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March 20th, 2002, 12:53 AM
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How about some advise on a game for a shut in...
Well since I'm out of commission for about 8 weeks I was wondering what's a good game. I'm not much of a gamer, about the toughest game I ever had was Incoming. I've never played any of the Quakes, Final Fantasies, UT's or Tribes, so any suggestions would be appreciated. My system specs:
Sony Vaio PCV-RX650 P4 1.6 Ghz 512 meg DDR ATI Radeon 8500 VC TB Santa Cruz SC KDS 17" Avitron Monitor 80 gig HD 16X DVDROM I do like arcade type games and I really did like Incoming (anything out there in that vein?).
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March 20th, 2002, 12:57 AM
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well i still play TFC
but i just got a game called black and white its pretty kool you are a god in it. but i kinda ended up killing alot of people so me and my ape are evil gods now 
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March 20th, 2002, 07:50 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by AbSoLuTeZeR0:
<strong>well i still play TFC but i just got a game called black and white its pretty kool you are a god in it. </strong><hr></blockquote> Get into Milenko and QUake 3...  Black and White was pretty good, but I got bored with it very quickly....
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March 20th, 2002, 07:57 AM
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Half-life is great in it's own right, but there are about 100 great mods out for it. Pick up the Platinum Pack or such and prepare to thoroughly enjoying killing off a good portion of your life.
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March 20th, 2002, 09:12 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by pakprotector:
<strong>Well since I'm out of commission for about 8 weeks I was wondering what's a good game. I'm not much of a gamer, about the toughest game I ever had was Incoming. I've never played any of the Quakes, Final Fantasies, UT's or Tribes, so any suggestions would be appreciated. My system specs: Sony Vaio PCV-RX650 P4 1.6 Ghz 512 meg DDR ATI Radeon 8500 VC TB Santa Cruz SC KDS 17" Avitron Monitor 80 gig HD 16X DVDROM I do like arcade type games and I really did like Incoming (anything out there in that vein?).</strong><hr></blockquote> If you think you would like single player strategy / adventure type of games may I recomend: <a href="http://www.myst3.com/html/exile.html" target="_blank">Myst III Exile</a>
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March 20th, 2002, 09:18 AM
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You may not be into this kind of game, but my time wasters of choice are Sid Meier's Civilization II and III, and Alpha Centauri. I know Alpha Centauri is only $10 right now at our local game store.
A good link to keep you busy as well is <a href="http://www.fark.com" target="_blank">www.fark.com</a> .
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March 20th, 2002, 11:49 AM
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If you're into FRPs, then Final Fantasy is the way to go.
Hours and hours of fun! Oh yeah - get Quake3 too and join the fragging on Milenko's server (quake3.king-nerd.com). No thinking as such, just action 
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March 20th, 2002, 05:45 PM
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Rogue Spear/Urban Operations/Covert Operations/Black Thorn
Also, for RPG get Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II Shodows of Amn, the Add-on for BGII called Throne of Bhaal, Icewind Dale, the expansion Heart Of Winter and if you have broadband you can download Trials of the Luremaster for Icewind Dale..
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March 20th, 2002, 06:14 PM
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if you own a copy of Halflife, download the Counter-Strike mod, if you don't own Halflife, then you can buy a retail version of CS for like $25. its a great great game. when it starts to get boring, move to a different server with better players. you won't be sorry, totally addicting game
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March 20th, 2002, 06:14 PM
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in black and white my stupid ape keeps eating my worshippers , its pretty funny.
i enjoy killing my worshippers and destroying my town its funny also of course destroying the other towns in the game in the game i am hell destroy destroy kill killl kill
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March 20th, 2002, 06:25 PM
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MAX PAYNE was a really really fun game sweet graphics.
You can do bullet time like in the MATRIX |
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March 26th, 2002, 01:47 AM
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Well my wife bought me Quake III - Gold this evening. It contains Quake III Arena and Quake III Team Arena. I guess I'll load it up tonight or in the morning and give it a whirl. Thanks for all of the advice I really appreciate it.
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March 26th, 2002, 04:53 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by pakprotector:
<strong>Well my wife bought me Quake III - Gold this evening. It contains Quake III Arena and Quake III Team Arena. I guess I'll load it up tonight or in the morning and give it a whirl. Thanks for all of the advice I really appreciate it. </strong><hr></blockquote>Does this mean another addition to Milenkos Quake 3 server.... playing along side his fellow Windrivers members? 
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March 26th, 2002, 06:38 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by pakprotector:
<strong>Well my wife bought me Quake III - Gold this evening. It contains Quake III Arena and Quake III Team Arena. I guess I'll load it up tonight or in the morning and give it a whirl. Thanks for all of the advice I really appreciate it. </strong><hr></blockquote>Make sure you visit <a href="http://www.quake3arena.com" target="_blank">www.quake3arena.com</a> and download the 1.31 patch - you won't be able to connect to the WinDrivers server (quake3.king-nerd.com) without it. |
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March 26th, 2002, 11:30 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by pakprotector:
<strong>Well my wife bought me Quake III - Gold this evening. It contains Quake III Arena and Quake III Team Arena. I guess I'll load it up tonight or in the morning and give it a whirl. Thanks for all of the advice I really appreciate it. </strong><hr></blockquote>Woohoo! Fresh meat! Or, by the look of your avatar, maybe not so fresh
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