The Energon Pub

[The Happy Locust]

How many hours can someone get in Skyrim? I've heard someone say they almost have like 100 hours and is still not done with the game.

100 hours to be done with skyrim? this is the funniest thing i ever heard, you need about like...500+ Hours to be ''done'' with Skyrim

I guess I should get Skyrim then. Because one of my life's problems is that games don't last enough to be in my definition as "a good game".

You Should Get Very Soon, those 500+ Hours are only for one character who only finished every quest and explored every Dungeon, there 10 Races to try out and sometimes you want play it as a Evil Character or sometimes as a good character, so you if may stay with you Forever, There aren't just 100+ Quests to do, there are many Dungeons to explore, side to take, people to talk with and whole Skyrim to explore, you may try to immerse yourself by eating something every now and then and Sleep in night then wake up at Day, there is just...lots of stuff to do, and Bethesda is still making DLC, and if you get on PC, there are mods that improve the game a lot (even thought it's already awesome) some that add new quests or even a whole new country with loads of quests and areas to explore (such as Moonpath to Elswyer, which gives you the ability to visit Elswyer, where you can do lots of quests and explore lots of it's varied locations) some that simply balance some stuff and improve Gameplay and much more....Skyrim is a must get game.

They aren't kidding about the time estimates. Skyrim records me as having put in 217 hours by the time I considered myself 'done'. That game consumes you as much as some MMOs.

I don't know about the extra characters or additional playthroughs though. The game is structured such that mastering multiple classes is possible. I was a maxed out light-armored dual-wielding fighter, but a change of clothes and I was also a maxed out destruction/conjuration mage. Switch again and I had full stealth and lockpicking skills. You can get multiple classes on the same character in the same game.

[Shadowman]

You should try other races, though, it really puts a new spin on the game. Like, High Elves can literally just walk through the Thalmor Embassy if they pick up the robes early on, other races, not so much. Oblivion did the same thing; the Dark Elf prisoner in the cell opposite yours would usually taunt you, but if you play as a female Dark Elf, he'll hit on you.

Death Rally:
So, Death Rally was a racing game, and also Duke Nukem was in it. And I had the shareware version when I was a kid, and I loved it. And then they remade it, still a top-down racer, and it's still amazing.

I'm literally just playing the same track over and over and over to get upgrades and new weapons and whatnot. Once I'm confident (Read as: Maximum leveled Rocket Launcher) I'll go and do the story missions.

[SKYWARPED_128]

Just finished hard mode for FOC last night. Not quite as taxing as I thought, with the right weapons and full upgrades. Fluked the final fight between OP and Megs, though. Had only 5% HP left, when the final strike killed OP.

Thinking of tackling Deus Ex - HR on hard mode next, but that ridiculously one-sided fight between Barret and Adam is giving me second thoughts.

[Shadowman]

Thinking of tackling Deus Ex - HR on hard mode next, but that ridiculously one-sided fight between Barret and Adam is giving me second thoughts.

Barret is the big dude with the gun arm, right? That's exactly where the save from my latest playthrough is, and I haven't touched it in a while. As amazing as that game is, pretty much everyone is willing to admit, yeah, the bosses suck.

[Wigglez]

Isn't the recent Dues Ex a prequal to the old game?

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
So I started playing this seeming how my PS2 crapped out on me and I can't find MGS4. But I'm past where I found Amanda, rescued her and now I'm looking for Chico. But I haven't played this game before so I might be in a wild ride. And the game started with Big Boss and Kaz talking to the KGB agent and Paz. It seems this KGB agent has an audio recording of The Boss, Naked Snakes mentor, after she was sopposed to be dead. This takes place after MGS3 of coarse.

[SKYWARPED_128]

Thinking of tackling Deus Ex - HR on hard mode next, but that ridiculously one-sided fight between Barret and Adam is giving me second thoughts.

Barret is the big dude with the gun arm, right? That's exactly where the save from my latest playthrough is, and I haven't touched it in a while. As amazing as that game is, pretty much everyone is willing to admit, yeah, the bosses suck.

Yup, that'd be him.

He was annoying on easy mode, aggravating on normal, and I don't think I want to find out what he'd be on hard mode.

Throwing those gas tanks(or was it explosive barrels?) at him is very hard. His automatic gunfire tends to either explode them, or you drop them when he hits you and you get damaged yourself. And his damn gun actually chews away whatever cover you're hiding behind.

Did I mention the amount of grenades he lobs at you?

I optimized my armor and fully upgraded my Magnum (not sure if I got the explosive rounds upgrade though) before fighting him, and he still cut through it like paper. Can't even remember how many Magnum rounds it took to kill that SOB. And that's just on normal mode.

Funny how they stuck what seems to be the hardest boss fight on the earliest part of the game. I practically breezed through Yelena (black chick with cheetah legs) and Namir (looks like a skinned, plasticized corpse when naked) on normal.

[Shadowman]

Funny how they stuck what seems to be the hardest boss fight on the earliest part of the game. I practically breezed through Yelena (black chick with cheetah legs) and Namir (looks like a skinned, plasticized corpse when naked) on normal.

Yelena is easiest if you have the augment to give you immunity to electrified floors, Namir is easier if you don't get that biochip upgrade thingy in China when it recommends that you do that. I did not have either when I first played the game. That was a bad idea.

(I made damn sure Faridah survived, though)

[SKYWARPED_128]

Funny how they stuck what seems to be the hardest boss fight on the earliest part of the game. I practically breezed through Yelena (black chick with cheetah legs) and Namir (looks like a skinned, plasticized corpse when naked) on normal.

Yelena is easiest if you have the augment to give you immunity to electrified floors, Namir is easier if you don't get that biochip upgrade thingy in China when it recommends that you do that. I did not have either when I first played the game. That was a bad idea.

(I made damn sure Faridah survived, though)

Thank Primus for walkthroughs. I prepped myself pretty well before facing Yelena (electricity immunity upgrade) and Namir (no biochip, unlocked thermo-vision upgrade and equipped the laser cannon), and they went down relatively easily.

Too bad there's nothing you can do to prep against Barret, besides armor upgrades and getting the most powerful weapon at the time (Magnum for me.)

BTW, does saving Faridah make any difference in the game other than not seeing her corpse at Tong's hideout, and that she comes to pick up the scientists after the Namir fight? Because that's the only difference I noticed.

[Wigglez]

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
I've beaten Pupa and talked to this guy Huey that looks exactly like Otocon. He described the origin of the very first Metal Gear.

[Shadowman]

BTW, does saving Faridah make any difference in the game other than not seeing her corpse at Tong's hideout, and that she comes to pick up the scientists after the Namir fight? Because that's the only difference I noticed.

I'm not sure, but I know it's an emotional thing. I've heard people say that they let Malik die, because they were on pacifist runs. But when they saw her executed, or when they saw her body stripped of augments on a back alley operating table, the pacifist runs ended.

[SKYWARPED_128]

BTW, does saving Faridah make any difference in the game other than not seeing her corpse at Tong's hideout, and that she comes to pick up the scientists after the Namir fight? Because that's the only difference I noticed.

I'm not sure, but I know it's an emotional thing. I've heard people say that they let Malik die, because they were on pacifist runs. But when they saw her executed, or when they saw her body stripped of augments on a back alley operating table, the pacifist runs ended.

I can understand. It was kind of galling, seeing her by that bastard heavy trooper and hearing his snarky remarks. I wasn't about to lose my pacifist trophy, though. But I did make sure to save her after that in every subsequent playthrough.

Besides, the cutscene you get if she survives is pretty cool. Spyboy and Flygirl.

[Wigglez]

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker

So after hearing about Project Peace Walker, the first metal gear, I headed to the base where Dr. Strangelove is developing the A.I. for PPW in a lab hidden in some Mayan ruins. And it turns out the recording of The Boss Naked Snake was listening to at the beginning of the game, was actually PPWs A.I. system Strangelove was developing. So I defeated the Chrysalis mech, headed north because they moved the A.I. and ran into the Cocoon mech. I defeated that, went to destroy the A.I for PPW and got caught. I snuck out of their jail and went to destroy the A.I. again. It was too late. So I fought Peace Walker and won, but it didn't stay down. Now I'm in a U.S. base in Lago Cocibolca headed that's overrun with Russian soldiers.

[Rex Prime]

MineCraft

a game that brings the old memories back, a total sandbox with no real goal, and Creepers, that's what i am looking for.
generated many worlds until the perfect world was generated, a village right next to me (Villages are a rare sight in this game) nearby a forest with all the supplies of of wood i need, a bunch of animals to feed me, near a desert and a Jungle, what could i ask more then that, this is the place i spawned in, i am not looking forward to moving somewhere else, at least for now.

I Build my small little shack, at the beginning it had only a crafting table and a furnace, then i created a bed to sleep inn, so i can skip the night, the game has a day and night cycle, at the day the game seems to be a happy place with Cows and Pigs, Chickens and Sheep's, open plains, jungles and Forests, but when the night comes, the game becomes a zombie survival herror (aaaaaahhhhh) with Zombies shambling around the place, skeletons shooting me with arrows, Spiders and their....uhhh...strange noises, but the worst of all, Creepers!! (SSssSsss....) who blow you and themselves, blowing up your house, burning your friends and making craters here and there, while Zombies and Skeletons burn at the sunlight, Spiders become passive at day, Creepers don't have a problem, they move around, blowing everything you hold!


I also started a Mine and a mini-farm, the mine is successful, i found some coal and iron (which i used to create an iron helmet), but the farm is growing slowly.

i built two extra housed for the Village next to me, if they grow enough, an Iron Golem will appear to protect them, he also be my pal, killing zombies for me, and i will have more people to trade with

no super-structures yet, no massive castle, but that's a good start.

[Shadowman]

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker

So after hearing about Project Peace Walker, the first metal gear,

Metal Gear RAXA came first.

I headed to the base where Dr. Strangelove is developing the A.I. for PPW in a lab hidden in some Mayan ruins.

Well...She's cuter than Peter Sellers, at least.

DC Universe Online:
I made a new character, named him Doctor Mysterious, a name I am shocked hasn't been taken yet. (A friend of mine reasoned that it was so obvious a name, no one tried it, assuming it had already been taken) I'll have to get a screen shot up as soon as I can because he is, bar none, the coolest character I have ever designed. I gave him the Vanguard of the Heavens/Cosmic skin, and set it so it glows both red and blue, then gave him about as much clothing as He-Man in order to show it off. It looks spectacular.

[BeastProwl]

Oh just you wait until the "Real" ending, Wigglez.

[Shadowman]

DC Universe Online:
Doctor Mysterious, ladies and gentlemen. Now he's level 10 and I'm building him as a healer.

[BeastProwl]

DC Universe Online:
Doctor Mysterious, ladies and gentlemen. Now he's level 10 and I'm building him as a healer.

Were the hell do you get that skin were you see the universe and stuff? I recall when playing it, everyone had it but me. DLC?

[Shadowman]

DC Universe Online:
Doctor Mysterious, ladies and gentlemen. Now he's level 10 and I'm building him as a healer.

Were the hell do you get that skin were you see the universe and stuff? I recall when playing it, everyone had it but me. DLC?

Vanguard of the Heavens is what it's called in the Marketplace, which is where you buy it. I've had it for a while now, bought it on impulse, but I never really used it. Then I was playing around with another character of mine, and noticed the skin glowed multiple colors, learned to manipulate it, and then used that to make Doctor Mysterious there. Used right, it is most certainly one of the coolest-looking skins int he game.

[BeastProwl]

DC Universe Online:
Doctor Mysterious, ladies and gentlemen. Now he's level 10 and I'm building him as a healer.

Were the hell do you get that skin were you see the universe and stuff? I recall when playing it, everyone had it but me. DLC?

Vanguard of the Heavens is what it's called in the Marketplace, which is where you buy it. I've had it for a while now, bought it on impulse, but I never really used it. Then I was playing around with another character of mine, and noticed the skin glowed multiple colors, learned to manipulate it, and then used that to make Doctor Mysterious there. Used right, it is most certainly one of the coolest-looking skins int he game.

I'll remember that the next time I get wireless internet. It's been forever, and I can't plug in here. It really sucks.

[Wigglez]

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker

So after hearing about Project Peace Walker, the first metal gear,

Metal Gear RAXA came first.

I'm assuming that's from Portable Ops because 1. PO is the only Metal Gear game I don't have. 2. I haven't seen that mech before and 3. from reading things, I know PO comes before PW.

Oh just you wait until the "Real" ending, Wigglez.

Are you talking about after I defeat PPW again or after I catch Zadornov a bunch of times? I already had to track him down like 3 times so far.

Also. Do you think they're ever going to update the Metal Gear Solid 4 Data Base? That covers every game out so far except Peace Walker. Maybe after Ground Zeroes come outs?

[Shadowman]

DC Universe Online:
You ever give a real evil laugh? Not going "muahahaha!" comically like that, that's not an evil laugh, I mean a real laugh brought on by something that only a super villain would find funny.

I just had one of those.

So, I was playing as one of my villains, this one being a healer, and I'm outside the Hospital in Metropolis, waiting for Bizarro to spawn. I spy a hero fighting a few Lexcorp Security, who are non-hostile towards me...and I heal them. Not the hero, the Lexcorp goons. For a decent amount, too. On PvE too, so he can't stop me. The hero went down (I made sure to do the coup de grace myself, so he'd be forced to go to rally) and I laughed my evil ass off.

I bragged about it in chat, too. No slap on the wrist for me, just a lot of congratulations. And someone pointing out that the same thing could be done for Wanted missions, faction specific ones, like Solomon Grundy (Who is non-hostile to villains) or Green Arrow and Black Canary. (Who are, naturally, non hostile towards heroes)

I have some horrible, horrible plans ahead. Mind you, I won't abuse this terrifying new power, because that could be considered griefing and I don't want to get banned or anything. But every once and a while, maybe I'll make things much, much harder for the opposing faction.

[BeastProwl]

Oh just you wait until the "Real" ending, Wigglez.

Are you talking about after I defeat PPW again or after I catch Zadornov a bunch of times? I already had to track him down like 3 times so far.

Also. Do you think they're ever going to update the Metal Gear Solid 4 Data Base? That covers every game out so far except Peace Walker. Maybe after Ground Zeroes come outs?

I want them too, but I dont think they can add anymore. It already had all that info in it when MGS4 came out, it was built to fill you in on everything up to that point. Peace Walker came out later. Thay could make another database for ground zeroes, and have it fill in everything from Peacewalker to Rising, and everything in between. I doubt they will though.

And yeah, after you find him the fifth time, **** goes down.

[The Happy Locust]

Dragon Age Origins: Witch Hunt DLC
Well, that's the end of the story. After awakenings, tracked down Morrigan in an anti-climactic DLC. Didn't get to follow her through the Portal though. I had a romance and a kid with her, but I guess she still felt bitter that I dumped her for Leilani. Geez Morrigan, Zevran got over it.

[BeastProwl]

Skyrim

You know that quest I did for the Hammer of Might, Volendrung ages ago and it was bugged so the hammer didn't appear?
Well, I went back there yesterday after doing the quest for the Ebony Mail and there it was, on the ground, BEHIND the alter.

I love this hammer. My god I love it. It's like, as tall as I am.
I love the reaction you get from the guards too.
"Thats a big hammer! What are you planning to do, knock over a house?" And it's spikey. And it glows. Seriously, where is there a reason NOT to love this weapon?

[The Happy Locust]

Skyrim

You know that quest I did for the Hammer of Might, Volendrung ages ago and it was bugged so the hammer didn't appear?
Well, I went back there yesterday after doing the quest for the Ebony Mail and there it was, on the ground, BEHIND the alter.

I love this hammer. My god I love it. It's like, as tall as I am.
I love the reaction you get from the guards too.
"Thats a big hammer! What are you planning to do, knock over a house?" And it's spikey. And it glows. Seriously, where is there a reason NOT to love this weapon?

Be forewarned. When I had that hammer, it would never stay in any weapon racks, anywhere.

Assassin's creed:Revelations
Ezio's making a splash in Constantinople. After surviving a trip to Masyaf, hit the Bosporus and was welcomed by a local assassin who removed the need for tutorials and supplied much needed exposition. just survived my first takeover quest and the tower defense.