is so evil, that MS seems just a rough baby by comparison.
It's a shame to renounce to The Last Guardian and similar things, but I'm horrified by the idea to feed Sony.
Not that I'm too happy to feed MS either... In fact, I dream of an open source game console :(
StarEye
03/01/2011, 01:03 am
Microsoft does the same thing... it's common. Instead of spending time on fixing your console, they send you one that's already fixed. It keeps you from waiting longer than necessary for a new console. Hating on Sony for what is an industry standard is just plain dumb.
GozzoMan
03/01/2011, 01:17 am
Microsoft does the same thing... it's common. Instead of spending time on fixing your console, they send you one that's already fixed. It keeps you from waiting longer than necessary for a new console. Hating on Sony for what is an industry standard is just plain dumb.
Are you serious? I don't think that putting and harddrive in another xbox will result in that hardrive wiped, regardless of what they do while "repairing".
Also, even if that WAS an "industry standard", if it works against me, I think I'll go on hating as much as I please, thank you.
You know what's just plain dumb? Keep on feeding companies that works against you and then also "be happy with it" and renounce to criticize because "it's just the way it is".
Try to grow a spine. It's rewarding.
EDIT: Oh, of course this was NOT meant as apologetic for MS, which abounds in its own evil deeds against users.
GuruGuru214
03/01/2011, 01:38 am
Microsoft does the same thing... it's common. Instead of spending time on fixing your console, they send you one that's already fixed. It keeps you from waiting longer than necessary for a new console. Hating on Sony for what is an industry standard is just plain dumb.
Nintendo does this as well. They link the old console's Wii Shop account to the new console and ship it out. They advise you to back up your save files on the SD card first, but some files can't be moved, which means you'd better not be too attached to your Animal Crossing town or Brawl records if your Wii needs work. I got it even worse, though, having forgotten to back up my save files at all. Just re-downloading all my shop channel stuff was enough of a pain, then I got to play everything all over again, including a second full 242 star run of Super Mario Galaxy. I still haven't made up the files for Red Steel, Excite Truck, Super Paper Mario, or my Virtual Console copy of Paper Mario, and at this point I've just plain given up on Guitar Hero III. After spending so much time on Rock Band 2, going back to that game would just be a chore.
GozzoMan
03/01/2011, 01:49 am
In both Davies' (Sony) and GuruGuru's (Nintendo) and any other similar occurrences for MS and any other, my suggestion is to be sure to let the company KNOW that you're NOT AT ALL satisfied with the thing, when they ask you to fulfill an after-repair customer satisfaction questionnaire or with a follow-up writing to the customer support.
I surely would.
Davies
03/01/2011, 06:41 am
Microsoft does the same thing... it's common. Instead of spending time on fixing your console, they send you one that's already fixed. It keeps you from waiting longer than necessary for a new console. Hating on Sony for what is an industry standard is just plain dumb.
No, what you just said is plain dumb. For example, when you send off a PC to be fixed and it's possible for them to save the harddrive. Would you rather they send you someone else's fixed PC with a wiped harddrive or take their time and fix yours and return all of your files?
Just because it's an industry standard doesn't make it right. You know that slavery used to be legal but I guess people should never have complained about that either, huh? I know that the two don't compare but I'm trying to make a point that when something is wrong, you don't just sit on your arse and put up with it...
Although most people do. Hence why the world is such a horrible place at times.
waroftheworlds01
03/01/2011, 09:40 am
...Huh? What does this mean?
There was something called The orange Box that was released which had Team Fortress 2 and Portal in in. But he's saying that if you haven't played the first TF then you probably won't like the TF2. Which I don't see why not. As long as you like FPS's I don't see why you wouldn't like TF2.
Hell, I tend to get people worked up about FPS games when I tell them that they're all the same.
EDIT: I had to send my 360 in for repairs when it got the RROD. When I got it back the HardDrive was wiped clean. Traded that crap in for a PS3. Never had a problem since. :)
Davies
03/01/2011, 10:44 am
There was something called The orange Box that was released which had Team Fortress 2 and Portal in in. But he's saying that if you haven't played the first TF then you probably won't like the TF2.
Agreed, I never played the first one but I still had a great time enjoying the sequel.
Bunnyman
03/09/2011, 10:31 pm
I think he meant something else.
Team Fortress 2 (got an orange box and heard that TF 2 sucked unless you had already played it)
I think someone just griped about how the "new" TF2 isn't as good as the "old" TF2. They are mostly upset over hats and silly updates and the like. I don't know how 'new-player-friendly' it is anymore but it is still the best living FPS right now, in my opinion.
RetroVortex
03/10/2011, 01:29 am
Oh, god I have loads of unplayed games. (I'm not going into detail on that or else I'll be typing all day! XD)
The most recent example being the 5 Snes carts I just got from the post in the last 2 days.
Not that I don't want to play them, its because my Snes hasn't actually arrived yet!
(I bought the Snes first, then quite a few individual games. Funnily enough the games arrived first!)
(But once it does, I'm going to have an absolute blast! :D)
GuruGuru214
03/10/2011, 02:14 am
My own list of untouched games has grown by Pokémon White and is very likely to also include Pokémon Black by the end of the month. Technically, I've inserted White into the system and downloaded pseudo-DLC, but I won't consider it "touched" until I've selected "New Game", and that's going to be quite some time from now (unless Nintendo pushes out three more pseudo-DLCs in the near future, forcing me to start a new game to have room for a fourth).
der_ketzer
03/10/2011, 11:13 am
Let me check my steamgames for unplayed stuff.
- Bioshock (does not run on my PC)
- L4D (same as Bioshock but at least I watched the intro ;-))
- Commander Keen Episodes 2-6 (still stuck on episode 1.
- Commandos 3 (I got the pack for Commandos 2 anyways)
- Commandos 1+addon (I already played the german retail version)
- Lugaru HD
- Myst Masterpiece (does not start just like the 2 retail copies of it I have here)
- Abe's Exodus
- Recettar (was in a pack but I have no interest in it at all)
- Riven (I played through my 2 retail copies though)
- Some of the Sega Genesis Roms I got (bought!) this christmas
- Tales Of Monkey Island (I played the TTG-Version, got the Steamversion as a backup)
- SoMI Special Edition (does not even start because of thesae lazy b******** at Lucas Arts)
- Dawn Of War --> all addons. I tried the main game but THQ forces me to play the German version which I would not even dare to touch with a 10 foot pole. It's horrible. This and Titan Quest are the only games I have on steam that I cannot play in English so I will just not play them. Thanks THQ for restricting the language your customers play in. I will never buy any of your games ever again.
- almost all X-com game. I just don't understand what on earth I am meant to do there.
Mike Haley
03/26/2011, 06:11 pm
Games that I own, but have not yet played:
- Crysis: Warhead (PC)
I lost interest after about the fourth BSOD.
- CSI: Hard Evidence, Deadly Intent (PC)
Forensic Science is not really my thing, but if there is nothing else to play, I may dig these out one day.
- Final Fantasy I & II, IV-VIII (PS1), X & XII (PS2)
I am evil, I know. Arguably the greatest RPG series on the planet, and I have only played Final Fantasy III (DS) and Final Fantasy IX (PS1).
- LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
I plan to play this after I have finished Heavy Rain. Which reminds me, I am thinking about picking up Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Director's Cut (http://www.direct2drive.com/725/product/Buy-Fahrenheit:-Indigo-Prophecy-Directors-Cut-Download).
- Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS)
I picked this up at the same time as a few other cheaply priced Sonic games. Sonic Adventure was not nearly as bad as some have said.
- Star Wars: Battlefront, Empire at War, Rupublic Commando (PC)
Included with Star Wars: The Best of PC. I was primarily interested in it for Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Knights of the Old Republic.
- Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Episode 102-104 (PC)
I wanted to like these games, but had trouble concentrating on them with more prominent TTG games coming out around the same time (i.e. Tales of Monkey Island).
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (GCN Port)
One of these days, I am going to beat this game.
Davies
03/26/2011, 07:08 pm
...I am thinking about picking up Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Director's Cut (http://www.direct2drive.com/725/product/Buy-Fahrenheit:-Indigo-Prophecy-Directors-Cut-Download).
I was excited to learn that there's a directors cut of Fahrenheit until I looked it up and realised that cuts were only ever made to the original North American version. So I guess that my original UK copy already is the "Directors Cut". I was hoping that David Cage might have changed the highly disappointing and bizzare ending to be more in line with the genius twist that concludes Heavy Rain.
Mike Haley
03/27/2011, 01:43 pm
I was excited to learn that there's a directors cut of Fahrenheit until I looked it up and realised that cuts were only ever made to the original North American version. So I guess that my original UK copy already is the "Directors Cut". I was hoping that David Cage might have changed the highly disappointing and bizzare ending to be more in line with the genius twist that concludes Heavy Rain.
It sounds like there is a Director's Cut for Heavy Rain (Greatest Hits), but it might only be in the UK. I read that it includes the Taxidermist DLC on-disc, four XMB themes, and the soundtrack. When I first read this, I got a bit ticked. I just purchased Heavy Rain at GameStop last week, and they flat out told me that there were no differences between the original and Greatest Hits version of the game. They only had the original copy in stock, and it still carried the $29.99 price tag, so I took the bait.
I will wait to see if the Greatest Hits version that should be hitting US stores soon is any different. If it is, I may never shop at GameStop again. Their return policy is crap, their merchandise is usually overpriced, and they rarely have decent pre-order offers. "Pre-order your game today, and unlock Invisibility Mode on the day of release!"
Davies
03/27/2011, 02:00 pm
It sounds like there is a Director's Cut for Heavy Rain (Greatest Hits), but it might only be in the UK. I read that it includes the Taxidermist DLC on-disc, four XMB themes, and the soundtrack. When I first read this, I got a bit ticked. I just purchased Heavy Rain at GameStop last week, and they flat out told me that there were no differences between the original and Greatest Hits version of the game. They only had the original copy in stock, and it still carried the $29.99 price tag, so I took the bait.
Those chain stores can be real gits but that's what happens when one outlet holds a virtual monopoly over the market. Seeming as I already own the Taxidermist DLC and have no great interest in the soundtrack or XMB Themes, I can't say I'm too fussed over missing out. Also who could ask for more than the make it yourself origami included with the standard edition. I've still got the finished article sat on my shelf.
Remolay
03/27/2011, 02:03 pm
Left4Dead, wont run on my computer
God of War, I even told my parents that they had to hide it from me for a year
Jak 3, HAven't beaten Jak 2
Icedhope
03/27/2011, 02:07 pm
Gray Matter, but I will be starting that soon.
It sounds like there is a Director's Cut for Heavy Rain (Greatest Hits), but it might only be in the UK. I read that it includes the Taxidermist DLC on-disc, four XMB themes, and the soundtrack.
I suppose that "Director's Cut" is just the "Move Edition". I got the Move edition and it includes all those items (Taxidermist DLC, XMB themes, soundtrack) in addition to the game updated for Move controls (in the disc, no need for update downloads).
SHODANFreeman
03/27/2011, 04:22 pm
I own at least 400+ games that I have never played, and probably another 400+ that I've barely played. Shut up. :(
Rather Dashing
03/27/2011, 08:58 pm
http://i.imgur.com/Eff3S.jpg
Origami
03/28/2011, 02:00 am
I own at least 400+ games that I have never played, and probably another 400+ that I've barely played. Shut up. :(
Same here.
GaryCXJk
03/28/2011, 02:34 am
Basically the entire Sam & Max series (part of it I own on Steam, part on here)
Wallace & Gromit
Marvel vs. Capcom 1 on Dreamcast
Eternal Darkness
Gheist
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
The entire Id complete pack
The Secret of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge(: Special Edition)
The complete King's Quest series, save for the first one perhaps
The complete Space Quest series, save for the first one perhaps
Starcraft and its addon
Warcraft III and its addon
Diablo II
Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights II
Portal
Left 4 Dead 2
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X
X-COM: Enemy Unknown
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
Enchanted: Once Upon Andalasia
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Aquaria
Machinarium
The entire Commandos series
Counter Strike: Source
Crayon Physics Deluxe (since when did I even get that game?)
Day of Defeat: Source
All Half-Life games and their addons
Dead Rising 2 on PC (I've already played it on XBox 360)
Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War
The Dig
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich
Global Agenda
Gran Theft Auto IV complete
Indiana Jones adventure games (both of them)
Lugaru HD
Mass Effect (wait, since when did I purchase that one?)
The Maw (what the hell, I didn't remember buying that)
Max and the Magic Marker (what, did I purchase that kids indie pack or something?)
Monster Trucks Nitro
Mr. Robot
The first two Oddworld games
Osmos
Any Overlord game I own
Penumbra: Overture
Red Faction: Guerrilla
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Ecco the Dolphin on the Game Gear
Metroid (I bought the GBA port, and yes, it's the NES classic edition, not Zero Mission)
SiN and SiN Episodes: Emergence
Basically, I have a ton of games I haven't played yet.
Darth Marsden
03/28/2011, 04:52 am
Oh, oh so many. Let me check my Excel spreadsheet (yes, I have so many games, I've listed them in an Excel spreadsheet to try and keep track of them all)...
.hack
.hack//G.U.
Alien vs. Predator (2000)
Alien vs. Predator (2010)
Alpha Prime
And Yet it Moves
Ape Escape III
Arc the Lad I
Arc the Lad II
Arc the Lad III
Arc the Lad: End of Darkness
Art of Murder: The Hunt for the Puppeteer
Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny
Assassin's Creed II
Bad Rats
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Battles of Prince of Persia (DS)
Beat Hazard
Beyond Good and Evil (kidding)
Boiling Point: Road to Hell
Bomberman DS
Breath of Fire II
Breath of Fire III
Breath of Fire IV
Bully
Call of Duty 2
Caster
Chrome
Chrome: Specforce
Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual
Chrono Cross
Clive Barker's Jerico
Commandos I: Behind Enemy Lines
Commandos I: Beyond the Call of Duty
Commandos II: Men of Courage
Commandos III: Destination Berlin
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valour
Condemned
Crash Bandicoot I
Crash Bandicoot II: Cortex Strikes Back
Crash Bandicoot III: Warped
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity
Crash Bandicoot: Crash of the Titans
Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant
Cryostasis
CSI: Crime Scene Investigators
CSI: Three Dimensions of Murder
CSI: New York
Culpa Innata
...y'know, I could go on, but really, I'd just be wasting everyone's time. That's just #-C. You don't wanna know what the rest of the list is like. And can you spot the one obvious lie in the mix? Bonus points if you did!
GuruGuru214
03/28/2011, 08:52 am
I do the spreadsheet thing as well (and it keeps track of my totals for me, both by system and for which games I've beaten), but it looks like you need it WAY more than I do.
doodo!
03/29/2011, 07:51 am
Well, I haven't finished Still Life yet, and I was loving it.
Scrawffler
03/29/2011, 02:53 pm
From what I can remember:
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures (episodes 1 & 3)
Puzzle Agent
Ceville
Mecho Wars
Tibor - Tale of a Kind Vampire
Beyond Good & Evil (tried loading it - get the blue screen of death every time)
Gobliiins 4
Everything in Telltale's Adventure Game Bundle 2010 (except some of King's Quest)
And I have a few others I've played once or twice but, for whichever reason, have not managed to get back to them yet:
Simon the Sorcerer 4
Escape from Monkey Island
Gish
Mr. Robot
Darwinia
VVVVVV
Discworld 2: Missing Presumed
... and there are probably many more I've forgotten about. :P
Davies
04/02/2011, 02:09 am
http://i.imgur.com/Eff3S.jpg
Is this a fairly recent update? I installed a version of this MOD a couple of years ago but if this is a newer version (I don't recall that snazzy loader menu) then please could you provide a link to the makers website or a download link? Thanks.
It would be nice to finally be able to play KotOR II as intended (i.e a post-alpha game).
Darth Marsden
04/02/2011, 02:25 am
It's a different mod. Does exactly the same thing, but this one's actually finished!
List of what's restored (http://deadlystream.com/forum/topic/139-whats-restored-in-tslrcm/) and a link to the latest version (http://deadlystream.com/forum/files/file/13-tslrcm/).
That spreadsheet of mine isn't even finished, and already I'm boggled by how many games I have. Oh so many... And I didn't even list the games I tried for a few minutes and then moved on from... there's loads of those as well... gah!
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