Oh wow, been a while since I made a PC FNF post. People didn't seem to miss me, but I assume there are a few of you out there that still play PC games. ;)
I assume there's stuff going on with Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, and Planetside, but tbh I really don't know and can't be arsed to look it up. Someone who does know feel free to post in the comments. ^_^
What I do know however is that there will be some mass clickings to death in Diablo II. So far at least Aerox, Gandy and myself will be playing in about... 90 minutes. We're on the US West Battle.net host. If you want to join in just send me a message over Steam or (if you have it) Gtalk.
After a few horus of that I'm sure we'll likely be in the mood for some Demigod, although I'm sure it won't be too hard at all to find someone willing to play.
No start/end times really, just hassle someone until they play with you. ;)
Just in case some of you don't know, Destructoid has forums. Awesome forums where, amongst many other things, you can trade games with fellow Dtoiders! :)
Here's some of the things I got.
First is Illusion of Gaia, which I got from Wedge for a copy of UN Squadron.
Second is Zelda: LttP, which I got from Funktastic in exchange for a boxed copy of Super Bomberman 2. He was so nice he even threw in a Soul Calibur IV mini-calendar and a Gears of War 2 t-shirt.
Finally is Secret of Mana, which I got from Dyson in exchange for some old Nintendo Players Guides (NES Game Atlas and Final Fantasy III).
So yeah, good trades for all involved. Now get your butt in there and mingle with some Dtoiders!
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Also, I had to share this. Because they are awesome, Scary Womanizing Pig Mask decided to hand over their recently won RFGO prize pack to me. <3 <3 <3
Sadly I failed, and didn't get the extra games going. Considering Aerox and Knives aren't even around, I think it's safe to guess that there will be no games of Iron Grip: Warlord. However, if people are interested in trying One Must Fall: 2097 or a Star Control 2 MP clone, message me. :)
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World in Conflict IroN1c offered to host this game, but didn't give any contact information or times. Decipher the mystery and play some WiC!
Left 4 Dead 8-player versus private server; IP: 8.9.31.136:27015; Password: littlecart
Steam group, to help find players for a game.
Team Fortress 2 - Map Packs (version 6): arena maps, ctf maps, cp maps, pl maps, other maps; Please make sure you download these in advance, as waiting for a download in game sucks :(
- Time: 8pm Central (2am UTC)
- Server: brbuninstalling.com #1 [FastDL|Customs|HLStatsX|Voting]; IP: 8.12.20.112:27015; Password: littlecart
- Spill-Over Server: brbuninstalling.com #2 No Crits; IP: 18.243.2.105:27015; Password: N/A
- Spill-Over-Over Server: 63.215.74.23:27015 - Located in Los Angeles, this will be STOCK-ONLY
Not sure how many of you have Steam, or even a PC you use for gaming, but I got a Steam News notice about an indie games sale they currently have going on, and one of the entries that piqued my interest was Retro/Grade: a rhythm/shooter hybrid where you travel through time in reverse to preserve very fabric of the space/time continuum.
You play Rick Rocket, who just finished saving the universe from alien invaders. However, the destruction of the alien mothership has opened up a temporal anomaly, and now time is flowing in reverse! To preserve causality, you must replay though the epic battle Rick Rocket just finished, except backwards. So destroyed enemies reform in front of your eyes, and your bullets return to you requiring you to be in the right position to have fired them in the first place. Likewise, enemy bullets you already dodged come back at you from behind, returning to the ships that fired them. Any missteps slowly build towards a time paradox, but thankfully your ship is equipped with the ability to restore the correct flow of time for a short while, allowing you to go forwards again, giving you another chance to go backwards correctly.
Sounds a bit confusing? Tell me about it... explaining this game to people has been quite difficult. This gameplay video should help illustrate what you have to do:
The battles take place to the beat of music, in that you are "firing" your shots to match the music playing in your ship's stereo. Depending on the difficulty there's 3-5 rails your ship can be positioned on, which is where the rhythm part of this rhythm/shooter hybrid come in. The game has two control schemes, allowing for either the up/down arrows to move the ship between paths, or a specific button (Or... if you may... a fret on a guitar controller) assigned to each path. Both methods work quite well on a keyboard, although the latter is far more difficult. The game's website claims the game also supports pretty much any PS2/360/PS3/Wii guitar controller, and using one is definitely a treat. It's close enough to be familiar to people who have played Rock Band/Guitar Hero, but has a very distinct feel when you play it.
The whole game just gave off a retro feel for me, from the look and music right down to the frantic gameplay that while rhythm based doesn't leave you feeling like you're just playing along to a song. The songs (the two available are featured on the two gameplay videos) work very well and match the atmosphere of the game.
You can get the demo from the Steam link above or their website. Currently it's only for PC, and there's no mention of XBLA/WiiWare/PSN yet. The demo just has the Epilogue (tutorial) and levels 10 and 9, which could be quite the conundrum when you think about. Are levels 8-1 going to be easier, or are they going to try to explain why the "first" levels are harder than the "last"?
It's a bit of a slim week this week. Joel (who I sadly forgot to mention last week) will be hosting in his Gmod server. I'll be getting an early start on golf, so the proposed teleporter tag will have to wait until another week. Of course the usual assortment of pickups and possible rps matchups will happen in TF2, and I'm sure many a zombie will be slayed in Left 4 Dead.
In addition, you all should really buy Zeno Clash! It's only $10 on Steam right now, and will be for presumably the rest of the day.
---Host Information---
Left 4 Dead 8-player versus private server; IP: 8.9.31.136:27015; Password: littlecart
Steam group, to help find players for a game.
Team Fortress 2 - Map Packs (version 6): arena maps, ctf maps, cp maps, pl maps, other maps; Please make sure you download these in advance, as waiting for a download in game sucks :(
- Time: 8pm Central (2am UTC)
- Server: brbuninstalling.com #1 [FastDL|Customs|HLStatsX|Voting]; IP: 8.12.20.112:27015; Password: littlecart
- Spill-Over Server: brbuninstalling.com #2 No Crits; IP: 18.243.2.105:27015; Password: N/A
- Spill-Over-Over Server: 63.215.74.23:27015 - Located in Los Angeles, this will be STOCK-ONLY
At the moment pretty much all of my few local friends who actually play games are dinks who now spend all of their time playing WoW. So, feel free to look me up and send an invite to play games. ^_^
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Hello! <3
Bit about me. I've been a gamer for the most of my life. When I was seven and waiting for my parents to pick me up from piano lessons, the teacher's two sons showed me Super Mario Bros 2. Needless to say I never learned to play the piano very well...
I've flip-flopped several times between consoles and PCs. I generally love non-generic FPS games, puzzlers (Tetris is probably my favourite game of all time) and platformers of all shapes and sizes. I tolerate RPGs, but usually don't bother because I just don't have the time to invest in them.
I'm one of those freaks that regard FF7 and Ocarina of Time as merely average. That might be partly because I'm biased against the first round of 3D games that generally looked and played like crap compared to the 2d games at the time (during that generation I was a PC gamer, where they actually could do decent 3D at the time). By no means are they bad games, but plenty of games have done just as well and actually looked good in the process.
Yeah yeah, graphics aren't everything. But as important as gameplay is, looks still matter. It doesn't have to be the best looking thing around, but it at least has to be passable.
I tried to be a collector for awhile, but realized there was no market where I lived and gave that up. Currently I have an NES, SNES, GameBoy/GameBoy Colour/GameBoy Advance SP, DS, a 360, and of course my lovely gaming PC. ^_^
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