The Energon Pub

[Shadowman]

I meant to say should have. Oh well. But DCUO is updating and it's taking a long time. it's been at it for like 3 hours now and it's only at. 38% Good thing I can turn it off and get back to it and the updating will start up again where it left off. I blaim my internet.

Well, assuming you're playing on PS3 like I think you are, the problem is with the PSN. They have notoriously awful download rates. Takes me hours to download a file there that would only take a matter of minutes on my PC.

[Wigglez]

I meant to say should have. Oh well. But DCUO is updating and it's taking a long time. it's been at it for like 3 hours now and it's only at. 38% Good thing I can turn it off and get back to it and the updating will start up again where it left off. I blaim my internet.

Well, assuming you're playing on PS3 like I think you are, the problem is with the PSN. They have notoriously awful download rates. Takes me hours to download a file there that would only take a matter of minutes on my PC.

I am using PS3. My computer is only used for web browsing, comic reading, listening to music and playing Pokemon on roms. I'm on a laptop so I don't do games well. Unless they're on roms.

[Wigglez]

I meant to say should have. Oh well. But DCUO is updating and it's taking a long time. it's been at it for like 3 hours now and it's only at. 38% Good thing I can turn it off and get back to it and the updating will start up again where it left off. I blaim my internet.

Well, assuming you're playing on PS3 like I think you are, the problem is with the PSN. They have notoriously awful download rates. Takes me hours to download a file there that would only take a matter of minutes on my PC.

I am using PS3. My computer is only used for web browsing, comic reading, listening to music and playing Pokemon on roms. I'm on a laptop so I don't do games well. Unless they're on roms. And I understand that PSN sucks sometimes. It makes me wish my 360 was working. I just need a new console and I'll get back to Splinter Cell Conviction...

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Anybody remember this gem?

The 7th Guest (PC)
"Borrowed" this from my dad, and since he never finished it, I'll be doing the honor. DOSBox still needs some fine-tuning, but it works...

Yeah, so I have an advantage that we've already partially played through the game (with a hint book no less), but this time I'm going through the game "blind" and with my own route. So far, I've cleared these rooms:

• Dining Room (Cake Puzzle)
• Library (Channels of Mars)
• Hallway (Spider Puzzle)
• Entertainment Room (A Royal Problem)
• Julia Heine's Room (Sink or Swim)
• Martine Burden's Room (Letters on the Bed)

Right now I'm stuck in Edward & Elinor Knox' room, with the Rook puzzle.

[Shadowman]

Anybody remember this gem?

The 7th Guest (PC)

I think I've heard of it. Doesn't the first Resident Evil take a lot from it?

DC Universe Online:
I wanted to make a Cowboy, so I did. I got all the style parts from the marketplace, gave him gadgets, pistols, all that fun stuff. I only had one name in mind for him, which in this game is bad because whatever name you can think of is always taken, until you spend like ten minutes trying to come up with a name that is both appropriate and original. (Those of you who resort to numbers? Yeah, you are bad at this) But the only name I had in mind was Captain Cowboy. Perfectly ridiculous, and yet perfectly appropriate.

Imagine the look on my face when I realized it was not taken.

It was a happy face.

I also got butterfly wings and made a pixie girl. Don't judge me.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Anybody remember this gem?

The 7th Guest (PC)

I think I've heard of it. Doesn't the first Resident Evil take a lot from it?

I doubt it. It's an interactive horror/thriller/puzzle game, taking place in a haunted house. No zombies or anything of the sort. Just ghosts putting up theater acts for you.

[Shadowman]

Anybody remember this gem?

The 7th Guest (PC)

I think I've heard of it. Doesn't the first Resident Evil take a lot from it?

I doubt it. It's an interactive horror/thriller/puzzle game, taking place in a haunted house. No zombies or anything of the sort. Just ghosts putting up theater acts for you.

Well, Resident Evil 1 was a horror/thriller/puzzle game, taking place in a creepy mansion. I could have sworn I heard something about RE aping a lot of stuff from it...

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Anybody remember this gem?

The 7th Guest (PC)

I think I've heard of it. Doesn't the first Resident Evil take a lot from it?

I doubt it. It's an interactive horror/thriller/puzzle game, taking place in a haunted house. No zombies or anything of the sort. Just ghosts putting up theater acts for you.

Well, Resident Evil 1 was a horror/thriller/puzzle game, taking place in a creepy mansion. I could have sworn I heard something about RE aping a lot of stuff from it...

You must be thinking of them aping from Alone in the Dark. The 7th Guest just had puzzles to solve, some in the shape of various board games like chess. No action whatsoever, let alone killing zombies.

[Wigglez]

DC Universe Online
I just remembered I made a villain also. I gave him the powers of Beast Boy so he can change into animals and made him as robotic as possible. And the best part about him is (and this got me excited when nobody had the name) I named him Predacon Galvatron. It was awesome. But then I realized I misspelled it with Predicon Galvatron. Oh well, people get the concept.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

The 7th Guest
After getting some help with that Rook Bisshop Puzzle I've been making steady progress. The first list:

• Dining Room (Cake Puzzle)
• Library (Channels of Mars)
• Hallway (Spider Puzzle)
• Entertainment Room (A Royal Problem)
• Julia Heine's Room (Sink or Swim)
• Martine Burden's Room (Letters on the Bed)

Now with these added:

• Edward & Elinor Knox' Room (Bishop Puzzle)
• Kitchen (Cans in the Cabinet)
• Basement (Grating Puzzle)
• Labyrinth (no explanation needed)
• Crypt (Coffin Puzzle)
• Bathroom (Knight Puzzle)
• Hamilton Temple's Room (Pick a Card)
• Brian Dutton's Room (Coin Puzzle)
• Chapel (Watch your Step)

Now I seem to have met my match in the Laboratory, in a game of Infection (based on Cool Spot, by the same designers). Anybody have any good strategies?

[BeastProwl]

MICROSCOPE PUZZLE

This is more of a game than a puzzle. The idea is to have more blobs of blue (your colour) than green when the whole tray is fullbladdy bla bla bla bla, There is no real solution to the game it's just a matter of you working out the right strategy to win.

I guess the strategy is "Have fun with it"

[Shadowman]

So, remember when I said the Dragon smithing option in Skyrim wasn't worth it, because there's no weapons and Daedric armor is stronger overall? (Except in regards to light armor)

I may have made a few mistakes.

Turns out, any armor rating above 567 is pointless, since it won't reduce damage any farther. (80% maximum reduction) And if you have the 100 Smithing required to get the Dragon armor perk, you can easily do this at any work bench. Since Dragonplate Armor weighs less than Daedric, overall, this means Dragonplate Armor is actually superior.

Also, Dawnguard adds Dragon weapons to the mix, which are stronger than Daedric weapons overall, and, seeing as Dragons are easier to find than Daedra, would be easier to make.

Silly me.

DC Universe Online:
Captain Cowboy is coming along nicely. Unfortunately Horse was not a movement option. Get on that, SOE.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

MICROSCOPE PUZZLE

This is more of a game than a puzzle. The idea is to have more blobs of blue (your colour) than green when the whole tray is fullbladdy bla bla bla bla, There is no real solution to the game it's just a matter of you working out the right strategy to win.

I guess the strategy is "Have fun with it"

You're a big help Guess I'll skip it for now and head for other rooms...

*EDIT*

The 7th Guest (PC)
And it looks like I'm stuck having to do it, unless I'm missing something. Explored more room, solved more puzzles, you know the drill:

• Dining Room (Cake Puzzle)
• Library (Channels of Mars)
• Hallway (Spider Puzzle)
• Entertainment Room (A Royal Problem)
• Julia Heine's Room (Sink or Swim)
• Martine Burden's Room (Letters on the Bed)
• Edward & Elinor Knox' Room (Bishop Puzzle)
• Kitchen (Cans in the Cabinet)
• Basement (Grating Puzzle)
• Labyrinth (no explanation needed)
• Crypt (Coffin Puzzle)
• Bathroom (Knight Puzzle)
• Hamilton Temple's Room (Pick a Card)
• Brian Dutton's Room (Coin Puzzle)
• Chapel (Watch your Step)

Now with these added:

• Music Room (Piano Lesson)
• Gallery (Stauf's Portrait)
• Puppet Room (Flipped) (got lucky on that one)
• Children's Room (Block Puzzle)

Well, off to a marathon session of Infection. Wish me luck.

[BeastProwl]

How many Scales and Bones does it take to make each armor set anyway? I have a crap ton of each, but it's always good to know. I ask because, when I made my suit of Ebony armor, OH MY GOD **** was expensive and hard to come by! Seriously, when all is said and done, I think I spent more making that set of armor than I did fully decorating my house. It was worth it though, I think.

Skyrim

I whent through the whole "Eye of Magnus" ordeal, and became the archmage. The hardest thing about that whole questline was defeating Morokei, and what sucks even more is that I cant wear his mask and the Archmage's robes at the same time. I mean, I can, but it glitches out if I do. Sad really, because with the my entire get-up I had it to the point were my Magika regenerated as quickly as my stamina does in beast form.
This is a Common Problem though.

I also, once upon a time, killed Gruntilda the kind. Now Iv'e been catured by the Brotherhood. Little does this lady know, I'm more than wiling to kill someone if they deserve it. I killed the Kahjiit bandit, out of the three I was givin to choose from. Now she wants me to join them (I found their creepy talking doo quite a while ago, actually) What does joining them include, exactly?

I'm not going to lie, that uniform she was wearing looked pretty badass, and if I can get one, I wouldnt complain.

[Shadowman]

How many Scales and Bones does it take to make each armor set anyway? I have a crap ton of each, but it's always good to know. I ask because, when I made my suit of Ebony armor, OH MY GOD **** was expensive and hard to come by! Seriously, when all is said and done, I think I spent more making that set of armor than I did fully decorating my house. It was worth it though, I think.

Depends on the piece. Here is a handy list. Also a handy wiki, to answer everything you wanted to know.

[The Happy Locust]

Saints Row III
GAME.OVER! twice!
Firstly, I love the fact that they allow you to replay the final mission so you can see both endings and earn both sets of bonuses. For the record, I chose to Save my homies instead of teh kill the bad guy, but the alternate ending gave me the joy of trying both.
As far as this game goes, I thoroughly enjoyed it. My original view was somewhat tempered by negative reviews and comparison to SR2, but by itself it's still pretty fun once it gets into sillier territory outside of simple sex jokes.

Xenoblade Chronicles
Not putting nearly enough time into this. Still with the refugees from Colony 6 on Bionis' knee. Their leader's little brother decided to do something stupid and ran off, so she's joined my crew in an attempt to get him back.
My character has developed his precognitive abilities to the point where I get sneak peeks at enemy attacks in battle and can know if a random item I picked up is tied to a future quest (more games should have this feature)

[Rex Prime]

What does joining them include, exactly?

I'm not going to lie, that uniform she was wearing looked pretty badass, and if I can get one, I wouldnt complain.

okay, let's see...

1-make sure you will get that uniform, there are two Dark Bortherhood uniforms, one for the mages and one for the..ehhhh...not mage (which is what Women you meet at the shack wears)and it helps you when it comes to sneaking

2-a lengthy questline, like the college of wintorhold, companions, stormcloak, Imperial Legion...that Dark Brotherhood questline...

3-The Dark Brotherhood does contracts, so when you kill someone fore them, you receive a whole lot of money, well, the money is leveled, so you may not get as much money as i get for completing DB (short for dark brotherhood) contracts, i get 500, which was good enough for a character like mine.

4-A Cool Blade at the end of the questline, the strongest dagger in the game! (comes pre-enchanted and not leveled!) oh, and when i said that that it's not leveled, i was lying.




Lately, since i "finished" Skyrim....got tired of it, 10 monthes of Skyrimming, shouting, killing, absorbing souls, dying, dungeon-dwelling, mountain climbing, horse riding, Armor Smithing, Blade enchanting, quest conquering, selling useless stuff, buying countless horses because i always end up killing my last horse...old times, but that was more then enough, i always knew i would quit skyrim one day, seems like that day passed.


Now i am looking for a new game to conquer....was thinking of Half-Life 2 Lately...old graphics aside, i can download an update that makes it slightly better, but is it worth it?

[Shadowman]

Lately, since i "finished" Skyrim....got tired of it, 10 monthes of Skyrimming, shouting, killing, absorbing souls, dying, dungeon-dwelling, mountain climbing, horse riding, Armor Smithing, Blade enchanting, quest conquering, selling useless stuff, buying countless horses because i always end up killing my last horse...old times, but that was more then enough, i always knew i would quit skyrim one day, seems like that day passed.

There's still Dawnguard.

was thinking of Half-Life 2 Lately...old graphics aside, i can download an update that makes it slightly better, but is it worth it?

If you're using "old graphics" and "Half-Life 2" in the same sentence, or using "old graphics" in a negative context, you need to get educated son. Graphics are meaningless if the game you're playing is a classic, and Half-Life 2 is certainly a classic, even if it was published in 2004, which is long after the "classic" cutoff date.

[The Happy Locust]

BulletStorm
Started the game. After a disastrous opening mission, found the leash weapon and a new cyborg buddy (cobbled together from parts of an old buddy). Fought my way through the wreckage, a badlands gang mining operation, and took the train out of town being chased by a giant grindwheel. Ended up in more tropical territory, but the mood there is best described by the chapter title "Whatever it is, it's pissed".

Time to get in gear. got this and Rage at the same time due to price markdowns and FEAR3 is in the mail.

[Wigglez]

Pokemon Fire Red
I got the rom for it yesterday when I got my laptop back from repairs. I picked Charmander (Who the f*** wouldn't?). Caught 14 other pokemon while beating Brock and Misty. A couple of pokemon evolved since then. I'm rocking this. Hard.

Mass Effect 2
I have every mission and side mission completed except cross the Omega 4 relay and The Arrival mission. after those. I'm going to play again on Insane difficulty. I'm reaching for the platinum trophy for this.

[Rex Prime]

Lately, since i "finished" Skyrim....got tired of it, 10 monthes of Skyrimming, shouting, killing, absorbing souls, dying, dungeon-dwelling, mountain climbing, horse riding, Armor Smithing, Blade enchanting, quest conquering, selling useless stuff, buying countless horses because i always end up killing my last horse...old times, but that was more then enough, i always knew i would quit skyrim one day, seems like that day passed.

There's still Dawnguard.

was thinking of Half-Life 2 Lately...old graphics aside, i can download an update that makes it slightly better, but is it worth it?

If you're using "old graphics" and "Half-Life 2" in the same sentence, or using "old graphics" in a negative context, you need to get educated son. Graphics are meaningless if the game you're playing is a classic, and Half-Life 2 is certainly a classic, even if it was published in 2004, which is long after the "classic" cutoff date.

What i can do about it, i lost interest in Skyrim, which means i lost interest in dawngaurd too...bad thing i quit skyrim one day before Dawngaurd was released on Steam

as for HL2, i don't mean by old graphics as negative context, the game still looks pretty good, but i am definitely getting the unofficial graphic update, it won't hurt? right. by the way, i still sometimes play Sonic the Hedgehog on that old genesis, play minecraft a bit, graphics aren't everything like you said.

So, since you called HL2 a classic, i already started downloading, my ISP upgraded, so download speed should be much faster, the game should finish in a few minutes by the time i was posting this....here i go...

[BeastProwl]

Graphics certainly are NOT everything, of all the negative things one can say about, oh, prototype, its undeniably great fun. A game can be good, without looking face meltingly realistic.

Anyway, I never ride horses in Skyrim, its all on foot for me. I find that its just inconvenient. I tried it once, but it really gets tough if you run into rocky terrain, or say, a frikkin dragon! you get a toasted horse to show for it. Besides, you can navigate better on foot, and make it through places your horse cant.

[Shadowman]

BulletStorm
Started the game. After a disastrous opening mission, found the leash weapon and a new cyborg buddy (cobbled together from parts of an old buddy). Fought my way through the wreckage, a badlands gang mining operation, and took the train out of town being chased by a giant grindwheel. Ended up in more tropical territory, but the mood there is best described by the chapter title "Whatever it is, it's pissed".

Time to get in gear. got this and Rage at the same time due to price markdowns and FEAR3 is in the mail.

Bulletstorm gets a bad rap for being immature and swearing and whatnot, (I swear worse than that in my sleep) but I freaking loved Bulletstorm. It's the game Duke Nukem Forever should have been. It really helps when you think of it as Old vs. New. (Grayson representing older, over-the-top shooters like Duke Nukem and Doom, and the villains representing modern shooters like Call of Duty and Counter-Strike)

Graphics certainly are NOT everything, of all the negative things one can say about, oh, prototype, its undeniably great fun. A game can be good, without looking face meltingly realistic.

The last time I played Doom 1 (Which was fairly recently) the idea of it's graphics never popped into my head. All I could think was "Man, I love Doom."

DC Universe Online:
So, a quest is broken, or more appropriately, a quest cannot be completed due to certain mechanics not working the way they should. The mission "Can't Stop" in Central City requires you to use super speed (Which isn't the problem, since it lets you switch back and forth as you need) to run alongside these NPCs who also have super speed. Except they all have a tendency to feint, spontaneously switching directions or head faking you, making them impossible to catch without having superhuman reflexes in real life.

That said, someone had the idea of getting the buff on a full 8-man raid, and lining up in such a way that the NPCs would invariably get caught in our human net. It worked well enough. Kinda wish they would fix it, though.

[The Happy Locust]

BulletStorm
Started the game. After a disastrous opening mission, found the leash weapon and a new cyborg buddy (cobbled together from parts of an old buddy). Fought my way through the wreckage, a badlands gang mining operation, and took the train out of town being chased by a giant grindwheel. Ended up in more tropical territory, but the mood there is best described by the chapter title "Whatever it is, it's pissed".

Time to get in gear. got this and Rage at the same time due to price markdowns and FEAR3 is in the mail.

Bulletstorm gets a bad rap for being immature and swearing and whatnot, (I swear worse than that in my sleep) but I freaking loved Bulletstorm. It's the game Duke Nukem Forever should have been. It really helps when you think of it as Old vs. New. (Grayson representing older, over-the-top shooters like Duke Nukem and Doom, and the villains representing modern shooters like Call of Duty and Counter-Strike)

Interesting way of thinking. I like it. The vocals and swearing come off as immature but the gameplay is still solid and the writing can be clever when it actually says something other than random curses. Translation: I'm enjoying it. One of the main reasons I bought it was the line "From the people who brought you Painkiller".

BulletStorm
From the tropics to a tropical paradise resort, except it has been taken over by gangs of freaks. Shootin' time. Found a survivor of the Ulysses crash but she was in no mood to chat and ran off. My journey took me through a disaster-themed amusement park and I got to control a giant mechanical dinosaur for about 20 minutes. fun.

[BeastProwl]

Skyrim
Got my soul transferred into the star of daedra last night.
Its like when you use the fireball spell, but ALL THE TIME! good luck dodging!
I had to use a scroll of mass paralysis to get the job done, because I couldnt do anything with those damn things walking around and spamming fireballs at me! I made it out alive, barely, got the star of daedra, and then I left. I hope I never have to do THAT again.

Also, I killed a dragon yesterday. Using nothing but my fists. Yeah, it was a weeker dragon, but still, punched to death