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I was just wondering if some of you have had the off chance to try some of the new game titles out there. I am mainly thinking of Half Life 2: Episode 2. Which I, in my humble opinion, think is the best fps-game ever made to this day. Included in the upcoming Orange Box, which will contain 5 Valve games. Among them, apart from the Half Life 2 episodes there's also Portal. This game gives a little twist to the usual linear construction of fps-games today namely just: Portals. The player is, with a very special piece of technology, able to open portals in our own dimension allowing insantanious travel from one spot to another by simply walking through. It's pretty neat actually.

There's also the mindblowing Crysis, which has just been released in demo version. Tried it earlier today and I was quite impressed and later depressed realizing I would need to buy a new computer in order to fully enjoy it.

I also got that same realization when I tried the Unreal 3 demo. One can only try to comprehend what this new gaming and rendering engine will do in the future of game development.

So, anyone who's tried any of these out yet?

I have to admit, the only game I play on the PC is this one :)

I have a PS3, 360 and a Wii so usually get my FPS/Sports fix elsewhere.  Have just had my first exposure to Halo 3 and was very impressed.

As for HL2E2, was reading about it in the 360 mag this month and it does look good.  Portal looks very interesting but the cream on the cake for me is the new Team Fortress 2 :)

I have the Orange box, and it is truly amazing :) i love all of it. Portals is a brilliant new concept and age of games. Runs great, and fun to play. HL2 is just unbelieveable. I reconmend it 110% to anyone who was thinking of buying it. To buy it.

BUT:: Don't buy the Box unless your PC is pretty fast. About 2gig RAM. Usually will make it smooth. My mate has 1gig and its a bit laggy.

Anyway, my brothers friend has the crysis demo, and he said its by far the best fps he has ever played. EA have really out done themselves on this one.

:)

- Art

About Team Fortress 2: I haven't actually had time to try Team Fortress 2 yet, but I was a fan of the good ole one. Me and my buddies used to play it alot on LAN's.

About the Orange Box: I am in great awe of you now Art, that box could contain the most powerful combo of games ever made. I would replay all the games just for buying that lovely piece. It truely was a strike of genius by Valve to do it.

A question: Isn't the Orange Box supposed to be available on the PS3? Because I, like Daal, am a owner of this wonderful machine. And I think it will bring tears to my eyes as well as Gordon's if it will be.

About Crysis: Although the game itself is truly amazing in the aspect of graphics I would like to further investigate in the stoyline before going to the lenghts of calling it the best fps I've ever played. But I can admit that the ingenuity of the game dynamics is pretty impressive and will definetly prehibit any critiques from calling the game linear.

I got the orange box too, really enjoyed TF2 good fun to play, currently enjoying episode 2.
Armed Assault was a favourite for a while, I just keep coming back to wow though.
Like Daal I get my sport fix from the 360. enjoying ice hockey mainly, I cant use the controllers for fps on a console, I need a mouse and keyboard.. I'm a PC fanboy  8)

I was the same smalls and it took ages before I could play FPS on console :)

I for one think FPS-games on consoles poses somewhat of a challenge compared to if played on a PC. But maybe that's just me :)

Half Life 2 sucks!! Its such a pain to install and the steam software YUK. Half 1 was good but that was mainly due to the free mods (TFC, Day of Defeat, Counter Strike, etc) which im sure are avaible for 2 but its not the same.

Will probably get UT2007 as im more of a charge in and blast them to itty bitty pieces.

You know, you don't have to use Steam in order to play the new games. Buuuut I didn't say that *whistles*

But even if you have to use Steam, which I can agree is a pain in the lower backside, it's still worth it. Half Life 2 is and will be one of the best FPS-games ever made.

To be honest I've never been into PC gaming much, apart from WoW and Football Manager (and Champ. Manager before that)... and these days I don't play FM any more as whenever I feel like playing on my PC I'm logging into WoW.

Outside of WoW I much prefer console gaming, so I'm usually playing the FIFA 08 or Heavenly Sword (which I love) at the moment... although I still play MotorStorm F1 Champ. Edition and Resistance: Fall of Man online quite a bit too (which is odd as I normally find FPS games boring).

Half-Life never really appealed to me - although I used to play a bit of CounterStrike at work before finding WoW and that was OK (although not a patch on R:FoM in my opinion).

CS was more than a game for most who played it back in the day, it was a way of life which set the standard for every team based FPS game.  Nothing will ever replace the feeling of playing a competitive clan game in a semi-pro league and that's fact.

Due to the last man standing mechanics, the game had this unique way of actually making you fear for your virtual life and feel regret and remorse when a clan mate fell.

FoM is by far the best online console FPS game I've played and you can include any flavour of Halo in that statement :)

Nice to hear some advocators of RFoM :) I haven't actually had the time to try it online yet but with Daal's statement I just might make some time for just that purpose.

I wanted to dl crysis but i keep forgetting to, i log on the computer and WoW and a game called warrock sucks me in and its like being chained to your seat. I can run crysis but not all the way up =[=[=[ Assasins creed is what im waiting for. my specs:
2ghz amd64x2
1g ram
radeon ati x1650 pro

Before WoW, I was a huge FpS fan.

I have the half-life collection, but don't actually play it much. 

There was a point where my friends and I would live and die by Battlefield.  Again, I have the full series (Battlefield 1942, Vietnam, 2, 2142)  The graphics have improved dramaticly through the series.  Battlefied 2 and 2142 are both graphicly demanding.  Rag-doll effects are much better too. 

The Medal of Honor series is also very good.

I have a few "scarry" games that I'll only play at night.  (so much better that way)  Doom 3, F.E.A.R., The Suffering
- Doom is awesome.  My bro walked down the hall and said "hey"...I nearly crapped myself.  :P
- F.E.A.R. is pretty creepy.  There is this little girl that pops out randomly and vanishes.  Mobs to the same.  Really errie...
- Haven't played The Suffering much, but heard it's really good too.

Being a bit of a gear head (putting it lightly) I am also a fan of the Need for Speed series...all of those too.  Some of the older ones are cheezy, but running and smashing into cops (bobbies?) is always fun.  :) 

Oh, if you like scary games you must've tried Silent Hill I presume Falensicknes? :) If you haven't it is a must. The SH-series is THE best horror games you'll ever play. Period.

Definately.  As I say I'm not an FPS fan at all, but I love RFoM and quite often play it online.

FPS games on consoles are very difficult to get right - I have only ever played 2 that I have thought worked.  The best by far is RFoM.  The other one was Fire Warrior (based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe) on the PS2 - cracking game that has since been released on PC.

As for Silent Hill, if you're into your horror games I would definately agree. I played the first one on the PS1 and was scared out of my mind!  I don't dare play any of the newer ones! ;)

I'm hooked on Unreal Tournament 3 at the moment! It's not out until the 22nd, but damn even the BETA is sweet! Go into google and type UT3 BETA and you can download straight away! I love the fast pace game action, all take a try :D

Yeah I have to say that's another (one of many unfortunately) game on the PS3 I really wouldn't mind buying... but I'm not allowing myself to get them!

Must.....save.....money......

the only shooters i play are the future/time travel. EX:Halo,timepsliters
my friend says i need to try but im not sure

My computer is getting old so im just trying to get by on wow until something comes along better (Warhammer).

For everything else i play xbox 360.

I have Halo 3 and Rainbow Six Las Vegas, plus i constantly rent games. If anyone wants to get some H3 or other games in, my name on 360 is Dagreaser504

Update:

I've just come out of the comatose state that is the single player campaign of Call of Duty 4:Modern Warfare. It was truley captivating which really isn't much of a surprise when talking about the Call of Duty series.

The difference between this game and the other three in the series is that it is based upon, as the title portrays, Modern Warfare instead of WWII. This of course allows for a whole new weaponry and other armaments to help you in your cause for justice and liberty.

You play as either Sgt.Paul Jackson with the U.S.M.C. on a mission similiar, yet intensified and glorified, to the Iraqi war. Your other protagonist is 'Soap' McTavish with the S.A.S, and is a part a fully trained secret ops anti terrorist led by Captain Price.

I for one almost couldn't stop playing yesterday. What I found really cool was the S.A.S time test. The test consists of a series of tasks that invovles fast and close quarter combat. You run through 6 parts of an obstacle course, on time, and neutralizing targets along the way. When you finish the game derives the suggested difficulty level you should play the campaign in. Me, being a bit stubborn,  of course ran the thing 'til I had the new record of S.A.S before actually starting to play the campaign.. but lets not talk about that! What we should talk about is the actual gameplay. Has any of you guys had the pleasure of playing it yet?

Eagerly awaits your response.

Zarx

hey Zarx,

I got CoD4 the other day and have been totally sucked in by it. I agree it really is a great gaming experience.

After Wow'ing for so long it was a real shock! expecially the multiplayer games..
So you beat 19seconds on the SAS run? lol, I thought I would give it a second go to beat 26 seconds but got stuck in the door and made it in 58seconds..

anyway, look for InFlames in game, will gladly fight by your side.

Sounds great Zarx mate :)

Hehe, indeed it was for me too. But then the ole skills came creeping up on me. Suffice to say it took a few runs until I was satisfied.

Will do private, see you on the front lines.

@Daal: It sure is, have you tried it yet?

Zarx out.

I barely have time for WoW at the moment, nevermind another game! :)

Might rent it on the 360 and see how it plays.

Man I feel so embaressed....

30Gb HDD
512MB RAM
1.7 Ghz processor
Radeon 7500 64mb video card...  pure  :-*
so i cant really play any new games... does run wow tho (somehow)
hopefully getting an update some time soon...

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Well I know I'm a ninja for this post but it is completely different

/descuss!

Could not listen to then at work but OMG MR T as a NElf and Kirk as a Tauren! Rofl > lol > almost got sack for laughting instead of working!

Yes, it is indeed ninjaing.  >:(

There is already a post about this in another topic Michael, I suggest you try to have your discussions there (http://www.lancraft.co.uk/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,26/topic,739.0/)

This topic was created to discuss new game releases, as I mention in my initial post, and not World of Warcraft - hence the topic being in the Off Topic section.

Anyway, I was meaning to ask if some of you guys have tried Richard Garriott's MMOFPS Tabula Rasa?

It seems quite interesting, I'm currently considering if it is worth paying for.

What I like most so far is the rather unique 3rd person shooter view and the detail of the graphics:

(http://www.rgtr.com/image_gallery/pictures/16_12.jpg)

I can imagine it being quite fun to have a group of friends yelling at eachother and running around reeking havoc.

I'd heard of this but not looked into it, how you finding it?

*reads everyone's gaming experience and blushes*

Oh dear...Before discovering W.o.W quite by accident..the last list of PC Games I had played were...

Dune/ Dune 2000
Heretic
Quake back in the day...

RL has a way of whisking you away at times. Now what would be nice is to buy a few arcade classics, put them in the games room by the wall opposite the pool table...*dreams away as she plays Wonderboy and DoubleDragon >.<*

I haven't actually gotten the time to buy it yet but as far as I can see from the trailers and what not it seems really cool.

Well I've rented CoD4 and Assassins creed for the 360 (wanted them on PS3 but they were out!).

Assassins Creed looks ok, very pretty and some clever stuff but I've never really been a fan of third person games and this does nothing to alter my perception.

Call of Duty 4 is remarkable and I think it will be my next purchase.  Love the visuals and atmosphere and was very pleasantly surprised on how good it was considering how poor CoD3 was.  Managed to do the SAS run in 30 seconds on first go but think I can lower it to about 20 if I get the chance :)

I love how they've taken the way Fall of Man handles it's online stuff and taken the best bits.  The multiplayer is awesome and worth the £44 on it's own!

If you havent played Mass Effect, DO IT NOW!!!

It is by far the best 360 game ive ever played, and its soo immense that you will play 8 hours and feel like you havent even scratched the surface.  Not only is it a shooter, but its a rpg unlike anything you have ever played. Its story is kinda like oblivion, the "you can do whatever you want" playstyle that will have you wondering what would have happened if you made the opposite choice in any situation.


I would recommend everyone to try it, even if you dont like shooters or rpgs.

Tis on my list :)

CoD4 online got a little tiresome last night....  The higher ranking players get access to higher power weapons - meaning they kill you easier.  Makes levelling tough I think.

yea i heard that about COD4, the comp can do some wacked snipes too - think i'll just give all the FPS a missing this year as UT2K7 isnt sounding too great either. Think i might get the new company of heroes which is a WWII stratergy (kind of). Nothing out at the moment really inspires to be honest.

I'm dusting this thing off in hopes of getting some new suggestions in here.

I for one recently got a hold of MGS4 for my PS3 and I must express my amazement to how incredibly beautiful this game is. Kojima games never ceases to amaze me.
The feel, the look, the sounds - everything clicks! If you get a chance you must try it.

So, what else is new?

I have COD4 on the xbox 360.  gamertag: SH4RP5HOOT3R 9th lvl prestige.  Its ok but played it aslong as I have it loses its sense of excitement but its ok every now and then. 

ON topic now is anyone excited about Gears Of War 2.  I loved the first one and the second one looks amazing.

I think I'm one of the few that didn't enjoy GoW.  It started ok but then I lost interest :(

Yeah I've also been aware of the excitement around GoW 2. I did acutally try and play the first GoW but as I kept crashing I gave up hope.

Maybe it's time for an upgrade?

Anywho, how about Starcraft 2? Any old rts nerds out there?

I used to love RTS, but now my pc gametime is solely spent in wow and lets face it, pc is where RTS is at it's best :)

Iv always thought Command and Conquer Generals to be the best RTS game.  I didnt find C&C 3 all that interesting with the vehicle pop cap and all but Im ashamed to say Iv never played Starcraft 1 or 2. 

Indeed for shame!

Oh how I've spent many a night on me ole' 56k modem playing good ole SC. Those were the days...

I've got my sights tuned in completely on Battlefield:Bad Company atm, playing it on the ps3 (goes surpisingly well with a controller) and loving it. I did however jump in sheer joy when I head of the Diablo 3 release, which is going to be epic. Anyone else making sure they get their hands on a copy of that game later on than me? I sure hope so.

Myself and Xak will get D3 I think.

Played the original and D2 a bit, but as its more like Neverwinter Nights this time, I'm actually excited :)

Shogun Total war had some good strat. I dont think C&C is anywhere near a decent a RTS - any game where u can either just pile straight in or build the biggest and best tank/unit doesnt cut it as an RTS for me. U need limits and actually have the have some Strategy to win the game.

@Daal:

Wonderful, let's team up :)

I totally agree I can't even begin to express in words how I adore the game engine and how they've managed to get the feel of certain terrain to become endless is beyond my imagination.

@Corvus:
I have to agree with your wise words there mate, C&C never got my full attention really. I tried futally with a friend of mine who thought it was pure genious but we both (I think) ended up not playing it for that long.