The Official "What Are You Playing?" Thread (Post Screens)

[Guest]

Playing the Ballad of Gay Tony and it is better than GTA4 but for some reason the GTA games are getting pretty stale. It was fun last gen to have a huge open world game but now it's more like a chore to play these huge games. I'd rather have a good game with a solid 5-6 hour campaign than some open world flop.

i agree. driving around in there was a chore while in gta3 and vice city it was always awesome

[-GD-X★ 7,750]

i agree. with the exception of infamous, i have not had fun with any sandbox campaigns this gen. though i dug crackdown's orb collecting. i hope crackdown 2 has an actual campaign this time.

[AVK 0]

i agree. with the exception of infamous, i have not had fun with any sandbox campaigns this gen. though i dug crackdown's orb collecting. i hope crackdown 2 has an actual campaign this time.

Yes, Infamous and Crackdown made the open world genre fresh. Having to drive for miles in GTA is absolutely painful in some instances. I fell asleep just trying to get back to my safehouse. lol, what a terrible genre.

[Guest]

doing super jumps around the city in crackdown was more fun than driving could ever be

[Guest C.M.]

Playing GTA San Andreas on the XBox was the best imo. Custom soundtracks whenever you entered your car.

[BLACKICE 11]

Started infamous not enjoying it and currently somewhere in the middle(just collected documents for lab x16) of SoC with complete mod.

[DarkXaero 4]

Playing GTA San Andreas on the XBox was the best imo. Custom soundtracks whenever you entered your car.

I've been using that feature since GTA3

[Guest]

vice city didnt even need custom soundtracks because every song was a banger

[soup 105]

Getting alright at TF2.

[-BAF- 11]

vice city didnt even need custom soundtracks because every song was a banger

this

[MNDWSH 2]

GTA4 had cabs though, made driving optional. The best sandbox games are the ones where the open ended freedom expands into the mission design. If there's the same amount of freedom approaching the mission as there is getting there, they are doing it right. Games like GTA and Infamous have such linear mission design and you have to sweat through them to progress. In games like Red Faction you have a variety of missions to choose from and they can be approached differently. GTA4 is too cinematic for it's own good.

[MNDWSH 2]

Getting alright at TF2.

PC obv.? I stopped playing. I played Demo.

[Angry Mike 18]

btw, i want to vote this thread as my favorite in SW. Good to have game talk without retarded fanboyisms all day.

[-BAF- 11]

GTA4 had cabs though, made driving optional.

The best sandbox games are the ones where the open ended freedom expands into the mission design. If there's the same amount of freedom approaching the mission as there is getting there, they are doing it right. Games like GTA and Infamous have such linear mission design and you have to sweat through them to progress.

In games like Red Faction you have a variety of missions to choose from and they can be approached differently. GTA4 is too cinematic for it's own good.

I like GTA's linear mission design. I get to have my open world fix outside of the missions, and get to have my linear mission fix when that happens. It's like 2 experiences in one, and the mission variety was much better in GTA IV than the last gen GTAs so that certainly didn't hurt.

They give you more than plenty to do in the open world in GTA so that you really don't need to beg to have the mission structure open ended.

[Guest LOZLINK]

Demon Souls right now, getting yakuza 3 here by next week hopefully, already ordered it

[soup 105]

Getting alright at TF2.

PC obv.? I stopped playing. I played Demo. Yeah, I played like 18 hours over the last week.

[BDG God-Tier Fatty Winnarz 25]

Getting alright at TF2.

PC obv.? I stopped playing. I played Demo. Yeah, I played like 18 hours over the last week. Once my PC finally arrives we'll have to play.

[soup 105]

Getting alright at TF2.

PC obv.? I stopped playing. I played Demo. Yeah, I played like 18 hours over the last week. Once my PC finally arrives we'll have to play. Fo sho. Won't be on again for a week after Friday though. Going to FL.

Will probably buy a mic when I return.

[BDG God-Tier Fatty Winnarz 25]

Getting alright at TF2.

PC obv.? I stopped playing. I played Demo. Yeah, I played like 18 hours over the last week. Once my PC finally arrives we'll have to play. Fo sho. Won't be on again for a week after Friday though. Going to FL.

Will probably buy a mic when I return.

awwww shit

[soup 105]

I need to defend myself. It's getting to the point where people will yell "Seacrest out!" when they kill me.