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Posted by OtZman on Mon Dec 19th at 2:42pm 2005

I just rememberd one game. Stepmania, it's an open source DDR simulator for the PC. At a LAN, one of my friends had downloaded it and he was playing it when I arrived. The first thing I did was to get it from him. Then I spent probably 8 hours or something playing it non stop. Played it the entire night, and most of the LAN too, actually. I played it many hours a day for weeks. It might just be the most addicting game I've ever played.

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Civilization II and Sid Meyers' Pirates!(the new one)...


Pirates was pretty addicting too, until I happend to check the stats and realized I was 66 y/o and in bad health, and that the game was like The Sims only with pirates.



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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Mon Dec 19th at 2:51pm 2005

I've never liked the Sims series... but oh god how I love Pirates!



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Posted by French Toast on Mon Dec 19th at 9:05pm 2005

Hold on, hsouldn't it be hodge-podge?




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Posted by Crono on Mon Dec 19th at 9:17pm 2005

Reno, it's much MUCH cheaper to just buy a connector for a controller you already own (PS2, Xbox, whatever). They're usually pretty cheap. That Xbox controller is $45 USD, I'd imagine it's pretty spendy there too ... and it's a controller.

I usually use my PS2 controller on my computer for certain games. It just has a USB hook up, the connector was like $6. (I'm not converting it, but you get the idea)


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.



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Posted by habboi on Mon Dec 19th at 9:56pm 2005

I've been adicted to a lot of games, I used to love playing Monster Hunter on PS2 Online.

I mainly play PC games now and this mainly consists of HL1 and 2 mods...
Mainly Sven c-op because I just love co-op games! They are my favourite, Resident evil maps rock so much.





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Posted by French Toast on Mon Dec 19th at 10:14pm 2005

Indeed Habboi. I hope that sometime game makers realize that they need to put out a good Co-op game. Theyre so much fun, it's a same there are very few good ones.




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Posted by ReNo on Mon Dec 19th at 10:18pm 2005

Wrong thread Crono, but thanks for the advice anyway <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> I'd noticed a few connector things on sale in the past but never really paid them any attention, kinda fearing they were s**tty third party things that would barely work! I'll consider picking one up since they are so cheap.

My main reason for wanting the 360 controller is that I'm planning on getting a 360 at some point and will no doubt want 4 controllers, so buying one now for my PC means I'll have another later for the 360 itself. Plus it is a kick ass controller - dual analogue triggers plus shoulder buttons for the win!




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Posted by French Toast on Mon Dec 19th at 10:23pm 2005

You forgot to add the lack of a 1-foot Xbox Jewel.




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Posted by ReNo on Mon Dec 19th at 10:24pm 2005

Haha, that was pretty crazy <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> It's cool that they managed to find a useful button to put in its place <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by Crono on Mon Dec 19th at 10:53pm 2005

They're basically the same threads ... basically.

Also, just to be clear, it's pretty hard to screw up controller cabling. You're stuck on the name brand thing, aren't you? I personally just hate Mad Catz, and I can completly understand why anyone would hate 3rd party products because of them.


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Posted by Underdog on Tue Dec 20th at 1:14am 2005

To tired to read 3 pages but I have noticed a trend in myself. Games made years ago seemed to hold my attention far longer than anything now. Even when its a newer version of the game I loved so well. For instance:

I played Civ 2 for nearly 3 years.
I played Doom 2 for almost 2.
I played Duke nukem for well over a year.

I never finished HL1
I have yet to finish HL2
I have Quake 4 and have yet to finish it.
I have Civ 4, have yet to play a full game yet.

There have been a lot of games I like and finished in between the titles I posted but none of the last two years worth have been entertaining enough to keep my attention to even complete it.

Perhaps the novelty of the older games is part of the reason but older games seemed to have more "heart" to them.

Hell, I played "Trade Wars" on my old BBS longer than anything this year or last.




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Posted by Dark_Kilauea on Tue Dec 20th at 1:22am 2005

Guild Wars, if you want an addictive, good looking, and even more addicting game, go check it out. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">



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Posted by rs6 on Tue Dec 20th at 1:34am 2005

Im pretty addicted to the Splinter Cell series. Those games kick ass.



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Posted by French Toast on Tue Dec 20th at 1:48am 2005

I wasn't impressed with Splinter Cell. I guess it's just not my kind of game, but I hated all the sneaking around. I want to kill some people.





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