Old but gold - what are you playing?

[Pink Gregory]

Nuttin'. I'm sort of waiting until I get a job / some xmas money. Really, games aren't interesting me that much anymore. I'm considering Morrowind for Xbox from a used game store, but I honestly don't really want the headache of whether it will work properly in my 360. I'm thinking of preordering Assassin's Creed 3 for a discount at Best Buy and that about does it for my new games purchases for the year. I want Borderlands 2, but only if it's cheap. I have Saints Row 2 and 3 "sitting on my shelf," but I played about an hour of 2 and couldn't stand the weird controls or hideous graphics. I did go back and play some Geometry Wars Galaxies for a little bit and had some fun. The Kirby Anniversary box is also appealing, but I don't want to spend the money.

I would suggest not getting Morrowind for Xbox. It has crazy bad framerate and loading time issues at times (an issue with a lot of xbox games run on the 360) but also the fact that with mods and the price of morrowind on steam, getting it for pc is a far better choice in my opinion. In the end, even if you have a crap pc, it likely can still run a game from the early 2000s. Also, if you have a mid to high range computer, the graphics modscan really spice up the game to make it a comparatively quite visually great game.

That's damn true, I got the Morrowind GOTY for Xbox, and as much as I like it, the loading times are quite damnable, and there's so much stuff that's possible to use in Morrowind: there isn't a quick-select option (like console Oblivion), pretty much the only option is to linearly scroll through spell/weapon options, which isn't too helpful in the midst of cliff-racer-clusterfuck.

Also, it's probably quite unlikely that it has an update that makes it compatible with the 360, I might be wrong, though.

 

[Pink Gregory]

Wow it's rare to see someone else who knows the glory of Timesplitters! Fantastic game series, multiplayer was heavily abused around here we played that waaaaaaay too much.

It's certainly the last game I remember that allowed the use of the 'corridor of death' technique.

 

[RBBelkar]

I just had a 5-hour LAN session of UT2009 yesterday. Still such a great game.
The original Doom is still good too with mouse aiming and Brutal Doom installed.

 

[distortedreality]

My oldie lately has been hitman 2 and now Hitman Contracts...giving the old series a play before absolution - Ive forgotten some of the old games levels so im working them out all over again, feels like a brand new game.

That's a bloody good idea, think i'll go start that now, although I don't have contracts for some bizarre reason. Is there any story stuff missed if I don't play contracts? Have all the other games.

 

[Idsertian]

I regularly crack out my old games, some of the best games I've ever played came out in the mid-late 90's.

Old games that I'm currently playing through are:

Crash Bandicoot 3
Final Fantasy VII

Probably going to start playing Half-Life again soon, just to compare it to Black Mesa. Also got that itch starting that drives me to play Deus Ex once in a while, too.

 

[crazyrabbits]

BG2. Bought it on GoG a few months back, and I now understand why it's one of the most highly-regarded RPG's of all time.

I also do a runthrough of Deus Ex every year. Still manages to surprise me every time.

 

[Pink Gregory]

My oldie lately has been hitman 2 and now Hitman Contracts...giving the old series a play before absolution - Ive forgotten some of the old games levels so im working them out all over again, feels like a brand new game.

That's a bloody good idea, think i'll go start that now, although I don't have contracts for some bizarre reason. Is there any story stuff missed if I don't play contracts? Have all the other games.

Having just finished Hitman 2 and started Contracts, it'd be a shame if y'missed out; 2 is good, but it hasn't really aged all that well, Contracts really seems to pick it up in gameplay terms, starts introducing the kind of gameplay and control used in Blood Money (which is really, really good).

Also I'm not sure if Contracts is in fact console-ony...

 

[Sean Hollyman]

I just got Pokemon Gold on my Android phone so I'll be playing that for a while

 

[distortedreality]

My oldie lately has been hitman 2 and now Hitman Contracts...giving the old series a play before absolution - Ive forgotten some of the old games levels so im working them out all over again, feels like a brand new game.

That's a bloody good idea, think i'll go start that now, although I don't have contracts for some bizarre reason. Is there any story stuff missed if I don't play contracts? Have all the other games.

Having just finished Hitman 2 and started Contracts, it'd be a shame if y'missed out; 2 is good, but it hasn't really aged all that well, Contracts really seems to pick it up in gameplay terms, starts introducing the kind of gameplay and control used in Blood Money (which is really, really good).

Also I'm not sure if Contracts is in fact console-ony...

Yeah, I love 1, 2 and BM, just never played Contracts for some reason. I'm fairly certain it came out on PC....checks....yeah it did. I think I was always under the impression that it was basically just a rehash of the first game, but looking at it, it seems like it does have a story and new levels.

Will have to check it out now, thanks for the tip!

 

[GamingAwesome1]

The original Shin Megami Tensei game for SNES.

Is actually surprisingly enjoyable considering how old it is and what genre. Older RPG's don't tend to be stellar, or at least compel me in the same way.

Is there a localized version of SMT1 floating around or are you just one of those crazy geniuses that can read Japanese?

An English translation by Aeon Genesis has been floating around for quite some time now and recently someone from 4chan released an updated patch that fixed a great deal of the bugs that the Aeon Genesis patch introduced (it was one of their first, so they introduced a fairly decent number of bugs, some minor, some absolutely not minor).

If you're going to play it, I beseech you to pick up the updated version, AG's translation is pretty solid but their playtesting wasn't.

 

[Spaghetti]

Most certainly Sid Meier's Gettysburg!

Spoiler

I jotted down my victories in my Gettysburg! campaign book. I always used to do
that so I could replay my moments of glory over a glass of brandy in
my study. I ask you, what better way is there to spend a Saturday night?

 

[DustyDrB]

I'm playing too much at once. It's odd because I usually limit myself to a max of two games at once (not counting things like TF2, which I'm always playing on a nearly daily basis). Here's the list:
-Torchlight II
-Darksiders II
-Guild Wars II (I'm only now realizing I have a pattern of two's going on here)
-Sleeping Dogs
-Planescape: Torment
-Fallout: New Vegas (I'm on a very gradual run of it. Might just play for two days in a month).

I'm also downloading Dota 2, which will be my first MOBA. I'm kind of intimidated by everything I hear about the community, but whatever. They'll have to deal with my newbishness. On another note, Guild Wars II is my first MMO. Yay for trying new things!

Also: Darksiders II is fantastic and I'm sad it hasn't been discussed much here.

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

Pharaoh. Think CitiesXL/sim city in ancient Egypt.

Oh my god I loved that game when I was like, eight XD I remember building everything except for a fire house XDD

Oldest game I am playing now is Resident Evil 4 (HD version) Getting ready for Resident Evil 6

 

[k3v1n]

I still play the original Halo: CE from time to time if that counts as "old"(I'm playing the new HD remake though). I know it doesn't really count as old because it's current gen still, but damn is GTAIV an awesome (currently on my 3rd replay).

 

[BehattedWanderer]

I've been replaying Saints Row 3 for a bit, but before that I played through Super Mario Bros 3, end to end. Might do some Zelda runs here in a bit. Or finally try out Metal Gear Solid, since my friend lent it to me.

 

[IamQ]

Well, just today I installed the Three Kingdoms mod for Rome: Total War, letting me play as one of the many clans in Ancent China. It's not a perfect mod (The NPC's occasionally say "Rome has conquered!" and the map can be very empty at times) but it's still pretty fun.

 

[Greni]

GTA: Vice City. My current re-re-replay.

Maybe you can help me with something: Back in my playthrough I got obsessed with the Bloodring- mastering control of your derby car on the uneven ground with cars exploding all around you was just about the best minigame GTA ever had for me. To win you had to rack up one minute's worth of time, but once I beat that it became 2... then 3... etc.

Do you know if it ever reaches an end? Or does it go on forever?

Sorry mate, I haven't gotten to that on my current playthrough. Only done playing a pizza boy, in a cop outfit.

Though I do remember from way back that it wasn't supposed to be a fuss to get the bloodring racer.

To the google!

 

[MidnightSt]

once in a while I reinstall Planescape: Torment and give it some 10-20 hours.
Once in a while, I play GTA:SA that I never uninstalled (and never finished so far, I hate the fucking flying missions),
Sometimes I'll have a battle or two in first IL2.

 

[The Almighty Aardvark]

Currently playing Final Fantasy IX and I have got to say, for a game on the Playstation 1 that game looks amazing. Not to mention the amazing soundtrack.

Other old games I'll frequently come back to? Spyro, Metroid Prime (don't know if that'd exactly be considered old), SotC and my number one goto game, Crash Team Racing. Seriously, I don't think I've played a racing game as fun as CTR since... ever

 

[NinjaSniperAssassin]

Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando. My first ever console game and still one of my favorite games of all time.

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