I wanna new drug...erm, I mean GAME

Yes, sadly, I DO remember Huey Lewis and his News.

DAoC, while still very fun, is starting to annoy me with the slow pace of leveling. All I really want to do any more is RvR, but I get killed quickly at level 32. Then there's the fact that leveling itself is really just a chore to me... Armorcrafting is okay, but SLOW and if there's no high-level tailors on, forget about it...

Basically, it's impossible to find a decent pub T2 game these days, but I don't mind playing and practicing with you guys (though, as I indicated in practice last night, for a family guy 6PM SUCKS...we usually have dinner about that time, then I typically give the baby a bath right after, so even 7PM is a bit of a stretch most nights).

I finished the single player of Ghost Recon last week. Though a nice distraction, I don't think I'll be playing that too much more.

So, I need a new game... What's come out lately that's good? Anything out there that I have missed in the last few months? If not, I think I'm fixin' to go buy me an Xbox. :)

I'm having a great time with Arcanum right now. If you've ever played and enjoyed Fallout or Fallout2 you'll love it.

I love my Xbox too... :)

Sorry about our T2 match times, but they've been starting at 9, 9:30, or 10pm EST, and any later would be "too late" for many of us. :(

X-Box? Bah! Buy a PS2!

I am having a lot of fun playing Halo right now... driving that warthog is a blast. I have that and Project Gothem Racing, which is really hard, but quite enjoyable as well. What games have you played squidly? What else would you reccommend?

Pix

Fax, check your email address in your profile... it appears that spoon@enter.net no longer works...

tribes 1 is regainning much popularity...

Play BG2 again, thats what I'm doing. Now thats a drug.........

[AK]Wickhawk

For me its been WWII Online and starting this weekend NASCAR Racing 2002. (My new system components arrived today so I'll be building my new system tomorrow night :D ).

I haven't even played RtCW in over 2 weeks.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault is a good one.. heard good things about RtCW... heard good things about SimGolf.. into EQ again :D ... EQ is calling you Z... you know it is.. ;) umm... Bid For Power Quake 3 mod.. Max Payne.. Starcraft... Diablo 2.. the usuals.. ;)

Oha.. and starting to get into Table top RPGs... that should be fun.. :D

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I am having a lot of fun playing Halo right now... driving that warthog is a blast. I have that and Project Gothem Racing, which is really hard, but quite enjoyable as well. What games have you played squidly? What else would you reccommend?

Pix

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I LOVE Amped, have been playing a lot of Munch's Oddysee lately too. Obviously, very different types of games from Halo. Bribo can tell you how much we've been playing Amped.

I've finished MOH, and RTCW... besides Arcanum I am also playing SimGolf. Lately I've been avoiding it because I don't have ENTIRE FREAKING DAYS to simply toss away (it's stupidly addicting.)

Well, I went to EB yesterday, hoping to find something new and exciting there, but there wasn't ANYTHING there that remotely appealed to me. I think I'm in the mood for a Star Wars game... Rogue Squadron with updated graphics or something because I sure did spend a while on the store's GameCube playing RS2. Of course that means I need a new joystick since my computer no longer has a game port. Thought about a USB Microsoft FF2, but I can't seem to find one in stock any where (early indications of a new model on the horizon, or just a sure sign that MS no longer wants to compete in the joystick business?). This is kind of depressing, actually... :(

Here's a possiblity for ya! Too bad it isn't out yet but damn it looks good to me. It's called Battlefield1942. Here's some screenies.

All vehicles WILL be in the multiplayer game (barring unforseen problems, but the developers claim they will be there). This game is made by the same team that made Codename Eagle, which has vehicles and soldiers, etc... and came out a few years ago. And this will be a dedicated server type deal and online play will be free. Though they will probably use Gamespy (ick... can you say All Seeing Eye?).

Screenshots and game info found here: http://www.cebf.f2s.com/index.shtml

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot9.jpg


http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot75.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot7.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot31.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot35.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot73.jpg

And some more:

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot10.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot22.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot21.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot38.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot39.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot49.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot61.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot64.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot67.jpg

http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot71.jpg



Shall we start a pool on what speed processor you're gonna need to run this baby?

I think I'm covered for now... ;)

Shots of ships on the waterline make me ache for some good, old-fashioned WW2 Submarining, ala the game Gato that I played back in the mid to late 80's on my Apple II/e. But, that game does look pretty promising... Just hoping it doesn't turn out to be the letdown that WW2OL was. Thanks, Widow... I'm less depressed now...

Just so you know, BF1942 will have subs in it too ;)


http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot18.jpg


Oh, and this game is comming out for the XBox shortly after the PC release.

It is all down to implementation. Nice eye candy and all but if it is not implemented well it will suck. We'll see. It just looks so good that I am highly anticipating this baby.

P.S. WWII Online has come a long way since the first few months of crap. The game is far better now, in fact I miss my account. I was even thinking of reactivating it but I can't find my bloody CD anywhere, I probably left it at work.

What about IL-2 Sturmovik? It is possibly the most critically acclaimed flight sim of all time, and it is by far the best WWII flight sim ever released. From what I've read, the multiplayer is excellent, so it sounds like a great game for AK play. I'm thinking about buying it ASAP. Anyone else interested?

Check out these reviews:

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...829773,00.html

http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/il2_sturmovik_main.asp

http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/december01/il2/

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Just so you know, BF1942 will have subs in it too ;)


http://www.cebf.f2s.com/bf_shot18.jpg


Oh, and this game is comming out for the XBox shortly after the PC release.

It is all down to implementation. Nice eye candy and all but if it is not implemented well it will suck. We'll see. It just looks so good that I am highly anticipating this baby.

P.S. WWII Online has come a long way since the first few months of crap. The game is far better now, in fact I miss my account. I was even thinking of reactivating it but I can't find my bloody CD anywhere, I probably left it at work.

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hmm.. i thought they released the full version on the web and incorporated a 7-day trial into it... check slothplanet.

BF1942 looks awesome.. :D can't wait to try that game... should be fun

Yes, WWII Online has come a long ways. I've been playing it for a little over 3 weeks now and am enjoying it greatly.

They just released a minor patch yesterday, but there is another one coming out Monday or Tuesday that is adding a few new weapons to the fray. Most important to me of course is the British Matilda. So now when you play British, you have exclusive British equipment, and if you are playing French, you have exclusive French equipment.

It's not a 'beautiful' game in terms of graphics, but it's very good in the areas that count.

I think ww2ol is what started this outburst in WW2 games.. and I tell you, I love it. ;)

Well, I downloaded the full version from the website and since I already had an account I did not need to re-enter my subscription key. I am back on WWII Online, been messing around with it for an hour today and had great fun. It is nice to crawl back into the cockpit of a Blen Mk1 and do some low level bombing of targets, I have not lost a lot of skill in the couple months I have been away. Of course one first needs to have skill to loose it, guess I had little to loose ;)

My name in WWII is "reynark" but I am trying to get that changed. I chose it as a placeholder name when I created the account because I could not think of anything I wanted that someone else did not already have. Then it turns out, of course, that you can not change your username, this was intended to keep people from "griefing" then changing their name for anonimity. But come on, they HAVE to let us change our name if we don't want to keep it. But I have to go through some rediculous appeal process to change it though they promise to give us some ability to change user name... "soon".

As I said before the game has greatly improved since release. I actualy find it a lot of fun now. I love multi crewing but since I usualy play Allied I don't get a lot of opportunity, historicaly the players on Allied don't do much multi crewing. When I play German I see a lot of it, someday the allieds will learn why they keep getting pushed back.

Can't wait for the next patch, I understand there will be a german medium bomber (I think) and a brit med/heavy tank to fill out the british armor roster a bit. Can't wait for better inf model (which I have read good things about from the developers) and new inf weapons!

I go by "Hylander" on WWII Online as well.

I'm a part of 3RTR (3rd Royal Tank Regiment ) - http://rtr3.wwiionline.org

I'm currently a Captain and about 1/10th the way to becoming a Major. (Major what I'm not sure :D ).

A frined of mine helped me out in getting the Warfraft 3 multiplayer beta... so I have been playing that a fair amount. Not a huge fan of the online play of those type games, but I can't for the single player version to hit the shelves.

Not sure how to actually get all the files for the beta sice my friend just burned me a disk, but if you are interested head over to http://www.war3pub.net/ I think they have infor on it.

Pix

Actually, Palooka, I did pick up the box for IL-2 several times, but realized I no longer have a joystick... I keep waiting for MS to announce the next big thing in FF joysticks...