What Video Games Are You Playing?

[dean]

Just burned my way through the Orange Box.  Great set, but jeez it finishes quick.  Can't wait for more Portal stuff though: Best Game I've played in a while easy.

Other than that, Brother got Guitar Hero III on Wii and we've been going nuts since, helped by the surround system I just put in...     

Oh and Cheeze, how's CIV4?  My friend and I consistently get drawn back to CIV2 and to a lesser degree, III but I haven't checked out IV yet.  Any big changes worth investing in?

[CheezeFlixz]

Oh and Cheeze, how's CIV4?  My friend and I consistently get drawn back to CIV2 and to a lesser degree, III but I haven't checked out IV yet.  Any big changes worth investing in?

Much like I, II, III very addictive. Civ IV new wonders, mini-wonders, better graphics, more tools, more techs and more diplomacy, more customization, more everything. Plus there are the about million add-ons (much like the older versions) for it which most are free that can be found ...

http://www.civfanatics.com/
http://civilization4.net/
http://www.civ4.com/

There are also a couple of expansion packs for it but with all the fan-mods you don't really need them.

Oh you can also expand you cultural influence much better than in prior Civ's, you can use more resource and and just overall better controls and abilities to mod governments and actions. Civ IV is head and shoulders above the other versions and it's been out long enough now that you should be able to get it fairly reasonable.

Scroll to the bottom of this page for a trailer of the game.
http://www.civilgame.com/civ4/download.htm

[KYGOTC]

Just burned my way through the Orange Box.  Great set, but jeez it finishes quick.  Can't wait for more Portal stuff though: Best Game I've played in a while easy.

How was that cake?

[DistantJ]

At the moment, the Metroid Prime series. How did I miss out on this?    It's great! I got the 3rd one for the Wii and loved it so much I had to go back and catch up.

[HappyGilmore]

A few years old, but a classic.


I'm stuck in Asgard, but it's a good game.

[Derf]

Just recently finished Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, and now I'm obsessing over LoZ: Twilight Princess. I bought a Wii for the Zelda games as much as anything, and so far Twilight Princess is fun, though the graphics look far more serious than the game is: Link is a fairly realistic looking elf/Hyrulian, but he still runs around cutting grass with his sword and finding jewels and floating hearts in the grass and under rocks. It's just a bit incongruous. Still, it is a game worth the money.

[CheezeFlixz]

Just recently finished Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, and now I'm obsessing over LoZ: Twilight Princess. I bought a Wii for the Zelda games as much as anything, and so far Twilight Princess is fun, though the graphics look far more serious than the game is: Link is a fairly realistic looking elf/Hyrulian, but he still runs around cutting grass with his sword and finding jewels and floating hearts in the grass and under rocks. It's just a bit incongruous. Still, it is a game worth the money.

I'm playing (off and on), LoZ Wind Waker on GC, my wife is playing LoZ Phantom Hourglass on DS and my kids are playing LoZ Twilight Princess on Wii. We have every Zelda game ever made I think. Got hooked on it WAAAYY back in the day on NES.
They are very addictive ... even for some of us older folks.

[Derf]

I'm playing (off and on), LoZ Wind Waker on GC, my wife is playing LoZ Phantom Hourglass on DS and my kids are playing LoZ Twilight Princess on Wii. We have every Zelda game ever made I think. Got hooked on it WAAAYY back in the day on NES.
They are very addictive ... even for some of us older folks.

Yeah, I played LoZ on the original NES, too. It got me hooked on the quest-style games. That NES was also the last system I bought up until I got a Wii earlier this year. I even downloaded the first two LoZ games and replayed them on my PC. I missed the ones in between LoZ II and Wind Waker, though.

The Wind Waker game I have is the GC version (since the Wii plays GC games, I also now have access to some good, cheap games, including LoZ). Oh, and I think games like LoZ are particularly addicting for "some of us older folks" even moreso than the whippersnappers--they don't often have the patience.

[CheezeFlixz]

I'm playing (off and on), LoZ Wind Waker on GC, my wife is playing LoZ Phantom Hourglass on DS and my kids are playing LoZ Twilight Princess on Wii. We have every Zelda game ever made I think. Got hooked on it WAAAYY back in the day on NES.
They are very addictive ... even for some of us older folks.

Yeah, I played LoZ on the original NES, too. It got me hooked on the quest-style games. That NES was also the last system I bought up until I got a Wii earlier this year. I even downloaded the first two LoZ games and replayed them on my PC. I missed the ones in between LoZ II and Wind Waker, though.

The Wind Waker game I have is the GC version (since the Wii plays GC games, I also now have access to some good, cheap games, including LoZ). Oh, and I think games like LoZ are particularly addicting for "some of us older folks" even moreso than the whippersnappers--they don't often have the patience.

LoZ Link to the Past ... is SNES crack so avoid it unless you want to lose part of your life. But short of a ROM it's only on SNES as far as I know.
There is also the Zelda Collectors GC disc that has Zelda games on it and you can play if in a Wii. You can pick it up on eBay for $20-$30



http://www.answers.com/topic/the-legend-of-zelda-collector-s-edition?cat=entertainment

[Derf]

LoZ Link to the Past ... is SNES crack so avoid it unless you want to lose part of your life. But short of a ROM it's only on SNES as far as I know.
There is also the Zelda Collectors GC disc that has Zelda games on it and you can play if in a Wii. You can pick it up on eBay for $20-$30



http://www.answers.com/topic/the-legend-of-zelda-collector-s-edition?cat=entertainment

Get thee behind me, foul tempter! I've already lost days of my life to that Zelda woman, and now you're tempting me with more lost time!

Thanks. I'll look into this further, when my self-righteous persona goes to sleep.

[Ash]

I'm stuck in Asgard, but it's a good game.

I've beat Marvel Ultimate Alliance twice.  (awesome game!)
If your stuck, let me know and I can walk you through it.

[DistantJ]

God, I love Zelda.

[CheezeFlixz]

Get thee behind me, foul tempter! I've already lost days of my life to that Zelda woman, and now you're tempting me with more lost time!

Thanks. I'll look into this further, when my self-righteous persona goes to sleep.

Consider yourself tempted!


http://www.zelda.com/universe/

I checked this site and it is official that we have every Zelda game there is. I haven't played the 2 latter Zelda's 'Phantom' and 'Twilight' as the rest of the family is hogging them, and I remember way back in B.C. (Before Children) days and I bought the very first Zelda ca. 1988 in the Gold cartridge and my wife, then girlfriend said "It's looks stupid." ... Then she played it and she glazed over and she was on Zelda crack from then on. She is also on Final Fantasy crack too, it's ok but I'm not a huge fan of it. 

[KYGOTC]

Did you guys hear who they just added to the next smash bros game?

[Dennis]

Right now I'm playing "Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, Anniversary", for the Wii. Tomb raider is a great game series but my personal favorites are the "Metroid Prime" series and "The Legend of Zelda", can never get enough of these games. The wife and I got hooked on Zelda when it first came out, been playing it ever since, bought the first Metroid game while at Gamestop looking for Zelda, the Windwaker, now we're hooked on this series too.
Now I must get Lara out of the Hephasteus room in St. Francis Folly.