Does anybody here play computer games?

What is your favourite?

Do you use Steam or what?

Discuss.  ;)

solitaire

:D :D :D :D

Neferti wrote on Oct 20^th, 2017 at 5:02pm:

Does anybody here play computer games? What is your favourite? Do you use Steam or what? Discuss.  ;)

;D ;D ;D

I'm guessing it can be addictive.

The only game I play is 'Bad Company' on PS3. As good as any combat game with the bonus of humour. Lee Ermey even does a voice over. Rockin' good fun-although the game cheats.

Neferti wrote on Oct 20^th, 2017 at 5:02pm:

Does anybody here play computer games? What is your favourite? Do you use Steam or what? Discuss.  ;)

All of the Command and Conquer Series. Many of the Rome Total War games. A submariner game ("Silent Hunter 4"). Some old PC games like "Duke Nukem 3D" and "Total Annihilation".

The problem being is that I have not a great deal of RAM to effectively play my computer games. My computer just plods along if I have too much on my hard drive, too.

Does anyone here have a PS4 VR?  What games would you recommend?

Nom de Plume wrote on Nov 8^th, 2017 at 9:18pm:

What games would you recommend?

tetris :D :D

Nom de Plume wrote on Nov 8^th, 2017 at 9:18pm:

Does anyone here have a PS4 VR?  What games would you recommend?

GT sport and arkham VR.

Mr Hammer wrote on Oct 20^th, 2017 at 7:59pm:

The only game I play is 'Bad Company' on PS3. As good as any combat game with the bonus of humour. Lee Ermey even does a voice over. Rockin' good fun-although the game cheats.

I havent played that one for years.

John Smith wrote on Nov 8^th, 2017 at 9:20pm:

Nom de Plume wrote on Nov 8th, 2017 at 9:18pm: What games would you recommend? tetris :D :D

I played the game 'Removalist'.
It's much like Tetris - except I get to pack a Truck, get a better workout than a gym can provide and get paid for it in the end.  ;)

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Nov 9^th, 2017 at 10:49am:

Mr Hammer wrote on Oct 20th, 2017 at 7:59pm: The only game I play is 'Bad Company' on PS3. As good as any combat game with the bonus of humour. Lee Ermey even does a voice over. Rockin' good fun-although the game cheats. I havent played that one for years.

You have  to play the first one on hard. The joy is watching the novel way the game cheats when you get good.

Mr Hammer wrote on Nov 9^th, 2017 at 9:00pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Nov 9th, 2017 at 10:49am: Mr Hammer wrote on Oct 20th, 2017 at 7:59pm: The only game I play is 'Bad Company' on PS3. As good as any combat game with the bonus of humour. Lee Ermey even does a voice over. Rockin' good fun-although the game cheats. I havent played that one for years. You have  to play the first one on hard. The joy is watching the novel way the game cheats when you get good.

Hehehe. For sheer laughs, I do love Grand theft auto

Haven't you played Candy Crush? 8-) You must be unique, if you haven't. Everybody has played that on their phone.  ;D

I have yet to play a game of Candy Crush, let alone know what to do in the game.

i like Dota 2 , play it all time

Grim Dawn atm but not a lot of time to play it. No hate steam its annoying and uses all your resources and crashes etc. Why pay for something you dont have to? I didnt play a game for over a year and steam deleted my account! Im not rebuying games.

Spot

If you want to have sex, you should go to these sexy   escort girls  in Nicosia  - escortnicosia.info . They offer a variety of services. They will also give an unforgettable impression. You will not get such  feeling after the game

I plan on spending my evening getting stuck into Fallout 3.

I'm still the reigning Australian Champ at ZAXXON
:P

Legend of Zelda, Raven loved those games. Although he is currently playing the new Assassin's Creed game. It's alright.

Raven did try his hand at beating the Super Mario speed run but sadly didn't even make the top hundred. More practice required.

Raven wrote on Dec 29^th, 2018 at 10:14pm:

Legend of Zelda, Raven loved those games. Although he is currently playing the new Assassin's Creed game. It's alright. Raven did try his hand at beating the Super Mario speed run but sadly didn't even make the top hundred. More practice required.

I loved the new Assassin's Creed.. then a week later, absolutely hated it.

Ubisoft's grubby strategy at making you "farm" in order to encourage you to buy "time saver packs" is absolutely deplorable. On principle I stopped playing, and traded my copy in.

I have a role playing game called "Rome: Total War". Recently, the game has been shutting down in mid play, usually during the campaign map, or just after a battle has finished. I can go a few hours of playing. But sometimes, the game just shuts down before I have a chance to save before shutting down my game manually. That means that I have to use autosaves to continue the game. But, even that makes it annoying to continue.

Any ideas on what is causing this to happen? I have a Windows 10 operating system.

UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 30^th, 2018 at 4:49pm:

I have a role playing game called "Rome: Total War". Recently, the game has been shutting down in mid play, usually during the campaign map, or just after a battle has finished. I can go a few hours of playing. But sometimes, the game just shuts down before I have a chance to save before shutting down my game manually. That means that I have to use autosaves to continue the game. But, even that makes it annoying to continue. Any ideas on what is causing this to happen? I have a Windows 10 operating system.

The game was released in 2004. The older the game, the harder it is to run on Windows 10.

I tend to get all of my older games on the Gog platform, as Gog is usually better at ensuring that a game will work on all systems. I learnt this after buying some older games on Steam and having every single one of them crash on me because my OS and system specs are too advanced for them.

There may be a way to fix it. I would recommend visiting

https : // pcgamingwiki . com / wiki / Rome:_Total_War

(just remove the spaces. Can't post any links until I hit 100 posts)

If you game shuts down half way, etc.
It means your 'sound card' or something isn't compatible with what the game needs. You need to Steam a more compatible version.

I did a recovery and reinstalled the game on my computer. Now I am just having trouble playing a game with lower graphics and such. I did have a great game working beforehand with all the graphics at the highest settings, etc. Now it is all amateurish.

Most recent I was playing Alien Isolation with my daughter. little while ago now but we still re visit it occasionally.

The story line is Ripley's daughter goes looking to find out what happened to her mother, you can guess who she finds.
There was a big push for this to be the next Alien movie before the last one was done. (This would have been better).

The other main computer game project we had was the whole of the Myst series. Beautiful games. My daughter was young when we started this series.

Both are almost impossible.

The Reboot wrote on Dec 31^st, 2018 at 12:55pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 30th, 2018 at 4:49pm: I have a role playing game called "Rome: Total War". Recently, the game has been shutting down in mid play, usually during the campaign map, or just after a battle has finished. I can go a few hours of playing. But sometimes, the game just shuts down before I have a chance to save before shutting down my game manually. That means that I have to use autosaves to continue the game. But, even that makes it annoying to continue. Any ideas on what is causing this to happen? I have a Windows 10 operating system. The game was released in 2004. The older the game, the harder it is to run on Windows 10. I tend to get all of my older games on the Gog platform, as Gog is usually better at ensuring that a game will work on all systems. I learnt this after buying some older games on Steam and having every single one of them crash on me because my OS and system specs are too advanced for them. There may be a way to fix it. I would recommend visiting https : // pcgamingwiki . com / wiki / Rome:_Total_War (just remove the spaces. Can't post any links until I hit 100 posts)

Thank you for that. But I think you can just post the link address without needing to have it open the page. And I don't know why the site needs users to have 100 posts before we can post links. An anti-spam strategy, perhaps?

Dnarever wrote on Dec 31^st, 2018 at 6:17pm:

Most recent I was playing Alien Isolation with my daughter. little while ago now but we still re visit it occasionally. The story line is Ripley's daughter goes looking to find out what happened to her mother, you can guess who she finds. There was a big push for this to be the next Alien movie before the last one was done. (This would have been better). The other main computer game project we had was the whole of the Myst series. Beautiful games. My daughter was young when we started this series. Both are almost impossible.

Ah! the Myst series ... loved those, some of the puzzles were very difficult to work out.

I'm replaying Half Life 2 at the moment, a gift from my son.

I like Sniper Elite 2, 3, 4 and 5 also. I prefer to take my time doing stealthy attacks in those.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein and later versions are a bit of fun.

Tomb Raider series are also some favorites, although the latest one is a bit buggy. (Shadow of the Tomb Raider). I liked Rise of the Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider "reboot" better.

UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 31^st, 2018 at 11:37pm:

The Reboot wrote on Dec 31st, 2018 at 12:55pm: UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 30th, 2018 at 4:49pm: I have a role playing game called "Rome: Total War". Recently, the game has been shutting down in mid play, usually during the campaign map, or just after a battle has finished. I can go a few hours of playing. But sometimes, the game just shuts down before I have a chance to save before shutting down my game manually. That means that I have to use autosaves to continue the game. But, even that makes it annoying to continue. Any ideas on what is causing this to happen? I have a Windows 10 operating system. The game was released in 2004. The older the game, the harder it is to run on Windows 10. I tend to get all of my older games on the Gog platform, as Gog is usually better at ensuring that a game will work on all systems. I learnt this after buying some older games on Steam and having every single one of them crash on me because my OS and system specs are too advanced for them. There may be a way to fix it. I would recommend visiting https : // pcgamingwiki . com / wiki / Rome:_Total_War (just remove the spaces. Can't post any links until I hit 100 posts) Thank you for that. But I think you can just post the link address without needing to have it open the page. And I don't know why the site needs users to have 100 posts before we can post links. An anti-spam strategy, perhaps?

I think so, but 100 posts seems a bit overboard.  ;D Nevermind, I'm almost at the mark.

ATTENTION PC GAMERS (OR ANYBODY INTERESTED IN PC GAMING)

If anybody, like myself, has previously had frustration and impatience with the art of modding so gave up completely, I encourage you to try Vortex - modding made easy.

https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/1

(FYI modding = modifying a game to improve it whether it be for cheats, better graphics, bug fixes etc).

Vortex automatically picks up on "mod conflicts" (where two mods are incompatible and don't work in games) and sets the mods in the correct loading order.

It's only in Beta stage but so far it's running smoothly for me, no dramas. I am having a blast with Fallout 3, which, without mods, is quite bland and outdated.

Nexus has a list of games with mods available for them.

P.S be careful. Scan files before downloading, etc.

Does anyone know where I can freely download Duke Nukem 3d Atomic edition? I would pay for the game. But, it seems not really worth downloading from a paysite.

There used to be a site called abandonware where you could get those old ones. Dunno if its still there. They did it all legit and acquired the licenses. Theres also gog.com for getting it very cheap

Spot

I like the chess program called Chess Titans in Win7.

I can usually beat it on the highest level 10.
It's one of the weakest programs out there but is good
for anyone from a beginner to a medium player.
Anyone could beat level 1.

Bobby v JaSin (Hal 9000) :D

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Bobby. wrote on Jul 9^th, 2020 at 4:52am:

I like the chess program called Chess Titans in Win7. I can usually beat it on the highest level 10. It's one of the weakest programs out there but is good for anyone from a beginner to a medium player. Anyone could beat level 1.

Hope you play with the black pieces, Bob.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jul 9^th, 2020 at 3:24am:

There used to be a site called abandonware where you could get those old ones. Dunno if its still there. They did it all legit and acquired the licenses. Theres also gog.com for getting it very cheap Spot

The schitt thing about gog.com is that I cannot remember my email password of old to be able to acquire a security code to get access to my old account with gog. They have games of Duke Nukem on steam for $3. But I will have to go buy a temporary credit card to be able to buy a copy.

I gave up on trying to get my old game reinstalled and decided to go buy another one. The problem being that I found that the game requires a credit card to purchase. The EB Games store told me to buy a Steam voucher to be able to purchase the games online. I then found out that the game I wanted (first thought to be about $5) was $29.95. What the hell? It actually featured a new level that was only made in the last few years. So, screw that.

Mahjong?

Chess, Backgammon, Mahjongg, Dominos and even Stratego.
Ahh, them were the days when you look at a person, not a screen.

I played lots of board games on the computer - chess, mahjong and so forth.

Both Silent Hunter Games were failures for play. I bought 5 and then 3. I have 4 here at home. But I cannot install due to my dvd rom being busted to play anything. Now getting error messages with Rome: Total War.

It is good to listen to audiobooks whilst I playing computer games.

Everybody must have played Leisure Suit Larry, from way bacK?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyvi1pdDPUc

I remember that one!  ;D ;D ;D

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2020 at 10:28pm:

Both Silent Hunter Games were failures for play. I bought 5 and then 3. I have 4 here at home. But I cannot install due to my dvd rom being busted to play anything. Now getting error messages with Rome: Total War. It is good to listen to audiobooks whilst I playing computer games.

I bought Silent Hunter 4 the other month. Installed. But the game is now too difficult to play. I think the difficulty setting on Steam is set high, even if you change the realism to 0. Just the other day, I heard my DVD ROM clicking back into usage. Now I have 2 different versions of Silent Hunter 4.

Duke Nukem 3d was purchased as an impulse buy. Got the new level installed. New features for the game. Already finished the episode. Need a new game to challenge me.

Neferti wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2020 at 7:47am:

Everybody must have played Leisure Suit Larry, from way bacK? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyvi1pdDPUc

Indeed saving heaps of times after you lost all your money and had to win in back in blackjack.

Mr Hammer wrote on Jul 9^th, 2020 at 10:22am:

Bobby. wrote on Jul 9th, 2020 at 4:52am: I like the chess program called Chess Titans in Win7. I can usually beat it on the highest level 10. It's one of the weakest programs out there but is good for anyone from a beginner to a medium player. Anyone could beat level 1. Hope you play with the black pieces, Bob.

Yes of course.  Why ask?

Neferti wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2020 at 7:47am:

Everybody must have played Leisure Suit Larry, from way bacK? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyvi1pdDPUc

Those sierra games were good. i played them all - camelot, quest for glory, police quest etc

Spot

Does anyone know if the gaming system Sega Mega Drive Minis are still being sold in stores? I do not seem to be able to find them online. And I have yet to do a thorough search of the stores.

UnSubRocky wrote on May 22^nd, 2021 at 2:14am:

Does anyone know if the gaming system Sega Mega Drive Minis are still being sold in stores? I do not seem to be able to find them online. And I have yet to do a thorough search of the stores.

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/pages/belconnen-westfield?query=Sega%20Mega%20Drive%20Minis%20&page=1

https://megadrivemini.sega.com/

It seems like there are no more Sega Mega Drive Minis on sale in stores.

Have you tried EBGames?

https://www.ebgames.com.au/search?q=SEGA+Mega+Drive+Mini+

The idea is to go an have a look around stores tomorrow and see if there are any gaming machines for the Sega Mega Drive Mini. For now, I have the Nintendo Mini and the Supernintendo Mini at home here. The guy I messaged on marketplace has not responded to my message about him selling his Sega to me. The best bet for me is to just look around the stores and then wait for other sellers online to offer, if there are no stores with the gaming console.

I have purchased a Sega Mega Drive Mini for $80 in a private sale. Big W, JB HiFi, and EB Games have said that the company is not manufacturing any more Sega Minis. EB Games guy said that the Atari will release a new console and host a heap of old games, soon. $699.

Lots of good stuff at Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/

Neferti wrote on Jun 13^th, 2021 at 3:21pm:

Lots of good stuff at Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/

Yeah, I know. I wanted to get a refund on my computer game that kept crashing. Steam wrote back saying that they would not refund because there was no reason shown that the game had been crashing.

I bought a new computer the other day. The redownload of the games took little time. But, I had a great deal of trouble playing the game I had without it crashing. I think the computer still needs adjustments.

I got caught up in a game on my iPhone. "Fishdom". It is a match 3 game where the more you match the more you win until you get to run out of moves.
I added a gift visa card to the game so that I could buy more boosters and redemption moves. I am in debt to the game by about $70 inside a month. Have I become suckered into the gaming experience?

World of Tanks.

In Mother Russia, Russians don't control tanks. Tanks control Russians.

Anyone has played Split Fiction? What are your thoughts about this game?

On my second playthrough of Red Dead Redemption 2 after a few months break.

594 hours of gameplay.

I think I might be obsessed!  ;D

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