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Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
January 13 2010 17:27 GMT
#1
Hey folks!

I FINALLY got a new laptop! Squeeee!!! I'm so excited, ^.^;

Anyway, I've got a pretty solid graphics card, awesome specs, loads of sheep, etc etc... I can finally play modern games!

So I'm currently downloading League of Legends, and Magic Online, as these are my staple games lately.

But! What games have come out in the last few years that you all recommend I play? I'll play basically anything, but I wanna emphasize something with pretty new graphics. I just got my new compy today, and I wanna put it through its paces!

All suggestions are much appreciated! Thanks!

*****
I admire your commitment to being *very* oily
Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
January 13 2010 17:30 GMT
#2
Starcraft
"If anything, the skill cap in sc2 is higher [than sc1] because there are a lot more things you can do at one given time. " darmousseh
statix
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States1760 Posts
January 13 2010 17:34 GMT
#3
a laptop brag thread without a link to the laptop?
SCC-Caliban
Horangi
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Hong Kong226 Posts
January 13 2010 17:36 GMT
#4
i'd say
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what? you thought i was going to say starcraft?
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Starcraft
ThePhan2m
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Norway2750 Posts
January 13 2010 17:51 GMT
#5
I'm playing Age of Mythology: The Titans. I cant play BW online atm, so thats why I'm playing it. Its quite entertaining. Atleast its a RTS and gives alot of macro practice.
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
January 13 2010 17:53 GMT
#6
On January 14 2010 02:34 statix wrote:
a laptop brag thread without a link to the laptop?


Agreed, what cool lappy did you pick up?
Patriot.dlk
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Sweden5462 Posts
January 13 2010 17:59 GMT
#7
left for dead 2 seems very good
Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
January 13 2010 17:59 GMT
#8
It's far from fancy. Anyone with a gaming PC would probably laugh at me. I got a dell studio XPS and sprung for the awesome graphics card, and some other random upgrades.

I'll see if I can put together the specs somehow.
I admire your commitment to being *very* oily
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36389 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-13 18:10:29
January 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#9
omg MTGO???

i remember the beta of that game, it basically ruined a semester of college for me. during IPA block, the only one i played, i got to 1900+ simulated rating (limited, drafts only) during that beta. one time, i went to a local FNM and one of those "famous pros" was there drafting, one of the rubin brothers. i played him and outdrew him like crazy (topdecking a ghitu fire exactly when i needed it) and he BM'd me in real life lol. i think it was because i was at a super low rating which made him lose a ton of points haha. irl mtg smurfing, yeah.

anyway, im terrified of downloading it now because i'm scared of becoming hooked again, this after selling my entire collection of stuff.
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statix
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States1760 Posts
January 13 2010 18:14 GMT
#10
On January 14 2010 02:59 Haemonculus wrote:
It's far from fancy. Anyone with a gaming PC would probably laugh at me. I got a dell studio XPS and sprung for the awesome graphics card, and some other random upgrades.

I'll see if I can put together the specs somehow.


download speccy and post a screen shot. I don't rmember but you might just be able to copy paste the info.
SCC-Caliban
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
January 13 2010 18:24 GMT
#11
Man I wasted so much money on MTGO and only played for a few months, rofl.

So much more fun than the other ways of playing online though.
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intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9934 Posts
January 13 2010 18:34 GMT
#12
tf2 plz
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LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
January 13 2010 18:38 GMT
#13
crysis. with all the detail settings turned to "Very High"
sYz-Adrenaline
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States1850 Posts
January 13 2010 18:59 GMT
#14
Did someone say Starcraft yet ^^
Can you feel the rush?
Ho0ps
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United Kingdom216 Posts
January 13 2010 19:12 GMT
#15
Orange Box.
Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
January 13 2010 19:17 GMT
#16
On January 14 2010 03:24 LordWeird wrote:
Man I wasted so much money on MTGO and only played for a few months, rofl.

So much more fun than the other ways of playing online though.


Haha, I've been really good about spending money yet. Just buy a bunch of event tickets, and use those to trade for everything you need. I'm still really noob at magic, but my boyfriend's got me hooked, so it's lotsa fun. I'm still wicked confused about standard vs extended vs classic vs yourmother vs etc etcetc, but I'm certainly enjoying myself.

I could never play magic IRL because going to the local gaming store to play warhammer is bad enough. Having to sit down with a bunch of sexually tense nerds who don't shower would be a fucking nightmare.

I think I'm gonna get Mass Effect 1. Never played through it, and now I have a compy that can run it well! Yay!
I admire your commitment to being *very* oily
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
January 13 2010 19:27 GMT
#17
dragon age is the best game ive played in years
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
January 13 2010 19:35 GMT
#18
Mass Effect 1 is good. I can't wait to play 2, isn't 2 coming out soon?
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-13 19:40:48
January 13 2010 19:37 GMT
#19
On January 14 2010 04:27 Frits wrote:
dragon age is the best game ive played in years

I think Haemonculus has beaten it something like 3 times now, though.

The first NWN2 expansion, Mask of the Betrayer, is very good (best-written RPG since Planescape Torment, IMO). If you can pick up some sort of NWN2 pack with the main game and it, I'd highly recommend it.

The Witcher is a good RPG, but certain features of it also make it VERY obvious that it's geared toward a male demographic.

On January 14 2010 04:17 Haemonculus wrote:
Haha, I've been really good about spending money yet. Just buy a bunch of event tickets, and use those to trade for everything you need. I'm still really noob at magic, but my boyfriend's got me hooked, so it's lotsa fun. I'm still wicked confused about standard vs extended vs classic vs yourmother vs etc etcetc, but I'm certainly enjoying myself.

I could never play magic IRL because going to the local gaming store to play warhammer is bad enough. Having to sit down with a bunch of sexually tense nerds who don't shower would be a fucking nightmare.

From my experience, Magic players seem more BM than Warhammer players. Guess that's what happens when you have a more developed tournament circuit, but no sportsmanship score.

On January 14 2010 04:17 Haemonculus wrote:
I think I'm gonna get Mass Effect 1. Never played through it, and now I have a compy that can run it well! Yay!

Eh, not a huge fan of Mass Effect 1, but that's mostly because I was entirely disinterested in the shooter aspects of it, and a lot of the RPG aspects are hugely inadequate, IMO.
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paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
January 13 2010 20:15 GMT
#20
On January 14 2010 03:34 intrigue wrote:
tf2 plz

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Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
January 13 2010 20:30 GMT
#21
It's kinda funny now, but when I first started thinking about getting a new laptop, (something I'd been wanting to do for a while), I was always afraid that I wouldn't get it in time for the SC2 beta which was originally thought to be what, almost a year ago?

LOL
I admire your commitment to being *very* oily
drug_vict1m
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
844 Posts
January 13 2010 20:31 GMT
#22
assassins creed and borderlands
One must feel chaos within, to give birth to a dancing star.
Southlight
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States11768 Posts
January 13 2010 20:45 GMT
#23
Noooo don't get sucked away from LoL~
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rapture
Profile Joined January 2003
Germany645 Posts
January 13 2010 20:46 GMT
#24
crysis
vRoOk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1024 Posts
January 13 2010 21:03 GMT
#25
Starcraft.
Breaking Bad
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
January 13 2010 21:48 GMT
#26
On January 14 2010 05:15 paper wrote:
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On January 14 2010 03:34 intrigue wrote:
tf2 plz


the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
Huanir
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States85 Posts
January 13 2010 22:56 GMT
#27
Battle for Wesnoth
Lord of the Rings was the greatest work of literature of the twentieth century, period. ~Orson Scott Card
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
January 13 2010 22:58 GMT
#28
Pokemon
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
January 13 2010 23:24 GMT
#29
Fallout 3 and bioshock.
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
January 13 2010 23:30 GMT
#30
On January 14 2010 08:24 Athos wrote:
Fallout 3 and bioshock.

Fallout 3 - depends on how much effort you want to put in to finding mods.

Bioshock - System Shock 2 is straight-up the better game.
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SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4010 Posts
January 14 2010 01:27 GMT
#31
TF2
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Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
January 14 2010 04:03 GMT
#32
aw shit if uovuve alread y done dragon age id just suggest applying tyoo a frat, more fun than a agwame could ever supply


i just pspoke to a frat member twho knew fucking tons about starcraf,t unbevelievalbble, you' ll always be the STARCTATVFT bpro in your grou p lol eve n if you suck like me C-


latert
dukethegold
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada5645 Posts
January 14 2010 04:42 GMT
#33
On January 14 2010 08:30 TheYango wrote:
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On January 14 2010 08:24 Athos wrote:
Fallout 3 and bioshock.

Fallout 3 - depends on how much effort you want to put in to finding mods.


Lol...modding Fallout 3 is almost an addiction in itself.
DoX.)
Profile Joined December 2008
Singapore6164 Posts
January 14 2010 11:34 GMT
#34
On January 14 2010 07:58 Kenpachi wrote:
Pokemon

ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2297 Posts
January 14 2010 11:37 GMT
#35
Modern Warfare 2
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
January 14 2010 11:54 GMT
#36
Orange Box, TF2, ME1 and 2(Coming next week), Borderlands is good but its boring real fast and Fallout 3. Again Borderlands is one of those games where you come back to it and Fo3 is not complete without all those good mods like in any Bethesda game.
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
January 14 2010 15:39 GMT
#37
Civilization IV
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
tarpman
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada719 Posts
January 14 2010 16:02 GMT
#38
several of my friends, in between dawn of war, have gotten addicted to Anno 1404. apparently it's worth a try.
Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time.
Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
January 14 2010 18:32 GMT
#39
On January 14 2010 04:35 LuckyFool wrote:
Mass Effect 1 is good. I can't wait to play 2, isn't 2 coming out soon?

I'll second this. If you like 3rd person shooters (not incredibly fast paced ones), space/science fiction games, or bioware games you will like this. Great game.
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Profile Blog Joined September 2009
773 Posts
January 14 2010 21:30 GMT
#40
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