What video games are you currently playing?

[Callid]

I would support this idea more if it had more bear.

Don't worry, the woods will have bears (and wolves and pumas and lynxes and...). An woe betide someone who challenges them while not being a good fighter...

[ranger]

A friend of mine and me once had the idea of an MMORPG without any NPCs. Consequently, their jobs, like bow-making, woodcutting and fishing had to be one by PCs, and we thought to create a medieval fantasy world, with everything from cities to swamps only inhabited by PCs. Of course, only a very small part of the players should be fighters (probably less than 10%) while everyone else specialises in on type of activity (the afore-mentioned bow-making, for example). We thought about introducing some Sims-like stats like hunger and tiredness along with MP a HP. To make it interesting for the non-fighters, we thought bout using a skill-system that has perhaps ~1000 skills per job, each of them enhancing your product, which will be randomly discovered by simply making a bow often (although we thought about using an "experiment-mode" as well). This will make someone with many skills an master bow-maker, who is likely to have a very good reputation (because his bows are better than those of a novice) and should therefore get many, many jobs, probably more he can handle. This will force him to take an apprentice who can sell his bow or buy the necessary wood. In exchange, the master will teach his apprentice his skills etc., simulating the real-world system throughout the middle ages. However, of course, the master has to be careful with whom he teaches his secret skills (we thought that only perhaps ~200 skills could be discovered in reasonable time), so one master bow-maker may send his apprentice to work as an apprentice for another master to discover his secrets etc., making it interesting to play for non-fighter as well.
Also, to avoid the fighters dominating everything by force, and perhaps simply killing weaker players (as we intended to use a dead-is-dead system, where resurrection is extremely difficult and expensive, but possible for highest-rank magicians), we thought about introducing a conscience, which will give a player a more-or-less permanent penalty on certain stats like strength etc. - which will finally make a player as weak a newbie if h overdoes it.
But well, this was only an idea...

so...its real life, but set in the medieval time period so no functioning toilets

cool concept and all, but no one's going to pay a monthly fee for an MMO where not everyone can be a fighter or not - people play video games to kill/shoot/be a wizard and cast spells.  If people were going to pay 15$ a month to make bows the whole game, your not going to find a whole lot of players.

The exception of an audience liking these type of games would be The Sims crowd, but honestly the people who plays The Sims are casual gamers at best and they aren't looking forward to a medieval theme game; they want to date and get married.  Plus, the concept and intricacy of your game sounds pretty complex with a high learning curve - these type of games usually appeal to the hardcore audience.

Hardcore audience isn't too fond of games that don't involve killing/ or some sort of combat all the time, so the whole market audience won't add up with both casual and hardcore players not being attracted.


The idea of the game would sound fun, I would definitely play it...only if I was a fighter though XD

[meitantei_mayu]

My first post after months of absence! Anyways, currently playing Tales of Innocence. Quite addicting!

On hiatus: All games I'm playing on Wii. Can't play because school started again (even though, I'm working already, I have younger siblings that are attending school. So I'm effected with our house rule.)

[ranger]

Notable upcoming video game releases for the second half of 2010 - I did something like this on another forum and I thought that I might as well do it here as well.

*Btw, Google updated their image search engine!  Very slick Google!

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty - PC



July 27th, 2010


Metroid Other M - Wii




August 31st, 2010

Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - DS



September 12th, 2010


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Halo: Reach - 360[/b]



September 12th, 2010


Dead Rising - 360/PS3/PC



September 28th, 2010


Fallout: New Vegas - PC/360/PS3/wii (lol jk)




October 19th, 2010


Call of Duty: Black Ops - PC/360/PS3/Wii



November 9th, 2010


All you crackheads are going to love this one..

World of Warcraft Cataclysm - PC



Upcoming 2010


Crysis 2 - PC/360/PS3



Upcoming 2010



Currently all the big games for 2010..feel free to tell me if I missed anything and I'll think of it qualifies for this list.

[kkslider5552000]

Dead Rising and the last 2 Call of Dutys are terrible and nothing has convinced me they will pull an Assassin's Creed and get better. (doesn't help that Capcom and Activision are the kings of running great franchises into the ground (see: every Megaman series that lasted more than 2 games except the original, Viewtiful Joe, Street Fighter 2, Dino Crisis (or so I've heard), Guitar Hero (or Rock Band, whatever, same thing), Tony Hawk etc)

also you don't have Golden Sun DS on the list so...*ignores*



I got a Nintendo Points card (saving most of it for probably Jett Rocket once I finish Galaxy 2 100 percent) and beat Megaman 2 surprisingly quickly. Only the infamous last stage before the teleporter boss run gave me trouble (it was unique but I was reminded of Castlevania 2 which is not a good thing)

Also, Pokemon Soul Silver is one of the best remakes ever, bar none. And the Voltorb game is oddly more addicting than the old in-game gambling it replaced.

and before you call me a Nintendofag, I still really need to get Red Dead Redemption.

[Commi-Ninja]

Also, Pokemon Soul Silver is one of the best remakes ever, bar none. And the Voltorb game is oddly more addicting than the old in-game gambling it replaced.

I agree.  (But I'm also addicted to Minesweeper, so that could be part of it.)

[Yurikochan]

Also, Pokemon Soul Silver is one of the best remakes ever, bar none. And the Voltorb game is oddly more addicting than the old in-game gambling it replaced.

I agree.  (But I'm also addicted to Minesweeper, so that could be part of it.)

I kinda stopped playing the main game for that game. :X

[baka1412]

Since i just got my PSP last month

I'm still playing Tales of Eternia, Ace Combat X ~ Sky of Deception (still struggling to get that FENRIR and FALKEN aircraft...)

[Eve]

Mehh... I'm not really a gamer, but when my little nieces and nephews show up, we would all play those mini games on the wii! *The only console I have *

[nomemory]

Also, Pokemon Soul Silver is one of the best remakes ever, bar none. And the Voltorb game is oddly more addicting than the old in-game gambling it replaced.

I agree.  (But I'm also addicted to Minesweeper, so that could be part of it.)

I kinda stopped playing the main game for that game. :X

That game is really addicting, I wish I could have it on my pc. Minesweeper is nice as well =)

[kkslider5552000]

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Also, Pokemon Soul Silver is one of the best remakes ever, bar none. And the Voltorb game is oddly more addicting than the old in-game gambling it replaced.

I agree.  (But I'm also addicted to Minesweeper, so that could be part of it.)

I kinda stopped playing the main game for that game. :X

That game is really addicting, I wish I could have it on my pc. Minesweeper is nice as well =)
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I thought it was mostly random at first but then I figured out (what should have been obvious) how important it is to pay attention to both numbers and now...well it has to be somewhat random but the amount of strategy used with it is simple yet very satisfying.

it's like if the minigames in Super Mario 64 DS were in a not dissapointing remake

[Callid]

I just started replaying ANNO 1602, and it's still awesome, despite being more than 12 years old. However, as it wasn't really made for XP, it sometimes crashes...

[GinRei]

Been playing Dragon Quest IX for the last... almost two weeks now.  Damned fun game.

[Holmes]

Bayonetta.

[Conia]

Recently downloaded Mario Power Tennis for Wii (Boring), my brother is playing it like crazy since he has vacations.
hmmm...
Playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky. Not a great game, but I like it.
Re-playing Pokemon Puzzle League. I LOVE this game!


and lots and lots of SSBB as always