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Demonatrix_Doom · Mar 30, 2005, 05:16 AM // 05:16

I have been playing Everquest for about 3 years now. I have all the expansions except "Gates of Discord", "Dragons of Norrath", and "Omens of War".

It is going to be wonderful not to have that monthly fee - I should buy some stock in Sony hehehe!

grayclay88 · Mar 30, 2005, 05:46 PM // 17:46

Well the first game i ever played was duke 3d......(wasnt there supposed to be a new 1 coming out?) and then i started getting into aoe 1. Recently ive been playing C&C generals, Dawn of War, miscleanious internet games (maybe runescape once in a while) and maybe cs source and warcraft 3 ft for like 10 min but other than that im just waiting for guild wars

bouncingsoulx · Mar 30, 2005, 05:54 PM // 17:54

sadley enough Diablo 2...
and besides that Gunbound which i still play from time to time

Nascent · Mar 30, 2005, 06:17 PM // 18:17

hrm.

ALOT of RPG's. Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate (1 & 2, I love that series), Morrowind with all the expansions, the Thief Series, Deus Ex, Legacy of Kain...on and on and on...

What I am turly interested in however, is what are people playing NOW. Ever since I tried Guild Wars back in march i've had one hell of a time finding another game that kept my interest like it did, or that was as challenging. Point and Case: I got Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone the other day. Beat the damn thing in like 6 hours.

It's getting increasingly difficiult to find decent games that'll last weeks on end. The only ones that did that for me were the Baldur's Gate series, and Deus Ex 1.

baranovan · Mar 30, 2005, 06:18 PM // 18:18

DII and Quake III Arena: Ufreeze Mod. Still playing Quake.

jbkilla · Mar 30, 2005, 08:45 PM // 20:45

I played joint operations and battlefield 1942

also GTA: SAN ANDREAS BABY

Juillen · Apr 02, 2005, 11:48 AM // 11:48

Started off with Pong. Simply because that was the only game out there at the time..
Then off to Space Invaders (well, apple invaders) on an early apple.
Through such timeless wonders as Chukie Egg, Frak, Elite..
Slowly the RPG games came out (Bard's Tale, Ultima etc.).
Mustn't forget the early 'multiplayer' games such as nethack. I know, not much multiplayer, only in town, and only limited, but...
X-Pilot was a blast!
Roleplay games have always been my forte, as I've been a pen & paper roleplayer for over 25 years now..
Played all the Elder Scrolls (and thought they were great for the days), Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Thief, all the ID games to date (I remember when Wolfenstein first came out.. The sheer shock of running round a nice 3d environment! Then when you got the step movement in Doom1!! Can remember just sitting in awe!).

For me, the thing that really keeps me coming back is a game with story.. Thus the roleplaying games. Nothing beats a good story (one reason why I'll always play the Final Fantasy games).
For the online games.. EQ, which I've been playing since release (although not much these days.. I find it too easy.. It's just doing things by rote.).
Ryzom looked interesting, but not enough to hold me there..
Got the demo of GW, and ended up hooked..
It's looking like a cross between a nicely balanced multiplayer game and a story! My favourite combination.

joecrab · Apr 02, 2005, 12:38 PM // 12:38

dungeon siege for some time but not much since oct

i still play savage every day and i am playing time splitters 3

Sin · Apr 02, 2005, 12:55 PM // 12:55

Ultima I on the Apple II was my first experience with computer gaming. Completed ultimas I-V and then broke from it to do the serious stuff--putting my Fortran experience with an Itel (Yes Itel) AS-6/IBM 360 mainframe with card reader to use. Of course we played a text based fortran programmed Trek game on the mainframe, and yea the boss couldnt' find--it is amazing what those extra platter tracks can do

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Then there was the Master of Orion-Sim City phase, everything past the first Master of Orion was horridly ill thought out.

More recently Warcraft II-TFT. Warcraft III was my intro to online gaming, I played it for a few years, not very successfully--best apm was around 150.

*Edit* Exile Escape from the pit series of stand alone rpgs

And most recently conqueronline and runescape. These last two are spyware infesters and very hack prone so be careful not to have a downed system by GuildWars release should you check them out in the meantime

Anyway, GuildWars appears to be THE next iteration of computer gaming, some aspects revolutionary, most evolutionary, yet, not just a step but a leap so far as the method by which a game pulls the player in. I look forward to playing it for some time to come.

spiritofcat · Apr 02, 2005, 01:17 PM // 13:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nascent

hrm.

ALOT of RPG's. Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate (1 & 2, I love that series), Morrowind with all the expansions, the Thief Series, Deus Ex, Legacy of Kain...on and on and on...

What I am turly interested in however, is what are people playing NOW. Ever since I tried Guild Wars back in march i've had one hell of a time finding another game that kept my interest like it did, or that was as challenging. Point and Case: I got Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone the other day. Beat the damn thing in like 6 hours.

It's getting increasingly difficiult to find decent games that'll last weeks on end. The only ones that did that for me were the Baldur's Gate series, and Deus Ex 1.

Gotta love Legacy of Kain eh? The only one I haven't finished is Blood Omen 2 because it's not on PC, but I did play it on PS2 for a while...
The game I'm playing while waiting for Guild Wars is the one game I always find myself coming back to, that is, Morrowind. Have you seen any of the info about TES4: Oblivion? Looks pretty amazing!

Hal · Apr 02, 2005, 03:57 PM // 15:57

I remember a time when the cartridges for the 2600 ran a good $26-$50 each. Evrything from Adventure and Haunted House to Maze Craze... Today I can get the same games in the Joystick for $19.99 which includes like 4 games.
The Legend of Zelda starting with the first.... Stopped at getting the Gamecube.
Played online starting with Starsiege moved onto Tribes 2, Played Freelancer as the latest. I tried tribes Vengance But it is lacking in something.
I loved most of the community in T2 and you needed lots of teamwork. I have played most of the usual Command and Conquer, Eampire Earth...
I have the Starwars BattleGrounds, Battlefield 1942 yada yada yada.

Love the Community here in Guild Wars. Hope it gets better when the retail comes out.

sk33zl0w · Apr 03, 2005, 01:06 AM // 01:06

I was a lvl 60 warlock in WoW a few days ago but decided Guild Wars would be better so i gave my acc to a friend and now i just visit GW sites and stuff.

Cs Source
CS
HL1 and 2
Battlefield games
Diablo 2

DarkWasp · Apr 03, 2005, 01:31 AM // 01:31

If your really bored come down to Florida, the weathers nice right now.

But if you want to get your mind off of guild wars the scratch that, the good weather makes you think of rangers.

Tanik · Apr 03, 2005, 02:02 AM // 02:02

Seems like alotta Baldurs Gate players here, we should all get together sometime and play multiplayer

ive only done that like 3 times with friends, and never with a whole group. Anyone else intersted? PM me if you are.

Anyways games that i play/played in the past

Current Game : Face Of Mankind

Ex PC Games : Starcraft, Diablo1/2, Warcraft 1-3, Baldurs gate 1-2(with expansions) Ice Wind Dale, Runescape, City Of Heros, Star Wars Galaxies, Everquest(just original never got into 2) Mu Online, Conquer Online, Kal Online, RYL(still play this from time to time, but dont pay <3 14 day free trials) Divine Divinity(not well known but i think i saw 1 other person who listed it, great Diablo 2 rip off XD)

Ex Console Games :
GameCube : James Bond 007 Agent Under Fire( was addicted to this for months), Sonic Adventure Battle 2, StarFox Adventures

Playstation1/2: Final Fantasy 6-X-2(NEVER play X-2 it sucks and ive played the older ones too but those were on NES and SNES and im not even gonna start my NES and SNES list) Beyond Good And Evil, Jak 2(just beat this 2 days ago im so proud <3) Tekken 4-5, MDK, Legend Of The Dragoon, Armored Core 1-3, Soul Caliber 2, Chaos Legion

X Box : Halo1/2(the originals story was better but the 2nd one has godly multiplayer) KOTOR1-2(these things took up months of my life, i beat both about a dozen times great games i recommend for almost anyone) Ninja Gaiden, GTA San Andreas(what can i say sometimes meaningless slaughter is fun)

Thats all i can think of off the top of my head... might come back with more later.

Nascent · Apr 03, 2005, 02:05 AM // 02:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by spiritofcat

Gotta love Legacy of Kain eh? The only one I haven't finished is Blood Omen 2 because it's not on PC, but I did play it on PS2 for a while...
The game I'm playing while waiting for Guild Wars is the one game I always find myself coming back to, that is, Morrowind. Have you seen any of the info about TES4: Oblivion? Looks pretty amazing!

Very little, since they're being total stooges when it comes to giving us info :P But from what I hvae seen it looks bloody amazing. Its another RPG (aside from guild wars) that im REALLY looking forward too.

And Blood Omen 2 is out on PC now if I recall, I played it on PS as well, but I do recall having it for PC for a spell, but the controls were just bleh..since it was ported.

Silverthorn · Apr 03, 2005, 04:28 AM // 04:28

As far as consoles I've had Atari 2600(the old mock wood panel one), Atari 2800, Sega Master System, Nintendo, Turbo Graffix 16, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Gameboy, Game Gear, Atari Lynx, N64, PS1, PS2, Gamecube.
Played nearly every rpg I could get my hands on from the original Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior. Played D&D/AD&D for 11 years, text based muds for 6 years, Dark Age of Camelot for 3.5 years. Also played live action rpg's such as Amtgard.

Lothian · Apr 03, 2005, 08:27 AM // 08:27

Console-wise: Started with the Atari 2600. But that was so long ago I can't even remember what games I owned. Blasted old age. The memory's the first to go... Then I moved to the NES. Was given the original Final Fantasy as a gift, thus beginning my love of RPGs that endures to this day. After the NES, I upgraded to the SNES and the Sega Genesis (Shining Force!), then from there to the PSX. Too many RPGs for that system to name (50+ titles, at last count). Recently got my hands on a PS2, but I haven't been able to acquire any decent RPGs for it. The only one I have being Suikoden 4, but I was rather disappointed with it compared to the first two, which I loved.
PC-wise: My experience here isn't quite so extensive. I got my first PC back in the early 90's. Don't even remember what my first game was, but I'm nearly positive it was an RPG. Like many others, I loved Baldur's Gate. The second one and its expansion. Unfortunately, I've been unable to acquire the first one. The same goes for Icewind Dale. I have the second, but not the first. One of my all-time favorite PC RPG series is Might and Magic. I own nearly all of them, from 4 all the way up to 9. I'm less interested in the Heroes offshoot, since it's a strategy game and not an RPG. Then there's The Elder Scrolls. I own all three, and still get the urge to play Morrowind from time to time. Greatest game ever, in my personal opinion. ( at the risk of insulting the fine creators of Guild Wars... x.x )
And let's not go into non-electronic RPGs. I've been told my room looks like a library, there are so many sourcebooks for various games stacked all over the place...

Dr Wu · Apr 03, 2005, 12:26 PM // 12:26

The original Diablo was my first online game back in '97..played with a friend..what an exciting experience, had so much fun. When I eventually got bored, I started duping weapons..I think that was it's downfall.
Then we heard about Ultima Online..it was still in open beta, but we managed to download 700 megs of RAR files with slow dialup and get into the last few days ! I still have my original acc. 7.1/2 years later !!
Also tried Underlight..wow..what a weired game..soon dumped that one.
I gave Ashen Empires a try for 9 months, but oh what a grind, and its dead boring till you get to lvl 50, which took the whole 9 months ! then it's still boring..
I read an interview with Richard Garriot of Ultima fame..he mentioned GW as being inovative and would be an outstanding game (2004 interview)..so I went ahead and pre-ordered and played my first BWE in March..can't wait for 28th..I'm hooked !

Dr Wu.

SnS.Veneli · Apr 03, 2005, 12:38 PM // 12:38

Before GW I played Warcraft 3, more specifically DotA. Before that I've played games such as Dark Age of Camelot, Age of Conquerors, Unreal Tournament, ...

grayclay88 · Apr 03, 2005, 04:43 PM // 16:43

I just wanted to say that ne of you who really want to play a mmorpg berfore guild wars comes out that Anarchy Online is having a special offer. Free subscription untill Jan 15 06. But u need bit torrent to download.

(if this is sum how against the rules, i dont understand how, because im not soliciting im informing)