GD Lounge- The Next Generation Edition

I bought that a while back after already playing and beating the main story on the 360. I never did complete it to my satisfaction due to the main story being such a let down. In hindsight, I wish I never played the main game till everything else was finished. If I ever do start the PS3 edition I will play with that in mind.

@Dracula68: I still enjoy watching the old G flicks. I've been a fan since I was six years old and someone brought a VHS copy of Godzilla versus Megalon to our daycare. I still consider the 1950's original to be the best, my second favorite being Godzilla, Mothra,King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All out Attack. Because in that one they had a fantastic one time only suit with a really bulky build and pure white eyes that made him look outright demonic.

I like the ability to play as one class or a mix of many.

I am going to do many side quests which will take some time.

sure it's nice, but i tried Oblivian and just couldn't get into that game. It's just not a game for me sadly

Skyrim is a different game. While there remains some stat building, there is less than in Oblivion. If you are disinterested by building your jumping ability, you might not be so with The Elder Scrolls V.

it's more the first person view and the gameplay to be honest. I don't like the FP view or how the gameplay is set up

The third person mode in that game is improved by more realistic movement and animations. Oblivion's third person mode and animations did a good job showing me as player that I was playing a game. That was not exactly a good thing.

i think there are other games that appeal to me more though

I just saw that. I looks like it'll be better than the first time someone Stateside decided to make one. Then again, you can't go any lower than that first time.

@The_Last_Ride: That we have a variety of video games to choose from is one of the best traits of this medium. If you do not like it then why play?

nah i haven't bought it yet, but i really want to like. That's the sad part :P, but i know i don't like it

@The_Last_Ride: I suggest you wait until a discount is availablefor the Legendary edition if you do like it. When playing find one class you like and focus on that because once you unlock some of the highest skills available it becomes quite interesting. My first playthrough, I had a great sword/heavy armor reguard and I was taking down two enemies at a time. I also found a staff that when used summoned a Daedra warrior to fight beside me. Along with those skilss, I learned high level magic and was unleashing it against rooms of other mages. I fought two dragons at once multiple times and won. Shouts can be fearsome weapons in which you burn enemies to their demise or useful tools. I chose to be a Red guard like always and really enjoyed it. You do not have to play previous iterations of TES to enjoy it, but like Mass Effect, it is all one connected place.

Sounds like me with the Monster Hunter series. I know that feeling.

There are just games that seem tempting, but don't look appealing to me. Bioshock is another example

@The_Last_Ride: I am the same way about Bioshock and Dead Space. Yeah, I get that they are good games but I just have no desire to play them...ever

Yup same here about both of those games :P. I have opened up to the action adventure genre this gen, but there are just some games, even though they get good reviews don't make a blip on my radar

At one point I owned all I could get my hands on DVD. I could never get enough. They use to run weekly shows on ABC for about 90 minutes or 2 hours(I forget) each day prior to the 5pm news broadcast back in the 70's. When it was monster week I was glued to the tv set right after school.

We used to have that on one of the stations back at home every Sunday. Godzilla would always come on after the kung fu shows. The routine was always church, home, kung fu show, Godzilla show...

Just wanna drop this here: For the next 48 hours, Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics are available for free on GOG.com. You'll have to make an account, but there aren't any strings attached to doing so.

@1PMrFister: I was going to either post that information in the deals, bargains, and freebies thread or make a thread for those games later because they deserve one.

I'm actually replaying Skyrim on PC..

Beat it on PS3 when it first came out.

I'm at level 20 now and have finished the war, the mages college, and just about all the dragonborn dlc. that is a huge expansion!

I disliked Skyrim tremendously.

I am playing the Legendary edition and it is enjoyable. I encountered a vampire for the first time. It easily killed a city store owner and then many citizens and guards swarmed him along with me. During the rush, my follower and the others struck each other and they began fighting. I had to wait until she was downed to explain that I am Thane of that city to be left in peace. After that, a guard kept questioning me about the two dead bodies as if he was not fighting less than one minute ago. Skyrim is a good game, but all the bugs and incomplete parts like what I mentioned one sentence prior to the current one are why I refuse to call it one of the best of all time.

I wish mods were allowed for the PS3 version, but I have vanilla Skyrim on PC, so I can start that if I wish to experiment with those.

Yeah, some of the mods are really nice. :D

Are you with the Stormcloaks? I went imperials this time.

Anybody seen the new Hobbit movie yet? Any good? Complete load of crap?

I have not joined either faction. The torture chamber at the beginning of the game was a reason why I have avoided becoming a member of the Imperial forces. I am glad those choices are optional because both sides include doing things that I do not approve of. That said, I might join the Imperials because I would like to stop the Stormcloak invasion of Whiterun.

@BranKetra: I never did finish the civil war side quest. I had too hard of a time deciding which group to side with, since neither side is exactly the good side. I picked Imperial eventually, but that was only so I could finish the main quest, and because most of the morally reasonable people I met were Imperial-affiliated.

I watched all LoTR movies so I'll watch all these regardless.

@Dracula68: I'm supposed to be going tonight after I get off from work. Someone said that there are no after-credit Easter eggs so I can just leave once the credits start rolling.

Why would there be? It's not a superhero movie after all :P

@Dracula68: True, but that seemed to be the trend for a while there. A good percentage of the summer blockbuster movies had that little bit at the end of the movie. I would have assumed since this is such a major movie, it would have the bit after the credits just to give the nerds that tingly feeling down below.

What movies that were not superhero had that?

@Dracula68: Some. Stop calling me out on my bull shit. It's rude

Sorry, I can't help myself!

@Dracula68: For the record - Linkify

Anyone following the recent controversy on Youtube's ID Content system? Seems like a lot of people on other gaming sites are really pissed off over what's going on, but I don't really see anything about it here (Unless it's on System Wars, but I'm not going to check there).

@1PMrFister:

No. What's going on?

@chicknfeet: To me it sounds like random sites are claiming copyrights on lots of peoples videos and somehow there are also claims from companies that aren't doing it. YouTube system is broken. Also Nintendo isn't denying the claims, but they don't like Let's Play videos anyway for some reason.

@chicknfeet: Goddammit, my post disappeared. I'll explain after I come back from class. Last class of the semester, woo!

Have not heard about that. All I hear people whining about is Twitter block then unblock crap.

Well, I'm afraid I got some bad news. I think my Xbox 360 is on the verge of being dead. It is now getting to the point of where it is overheating and now shuts down within 20 minutes to an hour's worth of gameplay. It has shut down on me multiple times on Batman: Arkham Origins and even on Splinter Cell: Conviction. I don't know if it's due to the Xbox 360 inside or the power supply itself, but either way, I feel like I'm screwed. I don't believe that buying a new Xbox 360 will do anything, because it may just overheat on that one too and shut down completely. So I'm stuck.

@LightEffect: @Dracula68: @chicknfeet:

The gist of it is that Youtube's Content ID system, an automated program meant to seek out videos using copyrighted information without permission, is going on the fritz and targeting videos focused on gaming now. It's been de-monetizing and flagging videos of Let's Plays and gaming reviews left and right, even those who allegedly have permission to use the material. People who make their livelihood off these kinds of videos (The Angry Joe Show, for instance) have been hit especially hard by this, even if their works generate ad revenue for Google. Several companies have stated they haven't been issuing any claims, but it hasn't stopped videos getting flagged (or even pulled) anyway. Gaming videos aren't the only ones getting targeted, but they are where a lot of the controversy is seemingly coming from.

It may be an issue about an automated system bonking up, but it's re-kindled debates about whether let's play creators should be allowed to make money off their videos, and how much control should copyright holders have over their product.

@Metamania: What model Xbox 360 do you have? I might get one, but not if the best models fail similarly to the original one.

@1PMrFister: The Elder Scrolls is an interesting game series because many different things comprise it making a relatable, yet different experience for each player's play through.

The 250 GB one. It's not the Slim one though, I don't believe.

I saw the Desolation of Smaug in 3D earlier tonight. It was a good film. I will not spoil anything in this thread. Do not worry, guys.

If I recall correctly, that 250 GB model was said to be a more reliable version of the Xbox 360 than the original. I was hoping to buy one 360 and keep it for my legacy collection, but if it will stop working after several years, I might get something else.

@1PMrFister: Skyrim did not feature a civil war side quest, more like a noisy skirmish. A dozen or so people bashing each other in the streets of a very small village = / = a war. That side quest was just silly, and both sides were so similar they may as well have been the same thing.

Yep. Plus those quests were some of the most broken in the entire game when I tried them. Just awful all-around.

@c_rakestraw: Sounds like I dodged a bullet, then.

How interesting that all three versions of vanilla Skyrim received metacritic scores over ninety despite having many bugs.