ah yes, gothic 3. still haven't been able to finish the game, even with cheating.
so shambler, just a word of caution: if you ever intend to free a town, make sure to get your business with the town's leader done beforehand (especially concerning zuben and rhobar), because if you haven't already killed him, once everybody starts fleeing, the only way to get to him (and his items) is by spawning them from the console. and this is prone to create further problems for completing the quests. 

Oblivion is a completely different animal to Morrowind. I played Morrowind and it bored the hell out of me. Sure, I appreciated its scope and depth, but I just found the "fun" part pretty thin on the ground. I shelved it after ~20 hours and regretted spending that long on it really. You spend most of your time in Morrowind walking across a barren lifeless heightmap, usually lost.

Oblivion is the opposite. Seriously, play it - I've already clocked up ~300 hours (between 2 characters) and I'm still playing it. 

all this talk of RPGs finally prompted me to resurrect my old Guild Wars account this evening.

I've started a new character though because I've totally forgotten everything.

Is anyone here still playing Guild Wars? 

ufo2000


seriously 

Serious Sam 2, what a load of balls. Got it free with my 7900, not worth putting in the drive really. I know it's just supposed to be fun, arcadey, cartoony, etc, but it just feels really amateurish and unsatisfying, it's a total mish-mash of styles. The cut-scenes attempt to be funny all the time too and they're absolutely cringeworthy. Maybe it gets better later on in the game but I'm sure as hell not gonna find out. I remember the original being better though... but you might as well play Painkiller or something, which was a good time until the worst end boss ever. 

Yeah Starbuck I agree, SS series is just too silly for me - Duke was enough. And very disjointed feel to it.

Anywho I bought FEAR. While it's definitely not my top pick when I wanted a new FPS I figured for $14 I may as well give it a shot. I guess the biggest problem I've read is the office/dilapidated environment is never escaped from and can be monotonous -- which does bug me, but I'll play through it and see if it's a keeper.

I do like the melee kicks. 

I'm very interested in Test Drive Unlimited but it won't be out for PC until March 20th. I may have to have my friend rent it for 360 so I can at least get an idea of what it's like. I saw videos and it looks great, my only concern is I'd want some solid handling/control - ala GTR 2, or even a notch or 2 below like Flatout - but nothing too sloppy. 

If you're as ghey for Oblivion as I am, you'll probably be interested to see the official Shivering Isles trailer that's just been released:

http://elderscrolls.com/downloads/media_movies.htm

I still can't get over how many new monsters they're adding in this expansion. I can't wait to kill all of those things with my sword, Sloochy :) 

No, everyone is playing WOW. 

This here is perhaps something that could interest mappers. It's basically a puzzle game where you have to build bridges above water. You are given start hardpoints and the cost limit. Then you just place girders.

It's very fascinating and addictive, there are lots of ways you can accomplish your goals.
The game is free, you can download it at:
http://www.crypticsea.com/

When you first start playing, your bridges will always break up and fall down, it's fun to watch the physics in action.. But pretty soon you learn to make steel bridges that resemble real ones, with triangular shapes and crosses, to hold them stiff.
(There have been other more complex bridge building games by the same guys, Chronic Logic, but I think this refines the essence without extra stuff.)

I'm at level 9 in the "new" series. 

windows only

u giraffes 

you're so underground

here, this might help

http://www.google.com/search?q=wine+for+linux 

lollerskaters on a halfpipe of doom!

i dont run linux on the desktop much, and my puters arent fast enough, u know that! 

Y+O+U = "You".

Thanks,
The Management 

inertia: you are sucking 

http://www.chroniclogic.com/

More recent (and less free) Bridge Building games.

www.armadillorun.com

An Incredible Machine like physics puzzle game (I bought this one, it's pretty good).

http://www.experimentalgameplay.com/game.php?g=1

A wobbly tower building game.

There must be lots more of this type of game. 

www.experimentalgameplay.com 

just spotted this today at tenfour:
http://www.amphibian.myzen.co.uk/css_sci_fi_download/
http://accept.hopto.org/smod/phpbb/download.php?id=96

scripts that let you play the counterstrike source maps in sp with improved (more realistic) gameplay than hl2's. it's possible to adjust physics and graphics for improved realism, and because of SMOD (which is required) it's not as blatantly easy as hl2.
i was fairly surprised how nice the rebuilt cs maps look.
loading times are quite long but playing the maps (objectives: rescuing hostages or killing a certain number of combine, sometimes including reinforcements) was pretty fun. 

improved (more realistic) gameplay

Are these your words, or a quote? 

Yes, I've played the other bridge building games like I said, but I think the free one is the best as there's less fooling around.
You know. It's as if tetris 2 had three dimensions, well it isn't doing it any better, just adds more hassle.
That's why the crypticsea one was good. 

ok, I wasn't criticising you, I was just pointing out the other games :) 

I realized after writing what kind of cock I sounded like but had to go somewhere so couldn't write an instant retonement. 

so who is NOT playing stalker (exceptWoW junkies ) :) 

What Stalker? 

don't think it's out in Japan yet, and I've no idea about the release date. I might order it from the US...

whatever, I WILL be playing it soon :)