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  • edited September 2012
    I just plugged my GameCube back in and rocked some Smash Bros. Melee. The best of all the Smash Bros.es.
  • edited September 2012
    I can't really argue. Brawl isn't bad, but melee was just...great.

    I've been playing Wanderlust: Rebirth or something like that. Basic graphics, awkward control schemes, unnecessarily long load times, sorta short, lots of grinding, because the higher difficulties can get really tough. Nonetheless, it's got a charm to it that is somewhat appealing. Found in desperation really, but it's something for my local group that really just thirsts for a good LAN-playable action RPG.

    But hey, Torchlight 2 hits on the 20th. I'll still have my last week of school to worry about so I'm not sure I'm going to be able to play it much right away.
  • edited September 2012
    Ive been grinding away at playing the Starfarer alpha. It's a 2D top-down 4X/space-trader game. Only the combat and the main solar system has been implemented, not leveling or trading, but its awesome anyways.

    I'm also on a new(ish) desktop. Pretty old and mostly for media, so I got a new video card.
    (GeForce GTX 550 Ti if anyone's wondering. 'Parrently it's pretty awesome for its price point, just runs uber hot. But I'm in a cold basement so whatevs.)
  • edited September 2012
    I've gotten back into Street Fighter 4 after watching EVO 2012. I am absolutely terrible online.
  • edited September 2012
    I'm definitely interested in graphics cards. I was recently debating getting a a Radeon 7750 which is very comparable to the 550Ti in performance and price. 550Ti does a little better in some popular games like Portal 2, Startcraft 2, Battlefield 3, etc. (mostly meaningful if you like Battlefield 3 where the performance gain means something) while the 7750 is based on a newer manufacturing process and takes less power (power = heat). Notably, it takes little enough power that some passively cooled models are available, hence my interest considering my 5770 performs so similarly. Too much money to get rid of a fan though.

    See some charts hither.

    EDIT: Looks like 7770 prices have come down though, and the Geforce 650 literally just launched a day or so ago...I still gotta find some proper reviews for the 650.
  • edited September 2012
    I've got a single 560 and it's fantastic. Can run everything but Minecraft, Kerbal Space Program, and a very heavily modded Skyrim at a steady 60 fps on max settings.
  • edited September 2012
    Geforce 210 here, the worst of the 200 series cards, but it was only £20...
  • edited September 2012
    I managed to play Battlefield 3 once on a 210. It ran at minimum settings, 640x480, at ~6 fps. I was proud that I got a kill.
  • edited September 2012
    I've been playing this game called 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors. It's pretty awesome!
  • edited September 2012
    XoLore wrote: »
    550Ti does a little better in some popular games like Portal 2, Startcraft 2, Battlefield 3, etc.

    STARTCRAFT! I wanna play that game!
    Quarik wrote: »
    I've got a single 560 and it's fantastic. Can run everything but Minecraft, Kerbal Space Program, and a very heavily modded Skyrim at a steady 60 fps on max settings.

    Minecraft doesn't really use the graphics card much, if at all. And yeah, if you start getting too many parts in KSP and it's now running physics simulations for a thousand things at the same time; things tend to melt down a bit.
  • edited September 2012
    Sometimes you just need more CPU power.

    Other times you're just anxious to get your mitts on Torchlight 2 and don't really care about performance. I got that shit preloaded man! Thursday is the day...well, after I'm done with my classes anyway. Stupid school all interrupting my game time.
  • edited September 2012
    I had Borderlands 2 preloaded, and I'm waiting for Torchlight to unlock 'coz I've got that preloaded as well. I've gotta say though, it's almost as bad to have too many games and not enough time than it is to have too much time and not enough games. I'll get to you someday, Indie Bundle. Someday...
  • edited September 2012
    No kidding. I've had Portal 2 for a while and haven't so much as launched the game. It almost feels like a crime.
  • edited September 2012
    I too am volunteering for the Border patrol. Fun so far, and unexpectedly funny
  • edited September 2012
    XoLore wrote: »
    No kidding. I've had Portal 2 for a while and haven't so much as launched the game. It almost feels like a crime.

    you're horrible. any punishment you deserve is justified
  • edited September 2012
    Torchlight 2 just released. Damn you school!
  • edited September 2012
    5 days until the new Battlefield expansion pack drops. Right before a test, of course, too.
  • edited October 2013
    Terraria 1.2 will now own my soul for a little while.
  • edited October 2013
    All the Terraria, forever and ever and ever.
  • edited October 2013
    I should pick that up. I played v1.0 ages back, but it looks like there is a loooot more stuff going on now.

    Can't argue with a $10 pricetag either.
  • edited October 2013
    Just got around to beating Saints Row 3 so that I can get Saints Row 4 which I hear is pretty good. But now GTAV is out so I don't know what I should be doing.

    Likewise, I need to finish Victory Road on Pokemon Black so I can open this copy of Pokemon Black 2 that's been sitting on my desk for a year, but Pokemon X and Y are so close that I don't have a lot of time.

    Video games, slow down! Life, slow down!
  • edited October 2013
    Hooray! Another person who's going to be playing Pokemon.

    I'm working on Black 2 right now. I'm pretty much done for the most part, just need a few more random Pokemon from around the world.
  • edited October 2013
    Apathy wrote: »
    I should pick that up. I played v1.0 ages back, but it looks like there is a loooot more stuff going on now.

    Can't argue with a $10 pricetag either.

    v1.1 doubled the content, v1.2 that's just come out has doubled it again. So yes, there's like 4 times as much stuff.
  • edited October 2013
    Buying 4-packs when it's on sale and giving extra copies to friends is the way to go.
  • edited October 2013
    GTA Online is pretty damn solid. Having even one more person doing missions with you changes things a lot.
  • edited October 2013
    I probably won't be picking GTA up until the price goes down.
  • edited October 2013
    Anyone else pick up the new Pokemon? I'll post my 3DS code in the friend code thread.

    EDIT: Added my code to my original post on the first page of that thread.
  • edited October 2013
    I bought Pokemon X today (I feel like I should've checked the version-exclusive monsters before buying, but it was sort of on a whim). However, I can't start playing it right away because I'm in the middle of Victory Road on Black Version and there are few things worse than leaving a game during a confusing dungeon.
  • edited October 2013
    I'll get it the next time I go to a store. Probably gonna pick up Y. I haven't played a Pokemon game since Diamond, but this one looked interesting.
  • edited October 2013
    I got Y myself. Deer are cool and all, but Wyverns are awesome.