Games people play...

[amhran_comhrac]

Slightly off topic, but I'm curious about what other games everyone loves, since I suspect there's a lot of overlap... (and because if we have one loved game in common this could be a good way to introduce each other to new games we might enjoy just as much.)

Inspired in part by twist_shimmy, since I was up until FIVE AM the other night mainlining her fantastic Oblivion fic.

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[ashstoner_021]

I was an avid WoW player for roughly 5 years before I was just... done with it. I still miss my friends on there, but not enough to reinstall and all that.

I also just started playing RIFT, which is pretty interesting so far, but I'm playing it VERY casually, so as to not burn out on it like I did with WoW.

I am also a HUGE HUUUUGE Zelda geek, and have played every game there is. However I have a huge soft spot for 'Link to the Past' and 'Ocarina of Time'. 'Twilight Princess' is a close contender too, simply because I adore Midna.

[amhran_comhrac]

Recently played games (like, last six months) for me are:
Baldur's Gate 2
Dragon Age (both)
Mass Effect 1 (working on a super-import for 3 since I've jumped from console to PC)
Fallout III and New Vegas
KOTOR 2 (restoration patch)
Silent Hill 2, 4, and that fucking nightmare of a Wii reboot (seriously, Silent Hill, we had something good. Something pure. Something defiled only when Pyramidhead wanted it to be defiled. Why'd you have to fuck it up by GIVING ME MOTION SICKNESS?)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Assassins Creed 2
Prince of Persia forgotten sands
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl
Bioshock 2
Witcher 2
The Thief games

Of those, I'd say that the most heavily played are the DA games, Oblivion, Baldur's Gate 2, Silent Hill 2, Thief, and Fallout III. I keep going back to those, and probably have played through all but DA2 at least a dozen times a piece (and I'm working on it with 2).
No shock, even for the non-RPG games on the list, they're all ones with a bunch of different ways to play it, and multiple outcomes based on your actions.

I'm a girl with a pattern, clearly.

And hey, since I'm curious... how many of us are PC vs console? I like console for some things- platformers like Prince of Persia and Assassins Creed, silent hill since it's just *better* on the big tv than my computer. But for RPGs I prefer the PC.
It seems like PC gamers are an unusually large chunk of the POT population, which is kind of neat. Usually it's 10 to 1 the console players outnumber us!

[amhran_comhrac]

Oh man, I totally forgot about Zelda. I love me some Zelda... I've seriously contemplated a triforce tattoo at one point.

[ashstoner_021]

My husband has told me I'd probably like Oblivion, but I told him that I just don't have the TIME to get obsessed with another game right now lol. Between work, house crap, drawing, writing... I barely have time for the games I DO play! XD

Also, PC RPG'er here. What can I say, I'm addicted to mods!

[ashstoner_021]

Yesssss. I've been obsessed with the Zelda series for well over a decade, and probably longer than that, just not quite as hardcore. I actually have a couple friends who DO have Triforce tattoos, which is very awesome.

[amhran_comhrac]

Right now I kind of want to get the W-A-S-D key layout done as a tattoo. Since, you know,

[amhran_comhrac]

Seriously, give it a shot. If you like mods... Oblivion probably has more than any other game out there.

[ashstoner_021]

I need a new keyboard, frankly because aforementioned keys have worn themselves off and I can't see the letters anymore!

[sinthe]

"Inspired in part by twist_shimmy, since I was up until FIVE AM the other night mainlining her fantastic Oblivion fic."

Oh, good, I'm not the only one who's done that.

I love Oblivion, Mass Effect, and the Sims games.

[sinthe]

I don't like playing RPGs on a console for exactly that reason. I first got addicted to custom content while playing through the first Sims games.

[bellaknoti]

actually... i'm not really a 'gamer' girl. i know that puts me in the minority, here.

i've owned and played all the versions and expansions of the sims, but i have settled down with my sims 2 game. 3 is fun to visit, but i wouldn't want to live there.

i've played fallout 3, and i own new vegas, but haven't cracked the plastic on it yet because i got distracted by dragon age; i never even managed to do all my dlc for it.

i played neverwinter nights, but then promptly abandoned it for a nwn server that really kicked ass and had way better story lines.

i think i've played every spyro the dragon game there is.

i love rock band; i like to sing. ^.^

i play some of the xbox arcade games, like maw, kingdom for keflings, and limbo.

i like civilization games like ceasar, afterlife, and pharaoh, and simple strategy games like roller coaster tycoon and lemmings.

i loved portal, and i want to play portal 2, but i don't know if i can take the frustration. >.<'

i beat dragon age only once, and that was as withiel tabris. finn never made it to the end of the game, kambriana barely made it out of ostagar, and lily never existed at all... though, i might make her. i never finished awakening. i never did leliana's song, witch hunt, darkspawn chronicles, or the golems of something-something, even though i downloaded them. i played the da2 demo, nearly got motion sickness, had many anger issues, and abandoned it.

as you can see, the rpg is not my main game-type, even though i love role play, because i prefer to play tabletop dnd. sometimes i wonder if i'm the only person here who hasn't been seduced by mass effect and/or oblivion. :)

[bellaknoti]

simple ones are only like five bucks through newegg.com

[magnolia]

I play a lot more J-RPGs than I do W-RPGs. My favorites are... *deep breath*

Wild ARMS (1 and 5), Lunar (Silver Star Story and Eternal Blue), Legend of Legaia (just the first one), the Legend of Dragoon, Final Fantasy (IX, X, and Tactics), and Legend of Mana.

I also like survival horror titles like Silent Hill, Clock Tower, and Haunting Ground. :D

[ashstoner_021]

Yeah, I really need to get on getting a new one, I've been too distracted to think about it too hard lol. It's turned into a sadistic game to see just how many letters I can wear off before I don't know wtf I'm doing anymore XD

[drakontion]

Apart from Dragon Age and Dragon Age 2... let's see.

Neverwinter Nights (1, not 2, also online but not for aaaaages when I used to DM a server)
Oblivion
Morrowind
KotOR
KotOR 2
Sims 2 (no longer play Sims 1)
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
The Witcher (hanging out for The Witcher 2 only 7 more days eeeeee!!!!)

Used to play Shaiya, Perfect Worlds, Silk Roads online, but not any more.

That's about all at the moment.

[aithne]

oooh, let's see. Oblivion, definitely, and I'm looking forward to Skyrim. Jade Empire, Mass Effect 2 (I have 1 on the PC now, I need to play it), Sims 2 (sort of...I like building crazy-ass houses), Limbo, Maw (Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw!), Assassin's Creed 1 and 2 (never finished either of them, but hey), anything by Tale of Tales (I especially liked Fatale and The Path), a crazy JRPG called Eternal Sonata, Fable...there are more, but I'd have to peruse the game shelf downstairs.

My only online game is, believe it or not, a virtual horse game called Equine Ranch. Where I have given most of my horses Dragon Age-related names. :)

[bellaknoti]

amen to that. i wish i could put custom content on my xbox. >.<' i couldn't live without some of the stuff i've dumped into my sims game, frsrs.

ps - icon love forever XD

[rhiyah]

I've been playing video games single the first Pong knock off game out ... like 1979. Scary. I was only three... my dad bought it for my sisters though they didn't like it and eventually I started playing it with him. So I guess my dad is the one who turned me into a game grrl.

I'm mostly PC though I will occasionally play my husband's Xbox 360.

Most recent game crack for me has been

Dragon Age (all)
Fallout 3
Rift

My favorite games, the ones I've enjoyed the most over the years:

Asherons Call (mmorpg)
Dark Age of Camelot (mmorpg - met the hub though that)
WoW
Wizardry (all though 4 Tales of the Dark Savant is my fav)
Warlords 3
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Warcraft
Starcraft

I'm a super geek... I know. LOL

Do you know the difference between a geek and a nerd?

Geeks have social skills.

[sinthe]

Ugh, especially with the ugly shit that EA/Maxis puts into those games. Ew.

[sinthe]

I really like the city-building and tycoon games, too. I'll still break out Zeus/Poseidon or Cleopatra once in awhile.

[sinthe]

SKYRIM YAY!!!!!!!

I never made it very far in Assassin's Creed. That game pissed me off. AC2 is awesome, though. I mean, c'mon... Ezio.

[tmcgeesdca]

I'm not feeling World of Warcraft anymore either. Much to my guild's dismay since I run their main healer. Oh well! It's my boyfriend's guild, so there is a lot of pressure for me to log in. I am just so freaking sick of the same cycle, over and over and over again. Level, gear up, wipe a million times getting through the new dungeons, patch releases new dungeons. Regear and try the new ones, wiping a million times until it's on farm awaiting the next patch or expansion. Rinse and repeat for 6 years, no thanks...

Favorite games...
KotOR (Original)
DOA (duh)
Jade Empire
Witcher (original, don't have 2)

Others, not faves, but I enjoyed them...
Oblivion
KotOR 2
ME2
DA2
The Harry Potter xbox games (old XBox, it's really a lot of fun)
Star Wars, Republic Commando (fun, squad style shooter)
Fear (FPS, very freaking scary)
Half Life 2 (eh, it's ok, graphics are pretty cool, lots of crap popping out to scare you all the time)
Fable (but only played the 2nd one, not happy with only being able to be a male PC)
Assassins Creed 2 (but I have never gotten very far because I suck at climbing stuff)
Tiger Woods Golf (I freaking loved it, PC version, but never play it anymore)

I am very much a PC gamer, but I do have my old XBox and I bought some stuff cheap when it was going away. I will never buy another console. Well, maybe a Wii because that fitness stuff is pretty cool. Screen loading is a pain enough on a PC, on a console, it's murder. I remember playing Oblivion on a friend's XBox and then getting it for myself for PC. I couldn't believe the difference in loading times.

[duowolf]

I love so many games but the main ones are:
Resident Evil series
Silent Hill series
FEAR series
Project Zero series
Oblivion and Morrowind
KOTOR 1 & 2
Wild ARMS 1-5
Final Fantasy 7,8,10,10-2 and 12
Suikoden 1-5
Last Remnent
Star Ocean 2 & 3
Yakuza series

and tons of others.

[miri1984]

Right! I've been meaning to reply to this all day. It's interesting how many others share my love of... *cough* JRPGs. I'm TOTALLY NOT ASHAMED.

So my favourite games are:

JRPG-dom
The Shadow Hearts Series
Kingdom Hearts I & II (I KNOW)
Final Fantasies VII to XII (I didn't get the latest one because that was post DA:O and... well I haven't really played anything since!)
Star Ocean

Strategy:
The TOTAL WAR series - these rock. Especially Rome Total War. I just love me my hooting generals.

Western RPGS:
This game... don't know if you've heard of it... Dragon Age?
MORROWIND
Oblivion (Morrowind was better IMO)
Baldurs Gate I (STILL haven't played II)

Others:
The Sims
Portal
EVIL GENIUS (this is heaps of fun)

Soooo. The only game I ever wrote fanfic for was Dragon age though. Don't see me doing it for any other games, although I was SOO tempted to write Balthier fanfic when FFXII came out... THAT VOICE.

[miri1984]

I too, have come out of the JRPG closet... :D