An introduction, of sorts.

[narilka]

Please tell us a bit about yourself and how you got into gaming, a bit about yourself, what your favourite games are. Let's get comfortable and get to know each other!

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Merfilly

[senmut]

I started in Cyberpunk 2020, Stormbringer 2nd edition, and DC Heroes (2nd edition, I think).

I have played a lot of games since then, and am currently out of RPGs due to lack of a group.

MMORPGs are limited to City of Heroes currently, but I'm eying DC's online game.

I'd make a longer post, but on my way back to work...

Re: Merfilly

[narilka]

I just started trying CoH a couple weeks ago! I liked it, but it didn't quite suck me in as much as I expected it to. (I had a friend who had really talked it up, for years.) Do you like the heroes side or villains side better? I only have a hero right now, and she's stuck in a city I can't get out of because every time I leave the hospital to go back to Atlas Park, I get killed. Quickly.

Welcome to the group!

Lassarina

[lassarina]

I got into video games when I was 8 and my father bought a Nintendo; I've been playign video games since then. I prefer RPGs, and love Final Fantasy.

I got into tabletop/LARP gaming in 2000 when I went to university, and my favourites in that realm are Demon: the Fallen, Mage: the Sorcerer's Crusade, Exalted, and Changeling: the Lost.

[ex_tal644]

I got into videogaming when my mum bought me a NES ages ago.

These days though I like gaming on my Nintendo DS. My favorite games are RPGs, stuff like Final Fantasy and Pokémon. Right now, I'm playing through Magical Starsign.

[animeshon]

Well I started Old School. Played my first D&D campaign when I was 8 (actually it was AD&D) and still play when I can find people to game with. My first games (and still old favourites) were the Eye of the Beholder series and Civilisation. I'm still hooked on EoB even though I have to play it in DosBox (which on VISTA is a pain). I mostly love fantasy RPGs like Neverwinter Nights, Guild Wars, Sacred 2, etc, but occasionally dabble in turn-based strategy games like Civilization or real time strategies like Age of Empires.

I was pretty behind the times with consoles, but I have a shiny xBox 360 now and am addicted to Lips, Guitar Hero, Oblivion, Naruto, Fable II, Assassin's Creed.

[supermouse]

Computer:

Zangband and Nethack. Less so, Dwarvern Fortress.

Civilisation 1 and 2, Sims, Various Total Warfare, Europa Universalis (pretty, pretty game)
(Note the above are all *old*, there are disadvantages to always using a laptop)

Bejewelled, Popcap games, Big Fish games, flash games. Reach for the Stars, Bards Tale (both C64 games) Clouds of Xeen (DOS)

Dungeons and Dragons 3.0, 3.5, White Wolf games (esp. V:tM although I think I may have outgrown it now). Paranoia. Cyberpunk 2020

Citadel. Talisman. Chez Geek. Munchkin.

[dame_grise]

I'm very "old school" as someone said above. I'm always behind the curve on console games. We have an Xbox and and Playstation (and maybe a SuperNintendo that I avoid because the controllers are wonky). I've enjoyed Dynasty Warriors 5, anything with Spyro (I'm such a kid inside sometimes), the Star Wars Battlefront, and Xenogears.

On computer, I love Age of Kings (one of the Age of Empires games), anything Sims, and I only RP a lot. I play and tentatively try to run tabletop RPs. I'm currently in a Delta Green campaign, a Mage campaign and a really weird Star Wars one (all run by my boyfriend at the moment).

Other than that, I'm Sam. Too old to like admitting her age, but happy with her boyfriend and cat all the same.

Re: Lassarina

[narilka]

I'm not well versed in RPGs, so all I can say is "Welcome!". I've only ever actually tried to play one FF and it was the Rinoa one. I did not get past my first battle, where I died horribly, and was rather discouraged...

[narilka]

Welcome to the community! I'm playing the latest Pokemon on and off as well, after having not played it since... red/blue/yellow. It's still pretty fun (and frustrating, when they break out of the ball nine times in a row!).

[narilka]

It looks like we have a lot of RPG fans here, so at least it seems like there's a lot in common. Welcoem to the group!

I've heard that Vista is a pain for gaming from a few different people. I just started with PC gaming (I was previously mostly console-based), and on Win7 it seems to go pretty well. I'm only playing Steam games, though, so it's not like I'm very varied in my experience there. I was just looking at GW the other day though because it had been added to Steam. What's your favourite out of all of those?

I really enjoy Lips. If you'd like to add me as a friend, my gamertag is the same as on here. Maybe we can do some challenges?

[narilka]

Quite the range of games!

Do you like the original Bejwelled over any of the newer ones, or is 2 or Twist better? I think my favourite is probably the original, although 2 was fun with the hypercubes...

Welcome to the group!

I've heard great things about both Chez Geek and Munchkin, but I have never gotten around to playing them. I think I even own some Chez Geek cards...

[narilka]

I loved the original Spyro!! I haven't played any of the subsequent ones though. That first one was great though.

Welcome, Sam!

[supermouse]

I like them all, but I will always have a soft spot for the original, which kept me absorbed for hours and hours at the same time as I was getting to know the man who is now my spouse.

I like chez geek and munchkin both, but they both take a long time and at least four people to really be good. And they need a lot of counters too, about 20 per person. Citadels *looks* complicated but once you've played the first round, it's easy. It doesn't take too long.

Thanks for the welcome!

[supermouse]

OMG Ad&D second... could it get any more complicated? (Well, yes, there's Palladium games...) Some good memories, though.

[kyoutenshi]

I started gaming pretty young, and my first gaming memories are of watching my mom Frogger (not sure if it was a plug and play sort of thing or a console).

My first real foray into gaming was the Sega Megadrive, and I spent years playing and re-playing games like Alisia Dragoon, Talesin's Adventure, and the first four Sonic games. The first real 3-D game I ever played was Spyro the Dragon and I remember being completely blown away by it.

Nowadays I play a little bit of everything, but I'm mainly into the survival horror genre, being very much in love with games like Clock Tower, Silent Hill, Haunting Ground and Fatal Frame, as well as a few oddities like Ghosthunter and Gregory Horror Show. I've just started dipping into the Resident Evil series, starting with Code Veronica: X, and from what I've seen so far, I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for the earlier games.

Like some people here, I'm slightly behind in terms of consoles. I used to own an XBOX 360, but I've been sticking pretty religiously to my PS2 for years and I'm currently trying to collect as many hidden gems as I possibly can.

Oh, and sorry for the rambling.

[animeshon]

lol - AD&D sure was complicated, but the good thing was it made playing 3rd and 4th Ed easy :D

[animeshon]

The one problem with Vista is you have to be patient cause all too often the high end graphics cards are not compatible. Saving regularly is a must! I haven't managed to get NWN to run on my new laptop yet sadly, but it doesn't appear to be because of Vista. Older games often have issues simply because Vista is not so good at the backwards compatibility.

I think my favourite would have to be NWN, although Guild Wars is a close second, and Sacred 2 is VERY close behind those two. It's so hard choosing a favourite because I love elements of all of them.

I'm not so crash hot at the lips (but I try real hard!), but sure will add you next time I turn on the xBox :D

[supermouse]

Oh ye gods, yes. I remember people being Very Upset about the new rules, until someone bought a book and we tried it out. After the first couple of combats, nobody complained ever again.

I am not sure about 4th. I'll wait and see.

[animeshon]

I've played a dungeon crawl to learn the rules, and part of a campaign in the Forgotten Realms. It wasn't too bad, a little boring at times in combat (I prefered 3rd ed). It reminded me a lot of playing WoW or Guild Wars on papers with the styles of the attacks. Sadly due to issues with the girlfriend of one of the guys I gamed with I had to quit :(

[1582]

My neighbor/friend got me into gaming when I was about 10 or 11. We played Chrono Cross and it was epic! I've never been great at games (I use the guides) but I have a lot of fun playing them.
My favorite games are Final Fantasy X, RE3 (I've never gotten far, though - Nemesis scared meee), Silent Hill, DYNASTY WARRIORS!, Grand Theft Auto, Metal Gear Solid, Pokémon and other similar games.
I have only had a Playstation, PS2 and Game Boy Color. I hope to soon own a DS or DSi :)

[opheliassister]

Hi hi! I'm Sian, and I've been gaming.... since forever. Really since I could type out commands on the old DOS computer. God, I miss those games. We also had an old school Atari system. And the infamous E.T game. It's all still around here somewhere.

Then I got my first Game Boy when I was about eight or nine, which I used to sneak to school in my lunchbox, right next to my copy of Jurassic Park.

We also had a SNES, a Gamecube, and a PS2. Currently, we (we being my mother, brother, and I) have and use a Wii, and the XBox 360. Though the Gamecube has found its way into my room. How else am I going to play Skies of Arcadia?

On the XBox, I'm currently working my way through Legendary, and Assassin's Creed. I tried RE5, but got scared. My brother STILL laughs about that. And on the Wii, I love playing Harvest Moon (well, I'm a sucker for ALL the Harvest Moon games, I have almost all of them) and the first Raving Rabbids.

My favorite games are Skies of Arcadia, Donkey Kong Country, both Star Wars Battlefronts, all the Harvest Moon games, and any version of Tetris. I can also kick some butt at Halo 3.

[opheliassister]

Ahhhhh, Fatal Frame! I had nightmares for daaaays. But, if I could find it, I'd so play it again.

[kyoutenshi]

To be honest, I haven't had a chance to play the first one yet, though I'm looking.

I've played a little bit of The Tormented, but not much since I'm worried about spoling myself for the first game. Mainly it's been Crimson ButterflySilent Hill nightmares, I don't think any other game has scared me like that. There's just something about being accosted by a woman with a broken neck when you're desperately trying to manouvre around her tiny village house. Aside from that, there's the tension of watching your enemies get closer and closer and desperately hoping you can knock them back before they do something awful to you... *shivers*

Then again, maybe it's a good thing nothing scares me quite like Fatal Frame. Oddly enough, while survival horror games are my main passion, I'm really not one for being scared. ^__^;;;; I love the dark subject matter, the bizarre locales and the real feeling of empathy and protectiveness you tend to get for the protagonists in these games, but being kept awake with my subconscious muttering Can't sleep, Pyramid Head will eat me...not so much.

[kyoutenshi]

Eh, I've never seen anything really wrong with using guides, to be honest. =)

My family used to buy them religiously since we mainly played Final Fantasy and Pokemon games. Guides can help you with some of the more obscure side-quests, secrets, and mini-games, especially when the developer's stick in guide dang its like the Zodiac Spear in FFXII. They're also good for solving stupid puzzles, and just generally providing better tactics than you might have thought of yourself.

Right now I generally try and avoid reading guides unless I'm really stuck on a particular fight, or if there's some puzzle I've been trying to solve for hours. Really though, that's more of a stubborness thing with me, coupled with the fact I don't own a laptop so I have to switch off the game, march upstairs and then wait ten minutes for my computer to start if I want to look anything up. >.>

Anyway, sorry for the ramble. D'you like any Silent Hill games in particular, or just the first? Same with MGS and Pokemon, if you don't mind me asking. =)

[narilka]

Maybe I'll check out NWN then. Isn't that the one with three different versions though?

And no worries, I'm not that great at Lips either, but I just have a ton of fun with it. And the other person doesn't actually get to listen to you sing, so you don't have to worry about being self conscious!