What RPG to play... choice of five.

Jason Moyer on 17/1/2011 at 19:44

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let you open and smoke packs/cartons of cigarettes for bonus charisma

I think that's the first time I've ever seen someone implement cigarettes in a fun way in an RPG.

Nameless Voice on 17/1/2011 at 20:51

Quote Posted by Jason Moyer

I think that's the first time I've ever seen someone implement cigarettes in a fun way in an RPG.

What about System Shock 2, where smoking cigarettes hurt you, but could never kill you, instead leaving you as a zero health zombie?
TF's SecMod made them restore some psi points, too.

june gloom on 17/1/2011 at 22:06

Quote Posted by Jason Moyer

I think AP is the new DX as far as "when someone mentions it you have to play it again." I fired up a game for the first time since the month it came out and now I'm sucked back in. Damn it.

Haha, much like Vampire Bloodlines was the previous champion?

ah shit just typing that out made the game automatically start installing

Nameless Voice on 17/1/2011 at 22:22

Stop that, don't tempt me! I need to finish my new games first!!!!! :mad:

ZylonBane on 18/1/2011 at 00:46

I'm currently playing through Fallout 3 for the first time, and the notion of skipping straight to New Vegas just seems messed up. There is so much to do in FO3, and so many different ways to build a character, that it's hard for me to imagine getting bored with it.

Also, melee + VATS + Bloody Mess = the best thing ever.

Nameless Voice on 18/1/2011 at 01:21

I got tired of the excessive amount of gore in that game after a while, and eventually installed a mod to make people gib a little less often. I don't mind a bit of gore, but it was getting excessive to the point of the ridiculous because it happened so often. I shudder to think what it would be like with Bloody Mess.

But then, I didn't use VATS, probably due to being weird and preferring real-time combat.

ZylonBane on 18/1/2011 at 02:12

Something about FO3's realtime combat just doesn't work for me. Maybe it's the slow firing rate of most weapons, or the weird way some enemies slide around when they get close to you.

Jason Moyer on 18/1/2011 at 02:17

I've started FO3 a few times trying to build a ninja character, but the inability to target melee hits in VATS really kills it for me.

ZylonBane on 18/1/2011 at 02:22

Eh, by the time you've leveled up enough to get access to the relevant ninja-building perks, most enemies will be going down in one or two punches anyway.

catbarf on 18/1/2011 at 05:34

Quote Posted by ZylonBane

Something about FO3's realtime combat just doesn't work for me. Maybe it's the slow firing rate of most weapons, or the weird way some enemies slide around when they get close to you.

I thought it was because the enemies don't seem to flinch much, and sidestep strangely. They just seem to float around, soaking up damage until arbitrarily dying. I thought it was the weakest part of an otherwise good game.