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RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

Chas — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:46:13 GMT

Looks like a game of GoW is on the cards at least, I suspect people will be too engrossed in GTA this week to be dragged away from it but maybe next week.

Can't take all the credit for the idea though, just most of it . Ok, Ok so Pirrie used to run something similar years ago now and SJ did it recently to revitalise the interest in GRAW2 and I've just blatantly hijacked it. All the best plans are usually somone elses .

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

that70sjoe — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:14:22 GMT

I picked gears up at gamestop the other day in a 2 for £40 deal, thought it was too good to miss from what I'd heard, but haven't gotten very far and not played online at all yet. So little time *sigh* I wish I had a broken leg or something. Anyone in for a little stomping? I may need to skip out on sleep (not that I can afford it, I'm pretty dozy as it is) so I don't completely miss the whole GTA buzz.

By the way Chas, I think this kind of thread is a BRILLIANT idea, so much more can be got out of Live when you organise people a little in advance and see what you want to play rather than just playing whatever's in the drive/whatever other people happen to be playing.

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

steamRobot — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:00:19 GMT

wish i still had gears, co-op was awsome

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

madmiddle — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:01:52 GMT

well for multiplayer games i have got:

GRAW I & II (haven't completed the story yet on II)
R6V I & II (Haven't completed the story on either of these)
COD 2,3 & 4 (have a go at 2 if you want Chas)
Gears Of War (wouldn't mind doing that on MP double hard Mode)
Stranglehold (says its MP but don't know how thats going to work)
Crackdown
Halo III
Pro Evo 6 & 2008
Fight Night Round III
Guitar Hero II & III
Forza II
CM Dirt

Like you Chas i get to a stage where i would to play something different but no-one to play it with.....

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

steamRobot — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:16:32 GMT

Its just so darn hard to remove a disc once its in so its easier to keep playing and playing and playing the same game over and over and over....

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

Throttle — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:35:50 GMT

[quote]MalevolentGod (25/04/2008)

Id whip you all at Scene it

As for games to play....GTAIV.

That is all.[/quote]

Lol im actually quite good at Scene it myself its £20 at some places now great for just a party game and at that price with buzzers etc:

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

MalevolentGod — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:56:57 GMT

Not likely though is it

GTA online sounds so promising I can see it ousting COD4 easily from the top spot. Playing the mandy different game modes, or even the staple of GTA - buggering about....get 8 of us just getting the wanted level up and trying to survive as long as possible.

Gonna be such a laugh.

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

Chas — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:10:15 GMT

Ok yeah so that wasn't great timing with GTA out on Tuesday, so probably not a good idea to do something this Tuesday, but the principle remains and I know not everyone will be getting it anyway, so we could still look at doing something next Thursday if people fancy a break.

I know I mentioned CoD4 but it applies to whatever the latest game is that's just come out, we always play it to death and neglect a lot of other games, it's good to make sure you still play other games to keep the new one fresh for longer, although I know that's easier said than done sometimes when everyone else is on there even if you don't fancy it you go on anyway when you start getting the invites, whcih has happened to me quite a bit recently in CoD4.

Anyway, GTA IV might be crap and the Live bit might be really rubbish .

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

MalevolentGod — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:43:59 GMT

Id whip you all at Scene it

As for games to play....GTAIV.

That is all.

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

madmiddle — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:41:30 GMT

Blibby even if it Scene It worked on line there is no point any of us playing with you as you probably know all the questions before we start

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

PitifulDuke — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:05:43 GMT

Ive wouldn't mind a go at gears of war, still have it but never really played it that much.

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

Pa1N — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:05:00 GMT

I have most of the games that have been mentioned. I've not quite settled in to the new house yet, still a few things to do.

But when I'm sorted out I'll be up for anything going ( As long as I've got the game ). I also would love to play some good ole Cod2 once again. Such a great game that is.

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

blibby — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:50:28 GMT

good idea chas out of your list i've got the following

Brian Lara Cricket

FlatOut

Forza Motorsport 2

Gears of War

GRAW 2

PGR 4

but also food for thought....Fight Night 3, VF5 and DOA4

and i will probably pick up Burnout....

and does Scene It work online?

edit also got Sega Rally

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

Chas — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:44:37 GMT

Good point about the Arcade games Lee I'd forgotten about them, i'll need to go through my list as I've bought way too many but I can think of a few off the top of my head that I'd like to play again, Uno, Texas Hold 'Em, Carcasonne, Catan, Marble Blast Ultra, Worms to name a few.

I can fee another list coming on . We could play a few of them in one night, again something we could do on a semi regular basis on an alternate gaming night.

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

SJ — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:29:26 GMT

Can't make tonight but got most of the games Chas mentioned so if I am on, I will join in whatever.

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

Lee Ferino — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:34:27 GMT

Chas (24/04/2008)

Yup good old Links 2004 on the Xbox, couldn't get on with Tiger Woods either, Links still just feels so much better.

I wish i had not got rid of this as i did enjoy the games we had on old xbox ( may try and get a copy of this if anyone wants a game ) as atm i only have 4 games which are PGR4 which i wouldn't mind playing online if anyone wants to i also have R6V2 which as soon as i finish the story in realistic i think it may be getting traded which is a shame as i really enjoy it and if it had the same matchmaking idea as halo 3 it would be a lot better the other 2 games i have are vivapinata which i would get rid of but its only worth about a £1 traded in so may as well keep it and lastly i have halo 3 which is good multiplayer in matchmaking but i am shit at it.

I have a few arcade games if anyone wants a game one night which are uno , worms and i been playing gripshift this week which i think is really good.

But after all this GTA4 is out next week and if it lives up to all the hype then hopfully every one will be playing that for a while.

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

Uggly JC — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:17:29 GMT

Yup Links 2004 backwards compatible

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

Spenn — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:12:27 GMT

I'll be up for Burnout tonight.

I also have links for the old xbox (if I can find it) and would like to play that another night.

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

Smi1ar — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:48:18 GMT

aye tiger woods is too bloody hard for me i prefer links meeself might have to try n find a xbox copy of it, also will this work on the 360 backwards compat ?

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

Chas — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:32:42 GMT

Yup good old Links 2004 on the Xbox, couldn't get on with Tiger Woods either, Links still just feels so much better.

RE: Alternate gaming night(s)

Uggly JC — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:25:30 GMT

I've still got Flatout and still play it - such a good laugh online and would be great if we could get a few forum people on it. Also have Links as well which I'm up for (I assume you mean Links2004 for the Xbox Chas?). Would love some online golf and can't stand the Tiger Woods games

Alternate gaming night(s)

Chas — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:21:24 GMT

We did this for a while before and it seemed to be working well to an extent but then it kinda fizzled out. So if, like me you'd like to receive an invite for another game once in awhile and not just Call of Sodding Duty 4* then maybe it's time to get this going again.

Spenn has said about having a game of Burnout Paradise sometime and I'd love to give this a go again. It's a bit short notice but if anyones up for it perhaps we can try and get a game of it going tonight.

After that I'm thinking maybe we could look at playing something different on either a Tuesday and/or Thursday night. Obviously this would be a completely open and optional invitation, I'm not trying to force anyone to play something they don't want to play and I'm not saying we have to sit there all night playing a particular game. With some games there may even be only a couple of us that have it, but it's just an opportunity to get in the habit of having a bit of variety in our gaming and giving some long and not so long neglected games an airing, even if we have to throw open a room and play with some randoms - that in itself usually provides some entertainment all on it's own .

Just looking through my own collection, I have a number of games that I would love to play again and that's maybe a good place to start - if you want some alternate gaming action, what games have you got that you would like to play again, then we can start organising some sessions?

Here's my list:

Brian Lara Cricket

Burnout Paradise

Call of Duty 2!!

FlatOut

Forza Motorsport 2

Frontlines: Fuel of War

Gears of War

GRAW 2

Links

Orange Box

PGR 4

Rainbow Six Vegas 2

~~Sega Rally~~

So it's Burnout Paradise tonight if anyone else is up for it then we can start discussions on what to play on Tuesday night, if anyone's still reading .

* Not that there's anything wrong with the game, far from it, it's still a fantastic game and is going to take some beating, but sometimes you can have too much of a good thing and just need to give it a break and play something different for a change.