What video games are you playing at the moment?

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lordofduct

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Ohhhhh, my god... im playing Fable and it is uber addicting. im also playing Silent Hill 4 and Chronicles of Riddick... im going all out with my XBOX.
 
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Rorscach

Planescape. Quality.

Don't you hate it when you get ADDICTED to a game that's just, well...to avoid vulgarity, not really any good? I'm hooked on FFX-2 and it's utter rubbish. I know it is. But there's something so extremely satisfying in getting the girls new abilities...yes, I know it lacks the love of CT or the polish of FF6, but its so freaking entertaining! Or is it just the lady luck costume... :drool:

That said, Viewtiful Joe (for the 6th time round...), Second Sight (meh...), and a smidgin of Mario Kart: DD. Best of the series. Hands down. Except that Yoshi's course. I still HATE IT. :damn:
 
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CrazyGoon

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Originally posted by Rorscach@Oct 6, 2004 @ 08:58 AM

Don't you hate it when you get ADDICTED to a game that's just, well...to avoid vulgarity, not really any good? I'm hooked on FFX-2 and it's utter rubbish. I know it is. But there's something so extremely satisfying in getting the girls new abilities...yes, I know it lacks the love of CT or the polish of FF6, but its so freaking entertaining! Or is it just the lady luck costume... :drool:
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Not that I'm saying FFX-2 is an RPG (since I haven't played it), I will proceed with my mini-rant which was spurred from the first sentence in the quote above. It just so happens that the first genre that sprung to mind was the RPG genre - now how above that! ;)

This is the question you face when you choose to begin an RPG: "Do I want to spend hours upon hours killing stuff just so I can level up my character (and learn new skills from leveling up), so I can beat that boss up ahead?". The sad fact is that all RPG's are like this and is a strong factor in why I dislike the RPG genre as a whole. What's worse is the fact that you get addicted to RPG's very easily, which once it has a hold on you, wont be easily thrown away. So you'll spend lets say 40 hours of walking around and killing stuff, and at the end of it, (when you finally ditch the goddamn thing), all that time you spend on it was completely wasted, (unless the game truly had the utter bomb of a storyline) - you haven't improved at all skill-wise (how can you get better at a game which only requires you to choose an option eg. "attack"). The only thing you can possibly gain from an RPG is a good story.

So yes Rorscach, I do hate it when I get addicted to a game which is pure crap. I hate it so much, that I even get depressed after realising what a waste it, in reality, was. And there are 1000's more words I could add to the defence of the "What are RPG's good for?" and "What determines whether a game is an RPG?" arguments, but this is the "What video games are you playing at the moment?" thread so I'll leave it at that ;)

.. and speaking of games I'm currently playing: beatmania iidx, ddr, last blade and tetris..
 
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it290

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Not all RPGs require you to level up for hours on end, although I wish more did, because lately most RPGs have been far too easy. Also, if the RPG has a good battle system you will get more out of it than a good storyline - you'll also be doing some strategic thinking, far beyond the simple 'attack' that you mentioned. Besides, does anyone really play games in order to improve their skills? I mean, I guess playing After Burner might improve your fighter pilot skills or something, but DDR sure as hell isn't going to improve your dancing skills, and Last Blade isn't going to make you a better swordfighter.
 
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Cloud121

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Since I'm borrowing about nine PS2 games from my neighbor, I've been playing:

SOCOM: US Navy SEALS

NBA Street Volume 2

NCAA Football 2004

Medal of Honor: Frontline

I've been playing a lot of the original Joe Montana Football for MD/Genny as well.
 
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CrazyGoon

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Ha :D No, skilled at the game/ genre is what I meant. Right now, I'm leap years ahead of where I used to be regarding my skill at those games, compared to when I first started out. Whereas, if I had been playing RPG's all my life, I wouldn't have anything to show of it - meaning, no visably noticeable improvement.
 
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lordofduct

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Visably noticeable improvements... glazed sunken eyes, fidgety fingers, and the neck crooked forward from staring intently at the screen.
 
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it290

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I'd say there's some skill gained.. after a while, you get an intuitive sense of which townsperson you need to talk to to continue on with the story, so you can ignore the silly things said by everyone else. ;)
 
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Dud

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I'm playing Fable. I'm only a few hours into it, but I already got my allignment to evil. :devil This game is awesome, and the interactions you can do are hilarious. I love going up to people and doing a pelvic thrust; in the game as well.
 
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lordofduct

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uh oh mountaindud... AND IT BEGINS, the addiction will swallow you whole. It will wain over time and youll be wheened off of it. But for a little while all you will think of is how evil or good you can be.

My room mate became evil with horns almost immediatly, he just began by beating the girl missing the teddy and beating the lil' kid, then beating up his dad and the item shop guy and hanging out in the bar... then at the heroes guild as a kid he would beat on whisper and the guild master... he was evil before he even left the guild.
 
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stack99

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I have been HOOKED on the new MK... I put everything aside for that, man is this a great game,, they took deadly alliance to a whole new level... I highly recommend this game, you WILL have fun... oh and Berty where did you get a RE 4 demo from?
 
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Darsh

Naruto: Narutimet Hero 2

Otogi: Myth of Demons

Otogi 2 and Outrun 2 demos (I can't get enough of em)

Robotech: Invasion

Berserk (the new PS2 one not the DC one)

GunGrave OD

Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom

Guardian Heroes

One Piece: Round the Land

You can get a lot of games played when you have long periodes of time off from school and work heh heh. Good thing cuz 4th quarter games are the best and they all seem to come out at the same time.
 
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zx7ninja

Originally posted by siamese@Oct 12, 2004 @ 09:30 AM

Sonic triple trouble for the game gear :blush:

just repaired my old game gear :devil

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Right now, i'm playing:

Castlevania: LOI

Star Ocean: Til the end of time

FFX-2

Tales of Destiny

Parasite Eve 2

FF9

and Super Mario World (again, it's just so much fun!)

You all know the respective systems they're on, so I don't have to list that.
 
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stack99

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Just picked up Paper Mario... thousand year door.... its a good as the first and then some.. a great game.
 
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Alexvrb

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I'm playing Fable a bit, I rented it. I was kind of pissed because I wanted to play X-men Legends with a friend, and the only rental place that had it didn't have any in. I asked at Blockbuster when they'd be getting it, and they aren't. That's retarded.
 
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